From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #179 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, May 6 1998 Volume 07 : Number 179 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Kevin Ayers Alert [Eric Loehr ] Re: muddled and amateurish [Eb ] The Domed One and the Nuge [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: muddled and amateurish [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: The Domed One and the Nuge [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: muddled and amateurish [normal@grove.ufl.edu] more SF Weakly tripe [chris franz ] Re: muddled and amateurish [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] RE: Kevin Ayers Alert [Rich Plumb ] velvet underground [Boodle Boodle Boodle ] Re: veteran cosmic rockers [Eb ] Re: Comic Strips (10% Eb content) [Tom Clark ] Re: VH1 Thing [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] EyeMac [Christopher Gross ] Re: veteran cosmic rockers [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: eno (or, is ambient music crap?) [David Librik ] v.u and all that. ["J.M. Brown H9602040" ] Re: veteran cosmic rockers [David Librik ] Re: eno (or, is ambient music crap?) [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] "Play that funky music...white girl!" [woj spice ] Slip Slidin' Away [Viagra Falls ] clear it up with a dose of Eno [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 00:42:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: Kevin Ayers Alert On Mon, 4 May 1998, Rich Plumb wrote: > Kevin Ayers is doing 2 shows on the west coast of the US in the near > future. Is anyone going, does anyone care about him? It's kind of a > surprise since he probably hasn't released anything here in a dog's age. > > I was reading some of the Robyn archives and one review compared him to > Kevin Ayers, not in content just in general weirdness. He put out some > nice records in the 70's, but he's been pretty quiet for quite some time. > > rich Count me in as a Kevin fan -- wish I could go (anybody going and *taping*, by any chance???). You're right, Rich -- he hasn't released anything here in ages, but he's always been a favorite. Definitely falls into that eccentric Englishman category. Eric ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 23:26:39 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: muddled and amateurish Terrence wrote: >Glad to get off thsi VU kick. Tried listening to VU&Nico, but I just >don't see what's so good about it. Apart from the strings on "Venus in >Fur", it all seems muddled and amateurish. Well, you know, Terrence, you've repeatedly demonstrated that you're biased against almost any music that doesn't have shiny, seamless production and playing. So the above comments aren't exactly a shock to me. I mean, I know the Velvet Underground couldn't hope to stack up against the ageless quasi-mystical musings of the Moody Blues, but.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 08:42:40 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: The Domed One and the Nuge >get his other "pop" albums, Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain By >Strategy and Before And After Science. i'm not sure how to describe their >relevance to robyn, since the points where eno overlaps with robyn are the >aspects of their work for which we've all been deluged with irritating >adjectives: "eccentric", "dotty", "very British". don't go to eno looking >for emotional resonance, though. You want emotional resonance? Listen to "Spider and I," the last track on "Before and After Science." That sure as heck resonates with me... and "Lay My Love," a collaboration with John Cale, is one of my favorite songs of all time - lovely and passionate. Re. Robyn/Eno relevance, Robyn is a big fan of Eno's and cites him as an early inspiration. (cf. Eno's encounter with Robyn, described in Eno's diary, "A Year With Swollen Appendices.") > For now, the jerky is only available at AMOCO gas stations in >South Eastern Michigan or via a toll-free mail-order number, 888-5-Biltong. Um, if anyone actually wants some of this, I can... oh, never mind... n., bitter that she is not a Feglycrumb Tiny g is for gnat... ? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 10:07:21 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: muddled and amateurish >Terrence wrote: >>Glad to get off thsi VU kick. Tried listening to VU&Nico, but I just >>don't see what's so good about it. Apart from the strings on "Venus in >>Fur", it all seems muddled and amateurish. > >Well, you know, Terrence, you've repeatedly demonstrated that you're biased >against almost any music that doesn't have shiny, seamless production and >playing. So the above comments aren't exactly a shock to me. > >I mean, I know the Velvet Underground couldn't hope to stack up against the >ageless quasi-mystical musings of the Moody Blues, but.... > >Eb Speaking of shiny, seamless production, has anyone bought the "Fully Loaded" version of the "Loaded" album, and is it worth replacing the old CD with? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 10:11:58 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: The Domed One and the Nuge >Re. Robyn/Eno relevance, Robyn is a big fan of Eno's and cites him as an >early inspiration. (cf. Eno's encounter with Robyn, described in Eno's >diary, "A Year With Swollen Appendices.") Yes, that is a classic story, you can hear Robyn tell it on the "Queen Elvis" interview LP. Also, Robyn cites Eno as an inspiration for "The Pit Of Souls" in the liner notes to "Fegmania!". ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 11:42:21 -0400 (EDT) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: muddled and amateurish > Well, you know, Terrence, you've repeatedly demonstrated that you're biased > against almost any music that doesn't have shiny, seamless production and > playing. So the above comments aren't exactly a shock to me. Not true. I've only demonstrated it once or twice. I dig the Incredible String Band. They're not shiny at all, but they're pretty seamless. Does that count? Syd Barrett is, well, occasionally shiny and ususally kinda seamful, right? Seems to me like a vast majority of bands have shiny, seamless production and playing. Apart from NMH and VU, which bands have I disliked for this reason? > I mean, I know the Velvet Underground couldn't hope to stack up against the > ageless quasi-mystical musings of the Moody Blues, but.... Well, I know you're being sarcastic, but I think that that pretty much sums it up. I just dig songs with melodies more than songs without melodies, and MB are more melodic than the VU. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 11:03:12 -0700 From: chris franz Subject: more SF Weakly tripe From today's SF Weekly: - -=-=-=-=- Overheard: Dial M for Misinformed Lest there were any lingering questions about just how popular British folk-rocker Robyn Hitchcock is here in the States, here’s the latest proof, overheard moments before the film-fest screening of Storefront Hitchcock, Jonathan Demme’s documentary on the singer, at the Castro: “It’s not about Alfred Hitchcock?” (Mark Athitakis) - -=-=-=-=- Whoever comes up with this stuff for that paper must have paid no attention whatsoever to the crowd reaction to the film, which was as unabashedly reverent as I've ever seen. And no attention to the line extending around the block of people trying to get in. One good thing, though: on their web site, they put up a link to the House of Figgy. - - Chris, trying to decide between Grant Lee Buffalo and Bad Religion tonight... is BR's new album any good? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 14:23:45 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: muddled and amateurish >Well, I know you're being sarcastic, but I think that that pretty much >sums it up. I just dig songs with melodies more than songs without >melodies, and MB are more melodic than the VU. > >Terrence Marks >normal@grove.ufl.edu What about "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Sunday Morning", "Femme Fatale", "Candy Says", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Beginning To See The Light", "After Hours", "Who Loves The Sun", "Sweet Jane", "New Age", etc...? There are a *ton* of very melodic Velvets songs! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 14:39:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Rich Plumb Subject: RE: Kevin Ayers Alert > Julian asked: > > what's the difference between kevin ayers and kevin coyne? > Well they're both English and they've both been around for at least 30 years and they're both ostensibly singer-songwriters. Coyne from my brief listening to him about 20 years ago is mostly a folk-rocker concerned with issues of the day, songs with a message. Ayers is much more whimsical, a sort of Euro-hippy with songs in a much more personal vein and also because of his deep connection with progressive rockers of the day (he was a founding member of The Soft Machine) a bit more adventurous musically. To tie together a whole bunch of threads, get June 1st, 1974, a great live album from that date. One side contains 2 Eno tunes, John Cale singing Heartbreak Hotel (the inspiration for Robyn's version) and Nico singing The End. The other side has Kevin Ayers doing some of his best. rich ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 19:51:45 +0100 (BST) From: Boodle Boodle Boodle Subject: velvet underground my problem with the velvet underground has always been that they are too cerebral somehow. too worty. you feel as if you should be appreciating this music and this has so far stopped me actually actively enjoying much of it. i do have a soft spot for third but that is mainly because it is one of those lovely acoustic records which you long to curl up in front of a fire with. or maybe that's just me! i also find teh same problem with lou reed's stuff as well. i know i should probably find that particular problem with john cale but i find his stuff much more - i don't know - endearing i guess for his wide musical pallette and his many guest performances. again lou i just can't connect with. i have tried but he joins artists like the rolling stones and david bowie that everybody enthuses about but i cannot in anyway appreciate above the general level of conceding their musical talent "if you like that kind of thing" strange that. i alway have been attracted to the odder musical figures and find them so much more approachable and appreciable than the generally conceded greats. probably says something for the kind of person i am! chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 14:17:05 -0500 From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: muddled and amateurish >>Well, I know you're being sarcastic, but I think that that pretty much >>sums it up. I just dig songs with melodies more than songs without >>melodies, and MB are more melodic than the VU. >> >>Terrence Marks >>normal@grove.ufl.edu > >What about "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Sunday Morning", "Femme Fatale", "Candy >Says", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Beginning To See The Light", "After Hours", "Who >Loves The Sun", "Sweet Jane", "New Age", etc...? There are a *ton* of very >melodic Velvets songs! There certainly are. The unmelodic charge doesn't really hold water. The VU wrote a lot of great pop melodies (you didn't mention "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" and "Stephanie Says", two of my faves), many of them even quite delicate and pretty. Yes, I suppose it is true that the Moody Blues were more into melodies, can't really argue with that but I just can't see comparing them with a band like the Velvet Underground because well.......with the Moody Blues I just don't personally get a sense that there's much "there" there, you know? I know there are Moody Blues fans lurking out here who will probably skewer me for this, but it is how I feel and I can't help that. So don't shower me with album recommendations please :). All this has made me wonder- has anyone else been following VH1's artist poll of the 100 most influential artists of all time? For those who haven't, only musicians (600 of them) were polled. Veddy interesting and some surprises there. I was surprised and pleased at how high the Clash and Little Richard came in, somewhat bemused that Michael Jackson came in way ahead of the Kinks, and thoroughly shocked that the Eagles came in ahead of Miles Davis, Al Green, and Elvis Costello. With each placement comes a little 5 minute or so presentation on the person with interviews with folk who presumably voted for them, and that part's kind of interesting as well. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 15:37:46 EDT From: MARKEEFE Subject: VH1 Thing In a message dated 98-05-06 15:22:57 EDT, you write: << All this has made me wonder- has anyone else been following VH1's artist poll of the 100 most influential artists of all time? >> I believe this poll/show is specifically meant to be about the 100 artists who were most influential on *rock* music, so it's actually kinda cool that Miles and Coltrane were mentioned at all. I'd like to see a list of all the artists that they polled. Most of the people they interviewed were defnitely VH-1 staples like Tom Petty and Keith Richards. One would doubt that a lot of Brit-Poppers were polled, which would severely limit the chances for the Kinks to get too high on the list. . . unless Paul Weller stuffed the ballot box ;-) Does anyone know if Hank Williams (Senior, of course) made the list? I don't remember seeing his name. If not, that's a huge oversight. I mean, Elvis without Hank? Hard to imagine. Oh well. - ------Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 14:19:59 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: veteran cosmic rockers Terrence wrote: >> Well, you know, Terrence, you've repeatedly demonstrated that you're biased >> against almost any music that doesn't have shiny, seamless production and >> playing. So the above comments aren't exactly a shock to me. > >Not true. I've only demonstrated it once or twice. Heh heh. Well, you also demonstrate it by the bands whom you endorse. I mean, when you rank the Rain Parade and Viva Saturn amongst your all-time favorite artists, that says a lot about your tastes to me, just like when I see other folks say that the Cocteau Twins are their favorite band. It's an embrace of empty prettiness and dreamy inertia over any sort of textual substance or conceptual challenge. Or to paraphrase Susan, it's not worrying about whether the music has a "there" or not. Now, I do like the Cocteau Twins a lot. I like the Rain Parade too. But those bands' lack of viewpoint and lyrical content puts a very firm ceiling upon how much I can enjoy them. You don't have this ceiling, and you make me very aware of this almost every time you post. I could expand the same argument to the High Llamas and to a lesser extent, the Beach Boys and Monkees. So far your tastes seem kinda pigeonholeable, to be frank. >I dig the Incredible String Band. They're not shiny at all, but they're >pretty seamless. Does that count? Not really. >Seems to me like a vast majority of bands have shiny, seamless production >and playing. Well, when talking about Top 40 music, maybe. And even there, there are loads of exceptions. And widen the scope, and this theory doesn't hold up very well at all. >> I mean, I know the Velvet Underground couldn't hope to stack up against the >> ageless quasi-mystical musings of the Moody Blues, but.... > >Well, I know you're being sarcastic, but I think that that pretty much >sums it up. I just dig songs with melodies more than songs without >melodies, and MB are more melodic than the VU. Well, even if we disregard the Velvets' lyrical impact and daring sonic textures, I personally can hum a lot more VU melodies than Moody Blues ones. And I do own about six Moody Blues albums, I'm embarrassed to admit, and I even owned Moodies records for about three years before I ever bought a VU album. However, comparing the two at this point is no contest at all for me. Nor is it for most eclectic music fans, nowadays. I think it's interesting how about 15-20 years ago, the Moody Blues seemed to be regarded on one of THE British Invasion bands of the '60s, not as big as the Who/Stones/Beatles, but maybe on the level of, say, the Kinks, Cream, Traffic and early Pink Floyd. But time has really swept the band under the rug. The group's years of inconsequential albums through the '80s and '90s hurt them, and their outdated production ideas, silly pothead lyrics and inability to play believable rock 'n' roll have doomed them to an ever-decreasing sphere of influence. Not to mention their rather embarrassing visual image today, where they all cling to their old '60s hairstyles and hope that fans ignore their growing paunches. Ugh. Days of Future Passed once was regarded as a concept-album classic -- now it's more like "that record which has 'Nights in White Satin.'" Even "Tuesday Afternoon" has faded from pop-culture memory. Most of the other albums are forgotten altogether. The general perception of the Moody Blues has shrunk from "a band who made heady, cosmic concept albums" to a "a band who made some pleasantly melodic singles." They've been on a slow fade from relevance for at least 15 years (or whenever Long Distance Voyager came out). This seems difficult to deny. Eh, whatever. I'll shut up now. Ebenezer PS Yeah Ben, DEFINITELY get the "Fully Loaded" edition of Loaded. Mandatory. np: the Jesus & Mary Chain: Munki (damn good -- probably my second or third favorite JMC album ever, and the best thing I've heard this year except for NMH and maybe Sonic Youth's new one) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 98 14:31:22 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Comic Strips (10% Eb content) On 5/5/98 8:55 PM, The Great Quail wrote: >PS: Um, Eb? Of course I am not going to argue about John Tesh. We all >know that Yanni is the superior mind. . . . That reminds me, I was looking at the Kevin Ayers offerings on CDNow.com the other day. They have a "if you like this artist, you might also like these" page, which brings up such artists as Pink Floyd (early stuff), Yes, and YANNI!! RE Ted Nuget: Anybody have a copy of that email that was floating around a few months ago, about Ted's new cologne that was exclusively tested on animals??? Funny stuff. - -tc ******************************************************** Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://u2.netgate.net/~tclark Have you seen the iMac yet? --> www.apple.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 17:59:18 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: VH1 Thing >In a message dated 98-05-06 15:22:57 EDT, you write: > ><< All this has made me wonder- has anyone else been following VH1's artist > poll of the 100 most influential artists of all time? >> > > I believe this poll/show is specifically meant to be about the 100 >artists who were most influential on *rock* music, so it's actually kinda cool >that Miles and Coltrane were mentioned at all. I'd like to see a list of all >the artists that they polled. Most of the people they interviewed were >defnitely VH-1 staples like Tom Petty and Keith Richards. One would doubt >that a lot of Brit-Poppers were polled, which would severely limit the chances >for the Kinks to get too high on the list. . . unless Paul Weller stuffed the >ballot box ;-) Does anyone know if Hank Williams (Senior, of course) made the >list? I don't remember seeing his name. If not, that's a huge oversight. I >mean, Elvis without Hank? Hard to imagine. Oh well. > >------Michael I don't think Hank Williams was on the list. As for the Eagles, I suppose they were an influnce on rock, but hopefully by showing people what *not* to do! "...listening to Don Henley, remastered on CD..." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 18:00:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: EyeMac On Wed, 6 May 1998, Tom Clark wrote: > Have you seen the iMac yet? --> www.apple.com Yes. Pretty cool! I hope I can save up $1300 by August. - --Chris "Lengthy, informative posts" Gross ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 18:09:32 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: veteran cosmic rockers >Well, even if we disregard the Velvets' lyrical impact and daring sonic >textures, I personally can hum a lot more VU melodies than Moody Blues >ones. And I do own about six Moody Blues albums, I'm embarrassed to admit, >and I even owned Moodies records for about three years before I ever bought >a VU album. However, comparing the two at this point is no contest at all >for me. Nor is it for most eclectic music fans, nowadays. I think it's >interesting how about 15-20 years ago, the Moody Blues seemed to be >regarded on one of THE British Invasion bands of the '60s, not as big as >the Who/Stones/Beatles, but maybe on the level of, say, the Kinks, Cream, >Traffic and early Pink Floyd. But time has really swept the band under the >rug. The group's years of inconsequential albums through the '80s and '90s >hurt them, and their outdated production ideas, silly pothead lyrics and >inability to play believable rock 'n' roll have doomed them to an >ever-decreasing sphere of influence. Not to mention their rather >embarrassing visual image today, where they all cling to their old '60s >hairstyles and hope that fans ignore their growing paunches. Ugh. > >Days of Future Passed once was regarded as a concept-album classic -- now >it's more like "that record which has 'Nights in White Satin.'" Even >"Tuesday Afternoon" has faded from pop-culture memory. Most of the other >albums are forgotten altogether. The general perception of the Moody Blues >has shrunk from "a band who made heady, cosmic concept albums" to a "a band >who made some pleasantly melodic singles." They've been on a slow fade from >relevance for at least 15 years (or whenever Long Distance Voyager came >out). This seems difficult to deny. Eh, whatever. I'll shut up now. The one cool Moody Blues song, however, was their cover of that tune that goes "You better go now... go now-ow-ow...". Of course that was very early, even before "Days of Future Passed". And they did originate the "Live at Red Rocks with a Symphony on PBS" concept! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 17:23:01 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: eno (or, is ambient music crap?) Sgrifennodd Ben: >Check out "Music For Airports" (I wonder if anyone has ever actually played >this music over an airport PA?) I just caught the tail-end of a report on the TV news last night about a New York avant-garde classical ensemble giving live "acoustic" performances of "Music For Airports" at ... airports. They had a little interview with Eno about the purpose of complex yet ignorable background music. Anyone know anything more about this story? - - David Librik librik@cube.ice.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 May 98 12:50:00 bst From: "J.M. Brown H9602040" Subject: v.u and all that. this business about terence and him not rating v.u. does he really like the moody blues? that's fair enough i suppose but he's not gonna rate v.u as one of his faves surely if he digs that stuff! the first 2 velvets albums are two great albums and like some other people have already alluded to, it's not important that the production isn't great, it's not supposed to be terence! and anyway, tell me what else from this period stands up to today? hope you don't prefer 'rock and roll animal' with it's ghastly heavy metal guitar and crap 70's production! Julian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 17:34:56 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: veteran cosmic rockers Sez Eb: >Well, even if we disregard the Velvets' lyrical impact and daring sonic >textures, I personally can hum a lot more VU melodies than Moody Blues >ones. And I do own about six Moody Blues albums, I'm embarrassed to admit, >and I even owned Moodies records for about three years before I ever bought >a VU album. However, comparing the two at this point is no contest at all >for me. Nor is it for most eclectic music fans, nowadays. I think it's >interesting how about 15-20 years ago, the Moody Blues seemed to be >regarded on one of THE British Invasion bands of the '60s, not as big as >the Who/Stones/Beatles, but maybe on the level of, say, the Kinks, Cream, >Traffic and early Pink Floyd. But time has really swept the band under the >rug. The group's years of inconsequential albums through the '80s and '90s >hurt them, and their outdated production ideas, silly pothead lyrics and >inability to play believable rock 'n' roll have doomed them to an >ever-decreasing sphere of influence. Not to mention their rather >embarrassing visual image today, where they all cling to their old '60s >hairstyles and hope that fans ignore their growing paunches. Ugh. This is all definitely true -- after _Long Distance Voyager_ they seemed to entirely lose direction and quit doing whatever it was they did well, which one could at least appreciate them for. Your comment about "inability to play believable rock 'n' roll" touches on something more significant, though: it's not that the Moodies were suddenly revealed to be lousy rockers. The only time they tried was with "Ride My See-Saw." It's that the accepted sense of Rock (and in what ways you can avoid "rocking" and still be considered Rock) has changed. I mean -- what's closer to rock 'n' roll: most of the Moody Blues, or the new Sonic Youth? (Or the Dirty Three, or Olivia Tremor Control...) I'd say the Moodies, but the way they depart from traditional rock is just unpopular now. - - David Librik librik@cube.ice.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 18:47:18 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: eno (or, is ambient music crap?) >Sgrifennodd Ben: >>Check out "Music For Airports" (I wonder if anyone has ever actually played >>this music over an airport PA?) > >I just caught the tail-end of a report on the TV news last night about a >New York avant-garde classical ensemble giving live "acoustic" performances >of "Music For Airports" at ... airports. They had a little interview with >Eno about the purpose of complex yet ignorable background music. Anyone >know anything more about this story? > >- David Librik >librik@cube.ice.net That's pretty interesting! Were the performances given during peak hours of activity of the airports? That's the funny thing with that album, you'd have to be *blasting* it to make most of it audible inside a packed airport! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 19:13:50 -0400 From: woj spice Subject: "Play that funky music...white girl!" are folks interested in deni bonet updates? if you feel moved to have an opinion, please let me know. woj >Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 22:33:13 -0700 >To: woj@smoe.org >From: denibonet@aol.com >Subject: "Play that funky music...white girl!" > > > Hi there folks... > > Just wanted to ask you all a little favor... > > We just sent out about 150 copies of my new EP: > > "THE PHATT & STOOPID EP" > > ...to AAA radio stations around our fair country. > WE REALIZE THAT THIS IS A PRETTY NERVY THING TO DO THESE DAYS, > WITHOUT A GIANT RECORD COMPANY BEHIND ME AND EVERYTHING... > > But I've already started to get added on a few stations, and now > that I've been given a couple of slots at LILITH FAIR 98, we're > hoping that more stations will start adding the EP to their > playlists. THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!! > > IF YOU COULD CALL YOUR LOCAL RADIO STAIONS AND REQUEST MY CD, > MAYBE WE CAN PROVE TO THESE RECORD COMPANY BIGSHOTS THAT > THE LITTLE GUY, or girl in my case, CAN TURN SOME HEADS AND > MAKE THINGS HAPPEN...with a little help from her friends! > > IF YOU LIVE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA...THE STATION TO CALL > IS ..... WFUV AT (718)365-8050 > > IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE US of A AND ARE NOT SURE OF > YOUR LOCAL AAA RADIO STATION, (it would be the one that plays > anything from ERIC CLAPTON, THE WALLFLOWERS, PAULA COLE, > SHAWN COLVIN...you get the idea), send me an e-mail and I'll > look up the number for you. > > FEEL FREE TO CALL THEM REPEATEDLY, > (you can always disguise your voice!) > AND PASS THE NUMBER ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES! > > I REALIZE THAT YOU ARE ALL REALLY BUSY, AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE > LIVES AND ALL, BUT I'D TRULY APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE! > LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES!... > > Thanks for your help, DENI > www.denibonet.com > denibonet@aol.com > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 17:16:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Viagra Falls Subject: Slip Slidin' Away fegs, I was listening to "Alright, Yeah!" today began to wonder why Robyn doesn't play more slide guitar. Off the top of my head, I can only recall slide parts on "AY", "Devil's Radio" and "Earthly Paradise". Some of the weird noises on "Pit of Souls" might also be slide. He's a decent slide player -- certainly not in the league of Duane Allman or Joe Walsh -- but he always seems to be in tune and tasteful (IMHO, the most important elements of slide). Has anyone ever seen him play slide live? Does he play it overhand or underhand? With the guitar on his lap or around his neck? - -g- - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:20:42 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: clear it up with a dose of Eno > Any fans of the music of Brian Eno out there? Luther, how many times have you suffered through my sig file? And you have to ask that question np - Before and After Science... one of the three greatest rock albums ever! (hint, hint!) >don't go to eno looking for emotional resonance, though. hmmm. No emotional resonance in "Everything merges with the night"? or "By this river"? And as for ambient, yes, I like it a lot. Not as much as his songs, sure, but have a listen to "Music for Films", "Music for Airports" or "Discreet Music" and you'll find there's a lot of good work there. As for the 'song' albums, you missed both "Wrong Way Up" (with John Cale) and "Nerve Net" (both goodies, IMHO). There's also the album he did with David Byrne ("My life in the bush of ghosts") which uses tape collage effects and 'found voices'. >Check out "Music For Airports" (I wonder if anyone has ever actually played >this music over an airport PA?) or "Discreet Music". The albums that really >turned me on to the "ambient/instrumental" Eno, however, were Bowie's "Low" >and "Heroes". well, believe it or not there is a live ensemble who have decided to cover this (strange, but true), and are playing it at airports as part of their British tour! 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") ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #179 *******************************