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User unknown' Your message follows: Received: from cs.umb.edu by mintaka.lcs.mit.edu id aa13986; 5 Jun 93 2:02 EDT Received: from wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu by cs.umb.edu with SMTP id AA04186 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sat, 5 Jun 1993 02:00:38 -0400 Received: by wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) id ; Sat, 5 Jun 93 02:00:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Jun 93 02:00:18 -0400 Message-Id: <9306050600.AA22378@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu> From: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (society of dark birds) Subject: Fegmaniax Daily Digest To: fegmaniax-digest@gnu.ai.mit.edu FEGMANIAX Digest Volume 1, Issue 39 Today's topics: ------- ------ Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest soft boys releases Re: soft boys releases Re: robyn the starving artist (fwd) Re: robyn the starving artist Re: Robyn's waistline RE: The Soft Boys LP's [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 09:21:17 -0400 From: Steven Michael Maser Subject: Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest A new question: Recently I got my hands on the Rykodisc release of "Underwater Moonlight" and thoroughly enjoyed it. Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? - Steve [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Subject: Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest Date: Fri, 04 Jun 93 09:52:20 -0400 From: silva@mond1.ccrc.uga.edu Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? - Steve RobYn seemeD to be pretty excited by the prospect of Invisible Hits being released, but I passed it over in the binsfor Underwater Moonlight, because "Hits" didn't have "I Wanna Destroy You" on it. JoE [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 04 Jun 93 10:18:45 EDT From: goya! Subject: soft boys releases Steve Maser asks: >Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? the genereal tendency is to rate _underwater moonlight_ as the best thing that the soft boys ever did. it encompasses all their influences nicely without sounding to derivative and packs a mighty wallop in the process. personally (and this may be just becuase it took me longer to find a copy of um so i'd already devoured the other two) i prefer bees and hits. bees is a lot rougher and lacks the finesse that moonlight has, but it hits home a little harder as a result. hits is often dismissed as a throwaway album of outtakes and stuff, but i find it incredibly dense and intriguing. plus, it has probably my fave soft boys track: "the asking tree." so there you go: a dissenting opinion. +woj [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: 04 Jun 93 16:54 GMT From: TCLARK@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Clark, Thomas) Subject: Re: soft boys releases woj writes: >hits is often dismissed as a throwaway >album of outtakes and stuff, but i find it incredibly dense and intriguing. >plus, it has probably my fave soft boys track: "the asking tree." YES! bent like a question mark, Tom [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] From: seven@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Susan Johanna Even) Subject: Re: robyn the starving artist (fwd) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 17:20:51 METDST > > > > Money? Earlier on, when Element came out, in reference to the wealth > > > question, Robyn claimed to not own any silk shirts. But he does have > > > a sense of commerce, albeit perhaps a tasteful one. When questioned > > > about all the Hitchcock 'product' (i.e. t-shirts, etc.) he said > > > that yes, there would be that, but it would be as good as he could do it. > > > > > But he does wear Paul Smith Suits (those loud suits of his). A Paul > > Smith suit is most of a grand. I don't have one. Although I'm on my > > second Paul Smith shirt :-) > > > > &. > > (you know? it took me the longest while to understand what that ampersand > was doing in your name, Andy...) > Goes back a *long* time. Over ten years now. I'ts got to the point that even my (manual) signature has an "A" which looks like a distorted "&". As the 2-or-so people on the list who've met me mundanely can testify, I also wear an ear stud shaped like an "&". > Regarding Paul Smith (hey, perhaps Robyn could use that as a song title > some day, it sure sounds obscure enough): would this be the label on > THE Queen Elvis Shirt he wears? the one with the multi-national flag > collection on it... (You haven't got one of these prints, have you?) > Yep, I'd guess so. (I've never studied the cover of QE, since it isn't published in britain (q.v.)), but that was *well* into his Paul Smith stage. If you're in London, the Paul Smith shop's worth a look. It's in Floral St, which is immediately behind Covent Garden Station (opposite the Opera House shop). Every foreign tourist to London goes to Covent Garden. The shirts I have are a *very* loud paisley (bought when Trudi first found out the Paul Smith connection, and we had to go there). That was ~ 7-8 years ago, so that shirt's work out now. Oh sorry, *comma*, and a sort of brown one that isn't that silly at all. But it was in a sale. The time I went with 'Trul, she bought a shirt with the same pattern as the one he wears on the 'Hen video. Came down to her knees. I think PS has a shop in NYC... (and Paris?? I know there's one in Tokyo, but :-) One range had stuff like oil paintings of fruit and, (if you will :-), fish on it. I always wondered why RH never wore one of them.... &. [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] From: seven@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Susan Johanna Even) Subject: Re: robyn the starving artist Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 17:01:57 METDST > > Money? Earlier on, when Element came out, in reference to the wealth > > question, Robyn claimed to not own any silk shirts. But he does have > > a sense of commerce, albeit perhaps a tasteful one. When questioned > > about all the Hitchcock 'product' (i.e. t-shirts, etc.) he said > > that yes, there would be that, but it would be as good as he could do it. > > > But he does wear Paul Smith Suits (those loud suits of his). A Paul > Smith suit is most of a grand. I don't have one. Although I'm on my > second Paul Smith shirt :-) > > &. (you know? it took me the longest while to understand what that ampersand was doing in your name, Andy...) Regarding Paul Smith (hey, perhaps Robyn could use that as a song title some day, it sure sounds obscure enough): would this be the label on THE Queen Elvis Shirt he wears? the one with the multi-national flag collection on it... (You haven't got one of these prints, have you?) susan [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: 4 Jun 93 14:24:32 PDT From: Jemiah.Levon.Jefferson@altosax.reed.edu (Jemiah Levon Jefferson) Subject: Re: Robyn's waistline Aw, c'mon, guys. =) Actually I argued with my fellow Robynians for hours after the show about whether he was getting a bit squidgy... they denied it up and down but I held out. I happen to think it's cute, especially when he wears the jean jacket with nothing under it. In terms of his wardrobe, I'm sure you've noticed that he seems to own about ten shirts, all of which he acquired about ten years ago (fer example, the loud 80's colour mad shirt on the back of "Hen Out" was still in service as of last year, and he's worn the same hideous hawaiian pink and green thing two years in a row to his shows in Portland). He does have very good quality shoes though. He's got more money than me though. I guess I can aspire to having a legion of loyal fanatics who will buy any album, bit of art, comic, or movie that I ever make, allowing me to switch flats every couple of years and buy Paul Smith suits. Or at least a yearly pair of Doc Martens (definitely mandatory in any socialist regime, I say). and what's up with his haircut? devoted fashion cop, eeyore [and at least he doesn't have a hunchback and wear a faded bathrobe looks like he just rescued it out of the bin, like Ed Ka-Spel of LPD -- small mercy] [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 11:48:37 PDT From: "Nathaniel R. Leas 04-Jun-1993 1139" Subject: RE: The Soft Boys LP's >Recently I got my hands on the Rykodisc release of "Underwater Moonlight" >and thoroughly enjoyed it. >Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? Most of my friends who have listened to all three prefer UM. If I forced to rank them in order of *my* preference, I'd put UM last CoB first (guess where that leaves IH...) I like CoB best 'cause it's crunchy ... (anyone remember Quarry cereal?) I said!!!... I've always thought UM goes further in experimenting with psychedelic production and arrangements. CoB has a much rawer sound, and the live stuff is incredible. Robyn's solo on "Cold Turkey" is one my favourites of his. I also love all the vocal and guitar harmonies throughout both CoB and IH. Get both and go to heaven (a chorus of angels in the background) /* Rob --------- Superlatives are the worst. --------------------------- */ [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Archives can be found on ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax. For administrative questions, subscription requests, and all that boring crud, send mail to fegmaniax-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu. Slipping you the midnight fish... 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User unknown' Your message follows: Received: from wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu by mintaka.lcs.mit.edu id aa14031; 5 Jun 93 2:03 EDT Received: by wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) id ; Sat, 5 Jun 93 02:00:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Jun 93 02:00:18 -0400 Message-Id: <9306050600.AA22378@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu> From: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (society of dark birds) Subject: Fegmaniax Daily Digest To: fegmaniax-digest@gnu.ai.mit.edu FEGMANIAX Digest Volume 1, Issue 39 Today's topics: ------- ------ Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest soft boys releases Re: soft boys releases Re: robyn the starving artist (fwd) Re: robyn the starving artist Re: Robyn's waistline RE: The Soft Boys LP's [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 09:21:17 -0400 From: Steven Michael Maser Subject: Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest A new question: Recently I got my hands on the Rykodisc release of "Underwater Moonlight" and thoroughly enjoyed it. Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? - Steve [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Subject: Re: Fegmaniax Daily Digest Date: Fri, 04 Jun 93 09:52:20 -0400 From: silva@mond1.ccrc.uga.edu Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? - Steve RobYn seemeD to be pretty excited by the prospect of Invisible Hits being released, but I passed it over in the binsfor Underwater Moonlight, because "Hits" didn't have "I Wanna Destroy You" on it. JoE [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 04 Jun 93 10:18:45 EDT From: goya! Subject: soft boys releases Steve Maser asks: >Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? the genereal tendency is to rate _underwater moonlight_ as the best thing that the soft boys ever did. it encompasses all their influences nicely without sounding to derivative and packs a mighty wallop in the process. personally (and this may be just becuase it took me longer to find a copy of um so i'd already devoured the other two) i prefer bees and hits. bees is a lot rougher and lacks the finesse that moonlight has, but it hits home a little harder as a result. hits is often dismissed as a throwaway album of outtakes and stuff, but i find it incredibly dense and intriguing. plus, it has probably my fave soft boys track: "the asking tree." so there you go: a dissenting opinion. +woj [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: 04 Jun 93 16:54 GMT From: TCLARK@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Clark, Thomas) Subject: Re: soft boys releases woj writes: >hits is often dismissed as a throwaway >album of outtakes and stuff, but i find it incredibly dense and intriguing. >plus, it has probably my fave soft boys track: "the asking tree." YES! bent like a question mark, Tom [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] From: seven@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Susan Johanna Even) Subject: Re: robyn the starving artist (fwd) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 17:20:51 METDST > > > > Money? Earlier on, when Element came out, in reference to the wealth > > > question, Robyn claimed to not own any silk shirts. But he does have > > > a sense of commerce, albeit perhaps a tasteful one. When questioned > > > about all the Hitchcock 'product' (i.e. t-shirts, etc.) he said > > > that yes, there would be that, but it would be as good as he could do it. > > > > > But he does wear Paul Smith Suits (those loud suits of his). A Paul > > Smith suit is most of a grand. I don't have one. Although I'm on my > > second Paul Smith shirt :-) > > > > &. > > (you know? it took me the longest while to understand what that ampersand > was doing in your name, Andy...) > Goes back a *long* time. Over ten years now. I'ts got to the point that even my (manual) signature has an "A" which looks like a distorted "&". As the 2-or-so people on the list who've met me mundanely can testify, I also wear an ear stud shaped like an "&". > Regarding Paul Smith (hey, perhaps Robyn could use that as a song title > some day, it sure sounds obscure enough): would this be the label on > THE Queen Elvis Shirt he wears? the one with the multi-national flag > collection on it... (You haven't got one of these prints, have you?) > Yep, I'd guess so. (I've never studied the cover of QE, since it isn't published in britain (q.v.)), but that was *well* into his Paul Smith stage. If you're in London, the Paul Smith shop's worth a look. It's in Floral St, which is