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	 (community)Keyboardist needed for local droneband!
	 Re: Creation records catalogue number anomily
	 Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59
	 Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59
	 Slowdive video..
	 Re: Slowdive video..
	 Re: Slowdive video..
	 re:  Pale Saints
	 re: Pale Saints
	 Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59
	 LSD sound clips
	 Re: Colfax Abbey 
	 Re: Colfax Abbey 
	 Re: LSD sound clips
	 Re: Colfax Abbey
	 Re: Colfax Abbey
	 bedazzled
	 Neil Halstead
	 Re: bedazzled
	 Re: Neil Halstead
	 Re: Neil Halstead
	 Swervy
	 Roskilde '98
	 Re: Swervy

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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:17:48 -0700
From: Kevin Wood 
Subject: (community)Keyboardist needed for local droneband!

Solarium, a local established band (single released, just finished new
recordings, play out fairly regularly) seeks droney, experimental
keyboardist. A big plus if you are a female and can sing....It would also
be cool if you could play some guitar...Willing to experiment with sounds a
must...Influences: VU/MBV/Mogwai/Stereolab/etc...call Kevin:(415)391-7362

read below for a better bio of the band....


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SOLARIUM
All the Time Single
drive23

	Solarium formed in early '97 in San Francisco with the shared goal
of creating spacey music.  The band has already been through a few
incarnations, before arriving at the current configuration which includes
guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and a few other toys.

The members all hail from various parts of the U.S.  Eliot Van Buskirk (New
York City) plays bass and has been making music using a variety of things
since age 3.  Chris Cooke, (Philadelphia) plays guitar, keys, sings, and
whistles, adding subtlety and mood.  Kevin Wood (Texas) is a student of the
effects-laden guitar sound, covering vox, guitars, and analogue synth.
Drummer Darren Schoen (Maryland) drives the rhythm, and isn't afraid of
electronic beats.

	They play locally in the Bay Area and have recorded two sessions
over the last year, and have released their first single (from the first
session) on Drive-In Records.  The A-side (All the Time) is a fairly poppy
effort you could probably see yourself driving to, while The B-side (Fly
Away) will have you staying in on a rainy Sunday staring at the ceiling.

	The band has channelled a new escape route from the Spacemen 3
dronerock riverbed, using tools fashioned from such diverse sounds as My
Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground, Stereolab, The Fall, Yo La Tengo,
Slowdive, and Mogwai.  Their current sound has
been described as "shimmering summer storms that turn into raging wind
tunnels."  The band are currently debating what to do with the newly
recorded material.


SOLARIUM
1865 Powell Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

solarium8@hotmail.com

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Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 14:31:15 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: Creation records catalogue number anomily

>> Hey, speaking of Swervedriver, I was looking at my copy of Ejector Seat
>> Reservation last night and I noticed that it has the same catalogue number
>> as '5' EP by Slowdive which is CRESCD 157. Has anyone else noticed this or
>> is it just my copy of Ejector Seat Reservation that has this oddity as a
>> claim to fame??? If anyone's noticed this do they have any idea as to why
>> this is or is it just Creation Records being strange...
>
> Unfortunatly  I don't have the 5 ep, but both the lp and the cd have the
> 157 number (ejector seat) ...

The Swervedriver album has CRECD 157 and the 5 EP has CRESCD 157.

 //Erik

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Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:08:47 -0500
From: Andrew Freeman 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59

I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds.  So Drop is the album
to get?  It is consistently good?  Penetrate is the more ambient album?
Does penetrate have any decent songs or should I just stick to Drop?  I was
really impressed by the sample posted on the Avalyn web page:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/music.html

Actually most of the songs were pretty cool.

Andrew

mailto:afreeman@wt.net Andrew Freeman
http://web.wt.net/~afreeman/riverside Riverside Homepage
http://web.wt.net/~afreeman/cwn Cactus World News Homepage

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Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 11:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: butterfly mcqueen 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59

drop is the album to get, and it is consistently good -- or at least as good
as a band six years behind can be.

penetrate is not just the more ambient album, it is the ambient album.
there are no songs to speak of, just four ambient "pieces," two of which are
decent.  the other two are quite forgettable and sometimes irritating.  not
worth it, imo.

