THE WHO TOUR 2008

Hi everyone,

As you probably all know that THE WHO will be touring in the US in 2008. Tickets go on sale July 14th for WHO members in California. If you are east coast the boston show is going to be Oct. 24th. Hope to see you some of you in the east and the west enjoy the shows.

Peace,

AJ

(eyesite2theblind)

Relative Silence -- can someone help?

Is there some kind person who could forward me the text for Pete's Meher Baba - article to explain my silence ?

I'd be very interested to read it. I don't believe I've seen it elsewhere (I may be wrong -- possibly I just don't remember). Anyway, I missed this when it first came out, as I was in "another world" at that time :-). (This and about 50 mp3 links I'm sad to have missed! :-( )

I just really love the spiritual stuff.

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Pete

"I'm not so much the brain as the minstrel"

I ran across this 1995 Maclean's article I'd never seen before:

Townshend and Tommy in Toronto

I love that last bit about sliding down the bannister!

:D

THE WHO ANIMATED

I thought this was very cool. This is my favorite video. I hope everybody is well. Have a happy holiday.

AJ

"The Ballet is Coming..."

Typical. :-)

That's why we love him.

OK... that wasn't enough, was it .... so how about a "twofer"!
(Since it's been so long since we've had fresh postage here)



(This was too good to keep to myself.)

Did anyone here attend Woodstock '98? What was that little inside joke the band were doubled-over laughing at? Something about Nietzsche? (did I spell that right? ;-))

Pete's Responses to fans on The Who site

Hi

How is everyone?

What are your thoughts, comments, concerns, and gripes on Pete's response to the fans questions on The Who site.

Dave

So where is everyone now?

Happy New Year everyone!

Just wanted to check in and say hi. Would you believe I still haven't found an extra $50 to join Pete's blog site? It's one of my new year's resolutions. That, and visit the dentist.

I hate not knowing what Pete is up to. I find him very grounding--know what I mean? I can't quite describe what he grounds me to....perhaps simply to my teenage self, who liked to smoke pot and feel Pete's chords surging through my blood stream :)

Anyway, if there is any spectacular news that non-members might like to hear (ie The Man shows up at Joe's Pub again), could you let us know on this site? Or is that non-ethical?

Love and glad tidings to all.

Lee

The End of an Era

News is that Rachel has closed her blog. Sad news indeed, let's all keep in touch, invite our friends to meet here, as well as at Rachel's new forum, and remember always to-

Blog on!

Merry Christmas and other relevant tidings

Merry Christmas to those who heard music ....and those who made it!

The old Irish woman "who heard music"

Seeing as this blog is titled "The Ones Who Heard Music", I thought it fitting to repeat here what I posted on my own blog this morning:

an incredible story of a woman (in her 80s) who "heard music" in her head (ostensibly) from her early childhood in Ireland.



Listen to the story here, which aired this morning on NPR (I was blown away!).

(I couldn't NOT post this. Since only a handful of regulars visit my blog, I wanted to show this to a slightly wider group. We are, after all the ones who heard music...

And since a certain someone we all know and love has had similar experiences..... well.... ;-))

www.thewho.com

For those of you who are members, you can now leave comments in Pete's blog. They of course must be approved before the are posted.

Paparazzi Shots!

I thought some of you MIGHT be interested in these shots of you know who and company. I took them at the Attic Jam at Hotel/Cafe in L.A. last November.
The line-up was: Rachel Fuller, Mikey Cuthbert, Simon Townshend, Minnie Driver, "E" from the eels, Billy Corgan and of course, Pete!

I won tickets (including a meet and greet) on In the Attic, and I took Molly (Ballerinagurl) as my "date!" The night was heavenly (especially having Molly as a date! har har). Only problem was, I was quite ill and started hallucinating while talking to Pete! No, not really, but I DID sing to him...NOT intentionally, of course. I explained to him that it was MOI who introduced Martha Wainwright to Rachel. He was really pleased to hear that - he called one of her songs "genius" and explained that she sang French in part of the song in her Quebecois accent. So I was racking my brain trying to figure out which one it was and instead of singing it to myself I went "OH!" and started singing it to him! (In case you are curious the song is called, "This Life" and it's on her debut cd). Anyway, they're all pretty tight...Pete even plays on her new cd, so watch out for that!

The highlights of the evening were Rachel singing Joni Mitchell's "Blue", E and Pete singing "Let My Love Open the Door" and Billy Corgan and Pete singing Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air." Pete sat on the piano bench, playing acoustic guitar for most of the song, then put the guitar on his back (he slid it - you know what I mean) and played the famous piano solo from that song (which he also recorded on the original, as most of you know).

I gave Rachel a pink t-shirt that said "Shine" (and a hug) and I gave Pete an Aboriginal red beaded skullcap from Alishan, Taiwan. I gave it to him in a cool Elvis gift bag. He held the bag up and looked it over and smiled. I hope he liked it! It's pretty wild though - but Rachel told me he'd love it. She's such a sweetie. I will NEVER forget that night, as long as I live.





Here you can see E from the eels (he got a haircut and is wearing wire rimmed glasses) and next to Pete is Keith's daughter, Mandy Moon.































This is Minnie Driver and a friend (it's a bit blurry). I was having a hard time getting good shots as the night went on...





Pete told so many stories...I wish I remembered what he was yappin' about here! :)
He sang "Blue, Red and Grey" on the ukele.







Here Pete is taking the piss out of Roger. He was saying how Rog had become a "Master Thesbian," holding his mug up to the crowd, inviting them to "have some TEA at the THEATRE with MEEEEEEEEEEE!" It was too funny...as you can see!




Pete and E



The finale! (I forget what they sang...isn't that terrible?)









Molly and Justin Kreutzmann



Oh joy oh rapture!!

Jump suits abound and Elton John "can't explain"

What is this all about, you ask?

Stay tuned, and you'll see...



There's a jumpsuit explosion at the end of the song, along with -- mysteriously -- the opening riffs of "I Can't Explain". LOL

I just can't explain it.

A few photos...

Since things have been SO stinkin' quiet around here, I thought I would put up a few of my fave photos and see who had what to say over their boring Thanksgiving afternoon...

everyone else around the world is having a good 'ol regular Thursday and looking forward to Friday...

Blog on Blog dogs

-Lin

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

Is anyone alive out there?
What is evryone up to over their Thanksgiving Holiday weekend?


-Lin

1981 Who concert at RockPalast (Germany) ... radio archive replay

My good friend from the same "unrelated fan site" sent me another pointer tonight to a *concert* replayed on the BBC music archive.

PW sounds wild and wacky! Frenetic!

It's a WICKED show.

Here's the track listing:

Baba O' Riley
Quiet One
Behind Blue Eyes
Pinball Wizzard
Who Are You
My Generation
You Better You Bet
Don't Let Go The Coat
Won't Get Fooled Again
Twist And Shout
See Me, Feel Me

I think this'll only be up for a couple more days so enjoy IT will it lasts. (rather than just "enjoy")

P.S. After the show, the DJ plays McCartney's "Angry" which Pete played guitar on. :-) (This was the first time I've ever heard it.)

Petchel's Child.. finally proof of Neil's Parentage!

Pete talks to Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio-2 (and more)...

A good friend of mine (from a *completely* unrelated fan site!) pointed me to this:

Pete Townshend talks to Johnnie Walker (you have to fast-forward past the first 30 minutes or so to get to the interview ;-) )

and more....

The Hair and The Who - review of Amazing Journey

And all of a sudden we were a Mod band......

Post your comments here on the new Who movie