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From Yahoo.com
by Anne Robinson 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Dear Yahoo!: What was the instrument Sting played on the Academy Awards? Tim Baltimore, Maryland Dear Tim: This year's Academy Awards was wanting in excitement. A distinct lack of controversy left Oscar 2004 with few burning questions after the Lord of the Rings toddled off with the final trophy. While some wonder whether Uma Thurman owns a mirror, the one real head scratcher came when Sting joined Alison Krauss for a rendition of the Oscar-nominated "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain. Befitting a man who takes himself seriously, a somber Sting took his place next to Krauss playing a funny-looking stringed instrument with a suspicious hand crank that all but screamed "Look at me!". To find out what the musical contraption was, we started with the Yahoo! Directory category for Sting. After an unfulfilling cruise through his flashy official site, we turned to StingUs and found the answer. About halfway down this month's headlines, an entry fingers the wheeled instrument as the hurdy-gurdy. A quick tour of the site's message boards offered up a couple of threads that also identify the instrument in question. So, what the heck is a hurdy-gurdy? At the Hurdy-Gurdy FAQ, we found this answer: The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument in which the strings are rubbed by a rosined wheel instead of a bow. The wheel is turned by the player's right hand, while the left hand plays the tune on the keys in the keybox. Two of the strings (usually), called the chanters or melody strings, run though the keybox and their vibrating length is shortened by the key pressing against it. The FAQ answers other questions about the instrument's name and history. If you're intent on emulating Sting, Olympic Musical Instruments offers a handcrafted Luteback Hurdy Gurdy for a mere $4,400. The final word on the only burning question from this year's ceremony goes to Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, who humorously quipped, "Particularly upsetting, I lost my Oscar pool on the tie-breaker question, 'Will Sting play the hurdy-gurdy?'" ~Anne

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THE POLICE activities 1977
by DtmrCls＠aol.com 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Hi I updated my little website where I try to get ALL the band's activities in chronological order: http://hometown.aol.de/dtmrcls/homepage/katzen.html There are A LOT of "new" informations about the very early POLICE phase in 1977. Check it out. bye Dietmar

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by Ron Buczko 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

finally got the sacd of Every Breath You Take and just like the 2000 dts cd, this one also feats the DDDD,DDDD 86 version. does anyone know why they suddenly used this version? Ron

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Re: [Police] Vancouver show no pre-sale tickets?
by Mark Tigges 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

> > WTF? Is there something I am not understanding? If not, give me a > F&%King break. > > Ross > Is it just the web page that is making you believe there is no presale? I presumed that it there would be one shortly. Or have you heard something else? Mark.

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Incoming message
by giovanni.pollastri＠libero.it 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

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Vancouver show no pre-sale tickets?
by Ross Viner 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

WTF? Is there something I am not understanding? If not, give me a F&%King break. Ross

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Can I gag now??
by Maggie White 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

I thought it couldn't get any worse than Puff Daddy, but now we have TWISTA, ladies and gentlemen. Sting's new single - the third to be taken from the 'Sacred Love' album - will be 'Stolen Car'. The video was shot recently in Brooklyn by director Nick Quested, and Kipper recently commented "I have been busy working on a remix of 'Stolen Car' which is going to be Stings next single. This new version features record breaking rapper Twista and a complete reworking of the groove and chords. I initially did this version with my good friend Keith Beauvais in Bagshot, Surrey and I am now giving the track some Chicago flavours and Nate Kunkle is mixing it." The release date is yet to be confirmed.

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RE: [Police] Stolen Car and instrumental album
by Angeline Adams 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Oh dear. Don't get me wrong; Stolen Car has grown on me (damned catchy chorus), but somehow it just doesn't seem like the right choice for a single. Inside? Yes. Sacred Love? Most Definitely. But Stolen Car... just not feeling it. This pales in comparison with the knowledge that a rapper is doing another version of it... I mean, I don't hate all rap, but after the horrors inflicted on Roxanne in particular, I'm leery of what may happen. As for the instrumental version of the album - where did they find it?! I'd love to get hold of a copy... Angeline _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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pics of Cologne Jan 6, 2004 (DOMINIC MILLER)
by Ruediger Hoeckel 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Hi folks, here are a few shots of the excellent concert at the Stadtgarten in Cologne/Germany on January 6th, 2004. http://mitglied.lycos.de/rhoeckel/040106_Cologne_1.jpg http://mitglied.lycos.de/rhoeckel/040106_Cologne_2.jpg http://mitglied.lycos.de/rhoeckel/040106_Cologne_3.jpg http://mitglied.lycos.de/rhoeckel/040106_Cologne_4.jpg Enjoy! Cheers, RÃ¼diger Mit schÃ¶nen GrÃ¼Ãen von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de

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Re: [Police] New remix
by Hilary L. Justh 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, I am trying to withhold judgement on this until I hear it. I must say I saw him on Friday night at the show at the Tower Theatre in Philly and it blew me away. I think that it was one of the top three shows I have ever seen of his over the past 14+ years. He was in excellent voice and humor, the sound was wonderful and the band is really great on this tour. The version of Stolen Car that they are doing on tour is really great and somewhat different than the album (it is like the version that they did on Letterman, but better). I did like the stills of the video that they showed on Sting.com and hopefully this will get more airplay that WISYN which I think is the best song on the album (especially when Joy sings it on tour!) Hilary On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:31:07 +0000, Sweetmomb(a)cs.com wrote: > Okay, he is obviously being held in some sort of hideous mind-control. Instead of bashing him, we should be appealing to the list for anyone who knows him to do an intervention/deprogramming/exorcism. > You know, it's March 16th and it's snowing away outside. Maybe it's the entire universe...<sigh> > Holly > > > _______________________________________________ > Police mailing list > Police(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police > >

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