Chalkhills Digest Volume 4, Issue 65
Date: Friday, 27 March 1998
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 4, Number 65
Friday, 27 March 1998
Today's Topics:
Another XTC-2
XTCheartkees
Towers of Geekdom
XTC Sightings
Re: The white horse of Uffington
Dole.
Upsy Daisy sales???
Corporal Meatfoot
But one response this time out
The Printed Word Should Be Forgiven
Little Lighthouse/The Loving
Have a sip of XTC
Re: Knuckle Down
UK Chalkhill Gathering
This is your Captain Speaking
RE: New to Chalkhills (KC)
Some Yazbek
good old rock reads
Fossil Fuel CD booklet
Wanted--something resembling piano sheet music
Difford and Tillbrook
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-Id: <72EDB966944AD1118DC90080D820748847BEDA@ex-campus2> From: "Pedretti-Allen, Richard" <Richard.PedrettiAllen@octel.com> Subject: Another XTC-2 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:40:52 -0800 Another non-xtc xtc... ======================================= Lake Clear - XTC Ranch & Resort Happy New Year's Day Celebration - Celebrate the New Year with a traditional horse drawn sleigh ride through the mountains. Top it off with a delicious family style dinner served in a romantic log cabin. Live entertainment. Call 518-891-5684. ======================================== Hmmm... I wonder who the live entertainment might be?
------------------------------ From: Jdmack01 <Jdmack01@aol.com> Message-ID: <62dfeaa4.35172d52@aol.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:49:36 EST Subject: XTCheartkees On March 23, various people wrote: <<One more thing: Trout Mask Replica has been identified by people in the know (i.e. Dave Gregory) as being Andy Partridge's favourite album.>> <<Yes I have one of those Holy grails...a girlfriend who loves XTC, Elvis Costello, TMBG, the Sugarplastic, the Monkees (yeah that's right you heard me...the monkees)>> Somewhere, I'm sure that I read in an interview with Andy that his original conception for a band would be one that somehow combined Captain Beefhart with The Monkees. Somehow, I think that describes early XTC pretty well. <<Funny thing: The ending of "Great Fire" brings to mind the end of the Rutles' "Another Day": parody of a parody.>> Actually, on a related note, Andy once said the ending of "Great Fire" was inspired by the end of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by . . . The Monkees!! J.D.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980324055439.006aab88@pop.mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:54:39 -0600 From: "Jason 'Buffy' NeSmith" <jnesmith@mindspring.com> Subject: Towers of Geekdom Wazzap, Chid-alk hid-ills? I went to a record show at Castlegate hotel here in loverly Atlanta, Jo-ja, and snagged a near-mint contidion copy of the double-single of 'Towers of London' with the blue silouette on the plastic sleeve. Beautiful. And the live tracks-- while a little long and played at standard XtC live hyper-speed tempo-- are good to have. To prove that I'm a complete geek, I just played the single version and the album version simultaneously to find out what differenced they have. The studio patter intro is cut, of course. They cut out the first bridge (And I've seen it in a painting...) and the guitar solo. (ouch!!!) The cool thing about the single, though, is the fade out is one 'La La Lundinium' longer, and it doesn't cross fade into 'Paper & Iron.' And the way the vinyl distorts so nicely makes it sound even more like some lost genius Revolver-era Lennon track. Bonus cool effect: Listening to the vinyl and CD at the same time creates a flange-effect over the whole mix, which incidentally doubles the pre-recorded flange in the middle of each chorus. GEEK. Maybe I oughta be shot point blank in the stamper tonight. From: "Mark Strijbos" >Misty Shock asked a very interesting question: > >> 2. Why is there a video for "All of a Sudden"? Was it supposed to >> be a single? > >I think it must have been a single candidate at some stage or Virgin >wouldn't have spent all that dosh on a fancy promo clip. While someone is asking Dave about that, also ask them if Virgin took the money to make that never-used promotional item out of XtC's advance. re: the Beefheart thread: Yes, it's all true! How I wish there would be a screw-up at the CD manufacturing plant and each little sorry silver piece of shit with the words 'Garth Brooks' silk-screened on it actually turned out to bear the binary code holding any of the Dear Captain's fantastic long-playing wonders, ready to spill it's meticulous chaos into the startled ears of the Common American Music Buyer. Why? Because I honestly love the Common American Music Buyer. Personally, the only thing I can listen to after 'Trout Mask' is more 'Trout Mask.' Any of you out there with both versions of 'Ella Guru': Play the Captain's version first. Maybe a couple of times. REE-LEE loud. Then play the XtC version. Damn, that Andy shore can program a drum machine better than any eighties session drummer in danger of losing his career. NOTE: the clever exaggeration of the paper-rustle at the very end of the recording. currently digging: disk two of the Ultimate Sparks Collection The Orange Hat Electronic House of Floppy Fun... http://www.mindspring.com/~tchristoh Lookit Meee! rekkids... http://www.mindspring.com/~jnesmith
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From: nihilon@crisscross.com
Message-Id: <v03007800b13d729c3132@[210.152.210.43]>
Subject: XTC Sightings
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 14:30:53 +0800
All,
Isn't it a shame that we get excited by even the merest mention of XTC? I
know I get excited if I even hear a muzak version of one of their songs in
an elevator or something.
Anyway, three sightings this week.
1. An interview with the singer/songwriter from Seagull Screaming Kiss Her
Kiss Her (A Japanese band) in the Japan Times got around to the subject of
their name. "A friend gave it to me. It's from an XTC song."
Nice to see this in print - even if it's indirect.
2. Noticed in the final credits of the Jerry McGuire credits Andy's name.
Was this mentioned on the list and I was sleeping or something? Anyway,
Through The Hill was used in the movie.
3. The new Select magazine has a page with quick reviews of a few new
bands A chart with heading like their history, what they sound like and a
review. I was flicking through an issue while waiting in an office, and I
noticed XTC in large print on the heading. They reviewed a band called The
Lilys. Under their sound it said 'The Monkees being covered by XTC'.
Under the review it said 'Not as good as The Monkees being covered by XTC.'
At least they are being mentioned.
For what it's worth,
Regards,
Steve (MGV)
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Life is what happens while you're busy making plans.
(John Lennon)
------------------------------ Date: 24 Mar 98 01:21:23 +0000 Subject: Re: The white horse of Uffington From: "David vanWert" <mcknife@xsite.net> Message-Id: <B13CBB1C-2D92F@206.126.236.1> On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 1:44 AM, "Dr. Foulger" <damian@ceolasers.com> wrote: >I'm glad that I >saw it up close, but you have to wonder something: 'Why did ancient >man/woman bother?' Why do XTC bother to write songs? Why did Van Gogh bother to paint? Why did the French bother to build the Eiffel Tower? David vanWert mcknife@xsite.net http://www.xsite.net/~mcknife "I hate quotations." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1849
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199803240327.TAA06813@mail.eskimo.com> From: "Matt Keeley" <mrme@eskimo.com> Organization: The Dead Cat Revolutionary Army Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:27:02 +0000 Subject: Dole. Hello... > From: "Mark Strijbos" <mmello@knoware.nl> > > 2. Why is there a video for "All of a Sudden"? Was it supposed to > > be a single? > I think it must have been a single candidate at some stage or Virgin > wouldn't have spent all that dosh on a fancy promo clip. > But I have never seen any evidence of this; it's just an (educated?) > guess... > Somebody should ask Dave - he probably knows the score on this one. Well, I'm not really sure on this one, either... personally, I think it should have been a single because a) it's a truly kickass song, and b) anything giving us more English Settlement B-sides HAS to be good. Of course, bands have been known to make videos for non-singles before, (TMBG's Ana Ng springs to mind, well, not so much for those overseas, but for us in America, it was never a single...8)... just sort of realising a good song when they had it, but not doing a single for some reason.. maybe running out of B-sides, or vinyl shortage or no one wanted to do a sleeve or they killed someone and had to deal with the whole legal troubles... or they just forgot. It could have also been sort of like a Bonus Track on Look Look... but well, vidcomps don't really seem to need bonus tracks like other compilations, since videos seem to be a bitch to get ahold of as it is...heh... Maybe Andy made a single for it, made the video for it, changed his mind and used his time travelling abilities to go and convince Richard Branson's evil henchmen not to release the disc, and then forgot about the video... Or maybe they just liked it. Hello? > Misty also said that 'Q' did: > > uphold "Travels in Nihilon" as one of XTC's best. > BTW: the Travels In Nihilon we all know and love is in fact the > edited mix - according to an old interview with Andy the original > version had a 6 minute intro with just the drums and the droning > sounds... (if you have this on tape, drop me a message!) Ah, I'd kill for that... that really should have been on the record... a 12+ miinute version of TiN.... that would kick an unlawful amount of ass. Not only is it a really cool song, it would scare people even more than it does now. Maybe if Idea does indeed get the discs, they can remaster them all (yeah!) and maybe put on a few more bonus tracks and/or the FULL Travels in Helter Skelter. That would be the pinnacle of somethingarather good. Oh yeah, for those interested in J-Pop, check out Namie Amuro, Megumi Hayashibara and Rina Chinen. They're all cool... > From: "Mark Strijbos" <mmello@knoware.nl> > > On the subject of ES sounding better on vinyl-It > > does, but the running order kinda sux. > Kinda sux ? I hope for your sake Dave didn't read this ! Hmm... if this is about the US "Let's cut the hell out of an album" version (well, I guess, that's the only way it seems to register with me...heh) I'll have to bite and spend the $3-10 and pick up the copy... I'm kinda curious as to what it sounds like... of course, it's in no short supply over here... whenever I go to a record shop, I seem to see at least 2 copies. If I get suitably bored/stupid/rich, hey, I might get it. Of course, the stupidity part will probably have to be satiated with something else.... heh... like maybe the beat-to-hell copy of the Total DEVO promo vinyl I keep seeing... I still don't recognise David Kendrick as a member of the band. Alan=Terry, David=revolving door... heh... anyway... Ah well, new Mono Puff album coming out the 21st... yeah. I'll have to get that.. especially from the tracks I've heard it should be really good, unless they remixed them to hell... but I always thought Flansburgh and Linnell were trying to get their solo-projects to fly... unlike they seem to be doing with TMBG... at least, it's the only explanation I can find for the whole "let's-release-the-crappy-songs-and-banish-the-good-ones-to-remain-as -studio-versions-on-a-bootleg-cassette-of-the-complete-studio-session s-then-release-rumours-of-releasing-them-on-some-later-mystical-relea se-with-various-taunts-thrown-in-about-re-doing-"on-the-drag"-and-mak ing-it-some-crappy-folk-rock-thing-instead-of-the-cool-rock-sort-of-t hing-it-originally-was-and-let's-work-on-crap-like-the-apes-songs-and -the-god-damn-finished-with-lies-crap-that-my-mom-even-hates-and-she' d-practically-have-john-linnell's-love-child-if-she-could" thing... ah well... BTW, the Vapors are hella cool... they just released a compilation of their first (and last) two albums... the US versions I think... Turning Japanese? No, Turning XTC, I tell you what. Ah well, the sinus surgery pain killers are working nicely. Matt > From: "Sherwood, Harrison" <hsherwood@btg.com> > been politer--and those Pidgin lessons came in _so_ handy! Go ahead, ask > me how you say, "I am sorry, but I cannot eat this; human flesh is taboo > to my people, no matter how thoroughly cooked"! Living Through | (ICQ UIN: 1455267, Name: MrMe) Another | http://www.eskimo.com/~mrme Cuba -- XTC | I used to be temporarily insane! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now I'm just stupid! -- Brak Yeah.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980324110520.007a0510@inetnebr.com> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:05:20 -0600 From: Dave Ledbetter <dbetter@inetnebr.com> Subject: Upsy Daisy sales??? Does anyone know the sales the figures for "Upsy Daisy Assortment"? I'm curious to know what ballpark XTC are in for current listener/purchasers in the U.S. Anyone who knows, please respond.
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:48:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v03007800b13d7bbde024@[209.86.129.231]> From: Mitch Friedman <mitchf@mindspring.com> Subject: Corporal Meatfoot Hey there! It made me very happy to hear how many people knew so much about Capt. Beefheart and even recommended his music to everyone. He is a big favorite of mine as well so I second, well fiftieth everything that was said. By the way, Andy's favorite Beefheart album is "Shiny Beast" from '78. Mitch
------------------------------ From: LadyCPlum <LadyCPlum@aol.com> Message-ID: <3a8069b9.35183994@aol.com> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:54:09 EST Subject: But one response this time out James-ECCH!!!!! Do not desicrate the good name of Andy Partridge by having Woody Harrelson of all people portray him. That's all! Cheers, Amanda XTC song of the day-Cynical Days non XTC song-Crazy-Icehouse
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199803250005.BAA14479@mail.knoware.nl> From: "Mark Strijbos" <mmello@knoware.nl> Organization: The Little Lighthouse Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 01:05:17 +0000 Subject: The Printed Word Should Be Forgiven Dear Chalkers Last issue the inimitable Lady C. (nudge nudge, wink wink!) remarked: > agree with you about Chalkhills & Children. The book does > tend to thin out a bit after we reach a certain point. I think this must be because the writer primarily used other sources to compile this book. I've got quite a nice XTC clipping archive myself and recognize a _lot_ of the things he mentions. And these sources (the British music press) dried up after the touring stopped! I gather that the band became a bit unhappy with the whole thing as it developed and my guess is they more or less pulled out of it before the whole story had been told in full. Before I go a word of thanks to David G. for donating the "Ice Cream Genius" cd featuring that other David G. Those of you who don't already know this one should consider giving it a spin. It's totally different than XTC of course but very nice; in particular the guitar parts :) yours inevitably, Mark Strijbos at The Little Lighthouse the XTC website @ http://come.to/xtc and http://www.knoware.nl/users/mmello
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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:15:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Misty Shock <mccrtny@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Little Lighthouse/The Loving
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980324130333.11290C-100000@saul2.u.washington.edu>
Does anybody else hear the similarity in the verses of "Little Lighthouse"
("For how long will this dark age last...") and "The Loving" ("Let's face
it you just can't hide...")? It works, I swear....
Misty Shock
mccrtny@u.washington.edu
"No round of drinks can extinguish this feeling of love and engulfing
bliss." --Andy Partridge
------------------------------ Message-ID: <35186C14.4B5E@together.net> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 21:38:25 -0500 From: "K. Zimmer" <kzimmer@together.net> Subject: Have a sip of XTC Greetings from snowy Vermont, fellow chalkers. Anyone else here from my neck of the woods? I noticed a Maine person. Hey, stop stealing our tourists, willya? You KNOW our leaves are prettier. So anyway, there I am, waiting for my sandwich at the deli today, when I see a black can in the cooler with big yellow letters "XTC." All right, I'm intrigued. Did the lads finally get smart and come up with a good pale ale? Well, it was billed as (I believe) a guarano drink, which sounds a little too much like guano to be appetizing. The slogan on the can said, "the carbonated beverage that's like a slap in the face." Hmm, paying for physical assault? Sounds a little kinky to me. Will this be a collector's item for you die-hards? If you're interested, I can find out who the beverage company is and how you can get yourself slapped. Or you can pay me and I'll come hit ya. BTW, that intro to "Cherry in Your Tree" (and the underlying rhythm throughout) just makes me scream out loud with joy. Anyone else have that reaction? Also, let's take a poll on this: is Andy really and truly crying at the end of "Prince of Orange" or is it a theatrical affectation (love that word)? Ciao chalkers! - kAz -
------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 98 00:25:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Knuckle Down From: "David vanWert" <mcknife@xsite.net> Message-Id: <B13DFF72-FC06D@206.126.235.201> On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 1:05 AM, a very nice fellow politely wrote: >Sorry, but I just had to respond to your recent post on Chalkhills: > >> Jeez, we bail you out of TWO wars you should have been able to >> handle yourselves (though admittedly, you were saddled with the >> French and their post-Napolean combat tactics which consisted >> largely of running away) and you want to give us grief? > >Please, knuckle down a bit here! >Why do you have to insult two countries in one sweeping statement? >And I'm not even French or British! (i'm Dutch) > >>>snip a bit of stuff<<< > >I just don't think you should use Chalkhills as a forum for this kind >of trans-atlantic infighting that does nobody any good. > >BTW: your name vanWert suggests you are from a Dutch or Flemish >family. Am i right? I am Dutch as well. Your note reminds me of an incident some ten years ago when I was in grad school. A friend of mine named Harry (who is actually a woman from Wales) asked an offhanded question about whether a date was "dutch treat." I immediately threw down my jacket with as much flair as possible, took very vocal umbrage at her slur of my heritage, and challenged her to a duel. It was to be tequila shots to the death. Much later the next day, it became apparent that we had both survived so the contest was a tie. I suggested that we engage in round two, perhaps with more tropical weapons, but she demured with an excuse about papers to write, books to read, and other nonsense. "If you insist," I said, "but I didn't think you were the type to welsh on a bet." And with that, the reckless abuse of alcohol continued. That French/British slandering sentence of my response was all meant as a joke. Harry and I used to engage in a great deal of good-natured "trans-Atlantic infighting" when we were in school together, modelled more or less after the old Radioactive (hilarious, in my opinion, radio sketch show) Trans-Atlantic Quiz in which DJs from both countries would take turns asking trivia questions to the listeners. They would begin innocently enough, but slowly degenerate into one-upsmanship, then into outright slurs and slander. The gentleman's comment about the U.S. late entry into WW2 was so incredibly reminiscent of the kind of friendly dig Harry used to do, that my response was almost automatic. Too automatic, obviously. Clearly, I should have thought twice about posting that sentence-- I simply didn't consider whether anyone would take it seriously and think I had a problem with either the British or French, or (probably more importantly) that it might upset anyone with offhanded, flippant comments about tragic wars. Certainly those are issues I should have considered. Yours is the only personal response I've received, but I now wonder if maybe there will be a barrage of replies in the newsletter. If so, I hope they are all as level-headed as yours. I've just decided to send this letter to Chalkhills and bcc it to you. And thanks for being courteous enough to approach me privately with your concerns. David vanWert <mcknife@xsite.net> http://www.xsite.net/~mcknife "The English, the English, the English are best! I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest!" --Flanders & Swann
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Message-ID: <3518EF4F.45FE@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 06:49:35 -0500
From: Tim Kendrick <tim63@earthlink.net>
Subject: UK Chalkhill Gathering
The UK Chalkhill Gathering is a go for Saturday night
May 23 in London. We don't have a venue yet, so if
anyone has suggestions, please email them to me.
I look forward to meeting some of you UK Chalkhillers
(and any non-UK ones who can make it to London then!).
I'll try to make some tapes of some of my rarer XTC material
for anyone at the gathering who wants a copy.
This will be fun!!!!
NOTE TO TOM SLACK: I've tried several emails to you, but
it all comes back to me as "Undeliverable". Email me your
phone number or some other way for me to contact you so
that you can be included in the discussions for the gathering.
THANKS!
Tim K.
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Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980325073226.0079e860@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 07:32:26 -0500
From: jes <xtc@mindspring.com>
Subject: This is your Captain Speaking
Hey, finally, a subject that interests me!
(Not that XTC ain't got my interest, but hey... I can only play six degrees
just so long... which reminds me...
My three degrees are:
I once interviewed Tom Gray of the Brains for my college newspaper,
the Technique (The South's Liveliest College Newspaper);
The Brains' first two LP's were produced by Steve Lillywhite;
You know the rest...
but I digress.)
Captain Beefheart. Trout Mask Replica. Like the Velvet Underground's
"Banana" album, Wire's "Chairs Missing," and Eno's "Another Green World,"
"Trout Mask Replica" was neglected, under-heard, dismissed, and
astonishingly influential. One can find more than mere traces of this
influence in XTC. It's cool to see him discussed in this particular
mailing, but I would beg to differ on some of the opinions and facts
floating around about him.
"Clear Spot," which someone recommended as his most "accessible" was his
last album for Warner Brothers, and was produced by the president (at the
time) Ted Templeman, who can be held accountable for "production" of Van
Halen, Doobie Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, and other AOR nonsense. It was
Beefheart's "last chance" for the label, and it scores a big fat "no dice"
in my book. Tepid, spotty, tired and dull is this little piece of clear
vinyl (yes, it was pressed in a plastic bag on clear vinyl) and is not
worth owning. (Unbelievably, he dropped even further in the depths with
two pieces of commercial nonsense for Mercury records called
"Unconditionally Guaranteed" and "Moonbeams and Bluejeans." Disastrous and
alarming, I bet the master tapes don't even exist anymore.)
My point being that "accessible" and "Beefheart" don't belong in the same
sentence. He was at his finest when he was at his most perplexing. "Trout
Mask" may be his seminal work, but to my ears, "Doc At The Radar Station"
and "Ice Cream For Crow" (his last two LP's) are his best work.
Van Vliet was never comfortable with the business of music. Accounts
differ on what level of influence/friendship existed between Van Vliet and
Frank Zappa, but I seem to recall that there were bouts of acrimony,
punctuated by the occasional reconciliation which bore excellent fruit.
Beefheart gave voice to "Willie The Pimp." One can find "Bongo Fury" on
Rykodisc, and it is highly recommended. No matter the circumstances, we
owe a debt of gratitude to Zappa for bringing Van Vliet to light. The
genius of "Trout Mask Replica" was the result of two striking visions - Van
Vliet's unique dadaesque grasp of the blues, and Zappa's foundation in
avant-garde classical music (notably Varese and Stockhausen). Van Vliet
assembled one helluva band, capable of cranking it out (notable members of
the Trout Mask band were John French, who went on to play drums for French
Frith Kaiser & Thompson; and Artie Tripp, one of the semi-original Mothers
Of Invention; an early Magic Band featured the slide work of Ry Cooder),
and completely in synch with his zany universe. That the album ever saw
light of day is a testament to Zappa's influence at Warner Brothers, whose
roster included The Association, Peter Paul & Mary, Rod McKuen, and Frank
Sinatra. (OK, they also had John Cale, Grateful Dead, Little Feat, and
Alice Cooper. Go figure.) Zappa frequently noted that Van Vliet had "no
business skills" and would "sign anything."
Van Vliet finally gave up on music and devoted his life to what he loved
most - painting. Like his music, his art is abstract, cacophonous,
colorful, and impressive. It bears noting that Beefheart's video "Ice
Cream For Crow" holds the distinction of being the first (if not the only)
MTV-based video to be displayed at the Museum Of Modern Art.
Essential stuff: "Trout Mask Replica," "The Spotlight Kid," "Lick My
Decals Off, Baby," "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)," "Doc At The Radar
Station," and "Ice Cream For Crow."
Sorry so long.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199803251553.HAA19504@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 25 Mar 98 10:55:00 -0500 From: Jennifer Ralston <jennifer_ralston@tbwachiat.com> Subject: RE: New to Chalkhills (KC) Jeffrey W Wall M.D. wrote: >I just wanted to introduce my self, I'm new to Chalkhills. I've been >listening to XTC since 1981, but was beginning to think I was the last >remaining fan here in the U.S. (or at least in Kansas City). No way, Doc! If you've been listening to them for that long, please don't tell me you never caught a show by the Mongol Beach Party or Grumpy *somewhere* in Kansas City anytime between about 1987 and 1994. If not, you missed out on some of the biggest XTC fans living in KC. They performed covers of "Toys" and "Work," but their original music was hugely influenced by our Swindonian friends. I don't live there anymore, but was a huge XTC fan then and still. And I know there was at least one other Kansas Citian on here - John Yuelkenbeck, are you still around? Speak up KC people! So Jeffrey - welcome to Chalkhills. Awaken you dreamers, jennifer
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v02140b00b13f2c0d84a1@[153.35.38.20]> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:51:37 -0500 From: gloop@ntr.net (Yazbek) Subject: Some Yazbek Hi All, We just got booked in Philly, at the last minute, to play on the night of Friday the 27th at the Pontiac Grill at 12:30 A.M. Come down so we have some listeners! We're also doing the Iota in Arlington, VA on Thursday the 26th, so that's something for you D.C.-types to check out. That's at 9:30 or so. That's it for my self-promotion. Thanks, Yazbek
------------------------------ Message-Id: <TFSMISOP@ubk.net>> From: Jonathan Monnickendam <monnickj@ubk.net> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:35:14 +0000 Subject: good old rock reads The saga continues with ..... Doug Sulpy and AN Other's 'Get Back, the unauthorised chronicle of the Let it be shambles', These two guys have sat and listened to all the takes made during Jan 69 they can find and listed the lot, day by day. They also report the various conversations and discussions between the extremely unhappy fab four. By this time McCartney has taken over as Lennon has dropped out of the Beatles and the only thing that brings the two of them together is frustrating Harrison whenever he produces another new song which the other two feel instinctively must be dismissed. Instead of a basement tape extravaganza, guys willing to take on anything, you have guys who have forgotten the words to most of the songs they ever knew and are too gone to have some fun making them up as they go along. Unfortunately Sulpy does not give you those conversations direct but instead his precis, a pity because these must be more interesting than the music, a band falling to pieces but the guys never able to articulate their feelings, finding it difficult being a man, even the beatles. I am sure that the get back dialogue would make a great piece of theatre, especially if some one like kafka were directing. It came as a surprise to me that most of 'Abbey Road' was demoed during the Get back sessions. The book is available direct from the author as well as elsewhere. Sulpy also produces a beatles fanzine '910', anybody know if it any good ? One of the Lennon's favourite artists at that time was Captn Beefheart and it was good that beefheart bonanza/ vliet frenzy in the last edition. jon On the turntable White Light by Gene Clark * --------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed are of the individual, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The United Bank of Kuwait PLC. * ---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:22:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803262022.MAA26833@mando.engr.sgi.com> From: John Relph <relph> Subject: Fossil Fuel CD booklet Hey there Hi there Ho there, Since the original CD booklet for _Fossil Fuel_ is sorely lacking in details, I thought I'd take it upon myself to create one of my own. You can print it out (on your double-sided printer) and make your own booklet to include in your CD. I've included recording information and the band's own comments on the various songs. So check it out on the Chalkhills Product page (http://chalkhills.org/product). Not available in stores. Try it out and let me know what mistakes I've made or if you have any suggestions. -- John
------------------------------ Message-ID: <B82F8C4D16A0D1119FDC0001FA6A4BC96CA7CB@HFD-EXCH003> From: "Witter, Karl F" <WitterKF@aetna.com> Subject: Wanted--something resembling piano sheet music Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:07:45 -0500 Does anyone have sheet music, or a more piano-friendly sort of marking than the guitar tab, for "Then She Appeared"? It's a bit urgent, so please mail me direct: witterkf@aetna.com. Karl
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199803271920.MAA03691@access.tucson.org> From: "J. D. SMX" <jsmelser@access.tucson.org> Organization: Access Tucson Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:28:25 -0700 Subject: Difford and Tillbrook Greeting Chalkfriends, In the last episode of Chalkhills: > Herne <herne@earthlink.net> spake.... > Chris Difford--- he hasn't come out with anything > worth listening to since Argybargy... > those later ones didn't do it for me. I understand why Mr. Herne subscribes to this opinion, but take it from me, Difford and Tillbrook are one of the best songwriting teams ever. If you, too, are not familiar with their work post Argybargy, try Difford and Tillbrook's solo album first (you can probably find it in the cutout bins in some format or another) then if you like it, try the surrounding Squeeze albums. It's true that the latter Squeeze offerings aren't as cutting edge and are more contemporary. But then, in the same way, Nonsuch is no Drums and Wires either. ....doesn't make any less enjoyable. Have fun exploring, fellow Chalkbuds. J. D. SMX Engineering Services Manager Access Tucson jsmelser@access.tucson.org
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