Conference marvin::uk_music

  A little illicit compilation I taped up some years ago, which features
  the following;

  Weather Report/ Lightning Seeds / Danny Wilson / Natural Life / The LAs
  The Heartthobs / Julian Cope / KLF and many more.


  Recommended for bouncing your way into work on a sunny day.

  Stuart

Well, being a flash git, I've got an autochanger.  But, the tape currently 
sitting, redundantly, in the car deck is a compilation that an ex-missus made 
for me.  Well, I think it was for me; oh well, she's not getting it back now.

includes;

Far from home - the Levellers
Oblivion - Terrorvision
Hear me calling - Two Thirds (!)
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Alright Now - Free
Africa - Toto (these "track-scanning" fast-forwards are ace, aren't they!)
Hit - The Sugarcubes
Regina - The Sugarcubes
 
err..can't remember the other stuff.  It's good "summer" driving music though, 
cos she made it when we were going down the beach every day last summer 
(hmm...or was it June...).  

This morning, Ultravox's Vienna & Rage in Eden, and my compilation of
unnecessarily long songs.

Chris.

    A mixed-up tape featuring :-
    
    Ini Kamoze
    Prez Prado
    Baby D
    Gigolo Aunts
    Pulp
    Bucketheads
    Oasis
    Lightning Seeds
    Natural Life
    Blur
    Shed Seven
    Paul Weller
    Brand New Heavies
    
    and more besides !!1
    
    Reserve your copy by sending loads of dosh to the above address !! :-)
    
    
    Ian.

Is that "NOW 44", or whatever they're up to?

    Charlatans  Just Lookin'/Bullet Comes
    Renegade Soundwave  Next Chapter of Dub
    Pop Will Eat Itself  Two Fingers My Friends
    Whiteout  No Time
    Teenage Fanclub  Grand Prix

UKFURNITURE?  eh?

btw, what's the Whitout LP like?

          <<< Note 1300.7 by CHEFS::GEORGEM "Cannibalise Legalbis" >>>

>UKFURNITURE?  
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^


 Is this a tribute band?

 Stuart

No, it's CHEFS::UKFURNITURE's eponymously titled solo album.

    Re .5
    
    Matt,
    
    	No. It's just a tape I've put together myself, for those times when
    I don't want to worry about carrying 14 different albums around !!
    
    
    Ian
    
    PS: I missed Teenage Fanclub and Dodgy off of the list :-)

    I haven't a clue what the new Whiteout LP is like, because I don't
    think it's out yet, but I'm willing to be proved wrong.
    
    ):^'

    
    Arboressence(sp?) - Ozric Tentacles (at least I think it's that one,
    			the tapes sometimes end up in the wrong boxes and
                        they don't all have labels on !)
                              
    Full Moon Fever   - Tom Petty 
    
    Terrapin Station  - Grateful Dead
    
    Glastonbury '94   - Blind Melon
    
    The 'Ireland Tape' - The Church,Be-Bop Deluxe, Rainbow, Deep Purple,
    			Jimmy Page, Robert Plant (the honeydrippers), J&MC,
    			See See Rider, Tourists, Steely Dan, Motors, Stone
    			Roses, REM, Neil Young, Galaxy 500.... plus a few
    			others I can't remember
    (so called because this was the most popular compilation tape on our
    trip to Ireland a few years ago)
    
    Graham
     

    Live Music - Outside Edge (everywhere.... :-)
    
    Phil.L�

    
    CD(s) du jour -
    
    Second Coming - Stone Roses  **
    Morphine - Yes (still listening to this one despite what Mr. Edwards sez!)
    Michael Mcdonald - Sweet Freedom (don't laugh!)
    The Jam - Greatest Hits (or whatever it's called)
    Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister (one of the most played CD's I have
    				        'cos the basslines are amazing)
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic(k?) (as above)
    
    
    ** (it just made it's own way from it's case to the autochanger, I had no
        say in the matter, honest!)
    
    Chris.

>>>>>> Michael Mcdonald - Sweet Freedom

FWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!  AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

<chuckle>

    
    'specially for you Matt...I like to brighten up your dull days...! HAHA
    
    C.

    Apart from the obvious (TT) I have re-discovered Wild Wood CD and I found
    a really old tape -Children of Sanchez from my jazz days so that's been
    on quite a lot. Together alone Crowded House.. usual crap really..
    
    Andrea.
       

another MC "mixing up phat" Mixmaster Panes compilation.

Talking Heads/Mock Turtles/World of Twist/ Elvis "The King" Costello

Stuart 

Due to more malfunctioning mishaps with the a**ocha*ger, "Bossanova" by the 
Pixies, sees a welcome return to the motor, today.

    
    and this mornings tape is :- 
    
    ...Almost Pure - The Crystal Set
    
    superb album, unfortunately the band are no longer together %^/
    
    Graham

    
    It's a mixed up muddled up shook up tape featuring
    
    Jeff Buckley 
    Tim Buckley
    Kristen Hersh
    REM
    dANNY wILSON
    Deep Forest
    Oasis
    The Frames
    Todd Rungren
    The Orb
    The Undertones.....Teenage Kicks all through the night, ALL RIGHT!!
    
    
    
    des

    Today a tape...
    
    Kick to Kill (J thirwell mix) The incredible P W E I
    Beggin' You    The Stone Roses
    I Started a Joke   Faith no More
    Starr Club   Whiteout
    Bug Powder Dust   Bomb the Bass
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night?  Nirvana
    Don't Fear the Reaper   Apollo 440
    All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together   Ned's Atomic Dustbin
    Acquiesce   Oasis
    Mellow Doubt   Teenage Fanclub
    Some People Try to F*** with You   Teenage Fanclub
    Perfect Day   EMF
    Yes  McAlmont & Butler
    Diggin' The Dancing Weed   Golden Claw Musics
    Alright Now   Mike Oldfield (yes, I mean Mike Oldfield)
    Biscuit Barrel   China Drum
    Stone In The Rain   Kirk Brandon's 10:51
    Munkee   Ampersand
    Can't Shape Up Again   The Wonder Stuff
    The Man Who Wouldn't Let Wax Wane   Renegade Soundwave
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service   John Barry
     
    (:^'
    

    re-1
    
    Where did You get the Oldfield version of Alright Now?  I think it was
    originally issued as a flexi disc to anyone attending the recording of
    a tv show (oddly enuff called Alright now).  I did once see a clip (of
    about ten seconds worth) of him playing it, and nothing since...
    
    Mikef (trivia hound)

    Mikef
    
    I bought some tapes of assorted rarities of some german bloke, about 7
    years ago. I've never personally seen a copy of the alleged flexi.
    btw, Mike has recently recorded a cover of Paula Abdul's Opposites
    Attract with Sid Vicious' brother, it is unlikely to see the light of
    day, something to do with contractuaral problems.
    
    (:^'

    Cool...got any other good rarities? 
    
    Wheredo you get your Oldfield info?  I'm kinda out of touch these
    days...
    
    mikef

    Mikef
    
    There's loads of Oldfield info on the WWW. More up to date stuff can be
    found by ring the Dark Star (official fan club) information line on 
    (01202) 657635.
    
    Try these rarities....
    Hergest Ridge orchestral version.
    Guilty orchestral version.
    Crime of Passion instrumental.
    An original gatefold copy of 'Children of the Sun'
       
    (:^'

>Mikef
>I'm kinda out of touch these days...

Is this related to wanting info about Mike Oldfield?

    Bo Diddley - "The EP Collection" (ole Mr. Modesty himself)
    
    Little Willie John - Fever: "The Best Of LWJ" (the best male voice you
    ever did hear...)
    
    Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - "All Hits" (ever wondered where
    Springsteen stole half his act...and his repertoire?!)
    
    Various Artists - "Single Minded" (80s garage/psychobilly compilation,
    including the Milkshakes, the Prisoners, Guana Batz and the Stingrays)
    
    Dale Hawkins - "Oh! Suzy Q" (only 36 years old, this one!)
    
    Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over Again" (well, me mum used to teach
   'im back in Tottenham!)
    
    
    So who is this Kurt Cobain fellow, anyway?
    
    Dom

Forcibly had to listen to Liz's "Yet Another Bloody Compilation" on the
way down to Brighton today, which comprises loads of bloody awful hits
from the charts over the last decade.  Fortunately I got my own back, and
the "Chris's Unnecessarily Long Songs" tape found its way into the tape
player on the way back...

Chris.

    Back to old faithful today: "God's Own Medicine" by the Mission.

    
    MC5, 13th floor Elevators, CCWR, Jefferson Airplane and lots of other
    60's Phsychedelia....
    
    G.

    Today's tape
    
    Side A:
    Summer Fayre   Dodgy
    Velocity Girl   Primal Scream
    Hops and Barley   Leatherface (live in oslo)
    Moon River   Frankie Stubbs
    You Stupid Asshole   Mudhoney
    Afro   Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
    Drive Me Down   Velvet Crush
    Psychocandy   Pop Will Eat Itself
    Hey Ladies   Beastie Boys
    One Way Down    China Drum
    Big Yellow Taxi   Pinhead Gunpowder
    Sound System   Operation Ivy
    
    Side B:
    
    Brainbloodvolume   Neds Atomic Dustbin
    

Ozric Tentacles/Joe Satriani	Not sure what albums

Trans Global Underground - International Times/Seal - Seal(1)

Midnight Oil - Earth + Sun + Moon/MO Compilation

Tom Petty - Greatest Hits/Eric Clapton - The best of

Pink Floyd - Division Bell /PF Compilation

Compilation - Mainly mixed up from the above + other tracks

    
    CD's du jour -
    
    Dr Feelgood - Singles, The UA Years +
    Megadeth - Youthanasia
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    

  Supergrass  - I Should Co Co
  Radiohead   - Pablo Honey

>>>Supergrass  - I Should Co Co

Fancy banging a quick review-ette in topic 18?

    On the Walkman this morning....
    
    Tour De France  Kraftwerk
    Computer World  Kraftwerk
    Music For The Video Wall   Mike Oldfield
    Kray Twins   Renegade Soundwave
    Lifeforms   Future Sound of London
    Get The Girl Kill The Baddies Ambient Mix   PWEI
     (:^' 

Earth vs the WiLDHEARTS - The WiLDHEARTS
Stardog Champion - Mother Love Bone
Fingal's Cave - err....Shostakovich, I think, but It could be 
Stravinsky.



Matt$crap_with_those_Eastern_composers.

Hmm, interesting username, Matt!  :)

Chris.

    CDs du jour are:
    
    Mussorsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Piano Version by Maria Dichter
    Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
    Sibelius  - Finlandia, Karelia Suite
    Ultramarine - United Kingdon
    Miranda Sex Garden - Miranda Sex Garden
    Orbital - Snivilization
    Trans-Global Underground - Dream of 1000 Nations
    Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth
    Mickey Hart - Planet Drum
    Cocteau's - Bluebell Knoll
    
    Balders

><<< Note 1300.39 by CHEFS::ALIBAI::UKTOILETS "What's with these stupid usernames?" >>>

>Fingal's Cave - err....Shostakovich, I think, but It could be 
>Stravinsky.

Dear Messrs Toilets

Mendelssohn?

g

 >>   Mickey Hart - Planet Drum
    
    Interesting choice Balders ...
    
    Graham

re .42

You sure about that?  I played it at some concert a couple of years ago (that's 
the recording I've been listening to), and I'm sure that it was one of the 
"S"s, on the front of the score.  Maybe it's another one of those Mendelsohn 
arrangements, like Thais' (sp?) Meditation.

Hi Matt,

>You sure about that?  I played it at some concert a couple of years ago (that's 
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What - all by yourself?!

>the recording I've been listening to), and I'm sure that it was one of the 
>"S"s, on the front of the score.  Maybe it's another one of those Mendelsohn 
>arrangements, like Thais' (sp?) Meditation.

Pretty certain - isn't it also called The Hebrides Overture?

g (about time we had some proper music in this note!)

    ):^'

    re: .44  you played it at a concert, a musician in our midst-  what do
    you play then Matt?
    
    Any other muso's??
    
    Andrea 

>    Any other muso's??
    
I play bass, badly.  My main memory of being in a band was playing in
the open air, not being heard because of inadequate amplification and
getting soaked.

Chris.

    i played the trumpet badly for 6 years in a Jazz band, my worst gigs
    were playing by the side of a swimming pool ?? in Aberdeen and on the
    back of a moving lorry in Hungary, why we had to, I do not know.

re .45

doh!  I think you know what I mean...

As for what it's called, well, yes.  Fingal's cave is just a movement in a 
suite, I believe.  Fingal's cave just stuck in my mind/memory, because the main 
tune that's carried has the same rhythm/syllables as "Fingal's cave", or "Oh, 
Fingal's cave", as we used to pathetically sing.  It was at least 5 years ago 
when I last played it, and I've never checked the programme since, so you may 
be right, as to who composed it...However, I'm positive that when we gave our 
copies back to the conductor, Shostakovich/Stravinsky was on the cover of the 
top piece of music 8-)

re Andrea

I used to play the violin, but now I'm down to the rather less err...cultural 
guitar.  I've played just about everything during my childhood, as I played in 
a  few decent orchestras, and went out with a few musicians.....blimey, that 
reminds me of that lass with the cello...phew....the things she could do 
wi...er......

yes.

    I went out with a cellist to Matt !!
    
    
    Bloody strong thighs !!
    
    Ahh ! Good days.
    
    
    Ian.

    Well as my band were a bit short on string section, so I sort of worked my
    way through the rhythm section, my fave were drummers though, strong
    arms!! (sax players weren't too bad as well)     
    
    Andrea (if the guys can recall happy days so can I)

    Definition of a drummer: a person who hangs around with musicians.
    
    Phil Gill (piano player)

    
    re:.50
    
    I can sympathise, as well as the open air bit and being soaked, I'm
    also a crap bass player (as Balders will testify to).
    
