From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #396 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, October 21 1998 Volume 07 : Number 396 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: This Sucky List (1% RH, 0% Firesign Theater, RPI) [lj lindhurst ] POLL: What's your favorite song on Physical Graffiti? (was Re: When I Was Dead) [Jason Thornton ] Re: This list sucks! [edoxtato@ssax.com] from randi - oh oh [Tim Fuller ] re: POLL: What's your favorite song on Physical Graffiti? [Russ Reynolds ] Re: This List Sucks [Ross Overbury ] RE: 100% Hoo 2 ["Scott (Ferris) Thomas" ] Sucking Lists [Eleanore Adams ] John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon: whose drum kit weighed the most? [] Re: This List Sucks! [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: Sucking Lists (pit content) [Danielle ] suckfest [Bayard ] the WHO and Storefront thoughts [jonathan pont ] shoot the keyboard player [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: shoot the keyboard player [Terrence M Marks ] cambridge CD [Russ Reynolds ] Re: This List Sucks! [fred is ted ] Re: John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon: whose drum kit weighed themost? [Insomnboy@aol.] alcool et lysergia [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Warning: Paul Simon reference ahead [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (J] Attention Gorey fans (no Robyn) [steve ] Re: alcool et lysergia [Eleanore Adams ] Wanted: K records Single [Briannupp@aol.com] "if chewbacca lives on endor, you must acquit." ["Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: This Sucky List (1% RH, 0% Firesign Theater, RPI) >Funny how these two words are being used here. Suck and List. I am stting >here musing how much I love those two words together. BAck in 1982, I >created my own SuckList, which now has over 300 entries. Maybe you all >want to go and check it out > >http://www.panix.com/~gsa/slist.html > >WARNING: Quite offensive. Here, here-- I agree. Gary's list *is* quite offensive! And wonderfully so. But "Black Bart" (as he is known in these-here-parts) forgets to mention his equally delightful "Death Plane", which is a list of all celebrities he would like to see DEAD! (I am forever trying to get him to add the entire cast of "Mad About You" to this list, but at least I persuaded him to put Everything But the Girl on there) He also fails to mention the "mini suck list" which is microscopically written on one of those magnetic pocket-sized address books. He carries it around, constantly denoting That Which Sucks in tiny little letters that only God Himself could read (I mean the other god, not EC). That boy ain't right in the head! lj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:55:45 -0700 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Re: This List Sucks! At 08:33 PM 10/19/98 -0500, Miles Goosens wrote: >At 05:43 PM 10/19/98 -0700, roger jackson wrote: >>This list, however, is miserable. Posts about trees, trades, or >>anything even remotely related to Robyn are rare. Instead, we get >>personal anecdotes, incidental remarks, and just plain foolishness. > >Hm, things that all are characteristic of a community of friends, not just >a couple o' hundred strangers comparing boot lists... Speaking of which, I've an extra pair of brown Doc Marten's I've been meaning to trade for some alligator Cowboys. Contact me if interested. This list still fucking sucks[*], - --Jason np, still: Cake's new one "People on ludes should NOT drive!" [*]=in a Primus sorta way. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:47:32 -0700 From: Jason Thornton Subject: POLL: What's your favorite song on Physical Graffiti? (was Re: When I Was Dead) At 10:50 AM 10/20/98 -0700, Mike Runion wrote: >.... All this >trippy Grateful Dead music is pumping out of the place, old Jerry Garcia >guitars are strewn all over the front porch, tie-dye tapestries hang in >every window, those nasty little acid bears are taped up everywhere. The >place sits in an everpresent haze of sweet-smelling incense, and throngs >of hippies in Dead t-shirts and clamoring over the gates to get in. >Robyn is puzzled and calls out to God. "Now, I'm certainly happy with >this little home I've got, but I'm just wondering, why does Jerry Garcia >deserve so much more?" God smirks and replies "That's not Jerry's house, >that's mine!" I knew I wasn't a Satanist for nothing. - --Jason np: Cake, "Prolonging the Magic" ("Sheep go to Heaven. Goats go to Hell.") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:53:13 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: This list sucks so hard it's turned inside-out >To mis-quote an old lager advert some Brits may remember >' Fegmaniax refreshes the parts that other lists cannot reach " ! Our new motto! Wheee!! But seriously, guys, we're missing the real crux of the issue here. Now, as Sharkboy has pointed out, we are all constructs of the Great Quail. But *why* were we constructed? Philosophers for millenia have pondered this question; the oracles before their great gallinaceous idols have asked the gods in vain. But now we know - we were constructed in order to entertain Roger Jackson; and more importantly, WE HAVE FAILED. *Clearly* the fault lies with the Quail himself, since we have no control over our programming, so Roger, you're blaming the wrong folks. It's not our fault. I recommend that you humbly approach the Quail, abase yourself before him, and ask that we be reprogrammed in order to more efficiently meet your all-important mailing list needs. He may grant your wish. Alternately, he may turn you into a cabbage. Proceed at your own risk. n. (or you *could* unsubscribe...) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:46:02 -0700 From: Mark Gloster Subject: Las Grandes Codornices con frijoles refritos y agua con hielo Las Grandes Codornices A parallax view. Galphreed T. Hlmrglglupccht (one of the l's is silent- I can't remember which) sucked down the last embers of his seventy-third unfiltered Pall Mall in a row as he slumped over his Timex Sinclair which was supported by wrappers and old pizza boxes and bent used ear swabs. He considered his words carefully as he pawed the aging membrane keypad with his right hoof. He was still seething about that crack Eb made about washing hair not meaning selling out. He thought his head was going to explode he was so mad. Of course, washing your hair is selling out. There is so much to do in your life, that would be a complete waste of time. His Astraltune was gleebing the Grezuzenuphezol Zoloft Zoetropy Orkystraw '68 recording of Satie's "The 3 Insipidies" in his left ear, and the right chanel was playing a bad live Ned Zepuphalin boot, but I repeat myself. "Waaay waaay Down down Inside side Wooman man.." Man, "this Sinclair is gonna be big," he thought, as he looked around his room. 43 years of living in his parents basement might someday be a problem for him. Oh yea, it wasn't like he never got out. He went to the Xena convention and got an autograph from Ted Raimi. He had been to several Star Trek conventions. He had even toured as the keyboard player for Spinal Tap and with Starland Vocal Band. Once he went out to a comic book store to get X-file cards all by himself. Yes, he was his own man. Even more than Star Trek's William Shatner, Galphreed wished he was Roger Jackson, and, well The Great Quail. He thought, "Gosh-golly-jeepers, how can I feel better about myself?" Hours later it came to him, like a 7 o'clock tease of the 11 o'clock news, interrupting a Space 1999 broadcast. "I'll say the Fegmaniax list Sux, and sign Roger Jaxon's name to it." "Galph, if you were any smarter your neck couldn't support your brain!" he pphtortled to himself. I'm going to fire the first shot that rang out around the world that was heard around the world that was loud. He was getting his Chez Buoy Are Deef Pickled Kidney Ronzoni down his Paper Lace concert tee, but it didn't bother him. It kinda went with the great pizza of 83 and the Raisinettes and Milk Duds that were still attached to it. Now, let's see what the Quail does with this. I am a complete master. This will be like a computer virus, only the whole world will fold into itself, unless Janeway can save us. Yes, I'm saving myself for Janeway, unless one of the Romulan chyx comes to take me away, in all their stylish polyester splendor. "Hmmm. Imagine if Janeway was wearing glasses!" he gizzorbbled. He sat and watched his inbox and began dunking candied chicken livers in asparagas julip peanutbutter relish cream sauce and eating them while he waited for emails to beg him to stay on the list. He waited. And waited. And waited. - ---------------------------------- Perhaps with this huge pillar of our little village threatening to crumble under the weight of our inane putrid insipidities. Before it does, though, I thought I'd take this time (while jim is wrestling the bear, I thought I'd take time to sell you some life insurance) to say thanks for being great and insipid and all that stuff that you all are. Oh, and for being tolerant of mine. Insipidly yours, - -sharkboy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:52:02 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: 100% Hoo 2 The existence of a quadrophonic version of Quadrophenia has been questioned by a listmember. I was sure it was originally put out in quad in (?)1973. However, I have been losing my grip since the antihistamines took hold. Can any of you experts confirm or dysfirm(?) the existence of aforesaid artefact? Merci buckets - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:51:46 -0500 From: edoxtato@ssax.com Subject: Re: This list sucks! >>>Ross: >>>I bet you're having a field day reading the reactions to your posting! >>>In your honour, I propose we title all postings "RE: This list sucks!" >>>for the next couple of weeks.... Eb >How about titling them "POLL: What's your favorite song on Physical >Graffiti" instead? The silent bits between the songs are the best tracks. As with any Zepplin album. In this case, I find that no matter what media used (vinyl, CD, cassette), the sound quality is excellent and true unavailable on ANY bootleg. - -Doc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:10:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Fuller Subject: from randi - oh oh Hello wonderful fegland :} While I recently told some of you that I was hoping to leave the hospital...I kinda had a horrendous relapse last night. {don't worry carole it was a few hours after i talked to you ;} Anyway - laptop is going going gone in a few minutes. I hope to find computer access again - and maybe the relapse is a tiny one - I really really hope, but I actually don't know. So, if I'm absent, you'll all know why. Susan and Carole, I obviously have *your* numbers...so I'll try to let people know what's going on through you, or I'll write a letter and Tim will type it for me. In the meantime - everyone that knows me - please cross your fingers and toes for me - 'cause I'm a bit {A BIT?!} scared. Susan forgive me for using your sig. But Love On All Of You Wonderful People in fegland who have been so nice to me...it really means a lot. Okay - praying the relapse is temporarily... Randi {if I get a new phone number I'll give it to carole or susan and they can give it to whomever wants it...gosh - I hope I'm really over-reacting...} ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 98 10:23:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: re: POLL: What's your favorite song on Physical Graffiti? well, *I* like "down by the seaside" HITCHCOCK CONTENT: I think Sterling could be the guy to silence those Yankee bats tonight. ROBYN HITCHCOCK CONTENT: Saw the note on the Cambridge disc. Any rebuttals? More details? Is there much talking between songs? Any angry chants of "Bring back Roger Jackson!" from the crowd? I miss the web updates. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 98 13:19:20 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: This List Sucks > > > The existence of a quadrophonic version of Quadrophenia has been > questioned by a listmember. I was sure it was originally put out in quad > in (?)1973. However, I have been losing my grip since the antihistamines > took hold. Can any of you experts confirm or dysfirm(?) the existence of > aforesaid artefact? > > Merci buckets > > - Mike Godwin > > I found: THE WHO - Decidedly Belated Response (The 1973 North American Tour). The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label TAKRL-1916 (QS) [Bootleg] Tales from the Who. Quadrapig/Trademark of Quality Delux Series 62002Q (QS) [Bootleg] {Both Bootlegs above are from an FM broadcast at the Capitol Center Largo, Md. '73} Whether these performances are of Quadrophenia, I can't say. I do remember seeing the Who on the Quadrophenia tour and the sound was quadrophonic for that show. Excite and lycos searches on "quadrophonic & quadrophenia" and "quadraphonic & quadrophenia" produced no info on an official quad release. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:12:12 -0400 From: "Scott (Ferris) Thomas" Subject: RE: 100% Hoo 2 I think my version was quadrophonic...I bought the vinyl for (I think) 25¢ at my town library in the 80s. I don't think it exists anymore, though. In my more thoughtless years I gave away a lot of my vinyl when I replaced 'em on cd. They weren't so much thoughtless years as much as they were years when I was incapable of thought. I think. I can't remember. - -f. __________________ F. S. Thomas programmer FUNNYBONE Interactive fthomas@cendantsoft.com > ---------- > From: Michael R Godwin > Reply To: Michael R Godwin > Sent: Tuesday, 20 October, 1998 12.52 pm > To: The Keeper of Souls > Subject: Re: 100% Hoo 2 > > > The existence of a quadrophonic version of Quadrophenia has been > questioned by a listmember. I was sure it was originally put out in quad > in (?)1973. However, I have been losing my grip since the antihistamines > took hold. Can any of you experts confirm or dysfirm(?) the existence of > aforesaid artefact? > > Merci buckets > > - Mike Godwin > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:05:54 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Sucking Lists I must put in my two cents too (since I usually have nothing to say about anything)......I love this list just the way it is. I don't think I would belong or attempt at belonging if it wasn't full of placentas because I really am not that musically ept. I just know what I like and know nothing about chords or keyboards. I do know I like RH and Lovecraft. I have one question for the Kiwi Fegs. My husband has been nagging me to ask this embarrasing question because of his lust for Xena and this is the only forum that may answer this - do Kiwi women normally shave their arm pits, or does just the tv Xena stars? Do the rest of the chix go hairy and eastern european-like? (no offence ment to any hairy women) RH newsgroup forever! Eleanore ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:44:37 -0700 From: Eb Subject: John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon: whose drum kit weighed the most? I got a surprise call today, and I have a ticket to see Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach tonight! WHEEEE! I had totally given up on going. Hey Danielle, tell those COSTELLO-L prigs to look out for the back of my head, rows and rows in front of them. ;) Maybe it's karmic payback for all the computer torture I'm experiencing. Damn, this is the busiest day for Fegposts that I can remember. The fallout from my Storefront Hitchcock review was embarrassingly paltry, compared to the wondrous mountain of verbiage which greeted Roger's Complaint. Oh, and I hope that amidst all the warm-fuzzy posts about the hallowed Feg community, the genuine *horror* of Randi's post wasn't overlooked. Sorry Quail, but none of your Surreal ramblings can elicit a shudder the way Randi's news did.... Eb, still unable to reinstall his web browser np: Photek/Form & Function ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:15:23 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: This List Sucks! In a message dated 98-10-20 10:56:05 EDT, you write: << > On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Terrence M Marks wrote: > > > what's a Roger Jackson? > > > > It's a kind of small cylindrical wrench. > > I thought it was a revolutionary movement opposed to the expansionist > imperial policies of Jacksonian America. > Isn't it a breed related to Scottie dogs? >> No, actually, I was drinking Roger Jacksons all last night. Sort of like a Tom Collins or a Harvey Wallbanger, IIRC. - -------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:19:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Subject: Re: Sucking Lists (pit content) Eleanore asks: > I have one question for the Kiwi Fegs. My husband has been nagging me to > ask this embarrasing question because of his lust for Xena and this is > the only forum that may answer this - do Kiwi women normally shave their > arm pits, or does just the tv Xena stars? Do the rest of the chix go > hairy and eastern european-like? (no offence ment to any hairy women) The vast majority of Kiwifemmes (including myself, though most of you probably didn't need to know that) shave their armpits on a regular basis. Tell your husband that his lust is totally warranted, since we all look just as stunning as Lucy Lawless. Right, James and Martin? Right, Ebby? ;) Danielle, who would also like to point out that in general, Auckland women seem to be about 500 times as stylish as students at LSU, though that probably isn't saying much _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:15:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: suckfest >This List Sucks! maybe, but it's... less boring than the Dan Bern list - - less political than the Bragg list - - less syrupy than the Jonathan Richman List - - less inactive than the Jazz Butcher list - - less un-vibrant and lacking in possibilities than the Zep list - - less bad-annoying than KOSTELLO_EL - - less impersonal than the Pink Floyd list - - less (or more) friendly than Ecto, depending on who you ask - - more interactive than "a word a day" - - more entertaining than the Denise Sharpe list - - sexier than the Barrett list - - the traffic is less overwhelming than on alt.fan.eb I've thought it over, and I'm staying! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:37:06 -0400 From: jonathan pont Subject: the WHO and Storefront thoughts >I thought 'Behind Blue Eyes' was the last decent song that Townshend wrote - can't stand things like 'Teenage Wasteland...'< I'm a big Townshend fan. I've always been partial to "The Who by Numbers" (1975) and his solo LP "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes" (1982). "Numbers" is in many ways a precursor to the end of the Who, and Townshend said in an interview that he had that batch of songs written and sort of regrets using the Who as the songs' vehicle. But it's really an amazing record, full of self-doubt and loathing, and a lot of tenderness, too. Plus the band just plays beautifully. "Chinese Eyes" was a message of survival as the Big T turned back from the abyss. For someone as f*cked up as Pete was just before he made it, it's an incredibly lucid record. Am happy to throw those on a cassette for anyone who's curious. Reply off-list. As for obligatory Robyn content, I'm concerned that Warner Bros. has neither the muscle nor the interest to push "Storefront." The writing was on the wall when the Grant Lee Buffalo record: a) was great! b) got airplay and critical interest; c) went nowhere. Friends in the industry tell me that Warner laid off a ton of people and have little in the way of meaningful promotional staff. One of Robyn's greatest supporters, Rick Gershon, works for WB, so that helps somewhat. It seems that WB has fallen into the industry rut of "pray for (big seller here) to sell and whatever else sticks, sticks." Blech! Hey Cynthia, you still around? Please reply off-list. - jp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:58:33 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: shoot the keyboard player Well, If I got booted out of the Egyptians after recording just two albums "fegmania" and "hen", *I* Would think this list sucks too! Anyone know why mr. jackson stopped being an egyptian? -luther > >Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:56:19 +0930 >From: dlang >Subject: List sucking > >I think we all ought to thank Roger Jackson for getting everyone all worked >up and defensive about our wondrous list . Especially since there were only >about three posts the whole weekend, its stirred everything up quite nicely . > I vote we make him a life member or better still , he can take over cult >status from the Quail and Carl Palmer. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:47:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: shoot the keyboard player On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, David W. Dudich wrote: > Well, If I got booted out of the Egyptians after recording just two > albums "fegmania" and "hen", *I* Would think this list sucks too! > > Anyone know why mr. jackson stopped being an egyptian? Well, Robyn said he overplayed live, and Andy could play keyboard well enough in studio (like "The Leopard"). My guess was that it was just a case of "things worked better with a trio" and Roger was the odd man out. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 98 08:31:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: cambridge CD Roger Jackson brought up a good point...what ABOUT that Cambridge CD? At least one feg has this already...how about a review? Roger Jackson is a very patient man. Took us three years to wear him down. Lesser humans have unsubbed inside of a week. Robyn Hitchcock was less patient with Roger Jackson. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:41:40 -0700 (PDT) From: fred is ted Subject: Re: This List Sucks! I have no time for this twaddle as I'm leaving to catch a plane in 40 mins, so let me just say this, Jackson. Beat it, troll. Arrivederci, baby. You know, I was going to unsubscribe while I'm away--but you know what, now I won't, just to spite you . So there! How you like them apples? HAAA HAAA HAAA NYAH NYAH. You've got the Big Bad Quail on yer ass, now, son. Feglist is bestlist. Nuff said. Ted "Yeah, we get high on music" Kim Deal _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:22:24 EDT From: Insomnboy@aol.com Subject: Re: John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon: whose drum kit weighed themost? Actually, The heaviest drum kit of the 70's belonged to Carl Palmer circa "Brain Salad Surgery" It was supposedly made of copper!!!! Talk about pretentious!! Russell in Los Angeles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:34:13 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: alcool et lysergia >James wrote >>it's pretty clear from most indicators that alcohol falls behind >>LSD but ahead of the others in terms of long term direct damage. > >I find that very surprising . Can you elaborate ?.Do you refer to physical >damage , psychological consequences , or both ? I have known one or two people >to have lasting damage after using acid , but IMHO booze is far more damaging >, especially if you factor in car crashes, its propensity to lead to violence >and long term damage to major organs, not that I'd recommend any drugs >really,they all have downsides in the long run. the car crashes and violence are not direct damage caused by alcohol. They are damage caused by people doing stupid things while under the influence of alcohol. A quibbling point, maybe, but simply drinking alcohol will not lead to you being in a car crash (unless you are silly enough to drive afterwards).The long term damage to major orgams occurs with overindulgence - - moderate usage hasrelatively [1] minor effect. Overuse can cause severe effects. From the viewpoint of direct damage as seen in drug comparison studies, this makes alcohol less damaging. The social reality, however, is certainly that alcohol can have severe consequences. The comparisons are usually made on normal (i.e., low to moderate) usage of the drugs in question. In regular high usage, alcohol can easily do a huge amount of damage. A far as direct effects are concerned, low usage of alcohol has only a relatively small effect. It is also excreted from the system completely within a few hours of ingestion. LSD, on the otherhand, is a teratogen: a single ingestion can (some experts say will) alter the cellular structure of the brain permanently, irrespective of the dosage. Even though the drug itself may be excreted from the body, the effect of it may last indefinitely - hence the 'flash-back' syndrome. The one advantage that LSD does have over alcohol is that ISTR there is less tolerance in LSD - - the user does not have to continually increase the dosage required to get the same hit to nearly the same extent. With alcohol, however, an addict will likely increase the amount ingested, with all the accompanying ramifications of that action. James (what was that Kim Deal quote again?) [1] there's that word again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:36:57 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Warning: Paul Simon reference ahead >PS to Danielle: I'll never refer to the Kiwi fegs as "James et al" again! If you do, can Danielle call you Betty? >> (Hell, I thought Townshend wrote a few good songs as late as >the Face Dances era....) > >'Squeeze Box'? 'Join Together'? My feeling is that Townshend ran out of >steam at about the time of the failure of the Lifehouse project. sorry Mike, but quoting two less than whee songs does not discount the possibility that some of the others were excellent. >the unpainted >aluminium tube trains which didn't exist in the early 60s IIRC; nope, they were all red except on the Victoria line, which was only just opening by then, IIRC. I can remember being surprised as a train-mad tube-using six or seven year old at seeing a silvery tube train in about 1970. James (There are 52 stations on the Northern Line) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 98 22:49:35 -0500 From: steve Subject: Attention Gorey fans (no Robyn) There is a *new* Edward Gorey book. The title is The Haunted Tea-Cosy. It's one of those little hardbacks. - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:22:16 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: alcool et lysergia James Dignan wrote: > >James wrote > but IMHO booze is far more damaging > >, especially if you factor in car crashes, its propensity to lead to violence > >and long term damage to major organs, not that I'd recommend any drugs > >really,they all have downsides in the long run. > > the car crashes and violence are not direct damage caused by alcohol. They > are damage caused by people doing stupid things while under the influence > of alcohol. A quibbling point, maybe, but simply drinking alcohol will not > lead to you being in a car crash In fact, my grandmother's doctor has prescribed to her one drink a night for her health. I don't know exactly why, I think it is for thinning out her blood. She does have parkinson's disease and takes medication for that. i think, along with the drink, she takes asprin. Eleanore ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 01:19:57 EDT From: Briannupp@aol.com Subject: Wanted: K records Single Does anyone have an extra copy of the "I something You" EP 7'' for sale? If so look no further! Yes, I`ll be happy to take it off your hands! Thanks! -Brian briannupp@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:58:54 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: "if chewbacca lives on endor, you must acquit." well, the one and only time i did acid, i did it because i thought it was going to enable me to write great poetry. i literally had pen and paper at the ready. didn't happen. however, FEAR NOT, feglets! i *was* able to function in a capitalist society while stoned on acid. i walked to the nearest (i think) 7-11, and purchased a bag of funyuns. so there you have it. but, have you noticed how difficult it is to even physically, you know, draw a line, while on acid? when it *does* create this great outwelling of creativity, i guess the way to capture it is to use a little dictaphone. kind of like michael keaton did in Night Shift. ironically, she had the photo credit in that article. but if it does exist --that is, the tapes themselves are in existence-- why has it never been bootlegged? um, could i get a copy of this? no, really. i suppose Arlo & Janis isn't too bad, but Rose is Rose???? i'll admit that i haven't read it in about ten years, so maybe it's gotten a lot better. but i remember lying awake many a night thinking that Rose is Rose was easily the lamest comic strip ever created. <[and all those quasi-underground ones like Red Meat and This Modern World and so on that Eddie will mention if I don't]).> first of all, congratulations terry for successfully de-nesting such a complicated series of parentheses and/or brackets! secondly, you know what "quasi underground" comic really sucks these days? what in fuck is up with Life in Hell? maybe it's just burnout or whatever, but it just has *not* been even mildly funny in quite some time. there's some radio interview where the host --possibly linda ryan. not sure-- says, "robyn hitchcock is here with some of the egyptians." and you can kind of imagine that robyn, andy, and morris are kind of looking back and forth amongst each other, right? and there's a bit of a rustling of paper and whatnot. finally one of them says, "*all* of the egyptians!" the host --possibly linda ryan. not sure-- says, "oh! what happened to roger?" "he's no longer with us." and that was that. uh, y'all know, do you not, that the only reason butch gaylord aka luther gaylord aka figaro aka abdul samir (or whatever it was) aka roger jackson sends in these "inflammatory" posts is to get a reaction? i've got no beef with hive-stirrin'. as eb said, the list is very active today, and you all know how i welcome ANY AND ALL fegmail. but i do find it a little odd that everyone's always so scandalised, and that he always elicits exactly the response he's looking for. as eb also said, randi's post was truly terrifying. bayard, weren't you going to take up some collection so's we could get something cool and send it to her? i can tell you, just from having sent her some tapes on a few occasions that she VERY MUCH digs receiving gifts from fegs. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #396 *******************************