Chalkhills Digest Volume 9, Issue 50
Date: Monday, 20 October 2003
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 9, Number 50
Monday, 20 October 2003
Topics:
Re: Wil Wheaton likes XTC
Girls Tied Up
The Big Versaci Hoo-Hah
International Pop Overthrow
Don't forget Atomica at the Annandale next Tues nite.....
Tribute/Wonderfalls
King Forever
US East Coast Tour
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:01:12 -0400 From: <jim@groovedisques.com> Subject: Re: Wil Wheaton likes XTC Message-ID: <20031008160113.WTGP13923.imta01a2.registeredsite.com@smtp.registeredsite.com> Mmmm. Someone's been checking out a Wil Wheaton site and then reporting back to us at Chalkhills...Do I smell a Trekkie/XTC cross-geek in our midst? You know, I've been told we're as bad a Trekkies!:)) Jim http://www.groovedisques.com
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:35:51 -0700 From: strwbrry@tidepool.com Subject: Girls Tied Up Message-ID: <3F846711.5A57C1F4@tidepool.com> > Belinda asks of Tom (Doc) of "Girl from Simpleton": > > Do you mean the one who was dressed in leather and tied up at the end? > Is that that video? Well whether it is or not, yeah, I often wondered > who she was, and also wondered if she enjoyed her little subby > experience! Dear God what fun! Oops! There's a lady tied up in "Are You Receiving Me?" Are there more??? A.Steve
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:01:55 +0100 (BST) From: Dom Lawson <britishsteel666@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: The Big Versaci Hoo-Hah Message-ID: <20031009160155.12742.qmail@web86105.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hey Judes, Greetings from the land of drooling, poodle-style subservience and ruddy good pop music. Oh yes. Three things to insert in to your collective shit-chute. Why not enjoy them all? Firstly, I had the splendid pleasure of spending an evening with funky white boy extraordinaire Michael "Michael" Versaci this week. It was very nearly one of those cock-wrenchingly exciting Chalkhills summit things that everyone seems so keen on, but sadly Duncan "Oh, THAT burger establishment" Kimball made a total balls-up of our meticulously planned rendezvous and was faffing idly in front of the bleedin' golden arches instead of the much more fresh-vegetable-friendly branch of Burger King (located right in front of the F**KING ESCALATOR you squinting Antipodean nerk!) where myself and the Big V were anxiously hangin'. Nonetheless, Kimball has since apologised and is due to be horsewhipped in front of Buckingham Palace very soon. Tickets are available, I imagine. But, as ever, I digress. So there's me and the Big V, out on the town and virtually thrumming with pent-up sexual energy and contempt for mankind...first we headed for the big guy's hotel (no, it wasn't THAT kind of sexual energy...honestly, you Crowded House fans are all the same! Filth, I call it...) and made mincemeat of his company bar tab. Naturally, being an Englishman, I absolutely hammered Mike's measly one pint with a triumphant three flagons of the black stuff. A childish boast, I admit, but an important one for my self-esteem. Aaaaaanyway, following a rousing bout of intelligent conversation during which it became apparent that Mike is every bit the pinko scumbag that we've suspected all along (and sing hosannas, sweet children of Uncle Scam, for there is hope for your nation!) and a man after my own bigot-bashing communist heart, we adjourned to Pizza Express for further verbal tomfoolery, more booze and, not entirely surprisingly, pizza. There were no fistfights, no personality clashes and absolutely no nudey-prod games. A fine time was had by, at the very least, me. Where were you Kimball? We missed you. A bit. Invite the Big V to your next barbecue. He'll bring the sauce, ladies. Know wot I mean, innit. Time for thing number two. There's a new British band that you should all lend an ear or two to (tutu?). They're called The Futureheads, they hail from sunny Sunderland in the fragrant North East of England, and they sound the very spit of early XTC combined with, glory be!, 'Pink Flag'-era Wire, 'Entertainment'-era Gang Of Four and all manner of noo wave, post-punk, quirky, angular terpsichorean frippola. F**king brilliant, in other words. I saw them at the Reading Festival and they ruled. The rapid-fire interplay between the three (or was it four?) vocalists was simply dazzling...I believe they are unleashing a download only single on their splendid website on October 27. It's called 'A To B' and I thoroughly recommend you hurl a pound or dollar in their direction, for 'tis worth every last groat. Finally, that third thing you've all been desperate to hear. I was flicking through the four measly TV channels at my disposal last night and stumbled upon 'Me, Myself & Irene', that moderately amusing Farrelly Brothers thing with that Jim Carrey fella in it. Having nothing better to do, except jig young Florence up and down in an attempt to stop her from screaming the house down like the frontman in a particularly high-pitched black metal band, I watched for a while and was delighted to hear a minute or so of 'I'd Like That' on the film's soundtrack. I'm assuming this was common knowledge - bear with me, I don't get out much and even when I do I tend not to listen to the words that come out of other people's mouths unless absolutely necessary - but either way it came as a pleasant surprise. The film wasn't too awful, either. I particularly enjoyed the dildo-related jokes. Always a pleasure. Jokes, that is. By the way, does anyone else hear dig Erin McKeown? It's not standard Domster ear-candy, but I'm really enjoying her new 'Grand' platter. I always wondered what Edie Brickell would have sounded like had she not sucked like a industrial vacuum cleaner. Salut! Dom *** hellsteeth@fuckhotmail.com NP: Akercocke 'Choronzon' ===== DOM LAWSON WWW.BOWLRIDER.CO.UK NP: Elenium 'For Giving, For Getting'
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:39:42 -0400 From: Benjamin Gott <bgott@rectoryschool.org> Subject: International Pop Overthrow Message-ID: <B5C944B1-FA98-11D7-A484-0003931489DA@rectoryschool.org> Chalkhillers, As usual, I'm starved for good music. And, as usual, Bruce Brodeen and NotLame have made that good music come to me. I point your browsers to Volume 6 of the International Pop Overthrow collection, 3 CDs chock full of 66 songs by some of the best and brightest in pop music. I vaguely recognize some names and some sidemen, but, for the most part, all of these bands are new to me. Do yourself a favor and visit http://www.notlame.com to order this compilation. The price is a measly $15 for this 3-disc set. Can you go wrong? Nope, I don't think so! -Ben P.S. The new Death Cab for Cutie album, "Transatlanticism," is currently rocking my world.
