From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #105 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, March 20 1999 Volume 08 : Number 105 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Covers [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Covers [Capuchin ] good albums [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: Covers [normal@grove.ufl.edu] OTC? [Bayard ] O'er played songs at receptions... [Michael Wolfe ] OTC [Joel Mullins ] Re: OTC [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Bass Harmonica ["Russ Reynolds" ] Email bombed. SH here? ["Patrick LaCanfora" ] Storefront test press ["Marc Holden" ] Re: Bass Harmonica [Ross Overbury ] Band on the Run (2% RH) ["Russ Reynolds" ] Docteur Qui in "Swarm Over Gallifeg" (Episode II) [Jon Fetter ] another one of those wacky Eb-type bands [Eb ] Oh, Sporty, say it isn't so! ["Thomas, Ferris" Subject: Covers Which reminds me.. A local store got the 7"s of Uncle Tupelo's cover of "I Wanna Destroy You". Is it any good? (And if any of you want a copy, I'll be glad to forward you one at cost+postage) They also have the other one with a b-side of Sin City. Is that any good? And, in my experience, bands that use anime art neither have an anime sort of sound nor are very good. Was I just unlucky in checking out Racecar and Tulips, or is this a general trend? Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:55:38 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Covers On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Terrence M Marks wrote: > Which reminds me.. > A local store got the 7"s of Uncle Tupelo's cover of "I Wanna Destroy > You". Is it any good? (And if any of you want a copy, I'll be glad to > forward you one at cost+postage) They also have the other one with a > b-side of Sin City. Is that any good? Hey... grab one for me! (OK... maybe I'll check my local record store first.) > And, in my experience, bands that use anime art neither have an anime sort > of sound nor are very good. Was I just unlucky in checking out Racecar > and Tulips, or is this a general trend? There was, of course, that awful Matthew Sweet video... What's an "anime sound", anyway? Not into japanese pedophilia, J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:06:51 EST From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: good albums Howdy: Mostly lately I've been buying based on recommendations from the Feglist, and happily now own mucho Dan Bern, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Olivia Tremor Control. What I like about them is that they are honest, verbal, musical, but not overproduced or slick. The one flaw is that they aren't too danceable--perhaps it'd be different live, but I saw Dan last week and didn't dance much, though I enjoyed myself quite a bit. Anyway, thought I'd throw out a recommendation for an amazing new album by a Chicago singer named Diane Izzo, who I like better than Beth Orton, and whose performing is light years ahead of Liz Phair. Her new album is called One, on Sugar-free records, and it occupies a weird middle ground between PJ HArvey and Patty Smith. And she's now touring around the country, watch for her name. She's no Sleater-Kinney, but she wails like a banshee... And, on a separate tack, Wilco rocks! whoooo! (hey without the Bulls to root for, we gotta pick home teams carefully...) dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:29:53 -0500 (EST) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: Covers > There was, of course, that awful Matthew Sweet video... > > What's an "anime sound", anyway? Well, I generally was expecting a female-led pop bubblegum sound with emphasis on keyboards and odd changes put in for the sake of making the song 'interesting'. Both bands rather disappointed. > Not into japanese pedophilia, Sheesh. I strongly suggest you see a copy of "Kiki's Delivery Service". I've heard good things about the Disney dub, which is unusual, considering that your standard anime fan is about as anti-Disney as a Southern Baptist. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:36:53 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: OTC? Since I'll be seeing them soon, I thought I might pick up an Olivia Tremor Control disc. the one i hear mentioned most is _dusk at cubist castle_ - is this the one to get? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:46:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: O'er played songs at receptions... Regarding eddie's little "guess that overplayed song" contest: > > >no. well, i suppose people *did* dance do it. but they >shouldn't have been. Hmmm. Well, given this hint, my money is on "Stairway to Heaven". Definitely overplayed. Definitely something people try to dance to. And DEFINITELY a song that makes them fail miserably in the attempt. - -Michael Wolfe np: Wilco - Summerteeth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:21:52 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: OTC Hey guys. Here's the Entertainment Weekly review of the new OTC album: ====================== The Olivia Tremor Control / Black Foliage: Animation Music... (Flydaddy) Second time out, this Athens, Ga., collective of musical anarchists sticks to the soundtrack conceit of its debut: a sparkling sea of disconnected riffs, melodic shards, and musique concrete punctuated by bubbles of sunny 60's psychedelia a la the Beach Boys, the Kinks, and early Pink Floyd. It's a sonic wonderland, and the jump-cut delirium is transporting. But as pop projectionists, the group might want to keep a keener eye on the focus. B+ -Will Hermes ============================= I don't think I understand a word of that. - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:16:36 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: OTC In a message dated 99-03-19 20:36:35 EST, you write: << I don't think I understand a word of that. >> I think he thought it sounded neat but a little on the disorganized side of things. Which is exactly what I always thought OTC were going for. It doesn't appeal as much to me as I wish it did, but I wouldn't criticize them for it. Oh, and, Bayard, the new album comes out on Tuesday . . . in case you were thinking of maybe getting the album for which they're touring. I just got Flydady's phone number today, so I probably won't be able to get a promo for another week or so. That's what I get for not planning ahead. And, therefore, I also couldn't recommend it or not. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:14:49 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Bass Harmonica >Silver lining: >I've learned how to correctly spell Mark Garfunkel's name. You've got the last name down alright, but you've still got room for improvement on that first name, Ross. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:50:48 -0000 From: "Patrick LaCanfora" Subject: Email bombed. SH here? Hi Fegs! Just as soon as I'd joined the list, well wouldn't ya know it, my e-mail crashed. I got it back this morning and am going to take a look at the past few digests. Thanks James for the kind Feg welcome. I feel like a queen of eyes. I live in LA (sob) right now, but all last year I was living in London, so I dont know if Storefront Hitchcock was shown here? If it wasn't will it EVER??? dancin on railway shoes - -Angel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 03:23:08 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Storefront test press <"how the fuck do you split a fucking car, ya dummy? with a fucking = chainsaw?"> I've heard that nailing a telephone pole at 90+ miles an hour might do = the trick. is selling a coupla test pressings - = - --STOREFRONT, and "compilation. 1996 12-track promo." > John must have beat me to it. Didn't see it there. (Nevermind--found it. = I was a bit over optimistic--checked through the vinyl first.) As much as I'd like to think it's something less offensive, but not that = imaginative, like "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'n' Roll)" or = "White Wedding", I'm afraid that it is probably something by Foreigner = or Bob Seger. I'd have to guess "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll"--mainly because = the AVERAGE IQ hovers a mere 15 points above border-line mentally = retarded (85) and this song seems to get a big response from all my = clients (I work with the developmentally disabled and = brain-injured--please forgive the bluntness of this statement, but it's = been a long day/month/year, and the beer was particularly refreshing = this evening). Marc n.p.--(in randomonium): Frank Zappa--Lather (disc 1), Peter = Gabriel--Peter Gabriel (2nd), Liz Phair--whitechocolatespaceegg, the = Residents--Mark of the Mole, RH--Queen Elvis ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:01:26 -0500 (EST) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Bass Harmonica On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Russ Reynolds wrote: > > >Silver lining: > >I've learned how to correctly spell Mark Garfunkel's name. > > You've got the last name down alright, but you've still got room for > improvement on that first name, Ross. > So what's wrong with Ross? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 07:44:13 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Band on the Run (2% RH) from http://hollywoodandvine.com >MAC GETS BACK >BAND ON THE RUN #1 AGAIN - 25 YEARS LATER > > >Paul McCartney's Band On The Run is #1 again - 25 years >after it first topped the charts. The just-released >Capitol Records silver anniversary edition of the >Wings classic album has gone straight to #1 and will appear >in that spot on next week's Billboard Album Catalogue Chart. > >The new, limited edition of the album, which contains >a bonus CD featuring 21 never-before released tracks >of out-takes, live-takes and interviews with the band >and the artists featured on the sleeve, instantly ended the >21-week run of Metallica. My thoughts: it's a nice package and indeed a good album but I can't understand why so many people would rush out and buy the thing. I'm gonna guess it's more a case of good timing. Paul's always been good at that. Incidentally, the extra disc is pretty poorly mastered, with music barely audible under interviews and BOOMING during pauses. Pretty annoying. Not to mention the fact that the inclusion of this disc in the first place blows the album's importance entirely out of proportion. And talk about insulting...remember the "polaroid snapshots" poster that came with the original album?...Not much of a poster to begin with, but this box comes with a scaled down CD-size version of it! I don't think I've ever seen this before. Most of the time the original posters have been reproduced as part of the booklet...but Capitol actually has the gall to include a 15"x10" mini poster, as if we're all going to want to go out and get the little thing framed. Ya know, CD's sound great but their packaging is nowhere near as fun as we used to get with LP's. Who's going to spend hours straining their eyes to see all the little details of a Hipgnosis album cover that's been reduced more than 60 %? And when are these people going to figure out that just because the discs are smaller doesn't mean the writing has to be so unreadably tiny? - -grumpy old man. PS Am I the only one here who's REALLY getting antsy for Jewels For Sophia??? I thought it was supposed to be out in May, but I don't think I've seen any official release date or track listing yet, which has me worried. And grumpy. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 01:43:24 +0800 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Docteur Qui in "Swarm Over Gallifeg" (Episode II) ...and now back to Docteur Qui, available only on WFEG, thanks to your generous contributions... The Doctor grew pale. "It's quailspew. Let's get out of here." The four of them barely had time to do so before air tight barrier doors slammed down and the tank was frozen in a cone of Cogent-Dizone. "Doctor, I just got an e-mail," longjonz said. "So have I. It's a post to the whole list from Evan Fooking-Eb announcing his own demise. Nobody ever scoops, er, scooped him. Sheesh, he attatched a copy of Nick Cave's 'Lay Me Low' and a graphic of the new EFE action figure. Hmm, it features a complete body- map of acupuncture points, a kung-fu grip that can crush execrable CDs, and it spews brown phlegm if you tickle it. Anyway, the message was sent from his home address. We may find some clues there." The Doctor and longjonz rented an lp hovercraft and foomed along the hoverway towards the apartment block of Neo-Tudor pyramids in which Evan Fooking-Eb had made his home. It was a slow trip because the Gallifegian traffic system was the most expensive in that arm of the Hairy Stars galaxy, and the traffic council wanted to make sure that every citizen got their monetary unit's worth. This meant that everytime a hovercraft approached a signal, it immediately turned red. As this caused a great deal of irritation, the signals would try to calm the drivers down by blasting soothing prog rock at them. So far the Doctor and longjonz had been treated to "Lark's Tongue in Aspic", the middle fade-out part of "Thick as a Brick,"some Pink Floyd, and a Carl Palmer medley. "Pink Floyd isn't prog-rock," longjonz shouted above the din. "Shhh..."The Doctor whispered. "These traffic signals not only have ultra-sensitive hearing but also ultra-sensitive opinions. They are loaded with cd-burners and supersonic phononeedles. Otherwise no one would give a fretted fripp about them and just run the lights." They parked in the "Alpha Plus Only" section and entered the pyramid. They had to push though a massive stack of origami storks piled in front of Evan Fooking-Eb's discard CD-studded door. They entered the first of his rooms, in which everything was blue, and after seven sharp turns they eventually made it to the last room, his computer room, entirely black. Strangely, quail feathers were scattered about the room. "I don't like the look of that clock," The Doctor mumbled, scooping up a feather. "This is very strange. These feathers are from Lafortyx australis, the Lesser Outback Quail from Earth. I wonder how why they're here in Evan Fooking-Eb's inner sanctum." ********************** longjonz immediately started to ask a million "What's this?" and "Where is Klaatu?" questions. The Doctor, unable to work, took her back to the red room and pointed out a large, candy-like button on a low console. "Guard that button. Whatever you do, DON'T PUSH IT," he said, and returned to the black room in a huff. longjonz grew bored in several seconds. She took off her hmuh-headband, sat up on the console and "accidentally" pushed the button with her butt. longjonz found herself on a path in a green woods. The path was flat and straight, but looking to the left she saw what looked like clearing. She called for The Doctor several times without an answer. She must have been transported to some other planet, as she no longer saw Gallifeg's familiar twin moons, Phear and Lowthing. "I'll try over towards that clearing ," she thought. The clearing was small, but in the middle shaggy toadstools sporaginated playfully. Under a tall, black, loosely-leafed tree on the far rim stood a small wooden A-frame. longjonz approached it and saw that it contained a mahogany Syd joss. Rustic offerings of popcorn and dental floss were stuffed in its armpits. On seeing that the trail stopped there, longjonz turned around and tried the other way, only to find a similar clearing ahead, which slowly turned into a copy of the previous one. She sat next to the shrine in the cool shade of the black tree. Cool shade...black shade...STICKY shade! longjonz tried to sit up and failed completely. She opened her eyes and saw that a great kha-whoomp of black stickiness had fallen upon her from the tree above, whose branches waved in a wickedly whimsical way. She heard a voice in her ear. "Wug, wug...wug wug...daed si luap...wuga wuga..." over and over. Suddenly the sound stopped and the Syd joss, all 15 centimeters tall, stood on her chest. It started to sing, stopped, and started again. "Isn't it good to be lost in the woods, isn't it bad to die out here....in the woods," it hollered as roots started to pull her slowly into the ground. Rootlets reached around, closed her eyes, and started to rub her eyelids. Immediately she experienced the most spectacular phosphors. The roots didn't stop, though, and she started to feel dizzy. ********************** The Syd's song stopped in mid-word. She heard it scamper away like a wounded crab as her ears picked up a new song... "Hey Tom Brewertom, Tom Brew-a-beer-o, lives in the tulgey wood, and his socks are yellow, don't know my rhyming scheme, metre is all messed up really awful doncha know? Let's build a fire now, and Dr. Sticky stop it why don't you?" longjonz popped out of the ground like a piece of toast. Tom bowed before her, and after some pleasantries offered to lead her to a place of safety. Waving his arm, a clear path appeared in the woods. They walked together for several hours, swatting bush-flies happily and stopping to identify plants or start small bonfires. As evening fell Tom left her at a small inn whose joined buildings formed a croissant-shape. "This is the tavern of Lobsterman Burnbutter. It has the best home-brew in these parts. I'll leave you here, as I've got some bottling to do." longjonz entered The Trancing Phony and took a seat far away from the speakers. There were the usual tavern sorts...two Gauls, one short and the other big and fat ("He looks like Gerard!" she thought)...some fairies, nymphs and The Pixies...Mr. Toad....a cat, a mouse and a dog in a police uniform...and two guys aproaching her table. "I am known as Gandalf, though you may have heard of me before by my other names. I am Bayard in the North, Majikthise in the South, and..." "...and I am Mark of Glostershire," interrupted the second man. "What is that in your hand?" longjonz asked him. Mark of Glostershire waved it above his head, yelling "Pfnurrg!?! Behold The Guitar That Has Been Broken!" longjonz reeled back, then jigged front. "And what have you got in your pocket?" she hissed. Mark of Glostershire reached into his cloak pocket and took out a large cluster of radishes. He started stroking them. As if on cue, Gandalf's head rolled back and toothpaste gushed forth. longjonz bolted out the door only to see a large hand descending from the clear blue sky toward her. She screamed and found herself standing in front of the low console, holding the Doctor's hand. "You were in one of Evan Fooking-Eb's fantasy-porn holotapes. Take a minute to calm down and then take a look at this Gothic window screen." There was a gaping hole the size of a wombat in the lower left corner of the screen, and a large, hairy, segmented leg lay on the sill below. "It must have gotten stuck in the screen on the way out. This is a bee's leg for sure, but I don't recognize the species. It may not be native. Gnat will know what it is. But..." EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES (Broadcast stops as Nesmithian shock-troops assume control of the station) __________________________________________________________________ "And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: and he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted." -- Numbers 11. 31-34 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:17:21 PST From: "Aidan Merritt" Subject: Compilation I think the compilation being queried is one that was released in Virgin Megastores only to promote the reissue programme in the UK. It didn't have anything of interest save for an unissued-elsewhere version of 'Statue With A Walkman' Ai Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:34:07 -0800 From: Eb Subject: another one of those wacky Eb-type bands Just discovered a new one...like with the Ladybug Transistor, I'm a little late because this is the second album. Anyway, check out The Lonesome Organist! Two albums, both on Thrill Jockey (but they don't really sound like anything you would associate with that label). I haven't heard the first one (obviously), but I just got the second album, Cavalcade. Nothing spectacular, but a helluva lotta fun. The Lonesome Organist is Jeremy Jacobsen, a one-man-band terrorist who has played with Jon Spencer and 5ive Style, among others. He plays all the instruments himself, including a slew of eerie organs (NO synthesizers!), saxes, saws, steel pan, guitars, piano, drums and percussion. The album is short -- 34 minutes -- but is packed with 16 tracks. The music is damn hard to explain, unless you hear it. Let me say glibly off the top that if you like Quasi, Silver Apples or the Residents, you'll probably find something to enjoy. Or definitely, if you like silent-film soundtracks. Or lo-fi, white-trash rock like SCOTS and Hasil Adkins. Yeah, it's all in there, somehow. It's basically an instrumental album, but about six songs have singing. However, Jacobsen's vocals are so buried under effects and echo, they're hardly even a central factor on those tracks. The disc is predictably uneven -- I don't really care for the Adkins/SCOTS end -- but some of the instrumentals are amazing alien constructions, full of high little vibrato-dosed organ lines, gritty lower-pitched keyboards underneath and wackily pounding rhythm tracks (which Jacobsen occasionally plays SIMULTANEOUSLY, somehow?). He really creates his own little world -- just lie down and let your brain free-associate while you listen. This isn't idiot-savant novelty stuff, either -- the playing is surprisingly virtuoso in spots. And boy, he must be enormously entertaining in concert...I hope he makes it out here. Anyway, this is probably more space than the album deserves, but it took a bit of time to explain what it's about. Anyone else heard this guy? Aaron? Oh, and I got my Blur CD yesterday...I was wondering if I might like it more, once I heard it polished up on disc, rather than on a crummy, label-dubbed, generic cassette (what I heard previously). Nope, still an erratic mess. I'll only give it a 11/20 on the Ebscale...that's mighty low for a "keeper." Eb, who really needs to find a copy of the first Organist album now ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:01:09 -0500 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: Oh, Sporty, say it isn't so! Saturday March 20, 8:32 PM Worst Actress Award For Spice Girls The Spice Girls have won an award they would probably rather forget - the worst actresses at the 19th annual Golden Raspberry ceremony in California. Scary, Posh, Ginger, Baby and Sporty took the prize collectively for their performances in Spice World - The Movie. The judges said they had the "talent of one bad actress between them". ___________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas programmer (860) 409-2612 EPG New Media McGraw-Hill Technology Division Farmington, CT mailto:ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (work) mailto:ferris@snet.net (home) http://pages.cthome.net/hellhollow/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #105 *******************************