From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #147 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 17 1998 Volume 07 : Number 147 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Terrence M Marks ] Re: here we go again..... (0% RH) [sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain)] you won't believe it, but.... [tanter ] Arcadia, Stephen Fry, bad movies, and tampons [james.dignan@stonebow.otag] Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Paul Montagne ] Re: house of love ["Cartman's Father" ] who's bad? [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Linda Returns! [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Eb ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Rosie ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Ner ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Eb ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [West ] Re: Sets the body free [M R Godwin ] Re: . [Ner ] Re: Sets the body free [Jonathan Turner ] Re: bad movies (100% Kevin Bacon content) [M R Godwin ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Ner ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock Mr feg etiquette [dlang ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) [Rich Plumb ] feg etiquette [lj lindhurst ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock Mr feg etiquette [Capuchin ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) ["Wookie Conscious" ] SJ Mercury SH mention [Russ Reynolds ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 20:37:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) > There's this guy I've been listening to recently who I think some of the > folks subscribed to this list might like. His name is "Robyn Hitchcock" (or > something like that - I hope I've spelled it correctly). He used to be in a > band called the "Soft Boys" and then he left to do solo records and also > record with a backup band called "The Egyptians." I've actually bought quite > a few of his albums and I've found just about all of them quite interesting > and entertaining. And his live shows are really good too! I dunno. A friend of mine picked up some Soft Boy record called "Let out that Hen" or something. It was ok, but I mean, the guy's no Phish. The songs were all real short and had practically no solos, I mean, what was that guy thinking. My cousin once tried following this Robin guy around the country, but after five shows, he stopped touring to record something. What a gyp! I guess I'll pick up some of his stuff if I can find it in the cheap bins, though. > He doesn't sound much like Neutral Milk Hotel, of course, but I thought some > of you might be interested anyway... of course you might want to e-mail me > privately about him, rather than fill up the list with a lot of off-topic > stuff. Well, since the Dead quit touring, there isn't that much to talk about on here. Maybe if anyone here has some good live tapes of this Hitchcock dude we could groove to those. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 20:48:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Mangum Force 1) Having briefly met the crew of NMH/The Gerbils/Music Tapes, I'd say that they're nice/cool people. 2) > np: Various Artists/Sing Hollies in Reverse (yet *another* tribute...) Better than the Nilsson one, though. (I recommend it if you can find it mod'ly cheap) Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:51:26 -0500 From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: here we go again..... (0% RH) >I have to disagree with Susan and KarmaFuzz here. Julian's theory that >the government had his dad bumped off IS unreasonable. Actually, what I said was not "it's quite reasonable" but "in this case it's not completely and utterly UNreasonable". Perhaps I was guilty of over double negativing (is that a verb? it is now! :)) and obscured my meaning somewhat. All I really meant was that there was some history of government interference in those people's lives, quite a lot in fact. So it's a lot more reasonable an idea coming from Sean Lennon than it is from say, this small-time pot dealer (who'd never been arrested or had any reason at all to suspect this) who used to live a few blocks from me from me and thought every other parked car he saw contained an FBI agent there expressly to tail HIM and every helicopter he saw was there to spy on HIS movements :). Although overly active imagination is present in both cases, there is some difference of degree. I think KarmaFuzz was also making the point that it is a more comforting thing for the families to believe, and I would definitely agree with that. Authoritarian conspiracy gives more meaning and reason to someone's death- there was a purpose behind it- than accepting that it was the random act of a nutter, which has got to be difficult. I also think it's hard enough to lose your father at a very young age without losing him in such an incomprehensible way. Conspiracies can be fathomed a lot more easily than the labyrinth of a madman's brain and psyche, relatively speaking, and so as an emotional coping mechanism it does make some sense also. I don't think either of us were saying that it WAS a conspiracy or even that we think Sean is justified in believing that it is, I think it was more that (correct me if I'm wrong about your opinion, KF) we both can see where the belief comes from and how it's not a purely random conclusion for someone to reach given the peculiar circumstances. Marvelously irrational, yes. Unsupported by any evidence, absolutely. But -completely- off the wall? Not really. >raking them over the coals in the mid-70s). Therefore I can't buy >Julian's attitude that "well, that's the kind of thing that they would do, >so I'm convinced." (Yes, that's a paraphrase.) Again, neither of us was saying that there WAS a conspiracy or that it was anything but the act of a random loony. I don't think anyone besides Sean seriously believes in his theory. Hold yer fire, dash it! :) Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:31:49 -0400 From: tanter Subject: you won't believe it, but.... I was just messing around on the www and I found a listserv dedicated to this Hitch-what'shisname guy. You should read some of the things the people say on this listserv--they are totally whacked. It looks like these people have no lives and all they do is spend their days posting to this group. My god, no wonder they want to do away with welfare. Look what it does to people! Marcy ;) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:00:31 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Arcadia, Stephen Fry, bad movies, and tampons >Hmm... UofP is doing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia... that's worth checking out. I've been present for run-throughs of the Wow!Productions performance of this play. IMHO it is close to Stoppard's best - and that's no mean feat. Don't miss it, no matter who is performing it! re Stephen Fry, the novels may be good, but avoid the autobiography. Fromw what I've heard (admittedly this is second hand opinion) it's a pile of fetid dung. worst movie? There's one that I gave up on early on which had Anthony Perkins playing an obsessed priest out to kill prostitutes. Can't remember the name of it, only that it was vile. I think the word "blue' was in the title. James PS >Danielle, who *swears* she didn't start the Neutral Milk Hotel thread on >the Costello list - now, if you lot start talking about tampons, the >whole thing could get far too spooky for my liking... ;) There's a TV ad which starts "here's what you said you wanted in a tampon!". Actually, no-one asked me, and I'm not sure what I'd answer if they did... 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, 16 Apr 1998 21:21:14 -0700 From: Paul Montagne Subject: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) >What a prissy, utterly obnoxious post. Spare us the petulant whimpering. >Eb Hey Eb, Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:34:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Cartman's Father" Subject: Re: house of love On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, M R Godwin wrote: > The latest 'Mojo' (the Underwater Moonlight one) Whaaa??? Why is this the first I've heard of this? Do tell.... - -g- - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:08:35 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: who's bad? On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 20:25:36 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >Some other worsts (aside, as Danielle said, from entertaining bad movies- >because I don't count things as BAD bad if they at least entertain me, which >is why I don't agree with "Plan 9 From Outer Space" being the worst movie >ever made, because damned if it's not really amusing to watch the burning >paper-plate spaceships fly through the air :)): ...Besides..."Glen or Glenda" was the WORST movie Eddie Wood ever made...I *know* some of you own copies of it...what is with the attractively chubby women whipping each other in the middle of the movie? AND WHAT-THE-HELL! Was with the "PULL THE STRINGS!" bit? As for entertaining bad, I have 4 words: Ross Hagen biker movie! 5 more: "Manos: the hands of fate". It's late, I 've been drinking and dancing, time to go to bed. -luther ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:15:54 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: Linda Returns! I know some of us are RT/LT fans, so i thought i would forward this from the rick thompson list. Subject: [RTLIST] BIG News About Teddy's Gig Tonight Teddy Thompson will have a VERY special guest at tonight's show at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA (opening for Maria Muldaur). The guest has been rehearsing with Teddy's band, she'll be guesting on several numbers, and she is looking forward to performing IWTStBLT for the first time in about 15 years. Yes, LINDA THOMPSON will be singing with her son. I have no information on whether she'll be along for the other dates of Teddy's short tour. Showtime at 8PM tonight. Call (617) 492-7679 for reservations. Tickets are $20. 47 Palmer Street (Harvard Square), Cambridge, MA. "I am amazed, and know not what to say." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 23:05:55 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) >>What a prissy, utterly obnoxious post. Spare us the petulant whimpering. >>Eb > >Hey Eb, >Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. Christopher Atkins. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 02:09:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Paul Montagne wrote: > >What a prissy, utterly obnoxious post. Spare us the petulant whimpering. > >Eb > > Hey Eb, > Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. I made him Mr. Feg Etiquette. Any controversy about it? Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:02:27 +0100 From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: Neutral Mall Hitchcock >>>>> "Capuchin" == Capuchin writes: Capuchin> So that's that... Mental note: Don't go to mall record Capuchin> stores ever again. Some of my most amazing purchases have been in mall record stores. I got my first copy of Queen Elvis in a cheesy tourist mall in a NJ beach resort. It was right next door to a velvet painting store... bleaah! - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 23:55:31 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: bad movies...chicken boy? Peter's Friends was pretty bad, but I was able to forget it entirely. Here's a few movies that I can think of that I do not like... Ice Castles- probably THE worst movie I have seen. Too one dimensional to be an after school special or on the Family Channel. Yes, I went with a date who picked it. Independance Day- the worst dialog ever in a movie. Decent actors and even a Macintosh computer couldn't save the flick. Raging Bull- okay, it wasn't so much a bad movie as a movie in which I hated every character. I was even down on the camera crew, grips, and their pets when it was over. Sargent Pepper- Yecch! Actually Robert Stigwood cannot touch a movie without it causing me to vomit uncontrollably. Howard's End- boring movie about yutzes (is this the correct vernacular?) Yes, the cinematography was nice. Gremlins- just plain bad ET- annoying. The "laugh, cry, laugh" fecal directing at the end of the movie really bugged me. Okay, that's all for now on the bad movies I didn't like. I really liked the following deeply flawed movies: _Aliens Attack_, _Buckaroo Banzai_, _UFOria_, most things by Ed Wood are really quite amusing "Pull da stdding!" The first ten minutes of Monty Python's _Meaning of Life_ was brilliant, it's too bad that the rest of the flick didn't keep up. Fun sleepers: I enjoyed _Lair of the White Worm_ immensely (it actually was too scary and intense for my oldest brother, who is apparently an even bigger wuss than I), did any of you see _Tremors_? That movie killed me. I think I mentioned earlier that _Zero Effect_ is great and that you should each see it several times this year. Another thing. Does anybody else remember these late 70's bands?: Tuff Darts (big hit was "Your Love is Like Nuclear Waste") I liked them. They were talented and punk and a little over the top. The Headboys (I think they were on RSO-> ooh big Stigwood tie-in) (hit- "The Shape of Things to Come") These guys were a little like the cars, but the lead singer didn't look like a praying mantis. Most references to these bands have long since dried up. Last item: Chicken Boy. This was once a restaurant, then it was a web merchandising outlet. Now it has disappeared before I could obtain any of the cool Chicken Boy T-shirts, pins, video. Waah. - -markg "Chicken Boy: too weird to live, too tall to die." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:11:06 +0100 From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Bah! Humbug! F*ckers! etc. While testing out our in-house text search engine, I found one (and only one) mention of Robyn: Review of Galway Arts Festival by Colin Harper Independent Wed 26 Jul 1995 Singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock looked quirky on paper, but proved a bore on stage - faintly amusing for 10 minutes, irritating thereafter. Never trust an act with the word "legendary" on the posters; it's usually a weak apology for the long-term absence of large audiences. Oh well... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:23:08 -0400 From: Ner Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) Paul Montagne wrote: > Hey Eb, > Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. Hey Paul,Give it a break. Who made you mister Eb etiquette. - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:17:49 -0400 From: Rosie Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) JH3 wrote: > Hey everybody, > > There's this guy I've been listening to recently who I think some of the > folks subscribed to this list might like. His name is "Robyn Hitchcock" (or > something like that - I hope I've spelled it correctly). He used to be in a > band called the "Soft Boys" and then he left to do solo records and also > record with a backup band called "The Egyptians." I've actually bought quite > a few of his albums and I've found just about all of them quite interesting > and entertaining. And his live shows are really good too! > > He doesn't sound much like Neutral Milk Hotel, of course, but I thought some > of you might be interested anyway... of course you might want to e-mail me > privately about him, rather than fill up the list with a lot of off-topic > stuff. No thanks, I'd rather just talk about NMH. At least they have a new album out that everyone can hear. The only thing going on with RH these days is a movie that I have no hope of seeing any time soon. So blah, blah, blah, NMH, blah, blah, blah, Pulp, blah, blah, blah, OTC, blah, blah. And keep it coming folks..... - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:29:22 -0400 From: Ner Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) Terrence M Marks wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Paul Montagne wrote: > > > Hey Eb, > > Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. > > I made him Mr. Feg Etiquette. > Any controversy about it? Wait a minute - I thought I was the one who made Eb Mr. Feg Etiquette. What's going on here? Something is not right. I sense a conspiracy may be afoot. Pass the bile dip, please... - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 02:49:36 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) I'm Mister Ed. Anyone who wants to dispute this can step outside with me right now. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 02:47:53 -0700 From: West Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) Ner wrote: > Wait a minute - I thought I was the one who made Eb Mr. Feg Etiquette. What's > going on here? Something is not right. I sense a conspiracy may be afoot. Pass > the bile dip, please... > > -Ner I'd like to be in charge of the Egg Fetiquette, if I may. No one seems to make them really crispy like I like 'em. Your friend and mine, West ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:50:47 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Sets the body free On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Cartman's Father wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, M R Godwin wrote: > > The latest 'Mojo' (the Underwater Moonlight one) > Whaaa??? Why is this the first I've heard of this? > Do tell.... Somebody (Jonathan?) posted this a few weeks ago. The April issue contains a full-page feature 'Great forgotten albums: this month - Underwater Moonlight'. There is also a short review of the recent RH "hits" compilation, which discusses Alfred Hitchcock more than Robyn Ditto. - - Mike G. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 06:05:50 -0400 From: Ner Subject: Re: . Eb wrote: > The death of any mailing list is pouting school marms who whine about > offtopic content. Yes, I agree, but I think the pouters on this list are a very tiny minority. Keep those off-topic posts coming and I'll keep reading and responding. - -Ner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:14:03 +0000 From: Jonathan Turner Subject: Re: Sets the body free On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, M R Godwin wrote: >On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Cartman's Father wrote: >> On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, M R Godwin wrote: >> > The latest 'Mojo' (the Underwater Moonlight one) >> Whaaa??? Why is this the first I've heard of this? >> Do tell.... > >Somebody (Jonathan?) posted this a few weeks ago. The April issue contains >a full-page feature 'Great forgotten albums: this month - Underwater >Moonlight'. There is also a short review of the recent RH "hits" >compilation, which discusses Alfred Hitchcock more than Robyn Ditto. Yes, it was me - do pay attention at the back. I think the May issue is out already in the UK, but you can probably still pick up April's beyond these shores, if you move fast enough. ObNMH content: I listened to half of "On Avery Island" before I decided to do something more interesting. Though the live track on the Terrastock CD is vaguely entertaining for a couple of minutes. The Headboys. Now there was a band. You live in your world, I'll live in mine. Maybe tomorrow, we will collide. Jonathan. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:21:53 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: bad movies (100% Kevin Bacon content) On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 Mark_Gloster@3com.com wrote: > Fun sleepers: > I enjoyed _Lair of the White Worm_ immensely (it actually was too scary and > intense for my oldest brother, who is apparently an even bigger wuss than > I), did any of you see _Tremors_? That movie killed me. Oh yes, fabulous. The special effects people must have ahd a lot of fun with an underground plough or something. And it kept Kevin Bacon jumping up and down a lot. Have you seen 'Night of the Lepus'? It's the film of the book 'Year of the Angry Rabbit' (really). These giant flopsy rabbits keep loping round the screen in slo-mo tearing the throats out of passers-by. My great unfinished song "Invasion of the Giant Bunnies" is based on this movie. > Another thing. Does anybody else remember these late 70's bands?: > Tuff Darts (big hit was "Your Love is Like Nuclear Waste") I liked them. > They were talented and punk and a little over the top. I had a friend in Marblehead who raved about them and sent me a tape, but it didn't make much impression on me. > The Headboys (I think they were on RSO-> ooh big Stigwood tie-in) (hit- > "The Shape of Things to Come") These guys were a little like the cars, but > the lead singer didn't look like a praying mantis. I still have a tape of the Headboys somewhere doing a radio session. Good band. - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 06:30:56 -0400 From: Ner Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) Eb wrote: > I'm Mister Ed. > > Anyone who wants to dispute this can step outside with me right now. Wait, you mean you're a talking horse? You had your own TV series? But wait, that was back in the early 60s and you looked like a pretty mature horse back then - agewise. So that was 35 years ago so you must be really old. ;) "A horse is a horse Of course, of course And no one can talk to a horse, of course That is, of course Unless the horse Is the famous Mr. Ed...." - -Ner n.p. 'Residue Deux' - The Residents ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 20:34:25 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock Mr feg etiquette On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Paul Montagne wrote: > > > Hey Eb, > > Give it a break. Who made you mister feg etiquette. > > I made him Mr. Feg Etiquette. > Any controversy about it? Wait a minute - I thought I was the one who made Eb Mr. Feg Etiquette. What's going on here? Something is not right. I sense a conspiracy may be afoot. Pass the bile dip, please... This is getting sillier than usual, now I know I am not noted for being sensible, but someone has to sort this one out and perhaps an antipodean perspective is needed here. A reminder please to you fellows about making anyone Mr (or Ms ) Feg Ettiquette. May I refer you to paragraph 52. page 4500123 of the Fegstitution of this list, I quote " Any Feg who wishes to appoint another Feg as Mr , Mr's or Ms Feg Etiquette, can only do so by posting his or her intention to do so ( signed and countersigned by a justice of the peace or bartender) in triplicate for a period of no less than , or longer than three working days on the annals of the list. If during this time the motion has been seconded by a covey of no less than seven Fegs, then the listmember will then proceed to the second phase of the fegfounding, to whit, ratification by the Grand Feg Council, which needs to meet in person and achive a quorum of no less than six, but no more than 14 fully fledged Feg List Members." Since the earliest you can do this is the Fegparty in May, I'm afraid that there can be no official Mr or Ms Feg etiquette until at least this date.Unless of course you call an extraordinary meeting of the Grand Fegcoven , which is only possible if the moon is in the sixth quadrant and the meeting is held on the fourth Wednesday of an unevenly dated month and the coven is composed entirely of Fegs whose bithdays all occur on the 26th of April. I hope this clears the matter up Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:30:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Rich Plumb Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) > Eb the humorless one responded to JH3's post: > > >There's this guy I've been listening to recently who I think some of the > >folks subscribed to this list might like. His name is "Robyn Hitchcock" (or > >something like that - I hope I've spelled it correctly). He used to be in a > >band called the "Soft Boys" and then he left to do solo records and also > >record with a backup band called "The Egyptians." I've actually bought quite > >a few of his albums and I've found just about all of them quite interesting > >and entertaining. And his live shows are really good too! > > > >He doesn't sound much like Neutral Milk Hotel, of course, but I thought some > >of you might be interested anyway... of course you might want to e-mail me > >privately about him, rather than fill up the list with a lot of off-topic > >stuff. > > What a prissy, utterly obnoxious post. Spare us the petulant whimpering. > > Eb > > And he also said: > > The death of any mailing list is pouting school marms who whine about > offtopic content. > Pot kettle black. Get a fucking life you loser. rich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:48:09 -0400 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: personal attacks Please keep personal attacks off the list. If you need to send a personal attack e-mail message, here's the address to send it to... your own. Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:02:18 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: feg etiquette If only my sweet Liam were here-- he would settle these fucking fights right quick! l "pick axe through the skull" j ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 07:46:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock Mr feg etiquette On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, dlang wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Paul Montagne wrote: > > I made him Mr. Feg Etiquette. > > Wait a minute - I thought I was the one who made Eb Mr. Feg Etiquette. > > This is getting sillier than usual, now I know I am not noted for being > sensible, but someone has to sort this one out and perhaps an > antipodean perspective is needed here. > > A reminder please to you fellows about making anyone Mr (or Ms ) Feg > Ettiquette. May I refer you to paragraph 52. page 4500123 of the > Fegstitution of this list, I quote [Complicated stuff cut] > I hope this clears the matter up Um... I think that must be Australian version of the rulebook, there, Mr. Lang. Mine just says "Fuck etiquette. Just be nice to one another and don't take anything personally." Or maybe that's just my handwriting on the back of a cocktail napkin. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:30:22 -0500 From: "Wookie Conscious" Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) > > > > > >He doesn't sound much like Neutral Milk Hotel, of course, but I thought some > > >of you might be interested anyway... of course you might want to e-mail me > > >privately about him, rather than fill up the list with a lot of off-topic > > >stuff. > > > > What a prissy, utterly obnoxious post. Spare us the petulant whimpering. > > > > Eb > > > > And he also said: > > > > The death of any mailing list is pouting school marms who whine about > > offtopic content. > > > Pot kettle black. Get a fucking life you loser. > is this mean-spirited? hey, i just want to say that i like the off topic stuff better than the 'relevant' stuff. i've been introduced to tons of new bands (tall dwarfs, momus, high llamas, incredible string band all come to mind) and if it wasn't for neutral milk hotel, then i would have gone through with the suicide attempt last month. and eb, you make life worth living. what's robyn hitchcock doing anyway? we have to talk about something... - --shane n.p. sounds of the jungle part 17--the sounds of monkeys doing it ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:37:23 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock (0% NMH content) >> The death of any mailing list is pouting school marms who whine about >> offtopic content. >> >Pot kettle black. Get a fucking life you loser. When have I whined about offtopic content, dude? Metallica rocks, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 98 09:47:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: SJ Mercury SH mention Today's San Jose Mercury News has a piece on the upcoming San Francisco Film Festival and lists among the highlights: "STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK" - Director Jonathan Demme, who took a break from features to do the Talking Heads' concert film "Stop Making Sense," turns to eccentric pop rocker Robyn Hitchcock. The name comes from the fact that Hitchcock, who lives to defy rock-star conventions, is filmed in the storefront of a busy New York street. Nothing about Neutral Milk Hotel, though. Question: is anyone here anal enough to keep a list of the media's descriptions of Robyn Hitchcock? Answer: Of course, but who? I think such a list would be an amusing addition to the web site and possibly insightful to non-fegs who stumble across the site while browsing. Anyway, whoever you are go ahead and add "eccentric pop rocker" to the list. ***You may exit this post now unless you'd care to read about the dream I had last night or my less than enthusiastic thoughts on Neutral Milk Hotel. It should all be pretty boring for most of you.*** THE DREAM: Drove up to SF to buy tickets for either Storefront Hitchcock or the Great American Music Hall show. Got a great parking space (first tip-off that this was a dream). Walked across the street to the venue, which was neither the Great American Music Hall or the Castro Theater. Saw a flier on the door of the building advertising either the movie or the concert--it had a black & white photo of RH and included the phrase "22 new songs!" To my surprise (I love a dream with a good surprise, don't you?) the door to the venue was open and Robyn was doing a free open-to-the-public sound check inside, in front of about six people, all of whom I assumed to be list members. A couple of people were writing down the song titles (does that mean someone taped this dream? I'd love a copy!) The eccentric pop rocker, as part of this performance, attempted to suction a cocktail glass to the side of his face, but sadly the glass was half full of orange juice, which dripped all over everything causing a big mess. End of dream as far as I can recall. NMH: As I've already informed Mr. Feg Etiquitte I too purchased the new NMH album...mainly because so many Hitchcock fans have gushed about it and because I had some extra money that day. While I find the album lyrically intriguing, somewhat musically inventive and for the most part enjoyable I would not count myself among the gushers. For me the biggest problem is that the songs all sound the same to me. Basically it's all guitar strumming with a solo voice. Not much in the way of melodies--not one song pops into my head in the middle of my workday. And certainly not anything I would associate with Robyn Hitchcock other than the fact that of the 300 or so people on this list (isn't that what we're up to?), the 29 or so who bought it have been talking about it a lot. I'm bored with the album already. If you're thinking of buying it and you don't own a copy of XTC's "Black Sea" you might want to purchase "Black Sea" instead. I've gotten 18 years of enjoyment out of that one. But that's just me. We are all individuals. (crowd: "yes! yes! We are all individuals") finally, I'd like to request that if anyone has a problem with posts that they perceive to be inappropriate that they tell the poster so in private. That way the rest of us can all continue getting along. have a nice day. - -russ. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #147 *******************************