You know when it's a desperate mailing list posting when...
I came across a newspaper article about some musical wich apparently has
nude men or something becuase the article started off with "First there was
Men Without Hats now it's men without shirts, shoes, socks, etc".
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:56:54 -0000
From: M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk
Subject: (hats) Couple of things
Hi folk -
I posted here a while ago asking if anyone knew when Rhythm Of Youth was
originally released. Didn't get any response, but I also asked the same
question to Stefan via menwithouthats.com. He kindly responded, saying that
he had a recollection of the UK version having been released prior to Canada
and the US, and that although it was some time in 1982 he couldn't provide
anything more definite than that.
The reason I was wanting to know this apparently trivial fact is because -
and I don't want to alarm anyone here - we are therefore only a year or so
away from the *20th* anniversary of the release of what is in my view the
best album *ever* made. Don't know about anyone else, but that is a date
that seems to me to be worth acknowledging / celebrating / recognising, and
I was wondering if you good people had any ideas as to how we little band of
MWH fans could go about doing that. Please think about it! Thanks...
Second point; The Winnebago Song. What is it? Who is on it? Is it actually
an MWH song? Just generally - what's the story?
Mike
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 16:41:38 -0600
From: "Matt McCarthy" <mmccarthy@greenbaynet.com>
Subject: (hats) Reply - To one of the couple things.
20 years.
Wouldn't that make a great reason to have a live concert?
Nothing too elaborate, just something like Lambeau Field, here in Green Bay
, WI on a Mid May evening. < smirk >
Plenty of time to suggest this to Stefan... and Ivan.
I will bring a grill and plenty of bratwurst for tailgating prior to the
concert.
It also would be a GREAT media event for the release of their upcoming
album.
(Yes, I am anxious. Hope it is actually out before the 20th anniversary.)
Nice thought Mike,
MMM
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:55:18 EST
From: Divisio@aol.com
Subject: (hats) the new album
isn't the 20th anniversary best celebrated by the new album they are making??
just let them make this album and then bother them with concert stuff later if they feel like it.
try to just enjoy that they are still together making new music. let's focus on that and try to separate "celebrating" their albums from the past.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a HUGE ROY fan! (as everybody thinks, bigger than anybody else) but, I also know that if that were my album, and people were still clinging to that as my only album worth an anniversary, i'd be upset.
Why was there no anniversary for FOTE album? is my point.
Meant in good spirit,
Collin
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:08:18 -0600
From: "Matt McCarthy" <mmccarthy@greenbaynet.com>
Subject: (hats) Ok
Ok, you are right.
We'll make it a combination event. It will be a live concert celebrating the
FOTE anniversary too!
< good spirited smirk >
MMM
IMHO ---> PGTW was the best CD.
I would suggest a concert venue revisiting the past and heavily mixing in
the new.
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:19:12 EST
From: JouJou1988@aol.com
Subject: Re: (hats) Ok
Call it anything you like and have it anywhere you like, so long as well get
to experience it!
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:58:40 -0000
From: M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk
Subject: re: (hats) the new album
Taken in good spirit, Collin, and thank you for your response.
Obviously, I am thrilled at the prospect of a new bunch of MWH recordings,
and cannot wait to hear what Ivan and Stefan will come up with, and I also
fully accept that part of the 'point' of pop music is striving for the new
and *not* being in awe of the past.
However, there are a couple of things that I think are worth underlining.
First, as I said in my original post, in my opinion ROY is actually *the
best* pop album ever made, bar none (partly answering your "no FOTE
anniversary" point). That means that I have lived with and loved that
fantastic collection of songs for (gulp, let's dare to say it again) nigh on
20 years. All of which adds up to a lot of perspective to attach to a record
- - and consequently, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a step
back from current happenings for a while and considering all of those things
in some way. After all, as far as I am concerned, ROY still has relevance
and meaning - hell, to my ears it still sounds *modern*!
Second, I kind of take it as read that all the members of our little group
here are by-and-large fans of the group, who basically support Ivan, Stefan
et al and wish them well in whatever projects they undertake. On occasions,
that will mean providing practical support and by extension we should
therefore be trying to draw whatever attention we can to the release of the
next album. However you tally it up, we're now in the 21st century (hey!),
and we all know that in real terms, media attention counts for almost
everything now. This being the case, I don't have a problem with some kind
of tie-up between the two 'events'. Let's face it, we want people to buy MWH
stuff (don't we?), and if something can be done to aid that through the
creation of publicity, I for one think that's A Good Thing.
Mike
PS. Sigh - did anybody notice where the time went...?
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:26:48 +0200 (EET)
From: Johan Hindstrom INF <jhindstr@ra.abo.fi>
Subject: Re: (hats) Couple of things
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk wrote:
> I was wondering if you good people had any ideas as to how we little band of
> MWH fans could go about doing that. Please think about it! Thanks...
>
Well... we DO have that cover-album in the pipe...
Completely recorded and all, to my recollection.
Isn't that just about the highest accolade possible?
We just need a green light for the release now, right?
- Johan
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:33:17 -0000
From: M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Re:(hats) Couple of things
Johan,
Yes, I was wondering what the situation is with the covers album. What
happened to Tony?!
Mike
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:05:30 +0200 (EET)
From: Johan Hindstrom INF <jhindstr@ra.abo.fi>
Subject: Re: Re:(hats) Couple of things
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk wrote:
> Yes, I was wondering what the situation is with the covers album. What
> happened to Tony?!
Last I heard he was mired in negotiations about the release.
Why not ask him? He's probably more up to date than I am
at the moment.
- Johan
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:39:21 -0700
From: Senz <steven.enz@3web.net>
Subject: Re: (hats) Couple of things
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk wrote:
>
> > Yes, I was wondering what the situation is with the covers album. What
> > happened to Tony?!
Last time I spoke to Tony (about a month ago) he was still negotiating.
I talked to Stephan about it as well and he had a few criticisms. But
at least he did express an interest in it. One thing I believe may help
is maybe a few more songs. As a result I've been working on my second
contribution, Ideas For Walls, for a few weeks now.
To anyone who was considering adding something but has changed their
mind for whatever reason, come on, we need you!!! There's still decent
time yet to create that masterpiece!
One thing I have noticed is that virtually all of the songs so far have
been from ROY so maybe this project could be some kind of recognition to
20 years of "*the best* pop album ever made, bar none" (tm).
Senz
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:41:49 -0000
From: M.J.Innes@open.ac.uk
Subject: Re: (hats) Couple of things
On 22 Mar 2001, steven.enz@3web.net wrote:
> One thing I have noticed is that virtually all of the songs so far have
> been from ROY so maybe this project could be some kind of recognition to
> 20 years of "*the best* pop album ever made, bar none" (tm).
Sounds like a reasonable idea to me, Steven. What do the people who are
actually contributing to the record think?
Interesting to note the balance of songs that have been chosen being so
strongly in favour of the ROY period. I guess it just goes to show the
extent to which, however much an artist might want to emphasise the
importance of their current or most recent work, in the end they don't have
much control of it after it has left their hands... and the fans decide
whatever they want to decide...
BTW, there have been a few changes at menwithouthats.com, including an
alteration to the homepage (and reference to what I sincerely hope is not
the possible title of the new album, complete with spelling mistake) and a
brief update on the current recording.
Mike
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:16:25 -0500
From: "Angela Tooley" <adtooley@law.com>
Subject: (hats) Who's here?
I wonder who is left on this mailing list? Seems like we lost a few
members since 98 or 99, when I and a few others were heavily posting
on this list.
Angie
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:34:39 -0500
From: "Angela Tooley" <adtooley@law.com>
Subject: Re: Re: (hats) Who's here?
Your band got signed to a record label? Which one?
My brother Shawn's band, The Wine Field, just got picked up by
Priority Records out in L.A. Priority is developing a new rock
division and my brother's band is the first act they signed up.
His music was featured on a couple of TV shows and I guess it
attracted attention from the industry bigwigs.
Check it out on www.winefield.com
By the way I always liked that name, "Alaska Highway."
See ya,
Angie
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:24:17 EST
From: BDay0000@aol.com
Subject: Re: (hats) Who's here?
In a message dated 3/23/2001 1:15:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
adtooley@law.com writes:
<< I wonder who is left on this mailing list? >>
Brad Day, Atlanta, GA, reporting for duty...
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