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 170 Today's Topics: ------- ------ The Chords for Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior... Metal Machine Music my bio for alt.fegmaniax.personals Re: baggy full glory re: fegographics Personals. Quote of the decade / _PVs_ #6 re: fegographics Gloss Fish Update Re: baggy full glory Re: Metal Machine Music Re: fegographics Re: Keeping score... RE: Letterman REM demon-graphics and Sneaky Feelings ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 18:14:38 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: jh3@ns.cencom.net (JH3, Inc.) Subject: The Chords for Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior... Did somebody say... CHORDS? Here at JH3, Inc., our business is picking out chords to obscure Robyn Hitchcock songs, and passing this valuable information directly on to you! It's absolutely free! You might ask: How do we maintain our massive, monolithic corporate structure by devoting all of our energies to such seemingly unprofitable pursuits? The answer: [Insert answer here] Anyway, the middle bit of this one is a little tricky, perhaps, but nevertheless so predictable in a song like this... We would have short-handed it for you, but that's just not the way we do things here at JH3, Inc. -------------------- TED, WOODY, & JUNIOR C... Em... G: F F Dm C... F... C Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior F F C stand in the bath together Dm and cover each other with soap C... F... C... Em... G: cover each other with soap F F Dm C Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior F F C Stand in the frosty garden F F C They can feel their sinews harden Dm So they cover each other with leaves C F... C cover each other with leaves... Dm Yeah, they cover each other with leaves C F... C cover each other with leaves (The tricky middle bit) Fm It's a wonderful world D# With a lot of strange men A# F Who are standing arouuu-nd C G And they're all wearing tooooowels F... C... F... C... F... C... Em... G: F F Dm C... F... C Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior F F C Were disappointments to their fathers F F C But they had a way with lather Dm And they covered each other with soap C... F... C covered each other with soap Dm Yeah, they covered each other with soap C... F... C... Em... G: covered each other with soap F F Dm C Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuuuu...(pause)...nior... --------------------------------------------- Have fun! John H. Hedges Vice-President for "Element of Light" Transcription Services Middle-Period (pre-"Queen Elvis") Division JH3, Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 17:22:11 EST From: "hollie satterfield" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Metal Machine Music >bing@student.umass.edu wrote: > >np- Lou Reed "metal Machine Music" If you enjoy this recording, you should try listening to the IBM OS/2 Install CD-ROM, it has a similar sound. :) ---------- "I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway." - Jack Handey "Go," said the enchantress, "and seek ye the one known as Clint." - that British guy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 17:28:19 EST From: "hollie satterfield" To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: my bio for alt.fegmaniax.personals Name: Hollie Satterfield Stats: SWM, age 32, nearsighted, computer programmer Location: Arlington, VA Other interests: Sisters of Mercy, Tori Amos, Suzanne Vega, Jim Steinman Oh you mean non-musical interests: Twin Peaks and other unusual television; in my spare time I run a BBS (Eldritch Blvd at 703-931-0431) Dislikes: I don't like stuff that sucks Discovery of Robyn: I worked at WUVT Virginia Tech college radio until graduation, where nobody ever mentioned anything about anyone named Robyn Hitchcock. Fortunately I discovered MTV's 120 Minutes and local radio station WHFS during the Queen Elvis era. seeks SWF who is not carrying a chisel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 18:20 PDT To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu From: Michael_Thompson@mindlink.bc.ca (Michael Thompson) Subject: Re: baggy full glory Ok, I actually saw Robyn in person (albeit not in concert) once when he was wearing old blue jeans that weren't very baggy at all. He seemed fine with it. (and looked just fine, too) Go figure. I recall that when I subscribed to feg, I just assumed that the majority of the subscribers would be female. No matter. Renee Lynn Thompson ------------------------------ From: KCasey@aol.com Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:46:13 -0400 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: re: fegographics Name- Kevin Casey Home- Long Beach, Ca. Age-33 Occupation- Pianist Dream Job- Playing keyboards for a Paul McCartney World Tour Likes- Hiking, camping, reading, backgammon Favorite Authors- Edward Abbey, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson Favorite Music- Beatles, Nilsson, Dr. John, Costello, Beach Boys Favorite Robyn album- I Often Dream Of Trains Favorite Robyn song- Never Stop Bleeding Glasses- Yes Pig Name Vote- Muckee Beer- Rolling Rock I became a Robyn fan when I read a review of Fegmania in Rolling Stone. It sounded pretty interesting so I bought it. I didn't warm to it right away, but I kept coming back to it and it eventually won me over. I became a fan in earnest after seeing him live for the first time in 1989, when he was the opener on the REM tour. Nice to meet you. KC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 02:35:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Personals. To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Look. I love you all. I don't, however, care what you do for a living, how old you are, or whether or not you wear glasses. *Please* Stop posting this to all of us. E-mail to whoever wanted the information, please. Thank You. Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 95 11:23:40 EDT From: Aidan Merritt <101356.2516@compuserve.com> To: Fegmaniax Subject: Quote of the decade / _PVs_ #6 Robin 'Incredibly String Band' Williamson re Robyn: "Is that jumped-up little fart still making a living out of ripping me off?" Will anyone who happens to have read a 'review' of _Positive Vibrations_ #6 anywhere please note that it does *not* yet exist, so stop sending me panicked mail about not getting your copy!!! Aidan 'I know Syd Barrett & you don't' Merritt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 12:14:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Eve Subject: re: fegographics To: KCasey@aol.com Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Name- Eve Emshoff Home- Grand Rapids, Michigan Age-25 (almost) Occupation- Photographer, Student, part-time DJ and Silly Person Dream Job- Wandering the world, photographing people, architecture, and nature, then publishing a series of books :) Likes- Photography, Ethnic Food, MUSICmusicmusic Favorite Authors- Anne Rice!, Herman Hesse, Ursula K. LeGuin, Aldous Huxley Favorite Artists- Goya, Raphael, Barbara Kruger, Duane Michaels Favorite Music- The Church, The Chills, Robyn, Julian Cope, Dead Can Dance, Triffids, Go-Betweens, The Bats, Jethro Tull Favorite Robyn album- Eye Favorite Robyn song- Glass Hotel Glasses- Contacts! Exposure to Robyn: I saw this big graffiti written on the wall, backstage at my high school auditorium, that said "FEGMANIA! Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians" with a man with a lightbulb head underneath. Yes, that's true. It was painted well, and I asked my friend what it was. He replied, "Oh, that's so-and-so's work, he's a die-hard Hitchcock fan." I knew this other fellow as an...odd sort, but didn't go to buy it until I'd seen Balloon Man on MTV, actually. I remember shaking my head after seeing it, but rushing out to buy the album. The song was great. I've since gone on to discover bigger and better Robyn. :) So, in a sense, I *DID* see the writing on the wall. ;) Eve eemsho77@ursa.Calvin.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "Everyone needs my nose but no one knows my needs." * * * -The Soft Boys, * * "It's Not Just the Size of a Walnut" * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 14:21:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Terry Marks Subject: Gloss Fish Update To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Well, I've got my stuff on the verge of being recorded. Gloss Fish is still going. Send in your stuff. [Apologies to those of you not involved with this..] Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 01:00:45 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: "Us...we wanna be some anglepoise lamps yeh!" Subject: Re: baggy full glory On Fri, 27 Oct 1995, sitting naked from the waist down at the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, Tom Clark wrote: > Kay Surmised: > > My guess is, like most guys, hes somewhere between 6 and 8 inches, > > meduim thick. > > It seems you've been fortunate in your encounters; according to most > research, the average is 5 to 6 inches. *Whew!* Ooops. Never mind. --Jeff "In terms of the conjunctions of cultures [LA is] less like a salad bowl Jeffrey Norman and more like a TV dinner with those University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee little aluminium barriers keeping Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. all the vegetables in their places." e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu --Catherine Ann Driscoll ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 01:48:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" To: hollie satterfield Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Metal Machine Music On Fri, 27 Oct 1995, hollie satterfield wrote: > >bing@student.umass.edu wrote: > > > >np- Lou Reed "metal Machine Music" > > If you enjoy this recording, you should try listening to the IBM > OS/2 Install CD-ROM, it has a similar sound. :) I'd really wanna amplify the squeal my modem makes as the line is answered... --Jeff Jeffrey Norman --christened "the orb of knowledge" University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee by Brian Hughes Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. of Glasgow, Scotland! e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 10:12:50 -0500 (EST) To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu (Robyn Hitchcock Mailing List) Subject: Re: fegographics From: "Mike O'Connor" Alright, as I'm sitting here listening to the Rhino re-release of Element Of Light (amazing how long I've only had this on vinyl and tape -- I can't believe I held out this long!), I might as well contribute to this thread: Name: Michael J. O'Connor (the "J." stands for nothing -- my parents couldn't decide on a middle name, probably a prelude to their divorce... my mom won custody so it's "John" to her, I s'pose) Home: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA (long-time home of "Dr. Death" Jack Kevorkian and THE post office massacre, but really a nice place) Age: 24 Occupation: Network Manager, Altair Engineering (an award-winnning software development and auto engineering firm no one has ever heard of) Dream Job: I dunno. "Professional Lotto winner", "Hugh Hefner's protege", and "whatever Buckaroo Banzai does" all come to mind. Perhaps some job where I save the world on a regular basis so I can make wittier snappy remarks than movie and TV heroes? Hmmm... Likes: Pasta, listening to and composing music, spoiling my little brother who I love dearly, a clean apartment, my Superfriends blanket, a short drive to work and the ability to telecommute, puzzles that don't involve relationships, comic books and books in general, swimming, travel to new places, air conditioning. Authors: Roger Zelazny, Katherine Kurtz, John Leonard, Alan Moore? Artists: Boris Vallejo, Jack Kirby, Ansel Adams, Don Juan DeMarco? Musicians: The Beatles, Test Department, Robyn, Bauhaus, Shostakovich? I tend to have favorite works moreso than favorite composers, I guess. Favorite people can always disappoint me later on. Robyn Album: Element Of Light or Eye, maybe? Can I count Soft Boys stuff? Robyn Song: I became enchanted to him because of Raymond Chandler Evening. While that's perhaps not my favorite, it's what's playing now on my CD player now and music I associate with good memories. Glasses: Yes. Other than that, I'm told I look like Commander Riker. In other words, I'm never buying contacts. :) Exposure: A friend of mine introduced me to "real" music when I was in high school, and totally expanded the range of what I could listen to and appreciate and truly love on many levels. Up to that point, I was content with my classical music and the "classic rock" sound. I haven't seen my friend in years, but I am eternally grateful I knew him, that he opened my eyes. I first saw Robyn live at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit and had a truly delightful experience at many different levels. (Y'know, none of the above is in any way sexual, but upon typing it, it read that way so I felt I ought to clarify.) -- Michael J. O'Connor Internet: mjo@dojo.mi.org InterNIC WHOIS: MJO http://www.coast.net/~mjo "Day job?!? In an office?!?!? My WORST NIGHTMARE!!!!!" -The Tick ------------------------------ From: JillA70398@aol.com Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 12:17:43 -0500 To: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Keeping score... In a message dated 95-10-27 17:05:50 EDT, you write: >>Come on girls! Get posting and close that gender gap. I would, but I don't have anything relevant to say... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:03:16 -0800 (PST) From: Brooks Martin To: jimm@dbu.edu Cc: fegmaniax@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: RE: Letterman If no one else has the 89 Letterman, I know I have it but the quality is horrible. My copy of the Conan O'Brien, however, is perfect and in stereo! Brooks Martin Go Goeducks! On Thu, 26 Oct 1995 jimm@dbu.edu wrote: > > > >I make a desperate plea for more Robyn. We still lack one of his David > >Letterman appearances. We need the Conan Obrien show. > > > ================================================================ > > You know, I'll have to root around, but I just may still have a copy of > Robyn's first Letterman appearance--back in '89 I think. Is that the one > you're missing? I may have taped over it, though--he did "Madonna of the > Wasps" and it was horrible. The sound wasn't good and one of his strings > broke at the beginning. He was basically playing with 5 strings and so the > guitar sounded strangely impotent. But I'll see if I still have it... > > Beaker > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 21:27:23 -0500 (EST) From: Terry Marks Subject: REM To: Pretty Girls and Anglepoise lamps Just wondering about "Man on the Moon". 'Andy are you goofing on Elvis'... Just wondering if this could be the Andy I think it is.. Terry "The Human Mellotron" Marks a013645t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 16:27:34 +1200 To: The veins of Her Majesty the Queen From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: demon-graphics and Sneaky Feelings >This could only mean one of three things: >1) More than twice as many males as females admire RH (v. unlikely!) >3) More than half the males responding are _really_ female (possible, >but improbable) >2) Males are more than twice as likely to talk about themselves as >females (very likely!!!) or 5) more males than females use email. I've read estimates of over 80% of users being male, so getting a 30% female turnout is pretty damn good all things considered. Now we've just got to get more women using the 'net... oh spod... I don't care who y'all are... you could be small rubber okapi from Neptune as long as you talk interesting stuff. --- talk in recent times of Rain Parade prompts me to recommend seeking out the first album by New Zealand's Sneaky Feelings, "Send You". Decidedly low-fi production didn't necessarily help their harmonies, but the songs, the songs... I'm reminded because of the first time I ever heard Rain Parade. I put on side one of Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, listened to the first couple of tracks and thought "These songs sound like Matthew Bannister from Sneaky Feelings. All we need now is a song that sounds like David..." Then along came 1 hour 1/2 ago, which sounded like David Pine... Rain Parade fans, check it out. ObRob... anyone care to remind me who "The Man who Invented Himself" was written about? I can remember RH saying in an interview, but can't remember exactly what he said... James James Dignan, Department of Psychology, University of Otago. Ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk St., St. Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand pixelphone james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz / steam megaphone NZ 03-455-7807 * You talk to me as if from a distance * and I reply with impressions chosen from another time, time, time, * from another time (Brian Eno) [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can *not* be found at ftp://fegmania.wustl.edu/fegmaniax/archives/ The Archives are temporarily unavailable, hopefully not for much longer.. 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...