From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #82 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, March 5 1999 Volume 08 : Number 082 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Listening to the Higson... ["Tony Blackman"] Bob Dylan in songs [Richard Plumb at NTAC ] Honourable mentions ["Ghost Surfer" ] Re: Welcome, Paul... ["Paul Christian Glenn" ] Re: The People's Republic Of Santa Monica [The Great Quail ] Re: AV1/XTC/Bijou Phillips [Aaron Mandel ] Re: making me Dreamy [Aaron Mandel ] re: paul is dead [Ken Ostrander ] Re: re: paul is dead [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Recording live shows... [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: re: paul is dead ["Paul Christian Glenn" ] oops! forgot one ["Capitalism Blows" ] Straight Outta Enola ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: Recording live shows... [Ben ] a few more mentions [Jean Katherine Rossner ] As much as I HATE this thread... [Capuchin ] Re: As much as I HATE this thread... [Gary Assassin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:17:05 +0000 From: "Tony Blackman" Subject: Listening to the Higson... Here's a chance for someone to ask a "Listening to the Higsons" question. N.B. Time quoted is GMT. >Swiss Toni and Ralph are just two of the many Fast Show characters >created and performed by comic genius Charlie Higson. Charlie will >be chatting about life in the fast lane and Happy Now, his new book, >on Wednesday 10 March from 6.00-7.00pm. Send your questions >in advance to mailto:questions@community.virgin.net. >===> http://www.virgin.net/community/chat/ <=== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:06:13 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: Bob Dylan in songs There's a webpage with all the various mentions of Bob. It's huge. http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/edlis/barf.html rich _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 07:28:00 PST From: "Ghost Surfer" Subject: Honourable mentions Has anyone mentioned Blondie singing about R.E.M. in Pressence Dear? Obviously David Byrne gets a look in in Freeze. R.E.M. sing about Mott The Hoople, among others. Buick McKane got their name from a T rex song of the same name. Counting Crows said "I've got Ben Folds on my radio" and 2I want to be Bob Dylan" Ben Folds sing about the Cure and Axl Rose. As for bands named after songs, a radio station had a regular feature about that. One's i can remember, Tom Petty & Luna, Baby Bird & Cornershop, Liz Phair & Ride (i guess RH would qualify), Rh & Love. Sorry gone blank now. Bye. - ----------------************************************************------------ "There are times when i can't think about the future, when all my days seem so dark and life seems cruel" - Mojave 3 & "Make a moment last forever, gaze across the ocean to the sun" - Unknown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:13:26 -0600 From: "Paul Christian Glenn" Subject: Re: Welcome, Paul... Thanks for the warm welcome, all. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy this particular list... >Eye and Queen Elvis seem to provoke more disagreement on this list >than the rest of the canon. Paul, what do you like best about >what you've heard so far? That might help people come up with >suggestions. I like the simple stuff best. "Globe of Frogs" seems much less slick than "Perspex Island", and I like that. On GOF, there really isn't a song that I dislike. On PI, my faves are probably "She Doesn't Exist" and "If You Go Away". I've heard snippets of "Eye" (my buddy has a very sad "Eye" story, but I'll let him tell it someday), and I *really* like that. Simpler, more accoustic sounding - very cool. I think "Glass Hotel" is an terrific song. From "Uncorrected Personality Traits" my favorite cuts would be "Linctus House" (by far), "Raymond Chandler Evening", "Man With A Lightbulb Head", and "Queen Elvis II". So, given all that data, what should I shoot for next? >In case you don't know of it already, www.gemm.com is a >great resource for finding music, including used CDs. Just type in >"hitchcock" and I'm sure you'll be able to find plenty of goodies. And, while >www.secondspin.com is listed through GEMM, it's a good place to check directly >for Robyn stuff. No, I didn't know about these resources. Thanks for the tip - mucho appreciated. :) Paul Christian Glenn | "Besides being complicated, cirhsein@firinn.org | reality, in my experience, is http://x-real.firinn.org | usually odd." - C.S. Lewis Now Reading: "Who Was Jesus?" by N.T. Wright ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 99 12:00:13 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: The People's Republic Of Santa Monica "Das Kapital Saugt" schreibt, >quail, you make me sad. how could *you*, of all people, fail to mention >the queensryche trifecta? their first recording is self-titled. and >the first song on that first recording (at least) derives from the name >of the band. Heh heh . . . actually, Eddie, I had NOT forgotten about Queensr˙che. You were, in fact, being tested. As I am a member of the Inner Sanctum of The Seattle R˙che, where -- having actually slapped Geoff Tate's hand from the front row of an Operation Mindcrime concert -- I hold the 36th Degree position of Knight of the Order of Sister Mary, which of course outranks you, being as you are only a Junior Jet Cadet, I was charged by Dr. X to test your Queensr˙che Loyalty Factor. I'm sorry such extreme measures of loyalty had to be taken, Brother Eddie; but times are tough. Father Brown and the Temples of Syrinx are on the rise again, and then there's those pesky Overlords prowling about and showing no quarter. . . . not to mention the startling rise in memebership in the Kiss Army! I will have you know that you performed very well; indeed both Lady Jane and I agree that you should be recommended for the next tier of Advancement -- yes, you will be made a 23rd Degree Master Mason of the Neue Regel, Subluminary Division. I would like to issue you a warning, however, as you only rated QLF 88% on the Index of Heady Mettles; as you failed to make the attempt to use umlauts in your post with regards to the name Queensr˙che. (No argument or appeal, buddy -- look up the last Edict from the Queen of the R˙che, Edict #2112, commonly referred to the "Blue Öyster Cult/Mötörhead/Spi¨nal Tap Clause." No appeal there, Eddie, which is a shame -- because if you would have scored QLF 92% or higher, you would have been bucked up for a nomination to replace Brother DeGarmo as Keeper of the Holy Retort to the False Belief that Silent Lucidity is a Pink Floyd Song. Rock no, brothers and sisters, rock on. - --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: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:03:23 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Black Pop Comedy On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Capitalism Blows wrote: > now, the thing that got this whole thread rollin' (although, eb, you're > smokin' too much of something if you think this week has been anywhere > *near* the busiest time on feg. just go back a few weeks ago, if you > like. even better, go back to your most recent (i think) grateful dead > "discussion") was capuch'n's definition of popular music as music that > is popular. funny thing, i've always thought of "pop" as more of a > genre (broadly stated, i guess, sounding something like the beatles.) i > mean, i'd call robyn "pop," even though he's not popular. and i > wouldn't call whitney houston "pop," even though she is popular. > so. i'd be interested in knowing when and under what circumstances the > term entered into the vernacular. susie? WOAH! That's NOT what I said. My argument is that "pop music" is the musical facet of "pop art" and that pop art is the application of the commercial art aesthetic to fine art. In that sense, it is commercial art for the sake of itself and not just a secondary production for the sake of a separate primary product. I was arguing against the idea that "pop" meant popular. > > apparently Dr. Strangelove originally *was* supposed to be "very > serious." but kubrick couldn't figure out how to make the material > (it's based on the novel Red Alert, by terry southern, if memory serves) > work as a serious movie, so he decided to make the ultimate black comedy > instead. Fail Safe, I think, was based on the same novel... or at least the story. I'm not sure, though. The stories are nearly identical, but with a slightly different resolution at the end. Only slightly different. > and until Delicatessen came along, i'd say Dr. Strangelove > probably was the ultimate black comedy. but it's not anymore. Now, see... I really enjoyed Delicatessen, but I don't know if I'd call it the ultimate black comedy. It's just not black enough. Now, see... I was watching this movie on Showtime a few years ago and I was laughing my fool head off at the horrifying things going on in the film. I thought "Damn. This is the BLACKEST black comedy EVER." And then it occured to me that perhaps it wasn't intended as a comedy at all. And I felt guilty. I didn't have nifty digital cable in those days, so I couldn't get the title without changing the channel when the flick was over. It was The Young Poisoner's Handbook. Oh dear that was good. I went down to Hollywood Video to make sure they kept it in the comedy section so I didn't feel so bad. It was, unfortunately, still on the New Release rack. The back of the box said it was a dark comedy. I was relieved. > > first he wins dignan's trivia contest, and now this. and *this* from > the guy who was asking *me* how i found stuff in the archives! sheesh! Well, I use complicated tools, eddie. I mean, when I search the archives, it's a perl and grep fest. You don't use those things. I have a really good memory, too... maybe you just have more time? Maybe you're just not as lazy. OK. I'm done. Down down down. What a week. Je. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:04:11 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: AV1/XTC/Bijou Phillips On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Eb wrote: > You know, I must admit that "River of Orchids" is growing on me a bit. i hear it's the single in the UK. i like it a lot -- the oddness is exactly right for the song. > Plus, there's the tedious "Last Balloon," and the crass lyric of "Your > Dictionary." Any album where I have misgivings about six out of 11 > tracks is far from a masterpiece. "Your Dictionary" and "I'd Like That" are the only two songs about which my initial preference for the demos has not gone away. the album versions have too much weight in them; the demos were unassuming and personal. a ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:09:03 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: making me Dreamy On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Ghost Surfer wrote: > Well, howdy. As there seems to be a lot of Neutral Milk Hotel fans on > the board (and OTC) i thought i'd give my own recommendation. Anyone > heard of Ninian Hawick? yes. "Scottish Rite Temple Stomp" is truly amazing; one of my favorite songs of the past few years. they've done a few other songs on compilations that went in two directions at once and were entertaining, but the rest of Steep Steps bores me. i think the people in the 'band' have mostly changed or gone away since "Stomp" came out in 1996. > It's on a tiny label called Dreamy, which is not only a > cool name in itself, but it has the prefix REM. it's on Grimsey in the US; they have it at www.parasol.com. a ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 12:09:45 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: re: paul is dead >> funny thing, john wrote and sang 'i am the walrus'; so one would figure >>that john was the walrus. then the white album comes out and john sings >>on 'glass onion': "well here's another clue for you all: the walrus was >>paul". now, i think he was being tongue in cheek and was playing off the >>whole 'paul is dead' mystique for all it was worth; 'cause later, on the >>20 rated album PLASTIC ONO BAND, john sang "i was the walrus, but now i'm >>john" in a moment of clarity on the superkeen vitriol of 'god'. wacky, >>weird, wild stuff. >> > >A minor quibble, and you may not have even meant it this way, so sorry >if I'm putting words into your mouth, but John definitely didn't write >Glass Onion with the "Paul is Dead" thingy in mind, because the hoax >didn't get started until 1969, after Abbey Road came out (one of the major >clues supposedly being Paul being the only one of the Beatles walking >barefoot across Abbey Road), well after the white album came out (and the >songs on it presumably written.) Phew -- that was a long sentence. i must admit that i'm sure exactly when the 'paul is dead' craze really got going; but i thought that he was supposed to have disappeared during the recording of SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. he did actually leave for an extended vacation before the album was finished. anyway, the clues start appearing with SGT. PEPPER. the cover art had a flower bouquet of a left handed guitar. as the title track segues into 'with a little help from my friends' paul introduces (his replacement?) "the one and only billy shears" who sounds a lot like ringo (not peter frampton!). in 'a day in the life' the "lucky man who'd made the grade" was also taken to be the macca. then there's the "i buried paul" mumble at the end of 'strawberry fields'. there are other references, besides the one in 'glass onion', on the WHITE ALBUM with backward masking tracks on 'revolution 9' ("turn me on dead man") & 'blackbirds' ("paul is dead man, miss him"). on the ABBEY ROAD front cover paul's got barefeet and is out of step with the others while there's a car with the license plate 28IF referring to the fact that paul would have been 28 if he hadn't died. on the back cover there's a crack in the wall through the word beatles and there are holes in the wall in front of the word beatles that form a number 3. ken "let me roll it" the kenster ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:32:16 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: re: paul is dead Whew! When I first saw that subject line, I thought maybe we'd bored the new guy to death! ;-) - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:51:33 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Recording live shows... I fear triggering the giant circular maelstrom of violence if I don't record the Dan Bern show. I don't want Eddie to kick my ass, Bayard to kick his, Capucin to kick his, Eb to kick his, Quail to kick his, and Lj to kick everybody else's who might still be standing, and my cat to eat everyone, so I'm asking: What is the best way to bring in recording materials? (I have an MD recorder, so it's nice and small.) What is a good, but small mic to use? (I really would like to use a condenser mic- but I would need to deal with one that can hold a battery.) I would like it to sound good. How do you mount a mic to make it pick up what you want and not pick up the scraping sounds of the cord, hair, clothing? Does it work to threaten people who don't shut up? Should I invoke "Bayard," "Quail," "Jeme," "Eddie," "Eb," or "Lj?" Sooner and brief is probably better than later with lots of info. Thanks, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:16:07 -0600 From: "Paul Christian Glenn" Subject: Re: re: paul is dead > Whew! When I first saw that subject line, I thought maybe we'd bored the >new guy to death! ;-) Nope. Still kickin'... :) Paul Christian Glenn | "Besides being complicated, cirhsein@firinn.org | reality, in my experience, is http://x-real.firinn.org | usually odd." - C.S. Lewis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 10:18:58 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: oops! forgot one The Hop, by aerosmith. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 10:18:34 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Straight Outta Enola Chapter 2: The Lion Sleeps Tonite News of Purvis' beheading had indeed hit the society pages like a brick shithouse. What sort of suit had he been wearing at the time of execution? What make of machete had been used? How violently had his body twitched? Who would be named to replace him as Grand Vicar of the Taco Bell sauce concession? To whom had the eyeballs been sold, and for how much? But none of this was on the mind of any of the more than 400 credentialed media gathered for the annual State of the Quail address. Time was, of course, that only the business press bothered showing up for the State of the Quail, as the other scribes simply couldn't bear sitting through five or six hours of megalomania. (And it was either all or nothing, as the balcony of QIHQ's auditorium was reserved for The Great Quail's sniper's on State of the Quail day, and they were under strict orders to mow down --from no fewer than three angles-- any person attempting to leave the hall during the address.) This all changed, however, after the Financial Times scooped the tabloids with the news that The Great Quail's scientists had discovered a new element and promptly named it "Quailinium," and then the next year's announcement of Quail Industries' acquisition of the Catholic Church. Truth be told, though, most everyone had grown to enjoy The Great Quail's marathon addresses, and couldn't wait to hear what sort of diabolical scheme for "growing the enterprise" He'd come up with next. But none could guess, as The Great Quail walked slowly to the end of the platform, surveying the hordes seated 50 metres below, all of them chanting in unison, "...Seig Quail!...Seig Quail!...Seig Quail!..." that Purvis' final earthly words --"On the street you're known only as The Tyrant!"-- were reverberating through The Great Quail's ears like an exploding grenade. "They just don't understand," thought The Great Quail, as he surveyed the frothing mob below him. "It's not about profits, and hostile takeovers, and decadent parties all the day long. It's about the *kids*." The Great Quail cleared his throat, and as the throng quickly hushed, began, "The time has come--" he was distracted by a particularly memorable shot of "Quailugula," which was being projected onto the massive domed ceiling. "Ah, that was a good vintage," swooned The Great Quail. The laughter was resounding, yet obviously forced. "The time has come for the thawing of Walt Disney." With these words, The Great Quail retired to His chambers. With the exception of Dr. Hiboshi, who squealed with delight as the translation came over his earpiece, the shellshocked crowd sat in stunned silence. They could not have been more surprised if The Great Quail had pulled a frankfurter out of his rectum and gobbled it down without first dunking it in Taco Bell sauce. * * * A dazed out-of-town reporter turned around and, jerking his thumb upward in the direction of the now-empty platform, asked Archer Gibbons, the Times' QI beat reporter, "Does He own the *rights* to Walt Disney?" "Don't you get it, you nitwit?" shot back Gibbons. "That sumbitch just declared war on the Disney Corporation!" * * * "Did we get clearance from Geneva?" asked a still-shaken Brother Myron. "Ha!" spat Archbishop Wedgewood. "We don't fucking take orders from Geneva!" "But Quail Industries is a signatory to the--" "Hello? McFly? Welcome to the real world! If the Council so much as says, 'Boo,' Boss will begin transfering assets to the Caymans so fast it'll make their fucking heads spin. He can wreck the Swiss economy as easy as picking up the telephone. 'Clearance'!" Archbishop Wedgewood was laughing very loudly. "But won't a lot of innocent civilians get killed in the crossfire?" Archbishop wedgewood leapt at Brother Myron as if shot from a circus cannon, quickly entrussing him in a withering headlock. "Fuck innocent civilians! Business is business! You got it, you fucking runt?" "Yes sir." "I can't hear you!" "YES SIR!" "I could snap your neck like a fucking twig. But before I did, I would personally excommunicate you, and they'd be burying you in a fucking outhouse!" "Ah, leave him alone, Gerry," chuckled the Pope, who was just coming up the steps, his left arm gently cradling a large tub of popping corn. "He's just a kid. Besides, 'One big happy family', remember?" "Yeah yeah yeah," muttered Archbishop Wedgewood. He released Brother Myron, but couldn't resist smearing a large booger across his glasses as he turned to leave, elbowing Bishop Jenkins, "Let's go hunt up some pussy." "What about the, uh..." the Pope nodded his head toward the platform. "Finished!" "What?!" "Yup. Boss just wasn't feeling very talkative this morning, I guess. Say, how come you were so late, anyway?" "Oh, I was playing hackeysack in Central Park, and just lost track of the time. What's the...what's the good word?" "'The time has come for the thawing of Walt Disney.'" The Pope looked at Archbishop Wedgewood, then back up to the platform, drained his bourbon and water, took another long look at the vacated platform, and, finally, nodding his head, chirped, "Bitchin'." * * * "...be warned Comma however Comma Quail Industries is utterly unprepared to confront the Disney Corporation Stop. None of QI's stateside factories are currently equipped for military production Stop. Moreover Comma even assuming The Great Quail offers full medical and dental Comma He'll never be able to attract a fighting force to match the Mouse Brigades Stop Paragraph. There's no turning back Comma however Stop. Anaheim will have already announced major deployments by the time you read this Stop Paragraph. This reporter has never been one to bet against The Great Quail Stop. But then Comma The Great Quail has never before pulled a boner of this magnitude Stop. We could well be witnessing the beginning of the end of The Great Quail Stop Paragraph. Archer Gibbons Comma reporting from the State of The Quail address Stop." "You can't print that!" admonished the Orlando Sentinel's film editor (who had obtained his credential to write an "objective" review of "Quailigula.") "Too late!" sassed Gibbons, snapping shut his cellphone, "she hits the streets within the hour." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:05:55 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: Recording live shows... Mark_Gloster@3com.com wrote: > I fear triggering the giant circular maelstrom of violence if > I don't record the Dan Bern show. I don't want Eddie to kick my > ass, Bayard to kick his, Capucin to kick his, Eb to kick his, > Quail to kick his, and Lj to kick everybody else's who might > still be standing, and my cat to eat everyone, so I'm asking: > > What is the best way to bring in recording materials? (I have > an MD recorder, so it's nice and small.) > > What is a good, but small mic to use? (I really would like to > use a condenser mic- but I would need to deal with one that > can hold a battery.) I would like it to sound good. > > How do you mount a mic to make it pick up what you want and not > pick up the scraping sounds of the cord, hair, clothing? There are various FAQ's on this, here's one: http://www.cgocable.net/~oz/faqtop10.htm Here's another: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/gdead/taping-guide/live-taping.html > Does it work to threaten people who don't shut up? Should I > invoke "Bayard," "Quail," "Jeme," "Eddie," "Eb," or "Lj?" I actually have a Robyn tape (Warfield '93 to be exact) where the taper asks those around him to take their conversations elsewhere. Instead of the sounds of the taper being beaten to a pulp, they actually quiet down somewhat! > Sooner and brief is probably better than later with lots of > info. > > Thanks, > -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 11:37:27 -0800 From: Jean Katherine Rossner Subject: a few more mentions John Wesley Harding: "Bastard Son" starts out "Bob Dylan is my father, Joan Baez is my mother, and I'm their bastard son" and goes on to mention everybody else he regards as an influence. I think "Talking Return of the Great Folk Scare Blues" has a bunch of names but now I can't remember. Other songs include "Roy Orbison Knows", "Elvis Has Left the Building" (oh no--is this going to start a sub-thread of songs that mention Elvis?), and "Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue, and Me". Vance Gilbert's "Country Western Rap" also has a long list which I'm too lazy to type in right now. He also has a song about his friendship with Ellis Paul, though I don't think EP is ever mentioned (um, that required changing the "EP" of the previous paragraph to spelling out "Elvis Presley"...never noticed that particular coincidence before). (And Don Conoscenti and Bob Franke both have songs mentioning Ellis in passing.) Ellis Paul has a song about Vance Gilbert on his new album, and yes the folkies I like *are* a pretty incestuous bunch. Have I missed somebody citing it, or was it just too obvious to mention? "American Pie" for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the Byrds and everybody else. ("American Pie" is also the default song for Encore references, at least at the Berkeley Games Club.) *** >From: dmw >Subject: unchecked weeniesm, part 9008 >in general i prefer these threads when they're bounded by some sort of >quality guideline, but just to be obnoxious, i'd love to hear of a song >(not specifically written for the ocassion) that namechecks as many >novelists as amy rigby's (sadly unrecorded as yet) "faulkner's maalox," or >indeed any other pop song that mentions "margaret drabble" at all. I thought I had one for you, but that was a memory blip. Margaret Atwood, not Margaret Drabble. (OK, and since I don't know the Amy Rigby song I can't compare numbers.) But try Moxy Fruvous' "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors": "You should see my storyreading baby/You should hear the things that she says:/'Honey, drop dead/I'd rather go to bed/with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.'" Also mentions William S. Burroughs, bell hooks, Mario Puzo, W.P. Kinsella, Robertson Davies, and Doris Lessing. Will that do? (Or doo-wop. As the case may be.) **** The usual folkie stuff: JWH and EP (the live one) are at the Freight and Salvage on March 26. Susan Werner will be there on March 20. Susan McKeown on March 22. Greg Greenway on April 26. Anybody else here interested in going? Katherine - -- Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yere, and wordes tho That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem, and yit they spake hem so. - Chaucer, "Troilus and Criseyde" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:58:15 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: As much as I HATE this thread... On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jean Katherine Rossner wrote: > John Wesley Harding: "Bastard Son" starts out "Bob Dylan is my father, > Joan Baez is my mother, and I'm their bastard son" and goes on to mention > everybody else he regards as an influence. I think "Talking Return of the > Great Folk Scare Blues" has a bunch of names but now I can't remember. > Other songs include "Roy Orbison Knows", "Elvis Has Left the Building" (oh > no--is this going to start a sub-thread of songs that mention Elvis?), and > "Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue, and Me". Man... this reminds me of another GREAT They Might Be Giants tune. The day Marvin Gaye and Phil Ochs got married The trees all waved their giant arms And happiness bled from every street corner And biplanes bombed with fluffy pillows Oh yeah. Words. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 15:39:25 -0500 (EST) From: Gary Assassin Subject: Re: As much as I HATE this thread... And speaking of John Wesley Harding, he is playing with Jill Sobule at Maxwell's on Saturday April 10th. ------------------------------------ If you have a condom and sunscreen SPF 15 or greater, than it's safe to look at http://www.panix.com/~gsa/index.html On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Capuchin wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jean Katherine Rossner wrote: > > John Wesley Harding: "Bastard Son" starts out "Bob Dylan is my father, > > Joan Baez is my mother, and I'm their bastard son" and goes on to mention > > everybody else he regards as an influence. I think "Talking Return of the > > Great Folk Scare Blues" has a bunch of names but now I can't remember. > > Other songs include "Roy Orbison Knows", "Elvis Has Left the Building" (oh > > no--is this going to start a sub-thread of songs that mention Elvis?), and > > "Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue, and Me". > > Man... this reminds me of another GREAT They Might Be Giants tune. > > The day Marvin Gaye and Phil Ochs got married > The trees all waved their giant arms > And happiness bled from every street corner > And biplanes bombed with fluffy pillows > > Oh yeah. > Words. > -- > ________________________________________________________ > > J A Brelin Capuchin > ________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #82 ******************************