Re: Gerard Q&A pt. II

[JULIAN NOBLE <jules.noble@bt...com>]

I was hoping that the Vinyl was just a first release for amusing 
historical sentimental reasons, certainly I cant see any reason to 
actually buy vinyl.  Why not wax cylinders or bakelite disc as well?  The 
very slight reduction in quality on some CD systems is mostly due to cheap 
decoders and always overtaken by the wear on vinyl after a few plays.

--- On Sun, 8/5/11, chris kemp <cjkemp@gm...com> wrote:

From: chris kemp <cjkemp@gm...com>
Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Gerard Q&A pt. II
To: "A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes" <blueplanes@bl...org>
Date: Sunday, 8 May, 2011, 2:16

Thanks for this. I feel mostly this way too. I actually don't mind the 
Q&A, or the idea of it. But I haven't owned a record player for twenty 
years. I literally haven't digested the name of the album, or the song 
titles or any other details about the album, because I know I won't be 
hearing any of it.


It would be a little like Stephen King writing his new book on stone 
tablets, available from only one shop, in Alaska.

Whatever. I'm frustrated beyond belief by this. I've supported the band 
since I first saw them live in the 1980s, bought all their albums, even 
the shitty ones. But I'm done. 


--ck

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:11 PM, phil mason <phil@ph...net> wrote:

Well, I haven't been grumpy on this list since, ummm, the last time I was 
grumpy on this list, but... What exactly was the point of that Q&A? Gerard 
is clearly an extremely (and, as far as I can tell, an infuriatingly) 
complicated person with a brainful of fascinating ideas, some of which, 
all too occasionally, manifest themselves in our ear-holes. Can no-one 
come up with some questions more worthy of an answer than "wots yer 
faverit choon?". Even Jools Holland could do better than that. I don't 
suppose Gerard offers up such banalities when he's teaching on his 
songwriting course. Sorry, Nick, but "almost entirely devoid of any 
relevant content" doesn't add up to "tantalising" in my book. 

The biggest Q for most of us, I suspect, which got a characteristically 
batted into the long grass A, was "why vinyl only?".  I am baffled by 
Gerard's apparent wish to make the album as minimally available as 
possible while at the same time expressing such great enthusiasm for it. 
Unless anyone has any genuinely enlightening explanation for this unusual 
marketing strategy then we could be forgiven for concluding that it's just 
downright perverse. The story has been dragging on too long for it still 
to be credible that there is some subtle world-conquering masterplan being 
played out here. 

Hope the gigs go well, and come and see us in King Tut's again as soon as 
you like.
Yours,Frustrated of Glasgow 



On 3 Apr 2011, at 17:42, Nathaniel Mumford wrote:

here's part 
2: http://albtwo.blogspot.com/2011/04/gerard-langley-talks-anti-gravity-pt-2.html

From: nickw@bl...co.uk
To: blueplanes@bl...org

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:48:10 +0100
Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Anti-Gravity

Thanks for that - very tantalising little interview, makes me really want 
to hear the album NOW!
 Will be buying a new stylus in time for the release. NW2
----- Original Message -----From: Nathaniel Mumford
To: blueplanes@blueaeroplanes.orgSent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Anti-Gravity

OK, so some of you will know our label helped to put out 'China Brilliance 
Automotive', and we're going to be doing something similar with the 
release of the album. It's excellent, by the way, if that's not betraying 
any confidences. 

Gerard took the time to answer a few questions from us about the album & 
other stuff that you can find on our blog - http://albtwo.blogspot.com/
I'll put the rest up over the weekend.
Nat 



> From: nickw@bl...co.uk
> To: blueplanes@bl...org

> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:38:07 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Anti-Gravity
> 
> Nice cover, though. Really unexpected.
> 
> NW2
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> 
> I can see the tracklist on their website now:
> 
> Side 1
> 
> Sulphur
> Angels Carter
> 25 Kinds Of Love
> Oak Apple Day
> My Old Hanunts (Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood)

> Nothing
> 
> Side 2
> 
> Go Along With Me On This One
> Great Movie Clichés
> Pretty Head (Raising Cain & Pulses)
> One World Passport
> Born Again, Again

> Cancer Song
> 
> And as much as I like vinyls, I really hope for the download link too...
> 
> Anna
> 
> 
> 

> 
> On 31 March 2011 14:48, <stevetreacle@ho...com> wrote:
> > I've got a really good turntable! Can't wait for the new album!

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