From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #434 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, November 20 1998 Volume 07 : Number 434 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Lemmy and Robyn ["Matthew Knights" ] railway shoes [VIV LYON ] Re: Lemmy and Robyn [Tom Clark ] "... throws himself across the mattress..." [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: More Misc. Subjects than Eddie! [Mike Runion ] Re: don't even begin... [Mike Runion ] fwd: Lemmy and Robyn [Russ Reynolds ] Re: Lemmy and Robyn ["Matthew Knights" ] Jennifer Love Hewitt, and her chances for a governorship [Eb ] Please help me with my homework: MP3 ["Partridge, John" ] time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH NOTHING BUT GARTH! [Miles Goosens ] Re: don't even begin... [amadain ] Re: MOVIES, TRIBUTES AND HOOPLA [Ben ] SH in Cambridge (UK) [fitter happier ] Re: time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH [mrrunion] Re: time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH [mrrunion] Re: don't even begin... [The Great Quail Subject: Lemmy and Robyn Who can get from Lemmy to Robyn ? I can only manage Lemmy->Hawkwind .... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:34:32 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: railway shoes I just thought y'all'd like to know, despite the obscene number of blank lines that might precede the message, that I'm leaving tonight on a very slow train to see Mr. Hitchcock on the morrow. But that is not all. I just purchased a car on Tuesday, and have christened her 'Brenda- Iron Sledge': as she is clearly a girl and her paint is iron grey. I'd tell you about the cars I used to drive, but my boss is looking askance at me. If sometime down the road you see a dark grey Nissan with the license plate "WAFLHED1", you'll know that you were lucky enough to witness my passage. Vivien _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:58:10 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Lemmy and Robyn On 11/19/98 11:28 AM, Matthew Knights wrote: >Who can get from Lemmy to Robyn ? >I can only manage Lemmy->Hawkwind .... Motorhead was on an episode of "The Young Ones" Robyn sings like Neil from "The Young Ones" on "Mellow Together" Yeah, that was pretty lame. - -tc <--- lowercase! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:00:00 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: "... throws himself across the mattress..." >is that the story where his dead uncle, in very close orbit around the >space capsule, inexplicably starts chiming the hours? No, that's a different one. He chimes the hours because his feet keep hitting the exterior rivets at regularly-spaced intervals. >As a recent Elvis fan, let me take this before LJ, Eb, Natalie, Viv, >etc., can respond: I am actually more of an early Elvis fan, myself, with the exception of "All This Useless Beauty" which tears my fucking heart out, stomps on it, and throws it out the window every time I listen to it. "Poor fractured Atlas..." ahhh.... Re. music I just don't get: jazz. I've tried and tried to like it - I even sang in a jazz band in high school - but after an early burst of enthusiasm, I lost it. The only jazz I like is weird noisy shit like John Zorn. Go figure. >Why You Should Buy "Transistor Blast": 'Cuz I say so Why should I buy a $50 box set containing material that I already own? I don't know, but I'm probably going to do it anyway. *sigh* n. np: the receptionist's Garth Brooks CD. KILL ME NOW. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:09:22 -0500 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: RE: Lemmy and Robyn How bout this? Lemmy ---> Dave Brock (Hawkwind 1972-4) Dave Brock ---> Tim Blake (Hawkwind 1980) Tim Blake ---> Steve Hillage (Gong 1973-4) Steve Hillage ---> Robyn Hitchcock (_Gravy Deco_) I am such a SUCKER for this stuff. Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:12:16 -0500 From: Mike Runion Subject: Re: More Misc. Subjects than Eddie! > --Quail, listening to Teardrop Explodes while imagining Holger Czukay > playing "Jehovakill" by the Dingle Penninsula Ogham Stone. > > PS: Um, Mike Runion? How many cool points did I score? DING DING DIGN DIGNAN! Yes folks, we have a winner heeeare! Step right up, old boy, you just caboozeled the big kabam! Ah, yeeessss. Score the big guy 150 bejesus-um Cool Points. Now ladies, gentilemans, aware yourselves to the fact that further submissions to the Julian Cope/Krautrock/Megalithic Stone Mother Culture Con-test! are just a pathetic waste or your damn miserable time. Yes sirreee. WE HAVE A WINNA! Congratulations there, Mr...Queel is it? Okay, off ya go. Good lad. December contest: The Robyn Hitchcock/Ecolab Cleaning Products/Pinto Repair Manual conundrum! Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:50:05 -0500 From: Mike Runion Subject: Re: don't even begin... JH3 supplied the following vital info: > PERSONAL DATA: > Favorite Smiths Album: Meat is Murder > Last Time I Listened to Meat Is Murder: Sometime before 1992 > Do I Really Think Meat is, in fact, Murder: Yes > Do I Eat Meat Anyway: Sometimes > Do I Feel Bad About It: Occasionally > Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles of My House: 0 > Why This is Relevant: Don't know, I just like to bellyache about it > US Release Date of XTC's "Transistor Blast" Box Set: 11/24/98 > Why You Should Buy "Transistor Blast": 'Cuz I say so Hmmm... PERSONAL DATA: Favorite Smiths Album: The Queen Is Dead Last Time I Listened to The Queen Is Dead: Sometime in 1996 Do I Really Think the Queen is, in fact, Dead: Yes Do I Eat the Queen Anyway: Um...no comment. Do I Feel Bad About It: Yes, very...I mean..uh...no comment. Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles Of My House: 1 Why This Is Relevant: It isn't. It's just something to do to get my mind off that infernal GARTH MUSIC!!! Mike (thinking REMs Up is blissfully magnificent next to...AAAGH, TURN IT OFF!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 98 12:55:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: Lemmy and Robyn ======== Original Message ======== Who can get from Lemmy to Robyn ? I can only manage Lemmy->Hawkwind .... ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== Lemmy>Simon House(Hawkwind)>Thomas Dolby(wireless)>RH(BSDR) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:10:42 -0000 From: "Matthew Knights" Subject: Re: Lemmy and Robyn >Who can get from Lemmy to Robyn ? >I can only manage Lemmy->Hawkwind .... Thanks Quail (>Lemmy --> Hawkwind --> Calvert --> Eno --> Bowie --> Seligman --> Robyn) and lowercase tc (Lemmy->Motorhead->"The Young Ones"->Neil The Hippy->Robyn). Struggling, I remembered Lemmy answering a UK TV Quiz show question. Lemmy confessed to being Hendrix's roadie in the 60's. This yields the ever so snappy (Lemmy->Hendrix->Isle of Wight->Robyn) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:17:27 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Jennifer Love Hewitt, and her chances for a governorship Jeff: >There were lots of suspiciously tall and slim people at the party. Hey now, hey now...what's with this prejudice against the tall 'n' slim of us? I mean, sure, we're saddled with Bob Saget, but.... Ed: >>Oh, and last night I went to see Meat Beat Manifesto. I hate techno >>music, but I rather liked these dudes. > >Ohmigod. Terry sees a techno band, and he starts using words like "dudes". >I can't wait until he starts to groove on Mingus and Parker. He'll start >to shine with boptalk. Must resist adding comment...must resist.... JH3: >> US Release Date of XTC's "Transistor Blast" Box Set: 11/24/98 The release date is now December 1st. Heard it from the horse's mouth not two hours ago. Stephen: Aluminum Tunes is definitely worth the purchase. About 114 minutes' worth of Stereolab rarities! Best track: "One Note Samba/Surfboard," the first track on disc two. Wow. FYI: Today, I received the results of the AllStar site's consensus Best of 1998 poll (22 writers participated). The results will be publicly counted down from #15 to #1, starting on November 30th. I'm not going to post the list -- it's basically a secret for now, of course -- but my own top six albums (plus, my #11) all finished in the top nine. Sheesh! See? I'm just as boring and toe-the-party-line as all of you always suspected. Suspicious Eb, only mildly concerned about Quail's burgeoning foot fetish ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:35:18 -0800 From: Nur Gale Subject: Re: Mr. Richard Thompson Here is a second vote for *Watching the Dark* as the best intro you can buy to cover the corpus of RT's long career (3 CDs)... another great live version of Calvary Cross (from 1983 at the Bottom Line)... to go along with the ecstatic 1975 live recording on *Guitar, Vocal*. Otherwise, i have a special fondness for Pour Down Like Silver as my favorite RT release. nur ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:39:32 -0800 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: Please help me with my homework: MP3 I'm trying to learn everything I can about the mp3 format and I figured this group must harbor some ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:50:59 -0800 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: Please help me with my homework: MP3 (Part II) I'm trying to learn everything I can about the mp3 format and I figured this group must harbor some hardcore experts. Specifically, I'm interested in understanding how widespread it is, how well received it is by the independent music bands, how artists like it, etc. I mean, if you're the new REM and you're trying to get gigs and be a success, do you spend your time cutting mp3 songs and distribute them on the web, or do you cut cassette demos and send them to A&R guys at the major labels? Both? Neither? Is mp3 *BIG* or just cool? Scratching his pointy little head in bemusement, John P.S. No doubt this off-topic post coming from this vehemently on-topic lurker will be decried as hypocritical. I've caved; I'm one of you now. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:57:19 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: RT >I recommend 'I want to see the Bright Lights', Richard and Linda's first >album. COntains 'Calvary Cross' and many other good songs. what is it with RT coincidences these days? I read this immediately after opening a parcel that just arrived for me containing, among other things, a copy of "I want to see the bright lights tonight". Not having heard it yet, it's difficult for me to recommend, although i love "Shoot out the lights" and reckon that if this one's better I'll be amazed. James PS - Hi Dolph! Thanks for the CDs! Money is on its way! PPS - re: Der Schmidts, Hatful of hollow's OK, the rest I'd rather leave than take, although one of Morrissey's recent solo albums was actually tuneful, melodic and enjoyable. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:01:10 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Ought to... >>>Anybody else have this problem with some album that's always written up >>>as a classic album and which everyone else seems to love, but you just >>>like it fine? >>Definitely. I feel this way about most everything by Costello, Dylan, and >>Lennon. >Wow. I can't say I feel that way about Costello, and I don't know enough >John Lennon to make a judgment, but DEFINITELY Dylan. I've found one Dylan >album so far that is a masterpiece all the way through (for me), and that >is "Highway 61 Revisited". Can't say the same about "Blonde On Blonde", >sorry. IMHO, H61R is one of the real milestones of rock. Blonde on Blonde I can take or leave. Another classic that I like, and feel I *ought to* love, but can't find it in myself to do so, is Lou Reed's Transformer. Every time I hear it I go "this is great. I'm sure it is. I've been told how great it is. And it's fun and all, but..." >fun fact of the day! there are now more brand names than there are species... true, but they're probably still discovering new brand names in the Amazon rainforest... James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 03:32:27 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: did somebody say...RT? Actually, it depends which Robyn you like more... "green" robyn (Eye, ME, or IODOT) or Egyptians Robyn... for green robyn, I would go with "small town romance" or Celtschmertz 98... for everyone else, "rumor & sigh" ....(the one with "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" and "feel so good' on it...) -luther > >Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:48:30 -0500 >From: Ben >Subject: Re: Mr. Richard Thompson > >I'd reccomend the full "Watching The Dark" or "Shoot Out The Lights", one >album that all critics and fans can agree on. > >Daniel Saunders wrote: > >> There's been a lot of talk about RT on the list lately, so I was hoping >> someone could point me towards a good album of his to start off with. I >> just got a live version of "Calvary Cross" on a Rykodisc sampler, and it >> really blows me away. The guitar solo of the last half is particularly >> amazing; I can see how it could have been the inspiration for Robyn's >> "You and