Chalkhills Digest Volume 12, Issue 46
Date: Friday, 29 September 2006
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 12, Number 46
Friday, 29 September 2006
Topics:
the curse of Lynne
Do Ya Want My Mind?
Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Air Supply and Nugent(yeesh)
got my fuzzy box - not cheap!
FW Ad
Re: Love
Package received from the UK on Wed.
Neon Shuffle 1977
RE: How much in US Dollars is the box with just the 3 final FW CDs?
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:37:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Jemiah Jefferson <jemiah@q7.com> Subject: the curse of Lynne Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609271532270.31950@q7.q7.com> [small voice] I totally love ELO. and I have Xanadu to thank for that.[/small voice] Because "Turn To Stone" is one of those gulty pleasure that I'm not at all guilty about, much like "Too Much Time on My Hands" by Styx - as they are in my estimation genuinely perfect pop songs. The kind I learnt to recognize by listening to the compositions of Andy Partridge (and, I am happy to say, at an early age, Colin Hay). The funny thing is, I guess I just haven't heard enough of it, but if Jeff Lynne is trying to make Beatles music, he's a galloping failure. (Then again, who knows where the Moog fascination might have led, had the Four stayed together somehow?...) That also said, Lynne should stay far away from XTC in the same way that Brian Eno and Paul MCCartney should never work together, nor should Timbaland and Tom Waits, nor Andre 3000 and Scott Walker. Just because it's wonderful doesn't mean it should be combined. Don't bring me down, Jemiah -- jemiah.com not a robot
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:54:02 -0700 From: "Wayne Klein" <wtdk123@msn.com> Subject: Do Ya Want My Mind? Message-ID: <BAY108-F25AB926EDD989D8D1AA6BEF91A0@phx.gbl> >From Harrison: Now, granted, times change, fashions mutate, and 1967 was an altogether lighter and happier year than 1970, when suddenly everybody felt the need to turn in dreadful sludgey-drudgey "heavy" blooze wankage, so some consideration has to be granted for the times, but I'm damned if I'm going to concede that the guys who did "Blackberry Way" were *improved" when they put out the utterly unlistenable "Looking On." Also, The Move kicked The Idle Race's ass all over the field. Me: All this debate about Jeff Lynne producing XTC? I doubt that Andy or Colin would be interested in it. His "sound" is a bit too overwhelming distinctive as it is. As to Harrison's comment I like all of The Move albums but Lynne and Wood were unbeatable on "Message from the Country" and, yes, the first ELO album. As much as I loved "Apple Venus" it did remind me a little bit of, well, ELO with its use of strings although I thought that as with everything XTC it had their own unique sound throughout the album.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:58:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Cheryl <mcgregoc4@yahoo.com> Subject: Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Message-ID: <20060928005829.79158.qmail@web34305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello Everyone, I noticed the mention of the Beatles.... >"New" Beatles album soon.... >''Love'' November The reason for this new album is that it's attached to the Cirque Du Soleil presentation by the same name. I guess before George Harrison passed on he started a collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil and this is the completed result. Here's a link to the cirque show: http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/love/intro/intro.htm I have to say this really struck my imagination and hope one day to see this show. I can't say I know a whole lot about ELO other than I like a few of their songs but I have to agree with Jon Rosenberger. I can't see Mr. P letting someone else take control of his music anymore. I wouldn't call him crotchety ....maybe particular. It sounds like Christmas listening to people describe getting their Fuzzy Warble packages. I have expect to see snow on the ground. :) Well once these other bills go away I will get to experience that feeling too. I will look forward to that day! Enjoy life as you can, Cheryl
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:35:49 -0400 From: Christopher Coolidge <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Air Supply and Nugent(yeesh) Message-ID: <70BE5006-84BD-4844-80E4-015411240E2D@together.net> :Al wrote: > While we're at it, let's get those two sublime tunesmiths from Air > Supply to "help" Andy write songs, and recruit Britney Spears and > Jessica Simpson to sing. I hear Ted Nugent is looking for work > too... Well, Mandy Moore's already done "Senses Working Overtime," she might be a better choice, she can actually sing and has a brain in her head. Air Supply are passe though, they've been releasing an album every two years on independent labels since 1987(when they had their last hit) to satisfy their 100,000 odd worldwide hardcore fans like my wife. I state emphatically I'm still NOT a fan of theirs, but their loyalty to their fanbase beats the heck out of Andy and Colin, and I find their attempts to be hip kind of cute because they're the least hip band you can imagine, going back as far as '84 doing a rather sugary cover of Springsteen's "4th Of July(Asbury Park)" and on their recent albums attempting political commentary and Lennonesque psychodrama, with a sound that resembles the early 80's Moody Blues more than the Air Supply I knew and disliked in college. Apparently main songwriter Graham Russell's been in therapy lately, it's improved his songwriting somewhat. Here's a modest proposal: Air Supply and America join forces, and Jeff Lynne produces the whole thing. Leave Andy out of it, he'll just gag and run screaming for the Uffington hills.