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- Subject: US SUmmer Tour
- From: Jeffrey Alan Gorlechen <nycjag@well.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:42:46 -0800 (PST)
IS the summer tour Qaudrophenia, or is it gonna be a full-scale who show?
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, The Who Mailing List Digest wrote:
>
> The Who Mailing List Digest
> Sunday, March 30 1997Volume 04 : Number 076
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: Paulie Boy
> Dave the Spazz
> DATE FOR WHO TICKET SALES IN ATLANTA
> Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #74
> Simon
> Re: Tommy
> Re: Tommy
> Re: Pete's Beer
> Re: Pete's refreshing beverages
> Re: 7 Brides for 7 Townshend Brothers
> Re: Simon
> Re: Pete's refreshing beverages
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 11:08:12 -0500 (EST)
> From: TheSlipKid@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Paulie Boy
>
> << I remember seeing a picture of Paul and Simon in the studio with Pete
> around the time of "Tommy". I was pretty distracted by Simon's very
> interesting haircut, but I do recall seeing Paul behind the drumkit...
> and observing (as many others have done) how much he looked like Pete,
> and at the tender age of 12 no less!
> >>
>
> I love this photo! Spittin' image, eh? I met Paul last fall (hey, it
> rhymes) and was having a difficult time getting over the resemblance. And
> Simon, yeah, he's still wearing clothing just as flashy as those fringed
> pants. I saw him at the Mercury Lounge a couple of weeks ago here in New
> York--wearing leather pants. He deserves to wear them.
>
> Amy
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 13:52:43 -0500 (EST)
> From: TheSlipKid@aol.com
> Subject: Dave the Spazz
>
> In a message dated 97-03-28 23:58:29 EST, you write:
>
> << He plays mostly spaztic punk records and talks like a
> spaz (hence the name). He also sings for a local NYC band called the Sea
> Monkeys. >>
>
> On the same lil' record, on the other side there are four mini-versions of
> "You Know my Name (so look up my number)" with the Sea Monkeys doing
> one--it's fantastic, though I like the one by Rats of Unusual Size better.
>
> Amy
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 14:31:21 PST
> From: briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)
> Subject: DATE FOR WHO TICKET SALES IN ATLANTA
>
> Tickets for The Who's concert at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta on
> August 13th will go on sale May 3rd at 10am. No idea yet on prices.
>
> -Brian in Atlanta
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 13:12:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Anita Haeems <haeems@scf-fs.usc.edu>
> Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #74
>
> Heard on classic FM (93.1) that The Who will be playing in LA in the summer.
> Just want to confirm if this is true and if anyone of you know when the
> tickets go on sale. I missed them last October.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:11:44 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jennifer Lee Davies <jen@nt.net>
> Subject: Simon
>
> WanChef@aol.com asked:
> > Does anyone know if Simon got hitched?
>
> Yup, and he has a good-looking son named Ben, who's in his teens
> now. (Apparenly he has the Townshend nose, too.)
>
> JenniferD (close to tears)
> My Guitar __ ____
> \---\____________/ - \ <www.nt.net/~jen/homepage.htm>
> :::=====================I | "Imagine a road - so long looking back
> /---/ \__ - ____/ That you can't see where it really began..."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:32:12 -0600 (CST)
> From: William Sherman -Visualization <wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Tommy
>
> Phil wrote:
> >Maybe I'm being naive, but the way I understand it, the following
> >lyric makes it all perfectly clear to me:
> >
> >"Captain Walker didn't come home
> >His unborn child will never know him.
> >Believed to be missing with a number of men
> >Don't expect to see him again"
> >
> >I don't see how this can be interpreted as anything other than
> >literally,
>
> Yes, interpreting it literally is fine - just don't make too many
> false assumptions: "missing" does not mean "dead" and "expect"
> does not mean "can't happen."
>
> Captain Walker is missing, and not expected to return, so Mrs.
> Walker gets another lover. But then Captain Walker does return,
> hence the confrontation and killing.
>
> >although this still doesn't explain what the trauma Tommy
> >went through was. This lyric implies that Tommy never even saw his
> >father, let alone see him murdered/commit murder. I reckon that
> >Tommy's trauma was nothing more than seeing his mother screwing
> >another bloke........
>
> Regarding the Broadway version: I don't think Pete really changed
> the story that much. I think the Broadway version just makes the
> entire story much easier to understand - hence if you didn't
> understand it from the album (which is understandable), you
> might find the play to contract your understanding.
>
> Now we can get back to bicker and argue about who killed who ...
>
> Bill
>
> /*************************************************************************/
> /* Bill Sherman (wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu) */
> /* National Center for Supercomputing Applications -or somthing like that*/
> /* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign */
> /* Og - "You want to do mankind a real service? Tell funnier jokes" */
> /* Spinner - "but facts don't always reveal the truth" */
> /* Robin - "Yeah, but I always figure that's the writers' fault" */
> /*************************************************************************/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:34:21 -0600 (CST)
> From: William Sherman -Visualization <wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Tommy
>
> I said (among other things)
>
> > might find the play to contract your understanding.
>
> s/b:
> might find the play to might find the play to contradict your understanding.
>
> Bill
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:38:03 -0600
> From: David & Rachael <arizona@itis.com>
> Subject: Re: Pete's Beer
>
> Susan & Kevin Moore wrote:
> >
> > What kind of Beer does Pete really drink?
> > When I saw him at The Tower Theater in Philly, PA. , (I think in 93 or
> > 94) he was drinking Rolling Rock Beer.
> > What else does he drink?
> > What ever is the local brew is at the show?
> > Does anyone really want to know?
> >
> > Kevin-"drinking Guinness at the Moose Roost"-Moore
>
> Pete's Wicked Ale...
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 22:42:42, -0500
> From: THRH79B@prodigy.com (MS KELLY D GILES I)
> Subject: Re: Pete's refreshing beverages
>
> >What kind of Beer does Pete really drink?
> >When I saw him at The Tower Theater in Philly, PA. , (I think in 93
> or
> >94) he was drinking Rolling Rock Beer.
> >What else does he drink?
>
> Pete was widely reported to have been drinking Coca Cola Classic
> during his supper club shows last spring. I've got a video of the
> one in California, and I can verify this. Although I did think it
> was caffeine free Diet Coke at first, but it was just the gold lights
> shining off the can! :) At one point during the show he said
> something like, "Ah, I need sugar!" and took a big drink. (Holy
> smashed guitar bits, what a pathetic conversation this is.)
>
> - -Yellow "I also know what kind of beer Eddie Vedder drinks" Ledbetter
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 22:51:51, -0500
> From: THRH79B@prodigy.com (MS KELLY D GILES I)
> Subject: Re: 7 Brides for 7 Townshend Brothers
>
> >Does anyone know if Simon got hitched?
>
> I guess he's married, as his son, Ben, carries the Townshend name,
> and illegitimate children tend not to take their father's last name.
> :) And I think I read something on the STB webpage about Simon's
> wife, although I'm not totally sure on that count. Don't know
> anything about Paul's marital status...
>
> - -Yellow "I've got me eye on that Ben" Ledbetter
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 11:17:39 -0500 (EST)
> From: TheSlipKid@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Simon
>
> In a message dated 97-03-29 16:48:49 EST, you write:
>
> << Yup, and he has a good-looking son named Ben, who's in his teens
> now. (Apparenly he has the Townshend nose, too.) >>
>
> I'd say he has a Townshend overbite more than the Townshend nose. And
> Simon's wife's name is Janie.
>
> Amy
> I've got my eye on that Ben too, Miss yellow
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 11:18:49 -0500 (EST)
> From: TheSlipKid@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Pete's refreshing beverages
>
> In a message dated 97-03-29 23:43:58 EST, you write:
>
> << >What kind of Beer does Pete really drink?
> >When I saw him at The Tower Theater in Philly, PA. , (I think in 93
> or
> >94) he was drinking Rolling Rock Beer.
> >What else does he drink? >>
>
> At the last Simon show, my friend picked on me for ordering a Rolling Rock
> and called me white trash. Then she paid a dollar more than I to get herself
> a Heineken (I didn't spell that write, did I?). But Simon was drinking
> bottled Poland Spring Water (from Maine, my home state!)--"or as they say in
> New York: Braannn-dy!"
>
>
> Pete was widely reported to have been drinking Coca Cola Classic
> during his supper club shows last spring. I've got a video of the
> one in California, and I can verify this. Although I did think it
> was caffeine free Diet Coke at first, but it was just the gold lights
> shining off the can! :) At one point during the show he said
> something like, "Ah, I need sugar!" and took a big drink. (Holy
> smashed guitar bits, what a pathetic conversation this is.)
> >>
>
> Yeah, this is pathetic. But I'll add. . . Graham Coxon of Blur was drinking
> Coke at their Philly gig. And Damon Albarn poured his water down my shirt
> when I asked for a drink. He was aiming for my mouth, really.
>
> Amy
>
> ------------------------------
>
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