From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #125 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, March 30 1998 Volume 07 : Number 125 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [0%RH] Herr Bernie [M R Godwin ] Re: produxion [Terrence M Marks ] Production [griffith ] Re: Production [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Production [Jason Thornton ] Re: Production [Christopher Gross ] peter buck [Crashedlux ] more fun with names ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: peter buck [Aaron Mandel ] Fwd: Re: Production ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Production [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Eh [Eb ] Re: Production [dmw ] Re: Fwd: Re: Production [Tom Clark ] Re: peter buck [Mike Runion ] Re: The Door Opens..... [Ross Overbury ] Re: Production [Tom Clark ] Re: peter buck [Eb ] Re: OTC [Eb ] Re: OTC ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Richard Davies/RH Production [sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain)] Hello to Chris [The Great Quail ] Feg Part: the Official Date! More news! (0% production) [The Great Quail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:24:14 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: [0%RH] Herr Bernie On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, hal brandt wrote: > Herrmann's Hitchcock (the other one) scores are all > incredible, especially when coupled with the incredible Saul Bass > title sequences. And, Bernard's final score for Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER > showed that he was, indeed, the master. Well, he did a good job on 'Jason and the Argonauts' and 'Seventh Voyage of Sinbad'. But in the same way that Harryhausen acknowledges his debt to Willis O'Brien, I'd say that Herrman is not quite in the same league as Max Steiner, who did the original 'King Kong' score and 300 other scores for films of all types, including 'White Heat', 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre', 'Casablanca' and 'GWTW'. - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:40:16 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: produxion > communicate the songs from that disc. Contrast this with Respect, which has > very tight body and warmth at the same time. I've left off Eye, IODOT > because they really weren't produced at all (which is a production value, I > know, but it's hard to grade something that isn't really there.) Also I've > left off EOL and BSDR because they strike me as having inconsistent > production. The multiple faces of froovy gekay don't make it for me because > they are both too and poorly produced. Globe of Frogs and Fegmania aren't > up there because I didn't list a top five. Care to explain why you left Underwater Moonlight off of that list? (IMO, the best-produced Robyn work) Oh, and I just heard some old material by the Incredible String Band today. "Relics Of" is a pretty good album. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:36:35 -0800 (PST) From: griffith Subject: Production With all of this talk about production, I felt I had to chime in. As much as I like Daniel Lanois as a producer/musician, I don't think that he would serve Robyn's music well. To me, Robyn's music is simple - I much prefer IODOT to Respect in terms of production. I can't really think of a producer that would work well with Robyn. Perhaps the person whose name I can't remember right now (he produced "In Utero" by Nirvana & "Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey among countless others). He tends to just record instead of produce. Maybe one of the producers from REM's camp could produce.... I definitly do not want Jeff Lynne anywhere near Robyn Hitchcock. Maybe Robyn can get a restraining order or something that says Jeff must remain 500 miles away from Robyn at all times. I'd really like to hear Robyn (along with Tim Keegan, Peter Buck, Jon Brion, Scott McCaughey, et all) do an interpretation of the "new" Beatles tracks. I really think Robyn could do a stellar version of "Real Love" that would blow away the Beatles version. just my $.02... back to lurking griffith np - disc two of The Olivia Tremor Control's "Music From The Unrealized Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:51:04 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Production On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, griffith wrote: > Perhaps the person whose name I can't remember right now (he produced "In > Utero" by Nirvana & "Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey among countless others). He > tends to just record instead of produce. oof. albini is more of an expressionist than a photographer. his brutal production (and inexplicable hatred of vocal tracks) would definitely not leave robyn's music untouched. a ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:12:08 -0800 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Re: Production At 10:36 AM 3/30/98 -0800, griffith wrote: >With all of this talk about production, I felt I had to chime in. As >much as I like Daniel Lanois as a producer/musician, I don't