Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/10/86)
Really-From: sgi!msg (Mark Grossman)
After about 2 years of trying to get onto the KB fan "mailing list",
I finally hooked up to netnews and discovered mod.music.gaffa. Whatta treat!
So, 1st question: does anybody have a catalog no. for The Single File?
2nd question: does anyone else out there think as I do that she peaked on
The Dreaming and that (the videos of) her old stage shows were embarrassing?
Mark Grossman
Silicon Graphics
-- Mark
{ucbvax,ames}!sgi!msgLove-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/10/86)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan) > So, 1st question: does anybody have a catalog no. for The Single > File? The video tape or the boxed set of singles? The boxed set of singles is now out of print, I am told. > 2nd question: does anyone else out there think as I do that she peaked on > The Dreaming [...] Well, since *The Dreaming* is the greatest creation that exists or ever will exist, this is to be expected. > [...] and that (the videos of) her old stage shows were > embarrassing? No. She could get kind of silly every now and then, but what do you expect from a 20 year-old girl? Everything in the shows is inspired, if not perfect, and overall I think that they are completely wonderful. I can't imagine a better concert. The amount of effort Kate put into those concerts is just incredible. |>oug "the delicate flesh -- yes, yes, I accept the gift."
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (12/12/86)
Really-From: cbmvax!eric@gilligan.ARPA (Eric Cotton) Mark Grossman writes: >2nd question: does anyone else out there think as I do that she peaked on >The Dreaming and that (the videos of) her old stage shows were embarrassing? Well, Mark, I must admit that I agree with Doug in that I also believe that 'The Dreaming' is a marvel to listen to and truly a modern masterpiece. To say that Kate peaked on this album I think does her dicredit as 'The Dreaming' is hard to beat. I think Kate still has incredible potential and her best may be yet to come. However, even if *I* think 'Hounds of Love' is second to 'The Dreaming' (albeit a CLOSE second), a second-best from Kate still shines brighter over the best from most other artists! Concerning the videos, I've had the Hammersmith (sp?) show for some time and recently came into the possession of 'The Single' file and confess that I find them a pleasure to watch if for no other reason than my infatuation for Kate. Beyond that, though, I really, honestly do find her dance interpret- ations interesting to watch. The video for "The Dreaming" really fascinates me, as do many of the others. Personally, I find her videos refreshing after ODing on overblown, over-produced (uh oh, there's that word again!) eMpTyV videos. I really think that you must watch Kate's a few times to really appreciate them. Eric Cotton "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." /*========================================================================*/ /*==== UUCP: {ihnp4|allegra|seismo|pyramid!amiga}!cbmvax!eric ====*/ /*==== US mail: Commodore Technology / 1200 Wilson Drive ====*/ /*==== West Chester, PA 19380 ====*/ /*==== phone: (215) 431-9180 ====*/ /*========================================================================*/
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (12/12/86)
Really-From: decvax!decwrl!sun!wdl1!sgi!msg@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Grossman) > The video tape or the boxed set of singles? The boxed set of singles > is now out of print, I am told. I was hoping for the singles... what a shame. I saw them in Tower Records one day last year, I thought "I'll have to come back for this!" and the next thing I knew no one at the store had even heard of them. I'd gladly pay someone for a casette copy! > Well, since *The Dreaming* is the greatest creation that exists or > ever will exist, this is to be expected. OK.... fine.... just checking.... But really, the more I listen to HOL, the more interesting it gets. Especially having gotten hints from .gaffa and from various reviews about what some of them relate to. It just doesn't quite have the kick inside, the whiplash mise-en-scene of the all-holy Dreaming. Maybe her adolescent _weltschmertz_ is burning off? > > [...] and that (the videos of) her old stage shows were > > embarrassing? > > No. She could get kind of silly every now and then, but what do you > expect from a 20 year-old girl? Everything in the shows is inspired, > if not perfect, and overall I think that they are completely > wonderful. I can't imagine a better concert. The amount of effort > Kate put into those concerts is just incredible. That's just the thing. Her music shows such relative maturity even, say, in the '79 of the Odeon concert. But the staging was SO self-indulgent... kind of like a 6th grader's R&R fantasy of the school play. I could see the effort that went into it, but it just made me blush. Maybe the later video is different... I haven't seen it. There are a few other KB devotees here at SGI. If you're listening, hi, boys! -- Mark