Fegmaniax Digest <==----------==> (Send posts to the list to fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu) (Send adminstrative commands to majordomo@nsmx.rutgers.edu) (Send comments, etc to the listowner at owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu) <==----------==> Volume 3 Number 117 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Subject: RE: Transcriptions Subject: liner notes on reissues? Subject: Re: dreams, experiments and circle jerks Subject: trivial trivia Subject: Re: trivial trivia Subject: Re: trivial trivia Subject: glass Flesh update Subject: trivia solved Subject: Re: trivial trivia Subject: Kershaw Sessions Subject: Vinyl! Subject: fegmania registered with AKC Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions Subject: Dreams & Machines Subject: Re; CRD?? Another Bubble and CRDs Fegmania Subject: Re: Re; CRD?? Another Bubble and CRDs Fegmania Subject: CRD: Face of Death [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 01 Aug 95 19:56:55 EDT From: Daniel Ginsberg Subject: RE: Transcriptions To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Terry, Wow! HAve you been crankin' or what? I have only had a chance to play through some of you latest efforts, but here are a few suggestions.... RE: Another Bubble: D G A D G A She's just another bubble, another and she's not the first .. ... and later... G A D G it takes two and one of them is always you G A G A it takes two and one of them is someone too ...and so on. _______ RE: I'm only you Am C I'm a snow covered mountain in an empty room Am C G I'm a house that burns down every night for you ____ RE: Goodnight I say Try an F instead of that D, and for the goodnight i say part, try G Bb C Goodnight I say goodnight I say Goodnight I say Eb G Goodnight I say goodnight (That may not be perfect but it is closer) ------ Finally, on Strawberry Mind (Assuming ya wanna play it in D) D G A G A He wants to know about the silence of the jaguar .... G A D And when you're gonna change your Strawberrry mind ..(later when the above line is repeated, the second go round is:) G D When you gonna change your Strawberry mind G A When you gonna change your Strawberry mind ....and the bridge needs fixing too, but I am dead and so are my ears... Try these out and see if they sound right.... Dan (who is still not dreaming, is not yet crazed, and who wonders how Newton managed to be so brilliant on no sleep at all) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 02:56:55 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: "Us...we wanna be some anglepoise lamps yeh!" Subject: liner notes on reissues? I'm currently listening to and looking at my Two Crabs edition of the _Can of Bees_ CD (CLAW 1001 CD), and trying not to laugh so hard at the liner notes as to spray the keyboard. So, my question: are Robyn's notes included in the reissues as well? Also, I used to assume from Robyn's descriptions of the "'legendary' only because it was too bad to release" missing Soft Boys' album that these songs were somewhat, shall we say, mythical ("Moan": "15 track Kimberley guitar solo under an Israeli baby food advert, chanted in mono by all 5 of us.")--but now I'm noticing that one of the songs is "So You Think You're in Love," which, as we all know, is a real song. (I *think* we all know this; surprisingly enough, this group actually does seem to have at least a three-fingered grip on reality...;) So, any Kollector Skum (tm) out there who know about these tracks? Jeffrey Norman "matches..." University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "candles..." Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. "matches..." e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu "candles..." "buns?" In my CD changer: The Soft Boys _Can of Bees_ Game Theory _Lolita Nation_ Susato _Danserye 1551_ Blur _Parklife_ John Coltrane _Blue Train_ [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@bix.com Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 07:38:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: dreams, experiments and circle jerks To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >also, 120 minutes premiered the circle jerk "i wanna destroy you" video. i >was unimpressed; the song just isn't the same without kimberly rew and the >nearly giddy harmonized vocals. Well... I'm certanly anticipating Glass Flesh, and seeing if my band's version of "Destroy You" blows this one outta the water. ---Mike (Nickname o' the month "That fuzzy-headed guy from Other Days") Check out the Other Days home page at http://www1.usa1.com/~mikeb/odays.html mikester@bix.com mikeb@usa1.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 08:46:32 CDT From: cheri@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu (cheri) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: trivial trivia The lyrics to _Freeze_, as I understand them, include these lines: I know who wrote the book of love It was an idiot, it was a fool slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shaking hand And he wrote my name next to yours But it should have been David Byrne or somebody So the question is, since he does often use real people in his lyrics, is he maybe referring to David Burn who wrote _The New Mood Therapy_, _Feeling Good Handbook_, _Ten Days to Self-Esteem_? It would fit the lyrics, a hopelessly optimistic fix-it type. I think those books came out from 1980 to 1989....Freeze is on Queen Elvis and I think that is 1989. Is there another David Byrne/Burn that is known for something else? (this is *really* trivial....) -cheri [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 09:42:16 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: trivial trivia To: cheri@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >The lyrics to _Freeze_, as I understand them, include these lines: > >I know who wrote the book of love >It was an idiot, it was a fool >slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shaking hand >And he wrote my name next to yours >But it should have been David Byrne or somebody > >So the question is, since he does often use real people in his lyrics, >is he maybe referring to David Burn who wrote _The New Mood Therapy_, >_Feeling Good Handbook_, _Ten Days to Self-Esteem_? It would fit the >lyrics, a hopelessly optimistic fix-it type. I think those books came >out from 1980 to 1989....Freeze is on Queen Elvis and I think that is >1989. > >Is there another David Byrne/Burn that is known for something else? >(this is *really* trivial....) I think he's talking about David Byrne of the Talking Heads...though I knew a guy in college also named David Byrne and I would be really disappointed if that knob was mentioned in one of Robyns songs.... jay > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jay Lyall "Capy Toad Blast" "If you could free my inner child hist1a@jetson.uh.edu Then I could free your inhabitions." University of Houston --Lloyd Cole "I was born to cheese you." "They're telling me questions --Robyn Hitchcock And asking me lies." --Replacements %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 08:22:01 -0700 (PDT) From: K A White To: cheri cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: trivial trivia On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, cheri wrote: > The lyrics to _Freeze_, as I understand them, include these lines: > And he wrote my name next to yours > But it should have been David Byrne or somebody > > So the question is, since he does often use real people in his lyrics, > is he maybe referring to David Burn who wrote _The New Mood Therapy_, > > Is there another David Byrne/Burn that is known for something else? > (this is *really* trivial....) I always thought he meant the Talking Head's front man, but I've been known to be wrong before. ... k.w. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 11:26:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: global frogs cc: rplumb@netcom.com, billpannifer@easynet.co.uk, kctaper@aol.com, hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de, swartzwelder@WVUSA.U92.WVU.EDU, ericv@morgan.com, eugene@locus.com, epb3r@fermi.clas.virginia.edu, klong@nysernet.org, JAD01015@niftyserve.or.jp Subject: glass Flesh update I am back from housesitting and ready to finally finalize this project. Believe me, I'll be at least as glad to have it done as you will! ;) There have been a few changes to the tape tree. An additional D->A branch: klong@nysernet.org shmh@netcom.com mwolfe@macalstr.edu A digital leaf who needs a branch, he has a lot to trade so I'll take him if no one else does: jad01015@niftyserve.or.jp And finally, one person has decided not to participate: kctaper@aol.com Please get back to me if there are any errors here. Also, anyone not paticipating could most likely get an analog (or even digital) copy in the future, there are a lot of people who make tapes for free if postage is provided. I realize school is starting soon and people are moving around. I suggest everyone contact your branch/leaves asap and graft yourself elsewhere if there are any problems. You could also contact me. There are people amenable to taking on additional leaves, most likely, but I cannot speak for anyone. I will mail tapes and j cards on Tuesday, 8 August. Let your parent know of the best address to send to, most could probably be done this month but you may wish to specify your future address. Thanks for your patience, everyone. bayard PS. There are new scans in ftp://fegmania.wustl.edu/fegmaniax/uploads: scan1.jpg A possible j card cover for glass flesh volume 3 scan2.jpg The j card cover for volume 2 scan3.jpg Anonymous Thoth artwork pandas.jpg By request, the palace from the back cover of Respect decay1.jpg Young Robyn from the cover of the _Groovy DECAY_ cd. decay2.jpg Young Robyn on the reverse of _Decay_. Let me know what you think, and enjoy... [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 10:29:12 CDT From: cheri@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu (cheri) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: trivia solved Thanks to everyone, and I think a consensus has occurred that it is the Talking Heads guy. It makes a lot more sense to me...I just don't know a lot of band personnel, and the other did seem a little far-fetched. That'll teach me to browse at the bookstore.... -cheri [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 11:38:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: JAY LYALL cc: cheri@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: trivial trivia Jay said: > I think he's talking about David Byrne of the Talking Heads...though I knew a > guy in college also named David Byrne and I would be really disappointed if > that knob was mentioned in one of Robyns songs.... "Byrne" is the spelling in the QE liner, I believe... I always assumed it was because DB looks a bit like Robyn (or the other way round I guess... depends who's older) Anyway, in at least one photo I though he resembled RH. Maybe some one else has to, and that's what RH had in mind in that song. Then again, whaddo I know.. I once mistook an old Pink Floyd song, on the radio, for Inspiral Carpets.... perhaps in "Freeze" intimidation is the sincerest form of flattery. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:30:27 +0300 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Kershaw Sessions From: Aaro.Koskinen@Helsinki.FI (Aaro Koskinen) Hello everyone, Could someone tell the catalogue number (& record label) of "Kershaw Sessions"? I'm trying to order it through the local record shop, but they couldn't find it from their thick books, and they can't order it with just a title. Thanks in advance. -- Aaro.Koskinen@Helsinki.FI http://www.helsinki.fi/~akoskine/ [][][][][][][][][][] From: Pontneuf@aol.com Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 15:45:11 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Vinyl! I believe that both Perspex Island and Respect were released on vinyl. Call Mod Lang in Berkeley as they had them last time I was there. Also, I found the "Statue With a Walkman" CD in New York at a place called NYCD on the upper west side. Cheap, too! $11.99 plus tax. Now if I could just find the K songs on CD. Has anyone managed to get ahold of the demos that are allegedly circulating? - jonathan pont [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:10:35 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: fegmania registered with AKC To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu So after looking at my puppys pedigree I realized it had to have a three part name...soooo.... Scullys fegmaniac whit is the AKC registered name now... ...you gotta love it when for 25 bucks you can officially "brand" a poor beast with a stupid name... jay %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jay Lyall "Capy Toad Blast" "If you could free my inner child hist1a@jetson.uh.edu Then I could free your inhabitions." University of Houston --Lloyd Cole "I was born to cheese you." "They're telling me questions --Robyn Hitchcock And asking me lies." --Replacements %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 23:51:26 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions At 10:30 pm 2/8/95 +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >Hello everyone, > >Could someone tell the catalogue number (& record label) of "Kershaw >Sessions"? I'm trying to order it through the local record shop, but >they couldn't find it from their thick books, and they can't order it >with just a title. Thanks in advance. I just replied to this, 'cause I had the disk on the player just now, and it occurred to me that I'm on a couple of tracks... Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 16:02:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Elisabeth Perrin To: Aaro Koskinen cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions strange roots records, 1994 the only number i can find is the one underneath the bar code. if that's the catalog number, then it's 5 017644 100121 On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Could someone tell the catalogue number (& record label) of "Kershaw > Sessions"? I'm trying to order it through the local record shop, but > they couldn't find it from their thick books, and they can't order it > with just a title. Thanks in advance. > -- > Aaro.Koskinen@Helsinki.FI > http://www.helsinki.fi/~akoskine/ > > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 17:13:28 -0700 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: tclark@ftp.netgate.net (Tom Clark) Subject: Re: Kershaw Sessions >At 10:30 pm 2/8/95 +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >>Hello everyone, >> >>Could someone tell the catalogue number (& record label) of "Kershaw >>Sessions"? I'm trying to order it through the local record shop, but >>they couldn't find it from their thick books, and they can't order it >>with just a title. Thanks in advance. > >I just replied to this, 'cause I had the disk on the player just now, and >it occurred to me that I'm on a couple of tracks... > >Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK >At Home, +44 973 405836 CDNow! (http://cdnow.com/) has it listed as "BBC ROOT ROOTCD 001" -tc ***************************** * Tom Clark * tclark@netgate.net * tclark@apple.com * tclark@eworld.com * http://www.netgate.net/~tclark/ ***************************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:08:00 +1300 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Dreams & Machines To: The veins of the queen... >does anyone find it odd that so many of us here on the list have Robyn >Hitchcock dreams? Aaaaugh!!! Last night I dreamt that Tracy - don't ask me how I knew it was her, I've no idea. I've never met her and she didn't mention toast once - anyway, she asked me to find some photographs of railways running next to rivers for "a friend who writes songs about trains and fish". She didn't say who this "musical friend" was, but I have my suspicions... --- >A Can of Bees: >"This album is dedicated to anyone who started out as an animal and winds >up as a processing unit." Yeah. The first time I saw that I grimaced and said "For me? Robyn, you shouldn't have..." 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: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:13:04 +1300 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Re; CRD?? Another Bubble and CRDs Fegmania Cc: Terry Marks >Well, I need help with this one...(James..I'm sorry I said I had something >on you for that "Human Music" tab...come back...please?) zzzsnurxxgxx, zzzsnh, uh...wha'...egrg...what time is it? Oh, chords. Yeah, right, hang on, I'll get my dressing gown... Another Bubble: D G A She's just another bubble, D G A Another and she's not the first D G A She'll only bring you trouble. D G A Don't touch her or you'll know she'll burst G A D I said Oh..... baby I know G A D G it takes two and one of them is always you G A Bm A7 it takes two, and one of them is someone too Now there's a trick to this one. The chords above are what the 6 string guitar plays, but during all of the verse except the "baby I know" line, the 12-string stays on the D chord. Anyone ever notice the similarity between the intro of this song and the Byrds' version of "The times they are a' changin'"? --- Since you've woken me up, I'll have a look at one or two of the other ones you sent... I'm Only You: OK except the third and fourth lines of each verse. |-----------------| |---1-0-----------| |-------0---------| |---------3-2---0-| |-------------3---| |-3---------------| Verse: G Gsus G Gsus G Said I'm a willow, bending in your mind G Gsus G Gsus G I'm a mirror cracked from side to side Am C I'm a snow-covered mountain in an empty room Am F G I'm a house that burns down every night for you G Gsus G Gsus G Said I'm a doorway leading to the dark G Gsus G Gsus G I'm a liquid you're dissolving in Am C I'm a policeman working in an empty house Am F Em D I'm a distant steeple in a long deserted plane D C G Sometimes when I'm lonely, baby, then I'm only you etc. Goodnight, I Say... (Now THIS one's a nasty one!) G As I was swimming under the sea F I heard the voices calling to me G Know that you're drowning too late to stop F were here to help you over the top G now you're a doctor now I'm a nurse F Now you're an astronaut driving a hearse G Goodnight, I Say Bb Goodnight, I Say C Goodnight, I Say Eb Goodnight, I Say G Goodnight Bb Goodnight, I Say C Goodnight, I Say Eb Goodnight, I Say F Goodnight, I Say G Goodnight if you want to be really picky, those F chords in the verse are probably G11 chords, or at least F with a bass G... PS Terry, if I read your email address correctly (fl.us), then I hope you survived the storm... 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: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:22:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Re: Re; CRD?? Another Bubble and CRDs Fegmania To: James Cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen Thanks for help with the Chords. Thanks to everyone who corrected me.. I'll re-compile all of these and re-post to here and the server Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:24:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: CRD: Face of Death To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps IT's a cool song... Note: You *need* either a bass guitar or an electric with one of those vibrating fluttery sort of sounds. If you've got an acoustic or a clean electric, I suggest overdubs... @SONG: The Face Of Death G(3) The face of death is my best friend C(3) He lurks behind my favourite vent G(3) F F# And though we meet we never speak G(3) C(3) C#(4) I've got a feeling he's unique He looks so crushed but he's alright He eat his food He sleeps at night His leather jacket's quite like mine I'm we two would get on fine But some someday I'll make him mine I'll wear your face I'll come to tea My place or yours And then you'll see It's like walking through a mirror He tried to hard It never came to anything They burn his name They threw him out Cause he was wrong And left him trapped inside this song Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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