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 93 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Fwd: GARDEN OF TESTOSTERONE 2000 GARDEN OF TESTOSTERONE 2000 Hello all Hitchcock update Lewes Gig (Anyone going?) Noo Zeeland Questions RE: i'm here.... Robyn on Kaleidoscope Serpent Guitar Serpent Guitars, etc. Shawms and where are you? This seems Robynesque, so what the hey Update to tape tree leaves Which Album... in-store/netsurfer ghost tape tree leftovers [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:08:32 +1200 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Shawms and where are you? I'm not here, John. I'm waaaaay over theeeere! >A shawm is a medieval predecessor of the oboe. I believe it's a shawm in >the Beatles' "Baby You're a Rich Man." Played, I believe by - of all people - Brian Jones of the Stones... The shawm's shaped a bit like an oboe with a curved end (imagine a wooden saxophone and you're getting close). Used a lot by bands that do mediaeval sounding stuff - Gryphon, for instance - often with other instruments of the time, like the crumhorn. It has a very nasal, reedy sound. Hmmm. Or is it the crumhorn that looks like a saxophone? 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: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 21:36:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Re: in-store/netsurfer ghost tape tree leftovers To: woj Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Ok. I volunteer to be a distributor in this tree, if someone could send me a copy. E-mail me if you've got one, and I'll send my address. I'll post a second note when I've recieved that tape, and anyone that wants a copy can e-mail me then, ok? Terry "The man who thinks he's doing this right" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] From: bskaught@nwrain.com Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 19:38 PDT To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: RE: i'm here.... congratulate me on graduating from high school this morning!yay! on to feg stuff............. I think it would be interesting to get recipients of the tape to review them here-- it would be fun to discuss the various interpretations. Also, perhaps the "serpent guitar" is just a phrase used to describe the sound created-- often musicians (sickos that they are) will invent a name to go with some rather un-guitar-like sound. So it could just be a very serpent-like sound. You've already heard all about the shawm. Picked up You and Oblivion-- if you haven't, don't put it off any longer! Great stuff. Brad (no longer in high school) ley [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 01:52:50 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: United Pigworkers Subject: Re: Shawms and where are you? This has been the medieval arts program; we hope you've enjoyed it. On to our next program, Inuit rope-making techniques. And don't forget to join us next week, when we join J. Elmo "Tex" Pflugschtaff in his ongoing effort to scrimshaw the Encyclopaedia Brittanica on the stickshift of his 1958 Edsel. Oh--aside from our usual programming, we offer the occasional obscure topic, like eccentric British pop stars. Maybe. --Jeff Jeffrey Norman "Solipsism is its own reward" University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. --Crow T. Robot e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 07:01:26 -0400 From: woj To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: in-store/netsurfer ghost tape tree leftovers Terry Marks sez: >Ok. I volunteer to be a distributor in this tree, if someone could send >me a copy. E-mail me if you've got one, and I'll send my address. >I'll post a second note when I've recieved that tape, and anyone that >wants a copy can e-mail me then, ok? thanks to terry for volunteering (at least one other person did as well - thanks to him too, but terry beat you to the punch). please note, however, that he is a reservist in the dubbing effort. if you are not on the distribution tree and you want copies of the two tapes, please contact kenster@mit.edu *first*. if he is overwhelmed, he will refer you to terry. kapiche? gut. woj [][][][][][][][][][] From: simon roberts Subject: Robyn on Kaleidoscope To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:13:10 +0100 (BST) URGENT!!! All UK fegs: It is rumoured that Robyn will be on Kaleidoscope TONIGHT - the Monday of the 12th of the June. Its broadcast on Radio 4, 92-94 FM (roughly) between 9.30 and 10.00 pm. I was told that the weeks programmes are also repeated at the weekend, but check this yourself. Sorry to all those non-UK fegs. We'll let you know what happened. Simon [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Re: Which Album... To: a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 17:35:04 BST Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (pleasure of the aching void) Hoi, Terry > I'm wondering whether I should get Black Snake Diamond Role or Gotta Let > this Hen Out. No question. Get BSDR. Happy the Golden Prince is worth its weight in gold. You also get the funky version of Groovin On A Inner Plane that was on the cassette release of Invisible Hitchcock, but not on the CD. Hen is the only reissue I didn't buy, since it hasn't got anything extra on it. Though the My Wife And My Dead Wife on the promo does sound better than the original after the remastering. [...] > Terry Marks > a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us with rain from Europe, Susan [][][][][][][][][][] From: A.N.Pryke@cs.bham.ac.uk Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 17:26:29 BST To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Lewes Gig (Anyone going?) Cc: A.N.Pryke@cs.bham.ac.uk Hi All, Anyone else going to the gig in Lewes, East Sussex, England, on the 17th? I should be arriving there fairly early (5ish), to pick up my tickets, anyone fancy meeting for food / drinks before the gig? Anyone know how big Lewes is? Are there any pizza places etc? I suggest carrying lemons again, as a aid to recognition. (Whoever had the idea originally - I love it). By the way, I've been told that "Lewes" is pronounces "lew-is" not "loos" as I thought (maybe I'm just thick). Anyway, if you're going, let me know, carry a lemon, smile etc... Andy --- Andy Pryke, Research Student, Computer Science, Birmingham University Data Mining Information [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 13:45:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Rohith Sood To: fegmaniax Subject: Serpent Guitar This is only an educated guess, but I think the Serpent guitar is another name for the Infinite gutar, a nifty box that sustains guitar note forever. It is most widely known from the keyboardy sounding guitar part from U2's "With or Without You". Arms of Love sounds similar to me, so my guess its the same thing or a close rellative. [][][][][][][][][][] From: MILLER@ECCLES.NZDRI.Org.NZ Date: 13 Jun 1995 10:50:23 +1200 Subject: Hello all To: Fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Greetings. I am a new arrival from NZ and am amazed/impressed with Feg. I'll just sit back and take all this in for a while and report back to you all later. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 20:52:53 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: This seems Robynesque, so what the hey To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: IN%"beinfang@ix.netcom.com" 12-JUN-1995 18:21:30.13 To: IN%"dpaulsen@atl1.america.net", IN%"hist1a@jetson.uh.edu" CC: Subj: Fwd: GARDEN OF TESTOSTERONE 2000 Return-path: Received: from ix2.ix.netcom.com by Jetson.UH.EDU (PMDF V4.3-10 #8380) id <01HRMMFXFCSG9YJ9GJ@Jetson.UH.EDU>; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:21:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from by ix2.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id QAA29996; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 16:20:40 -0700 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 16:20:40 -0700 From: beinfang@ix.netcom.com (Jim Porter ) Subject: Fwd: GARDEN OF TESTOSTERONE 2000 To: dpaulsen@atl1.america.net To: hist1a@jetson.uh.edu Message-id: <199506122320.QAA29996@ix2.ix.netcom.com> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT ---- Begin Forwarded Message 220 196759 article Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Path: ix.netcom.com!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.ed u!dbisna.com!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!isc-newsserver!csh-newsserv er.csh.rit.edu!nick.csh.rit.edu!derrick From: derrick@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu (Donut Boy ) Subject: GARDEN OF TESTOSTERONE 2000 Message-ID: Originator: derrick@nick.csh.rit.edu Sender: news@ultb.isc.rit.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: mcp.csh.rit.edu Organization: Computer Science House @ RIT Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 19:53:14 GMT Lines: 80 Today I tended to my rose bushes. They're pretty sorry looking rose bushes, mostly due to the fact that they hadn't been looked at for the five years the house was rented before I bought it. The rose bushes grow awkwardly, and require some string to hold the whole thing upright. There are things eating the rose buds. Little green wormy things. They eat the leaves and burrow into the yet unblooming flowers, spinning webs and leaving little black worm turds all over the webs. I went to the hardware store, and bought a little bottle of insectidal soap. Soap? Well, if they sold it as something that kills insects, I don't care if it's strawberry jam or chocolate pudding. I wanted to kill off those icky bugs. The bottle came with a "Easy Spray" sprayer. The directions said to put just a little bit of insectidal soap in the spray bottle, and fill the rest with water. The directions effectively said, "Just a little, DAMMIT!" I inspected my rose bushes before spraying. I tsk'ed at the damage that the parasites had inflicted in a week, after I had noticed them. I sprayed a few buds to see what would happen. Nothing happened. Yet. Underneath my closely scrunitizing eyes, I saw a whole bunch of green worms emerge from their burrows from the rose blossoms. They were squirming, raising their heads into the air. If it were a bad 50's science fiction movie, it would have been in black and white, under extreme magnification, and the soundtrack would be going "RRR-OOAR-- SHHRRRIIIIEEEEEK! YAAAHAHAHAYYAAAAAA!" They dying screams of the hideous green rose eating bugs, but you wouldn't be able to tell what color it was, since it was a black and white film. The the green worms were very still. They weren't resting. They weren't taking an afternoon snooze. They weren't meditating. They were dead. Very very dead. Dead. D-E-D. I shook the rose branch. It rained dead green rose eating worm bodies. With the ephoria of discovery, of also sprach zarathrusta, a taste of my superior evolutionary might, I turned the "Easy Spray" all the way to "Spray", and with rapid pumping motions, sprayed liquid death upon the heads of the green worms. "Cancel your lunch dates," I snarled, "And pencil in Mr. Death!" "Quiz!" I said, "What happens when insectidal soap contacts green worms? Hint: One of us will be here to find out. It won't be you!" "New corporate strategy calls for downsizing. Consider yourselves redundant!" "Delicate ecology THIS, suckers!" "Sure, you'll be back, but I can buy MORE! I've got VISA!" "Green worms fall like rain Spray it like no tomorrow This shit really works" "DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!" "Yaaaaaauauuuuauauauaaaaaaaagh!" "Killing green rose eating worms just makes me feel... 'fresh'!" Then I threw the "Easy Spray" up in the air, where it kept going up and up and then transformed into a gigantic blue orbiting space sattelite. After pausing to reflect upon what I have learned, I felt the overwhelming stirrings within me of patriotic pride for being part of a country with an effective pesticide industry, where ultimate chemistry completely obilierates annoying insect pests found in the average American citizen's garden. My eyes swelled with tears, and I heard the National Anthem playing and saluted the energetically waving Stars and Stripes, while clutching the bottle of insectidal soap to my chest in absolute bliss. Derrick of course I coulda just burned it to the FUCKING GROUND ---- End Forwarded Message [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 20:59:13 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Serpent Guitars, etc. To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Ya know Brian Eno was using the Serpent guitar as far back as his "Taking Tiger Mt." album and in many of his other "song albums" so its not suprising it shows up in a U2 production...it'll probably pop up in his new Album with Bowie as well... Wow two fegs in New Zealand now! Do Robyn discs spin counter clockwise down there? :) And finally I signed the contract on the Harrier today and she should be on her way to me in four more weeks...like Robyn says a house should be full of living things... ...Oh and this friend of mine sent me a goofy story that struck me as some what Robyn like...ok its a stretch, but things are pretty quiet around here.... jay %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jay Lyall "Capy Toad Blast" "Why isn't phonetics spelled the way it sounds?" hist1a@jetson.uh.edu -Steven Wright --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: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:22:32 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Hitchcock update Hey Fegs! I wrote to ICE magazine, asking them for info on Rout of the Clones and anything they knew about a new record deal....here's what they said: >From: Butterking@aol.com >Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 13:38:51 -0400 >To: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu >Subject: Hitchcock > >Erik Flannigan here from ICE. > >Yes, at present, Rout Of The Clones looks like the closest you will get to >Live At The Portland Arms on CD. A friend of mine who has it says it has most >of what you want from the show, but not everything. They are not audience >recordings, but the same ones used for the official releases. > >Robyn has circulated 14 new demos and right now he's negotiating a deal Rhino >may actually have the inside track on releasing any new work. > >Hope this helps, > >Erik > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- John B. Jones e-mail: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu "I was thinking about Lou Reed the other day, and I was wondering if he ever sings the theme to "The Monkees" in the bathtub." -Robyn Hitchcock "Well, you know what they say: The pen is mightier than the pencil." -Andy Metcalfe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:26:20 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: Serpent Guitar >This is only an educated guess, but I think the Serpent guitar is another >name for the Infinite gutar, a nifty box that sustains guitar note >forever. It is most widely known from the keyboardy sounding guitar part >from U2's "With or Without You". Arms of Love sounds similar to me, >so my guess its the same thing or a close rellative. Michael Brook, cohort of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, invented the infinite guitar. In an interview from a couple of years ago, he said there are only 3 infinite guitars in existence: he has one, and Eno and Lanois each have one. "And Eno never uses his...it just hangs on his wall" (he sounded miffed...) FYI.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- John B. Jones e-mail: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu "I was thinking about Lou Reed the other day, and I was wondering if he ever sings the theme to "The Monkees" in the bathtub." -Robyn Hitchcock "Well, you know what they say: The pen is mightier than the pencil." -Andy Metcalfe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [][][][][][][][][][] From: MILLER@ECCLES.NZDRI.Org.NZ Date: 13 Jun 1995 15:47:43 +1200 Subject: Noo Zeeland Questions To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Jay,Hmmm...No they don't, but thanks for asking! Sally. [][][][][][][][][][] From: Fred_M_Hamilton@cup.portal.com To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Update to tape tree leaves Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 22:22:03 PDT This is an update to all the leaves in my tape tree: "Mark Gloster" Rico A Gonzalez KCasey@aol.com Alex.Stein@turner.com (Alex Stein) "M. Minahan" Tung Thanh Le Cynthia Peterson It looks like the master tapes from woj will be here any day now, so I'll try to get the copying done within about a week. If you haven't contacted me already, please either send me two C90 tapes with rare RH stuff on 'em if you got it, otherwise $5 cash would probably be easier-if you send cash I'll put the music on 2 Maxell UDXLII or TDK SA-90 C90s. My address: Fred Hamilton 284 S. Bayview Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Let me know if you have any questions! -Fred [][][][][][][][][][] From: simon roberts Subject: Re: Robyn on Kaleidoscope To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:10:54 +0100 (BST) Did anyone else hear Kaleidoscope on Radio 4 last night?! Wasn't Robyn's impression of Bjork astounding? Only the odd slip into cockney to give the game away....OK. I admit it. It was Bjork and NOT Robyn. Teaches me to never trust a rumour, or a room-mirror or a...uh...lawn-mower (or can-opener for that matter). Sorry for the FALSE TURKEY. I'll listen to Kaleidoscope for the rest of the week as punishment, keeping the record button at the ready should anything Robyny church-spire. Simon [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can be found at ftp://fegmania.wustl.edu/fegmaniax/archives/ For administrative questions, subscription requests, and all that boring crud, send mail to fegmaniax-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu. Slipping you the midnight fish...