From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #117 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, March 25 1998 Volume 07 : Number 117 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Oscars [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] re: followers ["Charles Gillett" ] harrison ford rhyming slang (little gnome facts) [seven@cs.utwente.nl (Su] Re: Oscars & stuff [Capuchin ] Re: Oscars [Capuchin ] Carl Palmer Is In The Trunk of My Car [Chris ] Re: Seth [M R Godwin ] Re: Titanic (0% anything interesting) [M R Godwin ] Re: stuff [Jonathan Turner ] Re: Rumor & Sigh [Rich Plumb ] Re: stuff [M R Godwin ] Re: rock of the '80s info [Aaron Mandel ] Titantic, Feh! [firstcat@lsli.com] Re: stuff [Jonathan Turner ] Statistic [Terrence M Marks ] [0%]RH: Oscars/Duvall [hal brandt ] Rickenbacker sound [Russ Reynolds ] few are chosen [Katherine Rossner ] [0%RH] Re: Oscars/Death [hal brandt ] Re: Carl Palmer Is In The Trunk of My Car [hal brandt ] Re: crunch. glug! [Nick Winkworth ] Re: Singing in the shower [Tom Clark ] Linda Ryan [Russ Reynolds ] Re: Oscars & stuff [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Who's Afraid To Link The Art Of Noise? [MARKEEFE ] Re: name-calling [Ross Overbury ] Linda Ryan [JH3 ] Re: Robyn followers ["Alex Wettreich" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:30:36 GMT From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: Oscars At least Anne Dudley finally got some recognition for her musical scores at the Oscars. While she probably hasn't ever appeared anywhere near Robyn (can anyone link to The Art of Noise?) she has produced some great choons. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:29:07 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Rumor & Sigh > Well, it's not as good a solo album as "Hand of Kindness" (wow) and >nothing beats the acoustic (or "nude") disc from "You? Me? Us?", but it's got >some great stuff -- "Read About Love", "I Feel So Good", "I Misunderstood", >"Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands". Lyrically, it's not as tight as a lot of his >stuff, although it *is* highly listenable (except for "Psycho Street" -- >eeesh!) and has some songs that I think are worth taking a few more listens >to. My $.02 on RT. My friend who turned me on to the CD (my first RT CD) told me he didn't like "Psycho Street," but he thought I would. He was correct. I think it's cool. Happies, retsolG kraM- np. the Grass Roots all time greatest hits "Temptation Eyes" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 01:06:54 -0800 (PST) From: The Non-Prophet Subject: Who's Afraid To Link The Art Of Noise? On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer wrote: > can anyone link to The Art of Noise? Anne Dudley -> Trevor Horn -> Paul McCartney -> Elvis Costello -> Glenn Tilbrook -> RH Q.E.D., - -g- Glen E. Uber uberg@sonic.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 03:21:08 +0000 From: "Charles Gillett" Subject: re: followers Nick Winkworth wrote: > Under "followers" for Robyn, AMG lists: The Close Lobsters, A House, > Twenty Seven Various, Cul de Sac, Nilon Bombers, Rex Daisy, Poverty > Stinks, Tom Alford Unless the Cul de Sac album with John Fahey sounds nothing like regular Cul de Sac, I can't imagine how they "follow" Robyn. He's not mentioned on Cul de Sac's webpage. Rex Daisy and 27 Various are both defunct Minneapolis bands, which suggests that one of the AMG editors is an old time Minneapolitan. Eb wrote: > 27 Various basically mutated into Polara, who's certainly a worthwhile > band. A third Polara album just came out, but I haven't heard it yet. I > don't think I've heard 27 Various, myself. Well, the only member the bands have in common is Ed Ackerson, but he is/was the driving force behind both. He's known around town as a big Soft Boys fan. He has a rather puffy face. I haven't heard anyone talk about the new Polara yet, they're too busy raving about the new Semisonic. I'm not really in the music biz and I don't have any advance word on anything interesting, but the 27 Various were on my now-ex- girlfriend's sister's label, Clean. In fact, the Clean webpage (at http://www.tt.net/clean/ -- it hasn't been updated for a couple years) features my very first attempt at an animated gif. Nice and blurry. - -- Charles And now I'm listening to Arto Lindsay, _Mundo Civilizado_. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:59:39 +0100 (MET) From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: harrison ford rhyming slang (little gnome facts) Hello Every Body This is a followup to my own post. . . (well, somebody's got to) :) I discovered the following (highly interesting) bit of information, which relates to the "I've got a Harrison Ford poster, rolled up in my desk" line that's in Driving Aloud. . . The term "Harrison's Ford" is actually Cockney Rhyming Slang for, you guessed it, "Eric Clapton". It's a litte-known fact that George Harrison (of the Beatles)'s father once worked at the Ford Motors plant in Clapton Junction, South Yorkshire. And coincidentally, this is the town where Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) was born. Thus, "Harrison's Ford" is the rhyming slang for "Eric Of Clapton". In popular use, the "Of" is usually left off, leaving just "Eric Clapton". . . You're probably all aware that Robyn's made use of Cockney Rhyming Slang elsewhere in his songs---for example, in Kingdom Of Love ("have a butcher's at your face")---so this shouldn't come as that great a surprise. :) Groetjes, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 03:59:46 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Oscars & stuff On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Eb wrote: > Regarding James Cameron: I gather that he's not exactly a popular guy in > Hollywood, on a personal level. See, this is where I run into trouble. He's an awful writer, terrible with people, none too bright, and a half-assed director. How did he get any kind of career? Seems to me that his great talents are sucking up to lowest common denominators and spending studio money. Oh, wait. Now I see why he has a big career in Hollywood. > Random question: Why is it whenever Sharon Stone speaks at award > ceremonies, her facial expression suggests that someone's inserting ice > cubes into her rectum? I noticed this, too, but probably wouldn't have described it in exactly that way (having never looked someone in the face while they were having ice cubes inserted into their rectum). I think her problem is similar to mine, though. I have small, inset eyes and even worse vision that makes me squint at things more than a couple feet away. I find myself overcompensating in portraits and on television by opening my eyes too widely. I get Bug-Eyed Earl syndrom sometimes. It's all very unconscious. I have to try to relax for posed and poised things. If I'm more relaxed and doing something in which I'm more comfortable and maybe practiced, I can relax and not look quite so startled. So I gave Sharon the benefit of my experience. But of course she could look that way because her remedy for stage fright is to insert ice cubes in her rectum before heading onstage. Thoughts. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 04:09:57 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Oscars On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, amadain wrote: > Yeah there were. I didn't know Burgess Meredith had died! :) Yeah, it's kind of funny because I've heard it rumored that he has died so many times. I did know he died when he did die this time, though. I heard a rumor about someone else dying within the last couple of weeks and watched CNN all the time for confirmation but got nothing... and now I can't even remember who it was. I always buy the year end issue of Life magazine. I call it the Dead People Issue... or Death Life. It's the only one ever worth purchasing even though they have kind of fucked-up priorities in who they feature and who they just mention, in my opinion. > I was reading an article the other day (I forget who by) that suggested that > the best song category was pretty much useless, that it had some meaning in > the days when you had a lot of musicals (where the songs actually were key, > in the sense of serving the function of furthuring the plot) and a much > larger amount of songs to pick from, but now most songs nominated are some > future adult contemporary hit song usually played over the credits. I > couldn't agree more. Funny, I read an article in the local paper (an unsyndicated article, even) that said more or less the same thing. I think it said something very much like: "Give Disney an award in perpetuity so there's no whining and leave it at that." > P.S. The best dramatic score award really bothered me. Both John Williams' > "Amistad" score (probably the best thing about the movie, really striking- I > made the people I was with stay for the credits just so I could see who did > the music) and Philip Glass's score for "Kundun" were a lot more interesting > than Horner's. It just happened to be his luck that it was for um, -that- > movie, which meant that it was also a best seller, and they can't ignore > that I guess. I don't recall the "Other Score" category (Comedy or Musical?), but it was ridiculous. Tell me that the score to The Full Monty was better than Elfman's Men In Black. Yeah. Sure. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 07:25:25 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Subject: Carl Palmer Is In The Trunk of My Car On Mon, 23 Mar 1998,"JH3" warbled- RE:Denise Sharpe >> There were newer songs of ELP's that described in detail my meeting >> Carl and my departure... >I remember that time Carl Palmer visited my 3rd grade class and stole my ice >cream sandwich and ate it right in front of everyone, and nobody said >anything! Yes, well that would be very funny if Carl Palmer weren't stalking me as well. I'm so sick of seeing him lurking behind the produce at the grocery store, driving by my house in his tour bus, sending secret messages to me through songs on the radio, and the astral projections - well they have just got to stop! Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:20:33 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Seth > >also sprach M R Godwin: > >>I haven't heard of this book, but like others, I had assumed that the > >>reference was to the Egyptian god of that name. > Obviously not a scholar of language either ; ) .What we know as the > Biblical "Seth" is an English translation of a Hebrew word spelled Shin Tav , > S T --> Sait, or Sais, (depending on whether your pronounciation is Askenazic > or Sephardic), which, for all we know is the Hebrew translation for > the Egyptian hieroglyphic "Set". I think you agree in your disagreement - the spellings of these names can go in all sorts of directions. I have seen Hatshepsut spelt as as Hatasu, for instance. I think the Quail has confirmed that Set (Egyptian god) is sometimes spelt Seth, and if I understand you correctly, you are suggesting that Seth (brother of Cain and Abel) can be read as Set. - - Mike Godwin PS I assume you aren't suggesting that the Egyptian god is the same person as Cain and Abel's brother! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:28:38 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Titanic (0% anything interesting) On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, tanter wrote: > Heaven forbid the Academy chooses a film that actually works as a great > film rather than as a technology showcase. All I know about this film is an ad for it I saw on TV, where di Caprio and Winslet were standing at the front of a boat with four funnels, which had been really obviously matted in to a "sea and sky" background. It didn't looked much better than Pegasus in 'Clash of the Titans', where you can see a blue shimmer round the horse... - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:08:44 +0000 From: Jonathan Turner Subject: Re: stuff >fegs, > >according to jonathan turner, the april 4th mean fiddler gig is a go. no >details are available regarding whether this is a solo acoustic or band >gig. i'm sure we'll hear before too long. yes, it's been advertised, but with no mention of anyone other than robyn. I don't know who the support is, or whether it'll finish in time for last trains home. I'd just treat it as a solo gig, and if anyone else turns up you can be pleasantly surprise. Or unpleasantly surprised, of course, as your mood takes you. I'm hoping for a Jim Melton guest spot, myself. Jonathan. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:19:34 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Plumb Subject: Re: Rumor & Sigh > somebody wrote: > > Picked up "Rumor And Sigh" this weekend. It's not sinking in as quickly > as "...Bright Lights Tonight" did on its first few spins. What am I > doing wrong? Help! > I'm a huge Richard Thompson fan, he's definitely in my top 10. However I don't think any of his solo albums are completely satisfying. I enjoy nearly all of the Richard and Linda albums more than any of his solo stuff. There are always several duds on his solo albums which I don't think was the case with the R&L albums. Of course there's always several fantastic songs on his solo albums as well. rich np "Eye" (the Twin Tone version) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:34:53 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: stuff On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Jonathan Turner wrote: > >according to jonathan turner, the april 4th mean fiddler gig is a go. [snip] > I don't know who the support is, or whether it'll finish in > time for last trains home. > I'd just treat it as a solo gig, and if anyone else turns up you can be > pleasantly surprise. Or unpleasantly surprised, of course, as your > mood takes you. I'm hoping for a Jim Melton guest spot, myself. OK, forget about the last train home. But do you have a phone number for bookings and enquiries? Thanks very much - - Mike G. PS A colleague of mine was on the train home from Paddington the other night and it nearly ran into a train coming the other way. The driver bailed out and ran for it! Fortunately the other train braked just in time... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:02:38 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: rock of the '80s info On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Eb wrote: > Woj wrote: > >elliot sharp (shades of Eb?!?) tapes. > > I don't get it...what, because I was talking about the Wherehouse's > $2.99 bin? e-sharp, e-flat... > 27 Various basically mutated into Polara, who's certainly a worthwhile > band. A third Polara album just came out, but I haven't heard it yet. I > don't think I've heard 27 Various, myself. the new Polara, "formless/functional", bored me sick on one listen and didn't provoke a second. i'm not inclined to dislike music just because the writer was dabbling in something new, but it really sounds like Ackerson thought a single touch of electronics could hold up a whole song. it makes C'est La Vie's energy that much more impressive, though... a ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 09:00:58 From: firstcat@lsli.com Subject: Titantic, Feh! Oasis is to the Beatles what Titantic is to the Hindenburg Cheers Jay (whose patiently waiting for the Cameron remake of Planet of the Apes with Arnold) - ------------------------------------- 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: 3/25/98 - ------------------------------------- Two-Hour Luxury Goods Commercial Also A Spy Film ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:23:58 +0000 From: Jonathan Turner Subject: Re: stuff >On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Jonathan Turner wrote: >> >according to jonathan turner, the april 4th mean fiddler gig is a go. >[snip] >> I don't know who the support is, or whether it'll finish in >> time for last trains home. >> I'd just treat it as a solo gig, and if anyone else turns up you can be >> pleasantly surprise. Or unpleasantly surprised, of course, as your >> mood takes you. I'm hoping for a Jim Melton guest spot, myself. > >OK, forget about the last train home. But do you have a phone number for >bookings and enquiries? Hi Mike Mean Fiddler: 0181 961 5490 National Rail Enquiries: 0345 48 49 50 Jonathan. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:39:22 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Statistic While looking for the chords to Gene Hackman in the fegmaniax archives, I started counting. From January 1-10, in 127 posts, Robyn was mentioned in 45. (Lately, I've been wondering how often Robyn is mentioned. It's about 1/3 of the time) And if anyone has the chords to Gene Hackman, well, I couldn't find them. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:51:36 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: [0%]RH: Oscars/Duvall jbastin@stfx.ca wrote: > > I think Robin Williams is far better suited to TV than movies. Besides, Judd Hirsch already did that role in "Ordinary People". > I wish > Robert Duvall has won something for "The Apostle", if only for the passion > he put into making it. If you switched to the BRAVO Channel during the Oscar commercial breaks, they aired highlights of the Independent Film Awards where Duvall and The Apostle swept everything. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 08:57:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Rickenbacker sound >Interestingly, Denise Sullivan for the AMG states the Soft Boys "were >primarily responsible for keeping the Rickenbacker guitar sound alive in >the years between the Byrds and R.E.M."! Boy those >Rickenbacker/Telecasters were sure a classic guitar... that's awfully nice of Denise to say that but she must be aware that very few people ever bought a Soft Boys album back then whereas millions bought Tom Petty albums. - -rr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:06:58 -0500 From: Katherine Rossner Subject: few are chosen Follow-up: Emily Kaitz is mildly funny, but not particularly surreal, and definitely not a female RH. I don't know of any female Robyn-types. (I don't even know as many female singer-songwriters as I'd like...sometimes it bothers me that most of my favorite listening is to male voices. But not often.) **** James Dignan wrote: >there is a theory, that I tend to agree with, that 90% of the people on the >planet are really just cardboard cutouts. Very cleverly constructed, mind, >you could never tell without a very close inspection. Oh, surely something better than cardboard! Holograms, maybe, or androids. Anyway, I grew up with my father's version of the theory: that there are only 400 *real* people on the planet (or maybe in the US); and yes, we find them through multiple connections of just this sort... So, excuse a stupid question, but I haven't got it straight: is Clean Steve one of the real people, or one of the androids? >I vote for Southland! It's less than an hours drive away! To keep the US >fans happy we could avoid the neighbouring towns of Clinton and Gore >(fact...check your atlases...) Oh, stop that. I said *the* Southland--Californiaspeak for the LA metroplex. By the same token, if we avoid the town of Clinton, NY, it *still* doesn't mean we're in your neighborhood. >Oh, and I second the comment about Ayub Ogada's En Mana Kuoyo. A beautiful >alnbum - just one man and his nyatiti (I swear, I am *not* making this >up!). I know that Kronkrohinko was a historical person, an African Queen >(pace Bogart & Hepburn fans), but the rest I've no idea about. I adore the >track Obiero. Cool--I didn't know if anybody else here would know that music (yeah, I should have known better). "Obiero" is the track that made me decide I had to buy the album when a friend played it for me. In a somewhat similar mood, though more traditional I think (and not *quite* as wonderful, to my taste): MBIRA DREAMS, Erica Kundidzora Azim. (What's the difference between mbira and nyatiti? They sound very similar to me, but that may just reflect my ignorance.) *** Personal grumbling, with minor RH content: The music used for exercise classes (at the sort of summer-camp-ish place where I'm staying) is rapidly driving me mad(der). (yes, I know, just call me Rose) I made up a tape of stuff I could stand to work out to--singer-songwriter stuff with enough of a beat--but most of the others thought it was too mellow. One liked it, and I ended up lending her a bunch of stuff--and I slipped in the original RH mix tape I was given. Irene is, so far as I've been able to tell, a pretty conventional wealthy Greek housewife from Long Island (hmm...I almost said "middle-aged", but she's younger than that...it's just that she's a housewife and raising kids and seems older...anyway); I wondered whether she'd start shunning me. But yesterday she stopped me in the hall and said, "You know that tape? The Robyn...whatever? It's, um....." I said, "Yes, it's a little weird." She said, "Yes, it's weird, but..." [with a sort of puzzled/bemused look] "...it's *very* interesting. Can I keep it for a while?" Hehehe. Katherine n.p. THE DOUGIE MACLEAN COLLECTION - -- 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: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:28:25 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: [0%RH] Re: Oscars/Death Capuchin wrote: > > I always buy the year end issue of Life magazine. I call it the Dead > People Issue... or Death Life. It's the only one ever worth purchasing > even though they have kind of fucked-up priorities in who they feature and > who they just mention, in my opinion. Agreed, as do the Oscars. I was dismayed at the exclusion of Jack (ERASERHEAD) Nance's name on the death roster. amadain wrote: > > The best dramatic score award really bothered me. Both John Williams' > > "Amistad" score (probably the best thing about the movie, really striking- I > > made the people I was with stay for the credits just so I could see who did > > the music) and Philip Glass's score for "Kundun" were a lot more interesting > > than Horner's. IMHO, Williams' "da-da-da-da-DA...AFRICA!" chant was score-by-the-numbers as is most of his work since STAR WARS. He's the Stephen King of composers. Philip Glass's score for the great KUNDUN was just a rehash of his KOYANNISATSI (sp?) music. I would rather have heard more Tibetan monks vocalizing in the film than Glass's out of place synth throb. But, what do I know? /hal np-"The Spike Jones Anthology" (Rhino) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:37:48 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: Carl Palmer Is In The Trunk of My Car Chris wrote: > that would be very funny if Carl Palmer weren't stalking me as > well. I'm so sick of seeing him lurking behind the produce at the grocery > store, driving by my house in his tour bus, sending secret messages to me > through songs on the radio, and the astral projections - well they have just > got to stop! Does he bring those flaming Chinese dragon gongs with him? /hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 09:52:12 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: rock of the '80s info On 3/24/98 10:01 PM, Eb wrote: >Boston-based, eh? Maybe you were confusing Close Lobsters with the >Cavedogs? Just a thought. Pretty fair band, especially considering how >forgotten they are...I still have those discs around. Me too. Whenever I have Baba Ghanooj I get a hankering to listen to their song of the same name. It's one of the great pop songs. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:02:17 -0800 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: crunch. glug! J. Katherine Rossner responded: > >you have to admit, the guy does know how to spend $200 million! > > No, we don't! The lights went up, and I turned to my friend Minna and > said, "You know, if *I* were spending $200 million on a film, I'd > spend more than fifty bucks on a script." I didn't mean to imply *well* spent. Almost any other director would have more than a little loose change left after making that movie - even if they did shell out for a decent script! Anyone know how much it cost to make "The Full Monty"? ~N ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 09:59:02 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Singing in the shower I don't sing in the shower. However, I like to listen to "White Rabbit" in the tub. Then, during the climax of the song, I drop a grapefruit into the water. It's a rush. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 09:51:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Linda Ryan Woj sez: >i have a vague memory that this was discussed in the kcrw snap interview >with deirde o'donaghue -- the one which was released as a promotional 12" >around the time of _queen elvis_. i don't remember if that interview has >been transcribed though. If someone who has this could check it out for me I'd be much obliged. Oh, and if anyone has a spare copy of the disk for trade, let me know. - -russ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:41:38 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Oscars & stuff On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Eb wrote: > It just seems to me like a bunch of indie snobs who knee-jerk dismiss > Neil Young, Paul Simon, Dylan, etc. finally found a confessional > acoustic songwriter they can embrace without feeling guilty. both times i've seen him play live, the audience was full of indie kids, but not the snobby type. when he broke down mid-song they shouted "we still love you, elliott!" and cheered wildly when he said "here's another song...". that sort of thing. the more plausible theory, to me, is that his popularity is fueled by the fact that many of his fans aren't familiar with his influences. in any case, i like his songs a lot, going back as far as the early Heatmiser records. despite his abjural of the old band, his solo career seems like an application of the heatmiser/fugazi aesthetic to a mellower style. a ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:06:00 EST From: MARKEEFE Subject: Re: Who's Afraid To Link The Art Of Noise? In a message dated 98-03-25 04:11:11 EST, you write: << can anyone link to The Art of Noise? >> Or, how about Art of Noise --> Tom Jones --> Prince --> Bangles --> Kimberly Rew --> yadda-yadda, ya see where this is goin', of course. A strange linkage of songwritings, but it works. - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 14:03:18 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: name-calling > > I'd say that I was called by my last name (or ugly derivatives thereof, > particularly with a "-stick" suffix) almost consistently from 4th through > 6th grade.... > > Eb > > They did that to you, too? "Overbury-stick, Overbury-stick ...." I could never forgive them for that. PS to Nick: Radiohead *is* basically U2 meets the Beatles. I've yet to hear anybody claim they reinvented pop. They've only got 3 recordings out and they've been developing during this period. Keep buying their CDs and they'll probably grow on you in a few releases. - -- Ross Overbury, Ovaries, Underbury, Underweary, Overbearing, and lately Overbeary Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:12:45 -0600 (CST) From: JH3 Subject: Linda Ryan Dierdre O'Donahue: I was asked by someone else to ask you where the evil one is now. Robyn: The Evil One I gave to a friend of mine, Linda Ryan of San Franciso, who runs KUSF 90.3 Station For Sound, because Linda gave me a KUSF 90.3 Station For Sound watch, so "hello Linda" if you're there, I say. It wasn't that spectacular, The Evil One... it was good for a few gigs but I got fed up with it. I lost it for ages and I found it and I gave it to Linda. DD: Well what would you find in it's place? RH: Well I've got this instead. DD: You've got the watch. RH: Well she gave me one and I lost mine, and I found it and gave it to her... It doesn't really matter. The Evil One doesn't have to obey the rules of being in a watch. The Evil One might have hopped - it might be anywhere, it could be loose on the West Coast, or it might have moved inland, it might have gone to Colorado or have gone up to Nebraska... it might have even made it up to the Great Lakes by now. The Evil One can take many forms... John Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:11:24 PST From: "Alex Wettreich" Subject: Re: Robyn followers > >>Under "followers" for Robyn, AMG lists: The Close Lobsters, A House, >>Twenty Seven Various, Cul de Sac, Nilon Bombers, Rex Daisy, Poverty >>Stinks, Tom Alford > Close Lobsters, A House, and 27 Various have been taken care of, but I'll have a bash at Nilon Bombers and Rex Daisy. Nilon Bombers are/were an English band around during the 1995-6 Britpop flowering. They were not particularly original, but their tunes were actually pretty damn good. One of their releases was practically a novelty single, "Superstar", the lyrics of which were a roster of Brit icons. Crap, really, and eminently disagreeable during the whole Britpop hype, but I liked it nevertheless. I saw them live and was impressed with their energy. The entertainment quotient was also upped by the sight of the singer contorting his body in an amusing fashion for most of the gig, clearly captivated by the inherent power of hunchbackitude. Aaaanyway, I believe they eventually put an album out (on Almo, Herb Alpert's new label) which was produced by Kim Fowley. I haven't heard it, but I bet it's alright. Not especially like Hitchcock though. Rex Daisy are a Chicago pop band. I have a 7" of theirs which isn't bad, and they may or may not be signed to Pravda. Of course, the latter statement could be applied to everyone in the entire world, so let me make it clear that the odds of them being signed to Pravda are higher than they would be for most people. They, too, are not particularly reminiscent of Hitchcock. I would also like to murmur my my appreciation for the Cavedogs. Soul Martini, in particular, is a good little record. Thank you. Alex ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #117 *******************************