Re: Gerard Q&A pt. II

[Trevor <boyds56@ti...co.uk>]

Just get a turntable!


On 8 May 2011, at 07:31, JULIAN NOBLE wrote:

> 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@bl...org
> > Sent: 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
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Anna Slastanova" <annaslastanova@gm...com>
> > > To: <stevetreacle@ho...com>; "A Discussion list for The Blue  
> > Aeroplanes"
> > > <blueplanes@bl...org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:10 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Anti-Gravity
> > >
> > >
> > > 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!
> > > > ------------------
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Rockerq@ao...com
> > > > Sender: blueplanes-bounces@bl...org
> > > > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:41:20
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> > > > Reply-To: A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes
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> > > > Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Anti-Gravity
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