: )
AND AWAY WE GO...
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dynamo-at-computek.net
(Barry) writes:
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Hey Guys!
subj: Great & Inexpensive Place
To Buy Imports!!!
I wanted to make sure you guys all received this information
before you worked yourselves trying to find
the upcoming GM
UK singles. I must first start by saying that I have been
purchasing music from this vendor for YEARS and I
have had
nothing but TOP-NOTCH TREATMENT AND PRICES!!!
The name of the company is SpiderWeb Records. You can
send email
to SpidrWeb-at-aol.com (** Notice that there is NO
"e" in spider) or point your browser to
www.SpiderWebRecords.com
He
really makes an effort to post all the upcoming releases
from England and Europe on the "What's New" section of his
website
*EVERY* monday. I have yet to see this on any
other sites.
Btw, do **NOT** expect to be hit hard with shipping charges.
His
prices for shipping are THE BEST I've ever come in contact
with!
You'll need to double check with him, but I think the
upcoming
CD singles are priced at $9.00 for CD1 and $10 for CD2. Though
I do not collect them, he also has the 1998 GM
calendar.
Please note that I am in no way affiliated with SpiderWeb
Records other than being a LONG-TIME SATISFIED
CUSTOMER!
If you email him, tell him Barry sent you ;)
Happy Hunting!
Barry
dynamo-at-computek.net
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Grrlfrrday-at-aol.com
writes:
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I guess Michelle's taken over my duty of promoting Esprit. :)
Anyway, in
issue #213, Michelle responded to David's request
about posters by offering this info:
>There is a 60" x 40"
poster of the Older LP Cover which costs
>Pounds 3.99. You can order this through:-
> Esprit Mail Order
>
Esprit House Tel: (UK +44) 01474 815010
> Railway Sidings Fax: (UK +44) 01474 815030
> Meopham
> Kent. DA13 0YS
>
England.
>or: E.mail : 100307.3627-at-compuserve.com
>or: Website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/esprit
My
latest Esprit catalog also lists a poster of "Jesus to a Child",
which is also a 60" X 40" promo fly poster +
release date, for the
same price. I've never seen it, so I don't know what the picture
could be -- maybe the cover of the
single (yah, I know, which
version?).
I've ordered through Esprit more than once and their service is
very prompt.
Mail-order is very addictive though, I must warn
you, especially from UK companies (it always seems so much
cheaper until you
do the conversion).
cheralyn
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Sassiec-at-aol.com writes:
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I
received the following e-mail from a close friend. Just thought I'd
pass along the info and give y'all fair notice to set your
VCRs,
mine's already set with VCR+ !!! Hope everyone has a great week!
Next Wednesday (8/20) at 1 am VH-1 will be airing
the American
Bandstand with Wham! Unfortunately, I'm not sure if that is
Eastern or Pacific time, but still . . . I thought
you should know....
S.
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meep625-at-phnx.uswest.net (RoadRunner) writes:
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This
week is 8 days of Eighties on VH1. I saw the most
wonderful American Bandstand w/ Wham!! It was from March
5, 1983! They were
both still 19 and they "performed" Young
Guns and Bad Boys. It was wonderful. I think it just began
today so keep
your eyes open for other cool GM stuff!!! :)
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Starnoir7-at-earthling.net (Rene') writes:
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Hi,
Amanda,
your YM#214 by-line was:
"I was a sixth form rebel -- which didn't take much."
(George in New Music Express,
November '82)
I don't remember reading this. What is a "sixth form rebel"?
and what is he talking about? Just
trying to keep up on all the
Georgely trivia! :)
(Though edumacated in the land of free health care, I have
surmised
that George -- edumacated in the land of good
music -- was referring to his adolescent school days. Sixth
form is a academic
grade level. AG)
--And I agree that I thought that Victoria would be more
George's type of Spice Girl. Or Baby Spice. (You
know, the
blond.)
Does anyone know if George is still considering being in the (Read the next post. AG) I know you
love them Amanda (and I worry about you for it! ;), It is kinda interesting that George, a Tony Blair fan, is getting chummy with one of
"Thatcher's Girls". :)) I take it "politics" (According to their recent Rolling Stone interview, the ladies Rene' Well, you asked me to send it in and so I am. It's been so long <3 always, Neda Hakimi p.s. I'll never forget: the kid on the
bike in front of Hard Rock, I was flipping through a COSMOPOLITAN (British Edition) Anyway, I thought that I'd share certain parts of the article Pages
65-66..beginning at the 2nd column of the first page: He's estimated to have built up a 6 million (pounds/sterling) "I think it makes you more fascinating to other people,"
he You're glad he brought the name up first. It's difficult to (Skipping
to the 2nd page of the article...) Speculating upon the sexuality of Take That's members was "Not at all," he shrugs
with a genuine lack of concern. "It all Has he ever
fancied men? "I suppose I have really," he says The George
Michael crush is long behind him now. There have ("I'd make a bloody awful album if someone did.") But now (The article goes on a bit about relationships and his career) Bye for now, (Find a British contact, it makes your life much easier... Hi Bev! See ya. It's been quite awhile since I've posted,
but it seems you do just (Actually, YM has been a mere faint shadow of itself without Anyway, I just wanted to share, I met an actual fan last We didn't get to talk much because of a friend of hers who Guess that's all, see you later!!! JenM I had to share this with someone &
only a GM fan could find When
we get there he is asleep already. Yes, right there To say the least he was very pissed!! He asked me what He is like, sure thats all you want. I was still
apoligizing At this point he started laughing at me because I was I hope you weren't too bored with this & got at least a little Love, (An innocent dream about George? What a novel idea... AG) "... I feel that it's dangerous on a personal level to have a huge
"Spice Girls--the Movie"? What
a hideous thought! And he
complained about Elton doing the Lion King.
but they are in constant rotation here (every 5 min.), and I'm
losing any
appreciation I had for them..
is NOT on the approved subject list during his dates. (But
then,
is it ever?) *Big Smile*
are not quite the Thatcherites they
profess to be...then again,
is anyone? AG)
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NedaCA-at-aol.com (Neda) writes:
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Hi
Amanda!!
since I've contributed. By the way, thanks for the
day in San
Francisco, I had a blast ;) Here's the story. While I was in
England last month, I read in a magazine (some Teen
Bopper
sort of thing) that George had walked in on Geri (the Spice Girl)
with her pants down. Geri said she was red in the
face with
embarassment but felt okay after George walked over and gave
her a kiss on the cheek. Wow!! There was also talk of
the movie
the SG's are doing and that George has either agreed or is in
last stage discussion. Now I'm not confirming any of
this
because it's just stuff I read and I don't believe everything I read
(unless AG says it, of course ;) So there you have
it big sis!!
Enjoy and I hope to talk to you soon.
waiting in the freezing cold for that girl to show up, trying (and
trying and trying) to wave a
taxi (this is when I get us a ride in
a limo :), being asked to strap my "neighbor" to a pole while
waiting FOREVER
for a FIRETRUCKIN trolley, or the hellish
climb on Mason Street (or any other street for that matter).
Well, thanks for the
memories! Buh-Bye =)
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chassagne-at-webster.ch (chassagne) writes:
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Hi
Amanda and Yoggers,
August 1997 magazine, only because I was
procrastinating
(as usual) from writing one of my past due research papers...
And to my surprise there was a picture of George
(small one,
and of course he looked great..), so >I look at the top of the
page to see that the article was about Gary
Barlow, a former
TAKE THAT group member.
with you (of
course it's the parts where George's name comes
up). Enjoy, and Amanda feel free to edit if it's too long.
fortune,
300,000 (pounds/st) of which he has apparently spent
renovating his 50-acre estate in Cheshire. Talk about a plush
bachelor
pad. So, does money and fame make you more
attractive?
ponders. "It's a false thing, but you have an aura around you
as far as other people are concerned, because they've
only
ever seen you on TV. I remember the first time I saw George
Michael, I couldn't stop looking at him. Stars like that have
charisma
all around them--they're buzzing with it, everything
they do. I watched George Michael picking up his glass
and, honestly, it
was fascinating." An awe-struck silence
descends before Barlow finally says, "George Michael is a
bloody
good-looking guy, isn't he?"
