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 34 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Live Death Fegmaniax- please read! Kingdom of Love guitar tab Latest reissues Live Death Mountain Stage Mountain Stage Redux Newbury Comics TT Tix Various Questions Who Is Mrs. Wafflehead Who is Mrs Wafflehead administrivia and ketchup (or catsup) innocent boy virtual interview questions [][][][][][][][][][] From: MJK.APA@email.apa.org (Knox, Joseph) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (-) Subject: Various Questions Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 16:45 CDNow is selling the GLTHO video for $21.00. It's listed as a British import that is playable on U.S. equipment. There www address is cdnow.com; I think that you can also reach them at that address via telnet. I don't know too much about the company other than one of my friends ordered from it and got really good service (delivered in three days without much in the way of shipping costs). Its also a great place to search if you're interested in getting track listings or reviews for albums. They don't have any bootlegs for Robyn Hitchcock yet, but they do have bootlegs for some other great bands (i.e. R.E.M., the Pogues, etc.) Hopefully the interest generated by the Rhino releases will get them to pick up some Robyn Hitchock concerts. The WWW Fegamaniax page has Robyn playing at the mountain stage again. Is this going to be broadcast on American Public Radio or is this just a good place to play when you're in South Carolina? Joe [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 17:02:11 -0500 (EST) From: Eugene B Mirman Subject: Re: Newbury Comics To: FARBER@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU Cc: Fegmaniax List I was the one who asked about Robyn at Newbury Comics. Thanks, and see you there... -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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: Re: Various Questions To: MJK.APA@email.apa.org Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 17:07:05 -0500 (EST) Cc: Hitchcock Fan-List Says Knox, Joseph: >> >> >> The WWW Fegamaniax page has Robyn playing at the mountain stage again. >> Is this going to be broadcast on American Public Radio or is this just a >> good place to play when you're in South Carolina? Mtn. Stage is in West Virginia. I think Mountain Stage is the name of the radio show, and the actual facility has another name. If I'm not mistaken, they've taken the show on the road on occasion. Mike. --- Michael DeLong - UVa Department of Computer Science - mike@virginia.edu --- "Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault." - Hemingway [][][][][][][][][][] From: GOOSENMK@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 16:33:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Mountain Stage To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Joe sez: > The WWW Fegamaniax page has Robyn playing at the mountain stage again. > Is this going to be broadcast on American Public Radio or is this just a > good place to play when you're in South Carolina? I don't follow this last part. I'm excited to hear that Robyn might play _Mountain Stage_ again, but MS is taped in Charleston, WV. They do take it on the road occasionally, as in the last couple of summers when they've broadcast from Boise and Boston, among other places. Later, Miles [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 16:35:43 -0600 (CST) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Who is Mrs Wafflehead To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Well, my question is who (what) is Mrs Wafflehead? Is it a company owned by RH, or just someone who he is tight with? I would think that if it is his company he ought to be able to liscense out his older material to wafflead for alt pressings simply because it would be of little commercial value to a larger distributer, but in farming it out they could reap some cash and if he owns it not have to pay the artist royalties. ...just thoughts 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: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 16:28:44 -0800 From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Who Is Mrs. Wafflehead When I wrote to the Mrs. Wafflehead address in New York, I eventually got back a reply, which included a short note signed by "Mich" (at least that's how I decode it). Given that Robyn's been dedicating half his songs to "Mishy", probably his new girlfriend Michelle, perhaps she's managing the Wafflehead Enterprise? - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 10:16:17 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assa To: MJK.APA@email.apa.org cc: - Subject: Re: > 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 > Hey, I was there! Wasn't that violinist from Poi Dog Pondering, or was that at the Chicago show, and then he did use a local violinist? Hey, do you remember Liquid Pink? Whatever happened to them? That was the first band I have ever seen with a 12-string that stunk! > 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. It was in the BOB magazine (not Bubketfull of Brains. I don't know what issue, but if oyu pick one up, they do list all the old issues in the back. [][][][][][][][][][] From: GOOSENMK@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 09:17:40 -0600 (CST) Subject: Mountain Stage Redux To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu I thought about it some more and figured out what JOE might have been thinking: > The WWW Fegamaniax page has Robyn playing at the mountain stage again. > Is this going to be broadcast on American Public Radio or is this just a > good place to play when you're in South Carolina? Joe, were you thinking that when they say CHARLESTON on _Mountain Stage_, they mean SOUTH CAROLINA!?! As a native West Virginian, I find this more amusing than I perhaps should, but it's Charleston, WEST VIRGINIA, the capital of WEST VIRGINIA, the MOUNTAIN STATE. Hence, MOUNTAIN Stage. Mystery solved. Well, it's not quite as bad as when Peter Himmelman improvised a song on the show and began singing about CHARLOTTE, West Virginia ... Just wondering where the mountains are in coastal South Carolina, Miles [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 15:11:01 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: bourbie@tiac.net (bourbie) Subject: Re: Fegmaniax- please read! >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. Actually, my band PODS put out a CD ourselves this past year and, with a DAT and artwork ready to go, the 1000CD package only cost $2495.00. P.S. My band played a show at TT the Bears this past Thursday and they have these Rhino issued promotional posters which feature reprodutcions of all the reissue CD covers including You and Oblivion. It's another Robyn painting - pretty darn cool. Also a reminder that tickets for the TT the Bears Robyn show in Cambridge go on sale today (3/11/95). [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 11 Mar 95 12:02:53 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: innocent boy "Innocent Boy" was on The Soft Boys post-mortem album "Two Halves For The Price Of One" (1981?) I always assumed it was a RH tune. Pretty good song, and one of the few tracks from 2-HALVES that hasn't been reissued in some form or another on CD (as far as I know). Russ [][][][][][][][][][] From: "Rich Swartzwelder" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 19:20:13 +1100 Subject: Live Death Does anybody know this recording? I think it is a promo only item that came out in 1992. It has the following live tracks: 1. Clean Steve 2. Glass Hotel 3. My Wife and My Dead Wife 4. Arms of Love 5. When I Was Dead 6. Withered and Dead 7. A Day In the Life The liner notes say that 1-3 were recorded at First Avenue, Minneapolis, 4 and 5 were recorded at The Ritz, NYC, and 6 and 7 were recorded at McCabe's, Santa Monica. The copy I am looking at isn't mine, sadly. It belongs to the radio station where I work. Does anyone know where I could get my own copy or is this just impossible? Any info would by greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rich swartzwelder@wvusa.u92.wvu.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 01:17:05 +0000 (GMT) From: "Espen H. Koht" To: Rich Swartzwelder cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Live Death On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Rich Swartzwelder wrote: > Does anybody know this recording? I think it is a promo only item ..... > The copy I am looking at isn't mine, sadly. It belongs to the radio > station where I work. Does anyone know where I could get my own copy > or is this just impossible? Any info would by greatly appreciated. Steal it ;-) This is a great buy if you can find it.....I'm also looking for a copy of this so if anybody spots it I would be very interested! I might have better access on this side of the Atlantic to some of the recent bootleg CDs that have been mentioned at length there (Invisible Hitchcock I've seen several times) so I wouldn't mind a trade. Espen [][][][][][][][][][] From: Beebster@aol.com Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 09:31:03 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Live Death > Does anybody know this recording? I think it is a promo only item . Yeah, its a promo only. It does turn up from time to time, so just keep your eyes peeled and scour record shows, Goldmine, etc. I'm not sure what the "official" value of this thing is, but I've seen it sold for as high as $50. Then again, I've seen it go for as low as $10, so go figure. : / However, it IS rather difficult to come by, so if you see it for $50 and happen to have the cash on hand, I'd advise snatching it up then. Its a fantastic recording with a rather interesting sleeve. - Cath :D [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 11:13:28 -0500 From: something shakespeare never To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: administrivia and ketchup (or catsup) fegs, as the digest subscribers know, i'm back. no sign of robyn stuff anywhere in spain though where i was is not exactly a cosmopolitan area of the country. i didn't get the chance to meet bayard while i was over there (and i lost the phone number of his aunt in madrid - oops). anyways.... i'm going to get the digest automated this week so that when i disappear for three weeks later this month the digest subscribers need not suffer. turns out it's pretty easy to do, so i'll probably just leave it that way when i get back. i looked for the k single at pier platters yesterday but had no luck. they did have copies of the surgery flexi, the happy the golden prince flexi, the man who invented himself 7" (w/o mystic trip flexi), some promo 12"s and the living cream _underwater moonlight_ lp though. didn't spring for any of them. okay, some nonsensical comments and whatnot: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) sez: >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. you can slag happy mondays all you want but lay off the fall, man. ;) granted, the fall's last few albums have not met my expectations, but i have trouble not thinking of their high points as "innovative" or "lyrically creative." "tuneful" and "catchy" are neither important or necessary when determining a band's contribution to rock music. AMcCon@aol.com sez: >Boy, you got that right. Actually, I like a lot of Matthew Sweet's recorded >work, including some songs featuring Ivan Julian, the guitarist in question. ditto. >But Julian was not only way too loud when he opened for Robyn at the Ritz >in NYC, he also postured like a bad air guitarist and wore tight leather >pants. i can look past the posturing and the leather pants but i can't excuse the throbbing ear drums. regardless, i enjoyed matthew's set that night, as well as the other shows on that tour that i saw (washington, philadelphia). i've always thought of matthew as cotton candy rock, and, in that context, he is good at what he does. i've never head anything after _girlfriend_ though. "Balloon Man" sez: >I did not see the comprehensively on the list so I am posting the known >tour dates as published by Consumable e-zine . >March 25 Philadelphia, PA Tin Angel there is also a date the next night at the tin angel. >April 6 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel can anyone in providence confirm this? according the itinerary that rhino records gave john, robyn is playing at sam's cafe. >No wi have to awsk - who the hell is Jill Sobule? Never heard of her.... don't you read your fegmaniax mail, jeff? i answered this question last week sometime. ;) to save you the trouble of going back and looking, she's a solo artist who has released at least one pretty good album of light pop fare (which was produced by todd rundgren who left his mark all over it). i wonder if she has a new album out now. i also wonder hos she'll perform - the debut album wasn't something that easily lends to the stage. maybe she'll do acoustic versions? who knows? i'm looking forward to it anyways. jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) sez: >Don't you all find it odd that all of a >sudden, all this bootleg stuff of Robyn is coming out?? it is kinda weird, especially since the only thing going on on the commercial front is the reissues. the prices of pressing compact discs has been low for a number of years now so cheaper prices is probably not the reason. i suspect that spqr records (the label which pressed _invisible history_) has some kind of relationship with peter buck. it's no secret that peter has given copies of r.e.m. shows from his collection to bootleggers and spqr has recently issued an early r.e.m. show that has never seen the light of day in its entirety before. >Did anyone ask Robyn any bootleg questions on the virtual interview thing. yes, i think there were a few in there. (before anyone asks, i'll be posting the list of questions asked this evening.) MJK.APA@email.apa.org (Knox, Joseph) sez: >The WWW Fegamaniax page has Robyn playing at the mountain stage again. >Is this going to be broadcast on American Public Radio or is this just a >good place to play when you're in South Carolina? as others have noted, mountain stage is normally recorded in charleston, west virgina. as other have also noted, mountain stage goes on the road occasionally. robyn's upcoming appearance will be at one such show when mountain stage is recorded in greenville, south carolina. kapish? ;) woj [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 11:22:48 -0500 (EST) From: Eugene B Mirman Subject: Re: innocent boy To: Russ Reynolds Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Innocent Boy does appear on CD, however the CD is Invisible History, and it's a bootleg and not easily found... -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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [][][][][][][][][][] From: mrd@world.std.com (Mitchell R Dickerman) Subject: Latest reissues To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (Fegmaniax) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 15:02:03 -0500 (EST) Between _Fegmania!_ and the Wedding Present's _George Best_, two of the 5 best albums of alltime have recently been reissued with equally great bonus tracks. Does life get better than this? I must admit, at first I was like, "Oh no, demos. Ho hum. And live tracks, oboy." My faith in the Man wavered! But I was rewarded with blessed enlightenment - wow! The demos but a whole new slant on the tracks - I love the _Dream of Trains_-version of "The President", and "If You Were a Priest" with new lyrics - ahhhhh. The "Insect Mother" demo is equally cool. You know, I realize that to the uninitiated, Robyn doesn't have the greatest voice, but to me there is nothing so soothing or comforting as his vocals. I've always felt "Glass" was the most beautiful song I've EVER heard, and stuff like "Airscape" makes me melt. I especially thought about this when listening to the live version of "Heaven" - it's sooooo gorgeous. - Does anyone know when & where the live tracks come from? I don't think it was mentioned in the booklet - Didja notice the extra passage in "Bass" printed in the lyrics?? Unless there's a hole in my memory, the "...so don't go cycling around the town" part is not there. - Does he ALWAYS substitute the "...and the slow release of heat" with "...and the quick return of summer" live? - Anyone know which parts of "The Can Opener" are spoken by whom? - I'm holding off on replacing my copy of _Hen_. While I can CLEARLY hear the difference between the original _Black Snake_ and the reissue, I'm not so sure I can hear it with the subsequent ones. Anyone care to point out specific examples of superior quality? I'm going to both Boston shows, as well as the Newbury Comics appearance. I'm still debating about the Amherst show. Any plans on grabbing some chow before the Boston shows? The wonderful Mary Chung's is back and around the corner... Mitch [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 16:22:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: TT Tix To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Anyone gotten their TT's tix yet? I tried yesterday afternoon. TT's was closed, TicketBlaster at Tower said they didn't sell TT's tickets, but Strawberry's did. After 45 minutes of trying to find a parking space (there definatly are 4 cars for every one parking space in Boston) Strawberry's told me that they did _not_ sell TT's tix, and that they were sure the only place you could get them was at the show that night. So what gives, fellow Boston Fegs? ---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: Fred_M_Hamilton@cup.portal.com To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Kingdom of Love guitar tab Date: Sun, 12 Mar 95 16:48:30 PST I'd like to thank james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) for transcribing "Kingdom of Love" a few weeks ago, and I have these suggestions, reflecting the way I've always played it. (I could be wrong-the song has some difficult parts!) E G D A E G D A In the spiritual kingdom of love, You're the E G D A E one that I'm thinking of etc. And the chorus I play like this (just the root note and the fifth): A G# G G# G G# G G# You've been laying eggs under my skin, A G# G C D C# C C# Now they're hatching out under my chin D C# C C# D C# C C# Now there's tiny insects showing through, D C# C C# E All them tiny insects look like you And I have one minor correction to that awesome riff: S=slide, H= Hammer on S H H H |---|---------0-----| |---|-------02-0----| |---|-----02----1---| |---|---04-------2--| |---|-40----------2-| |-0-|---------------| And a similar change for the coda: |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |---020-----| |-40---20---| |--------30-| Thanks again for the posting, James! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Hamilton fred_m_hamilton@cup.portal.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 22:57:45 -0500 From: something shakespeare never To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: virtual interview questions fegs, at long last, i've finally collected all the questions from the interview into one file. i've sent them onto robyn, but have no idea when to expect a response - probably after the north american tour, at the earliest, i'd expect. in any event, i thought that there would be some interest in seeing the questions that were asked. i'm attaching them below. all questions are anonymous so no one needs to be embarrassed. i must confess that some of you asked pretty strange questions...and some fairly personal ones. i was surprised. regardless, i sent any and all questions asked on to robyn, though i don't expect answers for all of 'em. enjoy! woj ----- 1) Around the time of the Respect tour I heard that you were going to be taking some time off from the music to devote more time to your painting. A first I was disappointed, thinking we wouldn't see you again for a while, but then got caught up in daydreams of seeing a touring exhibit of your work on canvas. Have you ever done an exhibit? How might a west-coast fan see more of your work? 2) I've often thought of attempting a stained-glass adaptation of the Respect cover painting. Would you have any objection to such a project? 3) Thanks for taking the time to create a special t-shirt commemorating your surprise gig with the Young Fresh Fellows in Seattle last fall. That was a remarkable show, and we were thrilled to have been there! ----- 1) Is there any chance for a possible touring display of his paintings? 2) Also, I've been give the impression that a U.S. Soft Boys tour couldn't be worked out due to conflicts (both time-related and personal, I believe) with Kimberly Rew. Is a Soft Boys tour minus Kimberly might be possible? 3) I'm not sure how goofy a question this last one is, but if he has any insights on being a Piscean songwriter, I'd be interested. (Pisces being the sign which tends to be a sponge of its environment, very sensitive to disharmony, extremely perceptive, etc. etc. He shares this distinction with George Harrison and the late Kurt Cobain.) ----- 1) Why don't you play in Germany more often? How do you feel about the country? You speak German pretty well, so I'd assume you feel some affinity to our country. One tour per decade is pretty lame, don't you think? ----- 1) Do you feel torn sometimes between wanting to remain a musician with a defined artistic bent and a strong cult following, or having the financial security that goes along with being more of a mainstream success, with all its compromises? ----- 1) Do you see yourself giving up music to persue other artistic endevours (ala Van Vliet)? ----- 1) I'd like to know now that much of your body of work is available again which album he was the most happy with, and on which you have had the most artistic freedom. 2) I'd also like to hear you talk about Bob Dylan, but I can't for the life of me think of a decent question in that vein. 3) I'd like to hear your opinion of some of the modern 'retrodelic' bands. 4) And when the hell are you coming back to Charlottesville :) 5) Oh yeah: I'd love to hear you talk about the DC Tower Records incident. ----- Hello again Robyn, thank you very much for agreeing to answer some of our questions! I was able to think of a few, I hope some of them are worth answering. First, the business ones; 1. Someone has offered to put _Glass Flesh_, our tribute project, on indie CD's. Do you think it would be possible to work something out with the Waffleheads for selling/distributing such a CD (and the tapes, for that matter). All profits would go to you, I would hope. Who should we contact specifically at Mrs. Wafflehead? (again, we the tribute artists are not selling tapes.) 2. A lady called Michelle Skoorka has implored me to ask you if you know how to contact your sometime tour manager Howie Gilbert. She said you would proably remember her as the girl who moved from Brookly to Philly and had a lot of crazy tattoos. Right now she's in Maine; her address as of March or so is Michelle Skoorka, PO Box 76, Orono, ME 04773; phone (home) 207-866-7693 (work) 207-581-2123; internet address MSKOOR31@maine.maine.edu. If you could have Howie contact her or let me know how to contact him she would be forever grateful, and as it seems she used to be familiar with you I told her I would pass the request along. 3. As you know, some of your fans tape record your performances for their own personal listening enjoyment. Is this acceptable to you? And secondly, some more fanciful questions; 4. What is your earliest memory? 5. What do you generally dream about; is there a dream that sticks out especially in your mind, or a favorite? 6. What has been the best and/or worst moment in your life thus far? On a similar note, what were your worst (many to choose from I'm sure) and best interviews? 7. What was the first thing you bought with your own money? 8. (a). If you could ask questions of Lennon, Dylan, Barrett etc, what would you ask them? (b) What would -your- answer to these questions be? 9. What do you believe happens to a soul after death, if anything? What is the extent of your belief in the spiritual, supernatural or occult worlds, if any? 10. What is it that you most desire? 11. What has gone wrong in the music industry and can it be fixed? If so, how? 12. (If they're not green and gold), what are your favorite colors? How about best liked foods, songs (both yours and others'). Rather trivial matters in a way, but still important. 13. Who is the female you most admire? Why? 14. I'm sure you'll be asked this by many others, but I might as well put it in-- If you could be any sort of fish, what fish would you be (if any-- perhaps at this point you have grown too used to being human). That should do-- thanks very much for taking time to answer our questions Robyn, as many as you have the inclanation to do. ----- 1) Do you listen to Neil Young, and if not, what sparked him to start playing harmonica? I started in the winter of 92... simply because I was not playing with people, was writing songs that had parts that I did not want to hum or wistle ( And because I listen to Neil Young ). ----- 1. Are there any plans to reissue any of the live Soft Boys material? Do you think there's a problem with Soft Boys bootlegs? 2. I've got a friend interested in releasing the Surfer Ghost material (he's already done a few records), would you be interested? 3. The song "Mellow Together" from IODOT makes me think it's Neil from the Young Ones tv show singing. Was that done on purpose? 4. Will we ever see the re-release of any of the Maureen and the Meatpackers or Dennis and the Experts stuff? (or, what do you think of collector geeks like me?) 5. Did he really play in a band called the Symptoms? 6. Would you contact me the next time you plays New Orleans so I can show you the sites (cemetaries, churches, and fish stores)? ----- 1) Being a songwriter myself, I intensely admire your songs Robyn for both their intelligent lyrics and supurb music (esp. the harmonies which are truly astounding). Having said that, I was wondering HOW you write your material? Do you sit down for an hour a day and *WRITE* a la Philip Glass, or is it something that just happens whenever? And do you find that the words or music come first? Or both? Any ideas or views on songwriting would be greatly appreciated at this end :-) 2) With the current re-issues on both the Ryko and Rhino labels, it seems that some media attention is finally starting to come your way. Do you think it's "about time" that your music started being heard by the general masses or do you really give a flying leap less about all that B.S.? Are you ever even interested in gaining "public acceptance" (which are the most dangerous words for an artist to hear)? Personally I don't care if anyone else likes your music since I like and will alawys remain liking it :-) (Some attitude eh? ;-) ) 3) Have you ever met a fish you've never liked? ;-) ----- 1) How would you like to be remembered? ----- 1. What happened to the eyes in the railing-posts on the front cover to "I Often Dream of Trains"? They're missing on the Rhino reissues. 2. Any chance you'll release the "Angel Upstairs" song from circa 1987? 3. What's the status of the book of your paintings / lyrics? 4. Would you agree that McCartney is to the Beatles as Cleese is to Monty Python? (And maybe Lennon's pair is therefore Chapman (Graham not Mark).) What are the karmic implications of these parallels? 5. Do you know where Mervyn Peake is buried? (Titus must be a Groan man by now.) 6. What're the odds of putting out a spoken-word-only CD? ----- 1) Why are glass, flesh and disease mentioned in so many songs? Is it due to something that happened to you as a child? I ask that because Salvador Dali found a dead animal full of ants when he was a kid, and consequently had an ant continuity throughout much of his work. ----- 1) What is the last line of Aquarium? All you need is love, but all you get is: a) a frame b) afraid c) a friend d) none of the above e) all of the above f) sod off 2) What is being chanted in the chorus of Child of the Universe? ----- 1) Not a question (I have none) but I'd like to extend an invitation. You see, I work at the Maritime Center at Norwalk, Connecticut, an aquarium and museum. During your week touring the Southern New England area in April, I'd be delighted to take you on a personal tour if you were so inclined. ----- 1) Do you feel that the media verse of "I Wanna Destroy You" is less, equally, or more applicable today than in 1980 and why? 2) How do you come up with a song? 3) What's your favorite species of fish? ----- 1) How has the search for a label been going? What label can we expect to see you recording on? When can we expect a new album? Are the new songs you have been playing on your recent solo tour part of the SURFER GHOST album? Do studio versions of this stuff exist? (apart from K records release) Also, at this juncture I would like to cast my vote for the songs "A Happy Bird is A Filthy Bird" (which I heard during your soundcheck in Ottawa) and "Surfer Ghost" (which I heard on a KCRW-FM interview). You should play these in your live shows. 2) What is your opinion on people taping your shows and trading them amongst themselves? Are you aware of the massive amounts of recordings out there? (This is meant as a compliment) 3) I am most impressed by the amount of songs you have that have never been released on CD, and would like to know more about the following songs: Evil Guy, September Cones, Love in the Garden of Light(???), Love is What Frightens You The Most(??), Yes I Do, Speed of Things, Lobsterman. (There are many others, I just don't know the names or can't recall them right off) When were these written, why didn't they end up on studio recordings (did A&M have anything to do with it, or were you yourself dissatisfied with them for some reason), will they ever see the light of day? Would you ever play any of these if I requested them? (the ones with ??? indicate that I am unsure of titles). 4) Is there any chance of more of your unreleased work and live material being issued via fanclub (whether thru Mrs. Wafflehead or thru this internet mailing list)? 5) Have you seen the new Bob Dylan book featuring his drawings? When I saw it it made me think of your drawings on record sleeves and things. Do you have any plans to compile your paintings and drawings in book form? ----- 1) Why aren't the last bits o'Soft Boys stuff not on CD? (Portland Arms, some of Two Halves, etc). ----- 1) Do you generally create the words first, or the music? 2) Is there a single event from your life that stands out in your mind that significantly changed you? What was it and how did you change? 3) (if after march 24) How did you enjoy the trip to Rio with WHFS listeners and DJs? 4) What are your plans for _Surfer Ghost_, if any? 5) (for the female fans too shy/polite to ask:) Love has been an important element in your songs for a long time. Tell us a bit about the woman in your life, and your thoughts on relationships in general. 6) If you could have had a different name attributed to you at birth, what name would you choose? Why? ----- 1) On the album of rarities will there be any songs like Wafflehead? 2) If starnded on a desert island, what newscaster would you least like to be stuck with? 3) Does your daughter like your music? How about her friends? 4) Is it unnerving to know that there exists a list, like ours, that discusses you as an individual and entity of the music? 5) How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if he had help from Arnold Schwarzeneggar? 6) Who would you like to work with on an album more: Roger McGuinn, Johnny Marr (ex-Smiths Guitarist), Tom Petty, or Madonna? 7) Does your dryer eat socks too? (I know some are weird, but You got to throw weird ones at him, to keep him sharp.) [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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