From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #265 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, July 22 1999 Volume 08 : Number 265 Today's Subjects: ----------------- JfS saved my life (of boredom) [Eleanore Adams ] Re: Yetanotherdeadpoet [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] Re: JfS ["Russ Reynolds" ] RE: JfS ["Chaney, Dolph L" ] Robyn & REM + Self aggrandizing ["Miles Goosens" ] I Don't Remember Antwoman [The Great Quail ] Re: JfS [Aaron Mandel ] Fanboy switch to ON, batteries to FULL... ["Edward Doxtator" ] Attention Texas Fegs ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] "What if the performance is your art?" [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: they of the eternal deadpan smirk [Ken Ostrander ] Re: "What if the performance is your art?" [Christopher Gross ] Dallas show [tanter ] OK< then here's the Onion review [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: Onion review [Bayard ] Re: Fanboy switch to ON, batteries to FULL... [Joel Mullins ] Re: Attention Texas Fegs [Joel Mullins ] another JfS review ["Shane Apple" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:03:51 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: JfS saved my life (of boredom) Well, i got JfS this morning before work, planning on listening to it on BART (public transportation). All went well to work. Coming home the train broke down and we sat in total darkness for the whole trip, and the train never went over 20 miles an hour, stopping every so often so the driver could talk to a tech. I had gotten off of work at 5:30, went running, and was on my way home to dinner and South Park, and would have been highly agitated, upset, furious, if not sidated by the soothing sounds of Robyn. I Don't Remember G is my favorite with a runner up of I Feel Beautiful. Robyn has a way of getting under your skin to that soft spot that recognises the good things in life. The last place you would feel warm and fuzzy would be in the dark on pub trans in oakland with an empty stomach and sore legs and stinky feet. Critical mass: well I though it was a joke, but there is going to be a CAR Critical mass in San fran tomorrow. Talk about a bad place for joggers tomorrow. We have to dodge both cars and smokers. (Because CA has outlawed all smoking in buildings all the smokers hang out where we like to run - outside on the sidewalk. They are going to be installing public ashtrays soon, no joke, according to this morning Chronicle. great, I'll have to run in the hills) (Smokem if you got them! In your SUV!);-) Eleanore ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:57:02 +0100 (BST) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: Yetanotherdeadpoet >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Fetter writes: Jon> Russell Edson, 64, a poet who wrote miniature "fables Jon> without morals" Dang! Just when I got interested in his work too. His stuff's almost impossible to find here; any pointers for buying? If you like Russell Edson, you'll like Ivor Cutler too. Similar eh?piphanies are to be had. Stewart np: They Might Be Giants, "Long Tall Weekend". ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 06:42:05 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: they of the eternal deadpan smirk four episode lesbian wrote: > > MC 900 Ft Gene Hopstetter, Jr. rapped: > > >Regrets: I never did see REM before Warner Brothers (did anybody > >else? No, but since everyone is telling R.E.M. stories, I guess I'll jump in anyway. I don't remember the first time I heard them, but it was sometime in junior high. Then, in March of '89, when I was a wee 15 years old, my brother came home from college and said, "hey, you wanna go see R.E.M. tonight?" Of course, I said "sure" and off we went. And to my surprise, I was completely blown away by the three lads from England who opened the show. I didn't listen to as much R.E.M. after that. I was too busy becoming obsessed with Robyn Hitchcock. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 05:13:35 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: JfS I still enjoy "Everybody!" after 357 plays. Cracks me up. > No, I don't >Remember Guilford STILL blows my mind. Storefront's version rocked my >world, and it doesn't hold a candle to this one. Yup, no one does songs about dead guys like RH. Has he performed this live ever, other than at the Storefront filming? I'd love to hear his introduction, chiefly to find out what the guy was doing on top of a flagpole in the first place. BTW I recently checked a map of Guildford on the internet and saw no trace of a "Jenner Road" (is this correct? I haven't seen the actual lyrics yet). Faulty map or ficticious road? What say, Brit fegs? - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:18:54 -0400 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: RE: JfS I always assumed this line was about ex-manager Peter Jenner, i.e. "Jenner Road" = the time-period during which Peter was managing him. shruggingly, Dolph about to be np: Flaming Lips, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 06:53:12 -0700 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Robyn & REM + Self aggrandizing So last night I went to Best Buy because I had a $3 off coupon and wanted to buy JEWELS FOR SOPHIA. I did this, but also came across the U.K. imports of R.E.M.'s first five albums for $11.99-$15.99. I had bought them all in '94 for $20+, and hadn't rebought them after the Great CD Theft of '95 because the money was better used on a greater quantity of less expensive replacement items (plus I had all of them dubbed to cassette, so if I was jonesing for, say, LRP, I didn't go hungry). But last night I splurged and got all of them plus JEWELS, so it was quite the Robyn/REM evening. I'll attribute some of that good fortune to the positive vibrations of the current Feglist discussion. And no, I haven't gotten to play JEWELS yet, mostly because of the same reason I hadn't bought it on Tuesday (the first time I haven't bought a Robyn on the first day since... ELEMENT OF LIGHT?) -- no spare time. This has been a week of 5:30 AM wake-up times and, as a corollary, early bedtimes, so any real listening to anything will have to be done on the weekend. Even Uncle Bobby. Nevertheless, I will plug the only CD that has been listened to this week, Self's new album, BREAKFAST WITH GIRLS. The current ruler of the car's CD player is the third album by local prodigy Matt Mahaffey's group, and Matt's finally hit his stride. Imagine what ODELAY-mode Beck would sound like if he was grounded in Prince and Nirvana instead of folk and country, and you're pretty close to the sound. Just about every tune's a winner, and I've been obsessed for the better part of two weeks with the towering crescendo of "What Are You Thinking?" I *never* play one song over and over, yet I keep pushing the player back to Track 7 like Bart Simpson reaching for the hotwired cookie jar, wanting another taste of this gorgeous, majestic song. Please, somebody else buy this album! later, Miles - --- /===================================================================\ | Miles Goosens outdoorminer@mindspring.com | | http://www.rsteviemoore.com outdoorminer@zdnetmail.com | | http://www.mindspring.com/~outdoorminer | | | | "Why everything has to get in the way all the time I don't know." | | -- Janet Ingraham Dwyer | \===================================================================/ Free web-based email, anytime, anywhere! ZDNet Mail - http://www.zdnetmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 06:09:19 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #264 Ross: >1) Am I the only one who finds it odd that someone whose body >has been recovered at great expense from the Atlantic will >be buried at sea? perhaps they were just fishing for sport? - -name withheld (it's not sick--it's part of the healing process) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:52:45 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: I Don't Remember Antwoman Russ sez, regarding Guilford, >Yup, no one does songs about dead guys like RH. Has he performed this live >ever, other than at the Storefront filming? I'd love to hear his >introduction, chiefly to find out what the guy was doing on top of a >flagpole in the first place. OK, I have a few questions about this. I am totally convinced that "I Don't Remember Guildford" is about an old relationship, and a very very sad and haunting song at that. I do not think it has anything to do with the bombing, the Guilford Four, or a dead guy. Hmmm . . . . The other thing is "Antwoman." Does anyone have any insight into this song? Antwoman was a real person, right, she ran the RH Fan club or something, yes? Why did she measure necks? (I am always reminded of a story Frank Zappa tells of a woman/groupie who gave guys blowjobs at parties and then cast their erect potinkies in plaster or something. Apparently he main prize was Jimi Hendrix's.) I love this song, but it's driving me crazy. And isn't "Being just contaminates the Void" a quote by Sartre? Now if I can just figure out all the sexual imagery in "Elizabeth Jade," I'll be happy. . . . Speaking of which, something almost no reviewer has hit on yet is the amazing amount of sensuality on this record -- surely Robyn's most lusty release to date. I mean, nearly *half* the songs contain blatant erotic imagery, and I Feel Beautiful" and "Sally was a Legend" are quite romantic in very different ways. Indeed, Jewels for Sophia is, to me, an upbeat but surreal trip through a kaleidoscopic world filled with erotically charged symbols and just plain old sexual metaphors. The last album that made me feel sort of this way was, believe it or not, dare I say as I strap on my asbestos suit and go back to my adolescence, "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking." Heh. - --Quail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: http://www.libyrinth.com "Countlessness of livestories have netherfallen by this plage, flick as flowflakes, litters from aloft, like a waast wizzard all of whirlworlds. Now are all tombed to the mound, isges to isges, erde from erde . . . (Stoop) if you are abcedminded, to this claybook, what curious of signs (please stoop) in this allaphbed! Can you rede (since We and Thou had it out already) its world? . . . Speak to us of Emailia!" --James Joyce, Finnegans Wake ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:24:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: JfS On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Capuchin wrote: > I felt that way for a while, but the more I listen, the better it > gets. It's a great housealbum... like, for playing at home while > you're at home enjoying being at home. i'm liking it more and more, but it doesn't have any real rave-ups. "NASA Clapping" starts out good, but the chorus is limp and not tuneful. "The Cheese Alarm" and "Viva! Sea-Tac" are both lacking the urgency their solo versions had (though except for the rant at the end of "Sea-Tac" i'm very happy with these renditions). there isn't even a bone-shivering slow one like "Freeze" or "I Am Not Me". Brion helped him mix up his technique a little, but in the big picture, it's a very same-y album. > That "Everybody!" is one of the most clever, fun things on the whole > album. agreed. i think his lyrics are also much better than they were on ME. i didn't even think to pay attention to them at first. a ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:21:28 -0600 From: "Edward Doxtator" Subject: Fanboy switch to ON, batteries to FULL... Some things I realised I'd like to see Robyn do: 1. Make a guest appearance on "The Drew Carey Show". Robyn will play the part of Mister Seagrove, the head of the British conglomerate that owns the store where Drew works. He'd spend his time alternately confusing and then terrorizing Drew's boss. He falls in love with Mimi, but dumps her for a basket of mussels by the show's end. 2. Hawiian shirts for sale at Robyn shows. The pattern of a little Feg hiding amongst the palm trees. He's got the gaudy lime green shirts on this tour. They're loud, but nothing says LOUD like a Hawiian shirt. 3. A published book of Robyn's music, complete with PICKING PATTERNS. The chords are't too hard, it's those picking patterns that always get me. The picking for "Glass Hotel" alone just boggles me. 4. Tour JFS this fall with the musicians that recorded the album. 5. Never play Lounge Ax again. Fucking hate that place. 6. Do an album with John Wesley Harding. Can't think of anything else, and my fanboy chemistry has just run out. - -Doc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 10:55:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: JfS On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Russ Reynolds wrote: > I still enjoy "Everybody!" after 357 plays. Cracks me up. > > > No, I don't > >Remember Guilford STILL blows my mind. > Has he performed this live > ever, other than at the Storefront filming? Yup! Thanks to a good friend, I know he did it 11/20/98. There's no explanation of the flagpole jumping guy that I can recall. I heard it this morning on the way to work, but the background noise of the train was enough to obscure most of the intros. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 10:32:14 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Attention Texas Fegs >From: Zelda Pinwheel >Subject: waterloo in-store(austin,tx)...not > >Below you will find the e-mail that I received from "Will" at Waterloo >Records. I think you'll agree with me that this is sad news. I sure is sad news, but good work on your part anyway. Robyn's been doing instores in Austin for years, so I'm sure there's some record store which wouldn't mind having him stop by. >I know that someone on the list mentioned that they were going to >check with 33 >Degrees...any luck? That was me mentioning 33 Degrees. Their email address is and their web address is . I'm gonna send them some email, and I urge you other Texas Fegs to do the same -- it couldn't hurt. And it'd be a dandy place for Robyn to play. I saw Richard Davies there and it was pure magic. BTW, anybody have any pre-show plans in Austin? Like a good beer and bbq pigout at Threadgill's? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:53:36 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: "What if the performance is your art?" Subject line (above) is the tagline on the Facets flyer for Storefront, as handed out at Metro and just unfolded by me today. Is that from somewhere--did Robyn say it--or just some random quote. Also, Ross recommended: The Sufis, by Idries Shaw And I second that recommendation, a fine corrective to the excesses of the Christianity thread, with the caveat that if you want to find it, his name is Idries Shah (as in "of Iran"), and not related to our other non-Xian friend GBS. by the way, a fawning (as usual) Robyn review in the new Onion, back after hiatus, but I can't find the AVClub on their website any more. there