From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V6 #108 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, December 25 1997 Volume 06 : Number 108 Today's Subjects: ----------------- You asked fer it, LJ... [Eb ] Re: best of '97! [jeffery vaska ] Christmas Tape Tree update [Maisie Bomb ] Re: best of '97! [Capuchin ] Re: best of '97! ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: fwd: Song ID and others [M R Godwin ] Anti-piracy bill allegedly includes tape traders [Bayard ] best of '97...some more [lj lindhurst ] Re: best of '97! [Eb ] best of 97 [Maisie Bomb ] Robyn News!! [Maisie Bomb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:14:14 -0700 From: Eb Subject: You asked fer it, LJ... Well, what the hell...here's some fodder to chew on. And in case anyone is tempted to ask "Are you KIDDING?" the answer is no. ;P Top 10: 1. The Geraldine Fibbers/Butch 2. Eric Matthews/The Lateness of the Hour 3. Bjork/Homogenic 4. Soundtrack/"The Simpsons: Songs in the Key of Springfield" [doh, dark horse!] 5. That Dog/Retreat From the Sun 6. Yo La Tengo/I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 7. Swell/Too Many Days Without Thinking 8. Spiritualized/Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 9. Bob Dylan/Time Out of Mind 10. Teenage Fanclub/Songs from Northern Britain Worst 10 (not necessarily the WORST -- after all, who bothers to hear all the crappy stuff?? -- but the discs I heard which just pissed me off the most, due to general lousiness, offensiveness and/or letdown qualities): 1. Helmet/Aftertaste 2. Body Count/Violent Demise: The Last Days 3. Royal Trux/Sweet Sixteen 4. L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum 5. Primus/Brown Album 6. Our Lady Peace/Clumsy 7. John Lydon/Psycho's Path 8. Brian Eno/The Drop 9. Seven Mary Three/RockCrown 10. Moby/Animal Rights Important musical discoveries for me, new or old: Pigeonhed, Tipsy, Quasi, Tuatara, Bis, Of Montreal, Beth Orton, Plug, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead, High Llamas, Harmonia 76, Silver Apples. Favorite 1997 debut: Tipsy/Trip Tease (TERRIBLE year for new artists). Favorite live band: Spiritualized. No contest there. Though I missed seeing Portishead AGAIN, gawdammit, and had to be content with reading the rave review in the Times two days later. :(~ Best non-new releases I got this year: 1. Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing 2. Foetus: Deaf 3. Foetus: Ache 4. Minutemen: Ballot Result 5. Tall Dwarfs: Fork Songs 6. Tim Buckley: Dream Letter, Live in London 1968 7. The Doors: Absolutely Live 8. Golden Palominos: A History (1982-1985) 9. Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong 10. Yoko Ono: Fly Cheers, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:02:16 -0800 From: jeffery vaska Subject: Re: best of '97! > << Come on now-- I know a good number of you have been polishing your Top Ten > of 1997 lists. Let's have 'em! >> i know, i'm still ranting away... but does anybody else here find the japanese cartoon incident where the 700 kids or so had the epileptic seizures REALLY interesting? i'm obsessed with this...i must figure out how to reproduce this effect...and since i'm involved with the advertising industry - is this the future of advertising? or future world wars? oh yeah... so as my top three for today, obsessions that is (and sentences that plainly do not function), are as follows... 1 - the wagner power hater ($149.95) 2 - japanese cartoon epileptic seizure incident and future world war 3 - (not mentioned yet) a friend of mine who has been malevolently (spelling?) banished from his office, yet still remains gainfully employed by his banishers...you do the math? where's robyn for christmas and what are his own views on traffic and santa claus? - do we have any pertinent info archived on these important issues somewhere? sit boy, heel...jv ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:20:15 -0800 From: Maisie Bomb Subject: Christmas Tape Tree update For all those who have emailed me about the tree, rest assured: I have received your email. I have not forgotten about you. I have not had any time to organize the tree because of my work schedule. For some odd reason my employer has been making me work 12 HOUR DAYS! (Eddie, are you listening???) I just got home from work, and its 2:15 in the morning! I think I'm going to SNNNNNNNAP! But anyway, tonight hopefully will be my last 12 hr. night, and hopefully I will have time to put together the tree with its corresponding branches and pine needles. I'm really sorry, my goal was to have the damn thing shipped out by Christmas. It is a Christmas tape you know. And for those who wrote and said: "Hey, other people have gotten their tapes, but I haven't received mine yet!"-----only two people have received their tapes and they either live or work within 5 minutes of my apt. And now on top of that I've got to put together a top ten list! argh, LJ! :) In case I don't get on here tomorrow, happy christmas eve. For me it will be Christmas, as I must work Xmas Day (and consequently miss Karen & Carole's Paellafest. Damn!) - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "When you're down/ It's a long way up When you're up/ It's a long way down It's all the same thing/ No new tale to tell" -Love & Rockets - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:15:39 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: best of '97! On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, jeffery vaska wrote: > 3 - (not mentioned yet) a friend of mine who has been malevolently > (spelling?) banished from his office, yet still remains gainfully > employed by his banishers...you do the math? I think I have a solution to my employment problem. Give your friend's boss a good (or bad) word about me. I will gladly remain gainfully employed and promise to NEVER go anywhere NEAR the office. In fact, I promise to stay out of Seattle entirely. Do you think you can swing it? J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 09:36:37 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: best of '97! jeffery vaska, conspiracy dude, asked: >but does anybody else here find the japanese cartoon incident where the >700 kids or so had the epileptic seizures REALLY interesting? i'm >obsessed with this...i must figure out how to reproduce this >effect...and since i'm involved with the advertising industry - is this >the future of advertising? or future world wars? oh yeah... count me in -- I'm completely flabbergasted by it. as for reproducing it, pretty much every web developer I work with is currently trying to cause the same effect with blinking text in HTML. wouldn't that be cool? world domination through bad HTML? OK, here's my best of '97 list, in no particular order. * Stereolab's "Dots and Loops" -- love it, live it, be it. * Stereolab's "Dots and Loops" tour. hear it, love it, live it. * The general resurgence of the genius of Sid and Marty Krofft's TV genius, including Columbia House's 10-tape collection. The world needs Lidsville, Elektra Woman and Dynagirl, and The Bugaloos. * The fact that somehow, Bon Scott-era AC/DC is being played on the radio a lot again, thanks to the new "Bonfire" box set. Almost restores my faith in commercial radio. * My brand spanking new Apple G3 desktop 233MHz screamer. Long live Apple! * My being quoted on Robyn's Rhino collection CD. =8-) * I got married! Woop! * Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. * Foetus' Deaf and Ache reissues. Biggest mystery of '97: * What *the hell* is Eric Matthews singing about? Does anybody know? Biggest nuisance of '97: * Star Wars reissues. Yech. +++++++++++++++++ "Take me to the bridge, + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + Moltar!" +++++++++++++++++ -- Tad Ghostal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:02:30 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: fwd: Song ID and others On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Eb wrote: > That's debatable. While acknowledging its autobiographical resonances, I > believe that Lennon said several times in interviews that it was mainly > written about Allen Klein (infamous McCartney-hired accountant). No no no no no! George and John insisted on hiring AK. Macca wanted to hire Lee Eastman, who happened to be his father-in-law. Macca said AK was a crook, George and John said Lee Eastman was a relative. It went to law and the group split up. This is all documented in minute detail in a book called "Apple to the core". - - Mike Godwin "We're not primarily in this for the money" - interview with the Spice Girls in this week's Radio Times... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:45:15 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Anti-piracy bill allegedly includes tape traders More on this new legislation. In reality, of course, the thought of big companies going after casual hobbyists is a bit ludicrous (though, i suppose, not out of the question.) Forwarded message follows. _____________________________________ Clinton signed the No Electronic Theft (NET) bill. One thing this does is make the definition of financial gain include trading tapes. See Article: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1641,00.html The whole Bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c105:4:./temp/~c105CWCe:: Now people may want to think twice about having their names and trade history in anybody's database whatsoever, but especially the DooDah trees, as these become targets for criminal investigations to make an example of any tape trader who trades more than a $1000 dollar value threshold in tapes over six months, at some value per tape set by a music industry and their lawyers. (probably based on street value of bootleg CDs) Sen Leahy: (Exerpt from the Congressional record) >>>> I introduced the Criminal Copyright Improvement Act of 1995 on August 4, 1995 in response to this problem. The NET Act is the result of our efforts. It would ensure redress in the future for flagrant, willful copyright infringements in the following ways: First, it amends the term `financial gain' as used in the Copyright Act to include `receipt, or expectation of receipt, or anything of value, including the receipt of other copyrighted works.' This revision would make clear that `financial gain' includes bartering for, and the trading of, pirated software. <<<<<<<< H.R. 2265 exerpt: which amends U.S.C. Title 18 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2319A.html (e) UNAUTHORIZED FIXATION AND TRAFFICKING OF LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES- Section 2319A of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: `(d) VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT- (1) During preparation of the presentence report pursuant to Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, victims of the offense shall be permitted to submit, and the probation officer shall receive, a victim impact statement that identifies the victim of the offense and the extent and scope of the injury and loss suffered by the victim, including the estimated economic impact of the offense on that victim. `(2) Persons permitted to submit victim impact statements shall include-- `(A) producers and sellers of legitimate works affected by conduct involved in the offense; `(B) holders of intellectual property rights in such works; and `(C) the legal representatives of such producers, sellers, and holders.'. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:40:28 -0600 (CST) From: Marshall Joseph Armintor Subject: Top Ten things (optional) <> Well, since I'm an unscrupulous bastard, I'll do it now...I doubt I'm going to absorb anything new in a week. Since I'm sure that, for most of us, our record buying/listening doesn't have much to do with current tastes or even what year it is, this list reflects stuff I heard for the first time this year. (It may not be new to the world, but it's new to me.) Albums (no particular order): 1. _Element of Light_, RH Why'd I put off buying this? 2. _Alien Lanes_, Guided By Voices 3. The Andy Partridge Demos (tape...deeply unofficial) 4. _Enter the Wu-Tang_, Wu-Tang Clan 5. _The Complete Recordings of Bessie Smith, Vol 2._ Why God made CDs. (Or the phonograph, even.) 6. _Betty_, Helmet I'm as surprised as you are. 7. _Raw Power_, Iggy and the Stooges (reissue...my fave as a kid) 8. _Sun Sessions_, Johnny Cash 9. _Baduizm_, Erykah Badu Miles meets Billie & Tricky in Anita Baker's living room. They get high and cut what they think are Sade tunes. They're not, because they're better. (Yes, it does have genuine jazz leanings and yes, it IS good.) 10._OK Computer_, Radiohead Hype aside, it is a very good album. It's tempting to overpraise it, but why not? I'm touched, in a way, that a band cared about making such a heartfelt record. Top ten tracks (no particular order): 1. "Exit Flagger" - GBV 2. "Never Stop Bleeding" - RH 3. "Paranoid Android" - Radiohead 4. "You and the Clouds" - Andy Partridge 5. "Shake Appeal" - Iggy & the Stooges (stunning remix) 6. "Goin' Down" - Ol' Dirty Bastard 7. "They're Not Witches" - GBV 8. "Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not" - X 9. "Not Behind the Fighter Jet" - GBV 10."Listening to the Higsons" - RH Of these, only #3 and #9 were released this year...God, I'm such a digger of bones. This'll probably be my last post of the year. Props to James for hearing my plea over on the Chalkhills list and turning me on to Fegmaniax!...it's the best list I've ever been on, including the Kierkegaard one. *sniff* it's not like me to get misty-eyed, so I'll stop now...off to Rhode Island with me... marshall __________________________________________________________________ Marshall Armintor/mojo@rice.edu/Grad.English Dept. Rice University/ Fondren IT Systems Student Guy x5338 <> _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 10:27:59 -0800 From: Jim_Neill@rhinorecords.com (Jim Neill) Subject: Top Musique/Films 1997 A stab at the best music of the year not in order: Ken Stringfellow: Sounds Like Goodbye Posie solo. Fractured and beautiful ala Big Star/3rd/Sister Lovers The Hang Ups: So We Go Gorgeous pastoral midwestern pop at its best. Abra Moore: Strangest Places Former Poi Dog Ponderer makes a surprisingly moving solo debut. A few clunkers but the best tracks really shine. Faye Wong: "100%" Chinese singer, produced by Liz Frazier of Cocteau Twins...had to get this in Chinatown. Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que Dr. Seuss after a bong hit. Or a more astute Wild Man Fisher Ron Sexsmith: Other Songs His second minor masterpiece, though I suspect the best is yet to come. Guided By Voices: Mag Earwhig Activates my Zeppelin, Who, and Beatles glands simultaneously. Radiohead: OK Computer Okay. I'll get in line to praise this one. Babybird: Greatest Hits (2 CD set) The best of his hundreds of home-studio demos. Haunting. Superior to the polished final product. Roy Harper : BBC Sessions (7 or so separate CDs) The best stuff is the BBC studio demos. He's a little over-wrought with a live band. Had all these on cassettes through traders so its nice to get 'em on disc finally. Dandy Warhols: Come Down Velvets with more umph. Also reminiscent of Boston's lamented Nova Mob (not the Grant Hart ensemble). Elliot Smith: Either/Or (maybe a 1996 release) Simon & Garfunkel meet Nick Drake. The musical voice of my favorite film this year; "Good Will Hunting" as well. Best films: In The Company Of Men The Sweet Hereafter Good Will Hunting The Designated Mourner - -Jim Neill/Rhino _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: fegmaniax-digest V6 #107 From: fegmaniax@smoe.org at Internet Date: 12/24/97 3:25 AM fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, December 24 1997 Volume 06 : Number 107 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fwd: A warning to tape traders... ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Fwd: A warning to tape traders... [Capuchin ] best of '97! [lj lindhurst ] Re: best of '97! [Dave Librik ] Re: best of '97! [jeffery vaska ] Re: best of '97! [Hedblade ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:22:44 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Fwd: A warning to tape traders... From: "Chris Takis Papaleonardos" To: dan-bern-list@eskimo.com Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 22:38:13 +0000 Subject: A warning to tape traders... Reply-to: Papaleonardos.1@osu.edu Hey folks, just to let you know about something scary that happened to a friend of mine today. He's a major tape trader (DATS and analog), mostly Springsteen but also Counting Crows, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, John Fogerty, etc. For the last year or so, he's had his trade list up on his web page, and has frequently conducted trades with folks who find him through his web page. Friday afternoon, after he'd gone home for the weekend, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, or something like that) sent faxes and letters to him, his employer (who is also is internet provider) and to his employers' lawyers stating that they had received a tape from him, which violated copyright laws. [By the way, another friend forwarded me a message from the Mellencamp list a few days ago, which noted how the copyright law was recently amended to specifically include tape traders. The previous law only said that it was a crime to distribute tapes in exchange for something of value; the newly-reworded law clarifies that something of value includes other tapes. I don't recall off hand if the law bans the distribution of tapes if nothing is received in return. In any case, if there is interest, I will fwd that message to the list.] Back to my friend. When he went in to work today, he was summoned and told that his email accounts had been CANCELLED and that his web pages had been taken down. He was advised by a lawyer friend who deals in copyright that the RIAA will probably not pursue the matter any further, but his employer may (since he was apparently engaged in illegal activities using his employer's resources -- email service and web space). The bottom line is that these assholes are cracking down on bootlegging. In the last year the busted a number of "pros" -- manufacturers and distributers of boot cds. Now it looks like they're turning their attention to tape traders. If you have a trade list on the web, I'd take it down, or 'hide' it by not having visible links to it, that way you can just pass on the URL to those you wish to view it. And I probably wouldn't advertise the fact that you trade tapes in newsgroups or on the web. And if you get email or snail-mail from someone you've never heard of asking for tapes, it'd probably be safer to ignore it. I don't want to freak anyone out, but it looks like a reality that we'll have to confront. These idiots apparently just don't realize that they can never eliminate bootlegs, just drive them farther underground. Not to mention the crimes THEY are committing against history, since bootleggers preserve music history for future generations! Chris ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:51:44 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Fwd: A warning to tape traders... On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Capitalism Blows wrote: > Hey folks, just to let you know about something scary that happened > to a friend of mine today. Now I'm not saying this isn't true, but it just isn't true. This is This is a fairly typical urban myth/Call to Alarm letter. Note that it was sent from an address that doesn't currently exist (cpapaleo@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu), has that incredibly vague opening (no names, no places, nothing to relate it to reality), and all kinds of leaps of 'trust me!'. Note that he suggests all kind of drastic actions that would basically shut a trader down or make him all suspicious. This is meant to con the stupid. Smart people would take real information (like an actual case with names and dates) and choose their own plan of action. The writer knows that stupid people react to gossip and stupid people do what you tell them to do because "You know more than they do... at least about this". This is panicmail. If someone actually gets 'busted', we'll all know the person's name, hometown, and blood type. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:09:48 -0500 (EST) From: lj lindhurst Subject: best of '97! Come on now-- I know a good number of you have been polishing your Top Ten of 1997 lists. Let's have 'em! - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 19:05:13 -0600 From: Dave Librik Subject: Re: best of '97! lj lindhurst writes: >Come on now-- I know a good number of you have been polishing your Top Ten >of 1997 lists. Let's have 'em! Oh, no, not yet -- I think I maybe have the best of '95 finally worked out by now, though! - - - David Librik librik@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu not quick to leap to conclusions - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 17:34:19 -0800 From: jeffery vaska Subject: Re: best of '97! lj lindhurst wrote: > > Come on now-- I know a good number of you have been polishing your Top Ten > of 1997 lists. Let's have 'em! top one i heard today... "now, i'm going to get out the wagner power hater and spread the hate." i was on my butt laughing for hours... christmas is fine and everything, but what's the big deal? why don't we have a holiday every year where we celebrate staying home, not getting in our cars, and not consuming all this plastic. i REALLY HATE traffic...i'm spreading the hate tonight folks. watch out...jv ps: whine, whine, whine... - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 01:55:13 EST From: Hedblade Subject: Re: best of '97! << Come on now-- I know a good number of you have been polishing your Top Ten of 1997 lists. Let's have 'em! >> Oh yes-- indeed I have been! :) All the same, I follow a goofy little code of conduct that says I can't / won't post or discuss my top ten until the year is actually over. Therefore, my list will grace your screens after January 1st. It will be marked plain and simple so you can delete at will as well. Everybody have a wonderful holiday!!! Blinking on and off (like a certain red nose), Jay H. - ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V6 #107 ******************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:33:56 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: best of '97! The causes of the disorders caused by Pokemon and how to reproduce them. (to my understanding) Pokemon is a popular, high-action children's cartoon, causing its viewers to sit too close to the TV and stare intently. Things started flashing crazy and some of the more-engrossed viewers suffered seizures or became ill. This is not a good advertising strategy as a) No-one watches commercials that closely b) Lawsuit potential c) Links bad effect with product. This appears to just be a mildly more wide-reaching variant of, say, video games or movies (like Flicker, which is just alternating black and white frames) causing seizures in epileptics. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:07:37 -0500 (EST) From: lj lindhurst Subject: best of '97...some more Okay, fair is fair. Here's MY list. I'm sure I'm forgetting something obvious though. It was a long 12 months. 1.Superchunk, _Indoor Living_ 2.Pavement, _Brighten the Corners_ 3.Luna, _Pup Tent_ 4.Dan Bern! 5.Robyn Hitchcock, _Moss Elixir_ 6.Bettie Serveert, _Dust Bunnies_ 7.Skeleton Key, _Balloon With Spikes All Through It_ 8.Spiritualized, _Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating In Space_ 9.Morphine, _Like Swimming_ 10.The Wannadies honorable mentions: Jill Sobule, _Happy Town_ Oasis, _Be Here Now_ Yo La Tengo, _I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One_ Michael Penn, _Resigned_ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 12:43:33 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: best of '97! >The causes of the disorders caused by Pokemon and how to reproduce them. >(to my understanding) > >Pokemon is a popular, high-action children's cartoon, causing its viewers >to sit too close to the TV and stare intently. Things started flashing >crazy and some of the more-engrossed viewers suffered seizures or became >ill. If Pokemon hires Mary Hart, then they'll really have something. ;) Eb "Dr. Shrinker, Dr. Shrinker...he's a madman with an evil mind...." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 16:05:41 -0800 From: Maisie Bomb Subject: best of 97 Some of these are from 1996, but didn't get discovered till this year. 1. Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips- The Past Didn't Go Anywhere 2. Cornershop- When I Was Born For The Seventh Time 3. Bjork- Homogenic 4. Stereolab- Dots & Loops 5. Dan Bern- Dog Boy Van EP 6. Ron Sexsmith- Other Songs 7. Tindersticks- Curtains 8. Roni Size & Reprazent- Newforms 9. Ben Folds Five- Whatever & Amen 10. Prince- Crystal Ball 3 cd set (no, its not out yet, i'm just wishing.) Favorite movie that I saw in its entirety: (it was slim pickins in my book) Contact Favorite movie that I didn't see all the way thru LA Confidential Best concerts: 1. By far and away, Ani DiFranco at Champoeg Park in Oregon. I had never seen her before, just barely getting into her music, but I was blown away by the energy passed back and forth between the trio of musicians and the crowd. 2. Soul Coughing at Goldstein Auditorium at Syracuse University. The venue was too big for my liking, but Soul Coughing funked hard. Doughty was touched when we all yelled "Donna Martin Graduates! Donna Martin Graduates!", and doted on a moody fan who would not dance ("What can we do for you, man? You need a hug or something?") 3. The ARtist at some big coliseum here in Portland.---Again, too big of a venue for my liking, but the first hour was a must see. Prince is someone I always wanted to see, and now that I have, its over. I don't need to see him again. 4. Robyn at Milestones in Rochester, NY---the best Robyn show I saw all year. There were readings from the "Great Stories of Mystery & Suspense" book, there was a table with a kitschy lamp on it, there was a cone with a glowing red light bulb, there were hand drawn cones for sale on the side.....in short, a Christmas season's worth of EYE & EAR CANDY in one night. No quirky set list or anything, but the crowd was into it, and he played for so long that I had to dub the show on a 110 minute tape!! 5. Beck at Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle. "Everybody say Sergio Valente!!" I read no books this year. Robyn would be disappointed. On the other hand, he would be pleased with the fact that I gave up on every television show and genre that I used to love except for Saturday Night Live and the late night shows. (Letterman, Conan). part of that is the fact that my 2 yr. old monopolizes the tv, but its also made me see that I don't much care anymore. I want to read more lists! And I want to hear Sleater-Kinney and Radiohead. They both have showed up on oodles of year end best lists that I've seen. - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "When you're down/ It's a long way up When you're up/ It's a long way down It's all the same thing/ No new tale to tell" -Love & Rockets - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 18:01:10 -0800 From: Maisie Bomb Subject: Robyn News!! From yesterdays article at allstarnews.com Wilco, Robyn Hitchcock, and the Flaming Lips are among the artists to appear on More Oar: A Tribute To The Alexander "Skip" Spence Album on Birdman Records, which is distributed by ADA. The album is a tribute to Spence's 1969 Columbia Records solo album, Oar, which he recorded after leaving Moby Grape and suffering from mental illness. Spence was also an ex-drummer for Jefferson Airplane. Also on the album, tentatively due in the fall of 1998, are Mudhoney, Son Volt, Flying Saucer Attack, and Alejandro Escovedo; others will be named later. - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "When you're down/ It's a long way up When you're up/ It's a long way down It's all the same thing/ No new tale to tell" -Love & Rockets - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V6 #108 *******************************