From: Level42-request @ worldmachine.com (Level42 Digest)
Subject: Level42 Digest V97 #49

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Level42 Digest                                          Volume 97 : Issue 49
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Today's topics:
   Bio update                                        Lars-Ove Karlsson
   BIO-MAN (Ahahah)                                  Morgan Roussel
   Will Lee?                                         Winman42
   L42 Reunion /funk bassists                        Kelvin A. Levels
   Iowa 42                                           Mike Wiethorn
   picture disc                                      Steve Allert
   Pat: Whose side is he on, anyway?                 Zak
   Lowlands Levelfest                                maarten gorter
   Shoot the DJ!                                     BPHILLIPS
   Band members-how many?                            Simon Johnston
   ITS ME                                            Laurence Green
   Vegas Vacation                                    Bruce_Conrad
   Me, and my Bio                                    Taxi
   My Level Experience                               Bumblus
   Yet another bio...                                MRMRS JAMES E LEBRECHT F>>
   leaping into the fray...                          JennCyn
   The Levels of Level 42                            ByrdLvl42
   Yet Another Profile                               Johndrums
   South African L42 fan is back!                    MNR. CA MOCKE

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Subject: Bio update
From: "Lars-Ove Karlsson" <love @ iar.se>
Organization: IAR Systems AB
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:10:46 +1

Ok , I'm extending my bio in the format everyone else uses:

NAME:  Lars-Ove Karlsson
ALIAS:  Love (usually I avoid it when I'm not speaking swedish), L-O
Age:  29
Birthday:  Sep 6, 1967
Height:  180 cm
Weight:  74 kg
Ethnicity: 100% swedish
Hair:  brown (I think)
Eyes: 2
Sex:  Male
Occupation:  Compiler programmer
Marital Status:  divorced
Home:  Sala, works in Uppsala
Favourite Drink:  Coca-Cola
People think I'm weird because: All the weird music that I play in my office
First L42 experience:  Hot Water
Favorite L42 albums:  Level 42
Favorite L42 songs:  Take Care Of Yourself, Heaven In My Hands, Mr Pink
Favorite L42 Video:  Take Care Of Yourself
Best L42 Experience:  Hearing Take Care Of Yourself on radio, when I
 didn't know they had released a new song. (This sounds like Level 42)
Worst L42 Experience:  The split
Favorite TV show:  ST:voyager
Other Favorite Bands:  Scritti Politti, Mezzoforte, Viba Femba,
 Beautiful South, Basia, Matt Bianco, Stanley Clarke, Stanley Jordan,
 Kim Wilde, Indochine, KOTO, Housemartins
Actor:   Sean Connery
Actress:   Emma Thompson
Films:  Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Alien Trilogy, Hellraiser, Much
 Ado About Nothing, Sense And Sensibility, anything with Emma Thompson
 Turn ons: Cool remixes of songs that I can torment my friends at work with
Turn offs:  any swedish "Cafe program" on TV.
Favourite MK Basslines:  Any bass solo
Catch phrase: Most swedish translations of english expressions (very funny)
Favorite food:  Most food that I'm allergic to. :-(
Good habits: Uuh, too kind?
Bad habits: Let people discover them without me adding to the list
Sports: Some
Favourite Artists: Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Hajime Soroyama, Rowena
Arch rivals: Everyone who have a larger collection of anything that I
collect :-)
Collects: Level 42, KOTO, Movies, Horror Books, Comics etc.
Would like to: Get my 12" singles to CD

/Lars-Ove

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Subject: BIO-MAN (Ahahah)
From: Morgan Roussel <morgan42 @ club-internet.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:40:58 +0100

NAME- Morgan Roussel
ALIAS- Mark King Junior (eheh!)
AGE- 24
BIRTHDATE- August 29, 1972
HEIGHT- 1m 72cm
WEIGHT- 500 kg (with my L42 collection) / 62 kg (without my L42 collection)
HAIR - brown/black
EYES - brown/green (I want eyes...)
RACE- Human, French and... White!
 (Come on girls! it's not the same for us! If you were mine...)
SEX- always... (guaranteed!)
LOCATION- Paris, France (Europe), Planet Earth, Solar System (Starchild?)
OCCUPATION- I'm a musician (bass player & singer) and I'm working in a radio
 station (a floating life?). I'm a web site designer too.
MARITAL STATUS- single (Any girls here? I'm tired of waiting...)
SUPERPOWERS- my thumb, my sweet tongue (One in a million!), my...
WEAPON OF CHOICE- Alembic (THE BASS!!!!!!!!!!)
SECONDARY WEAPONS- Status, Jay Dee, Zon, Warwick
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUMS- Level 42 (spiritual), The Early Tapes (funk),
 A Physical Presence (energy), True Colours (non-commercial), World Machine
 (commercial), Running In The Family (commercial)
LEAST FAVOURITE LEVEL 42 ALBUMS- Forever Now (RCA version, without lyrics!),
 Live at Wembley (89) ('coz without bass solo!!)
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS- Lessons In Love, Children Say, Running In The Family,
 Why Are You Leaving, Hours By The Window, Dune Tune, Freedom Someday,
 The Sleepwalkers, Good Man In A Storm, Autum (Paradise Is Free),
 At This Great Distance, Two Hearts Collide, Follow Me, Romance
LEAST FAVOURITE LEVEL 42 SONG- Love In A Peaceful World (too long!),
 Beezer One (I love the start and the end, but not the middle)
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEOS- Children Say, Take Care Of Yourself (Yeah yeah!)
LEAST FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEO- Take A Look (nothings really good, Mark
 seems to be unhappy... etc.)
MARK KING FANTASY- Mark produced all my albums and like them (a dream crazy?)
WORST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- When I have erased a video tape with a L42
 interview on it!
BEST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- All their gigs in Paris! (4 times! So good!)
FAVORITE VIDEO- Fait Accompli (Mark's always joking... ahah)
FAVORITE ACTORS- Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Boon Gould (euh...)
FAVORITE ACTRESSES- Sharon Stone, Annie Mc Caig??, Paul Crockford??
 (sorry...)
FAVORITE BASS LINES- Dune Tune, 88, Eyes Waterfalling (easy), Hot Water
 (easy), Mr. Pink (easy), Heaven in my Hands, Running in the Family
OTHER MUSIC I LISTEN TO: Sting, Tears for Fears, Go West, The Beatles,
 Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Alain Caron (UZEB/LE BAND), Stuart Hamm,
 Wham!, Earth Wind and Fire, Nik Kershaw, Wally Badarou, Casiopea, Queen,
 Kansas, Jeff Beck, etc. etc. etc.
HOW I BECAME A LEVELHEAD- When I have heard 'Lessons in Love' in a
french TV show!
CURRENT PROJECTS- continued my Level 42 Fan Page
FUTURE PROJECTS- A L42 collection on CD of all their stuffs not issued on CD
PERSONAL HERO- Mark King (My Hero...)

Morgan
--
Level 42 Fan Page ............ http://www.semaphore.fr/level42/
The Ultimate Bass Links ...... http://www.semaphore.fr/bass/

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Subject: Will Lee?
From: Winman42 @ aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:25:24 -0500 (EST)

Hello everyone, hope you all had a nice long 3-day weeknd, at least in
the U.S. where we celebrate 'Presidents Day' Nothing like 30% off linens
and home furnishings to celebrate the founding fathers! :-)

WJ Greer, I agree with you regarding the fact that Will may be a better
choice for a session musician. Then again it all depends on the taste of
who is doing the hiring. If I want vanilla, Will is my man, but if you
want funky, I'll go with Stanley & Mark. Not that Will can't do funk,
but hey, why not go with the masters? :-)

As far as Shakatak goes, i would get some of the older stuff. They have
really progressed to a more pop-jazz sound now. The older early 80's
stuff if more in line with the early Level 42 sound. The older the disc,
the better.

That's all,

Win

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Subject: L42 Reunion /funk bassists
From: "Kelvin A. Levels" <kdog @ VNET.IBM.COM>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 09:45:55 CST

Has anybody heard any more about the planned L42 reunion gig?  I told my
wife about it, and we want to plan a trip from Chicago to check them
out.

Also, being the old enough to have been personally influenced by some of
the 70's funk, Here are some bassists you guys may not have heard of,
but who were pretty good:

1) Nathaniel Phillips - played with a West Coast funk group called
   Pleasure (anybody remember the song "Glide"?)
2) Aaron Mills  - one of the bass players for Cameo (plays the pocket
   really well, and had a tone that was "clear as a bell"
3) Louis Johnson - My first real influence, I was just starting to play
   bass when "Look Out For #1" came out...spent the next five years doing
   my best Louis Johnson impersonation (check out "Free and Single, or
   "Thunderthumbs and Lightning Licks")
4) Mark Adams - Bass player for Slave (anybody remember "Slide","Just
   Freak", or "The Party Song") - Damn, that was mighty good funk!

If anybody wants to get more into the roots of funk bass, check em out!
Maybe I'll get a wild hair and make an "old school funk bass
compilation" sometime!  "Don't let life keep you behind - Glide right on
by"

Kelvin

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Subject: Iowa 42
From: Mike Wiethorn <mwietho @ kirkwood.cc.ia.us>
Organization: Kirkwood Community College
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 11:12:00 -0500

Here's a looksee at my profile...........

Name:  Mike Wiethorn
Birthdate and place:  November 4, 1966/Manchester, Iowa
Residence:  Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Height:  6'2"
Weight:  195
Profession:  Professor, Radio Announcer, Emergency Room Technician
Hobbies:  Collecting CDs, music trivia, astronomy
Fav 42 album:  Running in the Family
Least fav 42 album:  Staring at the Sun
Fav 42 song:  Overtime
Least fav 42 song:  Micro Kid
Other musical favs:  Earth, Wind and Fire; Eric Clapton; Greg Phillinganes;
 George Clinton; Chic; Toto; Boz Scaggs
Favorite movie:  Independence Day
Favorite TV show:  The Simpsons
Favorite actor:  Gene Hackman
Favorite actress:  Neve Campbell
Marital Status:  Single (hey, let's face it......women don't like nice guys)
Motto:  "Keep your head to the sky."

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Subject: picture disc
From: "Steve Allert" <Steve.Allert @ MCI.Com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 08:08:24 -0600

Anyone who's interested.  

At Bill's Records in Richardson, TX I found two copies of a Level
picture disc with MK on both sides. The printing days it's a "limited
edition" interview and was printed in Belgium (?). They also had four or
five different remix EPs available.

I would be willing to pick up some of this stuff and get it mailed out
for anyone who wants (I can also provide more specifics on what remixes
are there). Just contact me at Steve.allert @ MCI.com.

Steve A

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Subject: Pat: Whose side is he on, anyway?
From: Zak <Xaqtly @ primenet.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 09:41:38 -0700

Pat Flanagan erroneously wrote:
> Don't Play These Around Me:  R. KELLY, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, any
> group of three to five guys with a number in their band name,

Pat, you know why I'm quoting this back to you, and don't give me any of
that "I meant EXCEPT Level 42" crap.  :)

J/K! I don't really think you're an irritating Level 42 guy.  :)

Zak

"Ouch! A zinger like that's GOTTA hurt, Bob." "You betcha, Jim."

[haha!  I just caught that myself... but remember, this is Pat... =) -Eric]

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Subject: Lowlands Levelfest
From: maarten gorter <maarteng @ dds.nl>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:34:15 +0100 (MET)

Hello all,

The Lowlandslevelfeest was a great experience! The attendence was a bit
below expectation, but those who came are real L42 fans.  We enjoyed
lots of records, CD's and video's, and did some shopping.

We watched the 1984 Rockpalast show, this is great! It must be one of
the best concerts of the early years. Mike's frog hopping on stage is
very amusing.

I learned about the word 'airslapping' (playing bass without
instrument).  This seems to be a common phenomenon amongst L42 fans.  I
myself am also into table slapping and steering wheel slapping...

Andre, thanks for organising this event! When is the next one? By the
way, it was me who brought the Guaranteed video.

Maarten Gorter (maarteng @ dds.nl)
....
..

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Subject: Shoot the DJ!
From: "BPHILLIPS" <bphillips @ innoserv.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 11:58:04 CST

I was driving around this past weekend when to my GREAT surprise I heard
Mix 102.9 (a local Dallas radio station) begin to play one of my faves,
"Something About You".  Needless to say, I went from being in a so-so
mood to a being in a fantastic mood!  And as a matter of course, I had
to sing out loud at the top of my lungs (much to the chagrin of those
driving near me :) !  As the song progressed to "...fashioned by fate,
suffer so hard from the games, played once too often" the CD skipped! :0
I was horrified!  The song continued until it was over but I was still
in shock.  I quickly got to a phone to call the radio station and "let
them have it!"  Of course, I got nothing but a busy signal for the next
20 minutes but hey, at least I tried to defend my favorite band.  C'est
la vie!  Anyway, while I am at it here are my stats as others have
posted:

CYBERNAME: bphillips OR Blakester
AGE: 30
BIRTHDATE: May 26, 1966
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 190 lbs
RACE/ETHNICITY: Caucasian American male with Welsh heritage
SEX: Not much lately!
OCCUPATION: When not emailing people, I am a DBA (database administrator)
 for a large medical technology firm.
MARITAL STATUS: Single and darn proud!
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Arlington, Texas (at our super secret headquarters!)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: The Fantastic Four (I am the original Stretch man!)
SUPERPOWERS: Mental telepathy (at least my friends think so!), able to
 watch Star Trek movies at the speed of light.
WEAPON OF CHOICE: DeXxa mouse and mouse pad
SECONDARY WEAPONS: Psychonic Mind Blast, Legos
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM: World Machine
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS: Guaranteed, Something About You, Lessons in Love
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEO: Guaranteed
HOW HE DRINKS: From a glass usually!
WORST LEVEL EXPERIENCE: Falling out of my chair while praising the
 group as they opened for Madonna on her "Who's That Girl" Tour.
BEST LEVEL EXPERIENCE: LevelFest '96 in Dallas
ARCH-ENEMIES: Michael Myers, Pollyanna
FAVE TV SHOWS: Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, DS9 and Voyager
FAVE MOVIES: Close Encounters, Star Wars Trilogy, Star Trek (all 8 of
 them), The Mission, Clue, Interview with a Vampire, The Abyss, Working Girl
FAVE ACTORS: Brent Spiner, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris
FAVE ACTRESSES: Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffin, Helen Hunt
FAVORITE BASS LINES: Enjoy the Silence (Hand and Feet mix)
WORST BASS LINES: Help me out here Tess!
HOW HE BECAME A LEVELHEAD: Truthfully, Exing to "Something About You"
CURRENT PROJECTS: Helping my parents with their new computer (a truly
 arduous task for the non-computer literate!
PERSONAL HEROES: My mother
WEAKNESSES: Kryptonite, Godiva Chocolates, L42
FATALITY MOVE: Explosive mind meld (quite messy too!)
CATCH PHRASE: Love you hair, hope you win!

That's all for now!

Blakester

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Subject: Band members-how many?
From: Simon Johnston <spj21 @ hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:23:36 +0000 (GMT)

Calling all die hard Level fans!!!I am in need of some help with a
problem I have.  How many people have played with Level 42 over the
course of their history??  My friend reckons it's about 30+, does anyone
know any different?

Heres hoping
Lucy Dyer.

      ============================================================
          Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now
      =========================================================
       Simon Johnston (or call me spj)     spj21 @ hermes.cam.ac.uk

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Subject: ITS ME
From: Laurence Green <106265.1665 @ compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:49:01 -0500

Hullo,

Ive been very very busy (working some weekends) I need to get back into
the swing of things. So here is my thingy:

NAME- LOZ
ALIAS- Laurence Ferguson Green (I use this name on forms and things)
AGE- 22
BIRTHDATE- August 17, 1974
HEIGHT- 1,88 m
WEIGHT- 74 Kg
RACE- Terrain
SEX - Male
OCCUPATION-Student (reading Civil Engineering currently working as
 engineer/draughtsman)
MARITAL STATUS- Single
BASE OF OPERATIONS-Sheffield, England, Earth
WEAPON OF CHOICE-IBM noise cancelling Andrea NC-50 microphone headset
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM- All albums can be my favourite
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS-Most of Forever Now, At this great distance, As
 Years Go By, A Kinder eye, Most of changes, Over There, Silence, Well all
 of them (and more)
SEX - did you really think I would have let this one go ----- marital
BEST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- Having Mike Lindup ask for MY pen and MY piece of
 paper to write HIS phone number on it....
WORST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE-Having Mike give the said piece of paper to a
 sexy backing singer.
FAVORITE TELEVISON SHOWS-Star Trek ***** , Red Dwarf,
FAVORITE MOVIES-STAR WARS Trilogy Mmmmmm, All Star Trek movies (not too hot
 on 1)
FAVORITE ACTOR-Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), David Prowse (as Anakin
 Skywalker [ he want Anakin skywalker, "THAT NAME NO LONGER HAS ANY MEANING
 FOR ME, IT IS THE NAME OF YOUR TRUW SELF< YOUVE ONLY FORGOTTEN"]) Patrick
 Stewart
HOW I BECAME A LEVELHEAD-I was born that way
CURRENTLY READING- Black Holes and Time Warps (Einsteins Outrageous Legacy)
 K.S.Thorne (oooh aren't I clever), Tales Of The Bounty Hunters (ed. K.
 Anderson) (errrr no) Return Of The Jedi Radio Drama (B.Daley)
PERSONAL HEROES- A.Einstein (E=MC^2+3P oh yes) Anyone who made a
 difference, one guy springs to mind. (def. not Joe P [although he did make
 a difference]?)
STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO THE DIGEST AS A WHOLE: WEMBERLEEEEEE<
WEMBERLEEEE, WE'RE THE FAMOUS SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO
WEMBERLEEEEE.
COLLECT: LEVEL 42 records/CD's Tapes/everything.  Star Wars bits and
 pieces. Small paper sugar packets (over 1000 so far)
DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY REAS THESE? I SKIP A LOT OF THEM? IF SO YOU WONT EVEN
READ THIS.
QUOTES: "Try not, Do or Do not, there is no try" Yoda. "War Not Make One
 Great" Yoda. "Anger, Fear, Agression, all these lead to the dark side"
 OBI-WAN Kenobi "Let the wookie win" Han Solo. "The foolish man marvels at
 the exceptional, the wise man marvels at the common; for natures greatness,
 is its regularity" anon. "When the last tree has been felled, the last
 river has been drained and the last animal killed, only then will man
 realise, you cannot eat money" Indian proverb. "In Natures Infinate book of
 secrecy, little can we read" Shakespere. "When theres nothing to hold onto,
 youve got to learn to feel your way" P.Gould. "Love One Another" Jesus
 Christ

I think I got carried away there.

Hey, let see if I can fake another message, like pretend mine has ended?

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Subject: Level 42
From: Albert Einstein
Date: TUE, 18 Feb, 12:17:35 (EST)

Hello,

My first time here. My Brain been hooked upto computer in Russian
laboratory, I have an AOL account and unlimited access. I love the
Baywatch net page. In my day we had candid photos of our aunts for
pleasure?

AAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH

ITS NOT REALLY SOMEONE ELSE:: ITS STILL LOZ   (LOL) LOL again

I knew it could be done, If anyone coud pull it off It was me. I faked a
message YES.

[ You really figured that out well, will you marry me] - Eric

End of childishness, back to business:

Level 42's first ever American gig was as representitives of 'British
Contempory Music' in the 'Britain Salutes New York' Festival in 1983.

Does anyone have any photos of Steve Topping posing with the band, Is it
just me or does that guy lack something in his poses, like looking at
the camera?

Sorry for maily non-level post. No news on the re-releases

yet.........LOZ

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Subject: Vegas Vacation
From: Bruce_Conrad @ hphc.org
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:32:35 -0500

Zaphod - I found a whole bunch of CD-R discs for about $6 ea. I bought 1
Verbatim disc, but 99% of them are Fuji. Would this be a good deal? (Can
u use them, at that price?)

Wow. this digest is almost up to 500!  I'm hoping to go to Vegas...as
long as I'm not there at the same time as the Griswolds! [movie joke -
haven't seen it yet] Gotta check on the air fare/room fare.

Well, no one's asked, but here's my life history:

Name: Bruce H. Conrad
Birthdate: 7/30/65 (that makes me 31 - many moons ago)
Height/Weight: 5'11", 170 lbs.
Race: I run real slow, and I'm Caucasian (German/Swedish)
Sex: None
Occupation: [HP 3000] Software Control Analyst (Whatever that is)
Martial Status: Know a little Karate
Base of Operations: Newton Upper Falls, MA; a peaceful oasis in the middle
 of Route 128
Weapons of Choice: Macintosh Performa 450, drumsticks, Toyota Supra,
 Mexican food
How I Became a Levelhead: Live at Wembley video (borrowed from a friend,
 who borrowed it from a friend, who taped it from MTV)
Worst Level42 Experience: Never seeing them Live. Hearing 'Take Care of
 Yourself'
Best Level42 Experience: Boston Levelfest I & II, getting AYGB CD.
Arch-Enemies: The Death Star (Microsquash)
Turnoffs: Smokers
Projects: My own web page, coming soon. A side business selling
 computer-related fun stuff.
Favorite Reading Material: Bloom County, Dilbert;Edgar Cayce & Metaphysics,
 MacWorld
Favorite TV: don't watch much. Simpsons, 60 Minutes, News
Favorite Moo-v's: Airplane!, This is Spinal Tap, Monty Python & the Holy
 Gggrrail.

Eric - I didn't see Winston's name listed as a link on your Web page.

I was thinking of putting a Web page on AOL, but at 14.4, their browser
is slower than molasses. Is the consensus that their browser isn't that
good, or am I just behind the times (w/a 14.4). Never mind the fact that
they're almost always busy...

"I'm Mark - King, of the Britons!"
"King of The Who?"

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Quincy, MA
Bruce_Conrad @ HPHC.Org (work).....Bruce_Conrad @ BMUG.Org ('home')
WWW.HarvardPilgrim.Org......also BHConrad @ AOL.Com

[Gotcha... I just added Winston's web site to the Digest homepage.
 Also, in addition to the imminent "500 subscribers mark", we're only a
 few weeks away from the 1000th Level 42 Digest mailing!  -Eric]

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Subject: Me, and my Bio
From: Taxi <taxi @ europa.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:23:41 -0800 (PST)

Wow, it takes a long time to make one of these things...

