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 #36 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 36 Sunday February 23 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: ------- ------- Re: tour dates HELP: Lady Mitchell tape set list lady mitchell set list Re: HELP: Lady Mitchell tape set list Steeleye Feg Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary oooops on Cat's Cradle show Re: Crablings Entire Planet Raves About Glass Flesh... Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary Freedy Johnston (off-topic) Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary 100% South West Trains content Re: no Robyn.. well, not much, anyway.. Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary to bayard Re: Feg Digest V5 #35 Re: no Robyn.. well, not much, anyway.. Upcoming Nashville John Cale concert "Bright Fresh Flower" lyrics? Re: "Bright Fresh Flower" lyrics? y'all interview Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) The Bluebird! The Bluebird! A Third Try at a rarities tape Re: Crablings Ticketweb? (somewhat RH-ish) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:09:28 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: tour dates also sprach MichaelHooker : > has anybody heard anything about the columbia ,s. carolina gig being >confirmed? i have not heard anything about the columbia show yet. in fact, the list of shows on the warner brothers' web site doesn't list this show at all (as i mentioned earlier, the list on fegMANIA! is from homer/tim keegan's management). however, detective chris eselgroth at mammoth has confirmed the show in greenville for us: >i figuired it out! in case you want to post this. the gig is at 8 pm at the >Gunter Theater which is a part of the Peace Center for the Performing Arts, 300 >South Main Street, Greenville, SC. tickets are $14.00 with a one time $4 >processing scam per ticket order. box office phone is 864-467-3000. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 22:09:55 -0800 From: Jeff Lawrence Subject: HELP: Lady Mitchell tape set list Several of us have posted requests in the last month asking for this, but as far as I know nothing was ever posted (correct me if I'm wrong here). What I and the other people are still trying to get is a complete set list for the Lady Mitchell tape that treed two months ago - for some reason no set list seems to have been provided to the branches (or at least mine) so we're still in the dark here. SOMEONE must have a copy of the set list for this show - Bayard? John? Woj? anyone? If you do have a copy, could you post it here and make several confused people happy? Thanx :-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 97 16:13:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: lady mitchell set list this was posted a good while back (by hal)...I might add that this is an excellent tape and an all around brilliant performance. It ought to be released as an album some day. (lots of it is already available on the SB compilation CD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Soft Boys Live @ Lady Mitchell Hall - Cambridge, UK 11.27.78 Setlist: I Want To Be An Anglepoise Lamp Do The Chisel Wey-Wey-Hep-Uh-Hole Human Music Give It To The Soft Boys Hear My Brane I Wish I Was A Boy Heartbreak Hotel A Most Peculiar Voice Caroline Says Muriel's Hoof/ Rout of the Clones Return Of The Sacred Crab Blues In The Dark The Bells Of Rhymney Sandra's Having Her Brain Out The Pigworker Skool Dinner Blues Cold Turkey Leppo And The Jooves Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof) e1: I Like Bananas (because they have no bones) e2: Wading Through A Ventilator Lineup: Robyn H. v,g Kimberley Rew g,v Andy Metcalfe b,v Morris Windsor d,v Jim Melton harmonica, percussion, v ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:48:52 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: HELP: Lady Mitchell tape set list At 10:09 PM 2/19/97 -0800, Jeff Lawrence wrote: >Several of us have posted requests in the last month asking for this, >but as far as I know nothing was ever posted (correct me if I'm wrong >here). What I and the other people are still trying to get is >a complete set list for the Lady Mitchell tape that treed two months ago >- for some reason no set list seems to have been provided to the >branches (or at least mine) so we're still in the dark here. > >SOMEONE must have a copy of the set list for this show - Bayard? >John? Woj? anyone? > >If you do have a copy, could you post it here and make several confused >people happy? Thanx :-) Actually, Hal Brandt (thanks ever so much again!) posted it to the list when I asked in January. Here's the repeat: >I Want To Be An Anglepoise Lamp >Do The Chisel >Wey-Wey-Hep-Uh-Hole >Human Music >Give It To The Soft Boys >Hear My Brane >I Wish I Was A Boy >Heartbreak Hotel >A Most