From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #110 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, March 23 1998 Volume 07 : Number 110 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RH shower [Jim Moore ] Storefront Songlist? [spine@iastate.edu (James Francis)] Re: time for a new thread [Rich Plumb ] Re: rumours about harrison ford [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] RE: Storefront Songlist? [firstcat@lsli.com] Momus ["Laurence Roberts" ] fwd: time for a new thread [Russ Reynolds ] Re: temper, temper... and a little bit about dreams [Mark_Gloster@3com.co] re: Pat Collier [Russ Reynolds ] Gene's SXSW report ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: D#, Eb, B Natural [MARKEEFE ] water/names/delusions ["J. Katherine Rossner" ] Driving Aloud [Russ Reynolds ] fuckin' dipshit with a nine-toed woman ["Capitalism Blows" ] Driving Aloud [Russ Reynolds ] Re: untempered (and no, I'm not talking about music theory) [Bayard ] My dead god Seth [The Great Quail ] Feg Hootenanny, Part II [The Great Quail Subject: RH shower >What's your favorite/favourite RH song to listen to while in the >bath/shower? I have yet to listen to him there but it might be interesting >to hear him alongside running water. >Marcy Funny you should mention it, but one of my favorite things to do is sing RH songs in the shower. I really don't make a habit of singing in the shower, but if I'm just in that kind of mood--especially if I know that my wife is in the next room and has to hear me--I'll belt out a few RH tunes. My usual repertoire is: Gene Hackman We Like Bananas Mellow Together The Bones in the Ground Does anyone else like to sing these songs in the shower, as well? ps. Sometimes I throw in the "Harriet" poem/song from "So I Married An Axe Murderer"... Guambat of the Americas ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 11:07:26 -500 From: spine@iastate.edu (James Francis) Subject: Storefront Songlist? Don't mean to get impatient, but did anybody keep a songlist from the film? Glad to hear that "No, I Don't Remember Guilford" is in it. What else? Did I hear someone mention "Freeze"? Part 2: I thought that the film had a distribution deal w/ Orion. Is that not on anymore? Thanks in advance, Jim ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:10:58 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Plumb Subject: Re: time for a new thread > > tanter wrote: > > What's your favorite/favourite RH song to listen to while in the > bath/shower? I have yet to listen to him there but it might be interesting > to hear him alongside running water. > "I Wish I was a Pretty Girl" of course. rich ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:15:15 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: rumours about harrison ford >And, I've heard another rumour that due to the success of >the recent film Titanic, there's been talk by the producers >of making a sequel, Titanic II. . . (with even more special >effects, and more music. . .) Who knows, it might even >be a trilogy. > I am working on a film script similar to Titanic, except this one concerns the Hindenburg. People tell me the ending is too short, though. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 11:37:49 From: firstcat@lsli.com Subject: RE: Storefront Songlist? In no order and what I remeber: Happy bird is a filthy bird Alright yeah NIDRG Yip Glass Hotel Airscape Freeze I am not Me ...there are more, but I can't think of them right now....the radiohead cd playing is over-riding them.... - --- On Mon, 23 Mar 98 11:07:26 -500 James Francis wrote: > >Don't mean to get impatient, but did anybody keep a songlist from the >film? Glad to hear that "No, I Don't Remember Guilford" is in it. What >else? Did I hear someone mention "Freeze"? > >Part 2: I thought that the film had a distribution deal w/ Orion. Is >that not on anymore? > >Thanks in advance, - -----------------End of Original Message----------------- - ------------------------------------- Jay Lyall Channel Sales Director Livermore Software Laboratories, Intl. 2825 Wilcrest, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77042-3358 1-713-974-3274 jay@lsli.com Date: 3/23/98 - ------------------------------------- Two-Hour Luxury Goods Commercial Also A Spy Film ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:46:28 -0800 From: "Laurence Roberts" Subject: Momus A musical recommendation: I have recently discovered the music of Momus. While I really like his most recent, synth-poppy record Ping Pong, for Robyn fans I'd suggest "The Poison Boyfriend," which is one of his early albums. It's largely acoustic guitar, somewhat resembling a dark green Robyn Hitchcock album. Sample lyrics: "Death will be unlike a room full of spiders all clinging together and crying Death will be unlike the wedding guest's story, the ship drifting lost and the dead sailors sighing Death will be unlike the din in the steeple when cholera poisons the village Death will be unlike the Illumination that Tolstoy provided for poor Ivan Illych" Momus also has a great website at http://www.demon.co.uk/momus Any other Momus fans out there? Larry-bob larrybob@io.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 09:49:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: time for a new thread ======== Original Message ======== What's your favorite/favourite RH song to listen to while in the bath/shower? I have yet to listen to him there but it might be interesting to hear him alongside running water. Marcy ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== "Sometimes I Wish..." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:00:33 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: temper, temper... and a little bit about dreams >> On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, dmw wrote: >> > or piano, D# and Eb are indeed played the same way. >> >> Because this is (or was) technically very difficult with a keyboard >> instrument, tempering was invented as a "near-enough" way of making it >> sound good in any key. But a decent concert pianist will re-tune the piano >> to the root note of the main item in a recital. >hmm...i lived with a concert pianist for about 7 years...when we tuned the >piano, we used a tempered scale, although it was adjusted for the way that >people hear notes -- the highest notes, in particular, needed to be >substantially sharper than is mathematically correct in order to "sound" >right. perhaps this is a cultural difference across the big pond? I believe that this is a normal practice, though probably varies from piano tuner to piano tuner. If you find a piano tuner that uses a digital tuner and doesn't make some adjustments or corrections by ear, you are likely to have a piano that sounds out of tune. >i'm afraid it's hard for me to imagine guitar players (except maybe zappa) >being so precise. seems like in any given 3 songs yer liable to whack the >strings more out of tune than the couple cents difference from notes built >on varying roots. Actually, there are a couple of tempering schemes that are receiving great acceptance these days. One is called the Buzz Feiten system, wherein the nut is moved slightly closer to the bridge, some of the bridge saddles are moved, and finally the pitch of a couple of strings is changed slightly. This allows the center of the frequency each note vibrates is more true. The point of doing this doesn't fix everything, doesn't keep strings from going out of tune, and doesn't correct for playing techniques that cause a player to always sharp the tones, but it's a start. Frank Zappa, though one of my personal faves, was not the biggest tuning fanatic live. I am sure he was more fussy in the studio. Robert Fripp is probably a bigger tuning fascist (not that there's anything wrong with that). I can just imagine him turning to Adrian Belew in the Discipline days, glaring, and saying, "Adrian, you are out of tune," and Adrian falling over dead. >as far as i know, all the little electronic tuners (crutch of rockers >everywhere) use a440 as the root for a well-tempered scale (although the >good ones do let you tune to something several cents off, i'll admit). Some expensive tuners allow you to temper the scales and move notes some number of cents off- calibrating them to indicate all the notes at the A440 mark while having shifted the actual frequency for selected ones. >> PS The new BOC album is due out tomorrow! First one in 14 years... >you don't count _imaginos,_ let alone _cult classics_?? ;) >but yes, i'm very psyched. Does this mean a new Black 'n' Blue tour? Maybe I can dust off my earplugs, earmuffs, and special Nasa anti-decibel G-suit. I'm thinkin' probably too much trouble. I'll probably stay at home and listen to RH, Dan Bern, King Crimson, Stan Ridgway.... BTW: Speaking of dreams, my sweetheart dreamed that James Taylor was eaten by a giant catfish on Sunday night. Fearing the worst for him, I found no articles suggesting such a tragic demise. I think this may have been a result of a late stir-fry wheatmeat dinner. Happy spring to y'all, - -Markg ps. I'll send a Glass Flesh post when I go home today. np. Call of the West, by Wall of Voodoo (one of my top tens of post- cretaceous times, I almost forgot how much I like this)... Harshly awakened by the sound of six rounds of light caliber rifle fire followed minutes later by the booming of nine rounds from a heavier rifle But you can't close off the wilderness He heard the snick of a rifle bolt and found himself peering down the muzzle of a weapon held by a drunken liquor store owner. "There's a conflict," he said. "There's a conflict between land and people... The people have to go. They've come all the way out here to make mining claims, to do automobile body work, to gamble. To take pictures, to not have to do laundry, to own a mini-bike, to have their own cb radios and air conditioning, good plumbing for sure, and to sell time life books and to work in a deli, to have some chili every morning and maybe... maybe to own their own gas stations again and to take drugs and have some crazy sex, but above all, bove all to have a fair shake, to get a piece of the rock and a slice of the pie and to spit out the window of your car and not have the wind blow it back in your face." - -ramblings ala Ridgway from the song, Call of the West (clearly his own "Mayor of Mytown") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 10:17:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: re: Pat Collier I believe Pat Collier produced BSDR. He also had a hand in a few tracks on Moss Elixir. There are a number of others, but off hand I can't remember which. I've always enjoyed the sound of the stuff he's produced and would love to hear what he could do with the new album, particularly since it seems it's going to be more of a "band" album. The Vibrators were cool. And I'm goin, "baby, baby, baby" - -russ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:27:13 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Gene's SXSW report Well, my wife and I spent last week in Texas, and, armed with SXSW wristbands, saw quite a few good and bad things. Highlights: I heard The Minutemen's "Jesus and Tequila" covered twice, by Calexico and The Gourds. Weird and unexpected, but way cool. Harvey Sid Fisher live. What a kook! Calexico. Wow. I've never listened to Giant Sand, but these two guys (drums and guitar) made some gorgeous music. Their two CDs on Quarterstick/Touch-n-Go are highly recommended. Daniel Johnson, with a backing band led by Glass Eye's bassist Brian Beattie. Daniel was nervous and shakey (from the medicine?), but he put on a helluva show. They sounded like an old pickup truck barreling down the highway at 100 mph but constantly on the verge of falling apart. Exciting and scary. I saw Richard Davies *twice* -- an instore at 33 Degrees record store (also recommended) and at the Electric Lounge. This guy just gets better and better. His new material is his best yet. He's also short, and looks a lot like a gnome. The Olivia Tremor Control at Electric Lounge. Tasty indeed. Began the set with "Define A Transparent Dream" and thus began a fun, free, groovy good time. (Thanks for the recommendation, Eb.) The Apples in Stereo at Liberty Lunch. God I love that band. Always a rocking good time. I cornered Robert Schneider and said "Thanks, man. I want to thank you for just doing it" because The Apples have restored my faith in rock and roll. I also chatted up John, bassist for Olivia Tremor Control, and he told me they rarely play live because they can't afford to travel and sleep on the road (tragic), so I invited them to stay with me if they ever play Baltimore. =8-) The barbecue at The Salt Lick. The best barbecue I've ever eaten in my life. The weather. It was gorgeous, cool, and sunny all week. Oh, and I bought the new Gastr del Sol album, "Camofleur." Wow, wow, wow. Lowlights: Missing both Robyn live and the Storefront Hitchcock show. One of the toughest decisions I've made in a long time, but the Richard Davies in-store and the Olivia Tremor Control were better bets. Obnoxious Rawk Stars everywhere, followed by managers, roadies, schmoozers, tall skinny women in leather pants, and men with goatees and painted fingernails. Yuck. I missed Mojave 3, Solex, Buffalo Daughter, and plenty others. Oh well. This was my first SXSW. I wouldn't call it essential, but it definitely had its moments. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:31:07 EST From: MARKEEFE Subject: Re: D#, Eb, B Natural In a message dated 3/23/98 5:40:24 AM, Natalie wrote: <> Delusion of grandeur? I *do* have a DSM-IV handy; maybe she's got Narcissistic Personality Disorder? (everyone turn to page 661 in your books. . . ). Let's see, the criteria are (1) grandiose sense of self-importance; (2) preoccupied with fantasies of. . . ideal love; (3) believes he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by. . . high-status people; (4) requires excessive admiration; (5) has a sense of entitlement; (6) is interpersonally exploitive; (7) lacks empathy; (8) is often envious of others; (9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes. Keep in mind, one only need meet 5 of the above criteria. Well, heck, I'm ready to toss Ms. D# into a padded cell; how about the rest of you? - -----Michael K., who's glad he dropped out of grad school (for clinical psych), but who sure does like making lay-diagnoses!! Such fun. . . :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:42:31 -0500 From: "J. Katherine Rossner" Subject: water/names/delusions >From: "Wookie Conscious" > >> What's your favorite/favourite RH song to listen to while in the >> bath/shower? I have yet to listen to him there but it might be interesting >> to hear him alongside running water. I haven't tried this, mainly for lack of a player in the bathroom, but when I tried to imagine doing so I thought of "Lady Waters and the Hooded One". Ouch--pun unintended, unless subconsciously; I only noticed it while typing! Consciously it was something about the image of scrubbing off the plague boils, I think. (Yes, I know that that wouldn't help the situation any. Even my conscious isn't making much sense today...) **** >From: Danielle >> dan yelled: >Hmmm. No, in twenty-three years, I don't recall anyone ever making that >startlingly original joke. Especially not all through school. I know the feeling. Among the reasons for dropping my given name: "Hi, Jean! Ooh--haha!