AETHERPHON, global theremin family

A lot of consensus over here seemed to be that the hosts of the show 
were kinda arses, but given the light nature of the show it could 
probably not be otherwise.  The American (or at least New Yawk) 
equivalent would be Pamelia appearing on the Howard Stern show.  (Of 
course, Howard is on the opposite end of the spectrum from Paul O'Grady. :-)

But many folks who posted earlier wished that you'd had more time and 
opportunity to stretch out as a performer and that your bit was *way* 
too short!


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Lunette Records wrote:
> Hola David & Gang,
> 
> Yes!  The Channel 4 show was a success!  But judge for yourself...You can
> see the evidence on my website:
> http://www.hypnotique.net/multimedia/video.htm
> Did I come off looking like an idiot or a star?  You decide!!
> 
> Overall the experience was good - 8 members of 'mable' - Masami Takeuchi's
> 17-piece theremin orchestra from Japan - were in the studio audience which
> made it quite pressurised.
> These things are so carefully planned and slick - I felt like there was some
> censorship at play here (in the rehearsal when they said 'where did the
> theremin come from?' - I was vettoed from using the word 'communist russia'.
> ) They also - between the soundcheck and the live show (yes, this was live
> TV!) - removed the logo from my theremin by putting black tape on my
> Etherwave Pro without my permission.  I didn't notice until I got home and
> watched the playback. A branding opportunity lost (along with perfect
> lacquer finish on the Pro).   Par for the course, I guess,  this was one of
> the biggest family shows on British TV and my weird occult-ish logo probably
> wouldn't have gone down well with Mrs Trellis from Shoreham-by-Sea.  Anyway,
> I've had positive feedback and people have been getting in touch via My
> Space
> (http://www.myspace.com/misshypnotique - FYI!)
> 
> I'm keen to thereminists thoughts on this.  I do all kinds of underground
> things and I think mainstream TV is a nice, subversive contrast (I'm a 'z
> list' celebrity!!) - but other people may think I'm selling the instrument
> short and demeaning it by doing these things.  Let's start a dialogue about
> it!
> 
> PS - love what you're doing with Spellbound forum, David, definitely
> necessary to have an alternative to Levnet.
> 
> Miss Hypnotique
>