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 143 Today's Topics: ------- ------ apologies for a very short crosspost Re: McCabes Setlists Re: CRD: Ghost in You Jim Melton Robyn and the Dead? Re: Robyn and the Dead? Re: Robyn and the Dead? Re: Robyn and the Dead? Big Show 2-Nite Egytpians chord check Jim Melton - correction feg-splosions Re: feg-splosions Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Re: feg-splosions Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 happy birthday? Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 meet before Maxwell's Re: Egytpians RE: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Sorry... Song intro, 3/19/86 GAMH show GAMH RE: Mark Ellen RE: GAMH show taping th' big R tour 95! Re: tour 95! Chord check ------------------------------ From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:09:31 +0600 To: seance@thechurch.EBay.Sun.COM Subject: apologies for a very short crosspost Cc: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen , flags@cesi.it If any of you wrote to me personally a week or so back and haven't got a reply, it's because I never got the mail. The link went pearshaped over the weekend and oodles of mail got lost - any chance of resending it, please??? James ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 02:36:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: "Us...we wanna be some anglepoise lamps yeh!" Subject: Re: McCabes Setlists On Sun, 24 Sep 1995 KCasey@aol.com wrote: > - "Shadowcat" is a song in progress. He inferred that he was in the process ^^^^^^^^ "Implied," dammit! *you* might infer from someone else's implication. Sorry. I'll crawl back under my rock now. --Jeff "I want a girl like Patti Smith Jeffrey Norman oh, tell me do they still exist? University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee I want a girl who doesn't shave her pits Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. and won't take shit." e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu --The Mosleys In my CD changer: Helium _The Dirt of Luck_ Bark Psychosis _Hex_ Plasticland _Dapper Snappings_ Swervedriver _Ejector Seat Reservation_ Polara [s/t] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 02:47:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Subject: Re: CRD: Ghost in You That would be the Psychedelic Furs' song, btw. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:19:58 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: Jim Melton Unless I am severely mistaken, Jim Melton is the saxophonist and vocalist on "Live at the Portland Arms" who sings "In The Mood". Obviously a nice guy, but the sax parts are all over the place and he gets tangled up with the words too. Or have I got the wrong bloke? Mike (Color Out of Space) Godwin "I heard it all and dese guys don't make it" (Night Owl Club manager to the Loving Spoonful, 1965) ------------------------------ From: sprano@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:40:04 EST To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Robyn and the Dead? I just picked up a copy of a Jerry Garcia tribute magazine that was recently published by LFP (Larry Flynt Productions; he of "Hustler" infamy) and was dumbfounded to see, on page 36, a picture of Robyn Hitchcock! The photo caption says "Randy Hayes (top)"! At least they got the initials right! Can somebody explain this? Perplexed in perspex, HAL. ------------------------------ From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: Re: Robyn and the Dead? To: sprano@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:29:37 -0400 (EDT) Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu sprano@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu writes: >> >> I just picked up a copy of a Jerry Garcia tribute magazine that was recently >> published by LFP (Larry Flynt Productions; he of "Hustler" infamy) and was >> dumbfounded to see, on page 36, a picture of Robyn Hitchcock! The photo >> caption says "Randy Hayes (top)"! At least they got the initials right! >> Can somebody explain this? Perplexed in perspex, HAL. Gee Whiz. It's Unca Bobby as Zelig. It doesn't surprise me that Flynt's involved in post-Garcia Deadhead gouging. I wonder how many well-meaning Deadheads know where they're money is going. This began bothering me when JG memorial tshirts began surfacing in my local alternashop the week after he died, and I wondered if the folks grabbing them and wearing them ever wondered where the money they were spending was going - it certainly wasn't going to other Deadheads, that's for sure. It was going to the same people who were making "No Justice No Peace" tshirts during the LA riots and the various OJ tshirts a year ago - folks just out to make a buck, regardless. As far as I know the only connection between RH and the Dead is their cover of his Chinese Bones. Although I suppose it's possible that they've covered some of the same tunes somewhere along the way - they both have a knack for taking an ordinary tune and turning it into something uniquely their own. Mike. nearly done ranting now ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:34:08 -0700 Subject: Re: Robyn and the Dead? From: Tom Clark To: , "fegManiax" >I just picked up a copy of a Jerry Garcia tribute magazine that was recently >published by LFP (Larry Flynt Productions; he of "Hustler" infamy) and was >dumbfounded to see, on page 36, a picture of Robyn Hitchcock! The photo >caption says "Randy Hayes (top)"! At least they got the initials right! >Can somebody explain this? Perplexed in perspex, HAL. Was it a picture of Robyn and Jerry, with Robyn giving the "Peace Sign"? If so, that picture appeared in one of the old fegManiax newsletters circa 1988-89. I believe it was shot in S.F. -Randy Hayes ************************************* * Tom Clark * Apple Computer, Inc. "Knowledge Is Good" * tclark@apple.com -Emil Faber * tclark@netgate.net * tclark@eworld.com * http://www.netgate.net/~tclark ************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:47:07 -0500 (EST) From: Dolph L Chaney To: Tom Clark cc: sprano@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu, fegManiax Subject: Re: Robyn and the Dead? On Mon, 25 Sep 1995, Tom Clark wrote: [stuff about the "Randy Hayes" pic deleted] > Was it a picture of Robyn and Jerry, with Robyn giving the "Peace Sign"? > If so, that picture appeared in one of > the old fegManiax newsletters circa 1988-89. I believe it was shot in S.F. Am I the only one who's hearing "Trash" running through their head as I read this? 8-) Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:00:58 -0700 Subject: Big Show 2-Nite From: Tom Clark To: "fegManiax" Anybody wanna meet for dinner before the show tonight in SF? The wife and I will probably cut out of work early (shhh!) and try to make it up there by 6 or so. Reply offline and we'll take it from there. -tc ************************************* * Tom Clark * Apple Computer, Inc. "Knowledge Is Good" * tclark@apple.com -Emil Faber * tclark@netgate.net * tclark@eworld.com * http://www.netgate.net/~tclark ************************************* ------------------------------ From: bing@student.umass.edu Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 23:46:22 -0400 Subject: Egytpians To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Hey, if Rob's not using the Egyptians, then I will! Bradley Skaught and the Egyptians-- just wait, it'll be fantastic. Lots of harmony and fretless bass and.. whatever else. Sound good? I'll mail in whatever tour dates I can muster, okay? Send me all your addresses and we'll stay in your homes when we come to town. In fact, we'll play at everyone's houses! It'll be the Feg list Bradley Skaught and The Egytpians tour. See you all soon! B ------------------------------ From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 17:27:37 +1100 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen Subject: chord check Y'all gettin' me pretty durn riled with yer feudin' over chords. So ah thought ah'd join in! The Devil's Coachman: It's definitely an F of some form, and not an A# (BTW, do yez all know that the Devil's Coachman is a kind of insect?) as for Wax Doll, all those G minors are Gm7s (353333) - you can still hear a ringing "F" note in there. Apart from that, I concur with the Orb's surveyor (good anagram! Do you like the Orb's music?), working from the original groundwork of the tireless and esteemed Mr. Anthropomellotronic Marks. James (no sig today - ah hell y'all knows me bah now!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 13:09:31 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: Jim Melton - correction Grovelling apologies; I have just checked Live at the Portland Arms and Jim Melton plays Percussion, not Saxophone. He does sing IN THE MOOD, though. Sorry about that. It is what comes of having a computer at work and a record collection at home. Maybe I should install e-mail at home, or bring the record collection into work. But then I'd need a hi-fi, and I might have trouble persuading people I was really working hard and not just listening to Some Fantastic Place, Globe of Frogs or Even Serpents Shine... Whoops - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 09:25:57 -0500 (CDT) From: JAY LYALL Subject: feg-splosions To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu So, just in case I find myself around an erupting volcano, can you fegs in New Zealand tell me which RH songs go best with plumes of ash and rivers of molten rock? ;) 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." "If absence makes the heart grow fonder --Robyn Hitchcock Then I don't want to see you any more." --Replacements %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:06:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Dimitrios Kouroussis Subject: Re: feg-splosions To: JAY LYALL Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > > So, just in case I find myself around an erupting volcano, can you fegs in New > Zealand tell me which RH songs go best with plumes of ash and rivers of molten > rock? ;) > I Wanna Destroy You... ;=>) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 08:59:50 -0700 From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Sorry, no set list or recording or anything like that this time. This was probably the most depressing Robyn show I've ever seen him give. There was a single funny song (Trilobite) with a little story, but otherwise it consisted mostly of his new style of extremely simple, elliptically phrased introspective stuff: Woman In You, You And Oblivion, Wide Open Star, a cover of Visions of Johanna, Statue With A Walkman (funny vocal bit in the middle, though), Cool Bug Rumble. I liked hearing the new stuff, but I'm afraid that my friends, who I dragged to the show on the promise of "silly songs and sillier stories," were disappointed. (Last year had seen a lot of storytelling and I Got A Message and Balloon Man.) So my question is: Is Robyn All Right? I began to wonder if he'd had a terrible day and was working it out by playing some of his most droning material. Someone brought Robyn a birthday present, but he didn't open it on stage. People called out "Happy Birthday" but I don't think he was into audience interaction this evening. (After the first few songs, he quit doing much in the way of introductions.) The Trilobite song is totally great, though, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head all day! And I got a T-shirt from Robyn and asked him about another Neurotic in-store session ("no time for that this year, sorry," he said). He seemed a bit harried and distant -- as we walked in to the Great American Music Hall, he showed up suddenly and apologized for having missed his sound check. He's looking tall (as usual) and grey (more than usual). And he hasn't stopped accumulating odd shirts. Tiddas, the Australian folk band, have great instruments and voices and do great arrangements; they need to get better songs, some less obviously rooted in political protest demonstrations (the whole "wimmin's music" scene), and they'll be fantastic. They will be back in San Francisco in November on tour with Billy Bragg, with whom they will go much better. Moris Tepper was simply one opening act too many. I didn't spot any Fegmaniax at the show. Did anyone tape it? - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Glen Uber To: JAY LYALL Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: feg-splosions How about: "She Doesn't Exist" "Earthly Paradise" and, "Only The Stones Remain", of course! On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, JAY LYALL wrote: > > So, just in case I find myself around an erupting volcano, can you fegs in New > Zealand tell me which RH songs go best with plumes of ash and rivers of molten > rock? ;) > > 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." "If absence makes the heart grow fonder > --Robyn Hitchcock Then I don't want to see you any more." > --Replacements > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Beers to You!!! Cheers, Glen xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Quotation of the week: x x "All the world is football-shaped x x It's just for me to kick its face" x x -Andy Partridge x x "Senses Working Overtime" x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ From: mad5c@server.cs.virginia.edu Subject: Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 To: librik@netcom.com Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:52:27 -0400 (EDT) Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu David Librik writes: >> >> a lot of storytelling and I Got A Message and Balloon Man.) So my question >> is: Is Robyn All Right? I began to wonder if he'd had a terrible day and >> was working it out by playing some of his most droning material. Qualify your terms, please. Mike. -- opcode popcorn stepchild stopcock topcoat upcome ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 13:41:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: live flotsam Subject: happy birthday? what's with this custom of wishing bobby a happy birthday when it's not? I have a tape of the kennel club show 21-may-91 where the SF audience sings to him. I guess it's a frisco thang? His birthday is march 3rd! whassup witdat feggoes? bayard lego my feggo ------------------------------ From: "Brian Huddell" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:18:51 +0000 Subject: Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Fegs, Sure can't let David's post be the last word on last night's show. He is right that the song selection was fairly light on the silly side. Banter was more sparse than other times I'd seen him, though hardly absent. So what's left? How about an evening of beautifuly rendered SONGS. Robyn was in exquisite voice last night, the highs just floated out of his skull and wafted around the room, the lows were thick and creamy. It was great to see him working so hard. I thought Trilobyte and Statue With a Walkman more than balanced out the more severe beauty of, for example, a half-tempo Birdshead (almost torture, that one. anyone tape it?) I guess it all depends on what you came to hear. Peace, Brian ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1995 13:16:35 -0700 From: "Eric Wieder" Subject: Re: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 To: "feg list" Subject: Time: 1:12 PM OFFICE MEMO RE>>Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Date: 9/26/95 Sorry, no set-list. I agree with both Brian and David. If you came for storytelling, last night's was not very interesting. However, musically Robyn was in top form. The acoustic numbers shined (Glass Hotel etc.) and he was hitting all the notes on Queen of Eyes and Kingdom of Love (I've seen him play those a lot worse). His voice seems to get better each time I see him. Touring alone must be wearing on him, but I'm looking forward to the next record based on the new songs he played! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:38:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Gary Assa To: Robyn Subject: meet before Maxwell's I will be at the Maxwell's show in Hoboken next Wednesday. Does anyone want to have a Guiness togther there before the show? I have met up with a bunch of you in New Haven at Toad's in April, so I am pretty good at this kind of thing. I plan on showing up at around 5 or 6 to eat and drink. Anyone going? --------------------------------------------------- 1. Earth is 98% full. Please delete anyone you can. 2. I came, I saw, I deleted all your files. 3. The world will end in 5 minutes. Please log out. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:52:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Re: Egytpians To: bing@student.umass.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu On Mon, 25 Sep 1995 bing@student.umass.edu wrote: > Hey, if Rob's not using the Egyptians, then I will! Bradley Skaught and the > Egyptians-- just wait, it'll be fantastic. Lots of harmony and fretless bass > and.. whatever else. Sound good? I'll mail in whatever tour dates I can > muster, okay? Send me all your addresses and we'll stay in your homes when we > come to town. In fact, we'll play at everyone's houses! It'll be the Feg list > Bradley Skaught and The Egytpians tour. See you all soon! Hmm. This tour had *better* go to South Florida and New Zealand.. But I wonder if Robyn is really not using the Egyptians, or just not using A&M. I believe that on every one of his albums (except Eye) includes the drumming of Morris Windsor, and it would be just plain silly for him to switch drummers now, when he's got such a good one. And Andy Metcalf? Well, Robyn has had a lot more flexibility in bass guitarists than drummers, but the chemistry is legendary (they don't rehearse, they eat meals together, as Robyn said) And if Morris and Andy aren't free, perhaps Jim Melton, Gerry Hale, Alan "Wang Bo" Davies, Matt Seligman, Kimberly Rew and Bradly Skaught could re-form the Soft Boys and tour the world (or at least the South Florida part of the world). Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks ------------------------------ From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: RE: Robyn in SF, 9/25/95 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 16:04:00 PDT >This was probably the most depressing Robyn show I've ever seen him give. [..etc...] Well, I haven't seen Robyn live in a loooooonngg time so I don't have any recent shows to compare with this. Here are some of my impressions, however. Anyone else who was there is free to shoot me down in flames if they disagree... * He's wearing well! Despite being of similar vintage, he's retained considerably more hair than yours truly. (Also, what's left of mine is decidedely grey, though I do have all my own teeth, limbs and internal organs) * His singing is _far_ better than I remember. Wonderful! (Has he taken lessons or something?) * His guitar playing was err... "fearless". The gratuitous Richard Thompson impressions at the end of a couple of the songs need a little more practice (or a following wind) - still, I was impressed that he attempted that sort of virtuoso playing at all. I also thought I caught more than a few fumbles in some of the songs and wished for Morris to be there to keep his timing on track. (An advantage of solo performance, I suppose--if you make a mistake you can just keep on playing and hope nobody noticed) * Boy, he _does_ blink alot. Someone commented on this in the list a few weeks ago, and yes, it's true. When I used to see him (_many_ moons ago) his characteristic stance was a manic unblinking stare at some point beyond the back of the room. The blinking started as soon as he set foot on stage, so I don't think it's sweat in his eyes, as someone suggested. *The stories were great, but petered out about half way through the set and there were some strange dedications in his encore; "for Annie from her friend" (Birdshead) and "for Mark Ellen, in quotes". Any idea what that was all about? * Yes I could have done with more uptempo/funny/wierd stuff too. * The highlights? I agree, Trilobite was great. Also Glass Hotel, Statue with a Walkman and Visions of Johanna (great singing). DeChirico Street was a good opener. Nice versions of Devils Radio, I'm only You and Queen of Eyes. * Low points? You and Oblivion and Cool Bug Rumble. Also, Wide Open Star is a pretty lame song (though sung well). On a scale of 1-10 I'd give it a B. >I began to wonder if he'd had a terrible day and >was working it out by playing some of his most droning material. Judging by the McCabes set lists posted here, the SF set would seem to be pretty similar (though not identical) -- so I don't think the song choice was due to "a bad day" or some such. >...People called out "Happy Birthday" but I don't think he was >into audience interaction this evening... Since it's _not_ his birthday I imagine he'd decided to treat it with the contempt it deserved. >And I got a T-shirt from Robyn... Hmm. Anyone else agree with me that the T-shirts were pretty dissapointing. I took a look, but decided to give it a miss. >Tiddas... I agree with the previous comments. Entertaining enough, but I wish they'd concentrate more on their aboriginal roots music and less on the 1960's protest songs. >Moris Tepper was simply one opening act too many. A total waste of time, IMHO. I'm concerned that he will be in the studio with RH. --Does not bode well. >I didn't spot any Fegmaniax at the show. I was the one with the big invisible "Fegmaniax" sign over my head. Perhaps you didn't use the secret handshake? -Nick ------------------------------ From: DARAMSEY@vaxsar.vassar.edu Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Sorry... To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Sorry gang...the idiots at the Computer Center here only half reactivated my VAX account. They allowed me to log on, but forgot to allow me to receive e-mail. Anyways, after another grueling excursion to the Computer Center this afternoon, everything has been sorted out. I CAN receive e-mail now, so somebody PLEASE write and let me know that Fegmaniax at least still exists. thanks, daveR. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 16:44:22 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Song intro, 3/19/86 from a Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians show at Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, March 19, 1986 [delivered at lightning fast pace as one run-on sentence] "They had the back of the house enamelled while they were out at the picnic and when they came back they found the enamel had actually gone all over the porch screen door and they couldn't get in. So they ran 'round to the front of the house but unfortunately the front of the house had sunk horribly down from 35 to 45 degrees to 70 degrees, poking out like that. So only the bottom of the house was exposed for them to actually come in and reach. They rushed 'round the back where the back of the house had been lying in the enamel and now it was just the bottom of the house--a gaping series of empty rafters and drains dripping down towards God knows what. They tried to make their own [at this point an audience member, evidently overcome by the sheer genius of the man, screams "YES!!"] and one of them went in through the floor and took out a huge circular hole in it, but the ceiling had subsided and the house was upside down. They found themselves on where the roof had been in the perilous, 90 degrees to the vertical, which caused them in fact to be horizontal, which was the wrong way 'round--it was the vertical--and this is what happened to them." [band launches into "Egyptian Cream" amid laughter and applause] -Russ. "People my age, they don't do the things I do" --Neil Young ("I'm The Ocean") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 16:44:22 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: GAMH show Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, 9/25/95 Brought a couple of freshly bottled Egyptian Cream Stouts to the show--gave one to an appreciative Mr. Hitchcock before the show (while he was taping up a hand drawn sign about T-Shirt sales) and nearly got kicked out for drinking the other one during Morris Tepper's performance. Enjoyed Tiddas, could've done without Tepper, & Robyn was absolutely brilliant. Sitting next to us was a couple who had never heard Robyn's music before. They asked me for some history of the man, and wondered if a Hitchcock Web site existed. Their reaction to the concert later in this post. set list & comments: DeCIRICO STREET- very good tune which cries out for a full band YOU & I (?) - Not sure if this is the actual title. It's the tune from Perspex with the line "tethered by the head-phones" DEVIL'S RADIO - another good tune which would be awesome with a band. Mentions Rush Limbaugh. In his intro he spoke of the political left and right in England and remarked "I think the right is wrong and the left is right" WIDE OPEN STAR - new tune, I guess. nice, but nothing too noteworty. THE PRESIDENT - Beautiful. His voice cracking in all the right places. I'M ONLY YOU - intro'd this by saying "if you miss somebody enough you become them," then added that "obviously this doesn't apply to the Christian church" (or words to that affect). COOL BUG RUMBLE - good thing he told us up front the word was "Bug" (or was it "buck?") and not "Butt", or this one would've conjured up all kinds of images I could do without. I'd describe this as a pG rated "Wafflehead" set to a cool boogie tune. Strapped on the harmonica for this one. TRILOBITE - VERY familiar sounding tune about a long extinct crustacean (I belive the Fegmania artwork has some squiggley drawings that are supposet to be Trilobites). He intro'd the song by saying that this creature was extinct long before man gave it the name "trilobite", drawing the analogy of a guy called Jacob who dies, and thousands of years later archeologists dig up his bones and call him Neil. I believe there was also a Phil Collins reference in the intro. WHERE HAVE I HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE?? Did he ever perform this with the Egyptians, maybe around the time of Queen Elvis? Anyone? GLASS HOTEL - nice moment. Moved me to smooch the wife. YOU & OBLIVION - not a real standout QUEEN OF EYES - !!!!! altered lyrics include "in this horrible world of decay and abuse/it's good to know that somebody's got an excuse" as well as the extra verse "I wish I was live/I wish I was Dead/She only wishes she could go to your head" SOMETHING IN YOU - (or "Woman In You"?) New tune, I guess...one of those where he never seems to latch on to the note he's looking for. could've done without it. BTW, either before this song or after it he said "hi" to Mark Ellen, a name I believe I recognize from this list. KINGDOM OF LOVE - and the crowd went nuts ** encore ** STATUE WITH A WALKMAN - funny old-timer ramble that went on about twice as long as the recorded version. Somewhere in there he referenced listening to a digitally remastered Don Henley CD. This song was possibly the highlite of the evening, for me anyway. Stayed in my head until...well, frankly I'm STILL humming it. VISIONS OF JOHANNA - when he strapped on the harmonica and said "I do this one every two years here" I had a feeling this was coming, having seen him sing it several years ago at the same venue. Enjoyed then, never having heard the song before. Went out & bought "Blonde On Blonde" after that show and ever since then I'd been dying to hear him sing it again. :) :) :) BIRDSHEAD - another smooch for the Mrs. ONLY THE STONES REMAIN - interesting hearing this performed acoustically. I thought when he picked up the pace for "the stones have forgotten them" that it would've sounded better had he kept that pace and rocked out for the second half of the song. But what the hey, he's the genius, not me. Dedicated to Michy. Bought one of the T-shirts before the show...Black with a drawing of the Thoth (facing right) wearing a leaf on his head. Writing says "The Afterleaf." He was hanging out at the T-shirt table at the time. Someone asked him what The Afterleaf was and he replied with a knowing grin: "It's what comes after the leaf" (Thanks Robyn). His name appears under the drawing. Back of the shirt has a snake climbing up a staff, says "Spring into Autumn" on top and I think something about fruit on the bottom...can't tell you exactly what it says 'cause I'm wearing it right now and I can't see back there. I also asked him if he was going to be doing any TV on this tour and he said "I hope not", explaining that TV appearances took up time that could be better used for something else. He seemed in a chipper mood. After the show, the no-longer-virgin couple that was next to us had huge smiles on their faces and said only "That was great!" Perhaps they'll be joining us here soon. sorry I've rambled so much. And sorry also for any outdated posts due to our ever-crashing system here. (I don't need directions to the GAMH any more, for one) -Russ "Glad I didn't have to watch that ball hit the crossbar" Reynolds ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 16:44:22 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: GAMH Can anyone from the Bay Area tell me how to get to the Great American Music Hall from the peninsula? I'm San Franciscally challenged (kind of sad when you consider I was born in SF...on the other hand I didn't do any driving that day). -Russ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 17:36:32 -0700 From: Jon-Ross Habina Subject: RE: Mark Ellen To: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" cc: Vyrna Knowl In 'Clean Steve' there's the couplet 'I called up Mark Ellen but he wasn't really in Instead I talked to his wife Claire about some gigs she'd seen' That's the place I knew the name from. Going to Portland show tomorrow with my girlfriend; she's never seen Robyn and only knows of him through my hopefully-adequate introduction. BTW, everybody keeps asking if anybody is taping the shows; is that *permissible*? If it is, I'll take a small tape unit. But I need to know tonight 'cause we're leaving in the morning (we live some 280 miles from Portland). Jon-Ross ------------------------------ From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: rreynold Cc: Vyrna Knowl , Jon-Ross Habina Subject: RE: GAMH show Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 18:23:00 PDT >-Russ "Glad I didn't have to watch that ball hit the crossbar" Reynolds A goal, I think! That one definitely hit the back of the net. Nice job. + I agree with just about all your comments. Thanks for taking the trouble to put metaphorical pen to metaphorical paper. * * * * Re Who is Mark Ellen?: I have a vague memory of a music journalist in the UK in the 70's/80's called Mark Ellen. I think he used to write for "Q" magazine (I'll take a look at my back issues when I get home). Maybe he gave Robyn a good review one time. It would certainly fit the couplet from Clean Steve that Jon-Ross quotes. Can any UK Fegs help me out? Is he still around? Any connection with Robyn? (Answers on a postcard please) -Nick "The Bellman" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:33:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: Jon-Ross Habina cc: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" , Vyrna Knowl Subject: taping th' big R > > BTW, everybody keeps asking if anybody is taping the shows; is that > *permissible*? If it is, I'll take a small tape unit. But I need to > know tonight 'cause we're leaving in the morning (we live some 280 miles > from Portland). Last time round Robyn advised audiences to "get a tape of the show; its got more life in it" or something to that effect. One hopes he is still advocating taping. If you get a really nice recording they might appreciate a copy at the home office. (And needless to say, so would I.) But be discreet, of course; some venues are not as generous as Robyn. ------------------------------ From: bing@student.umass.edu Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:35:02 -0400 Subject: tour 95! To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu All right gang, the Bradley Skaught and the Egyptians/Soft Boys (thanks Terry) tour is all set to go! We'll be on the road for the better part of the fall before I take a couple of months off to bring back Rockpile and The Bannana Splits-- I forget whose first on the list of dates but clear us out some space in your living room (and refrigerator) 'cause we'll be by in the next couple of days. Don't forget to post set lists and reviews! We're (i mean you're) all dying to know how it goes! P.S. Does anyone have an extra low 'E' string? Kimberly was stretching out a bit during "Leppo"-- you know how it is! See you all soon! from the road, Bradley Skaught and the Soft Egyptian Boys (er....) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:59:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard To: bing@student.umass.edu cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: tour 95! all RIGHT! bradley, you and the boys are welcome in my fridge anytime... rock and roll! ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (The list that invented itself) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 23:13:43 EDT Subject: Chord check >Y'all gettin' me pretty durn riled with yer feudin' over chords. So ah >thought ah'd join in! > >The Devil's Coachman: It's definitely an F of some form, and not an A# > >(BTW, do yez all know that the Devil's Coachman is a kind of insect?) > >as for Wax Doll, all those G minors are Gm7s (353333) - you can still hear >a ringing "F" note in there. > >Apart from that, I concur with the Orb's surveyor (good anagram! Do you >like the Orb's music?), working from the original groundwork of the >tireless and esteemed Mr. Anthropomellotronic Marks. > >James (no sig today - ah hell y'all knows me bah now!) > > Thanks James. That's it! Dmaj7 in Devil's Coachman, Gm7 in Wax Doll. I warned you about the A#. It sounded great until I tried to sing with it, then it sounded like the groaning twisting metal and crashing brittle shards of shattered glass. Delightful, but not what Robyn was trying to do in this case. Can we remove these from the "untabbed" list now? Where do I find the tabs that have been worked out? I'll plead ignorance regarding the Orbs. Are they worth checking out? By the way, I'm Canadian, eh, so I struggled with that strange dialect you used. It won. Is it New Zealous? Ross Overbury (Orb's Surveyor) rosso@cn.ca (as in Canada) [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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