immediately behind Covent Garden Station (opposite the Opera House shop). Every foreign tourist to London goes to Covent Garden. The shirts I have are a *very* loud paisley (bought when Trudi first found out the Paul Smith connection, and we had to go there). That was ~ 7-8 years ago, so that shirt's work out now. Oh sorry, *comma*, and a sort of brown one that isn't that silly at all. But it was in a sale. The time I went with 'Trul, she bought a shirt with the same pattern as the one he wears on the 'Hen video. Came down to her knees. I think PS has a shop in NYC... (and Paris?? I know there's one in Tokyo, but :-) One range had stuff like oil paintings of fruit and, (if you will :-), fish on it. I always wondered why RH never wore one of them.... &. [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] From: seven@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Susan Johanna Even) Subject: Re: robyn the starving artist Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 17:01:57 METDST > > Money? Earlier on, when Element came out, in reference to the wealth > > question, Robyn claimed to not own any silk shirts. But he does have > > a sense of commerce, albeit perhaps a tasteful one. When questioned > > about all the Hitchcock 'product' (i.e. t-shirts, etc.) he said > > that yes, there would be that, but it would be as good as he could do it. > > > But he does wear Paul Smith Suits (those loud suits of his). A Paul > Smith suit is most of a grand. I don't have one. Although I'm on my > second Paul Smith shirt :-) > > &. (you know? it took me the longest while to understand what that ampersand was doing in your name, Andy...) Regarding Paul Smith (hey, perhaps Robyn could use that as a song title some day, it sure sounds obscure enough): would this be the label on THE Queen Elvis Shirt he wears? the one with the multi-national flag collection on it... (You haven't got one of these prints, have you?) susan [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: 4 Jun 93 14:24:32 PDT From: Jemiah.Levon.Jefferson@altosax.reed.edu (Jemiah Levon Jefferson) Subject: Re: Robyn's waistline Aw, c'mon, guys. =) Actually I argued with my fellow Robynians for hours after the show about whether he was getting a bit squidgy... they denied it up and down but I held out. I happen to think it's cute, especially when he wears the jean jacket with nothing under it. In terms of his wardrobe, I'm sure you've noticed that he seems to own about ten shirts, all of which he acquired about ten years ago (fer example, the loud 80's colour mad shirt on the back of "Hen Out" was still in service as of last year, and he's worn the same hideous hawaiian pink and green thing two years in a row to his shows in Portland). He does have very good quality shoes though. He's got more money than me though. I guess I can aspire to having a legion of loyal fanatics who will buy any album, bit of art, comic, or movie that I ever make, allowing me to switch flats every couple of years and buy Paul Smith suits. Or at least a yearly pair of Doc Martens (definitely mandatory in any socialist regime, I say). and what's up with his haircut? devoted fashion cop, eeyore [and at least he doesn't have a hunchback and wear a faded bathrobe looks like he just rescued it out of the bin, like Ed Ka-Spel of LPD -- small mercy] [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 11:48:37 PDT From: "Nathaniel R. Leas 04-Jun-1993 1139" Subject: RE: The Soft Boys LP's >Recently I got my hands on the Rykodisc release of "Underwater Moonlight" >and thoroughly enjoyed it. >Are "Can of Bees" and/or "Invisible Hits" as good as UM or not? Most of my friends who have listened to all three prefer UM. If I forced to rank them in order of *my* preference, I'd put UM last CoB first (guess where that leaves IH...) I like CoB best 'cause it's crunchy ... (anyone remember Quarry cereal?) I said!!!... I've always thought UM goes further in experimenting with psychedelic production and arrangements. CoB has a much rawer sound, and the live stuff is incredible. Robyn's solo on "Cold Turkey" is one my favourites of his. I also love all the vocal and guitar harmonies throughout both CoB and IH. Get both and go to heaven (a chorus of angels in the background) /* Rob --------- Superlatives are the worst. --------------------------- */ [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] Archives can be found on ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax. For administrative questions, subscription requests, and all that boring crud, send mail to fegmaniax-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu. Slipping you the midnight fish... [] [] [][] [][] [] [][] [][] [] [] ** End of FEGMANIAX Digest **