From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #198 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, May 21 1998 Volume 07 : Number 198 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names [Terrence M Marks ] Quail-tossing Party [Jon Fetter ] Re: Moody Deaths [Capuchin ] Beach Boys list acrimony [Eb ] Re: a pear in trance [Capuchin ] Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names [Capuchin ] "now dismissing" bands that suck and death [lj lindhurst ] Re: Beach Boys list acrimony [dlang ] Carl, Cthulhu, et al [dlang ] anti-partyitis [tanter ] Nuclear death ahoy! [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: Remember those fabulous sixties? [M R Godwin ] Re: chapin [DElaineMcD ] Re: Moody Deaths [Jason Thornton ] Re: anti-partyitis [Gary Assassin ] Re: Concept Albums (was: a pair of pants) [Eleanore Adams ] Re: Remember those fabulous sixties? [Terrence M Marks ] 95% sixties,about 5% 90's related to the 60's, almost 0% RH [Eric Loehr ] Re: Moody Deaths [Christopher Gross ] quick party note [Bayard ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 03:14:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names >She didn't like it even when she was in college, the only thing she >remembers nostalgically is the Beach Boys, which my explain why I >have trouble thinking of them as a great pop group sometimes- I think of >them as something wholesome and harmless my rock and roll hating mom >liked :). I suggest that you join the Pet Sounds mailing list so that you can get a glimpse into all the nastiness, hate and bitterness that The Beach Boys experience entails. I left it because it was the most mean-spirited thing I've seen on the internet. (And, of course, The Beach Boys behave in a similar manner towards each other.) And anyhow, any band that hung out with Charles Manson, has restraining orders against each other, and makes The Kinks look nice can't be *that* wholesome. (Besides, who says you can't be wholesome and still be a great pop group?) Terrence Marks, who was raised on early Beatles albums too, mainly because his parents were kind enough not to expose him to disco during his formative years. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 02:42:41 -0500 From: sdodge@midway.uchicago.edu (amadain) Subject: Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names >>have trouble thinking of them as a great pop group sometimes- I think of >>them as something wholesome and harmless my rock and roll hating mom >>liked :). > >I suggest that you join the Pet Sounds mailing list so that you can get a >glimpse into all the nastiness, hate and bitterness that The Beach Boys Note I said sometimes, and it was an initial bar to my even considering taking them seriously at first. Figuring that with so many others whose opinions I had respect for raving, I should at least force my mind open a crack and try to see what it was all about, I did give "Pet Sounds" and "Smile" concentrated listens. Frankly I still don't exactly see it, but that's probably my over-valuation of lyrics which many have pointed out to me over the years :). Seriously though, I do see that there is more there than "Help Me Rhonda" and surf and sand. But I still don't "get" whatever it is that makes them magic to so many and most likely never will. They just don't do it for me. As for the mailing list, I don't really know as I'd wanna join a list where people were talking a lot about something that I'm not that interested in. The way I see it, any discussion where people are passionate about something is going to at the very least have some squabbling involved (at least here on Feg we disagree politely for the most part). If I'm going to have to watch slow-motion car wrecks and rampant aggression occur time after time, which is something I find pretty unpleasant, I feel it had better be because I also care deeply about the subject(s) in question. >And anyhow, any band that hung out with Charles Manson, has restraining >orders against each other, and makes The Kinks look nice can't be *that* >wholesome. I was referring purely to an image which I absorbed long before I knew anything about them as people. And frankly a lot, though by no means all, of their music -does- have a "sound of young, blonde, healthy America" feel to it. We're not talking Bauhaus here. >(Besides, who says you can't be wholesome and still be a great pop group?) It isn't something I relate to personally because I've never been wholesome myself and don't like it in others. When I hear the phrase "family values", I reach for my shotgun. YMM (and I suspect for you personally Terry, does) V. This doesn't preclude making good music under that guise, naturally. I wouldn't argue that, there are too many counterexamples. >Terrence Marks, who was raised on early Beatles albums too, mainly because >his parents were kind enough not to expose him to disco during his >formative years. HA! Though there was quite a bit of classic Broadway in the house, most of what I heard as a child was whatever was on adult contemporary radio stations. Have they made Barry Manilow cause for child abuse complaints yet? If not, something should be done. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 15:21:15 +0800 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Re: Concept Albums >Ben wrote: > >> what is everybody's favorite "concept album"? > >"Thick As A Brick" - Jethro Tull (w/ newspaper sleeve) "Thick" is one of my favorite tapes to have in my kitchen when I'm cooking/baking. I've always been a fan of "Songs From the Wood" "Heavy Horses" and "Stormwatch" even though the latter two are a little too soupily orchestrated. I also love "Minstrel in the Gallery." "Aqualung" has its moments... Well, I guess I'm a Tull "concept album" fan. I'll shut up. Rock Jonster - ------------------------------------------------------------------- "They are grubby little creatures of a sea floor 530 million years old, but we greet them with awe because they are the Old Ones, and they are trying to tell us something." --Stephen Jay Gould ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 15:55:52 +0800 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Quail-tossing Party Damn, it looks like my package didn't reach the Quail yet, as he hasn't mentioned it. I knew I should never have insulted that postal clerk AND written "counterfeit Titanic memorabilia" on the English-French-Chinese little green sticker. Now it looks like party-goers will never get to enjoy the fresh-pack of "Taiwan Trail Mix" I sent. (with a label featuring an H.R. Geiger ripoff-graphic on the outside, containg chicken feet and livers, jellied duck's blood -rice bars, quail eggs, and pressed tofu, all soaked in black tea and spices--contains plenty of protein and carbohydrates that would have done much too keep happy semi-paralyctic drunk feg-partiers warm in the strangely cold and phosphorescent waters of the Miska..er Connadaguinit. (be sure to note the nitre hanging from the underside of the railroad bridge, but ignore anything the Quail might say about some "Amontillado.") And so it goes for my mix tape. No one but the Quail will ever get to experience my mix of Taiwanese puppet show music with Shonen Knife and Dean Martin. Woe and alas! Jonster Madness - ------------------------------------------------------------------- "They are grubby little creatures of a sea floor 530 million years old, but we greet them with awe because they are the Old Ones, and they are trying to tell us something." --Stephen Jay Gould ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 01:08:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Moody Deaths On Wed, 20 May 1998, The Great Quail wrote: > 7. Robert Heinlein (The first author I ever really *loved* as a teenager. > . . .) Did I ever tell you folks about how my school days friend Ryan Johnson killed Robert Heinlein? It's a really good story. I'll relate it someday. The boy never recovered. It was a total accident. (That's Ryan Scott Johnson... J.. O.. H...) J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 01:16:32 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Beach Boys list acrimony I've never joined the Beach Boys list, and never would despite my Brian Wilson idolatry. However, I've looked at the Beach Boys message board on my Brian Wilson site of choice, http://www.cabinessence.com. Those threads on the message board are VICIOUS! And there's even some Brian basher going by "lurker" who has been accused of being Mike Love himself! Hmm. Anyway, check it out if you like. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 01:21:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: a pear in trance On Wed, 20 May 1998, Capitalism Blows wrote: > fuck. just ask jeme, who called all my cd's, > "crap," (and a couple days later announced that i was incapable of > singing on key,) if I recall, it was just something like G-K... but the Hitchcock stuff was good. (Who the fuck has JOURNEY albums? And can anyone else back me up on the Journey arcade game? That's the only way I know them at all.) I like a reference to me that begins with "fuck." as a full sentence. And yeah, I say "crap" all the time. He may sing out of key, but DAMN can he whistle. I was just thinking about that tonight. If you've got an album and you need a tune whistled, you could do a whole lot worse than Eddie Tews. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 01:30:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names On Thu, 21 May 1998, James Dignan wrote: > > Qual a dirige: > >where the Susquehanna flows > > I can never see that name without wondering whether the Susquehanna Hat > Company still exists... I'm not sure if I should get this reference or not, but I can only think of the Too Much Joy song of that name (Susquehanna Hat Company). It was the coolest openning in anthem rock: And she said... FUCK!!! this town... nothing's ever goin' down. Can't be beat. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 06:33:36 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Moody Deaths Ivan Quaylovitch writes: >My celebrity Death List, in order of how hard I was hit: > >1. Jerry Garcia. >2. Andy Warhol (My favorite artist in the whole world. I still cannnot >believe he's dead.)(But I'm not as bad about it as Lou.) What about me??????? You said *I* was your favorite artist in the world! (Fucking liar, I mean wankah) And I'm dead too!! (But not as dead as Lou) >3. Carl Sagan >4. Frank Zappa >5. Allen Ginsberg (I mean, you just *knew* Burroughs was going to die -- >and I actually loved WSB more -- but Allen?! It was not time for Allen to >die!) You just wanted an occasion to write "It was not time for Allen to die!" >6. Harry Chapin >7. Robert Heinlein (Robert Heinlein is dead???) But okay, I'll add to this list the only celebrity death that REALLY REALLY rocked me: 8. Kurdt!!!!!! But I will indulge a new idea here-- I am frightened at the *potential* death of a few people. 1. Elvis Costello-- I am so so fucking afraid that Elvis is going to die, no shit! The day when Elvis dies, I am going to be destroyed, wrecked, toss myself off the Empire State Building while singing "Poor Fractured Atlas"....I mean...Christ, I don't even like THINKING about it! They talk about Sinatra's death as "the day the Voice died" (well that's what the stoopit DailyNews calls it)(yes, the NY press is still obsessing over Sinatra's death), but god, when Elvis dies, to me that will truly be the end of rock&roll. 2. Bob Hope. 3. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 4. Robyn, yes, Robyn! What oh what will we do if Robyn ever dies??? After all, we never talk about anything other than ROBYN, now do we... eh, that's all I can think of. I had too much cheap wine last night to be thinking about death so early in the morning. l "stay out of fucking NYC" j ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 06:45:51 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: "now dismissing" bands that suck and death >now dismissing: the Figgs, Micro Mini, the Seymores, Pitchshifter, Natacha >Atlas, Xscape, Versus, the Phoids, Propellerheads, Lenny Kravitz, Paul >Kelly, Garbage, Massive Attack, Creeper Lagoon, Girls Against Boys I heard the new Lenny Kravitz was LAUGHABLE! Versus is AWFUL, AWFUL AWFUL! I not only had to endure this band opening up for those sweet angelic boys in Luna, but I also had to endure them opening up for- god forbid- SUPERCHUNK! God, did they suck. They have 2 lead singers- one girl, and one guy who is on the World's Biggest Unearned Ego Trip. The female lead singer could not sing herself out of a paper bag, and she had absolutely no stage presence, she just kind of stood there (she also appeared to have been dead for about 3 days before the show)(but not as dead as Lou). Oh, and the lyrics were AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL, too!! But wait, I heard that the Propellerheads was supposed to be really good. What's that like? And the Girls Against Boys??? Dismissable?? Not worth my $7?? my, I'm chatty this morning. lj, who didn't mention Oasis ONCE! (d'oh!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 07:54:07 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: for those attending the hootenanny... > >Friday: partly cloudy >hi 74 >lo 49 > >Saturday: sunny >hi 77 >lo 53 > >Sunday: sunny >hi 83 >lo 55 > okay, now I promise I will never post this many times in a row again! your friend, Swimmin Ho ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 20:40:45 +2909 From: dlang Subject: Re: Beach Boys list acrimony Vinnie informed us : >However, I've looked at the Beach Boys message board on my Brian Wilson site of choice, http://www.cabinessence.com. Those threads on the message board are VICIOUS! And there's even some Brian basher going by "lurker" who has been accused of being Mike Love himself! >Hmm. This doesn't surprise me at all, as it appears the BB's were in a constant state of acrimony throughout their collective careers, probably the tendency has rubbed off on their most rabid fans. Its a wonderfully sleezy saga , I'm just glad I did not have to live through it myself. Jeez Vinnie, if you think they are vicious, then they must be REALLY bad, as its not been unknown for you to"twist the knife again" on dis here list ( in the nicest possible sadistic way of course) BTW, I'm waiting for you to say something controversial about one of my icons so I can insult you using Aussie vernacular as you requested ,so come on , get weaving, you bloody rats arse ( just a taster for you of the delights to come ). dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:17:11 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Carl, Cthulhu, et al I just read this on the Quail's feghoot website. >The living room has a TV and a stereo, and is just perfect for dancing. Just don't knock over the Cthulhu statue . . . he gets miffed at that sort of thing. Cripes!!!!!!!, the Quail. Cthulhu AND Carl Palmer all under the same roof and all those fegs as well, sparks could fly..AND you are close to Three Mile Island..... Perhaps it may be the best thing to be in another continent this weekend. BTW say hi to Carl from me when he shows !. Heh, heh.... dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:58:23 -0400 From: tanter Subject: anti-partyitis Proposed: all those going to the party who are rubbing it in the noses of those of us who can't get there should not be allowed to post anything to fegmaniax during the entire weekend so the rest of us can talk about them behind their backs! Marcy ;) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 09:03:06 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Nuclear death ahoy! >PS -- hey Gnat -- as your plane comes in for a landing at Harrisburg >International Airport, be sure to look out your window . . . yes, that >nuke plant RIGHT NEXT TO THE AIRPORT is Three Mile Island! Whoo-hoo! I'll be on the look-out for baboons with four asses! Well, I seem to be just about set for the trip. My action figures are assembled, the sampler tape compiled (and whoever gets it - *please* keep your fingers near the volume control; some of the segueways are unintentionally alarming!). I have a chocolate box filled with a murmuring horde of 20 tinfoil Thoths. As I informed the Quail earlier, each Thoth has been imbued with the music I was listening to when I made it, which has been causing some trouble around the house. The Kinks Thoths keep fighting with each other, the XTC Thoth won't stop whining about its record contract, and last night at 3:00 am I found the Nick Drake Thoth trying to get at my anti-depressant medication. So when it comes time for you Feg-Guests to chose, chose wisely. (The Martin Newell Thoth, incidentally, informs me that he will do pruning and weeding for a small fee.) >I'm getting the sneaking suspicion that this is going to be one of the >weirdest experiences of my life.... Um, yeah. >1. Jerry Garcia. (I was stunned, and I couldn't listen to the Dead for >over a year) Quail, you would hate me forever and ever and ever if you knew what words first popped out of my mouth when I found out Garcia was dead. >4. Frank Zappa (I saw one of his last shows, and I would not trade that >memory for ANYTHING) I'm *still* bummed about Frank. We'll not see his like on earth again. "Let me be frank about Frank..." Fave concept album: "Skylarking" (I bet you're surprised) or "Quadrophenia," soundtrack of my ill-spent adolescence. Jeff Mangum claims that "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" has a common theme, so I guess that might count, too. n., vaguely distressed about using the word "fave" in a sentence ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:28:55 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Remember those fabulous sixties? On Thu, 21 May 1998, amadain wrote: > She didn't like it even when she was in college, the only thing she > remembers nostalgically is the Beach Boys, which my explain why I personally > have trouble thinking of them as a great pop group sometimes- I think of > them as something wholesome and harmless my rock and roll hating mom liked :). And? (-: Seriously, though, are you aware that the Kinks are reforming? That's Ray DAVIES Dave DAVIES Mick AVORY Pete QUAIFE I wonder if they still have those hunting jackets? - - Mike Godwin PS 'S F Sorrow' is still the first and best concept album. 'Keynsham' is good but not quite as concepty. PPS 'Crotchety', as in 'Crotchet Castle' PPPS to Marcy - if your ears start to burn on Sunday, it will be because someone at Britfeg 98 is talking about you! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 11:39:01 EDT From: DElaineMcD Subject: Re: chapin >>>6. Harry Chapin (My mom's favorite artist, I grew up listening to Chapin. After he died my mom cried for a week, listening to all his albums. I first *really* learned about death that way.)<<< totaled his vw rabbit on the long island expressway on a rainy night, if memory serves. my favorite harry chapin song is "30 thousand pounds of bananas". elaine np: fernando - "pacoima" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:39:35 -0700 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Re: Moody Deaths At 06:33 AM 5/21/98 -0400, lj lindhurst wrote: >But I will indulge a new idea here-- I am frightened at the *potential* >death of a few people. >2. Bob Hope. Bob Hope's still alive!?!? Ever dream a news story, and were sure it was real? >3. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? I heard you can make your CD's last longer my submerging them in green paint. - --Jason ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 11:45:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Gary Assassin Subject: Re: anti-partyitis Yeah!!!! And we're going to have our own party in the Hampton's anyway. 6 Hidden Path in East Quogue for anyone who want to come on by. Free room and board! p.s. I am not going to read any mail from the list for 2 weeks, so I don't feel bad about missing the party. ------------------------------------ If you have a condom and sunscreen SPF 15 or greater, than it's safe to look at http://www.panix.com/~gsa/index.html On Thu, 21 May 1998, tanter wrote: > Proposed: all those going to the party who are rubbing it in the noses of > those of us who can't get there should not be allowed to post anything to > fegmaniax during the entire weekend so the rest of us can talk about them > behind their backs! > > Marcy ;) > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 09:02:38 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Concept Albums (was: a pair of pants) > This got me thinking... what is everybody's favorite "concept album"? > The Julian Cope Trilogy of Peggy Suiside, Jehovakill, and Autogeddon. - - Gish Oakland, CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:19:46 -0400 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Fwd: Re: Concept Albums (was: a pair of pants) Somebody said: >> This got me thinking... what is everybody's favorite "concept album"? Without a doubt, mine is King Kong's "Me Hungry." It details the gripping tale of a caveman's love for his yak. Beautiful and timeless. +++++++++++++++++ "What's that word for 'not smart'..?" + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + -- Eric Duckman +++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:22:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Beach Boys list acrimony I've noticed that a lot of music mailing lists take on the same general feel as the subject. This list is whimsical, the Kinks list is generally utilitarian but becomes really nasty if you say anything specific about Ray or Dave, the Monkees list is kinda newbie-ish but really friendly and lighthearted, The beach BOys list is vicious... Am I just anthropomorphising things, or do lists take after their subjects? Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:26:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Remember those fabulous sixties? > PS 'S F Sorrow' is still the first and best concept album. 'Keynsham' is > good but not quite as concepty. according to the band and the liner notes, it's a concept album. They just aren't telling anyone what the concept is. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 09:31:49 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Concept Albums (was: a pair of pants) > > This got me thinking... what is everybody's favorite "concept album"? > > > > The Julian Cope Trilogy of Peggy Suiside, Jehovakill, and Autogeddon. > > - Gish > Oakland, CA PS: I forgot to add King Crimson's "Red" and Orb's "Orbus Terrarum", if one can have more than one favorite. I highly recommend any of these albums for purchase. I have other Hitchcock friends in Detroit with my same taste, so maybe some of you might want to give these a spin. Gish ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 98 09:48:36 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Bootles solo (Bootle?) and other place names On 5/20/98 10:36 PM, James Dignan wrote: >I can never see that name without wondering whether the Susquehanna Hat >Company still exists... > SUSQUEHANNA HAT COMPANY!!!!! MY UNCLE WAS KILLED AT THE SUSQUEHANNA HAT COMPANY!!!! A SAFE FELL ON HIS HEAD!!! - -tc p.s. for those wondering, it's from an old Abbott & Costello routine. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:44:06 +0800 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Re: Moody Deaths >On Wed, 20 May 1998, The Great Quail wrote: >> 7. Robert Heinlein (The first author I ever really *loved* as a teenager. >> . . .) > >Did I ever tell you folks about how my school days friend Ryan Johnson >killed Robert Heinlein? I had thought it was Carl Palmer working for Lyndon LaRouche and L. Ron Hubbard (an anagram of "bad blur horn," the significance of which will be discussed in next season's X-Files). One of these three abducted Frank Herbert for the UFO people who gave him cancer after discovering he lacked ovaries. Frank then told his story to Phillip K. Dick, who also met an untimely death. Jon Gibbar - ------------------------------------------------------------------- "They are grubby little creatures of a sea floor 530 million years old, but we greet them with awe because they are the Old Ones, and they are trying to tell us something." --Stephen Jay Gould ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:37:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: 95% sixties,about 5% 90's related to the 60's, almost 0% RH On Thu, 21 May 1998, M R Godwin wrote: > Seriously, though, are you aware that the Kinks are reforming? That's > Ray DAVIES Dave DAVIES Mick AVORY Pete QUAIFE > I wonder if they still have those hunting jackets? > > - Mike Godwin Mike, have you seen something definitive about this? All I've seen are contradictory reports (see 2 messages from yesterdays Kinks Digest below)... And has anyone heard the new Sean Lennon album? If so, what's it like? Eric (from the Kinks Digest): Subject: The rumours are spreading fast ............... The June issue of MOJO magazine in the UK contains the following on page 10 : ""Guitarist Dave Davies, drummer Mick Avory and bassist Pete Quaife have all agreed in principle to Ray Davies's suggestion to recreate the klassic Kinks line-up of 1964-68, a kemistry as volatile as it was kreative. An attractive proposition in theory, but the relationship between the two brothers is notoriously among the grouchiest in rock history, while Dave Davies and Mick Avory were renowned for violence both on-stage and off. Surely it will end in tears? Not according to Avory : "We've had 14 years respite from each other, so it should be OK. You can't act like teenagers in your 50's. Things might be mellower now, because you're doing it for different reasons." Ray Davies reckons that Pete Quaife was "really flattered" to be asked, as well he might be - he retired from the music business 25 years ago to ply his trade as a commercial artist. But Ray knew what he wanted : "When you listen to You Really Got Me, Pete Quaife does a little overtone at the end of each riff. It's really great and it helped make that record". All the same, the bassist has asked for plenty of time to practice. Dave Davies has been fronting a band in Los Angeles, Avory playing in various cover bands, but as Ray is about to release a live album of his current one- man show, Storyteller, then work on a new solo record, it's unlikely anything will happen before Christmas. "" I wish............................. The article is accompanied by a nice 7" x 5" early picture of the band, grouped around and upon some cane furniture. message 2: Hi Folks, This morning on Teletext there was a rather disturbing little article: it said (and I paraphrase) "Ray Davies, the frontman of legendary rock group the Kinks, has nipped rumours in the bud that he is getting back together with his old band. The rumuors have abounded after interviews with other former members: however, a spokesman for Mr. Davies said 'Pigs will fly before Ray gets back together with the others'." Not very encouraging. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I thought you had a right to know. Could all be bullshit, of course. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:58:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Moody Deaths On Thu, 21 May 1998, Jason Thornton wrote: > At 06:33 AM 5/21/98 -0400, lj lindhurst wrote: > > >But I will indulge a new idea here-- I am frightened at the *potential* > >death of a few people. > > >2. Bob Hope. > > Bob Hope's still alive!?!? "For Christ's sake why isn't Bob Hope dead yet?" --The Dead Milkmen, "Sri Lanka Sex Hotel," 1988 ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:57:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: quick party note apologies in advance to non-attendees who are bummed about being out of the loop... everyone who's coming: please, if you can, bring one or more tape decks and rca phono cables to connect them. we're going to chain decks together at quail's and make a million or so copies of my DATs simultaneously. and of course don't forget blank tapes. i got a really cool present in the mail yesterday. it was a book about alcatraz with tons of doodling and writing. the bits making fun of eb were really fun-- i bet even he'd of laughed. thanks, west coast fegs. i should have flown out there, i didn't realize so many of you would be there. next time. just remember eddie, jeme is a TOO MUCH JOY fan blecccch! so am i (all two of them, eh) so next time direct his attention to the "T" section of his own collection. I spoke with The Pathetic One and i'm picking him up at 11:30 am saturday at medical center metro... chris and mary, if you'd prefer to take metro over driving, we can do that or i'll give you directions to my house. Some friends of Mr. H have a new cd out-- check out http://www.unstable.demon.co.uk/computer.html I predict some of you will like it.. the first track sounds like "The Moodies do 'Happy the Golden Prince'". the second track is having tech difficulties and will be fixed soon. i'm psyched stoked and pumped for the party. =b ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #198 *******************************