Level 42 Digest for Friday, January 30, 2004

Okay, I do not want to say "I TOLD YOU SO...." but, after speaking with Mark King after the Cheltenham gig, he did say that he was touring next year (2004) and working on some new stuff. I come back to the USA only to be told, NO that is not true, they are taking a year off - NOW there are tickets on sale for winter 2004 gigs - hmmmmmmm! Level42.com has no info at all which is not surprising at all. See ticketmaster.uk site:

We should get together and think of a title for Mark’s tour – consistent with his cold and flu remedies theme. Ultimate strength maxi tour, Level 42 maximum strength tour, the strongest Level 42 tour available without a prescription. Mark’s Level 42 masqueraders available as an easily digestible powder? Don’t waste your time with more of Level 42 3 minute pop songs regurgitated for the umpteenth time - get down and see Mike Lindup. Don’t get me wrong, Mark will come good eventually and write some new material, that’s when it’ll be time to go and see him again.

Ebay listings - I thought they were cool, I would not mind seeing them again, it is more interesting to read than those postings from Nightfly AG.... ;)

MIKEY

Have you gone mad Mikey? After the problems we had with The Spirit Is Free CD5??

o, I don't believe I've ever seen any of the videos made around the single releases of Guaranteed and Forever Now, does anyone have 'em

There’s a fan made VCD called ‘Dreams & Visions’ – it’s got all those vids on it – someone on here will make you a copy.

>And I'd love the Ebay list to come back

This link shows all the new Level 42 items listed for every country in the world – a sure fire way to keep an eye on the rarities:

http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?ht=1&from=R14&soincludewords=level+42&sosearchwordscombine=1&sapricelo=&sapricehi=&sacategory=&soexcludewords=&socolumnlayout=&sosortproperty=2%26sosortorder%3D2&sorecordsperpage=100&saregion=0&saavailabletocountry=1&solocationselector=3&salocatedincountry=-15&sacurrency=&submit=+Search+

See you

L()Z

Laurence Green

Structures Engineer

CarillionWSP

1. Re: Ebay
From:	Norman van den Wildenberg <express @ hetnet.nl>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:47:40 +0100	[top]
For me the Ebay listings were a big addition, i'd love to see them come back. Webdigest summary isa to much i think, How it's done like this (once a week) is ok for me Norman ps for those who know where i work (CenterParks Kempervennen): we ended in top 10 of worlds best family holliday locations!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/destinations/netherlands/ hurrah for us/me ;)

2. Mike Lindup on BBC Radio 2
From:	dean.osborn <dean.osborn @ bt.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:06:30 -0000	[top]
Thanks to all who pointed me in the direction of the Danishway website, for the Mike Lindup BBC radio 2 interview, which was fantastic although shorter than I thought it'd be. Mike's version of SOMETHING ABOUT YOU was stunning, much like the version he performed in Brighton 1999 Komedia. I love it when a song is stripped down to one instrument and vocal - really breathes new life into it. One of the best examples of this type of appraoch is when Crowded House re-worked PRIVATE UNIVERSE to devastating effect on their AFTERGLOW album. Mike hinted he may do this with more Level material in the future - let's hope so. Dean

3. Your questions answered
From:	Green, Laurence <Laurence.Green @ carillionwsp.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:30:21 -0000	[top]
Okay, I do not want to say "I TOLD YOU SO...." but, after speaking with Mark King after the Cheltenham gig, he did say that he was touring next year (2004) and working on some new stuff. I come back to the USA only to be told, NO that is not true, they are taking a year off - NOW there are tickets on sale for winter 2004 gigs - hmmmmmmm! Level42.com has no info at all which is not surprising at all. See ticketmaster.uk site: We should get together and think of a title for Mark’s tour – consistent with his cold and flu remedies theme. Ultimate strength maxi tour, Level 42 maximum strength tour, the strongest Level 42 tour available without a prescription. Mark’s Level 42 masqueraders available as an easily digestible powder? Don’t waste your time with more of Level 42 3 minute pop songs regurgitated for the umpteenth time - get down and see Mike Lindup. Don’t get me wrong, Mark will come good eventually and write some new material, that’s when it’ll be time to go and see him again. Ebay listings - I thought they were cool, I would not mind seeing them again, it is more interesting to read than those postings from Nightfly AG.... ;) MIKEY Have you gone mad Mikey? After the problems we had with The Spirit Is Free CD5?? o, I don't believe I've ever seen any of the videos made around the single releases of Guaranteed and Forever Now, does anyone have 'em There’s a fan made VCD called ‘Dreams & Visions’ – it’s got all those vids on it – someone on here will make you a copy. >And I'd love the Ebay list to come back This link shows all the new Level 42 items listed for every country in the world – a sure fire way to keep an eye on the rarities: http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?ht=1&from=R14&soincludewords=level+42&sosearchwordscombine=1&sapricelo=&sapricehi=&sacategory=&soexcludewords=&socolumnlayout=&sosortproperty=2%26sosortorder%3D2&sorecordsperpage=100&saregion=0&saavailabletocountry=1&solocationselector=3&salocatedincountry=-15&sacurrency=&submit=+Search+ See you L()Z Laurence Green Structures Engineer CarillionWSP

4. Re: 5 years ago
From:	Carl & Laurel <muellers @ adelphia.net>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 05:50:53 -0800	[top]
Hi All, Wow, a Digest out of nowhere and today everyone is posting! We've been a bit busy since October with our twins so we might have missed something, but that's ok :-) Today and the next few days will mark the 5 year anniversay of the US Invasion :-) http://www.forevernow.com/mkshows.shtml (a wonderful trip down memory lane). 5 years!!!! Forevernow.com just celebrated 5 years on the Web on Jan 8th. Time flies when you're having fun :-) TCOY Carl & Laurel (& Andrew & Owen) Mueller http://users.adelphia.net/~muellers/

5. Over the Rainbow
From:	alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca <alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:38:10 -0500	[top]
>> > From: <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk> > > DonZipf @ aol.com> > > Of course, they're "poppy". The whole point of > Level 42 is that it's a band of jazz-quality > musicians Oh please, not that old chestnut again. One of them, maybe, at a pinch. On a good day. With a following wind. And an audience of hard-of-hearing geriatrics, none of whom has ever listened to any jazz. << Because it's perhaps not as blindingly obvious to us as it is to you, who would it be, this "one"? My vote goes to Phil. ...Alex...

6. Doin' Time
From:	jt <jtraci @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:44:32 -0800 (PST)	[top]
-Loz >Some might say THE SAVIOUR OF THE DIGEST. >Yes, I’m back. Free Barabas!! Crucify the "saviour"!!! ...oh...sorry...flashbacks... yours for a better Rome, j(ay) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

7. Lozenge
From:	alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca <alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:17:41 -0500	[top]
>> From: <Laurence.Green @ carillionwsp.com> THE SAVIOUR OF THE DIGEST. L()Z Laurence Green Structures Engineer CarillionWSP << Ooh, Loz, you're back! I've been wondering what happened to you. Seriously. I kid you not. And you've even got a job now! Our little Lozzie is all growed up! Oh yeah, nice comparison of yourself to Jesus, too. ...Alex...

8. FW: Live Album?
From:	Eric J. Hansen <ehansen @ worldmachine.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:22:57 -0500	[top]
-----Original Message----- From: Colinsladden @ aol.com [mailto:Colinsladden @ aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:20 PM To: admin @ Level42Digest.com Subject: Live Album? Is there a live greatest hits album out or am I getting old and confused with another album anyone know? regards Colin

9. le office
From:	Bilal42 @ aol.com <Bilal42 @ aol.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:17:19 -0500	[top]
> American types - was there much/any reaction to Ricky > Gervais winning two Golden Globes for The Office? Well, I've been coming to the US every month lately, and though in the beginning they didn't understand what I meant by 'The Office / brent', word has started to spread. I'm in Charlotte NC right now, and all the expats have it and love it! However, US comedy is itself really good, some of the TV commercials are hilarious here, particularly for 'Subway'. US commercials are the best. We should get some of that. Not impressed with that 'Maher' bloke though, talks about stuff he clearly does not understand. Now, back in the UK, SNL is playing on Paramount. Any idea which episode L42 play SAY on? All the best Bilal

10. Any Given Sunday
From:	=?iso-8859-1?q?Andrew=20Goodwin?= <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:38:41 +0000 (GMT)	[top]
>1. The Office >From: Lolitaj @ aol.com < Lolitaj @ aol.com> > >No, as most people have never seen the show. I believe it is shown on BBC America, a channel almost no one has. Indeed, intrigued by this I had a look at the listings for BBC America, having presumed it would be a parade of the cream of what public service broadcasting, unencumbered by the need to pacify advertisers, could offer. House Invaders, Changing Rooms, Ground Force, The Thin Blue Line, Keeping Up Appearances... You give us The Simpsons, we give you Keeping Up Appearances. You couldn’t make it up. >3. LEVEL 42 CONCERT TOUR 2004 &STUFF >From: Michael Payne < michael @ journeyhouse.com> > >Okay, I do not want to say "I TOLD YOU SO...." Sure about that one? >but, after speaking with Mark King after the Cheltenham gig, he did say that he was touring next year (2004) and working on some new stuff. I come back to the USA only to be told, NO that is not true, they are taking a year off - NOW there are tickets on sale for winter 2004 gigs - hmmmmmmm! All well and good, but the fact that there are gigs doesn’t necessarily mean any new stuff, which is far more important to me. For all we know this might be the Another Three Old Album Tracks Dusted Off Tour 2004. Incidentally, changing the subject and not that I wish to be provocative or anything, but American football really is dreadful. I mean really, really appalling. It’s a sport for people with a concentration span of about 15 seconds. Fair enough for the Americans who’ve grown up with it and don’t know better, but anyone this side of the Atlantic who pays it any heed really ought to be ashamed of themselves. >4. Gervais >From: Adam Hankinson < adz42 @ socal.rr.com> > >Gervais (&the office) is well received by the entertainment type people >here (Southern California). > >The US version is a big mistake, unless Ricky is to play Brent in an >American office. He’s not, it’s being totally re-cast. I’d really love it to work, but it’s hard to see. The word is they want to play down the loser element and play up the Tim/Dawn storyline. Which, when you’ve got a programme whose very genius is its equal doses of tragedy and comedy, is asking for trouble. >8. 9 to 5 >From: EMIKATIE @ aol.com < EMIKATIE @ aol.com> > >Andrew, The most interesting thing about his acceptance speeches was he stayed in character which I assume is his normal character. That grin is priceless (oops - an opinion). Yes, I read a piece on CNN about Gervais ‘mimicking’ his character in his acceptance speech, but what I saw of it was just Gervais being himself. His appearance and speech patterns are identical to Brent. I imagine that after all the positive stuff yesterday, today will see a handful of English contributors say they don’t find anything funny in it at all. That’s the usual pattern, which I think is superb. And on the subject of comedy, here’s a joke I heard on Radio 4 tonight: “Never stand behind the Devil at the Post Office... for the Devil can take many forms.” Miscellaneous closing point – where the hell are The Propellerheads? Decksandrumsandrockandroll was arguably the album of the 90s* (you certainly still hear it enough everywhere several years later), so does anybody have a clue what’s keeping them? (Arguing with Jellyfish’s Spilt Milk.) And another thing – that stupid Katie Melua song. “This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been, feeling 22, acting 17.” 22, 17? Same bleedin’ difference girl! Wait till you’re 35 before you start bleating on about feeling immature! Quick, mention Level 42 before A*** K sends me another abusive e-mail. Er, doesn’t The Early Tapes have a great sleeve! AG ________________________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk

11. David Brent is the new Mark King
From:	mikethepom <mikethepom @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:36:19 -0800 (PST)	[top]
Just wanted to say that we love The Office in our house - how could you not?! I've got a few mates into it because it translates easily into Australian - not sure about American though, Loli'a! And my son Jack just came back from the UK with the extra 2 epsiodes - priceless - ties everything up nicely. Loz, do you want this bloody album or not? I've been waiting for your street address. Cheers ~ Mike (Sydney City Milkman) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

12. heh heh
From:	Tom Foolery <grooveyardtom @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:39:53 -0800 (PST)	[top]
At the end of the S.A.Y. video, Mark King clearly mouths: "Panthers 30, Patriots 3." Seriously, Eric, the cold must have addled your brain. The Panthers are the biggest bunch of no-respect thugs since the Oaktown Raiders and they are going to crush the Pats with smothering defense, several different running backs, and a quarterback who's just silly accurate. anyways, this may be my last allowed posting, so, See You at the Bar! :) and welcome back, Loz! Your expertise is a welcome return . . . cheers, -Tom <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> Influenced by Britney Spears (just not musically!) "http://www.emeraldsoul.com" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

13. PNF and PNJ
From:	monique <mowllms @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:55:41 -0800 (PST)	[top]
Just wondering if any Digest Members had heard AGs Funk and Jazz compilations? They have kept me full of soul and classy jazziness. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND these cds!!! Digesters already have superior musical taste and are known for exploration. ENJOY GUYS! ===== peace mo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

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