From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #298 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, August 5 1998 Volume 07 : Number 298 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: flair-TMBG [Tom Clark ] Re: flair-TMBG [lj lindhurst ] Rocktropolis allstar news 8/4/98 [Eb ] Tape Tree - one more thing... [Bayard ] Re: Rocktropolis allstar news 8/4/98 [Tom Clark ] Re: GLB ["Martin Weinstein" ] truth stranger than fiction [Eb ] Re: flair-TMBG [Capuchin ] Teddy boys. [Capuchin ] Re: MichFegMeet (long rambling and untopical) [David Librik ] Be glad that the Feg list isn't THIS list! [Eb ] [none] [Tony.Blackman@sita.int] Re: flair-TMBG [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Be glad that the Feg list isn't THIS list! [lj lindhurst ] Re: Grotty pubs [M R Godwin ] Re: what IS a feg? [kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander)] Re: Teddy boys. ["Khoi Huynh" ] Re: comment [Mike Runion ] Re: Dimsie Does Dallas [Danielle ] GLB Review in latest Consumable (1% RH) [Tom Clark ] Guess what? ["Best Man Poor Man" ] from randi - a Globe Of Fegs Thank You To Bayard [Tim Fuller ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 98 16:53:14 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: flair-TMBG On 8/4/98 4:22 PM, luther wrote: >On to topics in the real (?) world...Has anyone seen TMBG in concerT? >Are they worth seeing? Once in Boston when it was just the two of them and once in SF when they had the whole band. I enjoyed just the John/John show a lot more, but either way it's a good time. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 20:02:45 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: flair-TMBG >On to topics in the real (?) world...Has anyone seen TMBG in concerT? >Are they worth seeing? > -luther I've seen them several times! It seems as though they are ALWAYS opening for someone or doing some free concert or performing under a pseudonym, etc., and they're difficult to AVOID seeing live. I even saw them open up for God Almighty Himself (EC) once. They're great-- but for a REAL rockin' treat, check out Flansburgh's side project, Mono Puff! Not only are their records great, but they are AWESOME live, and much more energetic than TMBG. (in fact, I do believe that Mono Puff just came out with a new record, didn't they?) They live here in Brooklyn, and they also operate their famous "Hello Records" label from here as well. In fact, there is a dial-a-song you can call and hear a different song every week (? day?). You can also "subscribe" to Hello for some meager amount and they send you a different Indie CD that they produce every month. If anyone is interested, I can dig up all the details. I was going to do it myself, but then...eh...apathy sets in... Hey look, I actually contributed something that might be maybe useful... lj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:08:45 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Rocktropolis allstar news 8/4/98 I don't think there's ANY band I'd like to see reunite more than the Pixies...not the Replacements, not Wire, not Talking Heads.... Eb >A BRIEF MOMENT > > The closest thing to a Pixies reunion happened last week in the Los >Angeles studios of MJI Broadcasting. Frank Black was on hand plugging his >forthcoming album, Frank Black and the Catholics, due in Sept. 8 on >spinArt, and surprised those on hand by calling in his former Pixies mate, >guitarist Joey Santiago. > > Santiago and Black played two Pixies songs ("The Holiday Song" from >1987's Come On Pilgrim and "Wave of Mutilation" from 1989's Doolittle), >marking the first time the two played Pixies material together since that >band's last tour in 1991. Santiago also joined Black for his rendition of >"Six Sixty-Six," from Christian rocker Larry Norman. That track, which the >Pixies used to cover, is included on Frank Black and the Catholics. Black >then played a song by himself titled "Humboldt County Massacre," also from >the upcoming album. > > The performances and interview were taped last Wednesday (July 29), and >portions of it were shipped to radio stations nationwide on Tuesday (Aug. 4). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 20:23:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Tape Tree - one more thing... I made an error and left someone off the tree, an experienced taper who I know would be solid and reliable. if one of the other branches would like to step down and become a leaf, this person could be made a branch. so if you'd rather not spen your leisure time spinning tapes, and you're on the list below, please reply to me. A1 Capitalism Blowz/etews@hotmail.com A2 woj/woj@smoe.org A3 brad hutchinson/basil@netaccess.naxs.com A4 luther dudich/dwdudic@erols.com B5 glen uber/uberg@sonic.net B6 gary parker/gary.parker@vanderbilt.edu B7 james m/jimm@sirius.com B8 lobsterman/lobstie@e-z.net C9 Alfred Masciocchi/cakrm@ameritech.net C10 Miles Goosens/outdoorminer@mindspring.com C11 Mike Runion/mrrunion@palmnet.net C12 Nur Gale/gale@sinewave.com D13 Nick Winkworth/nick.winkworth@hds.com D14 Peter Trenham/pctrenham@ucdavis.edu D15 Ethyl Ketone/meketone@ix.netcom.com D16 chris franz/cfranz@mci2000.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 98 17:43:55 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Rocktropolis allstar news 8/4/98 On 8/4/98 5:08 PM, Eb wrote: >I don't think there's ANY band I'd like to see reunite more than the >Pixies...not the Replacements, not Wire, not Talking Heads.... agreed! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:54:21 -0700 From: "Martin Weinstein" Subject: Re: GLB > >listening to the new Grant Lee Buffalo at the moment. Not too bad. RH not >audible (nor are any of the other guests, really). > >Wonder if RH would open for GLB on tour... > you're right, you can't really pick up his vocals, but the harmonica is fairly distinctive. I just happen to be in Chicago on business, where GLB is playing tomorrow night (at the Metro), and Harvey Danger ("Flagpole Sitta") is opening. Read a review of Jubilee recently, where the author said Grant and the band worked out most of the songs at weekly gigs at Largo, a regular RH stop in LA. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:28:12 -0700 From: Eb Subject: truth stranger than fiction >ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., 1998 AUG 4 (NB) -- >Worried about computer systems and networks not being able to handle >the Year 2000 date change? Fear not. Pat Boone, the `50s crooner with >the white bucs, is joining the campaign for a smooth millennium. > >Boone is joining the Year 2000 National Educational Taskforce (Y2KNET) >to raise public awareness about the Millennium Bug. > >"I want to help bring Y2K to the family dinner table for dialogue," >said Boone, who brought black rhythm and blues to a white audience by >recording Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti," and has recently recorded >an album called "In A Metal Mood, No More Mr. Nice Guy." > >"Now it is time to begin discussing individual and community >preparation for Y2K-related problems." > >"I want to stress that I don't believe there is any reason to panic," >the crooner said. > >To do his part in keeping America cool and calm, Boone has recorded >the first in a series of public service announcements (PSAs) for radio >broadcast offering free Y2K information, called "Y2KCPR resources." > >The resources will include a 48-page special collector's edition of >Y2K News Magazine called "The Many Faces of Y2K," and a free Y2KCPR >audiotape of Y2KNET's recent Atlanta Roundtable with Ed Yourdon as the >keynote. > >Free copies of Y2KCPR are available by calling Y2KNET toll-free at >877-4-Y2KCPR. Larger quantity reprints for civic, government, trade >shows, educational seminars, or church groups, costing $0.20 each, are >available by calling Y2K News at 888/925-9925. Radio stations may >download the 47 second Boone Y2K PSA from http://www.y2knet.com or >http://www.y2knews.com . > >But despite Boone's involvement, the information industry knows it >will take more than calm voices to prepare for the Year 2000 date >change. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:53:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: flair-TMBG On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, luther wrote: > On to topics in the real (?) world...Has anyone seen TMBG in concerT? > Are they worth seeing? > -luther As everyone else has said, the answer is yes. I've seen TMBG probably eight times (third on my list of most-viewed live acts... following Robyn first and violenet femmes second). They're spectacular live. The best bit is almost always the made up songs and the random cover songs. They used to play Stump The Band and ask the audience to pick songs that the band didn't know... the band always come through. Their new album Severe Tire Damage is excellent and comes out in a couple of weeks. It includes six spontaneously generated tunes revolving around the Planet Of The Apes films. And yeah, Mark, Factory Showroom is slowly climbing my charts, too. It's at least as good as Flood, but I don't know if it touches Lincoln yet. This new album is mostly live material and their previous tour was for their retrospective album, so I think this year we can expect not only cool new material, but lots of old stuff. I'm just rambling. Sorry. J. There were eighty-seven Advil in the bottle, now there's thirty left I ate forty-seven so what happened to the other ten? Why must you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration As I pour the bottle out and count the Advil up again Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself And I'm not done and I won't be 'til my head falls off -- TMBG, "Til My Head Falls Off" I'm just proud of myself for figuring out that he's saying "Advil". ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:56:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Teddy boys. OK... in how many songs does Robyn mention Teddy boys? I know it's in Tonight (along with Teddy girls), but isn't it in another as well? I wonder how many songs were written that refer to these folks. I can only think of Oingo Boingo's Who Do You Want To Be: "I think I'll be a teddy boy, I think I'll be a hunk I think I'll be a tough guy and I think I'll be a punk I might just be a fashion star, all dressed in frilly rags Or I might just cross the other side and walk around in drag" Now... being a younger fella, I wonder about the origins of the word and all that. Am I totally mistaken in thinking that the early Adam Ant is a prototypical teddy boy? Well, he's the one I always imagine. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 22:18:45 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: MichFegMeet (long rambling and untopical) Dolph wrote: >After a Friday where I hung around at the best non-rehearsal-dinner ever >and where David sat in Chicago rush-hour traffic, we finally met up at >the hotel about 11:30pm. We were both zonked, but we ordered a pizza >(him - cheese, me - supreme, and my toppings kept intruding on his >half). We sat up talking about music and all you lovely Fegs [well, not >all of you], generally exhibiting that we're each as whatever-we-are in >real life as we are on the Net. He talked about NMH, I recommended some >Pere Ubu, we talked about live Robyn tapes, I asked David's opinion on >the post-Moss Robyn songs (none of which I've heard yet), and we >generally were lucid for as long as we could manage, after which we kept >talking for a while. I don't have much to add to Dolph's incredibly detailed description of how we hung out together, but I do have to observe the following: putting two Fegs together for several days means that you are never short on conversation. Just bring up a band name and you can both go off for several minutes talking about them. Even if you don't know anything about their music, as music fans you both have spent years mentally collecting little tid-bits of factoids and stories and clever quotes about every band in existence. So you always have something to say. Oh yeah -- I'm still not sure other wedding guests appreciated the great honor of being trapped in the back of Dolph's car while we played several bootleg Soft Boys concerts at them. Hopefully they at least enjoyed watching our two heads in front of them, bouncing around and singing "Underwater Mooooonliiight!" - - David Librik who would rather read about Fegs than Indie Rock, so no need to apologize ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:36:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: sex, style, fegmania, and Lloyd On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Terrence M Marks wrote: > They're mainly known for novelty hits, but they're good songwriters, and > John Flansburgh (in addition to making the top 10 in People Magazine's > online "Most Beautiful People" poll[1]) is a very good guitarist[2]. nope... Linnell was #9 in the People Magazine poll. Flansburgh is currently scaling the heights of the Time Magazine Man Of The Century poll. thank you, internet. anyway, i want to echo the praise being directed toward TMBG live. their rate of production of new material has slowed to a crawl, and i think the performances they chose for the new live album were mostly unremarkable. (there's only two or three new songs on it, the best of which is a song called "First Kiss" that has almost exactly the same melody as "Santa's Beard" -- is this really the same band that used to claim they had 2000 songs recorded but unreleased?) even so, they put on a good show and take the risks they've stopped taking in the studio. and the new Mono Puff record is big fun; i'm hoping word hasn't gotten out yet and their show in boston this month won't be too packed. a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Aug 98 23:53:17 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Teddy boys. > OK... in how many songs does Robyn mention Teddy boys? > > I know it's in Tonight (along with Teddy girls), but isn't it in another > as well? > > I wonder how many songs were written that refer to these folks. > Presuming this is a different question than the first one -- McCartney's "Teddy Boy" ELP's "Benny the Bouncer" - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:24:59 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Be glad that the Feg list isn't THIS list! http://www.mindspring.com/~nycguy/maccal.htm http://macca.inter-pc.com/macca-news/index.stm Just came across these URLs today. Wow. How *thoroughly* repellent. And I thought the invitation-only Beach Boys list sounded vile.... Incidentally, speaking of Rufus and Sean, if you want to hear the *nadir* of rock-star nepotism, check out the faceless VH1 schlock that is Adam Cohen's debut album. Adam's mother must've fouled up his genetic code somehow, because this album is trite swill, through and through. And not an interesting lyric on the entire disc. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:25:48 +0100 From: Tony.Blackman@sita.int Subject: [none] Mike said << > 10, Nags Head, Wollerton *Wollaton* I think, in Nottingham (or possibly Wolverton?)>> That'll be the Nag's Head, Wollaston, halfway between Northampton and Milton Keynes. A grotty pub that used to have gigs on in the "shed" out the back. Coincidentally, (for TGQ) the first place that I ever saw U2 play. Tony ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:57:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: flair-TMBG > HEY! No cracking on Flair! He was a much needed personality in > the WCW, until that no talent Hulk Hogan came in...(Who may hold the > dubious title of "Star of longest consecutive string of MST3K-quality > movies)....:-) I say that Tor guy from Plan 9, etc. would win, except he was more "villain" than "star" (But he was a wrestler) What about Rodney Dangerfield or Chris Farley? > On to topics in the real (?) world...Has anyone seen TMBG in concerT? > Are they worth seeing? > -luther Three times. They're a really fun band, with a good show, but they rely too much on the 'classics', some of which don't sound right with a band (the band is, at last count, down to just the Johns, a drummer and a bass guitarist [Graham Maby, I believe]). Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:10:43 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Be glad that the Feg list isn't THIS list! >http://www.mindspring.com/~nycguy/maccal.htm This one is pretty funny, actually!! And just when we thought no one could compare to Ms. D Sharpe (though I like to think of her as Mrs. Eb), we get this chick: - -------------[copied from the Web site's copies of posts to the list]--------- Subject: Re: Is the recent RS full interview with Yoko on the internet? From: "Heather Treppen-Moore" Date: 1998/06/24 Message-ID: <01bd9f1b$e1903660$a4269bcf@melodyc> Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles Yoko's Tribute to Linda? This the same broad who knocked her husband repeatedly in tiny and petty ways. I should think shutting the hell up might be a more fitting tribute. ----------------------------------------------------- This had me rolling!! Apparently, she's the list moderator and she posts under several pseudonyms! And when people criticize Paul, they get thrown off the list! oh woj, woj, woj-- thank you for being our daddy! lj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:43:41 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Green coffee and cigarettes >So you met Eb???? Under what circumstances??? Was he wearing a yellow >striped shirt?? > >Am I the only one whose curiosity is piqued by this little tidbit? No, you are not alone... Danielle, do tell. :) >Flush with success, I got hungry again. We stopped at the corner >coffeeshop, and I ordered a peanut butter bar and a green peppermint >cappuccino. It was So Very Green. It was soylent green. It actually >looked like warm Maalox. I will confirm independently that it was pretty fucking scary. It looked like a warm McDonald's St. Patrick's Day shake, and tasted vaguely coffee-like, but not really. >Nat pulled out her Skylarking CD and said "oh, I bet you can't do >anything from here, with all that production..." I Love A Challenge. >So, we did "Sacrificial Bonfire." I must add that I was SO impressed by this... Dolph is indeed The Man (tm). I'm surprised that we didn't annoy the neighbors - this whole hootenanny was taking place at about 11:30pm - so I can only assume that they enjoyed the show, or else my apartment walls are thicker than I imagined. >Yep, that's them. It isn't really lingerie, though, more like Victorian >everyday underwear -- corsets, petticoats, etc. But I would have thought >that they would be better known for the simple fact of being a band >consisting of three cellists. Those are a lot rarer than bands that just >perform in their underwear! The reason the underwear part stuck out in my mind is that it screams "cheap publicity gimmick" a lot louder than playing cellos. >listening to the new Grant Lee Buffalo at the moment. Not too bad. RH not >audible (nor are any of the other guests, really). I found Robyn to be quite audible, because his voice is so distinctive - but then again, I had those big-ass listening station headphones on and I could probably have heard their shoes creaking if I had it turned up loud enough. n. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:43:29 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: Grotty pubs > Mike said > << > 10, Nags Head, Wollerton > *Wollaton* I think, in Nottingham (or possibly Wolverton?)>> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 Tony.Blackman@sita.int wrote: > That'll be the Nag's Head, Wollaston, halfway between Northampton and > Milton Keynes. A grotty pub that used to have gigs on in the "shed" out the > back. Coincidentally, (for TGQ) the first place that I ever saw U2 play. Thanks Tony. I didn't lend you my copy of "Dimsie Gets Totally Strung Out On Methedrine" did I? Can't seem to find it anywhere... - - Mike G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:50:19 -0400 From: kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander) Subject: Re: what IS a feg? > What IS a feg, by definition>? SOMEWHERE inside a glowing kernel of peace is an irritant- an inflamed seed that messes up the organism. we are best seen as conductors, through which solids, air, and liquids flow constantly, matched by a whorl of loosely related thoughts. if i am a prophet of chaos, then this is truly my age; but perhaps i am a prophet of order, recoiling in disgust from the uncontrollable force of life. inside and out. this albumdoes not deal with the conventional problems of so-called 'real' life: relationships, injustice, politics, and central heating systems, about which it's notoriously hard to talk because orthodox lines of cliche have been devised for and against everything. in the short span of a song- let alone a newspaper- it is easy to descend to slogans and dogma: thatcher is bad, vegetables are good, show business is indifferent. everybody who wants to know that knows it already. the dinosaurs graze in the last warm valley, avoiding the icy winds. to go into 'issues' at the length they merit requires the depth- and double-talk- of a politician. i'm concentrating instead on the organic. all of us exist in a swarming, pulsating world, driven mostly by an unconscious that we ignore and misunderstand. within the framework of 'civilization' we remain as savage as possible. against the dense traffic of midern life, we fortify our animal selves with video violence, imaginary sex, and music: screw you, mate- here i go! one side, mother____er! give it to me, baby, as often and as beautifully as possible- eat lead, infidel scum. mostly we contain ouselves. sexual crimes, and private murders are still news (legalized murders, though, such as executions, wars and the systematic deprivation of the helpless, seldom make the headlines). but our inflamed and disoriented psyches smoulder on beneath the wet leaves of habit. insanity is big business. and vice versa. religion isn't dead either. the antichrist will have access to computers, television, radio, and compact disk. if he walks among us already, the chances are that he has a walkman. i just hope it's not christ himself, disillusioned after two thousand years in a cosmic sitting room full of magazines and cheeseplants, turned malignant and rotting in despair at the way his message has been perverted. my contention is, however- and it's a bloody obvious one- that beneath our civilized glazing, we are all deviants, all alone, and all peculiar. this flies in the face of mass marketing, but i'm sticking with it. so loosen your spine, bury your television, and welcome to a globe of frogs... robyn hitchcock november 1987 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 98 08:34:04 PDT From: "Khoi Huynh" Subject: Re: Teddy boys. REPLY TO 08/04/98 21:03 FROM rosso@sceast.cn.ca "Ross Overbury": Re: Teddy boys. > I wonder how many songs were written that refer to these folks. >Presuming this is a different question than the first one -- >McCartney's "Teddy Boy" >ELP's "Benny the Bouncer" The Kinks "Where Are They Now?" To: rosso@sceast.cn.ca cc: FEGMANIAX@SMOE.ORG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 12:50:03 -0700 From: Mike Runion Subject: Re: comment luther wrote: > Has Julian Cope released anything since "20 Mothers" yet? Yup...though most of it is availably only on import direct from Head Heritage (http://www.headheritage.co.uk/). His only official Julian Cope album released since the superb "20 Mothers" is "Interpreter". This was originally only available on import (Echo), but a small Canadian label picked it up and released it Stateside last year. The only place I've ever seen it was in our local Virgin Megastore. By the way, it's a rollicky and poundingly up-front and fun album...sorta "St. Julian" crossed with "20 Mothers". He's also released "Rite2" (stunning) and the second Queen Elizabeth (...eh), and Island released "The Lives Of St. Julian" last year as well, which is a compilation of b-sides and remixes from the St. Julian and My Nation Underground period. A few 7" singles have popped up at HeadHeritage as well. Of course, Julian's new book "The Modern Antiquarian" (a field guide to ancient megalithic sites in the UK) is due out in the UK in October I believe...hardbound, published by Harper Collins...press releases expect it to be a heavy holiday seller. If interested, check this site: http://www.netsign.com/~andrew/trampolene/mod_ant.html Mike (the resident feg-drude) - -- 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: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:09:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Subject: Re: Dimsie Does Dallas How utterly self-indulgent I am. I just wanted this thread to continue, because it has a *great* title. :) Tony said: > "Dimsie Steals Her Mother's Diazepam" > > "Dimsie Drops Out Of Durham University" > > "Dimsie Gets A Job In Advertising" > > and "Dimsie Shags The Boss To Get A Promotion" Dimsie *actually* ends up with a lovely doctor called Peter who was crippled in World War I. Shagging is not mentioned. Oh, and lj: yes. I was in LAX on my way here. No, thank god. And yes, it seems that you are. ;) Danielle, unsuccessfully trying to think of 'Teddy Boy' songs while stealthily using LSU's library computers for illegal purposes NP Air conditioning _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 98 10:21:16 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: GLB Review in latest Consumable (1% RH) The latest issue of Consumable Online mentions RH in the review of the new Grant Lee Buffalo release: http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1998/08.05/ In other, albeit sad, news, Toad The Wet Sprocket have offically called it quits. Thus, Barenaked Ladies has even less competition for suckiest band in the world. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:44:10 -0700 From: "Best Man Poor Man" Subject: Guess what? fegs, Some of you (Eddie, Bayard, Luther) may be interested to know that the long-dormant Crystal Branches is now (partially, at least) back online. Now that I'm working nights again, it should be easier for me to work on it more often in order to have a complete site up and running in a short time. If you're interested, the URL is: http://www.sonic.net/~uberg/Hitchcock/ Ciao! - -g- )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( Glen Uber Email: uberg@sonic.net ICQ UIN: 13311304 Web: http://www.sonic.net/~uberg "The war on drugs is a joke and we the people are the punch line." --From a letter to the Editor The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 July 1998 )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:22:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Fuller Subject: from randi - a Globe Of Fegs Thank You To Bayard Now... Although I have just written a note to Bayard for my own clarification - I've never been part of a tape tree before - as Bayard will soon find out - - I just wanted to say ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! T H A N K Y O U B A Y A R D ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! - - for all the hard work you put into this project - I don't know who else helped him - but THANKS to you too :} fading back into yesterday, Randi *what scares you most will set you free* - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:21:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Subject: Re: Teddy boys. Did Capuchin ask what Teddy Boys were? I've actually done a little 'study-by-proxy' on the Teddy Boy phenomenon in New Zealand (one of my friends wrote her thesis on 1950s NZ youth culture), and I can tell you how they dress, if you like: black stove-pipes, flamboyantly coloured and usually matching shirts and socks, those fabulous duck-tail pompadours... They were called 'bodgies' in NZ and Australia, with girlfriends known as 'widgies' (pencil skirts, whirlpool bras, etc). (Not to be confused with 'milk-bar cowboys', who were of the altogether greasier Brando-Wild One variety.) Someone mentioned Adam Ant... I think he's probably part of the late-seventies/early eighties 'new wave' fashion thing - some fifties styles were kinda 'refracted' through punk. The Teddy Boy 'mindset', if you like (how teddy boys were sexually and socially subversive, what young men dressing flamboyantly meant to 50s society, and so on), is talked about at some length in Linda Grant's Sexing the Millenium. I *think*. It's been a long time since I've read it, and though it's a little self-indulgent (not enough footnotes, too many personal anecdotes), it's a fascinating read, ideas-wise. Danielle, who still hasn't been kicked off these library computers _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #298 *******************************