Peculiar Voice >Caroline Says >Muriel's Hoof/ Rout of the Clones >Return Of The Sacred Crab >Blues In The Dark >The Bells Of Rhymney >Sandra's Having Her Brain Out >The Pigworker >Skool Dinner Blues >Cold Turkey >Leppo And The Jooves >Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof) > >e1: I Like Bananas (because they have no bones) > >e2: Wading Through A Ventilator > >Lineup: Robyn H. v,g > Kimberley Rew g,v > Andy Metcalfe b,v > Morris Windsor d,v > Jim Melton harmonica, percussion, v > > > > Later, Miles ====================================================================== RH: Uh - no, but I remember Eno had sort of long hair and round blue sunglasses, and he looked like the apex of cool, you know. Eno had two tape recorders and somebody playing a D-tuned violin, and the violin is going and someone lit a stick of incense. It was fantastic. - Robyn Hitchcock on NPR (transcription courtesy Tracy Aileen Copeland) Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:56:47 +1300 (NZDT) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Steeleye Feg >Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:01:08 -0600 >From: LSDiamond >Subject: no Robyn.. well, not much, anyway.. > >i noticed something, in going through liner notes from RH albums. Someone >meets Steeleye Span.... anyone remember those guys? Dad got me hooked on >them with the "Now We Are Six" album, and i was just wondering if anyone >else liked them, too. hmmm. thought I heard an Elf Call there... yes, of course there are Steeleye Span fans out here! :) >In light of the discussion about the origin of the word "fag," I thought I'd >try to solve it once and for all. From the Oxford English Dictionary, we >have these: something I mentioned here once, but got nary a comment on: "Feg" is part of the name of the Grim Reaper in Irish Gaelic (I think it's something like Sliema Feg, only Sliema isn't right, that's the name of a town in Malta). Do the Irish phone 0800-FEG and ask for Dean? James np: Sails of Silver - Steeleye Span ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:42:20 -0800 (PST) From: "Dot, the Disposessed" Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary > > 6) US slang. [Abbreviation of FAGGOT] > > first printed documentaion of word used in this context: 1923 > > How's that? also, of note is a recent article in the 28 jan. wall street journal. the article dealt with he concept of increasing the sales of "faggots" through a vigorous marketing campaign. if you thought any of the above definitions were disgusting or offensive, consuming "faggots" is the ultimate in disgustity. it seems that faggots have been around for some time, but their popularity has fallen over the years. mr. brown's faggots (the article wording, honest!) are attempting a comeback and lookout. it seems that faggots are a meat product meal, and i use all those words loosely. it seems that faggots make salami look like pure honey. although i did not get all of the ingredients that may make up these faggots, remeberences of liver, other meats, something called 'bog seasoning' and all serve in a ball-shaped package. of course, the ball-shaped package implies that it should be thrown and not eaten. it may sound delightful, but it seems only our england-located fegs can enjoy this fine meal. perhaps some of them could seek out this platter (or splatter) out and post a review? thus, we further exoand our liguistics bounds, by leaps at that, .chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:49:50 -0500 From: Bret Subject: oooops on Cat's Cradle show A few people from the list who were attending the cat's cradle show E-mailed me concerning hooking up somewhere to feed our faces before the show, however, I have since changed offices, thus they (the person who had my old office) have done the big format c:/s on the old machine......... well, what's the word? -----Bret and I like this new sig going around the group. NP: Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:35:47 -0800 (PST) From: JH3 Subject: Re: Crablings >2. That recipe Robyn sings...what's it a recipe for? Moussaka... he also mentions it in "Unsettled" somewhere. I guess it's one of his favorite dishes? That and tomatoes. >4. Has anyone made a cassette J-Card for Crablings? I'm also still waiting >to hear about J-Cards for the Dylan Covers tape & Lady Mitchell Hall if >anyone can help. Try here: http://www.netins.net/showcase/jh3/crabcard.gif Don't even bother trying to print it directly from a browser; right-click on it, choose "Save image as," and then open it in an image-editor program that can properly print 300-dpi GIF files. I'd do them in Acrobat, but they'd be much larger files. If I make fancy J-cards for the other tapes I'll post those too, but I've been horribly busy lately. (Besides, they're not my tapes!) --JH3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 01:25:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Dot, the Disposessed" Subject: Entire Planet Raves About Glass Flesh... have i took the time to rave about how brilliant the 'glass flesh' cd is? i don't think so; so, let me take the time now, if there are no objections... the thing is a digital masterpiece by any measure. if you have not got one you should be experiencing one of the following emotions 1) extreme guilt for having foregone the opportunity to get this 2) a sensation that something is lacking; that may be being unable to hear the amazing version of serpent at the gates by the lists' own james in nz. the reason for this is self-explanitory on hearing the songs beauty rendered fully and perhaps better than robyn's on given days of the week. 3) a sickness for buying greatest hits and not getting glass flesh. the greatest hits in my mind is merely bowel shaking; a cheesoid-compilation to consoildate robyn's catalog. glass flesh will ROCK YOUR ARSE OFF! beyond all that... there are song cover on the cd that can more than stand on their own. in fact, some of them would have been the better rendition of some songs, i.e. st. petersburg (a difficult tune in my mind, done some justice on the cd) also, if you don't like this album or that (eye vs. respect), glass flesh consolidates the better bits on one rousing cd (no double cassette or 8-track though), which makes revisiting some of that old material more bearable. so, if you have answered yes to any of the following, you *owe* it to *yourself* to talk to bayard and obtain this masterwork... a) paid more than 10 of any currency unit for a robyn-related 12" b) own greatest hits, sheesh c) bought any of the following the sequel sampler comp with only one new track; the rhino sampler with no special tracks and a gross price tag; or a radio recording of a show put out on a boot with 'dennis' in the title d) own both the sequel my wife and my dead wife promo-cd and the k records 7" with the same titles (yeah, yeah there is that cat bit, but that does not count) e) thought a picture of a scanner *live rodent* would be intersting to see, and would be interesting to count the didgets on each hand so through all my psycho-babble, i am saying that the price for glass flesh is more than worth it--given the talent, rarity (soon to be) of it, the effort by bayard (yeah!) and considering how much money you might have spent on seemingly similar robyn recordings. listen and enjoy, .chris p.s. bayard--it may have taken time eternal, but the wait was more than worth it--thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:50:08 -0800 From: "Michael Portillo's Talking Bum" Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary Hedblade wrote: >In light of the discussion about the origin of the word "fag," I thought >I'd try to solve it once and for all. From the Oxford English >Dictionary, we have these: There's a word in my dictionary (Chamber's) "fegary", which I thought would be well suited to a description of this thread... i.e. "There has been much 'fegary' on this list of late". It's an old English variant of "vagary", meaning "a devious excursion: a digression or rambling: a freakish prank". That works for me. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:17:55 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Dot, the Disposessed wrote: > lookout. it seems that faggots are a meat product meal, and i use all > those words loosely. it seems that faggots make salami look like pure > honey. although i did not get all of the ingredients that may make up > these faggots, remeberences of liver, other meats, something called > 'bog seasoning' and all serve in a ball-shaped package. of course, the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this must surely be a joke. us all on the n.a. side of the puddle *do* know what the 'bog' means in the british isles, don't we? d. - oh,no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmayowel@access.digex.net - and dmw@mwmw.com ... get yr pathos at http://www.mwmw.com/pathetic/ - new! star wars,sundance,wilco,v salt,eitzel,faithfull,colorblind james ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:22:21 -0500 From: Paula_Carino@usccmail.lehman.com (Paula Carino) Subject: Freedy Johnston (off-topic) Are there any Freedy fans amongst us? His new album NEVER HOME is really swell. More akin to TROUBLE TREE and CAN YOU FLY than the last one. He might be a little conventional for the likes of you, but trust me, this album, uh, rocks. Intelligently. Paula ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 12:34:28 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary > > this must surely be a joke. us all on the n.a. side of the puddle *do* > know what the 'bog' means in the british isles, don't we? Something akin to a swamp, right? Terry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 17:43:20 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: 100% South West Trains content On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Russ Reynolds wrote: > I'm in the process of listening to "Unhatched Crablings" for the first time. > A few notes/questions: > > 3. Nice version of Waterloo Sunset. Coincidentally, our Morning guy, Greg > Kihn was interviewing Dave Davies this morning and mentioned that his own > cover of "Waterloo Sunset" was--far as he knew--the only cover of that tune > in existence. I can't believe that's true...anyone know of another that was > released? (hello, Susan?). The easy listening station was playing a version by Kathy somebody this week. Very nasty, you could hear the session guitarist reading the lick carefully at the end of each 2-line phrase (you know, the one after "Rolling into the night") ... Not recommended - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:35:36 -0800 From: Nick Winkworth CC: LSDiamond Subject: Re: no Robyn.. well, not much, anyway.. On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 LSDiamond noted: > Steeleye Span.... anyone remember those guys? Dad > got me hooked on them with the "Now We Are Six" album, and i was just > wondering if anyone else liked them, too. Sure! In fact it was through the folk/folk-rock scene that I was first introduced to Robyn. When Robyn first got to Cambridge (prior to forming the Soft Boys) he used to play small folk clubs and pubs -- often using "guerilla" tactics to hijack the "floor singers" spot that most folk clubs had. He was so brilliant and bizarre, though, that nobody minded. Anyway, that's how I first got to see him perform. Linking to an earlier thread; the first record I ever bought new was "Grave New World" by the Strawbs (anyone remember _them_? They featured a new young keyboard player called Rick Wakeman...) and I did indeed listen to Steeleye Span -- plus Fairport Convention, R&L Thompson, June Tabor and many many others of the genre. That was several years before my first Robyn record - a 45 on Raw Records which featured "Wading through a Ventilator". Not so sure about the "Dad got me hooked on them" part, though. I know I'm giving my age away in this post, but there's no need to rub it in ;-) -Nick ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:37:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Dot, the Disposessed" Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Terrence M Marks wrote: > > > > this must surely be a joke. us all on the n.a. side of the puddle *do* > > know what the 'bog' means in the british isles, don't we? > > Something akin to a swamp, right? at first i did not get the double meaning of bog. but indeed for the american, swamp is a perfect fit in most cases. but, bog is also euphemism for toilet. thus, put the seasoning in and you've got a meal that puts spam to shame. of course the seasoning from a bog (swamp) is no less interesting--if you ate enough of the stuff you could effectively preserve yourself forever, a poor persons cryogenics. .chris ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:01:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: From the Oxford English Dictionary > > at first i did not get the double meaning of bog. but indeed for the > american, swamp is a perfect fit in most cases. but, bog is also > euphemism for toilet. thus, put the seasoning in and you've got a meal > that puts spam to shame. of course the seasoning from a bog (swamp) is > no less interesting--if you ate enough of the stuff you could > effectively preserve yourself forever, a poor persons cryogenics. THat song, "Bog Down in the Valley-O" takes on an entirely new meaning now... Terry ------------------------------ From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:20:28 -0500 Subject: to bayard bayard-- i must write to you via the list, as my computer is inoperable at the moment. if you send me some glass flesh flyers, i will pass them out at the albany and rochester gigs. john ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 13:28:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Feg Digest V5 #35 From: cookie hey feggies! any word on a Northampton show?i haven't heard a thing about it coming to fruition- :( cookie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:08:08 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: no Robyn.. well, not much, anyway.. also sprach Nick Winkworth : >Linking to an earlier thread; the first record I ever bought new was >"Grave New World" by the Strawbs (anyone remember _them_? They featured a-yup. in fact, i just saw john ford play a solo gig (accompanied by acoustic guitar instead of bass) a few weeks ago. he was opening for roy harper -- another old codger -- at the bottom line in new york. i must say that i was not terribly impressed by ford's solo act. *yawn* (roy, on the other hand, in spite of his questionable sanity and sobriety, ruled.) woj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:28:16 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Upcoming Nashville John Cale concert Just what the header says -- tucked away in an ad in the club listings in this week's Nashville _Scene_ is an ad for a John Cale show here in Music City at an odd venue (Zanies, a comedy club) at an odder time (6:30 p.m.! Isn't that breakfast time for rock stars?). Show takes place Wednesday, March 12, in case anyone else might be interested in catching the show. Tickets available at Zanies or from TicketBastard. This is certainly the strangest pairing of artist and venue in this town since I saw the Pogues play the Tennessee State Fair in 1989 during a torrential downpour -- if the Cale show is half as unforgettable, it'll be a classic. Later, Miles ====================================================================== RH: Uh - no, but I remember Eno had sort of long hair and round blue sunglasses, and he looked like the apex of cool, you know. Eno had two tape recorders and somebody playing a detuned violin, and the violin is going and someone lit a stick of incense. It was fantastic. - Robyn Hitchcock on NPR (transcription courtesy Tracy Aileen Copeland) Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 07:59:58 -0500 (EST) From: Tracy Aileen Copeland Subject: "Bright Fresh Flower" lyrics? The lyrics page seems to be down or gone. Does anyone know what's going on with it? And does anyone know the last word in the "Bright Fresh Flower" line that starts "Never could be bothered with ..."? Many thanks. Tracy "ich hab' einen Koffer voll Toasters, den schleppe ich uberall hin" Copeland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 13:40:05 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: "Bright Fresh Flower" lyrics? also sprach Tracy Aileen Copeland : > The lyrics page seems to be down or gone. Does anyone know >what's going on with it? do you mean the one at capuchin's page at telestream? or the old server at uwp.edu? i had noticed that the former seemingly disappeared earlier this week, but the latter has been shutdown for a while. there is a lyrics server in switzerland at which is up and running. they seem to have just taken all lyrics from the old lyrics server at uwp.edu, so it is not as complete as capuchin's pages. woj ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 14:00:18 -0500 From: mr bean jeans Subject: y'all interview this one's pretty nifty, complete with an in-line jukebox that streams pretty good recordings of three songs from _moss elixir_. >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 00:09:55 -0500 >From: Jellocat >Organization: The Cathouse >To: woj@remus.rutgers.edu > >Hello! Just wanted to let you know I did an interview with Robyn and >it's at http://www.yall.com/featured/decibel1.htm (decibel with a one). >I've included a link to this site, as well. > >Thanks!! > >Hillary > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 02:01:56 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) Wanted to post before the euphoria wears off... O.K., so we get to the Bluebird as the previous NEA Extravaganza show (think SXSW with a less stellar and more rootsy cast) was winding down -- around 8:40 p.m. The Bluebird, for those of you not steeped in Nashville lore, is the tiny club in the unlikely setting of a Green Hills strip mall where the people who write about 75% of country music gather to sit and strum and be seen by one another. If you ever see the River Phoenix / Sandra Bullock film _The Thing Called Love_, a good deal of the film takes place at the Bluebird. The exteriors are authentic, but the inside of the club is so small that the filmmakers had to build a "Bluebird" set for interior shots that's at least three times as big as the real thing. And you thought things only *looked* bigger on the big screen! While standing outside, my wife and I met some nice folks from Cincinnati who are following Robyn around for the early bit of the tour; their jovial company made the wait pass quickly. Around 9:00, the previous show let out -- I think a harp (!) was involved -- and after the club was cleared and reset, those of us with reservations were allowed into the premises. I figured we'd have a good table since I called at the first minute the club began accepting reservations for the show, but I thought we'd be second row since biz pigs usually grab a good portion of the seats at any NEA show. Imagine my surprise when we were shown to our seats -- front row, dead center, table butting up against the monitors! If we'd been any closer, we'd've been in Robyn's pocket. The Dear Janes opened up; this was my first exposure to them and I found them rather agreeable, though I wasn't moved to buy the CD after the show. Then, of course, the main event. It's Robyn totally solo, no Deni. Obligatory attire accounting: Robyn was clad in black jeans, black vest, and white long-sleeved shirt; I've noted this before, but both my wife and I think he looks quite handsome and striking in person though he often doesn't photograph that well. For the encore, he switched to the lizard-and-target-print shirt. Stories, talking: stories were an integral part of both shows (1990, 1992) I'd seen before, but I know from comments on this list and boots that Robyn had cut down on his talking dramatically. I thought he'd reverted to his old form after the first few songs, all of which featured lengthy and funny introductions. Maybe he was trying to win over the crowd? As the show progressed, though, the introductions grew shorter and shorter. The quality: stellar, as ever. I have no quibbles to make with the setlist, and it was amazing to sit that close and watch Robyn's fingers work their magic on the fretboard. I wish I could afford the time off work to make the Athens/Atlanta shows next week. Here's the setlist: [acoustic] new song -- "Upside-Down" or "Daisy Bomb"? He said he'd never played it before, but he's said that about things he darn well has too, so I dunno... DeChirico Street Balloon Man Chinese Bones 1974 Devil's Coachman I'm Only You I Something You [electric] I Am Not Me You and Oblivion Autumn Is Your Last Chance [YES! the only surprise (for me) of the night] Freeze Only the Stones Remain ------------------------- ENCORES: [acoustic] The Wind Cries Mary I Cheese You [electric] The Speed of Things After the show, fellow Feg Gary Parker and I hung out -- Robyn signed everything proffered to him while smoking outside of the club; I had brought along three CD booklets (BSDR, IODOT, ME) and now all of 'em bear the "Robyn H" signature, hooray! Gary and I had both neglected to buy cones on the way in (Robyn has done a numbered series of small orange plastic cones, similar to the kind you see by the roadside; Robyn has drawn things all over 'em and signed each one, $10 per cone); they were sold out by the time most of the crowd filed out, but Robyn's road manager promised us he'd get us some out of the car. In the meantime, said manager had gotten into an argument with a guy from the Bluebird over the correct t-shirt money tally, so we waited for quite a bit. The manager was nice enough when he finally settled things, and took us out to the car where the promised cones materialized. Gary's features bee drawings; mine has buildings metamorphasizing into feet, with one side of the cone having a "PAF!" explosion. As we made our way back through the Bluebird and out the front door, we ran into Robyn as he was leaving. I shook his hand and blurted out an awkward thanks for playing Nashville again after a five-year absence and something about how much his music has meant to me. I did ask him one of my pet questions, why he never revisited "St. Petersburg" or the other _Groovy Decay_ material now that he's working with Deni, since he originally envisioned the album with violin, not sax. His initial reply was that "St. Petersburg" was "a bit dark and dreary;" he elaborated that those things were fifteen years old, and he'd done an album with violin now, so there was no need to revisit that material (sigh). Hope I didn't come off as too fanboyish and awkward... then it was off into the 1 a.m. night for all of us. A great evening! Also, there may or may not be a Knoxville show today (Sunday) -- the couple from Cincinnati had seen a schedule listing a Knoxville show, but the venue said they were closed Sunday and didn't have him scheduled. When they asked Robyn about it, he was under the impression that he WAS playing Knoxville, so it appears to be anyone's guess. I'll count on Gary to correct any mistakes or fill in any glaring omissions. Now for sleepy time... Cone-less no more, Miles ====================================================================== RH: Uh - no, but I remember Eno had sort of long hair and round blue sunglasses, and he looked like the apex of cool, you know. Eno had two tape recorders and somebody playing a detuned violin, and the violin is going and someone lit a stick of incense. It was fantastic. - Robyn Hitchcock on NPR (transcription courtesy Tracy Aileen Copeland) Miles Goosens goosenmk@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 02:29:38 -0600 From: LSDiamond Subject: The Bluebird! may i say that is was a pleasure to meet Gary and his friend Jim tonight at the Bluebird. it was an excellent concert, and i had such a blast there!! :) now if it hadn't been for that one guy............... whatever he's been drinking/smoking/who knows what else, he'd done a little too much... "Robyn, you're better than the Smashing Pumpkins" was the only intelligent thing to cross his lips all night. but other than that, and being utterly depressed by the "Dear Janes", it was a most enjoyable time, and i hope he doesn't wait another 7 years, he said, to come back to the south. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sandra's having her brain out Brenda's having her heart washed Norman's having his soul dry-cleaned Sandra's having her brain out Brenda's having her heart washed Barry's having his mind repaired And they feel alright! -Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 02:29:38 -0600 From: LSDiamond Subject: The Bluebird! may i say that is was a pleasure to meet Gary and his friend Jim tonight at the Bluebird. it was an excellent concert, and i had such a blast there!! :) now if it hadn't been for that one guy............... whatever he's been drinking/smoking/who knows what else, he'd done a little too much... "Robyn, you're better than the Smashing Pumpkins" was the only intelligent thing to cross his lips all night. but other than that, and being utterly depressed by the "Dear Janes", it was a most enjoyable time, and i hope he doesn't wait another 7 years, he said, to come back to the south. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sandra's having her brain out Brenda's having her heart washed Norman's having his soul dry-cleaned Sandra's having her brain out Brenda's having her heart washed Barry's having his mind repaired And they feel alright! -Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 09:13:47 -0400 (EDT) From: David Willems Subject: A Third Try at a rarities tape Dear list, I was wondering if someone could make a copy of the Robyn B-sides and rarities that didn't appear on the "Best of.." C.D. Along with some of the rare Soft Boys' stuff. I'd be willing to compile a tape if one person doesn't have all of it, if someone wants to start a tape tree, I'll send the completed version to them. Looking through my copy of "The Golden Prince" this is what I came up with, please feel free to add if I'm missing something: Old Pervert (disco mix) Deck Of Cards Flesh #1 (demo) Vyrna Knowl Is A Headbanger Only The Stones Remain (Studio Version - from 2 halves...) The Bells Of Rhymany (The Soft Boys) Zipper In mY Spine (The Soft Boys) * Innocent Boy * Astronomy Domine * Outlaw Blues A Day In The Life Watch Your Intelligence One Long Par Of Eyes (acoustic) * The Ghost In You * Fair Play * Linden Arden Stole The Highlights Withered And Died The Live-In Years Kung Fu Fighting (a capella) Foxy Lady Wild Mountain Tyme Which Of Us Is Me * Like A Real Smoothie * Look Into Your Mirror * Calvary Cross Millstream * Postman's Knock plus any early demos, A&M cover sessions, Can of Outtakes etc.. Thank you very much, David Willems P.S. Who else agrees that the "Best of..." liner notes were some of the poorest liner notes ever written? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 11:09:20 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: Crablings On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Russ Reynolds wrote: > 3. Nice version of Waterloo Sunset. Coincidentally, our Morning guy, Greg > Kihn was interviewing Dave Davies this morning and mentioned that his own Greg Kihn is now a morning host? Did he lose on "Jeopardy"? ;) If this is -that- Greg Kihn, then your pronouns are somewhat confusing here- are you referring to a Greg Kihn cover of "WS" or a Dave Davies solo effort? And what's he doing down in Cali, anyway? I believe he's a Chicagoan originally. > cover of "Waterloo Sunset" was--far as he knew--the only cover of that tune > in existence. I can't believe that's true...anyone know of another that was > released? (hello, Susan?). The only one I know of that had any kind of official release was one that was released as a free tape with an issue of Q magazine about a year ago, a duet with Ray and Blur. I'm sure other covers exist, but probably in "unofficial" form. There are lots of oddball Kinks covers floating around, but I've never heard one of "Waterloo Sunset" besides Robyn's and Blur's. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:35:16 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Ticketweb? (somewhat RH-ish) Has anyone tried using Ticketweb to buy their tickets to the shows? I thought it was kind of cool, and the only thing stopping me from buying all my tickets right then and there was the fact that they don't take Amex. For the Knitting Factory shows in NY, it's: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/nyc/venues/misc/knitting Plus they don't charge the ridiculous fees that Ticketbastard gives you. Has anyone seen any of the Bill Janovitz tour? Should I bother to go see him? where have I been? lj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .