From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #422 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, November 10 1998 Volume 07 : Number 422 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Hate to break it to you, GQuail, but... [Christopher Gross ] museum of Robyn Hitchcock [Russ Reynolds ] re: Hitchcock.Com [Russ Reynolds ] Clout Of The Rones [Mike Runion ] Re: Hitchcock.Com [Capuchin ] Re: Hitchcock.Com [Zelda Pinwheel ] Re: Clout Of The Rones [Ben ] Re: Smartie Mine [Aaron Mandel ] Lyrics page again. [Capuchin ] Re: Lyrics page again. [Capuchin ] getting smushed by an SUV [lj lindhurst ] Re: Lyrics page again. [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: Hitchcock.Com [Zelda Pinwheel ] Re: Archaeology [Michael Wolfe ] party details ["B. George" ] Hitchcock.Com and Johnny Rhythm [hal brandt ] keep this secret--Texas fegs and others nearby.... [tanter ] dolph chaney please e-mail me ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Archaeology [MARKEEFE@aol.com] [none] [desmond in a tutu ] Re: your mail [Gary Assassin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:38:41 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Hate to break it to you, GQuail, but... On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, The Great Quail wrote: > Ah, lots of laughs all around, the Quail learns a > lesson about handguns, and it all wraps up merrily in the hospital, where > the near-fatally injured Chris Gross accidentally kills Kenny. Accidentally my ass. That mumble-mouthed little twerp got what was coming to him. - --Chris ps: You will note, Quail, that I am still online, at the same e-address, and receiving mail from the Listserver just fine.... ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:36:52 -0500 From: Mike Runion Subject: Hitchcock.Com Yeah, the new website ain't too shabby. For those of you that maybe only used the links at the bottom, click on "First Floor", "Second Floor" and "Coat Check" for a series of little cone-ish cartoons, and check "Restrooms" for the actual tomato-tower object, resting deliciously on a satin pillow. So, what is this thing called? Just the tomato? The Tomato Cone? The Tomato Chess Piece? Is it simply a continuation of the plastic fruit or glued "sweetie" on top of cone concept? Or perhaps something more sinister? Could Ms. Pinwheel have anything to do with this? I fear something terrible has happened...but...you'd better get on with your exercises... Mike (whose 2.7 year old daughter has discovered the joys of Star Wars, or as she calls it, "Daddy's movie") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 98 10:51:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: museum of Robyn Hitchcock 1. yes, "Guildford" is spelled correctly on the CD & LP. B. what? no cones? There needs to be a link to the Runion site! - -rUss NP: John Lennon Anthology. The single most awe inspiring box set I've ever heard. Let us pray... PS for TC: Can you get Todd Rundgren to sign my mouse pad? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 98 11:01:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: re: Hitchcock.Com >Yeah, the new website ain't too shabby. For those of you that maybe >only used the links at the bottom, click on "First Floor", "Second >Floor" and "Coat Check" for a series of little cone-ish cartoons, and ^^^^^^^^^^ Hey, THERE'S the bowie cover someone was asking about! - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:17:07 -0500 From: Mike Runion Subject: Clout Of The Rones Can anyone tell me about the "Rout Of The Clones" Soft Boys bootleg? Is it worth having? How is the recording? Are all the tracks live? Any duplications with Ryko's 1979-1983? Thanks... Mike n.p. Love & Rockets - Lift (still! man, this is growing on me) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:21:04 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Hitchcock.Com I think the site is Keen! Very nifty and far better than most official sites. But I'm not too happy with the big images. If'n I was a modemmin' person, I'd be wonderin' how slow it is. On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Mike Runion wrote: > Yeah, the new website ain't too shabby. For those of you that maybe > only used the links at the bottom, click on "First Floor", "Second > Floor" and "Coat Check" for a series of little cone-ish cartoons, and > check "Restrooms" for the actual tomato-tower object, resting > deliciously on a satin pillow. OK... someone else click on Restrooms and tell me if that's Zelda's tomato atop the little chesspiece/lighthouse thingie. (PS to Ms. Pinwheel: Dig that Gless Flash contribution.) > So, what is this thing called? Just the tomato? The Tomato Cone? The > Tomato Chess Piece? Is it simply a continuation of the plastic fruit or > glued "sweetie" on top of cone concept? Or perhaps something more > sinister? Could Ms. Pinwheel have anything to do with this? Didn't Robyn say it was a lighthouse? He does enjoy his chesspieces. Boo. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:32:24 -0600 From: Zelda Pinwheel Subject: Re: Hitchcock.Com Capuchin wrote: >OK... someone else click on Restrooms and tell me if that's Zelda's tomato >atop the little chesspiece/lighthouse thingie. > Hi Fegs! I too, wondered about this, so I sent an email to "David". Here's wot he said: >I have a question for you...When Robyn was in Austin for the "Storefront" >premiere, I awarded him a plastic tomato and other veggies. I was just >wondering if the tomato that adorns the striped cone is the same tomato I >gave him. If you don't know, that's ok, I was just curious. Glad you like the site, thanks - it's a start anyway. Rogyn said that the tomato you gave him is not the one on the cone, but he does have it on his desk and say thanks agains. Best wishes, David (PS to Ms. Pinwheel: Dig that Gless Flash contribution.) aw shucks! (blushing and turning tomato red) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 14:43:18 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: Clout Of The Rones I have this CD. The bulk of it is from the same show as the Lady Mitchell Hall tape that was treed here sometime ago. The other live stuff doesn't sound as good as the LMH material. I don't think anything is duplicated with "1976-81". The last track is a rehersal of Richard Thompson's Fairport track "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman", but the sound is bad. I prefer the complete Lady Mitchell Hall tape to this CD, and I think the tape sounds better too. I also have the "Poor Will" on a collection of rehersals, and IMO my tape sounds better than the CD version. Does anyone have the other two live sources on tape, how do they compare to the ROTC bootleg? Also, the packaging is kind of neat (as far as bootlegs go, where the average is crap!), a strange Soft Boys discography and a quote from Robyn about the aural warfare he and Kimberly Rew had on stage. Overall, it's an ok CD but not as good as the LMH tape or the rehersals tapes. I'd give it a 10/20, or 2.5 burning crosses, or a C, or.... Mike Runion wrote: > Can anyone tell me about the "Rout Of The Clones" Soft Boys bootleg? Is > it worth having? How is the recording? Are all the tracks live? Any > duplications with Ryko's 1979-1983? > > Thanks... > Mike > > n.p. Love & Rockets - Lift (still! man, this is growing on me) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:19:30 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Smartie Mine On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 Mark_Gloster@3com.com wrote: > or _Dan Bern_ first. _50 Eggs turns some people off for reasons that have > little to do with Dan. if i may ask, what are they? i thought the music was of inconsistent quality, but "Tiger Woods" is one of those jaw-dropping "hang on, i have to hear that again to be sure it was real" songs. a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:56:04 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Lyrics page again. While I haven't yet updated the pages to reflect the new functionality, the address has moved. Nifty, huh? What a world! http://cgi.teleport.com/~capuchin/fegmaniax/lyrics.cgi Not my fault. Je. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:19:01 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Lyrics page again. On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Capuchin wrote: > While I haven't yet updated the pages to reflect the new functionality, > the address has moved. Nifty, huh? What a world! > > http://cgi.teleport.com/~capuchin/fegmaniax/lyrics.cgi > > Not my fault. And oh yeah, I did fix the tiny little thing that cut off the last character of every song. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:37:40 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: getting smushed by an SUV >OK, the great SUV debate (I have this often with friends). I happen to >drive a 10 year old Pathfinder. I've been rear ended twice but never hit >anyone. I also go off road fairly often (my family lives in the middle of a >vineyard). I have used 4WD in snowstorms, in Utah and the desert, in "4WD >sanctioned BLM land", etc. BUT, statistics show that up to 80% of SUV >drivers never get more off roading than a typical road construction site >where they have to drive the shoulder. Ford Explorers are some of the most >un-used 4WD out there. I find the soccer mom in the explorer mentality >annoying enough that when I change vehicles, it is not SUVs that I will be >looking at. Well, I wasn't going to mention it, but I designed a [kinda corny] Web site all about this! No, I am not a big SUV activist or anything, it's just that one of my clients is the Friends of the Earth, and they hired me to do it (it's all about product, product, product-- just ask "Mr. Fashion"). Anyhow, if yous all want to see it, go to: http://www.suv.org, a.k.a., "The Roadhog Info Trough" (You can take our survey!)(yeah, yeah...thrilling.) It has absolutely no Robyn Hitchcock content, but there is some stuff on there linking Carl Palmer to incidences of "road rage" in the outer Chicago area. Your friend, Monsieur Le Poopy Pantaloones ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:56:03 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Lyrics page again. In a message dated 98-11-10 17:04:20 EST, you write: << http://cgi.teleport.com/~capuchin/fegmaniax/lyrics.cgi >> I think Jeme's little button for "Groovy Decay" looks like "Groovy Decry" (in all caps, it makes sense), which would actually be a really cool alternate title . . . maybe for the next time they reissue it ;-) [no wait, that should be a :-( ] - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:17:34 -0600 From: Zelda Pinwheel Subject: Re: Hitchcock.Com Capuchin wrote: >OK... someone else click on Restrooms and tell me if that's Zelda's tomato >atop the little chesspiece/lighthouse thingie. > Hi Fegs! I too, wondered about this, so I sent an email to "David". Here's wot he said: >I have a question for you...When Robyn was in Austin for the "Storefront" >premiere, I awarded him a plastic tomato and other veggies. I was just >wondering if the tomato that adorns the striped cone is the same tomato I >gave him. If you don't know, that's ok, I was just curious. Glad you like the site, thanks - it's a start anyway. Rogyn said that the tomato you gave him is not the one on the cone, but he does have it on his desk and say thanks agains. Best wishes, David (PS to Ms. Pinwheel: Dig that Gless Flash contribution.) aw shucks! (blushing and turning tomato red) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:10:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Re: Archaeology Michael K's voice rang out from on high: > (insightful analysis expurgated) ...So, I guess I see the parallels between > the expressions of the music, but not between the actions/attitudes of the > musicians. The key difference, I think is that wonderful, hip, postmodern irony/self-referentialism that has come to the fore of the media culture in the intervening years (my use of the word "wonderful" being a prime example.) I get the impression that punk tended to be pretty earnest in a lot of ways (in spite of their ridiculous songs, even the Ramones were pretty fiercely DIY), where the (ever so smug) New Wavers predicted & ushered in the current state of affairs in a lot of ways. The germinal use of samples and MIDI devices to make such cheeky favorites as the aforementioned "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "Amadeus" bespeaks a certain degree of cynical, self-celebratory irony that (in my view) is quite consistent with where music has eventually wound up today. The use of such devices in the construction of songs seems to lead pretty naturally to a postmodern and self referential worldview. When you look at grunge vs. electronica, EVERYTHING is filtered through the lens of postmodernism. Sarcasm is now de rigeur for attaining any kind of street cred in any genre, and from that, artistic (and financial) respectability. Smells Like Teen Spirit, for crying out loud, got its title from a stick of DEODORANT marketed for teens! And I HOPE no one needs me to explain the role of ironic detachment in electronica. Of course, some anomalies remain; if earnest sincerity is so dorky these days, how does one explain the success of Pearl Jam? > Sorry, Michael, if I overly dissected your impromptu comparison. I just > found it interesting and thought I'd follow up on it. Not at all! Why would I be on (and contribute to) a discussion group if I didn't fervently hope that the ideas I threw out would be picked at and beaten nigh unto death? (actually, this particular question is rhetorical; it doesn't need to be dissected. :) - -Michael np - Moss Elixir (whoa, eerie) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:40:32 -0400 From: "B. George" Subject: party details Folks Here are the details on our benefit party featuring "Storefront Hitchcock". We have about ten tickets left. Best to direct folks to the webthing, . Thanks! B. George Jonathan Demme invites you to the premier of "Storefront Hitchcock" a live concert film of Robyn Hitchcock to benefit The ARChive of Contemporary Music Please join director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Beloved) and Robyn Hitchcock (Soft Boys, ...and the Egyptians) for a pre-screening cocktail party and buffet at SOB's. Then we'll all walk the 100 yards to Film Forum to hear Jonathan introduce the film and Robyn perform a song or two before the film begins. Weds, Nov. 18th, 1998 6:30 -8:30 - Cocktail Party at SOB's 8:45 - Robyn live at Film Forum 9:00 - Premier of film, "Storefront Hitchcock" SOB's : 204 Varick Street @ W. Houston St. Film Forum : 209 W. Houston St. All attending will receive a special soundtrack CD provided by Warner Bros. Records Tickets are $100 and extremely limited - so call to reserve yours soon. There are $50 tickets to the party only, and a voucher to see the film at a later date. For information contact the ARChive at (212) 226-6967 or arcmusic@inch.com ARChive of Contemporary Music is a not-for-profit archive, music library and research center located in New York City. The ARChive collects preserves and provides information on the popular music of all cultures and races throughout the world from 1950 to the present. Since 1986 our holdings have grown to over 750,000 sound recordings and over 2 million photographs and press kits, making the ARChive the largest popular music collection in the United States. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:32:25 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: Hitchcock.Com and Johnny Rhythm Mike Runion wrote: > > Yeah, the new website ain't too shabby. > check "Restrooms" for the actual tomato-tower object, resting > deliciously on a satin pillow. > > So, what is this thing called? Just the tomato? The Tomato Cone? The > Tomato Chess Piece? Is it simply a continuation of the plastic fruit or > glued "sweetie" on top of cone concept? Or perhaps something more > sinister? Sinister, I say! Why else is it being marketed as a Floating Pen in the Gift Shop? http://www.robynhitchcock.com/pendrawing.gif Russ Reynolds from Rockin' KSJO (don't you hate Jacor's Randy Michaels ?) wrote: > NP: John Lennon Anthology. The single most awe inspiring box set I've ever > heard. I went through the whole set in two sittings. I laughed and cried multiple times. Tape weenie that I am, I have the entire 200+ hours of the historic "Lost Lennon Tapes" radio series in my collection and I really thought that this boxed set would be a rehash of that material. Surprisingly, it comprises only about 15% and the rest is all new and redefines Lennon even at this late date. Some of the Mind Games and Walls & Bridges stuff just comes alive, not to mention the POB sessions. I could go on and on, but even if you think you've heard all the Lennon there is via bootlegs, etc., you haven't heard most of this stuff. BTW, that great version of "Serve Yourself" (the Dylan "Gotta Serve Somebody" parody I mentioned months back if anyone remembers) is included on Disc Four. Also, the hilarious exchanges between John & Phil Spector during the "lost weekend" Rock 'n' Roll sessions are gutbusters. You can get this for $53 if you look around, so do so before it goes out of print. Kudos to Yoko for getting it right (she produced it). /hal NP-Dick's Picks 12 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:25:47 -0500 From: tanter Subject: keep this secret--Texas fegs and others nearby.... Hi. This is top secret secret! Any localish fegs want to have a party near Christmas? Alex, my hubby, turns 30 on the 24th and I think it would be cool to have a surprise party for him but we don't really know many people here in Texas and I'd just as soon have fegs--prefer them really! We can play Robyn, Dan Bern, anything you like, into the wee hours. We have a huge house and have room for some folks at least to sleep over. Please email me at my work email (tanter@tarleton.edu) and don't send anything to _this_ address or post to feg since he'll see it. I don't have an exact date in mind, but the nearer to the 24th the better. Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:50:01 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: Archaeology >of their ridiculous songs, even the Ramones were pretty fiercely DIY), >where the >(ever so smug) New Wavers predicted & ushered in the current state of >affairs in >a lot of ways. You don't think Glam has any role here? I think Mr. Bowie bears a rather large share of responsibility for both the good and ill effects. I really would say that he (and to some extent Mr. Ferry) were the catalysts here *points at the man in the glittery heels and feather boa and sticks her tongue out- yeah, you!*. >favorites as the aforementioned "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "Amadeus" >bespeaks a >certain degree of cynical, self-celebratory irony that (in my view) is quite >consistent with where music has eventually wound up today. I think that in the early 80s, there was a certain -reaction- to all the sincerity and that the popularity of songs like that was a part of it. And hey, I LIKE "Der Kommissar" and "Amadeus" a lot, eh? :) >devices in the construction of songs seems to lead pretty naturally to a >postmodern and self referential worldview. It doesn't necessarily have to lead to -deliberately disposable-, however. I hope you're not implying such, nor that such a worldview would automatically imply total insincerity. A lot of that music was sincere enough, and has an odd streak of detached paranoia running through it that doesn't really have an analogue in today's top 40 pop. I don't think today's average typical disposable alternaband would have a song assuring us that it was in fact "safe to dance". >Of course, some anomalies remain; if earnest sincerity is so dorky these >days, >how does one explain the success of Pearl Jam? Or that one GooGoo Dolls song? Or "The Way"? Or lots of songs that have enjoyed popularity recently that didn't come off ironic in the slightest. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:43:51 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: dolph chaney please e-mail me ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:51:37 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Archaeology Michael Wolfe wrote << where the (ever so smug) New Wavers predicted & ushered in the current state of affairs in a lot of ways. The germinal use of samples and MIDI devices to make such cheeky favorites as the aforementioned "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "Amadeus" bespeaks a certain degree of cynical, self-celebratory irony that (in my view) is quite consistent with where music has eventually wound up today. The use of such devices in the construction of songs seems to lead pretty naturally to a postmodern and self referential worldview. >> Well, the songs you've referenced were a couple of novelty tunes (ya know, like "The Yip Song" ;-)) that came out at the tail end of the new wave movement and were really just songs on the radio, rather than new wave songs, per se. There tends to be a blurred perception about new wave vs. early 80's radio. There was, for sure, a big crossover, but not everything on the radio in 1983 was new wave. Anyway, I think that the new wavers of the late 70's were pop purists who were simply tired of heavy metal and the like. Then along came Thompson Twins and Flock of Seagulls and all the "new romantics" (Duran Duran, etc.). But these guys came from a much different place than did Elvis Costello and the Jam. This latter (okay, only by a couple of years) generation of "wavers" were more into Bowie/Roxy Music and fashion and excess and drama and invention (rather than the purity of a good pop tune). So, I think it gets tricky to generalize new wave or new wavers, because it really seemed to incorporate a lot of different stuff. But, yeah, by 1982, the smarminess factor seemed to be at a peak. I'd guess that any musical movement tends to have a pretty short half-life, towards the end of which the music becomes more and more self-referential. You stop trying to be the next Bowie or Kinks and start just trying to make a more adventurous, weirder, and/or more saleable record than the band that came right before you. At the end of it all, you have a bunch of 28-year-olds with wrinkles and permanently damaged hair staring at their keyboards like, "What the hell? This isn't music! Give me an acoustic guitar!" (except Depeche Mode of course . . . those silly kids!). By the way, it should be noted that I like just about every song that came out between 1978 and 1984, including the Jam, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran and "Rock Me Amadeus." I'm not sure *why* that should be noted. I just wanted to make sure people didn't think I was knocking Taco. Also -- first Michael Wolfe, then Susan wrote: << >Of course, some anomalies remain; if earnest sincerity is so dorky these >days, >how does one explain the success of Pearl Jam? Or that one GooGoo Dolls song? Or "The Way"? Or lots of songs that have enjoyed popularity recently that didn't come off ironic in the slightest. >> I think the difference here is between age groups. Teens like to feel like their musical artists understand them, so perceived sincerity counts. For the college kids, irony is more important (because irony is clever, I guess). These are overgeneralizations, of course. I'm sure there's a bit of a crossover between cohorts. Aren't musical movements weird? It's so strange to see how these things come about. - ------Michael K., ramblingly ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:09:11 -0500 From: desmond in a tutu Subject: [none] well fuck. it's looking very likely that meredith and i be hosting a house concert on november 20th. (anybody in the greater new haven area interested in seeing veda hille in our living room? if so, let me know -- we're trying to put together a headcount.) assuming that works out, which, as i said, is likely, i probably won't be able to attend the "unannounced" mercury lounge show. again, fuck, i say. (though maybe i can sneak away in time to get down to nyc by midnight....hmmm.) anyways. the new official web site is a good start and, as someone else said, i'm glad to see that robyn's finally doing something about that internet thang. i think the random dead-end links to photos are kinda off, but what the hell. (jeme, the big images load pretty fast for this 33.6 kbps'er.) hey, before you know it, robyn'll be a monochrome green-lit ghoul like the rest of us! with cathode rays, you know, it's only a matter of time. (me? in black light, i radiate a healthy pale-turquoise sheen -- just ask the quail.) though i doubt anyone was wondering (or maybe even care), i'm going to continue to maintain fegmania.org. with an official site, i'll probably try to slant things more towards the fan side of things, but we'll see how things go when i find some time to work on it (longtime subscribers will recognize that particular statement!). in album news, i finally got around to picking up the cambridge folk festival disc and storefront (both formats). the cambridge disc is okay. the latter dynasty of the egyptian period was never my favorite, but the album does capture what the band was like at the end: tight, musical and slick. the recording does sound kinda funny though. as for storefront, i'm on my second listen to the cd and the vinyl will have to wait until tomorrow. thread cleanup: sport utilities: hate 'em. i have a long commute and spuv's are the worse thing on the road to contend with. there's nothing worse than aggressive drivers in a spuv except timid drivers in a spuv. unfortunately, there are no in-between spuv owners. (minivans aren't much better, mr. clark. bleah.) candy recommendations: kit kats (american or british flavors), reese's peanut butter cups with the cookie/biscuit bottom, necco wafers. dan bern: whatever. the tomato thing: at the beginning of the spoken intro before "alright, yeah", robyn says, "by the light of the tomato, it's captain keegan." perhaps a lamppost, not a lighthouse? the philistines, jr.: didn't go see 'em last friday. dunno if they've done anything new or not. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:23:48 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assassin Subject: Re: your mail What unannounced Mercury Lounge Show???? ------------------------------------ If you have a condom and sunscreen SPF 15 or greater, than it's safe to look at http://www.panix.com/~gsa/index.html On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, desmond in a tutu wrote: > well fuck. > > it's looking very likely that meredith and i be hosting a house concert on > november 20th. (anybody in the greater new haven area interested in seeing > veda hille in our living room? if > so, let me know -- we're trying to put together a headcount.) assuming that > works out, which, as i said, is likely, i probably won't be able to attend > the "unannounced" mercury lounge show. > > again, fuck, i say. > > (though maybe i can sneak away in time to get down to nyc by > midnight....hmmm.) > > anyways. the new official web site is a good start and, as someone else > said, i'm glad to see that robyn's finally doing something about that > internet thang. i think the random dead-end links to photos are kinda off, > but what the hell. (jeme, the big images load pretty fast for this 33.6 > kbps'er.) hey, before you know it, robyn'll be a monochrome green-lit ghoul > like the rest of us! with cathode rays, you know, it's only a matter of > time. (me? in black light, i radiate a healthy pale-turquoise sheen -- just > ask the quail.) > > though i doubt anyone was wondering (or maybe even care), i'm going to > continue to maintain fegmania.org. with an official site, i'll probably try > to slant things more towards the fan side of things, but we'll see how > things go when i find some time to work on it (longtime subscribers will > recognize that particular statement!). > > in album news, i finally got around to picking up the cambridge folk > festival disc and storefront (both formats). the cambridge disc is okay. > the latter dynasty of the egyptian period was never my favorite, but the > album does capture what the band was like at the end: tight, musical and > slick. the recording does sound kinda funny though. as for storefront, i'm > on my second listen to the cd and the vinyl will have to wait until tomorrow. > > thread cleanup: > > sport utilities: hate 'em. i have a long commute and spuv's are the worse > thing on the road to contend with. there's nothing worse than aggressive > drivers in a spuv except timid drivers in a spuv. unfortunately, there are > no in-between spuv owners. (minivans aren't much better, mr. clark. bleah.) > > candy recommendations: kit kats (american or british flavors), reese's > peanut butter cups with the cookie/biscuit bottom, necco wafers. > > dan bern: whatever. > > the tomato thing: at the beginning of the spoken intro before "alright, > yeah", robyn says, "by the light of the tomato, it's captain keegan." > perhaps a lamppost, not a lighthouse? > > the philistines, jr.: didn't go see 'em last friday. dunno if they've done > anything new or not. > > woj > ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #422 *******************************