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Friday, May 02, 2003 |
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| Topics for Friday, May 02, 2003 1 - West Coast - Laurence Green 2 - language, briefs and reality - jt 3 - Spirit Is Free - Stephen.Whyte @ lpc.tv 4 - Uh? - James Watkins 5 - Level Best coming to DVD - jt 6 - It's Not the Same for Us - alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca 7 - Level 42 In Glasgow - Norwood, Jennifer 8 - JT - ALLAN ROBERTSON 9 - loz - ALLAN ROBERTSON 10 - harlekyn - Lambrichts Peter 11 - Origins of Level 42 (according to me) - TPM1024 @ aol.com 12 - a little announcement, sorry so long! - Tom Foolery 13 - Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE for 5/2/2003 - * Level 42 Fall 2003 Tour Travel Packages * - Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE |
| 1 - West Coast |
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| From: | Laurence Green <laurence.green @ scottwilson.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 11:27:23 +0100 |
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| Please don't anyone spend $75 on the Spirit Is Free CD single - it's worth a third of that. Speaking of such, this evening I'm off to the West Coast, man. The west coast of Scotland which inspired Mike's song. Great news about the new DVD L()Z Visit our web site at www.scottwilson.com Privilege and Confidentiality Notice. This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for the party to whom they are addressed. They may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital copies and destroy any paper copies. Thank you. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd Registered in London: No. 880328 Registered office: Scott House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4JG. UK. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. | ||
| 2 - language, briefs and reality |
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| From: | jt <jtraci @ yahoo.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 03:34:16 -0700 (PDT) |
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| christien de roo >Sorry about my english writing Hey, Christien, your English is damn, damn good. I was playing with your statement. You were very clear in what you meant. > No offence ofcourse but I think > Belgium is one of the only countries that have 4 > languages. And I think I'm doing OK. You're doing better than ok, don't sweat it. Although you are not alone: Switzerland has German, French, Italian, Romanish, and "swiss-german" is pretty damn different than "high" German, not too mention Englisch is pretty dominant. All that for a small, whacky lil' country. Laurence Green > I have done some very brief > calculations on the contribution of Mark and Mike to > Level 42 vocals: Nice "brief" job, Loz. :P Eric J. Hansen (aka His Highness) >Yeah, seriously. The party is no fun > without someone to (reliably) spoil it. ;) yeah, yeah - reality sucks, don't it. :P Too many smilies today... j __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com | ||
| 3 - Spirit Is Free |
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| From: | Stephen.Whyte @ lpc.tv <Stephen.Whyte @ lpc.tv> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 11:12:48 +0100 |
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>Mike Lindup - Spirit Is Free cd single. $75.00 >This 3-track CD Single is signed by Mike Lindup, Jakko, Gary Banacle, John Thrikell.... $75? Is this for real? First Changing The Guard and now The Spirit Is Free. As some of you may have noticed, I have a problem with eBay sellers charging obscene prices, despite who they are. Nothing personal, Mikey. Besides, according to the sleeve notes, the above musicians didn't even play on the single or even the Changes album. They may have played the track live on the Guaranteed tour, but so what? It's like getting Lyndon or Nathan to sign a copy of Level Best - pointless, irrelevent and imho it actually serves to devalue the item. >Worst video moment? Weave Your Spell > - the outfits and hairdos were atrocious!! >I vote for the entire moment of the entire video for >"Take Care of Yourself". Agreed. A truly awful video - no excuses are good enough. I've also never really understood the whole 'playing instruments halfway up a mountain' fascination, a la The Sun Goes Down and Guaranteed. Steve *************************************************************************** This email is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, you are in notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so could be a breach of confidence. Thank you for your co-operation. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of The RTL Group or its associated companies. Please contact our IT Helpdesk on +44 (0)20 7691 6996 or e-mail support.it @ fremantlemedia.com if you require further assistance. *************************************************************************** | ||
| 4 - Uh? |
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| From: | James Watkins <james @ bpbaxter.co.uk> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 11:55:40 +0100 |
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Loz wrote:
“I have done some very brief calculations on the contribution of
Mark and Mike to Level 42 vocals:
Words elude me!
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| 5 - Level Best coming to DVD |
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| From: | jt <jtraci @ yahoo.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 04:32:49 -0700 (PDT) |
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| Stolen news bit from Forevernow.com...j ......................................... Andre Huijts heard from Universal Music in The Netherlands that they will be releasing "Level Best" on DVD! It will be released in 5.1 Dolby Surround and include a free bonus CD of "Level Best" remastered in 28 bit. There will be special features on the DVD and the release date is mid May 2003! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com | ||
| 6 - It's Not the Same for Us |
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| From: | alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca <alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 10:29:01 -0400 |
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>> From: jt <jtraci @ yahoo.com> And lastly, again for Friesen (cuz frankly, I think I'm getting a crush on him): << Well usually my tastes run in somewhat different veins, but Lolita won't have me, so J, baby, what's your sign? >> From: christien de roo <christien.deroo @ lycos.com> We have to speak/write 4 or 5 languages in our country, ... No offence ofcourse but I think Belgium is one of the only countries that have 4 languages. And I think I'm doing OK. << Offence?! Offence?! You are doing amazingly fabulously OK! Keep it up! And don't think of it as "we HAVE to speak/write 4 or 5 languages," rather you should be all "we are incredibly lucky because we have the opportunity from birth of learning to speak/write 4 or 5 languages." Most of us are stuck with just the one language. Consider yourself fortunate. Even Level 42 (an obscure band some of you may have heard of) throw in a smattering beyond English. ...Alex... | ||
| 7 - Level 42 In Glasgow |
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| From: | Norwood, Jennifer <jennifer.norwood @ umusic.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 08:22:33 -0700 |
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| Aye Laddie! Am I the only Yankee (or Level 42 fan, for that matter) going to see the band at their Glasgow engagement (Oct 28th) ? Am I going to be the only Black person in all of Scotland when I get there? Someone please brief me on race relations in Scotland and Ireland (my plane has a layover there) so I can be prepared ahead of time. Thanks all! Jennifer Norwood National Promotion Universal Motown Records 1755 Broadway New York, NY 10019 212-331-2417 phone 212-331-2418 fax jennifer.norwood @ umusic.com AOL IM: Chewie818 | ||
| 8 - JT |
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| From: | ALLAN ROBERTSON <allanmrobertson @ mail.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 01 May 2003 14:30:51 -0500 |
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| alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca > I've put in an official request to Eric, deity of > the digest, to remove JT > from our community unless he can promise, once and > for all, to return to > his roots and forsake this new-found friendly > streak. >Well, I thought my 'slagging' the most >popular/overrated band in Da World would be enough to >keep my Anger Bank on reserve; some people are never >satisfied. *** eric - dont remove JT - his posts are comical besides it saves getting a comedy video out :) He is only expressing his views which like anyone else has the right to do. -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup | ||
| 9 - loz |
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| From: | ALLAN ROBERTSON <allanmrobertson @ mail.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 01 May 2003 14:35:43 -0500 |
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| >50 songs have vocals from mark only. 12 songs have vocals from Mike only. >Allowing for words sang - Mark sings an average of 75.6% of the words in each song - >Mike sings an average 24.4% of each song. >I suppose that's about exactly what I though it would be. >L()Z *** i take it u dont get out much LOZ :) -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup | ||
| 10 - harlekyn |
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| From: | Lambrichts Peter <lambrichts.peter @ belgacom.net> |
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| Date: | Fri, 2 May 2003 00:40:15 +0200 |
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| Goodmorning or evening, This is a report of another belgian fan, well,well, a night to remember,Level 42 was ready for it but not the local technicians,especially the guys behind the soundbuttons,to drunk or to high(so I've red on the Harlekyn webside,guestbook).First we couldn't hear Sean's saxophone,then Nathan's monitor took a break and also Lyndon had a problem with his equipement(lineout I believe). after 2 or 3 songs everything was repared,at last.During this not so comfortable period MARK and GARY(yes in capitals)played very professionaly,imperturbable and very focused . We had local technicians,now ,the local heroes,throwing plastic beercups and other projectiles.Sean evaded some beer,we did and at one point a thought this really is the final drop,Mark had a beerholder(tray?)bouncing off his chest,can you imagine,one foot higher, then what?But hey,no problem,again,he played on ,the band played on ,and after all we experienced a late but a strongly played concert .Thank you very much indeed! I hope I made no writing errors,Christine?? Peter L | ||
| 11 - Origins of Level 42 (according to me) |
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| From: | TPM1024 @ aol.com <TPM1024 @ aol.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 23:11:26 EDT |
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| Back in my teen years I listened to jazz/fusion/funk music while all my friends were disco-ing their lives away. I have lived in the US all my life so this stuff was easily accessible. I hear so many Level 42 influences when I listen to my old favorites today. Level 42 took this type of music and set it to lyrics and created a mainstream for which I was starving. 1976 Return to Forever Romantic Warrior 1976 Jeff Beck Wired 1977 George Duke Reach for it (not sure what "it" is) 1976 Stanley Clarke School Days 1973 Herbie Hanock Head Hunters 1975 Brecker Brothers Brecker Brothers 1975 Earth Wind & Fire That's the Way of the World 1977 Weather Report Heavy Weather other greats from the realm of funk and fusion, Gap Band, Brothers Johnson, Incognito, Steve Khan I am in no way saying that these recordings mirror the Level 42 sound but that they are similar to the music recorded on the first four or so L42 albums. If you miss the old stuff give a few of these a try. Trent | ||
| 12 - a little announcement, sorry so long! |
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| From: | Tom Foolery <grooveyardtom @ yahoo.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2003 23:35:11 -0700 (PDT) |
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| L42 gurus, I want to celebrate something with you all. I am pretty much the average dude with a fairly intense day job, pushing 40, but hey, for the last 12 years I have been songwriting, getting together a home music studio, and spending the odd nights and weekends laying down tracks and tunes - probably like some of you . . . Well, my homemade CD arrived from the plant yesterday, and I'm very happy with it. Happy it's done, mostly! So if you would like to share in this joy of mine, and listen to a little bit of creative sprog, then read on . . . I have always held in high esteem the musical intelligence of the Digest members, and have enjoyed the discussions ever since I discovered the list in 1995? Truly a remarkable set of people, connected by an incredible band. So of course I would be interested in what you might think of my home-grown musical attempt, and I'd like to give away some free cds. Disclaimer: I know my CD has moments that reveal the imperfections of my home studio and/or recording ability. To do this thing well is a very difficult technical nut to crack - especially for a novice in the spare bedroom. That's what drew me towards the World Machine album in the first place, some amazing studio recording techniques and proficiencies on that album . . . Further Disclaimer: when you listen to my singing, you might think that you walked into 25 cent Beer night at the local Karaoke palace. With all of that out of the way, if you would like a freebie CD please visit my website "http://www.emeraldsoul.com" and contact me through the "CONTACT" link (not through this "grooveyard" address). I don't care where you are in the world, just email me your mailing address and here it comes. Keep reading please . . . Oh, wait, one more disclaimer: I'm a keyboard player so you'll notice I don't play the bass as well as Mark King, the guitar as well as Boon, or the drums as well as EITHER Gary Husband or Phil Gould - actually the drums on my CD contain some of the Phil Gould samples from his CD, hopefully tastefully used. So there you have it, sorry for the intrusion. This will eventually turn into a commercial enterprise (on a tiny scale) so I have no plans to ever mention my CD again on the digest. Please observe, I have not even mentioned the CD's title, and the project name only in passing. I'm sensitive to the bandwidth gods and I have no desire of being disparaged (YCB). I know other list members have commercial projects, etc. But as I've spent the last 12 years on this, truly a labor of love, I ask your forgiveness. I do believe my songs have something of a Level-42-ish architecture about them. One last thing - I must place a limit on the number of freebies - first come, first served - how many would I like to bestow? Why, 42, of course! thanks and take care, -TF __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com | ||
| 13 - Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE for 5/2/2003 - * Level 42 Fall 2003 Tour Travel Packages * |
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| From: | Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE <level42-admin @ worldmachine.com> |
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| Date: | Fri, 2 May 2003 04:47:52 -0400 |
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Welcome to the Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE! Shopping for Level 42 items on the net? Let the Level 42 Digest be your sales associate! By scanning and publishing each day's sale items from various sources, the Level 42 Digest MARKETPLACE helps keep you tuned in to what's available. As always, if you have any suggestions for improvements or additional content, please email us at level42-admin @ worldmachine . com. Happy shopping! :) Brought to you exclusively by Mike Payne @ Journey House & The Level 42 Digest For those who have their hearts set on going to England to see Level 42 this fall, but are limited on funds and time away from work, we've put together a special travel package. Agency commission has been waived for Level 42 Digest members -- you are getting this itinerary at cost only! Sorry, only North American Digest members can book these packages (USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and most of the Caribbean). Note that there are other packages available for longer stays and other cities - the one listed here is the "basic" package. PACKAGE #6 - THE POOR MAN'S SPECIAL * Package L42-6S (Single) * Package L42-6D (Double) DATES/ITINERARY Depart any North American gateway city on Thursday, November 20. Arrive London the next morning, and return the following Sunday/Monday... a quick trip! WHAT'S INCLUDED Including roundtrip air to London and hotel accomodations within walking distance to the concert venue, London Hammy Apollo. Also includes Level 42 show tickets and all taxes. Optional railway tickets and passes are also available at discounted rates. PACKAGE COST The L42-6S single package is approximately US$756.00, which will vary depending on your departure city and your length of stay, but the final cost will be close to this figure. The L42-6D double package is approximately US$1,206.00 (US$603.00 per person) with the same variability depending on departure city and length of stay. Both packages includes all taxes and fees. ALSO NOTE! There is another BRITFEST being planned for the day after the London gig, just an hour outside of the city. Plans are still being finalized, so watch the Level 42 Digest for updated information. Usually it costs around UK£10.00 (US$15.73) to gain entry, which helps defray the cost of the facilities and bar staff. In the past, whatever profit (if any) has been donated to the Children Say Charities. :) I must say that this could be the biggest "YANK" turn out in years! I'm VERY happy to see this! It will be great.........! If you have any questions or to book a package, contact me via email or phone. cheers, Mike Payne @ Journey House Travel AMEX VIA EMAIL: michael @ journeyhouse.com VIA PHONE: (800) 737-9447 - 9am to 5pm CST, Monday through Friday
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