Fegmaniax Digest <==----------==> (Send posts to the list to fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu) (Send adminstrative requests to majordomo@nsmx.rutgers.edu) (Send comments, etc to the listowner at owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu) <==----------==> Volume 3 Number 33 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Fegmaniax- please read! various questions '70s Insects BHJ/From the Borderline Big Gun Robyn Camden Jongleurs Caroline Says Deni & Mountain Stage (was Spoken Word Stuff) Early Kimberly Fegmaniax- please read! Fellow Musicians Greetings Guitar secreats of the Jangle Boys (was: the higsons beginner tab) More old articles More old articles/Rew Myriad things Newbury Comics RE: REM and Robyn Hitchcock Rhino prices Rhino web Robyn cover? Robyn on spoken word stuff Ryko SB Liner Notes Simple song Thanks for the songs! That E chord That E chord (was: the higsons beginner tab) The Fall & The Higsons The Fall & The Higsons Zip Zip all the news that has a critics, chords, and t-shirts on the SXSW front sxsw sxsw front various & my intro various questions zipper in my spine (and language mix-ups) [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: Ryko SB Liner Notes To: Hitchcock Fan-List Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:52:46 -0500 (EST) I have the Two Crabs editions of the first three Soft Boys albums instead of the Ryko US releases. I was wondering if the liner notes differ between the two. For example: my copy of A Can of Bees has no individual song credits, and my copy of Invisible Hits has a little story in the booklet instead of background information about the album. Are the Ryko releases the same? Mike. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- "Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault." - Hemingway [][][][][][][][][][] From: "Balloon Man" Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 18:03:37 EST To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: BHJ/From the Borderline >Last week someone was asking about the Bingo Hand Job gigs and Robyn's >contributions thereunto. I don't know if his tunes have made it onto any >CDs or not, but here's what you'll get of his if you get the whole show, >both nights: > >First night (April 14, 1991) [STUFF CUT] Well on my copy of "From The Borderline" there is NONE of this material (but there IS Billy Bragg) so I don't believe this made the CD. Can anyone prove me wrong? Slainthe!, Jeff --- JOIN THE BARNEY FAN CLUB TODAY! IT'S FUN AND EASY. JUST CUT OFF YOUR HEAD AND SEND IT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: BARNEY c/o ** 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 [][][][][][][][][][] From: Simone Jarzabek Subject: various & my intro To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 16:25:31 -0800 (PST) Howdy, As my intro, I am a longish time member of the REM mailing list and newsgroup (as are many of you) and currently the REM Webmistress. I joined fegmaniax last year, and was fortunate to be able to see Robyn live in Seattle in October. I also met some members of this list and Lawrence and Sally (nice folks !). It's great to have the list back again. RE: Matthew Sweet : I saw him perform in Seattle last week at the Backstage, which is one of the venues Robyn played here. He's touring on a new album that comes out on CD today, I think. What I've heard of the album so far I've liked. Funny thing is that the venue played the "Respect" album as a prelude to Matt. Anyway, I thought Matthew live was so-so at best. His current style includes burying the vocals deep in the mix ala REM's Monster. Sorry Matt, I can understand Michael Stipe easier. But YMMV. The REM Home Page has a few items of interest to fegmaniax : http://www.halcyon.com/rem/gif/Friends.gif is a picture of Robyn Hitchcock, Mike Mills, Kevn Kinney, and Peter Buck on stage at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA, December 1990. Also archived here are pictures of fellow fegmaniax Andy Ruppenstein at http://www.halcyon.com/rem/murmur/andy.gif and listmeister +woj minus the box at http://www.halcyon.com/rem/murmur/woj.gif ... :) Also see the boot list, http://www.halcyon.com/rem/other/discog.boots Lastly, I will be in DC from 3/26-3/30, hope to see Robyn again; would love to meet some fellow fegmaniax at the shows, drop me a line ... thanks ! Cheers, Simone -- Simone Jarzabek, Seattle, WA REM info: finger jarzabek@halcyon.com Only my cat understands me ... http://www.halcyon.com/rem/index.html [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 07 Mar 95 19:54:22 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: critics, chords, and t-shirts what is a star anyway? the best reviews just try and point out the strengths and weaknesses of an album and give people a reason why they might like it. a star merely makes it easier for someone to not even bother reading a review, it undermines the critic. i agree that GRAVY DECO is the least impressive of the three albums mentioned, and if you read the funky rhino liner notes you find that robyn hates it more than any bumbling critic could. i once wrote a letter to boston rock after some jazz writer went a little too far in his comments on robyn's solo work. comparing it to the soft boys he considered it weak and unworthy. it is easy for a lazy critic to disregard an entire catalogue with the thought that if there is so much, how good could it be? still, you can compare reviews like those in the rolling stone (they like his work with the egyptians over his solo stuff, which gets the same treatment that it did in whatever bozo's review i read here) and trouser press (read this and gasp in awe at the raves) record guides, both of which give robyn no small amount of credit, but the fact remains that everyone of us is a critic. my favorites are EYE and ELEMENT OF LIGHT. i welcome any tablature but would love to see "queen elvis" posted. my roomates at umass used to play that (i spread the music like a priest and they ate it up) while i was barely a beginner and could not form the bar chords. i could spend lots of time listing songs that i want the chords for like: "queen of eyes, airscape, 52 stations, autumn is your last chance, one long pair of eyes, so you think you're in love" all of which he played in a single show. wow! by the way, i haven't gotten any feedback on my 'chinese water python' posting; did anyone find any problems with it or figure out the solo? t-shirts of the past are of interest to me as well. somewhere along the line i lost my "one long pair of eyes" t and would love to acquire another. ken "you, there's something in your eyes, contact lenses sure, but something underneath." [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 14:51:54 +1300 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Greetings Tena koutou Fegmaniax! Pam Sez: >Susan even addressed us: >>Beste mensen, >Judging from this, we are all to be considered the best student cafeterias. >I believe that Mensen is the plural form of the German word for student >cafeterias, is it not? Ah well, no biggie. >Flachwichser = one who masturbates, but not very well. Since Susan's address ended in .nl, perhaps German words aren't the best... try: Grachtenwisser - a Dutch police officer whose job is primarily to rescue people and objects that have fallen into canals (I'm not kidding!!!) And no, I don't think that "Hoi allemaal!" is a shouted greeting to everyone in a shopping precinct. ;) 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: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 14:53:08 +1300 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Simple song Cc: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) >>From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) >>Now to the point: James, and those others who regularly post Robyn tablature: >>I am a beginning guitar player, wanting to play for recreation. What is the >>simplest Robyn song to play? (i.e. something without barre chords, or chords >>with complicated sounding names like >>Daugmentedsharpmajorsquaredwithalemontwist) >>I've tried figuring out the two and three chord songs like Listening to the >>Higsons, & Clean Steve, but they are never in the right key, and never come >>out too good. >>Help please, oh mighty guitar gurus! >:) Heh... I think, off the top of my head, that "When I was Dead" is in a nice >simple key. If it is, then it's certainly got easy chord changes (except >perhaps a 9th in there somewhere - I can't quite recall). I'll have a go at it >tonight, and send it on to the list. It's also got one of my favourite sets of Robyn's lyrics. A D When I was dead I wore a strong perfume A D When I was dead I didn't leave the room Dm A Dm A And I saw the apples hanging, like moments in the orchard Dm A Dm A B But falling into action, the moment soon is over, no returns A D When I was dead I wasn't interested in sex A D I didn't even care what happened next Dm A Dm A I was free as a penny whistle, and silent as the glove Dm A Dm A I wasn't me to speak of, just a thousand ancient feelings Dm A E G A That vanished into nothing, into love A D When I was dead somebody took my hand A D I couldn't see his face I took his hand Dm A Dm A And the Devil asked me to supper, he said "Careful with the spoons" Dm A Dm A And God said "Oh ignore him. I've got all your albums" Dm A B G A I said "Yes, but who's got all the tunes?" A When I was dead The last A (on the repeat and fade "When I was dead") can be alternated with A+9, which is a hell of a lot simpler than it sounds - it's an ordinary A chord, but with the B string left open (002200), and there may be the occasional Dm in that fadeout, too... There y'all go - the hardest chord is a B, which is one that a beginner's gonna have to learn soon enough anyway. And it's a great song, one of my favourites. --- Actually, this song links back in with that comedy discussion we were having. There's an Alexei Sayle comedy ("Didn't you kill my brother?") where he gives this speech that starts "I had a dream..." (in true MLK style) with grand ideas and plans but slowly turns into the sort of surrealism that you get in real dreams, ending with him going on about being careful with the spoons (I think. It's something to do with spoons, anyway)... J. 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: BLATZMAN@aol.com Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 21:00:44 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Fellow Musicians I'm pretty new to all of this, so forgive if this has been discussed recently. Seems that there are quite a few musicians out there. Any fellow Fegs who have working bands, especially in Los Angeles, please Email me so we can exchange tapes/attend each others shows. The club scene here is so aweful. We always get stuck between heavy metal bands and poetry readings. Help! Dave BLATZMAN@aol.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 7 Mar 1995 15:19:58 U From: "King Chuck" Subject: RE: REM and Robyn Hitchcock To: "fegmaniax" Eve Emshoff says: > There is a downloadable picture of Robyn with REM (well, at lease Stipe, I > think) on the REM homepage on the Web. > I don't have the http for that home page, sorry (I just click on what I > want), but if anyone has access to the Web and would like me to get you > the address, please e-mail me privately. :) The address is: http://www.halcyon.com/rem/gif/Friends.gif The caption is "Photo at the 40 Watt of Robyn Hitchcock, Mike Mills, Kevn Kinney, and Peter Buck on stage, December 1990." No Stipe. Chuck King King_Chuck@mn15-gw.mavd.honeywell.com Minneapolis MN [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 22:55:38 +1100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: That E chord (was: Re:the higsons beginner tab) Cc: Benjamin.M.Brainard@dartmouth.edu (Benjamin M. Brainard) From: Benjamin.M.Brainard@dartmouth.edu (Benjamin M. Brainard) >Robyn does this all the time. that is when he's not doing his wonderful >chorused circle-picking thing, or however you would classify the guitar on >airscape. It is especially evident on eye. in beautiful girl, it's not just >any E chord he's playing, he's playing it at the 7th fret, and he's only >fingering three notes, the E on the third string, the B on the fourth string >(both 9th fret), and the E on the fifth string (7th fret). He plays the rest >open, and it's a much bigger sound than playing just a plain first position E >chord. same thing with the B chord that comes next; he plays the lower four >strings and removes the barre and plays the upper two open. much nicer sound. This ain't no plain old E, it's Esus. There's no G# in it - E E B E B E. And it's exactly the chord I've been looking for for a song I'm working on! Thanks! Lots of people have their favourite ways of (oddly) playing ordinary chords, BTW: compare the patent REM 'A' chord (played 007650 - listen to Fall On Me, or Good Advices, for instance) 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: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 10:55:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Todd Hagley To: fegmaniax Subject: Re: Myriad things Hello, Beg, steal, forge tickets to see Robyn on this tour! Reporting from March 2, 1995, I can confirm all of what Susan has said. The wafflewoman slinging T-shirts mentioned that the gig was being taped, and that there was a consideration that it would be made available. I hope so, seeing how my batteries fell out, and a bootleg proper is not available. Okay, no bootleg is available at all, unless someone else did the business. Those of you who read Q would recognize his jab: "I read somewhere that someone asked Morrisey what he does first thing in the morning when he wakes up. He said he wishes he didn't wake up. I hope that isn't just speculation, and that he goes ahead and does it." {Queen Elvis} ..or this little intro: "I'd like you to spare a thought for those little invisible, pulsating things that implode because we're all going to be one before too long." {The Yip Song} ..sample this one... "It isn't my birthday today; it's tomorrow. Today's is Mikhal Gorbachev's and Lou Reed's birthday, and I know you wouldn't want to get us all confused." {Only the Stones Remain} ..or indeed the brilliant: "Okay, this is how it begins." {Satelite} Yes, Robyn was drinking Perrier (and lots of it I may add) but he did have two glasses of a substance that looked remarkably like wine of the white variety during his encore. As a footnote, he changed shirts twice. Also as an aside, the episode of the Young Ones entitled "Sick" was the episode where all four of them had the flu. Neil's parents were coming round to tea just as Brian "Damage" Beloski took everyone hostage with a shotgun. Pay no mind that Madness started a riot outside the flat as Mike went to the chemists. After Neil's mum complains about their lack of decency, Vyv rips through a blue screen with the opening credits to "The Good Life," yelling about how "Felicity bleddin' Kendall and Richard sugar-flavoured snot Briers! They're so bleeden' nice! They're just a couple of reactionary stereotypes, confirming the myth that everyone in Britain is a lovable, middle-class eccentric! And I HATE THEM!" All apologies to Sandy for putting the "i" in her name. Sorry, Sandy, but I was under delirium as Robyn's concert was a few days away. Does anyone else know that REM have cancelled a few dates as Bill Berry required emergency brain surgery in Paris?! Blimey! Cheers Todd ;} [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:29:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Big Gun Robyn To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >Matthew Sweet's voice sounded like someone had jumped up and down on >his throat a couple of times. I've since warmed up to his music somewhat but >I was wondering if he sounded this way to anyone else who caught him on >that tour or did I just hit him on a bad night? It's best _not_ to give me a chance to trash on Mathew Sweet. I bought that album (Girlfriend) and found it enjoyable, but rather one-dimentional, three-chord bar rock. Robyn and Sweet are two totally mis-matched acts and I wonder who the genius was who put these two together (probably the same genious that put him together with the Indigo Girls later that year). Where Robyn was professional (drank water on stage) Sweet guzzled beer, and as most singers know drinking beer while performing may _look_ cool, but it's the _worst_ thing you can do to your voice, which is why he sounded like someone jumped up and down on his throat. His voice gave out half way through the set, the guitarist (I was hoping to see Robert Quine. No such luck) was so friggin' loud Sweet's voice didn't really matter. Also, I spied the setlist, and "Evangeline" the best (IMO) song on that album, was supposed to be the closer. Instead they did this cover that "we only learned last night" (or something to that effect) that stumbled to an embarrising conclusion. Boy. Thanks for inviting all of us to your band practice, Mathew. Turned me right off from his music, Robert Quine and Jody Stephens notwithstanding. ---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: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:29:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: Guitar secreats of the Jangle Boys (was: the higsons beginner tab) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >Robyn does this all the time. that is when he's not doing his wonderful >chorused circle-picking thing, or however you would classify the guitar on >airscape. That's what I classify as jangeling. Along with the chorus of "If You Were A Priest," "Queen Of Eyes," and 95% of Peter Buck's playing. ---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: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:29:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Guitar secreats of the Jangle Boys (was: the higsons beginner tab) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >I do these kinds of chord substitutions as part of my schtick to make people >think of my playing as being better than it really is. You too, huh? Actually, I do the OBEJT (OpenB-EJangleThing) alot. Picked that up from listening to lots of REM, Big Star, Game Theory, Byrds, and of course, Robyn. >I also let the heel of my strumming hand lightly beat on the bridge as I play >to give the songs some sense of immediacy and rhythm. I do that when I jangle, but when I'm playing full chords and/or strumming fast, I pick towards the middle with my wrist at a bizarre angle, something I picked up from Roger (Mission of Burma) Miller. Unfortunatly, our two songs on "Glass Flesh," "Destroy You" and "Insanely Jelous" aren't really jangle songs, so you guys won't be hearing that from me unless you want our tape. 8) ---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: 08 Mar 95 08:05:45 EST From: Benjamin.M.Brainard@dartmouth.edu (Benjamin M. Brainard) Subject: Re: That E chord To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu --- James Dignan wrote: This ain't no plain old E, it's Esus. There's no G# in it - E E B E B E. --- end of quoted material --- darn. i was going to take the opportunity to make some sort of KISS reference in my post, but i guess i forgot. when you remove the G#, there's no third in the chord, and you can play whatever the hell you want over it (ie. power chord) and wow...KISS used those all the time. yet another connection between the two.... (although robyn's technique much glorifies said chord....) i want to rock and roll toilet all night. oh yeah, baby. ....b [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 10:44:32 -0500 (EST) From: Pamela A Lowy To: for the love of Robyn Subject: Re: zipper in my spine (and language mix-ups) Hi, my name's Pam, and I'm an idiot. Uhhh, sorry, Susan, I guess this just chalks another one up for stupid Americans, eh? Or stupid United States citizens - I wouldn't want to implicate any of the folks from Canada on this list. I'm really very sorry, I think the New Hampshire air is getting to my brain. Duhhhhh... On Tue, 7 Mar 1995, Susan Even wrote: > Hi, Pam. > > Actually, it's Dutch. I'm in the Netherlands. > And it means people. > > Susan > > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 13:46:20 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Thanks for the songs! I really appreciated the two songs you helped me with...."Higsons" altho I can't figure out that third chord....is it the 4th fret with the top 4 strings barred???? And when I was dead...I need to work on my Dm.... Off to work...Ta Ta. Thanks again. P.S. Got tickets for my wife and I for Amherst College show...now I just need Saturday night tix for TT the Bear's. I'm excited!! ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "The fish went through the trees The planes went through the seas And you were still with me..." -Robyn Hitchcock, "Aquarium" ____________________________________________________________________________ _ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 8 Mar 95 13:47:41 EST From: "Balloon Man" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: More old articles I was wadding through 2 issues a magazine from Boston (circa 1982) when I came across these reviews that are relevant interest to all on the list. I have merely just copied them without permission (the mag is probably dead anyways) as is from the article. I make no claims to any typos that occured during transfer (their grammer and spelling IS atrocious but I chose not to correct) And of course, these reviews are not mine so don't flame me for them if you do not like them... PS: Has anyone heard of these records? (except BSDR obviously!) This is pre-Katrina for Rew so I'm curious if anyone have the Rew and what they think of it....... -------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD/SINGLES REVIEWS FROM TAKE IT! (1982 - Boston) Typed in by Jeff Lawrence Written by ????? 1) Only The Stones Remain : The Soft Boys [Armageddon:France] Black Diamond Snake Role : Robyn Hitchcock [Armageddon:UK] The SB's werew a glorious band, no two ways about it. On this (their farewell) elpee, rabid fans & neophytes both can hear them blow lovin' tributes at the history of R&R (w/ covers o'Parker/Presley, Byrds & Floyd), plus get an earfulla the originals that made them the UK's best post-Barrett psych-unit. Forget the Furs, the Bunnymen, Teardrops,etc., this's the REAL THING. The RT's also a big part o'former SB, Bob Hitchcock's solo alb. The mood is England After Syd, & the playin's fab. This thing's one o'my TOP THREE & ya KNOW ya should buy it & spend lotsa time spinnin' it. 2) Kimberley Rew: "My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long/Fishing" [NOTE: There's is a picture of the cover, which is some guy with one of the fake nose/moustache/glasses deals - very strange looking] When you take an ex-Soft Boy and put him in a studio w/ a fistful o' dB's y'expect to get one helluva catchy single and that's just what this is. My girlfriend's pick of the quarter [Armageddon:UK] 3) The Man Who Invented Himself/Dancing On God's Thumb/ Grooving On An Inner Plane/It's A Mystic Trip : Robyn Hitchcock [Armageddon:UK] Review by : Bryon Colley [PREAMBLE CUT] [NOTE: There's is a picture of the cover, which is a cartoon of a road with eyeballs on the side and a hat floating above the road (a la "Invisible Man") and the balloon says "The Man Who Invented Himself"] Yeah, uh anyway the first one's "The Man Who Invented Himself/Dancing On God's Thumb/Grooving On An Inner Plane/It's A Mystic Trip", by Limesucker Robyn Hitchcock. The fromer boss o'England's best band (the Soft Boys)'s put out a real hep appetizer f'r his forthcomin' lp. "Dancing's" my pick f'r single o' the yr thus far, usin' (as it does) all the best elements o' Floyd-era Barrett w/o ever degeneratin' to actual cops, and the other four tunes're OK too. Fave part other than "Dancing's" the thing at the end o' "Mystic Trip", than rather use a closed groove, uses an open groove that sounds just like a closed groove. F'r o'er a minute too. So try to find one w/ the flexi-disk. Slainthe!, Jeff --- "The years of peak mental activity are undoubtedly between the ages of four and eighteen. At four we know all the questions, at eighteen all the answers." - Anon ** 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: Wed, 08 Mar 95 11:09:25 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: The Fall & The Higsons THE FALL: I saw The Fall once. They sucked. THE HIGSONS: Whatever became of this band? anyone know? I really liked their "Conspiracy" tune ("who stole my bongos? did you steal my bongos?"). I never have heard the tune that inspired "listening to the higsons"...is anyone familiar with this song? Does it really sound like they're singing "gotta let this hen out"? Russ rreynolds@ksjo.com todays tunes: Black Snake Diamond Role/RH Key Lime Pie/Camper Van Beethoven Element Of Light/RH&E Vitalogy/Pearl Jam Life's Rich Pageant/R.E.M. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 8 Mar 1995 11:41:33 -0800 From: "Mark Gloster" Subject: Re: Thanks for the songs! To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply to: RE>Thanks for the songs! > I really appreciated the two songs you helped me with...."Higsons" altho I >can't figure out that third chord....is it the 4th fret with the top 4 >strings barred???? The third chord is on the "what you see..." It can be played as either 2 4 4 4 2 x or 0 4 4 4 0 x(0,if you really want to) It doesn't work well for me to play (but I am from some other planet for sure): 4 4 4 4 0 x This didn't hurt a bit. It was nice to actually figure something out for someone else for a change. I am chained to my workstation with a tether only long enough to reach my mac. I would like to gnaw through the steel and join y'all at SXSW and you all on the other coast, but it looks like it's my turn to stay home and have envy. I wish you all all of the best. -Mark Gloster "The L. Ron Hubbard of absolutely nothing" mark_gloster@quickmail.apple.com [][][][][][][][][][] Subject: Early Kimberly From: MSKOOR31@maine.maine.edu (The Great Pumkin of Doom) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 08 Mar 95 15:07:11 EST I've got some of the early Kimberly Rew stuff and its awesome pop-py stuff - a lot better than Katrina and the Waves. 'Stomping all over the World' and 'My baby Does her Hairdo Long' both rule. The most amazing thing about Rew though, is that by filing him alphabetically, he seems to be the only artist that comes between the Revillos and the Rezillos! (at least in my collection!) -Michelle [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 17:49:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: all the news that has a To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >Meanwhile, the same magazine regularly gave four and five stars to bands >like the Happy Mondays and The Fall -- neither of whom were ever as >tuneful, innovative in the field of rock music, lyrically creative, and catchy as >Robyn 'n' the Boys on their worst days. On the other hand, bands like Throwing Muses and the Pixies had recording contracts and were huge in England before they even broke over here in their home town. ---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: mccalls@netcom.com (Fred and Sandy McCall) Subject: The Fall & The Higsons To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 15:21:54 -0800 (PST) > > THE HIGSONS: Whatever became of this band? anyone know? I really liked > their "Conspiracy" tune ("who stole my bongos? did you steal my bongos?"). > I never have heard the tune that inspired "listening to the higsons"...is > anyone familiar with this song? Does it really sound like they're singing > "gotta let this hen out"? The tune is called "Gotta Let This Heat Out", and anyone who's heard it would be happier listening to "Hen" anyday of the week and twice on Sundays! I used to have the 12", but I don't think it made the transportation to Texas cut. Sandra [][][][][][][][][][] From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) Subject: Re: Camden Jongleurs To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Thu, 9 Mar 95 11:29:29 GMT Susan Even wrote, about the Camden show: > > Hoi allemaal! > borrow da! thanks for the setlist. > > Hair: This was by far the best I've seen Robyn's hair looking. He's > wearing it longer, with the top part of it mid-cheek. It suits him > Don't forget the distinguished touch of grey at the front. I'm not sure about those sideburns, though. > > Earrings: Well, no. Robyn wasn't wearing any. But Martin Carthy had two > rings in one of his ears! It was a joy to see him play live. Unfortunately, > I only recognised a couple of his songs, and I'm not aware of their titles. > And a neat plain read collerless cotton shirt from Martin, obviously not feeling the need to compete with Robyn's more ornate designs. Boots: Robyn was wearing a pair of plain black leather boots, neatly setting off his blue stone-washed jeans. And most importantly, our man looked happy. He still blinks a lot while playing, however. I've never worked out why. > Again, the gig was well worth the travel. By all means, don't miss > the upcoming tour if you have the chance to go! Treasure him while you can! Oh, the songs? Satellite was a great start, with Robyn's voice indeed excellent. High points from the acoustic set were 'One Long Pair of Eyes' (I would happily of done without it if you'd asked me before the show, but it sounded absolutely great), Queen Elvis and I Something You. Electric goodies were I Am Not Me, She Doesn't Exist (seemingly in answer to a request) and Queen of Eyes. It's a mark of a great show when the performer can hold your attention for the whole set, and Robyn certainly managed that. Apart from 'Airscape', probably because the guy in front of me was louder than Robyn. Unsubstantiated gossip from the dance floor: 'The Egyptians have split' or 'We're having a break from each other' (take your pick); and 'the next album is not due until February '96'. Andy Kershaw was there too, but I can't remember what he was wearing. Jonathan. PS diss The Fall and you'll have me to answer to, OK. ? ----------------------------------------------------- 'This is inedible muck, and there's not enough of it' Vivian Stanshall, 1943 - 1995, RIP. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 09 Mar 95 06:46:43 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: More old articles/Rew Pre-Katrina Kimberley is EXCELLENT! If you can find it, nab a copy of his "Bible Of Bop" mini-LP...Besides "Hairdo" and "Fishing" there's one or two tracks recorded with the Soft Boys and one or two with the Waves...Kimberley sings lead on all of them. Kimberley really has a knack for energetic three chord pop. [note: I used to correspond with dB's drummer Will Rigby...he mentioned once that he had tapes of Kimberley Rew that would blow my mind. I think he finally stopped writing to me because I wouldn't stop bugging him for copies, which he never did send ;)] If you're into Kimberley, check out the original (Canadian) version of the first Katrina & The Waves album. Kimberley sings lead on one track ("Don't Take Her Out of My World") and writes most if not all of the music. Another one to check out is a pre-"Walking on Sunshine" Waves mini-LP called "Shock! Horror! The Waves!" Kimberley sings or shares lead vocals on most of the tunes, I think. If I'm not mistaken the "Invented/Gods Thumb/Grooving/Mystic Trip" record is a single ("invented/god's thumb") and a bonus flexi ("grooving/mystic trip") which was included with the first so many copies. I'm not sure what the reviewer means by "closed groove" and "open groove" but I believe the flexi tracks all the way to the endless inner groove, giving it technically a run time of infinity. and hey there, Jeff...that sentence should read "Their grammAr and spelling ARE atrocious" :) ^ ^^^ thanks for posting those reviews. Russ. rreynolds@ksjo.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 10:34:35 -0500 (EST) From: Eugene B Mirman Subject: Re: Camden Jongleurs To: Jonathan Turner Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu What is "I Am Not Me?" Did it ever come out on anything, I know he once wrote a song called, "It's Hard To Believe I'm Not" for Captain Sensible, but I doubt that's it....oh well....maybe you will know... -Eugene ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I believe the whole concept of monotheism is a gift from the gods" -Emo Phillips Eugene's humor page: http://dawn.pc.cc.cmu.edu/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 09:25:40 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: on the SXSW front To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu I think those of us that will be at SXSW need to get there early... Robyn is being followed by Marshal Crenshaw and Graham Parker...I'm wagering that if I get there and stand on line starting around 8 I wont need to buy the wrist band....by the way, when are the folks going to the festival heading to Austin? I can't decide wether to go Friday or just stay here and hit the local pub for St Paddys day. 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: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 10:40:48 -0600 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: pzzz@mail.utexas.edu (efrat) Subject: sxsw front >by the way, when are the folks going to the festival heading to >Austin? I can't decide wether to go Friday or just stay here and hit the local >pub for St Paddys day. if you get there friday you can catch ani difranco. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 18:29:34 +0000 (GMT) From: "Espen H. Koht" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Rhino prices I just got a neat little pamphlet from Rhino today on the re-issues, but they forgot to tell me the prices. Does anybody know what the price of the CDs are when you order them directly from Rhino? I looked at the WWW page, but couldn't find these CDs mentioned. Cheers, Espen [][][][][][][][][][] From: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 14:15:19 -0300 Subject: Zip Zip To: Fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Does anybody know what happened to Armageddon Records? This is the label that put out the original 'Underwater Moonlight' lp, the 'Man Who Invented Himself' 7", among other things... Specifically, I'm very curious about a record I've heard exists or at least existed at one point in time. I've seen mentioned in at least two places a 7" by Maureen and the Meatpackers entitled 'Zip Zip'. The single was apparently put out by Armageddon with a catalog number of AS-001, sometime around 1980. Has anyone ever heard anything about this record? Does anybody know if it exists? Has anybody ever heard ANY recordings (tape or otherwise) of Maureen and the Meatpackers? The quest goes on............. daveR. "And when there's no more tears to cry, there's nothing left to do but laugh..." -Robyn Hitchcock ***another 100% natural S.M.I.L.B.U. production*** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 23:55:19 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Robyn on spoken word stuff I'm kinda sad, fellow fegs. I was at my local bookstore today, and found a Robyn article in the latest CNY magazine (you know, the one with the CD in every issue) Anyway, in the article he mentions the spoken word stuff, but now he says that it may not come out in audio format, that it might come out in a written format. This saddens me. I was looking forward to a Rhino CD of Robyn spoken word stuff. I think not doing it in an audio format would be unwise, simply because Robyn's voice lends itself so well to narration, especially doing different voices. Oh well. Hey for fun I'll put my top ten Robyn stuff down... 1. Eye 2. I Often Dream 3. Live at Portland Arms 4. Queen Elvis 5. Fegmania 6. Underwater Moonlight 7. Element of Light 8. Globe of Frogs (just wish it was longer, that's all) 9. Black Snake Diamond Role 10. Perspex Island I was so excited when Respect came out, having heard many of the songs on the Perspex tour, and hearing talk of it being an acoustic album, to be recorded in Robyn's kitchen. Boy was I ever sad! Arms of Love, Yip Song, and When I was Dead all got lost in the translation. My favorite on there is Railway Shoes....when they talked about making an acoustic record in the kitchen, Railway Shoes is what I thought it would be. ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "The fish went through the trees The planes went through the seas And you were still with me..." -Robyn Hitchcock, "Aquarium" ____________________________________________________________________________ _ [][][][][][][][][][] From: AMcCon@aol.com Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 00:26:34 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: '70s Insects On Tue, 7 Mar, 1995, Jay Lyall wrote: >I loved the Hudson Brothers tv show...it ranked up there with the Bay City >Rollers show and the Buggles and HR Puff-N-Stuff....wow guess I am a child of >the seventies...where's my liesure suit? I think you mean the Bugaloos. The Buggles are an '80s flashback. Slap me three times for being off-topic. (Although the Bugaloos *were* insects...) Arn AMcCon@aol.com [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Re: Robyn on spoken word stuff To: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 10:12:30 GMT Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (pleasure of the aching void) Hello, John! > From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) > Subject: Robyn on spoken word stuff > > I'm kinda sad, fellow fegs. I was at my local bookstore today, and found a > Robyn article in the latest CNY magazine (you know, the one with the CD in > every issue) > > Anyway, in the article he mentions the spoken word stuff, but now he says > that it may not come out in audio format, that it might come out in a > written format. That is sad. Hopefully, it will come out in both. (Although with our luck, the spoken format would end up being a promo!) I think all of us on the list should write letters to Rhino and beg them to release some of the spoken word material. Even if it's only possible as a mail-order, limited release item. > > This saddens me. I was looking forward to a Rhino CD of Robyn spoken word > stuff. I think not doing it in an audio format would be unwise, simply > because Robyn's voice lends itself so well to narration, especially doing > different voices. > > Oh well. > > Hey for fun I'll put my top ten Robyn stuff down... > > 1. Eye > 2. I Often Dream > 3. Live at Portland Arms > 4. Queen Elvis Hey, I'm glad to see somebody else also loves QE! I always get irritated when people such as Aidan Merritt knock it so heavily. I think the collection of songs are among his best (the lyrics hang together well as a collection). And I wouldn't edit anything from the album. Although, I can understand some other peoples' opinions and comments on the album after hearing the band perform the same songs live. (They sound even better live.) > 5. Fegmania > 6. Underwater Moonlight > 7. Element of Light > 8. Globe of Frogs (just wish it was longer, that's all) > 9. Black Snake Diamond Role > 10. Perspex Island > > I was so excited when Respect came out, having heard many of the songs on > the Perspex tour, and hearing talk of it being an acoustic album, to be > recorded in Robyn's kitchen. > > Boy was I ever sad! Arms of Love, Yip Song, and When I was Dead all got > lost in the translation. My favorite on there is Railway Shoes....when > they talked about making an acoustic record in the kitchen, Railway Shoes > is what I thought it would be. I agree completely! I also had the same hopes and subsequent disappointment. Especially, about Driving Aloud. It sounded wonderful when they performed it on the summer PI tour: the synchronisation in their voices left me breathless! But somehow, yes, all of that got lost. And there's a strange twanging noise in the album version too. (The WXRT Chicago radio version of Driving Aloud sounded brilliant. The station released Railway Shoes on a compilation disc called ON-XRT, but sadly not Driving Aloud as well.) The violinist that will be touring with Robyn this time, Deni Bonet, is apparently the one who performed on the Mountain Stage version of Arms Of Love. (I think that's sufficient motivation to travel great distances to hear them play together!) > ____________________________________________________________________________ > John B. Jones > jojones@mailbox.syr.edu > Cheers, Susan [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 11:20:44 GMT From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) To: ebmF92@hamp.hampshire.edu Subject: Re: Camden Jongleurs Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Eugene wrote: > What is "I Am Not Me?" Did it ever come out on anything, I know > he once wrote a song called, "It's Hard To Believe I'm Not" for Captain > Sensible, but I doubt that's it....oh well....maybe you will know... > It's not the Captain Sensible song, and is not at all similar. It's a relatively new song - it was performed in London about a year ago (at the Jazz Cafe show, solo electric) and on radio at about that time (solo acoustic). It's sounds better on electric, I think. As far as I know, it's not been out anywhere yet. I'd have preferred it to be on the K single in place of 'Zipper', which probably needs a band to do it justice. Jonathan. [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Caroline Says To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (pleasure of the aching void) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 13:37:38 GMT Hello, Eugene! Hello, Jonathan! Dag kantines! Jonathan forgot to mention that I Am Not Me is the song that goes: O Caroline No need to say it backwards, that's Enilorac Yip yip yip! Susan p.s. Eugene, you should order the bootleg directly from Mrs. Wafflehead! [][][][][][][][][][] From: MJK.APA@email.apa.org (Knox, Joseph) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (-) Subject: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 09:10 Does anyone know if Deni Bonet is the same violinist that played with the Robyn and the Egyptians during some of the Queen Elvis tour? My tape of the concert I saw at Milwaukee Summerfest is back at my parents house in Wisconsin but I seem to remember at the time he introduced the violinist as someone "who's from where your from." Of course that could mean anything from this is a local violinist to this violinist is also from the planet earth. However, if she's the same one let me also second the opinion that you should travel great lengths to see the concert. That was quite possible one of the best R.H. shows I'd ever been to, despite his conviction that playing outside meant the sound was going right over our heads and focusing in on a man in a fishing boat about a mile from shore on lake Michigan. It was also marked by the appearance of a ?pirate? who came on stage to give Robyn a drink. Was he a regular during this tour? Finally, I'm trying to track down a Robyn Hitchcock flexi disk that I got in a magazine a couple of years ago. It had him singing the Lennon/McCartney tune "A Day in the Life." If anyone knows what magazine it was from, it might help me remember where I could possibly have put it. Many Thanks, Joe [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:03:33 -0500 To: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: Deni & Mountain Stage (was Spoken Word Stuff) Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >Hello, John! Hi Susan! >The violinist that will be touring with Robyn this time, Deni Bonet, >is apparently the one who performed on the Mountain Stage version of >Arms Of Love. (I think that's sufficient motivation to travel great >distances to hear them play together!) My wife and I went to Montreal last weekend and took the Mountain Stage CD to listen to (road trip music). If you fegs don't have it, you should get it! It is The Best of Mountain Stage Volume TWO. Features the fantastic threesome: REM, Robyn, and Billy Bragg (tho not together, sadly), plus tracks from John Prine, Michelle Shocked, June Tabor, John Wesley Harding, Jimmie Dale Gilmore , and Maura O Connell. Hell, for those of us who can't make it to S X S W, just put this CD on and pretend-- I think most of these artists have played there (or should) Yes, Deni Bonet makes an incredible contribution to the Mountain Stage version of "Arms of Love". I can't wait to see them play together. My only worry is that the show may not have the freeform setlist that it usually does since there is now an extra person up there on stage. By himself, Robyn can make it all up as he goes. Maybe with Deni up there, that will change. He will have to communicate with her. Lastly, I got my copy of "invisible history" in the mail today! It is a fun compilation! Pretty good sound quality as well. I also notice that Bootleg packaging is looking less and less like bootleg packaging these days. ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "The fish went through the trees The planes went through the seas And you were still with me..." -Robyn Hitchcock, "Aquarium" ____________________________________________________________________________ _ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:10:15 -0500 To: MJK.APA@email.apa.org (Knox, Joseph) From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Hey Joe! (odd, sounds like a song title or something...) >Finally, I'm trying to track down a Robyn Hitchcock flexi disk that I got >in a magazine a couple of years ago. It had him singing the >Lennon/McCartney tune "A Day in the Life." If anyone knows what magazine >it was from, it might help me remember where I could possibly have put >it. This was in a magazine called the Bob, it came out around May of 1992. I wish I could track down my copy as well, it had a good "Eye" era in-depth interview where he said that Queen Elvis-Eye-Perspex Island was a trilogy (emotionally). ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "The fish went through the trees The planes went through the seas And you were still with me..." -Robyn Hitchcock, "Aquarium" ____________________________________________________________________________ _ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 09:48:22 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Rhino web To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu whats the url for the Rhino web site? 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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: various questions To: Hitchcock Fan-List Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:31:04 -0500 (EST) 1. Does anyone know where to get the Hen video? Why isn't it available through Ms Wafflehead? And whatever happened to The Man With The Lightbulb Head? Did it ever surface on home video? 2. Are all of Robyn's insects female? With the exception of The Fly and possibly Happy the Golden Prince I can't find any male insects. 3. Who is Linda Ryan? Is she a real person? And what about Dennis? He even name-checks Dennis at the Borderline gig. 4. Was anyone other than me surprised to find out Robyn had a daughter? Mike. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- "Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault." - Hemingway [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:59:23 -0600 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: Re: Rhino web >whats the url for the Rhino web site? http://www.w2.com/rhinocatalog.html =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 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: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:09:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Clinton W. Golden" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Fegmaniax- please read! Hi y'all This post is kinda long, but I think it's important- it has to do with getting permission to privately press some Robyn/Soft Boys that is hard to get. Anyone with information on this possibility please read on, and if anyone has more personal contacts with Robyn, please get in touch with me if this seems like a feasible thing. I've been brooding over this idea for some time, and after passing it by a few people, I've decided to ask the fegmaniax for help. For whatever reason, Robyn has had a history of being weird when it comes to early recordings. Granted, all of these recent reissues (and not-so-recent if you consider the Soft Boys rereleases) have had an incredible amount of bonus material, b-sides, demos, etc., which I am thankful for. However, I know that many of us are sick completist freaks when it comes to his work, and we would like ALL of his material to be more available. It seems that the most elusive work for us as collectors is the early Soft Boys, and pre-Soft Boys material. As recent as 1987, when "Live at the Portland Arms" was released on vinyl, he was working toward releasing some of these early recordings, inlcluding a Soft Boys "Singles" album and the Maureen and the Meatpackers stuff. BUT, for some reason, it never happened. So I've had this crazy notion now that people are funding bootleg CDs for him now in foreign lands (bless their illegal little hearts) and the prices for pressing CDs and even vinyl have gone down to get some funds together, get some of the old master recordings from Robyn, and put the stuff out privately. Imagine a double CD set with the full "Portland Arms" gig, the Maureen & the Meatpackers album, and the strange b-sides and different versions of all the old Soft Boys singles. Wouldn't that be a GOOD thing? Anyway, my questions follow: 1. How feasible is it - to get the rights and to get the money together to press an album, cd, several cds, whatever? 2. Would Robyn consent? If not, could we GET HIM to consent? Daver made the good point that since he is in the states touring, it would be a prime opportunity for someone to approach him with the idea. I'm really serious about this. It wouldn't be tough to distribute, and I'm sure that people who front the money would actually make it back in retail sales or whatnot. (Personally, I'd probably pay a fairly large amount of money just to have one for myself!!) Whaddya think? I'm serious about this, so any comments or information would be greatly appreciated. thanks for your time, clint [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 13:17:57 -0500 (EST) From: Three-Ears Subject: Robyn cover? To: Fegmaniax List I apologize if I've mentioned this on the list before (though if I did, I know I didn't get an answer...), but Invisible History contains a song called "Innocent Boy" which also appears on an album by Ruth's Refridgerator called 'Suddenly a Disfigured Head Parachuted...'. In both recordings it is attributed to the artist performing it; the Ruth's version came about seven years later, I think. Does anyone know for certain where this song came from? Aaron -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the stereo: The Fall, "Extricate"; Blue Aeroplanes, "Rough Music"; The Caulfields, "Whirligig"; Blue Aeroplanes, "Life-Model"; Hazel, "Are You Going To Eat That". --;--;-@ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:19:40 -0600 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: pzzz@mail.utexas.edu (efrat) Subject: sxsw anyone on the list knowledgeable about sxsw more than the clueless operators that answer the phone for sxsw? please help me if you know anything about "the best laid plans" , other than it is at 4.15 on 17 march (i believe) , and that robyn will be present. does one have to be an important person to get in? what exactly is it? i would hate to miss any presence of robyn i have possible access to. please email me at ELIEM@delphi.com , as i will be there for the next week or so. thanks efrat [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 18:49:14 GMT From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: various questions Mike posed: > > 1. Does anyone know where to get the Hen video? Why isn't it available > through Ms Wafflehead? And whatever happened to The Man With The > Lightbulb Head? Did it ever surface on home video? > It is now available on the Mrs Wafflehead list; the newsletter with the recent list noted that they'd just managed to organise getting copies. I think it's still available from Jettisoundz (in the UK, at least) too. I don't know if it's available in a format appropriate for the US. Presumably Dennis from 'Dennis and the Experts', but I've no idea why. And do you know any other male Robyns that spell their name with a 'y' ? Jonathan. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 14:08:50 -0500 To: "Clinton W. Golden" From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: Fegmaniax- please read! Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >This post is kinda long, but I think it's important- it has to do with >getting permission to privately press some Robyn/Soft Boys that is hard >to get. Anyone with information on this possibility please read on, and >if anyone has more personal contacts with Robyn, please get in touch >with me if this seems like a feasible thing. >So I've had this crazy notion now that people are funding bootleg CDs >for him now in foreign lands (bless their illegal little hearts) and the >prices for pressing CDs and even vinyl have gone down to get some funds >together, get some of the old master recordings from Robyn, and put the >stuff out privately. Clint-- Great topic of discussion. Don't you all find it odd that all of a sudden, all this bootleg stuff of Robyn is coming out?? Makes me wonder if Mrs. Wafflehead and Robyn aren't in on it somehow. I have always been a bit skeptical about what most people say about bootleggers: that it is a for profit only type business, with no band approval, and all proceeds going to the bootlegger. While I think this is true in some cases, sometimes I can't help but think that an artist can use this avenue as a way of getting around the record company and release stuff that said record company would consider "bad product". >Imagine a double CD set with the full "Portland Arms" gig, the Maureen & >the Meatpackers album, and the strange b-sides and different versions of >all the old Soft Boys singles. Wouldn't that be a GOOD thing? It would be one of the GREATEST things. Did anyone ask Robyn any bootleg questions on the virtual interview thing. And instead of all this Mrs. Wafflehead live stuff coming out on cassette, wouldn't y'all be willing to shell out a few more bucks and get it on CD?? I haven't purchased any yet, but the idea that the recent birthday gig was Datted for possible release thru Waffley channels is appealing. Off to work.... ____________________________________________________________________________ John B. Jones jojones@mailbox.syr.edu LYRIC OF THE MONTH: "The fish went through the trees The planes went through the seas And you were still with me..." -Robyn Hitchcock, "Aquarium" ____________________________________________________________________________ _ [][][][][][][][][][] From: Andy Ruppenstein Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:48:21 -0800 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: various questions Michael DeLong - mike@virginia.edu writes: >3. Who is Linda Ryan? Is she a real person? She is quite real. Works for the Gavin Report in San Francisco. She used to programming director for KUSF in San Francisco, back when Robyn used to visit that station fairly frequently. >1. Does anyone know where to get the Hen video? It shows up here in Berkeley in a couple of the record shops frequently but irregularly. In NTSC format. Andy / ruppen@demog.berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] From: Andy Ruppenstein Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:53:38 -0800 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Fegmaniax- please read! >1. How feasible is it - to get the rights and to get the money together >to press an album, cd, several cds, whatever? Part of the problem is that Robyn may not necessarily have all the rights to the early material. The rights in part or as a whole could belong to any number of people or corporate entities. Plus the perceived market for such material would probably be considered too small to make worth discussion of the material worthwhile - especially if it's a "charity" project. That is, unless somebody is waving the enough money in front of the appropriate parties to get them to consider the mechanics and logistics, etc., it's likely to be considered too much trouble to pursue. Andy / ruppen@demog.berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] From: Andy Ruppenstein Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:59:02 -0800 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Fegmaniax- please read! John B. Jones (jojones@mailbox.syr.edu) writes: >Don't you all find it odd that all of a sudden, all this bootleg >stuff of Robyn is coming out?? Makes me wonder if Mrs. Wafflehead >and Robyn aren't in on it somehow. Robyn isn't the only artist to experience a sudden proliferation of bootlegs. Richard Thompson is another example, and there are loads of others. Really what is more likely is that the economics of pressing a cd have changed a bit, so that it is now profitable to press boot cds for artists with commercially inconsequential followings. Basically all one needs is a decent tape for material, plus several thousand dollars to get a run of 1000 cds pressed. Andy / ruppen@demog.berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] From: FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 15:06:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Newbury Comics To: Fegmaniax List I don't remember who it was who was asking, but Robyn will, in fact, be playing at the Harvard Square Newbury Comics location. From what I hear, it's not just an appearance, he'll actually be playing. He'll be there on April 8th. 5:00 pm is the current estimate of his time of arrival. I'll be there and at tt the Bear's later that night in case anyone would like to feel envy. Question: I've heard Robyn's father being discussed here as a fiction author. Is any of his work worth reading? --Craig Farber farber@hulaw1.harvard.edu [][][][][][][][] 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-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu. 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