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Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/index.html Archives are available at ftp://www.ecto.org/pub/lists/fegmaniax/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- Re: the movie Re: FWD: Luna Lounge gig Uncorrected Personality Traits Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: 1 observation and 1 question Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits fanecdotes Re: fanecdotes Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: fanecdotes Re: fanecdotes Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Keef Live Death and Spectre for sale Re: 1 observation and 1 question Signing off for the present Re: Keef Mystery solved (I think) Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake 12" Sledge/Eerie reference Addicted to Noise Re: fanecdotes Re: fanecdotes ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:29:24 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: the movie On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 RIELWJ@sbu.edu wrote: > lousy most movies have been lately. There was nothing really soul- > scraping this past year aside from "Trainspotting," and "Fargo" > (although I insist, as a longtime Cohen fan, that "Miller's Crossing" > is their best movie. My fave, anyhow). Obviously you didn't see "Welcome to the Dollhouse". I don't know about "soul-scraping" but it was pretty dern powerful. Then again, perhaps your pre-adolescence was smoother than mine. > "Romeo & Juliet" this weekend, finally. I found it passable. Like the > idea of keeping the language for the most part, and I find no fault > with the actors or concept (any of you familiar with Shakespeare > revisionist Charles Marowitz?), See "Richard III". You must. Ian McKellan (spelling?) is EASILY the finest Richard I have seen, and the idea of setting it in the WWII era and making Richard's rise to power similar to Hitler's (entirely through set decoration/period costumes- the language was all Shake's) was a stroke of genius. Godard's "King Lear" is another interesting experiment in this direction, quite a bit less successful in my opinion but nonetheless interesting (and Peter Sellars, another well-known and somewhat more flamboyant revisionist, has one of the lead roles). > but it was way too loud, garish, and > over the top. Now, R&J isn't my favorite (I'm a "King Lear" guy) I vote for "Richard II". "Richard II" rules over all :). Also "The Tempest" really rocks. > Someone mentioned RH as "Hamlet." No doubt!! Or, more obviously, > Puck, or Touchstone. I can definately see him doing Shakespeare. I have no problem with him doing Shakespeare, but I think he'd also be well suited to play in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". And I'd like seeing him in the period costumes. Someone would have to bring me a drool bucket, though :). > I suppose if he ever decides to do a Disney film it can be called > "That Darn Vegetarian Cat." I'd pay to see that. I wouldn't. It was a stupid movie in the first place, and now there's a remake, and somehow I think the material's too tired even for RH to be able to do very much with it. It just occurred to me that were Carmen Miranda still alive and in her prime, a musical starring her and Robyn would really be a doozy. I'd not only pay to see that, I'd probably even camp out! > love to see him act. How about as the new surgical intern on "ER." > Oh, the possibilities...."Cutthroat Island" would have been much > better had it contained a musical number devoted to "Nightride to > Trinidad." Ehehe, now you're talking. But I still go with the Carmen Miranda idea. I can picture them now doing "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" and this particular mental image cracks me up. Or how about a series of road movies? Like The Crosby and Hope ones, only with Robyn and Igor? > He would make a great James Bond. The best, dare I say. I don't know about that. I kinda think that's more David Bowie. He would be a fab John Steed though. Also a pretty cool Saint (unfortunately the powers that be picked Val Kilmer instead. Silly rabbits.:)) > Yea, I think, thematically, RH and Cronenberg have a lot in > common. A lot of obsession with flesh and corruption of it and > disease and beasties. And Ballard. My beloved Ballard. "Crash" is one of my all-time favorite books (haven't read it? Read it. Now. Try to be alone when you read it too, for maximum effect), which is why I'm dying to see the movie and also deeply afraid I'll be disappointed. But with the perfect director and perfect cast, how could anything have gone wrong? It'll blow me away, I'm sure. Cronenberg is the only director, aside from maybe Atom Egoyan, that could possibly be trusted to do the book justice, and most likely he will. > Okay. Even though it's a cliche thing to do I'm going to list my > ten favorite lps of all-time. Since I'm new to the list I'd be > curious to see what anyone thinks. In no particular order: > The Queen is Dead"--Smiths No Pocky for Kitty--Superchunk > Globe of Frogs--RH Slanted & Enchanted--Pavement > Psychocandy--J&MC Fear of God--The Bats > Rocket to Russia--Ramones Bubble & Scrape--Sebadoh > Tim--Replacements Talking to the Taxman..-Billy Bragg I think I only see one Robyn Hitchcock on the list. BEGONE, TRAITOROUS ONE! :) Seriously, hmm.......well, you're of a much less "classic" (or perhaps "historical" is more accurate) bent than a lot of people here, I can tell you that much. Although I like some of those (particularly the Queen is Dead, which I in fact LOVE), none of them would come anywhere NEAR my top 10. Which is (in no order and just off the top of my head): Robyn Hitchcock- Eye John Cale- Helen of Troy Beatles- Revolver Bowie- Lodger Kinks- Something Else Roxy Music- Country Life The Who Sell Out Elvis Costello- Get Happy Dylan- Blonde on Blonde Tom Waits- Small Change That's just today's list :). Mileage varies according to mood, although "Revolver" and "Who Sell Out" are guaranteed placers no matter what. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ From: jlgr@concentric.net Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:42:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: FWD: Luna Lounge gig >To: tanter@econs.umass.edu >From: jlgr@concentric.net >Subject: Re: FWD: Luna Lounge gig > >I'll be there...anyone else gonna show. I need to drink... >dobbs > >>Next DENI BONET show in New York - >> >>Thursday, March 27 at 10 pm >>LUNA LOUNGE, 171 Ludlow Street, (btw. Houston & Stanton) >>F train to 2nd Ave. stop. >> >>*** FREE FREE FREE *** >> >> >>This is also Deni's birthday !!! >> >>If you don't live in NYC, please feel free to call any >>friends you may have in the city and recommend they come >>to see this hip new band. ------------------------------ From: jim_neill@rhinorecords.com Date: Tue, 25 Mar 97 19:49:57 -0800 Subject: Uncorrected Personality Traits Howdy. Pleasure to be here at last. I hope the Roy Harper list doesn't find out I'm cheating on them. Thought I'd address a few issues I've seen brought up on these pages concerning our (Rhino's) upcoming "hits" disc, despite the fact that the topic seems to have already been beaten well into the ground quite eloquently prior to my arrival. Hopefully I can provide some perspective. The "no rarities" issue: I really wanted at least one. We originally were shooting for Surfer Ghost, especially a version RH played live on KCRW here in (95?). Granted, it would have been a new song among the more seasoned ones, but time is relative in a Hitchcockian universe. Besides, to me, putting a new-ish song on would remove some of the epitaph-ish nature inescapably associated with retrospectives (and I believe the future holds many pleasant surprises yet for Mr. Hitchcock.) Ultimately WBros decided they didn't want that one out because they might want to use it later. As with 'Alright Yeah," which was floating around prematurely as a kind of "under construction" song before it ended up as a single from "Moss..", they wanted to keep options open and not play an ace too early. Whatever. The point is, they nixed it and I went back to the drawing board. I combed through some of the Y&O leftovers (y'know, that's the subject of another posting and would take a little digging...in a nutshell, there ain't really that much that warrants getting all foamy about...they don't illuminate or clarify anything as the bonus tracks on many of the new Byrds reissues do for example...the tapes of live shows and other ephemera that floats around pretty readily in these circles is far superior) and RH's product manager at Warners sent me some possibilities including versions of The Wind Cries Mary, Sunshine Of Your Love, The Main Thing (Roxy), Only The Stones Remain, and RH's submission of the title track for the film That Thing You Do (part of a pile of submissions for the film's title number, eventually won by that guy from Fountains of Wayne...but I digress). They were all pretty cool BUT then we had a conversation with Robyn during which we (a) established the final track list and sequence (NOT chronological, but aesthetic), (b) agreed on the title (c) lost the bonus track argument. RH felt it would be unfair for fans to, and I paraphrase, buy Acid Bird for the gazillionth time just to get another song that is only appealing in its unavailabilty and beholden to the covetous nature of getting something you can't have. Phew. So in essence, Uncorrected Personality Traits will be there at the ready if the film clicks as a damn fine "mixed tape" of many of the era's highlights. The track by track liners by RH offer wonderful hindsight and insight to the songs for those of you who might want to pick it up anyway. (We're discussing releasing it at a mid-line price to help get newcomers in the door, and that'll ease your pain too). The "fanecdotes" that I'm still receiving are really cool and should help convey a telescoped sense of just how much RH's music has meant to a lot of us and how deep and for how long that has gone on. PLEASE SEND MORE, we're still gathering. This CD is also ideal for turning on younger siblings, nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends of any age in a one shot deal. Would you rather hand them the 9 CDs with post-its attached? The cover art is really groovy too (assuming RH approves it...he's looking it over in NY tonight). It's an early 80s shot of a smoking Robyn leaning against a London Tram in front of Herrods that captures the essence of the period nicely. I think it ran in NME originally. Stray chutney: We wanted to do an A&M inclusive double anthology. I had already compiled it, but A&M put the kibosh on that one very quickly with their intent to do their own (with that oh so lovely cover, indistinguishable from the rest of the discs in the homogenizing "Backlot Series"). Best selling Rhino titles from top to bottom: Dream of Trains, You & Oblivion, Fegmania, Element of Light, Black Snake, Groovy, Invisible, Eye, Gotta Sorry to go on and on. If anyone needs any other info on our compilation or re- issues I'd love to help. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:17:22 -0800 (PST) From: Academic Tool Subject: Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Hey, For idle curiosity's sake, what was the track listing for the A&M section of the proposed double-disk retrospective and did Robyn have any input into selecting the songs. -chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:57:46 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake From: Terrence M Marks >Just something I thought up in my spare time, really... Florida is obviously one happening place... >Singing Range List: >James Dignan Bass or low baritone I usually think of myself as a low baritone range with a tenor's timbre. Which is unfortunate (Jim Morrison was the opposite, a high baritone with a low baritone's timbre. Much sexier), but it does mean I sing Neil Diamond songs really well! >Donovan Baritone but with an incredible range and a great falsetto. Listen to "Boy for every girl" >Viva Saturn: >Steve Roback Tenor whoa - back up here a minute... Steve Roback? As in Rain Parade? Tell me more about this Viva Saturn! >Yes: >Jon Anderson Tenor definitely alto! --- Marcy sez: > A source I can't name told me today that there is a lot more stuff than > what's on Y&O--about 9 hours worth. There's food for thought! and Terrence replies: >Odd...according to Robyn (or at least according to Robyn, according to the >Goldmine article), Y&O was pretty much the best 22 songs out of 35... >but your source is prolly more reliable than Goldmine was (no sarcasm) which only goes to show that the remaining 13 songs were veeery long! --- Though the Great Quail's thought cannot be improved upon (unless you are in possession of an assortment of substances not normally prescribed except by some very special doctors): a film based around some of Robyn's songs, directed by David Lynch. With Nigel Havers as Robyn; Jack Klugman also as Robyn; Bridget Fonda as Madonna of the Wasps, Sandra Bullock as Sandra, John Hurt as Clean Steve, Woody Harrelson as Reg, and with special guest appearances by Lauren Bacall as Brenda and Jack Nicholson as the Old Pervert. And then...we...er...ah...I think I'll go and have a nice quiet sit down now. >Why can't Robyn play himself, or some version of himself? Howard Stern did it. Howard Stern played a version of Robyn? --- >Also, what about the writer Mervyn Peake? Does anyone know anything more about him?< the following is an abridged version of what the Science Fiction Encyclopaedia has to say: Mervyn Lawrence Peake. Born 1911 in China, since the age of 11 living in Britain. His novels are essentially fantasies. He is also known as an illustrator and painter. Most famous work, the "Gormenghast" trilogy ("Titus Groan", 1946; "Gormenghast", 1950; "Titus Alone", 1959 - this latter reconstructed in full and rereleased 1970). The story of Titus's chidhood at Gormenghast castle is a coming-of-age tale, telling of the growth of Titus from child to adult. It is one of the most richly realised alternate worlds in fantasy literature, even though much more small in scale than its nearest competitors in this respect ("Lord of the Rings" and "Dune"). Peake also contributed to the 1956 anthology "Sometime, never" with another Titus story, "Boy in Darkness". Other works by Peake include "Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor" (1939); "Letters from a lost uncle" (1948); "Mr Pye" (1953), and the posthumous anthology "Mervyn Peake: Writings and Letters" (1974). Three books about Peake's life and work have been written: "A world away", by his widow, Maeve Gilmore (1970); "Mervyn Peake" by John Batchelor (1974); and "Mervyn Peake", by John Watney (1976). Peake died in 1968. James (wearing his "former president of the NZ National Association for Science Fiction" hat!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:41:33 -0800 From: meketone@well.com (Ethyl Ketone) Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake At 4:57 PM 3/26/97, James Dignan wrote: >From: Terrence M Marks >a film based around some of Robyn's songs, directed by David Lynch. With >Nigel Havers as Robyn; Jack Klugman also as Robyn; Bridget Fonda as Madonna >of the Wasps, Sandra Bullock as Sandra, John Hurt as Clean Steve, Woody >Harrelson as Reg, and with special guest appearances by Lauren Bacall as >Brenda and Jack Nicholson as the Old Pervert. And then...we...er...ah...I >think I'll go and have a nice quiet sit down now. > ANYONE but Lynch - PLEEEZE!!! How 'bout Adam Egoyin? Or Steve Buscemi? Too bad Derek Jarman's not still around. But John Hurt as Clean Steve? That's pure genius!!! Then who would play the man with the lightbulb head??? Sorry, jet lag's an awful thing... Carrie -------------------------------------------- Carrie Galbraith meketone@well.com "After God, Shakespeare created most." - Dumas ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:47:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: 1 observation and 1 question Dear Fegs, << >1 question: Probably an obvious one--a no-brainer, >but to whom is Robyn referring to as "trash" in the >song, "Trash"? I'd really like to know.... Robyn has said several times in concert that 'Trash' wasn't written about anyone in particular, just after a picture he saw of a nameless guy posing with Charlie Watts. In fact, he told this story again at one of the Knitting Factory shows last week.>> I've always seen "Trash" as an indictment of good 'ol Keef Richards. I don't care it it really is about him or not, the damn song is so funny in this light that I love to read it as such. Keef is such an easy target, but oh so deserving. He is trash. God he's pathetic... sometimes. Sincerely, Jay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:55:03 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Ethyl Ketone wrote: > At 4:57 PM 3/26/97, James Dignan wrote: > >From: Terrence M Marks > >a film based around some of Robyn's songs, directed by David Lynch. With > >Nigel Havers as Robyn; Jack Klugman also as Robyn; Bridget Fonda as Madonna > >of the Wasps, Sandra Bullock as Sandra, John Hurt as Clean Steve, Woody > >Harrelson as Reg, and with special guest appearances by Lauren Bacall as > >Brenda and Jack Nicholson as the Old Pervert. And then...we...er...ah...I > >think I'll go and have a nice quiet sit down now. > > > ANYONE but Lynch - PLEEEZE!!! How 'bout Adam Egoyin? Atom Egoyan. He is my personal favorite living director, so I will have to insist on coreect spelling :). > But John Hurt as Clean > Steve? That's pure genius!!! Then who would play the man with the lightbulb > head??? I got it! It's so obvious it's a wonder it only just now occurred to me. BOB DYLAN! Yes. Bob is the man with the lightbulb head. Accept no substitutes. Also, I am as annoyed with the choice of Sandra Bullock as Carrie is with David Lynch. Yuck. She makes me ill. How about someone with a bit more flair? Say, Jeanne Moreau......... And how about Peter Falk also as Robyn? Anyone? I also think that maybe Harvey Keitel would be a good alternate choice for the Old Pervert (think "Bad Lieutenant"). There should also be a cameo by Crispin Glover as Graham (you know, the one that no one ever lets dance). But the real question is- WHO'S PLAYING DENNIS? Love on ya, Susan who has too much time on her hands today ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 01:01:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Hmm.... One of the things that I think would be neat to include would be a spoken word piece... (Despite the fact that it's almost definitely too late..) My personal picks would be the Moose Mark story (recorded for the BBC in 1994) or the Great Ray/Moss Elixer Story. (I don't know how the copyrights associated w/ liner notes work, but I'd assume that The Glass Hotel or The Great Ray would be the easiest to get) Terrence Marks Second Student in the Tendo Kasumi School of Philosophy -Seeking enlightenment through normalcy. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 01:42:24 -0500 From: lobsterman Subject: fanecdotes hey everyone--- i was thinking tonight: why don't we come up with a group comment for the UPT compilation?? just come up with something as a group and submit it with fegmaniax mailing list (and maybe the e-mail address) at the bottom. we are a fun and formidible group of fans and it would be nice to make a comment as a whole. -jbj /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-//-/-/-/-/-/-/- John B. Jones e-mail:jojones@mailbox.syr.edu web: http://web.syr.edu/~jojones "condemned to hell for every sin but littering" -soul coughing \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:53:10 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: fanecdotes On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, lobsterman wrote: > just come up with something as a group and submit it with fegmaniax mailing > list (and maybe the e-mail address) at the bottom. Whoa boy! Ay carumba! > we are a fun and formidible group of fans Also a rather diverse one. I think we'd spend forever trying to find a statement that all of us were happy with, and frankly, I think a statement that would represent all of us and offend none of us would probably be so generic that it -would- offend all of us :). I also think we'd never be able to come up with anything short enough :). >and it would be nice to make a > comment as a whole. That it would, but I think it's unrealistic. > "condemned to hell for every sin but littering" -soul coughing > \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- and creating a public nuisance Love on ya, Susan just sittin' here on the group W bench with all the mother-rapers and father-rapers have I maybe exceeded my posting limit today? nah.......... ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 02:06:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits << Best selling Rhino titles from top to bottom: Dream of Trains, You & Oblivion, Fegmania, Element of Light, Black Snake, Groovy, Invisible, Eye, Gotta>> Shows how much I know now doesn't it? Jay "Egg dripping down his very red face" Hedblade ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 02:09:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake << a film based around some of Robyn's songs... Sandra Bullock as Sandra>> How perfect- she's already had her brain out and everything! ;) Jay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:15:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Infinity's Ragged Shore" Subject: Re: fanecdotes On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Truman Peyote wrote: > > > just come up with something as a group and submit it with fegmaniax mailing > > list (and maybe the e-mail address) at the bottom. > > Whoa boy! Ay carumba! > > That it would, but I think it's unrealistic. actually, i think susan has got the first part of it up there. perhaps the whole thing might look like this... "Whoa boy! Ay carumba! Another compilation, sampler thingy!" I might be overly simple but might get a majority of the list's idea across, or am i being to simple. wishing i could boast about "doneness" controls, .chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 02:44:09 -0500 From: lobsterman Subject: Re: fanecdotes >On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, lobsterman wrote: > >> just come up with something as a group and submit it with fegmaniax mailing >> list (and maybe the e-mail address) at the bottom. > >Whoa boy! Ay carumba! > >> we are a fun and formidible group of fans > >Also a rather diverse one. I think we'd spend forever trying to find a >statement that all of us were happy with, and frankly, I think a statement >that would represent all of us and offend none of us would probably be so >generic that it -would- offend all of us :). >I also think we'd never be able to come up with anything short enough :). my point is that there are alot of robyn fans out there that don't know that this list exists. The existence of a robyn fan club on the internet has never made it to any kind of print that i know of (and certainly never in any of robyn's cd booklets) , so getting our name and address out there would help spread the word (and make this list even more diverse and bring in more "public nuisances" but hey, they deserve the enjoyment that this list brings as much as we do.) its obvious that robyn knows we're here, but sometimes it seems like he'd like to forget. and i wonder why that is. 'night, mother. -jbj /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-//-/-/-/-/-/-/- John B. Jones e-mail:jojones@mailbox.syr.edu web: http://web.syr.edu/~jojones "condemned to hell for every sin but littering" -soul coughing \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 02:41:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake << But the real question is- WHO'S PLAYING DENNIS? >> Mr. Hopper as himself, of course! Jay ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 02:31:27 -0600 (CST) From: Truman Peyote Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 Hedblade@aol.com wrote: > << But the real question is- WHO'S PLAYING DENNIS? >> > > Mr. Hopper as himself, of course! Personally I vote for Tom Clark's cat, also conveniently named Dennis. Love on ya, Susan nerding out severely here in old Chi-town ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:37:30 -0500 From: mlang@inch.com (Matrix) Subject: Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits Hey Jim, I begun my Odyssey with Roy Harper by finding a copy of One of Those Days in England (subtitle? Bullinghamvase) about 10 years ago at a record convention and I really loved it especially Cherishing the Lonesome.... wonderful song. I then bought Folkjokeopus and the rolling paper parody one (way more recent) and I didn't get into either one of them. Can you give me a brief synopsis of which Roy Harper albums are essential, and if they are available, etc. I have also heard that Stormcock is a good one. Steve Matrick ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 07:59:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: Uncorrected Personality Traits ======== Original Message ======== << Best selling Rhino titles from top to bottom: Dream of Trains, You & Oblivion, Fegmania, Element of Light, Black Snake, Groovy, Invisible, Eye, Gotta>> Shows how much I know now doesn't it? Jay "Egg dripping down his very red face" Hedblade ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== Lesson 1: "Gotta" have bonus trax if you wanna move those reissues! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 08:14:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Keef Jay laid THIS oily rag in the feg toolshed: >I've always seen "Trash" as an indictment of good 'ol Keef Richards. I >don't >care it it really is about him or not, the damn song is so funny in this >light that I love to read it as such. Keef is such an easy target, but oh >so >deserving. He is trash. God he's pathetic... sometimes. You're talking about a Rock & Roll icon here, and no matter what he's become in his old age I'd be willing to bet that Robyn Hitchcock doesn't share your view. Slag Mick if you want, but leave Kieth alone. He's always been genuine. -russ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:31:26 -0500 From: lobsterman Subject: Live Death and Spectre for sale This week I was given a gift of "Live Death" and "Spectre" CDs. Wow! Trouble is, I already had copies. So I am selling my original copies. I am selling each of these for $2 more (each) than what I paid for them. $1 dollar of this will go to postage, the other dollar will go to me, as profit, so I can tell me wife that all this cd collector stuff is lucrative :). First come, first serve. Live Death: $37 Spectre: $27 Thanks. -jbj /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-//-/-/-/-/-/-/- John B. Jones e-mail:jojones@mailbox.syr.edu web: http://web.syr.edu/~jojones "condemned to hell for every sin but littering" -soul coughing \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:31:47 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: 1 observation and 1 question On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, The Guambat wrote: > 1 question: Probably an obvious one--a no-brainer, > but to whom is Robyn referring to as "trash" in the > song, "Trash"? I'd really like to know.... You could try asking Charlie Watts... - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:42:44 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Signing off for the present I am just saying goodbye for a while. Hope to be back sometime next month. In the meantime, I might bump into you if you happen to be in Izmir, Ashdod, Cairo or Santorini: I'm the one in the 'Lightbulb Head' T-shirt! Leaving you with this quotation: "Nothing is more deserted and Chirico-like than a Naples street at night - grey shuttered houses, dark, silent, mysterious, sinister". Diary of Barbara Pym, 30th November 1944 Cheers - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Keef From: guambat@juno.com (The Guambat) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:53:08 EST Yeah, KR is "genuine"... maybe moreso that the Mickster, but I have to agree with Jay in that Keith is quite pathetic. And before I touch off a haelstrom of bitter Stones' fans' angry retribution--I mean "pathetic" in the strictest of senses--that is, "arousing sympathy, pity or tenderness" (good ol' Webster's) I think one of the funniest SNL bits of all time was when Mick was on and he did a skit with Mike Myers. Mike Myers played Mick and Mick played Keith--complete with unintelligible and unfinished ramblings... it was so biting and just made one wonder how much the glimmer twins HAD actually "kissed and made up" ! Robyn content: Funny, but I just remembered this... back in the 80's when I was first introduced to Robyn's music, I got a copy of the "Brenda's Iron Sledge" EP, which has an Egyptians version of "Only the Stones Remain" as a B-side. In my infantile musings, I humorously pondered whether the stones that remain are, indeed, "The Stones"...! In other words, the world has ended, everything is destroyed-- except the Rolling Stones... because they seem to outlast everything else around them... Well, I know that's stupid-- and definitely not what the song is about, but it's fun to think about! Thanks for letting me spout, guambat ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:39:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: Mystery solved (I think) As fate would have it, I was record shopping on Sunday and ran across a copy of the Brenda's Iron Sledge 12". You'll recall a few of us were curious about conflicting reports in relation to the track(s) "Pit Of Souls." Anyway, the Country Version is of course on Invisible Hitchcock, while the Brenda 12" has the song in 4 movements. The versions on the 12" are the same as the ones added to the Rhino version of fegMANIA! At least that's what it appears to be- I didn't actually listen to the 12" to check, but the names of the movements are the same. Alas, one less piece of vinyl you'll have to shell out the dosh for. Sorry if this was painfully obvious to any of you, but even woj was curious. Blinking On And Off, Jay ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:30:23 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: pitch, film, Y&O and Peake On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Truman Peyote wrote: > I also think that maybe Harvey Keitel would be a good alternate choice for > the Old Pervert (think "Bad Lieutenant"). The late Keith Moon is ideal for this part... > > But the real question is- WHO'S PLAYING DENNIS? I would have thought Anyone for Dennis - wouldn't that be nice? - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:30:18 -0500 From: Hal Brandt Subject: 12" Sledge/Eerie reference Hedblade@aol.com wrote: > > As fate would have it, I was record shopping on Sunday and ran across a copy > of the Brenda's Iron Sledge 12". The versions on the 12" are the same > as the ones added to the Rhino version of fegMANIA! Alas, one less piece of vinyl you'll have to > shell out the dosh for. Unless, of course, you want the cool cartoon on the cover that illustrates the lyrics of "Brenda's Iron Sledge" (well worth getting!) On another note: Don't know if this has been mentioned before now, but while listening to the 6.14.89 Lisner Aud. Wash.DC tape, I noticed, in the intro to "I Got A Message For You", Robyn using the phrase "Eerie Green Storm Lantern". A genuine message from the future...documented! hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:57:26 -0800 (PST) From: Griffith Davies Subject: Addicted to Noise A nice little review of Robyn's performance last saturday (22 March) at the Addicted to Noise website. It is in today's (26 March) daily news section. Other than a few typo's, it isn't bad. griffith ______________________________________________________________ Griffith Davies hbrtv219@email.csun.edu ------------------------------ From: mrd@world.std.com (Mitchell R Dickerman) Subject: Re: fanecdotes Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:39:55 -0500 (EST) > i think mitch should send in his conversation with robyn about the list > when robyn said "if i want to know what i'm up to; i know where to look". > that would be a nifty acknowledgment of our existance. how 'bout it mitch? Huh, I forgot that part. I sent an abbreviated exchange to James, I'll have to look through my old postings to get the proper discussion. I believe I sent it in at the time... Mitch ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 17:05:51 EST Subject: Re: fanecdotes > > > i think mitch should send in his conversation with robyn about the list > > when robyn said "if i want to know what i'm up to; i know where to look". > > that would be a nifty acknowledgment of our existance. how 'bout it mitch? > > Huh, I forgot that part. I sent an abbreviated exchange to James, I'll have > to look through my old postings to get the proper discussion. I believe I > sent it in at the time... > > Mitch > How about "If life was a waiting room, I suppose I'd be a magazine. But it's not." - RH on us. or "Do you talk about Eric Clapton?" DISCLAIMER: These quotes from memory. Robyn doesn't understand us. He seems to think we spend our time fantasizing where we might take him for lunch, or trying to fake his handwriting on our computers, or imagining what his genitals might be like. -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .