The Avalyn Digest
Vol.98 #099
July 12th, 1998
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/avalyn.html
Today's Topics:
Re: a top 10 of sorts
Re: avalyn-d Digest /random 10
Windy and Carl
Re: avalyn-d Digest /random 10
my list
Re: my list
My Turn
RE: Windy and Carl
on the lookout
VINYL PROBLEMS
Re: VINYL PROBLEMS
SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
slowdive poll
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: my list
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Re: slowdive poll
Re: SLOWDIVE POLe
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:39:54 EDT
From: Moonstar9@aol.com
Subject: Re: a top 10 of sorts
In a message dated 98-07-09 00:31:19 EDT, Espsummer@aol.com writes:
<< 2. love forever changes >>
Anybody who likes these guys will love a band from London called 'My Drug
Hell' even more. Jared
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 12:08:16 -0400
From: myk47@geocities.com
Subject: Re: avalyn-d Digest /random 10
Not a top 10, rather random items listened to in the last few days
Not recommendations for the shoegazy elite, either ;-)
just some pop songs and decent songwriters:
The Wonder Stuff Never Loved Elvis
Adorable Fake
Aztec Camera Frestonia
The Fall 458489
Housemartins Hull 4, London 0
and many random tracks in between..
However, I tested out a new turntable I just got with:
slowdive take me down/beach song 7"flexi
the cure happily ever after [2LP]
-mainly the seventeen seconds part (side two)
The The Uncertain Smile 12"
Love & Rockets If There's A Heaven Above 12"
and other random 7"s/12"s from the dusty vaults
Maybe I'll pull out the catch the breeze/shine 7" for fun as well
[if I can find it] Does anyone have any interesting opinions
on vinyl vs. cd as far as audio/sound quality is concerned...
For Example; are there any particular releases that you swear
sound better on vinyl than cd & why?
In other news: I've essentially been off-line for a few months and
http://pw2.netcom.com/~rboge/slowdive.html will be moving
(to an address t.b.d since that account is inactive).
...more info when it becomes available...
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 98 12:52:33 CST
From: Crios@dminet.davidson-marketing.com
Subject: Windy and Carl
Just found out that Windy and Carl are playing tommmorrow at the Empty bottle
in Chicago... I think I'll end up going considering everything I hear
everybody saying about them on this list...
Hope it will be a good show...
Crios
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 15:43:58 -0400
From: "Mark Stancombe"
Subject: Re: avalyn-d Digest /random 10
> Maybe I'll pull out the catch the breeze/shine 7" for fun as well
> [if I can find it] Does anyone have any interesting opinions
> on vinyl vs. cd as far as audio/sound quality is concerned...
> For Example; are there any particular releases that you swear
> sound better on vinyl than cd & why?
New Order and Joy Division - especially the Martin Hannet Produced stuff
sounds absolutely fantastic on a beat up old vinyl record...probably this
is because of the frequencies where the vocals range - low-mids. That
spacey echo as well that was used alot on the drums and guitars just seems
to sound better with the extreme high ends just chopped off.
Sillabyss....
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 00:35:37 +0300
From: Peter Peltonen
Subject: my list
what i've been listening to lately, in no particular order:
1. massive attack - mezzanine
2. tori amos - from the choirgirl hotel
3. slowdive - pygmalion
4. the cure - disintegration
5. hedningarna - tra
6. gusgus - standard stuff for drama
7. seefeel - succour
8. doris days - ? (a brilliant tape erik copied me, i've lost the cover
so i don't know the album name)
9. jay-jay johanson - whiskey
10. aphex twin - ...i care because you do
i think it's interesting to notice how many people have been listening
to pygmalion lately...
Peter
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 20:22:58 -0300
From: Shaun Schmeisser
Subject: Re: my list
> 6. gusgus - standard stuff for drama
Wat dis? Is this new or do they have something other than
Polydistortion?
shaun
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 19:19:07 EDT
From: JLee833093@aol.com
Subject: My Turn
My list:
1) Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
2) Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
3) Portishead - Dummy
4) Slowdive - Souvlaki
5) Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
6) Heather Nova - Siren
7) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
8) PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
9) Sky Cries Mary - Moonbathing On Sleeping Leaves
10) Delerium - Semantic Spaces
Joanne
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 19:21:47 -0500
From: travis salisbury
Subject: RE: Windy and Carl
Just found out that Windy and Carl are playing tommmorrow at the Empty bottle in
Chicago... I think I'll end up going considering everything I hear everybody
saying about them on this list...
