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 #10 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 10 Monday January 13 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: ------- ------- Best of '96 Re: say what about? I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion Re: Best of '96 Re: I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion Re: I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion Silly Stuff Re: Best of '96 RE: "Hooded One" Re: Silly Stuff Re: Crack Pipe (No RH) 1996's Offerings Re: "Hooded One" Re: Crack Pipe (No RH) Lyrics ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 01:06:57 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Best of '96 Apologies in advance to multiple list subscribers who'll be seeing this more than once... Well, 1996 whipped the living bejeebers out of 1995. I couldn't even come up with ten 1995 albums; this year, there were plenty of candidates. I still feel myself getting older: listening to most of the same artists I was listening to five or ten years ago, not being very impressed with a lot of the "newer" bands, even the ones (Stereolab, Pavement) who actually have their own sounds. In general, I'm feeling unhip and out of things. I remember when a 40-something friend complained to me in 1990 about how everything seemed like a retread to him, that it was all warmed-over Beatles and Led Zep and Stones to him. I thought "wow, how can he say that, there are so many great bands around!" Now I'm wondering if feeling that way is inevitable. An asterisk (*) denotes that I bought the album because of LoudFan recommendations. Without that great, friendly list, I'd be even more woefully mainstream than I am now... ABSOLUTE CLASSIC MASTERPIECES (in order): 1) R.E.M., _New Adventures in Hi-Fi_ In looking over my old posts recently, I think I've spent far too much time in the past kvetching about what other people say about albums, and not enough time explicating my own views on why those albums are good. In the future, I'll try to rectify the situation. But how on earth I can love this album so much and so many other people seem flat-out bored with it is beyond me. All I can say is that R.E.M. has connected with me over the years far more than any other band, with only minor lapses (_Green_, the mightily overrated AFTP) along the way, and this album was no exception. I welcomed _Monster_'s return to loudness, but _New Adventures_ surpasses its predecessor by far. Every track on _New Adventures_ is a revelation of greater or lesser degree, from the cynical rave-up of "The Wake-Up Bomb" to the Stipe-sings-album-three- of-_Sandinista!_ shambling-rambling "How The West Was Won" to the majestic sweep of "Electrolyte." R.E.M. continues to find new ways of simultaneously broadening and deepening their music. I'd urge anyone who dismissed this album to give it a second or third or fourth chance. The potential rewards are well worth it. 2) The Loud Family, _Interbabe Concern_ Scott Miller's best work since Game Theory's astounding 1987 album _Lolita Nation_. Big nasty guitars attack, support, and deconstruct wonderfully convoluted pop gems, usually all within the space of a few bars. Like _Lolita Nation_, you'll be unpeeling layers of sound and meaning for years. Look, if the guy can make you sing "my girlfriend's got sodium laurate sulfate" like it's the chorus to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," do you have any choice but to buy this? LoudFan incidental note: LN finished second in my 1987 list, once again to R.E.M. (_Document_). 3) Tricky, _Pre-Milennium Tension_ I toyed with making this one the #1 pick because I think it's the *most important* album of the year, but I liked the previous two albums better. I mean, this is favorites, right? But I think the "next big thing" that'll replace grunge as an alternofave will be watered-down versions of Tricky, so enjoy one of the originals while you can. 1995's _Maxinquaye_ was much warmer, a rotten, decadent, yet utterly seductive bordello of sound. PMT has the feel of an operating room -- cold, hard, scary, efficient. You could catch a venereal disease from _Maxinquaye_; on PMT you could lose your life. 4) Jason & the Scorchers, _Clear Impetuous Morning_ Nashville's finest finally come up with the true follow-up to 1985's classic _Lost and Found_. Whereas country radio and its three-named hat acts have created essentially a bumpkin update of the stultifying '70s combo of disco and easy listening, it seems like the real soul of country music now resides with writers on the "rock" side of the tracks -- John Doe (X), Bruce Springsteen, Mike Ness (Social Distortion), Steve Earle, to name a few. _Clear Impetuous Morning_ delivers one stunner after another, be it metal/rockabilly blowouts ("Tomorrow Has Come Today"), white trash pathos ("Goin' Nowhere"), or Hank Sr. served up with sides of Ramones and Allmans ("Victory Road"). There's even a Lou/Maureen-style goofy