FOR BADGEHOLDERS ONLY

[Michael Shannon <michaels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Badgeholders,

1.  First of all thanks to all who showed an interest in the "Led
Zeppelin - The Elvis Connection" tape.  All the mail I have received has
been answered and you ahould have your tape soon if not already.  Those
of you who just mailed me your blanks, I will get your tape to you as
quickly as possible.

2.  Robert Plant naked?  Well, what the hell.  If the pictures are out
there and the girls want to check him out then why not?  There are a
tons of nude celebrity sites on the web but I think that most of these
photos are fake. (I know for I have spent countless hours looking for
that all elusive "real" nude pic of Roseanne Barr).  So far all fakes.

3.  I'd like to send a hello out there to some big Zep fans,  Drew and
Geraldine Peabody who used to live out here on the west coast but are
now living it up in New York City.  Hi guys.

4.  Spam.  You gotta love Spam.  Where else are you gonna get ham and
jello combined into one tasty package?
Spam, why is Spam so funny?  Ever see the Monty Python episode where
they sing about it?  Spam Spam Spam Spam, Spamity Spam Wonderful Spam! 
Or something to that effect.

5.  Bummed about the delay of the BBC set.  But if it was gonna clash
with other sets (AC/DC box set "Bonfire" etc...), then it's probably a
good move.  But why couldn't they have bumped it up a week earlier
instead of later?

6.  John Paul Jones naked?  Jonesy will soon be releasing his long
awaited erotic coffee table book.  Similar in all but anatomy to
Madonna's book of a few years back.

7.  Speaking of the AC/DC set "Bonfire", for those of you into the Bon
Scott Years this should be quite a package.  Plenty of live tracks (in
concert and from the studio), alternate song verions and outtakes. 
Sound like the kind of set some of us might like to see from Zeppelin? 
Naw.

8.  Getting back to those questions as to whether or not Zeppelin ever
"peed" on their audiences.  I think I may have the answer in the form of
some astonishing live tapes that have turned up recently.  Supposedly
from one of those rare shows that Zep played in 1976.  The astounding
quality of this recording has to be heard to be believed.  Almost sounds
like a soundboard with great ambience.  Sounds like the taper is in the
front row. And then it happens.  Page is in the middle of his bow solo
and you hear the unmistakable sound of someones fly being unzipped.  Is
it Bonzo or Plant?  Or maybe even Jonesy?  Suddenly we hear what sounds
like a firehose being unleashed and our taper friend suddenly begins
cursing and gurgling.  At this point in the tape the sound becomes very
muffled (sound rating probably goes from a 9.5 to a 3) and then the
recording cuts out all together.  We may never know for sure who the
culprit was.  Let's just pray that the rest of this legendary recording
comes to light someday.

9.  Maybe they delayed the BBC set a week because Page decided it should
be a triple disc set including the full Whole Lotta Love medley and
Sunshine Woman etc...?  Hey a person can dream right?  It will still be
cool.

10. FOR BADGEHOLDERS ONLY.  Someone mentioned that some people might not
connect this name with the group Led Zeppelin when looking for the
mailing list.  But if it gets voted in as the name it should read "For
Badgeholders Only - The Led Zeppelin Mailing List" (Right?).  So it
should not be a problem.  As far as the meaning of For Badgeholders
Only, I think it is the equivalent of For Zeppelin Fans Only, if your a
Zeppelin fan then being on the For Badgeholders Only mailing list is a
good place to be.


Michael Shannon