From: hatty@globalnet.co.uk 
  
 "JohnM"  wrote in message 
 news:pbNE1FAf7$L$EwIT@scroll.demon.co.uk... 
 > In article , hatty 
 >  writes 
 > > 
 > >"Dale Walker"  wrote in message 
 > >news:fgutivgljnlufg3voace04n2mjnavfplk9@4ax.com... 
 > >> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:19:56 +0100, "hatty"  
 > >> wrote: 
 > > 
 > >> >Yikes - I actually got it to work. I think my firewall thingy is a bit 
 > >> >wierd. Tho current music on proton reminds of very early (before your 
 > >time I 
 > >> >suspect) odd electro - such as Warm Leatherette by the Normal, early 
 > >> >Kraftwerk, proper Ultravox (pre Midge Ure), the Residents etc. 
 > >> 
 > >> Nostalgia is not really my thing but it's nice to know that some 
 > >> people might know what I'm talking about if I slip 'Rickys Hand' or 
 > >> 'Back to Nature' into a conversation. 
 > > 
 > >Fad Gadget? I was really shocked that he died - he can't be *that* much 
 > >older than me. I was never a real fan, caught him live a couple of times, 
 > >possibly 1982/3.........crikey. 
 > > 
 > 
 > I was a fan. I remember he died, but forgot how. Can you remind me? 
  
 I think it was a heart attack - fairly certain it was something 
 physiological and not something rock&roll. 
  
 > 
 > >Dale, can you remember who The Normal were? I seem to vaguely remember it 
 > >was the guy that set up Mute records - but I could be completly wrong, or 
 > >was it Fad? Or are they one and the same........ 
 > > 
 > 
 > Yes, 'Warm Leatherette' MUTE001 was Daniel Miller who founded Mute 
 > Records. He went on to form the Silicon Teens. 
  
  I Forgive Mute for inflicting Depeche Mode on us, as that label gave us 
 some nifty tunes back in the day. 
  
 > 
 > >I was never one for nostaglia, (have stayed very true to my promise to 
 self 
 > >at 18 that I wouldn't ever be one of those boring 30 somethings who 
 thought 
 > >it was all better in my day) - dunno if its the approaching 4-0 but 
 recently 
 > >post club we have been playing all sorts of dodgy (what I have left) 
 > >memorabilia - I even let hippy play Tangerine Dream t'other night !!!!!! 
 > > 
 > >The moral of this thread being - never, ever get rid of your 
 > >vinyl/cds/fanzines, no matter how dismal and outdated they may seem. I 
 > >sold/gave away/lost in the divorce - so very much. 
 > 
 > I just checked that I still have my MUTE001 :-) I keep them all 
 > as my pension. 
  
 Wow! In a grey sleeve with picture of crash dummies..........or have I 
 activated the wrong brain memory cell. I expect its worth a bob or two. 
 Though you won't want to part with them - I often worry what will be played 
 in the Day Room of whatever institution the elderly dribbling hatty (quiet 
 at the back!!) lands up in. 
  
 I bought some CDs for the olds that I look after, thinking that some gentle 
 panpipe music would be particularly soothing and overheard "Sheesh! Trying 
 to kill us off with dreary music now" 
  
 hatty 
  
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