From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #139 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 10 1998 Volume 07 : Number 139 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Dumb & Dumber? [M R Godwin ] taping at mercury lounge [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Seth - Etyay anotheray ellingspay [Nick Winkworth ] Practically Free Rhinos [Capuchin ] Re: net-music-thinger [Capuchin ] Ghosts (RH=0.02) [M R Godwin ] Re: Strange Angels [Capuchin ] Re: Dumb & Dumber? [Russ Reynolds ] Re: Guitar covers [Tom Clark ] Nilsson/Robyn Covers [Paul Montagne ] robyn covers [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Yngwie vs. Robyn [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: Yngwie vs. Robyn [Bayard ] Help with my tour [Keith Hanlon ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #138 [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Di] NMH in SF this weekend ["chris franz" ] Kristin Hersh [John Barrington Jones ] Fwd: NMH in SF this weekend ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Elton Vs. Robyn [dlang ] Re: Strange Angels [dlang ] thinking of buying _glass flesh_? [Bayard ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:32:21 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Dumb & Dumber? > >All rock bands are remembered for the wrong things (as a DEVO, > >Moody Blues, Nilsson, Beach Boys, Madness and Monkees fan, I'm speaking > >from experience) I've been wondering about this too. Suggestions: _Wrong thing_ _Right thing_ Moody Blues Graeme Edge's haircut Suits on 'Seesaw' video Nilsson Without You Getting thrown out of bars Beach Boys Lead guitar pyrotechnics Ripping off Chuck Berry Madness Ripping off Prince Buster Video of flying saxplayer Monkees Micky Dolenz's drumming Davy Jones' acting ability Devo Coming from Akron Coming from Akron OK, I admit I know nothing about Devo... Mike (overworked today) Godwin PS - recent spelling mistakes: Nights in white satin (not Knights) Yngwie Malmsteen (not Malsteen) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 23:11:58 -0700 From: John Barrington Jones Subject: taping at mercury lounge >mike. can anybody recommend a good , inconspicuous, cheap ? mike?> >i can't recomment the "runion" model highly enough. as for taping at mercury lounge, no sweat. i taped robyn there in oct 95, and no one was checking bags. and i have a ton of TMBG shows that all took place at mercury lounge. you can almost guarantee that you won't have a problem, unless lloyd or his manager are extra sensitive about that sort of thing. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:43:44 -0700 From: Nick Winkworth Subject: Re: Seth - Etyay anotheray ellingspay Ikemay Odwingay aidsay: > PS I note that they only called his _name_ Eth-say - I suppose he > might have been called something quite different... Do I hear the voice of Lewis Carroll echoing here? ~N ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 11:20:55 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Strange Angels At 04:22 AM 4/9/98 -0500, Dave Librik wrote: >t's my impression that Robyn is pretty much instantly accessible >to anyone with a solid >grounding in late-60s psychedelia. "Fegmania!" or "Black Snake Diamond >Role" are obviously blood kin of "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn." I agree with Dave -- one of my earliest Robyn converts was a college friend who was a huge Syd-era Floyd fan, and once she had my 60-min. comp in hand (this was early '86 -- it's now a C-90 that only goes through EYE), there was no ramp-up period at all. When she met me in class the next day, she was already raving about Robyn's genius! later, Miles ====================================================================== "If a million people say a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing." -- Anatole France Miles Goosens outdoorminer@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~outdoorminer/miles ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:40:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Practically Free Rhinos This was in today's paper right above the Wendy O. Williams obit. CRAZY CD EXCHANGE: That's what Rhino Records, a pop music leader in re-issues and compilations, is calling the deal it has for you: Trade any one of your unwanted CDs for a new one from the Los Angeles firm's catalog. The offer is good through 1998; it's limited to one swap per household. Get details and a Rhino catalog ordered by calling 1-888-615-3885. Rhino says it plans to recycle the CDs and turn the pulverized product into flooring for it's A&R department. So you kids that were too stingy to pick up any of the re-issues of Robynstuff, get it while it's free. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:42:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: net-music-thinger On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Aaron Mandel wrote: > as others have said, www.cddb.com has pointers to tons of software that > use cddb. however, much to my frustration, there aren't any that work > under BSDI Unix (my work environment), nor any for Mac which allow you to > save a personal databse of all your own CDs. i guess it's back to typing > them in manually for me; a shame, as i was looking forward to seeing how > many of my discs stumped it. (in a randomly selected box of 15, the only > one it missed was Toiling Midgets, _SON_.) It missed anything I had on Raj Records (Slow Gherkin, Punch the Clown), but that's it. I was pretty surprised when it picked out Raw Cuts and some Berlioz disc I got free from a really bad music magazine. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:54:17 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Ghosts (RH=0.02) I was just thinking about ghosts - there must be a few readers of ghost stories around here. All my favourites are Edwardian stories like 'Oh whistle and I'll come to you' by M R James and 'The door in the wall' by H G Wells. I also like that very creepy one by E F Benson about the graveyard eroding into the sea, and when it does, the ghost comes to get the heroine. And I think there's even one called 'When I was dead' by Vincent O'Sullivan(?). Does anyone have any recommendations? I find that most of the more modern stories have too much 'Rosemary's Baby' and/or 'Psycho' influence to be really unsettling, but then I'm an old fogey. - - Mike Godwin (aged 50 and 11 days) PS to Nick: You're right, there's a discussion concerning whether the song _is_ 'A-sitting on a gate' or whether the song is _called_ 'A-sitting on a gate'. Typical Dodgson logic-chopping... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:59:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Strange Angels On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Dave Librik wrote: > While this thread has definitely made me interested in getting into the > Throwing Muses -- this girl I knew in Berkeley was a huge fan of them, > but I guess I didn't listen carefully enough at the time -- it sounds > more and more like they are not the answer to the original question, > "what female musicians sound like Robyn Hitchcock?" Whoah... I recall it being "Who is a sort of female Robyn Hitchcock?" Personally, I'm not really interested in hearing anyone that sounds like they're a _________ somebody else. And you folks complain about things being SAMEY. Sheesh. > It's my impression > that Robyn is pretty much instantly accessible to anyone with a solid > grounding in late-60s psychedelia. "Fegmania!" or "Black Snake Diamond > Role" are obviously blood kin of "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn." See, I have no grounding whatsoever in late-60s psychedelia and I'm perfectly content with that. I got into Syd Barrett after Robyn, but I must say I don't like really anything he did before 1970 (which is only barely and ever so technically in the 60s). I guess that could be why Black Snake Diamond Role and Fegmania! are two of my least favorite Robyn albums (but yes, that's a bit like saying Barton Fink is my least favorite Coen flick... it's still way better than most anyone else's anything). I wouldn't call Robyn as much psychedelic as surreal... I don't think he warps reality as much as he amplifies it and abstracts from that amplification. Except for maybe most of the love songs, I think Robyn has more to say about life and more interesting points to make about existence than someone like, say, Strawberry Alarm Clock or Jefferson Airplane or Pink Floyd. > What > I've heard of the Muses sounds like nothing else in the world. I would say that's that's the most interesting and tantalizing thing anyone's said in this thread. It at least makes you want to give it a good listen and decide for yourself if A) it's truly like nothing else in the world and B) it's enjoyable and worth hearing again. So here's my own little questions and things contributing to the thread: I like Belly heaps. You'll probably never hear me say this again, but I really like the guitar (as a rule with many exceptions guitars bore me, but I've been over that). The lyrics are fairly consistently interesting and there aren't too many love songs. I remember when Hunkpapa was all the rage, but I can't say I was really paying much attention. So would I like early Throwing Muses with Tanya Donelly? And how much of that is Tanya and how much is Kristen? Would I like Kristen solo? Would I like post-Tanya Muses? No, you guys can't answer those questions, but you could give me pointers. Well, that second questions is probably the most important one and most answerable. If someone could give me some real live description of the stuff, that'd be great. Like telling me if the guitars are the same as Belly uses or if the lyrics are as good as they are on Star or if there are mostly love songs. Stuff like that. Thanks. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 98 11:25:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: Dumb & Dumber? Mike offered this correction of his own spelling goof: >Yngwie Malmsteen (not Malsteen) and don't forget the middle initial J. ...we don't want anyone to think we're talking about some other Yngwie Malmsteen, do we? - -rr (jazzed about The Hitchcocks--Storefront and Robyn--coming to SF on successive nights!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 98 13:12:10 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Guitar covers >Wendy O Williams is dead? When? How? Damn but there's a lot of it going >around at the moment... A few days ago in Storrs, CT (just outside Hartford). Self inflicted gunshot to the head. Apparently she had been depressed recently (gee, really?). She hadn't performed for a few years and most recently was working as an "animal rehabilitator". Her mohawk was located a few feet away... (sorry) - -tc also looking forward the movie/show in SF! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 13:42:29 -0700 From: Paul Montagne Subject: Nilsson/Robyn Covers "Cartman's Father" wrote: >On the same topic, has anyone heard the Nilsson tribute album that came >out a few years ago? I saw it in the bargain bin the other day and nearly >bought it, if only for Adrian Belew's cover of "...Arrow". If that song >alone is worth $4.99, let me know and I'll pick it up if it's still there. Terrence says: >Simply put, no, it isn't. Most of Nilsson's appeal rested on his singing >ability. The songs, when sung by other people, vary between "weak" and >"wrong". It's rather akin to having a bunch of punk bands cover Stevie >Wonder songs or ska bands covering Yngwie Malsteem in that the performers >just don't have what it takes to make the songs sound right. Well I wouldn't say it's THAT bad. IF you like tributes you know they are rarely cohesive or strong all the way through. I'd say if you thought XTC's tribute was worth $4.99, then the Nillson tribute would be a decent buy. Marc Cohn does a nice rendition of "Turn On Your Radio" and I do like Belew's "Me & My Arrow" because he sings it great, (it's very much like Harry's original). That along with Steve Forbert's "Moonbeam" (one of my favorite harry songs) makes it worth it to me anyway. Hell, I payed $15 for it, but I love tributes. But be forewarned some of the stuff is pretty bad (Ringo and Stevie Nicks doing "Lay Down Your Arms") amusing to me, but it can really annoy others. On a different subject, the thread about Robyn covers performed by list members: My gigs are mostly performed at coffee shops and the like with two acoustic guitars. My partner is also fond of Robyn. We like to cover: Arms of Love Glass Hotel Serpent My Favorite Buildings Flesh Cartoons Ive Got A Mesaage For You I have done some 4-peice electric shows long ago when we played Airscape Egyptian Cream, or Tonight. We were really, well.. bad. We weren't nearly as competent as say Bayard's production of "Tonight" on the Glass Flesh Tapes.(still my fave, it cracks me up hearing those girls fight their way through the chorus...) Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 22:10:25 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: robyn covers On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:22:45 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >Glen Uber asked: > >>How many of you cover/have covered Robyn Hitchcock songs in your sets? > >The band I was in many years ago used to do "Brenda's Iron Sledge" and >"Young People Scream" all the time. The latter, especially, was in almost >every multi-set show we did (if we were only playing one set we pretty much >stuck with originals). We also did "Balloon Man" once, badly, and played >around with "Love" and "Tell Me About Your Drugs" but never performed them. > >Why did we pick those tunes? Funny you should ask. Mostly because they were >all fairly easy, and they were also crowd-pleasers, if we could have been >said to have ever pleased a crowd. (The band's name was the "Senses Bureau," >if anyone remembers us from the DC area during the 80's. I only barely >remember us myself...) Well, the band I am in now is doing "only the stones remain" and "sometimes I wish i was a...", and, as bayard can tell you, we have played "the lizard" in the past. -luther w dudich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 22:17:15 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: Yngwie vs. Robyn On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:22:45 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Terrence M Marks wrote: > >> It's rather akin to having a bunch of punk bands cover Stevie Wonder >> songs or ska bands covering Yngwie Malsteem in that the performers just >> don't have what it takes to make the songs sound right. > >I'd probably buy both of these albums, just for the novelty of it all. ;-) These WOULD be intriging!!!! > >You know, I've been on this list pretty much non-stop for four-plus years >and I don't ever recall seeing Yngwie's name mentioned on here. I guess it >was bound to happen sooner or later. Of course it didn't come up sooner. No-one actually *listens* to Malsteem. The only people that ever buy his albums are guitar-wankers who listen to every track as they mumble to themselves "I could play that". Malsteem's albums are generally relegated to "Guitar periphernelia", and not "music", which is why they're mentioned infrequently. Well, I don't think he's sold more than 5 records this entire decade...Robyn's sales may be 'modest' (is it true there are only 20,000 of us robyn fans in the US left?), but he still gets loyal audiences and critical ink (and movies made about him)! (Of course, Malsteemism is my number three guitar peeve, after items that claim to have been used by Jimi Hendrix and those 14-year-olds who hang out in guitar stores and play Slayer solos SLAYER! now THERE is a band I would never expect to see mentioned on here...I used to listen to them when i was 17, before I discovered the wonders of Robyn... Robyn is no slouch as a guitarist, I don't think! Any other guitarists have opinions on his technical ability (to say nothing of his melodic sense and, of course, his words)? [I hate them especially because I can't play Slayer solos and because when I get a nice guitar in my hands I forget all of the songs I've ever learned and if I'm lucky I can strum the block chords to "Love Song" while some prepubescent dude next to me plays...umm...whatever they play nowadays instead of Stairway.]) uh...I think, after being Pearl Jams "alive" for a while, it IS "stairway" again. :-) -luther ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:45:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Yngwie vs. Robyn On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, David W. (actually Luther) Dudich wrote: > Well, I don't think he's sold more than 5 records this entire > decade...Robyn's sales may be 'modest' (is it true there are only > 20,000 of us robyn fans in the US left?) what happened to the rest? picked off by billy bragg fans at joint concerts? i never knew.... this calls for some serious counterattack. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 12:43:35 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: Help with my tour Hello fegs. I'm de-lurking for selfish reasons - please forgive me. I am beginning to book a midwest/eastcoast summer tour for my band, Orchestraville. We will be appearing on GLass Flesh II, and our debut CD should be finished real soon. I was hoping some of you folks would be able to point me to some good clubs, or to some good bands. We will be more than happy to "trade" shows in Ohio for shows in your town. If you'd like to check us out, visit our website: http://www.frognet.net/~khanlon/orchestraville I appreciate the help! This is our first tour, so I need all the help I can get! Thanks in advance, Keith "It's no good to say 'without pickles,' because you're going to get pickles." - Johnny Cash ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:46:49 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #138 >> Oh well, at least now maybe our children will know who Robyn is. Ugh, >> another generation of "Oh yeah, the Balloon Man guy!" > >Better that than a generation of "Oh yeah, the So You Think You're In Love >Guy". All rock bands are remembered for the wrong things (as a DEVO, >Moody Blues, Nilsson, Beach Boys, Madness and Monkees fan, I'm speaking >from experience) there ain't nothing wrong with "So you think you're in love"! Shouldabeenahit... and, on the 'oh yeah, the ... guy" track, I got some wonderfully beautifully excellent news last night. I've been slowly inculcating my girlfriend in music since we started going out together a couple of months back, starting with the fairly unweird and working my way up. I knew she was a huge Beatles and Kinks fan, and thansk to my prompting she has recently gone nuts over the Who. Last week, I decided to try her on our hero Robyn, by playing Respect (quietly leaving off the Yip song, as I thought it was a little too weird for a first introduction to Robyn's oeuvre. She sounded a little interested, but nothing much. Last night, however, she came out with the following gem: "I looked that Hitchcock guy up in a music guide, and found out he's the guy that did that Madonna of the Wasps song! I love that song, but I've never known who it was by!" Ah, sweet joys of life... >I suppose I can see your point about the other bands, but what should be >the Moody Blues and Nilsson be remembered for? I'd prefer to remember Nilsson for things like "I guess the Lord must be in New York City" rather than that damn Dancing Bear song or Everybody's Talkin' that people seem to remember him for... as for the Moody Blues, their complete body of work is, strangely, justified for me by "Talking out of Turn". Not sure why, it's probably not even one of their better songs, but I love it. >How many of you cover/have covered Robyn Hitchcock songs in your sets? my old band, the Moomins, did on a couple of occasions sing Queen of Eyes... >n.p. Godley and Creme, _Freeze Frame_ ah, a man after my own heart... is the gold in Fort Knox happy gold? James PS - Happy Easter, folks... and to non Easter subscribers, I hope that Purim was good, you had a peaceful Ramadan, or that Phagwah is wonderful for you, or Beltane will be (or Samhain if you're in the Southern Hemisphere), or otherwise wish you a happy day. 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: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 19:41:32 PDT From: "chris franz" Subject: NMH in SF this weekend Anybody going to the Neutral Milk Hotel show Saturday? Or Sunday? Email me if so. - - Chris NMH tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/sfbay/venues/misc/bottom ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:07:35 -0700 From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Kristin Hersh Just missed the KCRW interview with Kristin. I got home just in time to hear her say goodbye. However, I found a new interview with her, and I just about cried reading it. People should not drink alot of wine and then send an interview to the internet. http://www.cmj.com/NewMM/QandA/hershchestnutt.html Reading it, I almost felt prying naughty dirty, like when I read that fax of Robyn's that one time. Like it wasn't meant for my eyes, its personal, but i'm reading it anyway, ya know? jbj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 08:53:26 -0400 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Fwd: NMH in SF this weekend >From: "chris franz" >Anybody going to the Neutral Milk Hotel show Saturday? Or Sunday? >Email me if so. > >- Chris > >NMH tickets: >http://www.ticketweb.com/user/sfbay/venues/misc/bottom Ohmygourd! I looked at that page, just for kicks, and you've got NMH, Elf Power, Windy & Carl, June of 44, Young Fresh Fellows, Bardo Pond, and the Silver Apples, all on the same goddamned concert listing? Sheesh. I'm in the wrong city alright. +++++++++++++++++ "Time is drying your hair." + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + -- Robyn Hitchcock +++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:39:08 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Elton Vs. Robyn Robyn was never exactly a household name here, but he was well known amongst the alt/psychedelic aficionados in Australia in the 1980's. Certainly, if he toured here he could get a respectable audience, but his profile has lowered somewhat over the 90's , it would be small clubs, whereas in the days of the Egyptians he probably could have played a venue of 500 seats or more and in Balloon man days could have probably filled a 1000 seater.. Regarding whether Billy Bragg has poached all of Robyn's audience, I fear that in Australia they have been stolen by none other than Reg dwight.. If we refer back to Dolph's epic post about Robyn's inferiority complex regarding Reg Dwight and couple this to the fact that 30.000 attended an Elton John, Billy Joel extravagonzo here recently it is fairly obvious that Robyns former audience has deserted him and joined the Reg camp in droves. This clearly dates from Robyn's attempts to outdo Elton in the late 80's when he embarked on a tour to rival Elton's, however , his one and only Aussie tour was a flop, due to disorganisation and poor promotion. The only time he has played Adelaide is at Big Star records as a promo. A tape exists of this, but apparently Robyn was not happy with his performance and asked that it not be distributed, so I can't get my greasy hands on a copy , no matter what i offer as bait. RATS!!! However I digress somewhat, at the same time Elton was playing mega arenas in Australia to Robyns record shops. Clearly this had a huge effect on Robyn ( as postulated by Dolph) as he went into a decline after this for some years and he did not return to the big Oz. Meanwhile Robyn's erstwhile fans, left in the lurch through lack of product and chart fodder, married, had kids and mortgages and when sufficiently mellowed out to become officially brain dead, mutated into Elton lovers.Thus depriving Robyn of his birthright and his chance for mega stardom. Oh how the mighty are fallen . There was a wailing and gnashing of teeth amongst Rh followers in OZ, when will his mightiness return we ask ourselves?. never is the most likely answer. Bah ! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:36:42 +2909 From: dlang Subject: Re: Strange Angels Miles opined I agree with Dave -- one of my earliest Robyn converts was a college friendwho was a huge Syd-era Floyd fan, and once she had my 60-min. comp in hand (this was early '86 -- it's now a C-90 that only goes through EYE), there was no ramp-up period at all. When she met me in class the next day, she was already raving about Robyn's genius! I too would have expected this, but I've played Robyn's stuff , (Egyptians and Soft boys)to several Syd/early Floyd fans and they don't seem all that enthusiastic, which puzzled me somewhat. I must give them a tape to listen to at their leisure and see if that helps as each time I played them RH it was to a roomful of people who were preventing them from listening closely. dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:49:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: thinking of buying _glass flesh_? In honor of Tigermonkey's Glass Flesh SALE-O-BRATION to help raise money to finish paying off the first tribute disc, and hopefully raise money for the forthcoming second disc, I have finally gone into my old mail folders and complied salient bits of what people had to say when the first one came out february of '97. You'll recognize many of these names; there are also some fegs who wandered in from the web and found the _GF_ pages on woj's site. I feel weird posting such overwhelmingly nice stuff, but that's all i received, and besides, life is short so i plan to live it up. Tigermonkey Records/Noiz/Stuph is offering _Glass Flesh_, the only robyn hitchcock tribute album ever, for a reduced rate of $12 for a limited time. Email the head shark guy, Mark Gloster, at RUBRSHRK@TIGERMONKEY.COM (....not me, I've sold a good bit more than mark so his debt is greater.) He's a standup dude and will get the disc in your hands asap, though he is currently under a pile of papers at 3com. Tigermonkey's web site is www.tigermonkey.com , check it out. Without further ado, here is what folks had to say. If you want to say more, go ahead, I want to compile a big page for the site. If you have suggestions or song or art submissions for the next disc, let me know! (the person's name precedes her or his comments. these are edited for relevancy and no, i didn't cut out the negative comments, there weren't any from anyone who bought it [except that percival chick, and she doesn't exist (anymore?). ;)]) ______________________________________________________________________ From: Deborah L I got the [glass flesh] CD recently, and I really enjoy hearing some of my favourite (and not-so-favourite) songs redone in such a way that they make me think about them differently. From: "Dot, the Disposessed" a digital masterpiece by any measure... glass flesh will ROCK YOUR ARSE OFF! there are covers on the cd that can more than stand on their own. in fact, some of them would have been the better rendition of some songs, i.e. st. petersburg (a difficult tune in my mind, done some justice on the cd) also, if you don't like this album or that (eye vs. respect), glass flesh consolidates the better bits on one rousing cd (no double cassette or 8-track though), which makes revisiting some of that old material more bearable.... the price for glass flesh is more than worth it--given the talent, rarity (soon to be) of it, the effort by bayard (yeah!) and considering how much money you might have spent on seemingly similar robyn recordings. From: Scott Hunter McCleary Bravo Bayard and all who helped with the making of Glass Flesh! It is simply wonderful. It sounds so much better than the cassettes.... I was especially delighted with the typeface selection for the cover (Fajita's always been one of my favorites). Good work. No, GREAT WORK! This has got to be the coolest list on the net by far. From: The Guambat Bayard: I got the CD yesterday--you'll get your check early this week. Fegsters: All I can say is "Wow!" I didn't know there was so much talent on this list! Bayard, the CD is top-notch and extremely well-done, and for all you folks out there who've contemplated buying one but haven't yet---do it... It's definitely worth it. Thanks again--I'm getting a lot of enjoyment from it this weekend... From: Lorrie and Grant hi fegs, we got our copy of "glass flesh" yesterday and i just wanted to let you all know how incredible i think it is; it's doing heavy-duty time in the player the last couple of days. if you haven't already gotten a copy, do so immediately! the songs are great (well, of course :) ), the performances top-notch, and the artwork, design, and layout are beautiful! everyone involved did an excellent job, made all the more impressive by the fact that it's a labor of love for them. and extra, extra special thanks have to go to bayard for coming up with the idea in the first place, and for his concern & customer service in getting the cd into my hands! From: Jett R Field <0618@poky.srv.net> I received the copies of the Hitchcock tribute CD; thanks very much! Quite interesting ' versions of the hits' and an excellent appearing package also. You've done a fantastic job! Could you please let me know if you happen to assemble anything else? From: Russ Reynolds Just wanted to say that anyone who's hedging about plunking down the dough for Glass Flesh should go ahead and do it. This is a damn fine CD! My particular fave is "Clean Steve (Knack Dennis)" by [I forget--don't have the CD with me] which I believe outshines the original. "Love" with the female vocal makes me melt. The punked out "Another Bubble" makes me pogo. The hillbilly "Brenda's Iron Sledge" makes my thumbs smell.* And the B Movie version of "Balloon Man" is just brilliant. I think the fact that Vic Chesnutt's contribution ranks just middle-of-the-pack (IMO) speaks volumes for the talent of the folks on this list. Excellent packaging, too. I think I'm going to donate my extra copy to the local college station (KFJC) where it will most certainly earn a few spins. Kudos to everyone involved, 'specially Bayard for pulling the whole thing together. -russ *(you know, from sticking them under my pits) From: Elf Power I got the CD's today. They look great! So do you have any distribution other than the internet? Anyways, GREAT JOB! The artwork looks grade A. Did Robyn comment on it? From: LSDiamond I got my copy today!!! I've listened to it 3 times already. this is a masterfully done album, and i liked everything at least as much as the original versions of the songs. (and some even a little better.. shh! *grin*) I actually hadn't heard "Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom", "St. Petersburg", "Trash", "Prelude" or "Love" before at all, so that was a fun surprise. :) So far, i think that my abFave songs are (in no particular order): Love (once i get good with Devil's Radio, i want to learn this one--any one got the tab?? :) Listening to the Higsons I Something You (excellent!) Flavour of Night (top 3, definitely! sounds a little like Jean Michel Jarre) Balloon Man (another top 3 and my dad & i LOVED all the soundbytes.. :) One Long Pair of Eyes She Doesn't Exist (personal fave, and the techno-ness was an interesting twist) Old Pervert (Fun!!!!) Serpent... St. Petersburg (new for me, and beautiful) and the rest of the album is marvellous as well. Caroline, the cover art was great! In fact, the whole layout is excellent and gave me some ideas for a tape cover i'm to do for a local band... thanks for the inspiration! :) Will i stop gushing??? *sigh* i suppose so... *grin* A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated and made such a grand piece of ear-Turkish Delight. (ear-candy just doesn't seem fitting.. must get fancy on ya! ;) Off for a 4th listen.. From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." I got my Glass Flesh CD, and a right nice job it is. Hats off to you for your good work. Can't wait for that full-length Meat Ruiner CD, too =8-) From: jpartridge@accel.com Got it last night. I am blown away by its professionalism - awesome job. Like most of the feglist, I'm pretty impressed with the contributions (e.g., I never realized how much better Love is with a woman's voice). From: Ferris Just got the CD the other day (thanks!). The artwork's brilliant as is the silkscreen on the CD. Excellent production/quality/liner notes, etc. I really haven't a bad thing to say about the disc. _____________________________________________________ there's lots more feedback but i haven't gone thru it yet! anyway, email rubrshrk@tigermonkey.com and get yourself some glass flesh (it's 'clearly' good, heehee.) :) =b ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #139 *******************************