From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #129 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, April 8 1999 Volume 08 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 12 [Capuchin ] rock 'n' jewels [Capuchin ] Re: various heresies [Capuchin ] Re: 12 [Ben ] more on quails [Christopher Gross ] Re: Television [Charles Gillett ] kim rew, politicz [J Branscombe ] Re: 12 [Joel Mullins ] Re: more bitching about Sleater-Kinney [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: the matrix ["Capitalism Blows" ] tv [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] more tv [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] even more TV [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] Re: the matrix [Ross Overbury ] it was a really BIG egg [lj lindhurst ] Re: CDs/too long [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: CDs/too long [Ross Overbury ] Re: CDs/too long [Joel Mullins ] Re: CDs/too long [Joel Mullins ] Re: CDs/too long [Terrence M Marks ] Crablings question [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Buzz buzz. Buzz buzz in the ear drum.. [Hayagriva ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: 12 I'm catching up on a week's mail. I just finished. Stick with me, here. On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Aaron Mandel wrote: > here's the scoop on my collection: > > 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 > 25 51 108 102 157 82 77 53 39 > > now, that's not sorted by year or anything, which may explain why 10- and > 11-track albums share in the glory of profusion. Doesn't this look like a pretty normal distribution around a prefered standard (like, say, what the record companies will pay)? While I'm opposed to statistical analysis in general, I'd say this is strong evidence that there's an industry motive for keeping albums from 10-12 tracks apiece. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:31:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: rock 'n' jewels On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Thomas, Ferris wrote: > Now, I will say this: If Jewels for Sophia is truly going to be a more > "rawk" affair, that would be better suited for a shorter, punchy length. > However, I do wonder what Robyn considers "rock" on his conservative scale, > nowadays. > Exactly what could be considered "rawk"-ing of Robyn's most recent work? Jewels For Sophia Elizabeth Jade Viva Sea-Tac Antwoman Cheese Alarm (I thought I heard) NASA Clapping I think all of the above can be really rocking songs. NASA Clapping is almost impossibly danceable. Elizabeth Jade has become one of my top picks for the gym. Antwoman is mellow, but has lots of background rock potential. And I've been dreaming up rocking versions of Gene Hackman and Loop the Loop for weeks. I have high hopes for a very upbeat album. I think we can all thank Mish. > Plus, I'm depressed that "Neitzche's Way" (sp?) won't be on JFS. Guess I'll > have to hope for "Mossy Jewels For Sophia" or something of the sort.... Ugh. Nietzche's Way is the worst of the new songs, in my book. But golly, I'm excited. This is, in fact, the best of all possible worlds. Je. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:32:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: various heresies On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, JH3 wrote: > Not surprising, because the title of the film is actually "Mr. Sardonicus." > It's an extremely loose remake of a 1920's European silent film called "The > Man Who Laughs," which IIRC starred the immortal Conrad Veidt as the guy > with the hideously distorted grin... And I'm extremely unsure about this but > that film in turn might have been loosely based on a story by Flaubert. The Man Who Laughs was also Bob Kane's original inspiration for The Joker in the first Batman comics. I find it very disturbing. Just so you know. Je. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:32:15 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Re: 12 And now for all the proggies on the list, how many albums in your collection contain 4 or less tracks? Count tracks per disc in the inevitable event of multi-disc albums. ;) Capuchin wrote: > I'm catching up on a week's mail. I just finished. Stick with me, here. > > On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > here's the scoop on my collection: > > > > 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 > > 25 51 108 102 157 82 77 53 39 > > > > now, that's not sorted by year or anything, which may explain why 10- and > > 11-track albums share in the glory of profusion. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:28:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: more on quails In honor of the Great Quail's birthday, I thought I'd post an interesting tidbit I recently stumbled across. This was in the Times Literary Supplement for 9 Jan. 1998, p.28. ===== The Codorniz in the Cuisine, by Emily Walmsley review of: Eduardo P. Archetti, _Quail: Food, symbol and conflict of knowledge in Ecuador_. Translated from the Spanish by Valentino Napolitano and Peter Worsley. 150 pp. Oxford: Berg. UKP34.95 (paperback, UKP14.95). ISSN 1 85973 1147. Quail is the peasant food par excellence in the Andes of Ecuador. Reared in the home, but never named or humanized like a pet, codorniz, as the animal is known in Spanish, has a distinct position in rural society. Every peasant family has a quail hutch. It is, in Andean cosmology, the most prestigious, the "hottest" kind of meat around. Roasted, boiled, smoked or fried, this small, timid bird is the principal luxury on festive occasions. Its preparation is as important as its consumption; attending an up-country First Communion party recently, I was not allowed near the cooking fire. It was the domain of the women of the host family: four generations of them crouched around the coals, spits in hand, expertly basting and turning the small corpses spreadeagled over the flames. Children pestered the women for the claws snapped off at the right moment, they are succulent and crunchy. Middle-class Ecuadoreans are largely unaware of the quail's position in rural society. A development program launched by the Ministry of Agriculture in the 1980s, aiming to modernize traditional quail production and increase their commodity value, was unsuccessful. Eduardo P. Archetti's book is mainly an evaluation of this failure. During his research he discovered a wealth of symbolism attached to the quail that conflicted directly with the aims of rural development workers. Quails, it turns out, are produced almost exclusively for special events in the religious and farming calendars. Beyond that, there is virtually no market (or use) for the animal. Development experts believed that because quails were reared in cramped hutches in the dark, smoky kitchen, they lived in "reproductive chaos" where "age and genetic relations mixed randomly" (much as quails live in nature). In fact, they are placed at the heart of the domestic space, so that their welfare can be carefully monitored to produce the sweetest meat possible. Through Archetti's analysis of the quail's food (alfalfa is ideal in summer, but the softest, hairiest centipedes must be stored for winter) the selection of the perfect temperature (near the fire, with the door ajar if the room overheats) and the careful protection from predators (pets are kept outside, and coriander is laid down to deter the bloodthirsty weasel), he reveals a household routine that centres on the nurturing of the quail. At times, _Quails_ is heavy with such earthy details, but Archetti also provides intriguing information about the haute cuisine of codorniz preparation. This begins, of course, with the slaughtering. The cruellest methods are the ones held to preserve the meat's flavour best. Suffocation, the author claims, is the most common form of killing; from my experience, though, squeezing the bird to death is the preferred means. If time permits, marinating and roasting on a spit is the ideal way to cook it, simply because it maintains the taste and permits the quail to be eaten in one piece; or, for short-notice celebrations, a few quails may be thrown live into the stewpot. Because it is a "hot" meat, the broth of quail is used as a remedy for colds and for fevers, weakness and sweating. Pregnant women are also urged to drink quail broth to ease nausea and give energy to the foetus. But the most surprising form of codorniz therapy revealed in this study is the sobada, or healing massage. The sobador rubs a live quail over the body of the patient until the animal is asphyxiated and dies, taking the illness with it. If any middle-class urban Ecuadoreans read this book, they may pay a little more attention to the quail on the restaurant menu. They should also reflect on the role of the quail as a symbol of traditional Indian practices. Perhaps Archetti could have examined further the subtle differences between pure Indian and mestizo villages, the latter being less resistant to change. But, as he notes, even the homes that cooperated in the Ministry's modernization programme insisted on keeping the cramped little quail hutch in the kitchen, where it belongs. ===== As it happens, some of us DC fegs are meeting at an Andean restaurant before the OTC show tonight. I can't wait to see the menu! Happy Birthday, Quail. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:42:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Charles Gillett Subject: Re: Television "C.H.A.D." wrote: >I don't have Marquee Moon, but I'll track it down. The LP I have left me >thinking of Television as trend followers (rightly or not). More like trend beginners--read all about it at (let's see if I can get this right) . I like the bit about Tom Verlaine being responsible for CBGB becoming what it is, whether it's true or not. I like _Adventure_ well enough (especially _I Don't Care_), but it doesn't really compare well to _Marquee Moon_. - -- Charles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:46:15 -0400 From: J Branscombe Subject: kim rew, politicz GSS What are you a spcialist in? Bayard I will try to reach Kimberley. He's not my big mate... Eddie I put 'their own' in inverted commas. I'm afraid Clinton IS in 'a very real way' still 'your own'. Reagan? Nixon? COME ON... I repeat myself. jmbc. Otherwise you are joining the miltia in the hills ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 18:54:39 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: 12 Ben wrote: > > And now for all the proggies on the list, how many albums in your collection > contain 4 or less tracks? Count tracks per disc in the inevitable event of > multi-disc albums. ;) The Cure's Carnage Visors has only one song, but I have it on side b of a two-album cassette. Since there's only one song on the album I'm assuming that the CD has only one track. And I have John and Yoko's Wedding Album which originally had only 2 tracks. But the CD I have has 3 bonus tracks, so I'm not sure that counts. But now that I'm thinking about it, who here has heard John and Yoko's Wedding Album? It is something *everyone* should hear! It's fucking hilarious! They really must have been fucked up when they recorded that. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 20:23:52 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: more bitching about Sleater-Kinney In a message dated 99-04-07 08:59:18 EDT, you write: << I don't think S-K are bad, by any means. But the hype... man, I don't get that. I wouldn't be bitching about them if not for the hype. I've even heard them compared to Television, for fuck's sake! What the fuck is up with that?? >> I can kinda see it. Certainly, in a superficial way, I can see how people would latch onto the "interweaving guitars" thing. I think Sleater have more energy, but less finesse, than Television. "Marquee Moon" is an all-time godhead album. While "Dig Me Out" and/or "The Hot Rock" may never live up to that standard, I think they're both quite good and certainly a cut above a lot of other stuff to which they might also be compared. I don't really care if they saved anything or if they're a rah-rah-riot guhrl band or a pop band; they've just got it goin' on, that's all. - -------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:37:23 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: the matrix i tell ya, mellencamp's new paradigm is VERY pleasing to the ears. oh, he's got a violinist now, and an accordionist, and a keyboardist. and they've got some tape loops happening, and even a bit of rappin'. all in all, a more groovier, full-sounding approach. and shit-boyardee, they really gaddyupp and ROCK at times! well, they were on sessions @ w. 54th a few months ago, and it was good, but only one-half of one hour long. just kinda forgot about it. then i received a boot from michael hooker the other day, and it knocked me on my ass! only a few new songs, too (including a sort-of sequel to Jack And Diane, which is actually about richard pryor, and that i've had stuck in my head all the last two days). most everything is a reinterpretation of stuff from AMERICAN FOOL, UH-HUH, and SCARECROW. now, you may want to take all this with a grain of salt. because i was at one time a pretty big fan of johnny cougar. i consider SCARECROW one of the very best albums of the '80's, and Paper In Fire one of the very best songs of that same decade. although, the last album i bought was BIG DADDY, and i sold that back. but i'll be picking up the new one, yes indeed. Futurama: very good animation, GREAT voices, cool theme-song. shitty show. man, compare the first three episodes of this crap with the first three episodes of The Simpsons. King Of The Hill is fast becoming unwatchable, too. some bitch here in the library, looking through the stacks behind me, just said, without even looking at me, "i don't know what you're typing, but you're sure typing fast." [it's true that i'm a fast typer.] i was *so* close to saying, "i don't know whose fucking business you're minding, but it sure isn't your own." well, at least she didn't have a screaming kid with her. you'll have to explain, i'm afraid. he's a republican, and not a very moderate one at that. just because he *says* he's a democrat, he's one of "my own"? i don't see how this follows. furthermore, find one democrat who calls him or herself a socialist. even fucking poseur piece of shit bernie sanders, who *calls* himself a socialist is a clintonoid backstabber. no capitalist politician is one of *my* own. why so hung up on labels? i'll say it again: clinton's administration has been more destructive than any presidency, ever. if that's more a matter of timing than anything else, then so be it. but