From TCARLSTO@DREW.DREW.EDU Tue Dec 7 03:47:47 1993 Received: from drew.drew.edu by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 03:47:47 -0500 Received: from DREW.DREW.EDU by DREW.DREW.EDU (PMDF V4.2-11 #4128) id <01H66N1QEO2O0000US@DREW.DREW.EDU>; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 03:47:29 EDT Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1993 03:47:29 -0400 (EDT) From: TCARLSTO@DREW.DREW.EDU Subject: is anybody alive? Breathe in, breathe out... To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Message-Id: <01H66N1QJRC20000US@DREW.DREW.EDU> X-Vms-To: IN%"fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT So, has the tape tree begun to blossom yet? I haven't received anything, but then I am only a lowly leaf.... Has anyone heard ANYTHING about what Robyn is going to do for a label? Was it a mutual termination? I figure he'd go to Rykodisc, with the Soft Boys coming out thereon. There's not many artists recording actively for that label--most are reissues--but they have some standouts, like Sugar. Actually, that's the only standout I can think of. But whatever. Todd "These days I couldn't care less" Carlstrom From @rpms.ac.uk,@mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk:jturner@rpms.ac.uk Tue Dec 7 04:25:11 1993 Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 04:25:11 -0500 Via: uk.ac.rpms; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 09:23:37 +0000 Via: mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk; Tue, 7 Dec 93 10:29:40 GMT Received: by mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA22866; Tue, 7 Dec 93 09:25:10 GMT Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 09:25:10 GMT From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) Message-Id: <9312070925.AA22866@mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk> To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Lope at the Astoria The Soft Boys + Weddings Parties Anything + The Liberty Cage Robyn Hitchcock - Andy Metcalfe - Kimberley Rew - Matthew Seligman - Morris Windsor The Astoria, London 15th January 1994 Eight Pounds and Fifty Pence. Information from a flyer given to me outside the Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday, but not looked at until last night. Jonathan. jturner@rpms.ac.uk From J.W.Davies@reading.ac.uk Tue Dec 7 04:48:14 1993 Received: from sussdirt.rdg.ac.uk by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 04:48:14 -0500 Received: from csres.cs.reading.ac.uk by susssys1.reading.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <17001-0@susssys1.reading.ac.uk>; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 09:47:30 +0000 Received: from pierrot.Csres by csres.cs.reading.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10204; Tue, 7 Dec 93 09:41:46 GMT Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 09:41:46 GMT From: J.W.Davies@reading.ac.uk (Jim Davies) Message-Id: <9312070941.AA10204@csres.cs.reading.ac.uk> Received: by pierrot.Csres (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA03817; Tue, 7 Dec 93 10:17:17 GMT To: J.W.Davies@reading.ac.uk Cc: andyh@cogs.sussex.ac.uk, fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Martin Newell/ Cleaners/ etc. Someone just emailed me asking about the relevance of my last posting to Fegmaniax. The answer is simple: the posting was about good music, and it's likely to be of interest to Hitchcock fans. There's also a loose connection (there almost always is) in that both Martin and Robyn have written lyrics for the Captain. Martin was brought in to replace Robyn on "Revolution Now" and "The Universe of Geoffrey Brown". The Cleaners from Venus were part of the late eighties wave of psychedelic pop. There were a lot of bands involved, the best were championed by Bucketfull of Brains and Alan Duffy's Acid Tapes label. The Mock Turtles were perhaps the most successful, having a hit single in the UK with Can You Dig It. [ Alan Duffy founded Imaginary Records in 1987. Robyn appeared on his Byrds tribute. Neither Martin nor Robyn appeared on the Syd Barrett tribute, although (1) both are fans of Barrett's work, and (2) it's brilliant. ] If you like the magical side of the Egyptians' music, which shines through on Fegmania and Element of Light, then there's a good chance that you'll like at least one of these bands. The Cleaners (on "Going to England") are a good example. You might also like some of Paul Roland's work. I happen to think that the Dentists are brilliant. But then I'm more "pop" than "psych". Which is why I think that Ringo are the best new band in the world. So there. It's of interest. I got a phone call from the Garage last night to inform me that the tentatively-rescheduled gig on the 19th is cancelled. Robyn also