From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #428 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, November 16 1998 Volume 07 : Number 428 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Robyn is crusty [Zloduska ] Re: East Bay Boogaloo... [Chris Franz ] well sirs, what did you think? [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [JH3 ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [Terrence M Marks ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [Terrence M Marks ] Disappointed [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: secret code that was Allstar [The Great Quail ] Re: NYC next weekend. [The Great Quail ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [VIV LYON ] Re: Lanois [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: NYC next weekend. [Tom Clark ] Vinyl Alert!! [Rich Plumb ] italian trader ["Capitalism Blows" ] italian trader ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Dig them Toes - lavish! [Michael R Godwin ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [Michael R Godwin ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: well sirs, what did you think? [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Lanois [Capuchin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:06:38 -0600 From: Zloduska Subject: Re: Robyn is crusty Miss Christy Cohen wrote: >So I don't think age really >has much to do with whether you like Robyn. I tend to blame it on inner >oddness ;) It's been over six years, and I wish I could find that man >again. "See what you started???" Speaking of which, did I mention it was Christy who first turned me onto Robyn Hitchcock??? Muchas gracias, senorita! ~kjs ps: And wasn't it the Eye album that you were fixated on at fifteen? Eyeballs, you say? Dear lordy, don't get me started on eyeballs and Eyesores... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:26:39 -0800 From: Chris Franz Subject: Re: East Bay Boogaloo... sez Chris, with a dot: > Was it just me or does someone else's calendar have a mark > for Dan Bern in Berkeley on Nov. 20?? Was there some sort > of activity planned?? I may be in the area on that day but > am not sure. Details might help. He's on at 8 PM in St. Johns Presbyterian Church, of all places (picture it now... "I am the messiah, I am the messiah...") Doors open at 7:30. Info at www.thefreight.org on their November calendar (including a nice writeup on Dan), along with information about ordering tix online. Several Bay Area Fegs have said they'll be there, but no pre-show meeting has yet been arranged. Anybody know of a good gathering spot near the venue? > .chris (who is feeling daunted by moving, much less moving > to high rent SF--he secretly hates the prospect of never > having any free cash!! Ack!!) Ah, the ever-expanding cadre of Bay Area Fegs assimilates yet another member! And at last, someone besides me in the city itself! - - Chris n.p. (Who's Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:15:48 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: well sirs, what did you think? On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:43:45 -0500 (EST), you wrote: > >Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:27:06 PST >From: "Karen Reichstein" >Subject: Feg Twin Weirdness > >So Carole and I just found out: > >On the exact same night, in different cities, both Carole and I >purchased the same Richard Thompson album (You? Me? Us?). Both of us >were in the presence of fellow Feg list members (me: Chris Franz, >Carole: Michael Keefe)And in both circumstances, the vinyl Storefront >Hitchcock album was also purchased in the same transaction. (okay, so >Chris bought this copy) > >Coincidence or psychic oddity? BOTH. What do you think of Mr. Thompson's last offering (new album due next spring?) In sillier business, thank you to those who have accused me of obsessing on/ stalking RT... I needed a stage image for my band, and, I think i have found one from your messages. In true chessy WCW style, I think I will dub my self "The Acolyte", dress all in black, and spurt out RT titles as stage banter IN A VERY EXAGGREATED STYLE. What you think? "Stop stop, way to silly?" BTW, for those of you who are also in bands, what kinda stunts have you pulled? Robyn has his fruits and lamps... what have ya'll used? I've been up for WAY too many hours.....:-) Also, last call for Patti Smith t-shirts... -luther ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:33:20 -0600 (CST) From: JH3 Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? >>On the exact same night, in different cities, both Carole and I >>purchased the same Richard Thompson album (You? Me? Us?). Both of us >>were in the presence of fellow Feg list members (me: Chris Franz, >>Carole: Michael Keefe)And in both circumstances, the vinyl Storefront >>Hitchcock album was also purchased in the same transaction. (okay, so >>Chris bought this copy) >>Coincidence or psychic oddity? >BOTH... Neither! Reliable sources (on this very list, in fact) have informed me that we're all under the direct mental control of a recently- hired web-site designer for some New York-based fashion magazine. At first I thought it was a bit far-fetched, but after giving it some thought, it all makes perfect sense. Certainly it would explain something like this very neatly. And it could've been worse - just be glad it wasn't some old Lindisfarne album. >In true chessy WCW style, I think I will dub my self "The >Acolyte", dress all in black, and spurt out RT titles as stage >banter IN A VERY EXAGGREATED STYLE. Hasn't Dave Vanian already done this? I'm not saying it's a bad idea. >BTW, for those of you who are also in bands, what kinda stunts >have you pulled? >Robyn has his fruits and lamps... what have ya'll used? When I was in a band we once put three easy chairs on stage with floor lamps and little tables next to them along with the mic-stands and the drum-set, and sat there like that playing punko rave-ups for an entire gig, only getting up occasionally to make amp adjustments. Remember the line in "Spinal Tap" about that "fine line between clever and stupid"? Believe me, this was so far across the line into "stupid" territory that we weren't even in the same country. Just as well that there were only about 20 people there. (When we started...) John H. Hedges PS. By the way, has anyone ever heard of The Blossom Toes? Sixties British psychedelic band, only put out two LP's...? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:14:09 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? >BTW, for those of you who are also in bands, what kinda stunts >have you pulled? >Robyn has his fruits and lamps... what have ya'll used? Well, when last the Modern Lizard Quartet played... we're a two-person band (bass and guitar), with various backing tracks (drums, keyboards, addl. guitar) on tape. The explanation was that Sgt. Robot was playing the other instruments, so we had a really cheesy-looking robot onstage just sitting there as we played. And I mean really-cheesy. Cardboard box covered with tinfoil and construction paper. But we sounded good. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 04:50:08 -0500 From: tanter Subject: SH CD Well, I've finally listened to it straight through and I have to say that I'm not blown over. It's _nice_ but it doesn't make me want to run out and see the movie or anything. It's not bad and it's not the worst thing he's ever done, but it doesn't get me the way the ML does, for example. I haven't listened to the LP yet, but I'm staying positive until I hear it. Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:03:48 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Terrence M Marks wrote: > Well, when last the Modern Lizard Quartet played... > we're a two-person band (bass and guitar), with various backing tracks > (drums, keyboards, addl. guitar) on tape. The explanation was that Sgt. > Robot was playing the other instruments, so we had a really cheesy-looking > robot onstage just sitting there as we played. > Mind you, Sergeant Robot also did all of the between-song announcements using a combination of a speech-synthesizer, some keyboard music and Firesign Theatre's "Sell those Demons" segment from "I think we're all bozos on this bus". Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:36:39 -0500 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: another Storefront review hey Feggang, I figure lots of you already have seen this, but if not, there's a glowing review of the Storefront CD at http://www.albumreviews.com/ today. Dolph np: Beck, Mutations (genius) ps: oh, and, my CDs have arrived. 8-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:23:23 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Ants' Invasion >returned home, my kitchen had been overrun with tiny ants... Is the Insect >Nation once more wrecking its revenge on an innocent Feg? We're the dandy highywaymen and here's our invitation! Throw your safety overboard and join the Insect Nation! Ross O writes: >I've been to exactly one Robyn show about 2 years ago, and his audience >seemed to be mostly the college-age kids he's always attracted. I don't >>think he's ever attracted many teenagers or middle aged music lovers. Funny, but I've always thought the audience -was- generally composed of men in their late 30s and early 40s. I don't see that many college-age people at the shows I've been to. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:43:24 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Disappointed To those whom I promised a tape of the XTC radio interview - I stepped away to the bathroom for five minutes this morning and came back to find that it had just ended. Five minutes is about enough time for Andy Partridge to utter one sentence, so I guess it couldn't have been much of an interview, but I'm still really pissed off about it. Hopefully it'll turn up on the station's web site - http://www.radioedge.com . Sorry. :( n., who is not in a good mood and should probably be avoided at all costs ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Oct 98 12:50:22 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: secret code that was Allstar Dotty Chris writes, >Although, you would wonder why every housing development has some >mention to quail this or quail that out here. Heh heh heh . . . you should see what every nearby military-industrial complex is named, secretly, of course. . . . - --Quail +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society) For fun with postmodern literature, New York vampires, and Fegmania, visit Sarnath: http://www.rpg.net/quail "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 98 12:30:09 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Ants' Invasion Susan said: > Ross O writes: > >I've been to exactly one Robyn show about 2 years ago, and his audience > >seemed to be mostly the college-age kids he's always attracted. I don't > >>think he's ever attracted many teenagers or middle aged music lovers. > > Funny, but I've always thought the audience -was- generally composed of men > in their late 30s and early 40s. I don't see that many college-age people > at the shows I've been to. I should have mentioned that it was the double bill with Billy Bragg, so I guess I've never been to a Robyn show. It did seem to be mostly Bill's crowd. Could it be a local phenomenon? None of my friends seems interested in Robyn, except for my brother-in-law-the-alternative-DJ. My former bandmate and I have exchanged puzzled looks for years over his love for the works of one Tonio K. and mine for those of Robyn. So before you get concerned over why you can't interest you daughter in Robyn, Dave, it may help to review the success you've had in this area with others. Nil, in my case. PS: I just heard "Time Out of Mind" for the first time this weekend. 1) Yes, I know I'm late, but it wouldn't have happened at all but for fabulous fegmaniax. 2) What on earth happened to his voice? Seriously. I played it and "Highway 61 Revisited" back to back and the change is startling. Bob doesn't sing like Roger Daltrey, so his voice shouldn't sound like a retread at this age. What gives? 3) TOOM is most enjoyable. But I find myself thinking I'm listening to "Bob Dylan sings the songs of Daniel Lanois". The team works very well, but am I alone in thinking that Daniel is rather heavy-handed? - -- Just another crusty guy in his 40s ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Oct 98 13:01:26 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: NYC next weekend. >I, too, am having this very dilemma. Well, sans trumpet. Pour moi, I >have to decide between hard-saved money or living a little. I mean, Viv writes, >I've never seen him. I hate the thought of waiting until he tours for >JFS (which he damn well better), but oh oh I just can't make up my >mind. Please advise. I am in pain. Come! Come to New York, you cannot resist! Even now my little quail minions are whispering things into the cup of your ear as you sleep: "Commmmme, Viv, Neeeew York waitssss for yoooooou. . . . and Robynnnnnnn. . . .Yessss . . . " Haven't you noticed that you have been molding your mashed potatoes into the shape of the Twin Towers? That the humming in your head only decreases when you move towards the Northeast coast? That every time you hear "Balloon Man" the New York address make your heart thump in a strange way, a mad and excited racing that is only equaled by the word "Gary?" Yesss, come to New York, Viv. . . . Woj won't hurt you. . . . - --Quail PS: And YOU, Capuchin . . . stop mailing me little Quail minions with their beaks stapled shut and their hmuhs whacked into their tiny skulls . . . Just give in to the inevitable, it's far better that way, and buying those plane tickets keeps getting easier and easier, right Bayard? +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society) For fun with postmodern literature, New York vampires, and Fegmania, visit Sarnath: http://www.rpg.net/quail "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:59:07 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? - ---Terrence M Marks wrote: > > Mind you, Sergeant Robot also did all of the between-song announcements > using a combination of a speech-synthesizer, some keyboard music and > Firesign Theatre's "Sell those Demons" segment from "I think we're all > bozos on this bus". > What segment is that? I thought I was pretty familiar with this album. Vivien The spiders and bees have not ousted me from my dwelling. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:56:10 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Lanois In a message dated 11/16/98 9:48:44 AM, you wrote: <<3) TOOM is most enjoyable. But I find myself thinking I'm listening to "Bob Dylan sings the songs of Daniel Lanois". The team works very well, but am I alone in thinking that Daniel is rather heavy-handed?>> I shouldn't think so! A friend and I have a standing debate about this. He doesn't think production should ever be noticeable. I, on the other hand, think that if an artist chooses to team up with Daniel Lanois, then it's essentially the same thing as hiring a backing band for their particular sound. You *want* that Lanois stamp on there. That's why you hire/select/are selected by him (however that might work). Then again, I think my friend just doesn't like the sound of Lanois' production, whereas I do. You may note I'm also the same guy who was complaining about Mitchell Froom several months ago. I just happen to think that Lanois sounds like he's working *with* the artist, whereas Froom sounds like he's just throwing shit on top of what the artist has already created. - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:07:34 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: NYC next weekend. And apparently it's still October in New York! The foliage must be beautiful!! - -tc >Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:01:26 -0500 >From: The Great Quail >Subject: Re: NYC next weekend. >Sender: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org >X-Sender: digifash.interport.net >To: VIV LYON , Fegmaniax! >Reply-to: The Great Quail >Message-id: <199811161755.MAA23799@astor.interport.net> >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v2, June 6, 1997 >Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Precedence: bulk >On 10/16/98 10:01 AM, The Great Quail wrote: >Come! Come to New York, you cannot resist! Even now my little quail >minions are whispering things into the cup of your ear as you sleep: >"Commmmme, Viv, Neeeew York waitssss for yoooooou. . . . and Robynnnnnnn. >. . .Yessss . . . " > >Haven't you noticed that you have been molding your mashed potatoes into >the shape of the Twin Towers? That the humming in your head only >decreases when you move towards the Northeast coast? That every time you >hear "Balloon Man" the New York address make your heart thump in a >strange way, a mad and excited racing that is only equaled by the word >"Gary?" > >Yesss, come to New York, Viv. . . . Woj won't hurt you. . . . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:28:24 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Plumb Subject: Vinyl Alert!! On friday I decided to drop in on my neighborhood record store and pick up Storefront Hitchcock on vinyl. Alas the store, Vinyl Ink of Silver Spring, MD, does not sell major label product. However the proprietor asked if I was interested in any other Robyn material. He then showed me a large selection of Robyn 12" LP's and singles which were autographed by Robyn and/or the Egyptians. Included was nearly all the material from BSDR through Fegmania, even the Bells of Rhymney 12" single. And then he pulled out about 6 soft boys singles autographed by everybody, even Kimberley. I'm not a collector, but anybody who is interested can get more information and order through their website, www.vinylink.com rich ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:29:28 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: italian trader paolo lusenti of italy has asked me to make it known to the american feg contingent that he would like to perform some bootswappin' with y'all. i can tell you that i have traded with him twice, and that he is *exceedingly*, prompt, and that he delivers excellent goods. his video list is impressive indeed. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:30:47 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: italian trader paolo lusenti of italy has asked me to make it known to the american feg contingent that he would like to perform some bootswappin' with y'all. i can tell you that i have traded with him twice, and that he is *exceedingly*, prompt, and that he delivers excellent goods. his video list is impressive indeed. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:34:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Dig them Toes - lavish! On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, JH3 wrote: > PS. By the way, has anyone ever heard of The Blossom Toes? Sixties > British psychedelic band, only put out two LP's...? There is no escape on this list - you are in contact with one of the four ex-members of the Blossom Toes fan club. I saw the Toes 3 times, maybe more, and they were great! Don't let anyone tell you that Wishbone Ash were the first twin lead guitar band, the Toes were doing harmony twin leads a couple of years earlier. 2nd album line-up was: Brian Godding, Fender lead guitar and vocal Jim Cregan, Gibson lead guitar and vocal Brian Belshaw, bass guitar Barry Reeves, drums Poli Palmer (vibes etc) and Kevin Westlake were also involved some of the time. The first album is a bit clever-clever, very late 60s, but the second album is a classic - my favourite tracks are 'Peace loving man' 'Love bomb' and 'Listen to the silence'. I recently tried to get hold of another Swedish Toes recording from Delerium records, but they never got it together. Cregan left to join Stud (with Rory Gallagher's ex-rhythm section), whose one album is worth getting if you are into King Crimson, prog rock and such. The others formed B.B.Blunder - I have seen the B.B.Blunder album promoted as a Toes record, which it isn't. They got very much involved with the Keith Tippett/Julie Driscoll jazz-rock scene and I lost sight of them. Cregan next joined Family on bass, then Cockney Rebel (he plays the ace acoustic solo on '(Come up and see me) Make me smile', and finished up in the Rod Stewart band - he was certainly still in the band the last time I bought a Rod Stewart record (whoops! what am I saying?). - - Mike Godwin "Take this bomb, drop it on old Hong Kong, no no no, you ain't gonna get me at things like that". ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:44:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? The most enjoyable stunt I remember was when the Natural Theatre Company were supporting Hawkwind at the Rainbow. I was with the Naturals' band, (who were then called Daddy's Battleship) and while the group were playing, very clean-cut young men were parading the aisles with dustbins marked 'Give up your drugs - Dark to Light Mission'. There was a handout about spiritual renewal through cleaning up your bad habits (wish I had a copy now). Of course all the clean-cut young men were NTC actors who shared out the dope afterwards... - - Mike G Year? Uh, 1972 I guess... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:57:14 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? i wonder if there's something in the air? maybe it's the meteor shower fucking with the ions or some such? the other night (saturday) i dreamed that four of the upstanding portland fegs...uh, wait a second. there *aren't any* upstanding portland fegs. ok, so four of the loutish portland fegs, namely michael, lobstie, jeme, and carole, came up to visit me. sorry dave, but nothing really exciting happened. i mean, i suppose i *could* make up some tale about jeme's yo-yos being possessed, a la Maximum Overdrive, and every time he'd yo his yo, it'd kill another feg. and after they'd killed all the fegs, they'd move on and start slaughtering the hanson maniacs. but, as i say, it'd just be a buncha lies. but then last night i dreamed that me, tom, mark and some of my non-feg friends went to the movie of pink floyd's WISH YOU WERE HERE (um, there isn't really such a thing, right?) at a huge outdoor movie theater (?) in los angeles. the seating bowl had a massive swimming pool about halfway down, and near the top, eddie van halen had his own private box, although he wasn't there this particular day. at one point in the movie, there was a yellow impala driving through outer space. and at another point, a gigantic burrito appeared on the screen. i think the deal with this was, there were two different versions of the movie, and you never knew which one you'd be watching on any given night. in one version, the burrito would be eaten, and in the other it would remain uneaten. so, gloster leans over to me and starts frantically whispering, "no eat! no eat! no eat!" and then when the burrito turned out to not be eaten, he was quite pleased with himself. then, tom and mark started blowing spitwads at each other, and some ushers came down and began kicking them very hard, and then told them they had to go and sit at opposite corners of the theater. then after the show was over, i went up to take a leak, and soon realized that i'd forgotten my backpack. so i went down to get it, and searched everywhere in the damned theater, but couldn't find it. so i went up to the lost and found, and they didn't have it. the lady told me to describe the backpack, and give them my name, and they'd, "kick it to the lapd. and if they kick something back to us, we're all fucked." that's when i woke up. a friend of mine used to be in a punk band in houston that would take a bunch of kitchen appliances --blenders, toaster ovens, food processors and the like-- up on stage, and plug them in and operate them. Obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy publications or writings, or mail containing information on where, how, or from whom such matter may be obtained, and matter that is otherwise mailable but that has on its wrapper or envelope any indecent, lewd, lascivious, or obscene writing or prinitng, and any mail containing any filthy, vile, or indecent thing is nonmailable (18 USC 1461, 1463). ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:11:10 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: italian trader On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Capitalism Blows wrote: > paolo lusenti of italy > has asked me to make it known to the american feg contingent that he > would like to perform some bootswappin' with y'all. What, and you didn't seize the opportunity to lure him onto the list? What kind of cultist are you?! You know we can't sacrifice the newbies until at least one more person joins the list.... - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:22:17 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: well sirs, what did you think? > > Mind you, Sergeant Robot also did all of the between-song > announcements > > using a combination of a speech-synthesizer, some keyboard music and > > Firesign Theatre's "Sell those Demons" segment from "I think we're all > > bozos on this bus". > > > > What segment is that? I thought I was pretty familiar with this album. My mistake. It's from "Not Responsible! Not Insane!". Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:00:08 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Lanois >I just happen to think that Lanois sounds like he's working *with* the artist, >whereas Froom sounds like he's just throwing shit on top of what the artist >has already created. > >---Michael K. I'll go along with that. Froom works with a lot of good bands, but I sure despise his production. (And yeah, I'm just as grumpy today as Gnatalie.) Eb, growing absolutely DISGUSTED with the ubiquity of JL Hewitt...a few days ago, she was acting like a silly child, squirming away from a Leno guest who happened to bring snakes, next week, she hosts SNL...stop the madness! np: the last few days are all a blur, at this point ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Lanois On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Eb wrote: > Eb, growing absolutely DISGUSTED with the ubiquity of JL Hewitt...a few > days ago, she was acting like a silly child, squirming away from a Leno > guest who happened to bring snakes, next week, she hosts SNL...stop the > madness! Now, I'd never given a moment's thought or glance to Jennifer Love-Hewitt's breasts until Eb mentioned them the other day and their over-use in promoting the film "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" [and hey, isn't part of the coolness of a sequel inherent in the time it takes to be released? I mean, this second one was out less than a year after the first. This implies to me that it was already written, cast, and locations scouted while the first was still in production. I'm cool with co-production, but this isn't some arty concept piece (nor is it a sure-fire, already proven, box office thing like Back To The Future II and III). It's just a painful shot into the collectively moldable minds of the easily led. It makes me so ill... I ... Fuck. People.]. But last night I went to see Antz (which featured a preview for the new N64 Zelda game and a Mountain Dew commercial. Do these guys have their audience pegged or what? Of course I don't play video games or drink soda, but I imagine that hit home with most of the movie's viewers.) and at the theater I saw a poster for this new movie. There was the classic ensemble cast photo with everyone looking serious and straight ahead against a dark background looking over one another's shoulders and standing in aesthetically pleasing arrangment. All of their bodies faded out just below the shoulder, except Jennifer Love Hewitt. She was the forwardmost and her breasts were at the same level as the title and jutting forward. And she's the heroine! You NEVER see the heroine topless. What's that Roger Ebert index? The niceness of a female in a slasher film times the amount of time you get to see them naked is constant. Something like that. J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #428 *******************************