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 126 Today's Topics: ------- ------ 50 plus stations what flavour is sound? Northern Line realism 52-ish Stations what flavour is sound? Andy and Morris's Top Tens, as requested more stations and molestations the bull on the ghost robyn hitchcock Andy & Morris's Top 10/West Coast gigs? Velvet Underground and Robyn (both like bananas) Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books 50 plus stations more stations and molestations Velvet Underground and Robyn (both like bananas) 52 stations the magic Robyn Chord Invisible Hits lyrics needed the magic Robyn Chord Invisible Hits lyrics needed No longer 52 stations VU & RH No longer 52 stations [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 15:27:37 +0700 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Re: 50 plus stations >From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion >Okay... science application imminent... from north to south, according to >the current Journey Planner: > >1. High Barnet Yay Barnet! 50, hmmm... Hey, hold on, you forgot the service line to Highbury & Islington! Or has that been closed since that big smash a few years ago? And yes, technically Euston is two stations. And that's Morden enough for me! as for songs, doesn't ANYONE remember the New Vaudeville band with "Finchley Central on the Northern Line"? Then there's "Barnet Fair" by Steeleye Span, and (of course) "Bear Town" by the Beaker People, which is also about Barnet ;). I'm sure Donovan had a song called "Sunny Goodge Street" and also "Sunny South Kensington" (doesn't it ever rain?) Oh, it's making me homesick. 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: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 23:43:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: a bowl of frogs Subject: what flavour is sound? to the 15 or so people who are getting glass flesh on analog cassette from me: do you prefer dolby type B or no noise reduction? The egyptians' top ten fav albums are in the liner notes of one of the reissues (though not invisible hitch or fegmania-- i just checked.) you can get the text of the liners from the fegmania site, i believe. for a little while at least. :( ps. the _glass flesh_ tribute contributing artists' fav albums are on fegmania too. ;) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:38:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Brooks Martin Subject: Re: Northern Line realism To: Brian Huddell Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Mary Lou Lord does a song called Camden Town Rain on the Stars Kill Rock compilation on the Kill Rock Stars label. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 09:16:29 BST To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jturner@rpms.ac.uk (Jonathan Turner) Subject: 52-ish Stations I can't resist adding a few more: Microdisney - "Singer's Hampstead Home" Peter Sellers - "Balham - Gateway to the South" (or something close, anyway) Abba - "Waterloo" Shalamar - "Take That To The Bank" (was it Shalamar ? I'm not sure) Wizzard - "Angel Fingers" (or maybe Roxy Music - "Angel Eyes" would be more appropriate) and the new My Life Story album is simply titled "Mornington Crescent" Then there's that nice new Robyn song that goes "in Leicester Square......." After reading all these messages about "52 Stations" I started whistling the tune, and hadn't got beyond the first line when Tim from the office next door wandered in and started singing "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines." I guess this says more about my whistling than anything. Jonathan. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 06:40:32 -0500 (EST) From: tracy aileen copeland To: Bayard Cc: a bowl of frogs Subject: Re: what flavour is sound? On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Bayard wrote: > The egyptians' top ten fav albums are in the liner notes of one of the > reissues (though not invisible hitch or fegmania-- i just checked.) They're on _Gotta Let This Hen Out!_ > you can get the text of the liners from the fegmania site, i believe. > As do I. Tracy "if only there had been as much toast in the Mortal Kombat film as in the game" [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:47:58 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: Andy and Morris's Top Tens, as requested Following a vast number of one request, here are those top tens: ANDY METCALFE Revolver - Beatles Parker Jam Sessions - Charlie Parker Striking It Right - Dan Hicks Sailing Shoes - Little Feat Sergeant Pepper - Beatles Surf's Up - Beach Boys Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan Hejira - Joni Mitchell Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout Borderline - Ry Cooder MORRIS WINDSOR Surf's Up - Beach Boys Decoy - Miles Davis East Side Story - Squeeze First Album - The (English) Beat Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan Stranded - Roxy Music There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly and the Family Stone Future Days - Can The Band Isley Brothers' Greatest Hits The differences from the RH list are interesting: more jazz, more "art- rock" and more harmony vocal stuff - Beach Boys, Dan Hicks, The Band. I would guess that Andy and Morris (and Kimberley?) provided the "doo-wop" influences that someone was asking about; and that saxophonist who sang "In the Mood" at the Portland Arms was obviously a swing fan too... The LPs that I would personally recommend out of these are SAILING SHOES and EAST SIDE STORY (but I reckon that DIXIE CHICKEN has more good songs on it that SAILING SHOES). "I like bananas because they have no bones" Mike (Color Out Of Space) Godwin [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 00:41:04 +1200 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: more stations and molestations The Jam had a song (with a great bass line) called "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight". Billy Bragg's "A13" mentions Wapping and Barking. And, say, doesn't Robyn Hitchcock mention Leicester Square in one of his songs? Note also that Barnet is mentioned in the story in the Queen Elvis CD booklet. One virtual pixellated chocolate fish to the first person to find a song mentioning Totteridge & Whetstone! James "What was Abba's first hit?" 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: Tue, 22 Aug 95 14:44:29 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: the bull on the ghost i sent a message to matador asking about the rumor and this is what i got back: ------- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 20:20:00 -0400 From: MatadorRec@aol.com To: kenster@MIT.EDU Subject: Re: robyn hitchcock Mr. Hitchcock did send us a demo, but as far as I, a simple computer would know, Robyn is not currently signed to Matador, but Pavement was supposed to be on 'Space Ghost' recently. accutron 2000 ------- End of Forwarded Message i couldn't get through to mammoth records. on another note: > Presumably "The Velvet Underground" means the first "Velvet Underground >and Nico" album, not the more laid-back "Velvet Underground" third album. nope. no one refers to their first album without the "nico". i've also heard robyn talk about their third album before. they are both excellent, though i find myself pulling out "the velvet underground" most often. 'the gift' is from "white light/white heat". ken "waldo jeffries had reached his limit" [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 12:05:37 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Andy & Morris's Top 10/West Coast gigs? I'll add my $.02 by personally endorsing Roxy Music's "Stranded" and of course the Beatles' "Revolver". (Sgt. Pepper goes without saying--if you don't own a copy of that you really have no business collecting records) ;) Anyone heard any other West Coast dates for Robyn yet besides the McCabes show? specifically hoping for San Francisco/San Jose, -Russ. in the changer today: Strictly Commercial/Frank Zappa King Of America/Elvis Costello L. A. Woman/Doors The John Lennon Collection/Julian's Dad American Beauty/Grateful Dead [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:16:23 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: Mike Breen cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Velvet Underground and Robyn (both like bananas) On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Mike Breen wrote: > 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." ...and don't forget his cover of "Caroline Says", which is an alteration of "Stephanie Says". (The actual "Caroline Says" is different... go fig.) Dave Scales Captain Oblivion *********************** "A dream too tired to come true * COPPULA EAM, * Left a rebel without a clue * SI NON POSIT * Always searching for something to do" * ACCEPTER JOCULARUM! * --The Replacements *********************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:22:52 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: JAY LYALL cc: mikeb@usa1.com, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Top LPs and books On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > I can also picture him, doing the "Gift" from White Light Black Heat or whatever that > album is called Actually, somewhere in my collection of stuff, I have an interview with John Cale at Brian Eno's studio where he actually said that RH could probably do "The Gift", but probably wouldn't as it didn't have enough seafood in the song. (NB: the album is WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT.) Dave Scales Captain Oblivion *********************** "A dream too tired to come true * COPPULA EAM, * Left a rebel without a clue * SI NON POSIT * Always searching for something to do" * ACCEPTER JOCULARUM! * --The Replacements *********************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:43:17 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: James cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen Subject: Re: 50 plus stations On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, James wrote: > Yay Barnet! 50, hmmm... Hey, hold on, you forgot the service line to > Highbury & Islington! Or has that been closed since that big smash a few > years ago? And yes, technically Euston is two stations. Okay, we have 51 stations, if you count Euston as two, but the only lines that run to Highbury & Islington are the Victoria and the North London tube/BR line. > And that's Morden enough for me! BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA *click* BOOM *meaty thud* > as for songs, doesn't ANYONE remember the New Vaudeville band with > "Finchley Central on the Northern Line"? Then there's "Barnet Fair" by > Steeleye Span, and (of course) "Bear Town" by the Beaker People, which is > also about Barnet ;). I'm sure Donovan had a song called "Sunny Goodge > Street" and also "Sunny South Kensington" (doesn't it ever rain?) No, no, maybe, no and no, in that order. And it didn't rain once the entire [expletive deleted] month I was there. Dave Scales Captain Oblivion *********************** "A dream too tired to come true * COPPULA EAM, * Left a rebel without a clue * SI NON POSIT * Always searching for something to do" * ACCEPTER JOCULARUM! * --The Replacements *********************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:47:32 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: James cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen Subject: Re: more stations and molestations On Wed, 23 Aug 1995, James wrote: > The Jam had a song (with a great bass line) called "Down in the Tube > Station at Midnight". Billy Bragg's "A13" mentions Wapping and Barking. > And, say, doesn't Robyn Hitchcock mention Leicester Square in one of his > songs? Note also that Barnet is mentioned in the story in the Queen Elvis > CD booklet. > > One virtual pixellated chocolate fish to the first person to find a song > mentioning Totteridge & Whetstone! "Trams of Old London" has quite a few tube stops mentioned -- Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith... Dave Scales Captain Oblivion *********************** "A dream too tired to come true * COPPULA EAM, * Left a rebel without a clue * SI NON POSIT * Always searching for something to do" * ACCEPTER JOCULARUM! * --The Replacements *********************** [][][][][][][][][][] From: mikester@BIX.com Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 19:08:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Velvet Underground and Robyn (both like bananas) To: reamann@unm.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu, mikeb@usa1.com > ...and don't forget his cover of "Caroline Says", which is an >alteration of "Stephanie Says". (The actual "Caroline Says" is >different... go fig.) "Caroline" is actually only altered lyrics. Much more depressing, especially when taken with the entire album. ---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 [][][][][][][][][][] From: seanbe@microsoft.com To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 15:56:14 PDT Subject: re: 52 stations hi all. fun! here are a few song/tubestop names that i recall: 8. Highgate (isn't there a Highgate Hill in "Trams of Old London"?) 11. Kentish Town (Jethro Tull...but what song?from Passion Play? I'm dating myself!) and 18. Hampstead ("Cross Eyed Mary"..."dines in Hampstead kitchens on expense-accounted gruel...") 26. Tottenham Court Road : Kinks! ("Back in the Line")and 30. Waterloo ("Waterloo Sunset") 36. London Bridge (trad) 39. Kennington (another "Trams..."? or was that KenSington?) 43. Clapham Common (Squeeze: "Up the Junction": I never thought it would happen with the girl from Clapham, out on the windy Common...) cheers sean [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:48:14 -0400 From: mikeb@usa1.com (Mike Breen) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: the magic Robyn Chord >Perhaps the one formerly known as "Rickenbacker Boy" (Mike Breen?) knows >the real answer. Nope. All I know is that the reverse stringing took a bit to get used to. Now I have no problems with it. How 'bout you? ---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: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:47:23 -0500 (EST) From: tracy aileen copeland To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Invisible Hits lyrics needed This was supposed to be done months ago, but I took to proofreading the lyrics as stress relief during an unpleasant finals week, and in the most Pavlovian fashion became unhappy every time I opened the file. I'm much better now, though. I started to do the HyperToastMarkupLanguage* on this and realized that there were still some rough spots left. Yes, I know, some of these are wrong, but I've filled in the holes with my best guesses. If your ears, or your stereo anyway, are/is better than mine, please send me a note privately and I'll get the finished form to woj as soon as possible. WEY WEY HEP UH HOLE Hey, wait, stop, wait, wait, woof! woof! ^^^^^^^^^^ Definitely not this, but what is it? Mm, this one - slow coagulating of luscious jam. ^^^^^^^^ " " " " " " " " " ? The last backup line sounds like "in the noonday sun" on the studio version, and "in the moonday sun" on the live one. With any other composer I'd go with the more logical first choice, but as it stands I'm inclined to put down both sets of lyrics. WHEN I WAS A KID [I'll just write out my whole transcription since it's the weakest of the lot. At some points Robyn's lead has been recorded twice, and the lyrics sound as though they might be different, but I can't untangle them.) When I was a kid I finished what I did and I went upstairs in my dressing gown. So I was a kid, everyone is that. I went up and I made damn sure I never came down. Ain't it strange how people get older? They wear you on their head and they print you on their shoulder - I never believed I'd be more than three; At least involve for me. When I was a kid I wore a pork brim and sat on him His toothpaste majored his heart like a level [???] form on a new clyde devil in aging bee. (?) I swear I could murder that guy though I always smile when he comes by [background: "though I smile when he wanders by"] He turned me into a businessman, he turned me into a businessman, he turned me When I was a kid I drew black mushrooms, sat in forums [ballrooms?], took it all Then I knew I did have the lot When I got what I was given I just took it and I just couldn't fall Some people get bigger, some just get dead When their figures are bled 'cause their heads are Stoven right in by the waste of the time, they've been Living in their hearts sublimely Time ROCK AND ROLL TOILET Just a couple of indecipherables here. Note that the second line is different on the alternate take. Rock and roll toilet's my alibi, my lullaby, my [sacrifice?], Rock and roll toilet's my pair of boots, my only [chutes?], my only roots, yeah; HE'S A REPTILE I believe he was my friend Right up 'till he stopped pretending. He makes amends, although it's ended long ago. Ah, he's moving in now just some peace Everybody looks like the Police Feet of gold upon his skin of fleece [??] shepherd that just [??] [Note: Unless someone thinks of a way to be certain which is canonical, I'm going with "looks like the Police" instead of "looks like the police." The latter is disturbing, but the former is nightmarish.] Thanks for the assistance, Tracy "hmm, wonder why I picked this album" * This is Capy Toad Blast's joke. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:48:14 -0400 From: mikeb@usa1.com (Mike Breen) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: the magic Robyn Chord >Perhaps the one formerly known as "Rickenbacker Boy" (Mike Breen?) knows >the real answer. Nope. All I know is that the reverse stringing took a bit to get used to. Now I have no problems with it. How 'bout you? ---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: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:47:23 -0500 (EST) From: tracy aileen copeland To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Invisible Hits lyrics needed This was supposed to be done months ago, but I took to proofreading the lyrics as stress relief during an unpleasant finals week, and in the most Pavlovian fashion became unhappy every time I opened the file. I'm much better now, though. I started to do the HyperToastMarkupLanguage* on this and realized that there were still some rough spots left. Yes, I know, some of these are wrong, but I've filled in the holes with my best guesses. If your ears, or your stereo anyway, are/is better than mine, please send me a note privately and I'll get the finished form to woj as soon as possible. WEY WEY HEP UH HOLE Hey, wait, stop, wait, wait, woof! woof! ^^^^^^^^^^ Definitely not this, but what is it? Mm, this one - slow coagulating of luscious jam. ^^^^^^^^ " " " " " " " " " ? The last backup line sounds like "in the noonday sun" on the studio version, and "in the moonday sun" on the live one. With any other composer I'd go with the more logical first choice, but as it stands I'm inclined to put down both sets of lyrics. WHEN I WAS A KID [I'll just write out my whole transcription since it's the weakest of the lot. At some points Robyn's lead has been recorded twice, and the lyrics sound as though they might be different, but I can't untangle them.) When I was a kid I finished what I did and I went upstairs in my dressing gown. So I was a kid, everyone is that. I went up and I made damn sure I never came down. Ain't it strange how people get older? They wear you on their head and they print you on their shoulder - I never believed I'd be more than three; At least involve for me. When I was a kid I wore a pork brim and sat on him His toothpaste majored his heart like a level [???] form on a new clyde devil in aging bee. (?) I swear I could murder that guy though I always smile when he comes by [background: "though I smile when he wanders by"] He turned me into a businessman, he turned me into a businessman, he turned me When I was a kid I drew black mushrooms, sat in forums [ballrooms?], took it all Then I knew I did have the lot When I got what I was given I just took it and I just couldn't fall Some people get bigger, some just get dead When their figures are bled 'cause their heads are Stoven right in by the waste of the time, they've been Living in their hearts sublimely Time ROCK AND ROLL TOILET Just a couple of indecipherables here. Note that the second line is different on the alternate take. Rock and roll toilet's my alibi, my lullaby, my [sacrifice?], Rock and roll toilet's my pair of boots, my only [chutes?], my only roots, yeah; HE'S A REPTILE I believe he was my friend Right up 'till he stopped pretending. He makes amends, although it's ended long ago. Ah, he's moving in now just some peace Everybody looks like the Police Feet of gold upon his skin of fleece [??] shepherd that just [??] [Note: Unless someone thinks of a way to be certain which is canonical, I'm going with "looks like the Police" instead of "looks like the police." The latter is disturbing, but the former is nightmarish.] Thanks for the assistance, Tracy "hmm, wonder why I picked this album" * This is Capy Toad Blast's joke. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:51:48 -0500 (EST) From: tracy aileen copeland To: James Cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen Subject: No longer Re: 52 stations On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, James wrote: > 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. > We used to play a drinking game called "Disassociation" - basically the same rules, but (1) the logical connection could contain any number of steps, and (2) if one was found the Producer Of The Sequitur had to take a drink. Thus, to use your example fish live in the ocean; waves form in the ocean; Sigue Sigue Sputnik was a new wave band; you must drink. I always thought that playing this with Robyn Hitchcock would be a terrific challenge. Tracy "all things are connected, and the nexus is toast" [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 22:05:31 -0600 (MDT) From: David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion To: mikester@BIX.com cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu, mikeb@usa1.com Subject: VU & RH On Tue, 22 Aug 1995 mikester@BIX.com wrote: > > ...and don't forget his cover of "Caroline Says", which is an > >alteration of "Stephanie Says". (The actual "Caroline Says" is > >different... go fig.) > > "Caroline" is actually only altered lyrics. Much more depressing, > especially when taken with the entire album. I have a version of "Stephanie Says" to the tune of RH's version of "Caroline Says". It has similar lyrics to "Caroline Says" as well. I don't happen to know of yet another VU version of "Stephanie/Caroline Says", but I am frequently wrong... Lou Reed is a clever bloke... He likes messing with people's minds. He's dating Laurie Anderson now -- QED. Dave Scales Captain Oblivion *********************** "A dream too tired to come true * COPPULA EAM, * Left a rebel without a clue * SI NON POSIT * Always searching for something to do" * ACCEPTER JOCULARUM! * --The Replacements *********************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 17:37:46 +1200 To: tracy aileen copeland From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Re: No longer Re: 52 stations Cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen >On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, James wrote: > >> A friend of mine once >> invented a game called Mornington Crescent. The players have to yell out >> > We used to play a drinking game called "Disassociation" - >basically the same rules, but (1) the logical connection could contain >any number of steps, and (2) if one was found the Producer Of The >Sequitur had to take a drink. Thus, to use your example > > fish live in the ocean; > waves form in the ocean; > Sigue Sigue Sputnik was a new wave band; > you must drink. > > I always thought that playing this with Robyn Hitchcock would be >a terrific challenge. argh! BTW - I also mentioned Surrealistic Pursuit - a game it is almost impossible to win. Play it like Trivial Pursuit, but take the next answer down on the same card as the question. You get question and answer pairs like: Q. What is the capital of Sweden? A. Elizabeth Taylor Q. Is an ocelot a bird, a fish or a mammal? A. It's a small Hindu temple The weird thing is, sometimes the answers do make sense in a very surreal way, like: Q. What did Thor Heyerdahl spot opn fifty consecutive days from the Kon Tiki raft? A. Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz Trouble is, I've never worked out how anyone can possibly win the game... Hmm. no Robyn content. sorry... 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) [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can be found at ftp://fegmania.wustl.edu/fegmaniax/archives/ For administrative questions, send mail to owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu For subscription requests, send mail to majordomo@nsmx.rutgers.edu. Slipping you the midnight fish...