Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 337
Date: Friday, 1 April 1994
Chalkhills, Number 337
Friday, 1 April 1994
The April Fools Issue
Today's Topics:
Poozies' CD review
Re: Chalkhills #336
Re: Where in the store is Carmen Sandiego
Jennifer, Carmen, Elvis, and More
Greetings
Dukes influences
Grand Theft Canoe
you might like go-betweens
Tune Similarities
How do you spell X.T.C?/My First Posting
Re: Chalkhills #322
Hey! I'm back!
Greetings
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: J Ross MacKay <ross@drumz.grdl.noaa.gov> Subject: Poozies' CD review Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 8:42:20 EST The February-March "Roots & Rhythm" catalog has a review of The Poozies CD which was mentioned by hvsag01!adkoning@hvgtw.att.com (Andre de Koning) in ChalkHills #326. Has any one heard this yet? Lifted without permission: -------------------------- THE POOZIES - _Chantooziies_ 11 tracks, 57 min., recommended The Poozies--Karen Tweed, Sally Barker, Mary Macmaster, Patsy Seddon--take their name from the pub (frequented by Robert Burns) known as Poozie Nancies in Ayrshire, Scotland. The group, which mixes traditional Scottish and Irish music with occasional nods to the pop music world, places the Gaelic work song "Dheanainn Sugradh" in the company of the Carter Family's classic "Foggy Mountain Top" and "Love On A Farmboy's Wages", the minor U. K. hit >from XTC's Mummer album. Seddon and Macmaster, who have produced critically acclaimed recordings as the harp duo Sileas, are to thank for the Sottish influence. Together with the other half of the Poozies they harmonize beautifully and make wistful and winsome music that lingers in the air long after the disc stops spinning.(JC) Hypertension 883 379 Compact Disc $20.96 -------------------------- I wonder if LOAFBW is wistful or winsome;) The R&R # is (510) 525-1494, located in El Cerrito, California. I bought a few Incredible String Band CDs from R&R a few years ago, they seemed like nice folks.
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 08:50:19 EST
From: Karen <AP201155@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Chalkhills #336
For Jason: I've got "The Great Lost Kinks Album" on tape. A friend in
England taped it for me from a bootleg. Unfortunately, I'm no longer in
contact with him so I can't tell you anything else about it except the
track listings. It is another one of those compilations and includes such
songs as "This Man He Weeps Tonight," "Pictures in the Sand," and "Where
Did My Spring Go?" I did hear something about Ray Davies refusing permission
for the album to be released which is too bad because it has some really
good songs on it. Anyway, I'd definitely recommend it for any Kinks fanatic.
Oh, and I second the nominations of Kinks albums for XTC fans to check out.
I also really love "Muswell Hillbillies." The sound is more country than usual
for them but there are still lots of XTC-like,very British lyrics ("Have a
Cup of Tea" for one!)
Karen
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 18:22:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Derek Miner <ind00163@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
Subject: Re: Where in the store is Carmen Sandiego
To all the frustrated XTC fanatics:
I too cannot find this CD in stores. I have been in about five or
six different stores (mostly chains) and even ducked into Wal-Mart and
such. I am getting really embarrassed looking in the kiddie section every
time I go to a record store (although that "Animaniacs" CD is looking
good!)... Evidently Camelot Music stocks Carmen Sandiego under Movies and
Shows. Another chain had it under kids (these were just volume one).
Musicland didn't even have it, nor did Sound Warehouse (owned by
Blockbuster). I even went to Toys R Us, who only had these mystery story
Carmen Sandiego tapes. I must keep looking!
BTW, to the person who asked about the They Might Be Giants tune
on the disc: The TMBG Usenet group mentioned that it's "Why Does The Sun
Shine" from their latest EP (also titled "Why Does The Sun Shine").
Derek Miner
ind00163@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 15:56:44 PST
From: "John Relph" <relph@presto.ig.com>
Subject: Jennifer, Carmen, Elvis, and More
"Jason C. Langley" <jlangley@nynexst.com> writes:
>
> But eclectic rocker Jennifer Trynin has never lacked for musical
>confidence, and her new single, "Everthing's Different Now" (Summerville),
>which includes guitar work by Dave Gregory of XTC, marks her current
>incarnation as a hard-edged rocker.
If someone can find this single for me, I'll gladly trade for
something XTC (perhaps the Acoustic Radio Tour tape).
>P.S. Has anybody picked up the Carmen San Diego CD with XTC on it? I've
>been checking a few record stores for the last two weeks and no one seems
>to know about it.
I may have to apologize to one person to whom I insisted that the
Carmen Sandiego CD was already released. I may have been wrong about
the release date, seeing as nobody can find this CD. I found it a
week ago Saturday, but I must have found an early promotional copy!
In any case, I do have it, but it may not be officially released yet.
> Also, does
>anybody know when the Andy Partridge EP will be out on Hello?
I am hoping it is soon! But the Hello releases seem to be rather
sporadic and irregularly released. It's not really one a month but
more like three every four months, give or take a couple of months.
> Speaking of demos, I'm extremely jealous of those lucky
>chalkhillians who have griboullage, anyone willing to dub it for me?
Trade you a dub for a copy of the Jennifer Trynin single!
> To be honest I was really disappointed with
>_Blood and Choclate_, _Spike_ and _Mighty Like A Rose_
I actually really liked _Blood and Chocolate_ when it came out. Very
psychadelic, hard rocking and intense. The title track and the song
"I Want You" come to mind as the best tracks on the album. However, I
seem to have lost interest in Mr Costello; although I own many of his
albums I find I never listen to them.
>Bite your tongue, XTC doesn't have any flops!!
Well, it depends on your point of view. Considering that The Dukes'
_25 O'Clock_ EP sold more copies than _The Big Express_, one might say
that _The Big Express_ was a flop. Damn good album, but not a big
seller.
Neil <OLIVER@slais.ubc.ca> writes:
>
>Where exactly is it written that It's Snowing Angels is a Dukes song?
>It's not credited as such on the Windowbox cover is it?
Yes, in the _Window Box_ liner notes it says "guest appearence by The
Dukes of Stratosphear".
> It certainly _sounds_ like it was written for the
>Dukes (i.e. the blatant rewriting of Mellow Yellow), but I wouldn't
>say it was _by_ the Dukes anymore than Rip van Ruben is by XTC.
Andy Partridge said this in a telephone interview with WFMU FM,
Uppsala College, East Orange:
I wrote two songs, one I claimed was by a group called
Chalk Cigar Chief Champion. That was kind of a song that
was everything The Lovin Spoonful did, with big dollops of
Donovan. That was called "It's Snowing Angels." I also
gave him another one which I claimed was by a group called
The Golden, and that was called "Then She Appeared." He
was going to put these out claiming they were long lost
archive pieces but I think the magazine folded literally
before the edition that these were due to go in, which is
a real shame. So I'm kind of stuck with them. Except
I've since played "Then She Appeared" to Gus Dudgeon,
because he's a Dukes fan, and he said, `God, you should do
that seriously!' So I'm now at the dilemma where, do I
rewrite these ludicrous forgery lyrics to be more personal
or do we just do it as a copy of The Dukes? So I've got
myself into a real fifth dimension of a dilemma here.
I hope this answers your questions. By the way, the full WFMU interview
can be found in Chalkhills digests #171, #174, #184, #200, and #201. Yes,
it's fairly long, but also fairly interesting.
-- John
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: fshbwlhead@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 21:23:44 EST Subject: Greetings Hello, everyone. I'm new to the list, so here's my introduction to you. I started listening to XTC around 1985 when a friend recommended Black Sea to me. Soon after, nearly every other album available at the time found its way into my humble vinyl collection. Then, the b-sides hunt was on and 45s and EPs were soon tracked down. Finally, it all became available on CD and another small fortune went towards the sounds of the boys from Swindon. My favorite album is the Big Express and favorite B-side is My Paint Heroes >from the King For a Day 3" CD. In general, I think Colin's songs have really been wimpy lately compared to his meatier stuff on Mummer and English Settlement. And Andy has been plenty "preachy," too. (The Loving -- Books are Burning.) However, with the martin newell release, he's completely redeemed himself. And, since I'm new to the list, I may have missed some info. Just who is this Martin Newell anyway? Finally, if anyone is interested, I can releate a story about how I met Andy Partridge in Swindon in 1990. Anyone interested can E-mail me at Fshbwlhead@AOL.com for the full story, or if I can enough requests I'll post installments on the list. Strange tales, strange tails . . .
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: mikem%uk.ac.brad.admin@bradford.ac.uk (Mike Mooney) Subject: Dukes influences Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 13:42:29 gmt Well done everyone who's been playing 'spot the original'! It's always been my understanding that '25 O'Clock' was just 'general psychedelia', while Psonic Sunspot' was a series of explicit pastiches. I've always struggled with 'Little Lighthouse' - maybe the 13th Floor Elevators, or Love? Sean B's suggestion of 'Corporal Clegg' Floyd for 'Albert Brown' sounds about right - I hadn't thought of that, or spotted the 'Blackberry Way' influence in 'Collideascope'. 'The Affiliated' is still bugging me though - Kinks? The one nobody seems to have got is The Hollies on 'Vanishing Girl' - didn't they have any hits over there? (They were huge in the UK during the 60s). In an article in 'Guitarist' magazine a few years ago, Dave Gregory was interviewed by the man he claims was his 60s guitar hero, The Hollies' Tony Hicks, and they appeared to be a mutual admiration society. I wish the Dukes *had* remembered to do the Who though... Heres to the Lemon Dukes! Mike Mooney University of Bradford (UK)
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From: Jonathan Avrum Schubert <jschuber@sfu.ca>
Subject: Grand Theft Canoe
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 10:15:32 -0800 (PST)
For anyone who was interested in Grand Theft Canoe product, here's
where to mail to if you aren't able to find their stuff in your area:
(They're the Canadian band that I mentioned in issue #333, who are
Kinks/Who/Beatles/Jam/XTC-inspired. HIGHLY RECOMMENED FOR ANYONE WHO
LIKES XTC!!! THERE AREN'T TOO MANY BANDS IN THE WORLD PLAYING STUFF
LIKE THIS.)
GRAND THEFT CANOE
84 THATCHER DRIVE
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
R3T 2L5
(This is from the liner notes of their latest LP.)
WRITE THEM. IT'S WORTH IT.
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: Kevin Carhart <ukevc@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu> Subject: you might like go-betweens Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 04:41:58 -0800 (PST) I don't know if I've posted this kind of thing before, (I probably have) but with new subscribers all the time... the only songwriters I would rank with Andy Partridge, Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan are Grant mcLennan and Robert Forster from the Go-Betweens. I highly recommend any and all releases by this group to any and all XTC fans. They split up in 1990, and I don't think even their 1990 compilation album "Go-Betweens 78-90" is still in print, but I see them go by quite a bit in cutout bins, and a better Tower probably has a section for them. The quality that I would give both groups is EVOCATIVE POWER. If you can close your eyes and see images by listening to "Yacht Dance" or "Meeting Place" or "Chalkhills and Children" or "When We Get to England" or "Vanishing Girl" or "Bungalow" (I know there are some Colins in there,) then you will like "Love is a Sign", "This Girl Black Girl", "Five Words", "Streets of Your Town", "Dive For Your Memory", "Twin Layers of Lightning" and just about everything by the Go-Betweens. Really. I don't give this recommendation lightly. Anything with McLennan or Forster written on it is solid gold. If anyone out there likes Grant & Robert already, how about emailing me? Sometimes I think I'm the only one so reverent towards them, but probably not, given the way XTC fans get. Kevin ukevc@mcl.ucsb.edu PS: What does everyone think of: Game Theory? And the Fibonaccis? I think I'm straying pretty far here, so just mail me directly instead of posting.
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Subject: Tune Similarities Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 11:35:06 +0000 From: Gregory Silvus <silvus@lumina.ece.cmu.edu> Being a composer, I realize it's hard not to let one composition affect the sound of another, but recently I've noticed some strong similarities in two couples of xtc songs. I forget the second example temporarily, so I'll state the first. Doesn't the beginning of "Jump" on Mummer sound a little like "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkin Head"? I think it's PPH, I'll have to go home and listen to be sure. In the mean time, I'll try to remember the other instance that struck me. Can anyone else think of songs by xtc which have common themes/motifs? Ciao, gReg
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:17:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Galvin <usana029@mmm.com> Subject: How do you spell X.T.C?/My First Posting I've read the FAQ, browsed the Chalkhills back issues, and been a subscriber for several weeks now, so I supposed it's time I came into the light for an intro and question. My first Xperience was listing to Black Sea with a friend, and really digging "Generals & Majors". I decided that before I bought BS, I would work backwards in their catalog and listen to older stuff, so I bought GO2, White Music, Drums and Wires -- loved them all. In fact, by the time I was ready to buy Black Sea, English Settlement was out, so I actually got it first. (As an aside, I no longer have my beloved vinyl collection -- I was flooded out of my apartment in '87 with 2 feet of raw sewage -- destroyed my entire record & tape collection. I decided to go completely digital, so I've been slowly rebuilding with CDs ever since). Other favorite groups include: Elvis Costello, the Clash, Devo, Beatles, King Crimson, the Who, Aretha Franklin (much Motown), Miles Davis, Oingo Boingo, Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Leon Redbone, Frank Zappa, etc. Now for a question that is not in the FAQ, and is not answered immediately in a medium such as this, but *is* answered immediately when speaking with someone face-to-face: Do you pronounce the name of this band by sounding out each initial, as in eks-tea-sea, or like the word 'ecstasy'? Regards, Phone: 612-733-7105 Robert Galvin Reply: regalvin@mmm.com
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: dferg@aol.com Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 10:19:02 EST Subject: Re: Chalkhills #322 >After listening to discussions about this album for three months, I >finally found a copy of "The Greatest Living Englishman" (at a >hideously expensive price, but I think that was because it came with >the bonus poetry CD) (which they forgot to give me! I'm going back >tomorrow). Where can I go so I get the The Greatest Living Englishman CD *plus* the poetry CD? Is there a record store chain (Tower, etc.) that has this bundled together? Someone respond with a positive answer please and thank you! Also, if you have never heard or seen Michael Hedges play acoustic guitar, he is going to tour for his new album soon. Don't miss it! PS Heard that new XTC will arrive sometime in MAY. Any news, like a title?
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Date: 01 Apr 94 13:18:23 EST
From: Wesley Wilson <WWILSON@forumbos.mhs.compuserve.com>
Subject: Hey! I'm back!
Dear Chalkhills Readership,
I'm finally back to being on the distribution list for Chalkhills
after a 9-month hiatus!
Those of you who remember me, hello hello!! Greetings to everyone...
Yes, I'm back this year (with another ridiculous tie knot...and a new
job.
I have a few items to report. This is probably old news:
* Got "The Greatest Living Englishman" and love it!
* "Andy"'s in the Wildstar comic book published by IMAGE.
I'm sure there are still copies left of this in stores.
* There's a remix of "Life Begins at the Hop" on the European
CD "The History of Punk." Colin's vocals are distinctly
echo-ey, plus other differences.
* If you don't get The Little Express, subscribe! I just
got a "Rag & Bone Buffet" bandanna for submitting artwork
(to be printed in the next issue).
* I'm told that Colin contributes to a Sam Philip's CD
released in the US? What's the name of the CD? Any
CD singles available?
It feels great to be back in this Forum. Speaking of Forum, that's
where I work now...in downtown Boston. Things are cool...
Gotta run for now (new job and all), but it's good to be part of
Chalkhills once again!
Wes Wilson
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