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At 04:03 AM 8/30/2002, N3O OUIJA wrote:

quoted 6 lines as an old numanoid i truley rate replicas as one of numan's greatest

>as an old numanoid i truley rate replicas as one of numan's greatest >works..though his masterpiece has to be the album telekon.if you enjoyed >replicas,the pleasure principle then check out telekon from 1980.gary >numan is amazing and responsible for the synth movement at the end of the >70's in the uk..his stuff today is somewhat lame as he has choses the nu >metel route..stay we clear!

An interesting aside from back in the day: Legend has it that Numan taught John Foxx how to use his synth. Interesting anecdote from shortly thereafter : I remember seeing him a few times back then. He used to tour with his parents. I worked at a record store with another guy who was dating a woman named Linda, who happened to be a fairly highly placed WEA rep at the time, so she "entertained" a lot of the touring acts and got backstage at most everything. Gary was a very nice, clean cut young man (not at all like the sort of dour, disillusioned nihilist he plays onstage) who was often waited on with tea and cookies by his Mum whilst doing interviews, etc. Not that this is bad, it was just an odd juxtaposition of images. I remember when he had just released "Cars" and I got comp. tix up front. He had these little mechanical bots scurrying around onstage amidst the dry ice fog; they were equipped with capstan drives so that when they encountered resistance, they would reverse direction. Unfortunately, they kept getting caught on a 'lip' at the front of the stage at the Royal Oak theatre (near Detroit) and they just sat there, spinning their wheels. It was very funny watching Gary notice one of them stuck out of the corner of his eye and (trying to keep his serious demeanor) gradually edging over to kick it off of the lip while acting like nothing was wrong...then having the same thing occur with the other one - then having them both get caught simultaneously and having him break form and smile at me (I was laughing quite hard) and shrug. It was almost as funny as when Gene Simmons inhaled a bit when he should have exhaled at the end of "Firehouse" (when he does the lighter fluid spit on the candelabra) and caught his face on fire (not serious) at Cobo. Spinal Tap moments. For the record, The Pretty Things were supposed to be on the bill ( I wasn't there to see Kiss...I had long had my fill of them by the time they released their first record as they warmed up for 90% of the gigs in Detroit for seemingly forever) and they had cancelled. I was pretty bummed out, but watching roadies run from the wings to beat Simmons with towels had enough evil humor content in it to appease me. I know that's not a good thing, but really...you have to ask yourself how much sense it takes to blow lighter fluid on candles and if there isn't some justice done. Yes, I'm rambling. That's what happens when you get old. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org