From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #405 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 29 1999 Volume 08 : Number 405 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Randi [Marcy Tanter ] RH in Philly 10/29/99! (Robyn Reimondovich Gichkok ve Filadelfii 29.X.99!) [Christopher Gross ] Re: more on the Fletcher's show [Aaron Lowe ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Glen Uber ] Re: Oh, what the hell... [Glen Uber ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Tom Clark ] james spader naked? seen it ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] RE: full frontal nudity (0%RH) ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Tom Clark ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Glen Uber ] eb all over your ass ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Scary Mary ] Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) [Ken Ostrander ] Tonight... tonight... [Bayard ] Re: Tonight... tonight... [Ethyl Ketone ] Re: Oh, what the hell... [Eb ] Report on the Carboro NC show - OCT 28 ["Yudt.Matthew" Subject: Randi I heard from Randi at long last. She's not doing that well but she's alive, which is what's important. She knows we're all thinking about her. Dr. Marcy Tanter "...Nature's self which is the breath of God." - --William Wordsworth, _The Prelude_, Book V, line 221 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:24:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: RH in Philly 10/29/99! (Robyn Reimondovich Gichkok ve Filadelfii 29.X.99!) I hope this isn't too late to do any good: Feg extraordinaire Bayard Catron and I, his humble housemate, will be at the Philly show tonight. We plan to get there early enough to meet the group at Carrie's place around 6; but since our route takes us over I-95, it's really up to fate. Dave, if you're trying to find us at the club, well.... Hmm, I don't know what I'll be wearing, let alone Bayard. I'm 6', glasses, no hair in front and a long ponytail in back. Bayard is indescribable, but just look for the nicest guy in the room. Actually, we should be with the group, so for more distinctive landmarks, look for the hair (QuailJ) or the complete absence of hair (Eddie). Of course it's not too late for us to all get matching capes! There's probably a cape store on every corner around South Street. Hoping to see everyone there, Chris np: Ministry, "Everyday is Halloween" ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:29:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: more on the Fletcher's show During "Antwoman," Chris from Departure Lounge played the little clarinet (?) sections, the ones that remind me of a stereotypical Indian snake charmer. Did he do this at the earlier gigs? I didn't see mention of it on the setlists. Just curious.... On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Melissa ... wrote: > How many Dc area fegs did I miss? Which group in front? Right or left? Tall > guy next to guy with shaved head and glasses or group on with Tasha (?) the > birthday girl? We were the folks covering the center and left (audience left) of the stage, not with the birthday woman to the right. From left to right we had: tall guy with long blond hair, black leather jacket, rock 'n' roll attitude: Doug "dmw" Mayo-Welles (some of his bandmates were lurking around too) somewhat shorter long-haired guy: me tallish dark-haired guy in green jacket: David Dudich woman with shoulder-length red hair and bat backpack: Scary Mary indescribable (but very nice) guy: Bayard Catron shaven-headed guy with microphone clipped to glasses: Eddie "Capitalism Blows" (among less printable pseudonyms) Tews Tall dark-haired guy with red and white (?) striped shirt: Rich Plumb Tall, distinguished-looking English gentleman on stage: Robyn Hitchcock (well, he *used* to live in the DC area) I hope I'm not forgetting anyone, or mangling any names! Look for us at future Feg gatherings. As for Robyn's shirt, I'm pretty sure that it was the same one he's wearing on the front of the Storefront Hitchcock CD/LP. I mean, how many bright lizard-patterned shirts can there be? - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:28:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Attention Jon Fetter Can someone tell Jon to bring a tape of his music to the wing-ding tonight? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:37:14 -0500 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: Re: more on the Fletcher's show At 11:29 AM 10/29/99 , you wrote: >During "Antwoman," Chris from Departure Lounge played the little clarinet >(?) sections, the ones that remind me of a stereotypical Indian snake >charmer. Did he do this at the earlier gigs? I didn't see mention of it >on the setlists. Just curious.... During the 3 Austin shows, Chris never joined the rest of his "Lounge-mates" for any of Robyn's sets. Those "clarinet" sections that you're referring to were picked out very precisely by Kimberley, an octave above the way they're played on the CD. Aaron * Aaron Lowe [ aaron@aaronlowe.com ] http://aaronlowe.com "Don't wait up any longer, I'm not coming home. You know you're always stronger, when you're on you're own." ~Robyn Hitchcock _Executioner Of Love_ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:54:46 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) Scary Mary said: > When "Little Earthquakes" came out, if Tori had asked me to > run away with her I would have given up men for her. She's > the only woman (well maybe Wynona Ryder from "Beetlejuice") > who could have convinced me to do so. Actually, aside from the Winona Ryder part, my fiancee said almost the same thing. > The type of men I find attractive are what I term the three t's - > tall, thin and tortured, although one of my friends thinks it > should be tall, thin, and twisted. Needless to say, I find David > Bowie very sexy. And I really enjoyed his look from "Earthling." Actually, my fiancee also loves the "Bowie type." Her ideals include John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Tim Roth, etc. How the hell she ended up with me, I'll never know. > I also found a bunch of the folks on the goth photo pages that > Eb posted to be attractive. I'd like to see this page. Do you mind passing along the URL? > As for seeing celebrities/fegs nude... > > I'm not interested in seeing anyone nude just for the sake of > seeing them nude. Now of course, if I plan to make use of their > body, that's a different topic. Celebs: Elizabeth Hurley Gillian Anderson Jane Leeves Jewel Tyra Banks Dana Delaney amongst others... It doesn't matter if it's "relevant to the role," either... ;-) Fegs: Can't think of any...not that I'd say anyway. > ps - Happy (very) Belated Birthday to Eb > pps - Happy (not too late) Birthday to Chris G. > Happy (not too late) Birthday to D. Teague, N. Winkworth and Sydney "Lost Madonna" C. And, of course, moi! np - The Jim Rome show ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:00:11 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Oh, what the hell... > I did lights and sound for the Troubador en olden days for a couple > of shows. It was kind of a yecchy place. Was it still a country-rock mecca where all the Flying Pure Poco Prairie Eagles wanna-be bands would play? - -g, who used to be an Eagles fan until he discovered Gram Parsons and finally understood what the original intention of "country-rock" was and how Henley and Frey were essentially disgraces to the genre... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:09:44 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) On 10/29/99 9:54 AM, Glen Uber wrote: >> I'm not interested in seeing anyone nude just for the sake of >> seeing them nude. Now of course, if I plan to make use of their >> body, that's a different topic. > >Celebs: >Elizabeth Hurley >Gillian Anderson >Jane Leeves >Jewel >Tyra Banks >Dana Delaney Delany was nekkid in "Exit To Eden". If you must see it, get it on tape or DVD so you can fast-forward past Rosie O'Donnell in a leather teddy. Now THAT'S what I call gratuitous! > >np - The Jim Rome show How fresh is that? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:41:31 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: james spader naked? seen it > From: The Great Quail > Nah! The best part of the film was when the scientist -- > Spader, > right? -- is nattering on and on to all the suits and > generals about > the pre-Stargate thingie, all happy and filled with > scientific > enthusiasm and actually quite giggly, then he sees them > all *staring* > at him, and he suddenly gets all sheepish. Oh, yes, that's right. I'd forgotten that this is the only James Spader movie I've seen in which I actually liked him. He's adorable with the glasses and all. > From: Scary Mary > The type of men I find attractive are what I term the > three t's - > tall, thin and tortured, although one of my friends > thinks it > should be tall, thin, and twisted. Ah, yes. Fortunately for such men, perhaps, they leave me utterly cold, with only occasional exceptions (see earlier comment re: young Nicky Cave). I much prefer short, stocky, and sanguine, though I'm also fond of broad, butch, and belligerent when I'm in the mood for stupid fun. Not too many boys like the former in the entertainment industry. That Blues Travelers harmonica-wielding fiend and the Bare Naked Ladies dolt are not what I have in mind. > I also found a bunch of the folks on the goth photo pages > that > Eb posted to be attractive. When I make exceptions for the frighteningly undernourished, it's usually because they're goth. > ps - Happy (very) Belated Birthday to Eb > pps - Happy (not too late) Birthday to Chris G. You'd be mere days belated if you wished me one. And if you knew me from Adam. Drew, overnight a better driver, or so the insurance company believes ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:40:16 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: RE: full frontal nudity (0%RH) Hmmmm.....feeling the need to chime in... Glen Uber, on or about October 29, 1999 uttered: > Actually, my fiancée also loves the "Bowie type"...How the hell she ended > up with me, I'll > never know. Amen, Brother. My wife's ideal runs along the lines of (believe it or not) Departure Lounge's own Timmie Keegan. How she made the crossover from him to me no one will probably ever know. > > I'm not interested in seeing anyone nude just for the sake of > > seeing them nude. Now of course, if I plan to make use of their > > body, that's a different topic. I like your rationale, here--you've obviously given this thought. > Elizabeth Hurley > Gillian Anderson > Jane Leeves > Jewel > Tyra Banks > Dana Delaney Emphatic yes, err.....two years ago I would have probably jumped at the idea of that but now, however, I'm not so sure, dunno, eire mon, another dunno, hmmmm....yes....in that order. Add to it Wynona Ryder (still--although the Beetlejuice/Heather days are still my favorite--) and Lara Flynn Boyle (for yet-undisclosed reasons) and I would be quite happy. ______________________________________ Ferris Each day I try to enjoy something from each of the four food groups: the bourbon group, the salty- snack group, the caffeine group and the "What-ever- the-thing-in-the-tinfoil-in-the-back-of-the-fridge-is". ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:48:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: L'Hotel de Verre New feg MP3s... and the Asking Tree works again. Look for your reviews and setlists as I incorporate them (after halloweekend.) http://www.glasshotel.net/gh Two rush hours later, I'm in Philadelphia. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:47:58 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) At 09:54 AM 10/29/99 -0700, Glen Uber wrote: >Celebs: >Elizabeth Hurley >Gillian Anderson >Jane Leeves >Jewel >Tyra Banks >Dana Delaney >amongst others... Did I ever tell my embarrassing Jewel story? I saw Jewel a few months ago at a local coffeeshop. She wasn't performing, I just saw her walk in, hang around for a few minutes, and then leave. Anyhow, when she came in and passed me by, I noticed her not as a celebrity, but as a "foxy mama." I first saw her from behind, so my initial thought was, quite literally (and, I could HEAR these words ringing in my head, very loudly, and another part of me was cringing), "wow, niiiiiice ass." I then heard someone near me whisper "hey, that's Jewel" to a friend, saw her turn sideways, and realized that it was, in fact, Jewel. My second thought was then, the voice in my head as obnoxious as before, "hey, that nice ass is attached to Jewel!" I was a bit surprised because before that point I hadn't really considered her much of a sex symbol. Yeah, deep down, I'm really a pig. I know Gillian Anderson makes a lot of people's lists, but I just don't find her very attractive at all. What gives? David Duchovny in drag, though... whoa! - --Jason, still somewhat amazed at Tori Amos's ability to awaken those sleeping desires in so many women "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:12:01 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) On 10/29/99 10:47 AM, Jason R. Thornton wrote: >Yeah, deep down, I'm really a pig. Join the club. >I know Gillian Anderson makes a lot of people's lists, but I just don't >find her very attractive at all. What gives? I find her really attractive on The X-Files, but on talk shows and stuff she doesn't really do it for me that much. Maybe it's the close-ups; I like the way her mouth moves when she talks... >--Jason, still somewhat amazed at Tori Amos's ability to awaken those >sleeping desires in so many women If you ask my wife, it would awaken the desire to kill. Salma Hayek on the other hand.... - -tc np - The Simpsons: Songs In Key Of Springfield ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:13:31 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) Jason sed: > Yeah, deep down, I'm really a pig. Aren't we all... > I know Gillian Anderson makes a lot of people's lists, but I just don't > find her very attractive at all. What gives? For me it's the following: 1) she's a redhead 2) I dig chicks in glasses and she looks really hot in glasses 3) she looks quite a bit like my fiancee Cheers! - -g- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:30:12 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: eb all over your ass thought i'd have to type in a bunch of setlists, but i see it's already been done. so, just a few quick notes: - --highlight of the tour so far: robyn, as has been mentioned, hurt his back, and had to play sitting down. in atlanta, he tried standing up for awhile, but then went to sit back down. for some reason, his electric wouldn't work while he was sitting, but would work while he was standing. so, he and tim swapped guitars for Elizabeth Jade. tim lit into his solo like you wouldn't believe. it was a sight! i asked him afterward if he'd ever played "EJ" on electric before. he said he thought it was the third time. he did it again in baltimore, but didn't approach the solo with nearly the same gusto. - --during the encores, robyn has been playing one solo song, then two with kimberley, then the whole band comes back out. well, in atlanta, after the second kimberley song, somebody in the audience yelled, "bring on the rock armada!" such a wonderfully evocative description, don't you think? hereinafter, i will be referring to this band as "robyn hitchcock's rock