From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #133 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, April 5 1998 Volume 07 : Number 133 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Throwing Muses [dsaunder@islandnet.com (Daniel Saunders)] Re: *totally* off-topic, as I am wont to be [dmw ] song id [Bayard ] smoe.org fundraiser [woj spice ] storefront hitchcock at the castro [woj spice ] storefront [Crashedlux ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:47:14 -0700 From: dsaunder@islandnet.com (Daniel Saunders) Subject: Throwing Muses Kristin Hersch appears to be the most obvious candidate for female Robyn Hitchcock (although I realize there-er-er-er's nobody like him exactly) and I assume the people who mentioned her like her stuff, so I was hoping someone could recommend a good album to start off with, either solo or with Throwing Muses. I've heard the Real Ramona mentioned as being quite good; can anyone confirm this? - -- Daniel Saunders Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, it doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 18:59:39 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: *totally* off-topic, as I am wont to be On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Eb wrote: > Is anyone else utterly charmed by that new Fastball single, "The Way"? It > completely surprised me -- I heard it a day or two ago, and can't get it > out of my head. I didn't know a THING about the band, so I researched a bit > and discovered two surprises: 1) this is their SECOND album 2) they're on > Hollywood Records, the lamest label in the free world. Whoda thunk it? hey mister flat -- check out http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/liverev.html if you get a minute. brand new review of fastball opening for whiskeytown thursday night. for my part, the more i let my preconceptions from the live show fade, the better i like the record. - -- d. - - 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: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 21:16:41 -0500 From: Ner Subject: Re: Throwing Muses Daniel Saunders wrote: > Kristin Hersch appears to be the most obvious candidate for female Robyn > Hitchcock (although I realize there-er-er-er's nobody like him exactly) > and I assume the people who mentioned her like her stuff, so I was > hoping someone could recommend a good album to start off with, either > solo or with Throwing Muses. I've heard the Real Ramona mentioned as > being quite good; can anyone confirm this? As a long-time Throwing Muses follower I would consider "The Real Ramona" a safe intro to the band. For my money, though, you can't go wrong with the first album, which is what got me hooked on them big time and forever after. I believe it is self-titled and was originally released on 4AD. Unfortunately, as far as I know, it's still only available as an import so it's a little pricey. "University" is also good as are "Red Heaven" and "Limbo" IMHO - hell, I like 'em all! - "Chains Changed", "The FatSkier", "Hunkpapa"!! - yes, yes, give me more Throwing Muses!!! - and all the Kristen Hersh solo stuff!!!! - and Belly!!!!! - and The Breeders' first album!!!!!! - and now even solo Tanya Donelly!!!!!! - mmm - yes, yes, my pretties -slather- -droool- hm - hm - hm - hm - Uh..... ......sorry, guess I got a little carried away there. - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 22:28:19 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: song id what is the song that plays during the volkswagen commercial that claims "if you sold your soul in the 90's, here's your chance to buy it back"? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 18:00:52 -0400 From: woj spice Subject: smoe.org fundraiser fegs, as some of you may know, smoe.org is jeff wasilko's labo(u)r of love. for the past four years, he has been investing his time and money into smoe.org in order to provide a free home for music-related mailing lists and web sites. unfortunately, the hardware that he's using is beginning to show the wear and tear of time and needs to be replaced before something catastrophic happens. so, the smoe listowners decided to hold a fundraiser to help defray jeff's costs for the new servers. mike connell, who runs the jewel list, has kindly volunteered to organize the fundraiser. within the next day or so, he will be posting the details about the drive and how to contribute. donations are not mandatory, but any money that you can spare would help greatly. so, please take the time to read mike's note when it appears and consider helping out. thanks, yr ever-lovin' blue-eyed listmeister, woj ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 18:58:01 -0400 From: woj spice Subject: storefront hitchcock at the castro fegs, the san francisco film festival have a web page with a review of storefront hitchcock. it's at . there is also a link to ticket information: advance tickets can be bought at bass outlets and charge-by-phone or you can wait a few days for online ordering to be available. here's the review: Storefront Hitchcock Directed by Jonathan Demme In this warm, intimate concert film, director Jonathan Demme, who put a big suit on David Byrne and thereby made pop music history, aims his camera at the eclectic singer-songwriter (invariably described in hyphenated phrases, like psychedelic-folk-rocker) Robyn Hitchcock. Avoiding rock star cliches is a Hitchcock trademark--he spouts quasi-poetic, often hilarious, surreal monologues between songs, most of which seem to mention vegetables--and Demme helps him avoid most of the standard rock film ideas. Hitchcock plays in a storefront window, the audience unseen, behind the camera. We see the street behind him, over his shoulder, as people stop and peer into the window, trying to make out what's going on inside. This may seem gimmicky, but the constant flow of passersby and glimpses of a bustling New York City street accentuate the human elements of Hitchcock's music. The image of the singer, ingratiatingly nervous but poised, pumping out his carefully enunciated pop essays in front of the day-to-day business of city life is unforgettable. Demme alters the staging to reflect the tone of the songs, adding multicolored filters over the window or blanketing the stage in darkness, with only a single candle providing soft, inviting warmth. Hitchcock can certainly go off on bizarre tangents, but at no point does Demme's intelligent direction stop making sense. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:21:19 EDT From: Crashedlux Subject: storefront since i lost my mind, i forgot if anyone mentioned what RH performs in Storefront Hitchcock. if anyone has posted it before, hit me in the head with a hammer, but i would like to know, and a concussion is well worth any inconvenience. thanks matt ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #133 *******************************