From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #108 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, March 23 1999 Volume 08 : Number 108 Today's Subjects: ----------------- anime bands/Pugs R Us [Zloduska ] ..Now I've lost my touch.. [Hayagriva ] Grapes of Wrath [Joel Mullins ] re: Eb-Tide [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Two Step [Michael Wolfe ] Lucinda Williams [Tom Clark ] Re: Two Step [Joel Mullins ] second listens, etc. [Eb ] Warner's RH site gone ["Angel Jones" ] 100% non-robyn [cinders blue ] Re: 100% non-robyn [Eb ] ugly kiwi musicians [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Kazoo! [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] supplying all your Reaping needs [Eb ] [none] [Jean Katherine Rossner ] Re: Kazoo! [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Gregson and Collister [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Gregson and Collister [David Librik ] Re: 100% non-robyn [dmw ] Re: Gregson and Collister [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Rheee: Mystery instrument (non-rh, natch) [Stewart Russell 3295 Anal] Album Covers ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: 100% non-robyn [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Any Trouble [Michael R Godwin ] A new wrestler [Terrence M Marks ] Re: Kazoo! [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Some light chamber music, please.... [The Great Quail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:16:44 -0600 From: Zloduska Subject: anime bands/Pugs R Us Hey! It just so happens that I FINALLY found a website about the Pugs, after a long, exhaustive search. http://www.tonecasualties.com/data/CT/P/PUGS.html And, this fits in with the 'anime art/band' thread going on. They appear to have an anime-like style by the looks of this, but nevertheless they do ROCK: http://www.tonecasualties.com/data/CT/P/meet.html The cd I own is "Pugs Bite the Red Knee" hope it was a good for you as it was for me, ~kjs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:34:48 -0800 (PST) From: Hayagriva Subject: ..Now I've lost my touch.. Yessss. April 6th will see the release of Porcupine Tree's new cd, "Stupid Dream" Cheers, Hayagriva. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:24:09 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Grapes of Wrath Hey, are there any Grapes of Wrath fans on the list? I've been trying to figure out what happened to them and have finally hit a wall. I've heard that Kevin Kane left the group and did a solo album, while the remaining members formed Ginger, who recorded a couple of albums. But I can't find any of these albums anywhere, nor any news as to what they're doing now. The only thing I've found is a Ginger E.P. at MusicBlvd. The release date is listed as 3/99, so maybe they're still together. But apparently, none of their albums are in print anymore. Anyway, could someone help me out with some information? I'm amazed that I can't find a website dedicated to these guys. I thought there were websites for everything. Later Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:57:56 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: re: Eb-Tide Mark: >>The person who tried to hand his to a different >>nominee a couple of years ago only succeeded in embarrassing >>them both, as well as the acadamy. >Are you thinking of the Vic Raymes (sp?)/Jack Lemmon incident? That was the >Emmys, not the Oscars.... Right. Sorry. But the point still remains. Maybe that's why I misspelled academy. Cheerfulness, - -Markg ps. A friend gave me two Red Meat comic books. They are terribly funny and wicked. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:15:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Two Step >>>When did the Oscar for Best Score get split into Best >>>Musical/Comedy Score and Best Dramatic Score? Was that a new >>>development this year? >> >>It's always been that way. > >Are you SURE about that?? Anyone else agree/disagree? Susan is wrong, I'm afraid, but it's not a new development this year. They changed it in the last decade or so. The impetus was the Ashman/Menken songwriting team. The academy simply got sick of giving the award to Disney every year, so they decided to split the categories to give someone else a chance. Not much danger of Disney monopolizing the award anymore though, I must say. >PDQ Bach? I thought I was the only person who had ever heard of >him. I guess I'm traveling in the wrong circles. Anyway, I >*love* PDQ Bach! I had the pleasure of singing some of his work >when I was in high school (i.e. The Seasonings, Please Kind Sir, >etc). In fact, I still sing Please Kind Sir every once in >awhile. It's a duet and it's usually pretty easy to find one >singer to teach a part to. I'd love to sing some more of his >stuff but I don't know any sopranos. Anyone who is not familiar >with his work should become familiar. He's got quite a sense of >humor, to say the least. You know, I love Please Kind Sir as well. The male acapella group from my alma mater did a version of it arranged for tenors and basses, and I'm afraid that's the only version that I'm acquainted with (incidentally, it's a pretty much a madrigal, isn't it?) I love Schickele mix, though. This same acapella group did an arrangement of NIN's Closer, a great parody of The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) called Smokin' Doobie, and Uncorrected Personality Traits, if you can believe that! - -Michael Wolfe np: Built to Spill - Crystal Ballroom, 2/13/99 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:15:29 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Lucinda Williams On 3/21/99 1:25 PM, Joel Mullins wrote: >D B wrote: > >> but i'm sitting here listening to lucinda williams' car wheels and it's >> the BEST fucking album, man... > >The only song I've heard is the title track. We analyzed the lyrics in >this poetry class I'm taking. I really liked the song. So is the rest >of the album pretty much along the same lines? The rest of the album is awesome. Stop what you're doing and go buy it - now. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:53:18 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Two Step Michael Wolfe wrote: > You know, I love Please Kind Sir as well. The male acapella > group from my alma mater did a version of it arranged for tenors > and basses, and I'm afraid that's the only version that I'm > acquainted with (incidentally, it's a pretty much a madrigal, > isn't it?) I love Schickele mix, though. Yes, it is a madrigal. I think it's a part of a collection of madrigals that he wrote. We used to sing it during the Christmas season along with a really kick ass arrangement of Wassail and other madrigals and carols. We also to put on a madrigal dinner ever year where we'd dress up, sing, eat boar's head, etc. That was first experience at wearing tights. > This same acapella group did an arrangement of NIN's Closer, a > great parody of The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) > called Smokin' Doobie, and Uncorrected Personality Traits, if you > can believe that! That's awesome! I always wanted to sing Uncorrected Personality Traits with the barbershop quartet I was in, but I was the only one who liked the song. Everyone thought Robyn was "weird." Therefore, they thought I was weird too because I listened to Robyn. I think I drove a lot of people in my car crazy with Tropical Flesh Mandala. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:17:43 -0800 From: Eb Subject: second listens, etc. 1) On second listen, I like the Tom Waits album a hair less. Hard to say why...maybe it comes down to not enough saxes and piano? I still think it's guaranteed to be my fave album this year, however. But I'm gonna give it a 18 instead of a 19, now. 2) On second listen, I like the Olivia Tremor Control a little MORE. I think I like it better than the first album now, if not by much. I do wish the new album was mixed with the vocals a little higher...that's a consistent drawback for me. Upgraded to a 14, however? I should note that generally, my first listens hold pretty strong. The above exceptions are somewhat unusual. Actually, I'm not sure that Waits really counts as an exception, because my first listen to that disc was in the background via my CD-ROM drive...not really the optimum way to absorb an album. I just talked to Bill Doss of OTC for awhile on the phone. Very nice guy. No especially hilarious quote/anecdote worth passing on, however. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:00:40 -0000 From: "Angel Jones" Subject: Warner's RH site gone Hello, This may be old news to some, but in case you didn't know, Warner Bros Robyn site had apparently folded. At least according to my browser. - -Angel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:03:44 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: 100% non-robyn hola fegs, was hanging out in noo yawk last night at the mercury lounge seeing rachael sage (nothing none of you would like, 'cept maybe the wheezing doug) and asked a buddy about the ladybug transistor. he remembered seeing them but didn't say if they were good or not. he did recall that their bassist also plays (or played) in saturnine. not surprisingly, i cast my vote for rachel's. i haven't heard _the sea and the bells_ yet (lazy), but i rather like the _handwriting lp_ and _music for egon schiele_ is alright (though i haven't listened to it that much). eb, i know what you are getting at with your "faux classical" critique, but i'm mystified by your comment that they don't write "compositions of legitimate interest". personal interest aside, i just may not know enough to judge that sort of thing, but i still think it's an odd comment. the only dirty three record i've heard is _horse stories_ which is a blur to listen to, but a very enjoyable blur. they strike me as very physical, in-the-moment music -- something whose presence is very apparent but, ultimately, is not something you can look back on. they're more of an experience to look forward to, if that makes any sense. i hear their live shows are rather exhausting to listen to. surprisingly, eb and i agree on cranes. _wings of joy_ and _forever_ are their best efforts. _loved_ is alright and _population four_ is still sinking in, but different enough that it hasn't really made an impression either way yet. there is a two-disc collection of early singles and compilation tracks and rarities which is recommended for those who like the band. like, say, cocteau twins, cranes have rather mellowed with age -- the earliest material is raw and edgy. the cranes web site is . there are audio samples for those who are curious. surprisingly, pdq bach is someone (something? ;) ), i've never really listened to much, but i have to say that his kids make pretty good music. karla and matthew schickle were in a band called beekeeper. great live band, put out one record, _ostrich_, and the broke up. *sigh* finally, joel, ginger were on nettwerk records and if you go look at the atrociously designed nettmedia site , you'll find some stuff about them (i can't give you a specific url since it's a massively framed-laden site and everything is in its own frame -- go to the artists section, select retired artists and go from there). woj n.p. tori -- "sister janet" (*swoon*) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:30:19 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: 100% non-robyn Woj: >like, say, cocteau twins, cranes have rather mellowed with age -- the >earliest material is raw and edgy. the cranes web site is >. there are audio samples for those who are >curious. I prefer the one at http://server-farm.com/~curemi2/.cranes_test.html. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:36:08 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: ugly kiwi musicians >i think i lost the data from the paper i did on album cover art, but at >the time (in the records i looked at) there was no significant number of >bands with non-photographic images of themselves on the cover, outside of >New Zealand, where grotesque caricatures were pretty commonplace. heh - those aren't caricatures... you don't know how ugly some of these musos are. Luckily, I look better than average in my pseudoGlosterian glory. James James Dignan ***NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS*** Dunedin, New Zealand ***NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS*** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:04:48 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Kazoo! It simply must be mentioned - the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra did wondrously weird cover versions of the main theme from "Also Sprach Zarathustra", Led Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" and others. Released, as you might guess, on Rhino, these are renditions with the emphasis firmly on the rend part. Also in the same vein on a different instrument, The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain's "Should I stay or should I go". Great Kazoo momentds of our time no. 47 - "You're sixteen", by Ringo Starr (or am I thinking of the Big Muffin Serious Band's cover version...?) James RIP - Ernie Wise (Americans may need to have this one explained to them) James Dignan ***NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS*** Dunedin, New Zealand ***NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS*** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:15:51 -0800 From: Eb Subject: supplying all your Reaping needs LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Actor David Strickland, who played a music critic on the NBC sitcom ``Suddenly Susan,'' was found dead Monday morning, hanging from a bed sheet that he had strung from a ceiling beam, police said. Strickland, 28, was found by a worker at the Oasis Motel, a police spokesman said. Strickland also appears in the new DreamWorks film ``Forces of Nature,'' starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck. - --- I really hated that show...I can't picture which one Strickland was. Hrm. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:13:27 -0800 From: Jean Katherine Rossner Subject: [none] >From: Joel Mullins > >James Dignan wrote: > >> James (of course, "I used to say I love you" would be THE perfect wedding song!) > >No way! The perfect wedding song would be "Sleeping With Your Devil >Mask." I attended a wedding reception at which, I suddenly realized, the band was playing straight through some songbook--at least, I assumed that when I realized the titles were in alphabetical order. I did think it was in bad taste when they didn't skip over "Breaking Up is Hard to Do". **** Eb said, in something I deleted: >>Then how come when I boast about my spelling/grammar skills to hot babes in >>bars, they just look at me in bewilderment? Don't they realize what an >>attractive part of the Eb Experience that is? I once nearly answered a personals ad because it said (among other things-in-common), "Replies with grammatical or orthographical errors will be returned corrected." (Wish I had. Didn't answer it because I'd just gotten involved with somebody...but that didn't work out, and that personals-ad guy sounds like he would have been very compatible.) Maybe you've got the wrong audience? **** >From: Michael R Godwin >Subject: Plainsong > >As promised, a report on the Plainsong gig last Saturday at the Wiltshire >Music Centre. Apparently Clive Gregson has been with them for a year and a >half, and has been sufficiently drawn into the Plainsong ethos to have >written them yet another song about Amelia Earhardt (they sang 3). I almost bought a Gregson and Collister disc (from the clearance bin) tonight. Do you know enough about what I like in music to be able to tell me whether this might fit? I don't think I've ever heard them. **** If anybody saved that Chris Chandler URL (and if you're reading this before Tuesday evening), could you please forward it to me? I've misplaced it and I'd like to go to that house concert tomorrow. Thanks! Katherine - -- ...A well-worn necktie opened its eyes and replied, "You know, I once saw the bird of paradise without those hifalutin' wings. You know where it was? It was in a Chick-fil-a, being lowered into this vat of boiling grease. But it rose like a mixed metaphor from its sugary breading, to turn a midwestern Methodist family of five into living Pez dispensers. And then they were promptly arrested by mall security for being uninventoried merchandise, and are now doing hard time in a maximum security prison somewhere underneath Disneyland." -- Chris Chandler, "The Moon" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:04:30 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Kazoo! On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, James Dignan wrote: > Also in the same vein on a different instrument, The Ukelele > Orchestra of Great Britain's "Should I stay or should I go". Two questions: 1) Is SISOSIG really a Clash original? The first time I heard it I thought 'Oh yes, the Clash covering another Vince Eager song', but I have never been able to confirm that it is a cover. 2) Who did that act where he played ukulele (sp.) versions of heavy rock songs? Seriously funny, at any rate the first time you heard him. Ted somebody? > Great Kazoo momentds of our time no. 47 - "You're sixteen", by Ringo Starr > (or am I thinking of the Big Muffin Serious Band's cover version...?) I am pretty sure it's the Ringo version, and I have a feeling that James Paul McCartney plays the kazoo solo. I'll check when I get home. > > RIP - Ernie Wise (Americans may need to have this one explained to them) Is that right? Terrible news, though he really should have committed hari-kiri when Eric fell off his perch. - - Mike Godwin n.p. "Jelly jungle of orange marmalade" (There are Tangerine Dreams out there in orange marmalade) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:19:52 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Gregson and Collister On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Jean Katherine Rossner wrote: > I almost bought a Gregson and Collister disc (from the clearance bin) > tonight. Do you know enough about what I like in music to be able to tell > me whether this might fit? I don't think I've ever heard them. I think you would like it. I first came across them as members of the Richard Thompson Band. I assume that they set up as an acoustic duo for something to do in between RTB tours. The basic idea was that Clive played guitar and wrote the songs, while Christine (who has one of the all-time great melodic voices) did the singing. As I said before, Clive and Richard Thompson used to have competitions to write the most depressing song, so there are plenty of psychological barrel-scrapings in there. The last time I saw them, at the Thekla in Bristol, they were promoting a new album of cover songs (Hank Williams etc) and it just wasn't happening. I suspect that they had run into personal relationship problems - anyway, they split up quite soon afterwards. Apparently Clive now lives in Nashville, but I have lost sight of Christine. A couple of years ago she did a BBC radio session, but I don't know what she is doing now. Buy the record and let me know what you think! - - Mike Godwin PS At one time Clive was a member of Any Trouble, a Costello-esque outfit who almost had a hit with 'I got your number (written on the back of my hand)'. n.p. I'll be walking behind you ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 06:39:08 -0600 From: David Librik Subject: Re: Gregson and Collister >PS At one time Clive was a member of Any Trouble, a Costello-esque outfit >who almost had a hit with 'I got your number (written on the back of my >hand)'. Wasn't this The Jags? Or did they just cover the Any Trouble song? "Back Of My Hand" is one of those incredibly catchy (and pointedly Costelloid) pop songs that I always use on my "bunch of great songs you've never heard" mix tapes. I can't figure out any way to link this to Robyn Hitchcock, sorry. Any takers? - - David Librik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:22:59 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: 100% non-robyn On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, cinders blue wrote: > eb, i know what you are getting at with your "faux classical" critique, but > i'm mystified by your comment that they don't write "compositions of > legitimate interest". personal interest aside, i just may not know enough > to judge that sort of thing, but i still think it's an odd comment. yeah, that didn't sit well with me either. i suppose you could argue that they're needlessly derivative of the post-romantic composers, but, damnnit, i *like* the post-romantic composers, and what's more, i like the post-romantic composers a lot more than (the comparatively little) i've heard of post-schoenberg composers. so how bout it, mystery flat? do kronos quartet and penguin cafe get the eb-stamp o'approval? who else is doing compositions of legitimate interest in a chamber-music mode these days? i like yr recommendations better than yr disses. and Katherine: > I almost bought a Gregson and Collister disc (from the clearance bin) > tonight. Do you know enough about what I like in music to be able to > tell me whether this might fit? I don't think I've ever heard them. i'm guessing it would be a little too "rock" oriented for you, but i'd highly recommend any of her recent solo records, like _the dark gift of time_, where she's charting a very norma waterson-esque course with a wide variety of material, and the ever tasteful richard thompson dropping by. but if the G&C disc were _mischief_, i'd probably chance it anyway. my old band used to do "everybody cheats on you" from that record. - -- d. "pictures of perfection make me sick and wicked." -- miss jane austen - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:24:22 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Gregson and Collister > >PS At one time Clive was a member of Any Trouble, a Costello-esque outfit > >who almost had a hit with 'I got your number (written on the back of my > >hand)'. On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, David Librik wrote: > Wasn't this The Jags? Or did they just cover the Any Trouble song? Perhaps I'm wrong. I just grabbed this 'Any Trouble' bio from Music Boulevard, which refers to the Costello comparison but doesn't actually mention any song titles. If the songwriter is Gregson, then there are 2 versions. I'm fairly sure I've seen a video featuring a very young-looking Clive Gregson singing it, but you know what my memory is like nowadays. "All Music Guide, Volume 1, # 1 by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Led by Clive Gregson, Any Trouble was an underappreciated bright spot on Stiff Records, which had no shortage of talented artists. Gregson's appearance and hardened love songs might have led to (somewhat accurate) compasions with Elvis Costello, but his songs were not as vicious and his band rocked with enthusiasm, not abandon. Any Trouble's records were overlooked when they were released in the early 80s, yet they hold up and contain their fair share of engaging rock and pop. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Copyright © All Music Guide." - - Mike Godwin PS Music Boulevard's 'related artists' include Christine Collister but not Clive Gregson! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:46:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: Rheee: Mystery instrument (non-rh, natch) >>>>> "Mike" == Michael R Godwin writes: Mike> I'm slightly disappointed that this potential kazoo thread Mike> has degenerated into a bass harmonica thread. Aha, I hope to save it (rather late tho' as our provider's DNS fell over for the last day or so) *AND* unite it with the 'Wedding Song' thread! Catherine and I had kazoos as wedding favours. We got them from Kazoobie (http://www.kazoos.com/). Twenty or so drunk Scottish and American people belting into 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on kazoos is quite something to experience. We just got their standard wedding kazoos, but Kazoobie can foil-imprint the artwork of your choice. I think Thoth or TomatoPole kazoos would make a fine addition to any fegathering. Stewart - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 06:29:47 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Album Covers >>Aaron: >>>there was no significant number of >>>bands with non-photographic images of themselves on the cover, outside of >>>New Zealand, where grotesque caricatures were pretty commonplace. >> >>Maybe the Who's nifty "Face Dances" cover is the ultimate example of this >>category? > >Odd, I can think of several off the top of my head (besides the one Eb >wasn't listening to). At least two more Who, "By Numbers" and "A Quick >One". "Vintage Violence" and "Artificial Intelligence" by John Cale. >Bowie's "Scary Monsters" "Ziggy Stardust", and "Diamond Dogs" (maybe "Young >Americans" too, but it still counts as a photo I think, even if it's >airbrushed and messed with). Two Momus albums, "Circus Maximus" and "Little >Red Songbook". Tom Waits, "Heart of Saturday Night". OK, I know, I know, >everyone gets the point already :). Well someone's gotta mention The Ramones' "Road To Ruin." Also Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (I think there are one or two others from Bob but off hand I can't recall which ones), XTC's "Oranges & Lemons," Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" & "Revolver" and a few by Zappa. But probably the most unique example is The Police's "Ghost In The Machine," which features a very clever, extremely subtle digital style caricature of the band that few people seem to pick up on. - -rUss, counting the minutes until Thursday's midnight one. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:36:47 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: 100% non-robyn On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, cinders blue wrote: > karla and matthew schickle were in a band called beekeeper. great live > band, put out one record, _ostrich_, and the broke up. *sigh* though i didn't make the surname-connection to PDQ Bach, i'm a big fan of Karla Schickele's work in the band Ida, particularly "Poor Dumb Bird". a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:09:29 +0000 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Any Trouble > >a Costello-esque outfit > >who almost had a hit with 'I got your number (written on the back of my > >hand)'. On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, David Librik wrote: > Wasn't this The Jags? Yes it was. I've got two Costello soundalike bands mixed up in my memory. http://www.btinternet.com/~digger.barnes/anysngl.htm gives a full list of Any Trouble singles (amongst a good set of pages put up by the bass-player). Another Costello soundalike band was Clive Langer and the Boxes, whom I once saw supporting Elvis and the Attractions. Fortunately Rockpile were also on the bill, so it wasn't all spectacles and angst. Apologies - - Mike Godwin n.p. 