Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 72
Date: Monday, 10 April 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 72
Monday, 10 April 2000
Topics:
Kokomo rocks
Waspish self-deprivation
Pre-Order at Amazon.com
bwana dik
XTC & TVT
Naptser, Band merories
Ethics 101
Patti Smith and other stuff
A Spoiler's Guide To "Wasp Star"
What release date, Molly?
Wasp Star reviews
Promos & MP3
In support of Becki.....
Oh man
Re: Distant Early Warning
ollie halsall
News from TVT
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Apr 00 10:48:52 PDT From: Brian Wysolmierski <bwysol@netscape.net> Subject: Kokomo rocks Message-ID: <20000409174852.5626.qmail@wwcst272.netaddress.usa.net> To those who are interested and didn't know of it, there's a website that has mp3's of Bryan's unfinished "Smile", pieced together as best as possible. http://surf.to/websounds/ Want to see something really scarey on Napster? Do a search on the Beach Boys, and see how many people have "Kokomo" saved on their hard drives. By the way, could somebody privately email me, to tell me how to find Wasp Star on Napster? I've tried for days, and haven't seen it. ***Don't freak out, everybody! I'm going to BUY it, multiple times! The anticipation is killing me*** Re: High Fidelity The Elvis Costello song of the same name is NOT in the movie. What's up with that?!? It's an OK movie; I was disapointed. Most of it is pretty bland, and some parts were lame (the skateboarders and their band, Lisa Bonet). Top 5 things I DID like about it: 1) Jack Black (his bitching about Belle and Sebastian had me rolling on the ground) 2) The mentioning of Stiff Little Fingers, even though the conversation about them was completely bogus (they sound NOTHING like Greenday! What were they smoking?) 3) My brother's record, Panthro UK United 13, is prominantly shown in the camera for a couple of minutes (during a conversation about Evil Dead 2). 4) The analysis of "mix tapes" 5) Tim Robbins
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 02:48:02 -0400 From: fheaney@erols.com Subject: Waspish self-deprivation Message-ID: <000f01bfa2b8$c17f70a0$2ee07ad1@default> Okay, now Napster is starting to annoy me, since I've started running across mp3s of Wasp Star as well, and while I *refuse* to download it because I want the ideal listening experience when it comes out (under headphones, on the couch, packaging spread out in front of me, Song Stories within arm's reach), the temptation of knowing it's *right there* is really making me batty. Much like it's far less torturous to say you're not going to eat any chocolate during Lent if your roommate isn't leaving half-eaten bars of Toblerone all over the apartment. I guarantee that my CD purchasing is going to zoom up precipitously to keep me distracted during this long month. Some recent ones I can recommend: Europa String Choir, "Lemon Crash" (good for fans of Fripp-y interlocking acoustic instrumental work); the Kinks "Everybody's in Showbiz" (if you like "Muswell Hillbillies", the studio half of this album continues in that vein, except perhaps with a more music hall slant than country). -- Francis "Furry happy monsters laughing: monsters having fun, happy, happy." -- R.E.M. (with the Muppets)
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 23:07:51 -0600 From: Phil Corless <philco@micron.net> Subject: Pre-Order at Amazon.com Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000409230751.00a30100@pophost.micron.net> Haven't seen this mentioned yet.... You can pre-order "Wasp Star" at Amazon.com for $12.99.
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 23:49:03 -0400 (EDT) From: RSMko@webtv.net (Moore's Code) Subject: bwana dik Message-ID: <27610-38F14F2F-8931@storefull-252.iap.bryant.webtv.net> hey ecstasy ppls, aren't this chalkbored list fun? aren't this so very very spatial, these TNT/TVT cookingly-vinylly anticipatorally cynical daze?! like, a scat singin'/scat eatin' partsy party???! >>WELL !!!?!<< why the fock not? DUH..... 'Cause all you impregnated pale 'n precious XT-semen are so over-concerned about sum of our pre-release spoil-your-fun commentareez & advance-info prose 'n conz. Where do you begin to lodge yer jealous, whiney complaints about those of us who always seem to obtain it early (naturally!); and we should prioritize our posting concerns in sympathy for the misfortunate common masses?? Gimme a break. A long funky one. DIG ALL YEZ READ ON THIS HERE LIST, will ya??? Sheesh!! Message boards are LOADED with opinions, haven't you noticed? Yours means as little as mine. Almost! =B9Wasp Star=B9 is a pisser. It's so fantastic, yet it's already headed for the cut-out bins. Why the hopes for "mainstream" $ucce$$? GO AWAY. Download this, upload that, trade, steal, share, pick this song as the "radio"(?) single, choose that song as the sleeper cut, focus in on ONE particular track that thrills or irritates. Ah, the fans. Our new fantasy mafioso company plans to issue the very Ultimate XTZ new Y2K release, called "LOBSTER (Snapple Penis, Vol. 2=BC)." And THANKFULLY, it's only an EP: the 4 _BeST_ demo tunes which didn't "qualify" (?!) for the AV society / church of men!: [ 1 ] princeoforange =95 [ 2 ] bumpercars =95=95 [ 3 ] danefortune =95=95=95 [ 4 ] wonderannual =95=95=95=95 :-) :-) :-) LOL :-) :-) :-) Now, HERE'S the ROCK, as advertised!! MR. AMBY IS SMOKING GENIUS on these numbers!!! Short & sweet, the REAL guitar comeback as promised; essential, intimate, dense homemade powerpop, devoid of jizzy-jazzy, Lite chart-position pretense. This self-created mini-album is now in Heavy Rotation in our critical crib. NOT 4 SALE! (Wasp is for when we have a pseudo-corporate muzak cocktail dance mixture party, at very low volume.) Y'all can't buy it! HA! Hey, whaddya think to that?! Music Newbies? (cough) Fuzzy warbling aside...... I guess you just wasn't made for these thymes. Bittersweet Love, Anita Baker Street Fighting Man
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:05:34 -0400 From: Paul Burgess <pburgess@tvtrecords.com> Subject: XTC & TVT Message-ID: <v04220801b5179cdcded2@[38.149.92.114]> Folks- We are updating Tvtrecords.com today to include information about Wasp Star's in-store date and Andy and Colin's promo trip to the U.S. As of yet we have not confirmed any TV appearances. Most of the major programs require live performance from the artist. We are hopeful for several appearances where Andy and Colin are not required to perform. These appearances would likely air in June. Stay tuned for more and thank you for your support.
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:58:17 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Naptser, Band merories Message-ID: <l03130301b516aa46a346@[208.13.202.56]> > Another nod to Harrison: way to go, blasting jerks who advocate >stealing from our boys! If someone was a real fan of the band, they'd >know how badly Andy and Colin have been taken over the coals and >wouldn't advertise and brag about how they got this material for free. > >Can't wait for the "real release" of WS! > >Mike I must admit I was tempted to try this Napster thing(actually for my Mac it's Macster, there's a Mac-only version on the latest MacAddict disk), but if I do, Harrison and others have talked me out of using it for XTC. If I try it out It'll be with some unsigned band nobody's ever heard of. I figure XTC needs the money after all the record company problems and management problems. Of all people who deserve to make money from the fruits of their labors, Andy and Colin do, and I damn well hope somebody's going to kick something Dave's way too, he deserves it for putting up with Andy all these years. Besides, I'd be loath to cross Harrison, I respect the opinion of anyone related to Bob Sherwood, who I had the pleasure of jamming with in an early version of The Malarians, Bob's late 80's band which put out a couple of great Duke's-ish albums before falling victim to the usual personnel, substance and personaltity problems. I have fond memories of one show playing synth on a cover of Roxy Music's "Beauty Queen," with Bob playing drums and singing(he sang on about half their stuff at the time, the recording lineup had him playing rhythm guitar and sharing vocals with four other guys, and Bob unfortunately got to the mike the least by that point). This lineup was roughly to The Malarians as the Helium Kidz were to XTC, only with all their friends lining up to sing, play keyboards or play rhythm guitar on a few songs here and there. Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html "A Great law protects me from the government. The Bill of rights has 10 GREAT laws. A Good law protects me from you. Laws against murder, theft, assault and the like are good laws. A Poor law attempts to protect me from myself." - Unknown
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:57:53 -0500 From: "Joe Perez" <sendto_joe@hotmail.com> Subject: Ethics 101 Message-ID: <20000410033859.87887.qmail@hotmail.com> Thanks for the invigorating and intelligent debate, folks. I concur: MP3's have troubling implications. But I readily partake. Am I consistent? No. Hypocritical? Yes. I wouldn't have purchased Matthew Sweet's entire cataloge if it weren't for the opportunity to sample a lot of his work. But I won't be so naive as to belive that Napster and MP3's will definitely enhance revenues. Everyone has different agendas, altruistic and malevolent. If I could locate Wasp Star MP3's, I'd download them in a second. My weak justification: I know I will be buying numerous copies of the album. (Of course, the ability to justify one's actions is what *really* differentiates humans from the apes. Don't believe that "opposible thumb" theory for a second.) A question to all of the collectors out there -- myself included: Do you have a nice assortment of Unauthorized Releases and Bootlegs (see the discography)? Isn't the packaging on K-Rocking in Pasadena beautiful? And how 'bout those Extatic releases? My kingdom for a Nonsuch forgery! I'm guilty as charged. People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast stones. In other words: He who is without sin, post to Chalkhills! Say Amen! Looking forward to the new album - God, I love this band! Joe P.S. If any serious collector is unable to sleep through the night as a result of this message, your illicit recordings can be forwarded to me....
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:43:27 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Patti Smith and other stuff Message-ID: <l03130300b516a641b1aa@[208.13.202.56]> >Chalksters and Chalkettes; > >It's been great receiving so many posts, most of which are focused on >the new album. A few thoughts: > >- Harrison, you beat me to the punch about the Patti Smith mistake. >There was no way "Wild Horses" was about her; her first album came out >about 1976, and when Wild Horses was written (about 1969), she was >just another New Jersey high school kid like me (yeah, I'm that old). Not as old as Patti Smith, Patti was born in '46 and was a pretty old for rock and roll in the 70's twenty-nine when Horses came out. It's still unlikely Mick Jagger wrote Wild Horses for her, though; from what I know about Patti(I've skimmed a couple of her biographies while waiting for my wife in Borders)she was shooting smack in NYC with Jim Carroll at the time, if you check "Crow" from Carroll's first album, it's about her. They kicked heroin together in the early 70's. They were never an item though, they were too busy either nodding or taking turns puking their guts out. They were best buds for quite a while, but for those who've read The Basketball Diaries, he hadn't met her yet at that point, unless she's one of the nameless people on the nod in that room towards the end of the book. Suffice to say that any temptations I may have had to do heroin were killed the first time I read The Basketball Diaries. Read it through once and you'll never want to touch it if you never have. I can almost guarantee it. As for Wild Horses, chances are it's about either Marianne Faithfull or Anita Pallenberg. Mick Jagger may have met Patti Smith once or twice, but no way she was more than some junkie he saw on the nod once or twice. I don't think she was even doing many public poetry performances until the early 70's. Besides, The Stones tended to write about those that were closest to them to ease the guilt of not taking Marianne to rehab. I consider Mick Jackass one of the most morally cowardly people in the music business; never had a substance problem himself, but cetainly dabbled in everything and never did anything about his friends who had real problems. Him and Graham Nash and a few other people, but I'll save my bile for such people for another time(and I'm sure some of you would prefer I not get into the subject, but I make no promises, can't please everybody all the time, including myself). Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html "A Great law protects me from the government. The Bill of rights has 10 GREAT laws. A Good law protects me from you. Laws against murder, theft, assault and the like are good laws. A Poor law attempts to protect me from myself." - Unknown
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:39:06 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: havingastab@euthanasia.co.uk Subject: A Spoiler's Guide To "Wasp Star" Message-ID: <18745249.955373946888.JavaMail.root@smtp.backend.another.com> Humbled by the teary-eyed protestations of the assembled several, I thought it would be wise to put straight all those heartless bastards currently bent on destroying any semblance of surprise from our first encounter with "Wasp Star". So, here is a comprehensive list of all the things which UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES may be revealed to all and, to a lesser extent, sundry...I'm only posting this because I know no one reads my posts anymore (well, that was all sooooo last year wasn't it?)...just don't pass these details on to any of the poor sods who can't get hold of a pre-release copy....snigger. (1) "Playground" - watch out for the wonderful moment during the intro where Prairie Prince drops his sticks....they fall to the floor in perfect time and a cunning dash of reverb makes it sound like a tribe of Burundi tribesman auditioning for Bow Wow Wow. (2) "Stupidly Happy" - the two and a half minute guitar solo which borrows illiberally from "I Am (I'm Me)" by Twisted Sister, before morphing into a synthesized harpsicord rendition of the theme from "Love Thy Neighbour"... (3) "In Another Life" - note for note this is "Bungalow" backwards, with a searing, belligerent, John Zorn-like tenor sax solo which lasts a mere three seconds but which is also looped thereafter, forming the second part of the song...hypnotic! (4) "My Brown Guitar" - the extra lyrics, previously unseen/heard, explaining how AP's guitar came to be brown in the first place. "Creosote! Creosote! All Is Creosote!" goes the lilting refrain... (5) "Boarded Up" - this is like "Travels In Nihilon" on PCP...tribal drums played at indecent speed, Beefheartian time changes and Colin's vocals are slowed down to make him sound like Paul Robeson. One for the opera contingent. (6) "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love" - AP's tribute to GG Allin, replete with raucous backing vocals which go "You ****!!! You Murdered Love!!! You ****!!!" in true yob-chorus style. Just before the final chord, vomiting can be heard. Jimmy Pursey guests on kazoo. (7) "We're All Light" - nothing like the demo version, this is eight minutes of ambient noodling with the original melody floating ethereally in the background, accompanied by Eno-esque plinky-plonk keyboards and some heavily treated euphonium. Soon to be remixed by William Orbit and Ivor Cutler. (8) "Standing In For Joe" - redesigned as a Country & Western, Garth Brooks-style singalong. Andy's pedal steel solo is amazing, particularly when he incorporates the lead riff from "21st Century Schizoid Man" into the final couple of bars... (9) "Wounded Horse" - the only track on the album to feature Morbid Angel's Pete Sandoval on drums, this sounds more like Venom than The Beatles, although the "Penny Lane" style trumpet solo offers a welcome touch of relief. AP's grunted and shrieked vocals are a revelation, recalling both Ronnie James Dio and Napalm Death's Barney Greenway, and the persistent bossa-nova shuffle is pure Astrud Gilberto... (10) "You & The Clouds..." - a breezy pop tune, book-ended by some fiendishly complex, duelling-banjo workouts, courtesy of AP and Steve Vai...if you listen very carefully you can hear Andy's strings break at the end of his fourth battle with Vai... (11) "Church Of Women" - in almost every respect a classic, mid-tempo AP composition...that is, until, the London Community Gospel Choir launch into some fervent vocalization towards the end of the final verse...keep an ear open for snatches of "Jerusalem" and "Wired for Sound" during the final fade-out. (12) "The Wheel & The Maypole" - as has previously been noted, a song in two parts....or is it? Wait for a minute or so after the song has ended and a mystery "bonus" track appears...it's a cover of "Sussudio", played in the style of The Groundhogs... Incidentally, the first single will be "Wounded Horse". The single will feature three extra tracks, "How I Wounded The Horse" (a four hour interactive CD-whatsit documentary by Terry Chambers, telling the story of why he really left the band...), the Orbit/Cutler remix of "We're All Light" and "Homo Safari 2000", two minutes of dicking about in the studio, hastily tossed off by Andy after one sherbert dip too many and released for the benefit of people who'd buy a dry turd if it had XTC written on it, or even near it, in biro. Now keep it quiet and don't bloody ruin it for everyone else, OK??? Salut! Dom.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:33:21 +0200 From: Johan Ekdahl <johan.ekdahl@programbyran.se> Subject: What release date, Molly? Message-ID: <E1FE4AE1AF2DD111885A00A02479F44214FFA5@sofia.programbyran.se> And Molly went: >SHUT THE HELL UP UNTIL THE ALBUMS RELEASE!!!!! OK, Molly, I don't have a promo-copy, I will probably never will have one, and I dont know if I really want one, so Your suggestion sounds interesting to me. Let's just agree on what release-date we're talking about here, shall we? Let's see: We could pick the Japanese release (I already have sent my $ to the Sushiman, so I'm hoping for this date to be the first). Would that be OK? Or, we could take the US release date. (That WOULD be OK by You, "I suppose".) Ask DavidOh, and he may vote for the Canadian release date. How about that? Also, our french friends may want to have their say... How about germany? Australia? Phillippines? ... Now Molly - I live in this little outskirt of the world known to some as "Sweden" and I haven't even tried to find out about a swedish WS(AV2) release-date. Based on the swedish AV1-release-date it should be sometime in the middle or end of june or thereabouts. LET'S ALL AGREE NOT TO TALK ABOUT WS(AV2) UNTIL THE 15'TH OF JULY TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, SHALL WE?! /Johan Ekdahl
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:08:18 +0100 From: Warren Butson <Warren.Butson@getty-images.com> Subject: Wasp Star reviews Message-ID: <41BC73C88FDBD2119D2908002BB32B3928A174@lonexchg02.getty-images.com> To those people who are complaining about the reviews of Wasp Star, shut the F*** up you're ruining my excitement leading up to the release! I've not got any of the demos and have no idea what they are going to sound like and the comments (apart from "here comes the middle 8") have not spoiled it but rather wetted my appetite. Apart from that wierd slag off by someone who was obviously expecting black sea/;go2 the opinion is it's catchy as hell and the most consistent commercial release since black sea. I just feel the likelyhood is that without big promotion/airplay this will sink without a trace despite being a possible crossover to the general public, which I would truely love as it would mean i would see articles, and interviews with the band for longer than the 2 weeks i got from Apple Venus 1. We didn't even get any appearences in England which considering is their own country was bloody annoying. Anyway wheter we like this pre-review or not, chalkhills has got me excited. P.S my WOMP: 1.Beatles anthology vol 2 2.Main Street Roy Wood and Wizzard 3. Curtis Mayfield: singles collection 4.Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (fantastic album totally recommend to xtc/beach boys/beatles fans) 5.ELP brain salad Surgery (so I like prog rock!)
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:46:39 -0400 From: erik schlichting <eriks@ci.conover.nc.us> Subject: Promos & MP3 Message-ID: <38F1E94F.99C89945@ci.conover.nc.us> Chalkers, RE: The MP3 debate: Harrison, I agree with your disgust, at least in principle. However, railing at the person who mentioned where the files could be found is like pissing in the ocean. Anyone with a little internet savvy would eventually find them. I think that yelling at the person who ripped and posted them would be more appropriate but equally futile. The MP3 format is here, and, if not to stay, then something remarkably similar will take its place. I like MP3. I like the fact that you can cram 10 hours of music onto a disc. I think this technology is good, a boon to music fans. I also think that the fact that distributing material far and wide without the artists' consent is abuse. The sale of promo copies of Wasp Star are bringing in hundreds of dollars on E-bay. This also bothers me. The first reason, for you IDIOTS that agreed to pay more than $200 for a copy, is that in two months, a promo copy won't go as high as $20. The person you bought it from is laughing all the way to the bank. For those completists who absolutely have to have a promo to complement their commercial copy, mail me $200 now, and I'll send you your promo by July 1st! This means that the artist's work is being distributed to a wide audience for absolutely no compensation (at least, no compensation to the artist) weeks before the artist intended to unveil his (her, their) work. So, how do you stop it? You can't get rid of MP3. You could make penalties for illegal posting severe enough to make people think twice about it (yeah, try to enforce it), but that doesn't assure it won't happen. Record labels & artists could be a little more vigilant about watching where their material is showing up (which I whole-heartedly encourage), but that's not a perfect solution, either. How about..., stop issuing promos? No promos floating around means no illegal MP3 postings of whole albums, no illegal resale auctions, bigger sales figures in that first week, and a genuine sense of anticipation for the whole fan community. TVT & Cooking Vinyl, how about switching to releasing a 2- or 3-track CD single instead of full promo copies of albums? Or, at the very least, releasing the promo ONE WEEK before the commercial release? Someone tell me why this isn't a good idea. Erik Schlichting
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:16:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Rosenberger <wile1coyote@yahoo.com> Subject: In support of Becki..... Message-ID: <20000410171613.12341.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com> The HUGELY talented Miss diGregorio thus spake.... <snip> >there are some amazingly talented indie musicians out there -- kindly >give them some respect. believe me, it's tough-going on your own. > >thanks for listening (reading), AMEN to that. Becki is a super example of someone who cares enough about music to produce a wonderful, intricate fascinating cd just because of her love of music and because of the music within her that she wants to share with others. To separate her from other talented artists like the _______(fill in your own favorite here) because she is a relative unknown is complete and utter crap. Her music is no less powerful and takes just as much effort to produce if not more. Music is intellectual property period, and whether the artist is established or not is never the point. Personally I am thrilled that I was able to track Becki down and order her cd, and the fact that is was straight from her instead of from some money gouging corporate suit just made it all that much better of an experience. It made me get to know her a little as we traded a few emails and that enhanced her cd to me as I listened. I had a very similar experience when I received Mitch's CD. Thank You Becki and Mitch for your music and for having the guts to go it alone. I wish you both much success and am looking forward to your future projects in whatever form they are released. Mole (Disgusted with humans) at the Mole Hole
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:59:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Molly Fanton <mfanton99@yahoo.com> Subject: Oh man Message-ID: <20000410175949.6626.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> I'm not sorry for what I said about not haing Wasp Star spoiled, but I am sorry for the way I said it. I just read Melissa's e-mail and I feel like an idiot. I'll just scroll down, and do have to admit I stop and read some of the reviews if I'm in the mood. I know I wasn't the only one who was complaining, but I'll keep my big mouth shut about this subject for now on. Molly Molly's Pages http://www.angelfire.com/mn/mollyfa99/index.html
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:12:38 -0700 From: Ed Kedzierski <ed.kedzierski@blvdmedia.com> Subject: Re: Distant Early Warning Message-ID: <08B5DDC2BABCD311BFC6005004A884B013B5B5@mgcservices.com> In 6-70, Warren said: I don't mind the descriptions at all because ....I can't hear 'em. So telling me about a song doesn't give away any surprises because email has no actual pitch to it; so bring it on, it only makes me look forward even more to the albums release. I absolutely agree! I just don't understand people claiming that the experience of hearing an album can be "ruined" by reading someone's opinion of it. Just how exactly is saying "I love the second to last song, it makes me dance around my room like an idiot" the same as saying "Oh, yeah, it turns out at the end that the murderer is the nanny, who's really his crazy first wife, who's not really dead at all, and in fact..."? It isn't. I read all the "premature" AV1 reviews last year, and they did not in any way negatively affect my enjoyment of the album when I got it. In fact, in the state of anticipation that I'm now in, reading other's opinions and reactions just helps tide me over, if anything. If you want, ask people to put a "spoiler alert" in their subject line or something, don't just tell them to shut up until release - some of us who also haven't heard it yet actually _appreciate_ the early reviews. Ed K.
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:00:21 +0100 From: "chris browning" <chris@boodle.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: ollie halsall Message-ID: <006301bfa31a$1db5e3c0$959f883e@pbncomputer> i know everybody will be on the ollie halsall bit by now, but anyway... i have heard no PATTO, as i have heard they are a bit 'prog' and thus i am a little nervouse. i mean timebox were great (the psychedelic band PATTO grew out of), but then again simon dupree and the big sound were too, and i can;t find myself saying the same for gentle giant (in my opinion - i know we have fans out there, maybe i just have the wrong album), but i do hear lots of ollie halsall with great regularity when i play the rutles album. yes indeed, for it is mr halsall who plays guitar for the prefab four, and indeed for whom archeology is dedicated. also for teh more eagle eyed viewers, you can just about make him out as leppo in the background. john halsey - aka barrington womble - was the drummer for PATTO, and then in the grimms where i assume he met up with neil innes. i still can;t believe yo la tengo's consumate taste in getting neil innes to support them on their british tour! finally i may get a chance to see another hero in the flesh! anyway, so once we know he's in teh rutles, one small leap to teh dukes and - huzzah! all makes sense. if PATTO is worth digging out teh moolah for, please mail me. ta chris
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:38:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Relph <relph@cthulhu>
Subject: News from TVT
Message-ID: <200004101838.LAA02816@mando.engr.sgi.com>
Here's the latest news from the TVT website:
XTC Plug Into "Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)" on May 23
Monday, April 10, 2000
Brit-pop legends XTC are set to release "Wasp Star (Apple Venus
Volume 2)" on May 23. The 12 song disc is the followup to last
year's "Apple Venus Volume 1", which was one of the most acclaimed
albums of 1999. This time the band has dusted off their electric
guitars for their first "plugged-in" record since 1992's
"Nonsuch". The first single from the new album will be "I'm The
Man Who Murdered Love", which is set to hit radio in the coming
weeks. XTC's Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding are choosing a
director for a video to the track. XTC will head to the U.S. in
early May for a bicoastal publicity run that will include several
TV appearances (non-performance, of course) and a lot of radio
promotion. Though rumors of a "flatbed truck tour" still run
rampant, it is unclear whether XTC will lift their 18 year tour
embargo.
Enjoy!
-- John
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