From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #419 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, November 9 1999 Volume 08 : Number 419 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Who is eb? [lj lindhurst ] Wall Of Sound article. [Doc ] Re: Who is all over the world? ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Second Thoths [Bayard ] Re: Second Thoths [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Who is eb? [Ken Ostrander ] plague alert [Natalie Jacobs ] distort me ["Anal Oil Leakage" ] Re: plague alert ["Jason R. Thornton" ] More SSHHHhhhing [Fpaux@aol.com] Re: distort me [Aaron Lowe ] re: eb all over the Who [who is Eb? ] Re: eb all over the weka [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Wheels Within Wheels [Michael Wolfe ] I gave Ferndale your kiss, and she blew it over [Andrew Wright ] One more from the VIPER [Aaron Lowe ] Re: My 2 cents and that other feg list [Tom Clark ] action canceled ["Anal Oil Leakage" ] Re: distort me [rebel without a clause ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:42:36 -0500 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: Who is eb? >I feel sure I am asking a question which is likely to get me lynched >but, this guy/girl is mentioned an awful lot on this list... Who is...Helen Percival? I ask you. >Just to give my fellow fegmaniax a bit more info about me, I'm a >major Dylan, Drake and Roy Harper fan, and (imho) the best band >alive today are The Auteurs (or any other Luke Haines blessed band, >eg. Baader Meinhof / Black Box Recorder). Woo-hoo!! An Auteurs fan! Yes yes yes..the Auteurs are the best band ever in the whole entire world, ever! And their new album, "How I Learned to Love the Bootboys" is awesome. It is definitely one of my top five records so far this year. I could go on and on about what a great band they are (and have done so before, I know), but oddly enough, it doesn't seem like they have very many fans here on the list. I cannot imagine any self-respecting Robyn fan being disappointed with ANY of their records. They are consistently good from record to record, and they have a very dark, poppy style that is nothing short of addictive. And Luke Haines' LYRICS-! Where do I begin... My favorite song by them is "Child Brides"-- that song makes me want to sing, dance, cry, throw myself into the ocean, all at once. Sometimes when I'm working, I put that song on repeat about 10 times in a row, no kidding (I'm truly delightful to work with). Everyone go buy an Auteurs record. Now. (if you do it by going to Amazon.com via the Libyrinth, The Great Quail will get a kickback!) l "EB'S OUR SWEET LOVIN DADDY" j +++ +++++ ++ +++ ++++++++ +++++ ++ LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com http://www.w-rabbit.com ++ +++ +++ ++ +++ ++++++ + + + + + + "Let's start a fire Let's have a riot! Yeah it's awful" --Courtney Love ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:00:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doc Subject: Wall Of Sound article. From The Wall Of Sound Website (http://wallofsound.go.com/news/stories/robynhitchcock110599.html) November 5, 1999 Robyn Hitchcock's Many Projects Robyn Hitchcock's latest release, Jewels for Sophia, has barely been out long enough to gather dust on record store shelves. But Hitchcock is already talking about his next release — titled Stars for Bram — as in Stoker. The new record is due out on Hitchcock's own label in January and is comprised of outtakes of songs from the Sophia sessions. "It has 12 different recordings on it," says Hitchcock, 46, who recorded the Bram and Sophia songs with different collections of musicians in Seattle, Los Angeles, and London. "There's two songs that have been out before — a rock version of '1974' that was on the Jonathan Demme [film] project [Storefront Hitchcock] and a dub version of Antwoman, which is on Jewels for Sophia. Otherwise, it's completely different." Hitchcock will sell the Bram disc through his Web site (www.robynhitchcock.com), which is one of an assortment of projects keeping him busy these days. He's promoting Sophia with his first tour with a full band in several years, including former Soft Boys bandmate Kimberly Rew (a founder of Katrina and the Waves) on guitar and a repertoire that he says is "the first time I've done a complete retrospective of my stuff. I've sort of established myself in the last five years as a completely solo entertainer. I know I can do it for an hour by myself and entertain people. I don't feel like there's the unspoken proviso of 'Of course he's with a band, really. This is just him being wacky on his own, but he really makes more sense with a band.' I think I've disproved that. So now I can completely reverse the process." Hitchcock is also working trying to get MGM, which now owns the Demme-directed Storefront Hitchcock concert film to release it on home video, but he says the studio seems "very uninterested." Nevertheless, he's hoping to find a TV outlet for it as well. But while he talks about releasing some other collections via the Internet, Hitchcock's main project in the new year will be finishing an as-yet-untitled novel, which he says "is about someone whose past has basically changed while their life is happening — which has made it particularly awkward to write. "I want to be done next year," he adds. "Before the leaves fall from the trees, I would like to have an absolute finished version and some kind of deal in the whatever deals are in, the works or the pipeline or the bank or something. I definitely aim to have that out before I put out any further albums." — Gary Graff __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 13:30:10 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Who is all over the world? > Who is eb? Eb? He's a nicer guy than the Space Needle. >What is this B+ argument all about as well...? We're all still looking for the B= in the equation B+A=C, when A=George Bush Sr. and C=George Bush Jr., I'm afraid. Oh shit. I just figured it out. It's Dan Quayle. - --Jason "T is for Texas. P is for Pakistan." Thornton PS: I think the Feg FAQ should simply read "Never expect a straight answer to any question." ;) "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:08:02 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Second Thoths Mr GQ writes about the Bowery show: > 6. The songs -- !!! "Swirling," "Autumn is Your Last Chance," "I > Often Dream of Trains," by Thoth! looks like he's heeding our requests-list eddie delivered to him. JBJ, I'm surprised you didn't comment on "Swirling" being played. > 7. Why oh why have I *never* seen Robyn play "Ghost Ship?" tell me about it! back at the Ark in '95, he commented that someone on the west coast had requested it vigorously, but by the time he got there he likely would not be playing it any more. He's toying with us! > 8. Met Tony Blackman and his lovely lady Kate, a wonderful meeting > that furthered the Capuchin Rule. (Fegs are the nicest people.) I may be wrong, but isn't that the Bayard rule? Capuchin was the one who coined "quailspew". > thanks for the party favours, Tony! (Note I also spelled "favours" in > the English way, just for you!) (Also the way I used to spell it in > High School just to pretentiously annoy my teachers.) (I bet you did > that too, didn't you Susan? 'Fess up!) Just give up and speak American like the rest of the world. Don't make me sic Stewart on you. (BTW, Stewart, why didn't you post to the big list about prewar lemonade and how you actually had some?) =b ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 14:35:14 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Second Thoths Bayard-- You are totally right!! I couldn't remember if my request for Eddie's list was Autumn Sea, or Swirling. Regardless, I meant to say SWIRLING, and Robyn did, in fact, play it!! Now, the only thing that remains is to find a beautiful copy of the show so that I can actually hear it in all its wondrous glory! =jbj= On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Bayard wrote: > Mr GQ writes about the Bowery show: > > > 6. The songs -- !!! "Swirling," "Autumn is Your Last Chance," "I > > Often Dream of Trains," > > by Thoth! looks like he's heeding our requests-list eddie delivered to > him. JBJ, I'm surprised you didn't comment on "Swirling" being played. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 17:35:09 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: Who is eb? >I feel sure I am asking a question which is likely to get me lynched but, >this guy/girl is mentioned an awful lot on this list... big brother eb is our eye in the sky who gives us the heads up on celeb deaths, new releases, and what cultural trends are a waste of time. >What is this B+ argument all about as well...? Who is drawing up a top >10/100 and for what purpose? "they're all buzzin' 'round your chart" hey eb, what's the url for your website with all those ratings? >Just to give my fellow fegmaniax a bit more info about me, I'm a major >Dylan, Drake and Roy Harper fan, and (imho) the best band alive today are >The Auteurs (or any other Luke Haines blessed band, eg. Baader Meinhof / >Black Box Recorder). ok, now there's another band to put on my growing wishlist that may never be realized unless... >Right, it's nearly half-seven. Must go and watch Who Wants To Be A >Millionaire. ...yeah, but the real question is "who doesn't?" ken "i've got a bad liver and a broken heart" the kenster np. david bowie "hours..." sorry ebbie, i really like it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:43:15 -0500 (EST) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: plague alert You know how Eb always complains that he gets a cold every time he sees Robyn? Well, now *I* have a cold. Granted, I could have gotten it from the Minders. It just goes to show you that tall insect-obsessed shaggy-haired singer-songwriters and garrulous red-headed expatriate Limeys are both extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Either that, or you should get the appropriate immunizations before approaching them. n. p.s. Chris Sharrock drumming for Robbie Williams? That means... oh no... Williams -> Sharrock -> XTC -> Paul Fox/John Leckie -> Robyn!! p.p.s. Ham Heaven may be gone, but I swear there's a place in Detroit that specializes in porcine body parts for dogs to chew on - I thought Eddie may have gotten them mixed up. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:47:49 PST From: "Anal Oil Leakage" Subject: distort me join the club, mama. eric informs me that i had the levels set too high for the northampton show; and aaron refuses to tell me how the austin tapes turned out, which has me fearing the worst. since eric's admonition, i have taken extra special care to keep the levels at a manageable, er, level. the problem, of course, lies in all the personnel swapping. (that, and the irresistable urge to push it right to the limit. it's kind of like the Price Is Right, i guess: closest to the exact proper level *without going over*.) also, once the armada takes the stage, it's not just a matter of setting the level for them, and then forgetting about it. after robyn switches to electric, there is a marked increase in volume, *and* each song seems to be louder than the previous, up through Queen Of Eyes, where they really take no prisoners. not that i never realised this, of course. but i was trying to lower the levels gradually, so as nobody could even noticed i'd done it. but since the northampton debacle, i've just taken to lowering them a good chunk directly after each song. hopefully, amongst us we'll be able to bring forth at least one decent tape of each show. that's all we really need. anyway... p.s. count me in for chicago eats. veggie sounds good to me, natch. but i imagine the brewery fare would work out as well. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:57:38 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: plague alert At 05:43 PM 11/9/99 -0500, Natalie Jacobs wrote: >You know how Eb always complains that he gets a cold every time he sees >Robyn? Well, now *I* have a cold. Granted, I could have gotten it from >the Minders. Maybe you shouldn't have swapped spit with their bass player. :-P - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:19:14 EST From: Fpaux@aol.com Subject: More SSHHHhhhing The things that weren't mentioned about the Ferndale show; Pre-show entertainment was provided by Alice Cooper. OK, it wasn't actually Alice, just some guy walking by that did impersonations until the doors opened. He told us that he used to play there (magic bag), back in 1974, when it was Studio North. I don't want to know what he played. Studio North was a porno theatre. There was a large drunken group to the right of Eddie, Michael and Mike, that kept talking during Departure Lounge. At one point they started clapping along, not in a sing-a-long way, more of a mocking way. After politely asking them to be quiet, Eddie told them to "Shut the F#$ck up!". I chuckled when I heard this on the tape, but at the time it wasn't funny. The management told Eddie to "mind his own business" and threatened to throw him out if he made another peep. The drunkards had, and probably continued to spend more money than us. Barbara was very brave. She sampled the home brew my last roommate left in the basement. It's in the compost pile now. I enjoyed meeting everyone! Did the Hostages have a good time? My hostage, (coworker Paula) did. CP ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 18:48:40 -0600 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: Re: distort me At 04:47 PM 11/9/99 , Eddie wrote: >eric informs me that i had the levels set too high for the northampton >show; and aaron refuses to tell me how the austin tapes turned out, which >has me fearing the worst. Sorry, I wasn't really "refusing to tell." I kept meaning to let you know about that, but forgot. I'm afraid to say that the level seems to be set a little too high for the tapes of all 3 shows. The acoustic sets are markedly better, but still a little buzzy at times. I've still dubbed copies for myself, because I want to have them just to remember the shows by, and I'm really grateful you let me borrow and copy them. I'll get the masters back to you when I see you in California in a couple of weeks. ;-) Thanks again. Aaron * Aaron Lowe [ aaron@aaronlowe.com ] http://aaronlowe.com "Ads up in the subway are the work of someone Trying to please their boss And though the guy's a pig we all know what he wants Is just to please somebody else" ~They Might Be Giants _Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:44:43 -0800 From: who is Eb? Subject: re: eb all over the Who Tom, to Joel: >>The doctors have done a lot of tests and found nothing wrong with me. >>So, now they tell me that I just need to not-smoke, watch my drinking, >>and stop eating so much greasy, fatty food. > >Dude, kill yourself now. No, no, no...that's what he was doing *before*. (Congratulations, Joel -- I hope you stick with it. Just think how much fun sex and climbing stairs will suddenly become....) >Eb has, in the past, called Robyn a "B+" artist. Personally, I interpret >that as meaning "bee plus," which is to say that Robyn is somehow >an improvement on the average bee. I don't know about that. I've developed a new respect for the bee in recent times. >Eb is drawing up a Top 20 Albums of the Decade list. By definition, >there is no purpose to such a list whatsoever. Well, then please spare us your own views on music, in the future. There's no real purpose to giving them, after all. Speaking of lists, have fun tearing apart this spankin'-new, best-o'-1999 one (especially you, Gnatalie): 1. Tom Waits/Mule Variations (Anti/Epitaph) 2. XTC/Apple Venus Vol. 1 (TVT) 3. Beth Orton/Central Reservation (Arista) 4. Randy Newman/Bad Love (DreamWorks) 5. Stereolab/Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Phishsux/Elektra) 6. Quasi/Field Studies (Up) 7. Owsley/Owsley (Giant) 8. Sleater-Kinney/The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars) 9. The Flaming Lips/The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros.) 10. Beck/Midnite Vultures (DGC) I feel more squeamish than usual about this year-end list, somehow -- I think it's because a) I ranked two albums based on advance discs (I still don't have the finished version of The Soft Bulletin [nooooo comment], and my copy of Midnite Vultures isn't even the final master) b) I really *hate* that Olivia Tremor Control was inched off the list and c) Sonic Youth has a double-disc coming out on the 23rd which sounds absolutely fascinating and could easily be a contender. On the other hand, I've been feeling sheepish all year about liking too many fruity Beatlepop records (Beulah, the High Llamas, Matthew Sweet, Jason Falkner, Fluid Ounces, Of Montreal, the Velvet Crush, the Hang Ups, the Ladybug Transistor, Super Furry Animals...even Hitchcock, really), and I was somewhat relieved to find that none of these ranked, except for Owsley and XTC. Heh. VIV "Don't forget that I'm *required* to make these lists...otherwise, why would I be worrying about this in friggin' November?" THE VIVSTER PS Jewels for Sophia ranks #13, #14 or #15, depending on who would win a Hitchcock/Falkner/Pavement showdown (I didn't bother finding out). PPS Brilliant film I saw yesterday: Carl Th. Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc." Wow! Outside of "Battleship Potemkin," I think this is the best directed silent film I've ever seen. Highly recommended. And arguably, it's also the first great lesbian flick. ;) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:29:38 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: eb all over the weka > > does that make me the first feg to see snow this > winter? well, in July, I... oh, never mind. James ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:14:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Wheels Within Wheels From this week's Onion: Turkish Man Kiss You IZMIR, TURKEY--According to reports, Izmir-area journalist and table-tennis enthusiast Mahir welcomes you to his homepage and kiss you. "Welcome to my page!!!!!!!!! I Kiss You!!!!!" said Mahir, who enjoys taking foto-camera of animals, towns, nice nude models and peoples. Friends and neighbors of the green-eyed, mustachioed player of many many music enstrumans reported his tall at 1.84 centimeters. Mahir also stressed that who is want to come TURKEY, he can invitate. "She can stay my home," he said. "I like to be friendship from other country." Those who visitate Mahir and stay his home can expect to speak numerous languages with him, as well as participate in such sports as swiming, volayball, tenis and walk. "I like sex," Mahir added. Ok, lj and the Onion. Please, someone just tell me where the space aliens and the global masonic conspiracy fits in. Thanks much. Michael "Hungry like the" Wolfe np: Rave N2 the Joy Fantastic, (the erstwhile) Prince ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 16:54:46 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Wright Subject: I gave Ferndale your kiss, and she blew it over Alternate subjects for this post: "No, I don't remember Ferndale" "I can point to Ferndale with my fist" "Heading for paradise, or Royal Oak, or Ferndale..." So, heh, what can I say about the Magic Bag show that hasn't already been said? First off, I really liked Departure Lounge a whole lot. Very sweet music. I think that if I had been familiar with the songs, I would have enjoyed Captain Keegan's set almost as much as Robyn's. And if he had taken off that silly hat sooner. My hostage (Matt) actually did enjoy the show, and he said it was tamer than he had expected...I suppose I prepared him for the worst. He did think the fegs we met were a little freaky, but I thought fegs were mega-cool people. Especially Carissa, who gave me an index-card Madonna of the Wasps. I think my hostage was first charmed by Robyn's little story about remembering the weather. One gripe I have--the merch stand didn't open until the end of the show, so I didn't have a chance to buy anything before or between, and then at the end, it was mobbed. I saw the last Departure Lounge cd go into the hands of the guy in front of me....D'OH! But I got the tee and the pen, so I was set. Then as we left the building, Matt looked back and said, "There's your drummer...want to go talk to him?" So I went back in, and tried not to sound like an obsessed fan. (I probably succeeded, considering I'd only known who he was for three hours.) I told him I couldn't buy one of his cds, and the only thing I had for him to sign was...a picture of Madonna of the Wasps. "Oh wow. That is cool. A Madonna of the Wasps." He signed it. "You know, you should get Tim to sign it. Tim! This guy here couldn't get a cd, but he'd like you to sign this. It's a Madonna of the Wasps. Isn't it cool?" Tim looked much less impressed, but he signed it anyway. Now I have an absolutely one-of-a-kind item. Cool, no? And I have Carissa to thank for it. Anyway, now I'm really itching for another Robyn show...damn that job of mine for keeping me busy. Oh, and gnat, next time there's a show in Bee Gee, let me know and I won't miss it. :) Here I am again, it's no surprise locked in orbit round the Queen of Eyes in Ohio, 'drew ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:51:45 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Who is Eb? Oh, Adam.You are newer to this list than I thought. Nay, you are new to mailing lists in general. Eb an abbreviation for the Electronic Barrage engine, version 2.0. It is a generalpurpose reviewing and comments program found on many mailing lists, including those for Robyn Hitchcock, New Zealand music, King Crimson, and Aqua. Although the software is widely used and proven to be non-corrupt, there have been complaints from some users that the grading criterion has been set too high. Robyn Hitchcock, for example, is graded by the Eb at around B+, although individual Robyn Hitchcock albums occasionally merit A or even A+. There has also been a suggestion that the volume control seems to be stuck. Other users, however, swear by (or at) the Eb. The earlier version (known as the Electronic Random Interjection Circuit, or ERIC) was found to crash unexpectedly whenever any prog music was presented. Furthermore, when presented with Neutral Milk Hotel's second album, it emitted a short noise that sounded like "wheeee" and then for some considerable time the screen went blank. It was also found to be not entirely compatible with Mac OS 8. Eb is available on a large range of mailing lists, and the new iEb is available in a tasteful yellow. Be warned, though - some attempts to contradict or counteract the Eb's reviews and comments have led to general system problems for end-users. I suggest you try the 'EvenEb"package, currently downloadable from Fegmaniax. Glad to be of assistance, James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 21:00:33 -0600 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: The VIPER? Darcie, potentiafeg who will be travelling with me to California to see Robyn et al in a couple of weeks, has just discovered Fegdom. She thought it'd be heaps of fun to go back into woj's archives and see what the Aaron of 7 years ago had to say. I am disturbed. For some reason, in my self-introductory post, I referred to myself as "THE V*I*P*E*R", and I even signed the letter (a complete transcription of the interview portions of _Spectre_) as Aaron "the Viper" Lowe. I have no recollection of ascribing myself that moniker. Furthermore, I'm QUITE certain that no one ever called me that in "real life." I guess that's what I wanted my new friends in this newly discovered cyberspace world to call me. Fortunately, in all my subsequent posts, I've reverted just to "Aaron." Whew. Wow, I was a pretentious little 19-year-old. Aaron "Further proof that this phrase-between-the-quotation-marks in the middle of our names has been going on for a long time, but that we've apparently progressed a little in our use of it" Lowe * Aaron Lowe [ aaron@aaronlowe.com ] http://aaronlowe.com "You may say I'm cynical but I say man is flawed He has a vague memory of life before some fall Behaving like a reptile but talks of walking tall If God is in his image, the Almighty must be small" ~James _God Only Knows_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 21:05:31 -0600 From: Aaron Lowe Subject: One more from the VIPER I forgot to mention that during the time of my first post, the other active participants whose names were at all familiar were Gene Hopstetter, Jr. (Writer Guy), and James Dignan, who was apparently on a completely different continent at the time. It's so strange to think back to the days when every email address ended in .edu. Weird, weird, weird. Aaron * Aaron Lowe [ aaron@aaronlowe.com ] http://aaronlowe.com "I find myself haunted by a spooky man named me I wish that I could jump out of my skin" ~They Might Be Giants _Piece Of Dirt_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 19:09:03 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: My 2 cents and that other feg list On 11/6/99 7:33 PM, Ethyl Ketone wrote: >I bought a G4 and found out it's classified as a weapon - Tom, does this >mean I now have an FBI file? (I suscribe to the Nation, so I guess I >already have one). Just don't try to smuggle it to China in your purse. >But I found out that I actually bought a G3 motherboard >in a G4 body. No fair... Not exactly. G4 is the processor - which you have, and which entitles you to 'dis Quail and his antiquated G3 ;^). The codename for your machine was "Yikes!" - use that as you may. We miss you Carrie!! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 19:08:38 PST From: "Anal Oil Leakage" Subject: action canceled 11/9/99, Mountain Stage, Concord Gene Hackman [enter kimberley] I Feel Beautiful I Often Dream Of Trains You And Oblivion Kingdom Of Love Insanely Jealous [jam session] Take This Hammer And Carry It To The Captain NOTES: - --the show just ended a few minutes ago. just strolled over here to the library (in which miles doubtless spent countless thousands upon thousands of hours poring over ancient texts) and here we are. this is surely the quickest i've ever sent in a setlist! - --played the entire thing on electric. robyn said he "usually" plays Gene Hackman on acoustic, but i can't think of him ever having played it on electric before. - --i think it'd be just about impossible to overstate how much fun robyn seems to be having playing with kimbo. - --on my way out of the auditorium, i stopped to say goodbye to george, the dude from the chamber of commerce who i'd met this afternoon. he was there with his wife, and the president of the college and his wife, and some other dude. they are *really* into the fact that i came here from seattle. apparently this george dude has been talking about it nonstop for a month and a half. i asked them what they'd thought of the show, and they all said it was great. they asked a few questions about robyn. the pres. said, and i quote: "i really like his message, especially...Gene Hackman." so there we were shooting the shit quite enjoyably, when over walks larry groce, and everyone kissed his ass for five or ten minutes. he and i got to talking about deni. he said that she'd attended the bowery show, but left before getting to talk to robyn. he told me he'd meant to mention the movie, and asked if i'd seen it. and check this out: he says that in one of the closing jam sassions, six or seven years ago, they'd played Tomorrow Never Knows (with robyn singing)! i don't have this on any of my mt. stage tapes, and it's not listed in "the asking tree". how did this one slip by? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 23:35:34 -0500 From: rebel without a clause Subject: Re: distort me when we last left our heroes, Anal Oil Leakage exclaimed: >eric informs me that i had the levels set too high for the northampton show; ugh. i did the same thing, despite our conversation before the show (where, for those who weren't there, i regally announced that it was better to have low levels than high ones). plus, i'm still adjusting to the minidisc. my mic is a helluva lot more sensitive with the minidisc than with the old aiwa cassette deck, which didn't even have levels -- everything was just a constant -12 to -6 decibels (depending on battery power), which is easy to mop up afterwards. anyways, electric set is listenable, but you can hear the distortion and the mic being overpowered. for those who care, i'm working on getting mp3's of that show available soon(ish). >the problem, of course, lies in all the personnel swapping. (that, and the >irresistable urge to push it right to the limit. yeah... woj ps. ...and taper weenies ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #419 *******************************