From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #285 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, July 24 1998 Volume 07 : Number 285 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 25% robyn ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] artist of the decade ["Marcy Tanter" ] Just a leeeetle more politics [Christopher Gross ] Re: 25% robyn [Aaron Mandel ] typed by tara - for randi - a few comments [Tim Fuller ] Re: Canada vs. Montreal (no Pajama Slave Dancers content) [Eb ] Re: 25% robyn [Ross Overbury ] Re: the voice of a friend [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: the voice of a friend [Capuchin ] nonl gigs [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] Of Montreal, some NMH, and a bit of Stipe [Ken Sabatini ] Re: 25% robyn [Ethyl Ketone ] Percy [Russ Reynolds ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:48:27 -0400 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: 25% robyn mr. mellon farmer sed: >2) i don't have any u2 records either, eb. Hey, me neither! There is absolutely no U2 product in my house. Just had to say that. Absolutely no Jane's Addiction, either. >3) i watch south park. i like south park. their catch phrases have >infiltrated my speech. however, i wish they would offend me just once. For me, South Park was funny for the first five of its fifteen minutes of fame. I still think the first two short movies (Spirit of Christmas, etc.) were the best. I think its success is due to the fact that it's generally *really* easy to offend most people, which shows how rarely true chances are taken in popular media. I don't like easy things, and I *do* like to be offended (I think it's crucial to successful art; my assumptions and attitudes should be challenged and/or offended, that way my assumptions and attitudes become stronger); but South Park just doesn't do it for me. Also, as far as I'm concerned, as soon as anything becomes embraced by American Mall Culture, it dies. But that's me. >4) i don't think tori amos is the artist of the 90s either. I'd say Bjork, maybe Jim Thirlwell, or, to really stretch it, Raymond Scott. >n.p. rufus wainwright (i confess, i posted this only to mention that) I picked up a Rufus Wainwright interview CD on a lark a coupla weeks ago. Man, what a lisp he has. Haven't latched on to his songs yet, either. But then I saw Neutra Milk Hotel live last night, so I don't need to ;-] NP: Beatles, an early mix if "A Day In The Life," in .mp3 from off the 'net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:04:32 -0400 From: "Marcy Tanter" Subject: artist of the decade We've had these types of discussions before, but how could anyone be named artist of the 90s? There's such a variety, there's so many different types of music, etc. An d anyway, for the past few years we've had someone who's been constantly called "The Artist." (ha ha, couldn't resist that one!!) Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:23:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Just a leeeetle more politics I'll give this brevity stuff a shot. Hell, I'll try anything once! On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Capitalism Blows wrote: > first off, i think you're right, chris. i think i probably do use a > little looser definition of "fascism," than you do. for example, when > you say there were never any fascists in vietnam, my response is, there > was the french empire (before, and then after, the war,) which, as far > as i can tell, was tantamount to fascism. A-ha! Well, at least if we recognize our semantic differences, we can communicate a little better.... To me, fascism isn't a general term for any regime that offends us. Fascism is a specific trend in political ideology, and regimes with different ideologies and structures aren't "fascist" even if the results of their rule are as bad as what happened under genuine fascism. To call French colonialists in Vietnam "fascists" would be as misleading as to call Stalin an "anarchist." I think similar semantic sloppiness (and I'm not saying that to be rude, just to alliterate) informs most of your argument, Eddie. You've defined "socialism" and "leftism" to be good. Thus, to you, an evil regime like the Soviet Union can't be socialist or leftist, regardless of its socialist ideology, its economic structures based on socialist theory, or its long-running struggle against capitalism. This reminds me of Christians saying that David Koresh wasn't really a Christian, even though he believed that Jesus was the son of God and other popular tenets of the Christian faith. > if you look, you'll see that those countries in which the soviet union > had the *most* influence had the most timid communist parties, and vice > versa. This isn't true -- the Soviets had the most influence in Eastern Europe, in those countries ruled by Communist dictatorships. In the 40s and 50s, the French and Italian Communist parties were extremely large and politically important, and they were some of the most loyal followers of the Soviets that the world has ever seen. The only Communist parties that were free of Soviet influence were in countries that broke away from the Soviet bloc -- China, Yugoslavia, Albania -- and again, the Communists in those countries were not only not timid, they were in charge. > as to the nature of u.s. foreign policy, it was NEVER about > anti-communism, though that is of course how it was sold to the public Let me put it this way -- regardless of the *nature* of US foreign policy, one of its most important goals from about 1947 to 1989 was resistance to Communism. You could argue that this was in service to some broader goal, perhaps even a nasty evil one; but to simply say that we didn't really oppose Communism is silly. > did we invade the soviet union, a peasant country which > had just been torn apart by war and revolution because we were afraid of > commies showing up on out doorsteps? Sure we did! Western paranoia in this regard knew no bounds. And indeed, it was only paranoid in the sense that Western countries were more stable and revolution-resistant that their own rulers sometimes realized. (BTW, your sudden shift from post-WWII to 1918 may have confused some readers.) I mostly agree with what you said, Terrence, but I'll add a couple of minor points: On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Terrence M Marks wrote: > This is beyond my area of expertise, but I would suspect that the Sov > aided the Communist Parties in Italy, China and North Korea. They sure did! In fact, the North Korean regime was a Soviet creation, pure and simple. Kim Il Song wasn't even prominent among the handful of Korean Communists before Stalin put him on the throne. > Now, you can say that the Bolsheviks in 1917 believed that a worldwide > revolution wasn't necessary for the success of communism, unlike the > Mensheviks. Actually, in 1917 the Bolsheviks too believed in the necessity of worldwide revolution. It was only later, after world revolution failed to materialize, that they changed their minds. Okay, so I didn't achieve my goal of brevity. But on the other hand, I *did* see NMH last night! ObRobyn: I'd guess Robyn's political views to tend towards social democracy, perhaps similar to the Labour party program before the lurch to the extreme left in the late 70s and the abandonment of tradtional socialism in the 90s. Kinda like Labour ca. 1974, perhaps.... Does that sound right? - --Chris (who is actually looking forward to a 5-hour bus ride, since buses have air conditioning and my apartment doesn't) ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:51:45 -0700 From: Lobsterman Subject: BB's homepage forwarded to me, i forward it to you: >From: etmleco@etm.ericsson.se (Leontien Coolegem) >To: billy-bragg@fish.com >Subject: BB's homepage >X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII >Sender: owner-billy-bragg@fish.com >Precedence: bulk >ReSent-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:11:22 -0700 (PDT) >ReSent-From: Luther Gaylord >ReSent-To: lobstie@e-z.net > > >There's a funny misspelling on the BB offical web site. THe first line >states: Welcome to the billy bragg EBsite. > >Leontien > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:06:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: 25% robyn On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: > Also, as far as I'm concerned, as soon as anything becomes embraced by > American Mall Culture, it dies. yup. though there are days i fervently wish pinball would become the latest teenage pastime -- better to have surly skateboarders waiting in line for the game than to have it die out altogether, which is the direction we're moving in. > I picked up a Rufus Wainwright interview CD on a lark a coupla weeks ago. > Man, what a lisp he has. Haven't latched on to his songs yet, either. if this is the Morning Becomes Eclectic disc, i was lukewarm about him from hearing that too... then i listened to the real thing and liked it much more. Jon Brion's production (which, i believe, was NOT his contribution to the Fiona Apple album, nor to Omnipop or Attaway's disappointing In Thrall) is an excellent thing, and i can't wait to hear what he and Robyn do when put together. a ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:27:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Fuller Subject: typed by tara - for randi - a few comments Okay - Gregory Shell - are you trying to say you are/were a "Rush" fan ;} And Eb...although I tend to agree with you - having produced videos for many "precious Canadian bands" - could you specify to whom you are referring - I'd love to know... Too tired to join the communist/capitalist thread - though I'm enjoying having it read to me :} I didn't know there was a band called *Montreal* - how odd - being born in Montreal and all... - - Eb, I think it was you who mentioned them...and since I got an amazing NMH tape from Scary Mary because you introduced that band to the list - could you tell me more about *Montreal* - are they new, where are they from, how many albums they have out - how *you* would describe their music - maybe I'll get someone to find me a copy of one of their cds - you can reply about that to me -privately - or the list - up to you :} Miss you all...but fading back into yesterday, Rand special thanks to Tara - (who does not want to write this part) - for typing this post... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: griffith Subject: Gotta Let This Hen Out - Video Just checked out www.cdnow.com, and found the video for GLTHO on sale for $ 19.49. Of course they will tack on freight and tax. griffith np - Sonic Youth "Silver Session" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:44:44 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Canada vs. Montreal (no Pajama Slave Dancers content) Randi: >And Eb...although I tend to agree with you - having produced videos for >many "precious Canadian bands" - could you specify to whom you are >referring - I'd love to know... Well, for a start, Crash Test Dummies, the Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies (possibly THE most loathesome band on the planet), Jane Siberry, Sarah McLachlan and just about anyone else influenced by Joni Mitchell...oh, and Joni Mitchell. ;) I was NOT necessarily referring to Rush in this case, though that winceable section in 2112 where the singer is "discovering" the guitar certainly fits the bill. >I didn't know there was a band called *Montreal* - how odd - being born >in Montreal and all... "Of Montreal," not Montreal. >- Eb, could you tell me more about *Montreal* - are they new, >where are they from, how many albums they have out - how *you* would >describe their music - maybe I'll get someone to find me a copy of one of >their cds - you can reply about that to me -privately - or the list - up to >you :} Well, actually, they're not too far from NMH, because they're also part of the Elephant Six scene. (They're definitely not as good, however.) Their prime releases are an album on Bar/None, and an EP on Kindercore. Here's a Of Montreal review I dug up on the web, which I basically agree with: Of Montreal/Cherry Peel (Bar/None) A new star of the much-hyped Elephant Six collective, this ramshackle trio (actually of Athens, GA, not Montreal) sings guileless living-room pop, loping through 14 sweet tunes that somehow appear utterly sincere. Artlessly strumming a shabby acoustic guitar, Kevin Barnes is such an ingenue that he can pull off a line like "Tim, [I] wish you were born a girl, so I could've been your boyfriend" without a trace of controversy -- he just cares a lot about his friends, you know? He's not without his eccentric side, however -- just check "Everything Disappears When You Come Around" ("Birds have no heads/When you come around/Everything loses its legs") or "In Dreams I Dance With You" ("You remind me of a snowflake/That falls while comets hit the Earth/Destroying buildings and trees"). Elsewhere, he's crooning one schoolboy lovesong after another, whether they're gentle and acoustic ("Baby," "When You're Loved Like You Are") or Kinksy lo-fi rock ("This Feeling," "Don't Ask Me to Explain"). Bassist Brian Poole and drummer Derek Almstead plod happily behind, adding an occasional chiming harmony. While the group's rambling sense of melody occasionally betrays them, most tracks retain an adorable singalong feel, adding up to an astonishingly refreshing listen. Tom Giuliano still goes in for sleep marathons and gives underage fans a blank look when they ask which of The Happenings wrote "I Get Rhythm" and "My Mammy." Eb now hating: Sister Soleil ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:19:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: the voice of a friend it is so neat to think that a post from me may reach one of us in a friend's voice. unfortunately, i don't have much to say! other than - i saw NMH last night! tons of shit went wrong, but it was still pretty stunning. yes mike, I taped it on DAT (from right near the stack!) and I also starf^H^H^H^H chatted with scott and jeff afterwards. damn nice guys. they almost didn't make it at all, their red van has trouble going up hills without overheating. also - i think this is incorrect, but i found this on the WB message board: There is an X-files episode about a hick teenager who can summon lightning. The opening of the episode features a Robyn Hitchcock song, but I can't identify which one. Could someone tell me the title please? __ I saw this episode - I'm sure I would have remembered this - anyone? Mary says she thinks i read all the fegposts. I always mean to, but I never remember to go back and read the ones I - heh- "save for later". Are any of you diligient enough to read them all? summoning lightning, =b np: boo radleys - giant steps wp: shadowy men on a shadowy planet - savvy show stoppers (a kickass Toronto band, and not at all precious!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 98 20:41:56 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: 25% robyn Gene said: > Also, as far as I'm concerned, as soon as anything becomes embraced by > American Mall Culture, it dies. But that's me. > and: > > I'd say Bjork, maybe Jim Thirlwell, or, to really stretch it, Raymond Scott. > I don't think you can name an act "artist of the decade" unless they have the support of American Mall Culture. Consider about the acts we've named for the 50's and 60's. With the exception of Love (who I'd exclude from the list for exactly that reason) you'd have had little trouble getting a fan's parent to recognise the name, if not the music. Jim Thirlwell and Love are both pretty marginal. That is not to say they're not good. "Artist of the decade" seems to imply you'd get some sort of consensus on the selection for the title, not that you'd end up naming a little-known (however talented) artist, unless that's artist's influence were so far-reaching that anybody with a passing knowledge of pop of that decade would recognise the 10 or acts who had been touched by the "artist". Ask your mom about Foetus. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:08:26 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: the voice of a friend >also - i think this is incorrect, but i found this on the WB message >board: >There is an X-files episode about a hick teenager who can summon >lightning. The opening of the episode features a Robyn Hitchcock song, >but I can't identify which one. Could someone tell me the title please? >__ >I saw this episode - I'm sure I would have remembered this - anyone? This was just reran over the weekend. I have now seen it 3 times, and I can't place an RH song at all. However, I was listening to NPR news one day and it took me thirty minutes to remember what the song was that was being played: "Chinese Water Python" >Mary says she thinks i read all the fegposts. I always mean to, but I >never remember to go back and read the ones I - heh- "save for later". >Are any of you diligient enough to read them all? I read them all, but clearly I don't retain much. What was your name again, young man? Happies, - -not 'zactly lightning boy, actually an old sharkboy with anomia "I'm having an elderly moment." - -Dick Dale by way of Russ Reynolds (yes, _THE_ Russ Reynolds, I actually had lunch with him today) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:15:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: the voice of a friend On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Bayard wrote: > also - i think this is incorrect, but i found this on the WB message > board: > There is an X-files episode about a hick teenager who can summon > lightning. The opening of the episode features a Robyn Hitchcock song, > but I can't identify which one. Could someone tell me the title please? > > I saw this episode - I'm sure I would have remembered this - anyone? I didn't see the episode, but damn, I would like to. I'm sure it's Jonathan Richman or Mark Eitzel or John Wesley Harding or someone that everything thinks is Robyn Hitchcock all the time. > Mary says she thinks i read all the fegposts. I always mean to, but I > never remember to go back and read the ones I - heh- "save for later". > Are any of you diligient enough to read them all? I do. Well, I sometimes scan through the ends of long political rants that aren't interesting enough for me to join later, but yeah... I read pretty much everything. .. but then again, I'm unemployed. > wp: shadowy men on a shadowy planet - savvy show stoppers > (a kickass Toronto band, and not at all precious!) You're not Mr. Pinkster, you're Mr. Stinkster! J. -- who just posted this for that last line. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 01:42:48 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: nonl gigs On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 02:35:48 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >Look after yerselves... > >- -Ed, Doc, ...who remembers a time when A&E wasn't "The All Hitler Channel" >and penny gums used to cost 10 cents... > >------------------------------ I thought that was The History Channel... A&E used to show nothing but "In search of..." reruns, "Repo Man", and "the holy grail". Well, I have another Number nine line update...next gig is tomorrow night at Funks in Fells Point, and then one Aug 27th at Wyatts in Fells point. Some time in early/mid august, we are also gonna do a gig at Coffee Gurus in Annapolis. Bayard, We have our version of "Only the Stones remain" all worked up, and just need to get into a studio to do it to send for GF 2. (anybody who has any suggestions for good quality cheap studios around the Baltimore/washington area please e-mail me privately.) If any other Fegbands (tm) are playing around, I would love to see mentions of the on the list (especially if you do a robyn song or 2.) -luther ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:24:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Sabatini Subject: Of Montreal, some NMH, and a bit of Stipe Well, I got back on line to find a weeks worth of digests to catch up with. Anything I post now about the past will surely sound stale, so for now let me respond to a non-Robyn but recent post. I don't recall the context in which this was brought up but . . . Said Eb: >Of Montreal is utterly underrated, and utterly adorable. I would *love* >to see that band live, but they haven't made it to California yet, as >far as I know. And if anyone doesn't know, be advised that the group is >from Athens, GA, not Montreal. So don't worry, they may be a somewhat >"precious" band, but at least they're not a precious CANADIAN band. >We all know how deadly those can be. They sure can be seen as a bit precious, more so lyrically than anything else--they've got some beautiful melodies that have a way of staying with you, just repeating themselves over and over in your head. I recently saw them again at the Kindercore/Hey Buddy Records combined label celebration that was subtly billed as the Athens Summer Music Extravaganza. For 20 bucks I was able to see some 25 bands over 4 days (well, 40 bucks for my wife and me). I'll see if I can give a brief summary of the best of the bands we saw sometime soon (in case they are playing in your areas). Back to Of Montreal . . . According to the Kindercore website (a 2 yr old Athens record label focusing on so-called "indie pop" bands), Of Montreal has a new disc out on what sounds like the Kindercore label: says the website (http: members.aol.com/kindercore/index.html): "Of Montreal's new full length, "A Petite Tragedy", is finished! And lucky for kindercore we were able to wrest it from the hands of Of Montreal's parents (BarNone). This is the follow up to their smash hit "The bird who ate the rabbit's flower ep". This album is the story of two people in love. The album carries us through their entire turbulent relationship, from its sweet and innocent beginning to its somewhat tragic end. Each song is an act in the drama and captures a moment in the affair. It is a tale that can break even the strongest heart." They were a lot of fun to see live, and sound quite like they do on disc--very bright and slightly quirky songs from some kind of innocent otherworld. Seeing them live you realize that they have only the sincerest intentions--by that I mean they're not trying to be precious, they're just being themselves (or rather the singer is being himself). Re NMH: They closed out the Kindercore festival, and I'm told Jeff mentioned that they would be cutting back on their live shows for some time, taking a break I guess. I've heard they've been touring with Elf Power recently and I know they've been playing in Athens about once every month or so for quite a while (they've been pretty much officially based here for some time now). What I love most about Jeff (of NMH) is his enthusiasm for music. I don't consider myself a huge Neutral Milk Hotel fan, but I could never fault Jeff's songwriting talent or his love of music. When he plays he gives it his all and when he's at other shows in Athens (which is very often) as a spectator, he's paying complete attention to the bands and really getting into the shows. Heck,at about every Elf Power show I've seen Jeff jumps on stage for about 20% of the songs and sings in his patented howl(?). This is in sharp contrast to MR. Michael Stipe, who shows no signs of supporting local bands, either in spirit or through his star power. This ain't meant to cut on Stipe, but I wish he would, on occasion, jump on stage and sing along or outwardly support some of the wonderful bands in town. Michael S. attends a fair number of concerts at the 40 Watt, but that's the extent of it. Heck, even at last year's (or two years ago) benefit show for Victoria Williams (?), where I was sure that Michael would sing a few songs with Vic Chesnut (please don't yell at me if I misspelled it) as it had been repeatedly intimated by the locals; instead, old Stipe just wandered in and out of the backstage area, shooting the breeze. I realize he is more than entitled to do as he pleases and it may be that he supports Athens bands behind the scenes, but it just seems it would be easy for him to do a lot more. Well, at least we have Jeff. Finally, someone mentioned that Vic C. is without a label at the moment and was cutting a record with Lambchop. I had heard this as well. A few months ago I was walking by the 40 watt in the afternoon only to hear this awesome full-sounding band warming up (horns, saxs, all kinds of stuff). Turns out it was Lambchop who would be playing with Vic that evening. I checked out the show, but was disappointed to hear Lambchop play a much more sedated set, both alone and then with Vic. Nothing to write home about, that's for sure. But then again, I've yet to see a consistent Vic C. live show, so maybe he rubbed off on them. But that's another story. ;) Sorry to have rambled on, Ken (who can never get enough of a Vancouver band on Sub Pop named Zumpano) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:06:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: the voice of a friend On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Bayard quoted: > There is an X-files episode about a hick teenager who can summon > lightning. The opening of the episode features a Robyn Hitchcock song, > but I can't identify which one. Could someone tell me the title please? i think i would have noticed that, too. however, one online review of the episode ("D.P.O.") mentioned a song called "Ring The Bells" playing during the first murder scene; AMG lists songs by that name on albums by The Kinks, James, and Epic Soundtracks. any one of those could conceivably be mistaken for Robyn, i guess. a ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:31:06 -0700 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: 25% robyn At 9.06 AM -0700 7/23/98, Aaron Mandel wrote: >yup. though there are days i fervently wish pinball would become the >latest teenage pastime -- better to have surly skateboarders waiting in >line for the game than to have it die out altogether, which is the >direction we're moving in. Hey - my sentiments exactly! I LOVE pinball. To give an example of the state of pinball - I just returned from Orlando where I attended a computer graphics conference. One of the vendors at the expo threw a party at a place in Disney World called "Disney Quest". What does that name conjure up for you??? Went to do the shmooze thang and found, much to my horror, 5 floors of arcade. Serious. And out of 5 floors of arcade, I began searching for the pinball machines. I mean afterall, they had PacMan and Tron in the basement, they hadda have pinball... And I found 'em. 4 lonely pinball machines right across the way from the skateboard sims. One frog game and 3 of the same basketball game. All electronic. *gasp* I was shocked. They went to all that trouble to gather 30 of the original arcade machines together along with 4 other floors of sims and fighting games and shooters and human pinball - even 6 or 8 skee ball games, but only 4 electronic pinball machines - and one had a broken flipper! What is this world coming to??? At 3.19 PM -0700 7/23/98, Bayard wrote: >Mary says she thinks i read all the fegposts. I always mean to, but I >never remember to go back and read the ones I - heh- "save for later". >Are any of you diligient enough to read them all? I'd like to, I really would. I mean it's all interesting. But I'm afraid anything I've put in my "unread - waiting" mailbox gets purged after awhile. And since I've been on the road, I think I missed the whole "history of western civilization" thread (or was it "politics of western civilization"?). Guess I wouldn't have much to offer anyway since the more time I spend in Eastern Europe, the more I grudingly admit to favoring capitalism... Just can't reconcile my hatred of advertising and TV with the fact that the quality of life, opportunities and length of life are better in the west. Oh well. Carrie n.p.: Eric Serra - soundtrack - "The Fifth Element" - a film by Luc Besson "My discovery of Tarkovsky's first film was like a miracle. Suddenly, I found myself standing at the door of a room the keys of which had, until then, never been given to me. It was a room I had always wanted to enter and where he was moving freely and fully at ease." - - Ingmar Bergman ********************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com cgalbraith@psygnosis.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 98 08:43:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Percy I stumbled across a used "Percy" CD by the Kinks yesterday, at $8.99. Isn't that the soundtrack to the movie based on the book of the same name by Raymond Hitchcock? I saw no mention of Hitchcock Sr. in the film notes. Would this be a worthwhile purchase at $8.99 anyway? I notice it's got "Lola" on it. Same version? Maybe the long lost "cherry cola" version? - -rr PS for Bay Area Fegs--yesterday's cupertino feglunch was a success. Mark brought gifts, we laughed and drank and talked about Tom Clark behind his back. And true to list form, we barely mentioned Robyn Hitchcock. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #285 *******************************