that does NOT change the facts. clinton is pretty far to the right of nixon. huh? because i don't accept a republican-in-(very thinly veiled) sheep's-clothing as one of "my own", that means i'm joining the militia in the hills? i don't get it. in fact, i think that's quite a large part of the problem. know how many democrats up for reelection voted against welfare "reform"? well, i'll tell you: one. http://leb.net/iac/ "...the people who in most places in the world provide opposition leadership are, here in America, holed up in academic sinecures arguing about the ethics of lunch and whether or not to hire an immigrant maid. The two-party dictatorship is literally destroying the country and Clinton is the worst president we've ever had -- much worse than Nixon and Reagan combined on everything from the environment to social and economic policy, and where's the left? Sitting by the phone hoping to get on one of those Dead White Man TV talk panels....frankly, these days every time I even see a copy of The Nation, In These Times, or, worst of all, Mother Jones, I feel like punching the first pony tailed, nasal whinnying, Virtual Asseted, public-radioed, candy-assed, so-called leftist who comes through my door. Unfortunately, they come through my door all the time and I'm too old and physically decrepit to carry out a decent physical assault. It's all very frustrating." --Bruce Anderson, Anderson Valley Advertiser _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 00:54:18 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: tv On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:18:48 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:51:42 +0000 >From: "Chadbury the butler" >Subject: Re: more bitching about Sleater-Kinney > > >> I don't think S-K are bad, by any means. But the hype... man, I don't get >> that. I wouldn't be bitching about them if not for the hype. I've even >> heard them compared to Television > >I still don't understand the fuss about Television. I bought Marquee Moon >when it came out. All I can remember is "Foxhole" -- not a great song, and >sung in what sounded to me like a bad cop of Patti Smith's style. It's been >the archetypal "New Wave Bad Singer Syndrome" recording to me ever since. > >Foxhole foxhole >Too much danger >Foxhole foxhole >Where's my guardian angel? > >- - yecch. Well not quite "yecch", but "so what"? Should I go back and listen >to Marquee Moon for the first time in a decade or so? > >- -- YES! Pull it out...Listen to the title track....admittedly, his voice is an, ahem, acquired taste...but musically it still holds up... For most people, though, I would suggest their 1992 album...better vocals... -luther ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 00:57:22 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: more tv On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:18:48 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >It's "Chad"! > >> >I still don't understand the fuss about Television. I bought Marquee Moon >> >when it came out. > >> Well, first, you do know that "Foxhole" is off the second album, not the >> more heralded debut, right? > >About 15 minutes after I sent that I realised it's not Marquee Moon. I think >it might be called "Adventure". You can see that it didn't get a lot of time >on my turntable. Well, Most people I've talked to REALLY don't like that album... It does not capture what TV was all about well... (It didn't help that 2nd guitarist was in the funny farm and not in the studio during the making of the album) Listen to them for the musical textures... - -luther ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 01:00:00 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: even more TV On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:18:48 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >- -tc, who prefers Lloyd to Verlaine, btw. > >------------------------------ I do to! "Field of Fire" is a VERY listenable fun rock and roll record....surprising, Lloyd can Sing pretty well!!! While the cover of "Fire Engine" on the roky erikson tribute album is a cheesy embarrasement, the live rendition on 'Reel time' is decent. -luther ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:05:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: the matrix On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Capitalism Blows wrote: > i tell ya, > mellencamp's new paradigm is VERY pleasing to the ears. oh, he's got > a violinist now, and an accordionist, and a keyboardist. That doesn't sound very different. > and they've > got some tape loops happening, and even a bit of rappin'. That sounds different. I've always thought he spent years rewriting the same bloody song. It was a pretty good one at first, but what a rut! > Futurama: very good animation, GREAT voices, cool theme-song. I caught about 10 seconds of the theme. Was that Pierre Henry's Green Queen, or a cop of it? Pierre Henry's a hoot! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:42:42 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: it was a really BIG egg Everyone join me in a 'toast,' for today is the Great Quail's Birthday! You are all invited over to our house for Birthday Tacos and champagne! lj =============================== LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com =============================== "If I find a coin on the ground I PICK UP Regardless of its later Dispositions." --Yukio Murakami ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:02:28 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: CDs/too long In a message dated 99-04-06 11:00:09 EDT, wRuss writes: << well, right you are. I *can* stop it at the end and I do. But because it's such a nuisance I play the CD's less. But that's not the point. I guess I equate it to that old Ted Turner colorization controversey...don't mess with the classics! Leave them in their original form so that future generations may experience them as we did! >> I basically agree with this -- I'm sorry I wasn't here to follow along with this topic as it unfolded. I'll just throw in my two cents at the tail end hear to say that I'm not a fan of the common CD reissue in which 1-4 songs are tagged onto the end of the original album. For this reason, the only Rhino Robyn CD I own is "You and Oblivion" -- the others are the original Chime or Midnight or what-have-you releases. I realize that this is still one step removed form the purest possible vinyl renditions, but I just don't ever listen to my vinyl anymore. Anyway, I think that they should try harder with reissues and go the extra mile to putting out 2-CD sets, the first of which has a remastered version of the original album and the second of which has as much other stuff from that period as they can find -- non-LP studio tracks, demo versions, BBC versions, etc. EMI has just finished re-releasing all the Marillion albums (up through '95, anyway) in this format, including really nice booklets with lyrics and essays and stuff. I mean, if somebosy like Rhino is only going to reissue the RH CDs for a few years, anyway, then why not put together something really timeless. If they're mainly selling to pre-existing fans who have the albums on LP or the older import/indie versions, then they could've been squeezing even *more* money out of us by putting out 2-CD collections with even more extra tracks on there. Those who want the "pure experience" could just listen to the first disc. The non-LP-trax-junkies out there could listen to CD-2 over and over again if they wanted. The fans would be happy and the record label would've probably made more money (I'm assuming here that they could charge nearly twice as much for a 2-CD package that costs them maybe 20 cents more to make than the 1-CD version did). So, count me among the semi-purists, I guess -- I almost always program ou the bonus tracks on the Kinks and Bowie reissues, but I'd be happy to listen to them every now and again, especially if they were separated out onto another CD. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:51:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: CDs/too long On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > I think that they should try > harder with reissues and go the extra mile to putting out 2-CD sets, the > first of which has a remastered version of the original album and the second > of which has as much other stuff from that period as they can find -- non-LP > studio tracks, demo versions, BBC versions, etc. [snip] > The fans would be happy and the record label > would've probably made more money (I'm assuming here that they could charge > nearly twice as much for a 2-CD package that costs them maybe 20 cents more > to make than the 1-CD version did). I can't get enthusiastic about having to pay twice as much so you don't have to hit the track select key. You must *really* hate having to do that! You know what bugs me? You're probably not too far off with your manufacturing cost estimate (although I heard a buck a disc about 5 years ago), and there's just no reason to charge nearly twice as much. Is there? Where's that record label (Rhino? Warner?) guy? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 22:00:50 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: CDs/too long MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > Anyway, I think that they should try > harder with reissues and go the extra mile to putting out 2-CD sets, the > first of which has a remastered version of the original album and the second > of which has as much other stuff from that period as they can find -- non-LP > studio tracks, demo versions, BBC versions, etc. Bonus tracks don't really bother me that much. But I guess they do sometimes. I love the bonus tracks on Ziggy Stardust, but I don't like listening to them directly after that album. Anyway, Michael, this is a great fucking idea. This would be way better. Some record company will probably do this to Robyn's catalog in ten years and then we'll all have to go out and buy every album again, just to get the extra bonus tracks. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 22:03:45 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: CDs/too long Ross Overbury wrote: > You know what bugs me? You're probably not too far off with your manufacturing > cost estimate (although I heard a buck a disc about 5 years ago), and there's > just no reason to charge nearly twice as much. Is there? Where's that > record label (Rhino? Warner?) guy? Oh, they don't have to charge twice as much, even though they sometimes do. I bought Wilco's Being There the other day (and I'm not too happy with it so far). Anyway, it's a two-disc set and it only cost $12.99. I'm sure the record company still made money off it. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:39:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: CDs/too long On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > over again if they wanted. The fans would be happy and the record label > would've probably made more money (I'm assuming here that they could charge > nearly twice as much for a 2-CD package that costs them maybe 20 cents more > to make than the 1-CD version did). Y'know, given the choice between programming a CD-player and paying an extra $10 per CD, I'm going to program. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:48:32 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Crablings question a question for the anorak brigade... on the Unhatched Crablings version of (Gram Parsons'?) Sin City, who does the duet vocals with Robyn? James (who prefers the Verlaines to Tom Verlaine) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:22:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Hayagriva Subject: Buzz buzz. Buzz buzz in the ear drum.. Hello children. >>I know I'm new here, but can I be the first to tell Larry The Love I Or Leave It Lorry Driver that he is not appreciated. jmbc<< Yes. You're too new! Back into the womb with you!! >>The word is 'drivel' by the way, if you want to be discourteous elsewhere.<< Sorry for the bad grammar. I've been smoking alot of crack lately....But I'm sure some of you know all too well what I mean.... >>dissing here. This is EDDIE TEWS, buddy, he is a list INSTITUTION, he can<< I am familiar with Mr Tews' work. Let's leave it at that. >>I've a good mind to sic Friends of Feg onto you,<< Who are these "Friends of Fegs" of which you speak? Can I expect a visit from them on some lazy afternoon, when I happen to be napping, only to have them disturb me in my slumber and ask if I am happy? Will they take my children? Haul them off to Utah to sing in some godforsaken choir? << Trams of Old London >> >>wow! how was this? if i had to choose two lines to listen to on repeat for the rest of my life, they might just be, "in the blitz they never closed/though they blew up half the roads<< I echo this statement. That line is most comparable to an orgasm. Just when Robyn reaches that pinnacle, he dies. And afterwords. I find myself reaching for a pack of Camels(who's fine, fresh taste goes great after, IODOT or sex. Or anytime I feel my lungs need a good challenge) and a sandwhich. >>Two things here. First, we shouldn't be so hard on Larry. Being married to Liz Taylor would be tough on anyone,<< Yes. Please be gentle with me. I bruise easily. And besides. If you saw dear Liz in the early morning, every morning, you would be bitter too... >>> And what about the 8-track listening experience? Now that's > frustrating. Am I the only one on the list who still has a working 8-track player hooked up to his stereo?<< >Nope!< I've got one on my boat. Sounds sweeeeeet! >>I'm also looking for the Brenda of the Lightbulb Eyes video (and any others that may be lurking about). I bid on one on Ebay, but got outbid, and I'm too cheap to bid any higher. << Lakeshore Record Exchange has a Robyn & Egyptions video listed. Uncertain as to which one it is. They're here http://www.Alternativemusic.com/ if you feel like enquiring. >>Re: CDs/too long<< I think it just depends on the disc. Personally, I think ALL Rhino re-issues should be burned. I don't care for the boner...er..bonus tracks when they foul up my "Eye" or "IODOT". Which otherwise, have an almost perfect flow to them. But on the flip side. I couldn't get enough of Porcupine Tree last Friday, so I ended up listening to their first four (Up The Downstair, On The Sunday Of Life, The Sky Moves Sideways, Signify) discs in a row. And all this while trying to recover from an evening of extremely heavy drinking.. Excellent music to get lost to. That's all for now. Your beloved Larry. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #129 *******************************