From: Level42-request @ worldmachine.com (Level42 Digest) Subject: Level42 Digest V2001 #175 _ ____ _ ____ _ _ ___ // //__ // / //__ // /__// __// //__ //__ \\_/ //__ //__ // /__ D I G E S T Level42 Digest Volume 2001 : Issue 175 1255 subscribers Today's topics: Odds & Sods Cliff & Debjani Barua A new fan goldie1007 blatant self promo Winston Walker YCB Gigs Phil Jarvis DVD and shtuff Daniel James Y Chromo Boyz Stuart Holman Message for Mark about possible Milwaukee Summe>> Moores The Never Ending Story Andrew Goodwin Change of Email Address Mikey Payne bring on the Sax bunty omar Marcus Richard.West ------------------------------ Subject: Odds & Sods From: "Cliff & Debjani Barua" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 07:42:45 -0400 Thought I'd come out of the dark for a few moments, and put in my two bits: John in Vegas: great memory of the Toronto gigs except that Boon was not out of the group for the Steve Winwood concert. All Toronto concerts featured the original line-up except for the final gig, September 12, 1987 at Maple Leaf Gardens, by which time Boon was gone. That concert was also their own (they weren't opening for anybody). I had 8th row floor seats, and was a bit shocked not to see Boon on stage (I mean, I had just seen him at the July 4 Madonna concert, and he looked very happy to me :-) ). Unfortunately, back then, we didn't have the YCB-DVD Digest to keep us up to date on these things. Speaking of YCB, I'm thinking of getting this CD based on the rave reviews, but am I alone in thinking that Y-Chromo Boyz is something of a twatty name?? It makes me think of a traditional "boy" band, or a baggy-assed hip hop combo (a la Kris Kross) (no disrespet to either genre). Perhaps someone can explain how they arrived at this head-scratching selection of a group name. But based on name recognition alone, the last thing I think of is "Early Tapes" or "Pursuit of Accidents". Ah yes, the DVD. I ordered this early last week before the notes on PAL came out. So, now I'll have to decide: do I want to watch it on my computer, when I have a lot of money invested in home theatre equipment, or do I keep it on the shelf until 2024 when I buy that PAL/NTSC DVD player (at a garage - "car boot" - sale), or do I offer it up at face value, preferably to a local resident of the greater Toronto area?? Well, I'll have to think about this one, but the final scenario looks best to me at this time. I'll have to get around to scanning my photos from the July 4 '87 concert (Mark in leg cast) and Sept 12 '87 concert (Boon, where are you?), and send them in to Forever Now ....... Andrew: good to see that you're still saving up for the Season Ticket, despite the drop ........ (next year: will you sell your prestine copy of Guaranteed for a Vauxhall Conference (or whatever it's called these days) Season Ticket??) Back to lurking ......... (hope this e-mail is playable in most parts of the US) Cliff Barua - Toronto ------------------------------ Subject: A new fan From: "goldie1007" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 12:59:35 +0100 Hi all, Sorry to piss you off, Loz, but I'm gonna announce the birth of my 3rd daughter - Harley Isabella - who arrived on 20th June @7.03pm and weighed in @ 6 pounds and 4 ounces. Anything L42 related? well, she was born to the sound of the Great Ones coming out of the hospitals ghetto blaster. The track? 'Good man in a storm' which was nice. Cheers, Lozzie xxxx ------------------------------ Subject: blatant self promo From: "Winston Walker" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:49:50 -0400 12 inch pic disc of Take A Look... http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1440071935 ------------------------------ Subject: YCB Gigs From: "Phil Jarvis" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:01:56

Hello Everybody,

Just a quick reminder to all those 42 digesters attending the YCB gig on 08/07/2001. If you haven't got your tickets yet, you 'd better get them quick as believe it or not they're actually selling out! Box office number 01787 374 745.

I've been electronically conversing with Pascal Koolen recently and its looking very likely that we will be playing the Dutch Level fest in September along with the Britfest that you all already know about.I'll post dates when we have them.

Also, please don't forget our album is still for sale from our website, hope you all caught the recent reviews and support us in our plight to put Brit Funk back on the map in a world of Girl/Boy band durge.

http://www.y-chromo-boyz.com/YCB_Album_Ecommerce.htm

Cheers Guys,

Phil - YCB


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------------------------------ Subject: DVD and shtuff From: Daniel James Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 11:28:13 -0700 Received my DVD late last week, popped it into the APEX (first test of it's PAL playback) and it worked brilliantly! Now I'm all about ordering some Region 2 discs I've been holding off on (I got one of the old models that allowed you to select region codes and to disable macrovision). Kudos to Mark for getting this out and for such a fine performance. Kudos to Lynden for what I thought was a fantastic job on the keys. All you who have been complaining about him need to turn off the 'Mike Lindup Glasses'. They're both great musicians, and although Mike Lindup is god in my opinion, that doesn't make Lynden Connah incompetent. I saw him on the one man tour and thought he was great! Kudos also to Nathan and Gary. Kudos to Cristina Gallego for getting your name on the credits :) And finally, Kudos to APEX for making a damn fine DVD player with more functionality for less money. I think the audio quality is excellent. When I was listening to it, I thought the same thing that Winston was mentioning. Whoever said it wasn't mixed properly must be listening to it in Pro-Logic mode instead of matrix surround or 2-channel stereo. > Is it possible to covert dvd to divx so it can be burnt onto normal cdr? and > be viewed on dvd-player on tv-screen? Possible, yes. Probable? No. I don't know how you'd convert the video directly. Probably have to run the video through a stand-alone DVD player and run S-Video into a video capture card, then compress the video to mpeg/divx. If you've got the time, go for it. Otherwise, you're probably best to order the DVD-ROM version and convert the QT files to VCD compliant mpeg and burn a Video CD. As for the One Man album, I've always loved it. While I'd have killed for another "Influences", the more adult contemporary feel of the album was great, and there were some fantastic tracks. Love Wars has always been my favourite (as anyone who saw me singing along on the tour can attest to), and I love Bitter Moon, Resupply, One Man and Changing the Guard. I can do without Pamela, and I wish Mark hadn't bothered to write the first half of track four. I narrowly missed seeing Level 42 on the Winwood tour. I was a bit of a Steve Winwood fan and nearly bought tickets to see him. I knew Level 42 at the time, but hadn't become the die-hard fan I am now. It was about a month after the tour that I really discovered them and unfortunately, never had another chance to see them. ------------------------------ Subject: Y Chromo Boyz From: "Stuart Holman" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:41:28 +0100 You Digesters have GOT to get this new album - it's absolutely fantastic and cannot be missed. I'm really looking forward to their first gig and hope to see some of you there (and in the bar afterwards!). TCOY Stu ------------------------------ Subject: Message for Mark about possible Milwaukee Summerfest gig!!!!! From: "Moores" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:42:25 -0700 Shout out to Mark if your reading the digest. Please check out the website for this years Milwaukee Summerfest lineup. http://www.summerfest.com Under entertainment/grounds stages you'll find the entertainment listed for the Harley Davidson Roadhouse stage. I mention this only because I've read that your a fan of Harleys, and of course Milwaukee is the home of their world headquarters. Tour anyone? Of course I think it would blow everyone away if you played the Marcus Amphitheater main stage but if you were looking for a smaller venue why not here? I know it's to late for this year but since it's held every year at this time what a great place to kick off/or to add a date to a U.S tour. Next year maybe??? Please!!!!!!!! Having lived in this area most of my life and attended my share of excellent shows at summerfest, the great outdoors and being on the waterfront makes for a wonderful relaxed atmosphere and a great place for you to put on a show. To everyone else reading the digest I know it's a long shot trying and get Mark to tour the states but of course it never hurts to make a suggestion in the hopes that he will read it as well as consider it. Royal P.S I did see Gary Husband with Allan Holdsworth here in Milwaukee a few years back. Great show!! ------------------------------ Subject: The Never Ending Story From: "Andrew Goodwin" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:55:00 +0100 >Subject: Misc Stuff >From: "James R Sutton" > >It's amazing how someone can >try so hard to be funny, yet they end up coming across like a complete >ass. Story of my life. AG _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Subject: Change of Email Address From: "Mikey Payne" Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:32:19 -0500 Hello ALL! This is just a reminder that my email address michael.p @ mainstreettravel.com is NO LONGER VALID. Please use the email address below for future correspondence: mikeyp42 @ hotmail.com THANKS! Mikey _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Subject: bring on the Sax From: "bunty omar" Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 04:26:19 -0400 Besides Steve, Phil and Myself, anyone else here interested in having a sax played at Mark's upcoming gigs??? YES! YES! YES! --------------------------------------------------------------- Using a Macintosh? Get FREE E-mail, web space and MORE http://www.applelinks.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Coming Soon The "iClock" http://www.applelinks.com/pages/iclock/ ------------------------------ Subject: Marcus From: Richard.West @ invensys.com Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:41:08 +0100 >Subject: Marcus Miller Live At The Forum London >From: "Desmond Lynch" >went to see Marcus at the forum in london on 22nd june >was anyone else there?? Hi Des Yes, I was there too. The man's not human; it should be a criminal offence for anybody to be that funky. He has GROOVE oozing from every pore. And the way he dealt with his ailing soprano sax in 'Your Amazing Grace' was just soooo cool -- talk about unfazed and unflustered. And to any of you who haven't yet bought 'M2', his new CD, all I can say is... WHY NOT?? You have no excuse. Go and buy it immediately, and hear the truth.