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 #38 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 38 Tuesday February 25 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: Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) Waterloo Sunset/John Cale Weird evocation of Robyn... Re: Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) Re: A Third Try at a rareties tape Re: Weird evocation of Robyn... phone# for Iron Horse ticks Syd Barrett Rareities Re: Rarities Tape #2 Re: kinks sacrilege (no RH) charlotte anne REMINDER: FegFotos! Re: Fegetymology, or Two Bored Robyn Fans Armed With An OED Re: South West Trains Re: Rarities Tape #2 Re: Rarities Re: kinks sacrilege (no RH) zipper in my spine Zipper in spine Re: REMINDER: FegFotos! Re: Fegetymology... RE: tangential Robyn (VU and soundalikes) CDs for Sale Some Robyn, some fig/feg/fag Re: Feg Digest V5 #37 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:07:00 -0600 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) Gary, did I see you and your pal from the show (Jimmy?) walking downtown outside the Ryman today about 5:10 p.m.? Anyway... At 12:09 AM 2/24/97 -0600, gvp wrote: >Not a thing to correct, but I'll add a few notes... It was a joy. > >>Wanted to post before the euphoria wears off... > >Euphoria has stayed with me now for 24 hours. Every time I look at my cone >the delight of the evening returns. AH, thank you Robyn. Please don't wait >7 years to return. It was seven years (May 1990, I remember it well) between Bluebird solo gigs (played the piano last time, including "Flavour of Night" and a hilarious Elton John imitation), but he did visit Nashville with the Egyptians in 1992 on the acoustic pre-_Respect_ tour. That was a glorious gig as well; wish I had recorded it if for no other reason to hear Robyn and Andy argue about evolution (RH: instant, all at once; AM: the traditional gradual theory) during the "Heaven" intro... >>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. > >Indeed. I had a great view of the back of Miles' head all night long, but >mostly I watched Robyn. Most people actually were watching the back of my head, it got top billing... [grin] Actually, the promotion for this show was kinda weak, but apparently between Fegmaniax!, Pollstar, and a few notices having to do with the Extravaganza, it was a full house nonetheless. But both of Robyn's previous Nashville appearances had been better-promoted. >>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. > >Quite an interesting troupe. Poor souls; had extended technical >difficulties before they could get into their first song but bravely forged >ahead and won the respect of quite a few of us in the crowd. Interesting >songs. Sort of a mix of bleakness and cheer, like trying to see the bright >side of hopelessness? I don't know. Hard to judge a band with challenging >lyrics on one hearing. I liked the dual lead vocal parts (think "Harborcoat" or "Room For One More, Honey" rather than "The Murder Mystery"); and not that it matters, but both of the frontladies were quite fetching. I do remember liking the Indigo Girls' music at first too, so I'm going to be cautious about the Dear Janes! I thought "Ten-Milligram Girl" was a winning song, better than the one they mentioned as their single. >>Stories, talking: ... As the show >>progressed, though, the introductions grew shorter and shorter. > >Though they were consistenly funny, I thought. He did seem to be distracted >a time or two as the set went on, like he was having to try too hard to >come up with stuff, maybe? Yeah, the early ones were consistently "on" and got the big response that they should've. To Robyn's credit, when he struggled a bit with the later intros, he cut them short rather than trying to pull them out with more bon mots. >>The quality: stellar, as ever. I have no quibbles to make with the >>steeliest, and it was amazing to sit that close and watch Robyn's fingers work >>their magic on the fretboard. > >You and Oblivion, I think, was especially graced by particularly wily >digital prowess. "I'm Only You" and "Speed of Things" also were played magnificently -- guess I'm just a sucker for the latter's Celtic tones. I've always thought that it would be wonderful if Richard Thompson could do a version of "Speed" with Robyn... >>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... > >I believe he also added that he might never play it again. Perhaps he wrote >it during the drive into town... It was sung in a higher pitch than most of his stuff (well short of falsetto, though); a little love ditty along the lines (and relative weight) of "I Something You." Looking at the setlist posted today about the tour's second show, I guess he didn't try it in Knoxville. I do wish he had played "Lysander," "Glass Hotel," "She Doesn't Exist," and "Queen of Eyes" instead of, say "I Cheese You" and "Devil's Coachman." But hey, we got "Autumn Is Your Last Chance," "Chinese Bones," and a jaunty "Balloon Man"... >.... >>[electric] > >A bright shiny sort of deep sky blue telecaster that he has just bought >somewhere outside of Nashville. Odd, in that many musicians traveling >through like to pick up a new guitar downtown on Lower Broadway (near the >Ryman Auditorium and all the real, true old-timey country shrines) Gary was there, so he probably remembers this, but at the Elvis Costello and the Attractions show at the Ryman in August, E.C. whipped out a shiny new (to him -- it may well have been vintage) electric guitar and told us about how he had hopped off the bus into Gruhn's and picked it up earlier that day. >>I'll count on Gary to correct any mistakes or fill in any glaring omissions. > >Miles is right on. It was a pleasure to meet he and his wife and I'm sure >they would've traded their front-row table seats for me and my friends bar >seats if I had asked politely. It was a great night of music and fellowship >with Fegs and our fearless Feg leader, Robyn. I regret that I didn't get to meet LSDiamond -- how'd we miss each other? >>Cone-less no more, > >Amen. > > [obligatory non-Robyn content: Everybody must get coned.] LOL! I thought about titling my earlier post "Rout of the Cones"... 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: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:13:16 -0600 (CST) From: alexfw@mail.utexas.edu (Alex Wettreich) Subject: Waterloo Sunset/John Cale A couple of other WS cover sightings... The criminally underrated John Wesley Harding has a song on his latest CD, JWH's New Deal (buy it! buy it!), called "In Paradise", which uses Terry and Julie as the starting point for a rumination on...well, lots of stuff. Sounds like a crap concept, but it's a great song. Originally, it incorporated the chorus of Waterloo Sunset, but Ray's publishers wouldn't let him use it unless they got 100% of the publishing rights, so he didn't. However, there's a version on his "Other People's Failure" promo only EP which does include the excised chorus. Also, Matthew Sweet's doing a version of the song on his new tour. (And Moonage Daydream, BTW). Finally, John Cale is scheduled to be performing at the relatively intimate Electric Lounge, here in Austin, TX, on March 10th. That's the weekend before SXSW, I believe. I'll be there, politely requesting 'Big White Cloud". Alex ------------------------------ From: RxBroome@aol.com Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:29:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Weird evocation of Robyn... Last week's LA New Times had as its music feature a piece on L7. Yeah, whatever. But what was weird about it was that the author started it out with an extended riff on Robyn! Specifically, she referred at length to some press quote of Robyn's that I'd never heard before , from "back in the days of '80's college-alternative music" or some such. Apparently, Robyn had made a distinction between "real ale" and "real crap" bands, equating the latter to American domestic mass-produced swill-beer. This was a new one on me. The author of course went on to say that L7 was a "real ale" band, which I found a little odd since L7 are about as close to "real crap" as I've ever heard... simplistic addled-brained metal crap masquerading as feminist "punk". Admittedly, I bear them some ill will for trying to destroy my friend's house while acting out the worst cliches of rawk excess at a party last year, but honestly , they blow. The hometown LA press will incessantly hype L7 to the gills as the original vanguards of "foxcore" (gag) and lament the fact that they were never given a fair shake, but damn, when your "feminist" "rock" "songs" aren't even as sophisticated as Courtney Love's, you're lookin' at a serious case of artistic bankruptcy akin to stillbirth. Robyn, for whom "I Wanna Destroy You" was a joke when he wrote it in '76 or so, must be mightily amused that anyone still writes this kind of thing, much less receives critical laurels for it. "Real ale" my real ass. (The New Times is much reviled in LA, but they have been kind to Robyn, always recommending his shows and giving a glowing review to "Moss Elixir" which was otherwise locally ignored. Still, this piece just set my teeth on edge. It also engaged in the true hallmark of late '90's LA rock criticism, unmotivated and hyperbolic Garbage- bashing. When did Shirley Manson become the Antichrist? Garbage's record is slight, but at least it's unpretentious and it sound goods... it sure ain't a crime against humanity, like the one that local, too easily forgiven "Rick Springfield meets Stevie Nicks and the Untouchables in a dark alley" combo has sat on the top of the charts with for an unfathomably long period... the name of the band, Tragically, escapes me...) Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:15:09 -0600 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Robyn in Nashville, 2/22/97 (long) At 10:07 PM 2/24/97 -0600, you wrote: >I regret that I didn't get to meet LSDiamond -- how'd we miss each other? You were pointed out to me by Gary, (just the back of your head! ;) but the party i was travelling with had to leave before i could go introduce myself.. i don't recall if you ever got up during the show, but if you did, or saw at any point a short long-haired brunette wearing a purple shirt & black jeans, it was me.. *smile* enjoying your cones, fellows? *grin* i don't suppose anyone knows anyone who taped the show there, eh? 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 ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(PIN-C09)" Subject: Re: A Third Try at a rareties tape Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:48:42 -0500 Count me in - sounds like an essential and efficient compliment to all of the officially released studio albums. Roll on Rare Bees! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:34:26 +0100 (CET) From: James Isaacs Subject: Re: Weird evocation of Robyn... It is No Doubt you are referring to. Not only do they suck, they swallow. But, I have worse news for you my American friends: The Spice Girls are there, and I would rather be stuck in a submarine with Shelly Winters than have to live through that ordeal again. Glad I'm not there, James ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:45:36 -0500 From: Alex Tanter Subject: phone# for Iron Horse ticks 1-800-the-tick sorry...I knew it didn't look right yesterday but I was in a hurry! ;) Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:59:53 -0400 (EDT) From: David Willems Subject: Syd Barrett Rareities I'm also looking to make a tape of Syd Barrett (& the stuff he wrote for Pink Floyd) rareities. If anyone has the following, and would be willing to tape them for me, or could add any that I'm missing, I'd be forever in your debt: Candy And A Current Bun (Let's Roll Another One) Apples And Oranges The Peel Sessions The "Crazy Diamond" Box Set (all of the bonus tracks) Bob Dylan Blues Rooftop In A Thunderstorm Row Missing The Point Scream Thy Last Scream Vegetable Man Lucy Leave Rhamadan Millionaire If You Go etc... Thanks, Cheers, David Willems ------------------------------ From: jlaw@qucis.queensu.ca (Jeffrey Lawrence) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 97 09:08:48 EST Subject: Re: Rarities Tape #2 Someone had posted the other day a list of songs that weren't on Crabblings that should have been etc. Anyways, it hit me last night that there was one significant one missing - Charlotte Anne (by J. Cope - and yes I am guilty - I was listening to the fab brilliant "Floored By Genius Vol. 1" :-( ) I know he covered it live cause I have on a boot somewhere (not sure which one but probably someone like Terry or Bayard would know). Unfortunatly, since I am moving away next month, all my tapes are going to be packed within the next two weeks so I can't help immediately Anyways, I thought I'd mention this as another song that could be on this tape Cheers!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:16:08 -0500 From: Paula_Carino@usccmail.lehman.com (Paula Carino) Subject: Re: kinks sacrilege (no RH) A kid's show about a group called the Wombles? If you're not kidding, then that's the greatest thing I've ever heard. Why are British people so much cooler than Americans??? and where can I get a Wombles record? Paula ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:58:51 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: charlotte anne On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Jeffrey Lawrence wrote: > Someone had posted the other day a list of songs that weren't on > Crabblings that should have been etc. Anyways, it hit me last night > that there was one significant one missing - Charlotte Anne (by J. Cope - this is from the '87 (?) McCabe's show. it's on the excellent Uncarved Pumpkins collection, compiled by john B. jones. =b ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:31:10 -0800 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: REMINDER: FegFotos! OK all you Nashvillian Fegs, which one of you forgot the camera? Remember, we're looking for photos of Feg-gatherings for the FegMANIAX web page. We all want to SEE those cones folks ...and Gary and Miles; ONE pic of you posing with Robyn isn't too much to ask now is it? (Not to mention that brilliant opportunity in the bathroom! ;-) It's down to the rest of you to make up for this sad lack of planning in Nashville. This could be your chance for fame and fortune ...well fame anyway. Onwards to Athens and Atlanta ..."smile please"! ~N ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 17:50:18 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Fegetymology, or Two Bored Robyn Fans Armed With An OED On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Truman Peyote wrote: > Apparently, one possible root word for the term "fag" as applied to > homosexuals (American usage in this context apparently predates the > British) is actually the Yiddish word "fegala", which is also the root > word for "fey", which also has connotations of "fairy, or "from the fairy > realm". I find that hard to believe. Tolkien uses 'fey' and he is extremely careful (not to say fussy) about avoiding the use of words which are not derived from Anglo-Saxon roots. Just my 63.356 zorkmids - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:16:08 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: South West Trains On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Aidan wrote: > [Waterloo Sunset] > > >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") ... > > Since the guitarist on Cathy Dennis's version (I assume this is the one you > mean) is a certain Raymond Douglas Davies, I think we can assume he meant > it to sound this way. Whoops! He should have let Dave do it properly! Or maybe Jimmy Page... - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:33:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Rarities Tape #2 > Someone had posted the other day a list of songs that weren't on > Crabblings that should have been etc. Anyways, it hit me last night > that there was one significant one missing - Charlotte Anne (by J. Cope - > and yes I am guilty - I was listening to the fab brilliant "Floored By Genius Vol. 1" :-( ) "Charlotte Anne" is on the compilation tape "Uncarved Pumpkins", unless I'm quite mistaken. (n.b. Uncarved Pumpkins was the precursor to Uhatced Crablings) Terry ------------------------------ From: amroth@zetnet.co.uk (Phil Edwards) Subject: Re: Rarities Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:57:16 GMT David Willems quoth: >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. >Zipper In My Spine (The Soft Boys) Eh? I've heard this song once - it was the last song RH did the last time I saw him - & I remember being positively upset by the fact that he'd written a song featuring the word 'zipper' (it's 'zip' in British English). It wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but it was the last song & he'd just done "She doesn't exist" & I was still feeling a bit fragile from that... plus I'm an old pedant. All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I'd be _very_ surprised to learn that this was an old SB number. Phil 'Give me a wrench, Ralph' Edwards Recently playing: Peter Blegvad, _the Naked Shakespeare_ -- Phil Edwards amroth@zetnet.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:14:15 -0600 From: Dmitry Gokhman Subject: Re: kinks sacrilege (no RH) Paula Carino wrote: >A kid's show about a group called the Wombles? If you're not kidding, He is not kidding. The Wombles of Wimbledon. >then that's the greatest thing I've ever heard. Why are British >people so much cooler than Americans??? and where can I get a Wombles Gushing is not cool. :) - D ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 97 11:50:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: zipper in my spine >>Zipper In My Spine (The Soft Boys) > >Eh? I've heard this song once - it was the last song RH did the last >time I saw him - & I remember being positively upset by the fact that >he'd written a song featuring the word 'zipper' (it's 'zip' in British >English). It wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but it was the last >song & he'd just done "She doesn't exist" & I was still feeling a bit >fragile from that... plus I'm an old pedant. > >All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I'd be _very_ >surprised to learn that this was an old SB number. as I understand it, it's sort of a *new* SB number...written for the reunion gigs they did a couple of years ago. For this tape of non-album rarities I would think we'd want to include the Robyn Hitchcock solo version that was released on the K records single (w/ I something you) rather than whatever recording exists of the soft boys performing this song. -russ ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 15:05:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: Zipper in spine > All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I'd be _very_ > surprised to learn that this was an old SB number. It isn't. It was played w/ the Soft Boys at tge reunion gigs. It was also played solo. Version w/ Soft Boys was included on NetSurfer Ghost tape. Terry ------------------------------ From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 15:24:46 -0500 Subject: Re: REMINDER: FegFotos! >OK all you Nashvillian Fegs, which one of you forgot the camera? > >Remember, we're looking for photos of Feg-gatherings for the FegMANIAX >web page. > >We all want to SEE those cones folks ...and Gary and Miles; ONE pic of >you posing with Robyn isn't too much to ask now is it? (Not to mention >that brilliant opportunity in the bathroom! ;-) this reminds me....if anyone is going to the rochester, NY gig, and wants to meet up, please let me know. the same goes for the albany, NY gig. I'm going to both, but I'm going unaccompanied to the rochester gig (my wife isn't as big a fan as i--she only wants to attend one of the two) and so it would be nice to sit with or at least meet up with some ny state robyn fans . Come on out of the woodwork, ye central ny lurkers! there's gotta be some of you down in ithaca!! i'll bring my camera to both shows, nick, so we can document cones and us and such. oh and woj--i don't have access to my e-mail addresses, but if you are still going to the albany show, get in touch. john ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:48:49 -0800 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: Fegetymology... "I don't know what you mean by 'glory'" Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'" "But glory doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.". "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all." (Lewis Carrol, "Through the Looking Glass") ~N ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(PIN-C09)" Subject: RE: tangential Robyn (VU and soundalikes) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:28:47 -0500 James, As the sole Australian here (and as an owner of a few Paul Kelly albums), I feel compelled to reply to this. Paul Kelly is a fine songwriter and so is Robyn but that is about where the comparisons end to my ears. Paul Kelly is a very down-to-earth songwriter and never approached psychedelia in the multitude of styles he has attempted. Not that Robyn is especially psychedelic nowadays but I feel that he tends to be a bit more exotic both musically and lyrically then Paul Kelly and 'Before too Long' is no exception. Nonetheless, I am a big fan of both so there may be some kind of connection. Any suggestions for a corresponding Robyn song, James? In terms of Australian bands, I would have thought the Hoodoo Gurus on Stonage Romeo's are reminiscent of early Robyn. Incidentally, they just split up on the weekend, following a lukewarm reaction to their 'actually pretty darn good' album In Blue Cave. You heard it here first! Dave ------------------------------ From: jojones@mailbox.syr.edu Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:18:42 -0500 Subject: CDs for Sale >X-Sender: jbrown@mulberry.com (Unverified) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:05:53 -0500 >Reply-To: 4ad recording artists list <4AD-L@AMERICAN.EDU> >Sender: 4ad recording artists list <4AD-L@AMERICAN.EDU> >From: John Brown >Subject: CDs for Sale >To: 4AD-L@AMERICAN.EDU > >Some CDs for sale. If I am wasting your time I am sorry but hopefully I can >be of help to someone. > >All are in US$ >Payment - Postal Order >Postage - $2 for 1, $3 for 2, $0.50 after > >All $6 [unless noted], Doubles $12 > >Cocteau Twins - Milk and Kisses > >David Bowie - The Singles (2 CD), Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, >Ziggy Stardust, Alladin Sane, Lodger, Low, Heroes, David Live (2 CD), Sound >And Vision (3 CD) [$25], Station to Station, Hunky Dory, Young Americans, >Scary Monsters, Diamond Dogs > >The Byrds - 5th Dimension, Younger Than Yesterday (the recent reissues) > >Electrafixion - Sister Pain Part 2 (double CD case) > >Public Image LTD - Second Edition > >Bauhaus - 1979-1983 Vol. 1 [$3] > >The Jam - Greatest Hits, Live Jam > >the Stooges - self-titled, Fun House > >Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role > >Soft Boys - 1979-1981 (2 CD) ------------------------------ From: HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-Sonoma-om1.om.hp.com Date: Tue, 25 Feb 97 10:34:34 -0800 Subject: Some Robyn, some fig/feg/fag Item Subject: cc:Mail Text Susan said, > As for "feg", it is a Scottish variant for "fig". Oh really? It isn't one I've ever heard of and I have lived in Scotland all my life, and in a number of different areas. I think you have been misinformed. "feg" isn't a word for anything I know of in Scotland (except us). BTW, if you heard it somewhere in the script for Braveheart it's probably bollocks. (Bit tetchy there H!!) There is another Scot here somewhere (whose name I have forgotten). Maybe he can agree/disagree. Since I'm typing I have to add my name to the ranks of fegs who dig Perspex Island (and not just because I got it new for $6). I agree that there is a lot of post production but the material and playing style suits that. I think "Respect" had the wrong material and too many acoustic instruments to warrant the level of production it got. Nice songs shame about the mix. PI on the other hand is lovely pop. (Oh Robyn, you shameless hussy.) PI is "lush", just like QE, but slightly more tasteful. Now if we could just find a way to mix PB & MS off the A&M albums...... () P.S. Thanks Mike. "AfterHours", how did I forget that? I also think your analysis of the "Waterloo Sunset" cover highlighted a truth. If the "bad" guitarist was indeed "Bignose" himself, doesn't that prove that, without all the image and mythology, he is crap! (Deliberate provocation? Me? How could you think such a thing?) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:52:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Gronotte Subject: Re: Feg Digest V5 #37 Could someone who has been to a recent show tell us how long Robyn has played? Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .