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March 07 - issue 4

Dearly Bewildered

> The daffodils are in bloom on the village green, the verger is getting

> ready to hide the children's Easter Eggs, all the bands who fell out

> really badly are getting back together thanks to a cheque from a festival

> promoter and there is a sense of rebirth and new possibility in the air

> all around the parish. We've even got our own fledgling MySpace page at

> http://www.myspace.com/rockingvicar. Please come along and be our

> friends. We begin this week with a long overdue communication from one of

> our seniors:

>

> INTRODUCING...COMFYCORE!

> Andy Partridge of the parish of Swindon: The Vicar might be interested in

> a wave of "comfycore" artists currently sweeping the nation. These are

> courtesy of myself and fellow parishioner Thomas Walsh...

> Alan Bennett And The Rebel Rousers

> The Thora Herd

> Derek Nimmo And The Dominoes

> The Rolling Scones

> Jackanorah Jones

> Pig Bagpuss

> Birds Of Eddie Vedder

> Gardeners' World Party

> Gongs Of Praise

> Last Of The Summer Wire

> Groundhogs Force

> Gerry And Margot And The Pacemakers

> Pam Ayres And The Whole World

> All Gas And Gaydad

>

> RETAILING THE STARS

> Parishioner Derek Thomas:

> A slight 'man bites dog' twist on your request for stories of selling

> something to someone famous......Andy Partridge, in his pre-XTC days

> (probably Starpark or Helium Kidz), was a sales assistant in the record

> dept of Debenhams (or Bon Marche possibly). I was trawling the vinyl LPs

> when he recommended an album by MAN - Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth

> for which I am forever in his debt! I was already a fan but unaware of the

> release of this 'Limited edition - for Man fans only' album.

>

> LAST OF THE SUMMER PHLEGM

> From the desk of Danny Baker:

> I'm sure we've all been hanging on every last twist and turn of the recent

> split within top punk band Sham 69. A group who last had a hit in 1979.

> Well now the dust has settled the latest, Jimmy Pursey free, incarnation

> of the rightful heirs to Pablo Cruise have emerged and the first photo

> session is online. Vic, has there ever been a more unlikely quintet of

> posturing old grandads giving it plenty? Note the urban alley and stairs

> locale as if to say, "Hey man, where you going? Don't you know this is OUR

> turf? Oh and by the way if you're going to Boots we take 3 of every 12

> Gaviston heartburn tabs you suckers are packing. It's our due and respect.

> Also could you get us some Deep Heat - my back is killing me pulling this

> leather jacket on and off at my age..."

> By the way - Punk is dead. I'd know....

> Pictures below:

> http://www.divshare.com/download/302623-777

> http://www.divshare.com/download/302627-4a5

>

> *****************************************************************************

> Demon Edsel are giving Ian Gillan's big late 70s/early 80s albums the

> full reissue treatment with bonus tracks in deluxe packaging and sleeve

> notes by Ian Gillan himself. Mr Universe, Glory Road, Future Shock, Double

> Trouble are all out on 2 April. Magic, Child In Time and Live At The

> Budokan will be out on 7 May. Parishioners who foolishly sold their vinyl

> copies at a bring and buy sale in the late 80s can replace them. Hooray!

> http://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/content/59.chtml

> ******************************************************************************

>

> CORONATION STREET - BROUGHT TO YOU BY PAUL WELLER

> Parishioner Danny Keene:

> Has anyone else noticed Eastenders and Coronation Street's current

> fascination with all things Paul Weller and The Jam. Besides the fact that

> you often hear either Paul or The Jam playing on the "The Vic" jukebox or

> in "the caff" in Eastenders or "Roys' Rolls" in Corrie, he is now

> becoming part of the script. In Coronation Street the other week, Peter

> Barlow proudly announced that he enjoyed driving back home during the

> night listening to The Jam full blast, whereupon his murdering step sister

> Tracey admitted that she liked Paul Weller as well. Directly afterwards

> was Eastenders, where Kevin (Phil Daniels) girlfriend Denise tells Pat

> that Kevin has tried to get her to like the The Jam despite him dancing

> around to them in his underpants. And only last week, the Morton family

> move into Coronation St and immediately upset their new neighbours by

> playing The Jam at maximum volume. On a

> slightly "mod" related tip, did anyone else also notice in Eastenders the

> other week that when Kevin (Phil Daniels) went "missing", they showed him

> walking back from the sea/coast in a scene very reminiscent of the opening

> scene from Quadrophenia. Hardly surprising really when you consider that

> he has acted alongside him mum (Kate Williams) and Dave (Mark Wingett)

> from Quadrophenia in the past year....

>

> THIS IS THE GREATEST BOB DYLAN PARODY OF ALL TIME

> http://www.myspace.com/dylanhearsawho

>

> PARISH APPEAL

> Parishioner Chris Parfitt:

> Can any parishoner help me with something that has plagued my waking hours

> for over thirty years. Many moons ago I was a spotty Genesis obsessed

> youth watching Saturday Morning TV (I think it was Multi Coloured Swap

> Shop but I may be wrong). Anyway Peter Gabriel was on promoting his new

> single Solsbury Hill. He set a competition where to win the goodies you

> had to say what the the term Loo Phooey ( Mentioned in the song) meant.

> Now for some reason I missed the next weeks show and have been trying o

> find the answer ever since. Can any parishoner help? Many thanks and if

> someone finds the answer I'll put a couple of extra coinso in the

> collection plate at the evensong service.

>

> LAST WEEK'S PARISH APPEAL ANSWERED

> Parishioner Sylvia:

> What the character is saying is actually, "This Roman Meal Bakery.

> Thought you'd like to know". Roman Meal are the American baking company:

> http://www.romanmeal.com/pages/history.htm. The voice can only be heard on

> the film version of The Wall and not the album. However, I am unsure as

> to the actual source of the sound clip - it may have been a TV advert, or

> a film perhaps? Hope someone else cracks it!

>

> JOHNNY CASH SINGS "I WALK THE LINE" IN GERMAN!

> http://tinyurl.com/2djb2l

>

> NAME CHECKING YOURSELF IN SONG

> Parishioner Doug Ashford:

> Actually more a song-check, but Loudon Wainwright III glanced back at his

> novelty hit a few years on. From his indictment of the music press, "How

> Old Are You?":

> Are you bitter, have you grown lazy?

> Were you embarrassed about 'Dead Skunk'?

>

> Parshioner Simon Moffat:

> Julian Cope is a great one for self-reference. "Julian H Cope" on

> Jehovakill, for instance, has the line "Julian H Cope, you're a real dead

> loss". Incidentally, that song has the line "Badges? We don't need no

> stinking badges!", which I thought was a quote from Blazing Saddles, but

> turns out to be of those movie in-jokes that appears all over the place

> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinking_badges).

>

> LEGAL, DECENT, HONEST, TRUTHFUL

> Parishioner Adie Turner:

> I'm sure at some point The Parish has discussed inappropriate uses of

> music in TV ads, but having just returned from the US, I had to share this

> with you... Do you remember The The - you know, Matt Johnson, Mr. Grumpy

> Trousers, big for a fortnight in the early 80s? Well, no-one was more

> astonished than I to hear their 1983 non-hit single "This Is The Day"

> (sample lyric "You didn't wake up this morning 'cause you didn't go to

> bed, You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red...") soundtracking

> a TV ad in the USA last week. And what was the ad for? M & Ms. Yes, M &

> Ms. Yes, the Smartie-like sweets. With the cute round yellow & red cartoon

> characters. Blimey...

>

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>

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>

> Your Rocking Vicar

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