Mahogany is playing with them too...very beautiful music from both bands.
Check out:
http://www.ahoc.net/mahogany
Travis
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:06:26 +0000
From: "wade@tapehouse.com"
Subject: on the lookout
I read two interesting reviews in the new smug magazine.
Apparently thee is an album out called Duster-stratospheric, that is
reviewed as very FSA like. IT say's "FSA like with atmospheric fuzz
an d techno beats, and waves of dissonance.
also there is a review for a band called Fan Modine on slow river.
They are" a new wave psychedelic shoegazer drone band." The article
mention...dum dum dum.... Slowdive.... and bardo pond, lightning
seeds, pink floyd as references. hmm...
wade
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:38:55 EDT
From: ALTONBARNS@aol.com
Subject: VINYL PROBLEMS
In a message dated 09/07/98 16:11:31, you write:
<< Maybe I'll pull out the catch the breeze/shine 7" for fun as well
[if I can find it] Does anyone have any interesting opinions
on vinyl vs. cd as far as audio/sound quality is concerned...
For Example; are there any particular releases that you swear
sound better on vinyl than cd & why? >>
Yes!! Check out the 12" vinyl version of HOLDING OUR BREATH....very poor
....every copy I have come across has the same quality problems.
Ant
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:15:35 EDT
From: Rephlex00@aol.com
Subject: Re: VINYL PROBLEMS
Is the 7" version of catch the breeze any different to the 12"
i wouldnt say my copy is to bad ( the 12" that is)
though i do have a copy of just 4 a day which has 1 side printed offcentre by
about an inch, so is completely un playable, 4 NOVELTY VALUE I GUESS!!!!
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:15:58 EDT
From: ALTONBARNS@aol.com
Subject: SLOWDIVE POLL
Hi
I don't think this has been done yet....
Im going to conduct a SLOWDIVE POLL.....anyone who wishes to vote for their
favourite top 5 Slowdive tracks and their favourite album can e-mail ME and
not the list....I will then in a weeks time produce a full list showing the
results (Please remember this is ONLY a bit of fun!). Cheers!! Antony
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Favourite SLOWDIVE TRACKS (From any release or live tracks)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Favourite SLOWDIVE ALBUM (Just For A Day, Soulvaki, Pygmalion, Blue Day)
1.
Closing date for poll - Saturday 18th July 1998 12:00pm GMT (UK)
Send votes to ALTONBARNS@aol.com
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:46:20 EDT
From: Espsummer@aol.com
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
favorite slowdive tracks
1. waves
2. morningrise
3. here she comes
4. allison
5. catch the breeze (typical eh? bet this song wins)
best album : just for a day......
if i thought of "blue day" as an album i'd make that my choice but it
feels like a single to me...........
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:07:03 -0500
From: j-v
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
1. Blue Skied an' Clear
2. Shine
3. Sing ( highly underrated!)
4. Catch the Breeze
5. Alison
favorite album: Souvlaki
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:28:56 -0500 (EST)
From: bLenDER
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
> I don't think this has been done yet....
>
> Im going to conduct a SLOWDIVE POLL.....anyone who wishes to vote for their
> favourite top 5 Slowdive tracks and their favourite album can e-mail ME and
> not the list....I will then in a weeks time produce a full list showing the
> results (Please remember this is ONLY a bit of fun!). Cheers!! Antony
yah, I'm breaking the rules, but so is everyone Else:)
1. Shine
2. Primal
3. Celia's Dream
4. When The Sun Hits
5. Ble Skied an' Clear
Album
Just For a Day
they all stand on their own, but this just gets the most spins...
