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 150 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict Re: Inner Grooves? "Presence" RE: Lyrics to Outtakes Album (butcher's) Julian Cope Re: (not) Julian Cope Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict Trilobites: Grudging But Ungracious Climbdown SPECTRE for sale Groovy White Vinyl Re: (not) Julian Cope RE: Trilobites: Grudging But Ungracious Climbdown random trivia... Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) Re: (not) Julian Cope Re: Julian Cope i won't snarl elvis tour Re: Groovy White Vinyl RE: random trivia... RE: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) RE: random trivia... (fwd) RE: random trivia... Underwater Bonus tracks Re: Julian Cope Re: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) Ooops! (Was: Re: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?)) Ultraunbelievablecolors. tape stuff Re: Feg Digest Vol. 3 Num. 148 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:49:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Eve Subject: Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict To: Mike Breen Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Hey! I went used record (remember vinyl?) shopping this past weekend, and found a Hitchcock items I did not have, and thought I would ask about them. Of most note is a Groovy Decay German issue (Albion Records, LP: ALLP 4.00008 J) with a fabulous cover on it...much better than the CD version artwork I have. Robyn is surrounded by an assortment of odd objects (pineapple, skeleton, wine bottle and candle, apples) and is holding a cigarette in a poseur attitude on the front. On the back, he has taken a bite out of an apple, and is covering his face, apparently laughing. The song order seems to be the same. Just wondered if this was the origanal art work done for this album? Or is this something special? Also, this particular album is *white* vinyl. Is this a special pressing, or was this done for all Albion Groovy Decay albums? Second: found a copy of the Eaten By Her Own Dinner 12". Am I right in assuming the song "Happy The Golden Prince" is, in fact, about an...erm...penis? As I listened a few times to the lyrics closely, it seemed to be the case. Thanks. :) Eve eemsho77@ursa.Calvin.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "Love is the distance between reality and pain." * * -Robyn Hitchcock, "One Long Pair of Eyes" * * (Spoken Word Version) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:54:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Eve Subject: Re: Inner Grooves? To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Another list I'm on (hi, James, Cath) is discussing words/text found in the inner grooves on some vinyl copies of albums. I was wondering if anyone has found inner groove scratchings on any of Robyn's albums? I found one: The Soft Boys/Underwater Moonlight (Moist 1/1986 Living Cream Records, Ger.) Side 1: The Invisible, the famous... Side 2: ...and the dead. Eve eemsho77@ursa.Calvin.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "Love is the distance between reality and pain." * * -Robyn Hitchcock, "One Long Pair of Eyes" * * (Spoken Word Version) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Oct 95 21:53:05 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: "Presence" Jon-Ross hit the nail on the head with the "presence" description. All Robyn had to do was walk on the stage (blinking) and you could feel it: this guy was miles beyond Tiddas and Tepper in the presence department. Tiddas, BTW is pronounced "TIDD-us." Robyn's comment in Portland "not what the song's about--just something to visualize while I play it" sounds word-for-word like what we heard in San Francisco at about the same point in the show. Still looking for any kind of proof that "Trilobite" was attempted with the Egyptians several years back. Any of you with massive tape collections have set lists from the "Frogs" tour with a mention of this tune? -Russ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 01:12:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: RE: Lyrics to Outtakes Album (butcher's) To: roLLerCOasTEr boy Cc: Fegmaniax List Written by: Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, roLLerCOasTEr boy wrote: > > geez, i'd always thought it was: > > i would ramble all through time and space > just to have the butchers at your face > > this slang thing changes the meaning A LOT! I thought it was that also.. I also coudl've sworn that Swirling went "And if I had a wife, she'd ooze", much more Robynesque than "be you" Add that, and the "Foster sweetheart" of the Yip song to my big list of misheard lyrics.. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 12:01:19 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: Jim Subject: Julian Cope I went to see Julian Cope last night. He played for three hours. He gave us about an hour and a half of excellence, plus an hour and a half of garbage. The garbage part was mainly in his solo 'acoustic hour' when he plodded through way too many under-rehearsed dirges, gave the audience the chance to TOUCH him (wow) and attempted poetry. If only he had stuck to the excellent half of the set...his band were superb, his voice likewise. It struck me that the man's ego has got the better of him. He thought we would be interested in his ability to play three chords on a luminous (non-human) mellotron, like we should want to 'explore' his fabulous rock-star psyche in all its depth. Pah! It's like a 20 minute Spinal Tap guitar solo...not required! It's the same feeling I get listening to 'eye' and 'you & oblivion'. Both would be excellent albums without the dud tracks. If Robyn equates himself to a novelist who simply wants *all* his novels published, I think he's misguided - if I wrote War & Peace I wouldn't want it spoiled by publishing what I wrote on the back of a cigarette packet while drunk, and I would have to be something of an egotist to expect my public to be interested. In fact, it's counter-productive: while my admiration of RH verges on idolisation, it takes a knock when I hear him trot out half-ideas and out-takes as finished products. Gigs, and albums, should contain concentrated excellence. I'd have paid *more* money for half of 'eye' and half the Julian Cope gig to be spared the ordeal of the rambling-tortured-genius act. Just wanted to get that off my chest. ************ Jim Bower ** ******** ** * * * """" """" * ** (@) (@) * *Advertisement* { ' ` } Freud Squad CD available from Oct 12th *l (oo) l* ........you KNOW you want one! l ' l )======( l l` ' l `________' l l ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:27:55 -0700 From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: (not) Julian Cope Jim Bower writes: > If Robyn equates himself >to a novelist who simply wants *all* his novels published, I think he's >misguided - if I wrote War & Peace I wouldn't want it spoiled by publishing >what I wrote on the back of a cigarette packet while drunk I think you've just summed up why the Rykodisc reissue of _Underwater Moonlight_ managed to change it from one of the greatest albums of all time into a pretty good compilation disc. (It wouldn't have been so bad if they had indicated which tracks were the bonus B side outtakes.) - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Livia To: your mom Subject: Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Eve wrote: > > Of most note is a Groovy Decay German issue (Albion Records, LP: ALLP > 4.00008 J) with a fabulous cover on it...much better than the CD version > artwork I have. Robyn is surrounded by an assortment of odd objects > (pineapple, skeleton, wine bottle and candle, apples) and is holding a > cigarette in a poseur attitude on the front. On the back, he has taken a > bite out of an apple, and is covering his face, apparently laughing. > > The song order seems to be the same. Just wondered if this was the > origanal art work done for this album? Or is this something special? > Also, this particular album is *white* vinyl. Is this a special pressing, > or was this done for all Albion Groovy Decay albums? i have the english cd of groovy decay, and it has that artwork. in fact, that's mostly what i bought it for man, it sounded weird after several years of listening to groovy decoy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:47:43 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin To: The Can Opener Subject: Trilobites: Grudging But Ungracious Climbdown In my day the Cambrian started 500 million years ago. Where have they found that extra 100 million years since 1965? In an abandoned brain somewhere? And as for "probably originated at least 100 million years earlier" - pshaw! mere guesswork - show me the fossils and run them through a carbon-dating gizmo. Or four carbon-dating gizmos in separate labs, which will probably all come up with different dates, like they did with the Turin Shroud... Did you know that the guys who are trying to date the universe have obtained completely inconsistent results from two separate sets of experiments which show that certain stars are much older than the maximum age of the whole show? Lucky I'm a social scientist or I might have to start believing some of this speculative fiction... - Mike PS Whistle = "Whistle and flute" - suit Pipe = "Pipe and book" - have a look (cf "Butcher's hook") Barnet = "Barnet Fair" - hair Trouble = "Trouble and strife" - wife There are plenty more where these come from, but most have fallen into disuse. Many of the terms were, I believe, devised by crooks as a code which the cops would not understand. I am sure that there are dictionaries of rhyming slang and will try to track down some references. Do you have the word "berk" outside the UK, which is also rhyming slang? Or does it only exist in Carry On films now? ------------------------------ From: BLATZMAN@aol.com Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 10:04:18 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: SPECTRE for sale Hello Fegs: I found a copy of SPECTRE today, and I thought someone on the list would appreciate it. It cost me 8 bucks, I'll add 2 more for postage. Anyone wanting it should contact me. If I don't get back to you, it's because I'm moving and I don't have a lot of time. I don't mean to be rude. Hopefully it will go to someone who'se been searching for it. I'll also accept a trade. I've been looking for: Adrian Borland solo CDs Colorfield CDs Any CD singles by any bands Terry Hall has been in. Thanks! BLATZMAN@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 08:21:20 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Groovy White Vinyl I've got that German White Vinyl Groovy Decoy too. Brought it to an in-store once to have him autograph the vinyl for me, but he signed the label instead. I seem to recall that "America" was on that album twice, or some such fluke. BTW, the above mentioned in-store was in San Francisco (Tower records I think) when Queen Elvis had just come out. They played maybe three or four tunes together with Robyn strumming acoustically & Andy & Morris standing next to him singing background (there may have been a tambourine involved too). The highlite was "Veins of the Queen" with Morris mouthing the trumpet solo brilliantly--very funny. I seem to recall that they also did "I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)". Sure wish somebody had a tape of THAT performance. -Russ. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:41:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Re: (not) Julian Cope To: David Librik Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, David Librik wrote: > I think you've just summed up why the Rykodisc reissue of > _Underwater Moonlight_ managed to change it from one of the > greatest albums of all time into a pretty good compilation disc. > (It wouldn't have been so bad if they had indicated which tracks > were the bonus B side outtakes.) Except for "Song No. 4", I think that the bonus tracks are of the same caliber as the original tracks. I think that there shoudl've been more bonus tracks (Maybe some of that from Can of Outtakes..) Terry "THe Human Mellotron" Marks ------------------------------ From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: RE: Trilobites: Grudging But Ungracious Climbdown Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 09:52:00 PDT On: Wednesday, October 04, Mike regailed us all with tales of trilobites... >In my day the Cambrian started 500 million years ago... I hope you're impressed that despite my Geology degree I have refrained from commenting on the ongoing trilobite controversy... ...and what's more, I don't intend to start now! >PS > Whistle = "Whistle and flute" - suit > Pipe = "Pipe and book" - have a look (cf "Butcher's hook") > Barnet = "Barnet Fair" - hair > Trouble = "Trouble and strife" - wife > > There are plenty more where these come from, but most have fallen > into disuse. Many of the terms were, I believe, devised by crooks as > a code which the cops would not understand. I am sure that there are > dictionaries of rhyming slang and will try to track down some > references. Do you have the word "berk" outside the UK, which is > also rhyming slang? Or does it only exist in Carry On films now? Good examples, Mike--those are much more in common use than the ones I mentioned (as is "berk"), and I think you're right about the derivation. Thanks for reminding me that was rhyming slang too (from "Berkshire hunt", of course), I'd forgotten that one. (I bet most people who use the word have no idea what it means!) I do have a rhyming slang dictionary at home somewhere--but I bet that one's not in it! -Nick "The Invisible Trilobite" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 12:56:32 -0400 (EDT) From: daramsey@vaxsar.vassar.edu (d. ramsey) Subject: random trivia... To: Fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu 1) Interesting Typo: on the label on the record for my Aftermath Records "Black Snake Diamond Role" LP, 'Acid Bird' is listed as 'Acid BATH'. 2) On the inner groove of the "Brenda's Iron Sledge" 12", the phrase 'Nigel, this is Matthew' is carved. 3) On the inner groove of the B Side of the "If You Were a Priest" 12", the phrase 'Well Maurice, did you tell him?' is carved. 4) On the inner groove of side 2 of the Glass Fish pressing of "Invisible Hitchcock", the phrases 'Well there's guys like Moist-that gotta be Moist' and 'Octopuses and Bunnies' are carved. 5) On the inner groove of side 1 of the Overground pressing of the "Raw Cuts" LP, the phrase 'Give it to the Soft Boys' is carved, and on the inner groove of side 2 of the same LP the phrase "World Domination in 1990' is carved. Okay, enough random trivia for now...tonight I'll be seeing Robyn at Maxwell's...if I have time I'll post a review tomorrow. See ya. daveR. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 10:52:24 -0700 Subject: Re: Ultra Unbelievable Verdict From: Tom Clark To: "Eve" , "Mike Breen" , "fegManiax" Eve blushed: >Second: found a copy of the Eaten By Her Own Dinner 12". Am I right in >assuming the song "Happy The Golden Prince" is, in fact, about >an...erm...penis? As I listened a few times to the lyrics closely, it >seemed to be the case. I didn't know "erms" had penis'! ;-) ************************************* * 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: Wed, 4 Oct 95 18:49:58 BST From: Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) Just who *is* Mark Ellen, then? Anyone interested in Mark Ellen should check out the latest issue of MOJO. Apart from anything else, it's the best in its class. Quite remarkable. And it has a short biography of the man. Mark used to present the Old Grey Whistle Test, a neat piece of television from my youth. To look at, he's somewhere between Robyn and Paul McCartney. Not that this matters. He's enthusiastic, talented, and (as far as I know) friendly. As well as being managing editor of MOJO, he's been closely involved with both Q and SELECT (another rock magazine, probably the funniest). Last but not least, he is lucky enough to be married to Claire, one of the world's most notorious Dylan fans, who will be familiar to this list as a character in `Clean Steve.' (That's enough Mark Ellen, ed) Jim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:59:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Eugene B Mirman Subject: Re: (not) Julian Cope To: David Librik Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, David Librik wrote: > I think you've just summed up why the Rykodisc reissue of > _Underwater Moonlight_ managed to change it from one of the > greatest albums of all time into a pretty good compilation disc. > (It wouldn't have been so bad if they had indicated which tracks > were the bonus B side outtakes.) > > - David Librik > librik@cs.Berkeley.edu Before Rykodisc reissued the Soft Boys CD's I had them as imports for 4 or 5 years. They weren't that hard to find in Boston. Anyway, they had all the same bonus tracks as the reissues, so to me, that was always underwater moonlight. (I only got into Robyn like 5 years ago) I think it's great with all the extra songs, esspecially Song No. 4. It's a great song. The bonus tracks don't detract from the album, except maybe Black Snake Diamond Rock (or Roll; forget which is the song and which is the album.) That's all really... -Eugene ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 95 19:07:08 BST From: Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk To: Jim@jimbower.demon.co.uk Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Julian Cope (other) jim says: ... Gigs, and albums, should contain concentrated excellence. I'd have paid *more* money for half of 'eye' and half the Julian Cope gig to be spared the ordeal of the rambling-tortured-genius act. ... Well, I like about half of what you've said, and the other half is garbage :+) Concentrated excellence is a weird thing. And who is to be the judge? We've just seen a whole series of debates about `worst songs', in which just about every one of my favourites was dismissed and then eulogised. I happen to think that Robyn errs on the safe side: there are so many jewels sitting inside his wooden hippopotamus of quality control. Would that the same were true of Mr Cope! Stream of conscience mixed with utter genius mixed with the feeling of being locked out of the village hall during a particularly exciting party. Anyway, the thought of a tortured rambling genius orienteering for just one night isn't so bad. Jim -- Pity I've got tickets for Friday, too. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 15:02:42 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) To: Jim Subject: i won't snarl Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu >It's the same feeling I get listening to 'eye' and 'you & oblivion'. >Both would be excellent albums without the dud tracks. If Robyn equates >himself to a novelist who simply wants *all* his novels published, I >think he's misguided - if I wrote War & Peace I wouldn't want it >spoiled by publishing what I wrote on the back of a cigarette packet >while drunk, and I would have to be something of an egotist to expect >my public to be interested. In fact, it's counter-productive: while my >admiration of RH verges on idolisation, it takes a knock when I hear >him trot out half-ideas and out-takes as finished products. do you really hate these albums? EYE is my all time favorite solo robyn album. the songs are powerful, angry, honest, and awesome. every one is tops. what do you consider "duds"? the instrumentals? they are both great. i'm sure you have reasons for your impressions and i have reasons for mine. suffice to say, i don't skip any of the tunes. YOU & OBLIVION may not have the same cohesive power, but the tracks are all robyn. the fact is that he choose these songs from an apparently vast selection of unreleased material. perhaps one of them was written on a matchbook. so what? it's more likely that he penned an idea on the inside lid from some canned squid, but hey, who knows? the fact is that acoustic robyn is the real deal. you can't convince me that you think these albums are some radical departure from the robyn we know and love. everyone has songs that they can't stand, but there are no albums that deserve this ragging. and just what is a half-idea anyway? where do you draw the line? the only thing that makes these songs SEEM less worked out is the fact that they are acoustic. as for me, that is some of the most powerful stuff he has done. >Gigs, and albums, should contain concentrated excellence. I'd have paid >*more* money for half of 'eye' and half the Julian Cope gig to be >spared the ordeal of the rambling-tortured-genius act. the comparison between robyn and julian is difficult for me. julian's work is very spotty. i can't stand his crucifixion martyr trip. robyn has no such tendencies in his work. JEHOVAH KILL is a real stinker, though PEGGY SUICIDE is awesome to me. regardless, the fact that you spend money on these artists entitles you to very little. ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 15:18:56 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (ostrander) To: Tracy Copeland Subject: elvis tour Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu > I first saw Hitchcock in concert on the Queen Elvis tour. I >barely knew his work; I'd heard three or four songs but was really just >tagging along with friends. Poi Dog Pondering opened, and their >pennywhistle was giving me a headache, but they played a song that went > > "Sunny side up, sausage, toast, and jelly" my first glimpse of robyn was this tour as well. i was actually blown away by poi dog. the line, by the way, is "breakfast! good morning everybody! the sun is up and a slice of toast and jelly." the trumpet player came onstage for the egyptians set to accompany "veins of the queen". though the first album relies on the pennywhistle it is very good. less of that instrument on the other two. their last album VOLO VOLO was great. does anyone know what they are up to? anyway, robyn was better. i love the bit with the phone booth. the next day i bought FEGMANIA! since he did this mindboggling solo during "i'm only you" and closed with "goodnight i say". i stuck around to see him afterwards. it was right outside the front door of pearl street in northampton, massachusetts. i waited with my buddy johnny d by the bus parked out front. robyn came out with a heineken in hand and rapped with us for a while. andy and morris came out too and they all signed my ELEMENT OF LIGHT disk. morris even got some strawberry stains on it. perfect. ken "he wants to know about the apparatus in your car" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:26:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Dimitrios Kouroussis Subject: Re: Groovy White Vinyl To: Russ Reynolds Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Russ Reynolds wrote: > > I've got that German White Vinyl Groovy Decoy too. Brought it to an > in-store once to have him autograph the vinyl for me, but he signed the > label instead. > > I seem to recall that "America" was on that album twice, or some such fluke. I have this record, too. I think that America is there twice, and It was the Night does not exist, at all!!! Is this the case with your copy, too? Dimitrios ------------------------------ From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: RE: random trivia... Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 13:10:00 PDT On: Wednesday, October 04, DaveR revealed >[snipped...] > > 3) On the inner groove of the B Side of the "If You Were a >Priest" 12", the phrase 'Well Maurice, did you tell him?' is carved. > > [etc...] By a pure random chance I happen to have my copy of the SB's "Wading Through A Ventilator" 7" with me in the office today. On the inner groove (A side) is inscribed: ENYAL DLONKA Huh? -nw ------------------------------ From: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" To: Vyrna Knowl Subject: RE: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 13:42:00 PDT On: Wednesday, October 04, Jim gave us the old hard sell: >Just who *is* Mark Ellen, then? > >Anyone interested in Mark Ellen should check out the latest issue of >MOJO. I certainly will--"Q" was an excellent magazine. >Mark used to present the Old Grey Whistle Test, a neat piece of >television from my youth. Ah, but no substitute for "Whispering Bob"! >Last but not least, he is lucky enough to be married to Claire, one of >the world's most notorious Dylan fans, who will be familiar to this >list as a character in `Clean Steve.' So it *IS* the same Mark Ellen! Hmmm. Only one question remains; why did Robyn introduce a song at the SF gig on the 23rd (sorry, I forget which one--help me out Russ) as: "This one's for Mark Ellen, in quotes"? Enquiring minds...etc. -nw PS Hey Glen.. I thought you were going to help us out here . ------------------------------ From: treefrog@netcom.com (Edward of Sim) Subject: RE: random trivia... (fwd) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:46:47 -0700 (PDT) "Winkworth, Nick SJ" sez: > By a pure random chance I happen to have my copy of the SB's > "Wading Through A Ventilator" 7" with me in the office today. > On the inner groove (A