Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 218
Date: Wednesday, 6 May 1992
Chalkhills, Number 218
Wednesday, 6 May 1992
Today's Topics:
Re: Chalkhills #217
Chalkhills #217
Re: madam barnum
Nonsvch (at last)
Nonsuch Stuff (Was Chalkhills #216)
Wardance
MTV UNPLUGGED
well, what _I_ think is...
Don't lose hope on the REFLEX flex-disc track
Nonsvch: several things
XTC items available
Paul Wilde, the UK's "Mr XTC"
I Reply
it COULD have been a VERY nice week . Part 2
Two sense of Non-cents
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: 5 May 92 15:28:43 EDT From: Jan Schiffman <SCHIFFMAN@wmgt-mail.wharton.upenn.edu> Subject: Re: Chalkhills #217 To the "Honed Machine" (!?!) - The Big Express and the 8-bit Linn Whack ? Considering when the album was released, an 8-bit Linn would have been low-budget in the extreme. The old 8-bit Linn used lousy EPROMs and did not have any characteristic "Whack" to it. I used one in the studio in 1986 and it had all the character contained in whatever sound was written to the EPROM. That "Whack" could have been produced with any gate and reverb units, and would have avoided all of the triggering hassles that Linns and their kind create. Jan Schiffman Systems Specialist The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. (215)898-7722
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Subject: Chalkhills #217 From: Desi The Three-Armed Wonder Comic <jondr@sco.com> Date: Tue, 5 May 92 12:41:26 PDT Dan Rice writes: >Then She Appeared: What can I say, backwards drumming! They must have >taken some tips from the Dukes (or borrowed their guitars perhaps). I >love the line "All Edward Leared," I don't know why. I mean, what >word does "Edward" replace? I like this song in a Dukes-y way, but I >wouldn't rank it as a great XTC song. Edward Lear is the name of an author. Using it as a verb is just Andy being clever. >War Dance: Again, simplistic lyrics, but a neat musical concept in the >combination of the bass grunt and the synth-bassoon riff. I like that You're the second person to call it a bassoon. It's a clarinet. (Actually, it's a sample, as is the saxophone, but who's counting...?) >The Ugly Underneath: Andy's compressed vocal and the driving >instrumentation in the opening portion of the song harks back to >_Drums and Wires_ or _English Settlement_, it's just like No Thugs In Our House. check it out. > Here's something interesting I didn't know: a rook is a type >of crow. So the narrator of _Rook_ is only talking to one being, not two. >I still don't understand all of the meaning of the song, though. basically, the conceit in "rook" is that the bird, by virtue of its ability to fly and watch over humanity, is more or less omniscient. thus, the song is andy asking the bird to tell him all sorts of secrets, like who's killing who, when will i die, all that sort of mystical junk. "Is that my name on the bell?" -> "do not ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Jemiah Levon Jefferson <jjeffers@reed.edu> writes: >You guys are torturing me! Am I the only person in the country who >doesn't have the album yet? Look, I'm a student, I don't have time >to go off campus and get albums. gotta get your priorities straight. O&L came out when i was still in college. i took the bus downtown first thing that morning, got there just as the shop was opening, grabbed a copy, plunked it in my handy dandy portable CD player and enjoyed it on the bus back to campus. if XTC isn't worth a missed class or two and $12, then i don't know what is. "Bird Rendell H." <rhb@ucs.usl.edu> writes: >I *think* I have figured out a natural progression / continuing thread >in the last few XTC albums: nice idea but we all know that skylarking was todd rundgren's conceit. he took the demos, sifted through them all and picked 14 songs that embodied his "cycle of life" idea. he laid out the running order and everything long before XTC set foot in his studio. >I supposed the next album will have multiplication tables set to >a rock-n-roll beat! ;-) ;-) it would be great if XTC would do a cover of "zero my hero" or any of those excellent multiplication rock cartoons. those cartoons taught me lots of important math, grammar and history lessons that i still remember today. it was particularly fun in high school to hear everybody humming the musical version of the preamble to the united states constitution during an american history exam. >p.s. To all of you who don't care much for 'Rook': y'all obviously >don't play the piano! Dave is really working hard in that song. i play the piano and i don't care that much for `rook.' try again. Jon Drukman (finely honed machine) uunet!sco!jondr jondr@sco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's wrong with you? What's wrong with everybody in this CRAZY PLACE???
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 5 May 92 14:49:54 PDT From: Karen.Schipper@corp.sun.com (Karen Schipper) Subject: Re: madam barnum first, i think Nonsvch is great! i find myself singing one line over and over in my head and stop to think about where i heard it, and realize it's xtc. re: madam barnum, one of my favorites - i agree with John's interpretation that the song is about a relationship that is over. She is cheating on him. i'll do a business analysis major explication for you: "children are clapping/as i fall to the floor my heart torn and broken/and they just scream for more" isn't the person who is betrayed always the last to know? then there is the feeling that everyone is laughing behind your back. and people do seem to have a preoccupation with entertaining themselves with others misery. god, don't you read the Enquirer???? karen
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Subject: Nonsvch (at last)
Date: Tue, 05 May 92 14:55:42 -0700
From: Jemiah Levon Jefferson <jjeffers@reed.edu>
Well, after my inspired (not) bitch 'n' moan on the list
last go round, I actullay did run out and buy Nonsuch.
And since everyone else is reviewing the platter, I may
as well fling my opinion in as well. I should have
written my thoughts on paper at the first listen (I've
only listened to it once so far -- I am, after all, a
student), so I can only be vague.
"peter pumpkinhead" just didn't impress me much. It was
almost stereotypical XTC. It didn't reach out and grab me
like the first track on an album should ("wake up", for
example).
"dear madam barnum" is much better. I reached a state of
near Colingasm on "smartest monkeys" -- such flavoursome
bass work and the production is just polyester, which I think
works well for Colin's more restrained way of writing melody.
"Crocodile" was nice, as far as I can remember, "Rook" was
touching (and very _Mummer_ --I instantly thought of "ladybird"),
I liked "omnibus" despite the cheezball lyrics, and "then she
appeared" just doesn't disappoint at all.
"War Dance" almost made me cry -- the demo version was SO MUCH
COOLER!! Now it sounds like a Vegas lounge act. Yuck.
"Patriotic romance, doobie doobie doo, how're you doing,
ladies and gentelmen..." Shudder. Worst Colin mistake since
"Runaways".
Favorite metaphor -- "The smell of burnt book isn't
unlike human hair" (or something along those lines).
THE VERDICT: Worth the wait. Almost. And the production
isn't that bad. There's always "touch me I'm sick" for
those special grunge moments one gets.
Gotta motor. Peace.
EEYORE (jjeffers@reed.edu)
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 5 May 92 15:29:38 PDT From: Karlelvis.Macrae@ebay.sun.com (I'm not weird, I'm *peculiar*) Subject: Nonsuch Stuff (Was Chalkhills #216) >From: Desi The Three-Armed Wonder Comic <jondr@sco.com> > >>XTC is no longer interested in pushing the envelope of music >>creativity as they once were. > >oh please. explain to me how recording verse/chorus/verse pop songs >with guitar, bass, drums and keyboard is "pushing the envelope of >music creativity" compared to the current musical experiments of the >band. Jon, I thought we'd been over this before. Fact: musical education does not provide taste, or understanding of art, or in fact any voice of authority in matters musical. Your comment above is much the same as questioning how one can 'Be artisticvally innovative' with paint and canvas. It's not the tools; it's the finished product. The fact that the meduim is basic does not in any way alter the 'Creativity' of the artwork. Now run along and play with your toys. Now, on this latest record; I'm surprised. On one quick listening... I actually like it. I'm pleased to admit that. After the tripe passed off as an XTC album in O&L, I was ready to give up. I guess the boys get another chance. More in-depth view after more in-depth listening.... -Karl -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Karl Elvis MacRae batman@batcave.Ebay.sun.com 408-922-496 |Steed: VT1100C Sun Microsystems, Milpitas, CA | I DON'T SPEAK FOR SUN... |DoD#1999 <--------------------------------------------------------------------------> "The Devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car..." -Nine Inch Nails -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Date: Tue, 5 May 92 17:49:51 EST
From: david bregande <dbregand@darwin.cc.nd.edu>
Subject: Wardance
Personally, I think Colin's lyrics on WARDANCE are rather clever.
RE: There's a cheap sensation keeping fleet street wide awake
Everyone wants a piece of the jingoistic cake...
Is anyone out there familiar with the morbid British musical titled
SWEENEY TODD? It starred Angela Lansbury (from that stupid show MURDER, SHE
WROTE) and some other bloke whose name I can't remember.
ANYWAY---- Sweeney Todd was a barber on Fleet street (the demon barber of
fleet street, as the opening scene tells the story) who would lure customers
into his barber shop, kill them with his razor, and have his wife cook them
up in cakes to sell for a little extra cash. I understand they were rather
tasty.
Although I think I misquoted Colin's exact lyrics, the connection is
certainly there, and I think it's cool. So there.
And if you get a chance to rent the video or pick up the album for
SWEENEY TODD at the local library, you will not be disappointed (that word
keeps popping up, doesn't it?) Oh well.
Later on...
-Dave Bregande
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 5 May 92 17:36:56 EST From: david bregande <dbregand@darwin.cc.nd.edu> Subject: MTV UNPLUGGED XTC is scheduled to play on MTV's UNPLUGGED in June or July. I can't remember the exact date, but my brother heard an announcement on the radio at home. Who knows? If this performance is MTV's top billing on UNPLUGGED for that month, we could be seeing a ROCKUMENTARY or even a videofest! Now wouldn't that be something! Peace. -David M. Bregande University of Notre Dame dbregand@darwin.cc.nd.edu ############################################################################## There's a cheap sensation keeping fleet street wide awake...
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From: "once a Calvinist, always a Calvinist" <stewarte@sco.com>
Subject: well, what _I_ think is...
Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 17:09:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Galen Tatsuo Komatsu <gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
(another question): How does one pronounce "Nonsvch"?
Doesn't anyone use the dictionary anymore? Even the mediocre
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate here in my office lists "nonsuch" as
a variant of "nonesuch", pronounced "nun-such" (although "non-such"
is given as an alternate). This also makes whoever was complaining
about a radio DJ pronouncing it "nun-such" look pretty silly.
Subject: very little to say
From: Jemiah Levon Jefferson <jjeffers@reed.edu>
Except ARGHH! You guys are torturing me! Am I the only person
in the country who doesn't have the album yet?
No, just the only one on this mailing list...don't feel too bad,
I didn't get it until yesterday...
I'm a
student, I don't have time to go off campus and get albums. [...]
I guess they play it on the alternative station here, but I'm
a student, I don't have time to listen to the radio.
Geez, if you don't have time to buy albums OR listen to the radio,
what the heck are you doing wasting your time with email? Get back
to work! :-)
From: Desi The Three-Armed Wonder Comic <jondr@sco.com>
cutter@silver.lcs.mit.edu, the unmitigated Joe Turner writes:
>The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Just wow. Just WOW. VERY "Big
>Express", to these ears.
black sea. no question.
As usual, Jon, you're nuts. If it had been on "Black Sea" there would
have been at least 10 more syllables on each line. Okay, the rhythm
guitar is reminiscent of "Respectable Street", but the rest of it
sounds pretty "Big Express" to me.
>Dear Madam Barnum - a little hokey, but the Gus Dudgeon cameo is cool
>and it does chug along nicely.
it's one of my favorites now.
Okay, so you're not COMPLETELY nuts. I love this one, too; insanely
catchy and toe-tapping.
>Humble Daisy - sounds like a "Mummer" b-side, or "Seagulls Screaming Kiss
>Her Kiss Her" on valium.
sounds like "chalkhills and children" minus anything of interest.
I wouldn't go that far, but I do find that I liked this less on the
album than I did when listening to your single. I'm afraid this is
one song that won't age very well. This along with "Holly Up On
Poppy" is one of the least attention-getting songs on the album.
