From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #128 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, April 1 1998 Volume 07 : Number 128 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Where's the party? [Rich Plumb ] Re: Hey feggies, i'm home!!! [Ross Overbury ] Re: texas benefit concert...? ["Hallucinogenic Woodpecker" ] Re: Guest vocals [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Fegmonomicon Update [Bayard ] NMH [Eb ] John Cale ["Hallucinogenic Woodpecker" ] Re: NFAK/tautology [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] music questions [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: music questions [Eb ] My Favorite Grisly Highway Death Reminders (was Re: Where's the party?) [] Re: Guest vocals [seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even)] Re: Guest vocals [sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain)] Re: Guest vocals [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: comments( warning,carl palmer content) [dlang ] Re: music questions [Bayard ] Re: NFAK/tautology [Dede Davis ] The Pyramid of Deth (RH=0.00) [M R Godwin ] OASIS/RH collaboration [Paul Montagne ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:34:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Plumb Subject: Re: Where's the party? > The Great Quail replied: > > Harrisburg, PA which is about two hours from DC as the Rick Wakeman > plonks. More details to come when I post the Web site! > The drive from DC to Harrisburg follows US 15 during the Frederick, MD - Harrisburg section fo the trip. Once upon a time (10 years or so ago) US 15 went from 4 lanes down to 2 lanes when it crossed from Maryland to Pennsylvania whereupon it became one of the deadliest highways in the USA. In an attempt to encourage Pennsylvania to widen the road through embarassment Maryland built a ghoulish display of death. They constructed a series of concrete pillars with wrecked cars (painted white) on top of them in the mile or so before the state line. Alas Pennsylvania has widened the road and the display has been taken down. rich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 98 16:44:53 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Hey feggies, i'm home!!! > > Spent a week in Honolulu. Did y'all miss me? > > I took Ross Overbury's advice and this year I stayed away from the internet > on my vacation. (Last year I posted a few things to the list whilst at the > Internet Cafe which is not too far from Waikiki Beach) > Good lad! There'll be no pasty-faced computer geek jokes this year, then. > I found an import of The Stranglers' "Black And White" during my stay on > the island, and snatched it right up. Its just as I remembered--I love Side > A, and wonder what the hell Side B is about. Does anyone love The > Stranglers on here? > I've got the first one and Black and White, both bought when they were released. Black and White came with a bonus 4-cut 45. Maybe I'll stick it on the turntable tonight. I was quite taken by them at first, half intrigued and half amused. When I saw them live, it was an annoying experience. They played about 45 minutes late, 30 minutes after the fire marshall had told those of us who were seated on the floor we were all to stand. They played maybe 20-30 minutes, lectured us on not dancing (after we spent 30 minutes standing at attention!) and left early because Jet Black had a fever of 104. > Sending unlabelled tapes as a representation of myself (for the party), Guess mine's going to be a single song on a DAT. It's illegal to mail Overbury sticks unless you're Witness. 'Course I can't join; that'd ruin it for them. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:51:18 -0500 From: "Hallucinogenic Woodpecker" Subject: Re: texas benefit concert...? > didn't Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan die a while back? Funny, I was thinking the same thing when I copied that. I just figured I had heard different. However, he really did pass away, and quite a while ago as a matter of fact. He died in August from heart failure. A dead guy plus Tom Waits; that must have made for one fabulous concert. - --Dave ========================#**********#============= For million of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination We learned to talk ' ' ' From the desk of, /'^'\ Hallucinogenic Woodpecker ( o o ) - --------------------------------------oOOO--(_)----OOOo--------------- e-mail: trentd@claynet.com .oooO ( ) Oooo. - ---------------------------------------\ (--------( )--------------- ) ) / (_/ ========================#**********#============= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:51:05 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Where's the party? I hear it's still a nasty stretch. Hundreds of little quails darting in and out of traffic. Some of them are even driving. Maybe I'll chain myself to my carport. - -Markg > The Great Quail replied: > > Harrisburg, PA which is about two hours from DC as the Rick Wakeman > plonks. More details to come when I post the Web site! > The drive from DC to Harrisburg follows US 15 during the Frederick, MD - Harrisburg section fo the trip. Once upon a time (10 years or so ago) US 15 went from 4 lanes down to 2 lanes when it crossed from Maryland to Pennsylvania whereupon it became one of the deadliest highways in the USA. In an attempt to encourage Pennsylvania to widen the road through embarassment Maryland built a ghoulish display of death. They constructed a series of concrete pillars with wrecked cars (painted white) on top of them in the mile or so before the state line. Alas Pennsylvania has widened the road and the display has been taken down. rich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:05:29 +0000 From: "Tery DiSandro" Subject: The last of the Robyn things for Sale I have a few items left that I'd like to sell: RH "Spectre" Interview/Music CD - $ 15 RH "So You Think You're In Love" CD Single; 3 trks w/ "Watch your Intelligence" & "8 Miles High" - $ 7 RH "Rhino Sampler" CD; 20trk sampler - $ 13 All prices US $$ and include US Shipping. Thanks - -Terence ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:34:25 -0800 (PST) From: The Non-Prophet Subject: Re: Guest vocals I'm gonna try to tie a couple threads together (cool pun, eh?) On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Tom Clark wrote: > Ugh, I think Morris would have been a better choice - but then again, I > think Morris is a better choice for most anything. How about Morris as Robyn's next producer? - -g- "Smart-ass" Spice ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen E. Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:36:59 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Guest vocals > On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Tom Clark wrote: > > > Ugh, I think Morris would have been a better choice - but then again, I > > think Morris is a better choice for most anything. Speaking of Morrises. I've read in a few books that Morris Windsor was born Otis Fagg (or else it's in one book that I happen to have browsed through several times. I only look through rock books at bookstores to see what errors they made about my favourite bands. One fave listed a single from The Beach Boys' "So Tough" as "Hold On, Dead Brother" [It's supposed to be "dear". Sounds like something Robyn could write, though (10 points for actually mentioning Robyn in a post)]) Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:53:11 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Fegmonomicon Update On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, The Great Quail wrote: > Well, Bayard and I are now well into the official creation of the > Fegmonomicon part of his amazing RobynBase Project. When completed, you > will be able to actually go to the site and enter the data all yourself, > which will give you the ability to update your personal pages. > > Also, there is a recently UPDATED version of what the final page will > look like, so if you want to peek, fling your browser at: > > www.rpg.net/quail/fegmania/sample.html > > The questions on there should be pretty stable, and have been updated to > include your submissions and some old questions from an earlier version > of this project. . . . Please do take another peek at the sample page and let Quail and me know if there is anything that needs to be added. I was just surfing Chez Figaro today and wondered if we should add tape trader data to the FegBase that is to become Fegmonomicon. I hesitate to reinvent something that already serves its purpose just fine (I see Lobsterman has even updated the page with bad trader warnings), but some sort of connectivity btw. the robynbase/fegmonomicon and chez figaro, the cone museum, globe of fegs etc. seems like a logical progression... please send any ideas my way! =b ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:26:03 -0700 From: Eb Subject: NMH For those interested: So far, 21 people here have emailed and said that they bought the new NMH album. Which makes 22 in all, if I count LJ...who didn't email (nyaah). If you haven't stood up to be counted yet, please do. Swervedriver plays on Thursday...yum. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:01:20 -0500 From: "Hallucinogenic Woodpecker" Subject: John Cale Salutations Fegs, For those interested, there is the review for the John Cale album _Eat/Kiss_ on Pitchfork magazine. It is reviewed on Monday, March 30. www.livewire.com - --Hallucinogenic Woodpecker ========================#**********#============= For million of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination We learned to talk ' ' ' From the desk of, /'^'\ Hallucinogenic Woodpecker ( o o ) - --------------------------------------oOOO--(_)----OOOo--------------- e-mail: trentd@claynet.com .oooO ( ) Oooo. - ---------------------------------------\ (--------( )--------------- ) ) / (_/ ========================#**********#============= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:17:27 +1200 (NZST) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: NFAK/tautology >didn't Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan die a while back? is this someone with the >same name except one bit added, doing the same kind of performance? there is a nuge and ginormous family of Ali Khans, all of whom are trained in Qawwali music. Look at the liner notes of any of NFAK's albums and you'll see them all there. Some of them are reputed to be as hgood or (dare I say it) better than the great man himself. I would suggest that it might be one of them. >I shall have to report him to the department of redundancy department >department. Sorry, but it's recently been amalgamated with the Department of Completely and Absolutely Pointlessly Unneccessary Repetitive Tautology to become the Official Bureau of Tautologically Useless and Unnecessary and Redundant Repetition Departmental Division. Announcements of the site of the location of your nearest OBTUURRDD Official Departmental Office Bureau will be publicly announced to the general populace soon, shortly. James PS- "addendums" the plural is addenda. And if you have more than one plural, you make it addendas (which I always thought was a type of sports shoe). PPS- TGQ: send me your address and I shall try to send something to the party to go in my stead (or by post, which migh be cheaper) James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:29:02 +1200 (NZST) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: music questions Knowing youse lot are a musical lot... can anyone tell me of a band that Beth Orton was in with William Orbit called Spill? I know they released a single, but was there also any other recording? Any other details about them? Also, two other bands - a Canadian Throwing Muse-ish group called Jale, and a thrashy but poppy US (I think) band called Dada. Anyone? >Well, Fegs, I just thought you might like to know. I should add though, >that if the Gnostics are right about the Demiurge, we could all be in very >big trouble. . . . words fail me... they do not, however, fail TGQ... veery impressive... this must be what they mean when they talk about Hitchcock's "The Birds". Demi-urge nothing. I have enough trouble with the urge. BTW, as regards the Robyn game... I've been having vague thoughts about one of these things. Could take a while, but I'm getting some ideas... James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:07:46 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: music questions >Knowing youse lot are a musical lot... can anyone tell me of a band that >Beth Orton was in with William Orbit called Spill? Uh, nope. >Also, two other bands - a Canadian Throwing Muse-ish group called Jale, Two albums on Sub Pop, "Dreamcake" and "So Wound." Now broken up. Good jangly pop, though I wouldn't call it particularly "Throwing Muse-ish." Has women in the band, but I wouldn't call their sound "girlish." I like Jale, but not strongly. >and a thrashy but poppy US (I think) band called Dada. Anyone? Not very thrashy actually, more like candy-coated egghead pop for folks who like Steely Dan and (ahem) Phish. Big novelty hit was something about "Diz-nee-land." I have the CD somewhere, if I haven't traded it in yet. They released two albums on IRS, but then IRS folded. Not sure if they've put out anything since, officially. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:59:10 +0800 From: Jon Fetter Subject: My Favorite Grisly Highway Death Reminders (was Re: Where's the party?) >The drive from DC to Harrisburg follows US 15 during the Frederick, MD - >Harrisburg section fo the trip. Once upon a time (10 years or so ago) >US 15 went from 4 lanes down to 2 lanes when it crossed from Maryland >to Pennsylvania whereupon it became one of the deadliest highways >in the USA. In an attempt to encourage Pennsylvania to widen the road >through embarassment Maryland built a ghoulish display of death. >They constructed a series of concrete pillars with wrecked cars (painted >white) on top of them in the mile or so before the state line. > >Alas Pennsylvania has widened the road and the display has been >taken down. Wow, synchronicity. I just mentioned this road and the now defunct display to a co-worker on Monday. I had always thought the display was in PA coming from the north, just south of Gettysburg (where they made that movie of the same name). My co-worker, an Ohioan, mentioned that there was a bad stretch of road between Columbus or Athens or somewhere in Ohio and that a local group put big white crosses up where every fatal accident had occurred, which was a lot of crosses apparently. The state finally widened the road. Conclusion: States don't like grisly Highway Death Reminders. Jonsense - ------------------------------------------------------------------- There might be a signature here. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:09:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Re: Guest vocals Terry wrote: > Speaking of Morrises. > I've read in a few books that Morris Windsor was born Otis Fagg I'm fairly certain that Robyn called himself "Otis Fagg" when he was crediting all the joiners-in at the last 12-bar gig last July, when they played Avalon. . . Morris was something like "El Obstrisico Diav". > (or else it's in one book that I happen to have browsed through several > times. I only look through rock books at bookstores to see what errors Perhaps Robyn is the source of some of these errors. . .? :) Groetjes, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 03:09:08 -0600 From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: Guest vocals >>Spaeking as we were about Peter Buck, I am curious as to whether you >>think Micahel Stipe's guest "la la las" on "She Doesn't Exist" fall into >>that category? Erm, yes, I do actually. I think they're fairly unnecessary. The song is quite haunting enough without anyone's "la la la"s on it anyway, regardless of whose they are, but I find his voice especially distracting- if I want to hear an REM song, I will put an REM CD on. Just a dissenting opinion :). Speaking of opinion- I purchased Pulp's "This Is Hardcore" today and I thought it was very very VERY impressive. One warning though- if you bought "Different Class" mainly on the strength of the poppier numbers like "Common People" and "Disco 2000", you should probably audition this one before buying, as actually it is thematically more reminiscent of earlier, darker stuff like "Freaks" (only way way better :)). The lyrics are just as witty and biting but this is a much bleaker album. I have yet to read any reviews but I expect this will be more of a critic than a crowd pleaser. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 01:57:09 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Guest vocals >>Spaeking as we were about Peter Buck, I am curious as to whether you >>think Micahel Stipe's guest "la la las" on "She Doesn't Exist" fall into >>that category? >Erm, yes, I do actually. I think they're fairly unnecessary. The song is >quite haunting enough without anyone's "la la la"s on it anyway, regardless >of whose they are, but I find his voice especially distracting- if I want to >hear an REM song, I will put an REM CD on. Just a dissenting opinion :).... I am surprised that I don't agree here. If someone were to tell me about Michael Stipe singing backup for Robyn, I would expect to not really like such a hypothetical track. Robyn and Michael have pretty idiosyncratic voices that lend themselves to singing lead vocal and harmonizing with themselves more appropriately than backing others. Even on "She Doesn't Exist," Michael is mixed waaayy back, but his voice still wants to take over. In any case, I like that version of the song. They both seem to treat the song with respect and show fragility and spontaneity. I think it works. Hope you all are getting more sleep than I am these days. I'll try to continue to keep the literati smiling with my fresh massacree of the 'merkun language. happies, - -that damn Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 23:17:43 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: comments( warning,carl palmer content) Apologies if this has already appeared on the list, but the original had a wrong URL, so i doubt if it made it. luther quipped: Uh, let's not bring Carl Palmer and say we didn't! Luther , you will be pleased to note that I contacted the spirit of ex Birthday party drummer Tracey Pew through a medium and he put the frightners on Carl last night. There were rare disturbances in the back garden, with plasma bolts and aura's ricocheting off the patio and the pergola and total damage should only amount to a couple of grand. It was well worth the trauma to get rid of the bastard once and for all and the wife's broken leg should heal quite nicely really once she gets out of the asylum. Anyway , I digress. the battle raged for hours, and a ripe selection of Astral oaths rang out as Tracey slugged it out armed only with his simple drum kit against with Carl and his mighty Cannon, but true Aussie pluck and grit won out in the end, Tracey kicked Carl's astral ass and we now have Carl's astral projection trussed up like the proverbial turkey ( or perhaps Quail?) ,in a Projection Trap, where it will stay until May, when Tracey has agreed to visit the Quails Feg party and release young Carlo at an opportune moment to the delight of the assembley. Thats something to look forward to innit? God, I wish I could be there, perhaps I could get Palmer to give the me the secret of his astral travel and we Antipodean Fegs could make a visit during the party, if only to snigger snidely at your crass yankee goings on , which I bet end up being crap anyway so there!( he sobbed petulantly) BTWWill there be way of hooking up to the goings on by video through the internet ?, I know a guy here with some fairly formidable computer hardware and I can get cameras easily. What software is needed and more importantly, is someone going to provide a viddy connection at the Quailhouse? What is the time differential between the Us east coast and down under, perhaps we can at least connect via e-mail at the same time and have a natter . Other fegs who cannot attend should also hold Fegstivities at their assorted pads so the whole list can connect in one giant orgy of Fegishness . Cone holders could hold a mass cone fondle and we could all become one through use of the magic mind meld to join our collective consciousness into a mass fegbonding . Yours messianically Dave Ps,IMPORTANT NEWS: Friends of feg publications proudly present " Mass mind meld techniques for beginners, secrets revealed! Pt 1." retailing at $39.99 plus taxes and$ 451 dollars P&P, sea mail ( allow six to ten months for delivery, longer outside Australian landmass) here's what the press are saying about " MMMT For Beginners" "essential reading for partygoers, I give it ten out of ten" Prof Fane- "Quailspiracy times" "Beautifully illustrated, a must for fegs everywhere" Sir Royson Flewns-chief director ,Friends of Feg publishing. " A complete ripoff, turgid, obtuse and mindbendingly verbose- Sceptics Journal : "A right load of old bollocks" Plumbers and Allied Sewage industries digest .1897 Order now, stocks are limited! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:30:48 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: music questions On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, James Dignan wrote: > Demi-urge nothing. I have enough trouble with the urge. well, the demi-urge should only be half the challenge, correct..? > BTW, as regards the Robyn game... I've been having vague thoughts about one > of these things. Could take a while, but I'm getting some ideas... i strongly suggest we assign a feg task force to this project asap, so as not to be caught flat-footed at future fegatherings. =b "what's wring with being flatfooted?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 05:49:22 -0800 (PST) From: Dede Davis Subject: Re: NFAK/tautology - ---James Dignan wrote: > > >didn't Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan die a while back? is this someone with the > >same name except one bit added, doing the same kind of performance? > > there is a nuge and ginormous family of Ali Khans, all of whom are trained > in Qawwali music. Look at the liner notes of any of NFAK's albums and > you'll see them all there. Some of them are reputed to be as hgood or (dare > I say it) better than the great man himself. I would suggest that it might > be one of them. According to someone on the Steve Earle list (Earle played at the benefit, also) it was *Rahat* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, NFAK' s nephew. == Dede "Out of boredom/ I decided/ I'd get with it"--MCC _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:00:08 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: The Pyramid of Deth (RH=0.00) Bayard wrote: Godwin is believed to be armed with handguns and a .9 millimeter rifle. It is known that Godwin has traveled extensively through Mexico and Central America and may have been in Hawaii in 1992. NOVA online wrote: In 1997, an international group of archaeologists ventured into the Chiapas region of Mexico to search for the remains of a little-known civilization that preceded the Maya. In caves hundreds of feet above the Rio la Venta, and in an ancient complex swallowed by the jungle, the team found astonishing archaeological treasures. Quail wrote: Mike Godwin -- please help me stop using Britslang. . Here goes, then. Glossary on request. * * * * * * * THE PYRAMID OF DETH by M.R.Godwin (all rights reserved) Godwin checked the magazine on his trusty Smith and Wesson, crouched behind a bloodstained Chacmool sculpture, and snarled - "Cor blimey, Mary Poppins, it ain't 'arf hot stuck 'ere in bleedin' Yucatan". "Shut your mouth and watch out for those archaeologists" hissed Poppins. If we can outflank them, those astonishing archaeological treasures could soon be ours". "I'll just climb up the apples of this pyramid" whispered Godwin. "I'll be able to have a butcher's at the whole sodding ancient complex from there". He cautiously hauled himself up through the giant portals of the step pyramid. Approaching the top he could see for miles around. He was amazed at what he saw. "Caves, Mary Poppins, full of dancing chimbley sweeps! Each of the buggers carrying a set of brushes made of rare tropical hardwoods, swelp me!". But she was far below him, and gave no sign that she had heard. He climbed the final course of the pyramid and found himself in a tall, conical temple. It was deathly quiet. In the almost tangible silence, a deep, thunderous voice bellowed out: BURARAHI! CURURAHI! TOMDIKANHARI! Godwin swung round and found himself face to face (or rather face to knee) with an enormous Gilded Man, his head a mass of golden hair. The locks of hair glistened like a halo in the setting sun. "Pipe the barnet!" quoth Godwin. "The Pretenderette must have been opening some of those blinking Carl Barks books!" The Gilded Man seized him by the wrist and dragged him upwards. The Smith and Wesson tumbled uselessly to the floor. "THE MAGENTA ONE CENT GUIANA STAMP! I MUST HAVE IT" growled the Gilded Man, switching on his Quechua-English translator. "AND THE MAILBAG WITH THE SILVER BUCKLES" "I ain't got your precious mailbag" squealed Godwin. " 'Oo do you fink I am, Ronnie Biggs? C'mon, let me down, you're ruining me whistle". The Gilded Man, disgusted, hurled him to the floor and prepared to trample him into the ground. "Not so fast, El Dorado", spat Mary Poppins. She stood in the doorway, a .9mm rifle levelled at the huge, glittering torso. "Show us how to get out of here, and make it snappy". Thwarted, the Gilded Man sullenly led them to a chamber deep in the interstices of the pyramid. He pulled on a curiously-fashioned granite lever. Nothing happened. Gritting his teeth, he pulled again, and the lever creaked reluctantly into action. On the opposite side of the chamber, a stone slab swung open and a flurry of quetzal birds clattered out of the dark recesses of the innermost vault. Strangely, they seemed to fly at an unnatural angle. Some of them were coughing like London pigeons. "THERE IT IS! NOW TAKE IT AND GO" boomed the Gilded Man. "'Oo'd a' thought it?" exclaimed Godwin. "What a big chopper!" "Well, don't just stand there gawping!" snapped Mary Poppins. Jump on and let's get outta here! We've got to be back in Oahu by Friday". Brushing aside the excited quetzal birds, Godwin grinned, swung his leg over and gripped the handlebars. It was a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow. * * * * * * * * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 08:36:06 -0800 From: Paul Montagne Subject: OASIS/RH collaboration Susan wrote: "One celebrity collaboration -is- an annoyance in and of itself though, and that's the "famous voice doing backup" phenomenon." Tom Clark added: "While I don't mind the "la la las" on "She Doesn't Exist", I really can't stand his contribution to "Dark Green Energy." Yes indeed. DGE rally bothers me as does the single off of Kristin Hersh's Hips and Makers. Never cared for that much either. Stipe's voice mixes like oil and water. When Buck collaborated with RH, I thought of REM as still somewhat cultish, though they were definately a hot commodity with Document/Green and their radio friendly stuff. Most of the people I knew who were Robyn fans in the mid 80's thought Buck's contributions were cool, a coming together of the "college-radio" family of guitar popsters along with Replacements, Husker, Lets Active, DB's etc. All had similar influences like Big Star or the Byrds. All were very non-techno, and organic, and they weren't plastered all over AOR radio. The only place you saw or heard them was on The Cutting Edge (Short lived MTV program) or 120 Minutes. Now they (REM/Buck) are mega stars and AMC/Eitzel fans are put off by the collabortion, which I could understand, I think. Like if Robyn had OASIS doing backups on Dark Princess on forthcoming album or something, how would I react? Im not sure. I suppose if it SOUNDED good I wouldn't mind. If Robyn's record sales suddenly went through the roof, I wouldn't mind. But if the record was not very good AND his record sales went through the roof, now that is irritating (REM's Document, case in point). I guess what would be really upsetting in a OASIS/RH collaboration might be bigger halls and higher ticket prices. Paul (who paid $50 for Sarah McLachlan Tix because Surfacing is so bloody popular) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #128 *******************************