used to be a link--I wonder if they dropped it? If it's really gone, I will type it in from the paper version, but y'all are on your own tracking down their interview with the Blair Witch dweebs (I'm going to see the movie tonight--had to buy tickets a day in advance!) prepared to be scared, dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:57:46 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: they of the eternal deadpan smirk >I didn't listen to as much R.E.M. after that. I was too busy becoming >obsessed with Robyn Hitchcock. the first time i saw r.e.m. was for their green tour. i was really excited about it because a friend told me that robyn hitchcock opened for them in texas. when i got to the show in hartford it turned out that the indigo girls were opening instead. i decided that i would not like them because they weren't robyn. eventually, i warmed up to the girls; but damn was i pissed. when r.e.m. did a couple of velvet underground tunes in their encore, it kind of made up for the void... ken "you fill in the harmony" the kenster ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:42:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: "What if the performance is your art?" On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 DDerosa5@aol.com wrote: > by the way, a fawning (as usual) Robyn review in the new Onion, back after > hiatus, > but I can't find the AVClub on their website any more. there used to be a > link--I wonder if they dropped it? Hmm.... It should be in the right-hand frame on the main page. If your browser won't show it for some reason, go to BTW, I'd agree with the interviewer that you're better off NOT reading about the movie until after you see it. In my case ignorance definitely heightened the film's impact. (I had similar experiences with Heathers and Resevoir Dogs -- in each case, I went into the film oblivious and was completely taken by suprise, which made them even more enjoyable.) - --Chris, grumpy because I left JfS at home today ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 14:20:28 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Onion review ok, so I'm a techno-nudge. I sometimes forget that doing all my online work on a laptop means that I don't get the whole website without a lot of scrolling. I won't post it here, as I only get the digest and I assume some superiorly technical type has already found and posted it. But, what's this about him "retiring briefly"? was this for like a week? how brief was it? dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 14:13:28 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: Re: I Don't Remember Cynthia >right, she ran the RH Fan club or something, yes? Why did she measure >necks? (I am always reminded of a story Frank Zappa tells of a >woman/groupie who gave guys blowjobs at parties and then cast their erect >potinkies in plaster or something. Apparently he main prize was Jimi >Hendrix's.) I love this song, but it's driving me crazy. And isn't "Being >just contaminates the Void" a quote by Sartre? Cynthia Plaster-Caster. She lives here in Chicago. Anyway, she did start out as a groupie who did it basically for kicks, as far as I can tell. But she retired from the groupie game quite awhile ago, and now just casts and collects them. Some of them are valuable- Hendrix's is apparently in a bank vault. Occasionally she shows up at shows to read excerpts from a rather fascinating diary :). You can read an amusing account of Momus getting cast back in February of 1998 at: http://www.demon.co.uk/momus/amerikongdiary4.html Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:18:18 -0500 From: tanter Subject: Dallas show who's going??? Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:19:55 -0500 From: tanter Subject: Dallas show who's going??? Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:20:39 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: OK< then here's the Onion review Robyn Hitchcock Jewels For Sophia (Warner Bros.) Robyn Hitchcock began his career as part of the indefinable late-'70s band The Soft Boys, went solo, retired briefly, then returned backed by The Egyptians, a group he fronted to semi-stardom in college radio's late-'80s, pre-Nevermind heyday. After dissolving the band and switching labels, Hitchcock has quietly settled into creating the most satisfying work of his career, "quietly" unfortunately being the optimum word in some cases, as in the virtual burial of the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Storefront Hitchcock. There are far worse fates, but Hitchcock seems forever destined to be a cult favorite, but never a pop star. This is true even though no one is better at what Hitchcock does; of course, it doesn't hurt that no one really dares try. There's no shortage of fine '60s-style pop and psychedelia-inspired music being made today--look no further than The Flaming Lips or the Elephant 6 collective--but Hitchcock's inimitable songwriting sensibility (coupled with his ability to create absurdist lyrics with humor that verges on pathos and pathos that verges on humor) makes him a singular figure. Carrying forward the promise of 1996's Moss Elixir and the Storefront soundtrack, Jewels For Sophia finds him delivering some of the most intimate, mature songs of his career--if songs dependent on frequent references to insects can be called mature--becoming more accessible without compromising a bit. Enlisting the talents of, among others, most of the Young Fresh Fellows, Peter Buck, Grant Lee Phillips, and former Soft Boy Kimberley Rew (presumably taking a break from rolling around in his "Walking On Sunshine" royalties), Sophia delivers both fast-paced pop ("Viva! Sea-Tac," "Elizabeth Jade") and slow introspection ("No, I Don't Remember Guildford," "Mexican God"). That Hitchcock can make lines like, "Oh, I dream of Antwoman / with her Audrey Hepburn feelers" (on "Antwoman") sound touching or deliver an ode to cheese ("The Cheese Alarm") without embarrassing himself says everything. Hitchcock may remain a relatively well-kept secret, but on albums like Jewels For Sophia, that's just about his only failing. --Keith Phipps by the way Joel, your Fegmania! is en route. Autographs and all. Dave who just remembered that Randi told me she'd come see Storefront in Chicago if we got it booked here. Anyone had any word on her? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:35:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Onion review > scrolling. I won't post it here, as I only get the digest and I assume some > superiorly technical type has already found and posted it. But, what's this > about him "retiring briefly"? was this for like a week? how brief was it? a couple years or so, after his first two solo records sank pretty much wihtout a trace (not a flash, or a ripple.) What they don't mention is he came out of retirement with a bang (_i often dream of trains_). thanks for the review! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:34:29 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Fanboy switch to ON, batteries to FULL... Edward Doxtator wrote: > 4. Tour JFS this fall with the musicians that recorded the album. Hell yes! I'm gonna be very disappointed if he just goes on tour by himself again. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:41:31 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: they of the eternal deadpan smirk Ken Ostrander wrote: > the first time i saw r.e.m. was for their green tour. i was really excited about it because a friend told me that robyn hitchcock opened for them in texas. when i got to the show in hartford it turned out that the indigo girls were opening instead. i decided that i would not like them because they weren't robyn. eventually, i warmed up to the girls; but damn was i pissed. when r.e.m. did a couple of velvet underground tunes in their encore, it kind of made up for the void... When I saw them, Robyn came back out and played two songs with REM for their encore. I don't remember the first one, but the last one was a kicking version of "Wild Thing." Robyn played a guitar solo... Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:12:27 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Attention Texas Fegs Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: > I sure is sad news, but good work on your part anyway. Robyn's been > doing instores in Austin for years, so I'm sure there's some record > store which wouldn't mind having him stop by. We could check Tower. They have instores quite a bit. > BTW, anybody have any pre-show plans in Austin? Like a good beer and > bbq pigout at Threadgill's? Sounds good to me. Who all's going? Polly? Zelda? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 22:40:57 GMT From: "Shane Apple" Subject: another JfS review yo! first off, let me just state that i'm very very happy with JfS. i think hitchcock has released a) his most rocking/fun solo album in his career and b) (no 'b' available due to technical difficulties) first off, i should tell y'all that when i heard "x-mas party" and "sally was a legend" on the vh1 thing, i didn't expect a whole lot from the album. the songs on "x-mas party" with the exception of 'nietzsche's way' 'adoration of the city' 'storm lantern' '1974' and maybe a couple others seemed to me to be half-assed attempts at writing robyn hitchcock songs. it seemed he had fallen into that rut where he almost becomes a cliche of himself (except he wasn't mentioning fish). well, two of those songs were on _storefront_ and the other two weren't on the track listing for the album, so i was even more ready to be disappointed. first off, somebody mentioned how this album would have made a good egyptians album but isn't great without them. i completely disagree with this. i think the musicians used on this album help create a very 'live' atmosphere for the songs which i like a lot. sure, i miss andy's happy bass and ringo's ability to make beats as much as the next guy does, but i'm thrilled with the people robyn gathered together to play with him on this album. this is especially true for the instruments (percussive and otherwise) that brion adds. most of the time i didn't like what andy added to the arrangements anyway. i always thought he had a tendency to over-pop things. i like the live quality and the playfulness (he really sounds to me like he's having a grand old time) that the egyptians lacked. i think. first off, let me talk about the individual songs: mexican god: i like the lyrics. heard them first at the in-store in chicago and they reminded me of barrett which is always fun for me. i don't have a good idea what this songs about but i like the tune. it's a nice song to start the album with too. cheese alarm: this is the song i owe robyn an apology for. when hearing the version on "x-mas party" i thought, "oh god, another novelty song about cheese" and hoped it wouldn't make the album (like the other novelty song about cheese didn't). when i saw that it did make the album, i thought, "oh god the novelty song about cheese made the album." however, i must say, this song does rock. i love the tablas. looking at the lyrics in writing makes me appreciate them a bit more. i haven't tried all the cheeses mentioned, but i really dig this song anyway now. sorry robyn. viva! sea-tac: i thought this was a cute regional song that people in seattle would like and cheer loudly for. i don't get some of the lyrics. it seems really messy to me. but i like the tune, and i like the fun stuff at the end. not my favorite song on the album. i feel beautiful: the "x-mas party" version was my least favorite song on there (with the possible exception of the daisy song). i just thought the lyrics, although not horrible, were too soapy to be robyn. a bit too lovey dubby for me. it's a song my wife likes. i like the marimbas (courtesy of brion again). it's a very safe, cozy song. sweet mouth: first heard on album. great song. i really dig this one. what's with the bees on this album anyway? i really like the lyric about the coffin. this is one of my favorite songs on the album. nasa clapping: this song rocks to put it very simply. more bees mentioned but i assume that's just to play on buzz's name. heh. not sure if that's cute or just silly. i like this song quite a bit. reminds me of the softboys a bit. i like how he sings, "and sewage to comfort the vegetables" too. that whole three lines there is really cool. sally: don't care much for it. surprised some of you have listed it as your favorite. i think it's bland. some of the lyrics are nice though. antwoman: i'm a dumbass so i didn't even get the "everybody" part until somebody mentioned it on here. i like this song ok, but again, it's not one of my favorites. it moves along very slippery and that's it's best quality. i'm not sure why audrey hepburn is mentioned, but i like most of the lyrics here. "punky reggae party" still makes me giggle. "i ain't gonna argue..." is really cute too. elizabeth jade: nice rocking tune but completes a series of three songs in a row that just don't get me all that excited. it's just ok. guildford: i think i like the live version better. there was a discussion of what this song is about (what's guildford etc) but i didn't pay much attention because i hadn't heard the song yet. so, what is this song actually about? i don't get the reference. dark princess: wonderful little love song. a song i didn't originally like much on "x-mas party" but it's grown on me substantially. i'm so glad it didn't turn out to be "duck princess" jewels for sophia: slight disappointment. i forgot to mention up there how much i loved "jewels" on "x-mas party". more barrett-esque lyrics. i like singing along (especially "sucks your pips into infinity, pops"). it's a good song, but i think i liked the "x-mas party" version better because the potential for a truly wonderful song was there. i think so much more could have been done with this. more than handclaps anyway. bonus stuff: i like "hoot hoot". odd little song. more fun for robyn. "gene hackman" is "gene hackman" whatever that's worth. novelty song and i'm glad he didn't waste studio time on this. it's a fun song to hear live and i'm glad he left it that way at the very back of the record. hidden. cover art: i don't care for it. a robyn painting would have been nice on the cover instead of this star thing. the purple is fine though. the green is also fine. i don't like the bright colors with the bright color pictures of him though. blech. first off, i'd like to say that this album is probably going to my fourth or fifth 8+ out of 10 of the year so far which already makes a really good year. this was worth the wait, but i really hope "adoration of the city" makes the outtakes album or i'm going to be disappointed. another "surfer ghost" or "shadowcat" type wasted song? i certainly hope not. this was entirely too long. - --shane apple _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. 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