    CD du jour -
    
    Images and Words - Dream Theater  (not great music to wake up to, but
    				       good driving music to make sure you
    				       get to work in the least possible
    			               time!)
    
    
    Chris.

    On the walkman today....
    
    Kennedy                 Wedding Present
    Sliver                  Nirvana
    Wierdo                  Charlatans
    Joe                     Inspiral Carpets
    Sally Cinnamon          Stone Roses
    Kiss                    Age of Chance
    The Unseelie Court      Tom Newman
    Sylvia                  Focus
    Whatevershebringswesing Kevin Ayers
    Beaver Patrol           Wilde Knights
    Touch Me I'm Sick       Mudhoney
    Underwhelmed            Sloan
    Popscene                Blur
    etc...
      
    (:^'  

>>    Kiss                    Age of Chance


What a faberoonie version.  Blows the Prince/Tom versions outta da water.

Think I'll check it out again tonight.  Now did I ever buy an album of 
theirs?

    Today's tape of wonderment....
    
    Side A:
    
    Raise			  Bocca Juniors
    Can't Get Used To Losing You  Renegade Soundwave
    Their Law			  Prodigy featuring PWEI
    101 (sonic shuffle)           Finitribe
    Head the Ball                 MEF (EMF & @440)
    Higher Than the Sun           Primal Scream
    Wild Wood (Portishead Mix)    Paul Weller
    Faceache                      Bowlfish
    Tail Lights Fade              Buffalo Tom
    Brass Buttons                 Lemonheads
    Dee Troyt                     Whiteout
    Carry Me Home                 Primal Scream
    Take Me Away                  Oasis
    Let It Slide                  Mudhoney
    
    Side B:
    
    One of the greatest unreleased albums ever..
    Twice Removed  		  Sloan
    

re Tailights fade;

Any news on Buffalo Tom, btw?  They seem to have disappeared after "Big red 
letter day"...

    I hear through my sources that Buffalo Tom intend to have a new album out
    in July.
    
    ):^'
    

What source would that be?






(a *THWACK!* to anyone who says "Tomato", or "river", or summat equally 
pathetic)

Chillis aren't pathetic...

Chris.

    My source...
    
    A friend who is the long-term partner of the manager of a fairly
    popular pop group, and several will be more popular pop groups.
    
    \:^'
     

Are they still with Beggars Banquet then?

    I'll ask my source tonight. 
    

    Today's Walkman tape....
    
    Side A: 
    Modern Life is Rubbish       Blur
    
    Side B:
    Mayor of Simpleton
    Grass
    The Disappointed
    Dear God
    Senses Working Overtime
    Love on a Farmboy's Wages
    Great Fire                   XTC
    For No-one
    Golden Slumbers              Beatles
    

Side a/   Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub
Side b/   Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins 

Stuart

    
    CD's du jour -
    
    The Hamsters - Route 666
    Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (?!!)
    Pulp - Common People single
    
    C.

    Sisters of Mercy - A Slight Case of Overbombing
    The Mission - Neverland

Stranglers - And Friends Live in Concert
Salad - Drink Me
The dodgy goth compilation tape, again
Cocteau Twins - Bluebell Knoll
Loads of other stuff I can't remember

Chris.

    Side A:
    And Away They Go...		Finiflex records sampler.
    Side B:
    Nothing			Sandals
    Return of the Rat		Nirvana
    Me, My Mike, My Lyrics      Galliano
    Jailbird			Primal Scream
    For Fun!			Rosemary's Baby
    Son of a Mustang Ford       Swervedriver
    Choke			Skyscraper
    Kylie's Got a Crush on Us	Teenage Fanclub
    Cocaine Sex			Renegade Soundwave
    Plateau                     Meat Puppets
    Don Alfonso (German Lyric)  Mike Oldfield
    
    

>             -< All the pop star's stare at the length of my hair >-
                             ^^^^^^
Oh dear.

    Is this UK_Music or UK_mysterious appearing punctuation?
    I can put my punctuation where I like thanks very much
    
    (eer)

    In the Walkman today...selections from....
    
    Box Frenzy				Pop Will Eat Itself
    Now For a Feast			Pop Will Eat Itself
    16 Different Flavours of Hell	Pop Will Eat Itself
    Superfuzz Bigmuff			Mudhoney
    
    ):^'
    

In the car this week;

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

Ohmygod.  Forgot how incredible this sounds through the car stereo.  Absolutely 
excellent.  Also listened to it under the influence of err...calming measures 
last night, and it was perfect.

Thirteen - Teenage Fanclub (or is that flanclub?)
Declaration - The Alarm
Listen like Thieves - INXS (the title track is easily the best on the album)
Trapped - Rage (well, I used to like it, anyway)
Portrait of - Status Quo ("Like Ice in the sun, I melt away..." etc.) 

    The walkman today contained.....
    
    On Mr George's recommendation...Wish You Were Here.
    What a great album, nice long instrumental bits, excellent production
    especially on the title track, nice cough!
    
    And the lucky dip from the tape box...Computer World    Kraftwerk.
    Brilliant album and a good chortle as well, who else could write lyrics
    like "I am the operator of my pocket calculator"...incredible!
    
    |:^-( 
    

    "When I press a special key it plays a little melody,
    beep-beepity-bip-bleep, etc"
    
    Utter bollox. Love it.
    
    Phil Gill.

    Apparently the meaning and teutonic irony of the lyrics is lost in the
    translation.....naaah, don't believe a word of it!
    
    |:^)
    

    Today! Tapewise...
    
    Maximum Whiteout EP		Whiteout (no release date for the album yet
    				which seems a bit odd to me as they've
    				released 5 singles now and it was meant to
    				be out in March. btw, if anyone has got
    				Starr Club on CD single, I'll part with
    				money, or do a straight swap for the vinyl
    				version.
    Don't Call It Soul		McAlmont/Butler
    This is a Call		Foo Fighters
    Speeed King			These Animal Men
    You Love Us			Manic Street Preachers
    Get Along Without You Now	Lemonheads (Got my tickets to see Evan
    				Dando at the Mean Fiddler 21st June. Can't
    				Wait).
    500 Miles			Sick of it All (American Hardcore reading
    				of Proclaimers 'classic').
    Arnold Layne		Pink Floyd
    See Emily Play		Pink Floyd
    Bike			Pink Floyd
    
    )%^)
    
    
    
    Grand Prix			Teenage Fanclub
    

    "Common People" - Pulp. Press REPEAT on the CD player.

    
    Pulp don't wear black though...
    
    Chris.

or lipstick, strange black wigs, and boots with spurs on them.

    
    re:.81
    
    ...the second track on the CD is great as well, not sure what it's
    getting at though (haven't listened to the lyrics more than to realise
    he's on about underwear).
    
    Chris.

    Re .82 

>    Pulp don't wear black though...

    Re .83

>    or lipstick, strange black wigs, and boots with spurs on them.

    Call me thick today (on second thoughts don't) but is there something
    you're both trying to say? :-)

    Goldy.

    re .85
    
    Goldy, I think they're implying that your musical tastes are limited to
    Goth type bands. A scurrilous rumour, and totally untrue, but you know
    the youth of today.
    
    Balders
    
    PS I would never dream of calling you thick, you might moderate me
    elsewhere in revenge :^)

    And in the car this week:
    
    Happy Nation	  		- Ace of Bass
    Floored Genius	  		- Julian Cope/Teardrop Explodes
    Temple of Love (1992) 		- The Sisters of Mercy
    This is what you want 		- Public Image Ltd
    456					- The Grid
    Sound of the Suburbs  		- Various
    Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors 	- Fish
    Great Expectations			- Tasmin Archer
    Decade                		- Duran Duran
    Autobiography	  		- Supertramp
    
    Balders
    

    I'm with Jane on this one, definately Pulp's Common People and Underwear
    song are in favour at the moment.
    
    Andrea

    Yep, definitely Underwear. Listend to it about 30 times yesterday evening.
    I can't work out exactly what it's about but first impression was of
    jealousy that his "woman" had slept (or was intending to sleep) with 
    another man. Maybe we're not meant to work it out.

    Jane.

    re .65
    
    >>Are they still with Beggars Banquet then?
    
    yes.
    

    
    re:.88
    
    
    Ahhhhhhhhhh...Floored Genius.
    
    The Isle of Wight ferry will never seem the same without a Calibra full
    of pissed-up souls and a Julian Cope song.
    
    Cd du jour -
    
    Freak Power (forget the name of the album, but it's good)
    
    
    Chris.

    Today
    
    A Whiteout compilation I made from all the singles they've released so
    far.(New album 'Bite It' out on Monday 19th. Live at the Garage
    Highbury 29th June.....I'll be there.)
    
    Blue Room    		Orb
    Sentinel Restructure	Oldfield v Orb
      
    %^'
    

>>>>>> J Cope...an extremely aquired taste IMHO

Shite, IMHO.

    
    re:.94
    
    You classically trained philistine!
    
    Chris.

    Julian Cope is my best mate...he's had his tongue in my ear and I have
    a photo to prove it...
    
    mikef

>>>>>You classically trained philistine!

Chris King;  Purveyor of quality oxymorons.

    
    Matt George; Purveyor of quality wind-up-recipient-material.
    
    
    Chris.

    Yesterday! I managed to but the new Whiteout album Bite It! (�9.99 on
    CD), and that is what I am listening to today....
    I would have reviewed it yesterday if it hadn't have been for CHEFS
    (grrr)
    
    All in all mmmmm. It's not amazing but is pleasant enough, only 2 of
    their singles are included here, the wonderful 'No Time' and upbeat and
    breeezy 'Jackie's Racing' (no room for the sublime 'Detroit, ah well).
    If you've heard Whiteout before, then there's no real surprises, if you
    haven't then they're a good honest early 70s style R&B band, with added
    Scottishness (hint of Bay City Rollers perhaps bobbing above the
    surface now and again).
    
    All you Glastonbury bound folk can catch Whiteout playing
    Fri/Sat/Sun

    Lloyd Cole unfortunately, flat mates tape listened to by accident.

    Oasis - Some Might Say EP
    Dodgy - Homegrown
    Tim Finn - Before and After
    Gigolo Aunts - Where I find my Heaven
    Paul Weller - Stanley Road
    
    
    Bits and bobs from each one...
    
    
    Ian.

    The Boo Radleys Wake Up, I bought it for the "summer song" cause I'm
    going away like, but it's really quite good..
    
    Andrea

    It probably is very good but my local radio station played it at least
    once an hour every day during June.

    "Wake up, it's a beautiful morning". Oh no it bloomen well isn't.

Inspiral Carpets' "Revenge of the Goldfish".  Well someone has to listen to
them.

Chris.

    re-1
    
    I guess thats how it feels to be lonely?
    
    :-)
    
    mikef

    
    Hawkwind LIVE - The Business Trip.
    
    amazing to think thet some of these tracks are 22, 23 and 24 years old!
    
    Graham 

    Re: -1
    
    There's nothing quite like a bout of "You shouldn't do that" at full
    volume on the way to work to wake me up :-)

>        -< Or the "political" right to decide....err, what Mr. Brock? >-

"er, um, like this one's a bit, er, political man, er..." as I remember
Dave Brock introducing it.  I think that the only other commentary during
the show was "like sorry for the lack of the guitar, I think someone must've
tripped over one of the leads..." :)

Chris.

    Deep Forest - Boheme. If you liked the last one, then you'll probably
    like this one. Vocals are a lot more "up-front", probably 'coz Marta
    Sebasteyn (sp?) actually did some singing in the studio for our French
    friends. Anyway, what we have here is a selection of Eastern European
    (Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, etc) and Far Eastern (Taiwan, Bali) folk
    song and chant, along with a smattering of Native American chanting.
    These sources are (generally) liberally sampled, whizzed around and
    munged and then overlayed on top of a bang-up-to-date electronic rhythm
    section. Stir in some water-colour washes of synthesized sound, Marta
    singing traditional Balkan folk song and Bob's your uncle, another
    chart album. A warning though, its not as funky or popy as the last
    one. 
    
    Balders

>>>or popy as the last

No heads of the catholic church, then....

    Clear - Bomb the Bass.  picked this CD up for a fiver at the weekend,
    what a great album!  Some very interesting William Burroughs style
    dronings in the background, and some good chunky bits.  Or something.
    
    mikef  
    

    So Tough - St. Etienne
    
    Jolly poppy stuff with Spirit of Radio riff squeezed in aswell.
    
    
    Classy !!
    
    
    Ian.

Machines Of Loving Grace - concentration

Pinched off Rudi, our local Skinny Puppy fan.  Sort of Nine Inch Nails sound,
maybe a bit more melodic.

Guy

p.s. a fiver for "Clear"?  B*****d!

    re-1
    
    Sorry...sale at Menzies....they also have the Tribal Gathering double
    compilation cd for 8.99, not sure if its any good or not?
    
    mikef

>    Sorry...sale at Menzies....they also have the Tribal Gathering double
>    compilation cd for 8.99, not sure if its any good or not?

The review I read (Q? Select? VOX?) said it was super, triff, buy-on-sight
etc.  Can't say I've heard it.

Guy

    Dan le changer
    
    The Essential Yello 	- Yello
    Rigs of the Time		- Martin Carthy
    A Night at the Opera	- Queen
    Deep Forest			- Deep Forest
    Boheme			- Deep Forest
    1992 The Love Album		- Carter USM
    America's Least Wanted	- Ugly Kid Joe
    Rock Island			- Jethro Tull
    Seven			- James
    Green			- REM
    
    Balders

>>>Dan le changer
"Dans", Balders.

Helpfully-but-unsure,
m.

