Chalkhills Digest Volume 12, Issue 48
Date: Friday, 6 October 2006
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 12, Number 48
Friday, 6 October 2006
Topics:
A Bullz-eye chat with Robyn Hitchcock
the Beatles, reproduction, etc.
I Win, One to Nothin'!
Andy's stamp album vs. iTunes 7.0.0
XTC, the brand
Mailman bring me no more blues indeed!
Brown Dirt
Umaway-a-umaway....
CDDB bliss
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:58:34 EDT From: Joleson@aol.com Subject: A Bullz-eye chat with Robyn Hitchcock Message-ID: <554.7ac48b2.3254451a@aol.com> Robyn talks about Andy, etc.: http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2006/robyn_hitchcock.htm
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:43:51 -0300 From: "Brunkhorst" <brunkhorstk@hotmail.com> Subject: the Beatles, reproduction, etc. Message-ID: <BAY117-DAV6443BC5F21DA3F9634057B61C0@phx.gbl> Simon says: I find it funny that EMI whips out the lawsuits to punish people for doing much the same thing the Beatles frequently did. You do? Yes, the Beatles borrowed, songs, licks, chord changes, styles, vocal mannerisms, etc., etc., from others' work (most notably American R&B records/singers), and made money from it. Now the Beatles' work falls under the protective umbrella of EMI; if you borrow some Beatles content, use it to make money, and don't ask or pay them first, you're stealing from them, and they have lawyers galore. EMI is a corporation, and corporations have all the behavioral advantages of people, without any of the consequences or accountability. See the film 'The Corporation' (it's available on DVD) and/or read Noam Chomsky. Many countries also apply such standards in rationalising stuff, especially America. This is normal Earth behavior. (Was the BBC compensated for their useage of 'King Lear' in 'I Am The Walrus'? No. If they had asked for it, it could conceivably have caused the song to be scrapped, since the addition of the 'Lear' broadcast was done in real-time during the mixing process by a probably baked John Lennon. It's what happened to be on the radio then, and it can't be changed or erased now, I don't think. Just think if it had been something other than the Bard. What about the brass band record used on 'Yellow Submarine'? The audience recording on 'Sgt Pepper'? At least the second (and probably the first) of those came from the Abbey Road sound effects library, to which the copyright was owned by the studio (and hence, EMI). Anyone can buy licensed material for use - samples of drum sounds, rhythm beds, cheesy theme music for commericals, etc. Was the band paid? Probably once when it was recorded. Maybe it was a field recording, in which case, maybe not. The classical records used on 'Revolution 9'?). Probably not. There were dozens used. The composers of course would not have been entitled to residuals or mechanicals, but the performers may have been. They probably didn't find out until long after, if ever. In those days, there was no legal exploration of sampling or mechanical reproduction of a composer's or performer's work. Check out Ian McDonald's 'Revolution In The Head'. It has a lot to say about the Beatles and their songs. For me, it's the best subjective book on them. Kevin
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:44:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Al LaCarte <allacarte@yahoo.com> Subject: I Win, One to Nothin'! Message-ID: <20061004014409.46996.qmail@web58310.mail.re3.yahoo.com> All: >>Air Supply<< :Al "Next song!"
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:14:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: Andy's stamp album vs. iTunes 7.0.0 Message-ID: <20061005061446.26200.qmail@web51110.mail.yahoo.com> Okay to talk about iTunes here? I promise to pepper my post with lots of fresh-ground, shade-grown, free-trade, organic XTC. I'm Importing Andy's nine-wheel stamp album into my iTunes library, a disc a day, while reading his pithy, pissy comments in the accompanying booklet. Has anyone else noticed that iTunes 7.0.0 is full of swamp gas and hiccuppy? (You can tell I'm a computer genius by my total command of Geekese.) Two-thirds through the import process with both Fuzzy Warbles Vols. I & II, iTunes mysteriously crashed. I brought it back up and resumed importation after un-ticking the songs which had already made it in, and both times it worked -- but that was a surprise, especially since all the previous 6.x, 5.x, and 4.x versions were in my experience completely stable and dependable. The next time I had access to WiFi (it's still Dialup City here at home, folks), I downloaded 7.0.1. Just now, using 7.0.1, I imported F.W. III, and everything worked smoothly. Well, except for one thing. One of the new features of iTunes 7 is an automatic album cover art search-and-import function. Before, I copied album covers from Amazon or CD Baby or, in the case of a musician so obscure his mother hasn't heard of him, said busker's own website, and pasted the graphic into my iTunes library. Version 7 does it for you. That's mighy keen, if it gets the right art. For F.W. I, it did. But for F.W. II and now (using 7.0.1) F.W. III, what popped up was the cover of F.W. I. Aargh! I wanted to sever the head of a whore's son of an unbeliever. No, wait, I'm a degenerate pansy Westerner. I meant to say, I wanted to express my miffitude and flummoxidation by composing a dignified letter, in India ink upon foolscap, to the Apple Computer Company, Cupertino, California, U.S.A. But instead I raided Amazon for the cover of F.W. III and put it where it needed to go. Mountain Dew-stoked ubergeeks are at this very moment tweaking iTunes 7.0.2 to fix the problem. Ryan Anthony An Independent Internet content provider Now Playing: "No One Here Avail --" Whoops, too late! It's no longer playing.