From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #447 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, December 6 1998 Volume 07 : Number 447 Today's Subjects: ----------------- PS [Eb ] Re: dire tragedy for proggies (especially Susan) [amadain ] Re: Any trip-hop/abstract hip-hop experts out there in Fegland? [Danielle] placenta helper [desmond in a tutu ] Re: Any trip-hop/abstract hip-hop experts out there in Fegland? [Danielle] Re: Robyn dream I had last night [Carole Reichstein ] Re: trip/abstract hop out in? [S Dwarf ] Re: Fave 15 of 1998 [Eb ] Re: Fave 15 of 1998 [desmond in a tutu ] Re: Fave 15 of 1998 ["Chris!" ] Hitchcock on "Skip" Spence tribute album [Marc Holden ] Re: Fave 15 of 1998 [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Open letter on FegTree 1 [steve ] Top 5 1998 [Joel Mullins ] my open letter to .chris ["Capitalism Blows" ] RobynTalks! (from 1989) [Marc Holden ] the sasquatch chronicles ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: RobynTalks! (from 1989) [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Top 5 1998 [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 14:28:52 -0800 From: Eb Subject: PS of course, we all know that the real reason Lake left is that he got sick of Palmers weirdness D# Don't miss this link...http://www.boobmouse.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:08:45 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: dire tragedy for proggies (especially Susan) (snip) >Unfortunately, in more recent times, ELP has failed to deliver the same >vital and inventive music that had made it so endearing during its earlier >years. I seem to have missed this totally. The only ELP music I've ever heard has been pompous wankery with some nice melodies buried in it occasionally, that I don't feel like digging through all those layers to get to. Some good playing there, admittedly, but that's as far as I'm willing to go. Were you suggesting, Eb, that it is a tragedy I missed out on all of those - -endearing- records he's talking about? For THAT would be a tragedy for all of us, I think, not just me. They should seriously think about releasing them after all this time ;). Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) From: fred is ted Subject: Popsicle Toes Hitchcock - ---Natalie Jane Jacobs wrote: > > A question for y'all: > > My friends' kids (ages 3 yrs and 3 mos., respectively) like to hear people> singing, and since my friends can't carry a tune in a bucket, the mom has > asked me to make a tape of songs her kids might enjoy. She suggested> "Yellow Submarine," and I thought of "Effervescing Elephant." The> 3-year-old also really likes the Pogues (she calls it "the pretty music"> :), so I thought I could include some of their stuff, too. Are there any> Robynsongs that might be good? Any other suggestions? > "Balloon Man" and "Brenda's Iron Sledge" sure come to mind. I've always thought "Iron Sledge" was a natural singalong/call and response song--has fun, built-in repetitions. Has anyone suggested this at a concert? "Singalong with Robyn!" Wheee! More lyrically, um, PG-13 would be "Victorian Squid." As with the above songs, it's sung in a voice kids would like, playful melody too. Of course, there's always "Young People Scream." Just kidding! Ted ps to Eb-- :p (my inner child feels better now) "Yeah, we get high on music" Kim Deal _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 16:02:32 -0800 (PST) From: Danielle Subject: Re: Any trip-hop/abstract hip-hop experts out there in Fegland? > Eb, who knows Danielle Oh, that is *not* what I meant, and you know it. ;p~ Danielle, sadly uninformed on the Stereolab packaging, since the person I borrowed Aluminium Tunes from is a 'ditch the jewel boxes, store the packaging, and put all CDs in big black envelope-cases to save space' person _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:12:43 -0500 From: desmond in a tutu Subject: placenta helper fegs, remember that food show in britain which got in trouble for televising a recipe for placenta? well, saturday night live was there first: woj n.p. wpkn ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 16:15:46 -0800 (PST) From: Danielle Subject: Re: Any trip-hop/abstract hip-hop experts out there in Fegland? Ah, the Dr Octagon/DJ Shadow link becomes clear... thank you. :) > Bentley Rhythm Ace; Bentley Rhythm Ace--not so much trip hop, but > close, I suppose. "...Sort You Out" might be right up your alley. I think BRA falls into the 'big beat' category, along with our dear Norman Cook... > David Holmes: Let's Get Killed--some drums'n'bass blight, but some > good ambient/trip-hop cuts,espc. "Don't Die Just Yet." Yes, I second that. It's lots of fun. But oi! What do you mean, 'blight'? ;) Danielle, who always wants to listen to Propellerheads after David Holmes because of the James Bond/Shirley Bassey link NP Stereolab, Aluminium Tunes or whatever it's called (I don't have the case on me). But ooooh. :) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:34:22 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: Re: Robyn dream I had last night Waking from his slumbers, Eddie recounted his Robyn dream: > > robyn was playing at some festival, sort of early-afternoonish. and all > day long, i was participating in a softball tournament on the same > grounds. so, i was sitting there in the dugout just kind of minding my > own business, when it struck me that i'd left my recorder at home. > it was getting into the afternoon, and i knew it was going to take me a > while to get home and back because the route i would usually take was > closed due to a "hostage situation," and on the alternate route i would > be taking, you were only allowed to drive it in reverse. > so i just up and left the softball team, and went searching for the > office, found it, and there were a bunch of people lounging around in > there. Hmmm. I had a Robyndream (tm) last week too. Unfortunately, Eddie didn't make a guest appearance. Too bad! Actually, I had two Robyn dreams, both in the same morning. I don't *recall* eating anything funny the night before.... Dream #1. What happened? Oh, not much. My sister & I and some other unseen Fegs were in Robyn's house, for he was about to have a big party. Robyn was out getting provision, I guess. In the meantime, I remember exploring Robyn's house with a peculiar voyeuristic thrill..I peeked into the kitchen, saw all the dishes & the dishrack and thought, "oh! that's the dishrack in the "Driving Aloud" video!" I opened the fridge, and delightedly found a six-pack of beer with the "thoth" symbol-logo on all of them. Too cool! I woke up before Robyn came back, or before I could drink a beer. Sad. Dream #2. I was in a completely dark room, holding hands with some fellow, feeling quite happy, for it was Robyn's hand. (hey, a girl can tell these things!) That's all that happened too. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 22:01:12 -0800 From: "Michael R. Runion" Subject: Fave 15 of 1998 Just for something to do to get away from the numbing boredom of having a major weekend flu, I've decided to follow Eb's lead and go ahead and figure out / post my favorite albums of the last year. There's a slew of greats I'm sure I haven't heard yet; this list is culled from the 35 or so 1998 releases I've bought so far: 1. NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA (hats of to Eb for the initial recommendation. A slab of sheer greatness) 2. BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966 (I fretted whether to include this one or not, but seeing as this is the first official release, what the hell. A monumental set of discs) 3. VIC CHESNUTT - THE SALESMAN & BERNADETTE (a sublimely stunning disc, his best since Is The Actor Happy?) 4. BILLY BRAGG & WILCO - MERMAID AVENUE (Three artists I like, one record I love) 5. KRISTEN HERSH - MURDER, MISERY AND THEN GOODNIGHT (I was unprepared for how good I think this is. Stands up with the best of her solo work, and whomps all over Strange Angels. Plus it didn't hurt that I already knew half these songs via my wife's love of old bluegrass standards.) 6. PEARL JAM - YIELD (I know, I know, but hell, I'll defend the lads. Their last two discs have been damn fine I say!) 7. LOVE & ROCKETS - LIFT (I was initially bugged to find out this was yet another stab at techno/electronica, which I think the guys failed badly at earlier this decade. Sweet F.A. was sorta a mess too. After several spins though, this disc really works. I like it lots.) 8. ROBYN HITCHCOCK - STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK LP (Note, LP version only...finally a album that captures Robyn of today live in all his glory) 9. HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN (This one keeps bouncing up and down the list. It's been higher, it's been lower. Immensely satisfying, but only at the right time) 10. BECK - MUTATIONS (A swell followup to Odelay, if you ask me) 11. ELLIOT SMITH - XO (I forget how good this is until I force myself to listen again) 12. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP (I only finally got this about two weeks ago, but haven't stopped listening yet...) 13. FREAKWATER - SPRINGTIME (Was this an early '98 release or a late '97? What the hell...if you're remotely into bluegrass/good country done from an alt-rock perspective, pick it up) 14. REM - UP (My least favorite REM album, but it's still quite listenable if you forget about all the better stuff they've done) 15. MARILYN MANSON - MECHANICAL ANIMALS (I don't listen to this sorta stuff much anymore, but I gave Mr. Manson a try and actually sorta liked what I heard. Hmmm...) Other stuff I liked: Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed's "Perfect Night", Portishead's "Roseland NYC Live", They Might Be Giants' "Severe Tire Damage", Emmylou Harris "Spyboy" Best Reissue: Throwing Muses - In A Doghouse Disappointments: Jesus & Mary Chain "Munki", Peter Murphy "Recall" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 20:05:57 -0800 (PST) From: S Dwarf Subject: Re: trip/abstract hop out in? MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: >someone wrote: > > < Octagon? Or am I getting that mixed up?>> > > Well, there's the U.N.K.L.E. album that came out recently. I'd have to > look more closely to see if the other main guy on it (other than Shadow) is > Dr. Octagon. I know it's credited to someone with a reg'lar-type name, but > maybe "Dr. Octagon" is this guy's handle/nom de scratch. > And thanks, Danielle! i think it's Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, who worked with Dr. Octagon (and Cornershop), but i'm not totally sure. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 20:14:11 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Fave 15 of 1998 MRunion: >Just for something to do to get away from the numbing boredom of having >a major weekend flu Sheesh, is EVERYBODY sick? >5. KRISTEN HERSH - MURDER, MISERY AND THEN GOODNIGHT (I was unprepared >for how good I think this is. Stands up with the best of her solo work, >and whomps all over Strange Angels. Plus it didn't hurt that I already >knew half these songs via my wife's love of old bluegrass standards.) Really? Huh. I figured I wouldn't bother getting this, since it doesn't have original material and it's such a hassle to buy. That good? Anyone else (LilithWoj?) have this and care to testify? >7. LOVE & ROCKETS - LIFT (I was initially bugged to find out this was >yet another stab at techno/electronica, which I think the guys failed >badly at earlier this decade. Sweet F.A. was sorta a mess too. After >several spins though, this disc really works. I like it lots.) Oh jeez...that disc was on my WORST list. Blecch. >9. HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN (This one keeps bouncing up and down the list. >It's been higher, it's been lower.) Such ambivalence seems to be going around. It might interest folks to know that Celebrity Skin finished in the top 4 of both the Best AND Worst polls of the AllStar consensus! Can you say "love it or hate it"? >12. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP (I only finally got >this about two weeks ago, but haven't stopped listening yet...) I still haven't heard an entire Belle & Sebastian album. Ouch. Dang it...at this rate, I'll NEVER get that Twee-Pop merit badge. Eb, desperately trying to get well before Monday's Rufus event (and possible encounter with a non-Texan) http://moose.erie.net/~bbelovar/wildman/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:28:32 -0500 From: desmond in a tutu Subject: Re: Fave 15 of 1998 also sprach Eb: >MRunion: >>5. KRISTEN HERSH - MURDER, MISERY AND THEN GOODNIGHT >Really? Huh. I figured I wouldn't bother getting this, since it doesn't >have original material and it's such a hassle to buy. That good? Anyone >else (LilithWoj?) have this and care to testify? you rang? have it. like it. it's good, but not great. exemplifies how twisted kristen hersh is. she does a pretty mean appalachin impersonation. it's not a hassle to buy if you don't mind shopping cdnow. >>12. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP >I still haven't heard an entire Belle & Sebastian album. Ouch. Dang it...at >this rate, I'll NEVER get that Twee-Pop merit badge. when i finally got around to hearing them, all i could think was that the field mice did this a whole lot better way back when. pastel pop. whee. woj n.p. over the rhine -- the darkest night of the year ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 21:54:16 -0800 From: "Chris!" Subject: Re: Fave 15 of 1998 > 12. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP (I only finally got > this about two weeks ago, but haven't stopped listening yet...) You know, I like the a lot. But, I love the first major release, "If your feeling sinister." Very brilliant. The second just does not do as much for me. Get the aformentioned "If your...," you might really love it. .chris (who bought too few ablums in 1998 to even make a top 15!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 02:00:15 -0700 From: Marc Holden Subject: Hitchcock on "Skip" Spence tribute album The December edition of Pulse! magazine mentions a "Skip" Spence tribute album due out in February 1999. Included on the album are: Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Waits, Robert Plant w/Flaming Lips, Beck, the Minus Five, Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs), and Jay Farrar (Son Volt). Marc n.p.-- X, Beyond & Back Anthology (disc 2) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 14:00:27 +0000 (GMT) From: toby Subject: Re: Trip Hop The UNKLE album is "by" DJ Shadow + James Lavelle (founder of Mo'Wax records). I think the new Third Eye Foundation album (which I *think* is called You Guys Kill Me, though I may well be wrong) is pretty trip-hop - it's certainly "uneasy-easy listening". Toby ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 13:06:17 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Fave 15 of 1998 I can't see Mystikal or the double-CD best of Faith No More making my list, so I guess it's safe to post one! Here goes my best of 1998: Top 5 1) Neutral Milk Hotel: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" 2) Billy Bragg/Wilco: "Mermaid Avenue" 3) Eels: "Electro-Shock Blues" 4) Elliott Smith: "XO" 5) Tori Amos: "From the Choirgirl Hotel" Rest of the Top 10 (in no order): Liz Phair: "Whitechocolatespaceegg" Vic Chesnutt: "Salesman and Bernadette" (is that exactly right?) Marillion: "Radiation" (just cuz I love Marillion . . . it's really only okay) Robert Wyatt: "Shleep" (even though, as Eb pointed out, it may have been released elsewhere last year) Pulp: "This is Hardcore" Rest of Top 15 (in no order): Grooverider: "Mysteries of Funk" Jonathan Richman: "I'm So Confused" R.E.M.: "Up" Willie Nelson: "Teatro" Bob Dylan: "Live 1966, Bootleg Volume 4" (honorary mention, even though it certainly wasn't originall intended to be a 1998 "new release" -- probably would be in my Top 5 of "albums I like to listen to that got released this year," though) - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 98 14:05:42 -0600 From: steve Subject: Open letter on FegTree 1 My branch on FegTree 1 failed to respond to my two emails so I asked one of the "super dupers" if he could help me out. Turns out that he never got the tapes from *his* contact. So folks, if you're going sign up for a tape tree, PLEASE fulfill the responsibility you're taking on. FegTree 1 should have been finished *weeks* ago. - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:14:20 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Top 5 1998 Well, I haven't bought many newly released albums this past year. But of the ones I've bought or heard, these are my top 5: 1. Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg 2. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs 3. Storefront Hitchcock 4. Lou Reed - Perfect Night 5. Rufus Wainwright I'm really looking forward to 1999. Besides a new release by RH, there should be new albums by Jason Falkner, The The, Weezer, Luna.... This has been a good year, but I'm expecting next year to be better. - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 13:47:18 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: my open letter to .chris i will be listening to CRIME OF THE CENTURY later today. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:51:19 -0700 From: Marc Holden Subject: RobynTalks! (from 1989) Back in 1989, when Robyn & the Egyptians toured for Queen Elvis, several promo items were given away at the door (cd singles for Madonna of the Wasps(Edit and LP versions), Madonna of the Wasps/One Long Pair of Eyes(live with spoken intro)/More than This, and the 12" of One Long Pair of Eyes/the Ghost in You/Freeze (shatter mix) on red vinyl). Included with the 12" was a single half sheet of red paper with TINY print titled "Robyn Talks!". Here's the content in not-so-tiny print: ROBYN TALKS! TRACK-BY-TRACK Robyn Hitchcock Discusses Queen Elvis Side One 1. "Madonna of the Wasps": "We just made a video for this one. I did a drawing of the Madonna of the Wasps a few years ago, then wrote a song about her last summer. She's a character who turns into a wasp from the waist down, the same as a mermaid is a fish from the waist down. She's a kind of femme fatale who ultimately freezes herself out and eventually passes away in the cold, like wasps always do." 2. "The Devil's Coachmen": "I'd never used a string quartet before and I particularly like it, both here and on "Wax Doll." As for the line about "the universe is based on sullen entropy," well, if you read a news paper, you find the banal is always next to the profound; the two are closer than you think. That line is an idea from a book; one theory is that the universe expanded from nothing and will contract down to nothing again. It's just a song about things collapsing." 3. "Wax Doll": The protagonist is someone with a cronic self-hatred, surrounded by all these people who are intangible-angels: they sort of float through him. Alan Breeze is an actual person, a 50's crooner who was on a big band show when I was a kid. He's probably in a home for old show business people in Brighton now--puts in his teeth in the morning, reads his press clippings, and waits for his son to visit and remind him who he is." 4. "Knife": "It's quite simple really. It is what it is: somebody being threatened, and somebody threatening. Their own options are a threat to them and other people, and they have it within their grasp to do a lot of damage. Their own future is presented to them as a kind of threat, which I think is something most people feel at some time or other. The track was done completely live by the way." 5. "Swirling": "It isn't actually about a person at all: it's about the state of detachment, sort of hovering above things, and the singer would really like to achieve that state through whatever means are required. It's not to do with loving a specific person. It's basically a mood, and I can't really explain it." Side Two 1. "One Long Pair of Eyes": "That was done with a live vocal, and I'm very pleased with the way I sang on it. I think it shows us (the Egyptians) at our best, too. Our records often tend to be just blueprints, and this particular take's got more life in it than most. I like the way Andy overdubbed the piano and put bits triangle on it, stuff like that." 2. "Veins of the Queen": "The Queen is someone no one really knows. People wonder, 'Is Elvis really dead?' Well, is the Queen really alive? Has she ever had an orgasm? Does she write postcards to her friends, or has she ever spent any money in a shop? Does she have any opinions? Again, I'm not attacking the Queen--I'm just commenting on the sort of straitjacket that she's in." 3. "Freeze": "When I mention David Byrne in the section about the book of love, I don't mean that he (himself) wrote the book of love. Although maybe he should have--I'd love to hear his version. It could have been Oliver North (in the song), only his name didn't scan. There's a list of characters in there, again, and they're all having their various problems. Everybody knows Steve, and Elaine, and Ray; they're the people of today's mythology, and they're not called Aphrodite or Orlando or whatever. People need a mythology of some kind, and then they've got their own ordinary lives. The two are very blurred." 4. "Autumn Sea": "I like the fact that it goes out of time, which is very deliberate. Some people can't stand this track, and other people think it's the best. It's the most abrasive track on the record; if my music on the whole is becoming more serene, this is the most opposite of that. Every so often you realize what your tendencies are, and it's a good thing to reverse them." Unfortunately it ends before talking about "Superman" for some reason. Please forgive the typos that I didn't catch--the tiny print totally killed my eyes. Time for some Visine and espresso. Later, Marc n.p.--cd player on random: Soft Boys "Rout of the Clones", Shonen Knife "Pretty Little Baka Guy/Live in Osaka Japan", The Residents "Wormwood", the Cramps "Psychedelic Jungle/Gravest Hits", Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:12:02 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: the sasquatch chronicles "too cool!" has got to be the biggest fucking understatement i *ever* did hear! that is the fucking BEST, carole! i'm just imagining all those generic products in Repo Man as "Thoth" brand products... by the way, anybody read the ethan coen book yet? <"Yellow Submarine," and I thought of "Effervescing Elephant." The 3-year-old also really likes the Pogues (she calls it "the pretty music" :), so I thought I could include some of their stuff, too. Are there any Robynsongs that might be good? Any other suggestions?> this is a great thread idea, natalie jane!! i'll be thinking of these all damned week. here are just a few: in the start-'em-when-they're-young category: Let's Lynch The Landlord (c'mon, admit it all: it's a bloody *wonderful* sing-a-long song! oh god! i would LOVE to hear a bunch of kids belting that one out!), Solidarity Forever, Ludlow Massacre ("i said, 'god bless the mine workers' union,' then i hung my head and cried." yes. perfect.) robynsongs: Balloon Man (natch), Old Pervert (solo acoustic version), Direct Me To The Cheese, Grooving On An Inner Plane ("grooving grooving back again." that works so well it's frightening!) others: they might be giants have a version of Particle Man sung by schoolkids. that seems like a natural. Harvey The Wonder Hamster, by weird al. <"If your feeling sinister." Very brilliant. The second just does not do as much for me. Get the aformentioned "If your...," you might really love it.> is it really "your" and not "you're"? not trying to be a dick, here. i honestly have no idea, and "your" would be kinda neat. <.chris (who bought too few ablums in 1998 to even make a top 15!)> me too, probably. but let's see. are you keeping score again this year, daniel? 1. SMARTIE MINE 2. CONTACT FROM THE UNDERWORLD OF REDBOY 3. LIVE AT THE CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 4. IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA 5. STOREFRONT H those are the essential ones. *lot* of shit that i haven't been able to find used yet, though. song of the year: robbie robertson, Sacrifice. hands down. probably the song of the decade. movies: 1. The Kingdom II 2. Storefront Hitchcock 3. The Big Lebowski 4. The Wind In The Willows "I hope to give our starters extended blows." --Bob Bender, University of Washington men's basketball coach ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 14:13:14 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: RobynTalks! (from 1989) >4. "Autumn Sea": "I like the fact that it goes out of time, which is >very deliberate. Some people can't stand this track, and other people >think it's the best. It's the most abrasive track on the record; if my >music on the whole is becoming more serene, this is the most opposite of >that. Every so often you realize what your tendencies are, and it's a >good thing to reverse them." marc later went on to write: >Unfortunately it ends before talking about "Superman" for some reason. Marc--it sounds like Robyn is actually referring to SUPERMAN in that last bit instead of Autumn Sea. Autumn Sea is one of the more serene tracks on there (in terms of music, not lyrics). Superman is the one people talk about on that album when they talk about the song going out of time. Am I right folks?? Don't you think Robyn was talking about Superman at the end. Autumn Sea is NOT abrasive. - -john ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 15:22:48 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Top 5 1998 Joel: >I'm really looking forward to 1999. Besides a new release by RH, there >should be new albums by Jason Falkner, The The, Weezer, Luna.... >This has been a good year, but I'm expecting next year to be better. I heard the new Jason Falkner album (Can You Still Feel?) a few days ago. I loved the debut, but unfortunately I was disappointed with the new one. The production/arrangements are a little undercooked, somehow -- it just doesn't have the dazzling, triumphant sheen of Author Unknown. There are more keyboards, and they're kinda poorly implemented -- tacky. Makes the record sound low-budget, somehow. And there wasn't a melody that leaped out and grabbed me by the throat, like (for instance) "She Goes to Bed" and "Before My Heart Attacks." However, the last album was one of those rare really-grew-on-me-over-time releases, so maybe this album will be too. Interestingly, the single from the new album is called..."Author Unknown"! (I never was a The The fan at all, and I think Dean Wareham -- hi, LJ -- has exhausted all his ideas, at this point. Hard to predict whether a new Weezer album will be good or not.) Offhand, I'd say that I'm most curious about the new albums from XTC, Olivia Tremor Control and Tom Waits coming next year. And will THIS be the year that NIN finally releases something new? I'm actually quite looking forward to Jewels for Sophia too, because I think Jon Brion may turn out to be the best producer Hitchcock ever had. Could make a big difference, and finally drag Hitchcock out of the '80s. , Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #447 *******************************