Re: Stuff...

[gareth james <gtbcomps@ya...co.uk>]

Thanks Lisa, you're a star, and far better looking than gerald!
  
  Forget an insider at EMI, what we need is someone on the Mercury Music 
panal as a BA fan, now that could send them stellar!
  
  How would that be for a ressurection?
  
  I wont be able to make the borderline, so hopefully will see them 
somewhere on tour, even is Rodney isn't there (sob sob)
  By the way lisa, you forgot to add Wojtek to those needing to fly to the 
US.
  
  new album makes up for the cancellation of next week - can't wait!
  Is 'altitude' an old unreleased album or is it crammed full of new stuff 
not yet recorded? please inform
  
  Cheers
  gtb

Lisa Ash <chipaway@th...freeserve.co.uk> wrote:  Mornin'!

Had a beer or three yesterday then, fired a million questions at Gerard 
and got a few answers for you all...  Some people will know some of 
this but I thought I'd better get it all covered!  By the way, if any 
of you were anywhere near Mannet Street last night and went to see 
Steve Winn (Wynn? WINE??!) at The Borderline, Gerard went there 
afterwards so you could have actually found some of this out for 
y'selves...  I did think to text Chris and ask him to tell you all via 
his mac, but then I thought, nah, sod the lot of ya!  ;o) xxx

Oh, and we got a bird in the pub to take a photo of us both together so 
that you can see that we are not, in fact, the same person!  Gerard 
pitched it to this poor girl as, "Excuse me, would you mind just taking 
a photo of me and my friend - there are people who don't believe we 
exist"!  Which is not exactly what I explained, but hey-ho, it was a 
long afternoon!

SO!

First things first.  I told Gerard about people booking hotels and 
tickets and things for the Fiddlers gig and he was so sorry!  Bit his 
bottom lip and everything!  He re-itterated that he definitely never 
confirmed the gig to them and that they just assumed the BA's would 
play.  He's really sorry that people are now out of pocket and 
dissappointed and sends his total apologies.  He added that if any of 
you just come up to him at the Borderline, he will be happy to give you 
his entire back catalogue of rare Aeroplanes stuff and buy you drinks 
all night, maybe even take you out to dinner and a show after...  
(Okay, I just made that bit up.  But, honestly, I think you should all 
push for it!)

Swagger's out in January, then Altitude will be out in March.  Both on 
EMI (a THREE record deal attached purely to Blue Aeroplanes stuff, not 
things he may want to record outside of the BA's).  The 2nd CD in the 
Swagger rerelease is a compilation of all the EP tracks from Jacket 
Hangs and You Are Loved, plus a dance mix of And Stones, some demo or 
other with Michael Stipe's vocals tweeked, an electric version of 
Careful Boy and a hurdy gurdy(?!?!  I know!) version of Love Come 
Round.  13 tracks in all... guess which ones I've never heard of!?!

The gig at The Borderline is 31st January.  Borderline-up (see what I 
did there?!) is:
Gerard
Wojtek (yes, he had to spell that for me!)
Rodney
Lovely John Langley (Daaaww)
Joe Allen (Strangelove)
Julian Pransky-Poole (Strangelove. Strange name!)
Max Noble
And possibly Alex Lee (if he's not busy with Placebo, which is 
something he's been asked to do, or something...) and also possibly 
Angelo if he's not Massive Attacking.

Then there will be this tour thing starting in March - no Rodney as 
he's (*ahem*) "busy", but Gerards got other options which may or may 
not include just incorporating John Langley's current instrumental band 
into the Blue Aeroplanes.  He's not sure yet where the venues will be, 
some dates in Europe, definitely.  I really did impress on him that the 
American fans would LOVE a gig or two and and suggested that as it's 
only £99 to get to New York and as long as there's him, Rodney and 
John, then he could pretty much hire session musicians for the rest of 
the line up and give the Americans something to get excited about too.  
He looked thoughtful and ponderous... so watch this space I guess.  :o)

Gerard IS also going to the States in March anyway to do something 
called, "South By South West" (which is why he thought a few gigs 
around it would be possible).  I don't know much about it, I'm sure 
they have a website!  It's a pretty shit-hot music industry thing by 
all accounts and he's been asked to play there.  So anyone in Austin, 
Texas may just be in luck if it's open to the likes of us ordinary 
punters!  I'd say, Google it.

It's possible that they may release "Bagpipe Music" on CD (who was it 
who asked that?), but it's quite dependant on Simon Edwards, who 
own's/has the only copy of/was given rights to all the Art Objects 
stuff - or something!?! ...  (I have no idea what I'm writing here by 
the way, its all verbatim!).  I said that someone on the list has been 
asking for it for ages, he said it could be done...

Website!
Lots of plans coming together.  Too much to write down but it's all 
good!  Nora, if you are still here, can you email me or Gerard please 
lady?  :o)

And Mr. Steve "List-Master" Thomas, I will be in yer Inbox presently 
too!  ...Oh.  Actually, no I wont, I've just checked and I havent kept 
any emails with your address on them!  Can you possibly email me at 
chipaway@th...freeserve.co.uk when you can my lovely?  That'd be 
grand, I have a question to ask you... :o)
(Sorry everyone else - I didnt mean that to sound all pretentious and 
secretive, just that I'm here, this is a VERY long email and this 
seemed like the quickest way!)

Lastly, does anyone in Bristol know of a good, secure rehearsal space 
where bands can leave their equipment set up?

Christ!  I'm knackered now!  I need mocha and a ciggie!
Think that's everything...?
Yeah.
Cool.
Okay then.
Bye!

Lis
xxx










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