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alloy-digest         Friday, September 7 2007         Volume 12 : Number 132



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Re: Alloy: Nice Steve McQueen reissue review from NPR  [wcs@williamsteffey]
  Alloy: New UK date added to tour!               [Merujo <merujo@gmail.com>]

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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:06:10 -0400
From: wcs@williamsteffey.com
Subject: Re: Alloy: Nice Steve McQueen reissue review from NPR

thanks, Merujo! a plesant nightcap for a hectic day.
- -William

Quoting Merujo <merujo@gmail.com>:

>
> Driving home tonight (with a really nasty headcold and sore throat I
> thought I'd shaken off) I tuned in NPR just in time for "All Things
> Considered." What a pleasant surprise to hear a nice review -- and
> trip down memory lane -- about Steve McQueen and Prefab Sprout.
>
> The transcript -- and audio link -- to the piece is here:
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14164968
>
> Give a listen rather than read it, at least initally. There's
> something about hearing this guy lay the needle on his scratchy, poppy
> LP of Two Wheels Good that just warms my heart. Made me want to do the
> same thing. He's got some very complimentary things to say about Paddy
> McAloon and his tremendous talent.
>
> I have to admit, as I sat outside my apartment listening, I kept
> thinking, "C'mon... when are you gonna mention the fantastic
> production??? ?Donde esta the 'Dolby content'?"
>
> And the guy did not disappoint, wrapping up his piece thusly:
>
> "Twenty-two years after its initial release, this deluxe reissue of
> Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen  the original Thomas Dolby productions
> and the new acoustic reinterpretations  never fails to surprise me,
> soothe me, intoxicate me and lift me."
>
> :)
>
> --
> "We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." -- Stevie Wonder

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:24:33 -0400
From: Merujo <merujo@gmail.com>
Subject: Alloy: New UK date added to tour!

Any Yorkshire folk out here? Mr. Dolby is headed your way. :)

TMDR will be playing the Picturedrome in Holmfirth, Yorkshire on
October 6th. I just checked out the venue's website -- looks really
funky!

Cheers,

Melissa

- -- 
"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." -- Stevie Wonder

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