Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 192
Date: Monday, 17 July 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 192
Monday, 17 July 2000
Topics:
mulubap
Andy on Frank
America Chose Cheese
Raggy??
ItMWML music
Re: You and Who
Mike Batt. Plus friends.
Alien Collections
Standing up for Joe.
Guilty M'Lud!
the list-again
Stalking the Program Managers :-)
The Truth About Alien Abduction
HUP,HUP,HUP!
my very own top 5
Intoxication, archaeology, Gadfly,and Hobbits..what a great world!
Music For Gardening
On the Road to Suckydom
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:41:37 EDT From: Saints3Den@aol.com Subject: mulubap Message-ID: <61.56ce40c.26a3e881@aol.com> from dan phipps' keyboard << but then andy mentions "stairway to heaven" next!! jesus!! i thought the audience was gonna crucify him right there on the spot, but you know something? he's absolutely right -- this is NOT one of zeppelin's best tunes!! they did a hell of a lot better material than this track. it's just one of many...plain and simple. >> Didn't I once actually read somewhere that this was the " most requested" song ever? yes, I think so. (Incidentally, I like Led Zep , but would like them more as an instrumental band....anyone agree?) Andy would make a great host for this show. Andy had good choices, but to give those asswipe kids credit, it was " Most overplayed song".... NOT "Most overplayed song of all time", so forgive them for seeing it as a most overplayed for the last 3 weeks. Of course, all "hit" songs are basically overplayed. That is what makes them hits. eddie
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:43:54 PDT From: "Beverly Cash" <plutomoon@hotmail.com> Subject: Andy on Frank Message-ID: <20000717044354.10745.qmail@hotmail.com> >From: alec had andy seen swingers he might have understood that now is not >the time >to say ANYTHING against frank (if you're in the u.s. and are a part of >the pop cultch landscape). people are taking it very seriously again, >just like the guys in the movie who think that long, hot motor trips to >las vegas will save their lives. And that is exactly why it was great for him to say it! Pooh on the trendy mainstream and smack the pretension in their face! GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO ANDY!!!!Non-conformity maaaaaaaaan! And to the ones slagging 20 somethings...I KNOW you were generalizing...but come on now! and I am a 20 something and I'm sure there are plenty on this list!And the people I have given XTC to (chortle) are 20 somethings too...so all hope couldn't be lost! cheers everybody***Beverly
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:54:55 EST From: "Iain Murray" <halfmanhalflager@hotmail.com> Subject: America Chose Cheese Message-ID: <20000717045455.33898.qmail@hotmail.com> ><Ok, here's the scenario. You're being abducted by kindly aliens from a >galaxy far, far, away. You are told to bring 5 music CD's with you . >What >are they?> 1. "Revolver" - The Beatles 2. "Drums & Wires" - XTC 3. "Raiding The Divine Archive" - Be Bop Deluxe 4. "Innervisions" - Stevie Wonder 5. "New Boots And Panties!!" - Ian Dury >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:44:26 +0100 >From: "Laura Brown" <Laura@kenaud.dircon.co.uk> > >Oh dear -- I hope that doesn't mean my husband and I (aged 22 and 25, >respectively) confused our friends by choosing I'd Like That as our > >wedding song. You chose that too? Cool! (Actually, I was in favour of a particularly nifty Bob Mould instrumental, but my wife out-voted me - or so she thinks. My attempts at XTC-brainwashing were 100% successful......) >Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 22:39:50 -0500 >From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> > > And, for a bonus, I'll give you a list of impossibly cheesy 70's >one >hit wonders that are guaranteed to send you running screaming from >your >room. >1, Seasons In The Sun- Terry Jacks >2. Rocky- Austin Roberts >3. Run Joey Run- David Geddes >4. My Eyes Adored You- Frankie Valli >5. I Like Dreaming- Kenny Nolan >6. Loving You- Minnie Riperton >7. Csndy Man- Sammy Davis Jr >8. My Ding A Ling- Chuck Berry >9. Afternoon Delight- Starland Vocal Band >10.One Tin Soldier- Coven How about "Movie Star" by Harpo? Or "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (can't remember who did that one, which is probably just as well). **<shameless self-promotion follows>** In the next few weeks, I'll be starting as an on-air announcer at Valley FM in Canberra (needless to say, XTC will be featured quite heavily). If anyone's awake and in the south Canberra area between midnight and 6:00am Saturdays, you need professional help....or you could turn your radio on to 89.5FM - I'll be the guy who sounds like he's about to collapse in a dribbling heap. Iain "I believe there is a commonality to humanity. We all suck." -- Bill Hicks
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:46:39 +0100 From: Adrian Ransome <Adrian.Ransome@tsi-ltd.co.uk> Subject: Raggy?? Message-ID: <497FEA72C392D3118AE700508B7311773E2851@NT4SERVER03> A question about Casey Kasem: Is he still with the Sunshine Band? Latest results from the obscure lyric compo: >they cannot see me naked Nightswimming (or Stipey sings four notes) by REM my submission: "just like a picture book, daddy's gone away leaving mummy in her room with another one on the way...." Adrian "Shaggy, you and Scoob go and search the swamp, me and the girls will check out the bedroom"
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:34:45 -0400 From: cbisson <cbisson@mediaone.net> Subject: ItMWML music Message-ID: <3972EF55.8F38EB3E@mediaone.net> Has anyone been able to work out the tab or chords of this song?
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 06:57:00 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Re: You and Who Message-ID: <l03130301b597534fba2f@[208.13.202.227]> >> John Keel said: >> >> I was going to give Randy my favorite band name of all time but I just >> can't part with it - just in case I actually start a band anytime soon. >> Sorry. An old roommate was always fond of "You and what Army". Whadda >> ya think to that? > >I always thought "The Ewan Hughes Army" would be a good name for a >band. Even better if a member's name actually happened to be Ewan Hughes. > >John I know an Evan Hughes in Barre, VT, but I don't know if he plays any instruments. Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 04:51:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Wilkinson <cleanersvenus@yahoo.com> Subject: Mike Batt. Plus friends. Message-ID: <20000717115113.22559.qmail@web513.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Chalkers, Just thought you might enjoy this story of what XTC's pal Mike Batt is up to at the moment. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_837000/837519.stm I'm saying nothing. Paul
------------------------------ Date: 17 Jul 2000 13:03:00 +0100 From: "Robert Wood" <Robert.Wood@mutech.co.uk> Subject: Alien Collections Message-ID: <00003105@mutech.co.uk> Organization: Mutech Ltd Nice of the Aliens to give us a few minutes to get our record collections out and sift through 'til we find our five faves. ;-) In no order... Shakespeare Albama - Diesel Park West Welcome Home - 'Til Tuesday English Settlement - XTC X- Lloyd Cole Ghost of a Dog - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians. Someone was saying this idea with the Aliens had been done before. Over here, we have this programme on the radio called Desert Island Discs, where you have ten albums thay you'd want if you were washed up on a small island. Same horse, different jokey...
------------------------------ Date: 17 Jul 2000 12:38:00 +0100 From: "Robert Wood" <Robert.Wood@mutech.co.uk> Subject: Standing up for Joe. Message-ID: <00003102@mutech.co.uk> Organization: Mutech Ltd Wow, what an attack on poor old Joe! Whoever it was is obviously pretty ignorant and Joe made a good defence of himself, but there's a couple of points you missed out on, Joe. Your attacker said: >> Why don't you get a PC or Mac instead of using UNIX. I never saw the meaning of UNIX. Most programs don't use UNIX. Why don't you get into the modern age, Joe and get a freaking PC or Mac. You won't get anywhere with UNIX. << This paragraph show a severe lack of understanding about the world of computers. First off, you can run Unix *on* a PC, so advising someone to get a PC to avoid running Unix is bloody stupid. There is a new flavour of Unix called Linux which is becoming more and more popular, and which is being run a huge number of PCs around the world. In fact some PCs are now supplied with Linux as the installed operating system (OS). You never saw the meaning of Unix? The meaning? Do you mean point? Unix has no "meaning", it's an OS. It's a platform to run programs on, in the same way that Windows is. The difference is that something like Linux is very, very stable, unlike Windows which falls over as soon as you look at it. When problems are found it with, it gets fixed straight away because its run by a co-operative of programmers, not some huge, faceless corporation like Micro$oft. If anyone is running Linux (which *is* Unix remember), they are being pretty damn modern, let me assure you. And of course s/he would have a PC to run it on, so s/he is doubly in the modern age. I read a *very* interesting article by a novelist called Neil Stephenson, (some of you may well have read "Snow Crash"), which he compares and contrasts OSs, right back from the very early days of computers, and he explains why he's running Linux. One of the most persuasive arguments for me was that in the two years plus he'd been running it, it had not once crashed on him. Compare this with Windows 95/98 which when I had to use it, would crash most days, if I was doing development work on it, it would crash many times a day. From what I can gather the Mac OS ain't much better, I have a friend who had to use it at Maplin and he reckons it falls over with alarming regularity too. So Mr/Ms flamer, get your facts straight before you go spouting out a load of crap in response to a very pertinent claim you silly little man/woman.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:31:36 +0100 From: "Smith, David" <David.Smith@tfeurope.com> Subject: Guilty M'Lud! Message-ID: <4BBE67B71C1DD411A23600508B65F71E685FF7@tfsecmsg04.tfseur.co.uk> Errrrm, feeling slightly guilty. A few posts ago I encouraged Molly to hit back hard at people who were "dissing" her. I'm slightly concerned that I inadvertantly turned our Moll into a fascist! Molly luv, when I said "don't take things too personally" I didn't mean for you to go around telling people they had no right to complain about anything, or suggest that all people in their 20's should be tarred and feathered. Sheesh, lighten back up! Oh, just in case, THAT WHOLE BIT WAS A JOKE! However, this bit isn't . . .Victor Rocha, you might think Molly's annoying, OK, your opinion and you are entitled to it. However, as far as I'm concerned you join the ranks of those who like to pick on people who are likely to be hurt by your remarks. These are the actions of a coward and a bully - I'm sure your family are VERY proud of you. Tosspot. *** Anyway, on to lighter things, cos I'm still smiling . . . band names. Here's one you DON'T want to use. In my youth, I was in a covers band doing local pubs etc. We weren't bad . . . we weren't very good either, but we really thought we'd come up with a clever name. We called ourselves "Channel D" (as in "open Channel D" from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.). Clever huh? Well, no, actually. Two gigs into our fledgling career we (and the pub landlord) were wondering where everybody was. It was only then that some geezer walked into the pub saying to his mate ". . .but we'll have a drink here anyway . . . oh, hang on, there is a band on . . .". Somewhat intrigued we asked him why he thought we weren't on, as there was a sign up outside. His answer? "Well,when we drove past, it looked like it said CANCELLED". Lesson learnt, we became the Bedrock Band (apparently I look like Barney Rubble - humph!) *** Hey Debs, sorry to hear your day was runed. Is that like the runes used by ancient mystics and ageing hoary old hippies when they're recording Led Zep IV? (Think you hit a double-irony nerve with Dunks there!) *** Hey Randall Redwood, ARE YOU SERIOUS?? How can you say such a thing, talking about laying waste to the forest and . . . oh, errrrr, sorry, got it now. *** Finally, those albums to take on to the Mothership . . . here's my CURRENT set: Apple Venus Vol 1 Nonsuch Jordan, The Comeback - Prefab Sprout The Bends - Radiohead Innervisions - Stevie Wonder Oh, by the way, this "XTC Rocks" business. Stop it. Just stop it! Laters Smudgeboy E-Mail: david.smith@tfeurope.com "Cold, daring, no flies on me Sorry, angel, I must take, what I see"
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:45:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: the list-again Message-ID: <20000717154545.19022.qmail@web2103.mail.yahoo.com> re: and i hope he learned that taking easy shots at those particular songs is a no-no over here... it's been getting sicker and sicker since then in terms of the perpetual blind praise everyone feels obligated to heap on the chairman and his ilk... as for the "stairway to heaven thing," i don't get it...didn't anyone there see "wayne's world"? maybe they were too young. _______________ I think this all hints at a generation gap again. People of my age (former punkers and new wavers, you know who you are) thought it was great fun to trash idols. People like Frank Sinatra (whom I've always found extremely annoying) and Led Zepplin (Robert Plant is one of the WORST vocalists in the history of rock music) deserved to be brought down a notch or three, and we enjoyed doing it! So what they're icons? Fuck 'em! What i found most telling about that episode of the List is how unwilling young people are to do the same thing today. This in itself is fine, I guess, but the larger issue for me is that the youth of today seem unable or unwilling to think for themselves. Yeah, I know that this is supposedly typical of people that age, but for someone who was the town freak in high school because I dared listen to XTC, The Clash, Elvis Costello, etc. I find the herd mentality incomprehensible. I interact with a great deal of young people professionally (teaching college level art classes), and I find this to be true in areas well outside of pop culture. It often seems to me that people under age 25 or so, at least the ones I see profesionally, have never been challenged to think for themselves, and have no idea how to accomplish it. I find myself spending large amounts of class time trying to teach my students HOW to think (not what to think), and have watched many, many students struggle with it. This seriously impacts my ability to hold meaningful class discussions, which in turn, impacts what my students will get from a class. I could go on ond on here, but I'll save it for discussions with other teachers and open the floor to other comments. Tyler "now I sound like an old fogey" Hewitt
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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:48:52 EDT
From: IMSUNBAKE@aol.com
Subject: Stalking the Program Managers :-)
Message-ID: <200007171748.KAA24982@sgiblab.sgi.com>
Dear Chalkers - The following is an email exchange between me and the
program manager at Baltimores WWMX 106.5:
Annamarie DeCarlo wrote:
> Greetings, Steve. Wondering if WWMX is playing anything from XTC's
> new album, Wasp Star. It is so heads and shoulders above most of what
> gets aired these days. I think one or two of the songs are "climbing
> up" the alternative adult charts. The music is
> great. Thanks, Annamarie DeCarloAnnapolis
Annamarie,
I agree! The new album is great. In the past Mix has played XTC but
we're not as alternative as we once were. But you know, it's worth
talking about in our weekly music meeting! Thanks for the heads up.
Steve Monz
Mix 106.5
Program Director
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:08:12 -0500 From: "JH3" <jh3@winco.net> Subject: The Truth About Alien Abduction Message-ID: <00b601bff019$f8df5de0$2373fbd1@JH3.alternatech.net> >Ok, here's the scenario. You're being abducted by kindly >aliens from a galaxy far, far, away. You are told to bring >5 music CD's with you . What are they? I think the people who have responded to this post so far (other than Tyler Hewitt, who at least answered the basic question correctly) are missing the point. Basically, the situation is very simple, right? Aliens are currently in the process of abducting you and are ordering you to bring 5 CD's along. But your primary focus should be on escaping the aliens! Even if you *hate* the rest of the human race, you at least want to save yourself, right? So obviously, the first thing to try is to tell them that all your CD's are "in my special CD warehouse outside," and as soon as you're out of the house, run like hell! If that doesn't work, tell them they're "all in that big bunker a few miles away," and try to get them to take you to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. Even in the unlikely event that this foolproof scheme fails, the idea is not to *impress* the aliens with how great our music is, but to *scare* them into thinking we're vastly more powerful than we actually are - capable of blowing up their puny starships with nothing more than a casual thought. So I'd suggest bringing nothing but old GWAR albums. (Don't have any? Well, that sucks, huh?) If you have a CD burner, another possibility would be to bring along some "coasters" - i.e., failed attempts to create CD-R's. When the aliens put them in their CD players and can't play them, you simply say, "Ha! You foolish aliens and your primitive technology, unable to play a simple compact disc! Our advanced civilization will crush you like little bugs," etc. etc. Of course, what I do is keep several CD jewel cases full of C-4 plastic explosive lying around, just in case this happens to me. If the aliens show up and ask me to pick out 5 CD's, I just casually say, "Hmmm, okay, howzabout these here?" And then as soon as they try to open one, BOOM! One less alien! (Hopefully the explosion won't blow up the whole spaceship.) When the other aliens ask why their comrade was blown up trying to open one of your jewel cases, you just shrug and say, "well, it never happens to me when *I* do it. You must be opening the case wrong, you clumsy alien fools!" And if they then insist that *you* open the remaining cases, well, now you've got four hand-grenades, don't you? Depending on the number of aliens, you might even be able to take over their whole ship, and use it to fly you to a planet where people don't give a sh*t about what your favorite CD's are! (By the way, *all* of these booby-trapped CD cases say "XTC" on them in big letters, because I just assume that all aliens have good taste in music.) John "H." Hedges III http://www.alternatech.net/jh3/xtc
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:26:45 -0700 (PDT) From: MARK ELLIOTT <frontln99@yahoo.com> Subject: HUP,HUP,HUP! Message-ID: <20000717182645.6857.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com> Jim Allen wrote: Mark was bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm: >The Wonderstuff reunited in December at London >forum!!!....I will be booking my flight toot sweet! I only have "Never Loved Elvis" which apart from being one of the great album titles ever (I bet they were burning copies of it in the Southern US ala Beatles records after Lennon's "We're more popular than Christ" misunderstanding) is a really fine album. Which others should I get Mark? And "All of them!" is not acceptable. :-) :-) BLESS YOUR HEART LAD!!...was thinking no-one noticed! Well, at the expense of being a bit off topic I must tell you...no, wait ...I must ORDER you to march directly off to find their first full-length release: "THE 8 LEGGED GROOVE MACHINE" Just such an joyus exciting record..it'll have you singin' & grinnin' non-stop! Get back to me once it's in your player! >>I can confirm this is true. I've heard about Nick Drake for years----mostly because one of my favorite bands, Belle & Sebastian, are routinely accused of ripping him off---and so to hear that song in the VW ad made me hop on the music swapping site that starts with the letter N and download some of his stuff. I love it, I can see why Belle and Sebastian are said to sound like him and as soon as I see them, I'll be buying the remastered first 3 albums. ************ WELL! two of my faves in one post....isn't it WONDERful to discover something old but now brand new and exciting to you? DO BUY the re-masters ..they will entrance you. have a great day!! mark ===== SUPPORT GIG RECORDS! HOME OF MILES HUNT, GROUNDSWELL U.K. & THE AMAZING MEET PROJECT!! INFO @ WWW.GIGRECORDS.COM
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:14:04 EDT From: Robeach11@aol.com Subject: my very own top 5 Message-ID: <60.5155c25.26a4c30c@aol.com> OK. I give in. My 5 CD's to take if I were to be abducted by aliens: Beach Boys- "Pet Sounds" XTC- "Skylarking" (I could change my mind... so many great XTC albums) Beatles- "Magical Mystery Tour " (ditto) Elvis Costello- "Imperial Bedroom" Beach Boys- "Today" Can I bring 5 more? Yes? Thanks! Prefab Sprout- "Life Of Surprises (Best Of)" Fountains Of Wayne- "Utopia Parkway" Beach Boys- "Friends" Kinks- "Something Else" XTC- "Apple Venus/Wasp Star" (I say it's a 2 disc set, dammit!) I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Rob Carson, Ca
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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:38:47 EDT
From: "Seth Frisby" <vagueyear@hotmail.com>
Subject: Intoxication, archaeology, Gadfly,and Hobbits..what a great world!
Message-ID: <20000717193847.20701.qmail@hotmail.com>
'ello Folks!,
I've just come up with a wickedly "stupid" idea for a thread on
our humble list: What is the best Xtc album to listen to while very
intoxicated?...now don't get me wrong but some of my favorites like
Skylarking, Av1, and Nonesuch, don't sound as fresh when drunk. My vote is
for Black Sea which is as drunken as a sailors pet parrot. Living through
another cuba is just too much fun to sing badly while drunk, just try to
hold down your vomit during the Bah! part. ...weeeellll...sorry for that
interruption.
Anyone else been using Wasp Star as their summer happy days
soundtrack(no not the sitcom)...also am I only one who loves wounded horse?
Just listen to that vocal, now that's fun to imitate...drunk.
What a strange weekend i've had...but good... First off I went to New
York state to see a free strangefolk show(a new england "wanking band" for
those with no patience for jams)and I drove up with someone I just met at a
friends house...as it turns out this man was not only a show taper, but was
also a archaeologist from Cape Cod which is where I grew up. As it turns out
he knew my uncle while in high school..actually he bought drugs from my
uncle...small world huh? I guess since i'm a student anthropologist i'm
gonna go on digs with this hip archaeologist. I know have future. Also I
found out that one of my best friends works for gadfly a small record
company. I knew she worked for strangefolk but I didn't know that Gadfly
also had Kimberley Rew signed..she says Kimberley is very nice and has a
cute "funny english accent". She's going to get me a copy of his new
album..and maybe get into some of his coming up Boston shows....sorry to
burble on like this but I feel like i've had a lucky weekend...
Seth "Hobbit in another life" Frisby
p.s. Anyone who likes comic books should read Hourman..it's a very clever,
sweet, imaginative, and downright fun book. Plus it quoted Captain Beefheart
in it's last issue. See not only am a music geek and a abuser of potent pop
liquors but i'm also a comic geek. Try to love me for what I am.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:08:04 -0700 From: "Lynn S." <nemaliand@halcyon.com> Subject: Music For Gardening Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000717120759.0069fa94@mail.nwnexus.com> Hello Chalkers, I haven't written to this list for about a year or more now, but I thought I would pass this on. I'm enjoying AV2, it is growing on me, though I can say I wasn't blown over on first hearing. My favorites are We're All Light, and the second half of The Wheel and The Maypole. Anyway, on to what I discovered at the grocery store yesterday. I was doing a bit if shopping when I picked up the July Newsletter for SeattleTilth. Seattle Tilth is an organization that supports organic farming and urban gardening. I was flipping through the pages and lo and behold I found this article: From The Board: Music For Gardening, by Bill Thorness. The article talks how music can enhance the gardening experience. But then the author says there is one band in particular he wants to recommend, because it's one of his favorites. Quoting from the article: "XTC...puts out consistently melodic and thoughtful music that is fused with imagery of the environment."...The acoustic songs on Apple Venus are full of heart, humor and hooks, perfect to help your mind wander while your hands are busy in the earth." Then he wonders if the band might be available to play at the Tilth Harvest Fair, and says he will let us know if they are free on September 9. How about it Andy, Colin? I'd love to see it! Always nice to discover another fan spreading the word, waves to Bill Thorness, wherever you are... Lynn S.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:46:42 -0400 From: Jeff Eason <eason@mountaintimes.com> Subject: On the Road to Suckydom Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000717154642.00827890@mountaintimes.com> Greetings All, Had to throw my two centivos into the "Bands That Were Once Great Yet (Alas) Now Suck" As much as it pains me to say so, Todd Rundgren belongs on the list. He made great pop albums in the late 60s/early 70s; psychedelic masterpieces in the late 70s/early 80s; and has produced some real garbage in the 90s. I liked his "With a Twist" album but that was really a bunch of retreads with a salsa feel to them. None of the songs were written recently. I agree that David Byrne has slipped a few notches since he parted ways with the other Talking Heads. But he hasn't quite entered the gates of Suckville. Sting, on the other hand, bores me to tears with his pompous Eco-consciousness and his pseudo-jazz meanderings. Ladies and gents, we have a new mayor of New Suck City! And this is from someone who really liked the Police in their Heyday! --Walking On The Moon-- Jeff.
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