Oblivion" solo. I'd love to hear more of this guy's work. >> >> -- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:25:43 -0800 From: "John B. Jones" Subject: MOVIES, TRIBUTES AND HOOPLA this is in case you didn't know this yet. damn, all this nyc hoopla makes me miss the east coast for once. :) >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:59:14 -0800 >To: lobstie@e-z.net >From: denibonet@aol.com >Subject: MOVIES, TRIBUTES AND HOOPLA > On Saturday, Nov. 21st, Deni will be a featured performer at > ST. ANN'S CHURCH in BROOKLYN at the star-studded > SANDY DENNY TRIBUTE. > Also on the be bill: DARIUS RUCKER of the Hooties, MIKE MILLS of REM, > ROBYN HITCHCOCK(of movie fame), KATELL KEINIG, DON DIXON, > VICKIE PETERSON (Bangles), PETER HOLSAPPLE, SUSAN COWSILL, > and gosh darn it, a whole bunch of other really kool people! > This is going to be a really special event, so BE THERE! > The address is: > 157 Montague in Brooklyn, NY > (718) 834-8794 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 23:35:43 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH NOTHING BUT GARTH! The Quail's latest missives -- i.e., today's -- bear this date: >Mon, 19 Oct 98 13:24:43 -0500 Which means that Quail is posting from a month in the past. Shades of Hari Seldon of Asimov's FOUNDATION trilogy, he manages to quote the very threads that are going on right now on the list. I have no idea if he's using a crystal ball or if he's calculated what we'll be saying through complex mathematical formulae a la Seldon. The latter theory would be bolstered if we were indeed his creations, and he'd therefore know our minds intricately. Or perhaps he's controlling what we say through his giant overly-developed curly-q head-thingy. Makes me wonder if a Mule will rise on the list, and then suddenly Quail will be quoting posts that never appeared, talking about subjects that never came up... MARKEEFE continues to clarify his feelings about THE QUEEN IS DEAD: ><"Frankly Mr. Shankly" meant to counteract the common accusation that Morrissey >wrote too many serious lyrics and the "king of mope" title? >> > > If so, then why does the album get so deeply steeped in sulky teen >melodrama with "I Know Its Over" and "Never Had No One Ever"? The album's >just a bit too bipolar for me, although I still like it. 1) The "sulky teen melodrama" present on every Morrissey release becomes much more effective when it's surrounded by livelier pieces that contrast with it, instead of by ten other "sulky teen melodrama" songs. 2) One man's "bipolar" is apparently another man's (namely me!) "varied." Can't see what's wrong with doing an album that has a variety of moods and sounds. Some of my other favorites (TMBG, R. Stevie Moore) occasionally get slagged off for doing too many things on an album, which befuddles me to no end. I'll play FLOOD or DELICATE TENSION all day all week, but CLOSER or THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL only come out when I'm specifically in the mood for them. 3) Singers with a limited range, like the Mozzer and Natalie Merchant, become dreadfully boring if the music behind them is samey (see MEAT IS MURDER, KILL UNCLE, VAUXHALL & I, or in Ms. Merchant's case... uh, just about everything). When there's an eclectic range of settings, moods, noises, etc. (see THE QUEEN IS DEAD, LOUDER THAN BOMBS, and VIVA HATE, and the occasional Maniacs song such as "Like the Weather" or "Candy (Everybody Wants)" or hey, their cover of "Every Day Is Like Sunday"), that's when everything works for these folks. Luther rushes to the aid the RT newbies: >Actually, it depends which Robyn you like more... >"green" robyn (Eye, ME, or IODOT) or Egyptians Robyn... > for green robyn, I would go with "small town romance" or >Celtschmertz 98... CELTSCHMERTZ is a live acoustic CD recorded earlier this year, and it's nice work if you want to go through the gyrations of special-ordering it (including spelling "Kornelussen" correctly on the check) through FLYPAPER. Details are at http://www.amug.org/~deeg1225/rtbcds.html. But I think starting with SMALL TOWN ROMANCE, a 1982 live solo disc, would be a big mistake, as RT is clearly not yet comfortable as a solo/acoustic artist yet. I know I wouldn't have been inspired to ever buy another RT CD if it had been my first Thompson purchase. Several people mentioned the 3-CD WATCHING THE DARK compilation, but that may be too much of a time/budget investment to start things off, especially if you're not reasonably sure you're going to dig Thompson. His studio CDs don't divide neatly between analogous "green" and "Egyptians" mode the way Robyn's catalog does; most RT CDs offer a balance. As Luther suggests, RUMOR & SIGH would be a fine starter, probably building on a couple of songs you already know, but I think other good'uns would be I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT or POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER for those with more of a folk leaning, and ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM or (minority opinion) DARING ADVENTURES for healthy eclectic does of rock, folk, rockabilly, Cajun, theramin, Rilke, and whatever else happened to be in the cupboard that day. Finally, Mike Runion mentioned that his children dismiss Robyn and other Dad-favored music by saying stuff like "if it's so good, why isn't it on the radio? why haven't my friends heard of it?" etc. For whatever reason, this disturbed me, and has really stuck with me over the last few days. When I was their age, whatever I thought about the music to which my mother and grandmother listened, I would have never have even thought of judging it on such a shallow basis as whether it was on the radio or whether other ten-year olds had heard it! I'm not making any arguments about me being a child prodigy or anything, I'm simply saying that even then I would have judged on whether I liked the songs and performances, not on whether it was being played between "How Deep Is Your Love" and "You Light Up My Life." Of course, in 1980 when I discovered what most peers would call "weird shit" music, these same peers used those same hateful arguments ("yeah, if R.E.M. is so good, then why doesn't J104 play them?" or its even more dreadful variant, "how can you say THRILLER is crap when so many people like it?"). So it's not me saying today's kids are worse than my own generation; more like I'm sad to be reminded that the same old crap keeps resurfacing. Of course, reading Thucydides accomplishes the same purpose, but this hits closer to home for me. Mike's kids have a chance to learn from his example and as a consequence might develop their own musical idiosyncrasies as they get older; most kids are raised by parents whose music collections consist entirely of Garth, the Eagles, and the odd hair-band "best-of" album kept for nostalgia's sake, and if they met you at your high school reunion, they'd still say "you're that guy who listened to all that weird shit." And speaking of Garth Our Lord and Master, it's time to revive the Garth .sig. God, he frightens me. And the .sig was written about last year's Central Park show, but it seems even more apropos given how El Gartho looks in the TV ads for his double live gonzo set... back to lurkerdom, Miles =========================================================== "Looking out over the [Central Park] crowd... Garth Brooks' eyes got that crazed, fixated gleam they get from time to time. But this time his eyes had taken on a maniacal glint that suggested Goebbels staring out at a Nuremberg rally." -- John Bridges, the Nashville SCENE, Aug. 14, 1997 Miles Goosens outdoorminer@mindspring.com =========================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:43:08 -0800 From: "John B. Jones" Subject: rolling stone blurb did someone post the bit about storefront that is in the latest rollingstone? i just got the new issue today, but the text sounds too familiar. i think i read it on here today, or i'm stuck in a horrid episode of "early edition" anyway. if it hasn't appeared on here, i can post it. its not TOO long. john ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:21:11 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: don't even begin... >> PERSONAL DATA: >> Favorite Smiths Album: Meat is Murder >> Last Time I Listened to Meat Is Murder: Sometime before 1992 >> Do I Really Think Meat is, in fact, Murder: Yes >> Do I Eat Meat Anyway: Sometimes >> Do I Feel Bad About It: Occasionally >> Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles of My House: 0 >> Why This is Relevant: Don't know, I just like to bellyache about it >> US Release Date of XTC's "Transistor Blast" Box Set: 11/24/98 >> Why You Should Buy "Transistor Blast": 'Cuz I say so Favorite Smiths Album: Louder Than bombs. I like solo Morissey a lot better than Smiths, truth be told. "Last of the Famous International Playboys" and "Hairdresser on Fire" kick ass! Last Time I Listened to Meat Is Murder: Don't remember. A long time ago. I never liked it. Do I Really Think Meat is, in fact, Murder: Yes Do I Eat Meat Anyway: Haven't for geez, almost 7 years Do I Feel Bad About It: I did, that's why I stopped. Duh. Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles of My House: too many to count Why This is Relevant: Don't know, I just like to bellyache about it US Release Date of Momus's "Tender Pervert"- Summer 1988 I believe Why You Should Buy "Tender Pervert": 'Cuz it's witty and literate and very creative and I think it's awesome. Boils down to I said so, basically. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 01:03:56 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: MOVIES, TRIBUTES AND HOOPLA I also read on the RT list that this show will be broadcast on the radio. I wonder which Sandy Denny song RH will do? John B. Jones wrote: > this is in case you didn't know this yet. damn, all this nyc hoopla makes > me miss the east coast for once. :) > > >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:59:14 -0800 > >To: lobstie@e-z.net > >From: denibonet@aol.com > >Subject: MOVIES, TRIBUTES AND HOOPLA > > > On Saturday, Nov. 21st, Deni will be a featured performer at > > ST. ANN'S CHURCH in BROOKLYN at the star-studded > > SANDY DENNY TRIBUTE. > > Also on the be bill: DARIUS RUCKER of the Hooties, MIKE MILLS of REM, > > ROBYN HITCHCOCK(of movie fame), KATELL KEINIG, DON DIXON, > > VICKIE PETERSON (Bangles), PETER HOLSAPPLE, SUSAN COWSILL, > > and gosh darn it, a whole bunch of other really kool people! > > This is going to be a really special event, so BE THERE! > > The address is: > > 157 Montague in Brooklyn, NY > > (718) 834-8794 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:27:21 +0000 (GMT) From: fitter happier Subject: SH in Cambridge (UK) Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but according to the Cambridge Arts Cinema listing, SH is being introduced by Robyn at 11:30pm on December 3rd. Toby ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 06:09:16 -0800 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH Miles said: >Mike's kids have a chance to learn from his example > and as a consequence might develop their own musical idiosyncrasies as they > get older; most kids are raised by parents whose music collections consist > entirely of Garth, the Eagles, and the odd hair-band "best-of" album kept > for nostalgia's sake, and if they met you at your high school reunion, > they'd still say "you're that guy who listened to all that weird shit." I really makes you wonder. When I was growing up, my parents idea of music was Hee-Haw once a week, and cheezy variety shows like Donny & Marie and Sonny & Cher. (Thank god no Laurence Welk though!). Their record collection consisted of: a few Glen Campbell and Mel Tillis albums, a slew of weird 70's raunchy funky black underground albums on 8-track (don't ask...something my dad got a kick out of), and one Little Drummer Boy Christmas record. The radio stayed mainly in the off position, but when it was on, it was either on horrid local country stations or something akin to 60's lite rock. My initiation into anything remotely pop or rock or whatever was somewhere between 1978 and 1980, between the Grease soundtrack and summer mornings sweeping the pool listening to American Top 40. Ugh...I'm cringing...someone get me a blanket! So yeah, it does all just keep coming around, the same old thing, and somewhere along the line, some of us branch out and pursue music as more than just something to fill the silence. Actually, despite their grumblings, I think my kids are well on their way to a deep and idiosyncratic appreciation for music. Hell, my 15 year old daughter Holly continually is blasting that infernal Milk Motel something album everytime she takes a shower! Plus her cooler that cool parents sit around every night playing Robyn Hitchcock and Patsy Cline covers on guitar. What could be better? Back to you, Mike __________________________________________ Sent using WebInbox. "Your email gateway." Check us out at http://www.webinbox.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 06:09:34 -0800 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: time warps, Mozzer, Thommo, rule of the majority, and GARTH Miles said: >Mike's kids have a chance to learn from his example > and as a consequence might develop their own musical idiosyncrasies as they > get older; most kids are raised by parents whose music collections consist > entirely of Garth, the Eagles, and the odd hair-band "best-of" album kept > for nostalgia's sake, and if they met you at your high school reunion, > they'd still say "you're that guy who listened to all that weird shit." I really makes you wonder. When I was growing up, my parents idea of music was Hee-Haw once a week, and cheezy variety shows like Donny & Marie and Sonny & Cher. (Thank god no Laurence Welk though!). Their record collection consisted of: a few Glen Campbell and Mel Tillis albums, a slew of weird 70's raunchy funky black underground albums on 8-track (don't ask...something my dad got a kick out of), and one Little Drummer Boy Christmas record. The radio stayed mainly in the off position, but when it was on, it was either on horrid local country stations or something akin to 60's lite rock. My initiation into anything remotely pop or rock or whatever was somewhere between 1978 and 1980, between the Grease soundtrack and summer mornings sweeping the pool listening to American Top 40. Ugh...I'm cringing...someone get me a blanket! So yeah, it does all just keep coming around, the same old thing, and somewhere along the line, some of us branch out and pursue music as more than just something to fill the silence. Actually, despite their grumblings, I think my kids are well on their way to a deep and idiosyncratic appreciation for music. Hell, my 15 year old daughter Holly continually is blasting that infernal Milk Motel something album everytime she takes a shower! Plus her cooler that cool parents sit around every night playing Robyn Hitchcock and Patsy Cline covers on guitar. What could be better? Back to you, Mike (feeling ashamed yet somehow emboldened by his past) __________________________________________ Sent using WebInbox. "Your email gateway." Check us out at http://www.webinbox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 98 10:51:33 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: don't even begin... I can't help throwing my hmuh in the ring. . . . Susan, carrying on the MRunion tradition: >Favorite Smiths Album: Louder Than bombs. I like solo Morissey a lot better >than Smiths, truth be told. "Last of the Famous International Playboys" and >"Hairdresser on Fire" kick ass! >Last Time I Listened to Meat Is Murder: Don't remember. A long time ago. I >never liked it. >Do I Really Think Meat is, in fact, Murder: Yes >Do I Eat Meat Anyway: Haven't for geez, almost 7 years >Do I Feel Bad About It: I did, that's why I stopped. Duh. >Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles of My House: too many to count >Why This is Relevant: Don't know, I just like to bellyache about it >US Release Date of Momus's "Tender Pervert"- Summer 1988 I believe >Why You Should Buy "Tender Pervert": 'Cuz it's witty and literate and very >creative and I think it's awesome. Boils down to I said so, basically. Favorite Smiths Album: "Strangeways Here We Come" Last Time I Listened to "Meat is Murder": Yesterday afternoon, oddly enough while jilting my young gay hooligan lover, scrathing out his name from my arm with a pen, and swinging a gladiola around my pompadoured head as I strangled a chicken for lunch. Do I Really Think Meat is, in fact, Murder: No, I believe that Vegetables are the highest form of life, and when I get to Heaven -- where all this stuff is revealed -- I'm going to laugh my ass off at all the sensitive Vegans who find out they've been responsible for smugly annihilating whole civilizations of peaceful Bean Sprout Philosophers. Do I Eat Meat Anyway: As a matter of fact, I plan to leap on the back of a naked cow very soon and gomp it right down, from milk to moo. Number of Indian Restaurants within 100 Miles of My House: None, unless you count the Cherokee Burger over at Big Chief's . . . . oh, wait. Um . . . a lot, I guess. Sorry. Why This is Relevant: Because we are all meeting at an Indian Restaurant for the Secret Robyn Show, Yaaaaay! Release dates of note: I dunno, but that Queen Box Set is looking pretty nifty! - --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 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #434 *******************************