From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #6 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, January 7 1999 Volume 08 : Number 006 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Meanwhile.... [Eb ] Movies movies movies movies movies movies movies. [Capuchin ] Re: Five cool Grammy nominations ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Five cool Grammy nominations [Eb ] Re: Five cool Grammy nominations ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Five cool Grammy nominations [Russ Reynolds ] Re: Nigel & the Crosses flexi on eBay ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Five cool Grammy nominations ["Capitalism Blows" ] 1000 biffo folks [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: Dave & John get erudite (RH 0%) [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (J] Re: 1000 biffo folks [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Dave & John get erudite (RH 0%) [Terrence M Marks ] storefront on tour - UK jan/feb '99 [cinders blue ] Re: 1000 biffo folks [steve ] Re: custom boxes [Eleanore Adams ] Re: 1000 biffo folks [Terrence M Marks ] Paragraph Hitchcock [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Meanwhile.... My pills run out today, and I'm still not all the way healthy. Troubling. :( At least my mucus has returned to its normal translucent yumminess. By the way, I will be tape-treeing an edited dub-reggae mix of the past month's 4 am coughing fits, so email Bayard if you want to be a branch or twig. Eb PS Lambchop plays LA for the first time on the 15th. Can't wait. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:00:25 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Movies movies movies movies movies movies movies. OK... Apparently there's this Reel Music Festival going on in town for the next month or so. I am, of course, going to see Storefront Hitchcock and the accompanying short films as well as the Elvis Costello double feature. But does anyone know anything about these other films? I'm probably going to see the two Decline of Western Civilization movies and I've heard of the Wild Man Blues documentary (I've also heard it's not so good). But most of the rest of this is utterly foreign to me. I don't even know who most of these people are. Can someone put six degrees between Maceo Parker and Robyn? Hmm. Here's what's showing (What should i SEE?): JAN 9 10 SAT 9 7 P.M., SUN 10 4 P.M. AN EVENING WITH CURTIS SALGADO: MY FAVORITE THINGS U.S. 1950-1970 DIRECTORS: VARIOUS Portland blues and soul master Curtis Salgado presents a special program of musical rarities and inspirations drawn from his personal video archive. SEPARATE ADMISSION SAT 9 9:15 P.M., SUN 10 7:30 P.M. PORTLAND PREMIERE STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: JONATHAN DEMME WITH PORTLAND PREMIERES ELLIOTT SMITH: STRANGE PARALLEL LUCKY THREE JAN 11 MON 7 P.M. PORTLAND PREMIERE THE LEGEND OF BOP CITY U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: CAROL CHAMBERLAND From 1950 to 1965, Jimbo?s Bop City, in San Francisco?s Fillmore District, was the after-hours jazz club- where anyone who was anybody played. WITH ERNIE ANDREWS: BLUES FOR CENTRAL AVENUE U.S. 1986 DIRECTOR: LOIS SHELTON JAN 13 WED 6 & 8:30 P.M. AT THE MISSION THEATER THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION U.S. 1980 DIRECTOR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS JAN 15 16 FRI 15 7 P.M., SAT 16 3 P.M. LOU REED: ROCK AND ROLL HEART U.S. 1997 DIRECTOR: TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS JAN 15 FRI 9 P.M. SONIC OUTLAWS U.S. 1995 DIRECTOR: CRAIG BALDWIN SONIC OUTLAWS begins as a freewheeling portrait of the Oakland-based noise band Negativeland, which was sued by Island Records for releasing an album which Island claimed infringed on the identity of one of their star artists, the band U2. JAN 16&17 SAT 16 1P.M., SUN 17 4P.M. THE WAR SYMPHONIES: SHOSTAKOVICH AGAINST STALIN CANADA 1997 DIRECTOR: LARRY WEINSTEIN JAN 16 SAT 5&7P.M. ZAKIR AND HIS FRIENDS U.S./GERMANY 1997 DIRECTOR: LUTZ LEONARD SAT 9P.M. MY FIRST NAME IS MACEO GERMANY 1996 DIRECTOR: MARKUS GRUBER JAN 18 MON 7 P.M. PORTLAND PREMIERE SIDNEY BECHET-TREAT IT GENTLE GREAT BRITAIN 1998 DIRECTOR: ALAN LEWEN WITH WILD MAN BLUES U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: BARBARA KOPPLE For the last twenty five years, Woody Allen has performed on clarinet with his New Orleans-style jazz band almost every Monday night (currently at the Carlyle Hotel), playing the music created by musicians like his heroes: clarinetist-soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, pianist Jelly Roll Morton, clarinetist Johnny Dodds and trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Bunk Johnson. JAN 22&23 Fri 22 7P.M.&9P.M., SAT 23 4:30P.M. LAND OF LOOK BEHIND U.S. 1982 DIRECTOR: ALAN GREENBERG Alan Greenberg's film, along with THE HARDER THEY COME, remains one of the most interesting cinematic examinations of Rastafarian culture. JAN 23&24 SAT 23 7P.M., SUN 24 4:30P.M. JIM HALL: A LIFE IN PROGRESS U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: BRUCE RICKER WITH TALMAGE FARLOW U.S. 1981 DIRECTOR: LORENZO D JAN 23 SAT 9P.M. ELVIS COSTELLO X TWO A CASE FOR SONG: ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE U.S. 1995 DIRECTOR: MARK COOPER WITH THE JULIET LETTERS GREAT BRITAIN 1993 DIRECTOR: PHILIP KING JAN 24 25 SUN 24 1 P.M. , MON 25 7 P.M. LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S NEW YORK GREAT BRITAIN 1997 DIRECTOR: HART PERRY WITH SUN 24 2P.M., MON 25 8P.M. LEONARD BERNSTEIN: REACH FOR THE NOTE U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: SUSAN LACY JAN 27 WED 6&8:30P.M. AT THE MISSION THEATER DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS JAN 30 SAT 3&9P.M. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE: WOODY GUTHRIE U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: KIM HOPKINS British songwriter Billy Bragg approached Gurthrie's wife Nora, who, trusting Bragg's instincts, opened the archive and invited Bragg to compose music for the lyrics he found compelling. JAN 31/FEB 1 SUN 31 7 P.M., MON 1 7 P.M. THE LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS U.S. 1980 DIRECTOR: BRUCE RICKER In the 1930s and 40s Kansas City was the home of some of jazz?s great figures: Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Benny Moten, Joe Turner, Jay McShann, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, to name but a few, and a style of music whose relentless swing became the backbone of rhythm & blues and rock & roll. WITH ROBERT ALTMAN'S JAZZ '34: REMEMBERANCES OF KANSAS CITY SWING U.S. 1997 DIRECTOR: ROBERT ALTMAN FEB 5&6 FRI 5 7PM, SAT 6 3PM GENGHIS BLUES U.S. 1998 DIRECTORS: ADRIAN AND ROKO BELIC Paul Pena, a blind bluesman living in San Francisco turned a chance encounter with an obscure vocal technique into a journey of a lifetime. FEB 5&7 FRI 5 9PM, SUN 7 2PM THINGS SEEN TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT: ERIK SATIE FRANCE 1972 DIRECTOR: CHRISTOPHER HALE FEB 6 SAT 8PM THE BILL NAYER SHOW U.S. 1998 WITH: CORY MCABEE, BOB LURIE & MATT COWEN Dean Martin sober; Frank Sinatra on acid, Garrison Keillor on amphetamines... it's hard to convey the magic of THE BILLY NAYER SHOW and its front man Cory McAbee. OK, I really just put this in to get people to move to Portland. Fun. Really, let me know what's worth seeing. Jeme. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:08:18 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations In a message dated 99-01-06 16:20:57 EST, you write: << Eb, who wishes he hadn't gotten rid of the Lauryn Hill album so quickly >> Better you should have it laying around for a year or two before you get rid of it? ;-) - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:11:22 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations In a message dated 99-01-06 18:08:18 EST, you+me write: << << Eb, who wishes he hadn't gotten rid of the Lauryn Hill album so quickly >> Better you should have it laying around for a year or two before you get rid of it? ;-) >> not*even*eb, hoping to be spared Eb's usual belligerent reply ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:18:24 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Shark your calendars & Re: Movies movies movies movies movies movies movies. I heavily recommend the Decline of Western Civilization flyx. I also really want to see Sonic Outlaws, and have heard good things about it. Storefront Hitchcock might get some notice among that grouping of movies. Don't let those LA types ruin your town the way they did to South Park, tho. Mark your calendars! Fegfest Bay Area some time in June. I'm waiting to hear more from the secret eastcoasterly fegs about time. This one may also be at la casa de sharkboy. Today: documentation, tomorrow: MacWorld! Vaya con queso! - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:21:26 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Movies movies movies movies movies movies movies. In a message dated 99-01-06 18:03:25 EST, you write: << JAN 23&24 SAT 23 7P.M., SUN 24 4:30P.M. JIM HALL: A LIFE IN PROGRESS U.S. 1998 DIRECTOR: BRUCE RICKER WITH TALMAGE FARLOW U.S. 1981 DIRECTOR: LORENZO D >> This was the only non-obvious film (or should I not be taking it for granted that everyone at least has some sort of an idea who Leonard Bernstein, Shostakovich and Erik Satie are?) that wasn't described which I knew something about. Jim Hall is a very influential jazz guitarist. I think Tal Farlow might be one of his pupils, as is/was Bill Frisell. I don't know a thing about the actual film, though -- just the subject. Too bad they aren't doing "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould" (or whatever it's called) -- I haven't seen that, and it would be cool to see it on the big screen. Maybe it's too "mainstream"? Oh well. I guess I'll just have to rent it. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 18:48:56 -0500 From: bibi gellert Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #4 I belong to the NZ Pop mailing list, among many others, and Monday's edition had the "Uncharted" report on NZ music. It had a short piece on new releases, and mentioned Fiona McDonald's, late of Headless Chickens, new release. Uncharted said a new single was being released soon, helmed by "English producer Robyn Hitchcock" Is this true? Is there another Robyn Hitchcock? I wasn't aware of any relationship he has with Ms McDonald, and I've been on Fegmaniax for about two years (mostly lurking). I thought I'd ask about this, since I couldn't quite understand it when I read it-I know there are other NZ Pop people out there who might know something. Bibi Gellert ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 15:52:08 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations do not, repeat DO NOT pass this info. along to ms. sharp! fogerty got two, which i thought was VERY cool (and quite unexpected. by me, anyways.) also, i was flipping through channels last night, and robbie robertson was just finishing up his time with tom snyder, who mentioned that he'd got two grammy nominations. i hadn't noticed that, and scurried to the paper, looked through them again, and *still* didn't notice it. so, did i just miss robbie's nominations two times? or was that a repeat episode? the really baffling part is, if it was last year that he'd got the nominations, that would mean that the album would've had to come out sometime in fall of '97 or some such, at the latest. and either i'm going totally bonkers, or it came out quite a bit after that. i think i got it in april or may of '98. (granted that i wasn't able to find it used for fucking ever...) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 16:07:21 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations Eddie: >fogerty got two, which i thought was VERY cool (and quite unexpected. >by me, anyways.) Aw, come on. Nominating a years-past-his-prime legend like Fogerty is extremely Grammy-esque. >also, i was flipping through channels last night, and >robbie robertson was just finishing up his time with tom snyder, who >mentioned that he'd got two grammy nominations. i hadn't noticed that, >and scurried to the paper, looked through them again, and *still* didn't >notice it. >so, did i just miss robbie's nominations two times? or was that a >repeat episode? I saw his nominations. Hold on, lemme check the paper again.... OK, the nominations were for Best World Music Album, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album and Best Album by a Years-Past-His-Prime Legend, Relatively Speaking. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 16:20:35 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations you're right, it is. and maybe that's even *why* he got the nominations. wouldn't surprise me a bit. but PREMONITION is one of the finer albums of the decade. i might even say i like it better than any creedence album save COSMO'S FACTORY. so i still think it's cool that he got them. i know i just sound awfully defensive. and that i've probably plugged CONTACT FROM THE UNDERWORLD OF REDBOY more often than eb has plugged IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA. but, dammit, it's worth it! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 99 16:51:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations >Eb: >>(What, no Historical or Folk nominations for "Live 1966"? Hmpf.) > >Well, you pompous shithead, I recently read that "Live 1966" was ignored >simply because it wasn't released during the eligibility period. So it >could still win some nominations *next* year. Get a clue. > >Eb, hoping to be spared Eb's usual belligerent reply hey you two, take your nasty debate off list! Seriously, that category must be awfully thin to include the annoying completist-geeks-only Pet Sounds box. Either that or Brian Wilson's mom was on the selection comittee. Looking forward to seeing Lennon & Dylan duke it out in that category next year though. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 16:59:26 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Nigel & the Crosses flexi on eBay and the current high bid for THE DAY THEY ATE BRICK is $61.00! that nigel and the crosses record is of shitty sound quality, by the way. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:10:14 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations Eddie: >PREMONITION is one of the finer albums of the decade. Oof. Blow-dried hair. Letterman-rock. Enough said. ;) As for Robbie Robertson, I wonder if you love the album based on more "objective" artistic criteria, or only because it fits so well thematically with your ferocious fixation on Evil Yankee Imperialism. Hm? See Susan, Momus and Adam Ant for further background.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 18:30:32 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Five cool Grammy nominations i'm glad you put "objective" in quotes, because i honestly don't know what "objective" artistic criteria are, for me. i guess i've mentioned this before. but, i have an awfully difficult time of it trying to explain *why* i like *what* i like. but i *do* know what i like when i hear it, and i *love* CONTACT. i'm just talking about the music and vocals, here. and, uh, it's not as if i'd never heard of the guy before. i'm a pretty big fan of the band, and think robbie's first solo album is darned incredible. as for the lyrics, yeah sure, i certainly agree that our treatment of the native americans was/is pretty fucking shameful. but that's not *really* what the album's about, complaining about injustice. it's more about identifying injustice, and then saying, "we haven't been defeated. we won't feel sorry for ourselves. we're going to fight." the reason i'm moved to the point of tears every time i listen to Sacrifice isn't so much peltier's discussion of his situation --which is not to say that it isn't horrifying. and, yes jeme, that it makes one feel awfully fucking guilty. i mean, shit, i've read most everything chomsky's ever published. how much more masochistic can you get? the reason this song is especially powerful to me is that *after* peltier talks about what he's been through, and says that he can't understand, "this hell, this hell and this terror" that he's been put through for twenty+ years, he *then* says that his sacrifice is pretty small compared to those that many of his people have made, and, finally, that: "I've gone too far now to start backing down I don't give up Not 'til my people are free will I give up And if I have to sacrifice some more Then I sacrifice some more" and if fucking *leonard peltier* can claim that he hasn't sacrificed enough, then what does that say about rich white fucker tews who spends so much time sitting around on his rich white fatass doing nothing useful? you know? it's certainly not as if there's nothing to be accomplished. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:34:08 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: 1000 biffo folks >>i think terry just said that he was *on* the list. not necessarily near >>the top of it. right!!! > wrong!!! The local paper (The Otago Daily Times) here has reported some of the placings in that "1000 most influential list". According to the article the list is from a book entitled "100 years, 1000 people: Ranking the men and women who shaped the millennium", written by Bowers, Bowers, Gottlieb, and Gottlieb. Top place went to Johannes Gutenburg 'who invented the printing press' (sic- he introduced the concept of movable type printing presses to Europe, based on earlier Chinese ideas). Other names mentioned by the ODT include: Christopher Columbus (2); William Shakespeare (5); Isaac Newton (6); Ludwig van Beethoven (10); Mma. Mahondas Gandhi (12); Albert Einstein (17); Adolf Hitler (20); George Washington (22); The Wright Brothers (23-24); Elizabeth I (31); Abraham Lincoln (32); Martin Luther King jr (56); Joan of Arc (83). Some of the lower rankingsa were intriguing: Louis Armstrong (322); Lennon & McCartney (327-328); Elvis Presley (352); Betty Friedan (358); Neil Armstrong (696); Bob Dylan (888); Hugh Hefner (937); Dr Seuss (998); Andy Warhol (1000). Such lists are always likely to cause controversy, since everyone will have their own theories and ideas, but I am startled by some of these. Columbus is placed staggeringly high, and in the world of exploration is probably (IMHO) not as important as de Gama or Magellan. Neil Armstrong was simply the right person in the right place at the right time. Whereas most of the others on the list shown were mainly responsible themselves for their position on the list, Armstrong was simply one person chosen from a team of about a dozen candidates, any of whom could have performed the task for which he is remembered - a task actually controlled and instigated by a dedicated team most of whome remained on Earth. And without detracting from Louis Armstrong's abilities, I doubt he has shaped the millennium to the extent either Presley or Lennon & McCartney have. As for Hugh Hefner... And who the hell is Betty Friedan??? James (who is a little concerned that Eb is not only talking to himself, but is now getting replies. That cough must've been worse than we thought) James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:36:32 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Dave & John get erudite (RH 0%) >PS Interesting prog on WW2 bombers on TV last night. The pilot of a B29 >claimed that the gun turret was fitted with 'computers' which aimed the >guns once the gunner had fed in the wingspan etc. In 1944/5? Can this be >true? possibly, but not what we call a computer today. It was probably more of a purely mechanical difference engine type of beast - set one dial to the wingspan, another to the altitude, a third to the airspeed, and they'll turn cogs to line the gun up right. ISTR the first computer in the modern sense was being used around that time to crack German coded messages at Bletchley Park in England (ENIAC?). Even as late as the late 1960s, computers were too big to be of any practical use onboard aircraft. (Warning! Anecdote alert!) When I was a wee nipper in around 1968-9, I lived with my parents in a flat above this rambling old warehouse/office building where my dad had his business. One end of the building was leased out to a computer firm. Yes, they had a computer. And local businesses would pay to have the owners of the computer feed information into it and get whatever answers they needed out the other end. As a five year-old kid visiting that office was a huge adventure. It was like Houston Mission Control, I can tell you. There was an electric typewriter-like device attached to a printer, and wires leading from these to an array of cabinets lining one whole wall of the room. Large spools of tape were at the tops of the cabinets, and would whizz round while the computer attempted to answer the problems. If that was the state of play in 1968, I don't see a 'computer-like' computer being airborne in the 1940s. Also, didn't one of the directors of IBM make some comment in about 1959 about getting the weight of a computer down to less than a ton by the turn of the century? James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:43:00 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: 1000 biffo folks Yeah, that was the one. The article is available at http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/b932.htm I had thought it was a USA Today in-house news mcnugget, not a book review. (And Columbus at #2? If he hadn't been there, the Iberians would've kept sending people out west until they hit something anyhow. Removing him from the timeline buys the Indians 50 years, tops. And anyone who ranks Hitler and Marx as more important than Stalin and Lenin is just plain wrong. If it hadn't been for Marx, Lenin would've joined another party and probably led that one to the top; without Lenin, Marx is about as important as Rand: a few intriguing ideas, but not the sort of thing anyone would base a serious government on. And while Hitler dominated world politics for about a decade, Louis XIV did so for about five. And apart from getting a lot of people killed and letting Stalin take Eastern Europe, Hitler hasn't had that much in terms of lasting effects. And Juan de Sepuldeva [convinced the Spanish powers that importing black slaves was better than enslaving Indians, leading to black slavery and all the stuff that went with that] and, oh, whoever led the Mercantilists, causing the Scramble for Africa, ought to be ranked higher than wherever they are.) And I had something list-relevant to say, but I forgot it. Maybe next time. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:48:56 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Dave & John get erudite (RH 0%) On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, James Dignan wrote: > turn cogs to line the gun up right. ISTR the first computer in the modern > sense was being used around that time to crack German coded messages at > Bletchley Park in England (ENIAC?). Even as late as the late 1960s, > computers were too big to be of any practical use onboard aircraft. > (Warning! Anecdote alert!) No, it was the Enigma machine, an amazing little gadget that could be used to encode things millions of different ways. The Germans were using them to encode and decode things, and we got one that fell off the back of a truck. It was about the size of a typewriter. You press a key and a letter on top of it lights up. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:35:11 PST From: "Insurrectionist Pinko Wrecker" Subject: Re: 1000 biffo folks please pass the barf bag. anybody know exactly when the egyptians decided to call it quits? what i guess i'm wondering is, did they know, during the soft boys reunion tour in jan. '94, that this would be their last tour together? 'cause they sure played like it was the end of the fucking world, didn't they? i mean, they ripped those songs to fucking shreds. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 23:46:16 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: storefront on tour - UK jan/feb '99 >Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:37:00 +0000 >To: fegmaniax-announce@smoe.org >From: Jonathan Turner >Subject: storefront on tour - UK jan/feb '99 > >Showing as part of the "NME at the NFT On Tour" Tour: > >Leicester Phoenix Arts - January 15th >Glasgow Film Theatre - January 23rd >Norwich Cinema City - January 26th >Sheffield Showroom - February 1st >Canterbury Cinema 3 - February 3rd >Lancaster The Dukes - February 15th >London Hoxton Square Lux - February 20th & 21st >Bradford Pictureville - February 24th >Cardiff Chapter Arts - February 27th > >(NO mention that Robyn will be appearing at any of these >screenings, by the way.) > >Stewart's already mentioned that the Glasgow showing is at 2pm; >the London showings are in the evening (at 7.30pm and 9pm >respectively, if I recall correctly - I left the Lux programme at home, >but can check details if anyone wants me to); no idea about the >others - the nme web site (www.nme.co.uk) may have more details, >and includes details of other films in the tour ("Slade in Flame" - >yaaay!). > >Happy viewing! > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 99 22:55:03 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: 1000 biffo folks James wrote: >And who the hell is Betty Friedan??? Almost 11PM and no reply to this? I didn't think NZ was *that* far away. James must be making a funny. Thinking wood computers went out with the Apple 1 - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 21:09:11 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: custom boxes I probably missed something, or deleted mail too quickly, but the new iMac is now in a rainbow of colors: tourquis, grape, strawberry etc..... My husband got home from MacWorld today with a bundle of software and a shit eating grin..... eleanore amadain wrote: > >Personally, I've been thinking for years about building custom artsy cases > >for people that don't want a stupid dove grey (or stupid turquoise and > >neon) box on or under their oak desk or near their bean bag chair. > > There IS at least one company that already does this. I was reading about > them recently, only whatever magazine it was in (it was in the tech section > of some or other glossy thing I was reading) seems to have vanished so I > can't get the name or url for their site. Perhaps someone here knows what > I'm talking about. IIRC tho, they only do wood cases, but they were quite > handsome and unfortunately for those of us who thought it looked like a > cool idea, not at all cheap. > > Love on ya, > Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 01:23:20 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: 1000 biffo folks On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, steve wrote: > James wrote: > >And who the hell is Betty Friedan??? > > Almost 11PM and no reply to this? I didn't think NZ was *that* far away. > James must be making a funny. Well, assuming that James was feigning ignorance of Ms. Friedan to amuse the rest of us... Who the hell is Betty Friedan? Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:38:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Paragraph Hitchcock In e-mailing round my office to see who'd want to go se SH, I had to summarise Robyn's style in a paragraph. I came up with this: Robyn Hitchcock is pretty much an psychedelic folkie guitar hero, with strong influences from Syd Barrett, Roy Harper, The Byrds and The Kinks. He has inspired many bands with both his sound and his surreal musings, most notably R.E.M. Anyone got a better one? I well remember some people's response to Jah Wobble when I didn't quite get the description right. Oops... Stewart [bad news: I hear from Julian Koster that NMH won't be touring any time soon, if at all. good news: OTC and Julian's band, Music Tapes, will be. Music Tapes sound a bit like a more trippy TMBG. {though what do I know, cos my flatmate's v expensive hifi won't play 45s, so it all sounds like a dirge to me.} - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #6 *****************************