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From www.billboard.com
Billboard Bits: Kaiser Chiefs, The Like, Sheryl Crow
Edited By Jonathan Cohen. July 12, 2005, 3:45 PM ET
Los Angeles-based rock trio the Like, whose members are the daughters of Attractions drummer Pete Thomas, producer Mitchell Froom and industry veteran Tony Berg, will release its full-length debut, "Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?," Sept. 13 via Geffen.
Produced by former Prince and the Revolution member Wendy Melvoin, the 13-track album expands nicely on the more stripped-down sound of the Like's live shows. Shaded by such sonic reference points as the Sundays, Echobelly and the Pretenders, the set will be led by the single "What I Say and What I Mean." Other highlights include the peppy, bass-led "The One" and closer "Waves That Never Break," which features lap steel by former Beachwood Sparks/All Night Radio principal Dave Scher.
In advance of a fall tour, the group is playing sporadic shows in Los Angeles, including July 15 at the Viper Room and Aug. 2 at the Troubadour. A New York show at a venue to be announced is also on tap for early August.
From www.newstatesman.com
The Download
Monday 23rd May 2005
By Dan Hancox
As the garrisons of the Blairite army wind up their years of service, it's worth remembering those soldiers who fell in the early period of the new Labour revolution. I speak of those members of the Britpop corps who failed to make it to 2005 (or even 1997) to collect their war pension. The indie bands which warranted only footnotes in that edition of Vanity Fair with Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit draped in a Union Jack. "London swings!" announced the cover, but it didn't for very long for Dodgy, Menswear, Echobelly, Kenickie, Sleeper, Dubstar . . . (I could go on.) Many of these bands were scorned at the time, but despite their identikit one-word band names - and some would say identikit guitar-pop - I think reappraisals are in order.
Sleeper, for example, may have consisted of the singer Louise Wener (she is now a successful novelist) and a backing band so nondescript they earned the nickname "Sleeperblokes", but they produced, over the course of three mid-1990s albums, a number of great, now largely forgotten singles. Take "Inbetweener". Its lyrics about suburban ennui are so tacky it could easily have featured on Blur's lamentable Great Escape album - yet it's a quite impeccable pop song (you can download it, along with "What Do I Do Now?", "Sale of the Century" and others, on iTunes).
I would happily recommend lost Britpop classics until the ice caps melted and David Davis became prime minister, but, in brief, try rediscovering Lauren Laverne's old group Kenickie ("I Would Fix You", "Punka", "In Your Car" - all fantastic, all on [http://www.mycokemusic.com]), or Dubstar (witty, melancholic electro-pop; try "Not So Manic Now" or "Stars" from iTunes), or Echobelly (if only for Sonya Aurora Madan's incredible voice - get "King of the Kerb" from iTunes). It occurs to me that these bands have few Y chromosomes between them, and this brief bout of gender equality in indie music is another reason to look kindly on an unfairly maligned period in British music. After all, how often do female artists grace the cover of the NME these days?
From www.virginmegastores.co.uk, thanks to Christopher

INDIE ANTHEMS
(25 Apr 2005)
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INDIE ANTHEMS
Various Artists
RELEASE DATE: 25-04-2005
RUNNING TIME: 156.55
STUDIO/LIVE:
Studio MONO/STEREO: Stereo
LABEL: Universal Music
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 9826954
BARCODE: 0602498269541
Disc 1 - Cigarettes And Alcohol (4.50) - Oasis
- Common People (5.49) - Pulp
- Animal Nitrate (3.18) - Suede
- Street Spirit (Fade Out) (4.12) - Radiohead
- La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) (4.07) - Manic Street Preachers
- Girl From Mars (3.31) - ash
- Place Your Hands (3.37) - Reef
- Staying Out For The Summer (3.06) - Dodgy
- Wake Up Boo! (3.06) - Boo Radleys, The
- Lovefool (3.18) - The Cardigans
- Fine Time (3.05) - Cast
- Olympian (3.05) - Gene
- On And On (4.08) - Longpigs
- You & Me Song (2.50) - The Wannadies
- Great Things (3.29) - Echobelly
- Road Rage (3.57) - Catatonia
- Wide Open Space (4.32) - Mansun
- Pure Morning (3.58) - Placebo
- Getting Better (4.12) - Shed Seven
- Going Out (4.15) - Supergrass
Disc 2 - Love Spreads (5.47) - The Stone Roses
- The Only One I Know (3.56) - The Charlatans
- Rocks (3.35) - Primal Scream
- All Together Now (5.40) - The Farm
- This Is How It Feels To Be Lonely (3.10) - Inspiral Carpets
- I'm Free (3.50) - The Soup Dragons
- International Bright Young Thing (3.10) - Jesus Jones
- Tattva (3.46) - Kula Shaker
- Inbetweener (3.18) - Sleeper
- The Changingman (3.30) - Paul Weller
- The Riverboat Song (4.54) - Ocean Colour Scene
- The Only Living Boy In New Cross (3.53) - Carter USM
- Def Con One (4.00) - Pop Will Eat Itself
- Happy (3.55) - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
- Circle Square (3.22) - The Wonder Stuff
- One Way (3.25) - The Levellers
- Monkey Gone To Heaven (2.56) - Pixies
- Shine On (4.02) - The House Of Love
- Kinky Afro (3.58) - Happy Mondays
- Sit Down (4.05) - James
From bbc.co.uk
Music GCSEs to get Britpop option
Tuesday, 1 February, 2005, 18:45 GMT
Students will write songs in the style of Noel Gallagher's
GCSE music students could soon get a whole section of the curriculum devoted to mid-1990s "Britpop" bands like Oasis, Blur and Pulp.
If exam board Edexcel is successful in its plans, youngsters will be able to write songs in their style and offer critiques of hits of the era.
But a spokeswoman told BBC News that students would still have to devote 50% of their time to classical music.
Edexcel's plans are subject to approval by England's exams watchdog, the QCA.
'Mad for it'
Popular music, up until the present day, is already offered as part of the GCSE.
But such has been the demand that Edexcel wants Britpop - notable for its revival of British guitar bands - to become an option in its own right.
A spokeswoman said: "This does not change the requirements of the course. The classical component is still the same."
Britpop artists continually made the headlines during the 1990s, especially with the ongoing feud between Blur's Damon Albarn and Oasis' Gallagher brothers.
Other bands, such as Suede, Sleeper and Echobelly, also sold thousands of records.
The mid-1990s music scene became known as "Cool Britannia".
Such was its popularity that Noel Gallagher attended a drinks party hosted by Tony Blair shortly after he was elected as prime minister in 1997.
If Edexcel is successful, Britpop will be offered to students due to sit GCSE music exams in 2007.
From Morrissey-Solo.com
Morrissey-solo Tsunami Relief Donation Drive
posted by davidt
on Monday January 17 2005, @09:00AM
I'd like to take a brief time out from the world of Morrissey and ask for your support for a personal community effort to raise funds for the South Asian tsunami disaster still in need. I'm taking donations through the end of January to go towards CAREs Asia Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fund in the name of the Morrissey-solo community. If you have already given, please give again! I donated $500 earlier to Oxfam and am donating another $500 for this collection. I'll report at the end how much was collected.
If you would like to donate by credit card (or PayPal account), click below:
If you would like to donate in another way, please email me at david[a]morrissey-solo.com . Info on CARE.
From Vu
So, I'm an internet junkie, what can I say ?
I had disconnected my land-line telephone last Wednesday and I thought that the cable man was going to show up on that Wednesday to hook me up to the internet. As it happened, the next guy wasn't going to be available in my area until this Sunday (12/19), which kind of annoyed me because that would leave me with a few days of a lack of the 'net. Sigh.
I suppose it could be worst,
but I can't believe it's not better.
Okay, so here is the breakdown of cost from before and after:
SPRINT
- $28.95 for standard telephone service
- $0.00 for work internet
- Connects at "56.6k"
- DSL not available via Sprint in my area.
- Note: time-consuming... takes forever to download, sometime randomly disconnect
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COMCAST
- $47.95 for internet ($29.95 for the first 3 months)
- $9.95 television
- $3.00 modem rental (can't commit to this yet, but eventually I will buy one for myself)
- Connects at 2-3mbs
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I realized that I am paying twice as much as dial-up (which was basically for the telephone service), but there was a time that I was paying an additional $10 a month for dial-up, so technically it would've been more like $40 vs $60.
Plus, the other thing is that I have two computers and we can both be online at the same time, as opposed to what was available previously: one telephone line.
Anyway, it should be good, I'm looking forward to a faster internet experience. If you know of a cheaper broadband-type of service that's available without the telephone service (I've read a lot about "naked DSL" lately, which I'm assuming will be cheaper than cablenet), please let me know. I'm only loyal to the lowest rate, because I'm poor.
From Vu
I recently discovered that my friend's band, Serenaide, is on MySpace.com.
You should check it out and listen to their songs on myspace. Now.
I'm very fond of Mimi (the bassist) on there. Looking at their photographs of their recent festival gig, it looks like they're really doing swell.
Oh, in case you were interested, I do have a MySpace.com account (or if you use Friendster).
An afternoon in the country,
Was all that I was after
If I can't see you in the future,
I'll see you in the pasture
Also, it's about time, but I'm getting broadband very soon. I couldn't get my work to pay for it, but I figure I need faster internet anyway.
It is my Christmas gift to myself.
From Vu

You are Elastica. You like to keep yourself busy. You don't crave attention or money. You do what you want and don't care what anyone thinks of you. You're spiky, tough and energetic.
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VAMPIRES: THE MASQUERADE
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I hate these quiz things that everyone likes. I had to take this particular one only because I was trying to get "You are Sleeper", but unfortunately there were only a few results and Elastica seems like a good choice if any.
You know, I've lost my 5th ATM Bank Card. Everytime I lose them, I always tell myself "Never again!!" It's always one thing: I stick my card in the Automatic Teller Machine and then as soon as it spits out money, I'm off running !!
I'm playing this video game called "Vampires: The Masquerade" and there is this woman in the video game that looks just like Louise ! At least, I think it looks like her :)
I hung out with my brother yesterday and we watched Morrissey and The White Stripes videos. I didn't know he liked them at all, I guess he's really growing up.
I bought my first scarf yesterday too. EL tells me it's very "peppery" and then made fun of my hat.
At the video shop today, I ran into two people I knew, but I couldn't remember their names. I'm terrible with names. They looked at what I was renting: The Stepford Wives (2004), Envy, and Lady Death. I told them, "It's free, don't make fun of my choices."
Since joing Hollywood Video's "MVP" program, I've must've rented at least 60 DVDs in the course of two months.
From Vu

BELLE & SEBASTIAN PIN (Karren & Sandy)
(31 Oct 2004), photograph by Matt Zulawski
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I hate aol, but for some reason, I really like AIM. I'm
sleepercat on there - please send me a message if you want to hang out (or want to play Scrabble online).
I'm going to Scottsdale, Arizona, for a work-related event in January 2005. I was told that the resort there is quite nice and I have my own room. Internet will be provided, so I'm taking my home laptop, and hopefully it'll be good and fun. I think the only real work day is Thursday, I will be assisting in a Power Point presentation. Friday, I think I'm going to do a hot air balloon (it was either that or more golfing or ATV/Hummer in the desert). Not really sure what I'm actually doing in AZ, but hey, it's all paid for, so I might as well show up.
I'm hoping to be around Toronto, Canada, around March 2005-ish. I will be seeing some really, really old friends called Karren & Sandy (can't believe their photograph are online because they're so camera shy!) and Linh, who I met through a Friendship Book (penpal) around 1995. I've met Linh in real-life before in Los Angelese, I still have this old photograph of us being all young and dorky.
Oh, and I haven't scared off Celeste.... yet. (Shadez is Celeste).
Sigh, I wish someone else would move up here!
Update: My DVD list is now automatic via Intervocative Software. If you choose to, you can have your DVD list online, so anytime you add something new, the list gets updated. It's a pretty neat software.
Oh, my S*M*A*S*H website is getting quite a bit of activity due to their tour recently.
From Rhino Records and Special Ops Media
WHO NEEDS FLU SHOTS WHEN RHINO HAS THE CURE!
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2004
Highly Anticipated Cure Reissue Campaign Begins With Expanded, Remastered THREE IMAGINARY BOYS December 7

THREE IMAGINARY BOYS
(Dec 2004)
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LOS ANGELES - Twenty-five years after
The Cure began their global pop invasion with their debut disc, THREE IMAGINARY BOYS, Rhino Records gives the album its first-ever U.S. domestic release with a deluxe two-disc edition loaded with previously unreleased tracks. THREE IMAGINARY BOYS will be available December 7 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com
for a suggested retail price of $18.98.
The album marks the kickoff to Rhino Records' revitalization of The Cure catalog. Each title will receive a sonic upgrade and be released as a deluxe double-disc set featuring the original album on one CD and numerous rarities on the other. In addition, each release will come with a 16-page booklet filled with photos and tour memorabilia from the personal archives of vocalist Robert Smith, as well as a track-by-track commentary and notes by U.K. music scribe Johnny Black.
Cure fans have long clamored for THREE IMAGINARY BOYS, an energetic 1979 U.K. debut which features "10:15 Saturday Night," "Grinding Halt," "Fire In Cairo," and a quirky rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady." The band's debut U.S. album, Boys Don't Cry, featured many of the songs on THREE IMAGINARY BOYS along with singles like "Jumping Someone Else's Train" and "Boys Don't Cry." The Rhino reissue offers the original U.K. album with an added previously unreleased instrumental ("The Weedy Burton"), as well as a 20-track bonus disc which includes the additional tracks from Boys Don't Cry, previously unreleased studio and home demo versions, live renditions, and other curiosities. In total the package includes six previously unreleased songs, eight previously unreleased versions of songs, and 17 tracks never before available on CD.
Johnny Black's liner notes, which make use of extensive and exclusive
interviews with Robert Smith, provide fascinating insight into the making of this classic album. One interesting story tells how The Cure managed to get the album recorded with virtually no budget: they simply snuck into Morgan Studios at night once the Jam had finished their sessions, and, using the Jam's gear, recorded through the night till dawn.
It's been almost three decades since a 17-year-old Smith formed The Easy Cure in Crawley, England. Despite various lineup changes, The Cure have forged an ongoing career highlighted by an astonishing run of artistic and commercial successes, including chart-topping hit singles, gold and platinum records, countless awards, critical acclaim, and an international fan base that follows the band with religious fervor. They have secured their place in music history by shaping modern rock as we know it today.
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From Karen Campbell
VIOLET'S STORY
(May 2001)
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VIOLET'S STORY
written by Karen Campbell
CHAPTER 13
(excerpt)
"That is because I know I am not beautiful.
I have heard the song called "Dark Therapy" by Echobelly and that is
beautiful. I have been given a radio/cassette because I nagged my mother,
who in turn nagged my father and, who, to keep my mother happy, spoke to the
ward sister and arranged for me to have one. I had to promise them that I
would not electrocute myself with it.
It is bizarre how meaningful things happen by chance.
I was rewinding a "Cocteau Twins" tape and the radio came on. I can clearly
recall the moment of feeling transfixed, as though it were only last week.
(Actually, now that I come to mention it, I think it WAS only last week.) I
sent an 'SOS' to my mother to get me the song and she did because, after
all, I am her only child and it cannot be easy knowing I'm in a mental
hospital.
I have been unable to listen to anything else since. I heard a voice which
reached into my soul and massaged my heart. I sat, deathly still, on my bed
and stared at the wall, with the lullaby of a voice soothing me through each
second.
Each second that was ecstasy.
An orgasm was almost as good as that song. Because you can rewind a song but
you cannot rewind an orgasm.
Almost as good as "Lurgee" by Radiohead.
I can sit now and reminisce, listening to Sonya Aurora Madan, singing my
most favourite song, over and over.
So, I do.
Does this tell me that I have an obsessive personality or did I already know
that?"
...
And
"Let me close your eyes
And I will take you all the way."
Oh, Sarah, what I would not give to see your eyes one more time? One more
chance to let my hands joyously wander the tender outlines of your body and
bring you to orgasm.
Maybe she is my dark therapy, as Echobelly say."
| August 28, 2004 11:13 pm |
Echobelly on myspace.com
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[ News ]
From echobelly.com
Echobelly on MySpace Music
24th August 2004
Listen to full length streams of new album tracks, read reviews and communicate with Echobelly via their myspace.com profile.
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Member Since
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August 3, 2004
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Band Website
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echobelly.com
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Band Members
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sonya aurora madan - vocals
glenn johansson - guitars
andy henderson - drums
ruth owen - bass
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Influences
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some of our favourite artists include:
Ravi Shankar
Shiv Kumar Sharma
Zakir Hussain
John Coltraine
Miles Davis
echobelly
Thelonious Monk
The Beatles
The Smiths
Frank Black
Kid Koala
Charles Mingus
The Dandy Warhols
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Leftfield
Bob Dylan
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echobelly :-)
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fry up
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| August 28, 2004 10:57 pm |
Sonya On BBC 6 Music
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[ News ]
From Friendster
Subject: sonya - live discussion on BBC 6 Music
August 20, 2004 6:59 AM
sonya will be a guest of andrew collins on his
roundtable show, which goes out live on friday
20th august between 6 and 7pm (BST).BBC 6 Music is
a digital radio station, which is available on
digital radio, digital satellite/cable tv and via
the internet the
show will be repeated on saturday morning (21st
august) between 9 and 10 am (BST)
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From Vu
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - BOOKS (US)
(29 Jun 2004)
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Please note that I am changing my email address, once again. Please start using
, although I might change it to another username since "sleeperster" sounds weird. It was a suggestion because 'sleeper' was already taken. I thought about it and I would've either gone with Sleeperchamp or Pajamapants.
Last week, I was supposed to meet my friends to see a comedy troop. I was late. Since I was already in downtown, I decided to walk down Nicollet Avenue to an import record store called Let it Be Records. But along the way, there was some sort of festival happening all summer called "Sommerfest". I ended up watching a Jazz band and then a street performer juggling sharp knives over four people underneath him. He dubbed it, "the Human Table... of Death!"
At the store, I bought two CDs, Belle & Sebastian's "Books" EP and a used Camera Obscura "Underachievers Please Try Harder" CD. B&S's "Your Cover's Blown" is the most amazing song ever. I just could not stop listening to it. The song seems like it's a patchwork of musical genres. I wish radio stations would play this song, but it's not going to happen as the song is six minutes. Too short, if you ask me.
Well, I have been buying cheap software via Ebay lately. I'm not sure that these software are entirely legal, but it's definitely cheaper than retail. I've picked up Photoshop 8 CS and Pocket Quicken for a very reasonable price.
| June 29, 2004 07:45 pm |
Echobelly on Tour in August
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[ News ]
From echobelly.com
» 22th June 2004
Live dates in August
Echobelly will be taking to the road for a whistle-stop tour of the UK later this summer. The band will be performing in Birmingham, London, Colchester and Northampton.
Bar Academy, Birmingham
Tuesday 3 August
£ 8 in advance
Box office - 0870 771 2000
Online sales - www.ticketweb.co.uk
Colchester Arts Centre
Wednesday 4 August
£ 7 in advance
Box office - 01206 500900
Online sales - www.wegottickets.com
Northampton Soundhaus
Friday 6 August
£ 7 in advance
Box Office - 0115 9129000
Online sales - www.seetickets.com
Bar Academy, Islington
Wednesday 11 August
£ 10 in advance
Box office - 0870 771 2000
Online sales - www.ticketweb.co.uk
| June 29, 2004 07:41 pm |
Blog: Computer Not OK
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From Vu
Due to a Windows XP corrupted file, I was not able to boot up my computer.
I didn't have any start up disc either... so I ended ordering a Sony Recovery DVD from their official store. At first I tried to order it online at servicesales.sel.sony.com, but the website does not list my particular notebook model (PCG-V505DX), so I had to call their phone number, 800-488-7669, and talk to one of their operator.
She tried to sell me the "next day" option for $22 in shipping, but I thought that was a little expensive, so I opted for the only cheap option ($6) which took a full eight days to deliver (discounting Sunday).
Needless to say, I should've taken the overnight option.
| May 22, 2004 01:56 pm |
Site Update
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[ Discography ] Added
Special thanks to Melinda for the King of the Kerb single.
| April 26, 2004 |
Echobelly E-Card
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[ News ]
From Take Out Records
| April 5, 2004 |
Be Echobelly's Friendster
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[ News ]
From Vu
I got this message from Friendster (see below).
I think we should all join Friendster and be connected with Sonya & company!
Subject: hello
Date:
April 5, 2004 10:09 AM
hi vu,
we saw that you have us down as music you like -
thanks! we've got a new album coming out and
should be touring so thought this would be a nice
way to keep in touch with our fans.
be our friendster!
cheers,
sonya, andy and glenn
Below is Echobelly's Friendster profile:
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Echobelly
Member Since Mar 2004
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Female
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Interested in
Meeting People for:
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Just Here To Help!
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Single
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34
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Musician
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United Kingdom
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Hometown:
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London, Gothenburg
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Music, Kick boxing, yoga, Soccer, Art, Cats, Motor Bikes, Beer
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Ravi Shankar, Shiv Kumar Sharma, John Coltraine, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, The Beatles, The Smiths, Frank Black, Kid Koala, Charles Mingus, The Dandy Warhols, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Leftfield, Bob Dylan,
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Favorite Books:
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Seth Speaks, Zen and The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Catcher In The Rye, Catch 22, Candide,
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Frasier, Sex In the City, Southpark, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Only Fools And Horses, Black Adder, The Sopranos
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Favorite Movies:
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My Life As a Dog, Lord Of The Rings, Life Of Brian, Apocalypse Now, The Odd Couple, The Godfather, The Matrix, Spinal Tap, Ice cold In Alice, It's A Wonderful Life, Lavender Hill Mob, Pulp Fiction, Seven Samurais, Thelma And Louise,
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| March 12, 2004 |
Echobelly.com New Website
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[ News ]
From echobelly.com
»4th March 2004
The new echobelly website goes live today!
Contents: an image page where you can watch a video containing an interview with Sonya and Glenn about the making of the new album Gravity Pulls and some photos of the band. On the music page you’ll find a listening post with excerpts of the songs. There’s also a page dedicated to the lyrics and a contact page where you can send echobelly email messages.
The new album Gravity Pulls will be released in the US in the spring
through New York based record label, Take Out records.
| December 28, 2003 |
Site Update
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[ Home ]
From Vu
KOGEPAN ARM PILLOW
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "The Body"
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Did you know Kogepan (Burned Bread Boy) made a cameo on Buffy the Vampire Slayer television show ? Apparently Joss Wheldon is a huge Kogepan fan. Speaking of Wheldon, I guess the latest rumors is that he's going to be the writer to replace Grant Morrison on New X-Men. Can you already see Wolvie, the Sentinel Slayer ?
I got some pleasant xmas gifts in the mail: $80 Best Buy Reward Zone Certificates, and a Kogepan Arm Pillow (thank you Melinda!). Other stuff I got was a Morrissey Tour Poster (1991), "I Am Sam" Soundtrack, and The Strokes: Room on Fire CD.
Pretty good Christmas overall. Hope yours was as nice.
Also, I really need to stop buying stuff on ebay. They recently gave free listing on any items listed on 12/26, so basically there's a lot of crap that went up on sale!
It's not like I've got idle hands, but I have setup a site dedicated to you, Mel: www.belleandsebastian.tk.
FIVE VENOMS
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Also, Celestial Pictures finally released the original THE FIVE VENOMS (1978) in December 2003. I don't want to stress how important this film is, it spawn about forty "sequels"! They're not true sequels, of course, but they did reprise the same five actors and director in different settings and stories. They are commonly known as "The Venoms" films in America and have quite a cult following.
Most of the Shaw Brothers' movies that were released in the U.S. are from poor quality source, and often edited. For instance, the NS/Ground Zero's version of SUPER NINJAS is edited out for nudity and extreme violence. I am assuming the version they had was for television broadcast.
As you can see from the screen shot comparison, that is the case with EPI's FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (1978). Still, EPI actually at least had a widescreen version because most bootlegs are in full-frame.
By the way, Celestial Pictures are only releasing Zone 3 version, but you can pick up an all-zone player on Ebay for under $75. Miramax is actually supposed to be releasing 72 zone 1 Shaw Brothers movies, but who knows when that is going to happen. When it comes to Asian films, people nicknamed them "Mira-axed".
| December 1, 2003 |
Site Update
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[ Home ]
From Vu
VU'S DVDS (Nov 2003)
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I am pretty close to 600 DVDs now.
What is sad is these shelves do not hold all of my DVD collection. I keep moving things out to make more room. The next purchase is the Aliens Legacy Boxset, and I have a place for it next to the Scream Boxset.
You'll notice the Cyclone fighter from Robotech: The New Generation, the complete 28 volume of Lone Wolf and Cub (with the retailer's Hardcover), The Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons (who doesn't have a real name, but we think it's Luis Lane), and the giant CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS OVER-SIZED POSTER and Radiohead's OK COMPUTER being covered up by the shelves. I just don't have the bare walls to display them anymore, unfortunately.
I will be out shopping for a step-on stool/ladder-type as the high shelf is pretty hard to reach for me.
Also, I will be on a business trip to Alpharetta, Georgia, next week, I haven't really been prepared for it yet. All I know is I have my laptop to take with me, and I'm very excited about it.
| November 1, 2003 |
Gravity Pulls in December
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[ News ]
From
Echobelly.com
23 October 2003 | 3:42pm
We're working on a new website to be launched in December which will give details of the release of the forthcoming album "Gravity Pulls".
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GRAVITY PULLS (Dec 2003)
| October 19, 2003 |
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S*M*A*S*H played their first gig in eight years !
They broke up in late 1995, but according to their drummer (who left a message on my website), that they didn't break up... they just took "a long break".
Added some random things in Promotionals.
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DEBBIE, scan from Richard Morrison
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| August 24, 2003 |
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More Troma madness:
Lloyd Kaufman
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