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| For another, the Church had gone through a series of drummers since founding member Richard Ploog departed in the early '90s, leaving the band without a consistent rhythmic base.
One factor Kilbey doesn't mention: The Church has not had a notable single since "Metropolis," from 1990's "Gold Afternoon Fix" album. Indeed, it has released only three albums since then. To go beyond After 1992's ambitious and difficult "Priest=Aura" and 1994's more scattershot "Sometime Anywhere" (essentially a duo project of Kilbey and guitarist Marty Willson-Piper) failed to attract much attention, the Church also lost its deal with Arista. The 1996 album "Magician Among the Spirits" never even saw a U.S. release. At the time, it seemed to be the Church's swan song. But fate -- and Mom -- had other plans. Koppes had guested on a couple of the album's tracks. And on the ensuing five-show "farewell tour," with Koppes and new drummer Tim Powles along, the Church was suddenly the band Kilbey always had dreamed it could be. "Finally it was happening, the kind of music I wanted to play," he says. "We've hit some new musical peak where we're really quite transcendent." The idea of transcendence seems much on Kilbey's mind lately. Though he still sings with a detached world-weariness, his lyrics on the shimmering, richly textured "Hologram of Baal" sound both more hopeful and more urgent. "We want to go beyond," Kilbey says of the band's mindset. "We want to go where no rock band has ever gone. We'll be quiet, we'll be loud, we'll drift. Whatever we can do to make the audience feel that (uplift)." Lest that sound grandiose, let it be known that Kilbey has a sense of humor, too: "You might come backstage at the Belly Up and say, `What happened to the transcendence, man? That was the most boring load of tripe I've ever heard.' " Whether "Hologram of Baal" will find the commercial success of 1988's "Starfish," the million-selling album that spawned the hits "Under the Milky Way" and "Reptile," seems of scant concern to Kilbey. "We've reached the point where it almost doesn't matter," he says, pointing to the Church's small but solid fan base. "We've sort of gone beyond the whole schmozzle. We can do what we want now. "We can make the audience go out with the hair on the backs of their necks standing up. I don't think there are many bands that can do that anymore." DATEBOOK The Church, with Sixpence None The Richer 9:15 tomorrow, Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. $12; (619) 481-8140 or (619) 220-TIXS. RF
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usca : United States - California | namz : North American Countries/Regions | usa : United States | usw : Western U.S. IPD ADVANCE ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/THEATER The Church, with Sixpence None The Richer Kilbey, Steve Koppes, Peter PUB Union-Tribune Publishing Company AN Document SDU0000020070616du9h0055e HD PERSONAL TASTE. BY By DINO SCATENA. WC 890 words PD 13 August 1998 SN Daily Telegraph SC DAITEL PG 47
LA English CY (c) 1998 Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd LP If Margot Smith lacked any faith in herself, she could have been forgiven for thinking someone or something had cursed her singing career. Look at the evidence. In 1993, Smith released her debut album, Sleeping With The Lion. It got rave reviews, scored her an ARIA nomination for best new talent, had the personal backing of The Church, as well as a major record label. After that, nothing. TD
So she took off for America, secured a deal with World Domination Records, came back home to learn the label's money-men had pulled their cash. Back to square one again. Fortunately, Smith doesn't lack any faith in herself, knows there's no hex, isn't bitter about anything that's happened in the past. In fact, she overflows with confidence. And the much-belated release of her second album, the beautifully haunting Taste, is proof that everything is still on track, if perhaps running a little behind schedule. "We've been very lucky that we've played with a lot of really good people and we had support from musicians that I admire," Smith said of the five-year gap between records. "And it's been really good for me to grow and realise the amount of support that there is in the industry among musicians. "It's not as competitive as everyone thinks. All musicians are really out there helping each other." It was the re-appearance of one such loyal supporter and colleague, The Church leader Steve Kilbey, that kick-started the momentum which resulted in Taste. With her American deal dead, Kilbey - who co-produced Sleeping With The Lion way back when - told Smith it was time to get back in the studio, regardless of whether they had the funding to make a record. "Kilbey said to me, `We have to make this album anyway. If we have to