Fegmaniax Digest Volume 3 Number 1 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Nice to see us all back here. RH Chronology 2.0 Reissues, welcome back, thanks Woj, etc. WOO WOO IT LIVES!!! let 'er rip, billy boy! probably the only chickie on this mailing list... rereleases & newsgroup rhino reissues [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 19:43:00 -0500 From: cornholio boy To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: let 'er rip, billy boy! Reply-To: cornholio boy okay. as of now, i hereby declare the third fegmaniax interregnum *over*. fegmaniax is open for business once again. here's the poop. 1) despite what the headers of this message will probably say, the list's address is fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ^^^^ note the address. change your mail aliases for fegmaniax to that. it's important to remember this since nsmx is an alias for whatever machine we happen to have the list software on here. nsmx is currently ns2.rutgers.edu but it *will not remain such forever*. if you set your alias up right, you'll never have to worry about machine changes here cos the alias will always refer to the right machine. kapish? gut. 2) fegmaniax administrivia is now automated by the majordomo server. the address for that is majordomo@nsmx.rutgers.edu. send a message to that address with the word "help" in the message body and you'll be sent a file on how to use majordomo to unsub, sub or whatever. if you have problems with majordomo, just send me a note. you can either use woj@remus.rutgers.edu or owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu. both will reach me. 3) i've been tooling around with the web lately have set up a fegmaniax home page. it's http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax.html. check it out if you'd like. now that the list is back online, i'm going to do a major rehaul on the page and organize it a lot better. any ideas, assistance or suggestions are welcome. 4) i have collected quite a bit of robyn-related mail that went through my mailbox during the interregnum. at some point, i will post that to the list (probably this weekend). some of it is old news, some of it is concert reviews from the west coast shows, some of it is just fun. 5) the digest still exists as well. if the mail load gets too heavy and you can't keep up, the digest will be your savior. simply unsubscribe from the regular list by sending majordomo a note that says unsubscribe fegmaniax and then send a note which says subscribe fegmaniax-digest if you're clever, you can do both in one message. the digest will remain a manually created thing but i think at some point i will automate it since i will not be around for extended periods of time this year. 6) there is no rule six. 7) i'm sorry this has take so long to get back up and working. finding a home prooved a fairly difficult task (thanks to bryan who offered fegmania.wustl.edu and simone who suggested halcyon; i just decided that having it as close to home as possible was best for me). thanks to all who put up with my periodic "not much longer now" messages. 8) enjoy yourselves. 9) remember: it's nsmx.rutgers.edu! your humble listowner, woj ps. there are two robyn bootleg cds now! i'll post details later this weekend. pps. (or is that pss.?) i have a special surprise coming soon for the list. details are forthcoming once i confirm that it's gonna happen. [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:50:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: let 'er rip, billy boy! To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: mikester@bix.com Woo hoo!!! YESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!! I think that pretty much says it all... And for anyone who hasn't seen it, check out my new sig line: ---Mike ----------------------- "People ask me why I'm obsessed with fish, but it's not true. They're just there" ---Robyn Hitchcock, 3/25/88 ----------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:14:27 +0700 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Reply-To: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Erm testing, one two three... way to go woj! Hello all... Bayard, Michael, Bruce, Ben, Mike, Simon, everyone come on down! Seriously, thanks woj for the work of getting the list back running again. "May God bless it and all who sail in it." as (the veins of) the Queen might say. Anyone got the latest news on the reissues? Are any of them out in the UK or US yet??? James James Dignan, Department of Psychology, University of Otago. Ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk St., St. Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand pixelphone james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz / steam megaphone NZ 03-455-7807 * You talk to me as if from a distance * and I reply with impressions chosen from another time, time, time, * from another time (Brian Eno) [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: rereleases & newsgroup To: Hitchcock Fan-List Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 22:17:53 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Hey Kids - Don't forget that the first wave of Rhino re-releases is due out this coming Tuesday (1/24). Be the first on your block to own the refurbished Hitchcock classics I Often Dream of Trains Gravy Deco Black Snake Diamond Role pester your local music vendor until he acquiesces. And! Bother your local newsadmin until he or she makes alt.music.fegmania available to the starving masses at your site. Oh yeah - and check out my RH homepage: http://uvacs.cs.virginia.edu/~mad5c/fegmaniax/ Waiting for Tuesday, Mike. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- Also available on WWW: http://uvacs.cs.virginia.edu/~mad5c/ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 23:30:16 -0500 From: cornholio boy To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: rhino reissues Reply-To: cornholio boy james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) sez: >Anyone got the latest news on the reissues? Are any of them out in the UK >or US yet??? next week, as mike already mentioned. here's the track listing of all the reissues, according to a mailshot that rhino sent to the folks who had sent their address to the robyn on rhino address. (incidentially, i am willing to pick up copies of the reissues for any folk not on these american shores who would like them badly - drop me a line to discuss if this appeals to you.) Black Snake Diamond Role - The Man Who Invented Himself (original mix from Zinc Pear) - Brenda's Iron Sledge (Amniotic Mix) - Do Policemen Sing? - The Lizard - Meat - Acid bird - I Watch the Cars - Out of the Picture - City of Shame - Love Bonus Selections: - Dancing on God's Thumb - Happy the Golden Prince - I Watch the Cars (previously unissued version) - It was the Night (previously unissued version) - Grooving on a Inner Plane (single version) Gravy Deco - The Complete Groovy Decay/Decoy Sessions - The Rain - The Cars She Used to Drive - It Was the Night - Young People Scream - How Do You Work This Thing - When I was a Kid - Midnight Fish - Night Ride to Trinidad - Fifty Two Stations - Young People Scream - The Rain - America - The Cars She Used to Drive - Grooving on a Inner Plane - St. Petersburg - When I Was a Kid - Midnight Fish Bonus Selections: - Night Ride to Trinidad (special disco mix) - Kingdom of Love (previously unissued mix) I Often Dream of Trains - Nocturne (prelude) - Sometimes I Wish I was a Pretty Girl - Cathedral - Uncorrected Personality Traits - Sounds Great when You're Dead - Flavour of Night - Ye Sleeping Knights of jesus - Mellow Together - Winter Love - The Bones in the Ground - My Favourite Buildings - I Used to Say I Love You - This Could be the Day - Trams of Old London - Furry Green Atom Bowl - Hear Full of Leaves - Autumn is Your Last chance - I Often Dream of Trains - Nocture (Demise) Bonus Selections (Previously unreleased demos): - Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus - Sometimes I Wish I was a Pretty Girl - Cathedral - Mellow Together - The Bones in the Ground Fegmania! - Egyptian Cream - Another Bubble - I'm Only You - My Wife and My Dead Wife - Goodnight I Say - The Man With the Lightbulb head - Insect Mother - Strawberry Mind - Glass - The Fly - Heaven - Bells of Rhymney - Dwarfbeat - Somebody Bonus Selections: - Egyptian Cream (demo) - Heaven (live) - Insect Mother (demo) - Egyptian Creamm (live) - The Pit of Souls (parts I-IV): - I. The Plateau - II. The Descent - III. The Spinal Dance - IV. Flight of the Iron Lung Gotta Let This Hen Out! - Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl - Kingdom of Love - Acid Bird - The Cars She Used to Drive - My Wife and My Dead Wife - Brenda's Iron Sledge - The Fly - Only the Stones Remain - Egyptian Cream - Leppo and the Jooves - America - Heaven - Listening to the Higsons - The Face of Death Element of Light - If You Were a Priest - Winchester - Somewhere Apart - Ted, Woody and Junior - The President - Raymond Chandler Evening - Bass - Airscape - Never Stop Bleeding - Lady Waters and The Hooded One - The Black Crow Knows - The Crawling - The Leopard - Tell Me About Your Drugs Bonus Sections: - The Can Opener - Raymond Chandler Evening (demo) - The President (demo) - If You Were a Priest (demo) - Airscape (live) - The Leopard (demo) Invisible Hitchcock - All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love - Give Me a Spanner, Ralph - A Skull, A Suitcase, and a Long Red Bottle of Wine - It's A Mystic Trip - My Favourite buildings - Falling Leaves - Eaten by Her Own Dinner - The Pit of Souls (Country Version) - Trash - Mr. Deadly - Star of Hairs - Messages of Dark - Vegtable Friend - I Got A Message for You - The Abandoned Brain - Point it at Gran - Let there be More Darkness - Blues in A Bonus Tracks: - Listening to the Higsons - Dr. Sticky Eye - Cynthia Mask - Certainly Clicket - Queen Elvis - Flesh Cartoons - Chinese Water Python - Executioner - Linctus House - Sweet Ghost of Light - College of Ice - Transparent Lover - Beautiful Girl - Raining Twilight Coast - Clean Steve - Agony of Pleasure - Glass Hotel - Satellite - Aquarium - Queen Elvis II Bonus Tracks: - Raining Twilight Coast (Previously unreleased demo version) - Agony of Pleasure (Previously unreleased demo version) - Queen Elvis III (Previously unreleased demo version) You And Oblivion No track info as yet. Will be 70 minutes of previously unreleased recordings according to Rhino, mostly from 1981-87. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 00:47:37 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Nice to see us all back here. Reply-To: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Hello everyone! Its good to be back! Glad we have a list again so we can all hail 1995 as THE YEAR OF ROBYN. Quick question: Someone wrote me a letter mentioning that there is a Robyn demo on a flexi included with a recent edition of THE BOB magazine (I'm assuming this is the infamous Bucketful of Brains) Anyone know what is on it? Does it include an interview with Robyn or an article on him? No one around here carries it but I suppose I can track a copy down if I need to. Question #2: What are these Zinc Pear demos that I'm hearing about? They are mentioned on the reissue flyer (in conjunction with Black Snake Diamond Role rerelease) and I've seen them on people's trading lists, too. Anyone have a track listing? I have a list of all shows (from the Sep-Oct 94 Robyn tour) that exist on tape, and their setlists. If you want me to post them here, let me know. Recent news: Robyn played a secret gig with Morris on Dec. 10th at Rampisham Hall in England. I received word about this, but never heard how it went. A friend of Robyn's that I met on a recent trip to San Francisco says that he is touring in Europe right now (maybe it was scandinavia or sweden, I can't remember....sorry) More later! ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "You don't know what I'm thinking cuz I'm not thinking anything, I used to have a thought or two but now I only smile...." -Lisa Germano ____________________________________________________________________________ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 00:47:10 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: WOO WOO IT LIVES!!! To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: JAY LYALL Howdy All, Texas checking in....waiting for the Jan. 24 releases... whichare really killing me cause I can't deside whether to sell the cd's I've got and upgrade, or just upgrade....sorta like windows and win95...anyways fot those Rhino execs who might get this in their monday morning mail boxes.. think the Robyn box set...nuf said... later folks and congrats on the rebirth Woj..sort like that Frankenstein flick ( which in a Robyn-esque side note what ever happened to the Franken-toad Branagh brings back to life before he gets DeNiro hopping again) jay %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jay Lyall "Capy Toad Blast" "I'd never belong to a club that hist1a@jetson.uh.edu would have me as a member." --Groucho Marx "Some things come in, Some things come out, "When the going gets wierd And next time round the wierd turn pro." I'll be a trout." --Hunter S. Thompson --Robyn Hitchcock %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 02:16:36 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Catron Subject: RH Chronology 2.0 To: moist & cheesy Reply-To: Bayard Catron It's great to be wired in to all of you again. I loved the list last year, but I know this year will hold even greater things for Robyn and the rest of us. Is he really in Europe? (I've got no proof...) Rats, and by the time he gets here to the east coast, I'll probably be over there. bloody hell... Here's a little bit of nothing much to peruse while we finish up the tribute tape. For those who haven't heard (and I'll post about it again after the newcomers-in-waiting subscribe) there is to be a 2-volume tribute album recorded by internet fegmaniax in four countries. I'm considering asking for even more covers, so let me know if you think you might be interested. We'd like to wrap it up pretty expediently at this point as we've been at it for a while. Here's the gumph.... A Robyn Hitchcock Chronology. March 3, 1953. Robyn is born to parents Joyce and Raymond Hitchcock in West London, where he subsequently attends an all-male boarding school. 1965. When his attempts to build a time machine are met with failure, twelve- year-old Robyn becomes disillusioned. Early 70's. Robyn attends, then drops out of, art school. He takes up the guitar and begins writing songs. "Wey Wey Hep a Hole," "Give Me a Spanner, Ralph," and "It's Not Just the Size of a Walnut" are from this time. Late 1974. Robyn arrives in Cambridge with the intention of putting together a band. 1975-76. RH plays every weekend at the Portland Arms Folk Club, where he meets bluegrass guitarist Andy Metcalfe, and is introduced to Morris Windsor by James "The Great One" Smith. Rob Lamb temporarily (he thinks) loans Robyn his band, "Dennis and the Experts". Late 1976. Punk rock is born. Lamb leaves the scene, "Wang Bo" Trotter (Alan Davies) joins as the lead guitarist, and Robyn christens the band "The Soft Boys" onstage in an impromptu fashion, after just writing "Give it to the Soft Boys" that same day. The Soft Boys soon become one of the most popular bands in Cambridge. March, 1977. Demo tape recorded in Robyn's living room. Later that year, the "Give it to the Soft Boys" EP is released on Raw records. Kimberly Rew replaces Wang Bo on guitar, making the band's sound significantly louder and harder. Radar Records signs The Soft Boys and they go into the studio for the "Legendary Radar Sessions," but the only release is "I Want to be an Anglepoise Lamp." Several tracks show up later on _Invisible Hits_. For the next two years or so, the band continues to play to enthusiastic audiences, with notable shows at the Portland Arms (acoustic) and Lady Mitchell Hall (electric). Aug-Nov, 1978. _A Can of Bees_ sessions take place in Spaceward studios, the basement of 19 Clarendon Street, Cambridge. Additional personnel include Jim Melton on percussion, vocals and harmonica, and Gerry Hale on Violin. Engineer: Mike Kemp. For more interesting information, see the CoB liner notes! Robyn later remarked that the highly polished, almost shellac-ed, sound of the CoB songs was due to over practicing-- a lesson well learned, he rarely ever again squeezes the freshness out of a song by overplaying it. April, 1979. After further studio sessions (released on _Invisible Hits_ in 1983) Andy decides to leave the band. Matthew Seligman replaces him on bass, and the band's sound changes once again, leaning slightly towards the pop side of the spectrum. Mid 1980. The classic _Underwater Moonlight_ is recorded for < 600 quid, released on Armageddon, and it's off to America for a series of shows in New York. 1981. The Soft Boys record their final tracks, "Only the Stones Remain" and "The Bells of Rhymney" and these are combined with tracks from the 1977 Hope & Anchor show to make _Two Halves for the Price of One_, also on Armageddon. Robyn cites Andy's absence as a key reason for the breakup; "After he left, it was more just a band playing my songs." With Matthew's assistance, Robyn begins work on his solo LPs, _Black Snake Diamond Role_ released in 1981, and _Groovy Decay_, released the next year. 1982-83. Neither of Robyn's records are met with the recognition they deserve, and he takes a two-year sabbatical, retreating into his visual art and occasionally emerging to write lyrics for longtime friend Captain Sensible. During this time he lives mostly in, around and about Sussex, visiting friends and recording songs later to be released on _Invisible Hitchcock_. Friends Simon Kunath, Justin Grimaldi and The Great One lend their skills to these endeavours. 1983. _Invisible Hits_ is released, with a mail-in offer for _Live at the Portland Arms_. 1984. Robyn enters the cocoon/studio alone and records _I Often Dream of Trains_, widely regarded as one of his greatest achievements, on a Fostex 4- track recorder in two days'(?) time. The Soft Boys' first EP is re-released in England as _Wading Through a Ventilator_; Robyn: "I heard that and it just suddenly seemed to me that we had been extremely good, but somehow we'd got lost along the way... it made me think that getting back together with Andy and Morris might be a good idea...one day's rehearsal and, bang! it was really fresh all over again." Thus was born Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians. 1985. _Fegmania!_ is released. The Egyptians tour Europe and the U.S. with keyboardist Roger Jackson. A concert from this tour (Apr.29.85 at the Marquee) is offered as _Gotta Let This Hen Out!_. _Groovy Decay_ is remixed, re-arranged and re-issued with a different cover as _Groovy Decoy_. 1986. _Element of Light_, another common favorite, is released, as is the _Invisible Hitchcock_ compilation. Most of the back catalog is pressed on CD and cassette, though available in the US only on imports. 1987. Robyn stops eating chicken. 1988. The band signs with megalithic record label A&M and produces _Globe of Frogs_. "Balloon Man" proves to be a very popular radio song. The media notes the emergence and predicts success. 1989. _Queen Elvis_ is released on A&M. "Madonna of the Wasps" gets some radio exposure. At the time, Robyn dislikes the tightness of having to record by committee, but later seems quite fond of the album. 1989-1990. Robyn takes a break from his bandmates, A&M, and production values, and _Eye_ is released on Twin Tone, with a solo tour. The simplicity and elegance of _Eye_ earn it a devoted following. Early on in this period, Robyn is in a bad state mentally, but comes out of it quite nicely after getting _Eye_ out of his system and meeting Cynthia, to whom the next record is dedicated. Around this time he lives in San Francisco, writing songs later to be released on _Perspex Island_; his roommate later opens "Neurotic Records" and Robyn plays a secret gig there in September 1994. Robyn seems to have an affinity for San Francisco and an aversion to Los Angeles, his next stop. In fall of 1990, the fegmaniax listserver is first set up, but soon 'blows its brains out in a freak disk drive accident' -woj. 1991-92. Robyn travels to A&M studios in Los Angeles, where he reunites with the Egyptians and records _Perspex Island_, his most commercially successful album to date. The US/European tour is also quite successful, with an acoustic set concluding the shows. The media notes the high sales volume and predicts even