From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #225 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 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" [Ross Overbury ] Re:Gene Hackman ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: more than this ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" ["Russ Reynolds" ] we'll always have Paris ["jbranscombe@compuserve.com" ] All Over The Place ["Sedgwick, Gary" ] minders your own business [Ken Sabatini ] Bangles' movie [Vivien Lyon ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #221 [Eleanore Adams ] Vodka "martini" my ass! [Michael Wolfe ] Re: Vodka "martini" my ass! [Tom Clark ] bye for now [Tallulah Bankhead ] Re: minders your own business [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: the flaming lips [Joel Mullins ] fegtastes and various accomodations [DDerosa5@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:08:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Eb wrote: > > Eb, who has sort of a perverse curiosity about seeing Yes live, but wonders > if the time has long passed I saw them play live here in Montreal last year. I expected very little, and was pleasantly suprised at how well they pulled off the old numbers. I saw them on the Close to the Edge tour, too, and while I liked that performance better, this really wasn't too shabby. Drum solos? I think I remember seeing Gentle Giant play nothing but percussion instruments at one point in a Montreal show. They switched instruments as a matter of course. If only one of them could sing! - -- Ross, whose claim to feg fame may be the way rUss now writes his name. Sha la/ sha la/ li! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:17:57 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Bob > >Has anyone ever noticed that Bob Dylan albums never list the year? On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Russ Reynolds wrote: > 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. I'm under the impression that all UK 60s LPs list the year - I think it may even be a legal requirement. It has always bothered me that when I have picked up the odd US import sampler (so as to get a copy of 'Little Girl' by the Banned, that sort of thing) it quite often leaves the date off. Talking Bob, they showed 'Don't Look Back' on UK TV a few months ago, and I was struck by his insistence about all the things he was not: "I'm not a folk singer ... I don't have a message ... I don't sing folk songs ... people just come to see me for entertainment". Of course he is totally wrong. One of the newspaper reports describes his concerts as composed of sermons rather than songs, and the Evening Standard's Maureen Cleave (Maureen Cleave - like Cathy McGowan with a brain!) shows she has got Dylan's number by asking whether he reads the Bible a lot. The real insight into Dylan's motivation (not what he does but why he does it) is when he reads about Donovan. Suddenly his radar antennae go into overdrive "Who is this Donovan? What does he do?". When Donovan finally has the misfortune to be asked to play a number for Dylan and entourage, Don is thrilled but nervous, and chooses one of his tuneful but slightly lame ditties "To sing for you". Blissed out at meeting Dylan, he doesn't understand why Dylan ripostes by singing IAONBB with a sneer, spitting out out the words like bursts from a tommygun. Dylan is a competitor and his main aim is to wipe out the opposition - Donovan didn't even know there was a competition going on. I started to understand how Tom Rush and poor old Phil Ochs must have felt during the previous 12 months, specially when watching Bob Neuwirth continually massaging the Dylan ego, always ready to slag Donovan off, run out and buy another harmonica, and generally play the sleazy sycophant. Ugh! And incidentally, my vote for the original of the thin Mr Jones is the bespectacled science student from Keele University, who knows that something is going on and wishes he knew what is was. - Mike Godwin "Look outside my window there's a woman being grabbed They took her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed Maybe we should call the cops and try to ease the pain But Monopoly is so much fun I'd hate to blow the game And I'm sure it wouldn't interest Anybody outside of a small circle of friends" (P. Ochs) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:29:39 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re:Gene Hackman >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 because of course Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his role in "The French Connection" - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:34:27 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: more than this >>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. On at least one occasion he either sang a few bars while performing "Flesh No. 1" with the Egyptians or did a full-on medley. Can't remember which, but the show was at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on the "Globe Of Frogs" tour if anyone with a massive tape collection wants to check (hello Bayard?) - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:37:58 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: "I wanna hear 'Caravan' with a drum sola!!" > (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.... so THAT'S why their packing slips have a place to declare dry ice. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:58:08 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: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. it's the bass & guitar combo in the really good ripoffs. >PS - is >it as blatant as the ripoff in the Jam's song "Start!"? I remember thinking so at the time but I haven't heard it in years. Is it on your ooold Bangles EP? AMG lists justs one EP (1982) prior to "Walk Like An Egyptian" and says it's still in print, which I find hard to believe. Also says it's their best record, which I *do* believe. >ISTR there were links with Rain Parade (possibly romantic ones?) at some >point; possibly. I know Hoffs and Quercio from the Three O'Clock were an item for quite some time. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:02:53 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: we'll always have Paris Okay, okay. I've made a complete dick of myself. Of course he's done More Than This a zillion times on all formats, but in my defence I've never seen him do it live in nigh on twenty viewings. To make things worse all the posts correcting me seemed to manifest themselves twice. Ouch. Anyway, here's the juice... 27/6/99. Hotel Du Nord, Quai de Jemmapes, Paris, France (tee hee) Gene Hackman Cheese Alarm Lysander (which I've never heard him play live before either) I Something You Silver Dagger Madonna Of The Wasps Beautiful Girl Glass Hotel The Yip Song Autumn Is Your Last Chance Queen Of Eyes Kingdom Of Love I Feel Beautiful Only The Stones Remain Freeze (as encore with Blegvad and Syd Straw) Chinese Bones Sleeping With Your Devil's Mask (solo encore) The Speed Of Things Heliotrope 28/6/99 Same place in France Gene Hackman Cheese Alarm Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom De Chirico St Silver Dagger Queen Elvis I'm Only You Glass Hotel I Am Not Me I Often Dream Of Trains You And Oblivion Airscape Freeze (avec Bleggers and Straw-woman) Chinese Bones Sleeping With Your Devil's Mask Sally Was A Legend (solo) More Than This (a song by top Brit combo Roxy Music...D'oh!) I've got a very odd feeling he may have played Falling Leaves as an encore on the second night, but I was very drunk by then (stone cold sober first night), and I dreamed about him both nights I was there so that might explain it. Peter Blegvad was also excellent both nights, accompanied on bass by John Greaves. And Syd Straw should be a higher profile artist than she is. On the second night Robyn joined Bleg and Syd on harmonica during King Strut. To answer Bayard. I saw Straw and Blegvad with regular band John Greaves and Chris Cutler at the Woodcutter's Ball at the Embassy Rooms London, England. There were other contributions from Eddi Reader (who is bonkers) and Loudon Wainwright III (on Daughter). And from B.J.Cole on pedal steel, Peter's brother Kristoffer and a female duo The Dear Janes (who have supported Robyn in their time). Dagmar Krause, Anthony Moore and Robyn were asked but couldn't make it. Initially the Paris gigs were going to be separate solo affairs, but when the promoter talked to each of our two main protagonists they expressed a strong interest in playing together. And so it came to pass... Loudon is playing there next month, as are Elliott Murphy and Corey Harris. It often also hosts comedy gigs. British stand-ups especially. The bloke who runs it is English. The booze is expensive but the atmosphere is pretty good. Finally, I tackled Robyn about the novel. He's got to do a second draft, and publication looks deeply unlikely this year. jmbc. sinister but happy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:45:39 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: RE: SH in Chicago On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com wrote: > privilege. I don't think so (memo to self: contact Eddie Vedder and offer > to help with his crusade). Eddie Vedder who? GSS np - Million Miles Live Rec. 97-99 B.D. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:21:45 +0100 From: "Sedgwick, Gary" Subject: All Over The Place Hi James, I've cc'd this to the list as a few people were interested. I still don't know what the Kapiti refers to, but I'll try to find out soon! Found out some Bangles details... they played at the Hollywood Bowl in the Beatles songs conducted by George Martin concert thingy. But on top of this, they've recorded a song (called Get The Girl) which appears in the new Austin Powers film, and apparently they've written and recorded enough for an album now. AND, Get The Girl is apparently very 'All Over The Place'-ish. AND it looks likely that they'll be touring again! It also makes sense now how Susanna Hoffs came to co-write the "BBC Heaven" song at the end of the first Austin Powers film; her husband Jay Roach directed the films! I too own that EP with the early line up (bassist Annette Zilinskas - I had to look that up!) - 12 inch with a really amazing 80s sleeve, right? Don't know if they're two a penny, but I picked my one up for about 50p! And yeah, that early stuff is the best; All Over The Place really rocks in places, whereas Different Light was pretty lame and poppy in comparison. Still, I like most their stuff... the vocal arrangements are obviously good, but there are loads of little quirky bits in the songs, which is the sort of thing I like. It looks to me like they started out as a good guitar and vocal band, but quickly developed a poppy 80s image (with the 80s produced sound... and songs) to get the records shifting. Shame. I'll get back to you on the Kapiti conundrum. If you wanted to take a look at the Bangles web page I found, it's at http://www.banglesfan.demon.co.uk/main.html. Gary .:. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:50:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Sabatini Subject: minders your own business M. Wolfe mentioned the Minders: >Now, I know that we just had a brief discussion about people >being peeved about everything getting compared to the Beatles, Subject: Bangles' movie Susanna Hoffs and Michael Steele were in The Allnighter (directed by Tamar Hoffs, Susanna's mother). I just remembered watching this movie in the middle of the night when I was about fifteen, and hoping that I would be just like Michael Steele when I grew up, except I wanted to look like Susanna. Vivien And of course, now I do. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:05:38 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #221 I don't know loafman, but I remember seeing him at the Blind Pig shows in the late 80's, early 90's. I remember one show the loaf of bread sat on Robyn's piano for a while. eleanore Fpaux@aol.com wrote: > In Search of Loafing > I'm looking for the gentleman from A2 MI that always brings Robyn fresh > herbal bread and/or home grown organic veggies whenever Robyn plays Mich. > Does anyone know him or of him? > Carissa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:00:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Vodka "martini" my ass! >This is the 4th or 5th reference that someone's got the new >album already- -- where are you getting these copies/promos, and Officially, they were delivered to us on top of Mount Sinai by the black helicopters, while the Bavarian Illuminati did it's little illuminatus stuff. Officially. >why aren't you giving us more info than that you've got it? >Details, we need details, we need to hear it! Alright, I wasn't sure if people wanted to wait to hear it for the first time themselves before being potentially prejudiced, and I didn't want to spoil anyone's surprise, but then it's not like Norman's mother and Keyser Soze sing a duet on the album or anything. Fegs seem to be a pretty independent minded bunch (my own recent list-spawned Elephant 6 infatuation aside), anyway -- you'll all CERTAINLY have no trouble formulating your own diverse opinions. My diverse opinion is that I love it. One thing that I've always loved about Robyn is what he does with his orchestrations, both in the studio and in concert. The various iterations of Globe of Frogs are a case in point. The instrumentation on JfS is no exception. Subtle touches abound -- some beautiful, low-key percussion on I Feel Beautiful and Sweet Mouth (a marimba, I think, on the former); an intense, rumbling bass and frenzied psychedelic flourishes on I Dream of Antwoman; a long, digressive (but not at all indulgent) introduction to Cheese Alarm. The track placement is superb. Mexican God is a fabulous track, and the perfect opening for the album. Similar in theme to lots of stuff we've heard Robyn do previously -- mortality, in a nutshell -- this ups the ante. It's all about the decay and erosion of one's own self, due to time, but there's a line that acknowledges that this is "the fate I've wished on other people". This line is positively harrowing -- it reconciles his previous incarnation as an angry youngster with his current, more meditative persona. From there it goes into the urgency of Cheese Alarm and the wry Viva Sea-Tac (it's facile rhyming and, eventually, dispensing with rhyme entirely makes it almost a self-parody), which seques nicely into the down-tempo (but optimistic) I Feel Beautiful and Sweet Mouth. This was initially a complaint for me -- I thought that Beautiful and Sweet Mouth would have been more effective if they had been broken up. But on repeated listens, I appreciate the way they develop a mood when paired together. The record would sound a little schizophrenic (schizophonic?) if it went into both of them directly from up-tempo numbers. After Sweet Mouth, you get into what is, for me, the core of the album, the NASA-Sally Was a Legend-Antwoman-Elizabeth Jade stretch. It's here that the album flies its true colors -- today, we're dealing with Rock and Roll. NASA's got an amazing energy, and is helped considerably by the added layers of guitar virtuosity that recording with guest musicians afforded Robyn. That "shrieking skull" line blows me away every time. I'm probably in the minority here, but I love Sally Was a Legend - -- it might be my favorite song on the album. It's sort of bland in some ways, especially after everything that leads up to it. But, damn, it's just a great tune, and with the PERFECT amount of harmony added to the chorus (admirable restraint -- compare to the aforementioned