MacNuggets

[michelej1]

This is from an article wondering where all the pop eccenctrics have gone:
From the Gazette Live:
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-gigs-middlesbrough/2008/05/09/eccentricities-84229-20881848/

DAN wrote...

Who are the eccentrics of yesteryear that you love so? For me John Lennon took on America with his views on Vietnam. Not eccentric, but at least he broke from the norm. Keith Moon drove cars into swimming pools - that’s eccentric; David Bowie pretended to be an alien for years, which is bona fide bonkers; and that fella from Fleetwood Mac chased his bandmates through the hills with a loaded shotgun.

[michelej1]

Learn with Taku:

Atlanta Daily World

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19673519&BRD=1077&PAG=461&dept_id=237817&rfi=6

Atlanta native and Grammy Award-winning drummer Sonny Emory will kick off the third year of his drumming camp for students study with the pros and learn new percussion tricks and techniques.

During the one-week specialty camp, students will explore and discover the musical techniques for success with Emory and his staff of professional working musicians. The camp brings together local faculty and guest instructors from a variety of musical styles, including Latin, jazz, classical, rock, pop and soul. Students will learn teamwork, discipline and self-esteem, along with the art and craft of drumming techniques.

For the first time, Emory is collaborating this year with Georgia Tech's Music Technology Group at one of the nation's top research universities, allowing students to not only learn percussion skills, but also be exposed to the latest in music technology.

Students 11 years old and up are invited to take classes and clinics with some of the world's greatest drummers, including Emory, Cindy Blackman, who has played with Lenny Kravitz; Taku Hirano, who has played with Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks; Gene Lake, who has played with David Sanborn and Me'Shell Ndege Ocello; Oscar Seaton Jr., who has played with Lionel Richie; Marcus William, who has played for Tyler Perry; and Teddy Campbell, who has played with the American Idol Band and for Al Jarreau and Rod Stewart.

[vivfox]

The Jammy's May 2008

The evening’s hosts were the guitarist Warren Haynes and the singer Grace Potter, who recently toured in a package featuring Gov’t Mule (his band) and the Nocturnals (hers). They opened the program with a well-honed medley of “Find the Cost of Freedom,” a song by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and “Gold Dust Woman,” a Fleetwood Mac tune. Mr. Haynes soloed with casual fire, and Ms. Potter sang in a soulful wail.

But odd collaborations are closer to the Jammy ethos than road-tested partnerships. Hence the spectacle of a young band called Rose Hill Drive backing both the Hasidic dancehall rapper Matisyahu and the guitarist Leslie West, of Mountain. Another up-and-coming group, Tea Leaf Green, teamed up with the guitarist Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze.

The Jammys propose a catholic vision of Jam Land, encompassing not only shaggy guitar rock but also hip-hop, reggae, blues, whatever. So there was a decent, well-intentioned jazz segment led by Mr. McConnell, featuring the venerable drummer Roy Haynes. Then came an eclectic and nearly ecstatic set by the New Orleans funk band Galactic, variously backing the classic-soul organist Booker T. Jones; the retro-soul vocalist Sharon Jones (no relation); and the rappers Chali 2na and Doug E. Fresh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/ar...ic&oref=slogin

For those who care: Vivica Fox attended this event.

[michelej1]

Entertainment Design November 2000

Production Designer Bruce Rodgers talks about getting to work with FM for The Dance:

The first project that Rodgers feels put him on the map as a solo
designer was Fleetwood Mac's reunion special. "I got a call from
Carol Donovan [ from MTV] to put my name in the hat for it," he
explains. "But they were very clear about not coming in with
preconceived ideas or sketches, because the band wanted to talk to us
first. I did a couple of nights' worth of sketches while listening to
their music. Of course, I grew up with Fleetwood Mac, too, so I came
up with an idea of a Mobius curve. It made sense to me because of the
complete circle they were making through their hell."

When Rodgers went to meet with the band, they immediately asked him
if he had sketches to show them. "I said, No, I wanted to get your
ideas first.' They told me they didn't really have any ideas, so I
sketched the Mobius curve right in front of them and explained how it
represented them and the times they had lived through and the time
continuum and all that. I truly felt all that, and they could tell.
So they went for it."

[Moz]

and that fella from Fleetwood Mac chased his bandmates through the hills with a loaded shotgun.

Huh. Never heard that one before.

[vivfox]

Jethro Tull

“It came to my awareness early on that if you employ managers and tour managers you end up spending an awful lot more money than you need to. You'd get booked into hotels just because they had the best commission, not because they were near the show or the airport. I also got fed up with the idea that you'd have roadies to pack and carry your suitcases. You can sometimes draw from the murky depths this amazing ability to actually get on the right aeroplane yourself.” Anderson has been managing himself since the midSeventies, his wife, Shona, does the books and his son, James, is promoting the British leg of the current tour.

It helps if you started at the Marquee Club in 1968

Not much use to today's Facebook hopefuls but as Anderson points out: “Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull all began there and are still working. It was an incredibly inventive era, one that perhaps we're only beginning to really appreciate now.”

Fans age with a band. “Whether they like it or not, Duran Duran's core audience is now 40-year-old mums,” Anderson says. But contrary to rumour, Tull fans are not all middle-aged gents in real-ale T-shirts. “We are not constricted by a particular age group. We have a lot of Asians but not many black people. It's mixed gender but not so mixed that we have a lot of gays. There are bands with a strong gay following, which makes a difference to the numbers.” Clearly all those years in tights and codpiece did not work.

Anderson famously ran a successful salmon-farming business in Scotland, now sold. Hobbies include growing hot chillis and the study and conservation of the 26 species of small wildcats in the world.

“I don't want to live in my stately home in the country and have Waitrose deliver to me. On Friday morning I'll be with my wife in the Toyota Prius at Cirencester Waitrose. That's part of being out there.”

Anderson doesn't travel on the tour bus, preferring to journey alone on the train. “What you encounter on the frequently dodgy streets around stations is a way of keeping in touch with British society.”

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3881098.ece

[michelej1]

Huh. Never heard that one before.

Yeah, Clifford Davis wasn't his band mate. He didn't chase him. I don't think there were hills involved . . .

It's like playing that game "telephone" in school. You sit students in a circle and have one after the other whisper a story into the ear of the person next to them. By the time you get to the end of the line, the story being told is wildly different from the one that you started with.

Michele

[vivfox]

Engelbert Humperdinck

It was when he met up with his old roommate Gordon Mills in 1966, who was then manager for Tom Jones, that the singer's career began to climb.

Mills suggested a new stage name would be far more marketable and so the 30-year-old decided to change his professional name to "Engelbert Humperdinck," borrowing the moniker from the classic German opera composer of the same name. The composer was most famous for the opera "Hansel and Gretel."

In celebration of his 40th anniversary, last September, Humperdinck released "The Winding Road" (Alliance/IDN), a new CD featuring songs he calls "contemporary British classics," all written by the likes of James Blunt, Eric Clapton, Elton John, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Christine McVie and Sting.

To go along with his new album, Humperdinck also launched his new 100-city world tour which kicked off in Nevada earlier this year. He'll be centerstage tonight at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville.

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2008/05/09/entertainment/entertainment/doc4684d545a43fdb7a862574420056bc92.txt

[vivfox]

Crossroads @ 9pm
Sara Evans is a little bit country and Maroon 5 is a little bit rock-and-roll, but there's plenty of common ground as tonight's show illustrates. Here they collaborate on Evans' "I Could Not Ask for More" and "Some Things Never Change," as well as Maroon 5's "This Love," "She Will Be Loved" and "Won't Go Home Without You." They also cover a song that was originally a duet by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley: "Leather and Lace."

Ghost Whisperer @ 8pm
Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, `but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Tonight, she looks into a 1979 murder trial prosecuted by her father, hoping to find a connection to his disappearance.

http://tv.hollyscoop.com/what-to-watch/what-to-watch-on-tv-friday-edition_798.aspx

[michelej1]

[This was an article on buildings around the Thames that tourists visited. This excerpt mentions that Christine McVie is neighbor to Kate Bush]

Independent (London), September 25, 1999

By this stage of our Open House explorations, my spouse was freely expressing her view that London had an excess of surrealism avant la lettre, so we switched to modern architecture. Our first stop was in Camberwell, where we popped into an erstwhile button factory that had been converted into the open-plan home and practice of an architectural couple. It looked divine, but the "crunchy" nature of the district caused a few problems during the alterations. "It took a little longer than we planned because of invasions by burglars," explained Selina Eger.

After clanking up the industrial metal stairs, we emerged into a kitchen and roof garden ("Very nice," salivated Mrs W) with a vista of Victorian spires and office blocks. "God and mammon," observed our hostess. Mrs Eger was particularly proud of her staircase balustrades made from the corrugated plastic customarily used for greenhouse roofing. "My husband argued against it," she remarked, "but I won."

Afterwards, we whizzed along to another architectural studio in Battersea. Responsible for such modest projects as Stansted Airport, the refurbished Reichstag, the new Canary Wharf tube station, not to mention a proposed Volcano Theme Park in California, Foster & Associates operates from a single room - though you can forget any idea of an artist's garret. This atelier happens to be a great, airy space 60 metres long by 24 metres wide. Like his fellow architects in Camberwell, Sir Norman literally lives above the shop. He occupies the penthouse of a block built over the studio. Kate Bush and Christine McVie are his stellar neighbours.

Seen through the wall of plate-glass, the Thames was elegant, stylish and grey, as if it too had been designed by Sir Norman and his chums. In the vast studio, screen-savers on the seemingly infinite rows of VDUs flashed up images of Foster buildings. So peaceful and spacious, I remarked to our architect guide. "You should see it on Monday morning when we've got 470 people in here," he replied.

Under the high ceiling hung odd circles of material. "A new design of loudspeaker," explained our guide. Envisaging all these top-flight creative types beavering away to the strains of Radio Two, I asked what these fancy- pants tannoys were used for. "Oh announcements," our guide replied. " 'It's Norman's birthday, please come for a drink.' That sort of thing."

[michelej1]

[This article mentions that Chris could not contribute to Starart, a book of celebrity artwork, because she lost most of her drawings while traveling.]

Excerpt from the Globe and Mail (Canada), December 18, 1979

Miss Chesher, who was born and raised in Calgary, has a background as
a commercial artist (she spent a year in Toronto at Ryerson) and a
photographer of rock concerts, experience which she needed to edit,
design, and finally publish Starart. The idea for the book came to her
during a down period after her move to Los Angeles. I was lying on this
foam-rubber mattress in this half-empty apartment of a friend in West
Hollywood, and the idea came down like a lightbulb. Right away, I made up
a list of people I wanted. Most of them are in the book.

Some of those who aren't on that list were people like Christine McVie
of Fleetwood Mac. She liked the idea a lot, but she had lost most of her
stuff with all her travelling. John Lennon was also considered. He got as
far as asking Klaus Voormann the spelling of my name so he could consult
his astrologer. But I was happy with the people I had and decided not to
pursue it. Working her way up to the superstars like Joni Mitchell - I
knew I was dealing with the big time when I had to deal with the
manager's assistant before talking to the manager - Miss Chesher
collaborated with the musicians on a format with which they could all
work.

[michelej1]

Seems like Don was only one of the boys of summer. This baseball coach remembers going to high school with Stevie.

From the Mercury News article on Gary Cunningham, college baseball coach:

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_9253991

Cunningham played baseball at Menlo-Atherton, where he fondly remembers sitting behind a pretty girl named Stevie Nicks in his senior English class. Nicks later sang with the group Fleetwood Mac; Cunningham went on to letter at San Jose State in 1969 and 1970.

[Livia]

The Jammy's May 2008

The evening’s hosts were the guitarist Warren Haynes and the singer Grace Potter, who recently toured in a package featuring Gov’t Mule (his band) and the Nocturnals (hers). They opened the program with a well-honed medley of “Find the Cost of Freedom,” a song by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and “Gold Dust Woman,” a Fleetwood Mac tune. Mr. Haynes soloed with casual fire, and Ms. Potter sang in a soulful wail.




I adore Grace Potter & the Nocturnals! I would've LOVED to see that - how was it?

Edit: I had to look for it immediately:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgyhe3tcoM

[vivfox]

Song of the Day: ‘Silver Springs’
May 16th, 2008 ·

The history behind this classic Fleetwood Mac song that failed to make the cut on ‘Rumours’ due to its length is clearly evident in the moment at the end of the song when Stevie Nicks turns to face Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and directs the lyrics, written to him, directly at him.

It’s goosebump-inducing stuff, a real chill scene from a mesmerising live concert. To my mind no other band has the emotional history (or baggage) that Fleetwood Mac do, and it definitely contributes to the visceral impact of their music.

http://adamdaniel.id.au/2008/05/16/song-of-the-day-silver-springs/

[michelej1]

Variety, November 17, 1997

HEADLINE: Vintage recording studio still cranking out the hits

BYLINE: ROBERT KOEHLER

BODY:
Walk the labyrinthine halls of the famous Village Recorder recording studio, now know as the Village, and you can spot the tell-tale signs. The sound booths with the diagonally slatted wood paneling that screams 1970s. Rooms custom-designed by Fleetwood Mac lead singer Stevie Nicks to show off her gypsy look. A light display creating the convincing illusion of a Pacific Ocean sunset.

The walls are lined with gold and platinum discs of the recordings made here, from Bob Dylan and the Band's "Before the Flood" to the Rolling Stones' "Goat's Head Soup," from Steely Dan's "Can't Buy a Thrill" to Supertramp's "Breakfast in America."

The Village, as it's identified in stained glass on the facade of its Masonic Temple home in West Los Angeles, is a must on any tour of '70s pop history --- the prototypical musicians' hangout when the gravitational center of rock shifted from London and New York to Los Angeles.

But, as Village CEO Jeff Greenberg acknowledges, the mecca had become a forgotten way-station in recent years, "not at all the first choice of studio for artists when they were looking around L.A." Just as formerly bustling film studio complexes have fallen into decline, so had the Village. Two years ago, owner Georde Hormel, heir to the Hormel meat empire and a jazz musician himself, made changes.

Step one was bringing in Greenberg, a music industry veteran with an enormous range of experience, from concert promoter to International Creative Management agent. "Georde wanted somebody who understood artists, and knew how to cater to their special needs," Greenberg says. Step two, as Greenberg says, was "cleaning out the place of people --- there were way too many people here for what was needed, and it made for a noisy, distracting environment for artists to work. You can walk these halls now and hardly see anybody, and that's by design."

Step three included redesigning the interior and beefing up the legendary studio complex's array of equipment --- now including a vintage Neve 8048 console with 72 channels for studio A, one of the few in the world whose walls are lined with solid lead. Each studio is stuffed with creature comforts to make musicians and engineers feel at home --- crucial, notes Greenberg, "since they may be living and working here for days and weeks at a time." One lounge area, for instance, uncannily re-creates the mood of an old English parlor room.

Now, reports Greenberg, talent is flocking to the Village, and "our schedule is booked solid for months in advance. Like the concert business, openings will suddenly occur. We have not had many days of vacancy, though, that is for sure."

While '70s loyalists such as Robbie Robertson and Jeff (Skunk) Baxter are long-term tenants, '90s bands ranging from the Smashing Pumpkins to Nine Inch Nails are Village dwellers, making this site of pop history more than a museum.

[michelej1]

Variety, October 13, 1997

HEADLINE: Reprise duo gets hard sell

BYLINE: PHIL GALLO

BODY:
HOLLYWOOD Large-scale marketing is being called upon as Reprise Records positions itself with two high-profile releases: Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" and Green Day's "Nimrod." "The Dance," which reunites Fleetwood Mac's most popular lineup from the mid-'70s, debuted at No. 1, selling almost 200,000 copies in its first week (Aug. 18-24) and benefiting greatly from exposure on VH1 and MTV.

"You have to do a lot of planning and we felt that whatever we could do to expose this project would pay off," says Reprise president Howie Klein. "Fleetwood Mac has an upper demo and there was nervousness (because) sometimes the audience doesn't want to come back."

Thomases wrong


The return of the Mac was greeted by a chorus of Doubting Thomases who suggested the band would be lucky to sell out 6,000-seat halls and that the disc/tour would pale in comparison to the vaunted Eagles reunion three years back. Fleetwood Mac is currently selling out 18,000-seaters with a top ticket of $ 75, grossing nearly $ 1 million per night.

[vivfox]

Variety, October 13, 1997
The return of the Mac was greeted by a chorus of Doubting Thomases who suggested the band would be lucky to sell out 6,000-seat halls and that the disc/tour would pale in comparison to the vaunted Eagles reunion three years back. Fleetwood Mac is currently selling out 18,000-seaters with a top ticket of $ 75, grossing nearly $ 1 million per night.

According to an article I read in Billboard in 2003 Fleetwood Mac first approached Clear Channel to produce their Say You Will Tour. Clear Channel passed on the band thinking they were asking too high a price for their cut so FM went to the next best promoter and was signed by AEG Live.
The tour was a huge success financially for the band and their promoter.
Sometime between then and now Clear Channel became Live Nation and guess who has promoted Stevies' solo shows since the SYW Tour was over?

[vivfox]

Google News Alert for: stevie nicks

WARM NIGHTS, GREAT TUNES - The concerts you don’t want to miss
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy,MA,USA
June 22 is a real corker; do you catch Southside Johnny and Little Feat at the Music Circus, or Stevie Nicks at BoA, or Stevie Wonder at Tweeter? ...

"Swedish Girls Tour"--Um, Need We Say More?
Seattlest - Seattle,USA
Twice she accompanied her iPod; a cover tune turned out to be Fleetwood Mac's "Little Lies," slowed to dirge-speed. All the cocky, wry "Little Bit" by Lykke ...
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Historical tidbit of Fleetwood Mac info
By Nickslive(Nickslive)
This week in 1975... (May 15th to be exact). Fleetwood Mac debuted their new line-up in El Paso, Texas. It was the first incarnation of the band that included Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John and Christine McVie.

Pansy groups and pansy songs…
By Retrosexual
Question2. Are there other straight guys who like “For emily wherever I may find her”? Question3. This is a sureshot. Are there other straight guys who like “Songbird” by Christine McVie of Fleetwood mac? Well, I do. ...
Chiclet - http://thelesserbeat.wordpress.com

[vivfox]

Google News Alert for: stevie nicks

Sounds like you need some AC this summer
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Girls rule Friday night at the Borgata, with Stevie Nicks in the big room, and a youthful triple bill of Kate Voegele, Natasha Bedingfield and the Veronicas ...
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Summer Music Guide
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake,IL,USA
Stevie Nicks, 8 pm June 14, Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, 1300 S. Linn White Drive., Chicago. $35-$125. With Shawn Colvin. ...
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Rumours back on the UK Top 100 Chart
By Nickslive(Nickslive)
Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours" is back inside the UK Top 100 Albums chart. For the chart week ending May 17, 2008 "Rumours" is sitting at #90. The previous week had it sitting at #96. It's moving up for some reason. ...

Riverboard tragedy woman remembered
Stourbridge News - England, UK
They sang Morning Has Broken, Dear Lord and Father of Mankind and I Danced in the Morning, and listened to Landslide and Say You Will by Fleetwood Mac. ...
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IN CONCERT IN concert(Dave Mason)
Toledo Free Press - OH, USA
The guitarist joined Fleetwood Mac in 1993 for a tour and recorded the disc “Time” with the group. “There's just so many great moments if I really stop to ...
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[michelej1]

Press Association, Newsfile May 19, 2008

Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller is the most successful British music manager of all time, according to a major US magazine.

His acts have sold 116 million units in the US alone, Billboard said.

The music mogul has managed The Spice Girls, David Beckham, Annie Lennox, and many more.

The magazine said he was responsible for more than 500 number one singles globally, and more than 240 number one albums.

It placed him ahead of other British managers including Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) and Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Fuller is probably best known for creating Pop Idol, which, with its spin-offs, has found new musical talent all over the world.

Top five British music managers, with units sold (US) (millions):

Simon Fuller 116

Peter Grant 110.5

Brian Epstein 106

Steve O'Rourke (Pink Floyd) 70.5

Tony Smith (Genesis) 57

Top five global music managers

Colonel Tom Parker (Elvis Presley) 148

Irving Azoff (Eagles, Stevie Nicks) 122.5

Simon Fuller 116

Bob Doyle (Garth Brooks) 116

Peter Grant 110.5

[vivfox]

Google News Alert for: stevie nicks

A bad venue for bad people
NorthFulton.com - Alpharetta,GA,USA
... prices to make the Eagles richer than they already are, you would probably spend even more to see dusty fossils like Stevie Nicks and Steve Miller. ...
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Pearl Jam eye Jack White for Bonnaroo
My Tennessean.com - Nashville,TN,USA
One of Bonnaroo's trademark bits of fun comes in guest appearances -- fest-goers caught Stevie Nicks during Tom Petty's set, gospel legend Mavis Staples ...
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What year is this? 1998? 1978?
GwinnettHerald.com - GA,USA
I mean, just look at this: The Eagles, Joe Cocker/Steve Miller Band, Stevie Nicks, Steely Dan, Tom Petty/Steve Winwood, Bryan Adams/Foreigner, Rush, Yes, ...
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AM PrepEntertainment History: MON MAY 26th | KXNet.com North ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
Singer Stevie Nicks is 60. Actor Philip Michael Thomas ("Miami Vice") is 59. Actress Pam Grier is 59. Country singer Hank Williams Junior is 59. ...
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Academy in key with blues duo
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
... their influences and peers and live have colourfully been described a 'distillation of the MC5 and early Fleetwood Mac with the intensity of a plane crash'.
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Another Busy Weekend
By Nicholas Tillemans(Nicholas Tillemans)
The album's produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Sentimental Lady employs most of Fleetwood Mac. I think my favorite song from this batch is April Wine: I Like To Rock. Today we patched our retaining wall with concrete and tuck pointed ...
The Star Chamber - http://nickatillemans.livejournal.com/

No April Showers = May Plati-'Tudes
CUBuffs.com - USA
Music—Folsom Field used to host the old “Sun Day” series of concerts, one of which set the stadium attendance record (May 1, 1977: Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, ...
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Two shows in two days!
By kramer(sammy)
"The Cave Singers make beautifully anguished acoustic music that has been compared to Townes Van Zandt and Fleetwood Mac (singer Peter Quirk sure does sound a lot like Stevie Nicks sometimes)." Then on Wednesday, 21 May at 8pm ...
FAMILY - http://www.familylosangeles.com/blog/

[vivfox]

KFMA Day 2008 crowd estimates have ranged from 24,000 to 30,000, making it possibly the largest concert crowd Tucson has seen in 30 years, since Fleetwood Mac drew 67,000 to Arizona Stadium in 1977.
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/hardtoexplain/9378/you-tell-us-thoughts-on-metallica-at-tucsons-kfma-day


Fleetwood Mac- "The first songs we heard from them were 'The Chain,' 'Landslide' and 'Silver Springs.' Our parents showed us a Fleetwood Mac concert that aired on PBS in 1997 and at first we didn't get it. We watched the whole thing not knowing how much of an influence they would be to our band 10 years later. When we were told we sounded like them, we revisited the music and sure enough fell in love with it. 'Silver Springs' and 'Landslide' were our musical milestones for a while. They really set a standard of song-writing to us."
http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/Young-Sibling-Band-The-Bridges-Reared-On-Classic-Sounds-Of-Fm-Radio/40366.html

Amazon.com
Spanning 22 years, this double-disc, 36-track compilation chronicles the initially unlikely and ultimately triumphant conflation of a failing, veteran English neo-blues band (Mick Fleetwood and the McVies) with a pair of mercurial American also-rans (the baroque folk-rock genius Lindsey Buckingham and crypto-songbird Stevie Nicks). The creative alchemy was immediate, as 15 epochal tracks ("Dreams," "Say You Love Me," "The Chain," "Don't Stop") from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours here attest. They could have arguably repeated that mega-successful formula for a decade, but chose a more musically expansive tack, represented "Sara," Think About Me" and the other core tracks drawn from the ambitious Tusk. While the band's megahit luster faded as the solo careers of Buckingham and Nicks took flight in the '80s, their power was still apparent in the dusky-bright pop of Christine McVie's "Hold Me" and "Little Lies." Sequenced with compelling listening rather than chronology in mind, this set also includes the strongest of the Mac's latter-day recordings (Nicks's "Paper Doll," "Silver Springs," and "No Questions Asked"; McVie's "As Long As You Follow"), as well the Lindsey Buckingham showcases "Go Insane" and "Big Love" from '97's The Dance. --Jerry McCulley

[michelej1]

On this Gawker blog, people criticized Keith Gessen for writing about political writing and compared him to FM. Guess the "Fleetwood Mac threshold" is like "jumping the shark." But in truth, Fleetwood Mac didn't often write about being in a band (although Lindsey has). They wrote more about being in love, which is universal, not something they only know as musicians.


http://gawker.com/391675/why-does-gawker-hate-you-keith-gessen

Also? Is his first novel a novel about living? No, it's a novel about writing.

In music, this is referred to as the Fleetwood Mac Threshold: you've been in a band so damn long you can't write songs about anything other than being in a band.

The problem with issuing that same indictment against Gessen is that he's hardly alone in writing about being a writer; there's a Sagan-esque bill-yuns and bill-yuns of books on the same topic. It qualifies as a literarily venial sin (though clearly in Gessen's case, a less than venereal sin).

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Keith Moon drove cars into swimming pools - that’s eccentric;

It's also a myth - like many of the stories about Keith.

And with Keith, the truth is usually even more interesting than the myth.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by michelej1
Keith Moon drove cars into swimming pools - that’s eccentric;

It's also a myth - like many of the stories about Keith.

And with Keith, the truth is usually even more interesting than the myth.

I totally believe it's true.:lol:

[michelej1]

Article About Village Recorder Studio, which mentions decoration, Billboard June 22, 1996

HEADLINE: JULIE HORMEL MAINTAINS HER FATHER'S VILLAGE VISION

BYLINE: Alan di Perna

BODY:
Santa Monica, Calif.--On the third floor of the late-'20s former Masonic temple that houses the Village Recorder is a room visitors have rarely seen. It's an intimate-sized theater--a relic of another era, complete with a traditional proscenium-arch stage and velour curtains.

"It was originally a theater where Technicolor processes were tested in the '50s," says studio president Julie Hormel. "It was a transcendental meditation center in the '70s, and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi gave lectures here. The room has really languished in recent years, but we're going to start using it again. There's so much history in this building that I'm still learning about."

That admission is especially revealing given that Hormel is the daughter of Village Recorder founder Geordie Hormel. She assumed leadership of the studio Dec. 12, 1994, and has been diligently upgrading the historic facility ever since.

"I felt the place hadn't changed with the times the way it could have," she says. "My father got involved in the restaurant business in Phoenix and didn't have as much time to spend at the studio. The studio needed a fresh perspective. For me, it's been a labor of love to do that, because this is my home."

Hormel has assembled a staff that includes music industry veteran Jeff Greenberg, who is the Village's CEO; former Lion Share Recording co-owner Jay Antista, who is the studio's chief of maintenance; and Robin Bulla, who is studio manager. Also on the team is Grammy-winning engineer/ producer Al Schmitt, whose session credits include Madonna, Elvis Presley, Tony Bennett, Steely Dan, Jefferson Airplane, Dr. John, Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, and Sam Cook. In his new capacity as the Village's audio consultant, Schmitt oversaw a comprehensive rewiring, reamping, and retuning of the facility's four commercially available rooms, Studios A, B, D, and F.

With regard to tuning, says Greenberg, "Al and I went through the rooms very carefully with (acousticians) Vincent Van Haff and Steve Coco Brandon. We redesigned the crossovers and the monitor system, because things were not sounding as good as they could."

The new crossover system employed in all four rooms was designed by Brandon. Van Haff designed the main monitor systems in each studio, which combine JBL low-frequency components with TAD components for mids and highs. The monitors are driven by a biamped system consisting of Bryston 7B monoblocks for the low end and Boulder 500s for the high end.

Vintage tube Macintosh 2105 amplifiers drive a selection of Yahama NS-10M, Auratone, and Tannoy SGM 10 and Gold 12 monitors in each control room. As for acoustic treatments, the Village's new management decided to tamper with history as little as possible. Much of Studio D, for example, dates back to 1978, when the room was redesigned by Geordie Hormel and Fleetwood Mac for the recording of the group's multiplatinum "Tusk" album. Stevie Nicks had much to do with the tropical motif in the studio's isolation booth, and Christine McVie chose most of the furniture. These elements and others were left intact when the studio was upgraded last year.

"We decided not to mess with success," says Greenberg, "even with regard to paint and fabric. We put new fabric on the walls, but we really had to search for the kind of fabric that was on there originally. It's an old felt. We realized how every element in the room has a big effect on the sound. We were thinking about getting a real modern, good-looking hardwood floor. But we realized that the existing floor really sounds good and contributes to the overall sonic character of the room. So we kept it."

Beyond sonic considerations, Julie Hormel says that some of the studios' quaint design touches contribute to the comfort level of clients. "Many of our clients like the fact that the rooms haven't changed a lot in appearance," she says. "It gives them a sense of connectedness with the past. A lot of great music came out of the era when this studio was built. So I think it's nostalgic for a lot of people in a good way. A lot of the newer bands like that, and they consider us a shrine to everything that they bring to their music."

As part of the upgrade, the 60-channel Neve board in Studio B was converted to a 72-channel console, making it consistent with the 72-channel Neve in Studio D. But, in a move even more emblematic of today's trends in recording, the G-Series SSL in Studio A was recently replaced by a vintage 1974 Neve 8048. The console was originally installed at Chicago's Universal Recorders and made its way to CBS-TV's Colfax Avenue lot in Hollywood, Calif., where it was used for the Nickelodeon program "Roundhouse." From there, it was only a short trip across town to its present home at the Village.

"It came to us in such clean condition that we pretty much kept it (intact)," says Greenberg of the Neve, which combines 40 in and out modules with a 32-input monitor section, 10 group channels, and two stereo masters, for a total of 88 channels. "We wanted it to be in as original condition as possible. 1974 is one of the most desirable years for Neves, and this is one of the last boards designed by Rupert Neve. Old Neve boards have become very popular in the last few years, especially for tracking dates. And since Studio A is one of the city's premier tracking rooms, it seemed the perfect place for this great old console."

Completing the vintage analog vibe at the Village is the selection of Studer A-800 and A-827 and Otari MTR-90 multitrack recorders in each room, plus a comprehensive collection of microphones and outboard gear, both vintage and new.

Julie Hormel has childhood memories of sessions with such artists as Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd. While the Hormel family is perhaps most widely known for its success in the food industry, Geordie Hormel made his mark as a musician and composer for such '50s and '60s TV shows as "Ozzie And Harriet," "Lassie," and "The Untouchables." He opened the Village Recorder in 1968 as one of the first 24-track studios in L.A. The studio's west side location and Masonic deco architecture have always made it one of L.A.'s most distinctive recording facilities.

Over the years, it has hosted landmark sessions with Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and others. Geordie Hormel has retained ownership of the Village and continues to act as an adviser, but he has turned over the studio's daily operation to his daughter and her staff.

Under their leadership, the studio continues to thrive on a healthy mixture of album, film scoring, and commercial work. Recent projects include sessions for Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" and scores for the feature films "To Die For," "Up Close And Personal," and "American Buffalo."

In addition to the Village's four studios for hire, there is also Studio C, which has had Robbie Robertson as a permanent tenant since 1985. Ace session guitarist/composer Jeff "Skunk" Baxter also maintains a project studio within the Village's walls.

"We've tried to maintain everything my dad stood for," says Julie Hormel. "An environment where people can create and feel comfortable doing it, an environment where nothing is preventing them from creating and everything is facilitating it. We like to take really good care of our clients. It's a tradition that my dad started and we want to continue."

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Interview with bassist Stanley Clarke in Austin Chronicle

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A627402

SC: We understand that we have certain tendencies in other areas like rock and definitely classical, but look at Chick's history. He's played with Blue Mitchell, Stan Getz, and Miles Davis. I played with Dexter Gordon, Art Blakey, and Stan Getz. Lenny played with Freddie Hubbard, et cetera, et cetera. Al was the only guy who was more rock than jazz, but Al had a lot of technique, and even today he's considered a jazz guitar player. Our music was called jazz-rock because we played as loud as any rock band out there, but our solos were jazz solos. We know how to play on changes. We know how to use different kinds of phrasing that you would hear with Coltrane or Davis. We started out playing shows with David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bachman-Turner Overdrive. We did many shows with Fleetwood Mac, all the way up until they had their big album Rumours. We played with Teddy Pendergrass. So we were a jazz-rock band, but when the saxophones came on the scene, the rock went away, and it was easier to call it fusion

[MacMan]

Re: Replacing judges on American Idol

It's time for Paula and Randy to steal Kristy Lee's old horse and ride off into the sunset.
http://tvfan.ew.com/shows/American+Idol/recap/619
We all know what a "gift" Paula is, even if she doubts that we do. And Randy and the dawg pound have served us well over the years. But it's time for the first two judges' chairs to be filled by music industry professionals actually capable of offering valid opinions, as opposed to meaningless, incessantly repeated catchphrases or incoherent rambling. And I think I've come up with the perfect replacements — one needs to look no further than '70s supergroup Fleetwood Mac. Think about it. Stevie Nicks could fulfill the much-needed "supportive female" role on the panel, but somehow you just know she wouldn't sugarcoat her critiques. As a bonus, whenever she'd get up to dance, she'd do her patented twirl and repeatedly hit Simon in the face with the awesome black lace cape she'd wear every week. And with Lindsey Buckingham in the other chair, challenging Simon to see who could leave more shirt buttons undone, we'd have a sullen, tortured genius who would interrupt his carefully thought-out comments to shoot alternately lustful/angry looks at the judge next to him. Seriously, Nigel, it's not a bad idea. Stevie and Lindsey's chemistry could rival Simon and Ryan's. Fun for everyone!

[michelej1]

And I think I've come up with the perfect replacements — one needs to look no further than '70s supergroup Fleetwood Mac. Think about it. Stevie Nicks could fulfill the much-needed "supportive female" role on the panel, but somehow you just know she wouldn't sugarcoat her critiques. As a bonus, whenever she'd get up to dance, she'd do her patented twirl and repeatedly hit Simon in the face with the awesome black lace cape she'd wear every week. And with Lindsey Buckingham in the other chair, challenging Simon to see who could leave more shirt buttons undone, we'd have a sullen, tortured genius who would interrupt his carefully thought-out comments to shoot alternately lustful/angry looks at the judge next to him. Seriously, Nigel, it's not a bad idea. Stevie and Lindsey's chemistry could rival Simon and Ryan's. Fun for everyone![/FONT][/B][/FONT]

This is incredible. If people think Simon and Paula argue, they ain't seen nothing yet. Simon would be a distant third when it came to interesting judges on the panel if this ever came to past.

Michele

[Livia]

I can still remember arguing with my mom about my purchase of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Mom was aghast over the implied sexual content of the cover image.

She had a specific problem with Mick Fleetwood’s belt and in general an issue with Stevie Nicks draping herself over his leg. I had a problem in that, being the sheltered teen that I was, I never would’ve even noticed such raciness had she not made a big deal about it. I still have the album somewhere and can still sing along with EVERY song.

http://ifmomsaysok.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/its-a-lost-art/

[vivfox]

I can still remember arguing with my mom about my purchase of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Mom was aghast over the implied sexual content of the cover image.

She had a specific problem with Mick Fleetwood’s belt and in general an issue with Stevie Nicks draping herself over his leg.

How does your mother feel about Stevie now?

[michelej1]

U. S. Royalty band member Paul Thornley mentioned being influenced by FM and Lindsey:

http://alldcblog.com/three-stars-u-s-royalty/

What were some of those shared influences that you talked about?

JT: Oasis.

JM: Kings of Leon.

JT: These days, now, there’s been how many years of recorded music? Eighty or ninety? It’s getting to the point now where there’s so much music now that you can’t just say, “Oh I like ’80s stuff or I like ’90s stuff.” I think that folks our age now take in all of it. I think the real challenge is finding bands that cover what you’re kind of going for. So when I say I like a band like Oasis or Kings of Leon, that’s not necessarily saying that I want to write music like they did, it’s going for a convinced vibe or sound and saying, “These guys would be great to play with.”

PT: What else? The Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsay Buckingham, I like every era of rock and roll.

JT: I think we appreciate a lot of stuff so I think we take each song by itself. We write a whole bunch of songs and thereupon we try to figure out how do these fit in together. Like we played one song for our first couple of sets and thereupon we wrote a new song and we’re like, “OK, let’s drop the other one considering we have one now that fits better.” But I think we do better in an album setting considering the albums seem kind of disparate in a sense. There’s different kind of aspects of rock and roll and in the context of an album they compose a little more sense.

[vivfox]

Google Blogs Alert for: christine mcvie

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I have no idea why the “Edge of Seventeen” should be trying to run through my head, much as I liked the singer I did tend to think of her as “not Christine Perfect (or McVie), you know, the other woman in Fleetwood Mac”, ...
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[vivfox]

''Eve of Destruction'' is one of the most popular entrees in the lineup. He's tweaked a few of the lines to make it more relevant for today, and he revised the line about ''Red China,'' changing it to "Think of all the hate that's livin' inside us." Good move, since his tour heads there this summer. Late last month, he recorded the song again, this time with Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac and Roger McGuinn, formerly of The Byrds. It will be included in his upcoming CD.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/06/song-remains-same/

[vivfox]

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Looks like SHERYL CROW won't be joining FLEETWOOD MAC after all ...
Back in March, Sheryl indicated that she might take CHRISTINE MCVIE's position in the Mac when they started their next album or tour. But Sheryl's friend STEVIE NICKS tells the St. Louis Dispatch that it ain't happening. ...
The Rock WCCC 106.9 Music News - http://www.wccc.com/musicnews.php

[vivfox]

World Cup racing in the early 1980’s was not on today’s more regular schedule. Alpine racing came to the U.S. in the spring. Nick Badami set out to change that, convincing Serge Lang, the father of the White Circus, and the FIS the season should begin in November and, naturally, in Park City. It was Craig who persuaded his father and the FIS that the event should be bigger than just racing. It was to be a show with entertainment, bands, art shows, etc.
And so “America’s Opening” began. Yes, there were ski races, but the Opening was much bigger than racing. Stars like Barbara Mandrell and Fleetwood Mac performed between the first and second runs in front of 12,000 to 15,000 people. Racers were paid in “Badami Bullion” — real gold. Nick Badami once told me that heating the outdoor stage for Fleetwood Mac was “the most expensive thing I ever did,” explaining that the band’s contract required the outdoor stage be 72 to 75 degrees. “It wasn’t the band which was expensive, it was the heating bill," he recalled, laughing.

http://www.skiracing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6584&Itemid=2

[michelej1]

Nick Badami once told me that heating the outdoor stage for Fleetwood Mac was “the most expensive thing I ever did,” explaining that the band’s contract required the outdoor stage be 72 to 75 degrees. “It wasn’t the band which was expensive, it was the heating bill," he recalled, laughing.[/B]

http://www.skiracing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6584&Itemid=2

You know we laugh about self-indulgent riders, but I don't think this is one of them. I once saw Christine performing with those gloves with holes through the tips on. They were all visibly cold (with vapor coming from their mouths) and it looked like it was a very uncomfortable night for them all. I know movement and hot lights warm them up a bit, but they can't perform their best when its frigid. Plus, they open themselves up to throat ailments, which could put a wrench in a whole tour schedule.

So, I'd say that wasn't too unreasonable a demand.

Michele

[vivfox]

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Cool new CD reissues
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... fighting with wife Karen Lamm at the time; the two divorced and he would wind up in a tumultuous but musically inspiring relationship with Christine McVie while cutting Bambu) and a eulogy for a fallen friend (Farewell My Friend). ...

[michelej1]

Here's an excerpt from an article on reunited bands, from the El Paso Times:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/living/ci_9579356

He [the editor or Pollstar] believes fans "are able to see through" a band that isn't a reasonable facsimile of the one fans know and love. He cited a club tour by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie under the name of their longtime band, Fleetwood Mac. It created "a real concern as to whether they had diminished the name," Bongiovanni said. A subsequent reunion tour with fabled front musicians Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham enjoyed "over-the-top success, so the public saw through that" club tour.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Guardian article on George Lamb:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/16/radio.bbc

When it comes to musical tastes, Lamb is "not a snob". "I went through a really intense period of listening to Fleetwood Mac about a year ago." he says. "I listened to Rumours, obviously, but there's something about Tango in the Night, about the 80s vibe of it that is wonderful. I also really love Peter Gabriel. But if I put on music it's to block out everything. And I listen to melodies more than to lyrics."

[SteveMacD]

Here's an excerpt from an article on reunited bands, from the El Paso Times:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/living/ci_9579356

He [the editor or Pollstar] believes fans "are able to see through" a band that isn't a reasonable facsimile of the one fans know and love. He cited a club tour by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie under the name of their longtime band, Fleetwood Mac. It created "a real concern as to whether they had diminished the name," Bongiovanni said. A subsequent reunion tour with fabled front musicians Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham enjoyed "over-the-top success, so the public saw through that" club tour.

I love it when editors show themselves to be idiots.

The argument seems to be that because the band played a club tour, it somehow diminished the good name of Fleetwood Mac (as if Stevie and Lindsey were having success). Here's the problem with that line of reasoning: Any tour billed as Fleetwood Mac that does not have any singers from the "Rumours" band would just play clubs, be it the "Time" band or a hypothetical reunion of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. I highly doubt they would judge the latter as harshly because of the venues they were playing.

[michelej1]

I love it when editors show themselves to be idiots.

The argument seems to be that because the band played a club tour, it somehow diminished the good name of Fleetwood Mac (as if Stevie and Lindsey were having success). Here's the problem with that line of reasoning: Any tour billed as Fleetwood Mac that does not have any singers from the "Rumours" band would just play clubs, be it the "Time" band or a hypothetical reunion of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. I highly doubt they would judge the latter as harshly because of the venues they were playing.

Well, depending on the quality of the clubs you're playing, you probably wouldn't be judged as harshly either, if the club is known for the quality of the talent it attracts, its acoustics, etc.

Also, if you're alone on the bill or playing with a string of other crippled acts makes a difference. Yeah, the "club" wasn't the problem. It was just an abbreviated way of describing a collection of factors that the writer perceived as negative.

Michele

[SteveMacD]

Well, depending on the quality of the clubs you're playing, you probably wouldn't be judged as harshly either, if the club is known for the quality of the talent it attracts, its acoustics, etc.

Also, if you're alone on the bill or playing with a string of other crippled acts makes a difference. Yeah, the "club" wasn't the problem. It was just an abbreviated way of describing a collection of factors that the writer perceived as negative.

I understand what you're saying, but it's still not a neat comparison with Fleetwood Mac (compared to Styx or Journey), given that it already had three or four distinct periods by that time. Mick and John were the only originals still in the band by 1971.

Which isn't to say the band didn't screw up. The played it right when they opened for Crosby, Stills, & Nash. That's a very good fit. They may have only done one or two new songs a set, but that was okay since the album hadn't been released, yet. The REO/Benetar tour was a disaster. They would have been better off, IMO, headlining a medium-size club tour and focusing on newer material than have anything to do with this tour. But, they wouldn't have made as much on a club tour, and may have lost money. The only saving grace is that the album still hadn't been released.

OTOH, I find it odd that when people talk about this period, they always mention Stevie and Lindsey not being in the band, but never mention that they were bombing as solo acts themesleves. Lindsey was either an opening act or was playing small to medium sized clubs. Stevie was playing the larger venues, at about 25% capacity. So, how beneficial would they have been? The problem in 1995 is that people didn't care about Fleetwood Mac or the people who had been in the band (save for Peter Green, who went from being rumored to have died, to being rumored to have been preparing for his own comeback). It took a joint effort from Time Warner and Viacom to get people back into the Mac.

[michelej1]

Palm Beach Post http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/accent/epaper/2008/05/01/a1e_hittheroad_web_0501.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=2

May 1, 2008. Section: ACCENT


STILL ROCKIN !!!!
WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE TELL US WHO THEY HIT THE ROAD FOR


Anne Rodgers

Idols come in many forms: One woman's dreamboat can be another's disappointment. But most female fans have at least one hitmaker they long to see in concert more than once. When Charm editor Anne Rodgers asked other women of a certain age to reveal which musicians they'd hit the road to see live onstage, the response ranged from country to pop crooner to rock.

Stevie Nicks, The Beach Boys

Ever since I attended a jam session in Malibu, Calif. in the late '80s I have gone all out for Stevie Nicks. (Christine McVie sat next to me and Kris Kristofferson played too.) It's that unique, nasal voice of Stevie's that I love. I have a few of her albums and hope to go see her when she plays in June at Hard Rock Live.

I also like the Beach Boys. I love their sound and I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. in the '80s: My daughter and I were dancing in the aisles.

I'd hit the road for either of these acts.

- Sally Crawford, 70something, West Palm Beach

Todd Rundgren

I have been a faithful fan of Todd Rundgren's for 34 years.

My first show was back in the summer of1974 at Central Park and I haven't stopped yet.Plane rides, car rides, you name it: I will still wait in line at general admission shows for hours on endso I can be front and center.

I have made some great friends along the way. About 12 years ago, I met two people inline at a show in Atlanta who'd driven all night from Florida . . . We have been the best of friends ever since. I was even in the delivery room as their daughter made her way into this world 10 years ago.

Some people look at me cockeyed when I tell them all that I do for Todd, but it's a joyful experience and it keeps meyoung.

- Julie Feldman, 49, Lake Worth

Bobby Rydell

I have always loved oldies rock 'n' roll because those songs transport me back to those simpler, less complicated times. So when I interviewed my teenage heartthrob Bobby Rydell in 1988 for an article I was assigned to write for a local entertainment newspaper, I saw it as a golden opportunity.

I was thrilled for the experience, as well as to be invited to his performance that evening. Even though I was a woman of 42 and a mother of two teenage daughters, I reacted like a 15-year-old.

Bobby and I have remained friends ever since, and I often spend time with him and see his shows when he comes to South Florida to entertain.

- Judy Goldstein, 61, Boca Raton

Eric Clapton

So many rock stars . . . so little time! But, I'm old enough and employed enough to be able to afford the price of a ticket! I've got a date with the man of my dreams on May 5, when Eric Clapton plays the Hard Rock. The last time I saw Clapton was at the (long gone) Fillmore East in New York. Can't wait!

Toughest decision now: what to wear!

- Janie Grackin, 58, West Palm Beach

Keith Urban

I am a full-fledged Urban-ite: an official member of the Keith Urban fan club, who must have a daily dose.

For my live fixes, I traveled to one of his shows in Virginia last year and to another one down the road in Sunrise.

If you don't know Keith's music and dismiss him as a "country twanger," I understand, because I never paid ANY attention to country before and couldn't tell you Brad from Merle. But Keith is a rocker at heart and an incredibly talented guy, not to mention his ability to get women's hearts of all ages humming!

- Kaffee Keldie, 56, North Palm Beach

Jimmy Buffett

My own concert favorite is Jimmy Buffett, and I have been to three of his concerts up north during his summer tours. I have a set of fins to wave and a T-shirt from each venue. My favorite-of-all-time song is Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?, right up there with the timeless Margaritaville.

- Gloria Dennen, 79, Palm Beach Gardens

[michelej1]

This is from a Telegraph (UK) article about aging rockers hauling in the dough, from December 29, 2001:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1366587/Rock%27s-elder-statesmen-still-rolling-in-cash.html

Even Stevie Nicks, 53, appearing solo without Fleetwood Mac made £10 million from 38 dates. Bob Dylan, 60, still on his Never-ending world tour - he is soon to return to Japan - made £9 million from 58 shows, while Sting, 50, took £9 million from 27 performances.

[michelej1]

[I was looking for whether Susan was older or younger than Mick, but her obituary made interesting reading on its own, especially the part about their childhood]

London Times, October 2, 1995

HEADLINE: Susan Fleetwood

BODY:
Susan Fleetwood, actress, died of cancer on September 29 aged 51. She was born on September 21, 1944.

WITH her expressive, dark eyes, handsome, mobile face and impeccable vocal delivery, Susan Fleetwood was for more than twenty years a leading figure on the classical English stage. From an early age she displayed such immense maturity that from the outset it was difficult not to think of her in terms of a much older generation of actresses, the Thorndikes and the Ashcrofts. It is astonishing to reflect that her electrifying Regan or her imperious Portia for the Royal Shakespeare Company of the 1960s and 1970s were played when she was still in her twenties. And yet up to thirty years later she was able to replicate girlish self-doubt or ingenue bemusement where they were called for in some of her television roles.

Indeed, her dramatic gifts and physical attributes enabled her to translate effortlessly to the small screen. There, she was properly in her element in the heavier kind of drama, though her performance as Kate Phillips in the BBC1 detective series Chandler & Co, seen as recently as this year, was an immensely successful feature of the channel's more popular output. To her film roles, too, though they were not numerous, she always brought unforgettable quality.

To the public who did not know her, it would have come as a surprise to learn that this achievement was sustained in parallel with a battle against cancer which had lasted for ten years. Among her later roles, her Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991, was a triumph of innate accomplishment and sheer courage over the debilitating ravages of the disease.

Susan Maureen Fleetwood was born at St Andrews, the daughter of an RAF officer. Her brother Mick was to become drummer of the band Fleetwood Mac. Since her father chose to keep his children with him while he went on overseas postings, rather than packing them off to boarding school, she had a peripatetic childhood. She spent several years in Egypt in the period before the Suez crisis and then went to Norway where her father had a Nato job. There she had her first taste of drama with the role of Joseph in a school production of the famous Old Testament story.

With a precocious brother and sister, both of whom were interested in the arts in one form or another, she grew up as an articulate child, although the scant formal side of her education left her with reading difficulties that were to haunt her for some years.

When her parents returned to England she chose to help them to renovate the Thames barge they lived in rather than to be sent to school. Broadmindedly, they seem not to have objected. But the local education authority did, and she was tracked down and hauled off to school.

Since she was apparently incapable of passing her 11-plus, the choice had to be a convent school and it was to the influence of a nun there, who perceived what drama could do for this unconventional child, that Susan Fleetwood ever afterwards attributed her embarking on the right career path.

At 16 she won a scholarship to RADA from where, in 1964, she toured the United States, playing Lady Macbeth and Rosalind in As You Like It in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Terry Hands, a contemporary at RADA with whom she was later to live for nine years, played Orlando. When she returned from America she went to Liverpool with a group of actors, which had Hands at the centre of it.

There she became a founder-member of the Everyman Theatre, which had encouragement from Liverpool City Council. It was hard, ill-paid work, but the commitment was unremittingly to serious drama, and this shaped her outlook on what the theatre should be.

This formative experience, which included teaching and performing in local schools, lasted three years. At the end of that period she was offered jobs at both the National and Royal Shakespeare theatres.

She decided to follow Hands to Stratford, and, unlike many young actresses who have to spend an apprenticeship playing soldiers, townsfolk or murderers, soon made her mark. In 1968 her baneful Regan in King Lear electrified audiences. Her Cassandra in John Barton's production of Troilus and Cressida was also an arresting one.

But, though she became well established at the RSC, she began to appreciate the drawbacks of working for the same company, and in 1970 went touring with the Cambridge Theatre Company. With them she did her first Seagull (as Nina), an experience that was to instil into her a love for Chekhov which never left her. She also toured with the Prospect Theatre, as Lady Rodolpha in The Way of the World and as Ophelia.

But, as was bound to happen, the RSC could never be far from the centre of her career and she was back at Stratford by 1972, playing Portia opposite Eric Porter's Shylock, the Woman of Canterbury in Murder in the Cathedral and a Bondwoman in The Island of the Mighty (the production of which so displeased its co-authors John Arden and his wife Margaret D'Arcy that they picketed the Aldwych Theatre and vowed never to write for the stage again).

By now Susan Fleetwood was unassailably established on the classical stage and it was only a question of which roles she would add to her repertoire as the years went on. A notable landmark was her Pegeen Mike in a production of The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic in 1975. This was the more remarkable in that she was the only English member of an otherwise all-Irish cast.

During the 1980s she became increasingly involved with films, including Heat and Dust (1982), a version of Ruth Prawer Jabhvala's novel of India, scripted by the writer herself, and White Mischief (1987), an account of the murder of Lord Erroll in Kenya's Happy Valley. But a film which meant a great deal to her was The Sacrifice directed in Sweden in 1985 by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. The director, then in exile, was also by then suffering from cancer (he died shortly afterwards) and a close artistic rapport sprang up between him and his leading lady.

Meanwhile, a television career had burgeoned; besides the popular success of Chandler & Co there was a recent version of Jane Austen's Persuasion and the enigmatic portrayal of the long-suffering Leonora Ashburnham in a fine account of Ford Madox Ford's novel The Good Soldier (1981).

But nothing could weaken her allegiance to the stage. As long as she was able, she continued to engage the major classic roles. A delightful Beatrice in the RSC's Much Ado About Nothing in 1990 was followed by a remarkable account of Chekhov's Madame Arkadina at the Barbican in the following year, which plumbed all the depths of The Seagull's subtleties. Had illness not cut short her career, Susan Fleetwood clearly had much more to give as she entered maturity. Her death removes one of its most gracious personalities from the English stage.

She never married.

[THEY HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE THE FOLLOWING YEAR]

June 10, 1996

HEADLINE: Miss Susan Fleetwood

BODY:
A celebration for the life and work of Miss Susan Fleetwood, actress, was held yesterday at St James's, Piccadilly. The Rev Donald Reeves officiated.

Mr Gawn Grainger read the lesson. Miss Brenda Blethyn read Her Praise by W.B. Yeats and Mr Brian Cox read Sonnet XVIII by Shakespeare. Mr Michael Coveney gave an address. Mr Mick Fleetwood, brother, Ms Mopsy Heath, Ms Linda Clifford, Mr Luke Jones, Miss Angela Pleasence, Mr Peter Eyre, Mr John Tams and Friends and Mr Michael Gough also took part.

[michelej1]

Sharon Little compliments FM here, by saying no one ever thinks they're a pop band. Actually, people only think they're a pop band: a bad, schlocky pop band at that.

Tahoe Daily Tribune
http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20080626/NEWS/388170299/1058

Little stayed true to her philosophy when an investor brought her into a studio. He tried to make her a pop singer but she refused. That’s when she met Scot Sax, with whom she co-wrote the 11 songs on her album “Perfect Time for a Breakdown.”

“He never tried to pin me as a pop star but he got me to appreciate some of the pop stars,” she said. “Like Fleetwood Mac. They’re a pop band. You never think that because they were just great. The Beatles and the Stones, all of those guys, they were pop stars. I grew to like the more poppier stuff.”

[michelej1]

Time Magazine,November 29, 1982, U.S. Edition

SECTION: VIDEO; Pg. 97

HEADLINE: Cable's Rock Round the Clock;
Recording stars strut their stuff nonstop on fast-growing MTV

BODY:
They grew up together in the '50s, but television and rock 'n' roll have always been contrary siblings. One soothes, the other threatens. One offers visual Pablum, the other musical grits. Even in the packaged and homogenized forms developed by such entrepreneurs as Dick Clark and Don Kirshner, TV has rarely accommodated its more rambunctious relative. Until now, that is. Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co.'s MTV (Musical Television) is uniting the rival brethren in amplified harmony.

MTV is FM Stereo with pictures, a 24-hr. cable service that rocks round the clock with contemporary rock 'n' roll. Launched 15 months ago at a cost of more than $ 20 million, MTV reaches 8.1 million subscribers via satellite across the country and, with the methodical expansion of cable, anticipates adding an estimated 7 million more by late 1983. It is building a reputation as well as an audience. At the National Cable Programming Conference in Los Angeles last week, MTV won an ACE award, cable's equivalent of an Emmy, beating out competition like the SignatureM interview series on the now defunct CBS culture cable.

The main ingredients in MTV's programming are "video records" or "videos": current recordings illustrated by 3-or 4-min. videotapes (provided free to MTV by the record companies) in which rockers strut or act out their stuff. These are punctuated every few songs by the patter of veejays (video jocks).MTV also feature some live concerts, a range of promotional graphics that are sometimes wittier than the musical segments surrounding them, and flashes of rock gossip ("Split Enz don't use a conditioner").

The simulated performance clips tend to be dull and repetitive: lip syncs sink clips. But the best videos enhance the mood of a song and expand TV's generally unadventurous visual vocabulary. Nightmarish images from Billy Joel's subconscious accompany his shouts in the song Pressure; Stevie Nicks floats through a moving Magritte painting in Fleetwood Mac's Gypsy.

Nearly all radio disc jockeys are cut from the same cloth: polyester. For the self-conciously hip veejays of MTV, the style is leather and vinyl. Earnest and anodyne, Mark Goodman may spin rebellious new-wave video platters, but no teeny-bopper daughter would be afraid to bring him home to meet Daddy. Nina Blackwood, sultry and sloe-eyed, evokes a Los Angeles chich that contrasts neatly with Martha Quinn's preppie punk.

MTV is guided by Robert Pittman, a 28-year-old Videokind who, in his pin-stripped Brooks Brothers suit, looks as if he would be more at home listening to the Brandenburg Concertos than the Clash. A veteran of rock radio, Pittman is an apostle of "narrowcasting" and "psychographics." He believes in cable's ability to reach a specific audience, in this case, ages twelve to 34, whose members offer a distinct marketing profile. Apparently Madison Avenue is being convinced. Although MTV has yet to break even, so far 100 national advertisers have pushed their products on the service.

Indeed, with record executives singing dirges over the worst slump in many years, MTV is a possible savior. The hoped-for scenario: record companies produce the promos; MTV broadcasts them, providing free advertising for the music; viewers watch a video on MTV, like it and dash out to buy the disc. Maybe next year they'll be buying the cassettes.

[michelej1]

[Well, I don't know if his theories will work in music because the measure of success he seems to be using is not really applicable. FM wasn't unsuccessful prior to Rumours and Rumours was anomaly, not only for the group, but for the record industry]

Book analyzes "success" and will discuss Fleetwood Mac in the study.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/368840_achievers30.html

Next 'it' book sizes up success
Author examines what sets high achievers apart
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Malcolm Gladwell's forthcoming examination of how mega-success is achieved will not be out until November, but judging by the buzz already surrounding it, "Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don't" promises to be this winter's "it" book.

Perhaps the most prolific Gladwell-watcher has been blogger Jason Kottke, who has written several anticipatory posts on kottke.org about the book since last fall. "I've learned," he wrote in November, "that the subject of this book is the future of the workplace with subtopics of education and genius."

Well, sort of.

As Kottke noted in May, the book's Amazon page is up, and preorders are being taken. The publisher's description there says that Gladwell takes on the question, "What makes high achievers different?" The answer is that "we pay too much attention to what successful people are like and too little attention to where they are from."

Why did it take Fleetwood Mac so long before achieving superstardom with "Rumours"?

What makes a great soccer player great, rather than merely very good?

What about Bill Gates' "peculiar childhood" set him apart from all the other computer buffs who were around at the dawn of personal computers?

In a short excerpt, Gladwell writes that "I want to convince you that the way we think about success is all wrong."

It is hard to know what, exactly, he means by this, or to know what common thread there may be between Gates and Mick Fleetwood. But some hints can be gleaned from recent works by Gladwell in The New Yorker, and in his recent speeches, video of which can be found on the magazine's Web site, newyorker.com.

In May, Gladwell wrote that scientific discoveries are not necessarily the product of singular genius. He ticked off example after example of discoveries and ideas that occurred at the same time, independently.

"Newton and Leibniz both discovered calculus," he wrote. "Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both discovered evolution."

In other words, great ideas are often, as the title of the article put it, "in the air," and true genius often lies with the people -- whether mathematicians or musicians -- who are able to snatch them down at the right time.

[Villavic]

and that fella from Fleetwood Mac chased his bandmates through the hills with a loaded shotgun.

I don't remember an episode that literally happened like that.

I think the most well known eccenctricity of Fleetwood Mac was the way they used to wear on stage. Stevie commented once: This is weird, is like we are going to different places

Stevie wearing chiffon
Mick with his typical custom (hat, red shoes, wooden balls)
Lindsey with a indian shirt, or a "Miami Vice style" suit (Tusk tour)
etc..

[michelej1]

Excerpt From Amarillo.com

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/070408/new_10686114.shtml

TURNING 50 IS NOT SO NIFTY, by Jon Mark Beilue

Today, I turn ... Today, July 4, I turn ... Today, July 4, Independence Day, 2008, I turn 50. There are hundreds of us in and around the Panhandle experiencing the same thing this year, so I ask all of us from the birth year of '58, and the Class of '76: What happened? How did we get here from there?

I can remember distinctly sitting with my roommates hooked on this new thing called MTV, vowing not to leave the television until we ogled sultry Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac singing "Gypsy" just one more time on these new music videos.

Now I'm watching TV Land and trying to find my reading glasses and a pen to jot down the 800 number as actor Robert Wagner extols the benefits of the Senior Lending Network.

[michelej1]

This is from an article about the struggles of the Red Rocks venue, from the Denver Westward, September 16, 1999

Back then, Fey Concerts, headed by longtime Denver promotions impresario Barry Fey, was locked in a duel to the death with MCA, a corporation that had invaded Fey's turf. In 1988, MCA had built Fiddler's Green, an amphitheater that seats approximately 18,000, and allowed Fey to book concerts there for the next two years. But in 1990, MCA locked Fey Concerts out of its building and the fight was on, with MCA execs waving huge wads of cash at any act that would play Fiddler's for them, not Red Rocks (capacity: 9,000) for Fey. "I remember we offered Fleetwood Mac $150,000 to play two nights at Red Rocks, and Fiddler's countered with $250,000 for one night there," Fey says. "Because I knew them, they went with us, but I had to pay $200,000 for the two nights. Both shows sold out, but our profit, which should have been about $30,000, was only $6,300. And that was typical. We were winning most of the battles, but there was bloodletting on both sides."

[michelej1]

[Hey, I like the way Car Audio tests this automobile sound system!]

http://www.caraudiomag.com/features/cae_0707_cdt_centerstage_speakers/index.html

Driver's seat: CenterStage didn't excel as anticipated from the driver's seat. My first track was from Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy," I found the midrange to be a bit harsh at a fair volume but the highs stayed near the dash. Stevie Nick's voice was very forward but vague to the point that it was almost unfocused. I really didn't feel like she was singing directly in front of me and I couldn't get a sense of a full stage mainly due to the fact that I could localize the speakers from left to right. Gloria Estefan's "Remember Me With Love" was better in the vocal section and not as harsh, but once again the presence wasn't there for me. Some of the speakers seemed overpowering and didn't set a good stage; but the instruments had some good tones and I did like listening to "Indian Summer" by The Rippingtons. A lot of information came out of the 2" speakers, which managed to keep up with the music.

Passenger's seat: Sitting on the passenger's side I had a new perspective about this system. The stage was very nice and high with good depth and focus in the vocals. It was very odd to hear such a shift and even more so because the harshness in the vocals was absent and the overall tone was flatter. Increasing the volume a notch made it even more impressive. Both Nick's and Estefan's voices were right on cue directly in front of me, making me feel like I was at a concert. The stage was wide and the information was more accurate. The cymbals were sharp and a little brassy at times, but I could finally see the potential with this setup. Every instrument was laid out from right to left just like a good stage with no dominant speakers. As you'd guess, I sat on the passenger's side more than the driver's side.

[michelej1]

In this Dan Boeckner interview he mentions Tusk:

Vancouver's Straight.com

http://www.straight.com/article-152927/everyone-loves-a-wolf-parade?

In + out

Dan Boeckner sounds off on the things that enquiring minds want to know.

On Tusk: “It was recorded when punk music was happening, and I think Fleetwood Mac was aware of punk, or at least Lindsey Buckingham was. I can hear elements of even Joy Division, and certainly a DIY guitar sound.”

[vivfox]

One of my favorite performers is Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac and solo fame. I don’t wear wispy scarves or claim to be a Welsh witch. (Although my husband will tell you that I can be an Italian-Irish-Venezuelan “rhymes with witch” from time to time.) Like Stevie, I love platform boots and have big hair. One of her lyrics goes, “You cannot know the dream, until you’ve known the nightmare.” And that’s why I would include some of my life’s failures, heartaches and crushing blows in my time capsule.

http://www.thedebutanteball.com/?p=1038

[michelej1]

[Always glad to see Husk getting some love]

This is an excerpt from an article about Dan Broekner from Drowned in Sound (UK).

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2105835

“I do listen to quite a bit of pop music, not much contemporary stuff apart from some hip-hop and dancehall stuff. I don't really listen to great new pop songs, but I do listen to lots of ‘60s and ‘70s pop stuff, like Wings or Fleetwood Mac. It seems like everyone around me right now is heavily into Fleetwood Mac – it’s become this obsession with a lot of my friends who play music. There's this renewed interest in what they were doing. Some of it you could really take as a prototype kind of bedroom recordings – there’s this really weird production on their third record, Husk. You can pretty much hear the cocaine.”

[vivfox]

[Always glad to see Husk getting some love]

There's this renewed interest in what they were doing. Some of it you could really take as a prototype kind of bedroom recordings – there’s this really weird production on their third record, Husk.

Of all the FM albums HUSK is my favorite.

[vermicious knid]

Article About Village Recorder Studio, which mentions decoration, Billboard June 22, 1996
Much of Studio D, for example, dates back to 1978, when the room was redesigned by Geordie Hormel and Fleetwood Mac for the recording of the group's multiplatinum "Tusk" album. Stevie Nicks had much to do with the tropical motif in the studio's isolation booth, and Christine McVie chose most of the furniture. These elements and others were left intact when the studio was upgraded last year.

Here is a picture from Studio D that has a tropical image on the wall. Clearly they are not in an isolation booth, but maybe the booth is on the other side of the wall.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4788/tropicalrw7.jpg

[SteveMacD]

Of all the FM albums HUSK is my favorite.

[INSERT fat Stevie joke here]

[vivfox]

Last night on my way to a meeting a local radio station was playing The Chain. After it was over the DJ said, "that was The Weight by Fleetwood Mac. Then he said, "the weight of the chain.":]:laugh:

[vivfox]

Some men are threatened by powerful women. They prefer them weak and subservient. Me, I'm the exact opposite. I mean, if I were threatened by women, would I own two albums by k.d. lang, a woman and a lesbian, no less? Any woman who browsed my CD collection and saw my copies of lang's Ingenue and All You Can Eat would immediately recognize that I'm a great catch, a guy who's secure enough in his own sexuality to honor and celebrate femininity in all its forms.

Perhaps the strongest case for my respect for women is made by my Tori Amos CDs. I have them all, even her poorly received covers album Strange Little Girls and Y Kant Tori Read, the metal album she made in 1989. How could you not feel respect for Tori Amos—and, by extension, all women—after listening to the emotional rawness of "Me And A Gun"? Every time I put on Little Earthquakes, I get chills. Plus, Tori is so sexy on the cover. (In a feminine, earth-mother sort of way, of course.)

Do you still need more proof of what an evolved male I am? Look no further than my abundance of Ani DiFranco recordings. I see Ms. DiFranco as the ultimate example of female independence and self-reliance. She turned down offers from major labels to preserve her independence and control her image. She launched her Righteous Babe label, first to put out her own music, then to put out records from other women artists like Sara Lee. She even lets people tape her shows and exchange the recordings, which is "righteous," indeed.

You know who's incredibly strong? Eve. To be a proud, independent woman in the sexist, male-dominated world of rap, well, that's pretty impressive in my book.

Lest you think I've forgotten the women who blazed the trails for the Joan Osbornes and Sheryl Crows of today, I have a broad selection of music by older female artists. Let's see, I've got Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, and, of course, Fleetwood Mac. Okay, so there were also men in Fleetwood Mac, but the band was defined by the incomparable Stevie Nicks, a woman who was a huge influence on many of today's brave female artists. I also love Billie Holiday, whose beauty and genius, sadly, is lost on the typical asshole frat guy you see on college campuses today. Like Brad Reidel. Why a girl like Jen Mosbacher is giving that Neanderthal the time of day, I'll never know.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33160

[michelej1]

Lest you think I've forgotten the women who blazed the trails for the Joan Osbornes and Sheryl Crows of today, I have a broad selection of music by older female artists. Let's see, I've got Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, and, of course, Fleetwood Mac. Okay, so there were also men in Fleetwood Mac, but the band was defined by the incomparable Stevie Nicks, a woman who was a huge influence on many of today's brave female artists. I also love Billie Holiday, whose beauty and genius, sadly, is lost on the typical asshole frat guy you see on college campuses today. Like Brad Reidel. Why a girl like Jen Mosbacher is giving that Neanderthal the time of day, I'll never know.



Actually, even though the piece was supposed to be mocking and funny, it's got a lot of truth in it. I mean, I've seen similar things said in articles that were dead serious. I love The Onion.

Michele

[michelej1]

This is an excerpt from a Filter Magazine article on Supergrass and how it manages to keep the audience interested:

http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=17123&c=11

Supergrass
The Avalon, Hollywood CA - 07.12.08
Filter Grade: 88%
by Kenny S. McGuane | 07.15.2008

Remember back in ’96 when Fleetwood Mac did that reunion tour and they put out the live album The Dance? Do you also remember how they made the listeners sit through new Fleetwood Mac songs? They didn’t actually think that people paid hundreds of dollars for tickets to see a reformed Fleetwood Mac play new Fleetwood Mac songs, did they? I think not. Same thing happened with the Eagles. Who wants to go to an Eagles show to listen to a bunch of old-farts play new Eagles tunes? Don’t bore us, boys. Either play “Witchy Woman” or get the hell off the stage.

Right?

Right. Lots of hugely successful bands run into this problem as they age. Perhaps the key to keeping people interested in a band’s newest artistic endeavors is to try and never break up. Otherwise people are just gonna come out to the shows demanding the greatest hits, which is fine for the audience but annoying—if not totally insulting—for the artist.

[vivfox]

Actually, I went my entire Junior year of varsity football without washing my socks out of "superstition". We didn't win much, but I enjoyed the notoriety.

And, being what I like to consider a spiritual being, I must acknowledge the spiritual power behind black magic, white magic, voodoo and of course, Stevie Nicks.

Yahweh also acknowledged the spiritual power behind the "darker arts", and therefore gave magic the death penalty. For an Old Testament Jew, practicing magic meant a stoning.

http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/take-it-man/2008/jul/15/jason_vorhees/

[vivfox]

Perhaps her biggest talking point is having worked with the US producer, Bjorn Thorsrud, whose previous collaboration includes the Smashing Pumpkins. To get an insight into just how powerful and respected Thorsrud is, he charges $10,000 per song. And last year, the Pumpkins's Billy Corgan paid him $1-million to work on a side project with him over a year.

"I contacted him on facebook and the next thing he flew over and we spent three intense weeks in the studio." Esjay glows while relating the story. "He told me he did the album because he believes in me. He said he's only believed in three women in his career and one of them, besides me, was Stevie Nicks."

She is clearly focused on making a big success of her career. This is reflected in the way Esjay is in control of all aspects of her career.

"Stealing Love Jones is the love if my life. The other members are essentially session musicians. I can't expect them to put their wives in front of the band."

She recently bought shares in Face Studios, in Westville, where she recorded the album, as well as a house - all through money generated from Stealing Love Jones .

http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4509456&fSectionId=431&fSetId=251

[michelej1]

San Francisco Business Times

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/07/14/daily53.html?jst=b_ln_hl

SendMe Mobile, a San Francisco cell phone content provider, closed a deal with Warner Music Group to use the entertaiment firm's properties in a variety of mobile platforms on Wednesday.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SendMe lets users send content from the web to mobile phones. Thousands of new ringtones, videos and wallpaper images -- from Madonna to Fleetwood Mac -- are now available to SendMe users.

"Giving our members access to (Warner) artists marks a milestone in our efforts," said Russell Klein, co-founder and CEO of SendMe, in a statement. "We are thrilled to work with (them)."

[vivfox]

Then there’s the other poem inspired by Kill Your Idols. This one is “Bedlam on the Bedrock (with apologies to Stevie Nicks).” A fellow poet reacted to this as perhaps the strangest poem I’ve ever performed. It was also inspired by the movie trailer to 10,000 BC. This surreal narrative is about a wooly mammoth encountering the members of the music group Fleetwood Mac and trampling them. I loved toying around with the anachronisms. I really hope the audience enjoys the strangeness. I’ve drawn a cartoon mastodon for the program.

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog-entry/2008/07/16/fringe-top-20-20-empty-s-productions.html#

[vivfox]

Author to sign 'Boomer' book

Women's National Book Association award winner Maria Grazia Swan will sign copies of her new book, Boomer Babes: True Tales of Love and Lust in the Later Years, at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes and Noble, 13719 W. Bell Road, Surprise.
Swan examines the most common mistakes boomer women make in relationships, and how to avoid them. She relates stories of real-life people who "through their true tales and celebrity examples made this book possible." Celebrities featured in the book include Stevie Nicks, Oprah Winfrey and Christie Brinkley.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2008/07/16/20080716gl-nwvbriefs0716.html

[vivfox]

An auction house named the Fame Bureau is putting the item under the hammer on September 4. A pair of jeans belonging to Stevie Nicks and a Havana cigar used by Madonna in a photo shoot are also up for grabs.

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/unique-jimi-hendrix-guitar-up-for-auction/20035/

[vivfox]

In 1976, 54% of my compatriots watched the local TV special The Best of Abba. That's as many of them as watched the moon landing. The album of the same name is still Australia's best-selling ever.

The rest of the world soon caught the bug. Except the U.S. When the band finally toured here in 1979 (ABBA, SWEDISH QUARTET, IN NEW YORK DEBUT, observed the New York Times), critics compared the foursome unfavorably to Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and the Beach Boys.

But where is your precious Fleetwood Mac now? Does the Internet list more than 50 Eagles tribute bands? (Or any with as good a name as Abbaration?) Did the Beach Boys have a musical on Broadway? They did, actually. It died. Meanwhile, Mamma Mia! has been on Broadway since October 2001. Note the date--a moment when America sorely needed comfort food. It was as if the country had sent out a national sos and Abba supplied the perfect rescue vehicle: SOS.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823925,00.html

[vivfox]

As a resident of Vernon I feel I should voice my displeasure in regards to the three nights of Funtastic concerts that were held at the DND beer garden.

We heard every word of every song and felt the bass beat of each song.

As much as we like Fleetwood Mac we don't want to hear "you can go your own way" through closed windows after midnight.

I'm not so old that I don't understand that maybe Friday and Saturday night it might be fun to rock out and even stay up late.

However, to have a concert Sunday night when most of us are up early on Monday – not acceptable.

Your concert ended after 12:30 a.m.

We support your efforts to put on a successful ball tournament.

Why do you need to put on outdoors concerts?

You should host your concert in the appropriate venues that Vernon has to offer, such as our multiplex.

I just want to add that we live approximately 10 to 12 kilometres away from the DND fields.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/opinion/letters/25601194.html

[michelej1]

But where is your precious Fleetwood Mac now? Does the Internet list more than 50 Eagles tribute bands? (Or any with as good a name as Abbaration?) Did the Beach Boys have a musical on Broadway? They did, actually. It died. Meanwhile, Mamma Mia! has been on Broadway since October 2001. Note the date--a moment when America sorely needed comfort food. It was as if the country had sent out a national sos and Abba supplied the perfect rescue vehicle: SOS.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823925,00.html


It seems to me that Fleetwood Mac must have 150 different tribute bands, I read about so many. And, unlike Abba, FM has actually done something new within the last 5 years.

Michele

[vivfox]

Friday, July 18, 2008
Correction, Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop Thinking about the Moment
I love Fleetwood Mac.

Great songs, great lyrics, great musicians, great presence.

But perhaps the Christine McVie penned song, "Don't Stop," isn't exactly a page from Buddha:

Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterdays gone, yesterdays gone.

Not exactly a lesson of mindfully living in the moment. Sounds like a prescription for lots of "shenpa"--dis-ease.

Anyway, here's a Buddha-like rewrite:

Don't stop, thinking about the moment,
Don't stop, it's all we ever have.
It'll be better to be in the present,
Yesterday's gone, tomorrow's not here.

Ok, not as bouncy or as catchy but probably a little better prescription for mindful living.

http://highplainsbuddhist.blogspot.com/2008/07/correction-fleetwood-mac-don-stop.html

[michelej1]

Excerpt from an article on Five Times August (Brad Skistimas), from The Houston Press

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/07/aftermath_five_times_august_at.php

Musically, Five Times August's songs are acoustic accounts of breakups and hookups, heartfelt if largely innocuous: catchy, strummy, even a little funky in that acoustic white-guy way. Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham is an obvious, profound influence, to which Skistimas readily copped before a meandering, wistful cover of "Landslide." Another, apparently, is certain '90s sitcoms, at least judging by the YouTube popularity of his version of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.

[vivfox]

'It's hard to get old and hard to say no'
By Rob Blackhurst

Published: July 19 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 19 2008 03:00

K eith Richards once said, "If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly." At 61, his fellow Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood, embodies this louche creed. As he arrives in the reception of Dublin's elegant Shelbourne Hotel for lunch, cutting a path through huddles of overly nourished politicians and businessmen, he's dressed in the same size of super-skinny jeans, 28 waist, that he's been wearing for the past 30 years, a pair of space boots that may once have belonged on an alligator's back and a tight black shirt undone to the chest: the fruits of a trip to Prada before his daughter Leah's wedding last month.

But, even from 50 paces, it's the luxuriant crow-black head of hair, flecked with only the tiniest hint of grey, that really marks him out as a Rolling Stone. As he greets me with a warm handshake and naughty, liquorice eyes, he says: "I don't dye it either." Alluding to his equally thin bandmates, he adds: "We're all the same build, as well. It's a good thing I didn't join Fleetwood Mac."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5156420c-552b-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.html

[michelej1]

It's a good thing I didn't join Fleetwood Mac."[/B]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5156420c-552b-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.html

Oh, this is too funny. Does he mean that he adapts to the look of his band mates like a chameleon and if he'd been in FM, he'd look like Stevie? So hilarious! Also funny because actually in some pictures people do see a resemblance between Lindsey and Keith Richards these days.

Michele

[vivfox]

Indeed, Henley made the most of his first six decades: he recorded five solo albums, won numerous Grammy and Juno awards, dated sexy rock stars (hello, Stevie Nicks!) and married a fashion model.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Music/article/463930

[Livia]

^^^ Weird. Today is Henley's 61st b-day. I'm listening to a coffee break concert on the radio right now, as I just read that.

Life in the fast lane....

[michelej1]

The Onion did this piece on Steven Tyler being laid off, but some of the excerpts reminded me of a band a little bit closer to home:

"Analysts speculate that the sector-wide lay-off was a result of multiple factors, including redundancies in the singing-songwriting division, rising rehab fees that have cost the group millions, and a 34% decline in jumpkicks since 2003. In addition, some of Aerosmith's younger, more ambitious employees, such as Joe Perry, 57, are willing to sing and play an instrument at the same time, often for half the salary [well, no one in FM is willing to take half the salary!].

Tying a scarf to a microphone stand is unfortunately no longer a marketable skill.

Aerosmith, whose unemployment rate has held steady at 0 percent since the start-up rock outfit went public in 1970, recently underwent a paradigm shift away from what many deemed an antiquated business model. In the early 2000s, Aerosmith stopped manufacturing hits and instead began to focus primarily on repackaging and reistributing its existing product.

Tyler is not the only one in the industry to be affected by the recent recession. In January, Bad Company was outsourced to China, and just last week, Don Henley of the Eagles was replaced by a drum machine.

[vivfox]

Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
The most famous rock couples are the ones who very publicly implode, such as Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, or Ike and Tina Turner. ...

[michelej1]

Blogger lists some of his most memorable concert experiences:

http://mog.com/Dale/blog_post/173881

Wondering what was up with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks during their performance of "Go Your Own Way" and then reading about their ended relationship later in Rolling Stone. That was probably the most intense performance of a song in concert that I ever witnessed.

I should mention that I was merely five or six feet away from Lindsey and Stevie during that Fleetwood Mac tour for "Rumours".

[vivfox]

Fleetwood Mac, Take Me Away...
By Jim DeRosa
I needed this (Fleetwood Mac's World Turning from the famous Midnight Special concert, 1977) and a 12 Year Old Jameson Irish Whiskey. Rough day.

http://derosaworld.typepad.com/derosaworld/

[vivfox]

“People say, ‘You’re a country singer.’ And, yeah, I’m a country singer, but I didn’t grow up listening to country music. My first music experience was in the Lawrence Children’s Choir. I played handbells in the Plymouth Congregational Church. That was about it for me.

“But when I was a teenager and arguing with my parents and trying to figure out how I fit in, I started writing poetry and I discovered Stevie Nicks. When I think back, my English classes in the Lawrence school district is where I learned how to write and express myself. The schools in Tennessee don’t have what the schools had in Lawrence. They gave me a lot of drive and taught me how to achieve.”

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/music/story/715870.html

[vivfox]

One guest artist back for round two is Karen Fairchild from Little Big Town. For those who don’t know, Little Big Town is somewhat of a countrified version of Fleetwood Mac with Karen being the “Stevie Nicks” of the band (and that’s meant as a compliment). LBT was sprinkled generously throughout Mellencamp’s Freedom’s Road album to great effect. Here, because of the more stripped down approach, he has chosen to utilize Karen’s voice to harmonize and duet with him, much in the way Springsteen/Scialfa, Young/Ronstadt, Knopfler/Harris and Buckingham/Nicks have before them. It all adds up to an unexpected but interesting combination that deserves at least a couple of spins to appreciate the depth of what is being created here.

Speaking of depth, this is the first album to be released under the new audio format CODE. Developed by T Bone and readied in time for the launch of this record, CODE claims that it “creates high-definition audio that is virtually indistinguishable from the original master tapes”.

http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/80853/John-Mellencamp---Life,-Death,-Love-&-Freedom-review.htm

[vivfox]

SHERYL CROW has been kicked out of FLEETWOOD MAC before her career with the supergroup even began.
The rocker was invited to join the group by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, and spoke openly about the thrill of singing alongside Stevie Nicks - but now Crow won't be a part of the Don't Stop hitmakers' 2009 tour plans.
Buckingham, who confirms Crow did meet with the members of Fleetwood MAC to discuss the possibility of touring with them, says the matter "kinda got out of hand," telling Billboard.com the idea "just kind of lost its momentum".

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/crows%20fleetwood%20mac%20dreams%20dashed_1075213

[vivfox]

"Wild as Them" - Liz Durrett
Liz Durrett returns to Fingertips with an immediately engaging, slightly off-kilter piece of gently chugging pop, like some lost Fleetwood Mac hit funneled through the Twilight Zone. The lyrics are elusive and strange--"I look for your bones in the woods" is surely one of the more arresting opening lines of recent days (although she may be saying "words"; and it's still odd). The music is comforting melodically--rolling along without a chorus, featuring a blues-like repetition of each opening refrain--but a touch unhinged instrumentally: guitars squeak, horns gather in increasing multitudes, and some other sounds I can't quite put my finger on fill in along the way.
Accentuating the F-Mac-ishness is the way Durrett's mellow alto brings Christine McVie to mind, although somewhat imprecisely. McVie sings with a smoky clarity that Durrett avoids; her voice, although doubletracked, is mixed down a bit. We know she's singing but the words often elude recognition, adding to the tune's inscrutable aura.

http://www.fingertipsmusic.com/this_weeks_finds.htm#Durrett

[michelej1]

Buckingham, who confirms Crow did meet with the members of Fleetwood MAC to discuss the possibility of touring with them, says the matter "kinda got out of hand," telling Billboard.com the idea "just kind of lost its momentum".


Those are different quotes than we've seen before. Interesting.

Michele

[vivfox]

The living is a good one: Their home and work studios occupy 6,000 square feet above the ocean in Malibu. And judging from the response at her art shows and her MySpace site, Olivia says, women are a big part of her fan base.

She can't remember a time when she did not draw women. Girlhood inspiration came from the Playboys her father, an aeronautical engineer, would leave around the house, and from her mother, whose larger-than-life personality, yen for fantasy and lack of inhibition included a fondness for trying to impersonate Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn. Her mother also had a penchant for prancing through the house undressed if no visitors were around.

Olivia says the extroversion genes apparently bypassed her. One reason she paints fabulously sexy women is to vicariously inhabit their bodies and their attitudes. "I just never found my way to be that free. I can fantasize on paper about running around in a sheer outfit, which I can't do myself."

After being schooled by nuns in Elizabeth, N.J., Olivia landed in Manhattan in 1967 -- a waiflike beauty whose photo from the early 1970s reveals a dark-haired, platform-boot-wearing approximation of Stevie Nicks, pre-Stevie Nicks. She enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, figuring she'd become an illustrator for fashion magazines. Instead she delved into minimalism and produced textured, all-white canvases.

Along the way, Olivia says, she became "just really lost" in a whirl of alcohol, artistic aimlessness and abusive boyfriends.

Then, in a reversal she says still mystifies her, she took control and became her own woman. No more booze, no more bozos.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-pinupart27-2008jul27,0,5259169.story

[vivfox]

23 July 2008 — Stevie Nicks Day (0)
All afternoon, I’ve been listening to the same song: “Stand Back” by Stevie Nicks. This was a modest hit when I was a freshman in high school. I had the LP and loved it. Some genius (and I mean this in literally) recently thought to remix the song into a nearly-twelve minute version called the “Tracy Takes You Home Mix”. I have no idea where I got it (iTunes?), but it’s awesome. I’ve been listening to it all day, over and over and over again.

“Stand back, stand back, in the middle of my room, I did not hear from you…”

The Wild Heart is a great album, by the way. Several of the songs are just awesome: “Stand Back”, “If Anyone Falls”, “Wild Heart”, “I Will Run to You”, and “Beauty and the Beast” — the latter of which is the perfect love song for geeky young men and women from the mid-eighties.

http://www.foldedspace.org/category/blog/music/

[vivfox]

My would-be lover has been selected to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. I am in the back row of the theater where she and the rest of the cast are rehearsing for the upcoming show. In one skit, my would-be lover is supposed to play the role of one of the women from Fleetwood Mac. However, nobody can remember the musician's name. I tell some of the stage hands that I can look it up on Google. I do a Wikipedia search for Fleetwood Mac but only come up with long lists of musicians who have appeared with the band at some point during their careers. I never find the name of the right musician. (Author's Note: After waking up from the dream, I realized the name I was looking for was Christine McVie, and I found this out by doing an actual search on Wikipedia.)

http://strategicfailure.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-am-sitting-in-theater.html

Does anyone else read these nuggetts besides Michele and I???

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Ladyhawke interview by Drowned in Sound:

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3727525

On being a front woman…
I’ve never been that good at putting myself out there and being the person everyone stares at, so it took me a while to get the confidence to go out there and sing out loud. I love high energy shows – I’m really influenced by people like Chrissy Hynde, Stevie Nicks, and people like Peaches. I actually enjoy Fleetwood Mac a lot, especially live. They have this whole aura about them. Sometimes my self consciousness holds me back a little bit, but when I was younger I idolised Iggy Pop and David Bowie. I loved how flamboyant Bowie was on stage. I wish I could be as confident as they were, or someone like Goldfrapp or Peaches who are really crazy and outrageous. I aspire to be like that.

[vivfox]

Stevie Nicks Hand Painted Nail: Channel your own witchy woman when you slip this torturous-looking device on your finger. Imagine how much more satisfying your karaoke renditions of "Gypsy" and "Rhiannon" will be when wearing a little piece of Stevie. (Price: Oops --- sold, but just too good to leave out)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2008/07/dreaming_of_brad_pitt_dollar_b.html?hpid=entnews

[michelej1]

Stevie Nicks Hand Painted Nail:

I thought the nails would have pictures of Stevie on them. At the site, they have a photo of the matchbook from Stevie's wedding.

Michele

[SandyMac]

I just read all 7 pages. ;)
Very interesting reading. It is cool to read about FM in so many different media sources. Thank you for posting these. :thumbsup:

[michelej1]

I just read all 7 pages. ;)
Very interesting reading. It is cool to read about FM in so many different media sources. Thank you for posting these. :thumbsup:

Ha, usually Mark and I just talk to each other here.

Some interesting things pop up in the dailies every once in a while, that's for sure, even if they are only tangentially related to FM.

Michele

[vivfox]

Cameron Adams

August 02, 2008
DELTA Goodrem has picked up a habit in the US. It's cost her a pretty penny, is occupying plenty of her time and has kept her company through the long, lonely days of promoting her debut American album.

The habit: Stevie Nicks. When Goodrem is tired and promotional, she cranks up a Nicks album. She’s bought them all.
“My Stevie Nicks obsession is still going strong,” she says. “She’s so amazing. I’ve got every album she’s made. I haven’t had an artist I’ve done that with for a while. I feel like I’m a kid again with music. I feel new again. I feel that hunger to write great songs again. It’s the best thing and it’s all thanks to Stevie.”

Though Goodrem has had Fleetwood Mac foisted on her in the past by friends who wanted to introduce her to a band doing their best work before she was born, they fell on deaf ears. Until now.

“Something just clicked with me,” she says. “I don’t come from a musical background in my family, so it’s always been a process of self-discovery when I’ve found artists on my own or someone’s given me a CD. But the timing has to be right.”

Goodrem even planned a trip to see Nicks perform in Hollywood. But there was a slight problem.

“Dale (her stylist) booked it, but didn’t realise it was Hollywood, Florida, so we couldn’t go,” she says.

Listening to Nicks has awoken Goodrem’s creativity. She’s written dozens of songs, this time without a string of collaborators. Her American record label Decca has furnished her Los Angeles pad with an upright piano so she can create whenever she is inspired.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24119109-5005368,00.html

[vivfox]

I didn't want to start an individual thread just to say this: Yesterday afternoon my local classic rock radio station played a double shot of Fleetwood Mac.Unbelievably they played two songs from the bootleg album Albatross, But Not Around My Neck Please, Station Man and Rhiannon. If you only knew how good it felt to hear these songs in crystal clear digital sound. It was amazing!!! And the fact that thousands of unsuspecting people were also hearing this at the same time was so cool. I pictured in my head all the people who would be calling the station asking if FM had a new live CD or whatever.

[vivfox]

Efemérides de espectáculos del 7 de agosto.
SDP - EL Sendero del Peje - México,DF,Mexico
La tecladista y corista Christine McVie, esposa del bajista de Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, se une a dicha banda británico-estadunidense, de la cual se separa ...


1970.- La tecladista y corista Christine McVie, esposa del bajista de Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, se une a dicha banda británico-estadunidense, de la cual se separa en
1998. Publican discos como “Kiln house” y “Future games”.

http://senderodelpeje.com/sdp/contenido/2008/08/06/14207

[vivfox]

I love good early Peter Green [of Fleetwood Mac] or good soulful Howlin' Wolf. [But] I just love soulful music in general, whether it's Shelby Lynne or Lucinda Williams, you really just look for the soul in any kind of music.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=dd344baf-9814-4e55-8287-e3ffedc5c8ea

[vivfox]

Further notes from the seller — Lot Of 48 8-Track Tapes
Large lot of 8 track tapes. Total of 48. These have not been tested, but all look to be in good condition. Some were tested and working good. Sold as is. Some of the artists are: Christine Mcvie, Glen Campbell, Pat Benatar, Bill Squier, Anne Murray, Diana Ross, Eddie Rabbit, Bob Welch, UFO, Foreigner, Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin, Journey, m Lettermen, Chjic Risque, George Burns, 4 Season, Captain & Tennille, Led Zeplin, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Steppenwolf, Johnny Rodriguez, Paul Mauriat. Etc.

http://www.quarterinchers.com/recent/ebay-bidders-push-lot-of-48-8-track-tapes-auction-up-to-1657.html

[vivfox]

ON THIS DATE
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
1970:Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac as the group's first female member. She quit touring with the group in 1997.

[vivfox]

After splitting with Messina in the late '70s, Loggins was surprised to find himself in small clubs, struggling as a solo performer. Opening up for Fleetwood Mac during their turbulent, but hugely successful tours, was a break. Plus he met and befriended Stevie Nicks, who sang on his first solo hit, "Whenever I Call You Friend."

Instead of flying Nicks in for one song at each tour stop, Loggins said he splits her part between the singing members of his four-piece traveling band.

http://www.thetelegraph.com/entertainment/loggins_16943___article.html/album_messina.html

Yeah, as if he could get her involved in ANY of his show since 1979 would be a miracle!!!

[vivfox]

The first band I saw in concert:

Stevie Nicks, Reunion Arena in Dallas in the early '80s.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/opera/s_581431.html

[michelej1]

Eat Skull Interview, Revolver Distribution.

http://revolverusa.blogspot.com/2008/08/eat-skull-interview-on-population-doug.html

Do you all agree on the music in the van? What are some albums and songs Eat Skull love that most wouldn't expect?

RE: Scott puts on **** like Sun City Girls or Blue Cheer. He's a record collector and has an iPod. I prefer Rupert Holmes' "Pina Colada Song" for roadtrips. I think we all ****ing love Buckingham era Fleetwood Mac (except maybe Scott). I love all his solo albums too. None of that Peter Green **** though. The blues suck. The stereo is broken actually, so I guess we can agree on conversation. I don't know what music people wouldn't expect. I guess people might find it weird that for most of the winter, when we were writing the tunes that ended up being on the LP, all I really listened to in my room was DRI's first stuff and TSOL's Dance With Me. People might expect that another big one is GBV's Same Place The Fly Got Smashed. I have, however, never listened to the Axemen.

I am also a huge fan of Lindsay Buckingham. If Eat Skull were to cover a Fleetwood Mac or Buckingham song, which would it be?

RE: "That's How We Do It In L.A."-definitely.

[chiliD]

None of that Peter Green **** though. The blues suck.

Some people just are clueless...file this one under "Dumb and Dumber".

Eat Skull, eat ****!

[SteveMacD]

Some people just are clueless...file this one under "Dumb and Dumber".

Eat Skull, eat ****!

On the other hand, he did mention GBV's Same Place The Fly Got Smashed (which probably has my favorite cover). :D

http://gbvdb.com/images/guided_by_voices_sptfgs_LP.jpg

As a rule, indie guys tend not to like the blues, and I can accept that. However, I think these guys could probably expand their horizons. It's not like Green et. al. were strictly blues after a certain point.

[vivfox]

Eat Skull Interview, Revolver Distribution.
I think we all ****ing love Buckingham era Fleetwood Mac.

I am also a huge fan of Lindsay Buckingham. If Eat Skull were to cover a Fleetwood Mac or Buckingham song, which would it be?

RE: "That's How We Do It In L.A."-definitely.

Ok, two things. First I think it's neat how he didn't say Buckingham/Nicks era Fleetwood Mac and second how ****in' cool that they would love to cover That's How We Do It In L.A.
I love it when a band wants to cover a non radio hit. That's one of the reasons I dig the rap version of Oh Daddy, which I have posted in the Chris McVie forum if you want to download.

[vivfox]

138. I enjoy my money, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’d certainly rather be rich than poor.
- Christine McVie

http://shanelyang.com/2008/08/08/200-poor-quotes/

[vivfox]

The week in live music
By Jessica Hopper | Special to the Chicago Tribune
August 8, 2008
FRIDAY

After cresting early on, Vanessa Carlton, who was part of the young-songstresses-with-pianos-and-long-hair trend that dominated 2001-03's airwaves, has struggled to regain an audience. Her debut went platinum, and despite a long tour opening for Stevie Nicks, her record sales plummeted and she was dropped from her label. She's young but not terribly hip; she is an unapologetic soft-rock artist. Her work is melodramatic, romantic, triumphant and familiar—listening to her latest, 2007's comeback "Heroes and Thieves" (The Inc.), one wonders why she is not as popular as Celine Dion. There is not another current pop artist who is as extreme in their palatability. She's the puerile Dan Fogelberg of her generation! Her new label's attempts to sell her with a sexed-up image border on farcical. In her latest video, she appears in a sexy garter belt and is caressed by a set of mystery-man hands. It doesn't jibe with her music and is all the more creepy given that, at 27, Carlton still looks like a sophomore in high school.

7 p.m. at House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St. $14-$16 (all-ages); Ticketmaster 312-559-1212

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-concerts-best-0808aug08,0,5563900.story

[David]

I didn't want to start an individual thread just to say this: Yesterday afternoon my local classic rock radio station played a double shot of Fleetwood Mac.Unbelievably they played two songs from the bootleg album Albatross, But Not Around My Neck Please, Station Man and Rhiannon. If you only knew how good it felt to hear these songs in crystal clear digital sound. It was amazing!!! And the fact that thousands of unsuspecting people were also hearing this at the same time was so cool. I pictured in my head all the people who would be calling the station asking if FM had a new live CD or whatever.ALBATROSS is bootlegged from a more legitimate source: King Biscuit Flower Hour, which, over the years, sent vinyl & CDs of the program to radio stations for broadcasting (the way Westwood One does). You can still find the King Biscuit CDs for sale from this or that vendor. It has a blue label. I think I still have one.

[michelej1]

From a Guardian (London) article on fashion, 8/8/08

Trend: Lace

Stand by your Fleetwood Mac records. In readiness for next year's comeback tour, Stevie Nicks' fabric of choice has been trumpeted as part of the "new gothic trend". To embrace the lace, first banish all preconceived ideas of its frumpiness, itchiness or similarity to twitching net curtains. Second, look at how Mrs Prada magically spins the fabric into a series of demure dresses and separates for her new autumn collection. Third, watch Desperately Seeking Susan again and study how Madonna wore lace gloves. Last but not least, take a look at the latest Chanel catwalk (above) for a cheap take on the trend: lace tights. These are the easiest, cheapest and most grown-up way to partake of the lace action, plus a simple way to snazzy up an LBD.

Spend: £5

Tights, available from New Look, 0500 454094

[vivfox]

For more than a decade, the Japanese American rapper (born Tom Shimura) has kept the Bay Area on the hip-hop map, at first through collaborations with DJ Shadow and Lateef, and lately as a solo star with songs on TV shows such as "Entourage" and "Gossip Girl." His latest album, "Everywhere at Once," has kept him on the road since it was released earlier this year. . We caught up with him by phone at a tour stop in Amsterdam.

Q: You tour with your wife, Joyo Velarde. Doesn't that take out 90 percent of the fun of being a rapper?

A: It's a great thing. I don't think we would be able to do it we didn't do it together. It's just too much time away from home.

Q: Aren't you worried about some Fleetwood Mac drama going down?

A: That is disgusting. I can't even think about that.

Q: You also produced her album. Don't you need some space?

A: As a guy, I have what is known as "man time." So occasionally I take man time to kind of do what guys do, which is, like, sit around and watch TV and be a dummy.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/PKB8123KC7.DTL

[vivfox]

Spend any amount of time with songwriter Eleanor Lou, and you'll notice she's prone to speaking in rather grandiose, yet enticingly poetic terms. Hailing originally from the south, but now based in Manchester (where she's studying for that archaeology degree), this 22-year-old songwriter has gone some considerable distance to rewriting the rulebook on how female solo artists go about their business.

A lone performer, armed only with distorted, crashing electric guitar, Eleanor Lou is on a bold crusade to prove that not all female performers in 2008 are meek, mawkish Brit School graduates with delusions of Winehouse grandeur.

Fleetwood Mac

Citing influences as wide-ranging as Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks ("She's the ultimate female rock role model," says Eleanor), and esoteric literary figures such as Francoise Sagan and Diane Di Prima, Eleanor Lou clearly isn't satisfied with the lowly standards female performers set themselves in the current climate. She wants them all to aspire to something grander - dare we say, iconic even.

"I really can't relate to any female performers around now," Eleanor rants. "Adele, Duffy, all these bland Brit School singers. For me, they're all just soulless.

"Yes, they can sing okay - but just because you have a nice voice, it doesn't mean you have any soul.

"My female idols aspired to something more - people like Patti Smith or Kate Bush. They were very empowering. That's what I want to be - I want to be iconic. I don't want to be another songwriter who's just popular for five minutes. I'm gonna make a lot of records."

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/1061652_digging_up_icon_in_the_making

[vivfox]

119. I haven’t turned into some rich monster. I’ve kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It’s hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.
- Christine McVie

http://shanelyang.com/2008/08/09/200-rich-quotes/

[SteveMacD]

119. I haven’t turned into some rich monster. I’ve kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It’s hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.
- Christine McVie

http://shanelyang.com/2008/08/09/200-rich-quotes/

You know, that should totally put off Christine McVie, but it actually does quite the opposite.

Christine is really the perfect woman (I'm not sure pun was intended). She's pretty, talented, one of the guys, can drink most guys under the table, into ugly drunk guys, and is rich. All that AND sarcastic British whit! Color me turned on! If only she were 15 years younger and I were 15 years older...Just sayin' I'd have a chance!

They don't make 'em like that anymore!

[michelej1]

If only she were 15 years younger and I were 15 years older...Just sayin' I'd have a chance!



Christine dates (even marries) younger men, so age shouldn't keep you out of the running.

Michele

[SteveMacD]

Christine dates (even marries) younger men, so age shouldn't keep you out of the running.

I'm not sayin' I'd say no, but that she is only a year younger than my mom would screw with my head a bit. A 31 year age difference is huge. But then agian, hell, I'm still dealing with the fact that a 31 year old woman is younger than me :eek: I should ask Uncle Bob (Pollard) how this has been working out for him (he's 50, wife's 28).

[vivfox]

Sunday Music
By Rustmeister(Rustmeister)
Before there was Fleetwood Mac, there was Fleetwood Mac:. Of course, before that, there was Fleetwood Mac:. I was a big fan of the Bob Welch era. Even had a handpainted t-shirt with the "Mystery to Me" album cover on it. ...
Rustmeister's Alehouse - http://rustmeister.blogspot.com/


Musical Interlude
By [email protected]([email protected])
Before Fleetwood Mac went on to huge success in the late 70s, they struggled for many years with guitarist Bob Welch in their midst. Welch is credited with saving the band which had a lot of upheavals, and he went on to some success as ...
- http://jameshudnall.com/blog.php/site/index/

[michelej1]

This is from an obituary in the Pueblo Chieftain

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/08/10/obituaries/doc489e20cf9680a626204970.txt

MARK EVERETT

51, passed away on Aug. 7, 2008, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Pueblo on Sept. 9, 1957. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward "Beaver" and Doris Everett; and sister, Susan Aguilar. Mark is survived by his special friend, Eva Caulder; aunts and uncles, Margarett (Richard) Perko, Sylvia (Garnell) Sims, James Jackson and James Pierce; niece, Bobbi Sue Aguilar; and his special companions, Oscar and Lilly. He also is survived by numerous cousins and friends. Mark proudly graduated from Centennial High School in 1976, and was retired from Colorado Bluesky Enterprises. Mark enjoyed his computer, music, spending time at his cabin in Westcliffe and being with family and friends. Mark will always be remembered as being a No. 1 fan of Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. He loved going to their concerts, collecting memorabilia and he even met Stevie Nicks with a backstage pass. Mark will truly be missed by those who knew him. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mark's memory to Colorado Bluesky Enterprises through the funeral home office. Memorial service, 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, Adrian Comer Garden Chapel. Per Mark's request, there will be no viewing and cremation will take place. Please visit Mark's memorial at www.mem.com. Arrangements through Adrian Comer Funeral Home.

[David]

This is from an obituary in the Pueblo Chieftain

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/08/10/obituaries/doc489e20cf9680a626204970.txt

MARK EVERETT

51, passed away on Aug. 7, 2008, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Pueblo on Sept. 9, 1957. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward "Beaver" and Doris Everett; and sister, Susan Aguilar. Mark is survived by his special friend, Eva Caulder; aunts and uncles, Margarett (Richard) Perko, Sylvia (Garnell) Sims, James Jackson and James Pierce; niece, Bobbi Sue Aguilar; and his special companions, Oscar and Lilly. He also is survived by numerous cousins and friends. Mark proudly graduated from Centennial High School in 1976, and was retired from Colorado Bluesky Enterprises. Mark enjoyed his computer, music, spending time at his cabin in Westcliffe and being with family and friends. Mark will always be remembered as being a No. 1 fan of Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. He loved going to their concerts, collecting memorabilia and he even met Stevie Nicks with a backstage pass. Mark will truly be missed by those who knew him. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mark’s memory to Colorado Bluesky Enterprises through the funeral home office. Memorial service, 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, Adrian Comer Garden Chapel. Per Mark's request, there will be no viewing and cremation will take place. Please visit Mark's memorial at www.mem.com. Arrangements through Adrian Comer Funeral Home.
I don't know . . . I've always said about too much Stevie Nicks listening . . .

[vivfox]

Tied for fourth place were Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) and Lionel Richie (The Commodores). These two potential reunions seem the most likely to occur. Although she left the band in 1998 (because of her desire to retire from touring), McVie did provide some backup vocals on their most recent album (2003's Say You Will). As for Richie, he last performed with The Commodores over 25 years ago. However, in June 2008 he said that a reunion tour would be coming soon; adding that, "We better do it now, or in the next 10 years nobody would care". Having said that, no formal announcement has been made at this time for a Lionel Richie/Commodores reunion.

Here are the final results:

Steve Perry- 51%
Peter Cetera- 17%
Other- 12%
Christine McVie and Lionel Richie- 9% each

http://popculturedish.blogspot.com/2008/08/final-results-of-recent-reunion-poll.html

[vivfox]

to them," says Jude Johnstone.

Johnstone is a critically acclaimed, award-winning songwriter. Her songs have been covered by a stellar list of artists including Bonnie Raitt (Wounded Heart), Bette Midler (The Girl is Onto You), Stevie Nicks (Cry Wolf), Johnny Cash (Unchained), Trisha Yearwood (Hearts in Armor, The Women Before Me) and most recently Emmylou Harris (Hold On) from "All I Intended To Be."

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/8/prweb1168974.htm

I always thought Jude was a mans name.

[vivfox]

Here’s to those Ladies who are Hot, Sexy and over Fifty
EVLiving - USA
Remember Stevie Nicks at the Super Bowl, young and sexy and in her late 50’s? And, remember, Diane Keaton, in her sixties, believably courted by Keanu ...

[michelej1]

Style.com

http://www.style.com/stylefile/category/qa/

If you were among the 137,500 lucky few who scored a ticket to last weekend’s Glastonbury festival, you may have done a double take by the Q Stage on Sunday afternoon. Whether it was the sweet, sweet sound of an electro-pop revival that stopped you in your tracks or that the synth-driven charge was being led by a blonde, bangs-sporting Stevie Nicks lookalike (the hard-rocking seventies Stevie, not her latter-day, Wicca high-priestess incarnation), it’s likely that you momentarily took pause to revel in the musical stylings of Pip Brown, a.k.a. Ladyhawke—and even more likely that you stayed through her whole set. “She’s one of my heroes,” the New Zealand native says of the comparisons she’s been getting to the Fleetwood Mac front woman. “I’m flattered, but it’s embarrassing when I read that stuff because there’s no way I’ll ever be as good a singer—or as crazy a party animal as her!”

[vivfox]

Mick Fleetwood - Drums
John MacVie - Bass
Christine MacVie - Keybords / Vocals
Stevie Nicks - Vocals
Rick Vito - Guitar
Billy Brunette - Guitar / Vocals
Asante - Purcussion

quite possible
Stevie Nicks backing vocalists from her solo tours. 3 chicks Lori Cellani and 2 others I cant name
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This must be a new band we should check out. It has John and Chris MacVie and Lori Celani in it!!!

http://dexondaz.blogspot.com/2008/08/fleedwood-mac-1990-08-23-stadium-de.html

[michelej1]

Speaking of that, I wonder if Lori will go on the next FM tour. Won't her daughter be in college by then? I bet she won't tour with them and I doubt it has to do with Jess.

Michele

[Tango]

http://www.afterellen.com/blog/ginavivinetto/i-bet-you-know-this-song-is-about-you?&comment=579618

longer article about various breakups (Alanis Morissette’s, No Doubts, Timberlake/Spear, Carly Simon &??? etc), but here's the discussion about Fleetwood Mac:

I bet you know this song is about you
by Gina Vivinetto

Go back a few decades to 1977 and try not to wince when you hear Fleetwood Mac’s angry “Go Your Own Way.” Isn’t it even better knowing Lindsay Buckingham’s bitterness is about band mate Stevie Nicks? Don’t worry Stevie retaliated with the seething “Silver Spring,” a song that has her vowing: "I’ll follow you down/To the sound/Of my voice/Will haunt you."

http://www.afterellen.com/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/images/380189919_e0d5be7526.jpg

In 1977, the songs were released together on a 45-record. You could flip them back and forth to hear both sides of the break-up. Fun!

[michelej1]

MICK OR SUGAR RAY?

[I would vote for Mick, but only because I don't like sports. All the other people seem to be athletes].

The Herald News http://www.heraldnews.com/education/x1222995423/UMD-poll-asks-which-celebrity-people-want-at-fundraiser

Fall River — Bill Russell, Andy Rooney, F. Lee Bailey and others have spoken at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Marketing Research Celebrity Scholarship Dinner. Now, the center is giving the public the chance to choose a celebrity for next year.

The options right now are a mix of local and national athletes and a musician. Red Sox David Ortiz and Curt Schilling are on the list, as is Patriots receiver Troy Brown, Celtics coach Doc Rivers, and baseball legends Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.

Former Bruin Ray Bourque, former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and Mick Fleetwood, the Fleetwood Mac drummer, are also options.
With less than 200 votes cast by Monday, Schilling led all celebrities, with 22 percent of votes. Aaron, the all-time home run leader until Barry Bonds broke his record, is second with 19 percent. Rivers has taken 17 percent, and Mays 11 percent.

But Aaron and Mays will soon drop out when a new poll goes up next week, said Center for Marketing Research Director Nora Ganim Barnes, because they won’t be available next spring. Schilling is still in the running.

The center takes suggestions for celebrities and Barnes uses her agent to reach out to celebrity agents. Some, like Russell, work only through their agents. Others, like Bailey, want to arrange details themselves, Barnes said.
“Every year is a real adventure,” she said, adding that the booking process often takes about six months. It’s difficult to get current athletes to work around their season schedule, and others are simply too costly.

The online poll has been up for about a month and still stay until a celebrity is booked, Barnes said. The center holds the celebrity dinner each spring but the exact date often depends on the celebrity’s schedule.

Russell, the former Celtic now a director of the National Mentoring Partnership, spoke at this year’s event in March. Proceeds from the event were used to fund 24 $500 and $1,000 scholarships for marketing students. Next spring’s event will be the ninth annual for the Center for Marketing Research. Other celebrities featured have included Alan Bean, Henry Lee and Bill Walton.

[michelej1]

Blog Considers the Test of a True Fan

http://blueschild.blogspot.com/2008/06/halcyon-days.html

My theory has always been that if you were able to stick with your band through the 80s, then you can call yourself a dedicated fan. A true fan. A diehard. Fleetwood Mac produced some crazy **** in the 80s. There simply is no excuse for Family Man, but I let it slide because for every Family Man, there were at least two or three Gold Dust Womans around the corner. But had I known about Robert Plant impersonating Fabio in Sea of Love, in a muscle shirt and a pair of Jams no less, I might have had to cherish the times I had with them and cut off contact.

I prefer my rock to be sweaty, shirtless, heart-stopping and above all, way cool.

[SuzeQuze]

Style.com

http://www.style.com/stylefile/category/qa/

If you were among the 137,500 lucky few who scored a ticket to last weekend’s Glastonbury festival, you may have done a double take by the Q Stage on Sunday afternoon. Whether it was the sweet, sweet sound of an electro-pop revival that stopped you in your tracks or that the synth-driven charge was being led by a blonde, bangs-sporting Stevie Nicks lookalike (the hard-rocking seventies Stevie, not her latter-day, Wicca high-priestess incarnation), it’s likely that you momentarily took pause to revel in the musical stylings of Pip Brown, a.k.a. Ladyhawke—and even more likely that you stayed through her whole set. “She’s one of my heroes,” the New Zealand native says of the comparisons she’s been getting to the Fleetwood Mac front woman. “I’m flattered, but it’s embarrassing when I read that stuff because there’s no way I’ll ever be as good a singer—or as crazy a party animal as her!”

I <3 Ladyhawke http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=27387766&MyToken=aae8d87e-096a-4243-9b61-6070957ac6f4 She's a big fan of Stevie. Her shag haircut is an homage. She doesn't really sound like Stevie to me though. But her influence is apparent. She kind of looks like the love child of Stevie and Rod Stewart.

[Nico]

Found these...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KVlB3grV1lY/RrqToStb50I/AAAAAAAAAV0/fXVCiluPa8M/s1600/bucnix.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KVlB3grV1lY/Rs4zFygEfqI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/4fA9IE_Fk8E/s1600/Lindsey-Buckingham.jpg

on this site (http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:cB82FzpYkgcJ:the21gunsalute.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html+lindsey-buckingham,+threw-up&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us) that also mentions Fleetwood Mac sparsely.

[Tango]

There's a restaurant named Rumours. No kidding. Anyone here live near Glascow?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/article4596281.ece

Restaurant review: Allan Brown at Rumours


Glasgow's new Malaysian eatery serves up a beguiling mix of unusual offerings

Life is infinitely strange and crammed with tantalising mysteries. If Jerry Hall had married Bryan Ferry, for instance, would she have traded under the name Jerry Ferry? Is it reasonable to assume that time travel will never exist because nobody has as yet come back from the future to tell us if Lenny Henry will ever say or do anything that’s in the least bit amusing? Most pertinently, why has a new Malaysian restaurant in Glasgow named itself after a Fleetwood Mac album?

Rumours off West Nile Street is the restaurant in question. There is, admittedly, some precedent in the city for eateries to name themselves after long-players released by the fractious Californian soft-rock combo who were at their height in the mid-1970s: Stefan King has a place on the south side named Tusk. Nobody, however, has so far staked a claim, as far as I know, to Tango in the Night, or indeed to Pious Bird of Good Omen.

It hardly helps that none of Fleetwood Mac’s album titles are particularly memorable (Kiln House anyone? Penguin?). Which only makes the mystery all the deeper. By contrast Fleetwood Mac contemporaries Little Feat possessed a far catchier hamper of food-related album titles: Dixie Chicken, for example, or Let It Roll; Blondie had Eat to the Beat, Talking Heads had More Songs About Buildings and Food; even Frank Zappa had the albums Thing-Fish and Lumpy Gravy, though for obvious reasons the latter is self-excluding, unless it was being used for a transport cafe.

So we are at even more of a loss to explain the connection between Malaysian cuisine, which is essentially Chinese food in a better mood, and Fleetwood Mac’s multi-platinum-selling account of marital infidelity among the cheesecloth-wearers of Laurel Canyon. Normally Malaysian restaurants tend to have the terms sun and moon and palace and satay in their names. Whenever rumours attach themselves to restaurants of south-eastern Asian origin, they’re usually malicious, unfounded, and posited on the speculation that the kong pao beef used to wear a collar, bite postmen and go by the name of Rex.

In the absence of enlightenment we mused that perhaps Rumours had adopted a Fleetwood Mac theme, with the staff in long, flowery chiffon skirts á la Stevie Nicks and the waiters in voluminous flared denims and Zapata moustaches. Perhaps they took days off because they occasionally found catering to be “like, one big plastic hassle, dig?” Maybe the staff degenerated frequently into acrimonious fisticuffs and split apart to found solo restaurants? Ill-focused solo concept restaurants that nobody liked as much as the old restaurant?

As it turned out, this wasn’t wholly fanciful; like Rumours, the album, which concerned itself with romance as seen from both the male and female perspectives, Rumours the restaurant observes gender demarcation. The waiting staff are exclusively female, while the chefs, glimpsed occasionally through a hatch in the back wall, are male. Located in what was patently once an old solicitor’s or notary office on the ground floor of a block of still-operating businesses, it’s like an unusually elaborate canteen crossed with an Asian travel agents.

Its concessions to occidental sensibilities are infrequent; this is slam-dunking street food in the main, dominated by the ever-present Malaysian top notes of sugar and chilli, heat and more heat. The soft-shell crabs speak for themselves but the real journey with this kind of establishment is linguistic rather than culinary. In translation the nouns and verbs don’t snap to attention as they ought to, leaving the diner to solve such conundrums as what coffee-style spare rib might be, or what is contained within the Malaysian-style curry fish head boat, or what a salad puff stick is. Starters average £3.50, mains £8.00 and the portions are sizeable.

It’s mostly good stuff, seasoned with the tang of the unfamiliar, even if some of the dishes, such as the kung pao king prawn or the salt and chilli king prawn, resemble chewy protein in hot, sticky, spicy creosote. Unlike in the typical Chinese restaurant, though, the food is studded with parsley, coriander, garlic and chilli. The roti canai, a flatbread that’s like a poppadom mated with marshmallow, is worth a visit alone, as is the oddity that is a stick of sugarcane encased in prawn meat. Basic but often beguiling, Rumours takes the diner down a curious set of culinary alleyways, part garden-variety oriental, part hallucinatory Penang day-trip. As Fleetwood Mac once so memorably sang, you can go your own way. Order wisely and you could relish the journey.

Rumours, 21 Bath Street, Glasgow, 0141 353 0678, dinner for two with wine £50

[michelej1]

As it turned out, this wasn’t wholly fanciful; like Rumours, the album, which concerned itself with romance as seen from both the male and female perspectives, Rumours the restaurant observes gender demarcation.

It's interesting to think of a FM-themed restaurant.

Of course, FM did not practice gender demarcation. Christine and the guys were all musicians.

Michele

[vivfox]

Dennis begins dating Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, who uses him as a muse for the 1982 single, “Wish You Were Here.”

And concerning his brother Brian:

Brian divorces Marilyn; he moves to Riviera Country Club on Sunset Boulevard and spends some days lying on the sofa flicking cigarette butts and burning holes into the hardwood floors. To help fight his demons, he eats steaks for every meal and follows them with cakes, bags of cookies and vats of ice cream. At Stan’s request, Brian visits a psychiatrist, who like his father Murry, lights up a pipe, which sends Wilson into a violent rage, jumping at his shrink. Brian is admitted to the hospital again for a brief time, but returns home. One day he wanders off with no keys, wallet or ID, and ends up in San Diego playing the piano in exchange for booze at a gay bar. That results in an extended stay at a mental institution.

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=125&csid2=9&fid1=33233

[strandinthewind]

. . . [B]One day he wanders off with no keys, wallet or ID, and ends up in San Diego playing the piano in exchange for booze at a gay bar . . . .

what's wrong with that :o

[vivfox]

Speaking of sharing, there are a few people Lesley Roy would like to work with on stage or in a recording studio. "I would like to collaborate with Dave Grohl, Bono, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Mark Ronson, Andy Strummer, and of course Max Martin again."

"I would also like to tour with Nickelback, Daughtry or Melissa Etheridge because I feel like their type of audiences would enjoy my sound, and also I really enjoy all of their shows," she continued.

What was it that brought her to where she is today? "My musical influences growing up were Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge and plenty more! And now, I really admire Daughtry, Keith Urban, and Sheryl Crow."

http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/1679/33/

[vivfox]

Clocking in at just 2:41, Fleetwood Mac’s “Blue Letter” is just one of the 11 perfect songs from Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled masterpiece. The song starts with its catchy hook and immediately Lindsey starts in with the story - a girl who is too young to be with someone so old. Stevie Nicks’ background vocals add the harmony that exists in so many essential albums from the 70’s.

I love this album. It feels like a summer I will never have, with a girl that doesn’t exist, in a time that has passed by 20 years.

http://shoesonpowerlines.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/fleetwood-macs-blue-letter/

[Tango]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4627084.ece


http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00389/brianwilson_185x185_389868a.jpg

Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun

by Bob Stanley

Since the Beach Boys began to fracture in the mid-Seventies, Brian Wilson, left to his own devices, has written love songs to both Stevie Nicks and his sister-in-law, an album of torch songs for Frank Sinatra (never recorded), and a Moog tribute to Johnny Carson. When he’s been coaxed into the studio by well-meaning supporters, however, the sounds and themes always hark back to the twin totems of Wilson’s legacy, Pet Sounds and Smile.

So it is with That Lucky Old Sun, first performed at the Festival Hall a year ago. Backed and arranged by the band who have toured with him on a triumphant return to the stage over the past five years, it soundtracks 24 hours in the life of Wilson’s home town, Los Angeles.

The day begins as “An owl hoots it’s last goodbye to a coyote on patrol” and ends with the singer waking up again: “I had this dream, singing with my brothers in harmony.” It doesn’t want for ambition.

There is precious little nuance between morning and afternoon (maybe the blistering California sun renders the hours indistinguishable) and it is only when the sun’s gone down that the mood turns to anything other than chipper. There’s fun to be had. Van Dyke Parks, lyrical collaborator on Smile, has written a narrative that links the songs with a quest to “find the heartbeat in LA”; Wilson’s slightly angry, Papa Bear delivery won’t earn him a spot on Jackanory.

Good Kind of Love has the freshness and goofiness of mid-Sixties, pre-drug Beach Boys, its easy chords and melody reminding you that Wilson has written many of the latterday entries in the Great American Songbook.

At times, though, it seems disingenuous to call it a Brian Wilson album without crediting the supporting cast – you can’t help suspecting that much of the album is ghost-written. Live Let Live’s chorus borrows directly from Sail On Sailor, a self-conscious move that it’s hard to imagine the adult child Brian thinking up by himself.

The simpler, borderline hokey parts sound more like episodes from the genuine life of Brian: there’s the cheeky directness of Mexican Girl (“Can you picture me in your family tree?”) and the daffy Oxygen to the Brain – only the exercise nut Wilson could come up with that title.

The music inhabits a sub-Pet Sounds habitat that rarely stretches its limbs, instead feeling boxy and rushed. Space finally appears with Can’t Wait Too Long, a fragment of an abandoned song from 1968 that glides as if riding a thermal, and leads into the meat of the album, the anguished ballad Midnight’s Another Day: “All these people, they make me feel so alone.”

It would be unfair to compare it to Smile, the work of a much younger, independent man, even if Midnight’s Another Day clearly reaches for the same rarefied air.

Yet That Lucky Old Sun does recall a previous Wilson album: Orange Crate Art, recently reissued, was an overlooked early Nineties collaboration with Van Dyke Parks that was less sonically ambitious but similarly in love with California. Neither album has the emotional richness of Wilson’s career highlights but, after the decades he spent in bed or on a psychiatrist’s couch, it would be churlish to listen to them and not, at least, smile.

[michelej1]

[
Since the Beach Boys began to fracture in the mid-Seventies, Brian Wilson, left to his own devices, has written love songs to both Stevie Nicks and his sister-in-law

What song was that? I thought he had a crush on Chris. Michele

[vivfox]

38. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours, 1977
#38 is one of the most successful rock records of the 70’s, just packed with hits and solid pop songs. Yes, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie deserve much credit for the Mac’s success, but this is really Lindsey Buckingham’s show. A criminally underrated guitar player, great singer, songwriter and visionary arranger and producer, it is Buckingham who brings it all together. Much has been made of the personal turmoil within the band at the time inspiring the great music (Christine and bassist John McVie’s marriage was breaking up, Lindsey and Stevie were also breaking up at the time, Stevie and drummer Mick Fleetwood were having a fleeting affair). But whatever the tortured inspiration, they turned out one hell of a record where the majority of the tracks were huge chart and/or radio hits. Music may be a cathartic way to deal with your life issues, but it is something altogether different when your estranged ones are in the same band with you. It is hard to get away at that point. Stevie Nicks has since commented how difficult it was for her to sing back-up vocals on Lindsey’s song “Go Your Own Way,” when the lyrics were clearly addressed to her (“Tell me why everything turned around / Packing up, shacking up, is all you wanna do”), while Christine McVie’s newly ex-husband John McVie has to play bass on her exuberant “You Make Loving Fun,” which celebrates her newfound joy in moving on to a new lover. Soap opera material never sounded so good.

http://gonnaneedabiggerboat.blogspot.com/2008/08/dezs-favorite-rock-pop-records-s-40-36.html

[Tango]

What song was that? I thought he had a crush on Chris. Michele

Believe it or not, it's called Stevie. I don't know if it's been released with Brian singing it, but I found a cover of it on a tribute album:

http://www.answers.com/topic/caroline-now-the-songs-of-brian-wilson-and-the-beach-boys

The cover is on iTunes.