--hygiene!" Blue jeans Genes and chromosomes you get the idea... **** >From: Natalie Jacobs >Subject: D#, Eb, B Natural > >D# writes, > >>> Bloodied hands means they helped him in his game to hurt me. >>> Jeff Downs cowrote an ELP song with Greg. That is the song that >>> describes mine and Carls relationship. Its a romantic love song, >>> but it was all done to hurt me at the end of it all. So that I >>> would never be able to tell Carls secret that he's gay. [etc., etc.] > >Eb, this is beautiful. Makes me wish I still had a copy of DSM-IV close to >hand - there is a name for this type of delusion but I can't remember what >it is... Erotomania. One of the delusional disorders--or is it now the only one? I don't have my DSM-IV with me, either. Yeah, a textbook case, your D#. >>I think Eb's twin brother (sister?) may be Mr. B Natural, which should >>produce an instant shudder among you MST3K fans... :-) > >Ahh! I just had this horrible image of Eb prancing around in baby-blue >tights, squealing about "the spirit of music." Don't do that to me on a >Monday morning! *sigh* I've never seen MST3K (yeah, I'm out of touch with pop culture, I know), so my image was more from R Crumb... **** The new John Wesley Harding album, aWAKE, arrived today. Dunno if anybody remembers (or for that matter if anybody's reading this), but there's a song I said might suit fegs? I was amused to see a reviewer mentioning that one ("Miss Fortune") specifically as sounding like Robyn Hitchcock. And noting that the album is filled with references to death...No prawns, though. At least not yet--but there's three songs still to go. As I finish writing, a line that went past my ears: "I was brushed by the skirts of a ghost with your voice." Which also sounds Hitchcocky to me. Katherine - -- Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yere, and wordes tho That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem, and yet they spake hem so. - Chaucer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 10:33:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Driving Aloud >I've heard a rumour that in the song Driving Aloud, >the line that goes: > > "I've got a Harrison Ford poster rolled up in my desk. . ." > >was originally about the musician Eric Clapton. . the musician Eric Clapton? As opposed to Eric Clapton the figure skater? Sorry, Susan, this distinction just strikes me as odd. :) anyway, you could substitute the name of any big star for the poster and it really wouldn't change the meaning of the song. Which should have been a monster single, by the way. Had a cool video and everything. - -russ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:11:26 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: fuckin' dipshit with a nine-toed woman i hope this didn't get partially sent out. i don't think it did. coupla questions: are the archives searchable yet? i've got to know if this is the first time andy ronney's been mentioned on list. has anybody heard the new robbie robertson, and how is it? is the sf film festival thing carved in stone? april 28th, right? i think i can be there. chris, eb, griffith, jon, sydney, .chris...you'll all be there, correct? is that confirmed that the Old Pervert on the ryko cd is indeed the "disco" version? that would make it the only place it's available on cd, if i'm not mistaken. guess i'm gonna have to get my weiner suit on and go buy it. i've kind of been meaning to anyway, as the layout is a little different than the glass fish version. near the end of The Big Lebowski, when walter yells, "achtung, baby!" is that a reference to the u2 album of the same name, which, if i remember correctly, was released right around the time of our conflict with sad-um? or, was the album itself a reference to something else? i'd always assumed that u2 had made it up. not that i thought it was particularly clever or anything. but it was always pretty apparent, even before the breach of security. what with his continual gloating over hearing records well before the release dates, and the frequent updates on the number of elements in his "database." and, eb knows we're only giving him a hard time. he can dish it out as well as he takes it. <>> PS The new BOC album is due out tomorrow! First one in 14 years... >you don't count _imaginos,_ let alone _cult classics_?? ;) >but yes, i'm very psyched. Does this mean a new Black 'n' Blue tour?> they've been on tour, yes. they were in seattle end of january. no, i think it would change the meaning. it could only be harrison. robyn talked about this somewhere, maybe SPECTRE. he said that harrison ford is not generally a much sung about person. said it in such a manner as to suggest that this was his attempt to right that wrong. some more random thoughts on The Big Lebowski, which no one save jeme wants to here, so go ahead and delete it now: "nihilists? fuck me. i mean, say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an *ethos.*" i think what i like most about the movie is the gang's ethos: they live for bowling. it's the anchor of their lives, and the anchor of the movie. - --walter pulling a gun out, as it's a league game. - --"gave dude a beeper." "what if they call during a league game?" "i told them that if it's during league play--" "--life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit." - --listening to the '87 league playoffs in a walkman. - --"i don't need your fucking sympathy. i need my johnson." "dude, you CANNOT carry this negative energy into the tournament." - --you know walter, you're right: there is an unspoken message here. it's, 'FUCK YOU. LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.'...*yes*, i'll be at practice." - --"...come pick me up, or i'm off the fuckin' bowling team." - --the close of the eulogy: "donny who loved bowling." that just says it so well! i mean, i would *hope* that whoever gave my eulogy would finish it by saying, "eddie who loved robyn hitchcock." but somehow i doubt if i will have earned it. the acting is so great!! it's true of all coen movies, but, i think especially true here. next time you go see it, just watch steve buscemi. i generally consider tim robbins to have the best comedic facial expressions, but, buscemi is right there with him. and all the various small roles are just so perfect. i especially love marty, dude's landlord; and officer kohl. kohl's costume is too cool for words. he's got a fucking golden whistle hanging from his pocket! the chief of malibu police! how awesome is that? i'll never know how the sets didn't win oscars in both Barton Fink and Hudsucker. i mean, the damned meeting table *alone* should have won Hudsucker the oscar. but, this one maybe tops them all. the Gutterballs sequence is just mindblowing. well, ok. i honestly think i could go on for hours. but i guess i'd better just shut up now. "keep your ugly fuckin' goldbrickin' ass out of my beach community!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:41:33 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Storefront Austin >he does have a couple of Bergman "this is film" references where the >lettering on the film runs between songs, and the final song "No I dont >Remember..." >has the tracking timer running... Isn't that more of a French New Wave thing, rather than Bergman? Eb, ever envious of M. Godwin's concert experiences ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 12:34:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Driving Aloud >and it >really wouldn't change the meaning of the song.> > >no, i think it would change the meaning. it could only be harrison. >robyn talked about this somewhere, maybe SPECTRE. he said that harrison >ford is not generally a much sung about person. said it in such a >manner as to suggest that this was his attempt to right that wrong. I don't see how that changes the meaning of the song. The song certainly isn't about Harrison ford OR Eric clapton. It's about radio programmers and record weasels (one of the reasons I like it so much). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:42:21 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: untempered (and no, I'm not talking about music theory) On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Danielle wrote: > Hmmm. No, in twenty-three years, I don't recall anyone ever making that > startlingly original joke. Especially not all through school. If it makes you feel any better, you can check my web page for all the names people have ever called me. I *guarantee* it'll top your list. ;) > > > Ah yes, of course he has the 'brainscan' obligation, but that wasn't my > point. I was railing against the remarks made (by someone I now can't > recall, sorry), which said to Eb '*you're* the music biz type, you must > know how to handle musicians better than us mere mortals', or some such. Danielle, you don't know me very well. When I said "music biz type", I was being sincere. I seldom use sarcasm... I could never wield it with the same particular venom sometimes seen here. > > > After Bayard's recent post, I am unable to read anything from Eb without > > hearing it in the high-pitched whine of Andy Rooney. Don't get me wrong... I love the guy. =b "have you ever noticed how homeless people always get all the GOOD shopping carts?" np: julee cruise, "kool kat walk" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:53:41 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: fuckin' dipshit with a nine-toed woman >is the sf film festival thing carved in stone? april 28th, right? i >think i can be there. chris, eb, griffith, jon, sydney, .chris...you'll >all be there, correct? I'm in Southern California, not the Bay. >Now, since Eb's job was rather nastily 'leaked' to all of you back in >late November, and since Eb never publicly alludes to the fact that he's >a critic, I think making digs about him being a 'music biz type' are >unfair.> >but it was always pretty apparent, even before the breach of security. >what with his continual gloating over hearing records well before the >release dates, and the frequent updates on the number of elements in his >"database." There's a difference between saying "Nyaaah, I have the new Vox & the Ballbusters album already and you donnnn't" and saying "Hey, I heard the new Vox & the Ballbusters album today and it's great!" And I don't recall "frequently updating the number of elements...," unless you're talking about my website maintenance. Eb PS Hey, I heard the new Spinanes album the other day, and it's...pretty good. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 98 15:56:36 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: My dead god Seth About the dread Seth Question (Or as it is often called, after the original German scholars of Fegmania, who debated it in 1238 AD, "Die Sethfrage") -- >you mean "set"? i'm no scholar of egyptian religion, but i don't recall >ever seeing "set" spelled "seth". Set -- commonly considered the "evil" god of the latter Egyptian pantheon, but in my opinion just the victim of malign propoganda from the Sun-happy Brother/Sister Incest and Ressurection Lobby -- is sometimes spelled "Seth," but would still be pronounced "Set." Other variants are "Sutekh" or "Setekh." The thing is, Egyptian writing, like most semitic based text, had no vowels, so much is guesswork. . . . but the "th" is pronounced hard, like the German. So actually, in related items: it is not pronounced "Thoth," it is really "Tot," very German and dire sounding. Oooh, spooky. - -- Hmuhman-Ra Quailhotep IV PS: But I agree that the song reference is actually about the other dead Seth, not Ye Olde Jackal-Headed One. I just could not pass up an opportunity to show off my erudition, based on: (You decide): (a) Years of carefully studying ancient Egyptian scripts in Edwardian London (b) An unhealthy fixation on Wallis Budge and all things Egyptian, dating from my Goth days (c) A brief fling with the Rosicrucians (Ah, those grand old days in the AMORC!) (d) A really cool Doctor Who episode (e) Too long playing Dungeons and Dragons - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- 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: Mon, 23 Mar 98 15:56:41 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Feg Hootenanny, Part II Hi Fegs! So far the response to the party has been pretty good, and most East Coastians have expressed interests -- and even Mr. Tom Clark has indicated that he might fly in from the Left Coast! Woo-hoo! (No pressure, the rest of you Bay Area Fegs! Heh.) One small thing: My original date of May 16 will not work. (This is what I get for not checking my own bloody calendar!) I think, to be honest, the best date would be May 23 -- we can have our own Saturday Memorial Day Fegstivities. That might also give people more recovery time or driving time or slithering time or whatever. Again, all interested Fegs write me privately, and I will soon get a Party List going. Concerning the party, Dave wrote: >This is bloody true .Quail, how dare you,this only confirms my >suspicions that just because we are 10.000K 's away from you bastards >you are up to treating us like the second class fegizens that we are. I >think >you all should have a good whip around and club together to get usantipodean >fegs out to the shindig . Maybe if your crew can speak clearly, instead of using all these incomprehensible slang terms and giving in to antipodean tendencies for verbose circumlocutions. . . . I mean, "a good whip around and club together?" Doesn't sound like the kind of party I would feel safe attending, hmmm? >If you ingrates can't manage that, perhaps if we >could work out the time differential we could get in touch with you buggers >online during the party , That would be great! I'm sure we can set aside a mutually convenient time to do a little Fegworking! >that is if any of you are capable of operating a >computer after partying with the Quail,( god knows what hideous and >mindwarping chemicals he plans to slip into your "coffee and beer" as >he so >mildly puts it. Remember , he is a deadhead, they are capable of anything and >I should know, as I'm one too!). True. I recommend you all heed Mr. Lang's warning! Not only that, I *am* a chemist and a Lovecraft fan, too. . . The horror! But I promise that my lab is well equipped to handle any emergency situations. There's plenty of padded cells, a large enough aquarium to hold any unexpected mutations, and several bottles of glowing green goo that I haven't figured out what to do with yet, but may come in handy. >BTW Quail, if Bayard, Eb and Ben all attend >together I imagine you will be dialling 911 pretty early on or calling in the >SWAT teams to clear the premises pronto, make plans for this eventuality >NOW!. Perhaps -- but I've met Bayard, and five of his six distinct multiple personalities are all very kind and gentle, so I'll take my risks. . . . The sixth, however, makes me shudder uncontrollably, and if *that* emerges I fear my basement lab will, in retrospect, not look like a very good idea. . . . . And Eb will probably not be there, on account of him living too damn far away. But the *is* an airport in Harrisburg, Eb. . . . jooooooooin usssss. . . . . joooooin us, Eeeeeeb. . . . > Actually we had a similar sort of gathering here in Adelaide last >weekend, a whole housefull of Deadheads!(I feel you shudder at the >thought), but wait, it WAS FUN, we had a mammoth jam session, everyone >got off their faces on good beer Hm. Aussie slang, I hope? By the way, how many of you party attendees have ever heard of Gong? Um, no reason for asking. . . . - --Quail - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- 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. 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