Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 252
Date: Thursday, 24 August 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 252
Thursday, 24 August 2000
Topics:
God Save the Holly Limerick T-shirt (not nec. in that order)
Another Interminably Boring Concert List
Cute 'n' cuddly...
boo-hoo!!
The Last Concert Post...
Traffic Light Rock
All sorts of stuff for Diamond.
Buddyhead Must DIE!!
Re: Concert Musings / Verne Note
Re: The Ramones
Re: Jello
Standing in for Steely Dan
Fav live recordings
concert list
Re: Agony & X T C
George Harrison
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:11:27 -0400 From: "Todd Bernhardt" <todd.bernhardt@enterworks.com> Subject: God Save the Holly Limerick T-shirt (not nec. in that order) Message-ID: <39A405BF.7496841F@enterworks.com> Organization: Enterworks, Inc. Hi: >From "The Other" Sherwood > To Flicky and George (no comparison!) > Add Ford, William, Sherwood: A garrison! > Or maybe a supergroup: > Harrison, Harrison > Harrison, Harrison, Harrison to which I reply: There once was a writer named Flicky Who found conflicts of interest quite tricky Whilst writing 'bout Holly She fantasized, "Golly, I'd fancy her dad for a quickie!" Rory Wilsher said: > Or how about "SHUT YOUR > WRETCHED PIE TRAP YOU RIDICULOUS PRICK!!!" (Can we get > t-shirts with this on? Please please please!) Jesus, YES. I'll buy one the second it comes out. Before that, even. When can we expect these, Mr. Corless? Then he stood up for live Queen. As someone who saw them twice, I've got to back him up, with the caveat that the studio band and the live band were two different creatures. If you expected the studio band to show up at a live show, you'd be disappointed. If you showed up unburdened with such expecations, they were a ton of fun. Dracon asked: > Hey, she's 15? Cool! I'm 16, when can Andy hook us up? > :-) Disgusting boy! Put that back in your trousers RIGHT NOW. Anyway, here's what Andy had to say about Her Holliness when last we spoke: >I'm thinking about the tattooed line across the middle of the stomach, with a "Nobody below this line" written there -- you could attach a list of names there, as well: "None of these people below this line."< So, not a chance, Pally. -Todd
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:33:34 -0700 From: "Dane Pereslete" <peresd@tcwgroup.com> Subject: Another Interminably Boring Concert List Message-ID: <s9a3a89c.045@acacia.tcwgroup.com> First concert: U.K. (Bruford era) and Al Di Meola at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1979. My first exposure to "wacky tabacky". Most memorable concerts, off the top of my head: Any of the many Count Basie appearances at the Carnation Pavilion at Disneyland. A great, secret venue that nobody ever thinks about. You could almost reach out and touch him. Horn section blowin' in your face. Yep, that close. Wall of Voodoo (Sammystown tour) at the now-defunct and notorious Golden Bear. Stan Ridway (Big Heat Tour). Any of the various Smithereens gigs - endless encores! Pat Metheny Group - Offramp tour at the Greek Theater. A perfect summer evening setting... Robben Ford and Victor Feldman at the Icehouse. Best concert line-up: The Cure with Pixies & Love and Rockets at Dodger Stadium. Love all three bands. Kids were raining down food, etc. from the upper tiers down onto the people below... Surprisingly good: Thompson Twins with Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. TT was taping audience footage for their "Revolution" video that night. Larry Carlton and Yellowjackets at the Universal Amphitheater. Decided to go on a whim and scored standby second-row seats at the box office. The Fents and Allan Holdsworth at Cal Poly Pomona. Lousy P.A. system, though. Best "festival" concerts: Playboy Jazz Fests - 1985/1986. Incredible. The amazing line-ups of artists, all in the same day: Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Carla Bley, Jaco Pastorius, Mel Torme, David Sanborn, Weather Report, etc. Great to see some of these artists before they died. Sad to see Jaco Pastorius, though. He had obviously scored some shit before his appearance, and he was flying so high that he had absolutely no body control. He just kept repeating the same loud feedback over and over, and one look through binoculars revealed that he had clearly relieved himself in his jeans as well. He was boo'ed off the stage about three tracks into his set. Sadly, he OD' d within a year of that performance... The festival talent line-up has declined in recent years as well IMO. Most fun concerts: The Blues Brothers at the Universal Amphitheatre -1981 that's right - Belushi et. al. Many of the same musicians too - Marini, Murphy, Dunn, Malone, Rubin. Monty Python at the Hollywod Bowl (no that's not a typo - Hollywod!) 1982. Still have the program from this one, you gotta see it to believe it! Devo at Peppers Nightclub - great to see the spud boys having fun in a small, intimate venue. Any of The Cramps gigs - how does a human swallow a mic? just wait and see... Two PDQ Bach/Peter Schickele public humiliations. The Roto-Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band at the Icehouse. Hilarious. They were possessed by the good spirit of ol' Spike Jones that night. Roped into going, or "what was I thinking?": Manhattan Transfer with Spyro Gyra. Interminably looooong... Michael Bolton with Kenny G. (hangs head in shame). Chuck Mangione. (I was young, yeah, that's it...) Bad craziness: Tears for Fears at the Palladium. Lots of teens getting ill from their first alcohol experience... Depeche Mode (Music for the Masses tour). Absolute crap sound at the Forum in Inglewood. Most recent: Pat Metheny Trio at UCLA Royce Hall. What can I say? Brilliant. That is all, -Dane 2-------------------------------------- "Stay on this side of the bridge as long as you can. There aren't many $2 million a year jobs where they pay you to play a game, pay you to stay in shape, and then ask you if there's anything else you need." -Orel Hershiser
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:53:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Dorothy Spirito <spiritod@techmail.gdc.com> Subject: Cute 'n' cuddly... Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.00.10008231346130.22278-100000@esun2028> Todd, after remarking on the misrepresentation of Colin's name as "Kevin", mused about whether that was one of those language translations, like Pierre = Peter. Actually, Colin is Gaelic for "puppy". (Oh, some translate it "whelp" or "young wolf", but that's still *puppy*.) Having met Colin in person, I can affirm that, IMO, he's still cute-'n'-cuddly-looking. <g> Whimsically, --Dorothy.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:19:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: boo-hoo!! Message-ID: <20000823181949.21784.qmail@web2103.mail.yahoo.com> In #6-242 Kevin Diamond wondered: > what are some of the saddest songs you've ever heard. Songs that are so powerful, they can actually make you cry? < 'Sweet Old World' by Lucinda Williams. That one's meant to be a tearjerker, and it works! I have a friend who thinks that maybe 'Sweet Old World' was written for Nick Drake, because Lucinda covers 'Which Will' on the same album. By the way, Emmylou Harris does a great version of 'Sweet Old World' on her album Wrecking Ball. Wrecking Ball is a breathtaking, beautiful, bittersweet album full of songs that can make you cry. Highest recommendation!
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:14:22 -0600 From: KirK.Gill@equifax.com Subject: The Last Concert Post... Message-ID: <85256944.00644B13.00@noteswetc15.fin.equifax.com> A few more concert memories, and then I swear I'll stop: Saw Jeff Beck, and a band opening for him called The Kings. They were a new-wavish outfit, with gold lame' outfits and beeping keyboards. Needless to say, the crowd, waiting to see a true guitar god, was not amused. At one point towards the end of their abbreviated set, the stage lights went dark and the all of the spotlights panned the crowd. A cliche lighting effect. As one, the 17,000-odd people spontaneously flipped the bird towards the band, the spots illuminating their upraised fingers.........Probably the most thorough rejection I've ever personally witnessed. Also, had a backstage pass to see the Dead towards the latter part of their career. Watched as each member of the band was delivered to the venue in their own separate limousine. It was weird watching Jerry Garcia get out of his limo carrying a briefcase, walking to the dressing room without even acknowledging the fans. Understandable, on his part, but weird nonetheless. Saw Yes in the round at a local arena. Had 4th row seats, and at one point got up to stand at the edge of the stage to ogle Steve Howe during his epic solo bit. I was the only member of the stuperous audience to actually stand up, and when I looked into Steve Howe's eyes, I saw real panic there. There was about 5 feet of space separating us, no bouncers in sight, and I had the feeling that he read the GuitarGodAdulation in my eyes as something more like ObsessiveStalkingFanInsanity. Disconcerting, for both of us. Saw Black Sabbath, Boston and Heart at a general admission show when I was in 8th grade. I think it was Ozzy's last tour before leaving the band to go solo. Boston and Heart had just released their first albums. Whoever was running the show thought that a good way to deal with the crush of people waiting to get in and snag a good seat was to only open a couple of doors at first, and the resulting rush of people actually picked me up off the ground and carried me towards the entrance. A few unfortunates went down under the crush. No-one died, but bones were broken, people were screaming, and it was scary, like watching the airplane you're on going down. And on a personal note, the chips in a bag I was holding were turned to powder. Ate 'em anyway. And a last one. Got ticket number one in a lottery to determine line placings to buy Pink Floyd tix. Thus, my tickets were in Row 1. Not where you want to be at a Floyd show. When the fire pots went off at the concert, it effectively singed my eyebrows into oblivion. I looked like Ziggy Stardust for a month. Well, at least eyebrow-wise. Never got to see XTC live. In fact, I've never even seen video footage of them. I'm sure they're really real people, though. I've been assured of that. And I DID get to see that childhood pic of Andy holding the maypole..................... k
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:28:29 GMT From: "Ralph Simpson DeMarco" <sawpit@hotmail.com> Subject: Traffic Light Rock Message-ID: <LAW-F166kWHZqYW8BYX00000071@hotmail.com> Dear Affiliated Members: Wow. I have never seen so much going on here at Chalkhills Digest. I first discovered this site back in 1997, and let me tell you, the number of posts has tripled (especially since last year's AV1). I have trouble keeping up with them. OK...anyone who lists XTC as a concert they attended, I hate you. I was too stupid to know about XTC back at the turn of the 70-80s. All I remember is reading the cover of Go2 back in 1979 at the local Korvettes record department. Since I didn't buy it, you could say the cover art did not convince me (though I was intrigued). Back then it was hard to convice me to buy anything other than the Beatles. I thought I was hip because I was one of the first kids in my school to know what New Wave was all about...but XTC did not get much play on the alernative radio that I remember. I did hear alot of U2, REM, Talking Heads, etc. on college radio before any mainstream rock station would touch them. Concerts? First: KISS, 1978 -MSG NY. (Dad's blunder. He thought I liked them??!!) Two Best: 1)The Who, 1982 -Shea Stadium. (This was supposed to be the final tour! I should have been.) 2) Ray Davies, 1998 -Westbury Music Fair. (What a great show! Intimate and often very funny. I hope some of you got to see him. Oh, and read X-Ray!) Worst: Bob Dylan/Greatful Dead, 1987 -Giant's Stadium NJ. (The sound was so bad, I felt like leaving half-way through). What was I thinking?: The Who, 1989 -Giant's Stadum NJ. (The Who with a guest second guitarist? A horn section with a glass wall in front of it to protect Pete's ears. Several solo acoustic sets by Townsend were hard to hear and so-called fans were yelling boo!, instead of something like Magic Bus, they did 'Barefootin' as one of the encores!) ...................thank you ........
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:25:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Radios In Motion <radiosinmotion@iwon.com> Subject: All sorts of stuff for Diamond. Message-ID: <382735569.967058737839.JavaMail.root@web192-iw> Fair enough. I am sorry for calling you an idiot or anything else for that matter. If you look at your post though, you had a bad tone which just frustrated me. I am not as angry as I seemed, I am not angry at all for that matter. Its hard to tell emotions over the internet. Anyway, I am truly sorry and I hope we can clear all this up. Let me close with this final message about samples and rap. Tupac once made a statement about race which can apply to a lot of things. He went on to say that black people in the ghetto are scared of all the things white people in the suburbs are scared of. A white person could see a crack dealer on the street and would of course feel threatened. Tupac went on to say that blacks (in the ghetto) are scared of all the same things, but that crack dealer probably lives next door (ok, I am not great with quotes, but this is basically what he said!) So the point he was making is that people sometimes assume that they are the only ones who feel a certain way and they don't take into account the people of that community as well. Get me? I didn't think so! Just as you hate when people just take loops of songs and consider it music (which in many cases however, is a good thing for the original artist because they regain exposure and make a percentage off the music <I just like seeing both sides of it>) most rap artists feel the same way as you! Most rap artists complain about other rap artists with no talent who just loop other peoples music. The biggest complaint you will hear from the rap community about rap is the same complaint you have! Most rap artists do not use samples as you describe. As I said before, only a small percentage of artists sample like that and they are not respected in the Hip-Hop community just as they are not respected by you. The same goes for violent, misogynistic gangsta-type lyrics. Just as many of you complain about that kind of stuff, most rap artists complain about the same thing! There is a big movement in rap to stop that stuff which is only a very small percentage of rap music anyway (Oh, to give both sides of this as well, many artists who do gangsta rap admit they are not gangsters and say that just as Arnold or Bruce do action films and play a part, they are doing the same thing. They are playing a part and are making money from that, which in reality is no worse than watching Arnold gun down a bunch of people in a film.) As I said, I don't agree with it, I just like seeing both sides of everything. So, please don't go around making such broad statements about a whole genres of music. I have tried to stop doing that about country and metal and hope we can all learn from each other. Actually, as I said, I have always hated metal, but then again, there are tons of people who love it which means something has to be good about it. Maybe I hated the people more than the music and it just clouded my judgement. If I hated Metal for that, or even Rap for the same reason that that would be ignorent (believe me, I hate the fools who try to act tough with their size 60" pants, etc. That is not just a rap thing, that is a young people thing). The same thing goes for all types of music I guess. I mean, there has got to be something good with Blink 82 or Brittany Spears, right? Well... (In Samantha's voice from Bewitched) Oh, just because I thought it was funny I wanted to mention that on Wyclef's new album he has Kenny Rogers doing the hook from "The Gambler" with a Hip-Hop twist. I just couldn't believe it when I heard it. *------------------------------------* One last time I wanted to mention to everyone that I am making a 2CD compilation of rap songs just to give you a more broad perspective of rap music. My collection is somewhat limited but It will be a good set of songs. All I am asking for in return is either a trade or paying my costs (or whatever amount you feel is fair). My main goal is to expose a few of you to Rap so you will see that there is some good stuff out there.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:19:18 +1000 From: "Clifford Smith" <dracon@worldreform.net> Subject: Buddyhead Must DIE!! Message-ID: <000a01c00d47$cd427e60$290ffea9@dracon> Read the following quote: ----------------------------------------------- remember those dumb irish guys who had that song that was something like "I would walk a thousand miles and I would walk a thousand more la la la whatever whatever"? this album kind of sounds like those guys, but maybe a little worse. I think the lyric "im stupidly happy" kind of sums it up best. maybe it would be better if the line was just "im stupid." --nate cavalieri ---------------------------------------------- http://www.buddyhead.com/ - Hack this site!!!! Kill Nate Cavalieri!!!!!!!!!!
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:20:39 -0700 From: Keith Clark <clarkkj@telusplanet.net> Subject: Re: Concert Musings / Verne Note Message-ID: <39A2EEA7.1D60@telusplanet.net> > Concerts. Let's see........ First concert: Images in Vogue (1983) - Canadian synth-pop outfit; damn good show made all that more exciting given that I was 15 years old and used fake ID (had my first draft beer too)! Best Concert(s): Tubes/Peter Gabriel/Bowie (198?) - outdoor concert in Edmonton; Gabriel blew Bowie off the stage Runner(s) Up: Howard Jones (1985) / Jules Shear (1999) - first concert (to this day) where the music and performing artists did not detract from one another (Bowie's spider tour anyone?) - intimate 150 seat theatre with amazing acoustics; my wife actually liked his voice that day (just not his haircut)! Most times seen in concert: Holly Cole Trio (8 times; I think she's stalking me) - 4 shows in Calgary / 1 show in Montreal, Las Vegas, New York and Vancouver Exceeded minimal expectations: Jann Arden (1999) - never could get into her music until seeing her live. My wife's best friend cancelled at the last minute so I got dragged along; her voice left the hairs on the back of my neck standing up and we sat in the first balcony! Most Disappointing: Skinny Puppy (1988?) - the lead singer's self-hanging routine stopped the show after only 25 minutes (he passed out and was dragged from the stage); Missed Opportunity: Ultravox (1984) / The Church (1998) / Duffy (1999) - still have the unused tickets to the first two; the promoter pulled out (Ultravox), a new job kept me from a 23 hour road trip (The Church) and while on a business trip to Ontario I saw Duffy's concert listing the morning after. 'It's About Damn Time' Concert: Stan Ridgway (2000) - 23 hour return drive to see Stan and worth every kilometre; chatted to him for 15-20 minutes after the show and discovered he's not as off-the-wall as you think Wish I'd been there concert: any 70's Buzzcocks gig (post-Devoto) - since the XTC response is a no-brainer, seeing Shelley and company in their heyday would've been great. What Was I Thinking Concert: Supertramp (1985) - valid excuse number 3 (I was 17 and went with two 23 year old babes from my first job) Many more good ones (Shriekback, early Gary Numan, early REM, very early Duran Duran, Jeb Loy Nichols, Motorhead, Teenage Head) than bad (Flock of Seagulls, The Fixx, INXS, AC/DC, Severed Heads). Cheers, eh Keith P.S. From Chalkhills Number 220 (I'm a little behind) > There is someone else who should be thanked for this production. I > wanted to publicly thank Keith Clark, who helped me keep the cost of > materials down by offering to print those booklets on a laserjet... Thanks for the mention Derek; other than opening up the files you sent me, the only work I had to do was figure out why the print jobs kept crashing our Fiery RIP (I just bought beers for one of our support guys). Very nicely produced CD!
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:41:42 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Re: The Ramones Message-ID: <l03130303b5c8e90d12e5@[208.13.202.94]> >Some post-1978 Concerts: > >Ramones, whom I saw many times. A lot of fun, until Joey >tried to get political. The WORST band I ever saw was a support group for >the Ramones in Hartford, CT, whose name escapes me, but the guitarist was >named Miki (or Niki) Zone. Clad in leather, looking like a bad Village >people audition, these guys were beyond bad and offensive. At one point the >lead singer, who was introducing a song about "f***ing on a subway train", >mooned the audience with the filthiest backside I had ever seen outside of >farm animals. It was the only time in my life I ever wanted to throw >anything at a musical act, but I chose not to. That would be The Fast, a band from NYC that's considered by many to be the worst local band to rise out of the first wave of new wave bands. They were contemporaries of Blondie, Television, The Ramones, and the others of the period most of us know and love. Presumably they stayed together as long as they did(well into the 80's I hear)because they were drinking buddies with the better local bands and got free rides as opening acts on that basis. As far as I know they didn't get as far as releasing any albums, though various songs of theirs can be found on compilations through the years of their existence. I haven't heard a note of them myself. Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:51:42 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Re: Jello Message-ID: <l03130304b5c8eaa171fb@[208.13.202.94]> >The Dead Kennedys, Rusty Nail West, Sunderland, MA, 1980- Wow, were they >fun! Lots of great playing, great riifing on the crowd by Jello Biafra, >e.g., taking some poor young lady in torn Tshirt and safety pins out of the >audience and commenting to the audience " Wow- so this is "New Wave"- >everybody better get on the bandwagon, and start looking like Miss Safety >Pin of 1980 here!" Somebody then called out, "Hey Jello- yer gettin' fat!" " >Biafra shot back, "That's because I like jelly doughnuts, more than I like >YOU!" :^) I think I was at that show, unless there was a later one. I thought it was in '81. That's when I was there, anyway. It was one of the worst shows I've seen, nobody was on controlled substances(on stage anyway), but the band was dog tired, going through the motions(I heard later their manager scheduled two regional shows that night, and in order to honor both contracts they played the early show(I believe it was in Worcester)then drove to Western MA to hit the stage at the by now restless and angry Rusty Nail at about 11:30.) So maybe that wasn't the same show; they played mostly thrash from Nazi Punks Fuck Off and played only for about an hour. Nothing I recognised(I had passing familiarity with Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables at the time), except I dimly recall "Too Drunk To Fuck" tacked on as an encore. Anyway, glad you caught them on an on night if it was a different show. If it was the same one, glad you had a good time. I sure didn't. Christopher R. Coolidge "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: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:04:00 -0400 From: "Lee Lovingood" <leelovingood@earthlink.com> Subject: Standing in for Steely Dan Message-ID: <001901c00d56$6d936a60$d975b23f@8urfc> Hello Chalkies! For those of you who have been on this list for some time, you may remember me. If not, you can always search the archives and peruse some of my rants from many years ago. (Not that it would make you a better person to do so. I hope some of you veteran Chalkies are still on the list).Anyway, my comment/question is this.... Has any one else here noticed the similarities between "Standing In For Joe" and Steely Dan's "Barrytown"? Not only that, but there are guitar licks interspersed throughout 'Wasp Star' which are very reminiscent of Jeff 'Skunk' Baxters licks with the aforementioned rock and roll Gods? Any comments? Man, it is good to be back amongst you beautiful people!! "...but it's the wonders I perform, pulling rabbits outta hats, when sometimes i'd prefer somebody to wear them".
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:24:09 EDT From: WTDK@aol.com Subject: Fav live recordings Message-ID: <db.8c2a70a.26d5b719@aol.com> > Anyone read the Senate testimony by Roger McGuinn? Over 30 years as a > professional musician, with a number of hit records under his belt, he's > never seen a dime (other than advances) from the record companies despite > the number of records he's sold. In contrast, he's made thousands from > some folk recordings he did that can be downloaded from MP3.com. Pretty sad but true of most artists. The only ones that really make any sort of money are those with staggering sales figures. They know the record company can't claim that they didn't make any money. Still, they are probably pulling down less than they otherwise could. On another thread--- Anyone have any fav live albums? My list-- The Beatles - Live at the Hollywood Bowl Ragged but fun. Peter Gabriel - Plays Live At least he's honest about the overdubs. The Police - Live The first disc is great the second so-so. Despite the naysayers here these guys were great before they discovered they were great. I'd love to hear Stewart Copeland on the next Xtc album. Wings - Wings Over America A sentimental fav from my teen years Xtc - Drums & Wireless I actually like the BBC show better but the selection of songs is greater here. Still, I guess I could have both (particularly if I listed the Transistor Blast boxed set) Talking Heads- The Name of this band is Talking Heads Worlds better than Stop Making Sense. Although I did like the video of SMS. Costello & Nieve Made better because I was at one of the shows Van Morrison - A Night in SF (I believe that's it) Again, same as above. The Byrds-Live at the Filmore Great show and the band didn't feel they had anything to prove. Wayne
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:9:34 -0500
From: "William Sherlock" <bdsherlock@earthlink.net>
Subject: concert list
Message-ID: <412000842409340@earthlink.net>
Sushiman sayeth:
1989 WHO ? More likely that was Keith MOONING the concert .
Being one who chose to ignore all of the pre-tour publicity about how Pete,
Roger, and John were only doing it for the money, and who paid $35 for a
lawn (sic, after three days of rain and Deadheads) seat at a venue that
could not have been more remote (Alpine Valley Music Theater), I have to
agree with our correspondent from the Far East. Unbelievably bad show
follow by a harrowing ride home through the thickest fog I have ever seen
in my life.
Another bad, overpriced show: U2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Nothing but
recreating the Joshua Tree album note for note. I could have stayed home
and listened to the record for free!!
Great concert: Squeeze, Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti tour
Most surprising: the Eurythmics. Got the tickets for a date and was blown
away by Dave and Annie. Went and saw them again because they were so good.
Best concert: Joe Jackson, Big World tour. A consummate showman who really
knows how to put an unruly audience in its place ("I'm here to play music
and if you don't like it then fuck off to the bar!")
Most inexplicable: INXS, the tour where they played I Love You Tonight,
forget the album. Even at age 25 I felt like a grandpa at that show. I
think the median age must have been about 16.
Why am I here?: Die Kreuzen. Went at the recommendation of my best man.
They were simply awful and were heckled mercilessly. Saw them again at
another smaller venue (should have taken the hint) thinking that the first
show was just an off night. I think the same hecklers were at that show.
First concert: David Gilmour solo tour ( he said muffled through his hand).
It was interesting to see all of the old guys who saw Floyd in concert
pre-Dark Side of the Moon days. The only time ever at a rock concert that I
saw a tweed jacket.
That's all, Bill Sherlock
"I should be in bed, I need my 11 hours. I'm a real sleep addict. I started
off just napping. Then I got into the harder stuff...siestas. Before I knew
what was happening I was a sleep junkie." Andy Partridge, Melody Maker,
8-18-79
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:48:40 -0400 From: Sylvan <psiogen@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Agony & X T C Message-ID: <39A462D8.D2FE6C15@mindspring.com> Organization: psiogen@mindspring.com <snip film summary> > The film plays out with a tear jerking High School Reunion, Andrews playing > in a wheelchair and Chambers freshly returned from Australia (with > dangling-cork hat and mud stains from the digging) where XTC once more play > their songs and we see them once again as the lithe, clean-living young guys > who stole our hearts 2 hours ago. > > Freeze frame on a slow motion group high five. Don't forget the hit soundtrack by N Sync and LL Cool J! Sylvan
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:13:30 -0700 From: "Kurt Heinen" <kurtisj@gte.net> Subject: George Harrison Message-ID: <00e101c00d70$e64d55a0$092c1d3f@GTEkurtisj> Can you imagine the Beatles with, say Jimmy Page or Jeff Beck? How about Jimi or Stevie Ray? Maybe Robin Trower or Martin Barre? The " Beatles" as we know and love them would not have existed. George was an integral part of a combination that was much more than the sum of it's separate parts. I think synergy is the appropriate word. We were all very lucky to have them. Kurtisj
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