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Azalaksh
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posted March 23, 2009 06:41 PM
  
Rollerskate ~ quote:
i do have a couple of pics i would love to import but no idea how? anyone who can walk me through it i would be most grateful...
How can I help??
I use several of the many free webhosts out there -- www.tinypic.com and www.photobucket.com
tinypic is the easiest, but you must have the picture on your hard drive.
photobucket lets you upload an image from the net, so that you don't have to go thru the intermediate step of saving it to your hard drive before uploading it.Any favorite spots on the Oregon Coast??
I spent 4 decades in Washington State and did quite a bit of vacationing on the Oregon ocean beaches. Yachats/Newport is my favorite area  btw, I'm so relieved to read that you're not a biter  quote:
To clear some misconceptions -- Neither Rollerskate nor Suzy Gutzy were in the Castrators nor was it Rollerskate who bit Shane McGowan's ear at the Clash gig. It was another Modette Jane Crockford.
re: Columbia River Gorge.....
I recall seeing It's A Beautiful Day  at the Trout Lake Tavern in the mid-70's (north of White Salmon), but for all the time I spent in Washington, I never made it to Maryhill other than a drive-thru, did you?? Regret it now that I'm planted here in the Midwest.....IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 23, 2009 09:48 PM
where on earth does that quote come from? about the castrators and shane i mean?? does it really use the name rollerskate?
and no i'm not a biter that whole thing was outrageously misreported...in fact that quote seems to mix up several different stories and people..
i remember ecola state and indian head beaches, but the best was one you had to walk to from one of the others, went back and found it in '96 with my daughter. i loved astoria..i was based in portland we used to head out the gorge and mostly hit the northern beaches. a friend of mine raves about heceta head, i think that's near florence, by newport? i lived there 40 odd years ago,LOL!
i remember how creepy it was seeing the shining cos it was filmed at the mt hood lodge...i loved oregon, spent loads of time in the country there, but most of the names are lost in history now...i remember being shocked that there was desert there so close to the overkill rain back west... so you're from washington? how d'you get to the midwest from there? was that where you ended up when you got out of dodge?? my
oldest sister did the same thing, drove her car as far west from ny as she could get on the money she had!! lives in colo now and loves it!! IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 23, 2009 10:14 PM
quinnie yeah, i'm a sun/pluto too..as to names i am just going to assume you're joking but no, robert plant is someone i never met though i've been in the same room. our fantasies don't mesh on that one!!IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
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posted March 23, 2009 10:20 PM
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where on earth does that quote come from? about the castrators and shane i mean?? does it really use the name rollerskate?
No -- no "Rollerskate" 
I just inserted that since I didn't want to put up your real ID without your permission -- I'll add you to friends on myspace and send you the link  IP: Logged |
wheelsofcheese
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posted March 24, 2009 06:24 AM
Oh my god, Kat - you were in The Slits? Wow wow wow. I made a friend on the internet once who was very in to them so I checked them out, as he had fine music taste. You are one cool person!!!You also like cheese and half-finished buildings. Kat, if you're ever in Britain again, check out this place in Gloucestershire. It never got finished - I can't remember why, perhaps the original owner ran out of money and now they run courses for people who want to learn about historic building techniques. You can go up into the roof and check out the structure of the building, the roof arches etc, things you would normally never see, unfinished staircases going nowhere etc. The intention is not to finish it but to for people to get a glimpse of behind the scenes stuff with architecture - the stuff that would normally be covered up. I was so excited about this place I nearly soiled myself and have dreams about it periodically. http://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/ Also, if you like that sort of thing, check out the SPAB wesbite. I love these people. I did a course with them once and they took us to Woodchester. www.spab.org.uk
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Quinnie
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posted March 24, 2009 07:47 AM
Ehhh.... Actually Kat I wasn't joking... but only because you named Keith Richards as one of the few things you love!
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katatonic
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posted March 24, 2009 11:26 AM
thanks zala i appreciate your discretion as always...wheels, yes, britain and its cheeses were heaven for me. american cheese is largely inferior, though there are a few good ones and of course we import some great stuff, but the cost is prohibitive. i so miss my afternoon routine, coming home from work past the greengrocer, the baker, the butcher and the cheeseman too... and woodchester sounds just up my street! thanks for the info... quinnie i don't mean to be snooty but it just feels too weird to rattle off names that might be interesting to you (and others) but they really are just people i knew, and some of them just barely fit in to that category!(people i mean). i love keith richards its true (and our synastry and composites are amazing) but i have yet to meet him. a friend of mine who got addicted to opiates via an ulcer (you may be familiar with kaolin&morphine - dr brown's?) used to hang out with mick taylor but most of the stones were not in england most of the time! another friend cleaned richards' house for awhile and another furnished his band's backline from keith's gear (without permission). i've met a few of those guys, from the hall of legends, but no beatles and no stones...i did meet linda eastman before she married paul, in new york. didn't like her. IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 24, 2009 02:44 PM
anyone know if MVM sings? cos i was just looking at the comments on my page and looks like a band to me...?? i shall have to revert to keyboards. drums anyone?? actually i know a grrrreat drummer....IP: Logged |
Quinnie
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posted March 24, 2009 04:23 PM
I understand Kat, I'm easily star-struck, could be my venus square Neptune aspect.... There is potential for an amzing new band here in Lindaland... I'm staying tuned..