do it for free, then we'll do it for free'," Smith said. Kilbey helped Smith secure a small publishing advance and then brought in The Church members Peter Koppes and Tim Powles to form the basis of a studio band. "I'm just really impressed in the fact that when I was really down on my luck and didn't seem to be able to get a record contract or anything like that, they all held out their hands and went, `Okay, we'll work for you and we'll work for nothing.' And everyone did," Smith said. Kilbey also gave Smith the concept of how Taste should be created: every note and word would be made up on the spot and recorded straight to tape. The editing process would get rid of any fat or mistakes. "I think it's a really good way to work in that you're putting yourself on the line with whatever comes out of your head," Smith said of the daring process. "It's like getting drunk with someone and you don't remember what you've said and you go back and they tell you. And you're like, `Wow, I don't even know I thought of that'." Apart from Taste, Smith's famous collective also produced a song called All Talk No Jugular for a compilation album named Bloomers. That record, which features examples of work from 16 local female singer/ songwriters, is scheduled to be released at the end of the month. While Smith was happy to contribute a song to the project, she's not too sure if she supports its purpose. "I'm not that into the idea that women need that much help in the industry," she said. "I kind of almost think it's patronising in a way to think that women have to have an album for themselves. "I just don't see that women are in any less a position now in the industry. They might have been six or seven years ago. But now there are so many strong women in all facets of the industry that I don't see how an all-women album is beneficial. "If anything, it's antagonistic. Imagine having an all-male album that would raise the hackles of so many women. "I'm sure this isn't what they'd want me to be saying but that's how I feel about it. I'm just not into that all-women push. I'm an equalist, not a separatist. I'm in there, I'm on it but I'm not totally supportive of it." With strong interest coming from the US and plans to tour there in February, Smith feels it's only now that her career proper is about to take off. Not that hanging around the departure lounge has been all that bad. "I feel very fresh about the whole thing at the moment," said Smith. "I feel very open to anything that could happen. "I'm nearly 32 and I've been doing this for a long time but I could die tomorrow and I would be very, very happy. I could say, `What an extraordinary life,' because it has been. "But it's all changing and I think that's very, very good." * Margot Smith headlines the 2SER Benefit at Bar Broadway, Chippendale, tomorrow night. (c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 1998. NS
GCAT : Political/General News | GENT : Arts/Entertainment RE AUSNZ : Australia and New Zealand | AUSTR : Australia AN Document daitel0020010922du8d0077j HD FULFILLED OR SCREWED, YOU'LL ENJOY THIS DINKUM, FRANK FARE. BY By Joy MACKENZIE. WC 400 words PD 5 July 1998 SN Sunday Star-Times SC SUNSTT PG 5
LA English CY (c) 1998 LP SCREWED: Stories About Love & Sex, edited by Ruth Hessey and Samantha Trenoweth, Allen & Unwin, $21.95. Reviewed by JOY MACKENZIE TD
FORGET the crude title. There's some extraordinary writing in this Australian short story anthology. The editors say they "didn't mean to create a very Sydney collection" and at least one contributor is from elsewhere: Briton Helen Fielding (of Bridget Jones's Diary fame) gives us more angst on calorie, cigarette and alcohol consumption along with endless obsessing about the opposite sex. "Oh God," she writes. "Whole of London is full of couples holding hands in spring, shagging each other ... Am doomed, doomed." If you like this sort of thing, more of the same will appear soon in a Bridget Jones sequel. Actress Rachel Ward (who starred in The Thorn Birds) has written an odd Orwell-type satire Gorilla Gorilla which depicts primates belching, pontificating and coupling. Several contributors (including Emma Tom) work for the Sydney Morning Herald. Tom's novel Dead Set won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Best First Book Prize for the Southeast Asia and South Pacific region. Her When Lachlan Strang Finally Saw Halley's Comet comes under the category of "messy teen hetero sex". Awkward, tortuous, confused and coarse. I enjoyed Samantha Trenoweth's story, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, narrated by a young girl whose father is a sailor. When dad's at sea, Aunty Jo comes to stay, bringing pots of jasmine and bottles of Campari for mum. She tends the kids when they've got measles, cooks up a batch of golden pancakes and fills the house with warmth and sensuality. When Dad chops down the jasmine, the pages drip with his sweat and anger. Turbulent emotions are expressed, yet nothing is overstated. Luke Davies' story The Latex Girl Who Loved Christ is less subtle: "The first time I laid eyes on Cecile ... I thought: sex ... As in would go off." Other pleasures include Georgia Blain's The Disappearing Act and In the Beginning by Steve Kilbey (formerly lead singer of The Church), although I prefer Brother Ryan's Heavenly Gate by brother Russell Kilbey. Whether you feel "marvellously fulfilled" or "screwed" in your relationships, you'll enjoy this unaffected, dinkum, frank fare. * MacKenzie is an Auckland teacher, writer and reviewer. (c) Sunday Star Times, INL 1998. NS
GCAT : Political/General News | GENT : Arts/Entertainment RE AUSNZ : Australia and New Zealand | NZ : New Zealand AN Document sunstt0020010927du75007dg HD ACCESS ALL AREAS. BY By DINO SCATENA. WC 807 words PD 18 September 1997 SN Daily Telegraph SC DAITEL PG 60
LA English CY (c) 1997 Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd LP THE FOLLOWING transcript is top secret. This interrogation took place at an undisclosed venue, at an undisclosed time. Present in the room were one David McCormack, suspected frontman of a Brisbane-based band calling themselves Custard, his accomplice, Paul Medew, and special agent AAA. David: "The coffee is so strong here. I think I had one cup yesterday and I didn't sleep that well last night. But I don't mind." TD
AAA: "Shut up or we'll shove those beans up your nose, you little punk. What makes you think people would ever purchase this new disc from Custard - We Have The Technology over, say, the new Tina Arena disc?" Paul: "I don't know how to answer that." David: "Because ours is f****** brilliant." Paul: "Okay yeah - because it's the best f****** record ever made." David: "See, we're going to start being like Noel Gallagher and Tim Rogers. We're the best band in the world. I don't think anybody should buy the Tina Arena record." AAA: "Oh, the kids have got silver tongues. How cute. Well, cop this! And that! Maybe now you'll show a little respect! Okay, you little smartarses, what's this technology you claim to possess?" Paul: "I don't like this line of questioning at all. I don't know. I'm just the bass player." David: "Don't let him fool you. He's also the accountant. We have the technology, definitely. Don't we? We're the smartest band." Paul: "Yeah. We're f****** brilliant." David: "And also it's a long title." AAA: "Stop, stop. That's enough. Back to the torture room for you, kiddies. And keep that wretched noise down this time." Interview concludes. ON A SAD note, that religious iconlike Steve Kilbey revealed to AAA this week that his Church's Metro show on October 17 will most likely be his old band's last ever gig in Sydney. "I just feel like it's time to f****** end it," explained His Holiness. "I really do. The Church has had a really good run, but I think it's overstayed it's welcome, to tell the truth. "The last album [Magician Among The Thieves] should have been the last one but it wasn't good enough. I just think rock groups shouldn't stay together forever. Wouldn't it have been great if the Rolling Stones broke up in 1972, if they'd done Exile On Main Street and packed it in? They would have been legends now. But it's so tiring seeing them still doing it." Kilbey and co have now committed themselves to recording one last great album which the singer wants to call Au Revoir Per Favore. "I'd just like to finish off on a really good record," said Kilbey, who intends to permanently rebase himself in Sweden in November. "I've got a real feeling in my bones that this is going to a good record. "It would be nice to go out on a good one, even if not many people buy it. Hopefully the people who do buy it, it will mean something to them." YES, KIDDIES - it's that magical time of the year again. So we're all putting on our top hats, working up our white lies, preparing to fly off the rails. Yes, it's ARIA Awards time! Monday night, Capitol Theatre. If you can't be there in person, be there through the telly. In fact, the usual last-minute jockeying for tickets to the $150-a-head gig (you don't even get any tucker this year - only booze) is particularly fierce. Because of the new venue, there's only half the number of spots there were last year. Might help keep out the riff-raff, one hopes. Anyway, there's at least 100 of you lucky punks who've scored free passes to the show. The ARIAs with a mosh pit. Now that's a concept. Performances on the night will include silverchair doing a couple of numbers, Savage Garden presenting To The Moon And Back with a 14-piece string ensemble and Tina Arena delivering Burn with half-adozen back-up vocalists. There'll be a satellite link-up in which Hall Of Famers the Bee Gees will perform Spicks And Specks. And, live on stage, Peter Garrett will induct Paul Kelly into the Hall Of Fame. EXPECT a bit of a special treat if you're intending to attend the PCMC Polygram Showcase at the Metro on Sunday night. We hear a whisper that Stephen Cummings and members of Powderfinger are planning to join the great Ed Kuepper on stage for a bit of a jam. TABLE / NATIONAL TOP TEN SINGLES. (c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 1997. NS
GCAT : Political/General News | GENT : Arts/Entertainment RE AUSNZ : Australia and New Zealand | AUSTR : Australia AN Document daitel0020010930dt9i005ch HD SPINS - BE HERE NOW. BY By - Angus Fontaine,. WC 593 words PD 21 August 1997 SN Daily Telegraph SC DAITEL PG 64
LA English CY (c) 1997 Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd LP Oasis (Sony) Drop that Revolver, kiddies, the wait is over. Here it finally is. Oasis No. III. Was it worth the wait, you may ask. Does it live up to the two years of hype? Could it ever? Lets start this off by pointing out that Noel has already gone on record as saying this is the final instalment of a musical trilogy. Grand statement considering this is only his bands third album. And it makes for a convenient out too, doesnt it? Because, you see, despite its immense popularity, its tempting to write off this Gallagher brothers Oasis as nothing more than a one-trick pony. Or, more specifically, a three-track wonder. Thats right - Oasis have only ever written three songs that have lots of different names. Theres the Live Forever-style, fuzz-drenched anthems; the Wonderwall-style, fuzz-drenched power-ballads; the Cigarettes And Alcohol-style, fuzz-drenched straight-ahead rockers. TD Here we get a couple of the first flavour, half-a-dozen of the second lot and about four of the third style. Needless to reiterate that the melodies and structures to all three of these variations were ripped straight out of the Beatles song book in the first place. And, God, the endless literal references to the Fab Four scattered throughout the new record do get somewhat distracting and nauseating. But what saves Be Here Now despite all this, the thing that has made Oasis one of the biggest bands in the world today, is that indefinable magic that gets your adrenalin rushing whenever that familiar fuzz pours out of the speakers and over your body. Lets just hope that next time Oasis deliver a new album, theyll deliver us some new songs too. Rating: 7/10 PSYCHOS PATH John Lydon (Liberation/Mushroom) Featuring remixes by the Chemical Brothers, Moby and Leftfield, this first solo album from the Rotten one is a trash and treasure affair. As always, some of Lydons poetry rings a bit lame but, for the most part, this is edgy and exciting music and a pleasing new development after the reunion of the Pistols. Lydons a clever guy and Psychos Path is clever music. Sometimes its too clever and thats when it gets boring. You either like his arsey brand of disco vitriol or you get gobbed on. That said, Lydon makes a better psychopath than that wet boy Trent Reznor. No one sees what Lydons seen and doesnt wear it in their music. Rating: 6/10 - Angus Fontaine PHARMAKOI/DISTANCE-CRUNCHING HONCHOS WITH ECHO UNITS The Refo:Mation (Phantom) The Refo:Mation, it needs to be explained right here from the top, is the side-project of Church members Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Tim Powles. Not that you wouldnt have picked that up by yourselves within two minutes of putting this disc in your player. But its somewhat ironic that by removing the distinct playing style of Marty Willson-Piper from the equation, this Refo:Mation at times sounds more like the classic, early 80s Church than anything the modern incarnation of that establishment has thrown up in recent years. Tracks like All See It Now, Towards Sleep and Get Over It would have felt very much at home on The Blurred Crusade. Elsewhere, its the more familiar, eclectic aural exploration weve come to expect of recent recordings from the Kilbey workshop. So, as always, you can be guaranteed of its unique, beautiful and atmospheric craftsmanship. Rating: 8/10. (c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 1997. NS
GCAT : Political/General News | GENT : Arts/Entertainment RE AUSNZ : Australia and New Zealand | AUSTR : Australia AN Document daitel0020010930dt8l009p1 SE Metro HD Of Skinned Ankles And Heart BY MATTHEW BUCHANAN WC 644 words PD 31 October 1997 SN Sydney Morning Herald SC SMHH
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to worship at the feet of The Church. MATTHEW BUCHANAN partakes of the last supper. For a busy man, Steve Kilbey, soon to be ex- of The Church, things sure have been quiet. After the last Church album, Magician Among The Spirits (1995), his projects have included collaborating on the Blackrock soundtrack; an album, Reformation, with Church guitarist Peter Koppes and Guilt Trip, a collaboration with his younger brother Russell. TD
