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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: ------- ------- cyberfeg Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) RE: Fandom Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) Re: Blabblab Moving update: Crooksville, OH Minneapolis show / instore Re: Blabblab Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) Re: Fandom Re: One more Wednesday night Re: Blabblab Re: Blabblab Re: Blabblab Re: Fandom Re: Minneapolis show / instore Re: Fandom Re: Minneapolis show / instore Minneapolis--new album in Sept? Re: robyn involved in syd film project WXRT interview from 5/20 Marriage proposal (Astonishingly little RH) (Pane in the) Glass Flesh Review An apology, a few questions, and a thanks Re: (Pane in the) Glass Flesh Review Re: Fandom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 09:30:29 -0400 From: the woj of noise Subject: cyberfeg also sprach hal: >He talked about one day letting fans download demos and outtakes on the >Internet, even though he remains anti-computer. i'm surprised that no one else has commented on this. robyn mentioned that this was troublesome to him since he felt that it took the "fun" out of collecting. i'm not so sure that collecting is "fun" (more like a disease, from which i am slowly recovering ;) ), but i do find this troublesome for some less tangible reason which i haven't yet been able to fully fathom. (and no, it's not about the money.) any one else have any thoughts about this? also sprach eddie tews: >if so, would love to see a Robyn Concert Centre on the intrenet, [...] >is this possible? is it legal? possible, yes. legal, no. while i don't think it would be as much of a techical and administrative obstacle as nick felt, i'm still not volunteering. ;) woj n.p. whipping boy -- heartworm ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(KWI-C09)" Subject: Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 02:08:33 -0400 Hi Susan (and fellow fegs) Happy the Golden Prince (all 7 minutes of it from memory) can be found upon the Rhino CD Reissue of Black Snake Diamond Role, hence my spiel about that album. It was originally intended for the Zinc Pear album which was superseded by BSDR and prior to the Rhino reissue I think it was only available on the B-Side of a 12" fan club single. Well worth a listen. Dave ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(KWI-C09)" Terrence M Marks Subject: RE: Fandom Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 02:44:35 -0400 Well PJ Harvey is a rock musician who I find pretty damn sexy, although more for her music than her looks as such. There is also Elastica - I saw them perform at the Australian Big Day Out Festival and they were fairly lust inducing as a complete band (well the not so much the bloke who was the drummer but....). The first Pretenders and first Patti Smith albums were also pretty sexy but I don't know if that is quite the same thing. Hope that helps !? Dave. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 09:45:58 -0400 (EDT) From: mr bean jeans Subject: Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) also sprach "Baker, David(KWI-C09)" : >It was originally intended for the Zinc Pear album which was >superseded by BSDR and prior to the Rhino reissue I think it was only >available on the B-Side of a 12" fan club single. Well worth a listen. prior to the bsdr re-issue, "happy the golden prince" was on a bucketfull of brains flexi (issue #14) and on the flipside of the "eaten by her own dinner" 12" (which was a regular release on midnight music). woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 11:39:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Subject: Re: Blabblab >Charles wrote: >>Robyn was quite talkative.... > >So what is new? ;) > >I tell ya, I'm utterly sick of the contrived off-the-wall ramblings between >songs. Wow, I'm left speechless at this comment. Robyn's stream-of-consciousness stories are 50% of the reason I attend so many of his shows. I always thought that if you were a fan of Robyn, it was based in part on the between song banter. I've had arguments with friends about the whole thing being contrived. I stand firm on the grounds that it is not. Its not an act, his mind actually works like that and you can tell just by having a conversation with him. He uses analogies and metaphors that I never in a million years would come up with. The past leg had more banter than I can ever remember at a show, and apart from the deletion of the readings, I don't think its changed much for this tour. There was a point in time where he cut back on the stories (in 1991), because after the banter of the Eye tour, every review and article written about him had the words "wacky" "quirky" & "eccentric" in it. I think he said in an interview that it started to overshadow the music, with people yelling out "Tell us another one of them weird stories!" instead of shouting song requests. So until we come back around full circle again, maybe you SHOULD stay home. John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 11:39:44 -0400 (EDT) From: John Subject: Moving update: Crooksville, OH Lots of cones 'round here, even a birdshead, but no sign of Robyn. Guess he's off to the West Coast, right? I'm a little out of it. Off to Chicago tomorrow, then West!! Bye friendly fegs. Thanks for all the reviews so far. -- John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 10:31:45 PST Subject: Minneapolis show / instore From: kingink@juno.com (David A. Willems) I first went to the instore appearance at Let It Be Records in Minneapolis. The speakers were crappy, but he played three new songs (after an embarassing story about why he was late, involving tentacles etc... it seemed like he was just trying to give the audience what they wanted, but it just sounded like a parody of himself). Anyway he did: Antwoman My Favorite Buildings De Chirico Street Alright, Yeah ("this is one of the most bland songs I've ever written" - is WB Records making him play it?) Jewels for Elise (?) and one other new one, another woman's name mary-jane or something - all very good He signed people's stuff. Now here I want to mention something of personal opinion: I think it's very rude to bring your entire collection of Robyn Hitchcock/Soft Boys material to be signed by him. I mean people were giving him like 10 records to sign, including bootlegs. I think it's very inconsideret. Someone brought a blender he had bought, I thought was very clever. Film and soundtrack in February, new album not till after that! Anyway, show was later that night: In no particualr order Daisy Bomb something with "beep beep, them bones keep rattling" or something, new Alright, Yeah De Chirico Street Oceanside Madonna of the Wasps I Saw Nick Drake (if ANYONE has a copy of this, I'd do just about anything to get it!!!! One of the most beautiful songs I've heard from Robyn, I had tears in my eyes.) Glass Hotel You and Oblivion Serpent At The Gates of Wisdom Raymond Chandler Evening I Went To See The Gypsy Queen Jane Approximately (It was Bobby D.'s birthday) Gene Hackman Beautiful Queen I Often Dream Of Trains (He dedicated it to someone named Jim Walsh, and did the same last year. Is Jim a musician from Minnesota?) I might be missing a couple. Again if anyone has a copy of this concert, or in particular "I Saw Nick Drake" please contact me. I was off the list for a while, but some people were talking about putting together all of Rob's new songs (a la Netsurfer Ghost), I'd love it if this could be done, please let me know. Seeing as it will be near a year before any really new album of material comes out. Terry Marks: I still haven't recieved the tapes. Any updates? Thanks, David Willems ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:19:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Blabblab On Sun, 25 May 1997, Eb wrote: > I don't want Hitchcock to be SILENT -- I just want him to quit reciting > these carefully crafted "spontaneous" monologues from show to ok, what would you like him to recite, then? I think the talking is part of who he is, not a "schtick", and if he's running out of ideas, maybe we should compile a bunch and send them to him. I'll volonteer to collect these. show. They > ring extremely hollow to me for the most part, and only serve to fuel his > (supposedly unwanted?) "eccentric" image. Also, I want him to quit playing > "The Wind Cries Mary." Get it out of your system already, darn it! > > Eb, who thinks there are lots worse things in this world than Tom Petty and > who coincidentally just got the new Are You Experienced? reissue I just meant if you wanted to see someone who looks vaguely like robyn, (according to my roommate and "retinal damage") who probably talks about what the songs are really about or not very much at all, TP is probably yer best bet. Bayard, who has never understood these fourth-person-perspective sigs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:36:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Happy the Golden Prince (was Jewels for Sophia) On Sun, 25 May 1997, Eb wrote: > It's on the Black Snake Diamond Role CD, silly! (The Rhino version) Ah, that explains it. Did it ever occur to you that some of us might own earlier versions, silly? :) Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:47:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Fandom On Mon, 26 May 1997, Terrence M Marks wrote: > After reading various letters from the females of this list and of the Pet > Sounds list, I've decided that I'm going about appreciating music in the > entirely wrong way. > I've liked it for the music. OK, it was really hard for me to not get seriously annoyed, and I'm trying to rein in my annoyance here (so bear that in mind- some might spill over :)). The MUSIC is the entire POINT. I can't speak for the other ladies who have written, but I suspect it is the same with them. The attraction came about from an emotional and mental attraction and appreciation of the man's music. It wasn't like I saw a picture one day and liked it and said, "oh, I must buy some of these records". This is a -tad- different from lusting after Spice Girl #5 or whatever. > scare me. I've started to appreciate Tanya Donnelly professionally, so > that won't do. THERE'S the problem! That's the rub. You can't lust after someone you "appreciate professionally". Well, then, I guess maybe -that's- why you don't understand why the physical attraction part of this whole thing is the smallest component and how it grows out of appreciation rather than the other way around. I'm sorry if that comes across as nasty, but I did feel slightly insulted. > (This is meant as a semiserious question, not a backhanded insult or > suchlike) Ok, I understand. The whole thing probably does seem a bit mysterious from where you're sitting. So don't take this as hostility, it wasn't meant as such :). Love on ya, Susan P.S. Recently re-acquired "Groovy Decoy" after a long period of being without it. It's not as bad as I remembered it being. "St. Petersburg" is particularly beautiful. ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Hedblade@aol.com Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:02:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: One more Wednesday night Ms. Dodge wrote: << Tim came in after this. I -think- he was just there for "Oceanside". > ["This is where I want to be buried:"] > > Oceanside > Queen of Eyes > Beautiful Queen >> Nope- Tim was most certainly there for all the songs in the encore. In particular, I remember thinking that if Denni had been on board for "Beautiful Queen" it would have been breathtaking- the combination of Robyn, Tim's guitar and harmony, and Denni's sweeping string strokes (which really accent the tune). It would be the end all version of the song. Blinking on and off, Jay ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:21:11 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Blabblab John wrote: >Wow, I'm left speechless at this comment. Robyn's stream-of-consciousness >stories are 50% of the reason I attend so many of his shows. I always >thought that if you were a fan of Robyn, it was based in part on the >between song banter. You must find those banterless Robyn albums TERRIBLY frustrating. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:23:31 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Blabblab Bayard wrote: >I just meant if you wanted to see someone who looks vaguely like robyn, >(according to my roommate and "retinal damage") >who probably talks about what the songs are really about or not very much >at all, TP is probably yer best bet. I suspect that Fegflinger Susan may hand you your head on a stick for saying Tom Petty looks vaguely like Robyn Hitchcock. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:22:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Wet Toast Tweezers Subject: Re: Blabblab On Sun, 25 May 1997, Bayard wrote: > > you'll never know unless you go... IMHO a robyn show with a silent robyn > btw songs would be no robyn show at all, impersonal and almost scary... > one might as well go see Tom Petty. of course if robyn did a month of shows (straight, that is) in SF i would not be sad. but, yes tom does have his share of problems; so, i will take the short talkative bit any day. i think the problem with talking is that many of the stories are heard on this list before they are heard in concert by most people. so, we are still in the show and going "yeah, that is the same one that person X in area Y wrote up." in a sense, your not actually going to a robyn show, but a fegmaniax live! show, dig? .chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:28:36 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Fandom Susan wrote: >The MUSIC is the entire POINT. I can't speak for the other ladies who have >written, but I suspect it is the same with them. The attraction came about >from an emotional and mental attraction and appreciation of the man's >music. It wasn't like I saw a picture one day and liked it and said, "oh, >I must buy some of these records". Oh, come on, Suscolm. ;P Just because you worship someone's talent doesn't mean you have to worry about keeping your shaken hand dry in the shower and conjure up a bunch of lurid sexual fantasies. If so, I'd be drooling over that svelte Brian Wilson day after day. ;) Eb (sorry, should've consolidated these but there were just so many posts to read when I logged on this morning) PS FOURTH person, Bayard? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:33:09 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Minneapolis show / instore >I first went to the instore appearance at Let It Be Records in >Minneapolis. The speakers were crappy, but he played three new songs >(after an embarassing story about why he was late, involving tentacles >etc... it seemed like he was just trying to give the audience what they >wanted, but it just sounded like a parody of himself). > >Someone brought a blender he had bought, I thought was very clever. Funny. :) In a related story: In about 1987, the dB's opened for REM at my campus amphitheatre. The dB's were scheduled to do a record-signing session across the street at the local record store, but I had class (literally...no jokes please! ;P) and couldn't go. I also didn't own any dB's records (yet), so I gave my friend a beat-up record of baby songs I had bought for a quarter. I think the album was called "Baby's First Album." Anyway, my friend took over the album, and the band refused to sign it! Bastards. ;P Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:45:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Fandom On Mon, 26 May 1997, Eb wrote: > Oh, come on, Suscolm. ;P Just because you worship someone's talent doesn't > mean you have to worry about keeping your shaken hand dry in the shower and > conjure up a bunch of lurid sexual fantasies. If so, I'd be drooling over > that svelte Brian Wilson day after day. ;) I did not say that one necessarily lusts after everyone one admires. If you took it that way I am sorry, but I think you are probably just teasing :) :). Anyway, I was merely trying to explain that it isn't quite the same thing as some guy drooling over Spice Girl #2. It has a hell of a lot to do with the -music-, and I am insulted that people have implied otherwise. I am no teenybopper. I'll stack my music knowledge up against yours any old time. Besides, Brian Wilson hasn't been svelte for a looooong time! :) Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:04:37 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Minneapolis show / instore Someone wrote: >>I first went to the instore appearance at Let It Be Records in >>Minneapolis. The speakers were crappy, but he played three new songs >>(after an embarassing story about why he was late, involving tentacles >>etc... it seemed like he was just trying to give the audience what they >>wanted, but it just sounded like a parody of himself). See? See? ;P "Tentacles" indeed. Sheesh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 97 15:06:22 -500 From: spine@iastate.edu (James Francis) Subject: Minneapolis--new album in Sept? Just back to my e-mail after a wonderful show in Minneapolis. Don't know how much of this is repeated from other posts (sorry, if so): Robyn and Tim sound amazing together--and Robyn seems to me to be in top form right now--his voice and guitar sounded amazing, he seemed to be in a great mood (lots of in-between song banter, including a wonderful explanation of how Eric Clapton, as a fish, told him to start selling the cones), and wonderful new songs. I heard Robyn say that the film won't be out till February, but the soundtrack should appear in September!!! I hope things stay on target, because I can't wait! "Jewels for Sophia" reminds me wonderfully of "Come Together," but it's entirely unique. "Elizabeth Jade" is musically very much like early Beatles, and I think he and Time sound amazing together on it. I was thrilled to hear so many new songs: Elizabeth Jade I Saw Nick Drake Don't Talk to me About Gene Hackman The Bone Zone? peep Peep? Daisy Bomb (perfect!) Antwoman Jewels for Sophia Lastly, I think Robyn is making "Glass Hotel" into a showcase, signture tune--his guitar part on it now seems to have transformed itself magically into one of the most amazing things I've ever heard--it's light years more interesting than the last time I heard him play it which was light years better than the studio version. A highlight of the show for me. And lastly lastly, at the in-store appearance at Let it Be I had forgotten my copy of Mossy Liquor in the car, but my wife and I had just purchased a blender, and Robyn was kind enough to sign it and draw funny little eyes on it. All in all, a wonderful show. Sorry, again, if any or all of this has already been covered. --"Jim" Francis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:20:26 -0500 From: Hal Brandt Subject: Re: robyn involved in syd film project Bayard wrote: > > 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. If anyone gets the opportunity on this current "lung" of the tour, will you please try to get to the bottom of this? hal (wishing I'd remembered to ask) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:44:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: WXRT interview from 5/20 And one last thing- Before I head off to one of them infamous Memorial day barbeques, I wanted to get this in. Several people have asked me for copies of the WXRT interview. If you're one of them, could you get back to me with your address/list of things available for trade? So far only woj has given me an address. I need to know how many copies to make and where to send them :). Ta! Love on ya, Susan P.S. Still no one has answered my request for more info on this Martin Newell chracter :). ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Subject: Marriage proposal (Astonishingly little RH) Date: Mon, 26 May 97 16:58:57 -0000 From: The Great Quail The sweet Kay asks, >Also--O Great Quail--will you marry me? I know Ive asked Doug before, >and >I do have a real husband, and a best male friend, and of course Id >propose to Robyn if I had the chance and the nerve, but Ive alsways >longed for a harem, so please great Quail--would you join? You >actually seem to know as much exoteric crap as I do. Hmmm . . . . allow me to say that I am indeed flattered by your (and this is quite in the literal sense) proposal. I would also gladly accept your offer, and undoubtedly find oodles of happiness as one of the men in your harem, especially if it involved long and languid sessions attending to your every need while dressed in some silky flowing Arabian genie sort of outfit, as I suppose you would make me, because it strikes me that you would want a proper seraglio. Oh, yes . . . with the foot rubbing and the grape feeding, the hair stroking and the nose tweaking. Oodles, as I have said, of fun. Unfortunately, there does happen to be a Mrs. Quail, and she tends to take somewhat of a dim view to any harem-like activity on my part, which - alas! - also included myself becoming a member of one, as well as starting one, a proposition I have, like all other menfolk since the dawn of time, certainly entertained. So I fear I must regrettably decline your most gracious offer, my sweet Lady Kay, though accept a small quail in spirit to stay with you, always eager to tickle your knees with a feather (feeler?) and to fetch you delicious wines, soothing balms, and jewels the likes of which Salome herself would have found delightful. Again, thank you. The Quail, who lives only an hour and a half from Philly, which made this declination all the more painful, hee hee. ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ Subject: (Pane in the) Glass Flesh Review Date: Mon, 26 May 97 16:59:55 -0000 From: The Great Quail Bayard, Since you are going to the trouble of making a web page and all, I thought I'd give you some comments. . . . Please use them as you see fit. If you can edit them and make me sound more clever, handsome, or rich, please do so. ___________________ Ahem. "Comments on Glass Flesh" Thank you for making this CD! This is a wonderful disc, truly a product born from a mixture of love, respect, and that kind of genial insanity found only among rare music collectors and goldfish fanciers. One of my favorite moments is actually the very beginning: "Prelude," as magificently realized in the medium of Piano, Magnetic Tape, and Answering Machine. Not content with just a simple taped recording, Mr. Catron displayed the amazing foresight and vision to actually have cast it into the artistic medium of voicemail and let in ferment for fully three years. The resulting piece - subtitled "Bethesda, Maryland" - possesses a charm all of its own, and as such is a perfect choice with which to open the CD. I understand that Bayard is currently working on a new piece, "Der Ring des Nibelungen," all 17 hours on a tape-loop and subjected to the random entropy of sixteen years of background music at the Bethesda Uni-Mart. Although all the tracks are worthy of praise, I will constrain myself to only a few I found personally the most striking. One of these is "Brenda's Iron Sledge," which has been transformed by Kevin Slick into marvelous bluegrass extravaganza. Having something of an acquaintance with Mr. Slick (who was audience to my one and only stage performance of "Adolescent Poetry Hour") I can say that I am overjoyed that he selected this song out of his repetoire. Other than the obvious reason - that being that "freezing in a raw meat groove" is *precisely* the sort of thing you would never overhear in a Tennessee barroom - there is the unfortunate fact that his other two choices were "Uncorrected Personality Traits" delivered by shouting in German on a Nazi-era megaphone, and "Flight of the Iron Lung" realized as a bagpipe quartet. We can all sleep easier. . . . Another standout track is Mark Gloster's "Listening to the Higsons." Well, not really, but since he helped make the disc, I figured on being charitable. Though he disclaims (officially) placing any backmasking on the disc, I have no other explanation for the effect this song has on my furniture - My sofa keeps twitching, and every time I look at my clock after playing "Glass Flesh," the numbers all seem to be flowing, Dali-esque, into the words: "BUY ANOTHER COPY." Some other unique renditions of songs include a raunchier version on "Another Bubble," a mellow, pianoey reading of "Saint Petersburg," a version of "Queen of Eyes" by a guy who sounds like the Bevis Frond and admits he doesn't know the lyrics, and a song by Vic Chestnutt that *doesn't* sound like it was produced by the local high school's AV club. (oh yes - and how did he manage to record "She Doesn't Exist" in Athens, Georgia, *without* Michael Stipe playing some sort of role? Wow!) Another personal favorite is the unforgettable "Ballon Man" by Verge, who recast it into a Mars-invading kind of techno thingie with no real lyrics, all bopping around the barely recognizable original riff. If this is Flabo-vision, I want more of it! But of course, as we all know, the real treat is at the very end of the disk: the "bonus" track entitled "You're So Repulsive" by the Paisley Underground. This track is an amazing experience to rival that of any John Cage composition. I don't want to spoil it, but I just have to rave. After "Wax Doll" ends, a few seconds of silence are all you get heralding the advent of the final track. Then - you hear the unmistakeable sounds of the CD spinning to completion (a clever Pink Floyd trick, there!) and suddenly there is this amazing SILENCE that slips into the space created by your expectations. Slowly ambient sounds become more noticeable: the hum of the speakers, the barking of local dogs, the whine of the inside-the-eggshell egg scrambler downstairs. And still you wait for the song "You're So Repulsive" to begin. Waiting, waiting . . . . all the while the Enoesque ambience surrounds you, and soon you begin reflecting on your situation. . . .why are you waiting here for all this time? What are you doing? Soon simple self-reflection turns into sort of a Beckett-like brown study, which slips ineveitably into a Morrissey-ish blue funk: "Whay am I not doing anything productive, like say mowing my lawn or brushing up on local politcs?" and "I paid money to listen to some guy whose backup band is the Beaker People?" And so on and so forth, until at last a well of despair opens up and the self-loathing kicks in. Then it hits you - the song! It's true! You really *are* so repulsive! Sheer brilliance, I say! Bravo, Bayard! So again, thank you for providing such a wonderful disk! If you don't own a copy yet, buy one. (My clock insists, however, that you buy three and send a pair to your favorite Spice Girl.) The Great 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 ------------------------------ Subject: An apology, a few questions, and a thanks Date: Mon, 26 May 97 17:37:59 -0000 From: The Great Quail Hi Feg types, First of all, I wish to apologize for the last post I made - the Glass Flesh Review. I meant to post that only to Bayard, but I accidentally sent it to the whole list. I am sorry for cluttering mailboxes up with an old topic, especially one that was really meant for a web page! Secondly, I have a few questions, and if anyone can answer them, I'd appreciate it if you emailed me privately. Thanks. 1. Can anyone recommend a good Nik Drake CD to start with? I don't know anything about him, but the List seems to think highly of him. 2. The phrase "sullen entropy" from "Devil's Coachman" -- is that a quote from something, or is it a Robyn original? Lately it's been rattling around my subconscious, and I'd like to know where I "picked it up from." Thanks. Oh yes, and a few other things: Thanks to everyone for bringing up such wonderful new bands and things. It is because of this list that I picked up on Kula Shaker and Jeremy Enigk, both of whom I like very much. I also "rediscovered" XTC because of various people on the list. Thank you! To the Chicago Fegs: It sounds like you had a great time. I wish all of us could have been there . . . one day we should have a grand old Feg get-together in Chicago or somewhere else relatively central. Susan, you can buy the beer, Jay can put us all up for the night ;) Blabbwhatever: Just thought I'd say that I like Robyn's chatter, and I've only heard himself repeat occasionally - more or less repetitive concepts, really. Some is obviously spontaneous, some is standard. Sure, we'd all love if her were truly some sort of godlike artist who could never repeat himself and was always witty and "on," but he's just a man - albeit a genius - and I get so much more out of hearing and seeing him than anyone else, I can foprgive his "off" nights and the occasional overuse of tentacled prawns and so on. Even Joyce had his less creative moments. Just my thoughts. I also like Billy Bragg's chatter better than his songs (which I do love) even though I don't always agree with him; and Queen Elvis is one of my favorite Robyn CDs, so I guess it takes all kinds . . . Thanks, and I love this list, from Eb's cranky provocations to Susan's omnipresent charm. This is the only list I have ever really felt at home on. I love you guys. . . . The Quail, who promises not to use any fourth person sigs, but only because he hasn't figured out how to yet. ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- 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: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:36:36 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: (Pane in the) Glass Flesh Review >Some other unique renditions of songs include [clip] >a song by Vic Chestnutt that >*doesn't* sound like it was produced by the local high school's AV club. >(oh yes - and how did he manage to record "She Doesn't Exist" in Athens, >Georgia, *without* Michael Stipe playing some sort of role? Wow!) Firstly, I've been a big Vic CHESNUTT fan from the beginning, and my pet peeve is everyone who constantly misspells his name! :( Secondly, Chesnutt's superb 1996 album About To Choke has ZERO Michael Stipe input, as far as I can see. Vic hardly needs to rest on Stipe's laurels. :( I haven't heard Chesnutt's version of "She Doesn't Exist" unfortunately. The overall concept of Glass Flesh doesn't appeal to me very much, to be honest. Ever crusading for a majorly overlooked songwriter, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:38:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Wet Toast Tweezers Subject: Re: Fandom On Mon, 26 May 1997, Mississippi Malcolm McDowell wrote: > :) :). Anyway, I was merely trying to explain that it isn't quite the same > thing as some guy drooling over Spice Girl #2. It has a hell of a lot to come on now! are you refering to geri, mel b, mel c, victoria or em?? > I am no teenybopper. obviously not, since you don't even know your spice girls! :) [insert rude comment about spice girls and pet sounds here], .chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .