Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 106
Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 106
Wednesday, 10 May 2000
Topics:
right through
I get to post hahahahaha
Re: Bodysnatchers/ The Big Express/ No need to skip this bit about Wasp Star
I remember The Busboys (no xtc)
Uninterrupted listening
Help get XTC on TV?
[???]
Not Mummer
Andy Interview on WXRV
The Sumner Quotient
Trax I skip
Re: hmm, Forgotten bands that were really cool
Re: ENTIRE Albums
Andy on the Line (Stupidly Happy)
Re: Glass Eye
XTC preview UK
Partsy on The River
a good band that never hit it big
Listening all the way through? (are you on crack?!?!)
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:53:21 EDT From: Powerpop10@aol.com Subject: right through Message-ID: <3a.4deb38a.26498061@aol.com> Dear Chalkies, As Wales is a quiet place with time enough to think I have decided that albums i would listen to right through would be.......... xtc - skylarking the lilac time - the lilac time the mutton birds - envy of angels the damned - strawberries eric matthews - it's heavy in here beach boys - sunflower ballon - gravity. er......that's it. With regard to lost bands. Does anyone else remember a band called Balloon? They released just the one album in the early 90's entitled Gravity which sounds like a cross between Simon and Garfunkel, xtc, the undertones and ben and jason. Got great reviews, they (strangely enough) supported Bill Hicks on a tour of the UK, released one more single, then disappeared without trace. The album is well worth seeking out. In fact as i write this i have come to the realisation that i listen to this album right through more than any of the above so i will amend the list....... Another album by a lost band would be Five Guys Named Moe. Scottish I think with a boy/girl vocal partnership. Catchy, melodic pop in the style of er......difficult to describe really but well worth it. That's it. Ta Ta for now.
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 08:26:21 -0700 (PDT) From: nross <PhoenixYellowRose@rocketmail.com> Subject: I get to post hahahahaha Message-ID: <20000509152621.20920.qmail@web2906.mail.yahoo.com> Okay... so, really, I'm not on the list at this moment, but someone - SOMEONE slipped me WASP STAR... so I snuck around, peaked at a few posts to check out what all was goin on, etc... But, I had to give my opinion... quick, short sweet and then back to work for me: 1. It took me approx. 3 listens of the whole album before I got the "well this is nice, but its not going to sell" thought out of me head. It sounds very eighties at points. 2. Maypole is the best song on the album, and it belongs at the end. Its perfect... 3. Boarded up bored me on the demo and on the finished album... but both Standing in for Joe and In another life make me smile. 4. Playground, Church of Women, You and the Clouds... all very nice. Poppy... but, I think they are the ones that sound very dated. Actually, I keep thinking "Paul McCartney, circa Wings"... though that fits the next comment better: 5. We're all light - the ending: "Paul McCartney Circa Wings" 6. what I'd put on the radio "I'm the man", I guess. I liked this song, but I don't think its the strongest. Definately cute. Maypole... Its too catchy and clever and perfect to imagine it not being popular. We're all light - or Standing in for Joe or Playground... oh hell, its hard for me to choose I'm so biased. 7. Therein lies the problem. I love XTC music. How can I objectively critique the album. I just don't think its going to be marketable to the 90's-2000 radio... except maybe to adults that go for soft Sting music and wander back to the soft music stations.... How do you market to them? 8. See you all later on! ===== Nicole's internet music station: http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=phoenixyellowrose
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 20:23:00 +0100 From: "Pledge" <PLEDGE7@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: Bodysnatchers/ The Big Express/ No need to skip this bit about Message-ID: <001f01bfb9ec$0047f740$2829073e@PLEDGE> Wasp Star Ray was talking about The Bodysnatchers: > I agree that the Bodysnatchers were an excellent > ska band, but I've also never found a complete > album by them. They do have one track on the > Dance Craze soundtrack (they also appeared in > the film). > > Glad to hear that somebody else remembers them! They released two singles "People Do Rocksteady"/ "Ruder Than You" and "Easy Life"/ "Too Experienced" on the 2tone label. After they split, a few joined The Special AKA (the post Terry Hall/ Fun Boy Three Specials), whilst others formed the Belle Stars who joined Madness on tour and on Stiff Records and had a few UK (and I think one USA) hit. Other than the aforementioned Dance Craze, the only way to get any other recorded output from them is the track "007" which finishes the excellent "Compact 2tone Story" 4 CD box set. XTC content: After reading a few recent postings on here, I decided to give "The Big Express" another try as I'd never much liked it. I'd just like to say thanks to anyone who liked it because I do now. It's always hard to buy a band's recorded output in reverse and at the time of purchase the backwards step from Skylarking to The Big Express was a leap too far for me. However, I've listened to it several times recently and find most of it highly enjoyable, if not in the same class as Skylarking or Apple Venus Volume 1. No need for a spoiler alert here, as all I've got to say about the stock copy of Wasp Star I've just been given by a music journo is that the 'Maypole' refrain in "The Wheel And The Maypole" is exactly the type of Partridism that made me love XTC in the first place. Oh and it's nice to see a proper CD inlay this time around. Back to lurking again now methinks. Cheers Pledge
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT) From: brown <mb2@deltanet.com> Subject: I remember The Busboys (no xtc) Message-ID: <200005092002.NAA29530@mail2.deltanet.com> Hola to all of you Chalk cherubs! Phil asked if anyone remembered The Busboys- I believe The Busboys came on the L.A. club scene around 1980. The major musical force/leader was Brian O'Neal. Kinda unusual for the times, a black band that rocked (as opposed to rap, r&b, etc)... Didn't they do that song, "The Boys Are Back In Town"? ..and it's not the Thin Lizzy hit(I love Thin Lizzy!) It was a rootsy rocker piece. I seem to remember it was used in a popular film. Anyone remember which film? I heard they were reuniting to release an album last/this year(?) On the subject of L.A. bands- does anybody remember X? I adored John Doe and Exene Cervenka! Their strange blend of stream of consciousness-rockabilly-punk was mesmerizing. If you can find it, try and pick up the album, 'Los Angeles'... it's my favorite X album. Damn it! I'm getting misty eyed... those were the days, kidz..sniff-sniff... Thanks for reminding me, Phil. :D Right now I'm listening to 'Garden of Earthly Delights'... what a lusty bit of hedonism it is, eh? Wasp Star is coming ... joy! Cheers, Debora Brown
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 13:14:48 -0700 From: Ed Kedzierski <ed.kedzierski@blvdmedia.com> Subject: Uninterrupted listening Message-ID: <08B5DDC2BABCD311BFC6005004A884B013B636@mgcservices.com> Well, I might as well jump on the "which albums do you play all the way through" thing, so here goes... Kinks - Arthur, Village Green, Something Else. These three albums are the foie gras of 60s English pop. Burt Bacharach - Casino Royale soundtrack. I found this in my grandmother's house when I was about 11, (I'm 36 now) and played it relentlessly for years. My vinyl's in surprisingly good shape for something played so many times at such a young age (yes, I'm one of those people who's kept every record they ever owned), but I was given a CD copy a few years ago. I still play the whole thing, and it still makes me feel happy just hearing it. That interview or whatever with Andy where he praises this album (it's in the Chalkhills archives somewhere) was highly pleasing, to say the least... Rolling Stones - Satanic Majesty's Request. The only Stones entry here, and my personal favourite of everything they've ever done. My exasperation with this band owes a lot to the fact that they still regard this album as such an embarrassment. As far as I'm concerned, they showed more charm with this one great interesting "failure" than in all of their "triumphs" combined (such as... well, you know). Elvis Costello - This Years' Model, Armed Forces, Imperial Bedroom. My own personal "supreme troika" of EC albums. Beatles - White Album (yes, the whole thing. I'd put "Revolver" here as well, but I've yet to re-buy it on CD, and the vinyl I have is North American, so listening to the proper running order involves jumping up to switch back and forth between "Revolver" and "Yesterday and Today"...) XTC - English Settlement, Big Express, Drums & Wires, Skylarking. Obvious choices. The Who - Sell Out. My only Who entry & my personal favourite of theirs. Well before Daltrey really starts to bug me with the "rock howl" that starts to show its ugly face on "Who's Next" and has kept me away from "Quadrophenia" (sorry, Q-fans, his bellowing on "Love Reign O'er me" just drove me off...). Bowie - Ziggy. Let all the children boogie... Spike Jones - Transcribed (a compilation of radio sessions). The only stuff of his that I have on CD, but a great selection. My mother used to play 78s of his stuff on Friday nights to keep me up until Monty Python would come on at 11:30 (she placed a lot of importance on good comedy & thought it would be good for me). If all you've ever heard is "Two Front Teeth", you owe it to yourself to check out his really good stuff. Yes, it's all funny (those of you who might get all snobby about "jokey music"), but this guy was a genius. (As a side note, I accept that Spike "Jonze" is clever and funny, but there's something that's just plain wrong about the way he appropriated the name.) Bonzo Dog Band - the Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse. A fantastic album. All their stuff is good, but this is their real "play repeatedly all the way through" record. If you've never heard this album, you're missing out. Well, that's all for now. I wanted to post a bunch more stuff (Tom's replies, genre definitions, welcomes to various newcomers, etc.) but it's been pretty busy here lately (I post from work...). I'll see what I can get to. (not that you'd miss me if I didn't...). Ed K.
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 16:33:36 -0400 From: "Michael D. Myers" <mmyers@telcordia.com> Subject: Help get XTC on TV? Message-ID: <852568DA.0070F6C2.00@notes949.cc.telcordia.com> Chalksters and Chalkettes; I just visited the website for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. For our international friends, this is a very popular late-night talk-show in the USA which is hosted by a comedian who's pretty popular, and the show gets good ratings. Anyway, there is a tab for "Music", and they accept candidates for future broadcasts. I think it would be great if the 1,000+ people on this list sent them a quick message asking the show to petition Andy and Colin to appear and do a number. You can find this capability at: www.nbc.com/leno Of course, they did appear on a competing show years ago (1989?) and did "King for a Day", if memory serves me correctly. Also, I recently posted a note mentioning that one of Colin's songs on Wasp Star was originally slated for the stillborn "Bubblegum Album", where XTC would pretend to be several different bands and record various songs under these bogus names, just like some production companies used to do in the 60's and 70's (think of the Ohio Express and other bands like that). Anyway, I couldn't remember the name of Colin's song, and as per Eb's questioning, I researched a bit and discovered that it was "Standing in for Joe". So that is the song that was rescued from the abandoned bubblegum album project and reused on Wasp Star. My original point was that this was an older song of Colin's not specifically written for Wasp Star. Does anyone know if any or all of the demos for the bubblegum album exist? Are they candidates for the Fuzzy Warbles compilation? See you, Mike
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 17:04:53 EDT From: "Garret Harkawik" <funktaisia@hotmail.com> Subject: [???] Message-ID: <20000509210453.83818.qmail@hotmail.com> >This is pop! You're damn [???] it is! i think the ??? is the word right.
------------------------------ Date: 09 May 2000 17:36:12 -0500 From: blindowl@sympatico.ca Subject: Not Mummer Message-ID: <200005092139.RAA07944@smtp11.bellglobal.com> Just a thought. reading people claiming "Mummer" is not a classic. I disagree. Great Fire, Love on a Farmboys Wages, Human Alchemy, Loving Memory of a Name to name just a few. Not a Classic? I think so. At that time, there was nothing quite like it by anybody, not unlike now! It was THE XTC album (yes I said album) that made me bandy the word, Genius. By the way, anybody heard the XTC tour to promote O&L. Just the trio playing acoustics and discussion. Great stuff.
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 17:51:18 EDT From: "Jane Spencer-Davis" <janesunfish@hotmail.com> Subject: Andy Interview on WXRV Message-ID: <20000509215118.37214.qmail@hotmail.com> Chilly Hillers: I just finished taping the interview with Andy on 'The River'. Being a newbie I haven't a clue how to spread the cheer. I can take 3000 years to transcribe it in a post...I wouldn't have a problem doing it, it'll just take forever- about 20 minutes worth. If anyone has any bright ideas, please email me off-list. Also, according to Andy, he will be taping on Friday or Saturday to be on VH1's 'The List', but he didn't know when it would be aired. I'll look on the VH1 site and report if I find anything. If anyone can assist(?) Thanks! Happy Jane P.S. To us smitten Andy fans: When asked about his female following after his assertion that he looked like "a potato", the D.J. said "Well, I bet there are a lot of women listening right now that think *you're* attractive, Andy replied "Send them 'round." I wish *I* knew where he was staying! Room Service, anyone? ha-ha!
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 15:41:19 -0700 From: "Steve Young" <sjyoung@hotmail.com> Subject: The Sumner Quotient Message-ID: <20000509224409.62916.qmail@hotmail.com> First of all, I am one of those who began wailing out the lyrics to "Jason and the Argonauts" when the cheesy advertisement came on the teevee. SPOILERS AHEAD. If this post were a winding mountain road it would have yellow diamond-shaped signs staggered on either side with generic black outlines of scrunched-up, frustrated faces (having something "spoiled" for them, obviously)... I have heard several tracks from the new album, thanks to a promotionally-enhanced acquaintance. Here are my impressions. 1. Reading through Chalkhills I'm happy I never heard the demo for "Church of Women". Apparently the strange solo in the middle of the original was the *cat's meow*, and now Andy's replaced the (unintentional weird solo) with a conventional one, and it's gone and ruined the song. Or not. I love it. How could this be better? Maybe I'll find out. Or maybe not... 2. "My Brown Guitar" - I've not heard the finished version, but apparently the tempo is more sluggish than on the demo? I was hoping it would speed up. Here's the funny thing, again: I will grow to love it. I will adore it like I already adore "The Wheel and the Maypole" and "We're All Light". 3. "Sting". Let me get that word out of the way. Jaguar car commerical (solemnly lip-synching in the backseat of the car - anyone seen this commerical? it's a hoot), snapping his fingers and rising onto the stage surrounded by dry ice mist on MTV Sting. Money stuffed into his bulging pockets Sting. Tantric sex, authorized tributes, earnest harmonicas and oboes, soft musical edges, "let your soul be your pilot", Compaq computer Sting. First of all: contrary to reports, Andy Partridge is not Gordon "Sting" Sumner. From what I can tell they're two different types of people/musicians. Now on to a song: "You and the Clouds Will Still be Beautiful". A nice shuffle beat, some deceptively slack-jawed and poetic, perfectly realized verses... cool. Then... "No matter what the weatherrrr..." then an eerily familiar titular refrain... am I crazy? Someone say yes. This sounds like Sting to me. As a whole, this song is tonally, lyrically Partridgian. But that chorus, musically, vocally... keep in mind, I was one of the folks who has never heard an ounce of Mr. Sting's vocals in our dear deep pot of acrobatic nasal-throat Mr. Partridge... not even on AV1... do I like the song? Well, yes. I mean, it could sound like Rush. (kidding!) 4. "Wounded Horse" - if this is the worst song on the album, then WOW! I dig this. It's crunchy and bluesy. Dig the half-tone-down singing. I was expecting something more pensive, along the lines of "I Can't Own Her" (which, apart from not relating entirely to the sentiment, I do enjoy). 5. "Boarded Up" - Colin often has that "Adrian Belew" thing going, despite all the differences between the two songwriters. Their lyrics are often blunt to the point of seeming... naive? (Mr. Belew takes the cake for his political/religious commentary... taking first prize is the "jesus rap" from "futurevision": "white / like the white robe of Jesus Christ / whose message was / each one of us / is equal in the eyes of God")... but like Belew, Moulding makes songs like little innocuous seeds that wiggle into your brain and flower there, like the memory of a comfortable stuffed animal. Makes me wanna hug Colin like the big mop-headed teddy bear he is, tell him everything's going to be okay. I'm one of the millions, too. I'll come play in Swindon. I won't rock the boat either, yeah. Damn that Churchill. By the way, I LOVE THE SINGING PENIS! It seduced me (upon first listening) into proclaiming "War Dance" my favorite song from Nonsuch. Really. (No Dom-casm, honest) Wasp Star: Classic Album? Probably not in the "classic" sense, BS, ES, and so on. But a damn fine one - time will tell. Anyway, as good as the critic's darling "Skylarking" is, even the MFSL version seems less like a "summer's day baked into a cake" and more like a faded circa-1975 magazine advertisement of Said Cake, elmer's-glue-pasted onto a flat piece of cardboard. I'm talking about Todd, here. I have never been fond of his production. It has held me back from unabashed adoration of this album. I won't need a "flame-proof suit" or whatever it is you fine folks are wearing these days. I don't need one. Burn me to a crisp! Make me black and steamy, like a rich cuppa joe. ~~Steve Young P.S. I do like Sting. I love my Police Box. I liked Soul Cages. I'm just surprised Andy Partridge could up & emulate/outdo the Compaq spokesman in several choruses. P.P.S. Andy's lips do seem rubbery and kissable (sorry, forgot who made the comment). Pity I'm not into men so I can't realize this fantasy more deeply. Andy the love-potato. All right, I'm finished. I guess I don't blame him for not wanting to read the list. "AP: Yes, some gent handed me some printed copy from an internet list, and it struck me as rather bizarre and frightening, really, with fans typing of 'rubbery love potatoes'... they also said I quite resembled the spectacled villain from 'raiders of the lost ark'..."
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:31:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>
Subject: Trax I skip
Message-ID: <200005092231.SAA20323@metheny.brainiac.com>
As does Duncan Kimball, I listen to almost all of the albums I own all
the way through. While some stand out as consistently strong throughout,
most albums I own are good enough to stand a complete listen.
One track, though, that has me jumping for the "next" button every
time: Billy Bragg's "Tender Comrade" on "Worker's Playtime." I find
it completely unlistenable.
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Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
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Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 15:41:22 -0700
From: David Hathaway <davidh@electricmail.com>
Subject: Re: hmm, Forgotten bands that were really cool
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000509153341.00b64550@aka1.electric.net>
At 02:36 PM 5/9/00 -0700, "May O'Mahoney" <may5272@gte.net> wrote:
>
>OK Chalquettes:
>
>I'll ask the question again:
>
>Could you (at all) categorize the sound of Wasp Star? Does it have a
>concept feeling like English Settlement or the Big Express or is it much in
>the style of AV1? Does it FEEL like any previous album?
Hmmmm, having spent a bunch of time listening to it, I'd say it stands out
as a unique one, I can't "place" it with any other XTC record off hand, tho
if forced at gunpoint, I'd say Black Sea'ish in places. But, they are all
very different works, every single album. Me, I have kept quiet, I
understand both sides of the napster debate, and, yeah, I'll buy my copies
the day it comes out, period. 8)
And, yeah, I love the album. Its different without Dave Gregory, but, still
an excellent album, sometimes it sounds like their best.
Another "new" album (thats actually released even...) is Fishbone's latest
platter. Gone are the crap metal trappings that made them terribly noisy
thru the 90s, back are the infectious grooves. Go get it, solid funk, from
end to end. They are back and with a vengeance. I did catch the Fishbone
tour as well. Anyone who has ever seen Fishbone will usually rank it as
"their all time favorite live show" and, wow, that sure hasn't changed.
On Mon, 8 May 2000 23:52:47 -0700 "Radiosinmotion"
<radiosinmotion@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Subject: Forgotten bands that were really cool.
>
>Other groups who I felt deserved more credit were people like Fishbone,
>Wire, Pop Will Eat Itself and Aztec Camera. Just some random groups that
>just came to mind but were damn good at making music.
David Hathaway davidh@electricmail.com
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------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 16:42:06 -0700 (PDT) From: John Relph <relph@cthulhu> Subject: Re: ENTIRE Albums Message-ID: <200005092342.QAA28521@mando.engr.sgi.com> Mud Shark <mudshark1944@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >Here's a list of albums that I listen to in their >entirety (for what it's worth): Now what I'm interested in are albums that you simply *must* listen to in their entirety. Not albums that you *can*. The Beatles' "Revolver" comes to mind. Not many others. -- John
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 19:35:39 EDT From: SLEDZNH@aol.com Subject: Andy on the Line (Stupidly Happy) Message-ID: <57.5724a6c.2649facb@aol.com> Chalkhilians, I had the radio on in the car on the way home from work tonight (WXRV 92.5 Boston area) hoping that I might catch "...Man Who Murdered Love". I rarely listen to radio anymore I might add.... ...and what did I "stumble upon": Andy Partridge doing a live phone interview!! It lasted at least 20 minutes and was on during the rush hour so I am sure lots of local people heard it. Great publicity. I won't go into details but needless to say, it was funny and great to hear him speak about songwriting, and the new album and all. They also mentioned that Andy will be on VH-1 doing something called "The List" where he will nominate his vote for "most overplayed song of all time". The segment is taping this weekend but Andy was unsure when it will air. They played ITMWML right after and I cranked it and sang along all the way up Route 3! Only 14 days left to wait - and I am so happy I have not succumbed to getting the demos. As someone else mentioned, I feel like a child waiting for Christmas morning. Carry on, ~~Jim
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 16:34:13 -0700 (PDT) From: relph (John Relph) Subject: Re: Glass Eye Message-ID: <10005091634.ZM27975@mando.engr.sgi.com> chris vreeland <vreecave@realtime.com> wrote: > >Glass Eye. another Austin band that kind-of reinvented music, on their >own terms. amazing live, as well. One watershed cd can still be found in >the used bin occasionally- Bent By Nature You should also check out K. McCarty's album "Dead Dog's Eyeball - The Songs of Daniel Johnston". Excellent. -- John
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 16:45:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: relph (John Relph)
Subject: XTC preview UK
Message-ID: <10005091645.ZM27942@mando.engr.sgi.com>
Chalkees,
Cathal Coughlan of Cooking Vinyl UK wrote to tell us all the following:
From midnight BST on May 10, there will be a preview of all tracks
from Wasp Star, one track per day, in RealAudio format, at:
http://www.cookingvinyl.com/xtc/wasp/
There are XTC digi-postcards also, at:
http://www.cookingvinyl.com/postcard/index01.html
This information is also on Chalkhills. Surf today. Surf often.
-- John
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 16:50:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Savelle <tesavelle@yahoo.com> Subject: Partsy on The River Message-ID: <20000509235001.4884.qmail@web3004.mail.yahoo.com> Chalkbots: Andy Partridge was schedule (pronounced shhhedyoold) to talk live on the air here in Boston today on local station 92.5 The River sometime in the dead center of the afternoon (2 or 3 p.m.?) -- whilst I was at work. Happily enough por moi, he was having problems getting through from wherever he was (L.A. ?) and only put the call in during peak "drive time" -- 5:10 p.m. Eastern Deluxe Time. Joy of joys, I flipped over to catch some of The River at the time, and tuned in just as Partsy was coming on. From his intro to his outro, he was a splendid and humorous guest. Not only that, he spent much time comparing a good pop song to a brilliant piece of . . . yes, you guessed it, architecture. Not quite the "talking about music is like dancing about architecture" fracas we've been through here in the foggy past, but still. . . At the end of the oh, let's say 15(?) minute interview, they played "The Man Who Murdered Love." Sweet. I don't have the demos, nor am I a believer in Napster, so, this was my first *full* taste of one corner of the Wasp Star cake. Yummy. Interestingly, on Sunday while listening to same said station, they announced bands to be played in the next hour. Among them: XTC. I waited and waited. And waited some more, thinking: Finally, I get to hear the new single. NO! But I was happy to dance around the bedroom while The River played "Making Plans for Nigel." Weird. In summation: ITMWML is excellent straight-ahead XTC, much in the vein of "Black Sea" era tune-age, with the added weight of 20 years of pure pop refinement (IMHO). I like that, to coin a phrase. "Making Plans For Nigel" -- not showing even the slightest hint of age to this Chalkbot. Word to Phil -- nice shirts. Word to the wise: Cleean underwear - live it, learn it, love it. Indefatigably yours, Todd P.S. To follow up on a somewhat dated topic, the only XTC tune I am sure to hit the skip button for is "Roads Girdle the Globe."
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 19:49:12 -0500 From: Mark Newberg <mhnewberg@home.com> Subject: a good band that never hit it big Message-ID: <3918B207.B714134F@home.com> Organization: @Home Network Hello fellow Chalkies, Sun 60 was a northern Californian band that I enjoyed very much. Their debut album was very good. The second album was nice. Their third album was just OK. I don't think they are around anymore, but don't take me to the bank on that one. Mark N. -- 'You're the opposite of paranoid. You think everyone loves you' - Woody Allen's 'Deconstructing Harry'
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:20:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" <ringostr@u.washington.edu> Subject: Listening all the way through? (are you on crack?!?!) Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.21.0005091812570.111480-100000@dante36.u.washington.edu> This has got to be the dumbest thread in the history of chalkhills! Which albums do i listen to all the way through? um all of them! I always listen to everthing all the way through. Even my Wesley Willis Album! Even my Billy Joel Albums! Only time constraints ever stop the process! I find when i do this i begin to appreciate songs that didnt grab me at first for example: Bungalow. I hated it and now its one of my favorite songs. Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA USA BA History '99 - BA Canadian Studies '99 - MLIS Library Science '01 "I was an I now I am a V" -John Linnell
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