Level 42 Digest for Monday, August 13, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007

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Topics for Monday, August 13, 2007

    1.  Sooooo off topic - Brian Flint
    2.  Musings - Lolitaj @ aol.com
    3.  RE: Off Tapioca - chuck arrington
    4.  Wow - Brian Flint

1. Sooooo off topic
From:	Brian Flint <wolfbard @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:58:18 +0000	[top]
The band geek in me has re-emerged. I was in the drumline for my highschool from 86-90. They got me into Drum Corps International. Ever hear of it? Well, for those that haven't, it's drum and bugle corps that compete every summer and are made of the best young horn and drum players around. There are regional corps all over the country and at the end the finals consist of the top twelve. For the first time ever the finals were held west of the Rockies in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl. We had a 17 year high school reunion of sorts as we all went down there this weekend. It was unbelievable. These kids are so talented. It was loud too...I'll have video we took during warm-ups on you tube some day. The fun part though? Drinking mass quantities of beer. A bunch of 36 year olds drinking beer in the parking lot of a high school, priceless. Warm-ups were at La Canada High School. Then we tailgated outside the Rose Bowl, downed about 6 Guinesses in about 90 minutes. Good Times! Brian A new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here.

2. Musings
From:	Lolitaj @ aol.com <Lolitaj @ aol.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:34:24 EDT	[top]
Doug's postings have prompted me to post more than I have in a very long time. A few comments: 1) The IOW fest was indeed a hoot. Don, Eric, Winman and the gang meeting up at The Orangery in Hyde Park; meeting Bilal for the first time by him walking up to me on Union St. in Ryde and saying 'Are you Lolita?'; being offered Bud by some Brits while on the ferry ride over, thinking that we wanted American beer; me calling Ria and telling her we were coming and Mark showing up completely surprising us [I still have that picture with him, with a VERY WIDE grin on my face]; dancing the night away in Portsmouth. Brilliant... 2) BNH - if you like Brother Sister, definitely get the first one that is just called Brand New Heavies. Some killer instrumentals with great horns, and N'Dea's vocals are simply top notch. Stay This Way is one of the best songs they have ever done IMO - great vox, catchy hook and chords, and the bass is always moving. 3) Jazz service for church is far from blasphemy. I attend a church in Manhattan that has five services total - and three of them are jazz! Many professional musicians attend my church, and playing for the service is actually a paid gig, so the music is killer. I have performed numerous times as a soloist, and actually attended two trips to Asia with musicians from my church where we performed in the top jazz club in that city - and it was considered a missions trip. We had a concert last year entitled The Spirit of John Coltrane that featured Brian Blade and John Patitucci during which my minister gave a lecture about Coltrane's relationship with faith. Concert was free, over 900 people showed up, and Patitucci then gave a brief talk himself - he is an elder [senior lay leader] in a Presbyterian church. Our preludes and postludes [before and after service] are often songs by Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett, etc. This format is actually quite common in NYC. My church is a Presbyterian one but I know other denominations do this as well. If you are ever in NYC I would be happy to take you to a service to hear the great music. 4) Thanks for the birthday wishes - I can hardly believe I'm going to be 40 on August 22nd! Where did the time go?? I have known many of you since I was 27, and I don't feel much differently than I did then. Any of you in the NY area are welcome to join my on my birthday - we are having drinks at Gin Lane, which is on 14th St. just east of Ninth Ave. We will be there from 6:00 until late [I am leaving for PR the next day and can drink up!]. Lolita Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com.

3. RE: Off Tapioca
From:	chuck arrington <buckee1 @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:42:59 -0700 (PDT)	[top]
Well, I am still grooving on the Retroglide Tour CD on my pod. Add to that a mish mosh of Culture Club, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Crowded house, Eurythmics, Howard Jones, Kraftwerk,Ministry, The The, The Smiths, of Course Level 42, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Yello, Thompson Twins, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, ABC, OMD, Hall & Oates, A-ha, Living In a Box, Madness, Thomas Dolby, Peter Gabriel, Bauhaus & Huey Lewis and The News and that's just one of the many playlists I have going on my pod. I'm blissfully aurally living in the 80's at the moment and there's no sign of coming current anytime soon! Just a Starchild born in space... Chuck Charles D. Arrington, Jr.

4. Wow
From:	Brian Flint <wolfbard @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:06:15 +0000	[top]
I took a page from Doug's book and started perusing the archive. What an angry boy I was. Well, some of my reactions were warranted. I miss nightfly. I was happy to learn I am not a hypocrite about off topic uh...topics. But I was a hypocrite because I said that the Ibanez played better than a Phil Kubicki......funny, because I play a Kubicki now. Even I can't be perfect I suppose. I enjoyed this submission to the digest: Subject: Oooops From: Tom Brown <tbrown @ britishsugar.co.uk> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:33:03 +0000 >>Subject: new >>From: mark krawczuk <krawczuk @ riverland.net.au> >>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:06:06 +1100 >> >> how did level 42 get their name? and what are the group members doing >>know? AAAAAAAaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!! That's funny. K, I'll talk to you all tomorrow. Bri Learn.Laugh.Share. Reallivemoms is right place!

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