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 125 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Sorta CRD: Do The Chisel Surfer Ghost Surfer Ghost Surfer Ghost CRD:Have a Heart, Betty Northern Line realism Northern Line realism Northern Line realism Things Let's consolidate and vote... Northern Line realism the magic Robyn Chord 52 stations CRD: Intro-Brenda's Iron sledge various Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books TAB tools Robyn Hitchcock's Top LP's Northern Line realism Glass Flesh J-Cards DONE!!! the magic Robyn Chord CRD: Black Snake Diamond Role Fegmania Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books archives and albums, oh my! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:04:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Sorta CRD: Do The Chisel To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Well, I'm *not* gonna tab all of this out. Two guitars at once gets confusing, and I'm two requests behind, but.. @Do the Chisel Andy's riff D:---2---0---------------- A:-----2---2-------------- E:-0---------1------------ Do the Chisel Do the Chisel Do A D Another Andy Riff A:-5-7-5------5-7-5-------5-7-5------------5------ E:-------7-5--------7-5---------7-5--3-5-3-------- Mostly in A or D Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:32:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Brooks Martin Subject: Re: Surfer Ghost To: geek the boy Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.Rutgers.EDU All I know is that one of these labels is in the process of agreeing to release the material. I'm not sure of any of the specifics. On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, geek the boy wrote: > Brooks Martin sez: > >Hot off the major label gossip scene: Surfer Ghost will be likely be > >released on either Matador or Mammoth Records. Gossip is unclear as to > >which it will be. Maybe we'll have it before Christmas!!! Ya think? > > does this imply that the record is recorded? or are arrangements just > being made in advance? > > +w > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:32:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Brooks Martin Subject: Re: Surfer Ghost To: geek the boy Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu All I know is that one of these labels is in the process of agreeing to release the material. I'm not sure of any of the specifics. On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, geek the boy wrote: > Brooks Martin sez: > >Hot off the major label gossip scene: Surfer Ghost will be likely be > >released on either Matador or Mammoth Records. Gossip is unclear as to > >which it will be. Maybe we'll have it before Christmas!!! Ya think? > > does this imply that the record is recorded? or are arrangements just > being made in advance? > > +w > [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:35:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Brooks Martin Subject: Re: Surfer Ghost To: JAY LYALL Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Yeah! or maybe he could do a live version of zipper in my spine with Mecca Normal! On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > >From: IN%"bedbugs@elwha.evergreen.edu" "Brooks Martin" 17-AUG-1995 23:04:27.41 > >Subj: Surfer Ghost > > > >Hot off the major label gossip scene: Surfer Ghost will be likely be > >released on either Matador or Mammoth Records. Gossip is unclear as to > >which it will be. Maybe we'll have it before Christmas!!! Ya think? > > Matador...cool maybe he could do a split bill with Pizzicato Five or sit in > with Jon Spenser Blues Explosion.... > > 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: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:35:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: CRD:Have a Heart, Betty To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Here goes G D Am7 Well, you were the one who made me feel so natural G Am7 D right between your teeth, just like a piece of toast G D Am7 and you treated me as more than just an animal G Am7 d 'cause you knew that i would rather be your ghost And you were the one that understood the tennis ball and you were the one that came to me in chains cause you wanted to be touched by something magical and the only thing you knew was in your drain G D Am7 Have a heart G Am7 D Have a heart A Am7 D G D Have a heart, Betty, I'm not fireproof Well the friction is delicious but it's challenging and the chapel is expanding in the [dark/park] you're the kind of girl that really does need bandaging a policecar with it's tounge out in the dark And the foliage is howling without symmetry and I ain't got no asbestos anymore cause you move me up and down into inifinity and all you do is lie there on the floor Have a heart Have a heart Have a heart Have a heart, Betty, I'm not fireproof [solo] Have a heart Have a heart Have a heart Have a heart, Betty, I'm not fireproof Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 23:52:23 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: JAY LYALL cc: walden@universe.digex.net, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Northern Line realism On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > I just don't know if the alterna-teens will really get into a Soft Boys > show...I just picture several hundred body pierced kids wired on herbal extacy > standing there trying to figure out which one was Katrina and where the condom > tent got moved to.... These are the smae people who take Cypress Hill seriously. (Hmph.) I mean, yes, there's the Grateful Dead, and yes, there's Cypress Hill and Phish and Moby and the Stone Roses, but I figured that if I ever was a-gonna take a handful of random pharmewcuticals for a voyage to Tripout City, I'd wanna do it to the Soft Boys. LSD to the Dead make you mellow (my friend says), but imagine a handful of acid and the mental picture conjured up by "Brenda's Iron Sledge"... ooooooh, brutal... > >Someone a year or two ago reported travelling on the Northern Line and > >counting 52 stations. > > so like if he got off at the 52nd station then he'd only know of 52 stations.... Okay... science application imminent... from north to south, according to the current Journey Planner: 1. High Barnet 2. Totteridge & Whetstone (only one station for two suburbs) 3. Woodside Park 4. West Finchley 5. Mill Hill East 6. Finchley Central 7. East Finchley 8. Highgate 9. Archway 10. Tufnell Park 11. Kentish Town 12. Edgware 13. Burnt Oak 14. Colindale 15. Hendon Central 16. Brent Cross 17. Golders Green 18. Hampstead 19. Belsize Park 20. Chalk Farm 21. Camden Town 22. Mornington Crescent (out of service while being remodeled) 23. Euston 24. Warren Street 25. Goodge Street 26. Tottenham Court Road (right across the corner from Virgin Megastore!) 27. Leicester Square 28. Charing Cross 29. Embankment 30. Waterloo 31. King's Cross St. Pancras (not a misprint -- two stations merged into one big one) 32. Angel 33. Old Street 34. Moorgate 35. Bank 36. London Bridge 37. Borough 38. Elephant & Castle 39. Kennington 40. Oval 41. Stockwell 42. Clapham North 43. Clapham Common 44. Clapham South 45. Balham 46. Tooting Bec 47. Tooting Broadway (as in the Kitchens of Distinction song) 48. Colliers Wood 49. South Wimbledon 50. Morden There you have it, It is entirely possible that they closed two tube stops since 1982, of course... Dave Scales / Cap'n Oblivion SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM... Nobody expects the Spamish Repitition!! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 03:54:05 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: bwayne@computek.net (me) Subject: Re: Northern Line realism >On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > >> I just don't know if the alterna-teens will really get into a Soft Boys >> show.. hmmmmmm this brings to mind the song of a good friend of mine....Wally Pleasant....... sorry for the non-Robyn content, but for what it is worth, Wally Pleasant is a big Robyn fan himself........ Bret Wayne [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 09:31:31 -0400 (EDT) From: roLLerCOasTEr boy To: Fegmaniax List Subject: Re: Northern Line realism On Sat, 19 Aug 1995, David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion wrote: > On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > > > Okay... science application imminent... from north to south, according to > the current Journey Planner: > perusing this list, i started to wonder how many of these stops have songs that are named after them or reference them. i.e.: > 21. Camden Town ...not sure, but isn't there an old (maybe folk) song with this title? > 31. King's Cross St. Pancras (not a misprint -- two stations merged into > one big one) "King's Cross" - pet shop boys > 46. Tooting Bec "Tooting Bec Wreck" - hanoi rocks > 47. Tooting Broadway (as in the Kitchens of Distinction song) anyone want to add more? thanks gobs for posting this, Cap'n...it makes my life clearer... ...i always thought "Tooting Bec Wreck" was a cocaine reference, f'r chrissake... doug [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 11:16:03 -0400 From: mikeb@usa1.com (Mike Breen) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Things >2) I'm making a list of Chords that Robyn Uses. The [['s indicate >rarity..chords with a [ around them are fairly rare, while [['s are used >once, maybe twice in what's been posted. One of Robyn's favorites is what I call the "UltraJangleE." That's when you do a power chord E on the 7th fret, add the octave E on the G string, and play all six notes. Sounds beautiful on a 12-string. ---Mike (Nickname o' the month - Guy who's roommate's his bass player) Check out the Other Days home page at http://www1.usa1.com/~mikeb/odays.html mikester@bix.com mikeb@usa1.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 11:16:35 -0400 From: mikeb@usa1.com (Mike Breen) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Let's consolidate and vote... >I just don't know if the alterna-teens will really get into a Soft Boys >show...I just picture several hundred body pierced kids wired on herbal >extacy standing there trying to figure out which one was Katrina and where the >condom tent got moved to.... Not only that, but when they break into "Destroy You" they'd say, "Isn't this a Circle Jerks song?" I've heard it, BTW, and I didn't even realize it until about half way through the song, it was _that_ bad. As far as them not giving Robyn credit in their interviews, to me it sounded like a completely different song, just the lyrics remained the same. Not only that, but it was over the TV monitors at HMV, so I got to see the insipid video at the same time. ---Mike (Nickname o' the month - Guy who's roommate's his bass player) Check out the Other Days home page at http://www1.usa1.com/~mikeb/odays.html mikester@bix.com mikeb@usa1.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 22:13:38 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: roLLerCOasTEr boy cc: Fegmaniax List Subject: Re: Northern Line realism On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, roLLerCOasTEr boy wrote: > perusing this list, i started to wonder how many of these stops > have songs that are named after them or reference them. i.e.: > > > 21. Camden Town > ...not sure, but isn't there an old (maybe folk) song with this title? > > 31. King's Cross St. Pancras (not a misprint -- two stations merged into > > one big one) > "King's Cross" - pet shop boys > > 46. Tooting Bec > "Tooting Bec Wreck" - hanoi rocks > > 47. Tooting Broadway (as in the Kitchens of Distinction song) I'm currently looking at the 1995 Journey Planner, and I bet that there's tons of them. I know Hounslow (East, Central or West) has appeared in at least one, as has Kensington Olympia, Piccadilly Circus, Redbridge... and we all know that although the trains no longer run to Hammersmith, the tube still does... =-) > thanks gobs for posting this, Cap'n...it makes my life clearer... > ...i always thought "Tooting Bec Wreck" was a cocaine reference, > f'r chrissake... I have been curious myself for a long time. I get that way sometimes... Dave Scales / Cap'n Oblivion SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM... Nobody expects the Spamish Repitition!! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 22:17:44 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: Mike Breen cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: the magic Robyn Chord On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, Mike Breen wrote: > One of Robyn's favorites is what I call the "UltraJangleE." That's when > you do a power chord E on the 7th fret, add the octave E on the G string, > and play all six notes. Sounds beautiful on a 12-string. It was RH who taught peter Buck that little trick, and he in turn passed it along to Marty Willson-Piper, who helped pass it along to at least three hundred thousand others. I think RH did this in exchange for PB's secret 12-string ingredient, which is reversing one set of the strings to give a rather interesting new approach to a 12-string. Or maybe RH taught this to PB as well, and was just being overly modest about the whole affair... Dave Scales / Cap'n Oblivion SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM... Nobody expects the Spamish Repitition!! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:41:58 +1200 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: 52 stations >Has it really got 52 stations? They say that when you count them, it >comes out a different number every time... or was that the Rollright Stones? Well yes it is Rollright that that's said of, but counting the stations depends on whether Mornington Crescent is open. A friend of mine once invented a game called Mornington Crescent. The players have to yell out words one at a time, one after another, but the words have to have no connection - non sequitors. If someone can spot a logical connection between the words, they yell out Mornington Crescent and gain a point. The person who said the "sequitor" loses a point. (for example: fish, sputnik, golfer, perspex, Guildford, pompom, wok, stirfry, Mornington Crescent!). A very Robynesque game. Brought to you by the inventor of Surrealist Pursuit, James "I was born in High Barnet - one of 52" Dignan. 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, 20 Aug 1995 16:14:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: CRD: Intro-Brenda's Iron sledge To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps D:-----2-2-2-0---0-------0-0-0------ A:-0-3---------3-----2-3-------3-2-0 Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 21 Aug 95 05:35:46 EDT From: Richard Thomasson <100634.1312@compuserve.com> To: fegmaniax Subject: various thanks for the comprehensive note on the bells of rhymney - there's just one last thing to add on the subject - rhymney is pronounced rumney not rimney ( but i guess you already knew that). it's all gone quiet about the isle of wight event - i'm desperate to know what's supposed to be on offer as i have to decide whether to miss my ex-landlord and prospective father-in-law's birthday party re: 52 stations on the northern line i count 50, 51 if you count euston twice because it's on two branches. don't forget there are many lost stations that have been shut down - there's even one in north london which was built but never opened - so there could well have been 52 at one point. i loved the anagrams. two threads merge to become an irrelevance : there are five northern line stations that have one word anagrams. can you name them?(off-list) joshua [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 11:08:24 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books I just came across some old FEGMANIAX mailings (from Nikki at PO Box 333, Bushey, Watford WD2 3UN), including Robyn Hitchcok's Top 10 LPs: Revolver - Beatles Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Please To See The King - Steeleye Span Barrett - Syd Barrett Heroes - David Bowie Avalon - Roxy Music The Velvet Underground Shearwater - Martin Carthy and his Top 5 books: Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake The Drought - J G Ballard The Skin Chairs - Barbara Comyns The Calculus Affair - Herge The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler Presumably "The Velvet Underground" means the first "Velvet Underground and Nico" album, not the more laid-back "Velvet Underground" third album. "Clear Spot" is my favourite record, but I am not personally keen on David Bowie or Roxy Music. Still, I think this list gives a good idea of where RH is coming from - especially those folk influences. The list is about eight years old - I wonder if there have been any new entries since then? Mike (Color Out Of Space) Godwin PS Nikki - why haven't I heard from you for so long? [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:28:51 -0400 From: mikeb@usa1.com (Mike Breen) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books >Presumably "The Velvet Underground" means the first "Velvet Underground >and Nico" album, not the more laid-back "Velvet Underground" third album. I wouldn't be so sure about that. I've seen the first VU album on lists as it's official name and under the less official "The Banana Album," always to _not_ confuse it with the third album. I'd be willing to bet he's talking about the third album. He _has_ covered "What Goes On," after all, and I could easily hear him doing "I'm Set Free." ---Mike (Nickname o' the month - Guy who's roommate's his bass player) Check out the Other Days home page at http://www1.usa1.com/~mikeb/odays.html mikester@bix.com mikeb@usa1.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:33:45 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books To: mikeb@usa1.com Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >>Presumably "The Velvet Underground" means the first "Velvet Underground >>and Nico" album, not the more laid-back "Velvet Underground" third album. > >I wouldn't be so sure about that. I've seen the first VU album on lists as >it's official name and under the less official "The Banana Album," always >to _not_ confuse it with the third album. I'd be willing to bet he's >talking about the third album. He _has_ covered "What Goes On," after all, >and I could easily hear him doing "I'm Set Free." > I can also picture him, doing the "Gift" from White Light Black Heat or whatever that album is called 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: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 11:29:24 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: TAB tools To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu For those brave souls doing the TABs CRDs et.al there are some utilites for converting them into ps files and other neat things at ftp://ftp.nevada.edu/pub/guitar/resources don't know if they'll be of any help or not... 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: Mon, 21 Aug 95 10:02:31 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LP's > Presumably "The Velvet Underground" means the first "Velvet Underground > And Nico" album, not the more laid-back "Velvet Underground" third album. One would think so, as the Banana album is considered the classic (also in my Top Ten most days). But you never know. I recall an an old interview with Robyn Circa 1980 during which he alluded to performing "The Gift" live. I can't remember whether "The Gift" is on "The Velvet Underground" or "White Light White Heat", but I know it's not on the Banana album. At any rate he seems enough of a Velvets fan to know the difference. Russ. [][][][][][][][][][] From: "Brian Huddell" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:21:02 +0000 Subject: Re: Northern Line realism roLLerCOasTEr boy sez: > perusing this list, i started to wonder how many of these stops > have songs that are named after them or reference them. i.e.: > > > 21. Camden Town > ...not sure, but isn't there an old (maybe folk) song with this title? > > > 31. King's Cross St. Pancras (not a misprint -- two stations merged into > > one big one) > "King's Cross" - pet shop boys > > > 46. Tooting Bec > "Tooting Bec Wreck" - hanoi rocks > > > 47. Tooting Broadway (as in the Kitchens of Distinction song) > > > anyone want to add more? I could spend all day at this and probably come up with a monster list, but a few cry out to be identified immediately: "WATERLOO Sunset," one of the most beautiful songs in the English language, by Ray Davies. "LONDON BRIDGE Is Falling Down," sung by twirling kids the world over. "...and I don't mean a HAMPSTEAD nursery," sings Chrissie Hynde (sp?) in "Middle of the Road." There are almost certainly others but I'm not willing to work for them. Anyone else? Cheers, Brian [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 21 Aug 1995 10:25:29 -0800 From: "Mark Gloster" Subject: Glass Flesh J-Cards DONE!!! To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Time:9:59 AM OFFICE MEMO Glass Flesh J-Cards DONE!!! Date:8/21/95 Donne and I stayed up way past our bedtimes last night to bring you... J-Cards!!! Not only do you get the J-Cards and the Desinex Burger, but you also get entertaining and informative, yet visually pleasing, foldable cassette case inserts that will offer insights into the minds (where appropriate) of the performers. (That was a weak attempt at humor, not an attempt to deride any of the musical artists.) Soon this package will be whizzing (not defined as to personally wet itself, meaning rather to go real fast) on its way to the state of Maryland, where it will be dropped off at the estate of the benevolent record industry magnate, Bayard Catron. For those of you who are getting DATs, your j-cards are a bit less stunning, as I did them last night after Donne went to bed with my limited talents at using Pagemaker. Thanks for your patience. It will pay off very soon. Just to let you all know, Donne did a great amount of work on this (I think she enjoyed it too, though). Keep smiling! -Mark Gloster mark_gloster@quickmail.apple.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 21 Aug 1995 13:46:43 -0800 From: "Mark Gloster" Subject: Re: the magic Robyn Chord To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Reply to: RE>the magic Robyn Chord >I think RH did this in exchange for PB's secret 12-string ingredient, >which is reversing one set of the strings to give a rather interesting new >approach to a 12-string. Or maybe RH taught this to PB as well, and was >just being overly modest about the whole affair... (If you are insanely bored by guitar-head stuff, or are offended by people who babble seemingly forever, please delete this message before reading it.) If I am correct about this, it is less a personal secret than an industry one. Rickenbacker strings the low string above the high string for each of the E-A-D-G string sets. This is an inversion of the standard method that places the octave E above its lower twin. The Rickenbacker method of stringing gives more bass attack when strumming downward. When strumming upward, everything has a more trebly sound. I wonder why the reggae folk don't play these. I suspect that Rickenbacker did this because the instrument was rather bright and treblesque to begin with, and it was a good way to improve a neglected frequency range. I really don't know the history, though. Perhaps the one formerly known as "Rickenbacker Boy" (Mike Breen?) knows the real answer. I have a bright red Rickenbacker 360/12-string. It sounds just about perfect. It looks just as good, which tends to make it sound even better. I love it- its great for "janglin", but it has hundreds of uses- it even makes julienne fries (if you push them between the strings)! I also have a big maple Taylor acoustic jumbo 12-String (which appears with me on the Glass Flesh tape #1- not available in any store!) that is conventionally strung. I can't imagine that it (the guitar) could sound any better if it were strung it the other way. (I, on the other hand could sound better if I simply practiced more-- Perhaps I am finding out some of the differences between people and things in my old age.) I suppose that any 12 may be strung any which way with minor modifications to the instrument. I hope this note doesn't completely confuse the issue, because I think I could do that if I really put my mind to it. -Mark Gloster "Gitarz, nope, I dunno how da play em, but I gots a few uv 'em." [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 21:01:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: CRD: Black Snake Diamond Role To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Here's Black Snake Diamond Role, the album. Or at least half of it. The album is now fully tabbed out, except for "Do Policemen Sing?" Could one of you try to get to that and "The Moon Inside"? @SONG: THE MAN WHO INVENTED HIMSELF Intro: C D Bb C Bb F Bb F He came bursting out of nowhere like a sphere into the sky Bb F G Bb And he cast his light on everything, it was like he never died And he landed right on target, but the target rolled away And it left him pointing nowhere you could hear the children say C(3) F He's the fellow, the man who invented himself When you need her love so badly but she's trying to relax You can't work it with your fingers so you try it with an axe And he taps you on the shoulder; looking out for number one Is like drilling for a rainbow or an iceberg in the sun He's the fellow, the man who invented himself D F Nobody knows where he's from D C Nobody knows where he's gone and gone and gone D But he's not here When you're waiting for your baby to get back from the moon And throw her arms around you, in a fairly quiet lagoon Well that loneliness is nothing, just imagine how he feels He's the only person in the world who still believes he's real He's the fellow, the man who invented himself @SONG: BRENDA'S IRON SLEDGE Intro: D:-----2-2-2-0---0-------0-0-0------ A:-0-3---------3-----2-3-------3-2-0 A We head downhill, my hands fly back Our fingers freeze, our hair falls out, our hair falls out Our fingers freeze, our hair falls out The iron piston pumps and spouts D The steaming air as hot as sprouts E A E All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge No one's on top, they're comfortable They're sitting on a human chain, a human chain They're sitting on a human chain Their limbs compressed in icy slush Of freezing in a raw meat groove All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge D A E Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name The body's rear, a bucking sled Which hits a tree and falls asleep, and falls asleep Which hits a tree and that is that The grasshoppers curl up and burst And Brenda shovels on the wurst All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name @SONG: MEAT E is played as [listen for rhythm] a sort of switch between E and D. or as just a plain E, if you're into simplifying things. E It don't feel much like a home without a dog It don't feel much like a pool without a frog A E It don't feel much like a world without a girl A D E It don't feel much like a girl without a human being It don't feel much like a fish without a pond It don't feel much like a fence with no beyond It don't feel much like a church without a god inside It don't feel much like a bank without a lot of money A D E Oh come on baby (doo-doo-doot) give me your meat It don't feel much like a foot without a shoe It don't feel much like a me without a you It don't feel much like a train without a buffet car It don't feel much like a bed when there's nobody on it Ah swallow it It don't feel much like a bath without a plug It don't feel much like a hole without a drug It don't feel much like a drug without a side effect It don't feel much like an effect if you don't love nobody Come on baby gimme your meat @SONG: ACID BIRD Intro: D:-0--0-0-0---------------------------- A:---0-0-0-0--------------------------- D Sucking on a tap that never dries A Could you take it right between your eyes G D Bending blood, bending blood A The father stood, the father's hood D A D A Like shadow on an acid bird that etched her way across a field D E A So long ago Walking through the fields in summer heat Look at all the creatures 'round your feet Pumping blood, pumping blood The mother's gaze, the mother gave White ointment of an acid kiss that burned upon the lips she gave you So long ago, so long ago G Fun in the sun, luck in the bloodstream A G Shallow bodies writhing on the grass G Fun in the sun, hair in the slipstream A G Tadpoles shooting through a hollow glass Cutting out a silhouette in dreams Everything is older than it seems Son of blood, son of blood The baby shakes, the baby snakes That crawl across the acid rings that flicker from your corpuscles One sunny day, one sunny day Fun in the sun everyone knows it They could be as mellow as the hay Fun in the sun everyone blows it They grow up and instantly turn grey Like shadow of an acid bird that etched its way across a field So long ago, so long ago @SONG: OUT OF THE PICTURE [I'm a bit unsure about the verse] A D E Don't you ever wonder 'bout the nowhere girl Don't you feel sad or feel strange D A E There is no escaping from the nowhere girl A D E She's never really truly out of range D And I'm walking out of the picture E A E D Leaving everything behind except my mind Don't you feel temptation for the nowhere girl She can burn your hands and sting your heart She knows it's too late for you to save the world And you believe that there's still time to start And I'm walking out of the picture Leaving everything behind except your mind D She's not just a pretty face E She's a big black hole as well A D She swallows everything she sees She's not of the human race She's a creature out of hell She's's a disease You are just in time to see the nowhere girl Settling her fingers 'round your brain Saw away the taps and you're a brand new world You'll never ever pass this way again Walking out of the picture Leaving everything behind except your mind @SONG: CITY OF SHAME E D It was in the city of shame E D That I found I wasn't to blame A G I was looking for a weird thing or two A G I discovered that it had to be you It was in the city of fear That I shouted 'Is there nobody here?' Though the echo had the name on a ring Still the echo wasn't called anything D A La, la, la, la, la, la, la E A La, la, la, la, la, la, la A E La, la, la, la, la, la, la A D La, la, la, la, la, la, la It was in the city of love All the flesh I ate was never enough Though I knew it wasn't good for my soul My body hungered for the ultimate goal It was in the city of spies That I spoke with nothing but lies When they set a trap for all you could feel It's important that your mind is concealed La, la, la, la, la, la, la It was in the city of shapes That she made love to several apes She felt weird for a couple of days Pretty soon she got used to their ways It was in the city of fools That she sold her beautiful jewels Someone bought them and sold them again Now they've been bought by several men E A La, la, la, la, la, la, la E D La, la, la, la [repeat as needed] Have Fun Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 21:06:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Fegmania To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Could one of you be so kind as to send me a copy of those tabs off of Fegmania that you corrected recently? I seem to have lost my copy. Thank You. Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 10:23:26 WST From: baker_d@ee.uwa.edu.au (david baker) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books I was interested to see that Robyn chose Barrett as his favorite Syd album. I always thought it was the least impressive of 3 'proper'albums, having the least inspired songs and arrangements. Still, it is far better than 99% of the records you are going to hear. On a related note, I have seen this list before in a magazine somewhere (I think). It also included the top ten LP's by fellow Egyptians Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor. I can't remember what they chose (I think Pet Sounds was in there somewhere). Has anyone on this site got access to these lists and if so, can they mail them. (I'm always a sucker for top ten LP lists)? Thanks Dave. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 22:46:16 -0400 From: geek the boy To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: archives and albums, oh my! fegs, first, due to some personnel changes, the fegmaniax arhives will no longer be hosted at fegmania.wustl.edu. i have closed off the uploads directory and the whole kit'n'kaboodle will probably disappear within a week or two. i have rescued the archives and placed them on another machine (the replacement to the list's original home!). unfortunately, that machine is not set up for anonymous ftp and probably never will be (though i have yet to confirm that). so, there are three possible futures for the archives: 1) i convince some people to start up an anonymous ftp server for me on wckn.dorm.clarkson.edu. 2) i pay gti.net (my isp) to store the archives for me (about $25/month for the current size). 3) someone volunteers to host them. right now, they tip the scales at 14 megabytes of stuff, uncompressed. i imagine that some of it could be weeded out. if i do not get any volunteers within a week and i am unable to convince the wckn people to host them, i'll go the pay-route, but i'd rather not if i can avoid it. second, i checked with gerard cosloy, master of matador records, and he informed me that matador is in no way, shape or form releasing _surfer ghost_. according to gerard, robyn's management sent out demo tapes and then started spreading rumors. he didn't seem too pleased about the situation. third, my team won our volleyball league playoffs tonight! wheeeee! woj [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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