Chalkhills Digest Volume 4, Issue 51
Date: Friday, 6 February 1998
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 4, Number 51
Friday, 6 February 1998
Today's Topics:
Erik one, perhaps last, time!
Mitch's post
Six Degrees of Tracey Ullman
6 Degrees and Other Things
Re: Top 20 British Guitarists
Public Radio Silence
One for the X-files
Whew...
It seems every time I post..
Gus Gus, he's one of us?
we can all sleep well tonight
Re: Nick Heyward
Let's ask the guys if they'd like us to help
Another sort of discussion point altogether
Celine
Re: Arf Arf (Six degrees of XTC)
Accent
More magic moments
Re:FOOLS and THEIR MONEY
Lennon Demos
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uh
The return of the nasty thread
Re: more blasphemy?
Geography
Demos
Tax
Demo cd price
XTC Subsidy Fund
Demo bootlegger / brainburn
spoiling "Firework"
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sharedon@mbcc.mass.edu Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 13:58:44 -0500 Message-Id: <98020513584439@mbcc.mass.edu> Subject: Erik one, perhaps last, time! Will the folks writing to me about the XTC video & Erik A. please contact me again, off the list? Changing the subject: just saw the advance listing for Yazbek's new CD at CDNow, where it can be pre-ordered. Don
------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980205135238.0068f798@acton.com> Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 13:52:40 -0600 From: Dave Ledbetter <dbetter@acton.com> Subject: Mitch's post Mitch Friedman poses the Q? >what does everyone think of the idea of me collecting however >much money anyone thinks is appropriate to send (along with a list of who >contributed) and then when it reaches a nice tidy sum, sending it as a gift >to XTC to help them pay for whatever they need it for? Mitch, perhaps you can tell us exactly what you have in mind. I mean, is $10 or $20 going to make it worth while, or are you thinking more? Please elaborate. I was also wondering if something happened recently to prompt reviving this relatively "old" idea. Conversation with Andy? I think it's a great Idea! Count me in. What the hell; it's only money. dave
------------------------------ From: AMS5@aol.com Message-ID: <b8ba5cbd.34da21a5@aol.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:31:31 EST Subject: Six Degrees of Tracey Ullman Couldn't resist giving this a try: *TRACEY ULLMAN's first album featured backing vocals by *THE FABULOUS WEALTHY TARTS, who also sang on the first solo album by *JOOLS HOLLAND who used to be in SQUEEZE, which featured *CHRIS DIFFORD, who owns the home studio where *XTC attempted to record Alex
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980205231959.17727.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Steve Stearns" <xteve@hotmail.com> Subject: 6 Degrees and Other Things Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 15:19:58 PST Howdy all. First, in reply to Mitch's generous offer re making a gift to the Fab Three, I think that this is a fantastic idea. . . Second, re the 6 degrees of XTC, I'll try to do Queen: 1) Many (if not all) of Queen's albums were produced by Roy Thomas Baker. 2) Until the hiring of the estimable Mr. Haydn Bendall, R.T.B. was in the running to produce the upcoming album. 3) I won't even TRY to link XTC with Celine Dion. PS (Off-Topic) I think it's cool that Daniel Ash got mentioned in the top Brit guitarists, I always thought he was underpraised. Obviously living in LA still doesn't disqualify him. Later, Steve
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 13:12:04 -0500 From: David_Hughes@NETV.pbs.org (David Hughes) Subject: Re: Top 20 British Guitarists Message-id: <3276206046.827263@pbs.org> Organization: PBS - Public Broadcasting Service How could this magazine not only forget Dave Gregory in their list, but how could they forget Eric Clapton and especially Richard Thompson (Dave Mattacks is Thompson's favorite drummer, btw, as they go way back)! Thompson excels on both acoustic and electric guitar, and if you have never seen him live on either instrument, you should! Dave Hughes Nebraska Public Radio P.S. Even thought I haven't met or talked to anyone in XTC, I have met and talked to both Dave Mattacks (this kinda counts) and Richard Thompson.
------------------------------ From: "Wesley Hanks" <whanks@earthlink.net> Subject: Public Radio Silence Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:22:44 -0800 Message-ID: <01bd31dc$f15fde80$534b2599@default> Hi Friends o' th' Chalk, I lived in Detroit until 1990. The public radio station there (WDET?) had a lot of great music programs. Dave Dixon referred to himself as a "record host", never a DJ. The music director every year would put on a Jimi Hendrix special. There was also an XTC special they put on once a year as well (if memory serves). Do any of the Michigan subscribers remember the XTC specials (circa 1989) and what was the name of the person who produced/presented these. And did anybody think to tape these specials? My memory is sitting at my desk at work with dorky 1988 vintage walkman headphones listening to hours of XTC during the special. Looking for Footprints, Wes
------------------------------ From: Kelly Nickel <nickel@SEDSystems.ca> Subject: One for the X-files Message-Id: <SIMEON.9802052002.A@me-10.sedsystems.ca> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 20:44:02 -0600 (Canada Central Standard Time) Hill-eroos: Mitch just say the word - and I would gladly send a contribution. Tell us what currency you would like and where to send it. Oh, and tell Andy I sleep with NONSUCH under my pillow - it rules. For those of you with the patience, I have an unusual, but true XTC siting: I was at a lumber yard last week... a day like any other. (insert spooky music here). I was talking to the guy, telling him what I wanted, asking about prices,etc - when suddenly a little voice in my head told me something wasn't right about the whole scene... As I was looking at the Jim Nabor-ish fellow who was prattling on about sale-price this, oak-that, blah-blah; my mind kind of sucked me right out of the scene and it occured to me what was wrong: I was hearing XTC. Right there in a lumber yard, blaring over a loudspeaker. King for a Day crackling out over that awful, tinny megaphone! I am sure my mouth dropped right then and there... I looked around - expecting everyone to drop what they were doing and start singing along (my first reaction naturally). Of course, no-one took notice and I began to wonder if maybe it was just in my head... Hmmm, a sign from God? No, I think not. Hmmm, a sign from Andy? Maybe. A calling! Maybe it was the boy's version of the bat-signal, calling to us all in every corner of the globe! I smiled to myself at this little fantasy, and unfortunately snapped back into reality. The fellow wasn't talking anymore, and was obviously expecting some type of response... Hmmm. With no easy way to explain myself - and obviously appearing as though I had come directly from the village idiot convention - it was best to just grab what I needed and retreat! The really ironic thing about it is that I have never, ever heard an XTC song on the radio here. NEVER. I live in north-central Canada, where _yes_ I actually do hear the coyotes howl at night. I had to go to an out of the way Co-op lumberyard that we politely call the "Ukrainian friendship center" to hear my favorite band (not to mention one of my favorite songs) over a crappy retail store soundsystem normally reserved for a polka-king or Slim Whitman. Go-figure. ---------------------- Kelly Nickel nickel@sedsystems.ca
------------------------------ From: LadyCPlum@aol.com Message-ID: <beb508d2.34da831d@aol.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 22:27:17 EST Subject: Whew... An AMANDA free digest? Horrors! I'll have to rectify that one right away!!! You can pass the collection plate towards me whenever you need money for XTC. Anything for Dave, of course. ;) Stop listening to the demos? Heavens, no! Six years of waiting around (four, in my case, actually) will drive the hungry mind insane!!!! Tis all for now, Amanda XTC song of the day-Work non XTC song-Silver Springs-Fleetwood Mac WAIT!!!!!! TO whoever wrote me asking me for that tape of Crash Test Dummies songs (sorry to mention the forbidden name) I LOST YOUR ADDRESS, YOU MUST EMAIL ME AGAIN!!!!!
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 23:05:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19980205230802.27d7014e@en.com> From: Michael Kearns <mikearns@en.com> Subject: It seems every time I post.. Colin replied: >AP DEMOS >In response to anger that we should be discussing AP's demos (Chalkhills >4-49, "Driving me loco." Sorry to have caused offence. Well, I guess you didn't exactly cause offense (or mean to). Rather I took offense. As Ed Miller said, my problem, not everyone else's (and, admittedly, most certainly not Andy's..) - It's just one of those things I get so tired of, as it seems so petty. It's not so much the mere "discussing".. rather I perceive comments such as "I hope such-and-such doesn't make the album" as ugly and nasty.. (as if my angry response was anything better..) I truly hope the songs that are so bad they should be left off the album turn out to be acknowledged masterpieces on the actual release. But hey, you're right, one can speak one's mind too. >5. THIS IS POP! >Why talk about this like it's a "sacred" matter? I would have thought >that taste and opinion is pretty hard to be so absolute (religious) >about. Yeah, but you gotta admit my signing off a vitriolic flame with an MLK quote was pretty danged nutty. :) MIKE
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 20:39:34 -0800 Message-Id: <l03110700b10044144864@[146.6.72.34]> From: Jason Garcia <h.h.name@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: Gus Gus, he's one of us? Mark Strijbos claims: >Both Macca and Harrison played in band called the Beatles and several >of their albums were engineered by Gus Dudgeon When did this happen?! I've read and re-read The Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewishon about 72 times and nowhere is Dudgeon's name mentioned, not even as a tape op. I'm curious to know how you know this, or if anyone can back this up. Jason
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 20:42:40 -0800 Message-Id: <l03110702b100451f8700@[146.6.72.25]> From: Jason Garcia <h.h.name@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: we can all sleep well tonight from Jason "Buffy" Nesmith- > My cover did actually get as far as Gus Dudgeon & Larry 'Legs' >Smith's ears, so I consider it a success as it stands. Well now at least we can connect Jason "Buffy" Nesmith to XTC in one simple step. J
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 23:02:39 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802060702.XAA59370@mando.engr.sgi.com> From: John Relph <relph> Subject: Re: Nick Heyward Wesley H. Wilson <wwilson@mail07.mitre.org> asks: > >Has anyone (probably in the UK) seen Nick Heyward's second single on >Creation, "My Heavy Head"? Has Nick been dropped by his label, too? The first single, I suppose, being "Today"? (See Chalkhills #3-143.) The second single is "The Man I Used to Be", one of the best songs Mr. Heyward has recorded in recent years. If being catchy, crunchy, and very very singable -- not to mention perhaps a bit of a slag to the music industry -- a good song makes. And I ask, has Nick been dropped by his label, too? Or will "Apple Bed" see the light of day sometime soon? (Action Records has a promo listed.) Speaking of Mr. Heyward, there's a new article in the Chalkhills Archives: "Nick Heyward on _White Music_ by XTC", from 1995 in the Independant. Check it out on the Miscellaneous Short Reviews page in the Articles section. -- John
------------------------------ Message-ID: <211D4A0926D2D011859E0060972D884829A800@azmail.rjconsult.com> From: "Miller, Ed" <emiller@rjconsult.com> Subject: Let's ask the guys if they'd like us to help Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:43:20 -0700 Hi, everyone.... I really like what's happening on Chalkhills these days. The band is busy in the studio, we're enjoying Chalkhills' Children '97 and the XTC family is involved in earnest from Swindon to Dublin to Sydney to California. We're happy campers. There has been some discussion of late about sending money to the band. While I'd be the first guy to send my 20 bucks to the cause, I'm not sure this is appropriate. I think our job as fans is just that. Talk to your friends. Buy the discounted CD's and give them to your little sister. When the new album is released, call your local radio station and rave about it. Send nasty emails to Peter Fitzpatrick until he gets Microsoft to sponsor a multimedia release. (Just kidding... sorry Peter). Hum your favourite chorus in church. Sending cash to the band seems silly when there's so much more we can do. Sincerely, Ed Miller
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Message-ID: <34DACF41.CA75AB90@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:52:17 -0800
From: Steven Graff <sgclutter@earthlink.net>
Subject: Another sort of discussion point altogether
It's Steve Graff here, presumably the only avid XTC fan in Los
Angeles county. I try to get my friends hooked, but they're so into
their "rock" image that XTC are always dismissed as lightweight
pop...even stuff like "Travels in Nihilon!"
