Level 42 Digest for Saturday, March 25, 2006

Saturday, March 25, 2006

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Topics for Saturday, March 25, 2006

    1.  Under the Bridge - alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca
    2.  Handsome Rugged Stuff - Winston Walker
    3.  RE: Is Mike Lindup gay ? - Nick Lauro
    4.  trade or sells - Willem en Kirsti
    5.  Children Say - Cliff & Debjani Barua
    6.  Re: Weave Your Spell video - Lars Grill Nielsen
    7.  Going to the shows - Angel Rogero
    8.  That's what firneds are for.... - Adam Hankinson (com)
    9.  Re:Is Mike Lindup gay? - giandof @ libero.it

1. Under the Bridge
From:	alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca <alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:21:55 -0500	[top]
>>From: Winston Walker <winman42 @ gmail.com> Mikey, i'm gonna stop stating the obvious... << Win, we're on your side. No need to feed the trolls. >> From: level42love <level42love @ yahoo.com> Don't you ever use all caps again when addressing me online again--ever. << OOH TEXTUAL VEILED THREATS!! THIS IS GETTING GOOD! GO JENNIE! GO JENNIE! ...Alex...

2. Handsome Rugged Stuff
From:	Winston Walker <winman42 @ gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:48:30 -0800	[top]
Handsome Rugged Man is by far my fave Level 42 song, but to the best of my knowledge, it was never performed live. That would be the holy grail, for someone to produce some lost gig where it was performed. I have an email from Phil somewhere, and he mentioned this song as one of the fave things he did while in the band. Ok folks, i'm sorry for keeping the flames going on this 'little' disagreement lately, but i couldnt help myself. I didnt much have a problem with the 'philisophical' side of the argument. I said one thing, the other party mistook it as something else...but i have a real problem hanging back while another party spreads blatant lies about me. On another note, anyone enjoying the new ToTo album, or the new Donald Fagen solo release? The Toto is in heavy rotation on my Ipod, but i cant really get into the Fagen just yet. Might need a few more listens to grow on me, but it really sounds much too similar to all his previous releases for my tastes. It really sounds like he grabbed some recorded but unused songs from his previous solo effort, and put them on cd. What do you folks think? I know we have some Toto and Fagen fans here. tcoy, Win

3. RE: Is Mike Lindup gay ?
From:	Nick Lauro <thedrumdoctor @ nlauro.f9.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:58:46 -0000	[top]
Woaaaaah! Careful bud, you have to tread cautiously on the digest, just in case the "Mike Lindup is not Gay Junta" (whom I will now refer to as MLINGJ) jump on you, like what happened to me a few years ago.... I'd always wondered about Mike Lindup's sexuality, ever since the early days, but contrary to my assumptions, his L42 touring weakness was always the ladies! Hence, rewind a few years back to the time he got married and I made a non-discriminatory passing remark on the digest, that I always thought he might have been Gay, but was now proven wrong. BANG! The MLINGJ pounced into action. I received a tirade of personal emails from a most upset female who said something along the lines of: * How dare I even think Mike Lindup was gay * In order for me to possibly think he was gay, I must be gay myself * General juvenile abuse in the closing comments of each email You have been warned. If the watchdog from the MLINGJ is out on patrol, watch your inbox.

4. trade or sells
From:	Willem en Kirsti <willem.kirsti @ quicknet.nl>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:26:20 +0100	[top]
Hello yäll ! Say Winston, were do you live nowadays ??

5. Children Say
From:	Cliff & Debjani Barua <cdbarua @ sympatico.ca>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:00:08 -0500	[top]
Wow, I can't wait until Doug gets caught up to 2006 - is he in for a surprise!! :-) This quarelling is quite funny. I must say, back in the day, when the two digest CD's came out (B-sides, and the other live/B-sides disc), Winston was kind enough to send me the discs gratis (including artwork!! - a big deal back then). The biggest irony was that Winston also send me a video of a Mark King concert - filmed handheld by ...... Mikey!! (I'm pretty sure). The whole "bootleg" discussion is a moot point anyway. Through the graces of Bittorrent, I was able to download the Sight and Sound concerts (on DVD), and some other audio stuff (off of Easytree or Dime A Dozen). There really is no morality around bootlegs or pirates with the proliferation of lossless Bittorrent sites these days. Just agree to disagree - and if anyone has some lossless stuff to upload, I say, bring it on!! Cliff - Toronto

6. Re: Weave Your Spell video
From:	Lars Grill Nielsen <owner @ level42dk.dk>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:25:05 +0100	[top]
> Hehehe well I’d like to say thanks to the people responsible at Level42.dk for the above video. Thanks Andrew, but please note that the address is www.level42dk.dk, ie. dk twice! It's really stupid but the other domain was already taken. I offered to buy it but never received a reply. Lars

7. Going to the shows
From:	Angel Rogero <girlin204 @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:59:19 -0800	[top]
Hi Lolita and everyone, In response to your email about who is going to be around for the shows in October, I wanted to raise my hand. I bought tickets to both the Royal Albert Hall show and the show in Brighton on the 24th. I plan to arrive on the 19th in London and depart the day after the Brighton show (the 25th). My mom, boyfriend and another friend of ours will be there with me too. I'd love to meet up with the digesters, of course! Keep in touch with any get-togethers. It will be my first time overseas and I'm excited! :) Angel _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

8. That's what firneds are for....
From:	Adam Hankinson (com) <adam @ hankinson.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:02:13 -0800	[top]
Adam and Shannon Hankinson, checking in. What's up? Anything fun happening here lately? We are having a fantastic life! We're adopting a baby! Who's up for a Levelfest? Firneds only, please

9. Re:Is Mike Lindup gay?
From:	giandof @ libero.it <giandof @ libero.it>
Date:	Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:27:22 +0100	[top]
"> 2. Is Mike Lindup gay ? > From: Bill Leslie-Miller < hillwalk @ btinternet.com> > Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 10:13:44 -0000 > Does any one know is Mike Lindup gay ? oh and does anyone want to buy my collection of Level 42 bootlegs ?" Hi Bill, this is an old question... (and sincerely i don't understand why on earth a person who is/appears quiet, gentle, calm, sensible and maybe is able to sing in falsetto too, does have to be gay in people’s mind!) Anyway, the answer is: Mike has married the lovely Samantha in 2003 and they now have a 1 year old child, named Angelo. Mike is the kind of person who was really searching for real love, or at least trying to find it: many of his songs speak about this attitude (“One in a million”, for example, or “Lasso the moon”, or “Desire” and also “Fallen angel” from his solo album Changes... did you ever listened to them?). He also mentioned into an interview back in 1999 (Komedia theatre, Brighton, UK) that he had had some few girlfriends in the past: I presume he simply didn’t not engage (easy) relationships if he was not moved by true feelings. I’ve met him before Christmas 05 and he was very happy with his marriage and enthusiastic about his son. That’s all! Regards, Giando Varese - Italy

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