Chalkhills Digest Volume 14, Issue 21
Date: Saturday, 28 June 2008
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 14, Number 21
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Topics:
Pizza Stop
longevity
Re: Boys are Back in Town (Swindon)?
Our Favorite Recordings Could Be Choking
re: boys are back in town
Marmalade Army
Re: ZZ
Andy Partridge interview, "Bay TV", March 1999
"Scarecrow People" is the MySpace song of the week
XTC in Print
Train Running Lower
XTC near-sighting
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:17:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Versaci <michael_versaci@yahoo.com> Subject: Pizza Stop Message-ID: <473061.78872.qm@web30901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Folxtc, An independent Internet content provider said: >Anyone who says "I hate ZZ Top," with or without the obscene adverb, hasn't listened to "Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" recently.< Well, I don't know about "anyone" but certainly that describes me. > just blue men playing the whites, and nearly on a par with the Messrs. Allman, Betts, Cropper, Dunn, Clapton, and Mayall.< On a side note, while I really can't even come close to agreeing with the previous statement, Derek Trucks' name should have been included on that list. Anyone remember Air Supply? Oddly enough they haven't been mentioned in these parts for quite some time. And where the hell is Dom? Probably at an Opeth concert or writing a song about T-Bone I guess... - Mike
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:06:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> Subject: longevity Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0806131205070.4226-100000@vaal.killerlink.net> > From: "Darryl Bullock" <dwbullock@blueyonder.co.uk> > In Digest #14-19, Christopher Coolidge wrote "Like them or not, ZZ Top is > the one band who's been together longest with the original lineup without > breaking up or changing personnel at any time." > Sorry Chris, but the Four Tops, who originally formed as the Four Aims, had > the same four man line up from 1954 through to 1997, when founding member > Lawrence Peyton sadly died. That's 43 years - half a decade more than > Messers Hill, Gibbons and Beard have managed to date! Perhaps Christopher gives it to ZZ Top because they're *still together* in the original lineup, whereas, as you say, the original Four Tops are no more?
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:13:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve <ste7phen@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Boys are Back in Town (Swindon)? Message-ID: <748778.95365.qm@web53302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Don Device wrote: >Am I the only one that checked this out? First of all, it's a little >weird, with unaswered snippets of questions which make me think the >page wasn't totally up when I saw it, or when JP posted... That said, >this intriguing (!!!) snippet was within: > Getting back together? >2nd May 2008, Andy Partridge announced during a short interview with >Mojo, that XTC will be back together before the end of the year ... >ANYONE? ANY NEWS OF THIS???? On that site, which is an xtc fan must read, the boldface titles are hyperlinks to the full answers. It appears that Andy does indeed answer every question. How ripe is that? The following is a copy and pasted reply to your similar question about "getting back together" in this non-snippet: A. Well me old Kev, somebody has got some crossed wires going for sure and what a mistake to read anything on Thickipedia. NO,we wont be getting back together again for any purpose in any forseeable future as long as I've still got a hole in my arse. advertisement How do these rumours start? I suppose it's from the same source that gave the world snippets like "Andy wears armour and has a collection of more than 50 bycycles" (which journalists have actually asked me about in all seriousness). - AP Another Steve
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:11:18 -0400 From: Kevin wollenweber <dancingweed@optonline.net> Subject: Our Favorite Recordings Could Be Choking Message-ID: <0K2F009LWKQXQLA0@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Folks: For anyone in the know, I had become concerned, upon reading about the fire that broke out at Universal Studios, that among the casualties might have been some master recordings of our favorite bands; I mean, are we now left with only the John Astley "masters" to the Who catalog? That would certainly be a real shame. Such negligence shows how fragile all the musical history really is, and this sort of thing could take place at any record company or entertainment conglomerate. So I think that there is a lot more to worry about now than what format we listen to our favorite music on. Kevin
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:03:39 +0100 (BST) From: STEPHEN JACKSON <planet_skaro@btinternet.com> Subject: re: boys are back in town Message-ID: <953591.11706.qm@web86411.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Don wrote: >>Am I the only one that checked this out? First of all, it's a little weird, with unaswered snippets of questions which make me think the page wasn't totally up when I saw it, or when JP posted... That said, this intriguing (!!!) snippet was within: >> Getting back together? 2nd May 2008, Andy Partridge announced during a short interview with Mojo, that XTC will be back together before the end of the year ... Sadly, if you click on the link for this article Andy confirms that "NO,we wont be getting back together again for any purpose in any forseeable future as long as I've still got a hole in my arse" On a unrelated note here's a clip of Terry Chambers playing with Dragon to cheer you up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM7RcgZ1pLE Steve
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:28:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Hoffman <hoffmage@yahoo.com> Subject: Marmalade Army Message-ID: <824907.16208.qm@web62015.mail.re1.yahoo.com> I always love it when someone finds a new band that is similar to a band I like and I can check them out to see if I like them too, so on that musical note, I just discovered a band called Marmalade Army. I'm not only a fan of XTC but also of 10cc, and Marmalade Army sounds to my ear like Graham Gouldman of 10cc singing new XTC songs, with a bit of 10cc-ish parts thrown in. I previewed their tracks on Not Lame, Amazon, and iTunes and liked what I heard. If anyone else has checked them out, please give your opinion! - Randy
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:05:38 -0400 From: Christopher Coolidge <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Re: ZZ Message-ID: <337A6788-4293-4665-94C8-82E8156A337A@together.net> Darryl W. Bullock wrote: > In Digest #14-19, Christopher Coolidge wrote "Like them or not, ZZ > Top is the one band who's been together longest with the original > lineup without breaking up or changing personnel at any time." > > Sorry Chris, but the Four Tops, who originally formed as the Four > Aims, had the same four man line up from 1954 through to 1997, when > founding member Lawrence Peyton sadly died. That's 43 years - half a > decade more than Messers Hill, Gibbons and Beard have managed to > date! > > And I'll bet there's another one out there somewhere too... But they're not together NOW, are they? A pretty good run, but we're talking currently running streak. Still, if we're talking longevity with the same lineup, even with the streak broken it's a hard one to beat. Also Levi Stubbs isn't performing with them anymore due to health problems, but that came up after Peyton died. If you think of anyone else let me know, it's practically impossible to keep the same lineup of a band together for more than a year or two, let alone the better part of a lifetime. It's amazing enough that The Rolling Stones have lost only two original members over the years, you can thank the calming influence of Charlie Watts for that one. My Internet Radio Station, Guerilla Music http://www.live365.com/stations/336124
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:31:20 -0700 From: "Ed Daranciang" <eddaranciang@gmail.com> Subject: Andy Partridge interview, "Bay TV", March 1999 Message-ID: <20515d020806150831q6aff9036sd945e42c3d11a40f@mail.gmail.com> I just posted an Andy Partridge interview from March 3rd, 1999, onto YouTube. He was visiting "Bay TV" (a SF Bay Area TV show), to promote XTC's "Apple Venus" CD release. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmEpSvRd5qU Ed in SF
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:26:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: "Scarecrow People" is the MySpace song of the week Message-ID: <84324.13538.qm@web32006.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/xtcfans), the song of the week is "Scarecrow People." If you want to know which Prince song Andy thinks this song has a connection to, or how the recording of this song featured a vocal "first" that he wasn't particularly proud of, check out the XTCfans blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/xtcfans. For if we don't start learning well We're all gonna wind up scarecrow people, too. -Todd
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:17:57 +0100 From: John <basher132@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: XTC in Print Message-ID: <2008616231757.596290@john-75fd889929> XTC/partridge have cropped up in books that have crossed my path recently. First, they have gained a place in the Power pop top 200 as chosen by John Borak in the not lame book Shake Some Action http://www.notlame.com/PBPOWERPOPBOOK.html The album chosen was Upsy Daisy, which the author acknowledges is a bit of a cop out, but still... Also, there is a 2 page piece by Mike Simmonds of The Sparkejets UK, highlighting his favourite tracks; plus various pop luminaries pick out their faves, and those that pick an XTC album, mainly pick out Skylarking. I'd have had Black Sea as more power poppy, but there you go. Secondly, the Will Hodgkinson book "Song Man" is the second in his middle age quest to become vaguely competent at "pop", the first volume concentrating on badgering pop/rock stars to teach him guitar, whilst song man highlights his efforts to write a song. This proceeds in the same way as the previous book, ie hassling pop stars for songwriting tips, including a trip to Swindon to interview Andy Partridge. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0747584958 Cheers, John
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:59:23 -0500 From: Tom Keekley <lasirrah@gmail.com> Subject: Train Running Lower Message-ID: <8E33A5D0-08CF-45F8-A41E-5BA59A8E2F2F@gmail.com> I have been a lurker for years, having been active way back in the day. The post about a possible resuscitation of the band really had a few quick beats going. Needless to say, I tossed on a couple of the classics to cheer me up. I appreciate those of you who post with new (or old) bands and recomendations. Rarely am I dissapointed and it always leads somewhere interesting. Mine? Try Vampire Weekend. Cheers. Long live Chalkhills, Alex H.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:49:59 +0200 From: Don McPhee <donmcphee@noos.fr> Subject: XTC near-sighting Message-ID: <2D3E2F0C-205A-4966-8012-5BA6F43F56DC@noos.fr> Chalk-all, Here's a link to a cute short film... One of the 'creatives' comes from Swindon, and the description of Swindon creativity struck me as rather apt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgYwTELj-fs Best, d2
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