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Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
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| Today's Topics 1 - Live Aid - dean.osborn @ bt.com 2 - Obtaining CD's & DVD's in OZ - Jim Nixon 3 - future outlook (?) - jt 4 - Steve Lawson gig - Feb. 7 - Nathania Apple 5 - Music Maturation - Brian Flint 6 - L42 Compilation Albums - Richard Maybury 7 - need feedback on Marketplace (content, frequency, etc.) - Eric J. Hansen 8 - What to expect - DonZipf @ aol.com 9 - Sweet Home Alabama - Andrew Goodwin 10 - Level 42 Digest Marketplace for 1/14/2003 - Level 42 Digest Marketplace |
| 1 - Live Aid |
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| From: | dean.osborn @ bt.com <dean.osborn @ bt.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:30:50 -0000 |
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| >>... I missed out on all this 'Ask Mark' caper but I've >>always wanted to ask him, "Why didn't Level 42 play at >>Live Aid?" >>Answer on a postcard please, and no bollocks. >>Cheers ~ Mike (Sydney City Milkman) That's an easy answer Mike - Live Aid was July 1985, and Level 42's big commercial break, both over here and in the U.S was WORLD MACHINE, which hadn't come out then. So basically Level 42 were not, at that point, big enough to go on there. To be brutally honest, even at the height of their fame there were tons more bigger superstars to choose from. If you are not invited you can't appear. Dean | ||
| 2 - Obtaining CD's & DVD's in OZ |
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| From: | Jim Nixon <jimrobnixon @ powerup.com.au> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 22:49:44 +1000 |
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I was wondering if anyone knew where I can get
Level 42 CD's & DVD's in Australia (particularly Queensland). Occassionally
I get lucky and find one in a record store (I paid $5 for 'One Man' in JB
Electronics, Brisbane!!)
I am trying to replace all the old tapes I brought
over from the UK when I emigrated eleven years ago.
Congratulations on the digest and the web page.
Keep up the good work (anymore L42 fans in Brisbane)?
Jim the Pom | ||
| 3 - future outlook (?) |
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| From: | jt <jtraci @ yahoo.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 05:10:52 -0800 (PST) |
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| hey Eric (W), >What i would like to know is what > people are expecting to hear, especially as the last > 'new' stuff was One Man. Hmmm, haven't really thought about it since there really seems to be nothing happening. (although MK is said to be "hoping" to write right now). I am hesitant to think what will come of a band that has NOT been creative in the four years it's been together. So, what I "expect" will be some pop stuff. Some middle aged men singing shit like, "hey baby" and such. What I would like is a more solid output, let's face it, a great deal of us dig MK cuz he can beat the hell out of a bass. I long for those days. MK and maybe GH writing some nasty-tasty stuff would be sweet. If MK wants to go it alone, although those albums do lose the 'band-esque' feel, I would like to see some well thought out compostitions, maybe like Stanley CLarke's _If This Bass Could Talk_. >Has Mark got a record deal Not that anyone knows. >I've had my fill of... > and insipid ballards. um, "Bitter Moon", anyone? > Likewise, I think that the new L42 would become a > speciality act, it having its own niche, and > therefore a specific market and specific band of > followers. That would be cool, cuz that means they would be doing something...different, like not getting lost in the ever-bland pop market. But I'm still not convinced that MK even wants to be a full-time (or whatever) musician. So any output could feel...rushed. Eric (H), I think Store 24 was named to mislead everyone that they would actually be open for 24hours, which most, unfortuantly, were not. But they also seemed to be taken over by 7-11...they're going the way of Cumberland Farms. :P ok, j __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com | ||
| 4 - Steve Lawson gig - Feb. 7 |
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| From: | Nathania Apple <n @ nathaniaapple.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:52:39 -0800 |
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Zak’s post about the SoCal Levelfest reminded me to post this here as well. For those coming in the day before the fest, a group of us are gathering in Valencia at Java N Jazz to see Brit bassist Steve Lawson who recently opened for Level 42 on a portion of the 02 tour. Email me if you’re interested in more information. Specific details will be posted at http://www.level42webdigest.com Cheers, Nathania | ||
| 5 - Music Maturation |
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| From: | Brian Flint <wolfbard @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:19:26 +0000 |
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| First of all, it's good to be back, and hopefully will all garner some information as well as have fun with eachother in a little harmless debate. As for Winman's remark regarding new material (of which I didn't read the catalyst), I would say that I would really like to hear where Mark and Co are in the musical life. I don't want to hear some retro-reminiscent rehashed stuff that we all have hundreds of copies of already. One man was refreshing, it was Mature Level 42. Forever Now even had more depth than the older stuff. They may not be in their musical prime anymore, but the music is just as good on different levels (no pun int). So, in conclusion, I want to hear something fresh and new. Bri's Back _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus | ||
| 6 - L42 Compilation Albums |
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| From: | Richard Maybury <rsmaybury @ tiscali.co.uk> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:36:50 -0000 |
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Check out my L42 website containing most of the
official releases at
[url]http://website.lineone.net/~rsmaybury/[/url].
If anyone knows of any that I've missed, please
email me , thanks....
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| 7 - need feedback on Marketplace (content, frequency, etc.) |
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| From: | Eric J. Hansen <ehansen @ worldmachine.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:00:21 -0500 |
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| Hi all, at the bottom of this Digest *should* appear the latest content for the Level 42 Digest Marketplace. Please let me know what you think. In particular: - how useful is this info to you? - how often would you want to see this? daily, weekly, a few times a week, never, etc? - for the ebay listing, are 7 items per list enough, or would you want more/less? - what other content would you suggest? thanks! Eric | ||
| 8 - What to expect |
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| From: | DonZipf @ aol.com <DonZipf @ aol.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:47:52 EST |
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| > Just a few words regarding this on going theme about new material. What > i would like to know is what people are expecting to hear, especially as the > last 'new' stuff was One Man. (I know trash was released later but it was full > of 'cliche' tracks imho). To repeat a prediction I made quite some time ago, I expect a major-label release containg bits & pieces from what was to have been TRASH 2 reworked as new material, plus some altogether new stuff. So, stylistically, it probably will be somewhere between TRASH and ONE MAN. Just my guess.... ;o) Z. | ||
| 9 - Sweet Home Alabama |
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| From: | Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 22:23:10 +0000 |
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| OK, fifth attempt to post this now distinctly old hat message. Somebody's going to have to tell me how to avoid that quoted text filter. Quoted text is my modus operandum. I bet Friesen doesn't get his messages bounced by a drivel filter. ======================================== AAAAAARGH!!!! Like it's not enough that everywhere I turn there are people talking to themselves in the street, tinny little William Tell overtures shattering every precious silence, ten-minute-wonder shops proliferating in the historic city centre, now the pernicious mobile phone is infiltrating even my few remaining sanctuaries! Surely I can’t be the only person left in the world who hates mobile phones? Who cherishes anonymity and incommunication? Foul, loathsome inventions, together with the internet breeding a generation of quick-fix children who think every whim should be instantly gratified. And don't even get me started on the insidious violation of the English language known as the text message. Bah. Now on with the scheduled programme. From: Royal Moore <maxxroyal @ yahoo.com> Anybody else really like this song? I think Take A Look is a peach of a song, one of very few highlights from the dreadful years between World Machine and Forever Now. I find it untypically Level 42 though. There's a melancholy element in the harmonies in the chorus which is relatively out of character for the band. Lovely key change as well. From: Jackson, Lolita <Lolita.Jackson @ morganstanley.com> Hey Eric - any way to turn off those out of office replies?? He can't do that, they're all most of those people ever post. But I did notice that "for the web version, email addresses are purposefully de-referenced and munged so that web spambots will not harvest your address". Look at that, he's found the missing link between English and Gibberish. From: Maria Gechou <MGechou @ t-online.de> Hey, what do you mean with "prankster" (can't find that word in the dictionary) and may Mark "have been having a bit of language fun with Ms.Germany"? I wouldn't take offence Maria. I think all JT was alluding to was Mark King's history of saying the first thing that comes into his head. Many people interpret this as being deliberately mischievous; I'm more inclined to think that King is one of those people who just like to tell people what they want to hear, and whether or not it relates to fact is coincidental. From: Daniel James <djames @ serv.net> Hi all. I posted this message on the web digest, but I know some of you don't use it much or at all What?! You mean there are people who are missing out on these current hot topics available at the Web Digest? (I was going to make some up but the real ones are, er, better than anything I could dream up): 1) Are you gonna miss Cilla Black, when the current series of Blind Date has finished? 2) What's your favorite universe (The STAR TREK universe, The STAR WARS universe etc.) 3) What is the current best games console (Game Cube, Play Station 2 etc.) How can people survive without such gripping matters upon which to debate? Anybody else notice that the website version of the Digest is stuck on Saturday, December 28, 2002? Typical. Slovenly, careless work. Detention for you Hansen. AG PS Sweet Home Alabama, get it? Where Mobile is? When you're all back up to speed I'll stop explaining them. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail | ||
| 10 - Level 42 Digest Marketplace for 1/14/2003 |
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| Date: | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 05:50:32 -0500 |
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