armada". i bid you do the same. i'm even going to enter it into my glossary as such. (.) - --there's a store in baltimore called "adult videos, kung fu". it wasn't clear to me whether that meant adult videos AND kung fu videos, or, adult kung fu videos. - --I Saw Nick Drake in baltimore was indeed with tim & jake. - --the band is really starting to hit its stride. linsay (this is the correct spelling, yes) asked me what i'd thought of the baltimore gig, and i said i thought it was the best one so far. he agreed with me, and said it was the first time they really felt all connected. - --i'm living vicariously through the weather channel. seems there was just a big storm came through the pacific northwest --first one of the season. not only did i have to miss out, but it probably also konked out the power, which means the vcr i'd set up to record all the new South Park episodes which were to have begun airing night before last is totally out of comission now. drag. - --doug is taller than i'd expected. - --robyn seems to be enjoying hisself greatly. after he and kimberley had thoroughly dessicated Insanely Jealous, robyn made some weird three-finger gesture to him, which i perceived to mean, "great job, ace!" or some such like. - --stuck around 'til the bitter end on tuesday. olivia tremor control didn't go on until about 1:45, and played for about an hour. they knocked the lights out, though. in fact, i even briefly entertained the notion that i was following the wrong band on tour. wednesday's rock armada gig quickly bereaved me of that notion. but then, like a damnable fool, i went to see the tremor control at the troc last night. all i can say is that i'm now a confused littler roadtripper. damn, those guys rock. i think my dream bill would be: robyn hitchcock's rock armada, dan bern, sleater-kinney, and the olivia tremor control. just let them permanently tour around the country together, and i'd be happy. indeed, the departure lounge boys had to leave carrboro early, but i told them they oughta see olivia tremor control on thursday night. tim, linsay, and jake were indeed there. they said they'd liked the show a lot. i told linsay they oughta tour together, and he said he thought that would be wonderful. - --as bayard mentions, i gave robyn our setlist wishlist. he seemed pretty amused by it, kind of dramatically reading off the titles. he noticed Ballad Of A Thin Man, and indicated that they might have it worked out by the end of the tour. so keep your fingers crossed! he asked if he could keep the paper, and i said, "absolutely". so, we'll see what comes of it. - --dede gave robyn a little rubber lunar lander that mike had procured at NASA hq. the next night, bayard gave him a little plastic skull that scary mary had procured god-knows-where. he received each most happily. i say we give him a trinket every night. - --vivien performed the Viva Sea-Tac dance when i passed through and dropped of john's pants. i don't know if i can remember it precisely, but remind me to teach it to y'all tonight at carrie's, and then we can do it during the show (if they play it tonight). - --paul is the actual tour manager, i think, and ryan his assistant. anyhow, his company is called "world of lobster". - --fegs rule! unfortunately, we didn't get to hang out much in baltimore, as fletcher's was VERY dark and VERY loud inside. - --robyn's been very talkative throughout the tour, with plenty of zany song intro's, including some quite a few new ones. - --i will get a picture of eb when i see him at the troubadour show. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:52:09 -0400 From: Scary Mary Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) Glen stated: > >Actually, my fiancee also loves the "Bowie type." Her ideals include John >Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Tim Roth, etc. How the hell she ended up with me, I'll >never know. I'll agree with your wife - all of the men above are attractive. And if the man has an Irish/Scottish/English accent he gets extra points - just watching "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" was too much fun. Give me Tim Roth and Gary Oldman any day of the week! Thomas Ferris added: >Amen, Brother. My wife's ideal runs along the lines of (believe it or not) >Departure Lounge's own Timmie Keegan. Yes! I found him very sexy! I love the new (well, new to me since the last I saw of him was in "Storefront Hitchcock") haircut too. > >> I also found a bunch of the folks on the goth photo pages that >> Eb posted to be attractive. > >I'd like to see this page. Do you mind passing along the URL? I think I have the url at home so it will have to wait until later tonight. >Happy (not too late) Birthday to D. Teague, N. Winkworth and Sydney "Lost >Madonna" C. And, of course, moi! > Happy Birthday to Andrew. Happy Birthday to all! So many scorpios on the list... Okay, first I need a cool drink after thinking of all these sexy men and then back to work. Scary Mary np My Bloody Valentine "loveless" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:49:17 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: full frontal nudity (0%RH) >>> I'm not interested in seeing anyone nude just for the sake of >>> seeing them nude. Now of course, if I plan to make use of their >>> body, that's a different topic. >> >>Celebs: >>Elizabeth Hurley >>Gillian Anderson >>Jane Leeves >>Jewel >>Tyra Banks >>Dana Delaney i would like to add ashley judd, heather graham, marisa tomei, liz phair, natasha leonne, maria mckee, christa miller, salma hayak, and (yes, yes, yes!) winona. i could keep going (like all the other pigs); but what's the point? >Delany was nekkid in "Exit To Eden". If you must see it, get it on tape >or DVD so you can fast-forward past Rosie O'Donnell in a leather teddy. >Now THAT'S what I call gratuitous! yeah, well it's worth it to get to the gratuitous violence. dana can spank me anytime. too much information? >I know Gillian Anderson makes a lot of people's lists, but I just don't >find her very attractive at all. What gives? > >David Duchovny in drag, though... whoa! i think you just answered your own question. i, for one, fall at the feet of lady gillian. ken "lascivious spice" the kenster np. the cramps bad music for bad people ps. http://www.ohmygoodness.com/Cards/Animated/halloween-flasher.gif ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:52:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Tonight... tonight... If we far-off fegs are too late to meet up at Carrie's, could someone post a note on her door or something, letting us know where you went? And possibly where the "upstage" or whatever is? Traffic looks to be real bad, both btw DC and philly, and NY and philly. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:01:42 -0400 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: Tonight... tonight... Sorry to post all this to the list since it only pertains to a few... Yes, there will be info and directions if'n we leave before youall make it tonight. I went down to the venue today and there are plenty of tix at the door (whew, I spaced on reserving early) and the guy at the upstage said there has been good response so they expect a crowd. The show is at 10. There are plenty of places between South Street and Market Street to eat including a spacious restaurant below the Upstage that looks to be a meat-eaters heaven (we vegetarians may have problems however). So we'll either see you all here at my place soon or we'll leave a note. Be Seeing You, - - carrie At 03:52 PM -0400 10/29/99, Bayard wrote: >If we far-off fegs are too late to meet up at Carrie's, could someone post >a note on her door or something, letting us know where you went? And >possibly where the "upstage" or whatever is? Traffic looks to be real >bad, both btw DC and philly, and NY and philly. "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:11:22 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Oh, what the hell... Whew, busy day on the Feglist. I wasn't sure why there was so much incoming mail, until I discovered there was a nudity motif...ahh, that explains it (not to mention a relapse of the Peacock Syndrome[tm], given the recent emergence of several new subscribers). MG: >I hate to be a spoilsport, but Edward Lear never wrote a novel. And if >he had, it would have been in hardback. Yes, and Semolina Pilchard never climbed up the Eiffel Tower. *So*? Markies: >I've been to both places and there is no question. Great American Music >Hall is much better. I hear that they've done some things to the Troub >since I was there, but there is no way they could have changed the layout >to make it magically wonderful. > >I did lights and sound for the Troubador en olden days for a couple >of shows. It was kind of a yecchy place. Of course, my visual and >auditory contributions were impeccable. I kinda like going to the Troubadour, myself. The floor is *wide* rather than deep, so every spot in the house is relatively close to the stage. A good place for up-close visuals. The only annoying thing is that the space gets very hard to manuever on sell-out nights. So, you often have to do this thing where you climb the left stairs to the balcony and then climb down the right stairs, just to bypass the crowd on the floor. If the Robyn show is crowded (*if*), you'll see what I mean. The Troubadour's decor probably hasn't changed much over the years (well, maybe in the private bar upstairs?), but their bookings sure have. I never even went to the Troubadour until 1993, because prior to that, it booked mainly loser unsigned hard-rock bands (like the Coconut Teaszer still does). But when the alternative boom hit, the club radically changed its orientation. Some notable artists I've seen at the Troubadour: Swervedriver, Golden Smog, the Spinanes, the Chills, Shonen Knife, Kirsty MacColl, Lambchop, Stereolab, Pale Saints, Neil Innes/Rutles (!), Redd Kross, Bettie Serveert, Frank Black, Praxis, Vic Chesnutt, Sebadoh and Olivia Tremor Control. Not a bad tally. And that's not counting all the notable shows which I *missed* (Quasi played there just a couple of Mondays ago, for instance). The Troubadour is also where I had that long conversation with Mr. Hitchcock and the guy from the Old '97s, you might recall, which I posted about and still seem to be paying the snitty consequences for. Eddie: >--i will get a picture of eb when i see him at the troubadour show. I may not be going...see above consequences. Chris Gross: >Feg extraordinaire :P Oh, and regarding Gillian Anderson, I'm always surprised at how *dumb* she seems on talkshows, myself. Oof. As for nudity, I suspect she's one of those women who looks more attractive *in* clothes, than out of them. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:30:01 -0400 From: "Yudt.Matthew" Subject: Report on the Carboro NC show - OCT 28 Greetings Fegs, Sorry ___, for the tardy report on the Carboro show. I wanted to take my time with it, but here it is. We (Matt and Rachael )showed up about an hour after the doors opened hoping to see at least some of the Olivia Tremor Control. As it turned out, the doors were not open and someone said something about the band still being in Charlotte (at least 2 hrs away). But I guess they had left Charlotte soon enough, and the doors opened about 1.5 hours late. It caused the schedule to change, such that Tim Keegan and RH opened for Olivia Tremor Control. Unfortunately, when Robyn did finally leave the stage about 10 to 1, most of the crowd including myself left too. I have one of their CDs (Dust from Cubist Castle or something like that). They play nice psychy-pop stuff and can also play long drony/ambient music as well. Cat's Cradle is a typical concert bar hall. Lacks the sort of intimacy which I've grown accustomed to seeing Robyn solo the last many times. We opted to sit on a raised platform towards the back, rather than stand in front. It sounded nice, despite the obviously quick sound check necessary to start the show in the first place. We really enjoyed the mellowness of the Departure Lounge. Had never heard them before, and I may be inclined to pick up their CD sometime. Robyn wandered around the Cat's Cradle for a little during their set, wearing bright green scrubs, like he just came from surgery, (or had some himself?). Interestingly, when he did appear on the stage for himself, the green pants had grown purple flowers all over them. He was looking quite a bit more gray than the last time we saw him, geez, about 2 years ago in Rochester, NY. However, the energy level was higher, as someone mentioned from the Austin report last week. Wish I could say the same. He started alone with Mexican God (sitting- still had sore back). It was great. Played another song or two alone before Tim Keegan joined him. For the encore, he again started solo and then Kimberley Rew joined him. Kimberly was by far the highlight of the whole show for me besides just seeing Robin with other musicians, which I haven't seen in a while. I had never seen Kimberley Rew before. Although I saw a few Egyptians shows 10 years ago, I realize now what Kimberley really brought to the soft boys. He was so entertaining, shaking that Gibson until every note dripped on the floor. He seemed to try and get more emotion out of the other guys playing, who although they played very nicely, didn't respond too much. The musical highlight had to be the version of I Often Dream of Trains with Robyn and Kimberly. Robyn played the song perfectly, while Kimberly played on top of it with pseudorhythm / distortion and it seemed like whatever just oozed from his fingers. Boy I wish I had seen the Soft Boys! (Eventually Robyn did stand when the rest of the boys joined him on stage, and his torso did not dismantle, as he warned those in front). Let's see, what else did they play. Lots from the new album, Antwoman was my favorite. Jewels was nice, but I still couldn't get into Viva Seatac, its just not Hitchcock enough for me. Oh well. They did a great version of Oceanside in the encore, never liked that song as much as I did watching it. They also played Queen of Eyes, which was great to watch Kimberley jam on. I thought it lacked the psych-punkness and energy as a result of 20 years aging. Oh, and Queen Elvis was another great one (w/ Keegan) - those two played very nice stuff together. Other songs include : Madonna of the Wasps, Sally was a Legend, the guitar-solo-interlude-thing from Eye (Ghost Ship?-sorry), Birds in Perspex, Beautiful Girl (solo), Beautiful Queen too, and a couple others from the new album which I don't know well enough yet. The Cheese Song was one. I read the report from Austin and Baltimore (before and after the Carboro gig) and am sad we missed Insanely Jealous. I sang that song to my girlfriend in college. 3 years later she married me. Also on the personal front, my wife Rachael who is 3.5 months pregnant, was quite proud of the fact when she realized the last time we saw Robyn, she was pregnant with our first child! In-utero exposure ñ gotta love it. At least now we can say we haven't (yet) played favorites for the first-born. (Although I can't remember the order of everything he's heard since) … Sorry for the long message. It's my first, and unless I see RH soon again, probably my will be my longest. It was awesome to see Robyn rockin again. Long live.... Cheers, Matt and Rachael ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #405 *******************************