Meeting two people in 1993, and listening to/buying the entire
catalogue of/ learning most of the songs of/buying the books about XTC
led me to pursue my own little marketing career. I wrote tons of songs,
and fell in love with the likes of XTC/Brian Eno because they sound like
me!
My point of note is, did any of you prefer a more manic Andy
Partridge? I keep hearing comments about the demos, Nonsuch and the CC97
tape, but most of the songs included in the discussion are the less
energetic, more sing-songy ones (with the exception of Real by Reel and
Life Is Good In the Greenhouse). I'm trying to get my mates to cover
"Jason & the Argonauts" "Beatown" or "Complicated Game". My favorite
songs on the new demo was "Bumpercars" (manic) and "Easter Theatre"
(cause it's just so freaking beautiful). I have a hidden wish that
"Bumpercars" makes it to record done on guitars (a la Drums and Wires).
As for the new album...if any collection or pool starts, make sure
you post the details so i can add my two cents (or more).
Also, if anyione wants to discuss XTC with me, feel free to e-mail
me direct. I'd love the attention.
Thanks for the eartime. Bye!
Steven Graff
Clutter singer/songwriter/guitarist
Torrance CA
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:02:07 -0800 (PST)
From: "J. Brown" <ringostr@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Celine
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96a.980206005616.60534A-100000@dante29.u.washington.edu>
Kimberly wrote:
> celine dion is from canada, canada was settled by
> the british, the british are from england, and so is...xtc!
Sorry but my Canadian studies back ground his raising its pedantic head
here: Celine Dionne is from Quebec, Quebec was conqueored by Great
Britian, and XTC are british. Also the british aren't from england. The
English, Scotish, and Welsh are from Britain.
Pedantically yours,
Jason Wilson Brown
History & Canadian Studies Major
President- GEEK The Secret Society of the College Bowl
ringostr@u.washington.edu (206) 632-4905
P.O. Box 45822
Seattle, WA 98145-0882
"I can't believe I'll never believe in anything again"
-Elvis Costello
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v03007804b1009596d324@[209.86.101.193]> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 05:32:45 -0500 From: Curtiss Hammock <curtiss@macbeth.com> Subject: Re: Arf Arf (Six degrees of XTC) Mark Strijbos wrote: > But I'd like to know if it's possible to link XTC with Brian Wilson > or Ray Davies. Any takers? Ray Davies wrote "I Need You," which was covered by the Cavedogs on their "Six Tender Moments" CD single. Brian Stevens, of said Cavedogs, released a solo album, "Prettier Than You," on which played our own Dave Gregory. Cavedogs website: http://www.macbeth.com/cavedogs Curtiss --------------------- Curtiss R.Hammock II MacBeth Design Atlanta, GA, USA curtiss@macbeth.com www.macbeth.com
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802061315.NAA09572@pip.maires.co.uk> From: "Stephen Clarke" <S.Clarke@nopres.co.uk> Organization: NOP Research Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:14:22 +0000 Subject: Accent > The _real_ Steve Clarke is hereby put on notice that his > dead-solid-perfect take of "Toys" still--weeks later--enjoys > heavy-rotation status in my fevered brain, and I love his vocal delivery > and I wish I could do that accent. And he's got friends who play real > horns! The accent is easy harrison - change your name to something more british like 'harry' and repeat after me in your best dick van dyke chimney sweep voice 'gor blimey guvnor strike a light you're a real toff and no mistake, bless yer' I'd like to see six degrees of seperation for des o' connor ted turner of wishbone ash Steve Clarke * --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote of the week "I hardly think that how far bill clinton and tony blair are up each others arses qualifies as news" - my wife kathy * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 06:08:32 -0800 Message-Id: <v01510100b0ff3f305c7f@[194.128.83.69]> From: fisher@easynet.co.uk (Mark Fisher) Subject: More magic moments >Anyone else noticed the uncanny similarity between the opening guitar riff >of "Little Lighthouse" (the trebly distorted tremelo bit) and the melody >line of "This Magic Moment" by Perry Como? >....thought not. Okay, I'll shut up now. >p@ul On a similar note, am I the only one who thinks I''m going to hear a slice of prime-time vintage XTC (circa White Music or before) every time I hear the intro to *Tonight* by the very wonderful Supergrass? If I didn't know better I'd say that was Andy Partridge holding that guitar.
------------------------------ Message-id: <15375456@mailbox1.Hitchcock.ORG> Date: 06 Feb 98 09:47:19 EST From: John.J.Pinto@Hitchcock.ORG (John J. Pinto) Subject: Re:FOOLS and THEIR MONEY It would seem to me that the idea of sending money to XTC to help with the current project is a noble idea but foolish. Andy has had hundreds of opportunities to generate large amounts of money by supplying PRODUCT to the thousands of people like myself who would and will buy just about anything by XTC. Sure, we all would like to express our support during a very frustrating time for XTC but in reality the ONLY way to generate revenue is to have something to sell. I spent close to $500.00 collecting Nonsuch related items. Next to NOTHING of that amount actually went to to Andy or the band. How many people sent $45.00 to TMBG to get the Andy disc? How many people crawled ove broken glass to drop $25.00 or more on the very mediocre Bootleg discs that now number 8 titles? Andy has never really connected with the fact that there is a very lucrative income stream here that has not been tapped. It is very difficult to be sympathetic. So what do we get... Mitch Friedman telling us about his special relationship with the "source" and all the fabulous music that he and his small circle of friends get to hear and tell us about and remind us that we the little people of the Chalkhills world will sadly never ever get to hear. J.
------------------------------ From: Matt_Kaden/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com Message-ID: <852565A3.004F6C54.00@mta2.lotus.com> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:46:40 -0500 Subject: Lennon Demos As Sherwood Anderson recently suggested: "demos are interesting only _after_ you've absorbed the official songs? Would John Lennon's famous series of false starts and blind alleys be even remotely compelling if you didn't know he was working toward "Strawberry Fields"? Or consider Lennon's often-bootlegged, extremely tentative jottings for the song that would eventually become "She Said She Said": By themselves they're virtually worthless crap, but watching the song take form and texture--and most importantly, *knowing where he's going to end up*, is a humbling, damned nearly numinous experience" I hereby challenge this statement, though I see where you're going. I like listening to Lennon's demos because I like John Lennon. I like his voice, his vision, his personality and it's simply intriguing to overhear him trying out different styles. The "He Said/She Said" demos are lucid and mercurial and they're totally different from the final structure of the released version. I'm sorry but they just sound good and I would enjoy them just as much as if I had never heard the 'official' version. If I hadn't heard the song before - even better. You know "I'm In Love"? The Beatles never recorded that one, and the demo is still pleasant to the ears. Wonder how that happened. (Slowed-down laugh track) [He clears his throat, takes two steps to the right, brandishes a two-liter inflatable telephone and proceeds to climb the ladder which descends just in time]
------------------------------ From: gravity@loop.com Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980206002149.007a4e50@pop.loop.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:21:50 -0800 Subject: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uh Hey Chalkobites, A new record. The last new XTC music I heard(before the demos) was Nonsuch. That, in case you need reminding,was 1992 if my fading memory serves. In fact I bought it the day of the LA riots! I had just moved to Hollywood from New Hampshire. Sirens,smoke,looting and XTC! So Andy,thinks it might have been a good idea to hold the demos from us? Some of you think your listening pleasure will be somehow cheapened by having heard these demos. I for one (you need more useless opinions right?)was happy to have the buggers. I will be just as glad to hear the new versions,and I'm sure if you all give it some thought (what happens before you speak or write in a perfect world) you'll be happy too! How many of us paid for those Japanese imports ($40.00 u.s.)just to hear the demos of Oranges and Lemons or Nonsuch,et al. Now it will be a new experience,we get to do it in reverse. King Partridge in Reverse. We've complained that we didn't have any new music from XTC so we were given demos. We gobbled demos,radio and tv shows,ect ect. as fast as we make our little fingers could e-mail each other in search of these gems. Now we want to worry that we might not like the new versions? Wow,I hope Andy is actually plugging his ears and singing "lalalala I can't hear you" instead of worrying what we think because obviously we don't do any actual thinking! Here, find the 6 degrees of Rodney King/XTC that should keep you busy! Now I'm going to listen to my Syd Barrett box set. Let me know when the new record comes out,I'll buy ten! Tea and toasted buttered currant buns,can't compensate for lack of sun....yes yes yes.... Flog Mcbeefhard
------------------------------ Message-ID: <34DB2C44.404C@to.sem.it> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 16:29:08 +0100 From: Alessandro Galli <galli@to.sem.it> Subject: The return of the nasty thread > I'd like to know if it's possible to link XTC with Brian Wilson > or Ray Davies. Any takers? Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson worked with Van Dyke Parks - Van Dyke Parks arranged the strings on a song of the "Chills" "Soft Bomb" album - Dave Gregory Played bass on "Martin Phillips and the Chills" "Sunburnt" album. Ray Davies - Ray Davies co-wrote one of the songs on "Cathy Dennis" last album as Andy Partridge did.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <l03010d00b100eb96a0af@[140.233.174.2]> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:42:33 -0500 From: murkie <murkie@panther.middlebury.edu> Subject: Re: more blasphemy? >i have an issue i would like to raise which i fear i will get a lot of flak >for,but here goes: some months ago i had asked if anyone knew where i could >get a copy of the demos that everyone was talking about/discussing/reviewing, >etc. I was given an e-mail address to write to. When i did,i was promptly told >that the cd would cost me $16.00 plus s&h! Am I the only one who thinks that >is a bit exhorbitant to charge for work that is not your own? I know for a >fact that the actual cost of materials is only 1-2 dollars! Is Andy Partridge >seeing any of this money? Many thanks go out to Bob from Cleveland who was >nice enough to send me a free tape of the demos,and also to Amanda,who sent >Bob his tape. I don't mind paying a little,but I just think this was a little >outrageous? Does anyone agree with me,or am I just being petty and cheap? please don't interpret this as "flak", but as a simple explanation.... to burn one cd at a time (which i'm sure whomever you contacted is doing) would actually cost about that much. one blank cd-r can cost upto $15, plus there's the cost of insert card copying and labels, not to mention the trouble of taking the time to do it. $16 is actually quite reasonable. i think your understanding of the actual cost of materials comes from the fact that major labels and manufaturers can produce a cd for $1-$2 but they have to make several thousand at a time. just my 2c. m "I really think it is possible that our grandchildren will look at us in wonder and say: 'you mean you used to listen to exactly the same thing over and over again?'" - Brian Eno
------------------------------ Message-ID: <15D75A0ADB97D111A36900805FEA5AC512666A@BENEXCHANGE> From: Gary Minns <Gary.Minns@BenfieldGreig.com> Subject: Geography Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:38:46 -0000 >the british are from england< Ouch! Don't say that very loudly in the company of Scots, Welsh or (Northern) Irish people. As all politcally correct Brits are aware, the above phrase should read "the English are from Britain". Gary P.S.: Happy drunken Friday afternoon everyone!
