From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #176 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, May 4 1998 Volume 07 : Number 176 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: cool fegs? [woj spice ] Life without Lulu [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: Life without Lulu [Noah Shalev ] Ol' Monster Noggin [Eb ] re.RH at gamh [dlang ] Storefront Hitchcock (asking 2nd time) [Viccicraig ] Spanish Prisoner [Jim Moore ] Reuters Storefront Review [Tom Clark ] question for lj ["Capitalism Blows" ] Dan Bern in Salt Lake City, 3 May 1998 [John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: cool fegs? also sprach Carole Reichstein: >> The Poppes and four of their like- minded friends >> were the first in line for Tuesday night's screening. > >I'm surprised the mailing list crowd wasn't first, with the Eddie the >caped wonder holding court! This reporter certainly interviewed the wrong >bunch.. the poppes *are* subscribers -- dan posted the setlist! +w ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 14:46:34 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Life without Lulu >> (I just got into Cale...so far, "Fear" beats most solo Lou...) ah yes. Wonderful stuff. I recommend you try "Slow Dazzle", "Helen of Troy" and my favourite, the laid-back Cale of "Paris 1919". His album with Eno (Wrong Way Up) is also a gem. The live album "Fragments of a rainy season" is a pretty good place to start, as it covers a big area of his oeuvre. Having said that, I'm also a fan of "The Blue Mask"... James ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 07:51:15 +0300 From: Noah Shalev Subject: Re: Life without Lulu James Dignan wrote: > ah yes. Wonderful stuff. I recommend you try "Slow Dazzle", "Helen of Troy" > and my favourite, the laid-back Cale of "Paris 1919". His album with Eno > (Wrong Way Up) is also a gem. The live album "Fragments of a rainy season" > is a pretty good place to start, as it covers a big area of his oeuvre. > As for my self I find 'honi soit' and 'music 4 a new society', the best. (may be a matter of habbit. the most desired live record would b 'sabotage', and coming right after 'comes alive'. I also loves 'walking on locusts' but of course it couldn't beat the 70's material upon which I was raised.... Noe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 21:58:55 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Ol' Monster Noggin > From: SD > Newsgroups: alt.music.brian-eno > Subject: Brian Eno on Celine Dion > Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 19:30:56 +0000 > > Brian Eno on GLR Saturday 2 May 1998 when asked his reaction to the idea of > producing Celine Dion - > > "I'd rather nail my testicles to a plank of wood." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:29:36 +2910 From: dlang Subject: re.RH at gamh Welcome Nur, yet another "Dickhead" on the list, mein gott, before we know it Tish and Binky ( prominent Rt entities on the RT list ) will be on line here next , its an invasion!. Be warned however, its not quite as polite as the Rt list and often considerably weirder! dave lang. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 08:31:49 EDT From: Viccicraig Subject: Storefront Hitchcock (asking 2nd time) does anyone know if or when the Storefront Hitchcock movie will be playing in southern CA? or if already did? like the los angeles / orange county area even a simple, no, noone on this mailing list has an idea what the dates are sort of letter would be nice thanks - -Valark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 09:40:00 -0500 From: Jim Moore Subject: Spanish Prisoner I would like to be posting a comment about Storefront Hitchcock, but since I haven't seen it (and won't be until at least October) I thought I'd plug a movie I saw this weekend, "The Spanish Prisoner" by Mamet. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Go see it, everybody. It's mysterious, intruiging, puzzling, and -- it has Steve Martin! Two paws up. Guambat ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 98 10:34:06 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Reuters Storefront Review Probably the most objective and educated review we'll see... - -tc - -------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/FILM: Hitchcock Lands 'Storefront' Showcase Storefront Hitchcock (Concert documentary, color, no rating, 1:17) By Dennis Harvey SAN FRANCISCO (Variety) - The eccentric appeal of British singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock gets a nice permanent showcase in Jonathan Demme's third performance-record feature. While unlikely to have the same impact as the director's two prior such breaks from major studio projects -- the Talking Heads concert picture "Stop Making Sense" and Spalding Gray monologue "Swimming to Cambodia," both watersheds for their type -- the picture should scare up some change in limited release for Orion, and then enjoy decent shelf life via rep-house, video and cable circuits. Never much noticed at home -- despite or because of his very English, Lewis Carroll-meets-Monty Python sensibility -- Hitchcock first won U.S. cult attention as part of the Cambridge-bred Soft Boys in the late '70s. Going solo with the backup Egyptians unit, he was a U.S. modern-rock radio staple through the late '80s. But that following flagged early this decade (he now records for Warners following a major reissue campaign by Rhino), so "Storefront Hitchcock" comes as a welcome career shore-up. As a lyricist, Hitchcock is Carroll-meets-Python via Dali, spinning out surreal, often humorous juxtapositions. As a melodist, he's indebted to the breadth of a U.K. Oddjob Rock Troubadour tradition stretching from novelty-pop Herman's Hermits to ex-Pink Floyd nutty experimenter Syd Barrett and wispy romantics like Nick Drake. A healthy dose of plain old chimey folk-rock is thrown in for good measure. His songs can seem too calculatedly wacky at times, particularly amid studio recording gloss. Hitchcock's best forum has long been live performance, where his nasal yet rich, supple voice shines, and his seemingly impromptu between-song patter suggests a pleasing form of mild insanity. There's little fuss in Demme's presentation of 15 songs, performed (for an unseen live audience) against a Manhattan storefront over two days. Passers-by (some early ones looking a bit planted) gawk against the window; the backdrop shifts occasionally (colored translucent squares, a gray curtain, etc.); modest props (candles, mirror ball, large sculptural "tomato") are introduced then removed. Mostly, however, it's straight-up concert stuff, deftly but unobtrusively lit and shot. A lanky, handsome, slightly graying 40-ish figure wearing successive loud shirts, Hitchcock switches from acoustic to electric guitar at midpoint; violinist Deni Bonet joins up for two numbers, guitarist-vocalist Tim Keegan for one. The star's verbal prattlings, which free-range amongst politics, religion, beef consumption and minotaurs bearing duct tape, are amusing enough. But the songs are the real attraction here, and they provide a good overview of a large personal catalog. At his least, Hitchcock can seem like a coy absurdist poseur (as in opener "Devil's Radio"). More often he crafts sweet-sounding, lyrically perverse keepers, like the barbed homage to "1974" or the ambivalent "You and Oblivion." His best, most enduring work is repped by such simple and spectrally beautiful tunes as "Airscape" and "Glass Hotel." The picture opens with a brief montage of NYC skyscapes, and ends with a multi-image musical performance/credit scroll. Otherwise, Demme's clean compositions and the pristine sound recording just do the job required, albeit very gracefully. Sharp editing between four cameras' input keeps minimalist package visually alert. With: Robyn Hitchcock, Deni Bonet, Tim Keegan. An Orion Pictures presentation of a Clinica Estetico production. Produced by Peter Saraf. Executive producers, Gary Goetzman, Edward Saxon. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Camera (color), Anthony Jannelli; editor, Andy Keir; creative adviser, Kirsten Coyne; sound supervision and mixing (Dolby), Jonathan Porath; music recordist, John Hanlon; production sound, Chris Newman; associate producer, Steven Shareshian; assistant director, Ron Bozman. Reviewed at San Francisco Film Festival, April 28, 1998. Reuters/Variety ^REUTERS@ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 10:51:32 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: question for lj or anyone else who was at the filming. we know they did four gigs in two days. but, we couldn't agree on whether they did retakes or not. please enlighten. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 12:36:48 -0700 From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Dan Bern in Salt Lake City, 3 May 1998 My pal Butch went to see Dan Bern in Salt Lake City last night. Here is his review: >Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 12:33:23 -0600 (MDT) >From: Luther Gaylord >Reply-To: Luther Gaylord >To: dan-bern-list@eskimo.com >Subject: Dan Bern in Salt Lake City, 3 May 1998 >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >Dan played a two-hour gig at the Zephyr Club in Salt Lake City last night. >There were thirty-five people at the show. I think the turnout >disappointed Dan and the boys a bit (as it did me--yet another reason to >be ashamed of this stupid fucking city) but they still put on a great >show. The "up" side of the low turnout was that we were all there to see >Dan. Consequently, we didn't have the same problems y'all have reported >of loud assholes at the bar who wouldn't shut up during the show. Even >better, only two of the thirty-five people in attendance were cheesy Ani >DiFranco fans. We shunned them. > >Martha Wainwright (the Martha from "Pete Rose", presumably) opened the >show with a thirty-minute acoustic set. I wasn't particularly impressed. >I did learn from the folks working the door, however, that Martha is Dan's >girlfriend. Maybe y'all already knew that, but it was news to me. > >Here's the annotated set list: > >(1) a slowed-down version of Joe Van Gogh >(2) Black Tornado >(3) Sex >(4) I Need You >(5) Freight Train Blues >(6) Daydream Believer >(7) I'm Not Your Stepping Stone >(8) Swoosh (great song!) >(9) You're Not Here. Someone yelled out for Estelle (since we were in > Utah, after all) and Dan responded by saying "Estelle isn't really > _about_ Utah, even though there's someone from Utah in it. I did > write _this_ song in Utah, though--in a motel room in the fine town > of Green River." >(10) Trust >(11) One Thing Real (written in a motel room in Hampton, MA) >(12) Pete Rose (aka Gamblin' With My Love) with an ad libbed bit in the > middle when Dan got the words wrong. >(13) Fascist In Me (this was my request--thanks to Becca and George for > passing the 1995 tape along to me) >(14) Marina And Me >(15) Abortion. Classic Dan lyrics: If you'll stop having abortions, > I'll stop sticking it in you. >(16) Chelsea Hotel >(17) Waste Of Time "I guess we had a lover's spat, 'cept we weren't > really lovers so we couldn't just kiss and make up..." > >FIVE MINUTE BREAK > >(18) OJ Simpson "I treat you like dirt, you treat me like swine" >(19) Einstein Was Wrong (with a story in the middle about Dan going to the > Middle East and digging up Jesus' bones) >(20) Russian Dirge (written by Wil) >(21) How Do You Keep 'Em Down In __________? (the first McDonald's in > Russia song) >(22) Estelle >(23) I Believe. Selected lyrics: Today I barked at a bird on the > sidewalk; he just kind of looked at me with a bird compassion. I > thought we could be friends...Three months ago I got hit on the head > by a walnut; I suffered total amnesia and forgot everything. I had > to learn all these songs over again, from scratch, from the madman > who wrote 'em. > >After the show, we hung out with the band while Dan chatted with the >people swarming around him (as much as thirty-five people can swarm). >Gordy hit on my date and blew cigarette smoke in my face. Wil reviewed my >set list, helped me get the song titles right, and filled in a couple of >songs I had missed. > >After the crowd dispersed, we invited Dan and the boys to go bowling, and >they graciously accepted. Unfortunately, when we went to make sure the >bowling alley was still open, they were just closing (early, because they >hadn't had any customers). We rushed back to the venue to break the bad >news, and the band agreed to go eat with us instead. > >They wanted to swing by their motel first, so we agreed to meet them at >the 24-hour pub. After we had been waiting for about 45 minutes, Gordy >called the pub to tell us that they had decided to stay at the motel. He >apologized profusely and promised to go bowling/have dinner with us the >next time around. > >For the humor-impaired: My comment above (about Gordy hitting on my date >and blowing cigarette smoke in my face) was _sarcastic_. He wasn't >smoking, and my "date" disavowed being with me--she was still hoping to go >home with Dan. Gordy was nothing but friendly to us. We chatted about >all sorts of stuff (including his "mean" reputation and the Ann Arbor >incident). Gordy wants a tape of the Bottom Line show (both sets) and the >Dayton show, if anyone recorded them. Wil is interested in a tape of the >Arlington show. > >All in all, a wonderful night. In an attempt to shatter Dan's luddite >predilections, I told him that I had been following his career and trading >tapes of his live shows since my best friend sent me a WAV file of >Jerusalem two years ago. It was great to finally meet/hang out with him >for a while. I hope y'all have the same opportunity sometime soon. > >Luther > - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net ICQ: 8301543 AOL IM: Lobstie House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "Well, we went to the punk bar, then we went to the heroin bar, we had pasta at Fellini, and then we went to the pretty bar." -overheard at work - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #176 *******************************