[Heeplist] John Lawton news - album out in May

Mon Mar 31 18:06:13 EDT 2014

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On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi>wrote:

> Hi Rick
>
> I am getting more and more confused here. I have absolutely no
> recollection that I would have ever been on any Ronnie James Dio mailing
> list or that I would have had any connection whatsoever with his wife
> Wendy. How is it possible that I have completely forgotten a thing like
> that? I guess that's what old age does. As you seem to know so much more of
> me than I do then perhaps you could also tell me if I had a Dio website? I
> could have, couldn't I?
>
>
>
> --
> TapioM.
> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>
> www.uriah-heep.fi
>
>
>
> Lainaus Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>:
>
>  Someone here at the site does not allow me to post messages on my own, so
>> I
>> can only add to a conversation, not start one of my own.  I have no
>> hostility for YOU nor can any be found in any of my messages, and when YOU
>> write me intelligently like now, we will never have a problem, just a
>> difference of opinion.  Oh how quickly one forgets the Ronnie James Dio
>> "We
>> Rock" Mailing List, and his wife, Wendy Dio, but I am not one to hold
>> grudges, so if YOU choose not to remember, then so be it.  Still, the
>> "funnier and weirder" comments are your little digs that are not
>> necessary.
>>  If one makes the comment, "That's bullshit!", that does not mean that I
>> am
>> hostile toward YOU it just means that I do not agree... strongly, but it
>> does not fill YOU up with such fecal material, that was your
>> misunderstanding.  I have also said two to three times to forget it, but
>> YOU and your buddies Staf and Mac seem to not desire that.  In any case,
>> as
>> I wrote a moment ago, as long as we are chatting intelligently than we can
>> continue to discuss whatever YOU like, that is why we are all here.  I am
>> totally fine talking about anything in Rock music, whether we share the
>> same feelings or agree is totally beside the point.  If I only hang around
>> with people that agree with everything that I say, then what do I have?
>>  We
>> all like different songs, different members, different discs, etc., and
>> with "Uriah Heep" that is one of the things that make them such a special
>> band.  "Magic Lantern" is one of the best songs that Mick Box ever
>> recorded; it thrills me to know that not everyone knows of that song or
>> likes it; no-one need agree with me, however, if one person reading this
>> goes out to buy some "Spice" songs, or realizes just how long and magical
>> Mick's playing has been over the years, then it was all worth it.  That is
>> why I am here.  I am not here to win over people to my prowess in any
>> particular areas.  I would love to make friends, sure, but I have seen how
>> people treat Igor, for example, just because he is from what all of YOU
>> believe is Russia (I think that he is actually from Estonia).  I have been
>> a member off-and-on, due mainly to changing E-Mail addresses, since 1998.
>>  No, I haven't made many friends here, if any.  I have chatted privately
>> with Bob about religion, and I receive nice, intelligent, informed
>> comments
>> from Igor.  That's my status here.  I just add my two cents to
>> conversations.  Everyone is free to do what they will with the
>> information.
>>  Maybe I am rambling now, but I just wanted to make my side clear.  Do
>> whatever YOU like, just try to be friendly, which I think that I have been
>> in all of my messages to YOU.  The only flame war here is the label that
>> someone added to the conversation, probably some xenophobe, who thinks
>> that
>> I am actually Chinese and that I have no right to be here, which is why I
>> mentioned my passport.  I would like this to be the last message on this
>> topic, but I am sure that someone will continue it, and if I choose not to
>> reply, then I am sure that they will claim some sort of victory; and, I
>> hope that makes them happy.
>>
>> Rick
>> [?]
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Rick
>>>
>>> This is getting funnier all the time but weirder also. There are a few
>>> points in your mails that I don't understand so could you please clarify
>>> a
>>> bit? First of all: Who is Wendy? I don't know anyone by that name. What
>>> is
>>> "We Rock Chat" that you mentioned in an earlier mail, I don't know what
>>> that is either. Seems to me you're confusing me with someone else.
>>>
>>> Why do you start talking about politics and passports all of a sudden?
>>> What has that got to with this concersation? I'm not interested in what
>>> kind of passport you have or even if you have one and I don't think it is
>>> of interest to anyone else either.
>>>
>>> I would like to point out that it is you who started the hostility in
>>> this
>>> conversation and for no reason as it was just clearly just a
>>> missunderstanding from your part. There would have been no reason to get
>>> so
>>> upset. I have already tried to explain I had not read your mail at the
>>> time
>>> when I posted my message but if you choose not to believe that then
>>> there's
>>> nothing I can do about it. It was just a coincidence that you had
>>> happened
>>> to post that a bit earlier when I got the info from Cherry Red Records.
>>> The
>>> reason why I didn't notice your mail was because you were just replying
>>> to
>>> someone else's original mail about the news from Frontiers Records about
>>> the new Heep album and in that mail mentioned also Simon Phillips and
>>> Lawton's album. If you had sent a separate mail to the list appropriately
>>> titled or changed the subject line then I would have noticed that and
>>> could
>>> have mentioned it in my mail. This would be a good thing to keep in mind
>>> in
>>> the future to change the subject line if you reply to one mail and add
>>> some
>>> other info not related to the subject.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> TapioM.
>>> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>
>>> www.uriah-heep.fi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lainaus Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>  I think Wendy and myself put YOU in your place already a time or two,
>>> so,
>>>
>>>> no, I do not need any friends like YOU, either.  I do not care what YOU
>>>> post any time any place, unless YOU speak it towards myself, as now.  I
>>>> would only ask that YOU remember the original message: YOU are not the
>>>> only
>>>> one here, so do not try to take credit for everything.  Yes, when I
>>>> mentioned Simon playing on John's album that would have been the perfect
>>>> place to add that news.  I don't start many conversations here, but when
>>>> someone like Shawn mentions a band like say "Led Zeppelin", then, yes, I
>>>> contribute to the conversation; but, I do not leap over him and post a
>>>> similar "thread", as YOU call it, elsewhere.  That was my point, and
>>>> like
>>>> Bob suggests some of us, that includes me, do not always play well with
>>>> the
>>>> others in the sandbox.  So, no, it is your right to do whatever YOU
>>>> want,
>>>> but trying to be friendly once in a while never hurt anyone.  Igor
>>>> mentions
>>>> politics, and that may be true for some of us, but last I checked I hold
>>>> an
>>>> American passport, which makes me a member of a Democratic country;
>>>> and, I
>>>> believe Finland, as well.  So, what gives?  Or, do YOU just assume like
>>>> most xenophobes?  I didn't say that YOU were full of bullshit, but if
>>>> the
>>>> scent lingers, then who knows, YOU may be right - plenty of friends at
>>>> this
>>>> list or not.  Just carry on now.  Nothing to see here.  Good night!
>>>>
>>>> Rick
>>>> [?]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Rick, you're a funny guy. Now I found the mail you obvously were
>>>> refering
>>>>
>>>>> to. You just mentioned about Simon Phillips playing on the album,
>>>>> nohting
>>>>> more. That's no news, we've all heard that some time ago. It was posted
>>>>> on
>>>>> John Lawton website and the info was forwarded to this list also.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have plenty of friends on this list and I don't need any more friends
>>>>> like you so it's fine with me if you think I'm full of bullshit, I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> care what you think of me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> TapioM.
>>>>> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>
>>>>> www.uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lainaus Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Tapio, YOU have been spouting the same bullshit since back at the We
>>>>> Rock
>>>>>
>>>>>  chat!  I think when we fans share our music here at Travelers in Time
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> we our just sharing amongst "friends" and family, so to speak.  I have
>>>>>> no
>>>>>> intentions of posting anything sent to me for others to reap profits
>>>>>> from.
>>>>>> I remind YOU and everyone else who continues to treat me like some
>>>>>> criminal
>>>>>> that I am a former Rock journalist sometimes singer now teaching
>>>>>> English
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> a university in China, and, yes, not every band chooses to release
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> product here.  (The new "Krokus" live album is a rare exception, so it
>>>>>> pays
>>>>>> to have friends!)  So, occasionally, just to stay informed, I will ask
>>>>>> someone if they could send me a copy of a new release.  I also share
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> my archives.  Do YOU always receive permission to post your pictures,
>>>>>> videos, etc.?  I bet not.  However, we are speaking more specifically
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> the band that Pete Goalby started after Heep, which YOU mentioned was
>>>>>> NOT
>>>>>> for sale.  So, if it is not being sold, then how do we get copies?
>>>>>>  From
>>>>>> friends, family and once in a while from the band members themselves.
>>>>>>  So,
>>>>>> come off of your high-and-mightier-than-thou pedestal, and try making
>>>>>> friends once in a blue moon.  Lastly, the post was about me chatting
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> an acquaintance at LinkedIn named, "Victoria", who plays piano in a
>>>>>> band
>>>>>> together with Simon Phillips, and she mentioned to me a few weeks back
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> he will be on the new album by someone who used to be in Heep.  When I
>>>>>> found out that it was John Lawton's new disc, then I mentioned it
>>>>>> here.
>>>>>> Try reading everyone's post, and not just your own than YOU might know
>>>>>> that.  Just remember, we are all here fans of Rock music, "Uriah
>>>>>> Heep",
>>>>>> etc., and leave the judgemental crap to someone more worthy, because
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> running a website does not make YOU any better than any of the rest of
>>>>>> us.
>>>>>> 'Nuff said!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>> [?]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 6:13 PM, David Amendolara
>>>>>> <mail4hamurabi at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Ah I figured as much!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Time I get them both :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> D.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>>  From: Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi>
>>>>>>> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:10 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] John Lawton news - album out in May
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That means The Power Of Mind album released in 2012. That was the
>>>>>>> first collaboration for John with this producer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> TapioM.
>>>>>>> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> www.uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lainaus David Amendolara <mail4hamurabi at yahoo.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Was there also an "Intelligent Project I" at some point?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Eddie
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > ________________________________
>>>>>>> >  From: Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi>
>>>>>>> > To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
>>>>>>> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 10:19 AM
>>>>>>> > Subject: [Heeplist] John Lawton news - album out in May
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > News from John Lawton: The new album Intelligent Project II - My
>>>>>>> Kind
>>>>>>> > O'f Lovin' with also Simon Phillips & Joseph Williams of Toto will
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> > released in May. The album can be preordered from Cherry Red
>>>>>>> Records
>>>>>>> > http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=4623
>>>>>>> > More information with soud files here: www.mykindoflovin.com
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>> > TapioM.
>>>>>>> > tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > www.uriah-heep.fi
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
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