From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #366 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, September 28 1999 Volume 08 : Number 366 Today's Subjects: ----------------- eb all over the world ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: road trip, anyone? ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: blush with eyeliner [Aaron Mandel ] re: road trip [Eb ] reminder [Eb ] sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth [Eb ] Re: virgins & whores (0% LJ content) [Eb ] Re: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth [Capuchin ] Just a (goth) thought [Ethyl Ketone ] Re: virgins & whores (0% LJ content) [Aaron Mandel ] Re: sometimes I wish I were pretty vacant ["JH3" ] Eb and Drew, sitting in a tape-tree ["Brian Huddell" ] Speaking of Raymond H. [shmac@ix.netcom.com (Scott Hunter McCleary)] [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:58:14 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: eb all over the world oh my god, this is the funniest thing i've seen in some time! notice the spelling/grammar errors (esp. "lesson" instead of "lessen"). this quip is going straight into my signature: "Without the WTO and its rules, we would be reduced to having the law of the jungle." haw haw! Senator Patty Murray wrote a letter to President Clinton to protest the protesters at the big WTO conference in October. Here's the text of the letter: Dear Mr. President: I am writing to express my deep concern about the recent press accounts that detail the plans of certain anti-trade groups to try and disrupt the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial in Seattle later this year. The information contained in these reports is troubling. The Seattle Host Organization is reporting that many companies and associations are hesitant to become active supporters because they are concerned about security and confrontations with various demonstrators. I strongly recommend you take two steps now to promote job-generating trade expansion and to lessen the probability of disruptive confrontations at the Seattle WTO Ministerial meeting. First, I believe you should give a major pro-trade address in the United States as soon as possible. You have a unique ability to articulate, as you have on so many occasions, the importance of international trade to our economy. But you should also describe in detail how important the WTO is to trade. The WTO is the indispensable, rule making, enforcement body that provides a foundation for economic growth for all countries, developing and developed alike. Without the WTO and its rules, we would be reduced to having the law of the jungle. A public defense from you of the importance of the WTO is warranted and necessary. Second, I urge you to meet with the responsible leaders of groups including labor, environmental, and consumer organizations that have legitimate concerns regarding the WTO. I encourage you to meet with these groups to point out and to emphasize that you asked the WTO to come to the United States; that you want a successful meeting charting international trade for the next century; and that you do not want disruptive and damaging actions distracting the media and the public from your important goals. It is important for these groups to understand that many of their concerns will be raised and in fact championed by your administration. I believe that a personal appeal from you may have the desired impact and may lesson the chance of disruptive confrontations at the Seattle WTO Ministerial meeting. Washington state is honored to be hosting the Seattle WTO Ministerial meeting. We are doing everything we can to host all of the delegates, press, non-governmental organizations, supporters and other interested parties in an inclusive and hospitable manner. We want to work with you to ensure that the Seattle WTO Ministerial meeting becomes an important legacy of the Clinton Administration. We need your help to achieve this goal. Thank you for your consideration; if I can be of assistance on any of these fronts, please feel free to let me know. - --Patty Murray, United States Senator ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:19:49 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: road trip, anyone? and at . funny thing is, i e-mailed david greenberger asking him if he could confirm the dates, and he said no. (though he's hoping to be able to within the next few days.) apparently, at least *some* of the dates are confirmed. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:25:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: blush with eyeliner On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Eb wrote: > Now admittedly, I haven't heard the Virgin-Whore Complex, but the band > name is damning enough on its own. Then I gave the Web a quick look, > and found *this* on my first try: except you're so, so wrong. they're a mean-spirited pop band; sort of, speaking broadly, like if Belle And Sebastian got off on sarcastic sniping instead of puppies and horses, and without the swoony production. they seem to like dressing up in 30s high society clothes. Ransom's voice is nasal and tempered. the most goth they get is one Mann/Weill cover, which comes out sounding like Blueboy. i do not have an explanation for the promo blurb you found. aaron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:28:23 -0800 From: Eb Subject: re: road trip Seems like quite an extravagant outlay of time and energy, just to see some Robyn Hitchcock and Dan Fogelberg shows. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:26:29 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reminder Tom Waits on Letterman tonight. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:43:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth > From: Eb > Whatever makes you say that? I'd place Robyn in about, > oh, the 66% > percentile of Gothdom.... [] > Subject: well, 66th percentile may be a little high... > > ..but saying Robyn's as "ungoth as they come" is > indefensible. Very defensible. If you wanted to *really* reach you could cite "Messages of Dark" or "Let There Be More Darkness," but otherwise the closest Robyn comes to goth is being quoted by J. O'Barr in the comic book version of _The Crow_. Which is impressive but not, I'm afraid, goth enough. > From: "*twofangs .. aka .. randi*" > > ... seems Drew {hope that's the okay shortening your > name} Yes, absolutely. "Hey, dipshit" is also popular, but "Andy" is not permitted unless we are family. > The image however: > > These girls are sweet. > They are not pretentious ... they certainly never acted > that way with me > or my crew ... I'm glad to know they come across in person as they do on record. > Was one of the girls in the band in tears because of how > everyone wanted > to make them fit into some category / marketing plan - > instead of just > going with the music and making a video - {I would say > commercial} - for > the single? > > Yes. Would this be "The Olde Headboard"? They certainly sounded on the second album as if they'd been pushed to add more Mansonite elements to their music. I think those elements worked, personally, but I can see how that would be upsetting and irritating. > From: Eb > > Drew: > >Ah, but did you look as good as...THIS? > >http://home.rochester.rr.com/wyrd/pix/gothcolor.jpg > > Arrrrgh. ;) That's right, but please control your jealousy! There has never since been a single non-hideous picture taken of me, so allow me one moment of glory. Well, okay, maybe one other picture, which doesn't look nearly so goth: http://home.rochester.rr.com/wyrd/pix/drew-on-hill.jpg But the rest are all incredibly ugly. > >Eh...I guess so. If by "intangible atmosphere" you mean > >"sorta dark," yeah. > > It goes deeper than that, Drew. Or shallower, depending > on how you look at it. You'll have to explain, then. To me, "goth" is very tied to a specific sound and a specific scene. This is how "Venus in Furs" can be the goth-est non-goth song ever written. > >And _Garlands_ is a pretty > >goth album, even if the Cocteaus did skitter off into > >goo-goo shoegazerland soon afterward. > > I'll give you that -- the Cocteaus started out in a much > stronger goth > vein. Though I sure can't figure out how you sniff at the > Cocteau Twins, > given all of the other pseudo-profoundo UK stuff you fall > for.... I don't sniff at the Cocteau Twins. I dig _Garlands_, and I dig _Heaven or Las Vegas_, and I think _Blue Bell Knoll_ is okay, and I hate _Treasure_. Hating _Treasure_ is how one knows I'm not a true Cocteau Twins fan. And just because I clawed my way out of a hair-metal ravine on Dave Kendall's shoulders doesn't mean I "fall for" every artist lauded by the NME post-1989. Credit me with some individuality in my taste. I try not to assume you fall for every pseudo-profoundo US white-boy- angst band cutting vinyl these days. > >The Smiths, Suede, Echobelly, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, > >Robyn Hitchcock, Babybird, Loreena McKennitt, the > Virgin-Whore Complex, > >Lisa Germano, Laurie Anderson, Kristin > >Hersh, David Bowie, Belle & Sebastian, > >Radiohead, Belly, Julian Cope, Pulp > > If I was trying to convince someone that my tastes didn't > have a goth > slant, I sure wouldn't boast about any of these alleged > "divergent" > interests. But I'm not trying to convince you that my tastes don't have a goth slant, nor am I alleging that they are "'divergent' interests." That's your agenda. You just asked me to list 37 non-goth artists I liked. It's not my fault that goth is to you as Communism was to McCarthy. Goth or no, my tastes are not diverse. With very few exceptions they're all American or British "alternative" pop/rock musicians from the past two decades. I have some appreciation for other styles of music and try to branch out a bit, but there's no question I'm very much stuck in a particular genre and time period. > Now admittedly, I haven't heard the > Virgin-Whore Complex, but > the band name is damning enough on its own. Then I gave > the Web a quick > look, and found *this* on my first try: > > "The band's sound is underscored by two distinct singers: > Deb Fox, whose > velvety alto melts words, and Spats Ransom, who wields a > theatrical, > gothic-styled tenor. That's a scream. Spats Ransom sounds like a congested Frisco queen, which in some respects is just what he is. His voice is neither theatrical nor gothic-styled, but feel free to trust "the Web" (citation?) rather than your own ears if you like. Check out the All-Music Guide entry, by the way. Not much info there, but I bet Fulton has been at it, because two Sammy Hagar albums are listed as "similar/related." Snort! > The subject matter of these oblique > jingles are always > dark: 'Lullaby' is Fox's dream of evil aliens stranded on > earth, while > Ransom duets with the zodiac killer on 'Speakerphone.'" Oh, please. "The Coldest Night of the Year" may be a cover, but it's so sweet. Then there's dear Chuck Fulton's "Casey," Fox's "Papa Wilson," "Cool Brunette," and "Free Association," and Ransom's "Frustrated Playwright." They're as "dark" and "gothic" as John Waters. That's without touching the first album, either, which includes "Four-Alarm Fire in Lovers' Lane" (not literal, mind), "Discovered," and "Elephant." Granted, they're partial to kitchen-sink dramas about middle-aged closet cases, but camp is the name of the game here, my friend, perversely combined with admiration for Big Star, Stereolab, and Brian Wilson. Please don't try to tell me that "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" is a wistful yearning for the Victorian era. Admit it: you wrote that V-W C review yourself! :) > Well, I'm certainly not going to award you extra credit > for naming Belly > twice. ;P And did I mention Belly? > General announcement: I saw an excellent film last night: > "A Face in the > Crowd," from 1957. Elia Kazan, Andy Griffith (film > debut), Patricia Neal > and Walter Matthau. Highly recommended. Yes, but is it goth? With a title like that...and starring Andy Griffith ("Southern Gothic," anyone?)!... Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:05:18 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: from the whoreses mouth http://www.emperornorton.com/artists/virgin_whore/index.html ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:28:23 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth Drew (Dipshit?): >> ..but saying Robyn's as "ungoth as they come" is >> indefensible. > >Very defensible. You have a very limited frame of reference, in that case. >Hating _Treasure_ >is how one knows I'm not a true Cocteau Twins fan. I'll buy that rationale. >That's a scream. Spats Ransom sounds like a congested >Frisco queen, which in some respects is just what he is. >His voice is neither theatrical nor gothic-styled, Well, apparently, some published critic disagrees with you. > but feel free to trust "the Web" (citation?) rather than your > own ears if you like. It was a review I found on the CDNow site, originally published in CMJ. Check the CDNow site yourself, and search for the entry. Eb np: "Lady Waters & the Hooded One" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:01:34 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: virgins & whores (0% LJ content) Drew with Eyeliner: >>You have a very limited frame of reference, in that case. > >Come on. Make your argument already. You're very reluctant >to define "goth" in your own terms, which makes it impossible >to discuss this with you. Attitude. Ambience. Production. Arrangements. Attitude. Image. Fanbase. >Actually, I think you might like the VWC if you tried them. Seriously! I listened to five VWC soundclips on the CDNow site, one of them a cover of a standard Goth reference point, Kurt Weill. Yes, there's a chance that I could like this band, although I have a feeling that the limp singing would render me indifferent in the end. >I tracked it down. I suggest you read the other two CDNow reviews listed >there (one from CMJ Monthly -- are they trying to conceal the horrifying >gothitude of it from the masses who don't work at college radio stations, >perhaps? -- and one the review you can also find on the Emperor Norton >website). They agree with all the other reviews I tracked down -- that >the reference points here are more Beach Boys than Bauhaus. I'd agree with that. But you did say "more" Beach Boys than Bauhaus, without ruling Bauhaus out completely. Also, the band clearly seems to have the cold, dreamy, layered production which Goth adherents crave. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:05:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > They're as "dark" and "gothic" as John Waters. John Waters is campy and dark and theatrical and uses characters that are self-obsessed and unoriginally inspired. Sounds pretty close to the goth ethic. J. PS. This comes close to my problem with the whole idea of the SCA. Society for Creative Anachronism? If it's anachronistic, then it's already been created... how creative can you be regurgitating the past? Invent something, ok? PPS. And what is it with folks that use faux-self-loathing to mask their perceived superiority which stems from their deep-seeded self-loathing? - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:07:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: from randi - rasputina, emily, & robyn On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, *twofangs .. aka .. randi* wrote: > ... seems Drew {hope that's the okay shortening your name} and Eb have > differing opinions on Rasputina ... > > > "... Rasputina, whose songs are often irritatingly catchy to my ears > ..." > "... defuse the whole precious Victorian/cello/pretty/dainty/gothchick > contrived image ..." > "... she was opening for M. Manson ..." > > ... just some statements I picked out of a feg-digest #363 - it's hard > for me to get the digests usually ... anyhow ...these are the words I > think best illustrate what I'm going to try to say. > > Okay. > > I produced a Rasputina video. > > I'm not going to go into the music side of it - for whether I like their > music or not is > of little importance in the grand scheme of things. > > The image however: > > These girls are sweet. > They are not pretentious ... they certainly never acted that way with me > or my crew ... > > It was horrible having to do wardrobe - because: > the video director ... > > {i've worked with her on sarah mclachlan, marilyn manson, and this > Rasputina video} > > ... is kinda creative with *_ her own appearance_*. > > We probably got hired to do a video because of Marilyn Manson ... who > is also a very nice man. > > Anyway, there may be forces outside of the Rasputina musicians > themselves that created and forged their image. > > They were perfectly happy when I gave them their wardrobe ... took the > first > outfit / sheet thing I offered each of them. > > Then the director didn't like it ... so wardrobe changes ensued. > Pain in the butt. > Then the management didn't like it ... back to wardrobe. > Bigger pain in the butt. > Then the record company weasels didn't like it ... back to wardrobe. > ggggrrrrhhhh aaaarrrrgggghhhh > > > What did Rasputina wear in the video? > > The first outfits I gave them. > > Was one of the girls in the band in tears because of how everyone wanted > to make them fit into some category / marketing plan - instead of just > going with the music and making a video - {I would say commercial} - for > the single? > > Yes. > > I know the song I did the video for, I know Rasputina had a song in an > episode of "buffy the vampire slayer", and I know they played utterly > beautiful melodies to the crew as a thank you. > > Maybe they've bought into the hype now - and knowing the people who > 'represent' Rasputina, I wouldn't be surprised. > > But these women are trying to make music using instruments other than > guitar, bass, drums etc. > > They didn't dye their hair black to make their demo tape. > > My mom once taught me one very valuable lesson - the only one in fact - > though she doesn't stick to it herself: > > We can't ever know the reasons behind the behaviour of others. > > ... My cousin-in-law was recently diagnosed with M.S. - he's 36. > For years everyone in the family joked that he was always so tired, > complained about pain in his muscles, had mood swings ... > > Well - guess what. > > He's had M.S. for 10 years, and the docs only figured it out earlier in > the summer. > > So who looks dumb? > > Him? > > Our family? > > It's the oldest adage in the book - ;-} > > "Don't judge a book by it's cover" > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Someone just gave me a David Bowie tape that has "See Emily Play" on it. > > I liked it a lot - not the choruses however. > Comments, thoughts, expressions of true personal feelings ;-} > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > fading back into yesterday, > > Randi > > > *what scares you most will set you free > oh dear Robyn please do call me* > ~~ R. Hitchcock & R. Spiegel > - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:09:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Oops Re: from randi - rasputina, emily, & robyn ^X is not ^C. Sorry kids for the misfire. (So THAT'S why they have a confirmation query!) On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, *twofangs .. aka .. randi* wrote: > It's the oldest adage in the book - ;-} > "Don't judge a book by it's cover" Shit. I didn't see that adage. I threw that volume out because the title and art made me think it didn't have anything valuable inside. Fuck. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:15:23 -0400 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: road trip, anyone? I'm up for the RH Philly dates and the NJ one as well as seeing about making Baltimore. I grieve for not making the GAMH, the usual meeting place of fegs and Robyn. Whoever tapes, please send me a copy and know I am the ghost sitting by you. I am not a dan fan so will probably not make those shows (with this schedule at school I'll be lucky to make anything) but of course, Robyn is always worth blowing off anything else for - IMHO. I'll be in all black with the black eyeliner and white face paint. Oh, and the incisor implants, carrying my well worn Anne Rice books with me. Look for the chick with the white rose. Oh, saw a guy in the elevator at school the other day wearing a JFS bright purple tee - anyone on the list???? Be Seeing You, - - c At 11:24 PM -0700 9/26/99, Capitalism Blows wrote: >here is my proposed itinerary: > >10/21, palms playhouse, davis (dan) >10/23, cactus cafe, austin (robyn) >10/24, cactus cafe, austin (robyn) >10/26, art center, carroboro (robyn) >10/27, fletchers, baltimore (robyn) >10/29, theater of living arts, philadelphia (robyn) >10/30, paradise, boston (robyn) >11/01, the iron horse, northampton (dan) >11/02, the pub, ewing (dan) OR maxwell's, hoboken (robyn) [or *both*?] >11/03, ramapo college, mahwah (dan) >11/04, iota cafe, arlington (dan) >11/05, the trocadero, philadelphia (dan) OR rosebud, pittsburgh (robyn) >11/06, the bowery ballroom, new york (dan) >11/07, club passim, cambridge (dan) >11/09, top cats, cincinnati (robyn) >11/10, metro, chicago (robyn) >11/11, first avenue, minneapolis (robyn) >11/14, tractor tavern, seattle (dan) >11/16, the swiss, tacoma (dan) OR crocodile cafe, seattle (robyn) >11/17, aladdin theater, portland (robyn) >11/19, great american music hall, san francisco (robyn) >11/20, troubadour, los angeles (robyn) [+largo hijinks?] > >this is still pending official confirmation of these robyn tour dates. but, >shit, dan with a band, robyn with a band, AND homer opening up for robyn! >probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, i should think. > >if anyone's interested in joining me for some or all of the way, let me >know. >also, for people that are familiar with those venues in your hometown, are >there any on this list that i should worry an awful lot about securing tix >to beforehand? >and hey, harry, is there any way of moving that swiss show up to the >15th???? > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:57:22 -0400 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Just a (goth) thought http://www.mindspring.com/~paradox/goth.html "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:07:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: virgins & whores (0% LJ content) On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Eb wrote: > I listened to five VWC soundclips on the CDNow site, one of them a > cover of a standard Goth reference point, Kurt Weill. > But you did say "more" Beach Boys than Bauhaus, without ruling Bauhaus > out completely. Eb, do you find yourself dreaming that there are goth musicians hiding for you around every corner? do you check your car for goths before you get in? do women in ads give you flashbacks to some childhood trauma if they wear too much eyeliner? because you're stretching a little. or perhaps you're trying to compensate for the fact that by your logic, Tom Waits might as well be Anton LaVey with all those songs he does about death. plus, Waits collaborated with William S. Burroughs, a well-known goth icon. or was he a queer