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Re: The Who Digest Vol 3 Num 115



On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, The Who Mailing List wrote:

> From: white-fang@genie.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 96 11:04:00 UTC 0000
> Subject: re: Chris's Trek Dialog (pt 3)
> 
> Now, here's what I'd like to know...
> 
> As a former American, did you run away from home due to:
> 
> a) molested by your father

[snip]

Yes!!!  The famous "NAMBLA gambit"!!  He shoots he scooores!!!




> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 08:19:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Hugh Alan Fogel <soxs@dmsv.med.umich.edu>
> Subject: Crap
> 
> I'm coming out of lurking just to spew a bit. This whole quad thing really
> pisses me off. Is anyone else sick of the townshend rehash, or are we all
> just trying to relive our childhoods?  Why a big line-up?  Why special
> guests?  What the hell?  Why not just play, for chrissakes?

It's a big deal for charity; perhaps the event organizers, rather than
Who personnel, wanted the multiple-star lineup?

> Methinks perhaps Townshend has a bit of an ego and can't imagine just
> playing a guitar anymore...

Methinks he's playing five shows in the next two weeks, four of them
solo.  Whaddaya want?




> >On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Eddie W. Presley Jr. wrote:
> >
> >Alanis Morrisette???!!!  How could you have such a pathetic fraud artist
> >like Alanis in the same country as TW never mind the same bill??!!!
> >This is absolutely ridiculous!  How does everyone else feel?!

I like her two or three heavy radio-play songs OK.  I saw her perform
in Austin last January and wasn't as impressed with her overall, as
she seems too melancholy/morose for my taste.




> From: DLebo10711@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:56:43 -0400
> Subject: Townshend biography material
> 
> Several attempts with out-of-print book-searching services have so far been
> unsuccessful in locating a copy of Chris Charlesworth's <Townshend: A Career
> Biography>, Proteus Press (now defunct). I wrote to Charlesworth about 2 or 3
> weeks ago -- I may or may not get some helpful info. from him on getting hold
> of a copy of his book. 
> 
> Has anyone read this? Is it worth getting? 

Isn't it a bit late to be asking this question if you've already
contacted the author about holding a copy for you?  Just a thought.



> From: "Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net>
> 
[snippage of excellent post re: dog racing]
> Neck). Pete didn`t grow up in a mansion with approved masters hanging on the
> walls, or manicured gardens hidden behind walls as high as Prudential.
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For some time I couldn't make that out either, and thought it was
"perdition", but I eventually saw it cited as "prevention."  If you're
not referring to an "Imagine a Man" lyric, um, never mind :-).



> From: DANwhoIEL@aol.com
>
> >  There's no 
> >mention of a tour, but "world premiere" almost implies there will be others.

There ya go.  Excellent observation.

> Does that mean they might make another attempt at bringing in those famous
> "Quadrophenia" backing tapes?...
> 
> A bit worried,

You think _you're_ worried?  Bob Pridden went on intravenous Valium at
the mere possibility.  :-)




> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 19:22:29 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net>
> Subject: English boys?...
> 
> North America. Does Tim or any other English list member have an idea why
> there is so little input onto the Who Digest from the Brits?.......Gary M.

Heck, as long as we're on that topic, I'd like to hear people's
theories as to why The Who have such a small British following
(proportionally) as compared to in the States.  Matt Kent predicted
that if a Zep convention were held in London it would fill a large
hall for three days, whereas the Who convention sort-of filled a
medium-sized night club for a day (not that I didn't have a great
time).




> From: "Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net>
> Subject: Coolwalking...
> 
> often differ from how I interpreted the songs. I always thought TSRNR was
> PT`s declaration that he was cleaning up his act in terms of dope, etc. and
> feeling good about doing that, but he ascribes a rather vaguer, universal
> religious intent to the lyrics. Ditto for the song Empty Glass. ( Then
> again, I thought After the Fire was a meditation on his dissatisfaction with
> life after the break-up of the Who, i.e., the fire-like intensity and
> creativity of life as a member of the Who was gone and PT felt a strong
> yearning to regain these feelings; turns out the song is about South Africa
> after the fall of the apartheid regime!

I always thought along Pete's lines concerning TSRNR, but regardless
of what Pete says, After the Fire sounds like a retrospective look at
The Who to me, and continues to evoke those thoughts.  Subconscious at
work here, perhaps.



> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:21:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jennifer L. Davies" <jen@nt.net>
> Subject: guests
> 
> BE FOREWARNED - SEEEEERIOUS SARCASM HERE!!!!!
> 
>         Speaking of guests, I can just hear Dylan singing "I'm One".

I was just laughing with someone yesterday about him doing "Sea and
Sand"... "Here by the sea and sAANnndd, nothing ever goes as plANNNed..."

Ow!!  Ow!  Ow!!

>         I think Alannis Morrissette would be there as a crowd pleaser - for
> those who aren't Who fans, but have heard something about them and were told
> that they were the guitar-smashing eardrum-shattering group.  Everyone has
> heard of Alannis Morrissette (and can probably spell it better than I), and
> some would go just to see her.

Yes...but...just imagine the soul-shaking revelation in store for
those who bother to hang around after her set for the (to us) main
attraction.  (At least, in "the old days" it would be -- can PT/RD/JE
punch it through to brand-new listeners, now?  Ah, there's a
question).




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> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:08:57 -0700
> From: bkawa@ix.netcom.com (Bruce Kawakami)
> Subject: UK Hyde Park reports
> 
> Praising the work of the Prince's Trust, he added: "I met a group of
> kids in Covent Garden the other day who were musicians. And one of them
> said 'We are in a band and we are trying to do melodies'. I asked how
> they got going and they said they got a grant from the Prince's Trust."

Ya know, if one were looking for reasons to praise/support the
Prince's Trust, I really think one could have found a better example.

"Uh, yeah, um...we're in a band?  and we decided to explore, like, do
_melodies_, ya know?  Hey, look at my new tattoo.  Got any spare
change?  Melodies rule, man, but fuck, they're hard.  Good thing we
got this dole from the Prince to pay the rent while we work on 'em.
Melodies, melodies,..."

Please.  Perhaps (I hope) Pete was engaging in a bit of the famous
Townshend irony...?

> Hampshire. It will be the first rock show in Hyde Park since 1976, and
> is timed to coincide with the final of the Euro 96 football
> championship.

<Elmer Fudd> on a crutch!  One police nightmare at a time wasn't
enough?  Who was the Einstein who came up with that bit of exemplary
planning (not)?

--
Alan

"When I'm onstage...it's not like bein' possessed...it's just...*I*
*do* *my* *job*" --Pete Townshend