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:56:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Happy Puppy Records <happypuppyrecords@yahoo.com> Subject: got my fuzzy box - not cheap! Message-ID: <20060928035620.58268.qmail@web53912.mail.yahoo.com> In response to a inquiry about the new Fuzzy box (volume 7,8 and bonus disc with box), I'm in Canada and it cost about $75, plus an additional $15 in duty. I love free trade! Barf. I would guess US charges might be about $60. It's a handsome set tho. Nicely put together and it was packaged well too, nothing came loose or dented. The stickers are almost the size of a jewel case insert (with minor cutting around the edges, not cutting the actual stickers it fits!) although I would like the bonus disc in a real case, not a cardboard sleeve. But that's nit-picky. BTW, I love ELO. But Jeff producing XTC wouldn't be good. Imagine XTC sounding like the Beatles sounding like ELO. Also, as much as I hate linking to myspace, ELO fans should check this out: http://myspace.com/bleuleo Also also, I've compiled a handy list of all XTC videos that can be found on youtube (I think all of them!) Crappy quality sometimes but at least you can watch 'em: http://fudgeland.blogspot.com/2006/09/look-look.html fuzz on, ~~Lee
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:52:22 +1000 From: "Simon Knight" <homefrontradio@hotmail.com> Subject: FW Ad Message-ID: <BAY109-F1979CA23569BB32759A144D01B0@phx.gbl> Sorry if this has already been posted. Was searching for the Duke's videos on YouTube, (they're both there - Albert Brown with the Sooty and Sweep Cameos cracked me up), and found this stylish little ad for the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fxw6D5qOJw&mode=related&search=
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:09:02 +0100 From: "Darryl Bullock" <dwbullock@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Love Message-ID: <001901c6e2cc$fa6e82b0$0202a8c0@benson> From: Jamie Crampton <jamiecfc1@yahoo.com> >I wonder if this has any relation to the EMI-upsetting "Grey album" which >appeared a couple of years ago. Hi Jamie. No, 'Love' is the soundtrack to a recent Beatles collaboration with the Cirque de Soleil. Check out www.beatles.com for more details. The Grey Album came from DJ Danger Mouse, who remixed the vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles White Album. After around 3,000 copies were distributed EMI issued a writ and had the album banned D
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:40:27 -0500 From: David Hughes <dhughe1@unlnotes.unl.edu> Subject: Package received from the UK on Wed. Message-ID: <OF80E2435E.E1432AFC-ON862571F7.0060EE92-862571F7.006116B2@unl.edu> Just received my big well-packaged package of Fuzzy Warbles from the UK yesterday (Wed.) here in Lincoln, Nebraska, and I was wondering how quickly it was getting to everyone else. -- Producer of Nebraska Concerts Associate Producer of Live From The Mill Host/Producer of Early in the Evening/Late in the Evening NET Radio, Nebraska's NPR Station netnebraska.org
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:22:06 +1200 From: "Neil Sheppard" <shepster247@gmail.com> Subject: Neon Shuffle 1977 Message-ID: <3d42c8180609281422h6a8e0bdflcad86672bbac8e27@mail.gmail.com> Good Grief - have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEftTzuxVGo Shep.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:41:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Robison <dabahbs1@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: How much in US Dollars is the box with just the 3 final FW CDs? Message-ID: <20060928224131.57240.qmail@web52303.mail.yahoo.com> >Anybody order/been billed for this? >Just curious... I paid approx. $67 for the set. Worth every penny. The album is really nice -- large and sturdy with room for all eight volumes, plus the Hinges disc, the little sheet of album cover stamps and the booklet. The booklet is a nice, one-time read of Andy's history of home recording -- a little too technical, but interesting nontheless. Have yet to listen to Hinges -- that's going to be tonight's activity. Initial impressions of Vols. 7 & 8? Two of the more consistently better discs in the series. Not a lot of experimental stuff. The thing that blew me away with Andy's talent is that Vol. 8 contains two little songs, one a thank you song for Wes Long (whom we all know from here) and another a birthday song for someone named Karen, that are better than a LOT of regular songs from other artists. I was shocked at how quickly it was delivered. It was sitting at my doorstep on the 25th, the day BEFORE it was supposed to hit the stores... Sean Robison
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