>Omnibus - Another "English Settlement" song, played by "Oranges &
>Lemons" musician. The verse is ok, but the refrain ("Ain't nothin' in
>the world like a...") makes the whole song worth it. My 2nd favorite
>song on the album. I think this should have ended the album.
i hate this. way too brassy. *dumb* lyrics.
I think it's great. Totally giddy and over-the-top.
>>dear madam barnum - i intepret this as a kissoff from andy to the
>>record industry that has treated him like so much shit.
>
>Gee, I thought it was about a dying relationship in which the woman
>treats the man poorly and prevaricates to him. So he's saying, "Hey,
>I've had enough of this, I'm getting out, I quit". I especially like
>the lines "If I'm not the sole fool \ Who pulls his trousers down"
>which for me mean that there are probably more fish in the sea for
>Madam Barnum...
i dunno. i'll do a real college english major explication for you:
"children are clapping/as i fall to the floor
my heart torn and broken/and they just scream for more"
i just can't fit this into the dying relationship theme.
It's a baby! It's a penis!
I dunno, I agree with Jon that those lines don't completely make
sense in context, but I still think the relationship angle is at least
one meaning of the song. One thing that makes me feel that way is
that it's addressed to _Madam_ Barnum, but the Barnum of circus fame
was P.T. Barnum, a man. There must be a reason for the gender change.
From: "Bird Rendell H." <rhb@ucs.usl.edu>
_Skylarking_ : concerns relationships (Andy gets married)
_Oranges and Lemons_ : many songs which mention children (Andy has
first child)
_Nonsuch_ : many songs have 'infantile' titles or are about animals **
(Andy teaches his children to read)
Hmm, I don't have documentation handy but I'm pretty sure that your
chronology is a little off. I think Andy was married some years
earlier, and in fact already had at least one child before making
"Skylarking".
Other notes: although I've always thought of Colin as the more
conventional songwriter of the two, I find his contributions here
to be weirder (musically speaking) than Andy's. "War Dance" in
particular keeps making me do a double-take. I think everyone's
being too hard on "Bungalow", which I find quite amusing in its
overwrought soap-opera way.
-- Stewart
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Subject: Don't lose hope on the REFLEX flex-disc track
Date: Tue, 05 May 92 18:53:20 -0700
From: bmacdona@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
For those who sulked over REFLEX magazine not putting out the
XTC/They Might Be Gaints flexi-disc in all their newsstand issues instead
of subscribers, don't lose hope on missing "Rip Van Reuben".
Remember, Primus released "Sinister Exaggerator" (one of their many
Residents covers) as a REFLEX flexi-disc originally, and now can be found
on an easy-to-find CD-single called "Miscellaneous Debris". Yes, this is
the one with their cover of "Making Plans For Nigel" on it.
Also remember that XTC are pretty notorious for putting home demos
as B-sides on singles. Check out the 4 home demos on the hard-to-find
"The Meeting Place" 12". Also, the "King For A Day" CD-single had
a GREAT home demo called "My Paint Heroes" on it.
Either that or threaten Andy and the boys to expose the TRUE meaning
of "Pink Thing" to the PMRC if they DON'T release "Rip Van Reuben".
.....OK, OK, I'm only joking. (SCARY that I thought of that. Sorry.)
