From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V3 #239 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Friday, July 23 2004 Volume 03 : Number 239 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:35:43 +0100 From: "Noose Boy" Subject: RE: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth Kinda thing I'd expect from the NME which is why I don't read it - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Shaz Sent: 22 July 2004 22:40 To: Seven-seas; villiers-terrace@yahoogroups.com Subject: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth 2 out of 10 Apparently, Glide - or Will Sergeant to his mum - was once the most celebrated guitarist of his generation in one of the most important bands of the last 25 years, Jive Bunny and the Echomen or something. Not that you'd be able to tell from 'Cof the E', right enough. The pictures on the inside sleeve betray a one time axe god reduced to the likeness of a bus-station bum panhandling for 50p. Worse still, the music is the most superfluous sonic wallpaper you'll come across this side of 'Essential Chill Out vol 673'. Largely instrumental, partially indedbited to Air and Daft Punk (see the sole highlight ' I have seen the sunlight' and wholly boring, NME only managed to stay awake throughout these 11 crushingly pedestrian tracks by necking Vim'n'tonic and plucking out public hairs every 30 seconds. Not even Ian McCulloch could reduce us to that. Barry Nicolson - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ----- - ------- funny guy (NOT)........... owes something to Air and Daft Punk!!!!!!!!!???? I think not..... please excuse the typing - did it quick didn't check it... oh dear......they gave Polymoronic Spree 8 out of 10 ;-) Shaz ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:23:28 +0100 From: "shaz" Subject: Re: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth yeah, we don't buy it anymore for same reason but had this copy given to us....I'll use it to wrap the rubbish in!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noose Boy" To: Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: RE: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth > Kinda thing I'd expect from the NME which is why I don't read it > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Shaz > Sent: 22 July 2004 22:40 > To: Seven-seas; villiers-terrace@yahoogroups.com > Subject: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth > > 2 out of 10 > > Apparently, Glide - or Will Sergeant to his mum - was once the most > celebrated > guitarist of his generation in one of the > most important bands of the last 25 years, Jive Bunny and > the Echomen or something. Not that you'd be able to tell from 'Cof the > E', > right enough. The pictures on the inside sleeve betray a one time axe > god > reduced to the likeness of a bus-station bum panhandling for 50p. Worse > still, the music is the most superfluous sonic wallpaper you'll come > across > this side of 'Essential Chill Out vol 673'. Largely instrumental, > partially > indedbited to Air and Daft Punk (see the sole highlight ' I have seen > the > sunlight' and wholly boring, NME only managed to stay awake throughout > these > 11 crushingly pedestrian tracks by necking Vim'n'tonic and plucking out > public > hairs every 30 seconds. Not even Ian McCulloch could reduce us to that. > > Barry Nicolson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > ------- > > funny guy (NOT)........... owes something to Air and Daft > Punk!!!!!!!!!???? I > think not..... > > please excuse the typing - did it quick didn't check it... > > oh dear......they gave Polymoronic Spree 8 out of 10 ;-) > > Shaz > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:33:56 +0100 From: "Noose Boy" Subject: RE: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth It's weird their writers seem to be a particular breed. I know other writers that don't have their heads half way up you know where. In fact Chris, my best friend, has just been doing a Killing Joke piece for Record Collector. Tells me Youth has been working on the new Embrace LP which Chris Martin has written a song for - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of shaz Sent: 23 July 2004 12:23 To: seven-seas@smoe.org Subject: Re: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth yeah, we don't buy it anymore for same reason but had this copy given to us....I'll use it to wrap the rubbish in!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noose Boy" To: Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: RE: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth > Kinda thing I'd expect from the NME which is why I don't read it > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Shaz > Sent: 22 July 2004 22:40 > To: Seven-seas; villiers-terrace@yahoogroups.com > Subject: seven-seas NME review of Curvature of the Earth > > 2 out of 10 > > Apparently, Glide - or Will Sergeant to his mum - was once the most > celebrated > guitarist of his generation in one of the > most important bands of the last 25 years, Jive Bunny and > the Echomen or something. Not that you'd be able to tell from 'Cof the > E', > right enough. The pictures on the inside sleeve betray a one time axe > god > reduced to the likeness of a bus-station bum panhandling for 50p. Worse > still, the music is the most superfluous sonic wallpaper you'll come > across > this side of 'Essential Chill Out vol 673'. Largely instrumental, > partially > indedbited to Air and Daft Punk (see the sole highlight ' I have seen > the > sunlight' and wholly boring, NME only managed to stay awake throughout > these > 11 crushingly pedestrian tracks by necking Vim'n'tonic and plucking out > public > hairs every 30 seconds. Not even Ian McCulloch could reduce us to that. > > Barry Nicolson > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > ------- > > funny guy (NOT)........... owes something to Air and Daft > Punk!!!!!!!!!???? I > think not..... > > please excuse the typing - did it quick didn't check it... > > oh dear......they gave Polymoronic Spree 8 out of 10 ;-) > > Shaz > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V3 #239 ********************************