Chalkhills PostingsChalkhills PostingsXTC near-sighting- June 19, 2008 Chalk-all, Here's a link to a cute short film... One of the 'creatives' comes from Swindon, and the description of Swindon creativity struck me as rather apt: http:www.youtube.comwatchv=hgYwTELj-fs Best, d2 . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a10 Train Running Lower- June 16, 2008 I have been a lurker for years, having been active way back in the day. The post about a possible resuscitation of the band really had a few quick beats going. Needless to say, I tossed on a couple of the classics to cheer me up. I appreciate those of you who post with new (or old) bands and recomendations. Rarely am I dissapointed and it always leads somewhere . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a09 XTC in Print- June 16, 2008 XTCpartridge have cropped up in books that have crossed my path recently. First, they have gained a place in the Power pop top 200 as chosen by John Borak in the not lame book Shake Some Action http:www.notlame.comPBPOWERPOPBOOK.html The album chosen was Upsy Daisy, which the author acknowledges is a . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a08 Andy Partridge interview, "Bay TV", March 1999- June 15, 2008 I just posted an Andy Partridge interview from March 3rd, 1999, onto YouTube. He was visiting "Bay TV" (a SF Bay Area TV show), to promote XTC's "Apple Venus" CD release. http:www.youtube.comwatchv=PmEpSvRd5qU Ed in SF . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a07 Re: ZZ- June 15, 2008 Darryl W. Bullock wrote: In Digest 14-19, Christopher Coolidge wrote "Like them or not, ZZ Top is the one band who's been together longest with the original lineup without breaking up or changing personnel at any time." Sorry Chris, but the Four Tops, who originally formed as the Four Aims, had the same four man line up from 1954 through to 1997, when . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a06 Marmalade Army- June 14, 2008 I always love it when someone finds a new band that is similar to a band I like and I can check them out to see if I like them too, so on that musical note, I just discovered a band called Marmalade Army. I'm not only a fan of XTC but also of 10cc, and Marmalade Army sounds to my ear like Graham Gouldman of 10cc singing new XTC songs, with a . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a05 re: boys are back in town- June 14, 2008 Don wrote: Am I the only one that checked this out First of all, it's a little weird, with unaswered snippets of questions which make me think the page wasn't totally up when I saw it, or when JP posted... That said, this intriguing (!!!) snippet was within: Getting back together 2nd May 2008, Andy Partridge announced during a short interview with . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a04 Our Favorite Recordings Could Be Choking- June 14, 2008 Folks: For anyone in the know, I had become concerned, upon reading about the fire that broke out at Universal Studios, that among the casualties might have been some master recordings of our favorite bands; I mean, are we now left with only the John Astley "masters" to the Who catalog That would . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a03 Re: Boys are Back in Town (Swindon)- June 13, 2008 Don Device wrote: Am I the only one that checked this out First of all, it's a little weird, with unaswered snippets of questions which make me think the page wasn't totally up when I saw it, or when JP posted... That said, this intriguing (!!!) snippet was within: Getting back together 2nd May 2008, Andy Partridge announced during a short interview with . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a02 Pizza Stop- June 13, 2008 Folxtc, An independent Internet content provider said: Anyone who says "I hate ZZ Top," with or without the obscene adverb, hasn't listened to "Waitin' For The BusJesus Just Left Chicago" recently. just blue men playing the whites, and . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a00 |