side) is inscribed: > > ENYAL DLONKA > > Huh? Could it possibly be "ENYAL DLONRA"? That's "Arnold Layne" backwards, which is the title of a Syd Barrett Pink Floyd song. peace Edward -- Edward of Sim treefrog@netcom.com "Well, the next one will be better!" - Ed Wood ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:46:16 -0500 (EST) From: Dolph L Chaney To: "Winkworth, Nick SJ" cc: Vyrna Knowl Subject: RE: random trivia... On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Winkworth, Nick SJ wrote: > By a pure random chance I happen to have my copy of the SB's > "Wading Through A Ventilator" 7" with me in the office today. > On the inner groove (A side) is inscribed: > > ENYAL DLONKA > > Huh? > > -nw > I bet it's actually ENYAL DLONRA, or ARNOLD LAYNE spelled backwards. Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 12:58:52 From: Russ Reynolds To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Underwater Bonus tracks Terry sez: > Except for "Song No. 4"' I think that the bonus tracks are of the same caliber as the original tracks. Agreed. And I think that "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" is of the same caliber as many of the Abbey Road tracks...but I wouldn't want it tacked on to Abbey Road. American Gothic and the Mona Lisa are both fine paintings, but do you really think think the Mona Lisa would still be considered a masterpiece if some marketing guy added a husband with a pitchfork? I think the point that was being made (and I agree) is that when you have a piece of art that stands on its own as a masterpiece you can't tack something else onto it--no matter how good--and expect it to retain its original brilliance. This is why I'll give a prospective feg a cassette of "Underwater Moonlight" rather than loan them my CD. -Russ. [sung to the tune of "Why Don't We Do It In The Road"] "Why don't you put it on the toast" -John Lennon, "Let It Be" sessions. ------------------------------ From: bing@student.umass.edu Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 17:09:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Julian Cope To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Mr. Cope, however, is on a pretty damn flawless album run-- so I suppose as long as he weeds out the stuff for records it's okay (BTW i've heard a bit of the new one-- equally brilliant.) Cope-y is a freak-- put a freak on stage all by himself and it's going to get weird. He lives in a slightly different world than the rest of us-- so it's to be expected, I guess. Bradley ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:53:34 +0100 To: Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk, fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?) At 6:49 pm 4/10/95 +0100, Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk wrote: (... the same old tosh...) Oh, so you've daigned to come back to us, have you? :-) Good to see you again. Give us a ring some time - I now have a land line (01273 684138) tho' on December I'm getting married and so am moving to south London. May even soon have a job in (Yech) Reading for (Yech^2) Compuserve. Tell you RSN. -&. BTW - chack out Giles Smith's book - Lots of dirt about the Cleaners. Real fun. Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:55:18 +0100 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: andyh@pavilion.co.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Ooops! (Was: Re: Advert for MOJO (was, Who is Mark Ellen?)) (Some slushy stuff between me and Jim-bob) Sorry about that, chaps. Pressed the famous wrong button there :-/ Please ignore the last message. Andy Holyer, Brighton, UK At Home, +44 973 405836 ------------------------------ From: cbrady@mail.millikin.edu Date: Wed, 04 Oct 95 14:30:27 cst To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Ultraunbelievablecolors. I have the "uul" single with dark green energy on pressed on translucent purple vinyl...does anyone else out there have a different color??? It is very cool to look at -CHIARAKAPARAS ------------------------------ From: bing@student.umass.edu Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 23:42:51 -0400 Subject: tape stuff To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Is there anyone out there with access to the archives who could send me comments made about the tribute tape? I'm interested to hear what the various opinions of the various songs were. I fthere isn't much in the archives, i'd be interested to hear from anyone who wants to tell me about them. I'll bet there was some neat stuff on them! thanks, Bradley ------------------------------ From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 17:58:38 +1300 To: fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Feg Digest Vol. 3 Num. 148 >Jonathan. >(keen to hear a barnet report for the "Tribute to the Soft Boys" tour). Well, I was born in Barnet, so it's up to me! Yours is way too long, get it trimmed at the back! And the drummer needs a perm! James (who couldn't really give a monkey's) [][][][][][][][] 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...