So, you knackered or what? "People say, 'Ooh you've been really busy,' but it doesn't really feel like I've been doing much. In fact I'm not really busy at all. The only real thing I'm doing is moving to Sweden permanently. I've got children there. What's been taking up my time is thinking about packing up my home." Packing up. So that's really it. No more The Church? At all? "I know I've said this a million times, but I really think this is going to be our last record. I'd like this to be our last one. "I just think it's run its course. I don't think everybody's really incredibly interested in The Church. But from a completist's point of view I'd just like to finish it and say 'This is our last album, it's a good album.' Not like the last one which was so patchy. Peter was half in, or half out. Now he's back in and has a complete say. Marty and Peter are back in, so hopefully they've reconciled their differences, whatever they were." Differences? Why, did they fight a lot? "They weren't fighting. They just had this kind of stand-off, you know [Kilbey adopts a remonstrating tone]: 'You said this back in 1982,' or 'You played that,' and 'You trod on my foot.'" It's surprising to hear this. The Church seemed as serene as a tranquilised dream. But he's not exaggerating. Particularly, as it turns out, about the feet. "There was a lot of bad will in The Church because people were treading on people's feet. Not metaphorically, but literally. Like in the dressing room, you tread on someone's foot in the dressing room and they didn't speak to you for a month. "There was this time backstage in the Murwillumbah RSL and there's all these bowling balls and [now ex-drummer] Richard Ploog - he's a f - - - ing maniac - he starts bowling them at our feet and we have to go on stage with chipped ankles." We had no idea. In 1988, The Church released Starfish. It was huge, particularly in the US, where it sold over a million copies. Out of the garage and into the showroom. They'd made it. So what happened? "We blew it. The funny thing was, we thought that when we'd had a successful record we'd be more free. But it was the complete opposite. We had a record company saying, 'The last album sold this many. The next one's gotta sell twice as many.' Suddenly we were locked in. Suddenly we had all these people saying 'You're the star, kick him out, get rid of him, you don't need him.'" Kilbey slid out of a life of "doing yoga and being pretty happy" into drugs, and the tailspin had begun. "All that stuff, it's all kind of boiled over now and everybody's wiped the slate clean. Whether anybody buys it [the new album] or not is really immaterial." But what if the album does do well beyond your wildest dreams? "Well, avarice will hold us together, I'm sure." The Church play their last Sydney gig (no really) at the Metro, tonight. AN
Document smhh000020011008dtav00swa HD OASIS fans breathed a collective sigh of disappointment on Monday ... BY SUE YEAP WC 431 words PD 19 September 1996 SN The West Australian SC TWAU PG 2
LA English CY Copyright West Australian Newspapers Limited, all rights reserved. LP OASIS fans breathed a collective sigh of disappointment on Monday when the band's December tour of Australia was officially cancelled. We shouldn't be too surprised, though, given Oasis also pulled out of Big Day Out 95. Oasis start recording a new album next month and have asked fans to "keep the faith" until it is released in mid 97. Ticket refunds are available from point of purchase. SHERYL CROW is preparing to throw away estimated sales of 400,000 albums, having upset a major US retail chain with the content of her forthcoming album. Discount variety store Wal-Mart has refused to stock the platinum-shiftin' US singer-songwriter's second LP because of the lyrics to Love Is A Good Thing, which refer to children killing each other "with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart". Wal-Mart are all huffy because they don't sell guns to minors. On the other hand, the ban has given Crow's CD exactly the sort of publicity it needs before its release on October 7. Directory: files -> 2008 2008 -> Preparedness for the Health Consequences of Climate Change as a Potential Influence on Public Health Law and Policy 2008 -> Darryl Heller Dissertation Proposal Draft April 7, 2008 Law, Labor, and Politics: Street Railways in Brooklyn and New York, 1884-1904 2008 -> Anna Palladino Professor Calvert 2008 -> Jails replace schools in the mountain region of guerrero 2008 -> University of Arkansas at Little Rock Plan No 2008 -> This is a list of search engines we (Polson Enterprises) have found helpful from time to time 2008 -> Rnib centre for Accessible Information (cai) Literature review #2 2008 -> Anne louise cohen 2008 -> Time race# Download 1.73 Mb. Share with your friends:
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