Please will you stop my membership to this list!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: modslist-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:08 AM Subject: modslist-digest V1 #1030 > > modslist-digest Monday, November 15 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1030 > > > > In this issue: > > FAQ ["Brian P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > FAQ ["Brian P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > one hit wonders ["Amanda Jane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: Tokyo Garage & Monsters Article [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Rare Vespa Rally 180 for sale ["Jason Ringgold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: "Bardot A Go Go at LAX Recap [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Re: one hit wonders [Jeff Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: one hit wonders [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > RE: one hit wonders ["Anakin Skywalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: one hit wonders [Lucky Strike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: one hit wonders [Mark McNulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: one hit wonders [Jeff Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > RE:weeping little mod boy [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... ["Katrina Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Re: There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... ["Dennis Campa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > "Barbarella" new movie [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Manchester [ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: mods and the outside world [ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > NU ["Katrina Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Re: There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... [Mark McNulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Re: NU [ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > [none] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Re: [ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:14:43 -0500 > From: "Brian P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FAQ > > Once again, I'd like to remind you all to read the modslist FAQ at the > below URL, to remind yourselves of a few things. In particular, personal > emails should not be sent to the modslist and flames are not appropriate. > > There was an unusually large amount of postings to the list this weekend > that should not have been sent at all. > > Brian Poust > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:17:19 -0500 > From: "Brian P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FAQ > > Once again, I'd like to remind you all to read the modslist FAQ at the > below URL, to remind yourselves of a few things. In particular, personal > emails should not be sent to the modslist and flames are not appropriate. > > There was an unusually large amount of postings to the list this weekend > that should not have been sent at all. > > Brian Poust > http://modslist.home.mindspring.com/faq.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:12:30 GMT > From: "Amanda Jane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: one hit wonders > > I'm trying to put together a CD of some great songs by bands who only had > the one good song..thus one hit wonders. Any suggestions? > > Amanda > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:39:41 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Tokyo Garage & Monsters Article > > For all Bostonians...there was a good article in the Boston Herald newspaper on Friday > Nov12th pg s36 on the crazy 60's Tokyo garage & monster event we had. Sorry for the late info, > check their website. > -Vinny > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 18:47:13 -0000 > From: "Jason Ringgold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Rare Vespa Rally 180 for sale > > Rare late 60's Vespa Rally 180 for sale on e-bay. No bargains to be had, but > a brilliant scooter which I am reluctantly selling due to the fact that I am > in another country and it is cost prohibitive to ship it over. Check it out > @: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200397953 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:00:19 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Bardot A Go Go at LAX Recap > > Bardot A Go Go was fab (once the dinner folks left around 10 pm!), but a bit > Tres Chic for most of the LA, crowd! This was evident, since most of the > attendes were From San Fran or San Diego. > > So sad that Carrie "Swing" Dubnier and Dave Dubnier of Scoot Quarterly could > drive all the way from SF, with their Vespa (none the less) and Mr. Terry > Ellsworth, who had been such a help on the pre-promotion of Bardot club had > fallen asleep and missed the event! > > The fashion was amazing! A lot of the crowd looked as if they just walked in > from Carnaby St, via 1966! Must also add that Pink Frankenstein is a > brilliant D.J. playing a mixture of French soul, (wha hooooooooo!), French > pop (long live Serge Gainsberg) and French "Girls In The Garage" type stuff! > A big thanks to Sr. Amore for all his help too! > > Lee & Aime > > << > Anyway, to change the subject, I remember a post a while back about a free > night (I think the club was called Brigitte Bardot?) at the club at LAX? (I > can't remember if that was the name). I've been out of town, and I wondered > if it had happened (and anyone on here went) was it any good? >> > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:50:26 -0800 > From: Jeff Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: one hit wonders > > Amanda Jane wrote: > > > > I'm trying to put together a CD of some great songs by bands who only had > > the one good song..thus one hit wonders. Any suggestions? > > Soft Cell - "Run Away" > Gary Neuman - "Cars" > Devo - "Whip It" (their only commercial success) > > That's all I can think of right now. > > Jeff > > - -- > Jeff Hunt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Boy Wonder - http://www.dropkick.org/jeff.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:08:28 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: one hit wonders > > when in rome-i promise > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 18:20:08 -0600 > From: "Anakin Skywalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: one hit wonders > > technically, as far as devo goes, jock homo and satisfaction were fairly > successful, as singles, also-- as well as girl u want, with a revent boost > from the .. ahem.. tank girl soundtrack. > > I have met average people who cant remember much about devo except "are we > not men, we are devo?" but then again, they might just be remembering the > album title. > > > > > *-----Original Message----- > *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Hunt > *Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 5:50 PM > *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject: Re: one hit wonders > * > * > *Amanda Jane wrote: > *> > *> I'm trying to put together a CD of some great songs by bands who only had > *> the one good song..thus one hit wonders. Any suggestions? > * > *Soft Cell - "Run Away" > *Gary Neuman - "Cars" > *Devo - "Whip It" (their only commercial success) > * > *That's all I can think of right now. > * > *Jeff > * > *-- > *Jeff Hunt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *The Boy Wonder - http://www.dropkick.org/jeff.html > * > > __________________________________________ > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:18:50 -0500 > From: Lucky Strike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: one hit wonders > > Jeff Hunt wrote: > > > Amanda Jane wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to put together a CD of some great songs by bands who only had > > > the one good song..thus one hit wonders. Any suggestions? > > > > Soft Cell - "Run Away" > > Ah... are you thinking of The Bronski Beat doing "Small Town Boy"... I've never > heard of Soft Cell doing a song called Run Away... though I have heard them do > Tainted Love and Where Did Our Love Go... > > > Gary Neuman - "Cars" > > What about "Are 'Friends' Electric?" > > > Devo - "Whip It" (their only commercial success) > > Their cover of Working In A Coal Mine did pretty well as did their lovely > version of "Satisfaction". > > > That's all I can think of right now. > > > > Jeff > > What's with all the 80's stuff by the way...? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 01:02:01 +0000 > From: Mark McNulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: one hit wonders > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lucky Strike > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> Soft Cell - "Run Away" > > > >Ah... are you thinking of The Bronski Beat doing "Small Town Boy"... I've never > >heard of Soft Cell doing a song called Run Away... though I have heard them do > >Tainted Love and Where Did Our Love Go... > > Yeah but Tainted Love goes "now I know I've got to run away.....". > Still, I can remember them being more than one hit wonders, > unfortunately. > > What about Weller's friends Tracie or Big Sound Authority? One hit > wonders if ever there was one. These days it's usually dance acts that > don't last more than one hit, Bizarre Inc, D-Ream all the way up to > today. I reckon Phats And Small will be next on the list. There were > shed loads in the 60's going all the way back to what's her face from > Liverpool who had, I think, the first ever number one with 'How Much Is > That Doggy In The Window?". > - -- > Mark McNulty > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:21:13 -0800 > From: Jeff Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: one hit wonders > > Lucky Strike wrote: > > > > Soft Cell - "Run Away" > > > > Ah... are you thinking of The Bronski Beat doing "Small Town Boy"... I've never > > heard of Soft Cell doing a song called Run Away... though I have heard them do > > Tainted Love and Where Did Our Love Go... > > Yes, that was the name of the song, "Tainted Love." Damn those choruses! > > > What's with all the 80's stuff by the way...? > > I am a product of the 1980's... after listening to the AM radio in my > mom's Plymouth station wagon hour after hour, things seep in. Or maybe > it was just coincidence. > > Jeff > > - -- > Jeff Hunt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Boy Wonder - http://www.dropkick.org/jeff.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 20:50:41 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE:weeping little mod boy > > In a message dated 11/12/99 12:00:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << hey DC, you're not gonna grow a beard like agrusa are you? > stay off the qualudes man > > > > Mods are gods! > Robert Knepher > http://rknepher.tripod.com >> > > No worries here of that happening > > DC > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 02:47:56 GMT > From: "Katrina Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... > > hey, some of us actually live in Scotland y'know. Besides which, I like to > think that there's some places I can actually get away from football. Which > is why I escaped to darkest London. > > Re: NU 2nd Anniversary do - Loved the Apemen - crazy fiends for whom the > stage was obviously too small ;) and the lead singer was especially fond of > (trying) to trail his mic into the gents, to much amusement all round. They > really got the party going. Loved Rachelle Piper's set too (anyone who knows > whether she does compilation tapes, email off-list, please) and thought the > girl in the crowd with the purple floppy hat looked great. More hats! > Disappeared lateish to go to the 100 Club northern do, which was totally > magic. Dancefloor like butter and tunes that just melted the heart. No more > go-go boots for me... > > Katrina > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?England=20Two=20Scotland=20Zero?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Davy, in case you were wondering... > > > >Davy, > > > > Just in case you didn't know already, I thought > >you'd like to know that Scotland lost today. > >England 2 Scotland 0. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. > >Arrghhh shiver me timbers. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 21:02:22 -0600 > From: "Dennis Campa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... > > Howdy to all in modsvile! This is my first posting on this list, thought > I'd do something on this Sunday night > whilst listening to Skip Spence's OAR album. An especially big Howdy to > Katrina! > > And she said: > > >hey, some of us actually live in Scotland y'know. Besides which, I like to > >think that there's some places I can actually get away from football. Which > >is why I escaped to darkest London. > > Yeah, yesterday here in Austin the traffic was the pits because there was a > football game @ the University. Lotsa longhorn t-shirts and caps and other > unappealing clothing. It took me forever to get back to my flat. Fans of > our horns (the University of Texas' football team) are as bad as Cowboys > fans. And I live in the land of > both of 'em. Also went to a very cool vintage clothing place here w/a pal > from Sydney (Heather from the Grind). > Forgot the name, but lotsa fab stuff. Any of ya'll on the list who come out > to Tejas should check it out (I remember exactly where it is). > > Dennis J. Campa > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:52:52 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Barbarella" new movie > > I don't recall this being discussed yet, so if it > was, I apologize. But I recently read that some > brilliant minds in Hollywood have decided to > remake "Barbarella". I guess they haven't learned > from "The Avengers" or "Mod Squad" (not to mention > the up-and-coming surefire flops "Charlie's > Angels" and a new "Shaft"). Nevertheless, > apparently Drew Barrymore is up for the title > role. I just cannot picture that somehow. > > > Stacey > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:41:14 +0000 > From: ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Manchester > > So - How was carnaby Street in Manchester this weekend? > > > It's just a pity the girls aren't coming over then we could really show you > > how it's done. > Us 'girls' got told it was a lads night and we were supposed to have a > girls night to BB, but instead i went to the party at my house got > 'perfectly pipsy on Pimms' and ended up with a slight black eye and > alcohol poisoning. Steve and Lyndsy came into Will's shop on friday > though to see who was off over to Manchester though. > > Dominic mentioned the psych kids - well, i know think you have met Chris > and Cristain...was Tom there too Matt? > > Hello Dorian by the way...and yes i do have work to do, however whether > i do it or not is a different matter entirely. By the way, it's the > 'disco 2000' dancefloor at BB Sheffield behind the reason that i've > always wanted to go! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:51:25 +0000 > From: ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: mods and the outside world > > Julian Lawton wrote: > > > > my other half, while saying she's not a mod, loves going on rallies - she > > just can't > > take it seriously to the extent that 'mods' (male or female) do. > > Then again, your 'other half' looks far more sixties/mod then some of > the girls who go to mod do's/rallies and claim to be 'mods'.... > > > >On a similar note, how do you balance the working world and modness? > It all depends where you work really doesn't it? I have friends who > work in Vintage clothes shops, therefore they can dress as extreme as > they like...but no matter what job to do it's easy to keep mod styling > and as we all know: those in the know are the ones that know - it's > dressing for yourself and what you are in to. > > 'Twinxle toes' Tinx (as Matt so nicely called me!) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:53:38 GMT > From: "Katrina Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: NU > > Realised might have got it wrong about it being Rachelle Piper doing that > northern set at the NU do - but whichever girl it was, she did great... > > Katrina > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:55:23 +0000 > From: Mark McNulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: There's better uses for legs than football, like dancing fer instance... > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Katrina Dixon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >hey, some of us actually live in Scotland y'know. Besides which, I like to > >think that there's some places I can actually get away from football. Which > >is why I escaped to darkest London. > > So what's all this about The Real Crazy Apartment closing down Stoke's > Over Under Sideways Down by one of them getting up on the mic and > shouting 'England, England....'? The doormen were called, people got > threatened and the club shut early. Is it mod to be a football > hooligan? > - -- > Mark McNulty > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:06:41 +0000 > From: ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NU > > Katrina Dixon wrote: > > > > Realised might have got it wrong about it being Rachelle Piper doing that > > northern set at the NU do - but whichever girl it was, she did great... > > > > Katrina > > it will be Rachelle Piper you mean as she does do a rather lovely RnB > set that really gets you moving. However, Lee Millers sets are along > the same lines and equally as good (though i'd say better, as Rachelle > plays a lot of the tracks he plays). Nice to have you back Kat! Cheers > for the lovely letter by the way... > > Tinx! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:18:29 -0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [none] > > Tinx wrote: > >On a similar note, how do you balance the working > world and modness? > It all depends where you work really doesn't it? I have friends who work in > Vintage clothes shops, therefore they can dress as extreme as they > like...but no matter what job to do it's easy to keep mod styling and as we > all know: those in the know are the ones that know - it's dressing for > yourself and what you are in to. > 'Twinxle toes' Tinx (as Matt so nicely called me!) > > > Being an office BT engineer, its kind of hard dressing Mod due to the fact > that we have to ware our BT issued navy blue suits, which as I have > mentioned before, are far, far from mod. > However I bend the rules a little and seem to get away with things. > I discarded my BT shirts and ware my own long sleeve shirts with target > cufflinks which are darn site better fit than the supposedly long sleeve > issued shits that stop 4" short of my wrists. > Now working in an office we are supposed to ware steel toe caps in case we > drop a pencil on our feet or something, sod that, I where my deserts or > loafers and my manager doesn't seem to mind. > I get away with not wareing the suit jacket and where my Parker. > Despite being tormented by a load of old farts believing that I live in the > past because of the way I like to dress and the cut of my hair, I am quite > happy. > However on days when I am unable to dress with a hint on modness to work, > like having to ware my 'Spray Way' fleece because its so damn cold. I don't > particularly mind because when you get home and get changed into the clothes > that you feel express you best, I appreciate them more and I find that I > like the image more. > Sorry If I sound as though I am talking bollocks but...wasn't it the > original mods who worked by day earning money to pay for their clothes an > all night parties at the weekends? > > > Jonathan > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:39:46 +0000 > From: ar128 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Being an office BT engineer, its kind of hard dressing Mod > > However I bend the rules a little and seem to get away with things. > Well there you go then, you found a way to do little things and as you > said, there is always your hair. I'm currently teaching therfore it's > highly unlikely i'll be donning full Mary Quant gear each day (except > for when i do 20th century history where the cirriculum allows us to > look at youth subcultures if we so wish). "Where there's a will there's > a way" (oh my goodness, i sound like my mother) > > Tinx > > ------------------------------ > > End of modslist-digest V1 #1030 > ******************************* > >
