Chalkhills PostingsChalkhills Postingslongevity- June 13, 2008 From: "Darryl Bullock" 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 . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-21#a01 ODing on BBQ- June 9, 2008 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. No posing, no cheap sunglasses, no sharp dressing, no dames, no street rods, and no synths -- just blue men playing the whites, and nearly on a par with the Messrs. Allman, Betts, Cropper, Dunn, . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-20#a03 More Popped Baloons- June 9, 2008 ChalkAll, Further (not very easily accomplished) research gleaned an actual answer: Ask Andyhttp://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-20#a02 Boys are Back in Town (Swindon)- June 9, 2008 JP Blogeth: 'Pologies if this has been posted already. Any Swindon-ites know if this was in the print version http:www.swindonadvertiser.co.ukleisuremusicaskandy -- JP Coetzee 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 . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-20#a01 RE: Original Lineup- June 9, 2008 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 founding member . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-20#a00 Andy Partridge interview in Swindon Evening Advertiser- June 2, 2008 'Pologies if this has been posted already. Any Swindon-ites know if this was in the print version http:www.swindonadvertiser.co.ukleisuremusicaskandy -- JP Coetzee . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-19#a04 "Roads Girdle the Globe" is the MySpace song of the week- June 1, 2008 Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http:www.myspace.comxtcfans), the song of the week is "Roads Girdle the Globe." If you want to know which Finnish film inspired Andy to write the song, or how he "burnt the cheese away" from the major 7ths in it, check out the XTCfans blog site at http:blog.myspace.comxtcfans. . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-19#a03 cross fades- June 1, 2008 Friends, Romans, Guitargonauts! Lend me your ears! I know that Apple ad about iPods providing the soundtrack to my life is a bunch of corporate pish posh, but I had to smile when walking to work through a sunny playground full of kids ready to start their day when my shuffle feature called up "Playground" as if by magic, as if . . .http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/show?issue=14-19#a02 |