From: Level42-request @ worldmachine.com (Level42 Digest)
Subject: Level42 Digest V2000 #143

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Level42 Digest                                          Volume 2000 : Issue 143
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Today's topics:
   jazz cafi                                         Christien De Roo
   Spotting Our Heroes                               Hughes Paul J
   tapping,slapping or whatever                      James Watkins
   inane stuff                                       James Watkins
   ML NYC/MK CJC/Bass...                             M. Payne
   WARNING MK DATES                                  M. Payne
   Da Lata                                           Norman van den Wildenberg
   Apocalypse Now                                    Andrew Goodwin
   MK Tickets                                        JuJuGuru
   Blancmange?                                       Daniel James
   Victor and nothing                                Allwyn and Laura Kelly

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Subject: jazz cafi
From: "Christien De Roo" <christien.deroo @ mailcity.com>
Organization: MailCity (http://www.mailcity.lycos.com:80)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:46:05 0000

Hi all,

<<The London Astoria box office has the tour dates listed as being
<<12/13/14/15/16 November at the Jazz Cafe. I rang the Jazz Cafe and they
<<confirmed the dates but said that tickets were not on sale yet.

Oh no, not again at the jazz cafi. I hope the bodyguards at the door are more 
friendly now .
Last time we had problems to take some pictures.

Take care,

christien

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Subject: Spotting Our Heroes
From: Hughes Paul J <Paul.Hughes @ icl.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:27:49 +0100

A day or two after the December '86 gigs at Wembley, a girl I used to work
with and who was also at said gigs, swears blind she bumped into MK and his
ex-wife at M & S in Lewisham (very fashionable Inner London borough!!!).
Apparently, when she spotted him Mark put his finger to his lips as if to
say don't let on!!!! I know the boys used to live in S/West London and was
wondering if anyone can confirm whether any of them used to venture into the
darkest depths on my manor that is S/East London?

Keep on funkin' (& up the 'Ammers)

HUGHSIE

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Subject: tapping,slapping or whatever
From: "James Watkins" <james.bpbaxter @ btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:14:28 +0100

Hi everyone,

To those talking about harmonics etc, I can promise you that the newer your
strings, the more harmonmics you'll get (try the harmonic just before the
4th fret with old strings (no sound) and with sparkling new strings (great
sound)).

Whoops my brackets are getting out of hand.

As for tapping, check out Billy Sheehan. OK, so the music's alittle bit on
the heavy side, but check out his tapping (2 strings at a time more often
than not) where he has the frets for his higher strings scalloped to improve
the velocity.

Enough of boring you all, catch you later

Jimbo

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Subject: inane stuff
From: "James Watkins" <james.bpbaxter @ btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:52 +0100

Well it's been well over a week and nobody mentioned that Level 42 were
mentioned on the National Lottery draw.

Maybe everybody's got sensible.

Jimbo

PS I haven'e seen MI2 yet, but as soon as I do I'll make the appropriate
posting!!

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Subject: ML NYC/MK CJC/Bass...
From: "M. Payne" <mikeyp42 @ hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:45:33 CDT

* I might be able to be in NYC on August 4-6, for the ML gig, WIP *

I hope that these are the Mark's dates, I won't miss the 'turkey-n-stuff'
this year, bangers-n-mash just didn't slice it...I wonder if this tour is a
promo for a 'new' Trash album, hmmmmm?

I can't get through on the phone to the box office at CJC, is everybody
phoning them bout' Mark'd dates?

Something completely different, I know absolutely NOTHING about playing the
bass, but I can say that I have never seen such a versatile bass player as
Mark King!  I was stuck in traffic yesterday after work for an hour,
listened to TRASH all the way through, and when Sooner Than Later played,
the bass lines is amazing, espc during the chourus, and towards the end he
really lets loose.  Also, the track Over There (off of Fait Accompli, live)
and Hot Water (when he and Mike are kickin'/kung-fu fighting) I thought
really showed his strength.  Although, I think his BEST BASS SOLO is from
the Live At Wembley video prior to Love Games, to have been there in person
would have been awesome.  The NOTP video clip of that tapping on his bass I
thought was interesting and had quite a 'neat' sound, I agree that it
sounded like a keyboard!

Question for the masses:   During the CJC gigs last Nov, when Mark was asked
if he was going to do a bass solo that night, he said only if he felt
"inspired to do so", so that being true, does Mark know the notes and solo
that he is going to play, or is it just off the cuff and spontanious (sp?),
I do know that Children Say came from a bass riff that he would play during
warm-ups before a gig, I wonder how many other songs were 'born' in this
way?

Best and Kind Regards,

Mikey42
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Subject: WARNING MK DATES
From: "M. Payne" <mikeyp42 @ hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:43:00 CDT

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not book any AIR tickets until the final dates have
been announced, for those of you that have sent me air quotes, I would be
happy to quote when the official dates are released. I just would hate to
see someone book these dates and then they change and you are 'bound' to a
set of dates that don't work!

After speaking to Paul Hammond host of http://www.mark-king.com briefly
earlier today, he doesn't know anything about the validity of these dates,
as they haven't come from Mark, again Paul stated that the contracts haven't
been signed yet, still waiting for the 'ink' to dry.......so basically
things CAN change from the rumours that we have read/heard.

Mikey

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Subject: Da Lata
From: "Norman van den Wildenberg" <express @ wish.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 00:10:41 +0200

Hi Levelheads,

Just arrived from the Da Lata Concert in The Hague (North Sea Jazz Heats)
A short report.....

1800 I arrived in The Hague and walked to the palce to be.
Ariving there Da Lata was just staring the soundcheck, so I took my place in
front of the Stage.
Soundcheck was realy great, as Mike saw me comming and said hello, during
the soundcheck.
After the soundcheck that lasted for about half an hour, Mike went to the
front of the stage, walking around his
Prophet 5(!!!!). He looked my direction, and I asked Mike if he would sign
my CD's, he agreed, no problem.
Mike came down, we talked for a while, also Maarten Gorter who allready was
there chatted with him, whilst Andre Huydts, Henri Blakenburg and their
women all were there.
Mike Signed my Changes CD (To Norman, All the best, Mike Lindup), and I gave
him a 2nd one.
Oh, who's is this, he asked me.
Well, this is mine too, I said, but it is the Japanese copy.
Japanese?? Mike was stumbled, so I showed him the inserts, with Japanese
Lyrics.
Oh Wow, never knew there was a Japanese one of it, he said, and called a
friend of his, with a VCR-recorder, to record the Japanese CD, one part in
my hands, one part in Mike's....'Well' He said in the camera 'this is the
guy who even has the Japanese one!!'
For a moment I felt like the hero of the day, but then the concert started,
and I realised I wasn't.... :-(

The gig itself was great, but I can imagine there are fans that won't like
the Brazilian influence of it.
The sound is realy Brazo-Jazz, but I liked it, althought the Bass could be
more funky, and Mike should do some more with the Keyboards.
btw. The Prophet 5 Mike used is realy getting older....that's for sure, man
can hear that... ;-)
After the gig we said Mike goodbye and went for a beer.
Oh yeah, also asked Mike if he's going to the Jazz cafe gigs in November,
but he didn't even know of it, so I told him.
He told us he sure will think of going there again, 'cos he liked last
November show realy!!!

Conclusion: It realy was worth it!!!!

Norman (Helga: he daar heb je.. dinges... Henri: ...Malle Pietje..... Helga:
... Oh, ja..)
www.level42.zzn.com
ps Cheers to the mates i've met again at the gig: Henro, Helga, Wilma,
Andre, Arjan, Maarten, Patricia, Fred, and the 2 others (sorry. I forgot
your names, sorry again)

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Subject: Apocalypse Now
From: "Andrew Goodwin" <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:38:06 BST

>Subject: Finding a Husband in Boston
>From: BHConrad @ aol.com
>
>me, I'll be seeing everyone's favorite Other band - Steely Dan, on July
>15th. bhc

To quote myself from Digest 136: "You appear to have accidentally included
the word "other" in this sentence."

AG

PS Gold star to whoever gets the link between the Subject and the quoted
text. Well, the author rather than the text (that's given it away).
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Subject: MK Tickets
From: JuJuGuru @ aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:34:33 EDT

'Level 42's Mark King' is playing the Jazz Cafe from 12-16 November
(Sun-Thurs) and the tickets are =A315 each. Go to ticketmaster.co.uk to get
'em. The best way is to search under venue and scroll down. Get down Mama!
JuJuGuru

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Subject: Blancmange?
From: Daniel James <djames @ serv.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:42:08 -0700

> Nah, Blancmange had too much "boing" and not enough "ring" to sound
> like Simple Minds.

> They did however sound an awful lot like OMD however (although, and I'm
> sure this isn't going to make me too popular, I much preferred
> Blancmange)

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Subject: Victor and nothing
From: "Allwyn and Laura Kelly" <allwyn @ dconn.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:03:21 -0700

<As bass tapping goes then I would still go for Michael Manring.  Victor
<Wooten shines out on this stuff, Bela Fleck albums are just awesome.

Victors solo albums are quite good also.

<Will you PLEASE respond to this e-mail and tell me WHY you have not sent
to
<me the items I bought from you in late FEBRUARY yet?!?  This is the eighth
<e-mail I have sent to you asking this question.  Please do NOT continue to
<ignore me.  Also, I know of four others that you owe some sort of 'Fan
Club'
<items to...

<Thank you,
<Karla Tillers

I think I found an error near your signature.  I believe it should have
read:

Thanks for nothing
Karla Tillers