From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #463 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, December 15 1998 Volume 07 : Number 463 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #455 [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] Re: this is the end... [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] Re: Mountainfo [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Elliot Smith [Victor Schiferli ] Re: Mostly Momus (some RH bits in here too) [Aaron Mandel ] Re: 'cause he's a mean motor-scooter and a bad go-getter [The Great Quail] Latest RH merchandise ["Partridge, John" ] Re: Shameless self publicity again [overbury@cn.ca] Re: Pac Man Fever [Ben ] Latest RH merchandise (that I got my grubby mitts on) [VIV LYON ] "you mind shuttin' your fuckin' mouth?" -- raymond ["Capitalism Blows" <] Re: Call for URLs [VIV LYON ] Muppet-Fegmania! [The Great Quail ] RE: SH in Bristol ["Chaney, Dolph L" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:52:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V7 #455 >>>>> "Gene" == Gene Hopstetter, writes: Gene> I owe most of my current sophistication to the French Toast Gene> Man. Mmm, delicious french toast in a sock, can't beat that Gene> for an after-school snack. Likewise. Guess I can come out and say that I run the authoritative Fred Lane site. 'Fred' (actually, Tim Reed of Tuscaloosa, AL) and I correspond, as also does Ron 'Pate, leader of The Debonairs, Fred's backing band. Gene> BTW, I'm told that the "From The One That Cut You/Car Radio Gene> Jerome" CD is due to be reissued soon. The world will be a Gene> better place. The albums are released separately; they were pressed in November by Shimmy Disc, and should be available now. "From The One That Cut You" is darker than "Car Radio Jerome". The latter features French Toast Man. I'm doing my best to get the first album featuring Fred Lane re-released on CD. "Raudeluna's 'Pataphysical Revue" is an extremely rare vinyl release from 1975, described on the sleeve (and also by reviewers) as "the best thing ever". I'd give the URL, but the site's getting sketches and pictures by Fred Lane and Ron 'Pate [who is in fact a creator of surreal furniture: see http://www.mindspring.com/~cnutt/ for details.] added RSN. By day, a mild-mannered dictionary typesetter, by night... - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:51:03 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Elliot Smith Well, I want to thank ya'll for turning me on to Elliot Smith. I've really been enjoying listening to Either/Or. I still don't have XO yet. I made the mistake of mentioning to my sister-in-law that I was wanting that album. Now, I don't want to buy it because I'm afraid she may be getting it for me for Christmas. I guess I'll just have to wait. I still want to listen to Either/Or another 100 times anyway. Man, I love his melodies. Anyway, how does XO compare to Either/Or? And what about the band he was in? Heatmiser? What are they like? - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:01:22 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: this is the end... >>>>> "Luther" == David W Dudich writes: Luther> Hey ya'll. A reminder- Any Baltimore/DC fegs are invited Luther> out to see my band, number nine line, play what may be our Luther> final gig ever. That's a bummer. Everyone who can go see 'em, should. An excellent time should be had, and you can say you were there at 'that' gig. - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 01:19:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: anyone log tonights chat? its 1am here, just got home from routing your christmas cards all day. i was just wondering if someone managed to log tonights chat with robyn on sonicnet. if so, please post it, if its not too long. or mail it to me! did anyone ask him what's up with movie distribution? - -jbj - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# John B. Jones Email: lobstie@e-z.net ICQ: 8301543 AOL IM: Lobstie House of Figgy-- http://web.syr.edu/~jojones/hitchcock.html "I must I must I must have more thoughts than this." -Soul Coughing - -*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-#-*-# ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:36:43 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Mountainfo On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Matthew Knights wrote: > Oh Yes ....Oh Yes. Years ago a UK TV current affairs chat show was > broadcast every week on a Sunday. The show ran for about 10 years and was > called Weekend World. Anyway it's theme tune was the incredibly eponymous > track 'Mountain' off the album 'Mountain' by the group 'Mountain'. Correction - it was the last couple of bars from 'Nantucket Sleighride' off the album 'Nantucket Sleighride' by Mountain. I knew you'd be interested (: - - Mike G. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:27:22 +0100 From: Victor Schiferli Subject: Re: Elliot Smith At 02:51 15-12-98 -0800, Joel Mullins wrote: >Anyway, how does XO compare to Either/Or? I'd say XO is more arranged and better recorded. You can hear more specific Beatle rhythms and Beach Boys harmonies. Like Either/Or it's also got terrific songs like that Waltz No. 2 which you can't get out of your head once you're heard it. At first I still liked Either/Or better but now I have gotten used to it I think it's just as good as XO. I still have to buy his first two records which I have heard are also pretty good. >And what about the band he was in? Heatmiser? What are they like? I never heard and of their records but from what I understand they were a rather loudish hardcore group with Elliott barely able to make his fragile voice heard over the thundering drums and guitars. He has said often that he likes his own solo material much better. Victor Schiferli ******************************************************** NLPVF Nederlands Literair Produktie- en Vertalingenfonds Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature Singel 464 NL-1017 AW AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS TEL +31 20 6206261 FAX +31 20 6207179 EMAIL nlpvf@xs4all.nl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:41:09 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Mostly Momus (some RH bits in here too) On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, amadain wrote: > The former I am very familiar with (17-24, btw :)), but reading through all > the archived lyrics I was unable to find the latter. Was it in one of the > columns or essays? Or are you having me on? no, it really exists. there are three bonus tracks on Slender Sherbet, goofing on the first three tracks of the album. (actually, i can't remember whether the other two are parodies or just amusing outtakes.) the lyrics go something like (this is from memory) I'm jealous of the men whose penises are larger than my penis is I'm jealous of the men whose penises are so large they outstrip all average penises I'm even jealous of the men whose penises are slightly smaller than mine A complete history of penis envy sizes 24 through 29 I'm jealous of the women whose protuberant clitorises could pass for penises bigger than mine I'm jealous of the men who measure the penises that reach up to size 29 And if nothing else I can write a bitter and twisted little song Called "a complete history of penis envy sizes 24 through 29" et cetera. > Did that speak to the question sorta? I actually wasn't quite sure what you > meant by double nature, so I may be totally off here. no, that was pretty much it. but then (i was trying to say) you have cases where love is "sacred" and sex "profane" but someone like Momus is describing each in an insightful and accurate enough way that they aren't a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:03:15 -0000 From: Gary Sedgwick Subject: Shameless self publicity again Sorry to anyone that's tried to e-mail me over the past couple of weeks - - I've been ill, off work, and therefore computerless. I got someone else to record Robyn on GLR about a week ago, but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet - I'll post the details here soon. Okay, self publicity aimed at UK fegs: the band I'm in - Fly - is playing at the Rock Garden (Covent Garden) this Thursday evening (17th). We'll be on at 9.45 - it's an up-and-coming bands night thing, so there'll be 2 or 3 other bands on as well. And apparently it stays open till 3am! If anyone wants a discount entry ticket, we'll be in the Nag's Head (just up the road towards the tube station) from about 7. Also, our site is now completely non-java (Ross - could you check it works on your machine?) Gary - -------------------------------- For latest Fly news, info and samples, go to: http://www.flyonline.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 98 11:10:09 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: 'cause he's a mean motor-scooter and a bad go-getter >>comedy set in the upper class, usually involving an assortment of wards, >>odd old men, battleax aunts who control the finances, and marriages. >>Well, anyhow, I'm trying to find more of these, and I don't know where to >>look because I don't know what they're called, if they're called anything, >>so if you-all know of anything like this, let me know, ok? > >I'm not 100 percent sure, but I believe this is usually called >"drawing-room comedy". Actually -- and oddly and descriptively and blandly enough -- it's called "a well-made play." Oscar Wilde was the God of the Well-Made Play, bringing it to its wittiest peak; but it was GB Shaw and Ibsen who really broke the mold and did something radical and new, the way Zola did with the novel, Stravinsky did with classical music, and Scary Spice did with contemporary compositional techniques. - --The Great "Just ask me anything about those wacky Victorians" Quail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:42:46 -0800 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: Latest RH merchandise So I got my Floating Pen yesterday - the one you can order from the Musee du Robyn Hitchcock. A bit of a misnomer really as the pen doesn't float but the image of a red tomato, responding to the force of gravity, gently slides between a leaf-surrounded hand and its perch on the tomato-wand. On the back is Robyn's signature, black-and-white striped, and a miniature cartoon of the tomato-wand saying "Yip!". I like it - it's more in tune with RH fancifulness (like the beautiful cones) than the aggressive 80's style merchandising of the Thoth watch. Mmm, nothing touches a good cone. It came with some pamphlets about The Duplex Planet and Ernest Noyes Brookings. It's a magazine, some books, some CDs, and a video. I think. I've never heard of this guy although it looks to me like a splinter group from the Church of the Sub-Genius. Can any of you shed some light? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:53:40 +0000 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Shameless self publicity again > Also, our site is now completely non-java (Ross - could you check it > works on your machine?) It works! "Vegetable Garden" and "The Grim Reaper" sound particularly good to me. Go check them out if you haven't already, feggies! I take back most of the stuff I said about drummers. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:29:52 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: Pac Man Fever Eb wrote: > Joel: > >The way I see it, most people don't care for live albums and singles > >anymore because most people don't follow artists the way they used to. > >They see a video on MTV, go buy the CD, and never bother to look and see > >if the artist has other albums. Instead, they watch another video and > >go buy another crappy CD. As far as the general population goes, if > >it's not on MTV, it doesn't exist. They don't care about B-sides, live > >versions, outtakes, bootlegs, etc etc etc. > > I don't buy this easy cynicism. People "follow" artists just as much as > ever. As I said before, I believe that live albums declined in popularity > because the CD medium made everyone suddenly start worrying over digital > mastering, DDD, etc etc etc. Suddenly, an album with an imperfect > instrumental mix, missed notes and a constant crowd roar didn't seem so > desirable. I'm not the only one who adheres to this theory. I disagree, if the general record buying public is extremely concerned over sound quality, then why the success of lo-fi and grunge genres, which are generally too noisy to tell if they're digital or analog, and the constant sampling of scratchy records for that scratchy quality. Also, look at how many CD's this decade and the late 80's are "ADD" rather than "DDD". I think it's more of an artistic/musical reason than a technical one, in that the artists of the CD era don't have the "rawk" appeal that made Kiss Alive and Cheap Trick at Budokan and other super duper 70's live albums popular. Probably better for it??? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:28:32 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: Latest RH merchandise (that I got my grubby mitts on) - ---"Partridge, John" wrote: > > So I got my Floating Pen yesterday - the one you can order from > the Musee du Robyn Hitchcock. You little ice-weasel. I was all set to pen a gloating post about my floating pen, but here you done beat me to it. Well, let me be the second to extoll the virtues of this pen, which added zest and spice to an otherwise humdrum day. I had petulantly inquired of Mr. Greenberger where the hell my handcrafted instrument was, to which he replied it should be at my doorstep even as he wrote. Sure enough, it lay in wait for me when I reached my abode after a grueling day of mail-wrangling and fax-slinging. And what a cacophony of joyful noises greeted its arrival! What pomp and ceremony was utilized in the opening of the package, so perilously stapled but so burgeoning with untold delights! One for me and one for my darling and none for my scoffing roommate who kens not what all the fuss was about. Let me close with this remark: You should all, with extreme malice of forethought, seize one of these beauties before it is too late. Vivien _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:49:58 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Pac Man Fever In a message dated 98-12-15 01:53:04 EST, you write: << >The way I see it, most people don't care for live albums and singles >anymore because most people don't follow artists the way they used to. >They see a video on MTV, go buy the CD, and never bother to look and see >if the artist has other albums. Instead, they watch another video and >go buy another crappy CD. As far as the general population goes, if >it's not on MTV, it doesn't exist. They don't care about B-sides, live >versions, outtakes, bootlegs, etc etc etc. I don't buy this easy cynicism. People "follow" artists just as much as ever. As I said before, I believe that live albums declined in popularity because the CD medium made everyone suddenly start worrying over digital mastering, DDD, etc etc etc. Suddenly, an album with an imperfect instrumental mix, missed notes and a constant crowd roar didn't seem so desirable. I'm not the only one who adheres to this theory. >> Also, I think live albums were once more popular because AOR was once more popular, too. When you're used to hearing 4 minute long guitar solos in the middle of songs on the radio, you probably develop more (or, as a reaction, substantially less) interest in hearing even longer solos on live albums. There simply isn't as much soloing as there used to be; therefore, there's probably less consumer interest in hearing a song that sounds exactly the same as the studio version, only with some crowd noise. Also 2, concert sales have become a bigger and bigger industry all the time, along with the T-shirts and posters that are sold at said concerts. So, if there were a market in which the consumer could assume that a live album would be coming out after every 2nd or 3rd studio release, then maybe these consumers would be less likely to go see these shows. Also 3, with the advent of the portable DAT deck, there's more of a likelihood of the hardcore fans already having recordings of live shows that would far exceed in interest to these fans most anything that a record label would put out (cuz they usually chop up concerts all to hell and dilute them of spontaneity). So the labels have probably lost a big chunk of their potential market to DAT decks and the ensuing internet tape trees. That, and some bands and artists have set up their own small labels specifically for releasing live albums. I know Marillion does this (how would I know that? ;-)) and I think maybe Dave Matthews, too? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:10:03 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Latest RH merchandise On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Partridge, John wrote: > It came with some pamphlets about The Duplex Planet and Ernest Noyes > Brookings. It's a magazine, some books, some CDs, and a video. I > think. I've never heard of this guy although it looks to me like a > splinter group from the Church of the Sub-Genius. Can any of you shed > some light? i sure don't THINK it has anything to do with the Sub-Geniuses. Duplex Planet is a zine started by David Greenberger (whose name i may misremember slightly) to display the insights and artistic talents of the people who lived in the nursing home where he worked. It's touching a lot more often than it's condescending... Ernest Noyes Brooking is a guy who writes (i almost said 'generates', which captures the feel of his text a little better, for me) poetry, four albums' worth of which has been turned in tribute albums by various rock bands. a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:20:17 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: "you mind shuttin' your fuckin' mouth?" -- raymond boyo, the list has been GREAT these last few days! three words, terry: judas fucking priest. could well be. although, i still think that if it would find it's proper audience that, while it might not be a smash the way the first one was, it would still stick around for a while. actually, it would make a crackerjack midnight movie! also, rep houses could do a lot worse than to schedule a Delicatessen/Pig In The City double feature. i'm droolin' already -- and i'm a motherfucking vegetarian! i suppose i should mention that Pig In The City kind of loses its way in the last twenty minutes or so. wants to turn into a bruce willis flick. still, VERY highly recommmended. what's the fucking matter with you, lad? you live in fuckin' los fuckin' angeles, and you don't go to the fuckin' theaters? you can see any movie ever released on the big screen --at any time of day or night, and you don't go to the fuckin' theaters? you been drinkin' too much linctus, or what? i own the album as well (along with DISCO MICKEY MOUSE. in fact, my sister and i had a long-standing argument about the lyrics to Disco Duck. i swore up and down that it's, "he loves to boogie, and nobody stops that mother," but she couldn't believe that they'd use the word "mother" (as in "motherfucker") in a disney album.) i haven't listened to it in some time, but it's actually fairly decent. "dropped your magic twanger, froggy" is about as cool as you could get. i mean, i wonder how lou reed felt about that? he musta been pretty embarrassed, having been outcooled, at least for a moment, by buckner & garcia. <"I'm the greatest lover on satin sheets/I'll oil you up from head to feet and shake you down/All over town, I'm known/As the smooth lover man" R&B type thing (note- fictional example I just now made up, don't go asking me what song it's from :))> actually, i think you should send it along to the South Park boys, susan. that's a total chef song! how great would it be to see a feg's name in the credits to South Park? or how about c) you don't really have any fucking desire to buy a fucking twenty litre jug of shampoo every fucking hour on the fucking hour; and/or you could do without having to spend forty-five fucking minutes drying your fucking hair every fucking day? but what if bayard is the cookie monster, and eb is snuffleuffagas? are you shitting me, quail??????? you don't like the stranger? my fucking world is crumbling! you know what? i'll even give you that it's contrived. a freaking cowboy has absolutely *no* business narrating that story, and even less business interacting with the characters. but it's perhaps the most briliant contrivance i've ever seen! i can't think of a character in coen history more beloved to me than the stranger. not, i say NOT even smalls! my god, quail, the costume ALONE could earn him that honor! never mind the language! never mind that he drinks sasparilla! never mind that he worships the dude! the costume afuckinglone! i'm near tears here, man! (and if it were anyone *other* than the quail, i'd probably have just blown it off.) <"Schindler's List, "Amistad" and "Saving Private Ryan" are three pretty worthy films> Amistad is a fucking piece of shit. i ripped it pretty badly here when it was released, so i guess i won't bother doing it again. now you're *really* scarin' me, quail. Jurassic Park and Forrest Gimp are probably the two movies i came closest to walking out of. i swear to god, i thought they were barely a step above harryhausen. very unconvincing, if you ask me. i dunno. WHERE ARE THE PRAWNS, LIVE AT THE CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, the velvets' live album, PREMONITION, and the nirvana unplugged album (in new york, yes. we mustn't forget that it was recorded in new york!) are three of the better albums of recent years. and eb and others liked PERFECT NIGHT quite a bit. now, where's that dan bern live album? np: grammys up the cornhole artist, tool ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:11:22 -0800 (PST) From: VIV LYON Subject: Re: Call for URLs - ---The Great Quail wrote: That way Viv Lyon > can keep spying on all your personal lives, in case you ever become > famous enough to stalk. (Hear that, Black Bart?) Now, hold on, hold on. Before everybody gets all excited, you must remember that stalking the Quail is a full-time job, and until I am able to, um, dispose with it, I cannot be expected to keep tabs on any one else, famous or not. So calm down, and count noses, and blow noses, and just...keep quiet. Vivien Oh, fer Chrissakes, what's he doing over there? I can't quite make it out...is that Jeff Goldblum? _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 98 15:15:45 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Muppet-Fegmania! > > >but what if bayard is the cookie monster, and eb is snuffleuffagas? Well, I have always thought of it like this: Mr. Hooper --> Woj Kermit --> Bayard. He's got long legs, he's green, and he has a jolly wit that keeps things together. Miss Piggy --> Susan. Headstrong, lovable, and voiced by Frank Oz. Oscar the Grouch -- Eb. Surprise, surprise. Ernie --> Eddie. Bert --> Capuchin. Gonzo --> Mark Gloster. Of course. Fozzie Bear --> Mike Runion, kind of soul, but just...a...little...twisted... Grover --> Natalie. I don't know why I think this. I just have the feeling she goes off on her own little adventures and acquires her own special sort of wisdom.... Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker -- Both are, of course, James Dignan. Cookie Monster --> Dave Lang. I can just picture him out there in Australia, munching away happily and sowing merry confusion. Robyn the Frog --> Randi, so polite and kind-hearted. Sam the Eagle --> Gregory Stewart Shell, the list Conservative. Janice, the rocker chick --> L "I love Oasis" J! Scooter --> Terrence That Crazy Guy Who Throws Fish --> Black Bart (heh heh heh) Animal --> Doug. You have to see him. He's big and fuzzy and likes to bang on things. Statler & Waldorf --> Roger Jackson Snuffaluffagus --> Jon Fetter, that guy in Taiwan. Who is he? Why is he so strange? And why has only Big Bird claimed to have seen him? I know this list is hardly complete, but I can't seem to match muppets with Tom, Nick, Gene, Dolph, Hal, Danielle, Chris (all of them), Michael, Carrie, Marcy, Godwin, Miles, Glen, Jason, JH3, Viv, Ben, Ross, Russ, Ress, J Kat, Mary, Helen Percival, and all the other fun-lovin' Fegs. Any suggestions? I also don't know about Elmo, Ralph, the Swedish Chef, and Guy Smiley. . . . and those crazy hoppy Koozbanians, ring! ring! ring! uh-huh, uh-huh, yup yup yup yup yup. . . . - --Big Bird ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:26:41 -0500 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: RE: SH in Bristol MC Godwin Foot Jesus threw down: Secondly, I really don't understand why RH plays solo electric guitar. Virtually all the numbers sound better either with just the acoustic, or alternatively with the full electric guitar, bass and drums treatment. If he was dead set on playing electric, which didn't he fly Morris and Andy in to play two or three songs? OK, since no one else weighed in on this, I will -- since I do this live too. 1) "Just listen to that sustain..." Seriously, it fills up a lot more sonic space than an acoustic. 2) Lower action + lighter strings = happy, non-sore hands. 3) Sometimes, if a piece was written on electric, there's a certain personal resonance in playing it that way. 4) One guy and one instrument (especially an instrument with only one basic sound) can get tedious for an hour plus (witness all the happy yips from Fegland anytime RH plays piano in a set!). This helps to counterbalance the relative lack of variety that might be felt by those used to band gigs. Or by Robyn himself. 5) Voice and electric guitar is clearly a texture Robyn likes these days, judging from his studio output ("Zipper In My Spine," "I Am Not Me," "You And Oblivion," "Each Of Her Silver Wands"). Plus, how rich is Robyn (or how well-funded was the movie) that he might fly Morris & Andy in to play 2 or 3 songs? Granted, this is for a movie, a special event -- but, according to Robyn, the stated point of SH was that "I was to perform my current state-of-'95 show in this location, with maybe a few extra songs thrown in." Bringing in Morris & Andy might bring an uncomfortable Last-Waltz-ness into the film. Also, gleaning from interviews here and there, it seems to me that Robyn's pretty adamant about having closed the doors on the Egyptians, and decisions like that take a lot of emotion to make and some considerable effort to stick to. My tuppence. Dolph aka Sweetums? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #463 *******************************