From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #300 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, August 10 1999 Volume 08 : Number 300 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: R.E.M. (no RH) [Tom Clark ] Re: his circle and hers meet [lj lindhurst ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #299 [edoxtato@intentia.com] Re: the timelessness of qualification [ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.co] Re: Great Robyn Hitchcock Pix ["JH3" ] Jewels for Sophia [Richard Plumb at NTAC ] Re: the timelessness of qualification [Christopher Gross ] Pictures & notes of Robyn in Austin ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] RE: a quick robyn question [Tom Clark ] Re: Abercrombie & Fitch "Queen Liz" displays [ultraconformist@mail.weboff] re: hashing out the catalog again [Eb ] Re: They call me the Music Miser [DDerosa5@aol.com] Atlanta gig...you going? [HuskerDeux@aol.com] Help!!! [four episode lesbian ] Church/Vic [hal brandt ] usa today review [four episode lesbian ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:06:11 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: R.E.M. (no RH) On 8/10/99 8:54 AM, Griffith Davies wrote: >David Lynch. Weird. redundant. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:23:31 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: his circle and hers meet >Well, apparently we'll all be wearing vests this fall if The Gap and Old >Navy have anything to say aboot it. Old Navy has enlisted Jerry Hall >(reportedly now dating Paul Allen!) to shill their "Tech Vests", which >look amazingly like the Gap vests. Hey, and don't forget to wear your FUCKING CARGO PANTS!!! Jesus, have we had those rammed down our throats enough?? lj, praying the Woodstock 99 looters made a bonfire out of that shit too * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:29:29 GMT From: edoxtato@intentia.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #299 >>Well, there isn't a monolithic "The Church" (unless you count >>the rock band.) >Now that you mention it, Steve Kilbey & co. have never been >known for their sense of humor... and they do tend to stand >somewhat rigidly on the stage. Funny, last time I saw them (September 1998) they were movin' an' groovin' all over the place. Marty Wilson-Piper was all over that damn Ricky 12 string, hair flying wildly, one rock-gawd pose after another... Goddamn great show, though. - -Doc P.S. Terry-- you're holding on a little too dearly to the notion that censorship made for the best radio comedy in the 1930's and 40's. Remember, television existed, but it was in its infancy. Nearly all comedy writers what wrote for broadcast programs worked in radio, and nearly all of the comedy performers what worked in broadcast programs worked for radio. When you've got that much talent aggregated in one place, you're going to get something. And also, the Goons had their fair share of censorship issues. Mostly having to do with old British Army terms that would slip into a broadcast. The terms (I can't remember any of them right now) were usually quite filthy and would draw sharp criticisim from ex-servicemen who lost their sense of humour once they'd received their discharge papers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:03:11 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: Re: the timelessness of qualification >But there's still hope for future Afghan humorists! After all, we're >only now finally starting to hear some of the zingers people came >up with in Russia during the Soviet era, for example. Well, it's not as if these regimes were -completely- able to repress satire. People who are familiar with Czech literature/history will know something (probably more than I do) about a character called Good Soldier Svejk. Good Soldier Svejk was a stupid party believer who followed orders -to the letter-, no more, no less. These stories were cleverly written so that the powers that be let them by, since after all he was a good Communist boy. The Czech population knew it was satire. Terry: >I'm not familiar with "Beyond the Fringe". Very surprising. I'd specifically chosen them because I thought you'd be familiar with them and also, I thought they were a good example because they were not working in a particularly permissive era. >Anyhow, my point isn't that there's no such thing as a funny dirty joke. Actually, they weren't about dirty. They were about satire. >It's that good artists can work within reasonable restrictions and that >great artists can work within unreasonable ones. (cf. the patronage And if you listened to the actual -language-, there aren't many dirty words in there. There are, however, plenty of electric jabs at sacred cows. I don't know that your thesis holds particularly well for satire. Satire is awfully difficult to do when you're either prohibited by law from saying certain things, or receiving bomb threats or being protested out the wazz, and I am not talking about fuck jokes, I'm talking about things like criticizing political leaders, the church, the British class system, etc. This is really not about Peter Cook being a lesser wit than Jack Benny, it's about him having essentially been in a different business. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:02:14 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: Great Robyn Hitchcock Pix Eddie writes: >> what does this mean, exactly? if you download it to your hard drive, >> they'll know who dunnit?... .chris: >Most likely there is a watermark on the image. A common practice for >images on the web. He could log all the requests for the image but >would never be able to sort through them and make any legal connection >between the access and the illegal use if any. Basically, it is a >forceful request to not do any wrong with the image. For more info on watermarking, try www.digimarc.com - the Digimarc watermarker plugin is bundled with at most versions of Photoshop, and these JPEG's were created in Photoshop, according to the file headers. But I couldn't detect a Digimarc watermark using their detector plugin with Photoshop for Windows or Corel PhotoPaint 8 - which doesn't mean there isn't one, but most likely he's just blowing smoke, or simply forgot to mark those particular files. And other forms of "digital tagging" won't survive most inter-format conversions. Regardless, they're very nice pictures, you have to admit! Just in case you missed the URL: http://seattlesquare.com/pandemonium/Gallery/RobynHitchcockPic1.htm Ed D writes: >Funny, last time I saw them [The Church] (September 1998) they >were movin' an' groovin' all over the place. Admittedly I saw them a long time ago (1986, I think) at a very small venue (9:30 Club), so I probably made an unfair generalization merely to support a flimsy gag. I do that all the time... John "damn I've been posting a lot lately" Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:11:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: Jewels for Sophia I've been listening to this on a regular basis and I like it a lot. It's certainly my favorite RH album this month. Impossible to compare to others, but in the top tier. The song JfS is great and really reminds me of The Blue Aeroplanes. Anybody else think that as well? rich _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:29:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: the timelessness of qualification > People who are familiar with Czech literature/history will know something > (probably more than I do) about a character called Good Soldier Svejk. Good > Soldier Svejk was a stupid party believer who followed orders -to the > letter-, no more, no less. These stories were cleverly written so that the > powers that be let them by, since after all he was a good Communist boy. > The Czech population knew it was satire. Actually, _Good Soldier Svejk_ slipped by the censors pretty easily, since it was first published in the early 1920s, when Czechoslovakia was still a democracy. ;) The satire in Svejk is pretty hard to miss, but it was directed against the old Austro-Hungarian regime and Word War I. After 1948 it probably survived the Communist censors not only because the author joined the Bolsheviks but also because they thought it only satirized the old regime, which *of course* the Communist regime did not resemble in any way, shape or form.... For those who might be interested, the author's name was Jaroslav Hasek. Some English translations spell the title character's name as "Schweik." - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:04:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: time will destroy you like a mexican dog > From: Christopher Gross > > Little dogs are people too. > > Sure -- in general. But in the case of this particular > Mexiphobic little > CGI-enhanced corporate shill, he's not a person, he's a > fiend from the > lowest pits of Hell.[1] Do you mean "Mexiphobic," as in the chihuahua itself appears to hate Mexico/Mexicans, or "vaguely demeaning by way of being a Mexican stereotype"? My Mexican sweetie seems to like him. I don't know what that proves. > Most other dogs, large or small, > are cool.[2] Ah, and I must disagree with you there as well. :) (Meow.) > From: Eb > >Heh. I did my time on rec.music.gaffa, and later on > ecto. > >That's why I don't *always* listen to...Kate, Tori.... > > "Kate" -- no capital T. OK, you're over the first hurdle. > But in order to > make a full recovery from Ectoweeniedom, you'll also have > to start > referring to female artists by their first AND last name. > Take it one step > a time. Easy does it.... Gosh, I haven't even admitted I had a problem yet! Though I'm happy to admit that others do. I think it was all clinched for me when I realized I would never ever ever fall in love with Jane Siberry. > From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com > I forgot to report in on the question about the > Kershaw Sessions CD: Buy it. I really like it, and > there are some twists on some songs we all know and > a coupla' ditties he doesn't play often. It's on order. I haven't heard a single lukewarm recommendation, so I'm going for it. Thanks to all! > From: "JH3" [I asked:] > >Are the other [Slowdive] albums as good? > > I wish I could say yes, but in my opinion they're not > even close. That's fine, actually. Saves me money. > Zzzzz! (And I'll definitely check out The Autumns - > thanks for > the tip! I keep seeing them in bargain bins, which breaks my heart, but maybe someone will pick them up faster as a consequence. They're working on a new album with Robin Guthrie, I think. IMO they're what the Cocteau Twins could have been if the Cocteau Twins were a five-piece of really cute boys from LA and, like, rocked out. > From: Vivien Lyon > Par > example, I still haven't listened to Queen Elvis. > Ever. Not once. I wish I hadn't. ...oh, okay, it's not so bad (a bad RH album is better than...). But I *never* listen to it, and it's not because I've worn it out for myself. Drew === Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:09:37 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Some The The info for Joel and whoever else cares! << As to the album, the slated release date is January 11, 2000. There will be an EP this fall, on/about October. The tour is delayed until album release. >> This was just posted to the Infected list from the guy who runs the official website. I don't know if anyone other than Joel and I care a whole helluva lot, but I forgot the last half of Joel's email address, so I sent it to the list. Whatever. Later! - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:30:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Abercrombie & Fitch "Queen Liz" displays On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > McCarthyism? Explain. Is this like the problem with Cerebus (which, > to be fair, bored me anyway, hideously sexist author or no)? sort of; not really... i have never actually read any direct statements from him about his politics, but there will occasionally be really savage (and almost nonsensical) liberal-bashing in his comics. it's mostly, as i said, superficial -- you know, the aliens burn down a library and Carrot says "oh no! they are democrats!" or something. there was one longer storyline with the Communists infiltrating the media, and they would sit around talking about how they only love cowardice and stupidity and lying. but it's bothersome because he seems to not realize how poorly integrated into the storyline this random crap is, while Sim writes whole graphic novels intended to prove how right he is about whatever. the sexism, such as it is, has to do with the omnipresence of buxom, ditzy women. at least Crumb's women are aggressive... but anyway. if you want to get started on Bob Burden, buy the second or third of the new collections. good crazy stuff. a p.s. if you haven't listened to Queen Elvis much, that's your fault, i think, not its. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:30:37 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: svejk Bertie Brecht took Hasek's everyman figure (Svejk) and put him into the Second World War. I haven't seen or read his version, but did watch a very good adaptation of Hasek's Svejk at The Gate Theatre in Notting Hill recently. The original stories are well worth a look as well. On the Monty Python quotes question I'm pretty much against any but the most selective usage. However, I did find myself quoting RH at my mum's chickens recently. I was looking after them for a week, and every morning as I opened the coop I said, 'Gotta let these hens out'. Well, I was on my own in the middle of the Welsh countryside and...OK it's not very funny. jmbc. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:31:30 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Pictures & notes of Robyn in Austin Here's my thoughts and such about Robyn's appearance in Austin, Texas last Saturday. The in-store performance at the 33 Degrees record store was sublime. The audience was into it, and Robyn was into it, and it was a real good vibe. I think Robyn and the audience had a great time together; I certainly did. Hearing Robyn playing un-amplified five feet in front of me was simply a beautiful experience. If you'd like to see some of the fuzzy pictures I took of the performance, point your favorite browser at . I spoke to Robyn briefly after the performance (and had him sign my copy of "Live Death" too). I asked him if "Daisy Bomb" was going to be on the upcoming outtakes CD, and he said that it was. I didn't really speak to him about anything else of any importance, but he was amicable. The MABD show was a total yawnfest. The crowd seemed rather apathetic and unenthused by the music. Sonic Boom was a bore (I've seen similar noise-type music performed many times, and I've spent a lot of time and money collecting it, but you know what? I don't know why I did). I've never been a Sebadoh fan, and the fact that they played too loud didn't help me warm up to them. My wife and I didn't stick around for the Flaming Lips; the Texas heat had gotten the best of us. But Robyn's performance was better than I expected. He seemed a bit tired, but he played some amazing fuck-ass rock n' roll -- "I'm Only You" kicked some serious butt. He wasn't playing the usual blue Telecaster, he had a different six-string Fender (Jaguar? Mustang? You know, the kind Kevin Shields likes to play) which I thought made the song sound better, especially when he put a bunch of reverb through it. Robyn can really still fuck shit up with an electric guitar, and I'd sure love to see him return to that someday. He finished his set with an encore of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine" with Sonic Boom on blurbling synths which made me grin from ear to ear, and made me imagine I was both seeing the Soft Boys and the Floyd live at the same time. It was a rocking rendition, and Robyn even threw in a little of the "Interstellar Overdrive" chord progression for effect. I loved it. He ended the show by saying "Thanks, Syd." One thing I wish I had asked Robyn: What if you got a phone call from David Gilmour, and he asked you to be the new Roger? What would you do? Wouldn't that be great? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:49:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: time will destroy you like a mexican dog On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > > Sure -- in general. But in the case of this particular > > Mexiphobic little > > CGI-enhanced corporate shill, he's not a person, he's a > > fiend from the > > lowest pits of Hell.[1] > > Do you mean "Mexiphobic," as in the chihuahua itself > appears to hate Mexico/Mexicans, or "vaguely demeaning > by way of being a Mexican stereotype"? The latter. (Not that it's a serious accusation or anything.) > > Most other dogs, large or small, > > are cool.[2] > > Ah, and I must disagree with you there as well. :) > (Meow.) I've never liked this dog people vs. cat people thing. First of all, I like both. But more importantly, this bipolar scheme leaves no room for squid people! What about the squid? Won't somebody please think of the squid?! Now, if only I could work Skinny Puppy into this as well.... - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:07:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: Abercrombie & Fitch "Queen Liz" displays - --- Aaron Mandel wrote: [Bob Burden's McCarthyism] > said, superficial -- you know, the aliens burn down a > library and Carrot > says "oh no! they are democrats!" or something. there was Weird. That doesn't even seem to make sense. > p.s. if you haven't listened to Queen Elvis much, that's > your fault, i > think, not its. That may be true. I've just never been very impressed with it (and I may be getting into "You Want Alchemy" 2: The Revenge here). I adore most of RH's output, and that of the Soft Boys, with the following exceptions: Queen Elvis: I like about a third of it. Perspex Island: I like only half. Groovy Decay: I like all of it in a lukewarm way, so I never listen to it. You and Oblivion: a handful of gems, but a real drag for the most part. and Invisible Hits: Not my thing at all. I feel pretty comfortable saying that because I love everything else so much. There are rough spots on the other albums, but none ruin the albums for me the way the rough spots on these ruin the albums for me. I'm sure this debate (if there is one) is old and unpleasant, so I'm sorry if I've resurrected it in some way. I just haven't talked to many RH fans before, and the other albums seem so unassailable to me that I always assumed the above opinions were more or less universal. So if you want to email me your opinions on the matter rather than post them to the list, I may yet be saved. Drew === Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:12:00 -0500 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: Re: Pictures & notes of Robyn in Austin Gene, Thanks for the groovy pictures of the in-store. I would not have been so bold as to snap any myself, or to bring a camera for that matter, but it is neat to look at the pictures and remember the performance. I agree with you that the performance at 33 Degrees was terrific. I am indebited to the members of this list who made me aware of the performance. As Robyn himself told us Saturday afternoon, that was where the "real show" was. I intend to give a little synopsis of what stood out to me about the 2 Austin performances, when I have a little more time to collect my thoughts. For now, though: >But Robyn's performance was better than I expected. He seemed a bit >tired, but he played some amazing fuck-ass rock n' roll -- "I'm Only You" >kicked some serious butt. Robyn didn't perform "I'm Only You" in Austin on Saturday night... which is too bad, because I am pretty fond of that song, especially after hearing him do it live in Chicago in '97, but... I'm sure this is just a Freudian slip, but I am just curious which song performance you did think "kicked some serious butt." Airscape always takes my breath away, and I was thrilled that he decided to close his set with that one.... Aaron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:15:44 -0500 From: Zelda Pinwheel Subject: Re: Pictures & notes of Robyn in Austin Gene said: > >The MABD show was a total yawnfest. The crowd seemed rather >apathetic and unenthused by the music. Sonic Boom was a bore (I've >seen similar noise-type music performed many times, and I've spent a >lot of time and money collecting it, but you know what? I don't know >why I did). I've never been a Sebadoh fan, and the fact that they >played too loud didn't help me warm up to them. My wife and I didn't >stick around for the Flaming Lips; the Texas heat had gotten the best >of us. I couldn't agree more with this. The opening band IQU made some pretty noises, but Sonic Boom was thoroughly uninteresting. I really envy anyone who gets to see Cornelius, I think he will add some levity to the mix of bands on the bill. Robyn was great, I wish I had a setlist to contribute, but I'm not that kind of gal. If you'd stuck around for the Lips, I think you would have enjoyed them, but they seemed a bit restrained. One thing that impressed me...was how well Wayne took to the job of "hosting" this event. He introduced every act. This was his party, and he seemed determined to make sure that everyone was "getting it" conceptually and having a good time Gene: >But Robyn's performance was better than I expected. He seemed a bit >tired, but he played some amazing fuck-ass rock n' roll -- "I'm Only >You" kicked some serious butt. He wasn't playing the usual blue >Telecaster, he had a different six-string Fender (Jaguar? Mustang? >You know, the kind Kevin Shields likes to play) It was a Jazzmaster, and I'm pretty sure it was Wayne's. xoxox zelda ps-it's good to have you back Jay! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:18:26 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: RE: a quick robyn question On 8/10/99 6:11 AM, Thomas, Ferris wrote: >I can't promise anything too extravagant---and I can't make it for a Mac, >but I could do a little something for the PC. If you gather all the media together, I'll make it into a Mac version. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:32:23 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: Re: Abercrombie & Fitch "Queen Liz" displays (snip) >I always assumed the above opinions were more or less >universal. Sorry, perhaps that snip was a bit unfair but........these opinions are not universal, nope. You were closer to the mark when you talked about reviving debates (a cry goes up in Fegland: please, not "Eye" vs. "Respect" AGAIN). I think that there may be a certain division I've noticed among the RH fans at work here. People tend to divide (understand, I'm generalizing and this is kinda rough, it's mostly a feeling I have) along lines of.....more of a preference for the poppy RH or the creepy or somber RH. Which, before anyone starts getting flamethrowers out and pointing them at me (don't point that thing at me, you know I'm scared of guns!), requires some explanation. I am not saying the former are less serious people. I am not saying that that is less serious music. I'm talking more about feel here. Some people prefer one kind of feel to another. >Queen Elvis: I like about a third of it. I like all of it. Especially "Knife". *swoon* >Perspex Island: I like only half. I like only none. >Groovy Decay: I like all of it in a lukewarm way, so I >never listen to it. I feel that it is some brilliant and awful, but that in general, there is a creepy mood to it that I really groove on, and I feel like.......there was something dark going on in the Robyn mind, more so than usual, I find that fascinating. >You and Oblivion: a handful of gems, but a real drag >for the most part. Outtakes collection, so I dunno where this fits in my little division, but I'd still venture to guess I like more of it than you do. >and >Invisible Hits: Not my thing at all. My thing. "BLUES IN THE DARK". 'Nuff said. Even without adding in "Empty Girl" and "Asking Tree". Additionally, I would not agree that the rest are unassailable aside from a few rough spots. "Element", favorite of so many, is actually kinda B+ for me, as is "Respect", and I just don't think "Globe" is all that, either, probably a B. As much as I love "Eye", and would give it an A+, I'm aware there are things to not love about it. "Underwater Moonlight" -is- actually perfect, tho, IMO :). "Perspex" is a D for me. I'm sorry, there were some songs that sounded good in live versions there, but on the album it all came out like lumpy jello pudding. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:04:32 -0800 From: Eb Subject: re: hashing out the catalog again Susie: >on the album it all came out like lumpy jello pudding. That's exactly what I've always complained more generally, about Robyn's lingering adherence to '80s post-gothic reverb. This is one thing about JfS which really pleases me -- the '80s hangover is finally gone. Hooray for Jon Brion. I don't want new Robyn albums to be produced like old Go-Betweens/Church/Smiths/Love & Rockets records. Eb, still wondering how the Church manages to keep its fans awake np: the media frantically reporting on yet another lunatic shooting kids to get media attention ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:13:43 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Re: They call me the Music Miser Once beyond a time, Viv confessed: "I still haven't listened to Queen Elvis. Ever. Not once." All fegs should understand by this she means the album, not the song from Eye, that she's not heard. Well, except for the numerous times I played it for her, especially Freeze, Wax Doll, and Knife. dave But you probably weren't paying attention. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:24:26 EDT From: HuskerDeux@aol.com Subject: Atlanta gig...you going? Will Robyn play at any of the retail stores? Tower? Wax & Facts? Billy Francis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:34:16 -0400 From: four episode lesbian Subject: Help!!! if you have any questions you'd like to ask robyn, please get in touch with tom semioli at Tommyrockr@aol.com. woj >From: Tommyrockr@aol.com >Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 10:25:15 EDT >Subject: Help!!! >To: woj@smoe.org > >i'm going to be interviewing robyn for amplifier magazine in a week..do you >have any questions you'd like to contribute?..i'm not very familiar with his >work..at the moment i'm listeing to the rhino collection..and the new record >is amazing...i'd like to turn folks on to him, so any assistence would be >appreciated..when the piece runs (probably in october) i will forward it to >you... > >muchas gracias >tom semioli > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:24:04 -0600 From: hal brandt Subject: Church/Vic Eb wrote: > still wondering how the Church manages to keep its fans awake I liked The Church a lot in the 80's and went to see them in Denver on their recent tour a few months back. I was so bored, I left early (after about 6-7 songs, I think...) Kilbey stared straight ahead (sing-speak rigor mortis) and Marty's rawk-star posing was laughable. Major disappointment. My wife was baffled as to why I had been excited about seeing them in the first place and I felt like an old wanker on a nostalgia trip. They're coming back through town next month and I'm avoiding it like the plague (which, by the way, is currently affecting the prarie dog population around here!) The memory of that performance now makes me wince when I try to listen to a Church CD. I did see a great performance by Victoria Williams in Boulder last week. She took lots of requests and was charming as hell. Her husband, Mark (ex-Jayhawks) is a bit of a wet blanket, pouting and grumbling when things went wrong while Vic pleaded with him to chill. At one point, she was going to honor a request for Gram Parsons "Sin City", but only got three words into it before Mark stopped her and refused to play along. She said "I wanna play a Gram parsons song", but he again refused and she moved on. She did do my request for "Graveyard Song" which was bee-yoo-ti-ful! /hal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:01:31 -0400 From: four episode lesbian Subject: usa today review (scroll down most of the way) Robyn Hitchcock, Jewels for Sophia (3/4): Is it possible to resist a performer who titles songs Viva Sea-Tac, NASA Clapping and The Cheese Alarm? Apparently it is, since Robyn Hitchcock continues to labor in obscurity nearly 20 albums into a solo career that has yet to emerge above cult level. Cultists know that the whimsy of his titles is matched by his lyrics, although here, for every hilarious Sea-Tac and metaphorically bizarre Mexican God, there's a poignant love song (I Feel Beautiful) or bittersweet reminiscence (No, I Don't Remember Guildford). Even The Cheese Alarm, which mainly appears to be about, well, cheese, has a political sting in its tale. In a collection of tuneful oddments (including a hidden song railing against Gene Hackman), the oddest may be the title track (sample line: "Oh, Lord, I just amalgamated saturated clams"). Surreal thing, baby. - - By Ken Barnes, USA TODAY ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #300 *******************************