From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #375 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 2 1998 Volume 07 : Number 375 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: from the LA Times astrology forecast.... [Ethyl Ketone ] DAY-mo, DAAAAY-mo, Damo come and me wanna.... [Eb ] Re: De-lurking... Now is the Time! [The Great Quail ] hey, I'm back, like it makes a difference ;) [Eric R Neffke ] Re: freaks and EC... [David Librik ] Re: freaks and EC... [amadain ] davespiracy [dlang ] Re: UK releases on A&M [M R Godwin ] Re: davespiracy [Christopher Gross ] fwd: by the way... [Russ Reynolds ] ER/RH (50% ea) [Russ Reynolds ] Re: UK releases on A&M [Russ Reynolds ] amazon.com [griffith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 22:05:57 -0700 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: from the LA Times astrology forecast.... At 3.06 PM -0700 9/30/98, Eb wrote: >All right -- where are you CLUish Geminis/Sagittarians hiding? We only have >three months to get acquainted before we get married, you know. > OK, so my name has a C and I'm a Decembers child, but, I swear to you, I am NOT the marrying kind! - - carrie "that would be telling" g "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 11:06:35 -0700 From: Marc Holden Subject: Re:Books for Fegs Well there's always "Dr. Fegg's NASTY Book of Knowledge" by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Later, Marc n.p.--John Cale--Guts ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:56:07 -0700 From: Eb Subject: DAY-mo, DAAAAY-mo, Damo come and me wanna.... Hey, the Damo Suzuki/Michael Karoli show was GREAT. It really did sound like Can! Damo on vocals (no instruments), in garish rainbow-striped pants, dark sunglasses, long hair, beard and mustache. About as short a lead singer as I've ever seen, except for maybe a couple of times when I was forced to see Liquid Jesus back in the day. I was expecting him to be kinda aloof and distant, but that couldn't be further from the truth. He didn't talk much, but that's because most of the songs bled into each other so there wasn't much opportunity. However, get THIS: at the end of the show, during a long instrumental groove, he went into the closest section of crowd (which wasn't all that heavy at this point, since it was after 1:30 am) and actually HUGGED everyone, one by one. Can you BELIEVE that? A good 40 people or so received this Blessing of Damo, I'd estimate. So yes, Mark E. Smith may BE Damo Suzuki, but I've actually hugged the guy. Heh. Talk about a supreme starfucking moment. ;) Karoli played violin about 30% of the time, and guitar the rest. Started out playing violin for the first song, and I was just mildly enjoying the music at the time. But when he picked up the guitar and started moaning with that familar distorted tone, DAMN! Suddenly, it was Can! And later, the other guitarist started getting louder and nastier, so the violin songs still had that Can ambience. So it was six folks onstage, total: Suzuki, Karoli, the other guitarist, a black bassist who was actually just as short as Suzuki, a drummer and a guy who played "noise" on various sequencers/radio/delay devices. There was a 15-minute break in the middle of the show, and the "noise guy" only played during the second half. They didn't do any strict Can songs (I *think*), but one jam evolved into a version of "Mother Sky." A friend of mine told me that this tour is the first time Suzuki has played in the United States. Wow! Not sure about Karoli's US experience, but it can't be much more extensive. I didn't realize that Can never performed live in the States (or at least, according to this friend, who also used to manage one of my very favorite '80s bands Thin White Rope, who -- coincidentally or not? -- covered "Yoo Doo Right" on their Sack Full of Silver album). I was also told that this tour comprises only about 10 dates, so I'm glad that I was lucky enough to see it. I paid full admission, but it was worth it. Eb np: future discards PS Give it UP already, Gregory Hillary Boob. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 98 17:34:12 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: De-lurking... Now is the Time! Susan writes: >Eh, I try to point out where the netiquette violation was and why some >people might be upset or surprised, and suddenly I'm the list bitch. Suddenly -- ? ;-> - --Quail, who hopes Susan notices the devilish smiley. . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: http://www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth "Countlessness of livestories have netherfallen by this plage, flick as flowflakes, litters from aloft, like a waast wizzard all of whirlworlds. Now are all tombed to the mound, isges to isges, erde from erde . . . (Stoop) if you are abcedminded, to this claybook, what curious of signs (please stoop) in this allaphbed! Can you rede (since We and Thou had it out already) its world? . . . Speak to us of Emailia!" --James Joyce, Finnegans Wake ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:53:37 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Okay - this is the *eighth* floor... >All right -- where are you CLUish Geminis/Sagittarians hiding? We only have >three months to get acquainted before we get married, you know. I'm a gemini, but I haven't a clu. >Books for Fegs (NR) sounds like a fair swap to me Re: crossposting, the rue I always go by is that if I want to post someone else's post somewhere else, I ask them first, to make sure it's OK. I thought this was standard netiquette. Matt, if you can't get those A&M releases any other way, I'm sure they're still in the shops here. NZ CDs tend to be a tad more pricey, but as a last