From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #387 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 15 1999 Volume 08 : Number 387 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: hooray for Thursday [Eb ] Re: Re: hooray for Thursday [Paul Christian Glenn ] Re: Philadelphia gig [Greg Mascioli ] "they give me food, collect my feces..." [Eb ] Re: hooray for Thursday ["Richard Zeszotarski" ] Re: The upcoming shows on the East Coast [Briannupp@aol.com] Re: Godwin's Rule? [puppycakes ] thirty-six (1% RHC) [HSatterfld@aol.com] from rand - update - 50% Robyn content ["*twofangs..aka..randi" ] Unlike Minerva [0% RH] [Terrence M Marks ] medieval lyricists ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] wheee! (tm) [Carole Reichstein ] Re: wheee! (tm) [Capuchin ] Re: Godwin's Rule? [lj lindhurst ] Hooray for Friday ["Jason R. Thornton" ] oops! [Katherine Rossner ] Re: medieval lyricists, etc. [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:52:54 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: hooray for Thursday Doc: >I haven't heard a studio album from a band in >a very long time that I'd just say, "Man, aren't they having a blast?" Jeeeez. Well, that's one of the things which really grabs me about the Elephant Six gang. *Nobody* seems to have more fun in the studio than those guys. This would also be a good time to bring up the oft-abused Ben Folds Five.... Some other notable having-a-blast records of 1999 (titles deleted because I'm lazy): Owsley The Lonesome Organist Fluid Ounces Super Furry Animals Ween Actually, if you really value this quality so much, you ought to be *loving* a lot of the new brash 'n' bratty bands you find in Spin. I mean, they're not *my* thing, but then again, I don't rate "fun" that highly. >Then I realized, "Oh, shit, I've moved into another demographic." Apparently! >Eb, how do you stand it? I don't know...I still get just as excited over a new musical discovery as when I was in high school. Even moreso in some ways, because it's a lot harder to find undiscovered good things today. Maybe my "stamina" is unusual...beats me. I haven't "discovered" an awful lot this year, but Owsley, Beulah, the Minders, the Lonesome Organist, Macha and the Ladybug Transistor all gave me new happiness. And I skimmed Solex's debut in Virgin Megastore the other day, and I have a feeling that I'd get a kick out of this one too. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:5:24 -0600 From: Paul Christian Glenn Subject: Re: Re: hooray for Thursday At 10/14/99 2:52:00 PM, you wrote: >I haven't "discovered" an awful lot this year, but >Owsley, Beulah, the Minders, the Lonesome Organist, Macha and the Ladybug >Transistor all gave me new happiness. ..and, of course, you *do* recall how much you enjoyed the new Joy Electric record. Wouldn't want to forget to add that to your list... ;) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:48:39 -0400 From: Greg Mascioli Subject: Re: Philadelphia gig Robyn is playing at Upstage, not TLA as noted on the web site. FYI, I ordered tickets in advance of the 10/29 and they will be held at the door. Greg Rob Gronotte wrote: > > Is he actually going to be opening for Matthew Sweet at the TLA as well as > playing the headling show at Upstage? Or was the opening set just a > rumor? Pollstar does list the Departure Lounge as playing at the TLA; > will they also be playing the Upstage? This all is very confusing... > > Rob > > Why don't you come up and surf me sometime? --> http://www.patriot.net/users/rob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:55:14 -0800 From: Eb Subject: "they give me food, collect my feces..." [Taken from the yearly "Darwin Awards"] A Vermont native, Ronald Demuth, found himself in a difficult position. While touring the Eagle's Rock African Safari (Zoo) with a group of thespians from St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr. Demuth went overboard to show them one of America's many marvels. He demonstrated the effectiveness of "Crazy Glue"...the hard way. Apparently, Mr. Demuth wanted to demonstrate just how good the adhesive was, so he put about 3 ounces of the adhesive in the palms of his hands, and jokingly placed them on the buttocks of a passing rhino. The rhino, a resident of the zoo for the past 13 years, was not initially startled as it has been part of the petting exhibit since its arrival as a baby. However, once it became aware of its being involuntarily stuck to Mr. Demuth, it began to panic and ran around the petting area wildly making Mr. Demuth an unintended passenger. "Sally (the rhino) hasn't been feeling well lately. She had been very constipated. We had just given her a laxative and some depressants to relax her bowels, when Mr.Demuth played his juvenile prank," said James Douglass, caretaker. During Sally's tirade two fences were destroyed, a shed wall was gored, and a number of small animals escaped. Also, during the stampede, three pygmy goats and one duck were stomped to death. As for Demuth, it took a team of medics and zoo caretakers' to remove his hands from her buttocks. First, the animal had to be captured and calmed down. However, during this process the laxatives began to take hold and Mr. Demuth was repeatedly showered with over 30 gallons of rhino diarrhea. "It was tricky. We had to calm her down, while at the same time shield our faces from being pelted with rhino dung. I guess you could say that Mr. Demuth was into it up to his neck. Once she was under control, we had three people with shovels working to keep an air passage open for Mr. Demuth. We were able to tranquilize her and apply a solvent to remove his hands from her rear," said Douglass. "I don't think he'll be playing with Crazy Glue for a while." Meanwhile, the Russians, while obviously amused, also were impressed with the power of the adhesive. "I'm going to buy some for my children, but of course they can't take it to the zoo," commented Vladimir Zolnikov, leader of the troupe. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:39:53 EDT From: "Richard Zeszotarski" Subject: Re: hooray for Thursday > >Doc: > >I haven't heard a studio album from a band in > >a very long time that I'd just say, "Man, aren't they having a blast?" > >Jeeeez. Well, that's one of the things which really grabs me about the >Elephant Six gang. *Nobody* seems to have more fun in the studio than those >guys. This would also be a good time to bring up the oft-abused Ben Folds >Five.... > >Some other notable having-a-blast records of 1999 (titles deleted because >I'm lazy): > >Owsley >The Lonesome Organist >Fluid Ounces >Super Furry Animals >Ween > While they're probably not liked by anyone else on this list, I would like to also include on this list of bands that have a blast playing the Toronto quartet Moxy Fruvous. Now that I've probably enraged everyone with that comment, I'll make my getaway....Exit, stage left!! - -Rich Z. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:31:14 EDT From: Briannupp@aol.com Subject: Re: The upcoming shows on the East Coast In a message dated 99-10-09 21:57:47 EDT, meketone@ix.netcom.com writes: << The October 29th show in Philadelphia is at Theater of the Living Arts, and it's Robyn opening for Matthew Sweet (whos work I don't know of course because I am so desperately unhip when it comes to music). But this Sweet better be damn good to have Robyn open for him. Also, would RH be appearing with the headlining act? Is their music similar?? >> Thats funny I saw Matthew Sweet open for Robyn in 1991! - -Brian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:39:19 -0400 From: puppycakes Subject: Re: Godwin's Rule? when we last left our heroes, The Great Quail exclaimed: >"Godwin's Law is a natural law of Usenet named after Mike Godwin >concerning Usenet "discussions". It reads, according to the Jargon >File: As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a >comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." > >Mike Godwin?????? Is this *our* Mike Godwin? the other mike godwin was a lawyer-type who was an early counsel for the electronic freedom foundation. (hey -- didn't lj used to hobnob with the epic folks? she should know the answer to this question.) if i remember correctly, godwin's law was first postulated in comp.org.eff.talk sometime in the early '90s, but i could be confused. (ah, those were heady times!) woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:34:18 EDT From: HSatterfld@aol.com Subject: thirty-six (1% RHC) On October 7, I spent my 36th birthday in Trier, Germany, eating french fries with mayonnaise. And I feel I must comment that Limp Bizkit has constructed the greatest song that will ever be written about putting cookies up your ass. Also, I didn't see the David Lynch/Jocelyn Montgomery CD listed on that Hildegaard discography. Surely eb recalls dissing this recording. P.S. Where is Fletcher's in Baltimore, and would I enjoy driving there from DC on a weeknight? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 03:18:13 -0400 From: "*twofangs..aka..randi" Subject: from rand - update - 50% Robyn content Hi, Doctor details below so feel free to skip if you find my updates boring - or if they contain low Robyn H. content. Interesting Robyn stuff *after* the next line of dots which means doc stuff will go away & back into writing about feg stuff :-} ............................................................................................................................... Okay, all ye who made it ;-} Had 'tube down the nose drip barium' on Tuesday morning. The official name of the "procedure" is called 'a small bowel enema.' People who have ever had this yucky procedure, might know it by its other, less accurate, method - the "I'm going to make you drink this really gross pink stuff - - we'll pretend it's a strawberry milkshake - - and then we'll take pictures." The reason I get a tube put down my nose is 'cause I ask for it - yes - it's true - I'm both a sadist and a masochist ;-} Seriously - what happens to people with inflammatory bowel disease - - is you drink the stuff - - suffer the pain and throwing up - - then a few days later - - the docs tell you "the test results aren't conclusive enough, so we'd like to try it again" ... blah blah blah I figured this out quite a while ago, so I skip {refuse ;-} the drinking business. I go right for the tube down the nose. I know it sounds gross, and ya, it hurts, but if it's more accurate ... then it's for me. So I'm a bit {a bit!} aggravated that *no* doctor has come to see me since the procedure which was Tuesday. No news = good news? I hope so. But health care is really sucking here in Ontario; Quebec too ... perhaps all the provinces. So it takes soooooooooooooooo much longer to find doctors and get answers. However, I *did* see my pictures as they were being taken, my stricture ... {- narrowing of the bowel due to Crohn's eating all the way through four intestinal layers -} ... looked just like a darning needle - same length as a real needle - about the same diameter - - just no "eye" for the thread ... 8-} Pretty scary? - Yes. Pretty damn f#%*%%^^&_@^&&%^$ %!@##%^%^**^$^%@#~*%$g scary. Anyhow - I'm in a holding pattern - will I have a monster surgery, will I be able to go to NYC or Ann Arbor or Chicago to see Robyn, will I get my life back -- ? aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh Sorry, no annoying content intended. So ... yay! Another snip of my life. I'll report back a.s.a.p. :-} ................................................................................................................................ Welcome to Robyn content ... I saw that "Viva Sea-Tac" is # 6 on the college charts. That's good for him, I hope. I was thinking abut "jfs" and realized that the compilation Robyn releases as the "jfs outtakes" might end up being a better collection for fegs. {thank g-d for Robyn's Museum} I know "jfs" must have been talked about and it's way out of fashion to death on to talk about on the list - but I shall make a few of my own comments anyway. 1 - Last time I spoke with Robyn, he told me he felt his demos were better than the songs that end up being 'produced.' Some people might consider this to be the 'A&M years.' :-} The demos for "Queen Elvis" were way cooler than the album; "Lysander" live is gorgeous, as is "Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom." In any case - I don't know if it's just me ... ... or if any others ... think the songs on "jfs" are more 'demo-like.' I enjoy it - for the record :-} 2 - I am starting to feel like "jfs" ... {oh thank you oh thank you sharkboy for sending me the tape} ... is Robyn's acknowledgement of growing older. I always thought "Eye" or "Moss Elixir" contained deeply personal songs. But "jfs" has a different quality ... {could be my drugs talking ;-} *'mexican g-d'* ... dreaming your eyes away ... ... closed to the future ... ... pray for amnesia to finish you off ... ... time will destroy you like a mexican g-d ... *'cheese alarm'* ... i can't even fit into size 38's ... ... juddering stilton with your blue budded veins ... ... you can't build a palace without any veins ... guess Robyn is cholesterol and cardiovascular-ly aware ... *'i feel beautiful'* ... not some poisoned soul that is alone and doomed ... ... people never celebrate the things they got ... {a personal fave line ... ... wrought from too much Randi experience} *'you've got a sweet mouth on you, baby'* ... if i can't get it when i'm older ... ... flutter by me baby - i'll see your pattern than i'll die ... *'sally was a legend'* ... and it's been a lifetime ... ... and with you i celebrate my life ... {hope that's about Michele} *'no i don't remember guilford'* ... was there something ... ... jog my memory ... ... did something happen ... {could this be an explanation for maisie?} 'dark princess' ... a dead man's strum ... ... my thumb so numb ... I know Robyn's always written about death - - I have all the albums - 'face of death' is on 'wading through a ventilator' - but "Moss Elixir" was a more serious personal perspective on Mr. H's life I think of "jfs" as a *fun* counterpoint to the serious personal issues touched on in "ME." {Btw - at 'Lee's Palace' in Toronto, back in October of 1994, Robyn said that he was starting to look like Van Morrison ...} I feel like Robyn *wrote* about death before, whereas now, he can *feel* the years flying by, and the writing is from a different perspective ... death is a lot closer for Robyn now than it used to be. My humble opinion anyway :-} And yes, I specifically took quotes out of context to prove a point. Someone mentioned Robyn and Michele got married - I hope so ... Okay - nurses glaring at Randi, Bye & remember, what scares you most will set you free, Randi *no one's ever watered me the way you do* - - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 03:41:57 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: books and other wordy things doug read: nr r. powers _the gold-bug variations_ what a great author, though Galatea 2.0 wasn't as great as Prisoner's Dilemma, GBV, or Three Farmers... and I finished that Bruce Sterling book, and it was good. Drew did you want my Nerve Bible, or did you find another one? I looked through it today, and it's cool; but I'm unemployed and looking to unload books. Time to dump a bunch of Robert Anton Wilson, Noam Chomsky, Don DeLillo, Bill Burroughs, and other books worth bucks. Still can't bear to part with my Brautigan or Borges collections. By the way, I've not been to the fegbooks site in a while, are people still adding to it? By the lack of TRex lyrics of late, I assume she. is not posting much. dave, curious if this mess about the Philly show(s?) gets cleared up before I get there. PS hey I talked to Viv yesterday, and she's alive, and seems pretty happy (if still Unsettled), and says she'll be back online soon. Right now she's busy buying antiques with her inheritance. PPS What's the word on Randi? Don't make me drive there to deliver this tape... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 01:33:30 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Halloween Rocks! I've been seeing this item listed on eBay--"Halloween Rocks"--with tracks like Monster Mash; Spooky; Please, Mr. Gravedigger; The Tell-tale Heart; and...BALLOON MAN (yes, the Hitchcock/Egyptians song/recording). On one hand, GREAT!, Robyn is getting a little extra exposure, but on the other hand, what the hell made someone say," 'Balloon Man", Wow! There's a spooky song for you!"? Granted, I listen to some peculiar stuff at times, but that was a song I thought fit perfectly in the list of "Robyn songs for children" thread someone did a while back. "Face of Death"--sure; "Pit of Souls"--COOL!!; "Lady Waters & the Hooded One"--the song I would suggest, personally; "The Shapes Between Us Turn Into Animals"; "Ghost Ship"; "Sleeping With Your Devil Mask"; "The Bones in the Ground", etc., etc., etc...even "My Wife and My Dead Wife", but "Balloon Man"? Come on. Later, Marc np--You're Gonna Miss Me (The Best of)-- Roky Erickson, most of which would be ideal for a Halloween tape. ps--I understand why "Balloon Man" was picked of all Hitchcock songs, but I really like to pretend that at least a minimal amount of effort was put into picking a song that might be the only exposure to Robyn Hitchcock some people will get. At least if it fit the context of the compilation, it might be cool--my 8 year-old nephew loved the Hitchcock/Bonzo Dog Band/They Might Be Giants/etc. tape I made for him a couple of years ago. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 07:32:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Unlike Minerva [0% RH] My comic has moved to unikeminerva.com. Check it out and sign the guestbook. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 04:34:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: medieval lyricists > From: Katherine Rossner > Hildegarde of Bingen got my vote. Medieval wordsmith > *and* available > product on the market. So there. I didn't have anyone specific in mind when I remarked upon the contemporary slant of the CDNOW list, but I found it difficult to believe that music was really wanting for decent lyrics until Bob Dylan came along. I'm assuming they weren't counting opera as having "lyrics"? > From: Doc [I said:] > >Cornershop came to mind, but mainly because they're on > Luaka Bop and > >Byrne really likes them, and they really only have the > exuberance. > >Not that they're unintelligent and simplistic, but it's > not at all the > > >same angle. > > Ummm... same angle as Byrne? Sorry, I don't understand. > I've found > their stuff to be quite fun (I've listened to "When I Was > Born For The > 7th Time") about 93 squidjillion times, and I haven't > grown tired of > it. > > I find there's exuberance, complexity, and intelligence > in Cornershop > recordings. I'd debate the complexity, but really what I was talking about was the approach and subject matter. Both bands are/were political in some ways, for example, but Cornershop do not (at least on the album you mention) place the politics at the center in the way that Talking Heads often did. I'm not sure how to explain what I'm thinking. I'm not saying Talking Heads were necessarily superior to Cornershop (I do think that, though I like Cornershop all right, but that wasn't my point), just different in their approach. In other words I don't think Cornershop are the next Talking Heads. [The Soft Bulletin:] > It's going to take me YEARS to like this rekkid. When I I can understand that. Lately my listens have made me feel that some of the odd arrangements and shifts are just jarring and arbitrary, and not exciting and dynamic as they seemed at first. I'm willing to believe that on a record this layered very little is arbitrary, but...for example, I'm still having trouble making sense of "A Spoonful Weighs a Ton." So far my favorite tracks are two of the more traditional-sounding ones: "Buggin'" and "Waiting for a Superman." > From: Eb > Yes, I've heard of this before. In other words, as a > combative thread gets > longer and longer, it becomes more and more likely that > someone will snarl > something like "Who are YOU to tell me what to think, you > Nazi?" It's not quite that casual. I can't think of a good example offhand, but it's actually a comparison of the person or the argument to some allegedly Naziistic tactic or position. On soc.bi we used to end threads voluntarily by saying "HITLER HITLER HITLER!", though. Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:16:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: wheee! (tm) Yay! I saw Elliott Smith open for Quasi last night here in Portland. Lovely little set: he played lots of new material and sat on the stage with that hangdog look on his face and drank whiskey in between songs. This was a one-time thing..Elliott's not opening for any other Quasi shows. Sometimes I just wake up at night and am so grateful to live in Portland. Everyone should visit at least once. But anyway. No, I didn't tape it. I didn't see any Portland Fegs in attendance, but geez, the place was so packed, it was hard to see anything but a sea of bodies and spilt beer. And what's with all these people wearing ORANGE Gap VESTS? Don't they know how ridiculous they look?? They look as if they should be clamming, not at some show. I saw at least 10 people in line wearing them. Yikes. Carole (Oh yes, and Quasi was quite good as well! ;) ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:16:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: wheee! (tm) On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Carole Reichstein wrote: > Yay! I saw Elliott Smith open for Quasi last night here in Portland. Viv and gNat went down there about half an hour before the show, saw the line around the block and came home. We watched The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle. Eet'sh a schwindowl. > Lovely little set: he played lots of new material and sat on the stage > with that hangdog look on his face and drank whiskey in between songs. > This was a one-time thing..Elliott's not opening for any other Quasi > shows. Sometimes I just wake up at night and am so grateful to live in > Portland. Everyone should visit at least once. But anyway. Well, gNatalie's visiting right now! I was a bit grumpy last night, but other than that, everyone's getting along fine. gNat should move here and enjoy good shows at least monthly. > No, I didn't tape it. I didn't see any Portland Fegs in attendance, but > geez, the place was so packed, it was hard to see anything but a sea of > bodies and spilt beer. That's what Viv and gNat were trying to avoid, I think. > And what's with all these people wearing ORANGE Gap VESTS? Don't they know > how ridiculous they look?? They look as if they should be clamming, not at > some show. I saw at least 10 people in line wearing them. Yikes. I heard a phrase yesterday that I will use for ages to come: sociopathic conformism. That's what it is. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:09:25 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Godwin's Rule? >the other mike godwin was a lawyer-type who was an early counsel for the >electronic freedom foundation. (hey -- didn't lj used to hobnob with the >epic folks? she should know the answer to this question.) if i remember >correctly, godwin's law was first postulated in comp.org.eff.talk sometime >in the early '90s, but i could be confused. (ah, those were heady times!) > >woj Yes, in fact I do know the Mike Godwin in question, but oddly enough I did not know of his infamy before now. I did a great deal of work for some projects he was involved with a few years back; many of those projects were fundraisers so I spent a lot of time standing around with a tiny paper plate eating crudite and drinking cheap wine with Mr. Godwin. (I'm so cool.) And for the record, he never accused *me* of being a Nazi (but everyone knows I'm just a garden-variety redneck). wooh yeah, starfucking! yeah! l * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Every head is a head and there is no head which is not suitable for any creature." --Amos Tutuola ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:40:36 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Hooray for Friday I've been stalking Elf Power like Eddie's gonna stalk our man Robyn... heh. I saw Elf Power play twice in the past three days, and The Minders once. Met some nice people... including The Feg Who Claims Not to Be a Feg, a couple of enthusiastic kids from the Elephant 6 mailing list who didn't know who Bryan Ferry or Roxy Music were, and the cousin of the lead singer of Elf Power who got me into the San Diego show for free - woohoo I saved six freakin' dollars. I felt guilty about the comp ticket, and bought a cyclops-elf t-shirt. I was gonna write a quick review of the shows, but my brain is working at like one-third capacity due to sleep deprivation, and the only description coming to mind is "good show." The other Elephant 6 band at both gigs was Fable Factory (billed as The Fables at Spaceland), and they had this Weird Al/Mojo Nixon/Barenaked Ladies vibe that didn't sit well with me... although I liked their drummer a lot. She also guested on flute, percussion, and backing vox for Elf Power. I busted her balls a bit for suggesting that I could fit into a Medium t-shirt.... even IF they do run big. To finally answer Eddie's "arkchestra" question: Elf Power, which according to the most recent CD booklet has four members, had only one extra guitarist-sax player on stage with them the entire set, but were also joined one or two members of Fable Factory, depending on the song. With occasional sax, clarinet (from regular member, Laura), and flute, they were the only band to really have that E6 "horn" sound going. The Minders kept to a gtr-bass-drum power trio format almost the entire time. I recognized Laura of Elf Power from her stint with the Music Tapes. I was a little zoned at last night's show, after a hectic day at work and a long drive up there, but I still had fun. I may have been standing behind a "starlet" last night for a bit - the guy she was with kept talking about her "character," whose name he kept forgetting - but I didn't recognize her. Elf Power covered Eno's "Needles in the Camel's Eye" in San Diego, and T-Rex's "Hot Love" at both shows. "Needles" kicked some serious ass. Bryan Helium, the Elf's bass player, wore this hat in San Diego which read "High Tech Redneck." With it on, he really did look like a backwater hick. In LA, he didn't wear it and looked more like Kurt Cobain. Amazing what a headpiece can do. I really dug Elf Power's drummer. Tight as hell. Stole my haircut though. Please excuse my caffeine-laced, incoherent babbling. Does anyone if you can only play one chord at a time on an omni-chord, or can you actually stack triads by playing two at once? Half-asleep in his seat, - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:59:32 -0400 From: Katherine Rossner Subject: oops! My apologies to any who were offended by my lengthy post (yesterday, subj: Hildegard), though of course I hope some will be inspired to seek out the recordings of Hildegard von Bingen's work. Posting private email to the list was an error (for which I've already apologized to Eb); I plead morning brain confusion, with which I am frequently afflicted at such hours. Katherine - -- Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yere, and wordes tho That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem, and yet they spake hem so. - Chaucer, "Troilus and Criseyde" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:04:11 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: medieval lyricists, etc. Drew: >I didn't have anyone specific in mind when I remarked >upon the contemporary slant of the CDNOW list, but I found >it difficult to believe that music was really wanting for >decent lyrics until Bob Dylan came along. Well, didn't the CDNow list have Ira Gershwin, Woody Guthrie and Cole Porter on it? Your "music wanting until Bob Dylan came along" criticism is just plain inaccurate. As for opera...I dunno. Most of those stories are pretty hokey, you know. And of course, you can't really expect an American critic to pick a German/Italian lyricist. That seems like a reasonable concession to grant. I talked too much last night...I'm really hoarse and gravelly today. The E6 triple bill was good (though I wanted to *nuke* the opening band, Azalia Snail). Fable Factory was an amateurish bore, and I'm not an Elf Power fan but liked their set more than I expected. The Minders played some great tunes, though their onstage presentation was very drab compared with Elf Power's. I dug the Minders' bassist, however -- she has an unusual performance style. Hard to explain. Like either she was *so* comfortable onstage that she came off like she was in rehearsal and didn't have a clue anyone was watching her, or she was *so* shy and insecure that she was trying to be as invisible as possible. I talked to her afterwards (very cute girl too, by the way, though plagued with a yucky pageboy haircut) -- apparently, it was a case of the latter. Heh. The Minders drummer was fun to watch, too -- a short, stocky girl who was sorta awkward but held her own. It's interesting to watch inherently ungraceful drummers who look like they really have to make an *effort* to play their licks. That always grabs my attention. I also bought Hooray for Tuesday at the show. I played it this morning -- I think I like the new B-sides compilation a little bit better. Echoing Aaron's past criticism of the new Beulah disc, I feel like Hooray for Tuesday is a bit too Robert Schneidered-out. Schneider is a good producer, but he makes everything sound the same. And yes, I met the Feg Who Owns a Chapman Stick at the show. I can't remember which of you printed up those "I'VE MET EB!!" T-shirts, but perhaps you should get in touch with him for a rare sale. I had another "interesting" encounter as well, but I'm not going to post about it due to the list mole. Actually, my best encounter of the night was before the show. I went to the Hustler retail store on Sunset Boulevard beforehand, because I wanted to buy a T-shirt for a birthday gift. It was a big night, apparently. Kleeg lights out front, the whole deal. Some big porn star was there, signing posters, calendars and videos. I think his name was Rik Ryker? Something like that. He was a very good-looking guy, but somehow I wasn't tempted to purchase his wares. ;) But he seemed to have a lot of fans -- the place was quite crowded. There was also this *amazing* Austin Powers lookalike/soundalike wandering around. I mean, *amazing*. I think his big yellow teeth were even real! He had a blue velvet jacket and dickie, the complete wardrobe. Plus, the voice and mannerisms. Quite startling. Anyway, between the festivities, I asked a short, extravagantly stacked salesgirl for sizing advice. I wasn't sure whether to buy a small or medium T-shirt for my friend. I told the girl that my friend was 5'3" and petite -- and she helpfully responded with "Are her boobs big?" while cupping her breasts for emphasis, without even a trace of self-consciousness. I think that was the highlight of my night. YEAH, babee! ;) Eb PS Forwarded publicist blurb, for those of you who are interested: monday, october 18th at 6pm eastern, come to http://www.insound.com and chat with momus live. after that, momus will be heading stateside for his national tour: 10.26.99 Boston @ Middle East 10.27.99 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory 10.28.99 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory 10.29.99 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells 10.30.99 Philadelphia, PA @ Nick's 10.31.99 Washington, DC @ Black Cat 11.2.99 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge 11.3.99 Atlanta, GA @ Echo Lounge 11.5.99 Houston, TX @ Rudyards 11.6.99 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room 11.7.99 Austin, TX @ Emo's 11.9.99 LA, CA @ The Troubadour * 11.11.99 SF, CA @ Bottom of the Hill * 11.13.99 SF, CA @ Bottom of the Hill * 11.14.99 Portland, OR @ Reed College * 11.15.99 Portland, OR @ EJ's * 11.16.99 Seattle, WA @ Aro.Space * 11.18.99 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar * 11.19.99 Chicago, IL @ The Double Door * 11.20.99 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick * [the asterisks mean Momus is performing with the unimpressive Claudine Longet clone, Kahimi Karie] ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #387 *******************************