From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V6 #95 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, December 12 1997 Volume 06 : Number 095 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: more ambience ambiance [Ner ] rh on kershaw; mean fiddler 9-12-97 [moody ram hall ] More brushes with fame [Natalie Jacobs ] Yet more brushes with fame ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] RH on da radio [HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-UnitedKingdom-om4.om.hp.com] Re: Oh please! [M R Godwin ] Re: somebody [sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain)] Tape Tree: Robyn Hitchcock's Christmas Party!! [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Sleaze Alarm!!!! (minus100% RH) [Nick Winkworth ] Re: Eb Or Not Eb [Jon Kanis ] RH and Love [Stephen Buckalew ] Brushes with the beautiful people [Jason Thornton ] Re: Eb Or Not Eb [Terrence M Marks ] celebs [Bayard ] Re: biggest band in the world [Eb ] Re: Yet more brushes with fame [Eb ] Re: RH, Love & Forever Changes [Jon Kanis ] Re: Yet more brushes with fame [Jon Kanis ] Re: Yet more brushes with fame [Desireah ] Re: Eb Or Not Eb [Ross Overbury ] Re: biggest band in the world ["jeffery vaska" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 03:41:43 -0500 From: Ner Subject: Re: more ambience ambiance James Dignan wrote: > How come no-one's mentioned Gavin Bryars yet? Okay, I'll mention him, "Gavin Bryars". Heh heh.... Actually I have 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet'. It didn't blow me away but I do like it. I must confess, though, that the reason I bought it is because of the Tom Waits factor. Tom Waits rules!!! - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:41:42 +0000 From: moody ram hall Subject: rh on kershaw; mean fiddler 9-12-97 Andy Kershaw mentioned on his show on Monday that he'll be having a Robyn session on next week's show (December 15th). Apparently Robyn recorded some stuff in January, and 3 songs were broadcast then (anyone know what they were ?). Kershaw said he mentioned to Robyn that it was unusual for him to record only 3 songs, to which Robyn replied "actually, I recorded 8" - the songs being broadcast next week are the ones that didn't make it to the broadcast first time round. So expect 4 or 5 songs, I guess. (For those that don't know, the show is on BBC Radio One FM, 8.40pm, Monday night - I'll be having dinner with my aunt and uncle that night, and I suspect that prawns won't be on the menu... ) mean fiddler set list, 9-12-97: cheese alarm c bones 1974 trilobite mwamdw beautiful girl raining twilight coast i something you rce (with lengthy middle story) i am not me otsr gene hackman i'm only you ("I forgot to play this in the main set") heartful of leaves 52 stations the president qoe speed of things kol shockingly, the main set and the two encores were all performed in the same shirt (the lizard one). standards are obviously slipping as christmas approaches. robyn solo for the whole set, last 3 songs of each segment electric (last 2 on the 2nd encore). seemed pretty happy and in good form. slightly fewer people than normally cram into the 12 bar, and a slightly larger venue, so a nice atmosphere. Support from Susie Hugg, with Jake from Homer on guitar. the rampisham gig is this coming saturday; someone there thought it was going to be sunday, so if you're going, get the right day! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:12:03 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: More brushes with fame Bragging is fun! I've never met Robyn, if only for the fact that I've never seen him live. (Stop throwing stuff! I *know*!) But I've had many brushes with lesser deities... most notably the Flaming Lips - very, very nice guys whose music should be listened to by all. (I haven't heard their latest - it sounds like a cool idea, though.) The singer said he likes to take the band's bubble-machine, a trademark of their live shows, up on the roof of his house and let the bubbles spew out over the neighborhood. "Don't your neighbors mind?" someone asked. "Nah, they know I'm a musician," the singer said cheerfully. Another tale: after a show in Detroit, my friends and I were slowly making our way towards the exit, stopping every few minutes so my friend Marc could chat with one of his numerous acquaintances that we kept running into. I was rolling my eyes and wishing he'd hurry up. We stopped again and I was ready to kill him, when I looked up at who he was talking to and nearly had a heart attack, as it was none other than Dave Grohl, then of Nirvana. I couldn't think of anything to say, so I let Marc do the talking. Dave was very friendly and polite and was extremely patient while Marc extolled the virtues of Marc's (now-defunct and almost certainly crap) band. A fine fellow, that Mr. Grohl. I'm glad he's having some success on his own now. Someday I'll meet Robyn. But tall people scare me. :) n. p.s. Re. "ambient music," can someone define the difference between ambient and New Age? I know there's a difference and that ambient is superior (presumably), but I can't put it into words. E-mail me privately if you prefer. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:41:58 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Yet more brushes with fame Alright, I can't resist either. I've met my share of Rawk Stars, having done the College Radio thing for eight years. Here are some of the more memorable instances. One of my long-time hobbies is aggravating said Rawk Stars, so please keep that in mind, and take it with a grain of salt. 1. I watched the members of Information Society squirm as they were berated on-air by obnoxious skinheads during a live interview. Very, very funny. 2. I once hung out, drank, and smoked with Mark Sandman of Morphine before a gig. Exceptionally cool dude. 3. I once met Robert Smith and Lol of the Cure, after a Ride gig (the Cure had just played New Orleans' major arena, and for some reason they popped in). Smith's pupils were as big as saucers, his face was all wrinkled, and he really "wasn't all the way there," if you know what I mean. My friends and I began quizzing him incessnatly about My Bloody Valentine. (Hey, I didn't say I liked the guy). He just kept saying he thought they were a good band. 4. My pals and I once encountered Kirk and James of Metallica at a Jane's Addiction show (don't even get me started on them), and made fun of how Kirk thought Eric Johnson was such a good guitarist. We told him he must start listening to the Meat Puppets and Steve Tibbetts some more. He was unimpressed. Feh. 5. I once saw Michael Hutchence, clad entirely in leather, in the summer, buy a Lucky Dog on Bourbon Street in New Orleans after INXS played to 400,000,000 screaming girls. Didn't talk to him, but worth mentioning nonetheless. Wished I'd photographed it. 6. I once ran into, quite by accident, Mike Patton, of Faith No More, in a coffeehouse. He interrupted a conversation I was having with some guy about some SPK I had played on my radio show the night before, complaining how the Ladd-Frith label had stolen some of his tapes. I told him I didn't much care for what Ladd-Frith released anyway. 7. I hung out with and interviewed on-air Jim Thirlwell (a.k.a. Foetus), one of my personal heroes. A nice, quiet guy, actually. 8. I've hung out with David Yow of Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard fame a few times. The last time was for an interview before a JL show, during which I kept getting the name of their drummer, Mac, wrong. I kept calling him Max. So on stage that night, in front of a full club, David begins dedicating songs to "that guy Jane from the radio station" and pointing at me. Whatta card, that Yow. 9. I met Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando, and they were not friendly at all. 10. I met Dinosaur, Jr. on their last tour. I got two words out of J. Mascis, and Lou and Murph weren't very talkative either, but nice guys. 11. I hung out with and once put up in my apartment Glass Eye. Damn, I miss that band. 12. I also put Spot 1019 in my apartment once. We had a blast watching Star Trek. Cool guys. 13. My friends and I used to feed Firehouse whenever they came to town -- three or four times. But then they signed to Columbia and Mike Watt wouldn't even talk to us anymore. Whatta turd. 14. I once saw Lydia Lunch buying zucchini in a grocery store near my apt. after watching her film "Fingered." 15. I once chatted with Thomas Temple-Ellard of Severed Heads, about disco, biology, and how they couldn't carry all the songs their audiences wanted to hear on floppy disks. I then went to a bar with Stephen Jones, the other guy in the band, and complained about disco. Heh. 16. I once woke up with the band Plan 9 on my sofa. Very scary and stinky. They were friends of my roommate. 17. Although this doesn't count as a real encounter, I once almost ran over Peter Buck. 18. I interviewed Crash Worship on the radio once. It felt like being lost in Wal-Mart on Christmas day. I have yet to meet Robyn. I will. I must. Bands I'd like to hang out with: Stereolab, Pram, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Trio, and Kostars. +++++++++++++++++ "So make your choice and we'll + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + rejoice in never being free!" +++++++++++++++++ -- The Monkees ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 97 16:38:45 +0000 From: HAMISH_SIMPSON@HP-UnitedKingdom-om4.om.hp.com Subject: RH on da radio Posted this before but it didn't seem to get through. ===================================================================== fegLETs all, Andy Kershaw sez that next Mondays show will include 4-5 RH songs that went missing (?) from a session broadcast in January. Don't say I didn't warn you! (H) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:55:32 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Oh please! On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Capitalism Blows wrote: > 1994.> > oh, you wacky wacky europeans. over on this side of the lake, 10/4/94 > means october 4, not april 10. This is not wacky at all. It is perfectly obvious that quantities should be given in ascending or descending order (dollars and cents, pounds shillings and pence, hours-minutes-seconds, miles-furlongs-chains-yards-feet-inches, et cetera). That being the case, the only two possible alternatives are DD/MM/YY and YY/MM/DD. MM/DD/YY is just perverse. I blame Joe Friday. And incidentally, I shall be sulking in my tent for the whole of the year 2000, waiting to celebrate the millennium on 1st January, 2001, NOT on the 1/1/2000, which is the last 1st of January of the current millennium. And that's 1/1/2001, NOT to be confused with 1/1/2001. "But whatever his weight in pounds shillings and ounces He always seems bigger because of his bounces" (A.A.M>) - - Mike Godwin, MCMLXXXXVII (and incidentally, why isn't it MIIIM ?) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:56:31 -0600 (CST) From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: somebody >As long as it's not Tool, I'm content. ;) Or Radiohead or the Verve. > >Maybe Oasis? And I'd say that the Pumpkins are definitely bigger >than the Stones. Yeah, I'd go with Oasis. I'd have been more comfortable with that prior to "Be Here Now" but I still think they're bigger right this minute than anyone mentioned. >>there in a little room was >>robyn, you know, kicking it around with no shirt on, > >Somewhere in Chicago, a young woman just moaned with envy. Ah no, I actually have seen Robyn with no shirt on m'self. Granted it was only for about 2 seconds as he was changing. What would really make me moan with envy is if he'd been wearing riding breeches and dress boots at the time :). >Eb, bummed out because he's probably not going to get to see Dylan play >next week :( Join the club. I probably won't either, as I'll be spending much of this weekend helping my SO move and may be too busy/tired to truck on out to the Metro. We'll see. I'm dying to see him in a smaller venue than usual so I may just make the extra ten percent effort :). Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:04:11 -0800 From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Tape Tree: Robyn Hitchcock's Christmas Party!! ROBYN HITCHCOCK'S CHRISTMAS PARTY This 90 minute tape compiles all of the new songs that Robyn has performed since Moss Elixir was released. For each song, I used the best recording I had (with the exception of Antwoman--I forgot that there was an FM recording of this from WXRT in Chicago--but the version I used is still alright). The tape closes with a version of Homer's "Superkeen" with Robyn and Tim singing the vocals and Robyn on harmonica, and then a version of "Adoration of The City" from the recent Jazz Cafe gig with Tim on harmonies and additional guitar, and Ntchuks Bongo on saxophone! To participate in the tree, reply to this message or send me email with the subject TAPE TREE. In the body of the message indicate if you would like to be a branch or a leaf. Just to clarify, a branch is willing to make copies for people. A leaf just gets a copy from his or her branch in exchange for a blank tape, or a tape trade. If you want to be a branch, please specify how many copies you would be willing to make, and what type of taping setup you have. If you have analog to DAT or analog to Minidisc or DAT to DAT capabilities (etc), please include this. Here is the track listing: Side A) Viva Seatac, Loop The Loop, Elizabeth Jade, If We Hear Music, I Dream of Antwoman, Cheese Alarm, Nietzche's Way, Adoration of the City, Ring Dem Bones, Feels Like 1974, Let's Go Thundering, We Are The Underneath. Side B) Daisy Bomb, No I Don't Remember Guilford, Green Storm Lantern, I Feel Beautiful, Jewels For Sophia, I Saw Nick Drake, Where Do You Go When You Die?, Gene Hackman, Dark Princess. + Superkeen (with Robyn on vocals & harp), Adoration of the City (with Tim and Ntchuks) Your pal, John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:24:20 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Oh please! yeah right mike, i suppose you think metric makes more sense than what we use, too! ;) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:10:45 -0800 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: Sleaze Alarm!!!! (minus100% RH) Eddie asked: > what's the biggest band in the world right now? i don't think you > could really say anymore that it's pearl jam, u2, or r.e.m.. i > suppose it could be the smashing pumpkins, but i'm almost thinking it > might just be the stones, which is kind of scary. You want scary? Only last night, in my local independent bookstore, I happened across the latest copy of Q magazine (imported into the US at the cost of an arm and both legs) and found within its friendly pages the answer to your question. But ...you don't want to know. Really. Q's contention is that "biggest" is defined by different criteria over time - album sales, concert tix, etc. (I think the bottom line was $$$millions earned, however). Unfortunately I don't have the article in front of me and I can't remember all the who's and why's. The Stones were definitely in there (ticket sales) and the number 2 band was indeed U2. But number one?... THE SPICE GIRLS!!! Excuse me. I think I need to go for a little lie down now. :-/ ~N Eddie also said: > yes, i'm aware that biggest doesn't mean best. :-) Q also has a *hilarious* account of the writer trying to interview the girls and/or some of their entourage at "Spice Camp" -- where they were trying to prepare for their *first ever* live concert ...in Budapest(!). (one of the only cities in the world where Pepsi, their sponsor, outsells Coke ...a coincidence?). The so-called "show" is also reviewed. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:31:11 -0600 (CST) From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: The Kinks (no RH) >Am I the only dude on this list who thinkgs that "Face in the Crowd" is a >great song? >(off of Soap Opera) Perhaps. This chick thinks it's a great song, though, if that counts :). One of my favorites. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:37:14 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Sleaze Indeed! > Eddie asked: > > what's the biggest band in the world right now? Nick replies: > You want scary? > > ...you don't want to know. **That was my guess!!!** i gotta post more. =b, spies girls ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:52:22 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Kanis Subject: Re: Eb Or Not Eb Dear Fegs: Although I'm rather new to the list (it's been about four or five weeks) I can't help but throw in my two cents about Eb. For someone who doesn't fall at the feet of mister H it's a curious thing why he is on this list. But I AM beginning to enjoy his (or is it a her?) presence. The first week I came on board (this was just before the Largo show and the issue of "Tipping," egads!) I thought that the list was dedicated to bitching about Eb, not discussing Robyn and his music. But he sure has fired off a couple of humdingers in the last couple of days: > Oh, sure, tell us every detail about meeting RH, but just gloss over your encounter with HUEY LEWIS!!! > Come on, sweetie, step forward...I KNOW you're a subscriber... This Phillip Glass stuff bores me to tears (I saw him perform in San Diego to accompany the Renoir film Beauty And The Beast). Yawn. But I have noticed that in the Kinks side discussion that no one has yet to mention the truly marvelous "Waterloo Sunset." When I was at the Rock And Roll Of Shame a couple of weeks ago they have a plaque declaring "Waterloo Sunset" as "one of the most gorgous things ever written in the English language." The praise can't get any more official than that can it? I also subscribe to the Village Green Preservation Society. Absolutely awesome. Do You Remember Walter? and Picture Book. Check out the latest MOJO for a picture of Robyn and a rather lengthy quote regarding Bob Dylan and the killing of Dylan's own songs in concert. RH: "If I had a goat, he'd get it." Winter Love is almost here, Jon _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:07:30 -0500 From: Stephen Buckalew Subject: RH and Love Hmmm...just listening to Love's "Forever Changes" and thought about how much RH must have been thinking about Love when he recorded "Respect". While I've heard discussions about "The Wreck of the Arthur Lee" on the list, I realized that some sections of "Live and Let Live" from "Forever Changes" sound remarkably like portions of "The Yip Song" off of "Respect", specifically, the "Vera Lynn..Lynn...Lynn...Lynn, etc." repeated word is very much like a repeated word rhythm on "Live and Let Live" (I'm not sure what the word is...). Seems like Robyn might have listened to this album alot around the time "Respect" was recorded. Anyone else agree? <~~~Buckeye~~~> ***************************************************************************** "...everythings all on...it's rosy...it's a beautiful day!"--Syd Barrett ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:54:06 -0800 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Brushes with the beautiful people I said: >a "rock star" - the first being Huey Lewis...> Probably the most amusing aspect of the Huey Lewis encounter was that, for reasons unknown or unremembered to me now, I acted like I didn't recognize him, even though I did. He even went so far as to ask if I was going to the Huey Lewis and the News concert that evening (at the Paso Robles Mid-State Fair!), and I actually said, "Nah! I saw them already last year." "Capitalism Blows" mentioned: >you've got some great stories, jason. i think you should tell the one >about your granddad saving the young dan rather's life, even though it's >quite off-topic. Heh heh. That one's pretty funny as well - recounting Old Man Poindexter's tale probably reveals more about the storytelling abilities of many a grandfather than it does anything about young Dan. The short version is that my grandfather never really intended to save his life - I may have only saved Dan from getting severely cut-up. Basically, Dan Rather, my grandfather (and family), and some other local folks, were holed up in the town post-office during a hurricane along the coast of Texas, a storm which young Dan just happened to be covering. My grandfather told young Dan something along the lines of "Don't stand in front of the glass window like that, or you're going to get yourself killed," and pulled the reporter away from the window just seconds (or perhaps longer) before it blew in. Now remember, flying shards of broken glass can kill, especially if they hit a major artery, or cut enough to cause massive bleeding - and even if they hadn't ended Rather's life, they could have easily sliced to shreds the flesh on Dan's face, causing massive scarring, and ruining his career as a talking head, and, in a sense, ruining his life. ;) My own personal favorite run-in story involves Robert Fripp. To put it simply, I almost whacked him in the face with the Men's Room door - I entering, he exiting - I guess I was in a bit of a hurry... In any case, I was so embarassed at having almost smashed the mug of the very person I had just paid twenty-something dollars to see, that all I could manage to say was "Ooo, sorry. Oh, hi!" >does robyn regularly do q & a sessions? i've never heard of such a >thing. if anyone's got a tape of this particular time, i'd love to hear >it. To tell the truth, I can't really remember it there was an official q & a period, or whether it just sort of evolved - and I don't recall, to quote Ronald Reagan, whether or not the person asking Robyn the meaning of life questions was the only person to ask Robyn anything, or whether or not anyone else had a chance - or took the opportunity. Basically, most of us just wanted the girl seeking guidance from the god we just call Robyn to shut up and let the deity play some more ditties. I seem to remember a local DJ running the show though, so it might have been pre-planned...if anyone DOES have a tape of this little gig, I would love to get my hands on it, and refresh my failing memory. Hell, I'd like to hear it just to hear myself shout "My Wife and My Dead Wife!" in my slightly more youthful voice. In retrospect, though, the conversation between the meaning-of-life girl and RH reminds me of that scene from the John Lennon documentary "Imagine," were that odd fan seeks out John, thinking the Beatle songs were directed at him personally. "What about 'boy, you've got to carry that weight?'" "Well, that one was Paul." >Eb suggested: >>what's the biggest band in the world right now? i don't think you could >>really say anymore that it's pearl jam, u2, or r.e.m.. i suppose it >>could be the smashing pumpkins, but i'm almost thinking it might just be >>the stones, which is kind of scary. yes, i'm aware that biggest doesn't >>mean best. maybe it's hanson? > >As long as it's not Tool, I'm content. ;) Or Radiohead or the Verve. > >Maybe Oasis? And I'd say that the Pumpkins are definitely bigger >than the Stones. Didn't the Pumpkins open for the Stones at some recent dates? Not that this alone would make the Stones "bigger." >james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) elaborated: >>On another note, Harold Budd started his musical career as a bee-bop >>drummer. He was also considered a minimalist/avante garde composer long >>before the term "ambient" was ever applied to music by Brian Eno. > >true. Then again, Ambient was a term first used in the 1920s >by...hmm..Satie? And its root go back all the way to Pachelbel and beyond. Interesting tid-bit, James. Thank you for bringing it up. I didn't know the term "ambient" went that far back - I had always assumed Eno came up with it. Probably one of those bits of misinformation that get carried down - much like the assumption that Eno produced Bowie's "Low," which he didn't do either. >Eno himself coined the (now disused) term Discreet Music before discovering >the term Ambient. But it's his name that's usually linked with coining it >for some reason. I suppose what people think of as "Ambient" has evolved greatly over the years. A lot of young kids only think of "Ambient Dub" a la The Orb when you mention the term - put on "Thursday Afternoon," and they're likely to shout "That ain't ambient! That's New Age!" In any case, minamalist/avante garde composer Harold Budd did record some incredible Eno-esque "Ambient" albums, like "The White Arcades" and "Lovely Thunder." I'm not sure any distinction between minimalism and ambient is important when discussing someone like Budd, as he could be categorized as both, or either, depending on which work we're talking about - the distinction might be more important when comparing say Glass and Eno, let's say. Here's a little snippet on the man from the Gyroscope Records homepage: "Harold Budd - American composer b. Los Angeles 1936, raised in the Mojave Desert town of Victorville. Graduate degree in musical composition from USC (1966). Taught at the California Institute Of The Arts (1970-76). Twice received grants from The National Endowment For The Arts. " Whatever you call Budd's music, it's damn gorgeous, and moving beyond description. Budd just happens to be one of my favorite artists, and it's a thrill to see him discussed here. I, unlike the meaning-of-life girl, will shut up now. Ciao. (on now: Eno's "Music for the White Cube") - -- Jason R. Thornton // Chapman Stick, Silver #2125 "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson "...the Year 2000 won't change anyone here" - Morrissey, _Reader Meet Author_ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:38:58 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Eb Or Not Eb I'd like to say that I think that The Zombies' "A Rose For Emily" is one of the few songsbetter than "Waterloo Sunset"... Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:51:17 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: celebs You can read all kinds of entertaining tales of celebrity brush-ups at: http://www.polaris.net/~merlin/fame.html Like so many internet items, they may not all be strictly true, but lots are highly amusing! One of my favorites is the Colm Meaney bathroom brush. Jaysus! ;) just one of the celebrity culture sites listed at: http://www.excite.com/entertainment/celebrities/ And bye-the-bye, I am compelled to point out that Eb's logic (assuming that he wasn't just jokin around, which of course he was) is flawed re. the "meaning of life girl": as she takes super-seriously every pearl of wisdom that falls from his lips*, she knows that computers are a devisive and nefarious force in today's society, and avoids them at all costs. She also realizes that for the human race to survive it will need to make an absurdly large evolutionary leap, and so she has long since given up. =b *RH's, not Eb's ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:49:09 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: biggest band in the world I don't think that the Spice Girls fit the definition of a "band." They're singers. From what I hear, their new album isn't doing so hot saleswise, anyway. I had to admit that "Wannabe" was a DAMN catchy song, but boy, that salsa-y single they're promoting nowadays is a ZERO. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:56:56 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Yet more brushes with fame >9. I met Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando, and they were not friendly at all. Oh yeah, Juliana is a PILL. :/ >13. My friends and I used to feed Firehouse whenever they came to town -- >three or four times. But then they signed to Columbia and Mike Watt >wouldn't even talk to us anymore. Whatta turd. FireHOSE! Arrgh. Firehouse was some Mr. Big-like haircut commercial-rock band! And if you want to get nitpicky, it's actually fIREHOSE, I suppose. I dunno, I see Watt in clubs frequently. He always looks very friendly and approachable, though I haven't talked to him in awhile. And he's still wearing his humble blue-collar flannels.... >14. I once saw Lydia Lunch buying zucchini in a grocery store near my apt. >after watching her film "Fingered." Judging from what I've heard about her films, I wonder if the zucchini wasn't a prop. Heh heh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:34:19 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Kanis Subject: Re: RH, Love & Forever Changes Stephen Buckalew wrote: Hmmm...just listening to Love's "Forever Changes" and thought about how much RH must have been thinking about Love when he recorded "Respect." While I've heard discussions about "The Wreck of the Arthur Lee" on the list, I realized that some sections of "Live and Let Live" from "Forever Changes" sound remarkably like portions of "The Yip Song" off of "Respect," specifically, the "Vera Lynn..Lynn...Lynn...Lynn, etc." repeated word is very much like a repeated word rhythm on "Live and Let Live" (I'm not sure what the word is...). Seems like Robyn might have listened to this album alot around the time "Respect" was recorded. Anyone else agree? Actually, Robyn himself stated (in an interview) that he had just arrived home (to England) after leaving the States and that he had been listening to a lot of Love at that time (although he did not specifically refer to Forever Changes). He said he arrived home to an empty house and immediately sat down and wrote "The Wreck Of The Arthur Lee." The word that repeats changes on the different stanzas by the way. One stanza closes with "the ending..ding..ding..ding..ding..ding..ding..and. At the risk of stirring up controversy, Forever Changes gets my vote for best album of all time. And speaking of The Yip Song, this song's main hook is a complete rip-off of Yoko Ono's intro & outro to her great song "You're The One" from Milk And Honey. Hear it and weep. Talent Borrows; Genius Steals. mjk _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:14:27 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Kanis Subject: Re: Yet more brushes with fame Gene: I enjoyed your litany of famous faces. I was just telling my brother last night about the time that I was coming back to San Diego from Austin, TX in 1992 (I was in the middle of a 50-city tour with Peter Case) and I ended up flying on the same plane as Lynyrd Skynyrd. (This kind of fits with the "Freebird" theme of the past week.) The band was flying coach like everybody else and I ended up sitting next to keyboardist Billy Powell for awhile during the flight. I ended up asking him if he wasn't bothered by flying after what had happened to him and his response was that "statistically it's still the safest way to travel." However, what sticks with me the most about the conversation was when I asked him about his influences as a piano player. As his style is very boogie-woogie/honky-tonk I asked him if he was into Fats Domino or Professor Longhair. His reply: "I'm classically trained son. I learned from the classics." "Oh, yeah. Who? Mozart, Beethoven, Bach?" "No, no, no..." as he starts ticking off on his fingers one-by-one. "ELP, Genesis, Yes..." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. mjk _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:00:07 -0600 From: Desireah Subject: Re: Yet more brushes with fame Hmm.. everyone I've met that's been famous has always been very pleasant..= Of course.. I've only met a few famous people before.. and they've usually= just been sports people.. Although, I met and actually held a converstion= with Robyn when he played in Nashville.. well.. that is after I got over= the fact he was talking to me.. hehehe.. That was kewl.. I said hi to the= drummer from the Foo Fighter (ex-Alanis Moresette drummer) whens they were= in Huntsville.. Of course.. he was in the middle of a bunch of girls (go= fig. *lol*).. So I didn't get to meet him.. though he smile at me..= *shrugg* But, I gotta say.. outta anyone famous I've met.. Robyn was the kewlest..= the best looking.. and the sweetest.. *grin*=20 Latas! desireah.
------------------------------------------------------>=9C<<-------- You see the stars through eyes lit up with lies You got your story all twisted up in mine.. You got this thing that follows me around You were born with glue instead of spine Liar Liar Liar Bwahaha-of you I.. hahahaha-tried to a.. you got this string that follows me around.. ~Bruise Violet~
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 97 22:09:32 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Eb Or Not Eb > > Dear Fegs: > > Although I'm rather new to the list (it's been about > four or five weeks) I can't help but throw in my two > cents about Eb. For someone who doesn't fall at the > feet of mister H it's a curious thing why he is on > this list. But I AM beginning to enjoy his (or is it > a her?) presence. I see Eric's got a second account. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:52:23 -0800 From: "jeffery vaska" Subject: Re: biggest band in the world biggest band in the world...hmmm? spice girls...no...don't even fit the definition of a band or even music...no...sorry, maybe it's just me? REM? smashing pumpkins? - who came up with that one? rolling stones...hmmm...well, i might be one of the few who find them pretty intolerable...the newer stuff that is. for some reason they just don't qualify. yes, i know they do technically, but i'm cancelling them out. but the debate should be, who could fill a stadium, any size, anywhere, on a whim? michael jackson folks! can y'all think of any others? yikes...jv ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V6 #95 ******************************