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 #94 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 94 Thursday May 8 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: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Re: Katrina etc. again update no. 2 boo hoo. We're Bored, You're Over and Always a Bridesmaid Re: new date (michigan) mrs. wafflehead is dead! long live antwoman! Re: Katrina etc. again Re: We're Bored more HITS Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection couple o' non-RH things robyn involved in syd film project Re: robyn involved in syd film project Re: robyn involved in syd film project Re: robyn involved in syd film project Re: robyn involved in syd film project RE: Feg Digest V5 #93 Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Re: Generic Post Re: A RH Reading Primer (Was: Musician Magazine '88) Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection (fwd) Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Re: This may be vile. . . . but it *is* RH related! Re: Bob Nylon Re: Generic Post Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Re: robyn involved in syd film project Re: robyn involved in syd film project Re: update no. 2 Re: Cope (no verbal slap&tickle content) fegmaniax in Berlin? Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Re: robyn involved in syd film project ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 19:48:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Hmm...I gotta say tyhat what I heard of Cope didn't doi much fo rme either... But then, all I've heard was Wilder. (My count: 2 good songs-Seven Views of Jerusalem, The Great Dominions) Could anyone give us a quick review of Cope's albums by themes and accessibility.. (ie. I like Invisible Hitchcock, but I wouldn't suggest it as a first album...) (apologies for typing..I'm on someone else's keyboard) Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 17:34:42 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth CC: Rob@nimbus.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Katrina etc. again On Wed, 07 May 1997 Rob Collingwood tiddle-pommed: > I don't think that this has been mentioned yet, but Katrina & the Waves > won ... the Eurovision [Song Contest] with a margin of about 70 points. Hubba wha? You can't be serious. The ping-pong-tiddle-pom-puppet-on-a-string- null-pointes-for-Norway Eurovision Song Contest?? *That* Katrina and the Waves?? How in God's name did they get talked into doing *that*? They must be desparate! Maybe we should have a fund-raiser for Kimberley. (You didn't notice any automatic weapons pointed at them during their performance, did you?) To give it a food analogy, if Robyn is a gourmet burrito (sorry, "wrap"), this is the musical equivalent of Cheese Whiz! (I'll let some of the Americans on the list explain that one) Please explain how they came to be doing this vile thing. (If it is indeed, they) and give my regards to Warrington, ~N ------------------------------ From: tews@vcommons.com (Eddie Tews) Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 14:46:19 -0700 Subject: update no. 2 NOTICE: you're still not trying hard enough!! as of Monday, May 5 at 2:28 pm PDT, i have received only 22 top ten favorite movie lists from the Fegs. what's worse is that the lists i have received are astounding. mind-blowing. if possible, your taste in movies is superior to your taste in music. they're that good. but i was hoping to get at least one hundred lists. susan, woj, anybody else who has conducted FegPolls--am i being unrealistic? or, do results generally dribble in at the rate of one or two a day? the rest of you--i'm begging you, send me your FAVE FLICKS! The Results So Far: it looks like a race for second place, as Storefront Hitchcock is just blowing the doors off the competition. it's probably unprecedented that an unreleased movie could top a best of all time poll, but maybe not too surprising given the nature of... ...just kidding. maybe next year, though. i've tabulated two groups. the first consisted of the initial 8 lists, plus my own. the second consisted of the next nine, retrieved on thursday evening. i'll give the results below. if you don't want to know the partials, or if you haven't voted yet, then don't read the end of this message. now i'd like to ask two unrelated questions. 1. has anybody heard about possible vancouver and/or victoria dates next month? 2. does anybody know where i can get my hands on some Maureen and the Meatpackers tapes, or rekkids. ok, here come the results, so if you don't wanna see 'em yet, then STOP READING NOW. after the first nine, there were three movies with at least 10.5 points: 1. Brazil 2. 2001 3. Henry V (Branagh) after the second nine, there were 15 movies with at least 10.5 points: 1. Brazil 2. 2001 3. Citizen Kane 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Raising Arizona 6. Apocalypse Now 7. Dr. Strangelove 8. A Hard Day's Night 9. Blade Runner Lawrence of Arabia 11. 12 Monkeys 12. Henry V (Branagh) 13. Wings of Desire 14. Blue Velvet The Princes Bride ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:18:18 -0700 (PDT) From: julie nelson Subject: boo hoo. I am being forced to unsubscribe from the feg list. Entirely too much mail and I feel my employers getting restless. I'm going to the Minneapolis gig at the Cedar Cultural Center, which is a great venue for Robyn. I've seen him there before. I have two horns and a tail, which is probably the best way to spot me, if any Mpls. fegs are on the list. Eddie Tews, could you store my address somewhere and send my the results of the movie poll, when you get them. I'de be curious to see the outcome. Thanks in advance. Bye, all! -Julie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 01:02:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Brooks Martin Subject: We're Bored, You're Over and Always a Bridesmaid We're Bored, You're Over and Always a Bridesmaid: These compilations were given "free" to people who subscribe to the slick weekly music trade magazine, "Hits". Hits is corporate musicindustry schlock of the most blatant variety. Rumour is that it's actually owned by three or four of the major labels jointly. Subsequently, the charts are even more predicatable than billboard -- just see who bought the most advertising. Anyway...The only place to find these CD's with the great Robyn art is in the used CD bins. Los Angeles and New York are your best bets for finding the throwaways of music industry professionals. I'm gonna go back to my lurking lair now, love, Brooks Martin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 20:25:50 -0400 From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: new date (michigan) also sprach Bayard: > According to Robyn's management, there's a new date that's just been added. > Here's the details: > > May 22nd (8pm) at the "Magic Stick" which is described as being a small i got a similar note from the guy who is, apparently, promoting the show: >Robyn Hitchcock >with guests The Rugburns >Thursday May 22, Magic Stick, Detroit >4140 Woodward Ave 313-833-9700 >http://www.99music.com however, the website does not appear to exist. +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 20:52:47 -0400 From: mr bean jeans Subject: mrs. wafflehead is dead! long live antwoman! fegs, okay, i've gotten in touch with the folks who are going to be running antwoman, the new fan club/information/merchandiser thing for robyn. they are in the slow process of working through all of the old mrs. wafflehead stuff and expect that it will be a while before everything is sorted out -- in the meantime, they apologize and ask for your patience. they've set up a temporary e-mail address so that anyone on the net with questions about mrs. wafflehead can get in touch with them. that address is . they say that this address will eventually be disabled once the wafflehead debacle is sorted out, though i've suggested that they hang onto it and make use of it. we'll see if they take my advice or not. anyways, the new postal address is, as i believe mark gloster posted: Antwoman PO Box 14864 London, W4 2GD ENGLAND a new merchandise list will be made available soon as they have it ready. woj ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury Date: Wed, 7 May 97 21:52:15 EDT Subject: Re: Katrina etc. again Have they done anything but top 40 style pop? -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 19:26:21 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: We're Bored >These compilations were given "free" to people who subscribe to the slick >weekly music trade magazine, "Hits". Hits is corporate music industry >schlock of the most blatant variety. Rumour is that it's actually owned >by three or four of the major labels jointly. Subsequently, the charts >are even more predictable than billboard -- just see who bought the most >advertising. Anyway...The only place to find these CD's with the great >Robyn art is in the used CD bins. Los Angeles and New York are your best >bets for finding the throwaways of music industry professionals. Insider info: The reason for this special Robyn art is undoubtedly longtime HITS staffer Karen Glauber, who is a major Robyn fan and personal friend. She also worked for A&M around the time of Globe of Frogs. If you have that RH promo interview 12" with Deirdre O'Donoghue released back then, I believe that Glauber is listed as the executive producer. Anyway, to use my new favorite Simpsons quote, "There's your answer, Fishbulb!" I also don't think your comments about HITS are warranted. HITS is well-known as the most irreverent and fun of the trades. And you can't compare Billboard and HITS -- one is focused on record sales, and the other is focused on radio airplay. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 19:46:37 -0700 From: Eb Subject: more HITS Oh, and yes, you're probably right about labels buying their chart positions with ad sales, but no, it is definitely not true that "three or four major labels" own HITS secretly. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 22:29:57 -0500 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection At 07:48 PM 5/7/97 -0400, Terrence M Marks wrote: >Hmm...I gotta say tyhat what I heard of Cope didn't doi much fo rme >either... >But then, all I've heard was Wilder. (My count: 2 good songs-Seven Views >of Jerusalem, The Great Dominions) There's more good songs there by my count, but yes, those are my two faves (especially "The Great Dominions)... >Could anyone give us a quick review of Cope's albums by themes and >accessibility.. >(ie. I like Invisible Hitchcock, but I wouldn't suggest it as a first >album...) I think both James and I have done this for the list before, but I'm never one to shy away from repeating myself... IMO, these are the "most accessible": WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH: (the album -- the song's on ST. JULIAN) melodic, baroque, unforgettable set of wonderful and scary songs punctuated by tasty geetar and Kate St. John's oboe. My first Cope exposure and I've been a fan ever since. ST. JULIAN: featuring Cope's only U.S. near-hit, the song "World Shut Your Mouth." Rock-ier, more punched-up sounding, perhaps the easiest for non-underground folks to pick up on, but since yer a Robyn fan already, that doesn't matter, does it? 20 MOTHERS: My #1 album of 1995, and also my pick for Best Cope Album Ever. Incredible variety, from full-scale epic freakouts ("Highway to the Sun") to aching gorgousness ("Lonely As a Cloud") to Tin Pan Alley cum Drudeness ("Stone Circles and You") to synth-dance-soul pastiche ("Just Like Pooh Bear"). Everything you always wanted from Cope but were afraid to hope for. FLOORED GENIUS: tasty sampler of the Teardrop Explodes and Cope's solo career through PEGGY SUICIDE and immediately thereafter. Fairly representative overview, if you ask me (and you kinda did!)... KILIMANJARO: first Teardrop Explodes album, post-punk fearsomeness spiked with almost Stax-like horns, Cope's genius still unformed and words fly in all directions, but it's clear that there's something goin' on around here. Lots of folks, critics and alt-radio listners alike, would tell you PEGGY SUICIDE, but I found it rather dull and tedious. I know James likes it a lot, so your mileage may vary. I wouldn't try JEHOVAHKILL, AUTOGEDDON, INTERPRETER (out in the U.S. soon!), or FRIED next (I like them all a lot, especially JEHOVAHKILL), 'cos they're fairly daunting, nor would I go for MY NATION UNDERGROUND (some real high points, but also some real lows), nor the Cope epherma like DROOLIAN, SKELLINGTON, and FLOORED GENIUS 2... Incidentally, to Mike Runion (thanks for the goodies from last month, btw!), and anyone else with I've traded the audio of Cope's MTV LIVE AT THE RITZ, I now possess not only a full uncut VIDEOtape of the show, but a comp of Cope's videos from the Teardrop Explodes days through "Charlotte Anne." So if your're interested in upgrading, lemme know... Hope this helps, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 22:54:10 -0500 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: couple o' non-RH things Quick agreement with Susan on Kinks as a Kult: in the popular mind, it truly is just "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of the Night," maybe "Sunny Afternoon," then "Lola," then "Come Dancing." Most people have the reaction that my boss did when I told her that the Kinks were my favorite '60s band: "really? I've never thought that they were *that* good. Hrmph." Of course, she's never heard anything from the FACE TO FACE through MUSWELL HILLBILLES absolutely magnificent artistic peak except for "Lola," so you can see why she can't fathom putting them in the same league with the Beatles, the Stones, and the Who... Johnny Marr: he also played guitar on a couple of The The albums (MIND BOMB fer sher, and the next one too, I think). In fact, I remember seeing a guy I knew from college begging a clerk at a Blacksburg, VA, record store to loan him $5 so he could get MIND BOMB: "it's got JOHNNY MARR on it!" There but for the grace of God, or if it had had RICHARD THOMPSON on it, go I... later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 00:10:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: robyn involved in syd film project Rumour alert... I'm hearing (from well placed sources) that Robyn's become involved in a full length full budget movie detailing Syd Barrett's career. The movie has been in development in one stage or another for well over 5 years now. However, it appears that it will (finally) actually happen. Robyn, the fellow that wrote the script, and the proposed director have (apparently) been having meetings. I'm just not sure how Syd's career can be stretched into two hours, but it should be very interesting. I wonder how Syd will feel about this if he finds out. Looks like RH decided he likes the movie biz (and isn't self-conscious about his Barrett influences anymore.) I guess he's re-creating the music, but who will play Syd? ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 00:30:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project > I'm just not sure how Syd's career can be stretched into two hours, but it > should be very interesting. I wonder how Syd will feel about this if he > finds out. Well, Syd managed to get a couple of months out of it, so two hours shouldn't be *that* ridiculous.. > Looks like RH decided he likes the movie biz (and isn't self-conscious > about his Barrett influences anymore.) I guess he's re-creating the > music, but who will play Syd? Anyone but Sonny Bono Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 22:11:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Wet Toast Tweezers Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project > I'm just not sure how Syd's career can be stretched into two hours, but it > should be very interesting. the first hour and fifteen minutes should be just one huge freak-out in full force. then we get 15 minutes of "real" music, as if the freak out was not enough, and then 30 minute credits with another freak-out. The only way to have it. this also begs the question of new recordings. supposadably, the 'diamond' box set is all there is that is worth it. i wonder how many bags of tapes will be discovered, a la VU's 'loaded'. of course bobby hiself will be now more willing to accepting the 'links' between him and syd? you know start at 1974; go to someone thinking tangentally [sp?] on record and off record at times, ect. you can imagine all the bad reviews already, and how you have essentially read them in past reviews. over, .chris ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 03:30:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project >this also begs the question of new recordings. supposadably, the >'diamond' box set is all there is that is worth it. i wonder how many >bags of tapes will be discovered, a la VU's 'loaded'. Hmm...depends on how you mean by "discovered." To my knowledge, the buried stuff is: "Vegetable Man", "Scream Thy Last Scream"-Never gonna be released. Roger, Nick and rick vetoed putting these on Opel. "Dark Globe"-Alternate version with backing vocals. Not too bad. Instrumental-Not too impressive. Basically an electric, wordless Swan Lee "Lucy Leave", "King Bee"-blues demos...not that great. "Flaming", "Jugband Blues"-Just alternate mixes. I can't tell the difference between the original and these "Bob Dylan Blues"-Syd has a copy. Dave has a copy. All in all, the Syd Barrett stuff that's still unreleased is either not that great or impossible to get. (The bandmembers are still opposed to official releases of any more Syd material) Exceptions: Scream thy last scream, vegetable man Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 01:50:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project Dare I wonder if Richard Grieco is available to play Syd? Eb, just back from a Wayne Kramer show.... ------------------------------ From: Ed Doxtator Subject: RE: Feg Digest V5 #93 Date: Thu, 08 May 97 09:51:00 PDT >From: Eb >Subject: Re: more Six Degrees >Is anyone else dead sick of the Kevin Bacon game? >Eb Stone dead sick of it. Any chance we could talk about more interesting stuff, like sweeping the ocean floor? The Kevin Bacon game needs a six-pack warmup prior to playing. Any fegs goin' to the 12 Bar Gig in London Wed., July 2nd? Look after yerselves... -Ed, Doc, I can't decide what CD to listen to this morning... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 97 10:09:26 EST From: kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander) Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection >IMO, these are the "most accessible": > a lot of nice comments, but no mention of PEGGY SUICIDE. i know there are folks on this list that like to diss this one, but it is definitely one of his "most accessible". some of his best songs are here, like 'east easy rider', 'safesurfer', 'beautiful love', and 'hanging out and hung up on the line'. it's a sprawling album with wonderfully twisted sensibilities that should appeal to the typical feg. ************************************* Ken Ostrander Educational Services Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50 Memorial Drive, E52-101 Cambridge, MA 02142-1347 Phone: (617)258-8016 Fax: (617)258-9181 E-mail: kenster@mit.edu ************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:00:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Generic Post On Wed, 7 May 1997 RIELWJ@sbu.edu wrote: > >From the esteemed Mississipi Malcolm McDowell (wondering if you hang > out with Dirty Harry Dean Stanton)... Occasionally we hang out and have a cup of Good Morning America :). (had to get that in, by the way- ever since I saw "Fire Walk With Me" I've been very taken with referring to coffee that way, though I haven't managed to get anyone else to use it). >I was instructed to begin my Bob > Dylan experience with B.O.B, and you're not the first to tell me > that, so therefore it must be true... Excellent logic :). Seriously, I must say, beware. Dylan is like Robyn in the sense that once you're hooked, it does become like a religion, and you become very annoying trying to convert people and such. I swear, sometimes I'm really as annoying as those people who feel a deep need to talk to one about the Lord :). > I work with this cat who's been > to quite a few Dylan shows and he said the same thing. He also said > Bob did 4 encores last monday night, which was odd because he > normally isn't one for encores. No, he's really not. In fact, in my experience (which is quite vast- I've seen him TWO times :)) he doesn't even seem to enjoy live performing that much. > I, as I often do, had a thought the other day. NO! > correct me--not that I have to ask you to!!), and if the artist > recieves about $1 per sold disc...that would put Robyn in roughly the > same income bracket as...Me!! Granted, he earns from other sources Yes, aside from live performance, forget not royalties from the prior albums and some session work (although I doubt the Captain's stuff is selling like gangbusters these days- I was listening to it last night though, and I have to say it's not bad, I've kind of warmed up to it over the past few months, but I still wouldn't listen to the stuff that doesn't have Robyn lyrics, all the same). > whereas most people will not pay to see me in concert (although > you're missing a hell of show) I doubt it not! :) > or wear Lord of the Dance themed hats > and cones etc. Where can we get these? Maybe it's just that people don't know where to buy them. You must -advertise-, m'boy. > Yours, the $6.50 an hour Angee's Italian Restaurant cooking > Lord of the Gnocchi...er...Dance You can be Lord of both, it's ok! Unless someone else wants to be Lord of the Gnocchi. Only since no one's stepped forward to dispute your claim, I assume you're Lord of both. If it's ok with our fearless cult leader, the Great Quail, that is :). Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:30:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: A RH Reading Primer (Was: Musician Magazine '88) On Wed, 7 May 1997, The Great Quail wrote: > Damn! I have been found out. I had my whole school order thousands of > copies to use as Reading Primers in the Elementary school. If I recall, > it went something like this: > See Dick and Jane's dog, Mr. Slugbelch. That's Dennis Slugbelch to you. Or Leo. Or Jeff. Now I'm really stuck. > See the dog talk? More than usual? > Dog says, "Yeah." > > Laugh, Dick, Laugh! > > Smile Jane, Smile! Oh, Dick's laughing now, but he won't when she makes him pay double just to be her candlestick. > See Dick and Jane suddenly transmogrify into a vasty mass of squirming, > pulpy flesh covered with tiny feathery vents and oozing tentacles and a > vaguely horrible erotic, um, appendage that sort of *whirls,* twitches in > the air as if to say, "Mr. Slugbelch! Mr. Slugbelch! The Lions are on > fire again!" And then lo and behold, there comes a mule, and the creature sheds its bags, and our story ends happily ever after. Remember this was many years ago, however, and now only Mick, Keef, et al. remain to tell of the fabulous creature and little Joyce's memories of executed cellists. > The experiment was a resounding success, and the literacy rate of > Harrisburg PA went, if not exactly through the roof, at least in entirely > new levels. And they all blame it on Three Mile Island. . . . That's not what I heard. You had better be careful lest they figure out whose idea it was to bribe the cafeteria staff to serve prawns and giant squid, because then you'll be for it. Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:03:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection (fwd) Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 08:50:40 -0700 From: "Runion, Michael R." Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Still interested if anyone knows of any personal connection between Robyn and Julian (have they ever played together, do they get together over tea and acid and talk about the good old days...). We know they've at least sat around and discussed songs... Terrence M Marks wrote: > > Hmm...I gotta say tyhat what I heard of Cope didn't doi much fo rme > either... > But then, all I've heard was Wilder. (My count: 2 good songs-Seven Views > of Jerusalem, The Great Dominions) While I think some of the Teardrops stuff is mildly interesting, it is quite dated in my mind, and does little to hint at what I consider to be Cope's future greatness (& perfection). It's sorta like...someone listening to Can Of Bees would most likely never imagine an Element Of Light, an Eye, or a Moss Elixir. > Could anyone give us a quick review of Cope's albums by themes and > accessibility.. > (ie. I like Invisible Hitchcock, but I wouldn't suggest it as a first > album...) > (apologies for typing..I'm on someone else's keyboard) I see Miles (Outdoor Miner) has already done this. Just to throw in my two RH-Content-0% cents into it, while I agree mostly with his rundown, I wouldn't say that JEHOVAHKILL, AUTOGEDDON, or the wonderous new INTERPRETER are really too daunting for anyone on this list. They are thick, sometimes complex and quite varied works, but heck, from what I've been reading on the list for the past 6 months, we're all pretty "thick, complex and vaired", at least in our musical tastes. And yes, I agree that 20 MOTHERS is perhaps Cope's finest achievement, even over PEGGY SUICIDE. Too bad (or perhaps it's good?) that the used bins of America are filled with copies of it (at least in Orlando). But then again, I've seen Moss Elixir in the used bins as well. Disgusting. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:56:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: This may be vile. . . . but it *is* RH related! On Wed, 7 May 1997, The Great Quail wrote: > Quail: > Well . . . . at one Robyn show in a Boston bar, he was playing last, > after Deni's band and the delightful Jill Sobule. So I go to the bathroom > in between Deni/Jill sets, and I am standing there, you know, doing my > thing in the, um, urinal, What on earth do quails do in urinals? :) > and I look to my left at the guy standing > there, you know, doing *his* thing in the urinal,too, as guys are wont to > do; Are they now? :) > and lo and behold, tis our Man Robyn. Well, he may be the focus of a cult, but I guess this proves once and for all that he is in fact human. I will now, as a faithful cult member, try my best to bury this dangerous information :). > So being a bit . . . drunk, Not -you-, surely! :) > not > to mention rather stunned at the surreality of the moment, I can see that. I have to say I'd be pretty shocked too. Though of course he would be more shocked, most likely, as what on earth would -I- be doing in the men's room? > I utter a > completely spontaneous, surprised, "Wow. It's, um, you." "Daddy, it's YOU" "You're too late! I've come to turn you on! BWAHAHAHA!" > ala Douglas Adams - before I could get it out. . .) So needless to say, > Robyn says something astonishingly noncommittal, zips his fly, and makes > haste out the door - I am sure that I made his "call of nature" answering > experience rather awkward. Probably :). > So I walk out and shamefully tell my story to my friend, who is quite the > Robyn Fan. She doesn't even blink: "So . . . did you take the urinal > sani-cake?" Sani-cake? GoodNIGHT, Gracie! I guess that would be what we cruder folk refer to as soap. Or toast. Or something like that. > Fortunately for me, I recently met Robyn after a gig, during which time I > behaved in a somewhat less moronic fashion. I am also pretty sure that he > did not remember me, which laid to rest that particular secret fear I've > been allowing to brood for several years in the back of my paranoid > brain. . . . And now you can rest assured that if Robyn is lurking around here in anyway at all, or someone who knows him is, that they will -remind- him of it, so that he will forever remember you as that weird guy who said "Wow, it's you!" in the bathroom! I know, people often tell me I have a very comforting presence :). > Oh, yes - speaking of less obsessive fan momentos, I *did* snag his > setlist after the fisrt time I saw him. I remember upon first seeing it > thinking: "Gosh, his writing really does look all loopy like that!" I > have it framed on my wall, sort of a fanboy thing to do, I would have done this too! He has beautiful handwriting. Gush gush. Oh what am I saying, I still need a frame for my autographed picture of Our Man, and I got that in -October-! It'd probably end up on my refrigerator just like that did. > PS - No! I did not return for the urinal cake! Sheesh. Why not? Then you could do something similar to what you did with Zappa's cigarette stub. Just leave it in the bathroom and then say "Oh, did you use that soap? You know, Robyn Hitchcock washed his hands with it once" and let them think that you were so cool as to actually have Robyn visiting you (and maybe intimate that you were quite flattered, but no, you just didn't think Mucky the Quail had much of a ring to it :)). Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 12:09:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Bob Nylon On Mon, 5 May 1997, James Dignan wrote: > Mississippi Malcolm McDowell (well if you can get Mississippi John Hurt, > why not?) sez: OUCH! :) > Have you ever been stuck inside of Mobile? Yeah, I was. Then I crawled out my window. I used my hands and legs, and surprisingly, it didn't ruin me. > Ever dreamed you saw St. Augustine? Alive as you or me! > Ever felt you were living the blues in an eternal circle of mixed up confusion? Yep. Man, it's killin' me! > If you answered "Yes" to any of the above, you are well on your way. If you > answered "Most of the time", pick up your copy of "The Basement Tapes" and > advance to Go. Does this mean I get to go to the million dollar bash? Yippee! I guess I'd better bring in them clothes...... > If you answered "Absiolutely, sweet Marie", deduct 5 points > for being silly. Yeah, well, I'd never have said that, on account of she's got all the downtown boys at her command- you have to watch her closely cause she ain't no woman, she's a man! Love on ya, Susan ObRobyn- didn't he once say he wanted to -be- Bob Dylan, only he couldn't because he was English? Anyone know the source(s) of this? ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:29:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Generic Post << Perhaps those so-called "lost" tapes he did w/ Ian McCulloch will surface. Some of the songs appeared on the surprisingly excellent Electrafixion lp last year. I hope for some good work from that band in the future. >> Just a friendly little FYI. Ian McCulloch and WIll Sergent are not Electrafixion any longer- they are now ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN. Yep, that's right, The Bunnymen are now the real article again (we'll all pretend that band that continued to use the name after McCulloch left never existed, OK?). They're out touring the US this spring and summer. I assume there is a record on the way as well. Cheers, Jay ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Date: Thu, 8 May 97 10:40:18 -0700 From: Tom Clark On 5/8/97 8:09 AM, Ken Ostrander muttered: >a lot of nice comments, but no mention of PEGGY SUICIDE. i know there are >folks on this list that like to diss this one, but it is definitely one of >his "most accessible". some of his best songs are here, like 'east easy >rider', 'safesurfer', 'beautiful love', and 'hanging out and hung up on the >line'. it's a sprawling album with wonderfully twisted sensibilities that >should appeal to the typical feg. Yes Yes - this typical feg loves that album. Actually, it serves a rather specific purpose in my life. Anytime I'm deeply involved in writing some 'code, I put this on and play it over and over again. I don't know why, but the mood shifts just keep me going. Needless to say, it bugs the shit out of my office mates! -tc "just leaving for the next Clark/Gloster/Reynolds/Winkworth fegLunch - today with special guest Glen Uber!" ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Beer is the only virtual reality I need." -Leroy Lockhorn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 14:04:25 -0500 From: gokhman@zakuski.math.utsa.edu (Dmitry Gokhman) Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project Lucy Leave is actually pretty cool... and it's obvious who should play Syd - Robyn. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 14:39:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project On Thu, 8 May 1997, Dmitry Gokhman wrote: > Lucy Leave is actually pretty cool... > and it's obvious who should play Syd - Robyn. I dunno about that. In fact, I know just the young man for the job. Ex of mine who not only looked but -acted- just like Syd. So much so that it was hard to know how much of it was real mental illness and how much of it was just trying too hard to imitate the man, as this kid had I think been told about the resemblance more times than was good for him. Though the physical resemblance was in fact, beyond remarkable and into the realm of frightening- when I showed a picture of Syd to my former roommate, he said "Oh My God! Is that ALBEE?!?!?" (such being the name of this person, though I think he did actually try to get people to call him Syd at one point)- but I don't think people would have given it as much thought as they did if the mental resemblance