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 #145 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 145 Wednesday June 25 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: ------- ------- okay, i'll play the record game Seven, Eight, Nine Little Cones Re: (RH 0%) first album bought with own money Re: first records... Re: how I arrange my CDs cones around the clock... Re: more subjects than Queen Victoria had Re: first records... Re: cones around the clock... Re: Les Movies Magnifiques (NR) US Shows (100% RH) Re: cones around the clock... Re: cones around the clock... "...nothing in his house but a big-screen tv and a tank full of pirahnas." Re: more subjects than Queen Victoria had Re: cones around the clock... I Am a (punk)Rock Re: Paul and Artie Re: "...nothing in his house but a big-screen tv and a tank full of pirahnas." Kupcake with sprinkles [Fwd: (Fwd) Application form] (Fwd) Application form Re: Paul and Artie re: "GORMENGHAST" Re: Paul and Artie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:13:01 -0400 (EDT) From: lj lindhurst Subject: okay, i'll play the record game First record: well it wasn't a record, it was an 8-TRACK: Shaun Cassidy's 'Born Late'. First record on vinyl: My sister gave me her old scratched copy of Cat Stevens' 'Tea for the Tillerman' (no sleeve, nothing! My brother used it for a frisbee and managed to fling it into the fish aquarium. It never recovered. That's a good album, dammit!) First 45: (once again, a reject from my sister) Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' b/w 'Levon'. My (other, little) sister's first 45: Blondie's "The Tide is High" (also suffered a death by fishtank) First record bought with my own money: Pink Floyd The Wall! Second record bought with my own money: Elvis Costello's Punch The Clock. I bought it at K-Mart because it had a cool cover. The rest is history- and mad obsession! viva vinyl! viva parenthesis! lj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:45:33 -0400 From: mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) Subject: Seven, Eight, Nine Little Cones Yes, three more cones are now available for your cone-viewing pleasure in the VCM. These cones are brought to you by Debora Kent, let's all give her a good silent internet round of applause! Of interest: these are the first cones to be scanned from actual photos. They're pretty good, if you ask me. File sizes all below 50K. Mike "Let's Go Runioning" Mike "C Spot" Runion, Cocoa, FL email: mrrunion@tng.net WWW: http://www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/default.htm ************ Visit the Virtual Cone Museum! ************** * http://www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/cones.htm * ********************************************************** "A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends, Drink another, coin a phrase..." -REM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:34:38 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Re: (RH 0%) first album bought with own money On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Runion, Michael R. wrote: > I entirely agree. On a slight aside, I think it's much harder to 'get into' an > older artist whose heyday is long past simply because the method of exposure is so > different. With someone new, you get maybe 10 songs a year. There's time for an > album to grow and get ingrained in your brain while you wait. With someone like > Dylan or even Hendrix, you've got their whole catalogue there in front of you. You > have to pace yourself... I have just the opposite reaction; CDs wear easily on me. When you have an older artist you can dilute the listening a bit. Even if you think that Alanis Morrissette is God almighty, it still gets rather thin when you're listening to the same dozen songs for 2-3 years while she records the next album. But it's easier to stay with, say, Led Zeppelin (heh heh) or somebody like that who have a number of good albums available. JL ------------------------------ From: "Charles Gillett" Subject: Re: first records... Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:38:29 "Kenneth Johnson" wrote: >Ok, this may hurt: > >First tape: >"Weird Al" Yankovic.....In 3-D This was my first LP, given to me as an Easter gift. First tape: "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. First CD: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. My sister also gave me Pearl Jam's first album at this time, Christmas of '91. First Concert: "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Off The Deep End" tour. Believe it or not, I'm not much of a Weird Al fan. To fill out the message somewhat, I'll add that the most represented artist in my CD collection is John Zorn (17) with Frank Zappa (12) in second place. -- Charles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:38:52 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Re: how I arrange my CDs I sort my CDs by record company and catalog number. It saves having to distinguish between "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians" and Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians" JL -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:46:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Cardboard Cream Subject: cones around the clock... hey-- i must say after having view the new cones on mike 'bunion' runion's page i am shocked that one person could acquire *three* cones from *three* different shows AND have on dedicated to her. this makes me sick! i'm going to unsubscribe!! on an equally perverse topic...t-shirts.... perhaps a collage of drawings and whatnots in the style of the cones and no text?? it would be much more fascinating to look at time after time and would pique the curiosity of all within visual range. .chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:49:52 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: more subjects than Queen Victoria had >> Come to that, isn't Kupcake spelled with a K? Or is that a special brand >> name? > >Only if you are a Kink or a Kula Shaker. > >Wow, Kosmic. Just leave Kramer out of this and we'll all be okay. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:07:01 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: first records... >First CD: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. My sister also gave >me Pearl Jam's first album at this time, Christmas of '91. I am just almost Positive that this is the firct CD i bought... LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:11:40 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: cones around the clock... >on an equally perverse topic...t-shirts.... > perhaps a collage of drawings and whatnots in the style of the >cones and no text?? it would be much more fascinating to look at >time after time and would pique the curiosity of all within visual >range. If i didn't know better (in that whoever printed them would have no less than 10 fits) I would reccommend (on this topic, that is) having small RH pictures all around the shirt like the cones do... But that'd be a real pain to do.. Hey! How about one of those little plastic blocks that "animate" on the front of the shirt? (Like the 6 that flips into a 9 shirt... be kinda nice to have one that didn't mean something *else*) LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Les Movies Magnifiques (NR) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 97 22:33:10 -0500 From: Della & Steve Schiavo >On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:33 LSDiamond raved: >> >> Okay, I must take it all back now. I have but one favourite movie. >> >> "City of the Lost Children" >> >> It's a French film (w/ english subtitles) with Ron Perlman, done in >> such a bizarrely psychedelic style that it makes Tim Burton movies >> look like cotton candy. Magnifique. >> >> I highly recommend it. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film is "Alien Resurrection". In addition to Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder, the cast includes Ron Perlman and Brad Dourif. For nifty film facts (and rumors) see: www.rights.org/~corona/films. - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:34:41 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: US Shows (100% RH) Okay.. Are there going to be ANY more shows here in the US or is RH moving on to different waters now? LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:48:26 -0700 From: Debora Subject: Re: cones around the clock... Cardboard Cream wrote: > > hey-- > > i must say after having view the new cones on mike 'bunion' runion's > page i am shocked that one person could acquire *three* cones from > *three* different shows AND have on dedicated to her. this makes me > sick! i'm going to unsubscribe!! No, not on account of me, please :'(. It was a tag team effort, getting the cones. I wasn't even THERE when he signed one to me. Just trying to share the joy with others who would understand! My friends just don't get it.... > on an equally perverse topic...t-shirts.... > perhaps a collage of drawings and whatnots in the style of the > cones and no text?? it would be much more fascinating to look at > time after time and would pique the curiosity of all within visual > range. i LOVE this idea. Debora ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:44:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Cardboard Cream Subject: Re: cones around the clock... On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Debora wrote: > the cones. I wasn't even THERE when he signed one to me. this makes me even more sick. even worse than sydney and her "i am a hedblade here to see you" trick. > > i LOVE this idea. that makes me feel so much better. :) sick and wrong, .chris ------------------------------ From: tews@vcommons.com (Eddie Tews) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 23:07:52 -0700 Subject: "...nothing in his house but a big-screen tv and a tank full of pirahnas." just paid $75 for *that* negativland cd, and i feel, um, fine. .chris: i was just joking, man. i'm not a big fan of inside jokes, but i thought this one was kinda cool. and, to be fair, you DID say that you hated surveys, and the only results you'd look at were those that registered on your eyeballs before you were able to hit delete. i wasn't offended or nuthin'. actually, i thought it was rather bitchin' that you said it so bluntly. quail: i've presumed that the 2112-42 in your "zip code" refers to 2112 by rush, and 42 by douglas adams. i am finally getting around to asking if this is indeed so. susan: your conciousness has, "already been raised." can we take this to mean that you, like robyn, myself, and --one hopes-- at least several other fegs, are a socialist? diamond: City of Lost Children is a wonderful movie, but for my money, the previous movie by directors jeunet and caro, Delicatessen, is the best movie of the decade. terry: a few months ago you said something to the effect that most of THE WALL was actually syd's work. did you mean musically or lyrically? because it's always been my understanding that the story was inspired by waters' childhood. this is my second favorite album, after ABBEY ROAD, in case nobody was wondering. eb: you're listening to albums before they're released? you must be a radio insider, after all. can you get us all copies of BEAUTIFUL QUEEN? gilliam: gilliam and jones co-directed Holy Grail. at the risk of sounding like a walking advertisement, the criterion collection laserdisc of that movie contains commentary by both that is not only very funny, but quite insightful, and downright fascinating at times. it also includes a scene with the japanese dub, accompanied by english subtitles of the literal meaning of the japanese translation, and it's just about the most hilarious thing you'll ever see. the many language freaks here will find it most interesting, indeed. gilliam also directed the "Crimson Permanent Assurance" section of The Meaning of Life. after Munchausen was released, gilliam was easily my favorite director. but i'm afraid his stock has since fallen in my eyes. i just plain don't like Fisher King, and though i did like 12 Monkeys, it's certainly not in the same class as the dreams trilogy. as of now, it seems to me that the coens are just about untouchable. punky garfunkel: i recently put together a tape of punk covers, which, if i'm allowed to say so, is quite the awesome listening experience. i've sent it to a few people on this list. if anybody else wants a copy, i'd be happy to oblige. riel, lord of the dance's fave flicks: Blue Velvet, Jaws, Buckaroo Banzai, Dead Ringers, The Naked Gun, Halloween, This is Spinal Tap, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goodfellas. tchdnjesus' fave flicks: 1. Citizen Kane, 2. Roshomon, 3. Dr. Strangelove, 4. Holy Grail, 5. Fargo, 6. Harold and Maude, 7. Casablanca, 8. Blazing Saddles, 9. Edward Scissorhands, 10. The Empire Strikes Back & Roger & Me ken frankel's fave flicks: Apocalypse Now, 2001, Taxi Driver, The Blow Up, A Clockwork Orange, The Manchurian Candidate, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Performance, Blue Velvet, Blade Runner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:25:05 +0100 From: jlaw@mem.unibe.ch (Jeff Lawrence) Subject: Re: more subjects than Queen Victoria had >From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell > >> A punk version, I'm not sure, but there's a punchy little new waveish >> version on the first (and exceedingly rare) EP by the Church. > >Didn't the Lords of the New Church do a fun new-wavish version of "Like a >Virgin"? I seem to remember somebody did, think it was them. Lots like fun >Boy Three's "Our Lips Are Sealed". Hate to burst your bubble, but Fun Boy 3 *wrote* Our Lips Are Sealed - it was The Gos Gos that covered it (and a mighty fine cover it is as well :-) ). Just thought I mention that :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 08:19:11 -0700 From: mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) Subject: Re: cones around the clock... > on an equally perverse topic...t-shirts.... > perhaps a collage of drawings and whatnots in the style of the > cones and no text?? it would be much more fascinating to look at > time after time and would pique the curiosity of all within visual > range. **Warning: Do Not Take The Following Seriously** I was thinking about shirts and all while I was putting some cones in the museum the other day and I had a truly strange yet overdone idea. You know those shirts with like the lizards or frogs or whatnot all having sex in different positions all over the shirt? I envisioned the same thing, only with nondescript little cones. Cone Sex. You know, like 69: one cone on top of the other one but facing the other way. Or plain penetration: one cone inserting into another one. Stupid and silly, I know. I'd had way too much Pepsi that afternoon. Mike "On The Runion" ------------------------------ Subject: I Am a (punk)Rock From: dede_davis@juno.com (Diana L Davis) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:32:05 EDT >Who was it that did the punk version of "I am a rock"? I heard that ages >ago. My brother is a big punk music fan and he has a CD by Me First and the Gimme-Gimmes (?) doing "I Am a Rock". Apparently all this band does is punk covers of well-known artists. They've got entire CDs featuring Paul Simon, John Denver, Neil Diamond, etc. It's pretty hysterical. Dede "Out of boredom/I decided/I'd get with it....."-MCC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:28:48 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Paul and Artie All this talk of S&G made me listen closely when they were playing "The Boxer" on the radio yesterday. They sang "Sometimes I was so lonesome I took some comfort there". Why is it that I remember this line as "Sometimes I was so _hard pressed_ I took some comfort there"? Have they been tinkering with the master tapes, or has my memory finally turned into KupKake mix? - Mike Godwin PS Sorting through the LPs yesterday, not only did I come across the Rutles first LP, but also the "Rutland Weekend TV" album - with "24 Hours in Tunbridge Wells", on it, plus Neil Innes doing his Dylan impersonation ("I've suffered for my music and now it's your turn"). Nice! ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:55:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: "...nothing in his house but a big-screen tv and a tank full of pirahnas." >terry: a few months ago you said something to the effect that >most of THE WALL was actually syd's work. did you mean >musically or lyrically? because it's always been my >understanding that the story was inspired by waters' >childhood. this is my second favorite album, after ABBEY >ROAD, in case nobody was wondering. In case it was me that said it, and not Terry Linnig... The notes and words were all pretty much written by Roger Waters. Most of the childhood sequences are inspired by Waters' life. However, all of the crazy stuff that happens when he becomes famous is mostly what happened to barrett. I believe tyhat Nobody Home is directly about him. Several other songs could be interpreted as such Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ From: Ross Overbury Date: Wed, 25 Jun 97 12:03:10 EDT Subject: Kupcake with sprinkles Actually, you've degenerated into a fully baked cupcake with sprinkles. The line goes: I do declare, There were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there. I've been singing it that way for at least 20 years. > > All this talk of S&G made me listen closely when they were playing "The > Boxer" on the radio yesterday. They sang "Sometimes I was so lonesome I > took some comfort there". Why is it that I remember this line as > "Sometimes I was so _hard pressed_ I took some comfort there"? Have they > been tinkering with the master tapes, or has my memory finally turned into > KupKake mix? > > - Mike Godwin -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:34:19 +0300 From: Noah Shalev Subject: [Fwd: (Fwd) Application form] Subject: (Fwd) Application form Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:00:11 +0300 From: "Nimrod S. Kerrett" (by way of Boaz Rimmer ) This came from Ido. --------------------------8<----------------- >This is an actual essay written by a college applicant to NYU. >The author was accepted and is now attending NYU. > >3A. IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO > KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE > FOLLOWING QUESTION: > ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR > ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE > YOU AS A PERSON? > >I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing >ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch >breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat >retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write >award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. > >Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. > >I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I >can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and >I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert >in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. > >Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once >single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin >from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I >was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous >documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges >in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after >school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. > >I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless >bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of >corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private >citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine >and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New >Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat >400. > >My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in >international botany circles. Children trust me. > >I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly >accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David >Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire >dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every >food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert >operations with the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, >I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully >negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small >bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me. > >I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all >paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in >full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of >life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary >four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. > >I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, >cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at >the Kremlin. > >I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and >I have spoken with Elvis. > >But I have not yet gone to college. 8<---------------------------------------------------------------------->8 To be removed from the list, message: postmaster@corky.net and write unsubscribe somewhere to subscibe: write postmaster@corky.net and write subscribe somewhere. To write anything to the mailing list people, write to: list@corky.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:04:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Paul and Artie On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, M R Godwin wrote: > > All this talk of S&G made me listen closely when they were playing "The > Boxer" on the radio yesterday. They sang "Sometimes I was so lonesome I > took some comfort there". Why is it that I remember this line as > "Sometimes I was so _hard pressed_ I took some comfort there"? Have they > been tinkering with the master tapes, or has my memory finally turned into > KupKake mix? Er, all the versions I've heard had "lonesome". So why did "hard-pressed" sound so familiar (albeit from a different context entirely)? Then I got it. Clyde McPhatter! "I was lean and clean and so hard-pressed/I called the woman that I loved best/I finally got my baby at half-past three/She said 'I'd like to know what you want with me'/I said 'Money, honey'". Hehehe! A spurious connection at best, but, I guess it was the sex/money relationship that caused me to make it. Or maybe I'm just nuts :). Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:20:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Anton Barbeau Subject: re: "GORMENGHAST" 'ello dear feggy people... i've been lurking in dark corners, enjoying myself at yrrr expense for a couple weeks now. i'm only on-line for another week, and thought i'd get away with never being seen, but dear feg-syd suggested i post one little bit before i split. in an old "fegmaniax" newsletter (i believe that was the name of the then "official" fan-club), there was a listing of robyn's, andy's and morris' fave books and records. at the top of both robyn's and andy's fave books list was the title "gormenghast" by mervyn peake. i stumbled upon the set (turns out to be a trilogy, see...) a couple years ago, and finally got 'round to getting 'round to it last summer. i've just started volume three this week, and am afraid to read too quickly for fear of having nothing left! i won't attempt to be book-review boy here, aside from saying that this is an incredibly rich, amazingly detailed fantasy that will probably make a certain sense to most robyn fans. "ahhh...so THAT'S who i am!" ok ferr now. offf to the used book shops with the lot of ya! anton, who shall remain nameless. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:30:20 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Re: Paul and Artie On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, M R Godwin wrote: > PS Sorting through the LPs yesterday, not only did I come across the > Rutles first LP, but also the "Rutland Weekend TV" album - with "24 Hours > in Tunbridge Wells", on it, plus Neil Innes doing his Dylan impersonation > ("I've suffered for my music and now it's your turn"). Nice! Get a copy of *Dead Parrot Society* It has Innes's hilarious Dylan impersonation entitled the Protest Song (which contains the above intro). It also has some Monty Python and some great Peter Cook stuff on it. JL -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .