From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #204 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 Thursday, June 19 2003 Volume 02 : Number 204 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:20:29 -0500 From: "Martha Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated WIN SUMMER SUNDAE TIX http://www.dotmusic.com/news/June2003/news29787.asp WIN SUMMER SUNDAE TIX The annual Summer Sundae Festival takes place in Leicester this August and dotmusic is offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the three-day event. Held in the grounds of De Montfort Hall from August 8-10, the festival will see performances from Aqualung, Kathryn Williams, Ian McCulloch, Brendan Benson, Richard Hawley and Mr Scruff amongst others. Sunday, August 10 will see a double set from Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Chrissie Hynde, Billy Bragg and Joan Baez, who get together for the first time in the UK to support the Campaign for a Landmine Free World. Headliners for the Saturday night (August 9) are due to be announced shortly, with many more acts still to be confirmed. To win a pair of Summer Sundae tickets, simply email us HERE [news@dotmusic.com ] and tell us: Which band does Ian McCulloch front? Is it: A) The Lightning Seeds B) Echo and The Bunnymen C) Coldplay Winners will be notified by email over the next couple of days. Meanwhile, weekend tickets for the festival are available now and are priced at #50 (includes camping), with day tickets available for #35 and a Friday evening ticket available for #15. For full line-up details and further general information visit the official Summer Sundae site HERE. ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:42:01 -0500 From: "Martha Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated dotmusic.com Echo And The Bunnymen area http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/EchoAndTheBunnymen/ "Welcome to the Echo And The Bunnymen area where you can browse a history of news, reviews and interviews. " ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:11:57 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: seven-seas-moderated NME review of BSP mentioms EATB!! Saw this on NME.com & eatb get a mention ............. British Sea Power : The Decline Of British Sea Power They're an odd bunch, British Sea Power. At a time when most rock bands are trying to figure which glue to sniff, these four young men kit themselves out in WW1 military uniform, litter their stage with beech leaves and exude a passion for the architecture of eastern Europe. Many have welcomed BSP into their hearts, but overall opinion remains split. After all, one man's 'cerebral' and 'obscure' is another man's 'daftly-named weirdos twatting around onstage with twigs and shit'. The final verdict was always going to hinge on this much-anticipated debut record, where we could judge them on the merit of their music rather than on their neat sideline in Heron chic. The first things that hit you are the jagged and unruly spasms of guitar noise. Chainsaw-wielding riffs slice open the brain stem of 'Apologies To Insect Life', with an 'Unknown Pleasures'-era Joy Division assault so vicious that even the rattling drums and frenzied yelps take a back seat. Dig a little deeper and we enter their melancholic world that dwells frequently on notions of mortality and visions of a world long gone. 'Lately' asks, "The past it is a foreign country/How can we go there?" whereas 'The Lonely' sees pianos swooning around a chorus of, "I drink all day and play by night/Upon my Casio/Electric piano". It's not until 'Carrion', however, that they reveal their masterpiece. The sound of a shipwrecked Echo And The Bunnymen navigating their way around your heart, Yan uses his strange half-whisper to depict the lapping of ebbing tides and gorgeous undertows whilst swirling backing vocals get engulfed in raging waves of guitar. It's truly wondrous, the crowning moment of an intriguing and frequently dazzling debut record. Of course, they don't always manage to make that essential emotional connection, and even repeated spins won't stop tracks like 'Something Wicked' and 'Remember Me' leaving you cold. But such flaws don't speak of sloppiness, more of a band tongue-tied by the weight of weird and wonderful things they want to express. Like we said, BSP are an odd bunch: out of place, out of time, and quite possibly out of their minds. But given time to explore the depths of this record, they're also often out of this world ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:50:26 +0100 From: "Shaz" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas The Cavester.../The List Here it is.... - ---------------------------------------------------------- The Onion: What happened to your solo career? After the second album (1992's Mysterio), it seemed to just fade away. Ian McCulloch: It just didn't seem worth it, you know? At that point I knew I was looking for something else. Some songs on the solo albums were good, and there were some really good lyrics, but there was also a lot of confusion. I didn't really know what I was looking for-until I met up with Will and heard him play guitar again. I never liked putting out records as Ian McCulloch. Still, I'm not done. I'll have a comeback in the year 2000. I'll come back as the Sinatra of the 21st century. I want to get people to write songs for me, though, people like Nick Cave. But that's a ways off. - -------------------------------------------------------- - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Rupp" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:10 PM Subject: RE: seven-seas The Cavester.../The List > > I also seem to remember Mac saying that he wanted Cave to write a > > song for him or was it for him to write a > > song for Cave?? Or did I dream it all?? > > If he thought Cave couldn't sing, I'd imagine Mac wouldn't want to > write a song just to hear Cave butcher it ;-) so I imagine it might be > the other way round. > > > If we 'exercise some self-control' <--------- On Topic!! Now what > > song is that from?? I shoud know but > > can't think of it at the moment...... > > Well, it's past 10 pm there but if you haven't thought of it by the > morning I'm SURE it'll be answered. ;-) > > > I also think that most people here have contributed something > > interesting and/or relevent at some time or another to the list. > > Hmmmm..... Have I been more interesting, or relevant? > Afraid of being neither! > > The reality is that only a few folks are going to have relevant and > rare information like (and forgive me if I miss you out) Charles, > Ivan, ChrisA, et al -- and the rest of us can only *react* to what's > said or to music/gigs. This community has never been just a mail > version of a static bulletin board -- at a minimum we all add our > graffiti to the more substantive offerings. > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #204 ******************************************