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Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
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| Topics for Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1. Sherwood Forest - Lisa Harding 2. Re: Sherwood (I couldn't agree more!) - Stephen J. Wright 3. Leveling out the Levels! - DLabossiere @ ci.santa-ana.ca.us 4. WORD FROM MARK KING - Michael Payne 5. STING DVD - Michael Payne 6. New Dan - Colin Gupta 7. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY - Level 42 Digest 8. + MARKETPLACE - Level 42 Digest |
| 1. Sherwood Forest |
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| From: | Lisa Harding <lisa.harding @ ntlworld.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:53:00 -0700 |
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| >>So who out of the digest was at the Sherwood Forest gig? >>I did notice some guy near me on the front row with a Level 42 Digest shirt >>on. That was my other half Marcus!!!! He'll be pleased he was spotted!! >>There was a nice moment when we all started singing happy birthday to Gary >>Husband. I agree that was a clasy moment >>Anybody else at Sherwood saturday night? Yup there were loads of us singing along anfd making Mark and co laugh during kansas city milkman for example!! the guilty party that i knew were as follows: Mrs Pink (me) Marcus Bone Lisa Devlin Mike Dear Glyn Willett Matt Richardson Raymond Persaud Andy Clarke Simona Carson Bilal Tabassum Janet and John OConnell Jackie and Ken and loads more whose names escape me at the moment as i have only had six hours sleep in three days and am totally exhausted!! I have posted pictures for people to see on the level 42 web digest if anyone wants a look. http://www.level42webdigest.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=displa y;num=1055695273 Laters all Mrs Pink | ||
| 2. Re: Sherwood (I couldn't agree more!) |
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| From: | Stephen J. Wright <steve @ steviejay.co.uk> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:00:38 +0100 |
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I quote Mr. Keith Ashley,
"(Anyone thinking of re-quoting anything i've
put and trashing it, their
response is not welcome or clever.That includes you smart arse's who take the piss out of peoples grammar or for keeping the caps keys on,arrogance is not attractive and it doesnt make you right)." I simply could not agree
more, mate!
I was at Sherwood, absolutely fantastic wasn't it?
I was at the front (more or less) level with Nathan & Sean.
No surprises as far as the set was concerned,
but who cares! I'm looking forward to more of the same at
Croydon in October, if I don't decide to go to the Circus Tavern next month
first.
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| 3. Leveling out the Levels! |
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| From: | DLabossiere @ ci.santa-ana.ca.us <DLabossiere @ ci.santa-ana.ca.us> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:56:13 -0700 |
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From: Veen vd, Willem
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| 4. WORD FROM MARK KING |
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| From: | Michael Payne <michael @ journeyhouse.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:54:50 -0500 |
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I know that Mark's band had to leave for Indonesia quite early that next morning after the Sherwwod Forest gig - but did anybody have a chance to ask Mark about this new Level 42 album? Just curious to see what he may have said. MIKEY | ||
| 5. STING DVD |
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| From: | Michael Payne <michael @ journeyhouse.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:01:08 -0500 |
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I forgot to mention that a very good friend of mine and fellow digest member - told me that I needed to get this STING - ALL THIS TIME DVD. Well, I got it - and it is absolutely BRILLIANT! It comes with an awesome documentary and full concert. The concert takes place at Sting's house in Italy. Sadly, the concert is on September 11, 2001 , just hours after the attacks on the USA, to which Sting had to modify the set list for obvious reasons. Dominic Miller and Manu Katche (sp) are featured live on this DVD. It is probably the most heartfelt and sincere performance I have ever seen - I STRONGLY advise you get this DVD - you won't regret it. The set list is a Sting's fans dream come true - Seven Days, Set Them Free, and Fragile - were the high-points for me. I have to admit though, listening to Englishman in New York was difficult - I can only imagine how the Sting and the band felt. MIKEY | ||
| 6. New Dan |
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| From: | Colin Gupta <thegoop @ sympatico.ca> |
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| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:42 -0500 |
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Happy belated Father's Day! I hope you were
pampered in all the ways you wanted.
Got my pair for Steely Dan August 14th. I've never
seen them live after 25 years of fandom and I cannot wait.
Whoooohoooo.
Great post Matt. Don, I know
where you're coming from. To me, 2AN has a bit more jazzy cool edge to
it than EMG. Although more than a few EMG tracks could easily have fit
into the groove of 2AN, it seems in general, 2AN has a more bittersweet
cool Steely Dan feel. EMG has more songs which are more on the pop
side of the scale. In a way they remind of certain songs from The
Nightfly. The Nightfly is a superb pop album and I've heard it at least 50
times; Aja and Gaucho are miles beyond and except for a few songs, I can't
realistically compare these albums. There is no song that comes close
to Aja or Babylon Sister on The Nightfly. My favs from each are
Time Out of Mind, Home At Last and The Nightfly; all kind of similar songs.
And I also agree with Don that all SD is musical
mastery. Listen to Peg or Home At Last for awesome bass, perhaps not
"wizardry", but I think so. To only identify one instrument though
is well missing the entire point. I remember the handlebar
moustache guitarist from The Doobies saying more important than speed
was taste, something he felt was lacking in the music of the day.
Notwithstanding, EMG is brilliant. The song
EMG is a modern SD classic in every way. I love it. Tracks 2 & 6 also
have classic SD components, like, hmhm, superb intro's and finales.
This is a great follow up to 2AN. I think Don's saying he likes 2AN
more and I tend to agree (on the whole). Maybe I've just listened to 2AN longer, but I feel the sum
of the parts surpasses EMG (for now). Janie Runaway is too cool. Almost Gothic;
a classic mature Dan. Then Jack of Speed, cooler. What a string
of magnificent songs.
What I find odd is that all you Dan Fans out there
keep talking about Aja, Gaucho Two Against Nature, The Nightfly, Kamakiriad,
etc. There is a lot of Steely Dan left over that gets no mention?!?! What
about The Royal Scam? Katy Lied? Countdown To Ecstasy? Pretzel Logic? Can't Buy A Thrill? What is it like
Aja marks the refined era or something? I hope you all are listening or have had
your way with those offerings, particularly the Royal Scam, which, is just as
important and outstanding as any of the routinely mentioned
Dan.
It seems Andrew takes exception to any SD
objection. Does this mean AG is a "true fan" and we are not? First of all,
if there was ever a band I would gamble on and say I am committed to everything
ever released, Steely Dan would have to top the list. Come on Andrew. Are
you telling us The Last Mall, which is very IGYish is better than most of the
material on 2AN? Again, I very much like all of EMG.
I just have been listening to Shapeshifter, one of
my fav 42 tunes. This song is perfect to me; the intro, body and end. I
challenge Mark to write an instrumental as good, or better than this.
Hey, if he is past his best I understand. The song is damn hard to
beat. But, if I were Mark, and thought like me, I'd be trying to out do
that one, simply for my own satisfaction.
Colin | ||
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