think that >he would serve Robyn's music well. To me, Robyn's music is simple - I >much prefer IODOT to Respect in terms of production. It almost seems as if works produced by folks like Lanois, Eno, or Michael Brook, tend to turn more into collaborations. If RH worked with DL, I'm sure the album would end up being a Hitchcock/Lanois album, in everything but name perhaps. Might be pretty interesting... >I can't really think of a producer that would work well with Robyn. >Perhaps the person whose name I can't remember right now (he produced "In >Utero" by Nirvana & "Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey among countless others). He >tends to just record instead of produce. That guy's name is slipping my mind right now as well. Didn't Nirvana fight with this guy a lot over the sound of the album? Didn't his production give the "In Utero" tracks too "industrial" (in Nirvana's opinions) a sound which was eventually toned down by the time it was released? Or did they fire one guy, and hire another? I suppose, whatever the case, the artist needs to retain some control over the production if they want a album to sound a certain, or even care. If that means constant bickering with the guy in the producer chair, so be it. "In Utero," for example, might be a perfect example of how producer-artist compromise/conflict can create a gem. >Maybe one of the producers from REM's camp could produce.... How about Scott Litt and REM? :) I loved the feel of "New Adventures...," much more so than anything they've released in a long while. >I definitly do not want Jeff Lynne anywhere near Robyn Hitchcock. I'd be happy if they kept Jeff Lynne away from the entire music industry. And Babyface as well...perhaps Babyface will produce Hitchcock's next outing. How would idiot lines like "I will be the sunshine in your universe" sound coming from RH's mouth? (Or was that enormous stupidity Clapton's fault?) >Maybe >Robyn can get a restraining order or something that says Jeff must remain >500 miles away from Robyn at all times. I'd really like to hear Robyn >(along with Tim Keegan, Peter Buck, Jon Brion, Scott McCaughey, et all) >do an interpretation of the "new" Beatles tracks. Adrian Belew has a version of "Free as a Bird" on his new album...that's not the same thing, though, I know. >I really think Robyn >could do a stellar version of "Real Love" that would blow away the >Beatles version. I'm hoping Jeff Lynne will find some unreleased Kurt Cobain demos lying around, call up the boys from Nirvana, and get some new ELO-ish sounding new Nirvana tracks ready for the up-and-coming Nirvana box set... - -------------------------------------------------------------- Jason R. Thornton || Chapman Stick, Silver #2125 - -------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson - -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:15:41 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Production Hi, all. I'm a new Feglist subscriber, here to rescue you all from the evil clutches of the Quailspiracy. (Presumably that's what the Quail had in mind when he urged me to join the Feglist.) I love Robyn's music, I have a cone, I can understand the attraction of fish, and I've read enough of the archives to get a feel for what's going on here, hopefully I'll be an asset to the list. On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, griffith wrote: > > I can't really think of a producer that would work well with Robyn. > Perhaps the person whose name I can't remember right now (he produced "In > Utero" by Nirvana & "Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey among countless others). He > tends to just record instead of produce. That would be Steve Albini. However, while I don't know much about the technical side of music, I get the impression that Albini does a lot more than just record. A lot of people think he actually hurt _Rid of Me_ by emphasizing the guitars at the expense of the vocals. (Some even speculate that PJ Harvey released the _4-Track Demos_ to compensate for this.) I still like _Rid of Me_ despite the Albinification, but I'd hate to think of the same thing happening to Robyn! As for me, I'm a production agnostic -- my top two Robyn discs at the moment are _I Often Dream of Trains_ and _Respect_. (That's subject to change though; I've just gone through a _Respect_ phase after retrieving the disc from behind a bookcase where it had been hiding for weeks, out of reach.) So, do I get to come to Fegmonomicon now? - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:25:46 EST From: Crashedlux Subject: peter buck i was just curious about something. I discovered Hitchcock through his work with Peter Buck of REM and discovered many other artists through their work with Buck, namely Mark Eitzel. For some reason the people on the Eitzel list hate Buck with a passion. I was wondering if anyone else discovered Hitchcock in the same manner, or if anyone hates the work that he does with Buck and why. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:33:39 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: more fun with names this was on the FRONT PAGE of the seattle times the other day... People with initials such as ACE or GOD are likely to live longer than those whose names spell out words like APE, DUD, RAT or PIG, a study suggests... "The argument is that there's some psychological symbolic factor that can exert its impact cumulatively over the years. You get teased at school, wonder what your parents thought of you --maybe fate is out to get you-- but at every stage it's a little tiny depressant to be called PIG, or a little tiny boost to your esteem to be called ACE or WOW," [psychologist Nicholas Christenfeld] said. also, yet another working title: "The next album is going to be called TROPICAL FLESH MANDALA, and it's going to be a SGT. PEPPER for the '80's...yeah, it's that good." finally, here are the names on the various bowling team shirts worn by donny and the dude throughout the movie: E.G., Ray, Austin, Jug, D.J., and Art. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:57:49 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: peter buck On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Crashedlux wrote: > For some reason the people on the Eitzel list hate Buck with a passion. > I was wondering if anyone else discovered Hitchcock in the same manner, > or if anyone hates the work that he does with Buck and why. i'm not sure what robyn's done with peter. but i wholeheartedly agree with the people who pan the buck/eitzel colllaboration West. mark eitzel is not a very good light-rock songwriter in the least. a ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:56:11 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Fwd: Re: Production >Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:15:41 -0500 (EST) >From: Christopher Gross >I love Robyn's music, I have a cone, I can understand the attraction of fish Good! Then you're one of us! Be sure to display your toast proudly. >A lot of people think he actually hurt _Rid of Me_ by >emphasizing the guitars at the expense of the vocals. Feh. I love that recording *because* Albini recorded it. I think Steve's great at what he does (what's he call himself? A "recordist"?). One of the most brutal, best recorded albums I've ever heard is Rapeman's "Two Nuns and A Pack Mule." Unbelievably visceral, I think. Albini understands ambience, spatial relationships, and the evils of echo on drums, and volume. He manages to make loud, electric guitar groups sound more live, like the great single-mic jazz recordings of years ago, and I think that's sorely lacking in a lot of recordings today. >...but I'd hate >to think of the same thing happening to Robyn! Well, considering how much I love the Soft Boys, and considering how poorly they were recorded, I often imagine/wish that Albini had recorded, say, "A Can of Bees" (I think John Leckie would have been a better choice for "Underwater Moonlight," however.) Does anyone else besides me wish some albums were better recorded? F'rinstance, the Meat Puppets' second album, which I think is their best, lacks a certain fidelity and is pretty noisy. If only more could be squeezed out of it. Or maybe it should just be remastered. NP: Long Fin Killie, "Valentino" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:00:20 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Production > >I definitly do not want Jeff Lynne anywhere near Robyn Hitchcock. > > I'd be happy if they kept Jeff Lynne away from the entire music industry. > > And Babyface as well...perhaps Babyface will produce Hitchcock's next > outing. How would idiot lines like "I will be the sunshine in your > universe" sound coming from RH's mouth? (Or was that enormous stupidity > Clapton's fault?) Ooh! Can we keep Puff Daddy away from him also? Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:06:20 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Eh >god, I should just buy a fucking DICTIONARY! >lj Well, good luck finding one. Fucking dictionaries have been banned throughout much of the contiguous United States. It's somewhat easier to find the abridged ladies' version, which deletes all entries under the letter "c." Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:22:30 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: Production On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, griffith wrote: > np - disc two of The Olivia Tremor Control's "Music From The Unrealized > Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle" uh, did i get ripped off?? or is this a vinyl vs. cd thang? - -- d., whose otc is only one disc long np otc, "dusk..." - - oh,no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmayowel@access.digex.net - - and dmw@mwmw.com ... get yr pathos at http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/ - - new reviews! tunes, books, flicks, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 98 12:30:38 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Production On 3/30/98 11:56 AM, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: >>A lot of people think he actually hurt _Rid of Me_ by >>emphasizing the guitars at the expense of the vocals. > >Feh. I love that recording *because* Albini recorded it. I think Steve's >great at what he does (what's he call himself? A "recordist"?). One of >the most brutal, best recorded albums I've ever heard is Rapeman's "Two >Nuns and A Pack Mule." Unbelievably visceral, I think. Albini understands >ambience, spatial relationships, and the evils of echo on drums, and >volume. He manages to make loud, electric guitar groups sound more live, >like the great single-mic jazz recordings of years ago, and I think that's >sorely lacking in a lot of recordings today. Albini also made enemies with The Pixies during the recording of "Surfer Rosa." However, that record stands out in my mind as the most unique and visceral (good word!) in their catalog. At one time I listened to nothing but Big Black and Rapeman. Then I realized I was pulling all my hair out and gritting my teeth too much. "We're from Jordan. We do what we like!" - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:32:27 -0800 From: Mike Runion Subject: Re: peter buck Crashedlux wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else discovered Hitchcock > in the same manner, or if anyone hates the work that > he does with Buck and why. I discovered Robyn through REM as well. Of course, I'm an REM-nut, so I tend to be a fan of Pete's side stuff as well. With the passage of time, I can look back on GOF, QE, or even Perspex and recognize more fully the REMification of Robyn at that time, which in my opinion was pretty good stuff. I personally like artist collaborations and such, as it provides another way to hop-skip-jump to artists you're not familiar with. At any rate, this particular collaboration turned me on to the world that is Robyn. I guess it comes down to what side of the fence you're on...if you love an obscure artist and relish everything they've ever done, I can imagine that you might be taken aback when they feel the desire to "commune" with a mega-selling buddy. Mike, whose thrilled about being able to post from work using his home ISP again! - -- Mike Runion Cocoa, FL, USA /******************************************************************\ | VCM: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/cones.htm | | Fegmaps: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/fegmaps | | Spoken Word Tape: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/wordtape.htm | \******************************************************************/ "Wait a minute. Time for a Planetary Sit-In!" - Julian Cope ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 98 15:41:15 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: The Door Opens..... > > and a rumpled looking figure enters, his stride somwhwere between > ooze and march his shoulders welded into a slouch. A casual glance at him > reveals this, he is male, clad entirly in black and has brown , clean, > slightly curly hair crying out for a barber or a brush. He sits down > sipping something steaming from a souveneir Sun JAVA mug and looking up > occaisionally from Ubik listens to the din around him, seeming to take > note, and remaining silent except for his presence. > > So did the computer geek get you to subscribe to this list? Funny, the newbie after you gets a greeting, and you get ignored. I think it's because we couldn't tell this wasn't aborted oddness from Dave or Quail. Welcome to fegmaniax, Alex! - -- Ross Overbury, the excruciatingly literal Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 98 12:45:50 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Production On 3/30/98 12:22 PM, dmw wrote: >On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, griffith wrote: > >> np - disc two of The Olivia Tremor Control's "Music From The Unrealized >> Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle" > >uh, did i get ripped off?? or is this a vinyl vs. cd thang? > >-- d., whose otc is only one disc long I was thinking the same thing... 'splain please! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:54:18 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: peter buck I didn't discover Robyn through Peter Buck, but I think I *did* discover the Feelies via the Buck connection. Discovering Robyn? Um...mostly through phone requests to my college-radio show in 1986 and 1987. After I finally consented to play one of the requests, I realized that RH wasn't female. ;) Oh, some of you may laugh to know that M'loov recently gave me "High Fidelity" as a gift, and I'm currently reading it at last. Actually, I relate more to the female issues than the record-collecting ones...hmm. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:00:56 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: OTC >I was thinking the same thing... > >'splain please! Guess it's up to me. There was a limited-edition double-disc version of the OTC album, which included a bonus "ambient" disc called "Explanation II: Instrumental Themes and Dream Sequences." It's about the same length as the first disc, and the badly substantiated rumor is that you're supposed to play the two discs simultaneously a la "Zaireeka." I think this theory was a hindsight conclusion, however. I didn't get the limited-edition version, but the band was selling the ambient disc at their live show last year and I bought it there. I wouldn't really call it a mandatory purchase, but it's neat to have. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:16:43 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: OTC >I didn't get the limited-edition version, but the band was selling the >ambient disc at their live show last year and I bought it there. I wouldn't >really call it a mandatory purchase, but it's neat to have. My "...Dusk" CD is a single (was it a double on vinyl?), and I bought the "Explanation II" CD separately. Evidently, both "Dusk" and "Explanation" have been released together and separately at different times. Check out a good OTC discography at for more info. However, Olivia Tremor Control's two "Opera House" CDEPs are meant to be played simultaneously to create new music, like Zaireeka, I guess. They were pretty limited; I've got them, but haven't rigged the stereo to do it yet. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:37:00 -0600 From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: Richard Davies/RH Production > Neil Young, though not so much lyrically. The tunes are more > memorable than on _There's Never Been a Crowd Like This_, IMO. Well > worth your plonking, Susan. Oh goody! Or rather, not so. That means I have to plonk cash down for that -and- the new Pulp. And I still owe BMG money too. Gawd, this habit. Worse than linctus! :) Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 98 16:55:32 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Hello to Chris Newbie Chris Gross writes: >Hi, all. I'm a new Feglist subscriber, here to rescue you all from the >evil clutches of the Quailspiracy. (Presumably that's what the Quail had >in mind when he urged me to join the Feglist.) Huh? Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you, I have no idea what this Chris fellow means. As a matter of fact, I have it from good authority that Chris is an underground cone-seller and squid pornographer, crept on to this List in order to ply his evil trade. Under no circumstances should anybody accept and unsoliceted GIFs from this man, nor make any arrangements to meet him on the DC Metro to "see" his so-called Cone Collection. . . . But I strongly suggest if you do foolishly decide to meet him, speak softly and carry a big Overbury Stick. >I love Robyn's music, I >have a cone, I can understand the attraction of fish, See?!? And by "fish" we all know he really means "cephalopods." Sneaky man, trying to pass his addictions and fetishes off in a cute "Oh, if Troy MacLure likes fish too, that Chris can't be that bad" sort of way. . . . >and I've read enough >of the archives to get a feel for what's going on here, Well, despite my above fears, I would like to extend my welcome to this Chris. May he soon find happiness discussing such Robynesque topics as Neutral Milk Hotel, the Titanic, and why Americans can't say the "c" word. (Unless we fake a British or Scottish accent -- that always seems to break the tension, aye ye cunting punters?) >hopefully I'll be >an asset to the list. Well, if you can start by shutting me up, that would be a start. . . . you can also buy thirty copies of "Gloss Flesh" and twenty more of "Monday's Lunch." - --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. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 98 16:55:35 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Feg Part: the Official Date! More news! (0% production) I am now setting in stone the official Feg Gathering, Thoth Revival and Hootenanny date to be Saturday, May 23. This is Memorial Day weekend, which should give some of us some extra time off. . . . and so far, since the date change, I've lost one Feg but gained two. (Although I would have *loved* to meet J Kat!) The party will start at three in the afternoon and end when everyone goes home, whenever that will be. (Sunday? Monday? Whitsunday 2021?) And as I have said, folks are welcome -- no, encouraged! -- to spend the night. So far the following have given their thumbs up on attendance: Woj, Bayard, LJ, luther, Ner, Professor Fane, Newbie Chris Gross, Dede Davies, the Great Quail, *and* Natalie Jane Jacobs, who will *fly* in for the gala event! Still on the fence, but hopefully ready to fall into my yard: Tom Clark, Mike Runion, Scary Mary, and Aaron. Again, there are a few more who have not yet contacted me, but even as I type this my feathered minions in the QLA (you *know* what it means!) are combing the East Coast in an attempt to find them. . . . . You cannot hide . . . . Additionally, Nick has offered to send us a photo of himself for the mantlepiece, and Eddie Tews has offered to send a mixed tape as a party favor! I have *every* intention to also phone the West Coast and see if we can scare up conversations with Mark, Glen, Russ, Nick, Sydney, and the others. (Tom will, of course, be here, heh heh.) As I have said before, the more the merrier! And all attendees are welcome to bring a guest or two -- spouse, significant other, Feg buddy, favorite stalker, Carl Palmer. . . . Give me to next week, and I will post a URL for the Party Website, where I will have directions and other goodies. Bayard writes: >Please please please come. I promise to bring great rare robyn tapes and >other items of more mysterious origin, to pass out as party favors. I'm >talkin' exclusive stuff here, gleaned from the darkest corners of >Lobsterman's vaults. Well! That should be enough to drag some of you punters out of the Travel Closet! (Mike Godwin -- please help me stop using Britslang. . . ) And as far as party favours, I am psyched -- I'm trying to think of a cool doorprize. . . . maybe ten minutes on the phone with Eb? By the way, I was actually quite serious when I suggested everyone brings a mixed tape and we do a random exchange. More details will be on the Web site. >I also have some great ideas for feg party games > >1. The aforementioned fegscrabble, in which each feg gets 13 tiles >instead of the traditional 7. Fegmania or feglist content only, please. Sounds like a fun idea! I just hope we can stock some extra q's and w's. . . . plus maybe I'll have my school's woodshop make up a few extra tiles - -- some imaginary letters, On Beyond Zebra, you know, some alephs and zahirs, that sort of thing. . . . . >2. "The Game". You remember, this is the "Magic the Gathering"-inspired >game in which we have feglands, fegspells and fegcharacters. I can see >only a few problems with this one: 1-- it doesn't exist yet; 2-- um... >ok, i guess there's only one problem. Yes . . . . yes, that would be a bit of a setback. Maybe we can have Carl Palmer bring some of his Magic cards, and we can just cross off the wizards and goblins and write in Feg characters? I mean, those things really can't be worth anything, right . . . ? >3. FegTrivialPursuit, with the following categories: Sex, Death, Sea >Creatures, Love, Sex and Oblivion. (all robyn-related questions >obviously.) Just one small problem (see game 2) Ah, that's not a problem at all! We'll just call up Robyn himself and ask him to furnish us answers over the phone. You, um, don't think he'll mind . . . ? By the way, he *is* invited, you know. (Robyn, now's your time to delurk, my friend! Or, um, send a squad car to my house, that is.) >4. Spin the bottle with LJ. (did someone else mention this..?) Yes -- LJ, I think. >If these options are all too geeky even for us, we'll just get roaring >drunk, drag Eb down from his obsidian tower, and have a monumental >fegsingalong of mellow together, furry green atom bowl, sleeping knights >of jesus, etc, etc. (Hmm, _trains_ seems like a good disc to get polluted >to, come to think of it.) Sounds great! As far as the roaring drunk department goes, I will: 1. Furnish a keg of domestic brew 2. Furnish a case of more exotic brew 3. Furnish a few bottles of scotch, vodka, gin, whisby, and centipede juice. 4. Furnish an acoustic guitar, a few harmonicas, and a small plastic recorder stolen from my fifth grade music room. Fell free to bring any instruments! Isn't that what people *do* at a Hootenanny? 5. Furnish lots and lots of good yummy coffee! As far as other refreshments: 1. If anyone wants to bring alternate beverages: wine, more beer, tequila, absinthe, octli, synthemesc moloko, Mountain Dew, New Coke. . . .that's fine! I won't be offended if you don't drink my beer, which will probably be whtever decent beer I can get in a keg. (Tom: I swear it will not be Bud, Coors, whatver. . . .I, too, am I good beer fanatic!) (Hasn't that been obvious?) 2. If anyone wants to bring alternative alternatives, that's ok, too. As a Phish fan and a Deadhead, I would be remiss if I did not provide a small comfortable room with good ventilation. Just so as not to offend anyone with oppositely aligned moral compasses, I won't mention this on the List. Oops . . . damn. Bayard continues: >Do so, feggies, I entreat you. Gloster, I want to see your butt there >(speaking figuratively, of course....) And I, too, weant to see your butt here, Gloster! We *all* want a little Glosterbutt in our lives. >I can provide transportation for DC fegs, especially if your first name is >an adjective (having a noun/adjective for a last name is optional) All aboard the Bayard express -- Wheeeee! Hey Bayard, is your car called "Shadowfax?" Just wondering. . . . >ps. Don't be fooled by "Lex" Luther's 'oh it's all too weird' ploy. He's >the whackiest feg I've met [and I've met more than anyone]. You'll see. Cool! I just hope that when Bayard's 4th personality emerges, Luther's going to throw his lot in with the rest of us. Those shoggoths, man, I tell you -- let one get outta control, and it's blood on *all* the damn carpets. . . . By the way, as if you have not noticed by now, I am REALLY looking forward to this -- no matter what size, and who graces us with their presence. Five, ten, twenty, fifty, one mole -- there will be happies, singing, dancing, and crazed reveleries until Thoth sees fit to peck us all out of existence with that Big Beak of his. - --Quail PS: Attention to all guests: can anyone bring Robyn movies? I have, sadly, none. - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #125 *******************************