Gary Numan Digest Thu, 21 May 98 Volume 1 : Issue 435 Today's Topics: 31 tours photos online - Thanks Joey! (3 msgs) anyone know what this is? Craig at the Chicago show 'splains things... Hello Helping out intro/set list LA SHOW March of the Geeks New member on the list (long) new subscriber... North American Gary Numan Fan Club Announcement Numan Sweats in Seattle Numan vinyl for sale Outland and Metal Rhythm Release Dates San Francisco Concert San Francisco Concert at the Fillmore 5/17/98 San Francisco Show Seattle May 15th Voix (3 msgs) We're going down! Welcome to Exile! West Palm Beach Numan Tix what Who am I? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 19:22:11 -0700 From: Gregor Torrence Subject: 31 tours photos online - Thanks Joey! To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) As a treat to my fellow digest subscribers, I have a temporary webb page where you can see my photos from the Seattle and Portland shows. http://www.teleport.com/~torrence/numan/ I'll keep these available until July or so. Feel free to keep copies of the pictures, but I'd rather you did not use them on your own webbsite. Except, As way to thank Joey Lindstrom for running such an excellent North American tour site, I'd like him to take whatever he want for his collection of photos on his site. At the two shows I went to, meeting up with fellow digesters really helped make the shows as much fun as possible. And that just would not have been possible with him. Thanks Joey! Gregor. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 11:33:35 +0100 From: "KEITH PEARSON" Subject: To: Hi everyone, I've just subscribed to the mailing list and found it great reading. Numans' been part of my life ever since his first performance on Top of the Pops in the UK. Since then I've been to almost all his UK venues but I must say 'EXILE' at Nottingham was the best. The guy just seems to get bettter. Any other artists albums I buy, after a few plays , just get switched off and on come the old Numan classics. Also, Its been great to hear about the US tour, I did'nt realise the following he has in the States. Looking forward to the next digest. Keith ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:49:34 -0700 From: "Gerald DeLarge" Subject: To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD82B7.9C6172A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just wondering if anyone knows where I can get a copy of the Tubeway = Army record with "Sirens" and "Somethings In The House"..? Thanx ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD82B7.9C6172A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just wondering if anyone knows where = I can get a=20 copy of the Tubeway Army record with "Sirens" and = "Somethings In=20 The House"..? Thanx ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD82B7.9C6172A0-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 22:50:26 -0700 From: obscure@blueneptune.com Subject: To: numan@cs.uwp.edu I don't know about anyone else, but I am still reeling from Gary's show in San Francisco! He ROCKED! This was by far the best show I have seen in years...not to mention that I can't remember the last time i stood in line all afternoon. But it was worth it, just to be front and center for Gary's return to SF. I am now seriously jealous of you UK folk who get to see him every year or so....I may just have to move.... AND I want to say Thanks to everyone who showed up in Japantown before the show - it was great to hang out with so many Numanoids in one place! Maybe when my brain settles down I'll share some more of my thoughts with you. Weeee! This isn't music, this is survival.... Lisa Yimm obscure@blueneptune.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:14:57 EDT From: tweibrecht@juno.com (thomas m weibrecht) Subject: anyone know what this is? To: numan@cs.uwp.edu 20132-GARY NUMAN THE NUMA YEARS 5x CD (UK) 6/26/98 IGITALLY REMASTERED box set thanks...tom w _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 12:18:50 -0500 From: Craig/Dawn Stenseth Subject: Craig at the Chicago show 'splains things... To: numan@cs.uwp.edu >Another Numan fan named Craig (Craig Land - cland@acl.memec.com) wrote: >>Paddygav wrote in his previous mail: >> >>I never saw anyone at Uncommon Ground, but at the show I met a lurker >>who gave me the finger for stoking one of the many religious threads >>(hi Craig). > >I must stress that this has nothing to do with ME, Craig from England. > Must be more than one Numan fan called Craig! And I thought I was >unique!!!!!! I'm afraid I'll have to take "credit" for that one. Yeah, Paddy was the only one I talked to from the mailing list (besides Mark Hubbard later outside the Metro - who I knew from years ago in Indiana). I thought the show was excellent - the first time I've seen Numan. I was joking with Paddy, in case it looks in print here like I was mad at him - but I gotta flip him another one for calling me a lurker, even if I am! I got there a little late for the coffeehouse meeting, but talked to some other fans at Gingerman, and had some coffee 'substitute'! (and Phil in Sioux Falls, your Exile shirt is on the way! What's your email address?) Craig Stenseth in Naperville,IL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 17:35:20 EDT From: The91011 Subject: Hello To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Hello I'm Geoff. I am from the UK. Besides Gary Numan I'm into stuff like Depeche Mode, The Prodigy, John Foxx, Mesh, Dig and Thomas Dolby, amongst others. I have followed Gary since 1979 but unfortunately didn't get to see him in concert until the EXHIBITION Tour, which I deeply regret. Although, things changed in 1991 when my band, GLASSHOUSE, were fortunate enough to support Gary on his EMOTION tour and again in 92 on his ISOLATE tour. Which not only gave us the great opportunity to meet the man himself, but to also share the excitement of both tours. This was obviously a dream come true. We also made a lot of friends from the two tours. In 1996 on his PREMIER tour Gary had problems with one of the support acts, who eventually dropped out. That particular night we were staying at the hotel and to our great suprise were asked to fill in as support band for the following night at the Astoria. We thank Gary for giving us those opportunities. Now we are called THE NINE and have a deal with an American label which has released our debut album called NATIVE ANGER. Good luck to Gary in America!! Cheers Geoff ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:30:07 +0100 From: "downstat" Subject: Helping out To: "Gary Numan" > > I wonder if anyone can help me, I'm after some recordings of Gary > singing, and singing only. I want to do some more remixes of Numan tunes > incorporating his vocals. It's very difficult to lift vocals off > existing tracks with the music going on in the background. I would > lurrve to have some raw vocal samples to play with. I create the tracks > for my own enjoyment and they will not be used commercially. For what > it's worth I would send a copy of my efforts on CD-R to anyone that > can help. Thanks. > The version of Conversation stuck on the end of the Living Ornaments 81 CD is pretty much 100% vocal only. I'm sure Gary would be *very* flattered if you sampled that. Not. > ...but how do you pronounce it ? (Vwa ? Voice ? Voicks ? etc etc) GN did give a lesson on the correct pronounciation of Voix on the telephone update line years ago. But I've forgotten what it was. Regards Mr Helpful ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 03:58:36 -0600 From: ckeep@uvic.ca (Christopher Keep) Subject: intro/set list To: numan@cs.uwp.edu greetings all, i am new to the list, having just been re-introduced to numan at his recent vancouver show. i listened to numan pretty obsessively as late as _warrior_, but my interest gradually fell off in the late eighties. i have followed the recent explosion of interest in electronica pretty closely, especially in its more ambient dimensions (instinct, fax. emit, mille plateaux, etc), but have missed out entirely on numan's recent return to critical and artistic credibility (as he himself put it in an interview with a local music paper). i went to the concert expecting no more than a simple rush of nostalgia, but came away from it deeply impressed by how revelevant and satisfying the new material was. does anyone have a track listing for the current north american tour? i was especially impressed by the first song, which was certainly new to my ears (and i recognised even some of the more obscure tracks like "noise noise" from the early eighties)--it was quite a stomping, anthemic number featuring a triple guitar barrage. looking forward to the discussion. cheers, chris keep ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:41:20 -0800 From: "ZMP Ltd. / D. May" Subject: LA SHOW To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Well after lurking on the list for years I finally have to talk about the LA show. First I will mention I attended the in store appearance at Tower Records and noticed that every one in the long line to see Gary, when they finally got to the man, he treated each person as if he was there only to meet them. Signing whatever they had, no limit on the autographs. I had some business delings with his father regarding him from a year or so back and he actually remembered me an asked for my card. (A side note) There was also right after the Numan instore a David Cassidy in store. I kept having flashes of all of Gary's fans and the Cassidy fans clashing! Now to the concert.... after waiting literally years to see Numan in person I must say I stayed thru the whole show.. something I have not done in a while. And just when I thought I had seen it all, Gary mentioned people covering his songs and how he liked Marilyn Mansons vesion of DITP, when out on he stage walked Mr. Manson himself to sing the song with Gary, switching verses between the two. Behind me I heard some Numan fans shout looser go home, but once the song started the crowd went wild. Later in the show a fellow from The Mission came out and played with Numan for a few songs. The LA show was also sold out and you could really see how pupmed up Gary was after the last encore. And his band actually complimented each other visually and all looked like they all belonged together. Unlike the opening act whose guitar player did not look like he should of been in the band, even though he was a very good musician. David May ZM Publications, Ltd. www.o-magazine.com www.zmp.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:55:20 +0100 From: "downstat" Subject: March of the Geeks To: "Gary Numan" Digesters, In last digest, Sam registered surprise at Tom Gorham's recent dilemma: >>I was in an Edinburgh pub last Saturday night with a couple of people who >>could loosely be described as arty indie sort of people (which partly >>explains why I've never admitted to being a Numan fan to them). > I found this surprising, since "arty, indie sort of people" are exactly >the types I would imagine would be Numan fans. Maybe arty, indie people >are different in the UK and the US? Oh to be a Numan fan in the US. Following is a small extract of a Time Out preview to the Premier Tour in 1997, written by Garry Mulholland (TO's deputy music editor). When I first read the preview I was mighty pissed off. But in time, I have grown to find it incredibly funny, and if I may admit on a Gary Numan digest, not without a hint of truth....... This small extract should go some way to explain the history of Tom's dilemma: "................Cast your mind back to your first New Romantic/Futurist disco. As you stood in a dark corner, adjusting your Oxfam cummerband and half-heartedly sipping the foul smelling liquid they assured you was a cocktail, you could only gaze in green-eyed rancour at those few boys beautiful enough to copy Davids Sylvian and Bowie. But how much better you felt when the DJ played I Die You Die, the woodwork squeaked and out came the geeks: all dressed in Mr Byrite's special android suits and attempting to Take Mystery (To Bed) while looking like a cross between Marcel Marceau, Alexei Sayle and Chi Chi the panda..........." Come on. Laugh. The really funny thing is Garry Mulholland probably doesn't realise that these discos are still happening 17 years on! With Gary being namechecked left right and centre, it is not unthinkable that admitting to be a fan may soon be met with something other than derision. Let's hope not too many people saw the recent Vox article....... Regards to all, Austin ps. BTW, The Smashing Pumpkin's gig is being broadcast on MTV on Saturday 23rd May (I think). Maybe worth taping to see if they perform their version of ME, or infact any other Numan song. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 17:05:26 -0700 From: "Elizabeth Fagan Adelman" Subject: New member on the list (long) To: "Gary Numan listserve" Fellow Gary Numan Fans: As an American student living in London in 1979, I first heard "Are Friends Electric?" on a juke box in a pub in Notting Hill. I had never heard anything like it, and I was immediately hooked on Gary Numan. I bought all his records, wore his tee shirts and badges, and went to at least on concert in London that year--maybe two. I remember at one Hammersmith Odeon show, OMD opened for Gary, with their little keyboards sitting on a what looked like a card table. My American friends were all listening to Kansas and the Eagles, and I would rip those records off the turntable whenever they would let me, and play the Sex Pistols, the Jam, and other punk/new wave bands. And I would also play alot of Gary Numan and Tubeway Army. I got a lot of flack from my friends! I had to return to the States the following year, and I found that few people had heard of Gary Numan. Then "Cars" made it big, and everyone thought Gary was just another British One Hit Wonder. I saw Gary perform again in Chicago in the early 1980s, and then he faded from the scene. The Cure, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, and other bands from Great Britain took over the import scene where I was living. Now, nearly 20 years later, I'm living in Seattle, and I see on Seattle Sidewalk a photo of Gary Numan and a date at a local club! What a treat! It's a small club, fitting maybe a couple hundred people at most. Those are the venues I love best! So, of course I had to go see Gary again after all these years. The show took place a couple days ago. Gary was AWESOME. He rocked, he danced, he thrashed around the stage. He looked great, and he sounded even better! I love his updated sound. When saw him 20 years ago, he was stiff and distant, his music ponderous and melodic. The heavy metal/electronic dance hybrid he pioneered is now more intense, louder, throbbing, a thick curtain of sound. And he danced! Overall, a much rawer, powerful stage show. The Seattle show was attended by many young Goth kids who were a little quiet at first. But by the end of the hour-long show, they were begging Gary for more. He came back for two encores, grinning from ear to ear and thanking the audience. They were eating out of his hand. Now I understand that the press in calling Gary "The Godfather of Electronica," and saying he was 20 years ahead of his time. I know I find this ironic and amusing. Like I said, I took a lot of flack from my friends for being a Gary Numan fan, and I know Gary's taken a lot of flack over the years from the press. One one level, I feel somewhat gratified that my musical tastes are apparently so "ahead of their time." I know that grin that Gary couldn't hide at the end of the show the other night sure looked good on him, and I'll bet it felt pretty good, too. Elizabeth Fagan Adelman EFA Consulting, Inc. efa@efaconsulting.com http://www.efaconsulting.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 23:28:25 EDT From: Clammm Subject: new subscriber... To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Hi, thanks for putting me on the mailing list!! I got an e-mail asking me to send some info to this address... My name is Mona, I live in California... I've been a Numan fan for about 12 years. Other bands I like include Ultravox (with John Foxx or Midge Ure!), Depeche Mode, and Siouxsie. However, my record collection is so extensive, it's not limited to any genre. I'm very open minded musically!! (I love 20's era blues, for example...) I saw Gary in San Francisco on May 17th, and it was the most incredible show I'd ever been to!! He was fabulous!! I was happy to know that the Fillmore sold out, and that he had such a great reception!! Anyway, thank you again for putting me on the mailing list, I look forward to getting it! Mona ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:09:53 EDT From: PolareBear Subject: North American Gary Numan Fan Club Announcement To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Greetings to all! I have finally updated the Tour Page section of the NAGNFC Website! It now holds within its digital boundaries a gripping account of one Numanoid's fervent plans to see lots of Gary Numan shows. And stay tuned for the sequel: CHARLOTTE, due out this summer in an e- mail box near you! It was great meeting so many of you on the road, and seeing 9 of Gary's shows. And to think we could all get to do it again this fall! I could be the next Charles Kuralt doing special reports from the American Road. Hmmm, perhaps not. Anyway, access the Ultimate Tour Report site at: http://members.aol.com/PolareBear/Machman.html All the Best Wishes! Jim "The Machman" Napier ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 15:49:09 -0700 From: "Jim Benson" Subject: Numan Sweats in Seattle To: "1997 Edward S. Corwin Award for the Best D" , Mr. Gary Numan, he so goth! I had a great time seeing Gary Numan last night. It was really stunning. Simon Bone highly recommended the concert, warning me that Gary really rocks and not to expect the thin synth sounds of yesteryear. Of course I expected this, having all of Gary's albums and listening to recent concert -- but live is way preferable to a recording. The concert was a late one. Presumably because -- He so Goth! Doors opened at 8:30. The first band came out at 9:30. They never introduced themselves, so I assumed they were Switchblade Symphony. I was confused, as they looked nothing like the pictures of Switchblade Symphone (they had no women), but they were fairly interesting. They has a sitar, a DJ and two bongoic percussionists. As I said, they were fairly interesting, but a bit monotonous. After a while they left. So then there was nothing. Just me and Trevor and Karrie standing around with a -wonderful- mix of expensively clad, made up Goth boys and girls (one guy a total dead ringer for Philip Oakey) all around 22 or 24 and the other half of the audience was 30 to 40 year old professionals. A total dichotomy. And we stood around for quite some time. Then the lights dimmed and I was ready to see Gary Numan. A woman came out, then another. "Oh no," I thought, "please don't let Gary have female backing vocals." In one way I was lucky, Gary did not have female backing vocals. In another way I was not, as I had to then listen to an hour of Switchblade Symphony. They were Goth cum Disco cum early 80s metal. Their guitarist was majorly guido complete with tank top T shirt and sports coat. He was actually a really good guitarist, but was hard to take seriously. The guitarist and the drummer were really tight. Really professional. The keyboardist seemed to often forget she was on stage, had to watch her keyboard every minute, even though she never played more than one note at a time and often just smacked the same key over and over and over again -- but she always watched that key intensely. The lead singer (whom the gothies adored) seemed to be participating in bad Kareoke. She reminded me of Carol Channing with a low voice. Her tight plastic outfit showed me that she had a partial outtie. At midnight Gary finally came on stage. At that point I (and everyone else) got very excited. I was floored by how the crowd responded to him! He had total control over the crowd and they watched his every move. Contrasting the Touring Principle Gary to this Gary was pretty extreme. When he came out he jumped right in to loud fast incredibly tight music. His band was amazing. In the beginning he seemed to be in a race to out-sweat his lead guitarist. They were both jumping around thrashing about. Gary was wearing a very goth outfit -- big full length coat, etc. I was amazed he could continue at such a pace. The first song was off exile. I believe it was _Dominion Day_ but I can't recall totally because I was more staring at him flying all over the place. The second song I distinctly remember because it was a totally amazing version of Metal. That was when he got people hooked. I was really impressed by this because he was, in fact, completely altering a song which was a major reason why people went to the concert in the first place. Ordinarily when people go to see musicians who are performing songs that they have listened to their entire lives they get mad when those songs are altered. But the crowd went nuts for all of the new fast harsh versions of Metal, Down in the Park, and the closer Are Friends Electric. You must understand that I am used to being The Gary Numan fan. So being in a building filled with people who are all singing along with Every Day I Die was quite an experience in and of itself. Every old Numan song was a singalong and, again, it didn't matter - perhaps it even made it fun - that they had evolved through time and Gary didn't come out with a couple moogs and a Linn Drum and try to recreate 1979. I was also gratified that Gary's keyboard compliment included my Alesis Quadrasynth as a major component. It was the only non-Roland synth they used (although they did use a Yamaha controller). The Qsynth was even my old version -- not an updated QS7 or QS8. I appeared to be the only one interested in this, however. So, to sum up: Seattle Show -- o Excellent o Great Crowd o Fantastic Sound Quality o Good Showmanship o Fantastic Band o Good taste in equipment o Opened Late o Goth Kid and Stock Broker populations both represented o No merchandise(?!) o Cost $10 (US) (I feel I owe Gary some money) o I waited 18 years to see it and it was worth the wait. Jim Benson Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:14:13 -0400 From: Tony Boies Subject: Numan vinyl for sale To: Gary Numan Digest Getting ready to move (again) and I need to get rid of some Numan vinyl that I have on CD. Please email me with you want lists. Thanks! Tony Boies, Washington DC area ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:45:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Schumann Subject: Outland and Metal Rhythm To: numan@cs.uwp.edu These two albums are just plain impossible to get new. Around this part of the U.S. at least, Outland can be found at just about any used CD store for about US$5, New Anger can be found, but it is rare, and Metal Rhythm is just unheard of. And since Illegal is gone, I don't think we'll be seeing these any time soon. In light of this, I'd like to know how many people want these CD's, what they'd be willing to pay to get them, and if someone were to, say, make these in his or her garage using stone knives and bear skins, what features would be 1) critical, 2) useful and 3) nice. For example, you might write and say "I NEED these CD's, and I'll pay $200 each and I want them to be exactly like the original release in every way." or "I think Metal Rhythm would be cool to have, I'd pay ten bucks, and I don't care what it looks like as long as it sounds like the original." or even "I know fifty people who want both, and they'll each pay $20 for each." If you have no interest in either, please do not bother responding. Please do not post your response to the list: e-mail it directly to me. I'll collect the responses and let you know what you all say. Chris Schumann ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:13:47 -0500 From: Matthew Oldland Subject: Release Dates To: numan@cs.uwp.edu, oldland@in.net I'm not sure if someone has already posted these, but... June 9, 1998 TUBEWAY ARMY (REISSUE + 13 LIVE BONUS TRACKS) June 9, 1998 REPLICAS (REISSUE + 6 BONUS TRACKS) June 16, 1998 WHITE NOISE June 23, 1998 PLEASURE PRINCIPLE (REISSUE + 7 BONUS TRACKS) June 23,1998 TELEKON (REISSUE + 6 BONUS TRACKS) I believe all these can be pre ordered at http://www.all-music.com/ -- Matthew Oldland Feiwell & Hannoy, P. C. MIS Department (317) 237-2693 moldland@feiwellhannoy.com oldland@in.net Computer Technology IUPUI ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:01:29 -0800 From: "M. A." Subject: San Francisco Concert To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) Sunday night we went to see Gary at the Fillmore in San Francisco - !. The last time I saw him was during the "I, Assasin Tour" in '82. Only one thing comes to mind: worth the wait. Hope everyone who attended the show also had a wonderful time. I have the Exile CD so I pretty much knew what to expect musically - but I wasn't sure what we'd be getting in the way of a stage show. I like him just as much this time around. We were upstairs in the bar zone all evening - one question: were the background prerecorded music loops, etc. on all the time/were they done via DAT tape or CD? One other thing - it was great to see a big cross section of people at the event: dopers, slackers, crusters, hippies, death rockers, gospel groovers (no lie) and, yes even, whitebread suburbanites. With all that diversity - I hope Gary gets a lot more records sold this time around. Anybody stick around to greet Gary after the show - how'd that go? One last thing: I recorded the concert with my pocket cassette - it sounds pretty bad. I'll make a dubb to anyone who'd like a copy - let me know via private email. Regards, Mitchell A. MADworks the 3D Studio Visit MADworks on the web @ http://www.madworks.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:20:06 EDT From: MJG104208 Subject: San Francisco Concert at the Fillmore 5/17/98 To: numan@cs.uwp.edu I just attended Gary's concert at the Fillmore tonight and thought I'd visit the web to see if any sites about him existed -- I was quite pleasantly surprised to see that a number of them do exist. I very much enjoyed tonight's concert -- he was in very good form, and the band was very good, too. The place appeared to be at or near capacity and the crowd was very lowd and appreciative. All in all a very fun night. I first saw Gary perform in I believe 1980 at the Santa Monica Civic (in West Los Angeles) when I was 15 -- and have since seen him at the Los Angeles Forum, Wembley Arena (for his "final" concerts) -- and in Pasadena last time in the mid- eighties, if I recall the approximate date correctly Please send my best and my families best to Gary and in his mother Beryl. It really was nice to see him in such good form tonight. >From an old fan (I'm now 34 and practicing law). My brother Tom who is also an old fan is presently a record producer in Los Angeles. Beryl may remember us both as the teanagers who came to Wembley from Los Angeles for Gary's concerts in 1981. Take care, John Grimley ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 23:45:14 -0700 From: Mark_S1@Verifone.Com Subject: San Francisco Show To: numan@cs.uwp.edu I don't know who said Gary ''rocked" but they couldn't have meant Gary Numan 'cuz I just got back from the show and he didn't 'rock'.... HE TOTALLY F%#$&*G ROCKED!!!! Just wanted to set the record straight. Hey did anyone tape the show? Gee, I wouldn't mind having a copy :-) Perhaps I could offer to transfer it to CD for someone??? Mark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 06:26:23 -0700 From: "Robert Trousdale" Subject: Seattle May 15th To: "Gary Numan" I am not going to say something silly like "Oh, now I can die! I have seen the MAN himself..." Because, if I said that, I wouldn't mean it... I WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN!!! :-) Circumstances, had they been different, would have allowed me to see Gary in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and possibly San Fran and LA, but be that as it may, I settled for Seattle. Let me set the stage... I bought four tickets, thinking that my wife, myself, a recent convert and his wife would go... convert's wife couldn't make it do to excessive homework and a bit of apathy... that was ok though... because the venue was SOLD OUT! According to Ade Orange, one of few sellouts on the tour so far... though from what I have heard from some of you fellow digesters... it certainly doesn't seem like Gary is playing to empty rooms... though he hasn't been to the deep south yet :-) We arrieved at the venue about an hour before showtime. Hello to Joey Lidstrom who, to my utter delight, made the trip from Calgary to catch the Vancouver, Seatttle and SF shows... Hello to Greg who took some awesome pictures with his digital camera... heck, Gary was so impressed with the toy I think he may pick one up himself. "Wie Gehts?" to George in Germany who came over for the same shows as Joey... You may not have travelled the farthest to see him, but certainly you have travelled far :-) Hello to Mr. Mike who was also there and kept having to ask me which albums the songs were on :-) Hello to The Joy Circuit Guy, whose name I have forgot - sorry :-) The digest T-shirts were the envy of many at the show. Gary recognized them too... We get in and may I just get up on my soap box for just a minute? I sure wish that this had been a non-smoking venue because my wife was so sick from the cigarette smoke she had to leave and miss the first two acts... and barely could stay for Numans' part of the show. She pulled her T-shirt over her face. After the show, when we got to see Gary, she pulled it over her face again and said "You may have seen me in the crowd?" He laughed and said he didn't much like the smoke either...anyway, off the soap box. The first act was a band called Texture... One guy played Sitar, two played hand drums, and one was on a set of turn tables... Ade Orange called them "Interesting... " He was being diplomatic, as they were basically a one trick pony, but since my wife plays the same kind of hand drums as this band, I enjoyed listening to them... and they didn't out stay their welcome. Neither did Switchblade, whose lead singer made sure we knew that she used to live in Seattle, and missed it very much. I don't like their music, but they certainly were not bad. The MAN hit the stage at about 12 midnight... right on time. Opened with a version of "friends" that was so fucking awesome I just can't get over it... The rest of the set was right up there... I mean the sound was great, though at first we couldn't hear Gary as well as the rest of the band... He played my favorite "Films" about four songs in... I took my ear plugs out for that one... damn the slight hearing loss, full KEYS ahead! My lifelong dream now is to play that song with Gary on stage once... sigh :-) During DITP, a drunk idiot was seen breifly on stage, got his arm around Gary, then got shoved head first into the crowd by security... Gary didn't miss a beat. He did three encores, each was one song, except the last which was We are so Fragile, and We are Glass. It is hard to think of anything I can complain about.. even the three hour wait to see Gary after the show in the near freezing temps outside the venue... Ade came out to talk to us for about an hour before he got too cold... thanks Ade! You're the best :-) Gary came out, and true to everything I have heard about him, stayed until the last person got their stuff signed, I know, cause I was about second to last :-) Truely a very special artist... he really seems to care about his fans - though he might have come out sooner ... IT WAS COLD! :-) Apparently, Dave Brooks got a tattoo while the band was relaxing after the show... brave man... somebody get a picture down the line eh? Gary on stage was a presence I have rarely felt before... the stage was TINY, but he made it seem like Wembly. Totally in love with what he was doing, he thanked the crowd after every song, smiled alot, and just generally looked like he had been doing this for 20 years and was loving it :-) He didn't even flub a single lyric, although I think he may have changed one line of AFE to "You see YOU mean everything to me" at least that is what I heard, and I was about 15 feet from him. Man, I could go on for pages... but there are others waiting their turn... Derek, I am sorry we couldn't hook up this tour, we will have to catch the next one eh? Everyone down the line... you are in for a treat... let's hope it isn't the last time... -Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- escher@turbonet.com is: Robert Trousdale (509) XXX-XXXX "47.8% of all statistics are irrelevant" -Anonymous ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 00:37:54 -0700 From: "Gregory T. Samson" Subject: Voix To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) >Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:02:58 +0100 >From: Andy McHaffie >Subject: Voix >To: Numan Digest > >...but how do you pronounce it ? (Vwa ? Voice ? Voicks ? etc etc) > >Andy i'm THRILLED to be able to report that it's pronounced... 'VOICKS' i guessed 'vwa' given that england is so close to france when i first saw it, but i was wrong! and i definitely believe this answer, given that i got it from ade orange while we the diehard (and QUITE CHILLY) fans waited for gary after the seattle show. [btw, about which i can only say: WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! more when i post my personal impressions of the seattle show later. :) ] -- Gregory T. Samson, MD - Dr. Evil Microwizard - gtsamson[at]bigfoot[dot]com "it's fun to stay at the \o/ ^o^ o[ /o\" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:03:21 +0100 From: "Laurent F. Somers" Subject: Voix To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) It's pronounced Voo-ah, with a short "oo" French, of course. Laurent Somers shadow@nett.is www.nett.is/~shadow - Dark pAges and poetry and all.... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:04:58 +0100 (BST) From: vickers@netcomuk.co.uk Subject: Voix To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Andy McHaffie asks how "Voix" is pronounced. Seeing it wriiten down, anyone who speaks French would pronounce it "Vwa". However, on one of Gary's autobiography albums, he picks up on this, and says that people keep pronouncing it "Vwa". "It's not 'Vwa' - it's 'Voicks'!" he says with some feeling. So either Gary's French pronunciation is missing a trick here, or else Gary has some opaque (Obscure) thinking going on here. That wouldn't be the first time? I mean, how many people would *GUESS* what S.U.s are in "Are 'Friends' Electric? Yes, I know, I've heard his explanation, but you would never GUESS! Paddy Vickers ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 17:43:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Sean Crist Subject: We're going down! To: numan@cs.uwp.edu "Peter Enright" wrote: > Okay, here goes. One of the hazards of my work is that I am forced to > endure a fair amount of time on Russian aircraft. As is my habit, I am > usually plugged into my Walkman during these flights into the unknown, > and on several occasions I have been lost in the energy of the Living > Ornaments recordings. But ironically, during take-offs and landings, > "The Aircrash Bureau" track has been playing by sheer co-incidence. > Needless to say, as I contemplate the lyrics, I grip the armrests with > white knuckles and try to control my panic attacks, especially when we > bounce into a rough landings during snowstorms in Siberia Reminds me of August 1991, when I was flying from Seattle to Japan in a Northwest 747. Right after take-off, one of the engines on the right wing caught on fire. I was sitting in the evacuation row, so I could hear the flight attendants having a hushed emergency conference in the kitchen and I knew what was going on. We circled for what seemed like forever (=10 or 15 minutes) while the pilots dumped the fuel, and then we made an emergency landing and slid down the inflateable slides and got on TV. Needless to say, the clearest thing going thru my mind for the frightening minutes as we were circling was "My Centurion". What else would a Numanoid be thinking about in such a situation? \/ __ __ _\_ --Sean Crist (kurisuto@unagi.cis.upenn.edu) --- | | \ / http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/ _| ,| ,| ----- _| ,| ,| [_] | | | [_] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 21:23:16 -0700 From: Mike Mckay-Pfeiffer Subject: Welcome to Exile! To: numan@cs.uwp.edu This is my first entry to the Numan Digest as I just joined a week ago -- Damn! to think I could have been enjoying Numan news and superior intellect for the past few years! I've been a Numan fan since I bought "I Assassin" and felt a strange liking for the little man in the hat. I found most of his albums in the cut out bin for $3.99! And, they're great records -- but, I don't need to tell you that! I listen to tons of music and have been reviewing CD's for a few years. Among the hundreds of CD's I've listened to, Gary has always been in the mix. I have a special favor to ask any generous Numan fan out there: I have no videos of Gary Numan and would love to see some of his past performances/videos. I'm willing to send out a blank video tape and some money or gifts, if somebody would dub me up a tape! I'd REALLY appreciate it! I'm working on a live review of Gary's Pontiac performance it'll come later. For now, here's a review of "Exile" that I wrote and was published in the most recent issue of "Lexicon Magazine" and "Etch" GARY NUMAN “Exile” CD To the unsuspecting alternative music fan flipping through the latest releases, a new Gary Numan record will stick out like an eyesore. They may only know him for the 80’s synth-pop hit “Cars.” But, it’ll be no surprise for those of us that have followed Gary Numan’s illustrious career. To us, he’s much more than a one-hit wonder, we revere him as a new wave god. For the past decade we’ve been paying a heavy price for his import releases. Luckily, Gary’s latest release is available domestically. “Exile,” his best record in years, is a concept album about God and the Devil being the same entity. But, rather than take Marilyn Manson’s road of sacrilege and debauchery, Gary’s tale is a stark fantasy, full of interesting questions and disturbing realities. With the exception of a couple songs, the music of “Exile” is a somber, slow, spiral of cold synths, percussion and Gary’s distinctive vocals. His delivery is a quiet conviction of the dark horrors explored throughout the album. At times, he merely mumbles the chorus, then, he reaches the pinnacle of the song with a strong announcement. On “The Angel Wars” he ends with “I’ll drift into darkness and tear out the soul of God.” With its serious theme and bleak tone, “Exile” is sure to mystify and even turn some heads away. But, for open-minded electronic music fans, old and new alike, “Exile” should be embraced. It’s ironic that a record entitled “Exile” should be the record that brings Gary Numan warm acceptance. (Cleopatra) Mike Pfeiffer Sorry, for the long message, but, if I'm going to initiate myself, I'm going to make it last. Mike Pfeiffer "I've seen the problem -- and the problem's you... I'm here to pick up the pieces." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 23:47:28 -0400 From: Randall Wolf Subject: West Palm Beach Numan Tix To: numan@cs.uwp.edu Hello, This is the SECOND numan gig I have had to opt out of due to work constraints, I guess I will catch the next tour or charlotte :-( Anyway, I have four tickets to the West Palm Beach gig, for $70, (ticketmaster=$100) this is a very intimate venue with reserved seating, the seats are four consecutive, fifth row, center. The date is the 27th (next wed) Midway airlines has really cheap roundtrip flights into WPB and the venue is 5 minutes away from the airport as well as the hampton inn which is the closest decent hotel the the show. this was the show I really hate to miss because it is in my hometown and I listened to the most numan years ago in a small apt. 2 blocks from this venue, and yes, the paint WAS peeling off of the walls Randall Wolf rswolf@earthlink.net rwolf@raleigh.ibm.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:42:52 GMT0BST From: "James Chapman" Subject: what To: numan@cs.uwp.edu How much are the following worth? I Die:You Die 7" on green vinyl Berserker Live EP 12" on white vinyl Living Ornaments 80 LP-the record is actually printed side 2 on both sides but one of the sides plays side 1(is that clear?) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- They crawl out of their holes for me...... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:24:26 EDT From: DLFiumara Subject: Who am I? To: numan@cs.uwp.edu I really don't remember my first exposure to Gary Numan. I'm sure it was while I was in college (over 20 years ago). I still have the records (remember them?) I bought then, "Telekon" and "Replicas", for example. I was afraid that Numan's music was just a memory. I had been searching for CDs for a while, since my tapes are disintegrating, and finally found the "Premier Hits" CD, then "Random". I was so happy to hear that his older music will be re-released! I can't wait to hear "I Dream of Wires" again. I went to the Philadelphia show at the TLA, alone, since I know no other fans. It was a great time. I'm so glad I got to see him live at least once in my life! I listen to Nine Inch Nails, REM, Kraftwerk, Bach and Marilyn Manson. Strange tastes for a 41 year old woman, no? ------------------------------ End of Gary Numan Digest ******************************