E6). And the line about "celebrating my life with you" -- it sounds like deep-fried cornball cheese curds (a Minnesota state fair favorite) when taken out of context. But it's GORGEOUS within the song itself, and occupies a beautiful place in the melody. Now, we all know Robyn has his romantic streak, but I don't think it's been manifested so poignantly for me since Airscape -- and arguably, not even then. For all of it's beauty, Airscape's a pretty darn abstract song. This is personal, immediate -- ground which, recently, Robyn has occupied more often with thoughts of death and mortality. The contrast throws this line into sharp relief, and heightens its power. Antwoman rumbles in, and rocks out. I love Audrey Hepburn, so Robyn's already got my attention, and the song is catchy and intense, and as I said above, imaginatively arranged. After Antwoman comes Elizabeth Jade. A solid song, continues the rockin' core, Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole redux. Doesn't do much for me at this point, but it'll probably grow on me. Next is Guildford - -- nicely done, but really the only low spot of the album for me. The Storefront version was pretty darn definitive, and this doesn't add much. Still, the opening bass sounds like the version of The Talking Head's Heaven from Stop Making Sense, so there's that. The album has a little trouble regaining its legs for me after Guildford, though Dark Princess is a worthy (and appropriately dark) song, and sets up wonderfully for the big finish. Jewels For Sophia is a gorgeous, intricately twisty little song, and the sheen that the overdubbed harmonies give the chorus perfectly reflects its subject matter. The hidden tracks: a short, hilarious spoken word bit that I won't spoil for you, a weird and long and rather monotonous keyboard song with oddly distorted vocals, and of course Gene Hackman. I won't talk to you about Gene Hackman. Oh, and as Glen pointed out, those end lyrics of Eddie's are more or less verbatim how Viva Sea-Tac ends on JfS. Overall, I love this album. I don't tend to associate albums with years nearly to the extent that I do, say, movies, but JfS definitely my favorite so far this year, with a healthy lead on Black Foliage (2nd). The best thing that I can say about it: In the past, I've had trouble "ranking" Robyn's albums hierarchically. He just covers such a wide patch of ground for me, it's ridiculous. It's like asking, do you like tomatoes or peaches better? Well, I want both in my life, thank you very much! So in that vein, I am pleased to report to you that Robyn has put out yet another album that is completely incomparable to the rest of his body of work. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:09:38 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Vodka "martini" my ass! On 6/30/99 9:00 AM, Michael Wolfe wrote: >I'm probably in the minority here, but I love Sally Was a Legend >-- it might be my favorite song on the album. It's sort of bland >in some ways, especially after everything that leads up to it. >But, damn, it's just a great tune, and with the PERFECT amount of >harmony added to the chorus (admirable restraint -- compare to >the aforementioned E6). And the line about "celebrating my life >with you" -- it sounds like deep-fried cornball cheese curds (a >Minnesota state fair favorite) when taken out of context. But >it's GORGEOUS within the song itself, and occupies a beautiful >place in the melody. Now, we all know Robyn has his romantic >streak, but I don't think it's been manifested so poignantly for >me since Airscape -- and arguably, not even then. For all of >it's beauty, Airscape's a pretty darn abstract song. This is >personal, immediate -- ground which, recently, Robyn has occupied >more often with thoughts of death and mortality. The contrast >throws this line into sharp relief, and heightens its power. Allow me to join you in the minority. So far this is the only song I've been compelled to immediately rewind and play again. Like most my fave RH tunes, I really couldn't tell you what it's about yet it evokes some pretty vivid imagery. And it's funny you mentioned Airscape, seeing as how SWaL contains that trademark backwards guitar sound that was all over EoL. At the table with a knife, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:02:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Tallulah Bankhead Subject: bye for now While his computer is down, perhaps he will go out and get a life. :) >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: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:11:36 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: minders your own business In a message dated 6/30/99 8:53:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ksabatin@arches.uga.edu writes: << I think its important to note that the singer--Martyn [of the Minders] - --is English-born, as opposed to being "from" Portland, which accounts for his English accent. What's more, I think it's only recently that the band relocated to Portland. I should also point out that there are at least two fegs named Michael from Portland--Michael K. and Michael W.? >> All three of the above are true. Although, 'round these parts, you only have to have lived here for a long weekend to be considered "from" Portland :-) << To Michael Keefe: We once discussed whether and if the (Athens band) Macha ought to be considered Elephant 6. I could see no formal connection in band personnel, producer, engineer, etc. and was always befuddled by the e6 reference. But I had forgotten that one of the primary Macha dudes plays on the latest (Athens band) OTC record . . . so there's a weak connection to the E6 horde. >> It seems to be the case that only a weak connection is required. E6 isn't a very exclusive club. But it's a darn good one! - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:06:05 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: the flaming lips Shane Apple wrote: > and i'm totally shocked. i think this is their best album ever Oh, I don't think it even compares to Hit To Death in the Future Head. > however, > this album's lyrics are very sincere and personal and serious as opposed to > contrived weirdness. I'll agree with this. I like the lyrics to this album. I don't think their past lyrics have sucked though. She Don't Use Jelly may have been a little on the silly side, but the story in Frogs is great. In case some of you don't know, the song is about this true story when a tornado dumped a shitload of frogs on this small Oklahoma town. So there were all these frogs falling from the sky and that's gotta be a pretty big deal for people in a small Oklahoma town. > give it a listen with > headphones loud enough to damage your hearing. That's way I listened to it the first time. I should probably listen to that way again now that I'm more familiar with the songs. > 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. Well, the mix and arrangements sound great on some songs. But on other ones, it really bothers me. On the first version of Waiting for a Superman, the drums are so loud that they're distracting. They don't compliment the beautiful melody at all. They just make it hard to pay attention to the melody. And there's really not much else to that version. It's just soft vocals, loud drums, and then a little minimalistic piano and the occasional horn. The mix is all off. In the second version, they do a really god job of creating a nice atmosphere. The acoustic guitar and bass adds a lot. And by lowering the volume of the drums, I'm not distracted anymore. > 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?? The melody to A Spoonful Ways a Ton is nice, but not one of my favorites. What bothers me most about that song is the little change into the bass/rap type thing. I hated that the first time I heard it. It doesn't bother me as much anymore. But I still think they ruined that song with it. > >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. Maybe "bother" was the wrong word. I just don't understand why they did that. > the european version has a different track selection, doesn't it? I have no idea. - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:11:14 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: fegtastes and various accomodations hmmm, it's always harder to respond to posts when you read the digest... As someone who is going to both Metro shows, I'm up for meeting anyone who comes to town--if we only do one feg meet, would more people be coming Friday or Saturday? there are a bunch of great restaurants in the area, including a good noodle shop, my favorite all-you-eat ethiopian cafe, Thai, Sushi, even Mongolian barbeque (which I must admit I've never had...) plus you can get hot dogs at Wrigley field. Oh, I called WXRT to inquire what they'd be playing from the album, if Robyn would be in-studio, and if they would talk up the Storefront showing. They said they weren't even sure if they got an advance copy yet, and weren't really clear that Robyn was playing the shows...but, they said, they'll get back to me. As for recent music, I finally went out last night and got myself a new CD player, and celebrated by getting the new Flaming Lips, the new Apples in Stereo, and Invisible History. Yea! All very good, though none so far tops Black Foliage as my favorite album of the year. But the Lips album is good and approachable (I heard one friend put together the wherewithal to play Zaireeka--it sounded cool, but didn't do much for me as music), the Apples is great (I love the song "Y2K"--a friends and I are selling Tshirts that read "Y2K Jelly--Ease in the New Millennium"--chicago-bound fegs can email me and have a shirt waiting for them, in case they'd rather have it than some pesky Robyn design), and the three songs I'd never heard from Robyn on Invisible History are quite fun. For folks coming to town for the shows, if you need space, yer welcome to stay at my house, above an organic sprout factory. I have a roof deck with gardens, hammocks, and an Assking Tree my roommate and I made, decorated with donated windchimes being strangled by dangling hops. Plus a sweet cat named Minke and a drum kit to get your aggressions out on. So, lotsa space if it's clear out, and a pretty good (but lesser amount) if it's raining... I think that's what I had to say, signing out for now Fools for Souljah, eee! dave ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #225 *******************************