Chalkhills Digest Volume 11, Issue 20
Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2005
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 11, Number 20
Wednesday, 4 May 2005
Topics:
The World's Slightest Spotting
Tears for Fears' list of Music You Should Hear (Roland likes "Black Sea")
D & W to play at Canter's, L.A.
Eight is Enough?
Two Thumbs up for Go2, way up!
Veda Hille on APE Records
White Knuckled Ecstasy
ENGLISH SETTLEMENT COVER ALTERNATIVE
Purple Praise
xtc citing
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:02:11 -0700 From: Wesley Hanks <whanks1@earthlink.net> Subject: The World's Slightest Spotting Message-ID: <778C02F0-0EC8-46AA-ACC4-3539F078C82D@earthlink.net> Apple Scruffs, A caption in the latest issue of Macworld magazine for its review of The Sims 2 read "The Mayor of Simpleton". Wes
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:28:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> Subject: Tears for Fears' list of Music You Should Hear Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0505022123240.28521-100000@vaal.killerlink.net> (Roland likes "Black Sea") Ben Gott wrote: > There's a very surprising mention of XTC in the "Music You Should Hear" > section of Amazon.com's website. Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal picks > "Black Sea" as one of the wlbums we should hear and says this: > "I used to know someone who worked for an Italian record company and in a > thick Russian/Italian accent, he would declare that Andy Partridge is a > genius. I think he may have had a point." > Yes, he may have! FYI, the full list is at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/2O8GXI8Z9A80D and a whole bunch of other artists' lists are linked to from the main page at http://www.amazon.com/musicyoushouldhear. (Full disclosure: I work for Amazon.com Music and have been working on this project.) Ben Lukoff
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 23:11:36 -0700 From: Ian Dahlberg <idahlberg@lafn.org> Subject: D & W to play at Canter's, L.A. Message-ID: <c7709b1a5290d69c44c9e6b0fb6e75a2@lafn.org> L.A.'s only XTC cover band Drummed and Wired are gonna hit it again. Come on out and revel in the Xtc-ness of it all. We'll tackle some new ones as well as resurrect some old. See you there! May 27th 10:30 - 11:30 CANTER'S KIBITZ ROOM 419 N. Fairfax Los Angeles, CA 323.651.2030 No cover! http://www.cantersdeli.com/kibitzroom/
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 09:03:51 -0400 From: KEVIN.WOLLENWEBER@jpmorgan.com Subject: Eight is Enough? Message-ID: <OFDCC09E41.318C6F72-ON85256FF6.0045FAD0@jpmchase.com> Folks: Hmmmm, so FUZZY WARBLES is being cut off at eight, eh? I'm sorry to hear that, as I was sorry to hear that compiling these things somehow drove Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding further apart. I'll totally enjoy these last two and will keep an ear out for this WORKING OVERTIME compilation, although I doubt that I'll buy it. My feeling is that Virgin is trying in vain to squeeze as much mileage out of this back catalogue as possible with no real new surprises. Of course, if this is a kind of upgrade of RAG AND BONE BUFFET, perhaps I'll change my mind. Yet, I somehow feel as if I'm betraying the artistic integrity of the band by supporting what sort of trash comps that Birgin would release now. I won't rant anymore about it all, but I don't know why record companies and video companies just don't give up what they don't know how to promote! I'm sure there are other labels that would love to issue all things XTC in terrific packages and very fruitful reissue campaigns whose genius just might lure Andy and Colin into giving it another try in much the same way as John Astley's obsessive Who-mania eventually goaded Pete Townshend back into action and, hey, we just never thought that there was that much good Who music out there!! While in, oddly enough, the Virgin Megastore browsing through imports at stuff I just can't afford these days but would love to steal, I noted a special collector's edition of APPLE VENUS, VOL. I, but the package was the only thing collectable about it. Otherwise, the same songs in the same order were featured with no extras. Other than that, I now learn that a good chunk of Kirsty MacColl's catalogue has now been reissued as imports here in the U.S. as expanded imports. There is a double edition of TITANIC DAYS!! And on top of all that, there is a 3-CD anthology that features some of those coveted rareties and more! Guess it takes an artist's death before the true collectables start flowing like water! Good luck to Andy on FUZZIES, VOL. 7 & 8. I'll purchase my copies as soon as they are announced on this list. We should applaude Andy's (and Colin's) efforts. I only wish that artists of today were that obsessive when they release limited editions of their new albums instead of giving us tired documentaries!! Oh, did anyone hear of an official expanded release of George Harrison's CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH? I don't know how they will tell this story in the liner notes, but one just can't ignore a show with as large a roster. Note that shortly afterward came an album called LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD! It was a time when George learned some harsh cynnicism. Kevin
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:37:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Smart <jimsmart1@yahoo.com> Subject: Two Thumbs up for Go2, way up! Message-ID: <20050503153733.38227.qmail@web30213.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Don Device is onto something. The hitchhiker's Guide trailer (http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/) does indeed share a certain tone and approach with the artwork for GO2. However, this very funny movie trailer, which has made watching other movie trailers rather surreal and amusing, due to its accurate mockery of the form, seems to come from the tone Douglas Adams set for the Guide itself. The Guide explains what things are and how to make the most of them. Having a movie trailer that explains what movie trailers are is very clever, and very DNA. There are other similarities. The Hitchhiker's Guide and XTC both emerged from late seventies southern England. They were both creating a sort of new genre with their work, and some might call Barry-era XTC and Hitchhiker "intelligent sci-fi comedy that takes a fresh look at things". Douglas Adams was a passionate, articulate atheist. It's pretty easy to imagine him liking Dear God, though I believe his favorite group was Pink Floyd. Anyway, I saw the movie last night, and found parts of it wonderful and parts of it wide of the mark. The pace of things is a bit strange, and it's not like other movies. There are certainly a few chuckles, and a wonderful sense of aloha for the late great Douglas Adams. don't panic, Jim Smart
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:58:07 +0200 From: "egidio" <csabbadini@tin.it> Subject: Veda Hille on APE Records Message-ID: <013a01c55009$aa556ca0$78aab9c2@sabbas> Hello from Italy, i have received from CANADA this new on the next release of APE Records : another little tidbit for you... one of my favourite local artists - from Vancouver - Veda Hille - has just been signed by Andy to his new label for her new record. She is VERY good and really worth checkling out: http://www.vedahille.com/ if you give her a listen and like her stuff, let me know....maybe we can trade some stuff I can't get here for her stuff that is easy for me to get here... Cheers mate! Egidio
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:59:15 -0700 (PDT) From: pancho artecona <partecona@yahoo.com> Subject: White Knuckled Ecstasy Message-ID: <20050503215916.84822.qmail@web52309.mail.yahoo.com> this is from the liner notes of the Rhino reissue of Elvis Costello's 'Trust'. I'm still trying to figure out what XTC songs may have influenced the song. Pancho PRXTCFAN Trust (1981) Preparation/Production/Perspective: "From a very personal point of view, this was easily the most drug-influenced record of my career. It was completed close to a self-induced nervous collapse on a diet of rough 'scrumpy' cider, gin and tonic, various powders, only one of which was 'Andrew's Liver Salts,' and, in the final hours, Johnnie Walker Black Label." Choice Cut: "Although I might have risked a rebellion among The Attractions to state so openly, I privately modeled 'White Knuckles' on a couple of XTC records." Reflections/Reactions/Reprisals: "Almost by accident, the album arrived at a sound and tone that was very true to my feelings at the time. The world it described was the opposite of the album title in much the same way that Get Happy!! had been less than cheerful. It suggested a tarnished and disappointed soul looking beyond the certainties of brash, arrogant youth and early success and on into a life (and possibly a career) in music."
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:36:12 +0000 From: <cornwallis@cwctv.net> Subject: ENGLISH SETTLEMENT COVER ALTERNATIVE Message-ID: <057bb2732230355DTVMAIL8@smtp.cwctv.net> HI CHALKERS,MY DAD SAW THE COVER OF SETTLEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY."I TOOK OFF OVER THAT HORSE FIGURE IN MY AVRO ANSON EVERY DAY DURING WW2".HE REMARKED ABOUT ANOTHER CHALKHILL FIGURE,A BLOKE WITH A BIG DICK!THAT COVER WOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED kind regards, DAVE BANCROFT
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 07:44:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Smart <jimsmart1@yahoo.com> Subject: Purple Praise Message-ID: <20050504144438.70554.qmail@web30203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Tired of waiting for some new XTC activity? I'd like to whole heartedly recommend the cure: buy Mitch Friedman's new "Purple Burt" album, available at: http://www.mitchfriedman.com My three year old and I love it all, from the googly eyes on the case to the wonderful tracks spoken by a narrator. You should get this CD if: -you have a child. -you are a child at heart -you want something positive and upbeat and creative -you like XTC While Mitch's songs are very catchy (and wildly weird and fun), there an unmistakable extra bit of catchiness in the tune written by Andy Partridge. You'll be humming Pluto out in the garden; it puts a bounce in your step. Andy Partridge has that trick of creating a vocal line which creates a rhythm all on its own; even if it didn't have accompaniment, your toe would be tapping. But Mitch writes wonderful music himself. A good example is Color Feel, where all of the backwards guitars and pianos and percussion were created by Dave Gregory. Sure, it's a beautiful blend of sounds that few musicians could match, but it wouldn't amount to much without Mitch; he wrote the song, and it's beautiful. Mitch's way with words, his rhyming humor, and his sunny outlook on life have a great deal in common with Andy Partridge. They have many of the same talents, interests, and styles, lyrically. So Make It Snappy and Try This On For Size; Smile Awhile, I Hope What a Gas! Jim
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 02:38:07 +0200 From: "don device" <device@noos.fr> Subject: xtc citing Message-ID: <002901c5510a$b53b91b0$a43e4251@computer> Hiya, Elvis Costello's interviewed in this wekks 'the onion' and has the following to say about "Trust"; "Although I might have risked a rebellion among The Attractions to state so openly, I privately modeled 'White Knuckles' on a couple of XTC records." Guess which! xo, d2
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