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From: senz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Biodome
Date: 01 Mar 1997 01:42:57 -0800

>  It was a terrible, terrible movie!
>   aaaaaah!
> TDG

Unforunately, I have to agree.  This is tough isn't it?  I mean we all
love MWH and we want to support anything that is associated with
them......but not this!  Anything but this, this, (hold my nose)
Bio-Dumb! ;^@  I even like Sideways better than Dumb and you all know
how much I love that album!  It was good for a laugh (the movie that is,
maybe the album too...hmmm, but I digress).  Basically, I have the
feeling that the movie really cheapened Safety Dance.  Still, it was
kind of exciting seeing MWH come alive again...

Senz

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From: Claude Pelletier <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) The spell is almost broken
Date: 03 Mar 1997 23:09:30 -0500

Hi Everybody,

For those of you who may be interested the first single from the
upcoming album the Spell will be release for airplay on the 24th of
March the album will then be release on the 22nd of April.

And by the way, yes it was Ivan on the 7th of February...

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From: david richards <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) The spell is almost broken
Date: 04 Mar 1997 09:08:21 -0500

Claude Pelletier wrote:
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> For those of you who may be interested the first single from the
> upcoming album the Spell will be release for airplay on the 24th of
> March the album will then be release on the 22nd of April.
>
> And by the way, yes it was Ivan on the 7th of February...
>Hi,
Just so I have it correct for the next issue of Lexicon, is this an Ivan release or Men
With Out Hats?  Also, if Ivan is out there, I would love to be able to do an interview
for an upcoming issue.
Thanks!
-David Richards, Editor
Lexicon

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From: [e-mail] (Donald Stroud)
Subject: (hats) Again with the video!
Date: 04 Mar 1997 08:14:55 -0800

Well, I went home early with a headcold yesterday, and spent some time just
watching videos.

One videotape I pulled out was the unbelievable MWH tape. And I noticed a
few things:

    - In "Safety Dance", right before Ivan sings the chorus for the
      first time, he walks up to a fence. It appears as if he trips
      and falls into the fence.

    - There's a woman in "Safety Dance" with red paint on her face who
      walks around during the festival scene hitting people with a
      red stick. I just hate her. Don't know why... she just aggravates
      me.

    - When I first saw "Safety Dance" in 1983, I fell into a mad crush
      with the woman who dances with Ivan. Who is she?!?!

    - The poor drummer... in the "I Like" video, all he gets to do is
      hit a cart with a black stick.

    - If Dr. Bruce Murphy hadn't told us, I never would have noticed that
      Stefan was in a wheelchair in the "21st Century" video.

That's all. Just babbling...

Don2
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From: FRANCOIS BLAWAT <CUNAGWC#c#CUNAGWC.CUCS#c#[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) 2-1 CD ROY
Date: 04 Mar 1997 12:18:44 -0600

Hi all,

   I just wanted to give a "heartful" THANKS to Thomas Bieler for offering
to mail the CD to others in the states who can't wait until an agreement
can be reached for distribution in the USA.

   Many thanks from one MWH fan to another.


  Francois Blawat
  URL:  http://Geocities.com/Area51/7739

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) The spell is almost broken
Date: 04 Mar 1997 07:50:32 -0500 (EST)

Is "The Spell" going to be released in the U.S.?  Are we Americans not
going to be able to dance if we want to again?

Matt B

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From: "Lazlo Nibble" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) ADMINISTRIVIA: Mail problems reported fixed
Date: 06 Mar 1997 13:37:40 -0700 (MST)

As you probably noticed, xmission has been munching a lot of mailing list
email lately.  According to Pete Ashdown at xmission, this problem *should*
now be fixed.  If you notice that you are missing any list email, please
contact me directly and let me know.

--
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From: "Bradley N. Hull" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Help!  The suspense is killing me!
Date: 12 Mar 1997 08:38:18 -0500

Hello fellow Hatters!
I am on the digest version of this mailing list and it seems to have been
eons since the last digest came through.  I am very anxious to find a
source where I can acquire the new 2for1 Oglio release.  Could some kind
fellow Hat freak PLEEEAAAASSSSEEEEE!!!!! send me a message with the latest
info.  I live in Canada and have had no luck whatsoever in finding this
release, either through special order CD houses or on the net.
Any source is acceptable, I just need my fix!
Thanks for everyone's help!

Brad Hull
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From: Josefsson Per-Johan <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) CD Praise
Date: 14 Mar 1997 10:09:16 +0100

Hi Everybody,

I received my 241 yesterday. Thanks Carl!
The sound quality is absolutely excellent.

The next project is to release the demo tracks on CD, right?

/PJ.

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From: Snoopy Rules! <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Ivan's new album...worldwide?
Date: 14 Mar 1997 16:04:16 -0500 (EST)

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if Ivan's new album (can't wait!
can't wait!) will be released worldwide?

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) A Couple of things...
Date: 16 Mar 1997 01:34:55 -0500


 I know you've probably gotten a million or so responses to your query about
the "other" MWH releases, but here is my 2 cents (Canadian 2 cents, of
course, which is worth something like $0.00000000000000003 in U.S. funds)..

 "The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century"...
    I didn't like this album when I first traded my Guns N' Roses
    "Spaghetti Incident?" CD with a friend for it.. But after a
    while, I felt sorry for him. He definitely got the worst end of that
    deal! A lot of people on this list don't really like this album
    as much as the first four, but I do. It may be totally different
    from generic 80's synth-pop, but it is still, without any doubt, MWH!
~    All you need to do is read the lyric book for confirmation of this...
~~BA    Songs like "In The 21st Century", "You & Me", "Everybody's Sellings
~A~~A    Something" and "Here Come The 90s" belong up there with the MWH
    Hall of Fame..
 RATING: 8/10 (where Rhythm of Youth constitutes a 10)

  "Sideways"
    I have this on tape only, which is a major reason I have not listened
    to it as much as I should have, but it is too tame to be called grunge
    and too heavy (in parts) to be pop.. again, seems just right for MWH!
    But, sadly, this album doesn't work for more than 2 or 3 songs..
    the single "Sideways" is OK at best, lacking a memorable hook that
    MWH fans know & love, "Fall Down Gently" is fun to listen to, with
    a decent non-synth melody and humourous lyrics, as is "Everybody
    Wants to Know", but the only song on this album that could have been
    commercially viable (and maybe MIGHT have salvaged MWH in an age of
    Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden) is "In The Meadow", which may,
    (providing you listen to any NEW music) remind you of Gin Blossoms,
    Goo Goo Dolls and/or Hootie and the Blowfish. Nice guitar hook. But
    not enough for a whole album..
 RATING: 5/10

  "Collection"
    What can I say? Having "The Safety Dance" (I bet most people forgot
    there is a "the" in front of it) AND "Where Do The Boys Go?" on ONE
    CD is awesome (among many great others.. ) so thank god for Oglio
    Records.. The only thing I'd change with this release is the fact
    that the first beat of "Hey Men" is missing (which isn't THAT big
    a deal) and that Extended versions of WDTBG and "I Got the Message"
    are probably not listened to very often by owners (I may be VERY wrong
    here, but I personally never listen to them). Also, a CD can hold
    (as Metallica proved with "Load") over 79 minutes of music, so     why
    is this CD only 60 minutes long..? Missing from this disc are great
    songs such as "The Great Ones Remember", "Unsatisfaction" and
    "Freeways" (which is included on "Greatest Hats" from Aquarius.. one
    wonders why they even bothered after Oglio's release) and the treble
    is a bit higher than the bass, nothing a good equalizer can't fix..
    But if you ARE a MWH fan, and you see this in a store, DON'T THINK
    TWICE! Buy it!
 RATING: 9/10


    Well, that's it! my 2 (or 3) cents worth.. I wonder if anybody cares?!
  BTW, if I ever get a CD-copier for my PC, I will print copies of the Men
  Without Hats Interview Album for those who want it.. I found this in a
  used record store a few months back, and it includes a Canadian
  exclusive interview with Ivan.. Post-Pop Goes The World stuff, mainly, but
  also about the origins of the band, etc.. on vinyl. Sounds perfect,
  though. I copied it onto tape.. If anyone wnats it that way.. I'll post
  another message about what is on it..

 Kerim!



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) MWH Interview Album
Date: 16 Mar 1997 01:50:23 -0500


 I have a vinyl 12" copy of the Men Without Hats Interview Album from 1988
 recorded with Ivan and (interviewer) Martin Siberok of the Montreal Gazette.
 I have copied it onto tape (sorry, but I refuse to send my LP of this
 ANYWHERE) and if anyone has a CD copier for their PC or whatever and wants
 to make CDs of it, I can copy it onto a high-fidelity tapeand send it to you
 for editing.. here is the list of stuff discussed on the "album" from
 actual LP itself..

 SIDE A:
  1) Their Comeback
  2) After "Safety Dance"
  3) Ivan's New Image/Ideas
  4) Recording "Pop Goes The World"
  5) Songwriting
  6) Formation of MWH
  7) The New Band
  8) Tour Plans

 Side B:
  1) "Pop Goes The World" the Album
  2) Ideas & Concepts
  3) Commercial Endorsements
  4) The Music Industry
  5) Quebec
  6) Future Plans
  7) Musical Interests


    As~ you may have guessed, this stuff is all post-Pop Goes The World.
   One interesting tidbit from this interview is that the title song from
   the album, "Pop Goes The World", was #1 on the Canadian charts, and in the
   Top 20 in the U.S... also, "Walk On Water" was SUPPOSED to be the second
   single (which would've been a REALLY good idea..) but the record company
   decided on "Moonbeam" instead.. Bad move, I think.. "Moonbeam" would
   probably work NOW, what with songs like "Lovefool" (Cardigans) doing so
   well.. but the late 80s was not a "shiny happy love" tune type of era..
   Oh well..


 Kerim!


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From: [e-mail] (Jupiter Eight)
Subject: Re: (hats) A Couple of things...
Date: 16 Mar 1997 09:13:43 EST

>The only thing I'd change with this release is the fact that the first
beat of "Hey Men" is >missing (which isn't THAT big a deal)

Agreed...it always bothers me that the first beat is missing though...

>and that Extended versions of WDTBG and "I Got the Message" are probably
not listened to very >often by owners (I may be VERY wrong here, but I
personally never listen to them).

I listen to those two songs more than all of the others. Especially "I
Got the Message - Ext"!

Just my personal opinion...

Rod

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From: James Kramer <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Thomas's and Laura's CD warehouse ;-)
Date: 17 Mar 1997 22:33:12 -0800

Hi everyone!

Again, sorry to put this to the whole list, but we might be having
trouble getting a hold of some folks.

If you have ordered a CD through Thomas and me, and have not yet
received a confirmation from me that your check has been received,
please drop me an email with the date that you mailed it.  Then I can
sort of figure out when I might be receiving it, and thus when I can
send the check off to Thomas, and we can all get our music!!  Oh, dear,
please don't tell my editor about that run-on sentence!!

L8R, everyone!!

;-) Laura (not-Jim)

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From: "Roberto_Maureira/TANDEM CHILE/cl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Roy / Folk CD Is Here
Date: 18 Mar 1997 17:15:41 PST

WOOOOW !!. On Friday 14th I've received  the
Men Without Hats 2 for 1 CD from Oglio Records.

....Thanks Carl and all stuff on Oglio.

Guess what was I doing on the last weekend ????? YEEEEESSSS , I was
listening the CD. It's great to listen "the great ones remenber", "things
in my life", "eurotheme" without the "fried eggs" noise from the vinyl.

The price was U$26.00 -- include shipping,.......good buy for 2 excellents
albums from the 80's.


Roberto

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From: Thomas Bieler <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Rhythm Of Youth for sale!
Date: 21 Mar 1997 17:47:43 +0100 (MET)

Hi all!

This is what you all have been waiting for:

I'm selling my ROY cassette!
It's the extremely rare US edition, cat.no. BSRC-5436 on Backstreet Records.
Sound quality is close to the utmost that you would expect from an audio tape.

Minimum bid for this extraordinarily well preserved, highly demanded item is
1 Cent (US). The auction will be open for two weeks from now on.
Please email your bids privately to [e-mail]

Don't miss it!!!!!

Best regards,   Thomas

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From: Dave Mattingly <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (hats) Rhythm Of Youth for sale!
Date: 21 Mar 1997 12:31:29 -0500

Does it have the extremely rare yellow cover with a no-hats logo? I
heard only one was ever produced!

It was woven from band members' hair and the cassette case was made of
an experimental harder-than-diamonds plastic. The tape itself has strips
of Ivan's DNA lining the magnetic strip, so that the true quality of his
voice is preserved, and it sounds as though he's in your car singing to
you (and part of him actually is!).

And it contains the Winnebago song and the MCA demos as well!

It that the cassette you're auctioning? I'll double the minimum starting
bid and open for TWO CENTS!!!

Dave Mattingly       | Under the bludgeonings of chance,
[e-mail]  | My head is bloodied, but unbowed.
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From: [e-mail] (Rick)
Subject: RE: (hats) Rhythm Of Youth for sale!
Date: 21 Mar 1997 13:38:24 -0600 (CST)

>Does it have the extremely rare yellow cover with a no-hats logo? I
>heard only one was ever produced!
>
>It was woven from band members' hair and the cassette case was made of
>an experimental harder-than-diamonds plastic. The tape itself has strips
>of Ivan's DNA lining the magnetic strip, so that the true quality of his
>voice is preserved, and it sounds as though he's in your car singing to
>you (and part of him actually is!).
>
>And it contains the Winnebago song and the MCA demos as well!
>
>It that the cassette you're auctioning? I'll double the minimum starting



THAT'S THE BEST THING I'VE READ ON THIS LIST FOR A VERY LONG TIME! BRAVO DAVE!

RF

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) 24 is coming!!!!
Date: 22 Mar 1997 16:05:09 -0500 (EST)

HEY FAN!!!!
Bonjour les ventilateurs!

The 24th is coming.  I didn't hear anything about the new MWH release.  THE
SPELL should be in store pretty soon.  Probably not monday but soon (I hope).


What is your feeling to know that you will have new stuff to listen from
Ivan???  Personally, I will put the disk in my player, I will take a Rhum and
Coke and put my headphone and.... PPLLAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

ciao!

Francis

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) De-lurking
Date: 24 Mar 1997 09:49:29 +0100


Greetings Millinery Afficianados,

[Lurk Mode OFF]

First off I should say that I really know nothing about MWH except the
Safety Dance single and an album which I bought whose name escapes me
but it has 21st C Safety Dance on it.  I bought it thinking it might
be the original version but it isn't.  The album was good enough to
persuade me that I might well want some more of this stuff.  The only
other album I've seen here in Stuttgart (I think I noticed a mail
from somebody else in Stuttgart this morning - small world!) apart
from the one I've got is Pop Goes something or other which was
recommended to me by someone on another list.

Really what I want to do before I become a total groupie is to find
the Safety Dance either as a single or on an album (cd) if there is one.
I suspect this is an FAQ but I heard the track on the radio at the
weekend but have never seen it anywhere.  Anyway, if anybody can
help me with the catalogue number I'd be very grateful.

TIA

David

[Lurk Mode ON]

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From: "Russ Kemsley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (hats) De-lurking
Date: 24 Mar 1997 17:02:56 UT

We all seem to be in lurk mode as of late...

The Safety Dance can be found on Oglio's fantastic MWH Collection CD, on
Canada's clone called 'Greatest Hats', Oglio's new re-release of 'Rhythm of
Youth/Folk of the 80's Part III' or on an Austrian Maxi-Single (EAMS 2305-2).

I would recommend trying to find Collection or Greatest Hats since you are
'testing the water'. I think most will agree that while The Safety Dance is a
great song, MWH has better (IMHO) songs that are contained on these CDs.

Good luck on your quest.


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From: [e-mail] (Jupiter Eight)
Subject: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls
Date: 24 Mar 1997 23:14:15 EST

On Mon, 24 Mar 97 17:02:56 UT "Russ Kemsley" <[e-mail]> writes:

>I would recommend trying to find Collection or Greatest Hats since you
>are
>'testing the water'. I think most will agree that while The Safety
>Dance is a
>great song, MWH has better (IMHO) songs that are contained on these
>CDs.
>
>Good luck on your quest.

AHEM!!!

(donning flame-retardant suit)

On the contrary. I would recommend the first two albums that just came
out on CD. Those two albums are the best ones Men Without Hats ever did!
Every song is a masterpiece! IMO, If those two albums had never been
made, Men Without Hats would never have built up the fan base to release
the following albums...and this list wouldn't exist today. Not that the
last few albums weren't good...I just think that from the first album
onwards, the albums were not as good (progressively worse)...

(removing flame-retardant suit)

By the way, how many on the list like(d) AFOSeagulls. I was just thinking
about the similarities between the bands today. AFOS used the Prophet-5
as their main synth (for the first few albums anyway) and so did MWH.
Also, besides Trans-X, does anyone know of any other bands that had a
similar French-Canadian synth-pop sound?

Rod

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From: Thomas Bieler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls
Date: 25 Mar 1997 10:52:54 +0100 (MET)

> By the way, how many on the list like(d) AFOSeagulls. I was just thinking
> about the similarities between the bands today. AFOS used the Prophet-5
> as their main synth (for the first few albums anyway) and so did MWH.
> Also, besides Trans-X, does anyone know of any other bands that had a
> similar French-Canadian synth-pop sound?

AFOS: I own a 'Best Of', but don't rate them high enough to buy the
individual albums. There's not much besides the hit singles . . .
Most of all, they don't have these in-depth lyrics.

Similar sounds: I don't know if it's 'French-Canadian synth-pop sound', it's
rather a German act, I suppose, but when listening to _Boytronic_ lately, I
thought that they sounded similar to MWH in some way. Same as for AFOS, the
lyrics are rather superficial, but the sound is the same time and maybe the
same machines, dunno. Boytronic is extremely danceable.
Their first album, 'The Working Model', has been rereleased on a Finnish(?)
label lately [sorry Carl, no deal for you ;-] and I also rate 'Love For Sale'
as highly recommendable. Though, opinions are devided on the second one and
it's been recorded by a complete different lineup.

Thomas

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From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) MWH / A Flock of Seagulls
Date: 25 Mar 1997 08:43:06 -0500 (EST)

Hey Rod!

I like A Flock Of Seagulls too!  I remember hearing I Ran (and liking it)
long before I heard The Safety Dance (and liked it as well).  The summer
of '82 in America was the start of all that fun stuff we now look back and
oops/ look back at and cherish from the 80s.  It ended around the time the
Challenger blew up.  I Ran and ABC's The Look Of Love were both from '82 and
as such were two of my favourites from that year - which says a lot because
back then I was a 60s hippie wannabe in love with the music of The Beatles,
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix.  There was a lot of ice to melt
but the Flock had what it took!

I just recently got AFOS' Greatest Hits CD and love it.  "Telecommunication"
has been a favourite of mine for several years although I never heard it
until the early 90s when I got copies of some KROQ tapes from a friend with
California connections.  The tapes were from the early-to-late 80s and by
way of them I was able to discover the true sound of 80s pop music and not
just what Casey Kasem was able to push on all of us!

Myke

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From: Kevin Gamble <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls -Reply
Date: 25 Mar 1997 09:45:00 -0600

>>By the way, how many on the list like(d) AFOSeagulls.<<

    Oh, their first two albums were great.  "DNA", "Don't Ask Me", "Space Age
Love Song", "Man Made", "Transfer Affection", "Wishing" and "What am I
Supposed to Do" still get to me.  Excellent stuff.

    Trivia: "DNA" won the Grammy for best instrumental.

Kevin (who can hear the decade-long-plus countdown to getting RoY on CD
winding to a close... :-D)

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From: Mike Best <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) AFOS & MWH & others
Date: 25 Mar 1997 15:57:23 -0700 (MST)


>By the way, how many on the list like(d) AFOSeagulls. I was just thinking
>about the similarities between the bands today. AFOS used the Prophet-5
>as their main synth (for the first few albums anyway) and so did MWH.
>Also, besides Trans-X, does anyone know of any other bands that had a
>similar French-Canadian synth-pop sound?
>
>Rod
>

AFOS - play them all the time Rod - even saw them live here in the UK ages
ago...  I've got some live tapes somewhere too!  Didn't DNA get the best
dance instrumental out there in '82?  I even remember John Foxx and the
early Human League, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Kissing The Pink,
Boom Boom Room etc starting in '78 which got me going towards the synth
sound - seems sooooo long ago now doesn't it? Well it is actually - nearly
19 years  :-(

Quite a few bands used the prophet 5 synth, including the Thompson Twins,
Thomas Dolby and others from that era.  Infact quite a few bands today use
them still - they are a wee bit unstable but that adds to their certain
'charm' (if i may be so bold!).

As for the recent MWH releases - Oglio's collection and the rhythm of
youth/folk of the 80's are both excellent and should be recommended without
question...

better get back to playing with my new Mac  :-)


Moose aka Mike in a moose outfit!



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From: "Bradley N. Hull" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Aaahhhhh....the wonderful 80's (my $.02)
Date: 25 Mar 1997 21:03:18 -0500

Wow!  I love reading about others who are as stuck in the early 80's as I
am.  I would estimate that over 75% of my CD collection is devoted to that
era.

To help trigger some fond memories in others I offer the following sampling
of some of my favourite 80's bands.  MWH, AFOS, Human League, Thompson
Twins, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, DEVO, ABC, Alphaville, Blancmange,
B52's, The Cars, Japan, Visage, Duran Duran, English Beat, Spoons, Boys
Brigade, China Crisis, Spandau Ballet, Thomas Dolby, Images In Vogue,
Howard Jones, Martha and the Muffins, Gary Numan, Pete Shelley, Pete
Schilling, Men at Work, Naked Eyes, Re-Flex, New Order, OMD, Psychedelic
Furs, Split Enz, Strange Advance, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Ultravox,
XTC, Yaz, Erasure, General Public, Adam and the Ants......I think you get
the idea.  One of the best sets of CD's I have found as far as 80's
compilations go is the Living In Oblivion series from EMI (although I still
haven't been able to find disc #6).

I still think my favourite tape of all time is the one I made with ROY on
side A and AFOS on side B.  That one got practically destroyed from
overuse.  AFOS was found on CD many years ago.  Having ROY on CD will be
the culmination of a search that has lasted over 11? years (I think I got
my first CD player in 1986).

BTW, Much Music here in Canada is having another 80's Weekend on April 5
and 6.  I know I'm going to take a lot of flack from my significant other
for spending the netire weekend glued to the tube!

Happy reminiscing! :-)
Brad

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From: [e-mail] (Jupiter Eight)
Subject: Re: (hats) Aaahhhhh....the wonderful 80's (my $.02)
Date: 25 Mar 1997 23:07:43 EST

On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:03:18 -0500 "Bradley N. Hull"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>Wow!  I love reading about others who are as stuck in the early 80's
>as I
>am.  I would estimate that over 75% of my CD collection is devoted to
>that
>era.

Stuck. Hmmmm... I was just thinking about it today. I am stuck there
aren't I? Everyone else is getting into Marilyn Manson and stuff and here
I am listening to Japanese Seagulls and Hatless Muffins. I LOVE THE
80's!!! (or at least the music that they produced).

>To help trigger some fond memories in others I offer the following
>sampling
>of some of my favourite 80's bands.  MWH, AFOS, Human League, Thompson
>Twins, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, DEVO, ABC, Alphaville, Blancmange,
>B52's, The Cars, Japan, Visage, Duran Duran, English Beat, Spoons,

Oh yes. Have them all!

>Boys
>Brigade,

Never heard of them.

 China Crisis, Spandau Ballet, Thomas Dolby, Images In Vogue,
>Howard Jones, Martha and the Muffins,

Wow! Another Muffins fan! I've been looking for their music on CD for
years but it just never gets released! Black Stations...White Stations!

 Gary Numan, Pete Shelley, Pete
>Schilling,

Yes! Yes!

 Men at Work, Naked Eyes, Re-Flex, New Order, OMD,
>Psychedelic
>Furs, Split Enz,


 Strange Advance,

Never heard of them...

 Talk Talk, Tears For Fears,
>Ultravox,
>XTC, Yaz, Erasure, General Public, Adam and the Ants......I think you
>get
>the idea.

:)

  One of the best sets of CD's I have found as far as 80's
>compilations go is the Living In Oblivion series from EMI (although I
>still
>haven't been able to find disc #6).

How about the Sedated in the 80's or New Wave Hits. All very good.
BTW...does anyone know if there are any VIDEO compilations from the 80's
to get. I would KILL to get some of the old stuff on video. (Or does
anyone have some that they could tape?) Please oh please...I don't get
MTV or MUCHMUSIC or anything so I'm out of luck in ever seeing the good
old stuff...


>BTW, Much Music here in Canada is having another 80's Weekend on April
>5
>and 6.  I know I'm going to take a lot of flack from my significant
>other
>for spending the netire weekend glued to the tube!

Lucky bast...err...bastion of 80's synthpop!

Rod

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From: [e-mail] (Jupiter Eight)
Subject: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls
Date: 25 Mar 1997 23:07:43 EST

On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:18:39 -0700 [e-mail] writes:

>I LOVE the first two A Flock albums.  Beyond those albums, the band
>changed
>their style dramatically.  I don't want to say anything cruel, let's
>just
>say that ultimately Mike Score took over lead guitar, and didn't even
>try
>to emulate Paul Reynold's style.

I agree...but I do like the first (3) albums not (2). However...after
that things went downhill fast. I saw them in 1988 and he had pretty long
hair and was balding pretty badly. His band had about 7 guys...they
played in a little bar in Kalamazoo, Michigan...barely enough room for
the band let alone people (I'm not kidding either - about 20 feet out on
either side of the setup which was on a dance floor. Needless to say...I
was very disappointed. Gone were the analog synths. Digital was in. They
did some very poor covers of early tunes. I kind of remember thinking at
the time that the band was down to one lone seagull, flapping around on
the beach trying to fly again but his wings were clipped. Gone were the
soaring synthpop days of yesteryear. :)

But recently I went out on a limb and bought the album that they released
in 1995 (and again in 1996). After multiple listens I'm actually liking
it - there's some digital emulation of the Prophet-5 going on that sounds
like the old stuff. His songwriting hasn't really changed much, there's
just a different guitar sound...Reynold's was definitely better though. I
heard he's playing sax in a travelling jazz band now. Oh well...

  They are still touring pretty much
>constantly, and look more like washed out old Rockers than New Wavers.
>Actually, Mike is the only original member left.  On a synth note-- is
>that
>an SH-101 Mike is playing Chords on in the "I Ran" video?  When I was
>sixteen I always wondered how he did that as my SH-101 was monophonic!

Believe it or not...I've never seen that video. But from what you are
saying, I can make a gues at what he was playing because I own a Remote
Prophet keyboard which basically hooks up to a Prophet-5 with a 40 foot
cable so you can trigger the notes from a distance. It looks alot like my
monophonic SH-101 too and you can play chords with it. I'd make a wild
guess and say that was the puppy!

Later...

Rod (the analogue synth maniac who is of the opinion that the 80's sound
will return in the next decade)

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From: FRANCOIS BLAWAT <CUNAGWC#c#CUNAGWC.CUCS#c#[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) hats Digest V2 #22 Francois On Vacation
Date: 25 Mar 1997 22:34:23 -0600

I will be on Vacation from March 20th to March 26th.  Thanks!

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From: Jeff Schachter <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Stuck in the 80's
Date: 25 Mar 1997 23:58:45 -0500 (EST)

Knowing that there are others who share my adoration for 80's music may not
convince my deriders that I am in fact sane, but it is of great comfort to me
to know that you are all out there :)

Before I discovered this email list (a couple years ago), I compiled a page
listing my favorite music (and movies, but that's not important here).  This
was partly because I am retentive and like making lists, but partly because I
was hoping the page would be a beacon to other 80's fans, especially fans of
rare stuff.

(If curious, check out http://web.mit.edu/schacht/www/music.html - there are
many more bands I should add but haven't yet.  BTW, Papa Funk's cheesy 80's
page is great.  I link to it on my page, but the URL is:
http://web.mit.edu/tobye/www/cheezy80s.html if you want to go direct.  No
comments on MIT nerds liking nerdy bands, please :)

Getting ROY/Folk3 on CD has been my #1 goal as an 80's collector for many
years.  Thanks to Carl, Thomas, and Laura, I will be able to fulfill this, and
move on to other rare 80's stuff.  I am particularly interested in Canadian
80's bands: Rational Youth, Spoons, Strange Advance, Images in Vogue, Blue
Peter, The Tenants, Vicious Pink, and Pukka Orchestra.  RY are are planning
re-releases of their albums "Heredity" and "Cold War Nightlife" - check out
their web page and send in your vote! - and they, Spoons, SA, and IIV released
collection CDs in the last year or two.  Other than this I don't hold out much
hope for Canadian 80's material on CD.  I'm sure that most of these bands never
released on CD originally, and the demand is probably not there for a
re-release.  If anyone knows anything about the availability of these bands on
CD, or at least shares my quest for this stuff, I'd love to hear from them.

Jeff
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From: David Hopman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Aaahhhhh....the wonderful 80's (my $.02)
Date: 25 Mar 1997 21:31:48 -0800 (PST)



On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Jupiter Eight wrote:

>  China Crisis, Spandau Ballet, Thomas Dolby, Images In Vogue,
> >Howard Jones, Martha and the Muffins,
>
> Wow! Another Muffins fan! I've been looking for their music on CD for
> years but it just never gets released! Black Stations...White Stations!

Far Away In Time- a compilation of Metro Music, 4 songs from Trance and
Dance and two from This Is The Ice Age- is available on cd. Also Modern
Lullaby from 1992 was also released on cd.

dave

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From: david richards <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Stuck in the 80's
Date: 26 Mar 1997 07:46:01 -0500

Hi,
Couldn't let this strand go by with out interjecting a) my thoughts and b) a shameless
plug.

a) I think that the 80's were the last great time of real pop music, where you could
sound fun, have a melody and be dancable and still be "hip".  I wonder if bands like
KTP, Blow Monkeys, or even the Human League would have any a;ternative cache in todays
music. Probably not.
I liked music form the 80's enough to devote some of my time (between work and Grad
school) to putting together a newsletter about bands and musci from the 80s. (WARNING:
SHamless plug coming!).  The result is Lexicon, now about to print it's third issue.
THis issue I got the chance to interview Black ("It's a wonderful Life") and Thomas
Dolby.  I also put together discographies from the Bugles, Mari Wilson and Frazier
Chorus.  Also, I 've constructed the HEaven 17/Human League matrix, which shows their
connection (ala 6 degrees from Kevin Bacon) to the Beatles, Donna Summer and Billy Idol
(among others).

If you want a free copy you can send an SASE with two 32 cent US stamps to :Lexicon PO
Box 1734, WHeaton, MD 20915.  Overseas it costs me three IRCS to mail it out, Canada,
not as sure, better stick an extra stamp on it or send me 2 IRCs.

Sorry for the long post. Thanks -Dave

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From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) AFOS on tour in '88
Date: 26 Mar 1997 08:45:56 -0500 (EST)

I guess '88 wasn't such a bad year for me after all!
Not only did MWH come to my hometown for a show to promote "Pop Goes the World",
but AFOS also came to a small dive bar called "Windjammers".  Yes, I too saw
them on that "tour"!  I even have a dollar bill around here with Mike Score's
autograph on it.  (It was the only paper I had available at the time!)
You wouldn't believe how many times since then I've accidently found a dollar
bill lying around only to then find it's the one I can't spend!  Fie!

It is true that Mike's hair was very long, stringy and hanging off the back
of his head only.  Of course, I have read his balding was the reason he did
his hair the way he did it in the early days anyway - it was all just a
"cover up"!!

Myke

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From: Chris Schumann <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Other 80's bands
Date: 26 Mar 1997 09:43:44 -0600 (CST)

Somebody wrote:

MWH, AFOS, Human League, Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, DEVO,
ABC, Alphaville, Blancmange, B52's, The Cars, Japan, Visage, Duran Duran,
English Beat, Spoons, Boys Brigade, China Crisis, Spandau Ballet, Thomas
Dolby, Images In Vogue, Howard Jones, Martha and the Muffins, Gary Numan,
Pete Shelley, Pete Schilling, Men at Work, Naked Eyes, Re-Flex, New Order,
OMD, Psychedelic Furs, Split Enz, Strange Advance, Talk Talk, Tears For
Fears, Ultravox, XTC, Yaz, Erasure, General Public, Adam and the Ants

What a list! I just thought I'd update a few people who might be
interested in which bands are still around.

Gone:
  The Cars, Devo*, Men At Work*, Split Enz*, Yaz*
* - Broke up and formed new projects

Hiatus (future projects not impossible):
  Men Without Hats

Active:
  Adam Ant, B-52's, China Crisis, Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, Duran Duran,
Erasure, A Flock of Seagulls, Colin Hay (of Men At Work), Human League,
Howard Jones, Gary Numan, Tears For Fears

Those are all that I'm sure about, but I'll add some of my own. Still
active are A-ha, Heaven 17, They Might be Giants and Yello.

I have video collections of Depeche Mode, Erasure, Talk Talk and Yello,
but these should be easy to find.

By the way, anyone got Kissing the Pink's Naked on CD? :)

"He's even got a twin like me." -- They Might Be Giants, My Evil Twin
                 Chris Schumann <[e-mail]>

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From: [e-mail] (Eric Soderblom)
Subject: (hats) This List
Date: 26 Mar 1997 15:49:58 -0800

OK,
I may piss a lot of people off, but I would be interested if anyone else
is getting a tad annoyed at having 6 E-Mails daily from the list???  I
want to stay on the list so I can get IMPORTANT info.  I just got an
E-Mail that Francious Benot will be on vacation from March 20- the 26th.
What the hell does that have to do with MWH???  Please send private (non
MWH) E-Mail to the person you are responding to, not the list.  If
anyone agrees with me or
thinks I am a complete overreacting fool.  Let me know.

Hail IVAN!!!!
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From: "Lazlo Nibble" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) This List
Date: 26 Mar 1997 17:10:02 -0700 (MST)

> I may piss a lot of people off, but I would be interested if anyone else
> is getting a tad annoyed at having 6 E-Mails daily from the list???  I
> want to stay on the list so I can get IMPORTANT info.

This is not, and never has been, a "Men Without Hats IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ONLY" list -- it's a general discussion list for Men Without Hats fans.  As
such, six messages a day is hardly excessive -- some of the musical mailing
lists I'm on get ten times that many or more.

> I just got an E-Mail that Francious Benot will be on vacation from March 20-
> the 26th.  What the hell does that have to do with MWH???

It was posted to the list by mistake, by his vacation program.

--
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) Clue.....
Date: 26 Mar 1997 19:22:17 -0500 (EST)

I have a nice one for you hats' fan!


Before MWH, Ivan was plating with wich band?????

Francis

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) Midi
Date: 26 Mar 1997 19:25:36 -0500 (EST)

Hi again!

I'm wondering, who is playing music here.

I do have a Synth.  It's a Kawai K4 (Lenny Pinkas, the old MWH'S keyboard
player was using a K5).

I'm connected on my PC with my midi card.  I have the "safety dance"
partition but not in midi file.

Does someone has some MWH songs on "midi".....

Ciao!

Francis


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From: "Avi Rosenthal" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) 80's stuff
Date: 27 Mar 1997 01:52:08 UT

While i was in LA recently, i was looking thru the Virgin Megastore and found,
i my opinion, the greatest collection of 80's music ever:

THE NUMBER 1 EIGHTIES ALBUM from Polygram (UK)

it is an import that contains 2 discs with over 40 tracks.

there is the "mainstream" stuff like:
U2, David Bowie, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran.

Alternitive stuff like:
Depeche, Erasure, Yazoo, Simple Minds...

And rare stuff like:
Kaftwerk, The Jam, Nik Kershaw

It is the best mix of these 3 catagories that i have every found, and i have
over 15 80's collections. (sorry, i don't have vol. 6 either)

just thought you would like to know....

avi

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) Anybody heard it?
Date: 26 Mar 1997 21:52:32 -0500 (EST)

We're past the day the single was supposed to be released, aren't we?  Has
anybody out there heard it?  Better yet, did the single come out on cd or
tape?

Dave Krupla, far from anywhere that might actually have it even if it were
out.

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From: Senz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Anybody heard it?
Date: 26 Mar 1997 23:07:23 -0800

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> We're past the day the single was supposed to be released, aren't we?  Has
> anybody out there heard it?  Better yet, did the single come out on cd or
> tape?
>
> Dave Krupla, far from anywhere that might actually have it even if it were
> out.

I might be a little closer (Canada) but I haven't heard a thing. Then
again, originally it was supposed to be a Quebec release....hmmmm, how
about our friendly resident Quebecois, Francis!?  Any sign of Spell over
there in Montreal ???

Senz,
(Not so far but still feels like it.)

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Subject: Re: (hats) This List
Date: 27 Mar 1997 09:26:52 +0100


>OK, I may piss a lot of people off, but I would be interested if anyone else
>is getting a tad annoyed at having 6 E-Mails daily from the list???  I
>want to stay on the list so I can get IMPORTANT info.

    Eric, don't ever become a fan of somebody famous ;-)  I unsubbed
    last year from the Neil Young list because the traffic was
    just too much.  I was getting 6 *digests* a day, that's about
    90 - 100 messages!   Even on holidays there would be 20 plus...

Whoops!  Just did it again ;-)

Happy Easter and thanks for the info

David in Deutschland

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From: Daniele Rossi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Clue.....
Date: 27 Mar 1997 11:33:34 -0500 (EST)

>I have a nice one for you hats' fan!
>
>
>Before MWH, Ivan was plating with wich band?????

Heaven 17! But the European band though. Not the one we all know.  Did that
band had any records out?

While I am here, sometime last year there was a discussion about The Human
League's "8 Seconds" (on their "Dare!" album) and that had something to do
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From: Dave Mattingly <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) '80s Music
Date: 27 Mar 1997 17:33:13 -0500

A really neat Web site is http://www.firefly.com. FireFly asks you to
rate your favorite groups, and then recommends music you might like
based on the groups you rated. It uses its database of a million or so
people's music tastes, and aligns you with like-minded listeners. So if
you tell it you like Men Without Hats, A Flock of Seagulls, Gary Numan,
etc., it will look at the other people who like those groups, and tell
you that most of the people who like them also like ABC or whoever.

It's a great way to find out about new music.


Dave Mattingly       | Under the bludgeonings of chance,
[e-mail]  | My head is bloodied, but unbowed.

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From: Harding Jeff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) 2 fer..ROY/Folk
Date: 24 Mar 1997 12:46:22 -0500

All,

I'm interested in purchasing the ROY/Folk CD..I'm a HUGE MWH fan, and
have seen them play here in the Wash. D.C. area twice in the late 80's.
My Father airbrushed thier logo on a nice white piece of posterboard,
and I had all of the band memebers sign it...Ivan's message was SO
cool...I'm going to get it scanned in, and put it on line for all to
see!

Any info would be appreciated...Does Ivan receive E-mail??

Thanks,
Jeff H.
Northern Virginia, U.S.A.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) Anybody heard it?
Date: 27 Mar 1997 19:21:40 -0500 (EST)

Senz-->  I didn't hear anything but I received some information regarding the
new release.  They will "launch" the new single in April.

Ciao!

Francis

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From: Charles J Gruber <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Video
Date: 27 Mar 1997 18:43:58 -0600

Greetings, I am new to the list.

Can someone post how to get hold of the fan made MWH video compilation and CD.

Thanks

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From: * <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Re: Another M+M Fan
Date: 27 Mar 1997 21:13:59 +0000

hey David Hopman, Hey Jupiter!

I thought I was the only Muffin fan in the World!!
Great News... Martha just won a Juno Award for "Best Childrens CD"...
Yes, she did a kids Cd !!!!?????!!!!
Anyways.. they have a really cool website, and you can Email Martha and
Mark directly!
The REALLY amazing news is that they will be celabrating a "20th Muffin
Anniversary" with a re-release of a bunch of stuff (... Black Stations... The
world is a ball) as well as doing a couple of live dates!!! ( most likely
Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Guelph, London, Hamilton )
These will mark the first live dates in 10 years !!!
Other news is a play they wrote will open in Montreal later this year.
If you want the website... just Email me

Wolf

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls
Date: 27 Mar 1997 23:13:02 -0500 (EST)


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Subj:    Re: (hats) Re: De-lurking & A Flock of Seagulls

In a message dated 97-03-25 02:09:53 EST, you write:

<< By the way, how many on the list like(d) AFOSeagulls >>
Me! At least their first 3 (and maybe 4th) albums, which I have managed to
find on CD (to replace my scratchy records and worn tapes). Their recent
offerings have been rather dismal, as have their live shows. I saw them
(actually Mike Score with a bunch of lousy[with the exception of a fantastic
bass player] back up musicians) in 1989. Score looked like he'd been through
a meat grinder. Unfortunately I could tell similar stories about many of my
favorite '80's bands. Growing up in a small town in Michigan I almost never
got to go to big city to see the great bands. I usually saw these bands after
reunion tours or such, usually with dissapointing results (ie. Missing
Persons, The Knack, Killing Joke, The Vibrators, etc.). Fortunately a couple
of the old bands, such as the Buzzcocks and the Dickies, still put on great
shows.
But enough of that. For those of you who like synth bands besides just MWH, I
recommend a new one, The Pulsars. A Chicago band, they're actually more on
the Cars side, but still very good. Also, I hear ABC has a good new album
out, but I haven't heard it yet.
-Andrew Pepoy


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) 1997
Date: 27 Mar 1997 23:34:28 -0500 (EST)

Y'know, this is shaping up to be a good year musically. Not only are there
new albums by Ivan, ABC, Erasure, and others, but I'll finally have Folk of
the "80's on CD (already have ROY) thanks to Carl , Thomas, and Laura, AND a
few days ago I finally found an album I'd been looking for for 13 years,
SSQ's "Playback". Anyone else know of any other new or releases that those of
us who like MWH might also like?
-Andrew



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From: [e-mail] (Eric Soderblom)
Subject: (hats) 2 fer CD
Date: 27 Mar 1997 22:50:24 -0800

Hello,
Someone had mentioned trying to get a hold of the ROY/FOTE CD.  I am
also interested.  I missed the boat on the last one, but now I REALLY
want it.  Maybe if enough people who missed out the last time, and want
it now get together, it can happen again???
Eric



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From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Seconds
Date: 28 Mar 1997 19:40:02 -0500 (EST)

Re: The Human League, "Seconds" and Ivan.

When I saw MWH play here in Tulsa in '88, "Seconds" was a song in their set.
Unfortunately, I think I was the only one in the crowd who knew the words.
Then again, this is Tulsa.

Myke

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From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) The Check Was In The Mail
Date: 28 Mar 1997 20:35:10 -0500 (EST)

Somebody sent me a $6 check in the mail a few weeks ago and I promptly
misplaced it.  I don't know who it was but if you know who you are, email
me please!

Myke Carter

(Yes, this email is Hats related!)  :-)

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From: Digital Cartoonist <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) broken Folk of the 80s EP
Date: 28 Mar 1997 22:24:10 -0500 (EST)

Hello Hatterz,

I was in a used record store today and to my surprise found the EP of "Folk
Of The 80s"! It was seling for $20 which I think is a stupidly high price
since the sleeve was ripped big time (the glue came off) and the plastic
sleeve was too large for the record jacket!

Anyway, I thought it was cool to finally see what the ep looks like.  All
white with the logo in the front.  On the back it had black writing and "A
Men Without Hats Production" at the bottom.  I would have bought it in that
condition but not for $20.  At least I could have fixed it up after.

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Spasticks! Online Comic Book's issue for April 1997 is now up and running at:

http://www.interlog.com/~daniele

If you've been there before, be sure to hit the RELOAD button at each page.
The HTML language has one nagging little flaw....

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From: Marcos Tarquiano Vicente <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Brazilian MWH
Date: 05 Mar 1997 17:16:45 -0300


[e-mail] wrote:
>=20
>         Claudio Jr. (South America - BRASIL)
>=20
> HEY MWH fan list:
>=20
>         Here in BRASIL, land of the football and the carnival, MWH is c=
all a
> SURF MUSIC BAND because a few people knows the New Wave debut CD's of
> this band, only knows the "Adventures of...without hate" and the Sidewa=
ys.

    I'm so sorry but I desagree completly of the conclusion above, I don't
know about  Porto Alegre, but here in S=E3o Paulo everybody who knows MWH
categorize them as Technopop or even New Wave, mainly for Safety Dance
hit, the only one hit on Brazilian radios at the 80's. This is the first
time I mail to this mailing list, 'till this moment I was only reading
and getting the news, but now there were no other way, here in S=E3o Paul=
o
MWH is not and was never a Surf Music Band, here they has been for
everyone who knows them Technopop and New Wave, remembering that only
the two first albuns was available for Brazilian fans in the 80's, and
after some alternative nightclubs in S=E3o Paulo played a lot of 21st
Century...

        So Brazil is almost a continent, so there many differences between
states and cities. In Porto Alegre is Surf Music, in S=E3o Paulo is
Technopop, and elses...

            I've lost my shyness and so I am. The first message in this list, and
I'd like to invite you everybody on the mailing to know my 80's lyrics
page, it's a page that's always under construction, and so MWH is not
complete yet.

A page dedicated to all 80's fans in the world, album covers, midi
files, more than 2000 lyrics....

I'm waiting your visit=20
at the First Brazilian 80's Web Page..

Autobahn Project 80's Lyrics Page -

  a page dedicated to all 80's bands (only Technopop, Industrial, EBM,
Goth, Electro and New Romantic bands)

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/9538

Krafwerk, Elektrik Musik, A Flock of Seagulls, A Split Second, ABC, Adam
and the Ants, A-ha, Allan Parson's Project, Alphaville, Anne Clark,=20
Anything Box, Art of Noise, Bauhaus, B 52's, Bel Canto, Billy Idol,
Blondie, Bronski Beat, Bryan Ferry, Cabaret Voltaire, Camouflage, Cars
Cassandra Complex, China Crisis, Classix Nouveaux, Culture Club, Cure
David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode,
Martin Lee Gore, De/Vision, Devo, Duran Duran, Erasure, Eurythmics, Fad
Gadget, Falco, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Front 242, Gary Numan, Sharpe
and Numan, Harry, Human League, Heaven 17, Philip Oakey and Giorgio
Moroder, Information Society, Kajagoogoo, Kim Wilde, Les Rita Mitsouko,
Men Without Hats, Mr. Mister, Naked Eyes, New Musik, New Order,
Electronic, Revenge, The Other Two, Nitzer Ebb, Orchestral Manouevres in
the Dark - O.M.D., Paul Hardcastle, Peter Schilling, Pet Shop Boys, Ph
D, Propaganda, Real Life, Red Flag, Revolting Cocks, Sandra, Siouxsie &
the Banshees, Soft Cell, Marc Almond, Steve Miller Band, Taco, Tek Noir
The Romantics, The Smiths, The Twins, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins,
Ultravox, Midge Ure, Visage, Xymox, X-Mal Deutschland, When inRome,
Yazzo, Yello, Communards, Loop B, Jimmy Somerville, and much more at:

                    Autobahn Project 80's Lyrics Page

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/9538

The First Brazilian page dedicated to 80's bands

To all Men Without Hats fans in the world all who loves the 80's bands
that played in their age. 20th Century 80 decade.

Come to Know - AUTOBAHN PROJECT 80'S LYRICS PAGE

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/9538


Autobahn Project is more than a page, it's a project which presents all
80's songs to a limited underground nightclubs in Brazil, it's a not
periodic Project, it worked as periodic for two years, but in Brazil
it's very difficult to open places where you can listen to Alternative
songs. Here we had 5 undergrounds at 1991 to 1994, but nowwe have only
two at S=E3o Paulo, so Autobahn Project is now only a page and a Radio
program based on technopop, goth, Kraftwerk, Trisomie 21, Men Without
Hats, Poesie Noire and elses...

Come to know Autobahn Project

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/9538

P.S. it's a bilingual page, all sentences are in English and Portuguese.

                                         Marcos Vicente

                                       The Brazilian Hats fan


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