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 #86 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 86 Sunday April 27 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: Music In commercials Nickname Re: Music In commercials Re: RH cover art caption contest Re: Music In commercials Re: RH cover art caption contest Re: Music In commercials Re: RH cover art caption contest Re: Music In commercials Robyn Stuff Royal Queen Albert promo Re: RIEL's "no subject," and finally, some RH! Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... Re: RIEL's "no subject," and finally, some RH! Re: Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... Re: songs I wish I'd written Re: Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... Placid Strip Re: Music In commercials Re: BRUM: A Track Listing Re: Music In commercials Re: Music In commercials ------------------------------ From: BendMeOvr7@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:30:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Music In commercials In a message dated 97-04-26 23:16:21 EDT, gondola@deltanet.com (Eb) writes: << >I am not televison, although I am sometime a trailer to a Fellini movie Enough one-sentence posts already. Especially ones that make no sense. Eb >> You must watch Television since you cannot follow the simple three message chain of responses, I do not however, and still have my attention span, but I have pity on you.........so here ya go: On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 BendMeOvr7@aol.com wrote: > what is television? > what isn't television? that was written back to me, I wrote back the above response........respect what you dont understand...... ------------------------------ Subject: Nickname From: guambat@juno.com (Total Fat 17 g) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:45:43 EDT Here in Dallas there is a pretty decent NHL hockey team called the Dallas Stars (although they are sucking in the playoffs so far). Their coach is named Ken Hitchcock... some of the media people in town like to refer to him as.... ... Hitchy Has anyone ever tried to call Robyn this? Wondering, Guambat, I am the ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 01:14:43 -0400 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Music In commercials i don't care to step in like this, but i'd prefer to nip this in the bud. also sprach BendMeOvr7@aol.com in reply to Eb: >that was written back to me, I wrote back the above response........respect >what you dont understand...... agreed, but you should follow your own advice as well: to wit, respect the type and tone of discussion on fegmaniax. i subscribed you to the list not more than 12 hours ago, as i recall, but you've already posted almost a half dozen times with very little information about how the list's members tend to operate. you're more than welcome to join the list and its discussions, but doing so in a more conducive manner wouldn't hurt. granted, Eb is one of feg's, shall we say, less patient souls...but i've no doubt that some of the other more laisse-faire subscribers probably aren't too impressed with your initial posts as well. woj ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:18:40 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth CC: rreynold@ksjo.com Subject: Re: RH cover art caption contest Alright, I know this is really lame, but just to kick things off... RESPECT, front cover Figure on right: "Come on. Why the sour face?" You can do better than *that*, right? C'mon. Give it your best shot... ~N (At my funniest when I'm trying not to be...) ------------------------------ From: BendMeOvr7@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 01:34:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Music In commercials In a message dated 97-04-27 01:15:58 EDT, woj@remus.rutgers.edu (mr bean jeans) writes: << agreed, but you should follow your own advice as well: to wit, respect the type and tone of discussion on fegmaniax. i subscribed you to the list not more than 12 hours ago, as i recall, but you've already posted almost a half dozen times with very little information about how the list's members tend to operate. you're more than welcome to join the list and its discussions, but doing so in a more conducive manner wouldn't hurt. granted, Eb is one of feg's, shall we say, less patient souls...but i've no doubt that some of the other more laisse-faire subscribers probably aren't too impressed with your initial posts as well. woj >> well, despite what you think you know, I have been on this list for over two months now, but recently lost my account that you sent to......matter of fact, I am taping like a madwoman for a few lost souls who weren't on other tape trees.......but heck, if I am here to impress or be wittier than thou, I don't want any of it.............and again, i understand how it posts, and I understand it is your list, granted I did not cut and paste the original messages, but I am still thinking this is absurd.........I would rather not say anything at all then to get nailed for saying a few frivolous things......at least I dont write 20kb letters that make no sense or have nothing to do with Robyn Hitchcock................................ .......Vicci Hunter...... ------------------------------ From: "Bayard Catron" Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 02:12:11 +0000 Subject: Re: RH cover art caption contest > RESPECT, front cover > Figure on right: "Come on. Why the sour face?" LOL! > > C'mon. Give it your best shot... OK, OK. All my discs are on loan right now, so off the top of my memory [all front covers]: InvisoHitch: "So round! So firm..!" you&oblivion: "I know it's in here somewhere...." InvisoHits: "Duck... duck... GOOSE!" blacksnakediamondr^le: "So conical! So squishy...!" queenElvis: turnipman finds a private place to make a quick change underwater moonlight (painting): "Duck... duck... GOOSE!" moss elixir: "now that i've hid mishi's camera, i'm perfectly safe!..." hey, i'm tired, ok? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 02:09:49 -0400 (EDT) From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Music In commercials also sprach BendMeOvr7@aol.com: >well, despite what you think you know, I have been on this list for over two >months now, but recently lost my account that you sent to...... ah, my apologies. >but heck, if I am here to impress or be wittier than thou, I >don't want any of it no one has to impress anyone or out-smart anyone else to qualify for membership. i was just trying to politely phrase what Eb was a little more blunt about and keep your (that's the plural) exchange from getting out of hand. >I understand it is your list, well, actually, far as i'm concerned, feg is the list's list. i just try to keep it running smoothly. >but I am still thinking this is absurd.........I would rather not >say anything at all then to get nailed for saying a few frivolous >things...... trouble was, the frivolity was out of context. i just read over the past few messages and finally realized what your "what is television?" comment was about (i.e., the music in commercials thread). regardless of how much or little one watches television and how much or little that affects attention spans, not everyone remembers all that is discussed. i certainly don't. again, sorry about the from-the-hip response. woj ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 23:26:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Wet Toast Tweezers Subject: Re: RH cover art caption contest On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Bayard Catron wrote: > > C'mon. Give it your best shot... > > blacksnakediamondr^le: "So conical! So squishy...!" > [back cover] "if i can just hold onto this flying guitar, it will pull me of this record and nobody will ever know i was on it" thus, the promo sticker on the front cover would say "from the artist who brought you 'jet-set flyer' and 'greasy quiff'--who ever that is" looking forward to no prolonged discussions about list content :) (especially huge carl wilson debates), .chris ------------------------------ From: BendMeOvr7@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 03:59:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Music In commercials woj---- um, rough day, forgot to mention......not like I didn't pay attention either, was just saying......hard to transfer tone of voice on this damn thing....... ;) ------------------------------ From: BendMeOvr7@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 04:08:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Robyn Stuff By the way, a friend of mine works at record store and sent to me a promotional copy of Moss E (compact disc), as well as an opened copy of Mossy L, Fegmania, and Queen Elvis (album)............free to a good home.......I already have them.....please email at: awake@pacbell.net if you want any of them, prefer to send to one place cause of postage, but okay if not..... ---Vicci ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:14:21 -0600 From: meponder@bosco.meis.uab.edu (Mark Ponder) Subject: Royal Queen Albert promo Can someone please make a recommendation on where to get this? I'm in Birmingham, AL, and none of the local radio stations or music stores know anything about it (even the "underground stores", which is surprising). Any tips, leads, etc. would be greatly appreciated. I can pay in toast. Mark Ponder, the lost soul of a great bastion of civility. ------------------------------ Subject: Re: RIEL's "no subject," and finally, some RH! Date: Sun, 27 Apr 97 13:10:31 -0000 From: The Great Quail The One True and Only Righteous Lord of the Dance, Which We May Assume Includes the Lofty Form of Polka, writes: > Katharyn Bigelow directed "Strange Days" and the classic "Near >Dark" Yeah! Thanks for her name. That was driving me crazy. >(Bill Paxton should have been allowed to perform like this in >"Twister," okay). That would've been interesting. A vampire storm chaser . . . well, both characters did zoom around the Midwest in a van of sorts. . . . .but don't you think his nocturnal habits would have put a damper of his relationship with Helen Hunt? But then in "Aliens," he *did* want to "grease that ratfuck," her husband, Paul Reiser. So maybe Twister was really the revenge of Hicks. (Ach! Did *anyone* follow that?) >She used to be involved with Cameron, I think, >after he and Gale Ann Hurd split up. They may well still be, for all >I know. They were married, and split up either before or during the Abyss. RIP to one of the best husband/wife creative teams since the Curies and Nik and Mrs. Fiend. >I wholly concur with The Great Quail (a teacher who likes >Hitchcock. I thought I would be the pioneer there. You must use your >status as a respected figure....) Actually, I do, heh heh. As a chemistry reacher, I have already recruited several high school students over the years . . . . two of which are now die-hard Robyn fans. . . . oh, yes. I start simple . . . First, at the beginning of the year, I intersperse RH quotes among the others for my blackboard-heading "Quote of the Day." You know, get them used to seeing this strange name - "Robyn Hitchcock" - up there with the cleaner, more wholesome folks I quote a lot, like Oscar Wilde and Robert Anton Wilson. Then I start talking music to a couple the more open minded teenagers. ("Sooooo . . . .you like REM, huh? Hey . . . have you ever heard them cover this song, 'Arms of Love?' No? Let me bring it in for you . . . ") Soon a few of them want to hear more . . . and more . . . . and before they know it, they have been Fegmaniaxed, and I feel my web of power and influence expand even more, its tentacles reaching into the minds of eighteen year olds going off to various colleges, ready to infect even more, ha ha ha ha ha! And to think, their parents worry more about them coming home Krishnas, or skinheads, or God forbid, Amway reps. . . . . > All I can say about The 50 Worst Rock Records is that three of >them should be by Live. Egads! They are aweful! Unbearable! I'm sure >even Ambrose Bierce cracked a smile once in while, kids. Aw Jeez, Riel! Now yer picking on my hometown lads! Live grew up right around where I live, and I used to see them a lot in the local watering hole, the Chameleon Club. . . . Just because they are serious as a triple bypass doesn't mean they're a bad band . . . (I confess, I am biased.) Well, in any event, I shall stand by them proudly, so cast yer brickbats! > Making Christmas Cards With The Mentally Ill, Hey! Now we have the twenty-first century really breathing down our neck! Gah! And speaking of Moz, go out and grab your copy of "Meat is Murder." Clear your mind completely, and play Track One, "The Headmaster Ritual." Now . . . until Moz chimes in, damn, doesn't that sound like the Egyptians? Well, I always thought so, at least. . . . Quail ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- The Great Quail, K.S.C. | TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com | "Keeper of the Libyrinth" | Sarnath - The Quailspace Web Page: riverrun Discordian Society | http://www.microserve.net/~thequail 73 De Chirico Street | Arkham, Orbis Tertius 2112-42 | ** What is FEGMANIA? ** "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 09:16:12 -0800 From: Mark Gloster Subject: Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... I contacted the office formerly known as Mrs. Wafflehead on Friday (this used to be his publicity agency- they were also involved in merchandising for him). They told me that they are no longer associated with Robyn Hitchcock, or any part of his domain. I believe I have tracked down his new press person, and I will post to the list as soon as I get any information. Please don't call Wafflehead in the meantime. Thanks, -Mark Gloster The big rubber chicken o' love. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:36:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Wet Toast Tweezers Subject: Re: RIEL's "no subject," and finally, some RH! On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, The Great Quail wrote: > As a chemistry reacher, I have already recruited > several high school students over the years . . this sounds suspiciously illegal. of course, such an occupation sounds like code for something more simple (has pusherman already faded from the vernacular?). but, it does give a sympathetic outlook on the situation--such as outreach and support by an industry trying to reclaim a lost PR image. also, can you declare this on one's tax form? :) over, .chris (who feels bad about never making creative spelling errors, just lots of stupid ones--see last post) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:16:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Every possible onion Subject: Re: Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... Is this the American Mrs. W, or the English one? Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:18:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: songs I wish I'd written Yeah, I know, it's been a couple of days, but I meant to answer this one earlier and forgot! :) On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Ross Overbury wrote: > > thinking of someone trying to cover "Radio Gaga". I remembered right after > > I sent the post, but then I thought "nah, why amend it, some smartass will > > mention them", and I WAS RIGHT :). Dionne Warwick, eat your heart out! > > Dionne Warwick? I don't get it. Ah, I now realize this was a jocular reference which might be unfamiliar to our non-Stateside friends. Dionne Warwick has fallen considerably from her days as a Vegas celebrity, and now has her own 1-900 psychic telephone lines, for which she does notorious late-night infomercials that apparently Canadians and others are fortunate enough not to have been exposed to. > I drew off a couple of sips for the sake of quality control and > discovered slurred typing. Instead of cutting my losses, I continued > a shameful spiral of increasingly incoherent and irrelevant articles. > > Awaiting your suggestion of appropriate pennants (that one's on > purpose, I swear it!), How about a Toledo Mud Hens pennant? Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it/I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but if I say I am I GET IT! sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:19:55 -0400 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Warning: Heads of Mrs.Waffle... also sprach Every possible onion: >Is this the American Mrs. W, or the English one? the english one. the american one is (was) just a front so that dollars could be converted into pounds. +w ------------------------------ From: christopher.formaggia@virgin.net Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 22:20:20 +0100 Subject: Placid Strip To the former members of the former grouping once known as Placid Strip with nothing in common to the former artist once known as Dave Pim, Hello PS.....well I figured if they are out there anywhere it would have to be with the "Soft Boys". Nick B. - Do the mushrooms still grow in your basement? Steve H. - Did you ever find Sid B's Terrace House or is he really with Elvis? Is your father still well connected in the model world? Simon H. - surely you're not still alive? Christain E. - woorgh Boyo! Do you remember when the Maidstone Civic Group banned our album....and you just couldn't get it in any record shops. Yes...I still have it - it improves with wear. "Only The Stones Remain". Chris F. ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:52:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Music In commercials In a message dated 97-04-26 20:13:20 EDT, you write: << > what is television? The drug of a nation.>> Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. Jay ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:52:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: BRUM: A Track Listing << What about the tracks on the Handful of Songs demo (were they different mixes of what appeared on later releases)? >> Thanks for asking this one again, as I've never heard the answer to it! So? Sincerely, Jay ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:07:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Music In commercials On Sun, 27 Apr 1997 Hedblade@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 97-04-26 20:13:20 EDT, you write: > > << > what is television? > > The drug of a nation.>> > > Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. > > That's an in-joke, you know! :) Love on ya, Susan "I fought the war for your sort" "Betcher sorry you won!" ******************************************************************************* I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it/I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but if I say I am I GET IT! sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 19:10:13 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Music In commercials >The FLWD wrote: >On Sun, 27 Apr 1997 Hedblade@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 97-04-26 20:13:20 EDT, you write: >> >> << > what is television? >> >> The drug of a nation.>> >> >> Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. >> >> > >That's an in-joke, you know! :) What ISN'T an in-joke on this list lately? ;P Eb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .