From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #254 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, July 7 1998 Volume 07 : Number 254 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Mostly Maisie [Lorelei D Laird ] Re: door #2... [Eb ] kid on EOL [Karen Reichstein ] Re: Mostly Maisie [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: Mostly Maisie [amadain ] athens summer music extravaganza [Kenneth Sabatini ] Re: jane brody ["mr. pointy" ] Re: Y & O ["mr. pointy" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #253 [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Di] Re: kid on EOL [tanter ] last gary note [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] a little more... [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] NZ, MST3K, and RH [Miles Goosens ] my t-shirt snobbery [Christopher Gross ] Re: NZ, MST3K, and RH [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] Re: my t-shirt snobbery [nicastr@idt.net (Ben)] More cone rubbish [Tony.Blackman@sita.int] for any Cale fans on the list (no RH) [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich] GD [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] The lack of any real content in this post astounds even me, quite frankly [Danielle Subject: Mostly Maisie >As far as I know, Maisie - who looks so cute on the cover of "Element of >Light" - was born in 1976. Maisie was on the cover of "Element"? Last time I looked it was just Robyn lounging, Robynlike, on some rocks with his guitar. Is that perhaps a non-United States release? Or perhaps I am merely unobservant. Question: When going through some Syd Barrett records today, I noticed that he has a song called "Maisie". Now, forgive the newbie if this has already been discussed, but do I detect a non-coincidence? Statement: I do indeed know about the Heine poem, and I would like to state for the record that I've never bewitched and ultimately killed anybody with the beauty of my singing. :} skinny legs and all, Lorelei ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:26:41 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: door #2... Mark wrote: >>I recently heard that Hitler and Mother Teresa were born on the very >>same day. Is this true? > >I'm also curious about the conversational ballistics >of the trajectory of how my post might have inspired this. This is in no >way intended to accuse anybody else of rambling, from someone who lives >in a glass house. Just curious how me, Ray Manzerek, Jim Morrisson, Emo, >or Garrisson makes someone go, "Oh yea, this reminds me of Hitler." Completely unrelated. However, did you know that John Lennon was killed on Morrison's birthday? And that Jack the Ripper killed two hookers on MY birthday (the only night he killed twice in one night)? There's food for thought.... The closest they're come to mainlining is a date Bobby (lead singer, brown, 5'8") had with a Philadelphia merchant's daughter two years ago. Eb, supposedly a distant descendant of John Wilkes Booth np: Robert Wyatt/Ruth is Stranger Than Richard PS Susan, did you know that Christie Brinkley's new husband is named Peter Cook? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:07:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Karen Reichstein Subject: kid on EOL Randi snuck into a hospital computer terminal and wrote: >As far as I know, Maisie - who looks so cute on the cover of "Element of >Light" - was born in 1976. No way! I had no idea the kid on Element of Light was (is) Robyn's daughter Maisie. I always thought it was some random little boy that he'd found near some crab shop or some such thing. Hope she doesn't read this. Karen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:39:20 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: Mostly Maisie >Maisie was on the cover of "Element"? Last time I looked it was just >Robyn lounging, Robynlike, on some rocks with his guitar. Is that >perhaps a non-United States release? Or perhaps I am merely unobservant. > The picture with the guitar and rocks is on the back of EOL, the front cover has Robyn and a kid. >Question: When going through some Syd Barrett records today, I noticed >that he has a song called "Maisie". Now, forgive the newbie if this has >already been discussed, but do I detect a non-coincidence? Well, Maisie is a better name for your daughter than "Lucifer Sam" or "Baby Lemonade"... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:04:44 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: Mostly Maisie >The picture with the guitar and rocks is on the back of EOL, the front >cover has Robyn and a kid. The Glass Fish CD has no child picture anywhere on it. Unless you mean that person who is shoving a crab in Robyn's face? Good grief, I always thought that was some random model. It doesn't look like a child to me even, and certainly not a nine year old child. Perhaps on the record cover, which would obviously have a larger and clearer picture, that's all more apparent. >Well, Maisie is a better name for your daughter than "Lucifer Sam" or "Baby >Lemonade"... I think Effervescing Elephant would be a lovely name for a child. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:21:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Sabatini Subject: athens summer music extravaganza I thought I'd pass on a great set of shows in case anyone was close enough to make the trip to Athens, GA. A few people from the local record label Kindercore organized this 4 day festival of sorts, during which bands from its label and likeminded bands from Athens and elsewhere could get together. Kindercore bands tend to have a very melodic home-crafted pop sound--sort of cousins to bands in the Elephant 6 collective. The fun goes from Wednesday, July 8, to Saturday, July 11: On Wednesday (at the Ultramod Compound) are The Pecan Sandies, The Marble Index, Benji Cossa, and The Teacups. The TEacups are from Wisconsin, the others are Athens based folks. On Thursday (at the 40 Watt) are Elf Power, Darling Little Jackhammer, Bunnygrunt, Dressy Bessy, Gritty Kitty, The Push Kings, and Sukpatch. Personally, I think Robyn H. fans would be fans of Elf Power, even more so than Neutral Milk Hotel. The Push Kings are definitely from the Paul McCartney side of the Beatles equation. On Friday are The Autumn Teen Sound, Aden, True Love Always, Tullycraft, Kincaid., The LAdybug Transistor, and the Olivia Tremor Control. Aden is from Wash. DC and to me brings to mind East River Pipe and Stephen Merritt. The guys from Kincaid started the whole Kindercore label. The LAdybug Transistor are from New York and have an beautiful album on Merge records. The Olivia TRemor Control are usually a lot of fun live, although on some nights they sound like hippies to me. No offense to any hippies on the list. And on Saturday are Six Cents and Natalie, The Masters of the Hemisphere, The Minders, Junior Varsity, Wolfie, Of Montreal, and Neutral Milk Hotel. The shows are only like 5 bucks a night and doors open at 8:30, although actual starting time is usually a lot later. PS Re Billy Bragg/Wilco record. Does Billy do lead vocals on any of these tracks? I stayed up last week to catch them on Letterman, mainly to hear Billy sing, but only got to see him stand there and strum his acoustic guitar while the Wilco guy sang (Jeff Tweedy?). :( The song I heard went in one ear and out the other. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 98 18:25:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: kid on EOL ======== Original Message ======== Randi snuck into a hospital computer terminal and wrote: >As far as I know, Maisie - who looks so cute on the cover of "Element of >Light" - was born in 1976. No way! I had no idea the kid on Element of Light was (is) Robyn's daughter Maisie. I always thought it was some random little boy that he'd found near some crab shop or some such thing. Hope she doesn't read this. Karen ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== I thought that was some Asian woman. Far as I knew Maisie's only appearance on any of her Dad's albums was on the CD booklet for Respect (if you had a magnifying glass). Did I learn something new today? - -rr ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 21:27:45 -0400 From: "mr. pointy" Subject: Re: jane brody also sprach Eb: >Then Woj wrote: >>i can't comment, but a friend who has has this to say: >>>However, I wasn't all that impressed with Jane. I thought she was the >>>most carefree and fun on-stage, the best of the three able to improvise >>>her way into the others songs, and had a brash and entertaining stage >>>presence. I already loved the subtle lyricism of Lisa's songs and was >>>impressed with the VPK's voice, but Jane's stuff didn't do much for me. > >In other words, she wasn't the standard trembling-lipped, >sisterhood-of-women, narcissistic, self-consciously "sensitive," >marketplace-molded Lilith Fair schlock. Jeez Woj, you really gotta stop >hangin' around with these folks. Somebody call a deprogrammer! aw, c'mon eb, *you* were the one who liked _surfacing_, not *me*. ;) woj n.p. patty griffin -- flaming red ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 21:58:47 -0400 From: "mr. pointy" Subject: Re: Y & O also sprach David W. Dudich: > Ii walked into the 9:30 club in DC just as Robyn started into >this song...My lasting impression of that night was of Robyn singing >those lines...His expression was indescribable...Anyone else notice >how it sometimes sounds like he is choking on those words when he does >it live, sometimes? the first time i heard this was in 1995 at maxwell's and what struck me most then was the looping figure-eight manner he strums the guitar while playing it. i liked it well enough after _moss elixir_ came out as well, but it wasn't until subsequent times i heard him play this live that it really began to wow me. i haven't latched onto the lyrics in any concrete way, but his performance of it is harrowing, menacing. there seems to be a lot of pain in that song. the introduction he usually uses lends some insight. he talks about how two people grow apart when one loses oneself and just goes *wrong*. the implication is that the person who went wrong was someone else, but it's pretty clear (to me anyways) that he is talking about himself. the spoken bit before this song from the clifton park (albany, ny) gig in march 1997 is probably the most revealing that i can remember. woj n.p. imogen heap -- "come here boy" promo single ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 14:45:00 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #253 >And more recently, on the synthetic side, anyone listened to Loop Guru? I >am completely seduced by them. Asian Dub Foundation? oh yes. I love the album by Loop Guru and Duniya (called something like "The intrinsic passion of mysterious joy"). Currently my eardrums are also being excited in a similar vein by Transglobal Underground. >I was merely seventeen in 1989, but I remember hearing about the Chills - >they played in Ann Arbor and my friend Marc became pals with Justin Harwood >(now of Luna). I also recall seeing a video for "Male Monster from the Id" >a couple of years after that. But they've definitely faded from the >(American) public eye - last year I was trying to find a link for them to >put on my website but every time I put "Chills" into a search engine, all I >got was weather sites. (They have a new, official site now: >http://www.btinternet.com/~chills/chillyweb/index.htm .) Natalie, remember there is also a Flying Nun website (http://www.flyingnun.co.nz). Another good site for NZ music, IIRC, is Something in the Water, a regular NZ music show on a Melbourne (Australia) radio station: (http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/!brown/something.html). Although I don't know whether or not this one is still up and running (the joys of having no web access...) >I recently heard that Hitler and Mother Teresa were born on the very >same day. Is this true? that would have made Mother Theresa about 105 when she died. She was old, but not that old... >It is what I meant - and Dave - I really didn't mean the statement to be >so *completely absolute.* ah, the department of unneccessary tautologies has a new recruit! James 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") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 22:43:10 -0400 From: tanter Subject: Re: kid on EOL At 05:07 PM 7/6/1998 -0700, Karen Reichstein wrote: >Randi snuck into a hospital computer terminal and wrote: > >>As far as I know, Maisie - who looks so cute on the cover of "Element of >>Light" - was born in 1976. I thought she was born in 1974, hence the importance of that year to him. Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 03:02:35 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: last gary note On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 12:08:21 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >It does. "Pleasure Principle" is pretty hook heavy. "Cars" is the obvious >example here, but "Films" and "Metal" are also songs that hook in your head >severely. If I were in the business of sampling kick ass bass and drum >hooks I'd certainly be wanting to "steal creatively" from that album :). > >Interesting comment from Afrika Bambaataa (sp?) in the liner notes, >actually- he comments that at the time he was a club DJ, and played "Cars" >a lot, and that people were "ecstatic on the grooves" but completely >weirded out by the vocals and lyrics. is this a surprise? I mean, the man sang like a robot...:-) This has all been very interesting....the Robyn list definately have eccentric tastes! A little question: anyone else given any thought to a robyn-list tshirt to identify ourselves at shows/bars/barbques/running of the prawns/etc.? Anybody able to do this? my vote goes to a light green Tee, with robyns face as he appears now on the front, his name, and "Fegmania" in big letters on the back, along with a list in small letters of all his albums... It came to me in a dream,...I was wearing it(of course, I was the wrestler Diamond Dallas Page in the dream, but this goes off into a nother REALLY silly direction...:-)) -luther ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 03:06:20 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: a little more... >Gary Numan > >Gary Numan is really cool. I haven't heard his new stuff, but like the >Talking Heads and Devo (etc.), he was involved it a real renaissance in >music which collapsed some musical values that our culture had just been >accepting without question. I suppose Eno had been trying to do this for >years, but suddenly he had some help. Also, don't ignore those who >appeared immediately after, like Wall of Voodoo/Stan Ridgway. > well, I think "Here come the warm jets" is actually a bit better than any of mr. Numan's work...anyone else agree this album is a landmark? Lyrically silly, but production is modern (or course, most good ''modern' production is somehow connected with ENo, so...:-)) -luther >- -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 22:39:20 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: NZ, MST3K, and RH At 02:45 PM 7/7/98 +1200, James Dignan wrote: >Natalie, remember there is also a Flying Nun website >(http://www.flyingnun.co.nz). Another good site for NZ music, IIRC, is >Something in the Water, a regular NZ music show on a Melbourne (Australia) >radio station: (http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/!brown/something.html). >Although I don't know whether or not this one is still up and running (the >joys of having no web access...) This seems as ideal of a time to any to mention that the NZ music tape James graciously compiled for me earlier this year finally made its way to the tape deck Saturday (delayed debut because of a massive tape backlog AND mucho travel and gadding about with the job in Apr-May-Jun), and WOWIE! Melissa and I were both blown away by every single act! The real challenge now is going to be actually finding the products of all those artists. To use an American metaphor, James hit it out of the park on every single pick. My pocketbook doesn't thank James, but my ears and heart sure do! Luther said: >>Joel Hodgson--*funny* >>Mike Nelson--*not* funny (as host) > > > Joel was a lot better, wasn't he? > Mike has moments, but NONE as funny as Joel. Oooh, to me, this is the classic "older is better automatically" syndrome. IMO Mike does great, and the show has experienced a true renaissance since moving over to the Sci-Fi channel. The jokes seem funnier, the movies more laughably bad, and the host segments (good move to abandon the invention exchange, which was more Joel's forte than Mike's) have been stellar too. I also think that if you take a critical eye to the Joel years, well, it's like the myth of the SNL "original cast" -- they live in legend, but their actual shows were just as spotty and had as many dead spots as the seasons that followed (though SNL has been past redemption since 1992 or so, but I think you get the point)... > He had a dark sarcasm...anyone know what he has done since? I haven't seen Joel since, but TV's Frank definitely writes for SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH. I feel dirty just admitting that I know this. (Hey, Melissa Joan Hart is actually 21, so it's o.k., right? I like the aunts too...) Finally, this RH-related snippet, taken from an e-mail from a local critic friend (Gary Parker, you still here? You probably are familiar with his work), on STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK: >A few >months ago in Austin I got to see Jonathan Demme's new movie >"Storefront Hitchcock." It basically does for RH what "Stop Making >Sense" did for the Talking Heads--which is to say Demme does a >remarkable job of giving each song an imaginative visual setting, >though without detracting from the performance or calling attention to >himself. No easy choices like "Balloon Man" or "My Wife and My Dead >Wife," but every song's a winner, and the between-song patter ranges >from amusing to mind-boggling. It should be coming out this fall. later, Miles =============================================================== "Gettin' piss-drunk, givin' the players a hard time, throwin' a chicken bone at the cop - that's what baseball is all about." -- a lout from Cleveland two rows in front of me at a Tigers game, waxing rhapsodic about how Indians games used to be Miles Goosens outdoorminer@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~outdoorminer/miles =============================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:59:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: my t-shirt snobbery On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, luther wrote: > A little question: anyone else given any thought to a > robyn-list tshirt to identify ourselves at shows/bars/barbques/running > of the prawns/etc.? I dunno.... While I like the idea of being able to meet other Fegs (and asking "Hey, are you on the Feg list?" takes care of that awkward don't-know-how-to-start-a-conversation thing), I probably wouldn't want to hang out with a bunch of people all wearing the same shirt. It would feel too much like we're one of those tourist families you see around DC, all wearing the same shirt and cap because they're afraid of losing each other in the big city crowds. Perhaps some pseudo-Masonic secret sign instead? One of my many endearing eccentricities (i.e., neuroses) is that I try to avoid going to a concert wearing a t-shirt commemorating any of the acts performing at that concert. (Perhaps some part of me is afraid that people will sneer, "Look at that guy trying too hard to fit in; obviously a loser....") Instead I prefer to flaunt the colors of another band in a slightly different but related genre -- Nik Turner to see Monster Magnet, for example, or Laika to an Orbital show. If I recall correctly I wore my Uz Jsme Doma shirt to one of Robyn's shows. I got a big kick this way once at a Phish show, when they played Laurie Anderson over the speakers during the set break and I realized that I was probably the only person there wearing a Laurie Anderson t-shirt. Errr -- but enough about me. If the rest of you want to do the t-shirt thing, don't let me stop you! I might well follow along, for the greater good of Fegdom. - --Chris np: Garbage, _Garbage_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:36:29 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: NZ, MST3K, and RH >Luther said: >>>Joel Hodgson--*funny* >>>Mike Nelson--*not* funny (as host) >> >> >> Joel was a lot better, wasn't he? >> Mike has moments, but NONE as funny as Joel. > >Oooh, to me, this is the classic "older is better automatically" syndrome. >IMO Mike does great, and the show has experienced a true renaissance since >moving over to the Sci-Fi channel. The jokes seem funnier, the movies more >laughably bad, and the host segments (good move to abandon the invention >exchange, which was more Joel's forte than Mike's) have been stellar too. > >I also think that if you take a critical eye to the Joel years, well, it's >like the myth of the SNL "original cast" -- they live in legend, but their >actual shows were just as spotty and had as many dead spots as the seasons >that followed (though SNL has been past redemption since 1992 or so, but I >think you get the point)... > I like both of them... >> He had a dark sarcasm...anyone know what he has done since? I think he still writes for MST3K. I have seen clips of him doing standup from the early eighties, some funny stuff.... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:50:25 -0500 From: nicastr@idt.net (Ben) Subject: Re: my t-shirt snobbery >On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, luther wrote: > >> A little question: anyone else given any thought to a >> robyn-list tshirt to identify ourselves at shows/bars/barbques/running >> of the prawns/etc.? > >I dunno.... While I like the idea of being able to meet other Fegs (and >asking "Hey, are you on the Feg list?" takes care of that awkward >don't-know-how-to-start-a-conversation thing), I probably wouldn't want to >hang out with a bunch of people all wearing the same shirt. It would feel >too much like we're one of those tourist families you see around DC, all >wearing the same shirt and cap because they're afraid of losing each other >in the big city crowds. Perhaps some pseudo-Masonic secret sign instead? Imagine what Robyn would think if he was up there playing and he saw a group of people all standing together wearing the same Fegmaniax shirts. I'd run for the hills... Actually, we could take an idea from the tourists and each time you meet another Feg just hook up one of those "baby-leashes" that people drag their kids along with on to the Feg. By the end of the show you should all be connected by bungee cords. >One of my many endearing eccentricities (i.e., neuroses) is that I try to >avoid going to a concert wearing a t-shirt commemorating any of the acts >performing at that concert. (Perhaps some part of me is afraid that >people will sneer, "Look at that guy trying too hard to fit in; obviously >a loser....") Instead I prefer to flaunt the colors of another band in a >slightly different but related genre -- Nik Turner to see Monster Magnet, >for example, or Laika to an Orbital show. If I recall correctly I wore my >Uz Jsme Doma shirt to one of Robyn's shows. I got a big kick this way >once at a Phish show, when they played Laurie Anderson over the speakers >during the set break and I realized that I was probably the only person >there wearing a Laurie Anderson t-shirt. Me too, I just tend not to wear band T-Shirts because they usually cost more than the ticket to the show, hence I haven't bought any in a number of years. My groovy Garcia Band shirt looks like someone opened fire on it with a machinegun, so I can't get away with that. Maybe at the next Robyn show I will attatch a string to my Robyn-designed plastic cone and wear it as a hat...? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:00:20 +0100 From: Tony.Blackman@sita.int Subject: More cone rubbish From: Tony Blackman@SITA on 07/07/98 10:00 Please respond to tony.blackman@sita.int To: fegmaniax@smoe.org cc: Subject: More cone rubbish > My groovy Garcia Band shirt looks like someone opened fire on it > with a machinegun, so I can't get away with that. Maybe at the next Robyn > show I will attatch a string to my Robyn-designed plastic cone and wear it > as a hat...? An excellent idea. Men with traffic cone hats and girls with Madonna style traffic cone brassieres. Even I should be able to spot everyone then. Alternatively you could spot the possible Feg by the fact that they're watching the show and not talking loudly at the bar all the way through it and getting on my nerves..... Tony. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 12:45:34 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: for any Cale fans on the list (no RH) From the babel-list: .CATCH THE JOHN CALE/CREATURES SHOW NOW ON TOUR!: both at the Crest in Sacramento (6/29) and the first night at the Phenix in Seattle (7/3) Siouxsie Sioux [also] railed against the "industry" and thanked the attendees for supporting (I.E., PHTP) something that was not only not just a show to promote a "new" album but did not even necessarily provide any boundaries with regards to the audiences expectations. the result: 3 nights (yes, i'm a Freak) of JAMMIN ROCK.....IMAGINE: Siouxsie, Budgie and John as an ensemble on such diverse material as "Hedda Gabler"," Pablo Picasso", "Let's Go to Pluto", "Gun" and even "Venus In Furs"!!! NOT to mention a bunch of yet to be released/in-progress Creatures stuff!!!(HOPE I AM NOT SPOILING ANYONE'S SURPRISE.) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 12:46:11 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: GD >As I listen to "Groovy Decay" in my walkman...I have to concede that I >have always wondered about this album - or the songs - in their various >incarnations. > >I feel a bit dumb, because I figure everyone on the list knows this >except for me - and I've never asked Robyn because I was afraid to - but >does anyone know if GD was recorded during his divorce? 1) Does anyone know for sure? 2) Is it our bussiness? I mean, should we worry about this? will it help us enjoy the music any more to know WHO it might be about and the circumstances? for the other Rick Thompson fans- Does knowing the circumstances behind "shoot out the lights" (the RT/LT breakup) enhance your enjoyment of the album? just curious. > >I'm so out of the loop I don't even know who RH was married to I thought Maisie (named after a Syd Barrett song?) was born around "Underwater Moonlight" time... -luther ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 01:07:12 -0700 From: Danielle Subject: The lack of any real content in this post astounds even me, quite frankly Susan said: > >> Dr. Laura Schlessinger > She has a highly rated syndicated > call-in advice show where she supposedly is giving therapy but actually is > dishing out bad advice and verbal abuse. On rare occasions her advice is > sensible, but then, there's that old adage about a stopped clock being > right twice a day. She sounds spiffy. If she had delusions of godhood, she'd be exactly like Oprah. > >Lorelei (I *must* actually know the song, someone give me a lyric and > >jog my memory) said: > There is a Gershwin song: "She had a most immoral eye/ They called her > 'Lorelei'/ She created quite a stir/And I wanna be like her" :). That may > or may not be the one you're thinking of. Yes, it is. Thank you. It's the Ella Fitzgerald Gershwin Songbook I'm thinking of... And tangentially, Lorelei continued: > Paul Simon: "Her name was Lorelei/She was his only girl/She called him > 'Skidoo'/But his Christian name was Mr. Earl." > Pogues: "and no one knows but Lorelei/river, river have mercy, take me > down to the sea..." > Tom Tom Club: "Lorelei Lorelei/What is happening?/I'm not sure" > Styx: "Lorelei let's live together/brighter than the stars forever" > Forgot the lyrics to the Cocteau Twins' Lorelei song, but it's floating > out there too. Now, this really bugs me. All respect to your name, Lorelei, but *dang it*! What is it with 'Lorelei' (and 'Gloria')? Why has *no one* written a song about Danielle?? (Actually, I lie. Recently, I was watching MTV Europe late at night, and I *did* hear a hiphop track which mentioned me. Did you guys know that I can 'take nine inches down my throat'? Of what, we can only speculate...) To the joy of self-consciously Bauhausian-modernist folk everywhere, Susan cried: > Ok everyone, just admit it! I am QUEEN OF THE AWKWARD NEOLOGISMS! No one > else can even TOUCH me! :) We bow in your presence. :) Eno, the ambient indigestion medicine! > I mentioned once finding some > in an Indian grocery store, Alex told me that Indian grocery stores are where you find Marmite in America. Though Marmite is Vegemite's poor relation in every conceivable way, emigration will probably lower my standards. I can only hope that there is such an establishment in Baton Rouge, where I will be permanently ensconced in a little over a month... > Eb, still having trouble coming to terms with his bright side How cute, people... Eb thinks he actually *has* a bright side. Could you post that link to the site about *graves* again? ;) Lorelei also said: > Heh. Well, you must remember that I was ten in 1989. :} Dude, I was 14. No excuse. :) Natalie continued: > I was merely seventeen in 1989, but I remember hearing about the Chills .... But they've definitely faded from the > (American) public eye... Big problem: no one will lend Martin Phillips any money, apparently; his history with the Chills was so volatile that banks don't trust him. Isn't he sitting down there in Otago with a 4-track, no band, and no dosh, James? Dignan, Otago: > PS - at the risk of opening a very very old thread, I suspect that Eb's > middle name is Welsh... Good call! That's another starter for ten... :) Boooooingggg ding ding ding dong, Danielle ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #254 *******************************