I just snoped around a bit. Nancy says it's unreleased (by Brian), but she has the lyrics up here:
http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/sn/unreleased/stevie.html

(we're all capable of multiple crushes!) ;)

[michelej1]

Noel Gallagher put FM in his Top 10, list, but it was PG's Fleetwood Mac, because Noel won't include a band that has women on his list.

This is the list:

Gallagher's top ten are as follows:
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Sex Pistols
The Kinks
The La's
Pink Floyd
The Bee Gees
The Specials
(Peter Green's) Fleetwood MAC

This is an article about it from the Guardian UK:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/09/why_noel_gallaghers_no_women_r.html

It's safe to say that Noel Gallagher's attitude to the internet is more modern than some of his other views. The curmudgeonly guitarist has been "blogging" his way through Oasis' American tour via Oasisnet.com, and along the way, we've learned that he's rude to people who ask for photos, can't bear the thought of a fan selling him underpants, and likes to make High Fidelity-style music lists. Depressingly, we've also learned that his views on women are even more outdated than his taste in music.

Earlier this week, Noel posted his "Top 10 bands of all time" list, a "traditional debate" conducted in the dressing room. He says it "never gets any less interesting for me", but with a Top 5 of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Sex Pistols and the Kinks, I'm inclined to disagree.

Perhaps the inevitable classic rock slant came out of the strict criteria under which it was produced. Noel excludes solo artists and collectives like Public Enemy, both of which make sense for this subject. But then there's this incongruous rule: "No female artists." And he's very serious about this - even Fleetwood Mac, who scrape in at No 10, are "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac", before Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks got anywhere near them.

There's a reason why there are no women in Noel's hall of fame. The list has one band formed in the 50s, six formed in the 60s, two formed in the 70s and, daringly, the La's, who got together as late as 1983. His tastes are restricted almost exclusively to rock music from the 60s. It was a time when female artists could be pop stars, soul singers or members of girl groups, but only Janis Joplin was really a rock star. Even Marianne Faithfull, as rock'n'roll in attitude and behaviour as the best of the boys, recorded folk songs in the 60s, giving Sister Morphine to the Stones because they could get away with it. It's not until the Runaways, in 1976, that female rock bands start to get a look in.

So Noel's list is unimaginative, predictable and about as exciting as a petrol station Dads Rock! CD, but you can't blame him for not including any women - neither the era nor the genre he champions produced any female rock stars that would fit into his tight and narrow window. But if that is the case, if he's really just aware of the deficiencies of the time, then why mention it at all? It's strange to stick this "no female artists" rule there in the first place - it implies that women, obviously a different musical species, would somehow damage the great rock canon. It'd be nice to think he's saving Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush for his solo artist list, but considering that this is a man who recently ordered Mark Ronson to buy a guitar and learn three chords, that could be leaning towards optimism.

[SteveMacD]

Jokes on him...Christine was a session player for the early Mac :P

[michelej1]

Jokes on him...Christine was a session player for the early Mac :P

Yeah, I know, Eddie Money said the same thing in 2006 and I was thinking, but wasn't there someone with estrogen on Then Play On . . .

www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/08/08/these_80s_hitmakers_still_offering_two_tickets_to_paradise/

EDDIE MONEY ANSWERS QUICK QUESTIONS

Biggest jerk: Elvis Costello. He's a [expletive expletive]. [Expletive] is in the [Rock and Roll] Hall of Fame and I'm not. Also this guy [Don] Barnes, the singer in 38 Special. For some strange reason his wife said I was hitting on her. I would never hit on somebody's old lady.

Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth? David Lee Roth. You know, he's had a lot of troubles and an ego bigger than a [expletive] house. I also feel sorry for the guy. Maybe I like David Lee Roth because he reminds me of myself.

Groupies: You know what, there's always a lot of good-looking women who come to the shows. I've got my weight down. But I've got a beautiful wife and I'm pretty monogamous. Cheating on my wife would be like doing cocaine.

Favorite album (not your own): ``Then Play On," Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green was such a great guitar player and the band was just smoking. I like anything that Fleetwood Mac did before they got the chicks in the band.

[dnightshade]

Yeah, I know, Eddie Money said the same thing in 2006 and I was thinking, but wasn't there someone with estrogen on Then Play On . . .

www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/08/08/these_80s_hitmakers_still_offering_two_tickets_to_paradise/. I like anything that Fleetwood Mac did before they got the chicks in the band. [/B]

To each his own, I guess.

[michelej1]

People are disrobing to . . . Albatross!

Albatross!

Here is a review of an X-Rated UK play called "Blue Room" from the Doncaster Free Pres:

http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/freetime/Xrated-sex-show-at-Little.4508991.jp

One reviewer has described The Blue Room as "pure theatrical Viagra" and it is safe to say some may well check out the show for its sex and little else.
But look beyond the bums and boobs and you'll see two young and accomplished actors taking on a brave challenge. Its takes balls (ahem) to get your kit off and romp around on stage and while the peformances occasionally leave a little to be desired, its certainly a play you won't forget in a hurry.

And you'll never listen to Fleetwood Mac's Albatross in the same way ever again!

[vivfox]

After touring to support Screws through October, Buckingham will reunite with his bandmates again next spring for a tour. In March, Sheryl Crow announced plans to collaborate with the band, but Buckingham says the idea never moved beyond a casual conversation. "If you're bringing someone in just to do Christine McVie's stuff," he adds, "doesn't that sort of degrade it into kind of a lounge act?"

[From Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 1062 — October 2, 2008]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23087892/lindsey_buckinghams_return_to_rock

[michelej1]

What did Devendra Barnhart do when he met Lilo?

http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=12318

“We ended up talking about Fleetwood Mac, who we’re both obsessed with,” Banhart said of his conversation with Lilo."I haven't talked to her recently. She's taking care of herself. I'm trying to give her some space, because I think now is a tough time for her."

[michelej1]

This is from a review of the film, Man on a Wire:

http://www.telegram.com/article/20080926/NEWS/809260522/1011/FEATURES

While Marsh is lucky to have an unabashed character such as Petit to focus his attention on, the director uses devices such as the perfect music to help underscore a given scene. The choice of the haunting but airy “Albatross” instrumental by Fleetwood Mac to accompany a scene of an earlier Petit tightrope walk across Sydney Harbor makes for a wonderfully orchestrated and illustrated snapshot.

[michelej1]

This was on a blog: Gear Talk about The Chain:

http://philramble.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/stagg-l-320-electric-guitar/

The guitar sounds very nice. You know it seemed like suddha-dhanyasi also to me - basically the shadjam wasnt resolved in my mind clear enough (particularly in absence of any tampura) and I guess I latched on to the ma.

Also the snippet between the 7s and 10s reminded me of “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac which I believe is minor pentatonic i.e. suddha-dhanyasi - (could be wrong) - that may have been the culprit for me.

Arun

[vivfox]

Are you pleased The Unicorns' 2003 album, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?, has become a cult classic?

Not at all. Actually I sort of wish it would shrivel up and blow away. The only thing I like about it is how we out-Fleetwood Mac'd Fleetwood Mac. Every song on that album is about how much we hated each other and trying to guess how much longer we had until we'd kill each other.

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/music/article.html?Five_questions_for_Islands&in_article_id=326816&in_page_id=25&in_a_source=

[vivfox]

It's amazing Christine McVie survived as long as she did surrounded by those massive egos but she held her own musically.

http://back-spin.blogspot.com/2008/09/side-tracks_27.html

[vivfox]

Ion's LP 2 CD converter – making old records cool again. All of us dream one day of being able to shovel our dusty copy of Frampton Comes Alive onto our iPod. But seeing as buying it on CD risks you being seen doing so by other members of the general public, the best course of action is nabbing this Ion LP 2 CD converter.

Obviously having more than one big–selling 70s or 80s album comes in handy, so you can really make full use of it. All you need to do is stick an LP on, shove in a blank CD and burn at your leisure.

There's also Mac and PC software, so you can bosh everything from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours to Phil Collins's No Jacket Required onto iTunes or Windows Media Player.

It's available now over at Firebox and down your local Maplins for £300. A small price to pay to bring your childhood and questionable MOR record collection back to life.

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http://stuff.tv/news/Gadget-of-the-Day-Ion-LP-2-CD/10927/

[vivfox]

Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Serena Ryder's third album, Is It O.K, will be released on Nov. 11 through EMI Music Canada.

The album, which will be released in the U.S. through Atlantic next year, was produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer). It was recorded at Village Recording Studios in Santa Monica, Calif., which is where Ryder's favourite album, Fleetwood Mac's TUSK, was made.

"I was in Stevie Nicks' vocal booth with candles all around and stained-glass windows and mirrors everywhere," Ryder says. "It was totally fabulous. I definitely felt the energy. I wanted to tap my veins into the walls, you know?"

http://www.chartattack.com/news/60880/serena-ryder-asks-is-it-ok

[Mywyldhrt]

Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Serena Ryder's third album, Is It O.K, will be released on Nov. 11 through EMI Music Canada.

The album, which will be released in the U.S. through Atlantic next year, was produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer). It was recorded at Village Recording Studios in Santa Monica, Calif., which is where Ryder's favourite album, Fleetwood Mac's TUSK, was made.

"I was in Stevie Nicks' vocal booth with candles all around and stained-glass windows and mirrors everywhere," Ryder says. "It was totally fabulous. I definitely felt the energy. I wanted to tap my veins into the walls, you know?"http://www.chartattack.com/news/60880/serena-ryder-asks-is-it-ok


What I would give to enter that booth....:nod:

[michelej1]

This Syndey Morning Herald article is about a drawing of Malcolm Turnball sitting on the floor, smoking pot, with a Fleetwood Mac album next to him. It reminds me of what Stevie said in DR about their fans having grown up and matured and not sitting around on the floor smoking dope anymore.

Michele

http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/2008/10/

[michelej1]

"It was definitely a reaction against all that stuff. And now, of course, you put Fleetwood Mac on the radio and you go, 'And what is so bad about Fleetwood Mac? I mean, this is a fine song. This Fleetwood Mac song is not a bad song at all.' You know, the Eagles, I'm still, you know, not a huge fan but I've seen them play live." —Exene Cervenka on the origins of X [Sound of the City/VV]

[earlthepearl]

Hey guys:
This is Earl The Pearl, a new member.
Iam glad to be a part of your Fleet, Mac on.:wavey:

[michelej1]

Hey guys:
This is Earl The Pearl, a new member.
Iam glad to be a part of your Fleet, Mac on.:wavey:

Hi Earl. Welcome aboard!

Michele

[michelej1]

Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields was influenced by Tusk:

http://cableandtweed.blogspot.com/2008/10/c-exclusive-chat-with-stephin-merritt.html

Question: So, you know, you were obviously listening to Psychocandy when you recorded this, but do you generally let other albums influence your work so thoroughly?

SM: (Long pause) Um, well, people keep pointing out to me that I’m living in one big Fleetwood Mac Tusk, um, so I guess Tusk has influenced me in the long term, maybe more than any other record. Uh, uh, hmm. Yeah, I wouldn’t be me without Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk or Tom Wait’s Bone Machine. Um, but a lot of music that I’ve incorporated has been singles rather than albums, especially Phil Spector.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Interview with Jock Bartley of Firefall

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by Simon Barrett in Interview, Music Reviews, Reviews

http://www.bloggernews.net/118466

What went wrong, what happened to Firefall, and what brought about reassembling the alumni after so many years

Firefall burned brightly for 4 or 5 years, we had some albums that went Gold and Platinum, plus a string of singles that charted well. Maybe one of the greatest thrills for me was being the opening act for Fleetwood Mac, we did that for about 6 months. There I was, sharing the same stage with the worlds most famous band. There are not many people that can claim they have played in front of a 100,000 crowd. Yes, looking back, it was luck and timing. But we had hit the big time.

We also gradually self destructed. three of the band members had drinking and substance abuse issues. That combined with being screwed by our record label made for a bad situation. The record business was an ugly one back in the 70’s, it didn’t seem to matter that you were selling millions of albums, we had sold something like 5 million, yet we were still broke, in fact we owed money!

The labels were taking 90% or even 95% of the revenue, sure, they supported you on tours, but then you had to repay them, and that was coming out of your 5%. The average hit band was living in poverty!

The bottom fell out before we even knew it. Atlantic wanted money out of us, even though they had made millions from us, we had sold over 5 million albums, and done who knows how many concerts. With this as the backdrop the group disintegrated.

When we created Firefall as a legal entity we had included a rider that should any member leave the band they lost the rights to use the name. It was not long before I realized that I was the only one left!

The 80’s saw a big change in the musical landscape, Punk, Disco, and various other styles really put a brake on rock music. The fans were not there, and neither were the labels or backers. But I decided to soldier on, and have assembled a great team of players. And best of all, we are friends, and we have fun playing together.

[vermicious knid]

Firefall did their own version of "Crying in the Night". It wasn't released until 1995 when it came as a bonus track to their 1980 album.

[michelej1]

This excerpt is from an article about the dear, departed 8 track.

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08314/926323-388.stm?cmpid=newspanel8

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Sunday, November 09, 2008
By Ced Kurtz

By the time the CD came out in 1982, the eight-track was widely consigned to attics, basements and flea markets.

Late-period releases can be valuable. For example, Bruce Springsteen's "Live/1975-85" was one of the very few box sets to be released on vinyl, cassette, compact disc and eight-track tape.

The last widely issued eight-track tape, most agree, was Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" in November 1988.

But some won't stop (pause, click) believing. There is a cult of eight-track aficionados. One of the best sites for eight-track culture and lore is www.8trackheaven.com.

[michelej1]

This London Independent article on Scandinavian music mentions a Springsteen/FM mash up.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/music-magazine-features/dance/dance-skweee-the-future-sound-of-scandinavia-950686.html

There are increasing signs, especially on the New York fringes where rock, rap and electro merge, that dance music is diversifying. Brooklyn hipster Kotchy's quirky blend of house, hip-hop and rock currently earning him comparisons to Pharrell. The A side of discotised single "She Made It Easy" (Civil Music) exhorts listeners to "dance buck naked"; the B side is a breezy Bruce Springsteen/Fleetwood Mac mash-up titled "Bruce Fleetwood".

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Montreal Gazette Article about Big Spenders -- albums that were expensive to make:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=2f122213-8031-40f8-b6af-ab0583f89f21

1979

After placing a copy of Rumours in every pair of hands in the Western world, Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham overreaches the grasp of his audience with Tusk, a singularly different double album said to have cost $1 million in 1979 dollars.

[TrueFaith77]

From Heroes Are Hard To Find (http://heroesarehardtofind.blogspot.com/2008/12/second-hand-news-unleashed-very-latest.html) (blog):

I was overjoyed by a Fleetwood Mac mention in the awesomely moving new film by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records, a dramatization of the story of Chess Records. The mention happens during Willie Dixon's (Cedric the Entertainer) narration. He describes the British bands that were influenced by Chess Records: "The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, and Eric Clapton." I thought that was cool that Mac (technically Peter Green-era) was recognized as being worthy of that grouping. If only someone could tell the Mac story with Martin's understanding of how private personality (ambition, pain, sensitivity), social context, and material differences combine to create a pop epoch!

[michelej1]

This is an article on the founder of "Yo Sushi," Sam Woodroffe. What did he do? Win a contract to cater FM's food.

From the Telegraph, 12-12/08

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/3722321/Simon-Woodroffe-the-founder-of-Yo-Sushi-has-most-of-his-1.6m-pension-in-cash.html

What's been your favourite holiday?

I don't take many holidays, but there's one I will always remember. In my early 30s I was designing rock stages for concerts. I flew down to Australia to win a contract for a Fleetwood Mac tour and on my way back I took a light aircraft to Western Samoa. On the flight I met a girl who lived on the island. She took me to her village to meet her family. Her father was village chief and I remember going back to my hotel afterwards thinking: "I could be the head of the village 20 years from now". I was there for two weeks, swam in the South Pacific, dived off waterfalls and returned completely chilled.

[Zombie]

An odd reference, but a reference nonetheless:

<i>Judging by its share price, the market isn't convinced either as it has dropped by one-third more than the average. <b>But that's what Fleetwood Mac - oops, I mean Corporation - is promising, although there are some strings attached, such as profitability being maintained and no acquisitions.</b></i>

From an article complaining about a company that builds trailers for miners? Takes all kinds.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/money/investment/fleetwood-at-the-crossroads/2008/12/13/1228585162694.html

[DoubtfulMiracle]

An odd reference, but a reference nonetheless:

<i>Judging by its share price, the market isn't convinced either as it has dropped by one-third more than the average. <b>But that's what Fleetwood Mac - oops, I mean Corporation - is promising, although there are some strings attached, such as profitability being maintained and no acquisitions.</b></i>

From an article complaining about a company that builds trailers for miners? Takes all kinds.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/money/investment/fleetwood-at-the-crossroads/2008/12/13/1228585162694.html

Heh. This one relates to the same situation, but with an even juicier reference. I found it the other day during my regular Fleetwood Mac searches - it is rather nice for the business journalists that the companies are Fleetwood and Mac.

Housing providers Fleetwood Corp and Mac Services this week fell foul of Rio Tinto's capex squeeze. While 1970s band Fleetwood Mac crooned Don't Stop, Rio Tinto's message was Go Your Own Way, with contract cancellations affecting Fleetwood (Pilbara iron ore housing) and Mac (Alcan's 300-room Gladstone village).

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24747369-23634,00.html

[Zombie]

Heh. This one relates to the same situation, but with an even juicier reference.

Haha, at least that one was slightly more involved, but methinks the journalists are <i>reaching</i>.

Here's another bizarre one that popped up thanks to my trusty Google Alerts:

<i>“wherever yin and yang come together, a spiral of energy is created. and spirals are everywhere; from the twisted corkscrew of the galaxy, to the dirty water spinning down your bathtub drain, the natural world expresses itself through spirals: the earth spins like a top around the sun. <b>tornadoes, ocean currents, and stevie nicks are all manifestations of spiraling energy.</b> from the hair spiral on the top of your head, through the funky coils of your fingerprints, all the way down to your dna, you are made up of spirals, too. and as a member of the spiral club, you are being created and uncreated by the infinite universe every moment of every day.”</i>

http://sushizume.com/2008/12/15/spiral-love/

[michelej1]

Oh, Stevie would have murdered them for a lot less!

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/brightman-symphony-stage-2262577-one-strange

From a review of Sarah Brightman's show:

At other times, ghostly scenes are projected onto the mirrors. Brightman has a taste for Gothic, vaguely Harry Potter-y landscapes filled with cathedrals, stone gargoyles, primeval forests and rainy vistas. Stevie Nicks would have murdered the rest of Fleetwood Mac for sets and costumes like these.

[michelej1]

This is an article discussing the music industry's struggle to come to terms with new technology.

Boulder Weekly

http://www.boulderweekly.com/20090101/generalpage.html

But the transition from records to CDs wasn’t so smooth. “Almost everyone in the music industry fought against compact discs when they first came out,” said Knopper. “Producers, executives, distributors… even a lot of musicians. They hated it.”

And with good reason. Adopting the CD format meant changing the way everything was done in the industry, from recording to manufacturing to packaging the damn things. Visionary Arista Records founder Clive Davis wasn’t keen on CDs; artists such as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and the Cars wanted nothing to do with the new technology; and there was even an organization called MAD (Musicians Against Digital, not to be confused with the angry maternal prohibitionists Mothers Against Drunk Driving).

But in the end, the industry came around for one very good reason: money. There was so much more cash to be made in CDs that it was foolish not to jump ship. Compact discs were relatively easy to produce, and they took up almost no shelf space. Records and cassette tapes sold for a mere $8.98 apiece, but customers were willing to pay almost twice that amount for a CD.

[pattyfan]

I don't have the exact quote, and sorry if someone else already posted this, but in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, there is a list of the top 50 or 100 singles of the year. One of them is Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis, which happens to be my favorite song this year(whoops, I mean, last year), so I read the review, and they described it as having Fleetwood Mac type harmonies. I'm not sure I totally agree (it's an acoustic song, with huge, lush harmonies in parts, but the only Mac songs I could think of that might sound a little like that song were Save Me a Place and The Farmer's Daughter), but it is an absolutely gorgeous song.

Anyway, I just thought I'd add my 2 cents.

Kevin

[michelej1]

I don't have the exact quote, and sorry if someone else already posted this, but in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, there is a list of the top 50 or 100 singles of the year. One of them is Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis, which happens to be my favorite song this year(whoops, I mean, last year), so I read the review, and they described it as having Fleetwood Mac type harmonies. I'm not sure I totally agree (it's an acoustic song, with huge, lush harmonies in parts, but the only Mac songs I could think of that might sound a little like that song were Save Me a Place and The Farmer's Daughter), but it is an absolutely gorgeous song.

Anyway, I just thought I'd add my 2 cents.

Kevin

Thanks. I'll check it out. I guess Lindsey wasn't mentioned in Rolling Stone's year end round up, which disappoints me. UTS was and this album is as good as UTS. Michele

[michelej1]

This was a funny article about all the ways the Merrill Lynch CEO, John Thain, spent (wasted) a fortune redecorating his office just before the struggling company was purchased by Bank of America:

http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/01/25/ceos-gone-wild-john-thains-12-million-office-reno/

How exactly do you spend $1.2-million on an office reno?

Sent assistant to Staples and she just sort of went crazy.

Might have something to do with the Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Trap door in front of desk was fine as is, but pit needed new snakes.

Show me one CEO on Wall Street whose office doesn’t have a Starbucks.

Instead of buying boom box for couple hundred bucks, insisted on keeping Fleetwood Mac over in the corner.

[michelej1]

I bet you've often wondered what's David Huffstutler, the CEO of St. David's Medical Center listening to?

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/02/02/story15.html?b=1233550800%5E1769642&page=2

What music are you listening to right now?

It’s all over the board. Right now, it’s the Buckingham Nicks, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. It’s pre-Fleetwood Mac. My wife found it.

[michelej1]

[This is an article deridiing the RRHOF selection process, but it mentions FM as an example of how dumb the voters are. I thought it was a pretty funny piece. Also, on another note, I would like to say that I'm extremely proud that the phrase The Beat Goes On has worked itself so far into popular culture. I was a fan of Sonny's before I was 10 years old. I only became a FM fan when I was 16. Oh, and in between Sonny and Cher and Fleetwood Mac, I also loved the Jacksons.]

Crawdaddy

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article/Hall-of-Fame-My-Ass.html

Hall of Fame My Ass
by Jeffrey Thiessen • March 5, 2008

These so called “panel experts” generally receive a ballot in the mail, including the names of the nominees, and a small blurb extolling the virtues of each specific nominee no more then a paragraph long. Then, if that still doesn’t ring any bells with these esteemed scholars, a small audio clip is included with each band’s package, generally containing the band’s most popular hit. So if these voters can’t for the life of them remember who Fleetwood Mac was, well, fear not, because they have an mp3 file of “Go Your Own Way” to jog their memory. And here is where you may have so callously assumed the boneheaded public lacked the resources or knowledge to make these sorts of monumental decisions. Now that you know the comprehensive process that goes into selecting the inductees, hopefully you won’t be making that presumption again.

Since I’m personally not a musician, I’ve always wondered how exactly bands find their sound, and thanks to the Hall of Fame’s “The Beat Goes On” exhibit, and its subsequent reduction of that process to simple mathematical equations, I will never have to wonder about that again.

[michelej1]

Press Article on woman who worked as wardrobe designer for FM and was initially inspired by Stevie's clothes:

http://www.1888pressrelease.com/jill-focke-unveils-new-line-of-asian-inspired-eveningwear-pr-105644.html

Jill Focke Unveils New Line of Asian Inspired Evening Wear

(1888PressRelease) March 13, 2009 - Jill Focke was once just a designer to the stars. But after many years of serving Hollywood and the rock n’ roll elite, Jill started J. Ellen Designs where she now creates designer original eveningwear, casual wear and jewelry for the everyday woman.

After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Ms. Focke worked for various theatrical companies, including Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Ringling Brothers Circus and the Houston Grand Opera and soon landed work in the wardrobe department for the Carl Reiner film ‘That Old Feelin’ in 1997.

