From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #459 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Tuesday, June 17 2003 Volume 02 : Number 459 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:48:09 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stu=20Bird?= Subject: RE: seven-seas goodbye. Let's face it, the list is more like "rent-an-argument". A far cry from days gone by. It is the one liners keep this list alive. I'm sure those who have spoken to Mac or Will would have noticed that they use one liners in conversation as well. Stopping all of this will end up being a faceless news service. Bear in mind that this list is pretty unique in so much that there is a pretty even split Europe/US ( sorry to others outside this ), so half of us could sometimes get confused with stuff due to different language/customs etc. So with all the venom etc that is around, I'm just gonna lurk from now on.. Cheers Stu >I'd agree the list is far from the great little community it was when I >first joined and a shame that some great members like Charles have left. - --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:03:25 EDT From: Iangeannapeter@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas Brighton Gig I'm going T.R.I.P. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:09:06 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: RE: seven-seas Brighton Gig Do you know where The Prodigal is ?? Its quite a trek from the venue - along the seafont ..... >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org]On >>Behalf Of Iangeannapeter@aol.com >>Sent: 17 June 2003 19:03 >>To: seven-seas@smoe.org >>Subject: Re: seven-seas Brighton Gig >> >> >>I'm going >> >>T.R.I.P. >> >> >> >>====================================== >>http://www.bunnymenlist.com >> >>====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:11:57 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: seven-seas 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 ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:30:01 EDT From: Iangeannapeter@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas Brighton Gig If its the same pub that the good people met in before the last Bunns gig in Brighton I do know it. Your right it is a blinkin long trek to the venue from it T.R.I.P. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:02:37 +0100 From: "Matt H" Subject: Re: seven-seas goodbye. >I'm not going to open old wounds, but I think that it >is the crying about "all the talky, talky, talky..." >that is the real cause of any problems this list MIGHT have. I could not agree more. What I hate most of all is the way some people lurk without saying a single thing for months on end, then pop up all of a sudden with one post bitching about the "talky, talky, talky" as you put it. >I am not going to comment on this for a while. >IMHO, Nothing humble about your opinion, mate! Feel free to comment away merrily! Oh, and Stu, for chrissakes don't lurk! Echo and the Bunnymen | the official website: http://www.bunnymen.com ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:10:39 +0100 From: "Matt H" Subject: seven-seas More music downloads You may recall Stu posted a link a couple of months ago to a site with some excellent bootlegs on, most notably a mix of Madonna's Ray Of Light vocals with the Sex Pistols' Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen. Head on back there now and you'll find some more, including another Madonna vs the Pistols track, this time it's her Music vocals over their Submission - superb stuff! There are numerous others too, mixing Radiohead with Destiny's Child, Kylie with The Who, and (man, is it funny or what!) Whitney Houston with U2, to name but a few.... Check 'em out at http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk Echo and the Bunnymen | the official website: http://www.bunnymen.com ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #459 ********************************