From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #37 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, January 30 1998 Volume 07 : Number 037 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: viva sea-tac lyrics [Capuchin ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #31 [Capuchin ] Re: _________.org [Capuchin ] Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! [Capuchin ] Welsh [Tanter ] Re: Sorry for my mistake causing confusion... [dlang ] Glass Flesh CD - spare [Jonathan Turner ] The Furs [TROYD1@Westat.com (TROYD1)] Re: a diversion into linguistics (WHY???)  (No RH) ["Matthew Knights" ] Re: you and oblivion [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: Welsh [M R Godwin ] Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Welsh [Jason Thornton ] More often I find that I just can't resist ["JH3" ] Dead Viva Sea Tac Scrolls [Karen Reichstein ] [none] [Brian James Zahlmann ] viva sea-tac lyrics [Russ Reynolds ] amadain * 2 [Tom Clark ] Turning the Robyn [Ross Overbury ] Re: Dodge Ball [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! [Russ Reynolds ] The Welsh...they really do excel [griffith ] Re: amadain * 2 [sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain)] um... [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] ou sont les anchois de l'antan? [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James] Re: The Furs [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: Love Spit Love [Eb ] British "Collections" CD [Alfred Masciocchi ] Apology to Eb. [The Great Quail ] Re: um... & John Wesley Harding [The Great Quail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:21:08 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: viva sea-tac lyrics All of these corrections are based on Robyn Hitchcock's Christmas Party and my own flawed ears unless otherwise noted. If what's written was wildly different from what I say, it's probably the difference in versions and not just a transcription discreprancy. On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Russ Reynolds wrote: > People flocked like cattle to Seattle > After Kurt Cobain > and the pouring rain [falling rain? sounds like "formed the rain"] And the fall of the rain > Hendrix played guitar just like an animal that's > trapped inside a cage > And one day he escaped And one day he got out > [I'll] have an espresso. You will? Oh I guess so > I feel my heart is going to start to thump > `cause it's right to the pump Have an espresso I will, Oh, I guess so I feel my heart is gonna have to jump Right off of its pump > Though it never gets...[that's the end of this line, no "high" or anything] But it never gets... > All the Norwegians, man you should see them > out in Ballard looking soulful in the pines [cut from here] > And off in a dream > > All the groovers came from Vancouver > and some of them came up from Oregon > In case you don't know. [to here] Robyn skips this section and just says, Yep! > Groovy Montana can sell a banana [this line is in question too. anyone?] > That counts up to a hundred and turns pink > In less time than you think Ruby Montana's is a shop, if I recall properly, in Seattle that sells very odd novelty thingies and vintage looking goods. [and in place of this section] > And the Space Needle points to the sky > The Space Needle's such a nice guy > But you never know... [Robyn sings:] Do you want to pay for this in cash? Well, do you want to pay for this at all? > Viva Seattle-Tacoma > Viva viva Sea-Tac > Viva Seattle-Tacoma > Viva viva viva viva viva Sea-Tac > They got the best computers > and coffee and smack [instead of repeating, robyn sings:] Yep! Alright! [the end] And no repeats. This is the end. For what it's worth. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:44:23 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #31 On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, J. Katherine Rossner wrote: > I don't know Welsh. (Yet. I hope to learn it. Especially if I keep > getting sent samples of wonderful Welsh folk-rock-something.) But I don't > *think* it's an "Anglo" language... Err... maybe not. But it's on that island by England. Do anglophiles not groove on the Welsh? That's a real question, not rhetoric. > But I'd guess that many people on this list are interested in language(s). I'm insterested in language(s) as well. It's just that there are hundreds of languages... so many that if each person on this list chose one other than english at random to gain fluency, the odds of having four ACTIVE listers speaking the same non-english language would be pretty darned poor. > >Do you have I Often Dream Of Trains? Call me silly, but I'm sure you'll > >love it. > Must have been the first one I borrowed...so I did hear the whole album, > but at that point thought it was too much of That Rock Stuff for me. Wow. IDOT was too much of That Rock Stuff? And I thought _I_ didn't like rock music. > something else whose title I > never get straight but it begins with "what can I say to you" and includes > the line "the mincemeat seethes for you" It's called "Unsettled". You hear "seethes"? Is it "seethes"? Why didn't we mention THAT three weeks ago when we did Globe of Frogs? Kids? > >You haven't been here very long, have you? We'll argue with anyone about > >anything. > Hey, I didn't say *you* wouldn't argue, I said I wouldn't! Oh, wait--is > refusing to argue with everyone about everything going to get me ejected > from the discussion? Never mind, I'll argue! I don't think Woj has the heart to eject anyone. You can be a yes-man if you like. > >I love that this has so much more meaning now than it did then. I wonder > >if Chaucer was thinking about that when he wrote it. > What makes you think it has more meaning now? Chaucer was talking about > trying to understand ancient Troy! You can understand his language better > than he understood theirs... It does have more meaning now. Surely I can understand him better than he understood the Trojans. But I speek a language directly descended from his. Besides, it hasn't been a thousand years yet, has it? But the huge differences that do show go towards demonstrating his point. He was making an observation and now the it's self-referential. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:17:45 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: _________.org On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Bayard wrote: > Very soon, my web site will go online. I want to register a domain name > for it. fegmania.org, fegmaniax.org, and robyn.com are spoken for. > I'm leaning heavily towards robynbase.org (Robynbase of course is my RH > database system) but if you have a better idea, email me offlist. Do you have better sources or methods than me? WHOIS fegmaniax.org yields "no matches found" while fegmania.org appears to belong to Woj. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:41:30 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Nick Winkworth wrote: > There's a sinister plot hatching here... You ain't kiddin'. > * Although I have a suspicion that my spouse *may* have some connection > with those parts ...that distinctive surname 'Jones' is a dead giveaway, > if you ask me! LOBSTERMAN! JBJ is is the snitch! Getting closer to the truth... J. PS If anything happens to me, I have given a letter with everything I know about this conspiracy to an unnamed non-feg whom I trust. Unless certan actions are taken by me daily, the letter will be sent to all major and minor news and home shopping networks. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:59:32 +0000 From: Tanter Subject: Welsh Of course the true test of all these supposed-writers of Welsh is the singing test. It's all well and good to lay claim to the language of a proud and long-suffering people, but can you sing like them? I don't care if you can speak it backwards, if you can't sing like a miner, you're just a big fake. (of course there must be the odd Welsh person who can't sing. They are excepted from this test, naturally. I'm referring to the infiltrators who are trying to undermine Internet attempts to keep the Welsh language sequestered.) Marcy (no Welsh connection, I just feel for them) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:42:20 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: Sorry for my mistake causing confusion... Eb wrote: > Man, why are all you guys f*cking with the new blood's head? Quit > stroking > yerselves. ;P > > Eb I have to agree with EB, I think if this had been me I'd have just crawled away and shrivelled up like a piece of gorgonzola cheese rind. Congratulations Helen, you must have plenty of moral fibre. Welcome to the list and don't get thrown by these folks ,they're really a bunch of old softies at heart ( I think........). Dave Lang. (currently listening to ALL my RH albums after reading all those posts about which album would be best for a newbie and I 've found I can't stop listening to the Soft Boys and Globe of frogs, so I guess I'd recommend these two for old farts like me at least ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:56:43 +0000 From: Jonathan Turner Subject: Glass Flesh CD - spare the recent resurgance of interest in the classic "Glass Flesh" CD reminds me that I have one left over from the batch that bayard sent over when they were pressed. If anyone in the UK, or even European mainland wants it, do get in touch. It's sealed, unplayed and has a cracked case (damaged in transit, it wasn't me using it to prop up a table leg or anything, honest) which you could easily replace with a nice new one from HMV or somewhere. The deal is you send 10 dollars (or equivalent in bayard's local currency, I guess) to bayard and I send, or deliver if you live along my road, the CD. (Slightly reduced price to that charged to the two of you who helped to make the uk sales of the first batch such a success, due to this one being damaged sale stock). yakki da, Jonathan. (for some reason I'm reminded of those classic Welsh beer slogans: "People who know beer have Brains" and "Never forget your Welsh." But I'm sure it'll pass. Probably something to do with Robyn rambling on about Aberystwyth at the 12 Bar last night). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:26:45 -0500 From: TROYD1@Westat.com (TROYD1) Subject: The Furs Psychedelic Furs = The Damned? I always thought the Furs sounded like a cross between David Bowie and the Velvet Underground. I've been reacquainting myself with the Furs lately, no doubt inspired by the attention the new retrospective is getting. By and large, they did brilliant stuff - wonderful, noisy, pop music. My favorite album is _Talk Talk Talk_ but _The Psychedelic Furs_ has a great haunting, raw quality to it and includes perhaps their best song, Sister Europe. _Forever Now_ and _Mirror Moves_ have slicker production, but the songwriting is still very good. The music sounds dated (whenever I hear the beginning of Love My Way, I can't help but be reminded of the Thompson Twins!), but the melodies are quite strong. In these two albums, Richard Butler's normally raspy, tobacco-scarred voice is honed into a Let's Dance-like Bowie croon. I like _FN_ and _MM_ despite the production, not because of it. The later albums are pretty weak, especially _Midnight to Midnight_ which has very little to recommend it. _Book of Days_ and _World Outside_ feature a return to the noisier sound of their earlier recordings, but only a handful of good songs, IMO. The two CD retrospective, _Should God Forget_, is a pretty good collection, but would've been better had it not tried to give equal time to their last two albums - they should have included more songs from _Talk Talk Talk_ (It Goes On and So Run Down would have been worthy inclusions, I think) instead. That would have made a better introduction, I think. I know Robyn has performed at least two PF songs, The Ghost in You (from _Mirror Moves_) and All That Money Wants (a single included on the _All of This and Nothing_ collection). Are there any others he's done I don't know about? Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:31:50 -0000 From: "Matthew Knights" Subject: Re: a diversion into linguistics (WHY???)  (No RH) James believed: I stand corrected on my assertion about the pretani/welisc/cymraeg link. Unfortunately, I have *another* assertion which is that the slang word 'Yankee' is derived from the word 'English'. The thin evidence for this is based on my viewing of the film 'Last of the Mohicans'. I understand the novel 'Last of the Mohicans' has no basis in fact. However, a mohican character in the film is seen to translate the word 'English' into 'Yengeez'. I once read that the word 'Sassenach' was originally used by the highland Scots to express their contempt for the lowland Scots (who they considered to be soft and wimpy). The word was then taken up by the lowland Scots to degrade the northern English (who they considered to be soft and wimpy). Matt _________________________________________________________________ Matthew Knights mknights@harrywasp.prestel.co.uk `Ton ame est un lac d'amour dont mes desirs sont les cygnes...' _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:02:29 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: best intro to Uncle Bobby? On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 03:25:12 -0500, you wrote: >feeling less mellow, >Mike Hooker > >ps- black snake diamond role is probably the last album i would give to = a >newbie feg. Well, It was the FIRST album I GAVE (there were 1 dollar copies in a cut-out bin, next to the Fuse compilations, Jah Wobble's 1990 record, and old (pre-frat boy) ska compilations...even a lowly intern such as myself at the time could afford it all!!!) to other people... Actually, I used Invisible Hitchcock to turn my other band members on the Robyn. -luther ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:56:36 -0600 (CST) From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: Welsh >Of course the true test of all these supposed-writers of Welsh is the >singing test. It's all well and good to lay claim to the language of a >proud and long-suffering people, but can you sing like them? I don't care >if you can speak it backwards, if you can't sing like a miner, you're just >a big fake. (of course there must be the odd Welsh person who can't sing. Ok, -I'll- be the one to say it. Have you heard the Welsh? They really do excel. Love on ya, Susan P.S. If you'd ever seen where I live you'd not talk of having a kegmania there. It is somewhat doubtful if I could even get the -keg- in here. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 12:26:22 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Welsh Susan was the one to say: > > Have you heard the Welsh? They really do excel. I thought they did Lotus! - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:26:15 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: you and oblivion Well, after all of the hullabaloo on this list about "Y&O", I decided I had to give it a listen for myself. . . I hadn't before, assuming that it would be just another "Invisible H." -- even worse, material that wasn't good enough to make onto "IH"! I've listened to it twice and can tell you already that, while it will probably never become my favorite Hitchcock album, it' a very worthwhile purchase and a good, cohesive listen. I'm really glad a I got it and look forward to getting to know the songs on there. So, thank you my Fellow Fegs (enthusiasts and naysayers alike) for opening my ears to an RH album that I would have otherwise let fall through the cracks. As an afterthought. . . doesn't it seem like the smallest bit of marketing around this album would have been nice? I mean, to the extent that, if there had been a sticker on the CD saying something like "You & Oblivion is a collection of previously unreleased, mostly acoustic recordings made between 1981 and 1987", I would have snatched it up right away. Oh well. At least we can all remember back to Robyn's glory days in the late 80's when you couldn't walk ten feet without running into a lifesize cut-out of Robyn doing the "Frogdance". And, of course, we'll always treasure the meories of those zany commercials for G.I. Joe vs. Madonna of the Wasp action figures. I've still got my Balloon Man boxers, do you? - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:02:04 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Welsh On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Tanter wrote: > Of course the true test of all these supposed-writers of Welsh is the > singing test. It's all well and good to lay claim to the language of a > proud and long-suffering people, but can you sing like them? I don't care > if you can speak it backwards, if you can't sing like a miner, you're just > a big fake. I had an uncanny experience once. Popping into a nearby pub for a pint, I became aware that the bloke at the next table was making an unearthly glooming noise. Soon he was joined by several others. Apparently they were supporters of a visiting Welsh RU team who were bewailing the fact that they had just got thrashed by Bath. Celtic twilight or what? Incidentally, there is a hilarious clip frequently shown on UK TV of a recent Conservative minister for Wales (John Redwood) pretending to join in a Welsh sing-song and failing abysmally. - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:08:30 -0800 From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! >On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Nick Winkworth wrote: >> There's a sinister plot hatching here... > >You ain't kiddin'. > >> * Although I have a suspicion that my spouse *may* have some connection >> with those parts ...that distinctive surname 'Jones' is a dead giveaway, >> if you ask me! Then Capuchin said: >LOBSTERMAN! JBJ is is the snitch! Actually, its MY wife. :) "Mrs......Mrs. Jones.......we gotta thiiiiiiiing.........goin' on..." (who sang this btw? i remember it from my childhood, but not the artist) Love, Lobster Ma (not to be confused with YoYo Ma, or Sun's brother Lobster Ra) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:09:04 -0800 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Re: Welsh At 12:26 PM 1/29/98 EST, Ross Overbury wrote: >Susan was the one to say: >> >> Have you heard the Welsh? They really do excel. > >I thought they did Lotus! No, that would be a Paradox. - -- 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, 29 Jan 1998 12:17:20 -0600 From: "JH3" Subject: More often I find that I just can't resist Ben wrote: >What was David Bowie doing working at a Dairy Queen?!?! Working, of course. This was during the mid- to late 80's, when David just couldn't make a decent living selling stuff like "Glass Spiders," "Black Tie White Noise," and all those wacky Tin Machine albums. As I recall he made it all the way up to Assistant Manager, but then got fired because his boss couldn't stand his affected mannerisms. After that he released "Outside," incorporated himself, and sold the publishing rights to his entire back catalogue, so that now he's one of the wealthiest entertainers in the world. But personally, I would have preferred if he'd stuck to ice-cream sundaes. Those were gooooood... Luther wrote: >I used Invisible Hitchcock to turn my other band members on the Robyn. You turned your fellow band members on Robyn? I hope they didn't hurt him too badly! - -John H. Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:18:38 -0800 (PST) From: Karen Reichstein Subject: Dead Viva Sea Tac Scrolls Finally! I can actually contribute something to this list! Lots of people had trouble deciphering this obscure "Viva Sea Tac" lyric: >Roomy Martanikas [????] >Sell a banana >That counts up to a hundred >and turns pink >In less time than you think Okay. In downtown Seattle, kind of near the train station, there's a funky, eclectic, doodad kind of shop called "Ruby Montana's Pinto Pony." It's filled with all sorts of collectible kitsch--formica tables, butterfly chairs, lamps, lunchboxes, old dishware--you name it. Ruby Montana's is a veritable junk-filled wonderland. It's the kind of place you might be able to find, say, a plastic banana (Tim?). It's a Seattle landmark--the kind of place you take out of town visitors-- and sadly, I believe it's due to close soon, either because of poor business or because they lost their lease. Do any Seattle fegs know more about this? Cynthia? Eddie? Love, Karen www.geocities.com/wellesley/1549 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:14:54 -0600 (CST) From: Brian James Zahlmann Subject: [none] I have 400 max points. Can I have two Susan Dodges? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 10:32:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: viva sea-tac lyrics Well, since it's been established that the version performed at Viva Sea-Tac II is the most recent I say we go with those as the current lyrics. Thanks to Gary S. for nailing that 3rd line and for everyone who clued us in on Ruby Montana. I'm confident these are the complete lyrics (until RH changes them again). People flocked like cattle to Seattle After Kurt Cobain And before in the rain Hendrix played guitar just like an animal that's trapped inside a cage And one day he escaped Do you want to pay for this in cash? Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva viva Sea-Tac Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva viva Sea-Tac Viva viva viva viva viva Sea-Tac They got the best computers and coffee and smack Coming and going it has to be Boeing The best form of defense is Blow them up In a regular cup, I'll have an espresso. You will? Oh I guess so I feel my heart is going to start to thump `cause it's right to the pump And the Space Needle points to the sky The Space Needle's such a nice guy But he never gets... Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva Viva Sea-Tac Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva Viva Sea-Tac All the Norwegians, man you should see them Out in Ballard Looking soulful in the pines And also the Swedes All the groovers came from Vancouver And some of them came up from Oregon In case you don't know. Ruby Montana can sell a banana That counts up to a hundred and turns pink In less time than you think And the Space Needle points to the sky The Space Needle's such a nice guy But you never know... Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva viva Sea-Tac Viva Seattle-Tacoma Viva viva viva viva viva Sea-Tac They got the best computers and coffee and smack [repeat] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 10:51:59 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: amadain * 2 On 1/29/98 10:14 AM, Brian James Zahlmann wrote: > I have 400 max points. Can I have two Susan Dodges? Damn! They know about the cloning! And all this time I thought I could trust The Great Quail to keep his experiments a secret! Now I guess Susan will know why I was gathering her cigarette butts from the Thirsty Bear's ashtrays. All in all, I think we've done a pretty good job of duplicating Ms. Dodge - although #4 was a little problematic. Science! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 14:13:22 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Turning the Robyn JH3 wrote: > > Luther wrote: > > >I used Invisible Hitchcock to turn my other band members on the Robyn. > > You turned your fellow band members on Robyn? I hope they didn't hurt him > too badly! > "Turning on the Robyn" is a Welsh expression. I believe the North American equivalent would be "Hanging a Rat". How Invisible Hitchcock aided Luther in the performance of this act is a deep mystery to me. PS: I know Beer. He's a Welshman. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:40:59 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Dodge Ball >I have 400 max points. Can I have two Susan Dodges? Sadly, the management must inform you that the Susan Dodge offer has been withdrawn. The demand has been high, and our cloning laboratory has had some difficulty with the gene identified as only llygwyyn-thropthwllyyp. We believe this to be either an encrypted copy protection scheme, or something from a Welsh member of Parliament. Please accept the enclosed substitution of eleven Ebs ebbing, ten Terwillickers terwillicking, nine Hedblades hedblading, etc... We hope you will enjoy your gifts and forgive our oversight in the Susan Dodge part of the offer. Thank you for your patronage, - -The Management cc. TGQ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:03:10 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! >From: John Barrington Jones >Actually, its MY wife. :) > >"Mrs......Mrs. Jones.......we gotta thiiiiiiiing.........goin' on..." > >(who sang this btw? i remember it from my childhood, but not the artist) His name was Billy Paul. Do I get the Maxell Kegmaniax points now? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 12:01:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: Edrychwch ar y rhestr yma!!! ======== Original Message ======== >On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Nick Winkworth wrote: >> There's a sinister plot hatching here... > >You ain't kiddin'. > >> * Although I have a suspicion that my spouse *may* have some connection >> with those parts ...that distinctive surname 'Jones' is a dead giveaway, >> if you ask me! Then Capuchin said: >LOBSTERMAN! JBJ is is the snitch! Actually, its MY wife. :) "Mrs......Mrs. Jones.......we gotta thiiiiiiiing.........goin' on..." (who sang this btw? i remember it from my childhood, but not the artist) Love, Lobster Ma (not to be confused with YoYo Ma, or Sun's brother Lobster Ra) ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== Billy Paul sang "Me & Mrs. Jones". Do you remember when Paul Simon was on Saturday Night Live and they did a "Billy Jack" spoof called "Billy Paul"? Hilarious. - -rr ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) From: griffith Subject: The Welsh...they really do excel This list never ceases to amaze me. griffith (who wishes he knew more of his own personal welsh heritage) PS - I think my name is spelled "gruffydd" in welsh. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:31:08 -0600 (CST) From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: amadain * 2 >Damn! They know about the cloning! And all this time I thought I could >trust The Great Quail to keep his experiments a secret! Now I guess >Susan will know why I was gathering her cigarette butts from the Thirsty >Bear's ashtrays. Yes, now I know! As Russ said, there is indeed a sinister plot. I now have the evidence I need to link Tom Clark to the Great Quail Ultimate Conspiracy of Everything. Awhile back this, this, -fiend- called the Great Quail told me a humorous (I thought, then) story about saving a couple of Frank Zappa's cigarette butts and leaving them in his car ashtray. Oh, the humanity! Now I know the real reason why he saved them. > All in all, I think we've done a pretty good job of >duplicating Ms. Dodge - although #4 was a little problematic. #4 must be the one who doesn't know lager and lime from Newcastle Brown Ale and has no idea who Scott Walker is. Major errors, my evil f(r)iend. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:44:31 +1300 (NZDT) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: um... >>I know I'm just totally playing into Capuchin's idea that everybody but >>him speaks Welsh (ssh! don't let on about the secret Welsh-language-only >>Feglist!) > >Hew hew hew! "Capuchin" ken ni y Cymri Fegg Llyst! Grwaggeth annwn, >"Capuchin" flyddiddh! Hyew hyew! Arafwch nawr, fwr twr wyddershin >bydddyydad! Ipswch "Susan Dodge" iffy boffu boffu wydd "Bayardd?" Hew >hew hew! Anga dando pwffll "Woj" yng "Eb" anga effyn dando Llymonguin y >Lliagor y pwll hanner myceni zygote wiffle callyach bheur "bloody stupid >Roger Waters album" fydd Radio Kaos wuffi buffy whampyre hoc wen >gryggwdd? Murp. Je s'annonce le creation de la ventement nouvelle "Les Fegmaniaques!", le preusement liste d'arbation conurement Francais de M. Robyn Hitchcock. Je pense que les attribatements choisis de prencher sont louges et ne sont pas trop delures. Si vous vous cobuviez en cette carrigiance j'espere que les wombattes ferocieuses ne nibblent pas! >I bet "Eb" >isn't really your name at all! We have just been *assuming* that, and all >the time you are really "The Anonymous Emoticon of a Bloke with Big >Square Glasses Who Is Vigorously P'thphing a Defiant Rasberry." uh-oh... does anyone else here sense the oncoming "Fegmaniac formerly known as Eb" movement? Jacques 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: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:43:19 +1300 (NZDT) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: ou sont les anchois de l'antan? >> >PS who is "quail", why must he be behind all this? >> I think Helen = The Quail > >Most definitely. TGQ has finally gotten off his feathered duff and >created a few new autofegs to keep the rest of us company while he waits >forlornly for Storefront Hitchcock to be released. Unfortunately he gave >himself away on this one, what with the hokey "Who is quail?" line. Tsk, >tsk...don't you know by now that you can't trick your own figments of >your imagination? We know who you/we are! Poor Helen must think we're all crazy by now. Ah well, a couple more weeks and she'll know for sure. >The decoded instructions are kept in Welsh, of course, for maximum >secrecy (Navaho having been taken already), since the average percentage >of population who speak the language is exactly 0%. Everyone who listens >to Robyns records has been subliminally taught the language - even >though many of them are not even aware of it. actually Welsh was used for code too, in WWI. All the suggestion of British PM David Lloyd-George, who spoke it fluently (unlike most Germans) James BTW - these last couple of digests have been fun! Weird, but fun! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:53:38 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: The Furs Aside from all the good Furs stuff, I thought the first Love Spit Love record was really good, too -- well-crafted songs, cool guitar work, good vocals from Butler (former lead singer of Furs). It's pretty slick and often a bit too compressed (although not as much so as Radiohead's "The Bends"), but it's a damn fine CD to throw in the player every couple of months or so. - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:53:37 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Love Spit Love >It's pretty slick and often >a bit too compressed (although not as much so as Radiohead's "The Bends"), but >it's a damn fine CD to throw.... I'll agree with that. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:21:06 -0600 From: Alfred Masciocchi Subject: British "Collections" CD Music Machine has an ad in the February 13 issue of Goldmine that reads CD ROBYN HITCHCOCK Due 1/26...New British "Collections" CD! (details to follow)...$16.00 Anyone know what's on this? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 23:53:17 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Apology to Eb. >Well, you know...reposting private email to a public mailing list is >usually considered very bad manners. But then I know that there's often a >double-standard for decorum on this list. I am sorry, Eb . . . I honestly did not notice that it was private. It seemed harmless enough -- just your usual deft employment of paradoxical wit. I was blissfully unaware that it was only addressed to me! (Those sort of letters usually begin "You daft fucking idiot" or such) I usually take more care than to do something like that. My sincere apologies. - --Quail PS: You posed nude for LJ? Hmm . . . Hey Mike, I have a new idea for an addition to the Fegmap page. . . . - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- The Great Quail, K.S.C. | Literature Site - The Libyrinth: TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com | www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth www.rpg.net/quail | Vampire Site - New York by Night: riverrun Discordian Society | www.rpg.net/quail/NYBN 73 De Chirico Street | Arkham, Orbis Tertius 2112-42 | ** What is FEGMANIA? ** "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 23:53:21 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: um... & John Wesley Harding James writes, >Si vous vous cobuviez en cette carrigiance j'espere que les >wombattes ferocieuses ne nibblent pas! That sounds fun, but certainly illegal here in the states. . . . And now, believe it or not, I actually have a valid and legitimate question. Recently a friend of mine loaned me a John Wesley Harding CD called "DYNABLOB 2." In return, I loaned him some Robyn, which I am happy to say he is taking a liking to. (His favorite songs so far are "Uncorrected Personality Traits" and "Globe of Frogs.") Now, I like what I've heard of JWH so far -- jangly guitars, slightly awkward lyrics, a squeeksy, cranksy pubbish working class English voice, songs that refer constantly to his influences, and an almost Robynesque feel to his delivery. So I am wondering what ya'll think of JWH -- what do you recommend purchasing, do you think he sucks, is he great live, etc. . . . I'd appreciate if anyone could email me privately with their thoughts. Thanks! - --Quail PS: And Nick, I think it's actually "The wombat's tail of nine quails." Eeeugh. - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- The Great Quail, K.S.C. | Literature Site - The Libyrinth: TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com | www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth www.rpg.net/quail | Vampire Site - New York by Night: riverrun Discordian Society | www.rpg.net/quail/NYBN 73 De Chirico Street | Arkham, Orbis Tertius 2112-42 | ** What is FEGMANIA? ** "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:17:03 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Apology to Eb. >I am sorry, Eb . . . I honestly did not notice that it was private. I figured as much. ;P >PS: You posed nude for LJ? Hmm . . . Hey Mike, I have a new idea for an >addition to the Fegmap page. . . . Nope, sorry. LJ is in Paris right NOW, negotiating with several major museums to sell rights to the painting. Once that happens, posting it on the Feg page would be strictly illegal. Condolences, Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #37 ******************************