From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #209 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, June 1 1998 Volume 07 : Number 209 Today's Subjects: ----------------- rt and rh religion [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: largest of all tragedies... [Tom Clark ] Re: largest of all tragedies... [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Hello everyone ["Jenée A. Jordan" ] Re: largest of all tragedies... [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: largest of all tragedies... [Viccicraig@aol.com] Re: Hello everyone [Bayard ] something else you-know-who never said... [Bayard ] Re: Hello everyone ["Jabberwalk With Me" ] don't *even* try this at home ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: something else you-know-who never said... [Terrence M Marks ] A note from the far flung "Isles of Langerham" [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: don't *even* try this at home [Eb ] Re: don't *even* try this at home [Tom Clark ] Re: don't *even* try this at home [fred is ted ] another celeb demise [tanter ] Geri Spice and I'm being nice... [Condiment Spice ] In other news... [Condiment Spice ] Re: NMH gig report and BritFeg '98 apology [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_] Re: don't *even* try this at home [dlang ] Tropical placenta mandala [Natalie Jacobs ] please pass the placenta [candlabra@lewiston.com] Kaufman too [candlabra@lewiston.com] Re: Really stretching! [Aaron Mandel ] Re: another celeb demise [Terrence M Marks ] Re: In other news... [Terrence M Marks ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 18:43:08 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: rt and rh religion On Sun, 31 May 1998 13:59:32 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > What draws me to solo performers such as RH and Rt is their ability >to just MOVE me to tears or to ecstasy, often within the space of a >song. The sparse acoustic accompaniment and the fragile , vulnerable >vocal delivery of both these guys just blows me away. They are giving >us something that is exquisitely beautiful, ethereal and unique. They >also give me something that moves my spirit far more than any organized >religion can do . Well, given RT and RH's well known spiritual bents, it is no wonder their music moves you religiously. Try playing "beat the retreat" and "you and oblivion" one after the other. (for those who don't know, RT is a sufi (mystical meditative tradition- remarkably similar in many aspects of practice to vippisana (sp) schools of buddhism and mystical x-ianity) muslim, and RH is, well, a sort of "do it yourself" belief system similar in some ways to most mystical traditions.) -luther ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 98 11:57:28 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: largest of all tragedies... On 5/31/98 10:57 AM, Mark Gloster wrote: >Yes, Ginger Spice, aka Geri Halliwell has left the spice girls. >It is hopeful that the rest of the group will be able to hold >together to continue their contributions to art and culture. When I saw this yesterday morning in the paper, they referred to Geri as "the brains of the operation." I had to pour a new cup o' joe since my first one was now all over the gossip column. - -t "Gimpy Spice" c ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 12:07:27 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: largest of all tragedies... >>Yes, Ginger Spice, aka Geri Halliwell has left the spice girls. >>It is hopeful that the rest of the group will be able to hold >>together to continue their contributions to art and culture. >When I saw this yesterday morning in the paper, they referred to Geri as >"the brains of the operation." I had to pour a new cup o' joe since my >first one was now all over the gossip column. ...and some dripping down your nose. I could, like, step in and, like, be their, like, new, like, leader! like, cool, like, man, - -Sharky Spice ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:11:19 -0400 From: "Jenée A. Jordan" Subject: Hello everyone dlang wrote: <> snip I am new to the list so let me introduce myself. Call me Jenee ("juh-nay") and I live here in Richmond, VA where I saw RH last year and instantly became a huge fan on the basis of one show. I totally agree with dlang that his live shows are superior to the studio recordings. The live stuff brought me straight to his acoustic stuff (Eye being my favorite, I think Queen Elvis a work of utter genius :) Since I'm "new" to these parts, what other semi-acoustic CDs of his can you recommend, in the vein of Eye? Should I immediately begin to collect taped live shows or are there other CDs as brilliantly beautiful as this one? thanks in advance, and I hope to see some of you at the Annapolis show. (yup, I'm there like white on rice). Jenee - -- "What is heaven?...........Heaven is relief from tired tootsies." - --from Diane Keaton's 1987 documentary, "Heaven" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:13:15 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: largest of all tragedies... >Yes, Ginger Spice, aka Geri Halliwell has left the spice girls. >It is hopeful that the rest of the group will be able to hold >together to continue their contributions to art and culture. > >As the whole world waits breathless, I can only hope that the >youth of today can still find enough threads of meaning and >promise for tomorrow to escape the seductive grasp of the >downward cyclones of depression. > >Man, this could be worse than the breakup of Wham! I hope no >feggies decide that life is no longer worthwhile after this. > >Hoping I've scooped Eb on this piece, but I haven't received any >mail in many hours, so maybe our mail service is down. > >Let's just hope that Hansen stays together. > >-Markg I always thought Ginger Spice was being held back artistically by the rest of the Spice Girls, and I'm looking forward to her solo work. Girl power!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:35:06 EDT From: Viccicraig@aol.com Subject: Re: largest of all tragedies... In a message dated 98-05-31 15:16:48 EDT, Mark_Gloster@3com.com writes: >>>Yes, Ginger Spice, aka Geri Halliwell has left the spice girls. >>>It is hopeful that the rest of the group will be able to hold >>>together to continue their contributions to art and culture. > >>When I saw this yesterday morning in the paper, they referred to Geri as >>"the brains of the operation." I had to pour a new cup o' joe since my >>first one was now all over the gossip column. > >...and some dripping down your nose. I could, like, step in and, like, be >their, like, new, like, leader! > >like, cool, like, man, >-Sharky Spice hmmm maybe you could be, but i personally feel martha stewart ought to fill the slot ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:38:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Hello everyone On Sun, 31 May 1998, Jenée A. Jordan wrote: > The live stuff brought me straight to his acoustic stuff (Eye being my > favorite, I think Queen Elvis a work of utter genius :) > > Since I'm "new" to these parts, what other semi-acoustic CDs of his can > you recommend, in the vein of Eye? Welcome Jenee! You'll love it here... it's totally whack. Pick up _I often dream of trains_. it's acoustic, solo, & brilliant. See you at the ram's head (do you want me to get you a ticket and pay me back?) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:43:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: something else you-know-who never said... http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/games/bqr/skHamlet ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 13:14:27 -0700 From: Eb Subject: FWD from the Spice Girls newsgroup Could anyone possibly express the horror better? Eb (yes, I found out yesterday -- I didn't post it, because she didn't DIE!! ;)) ====== PUBLIC APPEAL TO THE SPICE GIRLS: If there was no sunshine I could learn to live with the rain. Energized by the power of five I could trade pleasure for pain. I could live without food or money. Wouldn't be so hard to do. And if the stars fell down from the sky With you I would make it through. But in a world without you Where would I be? Wouldn't be no music, No reason to laugh, no reason to smile. Couldn't call it living With nothing to make the living worthwhile. It would all be worthless If you weren't there for me And I could have the world in my hands But I wouldn't have a thing If any of you Spice fans out there feel the same way I do this weekend is your golden opportunity to join me in doing all we can to prevent this terrible tragedy! Pray pray pray, and pray like you've never prayed before!!!!! If you want to, join me today in a 24-hour solid food fast! Tomorrow I will be going to Mass 3 times, lighting candles, and crying my eyes out. I know of nothing else we can do except never let God have a moment's rest! Who's with me on this? Hold on tight, ~Ronald Traino ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 13:58:51 -0700 From: "Jabberwalk With Me" Subject: Re: Hello everyone Jen_e A. Jordan dixit: > Since I'm "new" to these parts, what other semi-acoustic CDs of his > can you recommend, in the vein of Eye? Should I immediately begin > to collect taped live shows or are there other CDs as brilliantly > beautiful as this one? I think most folks on this list would agree that _I Often Dream Of Trains_ is as good, if not superior to _Eye_. Welcome to the list! It's always nice to have someone else to kick around ;-) - -g- - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Glen Uber Internet: uberg@sonic.net ICQ: 13311304 Web: http://www.sonic.net/~uberg "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa - ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 14:07:58 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: don't *even* try this at home yesterday i fucked my voice up trying to imitate jeff mangum. i used to lose my voice all the time at mariners games. back before they traded omar vizquel, and the powers that be started letting wild card teams into the playoffs. but i'm telling you, that guy is pretty freaking intense. thanks AGAIN eb for letting us *know*. by the way, i told some guy in olympia about them, and he says he subsequently played them on his radio show. so, when you write their Rock Biography, eb, i should hope that shows up in the footnotes somewhere. and i guess i just want to pass on a general note of appreciation to eb. you're like, The Populist Rock Critic, and i think that's cool. how many other professional critics hang around on mailing lists, getting it on with the proles? maybe it's just the socialist in me that digs this so much. but, yeah, keep rockin', eb! back-to-the-drawing-board dept.: eb informs me that, though he has indeed attended every robyn concert at mccabe's, he ritually sacrifices all his ticket stubs. so that plan is out the window. maybe the next best thing would be to hit the microfiche reading rooms. no, it certainly wouldn't be a lot of fun. one could probably think of at least a couple of better ways to kill an afternoon. but it *sure would be nice* to have a complete, accurate listing of all robyn gigs. not only in la, of course, but everywhere. although, maybe la, london and san francisco would be the best places to start, as he plays in those towns so frequently. whaddya think? i like the idea of a committee. kind of like what we're doing with the lyrics. or would this be just too much bother for too little payoff? also, did robyn not play any shows between the breakup of the soft boys and the formation of the egytians? like, did he not even tour in support of BLACK SNAKE at all? just wondering. dave and ben...well, i don't even know why i should bother saying this, as i've said it so many times before. but, as great as robyn is by himself, the egyptians just fucking RULED. every new show i listen to, i...like, i always *intend* to try to do something prodctive *while* listening to boots. but, if it's an egyptians show, i just kinda stand there with my mouth agog, thinking, "damn! these guys were fucking amazing..." for the whole 90 minutes. oh, and while we're talking about robyn live, and since we *know* you're lurking robyn, if you could play As Lemons Chop in seattle next month, that would be super! thanks in advance! or Autumn Sea. or both. "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: Sun, 31 May 1998 17:45:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: something else you-know-who never said... Reminds me. There are a set of rules that them scholastic types have set down to aid in determining if something was written by Shakespeare or not. (It came in handy when they found some long-lost play that might have been his, about five years back.) Something like 11 rules and his plays never break more than three of them, or suchlike. One of them is "Shakespeare doesn't use contractions", which rules out "You're gonna be sorry" and "You've got to be kidding". I've been trying to find these rules for a while[1], and I'm wondering if any of you might know where they would be codified. (Or if any of you could back me up that these rules exist.) 1: But I haven't been looking too hard, mind you, because I have no idea where to look. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 14:46:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Welker Subject: Really stretching! This is probably a long shot, but does anyone know how I can pick up material from The East River Pipe Band? An address, a phone number, a site address. Any info would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Patrick Welker. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:59:46 +0000 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: A note from the far flung "Isles of Langerham" Hey Fegs, No one knows about our Robyn here in Romania! Sad but true. But cheer up, like a good feg, I brought a couple of specially made comp tapes with me to give to a few selected individuals (student types, mostly). These will, if liked (and I can't doubt that) find their way into more than the few homes they first encounter, you can bet on that. And I found a way to remotely log-on so I am not bemoaning the fact that I did not temporarily unsubscribe, although the mail I read had little relevance to existence here so it passes me by a bit these days (finding me glassy eyed after a day of hiking in limestone gorges or just tired from the "pace" of life here ... "relax, have a glass of wine, some coffee, a cookie?"). I'll be back in the thick of it in mid-June but glad to hear the fegfest was a smash and RH is still touring the country! Regards, Carrie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:21:34 -0700 (PDT) From: fred is ted Subject: Re: something else you-know-who never said... - ---Bayard wrote: > > http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/games/bqr/skHamlet > > Subject: something else you-know who never said... "is yer fuckin off yer nut, ya tosser." Good yocks. Is this the Ken Branarrrgh staging? More British news... Geri's leaving? Schade... I feel like I was just getting to know her as an artist. She was the brains of the group? That must mean she was the one who came up the rallying cry of a (Pepsi) generation; "what I really really really really really really want is a zig a zig ah." Yesss... Exactly! There'll always been an England. Make the best of it. Even More British Bad Taste/Pedantic Interlude--Interesting that some cultures make a point to *communally* eat the placenta. Oxytocin (like vasopressin) is an "emotional bonding" hormone, which explains the pair-bonding that occurs in female animals in the wake of orgasm and/or childbirth. "Pass the tuna noodle placenta hot dish, Myrtle. It makes me want to support you and our new child even more." Slaggy/Histrionic Personality Disorder Spice Ted, who kinda dug Neurobiology 353. ["yeah, we get high on music--even the Spice Girls" not Kim Deal] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:08:17 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: placenta Meanwhile, I'm still pondering the earlier contention that placenta is a vegetable. Hmm.... Eb, who went to the local record swapmeet today and bought the Seeds' second record, Chris Stamey's It's Christmas Time and the Jazz Butcher's Sex and Travel for durned cheap ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:14:03 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: don't *even* try this at home >and i guess i just want to pass on a general note of appreciation to eb. >you're like, The Populist Rock Critic, and i think that's cool. how >many other professional critics hang around on mailing lists, getting it >on with the proles? maybe it's just the socialist in me that digs this >so much. but, yeah, keep rockin', eb! Um, thanks. :) Speaking of being populist, the details aren't ironed out yet, but I'm probably going to be hosting a music chat room once a week on the Rocktropolis website. So I may be maxin' and relaxin' with the proles even more, in the near future. ;) Eb, trying to think of a good name for my "show" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 98 16:34:42 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: don't *even* try this at home On 5/31/98 4:14 PM, Eb wrote: >Eb, trying to think of a good name for my "show" o "Wheeee" o "You don't know shit" o "Um, ok..." o "In The Den With Claudine" >Meanwhile, I'm still pondering the earlier contention that placenta is a >vegetable. Hmm.... I think it was stated that morally speaking, placenta is *vegetarian*. Meaning no animal was harmed in the production of this meal... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 18:46:42 -0700 (PDT) From: fred is ted Subject: Re: don't *even* try this at home - ---Eb wrote: >> > Eb, trying to think of a good name for my "show" > How about Eb Tidings? (the crowd goes wild!) BTW, Sex and Travel is a fantastic mini-lp. A bit of everything, each track a keeper. Definitely Mr. Fish's best. Heyyy, I thought I was the only one who knew about it. My musical elitist/obscurantist streak has now been irritated. Ted we get etc. P.S. Jordan, driving the lane... _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:38:13 -0400 From: tanter Subject: another celeb demise Well, it has to be. Once Ginger goes, that's it. Scary and Posh are all lovey-dovey with their engagements, Baby is cute but not all _that_right and Sporty is just too, well, sporty! I predict the Spice Girls will breathe their last collective breath by or before Christmas. (I may be wrong, but....) Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 21:50:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Condiment Spice Subject: Geri Spice and I'm being nice... I don't know what all this talk of Geri leaving the group is about. Or, more to the point, no one clamored about the future of the Spice Girls when I left the group. The only person who said anything was Eddie and all he did was sent a copy of "Eat the State," which was dog-eared, stained and the page with Che was stuck to the opposite to a comic of some government car that rendered the image such that Che was a massive hood ornament, the DIY socialist's Cadillac. And the thing smelled really funny. Of course when I was in the group, things were a bit more low key. We did the Wolverhampton-Coventry circuit; if we were really lucky we got the Rugby gig, as well. Needless to say Atherstone was far behind us, but we had our sights on Preston. Also, my presence in the group meant we had a different strategy, oh sure we still sang about relationships and the deeper things around us, but with me at the fore we were a male-front group. Something you still don't see too much. Even I could see my departure coming; it was bound to happen. Later in their career the "This Spice" and "That Spice" appellations came up. Although we were not called the Spice Girls (obviously since I was in the group) or anything with "spice" in the title, tensions of who would be called what were surfacing. I seemed to get stuck with "Condiment Chris," even to my protests that we should have the same first or last title, e.g. "Spice." I thought our first names and the initial of our last was catchy. I like being Chris G. with Mel B. and Mel C. The whole name thing was a way to get back at me, being the front man and creative spark in the band. It is not the I dominated or forced out other peoples ideas all the time. It was just that they were new to the fame game and could not draw a line between our private selves and the public group. Mel B was the worst; she always got wound up that I could pick up a new routine faster than most. What was I to do? I had talent and just wanted to share it. The end came one day in Castle Donington on our way back from a all-niter in Long Eaton. It was not really a surprise for me. I had not felt a part of the group for some months and felt a growing distance from the others--personally and artistically. Our manager, who seemed more interested in pawning me and the girls of to another management company so he could get on with full-time promotion of his latest charge, Sham 69, pulled me to the back of the coach and said we needed to talk. The ensuing conversation dictated that I leave and not disclose my role in the group in the future. For this I was given, and what I thought at the time was, a heft pay out. This seemed fine, but only later did I realize that I was nowhere after guiding the group through all the hard times. But, I have chosen to remain silent rather than bitter on the matter. But, that "Eat the State" as a consolation prize was no just rewards, mind you. Maybe I should have been called "Sympathy Spice," because I sure need some now. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:33:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Condiment Spice Subject: In other news... It appears the Mike Love Project, aka the Beach Boys, will be doing shows int he future. They are booked to play the biggest little city in the world in early August at a White Trash oldies car festival here in town. Woo Hoo... For Terry... Also playing town are the remainders of the Monkees and Herman's Hermits (or Peter Noon [sp?]). I do not know if Peter Tork was on the bill, but the interview made no mention of him. Another cut-throated omission of the creative genius in the group. :( On a lighter note... I heard a 1995 or 1994 interview with Nick Lowe on NPR's Fresh Air. It was brilliant; him signing so stuff and talking about this and that. I am distraught that I will not be going to the SF show. The man is a POP GENIUS. I believe the someone here mention (many years ago) that Robyn had recommended Mr. Lowe to an audience. Straight from the man, if my memory serves. .chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:34:05 +0100 (BST) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: NMH gig report and BritFeg '98 apology >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Sedgwick writes: Gary> I will get the 2nd album when it comes out over here - I Gary> imagine it's completely different from the live sound Gary> though. It is released today, by the way... - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 21:50:46 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: don't *even* try this at home eddie waxed lyrical in defence of the Egyptians thus, >dave and ben...well, i don't even know why i should bother saying this, as i've said it so many times before. but, as great as robyn is by himself, the egyptians just fucking RULED. I agree thoroughly with thou good sir Ed, I was merely pointing out that i now felt that as far as i was concerned the acoustic Robyn was on a par with their work. The thing is the two are so different that for me comparisons are pointless, and acoustic Robyn does things for me that the Egyptians, do not and vice versa. The Egyptians make me want to dance wildly , grit my teeth, whoop and slam dance off objects ( aren't you glad I never came to any gigs that you were at). Whereas acoustic Robyn makes me want to contemplate the oneness of the universe and look at the stars ( whilst , gritting teeth, whooping and slam dancing off objects . etc). Both are absolutely great . I think we should feel privileged that we have both aspects of master Hitchfaces work to listen to ,aren't we all lucky fegs and fegettes? dave Np: Egyptians 10-28-89 ( and slam dancing on the keyboard, which is not doing my Mac much good, good job I have system 8 ) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 08:31:37 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Tropical placenta mandala Marcy cleverly caught my error: >Well, at the risk of being completely repulsive, I will say that I've >>heard of midwives having their clients chew on a bit of placenta during >>labor, as placentas are chock-full of yummy oxytocin (a hormone that >>speeds up contractions). > >I'd like to know whose placenta they use, since the placenta comes out >after the baby does. Sorry, my mistake. The placenta is used *after* the birth to stop post-partum hemorrhage. The oxytocin makes the uterus clamp down and stop the bleeding. >Do I dare ask what grew after they buried it? Placenta plants, of course. Where do you think placentas come from? n., who really does still exist (I think) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 05:48:46 +0100 From: candlabra@lewiston.com Subject: please pass the placenta > I've heard that hospitals (or companies) were buying placentas for >use in shampoos (the more expensive kinds). I can't remember what was good >about placentae for one's hair. Helps tame those nasty frizzy split ends. Check out the back of your conditioning-shampoo bottle - there should be an ingredient listed like "hydrolized animal protein" or something similar. I remember hearing a rumor a few years back that companies like Revlon also bought up a good deal of donated plasma from bloodbanks? Gd knows what we've been putting in our hair all these years! (and then some...; ) cheers Chuck aka "ommmmmmmm" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 05:49:09 +0100 From: candlabra@lewiston.com Subject: Kaufman too Don't forget Andy Kaufman who, while not a regular cast member of SNL, appeared frequently and basically owed his fame to the show. >It isn't the first time tragedy has struck cast members of ``Saturday Night >Live.'' >John Belushi, who went from the original ``SNL'' cast in 1975 to Hollywood >stardom in films like ``Animal House,'' died of a drug overdose at age 33 in >1982. >Fellow cast member Gilda Radner, who went from ``SNL'' to Broadway and >occasional films, died at age 42 of ovarian cancer in 1989. >Last December, Chris Farley, ``Saturday Night Live'' star of the early >1990s who also appeared in films such as ``Tommy Boy,'' died of a drug >overdose. Like his idol Belushi, he was 33. Chas ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:32:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Really stretching! On Sun, 31 May 1998, Patrick Welker wrote: > does anyone know how I can pick up material from The East River Pipe > Band? An address, a phone number, a site address. if "The East River Pipe Band" is East River Pipe, try www.mrg2000.com -- Frank Cornog's last few records are still in print, i'm sure. on the other hand, i suspect there's some independently existing physical feature of NYC called 'east river pipe' so another similarly-named band in a different genre wouldn't be a surprise. the one i'm thinking of is synthesized and very slow and sad. a ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:34:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: another celeb demise On Sun, 31 May 1998, tanter wrote: > Well, it has to be. Once Ginger goes, that's it. Scary and Posh are all > lovey-dovey with their engagements, Baby is cute but not all _that_right > and Sporty is just too, well, sporty! > > I predict the Spice Girls will breathe their last collective breath by or > before Christmas. (I may be wrong, but....) > How can you worry about The Spice Girls when THE MONKEES HAVE BROKEN UP!?! Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:44:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: In other news... > It appears the Mike Love Project, aka the Beach Boys, will be doing > shows int he future. They are booked to play the biggest little > city in the world in early August at a White Trash oldies car festival > here in town. Woo Hoo... Well, they've been doing that for the last 25 years. One can assume that no matter what happens, The Beach Boys will be touring low-quality locations with their surf hits. It's about as predictable as this Robyn dude having records that sell moderately but not extremely well, mainly on college campuses and having songs that his fans think should be hit singles, but aren't. Or as predictable as the Jackson 5-ripoff band that comes along once every 10 years (Problem is, with each iteration, the dancing gets worse and worse. The J5 could *DANCE* in a way that puts most bands to shame. The Osmonds had the decency to move about. We get barely a wriggle out of Hanson. The next teenybopper/funk/session band is probably going to be embedded in concrete pyramids or suchlike.) > > For Terry... Also playing town are the remainders of the Monkees and > Herman's Hermits (or Peter Noon [sp?]). I do not know if Peter Tork was > on the bill, but the interview made no mention of him. Another > cut-throated omission of the creative genius in the group. :( Davy Jones doesn't really count as "the remainder of the Monkees". It's him, Pete Noone and Bobby Sherman. I considered seeing that for a while then realized that I'd be better off just listening to the albums. And I wasn't *that* fond of Davy Jones back when the material was new. Besides, Mike Nesmith is the *real* creative genius of the group. Peter just happens to be The Monkee Who's Marginally Better Than Lou Reed. I recently borrowed The Dukes of Stratosphear's "Chips from the Chocolate Fireball". Spot-on parody of garage psychedelia. (If you listen to that and something from some series with a title like Rubble or British Psychedelic Trips or Freak Noise or Out Of Their Gourds - side by side, then you'll really see the similarities.) np. (Well, not playing because I'm in a computer lab, but I really want to make a recommendation)-"The Snowflakes are Dancing", Isao Tomita. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #209 *******************************