From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #310 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, May 16 2008 Volume 06 : Number 310 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:32 +0000 From: Peter Tebbutt Subject: RE: seven-seas Re: RE: mac interview - get with the hip kids & sell some records well he did say he liked them, just didn't get the comparison, then launched into the 'the only one I could be compared to is sinatra' usual thing. Pete > Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:41:43 -0500 > From: tturner20@shaw.ca > Subject: seven-seas Re: RE: mac interview - get with the hip kids & sell some records > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > > I guess i should read it first....but the if mac doesnt get the arcade fire > comparrisoons then he is missing one of the most genuine and ( lucky) homages > to ever pass the bunnymen's way > > Forget coldplay ( their fans have already bought some kind of > bunnymen greatest hits thing - i hope) & get down with the hip kids....( > tho the band looks like the dream academy), those bookish arcade fire geek > fans might actually shell out for the remastered first 4 records...sell some > friggen records...a blatant marketing opportunity.....these kids are as > obsessed as a new batch of morrissey followers....& the Bunnymen could see > sales rival those of oscar wilde's re-issues in the 80's.....the next time > that arcade fire comes thru here I am gonna get backstage & discuss their > obvious Bunnymen thing with them & say that they should come out & say ' this > is the greatest band ever, you kids buy these records now", they could sell a > kazillion bunnymen cd's with one well placed plug...its the least they can do. > But if mac doesn't even see how they have influenced them....then i > dunno.,,,you kind of need the artist who is being cited as influential to come > across like" of yes, thats a nice gesture, they obviously love us, they have > good taste"....if not...maybe its waterboys re-issues that arcade fire end up > selling...as they(nicely) rip them off almost as much..but does Mike Scott > really need the money??..i dunno > > TT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Tebbutt > Date: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:06 am > Subject: RE: seven-seas mojo magazine - mac interview > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > > > still makes me laugh all that stuff, dunno why. As for his > > voice, on the > > version of the single janice long played it sounds as rough as a > > dogs arse. > > Though I'd agree with him on one thing, I dont get the arcade > > fire comparisons > > either. Weller interview's quite funny too, 'what would happen > > if your hair > > fell out? PW: I'd be fucked. have to become a sign writer or > > something' > > Pete > > > From: steve.griffiths@wootton.org.uk > > > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > > > Subject: seven-seas mojo magazine - mac interview > > > Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:20 +0200 > > > > > > Mac was in Mojo this month [Paul Weller cover cd]. > > > > > > Reckons the new album is the greatest album ever, etc, etc, > > reckons his > > > voice is .... blah blah, you know the rest, typical Mac stuff. > > > > > > Here's hoping he comes up with the goods. > > > > > > p.s. He said the Ocean Rain section of the Albert Hall gig > > will take up the > > > last 40 mins [I guess we might get 'Angel and Devils then?] > > and will be > > > proceded by a selection of Bunnymen stuff [sounds good to me]. > > > > > > Steve G. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > > > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > > > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * > > http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/> > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> * > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. 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Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 19:45:49 +0200 From: "Steve Griffiths" Subject: Re: seven-seas Re: RE: mac interview - get with the hip kids & sell some records What was more worrying for me was the fact that Mac loves the 'comedian' Les Dennis and is to be interviewed by Les Dennis on the t.v. and that years back Bunnymen gigs were often delayed as Mac insisted on watching the Les Dennis tv show before going on stage. http://www.bunnymen.com/Echo_%26_The_Bunnymen_News/Entries/2008/5/8_Our_survey_said_....html Down with the kids? possibly hip with the oap's, maybe he'll perform on bbctv 'Pebble Mill At One'. Somebody speak to his p.r. team! Steve G. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Turner" To: Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:41 PM Subject: seven-seas Re: RE: mac interview - get with the hip kids & sell some records >I guess i should read it first....but the if mac doesnt get the arcade fire > comparrisoons then he is missing one of the most genuine and ( lucky) > homages > to ever pass the bunnymen's way > > Forget coldplay ( their fans have already bought some kind of > bunnymen greatest hits thing - i hope) & get down with the hip kids....( > tho the band looks like the dream academy), those bookish arcade fire geek > fans might actually shell out for the remastered first 4 records...sell > some > friggen records...a blatant marketing opportunity.....these kids are as > obsessed as a new batch of morrissey followers....& the Bunnymen could see > sales rival those of oscar wilde's re-issues in the 80's.....the next time > that arcade fire comes thru here I am gonna get backstage & discuss their > obvious Bunnymen thing with them & say that they should come out & say ' > this > is the greatest band ever, you kids buy these records now", they could > sell a > kazillion bunnymen cd's with one well placed plug...its the least they can > do. > But if mac doesn't even see how they have influenced them....then i > dunno.,,,you kind of need the artist who is being cited as influential to > come > across like" of yes, thats a nice gesture, they obviously love us, they > have > good taste"....if not...maybe its waterboys re-issues that arcade fire end > up > selling...as they(nicely) rip them off almost as much..but does Mike Scott > really need the money??..i dunno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V6 #310 ********************************