From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V1 #54 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Friday, November 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 054 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:47:15 -0700 From: "Kristin F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale >Can you believe that Jimi Hendrix, yes > > that Jimi Hendrix opened for them, needless to say > > that the screaming girls did not appreciate the > > greatest axe slinger to come down the pike. Shame on > > them. For all things there is a season, and for 13-year-old girls, it was a time to scream for cute boys, not serious guitar players. - - K :) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:49:54 -0000 From: matt.harkness@bt.com Subject: seven-seas-moderated RE: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale >Am I right in saying that Mike Naismith was the only accomplished >musician of the lot? And am I right in saying that one of them (can't remember who) has no need to ever work again due to the fact that his mother invented/copyrighted liquid paper correctional fluid or whatever the hell you want to call it? ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:39:45 -0700 From: "Kristin F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale > Oh if they could take their screams back, all of them > were pretty average looking, Dolenz looked weird, the > Monkees are baffling. Big Star were better looking and > along with Nick Drake wrote the best music of the > early 70's, I guess their pop genius couldn't be > marketed to gushing teens. Well, they hold a happy place in my memory, and I would not take back a single scream. Though I do sorely wish I had taken more note of Hendrix,,,,The trouble with being present at the creation is that one does not always know at the time what it is the creation of. K :) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:57:13 -0700 From: "Kristin F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale > Am I right in saying that Mike Naismith was the only accomplished > musician of the lot? > Yes...I think so... maybe Peter had played guitar before....Nesmith later released some solo albums. I remember I liked them at the time....can't recall too much about them now. - - K ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:09:45 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Ironside Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale - --- "Kristin F. Smith" wrote: > >Can you believe that Jimi Hendrix, yes > > > that Jimi Hendrix opened for them, needless to > say > > > that the screaming girls did not appreciate the > > > greatest axe slinger to come down the pike. > Shame on > > > them. > > For all things there is a season, and for > 13-year-old girls, it was a > time to scream for cute boys, not serious guitar > players. > - K :) > Oh if they could take their screams back, all of them were pretty average looking, Dolenz looked weird, the Monkees are baffling. Big Star were better looking and along with Nick Drake wrote the best music of the early 70's, I guess their pop genius couldn't be marketed to gushing teens. Yahoo! Mail Plus  Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:24:45 -0700 From: "Kristin F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale > >> Did he smash anything? I don't think so... I would have remembered that. I did describe him in my diary as 'really neat', but, alas, I did not give details. (Shameful, I know.) K :) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:23:39 -0600 From: "Wayne Brissette" Subject: Re: seven-seas-moderated RE: Touched by the (second)hand ?Clash Martyn White martyn.w@virgin.net on 19 November 2002 stated: >Shame you missed out on a semi-Clash reunion, Raj. I'd love to see a >reformed Clash gig, except you can bet it will be stadiums if it >happens, which just wouldn't seem right. Sad part is when I first saw the Clash there were maybe 300 hundred people there (Armadillo Wold Headquarters, Austin, TX 1979). - -- "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " - - Albert Einstein Live DAT & Music Page: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/ PowerMail AppleScript Archives: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html Music Currently playing: The Clash "Brand New Cadillac" : Clash Calling - - US Festival (05.29.83) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:39:03 -0600 From: "Wayne Brissette" Subject: Re: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas OT A cautionary tale Andrew Ironside floghappy@yahoo.com on 22 November 2002 stated: >Am I right in saying that Mike Nesmith was the only accomplished >musician of the lot? No. Actually Peter Tork also knew how to play (the banjo of all things) prior to being picked. However the other two were pretty clueless. Wayne - -- "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " - - Albert Einstein Live DAT & Music Page: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/ PowerMail AppleScript Archives: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html Music Currently playing: The Clash "The Magnificent Seven" : Clash Calling - US Festival (05.29.83) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V1 #54 *****************************************