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I'm also tempted by Shrewsbury, but I'm not sure if I'll be coming down from Liverpool or up from Bristol yet. May even stop off there on way back from Liverpool to Bristol! If anyone is going from either direction then please post nearer the time as I'll be hankering for a lift I expect, although there is the faint possibility that I may be able to provide one.

Tom - I'm a Rovers fan in the same position as you! The fact that I work (albeit part time nowadays) for the company that has its name emblazoned across City's shirts doesn't hurt too much!

PV1

From: "Tom Berry" Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net To: Subject: [Blueplanes] Re: cavaliers Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:37:45 -0000 i can't see that cavaliers is nearly anywhere near the best that they've done, in fact along with Bop Art I think it's the worst. Swagger/miracles & friendloverplane are my best, but the former I put down to Angelo and Alex's influence who were, along with Gerard,in my humble opinion, the musical creativity of the band. I'm tempted by Shrewsbury due to family connections, and my birthday coming up, but fuck me, I was singing raise the roof 3 years ago in a psychiatric unit!! Anyway, my favourite album of the year must be Athlete's vehicles and animals. I'm not a big one for words/lyrics, (apart from 'you always hurt the ones you love, but i don't think it's true...etc..)but for pure catchiness from start to finish, that album has it. Stuart, thanks for your support(!!!!) It's tough writing to the digest with so many diehards-but when Bristol City are Crap-often, I tend to agree and don't shout 'if you all hate rovers clap your hands'. I agree they are the best live band in the world and I'm Bristolian, but do they/does he want them to be the best band in the world? Best Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: Blueplanes digest, Vol 1 #177 - 10 msgs > Send Blueplanes mailing list submissions to > blueplanes@st...net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.sthomas.net/mailman/listinfo/blueplanes > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > blueplanes-request@st...net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > blueplanes-admin@st...net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blueplanes digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. follow ing on from what edward said (Tom Berry) > 2. Re: following on from what edward said (Stuart Winfield) > 3. following on from what edward said (Paul Vallis) > 4. Re: following on from what edward said (Nev's Hotmail) > 5. Re: following on from what edward said (Philip Rush) > 6. Re: following on from what edward said (Paul Vallis) > 7. Re: following on from what edward said (Stuart Winfield) > 8. RE: following on from what edward said (Steve Burt) > 9. Re: following on from what edward said (Stuart Winfield) > 10. RE: following on from what edward said (Paul Vallis) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > From: "Tom Berry" > To: > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:17:06 -0000 > Subject: [Blueplanes] following on from what edward said > Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net > > This is all dead negative but......I tend to agree with you in your > frustrations, Edward.-over releases, gigs and the web site. I think my > expectations have always been to high when it comes to the aeroplanes. I > became a fan about a 2 years before Swagger was released and managed to > catch them at Ashton Court in '88, with a truly stunning set-mostly spitting > out miracles. As i remember nick jacobs, ruth cochrane, wojtek, angelo, > Richard Bell, Gerard and Rodney coming on at the end.I'd never seen anything > like it before and won't ever again, for pure entertainment.- After which > came the Swagger line-up. > I've written to the band(no response), been to most of their gigs in Bristol > since '88, but this year I couldn't be bothered. I was very tempted by the > thought of Angelo playing, but as my better half said 'we've been to the > last 3 or 4 at the fiddlers and fleece, ashton court etc and they are always > the same, still living off the glories of the early 90's'. I tended to > agree. > I don't know whether there were any live outings when the Larder sisters > were in the band (Radon daugh ters), but I would have liked to have seen them > involved, something a bit different. > In terms of albums, I was desperately dissapointed with Cavaliers, which > was shambolic and really didn't work 'live'. Record player was a much better > offering with some great riffs, despite the poor production quality. > I don't think that the 'blue aeroplanes' actually exist anymore as a band, > with one gig a year. It seems to just be Gerard and whoever he can get hold > of at the time. God knows how he pays the bills, I wonder if he signs on? > I do look forward to hearing the new (old) album, hope the productions good > and that there is more to come from the 'raise the roof' house of riffs. > Finally, if I was in the band I would definately subcribe to this service > and offer feed back to old cynics like myself, and offer people news that > the website has sadly lacked. After all we're the paying punters! ( Pat Fish > suffers at the hands of my rambling emails, but always replies and > courteously! Now that's good customer service!!!) > On a positive note (not for Suede fans) now that Suede are finished perhaps > Alex Lee might offer a helping hand in kick starting 2004? > Sorry to go on, > Tom > > > > > > 1. Aeroplanes (edward gay) > > > > -- __--__-- > > > > Message: 1 > > From: "edward gay" > > To: blueplanes@st...net > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:05:05 +0000 > > Subject: [Blueplanes] Aeroplanes > > Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net > > > >

Went to see the > aeroplanes at Fiddlers club on Fri 5th Dec.They were terrific although the > sound seemed slightly unbalanced in the first half.But "Breaking in my > Heart" was a storming reminder of why theyre such a great band.I spoke to > Rodney Allen before the gig and he informed me the band had recorded loads > of material but was unclear when any of it was going to be > released,instructing me to ask Gerard which unfortunately I was unable to > do.Its a shame for all us aeroplane fanatics that the band only release > material on a highly irregular basis.I was told by Art Star as long ago as > March 2002 that an album's worth of material had been recorded and that the > band were touting the material around various distribution companies to try > and secure a British and American release.I remember watching Big > World Cafe in 1990 during which the aeroplanes were being highlighted as one > of the bands to watch for the future.Their st! > > ar seemed to rise 92-94 and then dwindle with line up changes etc.Its > still hard to believe theyve only released one CD of semi new > material(Cavaliers) in 7 years

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