From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #338 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, September 6 1999 Volume 08 : Number 338 Today's Subjects: ----------------- please, somebody tell me these shows got taped!!! [David Dudich ] any fegs in seattle read this (if you dare) ["Capitalism Blows" ] SXSW Volume 5-cheap ["Russ Reynolds" ] Robyn interview at THRUST QUARTERLY [Bayard ] Walking on Sunshine ["Marc Holden" ] please, please make it go away [Eb ] [Eb ] Re: [Joel Mullins ] Re: [Eb ] Re: ONXRT/Chicago fegs ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: [Joel Mullins ] Listen to this! [Natalie Jacobs ] oops... [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: [Eb ] Re: [The Great Quail ] Re: [normal@grove.ufl.edu] Re: [Joel Mullins ] Re: [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 21:09:06 -0400 From: David Dudich Subject: please, somebody tell me these shows got taped!!! fespecially this one- Robyn hitchcock as improv beat poet? i would LOVE to hear this!!! -luther ps- what is the latest on the feg-tab thing? anyone know a good way to play "Lysander" (my probable new stage name, btw) in open G? > > 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 22:08:15 -0400 From: David Dudich Subject: wot? fegmaniax-digest wrote: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:46:11 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: A The sc-art-let letter jbranscombe: >I said Everything is art. Marcy said Everything isn't art. Between us I >think we've got it sorted. Art is whatever you can get away with - that Canadian guy. - - - Steve, just very pleased that there's going to be a Buckaroo Banzai TV show. "buckaroo banzai tv show"? doe sany one have details?? -luther ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:15:09 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: any fegs in seattle read this (if you dare) uh, it'd be cool to hang out and all. so just look for the jackass standing near as possible to the front of the line at the opera house, and say to him, "nice to meet you, mr. brelin." no, no. it's only a joke, of course. *i'm* the jackass. anyhow, i plan to be in line right around 11:00 a.m. by the way, robyn played Two Bells thursday, and none of us saw it. boo hoo! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 02:42:19 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: please, somebody tell me these shows got taped!!! David Dudich wrote: > ps- what is the latest on the feg-tab thing? Hell if I know. At the rate we're going, Robyn's gonna release albums faster than we can tab them. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:23:13 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: ONXRT/Chicago fegs I'm trying to hunt down a copy of "ONXRT Live From The Archives, Volume 1." I see one on eBay every now and then but don't seem to have the Partridge dollars needed to wrastle this away from the XTC collectors. Are there smarter places to find this? Any used CD stores in Chicago that regularly get copies? Anyone have a copy they'd be willing to sell or trade away? Same questions apply to "SXSW Volume 2", but replace "Chicago" with "Austin". Thanks for any help you can offer. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 09:25:20 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: SXSW Volume 5-cheap >SXSW Live Volume 5 - 1998 34-track 2CD multi-artist live compilation, >includes "Madonna Of The Wasps" live in Austin in 1997. Robyn's name is >misspelled on the sleeve. One copy, $10.99 right now at SecondSpin.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:33:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Robyn interview at THRUST QUARTERLY i'm back! miss me? http://come.to/thrust Tris McCall, a fegBand, forwarded me a lengthy emai largument he has had with Momus, in wich he (Tris) defends Oasis. He believes it is the best thing ever written about them. Email me if you are interested. I know of a couple of you who might be. =b emai largument?? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 04:03:40 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Walking on Sunshine I saw somewhere recently that Dolly Parton released a version of "Walking on Sunshine". I now have anxieties of about more scary covers: Garth Brooks doing "52 Stations", the Spice Girls doing "Queen of Eyes", Elmo sings "Sweet Ghost of Light", Snoop Dogg doing "Freeze", Boyz 2 Men on "Heliotrope", Barbara Streisand does "Glass Hotel",etc., etc.... YIKES!!! Sorry about that, Marc p.s.--It seems like a while back, someone on the list mentioned being into strange band names. A friend sent me a list, so e-mail me if you want a copy. n.p.--Dukes of the Stratosphere--Chips From the Chocolate Fireball ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:42:07 -0800 From: Eb Subject: please, please make it go away This car commercial... Which blasts "Mister Roboto"... Must stop. Must stop. Eb np: Chris Cornell/Euphoria Morning ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:34:01 -0800 From: Eb Subject: OK, the other day, I was casually trying to think of cases where an artist or band *ordinarily known for original songwriting* decides to do an album entirely of covers. My thoughts were mostly inspired by the new all-covers Mark Lanegan disc, I'll Take Care of You. Might as well throw the question out here, since the list is currently moribund. The first albums I thought of: Lennon's Rock & Roll, Costello's Almost Blue/Kojak Variety, Lovett's recent Step Inside This House, Cave's Kicking Against the Pricks, that Kristin Hersh mail-order deal, Bowie's Pin-Ups and Ferry's These Foolish Things/Taxi. Oh, and that crummy Siouxsie album from awhile back and the Ramones' Acid Eaters just popped into my head, as I write this. Other candidates? McCartney's Russian album isn't *entirely* covers, is it? And let's eliminate nominations in the jazz genre, because that would open a can o' worms. Eb, thinking he'd love to hear an all-covers Bjork disc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 15:47:57 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Eb wrote: > > OK, the other day, I was casually trying to think of cases where an artist > or band *ordinarily known for original songwriting* decides to do an album > entirely of covers. My thoughts were mostly inspired by the new all-covers > Mark Lanegan disc, I'll Take Care of You. Might as well throw the question > out here, since the list is currently moribund. The The's Hanky Panky. And Paul McCartney has a new album coming out soon that is all covers. And there's the Whitey Album from Ciccone Youth (aka Sonic Youth). Also, Dean Wareham and his wife did an album of covers under the name Cagney and Lacey. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:26:54 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: >And there's the Whitey Album from Ciccone >Youth (aka Sonic Youth). Not all covers. Not even *close*. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 14:48:50 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: ONXRT/Chicago fegs >How do they misspell his name? "Robin"? on the SXSW #5 CD it is indeed spelled "Robin." And BTW in case the one at second spin has been snapped up already I also saw one at duffelbag.com for around $12.99. I think I paid close to $30 for mine on eBay. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 17:21:10 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Eb wrote: > > >And there's the Whitey Album from Ciccone > >Youth (aka Sonic Youth). > > Not all covers. Not even *close*. Really? I haven't heard it in years. I remembered it being a bunch of Madonna songs. I guess I remembered wrong. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:42:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Listen to this! Shameless plug department: For this week only, my radio show will be on from 8-10 PM (!), on Tuesday, September 7th. I would be very honored if some of you could tune in. WCBN can be accessed via RealAudio at www.wcbn.org. This week I plan on playing stuff from the CD that accompanies "Unknown Legends of Rock n' Roll," as well as various tracks from the Nuggets box set, and whatever else I think of. It should be a good show. I hope. n. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:46:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: oops... My show will be on from 8-10pm Eastern Daylight Time. Sorry, forgot to mention that. n. "Ann Arbor used to be in the *Central* time zone!" - an aggrieved Dan Bern ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:47:37 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: >> >And there's the Whitey Album from Ciccone >> >Youth (aka Sonic Youth). >> >> Not all covers. Not even *close*. > >Really? I haven't heard it in years. I remembered it being a bunch of >Madonna songs. I guess I remembered wrong. Covers of Madonna's "Burnin' Up" and "Into the Groove," plus Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love." The other pieces are all original. You know, I see this album ridiculed an awful lot, but I like it. At the time, I was hoping Sonic Youth might explore those beatbox-influenced rhythms a little more on future "straight" albums -- I think that could've been an interesting variable to add to their sound. It never happened, however. Given the steady stagnation of the band over their past few albums, mixing something new into the grooves back then seems like an even better idea, in hindsight. Ah well. Eb PS Fiiiiiiinally heard the new Pavement album, a few days ago. Very good stuff, if not quite as good as Brighten the Corners. A bit sluggish, but still among the top discs I've heard this year. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 20:49:18 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: >OK, the other day, I was casually trying to think of cases where an artist >or band *ordinarily known for original songwriting* decides to do an album >entirely of covers Fish (of Marillion): Songs from the Mirror. All proggie/glam type covers Laibach . . . Let it Be, Sympathy for the Devil, NATO The Orb . . . Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty The following probably don't really count, but I thought I'd mention them: EPs: Tori Amos . . . Crucify EP is *mostly* covers REM . . . "The Cover EP," part of the REM Box set Smashing Pumpkins, "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" EP, contains five covers. U2 . . . . "Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses" EP. Half covers. Here's a few which probably shouldn't count: Acoustic Adrian Belew . . . covers himself? Bob Dylan . . . Time out of Mind & As Good as I've Been to You. Folkie classics. Jerry Garcia . . . Almost Acoustic. Contains only two Dead tunes. And. . . . Phish . . . any Halloween bootleg - --Quail +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society, Kibroth-hattaavah Branch) For fun with postmodern literature, New York vampires, and Fegmania, visit Sarnath: http://www.rpg.net/quail "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 20:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: "Nilsson Sings Newman", "A Little Touch of Schmillson in the Night", Robyn Hitchcock's A&M Sessions tape, Guns'n'Roses "The Spaghetti Incident". Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 19:53:29 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Eb wrote: > Given the steady stagnation of the band over their past few > albums, mixing something new into the grooves back then seems like an even > better idea, in hindsight. Ah well. I don't think they're stagnant at all. Washing Machine and Experimental Jet Set are two of the best albums they've ever done. Haven't heard A Thousand Leaves though. > PS Fiiiiiiinally heard the new Pavement album, a few days ago. Very good > stuff, if not quite as good as Brighten the Corners. A bit sluggish, but > still among the top discs I've heard this year. Yes! This is a great album. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:15:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Quail, wearing underpants of indiscernible origin: >Laibach . . . Let it Be, Sympathy for the Devil, NATO Oops, shoulda remembered those, especially since I own the first two. Still, Sympathy for the Devil isn't eligible, because it's a EP. >The Orb . . . Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty What songs are on THAT? >The following probably don't really count True enough. >Bob Dylan . . . Time out of Mind & Good as I've Been to You. Whatever gave you the idea that Time Out of Mind is a covers album? You probably meant to say World Gone Wrong, instead. And again, I should've remembered these, since I own them...blah. >Phish . . . any Halloween bootleg Bootlegs don't count. Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #338 *******************************