closer, "I'm Sticking With You." For those without the incurable country aversion, highly recommended. JUST BELOW THOSE FOUR, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD ALBUMS (in no particular order other than how I thought of 'em): The Sugarplastic, _Bang, the Earth Is Round_* Gets some points taken off b/c they sound so much like XTC. But this is the catchiest album of *many* years. In fact, I daresay that on the whole, the Sugarplastic is even catchier than XTC -- I can't think of anything from the XTC catalog that, catchy-wise, approaches this album's opening quartet of songs. It's less artsy and ambitious than XTC, but will probably get even more plays than even the mighty _Black Sea_ for the same reason. It's hard to pull those "Little Teeth" out of your pop sweet spot, y'know? The Cardigans, _First Band on the Moon_* I just now bought _Life_, so I can't compare it to their earlier work, yet but this is great fluffy stuff with just enough lyrical and guitar bite to keep it interesting. And am I the only one who thinks they introduced some actual pathos into Sabbath's "Iron Man," rather than pure ironic in-joke? Robyn Hitchcock, _Moss Elixir_ I wasn't a detractor of Robyn's A&M years (I especially liked the much-reviled _Globe of Frogs_ and the mature beauty of _Perspex Island_), so this one isn't as much of a rebound to me (heck, some of these songs like "Beautiful Queen" and "Alright Yeah" have been around for years) as it is a continuation of a remarkable career. Its vinyl doppelganger, _Mossy Liquor_, is also a worthy buy if you can still find one. Sleeper, _The It Girl_* Line of the year: "You said I was cheap, you were the sale of the century." Almost as catchy as the Sugarplastic. Shares some of the same new wave ancestors as Elastica, but manages to mute the influences a bit more, and working more in the Blondie "good pop songs" mode than in the Wire "difficult but good pop songs" mode. Not that I'm not buying the next Elastica album, mind you, it's just that Louise didn't feel the need to steal the exact riffs from "Denis" or "The Hardest Part" to pay homage to her influences. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, _She's the One_ Damn, TP's on a roll, what with _Wildflowers_ and now this one. It's like he's writing songs as deep as "Asshole" every five minutes these days. I'll rank his last two with any two other albums from his career. Ignore as a top-40 bland mainstream dinosaur at your own peril. Tim Booth & Angelo Badalamenti, _Booth and the Bad Angel_ Ignore that sappy, cliche-ridden first track and enjoy the sweeping majesty of the rest. Underrated album of the year -- I think _Rolling Stone_ only gave it 1 1/2 stars! God, this album is gorgeous. Prince, _Emancipation_ Could move up -- aside from the cover of Joan Osborne's (by way of the Hooters' miserable Eric Bazilian (sp?)) horrendous "One of Us," I haven't found a weak spot. It's just a little difficult to digest three hours of material in the space of the two months it's been out, y'know? I mean, if I play this all of the time when do I find the time for my daily dose of the Sugarplastic? GOOD STUFF TOO (also in no particular order): Girls Against Boys, _House of GVSB_* Nearly God, s/t (Tricky with a lot of guest artists like Bjork and Terry Hall) _Tricky Presents Grassroots_ EP Digital Underground, _Future Rhythm_ Eels, _Beautiful Freak_ Killing Joke, _Democracy_ Midnight Oil, _Breathe_ Weezer, _Pinkerton_ Why do folks act like this is a disappointment? I don't care if it doesn't sell three million copies, this is far better than their first album! I mean, it ain't _Revolver_, but it's still good stuff. The Church, _Magician Among the Spirits_ They always sound fabulous, don't they? Too bad Kilbey can't always come up with the lyrical goods to match. But their playing has been splendid ever since _Starfish_ and has only gotten better. Billy Bragg, _William Bloke_ Richard Thompson, _you?me?us?_ Frank Black, _The Cult of Ray_ BR5-49, _Live from Robert's_ EP BR5-49, s/t If Jason & the Scorchers don't save country music, maybe BR5-49 can. Check 'em out on Letterman Tuesday night, or if they swing into your town. Roots country/rockabilly that swings like nobody's business. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, _Braver New World_* Go Sailor, s/t* Hayden, _Everything I Long For_ Hoodoo Gurus, _Blue Cave_ best since _Magnum Cum Louder_, tho not approaching the garage-band paradise of their first two albums KMFDM, _XTORT_ TOO SOON TO TELL, I JUST BOUGHT THESE! Vic Chestnutt, _About to Choke_ Archers of Loaf, _All the Nations Airports_* The Cure, _Wild Mood Swings_ Joe Henry, _Trampoline_* The Cardigans, _Life_* Throwing Muses, _Limbo_ Mark Eitzel, _60-Watt Silver Lining_ SPECIAL REISSUE/BOX SET AWARDS: Gang of Four, _Songs of the Free_ Pere Ubu, _Datapanik in the Year Zero_ boxed set The Coolies, _Take That You Bastards!_ Yes, the bizarrely fun _Dig?_ (all Simon & Garfunkel covers except for "She's Having My Baby") and the greatest rock opera ever, _Doug_, reissued in a two-CD-for-the-price-of-one set. The chorus of "Crack Pipe (Burnin')" is worth the price of admission, not to mention their parody of the Who. EX-POST FACTO DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR: The Golden Paliminos, _This Is How It Feels_ For some reason, didn't pick it up until this past year, but it's spent a lot of time in the ol' CD player this one. While it's not quite the cathartic experience that Lisa Germano's _Happiness_ is, it's darn close. WORST PRINCE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: _Chaos and Disorder_, a contractual obligation album if I've ever heard one. DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR: Doubters Club, _Fleur De Lisa_ Look, the *idea* of a more guitar-heavy, dance-y JudyBats is not necessarily a bad one. But despite a few interesting ideas and songs, the Doubters Club never manages to pull off the trick. The busy production consistently undermines promising tracks like "I Blew It": there's never just one gimmicky production trick when they can work in two or three of 'em. If viewed as a glorified demo, I'll hold out some hope; if this is the finished product, well, don't wait for me, I'm already gone. Later, Miles ===================================================================== "Fundamentally, punk has very little history. It was invented circa 1975 by Pere Ubu . . . championed by a few New York art groups, picked up on by British music journalists, and then reinvented in Britain by the Sex Pistols. By 1977 it has ceased to have any relevance. The fact that it then took 20 years to get sold back to the U.S. is merely a marketing statistic." -- Colin Newman of Wire in _Alternative Press_, Jan. '97 Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ===================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:49:22 -0500 From: mlang@inch.com (Matrix) Subject: Re: say what about? Susan Said: >Oh, and you know.......I once read a Robyn interview where he said that it >was actually DYLAN that he wanted to be, rather than Syd Barrett, but >found it rather impossible as Bob was pretty quintessentially American. > >Love on ya, >Susan Right on. I have always thought that the best possible description of Robyn Hitchcock was that he was the amalgam of Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett, and John Lennon in that order... I find myself having to do this often because I am asked what my band sounds like so often and I always answer Robyn Hitchcock and am usually greeted with utter blank stare. I also always bring up Robyn whenever the "New Bob Dylan" thing is brought up... he is definitely the best "New Dylan" of the bunch... steve matrick Ever changing Top Fifteen Records of 1996: 1. De La Soul- Stakes is High (Tommy Boy) 2. Tori Amos- Boys for Pele (Atlantic) 3. Sammy- Tales of Great Neck Glory (DGC) 4. The Loud Family- Interbabe Concern (Alias) 5. Ride- Tarantula (Sire) 6. Outkast- Atliens (LaFace Records) 7. Seely- Parentha See (Third Eye Records) 8. A Tribe Called Quest- Beats, Rhymes & Life (Jive/RCA) 9. Suzanne Vega- Nine Objects of Desire (A&M Records) 10. Kula Shaker- K 11. High Llamas- Hawaii (No label at present) 12. Velocity Girl- Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts (Sub Pop) 13. The Favorite Color- Color Out of Space (Ohio Records) 14. The Roots- Illadelph Halflife (DGC) 15. Robyn Hitchcock- Moss Elixir (Warner Bros.) >From the Village Voice: THE FAVORITE COLOR "Delicate, exuberant rock swirling with fantasy and a current of psychedelia. Their new "Color Out of Space" is laced with teeth-grinding irony, but that never diminishes the sweet daffodil buzz." ---Natasha Stovall _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: hpunch@pipeline.com Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:59:37 -0500 Subject: I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion Good Call LJ, In NY at this club called the Fez they do tributes to various artists and call it The Losers Lounge.( I participated in the Donovan tribute) While at the night for Brain Wilson this guy came out who looked exactly like Roy Orbison and did an amazing rendition of Surf's Up at the piano. I found out this guy had a band called The Candy Butchers. I went to see them next time they played. It was just him on an acoustic and another guy on a snare drum who harmonized with him. I was quite impressed with the material. Now I see they got signed to Blue Thumb by Randy Newman's son. I also reccomend checking out their ep. But the full lenght disc is supposed to be out in the first quarter of 97. Should be a top record of the year. Don't hold the Tom Hanks movie stuff against him. JD ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Best of '96 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 10:43:31 -0800 From: Tom Clark Miles gave us: >The Coolies, _Take That You Bastards!_ > Yes, the bizarrely fun _Dig?_ (all Simon & Garfunkel covers except > for "She's Having My Baby") and the greatest rock opera ever, > _Doug_, reissued in a two-CD-for-the-price-of-one set. Oh man - I'm on my way to record store to get this! Doug is absolutely one of my favorite albums ever. >The chorus of "Crack Pipe (Burnin')" is worth the price of admission, not >to mention their parody of the Who. > Cruising down the highway, 3AM on a hot night, with the windows open and the stereo on 11 blaring "Crack Pipe" - that's Rock N' Roll. -tc "I sold the house, I sold the stock I'm chipping away on this little white rock!" ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Knowledge Is Good" - Emile Faber ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:25:00 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion On Mon, 13 Jan 199, JD wrote: > In NY at this club called the Fez they do tributes to various artists and > call it The Losers Lounge.( I participated in the Donovan tribute) What did you play? Bert's Blues (difficult, lots of chords and a time change)? Season of the Witch (3-chord wonder)? Sunny Goodge Street (stacks of impossible jazz chords mixed right back)? Mellow Yellow (3-chord wonder)? Some of those things are really challenging! - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:50:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: I 2nd The Candy Bucthers notion > On Mon, 13 Jan 199, JD wrote: > > > In NY at this club called the Fez they do tributes to various artists and > > call it The Losers Lounge.( I participated in the Donovan tribute) > > What did you play? > > Bert's Blues (difficult, lots of chords and a time change)? > Season of the Witch (3-chord wonder)? Hmm...3-chord? I've always just heard 2. (A7 and D7. Personally, I try to get a riff going by switching quickly between A and A7, and D and D7, so that may count as 4 chords but..where's the other chord fit in?) > Sunny Goodge Street (stacks of impossible jazz chords mixed right back)? > Mellow Yellow (3-chord wonder)? > > Some of those things are really challenging! > > - Mike Godwin > > > ------------------------------ From: "Greggery Peccary" Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:44:42 +0000 Subject: Silly Stuff fegs, I was going through my record collection today and I found -- don't laugh -- _Hooked On Classics_. Remember that one? How about _Stars On 45_. You remember that one, too, don't you? Sure you do... Anyway, wouldn't it be fun to try to string together a bunch of Robyn's songs over a cheesy drum beat in the manner of _Stars On 45_? Of course, it would be really horrible if it were to really happen, but for our own amusement, it might be interesting to try to choose some songs that segue well and form some kind of coherent medley. Our very own _Hooked On Hitchcock_! Maybe it's a dumb idea, but what the hey... laterz, --g Instead of working to create artificial intelligence, we should seek to eliminate natural stupidity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glen E. Uber glen@metro.net http://metro.net/glen/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:10:48 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: Best of '96 At 10:43 AM 1/13/97 -0800, Tom Clark wrote: >Miles gave us: > >>The Coolies, _Take That You Bastards!_ >> Yes, the bizarrely fun _Dig?_ (all Simon & Garfunkel covers except >> for "She's Having My Baby") and the greatest rock opera ever, >> _Doug_, reissued in a two-CD-for-the-price-of-one set. > >Oh man - I'm on my way to record store to get this! > >Doug is absolutely one of my favorite albums ever. I actually exclaimed out loud when I found it in Knoxville at the Disc Exchange the Monday after Christmas! Woooo-hooo! And I was happy just to have a CASSETTE of _Doug_... No comic book in the reissue! It does say that you can send $5 to the guy who drew it, but I couldn't tell if that was a fascetious remark or not. >>The chorus of "Crack Pipe (Burnin')" is worth the price of admission, not >>to mention their parody of the Who. >> > >Cruising down the highway, 3AM on a hot night, with the windows open and >the stereo on 11 blaring "Crack Pipe" - that's Rock N' Roll. Oh, man, takes me back to when we first moved to Nashville in '88 and had college radio for the first time -- cool sounds from the Weathermen ("Bang! Bang!"), My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, the Wolfgang Press ("Kansas"), and many more... >"I sold the house, I sold the stock > I'm chipping away on this little white rock!" Everyone! "It's a hot night, and I'm wound tight, and the crack pipe is burnin' my hand/crack pipe burnin'/crack pipe burnin'/crack pipe burnin/burnin' my hand...." Later, Miles ===================================================================== "Fundamentally, punk has very little history. It was invented circa 1975 by Pere Ubu . . . championed by a few New York art groups, picked up on by British music journalists, and then reinvented in Britain by the Sex Pistols. By 1977 it has ceased to have any relevance. The fact that it then took 20 years to get sold back to the U.S. is merely a marketing statistic." -- Colin Newman of Wire in _Alternative Press_, Jan. '97 Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ===================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:54:33 -0500 From: mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) Subject: RE: "Hooded One" For all of you that have been waiting on this, here goes: Record Convergence (4005 Chestnut St., Fairfax VA 22030-5240) has stacks of "Hooded One" for just a buck. They have a $10 minimum for charge cards, so you'll have to send a personal check. I live in Florida and they're charging me $4 (includes postage and handling) for one copy. I mailed off my check today. You might want to call first just to confirm all this, but I told the guy I'd be posting this on the Internet and he said no problem. I'm sure if you just send a check and a note requesting "Hooded One", you'll get it. Anyway, the phone number is: (703) 385-1234. That's all for now. __________________________________________________________ Mike Runion Cocoa, Florida email: mrrunion@tng.net (home) email: Michael.Runion-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov WWW: http://www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/default.htm "A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends, Drink another, coin a phrase..." -REM __________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:00:08 -0500 From: mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) Subject: Re: Silly Stuff At 03:44 PM 1/13/97 +0000, you wrote: >I was going through my record collection today and I found -- don't >laugh -- _Hooked On Classics_. Remember that one? How about _Stars On >45_. You remember that one, too, don't you? Sure you do... > >Anyway, wouldn't it be fun to try to string together a bunch of >Robyn's songs over a cheesy drum beat in the manner of _Stars On 45_? >Of course, it would be really horrible if it were to really happen, >but for our own amusement, it might be interesting to try to choose >some songs that segue well and form some kind of coherent medley. Our >very own _Hooked On Hitchcock_! Hey, I think it's a great idea. I'm embarrassed to admit that I learned most of my Beatles songs from Stars on Long Play (the full album), as well as from the dare-I-say classic single, Stars on 45. Imagine 20 years from now, young adults will sheepishly admit that their love affair with Robyn started with Hooked On Hitchcock. I'll have to ponder on the song list and order though...hmmm...(my mind is reeling already) __________________________________________________________ Mike Runion Cocoa, Florida email: mrrunion@tng.net (home) email: Michael.Runion-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov WWW: http://www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/default.htm "A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends, Drink another, coin a phrase..." -REM __________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(PIN-C09)" Subject: Re: Crack Pipe (No RH) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:43:17 -0500 I haven't heard Crack Pipe (although my curiosity is definitely aroused) but the lyrics and descriptions of it sound uncannily like Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers classic ode to Heroin _Chinese Rocks_. Off the top of my head, it goes something like: '...my girlfriend's crying on the bedroom floor It's hot as a bitch I should have been rich But I'm just digging a Chinese DITCH! I'm living on a Chinese Rock All my best things are in hock I'm living on a Chinese Rock Everything is in a state of shock!' This song (and the corresponding album LAMF) is to me classic 3am driving down the highway rock-'n-roll. For some reason it seems that the most exhilarating Rock and Roll is also the most fucked up. On a different note, one album which hasn't been mentioned in the Best of '96 lists is probably my favourite release of the year: You Am I's _Hourly Daily_. They are an Australian band whose background can be indicated by the fact that their first album was produced by a member of Sonic Youth. Hourly Daily (their third LP) sees them maturing into a very powerful Kinks/XTC inspired songwriting style, load with infectious, melodic pop songs. The way the band has to try to fight with it's natural tendency to 'rock out' for the sake of the songs just adds to the intensity of the material. Highly recommended for a more raw, passionate version of current brit-pop revival (and for fans of the Kinks circa Arthur or XTC around Black Sea). Dave. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:28:39 -0900 Subject: 1996's Offerings From: Locutus of Borg (Brett Cooper) Since I have seen many postings with the lists of people's top ten albums of the year, I thought that I would throw my $.02 worth and let y'all see what I have listened to a lot this year. Robyn made it twice on my list! 10. "Moss Elixir," Robyn Hitchcock 09. "Garbage," Garbage 08. "Robyn Hitchcock's Greatest Hits," Robyn Hitchcock 07. "Alice Cooper Goes To Chile," Alice Cooper (Bootleg) 06. "The Transformed Man," William Shatner (1996 Reissue) 05. "See," The Ocean Blue 04. "The Prisoner" Soundtrack, Vol. 2, Various 03. "It's Time For Regis," Regis Philbin (1995 Reissue) 02. "Glow," The Innocence Mission 01. "Star Trek: First Contact" Soundtrack, Jerry Goldsmith There it is, the Brett Cooper Top 10... ------------------------------ Subject: Re: "Hooded One" From: guambat@juno.com (Tickle Me Elmo) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:45:14 EST On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:54:33 -0500 mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) writes: >For all of you that have been waiting on this, here goes: > >Record Convergence (4005 Chestnut St., Fairfax VA 22030-5240) has >stacks of >"Hooded One" for just a buck. They have a $10 minimum for charge >cards, so >you'll have to send a personal check. I live in Florida and they're >charging me $4 (includes postage and handling) for one copy. I mailed >off >my check today. > >You might want to call first just to confirm all this, but I told the >guy >I'd be posting this on the Internet and he said no problem. I'm sure >if you >just send a check and a note requesting "Hooded One", you'll get it. >Anyway, the phone number is: (703) 385-1234. > >That's all for now. >__________________________________________________________ > >Mike Runion >Cocoa, Florida >email: mrrunion@tng.net (home) >email: Michael.Runion-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov >WWW: http://www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/default.htm > > "A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends, > Drink another, coin a phrase..." > -REM >__________________________________________________________ > > This sounds like quite a bargain. But what exactly is on "Hooded One"? Can anyone provide a track listing? Is it a boot? Vinyl? CD? I have many questions and not many answers... Elmo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:01:32 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: Crack Pipe (No RH) At 08:43 PM 1/13/97 -0500, Baker, David(PIN-C09) wrote: >I haven't heard Crack Pipe (although my curiosity is definitely aroused) >but the lyrics and descriptions of it sound uncannily like Johnny Thunders >and the Heartbreakers classic ode to Heroin _Chinese Rocks_. Off the top of >my head, it goes something like: > >'...my girlfriend's crying on the bedroom floor >It's hot as a bitch >I should have been rich >But I'm just digging a Chinese DITCH! > >I'm living on a Chinese Rock >All my best things are in hock >I'm living on a Chinese Rock >Everything is in a state of shock!' I thought it was a Ramones song (on 1980's fab _End of the Century_), but I don't recall the writing credit and don't have a copy handy. Either way, that's another fun drug-abuse sing-along! >On a different note, one album which hasn't been mentioned in the Best of >'96 lists is probably my favourite release of the year: You Am I's _Hourly >Daily_. >material. Highly recommended for a more raw, passionate version of current >brit-pop revival (and for fans of the Kinks circa Arthur or XTC around >Black Sea). Since you just mentioned two of my hundred or so Top Ten Albums of All Time, THIS is going straight to my "must by come payday" list! _Black Sea_ PLUS _Arthur_? Say no more, say no more... later, Miles ===================================================================== "Fundamentally, punk has very little history. It was invented circa 1975 by Pere Ubu . . . championed by a few New York art groups, picked up on by British music journalists, and then reinvented in Britain by the Sex Pistols. By 1977 it has ceased to have any relevance. The fact that it then took 20 years to get sold back to the U.S. is merely a marketing statistic." -- Colin Newman of Wire in _Alternative Press_, Jan. '97 Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ===================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:30:40 -0500 From: jasonf@bu.edu (Jason Finestone) Subject: Lyrics Hey, does anybody have (or know where I can get) lyrics to "Sandra's Having her Brains Out"? I've tried all of the usual channels (i.e., lyrics sites and RH web pages), but have not had any luck. Any help would be incrementally more than appreciated. Please send info to me personally, as I'm not on the list at the moment. I'm at jasonf@bu.edu. Cheers. -Jason ***************************************************************************** * * * * Jason Finestone * * * (ambitious young law student) * "Why can't this crazy * * 1238 Commonwealth Ave. Apt. 51 * love be mah-AH-ah-AH-ahine?" * * Allston. MA 02134 * - Tom Jones * * (617) 277-0422 * * * * * **************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .