From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #341 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, September 8 1999 Volume 08 : Number 341 Today's Subjects: ----------------- radio, radio [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: crickets chirping ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #340 [James Dignan ] Re: crickets chirping ["JH3" ] beatles ring [Joel Mullins ] Fwd : Mike Love not war [dlang ] RE: fegmaniax-digest V8 #339 ["Bachman, Michael" ] RE: Songs about Brothers ["Bachman, Michael" ] Attn. Londoners / Digital Copying ["Tony Blackman" ] Re: Songs about Brothers [The Great Quail ] Re: Songs about Brothers [mrrunion@palmnet.net] Re: Songs about Brothers ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Songs about brothers [Ross Overbury ] Re: Songs about Brothers ["JH3" ] slightly amusing error [Tobyhello@aol.com] Re: Fwd : Mike Love not war [Tom Clark ] Lennon question ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] RE: Lennon question ["Bachman, Michael" ] Brothers/the Auteurs/records [lj lindhurst ] Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records [dmw ] Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records [Aaron Mandel ] forwarded newsgroup post & other errata [Eb ] Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records [Eb ] brothers/covers [Scary Mary ] Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records ["JH3" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 00:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: radio, radio >p.s. gnat just dedicated a Chris Knox song to James Dignan I did a shout-out to Dolph, also, for sending me the Raincoats tape that I played. I'm glad people were listening! Thanks! I hope you liked it, I thought it went really well. I was especially proud of playing "7 and 7 Is" and "The Wreck of the Arthur Lee" in a row... :) n., who should go to bed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 21:13:20 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: crickets chirping >Guns'n'Roses "The Spaghetti Incident" good call. >>oh--duh! UB40, Labor of Love, Labor of Love II & Labor of Love III > >I dunno...is that band really "ordinarily known for original songwriting"? >Seems like they'd be pretty lost by now, without cover songs. well, you make a point, given that LOL was their breakthrough album. But most of the tunes on their records to that point were originals. Unlike... >And didn't the divine Joan Jett do one (_The Hit List_)? a great one, but JJ writes very few tunes anyway. >> Did anyone mention Bowie's "Pinups"? buncha times. I'm still trying to verify whether or not that was the first. Anyone? - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:30:48 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #340 >>...the intinerary, as far as I can remember: >>Cardiff...Caerphilly (sp?) spelt correctly - somebody better sound that cheese alarm, though... >>Boris Grebeshnikov I've a suspicion that's Grebenshikov, though. Has he released anything since Radio Silence, about ten years back? >I'm pretty sure Eb's middle name is Dolly. hm. I'd picked it as Lloyd. No wonder he was confused by the Welsh comment. James ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 00:24:01 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: crickets chirping >> Did anyone mention Bowie's "Pinups"? Yeah, but did anybody mention Todd Rundgren's "Faithful"? I'm not sure it was all covers, 'cuz I no longer own it, but IIRC it also had the dubious distinction of also having each cover be as close to the original recording as the Toddster could possibly make it, which was pretty darned close in some cases. >I'm still trying to verify whether or not that was the first. >Anyone? Hmmmm. I seem to recall reading somewhere that it was, but OTOH, if I say yes, definitely it WAS the first, will that cause us all to start a new discussion on Various Things David Bowie Did First? If so, then no, it wasn't... John H. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:57:33 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: beatles ring Hey, I just found a Beatles Web-ring web-ring. It's a web-ring that links together all the other Beatles web-rings. Isn't that crazy? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 20:27:35 +0930 From: dlang Subject: Fwd : Mike Love not war [Associated Press LOS ANGELES, California:] Mike Love, lead singer of the famed California band the Beach Boys, filed suit yesterday in a Los Angeles court seeking unspecified damages for the alleged impregnation of his cat by a neighbor's feline. The suit charges Michael Garrity with failure to properly restrain his cat and negligence in the birth of nine kittens to Love's cat eight weeks ago. Love is seeking actual damages to cover his expenses for the care of the kittens and an unspecified amount in punitive damages caused by the hardship. When reached for comment, Mr. Garrity said he was unaware of the suit but that Love had recently confronted him with the allegation but was told that Garrity's cat had died several months before of complications from surgery. Love's attorney could not be reached for comment.>> Hmmmm Dave- who is somewhat stunned at how sensible the list is these days- bring back John Fetter I say ! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:49:01 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V8 #339 James, You really rate "Once I had a New York Girlfriend" over "Danger in the Past" and "Calling from a Country Phone"? I am on the Tallulah web list and "Girlfriend" is usually ranked last of Robert's solo albums. I must say I was intending to get "Warm Nights" and "..Girlfriend", but have not yet. Robert's genuis as a songwriter would get me to buy "Warm Nights" over "...Girlfriend". Owning "Danger" and "...Country Phone" is a joy because of his own songs like "Baby Stones" and "121". Michael - -----Original Message----- From: James Dignan [mailto:digja611@student.otago.ac.nz] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 11:44 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #339 >> 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. > >Rob Forster did one... Warm Nights? i forget. in a recent interview he >said it would have been better off unreleased. "Once I had a New York Girlfriend". By far his best solo album! Good version of Grant Hart's '2541' on that one... Oh, and I don't think anyone's mentioned Icehouse's "The Berlin Tapes", which does remarkably reasonable covers of XTC's Complicated Game, VU's All Tomorrow's Parties, and a few other goodies. Much better than I would have guessed. For some reason, most recent Icehouse B-sides (or, should I say, CD single bonus tracks) have been covers of Brian Eno songs. Oh, and welcome back Bayard! James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 06:01:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: Songs about Brothers Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. I drew a blank. I don't mean the universal brother as in "He Ain't Heavy , He's my Brother", but a song about a sibling. thanks, rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:01:34 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Songs about Brothers Everything But The Girl's "Oxford Street" is about a brother and a sister as well as childhood memories. A great song in my book. In fact, "Idelwild" is my favorite EBTG album, where "Oxford Street" comes from. Michael - -----Original Message----- From: Richard Plumb at NTAC [mailto:billytell@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:01 AM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Songs about Brothers Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. I drew a blank. I don't mean the universal brother as in "He Ain't Heavy , He's my Brother", but a song about a sibling. thanks, rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:14:21 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Richard Plumb at NTAC wrote: > Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's > brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On > Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), > she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. > I drew a blank. Jim Carroll, "People Who Died" - -- d. n.p. tigermilk - - "seventeen!" cried the humbug, always first with the wrong answer. - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:34:12 +0000 From: "Tony Blackman" Subject: Attn. Londoners / Digital Copying Just in case there's anyone in London who's interested, I saw Paul Kelly at the Embassy Rooms last night and he announced 2 acoustic dates at the 12 Bar Club on the 19th and 20th of September. The 12 Bar Club booking line when contacted have only got him down as a "mystery guest" so it's not completely in the public domain yet...... Tony. P.S. If there any serious tapers who are well versed in the art of copying minidiscs (or DAT for that matter) to PC hard disc digitally, could they contact me off-list to tell me what software they use? I've got a soundcard that can handle the optical digital output from my minidisc, but the software supplied with the soundcard is corrupt so I'm looking for a sound recording package that can handle digital inputs...... Any ideas anyone? P.P.S. Anyone going to any UK gigs later this month? Or is it just me and Mike Godwin? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:35:27 -0400 (EDT) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Richard Plumb at NTAC wrote: > Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's > brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On > Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), > she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. > I drew a blank. There's a fair bit of the Kinks catalogue on the subject (Hatred [a duet], Two Sisters [which is considered an allegory for the Davies siblings], and others). Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:23:26 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers Richard Plumb at NTAC wrote: > > Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's > brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On > Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), > she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. > I drew a blank. Well, there's Juliana Hatfield's "Sister." I hear she doesn't actually have a sister though. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:47:03 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers >she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. >I drew a blank. There's Bruce Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman," -- and the only reason I know this is because Johnny Cash covers it. Also Syd Barret's song about dating two sisters -- "She don't rock and roll . . . she don't like it, no she don't do the stroll. . . " that song, but the title escapes me. And Bob Dylan -- does "Maggie's Farm" and "Ballad in Plain D" count? Oooh, we're *all* a-gonna regret *this* thread! - --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: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:04 +0000 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers >>she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. >>I drew a blank. "Seven Chinese Bros." - REM Perhaps Nirvana's "Drain You"...isn't that sorta about two babies in utero, one draining the life of the other? Could be brothers. Mike R. np: John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (WeeeEEEEeeellllL!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:18:20 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers At 06:01 AM 9/8/99 -0700, Richard Plumb at NTAC wrote: >Last weekend while attending the wedding of my wife's >brother (the band surprisingly played Walking On >Sunshine, but was otherwise almost totally wretched), >she asked me if I knew any songs about brothers. Bush, "Everything Zen" (well, maybe just one line) - --Jason ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:29:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Songs about brothers Elton John: Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:45:55 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: Songs about Brothers The Auteurs, "Idiot Brother" (which happens to be a pretty good tune, as well, not to mention particularly inflammatory in this case). And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention "Sisters" by... you guessed it! The Church! JH3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:03:32 EDT From: Tobyhello@aol.com Subject: slightly amusing error On Sunday HMV in Bath had two copies of "JfS" on import shelved in the "Dance" section. Pretty unlikely to sell, methinks. I haven't actually manged to find a UK copy yet, though, so I may be forced to get one. UK fegs may be interested to know that tickets for the Cambridge gig are on sale now (and have been for a week), priced at £8. I'm listening to "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" for the first time - not sure about the full band stuff, but I like the solo acoustic bits. Can't see why anyone would have a problem with his voice, though. toby ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:09:39 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Fwd : Mike Love not war On 9/9/99 4:57 AM, dlang wrote: >[Associated Press LOS ANGELES, California:] >Mike Love, lead singer of the famed California band the Beach Boys, >filed suit yesterday in a Los Angeles court seeking unspecified damages >for the alleged impregnation of his cat by a neighbor's feline. The suit >charges Michael Garrity with failure to properly restrain his cat and >negligence in the birth of nine kittens to Love's cat eight weeks ago. >Love is seeking actual damages to cover his expenses for the care of the >kittens and an unspecified amount in punitive damages caused by the >hardship. When reached for comment, Mr. Garrity said he was unaware of >the suit but that Love had recently confronted him with the allegation >but was told that Garrity's cat had died several months before of >complications from surgery. Love's attorney could not be reached for >comment.>> Hey Mike - Here's 20 bucks, go get your cat spayed and shut the fuck up. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:09:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Lennon question Fegs, I'm almost totally unfamiliar with John Lennon's solo albums. Is there a collection (e.g. "Legend"?) that would make a good starting point, or are they all worthless? If the latter, what would be a good album or two to begin with? Thanks in advance for your help. > From: "Capitalism Blows" > > and let me throw in that i think his harmonica playing > oughta get more > notice. I try to avoid noticing harmonica playing as a unilateral rule. > From: Jonathan Turner > Not seen mention of this (at least, Robyn's billing in an > otherwise pretty unappealing line-up): > > Nick Drake tribute night > The Barbican, London > September 25th 1999 > > Bernard Butler Bernard Butler is pretty appealing. As long as he just plays guitar and doesn't open his mouth. > From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com > > I bought a Shawn Colvin covers album because all of my > friends had > been raving for years about her. Partly because _Naive > Melody_ was > on it. It was intensely and insanely boring. I have heard > her do > some of her own material since, for which I didn't have > such a > powerful disliking. I bought _Cover Girl_ on cassette from the cheapie bin. I've listened to it maybe once and now reflexively press eject halfway through "Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic" (but every little thing Colvin does isn't -- don't change the pronouns, you wimp!) every time I try to listen to it. I have a don't-hate/hate relationship with her music in general; it's pretty mediocre stuff, and yes, her voice is as bland as they come. > From: Jeff Dwarf > ["There She Goes" cover] > Sixpence None the Richer. god it sucks. Oh, it's not that bad. Again, not a patch on the scintillating original, but I'd rather think of Leigh Nash while hearing it than that glamour boy from the La's. And they win points for not switching the damn pronouns. Oh -- now playing: Meshell Ndegeocello, _Bitter_. Drew === Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:15:31 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Lennon question I like the one from 1970. It has "Working Class Hero", "God", "Mother" among others. Some Primal Scream Theropy traces from his sessions are manifested in song. Some maintain that it's the best solo release by any ex-Beatle. Michael - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew D. Simchik [mailto:schnopia@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:09 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Lennon question Fegs, I'm almost totally unfamiliar with John Lennon's solo albums. Is there a collection (e.g. "Legend"?) that would make a good starting point, or are they all worthless? If the latter, what would be a good album or two to begin with? Thanks in advance for your help. > From: "Capitalism Blows" > > and let me throw in that i think his harmonica playing > oughta get more > notice. I try to avoid noticing harmonica playing as a unilateral rule. > From: Jonathan Turner > Not seen mention of this (at least, Robyn's billing in an > otherwise pretty unappealing line-up): > > Nick Drake tribute night > The Barbican, London > September 25th 1999 > > Bernard Butler Bernard Butler is pretty appealing. As long as he just plays guitar and doesn't open his mouth. > From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com > > I bought a Shawn Colvin covers album because all of my > friends had > been raving for years about her. Partly because _Naive > Melody_ was > on it. It was intensely and insanely boring. I have heard > her do > some of her own material since, for which I didn't have > such a > powerful disliking. I bought _Cover Girl_ on cassette from the cheapie bin. I've listened to it maybe once and now reflexively press eject halfway through "Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic" (but every little thing Colvin does isn't -- don't change the pronouns, you wimp!) every time I try to listen to it. I have a don't-hate/hate relationship with her music in general; it's pretty mediocre stuff, and yes, her voice is as bland as they come. > From: Jeff Dwarf > ["There She Goes" cover] > Sixpence None the Richer. god it sucks. Oh, it's not that bad. Again, not a patch on the scintillating original, but I'd rather think of Leigh Nash while hearing it than that glamour boy from the La's. And they win points for not switching the damn pronouns. Oh -- now playing: Meshell Ndegeocello, _Bitter_. Drew === Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:46:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Hail Baby Jesus Mary. On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Michael R Godwin wrote: > PS for plectrum buffs: what is all this stuff about the Baby Jesus pick > and the Virgin Mary pick which Hitchcock occasionally refers to? Robyn stated very clearly at Bumbershoot that a Baby Jesus is a .73mm and Hail Mary is .88mm. I'm still months behind, so this may have been covered. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:09:53 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Brothers/the Auteurs/records >The Auteurs, "Idiot Brother" (which happens to be a pretty >good tune, as well, not to mention particularly inflammatory >in this case). That's a GREAT song! Oh yeah, I never gave the Auteurs update I promised-- the new record- "How I learned To Love the Bootboys"- is GREAT (I think it may still be import-only in the US, though). If there are any other Auteurs fans (besides myself and JH3), you will not be disappointed with this record. I have found myself repeatedly singing the songs from it. It's very catchy and very sinister in that unique Luke Haines way, and it's got a delicious 80's-Goth-meets-Pet-Shop-Boys feel to much of it. Oddly enough, a lot of the lyrics have to do with Haines obsessing about getting older-- this would normally turn me off about a record, but he manages to make it kind of amusing ("pleased to meet you, Mister Haines"). This record is now in my top three of the year, along with JfS and Pavement's "Terror Twilight". (I think there was a bit of discussion about "Terror Twilight" a while back here, but I might have had a fit of delete-key spazzing.) I am very impressed with this album, and I think it may be vying with JfS for my favorite record of the year. Oddly enough, I got it the first week it came out, played it a couple of times and thought it was just too inconsistent and sharp to warm up to. But I was so fucking nuts about every other one of their records, I decided to give it another try-- and it finally stuck with me on the third spin through (as Pavement albums often do). In fact, I have become OBSESSED with it ever since! It has become a necessary part of my current working-music ritual (JfS followed by "Terror Twilight"). I especially like the song "Don't Cry Ann", which I think is a ready-made, VU-calibre CLASSIC. I can hit 'repeat' over and over again on practically every song, and I often finish the whole album and start it over from the beginning without a second thought. I know that Mr. Malkmus [SP?] is often criticized as being too detached and unmelodic, but this record finally pulls everything together. They stick to their style, they even rock out occasionally, and yet still manage to finally give us some warmth and good old-fashioned catchiness. I couldn't rave about it more. (just ask TGQ who is very tolerant of my ranting and raving)(however, he combats it by playing 12.5 hours of Wagnerian opera each day) On a sort of unrelated note, is anyone else as DISAPPOINTED with the new Superchunk record as I am? I barely made it through two listens, and both times gave me headaches. I kind of wish Mac would just stick to Portastatic these days... ******************************** LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com ******************************** "If I find a coin on the ground I PICK UP Regardless of its later Dispositions." --Yukio Murakami ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:53:34 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, lj lindhurst wrote: > Oh yeah, I never gave the Auteurs update I promised-- > > the new record- "How I learned To Love the Bootboys"- is GREAT (I this reminds me that there's another new luke haines object, a side project called "black box recorder," in which haine's songs are sung in a disaffected sort of fashion by a woman whose name escapes me at the moment. it struck me as having a vaguely gainsborough/brel sort of vibe; i liked it, but i've only heard it the once. - -- d. n.p. magnetic fields _69 love songs_ - - "seventeen!" cried the humbug, always first with the wrong answer. - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:58:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, lj lindhurst wrote: > They stick to their style, they even rock out occasionally, and yet > still manage to finally give us some warmth and good old-fashioned > catchiness. what, they weren't catchy before? that's the whole problem with Terror Twilight, in my ears: no killer tunes. that and the production. > On a sort of unrelated note, is anyone else as DISAPPOINTED with the > new Superchunk record as I am? yes. but give Mac (and Merge) credit for taking a small risk on the Magnetic Fields triple-album, which just about everyone i know has wished were cut down significantly -- since nobody agrees on what's filler, i'd rather pay the higher price and pick my own favorites. my list of great records so far this year is not long. Beulah, The Fall, Smart Brown Handbag... maybe XTC, if it had a better side 2. i think most of the records i'm hoping to like between now and 1/1/00 are undergoing "substantial delays"... Aimee Mann, Blue Aeroplanes... a ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:03:07 -0800 From: Eb Subject: forwarded newsgroup post & other errata "Dave Jones" wrote: > I put the rare A Soft Boy No More LP on E-bay at: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=158961907 > > & I also listed the rare Soft Boys portland arms LP on there, click on the > ME next to the blue star to see my other auctions & postage rates. David Bowie: "The Bewlay Brothers." Powerful stuff. Eb, who didn't care for the Black Box Recorder disc either, but has definitely warmed up to Macha np: something really horrid morose and dreary on Jetset which I can't recall the title of right now because the disc is in the player and I'm only left to look at the hollow carcass of a generic label sleeve and who cares about the band's name anyway because they really suck hard http://www.salonmagazine.com/health/feature/1999/09/03/bikini/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:13:04 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records >On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, lj lindhurst wrote: > >> They stick to their style, they even rock out occasionally, and yet >> still manage to finally give us some warmth and good old-fashioned >> catchiness. > >what, they weren't catchy before? that's the whole problem with Terror >Twilight, in my ears: no killer tunes. that and the production. You know...that Nigel Goodrich got so much acclaim for producing OK Computer, but judging from the Jason Falkner and Pavement albums this year, I'm wondering if Radiohead deserves more credit for their arrangements than I previously suspected. What are Goodrich's other career landmarks? He did the Breeders, didn't he? On the other hand, I like both the Pavement and Superchunk discs quite a bit. Not sure what people are reacting against, with Superchunk. That they dared to deviate from their formula by using an artier, hands-on producer? Eb np: only about five minutes left in this crappy Jetset disc now ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 16:35:55 -0400 From: Scary Mary Subject: brothers/covers Eb mentioned: >David Bowie: "The Bewlay Brothers." Powerful stuff. This is my favourite song on "Hunky Dory" - such a great album. And this song is covered by the Replicants (who were mentioned during the "covers" topic) on their cover album. Are the Replicants only known for covers or do they do original stuff? S. Mary np: John Foxx Ultravox ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:51:15 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: Brothers/the Auteurs/records LJ writes: >the new record- "How I learned To Love the Bootboys"- is GREAT >(I think it may still be import-only in the US, though). If there are >any other Auteurs fans (besides myself and JH3), you will not be >disappointed with this record. I have found myself repeatedly >singing the songs from it. It's very catchy and very sinister in >that unique Luke Haines way... Y'know, I actually *was* sort of disappointed with it at first, but after three listens I soon found myself humming parts of it to myself, as long as it wasn't actually playing at the time. The production just sounds a bit sterile and cheap to my ears (mostly because of the cheesy beat-box and direct-in guitar sound), so when I play the tunes back in my head I almost seem to reinvent them the way I think they should have been recorded. I do the same thing with home demos and early Depeche Mode albums. It's a bit frustrating, in a way. Doug writes: >this reminds me that there's another new luke haines object, a side >project called "black box recorder," in which haine's songs are sung in a >disaffected sort of fashion by a woman whose name escapes me at the >moment. Sarah Nixey. The title is "England Made Me" and it was released last year... Not bad, but not really my cup o' tea. That evil-sounding raspy voice is an essential part of the whole Auteurs experience, and without it, you just have a few nice tunes is all. And did anybody mention the Who's "Tattoo"? Or should we reserve that for a thread specifically about "Brothers Who Get Tattoos Together"? Jeez, that sounds like something from a Jerry Springer show. JH3 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #341 *******************************