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Andy Summers X-Tracks JAPANESE issue with bonus 3" disc
by Ruediger Hoeckel 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Hi folks, the Japanese issue of the X-Tracks CD comes with a bonus 3" disc which has one track "Big thing" (live version, 9:29). Does anyone know from which concert this track has been taken? If you can read Japanese you may find the answer here: http://mitglied.lycos.de/rhoeckel/bigthinglive.jpg Cheers, RÃ¼diger ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de

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Listing's Police player
by LISTING 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Hi everyone I've recently added a music player on my website. You'll find some rare unreleased studio or live tracks. There could be other tracks if you ask for more... (always unreleased tracks please !) I've also added new nice stuff in the "games" section, and the quizz is still waiting for you ! And of course, lots of shows to trade... So, you can reach Listing here : http://listing.free.fr Bye LISTING http://listing.free.fr SEB

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Cover of "Next to you"
by David Lucky 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

may have been talked about before but I just picked up the Offspring greatest hits cd for the Police cover. They have a bonus track (not listed on CD but after song 14) which is a cover of Next to you. I think it rocks and I like the nod to the Police. They seem to follow the Police version very closely even the guitar solo and the chorus are very similar. Worth checking out.

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Anniversary day
by bbredice＠aol.com 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=entertainment&month=10…

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"Madame Wong," "Godmother of punk" passed away
by Allison Hardin 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

*LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Esther Wong, who booked a who's who of punk rock and new wave bands at her popular Madame Wong's clubs in the 1970s and '80s, has died. She was 88.* She died Sunday at her Los Angeles home, her daughter, Melinda Braun, said Wednesday. She had suffered from emphysema and cancer. Wong, who earned the nickname the "godmother of punk," showcased such popular groups as the Police, X, the Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo, the Motels, the Knack, the Textones and Plane English early in their careers, giving many groups their first major break. The native of China originally booked Polynesian bands to play at her restaurant, but when hardly anyone showed up to hear them she decided to take a chance on rock acts. Almost overnight in 1978, hundreds of people began showing up at her Chinatown restaurant to hear the new sounds, and she opened a Madame Wong's West in Santa Monica that same year. "Before, I didn't think I'd ever like rock music," she told the Los Angeles Times in 1979. "Now I can turn it on, and it doesn't bother me." As her clubs flourished, Wong quickly became known as a no-nonsense proprietor. She once halted a performance by the Ramones until the band members left the stage and cleaned up the graffiti they had put on a bathroom wall. She rarely booked female singers, calling them "no good, always trouble," and she was known to go into the audience to try to sniff out marijuana smokers. "She would always take any problem or situation head-on, she was not afraid of anyone," her daughter told The Associated Press. Wong auditioned performers by listening to their tapes, often while driving in her car, until she said her habit of flinging bad music out the window nearly got her in trouble. "One day I almost hit the highway patrol car that was right next to me," she told the Times in 1980. Born and educated in Shanghai, Wong traveled the world as a child with her father, who was an importer. She moved to Los Angeles in 1949 when the Chinese government fell to the communists, working for two decades at a shipping company before opening her restaurant. She closed the original Madame Wong's in 1985 and Madame Wong's West in 1991. Wong is survived by her second husband, Harry Wong; a son, Frank Wong; her daughter, Braun; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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Andy at the 6th North Wales Guitar Festival in Wrexham (UK) on August 19
by Rogier van der Gugten 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi there, On August 19 Andy will perform at the 6th North Wales International Jazz Guitar Festival in Wrexham (UK): http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/sport/rugby/tm_objectid=15818883&method… For a schedule check out: http://www.bebops.co.uk/Wrexham6.htm Anyone planning to attend this show? Take care, Rogier. Rogier's Police Page: http://www.police.cybercomm.nl/ e-mail: gugten(a)cybercomm.nl

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One and Two
by Anne-Jlemer Drent 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Two recommendations for today! 1) Play Outlandos d'Amour to make you remember why your still on the mailinglist. 2) Buy a Melanie C. CD (the ex spicegirl) I saw her a few months ago live in Amsterdam. Here is someone who realy works for her money ;-) Even in front of a tiny crow. Anne-Jelmer

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