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Police Server
by tj7 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Hi there. I am thinking about setting up a Police Hotline or Carracho server for people like me who have a decent but limited collection of live Police recordings, rarities and articles / pictures - and who are sick of having no access to the rest! I have recently started using soulseek (a bad mac version) and have had very limited success in downloading rare Police recordings. I remain surprised at the overall lack of Police web trading there is via general 'net transfer. There seems to be a small pool of long-term collectors who have an amazing stock of Police recordings etc but are simply unwilling to sell copies or will only trade - which is useless for most of us because we only have what they already have anyway. Don't you hate it when you check out someone's boot list and it just kills you that they won't make any copies because you have nothing they want? In frustration at how precious some of these collectors are, and how expensive it is to procure CDR bootlegs etc from around the world, I figured screw it! This is the age of the 'net! Why should avid Police fans have to miss out on what could be readily exchanged between themselves via a Police dedicated server? And for the curious, my server would basically have an upload for account policy and would initially contain most of the Rolling Stone covers and articles, the instrumental mixes of "Roxanne" and "EBYT", the '86 version of "de do do do...", a couple of soundboard recordings from the Zenyatta tour (Australia), some Capitol / BBC sessions and three quarters of the excellent 1979 Amsterdam (Paradiso) show... among other bits and pieces.... I would like to hear what people out there think of my idea.... tj

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Re: Police Server
by tj7 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

In just a few hours I have already received several thumbs up from fellow Police-Nerds which is a good sign. Question for interested Pleece-Geeks: I would like to know what people would prefer to be running on - HOTLINE or CARRACHO (my preferred - but is there a PC version?) ? * For those who have already mailed me - yes it's going to happen. It will take me a little while to clear out the necessary space, scan and complie magazine pics / articles (i only have an a4 scanner!) and make a whole bunch of hi-bitrate mp3s. Give me a week or two. I have done well on soulseek today - i have almost finished downloading a very good 1981 live in japan set! tj __ "...the only problem with these big screens is you can't pick your nose, you know?" Sting / Gateshead 1982

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DVD of Much More Music
by Ross Viner 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Upon re-reading the the news, it says Universal Music EUROPE will be releasing this DVD. OK, perhaps I am asking the obvious, but is it safe to assume they would also release this in the country of origin? That is Canada? To be honest I am afraid of the answer but the fact that Europe and Canada have different video types (PAL vs NTSC) worries me. I'm sure they must. They MUST. No? Isn't that common sense? Ross

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from HMV
by Ross Viner 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Check out track 14 <http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos> http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001906NQ/qid=1081406668/sr=1-80/ ref=sr_1_0_80/702-5535360-5180846 I wonder what this is? Newcastle? http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008ENS3/qid=1081406633/sr=1-68/ ref=sr_1_0_68/702-5535360-5180846 But no "Sacred Love Tour Edition" Ross

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RE: [Police] Stolen Car Remixes up on iTunes Music Store
by R. M. Prior 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

I did buy it. I'll save everyone the "typical it sucks" review and get to what you all might find interesting. It pretty much takes Sting's lyrical verses out and replaces them with very similar rap lyrics. A modified chorus exists still. Who exactly are they marketing this to? This won't appeal at all to the middle-aged demographic that was at the concert I went to here in San Antone. Perhaps the label thinks that gangstas, bitches and ho's will rush out and buy Sacred Love. But what exactly do you think the chances of that happening are? I find the whole thing bizarre. Wow, Sting - you're hip! Piece. Rich >From: Richard Ryder <ryder(a)cesmail.net> >To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: [Police] Stolen Car Remixes up on iTunes Music Store >Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:43:45 -0400 > >I just noticed that these are available as exclusives on Apple's iTunes >music store: > >Sting & Twista - Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [B. Recluse Mix - New Bridge >Version] 3:05 > >Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [B. Recluse Mix - Instrumental] 3:03 > >Even with a free song credit thanks to Pepsi I can't bring myself to buy >it. I'll probably just impulsively buy the import single when I see in in >the record store just to have the CD :) > >Rich > >_______________________________________________ >Police mailing list >Police(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp

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Please Unsubscribe Me From This Newsletter!!
by Matthew Shenk 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Please unsubscribe me!!

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Did anyone notice, when Sting was on Oprah...
by Ross Viner 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

...that they gave the audience members all free copies of "Sacred Love" and autobiography? And I doubt ANY of them were fan club members. Why wouldn't that be a perk for the $65 US premium membership? Perhaps for the book shipping would be cost prohibitive, but the CD wouldn't? What about doing this with the "Tour Edition" of "Sacred Love". What about a discounted price? While the fanclub "executives" hands are probably tied (and I am sure this stuff occurs to them), the there are LOTS of possibilities to give at least the semblance that they (I am NOT referring to the 3 club executives) care about the club members. The more I think about the membership the more I realize how little value I really got. The Vancouver show "glitch" was just a catalyst. Ross

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Re: [Police] Semi-OT: Metallica's new idea
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Good for you, Mark! You're right about the answers. CYA big time. Michelle in TX In a message dated 4/7/04 12:54:41 PM, mtigges(a)shaw.ca writes: > I'm the last person to believe AskStingAsk has any stingness to it. > It just comes off as a publicist answering and asking the questions. > > But, I'm not chicken. Here's the question I just posted. > > ''' > It's been discussed recently in a related online forum the offerings > of two of your peers. The first Peter Gabriel; his reborn "Growing > Up" tour (named Still Growing Up) has the options for fans through his > website to purchase premium ticket packages which include a signed CD > of the performance they attended. The other is Metallica; these > somewhat hypocritical musicians have decided that file trading of > their bootlegs is ok, and have an online forum at their website to > support this for their fans. > > Is there any plan afoot for the Sting tours to have any similar > feature for its fans? I for one would pay a lot of money (hint) to > access digital recordings of selections of the tour. > ''' > > You might want to go and check back at some point in the future for an > answer, I likely won't. I suspect the answer will be: > > "No, not that I'm aware of." > > If you read "his" answers at AskStingAsk they are terse and CYA > friendly. It you read his questions they are trite and boring. I for > one am not convinced he reads/writes anything there. > > Best regards, > Mark. >

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Re: [Police] Semi-OT: Metallica's new idea
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

You do it Michelle, I'm chicken shit! Michelle in TX In a message dated 4/7/04 8:13:28 AM, mlmanoni(a)earthlink.net writes: > > So has anyone considered using their privileges as a member and "Ask Sting" > these questions on Sting.com? It would be very interesting to see if he > would answer. He may know everything about the problem for us fans, or he may > know nothing. I, for one, would love to hear his answer! > > > > Michelle Manoni > > Troy, Michigan > >

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RE: [Police] Semi-OT: Metallica's new idea
by Michelle Manoni 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

So has anyone considered using their privileges as a member and "Ask Sting" these questions on Sting.com? It would be very interesting to see if he would answer. He may know everything about the problem for us fans, or he may know nothing. I, for one, would love to hear his answer! Michelle Manoni Troy, Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: Mikkel Z. Herold To: Sting-liste Sent: 4/6/2004 11:12:15 PM Subject: [Police] Semi-OT: Metallica's new idea >> * Recorded CD of the actual show attended for each guest, which >> will be signed by Peter Gabriel & sent on to the client after the >> show Or do like Metallica: They have opened their own bootleg site where anyone can download all the shows from their current tour (http://www.livemetallica.com/) Now that, my friends, is embrasing the new technology rather than whining about how bootleggers steal your money! Will we ever see Sting do something like this? Sadly, I think it's gonna be a cold day in hell before that day comes! I choose to believe that it is his management who block all these great ideas, but maybe it is our man himself? I can understand and fully respect that his focus is first and foremost on the music, but does anyone know how much he cares about all the "other stuff"? Mikkel

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