Dans le changer ce semaine,

Buffalo Tom - Sleepy Eyed
Wildhearts - phuq
Black Crowes - Amorica
Salvatore Accardo playing Paganinni (sp?) - 24 Capricci
Wedding Present - Bizarro
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Gene - Olympian
Brand New Heavies - <mumble>
Neil Young - Sleeps with Angels
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

    Aujourd'hui:
    
    REM			Out of Time
    Tears for Fears	Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits)
    

    Je replacer les CDs:
    
    Rigs of the Time		- Martin Carthy
    A Night at the Opera	- Queen
    
    avec les CDs:
    
    Lonely Planet disque un et deux.
    
    Toujour votre ami
    Balders

Oh, I won't bother correcting that one!

Salut!

    Was it really that painful? :^)
    
    Balders

You got your tenses mixed up, I think 8-)

Matt$multi-lingual,but-not-really.

    
    Avek ma Say Day chong(said in the French way)er toojooor -
    
    
    Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Chillis.
    Greatest Hits - The Jam
    Freak Power - self titled?
    The Hamsters - Route 666
    Close To You (single) - Brand New Heavies
    Weld (CD 1 I think) - Neil Young
    
    
    Chris.

    re .125
    
    �Weld (CD 1 I think) - Neil Young
    
    Not got Arc in there then Chris?
    
    Balders

    
    Gawd no!
    
    I'm obviously not goint to make it to the Zeebrugge thing (back in the
    UK now), but Neil Young is doing a tour that hits Brussels on Friday
    25th August, so hopefully seeing as I'm across on the mainland that
    week I'll make that.  Anyone else going?
    
    Chris.

    Throwing Muses -- "University" one of the year's best new releases.
    REM -- "Eponymous"
    
    cheers,
    		fred deady

Stereolab's `Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements', constantly.
I bought it yesterday and forgot to listen to it 'til this morning.  Very
nice album.

Chris.

    The Lightning Seeds = "Perfect". And that's exactly what it is.

    The Connells - "74-75". Brilliant.

    Damn fine name too...
    
    Andrea

    
    Oh, I wondered who that was by. For some reason, I thought it
    was the Beautiful South.
    
    Leonie.

    re -1
    
    Talking of the Beautiful South, they performed a bizarre cover of "Some
    Might Say" on MTV's Most Wanted last night. They turned it into a
    typical BS song, ie gentle melody etc. Can't make my mind up if it
    worked or not.
    
    CD du jour:
    
    ACR - Up in Downsville.
    
    Stuart 

    
    CD du jour -
    
    Stanley Road - Paul Weller
    
    
    (dunno why I didn't buy it ages ago, it's perfect)
    
    Chris.

Spinnant sur le tourntable:

"Club For Heroes"

Swip� off la SO, un compilation de Telstar (mais oui!) du crappy early
80's synth pop: Visage, ABC, Les Twins Thompson, Talk Talk, Blancmange,
Yazoo, et m�me "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" de The Passions,
remember ca?  Actuellement pretty bon.

Guy

my god, I've been doing this file system crap for too long - my first
attempt at typing "ABC" came out "ACL".

I'd thought of getting that `Club for Heroes' thingy, but ended up buying
`It's Electric' instead.  Pretty good, but I'm an unashamed sad fan of
early '80s music.

Today I've been listening to Ultravox's self titled first effort (none
of that wimpy Ure stuff, this is one of John Foxx's weird excursions!)

Chris.

    I thought I read somewhere in here that Stanley Road was like Wild Wood
    but without any good songs??, I've got Wildwood, one of my all time faves
    so is Stanley Road recommended purchase then??
                                
    Andrea

    Andrea,
    
    >is Stanley Road recommended purchase then??
    
    Certainly is.
    
    Stuart 

    Andrea,
        It rather depends on your idea of quality (no Take That asides !!)
    if you follow the musical press opinions this is the best he has
    done. Godlike etc etc....
    
    If you are a free thinking individual this rates a high dirge
    score with specific reference to the "I want to be Eric Craptonesque"
    current single. This is a man who should have been shot for his crimes
    against humanity i.e The Style Council. This man used to be in The Jam
    for godness sake. Invest your dosh in Snap or any other Jam albums.
    This guy has become the old f*rt he was kicking against in the first
    place !!!!
    
    
                       Stretch_who_remebers_when_Weller_was_good !!!!
                                                                 

    
    re:.140
    
    Disagree totally (as I would!)...
    
    I haven't heard any Paul Weller albums since Wildwood so maybe I'm a
    bit biassed.  I bought it on the merits of the singles so far released
    (Changing Man & the other moody one that I can't remember the title
    of).
    
    The latest single is good enough to justify buying the album 'cos it
    fits in perfectly around the other tracks on there.  Maybe I'm just
    going soft in my ageing years (keep quiet Balders!!!).
    
    Chris.

    ref Currnt single
    
    "You do something to me" - Yeah,Make me want to hurl !!!!!
    
    		Objective/Obnoxious_Stretch_depending_on_your_viewpoint.

    re .141
    
    �I haven't heard any Paul Weller albums since Wildwood so maybe I'm a
    
    I thought it was his first studio album since Wildwood. Anyway, it
    isn't bad, but I still prefer Wildwood. Both albums beat the pants off
    anything the Style Council ever did. He still hasn't topped the Jam
    days though.
    
   �fits in perfectly around the other tracks on there.  Maybe I'm just
   �going soft in my ageing years (keep quiet Balders!!!).
  
    Chris, how could you even think me capable of commenting. I mean, the
    merest inclination of the tiniest speculation hadn't even begun to
    wonder about the possibility of crossing my mind.
    
    Balders
    

    Re last points.  I just feel that after a while a musician runs out of
    passion and aggression.  The same could have been said of Sting.  Look
    back at the first time you heard Roxanne!  I thought it was bloody
    marvelous.  Since Dream of the Blue Turtles he has een really tame by
    those standards.  Almost up himself.  Does this make for bad listening? 
    It's all a question of taste isn't it!
    
    Also U2.  Best album by far was Boy (in my opinion)  however Joshua
    Tree launched them to everyone elses heart (I thought it was mediocre
    pap!)
    
    We will always have the Old Weller stuff annd if he becomes Chris Rea
    then so be it.  (He'll be a boring old fart but there you go)
    
    Nigel

    Yeah but Wildwood is really mellow sit around smoking/drinking/smoking
    kind of mellow CD..excellent for those deep moods and discussing why
    you hate or love your life/job/hairstyle/house/boyfriend/dog..
    
    Andrea
    
                                               

    So's "Dark Side of the Moon"  but it doesn't make Division Bell any
    good does it!
    

I think we should lay off Chris Rea, though.  He seems to be a mellow
enough sort of guy who writes relaxing music.  Unlike Sting, Bono, Clappo,
Gabriel, Collins et al who've all disappeared up their collective arses.

Chris.

    Please add Jim "I wanna see those hands in the air" Kerr to that list.
    I wanna see those hands round yer throat, Jim, matey.
     
    Barry. 

    re.-2
    
    I can't lay off Chris Rea.  If there is one musician that I would like
    to completely disappear it is that old git.
    
    I wouldn't agree that the rest have gone up their arses,  and in fact I
    think that Gabriel was more up him self in the early Genesis days than
    now.   Collins has just got rich and boring,  Sting is too talented for
    his own good.  Bono just got bored,  Jim Kerr is a Knobhead.
    
    

    re -1
    
    Sorry to disagree and all that but Bono has disappeared so far up his
    own rectum that he can almost see daylight...

>    Please add Jim "I wanna see those hands in the air" Kerr to that list.
>    I wanna see those hands round yer throat, Jim, matey.

According to some "Glastonbury Facts" I read recently (can't remember where)
enough excreta is produced at the festival to shove a good fist-sized lump
into Jim Kerr's mouth every hour, on the hour, for the next two hundred years.
There's a thought to keep you warm on winter nights.

Guy

p.s. in case you hasn't gathered, I think Kerr is a pillock too.  My addition
to the list is that Dolores from the Cranberries; ego the size of a planet
and yet another pain the arse who thinks that because she can write pop
ditties she has something interesting/salient to say about politics and
religion, especially in NI.

I forgot about the charming Dolores, a particularly loathsome character.  I
was also wondering how quickly some people let success go to their heads, like
that Gallagher bloke from Oasis (having said that, maybe he's just having a
laugh)

Chris.

    Re:- Paul Weller - Stanley Rd
    
    I was about to put this in this note as my current fave before all this
    started up.  This is all IMHO as a Weller fan who has every
    single/album he's made since '77 (although the later Style Council
    stuff is a tad underplayed in the collection !) :-
    
    Stanley Road is good/excellent, some of the tracks are superb, a couple
    are a bit iffy but overall a good package.  To me it sounds like a
    cross between his first solo album and Wild Wood.  At the time of
    release his first album was generally slated but that also is a good
    buy.  If you're going to slag him off for being mellow slag off Wild
    Wood, as Andrea says that's the one for navel-watching, but it's also
    the album that got the best reviews.
    
    On the subject of him getting old etc. etc.  he couldn't act as an
    'angry young man' for ever, would look a bit ridiculous now he's in his
    mid-30's, and his music certainly hasn't mellowed as much as other
    artist who have covered the same time span. 
    
    IMHO, but then all muisc taste is.   
    
    Euan
    

Well, with any luck I should be seeing Monsieur Weller tomorrow (at
T in the Park), so I (being the supremely impartial observer of all
things musical) will be able to pass judgement on whether he can cut the
mustard.  If he's crap I shall throw empty lager cans at him and go for
a bop in the groove tent (or whatever it's called).  Bet you all wanted
to know that.

/guy

    Euan,
       Ref Weller being a boring old f*rt. O.K He cannot be an angry young
    man forever 'cos he's old, but his integrity is certainly open to
    question. For example has Jon Lydon turned into a shallow,
    vacuous,coffee table kinda guy ? I think not !
    
    Neil - So if Weller turns into Chris Drea that is not a problem. I take
    it you left the smiley out ? 

    Stretch,
    
    Jon Lydon has turned out to be a joke...and a bit of a sad one at that.
    
    Stuart

    Order, Order, Order.
    
    Please gentlefolk I must intervine.  Delores is a sad cow agreed, 
    Bono may appear to have an element of and anal abode,  but John Lydon
    is still supreme ruler of all that is completely cool!  This mountain
    of all that is Kid Kulture (in his absence from this conference
    personally)  WILL NOT BE INSULTED ANY MORE.
    
    
    Right Daddio's
    
    

    HERE HERE ref Jon..........BUT Neil there is still the question of you
    thinking Weller being a dreary GIT is O.K.
    
    		
    
          Stretch_who_now_has_Open Up_rattling_around_his_head.
    

    
    Just go to a Neil Young gig if you want to reminisce about how old gits
    can still provide hours of entertainment and blow away a few aural
    cobwebs (ooer).
    
    Chris(waitingforthebarrageofabuse!)

    I don't think that Weller is a dreary old git.  I just think that he
    has quietened down.  No real harm in that for me.  Doesn't mean that
    I'll buy the album's regardless.  I buy what I like not what I'm told
    to like!  I hate the New Oasis Single.  It sucks.  I love the 1st
    Album!!   I hate Monster,  it sucks more,  but Green.  Well what can I
    say.
    
    
    P.S. Never did like Niel Young.  He should have stayed with Buffalo
    Tom.

    My Tape/CD Du Jour for the last two days is "Perfect Day" single.
    
    What a totally brilliant song.  Best Release of the Year for me.
    
    The Mixes are super cool as well!
    
    Also put "I should CoCo" On this morn as my girlfreind bought it for
    herself for my birthday.  I like it,  even though when I first saw
    Supergrass in Oxford I slagged them off rotten!
    
    

    >Jon Lydon has turned out to be a joke...and a bit of a sad one at that.
    
    Have to say I agree there...but then I always thought the Sex Pistols
    were the biggest con in history. Hmmm, "The Great Rock & Roll
    Swindle"...never was a title more apt. Give me the Clash, the Buzzcocks
    and the Undertones every time - but not the Sex Pistols!
    
    For the record, IMO Jim Kerr never had much integrity. U2 were
    great for the first 3/4 records (The Unforgettable Fire was the
    beginning of the end). Rattle & Hum was absolute dross and if I saw the
    band now, I think I'd push to the front just to lob a few tomatoes at
    Bono. Paul Weller still commands respect in my book, as does Elvis 
    Costello, but there aren't many of them left. 
    
    One reason why my record collection looks more and more
    retro-oriented...
    
    Dom

    re .Lydon
    
    I still have a great deal of respect for the guy probably because he
    really has'nt changed in attitude since the Pistols. He's still as
    cynical as ever and clever with it too and unlike such lightweights
    as Adam Ant his integrity has remained intact down the years. 
    
    re .Pistols
    
    A con after Lydon and the purile efforts of Jones and Cook (Friggin in
    Riggin? anybody who considers that to be the Pistols is a wanker).
    Still, "NMTB" is probably one of the greatest Rock n Roll albums ever.
    
    Barry.  

    Barry,
    
    How does John Lydon avoid being classed as a "lightweight" these days?
    The only decent stuff he has released in the last decade, ie post The
    Flowers of Romance, has been the collaborations with Afrika Bambaataa
    and Leftfield. 
    
    Hardly the stuff of a musical god. Lets face it most of the PIL output
    has been uninspiring in that period.
    
    Stuart 

    Stuart, 
    
    Yes lightweight in terms of work rate but although his offerings have
    been sparse at least he's producing thought provoking music and has'nt
    gone over to light entertainment department. 
    
    Barry. 

    Still listening to "Some Might Say" E.P, especially Acquiesse. Also
    "Stanley Road" just to fuel the flames a bit. "Dodgy" is back in the CD
    player aswell. Classy songs.
    
    
    Ian

    Ian,
    	Shome Might Shay - Fairy snuff
    
        Stanley Road - You BORING, BORING B*STARD !!!!
    
        Dodgy - No comment. Actually to quote the Great Jon Lydon "Never
    trust a HIPPY !!!" (or modern day equivalents.
    
    Currently shaking my booty to - Protection - Massive Attack, Dummy -
    Portishead, Beck - Mellow Gold (lent to me and is not what I expected)
    Green Day - Dookie, Oasis - Definately Maybe 
    
    And when I get home it will have to be a good blast of "Never mind the
    Weller, Here's the Sex Pistols" Still sounds fan-fuggin-tastic !!!!
    
           Stretch_who_has_just_given_you_more_than_enough_ammunition.

    > Still sounds fan-fuggin-tastic !!!!
    
    Are you allowed to say that ??? Anyway, I think it should read "Still
    sounds sh*te, but thats just my opinion.
    
    Oh, and you know when I was watching you type the last note in and I
    told you that there was a grammatical error, you didn't close of your
    brackets !! And for you to call me a hippy !! That just takes the
    biscuit. that does.
    
    Anyway, we had better leave this conference so that others have a
    chance to add their notes.
    
    Have a boozy week-end everyone and catch you all on Monday.
    
    
    Ian$going _to_get_plastered

    >Are you allowed to say that ??? Anyway, I think it should read "Still
    >sounds sh*te, but thats just my opinion.
    
    I can see I'm going to have to start a "100 reasons why I loathe the
    Sex Pistols" note! Sure, we're all entitled to our opinion, but never
    has their been a truer case of "The Emperor's New Clothes" ;-) 
                      
    Let me get this straight: "the true spirit of rock & roll that had been
    missing for so long" was incarnated by Sid Vicious ponsing around the
    stage glaring at all and sundry, while a roadie hiding behind the
    speaker stacks played his bass parts? Gimme a break.
    
    Better still, get 'em in the dock at the Nuremburg Music Trials ;-)
    
    Dom

    Dom,
    	Some of your comments border on the Soapbox/EF95 side.....(smiley
    thing)
    
    Anyway, When we return on Monday could you give us an idea of your post
    1977 tastes and we will continue this line.
    
    
    Ref Sid I have no time for smack addicts who kill their
    girlfriends(even if they do lead to the likes of Courtney)
    
    
    		
    Stretch_who_is_off_for_some_refreshing_sounds_drinks_etc_etc

   >Some of your comments border on the Soapbox/EF95 side.....(smiley
   > thing)
   
   You'll have to explain that one, Stretch. I must be one of the few
    people alive who never stuck his/her nose in that conference ;-)
    
      
   >Anyway, When we return on Monday could you give us an idea of your post
   >1977 tastes and we will continue this line.
    
   Very quickly, then (I'm just about out of here too), try these for size:
    
    The Redskins
    Eddie & the Hot Rods
    The Real Kids
    The Milkshakes
    Elvis Costello
    The Crawdaddies
    The Buzzcocks
    The Nerves
    The Prisoners
    
    ...and a whole lot more besides.
    
    But as I've said before, most of the stuff I go wild about is
    pre-1967...let alone post-1977 ;-)
    
    Dom

    re -2
    
    Stretch,
    
    The fact that they led to the existence of Courtney is the best case
    for the prosecution....
    
    Stuart

    What they exactly Stuart. Do you refer to Sidney (Malcolm Mclaren
    voice) 
    
    I am not too sure about Miss Love. She is often an egotistical, loud 
    mouthed, b.s spouting, embaressment BUT she is certainly never dull
    unlike your Mr Weller chummy!!!
    
    			Stretch
    P.S Morning Stuart. Here we go again. 

    Stretch,
    
    You forget that Monsieur weller did in fact have a gob when he was
    younger (admittedly not quite as big as Madame Love's) and indeed he
    did disappear up his own rectum for a while during the TSC days. These
    days the angry young man has been replaced by an average
    thirtysomething who happens to make some decent music.
    
    BTW, I was referring to McLaren as well as Lydon et al (Who al? - Ed)
    as being responsible for "giving birth" to the Love mistress.
    
    Stuart
    
    PS 	Have you anything to add to Leonies Wolverhampton Pub List? If so,
    	mail me
    
    PPS	How dare someone who likes Green Day criticise anyoneelse ;^)

    Interesting reading.
    
    Dom get's the award for naming as many obscure bands as he could! 
    (While sitting there smuggly thinking to himself "They won't have heard
    of these bands,  this will make them feel inadequate")
    
    I'm sure that they don't think too much of us sitting here at our desks
    everyday.  I wonder if they sit there on the net saying
    
    "Nigel was good when he started,  but over the last couple of years he
    hasn't been performing up to his usual standard!"
    
    No They couldn't give a hoot!
    
    Nigel

>    Dom get's the award for naming as many obscure bands as he could! 
         ^^^^^
Oh dear, etc.

    Chris,
        
    Get ye back to Soapbox, you Snarfer !!!
    
    
    		Stretch.
    	

    >Dom get's the award for naming as many obscure bands as he could! 
    >(While sitting there smuggly thinking to himself "They won't have heard
    >of these bands,  this will make them feel inadequate")
    
    Er...no. All I did was answer a question; as it happens, I know all
    these bands inside out, whereas I've heard absolutely nowt by bands
    such as the Throbbing Muses, Radiohead and the Wildhearts, to name but
    three (hope I got their names right!).
    
    Anyway to recap:
    
    >Eddie & the Hot Rods
    >Elvis Costello
    >The Buzzcocks
    
    I defy *anyone* to say they've not heard anything by these.
    
    >The Real Kids
    Boston power pop band of the late 70s/80s. They were renowned for their
    live performances at the CBGBs club.  
    
    >The Milkshakes
    The most prolific British retro garage band and the founders of the
    "Medway" sound. They recorded all their music in mono using '60s gear
    and their live shows were said to be something of a riot. I guess you
    can sum them up as the Kinks meet Bo Diddley meet punk rock. 
                         
    >The Redskins
    Heavily politicised R&B outfit, captained by NME ghostwriter Chris
    Dean. He once described their music as "what Martha & the Vandellas
    would sound like if they were factory workers from Smirnograd" ;-)
    
    >The Crawdaddies
    American R&B/60s garage band. You can be forgven for not knowing them
    ;-)
    
    >The Nerves
    Another American garage band, featuring Peter Case, Jack Lee and Paul
    Collins (ring any bells); they recorded the original version of "Hanging On the
    Telephone", later made famous by Blondie.
     
    >The Prisoners
    Mythical. I always liked the Jam, but if you asked me which was the
    best mod revival band of the lot, I'd have to say the Prisoners. They
    were also James Taylor's first band (no, not *that* James Taylor).
    
    >I'm sure that they don't think too much of us sitting here at our desks
    >everyday.  I wonder if they sit there on the net saying
    >
    >"Nigel was good when he started,  but over the last couple of years he
    >hasn't been performing up to his usual standard!"
    >
    >No They couldn't give a hoot!

    Well, it's all a bit of a laugh, isn't it? Think of it as another way
    of saying "I don't like band X". Or would you ban all criticism of theatre,
    films, literature, music, etc. ?
    
    DOm

    Ahh, the Redskins. I thought they wanted to "sing like the Supremes and
    walk like the Clash"?. Provided the soundtrack to the Miners Strike
    of 1984 - they don't come much better than "Kick over the Statues".
    
    Andy

    Well there...I rest my case. 
    
    Actually, I don't think the Redskins ever made a bad record - and they 
    were possibly the best live band I've ever seen.
    
    Dom

    Cheers Dom,
    	Now I will have to go and dig out my "Neither Washington Nor Moscow"
    (think that's the correct title) for a good old blast.
    
    I think I recognise a good 70% of the bands you list although not well
    enough to be my usual sarcy self (never normally stops me). 
    
     Mr Stratford - Your gobby (your own words) young Weller, I think you
    will agree, could not have got into the early Eigties, let alone bore us
    into the Ninties without the Pistols giving the biz the kick up the
    arse it sorely needed. 
    
    		Stretch.
                                                               

    Stretch,
    
    I didn't say he wouldn't have got into the "biz" without the Pistols.
    You could direct that comment at possibly 75% of the bands who have entered
    the biz since 1976. In fact, I don't ever recall saying that the
    Pistols weren't the most important band of 1976/77. 
    
    The comment that I made all those notes ago is that Weller was (and
    still is) producing better music than Lydon has in the last 13 years (I
    think flowers of Romance came out in 1982 but could have been 1983).
    Now if you want to misconstrue my comments thats up to you...
    
    Stuart
    
    BTW you called someone a hippy a few notes back. With a hair cut like
    	yours, that is a dangerous game to play...8^)

    Re.  .178.
    
    The Meadway sound.  What a larf that was.  With bands like Ouch spewing
    out of Meadway's guts who need's it.  When was this "sound supposed to
    have happened (or did it just happen in your house?)  I used to gig
    regularly in Meadway,  didn't seem to have a sound then,  lots of sad
    Mod's on crappy scooters but Meadway has always had the sadest of the
    sad there hasn't it.  Meadway towns have names like Gravesend,  very
    apt if you ask me.  I bet you were Mike Brill's only listener on
    BBC Radio Kent's Kent Rock's Programme weren't you.  That was from
    Meadway annd all the bands were crap with a capital C.
    
    For your info the whole thing started in Folkestone with band's like
    the Green Hornets.
    
    Yawn Yawn Yawn.
    
    
    Nigel 

    Alright Stuart,
    		The point here then should, perhaps, be more along the lines
    of this. Lydon has been more selective in his associations since his
    "heyday" where as Weller has warbled off down many an embarrising road
    with the faithful blindly following. Someone in here confessed to Style
    Council output. Of the few things Lydon has done since the Pistols I
    have been impressed by his choices of collaborators(sp). Weller most
    recent collaboration on the other hand............"walk on gilded
    splinters" with N.Gallagher. Free clue splinter rhymes with a certain
    part of the back passage. The prosecution rests.
    
    		
    Stretch_who_saw_The_Jam's_Town_Called_Malice_vid_yesterday_on_VH1
    (shock news.......VH1 do show the odd class video !!!!)

    >The Meadway sound.  What a larf that was. With bands like Ouch spewing
    >out of Meadway's guts who need's it.  When was this "sound supposed to
    >have happened (or did it just happen in your house?)  
    
    Dear Mr. Outspoken,
    
    Three things:
    1. The spelling is Medway
    2. I've never heard of Ouch in my life (not that that means much)
    3. Your first paragraph seems a little contradictory to say the least
    (i.e.the Medway sound was "a larf"...but you've never heard of it).
    
    >I used to gig regularly in Meadway,  didn't seem to have a sound then, 
    >lots of sad Mod's on crappy scooters but Meadway has always had the sadest 
    >of the sad there hasn't it.  Meadway towns have names like Gravesend, very
    >apt if you ask me.  I bet you were Mike Brill's only listener on
    >BBC Radio Kent's Kent Rock's Programme weren't you.  That was from
    >Meadway annd all the bands were crap with a capital C.
    
    The nearest I've been to the Medway area in my life was when I flew
    over it on my way to Stansted Airport...which should answer your other
    query about whether I was Mike Brill's only listener (couldn't pick
    Radio Kent up in my native Brighton let alone in Milan where I live
    now!).
    
    >For your info the whole thing started in Folkestone with band's like
    >the Green Hornets.
    
    Gee, thanks! Any chance of an autographed copy of your book on the
    history of the er...infamous Medway scene? 
    
    >Yawn Yawn Yawn.
    
    Touch a nerve did I?
    
    Dom

    Stretch,
    
    And Mr Lydons faithful don't blindly follow him wherever he leadeth
    them....? If the cap fits matey, if the cap fits.
    
    Stuart

    >	Now I will have to go and dig out my "Neither Washington Nor Moscow"
    >(think that's the correct title) for a good old blast.
    
    That's the one - happy listening, Stretch. A mysterious live CD came
    out about a year ago (the band broke up about 6-7 years back), but IMO,
    it doesn't do them justice.
    
    >I think I recognise a good 70% of the bands you list although not well
    >enough to be my usual sarcy self (never normally stops me). 
    
    Well, I can assure you that they're no more immune to sarciness (sp?) 
    than the next person's list ;-) 
    
    Dom
    
    P.S. As regards post-1977 stuff, I'm also partial to the Jam, the
    Housemartins, Billy Bragg and Julian Cope's early solo albums too.
                             

    Ref The cap. I do not feel I need one, not being follically challenged
    and all that..........;^>
    
    And I have not blindly followed Lydon. I have a handful of PiL singles
    and the Timezone 12". Open up I have on an NME singles of the week CD.
    No turgid album fillers,let alone singles to wade through.
    
    		Stretch_wondering_why_you_are_not_Molineux(sp?)_bound.

    Dom,  you didn't touch a nerve.  I was there during the time you
    mention,  so I saw it 1st hand!  I hated every minute of it.
    
    Ouch,  bunch of failed Mod's sounded like Gerry and the Pacemakers. 
    Toured with David Essex,  got to No. One in Japan.  BIG in Medway. 
    Signed at the height of the "Cred" phase for Medway.  (sorry you are
    correct on the splelign)
    
    Nigel

    Nigel,
    This is getting funnier by the minute ;-)
    
    >Dom,  you didn't touch a nerve.  I was there during the time you
    >mention,  so I saw it 1st hand!  I hated every minute of it.
    
    Er...if you reread my note(s), you'll see that I never ever mentioned a 
    time. And the only bands you've mentioned so far were Ouch, whom I'd
    never heard of till you put me straight, and the Green Hornets, who
    aren't *really* considered to  be part of the Medway scene (not least
    because they're from Folkestone!). For the record, the bands I'm
    talking about are Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoatees,
    The Prisoners, The Daggermen, The  Kravin' As, etc. All of which is
    pretty trivial and not very relevant to this note (offline, perhaps?).
    
    Not that I've got any problems about it; I'm not from the Medway area
    and I've never met anyone who played in any of those bands. I just
    happen to like the music.
    
    Dom

    8^)!!!

    
    CD du jour...
    
    Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight
    
    
    Chris.

   re: .192
   >Managed to wind you up didn't I!
    
    Ah yes, but I made you feel inadequate ;-)
    
    Dom

    How about the Isle of Thanet sound
    
    Inadequately
    
    Nigel

Those of you with long memories, will of course go all misty eyed at the
mention of the Thameslink Sound as championed by the now sadly departed
Apache Twins. ( Hank B Apache and Jet Apache ).

Stuart

    The best scene ever was the 
    
    37 Heritage Road,  sound of the mid eighties. 
    
    

>Those of you with long memories, will of course go all misty eyed at the
>mention of the Thameslink Sound as championed by the now sadly departed
>Apache Twins. ( Hank B Apache and Jet Apache ).

    Likewise for the Tott(enham)beat Sound, a North London variant of the 
    Teenbeat Sound, and close relation to the Merseybeat Sound, brought to
    us by the Dave Clark Five.
    
    Dom
    

    Confused, me ?
    
    Nigel,
    
    	What is it about constant namedrops of beaches/spots in North Devon
    in here ?  Are you a surfing type ?  
    
    	Euan ' who lives, surfs and windsurfs in Devon and is nosey with it!'

Pink Floyd's `Atom Heart Mother'.  Weird, man.

Chris.

Nirvana - Unplugged In New York.

Saddest (not in the nineties sense) album I've heard.

/g

    Stoked beyond belief.
    
    Still smarting at the fact that I drove down at the weekend with my new
    7' Semmens board only to find,  well you'll know what it was like last
    weekend.
    
    
    Hoping for more this weekend,  I'm off to the South East Coast to visit
    my home breaks (Praying that he North East swell hits Joss Bay for
    Friday Night!)  (Also praying that I don't wreck this one on the reef
    like I did my last one!)
    
    Laters
    
    Nigel  (aka Ledge - it's a long story)

    ref Unplugged in New York - I have had trouble listening to this album or
    any other Nirvana album since the suicide.(same with the Manics
    recently esp The Holy Bible).
    The two tracks I really like most on Unplugged are Bowies "Man Who Sold The
    World" and the Leadbelly track I find sooooo harrowing,but it is
    brilliant. Sounds like he swallowed a bag of glass and gravel before
    singing this !!!
    
    Ref .202 Is there not a Surfer notes conf as no one seems to be taking
    you up on this stuff !!!!
    
    
    		Beach_bum_Stretch.
    

    When did Richie Manic kill himself?????
    
    
    
    Tim.

>    The two tracks I really like most on Unplugged are Bowies "Man Who Sold The
>    World" and the Leadbelly track I find sooooo harrowing,but it is

It's a pity you're not a 6ft Swedish maiden with a penchant for balding
engineers (at least I assume you're not), we appear to have much the
same tastes.


>    When did Richie Manic kill himself?????

About a year ago.  Presumably he's dead, since he "disappeared" near the
Avon suspension bridge (I think) - a very popular place for taking the
short cut.

Guy

    Re. 202,  I was merely answering euan's note asking if I was a surfer. 
    Which I am.  He asked if I was a surfer because I mentioned a couple of
    Devon (shire)  towns that happed to have surf scenes.
    
    Sorry for any confusion.  
    
    
    P.S. Euan will probably not answer because I live in Reading and
    consequently have no Right to surf his local breaks! 8^)
    
    

Richey James Edwards disappeared 6 months ago, but has not been found dead.  No 
money has been withdrawn from his bank accounts, and no-one has been contacted 
by him, apart from a few possible sightings and phone calls shortly after his 
disappearance.  Very sad.

    Sorry about the surfing rathole ....
    
    Anyway, on the deck today :-
    
    Counting Crows :- August & Everything After
    
    Euan
    
    PS Nigel, I'm not into 'my break' games, don't visit often enough to
    lay any claim to them, you probably go up that way more than I do !

    I lay claim to a rather dangerous sucky 2" in a secret sopt on the
    River Thames,  If I ever catch you there I'll pluck the hair around
    your ears with a monkey wrentch...8^)
    
    Right,  been a while since I posted one here.  Here goes.
    
    Beach Boys... (Not really)
    
    Peter Gabriel 3 was on my turntable (tape deck) earlier today.

    P.S.  I'm Ritchey James Edwards!!
    

    Ref .210
    
    Obviously not the real one or you might be able to spell your own name
    !!!!!!
    
    Ref The Manics.
    
    When the news came out that his car was abandoned at the Severn
    services the only logical conclusion is he jumped (or was he pushed
    !!! oohh I love conspiracies !!!!).
    
    Ref 6ft Swedish Maidens and balding engineers.
    
    I am blondish, 6'5",impeccable musical tastes (!!!),enjoys a beer, or
    10 and finish work at 5:30 (If you engineers still earn enough dosh
    !?!?!?)
    
    		On_the_prowl_Stretch.    
        

    Obviously I wouldn't spell my own name correctly as I've gone
    completely mad and I talk utter gibberish.
    

Hallelujah, case closed.  ::BARKERN's outbursts have been fuelled by insanity.  
I always knew it...

    Err...I don't really have much to say here, I just wanted to say Hi to
    everyone...
    
    mikef

    The reason I was so suprised when you said he'd killed himself, was
    because the last I heard he was alive and well and living ith friends
    in Chicago.
    
    
    Tim.

    ref .215
      Yeah right. And the flat above him is occupied by Lord Lucan and
    Shergar is stabled round the back !!!!!!!
    
    If you believe that the Manics are such a tight knit group his friends
    in the band are doing a bloody good job of covering up. And I am sure
    the Police will have something to say about wasting their time
    
    
                      Stretch.

    Wait and see.
    
    It is fruitful not to comment on matters of which you know nothing.
    
    
    
    Tim.

    Oh so your sources are 100 % on this then Tim. I hope that Richy is
    still alive and kicking, but logic and the few "facts" presented so far
    lead me to believe he did the jump.
    
    		Not_being_cynical_Stretch.
                                          

    My sources are 100% accurate as far as I know.
    
    
    Tim.
    
    (Ever heard of Reggie Perrin???)
    

    
    Tim please bear in mind that I am not having a go at you here....
    
    "As far as you know" implies you have no facts to back it up. How are
    you so sure when the police,media,band members,family etc etc claim to
    have no idea as to his whereabouts ? Come on, we need some more
    details. I am genuinely interested/concerned and would like some
    clarification.
    
    Given the fanatical/hysterical nature of the letters pages in various
    music publications do you really think there would have been no word of
    his location. Even an acknowledgement that he is still alive,as the
    sad (no insult here) fans whose lives virtually revolve around the band
    and the lyrics Richy writes that they whole heartedly empathise,and
    indulge themselves in i.e self mutilation,annorexia etc really need a
    sign. If it has all got too much then he should do the decent thing and
    give it up for him and the family/band/friends/fans(my personal order
    of importance) benefit.
    
    Reggie fortunately was fictional, this unfortunately is not the case
    with Richy.
    
                      Stretch.
    

    I do have certain indications of the truth.
    
    You put me in a fairly difficult position.
    
    One of my brothers' friends' brothers' is a private investigator hired by
    someone very close to Richie.
    
    As far as I know  (I'm going on my brothers word and I can't see why
    he'd tell me lies over something like this)  he was found a few months ago
    in Chicago and wants to be *LEFT ALONE* to sort himself out. 
    
    Now then this may be someone taking the p***, if it is I'd like to say if
    this does not turn out to be true, I'm very sorry, but I'm only repeating
    in good faith what somebody else has said.
    
    
    Tim.

There was fairly large article in the Sunday Times last week, basically giving 
a resume (can't do those pesky accented "e"s) of the situation.  They have 
spoken to the people who were closest to him, including a kind of "girlfriend" 
who only those close-ish to him knew about.  She heard from him once, and a 
friend of hers saw him in Britain not long after his disappearance.  As far as 
she's concerned, he's still missing.  I'm fairly sure that if she knew he was 
okay, she'd say so, as she seemed to be fairly empathetic towards the fans and 
their concern.

Cocteau Twins - "Bluebell Knoll"
Frank Zappa - "Hot Rats"

Well it made the drive to RHC a bit more bearable...

Chris.

    The Adventures - "The Sea of Love"
    Sophie B Hawkins - "Whaler"

>    Sophie B Hawkins - "Whaler"

that's a bit cheery for you innit, Goldy?

Chris.

    Not particularly, no. You accusing me of being a grumpy old goldfish?

    Not you Jane, grumpy ??  never...
    
    Andrea (welcome back by the way..)

>    Not particularly, no. You accusing me of being a grumpy old goldfish?

hullo little goldfish, would you like to see my fish tank, heh heh...

Chris$dirty_old_sod.

    Not if it's as dirty as your workstation monitor.

    Currently on the platter :-
    
    
    Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
    Jollification - Lightning Seeds
    The Great Escape - Blur
    Immigrants, Emigrants (Eddiegrant, Ho Ho !!) - Power of Dreams
    Wild Wood - Paul Weller
    Screamadelica - Primal Scream
    Life - Inspiral Carpets
    and a few singles by - The Charlatans, Intastella, St. Etienne, Oasis,
    Happy Mondays and Northside.
    
    Looks a bit retro really doesn't it. I'm just hankering after my
    college days again, that's all !!
    
    
    Ian.

    Life - The Cardigans
    On - Echobelly
    

    Massive Attack  Protection
    Kendra Smith    promotion release
    Carly Simon     Coming Around Again
    
    cheers,
    		
    	fred deady

Rancid - Out come the wolves
Black Grape


Stuart

    Stuart, not the topic I know but Do-nut is Gary Barlow, AKA the really
    really talented one, up and until a few months ago slightly on the
    tubby side but is now totally gorgeous..
    
    Andrea

    Panesy,
    
    >Rancid - Out come the wolves
    
    Is this the Ska Revivalists from the US of A?
    
    Stuart

    Stuart,
    	More old school punky riff type stuff. I think one of their number
    was in the the u.k subs or some such. They do stray toward ska/reggae
    tinged tunes as well. The last single (cannot remember the name) was
    alright, even though the singer was putting on a very heavy Brit accent
    for that extra punk authenticity.
    
    
    		Stretch.
    
    P.S Where the hell has that surfer got too !?!?!?!?!?!?

    Stretch,
    
    >for that extra punk authenticity.
    
    What? So he gobs at the audience at the same time? Hooligans - Which
    explains why Panesy likes 'em.
    
    Stuart

Stratto,

I'll have less of the abuse..thenk yew.  Rancid do indeed feature ex-UK Sub 
Lars Thingyson. Some of it, is "new wave", but its jaunty , jolly stuff.
The ska style songs are what I always imagined Madness wanted to be like
before they were seduced by a life on the vaudeville circuit.


Stuart

    
    Temple of the dog	-  tribute album thing to Wood (see Mother Love
    		           Bone topic), excellent wallpaper or serious
    			   listening stuff, listenable in any context.
    
    Misfits single	-  great song, pity about the remixed versions 
    			   of Common People on there though (barf!)

Be a girl - The Wannadies
King      - Belly


Gosh...isn't life wonderful.

Stuart
  

    Do u think I ought to listen to King?  That was the last Belly album? I
    got it, but I played it once and haven't touched it since.
    
    
    Hmm
    
    Mikef

Give it another go Mike - it's a grower (but still not quite up to Star for 
sheer pop-classic potential)

g

I have to agree with Mr Ash. I bought it, played it, put it away. It
re-surfaced at the weekend, and I love it.

Stuart

Sparks - `It's a Mael, Mael, Mael, Mael World' (Best Of, in other words)
All About Eve - Scarlett and Other Stories.

Chris.

    re: .240
    
    Spooky. I've got the same two albums on one cassette in my car. The 
    wannadies is going to be in the running for one of my favourites of the
    year. 
    
    Personally, I think 'King' is a better album than 'Star', but I thought
    it was cak when I first heard it.
    
    Off down Our Ponce at lunchtime to try and pick up the Fannies acoustic
    e.p. thingamy.
    
    Andy

    Currently,
    
    	Garbage
    	Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" singles
    	EGG '94 Icelandic trance/ambient from Bad Taste
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    	Time to get this going again.
    
    	Today's tapes are....
    
    	Trainspotting Soundtrack,
    	Ampersand....Mug of Mischief
    	Fugazi.......Thirteen Songs
    	Whiteout.....Bite It
    
    	dickie.

    Black Starliner - new single (cant remember what its called)
    
    Orbital - the Box - new single, quite good, and reasonable value at
    1.99 for 28 minutes.
    
    Underworld - second toughest...  good odd noise album.
    
    EbtG - Walking Wounded.
    
    Mikef

    
    T-power:  police state
    Salt tank: enigma
    fsol:  Papua new guinea
    underworld: long and dark
    nylon moon: sky plus
    
    
    dj I.

    Eurovision 1991, 1993, 1994. Essential listening.
    
    Goldy.

    	Goldy, do you have a list of the 'runners and riders' so to speak?
        I believe Israel and Germany's entries have already been excluded
        (along with 3 other countries efforts) on the basis of quality
    	(good or bad, who is to say?)
    
        18th May, I can't wait!
    
        dickie$eurovision fan.
    
        Hallo everyone in Oslo can we have your scores please...
        

    Unfortunately, I have no information about Eurovision 1996 apart from
    it's in Oslo on 18th May and the UK entry is, for once, quite good.
    I'm waiting for the previews of the other songs at the beginning of
    May.
    
    Goldy.

    
    Ref EuroDross - I assume they are banned due to quality of the product
    		  i.e It is too good!
    
    
    This week I have been mostly listening to.......
    
    Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream - Excellent
                          - Hot Charity
    
    Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year - Very underated IMHO
    
    Tricky - Maxinquaye - Excellent again
    
    Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - Good for clearing the eardrums!
    
    
    Good music in the charts/on MTV/The Box at the moment.........
    
    Tupac + Dr Dre - California Love
    
    The Prodigy - Wind It Up (good to compare with where they are now) 
    
    ""  "  "  " - Out Of Space (ditto above comment)
    
    I mention the two Prod singles as they are all being rereleased and are
    all getting requested on The Box at the moment. Smart!
    
    
    			Stretch.

    Oh Yeah and ...... The Bluetones CD - Cheers Stratto.
    
    
    
                      Stretch(again)

    Ruby "Salt Peter"
    The Innocence Mission "Glow"
    Leftfield "Leftism"
    
    cheers,
    	   fred deady

    
    I have been most taken with a new 12" out now on platypus by terra
    firma, I just don't know what it's called.  It was played on Kiss the
    other night but I only caught the artist's name   :^(
    
    
    
    I.

Sad Kenny's Gothic Compilation Tape has reappeared in my car stereo.  I won't 
do the track listing yet again!  Good for scaring passers by, anyway.

Chris.

    Relish - Joan Osborne LP
    
    And pretty darn good it is too, even though a bit heavy on the
    religious/spiritualist side in the lyrics occasionally.
    
    	Euan                

>    Relish - Joan Osborne LP
    
didn't John Osborne used to sing from Black Sabbath?

Chris.

    >didn't John Osborne used to sing from Black Sabbath?
    
    I thought that was Ozzy Ardiles?
    
    mikef

    
    No, Ozzy Ardiles was the drummer with 'Masters of Reality'...
    
    G.

    So who did Bjorn Borg sing with?
    
    m

    
    ...Ace of Bass, I think...
    
    G

>    ...Ace of Bass, I think...
    
the classic Motorhead song!

Chris.

    re .259
    
    	This isn't one of my many mahny shpelling mishtakes, it is Joan
    Osborne, single 'one of us' released earlier this year being one of the
    tracks on said LP, so now you know you can all slate my musical taste
    yet again !
    
    or worse leave a deafening silence ....
    
    	Euan

    Today, a compilation.
    
    Fanfare.................Eric Matthews
    Lazarus.................Boo Radleys
    Touch me I'm sick.......Mudhoney
    Wreckorder Wrondo.......Mike Oldfield
    Chemical Beats..........Chemical Brothers
    Faster..................Manic Street Preachers
    Everytime you touch me..Moby (from Select Tape)
    Speeed King.............These Animal Men
    You've got to hide etc..Oasis
    Mellow Doubt............Teenage Fanclub
    Bored Games.............Understand
    Sound System............Operation Ivy		

    
    Homemade tape
    
    Wu Tang Clan - Can it be all so simple
    Raekwon - Heaven and hell
    Smif N Wessun - Wrekonize (Steele remix)
    Da Bush Babees - We run things
    KRS One - MCs act like they don't know
    Bomb The Bass - Bug powder dust
    Tricky - Hell is round the corner
    Cypress Hill - Throw your hands in the air
    The Pharcyde - Drop
    Black Sheep - Without a doubt (Salaam mix)
    Vicious - Nika
    Boo Yaa Tribe - Death row Kalifornia
    
    
    Christophe

    I like the listing! Not enough rap representation in here.
    
    
    			Stretch.

    
    Oh no.  Does this mean we have to start sucking our teeth, hangin' wit'
    the homeys and wearing our clothes back to front now?
    
    
    
    I.

    Or putting our Glocks in peoples faces prior to smokin' them fools?? I
    do rather hope so!!
    
    
    			Stretch.

    Jagged Little pill - Alanis Morrisette
    All Change - Cast
    The "latest" Carpenters album - Can't remember the name but it's pretty
    good.
    
    Andrea

    I'm wearing my underpants back to front if that helps?
    
    m

    >Or putting our Glocks in peoples faces prior to smokin' them fools?? I
    >do rather hope so!!
    
    Yo, business as usual, you know what I'm saying?
    
    Christophe
    
    PS I recently realised that expressions such as 'dead presidents' or 
       'queen's head' (depending on where the group's from) were not referring 
       to murdering or beheading but just money. So much for the true rap fan.  
       

    
    I was kicking it down with the rude boy massive last night if that
    helps anyone.......
    
    
    I.

    >the rude boy massive
    
    Does Stuart know that you call him this?
    
    m
    

    
    Probably not.
    
    
    
    
    I.

    		
    	Up In Downsville - ACR
    	Gorgeous	 - 808 State
    	Solid Gold	 - Ashley & Jackson	
    

    
    Various Artists......A&M Easy Listening Moods
    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.....Down Mexico Way
    Slayer.....Reign in Blood
    
    dickie.

Listening to the Lush/Macc Lads tape today.  Okay, strange combination, I 
know, but both bands drink an awful lot.

Chris.

Reloaded the autochanger last night. For the next few days, I will be
listening to...

Up The Shirkers - The Tansads
Ordinary World  - Duran Duran
Snivilization   - Orbital
456             - The Grid
Deep Forest     - Deep Forest
Night Cap       - Jethro Tull
Happy Nation    - Ace Of Bass
Boheme          - Deep Forest
Memory Of Trees - Enya
Planet Drum     - Mickey Hart

    >Ace of Bass
    
    Are you totally sure you wanted to share that?
    
    m

I know, I know. Cue Balders dying of acute embarassment. I'm not quite
sure why it is there, but sadly it is.

Balders$shamed

  Some time ago I got an old mate ( Piers Letcher ), to knock me up
  a compilation tape. Pretty top stuff it was too - Throwing Muses/Pixies/
  Goodbye Mr Mckenzie and loads more. Unfortunately I lent it to some git
  who didn't return it.

  A couple of weeks ago I met up with Piers and made him make me another 
  copy, but this time he was under strict instructions to remove whiney
  Michael Stipe and his cohorts, and replace their god-awful caterwauling 
  with The Only Ones ( "Another Girl, Another Planet "). This musical
  masterpiece was "gently" playing as a bounced into the Brown Lubianka
  ( Enterprise House ) this morning. So it may be winter outside, but
  in my heart its spring.

  Lets rawk,

  Stuart

    Bit of a Neil Young fest this morning. Currently have Harvest, Harvest
    Moon, Arc and Weld in the CD player. After Harvest, NY said that he
    found himself firmly in the middle of the road, and so he headed
    straight for the ditch. Personally, I think he sounds better from the
    ditch; dirtier and more grungey. 
    
    It makes me chuckle when I listen to "Heart of Gold" or "Harvest" or
    "The Needle and the Damage Done" against some of the 'noise' off his
    later albums.
    
    Balders 

    
    Hawkwind    - Electric Teepee
    Various     - Feed Your Head 2
    Jack Frost  - Snow Job
    Peter Koppes
    & The Well  - Water Rites
    Stone Roses - Second Coming
    Neil Young  - Live Rust
    
    tracks for the day are definitely 'Cousin/Angel' from Snow Job and
    'Powderfinger' from Live Rust.
    
    Graham$playing_with_his_new_Cd_player! 
                              

    
    The "feed your head" series is very good.
    
    
    This week I have been mostly listening to:
    
    FSOL - Accelerator
    Orbital - Insides out
    Terra Ferma - Floating
    
    
    I.

    Last week I was mainly listening to:
    
    Dubnology - compilation of dubby ambient vibes
    new Everything but the girl cd.
    Miles Davis - last concert in Avignon
    
    mikef

    FSOL - Lifeform
    Aphex Twin - Collected something-or-other Vol II
    
    Phil Gill.

I have been mainly entertaining myself with...

System 7 - 777
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
The Orb - UFOrb
Sugar - Copper Blue
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Neil Young - Arc and Weld
Chris Franke - Babylon 5 Soundtrack (I've borrowed this one. Damn good music
               for driving too. Let's pretend our car is a Starfury, bzzztt,
               powww, blam, blam, BLAAAM!)
Vaughn-Williams - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending,
		  Fantasia on Greensleeves, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
		  (blissful in traffic jams)

Balders

    This week, albums by....
    
    Ben Folds Five
    Ash
    Shed Seven
    PWEI (sniff :^( )
    Mike Oldfield (in anticipation!)
    Strings for Pleasure

    This week.....
    
    The Cure - Wish
    Echobelly - On
    The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
    Dodgy - Homegrown
    Various - Cream
    
    
    Ian.

    A few compilations currently spinning:
    
    VV.AA - "Some Other Guys" (60s Merseybeat, e.g, Searchers, Undertakers,
    									etc.)
    VV.AA - "L.A. Happening" (Northern Soul)
    VV.AA - "More Gumbo Stew" (New Orleans R&B)
    
    Dom

    
    Rediscovering my CD's :-
    
    Grateful Dead - In the Dark
    Pixies	  - Doolittle
    Orb	    	  - UfOrb
    MC5		  - High Time
    The Church	  - Priest=Aura
    Jack Frost	  - Snow Job    (latest favourite album)
    
    Graham

    At the moment I am listening to...
    
    A Maximum High.....Shed Seven, very Smithsy in parts, lots of energy.
    Everything Must Go...Manics, very good, some nice bits of 'arpin'.
    Super Furry Animals...Fuzzy Logic, mad as hell, brilliant, wierd, etc.
    Metallica...Until it Sleeps, the new single, metal as f', with a remix
    by Moby.
    Ben Folds Five
    Ash
    Stevie Wonder.
    
    dickie.

    No sleep till Hammersmith - Motorhead 
    
    My stereo has since exploded.
    
    Andy

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays.

Just the weather for it.

Stuart

    Mo Roots - Maceo Parker
    Body Exit Mind - New Fast Automatic Daffodils
    Psychic Karaoke - Transglobal Underground
    Light User Syndrome - The Fall.
    
    Not on my play list today - any song which involves or mentions
    football.  In fact, these songs are off my playlist for all of June. 
    Apart from the Primal Scream single maybe.
    
    Mikef

    
    Barbed Wire & Kisses       - JAMC  (only lasted about a minute - too
                                        loud first thin in the morning!)
    RCD6? (Timothy Leary,
     Syd Barrett, De La Soul,
     Julian Cope, Orb etc )    - Various
    Jack Frost                 - Jack Frost
    Seven Turns                - Allman Brothers
    Nobody's Perfect           - Deep Purple
    Almost Pure                - Crystal Set
    
    Graham              

    Lush - Lovelife
    Scud Mountain Boys - Massachussetts
    EBTG - Walking Wounded
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    today...
    
    The Future is Medium....Compulsion
    
    Tatva(?)................Kula Shaker (the one that sort of goes 'Ginger
    Baker, Baker, Baker, Topol')
    Where It's At...........Beck
    England's Irie..........Black Grape
    So Watcha Want..........Beastie Boys
    
    dickie.

    
    oh, almost forgot :-
    
    In the tape player is the NME tape from a few weeks back, the one that
    starts of with an out-take from the 'Ogdens Nut Gone Flake' sessions...
    
    G.

    Would that be the Ocean "thanks for the added credibility, Mr Weller"
    Colour Scene one? 
    
    
    				Stretch.

    A bit of a mixed bag this week...
    
    Jethro Tull  - The Beacons Bottom Recordings, a selection of classic
    		   Tull tracks re-interpreted.
    Capercaillie - Capercaille. Produced by Will Mowatt, this is a
                   selection of funked about scottish roots music.
    Aimee Mann	 - Whatever
    The Grid     - 456
    Chris Franke - Babylon 5 soundtrack. Daaa Daa Da Da Daaa. Leads to bad
    		   driving habits as I manoeuver my Starfury, oopps, Rover 
    		   through Leeds traffic.
    Carter USM	 - 18-30
    Deep Forest  - Boheme
    Sugar        - Copper Blue
    Runrig       - The Highland Connection
    Ozrics	 - Pungent Effulgent
    
    Balders
    

    Whereas next you week you will be listening to....
    
    
    ...whatever you are told you can listen to!
    
    
    m

    Hahahahahahaha.
    
    Balders

    
    Better dust off those Val Doonican and Acker Bilk CDs Balders.....
    
    
    
    I.

    Wow, the thought of having Denny O'Rafferty's Motor Car in glorious
    digital. Or Delaney's Donkey. Swwooooonnn.
    
    Balders

    

 >>   Would that be the Ocean "thanks for the added credibility, Mr Weller"
 >>   Colour Scene one? 
    
  it may be, although I thought it was Supergrass - I'll check the Tape
    label tonite (if I remeber).
    
    
    Graham
    

    Sorry Graham, I think you are right on that one. I just wanted to have
    a pop at OCS!
    
    			
    			Stretch.

    I LIKE THEM!!
    
    Andrea

    who Supergrass or OCS ?
    
    G.

    Both really, but preference at the moment for OCS - that may change in
    Aug when I see Supergrass..
    
    Andrea

    At least Supergrass don't drag some old fuddy duddy up on stage to boost
    their kudos!!!
    
    
    
                   Stretch.

    I think OCS have all the boosting they need from the Gallagher
    brothers.....
    
    Andrea

    
    The Gallagher brothers?  wow!  accomplished musicians with real
    integrity, what an endorsment!
    
    
    I.

    I think I missed something here, but I'll but in anyway...  Didn't
    members of OCS back Paul Weller for a while, so it's no surprise that
    Paul should be seen with them.
    
    tmp

    
    Sometime Anywhere            - The Church (Last LP and ltd. ed. mini LP
    Somewhere Else               - The Church  for continuity with .....)
    Magician Among the Spirits   - The Church (The New LP ! Awesome stuff...)
    Last Train To Lhasa (disc 3) - Banco De Gaia (Live one not out yet)
    Almost Pure                  - Crystal Set
    Become The Other             - Ozric Tentacles
    
    Graham

    Wild Mood Swings	- Cure
    Between 1 and 9	- Patty Rothberg
    I Shot Andy Warhol	- VA sound track
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    
    In Sides - Orbital
    Flux Trax 2 - Various
    Walking Wounded - EBTG
    
    
    I.

    Steely Dan - Remastered (Best Of).
    
    Never been too sure of Steely Dan, although I have always liked Donald
    Fagens solo lp 'Nightfly'.  I found this Best Of Cd in Woolies
    yesterday for �4.99, so gave it a whirl.  
    
    Its actually not bad, and I'm surprised how many of the songs I knew
    already.  I'm not normally a fan of this 'calm' style of tune, but this
    is OK.
    
    Underworld - Born Slippy.
    Cure - Faith.
    
    m
    

    re.320
    
    Never had you down as the 'This is for all you truckers out there'
    Quiet FM type Mike. ;)
    
    dickie.
    
    This week...
    
    Odelay		Beck
    Cure For Sanity     PWEI
    Paul's Boutique     Beastie Boys
    Load 		Metallica
    Fuzzy Logic		Super Furry Animals
    
    
    

    re-1, no, me neither.  I think Steely Dan have a little more
    street-cred than most tho, they make good use use of jazzy
    influences and interesting turns of musical phrase.  I think the NME
    gave this album a good review also.
    
    Am I convincing anyone?                                      
    
    mikef

    
    I'm already convinced ! I recently lent my Steely Dan 'collection' (4
    or 5 albums) to a friend who has just realised that Steely Dan and
    Steeleye Span are not the same thing ! So far I think he's impressed...
    
    G.

    Today:
    
    Tell Me On A Sunday - Marti Webb
    Evita - Original London Cast Recording (Elaine Paige, David Essex and
    Joss Ackland)
    
    Goldy.

    Dream Warriors - "This is where it all starts" (I think)
    Soul Coughing - "Irrestible Bliss"
    Porno for Pyros - "Good Gods Urge"
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    I've got Tell me on a Sunday, well it's on the Song and Dance
    soundtrack which also contains Take That Look off your face, and very
    good it is too...
    
    Andrea

    I saw Tell Me On A Sunday/Song and Dance when it was on at the
    Shaftesbury Theatre years ago, it was my 21st birthday I think.
    Excellent performances from Marti Webb and Wayne Sleep, and a audience
    packed full of famous people. There's a note in this conference (or the
    London conference) that listed them all. 
    
    Goldy.

    Today!
    
    Delgados............Under Cover, Under Wraps.
    Lionrock............Fire up the Shoeshaw.
    Various.............Girls in the Garage.
    Various.............Pebbles Vol.18.
    Atari Teenage Riot..If The Kids Are United.
    Apollo 440..........Krupa.
    
    dickie.
    

    OH NO...last night I listened to a Steve Hillage album...
    
    Steve Hillage - Open.
    
    What can I do to make amends?
    
    mikef

    Mike, listen to a bit of Henry Cow instead, that'll teach you.
    
    dickie.

    The platters that matter on the capstans of plastic this week!
    
    Ash.........................1977
    Killing Fields..............Mike Oldfield
    The Future is Medium........Compulsion
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond..Pink Floyd
    Jagged Little Pill..........Alanis Morrisette (If I don't like it this
    time, I'll burn it, that'll learn her.)
    Various.....................Renegade SoundWave
    Fuzzy Logic.................Super Furry Animals
    Dixie Narco EP..............Primal Scream
    
    dickie.r.
    
    

    On the multidisc in-car this week....
    
    Black Crowes..........Amorica
    Jeff Healey...........Cover to Cover
    Hawkwind..............The Business Trip
    The Pogues
    John Mayall...........Spinning Coin
    Ocean Colour Scene....errr, can't remember this one (Riverboat song,,etc)
    Eno, Moebius,
      Roedelius & Planck..Begegnungen
    Dave Hole.............Short Fuse Blues
    Skid Row
         + one other that must be crap as I can't remember it....
    
    Cheers,
    Barry.

    Today.....
    
    Jake Slazenger......Das Ist Ein Groovy Beat Ja?
    Boo Radleys.........What's in the Box?
    Spice Girls.........Wannabe (just joshing folks!)
    Progeny.............Shamen
    Islands.............Mike Oldfield (he was awarded a gold disc for this
    *last week*)
    Charlatans..........The Charlatans (Rob Collins, RIP)
    
    dickie.
    
    PS I'm having difficulty hearing any of these records over the noise of
    my new fan (scratching that name off is causing a bit of a problem as
    well). ;^)
    

    Hmmmm......I miss my fan.
    
    A gold disk last week?  wow...
    
    
    mikef
    

    Wild Mood Swings   - The Cure
    Joyride	       - Lida Husik
    Iressistable Bliss - Soul Coughing
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

Copper Blue - Sugar
The Gin Blossoms - a bit of ye-har on the way in.

Stuart

    
    Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith
    Blue Nile- Peace at Last
    Dead Man Walking Soundtrack
    Dead can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
    Elvis - Complete Sun Sessions
    
    Des.

    
    Imperial Teen - Seasick
    Ash - 1977
    Number One Cup - Possum Trot
    Animals That Swim - 
     
    

    Magnapop	- Rubbing Doesn't Help
    The Cure	- Wild Mood Swings
    Bjork	- Debut
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

Born to Quit - The Smoking Popes 
Prozaic      - Honeycrack

Stuart

    
    White Light, White Heat	- VU
    Show Of Hands (Live) 	- Rush
    Bohemia			- Mae Moore
    Magician Among The Spirits	- The Church
    Cheryl - A Rock Opera	- John Otway/Atilla The Stockbroker
    Seven Turns			- Allman Brothers
    
    6 track Demo tape		- Spin
    
    

    Just found an old tape that starts with The Dead Kennedys then goes
    into Mantronix, Cocteau Twins and currently Spear of Destiny. Weird
    variety that I cannot remeber recording. Goodness knows whats next on
    the tape.
    
    
    			Stretch.

    >Born to Quit - The Smoking Popes
    
    Awesome! 
    
    *****

    Nusrat Fateh ali Khan - Devotional Songs (very good!)
    Dexter Gordon - GO
    
    
    mikef

    Everything must go - Manic Street Preachers - only bought it yesterday
    so not sure yet.
    
    Mosley Shoales - OCS  - excellent
    
    Freedom - Robbie Williams - get drunk and jump around the room to this
    one!@!!
    
    Andrea

    Spelt the OCS album wrong - I know but I can never remember how it
    goes.
    
    Andrea

    That tape I found yesterday gets weirder:- The Untouchables, Gary Numan
    (I've no shame Andrea), Balaam and the Angel, The Go-Go's, MalcolmX ?!?!
    David Bowie, Jason and the Scorchers. Strange mixture indeed!!
    
    
    
    
    			Stretch.

    The Untouchables!  I recently found my copy of their single - 'Free
    Yourself', good boogie stuff!  Remember their appearance in Repoman?
    
    mikef
    

    re Gary Newman  - I think I remember some of his stuff -Cars  being the
    main one but there is another famous one n'est-ce pas??
    
    Andrea$getting in training for next week

    I saw the Untouchables at the uni when "Free Yourself" was in the
    charts. I seem to remember it being a good laff. 
    I have Repoman on tape but cannot picture them in it (mind you I am    
    normally pretty trashed by the time I decide to watch that film so......)  
    
    
    			Stretch.
                                          
    BTW The track on the tape is "I spy for the FBI". 

    God chefs is slow today!
    
    Cars, Are friends electric, I die you die and This wreckage are a few early
    Numan singles (I will not embaress myself by listing any further)
    
    
    
                         Stretch.

    Ahh..I think that track was the B side.
    
    They played the sons of a woman whose car they were tryign to
    re-posess.  big heavy looking guys.  
    
    Gary Numan - Down in the Park?  (down in the park where the madmen
    meet, the machines are playing kill by numbers...).  I die, you die? 
    dream of wires?  Is this how you land a plane?
    
    mikef
    

    Is a song about she's got claws or something by him as well??
    
    Andrea$think I might find the beer tent in after he's sung cars!!!

    Yup - She's got claws.  From his 'funk' period I think.  
    
    Find the beer tent before he comes on, then you will probably enjoy
    him.
    
    Mikef

    Today, the re-aligned iron filings present...
    
    A compilation to get me in the mood for seeing Oasis on Saturday....
    
    Taxman
    Rain
    A Day in the Life.............Beatles
    Leave Home
    Chemical Beats
    Life is Sweet.................Chemical Brothers
    Riverboat Song
    You Got it Bad
    The Day We Caught The Train...Ocean Colour Scene
    You Love Us!
    Faster
    Motorcycle Emptiness..........Manic Street Preachers
    Their Law (w/PWEI)
    Firestarter (Empirion)
    Poison........................Prodigy
    The Masterplan
    Rockin' Chair
    Half the World Away...........Oasis
    
    dickie.

    
    Hey, quit slagging Gary Numan ! Tubeway Army were superb, all those
    synths, monotone voice, weird lyrics - I loved it then and still do....
    
    The Untouchables 'I spy for the FBI' was re-recorded as 'I spy for the
    DTI' and was used as an anthem by 'Laser 558' (before they were boarded
    and shut down). Come to think of it they were the last really decent
    Radio station I can remember listening to...
    
    The demo tape by Spin which I've been listening to is great, watch out
    for them. If there's any justice at all in the Music Biz then they're
    going to be big, it's even made me consider an alternative career as
    manager, if I can just persuade the Guitarist that he can't play
    guitar, write the songs _and_ manage the band all on his own.
    
    Graham

    I agree..until he started wearing a trilby and playing fretless bass...
    
    m

    re .355
    
    and dont forget to take a good book for when you are sitting in the
    traffic jam....or are you flying in on your private helicopter?  
    
    remember to take your comedy eyebrows also!
    
    ,mikef
    

    re.356
    
    Graham,
    
    I think the first problem this band are going to have is with their
    name, there are quite a few 'Spin's around, and one quite popular
    'Sp!n' who only disbanded a few years ago (to reform as Gene, fact
    fans). Vent, who I always seem to go on about, had recently to rename
    themselves 'Vent 414' due to the large numbers of Vent's around. Local
    Reading band, Bennet, were Meanwhile, then Cooper, then Bennet because
    of more established bands with the same name.
    
    dickie. 

    
    Ta Dickie, I'll pass that info. on. It shouldn't cause them too many
    problems though, as they're pretty fresh and haven't built up a
    reputation as yet. 
    
    G.

    The track I was listening to was around the 'Beserker' period (pretty
    duff) called 'Your fascination' (white label club mix...christ i'm
    sad!). I thought some of the singles in the white-boy-funk era were ok
    i.e Music for Chameleons.
    
    
    
    			Stretch.
    		 

    re. .349 Gary Newman
    
    I think the other Newman song you're thinking of was "I love L.A."
    
    
    "Sweet Relief II Songs of Vic Chestnutt" 	- Various Artists
    "Lovelife"		- Lush
    "Bjork"		- Debut   It's still great..
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    
    
    
    Tortoise          - Along the banks of rivers
    Sparklehorse      - Hammering the cramps
    Chokebore         - Weightless
    Stabbing Westward - What do I have to do
    Marilyn Manson    - Sweet dreams
    Scud Mountain Boys- Penthouse in the woods
    Golden Smog       - Glad and sorry
    Jonny Polonsky    - Half mind
    
    

    Alice in Chains - Unplugged
    
    Unplugged is a sort of contradiction in terms for Alice in Chains but
    this is lovely with a great version of "Down in the Hole".
    
    Buy now while stocks last.
    
    Dave WOOD

    REM - Automatic for the People
    Mike Oldfield - Incantations
    Runrig - Searchlight
    The Levellers - A Weapon Called the Word
    Al Di Meola - Tour De Force (Live)
    Various - Until the End of the World soundtrack
    Fairport Convention - In Real Time
    Mary Coughlan - Uncertain Pleasures
    GTR - GTR
    Christy Moore - Smoke and Strong Whiskey
    
    Balders

The Fugees... I kid you not.

Ice-D-Cream Bun

    
>> The Fugees... I kid you not.
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    Stuart, is this the title or a comment ? 
    
    Graham 
    
    

    re.365
    
    "Mike Oldfield - Incantations", wow, I was listening to this just last
    night!
    
    Today, I have mostly been listening to
    
    Prodigy	   Music For The Jilted Generation
    Ash		   1977
    Primal Scream  Ma ain compilation
    XTC		   Fossil Fuel (fantastic compilation of singles etc, from
    		   the wurld champions of POP!)
    Mike Oldfield  Space Movie Soundtrack
    
    dickie.
    

<<< Note 1300.367 by WOTVAX::STONEG "Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland...." >>>

    
>>> The Fugees... I kid you not.
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
>    Stuart, is this the title or a comment ? 
    
>    Graham 
    
     Arf.... its a comment.


     Mc Mixmaster Stuey   

    Is the Ash CD any good then??  I picked that up in HMV 2 for �22 quid
    offer and then decided that I wasn't sure.  I like the singles.. and
    I'm sure I'll like the album but I just don't know!!
    
    
    Andrea

    Ash, mmmm,
    The album has it's moments but it really depends where you're coming
    from musically. I like to listen to hardcore sometimes and bits of the
    album appeal to me from that point of view, but, I like a nice tune
    sometimes and the singles are excellent (Kung Fu, sits somewhere nicely
    between the 2). If you like the singles then you'll probably like 70%
    of the album, or something.
    
    dickie.

    The Evening Session, compilation double CD.
    
    	Don't normally buy compilation CD's as they come across a bit
    disjointed rather than one artist's 40-60 minutes but this one is
    excellent.
    
    	Euan

    Jazzmataz vol 1 - Guru and friends
    Red Hot and Cool - various Jazz/hip hop stylee
    Zen Kiss - Sheila Chandra
    Live at Glasters - Banco de Gaia
    
    Mikef

    
    >>> Live at Glasters - Banco de Gaia
    
    ...damn, I knew there was something I was supposed to do at the w/e.
    
    What's it like Mike, any phot's with it ?
    
    g.

    One blurry photo in the middle, and a bunch of writing.
    
    Its ok, quite nice, but doesn't add much to the original versions.  I
    find the  sound quality a little 'tinny' also.  Of course, if you were
    there, just go out and get it...
    
    It was my treat to myself for reaching last weekend in one piece!
    
    mikef 

    
    From what I've read of this, it was effectively a recording taken
    straight from the desk - before being mixed for the PA - so it will
    presumably have been mixed afterwards by the sound engineer who taped it;
    
    There was plenty of bass in the tent when it was recorded ! 
    
    
    G.

    On Wax Cylinder Today....
    
    Vent (the, as yet, unreleased album)
    Fairport Convention   Open the Door Richard
    ATR			  Atari Teenage Riot
    Prodigy		  Smack My Bitch Up.}
    Prodigy	          Funky Shit        } From Knebworth Bootleg
    Prodigy		  Their Law         }
    PWEI		  F**k
    PWEI		  100%
    Tiger		  Race
    Tiger		  Shining in the Wood
    
    dickie.
    

    Currently transferring data at high speed on the old Mitsumi Quad-Speed
    today is...
    
    Ozric Tentacles 	  Pungent Effulgent
    Twelfth Night	  Collectors Item
    Mike Oldfield	  Amarok
    Various		  Music from the Lonely Planet
    
    Music for technical supporters.

    This Weeks Platters That Matter!
    
    Mike Oldfield	  Voyager
    Ben Folds Five	  Ben Folds Five (brilliant at Reading)
    Stone Roses		  Stone Roses (not so brilliant at Reading)
    Kraftwerk		  Man Machine
    Jamiroquoi		  Sampler from the new album
    Vent		  Sampler from the new album (OK at Reading)
    Prodigy	          Music for the Jilted Generation (supurb at
    			  Reading)
    
    dickie$only got damp during Billy Bragg (who was great)

    OMD - Walking on the Milky Way
    The Divine Comedy - Becoming More Like Alfie
    My Life Story - Twelve Reasons Why (I Love Her)
    
    Goldy.

    That Divine Comedy track is great!  Have you got the album?
    
    mikef

    Not yet. "Something for the Weekend" was good, so is "Becoming More
    Like Alfie", even the B-side ("Daddy's Car") is okayish. I want the
    album but am concerned that the best tracks have been released as
    singles! Besides, I've got no money!
    
    Goldy.

    Goldy.
    
    You're spot on. I listened to the album last night, and quite frankly
    it's a bit of a shocker past the first two tracks.
    
    dickie.

    Thanks for that, Dickie. Saves me going overdrawn!
    
    Just found out that Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy is only 24! 
    Argh. I'm getting old. It's horrible when you realise that so many of
    "today's" pop stars are younger than me!
    
    There's a Divine Comedy webpage that looks quite good:
    
    	http://lipstat.alcd.soton.ac.uk/~prbt/europop/
    
    Goldy.

    Most people in the world are younger then me...
    
    m 

    I don't know Mike, Mr Oldfield's 43 and he still gets highlights,
    smothers himself in marmite and cavorts semi naked on cliff tops.
    
    dickie.

    Good point...think I know how I will spend my afternoon!  I may have to
    stop off at Safeways and get some extra marmite, coz theres a lot of me
    to cover...
    
    mikef
    
    
    

    There's quite a lot of Mike Oldfield to cover as well. Don't forget the
    celtic knot armband tatoo, the silver celtic cross and towel.
    
    Balders

    Still largely in compilation mode (and still pre-1965):
    
    VV.AA - This Is Merseybeat (includes tracks by Rory Storm & the
    Hurricanes, Faron's Flamingos and other seminal Liverpudlian beat 
    combos -))
    
    VV.AA - Dapper Cats & Cool Guitars (fifties R&B from the Johnny Otis
    stable)
    
    Dom

    OMD - The Best of OMD
    Marc Almond/Soft Cell - Memorabilia (Best of MA/SC)
    
    Goldy.

    Frank Black - Frank Black  
    
    Purchased only yesterday, in perfect condition, from a Car Boot sale
    for the price of just 75p. Tape du jour? Possibly. Bargain du jour?
    Definitely.
    
    Andy

>   <<< Note 1300.384 by VAXCAT::GOLDY "Everybody knows that no means yes" >>>

>    There's a Divine Comedy webpage that looks quite good:
>    
>    	http://lipstat.alcd.soton.ac.uk/~prbt/europop/
    
Hi Goldy,

Are you sure this is right? I'm getting DNS lookup error, the host probably 
doesn't exist.

grahame

    Grahame,
    
    I'm not perfect, I may have typed the url incorrectly! I'll check and
    repost.
    
    Cheers,
    Goldy.

    Today, quite unintentionally I may add, I have the theme from "Oh!
    Doctor Beeching" playing in my head, seemingly looped.
    
    dickie.going mad
    

    Oh Dr Beeching, what have you done?
    There once were lots of trains to catch
    And soon there will be done
    I'll have to buy a bike cos I can't afford a car
    Oh Dr Beeching, what a naughty man you are!
    
    Or words to that effect.
    
    Goldy.

    Sorry, Dickie, couldn't resist. Now *I've* got the tune looping in my
    head too. Serves me right.
    
    Goldy.

    Re .392
    
    Grahame,
    
    The correct URL for the Divine Comedy is:
    
    	http://lispstat.alcd.soton.ac.uk/europop/
    
    Cheers,
    Goldy.

    Joy Division - Closer
    Mike Oldfield - Hergest ridge
    
    mikef

Garbage 
Bob Mould

Top stuff for post-lager ennui.

Stuart

    Pour adjourd'hui et demain...
    
    ABBA songs in various languages: Swedish, French, German and Spanish.
    Much more enjoyable when the words are not easily understandable
    although I did find the foreign words on the World Wide Wibble Wobble
    and can learn to sing along in another language... as long as no-one is
    listening!
    
    Goldy.

    Space -spiders.  A truly top album - very easy listening.
    
    Andrea

    Steeleye Span   - Parcel of Rogues
    Joan Osborne    - Relish
    Deep Forest     - Boheme
    Vaughn-Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis/Fantasia on
    		      Greensleeves/The Lark Ascending/Five Variants of
    		      Dives and Lazarus
    Peter Gabriel   - Us
    
    An eclectic selection, and all available on my 12x CD-Rom...
    
    Balders

    
    Beastie Boys Day!
    
    Beastie Boys	Some Old Bullshit
    			License to Ill
    			Paul Boutique
    			Check Your Head
    			Ill Communication
    
    dickie.
    
    q:^' >o
    
    PS Cute animals desk calender 1997 for the 1st person to reply in here.

    No tape/CD du jour as yet, I haven't switched on the hi-fi!
    
    Goldy.
    
    PS: Do I get the calendar then?

    Yes, what's your mail stop in REO?
    
    dickie.

    Jane Whitehead @REO D1/H
    
    I love cute furry animals!
    
    Goldy.

    
               I love cute furry animals!	|	Richard

    I prefer Super Furry Animals!
    
    	
    
    
    			Stretch.

    At last, a tape du jour that I'll admit to.
    
    Welcome to the Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt.  I really like it.  They're
    classed as ska/grunge but I believe they've gone a bit beyond that now. 
    The singer (Gwen Stefani) could be a Spice Girl's older sister. 
    Apparently they're really popular in America but yet to make much of an
    impact over here.
    
    /tmp

    Aujourd'hui: Thank You for the Music - ABBA. The 4-CD box set with over
    60 songs on (and nearly all of them wonderful). The complete running
    time is over 3 hours so I'm on my second listen today.
    
    Goldy.

    Stuff I'm listening to at the moment:
    
    George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (Mainly Rhapsody in Blue)
    
    Space - bought the album for my sis for crimbo
    
    Stevie Wonder - I taped this concert off BBC2 last december it's
                    called A Night Of Wonder and it's live - cool !!
    
    Charlatans - Just Looking, another tape off the box, it's from Later -
                 With Jools Holland, other stuff on it include :-
    		 Elastica, Bluetones, Radiohead, Blur, Noel Gallagher,
                 Paul Weller, McAlmont & Butler, Super Furry Animals.
    
    
    
    						Scott H.

    Well I don't feel so embarrassed about putting .436 in now :-)
    
    I can imagine this might have a similar impact to Extreme's More Than
    Words, where people bought the album thinking it'd be really nice
    ballads and turned out to be a bit heavy :-)  Well be warned that Don't
    Speak is the ballad on the album, the rest is a bit noisy ;-)
    
    /tmp

    ARe you referring to the Space album ??
    
    
    I've not looked at the cd cover, I've just been playing it a bit
    and it seems quite poppy !!
    
    
    
    							Scott

    Of course, that's what I've been listening to round the house.
    
    I don't get the chance to listen to any decent music in my car, cos the
    radio in it can only pick up one local MW station and it's all stuff
    like Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton etc, but on a saturday they have
    bagpipes and stuff !!!
    
    
    
    						Scott

    It wasn't Space I was listening to, it was the Dodgy cd that I bought
    my sis for Crimbo. What a twat I am !!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    						Scott_fool

    A creaky old compilation...
    
    Happyhead		Digital Love Thing
    25th May		Answer Back
    Eskimoes & Egypt	Fall From Grace
    Consolidated	You Suck
    Rage Against etc..	Killing in the Name
    Meat Beat Manifesto Mindstream
    Shamen		Jesus Loves Amerika
    Finitribe		Ace Love Deuce
    Depeche Mode        ? Renegade Soundwave Remix
    Pop Will Eat Itself Urban Futuristic
    House of Pain	Jump Around
    Galliano		Me, My Mike, My Lyrics
    25th May		Crackdown
    Jesus Jones		The Devil You Know
    Stereo MCs		Ground Level
    EMF			They're Here
    Eskimoes & Egypt    Don't U Do It
    Primal Scream	Higher Than The Sun (Orb)
    Happy Mondays	WFL
    Orb			Blue Room (Edit)
    Inspiral Carpets	Generations
    Jesus Jones		The Right Decisions
    
    dickie (feeling old)

    Well, I've gone all real-ale-open-toed-sandle-finger-in-the-ear-ish
    this week:
    
    Ewan MacColl	The Shoals Of Herring
    The Dubliners	The Mason's Apron
    Sweeney's Men	Rattlin' Roarin' Willy
    Morris On Band	Greensleeves
    John Martyn		Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Ghearbhaill
    Davey Graham	Angi
    Davey Graham	Better Git It In Your Soul
    Bert Jansch		Veronica
    John Renbourn	Waltz
    Pentangle		Light Flight
    Martin Carthy	Scarborough Fair
    Pentangle		Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
    Fairport Convention	Nottamun Town
    Traffic		John Barleycorn
    Steeleye Span	The Weaver And The Factory Maid
    Steve Ashley	The Spirit Of Christmas
    Richard Thompson	The Shame Of Doing Wrong
    Dick Gaughan	Both Sides The Tweed
    The Oyster Band	Bells Of Rhymney
    Four Men And A Dog	Another Irish Rover
    Energy Orchard	The Star Of The Country Down
    Lal Waterson and	Phoebe
    Oliver Knight
    
    Sorry
    Balders

    Today I am mainly listening to the tape I made for my girlfriend when
    she drove up to Anfield with a friend to watch Liverpool.
    
    'The Steve McManaman Fan Club Tape'
    
    Reef	   		Place Your Hands
    Spice Girls			Say You'll Be There
    Beck			Where Its At  
    Charlatans			Just When You're Thinking Things Over
    Jamiroquoi			Virtual Insanity
    Oasis			You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
    Vent			Fixer
    Paul Weller			Wild Wood (Portishead Remix)
    Prodigy			Breathe
    George Michael		Freedom 90
    The Wonder Stuff		Room 512, All The News Thats Fit To Print
    Engleburt Humperdinck	Quando, Quando
    Kriss Kross			Jump!
    Manic Street Preachers	Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
    Oasis			Live Forever (Demo)
    Mega City Four		Iron Sky
    Buffalo Tom			Taillights Fade
    Beastie Boys		So Whatcha Want?
    Radiohead			Just
    The Wonder Stuff		Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
    Supergrass			Mansize Rooster
    Spice Girls			Who Do You Think You Are?
    The Sandpipers		Quantanamera
    Blur	       		This is a Low
    
    
    dickie.

Dickie,

Have you read Nick Hornby's High Fidelity?

And thanks for the match report!

grahame

    I have indeed read High Fidelty, I'm not entirely sure about it, my
    Girlfriend has insinuated that I am a little like the main character,
    which I'm not sure if I should be happy/unhappy about.
    
    dickie.

    I thought all men were like the main character !
    
    Kirsty

    I think I've just been slandered without understanding the slur!
    
    
    
    				Stretch.

    Naahhhh, the main character isn't so bad...  he does have some
    recognisable characteristics though....
    
    mikef

    I thought the main character was quite cool.
    
    Andrea

    Wasn't he losing his hair also?
    
    
    m
    
    ps - you should all also read Lost in Music by Giles Smith.  

    Recently I have been forced at gunpoint to listen to...
    
    Forever and ever...Amen	Ben Folds Five (v. good, better to listen
    				to in the summer though)
    
    Glow			Reef (performed by men whose b*ll*cks must
    				be drop-forged.)
    
    Tragic Kingdom		No Doubt (some of it's a bit pony, but mmm,
    				it's an OK listen.)
    
    Myra Hindley		Blouse, great vocals by Purves Grundy.
    
    dickie. 

    Today, and for the rest of the week...
    
    Funkmaster Flex Mix Tapes vols 1&2 (like a mini history of rap,
    quite excellent)
    
    dickie.

    Thanks to young Balders, I've been listening to Zeit by Tangerine Dream
    (Thanks Clive!).  Its a wonderful 80 minutes where nothing really
    happens.  Like Julian says - 'its a great way to get sent to the land
    of hyper-nod'.  
    
    also - the Fun Loving Criminals album.  How come no one here told me
    how good that CD is?  Great music for cruising around the car park,
    looking mean and pretending to be a bank robber.  Or something.
    
    mikef (writing notes all whacked up on marmite on toast)