------------------------------ Message-ID: <15D75A0ADB97D111A36900805FEA5AC5126666@BENEXCHANGE> From: Gary Minns <Gary.Minns@BenfieldGreig.com> Subject: Demos Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:23:31 -0000 >These are DEMOS. It's like an appetizer< Most people like to wait for their appetisers to be cooked before they eat them... Gary
------------------------------ Message-ID: <15D75A0ADB97D111A36900805FEA5AC5126669@BENEXCHANGE> From: Gary Minns <Gary.Minns@BenfieldGreig.com> Subject: Tax Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:33:15 -0000 >I remember the last time passing the hat for the band was discussed, someone said that a gift like that would be a tax nightmare for the guys< As long as the tax isn't 100% or over then surely they must end up better off than before, albeit not to the tune of the full sums given... Gary
------------------------------ From: Cgeorge971@aol.com Message-ID: <474f7ba6.34db7954@aol.com> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 15:57:53 EST Subject: Demo cd price Hello my fellow fanatics, Era1970 recently posted to protest the $16 plus s&h that the recent XTC demo cd is going for. He also asked if he was being "petty and cheap". Now, far be it from me to call someone I don't know derogatory adjectives around a value judgement, but I must say that I don't think that the price was either excessive or inappropriate. I myself gladly paid the price for these demos on cd, and I am eternally grateful to the individual who went out of his way to not only produce this disc, but get it to me. In fact, I would have gladly paid more. Most bootleg cd's that I've bought were $25 or more, so comparitively, this was a great deal to me. BTW, the XTC demo cd ranked # 3 on my "Best of 1997" list, FWIW. Cheers, George
------------------------------ From: Cgeorge971@aol.com Message-ID: <2e7c517b.34db797a@aol.com> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 15:58:32 EST Subject: XTC Subsidy Fund Hi Chalkfolk, Just wanted to go on record that I would gladly support any XTC Subsidy Fund to send the boys some $$$. But is this just a pie-in-the-sky idea, or has anyone offered to administer such an undertaking? And how much in the fund would constitute a non-insulting gift to the boys? And while I'm at it, what do you suppose their annual incomes are for all the audio magic they have bestowed upon the world? Ah well... George
------------------------------ Message-Id: <72EDB966944AD1118DC90080D82074882BC3BD@ex-campus2> From: "Pedretti-Allen, Richard" <Richard.PedrettiAllen@octel.com> Subject: Demo bootlegger / brainburn Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 14:08:48 -0800 > i had asked if anyone knew where i could get > a copy of the demos that everyone was talking > about/discussing/reviewing, etc. I was given an > e-mail address to write to. When i did,i was > promptly told that the cd would cost me $16.00 er... What address were you given? This is enough incentive to develop the technology to send 110AC via the internet to a specific IP address! > richard, you are brain eno in disguise aren't you - go on admit it. What is brain eno? Is that some kind of LSD neutralizer that you get from Boots? Steve, all I can say is, Thanks! You're WAAAAY too kind. There are plenty of CC96 left so... Cheers, Richard
------------------------------ Message-ID: <34DB89AA.294C@virgin.net> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 22:07:38 +0000 From: "." <john.bartlett1@virgin.net> Subject: spoiling "Firework" Hello all, firstly,I apologise for any spelling/grammar mistakes,but as there's nothing much else to do here in East Anglia,I'm slowly getting mangled on cheap lager as I write this. Just a small point;until recently,I was unaware that anybody else had even heard of XTC,let alone any of you good people existed,so it was with great joy and pleasure that I discovered "Jules Verne" and "The Bull",XTC/Partridge songs that would have been lost to me forever had not tapes of these demos been available(thanks Amanda). So to all those who refuse to get the new demos:some of these tracks may not appear on the new album.By all means don't listen to the demos when you get them;but get them.Don't miss out as I have for a long,long time. Cheers, John
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