'Through with you' ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:15:17 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: A new wrestler Firstly, my comic strip is up, finally, at http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal and http://help-me.to/minerva. You're all invited to take a look at it. I'm running three brand new strips a day for the first week, which is more than you'll get from ANY other cartoonist (or any one generation of the Walker family). Feedback appreciated. Secondly, the WCW is coming to Gainesville on April 19th. I want to make and display signs for a fictitious wrestler and try to start a grassroots campaign to get that wrestler in the WCW for real. Unfortunately, I can't think of a good name/gimmick. I'm serious about this. If any of you can think of something decent, post it. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:29:20 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Kazoo! James dignantly touch-typed with his powerful, chock-full of brains forehead: >It simply must be mentioned - the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra did >wondrously weird cover versions of the main theme from "Also Sprach >Zarathustra", Led Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" and others. Released, as you >might guess, on Rhino, these are renditions with the emphasis firmly on the >rend part. I think this was one of the first Rhino releases? It was on kind of a clown-vomit color EP. As I understand it, the record was sort of a joke, but the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra went on to be considered rather legit. The record wasn't particularly good once the novelty wore off. It might be worth something- I should see if I still have it. I don't know if the band is still around, it makes sense in these times that record companies are so much against hiring acts who come with cartage fees. BTW: "Whole Lotta Love" was my fave- it sounded a lot like Zep live, except TCKO did better with pitch and timing. I think the lyrics were just as intelligible, too. Hope you all hade a great ides, and that nobody decided to make you the conspiratorial pin-cushion- it's been done. Happies, - -Markg ps. Say, for those fegs who are interested, available, and loc(o)al, I'm playing at the Ugly Mug in Soquel on Friday. I'd love to see every last one of ya there. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 99 11:42:15 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Some light chamber music, please.... Doug beasts fecklessly, >o how bout it, mystery flat? >do kronos quartet and penguin cafe get the eb-stamp o'approval? who else >is doing compositions of legitimate interest in a chamber-music mode these >days? Well, I am not Mystery Flat, but I can answer that question -- although what you mean by "legitimate" interest admittedly confuses me. I know that the following list may be a bit much, but since you asked, here we go: Of course everyone knows Kronos Quartet these days, but they are not the only high-profile Chamber Music group around that performs primarily 20th Century works. In terms of String Quartets, there is the Arditti Quartet, which are a *lot* like Kronos, but oriented more towards post-Schoenbergian stuff than towards experimentalism. In some circles they are considered more "serious" that Kronos, but I think that's just stuffiness. There is the Brodsky Quartet, who have worked with Elvis Costello; and the Balanescu Quartet, who have worked with David Byrne and have lately been breaking into some avant garde compositions of their own. They have also been setting Kraftwerk pieces to music, which sounds quite interesting. There is the Julliard Quartet as well, and to a lesser-known extent, the Duke Quartet. All these outfits have sterling reputations, especially the Kronos and the Arditti. There is also the Turtle Island String Quartet, but after a strong debut they sort of slipped more and more into a cross between jazz and New Age stuff. Moving on to other forms of "chamber" music, there is Nexus, a percission enemble; Fretwork, a string group; and one of my favorites, Bang on a Can, who are a marvelously eclectic ensemble that were mentioned on the List a year ago for their transposition of "Music for Airports" by Brian Eno. In a more traditional; vein but still well-known and firmly twentieth century, there is the Enemble Modern, a group of Krauts that do work by Schoenberg, Cage, Gruber, and . . . Frank Zappa. (Yellow Shark.) There is the Ensemble InterContemporain, which specializes in serial works from Boulez, Berio, and the like; and the Schoenberg Ensemble that plays a lot of . . . well, I'm sure you can figure it out. Vocally, there's the New Swingle Group, Synergy, and Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices. These groups have mastered twentieth century stuff as diverse as Berio, Cage, and Arvo Pärt. (Here, by the way, I'm probably just showing off.) And of course there is the Philip Glass Ensemble, the Michael Nyman Group, the Gavin Bryars Group, and Steve Reich and his Musicians, but all those groups are fairly dedicated to the works of the composer that formed them. (The only reason I added this was to work Philip Glass into things.) - --The Great "No, fucking REALLY I still listen to Rock, and even some Robyn!!" Quail +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society, Kibroth-hattaavah Branch) 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 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #108 *******************************