From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #423 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, November 11 1998 Volume 07 : Number 423 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [none] [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] 2 questions [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik (was Re: Archaeology) [amadain ] Re: magnavox commercial singer question beatles cover flat tv [desmond i] "Storefront" in London ["Tony Blackman"] Accidental gifts... [edoxtato@ssax.com] Re: Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik (was Re: Archaeology) [MARKEEFE@aol.c] Re: Technology (0% RH) [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Accidental gifts... [MARKEEFE@aol.com] My Storefront Film Review ["'Syd' Meats" ] Re: Technology (0% RH) [Christopher Gross ] Re: Accidental gifts... [Gary Assassin ] XTC on Detroit radio (0% Robyn) [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: My Storefront Film Review [lj lindhurst ] Mercury Lounge show (11/20)! actual useful information from me! [lj lindh] Re: Technology (0% RH) [desmond in a tutu ] You are no longer under covert surveillance [VIV LYON ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:26:08 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: [none] >>On another topic: does anybody else find that listening to too much live >>Robyn can endanger your accent? >If you're English it does your accent no harm. You just find that no-one >understands what you're saying any more. if you were born in North London, then moved to the other side of the world and had been happily getting a comfortably half English/half kiwi accent, it can set the process back years! Danielle, go for the Reece's pieces... James (NP - Voice of the Beehive: "Let it Bee") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 03:53:54 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: 2 questions Anybody got the chords for "One long pair of eyes>?" i had em once, but lost em. In other news, any Minnesota people out there? How you feel about your new governor? -luth4er > >- --- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:11:10 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik (was Re: Archaeology) >(Duran Duran, etc.). But these guys came from a much different place than did >Elvis Costello and the Jam. But not a -radically- different place from Blondie or the Talking Heads, eh? That was what stopped me from making the same observation. >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). And this too, I'm not so sure about. Drama and invention, yes, but lots of these "80s radio artists" or whatever you want to call them were into making hook-y tunes as well. Check out any handy 80s compilation for further details :). I defy anyone to say that "Der Kommissar" or "Safety Dance" or "She Blinded Me With Science" aren't catchy, clever pop tunes. (Incidentally, I always thought the original "Kommissar" was fine, I never understood the purpose of having another band remake it in English) >think it gets tricky to generalize new wave or new wavers, because it really >seemed to incorporate a lot of different stuff. Here we'd agree :). >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. Well, in the early 80s it was teenagers mostly buying these records, wasn't it? I was 13 during this music's heyday and I owned a lot of it. It's always the kiddos who determine the chart action, fundamentally. There's a flipside to this- sometimes there are teenagers who also love the irony because they can smirk along and say "I get it!" :). And there are college kids who hate it because they have reached a point in their lives where they want something more direct and less artificial-sounding. Me, as with damn near everything else, I tend to go both ways on this one. I loathed this music of my adolescence for ages and in the past couple years have been coming to terms with a new appreciation for it. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:57:57 -0000 From: Gary Sedgwick Subject: Storefront Went to see Storefront at the NFT last night... and I was *hugely* disappointed. It looked like an arty video of a bad gig to me. Some of the songs were good performances (like Glass Hotel), but a lot weren't, and the dialogue - which could have really made the film - seemed unnaturally forced. Maybe I've just seen quite a few good gigs of his... it came across as though he hadn't really got a rapport with the audience, but felt obliged to do the talking bits for the film, and ended up sounding nervous. The only interesting part of the evening was when, before the film, Jonathon Demme asked all those who were familiar with Robyn's work to stand up. About 90% of the room stood up. Oh, that and the two girls behind me discussing their hair loss and attributing it to something about London - but not the water (!). BTW, I didn't stay for the Guardian interview with Demme afterwards - anything interesting happen then? Sorry to be negative, but it was a real let down. I don't think I'll be tempted to fork out for the albums either - I've got tapes of better performances anyway. Gary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:23:07 -0500 From: desmond in a tutu Subject: Re: magnavox commercial singer question beatles cover flat tv also sprach Ken Sabatini: >Ok, here's the question: There's this Magnavox commercial--for their flat >tv technology--that has a few seconds of a the Beatles's song "Getting >Better" being sung. Specifically, the line, "its getting better all the >time" is sung by a raspy male voice. Who is singing this? matthew sweet after too many beers? +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:47:02 +0000 From: "Tony Blackman" Subject: "Storefront" in London I don't know if anyone else has posted any info so far (as I'm on the digest these days), but last night was the premiere of "Storefront" at the London Film Festival. The film was introduced by Jonathon Demme, Robyn and the producer (Peter someone?) They all came on stage carrying cones and said a few words before the film started. Jonathon did his "I love Robyn and isn't he great" bit and seemed genuinely surprised when it transpired that the vast majority of the audience knew Robyn and his works. It was a shame that the place was only 2/3 full, if that. It did strike me how grey haired Robyn looked. I know he's greying a fair bit (hey aren't we all?) but now his hair's grown a bit it seems to be particularly grey indeed, more grey with dark highlights as opposed to vice versa. I'm not sure if it was the strong light as opposed to always seeing him in poorly lit venues or outside in the dark. I didn't spot many celebs there, but then again I don't know what many minor celebs look like. However, I did see Andy Kershaw and Mark Ellen (who looked rather gaunt and ill I thought). After the film (I won't bore you with details as I'm sure most of you have heard enough about it by now), there was an interview with Jonathon Demme. That was fairly interesting, but he didn't really want to spend that much time talking about "Storefront" and kept directing the topic of conversation back to what a dreadful time he had making the Goldie Hawn movie "Swingshift". The interview went out live through real audio (which if I'd known about, I probably wouldn't have bothered going to it) and there's going to be a transcript at http://lff.org.uk/live/#dem (allegedly) (Woj - I think I missed the ".uk" bit off earlier) I note from www.robynhitchcock.com that there's a showing in Oxford at 11.30 pm on the 2nd of Dec of "Storefront" that's part of Robyn's film tour, so I expect that I'll be going to that as it's my local so I'll post a review after that. Tony. P.S. I remember a while ago someone mentioned a web site detailing small venues to play for musicians travelling round the US. Can anyone remember the URL, I know there are a few musicians out there.... P.P.S. Any LA fegs fancy a pint (or 5) on 12th/13th December? I'm in LA and have to wait a Saturday night to qualify for a cheap flight so don't fly back to London till the night of the 13th. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:24:31 -0600 From: edoxtato@ssax.com Subject: Accidental gifts... After reading about the Lennon Boxed Set stuff... Well, a funny thing happened to me last week. I ordered the vinyl version of "Storefront Hitchcock" about two weeks ago from CDNow. Last Friday night, I stumble home from a ridiculous day at work, and find a package from CDNow... but the box ain't rekkid-album shaped, it's more like a shoebox, so unless CDNow are shipping albums folded in half, this ain't "Storefront". I get into my flat, open the box, and find a copy of the Lennon boxed set, along with an invoice from CDNow listing 1 (one) vinyl copy of "Storefront Hitchcock". Under most circumstances, I would just say "Yeah!" cos the Lennon boxed set is selling for about fifty bucks a pop over at Tower on Clark St., and "Storefront Hitchcock" was a paltry twenny bucks (including shipping) by comparason. Yer mistake, too bad so sad, I say. Now, most folks are going to think me silly, but I don't know if I can keep this. Not cos I don't like John Lennon. At one time, I could listen to just about anything the man ever recorded, plus or minus the rest of the Beatles. But ever since Lennon's murder, I haven't listened to anything of his. I still love his stuff, but it's really fucking hard for me, y'know? Even hearing Lennon's stuff on the radio-- I enjoy it, and then I feel quite sad. Even if I'd bought the set and paid full price for it, I wouldn't be able to listen to it straight off. I keep looking at the unopened set, and wondering why I haven't listened to it, or why I haven't sent it back. I figured it out. I don't think Lennon was "St. Lennon". I get rather annoyed with the "classic" radio stations that play "All-Beatle" weekends cos there's more out there than the Beatles. As much as I like the Beatles, it gets dull pretty quickly. I don't think he was the greatest musician, father, artist, poet, whatever that ever lived. It makes me sad because of the potential that was brutally snuffed out. It's the loss of what could have been that makes it incredibly difficult. And all the retrospectives seem like a post-mortem, ghoulish. Mebbe sometime I'll be able to get past all that and I'll be able to hear "Starting Over" properly. Thanks for letting me ramble. Look after yersleves... - -Ed, Doc, ~~...that's how to crash/that's how to burn//When you're rolling, not so clever/when you're dragging your ghost around/Things 'round here won't last forever/this kingdom comes right down!...~~ n.p. Robbie Fulks, "Let's Kill Saturday Night" P.S. Anyone heard the new Boo Radleys disc yet? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:35:55 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik (was Re: Archaeology) In a message dated 11/10/98 7:57:18 PM, you wrote: <<>(Duran Duran, etc.). But these guys came from a much different place than did >Elvis Costello and the Jam. But not a -radically- different place from Blondie or the Talking Heads, eh? That was what stopped me from making the same observation.>> Oh, sure, just go and muck up a perfectly good [hack] synopsis of the new wave movement ;-) But, actually, I see both of these bands (Heads and Blondie) as examples of just how broad the "new wave" palette was. Unlike Duran Duran or the Jam, I think that Blondie and the Talking Heads incorporated some really cool elements of 60's R&B into their tunes . . . more obviously with the Heads, but a bit with Blondie, too. Basically, I see new wave as a movement that is too expansive to really sum up. Maybe they just didn't have enough sub-genres back then, like they do for "electonica" -- ambient, drum 'n' bass, techno . . . I never know: Is trip-hop (previously known as acid jazz) its own category, or what? Cuz all of these sub-genres always come off as pretty homogeneous to me (then again, I don't really care for any of it, other than a bit of trip- hop). For new wave, "the new romantics" is the only sub-genre I can think of. Any others? Boy, I think we've gotten away from what this discussion wa originally about. Oh well -- that's Fegdom for you: It's like a journey through Oz! ;-) - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:38:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Technology (0% RH) On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Tom Clark wrote: > Someone around the corner from me owns a yellow Hummer and I was > fortunate enough to follow it up the street this morning. Lemme tell ya, > this one is loud and stinky. I guess they're diesel fueled cuz this > thing was spewing the black exhaust like you wouldn't believe. What is it with these diesels? All my environmentalist acquaintances assure me that diesels are cleaner than petrol engines, but - speaking as an asthmatic - it's always the stuff coming out of the back of diesels that makes me wheeze and cough. - - Mike G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:52:17 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Accidental gifts... In a message dated 11/11/98 9:32:34 AM, Ed, Doc wrote: <> Well, no one will try to convince you (I hope) that Capitol's main goal in life isn't to make money. At the same time, if Yoko produced this box (as someone said she did), then I'm sure she made every effort to put together a set that would best "share" Lennon's music, rather than exploit it. And, no, Lennon wasn't a god, but he did create some incredible music. I just think it's sad that you'd want to cut yourself off from that because of what could have been. I can't imagine that John's last words were: "Please, tell the people not to listen to my music. It's tripe. The best was yet to come!" Lennon made music that invited people in . . . both into John's heart and into the listener's own heart. It's for this reason (well, and the catchiness of the tunes!) that the music of the Beatles and John Lennon gets overplayed on the radio and always will, probably. Sure, there's a lot of other stuff out there, but, no matter what the era or the genre, the radio's not a good place to go looking for the "other stuff." Don't not listen to John Lennon just to spite radio programmers. Above all else, doesn't it seem like you getting this box set was a message of some sorts? - -----Michael K., who's practically talked himself into getting the Lennon Anthology now! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:13:24 +0000 From: "'Syd' Meats" Subject: My Storefront Film Review I saw Storefront Hitchcock in London last night, and thought some people might be interested in my comments. I've only recently re-subscribed to this list, so I don't know what's been said so far on the subject of the film. The showing was preceded by an appearence from Robyn, Jonathan Demme, and some other bloke ( possibly producer Peter Saraf ) who made an appearence with a crate and some traffic cones and said a few words. Robyn said he wished to thank a few people, including his mother for giving birth to him. Demme asked those in the audience familar with Robyn's work to stand briefly : I reckon this was about 90%. The remainder were presumably film buffs ( this was part of the London Film Festival ). In summary, this is essential viewing for Robyn fans as you might expect. I don't want to give too much away as this might spoil some people's enjoyment of the film when they get to see it. As you will already know from the soundtracks, there are some damn fine performances here. Robyn seems a little self conscious at times, which I guess is his reaction to being filmed : something that is reflected in the occaionally awkward spoken links that you will have heard on the CD. It is a joy to watch Robyn against the surreal backdrop of the New York street ; a scene that changes throughout the day and as day turns to night. The selection of songs is neither the CD version or the LP version, but again I won't spoil it for those who don't want to know. I'm sure the 'verbals' are genuinely spontaneous : at one point Deni Bonet cracks up and almost drops her violin. I particularly liked to watch Robyn performing with Deni, and with Tim Keegan : this stuff worked very well. The solo stuff ( ie. most of it ) is good as ever, and I had to marvel at the precision playing on Glass Hotel. All in all pretty wonderful stuff. My only criticism is that the film doesn't really capture Robyn's verbals at their best. Jonathan Demme has varied the backdrop and lighting very effectively throughout to capture different moods. Well I hope you all get to see it eventually. That'll be all for now, Syderleywinks - ----------------------------------------------------- 'Syd' Meats, Southampton, UK mailto:Syd@Meats.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:19:14 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Technology (0% RH) On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Michael R Godwin wrote: > What is it with these diesels? All my environmentalist acquaintances > assure me that diesels are cleaner than petrol engines, but - speaking as > an asthmatic - it's always the stuff coming out of the back of diesels > that makes me wheeze and cough. I think the theory is that, while diesels create more pollution at the tailpipe, they produce less pollution overall because the fuel doesn't have to go through the elaborate and dirty refinement process that produces gasoline. I'm not sure this theory is correct, though. Of course, it would be even better if everyone dropped both gasoline and diesel engines in favor of hydro-electric fuel cells, but that's another topic.... ObMusic: Umm, I think I listened to some music this morning before work. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:25:57 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assassin Subject: Re: Accidental gifts... So, what you're saying is you are going to have an auction for this, ok? good, I bid $21. ------------------------------------ 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 Wed, 11 Nov 1998 edoxtato@ssax.com wrote: > After reading about the Lennon Boxed Set stuff... > > Well, a funny thing happened to me last week. I ordered the vinyl version > of "Storefront Hitchcock" about two weeks ago from CDNow. Last Friday > night, I stumble home from a ridiculous day at work, and find a package > from CDNow... but the box ain't rekkid-album shaped, it's more like a > shoebox, so unless CDNow are shipping albums folded in half, this ain't > "Storefront". I get into my flat, open the box, and find a copy of the > Lennon boxed set, along with an invoice from CDNow listing 1 (one) vinyl > copy of "Storefront Hitchcock". > > Under most circumstances, I would just say "Yeah!" cos the Lennon boxed set > is selling for about fifty bucks a pop over at Tower on Clark St., and > "Storefront Hitchcock" was a paltry twenny bucks (including shipping) by > comparason. Yer mistake, too bad so sad, I say. > > Now, most folks are going to think me silly, but I don't know if I can keep > this. Not cos I don't like John Lennon. At one time, I could listen to > just about anything the man ever recorded, plus or minus the rest of the > Beatles. But ever since Lennon's murder, I haven't listened to anything of > his. I still love his stuff, but it's really fucking hard for me, y'know? > Even hearing Lennon's stuff on the radio-- I enjoy it, and then I feel > quite sad. > > Even if I'd bought the set and paid full price for it, I wouldn't be able > to listen to it straight off. > > I keep looking at the unopened set, and wondering why I haven't listened to > it, or why I haven't sent it back. I figured it out. I don't think Lennon > was "St. Lennon". I get rather annoyed with the "classic" radio stations > that play "All-Beatle" weekends cos there's more out there than the > Beatles. As much as I like the Beatles, it gets dull pretty quickly. > > I don't think he was the greatest musician, father, artist, poet, whatever > that ever lived. It makes me sad because of the potential that was > brutally snuffed out. It's the loss of what could have been that makes it > incredibly difficult. And all the retrospectives seem like a post-mortem, > ghoulish. Mebbe sometime I'll be able to get past all that and I'll be > able to hear "Starting Over" properly. > > Thanks for letting me ramble. > > Look after yersleves... > > -Ed, Doc, ~~...that's how to crash/that's how to burn//When you're rolling, > not so clever/when you're dragging your ghost around/Things 'round here > won't last forever/this kingdom comes right down!...~~ > > n.p. Robbie Fulks, "Let's Kill Saturday Night" > > P.S. Anyone heard the new Boo Radleys disc yet? > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:06:35 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: XTC on Detroit radio (0% Robyn) XTC are going to be interviewed on one of the local alterna-crap stations either tomorrow or Monday, and I'm gonna try and tape it. I suspect a few of you might like a copy. :) An interesting note on commercial radio - it took a useless perusal of the station's website, an "e-mail" of the type where you fill out a form and submit it (which received an automated reply), and numerous phone calls before I could finally find out *what time* the interview is going to be on. It's almost as if the station was deliberately putting barriers between itself and its listeners. Or maybe they just don't want people to know when the interview will be on, so they'll listen longer. I dunno. To give credit where credit is due, though, the guy I ended up talking to, one of the morning DJ's, was very friendly and spoke admiringly of how cool Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding are, so that was all right. They taped the interview today, apparently - I hope they remembered to wish Andy a happy birthday. still slightly irritated n. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:29:13 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: My Storefront Film Review Syd writes: > Robyn seems a little self conscious at times, which I guess is his >reaction to being filmed : something that is reflected in the >occaionally awkward spoken links that you will have heard on the CD. Yes- I agree. I was at the filming (have I mentioned that??? heh), and he DID seem very uncomfortable and self-conscious. It was a far cry from seeing him perform in a club, or a cozier venue. >It >is a joy to watch Robyn against the surreal backdrop of the New York >street ; a scene that changes throughout the day and as day turns to >night. Ah, that was a TRICK! The whole thing was shot between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.-- it was bright out the whole time. They did a lot of tricks with those windows behind him, including putting colored films on the panes to make them look like stained glass. am I not french, no? does my butt not smell? the monsieur! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:35:26 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Mercury Lounge show (11/20)! actual useful information from me! Well, I just called the Mercury Lounge and confirmed it-- there IS a Robyn show Friday night, November 20. It starts at midnight, and it costs $15. Tickets went on sale TODAY (11/11), and the girl on the phone said she expected it to sell out, but she didn't know when. The Mercury Lounge is a bit on the small side, but I can't imagine it selling out TOO quickly... It is not advertised as a Robyn show, it is advertised as being a performance by "Queen Elvis", by the way. And while we're on the subject, just a reminder to all East Coast fegs that we WILL be gathering on the 21st to see the film and then go romping drunkenly around NYC-- Quail is bringing his ether pellets, but leaving that pesky .22 at home, thank god! So geez, what a Robyny weekend, huh? And there go our plans to go see 'Thurston Moore's Male Slut' on Friday, eh Mary? - -msr. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:38:51 -0500 From: desmond in a tutu Subject: Re: Technology (0% RH) also sprach Christopher Gross: >I think the theory is that, while diesels create more pollution at the >tailpipe, they produce less pollution overall because the fuel doesn't >have to go through the elaborate and dirty refinement process that >produces gasoline. I'm not sure this theory is correct, though. it's a nice theory, but i don't believe it. it is true that additional processing is required to get motor gasoline (mogas) which you can use in a car engine. this is primarily because such a slim portion of a crude oil boils in the mogas range that some sort of cracking process is needed to meet the gasoline demand. cracking (thermal, catalytic, whatever) breaks down the heavier components of a crude oil into stuff like mogas and heating oil and some lighter things like butane and propane. it's not inherently "dirty" (on a relative basis anyways), nor is it particularly elaborate -- though some catalytic cracker designs are pretty fanciful. however, you can't just put any ol' diesel-boiling range hydrocarbon into your volvo. it has to go through sulfur removal, blending and, depending on your local environmental regulations, possibly other processes as well. the economic attraction of the diesel engine is its efficiency in terms of power production. dunno what the enviromental attraction is. disclaimer: i work in the petroleum industry and, therefore, am inherently biased. ;) woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:15:01 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: You are no longer under covert surveillance Hello, all- I, a 24 year-old female from and in Chicago, have been lurking around your list for over a month now, via the archives. I'm not sure how much detail to give y'all here, maybe too much would be gauche. I will confine myself to a brief timeline of my burgeoning obsession with Robyn Hitchcock: 1992 or 3- Abhorred college roommate has Queen Elvis. She plays it about once in my presence, but the song Madonna of the Wasps catches my ear, and I put it on a mix tape. I listened to this last night on my broken walkman because we had a windstorm and the power was out, and am disgusted to tell you that it shares tape space with Billy Joel and a song from Grease. I'm opening up here, so be gentle. 1994- Find a tape called Fegmania at a resale store, along with Billy Bragg's Don't Try This At Home. When I open it, it is actually Globe of Frogs. I listen to it once and decide I'm not advanced enough to get it. ( I also listen to DTTAH only once, long enough to tape Cindy of 1,000 Lives.) Aug 1996- Someone gives me the opportunity to take some of their unwanted cds. I pick Black Snake Diamond Role among others, but don't listen to it until... Nov 1996- While undergoing a small breakdown, I listen to BSDR for the first time. It seems... silly at first, but soon I find that I can't stop playing it. The Man whoIinvented Himself yanks me forcibly out of my depression, Brenda's Iron Sledge rocks, Policemen makes me laugh. And so on. Happy the Golden Prince embarrassed me at first, but now I feel it particularly is a work of exuberant genius. "This was flesh and blood!" May 1997- Meet current boyfriend, who develops crush on me and can only express it via playing songs for me when I go to his house to hang out. He plays a lot of strange music and much of it washes over me. My ears prick up, however, when he plays Wafflehead while we make waffles. I suddenly realize that he wants to have sex with me. I also suddenly think of him in a sexual context for the first time. Sept 1998- (I feel like I have to explain my sluggardly advancement towards falling in love with Robyn. First, throughout the past year I have been deep in the throes of an Elvis Costello obsession. Secondly, I only have one musical idea at a time. I have a hard time switching gears. But, on the cusp of seeing EC for the first time, the unthinkable and seemingly inevitable happened. I couldn't hold out any more. I put all five gears in reverse and began driving aloud.) After hearing Robyn and Soft Boys one too many times at Dave's house, I break down and buy Respect, Eye, Fegmania, Globe of Frogs, but what I really want is some Soft Boys. The fact that they are so obscure and ill-starred stirs something in me. He buys me Can of Bees, and subsequently I borrow all the stuff he has on tape. Soon I have the 76-81 cds and Invisible Hits as well. Oct/Nov 1998- For the first time in four years I have internet access, and I find fegmania and scour it for all the information it contains. I have now screwed up my courage to the sticking point, and voila, posted a message that is way too long and that people will be horrified to learn is composed solely of the tedious details of the life ot a complete stranger. But no stranger than any of you. Vivien ps- I love Storefront Hitchcock LP. I love his voice. I'm going to stop short of saying I love him, because I'm not that creepy. But it's a struggle. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #423 *******************************