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 #115 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 115 Wednesday May 28 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: Fandom babble babble boils and gerbils... Arty fact and fiction fegmaniax exist! Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? plus extra ticket! Re: Arty fact and fiction Re: Fandom Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? femaliax! Robyn Haikuchcock Re: Fandom A female's curiousity is piqued Re: Repercussions of my post Re: Arty fact and fiction Travellog Part III: Davenport, IA Apology for airing our dirty hotel towels here. Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? Re: Fandom Re: babble babble bopils and gerbils (no RH) Re: Scanner anyone? Trial size. Used by juries everywhere... Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? Re: Repercussions of my post Re: What we call ourselves Fwd: Robyn in Boulder Re: fegmaniax exist! Beautiful Queen/BOB road-weary Robyn Curiosity ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 22:14:05 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Fandom >Now I really do have a bone to pick with you on this one. I don't mean >this as an attack on anyone, rather a defense of myself :). Who said it >didn't come first for me either? Since when were lust and respect >completely incompatible with each other? I really have to say I dont >understand this attitude! While I understand that you feel annoyed at >being lumped in with us infatuated ones merely because you are also female >:), it does make me feel a bit defensive when people suggest that the >music has nothing to do with my appreciation. In fact, it has -everything- >to do with it. Generally when I deeply lust after someone, the physical >factor usually plays less of a role than everything else- my lust usually >is a result of respect, admiration, and/or a feeling of emotional kinship. No flames intended, or planned on: Amen!! Couldn't have said it better, Susan.. Love on *you* LSDiamond, trying not to post more than Mississippi Malcom.. ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last updated 17 May 1997 http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542 me dad just lost our bookmark file. if i need to have your URL, please send it to me! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 20:55:16 -0700 From: "Mark \"the rubber chicken of love\" Gloster" Subject: babble babble boils and gerbils... I think Robyn is one of the few last bards remaining. The anglo tradition, it may be nordic actually, of people who roamed and entertained with stories and song is one I thoroughly enjoy. Sometimes they would change the endings to make the stories interesting to themselves, and they challenged themselves to keep things fresh and fun. Sometimes they would report news of the next town, the shire, or the greater world as they knew it. Other times they would just try to make people laugh. I've seen Adrian Legg and Robyn Williamson, when they talked for most of their shows- I had a great time when these "wags" would wander about, mentally spinning yarns about nothing and everything. I have the opportunity to see Martin Simpson rather frequently since he gave up the old country for Santa Cruz. He's a great story teller, but he doesn't bother to do it much. He keeps a high music/babble ratio as does Robyn. It is hard for an entertainer to always be "on." With the soundperson garnishing the monitors with unplanned feedback enhancements (tm), the front row personages vomiting their MD and Mickeys bigmouths into my rack, the crack, and I do mean crack, lightperson shining laser bazookas through my glasses, burning a perfect 8 through the back of my head- I hope my audience understands when I start to repeat myself, or begin slobbering uncontrollably and put pencils in my ears and underpants on my head and just say "wubble," for that matter (apologies to Mr. Adder). That said, I can see how hearing the same story over and over to a feg can get old. Susan- happy birthday, it's got to be soon if it hasn't happened already. Eddy T.- if you are chasing Robyn, you will have to be able to deal with his hormone-overdriven female fans. I wish you luck and survival. Enough for now, -markg One who is capable of lusting women from data supplied from any cranial sensory organs, outer extremities, and probably everything between as well. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 16:06:23 +1200 (NZST) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Arty fact and fiction >> Definitely 'artefact' round here - I have never seen any other spelling. > >And I had never seen it spelled -that- way, but always "artifact". One of >those things. heh. Just to confuse matters further, I've seen it as "artefact" when it refers to evidence of earlier times or a glitch in experimental results, but as artifact when it refers to something deliberately created for posterity or to be regarded as art! Since these two definitions overlap a little, I've seen both crop up for the same thing, and have more than once seen something described as "both an artefact and an artifact". >Eh, how do I get stuck with the drinks tab? That's not fair! :) "the drinks tab". hmm... is that