From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V6 #63 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, November 11 1997 Volume 06 : Number 063 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Rolling Stones [Terrence M Marks ] Black and crunchy [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: The Rolling Stones [Ross Overbury ] Album recommendations [Ben Gott ] RE: john barleycorn must fry [candlabra@lewiston.com] The Bent Backed Tulips [spine@iastate.edu (James Francis)] Yet another Largo Update (sort of) [griffith ] Re: The Rolling Stones [M R Godwin ] Re: Storefront news [spine@iastate.edu (James Francis)] Re: The Rolling Stones [Terrence M Marks ] The last brain to Sharksville: miscellany from mark [Mark_Gloster@3com.co] Re: The Bent Backed Tulips [Eb ] cheeze-it brand snack crackers ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Yet another Largo Update (sort of) [Eb ] Re: The last brain to Sharksville: miscellany from mark [Eb ] Re: completely pointless rambling [Terrence M Marks ] Spice Girls? [Ben Gott ] Re: Yet another Largo Update (sort of) [SydneyC33@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:34:03 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: The Rolling Stones > Oof. All I think of is that paunchy, haggard Ray Thomas, banging his stupid > tambourine and trying to act like he's a rock star. Ewwwwwwwww. > Bah. It's a scientifically proven fact that rock stars don't age gracefully. (I mean, have you seen Keith Jones lately..ick) Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 09:00:38 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Black and crunchy Ben Gott sez, >My name's Ben, and I'm a college student who recently subscribed to the >List. Robyn and crew were introduced to me by a few friendly folk on >Chalkhills, the XTC list, Hey, Ben - welcome to the land of fegs. Life is more relaxed here than on Chalkhills, and you'll find that nobody is going to chew you out if you don't know Colin Moulding's middle name or something. (Though god knows what might happen if you don't know *Robyn's* middle name...) Here's my question: what else should I get? There's such a >massive catalog, I'm unsure of where to go next. I third or fourth the "Underwater Moonlight" recommendation. As someone else said, if you enjoy the stripped-down, acoustic feel of "Eye," try "I Often Dream of Trains." For short, sweet pop songs, go for "Fegmania." I also like the Soft Boys' earlier stuff ("A Can of Bees," etc.), but that's very abrasive and not for everyone - it's Robyn's "White Music." "Queen Elvis," "Perspex Island" (produced by Paul "Oranges and Lemons" Fox) and "Globe of Frogs" all have their moments but aren't as consistently good as the albums mentioned above. Also try to pick up live bootlegs if you can, acoustic or otherwise, so as to get the full brunt of Robyn's wit and wisdom. ("This is really good, except that it's bad.") After that, I'm as much in the dark as you are as to what to buy next. Is "Black Snake Diamond Role" any good? (That's the one with "Acid Bird" on it, right?) I bought it a long time ago and sold it because I didn't like it, but I was young and foolish. I'm starting to buy Robyn stuff on vinyl now - yesterday I got "Gotta Let..." for $5! Cool beans. My turntable makes a horrible grinding noise as it spins, but hopefully the music will be loud enough to drown it out. I also bought the Soft Boys e.p., "Wading Through a Ventilator" - got horribly ripped off (I won't mention how much I paid because you'll all laugh at me) - haven't listened to it yet. I also managed to step on and break my old vinyl copy of "Queen Elvis," the first Robyn album I ever bought. *sob* oh well, back to the grindstone, n. P.S. Where is the Great Quail? Or, in Tlonese, where is Quailing? For long since has fegging been unquailed. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 97 10:27:25 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: The Rolling Stones > > I'm sorry to keep belabouring this point, but... > Why are the Rolling Stones still famous? > Why is their greatest hits tour doing so much better than that of The > Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues or The Kinks (when they were > touring) I don't think any of the bands you named were ever as popular for as long as the Stones or the Beatles. The Monkees never commanded the respect given the Beatles or the Stones. The Moody Blues didn't influence other bands to anywhere near the same degree. Ask one of your peers to name tunes by all the bands you named. I'm sure they won't come up with more than a half-dozen by the Kinks, and that number would only be arrived at after some head scratching. The Beatles and the Stones (and Elvis, I guess) were in a league all by themselves. How about the money the Stones can pour into keeping up the appearance of popular support? They'll never have to do a low-budget tour, will they? > > I mean, they all have high song recognition, a large body of hits during > the 60s, a few hits during the 70s and 80s and a setlist that's 80% > oldies. Why is one doing so much better than the others? > > (Boy, I wish that The Hollies or The Turtles or The Zombies were touring > this area) > > (Why I keep doing this: > 1) Because I want to be a popular musician. The 60s has easier-to-study > trends than the 70s or 80s, and I don't even want to get started on The > Spice Girls) That's why you can't get much mileage out of an analysis of 60s trends. Things *are* different now, and you're not trying to become a pop musician in the 60s. I'll pass on the best advice I ever heard; don't have a plan B. Even if you've got the right stuff, plan B will always be there to tempt you and distract you when your luck is down. Do you really want to simply give the people what they want? Unless you want to end up in the next Spice Girls studying pop culture successes is probably not the way to go. The Beatles and the Stones both started out playing the music they loved, and both got lucky. > 2) To air my disgust about how Love and Harry Nilsson are unheard of by my > contemporaries, yet they all own albums by the Dead and The beatles..) > Has "most popular art" ever meant "best art"? They can co-exist, but is there a cause-and-effect relationship? - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:57:10 -0500 From: Ben Gott Subject: Album recommendations Thanks, everyone, for sending their Robyn/Soft Boys recommendations. I've put "Underwater Moonlight" in my CDNow shopping cart (because my phone bill comes first!), and I'll pick it up as soon as possible. (Of course, I also have XTC, Morrissey, and Grandmaster Flash in the mail...) I don't know the appeal of the Rolling Stones ("let's use three chords!") but I am happy to note that my generation (I missed "X" by a year, so I'm stuck in "Y" ... 1979-1987, give or take) couldn't give two ships about a few old men shaking their cellulited booties on some huge arena stage in Miami. Andy Partridge and Robyn are old enough to be my father; Charlie Watts is old enough to be my grandfather...So rest assured: the cuteness of Hanson, as witnessed by teenaged girls and paedophiles world over, is what makes or breaks music in the '90s. If anyone wants to see the hysterical "How to Be a Spice Girl" application form, please e-mail me at bgott@bowdoin.edu. Until then, Ben * --------------------------------------------- * B e n G o t t :: Bowdoin College Telephone :: (207) 721-5142 Internet :: http://www.wp.com/58596 Why waste good time fighting the people you like? * --------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:37:07 -0800 From: candlabra@lewiston.com Subject: RE: john barleycorn must fry etews@hotmail.com spattered >that's why i called it the "cascadia" region rather than the >"puget sound' region, and why i added the caveat that it all presumed >that the oregon and bc fegs wouldn't mind being grouped with us. hell, >oregon turned out 5 --or, where's chuck from? coulda been 6-- fegs to >bumbershoot, and seattle only had four, right? Chuck is from the Midwest region, Ohio to be precise, but he currently lives in Idaho (he would never want it implied that he was "from" Idaho, you know : ) but know this - Idaho was represented in the Bumbershoot group, and Fegdom can rest assured that it has a small foothold here in Lewiston! later taters Chuck F. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 97 10:49:16 -600 From: spine@iastate.edu (James Francis) Subject: The Bent Backed Tulips I saw a copy of The Bent Backed Tulips' _Looking Through. . ._ in a used bin yesterday, and the "Glass Onion" reference and interesting artwork were enough to make me wonder about them. Looked great, lots of bonus tracks. From 1988. Anybody know them? Should I buy it? - --"Jim" Francis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 09:51:06 -0800 (PST) From: griffith Subject: Yet another Largo Update (sort of) Greetings, I guess that because this show at Largo is a one-off thing and not part of a scheduled tour,getting confirmation is driving me insane. Here is the funniest thing I have seen so far in my quest: Sunday's Los Angeles Times list next Saturday's performer at Largo as Robyn. Not Robyn Hitchcock or Robyn whatever, just plain old Robyn. If I call Largo one more time, I'll probably be banned for life ;) I'll keep all of you LA fegs posted with my seemingly lame updates. griffith (who feels like the boy who cried wolf (or is that "robyn?")). = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@huey.csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:53:52 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: The Rolling Stones On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Terrence M Marks wrote: > I'm sorry to keep belabouring this point, but... > Why are the Rolling Stones still famous? > Why is their greatest hits tour doing so much better than that of The > Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues or The Kinks (when they were > touring) The Monkees could never play live - they always had a backing band. The Beach Boys were very iffy live when they appeared on Ready Steady Go, same as the Byrds. They may have improved since, but they got a terrible reputation from that appearance. The Moody Blues threw out Denny Laine and went downhill after "Go Now". I recently saw an absolutely frightening clip of them playing 'See-saw' in those terrible crushed velvet suits. Say no more... The Kinks were pretty ropey (if amiable) live even when Pete Quaife and Mick Avery were still with them. I understand that they now play with backing musicians. Charlie and Keith have always been very solid live, and, like the Egyptians or the Attractions, you never have to worry about whether they are going to hit the beat in the right place. I think that the only beat group who could have given them a run for their money as top 60s live act were the Animals, and they lost it when Alan Price left. > (Boy, I wish that The Hollies or The Turtles or The Zombies were touring > this area) I have a feeling the Hollies were touring the UK recently, so they may be on their way. The Turtles only had 3 hits (maybe 4?), after which Mark apparently joined T. Rex, according to a recent TV interview. Is there any news of Flo and Eddie? There was a big article on the Zombies in Mojo this month, and Colin Blunstone was being interviewed on the radio last week. I think it might just be the time of the season for them to re-form. Oh yes, and in the interview, it said that the album designer was to blame for spelling Odyssey as Odessey, but because the group were breaking up at the time, no-one bothered to complain. And I agree, Arthur Lee and Bryan Maclean are the greatest... - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 97 12:30:59 -600 From: spine@iastate.edu (James Francis) Subject: Re: Storefront news > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 13:53:21 -0500 (EST) > From: Carl Abraham Zimring > used to house an unemployment office. The 15-song soundtrack will be > released on Feb. 28. Those of you who were there, or anyone with inside info., any guesses on what will be featured on the soundtrack? When I spoke with Robyn and Michele in February Michele said there was still some debate as to whether it should be primarily new stuff or mostly his "best" stuff. And I heard in an interview somewhere that Robyn had just excised "de Chirico Street" from the film. But that's about all I know. Any hope of "Surfer Ghost"? I'm imagining "Balloon Man" with Deni, "Madonna of Wasps" with Tim, "Airscape," what else? "Jim" Francis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 14:17:24 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: The Rolling Stones > > The Monkees could never play live - they always had a backing band. Are you sure about this? What was the setup? Monkees just sang while a band played? Monkees played while a band provided the bits that The Monkees couldn't on account of there only being four of them? (or three or two) I mean, they could play all the instruments on Headquarters, so they ought to be able to do some things live. > The Beach Boys were very iffy live when they appeared on Ready Steady Go, > same as the Byrds. They may have improved since, but they got a terrible > reputation from that appearance. The Beach Boys have been one of the most unstable live acts around. From Brian's breakdown to the late 70s (where you didn't know how many of them would even show up, much less be in a condition to play) (And I'll add "be able to play live" to my big list of tips for bands, right between "wear tight leather pants"(How do you think The Doors beat out Love?) and "don't shock the anti-establishment"(e.g. The Turtles playing at the White House) Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:05:49 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: The last brain to Sharksville: miscellany from mark Glen, you can read this now. It's Marklite (tm)- at least 10% less obtuse, with all the meaning (or not), words, and patent lack of universal cohesion of my usual posts. James, who sends me wonderful tapes of New Zealanders, digitates: >PPPPPS (going for the record here!) - "Of course, Mr. Tews forgets his >historical geography here. Sacramento, Reno and points between should be >considered a portion of the imperial grasp of the financial, commercial, >and transportation nexus that is San Francisco. Pick any time between now >and 1850--it works, I think."... hmmm.... and historically, Poland has >always been part of Germany? Vee jus needs some breasing room. Norsern California (Glen) Uber Alles! With waves of elation punctuated with shudders of ennui I'm slowly jerking my way through Terry's samplers. Terry muses: >Bah. It's a scientifically proven fact that rock stars don't age >gracefully. (I mean, have you seen Keith Jones lately..ick) Some elected to "leave the building" before they required walkers and colostomic accessories. I do like the imagery of the Stones being able to use their mic stands to elevate their IV bottles. Bowie seems to be physically fairing well, despite maintaining a dangerously medicated lifestyle for many a year. I just couldn't go out to see the Bloody Moos or the Stones for their last several tours. Stadia are too big and their music just ain't getting any fresher. I saw Pinkless Floyd on their last tour just to say I'd seen 'em- what can I say, they are still rolling down the frozen highway like a burning bag of something we'd be advised on which to not stomp. Bill Bruford still has a boyish face, Bobby Fripp is fairly gray, Lou Reed always looked weathered, so he just looks like he's finally grown into his face. Poor FZ looks like a corpse these days, but he's still coming out with two or three albums a year. I've never seen a number of great bands live, and am losing hope that I'll get to see them in a small enough venue in which I can actually _see them_. I would have paid big money to have seen one of the Rolling Stones' club gigs this year, despite being at a loss for an ability to contradict Terry's contention. BTW, I saw Flo and Eddie a few years ago at the Santa Cruz boardwalk. It looks like Mark, Flo, has trimmed down and seems to carry the performance of the duo, and Eddie , I can't remember his real name, looks like he has had a stroke. His mobility is not what it once was, and he is no longer the more handsome of the pair. They had a backing band and they made shit out of all of those bands from the sixties in their humorous, and fun-loving way. Their whack at the Doors was really a piece of art. Maybe they were touring as the Turtles, but most of the band was clearly not even multicellular when Las Tortugas were muy famoso. I have a story about how the Monkees began their long crawl back to the bottom of the heap, when Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz (or was it Peter Tork) were down on their luck in Reno and they applied for jobs as janitors, where they were recognized and asked if they could still do that Monkees thang. By taking more money and doing the lounge act, they were deprived of working with me on the janitorial crew of Harrah's club. Something for which they have been kicking themselves every waking hour of every one of their waking days since. I'm sure that's all you can stand to read from me at this time, I'm also sure that I'll give you another sip from my lobotomy fire hose again before you are ready. Robyn and Fegheads rock and rule, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:44:39 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: The Bent Backed Tulips >I saw a copy of The Bent Backed Tulips' _Looking Through. . ._ in a used >bin yesterday, and the "Glass Onion" reference and interesting artwork >were enough to make me wonder about them. Looked great, lots of bonus >tracks. From 1988. Anybody know them? Should I buy it? > >--"Jim" Francis All I know is that it's basically Dramarama recording in a more retro vein under a pseudonym (similar to the Damned's Naz & the Nomads album?). And I've never liked Dramarama myself, so.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:01:08 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: cheeze-it brand snack crackers sorry i'm so trigger happy with the delete button. the person that was asking which rekkids to buy, if you haven't already got RESPECT, don't. get SPECTRE instead! look through the next few issues of goldmine, you'll probably find it. also, usually has a lot of robyn stuff. if you can't find it after a while, give me a jingle, and i'll tape it for you. then, you gotta get TRAINS next. even before MOONLIGHT, i must say. and someone was saying they didn't like BLACK SNAKE, and had inadvertently destroyed their copy. i didn't like it at first, either. but it really, really grows on you. a lot of robyn's records are like that, actually. i find it exceedingly difficult to rank robyn albums, but BLACK SNAKE is just very wonderful. and get the rhino pressing if you can find it used, as it includes Happy the Golden Prince. now. the newest ak press audio release is titled LESS ROCK MORE TALK. as you might guess, it's a bunch of spoken word selections, many with some musical accompaniment. and it's pretty eclectic, too. it's not just, you know, "rat bastard capitalism is killing everything." it is, of course, but it's always nice to hear it in kind of more subtle ways. here's the lineup: mykel board, noam chomsky, tom leonard, jello biafra, james kelman, penny rimbaud, norman nawrocki, m. gira, steve pottinger, jerme spew, peter plate. not convinced yet? need more incentive? how's this: i *think* that peter plate is a fegmaniax subscriber. Fuck You! I won't do what you tell me! (repeat fourteen times) --Rage Against the Machine ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:03:39 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Yet another Largo Update (sort of) >I guess that because this show at Largo is a one-off thing and not part >of a scheduled tour,getting confirmation is driving me insane. > >Here is the funniest thing I have seen so far in my quest: Sunday's Los >Angeles Times list next Saturday's performer at Largo as Robyn. Not >Robyn Hitchcock or Robyn whatever, just plain old Robyn. If I call Largo >one more time, I'll probably be banned for life ;) Eek. Surely you know that there's a female pop singer right now who goes by simply "Robyn." No doubt, someone at the Times made a mistake and concluded that SHE was playing Largo instead?? Ouch! Eb, who hasn't decided if he'll go to the show or not and can't get enough of the new Bjork album ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:35:42 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: The last brain to Sharksville: miscellany from mark >Poor >FZ looks like a corpse these days, but he's still coming out with two or >three albums a year. Heh heh heh. :) >Eddie , I can't remember his real name, Howard Kaylan. And I'm sure that the Turtles had more than 3 or 4 hits. Elenore, Happy Together, You Showed Me, You Baby, It Ain't Me Babe, Let Me Be, She's My Girl, She'd Rather Be With Me.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:21:32 +1300 (NZDT) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: completely pointless rambling >i reckon y'all heard that curse word yesterday? 'round about 3:30 >pacific. that was me, reacting to the huskies having given up a 30 >yeard touchdown pass on 3rd and 20, to lose to oregon. ah, but will the kiwis get the remaining 315 runs they need - they've got no wickets down, but 90 overs left. The Aussies thought this would be a walkover, but they're beginning to look a bit more worried now! >But the Stones are just as bad with no Brian... The same goes for Roxy Music. Great till they got rid of Brian. Do I spot a pattern here? Note that the Spice Girls have NEVER had anyone called Brian? 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: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 01:23:46 -0700 From: "Kyrie Liason" Subject: Zilch! Bob Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina Terrence M Marks dixit: > > > > The Monkees could never play live - they always had a backing band. > > Are you sure about this? What was the setup? > Monkees just sang while a band played? > Monkees played while a band provided the bits that The Monkees > couldn't on > account of there only being four of them? (or three or two) > I mean, they could play all the instruments on Headquarters, so they > ought to be able to do some things live. Apparently, Davy could never get his parts right, so they turned his mic down and had a backup tambourinist/maracanist/cowbellist off stage and out of the audience's sight. ;-) ***LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT, FOR YOUR DINING AND DANCING PLEASURE, THE NON-ESSENTIALS!!!*** Davy Jones Stevie Nicks Eddie Brigatti Linda McCartney Art Garfunkel Roger Daltrey John Oates Boz Burrell Coming soon to a town near you. L8r, - --g "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff." -- Mariah Carey Pop singer and philosopher ___________________________________________________ Glen E. Uber glen@metro.net ___________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 20:46:45 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: completely pointless rambling > >But the Stones are just as bad with no Brian... > > The same goes for Roxy Music. Great till they got rid of Brian. Do I spot a > pattern here? Note that the Spice Girls have NEVER had anyone called Brian? Aha! I found the secret of rock popularity. All you need is a bad manager and/or a member named Brian. The Beach Boys had both, The Beatles has a bad manager named Brian, it's all fitting together now... Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:47:50 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Zilch! Bob Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina >***LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT, FOR YOUR >DINING AND DANCING PLEASURE, THE NON-ESSENTIALS!!!*** > >Davy Jones >Stevie Nicks >Eddie Brigatti >Linda McCartney >Art Garfunkel >Roger Daltrey >John Oates >Boz Burrell Any room for Andrew Ridgley on that bill? :) >"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the >world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that >but not with all those flies and death and stuff." > -- Mariah Carey Just in case you don't know, this quote was a hoax. She didn't really say it. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:35:32 -0500 From: Ben Gott Subject: Spice Girls? Good evening, all: I'm breaking a major rule of lists, I know, but the conversation's heading in this direction anyway. Please don't be like certain members of other mailing lists I'm on, and flame me 'til you crash the server...Directions for any flames, if you feel the need, appear at the bottom. *********************************************************************** The Spice Girl Job Application 1. In space provided, tell us why you want, why you really, really, want this job. 2. Do you have any detectable vestige of talent, besides your hooters? 3. Would it, like, bother you to be the target of unrelenting hatred? 4. How would you best describe yourself? ( ) An energetic self-starter ( ) A team player ( ) A tasty, albeit untalented, bit of crumpet 5. True or false: A mosh pit is the seed of the mosh fruit. 6. "I am willing to trade sexual favors for a career in the music industry." ( )Yes ( )No 7. How many times have you been kicked out of a karaoke bar? 8. Does nudity bother you? If so, should I put my clothes back on? 9. Explain the difficulties in identifying the source of individual free will in light of the deterministic theories of neurochemical medicine and modern behavioralist psychology. Just kidding!! Seriously, do you like leather mini-skirts? 10. Are you deceptively attractive in colored or stroboscopic light? 11. Choose an appropriate nickname: Sexy, Nasty, Sweetie, Chlamydia. 12. Have you ever been convicted of combining vertical and horizontal stripes? 13. If two trains leave Liverpool an hour apart at 90 kilometers, and 75 kilometers an hour, respectively, how would you look in spandex? 14. Does the term "force majeure in perpetuity" make you afraid or just giggly? 15. If required as part of your deal with Satan, would you be willing to help alleviate Prince Charles's loneliness? *********************************************************************** Again, I apologize. Feel free to flame any of the Hanson brothers, Keanu Reeves, or the cast of "Melrose Place." Ben * --------------------------------------------- * B e n G o t t :: Bowdoin College Telephone :: (207) 721-5142 Internet :: http://www.wp.com/58596 Why waste good time fighting the people you like? * --------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 01:37:22 -0500 (EST) From: SydneyC33@aol.com Subject: Re: Yet another Largo Update (sort of) Pieces of the Largo saga: << >Here is the funniest thing I have seen so far in my quest: Sunday's Los >Angeles Times list next Saturday's performer at Largo as Robyn. Not >Robyn Hitchcock or Robyn whatever, just plain old Robyn. If I call Largo >one more time, I'll probably be banned for life ;) Eek. Surely you know that there's a female pop singer right now who goes by simply "Robyn." No doubt, someone at the Times made a mistake and concluded that SHE was playing Largo instead?? Ouch! >> To add to the confusion, *I* called Largo and left a message on the answering machine that I understand that Robyn Hitchcock is playing on Saturday 11/15 and I'd like ticket information, etc... I got a call back on *my* machine that said, "Yes, Robyn will be playing Saturday..." Hmmmm... I won't find it funny at all if I make the trek and find that they've billed the wrong Robyn! But I've made my decision. I'm trusting you, Griffith. The pressure's on. ;) Sydney ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V6 #63 ******************************