>From: police-request@mailman.xmission.com >Reply-To: police@mailman.xmission.com >To: police@mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Police Digest, Vol 1, Issue 492 >Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:39:23 -0700 > >Send Police mailing list submissions to > police@mailman.xmission.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > police-request@mailman.xmission.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > police-owner@mailman.xmission.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Police digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Sting's Motorcycle(s)? (Erik DeKold) > 2. Re: Sting's Motorcycle(s)? (amaryll) > 3. RE: Sting's Motorcycle(s)? (Deborah J. Gee) > 4. RE: FW: HOF Videos to MP3 or WAV (David Hooper) > 5. Re: VH1 UK cut MIAB and Roxanne! (Angeline Adams) > 6. ...nearly crapped my pants (Ross Viner) > 7. HOF 2003 (EndoxArts!) > 8. Re: ...nearly crapped my pants (Stingfan222@aol.com) > 9. Sting Discography (brian.d.thompson@gsk.com) > 10. DVD and other stuff (Maggie White) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:45:20 -0500 >From: "Erik DeKold"

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>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:51:38 -0400

>From: amaryll

>Subject: Re: [Police] Sting's Motorcycle(s)?

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>hey, can someone repeat the story of how gwen met sting and how they

>happened to be sitting on the same motorcylce? anyone have a link to the

>photo?

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>on 3/23/03 1:45 PM, Erik DeKold at bykviking@hotmail.com wrote:

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> > In an effort to find a new angle to discuss the HOF, I was wondering what

> > super fans know what kind of motorcycle Sting was sitting on in the picture

> > with 13 year old Gwen? And what other bikes has he ridden?

> >

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Erik

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>Message: 3

>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:09:50 -0600

>From: "Deborah J. Gee"

>Subject: RE: [Police] Sting's Motorcycle(s)?

>To: "'amaryll'" , "'Erik DeKold'"

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>Gwen was not on the motorcycle with Sting. He was on the motorcycle and

>she was a 13-yr old fan requesting an autograph. Sorry, but I don't

>have a link to the photo.

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> Deb

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>Message: 4

>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:53:58 -0500

>From: "David Hooper"

>Subject: RE: [Police] FW: HOF Videos to MP3 or WAV

>To: "'Mikkel Z. Herold'" , "'Sting-liste'"

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>MessageHi Mikkel,

>

>I went and tried this, and it works very well... once I downloaded the

>latest codec's I was able to get EBYT and Message, but I'm getting a

>compression error on Roxanne.

>Any thoughts or suggestions?

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>[mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Mikkel Z. Herold

> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:48 AM

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> Subject: Re: [Police] FW: HOF Videos to MP3 or WAV

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> Go to www.dbpoweramp.com and download the music converter - it's a great

>utility to convert to and from different formats.

>

> Mikkel

>

> --

> "And my sanity scans the horizon"

> Sting - The Wild Wild Sea

>

> http://www.mzh.dk

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>

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>

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> ---- Original Message ----

> From: David Hooper

> To: police@mailman.xmission.com

> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:35 AM

> Subject: [Police] FW: HOF Videos to MP3 or WAV

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> > Anyone figure out how to extract the audio portion from the ASF files

> > we downloaded from VH1? I've been trying with virtualdub, but I

> > can't get the audio out.

> >

> > Any thoughts?

> >

> > David

> >

> > PS - Thanks again for putting up the hidden links from VH1

> >

> >

> >

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>Message: 5

>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:53:30 +0000

>From: "Angeline Adams"

>Subject: [Police] Re: VH1 UK cut MIAB and Roxanne!

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>Message: 6

>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:00:44 -0800

>From: Ross Viner

>Subject: [Police] ...nearly crapped my pants

>To: Sting

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>...Of course I checked out the Police section at my local record store, and

>saw the new digi packs. My heart jumped for an instant as I forgot about

>the new re-releases and for a brief insane moment, thought I was onto

>something.

>I must it was thrill albeit only an instant. That feeling of 'discovery'

>however was synthetic.

>

>Anyway, what do the actual CD's look like?

>

>I wish they would re-release the box set in a new format. I loaned my

>friend the set and he tore the book out by accident (yes I was ticked).

>

>Ross

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>Message: 7

>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:48:43 GMT

>From: EndoxArts!

>Subject: [Police] HOF 2003

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>Well, I finally got to see the HOF on VH1 UK last night and

>have come out of lurk-mode to share some comments with the

>list:)

>

>1) they only played EBTY - ONE SONG!!!

>2) I didn't like the way the EDGE dismissed Sting as "white

>reggae". Is there some feud going on, considering he walked

>out during the boys'performance? Didn't Andy dismiss him

>as "effective in his context" in an

>interview recently?

>3) the guitar track is definitely different from the ASF

>tracks on the VH1 website. The mistake Andy makes in EBYT

>(F#m9 instead of A(9)) is gone. I was, however, surprised

>that the guitar was still sloppy - with lots of pinched notes

>and string noise! It sounds like it was laid down quickly

>after the performance?

>4) the VH1 mix was poor, and I think it was broadcast in

>MONO. Anyone else notice this?

>5) Andy's guitar was muffled. AFAIK, this is the Fender Strat

>he used on "The Golden Wire" which has custom pickups and

>has a naturally soft sound. I suppose he didn't use the

>Telecaster because its finish is worn and it may have

>looked "dirty" for such an occasion - he could however have

>switched the Strat to the rear pickup for some bite!

