From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #309 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, August 16 1999 Volume 08 : Number 309 Today's Subjects: ----------------- A&E Bios [BLATZMAN@aol.com] washington post review [four episode lesbian ] Re: washington post review [ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com] Re: NMH ["Russ Reynolds" ] I'm back! [Joel Mullins ] Re: The Green Book [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] Gormenghast on BBC, Lucifer in Frognal [Vivien Lyon ] Re: Cage, Covent Gdn [Michael R Godwin ] "Elizabeth Jade" tabulature [Aaron Lowe ] Washington Post Review of MADB [Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: washington post review ROBYN HITCHCOCK "Jewels for Sophia" Warner Bros. By Geoffrey Himes Friday, August 13, 1999; Page N08 Robyn Hitchcock, the ultimate English eccentric, has made his most American album with "Jewels for Sophia." Hitchcock has recorded in the United States with American musicians before, but never have his songs been so imbued with the character of the former colonies. Whether he's blowing harmonica on a 12-bar blues or leading Peter Buck through a garage-rock salute to Seattle, Hitchcock has apparently decided the absurdities of his British fairy tales have nothing on the absurdities available at almost any exit on a U.S. interstate. Hitchcock's first studio album in three years was cobbled together from four different sessions: in Seattle with R.E.M.'s Buck and three-fourths of the Young Fresh Fellows; in Los Angeles with Grant Lee "Buffalo" Phillips and Fiona Apple producer Jon Brion; in London with Kimberley Rew (the former Soft Boy's first collaboration with Hitchcock in 17 years); and in London with Tim Keegan's band, Homer. Even the three English tracks include a song about the U.S. space program colonizing the moon ("There'll be cows and there'll be jails and sewage to comfort the vegetables"). The album includes a denser remake of "No, I Don't Remember Guildford," which originally appeared in Jonathan Demme's 1998 documentary film, "Storefront Hitchcock." The newer songs are studded with references to Jimi Hendrix, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Hackman, Michael Stipe, Richard Nixon and Audrey Hepburn. But the most American moments on "Jewels for Sophia" occur when Hitchcock drops his cryptic British reserve and sings with New World directness on such enchanting love songs as "I Feel Beautiful" and "You've Got a Sweet Mouth on You, Baby." Appearing Friday at the 9:30 club with the Flaming Lips, Sebadoh, Cornelius and Iqu. To hear a free Sound Bite from Robyn Hitchcock, call Post-Haste at 202/334-9000 and press 8126. (Prince William residents, call 690-4110.) © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:23:41 -0600 From: ultraconformist@mail.weboffices.com Subject: Re: washington post review >Seattle, Hitchcock has apparently decided the absurdities of his British >fairy tales have nothing on the absurdities available at almost any exit on >a U.S. interstate. What was this guy smoking? Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 13:53:09 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: NMH >It's only 35 minutes long, but >whenever I play it, it seems like a journey of at least 50 minutes. 1. Anything unpleasant will seem like it's going on way too long. 2. Anything truly pleasant will seem like it's over with too quickly. With that in mind I find it interesting that nobody has complained that ITAOTS is too short, yet talk to people who were disapointed with "Respect" and that seems to be one of the main negatives. - -rUss np: Blood On The Tracks ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:22:07 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: I'm back! Well, I'm back from my trip to Austin. I spent over a week there and had quite a lot of fun. It was a very productive trip musically, but I don't feel like going into any long-ass travelogue. As far as last Saturday goes, I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of the Texas fegs. I was late to the instore at 33 Degrees and the place was packed. And unfortunately, many of the people there had kids, which made the chances of finding Marcy and Alex pretty slim. I did ask a few parents, but then I gave up and just watched the show, which I enjoyed quite a lot. I don't remember the exact setlist, but I'm sure all of you have already seen it. I was really happy to hear him play Peggy Sue and I Often Dream of Trains. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to make the MABD show that night and was forced to eat the ticket (not literally, of course). It was pretty disappointing, but the instore was great, so I didn't feel really bad. And from everything I've heard, it seems that MABD really sucked. The word I heard is that most of it was boring and that Robyn stole the show. I wasn't at all surprised to hear that. I guess I could look through the archives to find out what others thought, but I'm way to fucking lazy to do something like that. Anyway, I'm back and ready to start pissing people off again... Later Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:18:12 +0100 (BST) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: The Green Book >>>>> "Mike" == Michael R Godwin writes: Mike> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Terrence M Marks wrote: >> The Green Book forbade any refernce to the MacGillicuddy of the >> Reeks and jokes about his name. Who is he? Mike> Stewart, over to you - presumably he is a Scottish clan Mike> chieftain. My guess is that this name was used as a synonym Mike> for D and V, or something unpleasant like that. Many huge apologies (Hugh Japologies?) for late reply. I've just spent the last week doing firefighting training. Yep, you really do need about four people to control a fire hose. And burning buildings are rather hot. I think it's a back formation of "MacGillicuddy's Reeks", a place in Ireland. I have no idea to what it alluded. Half of the fun of the Goons is working out what their double-entendres were supposed to mean. The censors must've had a fit, and missed some real obvious ones - -- "pink oboe" even made it to an episode title. Mike> - - Hugh Jampton and Mike Godwin Have you met Samantha Janus's younger brother, Hugh? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:59:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: The Green Book On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer wrote: > Mike> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Terrence M Marks wrote: > >> The Green Book forbade any refernce to the MacGillicuddy of the > >> Reeks and jokes about his name. Who is he? > > Mike> Stewart, over to you - presumably he is a Scottish clan > Mike> chieftain. My guess is that this name was used as a synonym > Mike> for D and V, or something unpleasant like that. What's D and V, if it's suitable for mention on list? > > I think it's a back formation of "MacGillicuddy's Reeks", a place in > Ireland. I have no idea to what it alluded. Half of the fun of the > Goons is working out what their double-entendres were supposed to > mean. No, it wasn't in the Goon Show. There was a specific rule in the Green Book against mentioning him or joking about his name. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 07:05:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Gormenghast on BBC, Lucifer in Frognal > BOOKS: Gormenghast Joins the BBC > Mervyn Peak's obscure fantasy trilogy to become a > four-part miniseries on > British television. So I guess Robyn was wrong, Sting didn't buy the rights to Gormenghast. Thank god. When Natalie was in town a few weeks ago, we saw a Brimstone and Treacle 'picture book' full of lasciviously staged shots of Sting about to rape a retarded girl.* He obviously thought he was the heighth of sexiness, playing the villain, looking so fey and smarmy. Aside from the nastiness of Sting enjoying himself as a rapist, it was pretty hilarious. Vivien *I've never seen the movie, but I've heard about it. Did anyone see this? Was it a miniseries? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:07:05 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Cage, Covent Gdn On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, The Great Quail wrote: > His notorious piece 4'33, yes. The equivalent of Rauchenberg's white > canvas. A conceptual piece that asks us to focus on the difference > between organized sound and random noise. Well, I enjoyed the 33", but I thought that the fade-out just went on too long, a bit like 'Hey Jude'. Incidentally, Covent Garden (singular) no longer hosts the fruit and veg market of the same name. I have a feeling that it moved to Nine Elms or some such place in the 70s, in order to make way for bars, bistros, street theatre performers, and the London Transport Museum. So I no longer have the opportunity to use one of my late father's most well-rehearsed jokes: Listener (to singer): You should be singing at Covent Garden. Singer (to listener): What, in the Opera House? Listener (to singer): No, in the fruit market! - - Mike "thud me cronkers and duffel me latches" Godwin PS Ropey performance in pub quiz league this week: they were asking stuff about who played Lukewarm Skywalker(?) in some film or other. And they refused 1st May for Labour Day, which it surely is in every country bar one. Much better a couple of weeks ago, when I got "Who is the ibis-headed god of wisdom in Egyptian mythology?". ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:28:48 -0500 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: "Elizabeth Jade" tabulature I was wondering if any of you guitar-playing types had discovered the chord progression for my current new favorite RH tune, Elizabeth Jade. I've been trying to come up with an amicable piano accompaniment to this song, but I can't quite get the chords. Tab, anyone? * Aaron Lowe [ aaron@aaronlowe.com ] http://aaronlowe.com "Who's been feeding tomatoes to the cat? I have never seen a vegetarian cat." ~ Robyn Hitchcock _How Do You Work This Thing?_ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:36:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: Washington Post Review of MADB Check out this vitriol disguised as a review in this morning's Post: The indie-techno of IQU and the electronica-influenced rock of Cornelius gave way to the intensely grating Hitchcock. His wacky, Syd Barrett-influenced tunes make him the Weird Al for the intellectual set brought up on '80s college radio. But Weird Al is funny and someone should hand Hitchcock the white courtesy phone, because it is over. === Rich reply to either: rplumb@cais.com or billytell@yahoo.com webpage: http://www.dc.net/rplumb/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:19:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Just when you thought life couldn't get any better.... Sorry about the lengthy URL, but the article is hard to reach otherwise. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #309 *******************************