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From India
by Anne Robinson 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

SOUTHERN NEWS - KARNATAKA February 8, 2005 The message in a bottle: Won’t explain my songs, says Sting Friday February 4 2005 09:11 IST CHENNAI: ‘‘Sting is a name I have had for most of my life. My parents call me something else; but then they didn’t know me when they gave me that name. This name was given me by my friends who knew me really well.’’ That’s legendary singer Sting speaking about his own name. He was speaking to an eager crowd of reporters a day before his first concert in Bangalore. Dressed in black and a warm smile, Sting spoke about his music, his connection with India, his song writing, his book, his inspiration, politics and spirituality, while cameras clicked tirelessly. Sting’s first visit to India was in 1980. Since then, he has brought all his children here on holidays. For the last 15 years, he has been practising yoga. He says he enjoys Indian culture, music and people. About music, he says, ‘‘I know enough about Indian music to know I don’t know much. But I do know its complexity and I love it.’’ His own music has travelled through different genres and styles. ‘‘I regard music and religion as linked. It is an endless pursuit. My journey is to understand as much as I can. So far, my journey has been of a kind that goes by popular likes,’’ Sting explains. ‘‘I don’t belong to any particular religious denomination. This (music) is my God.’’ And it is sometimes his children who introduce him to new forms of music. ‘‘I have six children. The eldest is 28 and the youngest is eight. Their taste in music is very varied. It was my 18-year-old who told me about hip-hop,’’ he says. When asked if he wants to convey any message through his songs, Sting says that people should glean what the song is trying to say. ‘‘I am not going to explain a joke; it’s not funny anymore. I am not going to explain my songs either,’’ he says. Sting says that just about everything in his life has influenced him. But the encouragement to start was probably the popularity of The Beatles. ‘‘The Beatles gave permission to my generation in England to try. And I am one of the successful ones,’’ he says. The question, the answer to which was most eagerly waited for: ‘‘Will The Police get back together?’’ Sting says, after a laugh, that there would be two reasons to put the group back in order. One is financial, and the other nostalgia. ‘‘I am not very sentimental; not very nostalgic. And I am not interested in the money. So, no!’’ The ‘‘Sacred Love’’ concert will be held on Friday at Palace Grounds. ~Anne

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Racing Stripes
by Josh Corwin 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

For all those with Winamp to play MP3 files, here is s step by step for free version of Inside Rail. 1.Open Winamp 2. Type Alt-L (this opens the media browser) 3. On the left, you should see streaming media. Double click it to bring down a list of items 4.Click on Winamp Music from the list 5. In the search box, type "racing" 6.This should limit the playlist to the racing stripes soundtrack - Fortunately, Sting's track is the first of the cd and starts immediately Good Luck Course if this doesn't work for you, the cd is on sale already, as well as mp3 for purchase/download around the net... Great track if you haven't heard it... -Josh

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STUNG Friday @ Last Day Saloon, SF
by Stunglive＠cs.com 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

STUNG: Reminding the world The Police ROCK! www.stunglive.com <<< STUNG this week >>> FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH LAST DAY SALOON - 406 Clement St. (@ 5th Ave.), SF w/ special guests CHRONIC TOWN (R. E. M. Tribute) STUNG headlines this Friday night (2/11) at the LAST DAY SALOON in San Francisco, for a full night of Police tunes! Opening the show are special guests CHRONIC TOWN, an R.E.M. cover band who have been getting rave reviews. This promises to be a great night of 80's music. Get advance tickets (recommended) at Ticketweb.com: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=detail&event=569825&inter… Thanks to everyone who came out to the recent shows at Dan's in Walnut Creek, as well as the sold-out Bimbo's 365 Club with the incomparable Tainted Love! Check out pics on the "Photos" page at www.stunglive.com of these and other recent STUNG events (including chumming with Police drummer Stewart Copeland at the recent NAMM convention in January!) FYI - "Uncle" Ian Copeland, our shepherd and The Police and Sting's agent from 1977-2001, "discovered" R.E.M. while they worked as drivers at his FBI booking Agency in Georgia. He even booked them their first big gig…opening for The Police at Shea Stadium on the Synchronicity tour. It will be fun to relive those moments with STUNG & CHRONIC TOWN this Friday night at the Last Day Saloon, SF! Visit www.stunglive.com for more info, maps and chances at free passes! Right-o, then! STUNG - Reminding the World The Police ROCK! www.stunglive.com

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Re: Andy Summers Question
by Mike Greenberg 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

Thanks for your replies on this. I encourage you to check out Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Hyde Park (2004 CD). They have evolved into a very important rock band since there days of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and this CD features their latest work and showcases John's abilities. Agreed, Summers background is far more diverse. I would compare John's melody writing to that of Sting's (when he was with the Police), only in the sense of creating uniquely styled hit songs. The artists that work with John are in awe and say he is in another league. Anyways, thanks for the discussion and I hope one day the Police can re-unite. C'mon Sting, this 25 yr old would love a chance to see the Police play live...just once! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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RE: [Police] South america tour
by Gaby 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

Does anybody listen about south america dates? and When? Thanks, Gaby

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WWW.STEWARTCOPELAND.NET
by Giovanni 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Hello everybody from Giovanni. At last the new version of the official Stewart Copeland site, now renamed www.stewartcopeland.net is ready and will be officially launched on Tuesday. Please, update your links, in case you already got the previous one (.it). As to the links section, only the Police related links have been included, or the Sting sites that have a large section dedicated to The Police or Stewart himself. All the complete devoted Sting site hasn't been included; sorry if I missed some of yours site, just let me know and I will add them soon. Of course I included the official Andy and Sting sites. Stewart and I, together with Eugenio, the webmaster, have been working very hard for this site, despite our lack of proper time, but we are going to include a lot more in the coming weeks. Enjoy Ciao ciao Giovanni http://www.stewartcopeland.net http://www.illegaltales.it

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Off Topic!!! U2 tour in Sweden/Denmark
by Timo Saajoranta 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Hi guys!! Sorry to use this list, but does there happen to be any kind person from Sweden or Denmark, that could help me getting some tickets to U2 gig in July?? I think the tickets will come on sale in next weeks. They are performing in 29th July in Gothenburg and 30th in Copenhagen... it would be so great to get tickets to either one of them... It's just little hard to acquire them here from Finland... Thanks sooo much!! T I M O

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Sting and Hellblazer
by Anne Robinson 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Saw this on IMDB.com this evening when checking out the new Keanu Reeves flick "Constantine" ........... Trivia for Constantine (2005) Although the movie Constantine is based on the comic book Hellblazer, the movie title was changed because it was too similar to Hellraiser. The comic book itself was actually meant to be called Hellraiser, but Clive Barker came up with the title first. In the comic book "Hellblazer" on which the movie is based, the character of John Constantine is from Liverpool. In the movie, the character is from California. According to the director at the 2004 Wizard World Convention in Chicago, the decision to make John Constantine American was made because Keanu Reeves was cast in the part and it was felt he couldn't play a convincing Brit. The appearance of John Constantine in the comics was based on the singer, Sting.

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Test Message Pls ignore
by Mathew Hoffman 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

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Andy Summers question
by Kenneth Dudzik 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

>From what I've heard of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they are no where near as close as the same league as Andy Summers. Andy is a Jazz guitarist who happened to get involved with a rock group. He transformed a punk rock group into a completely original, extremely sophisticated rock group which to this day not many bands can compare to. Guitarists in the same league as Andy Summers might be Allan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Al Dimeola, and Kevin Eubanks. To interoperate what you're saying below as comparing the two guitarists as the "Brains" of the band, I'm not that familiar with the chilli peppers stuff after the Blood Sugar Sex Magic cd and it is not fair to say Andy was the brains in the Police. The Police were 3 professors in a world of students. None the less, this is a nice subject to discuss. Message: 1 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:45:26 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Greenberg <kappa02(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Police] Andy Summers question To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <20050120014526.54022.qmail(a)web12302.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Quick question to all those guitar players in the audience. Is Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante in the same league as Andy Summers? Frusciante is the brains behind most songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, perhaps the only current rock group that is anywhere close to as good as the Police were. It would be interesting if Sting and John Frusciante ever shared studio time. Thanks for the insight.

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