Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gds From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: mod.music Subject: Love-Hounds Digest Message-ID: <96@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 20:53:08 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.96 Posted: Fri Feb 7 20:53:08 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Feb-86 05:50:35 EST Organization: MIT Lusers and Hosers Inc., Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 202 Approved: gds@eddie.mit.edu Love-Hounds Digest Friday, February 7, 1986, 21:03 Today's Topics: Regarding HoL in Rolling Stones (2 msgs) Re: Question The Residents Replying to everything [][][][][][][][][][] Posted-Date: 24 Jan 86 08:56:41 PST (Fri) Subject: Regarding HoL in Rolling Stones Date: 24 Jan 86 08:56:41 PST (Fri) From: tsung@aero I read the review, too, and had been wondering: who is Jonathon Richman? (Hope this is not blatant ignorance on my part). By the way, the RS reviewer did mutter something like "there is no doubt that KB is extremely talented" right before he committed himself with the bit about "children should be seen and not heard". Fu-Sheng [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 86 14:20:59 est From: nessus (Doug Alan) Subject: Re: Regarding HoL in Rolling Stones I was in a mall a few days back and happened to see a book called something like "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopaedia of Music" or something like that. I flipped to the B's and found one thing about Kate Bush, a review of "The Kick Inside". They gave it two stars, and from memory, it went something like this: Kate Bush caused quite a stir in some circles back in '78 with "The Kick Inside". Not quite new wave, not quite art rock, she sounds like a cross between Patti Smith and a Hoover vacuum cleaner. The more things change.... -Doug [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Friday, 24 Jan 1986 13:22:51-PST From: hall%beta.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM Subject: Re: Question >Really-From: hsut@ec.purdue.edu (Tsun-Yuk Hsu) > > > > Anyone into Plan 9 or Magazine? What do these groups sound like? > Bill Hsu Bill, I was reluctant to answer this question (and another like it from Fu-Sheng) because of my drawing a blank when actually trying to describe how a band sounds. I could tell you what other bands they sound like to me, or what instruments they play on the record, but what do they sound like? I'd have as much trouble describing what a color looked like. Magazine had their heyday from 1977 to 1981. They were comprised of Howard Devoto; vocals Barry Adamson; bass Dave Formula; keyboards Martin Jackson; drums John McGeoch; guitar/saxaphone They released five albums (six if you count the compilation released after they broke up); Real Life 1978 Secondhand Daylight 1979 The Correct Use of Soap 1980 Play 1981 Magic, Murder and the Weather 1981 Real Life contains their first popular single "Shot By Both Sides", and "Definitive Gaze", "The Light Pours Out of Me" and "Parade" which all got considerable airplay. There is currently a Peter Murphy version of TLPOoM getting popular. Their second album "Secondhand Daylight" didn't do as well. I'm not surprised - it's my least liked Magazine album, but it does contain the classic "Permafrost". They tightened up and released "The Correct Use of Soap" in 1980, a record a reviewer once said was about fear, love, the fear of love, and the love of fear. A very apt assessment in my opinion. Contains "A Song From Under the Floorboards", "I Want To Burn Again", and their cover of Sly Stewart's "Thank You (fallettin be mice elf agin)". 1981 saw John McGeoch leave the band to be replaced on the live album Play by Robin Simon, who was replaced by Ben Mandelson on their last album Magic, Murder and the Weather. Here's my suggestion Bill. Now that your interest is piqued go look in the nearest cut-out bin for a $4 copy of The Correct Use of Soap or Play. The last album may even be in the cut-outs by now. You can't go wrong at those prices, and you ought to get them while they're still around. If you like what you hear, you can track down Howard Devoto's solo album, or some of the Visage stuff (Visage are Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Midge Ure and Billy Currie (Ultravox) and Dave Formula, John McGeoch and Barry Adamson). Howard Devoto did the vocals on one of the tunes on the This Mortal Coil project. Or if you want to go back in time, check out some early Buzzcocks which is where Devoto and friends, along with Pete Shelley, first got noticed. Happy listening, Dan *Interesting Aside* The Magazine tune "Come Alive" from Magic, Murder and the Weather contains the lyrics "Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola brings your ancestors back from the grave". Apparently when Pepsi first started marketing in China, they went with the literal translation of their slogan "Come alive, you're in the Pepsi generation" Oops. Caused quite a stir in stoic old China. [][][][][][][][][][] Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA Date: Fri, 24 Jan 86 16:36:34 est From: Chris J. Valas Posted-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 86 16:36:34 est Subject: The Residents Welly, well, well.... Seems like everyone who listens saw the Residents at the Channel. I had a hard time believing my eyes at this show, but no problem with my ears: The Residents were great and Snakefinger was incredible. I read somewhere (here?) that he just did an album with Eric Feldman (of Captain Beefheart's latest lineup).... has anyone heard it? For those people into trading tapes (wicinski? are you there? what about the Hitchcock show in DC?) I made a bootleg of the Residents show, so speak to me if you want it. latex, Valas {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv [][][][][][][][][][] From: allynh%miro@BERKELEY.EDU (Allyn Hardyck) Subject: Replying to everything Date: 24 Jan 86 23:09:52 PST (Fri) Oh - another video at the Henry I forgot earlier: "Nothing" by Flipper. The ZTT weirdness is also true at Some Bizzare, where you have Virginia Astley and Marc Almond alongside Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel and Psychic TV. _Brazil_ is great - Gilliam's a wacky guy in person. (Guess this isn't too relevant.) I have had maybe 3 hrs. total alone with my copy of _PsychoCandy_ since I bought it last week - it's apparently the only copy in the building. More about "Cities in Dust" (opinions, etc.) please - one of my local opinion sources sez "it sucks but at least their previous records are still worth listening to". hof - nothing else to do waiting to board the plane, not enough time to get into a book, you can't use the radio on the plane and there are sure to be some good stations in that city so flip, flip, sure enough, on the left side of the dial, they played some Swell Maps too. Also on that vacation up in Madison the late night "Crosscurrents" show on WORT went an hour later than usual and played "Whip Blow" from the new Cabaret Voltaire which I subsequently picked up. And BLEAH I say to the 12" of "Subculture"! And FEH! And PUY! Scum SF cops closed down the Mabuhay before the Wednesday Buttholes show even started! "Fire hazard, overcrowding", etc. Hundreds waiting around for refunds... Red Hot Chili Peppers same night at Berk. Sq. but it was pouring rain and no one had a car... Social director at Barrington trying to get the Cramps for party later the semester. Right. Looks like we'll definitely get the Morlocks though. Yes, Rough Trade is an actual store - 326 6th st. sf. sorta small and expensive, lot of video stuff. Paradise records in madison is clearly patterned on it and I'm guessing your favorite store where YOU -> live too. allyn [][][][][][][][][][] -- It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, allegra, gatech, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds gds@eddie.mit.edu