From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #227 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, July 1 1999 Volume 08 : Number 227 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: invisible genius [ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com] Re: invisible genius/sfbay [lj lindhurst ] Re: bye bye, invisible genius - for now ["JH3" ] Re: Pludertronics [David Witzany ] Re: invisible genius/sfbay [Tom Clark ] MABD Austin [Zelda Pinwheel ] a slow day, a fast bike [Vivien Lyon ] Re: elizabeth morgan, the evil [Michael Brage ] Count one more for elizabeth morgan, the evil [Alfred Masciocchi ] Re: invisible genius ["Livia" ] JfS song by song ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: invisible genius [michelle wiener ] RH/SE confusion, and a non-ebay collector's item? [DDerosa5@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:12:27 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: Re: invisible genius >My point is that I want to hear details! If you listen to Globe of >Frogs on your way to the supermarket and you feel that you have an >experience, then I want to hear about it. Am I crazy? I've never had an experience listening to "Globe of Frogs" on the way to the supermarket, so I can't really help there. But I can sort of explain this phenomenon. No, you're not crazy. But I've been here for close to 4 years now, several people have been here even longer than that, and most of the regular posters have been here for at least a couple years. We HAVE talked about Robyn Hitchcock quite a bit during that time. Among many other topics. It seems we just all like talking to each other. It's more that Robyn Hitchcock is a common theme, something that brings everyone on the list together, and it's just sort of assumed that we're all Robyn Hitchcock fans (well, maybe Terry isn't :)). When there is Robyn Hitchcock news to discuss, people discuss it. When there isn't, we talk about books we like, bands we like, being abducted by small grey beings during visits to Area 51, that sort of thing. Is it really a surprise that Robyn Hitchcock would attract a bunch of lively, digression-prone fans? I think it may just be that this is the list nature because this is the nature of the artist. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:16:08 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: invisible genius/sfbay that nutty joel writes: > I just would like to >hear someone getting drunk and listening to Robyn and raving!! I think >this list needs someone to say "God walks among us." Okay, I will rant and rave, but I don't think I can drink any more after visiting the SFBay Fegs...! *Jewels for Sophia* is incredible. It is probably my favorite album of the year so far, right up there with "Apple Venus". Robyn just keeps getting better and better--- I am so happy to see that he is evolving and writing with such vitality. He's still grooving away on a semi-psychedelic plane, and his lyrics are fresh and witty, brimming with love and sex and the usual blend of Robyn-calibre surrealism. There is not a clunker on this entire record. There!! Speaking of the SFBay Fegs, it was so great to hang out with you guys! I not only got to meet The Copyright Infringement Fairy, but I also got to meet Nick and his extraordinarily attractive family, Glen Uber and Carol, Chris Franz, Michael Wolfe, Mark Gloster (hmm), and of course Donne. And of course I went to high school with Tom Clark, so I know him already ("wooh yeah! let's drink some wine coolers!" as he used to say). Oh and Carrie was there-- the East Coast Crips will have to have a welcoming party when she arrives in Philadelphia. (Why did you only draw half of Mark? Which half? Or maybe it was a profile and you got confused-?) We ate and drank and took turns arm wrestling with Donne. She easily made $50! It was a lovely evening! (Nick, you rule!) We all called Randi and wished her a happy birthday-- she confessed to us that ROBYN HIMSELF had called, too! (and apparently he hand-jived) I think you should share this story with the class, Randi. Oh and by the way, Mark, TGQ prefers to be called "Senor Spielbergo". We also met up with Russ and Tom and Mark at the Mission Ale House on Tuesday. That's a great little place. I took a picture of it! I also have pictures of all of us taking breathalizer tests. (TGQ: .35 Me: .71-- muy macho!)(Mark drank himself to an amazing 1.8!) No really, I'll put the pictures up someplace as soon as I get them developed. California is a beautiful place. We drove past the Adobe Building and sighed. We sat through two 5.5 hour German operas (that's 36 hours in perceived time). We drove very fast on very windy roads. We took off our shoes and walked on the beach, ate fondue (that's right-- FONDUE!), spent more than we should have at Amoeba Records, and saw the Francis Bacon Retrospective. Oh, and anyone in the area has GOT to go to SFMOMA and see the Bill Viola show-- you will not regret it! ( http://www.sfmoma.org has a cool online exhibit of some of it) now. bye. l ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Hey Mikey, whatever happened to the fucking Duke of Earl?" --Randy Newman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:04:28 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: bye bye, invisible genius - for now Joel writes: >I just would like to hear someone getting drunk and >listening to Robyn and raving!! As it happens, I've been conducting some experiments in support of our $150,000 NSF grant to study the effects of exposure to Robyn Hitchcock albums on laboratory animals being fed a diet of Jell-o made with grain alcohol. So far the results are quite interesting, and while I can't post the details in advance of publication (I'm submitting it to JVST* this fall), I can tell you that among most of the test subjects, dietary increases led to an almost directly proportional increase in Internet mailing-list posting activity. But surprisingly, the amount and intensity of raving actually seemed to *decrease* in proportion with the amount of time exposed to Hitchcock albums. Go figure! (I'd like to try it with some of those Elephant 6 bands, but for some reason we can't get government funding...) From: Tallulah Bankhead : >While his computer is down, perhaps he will go out and get a life. :) Sorry, but I'm afraid you've fallen for one of Eb's oldest tricks: Pretending to be "on vacation" or to have a "busted computer" just in order to lull you into a false sense of security - and draw you out into the open. (This is the second time he's used it this year.) What's more, now that he knows there's someone on the list who (correct me if I'm wrong!) works for George Lucas, I'm afraid you've inadvertently doomed us all to weeks, maybe months, of Eb's infamous "check out the hilarious weenie" cross-postings from alt.fan.starwars. But *I* forgive you, at least. (Not that that's gonna help...) Btw, I absolutely *loved* you in "Lifeboat"! And finally: Celine Dion is NOT a nice woman. I worked in her Guatemalan sweatshops long enough to know, believe you me. At least the little kids in Kathie Lee's sweatshop next door weren't subjected to personally-administered whippings and cattle-proddings when *she* came down for a inspections. John "Darth Lee Gifford indeed" Hedges III * The Journal of Vaguely Scientific Things ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:31:51 -0500 (CDT) From: David Witzany Subject: Re: Pludertronics Terrence said: __________________ I'm surprised I beat Eddie to this one. Geocities now claims some pretty hefty rights to their members' pages. Reproduction, modification, adaption, translation, performance, display, and many others, perpetually, irrevocably and royalty-free. (Yes, you can delete your content, but to do that you have to log in, and to do that, you have to agree to the new terms of service...) http://www.sitepowerup.com/boycottyahoo/boycottyahoo.htm Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal __________________________ They've already recanted this "position", claiming that they only used that terminology to allow them to copy your messages to several different sites around the world. Their only intention--they say-- was to "continue to provide the fast service they are known for", or something to that effect. As of today, they've added a couple of lines to their registration agreement, stating--in surprisingly plain language--that you own all rights to anything you put on their site, unless you expressly turn those rights over to them in advance. Dave. David Witzany witzany@uiuc.edu ....one of Nature's bounds checkers - ------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:48:25 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: invisible genius/sfbay On 7/1/99 11:16 AM, lj lindhurst wrote: >We also met up with Russ and Tom and Mark at the Mission Ale House on >Tuesday. That's a great little place. I took a picture of it! I also >have pictures of all of us taking breathalizer tests. (TGQ: .35 Me: .71-- >muy macho!)(Mark drank himself to an amazing 1.8!) I think you mean .035 & .071! I mean, I know you guys got there a couple of HOURS before we did, but you weren't THAT wasted, i.e., DEAD. It is true, however that Mark registered 1.8. Even though he only drank Sprite, we now know the secret to his longevity: His blood is 180% alcohol!!!! He even defies the laws of physics!! I know I speak for the other attendees when I say that spending time with lj and that guy she hangs around with rates a 20 out of 20. - -t "Wine coolers RULE!!" c http://www.missionalehouse.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:01:00 +0100 From: Zelda Pinwheel Subject: MABD Austin Hey Y'all, Just wanted to let you know that the tickets for Music Against Brain Degeneration at Stubb's on August 7th go on sale July 10th. They can be purchased from Star Tickets. Their phone number is 1.888.597.STAR, or 512.469.SHOW. Hope to see you there! Zelda ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: a slow day, a fast bike I just remembered that Mark Gloster was in my dream recently! He was riding a bike, and man- did he have huge hair. It was so huge, I couldn't imagine how he could see to bike. I think I actually tried to push it out of his face so he could recognize me. He did, and we said hello. The End. Vivien _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:18:55 -0700 From: Michael Brage Subject: Re: elizabeth morgan, the evil Eddie wrote: >> elizabeth morgan lives in cincinnati, and that fucking bitch (a word i >>*rarely* use, but i can think of no other in this case) owes me six tapes. >> she owes hal and (i think) somebody else a bunch as well. >I think I sent her a dozen or so SBD's and got squat in return. She was >really nice when I called her after weeks had gone by with no package in >my mailbox. She said she'd take care of it ASAP. I swapped RH stories >with her and actually believed she would follow through until she >stopped answering my calls and the tapes never arrived. I've long ago >absorbed the loss, but I must admit that Eddie's reminder re-pissed me >off all over again. Avoid this 'trader' like the plague. Yep, I'm a victim of Ms. Morgan's. In all the tape trading I've done in the last few years, she is the only one who stiffed me. I wonder if she really has all the shows she claims to have. Watch out for her, everyone, she won't come through. As my grandfather always used to say, "Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:36:02 -0400 From: Alfred Masciocchi Subject: Count one more for elizabeth morgan, the evil Put me on the list; my rip-off happened two years ago. At least I don't have to feel like the only sucker. Michael Brage wrote: > > Eddie wrote: > > >> elizabeth morgan lives in cincinnati, and that fucking bitch (a word i > >>*rarely* use, but i can think of no other in this case) owes me six tapes. > >> she owes hal and (i think) somebody else a bunch as well. > > >I think I sent her a dozen or so SBD's and got squat in return. She was > >really nice when I called her after weeks had gone by with no package in > >my mailbox. She said she'd take care of it ASAP. I swapped RH stories > >with her and actually believed she would follow through until she > >stopped answering my calls and the tapes never arrived. I've long ago > >absorbed the loss, but I must admit that Eddie's reminder re-pissed me > >off all over again. Avoid this 'trader' like the plague. > > Yep, I'm a victim of Ms. Morgan's. In all the tape trading I've done in > the last few years, she is the only one who stiffed me. I wonder if she > really has all the shows she claims to have. Watch out for her, everyone, > she won't come through. As my grandfather always used to say, "Some people > are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. > > Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:44:39 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Count one more for elizabeth morgan, the evil Yeah, and she killed Kenny too! >Put me on the list; my rip-off happened two years ago. > >At least I don't have to feel like the only sucker. > >Michael Brage wrote: >> >> Eddie wrote: >> >> >> elizabeth morgan lives in cincinnati, and that fucking bitch (a word i >> >>*rarely* use, but i can think of no other in this case) owes me six tapes. >> >> she owes hal and (i think) somebody else a bunch as well. >> >> >I think I sent her a dozen or so SBD's and got squat in return. She was >> >really nice when I called her after weeks had gone by with no package in >> >my mailbox. She said she'd take care of it ASAP. I swapped RH stories >> >with her and actually believed she would follow through until she >> >stopped answering my calls and the tapes never arrived. I've long ago >> >absorbed the loss, but I must admit that Eddie's reminder re-pissed me >> >off all over again. Avoid this 'trader' like the plague. >> >> Yep, I'm a victim of Ms. Morgan's. In all the tape trading I've done in >> the last few years, she is the only one who stiffed me. I wonder if she >> really has all the shows she claims to have. Watch out for her, everyone, >> she won't come through. As my grandfather always used to say, "Some people >> are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. >> >> Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:48:09 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: invisible genius In a message dated 6/30/99 11:57:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Joel, after dosing on ecstasy, had this (and other snipped out things) to say: << Am I the only one that thinks that Robyn is a fucking genius? I mean, I love this list! My point is that I want to hear details! Am I crazy? >> Genius? Hmmm. Robyn is probably one of my top five favorite bands and/or artists ever, but there's something too likeable about Robyn for me to think of him as a genius. I guess I have a hang-up about that, because I'm way more likely to call Matt Johnson (the The) or David Bowie a "genius" . . . maybe, within the world of music, I equate "genius" with "troubled genius" or something. And Robyn's probably not *the* most well-adjusted guy on the planet, but, you know, he's just not as intense as Matt or Dave :-) Also, as much as I love Robyn, he hasn't put out an album that I'd rave about since, well, maybe "Respect," or definitely "Eye." "JfS" is quite good, but not raving good, IMO. Then again, nothing has been "raving good" this year (as I've said before). For me, there are generally somewhere between 0 and 2 albums that come out each year that are "raving good." I'm still hoping for one in '99, but I'm starting to think I might have to be satisfied with there being a ton of quite good releases, rather than one album that knocks my socks off surrounded by a bunch of mediocre stuff. But I guess that's okay. Anyway, sorry, Joel, no ranting and raving from me at the moment. But I thought that Michael Wolfe was doing a bit of that the other day, and I'd be happy to see more people responding to "JfS" that way. I could see how it could. It almost does for me! Okay, one quick little burst: ROBYN!! FUCK, YEAH!!!! ROBYN HITCHCOCK RULES, DUDE!! WOO-HOO!!! :-) Actually, that felt pretty good. Fine idea there, Joel. Fine idea! - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:02:42 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Costello/Imperial Bedroom/CD Q: After giving many listens to a used CD of Elvis' "Imperial Bedroom," I finally decided that I need to own this rekkid (I know, I know -- I'm a slow learner!). It's the old Columbia CD, though. Am I missing out on tons of improved fidelity? What about the bonus tracks -- are they stellar? For those of you who haven't filed away in their brains this generally useless bit of trivia about myself, I'm not a huge fan of bonus tracks, so that's not really a *huge* consideration. I'm just wondering if it'd improve my life dramatically if I went the step up to the Ryko version of "IB" (as we Costello fans call it . . . um, right?). Whaddya think? - -------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:07:41 -0700 From: "Livia" Subject: Re: Sunday, Monday, or Always well, i'd guess double a b sharp, but then i always was kind oif slow and a bit on the sour side so says sannndy , anyway - ---------- > From: Terrence M Marks > To: The Cognitive Dissidents > Subject: Sunday, Monday, or Always > Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 12:28 AM > > Does anyone know what key "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Burke and van > Heusen is in (or where I could find the chords for it)? > > Terrence Marks > Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal > normal@grove.ufl.edu > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:16:20 -0700 From: "Livia" Subject: Re: invisible genius > Subject: Re: invisible genius > Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 12:12 PM > > >My point is that I want to hear details! If you listen to Globe of > >Frogs on your way to the supermarket and you feel that you have an > >experience, then I want to hear about it. Am I crazy? > > I've never had an experience listening to "Globe of Frogs" on the way to > the supermarket, so I can't really help there. But I can sort of explain > this phenomenon. > > No, you're not crazy. you were listening to the wrong version, then she always prefers it fast and electric > But I've been here for close to 4 years now, several people have been here > even longer than that, and most of the regular posters have been here for > at least a couple years. We HAVE talked about Robyn Hitchcock quite a bit > during that time. Among many other topics. It seems we just all like > talking to each other. > except when we leave for a year or 2 some of us have to work or listen to kw or kc or log once in a fucking while don't be so damn robocentric, you big old tree > > Love on ya, > Susan amy disdains that title, thank you v much ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:10:05 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: JfS song by song Since the ice has been broken... MEXICAN GOD This song has almost a Tom Petty feel to it, with it=B9s slowish rock tempo, sparse arrangement and hard snare throughout. Right off the bat Robyn=B9s unique vocal pierces through and has the potential be annoying to the uninitiated. =B3Time Will Destroy You Like A Mexican God=B2 he sings in a cracking, sometimes off-pitch voice that tends to reinforce that point. Once you get over that, though (2nd listen in my case), you're ready to really enjoy this album. The song begins with a =B3live=B2 count in, and like most of the songs on the album seems as if it were recorded in just one or two takes, ("live in studio"). Perfection is obviously not a requirement o= n this record, which, as with many of Neil Young's recent offerings turns out to be part of the charm. CHEESE ALARM Begins with an acoustic guitar solo--somewhat similar to the opening of =B3Filthy Bird=B2--and soon evolves into a full-on rocker with some of the meanest sounding guitar he=B9s played in years. What Hitchcock did for fish in =B3Bass=B2 (Element of Light, 1986) he does for cheese in this raucous ditty...the perfect companion to Monty Python=B9s =B3Cheese Shop=B2. VIVA! SEA-TAC A loving tribute to the Seattle/Tacoma area with just a dash of sarcasm. Hitchcock leaves no stone unturned in this rocker, referencing virtually every Seattle landmark from The Space Needle to Kurt Cobain. They'll love this up there. I FEEL BEAUTIFUL Probably the purest love song he=B9ll ever write. Even the somewhat unusual percussion can=B9t mask the stark beauty of these lyrics, so contradictory to Robyn=B9s usual enigmatic style. Here he is displaying actual human emotion in plain English, something he has rarely, if ever, attempted before. YOU=B9VE GOT A SWEET MOUTH ON YOU, BABY The love fest continues with one of the album=B9s better tracks. This time Hitchcock manages to weave some of his more traditional images into the tex= t (forget fish--insect references are what he=B9s about now) while focusing mor= e on the physical aspect of love. =B3I Feel Beautiful=B2 and =B3You=B9ve Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby=B2 compliment each other perfectly, together covering the full range of feelings of a heartfelt love. NASA CLAPPING The closest thing to a Soft Boys song he=B9s recorded isince the breakup of the band, this would be right at home on A Can Of Bees . They=B9re telling m= e this isn=B9t one of the songs Kimberley Rew plays on. If that=B9s so, someone=B9= s doing a damn good impression over there in the left channel. SALLY WAS A LEGEND If there=B9s one radio friendly song on the album this is it. Production is stronger and and playing is much cleaner than on the other tracks. Feature= s Kimerley Rew on guitar, and it sounds like maybe he lent a background vocal as well. On par with his best stuff from the A&M years. ANTWOMAN Just another typical Hitchcockian insect love song. Somebody=B9s doing a ver= y good Yoko Ono impression here. The feel is similar to =B3The Fly=B2 (from Fegmania!) but it=B9s a stronger, more mesmerizing track. ELIZABETH JADE Except for the fact that it was recorded about 30 years too late to qualify= , this one belongs on the outstanding Nuggets box set put out by Rhino Record= s a while back. Rip-roaring garage psychedelia at its best. This one is so much fun I wouldn't rule out radio airplay. NO, I DON=B9T REMEMBER GUILDFORD A nice studio rendition of a song which first surfaced on the Storefront Hitchcock soundtrack. At first I was partial to the previously issued acoustic version but after several listens this has really grown on me, and while the SH version is great I feel it really has been enhanced here. Jus= t an awesome song either way. DARK PRINCESS This one would have fit right in on Moss Elixir. Based around a very familiar sounding set of chord changes that seem to fall somewhere between Donovan=B9s =B3Atlantis=B2 and another well known song that I can=B9t quite place. Hitchcock of course puts his own stamp on it with the lyrics, which have ancient Egyptian overtones. The climax is punctuated by some absolutely haunting synthesizer music while he dedidicates this song to his love, declaring "I looked for her...she found me". JEWELS FOR SOPHIA Here=B9s one I thought he could have done more with musically. A great tune which screams for electric guitars. I=B9m going to draw the comparison to =B3= A Globe Of Frogs=B2, which was a good song in acoustic form and a great one in electric form. The hope here is that there will be an electric version of =B3Jewels For Sophia=B2 on the album of alternate takes which will be available through robynhitchcock.com and at his live shows. approximately 26 seconds after the last listed track there is an odd Syd Barrett-like bonus track (I'm gonna call it =B3Little Priestess=B2) with an unhummable melody and some unusual vocal harmonies. Pretty much a throwaway, except for the fact that after a few listens it actually becomes very hummable after all. The tune features Robyn on piano, and just as the song really kicks into gear with Robyn sneering sarcastically at someone named Leslie it is overridden by another song, almost as if someone had pressed the record button in mid song. This final bonus tune sounds like a= n audience recording (read: bootleg tape) of "Gene Hackman" from one of his recent acoustic shows...TC thinks it might be from an SF show. If he's right it would be my first appearance as an applauder on a Robyn Hitchcock album. Anyway, the inclusion of this track could be seen as a nod to the faithful tape traders who have kept his legend alive over the years. Overall an OUTSTANDING album, which I rank as his second best since the Sof= t Boys (still hard to top BSDR). While feglist reviews of his last few album= s (Respect, Y& 0, ME) have been mixed if not slanted toward the negative, I think there will be a very high approval rating of this one. Very upbeat, very listenable and like any great album it gets better with each play. I'= d have to go back to Element of Light to name an RH album I enjoyed it so muc= h from the start...and I think this album is even better. Play it loud and play it often. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:40:30 -0500 (EST) From: michelle wiener Subject: Re: invisible genius On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Joel Mullins wrote: > Am I the only one that thinks that Robyn is a fucking genius? no. there's not much that can compare to being 16 or so and listening to Element of Light for the first time. having to rewind "Airscape" a b'zillion times. the backwards guitar intro *still* can give me chills. the only thing that compares is hearing it live. every now and then, i could be listening to a old favorite or a new release, one line or two will suddenly strike me like i've never heard it before. like "but all i hear when they embrace is just the kiss of skulls" from "Insanely Jealous" (one of my favorites). or ... well, i can't think of any others right now. stuff from Eye. and the line "good sir knight, please take my eyes/i've used them" (which i always thought was "god, tonight..." but whatever) is still the most romantic line i've ever heard. ah yes, woo me with fish, insects and cones. i'm sure there were times in college when i would do some illegal substance or other and then listen to Hitchcock records and gain valuable powerful insight into the workings of the human psyche and all of creation, but unfortunately, i can't remember them. hmmmm... i am also grateful for this list. not just for the Robyn chat, but i'm also learning about other bands i otherwise never would have. as soon as i start getting my monthly stipend again, i'm going to be doing some serious shopping. which reminds me, has Gravel Pit been discussed yet? the radio station keeps playing this song, "Favorite," which has been growing on me more and more. which also reminds me, the radio station has *not* been playing anything from JfS. they're usually on top of things like that. i'm going to have to call. spare yourselves from Wild Wild West. the more i think about it, the more disappointed i get in the movie. i'll just say that there's no suspense whatsoever. for those that have seen previews already, you know exactly what will happen, which makes lines like "i wonder what loveless has got up his sleeve" really, really silly. i know what he's got up his sleeve: a big huge hydrolic spider! of course, i was not expecting a whole hell of a lot from this movie in the first place, but i thought it would at least be entertaining. kevin kline fans had best stick to Midsummer Night's Dream--which is also not fabulous, but he's absolutely wonderful in it and the final performance by the rude mechanicals is the best i'd ever seen. ken branagh (sp?) is, as he has wont to be lately, over-the-top, but i must say that in this case it works. the best thing about WWW was the preview for Mystery Men. July is going to be a long month. About South Park: i'm going to see it at some point, but i'm wondering if the expletives are still funny. i think what makes the show hilarious is the bleeps. without the bleeps, do you still have an edge? if they can't be rabbits they'll be friends. michelle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:59:16 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: RH/SE confusion, and a non-ebay collector's item? In a message dated 7/1/99 8:50:25 AM Central Daylight Time, vivlyon@yahoo.com writes: << Hope this won't limit Robyn > at WXRT, who recently got > called out by Steve Earle for not playing his > album--which was great , but at > least they had an excuse, since it was > bluegrass--not "fuck ass Rawk and Role" I do not understand this sentence. Robyn got called out by Steve Earle for not playing his album? They had an excuse? What? >> sorry if my sentence was unclear--WXRT got called out by SE for not playing his new bluegrass album. THis was a valid comparison only because SE, like RH, (and other sometimes tiresome people like John Hiatt) are adopted by WXRT, who normally talk tem up every time they come to town--as long as they don't go crazy and stop being rock, the crime Steve was accused of. Still no word back from the programmng department at xrt. does anyone have any recordings of robyn doing bluegrass? that'd be cool. by the way, I was at Reckless records the other day where I got the Invisible History CD, and they had a bunch of Robyn vinyl, including some 12" singles, a 7" of the man who invented himself with full color cover, and most interestingly, a vinyl copy of Fegmania! that had a cover signed by Robyn, Andy, and Morris. Don't know what it's worth, didn't even check the vinyl condition, but it was on sale for $3.99. Any obsessive autograph collectors out there need me to pick this up for them? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #227 *******************************