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Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/ Archives are available at http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- Re: Nobody / Somebody Re: Nobody / Somebody invisible hitchcock Mossy Liquor in UK Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups Re: Nobody / Somebody Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups Maisie scary liquors ME: SF Examiner review silly dream team Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups Re: Maisie Another Review Anti Poll Tax Trax available Re: Maisie Yet Another Review (liquour) ------------------------------ From: Mike Hardaker Subject: Re: Nobody / Somebody Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:16:39 +0200 If there was to be an RH-led 'supergroup' type thing, I guess I'd like to see Robyn Hitchcock (guitar/vox) Joe Jackson (keys/vox) Andy Metcalfe (bass/vox) Robert Quine (lead guitar) Billy Ficca (drums) Although I might feel differently tomorrow... :-) Mike ======================================================= Mike Hardaker e-mail: hardaker@iafrica.com mike@sacb.co.za mhardaker@cix.compulink.co.uk WWW: http://mickey.iafrica.com/~hardaker/ (The Hole In The Wall) Tel: +27 ((0)21) 419 0799 Fax: +27 ((0)21) 419 0787 ======================================================= "I'd like to reassure you, But I'm not that kind of guy." - Robyn Hitchcock ======================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 14:45:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: Nobody / Somebody On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Mike Hardaker wrote: > If there was to be an RH-led 'supergroup' type thing, I guess I'd like to see > > Robyn Hitchcock (guitar/vox) > Joe Jackson (keys/vox) > Andy Metcalfe (bass/vox) > Robert Quine (lead guitar) > Billy Ficca (drums) > > Although I might feel differently tomorrow... I'm tempted to suggest Robyn Hitchcock, Andy Metcalfe, Roger Jackson and Morris Windsor, but..... Terrence "The Human Mellotron" Marks ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:11:56 -0400 From: MichaelHooker Subject: invisible hitchcock hi, first they knock the new mossy liquor, then for added insult, knock invisible hitchcock. i think invisible was a super effort, the watershed album that he made to break away from the soft boys type of stuff he was doing. it is the first album to really show his imagination and ability to convey it to an audience. i know the soft boys stuff had lots of imagination too, but with all the screaming guitars and stuff, it was hard to discern. black snake diamond role was to me a bit of a continuation of the soft boys theme, like he hadnt yet found it in himself to be himself. To me, invisible launched him on the path he is on to this day, and i for one am grateful for it. as you may have guessed, i lean more to Robyn solo. Even Egyptians stuff somehow sounds better to me when he covers it alone. Keep listening, Mike Hooker ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 96 13:26:24 EDT From: The Hungry Intruder <101356.2516@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Mossy Liquor in UK Minus Zero on Blenheim Crescent, London W11 has lots of copies of 'Mossy Liquor' in stock, at the still-quite-unreasonable price of GBP12. He hasn't put them out, but ask and he'll fish one out for you. Stand Out, who he shares the shop with, probably has some too but they're a couple of wankers. Aidan. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:53:13 +0000 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups >"You (Americans) have goths, right? Or not right?" Hey MG, ain't you seen the movie "Beetlejuice"? >I always thought Leonard Cohen and Robyn together would be awesome. >Couldn't you just hear them trading lyrics on "Raymond Chandler" or >Leonard's "First We Take Manhattan"? > >"...Then we take Berlin!" I get the feeling he'd change it to "then we take Skegness" or something... Okay here goes: the Dream Team 1: RH, Roger McGuinn, Richard Thompson, Colin Moulding, Dave Mattacks the Dream Team 2: RH, Neil Finn, Bruce Thomas, Dave Mattacks bring in Danny Thompson, Eddie Rayner or Steve Nieve for some session work, and Emily Saliers or Amy Ray to add some vox femenina, and I'd be one happy camper. 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) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 02:31:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups I'd like to see... Robyn Hitchcock, Brain Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and Matt Seligman. [With whatever background musicians required] Or, for that matter... Robyn Hitchcock and DEVO. Why? Dunno... Terrence "The Human Mellotron" Marks ------------------------------ From: HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-UnitedKingdom-om4.om.hp.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 11:14:12 +0100 Subject: Re: Nobody / Somebody There now, you've made me cry. Hamish (the unconsolable) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:21:48 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, James Dignan wrote: > Hey MG, ain't you seen the movie "Beetlejuice"? MG: Yes. So???? > the Dream Team 1: RH, Roger McGuinn, Richard Thompson, Colin Moulding, Dave > Mattacks MG: No problems with this except I don't know who Colin Moulding is - I would go along with the Danny Thompson vote for bass player. Also I have a suspicion from recent TV appearances that McGuinn's voice is finally shot - you might have to bring in Crosby instead. > the Dream Team 2: RH, Neil Finn, Bruce Thomas, Dave Mattacks Sorry; you can't have Bruce Thomas without Pete (no relation) Thomas - they come as a package. Jerry Conway could dep in for a couple of gigs. > bring in Danny Thompson, Eddie Rayner or Steve Nieve for some session work, Not Steve Nieve! Anything but that! Why not get the bast band of all time: Richie Hayward (drums); Roy Estrada (bass); Bill Payne (keyboards); Lowell George (slide)? Actually I've just thought of a problem there... I'll vote with Terry instead for Morris Windsor, Andy Metcalfe and (if available) Roger Jackson. - Mike G. PS The two guys Jake and Tim did a good job on Saturday backing RH on standup bass and acoustic guitar, despite not knowing all 3 chords of 'Blue Moon of Kentucky'. Watch for detailed reports from fegs whose ballpoints didn't run out ofter the first 3 numbers... ------------------------------ From: HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-UnitedKingdom-om4.om.hp.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 12:43:39 +0100 Subject: Maisie After trying (unsuccessfully) to convince my wife to name our unborn child Maisie (if it's a girl) I suddenly remembered that Maisie is a Sid Barrett song (last track side one of "Barrett"). My copy is the double-pack re-issue with "Madcap" in a cream-coloured gatefold sleeve with lots of piccies inside. While listening I was looking at the piccies and there are two (one at the top, left of the fold, and one at the left midway down holding a guitar) where Sid looks a deadringer for Robyn. Spooky. (or probably not) Hamish (piper at the gates of wisdom,.....er, no, that wasn't it) P.S. Before anyone suggests Robyn as a name he is already four and a half. (Don't worry, it was a semi-coincidence. I'm not really that sad. Honest.) P.P.S I liked the suggestion of Dave Gregory and Colin Moulding gigging with RH. What about a drummer though?? ------------------------------ From: LORDK@library.phila.gov Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 9:00:42 -0400 (EDT) CC: LORDK@library.phila.gov Subject: scary liquors Ok--I have been way out of commission cause of a fractured, chipped, *and* sparained ankle(gotten from slipping on the rug while dancing to an early critics copy(legit, legit, ye scum lawyers) of ME, therefore away from computer--and unable to express my * myrid* opinions. Just one for now. Does Robyn singing in Swedish have anything to do with the Lou's commentson Sweden in the cigar store movie? An ex-New Yorker who thinks Lous hilarious Cap K ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 10:57:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: ME: SF Examiner review from yesterday's SF Examiner Datebook ("pink section"): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- rating: * * * * ["excellent"] Various musicians have laid claim to extraterrestrial origins. While Robyn Hitchcock has made no such boasts, they would have been easy to believe, given the otherworldy sensibilities of his past recordings. Now comes "Moss Elixir," Hitchcock's most down-to-earth effort in recent memory. Though it kicks off with lush strings, the frequently spare "Elixir," to be released Tuesday, recalls "I Often Dream Of Trains" from the early '80s and deals with tangibles: the loss of a parent ("You and Oblivion"), the idiocy of hate radio ("The Devil's Radio"). Hitchcock put out his first record 20 years ago with Soft Boys, and through other incarnations, including Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, the sound has always revolved around his low, rich voice, neopsychedelic guitar and bizarre, impressionistic lyrics. Hitchcock has a wonderful way with words, whether slamming phrases together for no discernable reason or making poetry out of horrid things. In "Devil's Radio," for instance, a song that makes direct reference to Rush Limbaugh (which he rhymes with "bimbo"), Hitchcock sings, "The flowers of intolerance and hatred/Are blooming kind of early this year/Someone's been watering them." One doesn't listen to a Hitchcock disc so much as experience it, surrender to it and enter its reality. "Moss Elixir" offers a fascinating world, uniquely Hitchcock to its core, where echoes of the Beatles (especially on "Beautiful Queen" and "Heliotrope") meet with dashes of Monty Pythonesque humor. --Chris Rubin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (end of quoted material) ------------------------------ From: TPJSHEDS@aol.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 15:51:23 -0400 Subject: silly dream team >What about a drummer though? Nicky "Topper" Headon Get him out of the taxi driving business. -Jones ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:22:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Roseann Cappella The Abandoned Brain Subject: Re: Gothinstates, Dreamlineups Lowell George,yes! But unfortunately he's no longer with us. Bob Weidner ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 15:49:31 -0500 From: Dmitry Gokhman Subject: Re: Maisie HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-UnitedKingdom-om4.om.hp.com wrote: > I was looking at the piccies and there are two (one at the top, left of the fold, > and one at the left midway down holding a guitar) where Sid looks a deadringer > for Robyn. Spooky. (or probably not) I found the pic of Syd with onions inside the CD box (attached) the spookiest of the lot. - D -- Dmitry Gokhman http://www.math.utsa.edu/~gokhman/README.html Brahms Gang/Mathematics/UT San Antonio ------------------------------ From: ben@deafkhan.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 03:24:34 -0700 Subject: Another Review Greetings, This review appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook section of the Sunday August 11 paper. Having followed the discussion concerning advance tapes/CDs and the CMJ review, I must say I am quite in agreement with this one: "Robyn Hitchcock Gets Down to Earth" Robyn Hitchcock: Moss Elixir 4 Stars [out of 5] Various musicians have laid claim to extraterrestrial origins. While Robyn Hitchcock has made no such boasts, they would have been easy to believe, given the otherworldly sensibilities of his past recordings. Now comes "Moss Elixir," Hitchcock's most down-to-earth effort in recent memory. Though it kicks off with lush strings, the frequently spare "Elixir," to be released Tuesday, recalls "I Often Dream of Trains" from the early '80s and deals with tangibles: the loss of a parent ("You and Oblivion"), the idiocy of hate radio ("The Devil's Radio"). Hitchcock put out his first record 20 years ago with Soft Boys, and through other incarnations, including Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, the sound has always revolved around his low, rich voice, neopsychedelic guitar and bizarre, impressionistic lyrics. Hitchcock has a wonderful way with words, whether slamming phrases together for no discernible reason or making poetry out of horrid things. In "Devil's Radio," for instance, a song that makes direct reference to Rush Limbaugh (which he rhymes with "bimbo"), Hitchcock sings, "The flowers of intolerance and hatred/ Are blooming kind of early this year/ Someone's been watering them." One doesn't listen to a Hitchcock disc so much as experience it, surrender to it and enter its reality. "Moss Elixir" offers a fascinating world, uniquely Hitchcock to its core, where echoes of the Beatles (especially on "Beautiful Queen" and "Heliotrope") meet with dashes of Monty Pythonesque humor. --Chris Rubin Hitchcock's creativity is constantly winding around new and interesting angles. He's writing songs in a way which I suspect he once felt he wasn't capable of doing. Yet on Moss Elixir, which I think is a solid album and his best since Eye, he can still do a "Balloon Man" type of song like De Chirico Street and it doesn't sound forced or formulaic. I was wondering whether perhaps some of the disappointment with Moss Elixir (and Mossy Liquor) might be the result of having already heard most of the songs in concert or on bootleg, thus altering first impressions and expectations. Personally, most of the pre-Perspex material I heard for the first time from the released albums, not concerts. Since then, even for Moss(y), I feel a little bit of excitement has been taken away from the new releases. Just some thoughts. Ben ------------------------------ From: pearceja@mailgw.wl.wpafb.af.mil Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 17:10:35 -0400 Subject: Anti Poll Tax Trax available Hi fellow Fegs, For those of you who may still be seeking the Anti Poll Tax Trax compilation featuring Robyn doing "Kung Fu Fighting," it's being offered as part of a cutout sale from Ear/Rational Music (mail order) for $6.75. To get details, send a message with the subject CUTOUTS to the following address: ear-rational@xmission.com Happy shopping, Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:16:37 -0400 From: maybe the last real beer in america Subject: Re: Maisie also sprach Dmitry Gokhman : >I found the pic of Syd with onions inside the CD box >(attached) the spookiest of the lot. - D ^^^^^^^^^^ since not everyone (i.e., me) uses a mail system that supports mime attachments, i would appreciate it if people refrained from posting binary attachements to the list. non-mime mailer users get to see reams and reams of encoded crap when someone does that. if anyone has any graphics files or other binary files that they would like to make available to the list, please contact me about putting them up on the fegmaniax web site. thanks, woj ps to digest readers: i took the liberty of taking the encoded file out. i'll stick it up on the website when/if i decode the mime attachment. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:20:46 -0400 (EDT) From: ! Subject: Yet Another Review (liquour) somebody flame me if this is too self-serving for words, but here's what i said about 'mossy liquor' on my music review web page: >>>>>>>>> Robyn Hitchcock Mossy Liquor [B-] (Warner Brothers, 1996) Produced by Robyn Hitchcock, with Grant Showbiz and Pat Collier Guests include: Deni Bonet, violin and viola; Moris Tepper, guitar; Tim Keegan, guitar; Jack Kyle, bass; Patch Hannan, drums: This odd little mostly-acoustic record, issued on vinyl only in an absurdly small pressing (supposedly of 2500) is billed as consisting of "prototypes" and out-takes of songs from Hitchcock's imminent debut Warner Brothers release, Moss Elixir. Six of the twelve songs presented here will be on the "real" record. As such, it's targeted pretty squarely at the hard-core Robyn Hitchcock fanatic, which is a bit of a shame, because it's quite nice, actually. Hitchcock used to write songs whose willfull weirdness sometimes cloaked the emotion underlying his songs to the point that many dismissed him as a brain-damaged eccentric (think Syd Barrett) or a novelty act (remember "Balloon Man?"). Many of the new songs are more obviously love songs, but they're still decorated with plenty of weirdness. They're also quite successfully decorated with the tasteful violin of Deni Bonet, who neatly overcomes my prejudice against string arrangements in rock'n'roll. <<<<<<<<< looking forward to reviewing _moss elixir_ *very* shortly... -- oh,no!! you've just read mail from doug -- dmayowel@access.digex.net a.k.a. dougmhyphw@aol.com -- get yr recently updated pathos at http://www.mwmw.com/pathetic/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .