Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 275
Date: Monday, 3 May 1993
Chalkhills, Number 275
Monday, 3 May 1993
Today's Topics:
New Kid
Re: Chalkhills #274
XTC Guitar Parts, Tabs, Chords, etc.
My 2 cents worth on Chalkhills (the book)
Bootlegs
Chalk Horse
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 16:13:33 CDT From: tarvetis@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Tom Arvetis) Subject: New Kid Hi gang. I'm new to the club and am interested in getting as many back issues as I could. I have #273 & 274 now so I guess I have a long way to go, yet. I'm going to go out on a limb here and reply to a couple of messages. Patty Haley <patty@welchlab.welch.jhu.edu> wrote in pondering whether or not to buy the "Chalkhills" book. I haven't read what club members have already said about the book, but I found it to merely feed into Andy Partridge's inflated ego while Colin and Dave were thrown to the back burner. Don't get me wrong, I love the music. But, concerning Partridge, I'm forced to separate the artist from the man. This brings me to my second point. Melinda Hale wrote on April 9: >I'm amazed at how many people's fave [album] is Skylarking >-- I love it, yes, but I don't think it's one of their best (and I would >put "Mermaid Smiled" back and put "Dear God" back on a single where it >belongs). So what do y'all think? Well, I have to disagree, partly because of my partiality to Todd Rundgren. Long story short, the friend who got me into XTC also got me really into Todd so I'm very fond of both and don't think XTC could have done quite the same without him. This same friend of mine thinks Jellyfish, also a hot topic of conversation, could be the 'XTC of American bands' because of their distinct, almost British sound. What do you think? Tom "Please don't pull me out this is how I would want to go..."
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 18:38:49 -0400
From: cutter@silver.lcs.mit.edu (burning airlines give you so much more)
Subject: Re: Chalkhills #274
Actually, I can't stand Dan Smith's style either. Whatever
interesting information he has put into his messages has been lost on
me and, obviously, others.
This mailing list is for the exchange of information about XTC and
related topics, not for showing off your unusual writing style.
It is an accepted (albeit unwritten) part of net ettiquete to compose
your messages in a clearly readable and intelligent fashion. Private
mail is one thing, but posts to newsgroups and public mailing lists
should be executed in a mature manner.
If you feel you have to be "weird" and "creative", fine -- but on your
own time and with people who will *all* appreciate it.
/joe
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What's my mission now?
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: Jim_McGowan@qad.com Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 13:46:47 -0700 Subject: XTC Guitar Parts, Tabs, Chords, etc. Reader Paul Mitchell writes: > I was wondering if there are any musicians on this list that have > hammered out the guitar parts of XTC songs.... > It would be great to have the tab/chords located at the chalkhills > FTP site as well as the lyrics! I agree, and I would in turn be a contributor. Over the years, I've worked out note-for-note transcriptions of my favorite Dave Gregory moments, including the solos from Real by Reel, When You're Near Me..., Rocket From a Bottle and Ten Feet Tall. Notice that they all tend to be >from about the same period (early 80's), which was when I was doing considerably more jamming and gigging. Like the band, I've gotten more into my acoustic guitar in recent years, but haven't tried to figure out any more XTC stuff. I find their songs are pretty easy to figure out, chord-wise. Trying to guess where Dave comes up with some of his tones leaves me baffled though. I once nearly deafened myself trying to get the same piercing Telecaster wail you hear on Generals and Majors... Actually got pretty close to the sound though. If there's a particular riff or chord progression you're having trouble with, drop me a line. I'm always willing to lend a hand to a fellow XTCer. - Jim
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 18:48:20 -0500 From: scran@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Stephen M. Cranfill) Subject: My 2 cents worth on Chalkhills (the book) >Also, is the "Chalkhills" book worth buying? I have seen the >hardback copy on sale for $25--yikes! I just joined Chalkhills, and decided to reply to the above, but my computer crashed, and my lengthy reply was lost--let me try to recap (it was probably too verbose anyway) The book is pretty good, but far from unbiased. The cover fairly well sums up the message within, which is "Andy is the God of XTC, and Colin, well, Colin adds the occassional song or two." I'm being a bit hyperbolic, but the book definitely has a heavy Andy tilt. I think that's rather unfortunate, because, even though Andy does write the majority of the songs, he doesn't write the majority of the really quality songs. I don't intend that as a slam on Andy; If I didn't like Andy, I wouldn't like XTC, but Colin, albeit not nearly as prolific as Andy, writes consistantly good songs, whereas Andy writes lots and lots of songs, a much smaller number, proportionally, which are of the quality of Colins. Oh well, just my two cents worth. Stephen Northwestern U
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From: bmilner@skidmore.edu (brandon milner)
Subject: Bootlegs
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 23:52:54 EDT
Dear fellow XTC persons,
I am very new to this list but have accessed the FAQ which has
spurned some questions and thoughts...
- Could someone recommend some bootlegs and/or help me aquire
them? I know everyone asks this but I read the Discography
and the desriptions were vague enough to confound me
- specifically- Acoustic version of songs
there were several on the list.
- I'm not really interested in older more punk
live recordings (unless you think I'm really
missing something!)
- Why does everybody yell at eachother so much on this list?
Can't we play nice? we have so much in common :)
- If anyone can figure out there guitar parts, let me know!
I'm a jazz guitar major in school and the stuff still goes
over my head a lot of the time.
- Lastly, of course could someone recommend similar bands to
check out. For example "the fertile crescent" or "the
sneetches"(both pretty great if you haven't heard them)
Thanks SO MUCH,
Unfortunately all I have to trade is some prince Bootlegs,
money or my first born son :)
Brandon (o o)
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bmilner@scott.skidmore.edu
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From: Andrew Russell Mutchler <andym@owlnet.rice.edu>
Subject: Chalk Horse
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:04:07 CDT
In the latest issue
of Smithsonian magazine (May 1993), there is
a picture of the chalk horse that was used on
the cover of "English Settlement." It's in
an article about the Celts; seems they're
the blokes who carved it. Cut into the
chalk cliff in the first century BC,
appearing on page 125 and measuring
360 feet long, it is visible from
20 miles away, according to the
caption. It looks just like
the cover of "English Settle-
ment," although I think
it was photographed from
A a slightly different
n angle. The horse
d is kept neat and
r tidy even today,
e thanks to a
w group called Whew! Don't
E n g l ish expect much more
Mutchler Heritage. triangular mail!
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