Chalkhills Digest Volume 12, Issue 8
Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 12, Number 8
Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Topics:
Official Bit Torrent
Nonsuch Demos
AP sighting, sorta
what I miss
Andy and Robyn!
Free association
Media slutz
Knock-Knock?
Rutles and stuff - not really XTC related BWTH
"Scanners" Scan to XTC?
XTC vs. Harry Potter
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:39:08 -0800 (PST) From: Steve <ste7phen@yahoo.com> Subject: Official Bit Torrent Message-ID: <20060214173908.40859.qmail@web53314.mail.yahoo.com> John wrote: > Don't know if it's been posted here yet, but the Who have put up an > officially sanctioned site, http://www.longliverock.org > > I've downloaded two DVDs and two audio discs, great stuff! The site says: "Long Live Rock is brought to you by carriepr and hntgzr." Who are these carriepr and hntgzr chrktrs? Another Steve
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:09:05 +1100 From: "Simon Knight" <homefrontradio@hotmail.com> Subject: Nonsuch Demos Message-ID: <BAY109-F8F461E7E4AD03A9029BD6D0FA0@phx.gbl> >The recent release of "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" reminded me >that there were so many wonderful songs from the "Nonsvch" sessions >that never saw the light of day. So let's open the blinds and expose >(rawr!) them for all to see. Since so many albums are released these days in repackaged forms with bonus tracks, live versions, outtakes and demos I was just curious as to how everyone else feels about this this kind of stuff being made public to our ears? Is this kind of information a positive or negative thing? (This ties in with Fuzzy Warbles as a whole I suppose). I can't explain it, but for some reason whenever I listen to an album with the added knowledge of what else was recorded during the sessions, it always seems to end up with the result of always viewing the album in question as a Flawed Work from that moment on. With my vague knowledge of the 'Nonsuch' demos, I think these are some of the songs that were offered up for it: Goosey Goosey Wonder Annual * Always Winter, Never Christmas * Where Did The Ordinary People Go? * Goodbye Humanosaurus The Art Song (Something Good With Your Life) I Can't Tell What Truth Is Anymore * The Tiny Circus Of Life Down A Peg Didn't Hurt A Bit * Rip Van Reuben * Difficult Age End Of The Pier * Car Out Of Control * indicates a song I would happily rather have on Nonsuch rather that a lot of what's there - at the very least, Wonder Annual and End Of The Pier are better to my ears than almost everything on the album. Up until Nonsuch, the band's writing really connected with me with an astonishingly high success rate, (there's not a dud song on the three albums before it), so Nonsuch was a bit of a disappointment for me personally - a lot of the songs don't emotionally connect as strongly as I was previously used to, though i think the flat production has a lot to do with it. Now I can only view Nonsuch as a lost opportunity. What I wish it was, rather than what it is. I;m sure I wouldn't have this problem if I didn't know what else was out there. Anyone else think like this? Cheers, Simon
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:30:23 -0500 From: Kevin Hiscock <khiscock@hidebound.com> Subject: AP sighting, sorta Message-ID: <OF5492BDC2.06BF5BD6-ON86257116.0054AECC-85257116.00553F00@prominic.com> Can't remember seeing this mentioned during my lurking here. I recently (and finally) got around to listening to a Marty Willson-Piper CD I picked up at a Church gig a couple of years ago and MWP mentions Andy in one of the songs, "Forget the Radio": All my favorite records I never see or hear And here's the plague of zombies For power and career Andy Partridge, Robert Wyatt You hear it you buy it The tail seems to wag the dog The music's thick, lost in the fog Without analysis This is all we wish Image kills the qualities below According to someone on the Church's forum: "Marty is a an admirer of both. At a show in Atlanta he expounded on the subject of Partridge a bit and even sang a bit of 'Your Dictionary' a capella. It was great." Obviously MWP needs to listen to a certain Internet radio station . . . cheers.kah http://www.radiohidebound.com - the home of radio hidebound, 151 proof college radio aged 20 years currently spinning: Bears - Superboy
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson <jydson@yahoo.com> Subject: what I miss Message-ID: <20060215154639.47475.qmail@web32608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> This m-p-i-p digital age is so overrated. Even though I wasted a fortune on one hit wonders, I miss going to the record store, getting that big platter,nearly cutting the skin under my fingernail, loading her up, the downward movement of the needle, the ensuing hiss and fondling the cardboard cover, liner notes and reading along to the printed lyrics...sigh.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:50:42 -0500 From: Benjamin Gott <BGott@rectoryschool.org> Subject: Andy and Robyn! Message-ID: <47F8CA1A-2726-46D0-B40D-FE7053EDC0FB@rectoryschool.org> Gang, I am more excited about this news release than I've ever been about any news release in my life. From the Idea Records website: "Partridge And Hitchcock Hitch and Hatch" Date: 13/02/06 Andy and psychedelic Soft Boy Shaman Robyn Hitchcock have been writing and recording together recently. Robyn has been touring with members of REM and when he gets off the road he and Andys sonic experiments will re commence. Early song titles include 'Turn Me On Deadman", 'Love' 'Let Me Exist' and 'Great Wall Of Breakfast!'. As Tommy Boy would say, "Holy Schnikies!" -Ben
