Fegmaniax Digest Volume 3 Number 19 Today's Topics: ------- ------ "Oh what will you give me ..." "Refer Your Friends?" Contest Art Analysis Groovy Help Guitar tab Hitchcock tab I something you... Joni Mitchell McCartney? Miscellany Portland Arms CD Rhino re-release brochures Rhino's partly owned by Atlantic Robyn as Syd Stand Back Dennis? You've got a friend in David. address please cokebottle bustlines john's genius? misc trax tour dates wey wey hep a hole [][][][][][][][][][] To: millikan@pasco.wednet.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Groovy Help Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:30:00 -0500 From: Thomas Narten Here is the scoop on groovy decoy/decay. Consult woj's URL for details on the reissues. (http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax.html) >Date: Sun, 25 Jul 93 15:02:57 -0400 >From: bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Connors) >To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu >Subject: decay vs. decoy >Reply-To: bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Connors) > > > >I have the 1985 rerelease of "Decay" on German label Line >Records. I have "Decoy" on Glass Fish/Relativity from 1986. >Finally, I have a lengthy discography dating from just after >"Globe of Frogs." Here is the info I glean by comparing these >three sources. I haven't re-listened to the LPs to confirm >with my ears what the sleeves and the discography say, so >some things may be wrong. > >Groovy Decay Albion Records ALB110 1982 UK > Nightride to Trinidad^1 > Fifty Two Stations > Young People Scream^1 > The Rain^1 > America > The Cars She Used to Drive > Grooving on an Inner Plane^2 > St. Petersburg > When I Was a Kid^2 > Midnight Fish^1 > >(The superscripts denote versions when there are more than one.) >(Grooving^1 was on a 1981 flexi given away with the Man Who >Invented Himself 7" Armageddon AS 008 1981 UK. Kid^1 was on >Soft Boys 7" Love Poisoning Bucketful of Brains BOB1 1981 UK.) > >Decay was reissued by Line Records (mine says Albion, a division >of Line Music GmbH) in 1986 (Sleeve) or '87 (discography). >Discography says: "Same tracks as original but suposedly >adding "How Do You Work this Thing?" and "It Was the Night"; >however, it was mispressed so that a truncated version of >"America" missing a line of the first verse, and a measure here >and there, appears on the disc where "It Was the Night" should >be. White vinyl." > >My version has white vinyl and "It Was the Night" indeed is >missing, with a version of "America" in its place. I didn't >confirm that it's different from the version on side 1. >Mine also has "How Do You Work this Thing" after "America" on >side 1. Track order otherwise as above. The number on the LP >and in the discography is ALLP 4.00008 J. > >My copy of the sleeve credits as follows: > >Guitars & vocals:RH >Bass: Sara Lee [ex League of Gentlemen, later Gang of 4, B52s] >Sax: Anthony Thistlethwaite >Drums: Rod Johnston >Produced by Steve Hillage at Advision Studios >Engineered by Nick Cook >Re-Mixed by Peter Wooliscroft >Special Assistance: Richard Bishop & James A Smith >Sleeve: Ken Ansell & RH >Photograph: Gavin Cochrane > >The front cover has RH holding unlit cigarette, leaning on a >table, on which is a wine bottle with a burning candle in it, >a plastic skull, a pineapple, an empty goblet, some (fake?) >poop, some green apples, some avocadoes, a lighter, and some >kind of brown round hard looking thing. The plastic skull >is wearing Raybans. Sitting at the table, or behind it, is >a skeleton. RH is looking upward, wearing a black suitcoat >and dark shirt. Back cover is same tableau but RH has taken >a bite from one of the apples, is holding the bitten fruit >his left hand, and has his hand over his mouth and an >ambiguous maybe laughing maybe crying look on his upper face. > >Groovy Decoy Midnight Music CHIME 00.19 1985 Holland > Fifty Two Stations > America > Nightride to Trinidad > How Do YOu Work this Thing? > The Cars She Used to Drive > It Was the Night > Young People Scream^2 > The Rain^2 > When I Was a Kid^1(? blurry on my discography, > could be 2 0r 3) > Midnight Fish^2 >Reissued Glass Fish/Relativity Records 88561-8082 US >LP says 1986; discography says 1987. >(OOPS! On "Decay" reissue above both LP & discography >say 1985. No time to edit, sorry.) > >The version #s above come from discography but sleeve >suggests that only tracks 1-4 above come from >original "Decay." Assuming "How Do You Work This >Thing" was the one added to 1985 reissue, and "It was >the Night" is the track that should have been added >to that one as well, >"Cars" should say version ^2 as well. > >Credits are as on "Decay" for tracks 1-4. Substitute >Matthew Seligman on Bass on other tracks. Sax & drums same. >Produced by M. Seligman at Silo Studios. > >Getting kicked off; hope this helps! > >-- >TJC "Surprisingly tasty..." > The Jazz Butcher ("JB v. Prime Minister") > >Internet: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 14:48 BST >From: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) >To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu >Subject: Groovy Dec[oa]y + others. > >OK, it's been so long since I listened to Groovy Decoy that I sat >down last night and listened to the whole thing. What's the difference >between the two? Well, the way the songs on Decoy are mixed, they sound >like Robyn - that is they have the same "band sound" as on most of the >Egyptians albums. Decay, on the other hand, doesn't. Decay was the first >Robyn album I bought. Spring 1983, in the remaindered bin of a little record >shop in East Street Horsham which is long gone now. I remember noticing the >album, thinking "Oh, that's the guy who did _The_Man_who_Invented_Himself_", >and buying it. > Getting home and playing it was one of those odd experiences which will >be familiar to anyone who's bought The Doors' "The Soft Parade". You put the >record on, and then go and check the record label and the sleeve just in case >the record shop has put Johnathan King's Greatest Hits in the sleeve by >mistake. Or perhaps it's Robyn's evil twin Skippy! Or.. Or... > >Suffice to say, Steve Hillage's arrangement doesn't really resemble Robyn's >usual style (and remember, this was before Fegmania, even a year before >IODOT, all we had to compare was the Soft Boys and Black Snake). > >On the other hand, a bit of effort, and you realise that Decay has some >of Robyn's classic songs. America is *still* one of my all-time favourites. >When decoy came out, I'd got so used to the sound of Decay that I couldn't >bear to listen to the new versions. So my copy of decoy sat there un-listened- >-to. Until last night. > >A few other queries, to keep things bubbling: > >These are lyrical features which have confused *me* over the years. > >1) Where is Semaphore St? I'm sure it's a dead famous street somewhere >in a US city, but I'm buggered if I know where. > >2) Ever since I first heard "Lady Waters and the Hooded one" I've had this >nagging feeling that it comes from a folk song. It's such a familiar story. >Trouble is, I can never place quite which one. Anyone know? I'd love >to find out the actual original. > > >-&. > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:27:33 -0600 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jmittell@students.wisc.edu (Jajasoon Tlitteu) Subject: Miscellany Someone wrote: I've never heard either of the Byrds covers, The Bells of Rhymney (sp?) or 8 Miles High. The Bells of Rhymney isn't a Byrds cover (although the Byrds might have done it as well). It was written by venerable folkie Pete Seeger (back when he wasn't as venerable) about Welsh mining towns & strikes. I sang this song in my high school choir & was quite amused when I heard Robyn's version (sounds much better than my high school choir, though we had better Welsh pronounciation). Mike asked: And where can I get a copy of Live Death? I got my copy at one of those weekend record sellers conventions when it first (didn't) come out and paid $25 for it. I would imagine that by now most copies of it (anyone know how many were printed?) are in the hands of folks whose hands enjoy it being there more than the money it's worth. If you're interested in a dub, email me privately with trading options. And of course I was not implying that Robyn was not brilliant pre-Lennon's death, but rather that his genius took on new dimensions. -j ******** jajasoon tlitteu (jmittell@students.wisc.edu) "You've probably heard that Microsoft has recently taken over the Catholic Church. The Vatican was pleased, saying, 'Well, we've been using icons for over 2000 years, and Microsoft has only been using them for 3, so we figure we'll be able to help them out a bit.'" [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 14 Feb 1995 06:35:41 -0800 From: "Mark Gloster" Subject: Re: Groovy Help To: "Thomas Narten" Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply to: RE>>Groovy Help Thomas, thanks for the groovy help. I am amazed at how much information and devoted research people on the net have on subjects that I really care about. I have never been floored by my copy of _Groovy Decoy_. I listen to any other RH, RH&E, or SB album that I own before I listen to it. >2) Ever since I first heard "Lady Waters and the Hooded one" I've had this >nagging feeling that it comes from a folk song. It's such a familiar story. >Trouble is, I can never place quite which one. Anyone know? I'd love >to find out the actual original. I was sure that this song had to be a Scottish folk tune when I first heard it. It reminded me of some of the bits that fellow brit Robin Williamson (who Robyn H. has covered before) performs. The Scotts tend to write extremely depressing yarns and ditties of the supernatural- they seldom show any hope. I was compelled to look immediately at the liner notes on that song to be sure, and if my mind hasn't completely turned to partially crusted, deeply-yellowed, gravity-defying oatmeal, Robyn H. was credited with full authorship. (Then again, Ian Anderson was able to get credit and royalties for his interpretation of Bouree). LWATHO could have come from one of the popular folk tales of the region, but most of the good ones were previously put to music. I guess the short answer is, "Duh, I dunno." That is all the blather that my sleep-deprived grey matter and digits can muster at this time. Thanks for making it this far. All the best from the Mac guy in the west. Ciao for now. -Mark Gloster mark_gloster@quickmail.apple.com "While Monday's lunch was turning into Friday's science project, I was thinking of you." -Me, "Monday's Lunch" (some of my songs just crack me up) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 14 Feb 95 10:23:42 EST From: To: Subject: "Oh what will you give me ..." Jajasoon Tlitteu wrote: > The Bells of Rhymney isn't a Byrds cover (although the Byrds might have > done it as well). It was written by venerable folkie Pete Seeger (back > when he wasn't as venerable) about Welsh mining towns & strikes. The Byrds definitely covered it. I haven't heard the original, but Robyn's version always seemed like a cover of the Byrds' cover. Nice "chimey" guitar and everything. -- Owen [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 09:06:40 -0800 From: camus@netcom.com (Julian Stewart) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Hitchcock tab I'm quite thankful to all those who have been posting tablature for Robyn's songs. I'm curious as to whether the songs we have so far are being archived at the Fegmaniax sites.... thanks, julian [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 08:46:43 PST From: lroberts@bellahs.com (Laurence Roberts RD) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Rhino's partly owned by Atlantic > Besides, Rhino is kind of the Switzerland of labels - they can get a license > to reissue stuff because of their "neutrality" which other labels can't. Actually, Atlantic bought a part share of Rhino, which explains why it's easy for Rhino to release stuff from Atlantic's back catalog. I found this out in the current Vanity Fair article on the shakeup at WEA. By the way, I've heard from more than one source (including directly from one copyright holder) that Rhino has not been paying the royalties they owe on the DIY compilations. Larry-bob lroberts@bellahs.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 13:41:03 EST From: "Balloon Man" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: "Refer Your Friends?" Contest I remember that Rhino were running a "refer two friends to Robyn" contest a bit ago. Is this still going? I've gotten two friends into RH recently and would like to enter but I've checked the Rhino WWW site etc. and could not see something on this. Anyone know if this is going and have the info? If you can help me please write me privately at jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca Thanks in advance :-) Slainthe!, Jeff "PAUL : What's the difference between that and a pigeon? PAUL'S DAD : What do you mean? The pigeon's on a ledge and this is on the plate!" - Mad About You, 02/02/95 ** JEFF LAWRENCE (jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca) ** Grad Student, Imaging Research Labs, Robarts Research Institute University Of Western Ontario, P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive London, Ont., CANADA, N6A 5K8 Ph:(519)663-5777 ext. 4028 URL : http://www.irus.rri.uwo.ca/~jlaw/home.html [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 14:00:05 -0500 (EST) From: Eugene B Mirman Subject: I something you... To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu I went to try and purchase a copy of "I Something You" and it wasn't in any record store, they told me they'd probably have it in a few weeks...ARRRRG! Oh well. -Eugene [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 13:59:22 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assa To: Robyn Subject: tour dates The only east coast date I know is Toad's in New Haven. Are there any others either in Boston, NY, Philly, Washington? There is no one to call like a booking agent, since there is no label. How can I find this info out? Someone out there must know if he will be in their area. I thought I heard rumblings about Amherst. --------------------------------------------------- 1. Earth is 98% full. Please delete anyone you can. 2. I came, I saw, I deleted all your files. 3. The world will end in 5 minutes. Please log out. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 14:13:50 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: bourbie@tiac.net (bourbie) Subject: Guitar tab I discovered Robyn during my freshman year in college (1988) and since then, I have learned how to play a large chunk of his songs. I'm not saying I'm the best guitarist in the world, but I have a good ear for figuring stuff out from records. So! If anyone needs help figuring out any Robyn stuff, please feel free to give me a holler! Josh [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:26:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Robyn as Syd To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >And in 1974, in Cambridge, a hitherto unknown singer-songwriter-guitarist >suddenly appeared on local stages with a gift for quirky lyrics and music... Not only that, but also plays a Telecaster... Seriously, have we ever seen them in the same room together? ---Mike ----------------------- "People ask me why I'm obsessed with fish, but it's not true. They're just there." ---Robyn Hitchcock, 3/25/88 ----------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:26:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: john's genius? To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >has a different head because he's the one that was never an Egyptian. Sorry to blow a hole in your otherwise good theory, but neither was Mathew Seligman. ---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, 14 Feb 1995 15:57:11 -0500 (EST) From: Three-Ears Subject: Re: misc trax To: Fegmaniax List On Mon, 13 Feb 1995, Bayard Catron wrote: > 'Phween' and 'You and Oblivion' are potential names for the same thing, > correct? Looking forward to that one. Hope it's 90 minutes long. Throw > it all on there! I was under the impression -- and mind you, I get most of my Robyn info from this list -- that Phween! was the spoken-word compilation, and You Et Oblivion was the rarities CD. However, I've only seen one or the other cited whenever a rerelease schedule was posted, so perhaps this is total rubbish. Have any Boston area fegmaniax found I Something You yet? Has anyone? There's one salesperson at Newbury Comics round here that hates me for some reason (I think because I keep buying CDs there, but you never know) and I therefore don't even have a store to bother continually about it coming in... Aaron -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the stereo: The Fall, "B-Sides 458489"; Shriekback, "The Dancing Years"; Til Tuesday, "Welcome Home"; Game Theory, "The Big Shot Chronicles"; The Fall, "The Frenz Experiment". --;--;--@ [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: cokebottle bustlines To: bayard@rasputin.umd.edu Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:58:18 -0500 (EST) Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Says Bayard Catron: >> >> BTW, nice theory on the SB 1976-81 band painting, Mike, but how do you >> explain "kimberley's" cokebottle bustline? Would RH be so bold as to >> change the sex of the loudest soft boy, and make him a fish-scarved saint >> in the process? By the way, I too am a firm believer in the "single Y >> theory." (big grin) [...] Of course Kimberley is "The Man With a Woman's Shadow". The picture is of the band's image in some alternate reality, or their 'shadows', if you will. And Matthew Seligman doesn't count because he wasn't one of the "original" Soft Boys, i.e. the ones that played on A Can of Bees. Mike. <- as capable of spewing nonsense as the next guy. ...and for my next trick I'll do in-depth exegesis as to how Happy the Golden Prince's real name is Clint. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny] [][][][][][][][][][] From: Cynthia Peterson To: Fegmaniax Subject: Art Analysis Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 15:42:00 PST >I think the 'melonhead' in the dress with the bubblepipe is Kimberley >Rew. He wears the dress because he's the one with a woman's name, and he >has a different head because he's the one that was never an Egyptian. >And the bubblepipe? Because he's making 'pop' music now, instead of >interesting stuff like RH&E are. Great analysis, Michael! What can you tell us about the Respect cover painting? CP [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 18:01:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Dolph Chaney, vox/gtr, PORT RADIUM" Subject: Re: "Refer Your Friends?" Contest To: jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Jeff, Are you referring to the little slips inside the re-issues, in which they offer a free Robyn lithograph if you refer two friends (who each get a cassette sampler) to Rhino? As I understand it, it's not a *contest*; everyone gets a lithograph if they send in their friends' addresses. If I'm wrong, I'll be very sad, but please tell me so my hopes don't stay up. Dolph st56t@jetson.uh.ed u [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 16:52:20 PST From: lroberts@bellahs.com (Laurence Roberts RD) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Rhino re-release brochures I was at Mod Lang in Berkeley this weekend, and they had a stack of Rhino's brochures about their Hichcock re-releases, in case anyone who lives in the area needs one for their scrapbook. Larry-bob lroberts@bellahs.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 15:25:52 +1300 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: McCartney? From: jmittell@students.wisc.edu (Jajasoon Tlitteu) >Thanks for the work, James, on the chords to this song. One difference in my >hearing of it: >Third line of the verse (Everyone worries so much about themselves) isn't G#m >Bm A but rather G#m C#m D A >Or at least I think so. I'll stick with the Bm, but if C#m sounds better to you, go for it :-) >Anyway, it's true that this is possibly the most Beatlesque song ever written, >by the Beatles or not. But it's a Paul song (except the lyrics are good), not >a John song. Personally I think that Robyn inherited John's genius on that >dreadful day in December, 1980. Can anyone else think of any songs of RH that >sound more like Paul than John besides this one? I always thought "Madonna of the Wasps" was McCartneyesque. BTW - remember, one of the dedications of "Respect" is to John Lennon. --- >Yeah, if any of you guys out there have NOT heard Guided by Voices, you should >rush out right now and pick up their album "Bee Thousand"! It contains some of >the most beautifully melodic/rockin'/lyrically obtuse songs that I've heard in >years. Hmmm... sounds like the writer of this is someone else who should hear the Muttonbirds, New Zealand's most melodic/lyrically obtuse/rockin' blah blah blah. Check out their self-titled album. Luvly stuff. 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: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 21:46:52 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: pmcohen@netaxs.com (Paul Cohen) Subject: Re: Miscellany >The Bells of Rhymney isn't a Byrds cover (although the Byrds might have >done it as well). It was written by venerable folkie Pete Seeger (back >when he wasn't as venerable) about Welsh mining towns & strikes. I sang >this song in my high school choir & was quite amused when I heard Robyn's >version (sounds much better than my high school choir, though we had better >Welsh pronounciation). Not quite correct. The Bells of Rhymney most definitely is a cover of the Byrds arrangement of the old Seeger classic. So in effect, it's a cover of a cover. ________Paul Cohen________________pmcohen@netaxs.com________________________ Philadelphia, PA http://www.netaxs.com/~pmcohen/ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:29:40 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: You've got a friend in David. Anyone read the latest issue of Goldmine magazine? The cover article concerns another songwriter/painter, Joni Mitchell. As I read the article, I couldn't help but draw parallels to Robyn. The author talks of Joni's body of work done as an artist, not a commodity. May I quote? "And certainly it is as an artist that Mitchell sees herself. Her early career was not a steady, unbroken climb to popularity, but rather one in which Mitchell frequently felt unsuited and which she came close to abandoning several times." "In the last 20 years she has continued to release albums to a steady, if relatively small, audiencee and has been kept on major record labels due to long personal associations and the prestige of her name. Her long time friend David Geffen, for whose Geffen Records label she recorded from '82 to '91, says "Even though we lost money on every one of her records, we always treated Joni as one of the most important artists in the world." Makes me wish Robyn and David Geffen had been next door neighbors about 20 years ago, so he could make all the records he wanted, and make them how he wanted them. Not actually David Geffen per se, you know what I mean. The man (Robyn) deserves a plush major label contract. He deserves RESPECT. Just my .02 worth. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:36:39 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Portland Arms CD I can't find the original article to follow-up to, but I too, have always longed for the release of Live at the Portland Arms CD. I have always joked to people that this was the very first UNPLUGGED CD, and that it is the major influence for the big acoustic thing that has swept thru bands careers (REM to name one). Do you think that the Ryko Soft Boys stuff sold well enough to warrant them releasing this??? Would a letter writing campaign help? Did anyone pose this question to Robyn himself as part of the virtual interview thing? I'd be interested in what he has to say about this. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:38:27 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Stand Back Dennis? I came across this for sale from Intergalactic Garage (mail order CD place) for $24.95. What is it? Does anyone have it? How is the sound quality? Worth getting? Let me know, as I may have a little extra cash soon. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 15 Feb 95 08:13 GMT+0200 To: bourbie@tiac.net (bourbie) From: hardaker@iaccess.za (Mike Hardaker) Subject: Re: Guitar tab Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu I'm just one of - by the sound of things - many guitarists here. I welcome RH charts/tab (although I personally detest tab since it seems to have all f the bad points of sheet music with none of the good ones). If you've got stuff available, I say post it - but (for my part, anyway) it's a lot more valuable if it's right rather than just 'kinda this way'. Getting it 'kinda this way' is easy - then next bit is what gets us all (well me, anyway) buggered. Then again, getting it a bit wrong really provokes discussion :-) Mike bourbie wrote: >I discovered Robyn during my freshman year in college (1988) and since then, >I have learned how to play a large chunk of his songs. I'm not saying I'm >the best guitarist in the world, but I have a good ear for figuring stuff >out from records. > >So! > >If anyone needs help figuring out any Robyn stuff, please feel free to give >me a holler! > >Josh > ************************************** * Mike Hardaker hardaker@iaccess.za * ************************************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:36:03 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: address please >Well, noone in Houston knows anything about the "I Something You" single...so >could someone please repost the address to order it from (from which to order >it...see I kinda know grammar). > >Next question for those who might have Robyn videos...how about converting some >of the more interesting bits into mpegs? ...I ask 'cause I can't find any and >think they'd make a pretty cool screensaver... > A screensaver??? Don't MPEGs play in a window about the size of a postage stamp? (Not trying to be a smart-ass, maybe I'm just ignorant of some new technology) I do have a few videos, though they are in an attic on the Other Coast (West). Hey Robyn, you're not the only guy that has various tapes and stuff in other people's attics! :) Some nice guy a few years ago (once again through trading circles) made a videotape for me compiling all (or almost all) of Robyn's TV appearances ( MTV 120min, Letterman, Dennis Miller) and the A&M promo Brenda of the Lightbulb Eyes (??) And I have a videotaped solo gig supposedly from Sacramento 1990. Fun! Wish it was Here instead of in my In-Law's attic! ____________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 23:07:41 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: address please To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Well, noone in Houston knows anything about the "I Something You" single...so could someone please repost the address to order it from (from which to order it...see I kinda know grammar). Next question for those who might have Robyn videos...how about converting some of the more interesting bits into mpegs? ...I ask 'cause I can't find any and think they'd make a pretty cool screensaver... jay %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jay Lyall "Capy Toad Blast" "You might remember me from other self-help hist1a@jetson.uh.edu videos like "Smoke Yourself Thin." --Simpsons "And others might be magicians, "We'll inherit the Earth, but he was special too, But we don't want it." he had antlers." --Replacements --Robyn Hitchcock %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:05:58 -0800 From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Portland Arms CD >Do you think that the Ryko Soft Boys stuff sold well enough to warrant them >releasing this??? Would a letter writing campaign help? Did anyone pose >this question to Robyn himself as part of the virtual interview thing? I'd >be interested in what he has to say about this. Someone asked him about this after the Neurotic show. His response was something like "God, I hope not." He's been known to say the same thing about Two Halves For The Price Of One. One advantage to having the rights to records in the hands of faceless corporations rather than the artists themselves is that the music companies are likely to simply rerelease the albums we love. Artists have to come to grips with the fact that they are not the person they were ten years ago, and often succumb to the desire to correct "mistakes" they made way back when. The Oyster Band refuse to rerelease any old stuff: they are the band that they are right now. Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash) wishes all copies of his first novel, The Big U, could be destroyed. All artists think their latest creation is the best thing they've ever done. It's a bit disturbing to hear Robyn complain about the fact that the Soft Boys stuff was too busy and didn't have enough bass and drums, when those were the features of the music that made me love it. The Portland Arms show, for some reason, isn't the image he wants to present to the public nowadays. What're ya gonna do? - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] From: simon roberts Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:24:45 +0000 (GMT) With reference to the post on Joni Mitchell in Goldmine: Joni is the only other songwriter I know of who rhymed "see 'um" with "museum". She also beat Robyn to it. She does have some similarities to RH's music - I recommend "Hejira" or "Court and Spark" if you're interested. Simon [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 11:32:17 +0000 (GMT) From: "Espen H. Koht" To: father bungholio cc: fegmaniax@ns2.Rutgers.EDU Subject: Re: wey wey hep a hole On Mon, 13 Feb 1995, father bungholio wrote: > Eve Emshoff sez: > >Re: the live version of "wey wey hep uh hole" that was supposedly left > >off LIve at the Portland Arms. . . > > >is this the same version that is now a bonus track on the Glass Fish > >version of "Invisible Hits?" (last track) > > nope. the version on _invisible hits_ is a live version recorded at lady > mitchell hall in 1978. I've been wondering about this Lady Mitchell Hall performance. Does anybody know anything about it? I haven't been here in Cambridge for very long, and the only Lady Mitchell Hall I know is a lecture hall on something called the Sidgewick site (a horrific collection of architectual monstrosities resulting from the global fits of insanity architects on campuses all around the world were going through in the 60s). I have never heard of concerts being held there though, it is used mainly by the faculty of economics I think, I accidentally walked in on an lecture on transport economics there once, which is a bitter experience indeed if you are in the belief that it is a piece of Softboys history. Espen [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can be found on fegmania.wustl.edu:/fegmaniax and ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax. For administrative questions, subscription requests, and all that boring crud, send mail to fegmaniax-digest-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu. Slipping you the midnight fish...