From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #409 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, November 2 1999 Volume 08 : Number 409 Today's Subjects: ----------------- kimberly now vs. kimberly then? [Thomas Rodebaugh ] Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? [Bayard ] RE: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? ["Bachman, Michael" ] rE: tOrI [Eb ] Tori's Venus [John Barrington Jones ] RIP [Glen Uber ] Sweetness Follows [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: RIP [Eb ] Re: RIP [Eb ] Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? [Ken Ostrander ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #407 [DDerosa5@aol.com] Y2K Plans [Tom Clark ] Re: chicago, etc. [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: RIP ["Linnig" ] blair witch ["Melissa ..." ] 11-1-99 NYC gig [Michael Hooker ] US/UK tour ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Anyone wanna trade recent Robyn shows ? . [corin lang ] Re: US/UK tour [Michael R Godwin ] Re: US/UK tour ["Matt Browne" ] RH at the Iron Horse.... ["Thomas, Ferris" Subject: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? hi folks, i see that many fegs, like myself (even though i got shafted at the cat's cradle) are quite impressed by kimberly's muppet-ness. i was just wondering if anyone on the list actually saw the soft boys, and if kimberly has always been this way. i mean, we know he could always play like a nut, but was he always so goofy on stage? was he perhaps even goofier? i thought some folks who had seen the soft boys were on the list, so i hope we haven't lost 'em! tom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:41:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? You can see Kimberley in action here: http://www.glasshotel.net/gh/theatre.htm Twenty years prior. Also a Robyn instore from ten years ago, and soon the HBO thing from last month. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:46:04 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? Kimberly acted goofy on Katrina and the Waves "Walking on Sunshine" video as well. Of course, they all acted goofy/muppet-like on that video. Michael - -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Rodebaugh [mailto:tlr3@email.unc.edu] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 2:24 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? hi folks, i see that many fegs, like myself (even though i got shafted at the cat's cradle) are quite impressed by kimberly's muppet-ness. i was just wondering if anyone on the list actually saw the soft boys, and if kimberly has always been this way. i mean, we know he could always play like a nut, but was he always so goofy on stage? was he perhaps even goofier? i thought some folks who had seen the soft boys were on the list, so i hope we haven't lost 'em! tom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 12:00:47 -0800 (PST) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: you can carve your soap and wash your spine...fine! > From: Dede Davis > O.K., I'm lurker extraordinaire, but the more posts I > read about other > shows, the madder I get! We poor unfortuates who saw the > Cat's Cradle > show got shafted; Some of us poor unfortunates who didn't see ANY show REALLY got shafted. Granted, this all depends on how far one is willing to drive and how much vacation one can get, etc., but Rochester fucking sucks. Did I miss a Toronto show? Is one scheduled in the future? > From: Natalie Jacobs > I did not play it. My show today consisted of three > hours of songs about > death - ranging from Appalachian murder ballads to OTC's > "California > Demise." Of course, I played plenty of Robyn songs, > including "The Yip > Song" and "Lady Waters and the Hooded One." The XTC > songs I played were > "Dying" and "In Loving Memory of a Name." > > Good, clean, morbid fun. My set on "Devil's Night" was all poppygoth and the like (Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, for example -- hi Eb!). I threw in "Let There Be More Darkness" at the end just to take the piss -- er, I mean, poke fun at the whole thing. Nevertheless, it reminded me why I bought those Curve records in the first place. > From: Chris [Blair Witch] > I was more scared when I got home, discovered I'd > forgotten to turn on the > outside light, and heard the sounds of cracking sticks in > the wooded vacant > lot next door. Bingo! That's when Margaret and I started giving each other the creeps, too. Blair Witch was not a complete movie in itself (perfect for a prequel, actually, but now a *sequel* too? _Josh: The Revenge_?). You had to watch _Curse of the Blair Witch_ and/or look at the web site in order to get the whole creepy back story. I can't imagine the film working for me without that, but all that ghost story / Unexplained Whosis shit works for me every time, and it set the movie up for me. I agree wholeheartedly that the people whining about the camera making them sick and the characters acting like idiots are hopeless. The former point is not even worth talking about, though a friend of mine argues with me that most camcorders now have steady-cam-type features (whatever!). As for the latter...first, I've never seen a straight horror