>

>Anyway - just my two cents. Sorry if it seems like complaints

>but nevertheless it was great to see the boys play together

>again, and to see some of the backstage footage of them

>joking together. Long live The Police!!!

>

>

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>Message: 8

>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:18:47 EST

>From: Stingfan222@aol.com

>Subject: Re: [Police] ...nearly crapped my pants

>To: duckrogers@shaw.ca, police@mailman.xmission.com

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>Ticked.... I'm surprised you're still friends! That's an unforgivable thing

>to do!

>

>I too, had that thrill when I was walking through Costco the other day. The

>CD's are only 7.99 each there so I bought them. Nothing new on there right? I

>bought them just because I was so excited to see them again--- should I

>return them and wait for Stew's derangement's to hit the scene?

>

>Michelle

>

>In a message dated 3/23/03 10:58:31 PM, duckrogers@shaw.ca writes:

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><< I loaned my

>

>friend the set and he tore the book out by accident (yes I was ticked).

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> >>

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>Message: 9

>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:49:00 -0500

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>Subject: [Police] Sting Discography

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>Does any one have a current link for Mitch Darby's incredibly

>comprehensive Sting discography (in particular bootleg recordings)? I've

>tried finding this recently and all links that I find on the web have

>expired. This page must still be on the web somewhere.

>

>Thanks,

>Brian T.

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>Message: 10

>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:38:44 -0800

>From: "Maggie White"

>Subject: [Police] DVD and other stuff

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>I watched the new DVD last night. Here's a quick review.

>

>Best Buy has the DVD for $18, Borders has it for $20. My local Wherehouse didn't have it at all.

>

>I've got a lot of this stuff on video, but it's been ages since I've watched it, so my memory is faulty. But I think some of the videos are ones I've never seen before.

>

>The Roxanne video isn't the guys with the red backdrop, which is the one I'm used to. It's a mostly live concert video with Sting in his jumpsuit looking intently into the camera a lot. Often, the vocals don't match what's on screen.

>

>I think So Lonely was new to me, as was De Do Do Do (standing in the snow is soooo exciting).

>

>Most of the early videos are, how shall I say???...pretty basic. The video for De Do Do Do looks like it was shot in about 12 minutes, though I do like the clip of Sting wiping his nose on the back of his hand in a big swiping motion. Some fun footage of Sting and Stewart hamming up their fighting for the camera.

>

>Stewart looks kind of uncomfortable in the early videos because he has to stand around clutching his drum sticks while Sting and Andy at least get to pretend to play their bass and guitar. Occasionally, Stewart gets to bang on something like a chair or the side of a rocket burner, but still, it seems pretty awkward for him. I guess I noticed it more because I got to see the videos back to back and he just holds the drum sticks a lot.

>

>There's a discussion on Ian's message board about people who think some of the songs on the DVD are slightly different versions or at least sound like they are mixed differently. I have to agree. The Jamaican sounding drums in Every Little Thing sound more prominent. Excellent. I'm sure there's more, but I wasn't really paying attention to that.

>

>Clearly, the best videos are from Synchronicity. Of course, that was the video age, so they couldn't get away with the "videotape us goofing around in the dressing room" kind of videos they had done previously.

>

>Which brings me to a question. Is there a video for King of Pain??? I don't remember one, but 1983 was more than half my lifetime ago, so I could be mistaken. If there isn't, why??? It was a huge hit.

>

>The video for Don't Stand 86 is just terrible. Horrible. Stewart and Andy are Photoshop cardboard cutouts who stand with their arms folded the whole time. Sting isn't much better. At the end, when they flash pictures of the Police's album covers and magazine covers over their heads, you can see that Dream of the Blue Turtles is one of the covers flashed. I hadn't noticed it before. Interesting.

>

>The Police in Montserrat is OK. The studio footage (which ended up as the videos) is the best. As are the jams with Jools Holland.

>

>Studies in Synchronicity is a waste. It's a black and white film of the objects used as the props on the Synch cover, including that damn goat. Now, it was the goat that convinced my parents that the Police were satanic (you know, goat = Satan, lamb = God). If Sting had used a fucking lamb on the cover, my parents might have let me see them in concert. Alas......

>

>In other news, Fiction Plane is playing in LA tonight and Wed. I might go to the Wed show. Depends on how tired I am this week. LA and back is a long night for me.

>

>Rolling Stone's Fiction Plane review is pretty bad. 2 stars out of 5.

>

>"It's one thing to grow up poor and cynical, like Kurt Cobain. It's another to be raised in wealth and still be perpetually bummed and snarky, like Nirvana fan Joe Sumner, leader of the English guitar threesome Fiction Plane. "Touch me 'cause my daddy's rich," he sings in "Cigarette," and he's not kidding: Sting's his father. You can tell that from the younger Sumner's voice, but only when he whines, which is often. As you might guess, Fiction Plane suggest Nirvana crossed with early Police. That's a novel combo, and musically it works: Driven by session drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., the taut trio rocks on the beat's edge, impeccably anxious but in the groove. Yet there's little soul behind the smug discontent of tracks such as "I Wish I Would Die," and the well-played result sounds inconsequential. At the end of the day, Fiction Plane never feel real."

>

>You can write your own review at

>

>www.rollingstone.com

>

>Oh, almost forgot, Dave, Wendy and Tina are thanked in the "Special Thanks" liner notes on the back inside cover.

>

>Maggie

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