K!z!K
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: dss@minster.york.ac.uk Date: Wed, 6 May 92 11:30:10 Subject: Nonsvch: several things The verdict after the first few listenings: Nonsvch was worth waiting for! I like the way they draw upon different elements from most of their previous albums; this one has a bit of everything: big drum sound, guitars, piano, strings, brass. Is this a conscious attempt to please the fans of all the different XTC eras? Several people have commented that they found this album instantly appealing, and are worried that it may be too shallow and will not stand the test of time. I wonder whether this can be attributed, at least in part, to the musical style. We have come to expect changes in style from album to album, so it takes us some time to decide whether we are comfortable with the new style or not. This time we are immediately familiar with the styles so we can appreciate the songs straight away. John Relph comments: > Has anybody noticed that while the song "The Vgly Vnderneath" is listed > as being 2'37 in length, that actually the main part of the song is > 2'37, and the wonderful little organ "outro" lasts for another 1'17, > making the total length of the track 3'54 (or so). The UK release of Nonsvch contains no timing information at all. Whereabouts does is appear on the US release? For those who are wondering what all this talk of silk screening is about, on the UK release at least, the castle design on the CD is also printed onto the front of the jewel box in gold paint; the lyric booklet behind it is plain red except for two banners at the top containing the band and album names. One other thought: I notice that Colin's songs are symmetrically placed, second and fifth from beginning and end. Is there something to read between the lines here? Possible disagreements about the number and or placement of Colin's songs? Is it significant that Andy only makes a token appearance on two of Colin's songs, and that Colin does not appear at all on "Rook" (is this a first?). I hope I'm reading something into nothing here.
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 6 May 92 12:06:31 -0400 From: mb20@prism.gatech.edu (BRANCH,MICHAEL B) Subject: XTC items available I just wanted to mention that a friend is currently liquidating his XTC stuff, meaning he has pretty much every single and lp available. (He also has a pretty big selection of live tapes, but I don't think he believes in selling them, only trades and stuff). Anyway... send me some mail and I'll send a list of all the stuff to you. (And for any hardcore collectors, he has an acetate of the Beesides and Waxworks LP). Regarding Nonsuch: I'm pleasantly surprised. I despised, absolutely loathed, O&L. I'm one of the "crucial 3" people (People who believe that English Settlement, Mummer and Big Express were everything) and found Lemons and More Lemons to be a cash in on the back of Dear God. However, I really like Nonsuch. There's some chances being taken again and some very fine tunes to boot! Three cheers for all... (Now if they'll ever record Colin's "Trying To Raise A Family In A House Full Of Mice") Michael
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 6 May 92 11:36:14 BST From: Toby Howard <toby@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> Subject: Paul Wilde, the UK's "Mr XTC" I got a flyer from Paul Wilde today. Paul's the person behind the last 3 UK "XTC Music and Friends" conventions. No 4 will be held on Saturday 10 October 1992 in Chorlton, South Manchester, UK. If you're interested, drop Paul a line (47 Wycombe Close, Manchester M31 2WD UK), or send me a note and I'll forward it to him (he lives about 1/4 mile from me!). Paul also says future agreed singles are Pater Pumkinhead and then Wrapped in Grey. Dave Gregory has been doing session work for Jason Donovan, and contributed to a couple of songs for Jason's next album. Paul also notes that Andy P recently told him that the band (incl. Dave Mattacks) have been approached to play a live one-off concert for MTV! He says "Andy is certainly behind the idea..." I'll be sending Paul some more printouts of Chalkhills. Maybe that's how the band got to see them before... Toby PS Is anyone else tempted to PHYSICALLY SCRATCH "Bungalow" off their Nonsvch CD to avoid any chance of inadvertantly hearing it? It makes my toes curl. That space could have been occupied by Blue Beret!!
