From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #451 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, December 8 1998 Volume 07 : Number 451 Today's Subjects: ----------------- gawrsh ["Chaney, Dolph L" ] Windhovers and winter journeys [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: Windhovers and winter journeys [overbury@cn.ca] Top Ten '98 ["Paul Montagne" ] Re: Plush ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Trying to ID an RH tape. [Capuchin ] Re: (Fwd) Re: community of fegs...More plugz [Terrence M Marks ] More... [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Did someone say PLUSH?! [Zloduska ] Re: Plush and Discovery [Zloduska ] Re: Top Ten '98 [Eb ] Re: Plush and Discovery [lobstie@e-z.net] psst, pass it on... [Eb ] Re: Plush and Discovery [Zloduska ] Re: XTC stuff [The Great Quail ] Quailfaves [The Great Quail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:17:05 -0500 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: gawrsh Hi Fegs! I just wanted to say a public, blushing "gawrsh" to Mark for his kind words. Unfortunately, he managed (like my parents always do!) to misspell Oglethorpe in my e-mail address, bless his heart. So, just in case anybody tried writing and got a big nasty "does not exist" message, I'm at DChaney@oglethorpe.edu. I can't lay claim to being much like Robyn, but so far 6 Fegs have gotten my CD and 3 have written to say they really like it. By the way, do pester James Dignan for his tape, _Partial Rapture Theory_. It's a goody! If you liked his magnificent cover of "Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom" on GF (which I love at least as much as Robyn's, sometimes more), at least half of the tape is as good as that. And if you didn't, go see a doctor. (Mark, the check is in the mail.) (Seriously, it is -- I'm just now getting Mark's record. Be expecting gush from me soon!) My favorite '98 releases: 1. Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 2. Beck, Mutations 3. R.E.M., Up 4. Robyn Hitchcock, Storefront Hitchcock (LP version) 5. Terry Scott Taylor, John Wayne 6. Elliott Smith, XO 7. Mark Eitzel, Caught In A Trap And I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby 8. Bob Mould, The Last Dog And Pony Show 9. Starflyer 59, The Fashion Focus 10. The Grassy Knoll, III Classical recommendations: * Arvo Part (especially _Tabula Rasa_, _Passio_, and _Te Deum_) * Frank Zappa (_The Yellow Shark_) * John Adams (especially _Harmonielehre_ and _Fearful Symmetries/The Wound-Dresser_) * Charles Ives (the CD that hooked me was the New York Phil's recording of Symphony No. 2 and other pieces [it's the "other pieces" that I really dig], with Bernstein conducting -- Deutsche Grammophon 29220) * all the Kronos Quartet you can carry * Palestrina (my favorite is the "Missa Papae Marcelli") Dolph now stretching: because I'm sore ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:49:09 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Windhovers and winter journeys >So lump me in with Steve. *gush*! The only disappointment >concerning the new material is that XTC's new label won't release a >full CD of the guitar stuff and a full CD of the kestrel stuff. Wait... but... they are. Aren't they? I've seen the track listing for the kestrel CD and it's got 12 or so songs on it. That's a full CD. I'm not sure what "Middle Eastern wiggle thing" Eb is referring to re. the XTC demos, as that description only seems to fit one song that I can think of. (Personally, I think it's about time they started exploring other types of music besides Ye Olde Beatles/Beach Boys/Kinks quirky pop thing, but that's just me...) > And incidentally, what sort of classical music do you-all reccomend? I'm a tremendous Schubert fan - in fact, after Robyn and XTC, I own more Schubert records than any other artist. I recommend the Berg Quartet's version of the String Quintet in C Major [1], and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing the Winterreise song cycle. n. [1] They have a guest cellist, so don't ask how a quartet can play a quintet, smart-ass! :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:40:34 +0000 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Windhovers and winter journeys gnat answered me: > >So lump me in with Steve. *gush*! The only disappointment > >concerning the new material is that XTC's new label won't release a > >full CD of the guitar stuff and a full CD of the kestrel stuff. > > Wait... but... they are. Aren't they? I've seen the track listing for the > kestrel CD and it's got 12 or so songs on it. That's a full CD. That letter was stuck in the queue since Sunday. I'm delighted to hear that we'll get two new XTC CDs. It's about time! > > I'm not sure what "Middle Eastern wiggle thing" Eb is referring to re. the > XTC demos, as that description only seems to fit one song that I can think > of. (Personally, I think it's about time they started exploring other > types of music besides Ye Olde Beatles/Beach Boys/Kinks quirky pop thing, > but that's just me...) I think Brian Wilson is still lurking in Andy's bag'o'tricks, as is Paul McCartney. But now Prokofiev is in there too! As for the wiggle thing, there's a copy of Ravi Shankar's wiggly ol' "The Sounds of India" in front of me as I type this. It's next in the player right after Carlos Gardel. So it's not hard to imagine why "Garden of Earthly Delights" is my favourite track from Oranges and Lemons. Different strokes and all that. Terry asked: > > > And incidentally, what sort of classical music do you-all reccomend? Since you like Tomita's "Snowflakes are Dancing", you'd do well to check out Debussy. I twigged to Debussy the same way and I was not disappointed when I heard first the "unplugged" versions of the pieces done by Tomita, then other works. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 07:53:43 -0800 From: "Paul Montagne" Subject: Top Ten '98 Top Ten '98 Eliott Smith - XO Liz Phair - WhiteChocolateSpaceEgg (Hey i really like it!) Wilco & Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road The Posies - Success Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings Quasi - Featuring "Birds" PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? Son Volt - Wide Swing Tremolo Juliana Hatfield - Bed This year was highlighted with two Eliott Smith shows in Portland with Quasi/Spinnanes and a Gillian Welch performance in my hometown of Corvallis which tipped the scales. For me it ranked up there with Laurie Anderson in '84 and the Stop Making Sense T Heads, shows as a truly moving experience. Couldn't hop on the Neutral Milk bandwagon, though I do listen to it occasionally. I guess Camper Van Beethoven and King Missile fills that niche for me.... Favorite discovery this year was definately the Scud Mountain Boys reissue of their first two Sub Pop records on a single CD (The Early Year). Ive bought several copies as gifts for friends. The Pernice Brothers (Reformation of the SMB) are on regular rotation at work via braodcast.com and Real Audio. Jeff Buckley has also caught my ear this year thanks to Michael Keefe who sugggested I check out his debut - Thanks michael... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:43:01 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: Plush >From: Zloduska > >1) Plush, More You Becomes You >(the best album of the year that no one is ever going to hear, other than >the very few who believe me when I tell them how great it is) YES! I'll second that. A gorgeous record. I ran out to buy it the day it hit the stores. And some wonderful piano playing, too. Eb, have you heard this? You're a piano guy, right? I pestered Drag City for years, asking them when there'd be a full-length release from that guy (it's all due to his first single, from 1992 or so, called "Found A Little Baby / 3/4 Blind Eyes", which is the most perfect drop of twee-psych pop ever recorded. I rank it up there with Tintern Abbey's only two songs, "Vacuum Cleaner" and "Beeside" -- really that good). There were rumors going around that he wouldn't record an album unless he could get unlimited time at Abbey Road studios. So he ends up recording a solo piano album with Steve Albini. That's still alright -- it's not much like that amazing single, but good in a different way. Definitely a guy to watch (sorry, can't remember his name, tho). >9) Tortoise, TNT Mmm, another tasty one. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:05:11 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Trying to ID an RH tape. On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 normal@grove.ufl.edu wrote: > I ought to be more diligent in my labeling of tapes. > I've got one from 97-8. Following segment is from middle of side A. > Can anyone ID, please? (Or do you-all need more than 5 songs?) > Queen Elvis, Boeing Spacearium, [enter Peter Buck] Jewels for Sophia, > Chinese Bones, Beautiful Queen Yup, Bayard nailed it. Viva SeaTac II. Damn, that was a fun night. > And incidentally, what sort of classical music do you-all reccomend? Me, I listen to heaps of Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki. My personal favorites (depending on mood) would be either the ubiquitous Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) or Kleines Requiem Fur Eine Polka. Miserere (Yipes, is that right?) is also excellent. I'll dolph in on Dolph's recommendations for the most part, particularly Kronos Quartet. Incidentally, they do heaps of Gorecki. Arioso in particular. I'll also agree with Godwin completely in his shooing from those bright romantic folks (particularly Spandau Ballet). I'd like to just add a big warning to the rest of the romantics. This is the shit that makes people hate classical music. And oh yeah, if Berlioz were alive today, I'd kill him. (Responses to this line gleefully ignored.) I'm also a follower of the dictum "Mozart makes you smarter". If you must have fantasy in your music, Der Zauberflote is more interesting than anything by some romantic and less nauseating than Yes. People avoid Mozart, methinks, because of the wide use of his music in popular culture. And yeah, I guess it's hard to listen to Turkish Dance if it only reminds you of that scene with Beethoven at the mall in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. And yeah, I'm going late to the show tonight in the hopes of avoiding Sugar Ray and The Flys. It sounds like I'm going to really enjoy the other four bands, though. I saw Garbage a couple of years ago and they were great live. Cake has that excellent trumpet player (he doesn't play ludicrously high!). Soul Coughing sounds interesting. I found three of their albums on MP3 and we'll listen until this evening. This'll be my thirteenth Violent Femmes show. Other than the first Lollapalooza, this'll also be the largest venue in which I've seen them... and only the third time since they picked up this new drummer. But Cynthia Gano Lewis lives (or at least used to live) in Portland, so femmes shows usually get a visit from Gordon's sister and a nice version of Jesus Walking On The Water with violin and backing vocals. Heaven, I say. Have I recommended Monday's Lunch yet? Let me put my foot in my mouth (or at least on my keyboard): To me, independent production sounds like independent production. I also tend to believe that some people like THAT sound regardless of what the music is inside (or at least the sound of independent production makes even bad music sound good). For me, the opposite is true. I have a hard time getting into independent music. Just like live boot tapes. I have to be otherwise compelled to listen in order to really get to like and regularly partake of an independent (or live) recording. So my initial reaction to Monday's Lunch was: Huh... Mark made a record. That's something. Then I got it home... I put it in the Chest of Drawers of CDs. I waited. I pulled it out and listened again. Huh, that Call of the Wild thing isn't a novelty song. Hey wait... Severe Tire Damage isn't a novelty song either. hey wait a minute... This is a really good album. I now listen to it regularly. I even bring it to work at least once a week. I even worry about whether or not I left it on my desk lest it be thieved by an unscrupulous coworker. I really like it. Buy it. What else? Not much. Je. n.p. with my new BlackBird from What's Next/BC yo yos. Solid maple with a black lacquer finish (just a black version of the one I picked up in Seattle while waiting to see Robyn with Carole and Cynthia). Well balanced, good weight, and nicely priced. I'll take a BC over a Tom Kuhn any day (grommet? Fuck that). Now if they just made an aluminum one... ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:11:41 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: community of fegs...More plugz Since you-all are talking about what fegstuff to buy for Christmas: Get the Fish Gloss compilation. 4 cds of original music by all the on-list bands you've talked about and a lot more that you haven't. (It's $10. I don't know if it'll be out for Christmas, but if you ordern now it'll be a good thing to have whenever it comes out. Bayard is in charge of this.) In addition to getting Dolph's, James' and Mark's CDs, you ough to also get The Favorite Color's "Color out of Space" (which I, unfortunately, don't know the order info for). Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:45:44 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: Re: Plush and Discovery Plush: I'm pretty sure this guy opened (or was the first act anyway) at the Mercury Lounge show. I read a review of this that said it was inexcusably irritating, like your upstairs neighbor playing one long endless jam tunelessly on the piano. Pretty funny review, but I don't always believe what I read. As far as this year's discovery, for me it was: Robyn Hitchcock. Ha ha. That's it. Seriously. I'm still in the phase where I read you all talking about other musicians and my honest reaction is: Other musicians? What other musicians? I recently got inexcusably irritated when my boyfriend fished out a Billy Bragg tape in my car and put it in the tape deck. "What the fuck is this?" I barked. I knew what it was, but it was jarring to hear music by, you know, someone else. (Yes, Dave, this is the true reason I was pissed that night. But it's so stupid that I could only admit it in a public forum.) Vivien I'm sure it's just a phase. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:00:39 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: More... Thank y'all for saying such nice stuff about Monday's Lunch. I'm certainly not going to argue with it, but I should say that I wasn't fishing for compliments when I sent that. Also, I must apologize for my constant spelling, usage, and memory problems. Most people who can stand to associate with me have amazing powers of tolerance and forgiveness, and are able to overlook the effects of having this cavernous cranium. I neglected to mention James Dignan's stunning cassette release that took me by surprise. I recommend it highly and wonder of what I would be capable if I had any portion of the musical playing talent of either he or Dolph. Can I have their brains too? That would be really cool. I listen to James' tape way more than I listen to his favorite NZ bands tape he sent me- and everybody knows that music from NZ is the best in the world. Put James as the star on that tree. James Dignan james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street Dunedin, New Zealand steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 Re: KlassiKal MuZik... One of the most gifted 20th century composers is Cuban, Leo Brouwer. Among his compositions are a series of twenty etudes for classical guitar. It is strange that such amazing beauty can be found in practice pieces for guitarists, but beleive it. I have a CD set of these and other etudes of more famous composers performed by David Tannenbaum, one of the most underrated classical guitarists in history. Ben Verderey is the other one. Eric Satie is one of my favorites. Explore Aaron Copeland's lesser-known works, there are some phenomenal pieces. Some of Frank Zappa's classical pieces are great. _The Yellow Shark_ contains "G-Spot Tornado," which is about the coolest, wildest work en todo el mundo. I'm kinda lukewarm about Mozart's better known works. I kind of like his more extemporaneous stuff (Nachtmuzik) and his less hummable stuff more than the stuff you hear in nice elevators. Most of the romantic composers don't seem terribly compelling to me. Baroque: Bach will make you smarter than Mozart ever did. (Opinion, and yes, I understand I'm not the poster child.) Bach was the King Crimson of his day. He could combine intelligence and beauty and dissonance in ways that have never been touched. At the same time as creating pieces that challenged all mathematical understanding of the time, his works embodied genuine absolute feeling. If you are a guitarist or bassist, and you want to be great: play Bach fugues every day for a year. Everything else will take care of itself. No, I didn't do this. I did a little bit tho, and that's part of how I got where I am. Where am I? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 15:36:29 -0600 From: Zloduska Subject: Did someone say PLUSH?! Gene H. wrote: >>From: Zloduska >> >>1) Plush, More You Becomes You >>(the best album of the year that no one is ever going to hear, other than >>the very few who believe me when I tell them how great it is) > >YES! I'll second that. A gorgeous record. I ran out to buy it the day it >hit the stores. And some wonderful piano playing, too. Eb, have you heard >this? You're a piano guy, right? It's fantastic to hear from someone else who shares enthusiasm for this release. I tried to get Eb hooked on it when it first came out, but unfortunately, he's being a big poo-poo head about it. ;-) >I pestered Drag City for years, asking them when there'd be a full-length >release from that guy (it's all due to his first single, from 1992 or so, >called "Found A Little Baby / 3/4 Blind Eyes", which is the most perfect >drop of twee-psych pop ever recorded. I rank it up there with Tintern >Abbey's only two songs, "Vacuum Cleaner" and "Beeside" -- really that >good). There were rumors going around that he wouldn't record an album >unless he could get unlimited time at Abbey Road studios. So he ends up >recording a solo piano album with Steve Albini. That's still alright -- >it's not much like that amazing single, but good in a different way. The "Three-Quarters Blind Eyes" single was put out in '94. Also, I read an article that said the full-length album was recorded in '95, but not actually released until this year. I've also heard a dozen different "rumors" about why he didn't immediately come back with a smash album, and I don't really believe that one either. The man'himself said it was because he "wasn't ready". Have you heard "No Education", the vinyl single that came out right before 'More You Becomes You' was released? This is also very good; it had "No Education" and "Soaring and Boring" (from the album) on it. It was released on Flydaddy records, tho'. >Definitely a guy to watch (sorry, can't remember his name, tho). Liam Hayes. >>9) Tortoise, TNT > >Mmm, another tasty one. Also from Chicago, may I add. ;-) And just a little article from NME to satisfy any curious onlookers: >"PLUSH >More You Becomes You >(Domino) > >CHARITY WOULD HAVE LIAM Hayes painted a >perfectionist. Romance would declare him a genius. >Logic would merely declare him a lazy bastard. > >Whatever the epithet, The Man Who Is Plush has >taken the best part of three years to produce naff all. >There was the single 'Found A Little Baby', a >George-Harrison-goes-psych swooner that made >High Llamas fans cry. There was 'No Education', a >piano-drenched take on the above. And then there >was nothing. For ages. > >That is, until 'More You Becomes You' - and by the >Holy Sandbox of Brian Wilson, we should be >thankful because it's completely bloody gorgeous. > >Namechecks are obvious. Hayes knows his Jimmy >Webbs from his Nick Drakes and it's this love affair >with The Swoon and The Croon that gushes from >every groove. "I didn't know life was so sad", he >wavers as 'Virginia' opens the floodgates on much >mournful pianos, sweeping arrangements, plaintive >confessionals, scale-happy harmonies but, above all, >promise. > >Rather than the electric arrangements of his debut >single, 'More You Becomes You' relies solely on >Hayes installed at his joanna with one take's worth of >tape to fill. A shame, given Hayes' previously >demonstrated skills with his orchestral head on, but >even with its simplicity and its foul-ups - Hayes >giggling mischievously as he misses the high notes of >a delicate '(I Didn't Know) I Was Asleep' - it's never >anything but lovely. Fragile, yes. Tentative, certainly. >But, as with the similarly morose Spain or Elliott >Smith's nascent output, look at the sketches closely >enough and you could just uncover a masterpiece - >and with voice cracking and pianos quietly soaring, >'The Sailor' and '(See It In The) Early Morning' are >sublime cases in point. Mind, it could've been so >much more. Tentative geniuses are all well and good, >but when we've already had a whiff of genuine >greatness, half a measly hour can't help but >disappoint. > >That said, Hayes certainly has it in him to deliver. In >the meantime, sit back and bask in not so much what >could've been, but what will be. See you in three >years. 8/10 " deafmute for a day, ~kjs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 16:01:27 -0600 From: Zloduska Subject: Re: Plush and Discovery Viv Lyon wrote: >Plush: >I'm pretty sure this guy opened (or was the first act anyway) at the >Mercury Lounge show. Whoa, that makes sense. They just did an East Coast gig around that same time, so it's entirely possible! Thanks for mentioning that, as it hadn't occured to me. And consider yourself lucky in my eyes, because although I live very close to Chicago, I have not yet been able to see them live. *grumblegrumble* >I read a review of this that said it was inexcusably irritating, like >your upstairs neighbor playing one long endless jam tunelessly on the >piano. Pretty funny review, but I don't always believe what I read. A pox upon them, I say! *phooey* >I'm still in the phase where I read you all talking about other >musicians and my honest reaction is: Other musicians? What other >musicians? Well...I can recommend one artist/record to get you over that phase...can you guess what that is? ;-) ~kjs impromtu-end-of-the-semester-stress haiku: finals lie ahead. Did you know it's five a.m.? drinking Mountain Dew ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:21:05 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Top Ten '98 Jeme: >And oh yeah, if Berlioz were alive today, I'd kill him. (Responses to >this line gleefully ignored.) The biggest anal-retentive netcop nincompoop on all of Usenet (the biggest that I've discovered, anyway) also runs a Berlioz website, when he's not posting self-aggrandizing attacks on spammers and ranting against Saturday Night Live for not booking classical performers. Uh oh, that scares me off Berlioz a bit, I must say (admittedly, I have no informed opinion about Berlioz). (What's worse is that the guy's server is Deltanet. Sheesh.) Paul: >Couldn't hop on the Neutral Milk bandwagon, though I do listen to it >occasionally. I guess...King Missile fills that niche for me.... OUCH!!! Killing me, baby. I think there's a huuuuge difference in resonance between the two. >I tried to get Eb hooked on it when it first came out, but >unfortunately, he's being a big poo-poo head about it. ;-) I am nothing if not poo-poo-headed. Hey, I AM curious to hear the Plush record. I will, one of these days (I did once check Music Blvd to download sound clips, but there were none). Still, Gene used the word "twee," which again scares me off a bit. I'm still cringing over the months I spent listening to those vapid twee-pop cuddlekids gushing on the indie-pop mailing list. That mindset really makes me ill. Wiggling Middle Eastern-style (and still coughing), Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:43:14 -0800 (PST) From: lobstie@e-z.net Subject: Re: Plush and Discovery > finals lie ahead. > Did you know it's five a.m.? > drinking Mountain Dew please, more finals haikus. everybody. i need them. - -jbj kick the monitor pour tacks in the floppy slot my program !=compile ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:47:37 -0800 From: Eb Subject: psst, pass it on... HEY KIDS!!! Ralph America's FIRST EVER Automated Easy-To-Spend INTERNET AUCTION Starts in 3 Minutes!!! Here is a message from Our Very Special Lovelies... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HELLO PRECIOUS RALPH AMERICA CUSTOMERS!! As some of you may know, Monday, December 7 will kick off our last online auction of 1998. This time the auction is extra special in a couple of ways: we had a little help from a programming whiz we know (thanks, Fu!) so bidding is now at least 10 times easier and more efficient, AND all items for sale are based on requests from YOU, the fans and collectors of all things Residential. This is major! We've tried to include a little something in everybody's price range, so even if you can't afford that coveted limited edition, hopefully there's something to quench your ever-loving thirst! Hurry, 'cause the auction closes on Friday the 11th so you've got to act fast! Please tune in to our site atand check it out for yourselves!We will be giving away fab (and some very RARE!) prizes each day of the auction, but you've got to bid to be eligible. Well don't just sit there staring at this screen!!! Go to : http://www.ralphamerica.com/auction/ N O W ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (: purty please:) Happy Holidays, Molly & Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 16:58:15 -0600 From: Zloduska Subject: Re: Plush and Discovery (I wrote:) >> finals lie ahead. >> Did you know it's five a.m.? >> drinking Mountain Dew > >please, more finals haikus. everybody. i need them. > >-jbj > >kick the monitor >pour tacks in the floppy slot >my program !=compile Sleep? what's that you say? brain has evaporated University. ~kjs ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Nov 98 18:43:07 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: XTC stuff Marshall writes, >total frog-stranglers ??? Heh heh . . . I've just found a favorite new expression! - --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: Sat, 7 Nov 98 18:43:03 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Quailfaves Ahhh . . . December! There is a nip in the air, Christmas lights are a-glowing, figgy pudding is a-brewing, people everywhere are talking about that delightful Kwaanza, and top ten lists are a-posting on the Feg List! **Quail Top, er, "Ten" Rock CDs, Not Including Live CDs or Re-issues: 1. Neutral Milk Hotel, "Aeroplane over the Sea" (The total frog-strangler of the last five years.) 2. Rufus Wainwright, "Rufus Wainwright" 3. Pearl Jam, "Yeild" 4. Tori Amos, "From the Choirgirl Hotel" 5. Beck, "Mutations" 6. Smashing Pumpkins, "Adore" 7. Billy Bragg & Wilco, "Mermaid Ave" 8. REM, "Up" 9. Phish, "Story of the Ghost" 10. Love & Rockets, "Lift" 11. Elvis & Burt, "Painted from Memory" 12. Marianne Faithfull, "Seven Deadly Sins" 13. Soul Coughing, "El Oso" 14. PJ Harvey, "Is This Desire?" 15. Mark Gloster, "Big Polypropylene Quail" **Honorable Mention: 1. Marilyn Manson, "Mechanical Animals," for bringing a smile to my face. That crazy kid! **Haven't Heard Yet, But Assume It Is Good 'Cus All Their Other Stuff is Good: 1. Sonic Youth, "The Touching a Hamster Album" 2. Mercury Rev, "Deserter's Songs" **Big Shrugs: 1. Hole, "Celebrity Skin." (What is all the fucking hype about?!) **Best Live CDs: 1. Bawb Deelan, "Live at Albert Hall" 2. King Crimson, "Absent Lovers" 3. Louis Reed, "Perfect Night" 4. Rush "Different Stages" (And I haven't even *heard* it yet! But I just *know*) 5. Robyn Hitchcock, "Storefront Hitchcock" **Best Classical "Contemporary" CDs: 1. Kronos Quartet 25th Box Set 2. Tan Dun, "Out of Peking Opera" 3. Alfred Schnittke, "Collected String Quartets" (Kronos) 4. Gavin Bryars, "Man in a Room, Gambling" 5. Steve Reich, "Music for 18 Musicians" 6. John Adams, "Gnarly Buttons/John's Book of Alleged Dances" (Kronos) 7. Philip Glass, "Symphony No. 2" 8. Phillip Glass, "Kowanasqaatsi Complete" 9. Eliott Goldenthal, "Othello" 10. Astor Piazolla, "Maria des Buenos Aires" (Gidon Kremer) **Best Classical "Classical" CDs: 1. John Gardiner, complete Beethoven Piano concertos 2. Guiseppe Sinopoli, "Elektra" opera (R. Strauss) 3. Anne Sophie-Mutter, Complete Beethoven Violin concertos 4. Gidon Kremer plays "Stravinsky/Lourie/Schnittke" 5. Marcel Alvarez "Bel Canto" - --Quailio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: http://www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth "Countlessness of livestories have netherfallen by this plage, flick as flowflakes, litters from aloft, like a waast wizzard all of whirlworlds. Now are all tombed to the mound, isges to isges, erde from erde . . . (Stoop) if you are abcedminded, to this claybook, what curious of signs (please stoop) in this allaphbed! Can you rede (since We and Thou had it out already) its world? . . . Speak to us of Emailia!" --James Joyce, Finnegans Wake ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #451 *******************************