http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/ Email discussion and news about the Japanese electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra and its ex-members. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:10:30 GMT John Taylor http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2872 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2872 From the Official Site: "Due to logistical problems it is with great regret that the Birmingham date of this UK tour of Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano has Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:45:12 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2871 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2871 It's true, according to sitesakamoto the Birmingham show has been cancelled due to "logistical problems". Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:29:44 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2870 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2870 There's another vocal version of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" coming out on an album by Saint Vox - but this time they have totally re-arranged the music and Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:02:50 GMT MIRAI http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2869 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2869 Ryuichi Sakamoto interview (U.K.) (14.10 onwards) speaking in English.... I-TUNES / PODCAST Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:49 GMT Derek Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2868 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2868 Ryuichi Sakamoto is about half way through his current European tour. Here are the remaining dates: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:02:11 GMT komatta.saru http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2867 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2867 Thanks for that quick reply Paul. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:43:14 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2866 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2866 Myrah & Penny were not The Frank Chickens! Penny is Hitomi Tohyama - check her out on YouTube, she was a solo artist in her own right (mostly jazz-funk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:04:56 GMT komatta.saru http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2865 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2865 Can anyone confirm that the "Myrna & Penny" doing backing vocals are the Frank Chickens? I don't know how I believe this to be true- probably something I read Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:30:35 GMT Jonas Warstad / DiscogInfo http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2864 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2864 Kazuhiko Katô, ex-front man of Sadistic Mika Band (among others) has committed suicide. He was found hanging in a hotel bathroom in Nagano. He was 62 years Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:25:04 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2863 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2863 Sugababes new single "Get Sexy" is a bleepy electronic stomper, not that great TBH, but the intro samples "Loom". Paul Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:23:30 GMT davidmack@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2862 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2862 A little wikipedia reference refreshes my memory. Edwin Astley - Father - check Jon Astley - Brother - check Karen Astley - Sister - Married Pete Townsend - Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:12:54 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2861 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2861 Going from what I hear in the lyrics, the guy's name may have been Paul? Hard to make out "poor Paul they say as you hurt and abuse them". The Dorian referred Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:02:03 GMT nicholas_kent http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2860 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2860 re: Virginia Astley Off memory -- I would purely guess her ex-boyfirend's first name was Dorian given the song title on the album. Her late father, Edwin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:50:45 GMT Derek G Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2859 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2859 ... I'm confused, obviously. Who dumped Virginia and inspired the album? I heard from at least two sources that it was 'Pete Townsend's brother'. For all I Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:49:47 GMT yipyipcoy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2858 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2858 I think Pete Townsend married Virginia's sister. As to the culprit of her pregnancy, I tried to coax that information out of her a long time ago on a message