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:03:57 +0100 From: jeffrey.thomas@bayercropscience.com Subject: Free association Message-ID: <OF3AB41CBF.5454694E-ONC1257118.00307A6C@bayer.de> Hi people of the collines de craie, Thanks to the beauty of Chalkhills and the incredible kindness of a certain hilleR, I now have an .mp3 of "Ordinary People"! I am psyched!! What a song, better than "Say It", in the same league as "Spiral", it's great! Love the part where he sings "green" and the harmonies come in that sound like a car horn, just before he sings the line about cars in his street. Also how the vocals seem to bounce back and forth between ADT with reverb and then without both. My only wish (as with the other new songs) is that I can someday hear "real" versions of the songs on a "real" stereo, not just .mp3s on my work computer speaker. But this is "Meckern auf einem hohen Niveau" (complaining at a high level), as Germans would say. If there is anything to criticize, it would only be that production/arrangement-wise, the lack of Greggsy is more evident than ever. It is really unfortunate that they can't all work together nowadays. A (stupid) question, though: Did anyone else except me listen and start free-associating with "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads?? ... No?? Hmm, I didn't think so. Oh! there comes my nurse, it's off to the ward for me... Au revoir, Jeff
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:37:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Culnane <paulculnane@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Media slutz Message-ID: <20060220013707.10149.qmail@web86911.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi Chalks As rats are being whacked and bats are being sacked, I thought I'd bring something to your attention- Have you noticed how Mr Partridge has been all over the media lately? Andy The Ubiquitous. Is there some kinda new box set or something he's seeking to promote? I made an undertaking to the illustrious Mr Relph to transcribe and scan stuff from the various English mags in which AP appears, to put into the press clippings section of Chalkhills for all to enjoy. However, certain events have overtaken that endeavour [sorry for the delay John, I'm working on it-]. There's one particularly splendid example though, which I recommend you seek out. It's the Christmas '05 issue of Record Collector magazine. Lennon's on the cover (as seems to be the case with just about every other December British music glossy). Great interview with an updated UK discography. And in the same issue, there is an item about the discovery of an acetate (conservatively valued at 400 pounds sterling) for the aborted "Wrapped In Grey" single. Check it out, trainspotters! Also, I picked up on eBay a great 2-CD set of an interview that Andy did for Swindon radio in December. I'll transcribe that for John (and you) too, but it's such a bugger to do that with an audio source. I mean, "pause button working overtime". eBay can be addictive and wallet-emptying. I scored a retro-80s California licence plate which has IN-XTC in big blue letters. It's on my wall. Is there some kinda therapy that an XTC obsessive might undergo? Or should I just tickle my nether regions with the Apple Box peacock feather? Finally, many of us know about the hidden tracks on discs 2 & 3 of "Coat/Cupboard". But when I was burning some selections for a comp for a friend, my burning software flashed up some kinda message that there is a ROM component on the disc. I fiddled about but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. Has anyone discovered any ROM-type stuff that we should know about? Repeatedly playing: Kaiser Chiefs "Employment". That "Na Na Na Na Naa" song is a killer! At yer service Paul "When all is said and done, there'll be nothing left to say or do" - Roger McGough Paul Culnane ICE Productions Australia
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:01:05 +0100 From: "don device" <dondevice@noos.fr> Subject: Knock-Knock? Message-ID: <00be01c63679$ea08dd30$643e4251@computer> Hey all, Knock-knock? Who's there? Oh, it's just my telephone ith it's stupid 'knock-knock' ring because I still can't figure out how to download my ringtone I got with my super-duper apple box (which is otherwise quite lovely). The kind people over in Merry Ol' England have tried to help me a bit, sans succes. Can anywone here give me advice? Am I just too old for this sorta thing? To be quite honest, I'd rather have any of a number of other XTC songs coming from my Motorola telephone. I've looked for ringtones here on the site, but only found ones for Erickson models... Can anyone put an end to this infernal knock-knock joke? yours in agony/xtc, d"
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:38:24 +1100 From: "Andrew Gowans" <ratwhacker@hotmail.com> Subject: Rutles and stuff - not really XTC related BWTH Message-ID: <BAY103-F40FD6AD8C128FAF8C8D566C9FD0@phx.gbl> Hi De Hi! For the Rutle'er'er'ers amongst us. If all you need is cash or a yellow submarine sandwhich pop on over to: http://www.skylighters.org/larry/ He has some nice wallpapers including the Pre-Fab 4: http://www.skylighters.org/larry/rutleswp.jpg No XTC though. No, wait! What's that down the bottom? Is it? Nah! Wrong Sgt Rock. Damn and blast! Best of luck next time folks. Andrew Gowans
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:57:30 -0500 From: Benjamin Gott <bgott@rectoryschool.org> Subject: "Scanners" Scan to XTC? Message-ID: <20D2A5DA-B006-4CF8-9C65-6B330C74FAD8@rectoryschool.org> Gang, I've been relishing in a bit of a David Cronenberg movie-fest lately. It's been fun, what with the freaky exploding heads, buggy Jeff Daniels, Christopher Walken, and all... In any case, tonight I decided to watch "Scanners" again, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a "Drums & Wires" promo flat on the wall of the record store through which the school bus crashes! You've got to love production designers who listen to XTC. Check out the screenshot here: http://loquaciousmusic.blogspot.com Keep those requests for the demos comin'... -Ben
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:35:39 -0800 From: "Pastula Aaron" <pastula12@hotmail.com> Subject: XTC vs. Harry Potter Message-ID: <BAY109-F2284688E4457FC7E452FAAA2FD0@phx.gbl> Found this during a bout of insomnia... http://www.youtube.com/?v=9r-vv3JxVCU A really, really nice a capella version of "Rook" coupled with a video montage from Harry Potter...the cover is by a jazz quintet called +4db from here in San Francisco. Might have to check them out; their site is here: http://www.plus4db.com/plusfourdb_cd.asp#mp3 Enjoy; I'm going back to bed. AP
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