From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #206 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, May 28 1998 Volume 07 : Number 206 Today's Subjects: ----------------- ENO=ONE [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: Tejano [Gregory Stuart Shell ] Hunter S. [domis@tfn.com] Re: BRIAN ENO=ONE BRAIN [Eb ] Re: fegfest98 [Viccicraig@aol.com] Fwd: Re: robyn hitchcock ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: fegfest98 [Scary Mary ] Queen Elvis [griffith ] Jackson Browne ["Jabberwalk With Me" ] PDX-er's goin' to Seattle? [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Concept albums ["Jabberwalk With Me" ] Ticket Prices [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Bay Area Fegs --> Seattle? [Tom Clark ] Re: Jackson Browne [Eb ] Re: Ticket Prices ["Jabberwalk With Me" ] WHOA!! [Eb ] Fear And Loathing In Enola [Tom Clark ] trois ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: trois [John B Jones ] Fwd: Ticket Prices ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Dan Bern is.... [tanter ] Re: NICO=ICON [M R Godwin ] Queen is gone [griffith ] Fegfest 98: a remembrance [Mike Runion ] Re: PDX-er's goin' to Seattle? [Capuchin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 19:29:58 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: ENO=ONE Couldn't every eno album be seen as a "concept album"? "G-note left taped to a synth for forty minutes, with special guests adding ebow(fripp) or viola(cale)." Even "Here comes the warm jets" could be one, musically, although I still don't know what the lyrics are supposed to mean, if any thing. Linked to the above (through Cale), I just saw Nico Icon. Does anyone on the list have any of her albums, especially the one with her cover of "The End"? Luther ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 14:33:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Gregory Stuart Shell Subject: Re: Tejano On Wed, 27 May 1998 MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 98-05-27 09:27:12 EDT, you write: > > << Tejano is Mexican polka rock...blech.... >> > > Unfortunately, this is true. Tejano music is a rock-based > bastardization Actually, that is not correct. Talk with just about any hispanic person from Texas who has been here for multiple generations and they will not claim to be Mexicans, but Texans. The food, language, music, dance, nearly the entire way of life is different for them than it is for Mexicans. Native Texans, be they called Native Americans, Mexicans or whatever, and whether they speak Spanish or English, are quite a bit different than "Mexicans". Tejanos music is from Texan. Ask any Mexican if Tejano is Mexican Pop or rock and the will say it is not. Ask any Tejano musician if Mexican Pop or rock is Tejano and they will say no. Tejano was contrived and is sustained almost entirely by Native Texans. There is Tejano Country, Tejano Rock, Tejano Pop, Tejano Easy-Listening, even Tejano Gospel and Tejano Hip-Hop. Selena was Tejano Pop. Regards, Gregory S. Shell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:13:54 -0400 From: domis@tfn.com Subject: Hunter S. Anyone checked out the new Gilliam film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? Somewhat lacking in storyline, but then, the plot of the book was pretty much: consume as much mescaline, acid, human adrenaline, ether, and other substances as humanly possible, and see what happens. The film stays true to that line, and includes probably the most realistic representation of an acid trip on celluloid, as Johnny Depp (who shaved the top of his head for the part of Hunter S.) lingered wobbly legged at the front desk of a Vegas hotel, waiting for his room as a half-sheet of acid coursed through his veins. The carpet writhed, and the lounge denizens turned into fighting, copulating reptiles. Pretty amazing. In my humble opinion, doesn't measure up to Brazil or Baron von M., but had some hilarious and psychedelic moments. Awhile back someone mentioned an Acoustic Guitar magazine-generated music book with Robyn on the cover ... how do I get me one? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:45:07 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: BRIAN ENO=ONE BRAIN Luthah wrote: >Linked to the above (through Cale), I just saw Nico Icon. Does anyone >on the list have any of her albums, especially the one with her cover >of "The End"? Sure. I have The End..., The Marble Index, Chelsea Girl, Hanging Gardens and Desertshore. Chelsea Girl is my favorite, because it uses good outside songwriters (I think this disc supplied Jackson Browne with his first songwriting royalties, though I'm probably wrong) and has plenty of conceptual overlap with the VU & Nico record. But I suppose a hardcore fan of Nico the autonomous artiste would pick The Marble Index as the ultimate Nico album. Actually, The End... is my *least* favorite of the above. Still, all the Nico discs are lovely and make wonderful background music when sacrificing farm animals to Satan. For additional Nico info, check http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1781/ Eb, or as D# calls him, "you dirty, smelly rotten pus ball, squid face" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 16:47:42 EDT From: Viccicraig@aol.com Subject: Re: fegfest98 In a message dated 98-05-27 14:23:17 EDT, loona@wizard.net writes: >Quail also mentioned that I collect ticks. Unless you find >a blue Tick, please refrain from sending them to me. Spoon! no blue ticks here, but i think there is a lil wooden boy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 14:09:48 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Fwd: Re: robyn hitchcock Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:52:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Crocodile Cafe To: Capitalism Blows Subject: Re: robyn hitchcock friday june 26th, $10 adv tix available at the croc on the 9th of june On Wed, 27 May 1998, Capitalism Blows wrote: > yo, > i wonder if you could confirm the date of next month's robyn hitchcock > show? > robyn's management has said it will be on thursday, june 25. however, > somebody apparently saw a note in the seattle weekly saying it will > occur on friday, june 26th. i was not able to find this note myself, > but this would make some sense to me, as robyn usually plays on a friday > or saturday in seattle. > thanks much! > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:08:22 -0400 From: Scary Mary Subject: Re: fegfest98 At 04:47 PM 5/27/98 EDT, viccicraig wrote: > >>Quail also mentioned that I collect ticks. Unless you find >>a blue Tick, please refrain from sending them to me. Spoon! > >no blue ticks here, but i think there is a lil wooden boy > What? No Macaroni Ducks to fight crime? For any of the folks who expressed an interest in the eyeballs, here's a number where you can get them: Oriental Trading Company 1 800 327-9678 and ask for department 932 to get a catalog. Mary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:29:32 -0700 (PDT) From: griffith Subject: Queen Elvis I found a used copy of Queen Elvis on CD. I can get it tomorrow if anyone still needs it. It has the extremely low price of $4.99, and no scratches.... email me if you want the disc, whoever is first shall get it.... griffith = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 17:03:10 -0700 From: "Jabberwalk With Me" Subject: Jackson Browne Eb dixit: > Chelsea Girl is my favorite, because it uses good outside > songwriters (I think this disc supplied Jackson Browne with his > first songwriting royalties, though I'm probably wrong) I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the fact that you're wrong ;-) . If I remember correctly, Chelsea Girl came out around 1970. Jackson Browne almost certainly received royalties for some of the tunes he wrote for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ("Melissa", "These Days", "Holding", et al. -- all of which were recorded/released in 1966 - 67). I think his own tune "Doctor, My Eyes" came out around 1969, didn't it? Later, he roomed with two guys named Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther and ended up making a shitload of cash from songs that the Eagles recorded ("Take It Easy" & "James Dean"), not to mention his own MOR guano. - -g- n.p. The Moog Cookbook Plays the Classic Rock Hits - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:06:16 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: PDX-er's goin' to Seattle? In a message dated 98-05-27 17:18:34 EDT, you write: << friday june 26th, $10 adv tix available at the croc on the 9th of june >> Any other Portland Fegs thinking of heading up to Seattle for the show at the Croc? Jeme, John, Reichsteins (sp?)? My wife (Liz) and I are contemplating it. Just trying to guage the pulse of potential excitement around the event. . . Let me know. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 17:11:56 -0700 From: "Jabberwalk With Me" Subject: Concept albums fegs, I really didn't want to get involved in this thread, but I was shocked at James Dignan's omission of Godley and Creme's _Consequences_. It would almost certainly rank as my favourite concept album. Some others I like: Zappa's _Joe's Garage, Pt. 1_ Floyd's _Wish You Were Here_ & _Final Cut_ Springsteen's _Nebraska_ Randy Newman's _Good Old Boys_ Moody Blues' _Days of Future Passed_ The Residents' _The Commercial Album_ and _The King And Eye_ XTC's _Skylarking_ I would also classify Fripp's _Exposure_ as a concept album (He himself classifies it as part of a trilogy, along with Peter Gabriel II and Daryl Hall's _Sacred Songs_). That's probably as close as we get to a KC concept album. I also like _The Elder_ by KISS (no flames, please). I'm sure the following could be considered concept albums, albeit loosely: _Let It Be_ - The Beatles (the chronicle of a band on the verge of a break-up). The Travelling Wilburys & Dukes of Stratosphear -- concepts in themselves _Bookends_ - Simon and Garfunkel (I think someone already mentioned this) That's enough of this topic. Any comments on this email, please correspond with me privately. - -g- - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:24:59 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Ticket Prices I just read that tickets for the Ram's Head show are 21.50. Doesn't that seem pretty expensive for a Robyn show, or is this a result of the venue? Is Robyn bringing lasers and a life sized model of Stonehenge on tour? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 98 17:41:07 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Bay Area Fegs --> Seattle? I'm trying to set the record for most airline miles spent on Robyn in one year. So, any BA fegs thinking of paying back our NW buds for their trip down here last month? It's only $98 round trip from SJC. lemme know, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:05:08 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Jackson Browne Glenn wrote: >> Chelsea Girl is my favorite, because it uses good outside >> songwriters (I think this disc supplied Jackson Browne with his >> first songwriting royalties, though I'm probably wrong) > >I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the fact that >you're wrong ;-) . > >If I remember correctly, Chelsea Girl came out around 1970. I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the fact that you're wrong. ;) Chelsea Girl came out in 1967, the same year as the VU/Nico album. Now, maybe Browne *did* get Nitty Gritty royalties prior to Chelsea Girl, but the chronology is a lot tighter than you apparently thought. Eb, who went to Jackson Browne's high school np: Jefferson Airplane/Live at the Fillmore East (hippie jams -- woo!!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:03:25 -0700 From: "Jabberwalk With Me" Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Ben dixit: > Is Robyn bringing lasers and a life sized model of Stonehenge on > tour? As I recall, the model of Stonehenge is only about 18". ;-) - -g- - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:08:50 -0700 From: Eb Subject: WHOA!! Also from AllStar news: In the we- knew- that- he- was- always- a- punk department: Having recently left Island Records, reclusive singer Tom Waits is reportedly signing a one- album deal with super indie label Epitaph Records, known mostly for its punk acts (Offspring, Rancid, NOFX, et al). Waits' album is expected to be released in early 1999... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 98 19:24:09 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Fear And Loathing In Enola I met John in 1968. We both started school that year and I thought he was cool because he had long hair and wore pants with little peace signs all over them. He thought I was funny. Throughout the next nine years we did some pretty wacked shit together. Most of it involved drugs, booze and music. I moved away in 1977 yet we managed to see each other at least once a year since then. In 1983 it was when I was in the hospital all summer after suffering a broken neck in a diving accident. He rode his motorcycle 100 miles to see me for the day and to laugh at the fact that wrinkled old nurses were giving me sponge baths. He's the only one I would take that from. In 1993 we went to Spain with our wives. We partied at an all-night disco on the Mediterranean coast with Jimmy Page and his cute French girlfriend. On May 23, 1998, John and his girlfriend, Carla, drove out to the Sheraton Inn in Harrisburg, PA to meet us. We weren't there. In preparation for the Great East Coast Feg Gathering And Motorcycle Rally, Coleen and I were tooling around The Capitol City looking for a fucking pair of Levi's. You see, in an effort to pack lightly and make room for the porno tapes and melt-on rubber body suit, we only packed two pair of pants each. Unfortunately, Coleen's other pair of jeans had tar all over them from the time she installed a narrow gauge railroad in our backyard. We finally found Levi's at the East Harrisburg Mall And Detention Facility For Men. She bought two pair of jeans, new sunglasses and a blouse. We got back to the hotel to find John and Carla in the bar with a dozen ears of corn. After hugs and beers we headed out. I had with me a printout from Yahoo! which detailed the route to Quail's roost. It was gonna be easy: Up 83, over the Susquehana on 81, then exit and find 315 2nd St. We passed over 1st street and started getting nervous. We turned on 2nd and I was shaking. 307...309...311...313...here it is. There was an old guy sitting on the front porch smoking a cigarette. We pulled up cautiously and started to get out, but something didn't look right. Carla The Bold decided to reconnoiter: "Are you The Great Quail?" The guy was puzzled. He lives at *317* 2nd St. 315 is an empty lot. FegFest was a ruse: I thought this was very funny. It turns out we were in Summerdale, not Enola. Yahoo screwed me. The old guy said he had some beers and a bottle of tequila, so we were welcome to party with him - but we were on a mission now. We had no phone number and I didn't remember Quail's real name. Our only hope was to go to Enola - one town over - and look for 315 2nd. Street. We crossed the town line and pulled into a small grocery store. John and Coleen went in to ask for directions. They were told there is no 2nd. Street in Enola by a guy who claimed to have lived there for 20 years. A lady told them "Yins are probably too late for the party..." They say 'yins' in Pennsylvania. We had a brilliant idea. We would go to the Public Library and hop on the Internet where I could get Quail's directions. If the library didn't have internet access, we could go to the Police Department, which was located next door, and ask them how to get there. The library was closed. So was the Police Department. There was a sign on the door that read "We're down at the river eating clams and Pringles if you want us. Nothing happens in this fucking town anyway." Shit. We're hosed. Where's your 300 lb. Samoan attorney when you need him? We decided we would head a little further up the road. We came around a turn and saw the rusted street sign that said "Fourth." There was much rejoicing... Quail lives in a three story house atop a hill. There are 1,223 stone steps up to the house and another 74 inside the house to get to the back porch. I needed a beer. Quail and lj were out at the airport picking up gnat so we were greeted my Scary Mary - who really isn't all that scary after all. She has a one inch bar stuck through her belly button. Quail, lj, and [G]Natalie then showed up and it was time to fire up the BBQ. The omnivores didn't fare too well as Quail's box-o-patties turned grey-green on the grill. He tried like hell to manuever the meat until it started looking better, but it was no use and the whole thing just turned into a mound of writhing cow innards. In a fit of avian rage, Quail ripped the tin foil off the grill and threw it to the ground, where the flaming bovine juices threatened to engulf the redwood deck. But, being the neo-hippie eagle scout that he is, Quail stomped his mighty Birkenstock on the fire, transferring the flames from the foil to the bottom of his frayed bell-bottoms. Fire: Walk With Me. The vegetarians fared much better, as we usually do. Veggie burgers, tofu dogs, Carla & John's corn - not even a hint of difficulty. By that time food was a necessity. The beer was making it's way through my head to the point where I was actually contemplating asking Quail about his recent conversion to Scientology. Luckily, though, you just have to heat up veggie burgers, and my lovely Coleen shoved one in my face just in time. From then on it was a hazy mixture of misbehaving foliage, tinfoil statuettes, illicit drug use, and the insistance by lj that everyone "go down" on me. The four of us finally had to leave around 11:30 when giant eyeballs started flying around the room and Quail began throwing bass frets at people like they were martial arts weapons. We descended the 1,233 stone steps to the street and found the car just where we left it. As we drove away I turned around to look at the giant birdhouse on the hill. I swear I saw Leonardo DiCaprio clinging to a plank on the front lawn. The next day we went to Hershey, PA. to tour the chocolate factory. Chocolate World is a surreal wonderland of walking candy bars and disgruntled employees. It's cool how you can kick them in the balls and they don't care. The candy bars, that is. We got the first class treatment after bribing the tour bimbo with some smuggled in Nestle chocolate, and she escorted us to our tour vehicle through a back corridor, past all the crowd of brain dead mouth breathers forced to wait like the undeserving dogs they are. The tour is a Haunted Mansion type of edutainment ride where you get to see the simulated process of chocolate candy making. Everything from the rape of South American rainforests to the exploitation of growth hormone injected farm animals. All the while the smell of chocolate wafts through the air as if to lull the visitor into some "Spock on Omicron Ceti 3" sense of hallucinatory wonder. It was no use though, as our collective sarcasm negated any effects the happy vapor might have had. After a day of cocoa bliss there is nothing left to do but spend $200 on food and hard liquor before retiring to the hotel room for a soft core porn film and the sounds of the people in the bed next to you taking turns going under the covers. - -tc ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Knowledge Is Good" - Emile Faber ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:27:03 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: trois <<< friday june 26th, $10 adv tix available at the croc on the 9th of june >> Any other Portland Fegs thinking of heading up to Seattle for the show at...> yes, cool! of course, it can't be a seattle feggathering without bayard! anyhow, i walk past the croc each and every tuesday distributing Eat The State!s. so, any outtatowners want me to snag tickets, let me know. daniel, you got your fake id yet? now, how about gloster as the opening act? how bitchin' would that be? seriously. i don't know if there's already been an opening act slated. and i imagine it might be tough to get your whole band up here, mark. but you oughta look into it, i say. also, anyone wants to meet up at the restaurant before the show, i'll buy dinner. it's a little north of the city. and i'd want it to be relatively early so i could clean up after your asses in time to get to the show myself. but i *am* buying, and it *is* great food. like tommy boy said, lemme know. "The Dude abides"...I don't know about you, but i take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there, "The Dude," takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shesh...I sure hope he makes the finals. --The Stranger ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:01:27 -0700 From: John B Jones Subject: Re: trois >also, anyone wants to meet up at the restaurant before the show, i'll >buy dinner. it's a little north of the city. and i'd want it to be >relatively early so i could clean up after your asses in time to get to >the show myself. but i *am* buying, and it *is* great food. as someone who (along with my wife) was a customer (and a recipient of Eddie's hospitality) at Marco Polo, i must give you my opinion as a non biased consumer. It *is* indeed *great* food. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net ICQ: 13097212 AOL IM: Lobstie House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "He treats objects like they're women!" -The Dude, "The Big Lebowski" - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:37:13 -0400 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Fwd: Ticket Prices Ben asked: >I just read that tickets for the Ram's Head show are 21.50. Doesn't that >seem pretty expensive for a Robyn show, or is this a result of the venue? Well, I'm blaming it on the venue. The last few times I've seen Robyn in this area the tickets were about $12. $21.50 is pretty steep, and I don't particularly appreciate paying that price, and it's a *major* strike against the Ram's Head, but I'm a loyal fan and I'll do it. >Is Robyn bringing lasers and a life sized model of Stonehenge on tour? Sure is. He'll have his penthouse full of dwarves on stage, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:33:02 -0400 From: tanter Subject: Dan Bern is.... coming to Northampton, Mass. sometime in the near future (I don't know that date but I know they're selling tickets.). Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:59:04 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: NICO=ICON On Wed, 27 May 1998, David W. Dudich wrote: > Linked to the above (through Cale), I just saw Nico Icon. Does anyone > on the list have any of her albums, especially the one with her cover > of "The End"? I got a copy of 'The End' for my birthday - what a tactless present! Haven't played it yet, though. I've had the LP with 'Facing the wind' on it for years - lots of Cale viola and Nico harmonium - ideal for getting rid of unwanted callers! It does have its moments, though - it's a bit like an acoustic version of 'Church of Anthrax'. From Eb's note, the album I've got must be either 'Marble Index' or 'Desertshore'. I might have a copy of 'Chelsea Girl' somewhere, too - I forget. - - Mike Godwin PS to Eb: If you like the Airplane at the Fillmore East, you'll love the (short) "Airplane at Monterey" too. Endearing psychedelic naivitie... PPS re concept albums: I was looking at my copy of 'Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds' yesterday and I remembered Ken Nordine's 'Colors' - each track represented a hue! Anyone got a copy of that? PPPS to -g- I thought " meant feet, not inches! This is much too small! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:28:49 -0700 (PDT) From: griffith Subject: Queen is gone I've found a lucky home for the Queen Elvis CD. I'll keep an eye out for any more of them. griffith = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:14:03 -0700 From: Mike Runion Subject: Fegfest 98: a remembrance Hey all, Many thanks to the feggers that made the 'fest such a blast. LJ and Quail, you guys are like THERE, all the way. TC, I wish I coulda talked with you more...and your pal, a swank Cope drude! Actually, I wished I could have talked a good deal more with all of ya, but I picked up some weird cold virus thingy down south (Ken Sabatini, what was in that chimichanga?) and I could barely get a word out without being thrown into a hacking spell. Ah, the glorious feg coven squatting there beside the dying embers along the Mis-qua-what-its-name River, Utility/Brewer/Useful/Firegod Tom trampling through the underbrush in search of wood, the stillness of the night and...the echoing sound of the Florida guy coughing up a lung or two. Lovely. Nat, your tin (whoops, sorry...Aluminum!) sculptures were wonderous, and Mary, you were like way more normal that I'd expected. Very cool. Woj, Bayard, Doug, Mary, Chris, Gene, Catherine...you all were just right in there. Woj, your train-car loads of tapes was just too intimidating to pick from, and Bayard, your monster pile of tape-decks was more impressive than the Eiffel Tower. Doug, your songs were trippy and wild. Hey all, he does a simply powerful acoustic cover of...what's the Shriekback song again? Man that was good. "Big Black Nemesis...prehistoric genesis..." or whatever the words were. By the way, I snagged Quail's "The Real Diva" cassette, which flittered through the air while I was stopped for half-an-hour behind an accident on I-95 just north of Daytona Beach. I got a few odd looks from the UPS drivers leaning against their semi, but I assured them all was well. Maybe I should have buried the bunny and taken my tin-foil thoth out of my pocket. I know I'm forgetting tons, but all in all, I had a terrific time up there in sleazy, backwater, freezing PA. Next time warn me that it's gonna be winter in May up there. Geez. Just for the record, I thought the chewy squid wasn't that bad. And despite woj's remark to the contrary, I do not sound like Ray Davies...well, maybe a 100-year old Ray with tuberculosis. Who knows. See ya, - -- Mike Runion Cocoa, FL, USA /******************************************************************\ | VCM: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/cones.htm | | Fegmaps: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/fegmaps | | Spoken Word Tape: http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/wordtape.htm | \******************************************************************/ "Wait a minute. Time for a Planetary Sit-In!" - Julian Cope ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 11:41:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: PDX-er's goin' to Seattle? On Wed, 27 May 1998 MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > << friday june 26th, $10 adv tix available at the croc on the 9th of june >> > Any other Portland Fegs thinking of heading up to Seattle for the show at > the Croc? Jeme, John, Reichsteins (sp?)? My wife (Liz) and I are > contemplating it. Just trying to guage the pulse of potential excitement > around the event. . . Let me know. Carole and I have already discussed it at length. The Reichsteins are both enjoying a vacation at the moment in a far off US territorial occupation zone and will not return for another week. However, when they return, it's almost assured that we'll be concreting said plans. As it sits, we will all be getting Saturday (and Sunday for those that work all three) off from our jobs and maybe renting a car (minivan?) for the drive up. We plan on making a real event of it. I'm betting heavily on this being SeaTac III. I'm also counting on something at the Two Bells Saturday, but fear it might be Thursday and we'll miss it. Hmmm. I'm guessing the Reichsteins would have no trouble at all staying at a hostel, but I hate those things. (Personally, I'd rather stay at the Moore Hotel than a hostel... and that's saying heaps.) I'll either find a very kind feg to floorcrash, get a room at the Moore or, if I'm wealthy, get a real room somewhere. So that's that. If those Keefers are going and maybe a Jones or two, we could have a Portlandfest in Seattle. Eddie? Cynthia? (Marcy or Deborah, whichever is in Seattle as I always forget?) Somebody want to pick a reasonable place for a Mr. Feg reservation? Maybe it's a bit premature. But I'm always up for a road trip. Employedly yours, J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #206 *******************************