Chalkhills Digest Volume 3, Issue 133
Date: Wednesday, 25 June 1997
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 3, Number 133
Wednesday, 25 June 1997
Today's Topics:
The Greatest Living Englishman
Who is "Madam Barnum"?
Upsy Daisey
12345
Hanson
Looking for "25 O'clock"
Back in the frey...
as promised . . .
Missing Bassist and the Loving
Andy Partridge Interview!
Andy Speaks!
NONCT:Felt & Cherry Red Records (fwd)
*** Melbourne, Australia ***
Andy Partridge Interview in 'The Onion'
Upsy Daisy in my hands
I Want My XTC
Thought this might be interesting....
GH collections and home demos
Shhhhhhh! Is it safe?
Recent sightings (London)
Hmm... I wish I wish I hadn't killed that fish.
Nine Inch Nails
Oh dear God, Adam's back...
Lurking.....other interests
Take Away
Re: 13th Floor Elevators
the Atlanta party!!
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt_Kaden/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com Message-Id: <852564B9.00800663.00@mta2.lotus.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:48:17 -0400 Subject: The Greatest Living Englishman Just a quick question. I have not seen any posts about Martin Newell's record with Andy. What can you tell me about it? cheers Matt
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:50:55 +0900 Message-Id: <199706171550.AAA76820@skyhawk.asahi-net.or.jp> From: Tetsuya Shimizu <uk9t-smz@asahi-net.or.jp> Subject: Who is "Madam Barnum"? Japanese magazine "The Dig" featured 12 pages of XTC article on last month's issue. (Ms. Nishimatu introduced it on 3-107) I got it last week. In the "Nonsuch" review , the writer Shigemasa Fujimoto mentioned that "Madam Barnum" might be AP's ex-wife Marianne. Until now I have been regarded she as their former record company. . . . Tetsuya Shimizu / uk9t-smz@asahi-net.or.jp
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:21:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" <ringostr@u.washington.edu> Subject: Upsy Daisey Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.970617111732.65136F-100000@dante05.u.washington.edu> Wow! it sounds great and i love the Cover (sorry Josh). The picture of the boys is great. Andy looks great as ever, Colin looks like my dad (seriously), and Dave looks extremely cool. I can't wait to hear how AMANDA reacts to this :) It woul;d be the best packaging so far this year if it wasn't for the new David Byrne album that also came out today (it is a fanastic listen as well). %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Jason Wilson Brown %% % % ringostr@u.washington.edu %% Fuck Off, You Twat! % % History & Canadian Studies %% -Paul McCartney % % Seattle, Washington, USA %% % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
------------------------------ From: Matt_Kaden/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com Message-Id: <852564B9.006FF8E3.00@mta2.lotus.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:48:17 -0400 Subject: 12345 I'm getting angry reading some of these posts. I guess this just happens. 1) SMILE is a puzzle that you have to put together. I did; it was the most intense rush I've experienced making a tape. Any non-believers want to send me a goddamn 100 minute tape, I'll save you the time and effort. 2) The Beach Boys do not play a note on Pet Sounds or SMILE. No, they weren't a good band, but shut up already. It doesn't matter if Brian was "saddled with a band that wasn't really up to converting his brilliant ideas into the kind of final recordings they deserved", because Phil Spector's musicians play on Pet Sounds and other musicians played on SMILE. 3) Those two records have nothing in common with surf music or surf anything. 4) vacuous and bubble gum? Okay, so you haven't heard SMILE. Why are you jabbering then? 5) You can't digress like that. Mike Love's a twit, but you are as well for even mentioning that fact (which seems more like the first post, which started all this SMILE talk, rather than something you'd add now). Oh Mike Love's a twit. Thank you for straightening that out. End of discussion. I don't know. You can paint any picture of yourself you want.
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:05:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jennifer L. Geese" <jlg@tardis.svsu.edu> Subject: Hanson Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970617220053.10291E-100000@tardis.svsu.edu> Dave wrote: > Amanda, in one of her last gasps, asked: > >Am I the only one who wished that the Spice Girls and Hanson would > >drop off the face of the Earth? > > Probably not, but you know, I have to admit, however guiltily, that every > time I hear "MmmBop," that song just won't get out of my head. I saw the video for MmmBop the other day. I am now firmly convinced that the Hanson brothers are actually the Hanson SISTERS! This could be good - they won't have to worry about what to do when their voices change! Just had to add that. :) Jen "Dear God, hope you got the letter."
------------------------------ Message-Id: <n1345490804.975@ncldq04.cloud.nt.com> Date: 18 Jun 1997 10:59:15 +0000 From: "Justin Radford" <Justin.Radford.cnt42887@nt.com> Subject: Looking for "25 O'clock" Does anyone in the UK know where I can get a copy of "25 O'clock". I did see the CD "chips from the chocolate fireball" but didn't buy it at the time. No luck since then! Justin
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199706181934.MAA17492@f45.hotmail.com> From: "Ben Gott" <xtcfan@hotmail.com> Subject: Back in the frey... Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 12:34:37 PDT Chalkhillians- Just checkin' the digests, and I wanted to un-unsubscribe and add my appreciation for Chalkhills' Children '96. I am honored to be on an album with such a fine group of contributors. (I'm going to add a personal "Hooray!" to Eric Day, for his incredible "It's Nearly Africa.") I hope that the '97 version is as exciting. It's been great to finally hear all of you. Take care. Talk to everyone in the fall! Ben * --------------------------------------- Ben Gott http://www.wp.com/58596
------------------------------ Message-ID: <31510B652669CF11BA1D00805F38219E026C4F83@DUB-04-MSG> From: Peter Fitzpatrick <peterfit@MICROSOFT.com> Subject: as promised . . . Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 12:54:06 -0700 Hi, I promised to scan and upload the pictures I took at Andy's house back in March. I have also scanned the CD covers he autographed. They're now on the web. So you might like to check them out on my homepage : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/beatle/ go to the main course and sample the dinner (don't worry that'll make sense when you get there) (the site is pretty awful, I just chucked out the entire content that's been stagnating there for a while... so to save you navigating your way through it you can take some shortcuts to the two pages) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/beatle/andypics.htm http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/beatle/cdcovers.htm -Peter
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199706182035.NAA25483@access.tucson.org> From: "J. D. SMX" <jsmelser@access.tucson.org> Organization: Access Tucson Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:03:23 -0700 Subject: Missing Bassist and the Loving Hello Chalkhirophites: I've loved the Bassists thread and thought I'd add ONE to the list. Leigh Gorman was the Bass Player for Bow Wow Wow and though they may have been considered a teenybop group by some, the talent of the 3 musicians that made up that group can't be denied. Unfortunately, Matthew Ashman (a way cool guitar player) is dead now and who knows where the drummer is, but if you listen to their records strictly for the music made by this three-pointed neucleus, you can't be dissappointed. Of course Mick Karn has always been on my, "best list," and I even got to see the late Charles Mingus once in Ann Arbor, MI (1978ish). When I first aquired Oranges and Lemons, The Loving didn't really jump out at me like lots of the other songs. It wasn't until I woke up one morning with it running through my head that I realized what a masterpiece it is. Now, more often than not, it's the first song I play off the CD. L8r, SMX J. D. SMX Engineering Services Manager Access Tucson jsmelser@access.tucson.org
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:58:24 -0500
Message-Id: <v02110100afcddb8f5947@[144.92.181.47]>
From: jhackney@facstaff.wisc.edu (John M. Hackney)
Subject: Andy Partridge Interview!
Chalkhillians,
Yesterday the local Madison weekly "The Onion" published a great
interview by Keith Phipps of Andy Partridge. A.P. discusses XTC's
impending record deal, his views on "Upsy Daisy", his enlarged prostate,
his temporary bout with deafness (has this been discussed on our list?),
his favorite XTC songs, his views on the future of XTC----all sorts of
things. There is a picture of the group, with Dave Gregory sporting what
appears to be a goatee---I'm not sure if this is current or not---he looks
like Butch Vig! The great part about this is that The Onion has published
the interview in full on the net, so everyone go to "www.theonion.com" to
read it. Click on the highlighted "XTC Interview" in the column to the
left of the home-page screen.
John
John M. Hackney
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------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970618193743.0069a7b0@mailbag.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:37:43 -0500 From: Ed Treleven <firefly@mailbag.com> Subject: Andy Speaks! Fellow Chalkhillians: Check out the new issue of The Onion online, specifically this URL: http://www.theonion.com/avclub3121/avfeature3121.html There you'll find an extremely funny interview with Andy...enjoy. Ed
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:10:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: FA ken clinger <clinger@duq2.cc.duq.edu>
Subject: NONCT:Felt & Cherry Red Records (fwd)
Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970618220818.9287B-100000@duq2.cc.duq.edu>
I'm forwarding this from the Cocteau Twins list, since it mentions Andy...
(the "Liz" referred to is Liz Fraser, the vocalist for the Twins.)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:54:48 -0500
From: John and Brian <briank@dct.com>
To: Multiple recipients of <ctlist@mail.firstcomm.com>
Subject: NONCT:Felt & Cherry Red Records
For those interested, I just ran across a beauty of a compilation CD. It's
called "Ambition--The History Of Cherry Red Records Volumes 1 & 2". 47
songs, 2CD's, and a whole cargo full of bands from early to late 1980's.
Some of the bands on this gem are:
Felt ("Primitive Painters"), Ben Watt with Robert Wyatt, Marine Girls,
Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl, Eyeless In Gaza, Matt Johnson, The
Runaways, Dead Kennedy's, Andy Partridge, The Monochrome Set, Quentin Crisp
and many others.
A bargain at a mere $20.00! The catalog number on this is CD BRED 140.
I bought it not only for the vast amount of music, but for the first time I
will have "Primitive Painters" on CD. For those not knowing about this
song, Liz does the backing vocals.
Hope this helps anyone searching for this great song, but cannot find
anything on CD by Felt.
Enjoy and have a good night.
JohninGB
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From: nihilon@crisscross.com
Message-Id: <v03007803afcf6982d49f@[202.217.215.154]>
Subject: *** Melbourne, Australia ***
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:46:29 +0800
Hi All,
Steve from Tokyo will be Steve in Melbourne for two glorious weeks from the
27th of June. Yep, I'm heading home for a break. And since I'm meeting at
least one other Chalkie while I'm there, how about having a meeting we can
all get too. I'd love some Vic Bitter.
So those in Melbourne who are interested in getting together one night
soon, e-mail me soon, and we'll co-ordinate something - much like the Tokyo
bash!
Regards,
Steve (MGV)
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Could we have everything louder then everything else.
(Deep Purple)
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------------------------------ Message-Id: <199706191522.KAA24532@mailgw01.execpc.com> Subject: Andy Partridge Interview in 'The Onion' Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 10:24:03 -0500 From: Constantine Pappas <pappas@execpc.com> Hi gang, I haven't posted in a while, probably since about October or so, basically because I got a little fed up with what I saw was a lot of stupid arguments and completely unnecessary flame wars. It looks like things have calmed down, and it seems that everyone is eager for real XTC news. There is an interview with Andy Partridge in this week's Onion newspaper (published out of Madison, Wisconsin) that you can read at: www.theonion.com. Nothing really new here, but it's still a fun read (some of his descriptions are rather graphic, btw). I was thinking of reposting in its entirety to you folks but decided a) i really feel bad about reposting something like this that is copyrighted, esp since you all should be able to go read it yourselves and b) (more importantly) the Onion simply rocks and you should all read for a laf anyhow. :) See you in the funny papers, Constantine /----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Constantine Pappas ........................... pappas@execpc.com | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ | ...a heart without love is a song with no words ---Andy | | ...and a tune to which no one is listening Partridge | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
------------------------------ Message-ID: <64ECD82F01291300@ametsoc.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 10:29:00 -0500 From: dgershmn <dgershmn@ametsoc.org> Organization: AMS Subject: Upsy Daisy in my hands Hallooo Count Chalk-ulas, I picked up a copy of "Upsy Daisy Assortment" yesterday, despite the fact that I really didn't need it. I just figured that the boys must be making SOME money off it, so I'd help out and contribute, as well as showing record companies that people do care about them. And I'm listening to it now...sounds great, nice selection of songs of course, but what did you expect? Anyway, I actually really do like the packaging, despite some misgivings from a few of you on the wisdom of putting a cute lamb on the cover of the album. As it turns out, in an interview with Andy at The Onion (www.theonion.com), it was his idea to do it, envisioning it as an assortment of chocolates with the sort of tacky design some chocolate boxes are known for. In fact, it's a pretty attractive cover design (nice fonts!) -- a cute little itsy-bitsy lamb is frolicking in a flowery field, leaping into the air with what might just be a small daisy in its mouth, a bee flying nearby, while in the distance we see a quaint rural town on the edge of a lake with mountains in the distance and a steamboat on the water. The back cover is the same, minus the lamb, with the song listing in its place. In the upper-right corner on the front, a photo-realistic ribbon is tied in a bow, overlapping onto the back upper-right corner, gift-wrapping the "assortment." In the clear plastic left edge of the CD case, where a matchstick could be found on "Fossil Fuel," there's a long-stemmed daisy. Inside, we find that the CD itself is decorated with chocolates, continuing the metaphor, and inside the booklet (it's only a 2-page spread inside, no extra pages) there's a wallpaper-like design on the left and the covers of all albums from "D&W" onward on the right, with the songs on "Upsy Daisy" that come from each listed below their covers. On the back of the booklet is a recent photo of Andy, Colin, and Dave (sporting a beard-type thing that makes him look a bit like a slimmed-down version of Lemmy from Motorhead). Andy's holding a guitar, and Dave has his strapped on, with the cord running right to the viewer, looking like it was plugged into the camera taking the photo. All in all, it looks pretty nice. As with "Fossil Fuel," it would have been really nice if there had been SOME sort of liner notes about the band and the purpose of this CD. There must be some notable person who'd be happy to have said a few good things about them. Well, that's it for the description...just thought that those of you who haven't seen it yet or who may have trouble finding it might be interested. Assortedly yours, Dave Gershman
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:37:19 -0500 (CDT) From: James Dupuy <dupuy@nol.net> Subject: I Want My XTC Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970619153045.1862A-100000@grassy.nol.net> Hello Chalkhill People, Does it sound like Andy Partridge is mimicking Sting on This World Over? (Big Express). Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land About their leader with the famous face? Will you tell them that the reason nothing ever grows In the garden anymore Because he wanted to win the craziest race That's this world over
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:11:40 -0500
From: Christopher Moll <Christopher.Moll@MARSHMC.COM>
Subject: Thought this might be interesting....
Hello Fellow Chalkhillians...
Just got back from the Matthew Sweet concert in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida and I have some news that
will be of interest to all fellow Chalkhill
readers. First off...the concert was pretty good.
I like Matthew Sweet but I think I would like to
like him more. What I mean by that is that with
his albums, there are 4 or 5 tracks that are real
great "POP" songs with "Sweet" harmonies (No Pun
Intended!) but the rest of the songs are fillers.
With more quality control he could probably
produce a classic "POP" album from start to
finish... but whatever...he still writes pretty
good stuff. Anyhow...the reason that I'm posting
this is I was hanging out talking to Matthew and
his backing band afterwards. Really cool guys! Now
the keyboardist and drummer are from another band.
That band is Velvet Crush. They have recorded with
many other bands. They have also recorded with
Stephen "Tin-Tin" Duffy. (They reason why I'm
speaking in short sentences is that it builds for
dramatic effect!) Now Stephen's new album,
forthcoming shortly, was recording mostly with
Velvet Crush as a backing band, Stephen Street
(Smiths and Blur producer, excellent colourful
producer in his own right) producing most of the
tracks and our own........Andy Partridge producing
the rest, which I think amounted to 3 tracks. Not
only that but he also contributed guitar, keyboard
and vocal work. All of this came from Velvet
Crush's drummer, Ric Menck, who by the way, is a
virtual "POP" encyclopedia. He described Andy as
being cool and laid back but extremely quirky at
the same time. He said that as far as producing
the material Andy had an excellent "POP" ear and
was able to really wind people up in the studio to
get their best performances. It's funny how this
all ties together because Ric Menck has very close
connections with Blur and played drums on the
single that Alex, (Blur bass player) Stephen
Duffy, and he worked on together. And as we all
know Andy worked on the aborted album tracks for
Blur's "Modern Life is Rubbish".
So there you have it...
Talk to you later...
Christopher Moll
------------------------------ From: Cgeorge971@aol.com Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:31:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <970620083136_72638419@emout16.mail.aol.com> Subject: GH collections and home demos Greetings fellow Chalkhillians, Two points before I re-lurk: 1) What is the purpose of releasing both Fossil Fuels and Upsy Daisy? I know they're on different labels, but I don't get the reasoning behind their release. Most XTC fans I know are not casual fans: they own at least the whole released catalogue. I myself bought the entire catalogue twice, in different formats before moving on to JVS, BGG and other various live selections and home demos, and I refuse to buy these same songs again for sonic differences my ears probably cannot hear. Was the purpose more than just offering Greatest Hits to unknowing would-be fans? Or was it to assess what kind of interest is out there for new XTC material? Because if it were the latter, and it didn't sell well, that would not be good for those of us who have waited patiently for a new release for so long. What thinkest thou? 2) Again I implore any kind souls to help me obtain any Home Demos after Skylarking. That's where my collection leaves off. I have a list of items for trade that I would love to share with any interested individuals. Yours seeking XTC, Georgie
------------------------------ From: Richard.PedrettiAllen@octel.com Message-Id: <c=US%a=_%p=Octel%l=EX-CAMPUS1-970620171626Z-22758@ex-campus1.corp.octel.com> Subject: Shhhhhhh! Is it safe? Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:16:26 -0700 Is she gone? Here are a sampling of the reviews I received for my lyric rewrite "Goodbye Amandasaurus" but I must say that she stated her case very well in her rewrite "Merely Amanda." I was very amused with her lyrics. Too bad she wasn't with mine. Someday she will learn to laugh at herself and that will provide her with a lifetime of entertainment. "I'm a few C'hills behind, but thanks muchly for the 'Goodbye Amandasaurus' poem!! Far and away the best thing that's been put in C'hills for ages..." "'Goodbye Amandasaurous' was fantastic. Look forward to the next Chalkhills, which will contain a song about *you* (entitled, 'Humble Richard.')" "Your lyrics were great!, very clever and amusing-------" "Very well done. Entertaining stuff." "The lyrics are brilliant! And just the sort of thing to start a bloody flame war the likes of which we will never see again.... Oh well. " So maybe I will do it on CC97... Cheers, Richard
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Message-ID: <KDMEKXAjdGrzEwtm@emdac.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 00:44:35 +0100
From: Phil Hetherington <phil@emdac.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Recent sightings (London)
Dear Chalks,
Recently seen in London, the following. Follow these up yourself,
don't ask me, I don't have time (sorry):
Virgin Megastore - corner of Oxford St. & Tottenham Court Road:
XTC - Fossil Fuel (ltd. edition version with embossed cover)
Thought this was worth noting; I'm surprised this version is
still in stock there. Only one copy though.
Music & Video Exchange - Notting Hill Gate (this is not one of
the two shops down the side street whose name escapes me, nor
is it the bargain shop on NHG, nor is it the classical music
one, but the one inbetween those two. From the tube station,
turn right out of the ticket gates, then up the right hand
side steps (past the toilets). Walk along for about a minute
- it's opposite the Midland bank).
Sighted 21.6.97:
Under 'Rock & Pop XYZ' - loads of stuff, mainly albums but
including the '5 Senses' EP if anyones interested, for #2.50.
Also a German(?) copy of Drums & Wires on LP, Virgin 200 917-320.
Under 'Indie Various' - a copy of '1967 Through The Looking
Glass' (that's the one with Colin's Hermits on it).
Hopefully useful to someone. I hate to advertise these crappy
shops, but still...
If this message wasn't interesting or relevant to you, please
don't read it. :-)
--
Phil Hetherington
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Message-Id: <199706231557.IAA20742@mail.eskimo.com>
From: "Matt Keeley" <mrme@eskimo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:57:10 +0000
Subject: Hmm... I wish I wish I hadn't killed that fish.
Sorry about that, couldn't think of a better Subject line, so, when
in doubt, go with the simpsons!
> From: Ted Harms <tmharms@library.uwaterloo.ca>
> V2, the successor label to Richard Branson's Virgin Records, is
> forging an eclectic roster including P.M. Dawn, Olivia Tremor
> Control, and XTC....Under the terms of Virgin's sale to EMI,
NO! Aggh! <insert something decidedly _not_ Handel's Messiah nor
"Burning in Optimism's Flames"... maybe something from the dub
experiments... nahh.. that's too good for this piece of news.> I'm
happy that they found a new label, but did it have to be a Virgin
subsidiary?? I hope this is just some copywriter's fantasy...
> From: Kelly Nickel <nickel@SEDSystems.ca>
> question right? Wrong. He said "NO, I just liked the
> shirt".
Well, hopefully he was just engaging in a session of "Snappy Answers"
a la Mad Magazine... or he was just a git....8)
Matt
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------------------------------ Message-Id: <199706230921.SAA15405@inetnif.niftyserve.or.jp> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:18:00 +0900 From: <PXD07057@niftyserve.or.jp> Subject: Nine Inch Nails >As for my original contribution - has anybody noticed the similarity >between the fossil on the cover of _Fossil Fuels_ and what's been on a >Nine Inch Nails cover (can't remember the recording)? Maybe the band is >trying to go after the hip industrial crowd? *snicker* The ammonite? on the cover of Fossil Fuel is more or less identical to the ammonite? depicated on the CD (not the cover) of NIN's The Downward Spiral. Daisuke Nakai <PXD07057@niftyserve.or.jp>
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199706230836.BAA03771@mailgate32> Subject: Oh dear God, Adam's back... Date: Mon, 23 Jun 97 03:36:21 -0600 From: "Adam J. Ostermann" <aostermann@sprintmail.com> ..yes, all you longtime Chalkhillians can swear obscenities at the monitor, for Adam that punk from Madison is back on the mailing list. No real news to report, except regurgiatated stuff that probably has been mentioned here before: the latest edition of Madison's own weekly satirical paper/coupon book THE ONION features an interview with our own Mssr. Partridge. Those of you who don't ahve access to this marvel of modern journalism can check out the interview at the Onion's website (www.theonion.com last time I checked....) If you DO want a printed copy, e-mail me and I'll scoop up a whole ton and do some mailing. Or something. Other WI XTCphiles John and Dean and I had a marvellous Sunday afternoon a few weeks back shooting shit about XTC and other things that made our toes all tingly. I just want to thnak them here and brownnose a little more before we travail to Blur Tuesday in Beertown (Milwaukee, WI) I just heard from a reliable source that EMI records is no more. Dunno if Andy and co. were looking there as a potential future home, but if so, they can cross it off their list. Another reliable source (AHEM) said Mercury was at one time interested. Might not be a bad idea; a few years back no one would spit on them, but it appears that within the past year or so, they've been signing 'name' acts left and right (INXS, the Ocean Blue, Morrissey) and etting newer groups in the spotlight (the Cardigans, Hanson) All the labels I think would be a good match for them - Bar/None, Restless, Slash etc. probably can't afford them, esp. if XTC go forward with their double album. BTW, being the prolific writer Andy is, he would appreciate Mark Eitzel's workload. Eitzel, as many of the indie-informed here at Chalkhills knows, was once the lead singer of the brilliant American Music Club. Anyhow, check this out: in addition to his new Warner Bros. release ^West^, a collaboarative effort with some Peter Buck guy who's in some other band, Eitzel will have a another solo out on Matador (cheekily titled ^I'm Caught in a Trap I'm Can Back Out Because I Love You Too Much Baby^) this fall. If that's not enough, he scored a soundtrack to a small indie film called ^No Easy Way^. And that doesn't count the LP he did with former AMC member Bruce Kapahn called ^I Lost My Humor^ which is currently in limbo. Oh yeah, and he and Bruce did some helping out on the new Cool For August LP. (Er, obXTC reference: on Mark's Warner Bros. solo debut, last year's 60 Watt Silver Lining, features horn work by one Mark Isham, who of course did the "heavenly honking" on ^Oranges and Lemons.^) Anywho, that's about it for me. Thanks again for letting me bore you senseless AGAIN. Adam Ostermann currently listening to: Failure/Fantastic Planet (Slash)
------------------------------ Message-Id: <n1345062987.43582@ncldq04.cloud.nt.com> Date: 23 Jun 1997 09:45:53 +0000 From: "Justin Radford" <Justin.Radford.cnt42887@nt.com> Subject: Lurking.....other interests Chalkhills, I just received my first copy of the digest..so much for keeping posts short eh? Well i'm still trying to locate a copy of "25 o'clock". Any luck? I was interested in Kelly Nickels post about other bands XTC fans like......why not try "Super Furry Animals" and "Gorkys Zygotic Mynci" both cool british pop bands who's songs have a little 'Dukes' about them try "Herman loves Pauline" by SFA and "Diamond Dew" by Gorkys.....enjoy Justin
------------------------------ Message-ID: <33AE5A79.10C0D672@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 07:14:01 -0400 From: Brent Bonet <bbonet@mindspring.com> Subject: Take Away Wow! I haven't seen that for years. Another tragedy of having my collection stolen. I remember a vacation in northern Michigan with a bunch of friends and everyone doing a tribal type dance to that record. I think Pigbag was the rage back then too. Also good for jumping around tribally. Brent Bonet Atlanta Jonathan Christensen <jon9091@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > Does anybody else have an LP called "Mr. Partridge 'Take Away'"??? > Just curious.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 07:40:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <ccoolidg@zoo.uvm.edu> Subject: Re: 13th Floor Elevators Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.970623073201.68136C@gnu.uvm.edu> >How about Roky Erikson, whose "All That May Do My Rhyme" record was released in 1995. I think there was a fifteen year or so gap between that and his previous solo recording. For those who don't know Roky, he was the leader of the 60s Texas psychedelic band 13th Floor Elevators. I really enjoyed "All That May Do My Rhyme" and would recommend it. I didn't know he was back in action. Last I heard he was in jail for mail fraud. Apparently some twisted fan sent him a package of suspicious nature which he made the mistake of accepting. The man's an insane genius, roughly what you'd get if you crossed Syd Barrett with John Fogerty in Texas. I didn't know about the recent album; the last one I know of was in '88 or '89. The one I have is from 86 or 87(Don't Slander Me; one of his better ones). There's also a very good tribute album from a few years back, featuring ZZ Top, REM, T-Bone Burnett, Thin White Rope, The Butthole Surfers(of course!), and many others. One of the few tribute albums that actually works! I also have a very scratchy old cassette of a live album by his old band the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Makes his solo stuff seem tame by comparison. Christopher R. Coolidge Eleventh Hour Cauldron Publications
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From: "kimberly lynn martin" <KMAR0971@Mercury.GC.PeachNet.EDU>
Organization: Gainesville College, Univ Sys of GA
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:20:59 EST5EDT
Subject: the Atlanta party!!
Message-Id: <9F0B90438F@Mercury.GC.PeachNet.EDU>
greetings fellow Chalkhillians...
Well, 2 days ago we finally got to have the chalkhills gathering in
Atlanta, it was as much fun as I was expecting and probably a little
more fun than that! I was battling the flu on that day, so I felt
just a LITTLE bit under the weather, therefore, I can't quite
remember EVERYONE'S name that was there (ah yeah the beer and
all the medicine I had taken probably didn't help much either), but
everyone was really nice and seemed to get along quite well for
basically a bunch of strangers. It was a total XTC-overload for all 5
senses, well, sight and hearing in particular, considering we got to
listen to all sorts of rare tracks, demos, and my particular favorite,
we got to watch the "LOOK LOOK" video twice!! Thanks to my wonderful
friend Doug I now can watch these 10 times a day if I want (thanks
again Doug!). Ah, and of course, the HIGHLIGHT of the evening, the
WONDERFUL band ORANGE HAT played a few of their original psychedelic
pop songs and a few excellent covers of some XTC songs ("mayor...,"
"peter pumpkin...," "blue beret," and "helicopter"--this was
GREAT!!!). sorry if I forgot one, gotta excuse me....those guys were
just a lot of fun to watch (I was trying to keep my jaw from gaping
most of the time, but that's ANOTHER story! [i's such a stoopit gurl
sometimes...])
All in all, it was a blast. I hope we can do it again real soon!
--Kim
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