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sunshine_lion
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posted March 24, 2009 05:26 PM
ok your sister on drums, i play rhythm, you play lead or keys or both!, um, bass players are always a pain in the arse and hard to find and keep, ...we can work this thing out, i want to jam! we should totally do some charity gig, and meet up in some far corner of the world and just do a gig. quinnie is in.
i dont think mvm sings, although she is a talented lady and a writer. i met her in real life, she is just like a china doll, petite, perfectly perfect and steel underneath, she is one awesome lady and i was glad i got the chance to meet her a few months ago while i was in fla checking out this old time band called the spastics that i like to hang with to get away from it all. we met for lunch. she is a very beautiful lady. made me feel like a giant blonde beast.IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
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posted March 24, 2009 05:31 PM
i guess it was just last month. seem like eon's ago.IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
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posted March 24, 2009 05:35 PM
matter of fact i wrote a song yesterday
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johnny got a wireless johnny got a wireless johnny got a wireless today
johnny got a wireless johnny got a wireless johnny got a wireless and now he cant play
johnny needs a battery a nine volt battery a mutha)(* battery today
johnny needs a bettery a nine volt battery and mutha F*&( battery to playit actually didnt sound bad. well, i cactually wrote two , me and willie got bored waiting for johnny to figure out his new toy. not sure if johhny like the song, but it was sorta catchy. IP: Logged |
good girl
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posted March 24, 2009 05:39 PM
I second that: You are way COOL!IP: Logged |
Quinnie
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posted March 24, 2009 06:32 PM
k... I'm in! yeah! Sunshine you can sing, I'll do backing vocals or percussion? Sunshine... who's willie? IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 25, 2009 01:04 AM
well my sister has her own thing going, singing jazz with her husband these days...but i know a great drummer man, i mean hall of fame great tho he's not on their list...he's in europe too tho!! and don't know if he could hack working with a bunch of crazy ladies(or if he's free!)...my feeling has always been that if the heartbeat is right everything else falls into place around it...IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
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posted March 25, 2009 08:38 AM
well mark is a hell of a drummer and singer. i think it would be way too cool. we could maybe sign up to do some charity gig somewhere and spend a couple days chillin and playing and it would be one of the highlights of my life. we could pick a few songs and everybody kinda be ready to just have a relaxing good time and jam together. i am serious. maybe if we plan it for late fall we could save some cash for the trip and just do it. i think katatonic is awesome and would love the opportunity to hang out and play together.IP: Logged |
leapinglemur14
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posted March 25, 2009 11:12 AM
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katatonic
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posted March 25, 2009 05:41 PM
leaping, yes the singer was a love her/hate her proposition. edith piaf was one of her role models. we definitely did not fit into the "punk" mold, but as quinnie says, there was a "vibe" there. people got very confused. we were religious in our efforts to transcend the boxes. which was easy because none of the boxes fit!!one critic slammed her for using "7th grade french" or the english equivalent onstage - she was french-swiss and half the time we couldn't understand her english!! that's critics for you, they get popular and then think they have to become moderators of public opinion, instead of being honest about their own...we were not cool according to the parameters of that scene, so we caught a lot of flak. for the very same reason john lydon claimed we were his favourite band, probably just to **** off the crits!! but we had our following, and were on the road for pretty much 3 years straight - that is a lot of gigs!! yes, i still play, for my own satisfaction mostly, but am looking forward to having enough time and connecting with people i can "gel" with to do it some more (but different!). seems sunshine might be party to that!! IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
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posted March 26, 2009 10:50 AM
well, you guys were absolutely ahead of your time. sometimes you want to play what you like and not what everyone else say PLAY this popular crap. i mean who cares about the box, they try to put you in a box all of your life, every stinking one of us, so they can give it a label and call it "something", screw the box, do what is fun, if they like it they like it, if they don't ...oh well...it was fun right?. i totally see you as a meverick, way ahead of your time musically back then. of course my uranus in the 5th conj pluto really says buck the system and do your own thing anyway. i never could manage to live by other peoples ideas of this or that...never wanted to. critics are scary people. lots of times they love stuff i find BORING uninspired and crap, they can slaughter some real talent. didn't maen to get on my soapbox, but i happen to think you were very cutting edge talented rocking ass musicians, one that i would be honored to work with even if it is just screwing around and hitting an open mike night together. i will try to take my own advise and never let someone who doesn't know thier aSHhole from thier elbow tell me they don't like what i do, i say ok, find something else to listen to and fade away please. of course what do i know, this is my biggest fan.
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katatonic
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posted March 26, 2009 11:48 AM
well with fans like that who needs record companies?? lol, sunshine, you don't have to convince me but see we signed a deal and the record company proceeded to tell us what to do, sneak into the studio doing overdubs behind our back, tricked the singer into quitting, and it only got worse from there on in! of course if we had been solid with each other we could have made it through, but certain members were too busy listening to the sycophants telling them THEY were the bees' knees and should get rid of the rest...not that we didn't ALL have people saying things like that. got very ugly.we probably should've known better than to sign with decca, after all they tried telling the rolling stones what to do too, and it surely was not because the stones weren't hot enough!! cest la vie... IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted March 26, 2009 11:50 AM
so FMI, who are johnny, willie, and mark?? mark is your honey??IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
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posted March 26, 2009 01:21 PM
yeah mark is my honey. he is a easy going sag. he has some good originals too, he is a bitmore on the country side than me.
willie is my hero. our lead guitarist. i actually love him, when he and i go off in our own lala land of music it is a beautiful thing. willie likes more 80's rock.
johhny is our bass player. he is a really good singer too. actually all four of us sing.johnny likes popular crap, like she f-in hates me, cold hard beeoootch you know harder rock...and also wants to pull country out of his butt sometimes. he's young(er)
cory is a 13yr old harp player that just steals every show. kid cory they call him and all the local groups want to play with the kid. I caught him trying to charge some girls for autographs! marks son.
i like all music, less on the country, but overall, i like most anything and a lot of bands they never heard of type of thing, folk, martin sexton, chloe albert, joy division (ever heard of them?)...pretty much anything Different sounding or GOOD.
i guess it would be hard to not let the exec's mold you into what they consider marketable. you'd have to be pretty tight as a group not to be affected.
joy division never ever got thier due kudo's either. after ian curtis took his life, the new band, new order actually did become popular, but it WAS not the same without IAN, it was not joy division.
nor does martin sexton. he is too wierd to ever be mainstream popular and yet, very talented. to hear some of marks originals look on myspace thing for mark in my top friends click on his page and his original music should start playing, graceland is one of my favorites. he is a really good singer. IP: Logged |
leapinglemur14
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posted March 26, 2009 10:27 PM
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sunshine_lion
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posted March 27, 2009 10:22 AM
OMG -
kati am kinda putting two and two together here. i think you possibly knew Ian Curtis? the timing of everything
the london scene
the sex pistols
the slits you have no idea what a ian curtis fan i am. i mean joy division. he fascinates me to this day. i can crank it up! dont walk away, in silence, don't walk away, in silence,
your confusion, my illusion....
like a mask of self hate
confronts and then dies
dont walk away.. i mean ian is special in my heart like a person i just feel. his pain.. his life, his music. why is it in my head right now that you were in that same music scene at the same time and you knew him. i so need you to tell me. for those of you who dont know who joy division is- http://www.cmt.com/videos/joy-division/60597/atmosphere.jhtml ok, i have officially watched every video that was still out there for the slits and the mo-dettes! i am convinced that you knew ian curtis personally . what a genious. what a tragedy. i wish you would hurry up and get up and tell me. dang time difference.
the story in a snipet:
ian loved them both. debbie and linda. he got married too young, had a baby right away. he got fame too fast. he couldnt handle the fame. he didnt want to tour the u.s., it all happened too fast for him to process. he was a poet and an artist. go rent the movie "control" to see the story of his short life any of you music fans out there. if the movie store doesnt have it, ask them to order it.
BTW - you are a most awesome guitarist kat. i saw every video. a real talent. my hero.
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katatonic
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posted March 27, 2009 12:44 PM
sorry to disappoint, but though i did meet ian i never knew him well at all...you meet people in passing in the music business, some you really connect with and when your paths cross again it's like the resumption of a past life relationship, you know? others you never really get past hi how's it going? curtis was an epileptic which is a very depressing illness for most sufferers, i always believed it was the main cause of his demise, but who knows? only ian...but for what it's worth it's a depressing business if you're at all off-center. too many free drugs, too many people fawning over you for vicarious importance, too many other insecure people trying to pull you down...it takes a HEALTHY ego to carry on. so those who have actually persevered have my undying admiration! if only for being committed enough to their music and their mates to wade through the slime. the mo-dettes imploded under the pressure, instead of supporting each other we split into fragments...we're friends again now tho working together is another subject. but thanks for all the compliments! there is only one mo-dettes video out there i know of, about a minute of a film taken at hurrah's. the woman who made it is trying to get us to pay her to develop the whole thing but so far band agreement (as per usual) is half and half...according to the filmer our sound man was snorting coke off her shoulder while she was filming it so god knows what the rest looks/sounds like! the slits became a great band. when we started it was a nightmare onstage but the energy was great. i only did three gigs with them before it became clear we were not going down the same road. but i'm very proud to have been part of that, the songs i wrote or helped write, the fact that we had the nerve to do it at all, and all the girls that saw and were inspired by it. at the end of our first gig chrissie hynde (who always used to say "all girls? yeuch") tried to get onboard, and viv albertine, who had refused to take part until she saw it, determined to take my place!(and did) but that was okay because i was already disengaged from the direction the band was headed in... IP: Logged | |
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