From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #324 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, June 12 2008 Volume 06 : Number 324 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:54:47 +0200 From: "Steve Griffiths" Subject: Re: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) Hi Ali, Just to clarify, Pete did not die on return from the video shoot for Copey, he definitely survived the shoot as he also visited London on his Ducatti to collect copies of the video from Island records and made it home back to Liverpool with the videos This is documented in Julian Cope's brilliant book ''Head On/Repossessed''. p.s. I've read the book so many times, it is etched in my brain [it's awesome]. Steve G. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali Manshouri" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpML5VwagM > > > I am sure many of you have already seen this. This is the first time I > ran > across this video. > > After all these years of being a Bunnymen fan...I always knew that Pete > died > in a Motor cycle accident on his way back from a video shoot. However I > didn't know that it was: > > 1) For Julian Cope (which I thought would have tripped Ian to quit the > band > or find a way to get Pete kicked-off the Bunnymen) > > 2) That the video that he was in ...was...ironically...all focused on > Pete > riding a motorcycle (very eerie indeed). > > However it was very interesting seeing Pete act in a story style video > (rather > than the typical band type video...with him either standing in the > background....or behind his drum kit). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:01:35 -0500 From: "Easley, Dennis" Subject: RE: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) I read the book once, at stuart bird's house on one of my Glastonbury trips... Nice memory. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Steve Griffiths Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:55 AM To: seven-seas@smoe.org Subject: Re: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) Hi Ali, Just to clarify, Pete did not die on return from the video shoot for Copey, he definitely survived the shoot as he also visited London on his Ducatti to collect copies of the video from Island records and made it home back to Liverpool with the videos This is documented in Julian Cope's brilliant book ''Head On/Repossessed''. p.s. I've read the book so many times, it is etched in my brain [it's awesome]. Steve G. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali Manshouri" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpML5VwagM > > > I am sure many of you have already seen this. This is the first time I > ran > across this video. > > After all these years of being a Bunnymen fan...I always knew that Pete > died > in a Motor cycle accident on his way back from a video shoot. However I > didn't know that it was: > > 1) For Julian Cope (which I thought would have tripped Ian to quit the > band > or find a way to get Pete kicked-off the Bunnymen) > > 2) That the video that he was in ...was...ironically...all focused on > Pete > riding a motorcycle (very eerie indeed). > > However it was very interesting seeing Pete act in a story style video > (rather > than the typical band type video...with him either standing in the > background....or behind his drum kit). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:51:55 +0200 From: "Steve Griffiths" Subject: Re: seven-seas Julian Cope's brilliant book..... What kind of 'trip' Dennis?!! :p] p.s. That book and Bill Drummond's '45' are my two most read books in the house [obviously excluding the collective works of Wilde, Kafka, Wittgenstein.... yeah right!]. Steve G. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Easley, Dennis" To: Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: RE: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) >I read the book once, at stuart bird's house on one of my Glastonbury > trips... > Nice memory. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Griffiths > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:55 AM > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > Subject: Re: seven-seas Guess who's the ROMANTIC LEAD in this video? :) > > Hi Ali, > > Just to clarify, Pete did not die on return from the video shoot for > Copey, > he definitely survived the shoot as he also visited London on his > Ducatti to > collect copies of the video from Island records and made it home back to > > Liverpool with the videos > > This is documented in Julian Cope's brilliant book ''Head > On/Repossessed''. > > p.s. I've read the book so many times, it is etched in my brain [it's > awesome]. > > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V6 #324 ********************************