resort I could get them for you. I've even seen them second-hand, if you don't object to that. There are four of them, BTW, you missed Queen Elvis I am a little concerned about a cartoon in today's ODT (local newspaper) that had two teenagers discussing whether to call their band "Severe Tyre Damage". >According to a 1993 Gallup poll, 47% say they believe that god created >men and women in approximately their present form only with the last >10,000 years. Only 9% accept the Darwinian view. according to a 1998 survey, 90% of people write with a felt tip. t's not certain what the other 10% do when their tip is felt. James (suffering from an experiment that involves him spending up to four hour per day in a lift/elevator) 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: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 21:54:47 -0400 From: pauly on the shore Subject: promo singles for sale hey fegs, saw this on usenet. in case anyone is interested, make sure to e-mail cramer@sgi.net, not me. ;) +w >Subject: Robyn Hitchcock >From: Paul Cramer >Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 16:07:23 -0700 >Message-ID: <36101770.C3CD9F9E@sgi.net> >Newsgroups: alt.music.uk > >Hey All, > >I have the following available: > >1) US cd single promo for "Ultra Unbelievable Love"/"Dark Green Energy" >2) US cd single promo for "So You Think You're In Love" >3) US cd single promo for "Madonna Of The Wasps" 2 mixes! > >Just e-mail me if interested for quick response! Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:27:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric R Neffke Subject: hey, I'm back, like it makes a difference ;) Hey fellow listers, I come back after 1 1/2 years of self imposed e-mail exile and what do I find? Arguments, repostings to freaks, bad jokes related to the initials EC (by the way, what does Eric Cartman have to do with this anyway? ;P)... why, I'm jabbering to fiends again!!! :) Pronging things, (and sorry about the lack of actual RH content) Eric Neffke, Perpetual Student and Amateur Musician. School of Information and Library Studies, University at Buffalo. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 19:45:32 -0700 From: Eb Subject: by the way... ...thanks for all the birthday presents in my PO Box. :) I don't know where you guys got the idea I love Beanie Babies, though. I don't have a clue where I'm going to put all these damn things. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:21:40 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: freaks and EC... Susan wrote: >However, you have to understand that to some of us "oldbies" this feels a >bit of a betrayal because we were kind of under the impression that what we >wrote here stayed here. LJ answered: >What??? Oh please. This conversation has gone too far. This IS starting >to sound like the Macca-L crap! For Christ's sake, you are posting to a >very public list of 300-500 people. *Anyone* could read it. Every post we make goes on a public website. It can and will be read by thousands of people, by anyone who feels like searching for your name or mine or whatever subject we're talking about. I don't really see a difference between that and Usenet. And, yeah, personally I wish our list posts weren't archived publicly. It bothers me; it makes me feel like I'm being recorded when I thought I was just "shooting the shit" with other people who agree that Robyn Hitchcock is the greatest musician of the modern day. (A small group, I know, but that's who this list is for.) What do you think? - - David Librik p.s. STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK, STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK, STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 00:01:15 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: freaks and EC... >I don't really see a difference between that and Usenet. > >And, yeah, personally I wish our list posts weren't archived publicly. Um well, not to prolong this damn thing, but in my original post I made mention of that fact. When I said "stays here" I meant between list people and those interested enough to look up the archives on the website (there can't be all that many). In which case the posts would be in context. I kind of assumed we all knew they were there. Cripes, I'm not THAT naive. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 23:19:25 +0930 From: dlang Subject: davespiracy - -- Bayard wrote another Dave from Oz.. it's a Davespiracy!! Yes and judging by the e-mail address, he resides in Adelaide also! Williams ! -he has to have Welsh antecedents. You may have forgotten , but I AM Welsh, another coincidence? I don't think so.... Are the forces of darkness gathering around me?, has the feathered one's reach grown so long?. I figured I was relatively safe out here on the rim, but ....apparently not. Is this an attempt to create some weird sort of an alter ego who will usurp my memories and bodily functions? He already has my first name , he lives in the same city, he IS Welsh. No, this is taking things too far, after all this whole thing is just a big joke, I mean I never thought the Quail actually was evil , I just went along with this conspiracy theory for a laugh.... But wait , a truly horrid thought occurs to me, a fantasy that unravels before my eyes as I lapse into a fugue like state of which I am powerless to resist . Even though I screw up my eyes, it plays in my imagination , it flickers in a loathsome sepia tint , reminiscent of a 1920's Buster Keaton flick! But this is no comedy!! The scenario unravels thus I arrange to meet up with this Williams, as we share the same interests. I sit unsuspecting at my Mac posting more Quail plots. A mellow mood, at last , a kindred spirit to share Robyn thoughts with !. The long solitude will be broken. The doorbell interrupts my thoughts. When I open the door a figure is silhouetted in the lamplight , he moves forward into the light and raises his head, Moustache, glasses, three day stubble. ...Mein Gott , its me, or rather, my doppleganger ! He smiles, lifts his hand and points, I'm transfixed, unable to move , totally powerless. My last conscious image is the tiny Quail tattoo on his left wrist, then all goes black............ A dream ? Or has it *already* taken place... This is just too weird , I'm going to lie down for a while. the real original dave ( I think ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:18:11 +0100 (BST) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: UK releases on A&M matt@tide.demon.co.uk, > > I /think/ there are only three A&M albums - Globe of Frogs, Perspex Island > > and Respect... Is that right? Are there any plans to re-release them? On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Ross Overbury wrote: > Don't forget Queen Elvis. If you like fretless bass and Beatlesque > strings, (and I know you like Robyn) you'll like QE. It's deleted > on this side of the pond as well. I think the UK "A&M Greatest Hits" package includes a couple of tracks which aren't on any of the above. - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:26:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: davespiracy On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, dlang wrote: > -- Bayard wrote > > another Dave from Oz.. it's a Davespiracy!! > > Yes and judging by the e-mail address, he resides in Adelaide also! > Williams ! -he has to have Welsh antecedents. You may have forgotten , but > I AM Welsh, another coincidence? > I don't think so.... > Are the forces of darkness gathering around me?, has the feathered one's > reach grown so long? [snip] I understand your concern, Dave, but just remember this: if you ever think you see evidence of one of the Quail's plots, that means it's too obvious to be taken at face value. More likely it's just a trick to distract you from what he's *really* up to. Think about it.... - --Chris ps: I'm working on those pics, I swear! ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 98 07:58:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: by the way... ======== Original Message ======== ...thanks for all the birthday presents in my PO Box. :) I don't know where you guys got the idea I love Beanie Babies, though. I don't have a clue where I'm going to put all these damn things. Eb ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== just our way of saying we think you're full of beans. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 98 08:20:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: ER/RH (50% ea) ER: Any Emmitt Rhodes fans on this list? About 20 years ago somebody tried to turn me on to ER, but I found him to be too much of a Beatle copycat. Never heard another word about him until I saw a review of a "best of" release in the August Mojo. I've since lightened my stance on copycats (besides, the terminology has evolved into "clones") so I'm somewhat intrigued. I'm interested in any & all opinions on this guy, pro or con. RH: How tape trading has improved my life: What used to be a boring three mile jog through the neighborhood each morning has turned into a daily Robyn Hitchcock concert! This morning Kimberley showed up and jammed with Robyn on a couple of Kinks tunes. (anyone have a date for that 12-bar show, by the way? On the tape he mentions it's February 3rd...was that '97 or '98?) - -russ PS for Bay area fegs: check out the new classic modern rock (is that an oxymoron or what?) station at 104.9 FM. Will we be hearing some Hitchcock there? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 98 08:25:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: UK releases on A&M ======== Original Message ======== matt@tide.demon.co.uk, > > I /think/ there are only three A&M albums - Globe of Frogs, Perspex Island > > and Respect... Is that right? Are there any plans to re-release them? On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Ross Overbury wrote: > Don't forget Queen Elvis. If you like fretless bass and Beatlesque > strings, (and I know you like Robyn) you'll like QE. It's deleted > on this side of the pond as well. I think the UK "A&M Greatest Hits" package includes a couple of tracks which aren't on any of the above. - - Mike Godwin ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== I'm pretty sure the UK & US versions are the same. Tracks are from A&M releases only, though. The aforementioned albums plus some singles & B-sides. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 11:11:39 -0700 (PDT) From: griffith Subject: amazon.com Although they do not have a listing for "Ballroom Man", amazon.com is taking pre-orders for "Storefront Hitchcock". They do however have a track listing that lists "The Wind Cries Mary" twice. I'm thinking that this is a mistake, unless this is a special Jimi Hendrix tribute version of Storefront ;) I'm looking forward to the new album. Seeing Robyn perform is what hooked me. I owned PI and heard GoF, but wasn't a feg yet. After seeing him perform a solo acoustic show at McCabe's back in 1994, I was a feg. Now I own all of the studio releases and a handful of live tapes. Perhaps this film will add some new fans to the feg world. griffith (who is coming down with the flu) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu "I believe my throat hurts" - R.E.M. from the song "I Believe" ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #375 *******************************