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Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:14:07 -0500
From:         "The Chrome-Plated Megaphone of Destiny"
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Subject:      Ozzy, Rainbow and Urban Ambience, Oh my!

From: NEEN7834%SNYPLAVA.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Ozzy
>Netters,
>        I have a question that's been on my mind for a while. Ozzy is
>coming to the end of his career. There won't be anymore opportunities for
>him to really kick some musical ass after he retires. There's a buzz that
>he is going to have another tour before he retires. This talk is getting me
>really excited. Before I get my hopes up, I'd like to know if anyone else
>has heard this? Also, does anyone know this for a fact? I would be thankful
>for any information that aynone has. Thanx!
>
>                                                Mikey
Ozzy said he'll keep making music, he just won't tour anymore. Hence, the name
of his current "No More Tours" tour.  The final gig is going to have a reunion
of the original Sabbath lineup (yep, even Bill Ward). Supposively Ronnie Dio
had a cow when he heard about this. So for the "new" Sabbath set, Rob Halford
will be sitting in for the munchkin.

From: Ilia <CC29%IONA.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject: Deep Purple's "Help"
>I think I used to like another album by Rainbow, but I can't remember
>it's name. It had tunes like 'Fire Dance' and cute instrumental
>'Snowman'. Uh, it's been a long-long time...
>
>          Ilia.

That would be their final studio album _Bent Out of Shape_. As for DP, I
recently heard that Joe Lynn Turner has been dropped and Ian Gillan is back.
There is a Deep Purple box set due out sometime in the next few weeks.

From: "Michael H. Bloom" <MHB%MITVMA.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject: I bought a marimba yesterday!

>Urban Ambience is playing at the Mobius fundraiser on Saturday, November 21.
>Mobius is at 354 Congress Street in Boston-- get to Museum Wharf and head a
>couple blocks further toward the docks-- and our set is between 10 and 11.
>I may debut the marimba there, but not likely-- it's too bulky and heavy for
>the constraints of this event (four bands plus performance art).

What kind of place is Mobius? Dress code?

>Flash: I also just heard that _The Great Deceiver_ is ready for release!

Shit! Shit! Shit! It figures that at my worst financial point all this good
stuff is being released!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

>Next year there will be a two CD set of the earlier Crimsons in concert,
>both the original band with Greg Lake, Michael Giles, and Ian McDonald,
>and the _Islands_ lineup with Mel Collins, Boz Burrell, and Ian Wallace.

Well, I hope the early live material has better sound quality than the songs
on _Frame By Frame_. I can't believe that Fripp is releasing *anything* from
the _Islands_ lineup. He's said several times that he thought it was absolute
trash.

>From:         SWELTON@ESOC.BITNET
>Subject:      Re: Errmmm...CBMSTW
>
>> Can White Men Sing The Blues is by....um..it's on the tip of my tongue...
>
>Bonzo Dog Band.

Yeah. I'm the Urban Spaceman.

-Adam