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17 From the Desk of Philip Mantle 17 From the Desk of Philip Mantle UFO's & Rock - An PM: A question I'm sure you've been FROM THE PAGES OF UFO's & Rock - An interview with Scottish asked before but do you have a favourite out of interview with Scottish BM: It's a tough question. A quick THE ‘X’ TRIVIA all of those you've written ? rock band CEIV answer would have to be 'Small Town'. I rock band CEIV Continued from Page 16 enjoyed doing the lyrics for this one, like a 50s BOOK Continued from Page 16 Sci-Fi movie in song, if you see what I mean! PM: Do CEIV have any new material in by PM: Are all your songs UFO inspired or the pipeline ? UFO related ? BM: We have loads of new material; it BM: Apart from 'The Witch' all of the usually lies dormant scribbled in notebooks etc. Rob McConnell songs are related in some way to UFOs. They Ideas are always coming in and sometimes we are written with particular cases and witnesses' roughly record what we would consider Category: SCI - Science experiences in mind. We meet now and again 'interesting'. I write via the guitar and Brian jnr Category: SCI - Science with various witnesses and get a real feel for prefers using the keyboard, we share the lyrics. what they are saying. On one occasion a top Problem is with us not being fully professional SCI - 70% of the world's oxygen supply is record company manager told us 'If we did we have to put the band on the back burner now produced by marine plants. something other than that UFO stuff we might and then. 'Gabriel's View' is an example of this. SCI - A cubic yard of air weighs about two get somewhere'! The man obviously didn't The storyline is fantastic and was born out of a pounds. know us. It didn't warrant a reply. We love the visit to NW Scotland. Arrangements and SCI - A swarm of 50,000 bees weighs about 10 pounds. mystery of UFOs, meeting the witnesses, sky recording have started though and we are happy SCI - According to NASA, it's nearly impossible watching, attending conferences and best of all with results. Sorry to our fans for the delay but to shed tears in zero gravity. relating it all through our music. I'm positive this will be well worth the wait. We SCI - At it's thickest point, the ice in Antarctica is PM: What has been the reaction to your are critical of our work and more so with this 15,700 feet thick. music from the UFO community ? one! SCI - At this moment, nearly 2,000 thunderstorms BM: We have received a good reaction PM: Is there any chance of seeing CEIV are taking place around the world. from some of the world's top UFO researchers performing live again ? SCI - During most of Earth's history, the North and many have become close friends with the BM: Performing live is where the buzz and South Poles had no ice. band and their families. We got some great is, any band will tell you this. Just recently we SCI - Fish can get seasick. reviews over the years from within the UFO have had a new lease of life. This came about SCI - Humans are the only primates that don't fraternity. I think anyone who knows us realises due to me logging all the bands material have pigment in the palms of their hands. we are serious and it's simply our way of collected over the years, travels, letters, fan SCI - In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more highlighting this fantastic subject. We have mail, photographs, etc. Even Gabriel and Brutus energy than all the world's nuclear weapons some great memories meeting up at conferences (alien mannequins) are getting a dust down. combined. and visiting our friends within Ufology. It's Brian jnr is working at the new website and in SCI - In six moon missions, American astronauts usually during these visits that we also get to between we are both pushing the recording of brought home 843 pounds of lunar rock and soil. meet speakers on close terms and this opens up 'Gabriel's View' but performing live is always SCI - It takes 1,000 years for a drop of ocean a whole new world for us. I will take this on our minds. The Glasgow gig scene is quite water to travel around the world. opportunity to say thanks on behalf of all here at good right now but the venues tend to be quite SCI - It takes about 3 ½ hours for sound waves to C E IV, to all the researchers worldwide who small with some pushing for folk and acoustic travel from San Francisco to New York. understand what we are all about and especially nights. The medium to large rock venues would SCI - It would take 7 billion particles of fog to fill during our early years a special thanks to Jenny obviously be more suitable for a C E IV a teaspoon. Randles, Malcolm Robinson and of course performance as we have a fair amount of SCI - Japan produces more solar power than any yourself Phil. equipment and prefer a bigger stage, plus of other country on Earth. SCI - Most raindrops are round or doughnut PM: What has been the reaction from course Gabriel and Brutus take up room as they shaped, not "raindrop shaped." other musicians to your music ? help with the visuals promoting what we are all SCI - NASA invented the "Dust-Buster." BM: We have lots of friends who are about! And of course the fans love them! We SCI - One billion seconds is about 31.7 years. musicians. We got to know some of them when have agreed though that spring 09 sounds about SCI - Only 48% of the sun's energy actually we had our own rehearsal studio in Glasgow; right. Various leaflets are also handed out at our researches the Earth. others are old friends from back in the gigs and are another way of promoting interest SCI - Science fact: Pure alcohol freezes at - beginning, or bands we performed alongside at in Ufology. We have performed at various UFO 125%F. various venues. Although not necessarily into conferences over the years and will be happy to SCI - Some material brought back from the moon UFOs they certainly appreciate what we are continue to do so! is 4.72 billion years old. doing and enjoy the music. When we perform in PM: If anyone is interested in getting hold of SCI - Sound travels five time fast under water the Glasgow area you will see them in the copies of your CD's how can they do that ? than in air. crowd. We attend their gigs when possible. One BM: To purchase any of our music visit SCI - The age of a star can be estimated by its or two have made it to the top and all the best to our website at: www.ceiv.co.uk - where you can color…typically, the redder, the older. them! also have a listen. All our material is available SCI - The Milky Way galaxy is moving at 170 PM: Are any of your songs based on to buy on CD, or as high quality MP3 digital miles per second. specific UFO events ? downloads through a secure PayPal ordering SCI - The moon's astronomical name is "Moon." BM: Most of the songs we write are facility. Alternatively, contact us by e-mail for SCI - The Venezuelan cow tree's sap looks, feels, based on events within Ufology. Some are other ordering and payment methods. Thanks and tastes like cow's milk. obvious like 'Warminster Night' others are Phil and all the best from CEIV. End of SCI - The word "galaxy" comes from the Greek written through influences like 'Without Interview. gala, for "milk." Consent' after reading the book by Carl Nagaitis SCI - There are an estimated 10 trillion cells in and Philip Mantle. Another example would be If you are looking for something a little your body. 'They Don't Believe You' - this was aimed at the different for a UFO conference then I would To Purchase Your Copy of true witness who finds it difficult to be taken recommend CEIV to keep your guests THE ‘X’ TRIVIA BOOK seriously. 'C E IV' is more or less talking about entertained in the evening. However, if you are THE ‘X’ TRIVIA BOOK what we are doing and 'New Gods' is hitting at into UFOs and rock music then CEIV might just by Rob McConnell, send an email to a possible reason why we are being visited by be right up your street. There 3 CD's Abduction, admin@rel-mar.com and in the subject extraterrestrials. 'MIB Men' speaks for itself and Visions and One Dream are all excellent and are line, ‘X’ TRIVIA. 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