Digest
Vol.98 #59
August 18th, 1998
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Today's Topics:
Turpentines+Fuzzdevils in Uppsala
Emmaboda report
Emmaboda report, part two
Emmaboda report
SV: Emmaboda report
Yvonne
[LIST] Music on the TV [14-Aug-98]
[LIST] Music on the Radio [17-Aug-98]
only for those living around Lund - radio
Re: Emmaboda report, part two
help!: lyrics to 'Cup noodle song'
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:23:09 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Girilal Baars
Subject: Turpentines+Fuzzdevils in Uppsala
Hello!
Just to let you know that Turpentines & fuzzdevils will be playing at
Fredmans in Uppsala on the 28 August 1998 at 2200.
Girilal Baars
Girilal
(Remember if ya can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.)
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:40:26 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: Emmaboda report
I thought I should share some thoughts about the Emmaboda Festival (or
"Hitta Mitten 98" as it was called). First of all, though: If anyone went
to Ettnollett's "breakfast happening" you noticed that it didn't quite look
the way I wrote that it would. Actually, the whole thing was first
cancelled, because most of the Ettnollett crew couldn't find a driver to
their car and, therefore, never made it to the festival. Then Gustav Gelin
threw himself onto a bus from Stockholm to Emmaboda and managed to arrange
a breakfast with HELL ON WHEELS playing live. So it's thanks to him you got
your breakfast ;). On to the bands:
The Elephant 6 bands from the USA were, IMO, the big highlight on friday.
Perhaps not always great but definitely always interesting. MUSIC TAPES
played mostly acoustic, somewhat folky, twisted pop tunes about tornadoes
that wants to retire from being tornadoes. Their concert was delayed
because the TV that was supposed to sing the first song didn't work at
first!! NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL's music varied widely in it's sound. Sometimes
folky in the same vein as early, acoustic Beck stuff. Sometimes rocking
hard (too hard for the PA system at times). Sometimes reminding of a
marching orchestra that has had a couple of drinks too many. Hilarious to
see the pure astonishment in the audience when, in the second tune of their
set, about ten people showed up on stage with clarinets, melodicas,
accordions, trumpets, horns, banjos and God knows what instruments ;). THE
OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL reminded mostly of some psychedelic pop bands from
the 60's. Catchy pop tunes that sometimes made long excursions into
landscapes of weird sounds. Definitely an experience to see all three of
them. Their set ended in chaos with all the people from the three bands
(actually some people seemed to be in all three bands. Many of them were in
two bands) on stage.
SPEAKER BITE ME from Denmark played rough guitar pop with some SONIC YOUTH
influences here and there. I like their softer moments, because their
female vocalist has a great voice which is at it's best in those tunes.
Perhaps not very exciting music, but not a bad concert at all.
NEIL ARMSTRONG: Bright and catchy pop tunes that reminded me slightly of
HOUSEMARTINS. And anything that reminds me of "Me and the farmer" and other
classics will always make me smile. Btw, it's nice to see a former
Housemartin climbing the upper part of the charts again, isn't it? (Anyone
who knows who I'm talking about ;) ? )
SMARTALEC sounded good, just like in Hultsfred. I noticed that they were
somewhat disturbed by the fact that the audience were sitting on the ground
and they were not the only band who was bothered by that. But I understand
that it is quite common in Emmaboda. I heard some tunes with SPEED OF SOUND
ENTERPRISE but they reminded me mostly of OASIS, so I left rather soon.
The Kjellvander brothers had a quite interesting duel, with LOOSEGOATS
performing immediately after SIDESHOW BOB. Both bands play rock music with
heavy country influences and both were very good this evening, IMO. Nice to
see that Christian Kjellvander is improving when it comes to contact with
the audience too. Btw, SIDESHOW BOB dedicated "Mainstream whore" to all of
you who weren't at the festival ;).
SILVERBULLIT were a lot calmer than I had expected. I have heard many
rumours about this band's live performances - how the singer has been
suspected to be high on drugs just because of his behaviour on stage, about
smashed equipment etc.. But none of that tonight. The music was calmer than
expected too - rock music with a lot of THE DOORS influences. Quite good,
though.
WHALE is a band that I would really love to hate, just because of the
disgusting media hype around them lately. But I must admit that they put on
a quite entertaining show late that night. Guest appearances by Cream from
BUS 75 and some guy that style-rapped during the last song. I don't think I
will buy their new record, though. Actually, all the airplay they get on
radio and TV has already made me feel tired of it.
EASY was the last band I saw on friday. I liked the first "version" of EASY
but I must say that I think their music is becoming quite dated nowadays.
They still have a sound that reminds of THE STONE ROSES, THE CHARLATANS and
other British bands from that period. And vocalist Johan Holmlund must have
watched a lot of video tapes with Tim Burgess' moves. There was one song
(don't know the title) that was really good - it reminded me more of
techno/dance, so I guess it might be a song that is still around since
Holmlund's collaborations with Quant. But the rest didn't catch my interest
very much.
This is becoming quite long, so I think I will put the comments on the
saturday programme in another message. Just to make it more
reader-friendly. I'll be back in a few moments.
/Micke
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:12:30 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: Emmaboda report, part two
On to the bands that played on saturday:
The day started very nicely. PLUXUS were a lot more interesting live than
on the "Music inspired by the architecture of Kennedy international
airport" cassette, IMO. I'm lousy at categorizing this kind of music, but I
can hear that it is related to the bands that are, for some reason, called
"post-rock" bands. PLUXUS only used electronic devices, though. If you
really concentrate, while listening to them, you will hear that it is
really quite melodic, even if that is not apparent at first. Bonus points
to the band member who actually managed to dance to their music ;).
After that followed a bunch of the "standard indiepop" bands with vocals,
two guitars, bass and drums. FIRST FLOOR POWER, POPSHOP, THE PANG and
ORACLE are all bands that I would probably have loved 6 or 7 years ago but
today they just make me yawn and look for somewhere to sit down. The same
goes for the rockier SLUDGE NATION.
EM is a band that many seem to like. I must say that I have not quite
understood why, at least not yet. It's, at times, too pompous and too much
"teenage angst" for my taste. About their sound: correct me if I'm wrong,
but isn't "Em" a song by THE CURE? If it is, it's certainly not a
coincidence.
TRIPOD turned out to be just Fredrik Norberg of POPSICLE, a guitar and a
drum machine. I had high expectations since some of his tunes are my
POPSICLE favourites. But I was kind of disappointed. It was slow and
melancholy but it didn't quite touch me.
KOMEDA, GRAND TONE MUSIC and FIRESIDE did what I had expected of them.
Which means competent performances. Not anything really special but quite
good anyways. I liked KOMEDA's stage costumes - everyone wearing all white,
except for Marcus who wore all red (even his glasses were red). GTM were
better at Hultsfred, but I guess that is mostly because their melancholy
music is more enjoyable in late nights than on afternoons. Their new tunes
sounded promising. FIRESIDE started with some kind of lounge/jazz version
of "Left rustle" but then they went on to their usual hard rocking emocore.
Saturday's highlight was somewhat surprising, though. I know that MAZARINE
STREET is a swell live act but this good - Jesus!! Their soul-and-blues
drenched rock n' roll was badly needed in the cold, pouring rain. I didn't
see many people, in the audience, standing still. I can understand why
Malte and the others seem to be loved by so many (both organizers and
audience) in Emmaboda. Their albums have left me feeling quite indifferent
but live it's a totally different thing. One of the best gigs I've been to
this year.
BAD CASH QUARTET and CEASARS PALACE also rocked hard. BCQ is getting
tighter for every time I see them. I won't compare their sound to anyone,
since that might, obviously, be seen as an insult by some people. CP and
their psych-pop/rock n' roll were better than on their panicking
performance in Hultsfred but I think that the cold and lengthy rain had
made the audience cool down a lot at this time of the day. Only the
hardcore fans in the front rows seemed really interested.
