Talk:Mono (UK band)

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  • Obtain photograph. Freely-licensed ones are unlikely. Try to obtain photography credits for the better colour photos floating on the web. Known photographers who worked with the band: Zanna, Malcolm Venville. Maybe one of the magazine articles has photo credits?
  • The "lost" music videos:
    • Find a video copy of "Silicone".
    • Verify the very existence of "Slimcea Girl" and "High Life" videos beyond just director credits.
  • Obtain these sources listed below.
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Now there is an article of mono band

[edit] Call for missing print sources

I am currently looking for the following magazine articles relevant to this article. Any information on locating these would be greatly appreciated.

  • Toliver, Chris (March 1998), "Mono Knows the Way to San Jose", CMJ New Music Monthly (no. 55): 20-21, ISSN 0007-2353
  • Rule, Greg (May 1998), "Plug-In: Five Questions with...Martin Virgo of Mono", Keyboard 24 (5): 14, ISSN 0730-0158
  • Thackray, Jerry (June 1998), "The Big Picture: Mono", Vox (no. 92): 21, ISSN 0960-300X
  • Harris, Keith (June 1998), "Low Profile: Mono: One-Track Minds", Alternative Press 12 (119): 26, ISSN 0011-6798
  • Details, June 1998
  • NME album review, October 1997
  • Rolling Stone album review, no. 738, April 2, 1998, pg. 74
  • Stereoplay (Germany) album review, no. 10, October 1997, pg. 157
  • bc Magazine (Hong Kong), November 1997
  • Request magazine, April 1998
  • University Reporter Washington, May 1998
  • Melody Maker, singles review section, vol. 73, no. ??, November 16, 1996, pg. 46

Thanks, –Unint 05:55, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I found the Keyboard interview in a database called IIMP my university subscribes to. I think others should be available through such databases. Would it be easier to copy the articles I find to a talk subpage? Cool Hand Luke 02:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the reply. What do you think of the progress here so far?
I'm using IIMP myself right now, and the top four are the ones that I found through such databases; however, my university doesn't seem to subscribe to databases that actually carry these magazines. For instance, ProQuest only has issues of Keyboard starting from July 1998 — almost there. But you say you can access the full text as well?
Not sure about posting copyrighted material directly into the site; probably best done off-Wiki. I think one of the WikiProjects coordinates these things through email. –Unint 03:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I just realized that copyright problem. Silly me. You don't take email?
I think subscriptions difer depending on the institution. Actually, I'm sure of that because I remember the libraries in Salt Lake County gave me the two local dailies back to the 1980's, but I'm forced to rely on LexisNexis' post-1996 coverage here because they only have text for the last five years here.
Anyhow, I looked into all of them now, and the Keyboard Q&A seems to be the only one I have. We have Rolling Stone in more than one database, but there seems to be an issue/month mismatch. #738 would be in 1996. Also the publication is biweekly, so "April" is ambiguous, but it doesn't seem to be any of those issues. It seems that the only reference to Mono at all is "Great Expectations: The Album", Roling Stone, James Hunter, 02/05/98 Issue 779, p58, 1/4p. Brief review on the soundtrack—I have the full test on it too, but Mono is only mentioned for one sentence. (The song is reportedly a "too-easy rewrite of a late Abba tune ('Life in Mono')".) Or is there a seperate publication called Rolling Stone Review? I assume you have the material from Billboard? Cool Hand Luke 06:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Oops, forgot to configure my account for email. Done now.
Rolling Stone situation is very strange: I forgot to copy down the date (April 2), but the database still stands by that information. Also, maybe I shouldn't have stuck that "review" at the end as it does say just Rolling Stone. I think I will check our library's microfilm or bound copies when I get the chance.
Billboard: I have archived text of the album review from the Internet Archive (vol. 110, #9), and two brief articles (I've used both for citations at Life in Mono (song)). That's all I know of.
Thanks, –Unint 06:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Ah, the April 2 issue is 783, so I bet they just transposed the numbers. I still don't find the review, but it doesn't show any articles for p.74, so perhaps it just never found its way into ebsco. Emailing you the Keyboard article. You've done a great job here. Oh, and Billboard. In addition to "Mercury's Mono evades pop stereotypes with 'Blues'" and "The modern age" we have:
  • "Singles: New & noteworthy", Larry Flick, 11/08/97, Vol. 109 Issue 45, p76, 1/6p—reviews of three bands, including short initial coverage of Life in Mono.
  • "Dance music moves forward with `Life in Mono'" 11/08/97, Vol. 109 Issue 45, p32, 5/6p—1500-word article that uses Mono as a jumping-off point to write about supposed trends in dance music.
  • "Atlantic has `great expectations' for set", Paul Verna, 11/22/97, Vol. 109 Issue 47, p13, 3/5p, 2bw—what it sounds like, only partially about Mono, 1000 words.
  • "Albums: Pop", Paul Verna, 02/28/98, Vol. 110 Issue 9, p70, 1/6p—incl. Formica Blues review, probably what they had on their site.

Let me know if any of this would also be useful. Cool Hand Luke 07:16, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Got it; thanks. Also, it turns out I can access the rest of these Billboard articles as well, so no need to trouble you about that.
If that's everything that can be found at the moment, I guess all I can do is wait for something else to turn up. (Random Google searches still seem to locate the most unlikely things.) –Unint 19:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)