NAME-Troy G. Sutton
ALIAS-Taxi, Min Suda, The Hardware Guru, ixaT, Mr. /\/obody
AGE-31
BIRTHDATE-11-21-65
HEIGHT-6' 3"
WEIGHT-I break scales.
RACE-White, unsure of ethnic background.
SEX-Male
OCCUPATION-Knowledge Base Engineer (Obtainer of info on the Internet.)
PAST EMPLOYERS-Intel, Central Point Software, Portland State University
MARITAL STATUS-Unhappily single
BASE OF OPERATIONS-Beaverton, Oregon (~10 miles W of Portland)
HOW HE DRINKS HIS DEWARS-Dont think I ever have.  (Am I missing something?)
FAVORITE SCOTCH-See previous.
FAVORITE BEER-The local Microbrews in the Portland area are to die for.
 I think the Widmer Hefeweizen is my fave.  (Slay me if I spelled it wrong. :)
SUPERPOWERS- Falling down, able to jump to conclusions in a single bound.
WEAPON OF CHOICE-PowerPC running MacOS.
SECONDARY WEAPONS-My breath.
FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION-My new 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP (240hp!!)
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM-Varies, but mostly World Machine
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS-Leaving Me Now, Love Games, It's Over, Talking In Your
 Sleep, SAY,  Children Say (Remix)
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEO-Something About You
FIRST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE-Seeing SAY video on MTV.
HOW I BECAME A LEVELHEAD-See previous question.
WORST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE-Their breakup in '94.
BEST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE-Seeing them live from the front row in Portland for
 the Running in the Family tour.
ARCH-ENEMIES-People who rag on the MacOS platform.
POLITICALLY INCORRET AFFILIATION-Mostly Republican.

Favorites:
TELEVISON SHOWS-Star Trek:Anything (Including Voyager), Nova,
 Movie Magic (Discovery Channel), The Secret Life of Machines (RIP),
 Politically Incorrect.
MOVIES-Star Wars Trilogy (And not just because it's being re-
 released right now!), The Princess Bride, Raiders of the Lost Ark,  The
 Abyss, Joe vs. The Volcano, any movie with the line "It was you" in it.
ACTORS- James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, Grommit
ACTRESS-Meg Ryan
LEAST FAVORITE ACTRESS-Meryl Streep (Blech!)
(NON L42) BANDS-Sting, REO Speedwagon, Art of Noise, Boston, Chicago
LEAST FAVORITE BANDS-"Twangy" country, songs with lyrics that put people
 down, Just about anything that doesn't groove.
FOOD-Pasta, with heavy tendencies toward Lasagne. Steak: any kind is fine.
DRINK-Coke Classic, Kahlua and Cream, Long Island Ice Tea
BASS LINES-Love Games, Children Say Remix, Smokin' (Boston)
WORST BASS LINES-What I usually play.  (145  145  145) :)

TURN ONS-The warmingly wonderful smile of one of my best friends.
TURN OFFS-Improper use of capitalization and punctuation, people who don't
 use their brains when driving, huge .sig files, Windows 95.
CURRENT PROJECTS-Need to finish recording the vocals on a song I co-
 wrote.  (I part own a small 8 track digital recording studio.)  Also
 starting work with new band, hope to do lots of weddings.  (No L42
 songs on the playlist... yet. Suggestions welcome!)
PERSONAL HEROES-My Parents, Jesus Christ
WEAKNESSES-Overuse of parenthesis (No, really!), Time challenged,
 Overpowering urge to create a bio longer than Pat Flanagan's.   :)
SPORTS I CAN PROBABLY BEAT YOU AT-Ping pong, foosball, wrestling.
SPORTS YOU CAN PROBABLY BEAT ME AT-All the rest.
CATCH PHRASE- "There ya go." "I have no response to that."
BOOKS CURRENTLY READING-"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus,"
 The Death Gate Cycle, Executive Decision, The Bible

*** Taxi ***

** taxi @ europa.com                                 **
* This is your brain on Level 42.  Feel better now? *

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Subject: My Level Experience
From: Bumblus @ aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:11:47 -0500 (EST)

Eric,

Hello my name is Gayle Kuene and I have been a huge fan of Level 42
since 1985.  I met the band in 1986 when they opened for Steve Winwood
in Portland, Oregon.  Mark, Phil, Boon and Annie (back-up vocalist, but
I'm sure you know that) were all so nice.  Mike on the other hand sat in
the van (their rental van, due to the fact that their tour bus broke
down in California) and wouldn't talk to me at all.  They all signed my
T-shirt and I smooched and hugged Mark, Phil and Boon.  It was one of
the most wonderful experiences of my life.  I just got an account with
AOL and It has been great knowing their are people out there that live
and breathe Level just like I do.  Well, I just thought I would share my
Level experience with you....feel free to us this in the news letter.

Sincerely,
Gayle Kuene
Bumblus @ aol.com

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Subject: Yet another bio...
From: ZRCK72A @ prodigy.com (MRMRS JAMES E LEBRECHT FAMILY)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 21:25:39, -0500

Hi everyone,

Its been a while since typing into the digest (but have been faithfully
reading every last one) & have enjoyed getting to know the other list
members through bios.  So, since it seems the thing to do, thought I'd
send mine in.  Here goes...

NAME:  Lisa Lebrecht
AGE:  32
BIRTHDAY:  February 20, 1965
HEIGHT:  5'7"
WEIGHT:  119 lbs
RACE:  Jewish Brit
HAIR:  brown
EYES:  brown
SEX:  too much (see children!) ;-)
OCCUPATION:  stay-@-home mom, business owner
MARITAL STATUS:  married
CHILDREN: 4 boys & 1 girl (ages 4 down to 1) & #6 due this Summer
HOME:  Florida (U.S.) now
FAVOURITE DRINKS: Gin w/ orange
L42 ALBUM:  True Colours
L42 SONG:  This week's pick: Why Are You Leaving
L42 VIDEO:  Love Games
HOW SHE BECAME A LEVELHEAD:  Release of first album
FAVOURITE BASS LINE/SOLO:  Love Games/Kansas City Milkman
BEST L42 EXPERIENCE:  Watching many live shows
FAVOURITE TV shows:  What's that??!!!
ACTORS:  James Cagney, Danny Kaye
ACTRESSES:  Constance Morgan & Helen Mirren (yes, really!)
FILMS:  Not Quite Human, Something To Sing About
TURN ONS:  fantastic music, educated minds &  romance
TURN OFFS:  people who abuse living beings
WEAPONRY:  Anything I am behind the wheel of...
SECONDARY WEAPONS: the Ludwig kit & Alembic bass
PROJECTS:  repopulating the world single-handedly ;-) & still writing music
FAVOURITE FOOD:  I'm pregnant...you wouldn't want to know!
PERSONAL HEROES: hubby, MK, and (gulp) the Carpenters
ARCH-ENEMIES:  People who bash the above three choices!  ;-)
WEAKNESSES:  L42, Simply Red, Email/Web & chatting up interesting people

____
James & Elizabeth Lebrecht
ZRCK72A @ Prodigy.com
http://pages.prodigy.com/Lebrecht/lebrecht.htm

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Subject: leaping into the fray...
From: JennCyn @ aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:15:25 -0500 (EST)

Okay, okay.  I give in, here's my profile; I think I can declassify it
for these purposes..... ;)   (Nice to hear there's another 22 Minutes
fan out there, BTW -- or more to the point, that you do indeed "share
this sense of humour".....)

FULL NAME: Jenny Marie Griffee.  I was named after my great-grandmother Jenny
 Marie Bergquist Nelson, so my name is NOT Jennifer.  Repeat:  it's not
 Jennifer.  Got it?  Good.
ALIAS:  Jen Griffee Jr. (ie. Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners).
AGE:  18
BIRTHDATE: August 21, 1978, 1:07 PM
RACE:  hmm, I'm rather partial to NASCAR racing, actually....
NATIONALITY: 7/16ths Swedish, 1/16th Norwegian, and the other half is
 anyone's guess
HAIR: brown (sometimes blondish depending on lighting)
EYES: mostly gray with bluish tints, with narrow hazel rings around the pupils
CORRECTIVE LENSES:  spectacles, with trifocals
OCCUPATION:  junior at the University of Washington (major:
 Communications/Information Technology & New Media), English tutor,
 professional CD-store rat
BASE OF OPERATIONS:  somewhere between Issaquah and Bellevue, WA, with my
 mailing address from the former and phone number from the latter
HONOURARY BIRTHPLACE: London (courtesy of my UK friends in Diadem)
SUPERPOWERS:  The people I write about (fantasy/science fiction) all have
 more interesting powers than I do, but then again, if I'm the one that
 creates them in the first place...........
USELESS ABILITY:  being able to cross my eyes independently of each other
WEAPON OF CHOICE:  PowerBook 520C
SECONDARY WEAPON:  my far-too-heavy bookbag, strategically dropped
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS:  hmm.......... SAY, Leaving Me Now, Lying Still, A
 Floating Life, As Years Go By, Follow Me...... um, get back to me on this,
 I'm still deciding.
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUMS:  True Colours and World Machine
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEOS:  SAY, Children Say, My Father's Shoes
HOW I BECAME A LEVELHEAD:  SAY, back when I didn't even know who it was, and
 the eventual explanation round about '95 (took bloody long enough)
FAVORITE MOVIES:  The Star Wars trilogy, most of the rest of the Lucasfilm &
 Amblin productions, This Is Spinal Tap, Benny & Joon
FAVORITE TV SHOWS:  This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Red
 Dwarf, (erratic doses of) AbFab, Law & Order, and MASH reruns
FAVORITE AUTHORS:  Julian May, Sheri S. Tepper, Melanie Rawn, Mercedes
 Lackey, Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley, Connie Willis.... oh, and a few men,
 too.... ;)  (One of those is Douglas Adams, which is why I was a bit
 predisposed to like L42 in the first place.  :)
LOCAL COMPANY I'D MOST LIKE TO WORK FOR:  Wizards of the Coast (if I ever
 suddenly develop real artistic skills.... ;)
LOCAL COMPANY I'D LEAST LIKE TO WORK FOR:  Microsoft
TURN-ONS: a quick wit, intelligence, a creative mind, an easy smile, honest
 kindness.... and I could always crack the gratituous joke about musicians and
 their nimble fingers.....
PET PEEVES: shrink wrap, strip malls, people without imaginations, people who
 call me Jennifer, my high school band teachers, Microsloth, most record
 company executives, and the people in the Eastern US who either automatically
 assume I'm from Washington, DC or think I'm from Ithaca and have some kind of
 backwards speech impediment
MOTTO:  "I'm going to prove the impossible really exists." -- Bjork

-- Jenn

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Subject: The Levels of Level 42
From: ByrdLvl42 @ aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:29:13 -0500 (EST)

Another goofy rant from Byrdman (possibly the goofiest to date)...

Following the "Level-42 Effect" post of a few weeks ago I thought about
how I fit in the grand scheme of fandom. For those who might feel
confused as to your level of Level 42 fanaticism here is my rating
system for membership.  These are guidelines and not set in stone.

Like the Masons, after the initiate levels, the fan is told more of the
secrets of the band and is granted certain special abilities and quests.

Level 1 (White Belt)-
Entry level. Heard a Level 42 song and liked it. Probally "Something About
You" or "Lessons In Love". Curious about whether band has produced any other
songs. Might buy World Machine as sampler.
Advancement Kata- Student must purchase album.

Level 2 (Pink Belt)-
Initiate Level. Owns one or Two albums, probally "World Machine" and/or
"Running in the Family". Satisfied with product. Might add album(s) in with
CD rotation on occasion.
Advancement Kata- Student must purchase more obscure album.

Level 3 (Yellow Belt)-
Novice Level. Owns three to five albums if in Europe, or a few of what is
available in America. Might add an album in with weekly CD rotation. Know the
words to at least one song. Knows bass players name. Seen at least one video.
Might see a concert if they came to town as opening act. Highest casual
level.
Advancement Kata- Student must learn words to one album, and learn the name
of keyboard player.

At the Purple Belt Advancement ceremony, the Novice sings "Something About
You" straight through for first time, the end of which he or she realizes,
"Damn, this is a good band!" At this point they are hooked and can advance to
next tier.

Level 4 (Purple Belt)-
Accolyte Level- Owns five or six albums including one live album. Knows all
band members names (old band). At least one album is in with CD daily
rotation. Has seen three to six videos. Might see a concert if they came to
town if they headlined. Lowest level of fanaticism.
Advancement Kata- Buy Video. Learn new members names.
Special Power- Can hum bass line.

Level 5 (Green Belt)-
Fan Level- Owns six to nine albums, where one must be first album, and
including one live album. Knows all main band members, past and present.
Knows how Alan died. Owns at least one video. Anticpates next new album and
consequent tour. Suspects that Wally is in fact the fifth member. Developing
a CD source for missing albums. Might have replaced one or two albums once
from overuse. Carries band literature to pass out to passerbys on the mall.
Advancement Kata- Learn all supporting members. Converts a friend.
Special Power- Backup vocals and air drum.

Level 6 (Blue Belt)-
Fanatic Level- Owns most of the original run of albums, including one live
album, the first album, and possibly "Staring At The Sun" Knows all members
names, including Crazy Crockford. Owns two or three videos if they can find
them. Has replaced at least two or three CDs from overuse. Might add other
groups in with weekly Level 42 CD rotation. Knows by now the band is defunct,
and feels some remorse. Might learn bass/keyboards/drums. Highest normal
level.
Advancement Kata- Complete collection of original run of albums. Decide if
he/she should care if band is broken up.
Special Power- Air Bass

After this point if you advance you're a gonner. These high levels require
the utmost dicipline and devotion. Some have committed Hari Kari after
failing in these levels. Here, at these higher levels, the darkest secrets
are revealed, and the greatest powers. By now, the "Level 42" effect has
onset. Advancement is now more fluid, no longer contingent on kata system.
Although trditionaly the Fanatic was required to have seen a concert by this
stage, modern circumstances have made this impossible. This practice has been
abandoned for now.

Level 7 (Grey Belt)-
Manic Level- Owns all original records. Thinks Mark King is a god. Has
replaced CD player from over use/better sound quality to really *feel* those
basslines. Might attend a local Levelfest. Knows by now the band is defunct,
and feels great loss. Wonders what man did before the invetion of Level 42.
Has learned that Sting is really the Anti-Mark. Probally has learned to play
a few level songs on a bass.
Advancement- Must have killed a man in a argument over whose a better
bassist, Mark or Geddy Lee.
Special Power- The dred Fallestto

Level 8 (Brown Belt)-
Obsessive Level- Looking for any Level 42 material. Knows Mark King is a god.
At the been there, done that stage and beyond. Now hears new nuances to old
and forgotten songs. Previously hated songs have now become endeared. Might
have replaced mate due to underuse. Knows band is defunct, and has been
suicidal. Has learned to coexist with the Anti-Mark, but still holds
apathy. May have had at least one Level 42 dream (Probally the one where Mark
calls them to play bass for him, or Mark teaches he/she to play bass).
Advancement- Must have killed a man in a argument over whose a better
drummer, Phil or Gary.
Special Power- The dred "Flying Thumbs"

Level 9 (BLACK BELT)-
Master- Has passed all tests of loyalty and valor, and gotten past Mike's
Afro in "Love Games" Knows that Mark King is not a god, but is more like a
Xena-esque/Hurculean camp-styled bass freedom fighter (possibly an Imortal).
Mate may have replaced he/she from underuse. This is the highest level mere
mortals normally achieve, after this point a complete change occurs. Has one
to two "boots" in with normal collection.
Advancement- Must have killed a man in an argument over which is
better,"Changes" or "Influences"
Special Power- Has Mikey42's number on speed dial

At this point the fan leaves the dojo to seek his fanhood out into the world.
I won't describe the levels past 9 in detail, but here are a few highlights.

Level 15- Gets to tour the Trace Elliot factory

Level 19- Pilgrimage to Isle of Wight

Level 23- Has Crockford's number on speed dial

Level 26- Must name firstborn after band, band members, albums, etc...

Level 27- Administrator of Internet Digest

Level 34- Gets to drive one of Mike's classic cars.

Level 37- Can go behind the counter at Mark's resturant and fix themselves a
sandwich

Level 40- Mark lets he/she wear the "Clown" suit

LEVEL 42- ***CLASSIFIED*** (has something to do with all things being
revealed)

"Standing at the master's side,
  Then with patience he confides
  Secret knowledge, sacred ways,
  Pearls of wisdom from the dragon days..."
       -The Chineese Way

Byrdman
(served with Fried Rice and a Egg Roll- $4.95)

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Subject: Yet Another Profile
From: Johndrums @ aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 23:26:39 -0500 (EST)

Hey Guys and Gals here goes;

NAME- John Wallace
ALIAS- Daddy, Hey, Johndrums
AGE- 33 (That's 231 in dog years)
BIRTHDATE- 8/02/63
HEIGHT- 5' 11"
WEIGHT- 190 lbs.
RACE- White - German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish
SEX- Yes Thank You
OCCUPATION- Accounting Supervisor
MARITAL STATUS- Very Much So For Five Years
OFFSPRING- Caroline 3 1/2 and Erin 2 (talk about getting in touch with my
feminine side, my wife is also a female)
BASE OF OPERATIONS- The Largest Cowtown in America, Columbus, Ohio
GROUP AFFILIATIONS- American Society of Military Comptrollers (Don't Ask)
HOW HE DRINKS HIS DEWARS- By sending it Back For a Bass Ale
SUPERPOWERS- The power to judge a book by its cover and be right 99% of the
time.
WEAPON OF CHOICE- My Yamaha Club Custom drumkit & a pair of Pro-mark
Simon Phillips 707s w/nylon tips.
SECONDARY WEAPONS- Fretless Jazz bass and Bassman amp.
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM- Guaranteed
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS- It's Over, Overtime, Billy's Gone, Take a Look,
Children Say, Forever Now, If You Were Mine, Over There etc....
(It would be easier to name the few I don't like) but why be contrary?
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEO- I've never seen any (help me out guys and gals)
WORST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- Finding out they split up.
BEST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- Hearing Allan Holdsworth tear it up with Mark and
Gary.
ARCH-ENEMIES- O.J. Simpson, Orenthall James Simpson, and "The Juice"
FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOWS- Seinfeld, Melrose Place (I Know), Football (not
soccer), Hockey, and all Newsmagazine shows.
FAVORITE MOVIES- This is Spinal Tap, The Meaning of Life, Fast Times at
Ridgemont High, and both Airplane movies (I'm a Comedy Guy)
TURN ONS- My Wife, and most if not all Asian Women
TURN OFFS- People who give Elvis all the credit and bash The Beatles
FAVORITE BASS LINES- Everything Jeff Berlin does on Bruford's "Gradually
Going Tornado"
HOW HE BECAME A LEVELHEAD- Something About You/World Machine
PERSONAL HEROES- Jesus, My Mother and Father
WEAKNESSES- Barley Malt, Taco Bell
FATALITY MOVE- Telling my 3 1/2 year old "It's Time For Bed" (Yeah Right)
CATCH PHRASE- Sorry Folks but I am my Father's son:
                              "BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!!!!!!"

Hey that was pretty fun, Talk to everyone later..

John Wallace

           .....You Can't Do Everything in Doubly!
                                      -This is Spinal Tap

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Subject: South African L42 fan is back!
From: "MNR. CA MOCKE" <9413693 @ narga.sun.ac.za>
Organization: Stellenbosch University
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:27:29 +0200

Hi Levelheads!!!

Being the only guy from South Africa to subscibe to this digest, I am
happy to say that I'm back after a great holiday.

Not many of you know of my country down here at the southern tip of
Africa... some of the things you might have heard of us may be quite
negative but I assure you we are not the Third World country many of
you believe us to be. We are in fact the most technologically
advanced country in the whole of Acrica. And no, there are no wild
animals walking around in our cities! Our major cities are very much
alike New York or L.A. (not in size though).

Level 42 stuff are really hard to find in South Africa. Getting it
from overseas costs even more expensive, with the high Rand/Dollar
exchange rate is it is... about R4,50 for $1. So even if I would
order some album from overseas it would work out more expensive than
getting it over here, making looking for it in shops here the better
option!

I must say, these days I am hearing more and more Level 42 stuff over
the radio stations... may we be having a Level 42 revival?????

By the way, I write MOD files (musical files you can listen on your
PC) and am considering writing a few L42 stuff... but I'll have more
info about this tomorrow or so. I'll write again anyway soon to share
some stories I read about the Gould brothers split out of L42...

Anyway, I see all of you are entering "CV's" so here is mine for the
time being, for anyone mildly interested in reading.....

NAME- Charl Mocke
ALIAS- not any good ones really
SEX- male
BIRTHDATE- 20 September 1975
AGE- 21
HEIGHT- 6'3"
WEIGHT- 81 kg
EYES - denim blue
HAIR - blond (no I'm NOT dumb!)
FAV COLOUR - the colours at sunset
RACE- white (yeah we are NOT all black over here!)
LOCATION- Western Cape, South Africa
SKILLS- DJ, keyboards, maps
POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS- Understanding, modest, honest, open-minded
NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS- perfectionism, impatience sometimes, lazy,
being too selective when it comes to girls
OCCUPATION- Student and part time pro surfer
MARITAL STATUS- single
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM- Gee, I dont know all of them... but from
what I know, Running In The Family
LEAST FAVOURITE LEVEL 42 ALBUM- I only know 3 which I all like very
much
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 SONGS- Heck, most of their hits are so cool... but
Children Say may rank as my most favourite
LEAST FAVOURITE LEVEL 42 SONG- Tracie, especially the  chorus... ugh!
FAVORITE LEVEL 42 VIDEO- Haven't seen any yet ... can't get them over
here :-( what a bummer!
MARK KING FANTASY- Recording a solo from him
PHIL GOULD FANTASY- Playing along with him on a second keyboard
WORST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- Looking for L42 stuff in CD shops... what
a drag!!!
BEST LEVEL 42 EXPERIENCE- Every time I listen to L42
FAVORITE TELEVISON SHOWS- The Simpsons, Picket Fences, Beavis &
Butt-Head (this show rules)
FAVORITE MOVIES- Broken Arrow, The Crow, Endless Summer II (duh!)
FAVORITE ACTORS- Steven Spielberg, John Trivolta
FAVORITE ACTRESSES- That woman in "The Net" ... damn, forgot the name
TURN ONS- True people, L42 at sunset, tropical paradise photo's,
tanned girls (!), pay day (don't we all love that day)
TURN OFFS- Punks and/or image freaks in grand cars, people who
thinks material posessions and money are more important that
life, pollution, Mondays (don't we all hate that day)
FAVORITE BASS LINES- To Be With You Again... an all-time masterpiece
HOW HE BECAME A LEVELHEAD- Love In A Peaceful world over radio in
Hawaii at sunset
WEAKNESSES- Tanned babes with green eyes... skipping breakfasts...
CATCH PHRASE- still thinking
WISHES- Love in a peaceful world and life would be like a day on the
beach with all my friends

Cheers you all... till later

C Mocke
South Africa