Re: First attempt to make contact, with some questions.

[Scott Telford <s.telford@ed.ac.uk>]

In article <9112131125.AA10566@mcdd1> clive@mcdd1.UUCP (Clive Backham) writes:
>
>I have been reading rec.music.gaffa with some interest for a few months,
>and would like to:
>
>* Find out whether this initial attempt to make contact gets through.
>  So, could some kind soul out there post or email a reply?

Yep, got as far as here.

>* Ask a few questions of those of you more knowledgable about KaTe
>  than I am:
>
>a). About a year back I read a biography (presumably unauthorised)
>    by someone called (I think) Kerry Ruby. What's the general view
>    of this book? Is it regarded as fair and balanced? It seemed
>    pretty much that way to me.

Hmmm. In general I suppose it's a reasonable biography, but the number
of typos, factual errors, regurgitated ridiculous rumours, and plain bad
English (my favourite is the bit that describes the airways [sic] being
jammed after Hello Earth was played on Miami Vice. "Airways" are things
that airliners fly along! 8^). It's quite hilarious in places - the bit
about KaTe having an affair with Peter Gabriel, and Del being in a
suicidal state, for instance...

>b). Does anyone know whether the two CDs of B sides &co from the box
>    set are intended to be released separately in the future? I'd like
>    to have them, but I'm not going to buy the box set when I already
>    have the other six albums.
>    (BTW, here in the UK, each individual CD costs #9; the box
>    set is #105, which makes the B sides CDs #25 each !!)

We live in hope....

>c). I'd like to FTP some stuff from wiretap.Spies.com, but can't
>    find a machine that knows about it. Would it help if I knew
>    the X25 address, and if so, can someone let me know what it is?
>    Any other routes that might help?

Umm, I don't think wiretap is on an X.25 network. Assuming it's on the
Internet it would help to have the IP address, but I don't think I've
got that. Anybody else?


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