Dispatch from Kateland

Please see forwarded messages below.

  ==Cynthia==

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George the Wipe"
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:52 AM
Subject: [Gaffa] "The circus comes to town"


> The Scotsman, UK - 15 Oct 2003
> "The circus comes to town"
> http://www.news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=1137602003
>
> >>Four times a year, across two continents, in four countries, through
> numerous time zones, the British fashion pack schlep their Prada bags and
> Manolo heels to the ready-to-wear shows in the fashion capitals of the
> world.
> [...]
> Day 3. Saturday 11 October
> Today is the Chloé show, and we're all eager to see if Phoebe Philo can
> pull it off again.
> [...]
> Phoebe didn't let us down, with an eclectic mix of banana prints and 80s
> back references. She comes out at the end to genuine applause as a
> pumped-up version of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill booms out. [...]<<

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George the Wipe"
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:37 AM
Subject: [Gaffa] Steve Coogan AKA Alan Partridge


> A new "Alan Partridge" DVD will be released sometime soon.
>
> I'm mentioning this just because the guy is also known for his hilarious
> "Kate Bush Medley" that he performed on the 1999 Comic Relief show (and
> earlier on "Steve Coogan Live - The Man Who Thinks He's It").
>
> You can download parts of the Comic Relief show here:
> http://www.alanattack.co.uk/comic99.html
>
> >>Part 8
> Alan prepares to hand over the show to Dave Clifton and goes downmarket
> with a comment about Kate Bush.
>
> Part 8 Audio - (277kb)
>
> "Just time to squeeze in Kate Bush, I don't mean squeeze into Kate Bush,
> squeeze into Kate's Bush"
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Part 9
> Alan reveals his big Kate Bush gauntlet.
>
> Part 9 Audio - (378kb)
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Part 10
> Alan performs his Kate Bush medley.
>
> Part 10 Audio - (988kb)<<
>
>
> Lyrics to the medley here:
> http://www.alan-partridge.co.uk/songlyrics/katebush.txt
>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George the Wipe"
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: [Gaffa] Top eccentric


> The Observer, UK - 19 Oct 2003
> "The 10 greatest eccentrics"
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,11109,1062840,00.html
>
> >>Popular music will always need eccentrics, the people who show
> mainstream life how things can be stranger, more beautiful, or just...
> different. These 10 singers, musicians and producers are, arguably, the
> most peculiar of all.
>
> 1. Kate Bush
> Number One because she brought her own brand of rural gothic eccentricity
> right to the very heart of the mainstream. In deepest Plumstead, she spent
> her teenage years running the Incredible String Band fan club, then
> studied mime under Lindsay Kemp, the man who gave Bowie similiar ideas
> about the poetic power of prancing about. To this end, La Bush even made
> leggings and spangly cat suits almost trendy for a brief instant. Her
> first moment remains her finest: 'Wuthering Heights', Emily Bronte's
> gothic novel rendered as a three minute pop song. She later did the same
> for Molly Bloom's solliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses on The Sensual
> World. Now a pop recluse without being an acid casualty, rumours persist
> that she is working on an album, the first since 1993. A major influence
> on inspired loons like Bjork, Tricky, even Tori Amos. Altogether now:
> 'Heathcliff, it's me - Cathy. Come home. I'm so cold! Let me in-a-your
> window.' [...]<<
>
>
> "... spent her teenage years running the Incredible String Band fan
> club...", eh?
>
> Didn't know that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "André Randsdorp"
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Kate_Bush]

<CJC:  André sent along a very interesting review of HOL written by Tom
Doyle to the Kate Bush Yahoo! Group  It's from Q Magazine's website.
Actually, all of the reviews they have on Kate's albums are interesting.
They're probably not "new" though.  These reviews can be accessed from:
http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.artist&fixture=ARTIST&month=&year=&rating=0&slug=Kate+Bush&subresource_filter=reviews
>