Chalkhills Digest Volume 13, Issue 24
Date: Monday, 4 June 2007
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 13, Number 24
Monday, 4 June 2007
Topics:
Help YOU, Rhonda, you poor thing
Jarvis Cocker vs. XTC
Interview Album for sale
wtb
The skinny on Monstrance; the fat on Falkner
"All Along the Watchtower" is the MySpace song of the week
Mini SoCal Gathering July 21st!
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 23:10:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: Help YOU, Rhonda, you poor thing Message-ID: <326982.74838.qm@web51106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> It came to me! The tenth and final addition to the Top Ten Names You Don't Want To Have In The Rock Era ... Rhonda. With or without the haitch. Ryan Anthony An independent Internet content provider P.S.: To Nigel Turner: Well posted, Chalkbro. P.P.S.: What should we do to celebrate the upcoming auspicious 07-07-07? How about we all, every one of us -- yes, you lurkers in particular, as Andy might say -- post to Chalkhills simultaneously?
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 20:04:37 +0100 (BST) From: PAUL RODGERS <pledge7@btinternet.com> Subject: Jarvis Cocker vs. XTC Message-ID: <373709.30843.qm@web86409.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Really sorry if this has already been discussed, but I'm a lurker who doesn't even get time to read all the Digests. I know I know I should make time, but... then there's the myspace blogs to get through too! Anyway, on to the subjuect of my mail: Is it just me or can anyone else spot a similarity between the acoustic guitar on the former Pulp frontman's Quantum Theory track and Love On A Farmboy's Wages? Not being a musician myself all I can go on is my ears and trying to place which bit of what track reminds me of another. This Cocker track bugged me for a while, but now I'm convinced it is Love On's slowed down nephew. I know XTC are extensively plaguarised, nay ripped off, but I don't find it so annoying when it's one of their less popular/known songs that is nodded to. Current XTC wise, can't get my head round this whole Moonstrance thing. May buy it at some stage, but it's not exactly on my list of priorities. Any replies would be appreciated and will give me cause to make sure I read the digests. Keep up the good work everyone else... Cheers Paul Rodgers
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 19:14:37 +0100 From: "Belinda" <b.blanchard@btinternet.com> Subject: Interview Album for sale Message-ID: <019001c7a3af$8db2d460$c001a8c0@belinda402a39e> Hi all Look what I got for auction on ebay! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120127207988 It's a Geffen produced Interview Album with Andy Partridge selling Skylarking. That is to say, it's basically the SkyLarking Album (With Dear God on it too) and in between each of the tracks is Andy telling us about the tracks, wrapped either side with the Geffen man introducing and wrapping up. It's one of those old fashioned black 12 inch diameter long playing album jobbies which you can only play by putting it on one of those Record Player TurnTable thingies and sticking some kind of a needle in the groove. Turn the dial up to eleven though, just to be safe. Belinda aka the PeckhamRose
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:51:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: t harms <tedmharms@yahoo.com>
Subject: wtb
Message-ID: <756297.7451.qm@web90514.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
I'm looking to buy Fuzzy Warbles 7 & 8 and Hinges (the
website only bonus disc). I'm also interested if
somebody's looking to unload Monstrance.
I'm open to trades, too; I've got plenty of jazz,
improv jazz and some freaky stuff...
ted harms.
Homer: Jazz, pfft. They just make it up as they go along. I could do
that: dee dee-dee dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee --
Marge: That's "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:26:12 -0700 From: "Pastula Aaron" <pastula12@hotmail.com> Subject: The skinny on Monstrance; the fat on Falkner Message-ID: <BAY139-F23FB60E4660F1B24B61A24A2230@phx.gbl> Okay, I finally bought it, and here's my take: In spite of some reviews and comments, Monstrance isn't bad by any means; in fact, it has some really stellar moments, although I'm not sure I would have released as much material on two discs as they did. But I'm me, and they're they, and that's their decision, innit. In short, it's a busy work from which you can pull some great pieces of inspiration while wading through minutes and minutes of easy pabulum, and occasionally getting mired in mindless dreck. Sort of like this mailing list. Switching gears, does anyone know when the new Jason Falkner album will be available in the US? Should I hold my breath, or just order the Japanese edition? Anyone? Anyone?? AP
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: "All Along the Watchtower" is the MySpace song of the week Message-ID: <978950.59394.qm@web32005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/xtcfans), the song of the week is "All Along the Watchtower. If you want to know which Rolling Stones song might have replaced this as XTC's sole cover song, and what it takes to do a good Johnny Winter imitation, check out the XTCfans blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/xtcfans. You and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late -Todd
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:04:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Kathleen Davis <msdavis_svs@yahoo.com> Subject: Mini SoCal Gathering July 21st! Message-ID: <715880.79435.qm@web60418.mail.yahoo.com> This is all we know so far: July 21st It will be fun Time/place TBA soon! Please let me know if you are interested! -Kate msdavis_svs@yahoo.com
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