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 6 May 92 10:42:15 PDT From: "John M. Relph" <relph@presto.ig.com> Subject: I Reply A Son of the Silent Age <meep@wpi.wpi.edu> writes: >I just picked up a pair of bootlegs today. Both tapes, one called _The Rhythm_ >(primarily from a NY show, 16 January 1980), the other from a gig at Emerald >City (Cherry Hill, NJ: 17 April 1981). _The Rhythm_ comes from the LP bootleg of the same name, with good sound (on a scale from bad to excellent). The Emerald City gig was broadcast live (or almost live) on FM radio and thus is the source of many boots. BRYAN POOLE <poole@castor.cs.uga.edu> turns his head around: >I don't know if this already known, but I figured out what that VERY fast >backmasked message is at the end of 'Mole From the Ministry.' After slowing >the tape down with my 4-track and duping it about 5 times, I get a clear >and snide remark from Andy(?) saying, "Go f*ck yourself with your atom bomb!" This seems to be a Frequently Asked Question, which has made me attempt to start a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list. Anybody have any other Questions that they think are all too Frequently Asked in Chalkhills? Wes <wilson@psylo.enet.dec.com> initials his review: >I laughed at the opening of "Bungalow"; sounds like a radio soap opera >excerpt! And I'll have to listen to the lyrics s'more, but isn't >the theme sort of like "When I'm Sixty-Four"? You know, I am beginning to think that this whole song is tongue-in-cheek, a big joke about the goals of most Englishmen (and their ability to make them real). "You wait and see". "Yes, dear, and how many years have you been saying that? And I'm still waiting for you to actually take me on holiday, much less make love with me outdoors". . . . And one more thing: I really like the little bass guitar riff that Colin plays just after Andy sings "The thing with politicians is / I wouldn't have suspicions / If I saw their worst positions / And their Ugly Underneath". It sounds like a bit of the traditional circus music, as if that was Colin's comment on the political circus. -- John
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 06 May 92 23:02:43 EDT From: Emmanuel Marin <MARINP92@frecp12.bitnet> Subject: it COULD have been a VERY nice week . Part 2 Well, I think you have already guessed it : Their acoustic radio French concert has been CANCELLED ! :(((((( Now I must admit I somehow understand why Andy do not want to have all this stage phobia stuff again (there should have been a small audience). But I wonder why he is always saying "Ok for this one", just to retire THE DAY BEFORE (That's today !!). With this sudden change of mind, Andy has just destroyed all that have been done to promote "Nonsuch". Let's imagine one second I do not know XTC but I want to learn more about them, what do I see, 2 concerts, one followed by a "sign my CD" session. Wow !. But after a long wait, what do I hear, all is CANCELLED ! I would have thought then "Who the hell do they think they are ? They are cancelling the concert due to be broadcast by the only popular radio show which play their music !" Now I am sure "Nonsuch" will never do the French charts, but most of all, I wonder if this MTV live performance will ever happen ! I must confess I am a bit fed up with all these good songwriters who are humanly not as good as you would expect them to be. I guess I am still too young not to have understood you cannot expect good business >from show-business. He's already been poisoned by this industry, indeed ! Emmanuel. PS : It should have been the first concert ever that I would have attended. I guess I will never go to a concert in my whole life then !
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: 06 May 92 18:23:43 EDT From: Steve Levenstein <70750.1117@compuserve.com> Subject: Two sense of Non-cents Hello, fellow Chalkhillians, I'm taking a break from packing for our trip to Japan to put in my two cents and impart some trivial info to y'all... Speaking of Japan, first of all, the Japanese magazine called "Crossbeat" did a review of Nonsuch and gave it a 10/10. Also in the same issue were record store ads for 7-inch and 12-inch versions of "The Disappointed" single, and also the "Tiny Circus of Life" CD compilation that Emmanual has told us about. Get me there soon! Galen, who likes Japanese music, would enjoy Saeko Suzuki's bi-lingual CD "Studio Romantic", if he can ever find it. The stores in his area seem to be poorly stocked. Galen, E-mail me your address and I'll dub a tape for you of it and other XTC you can't find. Regarding Nonsuch, the "made in Canada" CD I bought has the silk-screened jewel box, but no times listed on the lyric sheet or anywhere else. The CD itself has no printed words, only the gold castle on a red background (quite stunning!). How are the Geffen CDs different? And (of course!) I found an error in the lyric book: "The died grinning on live TV" from "Peter Pumpkinhead" Aaaargh!! Any guesses on the next single? I say it will be "My Bird Performs". It's Colin's turn, after all, and this is his best song (a good one not dependent on who wrote it!). Lastly, regarding the decyphered backwards message from "Mole...", "Go F*ck Yourself with your Atom Bomb" is the title of the song that the "Woody Allen voice" is criticizing at the end of "My Love Explodes". (Just in case ya didn't know...). Okay, my two cents is up, no Nonsuch comments yet from me 'cuz I'm still listening and tasting. Yum!! ---> Steve
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