Fegmaniax Digest Volume 4 Number 38 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: ------- ------- More Hot Pink Hell CVB & RH Re: Internet Cleanup (fwd) Two Halves Invisible Hitchcock/Sequel robyn as producer Hooded One boot The Crawling Re: Internet Cleanup CVB & RH (fwd) Re: Two Halves Internet cleanup SXSW Regarding ShadowCat Madonna of the Muzak?! Internet Cleanup Re: Internet Cleanup Re: Madonna of the Muzak?! Another Robyn In-Store Appearance Nightmare Re: Another Robyn In-Store Appearance Nightmare in-store appearance nightmare Re: in-store appearance nightmare ------------------------------ From: RxBroome@aol.com Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 02:30:52 -0500 Subject: More Hot Pink Hell Nick sez, of the non-pink "Ventilator" EP photos: First: In a low-rent bedroom with coconut-matting on the floor RH (with beard) stands in front of a Hoover with one foot on an old record player. He is holding an album sleeve (can't see what). Looking over the top of the door is Morris. Andy stands in front of the door (one foot behind a child's potty on the floor). Alan stands to the right. His left leg is hidden by the right leg of the lower half of a store display mannequin which is lashed to the end of a white-painted metal bedstead. --There's a photo on the pink disc taken either right before or after this. Robyn is behind the hoover, sans album jacket. Also: Second: Exterior--a front garden. Grass to the left, a wide concrete path to the right and a road in the background. Alan (with T-shirt) is lying on the grass, flat on his back, head to the camera. His right foot rests on the rubbish bin on which Morris is standing holding a large round mysterious object (a soft drum-case??) Andy sits on the concrete path to the right. Robyn is skulking behind Morris. --- Nothing like this on the pink thing. Instead we get the 'Boys in a back alley. Robin, Morris and Andy more or less have their backs to the camera (only Morris's face barely visible). Wang Bo faces in the opposite direction, looking like he owns the other three guys. He wears a jacket over the Legendary and Enduring T-Shirt of Languid and Drunken Beauty, so that it appears to read "VE O T SOF BOY". ANOTHER aside to Brett & Renee: Robyn signs the press release reproduced on the selfsame pink disc "Be seeing you". Fuel for the flames. Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:01:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: CVB & RH (Thanks, by the way for the support on the under-ratedness of Camper Van Beethoven; they've always gone hand-in-hand with Robyn for me.) ditto. I had a friend who was CVB's first manager back in...'85? whenever it was that their first album came out. She and I were in agreement that Robyn and CVB should do some shows together, but she was unable to work it out. A connection between the two acts was finally made during the Perspex Island sessions, with Victor K[can't spell the rest of his name] getting a mention in the album's credits. -Russ PS-I have a list of several non-related RH questions/thoughts that I jotted down over the weekend...they'll be coming one at a time to avoid a long, disjointed sounding post being skimmed and deleted without response. Prepare yourselves for the onslaught. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:08:02 -0500 From: all139@email.psu.edu (alisa lowden) Subject: Re: Internet Cleanup (fwd) Psych! fyi... this is just an MIT prank that's best ignored. Don't fall for it. -Alisa "yesterday I saw the devil in a mood..." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:24:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Two Halves Tom said, in part: > I brought my copy of Two Halves to have him autograph. When > I dropped it on the counter, his eyes got big and he looked up at me and > said "Where the hell did you find this?" When I told him a friend had > picked it up for me in Switzerland, he just kind of shrugged and > proceeded to outline the Stonehenge picture and sign underneath with the > silver grease pen. That rings a bell. About a year or two prior to this, a friend of mine brought some records to a gig in SF for Robyn to sign afterwards. One one of them (I think it may have been the "Only The Stones Remain" single) he wrote "Where did you find this?" -Russ. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:34:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Invisible Hitchcock/Sequel I Noticed that the Sequel Records compilation (the one with "Statue With A Walkman"), in it's description of the reissues, lists "Invisible Hitchcock" as containing 22 tracks, whereas the Rhino reissue contains just 20. Does anybody on this list a) have ANY of the Sequel reissues? b) have, specificly, Invisible Hitchcock? c) know if there are actually two extra tracks or is this is a misprint? d) know what the extra tracks--if they exist--are? -Russ. ------------------------------ From: "Brashear, Shane" Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:25:53 GMT-5 Subject: robyn as producer hello, just saw in a catalog a band by the name of John Hegley and the Popticians which I think is a 1988 release produced by and featuring Robyn and Morris. Somebody fill me in on what this is exactly. I think it's titled I SAW MY DINNER ON T.V. and I'm wondering what the hell it is, how much robyn is "featured," and of course whether or not this is something I should pick up. How much of this producing thing has He done anyway? Anybody else notable/popular like John Hegley? I also saw something called "babysitting a New Generation" which was a compilation including a Hitchcock track. Anybody know what this is? Something brand new (to me) and exciting maybe? Quick question unrelated to Robyn: Somebody mentioned Camper Van Beethoven which happens to be one of my all time faves and I was wondering about the Monks of Doom or Jonathan Segal's album or any of the other spin-offs with the exception of Cracker and if any of these is a "must have" for the Camper fan. I have one MoD cassette that is awful (hell, only used it once to fight off some people trying to illegally enter my clothes), but I don't remember what it was called. Sorry to digress. thanks, shane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:43:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Hooded One boot Over the weekend I came across a copy of a letter I wrote several years ago to Carolyn (forget her last name, but she was the person who had compiled a very thorough discography for the fan club), and in it I noted that her song list for the Hooded One bootleg did not match the cassette I had which was supposedly made at the same show. I know the date on my cassette is correct, as it was made by a friend who was there. So it sounds like the date listed on the bootleg may be incorrect. Can someone e-mail me privately with the track listing and date from that particular boot? don't believe I ever heard back from Carolyn, so if she's on this list she owes me a letter. :) -Russ. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 07:57:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: The Crawling I'm told the version of "The Crawling" which came out on the original "If You Were A Priest" 7" single is actually a different version from all subsequent releases of "The Crawling". Is this true? -russ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 11:08:17 -0500 (EST) From: ! Subject: Re: Internet Cleanup On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, alisa lowden wrote: > Psych! fyi... this is just an MIT prank that's best ignored. Don't fall > for it. > -Alisa i dunno, i thought it was funnier than GOOD TIMES or Mrs Field's Cookies, but maybe that's just because i haven't seen it as often...but the idea of giant electronic spiders sweeping the net clean of data is vaguely charming...bet robyn could do a song about it, too... doug ------------------------------ From: treefrog@netcom.com (Edward of Sim) Subject: CVB & RH (fwd) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 08:15:09 -0800 (PST) Russ Reynolds said: > > (Thanks, by the way > for the support on the under-ratedness of Camper Van Beethoven; they've > always gone hand-in-hand with Robyn for me.) > > ditto. > > I had a friend who was CVB's first manager back in...'85? whenever it was > that their first album came out. She and I were in agreement that Robyn and > CVB should do some shows together, but she was unable to work it out. > > A connection between the two acts was finally made during the Perspex Island > sessions, with Victor K[can't spell the rest of his name] getting a mention > in the album's credits. I saw Robyn and the Egyptians at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California (CVB's hometown), twice, once on Globe of Frogs tour and once on Queen Elvis tour, and both times the opening act was The Monks of Doom, which comprised three members of CVB and one other guy. Just another connection! Edward -- Edward of Sim treefrog@netcom.com "I don't want to hide or run away, like I used to want to every day." - Joe LaRose ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 11:21:29 -0500 (EST) From: Eve Subject: Re: Two Halves Ironically, speaking of this...I took a trip to Illinois this weekend, and found Two Halves for $7.00! I couldn't believe it... Eve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:00:59 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Internet cleanup Hi Brett! Our support team pronounces that your warning is a hoax (see below). Did you know it was a joke? - Mike Godwin >Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:32:02 -0000 >From: Trevor Barry >To: 'M R Godwin' , > BUCS User Support Team >Subject: > > >That's one of the more amusing hoaxes I've seen! > >Trevor > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 16:13:37 CST From: The Goddess Subject: SXSW I know that in past years Robyn has participated in South by Southwest in Austin. It's coming up soon, and although I doubt it, I was wondering whether anyone knows if he's planning to go this year. I wasn't able to find his name on the list of performers, but I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed it by mistake. Does anyone know about this? Sarah Clopton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:57:20 -0400 (EDT) From: daramsey@vassar.edu (david's ramsey) Subject: Regarding ShadowCat Well, since there are rumors floating around that Robyn's new album is going to be called "Shadowcat", I thought that people might find this little snippet interesting. It comes from an article photocopied in Spiffing's excellent 'zine "The Golden Prince Rides Again". In this article Robyn calls himself a shadowcat, then goes on to say that a shadowcat is "something beautiful that sneaks up on you while you're not looking." Robyn goes on to say that he's not necessarily saying he's a shadowcat, but that he is calling his ART a shadowcat. peace, daveR. ---there's only one way of life, and that's your own--- Levellers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 18:38:01 -0400 (EDT) From: daramsey@vassar.edu (david's ramsey) Subject: Madonna of the Muzak?! Another interesting tidbit...in another article photocopied in "The Golden Prince Rides Again", a journalist states that the Muzak corporation put out a MUZAK version of Madonna of the Wasps to be played in shopping malls and elevators. Here's the exact quote: "Regardless of their lyrical content, the pop appeal of many of his [Robyn's] songs cannot be denied. Even the folks at Muzak realized this fact, appropriating 'Madonna of the Wasps' for use in elevators and shopping centers everywhere." Ye gods! Has anybody ever heard this Muzak version o' Madonna of the Wasps? What a frightening thought! daveR. ---there's only one way of life, and that's your own--- Levellers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:15:24 -0500 (EST) From: Roseann Cappella Subject: Internet Cleanup Thanx for the info...I plan to shut down right after I change the oil in my cat!!! Thanks again, Robbie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:56:38 -0900 (AKST) From: Brett Cooper Subject: Re: Internet Cleanup Har, har, har! God, why does everybody think that they have to become jokesters when someone thinks that they are doing a good thing? EXCUSE THE BLOODY HELL OUTTA ME for trying to maybe do something that I thought was good. Ah, so much faith I have in humanity. I guess the Village really is here. Brett On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Roseann Cappella wrote: > Thanx for the info...I plan to shut down right after I change the oil in > my cat!!! > > Thanks again, > > Robbie > ********************************************************* * "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, 20 Feb 1996 20:50:18 -0800 (PST) From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Madonna of the Muzak?! On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, david's ramsey wrote: > Another interesting tidbit...in another article photocopied in "The > Golden Prince Rides Again", a journalist states that the Muzak corporation > put out a MUZAK version of Madonna of the Wasps to be played in shopping > malls and elevators. Here's the exact quote: > "Regardless of their lyrical content, the pop appeal of many of his > [Robyn's] songs cannot be denied. Even the folks at Muzak realized this > fact, appropriating 'Madonna of the Wasps' for use in elevators and > shopping centers everywhere." > > Ye gods! Has anybody ever heard this Muzak version o' Madonna of > the Wasps? What a frightening thought! Finally!!! Mainstream acceptance!!! ;) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If today is the first day of the rest of your life, what was yesterday? Glen E. Uber Department of Linguistics University of Washington hirsute@u.washington.edu http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hirsute <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 00:46:52 -0600 From: JH3 Subject: Another Robyn In-Store Appearance Nightmare Fegs: Some people have been posting stories about Robyn's behavior at in-store record signings so I had to chime in. Of course I was surprised when I heard that Robyn was coming out here to Podunk to do an in-store, but I called the place and they said sure enough, he'd be there. I agonized for hours over what to bring for him to sign. I didn't want to bring Two Halves because I was worried he'd trash it. Little did I know... Anyway, I brought the "Heaven" 12-inch because it's fairly blank, somewhat rare, and basically expendable. I was surprised at the length of the line at the store, because I didn't think there were that many Robyn fans here in the Middle of Nowhere but then I realized that they were all bringing him Garth Brooks and Paula Abdul records to sign, and he was cheerily signing them "To Jimbo -- Love, Paula" and so forth. When it got to be my turn I sheepishly pulled out my "Heaven" 12-inch, and his face immediately darkened and he growled, "Where the HELL did you obtain this EXECRABLE piece of slimy FILTH?" He then proceeded to grab the disc from my hands and rip the cover to shreds! Then he pulled out a gas-powered paint sprayer and blasted it with nearly a gallon of green paint! I tried to stop him, mumbling something like "I swear it was an authorized release, Mr. Hitchcock," but he kept right on going, producing one of those portable welding torches and melting the disc into a foul-smelling black lump of plastic. Meanwhile he was feeding the now-dripping green cover into a shredder, and then dipping the shreds into a bucket of smelly fuel oil which he then set ablaze by dropping a cigarette into it. After all that he gathered up all the remains and, still screaming "DESTROY! DESTROY!" the whole time, placed them into some sort of high-powered crushing device, turning the whole thing into a hideous, smouldering blackish-green cube, which he then gave back to me, saying, "Here, have a nice day." As I walked out of the store, the clerk saw that I was visibly shaken and said, "Sorry about that, pal. That's the third time he's done that in the last half-hour." "Luckily I've got the Fegmania CD reissue," I replied. "Don't say that too loud," he whispered... Needless to say, the record didn't sound too good on the turntable once I got it home, so I had it mounted and put in a glass case, and titled it "12-Inch Deconstruction." Later I sold it to artist Julian Schnabel for $350,000. So I guess it worked out okay in the end. As I've always maintained, Robyn is a true artist in every sense of the word, and who are we to question his creative/destructive impulses? --John H. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 01:18:41 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeffrey with 2 f's Jeffrey" Subject: Re: Another Robyn In-Store Appearance Nightmare Umm...I saw Robyn in-store once. They sang. He autographed some fruit. Nothing exploded, to my knowledge. There was no audible snarling. But then I lead a boring life. If I'd gone to a GG Allin show he would've been dressed in a tuxedo and singing Bible camp singalongs, I'm sure. Jeff Ceci n'est pas une .sig ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 96 1:59:02 CST From: Truman Peyote Subject: in-store appearance nightmare ha! that was the biggest laugh I had all day. the part about julian schnabel was a particularly nice touch. :) no in-store appearance stories to share, myself. i have this feeling that if i ever got close enough to Robyn to get something signed i'd probably be so nervous i'd drop it and break it myself. i mean really, the thought of speaking to someone i admire and worship (and yes, i'll admit it, lust after in a really goony way that makes me feel 13 all over again) that much is frankly pretty terrifying. wouldn't stop me from showing up, though ("is anyone here yet?""well no Mr. Hitchcock, only this goofy lovestruck-looking redhead who's been here since 6 this morning") :). Susan ..........unless you're happy with meager fractions, and i for one AM NOT! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:46:56 -0500 From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu (John, Jacci, and Madison) Subject: Re: in-store appearance nightmare >ha! that was the biggest laugh I had all day. the part about julian schnabel >was a particularly nice touch. :) I agree. JH3, that was a good one. In the course of trading tapes of Robyn shows, I came across an FM interview from 1990 where Robyn mentioned "if you have any song requests, jot them down on a scrap of paper and give it to me before the show." So last year, when Robyn played in boston, I decided to give it a shot. He did an in-store at Newbury Comics in Harvard Square. After the in-store, he cut out early without signing stuff because they added a second show that night and he needed his rest. Well, I was not going to let that stop me. I came up to him just as he was leaving the store and handed him the slip of paper. He looked miffed, and I was extremely nervous. "What's this?" he said. "Song requests, " I said. There were 4 of them, starting with the most obscure (Evil Guy, Swirling) and ending with "A Happy Bird is a Filthy Bird" (which he hadn't played in the US yet--I heard it from a tape of a UK show) Well, that miffed annoyed expression stayed on his face until he saw the last request, at which point, the annoyed look disappeared and he actually smiled!! "Filthy Bird!" he said, as if it were a lost friend whose name I had just dropped in conversation. I was glad for that split-second change in his demeanour. He explained quickly that he wasn't really taking requests for songs for his sets, and left. That night at TT the Bears tho--he played it (Filthy Bird)! I thought it was rather nice of him, and I went up to him and thanked him after the show. He said "Oh, did you like it? I rarely play that one." .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: : John B. Jones "Boys for Pele is . e-mail: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu NOT an abstract : http://web.syr.edu/~jojones album" -Tori Amos (yeah, right.) .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest.