Fegmaniax Digest Volume 3 Number 12 Today's Topics: ------- ------ "Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman" 1980 SB tape Beatle Covers Beatles Covers Beatles covers CD re-issues liner notes GRAVY DECO Ptolemaic Terrascope, anyone? Repeated message Robyn possible soundtrack game Running for cover(s) ScotT/I hear you! Shower activities Soft Boys tape The Man Who Invented Himself Weird SB songs [forward] adminstrivia midnight fish ok, me next. tour [][][][][][][][][][] From: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu Date: 05 Feb 1995 20:16:38 -0300 Subject: The Man Who Invented Himself To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu I remember reading in some random magazine or book somewhere that "The Man Who Invented Himself" is actually supposed to be about Syd Barrett. I like that thought a heck of a lot more than it being about Jesus. Anybody else get the Syd Barrett vibe, or is it just me? daveR. _______________________________________________________________________ | | | "I promised only that you would see some sign of Unicorns, and so | | you have...As for you and your heart and the things you | | said and didn't say, she will remember them all when | | men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits..." | | | | | | -The Last Unicorn | |______________________________________________________________________| *** Another 100% natural S.M.I.L.B.U. production *** [][][][][][][][][][] From: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu Date: 05 Feb 1995 20:29:20 -0300 Subject: CD re-issues liner notes To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu Hey guys and gals...I'm eagerly awaiting the day when I will have enough spare cash to shell out for the new CD re-issues. In the meantime though, I was wondering if any of you might be willing and kind enough to perhaps transcribe the new, and presumably exciting, liner notes for the re-issues, so that those of us without the handy cash might be able to see what Robyn's got to say. Also...anyone know how big Toad's Place is? "And when there's no more tears to cry, there's nothing left to do but laugh..." daveR. _______________________________________________________________________ | | | "I promised only that you would see some sign of Unicorns, and so | | you have...As for you and your heart and the things you | | said and didn't say, she will remember them all when | | men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits..." | | | | | | -The Last Unicorn | |______________________________________________________________________| *** Another 100% natural S.M.I.L.B.U. production *** [][][][][][][][][][] From: RAdams7@aol.com Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 23:43:05 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: CD re-issues liner notes Reply-To: RAdams7@aol.com Cripes, you couldn't pay me enough to transcribe those notes! They are very, very long and extensive, in teensy print. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 05 Feb 95 14:51:44 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Soft Boys tape Reply-To: Russ Reynolds To those of you who have expressed an interest in trading for the previously mentioned tape of the Soft Boys' first US shows: I checked out the tape last night for the first time in years. Quality is not great...it's made from a hand held recorder in the audience, will be at least third generation by the time you get it, and some idiot (probably me) apparently accidentally hit the record button before the tabs had been punched out, so there's about a one second gap in one of the songs (kingdom of love, I think--but it's not over any singing). That would probably turn most of you off were it not for the historical significance of the show and the fact that this could well be the only recording that was made (other than perhaps a locked-in-a-vault soundboard recording). I seem to remember that they did two shows and that this was the second show, but I can't be sure about that information. Set list includes the following, in no particular order: Kingdom of Love Queen Of Eyes Leppo and the Jooves I Wanna Destroy you (twice) Train Comin' Round The Bend (Velvet Underground) Zip Zip (written by a friend of Robyn's, possibly Simon Kunath?) Out of The Picture Strange Positive Vibrations There's more, but I'm going by memory for now. Comments from the crowd (which sounds a bit sparse) are telling as well. At one point somebody yells something like: "you play well, what are you called?" and Robyn responds "We're the Soft Boys" The performance itself starts off a little weak, but after the third or fourth song they really get into a groove (Matthew & Kimberley are WICKED together!). Robyn doesn't do too much talking. After the show there's a few minutes of an interview which I mentioned in my post a few days ago. I don't think that discussion about "The Gift" and "Anglepoise Lamp" is on the tape, but he talks about the Punk Scene and the beginnings of the Soft Boys...it's pretty interesting until the tape runs out. I have no idea if the guy who did the interview and taped the show is even still alive--last I heard he was selling off his record collection to support his heroin habit, so I have serious doubts about whether or not the original still exists. So now you know what you're in for. I'll let you know the exact track listing and tape length within the next couple of days, and discuss trading with you individually. -Russ. rreynolds@ksjo.