OFF: Spacehead (was: calling jonathan jarrett)

[Andrew Garibaldi]

Hey  Jon - ya'd never start a war with me - however much I may disagree with
things people say, everyone is entitled to a point of view - what people who
heard the Spacehead CD's on Dead Earnest must remember is that they are
demos,outtakes and live stuff an dworks in progress - but to be honest they
sell well, the first one now being deleted, so there are a lot of hapy
punters out there.
Anyway, keep talking - make it constructive - all is well,
Andy G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Jarrett" <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Spacehead (was: calling jonathan jarrett)


> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 03:35:21PM +0100, Daniel Jackson typed out:
> > what's yer problem with spacehead mate?
> > mr dibs
>
>         Well. Since you ask me. In a public forum and all. The polite and
> tactful answer would be that though I have some time for _Of Stars and
> Time_, I think that the loss of Phil H. deprives Spacehead of an important
> texture and subtlety that made its impact more solemn and deep, and that
> the more basic and high-speed version that exists now lacks the appeal
> that that solemnity gave it.
>
>         The tactless and impolite version would be to refer you to these
> older postings of mine on the subject. And before you look at them, if you
> can honestly be bothered, I should stress that I'm not a musician,
> couldn't do what they do [1] and that you should probably impute any
> difference in our perspectives to my deviant taste rather than their
> output.
>
>         But, I can be found putting in the boot in:
>
> <http://listserv.spc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9909C&L=BOC-L&P=R599>
>
> <http://listserv.spc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0101A&L=BOC-L&P=R8084>
>
>         Though I even found some nice things to say about them while
> attempting not to start a flamewar with Andy Garibaldi over my suggesting
> Krel were a touch imitative, in:
>
> <http://listserv.spc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0101D&L=BOC-L&P=R12144>
>
>         But what, as Bernard Shaw said, are you and I against so
> many? Hopefully you will be happy to discount me as a madman. Yours,
>                                                                      Jon
> Jarrett
>
> [1] Now I scout through them I notice I said I could write better
> lyrics. But I've only got _Of Stars and Time_ so yours may have
> outstripped mine in quality since then, and in any case the fundamental
> thing would be that none of mine have been recorded.
> ObCD: Monster Magnet - _Dopes To Infinity_
> --
>         Jonathan Jarrett                Birkbeck College, London
>                  jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
>         --------------------------------------------------------
>   "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." (Tom Waits)