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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: ------- ------- Re: Tommy RE: Bumberschedule Dennis and Reg, another crackpot theory Re: Dennis and Reg Brought to you by the Letter Q, 2 Looking for tab? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:35:07 +1200 (NZST) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Tommy >Good morning, campers! > >(OK, who now has "Tommy's Holiday Camp" going through your head? I hate sorry ol' Quaily, but I got Ruth Madoc's voice then... possibly an even more frightening prospect Hi-de-hi! James PS - will this make any sense at all to our American cousins? 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") ------------------------------ From: Cynthia Peterson Subject: RE: Bumberschedule Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 17:48:52 -0700 Here we go indeed! Now that the official schedule has been released, it's time to ask all NW area Fegs, and all honorable visiting Fegs, one very important question: Should we party Saturday or Sunday night? Though we should all be able to meet up at the show, it would be great to set up an auxilliary Feg event in a less chaotic setting in order to get together and compare notes. If we have enough fegs in the area to achieve critical mass, I'd be quite happy to host a post-bumbershoot gathering at my house (though I won't take any repsonsibility for statistical analysis). For even more excitement, perhaps we could find a nice late-night bar to congregate in. (Looks like things will be winding down about 10:00 or so both nights. Unfortunately, most of Seattle winds down not too long after that.) So if you're going to be in Seattle for Bumbershoot, contact me with your vote and opinions. (Please also let me know if you'd love to come to Seattle for the weekend, if only you had a cheap, nonglamorous place in the suburbs to stay...) Just two more weeks! I'm breathing faster already! Cynthia (feeling a little parenthetical [not to be confused with parental] today) >-----Original Message----- >From: tews@vcommons.com [SMTP:tews@vcommons.com] >Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 1997 1:50 PM >To: fegmaniax@ecto.org >Subject: Bumberschedule > >here we go. >this is from the program guide: >"Legendary storyteller/singer-songwriter, Robyn Hitchcock is never at a >loss for words or a clever turn of phrase. Whether he's playing solo or >with a band, this remarkable performer is a pointed lyricist and utterly >amusing entertainer." > >i had thought that he was playing saturday evening. it's not to be. >tuatara is playing from 12:15 - 1:15 pm, and robyn from 1:15 - 2:45 pm. >now, the opera house fills up real fast. a few years back, we had to >miss they might be giants, even though we got to the venue about an hour >early. >the gates open at 11:00 am. i'd recommend meeting at the venue as soon >as we can get there. i know this could be tough on you bay area >drivers, but i have to work exceedingly late the previous night. so, >we'll be in the same boat. >anybody has any other meeting ideas, let's hear 'em. > >beck hansen is playing saturday evening. >sleater-kinney plays the same time as robyn, however, they're also >playing sunday night. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:48:28 +1200 (NZST) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Dennis and Reg, another crackpot theory >I think it may be due to the fact that Robyn assumes different personae >with each song, and therefore becomes "Dennis" at certain times. It's >possible that Dennis is the role that Robyn assumes when trying to tell a >story that has sprung from actual life experiences. >Reg, on the other hand, is Robyn's evil twin, or, possibly his conscience. >In all the songs in which he's mentioned, Robyn warns the listener about >Reg, claiming no association at all to the evil side of himself: This may simply be hitting random keys, but... Robyn spent much of his early musical time in north London during the late 70s. At that time, north London's two most prominemnt MPs were Margaret Thatcher (whose husband Dennis was always something of a national comic character), and the man that Thatcher beat out as leader of the Conservatives after Ted Heath was ousted from the job, Reginald Maudling. Don't know if there's any significance, but I've always thought of Dennis and Reg in light of this background. It could even be (gross hypothesis alert!) that the demure Ms Thatcher once referred jokingly to consulting "various experts, and of course Dennis", which would have been the spark that created the group's name. A hypothetical case: It would be like, in 2010, wondering why an American band from the 1990s was called "Go ask Hilary", and had a song called "Keep away from Newt" James 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: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:08:18 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Dennis and Reg >This may simply be hitting random keys, but... Robyn spent much of his >early musical time in north London during the late 70s. At that time, north >London's two most prominemnt MPs were Margaret Thatcher (whose husband >Dennis was always something of a national comic character), and the man >that Thatcher beat out as leader of the Conservatives after Ted Heath was >ousted from the job, Reginald Maudling. Don't know if there's any >significance, but I've always thought of Dennis and Reg in light of this >background. It could even be (gross hypothesis alert!) that the demure Ms >Thatcher once referred jokingly to consulting "various experts, and of >course Dennis", which would have been the spark that created the group's >name. You know, my comments about "Dennis Moore" were perhaps more humorous than thoughtful, but I really do think such Robyn devices owe something to Monty Python (or perhaps, some earlier Brit comedy like The Goon Show to which I really haven't been exposed). Over and over in MP work, you can find banal, flat names inserted into goofy situations for comic effect. "You may call me...Tim." "Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying." [Something like] "Wait, don't tell me your name. It must be something soft, yielding, like the morning dew...what is it?" "Deirdre." Etc. Quoting Python again because it drives LJ wild with desire, Eb PS Oh, and Mike, no, I didn't know the Dennis Moore song was a parody of an existing Robin Hood theme. Actually, that makes it less funny to me, it being just a direct spoof rather than a more subtle satire on adventure-genre conventions. I mean, I have never gotten anything out of Weird Al Yankovic.... ------------------------------ Subject: Brought to you by the Letter Q, 2 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 09:50:12 -0000 From: The Great Quail Hmmmm . . . for some strange reason, when I checked my Feg mail my last post was partially cut off. While I can appreciate the sardonic irony involved here, I just throught I'd remail the rest anyway, not that it really contains anything useful except a few terrible puns and a Marvel-brand Secret Name Origin. (Of course, I bet that it only got cut off coming to my server, so in reality I am merely annoying you with the same posting twice.) So, here 'tis: ________________________________________________________________________ Good morning, campers! (OK, who now has "Tommy's Holiday Camp" going through your head? I hate when Oliver Reed gets in my head and will not leave. It happens more frequently than you might think.) I have again been really busy, revising web sites, sticking pins in my thumb, and headlining the Lillith Festival - that sort of thing. But before I vanish to Rhode Island for the week, where I will be attending an HP Lovecraft convention, I thought I would cheep in on a few random things, just so no one things I've gone and cut my fool head off. Glen, as part of his Robyn Alphabet, writes for the letter "I": >I am not me Admit it, Glen, you did the *whole* ABC list just to get that one in. . . ------------------------------ From: kikomoon@rtassoc.com (Christopher Vuchetich) Subject: Looking for tab? Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:50:10 -0700 found your address while surfing Robyn Hitchcock sites.. looking for Tab on the song "chinese water python" from EYE any ideas where I might find this would be greatly = appreciated!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Christopher ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .