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Thursday, November 27, 2003 |
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| Topics for Thursday, November 27, 2003 1. NEW 2003 white label remix of WORLD MACHINE - winman42 @ comcast.net 2. Sweet Bird Of Truth - Andrew Goodwin 3. The Hairdresser's Husband - Andrew Goodwin 4. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY - Level 42 Digest |
| 1. NEW 2003 white label remix of WORLD MACHINE |
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| From: | winman42 @ comcast.net <winman42 @ comcast.net> |
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| Date: | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:23:34 +0000 |
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| Anyone else checked out this new remix? Its not bad.. Artist: ELECTROKINGDOM Title: World Machine 12'' (Promo) on AbsolutelyCountry: Italy Cat No: ABR 044 Tracks: World Machine: Phunk Investiagation Club, Party Phase Dub & Phunk Investigation Mixes You can find 2 samples at this link as well. http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Pr2RyEJ1vVIJ:www.dotvinyl.com/genre0.asp%3Foffset%3D100+%22world+machine%22+phunk&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 This comes via Eric Hansen, who got it from Dirk Vael. Winston | ||
| 2. Sweet Bird Of Truth |
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| From: | Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:45:39 +0000 |
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| Just read this review of the first album on All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com): The album was produced by label owner Andy Sojka. Highlights include "Love Meeting Love," "Wings of Love," "Love Games," "Turn It On," and "Starchild." That's it. Fantastic. Just for good measure the correct tracklist is immediately below. Incidentally, a nod of appreciation to Pete Willis for a write-up of his gig which eschewed the standard "the guys were great, atmosphere was great, set list was great, what a great bunch of mad guys we all are too!" review and went some way towards trying to explain WHY it was such an enjoyable night for him. AG _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband | ||
| 3. The Hairdresser's Husband |
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| From: | Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:39:59 +0000 |
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| >2. The Wrong Trousers >From: Colin Gupta < thegoop @ sympatico.ca> > >Andrew, I've known for some time your love for Haircut 100. Reading your >rekindled passion for the L42 album for some reason made me wonder why you >like Haircut 100 so. That's all. OK, well, since you asked. Purists look away now, after noticing that HE ASKED. Like most people (in this country at least), my first hearing of Haircut 100 was Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl), which together with Chant No.1 and Poison Arrow formed a triumvirate of perfect early 80s pop singles. It breezed into a chart increasingly laden down with a dismal assortment of new wave hangers-on and talentless two finger synth merchants, busily employing their meagre talent to undo the advancement of that instrument which (in very different ways) Kraftwerk and Stevie Wonder had been nudging forward for a decade. The album Pelican West is almost entirely devoid of keyboards at a time when they were de rigueur for most throwaway pop. Instead we have Graham Jones' trademark 'Billy Whizz' chord work (an utterly distinctive piece of rhythm guitar), and Les Nemes' understated bass work. The trite love song may have been Haircut 100's stock in trade - take Snow Girl and Surprise Me Again for two pieces which are as joyfully romantic musically as they are lyrically - but don't be fooled that it's all they could do. Haircut 100 also had a languidly funky edge which distinguished them from every other pop band at the time. Love's Got Me In Triangles is a good example, or particularly Calling Captain Autumn, which when pared down to bass, guitar and drums has an effortless groove worthy of Chic. The lyrics echo the euphoria of the music, full of escapist images of oceans, seasons, transport, a dreamy journey beyond the dismal horizons offered to a 14 year old at an all boys school in the south Midlands. Haircut 100 were a wonderfully refreshing dose of jangly, shiny froth, free of specious lyrical diatribes or embarrassing faux rebellion, and twenty years on I find Pelican West every bit as effective a piece of fantasy as I did then. For a long time I assumed I was alone, but then I bought Colin Larkin's excellent All-Time Top 1000 albums almanac, wherein it sits at No 41 in his 50 Long Forgotten Gems, nestling between Joe Walsh and Spooky Tooth. >1. Here we come! >From: SharminHall @ aol.com < >SharminHall @ aol.com> > >Just wanted everyone to know. YCB have just finalised a deal with Opel >Rentals Holland and expect to see YCB promos everywhere you go on the main >land... Ah, just like the good old days, the return of the YCB mention. I've only ever heard the 4 track promo which was sent out right at the start, and without wanting to be unkind is it safe to assume they've improved since then? >2. Hammy Odeon tix ? >From: Kay Anthony < >Anthony.Kay @ accaglobal.com> > > If anyone has a spare pair of tickets for this Saturday > (preferably stalls) then please contact me direct Ah, you raise an interesting point. Oh no my mistake, you don't. AG _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband | ||
| 4. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY |
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| From: | Level 42 Digest <admin @ Level42Digest.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:10:07 -0500 |
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