From the.ackermans at juno.com Tue Jul 1 19:50:08 2014 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 02:50:08 GMT Subject: [Introspective] PSB on Rock Legends in US on DirecTV Message-ID: <20140701.215008.2300.0@webmail02.vgs.untd.com> Hey Fans! I set up a PSB alert on DirecTV and it worked! The PSB are featured on AXSTV's Rock Legends series. The episode played tonight & it runs again at 2 AM Central on DirecTV 340. Here's the web page for it: http://www.axs.tv/originals/new-rock-legends/ PSB forever, Don ____________________________________________________________ Odd Carb-Hormone Trick 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/53b373b82f4c573b85295st02vuc From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jul 3 21:32:29 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 21:32:29 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on which of my PSB favorites are also yours Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks which of my own personal "Pet Shop Boys favorites" -- such as my favorite PSB album, my favorite PSB song, my favorite PSB b-side, and so on -- are also your own personal favorites. If you haven't voted yet, please take a few moments to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your selections right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey for the week ahead. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has voted so far! And I wish you all a fantastic weekend -- and, to my fellow Americans, a very happy and safe Independence Day! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jul 5 22:07:46 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 22:07:46 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on which of my PSB favorites are also yours Message-ID: <8045AA51CF3741E1969745C746794841@COMP8> The final results are in for my survey this past week, in which I asked my site visitors which of my own personal "Pet Shop Boys favorites" (favorite album, favorite song, etc.) are also their own personal favorites. And the personal favorite of mine that received the most votes was: * Favorite PSB song: "Being Boring," chosen by 32.8% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" option in the top navigation area or click on the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is inspired by a question and discussion thread posed a few weeks ago in the Pet Shop Boys Community Forum (although I've modified the question a bit). To put it bluntly, do you think the Pet Shop Boys tour and perform live too often these days? Please respond by choosing one of the options I've provided right there on my home page. And thanks to "alig" of the Pet Shop Boys Community Forum for inspiring this question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a great week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jul 10 22:24:20 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:24:20 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether PSB tours and performs live too much Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you think the Pet Shop Boys tour and perform live too often these days. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and start a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jul 12 22:26:34 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:26:34 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on whether PSB performs live too much Message-ID: <4E5F170407F047028E48F45071BBE007@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they believe the Pet Shop Boys tour and perform live too often these days. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * "No, I think they tour and perform live about the right amount these days," chosen by 40.7% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top nav bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is inspired by an article in an issue of Esquire magazine about a year ago. The author discussed "very short songs," which he defined as songs less than 90 seconds in length (a famous example being the Beatles' "Her Majesty" at the end of their "Abbey Road" album). This got me to thinking about very short Pet Shop Boys songs. And *that* got me wondering what you might consider to be their greatest very short song. Now, there are very, very few PSB songs less than 90 seconds in length, so for the purposes of this survey I've expanded the definition to include songs less than 3 minutes in length. I'm also limiting the choices to songs officially released on CD, excluding remixes, "edits," and tracks released under the "Tennant/Lowe" moniker (as opposed to "Pet Shop Boys"). That gives us a good number of 12 to choose from (assuming I haven't overlooked any). So please check out the choices right there on my home page and choose the one that you think is best. Meanwhile, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a great week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jul 17 21:41:09 2014 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:41:09 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on the greatest PSB "very short song" Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks what, in your opinion, is the Pet Shop Boys' greatest "very short song" (defined as a song officially released on CD or vinyl that's less than three minutes in length). If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the songs listed there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I wish you all a superb weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jul 19 22:05:41 2014 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:05:41 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on the greatest PSB "very short song" Message-ID: I've posted the final results of my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors what they consider to be the Pet Shop Boys' greatest "very short song," defined as one less than three minutes in length. And the song that received the most votes was: * "Your Funny Uncle," chosen by 37.2% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation area or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is inspired by the upcoming autobiography by Bernard Sumner (of Joy Division, New Order, and Electronic fame). Regular site visitor Al suggested that I ask whether you think it's time for the Pet Shop Boys to write their autobiography (or autobiographies) as well. So please consider this and, when you're ready, make your choice from the options provided there on my home page. And thanks so much to Al for suggesting this question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a stupendous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From pauldj6 at gmail.com Wed Jul 23 23:28:44 2014 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (PaulDj) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:28:44 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] Prom Message-ID: <53D0A79C.506@gmail.com> Who was there last night? I sure was! :-) What an evening. I still have to properly process it. -- PaulDj From svelteness at gmail.com Thu Jul 24 03:11:52 2014 From: svelteness at gmail.com (Kirsty) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:11:52 +0100 Subject: [Introspective] Prom In-Reply-To: <53D0A79C.506@gmail.com> References: <53D0A79C.506@gmail.com> Message-ID: I was and was so excited to have the best seats in the house (a Loggia box!) My brief twitter review: Pet Shop Boys Prom last night was incredible. Chrissie Hynde singing 'Love is a Catastrophe' had me in bits, she & Neil doing 'Ren't: WOAH. The PSB Turing piece was understated & powerful, a gorgeous balance of orchestra, choir, electronics & Juliet Stevenson's perfect narration On 24 July 2014 07:28, PaulDj wrote: > Who was there last night? I sure was! :-) > > What an evening. > I still have to properly process it. > -- > PaulDj > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to svelteness at gmail.com > http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/ > svelteness%40gmail.com > http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From the.ackermans at juno.com Thu Jul 24 05:07:18 2014 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:07:18 GMT Subject: [Introspective] Prom Message-ID: <20140724.070718.8651.0@webmail07.vgs.untd.com> It's so great to read PSB news (yet so sad some of these events of too far away to go). Glad you had fun & really appreciate the sharing, PaulDj & Kirsty. PSB forever, Don From: Kirsty To: PaulDj Cc: psb Subject: Re: [Introspective] Prom Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:11:52 +0100 I was and was so excited to have the best seats in the house (a Loggia box!) My brief twitter review: Pet Shop Boys Prom last night was incredible. Chrissie Hynde singing 'Love is a Catastrophe' had me in bits, she & Neil doing 'Ren't: WOAH. The PSB Turing piece was understated & powerful, a gorgeous balance of orchestra, choir, electronics & Juliet Stevenson's perfect narration On 24 July 2014 07:28, PaulDj wrote: Who was there last night? ? I sure was! :-) What an evening. I still have to properly process it. -- PaulDj ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/53d0f7463089b7745301ast02vuc From derekbd1970 at gmail.com Thu Jul 24 15:21:06 2014 From: derekbd1970 at gmail.com (Derek BD) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:21:06 -0500 Subject: [Introspective] PSB at the Proms file Message-ID: Thanks to my mate Andy. He ripped the mp4. I converted it to mp3. PSB @ Proms 2014 mp3 ?PSB @ Proms 2014 m4a ? -- derekbd "A man who does not think for himself does not think at all." - Oscar Wilde -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jul 24 21:57:45 2014 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:57:45 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether it's time for PSB autobiographies Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you think it's time for one or both of the Pet Shop Boys to be writing and publishing their autobiographies. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a great weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From zdenek at exxe.cz Fri Jul 25 01:55:48 2014 From: zdenek at exxe.cz (Zdenek Stanka) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:55:48 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] Prom In-Reply-To: References: <53D0A79C.506@gmail.com> Message-ID: <76e96e244f24145e13a0b61b7027ddb4@exxe.cz> Just came back from London - what a beautiful city, what a beautiful hall, what a fascinating experience!!!! As Kirsty wrote, Love is a Catastrophe was unexpectedly (?) thrilling, as well as Vocal and duetted Rent and ....... everything else. :) I had a great seat up there as well but simply HAD TO go down to the arena to be as close as possible. Which, eventually, happened and I was just a couple of steps fom the stage. :) Maybe just a smaaaaal and only "imperfection" in my ears... I'd like to hear a little bit more Chris and his electronics in The Man from the Future piece. I would also like to thank Derek - and his mate Andy, naturally :) - for sharing the files - I'm there again!!!! :) Read you, Zdenek ----- P?vodn? zpr?va ----- Odesilatel: Kirsty P??jemce: PaulDj Kopie: psb Datum: 24-07-2014 12:12 P?edm?t: Re: [Introspective] Prom I was and was so excited to have the best seats in the house (a Loggia box!) My brief twitter review: Pet Shop Boys Prom last night was incredible. Chrissie Hynde singing 'Love is a Catastrophe' had me in bits, she & Neil doing 'Ren't: WOAH. The PSB Turing piece was understated & powerful, a gorgeous balance of orchestra, choir, electronics & Juliet Stevenson's perfect narration ? ? On 24 July 2014 07:28, PaulDj wrote: Who was there last night? I sure was! :-) What an evening. I still have to properly process it. -- PaulDj _______________________________________________ introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to svelteness at gmail.com http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/svelteness%40gmail.com http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective ? ? _______________________________________________ introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to zdenek at exxe.cz http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/zdenek%40exxe.cz http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From the.ackermans at juno.com Fri Jul 25 05:40:00 2014 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:40:00 GMT Subject: [Introspective] PSB at the Proms file & online link Message-ID: <20140725.074000.32388.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> Lovely share, Derek! I'm in Heaven this morning! FYI, it's online, too, here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04b2m2y (click the picture) PSB forever, Don From: Derek BD To: psb Subject: [Introspective] PSB at the Proms file Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:21:06 -0500 ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/53d25040a758250406697st03vuc From pauldj6 at gmail.com Sat Jul 26 05:50:49 2014 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (PaulDj) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:50:49 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] PSB at the Proms file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53D3A429.4010309@gmail.com> Thanks guys, I was going to ask for this! :-) -- PaulDj On 25/7/14 12:21 AM, Derek BD wrote: > Thanks to my mate Andy. He ripped the mp4. I converted it to mp3. > > PSB @ Proms 2014 mp3 > > > ?PSB @ Proms 2014 m4a > ? > > -- > derekbd > "A man who does not think for himself does not think at all." - Oscar Wilde > > > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to pauldj6 at gmail.com > http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/pauldj6%40gmail.com > http://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective > From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jul 26 22:08:03 2014 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:08:03 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final result of poll on PSB autobiographies Message-ID: <19DFD9AB60404A88B911F9183BD93E61@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they believe it's time for one or both of the Pet Shop Boys to write their autobiographies. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * "Yes -- the sooner the better!" chosen by 24.5% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhml.htm and click one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation area or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. I was tempted for my new poll this week to ask your opinion of "A Man from the Future," but I think that would be premature at this point when almost certainly many of you haven't yet heard it or at least been able to "digest" it. So I'll hold off on that. Instead I'm asking a question suggested by site visitor Alexey from Russia: if you could obtain a bonus disc of either an a cappella (vocals-only) or an instrumental version of each PSB studio album, which would you pick for each album? Please mull this over and, when you're ready, make your choices right there on my home page. And thanks to Alexey for this suggestion! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a fabulous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jul 31 21:50:07 2014 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:50:07 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on a cappella vs. instrumental versions of PSB albums Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks, if you could choose between an a cappella (vocals-only) and an instrumental "bonus" version of each of the Pet Shop Boys' studio albums, which you would choose in each case. If you haven't voted yet, please take a few moments to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choices right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and start a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm