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 V5 #7 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 7 Thursday January 9 1997 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: ------- ------- Invisible History Max Eider Re: Max Eider, and BIG THANKS TO RHINO! Re: Max Eider Re: Max Eider Snap interview RH and XTC Re[2]: Max Eider Re: shirts wow! overlooked BAM article? Whoops! Re: Invisible History say what about? Re: Invisible History Re: overlooked BAM article? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:50:47 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: Invisible History I just picked up the German-made "Invisible Hits" bootleg at Django records here in Portland. I know this CD has been discussed on this list before, and I'm sorry, but does anyone have any dirt on this release? I know it's not rare. Even though I've heard 10 of the 20 songs, I could't resist the '70's portrait of Robyn on the back, with "winged" hair & groovy pointy-collared paisley shirt. --Carole ------------------------------ From: BLATZMAN@aol.com Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 01:20:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: Max Eider I disliked the Max Eider album when it first came out, but now I've come around and I think it's beautiful. It's seems to have improved with age. I wish it were written in the 90's, cause it's really a breath of fresh air. Whoever wore out their copy of it- I'll tape it for you. I have the CD. And what's the deal with Jack Frost? Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 11:38:12 -0600 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Max Eider, and BIG THANKS TO RHINO! ummm... who is Max Eider? *ducking in case someone tries to hit her for not recognising the name* Oh & I got my Robyn Posters today! Woo Hoo! they weren't badly messed up at all. Whoever packaged mine & may be reading, THANK YOU! *grin* LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Misery likes company. I like the way that sounds. Been trying to find a meaning so I can write it down. Staring out the window,it's such a long way down. I'd like to jump but I'm afraid to hit the ground. I can't sing a love song, the way I feel today. Can't sing a song of hope, have nothing left to say. Life is feeling kind of strange since you've gone away." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 11:37:33 -0600 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Max Eider At 01:20 AM 1/9/97 -0500, you wrote: >I disliked the Max Eider album when it first came out, but now I've come >around and I think it's beautiful. > >It's seems to have improved with age. I wish it were written in the 90's, >cause it's really a breath of fresh air. > >Whoever wore out their copy of it- I'll tape it for you. I have the CD. And >what's the deal with Jack Frost? > >Dave > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Misery likes company. I like the way that sounds. Been trying to find a meaning so I can write it down. Staring out the window,it's such a long way down. I'd like to jump but I'm afraid to hit the ground. I can't sing a love song, the way I feel today. Can't sing a song of hope, have nothing left to say. Life is feeling kind of strange since you've gone away." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 18:01:17 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Max Eider also sprach BLATZMAN@aol.com: >I disliked the Max Eider album when it first came out, but now I've come >around and I think it's beautiful. i vaguely remember liking it when it was released (which was about when i first started getting into the whole jazz butcher conspiracy thing), but, i too, love it now. luckily, i found a used copy of the cd a couple weeks ago for $3. woo hoo! woj ------------------------------ From: bootlegs@ix.netcom.com Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 15:27:31 +0000 Subject: Snap interview I was in a record store today and came across a Robyn interview from 1989. It was called the Snap interview by Deirdrie O'Donahue(I'm not spelling her name right). Anyway, they had two LP's of the interview. One was $10.00 the other was $15.00, but they looked identical. Does anyone know if there's any live stuff in this interview, or is anyone interested in the records? Peter ------------------------------ From: Chez Stadium Subject: RH and XTC Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:47:00 -0800 fegs, In case anyone is interested, Blockbuster Music here in Santa Rosa has a copy of _The Soft Boys 1976-1981_ for about US$25 (sorry, I can't remember how much it was exactly). You might want to check your local Blockbuster Music to see if it might be in stock there. Or, you can email it privately and I'll pick it up for you. Also, Best Buy had a bunch of the Rhino releases starting at $12.99. I also saw copies of XTC's _Oranges and Lemons_ and _NONSVCH_ for $5.99. You may have similar luck with the Best Buy in your area. laterz, --g "It's not my problem if everything I've said can't make it through the walls of a vulcanized head." --Mark Gloster, "Rubberheads Don't Dent Easily" ******************************************************* Glen E. Uber glen@metro.net http://metro.net/glen/ ******************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Terry_Linnig@hccompare.com Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 17:45:32 cst Subject: Re[2]: Max Eider didn't the jazz butcher do the theme song to a tv/cable series? If they didn't then I dreamt they did and started buying the albums. please help. i need the weekend. guntarski ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author: mr bean jeans at smtpgate i vaguely remember liking it when it was released (which was about when i first started getting into the whole jazz butcher conspiracy thing), but, i too, love it now. luckily, i found a used copy of the cd a couple weeks ago for $3. woo hoo! woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 22:35:50 GMT Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 11:39:05 +0000 From: Andy Holyer Subject: Re: shirts At 09:31 08/01/97 -0500, Gary Assassin wrote: >I would like to know where Robyn buys his shirts (eg. the hands, the >salamanders). Or if not where he buys them, but where I can buy them? > Robyn always used to wear Paul Smith shirts and suits. In London, you can find Paul Smith in Floral Street (near Covent Garden Tube), or his sale shop off New Bond Street. in 'merka, I wouldn't know, I'm afraid. Paul Smith has a web site - maybe that lists stockists? Andy Holyer, Learn the Internet Ltd., Lewes, E Sussex ------------------------------ Subject: wow! From: guambat@juno.com (Tickle Me Elmo) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 20:14:55 EST >"It's not my problem if everything I've said >can't make it through the walls of a vulcanized head." > --Mark Gloster, > "Rubberheads Don't Dent Easily" Wow! I could be mistaken, but is this not the first email signature to appear on this list which features lyrics from a list member? That's cool. BTW, do rubberheads throw fish? Steve Martin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:52:45 GMT Date: Thu, 9 Jan 97 16:12:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: overlooked BAM article? Today I actually *looked* at that BAM magazine that's been sitting by the typewriter in the jock lounge since November...turns out it's got a sub-headline on the cover that says "Robyn Hitchcock Waxes On Axes" (issue #496, Nov 1, 1996--Linda Perry on the cover). The full page story inside is titled "The eight or nine guitars of Robyn Hitchcock". I don't remember anyone posting this to the list, though some of it does sound familiar. I'll go ahead and post it some time before the end of next week unless someone tells me it's already been archived. Musicians among you will greatly enjoy the article. The rest of you will just enjoy the article a great deal. Russ in the changer today: SOFT BOYS/a can of bees BOB DYLAN/blonde on blonde XTC/drums & wires TEENAGE FANCLUB/bandwagonesque BIG RUBBER SHARK/monday's lunch ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:47:23 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: Whoops! Re: Invisible History ...what I meant to write was "Invisible History." If anyone got too excited, please forgive my error. On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Carole Reichstein wrote: > > I just picked up the German-made "Invisible Hits" bootleg at Django > records here in Portland. I know this CD has been discussed on this list > before, and I'm sorry, but does anyone have any dirt on this release? I > know it's not rare. Even though I've heard 10 of the 20 songs, I could't > resist the '70's portrait of Robyn on the back, with "winged" hair & > groovy pointy-collared paisley shirt. > > --Carole > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 15:53:00 +1100 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: say what about? >>More to the point, I can't think of any other songwriter I'd say this about.<< >I'd add Black Francis and Scott Miller (Loud Family/Game Theory) to that >list of lyricists who go out on a limb with varying levels of poetic >success. When they hit their mark, they hit it with a great crashing >sound, and when they miss, it can be truly icky.< I've missed a lot of this conversation through being offlist for a while, but I hope that the names Andy Partridge and New Zealanders Graeme Downes (Verlaines), Martin Phillipps (Chills) and Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs) have been mentioned. >oh well and "7" year >is here, and we all know what that means...] hmmm... lesseee. London teams win the FA Cup in "1" years, so it can't be that... 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: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 21:58:11 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Invisible History also sprach Carole Reichstein : >I just picked up the German-made "Invisible Hits" bootleg at Django >records here in Portland. I know this CD has been discussed on this list >before, and I'm sorry, but does anyone have any dirt on this release? I >know it's not rare. "not rare" is a relative term. in light of the recent crackdown on bootlegs, it has become harder to find them, even in (or, perhaps, especially in) the new york city area. also, robyn hitchcock is not a popular artist to bootleg -- he may have a dedicated following, but they are few in number. i'm not too sure about this disc's origins, but i suspect that it has its roots somewhere in robyn hitchcock fandom. i can't imagine why anyone else would have arranged to have it pressed. woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 22:02:33 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: overlooked BAM article? also sprach Russ Reynolds : >The full page story inside is >titled "The eight or nine guitars of Robyn Hitchcock". I don't remember >anyone posting this to the list, though some of it does sound familiar. kevin casey posted this review to the list a while back. i have not gotten it up on the fegmania! site yet, but it should be there soon. woj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .