Level 42 Digest for Saturday, January 07, 2006

Saturday, January 07, 2006

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Topics for Saturday, January 07, 2006

    1.  Pandora Peaks - Andrew Goodwin
    2.  appearances... - Winston Walker
    3.  Fan Magazines scanned - Lars Grill Nielsen
    4.  The Naked Lunch - Andrew Goodwin
    5.  Various & Sundry info requests - Doug White

1. Pandora Peaks
From:	Andrew Goodwin <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:43:16 +0000 (GMT)	[top]
> 3. The Fisher King > From: alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca > > And in other news, have all yous guys checked out > http://www.pandora.com ? > Name one band, and it builds a radio(esque) station > based on your tastes. > Very cool idea that almost even works. I’ve been using pandora.com for the last month or so, and I find it a bit of a frustrating beast. It will have periods of real consistency, tossing forth a succession of diverse and interesting tracks. But then on other occasions the same artists and even the same tracks will come round in a single sitting - it’s like a DJ with Alzheimer’s. It also seems to have a problem with cross-pollination between the different radio stations you set up, as if its mind wanders and it forgets which one it’s supposed to be concentrating on. (Yesterday morning I put on the one which is designed to give me music along the lines of Brand New Heavies, Chic, James Taylor Quartet and Level 42, and the first four tracks were by Tom McDermott, Teddy Wilson, Earl Hines and Ralph Sutton. That’s a pretty liberal interpretation by any standards.) It would be nice if I could tell it that I like Eliane Elias for her glorious soloing and not her dodgy singing, thereby avoiding Astrud Gilberto et al. And I could use a “don’t play my anything by this artist ever, ever again” button for the occasional Bee Gees track it keeps throwing up. But broadly speaking it’s certainly enhanced my working life. The downside is that it’s given me several artists of whom I’d never heard before (pianist Bob Sutter, big band The Vanguard Orchestra, singer-pianist Jacqui Naylor, singer-guitarist Joyce Cooling – and that’s just in the last few days) who are being added to an already laughably unrealistic CD wants list. In my contractually obliged reference to Level 42, I was listening to the second volume of my personal best of on the way to work this morning. It revealed that the cycle ride here lasts precisely the length of Sandstorm, 43 and Foundation & Empire. Here’s the full track listing for anyone bored enough to have read this far: Heathrow Children Say Are You Hearing (What I Hear) Love In A Peaceful World (Old Skool Mix) 88 Good Man In A Storm Take A Look Standing In The Light 43 You Can’t Blame Louis Sandstorm Talking In Your Sleep True Believers Foundation & Empire Nothing from RITF or (strangely) Guaranteed, but other than that a pleasingly diverse bunch I think. A couple from Forever Now, which seemed at the time like a dignified valedictory album. Ah well. AG ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

2. appearances...
From:	Winston Walker <winman42 @ gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:52:40 -0800	[top]
Hi there...i think i probably used stickers on my cd's for about a month, before I realised a few things. A. they come off pretty easy, and B. they really unbalance the discs. So i stopped, and started using those markers, which worked great. Currently i'm using a CASIO thermal printer, which works wonders for test, and simple graphics. Its cheap, and the discs look really great. Its interesting that so many people still use those stickers, when cd and dvd makers tell you to NOT put any labels on the discs themselves. I think i found some media websites that inform you of this, and yet the same company markets a system for labels. Go figure. I thought abougt it, and figured that while the discs might look cool with nice stickers, i'm only looking at the artwork when i'm transferring said discs from jewel case, to cd player. Not worth that 3 second time frame. haha Win

3. Fan Magazines scanned
From:	Lars Grill Nielsen <owner @ level42dk.dk>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:55:33 +0100	[top]
Hi all, I've scanned two fan magazines from 1988 and 1990 respectively. They can be found at www.level42dk.dk Hope you enjoy them. Lars

4. The Naked Lunch
From:	Andrew Goodwin <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:13:48 +0000 (GMT)	[top]
OK, well, there may have been one track from Running In The Family. Look, if Mark King can't remember which albums his songs come from why should I? For those who are interested in Donald Fagen: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001613695 As the date indicates it's presumably old hat to those in the know, but I only found out today. Anyone who can get me an advance copy can command me at their whim for the foreseeable future. AG ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

5. Various & Sundry info requests
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:32:07 -0800	[top]
Hi ya folks, This email comes out of reading I've been doing, but nothing specific. There have been references to a group call Stargirl (?) who opened for Mark on the One Man Tour, I think. Is it possible to buy their music? What can their sound be compared to, in other words what group or person sounds similar? I tried Googling them, but got no coherent hits. Da Lata, which IS being referenced in recent (to me) digests sounds like an interesting group, I haven't looked them up yet, but can CDs of theirs be had? I love Brazilian music...I fondly remember Brazil '66 from when I was a kid (that ought to date me, this means I am older than Lolita and probably Winman as well) and I adore Eliane Elias. I never see her mentioned, but I have a lot of her older CD's. Is/Was she married to one of the Brecker Brothers? Anyway, if their music can be had, could some kind soul point me in the right direction? Mike also had (has?) a 3 or 4 man group the name of which escapes me that he was touring with around the same time as he was touring with Da Lata back in 2000. Did they put out any CDs? How Lyndon Connah's 3 Blind Mice? or the Gary Husband Trio? I would stll love Mike's original CD Changes, can anyone point me to where I might buy it here in the States? Preferably for something less than $27 I will hafta pay at Mike's web page? Speaking of which, recently (in my reading) there was a flurry of posts regarding how the FTC had agreed with various music companies that the price of CDs was too high. Apparently they'd decided that people had been overcharged by $500 million. Uh, so what happened, we're STILL being gouged, and while it is neat to be able to buy older music for the 'bargain' price of $7.99 or $9.99, but dammit most new CDs still cost 15-17 bucks! The price never really ever went down, so far as I can recall. And, just to amuse you, I sent an email to Brian Flint AND Jennix telling them how funny I thought they were. AG and Friesen you won't be getting emails cuz you already know how funny I think you are...and no AG you still aren't mean. Have a good weekend you all...... Doug

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