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Today's Topics:
	 Re: Blueshift Signal
	 Re: Bedazzled
	 Re: Blueshift Signal 
	 Re: Bedazzled
	 silver screen
	 Re: Bedazzled
	 Re: Re: Slowdive paper goods
	 dreamscape
	 Slowdive list cd..
	 Re: silver screen/dorothy's melting
	 dreampoppish bands
	 Re: Windy & Carl in SF
	 Galaxie 500 cover
	 Re: Slowdive list cd..
	 Re: dreampoppish bands
	 Re: Slowdive list cd..
	 Re: dreamscape
	 Re: Slowdive list cd..
	 Serious offers need only apply... 

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 01:57:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Primarygrl@aol.com
Subject: Re: Blueshift Signal

In a message dated 97-11-06 16:16:54 EST, you write:

<<
 hello folks!  anyone out there ever hear of a band called Blueshift
 Signal?  I have only ever heard two tracks by them , however, these were
 two very intriguing tracks!  One had been an instrumental that sounded
 very much like Slowdive (along the lines of Eric's Song)...I would love
 to know what they have released!  Are they an American band? UK? have
 they split up?  I actually wrote in to their PO Box earlier this year
 but never got a word back!  I would even be keen on just getting dubs of
 their material.  Hope someone out there can help me out
>>

I have heard of them...I was sent one of their ep's for review in my zine.
 It contains 4 songs.  Have you heard Knitting By Twilight?  I believe
Blueshift Signal is a sideproject(?) for one of the members of KBT.  Let me
know if you want their address.  They are an American band.  Or, if you want
a recording of the ep.

Primarygirl

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 04:36:04 PST
From: "michaelnicki barrett" 
Subject: Re: Bedazzled

>What's the music like on bedazzled????
>
>Any of it worth getting??

Yes The Curtain society, an april march and a goood idea is to listen to 
the compilations fine stuff.
Michael

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:04:46 +0000
From: Mitch 
Subject: Re: Blueshift Signal 

At 05:18 PM 11/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> At 11:07 AM 11/6/97 -0800, you wrote:
>> >    hello folks!  anyone out there ever hear of a band called Blueshift
>> >Signal?  I have only ever heard two tracks by them , however, these were
>> 
>> I love that band! They are on Bedazzled Records, and yes, they're American.
>>  You can mail order their stuff at Bedazzled's web page.
>> http://www.bedazzled.com
>
> ACTUALLY, they are not on Bedazzled ...... we distributed their disc
> (Seven Natural Scences) for a while and they have a track on our last
> compilation (Woke Up Smiling).  We are out of stock on their disc and
> I'm pretty sure it is out of print.  They released a 3 song CDep which I
> think is much better than the full length, sometime earlier this year.
> They are from Providence, RI and have changed PO Boxes since SNS was
> released ..... I'll try and post the new address.
>
> Just the facts Maam.
> Steve @ Bedazzled.

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the info!  Sorry I was wrong.  BTW...Bedazzled is the best
record label on earth!

Cheers,
-Mitch

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:06:00 +0000
From: Mitch 
Subject: Re: Bedazzled

At 08:47 PM 11/6/97 CST, you wrote:
>What's the music like on bedazzled????
>
>Any of it worth getting??
>        
>                    Chris


I honestely haven't heard a band on Bedazzled that I *DIDN'T* like!

Cheers,
-Mitch

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:13:46 +0000
From: wade@tapehouse.com
Subject: silver screen

Has anyone else heard the Slowdive song Silver Screen?  I have it on 
a live bootleg, and it is soooo good.  Just curious if anyone has a 
cleaner copy of it or has heard it.
Anyone heard any new dreampopish bands as well?
wade@tapehouse.com

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:15:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Primarygrl@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bedazzled

In a message dated 97-11-07 10:02:36 EST, you write:

<< What's the music like on bedazzled????
 
 Any of it worth getting??
         
                     Chris >>

The bands on Bedazzled that I have found to be very worthwhile are:  An April
March, Siddal, and The Curtain Society.  There could be others that are just
as good, but these are the only ones that I am familiar with.  Both An April
March and Siddal are female fronted bands, while Curtain Society is fronted
by breathy male vocals.  

Primarygirl

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:27:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Alvin de Leon 
Subject: Re: Re: Slowdive paper goods

	Count me in too!!! alrighty!!
thanks
-allan

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Gage Crump wrote:

> yeah, a live CD plus some of the rare songs like the Beach Song single on
> CD would be wonderful. Count me in for one. (my cassette deck recently ate
> my live at Oslo tape .. which by the way is great, especially when Rachel
> says "I don't love anyone but myself" right before the music crashes in) 
> -gage
> 
> 

take care,
- aL

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:31:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Alvin de Leon 
Subject: dreamscape

Anybody please send me a Dreamscape discography...thanks

take care,
- aL

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:51:08 -0500
From: Gordon Brown 
Subject: Slowdive list cd..

