Fegmaniax Digest Volume 4 Number 20 Send posts to fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu Send subscribe/unsubscribe commands to majordomo@nsmx.rutgers.edu Send comments, etc. to the listowner at owner-fegmaniax@nsmx.rutgers.edu FegMANIAX! Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/ Archives are available at http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- Re: 52? Re: Robyn and The Net Time Between CD covers (under the) Kung Fu Fighting Queen Elvis Robyn and The Net Re: Robyn and The Net Re: Queen Elvis Re: Queen Elvis London Re: Queen Elvis Re: Queen Elvis Northern Line ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:58:51 +0700 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: 52? >From: cchenowe@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu > >> :8. There are, in fact, only 50 stations on the Northern Line. I know this >> :because I travelled along it several times over the weekend and counted >> :them several times (on the map). I would be interested to know what >> :happened to the other two. > >Anyone care to type these in????? I have no idea where the "Northern >Line" goes (I assume north from London....to where??? 50/52 stations >between London and....Newmarket? or 50/52 between London and like, say, >Aberdeen? what kind of scale are we talkin' here?) I know it's been answered in full, but the length of the line in total must be close to 25-30 miles. There's one main line from High Barnet, just north of London (place of birth of one J. Dignan, now of New Zealand) that heads south to Morden in the south of the city. The line splits in two for much of this length, the western branch travelling from Camden Town via Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square in central london to Kennington (one of the homes of that most delightful and arcane of sports, cricket). The eastern branch also joins at Camden town and Kennington, but in between it travels through Kings Cross-St Pancras. There are two large branch lines off to the north of Camden town, one going to Mill Hill, the other to Edgware. Other points of interest: Wimbledon, home of tennis and the wombles. Highgate and Archway. Our Robyn lived around this area for some considerable time. The New Vaudeville Band had a minor hit with the song "Finchley Central( on the Northern Line)". At one time, the main line tunnel on the NL was the world's longest railway tunnel (19 miles) Point of derision: long time MP for Finchley (another of the northern line stations) was one Margaret Thatcher. attempted map (apologies in advance) - Edgware - Barnet \_ | \_ Mill | \_ Hill- | \_ \ | \_ \_| \_ | \_ | \_ | \_ | \_| | | Camden town |------ | \ | \ | \ | | | | | | | | | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |/ Kennington / / / / / - Morden James PS: Go the Bees! 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) ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:00:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Robyn and The Net >wonder sometimes what RH would think if he read half the >stuff posted here >and this raises the question, has he ever? I interviewed Robyn nearly a year ago (April 95- doesn't seem it could have been that long ago) when he played the Park West in Chicago. At first, he seemed a bit closed, but started to open up when the depth of my questions ensured I was a fan and not the, "So, you write a lot about fish don't you," type of journalist. Anyway, I'll quit waxing poetic about one of my fondest moments and get on with the point. Robyn started having fun with the interview (we actually started to exchanged some verbal wordplay- guess who won) and at one point he asked, "do you know what I'm going to do next?" He went on to say (ok, this is the point of my post) that a lot of people on the internet seem to know what he's going to do next before he does! (paraphrase- "perhaps if they say I'm going to quit recording and concentrate on painting I will. Maybe life will start to imitate the internet and I wait to be told what I'll do in the future.") So, it seems he IS aware of us and is perhaps reading this as well... Sincerely, Hedblade@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:11:49 -0800 (PST) From: Glen Uber Subject: Time Between CD fellow fegs, If anyone is interested, I saw a CD copy of the Byrds' tribute album, _Time Between_ (on which Robyn and Peter Buck perform "Wild Mountain Thyme") today for $7.99 in the store at which I work (2nd Time Around, Seattle). I would be happy to pick it up or make tapes for anyone who is interested. "[L]anguage is a great way for two tribes to get the wrong idea about each other. You just think the other guy is stupid." --Robyn Hitchcock =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Glen E. Uber Department of Linguistics hirsute@u.washington.edu University of Washington 206.547.8936 Seattle, Washington, USA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 2:29:06 CST From: Truman Peyote Subject: covers (under the) A few notes..... "Wolcott's Medicine Show" is a Band cover. I suspect "won't you take a chance with me" is a Roxy Music cover. Same as the song "Take a Chance With Me" from the Avalon album ("I'm a fool, but I believe/Won't you take a chance with me?"). Could "Drip Drop" be a cover of Irma Thomas' "Raindrops" ("I guess I'll just go crazy tonight" with a chorus intoning "drip drop" in the background) or is it another song altogether? Susan Charmingly curious ------------------------------ From: hollie_satterfield@mail.amsinc.com Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 10:20:11 EST Subject: Kung Fu Fighting I noted here on the list before that Kemp Mill Music in Virginia has cassettes of 'Alvin Lives (In Leeds)' in their cut-out bins for 99 cents (1.03 with tax). I just mailed one to a fellow fegmaniac for $1.01 postage. If anybody else would like to make arrangements for me to purchase one for them, drop me an e-mail, they have a few left. http://home.aol.com/HSatterfld "Unmarried men commit ninety percent of all violent acts. They should all be jailed in advance to prevent further atrocities." - Dogbert ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:17:53 -0800 (PST) From: griffith davies Subject: Queen Elvis I have been looking, but am unable to find a copy of Queen Elvis. Does anyone have a catalogue number and/or track listing? This would be most appreciative. Thanks. ______________________________________________________________ Griffith Davies griffith.davies@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 09:10:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Robyn and The Net >He went on to say (ok, this >is the point of my post) that a lot of people on the internet seem to know >what he's going to do next before he does! (paraphrase- "perhaps if they >say >I'm going to quit recording and concentrate on painting I will. Maybe life >will start to imitate the internet and I wait to be told what I'll do in >the >future.") Robyn and the reformed Soft Boys will be playing an outdoor concert in my backyard this Memorial Day. Admission price will be a sixpack. (are you reading this Robyn?) -Russ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:35:53 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" Subject: Re: Robyn and The Net On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, an infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of terminals, collectively known as "Hedblade@aol.com," wrote: > is the point of my post) that a lot of people on the internet seem to know > what he's going to do next before he does! (paraphrase- "perhaps if they say > I'm going to quit recording and concentrate on painting I will. Maybe life > will start to imitate the internet and I wait to be told what I'll do in the > future.") So, in addition to recording about a zillion brilliant albums tomorrow (well okay, he can clone himself first), giving them all away to us for free, and winning every global lottery (to make up for giving away all those free CDs), Robyn will personally fund all of us in whatever we wish to undertake for the rest of our lives. Yay Robyn! --Jeff Jeffrey Norman "I was just exhausted University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from the act of being polite" Dept. of English & Comp. Lit. e-mail: jenor@csd.uwm.edu --The Residents ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:38:54 -0900 (AKST) From: Brett Cooper Subject: Re: Queen Elvis I have a copy of "Queen Elvis" I bought in 1989 when it came out on cassette. I have since then wanted to replace it on CD, but unfortunately, it is out of print, and is currently not on the list of Rhino Reissues of Robyn, nor is it in their future plans to reissue it. I'm sure it will be remarketed sometime, but not in the near future. ********************************************************* * "A wise man once said that a person trying to know * * something about everything will eventually know * * everything about nothing; and that a person trying to * * know everything about one thing will eventually know * * nothing about everything." * * -Harrison Blackwood, * * "War Of The Worlds" * *The official address of: * *BC Radio, Inc. * *cooperb@chs.mat-su.k12.ak.us * ********************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:48:00 -0600 From: Bret Subject: Re: Queen Elvis At 09:38 AM 1/30/96 -0900, you wrote: >I have a copy of "Queen Elvis" I bought in 1989 when it came out on >cassette. I have since then wanted to replace it on CD, but >unfortunately, it is out of print, this should not be a problem, QUeen Elvis being the record it is (sorry I had to get in a jab at Queen Elvis) you can very easily find it in used record stores (at least in this part of the world) for next to nothing..........and I'm sure most of us would agree having the original would be better than waiting forever for someone to re-issue the record. check it out, and if needed I can look around here and let you know what i come up with. ---Bret ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:01:40 -0600 (CST) From: John Stevenson Subject: London Dear fegs, I am thinking very seriously about a junket to London next week, but need help finding accommodations. I may need help spelling accommodations.... There are two of us, but we are not a couple. We are looking for a cheap place in a reasonably safe neighborhood. Dumps are fine! Any UK fegs have a suggestion? Please e-mail me directly. I won't be able to make the trip if I can't afford it! I would also reallllllly like some goos record store suggestions. If I go, I'd lover to be able to peruse some good record/cd stores. Thanks!!! john ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Stevenson (608) 265-4065 UW-Survey Center stevenson@ssc.wisc.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:58:36 -0500 From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John B. Jones) Subject: Re: Queen Elvis >I have been looking, but am unable to find a copy of Queen Elvis. Does >anyone have a catalogue number and/or track listing? This would be most >appreciative. > >Thanks. Griffith--- I'm not sure where you live, but..... Over the weekend my wife and I took a trip to North California to visit my parents. ON a recommendation from someone on this list, I went to Berkeley and checked out Amoeba Records. They literally have a STACK of Queen Elvis on CD. I wanted to buy about 5 copies for friends that now like and want it but are unable to find it (it is out of print). But, as always happens, I found so much stuff that I HAD to have that there was no funds left over. There are some list members in the Bay Area (no. cal)--perhaps they can help you. Amoeba also had the Sequel/Virgin sampler, and all the old Glass Fish Robyn CDs (Groovy Decoy especially) .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: : John B. Jones, archivist & human mic stand . e-mail: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu : and finally! a home page! http://web.syr.edu/~jojones .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:40:46 -0600 From: Bret Subject: Re: Queen Elvis At 04:58 PM 1/30/96 -0500, you wrote: >>I have been looking, but am unable to find a copy of Queen Elvis. Does >>anyone have a catalogue number and/or track listing? This would be most >>appreciative. >> >>Thanks. > >Griffith--- > >I'm not sure where you live, but..... and in Dallas, Forever Young Records has no less than a dozen copies of the record. ---Bret post script: but my suggestion would be to purchase a copy of Eye and get a 'good' record........ had to do it again...... :) ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 96 16:30:51 EST From: Brown Eyed Son <101356.2516@compuserve.com> Subject: Northern Line > There are actually only 50 stations on the Northern Line Yes - but _Groovy Decay_ was recorded in 1982, and if you include the now-closed stations of Bull & Bush, Kentish Town South and Strand, and discount the newly-opened Charing Cross, it comes to 52. Smartarse. Aidan 'Trainspotter' Merritt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest.