Level 42 Digest for Saturday, January 21, 2006

Saturday, January 21, 2006

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Topics for Saturday, January 21, 2006

    1.  Bjork ... sorry, must have been something I heard ... - mikethepom
    2.  m&M - Winston Walker
    3.  Britfest 2000 - Doug White
    4.  Incognito - tpm1024 @ aol.com
    5.  Mark King article - Lars Grill Nielsen
    6.  Download section re-opened - Lars Grill Nielsen
    7.  Digest CD, Remix CD(?) & Phil's Remasters Opinion - Doug White

1. Bjork ... sorry, must have been something I heard ...
From:	mikethepom <mikethepom @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:39:31 -0800 (PST)	[top]
AG wrote "...so let me throw Corduroy into the mix..." I bought the CD 'Corduroy in Mini!' a while back, played it once and thought it was pants. You've inspired me to dig it out and give it another go, AG. I'll report back in due course. At the moment I'm enjoying, among other things, Freakpower and The Weekend Sessions compilation. And I'm sure this happens in other places, as it does in Oz - trendy restaurants putting together CDs of music they play inhouse. I just picked up a couple of compilations by an excellent foodery called Longrain here in Sydney. They're bloody good and include Bario Jazz Gang, Groovescooter, EON, Minus 8, Koop, Llorca, Tarantulas, The Bird, Alex Cortiz, Deepchild, Smith & Mighty, dmdp, Gak Sato, Paine, Zimpala, Butti 49, SHQ, Crucial-D, Mo' Horizons, Rephrase, TAG, Coda, Flunk, Zenzile, EMO and D's on the 2. That's one of my favourite ways of discovering new sounds: I see a CD and if I recognise some of the names - for example, I already loved what I'd heard of Zimpala, Deepchild, Koop and Flunk (their cover of Blue Monday is the business) - I figure if the other artists are in such great company, they must be at least halfway decent! And usually they are. Overall I've had a lot of success, but of course there are often one or two dodgy tracks. I recently discovered the voice of Emiliana Torrini and I think I'm in love with her. The weird thing is that she bears traces of my least favourite singer, Bjork, whose very name sounds like someone losing their breakfast. Good on Doug for mentioning The Commodores - great band - Brick House is one of THE funkiest songs, up there with Tom Browne's Funkin' For Jamaica, Wild Cherry's Play That Funky Music and T-Connection's Do What You Wanna Do. Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the instructional bass playing DVD - with Mark's head on the front but not featuring him - without paying AU$60 or so? I thought it might be available through level42.com but it appears not. That's it. There is no more. Thanks for having me at your place ~ Mike (Sydney City Milkman) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

2. m&M
From:	Winston Walker <winman42 @ gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:44:55 -0800	[top]
Stephen, as far as Mike following the band around for 20 gigs....I just posted what Mark King said in an interview, nothing more. Nothing much to get excited about, really. I think the term 'guest' was probably used so folks dont go getting the idea he is now part of 'the band' again. I think he will be on the stage for all the tunes, not duplicating last years one off event, where he popped out for one song, and suprised the band by remaining for the encore. Ag, I wasnt trying to be critical of you, just found it amusing is all. I do think some of your stuff is funny, but was suprised how 'unfunny' that bit was, then really suprised how amused i was by the silly response it garnered. I enjoy most of the banter here, just never been a big fan of the format, i guess. Trying to post witty remarks under everyones daily comments never did it for me, personally. Having said that, dont think i have some high brow sense of humour. I'm a guy who thinks the funniest show on tv ever was Mystery Science Theatre 3000, a show that features a guy and two robots making fun of cheesy movies. Win

3. Britfest 2000
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:53:50 -0800	[top]
Wow, As I have been reading digests..and slogging through the stupid Robbie Williams argument saga - Frankly Loz, for shame for continuing to bait the people arguing with you - I keep coming across the newest items to be auctioned off at the Fest. I am reading the Oct 29, 2000 digest and have just read the question as to whether anyone would want to bid on Jakko's services. I have been astounded by all the great stuff that's been announced for the auction already and while everything else is really cool this seems like it would have been an utterly stupendous opportunity to any of the band members of the digest. So, did it happen? I gotta say that while I wouldn't have been able to get back there...my wife was 8 months + pregant during that time, at least my jealousy for this is tempered by the time that's removed since the event. So, AG and Loz, how come neither of you two never made it to one of these things? If there were ever to be something close to this in my neck of the woods I'd be there in a heartbeat. Sigh. I am having trouble with my Jazz Cafe CD on the first song, amusingly enough one of the digesters at the time mentioned that he'd been having drop outs in exactly the same spots I am....plus I have a small section of distortion early on in the first track of the CD. I am not concerned enough to do anything like send it back, has anyone else experienced this since? Have a terrific weekend, y'all..... Doug

4. Incognito
From:	tpm1024 @ aol.com <tpm1024 @ aol.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:27:22 -0500	[top]
Lolita, A new Incognito release entitled Eleven? Know anything? Narada.com radio has been playing some Bluey tracks I have never heard before. Gareth, Frank McComb has been a favorite for a few years. Golden voice and 70's vibe. Much recommended to everyone. Trent

5. Mark King article
From:	Lars Grill Nielsen <owner @ level42dk.dk>
Date:	Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:41:16 +0100	[top]
Would someone please scan the recent article featuring Mark King and send it to me? Preferably 300 dpi. Cheers, Lars

6. Download section re-opened
From:	Lars Grill Nielsen <owner @ level42dk.dk>
Date:	Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:39:39 +0100	[top]
Hi all, The download section at www.level42dk.dk has been re-opened after a very short break. Cheers, Lars

7. Digest CD, Remix CD(?) & Phil's Remasters Opinion
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:32:21 -0800	[top]
Folks, So, I've reached the Britfest 2000 part of the digest. Good job to all who went and made the auction for The Children Say charity such a terrific success! I am wondering if Morgan or whomever were able to put together the Level 42 Tribute CD or not? If it has been produced, is it still possible to obtain one of these babies? I think I remember in my haze of reading that Morgan was thinking of putting out about 500 copies of this. I do have the Cover 42 tape some place, I remember how good it was and how much I really enjoyed listening to other people's versions of our boys songs. Also, Ronald Kuipers is talking about producing a Remix CD, which I think would be terrific and would love to know if that ever came to fruition. If so, anyone wanna clue me in as to how to obtain a one of these gems? Also, Phil Gould's reaction to the Remasters doesn't surprise me in the least. As a fan from afar, I've always gotten the impression from other postings that there's not much friendly feeling between the Gould's and Mark. Now, mind you, things may have changed since 2000, but in the meantime I just had to say wow to that message and shake my head. So what WERE the names for the beers at Britfest 2000? hee hee hee It's the weekend!!! Bye everyone.... Doug

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