the chords to "Certainly Cliquot"? >Kate Bush seems like the obvious choice. She's got the goods musically and >physically. Well, since most of you won't have heard of Jenny Morris, I'd probably put my vote down for either Kate Bush or Tori Amos. And I'm glad that Curve have reformed... >>> I always thought he said "It's just a 109 zone..." My question is >>> what does 109 have to do with anything? >> >>Support at last! Just a thought: is the lyric different on the Portland >>Arms, which is the version I know best, and the other one, wherever it is? do we have a FAQ? And if so, why isn't this one on it? "He just-a 109's 'em" refers to the Dr. Messerschmidt of the previous line, creator of the ME-109, Germany's most potent warplane of World War 2. PS - what with this and the Yip song, are there any other Robyn songs which refer to warplanes? >>> Probably the most sexually explicit song I have heard by anyone, let alone >>> by Robyn, is Happy the Golden Prince. listen to some Tim Buckley sometime! James, the linguistically confused James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 23:16:32 -0500 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: fegmaniax exist! My wife Melissa and I spent part of our Chicago weekend in the company of fellow Fegs Andy Snyder and the illustrious Mississippi Truman Susan Malcolm Peyote McDowell Dodge, who were kind enough to give up their holiday Saturdays to go record shopping with us. I'm hoping a good time was had by all; Melissa and I certainly enjoyed it well enough, and all of us were seen carrying off more CDs than we could possibly afford. (I was happy to find the CD reissue of the Swans' terrifying CHILDREN OF GOD, as well as some Barbara Manning-related CDs; also nabbed LPs by R. Stevie Moore and Gruppo Sportivo, and got a vinyl copy of the DAYS OF DEFORMITY ep by Nashville's late, lamented, partially incarcerated Grinning Plowman.) Anyway, in case you couldn't tell from their public postings here, both of 'em are at least as interesting and affable as they seem to be via the written word, which is saying quite a bit. Here's a public thanks to both for graciously consenting to have our company foisted upon them! luv L-U-V on the both of ya, Miles, who would willingly be Polly Jean Harvey's anything, and who will say once again that Robyn is strikingly handsome in person ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:16:06 -0700 From: Grant & Lorrie Subject: Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? plus extra ticket! > On Tue, 27 May 1997, LSDiamond wrote: > > > So, just how many women *are* on this list, anyway? > > well, i've been here lurking for quite awhile...but don't count me because i'll be unsubbing (not that i don't love it here, just personal stuff). also, are there any northwestern fegs going to the portland show who need a ticket? i am in possession of an extra one, and will sell it for what i paid for it--$18.00. let me know, and i'll mail it to you. e-mail me at this address in the next few days, or at lorrie@insureoregon.com and we can set something up. thanks, lorrie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 23:33:10 -0500 From: Outdoor Miner Subject: Re: Arty fact and fiction Our beloved James D. from N.Z. writes: >Well, since most of you won't have heard of Jenny Morris, I'd probably put >my vote down for either Kate Bush or Tori Amos. And I'm glad that Curve >have reformed... Ah, another Curve fan! Toni Halliday's always a winner in the looks and talent department in my book. CUCKOO is one of the most underrated albums of the '90s. Oh, and didja know that Toni sang *prominent* backup vocals on Robert Plant's 1985 album SHAKEN 'N' STIRRED? Just thought you'd like to know... I'm also adding to the "looks and talent" list Veruca Salt's Louise Post, who I had the pleasure of seeing live in concert Sunday in Chicago -- I had never been a big Veruca Salt fan before, but their live show converted me. This was in no small part thanks to Louise, who showed tremendous guitar prowess (guitar prowess for anyone, not just "for a girl") and looked faboo in her leather pants and tiny black top thingy. This is no knock on her fellow VS guitarist/frontwoman Nina Gordon, who's also a talented knockout, but I've always preferred dark haired women, and the seether Louise fills that particular bill... >do we have a FAQ? And if so, why isn't this one on it? "He just-a 109's >'em" refers to the Dr. Messerschmidt of the previous line, creator of the >ME-109, Germany's most potent warplane of World War 2. I'd give the "most potent" honors to the Focke-Wulf 190, which wasn't built in the numbers that the ME109 was, but was a more resiliant plane with more firepower than its Messerschmidt counterpart. Nevertheless, the ME109 was a darn good fighter, better than anything the Allies threw at it until they introduced the P-51 Mustang to the European theatre. Unfortunately, I can't think of a pop song which celebrates the FW190... obRobyn: er, maybe I'll request "Otto the Happy Focke-Wulf 190" at my next Robyn show, or toss him a FW190-shaped cheese... later, Miles ------------------------------ From: SydneyC33@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 00:48:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Fandom In a message dated 97-05-27 20:14:42 EDT, Hedblade@aol.com writes: << P.S. I also have a thing for Sydney, but that's a horse of a different colour. ;) >> Oh, oh, oh... Sydney is SO tickled by this that she's willing to overlook the fact that she was mentioned in the same sentence as a horse. How 'bout... "That's a rose by another name..."? It's a "girl-thing", ya know... :) Ms. Syd no longer looking for her quail spirit...has her Hedblade spirit *right* here ;) ------------------------------ From: SydneyC33@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 01:26:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? In a message dated 97-05-27 23:13:30 EDT, ahardy@companet.net (LSDiamond) writes: << So, just how many women *are* on this list, anyway? I'd only realised Susan & myself, but I seem to have missed K.. (sorry, K! :) Anyone else? >> I'll stand up and be counted! New to the list, yes, but very much a woman...*every* time I check. ;) Pleased to meet you, ladies... <> *I* saw "Lost World" over the weekend. My take? Not an impressive story line (ala "Godzilla" overall), little in the way of character development, but plenty of "canned" thrills and suspense. (This from one who is tremendously biased toward the original book, Jurassic Park, which was excellent.) Was I glad I went? Oh yes. The special effects were awesome! Sometimes I wish "we" could send some of our miraculous feats (such as movie special effects) back in time to say, the 1940s or 50s just to impress the f*** out of 'em. Then that little thought makes me think about what "we" are going to be doing in the decades of 2000, 2010 and beyond. I wish someone would send some of their feats back to me to marvel at! :) Sydney Amazed that she actually *remembers* the geologic time scale. Is that a wasted brain cell, or will she actually make it to Jeopardy? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 01:34:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: femaliax! not only are there a lot of females on the list, it must be said they are all smart and beautiful. really. too bad more of them don't post! =b ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 01:41:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard not only are there a lot of females on the list, it must be said they are all smart and beautiful. really. too bad more of them don't post! =b [heh. can you tell i'm single?] :D ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 23:46:25 -0700 From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik) Subject: Robyn Haikuchcock TV massacre You know it won't happen here We just watch at home - David Librik librik@netcom.com coming up next: Happy the Golden Prince in villanelle form ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 01:53:51 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Re: Fandom On Tue, 27 May 1997, misplaced joan of arc wrote: > So, did anyone ever come up with what brand of accoustic he plays? I looked at the Conan O'Brien show where he played "I Something You" and then talks about his guitar: "It's a (something mumbled - sounds like 'File'); it's from the South of England". That's not a proper answer, but it could get you on the way. On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mississippi Malcolm McDowell wrote: > the Great Quail is, rather, the head of our Cult Now castrate yourself and wait for the mothership. In yet another post, Mississippi Malcolm McDowell wrote: > to do with it. Generally when I deeply lust after someone, the physical > factor usually plays less of a role than everything else- my lust usually > is a result of respect, admiration, and/or a feeling of emotional kinship. Then you're doing it wrong. JL -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 02:54:16 -0400 From: twofangs/randi spiegel Subject: A female's curiousity is piqued In response to the question about females on the list, I would like to "hi," and make it known that I am both a person and a female who respects Robyn greatly. However, whenever I see him in person I find myself melting into puddles of goo like Susan and LSDiamond. It's an inescapable experience I've found. Though the first time I met him I felt faint, his friendliness eventually relaxed me and the conversation took over. It's the same feeling you get on a first date with someone you're really attracted to. And though every time I've hung out with Robyn, (twice for interviews), I find butterflies in the pit of my stomach...I know it has as much to do with being around someone I respect so much, as it does being around a man with an aura like his. Far be it from me to be embarrassed for being attracted to an intelligent, witty, humourous, friendly, very sexy guy who happens to also be my favourite singer/songwriter/musician... Randi "Come hither, ma li'l bundle, and wrap your flesh around my 'bowens.' Don't you got a kiss for me..." - RHitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 00:20:16 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Repercussions of my post >How dare you take the dBs' name into your filthy mouth, infidel scum?!?! >Woo, excuse me. I realize the ";P" means that the preceding remark was >made tongue-in-cheek, but my knee-jerk, dBs-defense reactions are hard to >control. Little do you know that these men are considered gods in the NC >pop music scene. The dBs are the band that made me realize that >Americans *can* write and record wonderful pop alternative music, even >more so than R.E.M. Now bow down and pay homage! Of course I know the dBs are highly respected. Hell, *I* highly respect them. I like their first two records more than most Robyn albums. Why else would I want the band's autographs at all? Incidentally, I know Peter Holsapple's ex-wife. Boy, is she pissed at him. ;) As for the female issue, seems like people are overlooking Tracy.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:03:56 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Arty fact and fiction On Wed, 28 May 1997, James Dignan wrote: > Just to confuse matters further, I've seen it as "artefact" when it > refers to evidence of earlier times or a glitch in experimental results, > but as artifact when it refers to something deliberately created for > posterity or to be regarded as art! Since these two definitions overlap a > little, I've seen both crop up for the same thing, and have more than once > seen something described as "both an artefact and an artifact". Chambers gives 'artefact' first and 'artifact' second. My old pocket Oxford doesn't have it at all - the latest additions are in a supplement with words like 'blitzkreig', 'blackout' and 'air-raid warden'. I'm sure you're right that the archaeologists use 'artEfact'. > do we have a FAQ? And if so, why isn't this one on it? "He just-a 109's > 'em" refers to the Dr. Messerschmidt of the previous line, creator of the > ME-109, Germany's most potent warplane of World War 2. PS - what with this > and the Yip song, are there any other Robyn songs which refer to warplanes? There are drowned airmen in that one on Globe of Frogs, aren't there? And those fish-bomber illustrations on the alternative UM cover. Talking of potent German warplanes, you're surely forgetting the Me262 (which you can hear all about on Blue Oyster Cult's 'Secret Treaties' album). - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 07:47:50 -0400 (EDT) elmajain@aol.com, Casie Buckner , kgrimm@porternovelli.com, Christina Knutson , mdphillips@telis.org, "P.Shedd" , pbhall@earthlink.net, Luther Gaylord From: John Subject: Travellog Part III: Davenport, IA Time is short, so I'll be quick. Tuesday, May 27th: We got up SO early this morning. At 6:30am. We should've had plenty of time to get to Chicago to drop Janell & Maddy off at the airport for their 4:40pm flight. Unfortunately there was an hr. traffic jam in Indiana, and it took at least an hr. to get from Chicago central to O Hare Airport. Traffic there is the worst! Long story short: the 1hr time difference saved us! It is an hr. earlier in Chicago. That was the hr. we needed. I got the moving truck stuck in the O hare airport, but that's another story. It was achingly hard to leave Madison. She didn't really know what was going on . We kept telling her goodbye and kissing her, but I feel she still thought we were getting on that plane. She never saw us leave. I hope she's OK...she probably is. After the fiasco of getting to Chicago (huge traffic mess), it was 4:45pm when we left the airport. Luckily, we found an alternate route that didn't take us through downtown, and we were out of the city in 30min. We drove 2 1/2 more hours to Davenport, and checked in to a Days Inn. Cheap, but they had a jacuzzi! We soaked our knotted muscles, got some dinner, and went to bed early. Bye now. John & Jacci PS. It is early again!! Damn, we're gettin good at this getting up thing. Its 6:30am, we're planning on covering ALOT of miles today. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 07:52:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John Subject: Apology for airing our dirty hotel towels here. Yikes! I posted something personal to the list accidentally! I swore I would never do that. Shows what can happen when I am in a hurry. Please accept my apologies. John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 09:26:58 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? >Well, of those who are active to any degree on the list, it's mainly you >and I, LS. There are several lurkers who post occasionally (Renee Lynn, >Becky, Julie (misplaced Joan of Arc :)), Tracy Copeland, Zelda Pinwheel >(sorry, don't know your real name :)), Susan Even and Marcy Tanter are the >ones I can think of offhand). Kay used to be quite a bit more active than >she is now (we missed you! :)). And of course the late, lamented Paula >Carino :) and our new lister Sydney. Anyone else I missed who wants to >come forward? HELLO...I have been on this list over 5 years, I am NO LURKER, and I am definitely a chick! Just because I don't follow-up to EVERY posting (a-hem), does that mean I am out of the club? yeah yeah lj ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury Date: Wed, 28 May 97 9:51:28 EDT Subject: Re: Fandom John Littlejohn rikal: > > On Tue, 27 May 1997, misplaced joan of arc wrote: > > > So, did anyone ever come up with what brand of accoustic he plays? > > I looked at the Conan O'Brien show where he played "I Something You" and > then talks about his guitar: "It's a (something mumbled - sounds like > 'File'); it's from the South of England". That's not a proper answer, but > it could get you on the way. Fylde. -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 97 08:37:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: babble babble bopils and gerbils (no RH) >I've seen Adrian Legg and Robyn Williamson, when they talked for most of >their shows- I had a great time when these "wags" would wander about, >mentally spinning yarns about nothing and everything. Mark, If you ever get a chance to see Dirk Hamilton, do. He's pretty amusing between tunes. I think he's based primarily in Austin TX these days but he makes it back to the Bay Area every once in a while. -russ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 09:33:51 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: Scanner anyone? On Tue, 27 May 1997 Griffith Davies sed > I finally tracked down a (small) picture of a Mrs. Wafflehead. It is > a picture of a female model, with an Eggo-like waffle for a hat. If > any feg would like this picture to scan and put on a web site, I will > gladly mail the picture to her/him. > > Please contact me. > > griffith If someone wants this and does *not* have a scanner, I'd be happy to do the deed for them. Just let me know and I'll ask GD for the pic. Alternatively, whoever scans it first could distribute it. ~N ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:08:14 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Trial size. Used by juries everywhere... On Tue, 27 May 1997 Sydney announced > Yes, I'm a newbie to this list Welcome indeed! You'll find this a lively and friendly group with a wide range of ages, personalities, beliefs and food fetishes -- just the way we like it!. I hope you'll join in the fray and contribute your thoughts and personality to the discussions. Folk here tend to be very supportive - so don't be afraid you might say something controversial or stupid (actually, most of us who've been on the list a while have been there!) - someone is bound to rush to your defense. > Tell me, please, are there any Sacramento Fegs, or is > this a rare and endangered species? I've not seen anybody from there posting regularly, but there are about fifteen lurkers for every regular poster so who knows... > Are any of you Bay Area Fegs planning to > make it to Melarkey's on Tuesday? Not as far as I know. But if you can make it to the SF show as well you'll run into a whole of us! Sounds like more than a few will be going over to the Mill Valley show, also. > I fear that if I call to you during the show, I shall be tossed out on > my butt for being anti-gay. 'Tis Sacramento, after all... At SF last year, we did make a restaurant reservation for "Mr.Feg". Not an eybrow was raised! > So pleased to make your collective acquaintences, :) Likewise. > (who is searching for the coveted quail spirit amid the trial-size > samples, coupon books, and neighborhood maps of her "Welcome" package) I don't know about "Welcome packages", but make sure you ask Bayard, or Mark Gloster about the "Glass Flesh" CD and tapes (RH covers recorded by various list members) For a neighborhood map, check out woj's brilliant Fegmaniax web site. ~Nick Winkworth * OK guys, what *is* the collective noun for Fegs??? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:15:12 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: Curiosity piqued; M : F??? On Tue, 27 May 1997 the irrepressible Mississippi Malcolm McDowell spake thusly: > Frankly, it suprises me too that the list is so heavily male. But I > guess it shouldn't really, given that the overall net population still > contains more XYs than XXs. Last time we did a demographic poll (quite a while ago now), the ratio was something like 3:2 (M:F) which I thought was pretty good considering the makeup of the net population. Since then I think I've noticed more female posters...or maybe it's just more posts from Susan. ;) ~N ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:24:51 -0500 (EST) From: Tracy Aileen Copeland Subject: Re: Repercussions of my post On Wed, 28 May 1997, Eb wrote: > As for the female issue, seems like people are overlooking Tracy.... > " " " " " " " " " Eve Emshoff, efrat, Christine DuBois, Vashty Hawkins ... There's never been any shortage of women on the list and it's never seemed to me that any useful generalizations could be made about us any more than for the men hereabouts. Tracy "T is for Toast" Copeland ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:55:00 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Re: What we call ourselves On Wed, 28 May 1997, Nick Winkworth wrote: > * OK guys, what *is* the collective noun for Fegs??? > We're a Globe of Fegs, natch. -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ------------------------------ Subject: Fwd: Robyn in Boulder Date: Wed, 28 May 97 10:52:07 -0700 From: Tom Clark Hey Fegs, My brother attended Robyn's show in Boulder last night and below is a small writeup. Discussion encouraged; flames discouraged. -tc ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: 05/28 8:25 AM Received: 05/28 8:32 AM From: Steve Clark, steve.clark@boardwatch.com Robyn was sub-par last night. After about the third song (Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom) he admitted that he couldn't breathe very well at 5,400 feet above sea level. He did a lot of new songs, or songs that I had never heard before. The most memorable was "Don't Talk to Me about Gene Hackman," which sounded like a spin-off of Julian Cope's "Don't Call Me Mark Chapman." Robyn seemed very tired. He kept missing notes on his guitar. When someone requested "I Am Not Me," Robyn replied that he could never hit those high notes in Colorado. He declared that whenever he stops touring, which won't be tomorrow, Boulder will be the first place he doesn't play! The highlight of the show was "Madonna of the Wasps," a song I generally avoid, sung as a duet with Tim, from Homer. He should have done the whole show with Tim. His encore ended with three Queen songs: "Queen of Eyes," (awesome), "Queen Elvis," and "Beautiful Queen" He should have avoided "Freeze." "Kingdom of Love" and "You and Oblivion" were not bad. "I'm Only You";"Raymond Chandler Evening";and "Clean Steve" were pretty good. Overall, probably the worst RH show I've ever seen, but still miles above Hootie. I think he might be getting sick of it. ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:56:43 -0500 (CDT) From: donald andrew snyder Subject: Re: fegmaniax exist! On Tue, 27 May 1997, Outdoor Miner wrote: > My wife Melissa and I spent part of our Chicago weekend in the company of > fellow Fegs Andy Snyder and the illustrious Mississippi Truman Susan Malcolm > Peyote McDowell Dodge, who were kind enough to give up their holiday > Saturdays to go record shopping with us. I'm hoping a good time was had by > all; Melissa and I certainly enjoyed it well enough, and all of us were seen > carrying off more CDs than we could possibly afford. Yeah, you guys are bad influences, but the 2dicsfor$10 special was also to blame. I picked up discs by American Music Club, Marshall Crenshaw, Sugarplastic, Mark Knopfler, and the Byrds. It was great to meet more fegs. I had high expectations after meeting the lovely Chicago crew, but they were definitely met. Miles is a walking encyclopedia of music with great eyes for the deals. He found an (apparently) very rare John Cale disc, which I instinctively handed to Susan. Still no Bright Lights Tonight, though...maybe next time. Andy, ready to take on Music City ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 13:03:07 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Beautiful Queen/BOB I've got copies of the Beautiful Queen CD and of the flexi-disc that comes with the BOB magazine in the past week. In the words of Damon Albarn: "Woo Hoo" Can't listen to the flexi-disc for the same reason I never got Mossy Liquor, but I heard the other and wasn't mightily impressed. And all I can say for the acoustic set, is that he was very brave. JL -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:53:18 -0500 From: Hal Brandt Subject: road-weary Robyn Tom Clark wrote: > My brother attended Robyn's show in Boulder last night and below is a > small writeup. Discussion encouraged; flames discouraged. > From: Steve Clark, steve.clark@boardwatch.com > Robyn was sub-par last night. > > Overall, probably the worst RH show I've ever seen, but still miles above > Hootie. I think he might be getting sick of it. I've a sneaking suspicion that he may be getting sick of it (live shows) as well. In Chicago, his first words were (paraphrasing) "I'm really, really old..." That, coupled with the similar setlists/raps show-after-show, seems a bit ominous. Having said that, I think that he still enjoys (needs?) songwriting. His new tunes are always good (1974, Where Do You Go When You Die?, Jewels For Sophia, et.al.) and he's damn prolific. But, smoky clubs, inattentive 90's crowds, Queen of Eyes for the zillionth time...who needs it, you know? It's actually amazing that he hasn't burned out before now. "Storefront Hitchcock" may revitalize him, or it could be a touring career capper. If he does stop his roadwork, I'm sure his artistry will continue to manifest in other forms (paintings, short stories, new studio albums, etc.) It's certainly doubtful that he'd just retreat a la Beefheart. My advice: See him while you've got the chance. (By the way, I hope I'm dead WRONG. I'd like nothing better than to see Robyn the troubadour at 75 years old giving us his take on life, as long as he was enjoying himself. Maybe a rest from the road for a while would facilitate that.) > After about the third song he admitted that he couldn't breathe very well at 5,400 > feet above sea level. > Robyn seemed very tired. He kept missing notes on his guitar. > Robyn replied that he could never hit > those high notes in Colorado. He declared that whenever he stops touring, > which won't be tomorrow, Boulder will be the first place he doesn't play! Bad news for me! I'm moving to the Denver/Boulder area in August. *sigh* -hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:06:31 -0700 (PDT) From: upstart@portal.ca (Renee Lynn) Subject: Curiosity Hi Fegs For the record, (read: dejanews) I am female, a paleontologist, lust after Robyn, and hated The Lost World. Be Seeing You RLT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .