Chalkhills Digest Volume 20, Issue 1
Date: Monday, 13 January 2014
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 20, Number 1
Monday, 13 January 2014
Topics:
OST Podcast with AP
New "Towers Of London" cover makes you want to hear the original
big express
More love for XTC from "Sound Opinions"
Thanksgiving
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 13:00:34 -0000 From: "The White House hotel" <iisimpson@btinternet.com> Subject: OST Podcast with AP Message-ID: <A3FED3D4565F466E8F23FE69BD18A9A2@wazza> Hello chalkhillers http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/10323 stumbling randomly round the internet on a night when insomnia had long since removed any chance of getting any further shuteye I came across this rather splendid 2 hr conversation with XTCs very own Andy Partridge. As is the case with many of us XTC obsessives I though I had heard most of his podramblings however this was new to me. I did not recall any mention of it on chalkhills and indeed a quick search on the site gave a blank but it is well worth a couple of hours of anyone's time. cheers simpon
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 00:17:54 -0800 (PST) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: New "Towers Of London" cover makes you want to hear the original Message-ID: <1386577074.89204.YahooMailBasic@web121005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> "Towers Of London" has been tributized by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) on their third album of reworked tunes, *Under The Covers, Vol. 3*, released Nov. 11 on Shout! Factory, which concentrates on the 1980s. At Amazon's MP3 store, which gives a "Popularity" rating to every track, "Towers" is currently (Dec. 9) scoring a zero. I played the 30-second sample, and if a few more Chalkvillains do likewise, perhaps we can give that rating a boost. The album avoids the massive chart-toppers of the era for the most part in favor of minor hits and agreeable also-rans such as Elvis Costello/Dave Edmunds' "Girls Talk" and Lindsey Buckingham's "Trouble." Check out a few samples and see if you don't agree with me that Sweet & Hoffs's treatments don't impel you to press "Buy," they make you want to hear the originals. Ryan Anthony An independent Internet content provider Tucson, Wild West, America
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:57:46 -0800 From: Steve <ste7phen@yahoo.com> Subject: big express Message-ID: <52A658FA.4080000@yahoo.com> i really enjoyed reading the interview with the drummer for mummer and big express. following that reading i got so lucky and have ended up with a sealed big express lp from a record store. who would think after all this time? craziness. you guys would understand such joy. it plays quite loud :)
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:35:57 -0800 (PST) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: More love for XTC from "Sound Opinions" Message-ID: <1386995757.66179.YahooMailBasic@web126103.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> A pre-Christmas tradition at the "Sound Opinions" podcast, hosted by Chicago music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot (available free at the iTunes Store or at soundopinions.org), is to play music collector Andy Cerzan's setlist of undeservedly obscure Christmas songs. This year, in the episode dated Dec. 13 (or 13 Dec.), the list includes Our Heroes' "Thanks For Christmas." Beginning at the 23:20 point ... Cerzan: The next set starts off with one of the great British bands of all time: XTC is in the rare air, without a doubt, although they're virtually invisible, and as far as I know, non-functional even at this point. DeRogatis: Andy, like Greg and me, we don't live in the past, but isn't that a band you'd love to see? Wouldn't you love to see Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding get back together for one more go? Cerzan: Well, I was lucky enough to get invited to a super-rare radio promo tour, and then ended up getting to spend the afternoon with Andy Partridge and my friend, Mark, from Geffen Records, who called me and said, 'Hey, what are you doing today? I'm going to take Andy Partridge around town and you guys should meet each other.' I was like, 'Are you kidding? I don't know if he wants to meet me, but I want to meet him.' So, we had a gas, we went out drinking that night, and, no, they're just the best. They did one Christmas tune, it was a 45, the A-side was 'Thanks For Christmas,' and the B-side was kind of a disco-y sort of a track, it was called 'Countdown To Christmas Party Time.' It came out in '83, only in Europe. This one stood the test of time. This is 'Thanks For Christmas' by The Three Wise Men, who were XTC, and XTC fans, rare note: Colin and Andy always wrote their own songs by themselves, the two songwriters for the band, and in this one, not only did they collaborate on it, but Dave Gregory also has -- their maestro, multi-instrumentalist guy in the band -- also got songwriting credit. So this is the only song they, all three, did together, and it's a great one: 'Thanks For Christmas' by XTC." The episode also includes the Beatles' annual greetings to their fan clubs. Happy Kringle to all! Ryan Anthony An independent Internet content provider Tucson, Ariz., U.S. P.S.: Any reference to the Beatles is welcome here, right? If you love *Yellow Submarine*, go to Archive.org and download, for free, a 2008 animated feature by Nina Paley called *Sita Sings The Blues*, which conjoins the story of an unhappy love affair in Indian legend, Paley's own heartbreak, and torch songs from the 1920s. *Sita* mixes four styles of animation: the "squiggly" look you'll recall from Comedy Central's *Dr. Katz Professional Therapist*, shadow puppets reminiscent of *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* (1926), Terry Gilliamesque manipulation of paintings, and a stylized 2-D approach that at one point pays tribute to the then-mind-blowing "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" sequence in *Yellow Submarine*.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:39:21 -0500 From: CSRT Kelly <csrtkelly@me.com> Subject: Thanksgiving Message-ID: <571F3B97-5F71-4BC5-9EFA-2DD9F72D5480@me.com> A below normal chilly Thanksgiving morning here in Kentucky is a relief for those who see global warming. Andy would be happy to know that only four of thirty relatives arriving for the holiday are flying in to the Bluegrass. They will be properly surveyed on how many flights per year they take. Two seems ample. Andy's how to better the world list eerily resembles mine. As an XTC enthusiast for over 25 years, I have been fascinated that there are no XTC cover bands in all the local places. Song after infectious song, they are the rulers of pop music. I just want to have the opening guitar for Vanishing Girl as my ringtone. Here is an image for the day. It is a reproduction of a recent painting I call "The Last of the Great Chicken Houses". I think it would make a great cover for Andy's next project. Thanks for the site. Truly, Cynthia Ryan Kelly <http://chalkhills.org/misc/The_Last_of_the_Great_Chicken_Houses.jpg> The Last of the Great Chicken Houses water-based media on canvas 25" x 36" 2012 more images at www.cynthiaryankelly.com Happy Thanksgiving! We transplants over here are so grateful the Native American Indians didn't wipe us out completely upon realizing the raw deal they were getting.
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