Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 138
Date: Sunday, 28 May 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 138
Sunday, 28 May 2000
Topics:
Re: Footy, a town in Wiltshire and Maypoles
farting
Andy Partridge: The Man who Wounded the Horse
The DEFINITIVE Ranking of Studio Recordings
Hopefully Looksmart won't truncate *this* one.....
Partridge in Pulse
greased bananas
Dedicated Followers of Fashion
In this Nude Ark Age
"It's the same story" the crow told me
How good is this band...
waspster
Re: Strawberry Fields
Re: Bad Cutoff
re : free "Wasp Star" CD single:
The Odd Man Out ?
Miscellaneous Wasp Star Inspired Thoughts
We're All Light
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 00:10:45 +0100 From: "Pledge" <PLEDGE7@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: Footy, a town in Wiltshire and Maypoles Message-ID: <000201bfc68b$0d150b60$3fbe01d5@PLEDGE> Huw asked about which English football teams we like. Well I love Gillingham (Kent), who are at Wembley on Sunday in the Division 2 play off final. The irony/ XTC content here is that Gillingham FC's biggest rivals are Swindon Town FC. I caused great consternation of the Gills' mailing list last year by constantly plugging XTC and Apple Venus, whilst others were listing all the things that come out of Swindon that they hate! Happily I managed to convert a few of my less narrow minded compatriots to the wonder of Apple Venus Volume 1, with the most successful conversion being my mate's fiancee, Paula, who is a die hard Michael Jackson fan. It was the Easter Theatre single that I bought prior to an away game at Wycombe that swung her, although she waited until Christmas day to receive AV1. Guess what I'm buying them for their wedding present assuming they haven't already bought it? Her other half Simon had been a lapsed fan since Mummer I believe. Joshua, your poetic description of the Wheel And The Maypole sums up exactly how I feel about this track. On the first play of WS I was worried the album might pass me by after my love of AV1, but suddenly some lunatic is singing about dashing a pot to the ground and maypoles. In the UK maypole dancing is, I believe viewed with the same distain as Morris Dancing. Only XTC would celebrate something as English as this and that is why I love them now like I never have before. I now don't so much skip tracks as repeat the ones I love several times. I only hope that the instant tunes syndrome doesn't mean that I will tire of Maypole as is often the case. Finally I belive the big stick/ Aunt Sally's head couplet is a reference to scarecrows. There was a TV programme in the UK starring Jon Pertwee (of Doctor Who fame) in the 80's (can't remember its title) as a scarecrow whose female sidekick was called Aunt Sally. So I guess Andy is perhaps suggesting that scarecrows can get excited in his own smutty way! Pledge
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:14:05 +0100 From: Mark Fisher <fisher@easynet.co.uk> Subject: farting Message-ID: <a04310103b553522b8a3a@[194.128.83.69]> In the current issue of London listings mag Time Out (the one with Beth Orton and Ian Brown in a tent on the cover) there's a very unexpected story in a column by Peter Paphides about a friend of his who a) lives in Swindon and b) is a huge XTC fan. Apparently, said friend spotted Colin Moulding in a pub and decided to tell him how much he loved his work. He waited till Colin stood up to go to the toilet, but didn't time it right so by the time he'd caught up with him they were both at the urinals . . . whereupon the bloke let out a massive fart. Colin gave him a strange look then left. Sorry for lowering the tone.
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 18:59:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jennifer L. Geese" <jlg@svsu.edu>
Subject: Andy Partridge: The Man who Wounded the Horse
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10005251849400.29724-100000@tardis.svsu.edu>
Ok - I've gotta jump in with my first impressions here. They can
basically be summed up with the following sentence: "Wasp Star is {insert
your favorite adjective here} AMAZING/wonderful/really, really, really
good, phenomenal, something else along the lines of too good for words -
except for "Wounded Horse". I just can't get into that song. I think
part of it is that the intro just leads me to expect a song much... better
than the reality. It's just not living up to my expectations, I guess. I
don't have to skip it or anything, but I can't wait for it to end so I can
hear what's next. I'm really enjoying YATC much more than the demo
version. I can't quite say why. But the big surprise was Wheel/Maypole.
This was the only song I hadn't heard before I got the album, and at first
I was underwhelmed. Fear not, brave Chalkhillians! I am now a devotee.
Somewhere between the first and fourth listen to my brand spankin' new CD
copy, something clicked and I realized that it is truly an awesome song.
What can I say? It just *works*. I can see this being potentially their
biggest selling album to date. We'll see what happens.
"My heart's pumping wine,"
Jen
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:35:17 +0100 From: Ben Woll <bwoll@datamonitor.com> Subject: The DEFINITIVE Ranking of Studio Recordings Message-ID: <F9097CBF3DC3D311AFFE00508B8BD57F3A7BF5@EROS> I just said definitive to tick off all the "different shades of beige" people out there - but to each their own, yaddy, yaddy, yaddy... Five Stars - English Settlement Four and a Half Stars - Skylarking Four Stars - AV1, Black Sea, The Big Express, Oranges and Lemons, Wasp Star Three and a Half Stars - Drums and Wires, Mummur, The Duke's Records Three Stars - Nonsuch Two Stars - White Music, Go 2 Wasp Star is much better on CD than on MP3. My Brown Guitar and In Another Life keep it from moving up a notch, as did ROO and The Last Balloon on AV1. Yeah, I know there are a lot of ROO fans out there, but it doesn't do much for me - it's in the Human Alchemy, Deliver Us From the Elements camp. They kind of drone on without going anywhere... Interesting to hear commentary on Colin's songs for Wasp Star and AV1. To me, Frivolous Tonight is brilliant but the rest are merely good. Colin's best?: all of his stuff on English Settlement, Wonderland, Wake Up, I Remember the Sun, Dying, The World is Full of..., Blame the Weather, One of the Millions, My Bird Performs, Bungalow, Frivolous Tonight. The World is Full of... has meant more to me than any song, period. Ben
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:31:52 +1000 From: Iain Murray <iain.murray@looksmart.com.au> Subject: Hopefully Looksmart won't truncate *this* one..... Message-ID: <200005260158.LAA09615@send01.start.com.au> What's an 'axis mundi'? Reply off-list. Iain "I believe there's a commonality to humanity. We all suck." -- Bill Hicks
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 18:30:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael K Ong <mikeong@socrates.berkeley.edu> Subject: Partridge in Pulse Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005251825130.28930-100000@socrates.berkeley.edu> Just picked up the new June issue of Pulse!, the free Tower Records magazine. Andy has a cute little monologue about being a "dinosaur" and his sketch of himself is hilarious. mIKE
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:04:01 -1000
From: "Jim Smart" <jismart@ksbe.edu>
Subject: greased bananas
Message-ID: <392DCD77.3B3EE3AF@ksbe.edu>
Organization: 3Tripper
I'm frustrated because I can't get the video guitar lesson to play on my
computer at guitar.com. I have always hated RealAudio, never more than
now. Blasted thing won't work for me on my Mac. Still, I enjoyed the
interview with Andy there. The following quote was just too funny not to
post here:
"To be truthful, Volume 1 was a huge window in the buttocks to
record. But this one was a complete and utter pleasure. The first
one was a difficult birth, with a team of divers going in with
forceps and dynamite to get the baby out. This one was, "Stand
well back, there's a greased banana shooting across the room."
Jim "insert phallic banana joke here, but don't insert a banana" Smart
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:57:36 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Dedicated Followers of Fashion Message-ID: <l03130300b552c4cc17c7@[208.13.202.32]> >Once upon a time (1982?) I bought an album called >"Fabrique" by a band called Fashion. I believe they >also made a second album, "Twilight Of The Gods" (or >was it "Idols?" dunno). They did a sort of >guitar'n'bass (slappy/plucky style I'm not a muso) >mixed with synths and sequencers, but it was >GOOOOOOOD! Anyway, they had no impact on the charts, >or people in general. The tape, of course, has long >since gone to the great Cassette Deck In The Sky, and >there doesn't appear to be any info on this band (let >alone CD releases) that I can find. Anyone? Anyone? > >Rory "just kidding, Tom and Dom" Wilsher I have their first album, Product Perfect, which is by far their best, with a different guitarist/lead singer. It's more reggae influenced, similar to The Clash's stuff in that style, such as "Charlie Don't Surf" or "The Guns Of Brixton." Probably too obscure to find on CD, but you may be fortunate enough to find some used vinyl somewhere. So that's actually a total of three Fashion albums. Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html "A Great law protects me from the government. The Bill of rights has 10 GREAT laws. A Good law protects me from you. Laws against murder, theft, assault and the like are good laws. A Poor law attempts to protect me from myself." - Unknown
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:06:16 PDT From: "Duncan Kimball" <dunks58@hotmail.com> Subject: In this Nude Ark Age Message-ID: <20000526020616.55096.qmail@hotmail.com> Whoooop! Is everybody happy? Sounds like it. Congrats to the boys on the release of this great great album. Nice to see our Relphie and the Little Expressers get their just desserts. Really cool cover design (if vaguely reminiscent of one of the old Utopia albums). Love the touch of having Venus framed in the claw of the jewel case. Nice work TVT. Hardcore track-by-track analysis: Track 1 - classic! Track 2 - cool! Track 3 - groovy! Track 4 - fantastic! Track 5 - superb! Track 6 - brilliant! Track 7 - excellent! Track 8 - beautiful! Track 9 - maginficent! Track 10 - wonderful! Track 11 - sensational! Track 12 - masterpiece! [I should add that I learned my critical skills from Aussie movie guru Bill Collins; he was interviewed once after a premiere -- "Tommy"I think -- and began by saying "Well, I didn't really like this film ..." and concluded: " ... but I LOVED it!"] I agree with LC - "Wheel and the Maypole" was the least "grabby" track for me on first hearing. But only on first hearing - like so many good Andy songs it's SUCH a grower. That "everything decays" bit REALLY gets in. Great to see so many many Chalkers grooving on it. I have a really good, strong feeling that this will be THE big record for them - fingers crossed! I think either "We're all light" or "You and the clouds" should be the single in Australia. If someone did a good dance mix of "We're all light" I reckon it would provide them with a ballistic dance-floor hit. Missing Dave? Yes and No. True, he brought special gifts to the band, but in the washup at the end of the day, it's Andy and Colin's call. This is how they want it, let's just accept that shall we? Longing for Dave's return, and imagining how the album would sound with him seems to me to be vaguely akin to that secretly longing for a Beatles reuinion with, say, Julian or Sean singing Dad's parts. *Shudder* Toni - your "King of Roots" observation made me laugh immoderately. I hold a similar opinion about peanut butter, which a wise friend long ago dubbed "Prince of Spreads". However I'm concerned that only fellow Australans might get the joke. (For non-Ockers, the Aussie slang verb "to root" is roughly equivalent to the English "to shag". Sorry if that is stating the bleedin' obvious. I just wanna do my bit for corss-cultural communication. [Next week's lesson: "What is a 'dag'?"] Good to see you back on deck, Toni! However I have to quibble with your choice, if only because I marginally prefer the sweet potato to the regular varieties (and *which* variety, exactly? King Edward? Kennabec?). True, the potato is of immense importance - but KING of Roots? Aren't we unfairly overlooking the rootiest root of all - mother's little helper, the carrot? (Which I might add, is not only delicious raw AND cooked but is also a major dietary source of beta-carotene, the wonderful compound nominated by Moth Expert #1 Miriam Rothschild as one of her all-time most amazing natural things. Why? Without it we would not have colour vision. Ta-daaah!) Wasp Star ... hmmm... could that be someone prominent in the field of "foundation garment" modelling? Dunks ********************************************************************* Welcome to MY annoying politicised signature line. Did you know that: - of the world's 100 largest economies, 50 are corporations - the world's 200 largest corporations account for 29% of the world's economic activity, but employ only 0.33% of the world's population - the top 500 corporations control 70% of world trade - only 5 corporations control 50% of world trade in 7 major industries inlcuding IT and motor vehicles - Cuba is the world's largest planned national economny, but ranks only 73rd in the list of the world's largest planned economies. The top 72 are all corporations - in the USA, the top 20% of income earners control 98% of all corporate shareholdings - the world's billionaires number less than 500 people, but have a combined annual income which is roughly equivalent to that of the poorest 3 billion -- about 1/2 the world's population? " ...and I think to myself: 'What wonderful world'." *********************************************************************
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 01:05:12 EDT From: KINGSTUNES@aol.com Subject: "It's the same story" the crow told me Message-ID: <34.5ab0555.265f6008@aol.com> I'm probably posting too frequently, and the incoming is jamming up the old box, but, what the hell! This doesn't happen too often! I just saw a half page ad in the City Paper (Philadelphia) from Tower Records for WS. The last time I saw an ad for an XTC album was for English Settlement. It showed a picture of the cover with two round pills coming out of the top, with a caption reading "Take XTC and see!" I kept it in a scrap book. Anyone remember that one? I've been checking these posts about Standing In For Joe and it seems the Barrytown reference has been kicking around. I didn't think of Tell Me What You See, but that's similar. Not meaning to get technical, but the verse is closer to Barrytown because the chords change on the 2nd measure, and the melody continues through as one phrase instead of two like on TMWYS. Not to say that Steely Dan (please, no more Burroughs references!) didn't politely borrow from the Beatles. By the way, another song with the same melodic theme (although not as syncopated) is Uncle John's Band, on the verses. I'm sure there may be others. I doubt that Colin was intentional. A lot of stuff sleeps in our subconscious and pops out. I don't think George Harrison was intentionally stealing when he wrote My Sweet Lord, law suit or no. So I'm not knocking a perfectly clever tune! Which, by the way, gets better with each listen. Also, it hit me that the incredible, amazing, unstoppable chorus to ITMWML could sit right on top of Dear Madam Barnum. And whoever it is out there that doesn't like that lead, go take a long walk on a short pier! It's PERFECT! God, that song RULES! XTC AT THEIR BEST! (Ooops, I'm yelling....) My choices for singles would be ITMWML (I think they chose a winner!), then We're All Light, then Church of Women. Playground would work. I would never release Standing in for Joe (sorry, whoever suggested it) because it doesn't have as good a singalong quality as the 3 I mentioned. I think that's crucial for a single, no matter what the style, speed, or whatever. Stupidly Happy has potential, but it's too much a novelty tune, and despite the production, too silly. IMHO. Church of Women, even though it's slow, could be a real sleeper! I think the verses are clever and sexy, and the chorus- yow! I can see people eating it up. Women especially! An anthem! Michaela Mijoun, are you paying attention?? I wonder if the first two songs are meant as a one-two punch to Marianne? Hmmm... Tom (Yeah, Waddaya think to that?) Kingston "Don't let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey"
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:33:07 PDT From: "David Macaulay" <david_macaulay@hotmail.com> Subject: How good is this band... Message-ID: <20000526053307.66918.qmail@hotmail.com> They just keep getting better in my book... how many bands that have been around 20+ years can you say that of? Agree with a few others that initial listenings of WS didn't impress but by listen #5 it became hard to tear myself away! Now on listen number 15 ish. Favs are wheel & maypole, church of women.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:00:29 PDT From: "Sebastien Maury" <seb101@hotmail.com> Subject: waspster Message-ID: <20000526060030.47275.qmail@hotmail.com> Is it safe to talk now? I mean even Oceania has the blasted disc! Having only heard the demo to Clouds on a radio show about a year ago (and not liking it), I really had no idea what to expect, apart from the usual fanging brillo snazfest A&C seem to produce whenever they turn their minds to it. One striking thing on the first 3 listens or so is the stylistic divergence-from Colin's sparse and desolate Boarded Up to the joyous Easter Theatre counter argument Church Of Women (almost enough to make me turn!). In Another Life is high quality Britjaunt (with a lyrical debt or two to I'd Like That), and Wounded Horse amazed me with Andy's rootsy drawl spewing a blue pain through the mic. I could go on but won't (at this stage). One more quick piece of ridiculousness about Church: the first listen through, I immediately thought of Freiheit (speaking of forgotten bands: darlings, sometimes there's a very good reason for obscurity) and their 80s song Leaving The Dream Behind-which I obstinately continue to love in all its aweful pompous splendour. OK I'll stop dribbling about 'em. Oh but one thing I can't let go from 10 days ago: my mate Dunks needs some on-list spanking for this: >>Harrison - I'm utterly with you on Techno. As far as I'm concerned, it's >>electronic polka music. Only bagpipes could make it worse. It doesn't >>swing,and it has no groove. There is nothing "unhip" about not liking it. >>It's crap. Look Dunks, I don't mind your not liking what you call "techno", in fact I can't do anything about it, but it's not really a question of hip or unhip. There is a slew of commercial dance/techno/electronica/ what you will clogging up the airwaves, but as Dom will tell you, this is *not* the whole story. I don't pretend to know even a little bit about the whole gamut of electronica, but what I have heard that is good ranks with the best of any genre I listen to. A few names to chuck your way if you'll deign to indulge me: Talvin Singh, Rainer Truby, Momus, Peshay, Lamb, Chemical Brothers, Moby and Boxcar. I'm hoping people will write back to point out that maybe none of these artists would fall under the rubric "techno"...and perhaps they don't! I'm not going to urge people to "check out the scene man, cause it roolz", but I just want to point out its attractions for at least one list member. Oh, and XTC is for home. Dance music is for the clubs. Different music for different reasons. And if you can't dance to techno, then you're in **real** trouble! N-ts n-ts n-ts n-ts! Nothing easier! Cheers and here's to sparse guitar solos. Seb.
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 04:26:35 -0500 From: "Jim S." <jims@inlink.com> Subject: Re: Strawberry Fields Message-ID: <392E434B.BBB4A117@inlink.com> > Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 21:16:11 CDT > From: "vee tube" <veetube@hotmail.com> > > P.S. Don't forget to grab your free MP3 of Dave and Andy > doing 'Strawberry Fields' > > http://www.idrive.com/fabx Sure sounds an AWFUL lot like the version the Beatles did where they slowed it down to match the pitch of another take. That altered Lennon's voice. Are you sure that's not what you've got a hold of there? -- Jim S. <jims@inlink.com>
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:19:38 -0400 From: "Brian" <mattone@bhip.infi.net> Subject: Re: Bad Cutoff Message-ID: <007701bfc70c$aa7e4480$5ee49cd1@Brian> > -Brian Matthews wrote regarding Wasp Star: > > P.S. I heard a bad cutoff in headphones at the tail end of a fade-out on > one of the tunes... ouch. > > Yeah, that just couldn't have been done on purpose could it? Andy's so > damn slack in the studio. They just don't pay enough attention to the > songs. They just spit 'em out and make albums as fast as they can, > quality be damned! They didn't have enough time to fix that bad fade-out > did they? Or, maybe slack ass Andy just didn't notice it. I'm sure he > never listened to the album with headphones like you did, or perhaps your > headphones are better and his weren't good enough to catch the error. > Really neat that you heard it and Andy didn't. Maybe you should produce > the next XTC album so that all the fade-outs will be perfect. I think you > can blame this whole imperfect fade for the fact that XTC have never > received the commercial acclaim they so richly deserve. I mean, you don't > hear 311 or Kid Rock albums with flawed fade-outs. Hell, even the New > Kids On The Block got the damn fade-outs right. Well, I guess Andy just > hasn't mastered the art of the fade. There's always next album Andy, > don't give up. You know what, Wes? If my opinion about anything on this mailing list doesn't match up to your specs, then neither does yours to mine. Your reply is sarcastic, stupid and pointless as any retort that was ever made to stir up the muck. -Brian Matthews
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:59:46 +0200 (CEST) From: <gmiller@altern.org> Subject: re : free "Wasp Star" CD single: Message-ID: <200005261259.FAA08444@sgiblab.sgi.com> Hello All, Can the lucky ones you did get their free "Wasp Star" CD single can make mp3's for those who don't ? I think there are only 2 unreleased tracks on this cd single, it won't take a lot of time and place to encode/ upload them. What do you think ? Can anyone help ? Here in France, we won't get WS until the end of next week, "pauvre France !". Regards, Gerard Hi! About the free "Wasp Star" CD single: some of the 'participating' retailers haven't received their copies. I tried 3 of the Record & Tape Traders locations in the Baltimore area and none of them had recieved their free CD single shipment yet. Getting one might be a shaky proposition even if you can make it to one of the stores. Has nyone else had trouble with this?-Dave Of Cardinals and Moles: The Richard Davies & Eric Matthews Website new album out: June 6th (hopefully)
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 22:51:21 +0900 From: "John Boudreau" <aso1@mocha.ocn.ne.jp> Subject: The Odd Man Out ? Message-ID: <000001bfc71b$f29727a0$695791d2@johnboud> regarding wasp star veetube said : >...XTC sound more like a 'Band' then they have since > D&W. huh ?????? i beg your pardon ... sushiman sushiman
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:52:58 +0000 From: Simon_Auger@mandg.co.uk Subject: Miscellaneous Wasp Star Inspired Thoughts Message-ID: <002568EB.003DF38C.00@mailgate.mandg.co.uk> First off, I got the album on Monday (although the local HMV didn't have it on the shelves until Wednesday. Overall I love the album. Its been on my MP3 player all week and has accompanied me on the train back and forth to work each day. Playground - the opening reminds of 'A Little Bit of Love' by Free. Stupidly Happy - sounds so much better in the context of the album than as an isolated track on the Uncut magazine disc. In Another Life - This one really puzzles me, I find myself not wanting to like/listen to it, but somehow it keeps creeping up on me. My Brown Guitar - OK, but hasn't really left any great impression as yet. Boarded Up - This is just brilliant, dark gloomy brooding atmospheric, plain and simple but effective. I'm the Man Who Murdered Love - Or Dear Madam Barnum with an absolutely brilliant opening guitar lick. We're All Light - I'd forgotten how good this sounded at an XTC convention some three years ago. At first I was a little disappointed (no pun intended), but now its brilliant. Standing in For Joe - I just love this one its brilliant and puts me in mind of Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces, very sixties very catchy. Wounded Horse - I think this is great a really raw rough song full of bitterness and loss. Very bluesy and very Big Express to my mind. You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful - I'm still waiting for the hook on this one. Yes it does sound like Sting, although only on the title and the line that follows it. Church of Women - Nice to hear some of those old XTC signatures in this one (butter err err etc). The Wheel and the Maypole - I've gone from being mildly unimpressed to thinking it is absolutely brilliant and back again. Last night going home on the train I got that real idiot grin on my face as the Maypole kicked in. I had been having an absolute shit of a day to go with the rest of the week and I wasn't feeling at like grinning, but out of nowhere came this bloody great smile across my face which I recognised from other peoples comments. Overall I think its a brilliant album. As an indication of how good I feel it is , its had me checking sales positions on Amazon and wondering where it may chart, something I've not thought about for any album for an awfully long time. With regard to closing sons on albums, I've tried starting at I'm the Man Who Murdered Love and then looping round to end up with Boarded Up, its amazing whaat a difference this gives to the feel of the whole thing. It doesn't spoil it for me, just leaves a slightly different feeling. Maybe there is a hidden subtext in the Wheel and the Maypole of things going round in cirecles and continuing endlessly rather than having a definite start and finish to them. If you take the album this way as a cycle to go round rather than starting from a point and progressing through to finish it gives the whole thing a different complexion. I suppose its just a continuation of the themes from Season Cycle. Bye for now, just an hour to lunch and some more Wasp Star. Simon P.S. As of last night Wasp Star on Amazon was rated as Number 21 in the UK, 19 in New Zealand and 16 in the US. Lets all keep buying
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:26:42 +0100 From: "David Edwards" <david@awed.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: We're All Light Message-ID: <001701bfc6fc$f5c43cc0$d582883e@oemcomputer> Chalklings Just a word of praise for the menagerie playing on 'We're All Light'. I'm particularly impressed with the performance of the hamster playing the Arab-sounding flute so reliably from the right speaker, swaying from side-to-side as it does so. Also there's the pink, balloon-shaped alien with the funny ears playing the rising Martian space synthesiser from the left. I also very much like the overfed goldfish - a long-standing friend of Andy's, I'm told - blowing kisses into the aquaphone all the way through from the right. All three deservedly come to the fore at the end. Wonderful stuff! DE
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