From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org To: fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org Reply-To: fegmaniax@ecto.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org Subject: Feg Digest V4 #236 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 4 Number 236 Thursday November 21 1996 To post, send mail to fegmaniax@ecto.org To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@ecto.org with the words "unsubscribe fegmaniax-digest" in the message body. Send comments, etc. to the listowner at owner-fegmaniax@ecto.org FegMANIAX! Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/index.html Archives are available at ftp://www.ecto.org/pub/lists/fegmaniax/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- Re: noho show/movie More on the Cope book More on the Cope book Re: noho show/movie odds and ends Vigin Fegmaniac chord request: i wanna destroy you Portland Arms (was RE: odds and ends) Re: A solution to the Bragg List Quandary (Tongue firmly in re: Vigin Fegmaniac home with a cold and bored... Rhino Re: Vigin Fegmaniac Boston Show Review Re: Vigin Fegmaniac Richard Davies/Olivia Tremor Control (no Robyn content) Re: Boston Show Review Greatest Hits review in NOW magazine Re: Obscure / overlooked bands (no Robyn content) mountain stage show ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:27:32 -0500 From: Alex Tanter Subject: Re: noho show/movie I was told, too, that the Noho show was cancelled due to the movie, but since the movie is going to be shot on a weekday in mid-December, and Dec 4 is definitely not the middle of the month, I'd like a better answer as to why the show was nixed. This is the second time the show has been cancelled--if it is rescheduled for March, why should any of us go to the trouble of buying tickets since there's no guarantee he won't cancel again? Massachusetts fans have always been very good to RH--he plays out my way on virtually every tour in the last 10 yrs and lots of people go to the shows. It just seems a bit disloyal to me for him to cancel twice--I've lost $8 on this deal because they don't refund the handling fee. Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:26:00 +0000 (GMT) From: "NORMAN PARKER +44 (0)1473-222478" Subject: More on the Cope book --Boundary (ID pW3aAOiMhCutGcJws/vBDw) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII --Boundary (ID pW3aAOiMhCutGcJws/vBDw) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:22:00 GMT From: "NORMAN PARKER"@mr.prd.wcuk Subject: More on the Cope book MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Posting-date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT A1-type: DOCUMENT OK, due to (some) demand, I found my copy of the Cope book. The relevant details are : KRAUTROCKSAMPLER : One Head's Guide To The Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards Published by Head Heritage, the publishing division of KAK Ltd, UK address (sorry don't have a US one) : KAK Ltd, PO Box 3823, London N8 8TQ ISBN 0-9526719-1-3 Priced at UKP 7.99 Also check out HEAD-ON, his wonderful history of the early days of the Teardrop Explodes - a great rock read. Norm. --Boundary (ID pW3aAOiMhCutGcJws/vBDw)-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:03:57 -0500 (EST) From: Eugene Subject: Re: noho show/movie On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Alex Tanter wrote: > I was told, too, that the Noho show was cancelled due to the movie, but since > the movie is going to be shot on a weekday in mid-December, and Dec 4 is > definitely not the middle of the month, I'd like a better answer as to why the > show was nixed. This is the second time the show has been cancelled--if it is > rescheduled for March, why should any of us go to the trouble of buying tickets > since there's no guarantee he won't cancel again? Massachusetts fans have > always been very good to RH--he plays out my way on virtually every tour in the > last 10 yrs and lots of people go to the shows. It just seems a bit disloyal > to me for him to cancel twice--I've lost $8 on this deal because they don't > refund the handling fee. Yeah. -Eugene ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tipper Gore said to Lou Reed, "Lou Reed, how can we communicate better with our children?" Lou Reed responded, "We would probably have to sit down and talk about it over a bottle of scotch, and maybe, some crack." It's back! My lovely Humor Home page: http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~ebmF92 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 12:16:37 -0500 Subject: odds and ends Hey Fegs! OK, I'm trying to put together a list of the Robyn material that has been "lost" amid all of the re-issues. These are tracks that still haven't been appended to any of the CD re-issues. I appologize if this has already been covered here, but I was off the list for a bit. So, I need your help. Read over my list, and e-mail me privately if you have additions. Once done, I'll post it to the list if you're all interested. I've been working off of a great but outdated discography from 1988 by one Carolyn Hamilton. The point here is to create a discograpy that allows one to buy THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STUFF and still have everything (or create a tape the picks up the slack). I don't want to split hairs on this, but remixed versions of singles etc. do count. Some mixes are so slight that it won't make much difference, but over all I'd like to be complete. If you add a remix, please note how and how much it is different. I've included some of the newer stuff that was released around the same time or after all the reissues just because. I'm sure this is very incomplete. I might have missed some stuff or alternate versions that didn't make it on the Ryko or Rhino re-issues. HELP! And now... we're off! THE SOFT BOYS "Two Halves For The Price Of One" LP All live tracks plus two studio tracks - "Bells Of Rhymney," and "Innocent Boy" "Live At The Portland Arms" cassette All of it, of course "Old Pervert (Disco Version)" >From "I Wanna Destroy You" 7" single "The Asking Tree" >From the "Only The Stones Remain" 7" "Vyrna Knowl Is A Headbanger" >From the "Wading Through A Ventilator" EP "Deck Of Cards" (Soft Boys) b/w "Flesh Number One" (Robyn Hitchcock) >From Bucketfull Of Brains magazine (1988) flexi SOLO "Heaven" (Remix- ??) >From "Heaven" 7" single "The Crawling" (Alternate Mix- missing the backward guitar) >From "If You Were A Priest" 7" single "Surgery" >From The Bob magazine (issue #30) flexi. Different from the version on "You And Oblivion" "The Arms Of Love" Live from "The Best Of Mountain Stage Vol. 2" "A Day In The Life" >From The Bob magazine (issue #42- 1992) flexi "Statue With A Walkman" >From UK only "greatest hits" package from 1995 "I Something You" and "Zipper In My Spine" >From K Records single WITH THE EGYPTIANS "The Ghost Ship" >From "Balloon Man" 12" and CD single. Different from version on "You And Oblivion" "Ghost In You" >From "One Long Pair Of Eyes" promo 12" "One Long Pair Of Eyes" Live at McCabe's. The track that includes the "Spoken Word Intro" now on "Greatest Hits." From "Madonna Of The Wasps" 12" promo. "Watch Your Intelligence" >From "So You Think You're In Love" cd single "Linden Arden Stole The Highlights," "Fair Play," and "One Long Pair Of Eyes" Live at McCabe's. From "Oceanside" 12" "Railway Shoes" Live from "On XRT- Live From The Archives Vol. 1" "The Live In Years" >From "Yip Song" promo single ODDNESS Nigel And The Crosses - ???? Flexi from Bucketfull Of Brains magazine ------------------------------ From: Terry_Linnig@hccompare.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 96 11:33:19 cst Subject: Vigin Fegmaniac This is my first dive into the pool of FEGMANIA and though drenched and cold, I am stimulated by the wealth of information. I have not heard of "Jet Set Flier" or "Greasy Quiff". Can anyone point me in the direction of obtainment? I have also noticed much banter about various proposed compilations or ideas in the works, I would be willing to help out to make these ideas a reality. Guntarski a.k.a. "Sweet Green Icing" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 96 12:59:51 -0500 From: "T.L.R. III" Subject: chord request: i wanna destroy you does anyone have the chords for i wanna destroy you? i know lots of people have covered it, and i'd like to be able to as well. please? . . . . . tom * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "questions are a burden for others. answers are a prison for oneself."* * --village sign * *tom's web page--http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/t/l/tlr121 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------ From: Robert Sutton Subject: Portland Arms (was RE: odds and ends) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:29:51 -0800 >"Live At The Portland Arms" cassette >All of it, of course Is there a difference between the cassette and LP version of 'Live at the Portland Arms" Robert ------------------------------ Date: 20 Nov 96 21:47:34 -0400 Subject: Re: A solution to the Bragg List Quandary (Tongue firmly in cheek) From: "Aidan Cully" TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com wrote: [...] >Now - right as the high point in "Reds" comes along (whatever that may be >- we shall have to scruitinize their faces carefully), we serve the red >tea - dosed, of course, with our Fegmania prawn extract - and after >starting a chant of "John Reed is a God" we suddenly RELEASE THE HENS! >The excitation caused by a thousand madly clucking barnyard fowl running >amok the Bragg fans will charge their pineal glands, activating the >elixir, and we will watch with glee as we are all shot back to 1917 for >the Glorious Revolution! > >Just think about it! Socialism, Communism, Unionism, Revolution - >Trotsky, Reed, Lenin, Marx, Engels, what the hell, why not throw in >Kropotkin - they will be in social bliss! "Bread and Freedom! All Power >to the Soviets!" But then, as the elixir wears off, suddenly they are >flung to the Point of Shirtic Origin - the sixties. Ah . . . imagine >their faces as they witness the ultimate demise of socialism! Relish >their looks when they see the bright palaces of post-Stalinst >architecture dotting their Worker's Paradise like squatting toads of >brutalist concrete! Enjoy the sound of their teeth gnashing as they >realize that the most creative name for something the communists could >come up with is the "National Slovak Uprising Aluminum Factory!" And >picture their expressions as they watch us Fegs wallow about in the >psychedelic acid kaleidoscope of the sixties, a dada paradise that may >only be marred by a slightly noticeable absence of deoderant and the >complete lack of reason. And best of all is when they find out that a >weird and decadent band like the Velvet Underground was causing more >influence in Czechoslovakia than Joan Baez! Oh, the joy . . . hee hee >hee! This is all well and good, but what if something goes wrong, and they end up stuck in 1917? They will all move to California and succeed in getting Upton Sinclair elected governor, the worldwide communist revolution will have come to this country, Billy Bragg will be singing about Capitalism, and we shall have this same plot and they will go back in time and succeed in *NOT* getting Upton Sinclair elected governor, ad infinitum, and all in all there will be a tremendous population boom in 1917. Is this what you want? And, as stated earlier, all it takes is one Bragg fan to misunderstand the lighthearted nature of destroying the time-space fabric for everything to become really nasty. --aidan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 13:43:55 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: re: Vigin Fegmaniac >This is my first dive into the pool of FEGMANIA and though drenched and >cold, I >am stimulated by the wealth of information. I have not heard of "Jet Set >Flier" >or "Greasy Quiff". Can anyone point me in the direction of obtainment? Well, I've never seen them -- but here's some advice: don't ask Robyn for a copy. What follows is a repost of a post made by Aidan Quinn 6/17/96: > ...but what are Jet Set Flyer and Greasy Quiff? OK - there are three 'legendary' Robyn Hitchcock albums from his early (pre _Trains_) period: _Greasy Quiff_, _Jet Set Flyer_ and _Demons & Fiends_, in chronological order. _Greasy Quiff_ was recorded in the early 1970s, by the 'Toby Jug & Washboard Band'. (TJ&W was an in-joke - whenever two or more CFC bands collaborated they used this name.) It featured a mob of rather duff folkies, including a young Mr Hitchcock, Mr Rew (allegedly - he isn't in the photo on the cover) and Nick Barraclough, later of Radio 2. Side A was a studio recording; side B was live at CFC. It is absolutely awful; only 99 were pressed and they were only sold at CFC gigs; because of this rarity, prices have gone up to silly money (US$1000-ish). The track listing is: Studio: I Often Dream Of Trains Wringing That Thing Snivelling Kid of the Himalayas Viola Lee Blues He's In The Jailhouse Your Mother Don't Know Live: Entrance Bungie's Blues Puppet on a String Evil People Take A Mac Greasy Quiff Here's One for George Mean Old World John's Mum Farmer Joe Elastic Landlady (Don't be fooled by the long tracklist. Most of the songs from the live set are VERY short. Be warned that both the above albums are a. awful and b. hideously overpriced.) _Jet Set Flyer_ was the first Soft Boys album and is worse. Robyn denies any knowledge of it; Kimberley & Andy will grudgingly admit to it. The album is all (bad) covers of pub-rock standards. It wasn't released under the SBs name; it was put out under the name John Barry, presumably to try to fool fans of John Barry the C&W legend. The line-up was (as listed on the sleeve): John Barry - electric guitar, Roger Jackson - musical director & keyboards, Kimberley Rew - lead guitar acoustic, Robyn Hitchcock - rhythm guitar, Andy Metcalfe - bass guitar, Alex Cooper - drums, Andy McGhee - banjo, Jenny Marr/Alex Cooper/Kimberley Rew/Robyn Hitchcock/Roger Jackson - vocals, produced by Gary Lucas & Roger Jackson, engineered by Gary Lucas at Spaceward. The tracklist is: Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman Grandma's Feather Bed Ghost Riders In The Sky She Believes In Me Jet Set Flyer Pretty Woman The Coward Of The County If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me Amanda Escape Your Song _Demons & Fiends_ was written & recorded in the early 1980s, after the SBs split, and never released. It's wildly uneven, but not bad in places. The tracklist was: Melting Arthur You're So Repulsive Nothing Insect Mother Demons & Fiends Stranded In The Future Opiatressence X Aether Wadahumart __________________________________________________ Gene Hopstetter, Jr. +++ Internet Publishing Specialist E-DOC +++ http://journals.at-home.com/ Voice: (410) 691-6265 +++ Fax: (410) 684-2788 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:05:06 -0500 From: WISNIEWSKI Subject: home with a cold and bored... -- Michael R. Wisniewski Wis@Worldnet.Att.Net Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky. Guess what--Im not me, or rather Im not him-- That is my husband, whose sig file tops this message. Well-Ive got a cold so Im grumping around, and figured its been awhile since I grumped here. Has anyone heard back about the Demme concert tixs. I left my message bright and early Mon, and have not yet received a response. Maybe I should have left my work # instead of home. Anyhey--I assume many of us will be trekking to the big worm-hole-- I cant help fantasizing a feg car on Amtrack--it can start by picking up Terry in the sunshine state then winding its way north for the rest of us East Coast Fegs.We could meet in the cafe car, bring home cooked and brewed goodies. Susan and I would do the leg-off on the bar(with Renee, Livia,the Toast Queen, and any other queen who'd like to join in(especially Mark Allens very lovely wife Donna, who might well win hands down)), all the musician types could bring there intruments for the Glass Flesh Orchastral Get Toget)cameras could take embarressing pictures of all, and we could all get so unbeleivably wasted that when it came time to for the actual concert we could rush the stage, hold Robyn hostage, and make him--admitt that he got really sick of openning for a preachy get like Bragg (Has anyone noticed the irony that William Blake knew that the only true liberation came thru the induviduals soul/imagination, chasracterized as Los, whom could be one of Robyns alteridentities, not thru preaching to the converted and being holier than thou. Bragg can call his album whatever he wants--but the true spirit of Blake is part of what powers Robyn, and not one of the badly-educated reviewers picked up on this. Blake would have adored Robyn. In fact, when people say to me that Robyn dosnt make sense, I usually point out that people have been saying that about Blake for about 200 years, and yet, if given close study, Blake flowers into the consiousness much like Robyn does. Blake, like Robyn(and unlike Bragg) takes effort. You have to put your feeling intelligence into it before you can get anything out of it. And since Im on this tangent, if anyone is still reading I highly recommend Blakes JERUSALEM(not the song--the long poem) to Robyn fans ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:12:03 -0800 (PST) From: Griffith Davies Subject: Rhino Hello, I just received an e-mail from Jim Neill at Rhino. He was responding to my inquiry about a Robyn Hitchcock Boxed set. I seem to remember reading something in a Rhino Records press release that one was in the works. Jim said that they are not working on, or have any plans for, a boxed set. However, they ARE working on a *Greatest Hits* package, which will include at least one *rare* track. He said they hope to coincide this release with the release of the Jonathon Demme project. This could be interesting and daunting task, just like the A&M Records Greatest Hits project. I guess RH is still in contact with Rhino, and is throwing them a few bones every once in a while. Just out of curiosity, how many RH cd's have been released in the last two years? later.... griffith ______________________________________________________________ Griffith Davies hbrtv219@email.csun.edu ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:12:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Vigin Fegmaniac On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 Terry_Linnig@hccompare.com wrote: > This is my first dive into the pool of FEGMANIA and though drenched and cold, I > am stimulated by the wealth of information. I have not heard of "Jet Set Flier" > or "Greasy Quiff". Can anyone point me in the direction of obtainment? Jet Set Flier is available for about $600, while Greasy Quiff is much more affordable at $400. The best way to get a copy is to be Aidan Merritt. Failing that, I suggest low-interest loans.. Terry ------------------------------ From: SVagrant@aol.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:46:21 -0500 Subject: Boston Show Review BRIT EXTREMES MOVE TO CENTER by Tristram Lozaw Robyn Hitchcock and Billy Bragg at the Orpheum (sic), Boston, Sunday(sic) (actually at Avalon, on Saturday, duh!) "We're saying the same thing in horribly different ways, " Robyn Hitchcock joked as he turned the stage over To Billy Bragg. True, for much of their careers, Bragg and Hitchcock have occupied somewhat opposite ends of the same singer-songwriter stick. As shown at Avalon, where each played a 105 minute set, Bragg is the brash socialist and Hitchcock the master of fractured fairytales. Bragg is the angry punk, Hitchcock the smart popper. But their current tour finds the two moving increasingly toward the center -- and each other. Both Brits, Plain solo with electric guitars, are blessed with keen senses of melody and wry wits that make their between-song banter as entertaining as the music. Bragg admits that balancing his new-father status with this political focus pulls him in conflicting directions. “ From Red to Blue,” the leadoff track from “William Bloke” (Elektra), his first CD in five years, laid out this perspective. He also reworked lyrics from “A New England” and played an “anti-capitalist lullaby,” “Sugardaddy” in deference to his young son. Though he says he’s becoming more “free-associative” (a la Hitchcock) while his touring buddy gets more political, “Socialism of the Heart” resides deep in Bragg. His sidebars of commentary humorously skewered the American elections, O. J. Simpson, Oasis, scabs, the “World” Series, tribute bands, Alanis Morisette and Strom Thurmond. Bragg wisely saved his most strident speechmaking for late in the set, when he had already captured the packed house. After singing of human needs in “Great Leap Forward” and the worker-inspiring “Power in a union,” he spent five minutes rallying the troops around the new “revolutionary cell” -- the car pool. Hitchcock, also riding a new CD, “Moss Elixir” (Warners), wove his usual magical quilt of craft, color and amusements. Though he spun his trademark hallucinatory tales between songs, his music displayed a stripped-down focus. He railed, “ I know who wrote the book of love -- it was and idiot.” But his songs' hooks seemed both more honeyed and direct than usual. The rolling melodies of “ Beautiful Queen” were spiked with deep swooping lines of violinist Deni Bonet, who also joined Hitchcock and Bragg for “Listening to the Higsons.” Other highlights included the peaceful jangle of “She Worships the Sun” (sic) and the addictive allure of “Heaven” I guess I do get some kind of perverse pleasure when I read reviews written by people who obviously have no idea what they’re talking about. It’s a pretty crummy piece of writhing but I thought some of you might find it an interesting read. Matt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:39:48 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: Vigin Fegmaniac On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Terrence M Marks wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 Terry_Linnig@hccompare.com wrote: > > > This is my first dive into the pool of FEGMANIA and though drenched and cold, I > > am stimulated by the wealth of information. I have not heard of "Jet Set Flier" > > or "Greasy Quiff". Can anyone point me in the direction of obtainment? > > Jet Set Flier is available for about $600, while Greasy Quiff is much more > affordable at $400. The best way to get a copy is to be Aidan Merritt. > Failing that, I suggest low-interest loans.. Isn't "Jet Set Flyer" the second rarest bootleg in the world? I seem to remember that there was only one album rated as rarer and more expensive, and the name stuck in my head because it goes by the euphonious title of "Dodo Resurrection". I assume that's an eponymous title, although I have never heard of the band in question (apparently no one has, or it wouldn't be so damn rare :)). Which raises the question.........how are these things rated/appraised/priced? Why such demand for "Dodo Resurrection"? And, not to ruffle any feathers or anything, but why would you want to spend so much money on recordings widely reputed to be embarassingly awful? Guess I just don't really have the collector's bug :). Susan who will admit to having some embarassingly awful Beatles bootlegs, but they only cost her 4 dollars, not 400! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 13:28:36 -0500 From: "Daniel J. Troy" Subject: Richard Davies/Olivia Tremor Control (no Robyn content) ------------------------------ Susan said: (Speaking of Richard Davies/Cardinal/Moles): *Well, actually I prefer the solo CD (Susan goes for the one with sparse production, whatta shocker!). Reminds me a lot of another songwriting fellow named Davies, with some echoes of early (pre-Ziggy) Bowie floating around in there as well. Definitely worth checking out. Could be hard to find though, as it is on a small indie label called Flydaddy, and I don't know how large their distribution arm is (I'm *guessing not very). You'll be glad to know (at least I think you'll be glad) that Flydaddy just signed a fairly generous deal with V2 - Richard Branson's new label. Flydaddy back catalogues will be a tad easier to find now and in the future. With a large distribution/promotion arm, I expect Richard's next album sales to skyrocket all the way up to 12,000 units! Regarding Olivia Tremor Control, Susan said: *I liked the OTC album too, but the "ambient" portions grew tedious after *awhile. ... No argument here. But the high points are great. I've never been too enthralled with the ambient thing, which is why I'll probably pass on Krautrock despite St. Julian's recommendation. By the way, OTC is also on Flydaddy. No, they don't pay me to promote their stuff on certain listservs, or anywhere else. Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:52:57 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: Boston Show Review On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 SVagrant@aol.com wrote: > I guess I do get some kind of perverse pleasure when I read reviews writt= en > by people who obviously have no idea what they=92re talking about. It=92= s a > pretty crummy piece of writhing=20 Yep. I for one can writhe much better than that, and I bet Robyn could too. I'd get some perverse pleasure out of THAT, you betcha! :) Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:20:44 -0500 (EST) From: Nitnit Subject: Greatest Hits review in NOW magazine This review appeared in a local Toronto weekly: Robyn robbed ROBYN HITCHCOCK Greatest Hits (A&M) Rating: NN Few ignominies surpass the contractual obligation. Playing catchup with last year's superb reissue sweep of Robyn Hitchcock's vintage material, A&M cobbles together a handful of tracks from the four albums the songwriter recorded for the label. Acknowledged by everyone, oncluding Hitchcock himself, as a career low point, the singer gets the same piss-poor treatment he got when he was still signed to A&M. Garishly overproduced attempts at a hit single are salvaged only by an acoustic strum through Eight Miles High and the REM collaboration Dark Green Energy, with A&M skimping on bonus tracks, live cuts and promo-only cuts and offering up buy-me liner notes written by a clown from the U.S. promotions department. For a more satisfying Hitchcock moment, check out his fab new Moss Elixir disc. - MG -- Wanda Chu tintin@io.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:39:33 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: Obscure / overlooked bands (no Robyn content) On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 Hedblade@aol.com wrote: > > Close Lobsters- > > UK jangle-masters from 1987-1989. On the Fire label in UK (home of Blue > Aeroplanes) and the former home of PULP!!!!!!!! I love Pulp, though I realize they are not for every taste. The Fire albums, especially "Separations", are high on inventive instrumentation and Cave-ish high drama glam, and quite witty (I think "My Legendary Girlfriend" is wonderful for the title alone :)). And speaking of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, there is also an interesting album floating about by ex-Bad Seed Barry Adamson that contains a wonderfully clever Adamson/Jarvis Cocker (Pulp's frontman and lyricist) collaboration called "Set Your Controls For The Heart of the Pelvis" :). The newest Pulp album on Island, "Different Class" is much poppier than their usual fare and though the lyrics verge on brilliant (they remind me a lot of what would happen if Raymond Bignose Davies collaborated with a "Country Life" era Bryan Ferry), the music is much less interesting than their previous albums and is notably lacking in the aforementioned inventiveness and drama. > Old 97's- > > Dallas rockers with a distictive country twang. You might call this "Y'all-te > rnative." They SMOKE, folks! Latest release is called Wreck Your Life (Blood > shot Records). So good that Elektra just signed them to a 6 record deal!!! > You'll say you heard it here first. You know, I keep hearing great things about this band. Unfortunately, I can't bring myself to listen to or see them. I just keep laughing, because I'm afraid I still think of Rhett Miller as the most popular guy in the 8th grade, and I can't picture him leading a band. Yes, folks, I knew Rhett Miller in middle school, although I severely doubt that he remembers me. I was not the most popular girl in middle school by a long stretch, and he was the sort that mainly associated with popular girls :). If he ever EVER dares to suggest in an interview that he felt left out or misunderstood in middle or high school, and any of you happen to be present, slap him REALLY HARD. It really annoys me that people like him get to be cool their WHOLE LIFE, while geeks like me are still working on it :) :). Susan or alternately, you could remind him about the time when he grabbed the microphone at one of our school dances, and pretending that he was the Kevin Bacon character in "Footloose", yelled, "Let's Daaaaaaaaaaaaance". ------------------------------ From: jill@naxs.com (Jill Sunderlin) Subject: mountain stage show Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:02:05 -0500 woj asked if anyone was at the mountain stage show. We (the we being me, a lurker up 'til now, and my husband brad, who woj knows from ecto) were there and will be writing up a report, hopefully this weekend. They've stopped broadcasting the show live since the last time we were there -- the Jane Siberry show -- and it was taped to be fed out in WV and elsewhere around Dec. 15th. The most interesting thing about the show was that Robyn was rather confused to be sharing the bill with an idol of his boyhood, Donovan, and even more confused about backing him on the closing song. More in a few days. jill and brad ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .