From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #100 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, March 16 1999 Volume 08 : Number 100 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: the evil empire [BC-Radio@corecom.net (Brett Cooper)] Re: No headbangers allowed? [Ben ] The Tomster [Minky Sponge ] Oh, Sh!t!!!! [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Virgin Records playing the "We know this album will bomb, but please give it a try...pleeeeeese?" game [] Trip (Part 1) [Joel Mullins ] 60% Coke content, 10% 60s Pop content, 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook [Chri] Re: 60% Coke content, 10% 60s Pop content, 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook [Eric Loehr ] Re: ...... 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook [steve ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #98 ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: Klaatu ["Russ Reynolds" ] Trip (Part 2) [Joel Mullins ] No Camus, No Elvis, but Marcus [Fegbooks again] [Stewart Russell 3295 Ana] Re: Trip (Part 2) [Eb ] Re: another week in feg [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:18:06 -0900 From: BC-Radio@corecom.net (Brett Cooper) Subject: Re: the evil empire Amadain writes: >And community service is also something you would have tangible proof of if >you were providing it. Like, for example, the guy who played records for an >old folks home. That's something more tangible than just "neighborhood >people liked it and liked to DJ there sometimes", which is well and good, >but not "public service" exactly. There was more to my public service than simply letting people come over and DJ. I could get into it, but it would probably bore people and seem pretty self-congratulatory. >I wasn't debating the meaning of the word responsible. What I was trying to >say was that it's a problem to let any old person operate a home radio >station whenever they feel like it, and without the current regulations, >there would have to be new ones, otherwise the situation I was positing >(where there wasn't a clear way of knowing who should be operating and who >shouldn't, causing a new kind of mess as bad as the one we have now) would >occur. I agree with you to a certain point. I'm not saying that the FCC shouldn't exist or doesn't have the right to exist. It's just that they are, for lack of a better term, so anal about the entire thing. There have been numerous cases where they have raided a person's home without a warrant, confiscated all equipment including tapes and CD's, taken it away, and when the people tried to at least get their CD's back via the cout system, they had been conveniently lost or forgotten. How right is that? A good portion of animosity towards the FCC is regarding their tactics, which leave much to be desired. There is such a thing as due process. >Again, that's not what I was saying at all. What I was TRYING to say was >that usually they are acting on a complaint from someone. I'm not saying >it's impossible, but I would still think it's quite rare that they just go >out to squash you for shits n grins. I know of a few pirate stations right >here in Chicago that have never been in trouble with the FCC, mainly cause >no one's had cause to complain. And I think they'd probably LOVE to be >licensed and can't be under existing law. No offense, but you don't know the FCC the way I do. You haven't seen their tactics firsthand, and until you do, you can't understand fully. Believe me, they do things such as hunt unlicensed stations when nothing else is going on. >Fine, OK, all I was looking for was to hear some practical notion of how it >might be done, rather than the usual "the government stomps on us because >they are big assholes" ranting. This is a start. But you realize, we're >still talking about people who have enough money to get equipment and >licenses here (though naturally this would be less costly for a smaller >station), as well as people who are willing to dedicate time/money to keep >it on the air. This is still going to exclude some people. And not everyone should be on the air--only those who are going to be responsible broadcasters. It cost me around $1500 to get on the air with a pretty decent studio. That isn't too bad considering how much it would cost to go through present legal channels. >The problem isn't regulation per se, the problem is that existing law needs >some rehaul, and the limitations of the medium itself need to be taken into >account. Licensing smaller stations is fine and dandy. I just don't like >the idea of thousands of hobbyists deciding to take to the airwaves on a >whim, or people being pissed off at the fact that there are rules and >practical limitations. Can you see where I'm coming from here, or are you >just determined to write me off as a proto-fascist meanie? Actually, I think we agree pretty much on the fact that the FCC does need to exist, and that the laws need a facelift. Where we differ is in experience. You obviously have never had a run-in with the FCC. Their tactics are deplorable, and they need to be reeled in from time to time because they do act in a very Gestapo kind of way. It's very intimidating to be a 16 year-old and get a letter from the FCC threatening you with jail time and fines (once again, walking a thin line when it comes to violating due process laws). They should be ashamed of themselves. But there is hope. The FCC has been listening to the people and showing signs of possible change in the near future. I hope that happens because I honestly do believe that the First Amendment does include the airwaves. Brett ************************************************************** Cooper Collections P.O. Box 876462 Wasilla, Alaska 99687 (907) 376-4520 BC-Radio@corecom.net http://www.corecom.net/~no6pp/Cooper_Collections.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:32:48 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: No headbangers allowed? Eb wrote: > >> By JOHN SOEDER > >> PLAIN DEALER ROCK WRITER > > "ROCK." Might as well have spelled it R-A-W-K. OK, this underscores his > bias. A freebie mag, I'm guessing? > > >> Does Black Sabbath belong in the rock hall > >> with them? > >> > >> "Absolutely," says Sharon Osbourne, wife and > >> manager of Black Sabbath singer Ozzy > >> Osbourne. They've been married 18 years. > > Oh, good. He asked a disinterested bystander, for an objective opinion. Heh > heh. > > So Alice influenced Rob Zombie, Pantera and Marilyn Manson, eh? Shouldn't > that ALONE be grounds for being banned from the Hall of Fame? ;) > > Seriously, there are SO many acts not in the Hall of Fame yet. The time for > griping about this or that act being overlooked is far in the future, if > you ask me. Not that I give a DAMN about that whole apparatus, anyway. I > think it's deeply silly. It's soooo un-rock 'n' roll to fuss over this > token little merit badge. Yes, the R 'n' R HOF is totally un-rock 'n' roll. Then again, so is "rock criticism".... ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:08:22 -0800 (PST) From: Minky Sponge Subject: The Tomster Tom Waits To Play SXSW Tom Waits will perform March 20 as part of the upcoming South By Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas. The special show at the Paramount Theater will mark only the fifth time the gravel-voiced troubadour has played a solo show in the U.S. since his last tour in 1987. Debuting material from his first release on Epitaph Records, Mule Variations (April 27), the singer/songwriter will perform with musicians who played on the album, including Beck guitarist Smokey Hormel, bassist Greg Cohen and two longtime Waits sidemen -- bassist Larry Taylor and drummer Stephen Hodges. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:07:04 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: Oh, Sh!t!!!! Yike! I didn't realize it til just now! my apologies to all! anyone catch Julian Lennon on 'good morning america' today? =luther On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:57:30 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:42:30 -0500 (EST) >From: Eric Loehr >Subject: Re: had to say > >On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, David W. Dudich wrote: > >> well, if it's right next door, it might be 'just' within >> sniper range, if you wanna do the world a favor...:-) >> >> Is that John Lennon set that came out recently worth buying? >> >> -luther > > >Sorry, Luther, I know you probably didn't mean it that way, but did >anybody else get really spooked by the juxtaposition of those two >comments? > >Eric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:16:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Virgin Records playing the "We know this album will bomb, but please give it a try...pleeeeeese?" game [email from a Virgin publicist, regarding Blur] "This was sent out and you should have received it by now. I hope you like the record. Two pieces of advice: if time allows, please indulge yourself in a few listens. and before you sit down, try and put aside your previous impressions of blur and their music. please let me know if you need anything else. best, yon" Reminds me of the apologetic campaign for Beck's Mutations. Or for Smashing Pumpkins' last one, for that matter. Heh heh. Happy birthday Darlene, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:24:08 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Trip (Part 1) Hey everyone! I just got back from my trip. I had a great time but now I'm completely exhausted and behind in several classes. So, now it's time to rest and catch up. Anyway, here's a (hopefully short) tale of my journey. Included will be Elliott Smith setlists and observations and I'm not sure what else: I left Midland, Texas on Friday (3/5). The drive to Austin was pretty uneventful, except for when a moth flew in my window and slammed into my neck, splashing its bug guts all over my chin and neck. After I cleaned myself off, I drove the rest of the way to Austin. During the drive, I listened to John Cale's The Island Years, Quasi's Featuring "Birds", the new Jason Falkner, and more. Eb and Danielle will be glad to hear that I did enjoy the JF CD much more than I had. But I still think it's miles away from his first one. It's a great album until See You Again. But I really don't care for the remainder of the album. The last 5 or 6 songs just really annoy me. Anyway, I arrived at my friend's in Austin and much to my surprise, he was almost finished cooking me dinner. So, five minutes after I walked in the door, I was sitting down to a hot plate of spaghetti. Man, it was good!! After dinner, we headed to another friend's place and began drinking. And I had the pleasure of playing my first game of indoor croquet. The course started upstairs and then went downstairs with a hoop on the middle step. If you missed that hoop, you had to hit your ball against the bottom step, which would teleport your ball back to the top. This teleportation was also a good way to screw others. Anyway, it was pretty fun. I woke up the next morning and went to go practice with this band I'm gonna be playing with once I move back to Austin. And these guys really blow me away! I'm really looking forward to playing with these guys on a regular basis. I've been doing everything by myself for so long, that some songwriting collaboration will be really nice. Anyway, nothing else of any consequence happened on Saturday. We just drank a lot of beer and played a lot of music. I played the pump organ most of the night, while some friends played acoustics and drums. That pump organ is a blast. If any of you ever have a chance to pick one up, then do so. It has such a cool sound. Well, on Sunday, we decided to play an open mic night. We just did 2 acoustics, the pump organ, a drum, and 3 vocals. We were the last people to play that night, which means we were all pretty drunk by the time we went on stage. But we still did a pretty good job. We played 2 originals and then Goddess on a Hiway by Mercury Rev. Then someone requested a song that I wasn't prepared to play and too drunk to know better. It's got some really funny lyrics. Too bad I couldn't remember any of them. I took it pretty easy on Monday. I definitely needed a break from all the partying. A friend and I just sat back and watched a movie and then played a little music for a little while and then went to bed early. On Tuesay, I was back on the road. This time I was headed to Denton to meet up with a friend and go see the Elliott Smith show in Dallas. I got to his house just as he was getting home from class and he took me down to Fry Street for some food. And I had the best fucking quesadillas I've ever had!! They were jammed full with jalapenos, mushrooms, bell peppers, chicken and cheese. Everyone must go to Riprock's in Denton, TX and try the quesadillas. They're great. Well, we left Denton about 7:00 and headed for Dallas. We were in Deep Ellum by 8:00 and sat down to have a few beers while we waited for the doors to open at Trees. We then went over to Trees and to my surprise, Gregory Shell actually found me. So, I met my first Feg. And I must say, it was an enjoyable experience. He bought me a beer (I'll buy next time Greg) and we talked about Robyn and music and Big Bend. Then we watched No. 2's set. They sounded pretty good, but the vocal mics were too low. I couldn't hear the harmonies very well. But they were enjoyable. Elliott Smith came out after No.2 wearing a t-shirt with "88" on the front. He just had a bassist and drummer playing with him. Here's the setlist: Ballad of Big Nothing Independence Day Speed Trials Bled White Son of Sam XO Cupid's Trick Stupidity Tries Baby Britain Bottle Up and Explode Tom's Start Pictures of Me I Didn't Understand (by himself) First encore: (by himself) Say Yes Between the Bars Second encore: (with band) 2:45 am (he may have played something else here. I can't remember). Overall, the show was really good. Pictures of Me rocked! I was a little disappointed that he didn't play any acoustic. He played electric even on the songs that he played by himself. But besides that I didn't have any complaints. It was a good show and I was looking forward to the next show in Austin. =================== Well, I have to go now. I'll finish this when I get home later tonight. Later Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:07:46 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Subject: 60% Coke content, 10% 60s Pop content, 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook I'm a bit behind in reading the digests, but I did want to add this to the Coca Cola thread. There is a cd called "Things Go Better With Coke" which is a compilation of Coca Cola radio commericals from the sixties. It features bands either singing the Coke theme, doing a voice over, or doing their own songs about Coke! It's got people on it like The Easybeats, Moody Blues, Tom Jones, Jan and Dean, Vanilla Fudge, Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Box Tops, Roy ORbison, Lulu, and the list goes on and on. For the person looking for 60's pop bands, I'd recommend the Easybeats. They had some good songs, with the most well known being "Friday on My Mind". I know people on the list are familiar with Jon Brion, as Robyn often sits in with him when he's in LA. I heard that in February when Squeeze were in LA, they did a show with Jon. Glenn Tilbrook was there, and I believe the touring band of Squeeze was there as well. As there are some tapers on this list, I'm wondering if anyone taped this particular show? If anyone taped it or knows someone who has it, I'd love to get a copy. Have many Robyn shows to trade, as well as Squeeze and a huge list of other bands (can trade DAT or analog). Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:30:29 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: 60% Coke content, 10% 60s Pop content, 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Chris wrote: > I know people on the list are familiar with Jon Brion, as Robyn often sits > in with him when he's in LA. I heard that in February when Squeeze were in > LA, they did a show with Jon. Glenn Tilbrook was there, and I believe the > touring band of Squeeze was there as well. As there are some tapers on this > list, I'm wondering if anyone taped this particular show? If anyone taped > it or knows someone who has it, I'd love to get a copy. Have many Robyn > shows to trade, as well as Squeeze and a huge list of other bands (can trade > DAT or analog). Sorry to piggyback on your request, Chris -- Let me add a big "me too!" to this request -- if anyone has tapes of *any* of the Jon Brion Largo shows (not the ones with Robyn -- got those -- I'm looking for Jon doing his own stuff and his usual covers, either alone or with other guests) please let me know; I've got lots of Robyn, Richard Thompson, Crowded House/Finn, as well as others to trade. Thanks -- Eric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:40:35 -0500 From: Ben Subject: another tape grovel And can somebody hook me up with a copy of Robyn's 6/13/98 show at the Ram's Head in Annapolis? It's the only RH show I attended that I don't have on tape. :( You can check out my list here: http://www.unca.edu/~bpnicast/ Eric Loehr wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Chris wrote: > > > I know people on the list are familiar with Jon Brion, as Robyn often sits > > in with him when he's in LA. I heard that in February when Squeeze were in > > LA, they did a show with Jon. Glenn Tilbrook was there, and I believe the > > touring band of Squeeze was there as well. As there are some tapers on this > > list, I'm wondering if anyone taped this particular show? If anyone taped > > it or knows someone who has it, I'd love to get a copy. Have many Robyn > > shows to trade, as well as Squeeze and a huge list of other bands (can trade > > DAT or analog). > Sorry to piggyback on your request, Chris -- > > Let me add a big "me too!" to this request -- if anyone has tapes of *any* > of the Jon Brion Largo shows (not the ones with Robyn -- got those -- I'm > looking for Jon doing his own stuff and his usual covers, either alone > or with other guests) please let me know; I've got lots of Robyn, Richard > Thompson, Crowded House/Finn, as well as others to trade. Thanks -- > > Eric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:01:09 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: ...... 30% Jon Brion/Glenn Tilbrook Chris: >I know people on the list are familiar with Jon Brion, as Robyn often sits >in with him when he's in LA. I heard that in February when Squeeze were in >LA, they did a show with Jon. Glenn Tilbrook was there, and I believe the >touring band of Squeeze was there as well. As there are some tapers on this >list, I'm wondering if anyone taped this particular show? If anyone taped >it or knows someone who has it, I'd love to get a copy. Have many Robyn >shows to trade, as well as Squeeze and a huge list of other bands (can trade >DAT or analog). You might try the embrionic list, you can join at: . I'm not sure how the JB fans feel about taping/trading. - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:29:02 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #98 >In one of his rare moments of compassion for his co-writer, John decided to >make a snide comment about the rumours by providing a wittily spurious >'clue' - "here's another clue for you all - the Walrus was Paul", although >it was clearly John who was the Walrus in Magical Mystery Tour and he >referred to himself as the walrus on a couple of occasions. As someone pointed out earlier, "Glass Onion" was written well before the "Paul Is Dead" theory broke. But that line probably did more to convince people that the "surviving" Beatles WERE planting clues than any other piece of evidence. I've always asserted that there were even spookier clues that JOHN was the one who had died. *He's the one whose appearance changed the most. after Rubber Soul. *the line "the walrus was Paul" indicates that John didn't really sing on "I Am The Walrus" *The line in "Hey Bulldog"--"You think you know me but you haven't got a clue" * Paul barefoot? How 'bout John dressed in white as the Angel? Throw in that photo the Enquirer ran and I think it's pretty clear that John is actually the dead Beatle. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:39:13 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Klaatu >>1: Yes. That will be the entire text of the post. And yes, I'm just >>mentioning those two listmembers because the rest of you are too nice or >>too disinterested to argue with me about Klaatu. Right? > >FWIW, I own Klaatu'sself-titled debut, and quite enjoy it, even though I >think that Rugglesby is Rowlf from the Muppets. As for it being proggish, >Little Neutrino just about HAS to be prog - vocoders and all (and it'sa >good track!) Not a bad album. Sub Rosa Subway was about as close to the Beatles as anyone has gotten. But anyone who would believe that the Beatles were responsible for any of the other trax was not very familiar with the Beatles. Wonder if Karen Carpenter was duped? I bought the followup too, BTW...much more proggish. Didn't like it much. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 02:30:52 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Trip (Part 2) Okay, where was I? Oh yeah. I woke up at my friend's place in Denton on Wednesday morning and immediately jumped in my car and headed south. I took a nap in Georgetown, picked up a friend, drove to Austin, picked up another friend, ate dinner at Wendy's and then headed to Liberty Lunch for the Elliott Smith show. I enjoyed No. 2's set a lot more on this night. The vocals were mixed much better, so I could actually hear the harmonies. They're a pretty good band. I'd be interested to hear a CD. Anyway, Elliott came out wearing exactly the same thing as the night before. It was kind of funny because I was still wearing the same clothes too. I guess neither one of us found time to take a shower. Anyway, I was surprised when he started playing the same set as the night before. I figured he'd change it up a little, but he didn't. However, he did play different encores, so the show was a tad different. encore 1 (by himself) Clementine Say Yes Christian Brothers encore 2 (by himself) Division Day (once again, I don't remember the other song he played here) The show was good, but I think I enjoyed the Dallas show more. I did pick up some sweet vinyl at the Austin show. They didn't even start selling it until Elliott was in the middle of his last song, which I didn't think was a very good merchandising strategy. I got XO on Gram vinyl, the Speed Trials 7", and the Division Day 7". The Speed Trials 7" has a really great song called I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out. I have yet to listen to the Division Day 7" because it has one of those big holes and my brother took his big holey thing back. After the show, I met up with a friend who had just driven into town from Corpus Christi and we drove out to Lake Travis to camp for the night. We stayed up pretty late (once again, playing music and drinking beer). I woke up on Thursday extremely tired. We drove back to Austin and went to Waterloo records where I found a Robyn 12" vinyl called The Hooded One. I'm sure some of you have this. It's a live show from 1986. I really wanted it, but I couldn't afford it. My money was beginning to run low by this point. So, I passed on it and we went to a friend's place to clean up, eat some dinner, and get ready for the Sleater-Kinney show. I took a shower (finally) while my friend Anne made these really great soft tacos filled with black beans, rice, cheese, and avocados. Mmmmm good! We drove to Liberty Lunch after dinner and drank a beer while waiting for the first band, Versus. They were really fucking loud! They had a few songs that I really liked. I definitely want to hear a CD. Anyone heard one? Then Sleater-Kinney came on stage and they were equally as loud. I just couldn't take it. I'd never heard a song of theirs, so I had no idea what to expect. I loved Janet's drumming and I loved the Rickenbacker that one of the other girls was playing. In fact, I played one a lot like it that very afternoon at Mars Music. My friends and I were all very tired, and I had already been on the road for a week. I just couldn't take all that noise anymore. I know I'm gonna get some shit for this, but we left halfway through Sleater-Kinney's set. They were just too loud and I was just too mellow. We partied very hard on both Friday and Saturday and I woke up on Sunday regretting it. I was so tired and hungover that it took me until 7:00 that night to get my lazy ass off the couch and into my car. I had about a 5 and 1/2 hour drive ahead of me and I was exhausted. I didn't have to do it alone though. But we successfully turned a 5 and half hour drive into a 9 hour drive. We stopped for dinner twice, and I'm so paranoid about driving at night that I drove 50 miles an hour the whole way. We didn't make it home until 4:00 in the morning and I had class at 9. So, now I'm back. That's it. I hope at least one of you finds all this interesting. It would suck if I'd typed it all out for nothing. Later Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:03:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: No Camus, No Elvis, but Marcus [Fegbooks again] Oh, um just realised that the list shouldn't be without The Age of Wire & String, by Ben Marcus. It's published by HarperCollins in the UK, so I got a hardback copy for very little. Describing it is difficult; at first, it reads like interminable post-modern gibberish, but when you hit the first glossary where it redefines common words for its own purposes, it starts to make sense. Once you finish it, words don't mean the same, and stay changed forever. A lovely mutant little viral book. - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:08:09 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Trip (Part 2) Joel: >However, he did play different encores, so the show was a tad different. > >encore 1 (by himself) >Clementine >Say Yes >Christian Brothers > >encore 2 (by himself) >Division Day So, judging from your accounts, I guess it WAS rare that Smith conceded to play the albatross-like "Miss Misery" in L.A.? Carole? >We drove to Liberty Lunch after >dinner and drank a beer while waiting for the first band, Versus. They >were really fucking loud! They had a few songs that I really liked. I >definitely want to hear a CD. Anyone heard one? I vote "Ehhh." >Then Sleater-Kinney >came on stage and they were equally as loud. >They were just too loud and I was just too mellow. Uh oh.... Eb now ehhing: Primitive Radio Gods ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:07:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: another week in feg >>>>> "Michael" == Michael R Godwin writes: Michael> The only time I saw Eddi Reader she was still Michael> with quirky-but-talented Fairground Attraction - no idea Michael> what her solo performances are like. Eddi Reader is strangely manic on stage. Doesn't stop her being a great singer, tho', even if she has to come from Irvine, Ayrshire. Michael> I don't think that Ogden's works as a whole. Bah. I love it, but only for Stanley Unwin's ramblings. Oh yeah, and the fact that a local record store has it for three quid on CD. - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:11:19 -0800 From: Eb Subject: XTC You mean you HAVEN'T subscribed to AllStar news yet, via http://my.musicblvd.com? Tsk tsk. Eb >XTC To Begin Recording Apple Venus Vol. 2 > >XTC will waste no time recording the follow-up to the >recently- released Apple Venus Vol. 1, their first >studio album in seven years. The band will return >from Japan, where they are currently on a press >tour, next week and begin recording Apple Venus Vol. >2 in April, which is already written and demo'd. > >TVT expects a much quicker recording process this >time around, as Vol. 2 is a collection of >straightforward, plugged-in rock songs rather than >the unplugged, orchestral- heavy tunes of Vol. 1. >The album is expected to surface by the end of the >year. Tracks on Vol. 2 may include "Playground," "My >Brown Guitar," "We're All Light," "Ship Trapped in >the Ice" (about the band's five-year feud with >Virgin Records), and "The Man Who Murdered Love," >among others. The band will commence recording the >album as soon as the finishing touches are put on >bassist Colin Moulding's home studio on his farm in >Swindon, England -- a welcomed change from Vol. 1, >which the band recorded parts of in Moulding's >living room. > >The release of Vol. 2 raises the question of a >longstanding touring rumor perpetuated by lead >singer Andy Partridge himself in an issue of Modern >Drummer last year. Partridge has expressed interest >in a flatbed truck tour, which would involve the >band pulling up outside radio stations in selected >cities and playing a free show on the back of a >flatbed truck that would simultaneously be broadcast >live on the radio. The reason the rumor is connected >to Vol. 2 is because the songs are much more easily >rehearsed and played live. > >A spokesperson from TVT expressed hope in the tour, >although it is nothing more than a rumor at this >time. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #100 *******************************