Gary Numan Digest Thu, 13 Jun 96 Volume 1 : Issue 235 Today's Topics: "THE DIGEST ASKS GARY - MAY 1996" #234 Damn, that was a lame one! Babylon volumes restocked Contest still on until June 30th Cover album update From Q Gary Numan Digest V1 #234 Metal Rhythm and New Anger NUMAN COVERS ALBUM LATEST Premier Hits prices in USA - found a good one! Radio Heart RECORDS FOR SALE SUBSCRIBE Tribute Album - Latest Videos ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:06:12 -0700 From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford) Subject: "THE DIGEST ASKS GARY - MAY 1996" To: numan@cs.uwp.edu THE DIGEST ASKS GARY - MAY 1996 ------------------------------- Despite Gary's computer problems he sent his answers last Saturday. Most of you are following the instructions for emailing questions but a few still are omitting your whereabouts. I'd like to see this info on every submission of questions. Even those who have done so before, otherwise I have to go look up previous sessions to find the relevant info. Please make my job easier by including all requested info with each submission. Thanks, Derek --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Zitaglio of Barnegat, New Jersey, USA asks: Q1. I just saw the picture of the Harvard in NuWorld. Looks pretty good. Where was the photo taken? Was that a B-25 behind it or maybe an old Hudson? The top turret was reminiscent of the B-25. I dont know if the Lancaster had those? A1. The picture was taken at Duxford, Cambridgeshire and the aircraft in the background is the Bristol Blenheim that my brother flies. ---- Bradley Beving from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the USA (no, I don't know Prince!) Q2. Knowing your appreciation of aircraft, and your desire to fly WWII planes, I was wondering if you've ever had the chance to pilot any aircraft from the first world war, ie Sopwith, Fokker, etc? If you have what was your impression, and if not would you like to? A2. No I haven't and, to be quite honest, I don't really want to. I've had three friends killed in WW1 aeroplanes and they don't actually hold that much interest for me. I prefer the high power and speed of the WW2 machines. ---- Matthew Tamea in London, England asks: Hello again. First I just wanted to say thanks for answering all the questions we throw at you. I don't know of _anybody_ else that does this, especially as some of them are quite personal. Anyway, I was listening to a bootleg (I think) interview last night that was taken after The Fury tour. I think it's one which you've condemned in the past. On it you say that you'd rather sell out and sell more records, thus making more people happy than just make music that wasn't so successful but was what you wanted to do. Q3. After your experiences with IRS and the obvious success of Sacrifice onwards, would you now say the opposite, and in fact it is better to do what _you_ believe to be good? A3. Sacrifice has not been successful at all commercially. It's true to say that I've been happier with the work recently but I do still crave for success. In an ideal situation Exile would go to number 1 around the world and I would be successful with an album that sold out to no-one. On the other hand if someone paid me a million pounds to sing hip hop versions of Al Jolsen tracks I'd do it. I only have one life to live and artistic credibility is a very good way of starving for most of it. ---- Andy McHaffie, of Reading, Berkshire, UK asks: Hi Gary... Q4. Do you have any live video recordings of either the Warriors or the Fury tours, and would you consider at some stage releasing any of them perhaps just via the fan club ? A4. None that I'm aware of. Q5. Are there any plans to release a single well in advance of the Exile album ? A5. We don't have any plans about that yet as much depends on whether we can get a record deal or not and, if we can, what plans they might then have for singles. Q6. Apart from the Exile stuff, what would you consider to be your own personal favourite songs of yours ? And what would you say was your least favourite song ? A6. It's honestly impossible to give either. The more recent stuff is much better produced that the earlier things and that has to play a part from my point of view because I'm responsible for all aspects of a song, not just the music or the lyrics and so I listen to them differently to other people. I love 'Absolution' but then I also love 'Noise Noise' and quite a few others. I don't like 'Cry' particularly but I wouldn't say it was my least favourite. I don't like 'Jo The Waiter' very much either, or 'Bombers' or any of the punkier stuff from the early years. Don't like any of the instrumentals from 'Replicas' and 'The Pleasure Principle' much come to think of it. ---- Questions from Sean Francis from South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, UK. Q7. Which vehicle does the engine sound at the beginning of "My Car Slides 2" belong to ? A7. My old Ferrari. A BB 512 Berlinetta Boxer. Q8. Why didn't Kipper play guitar on the Premier Tour ? A8. A mutual understanding of divergant opinion. Q9. There seemed to be so many more people at the concerts this year. Was this just my imagination or were ticket sales significantly better than for recent tours ? With this new wave of interest in you and your music do you think you'll be able to get back into the kind of venues that you played when you were special guest to OMD ? I've seen Jean Michel Jarre, U2 and The Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium in recent years. The stage production, especially for U2, was stunning. Much as I enjoyed the shows the one thing I kept thinking all the way through was, "I wonder what Gary Numan could do with this place ?". Do you have any ambition to put on another awesome show like you did for The Farewell Concerts at Wembley Arena ? A9. Ticket sales were up dramatically in most places which was great to see. I think I have a way to go before I can headline arenas again but, if I ever do, I will be sure to put on a show to talk about. Q10. Did you vet all the support acts for the Premier Tour ? A10. No, none of them. Q11. Why didn't you have just one support act for the whole Premier tour ? A11. The theory was to get bands that were known locally so that they could help attract extra people. Didn't work. Q12. Why was "I'm An Agent" dropped after only a few dates into the Premier tour ? A12. No particular reason. Q13. One of the major reasons for touring is to promote new material. With "Exile" expected in the Autumn why do you not plan to tour again until 1997 ? Do you not feel that the Numan revival will lose some momentum ? A13. Because there are other, arguably more effective ways, to promote an album. One TV can put you in front of 15 million people in the UK alone. I played to about 40,000 on the entire Premier Tour. Those figures speak for themselves. On tour you poretty much preach to the converted and attract a few new people along the way. With TV and radio you preach to an almost entirely new audience each time. The Premier Hits promotional campaign showed us a completely different way of doing things which we are keen to try. Spend a fortune on hiring third party companys to push, plug and promote the record, sell as many as you can and THEN tour to capitalise on all that promotional work. By slotting a tour into the same few weeks as the promo effort, as we did with the Premier Tour, just diluted the time I had for either. It virtually shattered me before the tour was even underway and meant that I missed a lot of good promo opportunities and missed most of the rehearsals. Q14. In the Beggars double CD of "Telekon" and "I, Assassin" the back inside picture shows what looks like a massive painting of the "Telekon" album cover on the side of a building. Where was this ? What's the story behind it ? A14. I think it's a billboard advert in Tokyo. Q15. On the Numan Fan Club Telephone Update line in March you said that there were going to be 2 different T-shirt designs for the tour. As only one design seemed to make it, is there another design waiting to be released, possibly via NuWorld ? A15. No. We just decided that the one design was so much better than the other one that we would stick with just the one. I've often wondered why it was that I latched onto your music and image way back in 1979 when I was a mere 13 years old. Most of my friends at school were into the 'guitar' bands of the time. My slightly older sister was into disco. Before I bought "Are 'Friends' Electric ?" I only had about 6 or 7 singles most of which were a bit punky. On the face of it I should have been destined for a life of following guitar thrashing rock gods or smooching to the latest dancy sounds. However, I heard AFE once and loved it. Then I saw the strange looking, unsmiling, almost chilling man perform the song on TOTP and I was hooked. I thought (and still do) this guy is way different and way cool. With the advent of satellite TV in the UK giving people the opportunity to see some old cult series again, I've noticed some similarities bewteen your good self (circa 1979/80) and two of my favourite TV heros. The first is No. 6 (Patrick McGoohan) from "The Prisoner" and the other is Commander Ed Straker (Ed Bishop) from "U.F.O." One dressed all in black. Very much on the outside of everything. Up against it all. The other wore futuristic type clothes, blonde almost white hair. Aloof, robotic and unfeeling. But both had that cold icy stare from piercing blue eyes. Q16. Were you aware of either of these characters and did they influence you or your choice of image in the early days ? A16. I'd seen them on the tele but they were never an influence. ---- Brad Day of Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Gary, Must say that I've enjoyed your music since Replicas. I saw your appearance on Saturday Night Live and really got into it. Q17. Is there anyway we might be able to get a copy of that performance, sound or video? What year was that, 1979, 1980? A17. I really don't know. You could try writing to the TV company I guess. If I recall, you sang Cars and Praying to the Aliens, with subtitles on Aliens. Q18. Were the subtitles your idea? A18. No. I didn't know that they'd used subtitles. If I'd have known I'd have looked at a monitor because I probably got them wrong on the night. You may not know this, but the show is still in production, although down for the season. It would be cool to see you back on it. Thanks!!!!! ---- Phil Marsh, of Acton, West London, UK. Some time ago, I remember reading that you "hired out" your Outland Studio to outsiders for a fixed daily rate. I was wondering, Q19. What sort of response did you get (ie did you have a lot using your studio)? A19. It was reasonable but not overwhelming. Q20. Did you get a great number of people coming in wanting to do covers of your songs? A20. No. People did their own songs mainly. In fact I don't think anyone wanted to cover one of mine. Q21. Was it (letting out your studio) something you enjoyed doing? A21. Actually it was bloody hard work and I don't think I'll do it again. It was good being that involved with fans and their music but after a while I had to spend too much time on my own stuff. Q22. Is it something you have continued to do, or has this now ceased (through lack of time or whatever)? A22. I've stopped doing it now. Time was the main reason for me having to stop doing it. The problem was that people would book it for 12 hours for a set price which should have been from 11am to 11pm. However at 11pm they still hadn't finished and I never had the heart to stop them or to ask for more money so I often ended up working until 3 or 4 in the morning. After a while I just thought Sod it, not worth it anymore, plus I was needing to use the studio more and more myself so it had to stop. Q23. On a totally different tack, I was wondering what your impressions of Billy Currie were after working with him in 1979 (if you can remember in any detail), and whether you have met up with him since? A23. I can't really remember that much about him. He was a good player and fun to be around but that's about as much detail as I canr ecall. I haven't seen him for years now. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. ---- From: Jeff Tolva (The Machman), Elgin, Illinois, USA I realize I'm delving into your political views here, but then again, I was the bloke who asked you about a "hair piece" in last month's questions :-) Q24. Do you have a view/opinion on British Royalty? In other words, what do you think of a family being in power of England simply by being "born into it"? A24. I am a royalist. I love the tradition of it all. They aren't really in power anyway, Parliament holds all the power, our royals are figureheads only but earn the country far more than they cost. Q25. Do you think they're doing a good job of it (other than the Charles and Diana "thing" that is)? A25. Yes. Surveys have shown that this country earns billions of ppunds through business done under the guise of royal visits and through tourism based around the monarchy. Q26. Have you ever met anyone in the Royal family? Would you care too? A26. I haven't but I would like to meet a few of them. Always curious, Jeff ---- Ron Cadieux of Quebec, Canada asks: Just wanted to ask a few quick questions regarding Exile. Q27. How does it look for the September release date? Is there any chance that it will be released earlier? A27. No chance of earlier. September looks unlikely, October more likely but only if it goes out on Numa. If it's signed to a major then your guess is as good as mine. Q28. How many tracks will you put on it? A28. Probably ten but it depends on how long the final versions of the various tracks are. Q29. Have you designed a cover sleeve yet? A29. No but I've had a working idea for the front cover for about 9 months. Q30. When will you put new samples on the NuWorld web site? A30. Quite soon. I actually have a major problem getting clean sound into my mac or I would have changed them a lot more frequently. It's something I've been putting back indefinitely but I must fix the problem soon. Thanks, Ron. THE END --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE! Send your questions via email to: Derek Langsford with a subject line of: Gary's Qs Include your real name, town/city, county/province/state and country. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I reserve the right to delete and edit questions for content or length. Thanks to all who participated. Derek -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek H. Langsford dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu Dept. of Biology Tel. (619) 594 2885 San Diego State University Fax (619) 594 7831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 05:03:31 -0400 From: Scorbie@aol.com Subject: #234 Damn, that was a lame one! To: numan@cs.uwp.edu >From: Erin Tavano >Subject: berserker -sigh >this is ridiculous and badly timed, but i decided at some point yesterday >my cash flow was large enough for me to afford the way overpriced import >of berserker, at my local newbury comics. >unfortunately i can't stand it. anyone want to buy it off me? Turn in your Numan membership badge this instant!! Scorbie@SEVCOM.COM.aol.com (for you sensitive Numanoids) p.s. Erin, the subject header was not a poke at your post individually. I am only commenting on the lack of content in this particular volume. (for you sensitive Numanoids) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:51:01 -0700 From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford) Subject: Babylon volumes restocked To: numan@cs.uwp.edu NuWORLD states that Babylon 3 and 7 are back in stock so there is now no need to hold off on ordering them. I hope the demand is there for him to sell most of these. Derek -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek H. Langsford dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu Dept. of Biology Tel. (619) 594 2885 San Diego State University Fax (619) 594 7831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 96 15:07:57 -0600 From: "Joey Lindstrom" Subject: Contest still on until June 30th To: "numan@cs.uwp.edu" The response to my NuMusic contest hasn't been quite what I hoped, but still worthwhile as the competition has been quite stiff. So far, the leader with 19 points is the team of Scott Levitt and Ted Adams, followed closely by some guy named Derek Langsford with 18. Jason Clarke, Erik Ferlanti, and Mike Sugimoto round out the top 5. Derek seems confident that when he reclaims one of his CD's that he's loaned out, he'll be able to nail down the final two songs and receive the first perfect score. No doubt Scott and Ted won't be far behind... and there's still time for YOU to match them. (In the event of a tie, a five-song tie-breaker file will be brought into play... the first to get all five wins, or if nobody does, the best score in one week wins). Whether you're a Numan Nut like these guys, or just a casual fan, this is something you can have a whole lot of fun with. If you haven't checked into the contest yet, there are two ways to play: On the web at: http://www.netway.ab.ca/worldwidewebb/contest/index.html By email: Send email to numanoid@netway.ab.ca. You'll be sent back full instructions plus two rather-large email file attaches (about 1.8 megs total), so be sure to let me know in advance what format you prefer (MIME, UUENCODE, or BINHEX). A sound card plus software capable of playing (or converting from) Microsoft .WAV files is required. Good luck! /--------------------------------------------------------- / Joey Lindstrom numanoid@netway.ab.ca lindstrj@cadvision.com / http://www.netway.ab.ca/worldwidewebb/ / "I view life as a big, desperate bear loose in the campground. I try / to avert its gaze, because if you make eye-contact, it thinks you want / to play, it doesn't know its own strength, and it starts beating the / living shit out of you... all in the name of good, clean kodiak fun." / - Dennis Miller ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:23:15 -0700 From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford) Subject: Cover album update To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Here's a snippet from NuWORLD for those without WWW access. The list of artists includes some big names from various genres ("alternative", techno, ambient, pop, house, rap, industrial) which should make this appeal to a wide selection of the public, meaning this could be excellent exposure for Gary and could gain him a load of new fans (with luck). Derek NUMAN COVERS ALBUM LATEST. (News date: Jun 10) The long talked about Beggars Banquet album that will feature a wide variety of bands covering Numan songs is still growing. The current list of people contracted to appear on the album, which will now be called 'Random', is as follows: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS. (I Die:You Die) THE ORB. (Jo The Waiter. remix) POP WILL EAT ITSELF. (Friends) MOLOKO. (Are 'Friends' Electric?) MATT SHARP and DAMON ALBARN. (We Have A Technical) MARILYN MANSON. (Down In The Park) PECK SLIP. (I Can't Stop) DUBSTAR. (Everyday I Die) Other bands who have agreed in principle are: ST. ETIENNE. (Empty Bed, Empty Heart) REPUBLICA. (Me, I Disconnect From You) BT. (Stormtrooper In Drag. remix) KENICKIE. (I'm An Agent) TORI AMOS. (Please Push No More) DEVO. THE BELOVED. (Bombers) BABY BIRD. (Down In The Park) JESUS JONES. (We Are So Fragile??) EMF. (We Are Glass) DAVE CLARKE. (Cars. remix) MOBY. UNDERDOG. (Films. remix) TRENT REZNOR And Friends. GARBAGE. BEASTIE BOYS. DJ HELL. ESP. (Slowcar To China. remix) STEVE STOL. (Remember I Was Vapour. remix) OK VENUS. (We Take Mystery) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:34:31 -0500 (CDT) From: David Datta Subject: From Q To: numan >From Q magazine (UK) July 1996, P 15: Free travel for French and Belgians who wish to attend this summer's V96 festival has been announced with hirsutely-bordered grinnage by the event's organizer Richard Branson. He is also planning to provide free trains from London and Liverpool to the two day festival, which gets on the move itself after it's stint at Chelmsford on August 17th, heading north to Warrington the following day. Acts confirmed are Pulp, Supergrass, Cast, Elastica, GARY NUMAN, and Stereolab. There's also a second concert in Chelmsford on August 18, to be headed by Paul Weller, The Lightning Seeds, and The Charlatans. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 20:22:46 +0100 From: stefano@hynet.it (Stefano Meneghetti) Subject: Gary Numan Digest V1 #234 To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) Mr. GAry Numan should stop with dance records. He should become The Dark Lord, the Sarte of Electronic music. We will see the future. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:19:52 -0700 (PDT) From: atomic@netcom.com (Mike Metlay ++ Atomic City) Subject: Metal Rhythm and New Anger To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Numanews Mailing List) It's very much a question of what you got first, as near as I can see. I find people who say that they heard X, then heard Y and found it better, to be in the minority; most folks heard X, then later heard Y and found it strange. That was definitely the case for me; I got a tape of Metal Rhythm first, and picked up New Anger on CD while waiting to track down a copy of MR on CD (which I eventually did, thanks to a new friend I'd made recently on the Net, guy by the name of Langsford, I should tell him about this list :). I definitely liked the mixes, ordering, and overall feel of MR much better than that of NA. I was irritated by the shorter, grungier mix of "Devious," the William Orbit mix of "My Dying Machine", and the utterly inappropriate inclusion of "A Child With The Ghost," especially when it involved removing my two favorite songs, "Hunger" and "Young HEart," from the disc. Pfui. MR, however, I am rather fond of in spots. I frequently listen to the tracks I like most, like the aforementioned two and "Devious" and occasionally "Cold Metal Rhythm," but I must admit I stopped listening to Gary's albums all the way through as single experiences at this point, and still haven't gone back to it. Nothing after "Strange Charm" has been strong enough to hold me all the way through, and even there I get drifty by the time "This is Love" is over. mike -- I guess you have to get your page turner to press the latch button. (robinsot) =========================================================================== Mike Metlay - ATOMIC CITY - P. O. Box 81175, Pittsburgh, PA 15217-0675 USA = atomic@netcom.com -- http://pd.net/atomic-city -- 800.924.ATOM = CD orders via LOFTY PURSUITS: 800.548.6724 & 904.385.6463, FAX 904.668.5825 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 15:53:41 +0000 From: Phil Marsh Subject: NUMAN COVERS ALBUM LATEST To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Looking at NuWorld today I noticed the latest list of acts linked with the Covers album... TORI AMOS??!! While, frankly, I find her pretty dull and insipid, as a "star" she is pretty mega sales wise, isn't she? Imagine the kudos for Gary if she appears doing one of his songs! It can only do him good. Devo too - I know sales wise this won't matter zip, but I LOVE Devo and anything that gets them recording together again is fine by me. Thats all...for now...(WAH HA ha ha ha...) Sorry - its been an odd day! Phil (pmarsh@tpmde.ac.uk) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:29:27 -0700 From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford) Subject: Premier Hits prices in USA - found a good one! To: numan@cs.uwp.edu In # 233 hepcats@eden.com (T M Wagner IV) responded to my post abot high Premier Hits Prices in the USA. >All I can think of are import tariffs and customs duties, plus whatever the >distributors just feel like charging. Probably too there is a difference >with Polygram being a huge label, I don't know. I can tell you I paid >$24.99 for Berserker, but only $16.99 for Human, and only $26.99 for White >Noise. I've seen Dream Corrosion going for anything from $29.99 to $37.99. >Odd. It never seems to make sense. Most Numa CDs have been offered at good prices in the UK, especially back catalogue releases. "Sacrifice" and "Berserker" are two that have come out at full UK prices. NuWORLD sells album CDs for #10, double live CDs for #12 which translates to approximately $US 15.50 and $18.60. However, by the time they get to the US, prices range from $17 for "Human" (#10), to $32 for "White Noise" (#12). Sacrifice and Berserker seem to be in the $22 to $27 range. Seems like things have changed from a few years ago though. Some outlets seemed to overcharge but generally one could acquire UK CDs for about the same as they sold for in the UK, but translating into $US. So #12 CDs were $20. Now, #13 CDs seem to be requiring $25 or more but the exchange rate is better than it was a few years ago. Maybe the demand for imports has reduced (which it has according to a local dealer I know) so higher prices are necessary for dealers to be able to stock them. >Anyway, I didn't buy Premier Hits because I have all that's on it. Still, I >did read the liner notes and enjoyed them. The writer acknowledges Gary's >triumphs as well as mistakes and in the end you get the impression of a guy >who just wants to make satisfying music and has had the balls to stick it >out where so many others have chucked their hands in. I understand PH >wasn't a sales triumph, but did chart respectably well, which is impressive >considering this career-rehash thing was all done once before in 1987 with >Exhibition. Frankly I think Gary should now do all he can to get Polygram >interested in Exile (I'm sure he's trying). Matthew Holbrook said that PH has been discounted in some UK stores to #8.99. At a Tower in San Diego yesterday I saw what may be a passing on of this price reduction. I found two copies of PH for $16.99 each. I'll be picking one up later today. Glad I waited. I am looking forward to hearing the songs remastered. So check your local Tower to see if they are stocking it at this great price. Derek -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek H. Langsford dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu Dept. of Biology Tel. (619) 594 2885 San Diego State University Fax (619) 594 7831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 96 21:55:24 EDT From: Houston <100557.3713@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Radio Heart To: Numan Digest Digesters, I fellow Numan friend recently informed me that the "Radio Heart" single has been re-released but is now called "Radio Radio". Is this true ? If so, then a lot of folks like me want to know catalogue numbers, record labels, formats, etc. Can anyone help ? Later, Sean. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 09:40:18 -0400 From: CLYTN4@aol.com Subject: RECORDS FOR SALE To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Hi, I'm a UK-based delaer and my new all-Gary Numan list contains 160 different items for sale. About 85% of the items on the list are foreign singles with picture sleeves, the rest are mostly albums (many foreign pressings). My list also contains many picture discs and shapes, but no CDs. Any of Gary's fans who would like to receive a copy of my list should please send me an e-mail and the list will be sent immediately by conventional mail - so please include your postal address ! Everything I sell is fully guaranteed. I look forward to hearing from you ! BOB CLAYTON ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 10:20:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph DeAngelis Subject: SUBSCRIBE To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Please sign me up - thanks... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph DeAngelis Software Engineer Fax International, Inc. 67 South Bedford Street E-Mail: bytor@faxint.com Suite 100E Voice: 617-270-2119 Burlington, MA. 01803-5152 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The more we think we know about, The greater the unknown We suspend our disbelief, And we are not alone - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:00:55 +0100 From: "Paul Denman (The Complex)" Subject: Tribute Album - Latest To: numan@cs.uwp.edu I recently spoke to Laura of Momentum music who let slip that the number of bands interested in contributing to the tribute album was growing to such an extent that they may end up turning some away. Now I'm not saying that I found this hard to believe, but when she started talking of enough material to fill THREE CDs! I thought Woah! What's going on here??? Beggars have thankfully dropped the original title of "Songs That Came In From The Cold" to a much more suitable "Random" (Sound Familiar? :-) And for anyone who can't currently get access to the NuWorld Web site, the following artists have confirmed these tracks: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS. (I Die:You Die) THE ORB. (Jo The Waiter. remix) POP WILL EAT ITSELF. (Friends) MOLOKO. (Are 'Friends' Electric?) MATT SHARP and *DAMON ALBARN* (We Have A Technical) (* Cool!! - PD) MARILYN MANSON. (Down In The Park) PECK SLIP. (I Can't Stop) DUBSTAR. (Everyday I Die) and the following tracks have yet to be confirmed: ST. ETIENNE. (Empty Bed, Empty Heart) REPUBLICA. (Me, I Disconnect From You) BT. (Stormtrooper In Drag. remix) KENICKIE. (I'm An Agent) TORI AMOS. (Please Push No More) DEVO. THE BELOVED. (Bombers) BABY BIRD. (Down In The Park) JESUS JONES. (We Are So Fragile??) EMF. (We Are Glass) DAVE CLARKE. (Cars. remix) MOBY. UNDERDOG. (Films. remix) TRENT REZNOR And Friends. GARBAGE. BEASTIE BOYS. DJ HELL. ESP. (Slowcar To China. remix) STEVE STOL. (Remember I Was Vapour. remix) OK VENUS. (We Take Mystery) Now, I'm not trying to sway anyone at B.B. in any way; I'm sure they have their own ideas of who should release what, but the Tori Amos track would be a sure-fire hit! It is perfectly suited for her & I'm sure would be a beautiful track. The Orb, Garbage and Daman Albarn would also make commercial sense to be released as singles to promote the LP. Will it happen??? What does anyone else think? Cheers, Paul Denman The Complex http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/complex.d2/contents.htm P.S. There is currently an EXCLUSIVE interview with Gary on The Complex Web site. Give it a visit & let me know what you think :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 18:55:14 -0500 From: Janet Newlands Subject: Videos To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Has anyone from the US sent away for the Numan videos he offers on his Web page? I sent away for them over two months ago and my credit card has not been charged yet. Either the Numan organization is behind on the orders, or the mail never got there. Anyone have any idea which of these two may be correct? Thanks! Janet Newlands ------------------------------ End of Gary Numan Digest ******************************