Chalkhills Digest Volume 13, Issue 2
Date: Saturday, 13 January 2007
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 13, Number 2
Saturday, 13 January 2007
Topics:
Fairport Convention cover XTC
Andy discusses "Mayor of Simpleton" on MySpace
BEST MUSIC OF THE YEAR!!!
Aaaah Swindon!
A Recording Question
Generally Speaking
Shameless
This APE has got a blog
The Disappointed Covered by Beat Crusaders
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 07:24:51 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Burnell <yondermeister@yahoo.com> Subject: Fairport Convention cover XTC Message-ID: <820173.22949.qm@web53605.mail.yahoo.com> odd, but somehow entirely appropriate. http://www.fairportconvention.com/news984.htm that most English of folk rock bands tackles "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" on their new ablum. maybe considering the Englishness of Andy's writing, maybe it's not such a strange idea after all.... Mark B in NYC
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:37:45 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: Andy discusses "Mayor of Simpleton" on MySpace Message-ID: <825807.36839.qm@web32009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/xtcfans), the song of the week is "Mayor of Simpleton." If you want to know which song Andy was trying to play when he stumbled upon the guitar pattern for the song, and how old he was when he left school (and why), check out the XTCfans blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/xtcfans. Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton. -Todd
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:31:44 -0800 (PST) From: The Colonel <captainextraneous@yahoo.com> Subject: BEST MUSIC OF THE YEAR!!! Message-ID: <20070108193144.28064.qmail@web34114.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Okay, I've been putting this off for a while. So here's my top 20 cd's of 2006, plus standout EPs, live album, etc... BEST CDs OF 2006 Albums The Format - Dog Problems Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit The Bicycles - The Good, The Bad And The Cuddly The Decemberists - The Crane Wife Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites Mates Of State - Bring It Back Guster - Ganging Up On The Sun Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller Youth Group - Casino Twilight Dogs Joshua Radin - We Were Here Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time Muse - Black Holes And Revelations Islands - Return To The Sea Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country Midlake - The Trials Of Vanoccupanther Magic Numbers - Those The Brokes Keane - Under The Iron Sea Snow Patrol - Eyes Open EPs Dr. Dog - Takers And Leavers Shins - Phantom Limb Little Ones - Sing Song The Go! Team - Audio Assault Course The Polyphonic Spree - Wait Boxed Set Andy Patridge - Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album Reissue Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (expanded edition) Leaks Shins - Wincing The Night Away Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder Import Aberfeldy - Do Whatever Turns You On Live Album My Morning Jacket - Okonokos I didn't include any of my label's band releases of 2006, but here they are if you're interested in checking them out... THE SHAKE UPS - 'A Twist Of Lemon' - Poppy indie-style rock http://myspace.com/theshakeups THE MADEIRA - 'Sandstorm!' & 'Ruins' EP - High-energy instrumental surf http://myspace.com/themadeira P.J. OTAKU - 'Uke-a-holics Unanimous' - Quirky ukulele-based pop-rock http://myspace.com/pjotaku -Patrick
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:07:51 -0000 From: "Steve Morton" <steven.morton4@ntlworld.com> Subject: Aaaah Swindon! Message-ID: <000801c73429$d7c342b0$800101df@STEVE> Hello Fellow Chalksters, I stumbled across a program on BBC1 last Sunday night called "The Kings of 70's Romance". Despite what the title may have implied, it was actually a program about musical idols of the 70's. Rather than concentrate on The Osmonds, David Cassidy, Bay City Rollers etc, it instead focused on the singers who made the more mature women swoon. Amongst these was a young singer-songwriter by the name of Gilbert O'Sullivan who I remember from my youth for such songs as "Nothing Rhymes", "Get Down" & "Clair" (the best song about babysitting ever?). Anyway, it transpired that young Raymond (for such was his real name) composed many of his early hits in his garden shed in Swindon, equipped with a piano and a drum kit. I just thought it was another pleasant reminder of the debt that popular music owes to garden sheds in Swindon! Yet another Steve signing out.....
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:17:58 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Long <optimismsflames@yahoo.com> Subject: A Recording Question Message-ID: <388309.78704.qm@web50805.mail.yahoo.com> Searching for the best prog to record my band with - any suggestions from the music-geeks will be greatly appreciated. I've got a loaded-to-th-gills PC, great m-audio interface, good microphones... some damn good, imho, material... need progs! Please email me offlist @ this email or longwes@gmail.com Many thanks!! wesLONG
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:15:45 -0500 From: Shawn Stone <sdstone75@hotmail.com> Subject: Generally Speaking Message-ID: <BAY124-W46F9ADC2ED22EE1FA35152B9B00@phx.gbl> I know it's simple, but on the ride in to work today, they played Generals & Majors on WXRV on the radio. It's not too often you hear XTC on the radio nowadays and even less often that you hear something other than The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead, The Mayor of Simpleton or Dear God (at least in the U.S.). Just had to share that with all of you. It sent shivers down my spine. It's like a koala crapped a rainbow in my brain. - Capt. Murphy "Sealab 2021"
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:31:23 +0100 (CET) From: Gary Nicholson <member@snurge.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: Shameless Message-ID: <18183505.65321168626683100.JavaMail.www@wwinf3001> Hello People, When I read about Andy P's projected Bubblegum Pop suggestion, I was fascinated - and inspired; just as I had been by The Dukes of Stratosphear, The Rutles, and whatever that Todd Rundgren thing was about The Beatles. So I started writing songs for a London fanzine that never actually existed. All the songs were supposed to have been available as cover mounted flexi-singles between 1976 and 82. The fanzine, naturally, never sold a single copy, and all of the songs are supposed to be recognisable pastiches of the bands and performers who were around at that time. So here are four songs on MySpace. Not including my XTC one, although I'll replace the current batch in a few weeks and put that on with some others. Title: Ellis Island. Hope you'll get the other references too. If it ever gets commercially released I will, of course pretend that it is an artefact, rather than the truth, which is that it was recorded with Robin Hitchcock/ Soft Boys/ Vibrators/ Katrina and the Waves/ House of Love producer, Pat Collier between September and December last year. Cheers from the chalkhills of Winchester (UK) http://www.myspace.com/sniffingcursing
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:01:38 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: This APE has got a blog Message-ID: <14747.19711.qm@web32001.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: I'm sure I won't be the only one pointing this out, but they've got the Blog/Podcast section up-n-running at the APE House. The newest posting on the site is the first part of a multi-part audio interview with Andy about the making of the Fuzzy Warbles set. You can stream the interview or download it to your favorite digital device. You can also find postings about how to order the set (featuring a free download of "The Bland Leading the Bland"), and a cool animated promo for the set, especially created by designer Andrew Swainson. -Todd If you have the same ideas as everybody else but have them one week earlier than everyone else then you will be hailed as a visionary. But if you have them five years earlier you will be named a lunatic. -Barry Jones, politician, author (1932- )
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:42:51 -0500 From: Shawn Stone <sdstone75@hotmail.com> Subject: The Disappointed Covered by Beat Crusaders Message-ID: <BAY124-W55EADF9D65F921BE7DFB01B9B70@phx.gbl> The Beat Crusaders are an awesome band straight outta Tokyo. They released a covers album in 2005 called MUSICRADERS. The first song on the album is "The Disappointed". I haven't seen it mentioned here or on the site, but I think it's a great cover (as all the songs on the album are). The song starts off in double-time, punk style but then halfway through returns to the traditional tempo. I think they've done a marvy job. Anybody else here appreciate the Beat Crusaders? I wonder if Andy's heard their cover.
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