hadn't been so remarkable also. Those of you who have been on the list awhile may remember something I posted about "The Real Syd Barrett", well, this is who I'm referring to, and since I've already written a very long post about it in the past I'm not going to bore you all with it again. Here's an update, though, for the one or two people who may or may not be interested- he now lives in Maine and is married and has a baby girl. Fancy. I guess it all goes to show that there really -is- someone for everyone. Anyway, somebody -definitely- ought to tell the film people about him, though I guess it wouldn't be all that wonderful for his mental stability, considering there were times when he seemd to think he actually -was- Syd! Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 15:02:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: update no. 2 On Mon, 5 May 1997, Eddie Tews wrote: > the Fegs. what's worse is that the lists i have received are > astounding. mind-blowing. if possible, your taste in movies is > superior to your taste in music. they're that good. This is a "worse" thing? Really I think it's excellent news. Glad to hear that we Fegs have such excellent taste in matters other than music! Can a favorite books poll be far behind? :) > but i was hoping > to get at least one hundred lists. > susan, woj, anybody else who has conducted FegPolls--am i being > unrealistic? or, do results generally dribble in at the rate of one or > two a day? I've never conducted a FegPoll, so I wouldn't know if your numbers are going to get much larger or not. I'd venture to say, though, that perhaps you won't get that many more. I think favorite song polls and such probably get more responses. I'd suggest calling a definite deadline so that any stragglers who have been meaning to vote and haven't done it will maybe finally be inspired to get their lists in. Love on ya, Susan rapidly reaching posting limits, as not only did I post here several times, but also to the Paul Weller and Kinks lists. garsh! I really -am- a dork! :) ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:32:51 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Cope (no verbal slap&tickle content) >Terrence M Marks wrote: > >And yes, I agree that 20 MOTHERS is perhaps >Cope's finest achievement, even over PEGGY SUICIDE. Too bad (or perhaps it's >good?) that the used bins of America are filled with copies of it (at least >in Orlando). Including MY copy. Heh heh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 18:25:52 +0100 From: John Burgan Subject: fegmaniax in Berlin? Dear All I've been subscribing to the list for a few months now and would be intrigued if there are any Robyn fans out here. Mrs Wafflehead suggested last year our man planned to do a European tour but we ain't seen him yet. Furthermore, did I hear correctly that he recorded something in German (I think it was "Alright, Yeah")? If so, how do I getta hold of this, if only for the novelty value? For the record, I'm an exile Brit who finds that a diet of Hitchcock and the BBC World Service keeps me just this side of sane... John ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury Date: Thu, 8 May 97 17:43:14 EDT Subject: Re: Hitchcock/Cope Connection Terry rikal: > I see Miles (Outdoor Miner) has already done this. Just to throw in my two > RH-Content-0% cents into it, while I agree mostly with his rundown, I > wouldn't say that JEHOVAHKILL, AUTOGEDDON, or the wonderous new INTERPRETER > are really too daunting for anyone on this list. They are thick, sometimes > complex and quite varied works, but heck, from what I've been reading on the > list for the past 6 months, we're all pretty "thick, complex and vaired", at > least in our musical tastes. Kids, don't let AUTOGEDDON scare you off. It's the only Julian Cope I've heard so far and I play it fairly often. I bought it only because I read about Cope on this list. You're right, Terry; we're already listening to stuff that requires the same level of involvement. I've never heard Teardrop Explodes, and I only just bought my first Church CD (on the recommendation of this group). Radio here had abandoned new styles of music during that period, so the likelihood of exposure to these guys was slim. I'm half pleased with myself for having found them and half embarassed for not finding them long before now. -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project Date: Thu, 8 May 97 15:04:26 -0700 From: Tom Clark On 5/8/97 12:04 PM, Dmitry Gokhman muttered: >and it's obvious who should play Syd - Robyn. How about a guy who's played a S[y,i]d before? Gary Oldman! Then the whiny Chloe Web as Syd's mom - "Sydney!!!" -tc ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water." - W.C. Fields ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .