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 131 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Favourite albums (Warning: includes PE & Respect!) seattle gig All those top album lists Nuff Respect favorite hitchcock albums Northern Line realism favorite hitchcock albums its gone..sob sob sob The Similarities Engine FW: The Similarities Engine Yarmouth Isle of Wight, August 26, 1995 FW: The Similarities Engine The Similarities Engine opinions galore feg demographics opinions galore All those top album lists FW: The Similarities Engine seattle gig All those top album lists I dug "Respect" seattle gig opinions galore Thoughts on the recent digest: bass players, sell-outs... Robyn & Guy The Similarities Engine Robyn & Guy opinions galore Portland Show? [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 16:45:55 +1200 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James) Subject: Favourite albums (Warning: includes PE & Respect!) 1 Element Of Light 2 Perspex Island 3 Underwater Moonlight 4 Fegmania 5 Respect 6 Globe of Frogs 7 Eye 8 Queen Elvis surely the fact that I covered Serpent and Ride for Glass Flesh must have warned some of you... ;) > When more people have their copies of _glass flesh_, how about a virtual > listening party on #fegmaniax or that fegMUD someone's working on? has > this been tried before for other new releases? the main problem is > finding a time when north american, european and new zealand fegs are > awake... you know how these work, everyone presses play at about the same > time and let the party begin... Well one of the time problems has solved itself - half of your NZ audience is denied access to IRC, MUD etc etc (I only have email access at university, and their computer budget had a blowout!). Also some of us won't be receiving it for a while, what with Welshmen going on holiday and things (I'll be patient). That's all I've got to say today :) 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: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 07:20:34 -0400 From: beach house tiki god To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: seattle gig fegs, just got word from a pacific northwest informant that robyn will be playing at the backstage in seattle (well, ballard, actually - right?) on september 29th. tickets are $14.50, but i don't know if they are available yet or not. +w [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 14:48:44 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: All those top album lists Gosh! It must be fun arranging RH albums in order, otherwise people wouldn't do it! I'll give it a try: Element of Light Gotta Let This Hen Out Live at the Portland Arms Respect Underwater Moonlight Fegmania I Often Dream Of Trains Globe of Frogs Black Snake Diamond Role You and Oblivion Can of Bees Invisible Hitchcock That Other Soft Boys album (Invisible Hits?) Eye Groovy Decoy Perspex Island I'm not sure whether I feel any better after that or not... Is it a rule that you have to like EITHER Respect OR Eye, but not both? Or are there NO rules???? - Mike (Color Out Of Space) Godwin PS Has anyone else noticed that although You and Oblivion claims to be all previously unreleased material, "Surgery" appeared many years ago on the video release of Gotta Let This Hen Out? Are there any other tracks which have appeared already? [][][][][][][][][][] From: cj.burnham@ic.ac.uk Subject: Nuff Respect To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 15:35:42 +0100 (bst) I guess I am the only person who doesn't appreciate Respect. Oh well, I've never been known for my musical taste. I think part of the problem people have with Eye is that parts of it are extremely English. Clean Steve for instance is quite an effective satirical look at 70's/80's Britain. I know that we English (I'm actually Irish, but hey you don't know that) have a reputation for accusing American's of not getting our eccentric humour. That's partly true I think that some of the humour doesn't translate too well. Having said that I'm sure that all the people reading this are clever enough to get 'the joke', it's just that maybe you don't find it as funny perhaps. I don't want this to sound as though I'm accusing anyone. After all RH is more popular in America than in Britain. I live in London and I've yet to meet anyone who's even heard of him (outside of a gig of course). No most of us here enjoy the same pallid American dross that's enjoyed the world over. By the way, I got my copy of respect in Ireland on 'American Import'. That means that they can slap a label on it and charge double for the CD. Could anyone tell me if Surfer Ghost has been released yet? Apologies for my ignorance but as I said, RH is unknown over here. [][][][][][][][][][] To: fegmaniax From: Gabe Zashin Date: 1 Sep 95 11:13:49 EDT Subject: favorite hitchcock albums here's my current list: 1. fegmania 2. underwater moonlight 3. invisible hitchcock 4. black snake. . . 5. globe of frogs i just haven;t been able to get into respect. . . BTW, i was out of town for awhile and now i don't know what is up with the tribute tape tree, can someone let me know if i was supposed to send tapes somewhere or something? thanks gabe_zashin @ shi.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 16:53:48 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: Northern Line realism At 11:52 pm 19/8/95 -0600, David Scales a/k/a Captain Oblivion wrote: > > There you have it, It is entirely possible that they closed two >tube stops since 1982, of course... There was a Kentish Town South, but that closed donkeys' years ago. It's a motorbike shop now. If you keep your eyes open between Camden Town and Kentish Town you see the platform, where theey store motorbikes now. The only other Northern line station I know of was the one between Hampstead and Golders Green, but that was closed and converted into Government bunker during World War II.... Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 11:13:46 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: Re: favorite hitchcock albums gabe sed: >here's my current list: [snip] Alright, alright, I'll put my $.02 in. I don't have a particular favorite Robyn Hitchcock album, I just have one for every mood (well, I have all of 'em, but hey, what I listen to depends on my mood). If I'm feeling introspective, romantic, or existential, _IODOT_ is in the CD player. If I feel like rockin', in goes _Raw Cuts_ or _A Can of Bees_. If I'm feeling poppy and upbeat on a sunny Sunday, I break out _Perspex Island_ or _Queen Elvis_. And hey, I really like _Globe of Frogs_ -- it's just plain fun. It's as simple as that for me, really. I tend to follow the entire *oeuvre* of an artist/band, and regard that oeuvre as a whole. When I'm into a band, I collect *everything* they do (I really have a problem with inconsistent artists...). Sure, there are one or two songs of Robyn's that I think aren't quite up to par, but any man who can realize, write, or record anything as beautiful as "Autumn Is Your Last Chance", "Happy the Golden Prince", as brilliant as "The Ghost Ship" or "Surgery" or as rockin' as "Fatman's Son" or "Hear My Brane" just deserves all the respect and attention I can give him. I like Robyn the man, Robyn the thinker, Robyn the musician, and Robyn the artist. What's important to me in an artist is attitude, tone (how he/she treats his/her subject) and *growth.* I like what Robyn stands for, what he thinks, and how he does what he does. He sticks to his aesthetic guns, grooves in his own space, and has fun at the same time. And I really respect and aspire to that. Robyn is just plain cool. "I wouldn't mind dressing in green if I thought that you'd understand what I mean..." =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Writer/Layout/WWW Guy + Tulane Computing Services http://yodelling-hoover.tcs.tulane.edu/ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 12:12:02 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: its gone..sob sob sob To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu fegmania.wustl.edu is finally gone I see...any new home for the archives on the horizon? ....with the flurry of lists is worthy doing another poll? ...I had an odd dream last night...no RH...but John Denver (I think my roommate was playing it while I slept).... ...on the metaphysical side...do you think Robyn watches Baywatch? later jay "I'm Calypso I sing to your spirit...." %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [][][][][][][][][][] From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: The Similarities Engine To: fegmaniax Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 13:24:49 -0400 (EDT) I'd encourage anyone who has WWW access to give the Similarities Engine http://www.webcom.com/~se/ A try. The basic idea is that you give it a list of five albums, and using some unstated algorithm it suggests 70 or so others you may also want to try, with varying certainty. I fed it the first half of Unca Bobby's top 10: No. Artist Recording ---- ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- 1 BEATLES REVOLVER 2 DYLAN,BOB HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 3 BYRDS MR. TAMBOURINE MAN 4 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART CLEAR SPOT 5 STEELEYE SPAN PLEASE TO SEE THE KING And it responded with No. Artist Recording Weight ---- ---------------------------- -------------------------------- ------ 1 JACKASS JACKASS 61 2 LOS LOBOS BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON 61 3 BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS 53 4 BEATLES RUBBER SOUL 49 5 BYRDS 5TH DIMENSION 46 6 BIG STAR #1 RECORD/RADIO CITY 31 7 NILSSON,HARRY NILSSON SCHMILSSON 31 8 BEACH BOYS TODAY / SUMMER DAYS & SUM 25 9 BOWIE,DAVID ALADDIN SANE 24 10 BEATLES LET IT BE 22 11 ORBISON,ROY ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS 22 12 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL COSMOS FACTORY 21 13 TELEVISION MARQUEE MOON 19 14 BEATLES BEATLES FOR SALE 17 15 DYLAN,BOB FREEWHEELIN 17 16 GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE DEAD 17 And a bunch of other weaker recommendations. I can only say that I am greatly amused at the idea of Dr Sticky himself listening to anything by Los Lobos or the Grateful Dead. And I have never heard of Jackass. My apologies to everyone if this has been discussed here before. Also, can anyone tell me anything about Steeleye Span? I'd never heard of them until the Top 10 surfaced. The same was true for Prefab Sprout, but I have been led to believe that Thomas Dolby used to be in PS, so I can see the connection. Fegfully yours, Mike. [][][][][][][][][][] From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: FW: The Similarities Engine Date: Fri, 01 Sep 95 12:15:00 PDT Looks like fun, Mike. I for one will certainly give it a try. Do you suppose Mr. Hitchcocks' own waxings are among those available for selection? If not, a few requests to Herr Webmeister may be in order, doncha think? >I can only say that I am >greatly amused at the idea of Dr Sticky himself listening to anything by >Los Lobos or the Grateful Dead. Actually, I could well imagine RH enjoying those. It's Harry Nillson and the Beach Boys who seem off-base to me! >Also, can anyone tell me anything about Steeleye Span? Umm... Let me just set my walking frame aside and adjust my bifocals... OK. Steelye Span were among the vanguard of the "Folk-Rock Revival" of the mid 70's in England. Led by singer Maddy Prior, the group took traditional English folk songs and "electrified" them. They even had a couple of chart hits - I remember: "All Around My Hat", and "Gau-day-tay"(phonetic spelling). Maddy Prior is still around, mainly doing more trad. stuff, I think. She has a new album out in collaboration with folk maven June Tabor (June has a voice that will turn your spine to jelly--HIGHLY recommended). They call themselves "The Silly Sisters". If you have any interest in English folk music, check it out. -The Bellman He had brought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand. -lc [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 01 Sep 95 12:38:00 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Yarmouth Isle of Wight, August 26, 1995 > THE DEVIL'S RADIO not COACHMAN? This wouldn't be George Harrison's "Devil's Radio", would it? I can't imagine him wanting to sing that. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 14:35:41 -0500 From: "Chuck Tomlinson" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: FW: The Similarities Engine In message <30475E49@msmgw.sj.unisys.com> "Winkworth, Nick SJ" writes: > Actually, I could well imagine RH enjoying those. It's Harry Nillson and the > Beach Boys who seem off-base to me! As a longtime RH fan, and Beach Boys fan, it makes perfect sense. The Nilsson (sp?) isn't a big stretch either. "Pet Sounds" and "Today" are two prime examples of Brian Wilson's pop songwriting. To the extent that RH is akin to the Beatles, Brian Wilson has repeatedly cited "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" as favorites, and McCartney raves about "Pet Sounds". Going out further on a limb, I'd say if you like the more straightforward, pop-rock, Beatle-esque RH material, check out the "Today" or "Summer Days (and Summer Nights!)" album by the Beach Boys. If you're into the more heavy, dark RH material, check "Pet Sounds", and if you're into the more Syd Barrett-influenced RH, listen to "Smiley Smile" (or the available bootlegs of the aborted "Smile" album). No guarantees, but if you're curious enough you just might find something you didn't expect to like. Chuck (who has once taken up the pro-Beach Boys banner on the Elvis Costello mailing list and made some converts!) [][][][][][][][][][] From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: Re: The Similarities Engine Date: Fri, 01 Sep 95 15:12:00 PDT > ...you just might find something you didn't expect to like. Maybe that's the whole point of the Similarities Engine? If so, it gets my vote. A transplanted Brit, I find US radio stations incredibly narrow and lacking in imagination. Even the college stations around here have a very predictable playlist. Is it so strange that the same person might like The Neville Brothers AND the Beach Boys? And what about artists like RH who seem to defy traditional format definitions? Maybe those radio stations should plug their playlists into this thing and see what pops out! A thought... Are Robyn's US fans mainly concentrated in cities which have a sufficiently enlightened radio station? There's next to nothing around here (the SF Bay Area), but when I'm visiting Philadelphia, for example, there's a terrific station (I forget the callsign, it's 88.5FM I believe) which plays a great selection--even some RH! I bet there are more fans in that area, if only because they hear his stuff on the radio. Your comments? -The Bellman "If you play, they will come" (paraphrasing somebody-or-other) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 01 Sep 95 15:40:08 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: opinions galore [So we've got an L.A. show in the middle of the month and Seattle towards the end. I suspect this Sunday's Examiner will list a bay area show or three some time around the 25th. Please???] Now, on to rankin' Robyn: 1. Underwater Moonlight 2. (tie) everything else Actually, I find it difficult to consider Soft Boys albums in the same field as the rest, so I'll offer two lists: SOFT BOYS 1. Underwater Moonlight 2. Invisible Hits 3. A Can Of Bees 4. Two Halves For The Price Of One SOLO/EGYPTIANS 1. Black Snake Diamond Role 2. Queen Elvis 3. Element Of Light 4. Globe Of Frogs 5. Fegmania! 6. I Often Dream Of Trains 7. Invisible Hitchcock 8. Groovy Decoy 9. Respect 10. Perspex Island 11. EYE 12. You & Oblivion 13. Gotta Let This Hen Out 14. Am I forgetting anything? notes: QUEEN ELVIS--his most well-rounded post-SB effort. I can't believe there are people on this list who haven't heard it... GLOBE OF FROGS--I had trouble with this when it first came out. Listening to it now I can't figure out why... I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS--gotta agree with the person who thought this a much better album than "Eye", for all the same reasons... GROOVY DECOY--Didn't care much for "Groovy Decay" at all, but when "Decoy" came out I noticed the songs themselves were actually very good when mixed by a producer who wasn't trying to make them sound like hit records. That's about when I recognized what a god of a songwriter Robyn really is... RESPECT--Some of his absolute best work ("Yip Song", "Arms Of Love", "When I Was Dead" "Driving Aloud") mixed with, well, some of his worst. I think there's just too much going on in some of those low end tunes. I prefer simple bass/guitar/drums/raw vocals. But that's just me. And BTW, except for the lyrical content, I LIKE "Wafflehead"... PERSPEX ISLAND--Not thrilled about the production. Funny, I felt the same way about a lot of the music on "Oranges & Lemons", so I guess I'm not a big Paul Fox fan. Some of the tunes seem rather uninspired too... GOTTA LET THIS HEN OUT--sorry to all of you who love this record, but I'm not a big fan of live albums. I mean, unless they offer something truly different from what we've already got on record, what's the point? This album, though it does contain a lot of fine songs, is especially disapointing in that it offers very little in the way of Robyn's trademark story telling. To me, that's missing the entire essence of a Robyn Hitchcock show. Hoping to experience the essence later this month, -Russ. In the CD Changer today: Jackass/Jackass Jackass/Jackass II Jackass/Box Set, Volume 1: The Early Years Jackass/Jackass Comes Alive Jackass/A Nod Is As Good As A Wink (To A Jackass) (apologies to any actual Jackass fans). ;) happy labor day. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 18:53:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: glass frogs Subject: feg demographics (Nick commented on american congregations of fegs) Not much in the SF bay area? As far as I can tell, he's played in SF at lease as much as he's played in NY or DC. RH fans do seem to be concentrated on the coasts, but whether this is cause or effect is uncertain. How about worldwide distribution... from the membership of this list it would seem Americans are his most numerous fans, then UK, Canada, NZ, and one each from Japan, Sweden, South Africa, Germany and Singapore. Though of course some of these are transplants. Enough out of me. Happy weekend, everyone! [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 16:32:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "M. Minahan" To: Russ Reynolds Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: opinions galore Queen Elvis is indeed a very good album IMHO; but I think the reason that not many people have heard it is that it's been out of print for over three years and it's hard to find used. I'm glad Robyn likes Seattle... Mike O ________ OO \ \_______ OOOOO))>>===| _ \ Mike Minahan O O OO | I===| |==================================|H=H] OO | I===|_|==================================|H=H] OOOOO))>>===| o o _______/ toad@u.washington.edu O O OO /_______/ http://weber.u.washington.edu/~toad O [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 22:30:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Re: All those top album lists To: M R Godwin Cc: The Can Opener > PS Has anyone else noticed that although You and Oblivion claims to be > all previously unreleased material, "Surgery" appeared many years ago on the > video release of Gotta Let This Hen Out? Are there any other tracks which have > appeared already? > Yep, only it's surgery again, I think. B-side of "Balloon Man" I think. I wonder how they call *that* unreleased. Terry Marks [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 21:33:48 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: FW: The Similarities Engine To: tomlinso@chemsun.chem.umn.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >As a longtime RH fan, and Beach Boys fan, it makes perfect sense. The Nilsson >(sp?) isn't a big stretch either. "Pet Sounds" and "Today" are two prime >examples of Brian Wilson's pop songwriting. To the extent that RH is akin to the >Beatles, Brian Wilson has repeatedly cited "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" as >favorites, and McCartney raves about "Pet Sounds". > yeah, but they're both part of the international cabal beset upon conquoring the world thru the Federal Reserve System, FEMA, and mediocre I used to be great when I was younger music groove...don't buy into it...FIGHT THE POWER! Jay (whose been drinking and driving on the Info-Super-highway tonight..) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 21:49:23 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: Re: seattle gig To: woj@remus.rutgers.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >just got word from a pacific northwest informant that robyn will be >playing at the backstage in seattle (well, ballard, actually - right?) >on september 29th. tickets are $14.50, but i don't know if they are >available yet or not. where is the "backstage" in Seattle and where would I get tickets there? jay (thinking of a road trip) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 23:01:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: Terry Marks cc: M R Godwin , The Can Opener Subject: Re: All those top album lists On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, Terry Marks wrote: > > PS Has anyone else noticed that although You and Oblivion claims to be > > all previously unreleased material, "Surgery" appeared many years ago on the > > video release of Gotta Let This Hen Out? Are there any other tracks which have > > appeared already? > > > Yep, only it's surgery again, I think. B-side of "Balloon Man" I think. > I wonder how they call *that* unreleased. "Ghost Ship" (balloon man b-side) and "Surgery" and "Birdshead" had all previously been released; *different versions* of them, anyways... [][][][][][][][][][] From: JCWaits@aol.com Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 23:45:10 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: I dug "Respect" Chuck Tomlinson wrote: >"Respect" has some the most intensely personal and heart-wrenching >melodies and lyrics since (IMHO) IODOT and EoL. "Serpent at the >Gates of Wisdom", "Wreck of the Arthur Lee" and "Railway Shoes" >are all amazing to me. To each their own, obviously... Someone was asking to hear more opinions...so I will break my long hiatus to chime in and agree with Chuck. I really like "Respect" for similar reasons. I think it was written during an intense emotional period in Robyn's life and it is apparent from the lyrics to these songs. I remember listening to the "Spectre" version of the album on the plane after leaving my grandfather's funeral. The feelings expressed in the lyrics were particularly poignant considering my state of mind. Hearing Robyn's explanations about how each song came into being and what they meant to him made me appreciate the album even more. It seems to be almost entirely about facing mortality. The tunes aren't so bad either! -Jennifer [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 02:13:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Elisabeth Perrin To: JAY LYALL cc: woj@remus.rutgers.edu, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: seattle gig On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > >just got word from a pacific northwest informant that robyn will be > >playing at the backstage in seattle (well, ballard, actually - right?) > >on september 29th. tickets are $14.50, but i don't know if they are > >available yet or not. > > where is the "backstage" in Seattle and where would I get tickets there? > > jay (thinking of a road trip) the backstage is at 2208 nw market, in ballard. i generally get my tickets through ticketmaster, but i think you can also buy them at the backstage itself. their office number is 789-1184, and there is an information line (pre-recorded message) at 781-2805. (those are both area code 206) how many days would it take to get here from houston? (i'd be all for it. i usually go to robyn concerts with my evil ex-boyfriend, since he's the only other robyn fan i know. and someone has to keep my place when i go stand in line for fifteen minutes for the backstage's awesome two-stall women's room...) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 95 21:36:50 WST From: baker_d@ee.uwa.edu.au (david baker) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: opinions galore Amazing! In message number <732947308145BCD1@ksjo.com>, Russ listed his favourite Hitchcock albums in order and gave some comments about them underneath. And I agreed almost to the letter with his list and everything he said about the list! I have previously found it amazing how differently people rate the different phases in Robyn's career. I guess it is just a tribute to how consistently fascinating and powerful RObyn's body of work is while at the same time there are no two Hitchcock albums which sound remotely the same. Nonetheless, I always thought Black Snake Diamond Role was the definitive Hitchcock album yet most people seem to have it somewhere in the middle somewhere. Good to see it up where it belongs! Cheers Dave Baker [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 16:35:32 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: Thoughts on the recent digest: bass players, sell-outs... At 12:51 pm 29/8/95 +0100, M R Godwin wrote: > >PERSPEX is obviously a sell-out album in a way that FROGS isn't. It is >not possible to call an album with SLEEPING WITH YOUR DEVIL MASK on it a >sell-out. > Globe of Frogs turned me off Robyn for a number of years - so much so that I didn't listen to Eye much when I first bought it. It's not so much that it was commercialised, as that it struck be as such a mannered "lets be realy Robyn Hitchcock" album that it was almost verging on parody. Since EOL was such a mature album after Fegmania, that was a disappointment, IMHO. It was actually Perspex Island that got me back onto listening to him again. Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 12:18:52 -0400 From: cb340@freenet.carleton.ca (Daryl Askey) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Robyn & Guy Robyn: "I believe in surgery, and that's a fact...." Guy (from the House of Love): "House of Love) Chadwick:"I love surgery, not just chemistry..." Robyn: "Well we're going through a hole in the sky ..." Guy: "Let's drive to the hole in the sky ..." Hi. These H.O.L. quotes are from the songs Philly Phile and Marble, respectively. I thought you feg-people might be interested in these similarities. See ya, Daryl of the transparencies. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 17:36:04 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: The Similarities Engine At 1:24 pm 1/9/95 -0400, mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu wrote: >Also, can anyone tell me anything about Steeleye Span? I'd never heard of >them until the Top 10 surfaced. The same was true for Prefab Sprout, but I >have been led to believe that Thomas Dolby used to be in PS, so I can see >the connection. > Steeleye Span were the commercial wing of Fairport Convention. Did a number of albums in the mid-70s, one hit. The sort of thing people in arran sweaters with pipes thought was trendy. Prefab Sprout's album was produced by Dolby, but they were and are a separate thang. Very clever, very glossy 80's pop. Heard in every (pretentious) undergraduate's room. I'm not at all surprised that they never made it to the US. However Steve McQueeen is indeed a bloody good album, IMHO. Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 13:12:14 -0400 From: cb340@freenet.carleton.ca (Daryl Askey) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Robyn & Guy sorry the 1st House of Love quote in my previous posting came out so garbled. I'll try again: Robyn: "I believe in surgery, and that's a fact....." Guy (from HOL): "I love surgery, not just chemistry ..." There. That better have worked. Anyway, its interesting how strange, but different minds occasionally use similar imagery. Over & out, Daryl of the transparencies. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 11:06:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Elisabeth Perrin To: david baker cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: opinions galore On Sat, 2 Sep 1995, david baker wrote: >Nonetheless, I always thought Black Snake Diamond Role was the >definitive Hitchcock album yet most people seem to have it somewhere in >the middle somewhere. Good to see it up where it belongs! i completely agree what is even stranger to me is how many people put invisible hitchcock near the bottom. i love that album. (although now that i think of it, i do tend to skip over parts of it. but trash and all i wanna do is fall in love are two of my all-time favorite songs) i just got my tickets for the sept. 29 show at the backstage. whee ha [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 12:23:12 -0800 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: kreichs@rain.com (Karen Reichstein) Subject: Portland Show? Hey! >just got word from a pacific northwest informant that robyn will be >playing at the backstage in seattle (well, ballard, actually - right?) >on september 29th. I live in Portland, and we lucky fegs have been lucky enough to have been graced with Robyn's presence almost every year since 1988 (er, that's when I first started seeing his gigs, anyway). Does your "pacific northwest informant" know if R.H. plans to stop in Portland? I'm more than willing to take the bus up to Seattle, but seeing R.H. every year at La Luna is sort of like an annual gift that I'd hate to miss out on this time around. Karen "...and back across her belly, there crawl the dusty bees." [][][][][][][][] 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...