; e.

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Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 13:44:35 -0400
From: "Gordon Brown" 
Subject: Slowdive video..

Hello,

I remebered that a lot of people contacted me about getting a copy of my
Slowdive
video, but that I had the cd they were offering already. If people are still
interested feel free to contact me in regards to purchasing a copy.

Thanks

Gordon

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Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 14:24:09 -0400
From: "J. Roth" 
Subject: Re: Slowdive video..

I'm interested in the Slowdive video. What's on it?

Joe

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Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 16:20:05 -0400
From: "Gordon Brown" 
Subject: Re: Slowdive video..

Hello,

What it is, is 1 Maxell HGX video cassette with the following:
Slowdive Lee's Palace, Toronto	21 May 94	60 handheld 
	shot from side of the stage
Slowdive VK, Brussels	12 Nov 91		60 handheld 
	front and centre, heads get in the way sometimes
I've worked out to make it worth my while doing the charge will be $13 in Us
funds, this
includes air mail postage.

If interested please get in touch.

Thank you.

Gordon


At 14:24 6.6.1998 -0400, you wrote:
> I'm interested in the Slowdive video. What's on it?
>
> Joe

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Date: Sun, 7 Jun 98 06:10:19 UT
From: "Lisa Johnson" 
Subject: re:  Pale Saints

Just found this in the Parasol catalog:

Pale Saints   Longshot For Your Love   PS, UK A collection of rare &
previously unreleased recordings. 24 page booklet.   Marina-037   CD   25.50

Anybody heard it?

gary

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Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 10:38:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: "jvan@bcm.tmc.edu" 
Subject: re: Pale Saints

 Parasol made a mistake...this release is actually from 
 the Pale Fountains and not Pale Saints.

On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Lisa Johnson wrote:

> Just found this in the Parasol catalog:
> 
> Pale Saints   Longshot For Your Love   PS, UK A collection of rare &
> previously unreleased recordings. 24 page booklet.   Marina-037   CD   25.50
> 
> Anybody heard it?
> 
> gary

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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:59:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: cory <1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu>
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59

I would say that any fan of SF59 would enjoy Drop.  As would any fan of 
Slowdive.  There isn't much on this album that isn't likable for the 
genre.  Very good.  I was lucky enough to find it for $2 in a cut-out bin 
at Streetside in Manhattan, KS.  

On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Andrew Freeman wrote:
> I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds.  So Drop is the album
> to get?  It is consistently good?  Penetrate is the more ambient album?
> Does penetrate have any decent songs or should I just stick to Drop?  I was
> really impressed by the sample posted on the Avalyn web page:

cory
1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu

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Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 18:16:10 -0400
From: Andrew McMillan 
Subject: LSD sound clips

Slowdivers,

The Projekt web site now has samples from Love Spirals Downwards'
upcoming release. They are definitely getting more electronic as those
everpresent trendy "skittering" drum beats feature in all of the
samples.

try: http://www.projekt.com/bands/lsd/lsdaudio.html

Andy

P.S.--it requires shockwave
--
Andrew McMillan

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:11:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike p 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey 

> I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds.  So Drop is the album
> to get?  It is consistently good?  Penetrate is the more ambient album?

to me, colefax abbey is just too many guitar effects. unfocused sound.
messy- and a tad uninspired. nowhere near the beauty of slowdive. i never
did sell it back tho. be warned

mike

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 09:56:47 +0000
From: "wade@tapehouse.com" 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey 

No way....Colfax Abbey does what not many other shoegazing/dreampop 
bands can do, and that's write a damn good song around noise.  
IT's amazing what they do.   I think the latter songs on the cd are a 
bit dull, but the first 5 are just worth having in itself.  

wade

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Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 11:49:33 -0500
From: "mydarkstar." 
Subject: Re: LSD sound clips

wow.

amazing.

im really actually without words. just from these few clips, i am in love
with their new album.

can you pre-order from projekt? hrm. maybe i should just look myself.

douglas.

At 06:16 PM 6/8/98 -0400, Andrew McMillan wrote:

> The Projekt web site now has samples from Love Spirals Downwards'
> upcoming release. They are definitely getting more electronic as those
> everpresent trendy "skittering" drum beats feature in all of the
> samples.

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:31:24 PDT
From: "Christian Morin" 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey

> No way....Colfax Abbey does what not many other shoegazing/dreampop 
> bands can do, and that's write a damn good song around noise.  
> IT's amazing what they do.   I think the latter songs on the cd are a 
> bit dull, but the first 5 are just worth having in itself.  

I hope you meant the first 6, cuz showshine (song #6) is the best track 
on that album and the closest to slowdive beauty!

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:16:24 +0000
From: "wade@tapehouse.com" 
Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey

yea, snowshine is a beauty!

wade

p.s. the new J.A.M.C is out now so buy it!!

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 21:52:37 +0200
From: "LOSING TODAY" 
Subject: bedazzled

does anyone has Bedazzled compilations to sell?

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:04:36 EDT
From: Melochrome@aol.com
Subject: Neil Halstead

i'm not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but Neil will be a member of
Bernard Butler's (ex-Suede) touring band this summer. he will be playing
guitar, i'm not sure if a part of  the U.S. tour, but i'm assuming he is. it
will be interesting to see Neil playing songs that aren't his... 

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:04:20 -0500
From: o_o_o 
Subject: Re: bedazzled

I thought I just saw somebody who was selling one, today no less.  I
already emptied my trash, but I'd swear it had one listed, with april march
+ others.  the only one I have is the xmas one, which was free, and is
actually decent as label xmas collections go.
bedazzled has a web site, so you might try there.  that's how I got the
xmas comp for free.

At 21:52 09-06-98 +0200, you wrote:
>does anyone has Bedazzled compilations to sell?

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:47:56 +0000
From: "wade@tapehouse.com" 
Subject: Re: Neil Halstead

that sucks, I would have gone to see him (if he's in the U.S. tour)
the other night in NY.

wade :(

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:32:59 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: Neil Halstead

At 17:04 1998-06-10 EDT, you wrote:
> i'm not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but Neil will be a member of
> Bernard Butler's (ex-Suede) touring band this summer. he will be playing
> guitar, i'm not sure if a part of  the U.S. tour, but i'm assuming he is. it
> will be interesting to see Neil playing songs that aren't his... 

Interesting! BB is playing here in Sweden in July (together with Pulp),
which means there's a chance to see Neil there! Where did you get the
information?

 //Erik 

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 98 17:23:07 CST
From: Crios@dminet.davidson-marketing.com
Subject: Swervy

Picked up Raise... 99th dream is great and all but compared to Mezcalhead and
Raise... It sucks.... (I mean I like it and all but I think it's their worst
album..) but I don't know I haven't heard Ejector Seat yet.... I'm kinda pissed
too.... Their tour scheldule says the closest to Chicago they get is Champaign
(Southern (Rural) Illinois) and Milliwakee... Chicago is a major city and they
aren't even coming here....   (sigh) oh well I guess I'm gonna have to take a
trip.... 

        Oh yeah... I have to say, I like music, ALL OF IT... On Monday I saw
SLAYER... What an excellent show... Sorry just had to mention it.... 

                    Crios

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 13:51:19 +0300
From: Peter Peltonen 
Subject: Roskilde '98

I've been off from the list for a while so I don't know if this
have been discussed already...

I'm going to Roskilde and I was wandering if someone could list
all the bands worth of checking out? 

This is my first time, so every bit of "practical" info about the
festival is also appreciated :) Is there many avalyners going 
by the way?

Peter
pisara@iki.fi

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From: bLenDER 
Subject: Re: Swervy

> too.... Their tour scheldule says the closest to Chicago they get is
> Champaign (Southern (Rural) Illinois) and Milliwakee... Chicago is a
> major city and they

this is not meant at all as a flame, but Champaign is maybe 2.5 hours
south of Chicago, and if you were to draw a line denotating the center of
Illinois, it would be north of the midway point. 

sorry, that just resonated like nails on a chalkboard.

As for Chicago, I know Swervedriver has played there once if not twice
already this year.  I imagine that they're playing in Champaign because
that's where Hum is from, and they're friends with Hum.  Besides, it's a
big college town...

woo hoo!

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