From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #366 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, August 15 2008 Volume 06 : Number 366 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:14:25 +0200 From: "Steve & Holly | Exiles in Andalucia" Subject: Re: seven-seas Official Site hi chris, bunnymen.com is down - not the first time - they let the domain expire a couple of years ago so mebbe it's happened again? i have to say [only my opinion] that the site is still lacking in its design and content and really fails to do a band of this stature any favours. that and how bloody annoying is the fact that every time you go there, it plays the video for 'dancing horses'?! drunken rant over! regards, steve g. ----- Original Message ----- From: chris adams To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:35 PM Subject: seven-seas Official Site Is it down? I can't access it. Thanks, Chris --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Rafael Guimaraes wrote: > From: Rafael Guimaraes > Subject: Re: seven-seas Mac doing abba > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 1:51 PM > maybe the connection is...they're fans hehehehehe > > or maybe both them and Mac are super-fans of both that cher > and abba > mash-up remixes... > > > > On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Red wrote: > > > At 12:56 PM 8/15/2008, you wrote: > >> looks like Ste on Bass for me...and maybe a short > haired Gordy on > >> acoustic maybe... > > > > > > no....it's a Swedish band called Weeping Willows, > with Mac joining > > them. > > > > i looked them up on myspace. > > > > (just didn't get the connection to Mac is all, coz > i never heard of > > them) > > > > > > Red > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > **************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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:29:09 -0400 From: Red Subject: Re: seven-seas Official Site At 07:14 PM 8/15/2008, you wrote: >hi chris, > >bunnymen.com is down - not the first time - they let the domain expire a >couple of years ago so mebbe it's happened again? did anyone not get the newsletter? quote: Over the next 7 days you might notice loss of service from the Official Echo & The Bunnymen website, Bunnymen.com (will not effect the forum). For the last two months a team of testers have been working on the website 'testing' to check the performance of the website on our own server, basically this all part of a huge new project that will let us keep up to speed with current & future web developments to be undertaken over the next couple of years it also means more excitingly we will have have complete freedom, unlimited creativity, capable of broadcasting live video performances & interviews, even richer media and lots more very exciting projects. The easiest way to look at it is to say we are not paying a mortgage anymore to a hosting company, we have bought the house. Bunnymen.com will be in attendance at this years very prestigious Best Of Manchester Awards 08 hosted by Peter Saville, Miranda Sawyer, Caroline Elleray (Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing) & Luke Bainbridge (Observer Music Monthly) in recognition of Bunnymen.com being an official entry. You might be asking yourself "but are the bunnymen not from Liverpool?", yes they are but the website is produced from the bands Manchester (Chorlton Cum Hardy) offices, more details can be found here: http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3093 A full report will follow after the awards. We hope you all enjoyed the first Lancashire HotPod Podcast from Will Sergeant, if you have not yet seen it "WHY NOT" check it out in the Fans section on the website, we would love to hear what you think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:46:24 +0200 From: "Steve & Holly | Exiles in Andalucia" Subject: Re: seven-seas Official Site sorry red, i don't get the newsletter but i thought the podcast was embarassing! there's no need to close down a website to test it, and there are methods available to keep an existing site running whilst another is being set up to replace it. as for the awards, i don't think the bunnymen site won any prizes, but it really is not cutting edge, and if you look at other bands websites, they offer so much more, in both content and creativity. only my opinion, of course! steve g. ----- Original Message ----- From: Red To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:29 AM Subject: Re: seven-seas Official Site At 07:14 PM 8/15/2008, you wrote: >hi chris, > >bunnymen.com is down - not the first time - they let the domain expire a >couple of years ago so mebbe it's happened again? did anyone not get the newsletter? quote: Over the next 7 days you might notice loss of service from the Official Echo & The Bunnymen website, Bunnymen.com (will not effect the forum). For the last two months a team of testers have been working on the website 'testing' to check the performance of the website on our own server, basically this all part of a huge new project that will let us keep up to speed with current & future web developments to be undertaken over the next couple of years it also means more excitingly we will have have complete freedom, unlimited creativity, capable of broadcasting live video performances & interviews, even richer media and lots more very exciting projects. The easiest way to look at it is to say we are not paying a mortgage anymore to a hosting company, we have bought the house. Bunnymen.com will be in attendance at this years very prestigious Best Of Manchester Awards 08 hosted by Peter Saville, Miranda Sawyer, Caroline Elleray (Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing) & Luke Bainbridge (Observer Music Monthly) in recognition of Bunnymen.com being an official entry. You might be asking yourself "but are the bunnymen not from Liverpool?", yes they are but the website is produced from the bands Manchester (Chorlton Cum Hardy) offices, more details can be found here: http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3093 A full report will follow after the awards. We hope you all enjoyed the first Lancashire HotPod Podcast from Will Sergeant, if you have not yet seen it "WHY NOT" check it out in the Fans section on the website, we would love to hear what you think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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 #366 ********************************