From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #224 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, June 30 1999 Volume 08 : Number 224 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Tell Me About Your Dubs [Eric Loehr ] eb all over the world [Capitalism Blows ] Re: eb all over the world [g ] Re: Tell Me About Your Dubs ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: How now brown town? (40% Ben Fives Fold content) ["Jason R. Thornton"] 0% JfS; 100% Martin Newell [Eric Loehr ] [none] [g ] Re: How now brown town? (40% Ben Fives Fold content) [g ] Re: your mail [g ] RE: Tell Me About Your Dubs ["Partridge, John" ] paris ["jbranscombe@compuserve.com" ] Re: paris [Tom Clark ] eb all over the world [Capitalism Blows ] Re: paris [g ] eb all over the world [Capitalism Blows ] Re: eb all over the world [g ] Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" [Eb ] Re: Bob ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: wow! ["Russ Reynolds" ] bye for now [Eb ] the flaming lips [Shane Apple ] Re: Chicago venue query, and other nonsense. ["DrSticky" ] Walk like The Egyptians [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] RE: SH in Chicago [ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:38:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Tell Me About Your Dubs On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, g wrote: > np. Robyn Hitchcock - JfS All right, you guys -- do you have enough to share with the rest of the class? ;-} This is the 4th or 5th reference that someone's got the new album already - -- where are you getting these copies/promos, and why aren't you giving us more info than that you've got it? Details, we need details, we need to hear it! Eric ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:01:23 PDT From: Capitalism Blows Subject: eb all over the world been listening to april's largo shows. "yow!" is, i believe, the operative word here. The Crystal Ship, All Tomorrow's Parties, and Ye Sleeping Knights Of Jesus go to the front of the line of candidates for the next CRABLINGS. (er, there is going to be a next CRABLINGS, isn't there?) additionally, here are some bonus Viva Sea-Tac lyrics, from saturday's show. they were tacked onto the end. probably not a permanent addition, but fun nonetheless: Long live everything In Washington state, including Everybody May they live to a million years May the reproduce until there's No room to go anywhere Clustered under the Space Needle Like walking eggs with Arms and legs, yeah Viva viva viva viva viva Alright, I can probably stop Yup! italian stuff. paolo (the god of all italy), came through again. he produced a very good video of the 2/13 show i had reported on previously, which features a stellar closeup of robyn's You And Oblivion solo. anyhow, it turns out that The Lizard wasn't the last song after all. He did I Often Dream Of Trains after, though that wasn't included on the tape. also received a tape of the 2/9/99 show, Big Mama, Rome: Cynthia Mask Sally Was A Legend When I Was Dead DeChirico Street Glass Hotel I'm Only You ["This one goes out to the pope."] Beautiful Girl I Feel Beautiful The Yip Song You And Oblivion Autumn Is Your Last Chance Vegetation And Dimes I Am Not Me Only The Stones Remain Kingdom Of Love Freeze My Wife And My Dead Wife The Ghost In You Queen Elvis Madonna Of The Wasps I Often Dream Of Trains Queen Of Eyes She Doesn't Exist notes: something of a lethargic show, actually. still robyn, which means it was still awesome. but definitely not in the same league as the other two shows. the end of Vegetation And Dimes cut off, as did the beginning of I Am Not Me. so it's not completely impossible that there was a song in between. doubtful though, as there are 23 songs listed as it is! is there any way to search "the asking tree" for gigs by number of songs performed? oh, and they don't have the best computers in SeaTac. Hell, they don't even make them!> so you're giving us the coffee and the smack? never sampled either, so i couldn't say. - --when's the fucking novel coming out? - --is he going to tour north america in the autumn? - --does maisie still like nine inch nails? - --what's the vinyl outtakes album called _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:10:55 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: Re: eb all over the world On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Capitalism Blows wrote: >additionally, here are some bonus Viva Sea-Tac lyrics, from saturday's show. > they were tacked onto the end. probably not a permanent addition, but fun >nonetheless: Uhh...they *ARE* a permanent addition... ;-) Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:14:32 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Tell Me About Your Dubs At 04:38 PM 6/29/99 -0400, Eric Loehr wrote: >On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, g wrote: > >> np. Robyn Hitchcock - JfS > >All right, you guys -- do you have enough to share with the rest of the >class? ;-} > >This is the 4th or 5th reference that someone's got the new album already >-- where are you getting these copies/promos, and why aren't you giving us >more info than that you've got it? Details, we need details, we need to >hear it! I hesitate to mention this, because I hate online auction houses, but if you're in a really big hurry, I just saw a promo CD for sale on E(vil)bay... http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=123591446 Current bidding is at $10.50. I think I'm gonna wait, just 'cuz I'd rather have the artwork and such. - --Jason ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:28:03 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: How now brown town? (40% Ben Fives Fold content) At 06:02 PM 6/28/99 -0700, Joel Mullins wrote: >> 7. The Olivia Tremor Control/Black Foliage: Animation Music > >My #1 favorite so far! Mine too, actually. I would even place it above the new David Sylvian. >> Big disappointments: Ben Folds Five (easy winner), > >My #2 favorite so far! I can't understand why no one likes this album. I'm definitely not disappointed like Eb is, but I'm not radio-ga-ga over it the way you are. Overall, I'd say I like it a lot more than I hate it. No, wait...honesty, I don't hate it all. It's just that the album has its...ummm...less than inspiring moments. But, I really dig "Army," and the song I heard on the radio this morning coming in to work (the one that goes "...I won't / move to / LA..."), the title of which escapes me at the moment. I'm head over heels in love with the new Cibo Matto, and I've been enjoying, but not adoring, local band Black Heart Procession's "2." BHP were playing at The Casbah this past Saturday. Their set was gorgeously gloomy, but I was struck by the serious lack of variety in their songwriting and in their live arrangements. Oh well. Those Bastard Souls, who opened for them, were much more impressive, but nothing to write home about. Unless home is FEGmaniax, I suppose... Lots of neat fiddle-thru-effects solos, at least. Drum solos? King Crimson, Brian Blade, and maybe that guy that toured with Charlie Hunter recently...Adam Cruz...but for the most part, *yawn*. - --Jason ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:36:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: 0% JfS; 100% Martin Newell OK, until somebody comes up with more info on the new album, I'll bother you with other questions ;-} I recently got Golden Cleaners and the Off White Album (to go along with my Greatest Living Englishman CD) and have decided I need more Martin Newell -- the Jangly page (http://reality.sgi.com/relph/jangly/ ) has a listing for a bunch of MN stuff available from Jarmusic in Germany -- has anyone seen this or ordered anything from them? They also have a link to Not Lame Records, which has some of the same stuff (slightly more expensive); their catalog doesn't appear to have been updated in awhile -- anybody ever order stuff from them, or have leads on other M. Newell stuff? Thanks -- Eric "I Was a Teenage Idiot Dancer" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:33:29 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: [none] On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Capitalism Blows wrote: >oh, and they don't have the best computers in SeaTac. Hell, they don't even >make them!> > >so you're giving us the coffee and the smack? never sampled either, so i >couldn't say. They are both very good... >--is he going to tour north america in the autumn? Damn, I hope so. It's become a tradition for those of us in the Bay Area born under the sign'o'the'scorpion to get together for dinner and a Robyn show. >--what's the vinyl outtakes album called As of last night, it's called "Jewels for Sophia". I ordered 2 copies from my local rekkid store and that's how it was listed in the WB catalog and in ICE. Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:36:02 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: Re: How now brown town? (40% Ben Fives Fold content) On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Jason R. Thornton wrote: >Drum solos? King Crimson, Brian Blade, and maybe that guy that toured with >Charlie Hunter recently...Adam Cruz...but for the most part, *yawn*. DOH! I could have forgotten the Peter Criss thing on KISS Alive II. What was it called? "God of Thunder"? Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:38:20 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: Re: your mail On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, g wrote: >They are both very good... I probably should have followed that up with a big, huge, Fat Bastard-sized ;-) Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:40:23 -0700 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: RE: Tell Me About Your Dubs What's the matter with you people?!? This thing is worth $50, $60 at least! I mean *any* of us Robyn fans would *gladly* drop, say $56 (not including shipping), for a choice rarity like that, right? RIGHT?! Rather than wait for it to drop to like $10. Crikey. Winner's remorse is rough. > I hesitate to mention this, because I hate online auction > houses, but if > you're in a really big hurry, I just saw a promo CD for sale > on E(vil)bay... > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=123591446 Current bidding is at $10.50. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:47:39 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: paris Just got back from Paris. Storming sets. Not a great deal of new stuff on show, but some people will be very pleased to know that he started both sets with Gene Hackman (should that then be Gene Hackmen)followed by Cheese Alarm. Did most between songs banter in French, which was extremely funny. Will report more fully when less tired. Has he he done Roxy Music's More Than This before?... Syd Straw and Blegvad also v. good. All guesting with each other. Top moment: Robyn bad mouthing NATO while impersonating Elvis. jmbc. bon nuit. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:07:48 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: paris On 6/29/99 2:47 PM, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: >Has he he done Roxy Music's More Than This before?... oui, souvent. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:11:29 PDT From: Capitalism Blows Subject: eb all over the world < >--what's the vinyl outtakes album called As of last night, it's called "Jewels for Sophia". I ordered 2 copies from my local rekkid store and that's how it was listed in the WB catalog and in ICE.> weally? what about: "An collection of outtakes from Jewels will be released in the Autumn. It will only be available at shows and at the Museum of Robyn Hitchcock's gift shop." KEN "I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called 'Biggus Dickus'." THE KENSTER _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:13:00 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: Re: paris On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: >Will report more fully when less tired. Has he he done Roxy Music's More >Than This before?... "More Than This" was the flip side (along with "Clint and the Enchantress" and "One Long Pair of Eyes (Acoustic)") of the "Madonna of the Wasps" 12" single. It was also on the A&M "Greatest Hits" CD. I believe it was recorded around '88 or '89 at McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:19:30 PDT From: Capitalism Blows Subject: eb all over the world Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/29/92 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar (London, England UK), 1/26/96 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: Ram's Head (Annapolis, Maryland US), 6/13/98 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: Cafe Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 6/20/98 with Jon Brion (Concert) ain't "the asking tree" bitchin'? From: g Reply-To: g To: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" CC: fegmaniax Subject: Re: paris Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:13:00 -0700 (PDT) On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: >Will report more fully when less tired. Has he he done Roxy Music's More >Than This before?... "More Than This" was the flip side (along with "Clint and the Enchantress" and "One Long Pair of Eyes (Acoustic)") of the "Madonna of the Wasps" 12" single. It was also on the A&M "Greatest Hits" CD. I believe it was recorded around '88 or '89 at McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:24:50 -0700 (PDT) From: g Subject: Re: eb all over the world On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Capitalism Blows wrote: >weally? >what about: >"An collection of outtakes from Jewels will be released in the Autumn. It >will only be available at shows and at the Museum of Robyn Hitchcock's gift >shop." Hmmm...I did not know that. Apparently, neither did the guy at the rekkid store. I wonder if he ordered me the CD version instead? Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:30:57 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" >As one of Fegdom's recalcitrant proggies, I feel compelled to respond to >Eb's post about drum solos. (Mainly, of course, I've just been waiting ages >to use that subject line -- an ice cream sandwich to the first to spot the >reference!) Mothers. I'd advise FedEx for such a perishable package.... You know, I don't think I've ever seen a drum solo onstage, outside of the prog genre. I believe that I've seen drum solos at ELP and King Crimson shows (well, actually, that was a drum *duet*), and can't think of any other examples. Eb, who has sort of a perverse curiosity about seeing Yes live, but wonders if the time has long passed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:58:22 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: How now brown town? (40% Ben Fives Fold content) Jason R. Thornton wrote: > >> Big disappointments: Ben Folds Five (easy winner), > > > >My #2 favorite so far! I can't understand why no one likes this album. > > I'm definitely not disappointed like Eb is, but I'm not radio-ga-ga over it > the way you are. Radio-ga-ga? I didn't realize I was radio-ga-ga over this album, but then again, I'm not sure what radio-ga-ga is. Actually, the only album I've heard this year that I'm anything-ga-ga over is the OTC album. It's the only really kick-ass album I've heard this year. Of course, there's still a lot I haven't gotten around to buying yet. > It's just that the album has > its...ummm...less than inspiring moments. But, I really dig "Army," and > the song I heard on the radio this morning coming in to work (the one that > goes "...I won't / move to / LA..."), the title of which escapes me at the > moment. I think it's a really strong album overall. Army is a great song, and so is Regrets. I like it better than either of their previous albums, but I'm not a huge fan of those albums, though I do like them both. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:09:32 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: VU boots Hey, does anyone know any details about the Velvet Underground bootleg series that Polygram is supposedly releasing? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:10:43 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Bob >Has anyone ever noticed that Bob Dylan albums never list the year? I'm guessing that's because "listing the year" (ie. copyright date) didn't really become common practice until about the early-mid '70s, and the bulk of Dylan's worthwhile albums were released before then. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:31:02 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: wow! >Shameless personal plug: I was a 6'5" 185 lb. fly on the wall at >the feg gathering in Palo Alto yesterday, and it was wonderful. >Fine folks, every one. It was an unqualified pleasure to meet >all of you -- Nick (thanks so much for lending your house and >grounds), Carrie (she of the trusty watch), Chris (no need to be >afraid of me!), lj (she of the nomadic watch), Quail (I had this >weird pre-conceived, ill founded, Brian Blessed-esque image of >you. Good to be set straight.), Glen (mmm. beer.), and of >course my lovely hosts Mark and Donne. Sorry to have missed Nick's but pleased to have met TGQ & lj over brews today at Mission Ale House in SJ. Both very nice people. I was particularly amazed at Quail's ability to guzzle a good amount of frothy ale without registering so much as a blip on the breathalizer. Probably because his beak didn't fit snugly around the straw. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:36:16 -0800 From: Eb Subject: bye for now I'm taking my computer to the shop. Expect a deafening silence for a week. After that begins the lonnnnnng process of "restocking" the hard drive. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 03:45:32 GMT From: Shane Apple Subject: the flaming lips joel said.... >Well, I picked up the new Flaming Lips last week and I was a little >disappointed. and i'm totally shocked. i think this is their best album ever (although the four c.d. to play at once thing is pretty damn good in my opinion). i bought the album saturday and listened to it 5 times now. each listen gets better. wonderful instrumentation... clear vocals... my main problem with the flaming lips has always been the lyrics. they just seem dumb when you read them (which you get to do with _the soft bulletin_) and then when you hear them, they sound only a little less dumb. however, this album's lyrics are very sincere and personal and serious as opposed to contrived weirdness. the "pretty" spaced out style of this album as opposed to the noisy psychedelic spaced out quality of their previous works is a little difficult to get used to. it doesn't seem as if the band is experimenting as much until you give it multiple listens and realize that it actually does have that experimenting-with-the-way-sounds-work-together type quality to it (like the four c.d. thing did). give it a listen with headphones loud enough to damage your hearing. >But on about the half the album, the >arrangements, mix, and production is terrible. I can't imagine what >they were thinking when they put "A Spoonful Ways a Ton" on there. i'm of the opposite opinion here. it seems to me that the arrangements, mix, and production make mediocre songs really good ones instead of potentially good songs being hurt by production. heh. and i think "a spoonful weighs a ton" is a wonderful little song. i like the change at the 4 minute mark. maybe you don't care for the rhyme pattern?? >And there's >another thing that really bothers me: they put two versions of both >"Race For The Prize" and "Waiting for a Superman" on the album. that's an odd thing to have bother you. i'm not sure why they did it either though. the european version has a different track selection, doesn't it? i can't wait to see them in a few weeks...almost as excited about them as i am about robyn. by the way, joel seems to like the olivia tremor control album as much as me and a lot more than most of you on the list from what i've read. it's a huge album and almost too ambitious, but i'd put it at number 2 so far for the year. - --shane apple oh, dangerous david and i are going to be in chicago on the 18th, and although i haven't talked with him about it, i'm sure we'll be able to meet up with other fegs. don't leave me out. i want to show you my beard. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:03:43 -0400 From: "DrSticky" Subject: Re: Chicago venue query, and other nonsense. > > More dates for the "The 1999 International Music Against > Brain Degeneration Revue" have been posted at the Flaming Lips website. > This summer tour, organized by The Flaming Lips, will feature Robyn, > Sebadoh, EAR (aka Sonic Boom), and Cornelius. > > 17/18 July -- Metro -- Chicago, IL >Lurker query: >Can any Chicago fegs post some information on the Metro? (location, size, >etc.) I'm seriously considering making the trip from Cleveland. Columbus .and Cincinnati are closer, but the shows are on weeknights... This is >assuming that tickets are still available, of course. tnx johnj I'm heading up to Pontiac, MI. from Cleveland to see the show. It's on a Friday up there. Also assuming tix are still available. Probably should get around to picking them up. I'm such a lazy man. On this note, is anyone else disappointed as I about the fact that Sebadoh are playng? I've seen them recently and didn't care for them at all. Eb; >Speaking of Tallulah, I'm seeing a Go-Betweens reunion show on the 1st. Not >sure what to expect. Hope it's good. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I was. Dr. Sticky ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:29:47 PDT From: Capitalism Blows Subject: Re: eb all over the world an update. he's frequently melded it with Flesh Numero Uno. these don't appear separately in "the asking tree" setlists. , for example. just scanning through my own setlists, here are some additional performances of the song (if anybody cares): 4/9/88 Cabaret Metro, Chicago RHE 4/10/88 Union Theatre, Madison RHE 4/15/88 John Anson Ford Theater, Los Angeles RHE 3/14/89 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland RHE 5/11/89 Paradise Lounge, San Francisco RH+ 7/17/90 Henry's Hideaway, Denver RH 7/27/90 Lounge Axe, Chicago RH 10/10/90 Suffolk Club, Toronto RH 10/13/90 The Haunt, Ithaca RH 5/21/91 Kennel Club, San Francisco RH 1/17/92 Ulu, London RHE 12/29/92 9:30 Club, Washington RH sometimes he'd do the whole thing, more or less. sometimes, only a few words. From: Capitalism Blows Reply-To: Capitalism Blows To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: eb all over the world Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:19:30 PDT Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/29/92 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar (London, England UK), 1/26/96 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: Ram's Head (Annapolis, Maryland US), 6/13/98 (Concert) Robyn Hitchcock: Cafe Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 6/20/98 with Jon Brion (Concert) ain't "the asking tree" bitchin'? From: g Reply-To: g To: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" CC: fegmaniax Subject: Re: paris Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:13:00 -0700 (PDT) On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: >Will report more fully when less tired. Has he he done Roxy Music's More >Than This before?... "More Than This" was the flip side (along with "Clint and the Enchantress" and "One Long Pair of Eyes (Acoustic)") of the "Madonna of the Wasps" 12" single. It was also on the A&M "Greatest Hits" CD. I believe it was recorded around '88 or '89 at McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. Cheers! - -Glen- "Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time." - --source unknown Glen Uber | uberg@sonic.net | http://www.sonic.net/~uberg _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:30:35 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Walk like The Egyptians >I did. IIRC the Three O'Clock was on the same bill...forget who opened for >who. Old Waldorf, SF, 1980-something. Well before "Walk Like An Egyptian". > All's I remember is they did "I'm In Line"--their "Taxman" ripoff from >their first EP--and introduced it by saying "apologies to Paul McCartney", >thereby causing me to lose all respect for them, as of course George >Harrison wrote "Taxman." yes, but the riff of Taxman that people rip off is the bassline. The way the Beatles worked at least up until about '67 would have meant that Paul did write that part. So it would be no more heinous a crime than ripping off the drum solo from "The End" and saying "Apologies to Ringo". PS - is it as blatant as the ripoff in the Jam's song "Start!"? >Susannah Hoffs wasn't nearly the babe she appeared to by by the time >"Egyptians" hit MTV. oh but she was by then... sigh... BTW, I have an ooold Bangles EP from before their 'famous' line-up (Someone with a vaguely Icelandic name was in the band, but I can't remember the details offhand). Is this rare, or common as muck? ISTR there were links with Rain Parade (possibly romantic ones?) at some point; I think they're thanked on the still groovey "All over the place" album. Not that that helps with a link to the Soft Boys, mind you... >Hope to see TGQ and LJ tomorrow at Mission Ale house. I was there briefly >today and found out they don't serve anything smaller than a pint. Ya gotta >respect that. I hope they don't serve spirits as well as ale, then! >In person, I've seen one drum solo (Neil Peart, Rush, '90) and one drum duet >(Alan White & Bill Bruford, Yes, '91) in my vast arena-rock history, and I >figure that's about all I need. As an occasionally prog-minded individual, I must say that the only time I saw and enjoyed a drum break at a gig it was by, of all people, Split Enz. Why was it different? Well, it was a drum quartet. Paul Hester on drums, Noel Crombie on percussion, Eddie Rayner on drum synth and Neil Finn on bongos. The song was "Working up an appetite", and this version should have been recorded for posterity (hety, some bootlegger probably did). Probably none of them had the ability of some of the truly great rock drummers, but having heard various yawnworthy drum solos, this one is the one that remains in my memory. James (who'd still like to see King Crimson live someday, though...) James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:40:24 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: RE: SH in Chicago >Actually, I was going to inquire about a Chi-Feg-meet, because I'm coming up >from Atlanta to Chicago to see the Saturday night show of "Brain >Degeneration." Who's going? I'm heading out to the Metro tomorrow to buy tickets for the Saturday show. We were going to buy them from Ticketbastard on the phone, until we found out that they slap $15 worth of extra charges onto the tickets for the privilege. I don't think so (memo to self: contact Eddie Vedder and offer to help with his crusade). So anyhow, looks like we are going Saturday. Who else? Send me something and let me know offlist, and we can all attempt to figure out a meeting place and time. Ideas about how to find and identify each other are especially welcome, as this has been a bit of a problem with Fegmeets past. If there are enough people to justify doing it, maybe I can steal Nick Winkworth's brilliant idea and just make a dinner reservation somewhere for Mr. Feg. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #224 *******************************