From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #457 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, December 12 1998 Volume 07 : Number 457 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: soggie proggie froggie [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Haydn [Michael R Godwin ] Re: dead dogs don't bark at midnight ["Capitalism Blows" ] just so we can quickly put this to bed... [Eb ] none [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: Uncorrected personality traits [overbury@cn.ca] poll results, PBS suckage [Eric Loehr ] world gone upside down [Bayard ] Cushlamochree! ["Partridge, John" ] Re: Cushlamochree! [Bayard ] poit! (nil Robyn Hitchcock content) [edoxtato@ssax.com] Re: dead dogs don't bark at midnight [Danielle ] Not sweet [LORDK@library.phila.gov] Re: Album Ratings [amadain ] Re: Uncorrected personality traits [amadain ] Re: poll results, PBS suckage [Ben ] Re: none [Ben ] Re: Uncorrected personality traits [Ben ] karmic rolls [Eric Loehr ] Re: Uncorrected personality traits [overbury@cn.ca] Re: karmic rolls [Bayard ] Re: soggie proggie froggie [hal brandt ] Re: karmic rolls [Terrence M Marks ] y'all went and had a classical thread? [dmw ] Re: Classical thread [Insomnboy@aol.com] "Good evening Mr. Bond. I've been expecting you." [The Great Quail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:05:16 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: soggie proggie froggie > >Don't forget McCartney's frog chorus on that Rupert number. > On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Ken Ostrander wrote: > do you mean 'uncle albert/admiral halsey'? No, it was called something like 'We all sing together', and it went with the video where Macca meets Rupert Bear, so it must be from movie of the century 'Give my regards to Broad Street'. I haven't seen the film, though. > some songs that could use frog noises include 'globe of frogs', 'kiss > that frog', 'froggie went a-courtin', and, of course, 'i am...i said'. Peace, Frog! - - Mike G. "Uncle Rat laughed and shook his fat sides, mm-mm Uncle Rat laughed and shook his fat sides, to think his neice would be a bride, mm-mm" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:14:39 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Haydn On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Michael Wolfe wrote: > And as for Haydn being a sort of lesser, proto-Mozart, well, I guess > that I have to agree in some senses. But I refuse to dismiss his > output entirely. The man wrote some incredible stuff, and his > Sturm-and-Drang period (symphonies in the 50's and 60') is > particularly lively. The "London" symphonies don't suffer in > comparison to any of Mozart's symphonies (98 is my personal favorite.) > Plus, he invented, and later perfected the string quartet form, a form > which is not nearly so well represented in Mozart's ouevre. I think > that it's pretty exciting to hear the progression from late Baroque > conventions to early classical conventions take place entirely within > one man's body of work. Mad critic Hans Keller always championed Haydn against Mozart, and wrote some 'criticism' of Haydn in the form of scores (musical notation) rather than words, because he claimed that music was the only way to criticise music. He's also famed for his deeply patronising TV interview with Syd Barrett and Roger Waters ("Ze music is very repetitive.. and vay too loud .. but zey do have a following"). - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:32:52 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: dead dogs don't bark at midnight ah yes, hannukah. aka channukah. aka the "jewish festival of lights." lovingly immortalized in that timeless children's classic, "Dimsie Lights Another Fuckin' Candle." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:49:52 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: Re: Did anyone else see this? > JH3 wrote somewhere, I didn't see the original post: > > The song sounded fine, but I'm afraid Robyn didn't look so good. He could > > use a haircut... and soon. > > No, no, no, boy- you're all fucked up. His hair needs to be longer. Longer. Why don't men get it? Vivien _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:51:37 -0800 From: Eb Subject: just so we can quickly put this to bed... I happen to have the last poll results saved (obviously, this is pre-Moss Elixir/Liquor and Storefront Hitchcock). 1. I Often Dream of Trains 2. Element of Light 3. Eye 4. Underwater Moonlight 5. Fegmania 6. Black Snake Diamond Role 7. Respect 8. Queen Elvis 9. Globe of Frogs 10. Invisible Hitchcock 11. Perspex Island 12. Gotta Let This Hen Out 13. You & Oblivion 14. Invisible Hits 15. Can of Bees 16. Groovy Decoy I can't imagine that Elixir/Liquor/Storefront would penetrate the top five or six, if they were added to the choices. In other news...PBS *sucks*. After having the date/time circled on my calendar for two weeks, I turned on the "9:30" Brian Wilson concert at 9:28 last night, only to find that it was already well under way. Grrrr! I watched the rest of it (while sitting through ENDLESS pledge-drive begging), and was really disappointed in the format -- it was filmed in a very infomercial, record-promo style with all the needless "testimonies" from folks saying "Yeah, he's really talented." Zzzzz. And the camera paid him only light attention during the sparsely distributed concert segments - -- it kept switching to all the other players, presumably whenever Brian did some sort of peculiar gesture or expression. Phooey. I was hoping for a straight concert film, not a promotional homage to the mediocre virtues of "Imagination." The coolest part of the hour actually turned out to be a dialogue between Brian and Sean Lennon...huh. Then, on TOP of that, the PBS guide claimed that the special would be repeated at 2:30 am later that night. I stayed up, and it wasn't shown at all! Meanwhile, they were showing that "Roy Orbison: Black & White Night" special yet again. A good show, but I've already seen it. Meanwhile, the glib announcers come on during yet more pledge breaks, and are hyping us on how such fine programs can't be seen anywhere else. HELLO? The Orbison special was originally aired on *HBO*, you history-rewriting bastards! Eb, seething sick over the mainstreaming of PBS ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:17:48 -0400 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: none >Theres something quite bracing about insulting someone you love. >Makes the air smell cleaner, the lights shine brighter, and just plain >gratifies that nasty little bit of you which really really gets off on such >things. so, in this joyful spirit of playful sadism may I suggest >a new Robyn site. Yes, the Ha-Ha- Hairscape site, dedicated to pictures >of the man born on a bad hair day. At the risk of waxing Eddie-ish, this post is fucking brilliant and its author deserves to be enshrined in the Feg Hall of Fame, if there is such a thing. And if there isn't, there ought to be. >"Stand Back Dennis" seems to be a popular one, but the performance is >mediocre at best. Yawn... This is the only tape of Robyn and the Egyptians that I own, and I've nearly worn it out by playing it constantly. If it's mediocre, I'd certainly be curious to hear what a good one sounds like (I'm serious). >4) Men With Guns - John Sayles' take on Heart of Darkness, with bits of The >Canterbury Tales and the Wizard of Oz for good measure. The Secret of Roan >Inish, Lone Star, and now this... Sayles is going to single-handedly save >cinema. I haven't seen "Men With Guns," but Sayles is definitely one of my favorite filmmakers of all time. Almost everything I've seen by him has been flawless - I rented "Passion Fish" earlier this year and was totally blown away by it. May he continue to make wonderful films for many, many years to come. I hardly saw any first-run films this year - every time I got around to checking out something I had wanted to see, it had already left town, the most recent example being "Velvet Goldmine." Of the few films I did see, the best was "The Truman Show" and the most disappointing was "The Big Lebowski." (I can hear the Coen Bros. fans foaming, but my opinion stands.) n., who has been inexplicably posting twice as much as she usually does ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:29:25 +0000 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Uncorrected personality traits Narcissistic Personality: ================== I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr Dependent: ========= If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - ??? Schizotypal: ========== I Can See For Miles - the Who I Can't Get Next to You - ??? (the 4 tops, or one of those other groups who never played any instruments but always wiggled their appendages about in sync. Did Annie Lennox cover this?) Fire - Arthur Brown Antisocial: ======== Nick Cave's "Murder Ballads" -- lots of material there, unless homicidally antisocial behaviour ends up in another one of those little personality boxes. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:45:11 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: poll results, PBS suckage On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Eb wrote: > I happen to have the last poll results saved (obviously, this is pre-Moss > Elixir/Liquor and Storefront Hitchcock). (actual poll results deleted) > I can't imagine that Elixir/Liquor/Storefront would penetrate the top five > or six, if they were added to the choices. I'm probably deluded, but personally, I'd put Elixor right up near the top of the list -- love the songs, love the arrangements. Otherwise, I more or less agree with the results (although I'd bump Queen Elvis up a notch or two.) At the moment, though, I'd put Robyn Hitchcock's Xmas Party right at the top -- all of the new(ish) stuff is great! > > In other news...PBS *sucks*. After having the date/time circled on my (righteous PBS criticism deleted) > how such fine programs can't be seen anywhere else. HELLO? The Orbison > special was originally aired on *HBO*, you history-rewriting bastards! > > Eb, seething sick over the mainstreaming of PBS > I've got to agree completely with Eb here -- maybe more people would watch PBS and contribute if they could figure out when the fuckin' (copyright E. Tews) programs are on! How is it possible that almost all of these different PBS stations all over the country don't get that people expect to see the program that was on their schedule when they tune in, and not somebody whining about how they need our support to show these great shows which they only show around pledge time anyway and even then we can't find them!! They've managed to completely fuck up one of their better music shows, Sessions on West 54th, by swapping in and out the various half shows (most of the shows feature two half hour segments, each with a different musician) and/or not even showing some shows altogether in favor of repeating Riverdance or some other such crap yet again. And being herded into endless Hotel Miramars and Bellvueses and Continentales with their modern international luxury roomettes and draught Red Barrel and swimming pools full of fat German businessmen pretending they're acrobats forming pyramids and frightening the children and barging into queues and if you're not at your table spot on seven you miss the bowl of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup, the first item on the menu of International Cuisine, and every Thursday night the hotel has a bloody cabaret in the bar, featuring a tiny emaciated dago with nine-inch hips and some bloated fat tart with her hair brylcreemed down and a big arse presenting Flamenco for Foreigners. And then some adenoidal typists from Birmingham with flabby white legs and diarrhoea trying to pick up hairy... errrr -- sorry. Eric SMOKE-TOO-MUCH ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:43:11 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: world gone upside down On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Eb wrote: > I happen to have the last poll results saved Say it with me: "Fuckin Weenie!" heeheeheehee =b Love ya, big guy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:55:31 -0800 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: Cushlamochree! One of those limited edition lemon-head lithographs from Respect just sold on eBay for 117 semolians! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=46078507 I fold. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:07:27 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Cushlamochree! On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Partridge, John wrote: > One of those limited edition lemon-head lithographs > from Respect just sold on eBay for 117 semolians! > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=46078507 not only that, but look what the seller had to say: Robyn Hitchcock created most of the images on the covers of his albums/t-shirts and such! He is planning a tour of the U.S. that is a combined art gallery show/acoustic performance of his latest paintings and music. __ The long-awaited art gallery tour? This insider info makes me wonder if the seller is Robyn-Webmaster David. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:02:46 -0600 From: edoxtato@ssax.com Subject: poit! (nil Robyn Hitchcock content) I think I am the only person on this list who really doesn't like classical music. It does zip, nada, dink for me. The result of having too much "cultcha" thrust upon me when I was a kid. Good on Terry for having an open mind about the whole thing. I NARF! Thank you. - -Doc, who's cheesed off about the lack of information from his teammates at work. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 07:05:52 +1100 (EST) From: Danielle Subject: Re: dead dogs don't bark at midnight 1. Transistor Blast is cool! The live stuff, especially. Andy, please rethink your live performance stance. 2. I am deeply upset by the contrast between the first and second halves of The Velvet Goldmine. First half: gorgeous-looking, jaw-droppingly stunning clothes, all about surface and not ashamed of itself in the slightest, lots of fun. Second half: mindless appropriation of Bowie/Reed/Ronson/Pop rock anecdotes, melded together into half-arsed coming of age/loss of innocence/love triangle melodrama with *appalling* dialogue. Lame, lame, lame. I have not been this pissed off by a movie since... in fact, I can't remember *ever* being this pissed off by a movie. Such promise! And all turned to shite... 3. Eddie's Dead (going through a blaxploitation phase at the moment, sorry): > ah yes, hannukah. aka channukah. aka the "jewish festival of lights." > lovingly immortalized in that timeless children's classic, "Dimsie > Lights Another Fuckin' Candle." Dimsie is honoured to have such a delightful tribute paid to her. ;) Danielle, wondering if Dorita Fairlie Bruce ever used the word 'fuck' NP The desperate sound of scores of LSU students typing final papers in a computer lab - and I've finished! Bwahahahahahaha! _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:14:46 -0500 From: LORDK@library.phila.gov Subject: Not sweet 1-As some of you may have noticed, yesterday my computer was hijacked by a group of rabid terroists. I am glad to see that most of you have ignored their outrageous demands. It is the only way to deal with such people. As for you, Mark Gloster, all I can say is --sweet! SWEET! I AM NOT SWEET. I have never ever been sweet. Why oh why must this sweet thing continue to rear its ugly sweet head. Who the hell ever started such libel? Off with it. I mean out with it. I mean...oh, nevermind. 2-Back to early music recommendations, a blessidly sweet-neutral subject. After the Tallis piece my next favorite is(are) William Byrd's Motets. The second one, "Ne irascaris, Domine," contains this heart -tearing point when one voice takes up the word "Jerusalem" with all the longing for lost lost paradise any mortal can bestow, and then have it whirled around them in exquisite harmonies. the rest aint bad either. Also Ave Maris Stella by John Dunstable, and just about anything by Guillaime Dufay or Johannes Ockeghem. That should hold you for awhile, Terry. UTM again K ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:32:50 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: Album Ratings >Having become a RH all suddenly overnight I wondered how you Fegs >rate his albums. What in your opinion is the best one, his >masterpiece? (I understand Groovy Decoy is a bit of a clunker). Ooooh! Victor opened a can of bees! Firstly: "Groovy Decoy" is NOT A CLUNKER. In my own opinion, "Perspex Island" is the only genuine clunker in the RH catalog, but this opinion is somewhat disputed :). Secondly: I really hope another "Eye" vs. "Respect" debate is not looming on the horizon. When I say I think "Eye" is his masterpiece, I am stating my own personal opinion, and not attempting to start all that shit up again. Thirdly: There's been some brilliant writing in the past couple days. Congrats to K and to Eric Loehr, who is definitely on a comic roll :). Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:24:51 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: Uncorrected personality traits >Narcissistic Personality: >================== >I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr Wasn't he kidding? If we're talking about taking these songs straight, lyrically, or taking them as -portraits- of that type of personality, then you could also use Momus's "I Was Born To Be Adored By Women". I mean, actually, I kind of thought the latter was just a mildly amusing joke on Barry White-ishness, but it may have academic uses too now that I think of it :). I think Pulp's "I Spy" would work for this actually, though it's a bit tongue in cheek as well, it's still more serious in tone than either of the two aforementioned. >Dependent: >========= >If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - ??? This is a Jacques Brel tune. Scott Walker's version is aces. And you know, I always thought this song was rather poetic. Dependent personality symptoms? Mebbe, but I think we all tend to have these kinds of symptoms when our beloved is about to dump us. >Schizotypal: >========== >I Can't Get Next to You - ??? (the 4 tops, or one of those other groups who >never played any instruments but always wiggled their appendages about in >sync. Did Annie Lennox cover this?) This was actually the Temptations. And I'm very fond of them. Tread lightly. "One of those groups who wiggled their appendages" indeed. Faugh! Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:18:20 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: poll results, PBS suckage > (righteous PBS criticism deleted) > > > how such fine programs can't be seen anywhere else. HELLO? The Orbison > > special was originally aired on *HBO*, you history-rewriting bastards! > > > > Eb, seething sick over the mainstreaming of PBS > > > I've got to agree completely with Eb here -- maybe more people would watch > PBS and contribute if they could figure out when the fuckin' (copyright E. > Tews) programs are on! How is it possible that almost all of these > different PBS stations all over the country don't get that people expect > to see the program that was on their schedule when they tune in, and not > somebody whining about how they need our support to show these great shows > which they only show around pledge time anyway and even then we can't find > them!! They've managed to completely fuck up one of their better music Yeah! I called them 100 times at least begging for another rerun of "The Moody Blues Live At Red Rocks", but they just keep showing those damn UK dramas. And whatever happened to some quality Yanni/Tesh programming? Do they expect me to pledge money when I can't even relax to "Kenny Loggins At Pooh Corner"? Jerk-offs... n.p. "Robyn Hitchcock Sings Beatrix Potter" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:20:51 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: none Natalie Jacobs wrote: > >>"Stand Back Dennis" seems to be a popular one, but the performance is > >mediocre at best. Yawn... > > This is the only tape of Robyn and the Egyptians that I own, and I've > nearly worn it out by playing it constantly. If it's mediocre, I'd > certainly be curious to hear what a good one sounds like (I'm serious). Well, I think the "Gotta Let This Hen Out" show is a fabulous one. "Dennis" just seemed lifeless and kinda sloppy to me, compared to other stuff. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:31:22 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: Uncorrected personality traits > >I Can't Get Next to You - ??? (the 4 tops, or one of those other groups who > >never played any instruments but always wiggled their appendages about in > >sync. Did Annie Lennox cover this?) > > This was actually the Temptations. And I'm very fond of them. Tread > lightly. "One of those groups who wiggled their appendages" indeed. Faugh! Right! Even if Barrett (not Syd)/Strong/Whitfield wrote a lot of the stuff, you can't deny the quality of the songs. And they DID play instruments, their voices. :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:46:58 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: karmic rolls On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, amadain wrote: > Thirdly: There's been some brilliant writing in the past couple days. > Congrats to K and to Eric Loehr, who is definitely on a comic roll :). > > Love on ya, > Susan > Thank you berry berry much for including me in the above compliment; I do feel obligated to point out, however, to those who may not have heard/seen the "stench of rotting minds" (well, ok, it wasn't really from the last season I don't think, but....) that the last part of that PBS suckage post was in fact a cut and pastry job from http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/sketches/package.htm Eric QUOTE-TOO-MUCH ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:55:02 +0000 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Uncorrected personality traits Date sent: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:24:51 -0600 To: fegmaniax@smoe.org From: amadain Subject: Re: Uncorrected personality traits Send reply to: amadain > >Narcissistic Personality: > >================== > >I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr > > Wasn't he kidding? If we're talking about taking these songs straight, > lyrically, or taking them as -portraits- of that type of personality, then > you could also use Momus's "I Was Born To Be Adored By Women". I mean, > actually, I kind of thought the latter was just a mildly amusing joke on > Barry White-ishness, but it may have academic uses too now that I think of > it :). I've always thought it was a spoof. Yes, I was thinking of portraits of the personality types, not music written by people in need of therapy. It was penned by John, anyway. If we're looking for only music actually written by those with personality disorders that would eliminate half of pop music! - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:25:41 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: karmic rolls And here's what the Pythons had to say about classical music!: http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/lyrics/decomposing-composers.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:08:51 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: soggie proggie froggie > > >Don't forget McCartney's frog chorus on that Rupert number. : > > do you mean 'uncle albert/admiral halsey'? > > No, it was called something like 'We all sing together', and it went with > the video where Macca meets Rupert Bear, so it must be from movie of the > century 'Give my regards to Broad Street'. > > I haven't seen the film, though. It's called "We All Stand Together" by Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus from Paul's "Rupert The Bear" cartoon short that was shown before "Broad Street" in the UK. The demo version with Paul singing all the parts is really nice. The cartoon was great with Paul charmingly doing the voice of Rupert. "Give My Regards To Broad Street" was a mess, possibly the nadir of Paulie's career (maybe second to his duet with Surgery-Face on "The Girl Is Mine"). /hal ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:04:17 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: karmic rolls On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Bayard wrote: > > And here's what the Pythons had to say about classical music!: And I can't take Chopin seriously anymore. Every time I play his Polonaise in A Flat (Op. 53) I hear Monty Python's Oliver Cromwell song... Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:00:29 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: y'all went and had a classical thread? post romantics, post romantics! prokofiev prokofiev prokofiev peter and the wolf? faggedabouddid. check the vastly underrated solo piano works. ivo janssen's renditions are the finest i've heard. the string quartets are also very fine. any of his chamber music, really. i poke my head in my poor beleagured fegfolder, and over eleven hundred messages! yeesh. y'all too prolific for li'l ol' me. - -- d. - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:40:27 EST From: Insomnboy@aol.com Subject: Re: Classical thread I just want to say that I too have been enjoying the discussion of the classics on here of late. I'd like to put forth my vote for Beethoven's 9th symphony. Especially the Leonard Bernstein "Ode To Freedom" version on DG from 1989. If it can be said that a piece of classical music "rocks", this would be a great example. Russell in Los Angeles ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 98 01:32:55 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: "Good evening Mr. Bond. I've been expecting you." >Don't forget McCartney's frog chorus on that Rupert number. And Klaatu! There are frogs and/or crickets on the beginning of the self-titled Klaatu album! (Unless that counts again as a Paul McCartney work.)(And don't try to tell me that Klaatu *weren't* the Beatles' "Dukes of the Stratosfear," because I may not believe you.) - --Quail, typing this on his NEW iMac, with his NEW email address, watching the TBS James Bond marathon (now tuned to a commercial) and disgusted that the Stones have sold *another* of their tunes, I mean, does Bill need an expensive liver transplant or what, and, hey, where can I get that Jimmy Bond car-that-turns-into-a-sub thing? Eddie? You strike me as the type who would know. Come on, don't hold out on me . . . . PS: And Terry, there's always Sir Harrison Birtwhistle, who composed a recent opera which uses an invented language for most of it's final Act, a sign that if he wasn't a Magma fan -- a prog group as yet unmentioned - -- he is at least probably a Joycean, seeing how "Finnegans Wake" also uses an invented language, which by the way incorporates the Frog Chorus from Aristophanes' "Frogs," which when performed in London's most classic theater may very well have been "Globe of Frogs," which is MY favorite Robyn CD; except of course the classic bootleg "The Yard Went on Forever," which I believe was recently used in the new PBS special "Slappiness: Michael Flaherty Dances with Wolves and Molests them Slightly with his Clogs" which rudely pre-empted me & LJ's appearance on the Rufus "West 54th Street." n.p: James Bond blowing up shit 12 more hours to Philip Glass, four more days to Rufus, and only a few weeks to Kwanzaa! This letter brought to you by a very late night, three glasses of Bass Ale, and the word "luposlipophobia." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:40:55 -0800 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: The night has ears Just returned from a day up north, 'bout a 2 hour drive each way. I have some standard driving fare: Tom Waits "Frank's Wild Years" Nick Cave "From Her To Eternity" Elfmans' "Edward Scissorhands" and something Balkan, usually Albanian or Bosnian and, of course, some Robyn, grabbing the tape on the top of the stack (and not owning any bootlegs - for shame, I know - no one to blame but myself) So today I grabbed a Soft Boys comp with some bonus extras a friend made me years ago. Somehting about driving at night in Northern California or the cold air or the knarly accident I saw on 101, but I listened to "Ghost Ship" for the first time in many a moon. Over. And over and over. It's fucking brilliant writing! A Vision of Johanna caliber song! Why didn't I hear it so well before?? Wow! Just had to gush. Pays to revisit, on a regular basis, the whole body of work. Oh, and I'd add Elixer up in the 5 as well. Not the top but in the range. Be Seeing You, - - Carrie "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #457 *******************************