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 21:24:13 -0500 (EST) From: Pamela A Lowy To: efrat Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: midnight fish Reply-To: Pamela A Lowy Robyn told me that he's fond of Belly, Morrissey, REM and Grant Lee Buffalo, and I know I'm repeating something y'all probably already know, but the Beatles, Syd Barret, Captain Beefheart, and Velvet Underground are also in his favor. He's pals with Captain Sensible, Richard Butler, and loads of other folks. -Pam * "Life is a long trip - terrifying and wonderful" - Henry Rollins [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 21:44:49 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assa To: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: CD re-issues liner notes Reply-To: Gary Assa > Also...anyone know how big Toad's Place is? > Holds about 300 or so. Great place. [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 00:49:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: The Man Who Invented Himself To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: mikester@bix.com > I remember reading in some random magazine or book somewhere that >"The Man Who Invented Himself" is actually supposed to be about Syd >Barrett. I don't have it handy, but I believe the BSDR liner notes have that quote. I agree with liking it better without the religous connotations. ---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: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:39:11 +1300 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Beatles covers Reply-To: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) >A song he should cover by the BEATLES that would be kooky enough for him would >be I AM THE WALRUS, or even EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE... How about "If I needed someone?" It's more his style vocally, if not lyrically, and I've always thought he'd make a damn fine job of it. (for lyrics that sound more Robynesque, I'd like to see him try "Happiness is a warm gun"...) 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) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 10:47:12 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: midnight fish To: palowy@christa.unh.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: JAY LYALL >Robyn told me that he's fond of Belly, Morrissey, REM and Grant Lee >Buffalo, and I know I'm repeating something y'all probably already know, >but the Beatles, Syd Barret, Captain Beefheart, and Velvet Underground >are also in his favor. He's pals with Captain Sensible, Richard Butler, >and loads of other folks. -Pam * > He does seem to have a thing for John Lennon...I was reading "In his own write" and the spaniard something a couple of months ago and coulda sworn I was reading a transcript of a Robyn between-numbers-rambling-bridge-story-kinda-thing.... ...Ok I've got a game for us...if Robyn were to do a soundtrack what movie should he do (have done)? I saw Delicatessen (sp) the other day and found it very Robyn-esque...any others? jay (This damn vax mail editor is screwing up so I'm sending this out again cause I'm not sure it worked the first time...so if there's two copies in you box...well, deal with it) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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, "We'll inherit the Earth, And next time round But we don't want it." I'll be a trout." --Replacements --Robyn Hitchcock %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:23:32 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: ekwall@algonet.se (Christer Ekwall) Subject: Re: midnight fish Reply-To: ekwall@algonet.se (Christer Ekwall) pzzz@mail.utexas.edu (efrat) wrote: > > >while i'm writing i might as well ask-- does anyone know what musicians, >authors etc. that robyn is fond of? > > > >machines can't scream > >efrat In Strange Things Are Happening, 1/1988, Robyn said the following things about JG Ballard's books: "I've read nearly all of them; I liked Empire Of The Sun but thought the mastabatory car-crash stuff was a bit over the top. I'd rather read Tarantula or William Burroughs. I thought it was to frantic, the blood on the sheets stuff - I'd certainly take sex over technology any time! Things like The Drowned World, The Draught, The Illuminated Man, A Woman [][][][][][][][][][] are hundreds of short stories that he wrote up to the mid sixties. Of the more recent stuff, Hello America was alright, Empire Of The Sun very good. It explained an awful lot. The Ballard landscape of he drained river bed with the concrete bunkers and the dead wives and the dead parents hovering off into the corner..." Christer E [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:39:36 -0600 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: Ptolemaic Terrascope, anyone? Reply-To: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) This weekend I saw the latest copy of the magazine _Ptolemaic Terrascope_ (or maybe it's Telescope) -- a psychedelic music magazine published in the UK by Nick Soloman (bka the Bevis Frond). In it was a right tasty article about the Soft Boys by none other than Nigel Cross, and boy did it contain some interesting info, like Soft Boys songs which were never released (anybody ever heard of the cut "Psychedelic Love"?) and hints that songs like "The M'Tempko Stomp" (or whatever) actually do exist, but were never released. Maybe one of you UK Fegmaniax could acquire the magazine and type in the story? The copy I saw belonged to someone else, and I didn't have time to digest the entire story. On an unrelated note, I recently acquired Pink Floyd's "Relics" CD. It amazes me how much the Soft Boys sound like those old Syd Barret-penned songs, especially "Apples and Oranges", "Candy and Currant Bun" and "Scarecrow". But hey, I think that's a Good Thing, and I don't mean to belittle the Soft Boys at all (heck, they are my all-time favorite band). I just find the similarities fascinating. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Writer/Layout/WWW Guy + Tulane Computing Services http://yodelling-hoover.tcs.tulane.edu/GeneHome.html =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ "Money feeds my music machine" -- The Lemon Pipers [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 10:56:13 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: Beatles covers To: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: JAY LYALL >lyrics that sound more Robynesque, I'd like to see him try "Happiness is a >warm gun"...) > How about Revolution 9? hehehehe.... nothing like a good breakfast of Mt.Dew and Pop Tarts to get your posting juices flowing.... 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, "We'll inherit the Earth, And next time round But we don't want it." I'll be a trout." --Replacements --Robyn Hitchcock %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] From: Sharon Northern To: Fegmaniax Subject: Robyn possible soundtrack game Date: Mon, 06 Feb 95 10:53:00 PST Reply-To: Sharon Northern <...Ok I've got a game for us...if Robyn were to do a soundtrack what movie should he To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: 1980 SB tape Reply-To: Russ Reynolds here's the complete track listing list and info: Soft Boys, 1980 (summer? august?) live at The Eighties in New York * first set * Kingdom Of Love Queen Of Eyes Strange I Wanna Destroy You Leppo And The Jooves Only The Stones Remain Nobody Like You Insanely Jealous * second set * Out of the Picture Train Comin' Round The Bend (Velvet Underground) Positive Vibrations Zip Zip (written by JAMES A. SMITH, Maureen & Meatpackers tune) Gigolo Aunt (Syd Barrett) Dancing On Your Thumb (not "God's thumb") I Wanna Destroy You Run Run Run (Velvet Underground) Kingdom Of Love Underwater Moonlight Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd) a portion of an interview follows, whith Robyn discussing the origins of the band, the Punk scene and some other stuff. again, quality is not very good, but the show ROCKS! a 90 minute tape will cover everything. Without the interview it MAY fit onto a :60, but I doubt it--I think the interview runs less than 1/2 hour. If you just want to mail me a cassette I'll gladly cover the return postage. If you want to work out a trade, send me a list of what you have and we'll work something out. Russ Reynolds rreynolds@ksjo.com 4624 Oakdale Street Union City, CA 94587 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 10:50:09 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: CD re-issues liner notes To: gsa@panix.com Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: JAY LYALL >> Also...anyone know how big Toad's Place is? >> >Holds about 300 or so. Great place. 300 toads or people...with Robyn its hard to tell 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, "We'll inherit the Earth, And next time round But we don't want it." I'll be a trout." --Replacements --Robyn Hitchcock %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:46:47 -0500 (EST) From: Eve Emshoff Subject: Re: Beatles covers To: JAY LYALL Cc: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: Eve Emshoff On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > > >lyrics that sound more Robynesque, I'd like to see him try "Happiness is a > >warm gun"...) > > > > How about Revolution 9? hehehehe....> You know, I could actually, really see Robyn doing that. . . .one needs only refer to Invisible Hitchcock for a lot of his off-the-wall one-takes to see this. See Blues in A, Let There Be More Darkness or Point it at Gran for ideas. Or combine the three to come up with your own imaginative offshoot. The Beatles never sounded like THIS. :) Eve [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:36:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Clinton W. Golden" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Weird SB songs Reply-To: "Clinton W. Golden" Well, since we're now on the subject of weird/unreleased Soft Boys songs (thanks to Gene Hopstetter), has anyone else heard some of the Soft Boys rehearsals/demos tapes floating about? I have 2 of them, and although the sound quality is pretty awful, there are some amazing things on these tapes (especially one of them - can't remember which). There are completely different versions of many of the songs (like the Asking Tree and Underwater Moonlight) and songs that I don't have the slightest idea of what they could be. I had "It's Not Just the Size of a Walnut" on tape years before they decided to stick it on the Ryko compilation, and that song isn't even one of the better unreleased ones (in my opinion). I've tried to go through and attribute some names of the "missing" SB songs from the Radar Demos or some of the tracks listed in the Can of Bees CD liner notes, but without any success. The only one I've been able to pin a title on is "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman," whose title I found on the text from the back cover of the "Day They Ate Brick" boot LP. And THAT song kicks butt! (Although I remember hearing that this is a cover. Anyone know?). There is one song that is awesome - but the sound quality on my tape makes it almost unlistenable. The chorus has something to do with "His Deeds are Earthly Done" and quavers through images of someone's "dreaming eyeballs" and other niceties that I can't recall verbatim. If anyone can help me out with these, or maybe provide a earlier generation tape that is of tolerable quality, I would be quite happy. Ecstatic in fact. clint [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 16:12:46 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Re: Weird SB songs To: "Clinton W. Golden" Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: Bayard Catron clint-- is this the "missing" soft boys tape with the o song, pretty woman, vegetable girl etc? I'm supposed to be getting a decent/good version pretty soon. Interested? I'd like to see track listing for your tapes if you have them/have time!! bayard need rare tracks for the robyn-songography! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 06 Feb 95 16:13:11 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: GRAVY DECO Reply-To: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) hello. is there anyone out there? i recently aquired the new rhino release of GRAVY DECO which compiles the two different versions GROOVY DECAY and GROOVY DECOY into one happenin' package. i only had DECOY before and think that the older DECAY deserves to be heard. there are even a couple of previouly unreleased tracks (the disco mix of "groovin' on an inner plane" and another version of "kingdom of love") to make it even more tasty. there is only one version of "fifty-two stations" and "america" which are probably the best songs of the bunch anyway. the liner notes give a nifty peek at robyn's take on the whole project. if anyone is listening/reading/breathing/gurgling behind the hedge; please respond. ken ------- End of Forwarded Message [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 16:19:20 -0400 (EST) From: scott franklin hill Subject: ok, me next. To: robyn hitchcock Reply-To: scott franklin hill Are we still doing the "When I met so and so" thread? I'd like to add my story to it, anyway. You will notice that the meeting itself was less than auspicious, I think that the event might have had implications that reached far beyond a simple snub. This all took place during the Eye tour. At now-defunct Jake's of Bloomington, IN on Halloween of whatever year that was, I was next in line to have my BSDR signed by Him. The guy in front of me was getting a drawing of a pumpkin on his cocktail napkin. "A pumpkin for a lousy old cocktail napkin! Just think what he'll draw on my precious record!" I thought. Rather, that was what I was thinking when he stood up and said, "sorry, gotta run." I took it as a snub. One day later, I was in Cincinatti to see the next night's show, and had just found Can of Bees at Wizard records. High on that discovery, and still disappointed by my close encounter the night before, I approached the woman selling T-shirts, believing she had to be Cynthia. She was, and we talked, and after a few minutes I pulled out my Can of Bees and, yes, asked her to sign it. And yes, she snubbed me. "I didn't know him when he put that record out," was her excuse. Who knows, maybe she was offended that I wanted her sig. soley b/c she was dating someone else. But geez, all I wanted was a signature, and it's not like there was a long line of people waiting to get t-shirts. By now, most Hitchcock fans have more t-shirts of his than they will ever wear, anyway. Okay, to the point. It has been my firm conviction from my first time hearing it that the line in "Driving Aloud" that goes,"Ive got a Harrison Ford poster rolled up in my desk, I'd sign it for you dude, if you'd only request," was a reference to my silly request that Cynthia sign one of Robyn's albums. It's just possible that Cyn. that night said to Him after the show, "there was this one loser tonight who..." and that it stuck with him. Well, I didn't say probable, just possible. I guess if there is a lesson to be learned from all this it is this: the next time you see a posting from shill@indiana.edu, skip it b/c it is probably a waste of time. sorry for the length. scotT [][][][][][][][][][] From: FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 15:15:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: Shower activities To: Fegmaniax List Reply-To: FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU Hello all. I've been reading the list for about 2 weeks and I was hoping that my simple-minded question would be answered without my having to ask it. However, it hasn't come up, and I'm too anxious to wait any longer. When Robyn is explaining why he sometimes wishes he was a pretty girl, what exactly is it that he would do to himself in the shower? I can't figure out what he's saying. Thank you in advance for enlightening me, --Craig Farber [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 06 Feb 95 16:48:35 EST From: To: Subject: "Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman" Reply-To: Clint, "Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman" was originally recorded by Fairport Convention for their FULL HOUSE album, although it wasn't used. The track saw the light of day on Richard Thompson's album (GUITAR,VOCAL). The song was written by Thompson and Dave Swarbrick. I didn't know Robyn covered this one! I knew he covered Thompson's "Calvary Cross", but not this. Good song. -- Owen Ooops. I sent this reply to Clint only, so fer the rest of ya .. "Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman" was an outtake from Fairport Convention's 1970 album FULL HOUSE. The song was eventually released on Richard Thompson's album (GUITAR,VOCAL). It was written by Thompson and Dave Swarbrick. Great song! -- Owen [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 23:50 GMT+0200 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: hardaker@iaccess.za (Mike Hardaker) Subject: Re: Beatles Covers Reply-To: hardaker@iaccess.za (Mike Hardaker) On 6th Feb, James Dignan wrote: >How about "If I needed someone?" It's more his style vocally, if not >lyrically, and I've always thought he'd make a damn fine job of it. (for >lyrics that sound more Robynesque, I'd like to see him try "Happiness is a >warm gun"...) Hmm... I could see RH doing Strawberry Fields (and I gather he does :-)), but also some of the earlier Lennon-penned numbers, like I'm a Loser, Hey, You've got to Hide Your Love Away and so forth... and I guess Help would be interesting, with the harmonies the Egyptians can muster. But then, Glass Onion would be *really* interesting, and Acrross the Universe might be not entirely unpleasant... It's hard to come up with a clera picture as RH, at his best, combines the harmonies of the early Beatles with the imagery of the later Lennon songs and (IMHO) the musical intelligence of the later Harrison numbers, without falling neatly into one or another pigeon-hole. At his worst (hey - I'm a fan, but nobody's perfect, especially people who have the guts to experiment), he has the whimsey (without any supporting 'depth') of the sloppier 1966-70 period Beatles songs - or, if you prefer, the Syd Barrett-period Floyd stuff which doesn't quite work (or [he said, pushing his eMail package's capacity for subordinate clauses to the limit] the - albeit charming - dregs of British psychedelia such as Status Quo's 'Pictures of Matchstick Men', The Move's 'Flowers in the Rain', or Cream's 'Tales of Brave Ulysses'). I fell as if that last sentence should have ended something like ')]) - as it were, so to speak) actually)' - apologies to those who prefer simple sentences... Mike ************************************** * Mike Hardaker hardaker@iaccess.za * ************************************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 17:20:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Re: Shower activities To: FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU Cc: Fegmaniax List Reply-To: Bayard Catron On Mon, 6 Feb 1995 FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU wrote: > > When Robyn is explaining why he sometimes wishes he was a pretty girl, > what exactly is it that he would do to himself in the shower? I can't > figure out what he's saying. It sounds like it could be a number of things, and it usually is... (as is often the case in Robyn's work)... in an interview I have , Robyn states that it was originally "stab", then "rape", but these he decided were 'too unfortunate' so it ended up just being "uunnnhh!". You can still hear "stab!" in at least one channel on the last verse, if you listen very carefully. I guess he left one in. He went on to say, "it's about _Psycho_... a person wishing to be someone killed by somebody pretending to be sombody else." Or something to that effect. circular, elegant, yet confusing as hell. bayard [][][][][][][][][][] From: Sharon Northern To: Fegmaniax Subject: ScotT/I hear you! Date: Mon, 06 Feb 95 14:51:00 PST Reply-To: Sharon Northern ScotT: I really feel bad for you, being the next person in line when Robyn got up and left. If it's not rubbing it in too much, what did the pumpkin look like that he drew on the guy's napkin who was in front of you? Smiling? Frowning? Angry? Squashed? As far as Cynthia snubbing you, that's a weird one. If I were her, I'd be so nice to Robyn's fans, it would make his head spin. If it's any consolation, she's history now, from what I've heard from this group. I got a sadistic chuckle imagining his last sentence to her was "Snub MY fans, will you?" : ) -Sharon [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: Beatle Covers To: Hitchcock Fan-List Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:06:13 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Way back when (I think it was the Respect tour) he closed Mountain Stage with a rendition of Tomorrow Never Knows. Unfortunately it gets interrupted by credits. I'm not sure if they actually interrupted him during his performance, or if this was done during production. Anyway, he did a decent job, although not the sort of thing I'd suspect he could do if he took it in the studio.... I'd like to hear him do it again. And "Mr Moonlight", too. Mike. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- Are you sure you really want to do this? [ny] [][][][][][][][][][] From: RAdams7@aol.com Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:08:58 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Repeated message Reply-To: RAdams7@aol.com Apparently some folks out there have been getting mutiple copies (at least 20!) of my last post and are getting quite righteously upset. I just want to let everyone know that the problem is NOT at my end. It must be a problem with the Fegmaniax server. For what it's worth, I only received the post once here on AOL, and have never had anyone elses' post repeated, either. All Best to Those Affected, Benjamin Adams [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:30:40 -0500 (EST) From: Nancy Tice To: Gary Assa Cc: father bungholio , fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: tour Reply-To: Nancy Tice Ticket Master didn't know anything about the toads place date. Looks like I'll have to make a road trip to get tickets. Nancy Nancy Tice: nwe@panix.com [][][][][][][][][][] From: SHMAC@delphi.com Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 19:42:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Running for cover(s) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply-To: SHMAC@delphi.com I love the idea for the soundtrack game. I've always thought "The Tin Drum" was Robyn's cup o' tea. So if Nirvana had covered "My Wife...", would they have called it "Smells Like Blythe Spirit"? [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:58:21 -0500 From: father bungholio To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: [forward] Reply-To: father bungholio one misaddessed note. >From owner-fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Sun Feb 5 18:44:08 1995 >Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 18:44:07 -0500 >From: owner-fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >Apparently-To: > >>Anyone have a target release date for the next round of reissues? > >According to the ICE newsletter, February 28 is the release date for >Fegmania, Gotta Let This Hen Out, and Element of Light. > >________Paul Cohen________________pmcohen@netaxs.com________________________ > Philadelphia, PA http://www.netaxs.com/~pmcohen/ > > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 20:17:56 -0500 From: father bungholio To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: adminstrivia Reply-To: father bungholio folks, i apologize for the repeated message that plagued some mailboxes yesterday (although mine was not one of them and i didn't know what was up until a couple people pointed it out to me). turns out that a file system on ns2.rutgers.edu filled up and majordomo got stuck in a loop. that said, i'd appreciate it in the future if people who have these problems contact me not the entire list. use owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu to reach me or my regular address: woj@remus.rutgers.edu. sending this kind of complaint to the list is pointless since they can't solve anything and it annoys me. plus, i'd also appreciate it if people who complain would do so in a kinder tone. i don't need nastygrams from you folks for something i don't know about or can't solve myself. thanks. second, i'm heading off to spain tomorrow night. this means that the last digest until this weekend will be sent out tonight or tomorrow morning. i'm sorry for the digest subscribers but i don't have the time to get the autodigester working before i leave. woj [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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