cancelled the gigs in Bristol and Sheffield. We're hoping that there will be a tour in the New Year, but we haven't heard anything. The only tour plans that I know of are the Soft Boys dates in the U.S. Jim From etlprnw@etlxd20.ericsson.se Tue Dec 7 06:34:07 1993 Received: from mailgate.ericsson.se by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 06:34:07 -0500 Received: from etlxd20 (etlxd20.ericsson.se) by mailgate.ericsson.se (4.1/SMI-4.1-MAILGATE1.14) id AA25072; Tue, 7 Dec 93 12:33:59 +0100 Received: from etlxd32f.ericsson.se by etlxd20 (4.1/SMI-4.1-LME1.6) id AA20023; Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:33:55 GMT From: etlprnw@etlxd20.ericsson.se (peter new xd/gke x.4621 ) Received: by etlxd32f.ericsson.se (4.1/client-1.3) id AA00328; Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:33:52 GMT Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:33:52 GMT Message-Id: <9312071133.AA00328@etlxd32f.ericsson.se> To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Lope at the Astoria > The Soft Boys + Weddings Parties Anything + The Liberty Cage > > Robyn Hitchcock - Andy Metcalfe - Kimberley Rew - Matthew Seligman - > Morris Windsor > > The Astoria, London > > 15th January 1994 > > Eight Pounds and Fifty Pence. > > Information from a flyer given to me outside the Hammersmith Apollo on > Saturday, but not looked at until last night. > > Jonathan. > jturner@rpms.ac.uk > In response: Spotted this on saturday in Rounder Records, Brighton; The Soft Boys + Robyn Hitchcock The Concorde, Brighton 14/1/94, 6 pounds Pete.. From @rpms.ac.uk,@mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk:jturner@rpms.ac.uk Tue Dec 7 10:14:04 1993 Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 10:14:04 -0500 Via: uk.ac.rpms; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 14:40:58 +0000 Via: mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk; Tue, 7 Dec 93 15:47:00 GMT Received: by mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA06581; Tue, 7 Dec 93 14:42:30 GMT Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 14:42:30 GMT From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) Message-Id: <9312071442.AA06581@mpcc3.rpms.ac.uk> To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Stephen, Are You There ? Apologies for the semi personal nature of this posting. My mail to Stephen Meats bounced several times so Stephen, the info is: The Astoria is at the top of the Charing Cross Road, just by Tottenham Court Road tube station. I don't have a box office number with me, but can mail you one if you send me your email address. (Actually, can you send that anyway ? Just 'replying' doesn't seem to work, and I can't work out a useable address). Jonathan. jturner@rpms.ac.uk From Benjamin.M.Brainard@Dartmouth.EDU Tue Dec 7 11:12:33 1993 Received: from coos.dartmouth.edu by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:12:33 -0500 Received: by coos.dartmouth.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA10521; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 11:12:18 -0500 Message-Id: <5089709@dasher.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 07 Dec 93 11:12:21 EST From: Benjamin.M.Brainard@Dartmouth.EDU (Benjamin M. Brainard) Subject: Re: is anybody alive? Breathe in, breathe out... To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Re: the tree. I've assembled the final structure, but I still await the seed...once I get that, it should be a couple days before things really get rolling. If I become motivated a bit later today, maybe I will post the final structure, just to whet some appetites.... oh, and in fulfilling my duties as concert co-chair here at the illustrious dartmouth college, I happened to notice that Robyn was touring with the Egyptians around next april. Of course, I think I'm the only one at this school who has heard of him (where are you Espen?), so we had to pass him over :-( squash it, ...b From Benjamin.M.Brainard@Dartmouth.EDU Tue Dec 7 11:25:31 1993 Received: from coos.dartmouth.edu by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:25:31 -0500 Received: by coos.dartmouth.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA16523; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 11:25:12 -0500 Message-Id: <5089996@dasher.