I have a really good recording of the Sunday Flexi, you can hardly tell it
is from a flexi. 

The Oslo recording seems to be the best quality Slowdive live tape out
there. Does anyone have any means of cleaning it up for cd. If someone makes
their own music on a 4-track or has a DAT or something maybe they could
clean it up.

Gord

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 00:48:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Primarygrl@aol.com
Subject: Re: silver screen/dorothy's melting

In a message dated 97-11-07 20:25:23 EST, you write:

<< Anyone heard any new dreampopish bands as well?
 wade@tapehouse.com >>

I know a band out of San Francisco that are great!  They have but 2
recordings, one on tape and one on CD, of their work.  They are amazing
live!!!!!  If you live in the bay area, definitely check them out...They are
DOROTHY'S MELTING.

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 23:00:39 -0800
From: viet le 
Subject: dreampoppish bands

Someone asked about dreampoppish bands?

some new school dreampop that I can think of...  Bowerey Electric, Windy
& Carl (more droney though, less pop-on tour now), alot of the Bliss Out
stuff from Darla Records (including Windy & Carl, Fuxa,
Flowchart)...hmmm what else... well my memory stinks. I'll write with
more bands as they come to mind.  

-Viet

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 23:34:03 -0800
From: viet le 
Subject: Re: Windy & Carl in SF

> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:31:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gage Crump 
> Subject: re: Windy & Carl in SF
> 
> hey, where is Windy & Carl playing in SF on October 30?!! I'd love to know
> but haven't heard anything here about it.

Hi, obviously the show has passed, but just to let you know (if you
didn't make it) it was at Club Komotion.  The club's not even listed and
there was very little promotion for the show, yet there was a good
turnout for Windy & Carl.  BTW the show was amazing!  anyone else going
to see them??  I highly recommend it.  Get ready to be blissed out.

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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 01:42:09 -0600
From: Brad Nicholson 
Subject: Galaxie 500 cover

I was just thinking to day that it is really a shame the Slowdive's cover
of Galaxie 500's "Fourth of July" will never see the light of day.(does
anyone know if this was actually recorded, or just planned).  Anyway, this
just sounded so perfect to me.  It could have quite possibly been the
finest five minutes of music ever recorded.

brad 

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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 02:42:46 -0600
From: Brad Nicholson 
Subject: Re: Slowdive list cd..

At 12:04 AM 11/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I've got a four-track, mixer, effects processer, etc. , but i think the
>bootleg sounds fantastic just the way it is! the copy i have is clear
>and has little or no tape noise with Dolby on. i would have it committed
>to cd just the way it is. if you mess with the eq too much you might
>sacrifice some of the music.

But you are sacrificing some of the music when you use Dolby.  Dolby
recordings are cleaner, but it gets rid of that suface noise by removing
certain frequencies, which are unfortunatly also removed from the music.
I'll take that little bit of surface noise with all my frequencies anyday.

Besides, I have a good quality turntable, and the actual Sunday flexi
itself.  In my opinion, this flexi inherantly sounds bad, as flexi's
generally do.  I could dump a first generation copy onto my hard drive, and
send it to whoever on a zip disk, with virtually no loss. (Don't bother
emailing asking for copy like this yourself, it's too much of a pain in the
ass to do more than once.)
	Of course, I'm assuming that no one is planning on making a profit off
this, because if they are, I won't have any part of it.

brad 

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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 02:42:51 -0600
From: Brad Nicholson 
Subject: Re: dreampoppish bands

Lovesliescrushing:  
	Dreampop - pop = Lovesliescrushing.  Ambient wall of sound stuff with
ethereal vocals.  I really like them, a lot, but I find them difficult to
listen for extended periods of time (and I listen to stuff with a lot less
structure than this)     

Astrobrite:
	Scott from lovesliescrushing, I've only heard a couple songs on the radio,
but they sounded quite good.

Colfax Abbey:
	I think they are alright, but they tend to bore me.  They've got the early
Creation records sound down, kind of like the Boo Radleys meet  the
Catherine Wheel, with about a quarter of the song writing talent.

SIANspheric:
	Some Canadian folks who do a might fine Verve impression, while putting
there own spin on things.  Very cool, they are supposed to have new EP
coming out soon.

Also check out Mahoganey and Silvania.

There are probably a dozen more, but after a few pints of Newcastle, my
memory is not to good.  And Fuxa are not even remotely dreampop-ish.  There
stuff is mainly moogs and other analog synths, with the acoustic guitars
every now and then.

brad

At 11:00 PM 11/7/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Someone asked about dreampoppish bands?
>
>some new school dreampop that I can think of...  Bowerey Electric, Windy
>& Carl (more droney though, less pop-on tour now), alot of the Bliss Out
>stuff from Darla Records (including Windy & Carl, Fuxa,
>Flowchart)...hmmm what else... well my memory stinks. I'll write with
>more bands as they come to mind.  
>
>-Viet
>
>

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 01:42:44 -0800 (PST)
From: JOSEPH JOHN MORENO 
Subject: Re: Slowdive list cd..

On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Gordon Brown wrote:

> I have a really good recording of the Sunday Flexi, you can hardly tell it
> is from a flexi. 

If people are really interested in hearing the flexi perhaps they should 
like ORDER IT! from say Parasol or that Sunday place. I doubt there's any 
way you can clean up a flexi.

As for the rest of the live stuff, indeed Oslo sounds great and is pretty 
funny thanx to that drunken guy who screams "Alison(?) I love you!" about 
half a billion times. How much cleaner do you want than this? I'd say 
this is as good as it gets... 


Clean it up on a 4track, how? Let me know if you have any ideas I've got 
one.

Other concerts that sound pretty good are: Brochrum(sp) and Bizarre 
Alsdorf Fest, one of these is FM broadcast quality as is supposed to be a 
show at San Francisco's Slim's.

I think the best quality you're going to find are the FM Broadcast ones, 
There are possibly a few other ones, but I don't have them.


> 
> The Oslo recording seems to be the best quality Slowdive live tape out
> there. Does anyone have any means of cleaning it up for cd. If someone makes
> their own music on a 4-track or has a DAT or something maybe they could
> clean it up.
> 
> Gord
> 

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 09:35:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Claire De Leon! 
Subject: Re: dreamscape

> Anybody please send me a Dreamscape discography...thanks

I think all they have is the Blackflower 7" and some 12" which I just
ordered used - woohoo!

Daniel

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 09:55:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Claire De Leon! 
Subject: Re: Slowdive list cd..

> Other concerts that sound pretty good are: Brochrum(sp) and Bizarre 
> Alsdorf Fest, one of these is FM broadcast quality as is supposed to be a 
> show at San Francisco's Slim's.

I don't think the Slim's one sounds anywhere near as good as the Oslo one,
although it does sound great. Also of possible inclusion on this CD should
be the Slowdive Peel Sessions! I don't know how many they did but I have 3
songs on tape, which don't sound great sound quality-wise but the actual
songs are done up sooo great! Better than any live gig versions I've
heard! Anyone have  *good* copy of the Peel Session(s)??

Daniel

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 10:20:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Claire De Leon! 
Subject: Serious offers need only apply... 

	Hey everyone->

	This is something I've brought up on the My Bloody Valentine
mailing list. So far there are roughly 13 to 14 people interested in doing
this which isn't really enough, so I'm looking here for interested parties
as well. It's for people who are in bands, or do their own home-fi thing
on the 4-track, or whatever. 
	Please read on and if you have any questions, e-mail me privately.

Thanks!
Daniel

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 10:38:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Claire De Leon! 
To: mbv@netch.se
Subject: Serious offers need only apply...

	Okay, here is my effort to actually make this work. I think I
tried this before, but it didn't work. Anyhow, I am going to take a survey
forst to see how many people are interested. If not enough interest is
generated, the project will not go through. But here's the deal:

I am attempting to organize a listee CD. It will consist of 20 spaces of
3.5 minutes, and each sapce will cost roughly $40-$50. You will receive 25
CDs which will consist of the following: raw CDs with 2 color printing on
them, a homedone "cover" in some sort of slip-bag packaging. This is the
least expensive way to do things and can be done easily. The pressing will
be of 500 copies. 

If I get between 20 and 30 responses from this list (the extra 10 or so
because I know a bunch of people will back out here) then we will go ahead
and implement the actual project. If I get close to 20 responses, I may
ask on the Slowdive list also, since the list is similar in tastes, etc. 
	And just for the record, this is obviously a no-profit deal. I am
awaiting a price quote from the cheapest place I know for CD pressing. I
will then add cost of plastic bags, and we'll see what happens with the
artwork - I'm pretty sure I have an idea of who will be doing the artwork,
and possibly we can get it done for very very very cheap, depending what
everyone agrees to use. 

Well, again, this is experimental, so let's have the responses! I can
think of *maybe* 10 people who would be into this, namely:
Ben Adrian, Lorraine "Closer", Mike "Four Head", Mahogany, Nathan
"Sidereal Day", Ian Pollard, ...okay, that's not so many! But anyhow, I'm
sure there are others I can't think of right now. Also, please don't be
shy - if you have a four track and like to make noise - hey! You can be on
your own CD! It doesn't have to be studio quality!
	This idea *will* go into effect if enough interest is generated!
Repeat: This is *NOT* a Sugahbell repeat!!! :) If it is done in time, and
if the other idea happens, we can the CD release party be the listee
gathering we are currently discussing.... 
	Anyhow, please e-mail PRIVATELY with interest to this!! Remember,
$50 is not a lot for 25 CDs! You can probably sell them for $3 and make a
profit of $25...

Just an idea...
Daniel


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