Jill quickly moved into the touring aspect of the music business as wardrobe supervisor for such acts as Bette Midler, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Diana Ross, Miley Cyrus, the Backstreet Boys and Lenny Kravitz.

Initially motivated by designs for Stevie Nicks, Jill now uses beautifully beaded and embroidered Asian fabrics, which makes each piece unique and special.

“More times than not, it's the fabric that inspires my designs, and not the other way around,” Jill says of her creations. “I have been so influenced by the beauty of the Sari fabrics that I have worked with, that for me it is better to find the gorgeous pieces of fabric, and then decide what they should become. So, for me, it's all about the fabric.”

Jill feels her talent is best expressed on her own terms and not letting herself get caught up in the commercial competition that is prevalent in the fashion industry. This has resulted in a clientele that is confident that each of their garments will never be duplicated.

For more information on Jill Focke and J. Ellen Designs, you can visit her website: www.JillsDesigns.etsy.com or email her at: jill ( @ ) j-ellendesigns dot com.

[michelej1]

Top 40 Charts.com talks about Aaron Barnhart's new album

http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=47214

While recording MISSING PIECES, Brett Tuggle, Musician/Fleetwood Mac shared "I recently had the opportunity to hear a new artist named Aaron Barnhart. I was impressed by his talents as a singer/songwriter and musician. Aaron has that unique gift to be able to write a good song and deliver a vocal performance that is real and exciting to listen to. I believe Aaron has "the goods" to be a lasting force in music. Put on his new CD Missing Pieces, sit back and enjoy the ride..." Aaron recently helped Fleetwood Mac prepare for their upcoming tour and played auxiliary keyboards with the band.

[David]

I bet you've often wondered what's David Huffstutler, the CEO of St. David's Medical Center listening to?

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/02/02/story15.html?b=1233550800%5E1769642&page=2

What music are you listening to right now?

It’s all over the board. Right now, it’s the Buckingham Nicks, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. It’s pre-Fleetwood Mac. My wife found it.
I always wondered what ol' Dave Huffstutler was spinning on his turntable!

[michelej1]

More on ticket prices:
http://www.the33tv.com/pages/landing/?blockID=256360&feedID=460

Concert Tickets
Aaron Smith, The 33 News

April 2, 2009

If you've been to a concert lately then you may have noticed that tickets are getting more expensive and harder to purchase in person these days. The industry is being dominated by brokers on the internet.

When Brittany Spears dallas show sold out in hours, you could still get tickets online. And as box office tickets to Fleetwood Mac's Dallas date continue to dwindle, private brokers are still going strong.

Metrotickets is one of five private brokers in Dallas. Owner David Christopherson sells the best seats at concerts and sporting events rubbing shoulders with Jamie Foxx, and Gwen Stefani. he says buyers at the box office don't stand a chance anymore. He says, " We've had them for years and years and years and the seats that we have as a result are better than you'd probably be able to get."

Brokers like him usually get premium tickets from season passes on all events at all venues every year. they get them before you ever have a chance too and they sell them at higher rates.

Christopherson says, " Its just like a car or anything else, anything that's for sale, you can sell it for whatever your price is."

Sometimes the prices are actually cheaper than the box office. Giovanni Zavala bought his Mav's tickets online.
He says, " Today I got twenty dollars less than what actual face value was worth."

Owners here at Metro tickets admit there are times when their tickets have additional fees, but they say in general concert tickets and sporting events have gotten more expensive.

Still brokers are legal according to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The agency also keeps a close eye on them. But, as long as they don't scalp tickets or try to sell them on someone else's property, it may be unfair, but not illegal.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from interview with Bat for Lashes about new single "Daniel"

Digital Spy, 4-6-2009

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a151803/bat-for-lashes.html

It's been compared quite a bit to '80s Fleetwood Mac. Do you hear that?

"Well, I wasn't aware of that when I was making it, but in hindsight it makes sense. I think some of the sounds I choose and the way I feel when I sing a song often harks back to my childhood. 'Daniel' is a nostalgic song about my teenage years and I was brought up on a lot of Fleetwood Mac - my mum and I used to sing 'Gypsy' and 'Rhiannon' in the car! I think without even realising it I drew on those influences, but it certainly wasn't conscious."

[Skyveris]

My would-be lover has been selected to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. I am in the back row of the theater where she and the rest of the cast are rehearsing for the upcoming show. In one skit, my would-be lover is supposed to play the role of one of the women from Fleetwood Mac. However, nobody can remember the musician's name. I tell some of the stage hands that I can look it up on Google. I do a Wikipedia search for Fleetwood Mac but only come up with long lists of musicians who have appeared with the band at some point during their careers. I never find the name of the right musician. (Author's Note: After waking up from the dream, I realized the name I was looking for was Christine McVie, and I found this out by doing an actual search on Wikipedia.)

http://strategicfailure.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-am-sitting-in-theater.html

Does anyone else read these nuggetts besides Michele and I???

I'm reading these waifs of Mac mentions with ravenous interest, as I just discovered this thread since it was bumped to the top of the board. This is riveting, fascinating stuff. Thanks to all for sharing these scrumptious morsels. :xoxo::D

-Matt

[David]

I read everything Michele posts (except Stickies). I like these little Macnuggets. They're like the Random Notes in Rolling Stone, or Patrick Goldstein's "Pop Eye" column in the Los Angeles Times. That's where many of us old farts learned the most about Fleetwood Mac over the years!

[michelej1]

In this piece, on the Michigan ABC website, favorite concerts are remembered, by James R. Chesna, April 14, 2009:

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6758597

Fleetwood Mac, 1997, The Palace of Auburn Hills: I wasn't the biggest fan of Fleetwood Mac until I saw "The Dance," their terrific TV reunion concert. That made me appreciate them a lot more, perhaps because the time spent apart during the group's messy breakup really saw them grow as people and musicians. Lindsey Buckingham's guitar work is stellar, and the voices of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie are like fine wine. "Bleed to Love Her" is one of the prettiest love songs ever written, and who could forget Gold Dust Woman Nicks' "Silver Springs"? The Palace show proved just as good.

[michelej1]

Ohio article about how downtown events give the businesses a shot in the arm:

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/04/19/story_biz.html?sid=102

The wait for a table at Boston's tripled Saturday night when Fleetwood Mac performed at Nationwide Arena.

"A normal wait for a Saturday evening is about an hour," said Boston's supervisor April Norris. "(Saturday) we were on a solid wait for three-and-half to four hours."

[michelej1]

This psychic, Elsa Panizzon. has a blog on which she dispenses astrological advice and talks about the book she wrote, Heaven, I Mean Circle K.

http://www.elsaelsa.com/archives/tag/sex/

Now the soldier read my book which is about my life or at least part of it and the book ends at a Fleetwood Mac concert. I didn’t intend it to end there… it was HQ’s genius that ended the book there but in whatever case, I would describe this day as significant in my life. And I wrote the truth of that day as I understood it but then the soldier read it.

[Tango]

Caliente

Back in the day with Fleetwood Mac
By Kevin W. Smith

By Kevin W. Smith
[email protected]
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.23.2009

http://www.azstarnet.com/ss/2009/04/23/289645-1.jpg

The last concert held at Arizona Stadium was headlined by Fleetwood Mac, which was touring behind the release of a little-known gem called "Rumours."


Described as the hottest band in the country at the time, Fleetwood Mac shared the stage with superstar artists Kenny Loggins and the Marshall Tucker Band, along with local band Arizona.


An estimated 67,000 people jammed the football field and nearly filled the stands that hot Saturday night on Aug. 27, 1977, to make for the largest crowd of rock fans Arizona had ever seen.


Tickets were $8 to $10, and the show grossed some $430,000. The Arizona division of the American Heart Association was the major beneficiary.


Still, authorities estimated hundreds of people got in free in the crush that ensued once the gates opened. The surging crowd knocked a deputy down a flight of stairs, and a 16-year-old girl was trampled and suffered an injured elbow.


Fans had started camping outside the stadium at 6 p.m. the night before, 23 hours before the music was scheduled to begin.


The concert ended about 11:30 p.m. after more than six hours of music. Fleetwood Mac played for more than two hours, and an Arizona Daily Star reviewer said Stevie Nicks' vocals and the guitar of Lindsey Buckingham stole the show.


Large clouds of marijuana smoke hovered above the crowd, along with sporadic flares and firecrackers.


Overall, authorities called the concert a peaceful event and nowhere near the mayhem they had prepared for.


Afterward, Chuck Raetzman, UA's superintendent of grounds, labor, maintenance and transportation at the time, was quoted as saying the field suffered no severe damage.


He added that if any part of the field was still faded by the time the Wildcats' televised home-opener rolled around, it would be painted green for television. The center of the field reportedly suffered the most damage from "compaction."


Concern over Arizona Stadium's field was one of the main reasons ASUA moved the stage to the sidelines, off the playing field, for Wednesday's performance.

[michelej1]

[I'm not sure because I couldn't find a date, but I think the Meloy interview is this Friday]

http://texasmusicmatters.kut.org/

Texas Music Matters

On The Big Broadcast: ACL ‘09 Preview

On the next edition of Texas Music Matters, we turn a spotlight on one of the big stories of the week: the lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Decemberists will be coming to ACL, and frontman Colin Meloy will tell us about a Fleetwood Mac album that changed his life. Also, a conversation with Randy Reynolds of Austin’s own Leatherbag about the pluses—and minuses—of playing such an enormous event. We’ll also have analysis by leading music journalists from Pollstar and the Austin American-Statesman. Friday at noon on KUT 90.5

[Livia]

Tusk is the album that changed his life. I was using his quote as my signature on another msg. board for awhile...

Leatherbag - great local band. :thumbsup:

[michelej1]

[Loved this aside in a Texas Observer article about learning to take up less space]

http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3036

More space is about the cheapest thing a homebuyer can buy.

Why wouldn’t they? Nobody outside of Fleetwood Mac ever chose to sleep five to a bed. We prefer a certain distance. We like to have our space. Taking it up is one of the things we do best.

*

[michelej1]

[This is from an interview with the Oregon band called Hockey]

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/hockey-interview-tucker-hughes-photos-abbey-braden-january-24th-2009

Sounds like you guys have one of the best fed tour buses out there. Other than food are there any influences you have that would surprise your fans?

Ben: Fleetwood Mac!!

Wow. Immediate Response!

Ben: Love them! The first pop song I ever remember hearing was when I was two years old they had Rumours on tape and I was totally captivated by "Dreams". I didn't even really know what music was but there was something in that song that absolutely enchanted me. I just wanted to hear it over and over and over. Stevie Nicks' voice kinds of floats in over that really mean but understated bass and drum groove.

Anthony: Fleetwood's a huge drum and bass inspiration.

Ben: Very simple straightforward rhythm and blues, its not flashy its not busy, it is just tight and direct and supports the entire song.

[michelej1]

This was a bit about David Cook's return to the stage after Adam's death. Don't know who Adam is, but . . .

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20277964,00.html

At other points, Cook was cheerful, teasing fans and calling himself, "Old Dave" as he chewed gum. But when he covered Fleetwood Mac's "Tell Me Lies," he became emotional at the line, "If I could turn the page."

Then he abruptly left the stage while singing "Come Back to Me," and his band followed. The crowd chanted for his return as he stood in a hallway with his hand to his face, talking to his fellow band members.

[shackin'up]

The Decemberists will be coming to ACL, and frontman Colin Meloy will tell us about a Fleetwood Mac album that changed his life.

http://www.westword.com/2008-04-24/music/colin-meloy-sings-live/

here's the -in my view- AWESOME quote: He also works in sections of cover ditties, including "Dreams," by Fleetwood Mac. "I'm a staunch defender of all things Fleetwood Mac," he declares. "I count [I]Tusk as being one of the records that changed my life, along with Zen Arcade," by Hüsker Dü.

at last there are more and more great contemporary musicians who I respect that hear the same indie-quality I have always heard in TUSK. Yes, I'm one of the Fleetwood Mac Fans that loved bands like Hüsker Dü and Nova Mob from the beginning, all BECAUSE of Tusk.

Thanks for that blurb. These nuggets are really nice.

[michelej1]

[This columnist from Wales Online talks about his love of music developed from childhood. Of course, his teachers first tried to get him to appreciate classical music, but that didn't catch his youthful ear as much as rock did. Here's an excerpt from the article:]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/columnists/2009/05/18/how-my-musical-education-began-at-an-early-age-with-a-plum-role-91466-23646526/

How my musical education began at an early age
May 18 2009 by Steve Groves, Western Mail


And then I saw Peter Green playing Oh Well with Fleetwood Mac and everything changed. I’m far – very far; very, very far – from being a musician myself, yet I found something which has been a cornerstone ever since.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from John Wesley Harding interview, May 18, 2009

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/05/18/qa-with-john-wesley-harding/

It’s been 20 years since your first albums on Sire, and in the interim you’ve probably been on more labels—major, tiny and in-between—than anyone in the history of the record industry.

It could well be true. But that’s kind of the way things are going. Back before I began, it would be very usual to be on the same record label for ages, that whole concept of growing an artist, then developing. If the music industry had been then what it’s like today, there’d have been no Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

They’d have broken up back in the Peter Green days, long before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Exactly. But on the other hand, one has to take advantage of the way things are today. For the first time, on this record, I had my **** together, or got together for me, and put it out in a way that suits the size of artist that I am and the way I make music and the way it could all make sense financially. My great failing over the last few albums was just to give ‘em to whatever record label will have them. It’s better to have control of your own stuff, but it’s more work. And it’s worked very well.

[michelej1]

[This Silobreaker blogger makes fun of the people who are disappointed that Bon Jovi will be playing at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, by quoting some of their comments]

http://www.silobreaker.com/sal-nunziato-music-and-people-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-soundtrack-of-wicked-5_2262325338757398528

Sal Nunziato

"Nothing says New Orleans Jazz and Heritage like Bon Jovi." (And Spoon, Wilco, Drive By Truckers, Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, and Jimmy Buffett all scream Lower Ninth? Where are the snide comments about JT rocking the Crescent City with "Her Town, Too?")

"Who cares about this 80s has been/never was. They need to get better talent than this if they think that people will spend their hard earned $$$ during an economic depression." (Has been? Anybody listen to the last 32 Joe Cocker albums? He's covering himself. And did anyone specifically NOT go the Fest because of Bon Jovi's late addition? Just dumb.) "What an absolute disappointment this announcement is particularly after the rumors of Springsteen, Neil Young, Fleetwood, Clapton, etc..." (Amazing to think Fleetwood Mac circa 2009 and no Christine McVie is somehow "cooler" than Bon Jovi. And has anyone heard the last 32 Eric Clapton albums?)

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Heidi Newfield Q & A in Entertainment Weekly (pop culture personality test):

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/ew_pop_culture_personality_test/index.html

What is your position on karaoke?

I suck at it. That's my position on it. [Laughs] I'm absolutely the worst karaoke singer on the planet. It's because I'm used to playing with a live band, and it's so different when you walk up there and you sing to the record. I promise you I have screwed up my own songs. People have literally been in the bar going, "Is that... that's... no, nevermind." [Laughs] Obviously, I can always pull up a Trick Pony song. Or I'll do something Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks. Growing up playing in all kinds of situations, from bars to events, I covered a lot of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks.

[michelej1]

In this interview with Kate Voegele she seems to take a bit of a swipe at Colbie. Here's an excerpt:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-kate-voegele-interviewx-052209,0,7252932.story

Kate: I want people to know that I didn't know anyone famous, my dad didn't produce Fleetwood Mac, I definitely have somehow been blessed enough to end up where I am. I'm just a regular kid. Hopefully that translates on stage and with my fans. Some people become robots, and I don't want to be that person.

[michelej1]

[Was Carlos the music director? Good heavens.]

Joey Stec has made a Catholic Christian Rock album, with some help from friends:

http://www.the-tidings.com/2009/052909/rockalbum.htm

Produced by Stec and John McFee of the Doobie Brothers, the 10-track album also has musical contributions from Carlos Rios, music director for Fleetwood Mac, and back-up singer Sharon Celani of the Stevie Nicks band.

[michelej1]

This was from an article on MSTRKRFT

http://www.eqmag.com/article/retro-respect-despite/jun-09/96433

By now you can tell that Keeler and Puodziukas are thoroughly old-school, at least in their attitude regarding live instrumentation versus programming. That also influenced their choice of control surface. While they use Pro Tools to assemble the bits and bobs, recording is done via a 1971 Neve 8016 24-channel 8-bus console—loaded with Neve 1064 EQs—which they lovingly call “Rhiannon.” And for good reason. Theirs is the exact Neve console used to record Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album, which produced the 1975 hit, “Rhiannon.”

“It’s a special console, and we’ve put a lot of work into it to keep it functional,” Puodziukas says. “It’s built like a tank. It’s all military spec, 1971, so the wiring is the same quality that is used on missile silos. It really does have a certain spirit. Every Neve sounds different, and this one has a signature sound you can hear in our productions.”

The console also serves as a reminder to not cut corners when it comes to recording signals going in.

[michelej1]

Martha Wainwright interview in Uncut (UK):

http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/martha_wainwright/reviews/11529

There's a real Fleetwood Mac feel to some of the tracks. Were you keen to get away from being perceived as a folk singer, because of your parents?

Stevie Nicks is an inspiration to us all. And as someone who likes to do her own version of interpretative dance I feel we could do some movement together.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from a Father's Day article on Oprah.com.

http://www.oprah.com/article/relationships/family/pkgfathersday/200806-omag-fathers-day-cards

I would buy that card. Or the one about perching your little-girl self on the closed lid of the toilet to watch your handsome father shave—his lips pressed together in the mirror while foam disappeared in wide stripes like a mown lawn. Although I would want the card to skip the part about how, years later, your future husband would also use Old Spice, and the clovey smoothness of his cheek against your neck would fan the flames of passion into something more like a bonfire of heebie-jeebies. The same way you felt when you realized that Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Daddy" was actually about somebody's lover—not their dad, like you'd always imagined. Not really about somebody's father.

[michelej1]

The Dominion Post, New Zealand June 13. 2006
[another rumor about FM maybe appearing somewhere]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hawkes-bay/2496892/Mission-to-name-its-act-this-time

Mission Concert devotees wanting to take a punt on next year's act, scheduled for Saturday, February 13, are out of luck.

In recent years, 20,000 members of the concert club have been able to buy tickets after the announcement of the date but before the artist is named. That will not be possible this time.

The headline artist will be revealed on July 6 and tickets for the outdoor concert which accommodates 25,000 fans on hillsides at the Mission winery in Napier will go on sale the following day.

"It means that people know what they're buying," Mission Estate chief executive Peter Holley said yesterday. "In these times people are more careful with their discretionary dollars."

The 2010 artist had been signed. But the artist's name is a closely guarded secret in the meantime, although Mr Holley said it was not Lionel Richie, who was booked for this year's concert which was cancelled because of rain.

However, examining who is touring Europe and America this northern summer may hold clues, as performers often follow these tours with trips to the southern summer.

Possibilities include Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, U2, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Van Morrison and Diana Krall. Jazz singer Krall's husband, Elvis Costello, was to perform at last year's concert with John Mellencamp, but they were replaced by Tom Jones after Mellencamp pulled out.

The concert weekend will be sandwiched between the Harvest Hawke's Bay wine festival and the Art Deco Weekend.

[vivfox]

Fleetwood Mac have confirmed an extra concert date at The 02, Dublin on Sunday 25 October. The band will now play two concert dates on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October.Tickets for the extra date are on sale now.
One of the most successful rock bands in history are back with their best-selling line up featuring Stevie Nicks,Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Lindsey Buckingham to delight their millions of fans.
FLEETWOOD MAC
The O2, Dublin
Saturday 24th October, 2009
Sunday 25th October, 2009 – Extra Concert Date
In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide
By Telephone: ROI – 0818 719 300, Northern Ireland – 0870 243 4455
Buy Online: www.ticketmaster.ie

http://famenewspaper.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-night-in-dublin-for-fleetwood.html

[michelej1]

Interview with Simon and Max of the Shapeshifters, June 17, 2009.

http://www.dmcupdate.com/interview.asp?InterviewID=667

Excerpt:

Best album ever made?

"Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours' or Tears for Fears 'Songs From The Big Chair'."

[michelej1]

This is a review of Rebecca Jordan's Dreams:

http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/tag/nelly-furtado

But the fact of the matter is, most cover songs are neither stunning successes nor spectacular failures. They just… are. Like emerging pop/funk artist Rebecca Jordan’s take on Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”

True, Rebecca’s pipes are not to be confused with Stevie Nicks‘ — nor her choreography with Jack Black’s/Joan Cusack’s from School of Rock — but her soft, smoky vocals made us smile, hum and wish we remembered enough of the words to sing along.

So have a listen, and let Rebecca’s low-key Fleetwood Mac impression lull you into a woozy, late-afternoon trance. Which is generally what happens when your singing voice reminds us of a mildly sedated Nelly Furtado.

[michelej1]

This is from an article on Jack Black:

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/jack_black_biog/2

His parents divorced, in an ugly fashion, when he was 10 and he moved with his mother to an 8-bedroom place in Culver City, just north of Torrance and near the famous MGM studios. His mother would rent out rooms, one tenant being a music-loving journalist who got Jack into Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel. There'd be other musical influences, too, one being his older brother Howard Siegel, an engineer who'd just worked on Devo's hit album Freedom Of Choice. He'd take little Jack along to see the band play in Santa Monica, an apt choice for a former wannabe robot-boy.

[michelej1]

Blog Post to Rolling Stone about Rock and Role Reunions:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/27/after-faith-no-more-is-there-hope-for-other-long-shot-reunions/

Marc Marin | 3/3/2009, 5:17 pm EST

Foreigner aboslutely, Dire straits, o**** ya, Heart is not broken up, they still tour, and will someone please kill stevie nicks so the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac circa Kiln House would get back together and rule the world.

[vivfox]

Posted on 20 June 2009 By John Brummett

I thought I knew Bill Clinton, but then I came across a cable channel rerun on which the ever-evolving British rocker, the acclaimed musical guru Elvis Costello, was interviewing him.

Clinton is a jazz guy. I had not known that, which is to say I hardly knew him at all.

I had him down as pop and folk. I figured he swayed with Hillary to Joan Baez in the anti-war days, then settled into the kind of banal radio music that led him to embarrass himself by embracing Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop Thinkin’ About Tomorrow” as his campaign theme song.

http://arkansasnews.com/2009/06/20/music-as-bill-clinton%E2%80%99s-metaphor/

[vivfox]

On a happier note, they played a She & Him song at work today! I was so shocked and happy. I love hearing good music at work. Our one manager always plays at least one Stevie Nicks song when he's on, so I hear her a few times a week, which always makes the work day. I hope the She & Him thing becomes a regular occurence.

http://charmedgirl87.livejournal.com/193890.html

[michelej1]

Comment from a Havana Times reporter Alfredo Prieto:

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=10441

I now work at the publishing house of the Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) and I’m writing another book. Like my aunt, I am a declared fan of strawberry cheesecakes… and of Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac’s ex. If any of you know her, please give her a flower for me.

[vivfox]

On the subject of fantasies, Stevie Nicks is back. Never sexier or more spontaneous, this live album, titled The Soundstage Sessions, is a beauty of back catalogue selection. There’s Stand Back, Landslide, Beauty and the Beast and others, but most of all, it’s the best live recording of her ethereal masterpiece, Sara. Clocking in at seven or so minutes, it’s an astounding litany to love.
Sara, which was first released on Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk in 1980, is usually viewed as a jumble shop of esoteric ideas and dreams, but here Nicks creates clarity and a polymorphous resignation in her voice that’s perfectly matched by her backing band. The point of the song only really comes together at the end when, forlornly, Nicks protests: “There’s a heartbeat, no it never really dies … never really dies, won’t you swallow your pride.” Reading the words here won’t do the trick. But hearing them will bring tears to your eyes and exultation to the heart.

http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=1017811

[vivfox]

Erin Norman - The Factory Press

Add to that a pinch of Fleetwood Mac, a dash of Violent Femmes, a sprinkle of old Sinead O'Connor and that ought to do it. Bake at a satanically high temperature rotating every 30 minutes. Now I have a Sloe Gin playlist I have ...
Erin Norman - http://erinnorman.livejournal.com/

[vivfox]

Knowledgeable sources say the city-owned Alerus Center is guaranteeing that Britney Spears makes somewhere in the $750,000 to $850,000 range, though one source said that’s not something unique to this tour.

“We did not pay any more than anybody else,” said Alerus Center executive director Steve Hyman, though he said he couldn’t talk about the arrangement until after tickets go on sale Saturday.

He got the show, he said, because of a professional relationship with tour promoter AEG Live going back 20 years, from when he used to head the Verizon Wireless Center in Moline, Ill.

And, he said, he patched up a contentious relationship between the Alerus Center and the promoter dating back to a disastrous Fleetwood Mac concert in 2003.

According to Hyman, money was not the lynchpin of the deal with AEG Live, but relationship.

The Alerus Center damaged its reputation with the promoter in 2003 after the Fleetwood Mac concert, which sold only 6,174 tickets out of 20,000.

For reasons still murky, the Alerus Center failed to pay AEG Live a six-figure sum, causing the promoter to blackball the events center.

“We paid our dues,” Hyman said. “This is the same gentlemen that didn’t quite get straight on Fleetwood Mac. We straightened that out with Neil Diamond, even though we took a hit on it.”

If Britney does as well here as she did elsewhere, the Alerus Center also will get a rebound in its reputation as an entertainment venue, both with promoters and with its advertisers and suite holders.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/123885/

[vivfox]

Near set’s end, Ternheim moved her microphone off to the side and brought Van Etten, Martino and Manchon up for an all-acoustic rendition of “Summer Rain,” ending in rapt silence. A gripping end to a soggy night’s show? Not quite. “I feel weird not saying thank you, good night or whatever, so I’m gonna play one more song,” Ternheim said. Mustering her forces, she played one of the most memorable cuts from the domestic version of Halfway to Fivepoints: a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies” that wrung more melancholy and poignance from the song than even its famously damaged originators could muster.

http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/thevolume/2009/06/anna-ternheim-casts-a-spell-at-joes-pub/

[vivfox]

At the Pavillion in Boston. My two lovely sisters and I took her to see Stevie Nicks who happened to be playing right smack on the day of her birthday--now is that coincidence that Stevie would be playing on June 22nd? or is it fate/destiny?!My Mother is not just obsessed with Stevie...she is "OBSESSED!" It drives my middle sister bonkers! My younger sister and I go with the flow about this obsession! Hey--it's a good obsession...Stevie Nicks can still sell out all over the world--either by herself of with Fleetwood MacBut I swear, like the assumptions of Stevie Nicks, when I was younger I almost thought my Mother had special witchy woman powers...those eyes could stop me dead in my tracks!!!

http://loveyourlifeandyourlooktoday.blogspot.com/2009/06/62209-most-beautiful-woman-in-worlds.html

[vivfox]

What are you memories of working on Moon Walk?
I was in California, and I was working on a book with Fleetwood Mac at the time. And my agent called me up and said that Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis had hired Michael Jackson to write his autobiography and was having trouble -- they'd assigned a couple of writers already, and Michael either didn't like them or, well, I don't know what happened. I was the third writer on the project. And I had some of their previous transcripts, and they weren't very good. And I'd been interviewing Mick Fleetwood a lot and living with my family in Malibu and they said, "Well, we'd like you to go over and have an audience with Michael Jackson and see if he likes you, and the deadline is approaching." So I went there to his house in Encino, California. And the zoo was there, and the candy store and all this stuff.

http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/06/25/interview-stephen-davis-ghostwriter-of-michael-jackson-s-autobiography-remembers-the-king-of-pop-and-his-monkey.aspx

[michelej1]

Article about Sisters of the Moon fashions, designs by a mother daughter team.

Here's an excerpt:

http://www.fangoria.com/features/94-fango-lifestyle/3043-fango-fashion-profile-sisters-of-the-moon.html

Many of their skirts incorporate tule, which gives the styles a fairy-like feel, and they manage to use this delicate material in unique and striking ways. And though many of their designs have a dark look to them, they aren’t afraid to use vibrant, even neon colors, and the contrast meshes perfectly. Sisters of the Moon is greatly inspired by Stevie Nicks, who was in what Shayl says was her mother’s favorite band (FLEETWOOD MAC) and has “a style like no other.” Their designs are also inspired by Vintage, 1800’s, retro, dance, goth and “anything out of the normal.” Often the result is witchy and costume-like, but in a non-cheesy, good quality type of way. I myself am a lover of fantasy and am drawn to a style that allows me float around like a dark fairy or entice the opposite sex like a devious nymph. Almost like LARP-ing without the script. (Wow, I totally just revealed the geek in me).

[michelej1]

Poster in a Drownedinsound chat thread, describing a conversation in his family about Fleet Foxes:

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4187903

FLEET FOXES
Mum: These sound like Fleetwood Mac don't they?"

Me: No, they don't mum. You say everything sounds like Fleetwood Mac. You said Bat For Lashes sounds like Fleetwood Mac.

Mum: Their name is Fleet Foxes.

Dad: They're pretty good ain't they?

Me: They're alright, that song they just played [white winter hymnal] is
pretty good but the rest is well boring.

Mum: They'd be better without the vocals

Me: What? Their whole sound is based on the vocals!

Dad: Fleetwood Mac would be turning in their graves.

Me: What?

Dad: Oh, hang on, they're not dead are they? Just released a new album didn't they.

[vivfox]

Fleetwood Mac would be turning in their graves.


No, just Murrow.

[skcin]

Sorry if this has been posted, I skimmed over the thread & didn't see it. Susanna Hoffs (The Bagels) and Matthew Sweet have done a cover album. Second Hand News is on it.

http://www.myspace.com/sidnsusie

[vivfox]

July 1, 2009 09:49 AM

Midway through the film, Stevie Nicks -- a truly beautiful woman inside and out who I've loved since high school -- called to discuss Michael Jackson for a special issue of Rolling Stone that's coming right up. So I found myself sneaking out to lobby and recording our talk about Michael, music, fame and life as the absurdly loud sounds of endless transformer battles bleed loudly through the theater walls.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wild/the-great-issue-of-our-ti_b_223766.html

[vivfox]

Sorry if this has been posted, I skimmed over the thread & didn't see it. Susanna Hoffs (The Bagels) and Matthew Sweet have done a cover album. Second Hand News is on it.
http://www.myspace.com/sidnsusie
It's nice to see someone else posting in here besides Michele and I. Here is an addition to your post.

In 2006, Bangles singer/guitarist Susanna Hoffs teamed with power pop musician Matthew Sweet to record Under the Covers, a series of duets of their favorite songs from the 1960s and ‘70s. Last year, the duo reunited in Los Angeles to begin work on a follow up album. Shout Factory’s Under the Covers, Vol. 2, is now scheduled for release on July 21 and will feature sixteen more of the duo’s favorite classic tracks, with an additional ten tracks featured on the bonus edition download.

About the track selection, Hoffs said, “The records that we cover are records we love. There’s out-of-tune singing, out-of-tune guitars, the drum tracks are speeding up and slowing down. Those records are great because they’re about the feel; they capture the emotion and they’re not about perfection.”

In addition to the duo’s singing, Vol. 2 features guest spots from Mick Fleetwood, Dhani Harrison, and Steve Howe from Yes as Hoffs and Sweet cover Fleetwood Mac’s “Second Hand News,” George Harrison’s “Beware of Darkness,” and Yes’ ”I’ve Seen All Good People” respectively. They also work t Grateful Dead’s “Sugar Magnolia” and Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May.”


Following the album release and a short promotion tour, Hoffs will return to the studio to begin work on the Bangles next album with Sweet joining her as the project’s co-producer.

The full track listing for Under the Covers, Vol. 2

1. Sugar Magnolia

2. Go All The Way

3. Second Hand News

4. Bell Bottom Blues

5. All The Young Dudes

6. You’re So Vain

7. Here Comes My Girl

8. I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People

9. Hello, It’s Me

10. Willin’

11. Back Of A Car

12. Couldn’t I Just Tell You

13. Gimme Some Truth

14. Everything I Own

15. Maggie May

16. Beware Of Darkness

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/06/matthew-sweet-susanna-hoffs-and-friends-get-back-under-the-covers/

[vivfox]

Do verify facts, run spell checks and proofread your copy. She recalls an instance when she erroneously used the American spelling of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in a bio sent to thousands of media outlets. Though it happened a decade ago, she says, "[I]t still stings."

http://www.marketingprofs.com/short-articles/1138/now-thats-a-good-release

[vivfox]

Do verify facts, run spell checks and proofread your copy. She recalls an instance when she erroneously used the American spelling of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in a bio sent to thousands of media outlets.
Now if ALL reporters could only follow this rule when writing about Lindsey Buckingham and stop naming him Lindsay.

[vivfox]

I freeking love the **** out of her. She is so beautiful and has the most unique voice. Her lyrics are so poetic and her style is amazing. Like her, I have always been one to wear long flowing dresses and spin around on the dance floor. I just happen to wear opera length gloves and little feather hats with veils to make a look all my own. I just seem to get in my Stevie Nicks moods every now and then, and for the rest of the night I am feeling pretty deep. She looks so beautiful and her outfits are capital. My friend showed me the best live performance of her on you tube and we were both so moved as she sang and tears began flow, she was SO into it. We guessed she was also pretty lit which makes it even more awesome.

http://authentikcloud.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/what-is-about-stevie-nicks/

[vivfox]

The one that absolutely shocked me the most? Stevie ****ing Nicks. I knew she was big (I’ve seen her house), but I had no idea how big. The anal cocaine delivery advocate has had, with her Fleetwood Mac songs, her solo career, and collaborations, an astonishing twenty-seven Top 40 hits and four #1 singles. That’s more than Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand, Karen Carpenter, or Carole King and Joni Mitchell combined! Good grief.

http://ludickid.livejournal.com/927842.html

[michelej1]

From a Daily Telegrap article on Peter Ikin's life and will.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25728939-5001021,00.html

Respected by the stars whose huge egos he managed to handle, including Fleetwood Mac, his friends knew him as warm-hearted and generous. He split his year between London and his Elizabeth Bay penthouse in Sydney.

[vivfox]

Megan: And I heard a rumor that Stevie Nicks was maybe wanting me to play her in her movie. I really want that to be true.” Megan would be a great choice to play Stevie Nicks — as long as they use Stevie's vocals. ...
mjsbigblog - http://mjsbigblog.com/

[vivfox]

Dragonfly's Poetry and Prolixity: Won't You Come Into My Abode and ...
By Marion
Oh, and my "Stevie Nicks Live at Red Rocks" video that I got for $1 at the library sale one year. (EAT YOUR HEART OUT, RICK!) I watch that tape constantly. It's amazing!!! A magazine for inspiration in my office. ...
Dragonfly's Poetry and Prolixity - http://dragonflyspoetryandprolixity.blogspot.com/

[michelej1]

Excerpt from an article about Cris Morris and his family:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/article_30028158-6527-599e-81f2-a6f9f11565a0.html

As all this was going on, Ruby Morris' son, Cris, pursued a different career path. He worked as a music engineer, serving as recording assistant for Fleetwood Mac's iconic "Rumours" album. His name is on the record label. He appears in three pictures in the album's photo collage.

He's the guy without a beard.

Seven years later, he would be working with a guy now famous for a beard.

[vivfox]

Colbie Caillat ‘Fallin’ For You’
New Single Out September 7th On Island Records
Sophomore ‘Breakthrough’ Album Out September 14th


24-year-old, award-winning singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat is one of the most exciting prospects to come to these shores in a long time.

Colbie is set to release ‘Falling For You’, September 7th - the first single from her eagerly anticipated new album ‘Breakthrough’, out September 14th on Island Records.

Her irresistible new single ‘Fallin’ For You’ written by Colbie Caillat and Rick Nowels (Madonna) and produced by Nowels, John Shanks (Celine Dion) and Colbie’s father Ken Caillat (Fleetwood Mac) is 3-minutes of acoustic guitar led pop perfection, wrapped around Colbie’s stunning vocal.

The single is currently the No.1 most added record on the Hot AC chart in the US and is set to achieve similar success in the UK.

The Malibu-based singer-songwriter whose mesmerising vocals and refreshing style captured a global following with her 2007 acclaimed double platinum debut album ‘Coco’ is working with an impressive collection of songwriters on her new record, including John Mayer and acclaimed songwriter and 2009 American Idol judge Kara Dioguardi.

Colbie’s refreshing style has connected with nearly 40 million myspace fans who have played her songs over 75 million times. Her debut single ‘Bubbly’ became a smash-hit and was No.1 on US radio for nearly half a year. It became the 21st Best Selling digital track of all time.

www.myspace.com/colbiecaillat
http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/news/6293/fallin-for-colbie-caillat-in-september.html

[daniellaaarisen]

I freeking love the **** out of her. She is so beautiful and has the most unique voice. Her lyrics are so poetic and her style is amazing. Like her, I have always been one to wear long flowing dresses and spin around on the dance floor. I just happen to wear opera length gloves and little feather hats with veils to make a look all my own. I just seem to get in my Stevie Nicks moods every now and then, and for the rest of the night I am feeling pretty deep. She looks so beautiful and her outfits are capital. My friend showed me the best live performance of her on you tube and we were both so moved as she sang and tears began flow, she was SO into it. We guessed she was also pretty lit which makes it even more awesome.

http://authentikcloud.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/what-is-about-stevie-nicks/

This makes me so unbelievably happy.

[Zombie]

Tori covers "Landslide" from time to time, and apparently did so in Seattle on the 10th AND mentioned Buckingham Nicks! Yay Tori!

<i>"She also listed the music that he would smuggle to her behind their daddy’s back like The Doors, Jimi, Janis, The Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, Buckingham Natives(?) (a few people seemed to know what that is, but I don’t) and then she launched into Landslide by Fleetwood Mac."</i>

The "he" that's referred to here is her brother, I think.

http://undented.com/tour/1634/seattle-wa

[vivfox]

In the BBC documentary about the making of Fleetwood Mac’s famous album, Rumours, Stevie Nicks says her one great regret in life was that she never got married and had children. When I got my coffee this morning, one of the Rumours tunes was playing in the background with Nicks singing, and I asked the barista if he knew what Stevie Nicks’s one great regret in life was. When I told him, he said in dismissive way (if I didn’t know my rock stars) that it wasn’t in character for her and went about making my drink. It surprised me. If the barista had been a woman, she would have known immediately what Nicks meant.

http://stevenalm.com/?p=2743

[vivfox]

By admin On July 14, 2009
Indianapolis, IN (Digonex Technologies) July 13, 2009 - Digonex Technologies, Inc., a provider of real-time, demand-driven automated pricing solutions today announced that Harry Sandler has joined the company as Director of Strategic Ticketing. Harry brings more than 30 years of tour management and concert promotion experience to the Digonex team.

Sandler started at the Fillmore East in New York with the legendary Bill Graham. In addition to the Fillmore East he has managed tours for Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, Eagles and Van Halen as well as being Touring Director at Frontline Management and Azoffmusic. Sandler will provide strategic advice in the structuring of pilot projects and implementation of Digonex’s rollout of dynamic pricing for event tickets.

“Harry is a legend in the event ticketing and tour management business. The artists and entertainment industry leaders that he’s worked with are proof of his impressive experience,” said Jan Eglen, Ph.D., CEO of Digonex. “Harry will help Digonex take event ticket pricing to a new level of value and profitability in the industry while providing the fairest ticket buying systems for consumers. We are thrilled to add Harry to our team.”

Harry joins an already impressive team of experts at Digonex including Mike Wanchic, vice president of digital media, and music director and guitarist of the John Mellencamp Band, who brings a keen insight from an artist’s perspective to event ticketing. In addition, the company’s team includes consulting economist Rafi Mohammed, Ph.D., author of The Art of Pricing who wrote his doctoral dissertation on pricing and bundling ticket pricing strategies in the rock concert industry. Mohammed’s new pricing strategy book, “The 1% Windfall,” will be published by HarperCollins in February 2010.

This announcement coincides with Digonex vice president of strategy, Jeff Eglen’s panel presentation at the 2009 Ticket Summit this week at the Venetian Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. One of the largest trade shows in the ticket industry, Jeff will be speaking on a panel entitled, “Pricing Strategies for Ticket Sellers” on Friday, July 17. For more information about the show visit www.ticketsummit.org.

About Digonex Technologies, Inc.
Digonex Technologies focuses primarily on development of automated and optimized pricing platforms for e-commerce, allowing client companies to increase customer retention, and maximize revenue. For more information, visit Digonex Technologies’ website at www.digonex.com.

Media Contact:
Melissa Liton for Digonex
206-282-4923 Ext. 122
[email protected]
http://www.eventticketnews.com/harry-sandler-named-director-of-strategic-ticketing-with-digonex-technologies/

[vivfox]

“Half-Blood Prince” was supposed to be released last winter. But star Daniel Radcliffe was naked on Broadway, blinding horses in “Equus.” So Warner Bros. decided to hold off until “Equus” was just a distant memory. Luckily, “Equus” didn’t even get a Tony nomination. It just faded from view.

So what about the new “Harry Potter”? It’s long, very long, and ends on a dark, slow, sad note. At last night’s screening, the kids all said they liked it, but there was little applause and no cheering. It’s a very talky movie, frankly.

On the upside: Jim Broadbent as Professor Horace Slughorn is exceptional. He may even get some awards mentions next fall. The production is top notch, of course, with great music, tremendous sets, and visual richness. On the downside: Helena Bonham Carter now plays crazy too well. She also looks like she’s about to star in “The Stevie Nicks Story” in every movie.
http://www.showbiz411.com/harry-potter-daniel-radcliffe-jimbroadbent

[vivfox]

As I got older, my father would invite me to listen to records with him on the old stereo in their bedroom. He would pull out Heart albums and express his undying desire for pre-80s Nancy and Ann Wilson. His passion for Fleetwood Mac extended to encompass his worship of Stevie Nicks. The first time I saw that ubiquitous Springsteen's-ass-amidst-patriotic-backdrop album cover was when I was still wearing a Muppet Babies nightgown. That memory is as fresh for me as my fifth birthday party. When we moved to the country and left behind our child-friendly neighborhood in town, my 8-year-old self created my own "radio station," complete with all of the classic hits I'd dubbed from my dad's records onto tape. I mimicked the "SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY" booming voices of the local deejays and used my alarm clock to create wacky radio-esque sound bytes. I entered middle school as an awkward girl who worshipped The Moody Blues and could sing Petty/Nicks's duet "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" word for word.

http://theyounghousewife.blogspot.com/2009/07/but-i-know-ive-got-one-thing-ive-got-to.html

[vivfox]

She plugs into our minds as we are entranced by “Cornflake Girl” and “Crucify”, the standards we grew up on. But it wasn’t until “Landslide”, the cover written and made famous by Stevie Nicks, a cover I have lived in for so very long, and have heard many a performer attempt. Miss Amos not only made it her own, but she created an entirely new way to listen, a new planet to live on. With every song she continues as though she is a first time traveler to the world, giving her best performance at each note. Her dual microphones on both sides forcing her to turn her head as she belts is so pseudo sexual that you cannot help but wonder if it were on purpose, or did some technician find it the best way to vocalize her, either way, enthralling.

http://popwreckoning.com/2009/07/16/tori-amos-sinful-attraction-tour-wamu-theatre-seattle/

[vivfox]

BrightestYoungThings: Live DC: Talbot Tagora, Abe Vigoda @ DC9
By Libby
The room was packed for their set, and people requested songs, one guy asking for a Stevie Nicks cover. This was not a bad show. Hell, I even almost went to their Baltimore show the next night just to dance. But I refused to pay $12. ...
BrightestYoungThings - http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/

[vivfox]

Lindsay Lohan can play me only over my dead body, says Stevie Nicks
April 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - Legendary singer Stevie Nicks is not in favour of Lindsay Lohan doing a movie on her life. She insists that the 'Mean Girls' star can only do it "over her dead body".

http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-man-admits-freezing-body-of-his-98-year-old-dead-mother-cashing-her-social-security-checks-113029/

Hey it's a newspaper from India so we can't blame them for rehashing old news.

[vivfox]

“Close to Her” sounds like Fleetwood Mac on synthesizers. I would classify this as being more akin to great songwriting than copying, although I can hear bits from “Dreams” and “Sara”, but that’s really a heavy-handed influence that’s all; I could make the same comparison between a couple Cut Copy songs like “Strangers in the Wind”. I honestly was waiting for Stevie Nicks to come in after the intro for “Close to Her”, and yet, I wasn’t disappointed when singer, Jessika Rapo sang instead. Rapo has a very nice voice, very melodic and gentle without being mushy or annoying. Despite the similarities to the aforementioned songs, the similarities was only ever in the actual instrumentation–Rapo’s singing was never like any of those songs; her singing was completely original. Anyway, I’m torn between loving and being annoyed by this album because of some of the ripoffs. Let’s just say that I certainly like Burning Hearts’ influences!

http://30daysinthehole.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/a-few-short-music-reviews/

[vivfox]

KICKIN' OFF THE WEEKEND W/ LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM AND STEVIE NICKS

I was looking for Lindsey Buckingham's (Fleetwood Mac) song Going Insane but haven't located the version I want to post , I'll continue to look in a moment ...however I found this gem & it's really a diffrent twist to one of my fav. songs, Go Your Own Way as he sings it solo & nothing else.. no backup instrument, just belting it out. You may not like it but I like finding the diffrent to the more given version.
I've always looked more at Stevie Nicks as I have been told all my life I look like her. Well not anymore at our ages.. I was told that into my 40's anyway.
http://casadesabe.blogspot.com/2009/07/kickin-off-weekend-w-lindsey-buckingham.html

[vivfox]

Tai Babilonia wears a gold half-moon charm around her neck, given to her by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. The only time it ever came off was at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; she will never take it off again.

That year, an injury to her skating partner, Randy Gardner, caused them to withdraw from the Olympic competition. The two, dubbed "America's sweethearts," by the press and fans, saw their dreams of Olympic gold disappear.

These days, the figure skating legend has traded in her skates for a combination of different hats: mom, Ashlander, author, journalist and designer of skating apparel for women.

The Tai Collection is the culmination of a 10-year dream for Babilonia and has come into fruition over the past two years. The clothing line, distributed by Bear Hill Sports, is available on www.taibabilonia.com. Babilonia said the collection fills a need not available in other skating and dance apparel.
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090718/LIFE/907180303/-1/NEWSMAP

[michelej1]

I was surprised to learn that Tai was married to David Brenner. I used to see him on Carson all of the time and then didn't see him for years and he showed up on Conan and when he said he was married to her, I was shocked.

Michele

[jenniferuk]

I was surprised to learn that Tai was married to David Brenner. I used to see him on Carson all of the time and then didn't see him for years and he showed up on Conan and when he said he was married to her, I was shocked.

Michele

Wow! That is a shocker--I had no idea. I dabbled in figure skating when I was young and had the pleasure of meeting her/seeing her skate several times. I remember crying when she and Randy had to withdraw from the Olympics...so sad.

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Glen Campbell article:

http://soundcheck.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/18/glen-campbell-still-rich-but-rusty-at-the-grove-of-anaheim/9487/

As it was, Campbell went so far overboard to balance out the newness with his most beloved songs –- he’d run out of Webbs after about 40 minutes –- that he hadn’t really left many zingers for his finale. Instead, after 16 songs, he turned the microphone over to his daughter (and backing vocalist) Debbie Campbell, so she could sing the Wanda Jackson classic “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” and (why? why?!?) Fleetwood Mac’s “You Making Lovin’ Fun.”
I gave up on him at that point, and here’s why: Campbell had already done much worse. It was one thing that he needed cheat sheets on a music stand to get through his Petty and Travis and Foo covers. (Look closely: He’s doing in that picture above.) It’s another, more unattractive form of laziness altogether to apparently need to refer to them during songs he has sung at least 5,000 times.

[vivfox]

July 20, 2009

MAGNET: Why did you move to L.A. from New York, Matthew?

Sweet: I came out here to record Altered Beast with Richard Dashut, and Dashut severely turned me on to L.A. He was like this magic leprechaun that showed me all the groovy, classic L.A. factors. He took me to all the different areas. He showed me the old clubs on Sunset Strip and took me by where Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and him rented a house together (when Dashut produced Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Tusk). And Stevie would go down to Ben Franks on Sunset Boulevard and work all day, and they would sit at the house and smoke pot. He turned me on to the California dream sort of thing.

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/07/20/qa-with-susanna-hoffs-and-matthew-sweet/

[vivfox]

Matthew and Susanna piloting their own leads or trading vocals is something they've worked out perfectly over the course of two album collaborations. They possess an enviable vocal blend, one that returns the words and melodies of Bob Weir's and Robert Hunter's "Sugar Magnolia" back to The Dead without harm. When the pair launches into Fleetwood Mac's Rumors kick-off, "Second Hand News," you get something eerily Buckingham/Nicks, as if the younger pair could fill those big shoes should there be some further evolution of the band (plus it doesn't hurt to have Lindsey Buckingham joining Matthew on guitars further proving the point.) Actually, their take on Todd Rundgren's "Couldn't I Just Tell You" comes off like one of the best Mac tracks you never heard.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhuffpost-video-premiere_b_240657.html

Tracks:
1. Sugar Magnolia
2. Go All The Way
3. Second Hand News
4. Bell Bottom Blues
5. All The Young Dudes
6. You're So Vain
7. Here Comes My Girl
8. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People
9. Hello It's Me
10. Willin'
11. Back Of A Car
12. Couldn't I Just Tell You
13. Gimme Some Truth
14. Maggie May
15. Everything I Won
16. Beware Of Darkness