flick (the sci-fi/horror counterexample would be Alien) where the characters didn't seem like idiots to the people sitting comfortably in a theater munching popcorn. Second, a lot of actions seem less reasonable when one considers them with the assumption that one is a character in a horror movie. > Now, now... you're jumping to conclusions based on those > people who always > have to "one-up" everybody else. As a person who is prone > to motion > sickness, and can't get on rides, merry-go-rounds, or > even swings without > getting nauseous, I found the Blair Witch to be quite > sickening. I also get motion-sick and didn't have any trouble at all. Watching my friend play Quake II on the N64 the other night, though, made me sicker than I've been in a long time. > Anyone who regularly gets motion sickness will > have problems > watching this film. Nope. > As an aside, does anyone know a way > to combat motion > sickness? Don't move. :) > From: The Great Quail > > (By the way, > Dave, how many Tories do *I* get?!?) I suspect you might garner a few from me. Not that I was able to confirm this! > From: Eb > Eb, starting to sift through a whittled-down list of 44 > albums which > includes both Respect and Eye I just finished listening to Respect again, actually. It gets better every time I hear it, and has climbed up my list of favorite Hitchcock albums from near the bottom to near the top. (Eye has remained stable.) As if I needed an excuse, I started listening to Robyn today because I kicked off the morning with Highway 61 Revisited (a mere $9.99 at Borders...and I'd planned only to buy notecards!). I'd repeat my reaction to Jeff Buckley here, but in this case I had no excuse not to buy this sooner. > np: ToRi AmoS/To VeNus anD baCK (the first disc was > pretty disappointing, > except for three or four tracks...musically, she's > slacking big-time) "Slacking" isn't a bad word for it. Most of the songs feel like doodles, which is OK by me because this is sort of a "bonus" Tori release, and because they're still better than any of the B-sides from the last two albums. I wasn't expecting a major event and I didn't get one. Which three or four tracks? As is to be expected, I like the melodic ones better...I'd pick out "Concertina" and "Glory of the 80s" immediately, and then any two of the others. Maybe "Suede" and "Juarez," I don't know. So if the next album is content-free, I might get worried, but as far as I'm concerned this is just for fun. Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:40 +0000 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? >i see that many fegs, like myself (even though i got shafted at the cat's >cradle) are quite impressed by kimberly's muppet-ness. i was just Alright, already. I'm a bit tired of these anti-Cat's Cradle gig comments. I was right there with Dede, but thought the show was superb. As you know, I was at both the Atlanta and Carrboro shows and, out-o-sync with Eddie's opinion, I thought Robyn and the band were much tighter at the Cat's Cradle gig...less mistakes and a greater sense of flow. Now, sure, Robyn did an extra encore in Atlanta, and the show lasted a bit longer, and we got the relatively new "Take This In Remembrance", and a stunning "She Doesn't Exist", and...damn, maybe Atlanta WAS better! No no, just kidding. Carrboro gave us the remarkable duelling harmonica's of Robyn and Tim on a near-superb "Queen Elvis", and that one really great encore song with just Robyn and Kimberley (damn, what was it?). Plus the joy of a Robyn instrumental (which I'm a sucker for). Actually, it's nice to see that Robyn's solo and encore sets are changing each night. It drives home the fact that to really be satisfied, you have to see Robyn at least twice on this tour! So...no more Carrboro bashing...or I'll sick Eddie on ya! Mike p.s. So, who got me an autograph, huh? Who? Who?? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:44:45 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? > p.s. So, who got me an autograph, huh? Who? Who?? Eddie has sworn to do this. I nearly had Robyn sign a piece of scrap paper for you, but we decided to wait until we had something good. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 12:51:58 -0800 From: Eb Subject: rE: tOrI Drew: >Which three or four tracks? As is to be >expected, I like the melodic ones better...I'd pick out >"Concertina" and "Glory of the 80s" immediately, and >then any two of the others. Maybe "Suede" and "Juarez," >I don't know. I thought "Concertina" and "1000 Oceans" were the best. "Bliss" and "Spring Haze" were purty good. The rest were ehh. "Juarez" and "Datura" really stunk up the joint. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:03:17 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Tori's Venus I really don't like the live disc at all (compared to alot of bootleg discs out there), which prompts me to think of the live disc as being the freebie, not the studio disc. Fortunately, I really like alot of the "play some stuff over a drum loop" songs on the disc. I love "concertina". I hate "Glory of the 80's". =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:51:41 -0800 (PST) From: Glen Uber Subject: RIP NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton. He was perhaps the greatest American football player of all time. Definitely the most exciting to watch. He was only 44. My motivation for the day has just gone down the shitter! Cheers! - -g- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Sweetness Follows http://cnnsi.com/football/nfl/news/1999/10/29/payton_obit/index.html Walter Payton dead at 45 NFL's all-time leading rusher suffered from rare liver disease Posted: Monday November 01, 1999 04:44 PM CHICAGO (CNN/SI) -- Walter Payton, the all-time leading rusher in NFL history and one of the most popular players ever, died Monday after a long battle with a rare liver ailment. He was 45. Payton, whose nickname was "Sweetness," once said that he only wanted people to know that "he was always giving it his all." And for 13 seasons, no player gave more of himself to the NFL. Born in Columbia, Mo., on July 7, 1954, Payton was a first-round draft pick out of Division II Jackson State in 1975. It was his task to help the legendary Chicago Bears return to glory. For much of his early career, he got little help. Even if the Bears weren't always on the right path, Payton barreled straight ahead. Payton was a carefree spirit but a tenacious runner. Relying more on power and sheer will than speed, it was Payton's philosophy to punish defenders before they could hurt him. In 1976, Payton led the NFC in rushing, gaining nearly 1,400 yards. Thenext season, he ran for 1,852 yards, was named league MVP and helped the Bears make the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. That year Payton also ran for 275 yards in one game against the Minnesota Vikings, a single game record. Payton led the NFC in rushing every year from 1976 to 1980 and became the league's highest paid player, and some said the most underpaid as well. In 1982, "Sweetness" as he came to be known, finally started to get some help when Mike Ditka took over as Bears coach and Jim McMahon was drafted to play quarterback. In 1984, the Bears won a division title and on October 7th, Payton stepped into football immortality by breaking Jim Brown's all-time rushing record. Paytonfinished his career with more than 16,700 yards, which remains an NFL record. That season, the Bears were finally on the verge of the Super Bowl, but lost the NFC Championship game in San Francisco to the 49ers. Afterwards, a grieving Payton profoundly said that, "Tomorrow is never promised to you." But the next season, "tomorrow" finally came. The 1985 Chicago Bears were one of the greatest teams in NFL history. With McMahon at quarterback, and Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary and defensive lineman Dan Hampton leading defensive coach Buddy Ryan's fabled "46 defense," the Bears steamrolled through the rest of the league, losing just one game. It was Payton who paced the team and after two playoff shutouts at frigid Soldier Field, "Sweetness" was finally Super bowl bound. The Bears routed the New England Patriots 46-10 to take home Super Bowl XX. The only blemish was that Payton didn't score a touchdown. The Bears didn't become a dynasty as expected, and Payton's NFL career ended after the 1987 season, when, in the final moments of a playoff game against the Washington Redskins, he fell one yard short of making a first down that would have kept a potential game-winning drive alive. In 1993, Payton stepped into the Hall of Fame. As always, he did things differently, choosing to be inducted not by a coach or teammate, but by his own son. Six years later, Jarrett Payton stood by his father's side again. It came during the most difficult public appearance of his life when he went before the media to talk about his life-threatening liver ailment. Despite being on a donor's list for a new liver, a replacement was never found. Walter Payton played football with an enthusiasm and joy rarely seen. Not only was he one of the NFL's greatest players, he was also his team's most kindred spirit, one of Chicago's most beloved citizens and one of sports' true gentleman. The game of football won't soon see another like Walter Payton. And all those who saw him, will forever miss him. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:04:15 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: RIP >NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton. > >He was perhaps the greatest American football player of all time. >Definitely the most exciting to watch. > >He was only 44. Wow! DiMaggio, Wilt, now Payton. Horrible year for sports icons! He needed a liver transplant or something, didn't he? What did he die of? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:07:35 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: RIP >He needed a liver transplant or something, didn't he? What did he die of? never mind ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 16:32:56 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: kimberly now vs. kimberly then? thanx for that. since i missed the boston gig i was really jonesin (sp?) for some kimberly. the band (night rhythm) at the wedding did play 'walking on sunshine' though. who's that totally muppet-like woman boppin' around at the end of 'stones'? does anyone know if the tour will actually continue on into italy in january as was rumored? i'll actually be in rome for new years. i could be trapped there indefinitely when y2k ravages the italian infrastructure. that would be rough. not. ken "i know you believe the fucked up things that you read" the kenster np. sonic youth goo >You can see Kimberley in action here: > >http://www.glasshotel.net/gh/theatre.htm > >Twenty years prior. Also a Robyn instore from ten years ago, and soon the >HBO thing from last month. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:01:14 EST From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #407 In a message dated 10/31/99 10:22:07 AM Central Standard Time, owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org writes: << Where I could use help is in locating very small companies, the kind that perhaps can't afford a web presence or national distribution, ones that only distribute pretty much in the area they're located. If you know about any such, I'd love to get their information on the page. Also, I have not used every single one of the products I've read about so far, obviously. So if you've used a really good all-natural bathroom cleaner, toothpaste, pet shampoo, what have you, that you'd recommend, I'd really love that kind of input. I've found that there are plenty of people who are willing to go a little greener but can't believe these products could work as well as what they use now. Help me prove them wrong :). >> Susan, feel free to write me off list and I'll add some stuff, unless I'm very much mistaken and even Eb cares about this thread...("Yes, you are very much mistaken, it's the sun...) As someone who used to talk to lots of groups about environmental aspects of personal care products, I can immediately recommend the Cancer Prevention Coalition (and its "guru" Dr. Sam Epstein--a supercilious bastard, but brilliant), and Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, website www.mothers.org and publishers of the Green Guide. I have also worked with a freelance writer named Kim Erickson, who has written for Sierra magazine and various chemical sensitivity zines, and who has a book coming out early next year on cosmetics in general (I tried to convince her to use the title "All this useless beauty", but I think she was headed for Drop Dead Gorgeous, at least until the crappy movie came out...) I think a website sounds brilliant, anyway, though I personally prefer to have my eco-products tested on some kind of animal, even if they're very small and uncute. Green I am, animal rights I ain't. Fuck 'em if they can't take a probe. (Although LD50 tests have been shown to be perfectly useless--and besides, these companies have run more more revealing tests on their own production workers...) Anyway, let me know if you actually get this thing going... dave whose dad, a chemical co. VP, can confirm a lot of what you say about the corruptness of the Body Shop. See Jon Entine's expose in Business Ethics magazine from four years ago, if you can find it. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:03:01 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Y2K Plans On 11/1/99 1:32 PM, Ken Ostrander wrote: >does anyone know if the tour will actually continue on into italy in >january as was rumored? i'll actually be in rome for new years. i could >be trapped there indefinitely when y2k ravages the italian infrastructure. > that would be rough. not. That was my thinking when I booked my Costa Rica trip for 12/28 - 1/8. When the shit hits the fan I'll be stranded in a tropical paradise! Ha Ha Suckers!! Any other interesting y2k plans out there? - -tom "please wait for a stoppage in play before returning to your seat" the tomster ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:12:24 EST From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Re: chicago, etc. In a message dated 11/1/99 3:08:52 PM Central Standard Time, etews@hotmail.com writes: << dave, is there going to be some sort of pre-gig get-together? if so, could you let me know when, and how to get there? >> Ask susan. I am going to be flying in from New Orleans than morning, and haven't any time to set up another dinner, especially without Viv as the engine. I'd be glad to meet people nearby, like the GingerMan (a bar), Chicago Diner (a veggie restaurant), or oh yeah, the new Goose Island microbrewery down the street, which has beer, food, and even vegetables. But you staying here is cool, I'll just tell my roomies. Though I can't promise an OTC waffle breakfast the next day. Unless Randi comes. Then I promise a breakfast of homemade whatever-she-can-eat, set to whatever music she wants. dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:46:52 -0700 From: "Linnig" Subject: Re: RIP I hear he died of bitterness knowing Mantle drank his way to a liver transplant. - -----Original Message----- From: Eb To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 3:06 PM Subject: Re: RIP >>NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton. >> >>He was perhaps the greatest American football player of all time. >>Definitely the most exciting to watch. >> >>He was only 44. > >Wow! DiMaggio, Wilt, now Payton. Horrible year for sports icons! > >He needed a liver transplant or something, didn't he? What did he die of? > >Eb > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 05:16:04 GMT From: "Melissa ..." Subject: blair witch Think of it as a roller coaster ride. You don't want to eat bad fast food before going and it's kind of fun during but has little lasting effect. One should definitely be aware the puke factor. I did not get sick at all but one friend was done in by the camera shakes. Perhaps it was just that there was so much local hype here (DC)in addition to the national stuff that it was bound to be disappointing. The whole bickering-cursing thing gets so tiresome that you start wanting bad things to happen to them. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 02:12:36 -0500 From: Michael Hooker Subject: 11-1-99 NYC gig hi, its 2 in the morn, and i couldnt wait till after sleeping to post about the show. in a word, it was fabulous. Robyn was in great voice, great spirits, even breaking into laughter during songs. the band was good, although kimberley makes playing notes that seemed rather easy like pulling one's own teeth. i wish i had a track list, but it spanned the range of robyn's career, fron the soft boys, to jewels for sophia. there was something for every person that has a favorite album or period, and it was heaven for those that like most everything he's written. he played both acoustic and electric, and tore it up pretty good on antwoman. again, it was a super gig. on the down side: the gig was WAY to unattended. it made me sad. not nearly full, plenty of room for all, with large gaps in the crowd. also, robyn had to admonish a group of people having a conversation just to the right of the stageduring the gig. awful. the rest of the crowd was very respectful. i made a recording of the show, i am listening right now, and so far it is a real winner. any trades, post to me privately. please put "robyn gig" in the subjuct so i dont lose track. if you can possibly get to maxwells in hoboken 11-2, and you dont, shame on you, you will have missed a truly great time. have fun, Mike Hooker ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 08:45:23 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: US/UK tour I'm reading these tour journals with interest. Robyn's performances sound uniformly excellent on the UK and US tours. But the differences in reaction are unbelievable... Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 21:37:09 +1030 From: corin lang Subject: Anyone wanna trade recent Robyn shows ? . I'm thoroughly pissed to read about all of these recent Robyn shows and not actually be able to hear any of them. Anyone want to do a trade for anything from the last tour ? I have a huge analogue list ( yes I know its impossibly inferior to Dat, but I'm only a poor colonial boy) from A-Z, which you can peruse here, http://users.senet.com.au/~tortoise/myt.html Robyn list is incomplete, contact me off list if you want updates,. Before I finish- I once again offer the Big Star 93 show for trade, its on CD, from the DAT master SBD , rated A+ . However, I can only dub it using 3 head Naks , which is of course totally inadequte for all the digital eletists on the list - a surprisingly large number , judging by the last time I offered this up for sacrifice." Oh , you cannot burn it onto CD ? ".They said "I thought you had the Dat master " they said ( ignoring the fact that if its on CD theres no fucking discernable difference to the Dat master tape) However, this is the only way anyone is going to get a copy from me ( and the only copies traded by me so far are analogue to three *nice* list members ,who were prepared to sully their ears with its purile analogue fecal droppings , so whatever way you get it ,its going to be an analogue generation down, even if they have re -dubbed it onto DAT ) . As far as I know I am the only trader that Vic has ever let have a CD copy because he promised Robyn he would keep it in house for a number of years . I swopped it for a Waterson Carthy show I had recorded, and he is so rabid a fan that he burned me a copy .Hes not given one to any other trader. So this SBD is Pretty Bloody Rare .Surely its worth a trade from the recent tour ? Yet again, probably not . yours glumly from his stinking inferior analogue pit of hell dave ( not corin ) lang ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 21:42:33 +1030 From: corin lang Subject: Re:Wow. I mean . . . wow. No: Wheeee! >Great, great show -- and lucky me, I get to see it again at the > Bowery Ballroom tonight! See some of you there. . . . I MUSZT HEAR THIS SOON this is driving me fucking, fucking maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddd marooned in Australia dave ( not corin ) lang ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 12:02:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: US/UK tour On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > I'm reading these tour journals with interest. Robyn's performances > sound uniformly excellent on the UK and US tours. But the differences in > reaction are unbelievable... Well, two things strike me about the reports. One is that the Departure Lounge are apparently playing well in their own right, _and_ contributing quite a lot to Robyn's US performancea; whereas the support band at the UK show that I saw (Oxford) were a fairly naff sub-Blurt outfit who only joined in on a couple of RH encores (AOTC and BQ) and didn't look rehearsed on those - Kimberley was conducting them. I don't think that Robyn is strong enough to hold an evening together solo, with occasional second guitar. Secondly, Kimberley's guitar-playing was very subdued and subordinated to Robyn's. Not that he looked unhappy about it - he was singing well and waggling his head about, but a lot of the time he seemed to be stuck on one A7 chord. I had never seen him before, and I was expecting a great deal more. Maybe he is getting more money for the US peformances? :) Or perhaps Robyn is gradually letting Kimberley off the leash. Thirdly (out of two) the set lists generally look longer in the US. Maybe this is partly a response to the audiences. Still, the crowd at Oxford were enthusiastic, yet the set seemed pretty short. And talking of money, how much are people paying in the US? Oxford was seven and a half quid (=22,720 lire or $12.35 at current exchange rates). - - Mike "Andy and Morris fanclub" Godwin PS to Tony Blackman: Thanks a lot - brilliant! PS to Matt Sewell (sorry, matt sewell): Thanks for the review! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 12:50:49 +0000 From: "Matt Browne" Subject: Re: US/UK tour On 02/11/99, at 12:02, Michael R Godwin wrote: >Secondly, Kimberley's guitar-playing was very subdued and subordinated to >Robyn's. That's really odd! When I saw Robyn 'n' Kim in Dingwalls, Kimberley totally eclipsed Robyn. He almost seemed embarrassed about it, but then it's difficult to tell with him. Having said that, Robyn hardly said anything all night and just seemed to be going through the motions. Still a good night though. In fact, I spent much more time looking at Kimblerly that evening than I did looking at Robyn. Hell, I was standing right in front of him and couldn't keep my eyes off the goofy little bugger! I guess that means that I have to have my eyes burned out. - -- Matt Browne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 08:24:09 -0500 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: RH at the Iron Horse.... I don't think I've seen anyone commenting on the Halloween gig, so I guess I'll take a few and...prater. First off: it was good to see some of the listers--even if it was for only a second. Second: the club's quite good (Iron Horse in Northampton, MA). I had heard good things and they were to the letter on target. Third: Tony--if you showed up I'm sorry we didn't meet up. Forth: Shit. What a great show. Everything was spot-on from the Departure Lounge to Kimberly to the Armada to Robyn hysterically laughing (I don't remember ever having seen him in an uncontrollable fit before). I'm here at work and rabidly looking for distractions. Here's the set list: 31.10.99 Ghost Ship Chinese Bones ("very much a pumpkin song...") When I Was Dead My Wife and My Dead Wife (enter Tim with dueling acoustic guitars and harmonicas) Queen Elvis (enter Jake Kyle on bass) All Right, Yeah (enter Kimberly Rew on electric and Lindsey Jamieson on drums) Cheese Alarm -- Done very, very with the Marekesh-styled opening Jewels for Sophia -- Again, nice...with Robyn on electric due to a broken string) Sinister But She Was Happy -- w/Kimberly playing Deni's part quite brilliantly) Madonna of the Wasps -- With a smidgen of the "Madonner of the Bees, Robyn" intro) Queen of Eyes (w/Chris Anderson added on what I thought was a clarinet, but the wife screams oboe) Ant Woman Devil Mask Oceanside First Encore Ghost in You Isolation It Sounds Great When You're Dead (enter Kimberly) Face Of Death (enter the whole band) Birds in Perspex Beautiful Queen Second Encore Visions of Johanna -- "This is my favourite song. This is why I started writing songs." Elizabeth Jade The show really did sound excellent and Kimberly was absolutely manic. I can see where the muppet analogies come into play but he just seems so absolutely psyched to be there. He played well and harmonized wonderfully. I really hope that this wasn't a one-off pairing; it would be great to see the two of them again. If anyone's having second thoughts about going to see them on this tour--even if it means giving up the aforementioned Stereolab show--do it. It's probably the most polished, well-rounded show I've seen Robyn put on in recent memory. The chances, too, that they'll be playing more obscure stuff later in the tour is too much of a lure. Anyone interested in perhaps...say...hearing a portion of the show can make the usual inquiries at the "home" address below. Later. ALSO: Anyone interested in going to either the Richard Thompson or Luna gigs? RT is at the Iron Horse on the 18th and the Luna show is at Pearl Street on the 9th of December. np: "Long Distance Information" Tim Keegan and the Homer Lounge ______________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas programmer 860.409.2612 McGraw-Hill Technology Division Farmington, CT mailto:ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (work) mailto:ferris@snet.net (home) "I'll give my jewels for a set of beads." -Shakespeare, King Richard II, III.iii ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #409 *******************************