discuss Gary Barlow without
the Greek god making a
cameo. In truth, it's almost impossible to listen to Barlow's
album, "Open Road," without
feeling the spectre of George
Michael at your shoulder. Naturally, Barlow is anxious
about comparisons. He believes the two
song writers share
a deep seated sincertiy, although one senses the younger
man may be the more overtly ambitious."
always a fun dinner party
diversion. They'd worked the gay
clubs, none of them had girlfriends, they were partial to baring
their behinds, they were
friends with Elton John. Did it ever
bother Gary that people though he was a homosexual?
adds to the mystery, doesn't it? I suppose if you're theatrical,
you're going to
be called gay. I mean, a lot of the stuff the
band wore was really camp. Devil suits and all that. I used to
dread them
bringing in the clothes for the tours. I'd be like,
'You can forget about it--I am NOT wearing that!'"
after a thoughtful pause. I used to idolise George Michael
when I
was growing up. I wanted to be everything he was.
So, in my early years, yeah, I did fancy men. Or a man."
been semi-serious girlfriends--kept secret during the "Thatter"
years--although
he claims never to have had his heart broken
there is
Dawn Andrews--a former backing dancer for Take
That--Barlow's paramour of two years' standing, the woman
with whom he is in
love."
Very interesting article is all that I can say
for now. But, not
surprising...as if it would shock us to hear how many admirers
George has! The list will just keep
growing.....
Martine
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rgty_lmh-at-waikato.ac.nz (Lisa Holmes) writes:
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I
have read so many emails from those of you like me have
been desperate to get your hands on WAD but have had no
luck. I
emailed Shirlie -at- Aegean early on to see if there was
going to be a world wide release date and was advised at
that stage
that nothing was definite. I decided that if I
wanted it badly enough there had to be a way! I phoned
every record store in
the city - no one had even heard of the
track. I got 6 stores to try and import it for me all without
success. I came across a
store that was renowned for
imports. The guy told me that he would not be interested in
importing it as it was only a single
and not worth his time!!
(Can you believe this - he'd obviously never heard of customer
service!). I was beginning to think
that I'd never get a copy
when a friend told me about a record store in Auckland - an
hour and a half away from where I live.
When I phoned the
guy he'd actually heard of this song! I was beginning to think
that maybe everything would work out. Guess
what? He
phoned me yesterday after three weeks to tell me he had got
WAD for me!! I was ecstatic. I'm taking the day off work
on
Monday to travel to Auckland to pick up my CD - I hope I don't
get caught for speeding!! All I can say is "You gotta
have faith!!"
AG)
Lisa
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mmitchell-at-mcsi.net
(Jen) writes:
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Hi everybody,
fine without me! =)
your input...
weekend!!! It was so great! A mutual friend introduced me to
her
as a fan of George Michael, and she said to me, "You
know my pain." It was so true! So I pulled up a chair and
said,
"Oh, yes. I do." LOL!
obviously didn't want her to
talk to me (doesn't like George
much I guess) but, it was so great to actually meet
someone who knows what it is like to be a
fan!!!
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renestem-at-edge.net (Tina Stem)
writes:
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Hey Amanda,
any humor in it at all.
I dreamed about The Man last night (August 7). I know what
you are
thinking, WRONG!!! I dreamed I was going to get to
meet him finally & get his autograph. Some woman (don't have
a clue who
she was) was taking me to meet him. Well, here
we go to his room. I'm guessing it was suppose to be a hotel
room.
between the sheets!!! Well, I get all nervous & tell her that I
won't
disturb him & thanks anyway. She says that I am
already there so she gives me a shove & I bump the end of
the bed
which in turn wakes him.
the hell I wanted. I told him nothing &
I was sorry to have
bothered him. He refuses to take this as an answer &
demands to know what I want. I told him that I
was a big
fan & had only wanted his autograph & nothing more.
& trying to get out of there & then he starts to cough. (Here
comes the funny part.) My "mother
hen" instincts kick in
at this point. I ask him if he is alright & I see him shivering.
I walked over to him &
felt of his head & started fussing at
him that he had a fever. I started pulling blankets on him &
telling him that he
needed some asprin & something to drink.
fussing over him like I
really knew him. Then I woke up! Damn!
chuckle out of
it.
Tina
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To Wrap it
Up:
gap between what you are in your work and what
you are in
reality." (Circa 1990)