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 07 Dec 93 11:25:15 EST From: Benjamin.M.Brainard@Dartmouth.EDU (Benjamin M. Brainard) Subject: Re: Martin Newell/ Cleaners/ etc. To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu --- Jim Davies wrote: The only tour plans that I know of are the Soft Boys dates in the U.S. --- end of quoted material --- wow. when did this come about? Are there any confirmed dates as of yet? Is rykodisc coordinating the tour? From gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Tue Dec 7 13:40:18 1993 Received: from rs3.tcs.tulane.edu by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 13:40:18 -0500 Received: from [129.81.224.149] ([129.81.224.149]) by mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (8.6.4/8.5) with SMTP id MAA35623; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 12:39:34 -0600 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 12:39:34 -0600 Message-Id: <199312071839.MAA35623@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: 12-inch Comix Here's Robyn's poem from the _I Often Dream of Trains_ vinyl. Being that his handwriting's sometimes difficult to read, and it comes from a very old typed copy of it, I can't vouch for spelling, indentations, and line breaks, but here it is nonetheless. ++++++ Five clattered Fegballs -- Each, a painless ram Whose pincers gouge the clotted silence Tender and infinite -- As we watch the wallpaper. So the five appear From wrinkled, steamed beginnings, the bulges swell Five eyes! Five heads! Five orbs! Globes! Oh God of Bulbs! The wall is giving birth again. Five infant slots, blinking and dreaming On behalf of the soft, electric house And we behold the gashes part and flutter It's lunchtime and five open eyes Reflect the four square windowpane New eyes, aging out of innocence Throid onions in a swelling wall... ...the plants retreat, the cat sheds fur. The furniture doth knot itself. Here's Cynil! Come to dust the falls; He whistles in on roller-skates And points his feather thing But stops -- five staring eyes turn on his clothes Leave him to flee in smouldering shame It's three o'clock -- the mitered lids Can hardly hold the straining orbs The room is silent Except for the sound of muscular contractions Then falls the first An orange flop And Autumn's first pumpkin hisses to the floor A second squeezes from her slit And shoots across the room To splat, deflating on the soup-tureen Now click, now clack, now Cynil's back -- in Sophie's drag -- With lipstick, stockings and a fag -- or is it Sophie's anyway? -- Enter Renfrew, the soda butler They prize the three remaining eyes Mellow and putrid From their slots -- they're ripe, and come out easily -- And serve them in a nest of claws and lettuce Somewhere out of doors. Five fegballs seeded, swollen, grown and gone Five sutures in the flaming wall Five fleshy tubers, hanging limp Vestigal, umbilical They fall like pork scratchings And are swept away Five maroon scars that slowly heal Till next time someone needs a meal Gene Hopstetter, Jr. +++++++ gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Writer Guy +++++++++++ Tulane Computing Services From ST3CR@Jetson.UH.EDU Tue Dec 7 17:40:19 1993 Received: from Rosie.UH.EDU by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 17:40:19 -0500 Received: from Jetson.UH.EDU by Jetson.UH.EDU (PMDF V4.2-11 #5185) id <01H67DKLB4XS8X0D23@Jetson.UH.EDU>; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 16:33:24 CST Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1993 16:33:03 -0600 (CST) From: The Man Who Invented Himself Subject: Soft Boys Tour Dates? To: feg:; Message-Id: <01H67DRNBFL08X0D23@Jetson.UH.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT What are these so-called U.S. tour dates? Anyone? **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ * C. Aaron Lowe | "Time runs backwards, at the end; @ * "Waiting for the Great | You turn into a child again @ * Leap Forwards." | Then you're dust." @ * st3cr@jetson.uh edu | --Robyn Hitchcock @ **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From jilla70398@aol.com Tue Dec 7 20:05:57 1993 Received: from mailgate.prod.aol.net by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Dec 93 20:05:57 -0500 Received: by mailgate.prod.aol.net (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA00903; Tue, 7 Dec 93 20:05:20 -0500 From: jilla70398@aol.com X-Mailer: America Online Mailer Sender: "jilla70398" Errors-To: Reply-To: Message-Id: <9312072005.tn114462@aol.com> To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Tue, 07 Dec 93 20:05:17 EST Subject: Label Woes? T. Carlstrom writes asking what Robyn is doing for a label, and asking if this is a mutual termination. Has A&M dropped Robyn? If so, when did this happen? Never heard anything about it. Can't say I'm surprised, since his record sales aren't quite in the Garth Brooks range, but it's still very sad. Hope some enterprising label that's more interested in quality than the bottom line will pick him up. Can anyone confirm Soft Boys dates for the U.S.? Is this a one-off reunion tour, or are they planning something more permanent, like maybe even a record? Any info is appreciated. "Septicemia always wins" - R. H. Jill