icon? so hard to remember... a whose roommate just posted pictures of him at a goth club on the web well, i was wearing a Love & Rockets t-shirt in an indian restaurant which is kind of the same thing i love Eb and The Cure and all of god's creatures please don't hit me ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:17:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: sometimes I wish I were a pretty goth On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Capuchin wrote: > PS. This comes close to my problem with the whole idea of the SCA. > Society for Creative Anachronism? If it's anachronistic, then it's > already been created... how creative can you be regurgitating the past? > Invent something, ok? It's "anachronistic" because all that medievalism out of keeping with its time. It's "creative" because it's a fictionalized medievalism, altered to make it more fun if less historically accurate. Where's the problem? - --Chris (not a big fan of the SCA, just a contrarian) ps: Big thanks to Randi and Drew for defending Rasputina in my absence! pps: Eb likes Foetus? The mind boggles. ppps: Fun sight of the weekend: Bayard swigging Jack Daniels straight from the bottle. pppps: Robyn is playing Baltimore on my birthday! Are those dates confirmed? ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:22:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Just a (goth) thought On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Ethyl Ketone wrote: > http://www.mindspring.com/~paradox/goth.html Or try this: - --Angst Dog ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:23:04 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: sometimes I wish I were pretty vacant Capuchin: >PPS. And what is it with folks that use faux-self-loathing to mask >their perceived superiority which stems from their deep-seeded >self-loathing? You mean people like *me*, right? Jeez, I *hate* those people! They're almost as bad as the ones who apparently learned common expressions like "deep-seated" from Phonics courses! I'd post something about it if I weren't such a scumbag... James D., a few days ago: >>...it's fun to compare - try it. Let's >>start by comparing Claudine Longet with Robyn Hitchcock. Hmmm. This could give the lyrics to "I'm a Spider" a whole new meaning. John H. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 23:00:06 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: Eb and Drew, sitting in a tape-tree This is not a flame, because I'm not actually annoyed or concerned about wasted bandwidth, but has anyone else noticed that Eb and Drew are engaged in the most spectacularly, numbingly boring argument in fegmaniax history? (and I go back a long, long time, in my quiet way) I'm including in my assessment tangents involving Terrence and the Monkees. Here, I humbly offer myself to you as a common enemy: Um, ahem, "Perspex Island is the most satisfying post-Soft-Boys album because of its deft exploitation of early 90s studio technology and strong tunes. I really believe this." Now join forces and smite me! peace, brian p.s. WHY is randi having trouble getting feg digests? Would the problem be solved by my (or someone else's) simply forwarding them? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:16:17 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #365 >1)the chord at the end marked "X" is a B chord sung in 3 part harmony >over a F# chord played on the instruments. Anyone like to name this chord? BM9. Or failing that, Arnold. James ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:03:56 -0400 From: shmac@ix.netcom.com (Scott Hunter McCleary) Subject: Speaking of Raymond H. Don't think I've seen this picture of him before. http://search.corbis.com/default.asp?id=WG001305&vID=1&rID=101 ========= SH McCleary Prodigal Dog Communications Arlington, VA 22206 shmac@prodigaldog.com www.prodigaldog.com www.1480kHz.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:06:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Eb wrote: > General announcement: I saw an excellent film last night: "A > Face in the Crowd," from 1957. Elia Kazan, Andy Griffith (film > debut), Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau. Highly recommended. actually, Griffith was in the film version of "No Time for Sergeants" (with Don Knotts in a minor role!!) a year earlier. and i was actually in two towns in michigan this last weekend that looked like Mayberry (Constantine & Marshall). but i only dressed like a goth once. and that was for halloween. ===== "America's greatest natural resource, still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #366 *******************************