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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:50:43 +1000 (EST)
From: Kai Chambers <kai_chambers@yahoo.com>
Subject: Don't forget Atomica at the Annandale next Tues nite.....
Message-ID: <20031012025043.53995.qmail@web40408.mail.yahoo.com>
Dear Friends of Atomica,
Just wanting to remind you of our showcase show in Sydney, and how we
would LOVE to see you and as many car-loads of people you can muster. This
is a bit of a special night for us in that we have a record company checking
us out for real , and we have been given our own night at the Annandale
(which is pretty cool), and of any night EVER we really need YOUR SUPPORT
next Tuesday night.....
On the bill also will be the No1 DJ from the Central Coast (One Fine Day) DJ
Yoddy and all girl band "Stripper" from Newcastle. We are also trying to
make it as punter friendly as possible by making it an early finish (11pm or
so), and we will be playing a shorter set (45mins so we don't bash you
senseless for longer than necessary on a weeknight).
We will also try to keep the door charge to an absolute minimum. As it is
the Annandale, we can't make it free because we don't run the door. We will
however try to sacrifice as much our our takings as possible so 'everyone's
on the door' to some degree. We just want you all to be there, enjoy a good
night out and check out what we've been up to in the studio for the past
year with the Atomica project... and hopefully help us get a record deal!!!!
Hope to see you there.... Music starts at 8:00pm and we are on around
10-10:15pm..
PS We want to see ALL our friends from the Central Coast and Newcastle
there!!!!
PRICK UP YOUR EARS and ONE FINE DAY PROUDLY PRESENT
ATOMICA
Sydney showcase Annandale Hotel - Tues 14th Oct
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PRICK UP YOUR EARS
Site: http://www.prickupyourears.com
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:39:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Happy Puppy Records <happypuppyrecords@yahoo.com> Subject: Tribute/Wonderfalls Message-ID: <20031012143909.37858.qmail@web13505.mail.yahoo.com> I'm really happy with my copy of the tribute mp3 disc. Fantastic job by all! I've been on a couple of other tributes that were horribly done, and this one is a pleasure to be part of...thanks! Also this caught my eye from the XTC site: "Andy has been working on potentially supplying a new Fox TV Series "Wonderfalls' with its theme. He recorded six pieces of music, including two songs "I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls" and "These Voices" which are being mulled over in Hollywood right now. Fingers crossed." This is great! I saw the pilot for this show and it's quite different from anything else on TV. I was looking forward to it before, but now...! For those who want the skinny on it, it's about this teenage girl who's bored with life in general. Suddenly, inanimate objects begin speaking to her, forcing her to interact with people, changing their destiny and hers. Very quirky. Based on the pilot alone, it should be a big cult hit. I really hope Andy's songs become a part of the show - his unused contributions to "James & Giant Peach" really would have made that a better movie, and perhaps some of his magic will rub off on "Wonderfalls". At the very least, the demos will probably show up on future FW. "Wonderfalls" is almost too good for FOX to be producing it and I dread they will ruin it somehow by the time it reaches the airwaves. Fingers crossed.
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:16:21 -0500 From: "James Lowe" <jamielowe@msn.com> Subject: King Forever Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV133lmSS1pPR00008089@hotmail.com> Dear Chalkholders: If you have not purchased a copy of the the King for a Day compilation offered by our own Richard Pedretti-Allen, I urge you to do so ASAP for it's a true gem. http://www.geocities.com/king4aday_xtc/ And if you didn't know already that the songs of XTC are truly special. You will certainly realize it once you have spun this on your Mp3 player. There's something for everybody here with 134 tracks of your favorite bands songs done up by adoring fans with names you will certainly recognize. The styles vary from Rocking to lounge and almost every conceivable musical style in between. Young or old if you love music this XTC cover project will warm your musical heart in some way. My current favorite is Chris Vreeland's version of "I don't want to be here" Is that Andy on back up vocals, Dave on guitar, Colin on bass? No, well it doesn't matter because it rocks anyway! Thanks to one and all who contributed such great stuff. It's the best $6 I've spent in a very long time! Cheers, Jamie PS: I still have some XTC bumper stickers: http://members.cox.net/thesherlocks/xtcbumpersticker/ The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ~ William Arthur Ward
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:25:38 +0100 From: "Edward Percival" <e.percival@virgin.net> Subject: US East Coast Tour Message-ID: <LPBBJPOPBKIHDGICJPLEEEMACFAA.e.percival@virgin.net> OK So this is a very tentative enquiry at this stage. In response to a number of emails suggesting that there might be interest in a short X-sTatiC tour on the East Coast of the US, we were wondering if there were any chalkhills members with experience/ contacts or suggestions who would be prepared to offer a hand organising- venues, media, accommodation, travel, instruments etc. I guess we'd be looking for maybe 5-7 gigs, in a short period of time (one a day), sometime next year with a sensible and economic distance between gigs. New York? Boston (not a big college town apparently)? If you can offer help, contacts or advice, please drop us a line on the web site. www.x-static.org Cheers The X-sTatiC
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