From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #337 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, September 5 1999 Volume 08 : Number 337 Today's Subjects: ----------------- A little silliness (NR) [steve ] and another thing ["Capitalism Blows" ] Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams [Terrence M Marks ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #335 [James Dignan ] Re: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams ["Chris!" ] A fegdream answers an unsolved mystery [Natalie Jacobs ] belated Largo report [Chris Franz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 14:49:09 -0500 From: steve Subject: A little silliness (NR) www.islandnet.com/imaul - - Steve _______________ We're all Jesus, Buddha, and the Wizard of Oz! - Andy Partridge ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:21:24 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: and another thing the times selected robyn as one of its 20 must-see musical acts of the festival. : Robyn Hitchcock, 2 p.m. Monday, Opera House - One of rock's original thinkers, with songs that seem to come from another universe. His latest album, "Jewels for Sophia," was partially recorded in Seattle with local musicians. Check out "Viva! Sea-Tac," which may or may not be about our airport. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 18:24:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams I recently heard Bob Crosby's version of "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" and decided to look around for information on it. Did the Velvet Underground really cover the Koehler/Moll/Barris version? How faithful is it and is it any good? Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 10:30:25 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #335 >>Wayne and Garth (people still ask me if I'm Garth) > >I thought people ask you if you're James Dignan! people sometimes ask me that, too. I just look worried and hurry off into the gloom. If there's no gloom I wait until some develops, then hurry off a little more rapidly. James Dignan (the other one) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 15:31:38 -0700 From: "Chris!" Subject: Re: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Terrence M Marks wrote: > > I recently heard Bob Crosby's version of "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" > and decided to look around for information on it. Did the Velvet > Underground really cover the Koehler/Moll/Barris version? How faithful is > it and is it any good? > There is a version, several, of it on the VU box set, "Peel slowly..." I quit like it. .chris ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:41:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: A fegdream answers an unsolved mystery I had a dream that John Hedges came over to my house with Jeff Mangum in tow. Jeff turned out to be this unwashed, skanky, dumb guy who just sat on my bed smoking dope the whole time. When I took him down to meet my parents, he horrified me by lighting up his bong right in front of them. So this is why John hates NMH so much! n. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 09:29:55 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: Re-subscribed Hello fegs. I have once again resubscribed to this wonderful list. A big hello goes out to all the folks who remember me. I hope all is well in the world of Robyn... I got to see him this summer in Columbus, Ohio. It was great even though he only played 4 songs or something. Crazy! Bayard... any sign of Glass Flesh II yet? Later! Keith Hanlon _______________________________________________ Orchestraville Online http://orchestraville.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 16:30:45 -0700 From: Chris Franz Subject: belated Largo report Just a few late notes on the Largo goings-on from a week ago. I didn't write down setlists, and don't have tapes yet, so I'll just give fragmentary details from my shaky memory. Thursday - After some comedian whose performance I missed, Robyn appeared, looking energetic, playing a fun set. Jon and Grant joined him partway through. The line of the night: "I have a new album out, called Jewels For Sophia, so to celebrate we're going to play a bunch of songs from an album I made twenty years ago called I Often Dream Of Trains." And that he did. Most of us have come to the conclusion that Grant is a big IODOT fan, and Robyn always pulls out several from that album at Largo. This time: "Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus," "Trams of Old London," "My Favorite Buildings," and "It Sounds Great When You're Dead." Only a couple of times did they descend into the outright silliness that's endemic to Largo. After ToOL, Grant blissed out on the little "ahhhhhh" during the bridge of the song, talking about how much he savored that bit. Then he and Robyn went back and forth "ahhhhh"ing solemnly in tune, stopping only when Robyn broke into the chorus again. No late-night improv extravaganza this time, just a brief encore (Heliotrope, The Speed of Things, and something else I forget). Heliotrope was dedicated to Jim Neill, whose birthday it was. Which led them into some hype about Grant's Saturday show, which fall on Grant's birthday. A Virgo Celebration, they declared it. Friday - Jon did his usual thing, taking requests from the crowd, drinking excessively (he complained of a Jagermeister headache when he started the set and promptly asked the bar for more. and a Guinness.) and generally keeping the audience entertained. Someone requested "Get off of my Cloud," and Jon said he'd only play it if Robyn sang. So Robyn went up to the mic, flopped about like a Muppet with an over-the-top rendition of the tune. Glen Hollman, who played upright bass on Rufus Wainwright's album, appeared and played upright bass for Jon. Later on, when the two were getting ready for the late set, Jon realized they needed percussion. Having run out of musicians, he asked, "Is there a jazz drummer in the house?" Someone responded in the affirmative, and Jon actually asked him up onto the stage! As the three got settled (the drummer's name was Blair Scinta [sp?], a name Jon just loved), they summoned Robyn up to start things off with some beat poetry. The rest of the night was basically improv jazz, with Robyn as frontman. Saturday - The stage was decked out with a ludicrous amount of silver trim, with a bright-colored "Happy Birthday, Grant" on the ceiling. Comedian Paul F. Tompkins started the night, before Grant took the stage for a great show. What got really funny was when he decided to go for some interaction with the audience. He plucked none other than feg Julie Burton out of the audience, and used his psychic powers to predict things about her. Meanwhile, Julie is doing everything possible to shy away from the spotlight lest her lapel mic be noticed. The tiny handful of us who knew what was happening were just dying with laughter. Anyway, there was a five-foot-high cardboard birthday cake on the stage, and when it came time to bring out guests, they burst out of the top of the cake. The first special guest was, of course, Jon Brion. Jon made a comment about how silly it was to call himself a special guest at Largo. They continued for a while, before unveiling the second special guest: Neil Finn! Neil and Grant went back and forth for a few songs, with Jon accompanying on keyboards. Next guest: David Lovering, the drummer of the Pixies. He did a bunch of magic tricks, then left. It was rather surreal. Now, about this time, I was standing in the back of the bar. Nearby was Robyn, watching the show and drinking white wine. Grant looked at the big cake and said, "I think it's about time to bring out the fourth special guest. I hear an "Oh shit" come from Robyn's direction, and he scampered off to the back entrance to the stage. There was a bit more talk, allowing Robyn to get into position, before he was summoned out of the cake. There's not much more to say, as Grant was still the frontman for most of the rest of the night. Neil was mercifully not forced behind the drum set agin -- David Lovering was recalled. The quintet kept things hopping for the rest of the night. Paul F. Tompkins was even brought back up to sing a song. All in all, a fun couple of nights, though not as Robyn-intensive as some Largo experiences have been. A little epilogue - while winding down after the long drive back home, I flipped on the TV to Dr. Katz on Comedy Central. The person on the couch? Yup, Paul F. Tompkins. Looking forward to Bumbershoot reports, - - Chris ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #337 *******************************