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES seemed quite uninspired to me. Perhaps it is
just because I've heard about how Ebbot used to behave on stage back in the
good ol' days. But I have seen them better than this. A lot of people,
including me, were annoyed by the fact that their soundcheck took so long
and we had to stand in the rain and wait and then, when the concert finally
started, Ebbot's mic didn't work!! The concert ended with "Firmament
vacation" and "Instant repeater '99", so I guess most left the concert with
a smile on their face, though.
Well, that's basically all the bands I saw. So I guess what remains is just
to send a big THANKS! to Vinterbadarna in Emmaboda for organizing this very
pleasant festival.
My fingers are beginning to ache, bye!
/Micke
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:46:39 -0400
From: Mo Holkar / UKG
Subject: Emmaboda report
Micke wrote:
>>
Btw, it's nice to see a former
Housemartin climbing the upper part of the charts again, isn't it? (Anyone
who knows who I'm talking about ;) ? )
<<
Yes, indeed, he's had success in quite a few guises now -- with the
Housemartins originally, then as Beats International with Dub Be Good To Me
etc in the early 90s, then Freakpower with Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out, and
now as Fatboy Slim he magics up Renegade Master and Brimful of Asha. Just
goes to show a tubby plain-looking bald bloke can have Number 1s!
Unless you're talking about Paul Heaton's The Beautiful South, and not
Norman Cook ;-)
Mo
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:10:19 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: SV: Emmaboda report
Mo wrote:
> Unless you're talking about Paul Heaton's The Beautiful South, and not
> Norman Cook ;-)
Nope, it was Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) I meant. "Rockafeller skank" is one of
very few "popular" tunes that make me smile (even if I think he has done
better tunes under that moniker before). Not to mention the hilarious video
;) ! I'd love to see THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH in that situation too, but they
only seem to be "big" in the UK, unfortunately.
I think I'm drifting off-topic now, so I shall stop before it goes too far.
Perhaps I should mention that I, for one, would love to hear other people's
opinions about both the Emmaboda festival and other recent festivals. Hope
someone gets inspired by my "reports" ;).
/Micke
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:26:38 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: Yvonne
I received a message, through the YVONNE mailing list, from the
administrator of the band's homepage. Here comes my translation of the most
serious part of the message:
"On tuesday, July 21 1998, drummer Anders Nilsson was fired from YVONNE.
Several years of difficulties in co-operating, which has led to a bad and
strained atmosphere in the band, was claimed as the reason.
Because of this I [Peter Nilsson] will immediately quit administrating the
official YVONNE homepage which you find at http://www.drrling.se/yvonne .
The e-mail address yvonnemail@swipnet.se will also cease to exist
immediately and instead I refer you to YVONNE's manager Fredrik Rundqvist,
who you will reach at rundqvist.ilr@mnw.se .
Thanks for a nice time!
Peter "
/Micke
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 03:08:36 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [LIST] Music on the TV [14-Aug-98]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE TV Scandinavian Indie
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by Erik Soderstrom
Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
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Fri 14/8 Music magazine The Pepsi Chart Kanal 5 19.30
New Tone I Huvudet pa St... SVT 2 00.10 R
Sat 15/8 Music magazine The Pepsi Chart Kanal 5 10.30 R
New Tone I Huvudet pa St... SVT 1 13.20 R
MTV Live MTV Live MTV Europe 22.00 R
Sun 16/8 MTV Live MTV Live MTV Europe 22.00
Mon 17/8 -
Tue 18/8 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00
Wed 19/8 -
Thu 20/8 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00
R = Rerun
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 03:09:14 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [LIST] Music on the Radio [17-Aug-98]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie
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by Erik Soderstrom
SWEDEN
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Mon 17/8 Broder Daniel Hultsfred, Festival 13-Jun-98
+Soundtrack of Our Lives +Eskilstuna, Statt 30-Jan-98
Tue 18/8 Kristin Hersh (R) Stockholm, Studion 05-Mar-98
Wed 19/8 Gravediggaz Hultsfred, Festival 11-Jun-98
Thu 20/8 Penniless Mullbergaskolan 23-Apr-98
NORWAY
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Sun 23/8 Bob Hund + Hurricane #1 + Rockefeller '98 / NRK +
Unbelieveable Truth 2x Oxford Sound City '97 / BBC
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:43:56 -0700
From: Jonas Nilsson
Subject: only for those living around Lund - radio
Hi!
My name is Jonas Nilsson and I just wanted to see if there are any list
members out there living in Lund that are interested in doing musicradio? The
last year, we've run a show called TANDEM on Radio AF, but now everybody
involved with the show has left Lund and we are in desperate need of
(music)interested people.
Tandem is a show concentrating in the alternative sides of pop, rock etc
(simply the kinda music discussed on this list). Its broadcasted sunday
evenings.
Just send me a private mail (eng96jni@student2.lu.se) and we'll discuss it.
Ok, take care and sorry to all you others for taking up space.
Jonas
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:51:16 +0200
From: Jonas Sevenius
Subject: Re: Emmaboda report, part two
> The day started very nicely. PLUXUS were a lot more interesting live than
> on the "Music inspired by the architecture of Kennedy international
> airport" cassette, IMO. I'm lousy at categorizing this kind of music, but I
> can hear that it is related to the bands that are, for some reason, called
> "post-rock" bands. PLUXUS only used electronic devices, though. If you
> really concentrate, while listening to them, you will hear that it is
> really quite melodic, even if that is not apparent at first. Bonus points
> to the band member who actually managed to dance to their music ;).
The "music inspired by..." is not very adequate to how PLUXUS sound today. For
those of you who liked them at Emmaboda I would like to inform you that a
5-track EP was released on Slowball recordings earlier this year. Get it
directly from Slowball by sending 40 kronor (postpaid in Sweden) to:
Slowball recordings, Vulcanusgatan 10 (3tr), 113 21 Stockholm, Sweden.
Pluxus will play in Stockholm in september and probably in Lund later this
autumn.
Warmest regards,
Jonas Sevenius on behalf of Slowball recordings
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Date: 18 Aug 1998 12:18:09 +0200
From: Robert Cumming
Subject: help!: lyrics to 'Cup noodle song'
I had a go at transcribing Pineforest Crunch's 'Cup noodle song' last
night. It went quite well, but there's a really nasty bit which I
really couldn't understand. Can anybody with better ears/luck than me
work out what on earth Asa is on about?
Robert, and here comes the text so far...
Cup Noodle Song
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let me open the window
let me throw you out
no I don't need anyone to prove to me
that I'm wrong
because the thoughts within my reach
are slightly disordered
keeps me awake at night
now I'm halfway through other miracles
like this one
so hey
no I don't need anyone
so hey hey hey hey hey
now don't you think I recognise
**** **** [Here's the tricky bit!] **** ****
[???]
[???]offering love this size
[???]then offering his greatest lies
**** **** [that was the tricky bit!] **** ****
I think you'll be a bit surprised
to find that I have memorised
the stupid life within my mind
but I'm not sure you even liked
the cinamon and cherry pies
your mother used to make
when all you did was watching Channel 5
as long as you're like this
there's no need to try
so hey
no I don't need anyone
so hey hey hey hey hey
so hey
no I don't need anyone
hey hey hey hey hey
but I'm not sure you even liked
the cinamon and cherry pies
your mother used to make
when all you did was watching Channel 5
as long as you're like this
there's no need to try
so hey
no I don't need anyone
so hey hey hey hey hey
so hey
no I don't need anyone
hey hey hey hey hey
so hey
no I don't need anyone
la la la la la la la la la
I wish I wouldn't have these thoughts all the time
no I wish I wouldn't deep breathe all the time
no I wish I wouldn't have these memories of mine
about you
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