greater success. Two or three songs get significant radio play. The fegmaniax internet list finds a new home. Robyn's father dies of cancer, and _Respect_ is dedicated to (and influenced by) him. 1993. The band takes a quieter, more acoustic turn, in keeping with the _Perspex_ tour's closing sets. The _Respect_ album and tour are met with somewhat limited success. Robyn and the Egyptians are released from their A&M contract. Mrs. Wafflehead takes over the Fegmaniax fan club duties from Sandra and Trudi, offering a special souvenir live _Give it to the Thoth Boys_ tape from a reunion gig in England. Also offered for sale are some of the scarce independent-label cd's. 1994. Robyn tours Canada and Europe with the reunited Soft Boys, the Egyptians, and solo, in support of the tentatively titled _Surfer Ghost_. Fans everywhere wait eagerly for news of this ephemeral release. The Soft Boys lineup varies from show to show, but is always met with ecstatic support. In the latter half of the year, Robyn tours the West coast for a number of solo acoustic/electric shows. Ms. Wafflehead offers a second live souvenir Soft Boys tape from England, _Where are the Prawns?_ All of the non- A&M albums are slated by Rhino for re-release at last, as well as a collection of rare tracks and odds and ends tentatively entitled "You & Oblivion" and perhaps a spoken-word album including the stories from the _Queen Elvis_, _Eye_, and _Respect_ CD booklets. 1995. Robyn plans to tour the east coast of America in the first half of 1995 as well. Other events to anticipate in early '95: the resurrection of the fegmaniax listserv, which died again in October 1994; and the release of _Glass Flesh_, the tribute compilation of RH covers performed by internet fegmaniax. _Surfer Ghost_ may be along late in the year, but it's anybody's guess when a label will come to its senses and offer Robyn a contract. ROBYN RESOURCES VIA PAPER MAIL -Mrs. Wafflehead (US/UK) (merchandise and sporadic newsletters) -Rhino Records (US) (glossy reissues pamphlets have already been sent) -Positive Vibrations Magazine (UK) (currently on hiatus) ROBYN RESOURCES VIA INTERNET -fegmania ftp site (pictures, interviews, articles, liners, lyrics) -fegmaniax listserv (good conversation, information) -fegmaniax home page (www linked to fegmania.wustl.edu and listadmin woj) ....Chronologer's note: Though I take delight in compiling songlists and chronologies, I'm really not much of an insider; all this information was culled from liner notes and interviews. If you have any information to share, or corrections to make, please do. Bayard bayard@rasputin.umd.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 02:22:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Re: Nice to see us all back here. To: "John B. Jones" Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: Bayard Catron Indeed it is! I dunno what the letter writer meant by "recent", John, but there have been at least three flexis issued with the BOB; HtGP in and Surgery in the mid-80's, and "A day in the life" more recently in 91, along with two other, less inspired covers by the sneeches and meat puppets. You probably know this, but I thought it was worthy of note. If there are any others, or unusual Robyn songs I have not noted on my RH songlist/obsession, please let me know, everyone! bayard [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 00:55:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: Reissues, welcome back, thanks Woj, etc. To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: mikester@bix.com >Anyone got the latest news on the reissues? Are any of them out in the UK >or US yet??? Somehow I thought they were supposed to be out on the 17th. But I didn't see them this past week. Ended up getting the new Throwing Muses instead. Maybe I got my dates mussed up and they'll be out this coming Tuesday ---Mike ----------------------- "People ask me why I'm obsessed with fish, but it's not true. They're just there." ---Robyn Hitchcock, 3/25/88 ----------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 08:50:02 -0500 (EST) From: Pamela A Lowy To: for the love of Robyn Subject: probably the only chickie on this mailing list... Reply-To: Pamela A Lowy As I am the above, I salute you gentlemen, and begin my first entry here with a query: I once read that Raymond Hitchcock (Papa, Daddy, and Pater to our dear Mr. Robyn H.) was a mystery writer with science-fiction leanings. Being a tad obsessive, and interested in science fiction, I have several times attempted to have his writings tracked down, unsuccessfully. Does anyone know if these books even exist? It certainly would not be out of character for Uncle Bobby to have fibbed a bit... Anyway, if there are any other female Robyn fans out there, drop me a line. I have a feeling we are few, strangely enough. Take care of yourselves, I am and will continue to be Pam * "Life is a long trip - terrifying and wonderful" - Henry Rollins [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can be found on fegmania.wustl.edu:/fegmaniax and ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax. 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