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:27:05 -0700
From: aaron
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Ok, here's mine:
1. Rutti
2. Primal
3. So Tired
4. Brighter
5. In Mind Reload Remix
There, that looks about right. I don't mean to be a snobby person who
says his favorite songs are live songs you've never heard but I honestly
would stick one live song right near the top of the list. It's that one
song they played for an encore at the november '91 show in belgium. I
still haven't found anyone who can tell me whether this is Curtains And
Carpet or something different. I didn't list it though, simply because
a friend of mine borrowed the videotape over a year ago and has seemed
to have lost it. Now I can't quite remember how it goes. Sad.
Favorite album: I don't know. All three. They aren't very similar.
aaron
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 16:32:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alvin de Leon
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Same Vote....
-allan
Ant...let me know if you still want to do the trade...
ciao
On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 Espsummer@aol.com wrote:
> favorite slowdive tracks
>
> 1. waves
> 2. morningrise
> 3. here she comes
> 4. allison
> 5. catch the breeze (typical eh? bet this song wins)
>
>
> best album : just for a day......
>
> if i thought of "blue day" as an album i'd make that my choice but it
> feels like a single to me...........
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 16:58:14 EDT
From: M242557sm@aol.com
Subject: slowdive poll
Favourite SLOWDIVE TRACKS (From any release or live tracks)
1. ballad of sister sue
2. allison
3. spanish air
4. slovaki space station
5. blue skied an clear
Favourite SLOWDIVE ALBUM (Just For A Day, Soulvaki, Pygmalion, Blue Day)
1. just for a day
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:24:23 EDT
From: Catchbreez@aol.com
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
when the sun hits
avalyn
dagger
blue skied and clear
spanish air
album
souvlaki
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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:32:11 +0300
From: Peter Peltonen
Subject: Re: my list
Shaun Schmeisser wrote:
>
> > 6. gusgus - standard stuff for drama
>
> Wat dis? Is this new or do they have something other than
> Polydistortion?
They have some singles (that I don't have) plus bunch of ep's:
believe 1
believe 2
polyesterday 1
polyesterday 2
standard stuff for drama
Plus in the limited edition of Polydistortion comes a Remix disc..
Peter
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:36:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: professor plum
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
no offense to any individuals in particular, but this is about this dumbest
shit ever and is a sure sign that a list is dead. am i fucking wrong or
what? at least with general album polls people can be turned on to new
bands or something.
; e.
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:47:57 -0400
From: "Mark Stancombe"
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLL
Hey...
> no offense to any individuals in particular, but this is about this dumbest
> shit ever and is a sure sign that a list is dead. am i fucking wrong or
> what? at least with general album polls people can be turned on to new
> bands or something.
Personally, I could see this comming to, but hey, I've never seen everyone
so happy to post on this site before - afterall it IS the Avalyn site, and
lets face it, its not like theres a lot ot talk about since the demise of
Slowdive. To each his own, and hey - whats with the profanity?
Anyways, heres my top 5:
01.) When The Sun Hits
02.) Waves
03.) Catch The Breeze
04.) Shine
05.) Losing Today
- Favourite record: Blue Day (even though its an EP), if not then Souvlaki
I thin stands out best as a whole (the import version with the In Mind
single B-sides on it)
Cheers...
Mark...
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:00:58 EDT
From: JLee833093@aol.com
Subject: Re: slowdive poll
Favorite Slowdive Tracks:
1) Machine Gun
2) Waves
3) Souvlaki Space Station
4) Dagger
5) Here She Comes
Favorite Slowdive Album:
Souvlaki
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:54:37 PDT
From: "michaelnicki barrett"
Subject: Re: SLOWDIVE POLe
> Favourite SLOWDIVE TRACKS (From any release or live tracks)
> 1.When the Sun Hits
> 2.Catch The Breeze
> 3.Blue Skied an' clear
> 4.Morningrise
> 5.dagger
>
> Favourite SLOWDIVE ALBUM (Just For A Day, Soulvaki, Pygmalion, Blue Day)
> 1.toss up betwwen them all but I'd go for Souvlaki
>
> Closing date for poll - Saturday 18th July 1998 12:00pm GMT (UK)
Send votes to ALTONBARNS@aol.com
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