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Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/index.html Archives are available at ftp://www.ecto.org/pub/lists/fegmaniax/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- 12/11 PM show Re: Paris CRD: Falling Leaves NO VIRUS MESSAGE--FILM SPOILER MESSAGE INSTEAD film stuff 12/11 AM Re: NO VIRUS MESSAGE--FILM SPOILER MESSAGE INSTEAD Re: film stuff 12/11 AM PENPAL GREETINGS Re: film stuff 12/11 AM Re: film stuff 12/11 AM Re: film stuff 12/11 AM ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 21:13:32 EST From: Jeff Rosedale Subject: 12/11 PM show Watching the filming was definitely a worthwhile experience. The crowd was fun and into the proceedings... I got there at 1 PM but shooting didn't start 'till 3. Demme's film crew was very professional and pleasant to deal with. Unfortunately, although I was seated at the aisle of the 3rd row on the right, I sat behind this guy with an enormous head (sorry if you're reading this, Mr. Honeydew!) and constantly had to shift right or left to be able to see. That nothwithstanding, Robyn put on a fine show. His voice seemed a bit worn at the start, but he picked up momentum along the way. I don't have the set list (sure someone else will oblige) but it seemed an awful lot like the early set at Maxwell's on Friday night. Highlights: fabulous version of Glass Hotel by candle-light; appropriately bouncy and in-time version of Alright Yeah; he had to play two of my favorites, Beautiful Queen and This is How it Feels twice because of camera requirements. Two new songs at the end added to the enjoyment. Lowlights: Robyn couldn't manage a proper whistle for Devil's Radio; knocked into the mic stand when attempting the traditional swirling motion over Deni's head after DeChirico Street; the early show reportedly sported *four* new songs and I missed it!!! Best line went something like "if it weren't for the ribcage it would be spleens a go-go". Also a hilarious monologue about rock'n'roll, as a substitute for his in-concert profane version. I wanted an autograph but was not sufficiently aggressive. After two or three minutes of tolerating fans he peeled off to sing Happy Birthday for Rick Gershon. I saw him headed to his trailer, no jacket in the 40 degree NY rain, so I just shouted to him "Brilliant Show", which elicited a polite "thank you" before he disappeared into the trailer. I later thought of lots of questions I should have tried to ask (this always seems to happen to me). Word that I heard indicated that this will be released as a feature-length film, tentatively entitled Storefront Hitchcock. A soundtrack recording will be released separately and will include at least some of the new tunes. Well, I certainly got a heavy-duty baptism with the Beacon, Maxwell's and the Demme experiences all close together. Having the film and the soundtrack will be a good way to document the sound of the tour and I'm looking forward to it. Vibrating, --Jeff rosedale@columbia.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:20:17 -0700 From: gondola@deltanet.com (E.B.) Subject: Re: Paris >From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) > >I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of fegs would love "Paris >1919", one of the most nearly perfect albums ever created. In some ways, I >find it almost a natural companion piece to "Element of Light". Sure, Paris 1919 is great, but come on, how about Fear? Especially seeing as how you're a "renowned Eno nutter?" Seriously, I do like Fear a bit more than Paris 1919, just because the music has a bit more room to breathe. Incidentally, the last digest was pretty lame, folks. All this virus/TV theme talk. Let's try to do better next time, OK? :) Eric ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 23:34:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRD: Falling Leaves My guitar's a bit out of tune, so some of this may be a bit off. If you have any corrections, please post. Falling Leaves (4:24) -------------- A B A B E G#m B It's not the wind E G#m B that blows me in, A E B I've been blown away once before. It's not the rain that brings the pain, I don't feel pain anymore. A B C#m If I had seen it coming, B G# A Then I'd have done something, A B C# A B But hear the branches in the wind. B C#m All I can give you B C#m E D# C# B A All I can give you are the fal---ling leaves. E D# C# B A oo-oo-oo-oo-oo It got too late, I couldn't wait, At least not for you anymore. And now the moon shines on the dune, Where I walk alone on the shore. It's like an amputation, Since I lost you my friend. You hurt me like a missing limb. All I can give you All I can give you are the falling leaves. oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Terrence Marks Second Student in the Tendo Kasumi School of Philosophy -Seeking enlightenment through normalcy. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:42:03 -0800 From: txc@echonyc.com (Tom X. Chao) Subject: NO VIRUS MESSAGE--FILM SPOILER MESSAGE INSTEAD If I wait any longer I won't get around to posting my notes from the filming Tuesday. 11:15 am on; 1:10 pm off Devil's Radio 1974 De Chirico St. (Deni) Filthy Bird (Deni) Statue With A Walkman (Deni) Let's Go Thundering (Deni) I Am Only You Glass Hotel I Something You Yip Song (electric) I Am Not Me You and Oblivion Element of Light (stopped the first take to change picks) Freeze (the David Byrne reference seems appropriate for Jonathan Demme) "encores": Only the Stones Remain You've got heaven (?) (Captain Keegan) Alright, Yeah (Captain Keegan) I Got A Message For You This Is How It Feels (Deni) Beautiful Queen (Deni and Captain Keegan) At the end Robyn turned around and acknowledged the curious on-lookers in the window, and put the orange cone on his head. Throughout the setting was quite minimal, but they did use a couple of candles, a bare light bulb, and a large plastic tomato with a light inside it at various points. For a few songs they used a checkerboard of colored gels on the window; as Robyn put it, "Gilbert and George are building a holy temple," which is exactly what it looked like. It was freezing in the converted employment agency and I thought Robyn was a bit stiff at the beginning. I thought the "Message" wasn't as funny as the Beacon rendition, but still funny. I liked the "Beautiful Queen" with the addition of driving rhythm guitar by Captain Keegan. I was hoping he might mix up his set list a bit more and pull out some other numbers than the one's heard on the past tour, but it was still enjoyable and the added excitement of being an extra in a Jonathan Demme film was groovy. They had a f*ckin' Luma-crane in that space, dude! TXC ------------------------------ From: Critica@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:16:34 -0500 Subject: film stuff 12/11 AM Hi all, My non-feg boyfriend & I went to the morning show on Wednesday. For all those who didn't go, allow me to offer some idea of the local color. 25 West 14th Street, which was the pre-show waiting area, is an ex-employment agency. Completely defunct. No working lavatories, or at least none they wanted us to see, so there were Port-A-Potties. No heat, so there were space heaters keeping us warm, relatively. In the waiting area, there was a lot of breakfast-food--donuts, bananas, oranges, muffins, coffee, tea. Very nice. We had to sign a release which essentially said "I know you're not promising that I will be in this film and I won't sue you or ask you to pay me or launch my career or anything like that." And yeah, phone calls aside, I think they would've let anybody in, no problem. Chris (boyfriend) and I got there at about 10, signed the release, got some food & hung around until about 10:30, which was when they herded us all (about 35 people) downstairs, out onto the street & a couple of doors down to The Set. You could hear Robyn even on the street, he was warming up with "I Don't Remember Guildford" (which he played later in the day. it was my first time hearing that song in its entirety. I think it's wonderful!) and bits of "Alright Yeah." The filming was done in a similarly disused building--this one seemed to be one large room sectioned in half with a heavy black curtain. Signs all over the walls reading stuff like "Queen Size Sheets: $23.99" and "Exchanges Only, No Refunds." Robyn was set up in front of a large window which was sometimes a window, sometimes a window with many colored panes, sometimes a window with a translucent black curtain and sometimes not a window but a black backdrop. Appropriate (if not rather unimaginative) novelty lighting was lowered from the ceiling (glitter ball, single bare light bulb, giant glowing tomato [okay, some imagination there]) for a song or two & then sent back from whence it came. Robyn started playing at about 11 am. Mostly ME/ML & the really-new stuff, but also older stuff like "Freeze," "Airscape," "Heaven," "I'm Only You," "Only the Stones Remain, "Glass Hotel." Also "The Yip Song." And I thought he looked rather shellacked--quite a bit of makeup on him & his hair was all spiffied up. You know how when you put regular people in front of a camera, they get all doofy & weird? Well, when they put Robyn in front of a camera, he got...normal. His sense of humor was very grounded. He didn't seem so otherworldly. It was weird. He was still Robyn tho & we heard the usual stories & song-intro stuff. I think We, the Audience were intimidated by the cameras, even though Jonathan Demme (whom everyone seems to refer to as "JD") encouraged us to clap, laugh & be otherwise natural. People were pretty quiet, as compared to seeing Robyn in a club where people yell stuff & call out song names, etc. Chris & I couldn't see too well from our seats in the back row, so we moved one row further back, to seats that were on risers. We had an unobstructed view, but didn't get any attention from the roaming folks who were videotaping the audience. A small price to pay, I think! Robyn played, & every once in a while someone would slow down & look in the window. Not too many though--New Yorkers are probably hard to impress: "Oh look, ANOTHER film crew. Ho hum." The most exuberant & interested window-gazers were a few people from the crew who were sent out in the street to, well, gaze in the window. Even "Captain" Keegan, guitar case & all, was out there faking it. It was pretty funny. And while I'm on the subject of the folks at the window, does anyone know anything about the little bald man who held up the poster of an old guy holding a cat? Was he planted there too, or was that bona-fide NYC weirdness gracing Robyn's set? The morning filming ended at 1pm. As we were leaving, Chris & I got asked to do the little exit-poll thing--they filmed us out on the sidewalk, talking about the show. We may be seen in this movie yet! All in all, it was a good show. Not my favorite, but a good experience & one that I won't soon forget. Cheers, Becky ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:16:03 -0500 From: Timothy Reed Subject: Re: NO VIRUS MESSAGE--FILM SPOILER MESSAGE INSTEAD Hi, The Wednesday morning show was essentially the same as Tuesday's, except that Deni did not reappear during the "encore". I didn't note the encore set list, except to note that only the stones remain and heaven were included. The show was a brutal two hours and there were maybe 30 people in the audience. The set started at 10:55 and finished around 1PM. Side note: the crew was maybe 40-50% female. We thought that was pretty cool. The only questionable aspect of the event was when we learned that the door marked fire exit on the left behind the stage was, in fact, _not_ the fire exit. Did anyone get more information about the film? How did Jonathan Demme get hooked into this? Why a soundstage instead of the Beacon? Tim treed@gun.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 23:00:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Dot, the Itchy God." Subject: Re: film stuff 12/11 AM > You could hear Robyn even on the street, he was warming up with "I >Don't Remember Guildford" to me this has a strong political overtone, do the lyrics reflect this thought? if not then what the hell could you say about guildford that was not political? also, as i remember 1974 was the year this happened in--although the tatcher bit took a bit longer although just as devistating to innocent lives. but, what is the deal with 1974? is there something beyond syd, bombings, and future politics? perhaps the impending, somewhat in the future, date of Nick Winkworth's private gig for robyn himself? (it is well known how this would affect the future of the soft boys) .chris ------------------------------ From: KCasey@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 03:11:45 -0500 Subject: PENPAL GREETINGS Hello Chump, While you read this, your hard drive is being erased, all the money in your bank account is being transfered to me, and your girlfriend is massaging my back. They don't call it the Good Times virus for nothing. Don't say I didn't warn you, The Virus ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:46:35 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: film stuff 12/11 AM >> You could hear Robyn even on the street, he was warming up with "I >>Don't Remember Guildford" >to me this has a strong political overtone, do the lyrics reflect this >thought? if not then what the hell could you say about guildford that For the younger ones here... What's so political about Guildford (I always assumed he was talking about some English city and no, he didn't remember it. Sort of Kinks-style, I guess) Terrence Marks Second Student in the Tendo Kasumi School of Philosophy -Seeking enlightenment through normalcy. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:24:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Dot, the Itchy God." Subject: Re: film stuff 12/11 AM On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Terrence M Marks wrote: > >> You could hear Robyn even on the street, he was warming up with "I > >>Don't Remember Guildford" > >to me this has a strong political overtone, do the lyrics reflect this > >thought? if not then what the hell could you say about guildford that > > For the younger ones here... > What's so political about Guildford > (I always assumed he was talking about some English city and no, he didn't > remember it. Sort of Kinks-style, I guess) > first, ronald regean's twin sister, margaret [sp?] thatcher, was born in guildford. leading to a period of serious fun in the eighties. this should be a self-explainitory [sp?] period for anyone who was over the age of six in 1980. second, guildford is also know for a significant IRA mainland bombing in 1974. this bombing and an associated one in birmingham led to the imprisonment of over 10 innocent people for life--later repealed in some cases in the late eighties, others terms expired before retrials. the birmingham and guildford bombings are seen as the largest mainland bombings until 1993[?] with a huge bomb in the city (of london) that was quite a show and other recent 1990s bombings in london as well. none-the-less guildford is in some senses more than a sleepy english town after 1974. but, why the hell should robyn care until now--it seems a bit after the fact. or, were there a multitude of walnuts to sign about when he first looked into the place, or any dogs that say 'yeah' (more than usual)? .chris ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(PIN-C09)" Subject: Re: film stuff 12/11 AM Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:58:04 -0500 Was this 1974 Guildford incident what the movie/book 'In the Name of the Father' based upon? Dave (Definitely one of the younger ones here) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .