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Tubular Belle Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: April 2002 Posted: June 24 2004, 08:45 For interest, there is an article in The Times Newspaper (Thursday, 24th June 2004) in the "Click" supplement on page 8.  It is an interview by Mike talking about Maestro.  I don't have a scanner so cannot scan it for all to see but maybe someone who does have one can rush out and buy a copy. Back to top

Taurus Outcast Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 24 2004, 11:55 thanks for that one, i went out and bought it as soon as i saw your post Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: June 24 2004, 15:39 Sounds interesting. And...a bit surprising since the last events from Mike regarding Maestro. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

captain cavern Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: Oct. 2003 Posted: June 24 2004, 19:55 The Times scans are on the official site   http://www.mikeoldfield.com/flash/news.html ...there is also another article scan from "Internet Magazine". Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: June 24 2004, 21:49 I'll look tomorrow for the paper in here(yeah,I can find it to sell in Brazil). BTW,great articles,espcially the Times one.The connect woth Peter Gabriel was quite cool! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Taurus Outcast Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 25 2004, 06:15 and the thing he said hes enjoying writing music again, so maybe we might get a tour or a concert i wonder....? we wait with baited breath Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 25 2004, 07:19 There were some very interesting quotes in that article. "There's demos on the Web by young lads of 19 that are astonishingly clever, and they're just doing it in their bedrooms on their PCs." Aha! So it sounds like our songs are being heard by someone, eh? That is, I think it's pretty obvious that if he hears any demos, he's probably hearing them here, or somewhere else Mike-related. How's that for good news? "I"ve done my first techno track!" Uh oh... "BRIAN ENO: His full name contains too many letters" *LOL*! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

ATTMO Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 26 2004, 07:07 woah that techno thing sounds scary hope it was just an experiment. there is already loads of that stuff around -------------- "Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked" - Jerome K Jerome Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 26 2004, 11:32 I'm nearly typeless. If he's going to incorporate a lot of techno, I hope he does something brilliant and interesting with it. "Mike, Thanks for making it all possible, Richard." "One of my all-time favourites." Tony Blair. And the journo goes on to say, "With those two as your biggest fans, being hip's the last thing you have to worry about." Or....how you treat the rest of your fans. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: June 26 2004, 16:45 That must be the ugliest picture I've ever seen of Mike. Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 26 2004, 20:34 Totally. Maybe we could start a Worst Picture of Mike thread, the worst work went over so well--but I am only kidding. About the thread, that is. The picture didn't do him justice. Well, maybe it did, who knows. Guess when it comes down to it, would we really care if he were aging like Gollum? Nah. It's what's inside--and hopefully, a good next album. A comment Re: the placement of the RB t-y outside the toilet: it seems like such a good place for it....if not being used to line a bird cage. Think I'm in need of an attitude overhaul. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: June 26 2004, 23:12 If you open a book which covers the basics of portrait photography, you're likely to find the advice that using wide-angle lenses for portraits is generally not a good idea. Why? Because they make people look like Mike does there...exaggerating the features of the face. Couple that to lighting which casts shadows under his eyes and makes his features look rather craggy, and a print/scan that makes all the colours look washed out (partly a lighting/exposure thing too - see how the highlights on his face are burned out) and you get Gollum Oldfield. Back to top

ATTMO Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 27 2004, 06:34 don't forget to add an almost shaved heah as the final ingredient -------------- "Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked" - Jerome K Jerome Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: June 27 2004, 07:27 Why have they left it so late to get a wright up in the Times?the game has been out for ages,and most fans have either completed it or lost interest Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 27 2004, 10:19 It's not hard to please a lot of people. You just treat them with some respect. But I'm recycling old ideas here. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: June 27 2004, 11:16 And of course everyone around the forums gives Mike respect eh Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 28 2004, 11:50 Wow, I have replied on the wrong thread. I knew one of my posts was missing from somewhere. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Cutting Edge Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 05 2004, 18:25 Thanks for the link to the interview peeps. Did anyone make sense of what he was talking about here though; "One mystery remains for Mike, why he has remained so "unhip" for so long. "Eighteen months when it all went crazy" (thinking back to '73) "& that was it, I don't understand it". ????????? Is he talking about joe publics' perception of him & his music, or what? Back to top

Ecco Group: Musicians Posts: 229 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Aug. 05 2004, 20:25 Thanks for the link! It was a good interview. -------------- http://www.myspace.com/twilighttide Back to top

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