From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #456 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Monday, June 16 2003 Volume 02 : Number 456 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:51:56 -0400 From: Peter Charbonneau Subject: Re: seven-seas How I Became Bunnified cool story, I always like to hear how people get into things that are passionate in their life. Ahh, I miss the days of WLIR/WDRE now back to WLIR. There was a time in the late 80's/early 90's where I'd put that station up against any other in the country it was so good. At 05:47 PM 6/13/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Peter, > >Since we were practically neighbors growing up. My bunnymen story started >back in >the latter part of 1982. But I need to got back a little further. I may >have told this >part of story once before a long, long time ago, when I first joined the >list. As a kid, >I was brought up listening to Elvis, Engelbert Humperdinck (the singer), >Frank Sinatra, >etc. My parents music. The Beatles were forbidden -- as hippy, communist >music. I >enjoyed the music as a kid, dancing and singing like Elvis and Engelbert >throughout >grade school and junior high and the first year of high school, I slowly >became aware >of my peers talking about Zep, Pink Floyd, and the like during the mid >70's. I didn't >know anything about any of these bands > >In 10th grade, I was working at an auto body shop making $25 per week and >one of >the guys was pointing out a song on the radio -- Queen's "Bohemian >Rhapsody" and >the first part I heard was "Mama Mia, Mama Mia" and my immediate split second >thought was "oh, god, another Jimmy Roselli song!" Those couple of minutes >afterwards converted me to Rock. Over the next several weeks, I purchased >all the >Queen albums at that time for $5 each with my paltry paycheck and writing >down the >dates and saving my receipts. For a full year, I only listened to "Night >At The Opera" >and did not open the earlier albums until a year later. Also,m in '76, i >experienced my >first rock concert -- Blue Oyster Cult at Jones Beach outdoors with it's >infamous laser >show which later had to be banned for safety reasons. > >When I started college in 78, musically, the hottest thing going around >was the >mysterious resurrection of "The Doors". I only heard about the indecent >exposure >act and the suicide / overdose. During 79, while listening to The Doors >and other >radio friendly bands at the time -- Styx and Kansas, which I didn't mind >listening to, >I was becoming more critical of most of the radio music especially disco. >I read about >and discovered the New York punk band "Television". Awesome high quality >artistic >music. > >During '79 and '80, I discovered WLIR (later WDRE) radio and they were >playing this >new wave / punk stuff like Flying Lizards "Money", B-52's "Rock Lobster" >Talking Heads, >Blondie, etc. Excellent stuff. It was all so fresh, new and exciting. Then >in late 82, >I heard "The Cutter" and I was blown away. Every morning, I would wake up and >need to hear the song on the radio before i went to college and WLIR >always played >it, faithfully, it seemed to me every morning. But for what seemed like >months I had >no luck tracking down the album. Finally, in April 83, I found the 12" of >"Back Of >Love". I loved that 12", the painting cover, the music and the b-sides and >still listening >to "The Cutter" everyday on the radio. > >Shortly, thereafter, I found "Porcupine" and devoured this album, liked I >had Queen, >The Doors and Television. Then I started going crazy -- show I buy "The >Sex Pistols" >and I would asked myself should I buy it or not because i was afraid it >would make >me violent and want to do destructive things. Anyway, I took a chance, and >lo and >behold, I initially laughed. The music and energy were so good and >powerful abd >showed that I really had nothing to fear. The same for Joy Division and >the question >of suicide. The Smiths and the question of sexuality, etc. Every piece of >music was >breaking down some wall -- some prejudice and making me into a whole person, >but a well rounded one. But to the outside world, i was still a freak to >be listening >to this dangerous stuff. > >Henry > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > >====================================== >http://www.bunnymenlist.com > >====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:54:09 -0400 From: JDBillson@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas goodbye. Sorry to see you leave..You're one of the few people that add any relavent information to this list. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:54:17 -0400 From: JDBillson@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas goodbye. Sorry to see you leave..You're one of the few people that add any relavent information to this list. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:00:04 -0500 From: "Amy Rupp" Subject: RE: seven-seas goodbye. > Sorry to see you leave..You're one of the few people that add > any relavent information to this list. Hi JD! Were you referring to Charles? I was very sorry over that as well. What are the things you like best to see? Things like the Mac in-store appearances that Charles posted? - --Amy ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:10:15 +0100 From: "K.P. Jacques" Subject: Re: seven-seas goodbye. wots the word I'm looking for.............can anybody help me out here please > I was very sorry over that as well. > > What are the things you like best to see? Things like > the Mac in-store appearances that Charles posted? > > --Amy - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 6/10/03 ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #456 ********************************