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 10:36:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com> Subject: XTC, the brand Message-ID: <20061005173638.52695.qmail@web61324.mail.yahoo.com> Hi folks; Since all has been quiet on the "new CD' front and we in the general fan base don't know exactly what's going on behind the scenes, I might as well throw an idea or two out for discussion. Years ago, I posted my concept of XTC, the brand name. I said that a typical XTC release would contain 9-11 songs by Andy and 2-3 by Colin (this has been the general model for many years now). As we all know, the "band" is down to the 2 core members, Andy and Colin. I believe that most of us like the counterpoint and tension that results from their different writing styles. Well, suppose Colin either has severe writer's block (I've talked about this as well) or just isn't interested anymore. This puts Andy in a fix because the majority of folks who leave a band to go solo don't fair as well as when they were in the band. I know there are exceptions (Van Morrison, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, etc), but lots of failures. Anybody still play any of those solo Kiss records? I'm sure we've all seen solo Daryl Hall CDs in the dollar bin. So here's my idea for discussion: suppose Colin has told Andy that he's had it and wants to retire. Andy's essentially all out of Warbles and while he does write with others on occasion, what are his choices? He can either go solo or release something under the name XTC (didn't Tears for Fears end up as just one member for a while?), and there's an interesting tweak I haven't heard anybody mention yet. Suppose Andy asks Dave to rejoin and the two of them soldier on as XTC? That would mean that Andy would be the sole songwriter, but he'd gain Dave's musical genius and skills as an arranger back in the fold. So, what do you think? Mike
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:25:30 -0700 From: "Wayne Klein" <wtdk123@msn.com> Subject: Mailman bring me no more blues indeed! Message-ID: <BAY108-F302751673400916C00D3A9F9120@phx.gbl> Wow. You know we all complain about lousy customer service but when its outstanding it's rare that anyone says anything. So kudos to Steve Young the head of Andy's Ape for outstanding customer service. Why? Well I ordered Volumes 7, 8 and 9 (with the stamp box of course) and was pleasantly surprised that I had it by October 5--and that's to the US from the UK in less than a week! The box as many have mentioned before looks terrific--very sturdy, great design and packaging! Haven't had a chance to listen to the bonus disc yet but am happy to have these final volumes. Well done guys!
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 08:27:29 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Culnane <paulculnane@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Brown Dirt Message-ID: <20061006072729.66231.qmail@web86901.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Not trying to stir anything up this time, and we all know that Gus Dudgeon produced "Nonsuch" anyway. But I've been revisiting Reggie Dwight and his Captain Fantastic record. IMO, it is indeed fantastic. So good that it pales his new sequel "The Captain & the Kid" which is surely the best thing he's done since his heady heyday. Recommend the new one for fans. "Someone saved my life tonight (sugar bear)". PAUL
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:15:07 +1300 From: "Neil Sheppard" <shepster247@gmail.com> Subject: Umaway-a-umaway.... Message-ID: <3d42c8180610052315s287e26eeq6062faca51db7563@mail.gmail.com> In the midst of all this talk of "Inspirations"... I played my 5 year old daughter "Vanishing Girl" today at teatime, and her eyes lit up. "I know this song daddy", she said, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight!" Shep.
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:05:03 +0100 From: Jon Holden-Dye <jon@jhd-designs.demon.co.uk> Subject: CDDB bliss Message-ID: <45258F9F.1080401@jhd-designs.demon.co.uk> Just a small 'thank you' to whoever has been posting the CDDB entries for the FW series - immaculate, accurate, and consistent. I'm assuming it's a 'hiller who's responsible... Sod Lynne, howzabout Stock, Aitken & Waterman, for a 'perfect fit'? Couple of other dream tickets (oldest to youngest): - (Temps/'Masterpiece'-era) Norman Whitfield - Alex Paterson (think 27-minute remixes...) - TM Juke (fonky, honky - in a white-boy stylee) - My 9-year old, Tom (I'd make the tea, natch) -- JHD - aka Conan the BarbarbarBarbarbarAnn. (Not really.)
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