On 8/7/03 9:34 PM, sajt@tvsched.com wrote:
Shaun here, and one of several Aussies on the list.
Here's another one!
The TV Program Rage, which plays non stop video clips in the wee-small hours of Saturday and Sunday morning has been the only occational tv dose of Yello.
I first discovered Yello towards the end of 1988 when my year at school went on a trip to Canberra (Australia's Capital). (I then lived in Armidale, 6-7 hours drive north of Sydney). Someone had recorded an episode of 'Rage' which included 'Oh Yeah', and that tape was played repeatedly throughout the week-long trip. I found someone else at school who had the album 'Stella' (which he had copied from someone else!), and got a copy for myself. Early the next year on a visit to Sydney I bought 'Solid Pleasure', then 'One Second', and the rest soon followed (including a legal copy of Stella). After moving to Sydney in 1991 I was able to frequent the second hand shops to buy the singles. I left Sydney at the beginning of 1998, but by then I had the internet, so most of my purchases of Yello (and other CDs) since then have been from overseas. I'm now in Cowra, four and a half hours west of Sydney, two hours north of Canberra.
I supose we all are a bit funny in what we listen to. Aside from a nice yello collection, Prince, Michal Jackson and Weird Al Yankovic are also dominant in my collection. A prety varied mix there ;)
I've got an almost complete Weird Al album collection (only missing his new release which hasn't been released here AFAIK), also some Art of Noise, Billy Mackenzie/Associates, They Might Be Giants, Anthony Moore, and some Carlos Peron. Also a reasonably extensive 'Classical' collection from Baroque to 20th Century (I don't think I have any 21st century works yet).
Shaun Turner.
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