Chalkhills Digest Volume 14, Issue 30
Date: Thursday, 9 October 2008
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 14, Number 30
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Topics:
"Into the Atom Age" is the MySpace song of the week
"Jammin' with the G-Bomb"
Songs and Stories book for trade
one is the loneliest number (some random thoughts)
Mike Keneally with Andy & Dave
That Wave video
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:35:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: "Into the Atom Age" is the MySpace song of the week Message-ID: <575982.85261.qm@web32003.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/xtcfans), the song of the week is "Into the Atom Age." If you want to know why Andy insisted in the band's early press materials that he be described as a "nuclear-powered Syd Barrett," or which part of the song sounds a bit Nazi to him, check out the XTCfans blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/xtcfans. I'm heading into the atom age My contemporary house is all the rage... -Todd
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:37:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: "Jammin' with the G-Bomb" Message-ID: <325953.37174.qm@web32002.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Daniel Steinhardt of the GigRig (http://www.thegigrig.com) has posted a number of videos of Mr. Dave Gregory jamming with Daniel and his band, putting amps, guitars and effects to the test. Check it out at: http://www.thegigrig.com/acatalog/TheGigRig_Amp_Shootout.html My only problem with the clips is that they're too short! -Todd A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. -Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988)
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:58:27 -0500 From: "SKNL" <shanklines@netscape.net> Subject: Songs and Stories book for trade Message-ID: <B0352C1801ED498BB800A8778FBEA8B4@MDNL> Hello, I have a copy of the wonderful book "Songs and Stories" by XTC and Neville Farmer. I'm looking to trade for any music that anyone would want to send along. Due to financial concerns, my music collection is dwindling. Contact me at shanklines@netscape.net Thanks!
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:27:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Culnane <paulculnane@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: one is the loneliest number (some random thoughts) Message-ID: <45491.42631.qm@web26101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> hello XTC enthusiasts me = haven't bothered lately with chalkhills mail list. hope you, my frenz, are all still havin fun anyway, and are happy and well. me = have had other "fish to fry". hey, i for one, am "over it". i mean, the band is all but defunct, isn't it? that happens with pop groups. you can hold onto and savour their musical legacy - and in the case of XTC, that's considerable and far ranging, and has had (will continue to have) a far ranging influence on our lives. not just the music itself, which to me is the most important thing, but also the effect that band has had on us as fans. and not to diminish the wonderful friendships made thru this chalkhills forum. but why labour the point? do we need to dissect it any further, like cutting apart a laboratory rat? the music is there - let that do the talking. enjoy that, and remember the good times. let it stand. in my case, it seems to me that many times, all i have done is to annoy people with my misconstrued exuberance. i didn't mean to do that, but some of you have seemed to not grasp it. just chill down. listen to the lyrix of XTC and try to understand. why place a value over and above what is essentially an extremely wonderful pop group who made (note, past tense) some great sides? XTC continues to be "where it's at" for me, always will be. but, we move on. don't we? i'm running with new flows and they are grand. for those few of you who care (you know who you are, and you know i care), you might like to spend five or so minutes at: www.myspace.com/realmcpugg and see how the other half lives. comments welcome. meanwhile, please try not to sweat it. just groove on what XTC gave us over 30 or so years. love and PeACE (oh, i keep forgetting, some of you feel uncomfy when i say stuff like that). but i mean it. and, to quote the bard mr partridge: "before i let go, is that my name on the bell?" p@ul "you reap what you sow, but you sew what you rip" Paul Culnane ICE/CU[b]E Productions Australia web: www.myspace.com/realmcpugg
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:12:41 -0400 From: "Scott N." <sgot@busydigits.net> Subject: Mike Keneally with Andy & Dave Message-ID: <21557768.140851223475161780.JavaMail.servlet@perfora> Hello 'Hillians, After lurking here (forever), I was compelled to surface by the following excerpt from the latest Keneallist e-newsletter from Mike Keneally: "I'll be in England this month, mostly on holiday, but also doing some writing with Andy Partridge, and doing one gig with my very special guest Dave Gregory, in Swindon at Riffs Bar on Thursday Oct. 23. I'll be primarily playing solo but Dave is going to join me on a passel of tunes. It's the one gig I could persuade myself to do in the midst of vacation, so if you're anywhere nearby I hope you'll come join us for a good time." I would dearly love to be able to catch that gig! Scott Nuckles from the wilds of Dayton, Ohio
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:34:02 -0400 From: "Scott N." <sgot@busydigits.net> Subject: That Wave video Message-ID: <13252395.146281223476442848.JavaMail.servlet@perfora> "J. D. Mack" wrote: >>Here's a YouTube video of XTC recording and listening back to "That Wave." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jge4mjWfpVw >>What's cool about this video is one can hear Dave's original guitar solo >>(which was re-recorded at the mixdown session). Other coolness abounds... Andy's acoustic segment gives a closer look at the musical structure. Also, it's great hearing a different interpretation than the released version, somewhat like the acoustic version of "Train Running Low..." from the Play At Home video. "Steve" wrote: >I love this studio footage. Must be a wannabee. Is there more??? If my fuzzy memory is correct, this was part of the video shot for the 1991 XTC convention that Pete & June Dix put on in Barrie, Ontario. Seems that there were also segments showing the recording of "Then She Appeared" and "Didn't Hurt A Bit," as well as a short convention greeting segment from the the band & Gus Dudgeon. Scott Nuckles
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