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Re: [EVENT] Carnival of Souls, faetal, Filth



Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> La Maline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message:
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
> 
>> Alfred Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
>> 
>>> on 07 Nov 2003 in uk.music.alternative, La Maline chanted thus:
>>> 
>>>> Alfred Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
>>>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>>>> 
>>>>> on 06 Nov 2003 in uk.music.alternative, La Maline chanted thus:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Pee poo belly bum drawers!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is that the support band? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh yah. By the way, if you fancy a piece of my past:-
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2570637948
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm not the seller. I wouldn't have the nerve to ask 8.99 for the
>>>>> thing. 
>>>> 
>>>> And postage not included.  That's outrageous!  Can you remember how
>>>> much it cost originally? 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> What did singles cost in 1979? 
>> 
>> 50/75p?
>> 
>>> I think it cost about 50p to produce
>>> each one (for a lot of 500) and they sold for about 1.50. We sold
>>> them through distributors such as Rough Trade and Virgin who bought
>>> boxes of 50 for 50 quid a time (ie a quid a record). I remember
>>> getting a cheque from Virgin which was drawn on a Coutts bank
>>> account, which exemplifies Richard Branson's grandiosity.
>>> 
>>> Of course we gave a lot of them away to family, friends and anyone
>>> else who wanted one. We weren't in it for the money, maaan.
>> 
>> Ah, right.  I missed the "you" connection by a mile.  Alfred - Bass. 
>> Doh. 
>> 
>> Perhaps you can settle an ongoing dispute we've had in another group. 
>> It's regards Jack White, of White Stripes fame, and his Seven Nation
>> Army track. 
>> 
>> The studio version [and apparently the live version too, which is said
>> to be poor] sounds like he uses both a 6 string and a bass - but
>> different sources say different things.  Some say he used a bass
>> backing track to do it live, others say he used an octave divider to
>> get the key.  Liner notes make no mention of the bass.
>> 
>> Wotchya reckon?
> 
> Funnily enough, 

Jeezus your xface made me jump!

> i was watching him play said song on the mtv awards (or 
> something) this evening, and i said (aloud!), "Who's playing the bass?"
> 
> Looked like just an effects pedal to me.

You couldn't see?
 
> Are you the only two (3? 4?) left?

Jyoti is our ruler.  Only he's away.  



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