From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #421 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, November 11 1999 Volume 08 : Number 421 Today's Subjects: ----------------- New boots? ["David Willems" ] Bowery Ballrooom set list request ["Chao, Tom" ] RE: it's only the end of the world [Adam.Leonard@icl.com] Electronic Barrage engine version 2.0 [Adam.Leonard@icl.com] Re: The VIPER? [Bayard ] Re: The VIPER? [Tom Clark ] Re: Robyn Shrinking? ["Brett Cooper" ] Days of Yore [Vivien Lyon ] Departure Lounge Request [The Great Quail ] Re: Departure Lounge Request [Tom Clark ] Re: Days of Yore [Christopher Gross ] RE: Who is Eb? [rebel without a clause ] Re: The VIPER? [rebel without a clause ] Hitchcock Book [rebel without a clause ] TNK!? [James Dignan ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #420 [James Dignan ] Attack of the Previously 50 Foot Robyn Hitchcock [Eric Loehr ] Re: Hitchcock Book ["Chris!" ] Re: Departure Lounge Request [Bayard ] Re: Bowery Ballrooom set list request [rebel without a clause ] Goth red alert! [Eb ] *DEL* [Joel Mullins ] Invisible History [Joel Mullins ] Re: Invisible History [Ben ] Re: *DEL* [Ben ] RE: Roger Keith Barrett [hamish_simpson@agilent.com] Storefront Video [Adam.Leonard@icl.com] RE: Roger Keith Barrett [Michael R Godwin ] RE: RE: Roger Keith Barrett [hamish_simpson@agilent.com] RE: irrelevant heading [Michael R Godwin ] RE: RE: irrelevant heading [hamish_simpson@agilent.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:59:45 -0500 From: "David Willems" Subject: New boots? Have there been any more collections of unreleased Hitch material since the Robyn Hitchcock's X-Mas Party was released through this list? His new shows are incredible! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:48:27 -0500 From: "Chao, Tom" Subject: Bowery Ballrooom set list request Could someone please post the set list for the Nov. 1 Bowery Ballroom (NYC) show? Thank you. Or just e-mail me privately. I was standing audience left (stage right) about 10 feet or so from the stage, screaming "Robyn!" in addition to "Whoo!" and "Yeah!" Tom X. Chao (Do you remember me from a long time ago? The angry flames and whatnot?) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:29:41 -0800 (PST) From: Loronzo Wilberson Subject: Robyn Shrinking? Hi, I saw a reference to Robyn shrinking on this digest several days ago but only believed it after seeing him in Cincinnati. As he exited the stage, he did appear to be noticeably shorter! (The last time I was standing next to him was 2/15/92 in Oberlin, Ohio where he seemed to tower above me...) Has anyone else noticed this or care to comment? I don't believe I'm still growing, for I've been 5'10" for quite some time now... Loronzo ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:39:15 -0000 From: Adam.Leonard@icl.com Subject: RE: it's only the end of the world To Andrew D. Simchik (and others with an interest in hearing more great music.) The Auteurs "How I Learned To Love The Bootboys" Baader Meinhof "Baader Meinhof" both of these amply demonstrate the genius of Luke Haines. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:09:11 -0000 From: Adam.Leonard@icl.com Subject: Electronic Barrage engine version 2.0 Oh, so it's take the piss out of the new boy is it? Thanks a lot! Y'know James, your mail was so witty and incisive that I fell asleep reading it. Is Alex Stone on this list?... calling Alex Stone!!! np. nothing. I'm at work... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 18:41:10 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: The VIPER? On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Aaron Lowe wrote: > 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" You know, I remember thinking at the time that that was going to come back to haunt you somehow. =B "MR. MEMORY" THE BEASTER PS. Who else was around then and has stuck around? I was, but didn't post much in those days. I was a shy little 23-year-old! Is anyone else here that was here at the very beginning, aside from lj and (obviously) woj? I think we lost Susan Even and Thomas Narten a ways back.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:58:10 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: The VIPER? On 11/10/99 3:41 PM, Bayard wrote: >PS. Who else was around then and has stuck around? I was, but didn't post >much in those days. I was a shy little 23-year-old! > >Is anyone else here that was here at the very beginning, aside from lj and >(obviously) woj? I think we lost Susan Even and Thomas Narten a ways >back.... I've been on since around '91. Last we heard from Susan she was in Germany, I think. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:03:06 -0900 From: "Brett Cooper" Subject: Re: Robyn Shrinking? >From: Loronzo Wilberson > I saw a reference to Robyn shrinking on this digest > several days ago but only believed it after seeing him > in Cincinnati. As he exited the stage, he did appear > to be noticeably shorter! (The last time I was > standing next to him was 2/15/92 in Oberlin, Ohio > where he seemed to tower above me...) > > Has anyone else noticed this or care to comment? I > don't believe I'm still growing, for I've been 5'10" > for quite some time now... What's with these people who look so much taller on television, and then when you meet them, they are so short? Has Robyn ever been known to wear boots that have higher-heels on them? If so, perhaps that could explain his sudden "shrinkage." I want it that way... Brett ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:24:44 -0800 (PST) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Days of Yore - --- Bayard wrote: > Is anyone else here that was here at the very > beginning, aside from lj and > (obviously) woj? I think we lost Susan Even and > Thomas Narten a ways > back.... In a fit of severe work-related boredom, I decided to check out Capuchin's first post to the list, thus necessitating a drudgerous trudge through the archives and looking at each contents list. I lost patience before I found Capooch's post, but I did see and make note of several other listmembers' inaugural posts. I'm pretty sure Tom Clark, Miles Goosens, Gene Hopstetter, and Bayard are amongst the very first archived. Other notated fegs include lj, doug mayo-wells, and Mark Gloster. In fact, I think it was Mark Gloster's first post in which he asserted that 'Lucifer in Frognal' refers to Sting, which claim is further bolstered by my discovery that Robyn thinks Sting sees himself as an evil villain. Alas, I rashly threw the piece of paper out upon my departure from my job in Chicago, thinking it a bit of useless trivia of no interest to anyone but the most devoted scholar of arcane Robyn-lore. When will I ever learn that no endeavor, no matter how ill-advised or seemingly pointless, is without its proper audience. Vivien ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:08:05 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Departure Lounge Request Does anyone know where to but Departure Lounge's CD online? I found Tim & the Homer Lounge, but not their new one. I've checked Amazon.com and CDNow. . . . Tom Clark, please shut off the mind control lasers. - --Quail, still giggling at the words "James Dignan." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: http://www.libyrinth.com A book is more than a verbal structure or series of verbal structures; it is the dialogue it establishes with its reader and the intonation it imposes upon his voice and the changing and durable images it leaves in his memory. A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships. --J.L. Borges ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:29:25 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Departure Lounge Request On 11/10/99 4:08 PM, The Great Quail wrote: >Tom Clark, please shut off the mind control lasers. Oh geez, is lj horny AGAIN? - -tc np - Hours of random RH mp3's ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:45:13 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Days of Yore On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Vivien Lyon wrote: > ... When will I ever learn that no > endeavor, no matter how ill-advised or seemingly > pointless, is without its proper audience. And, in fact, that audience is usually this list. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:49:06 -0500 From: rebel without a clause Subject: RE: Who is Eb? when we last left our heroes, Thomas, Ferris exclaimed: >You are brilliant. Must remember to sprinkle sawdust in my cube. I very >nearly pissed myself. did you take it out? +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:48:45 -0500 From: rebel without a clause Subject: Re: The VIPER? >>Is anyone else here that was here at the very beginning, aside from lj and >>(obviously) woj? I think we lost Susan Even and Thomas Narten a ways >>back.... > >I've been on since around '91. Last we heard from Susan she was in >Germany, I think. the netherlands actually. we still chat from time to time. i ought to declare her her birthday a list holiday since fegmaniax is all her fault. if she hadn't nagged me, i would never have gotten around to starting the list. thomas is on fegmaniax-announce now. one disappeared feg i'd like to get back in touch with is andy ruppenstein. woj n.p.f.t.f.t emily bezar - four walls bending (also got the new one from amy x neuburg in the same package -- woo hoo!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:32:35 -0500 From: rebel without a clause Subject: Hitchcock Book fegs, for those who did not know, joe silva is working on a biography of our man robyn. per the note below, he's looking for interesting stories, facts, tidbits, you name it about robyn that may be book-worthy. if you have something to share, please contact him at . woj >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 10:55:03 -0800 (PST) >From: Kurt LaForge >Subject: Hitchcock Book >To: woj@smoe.org > >WoJ - > >Would like to take you up on your offer of >posting some info regarding the Hitchcock >book to the Fegmaniax list. > >What I'm looking for is info from anyone >who feels that they might have some interesting >insight into Robyn's work. It can be anything >from an anecdote regarding a personal encounter, >a favorite story he's told during a show, or a >recommendation of a gig that they found to be >particularly amazing. > >While I may not be able to get back to everyone >right away, I will try to respond as faithfully >as I can to those who go out of their way to >contribute. All correspondence should be sent >to this address. > >I appreciate you taking the time to let people >in on what's becoming a big project. > > >regards, > >JoE Silva ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:14:12 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: TNK!? >Yep, they did play Tomorrow Never Knows, unfortunately the announcer talks >over it and it fades out or cuts off literally in the middle of the song. mein Gott! If anyone has a tape of this, pleeeeeeeeease let me know! One of my more abstruse hobbies is collecting different groups performing this song (studio or live). So far I think I've got about ten versions. 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: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:17:01 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #420 > p.s. Chris Sharrock drumming for Robbie Williams? That means... oh no... > Williams -> Sharrock -> XTC -> Paul Fox/John Leckie -> Robyn!! I missed Sharrock -> XTC. Is he on the new album then? Anyway, isn't using Producers cheating? (he said hopefully) oh, all right then. - -> Andy Partridge -> Thomas Dolby -> Robyn!! James ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:24:24 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Attack of the Previously 50 Foot Robyn Hitchcock On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Brett Cooper wrote: > >From: Loronzo Wilberson > > I saw a reference to Robyn shrinking on this digest > > several days ago but only believed it after seeing him > > in Cincinnati. As he exited the stage, he did appear > > to be noticeably shorter! (The last time I was > > standing next to him was 2/15/92 in Oberlin, Ohio > > where he seemed to tower above me...) > > > > Has anyone else noticed this or care to comment? I > > don't believe I'm still growing, for I've been 5'10" > > for quite some time now... > > What's with these people who look so much taller on television, and then > when you meet them, they are so short? > > Has Robyn ever been known to wear boots that have higher-heels on them? If > so, perhaps that could explain his sudden "shrinkage." > Shrinking? He looked plenty tall standing next to us in Northampton -- and I'm 6'1", so if he sometimes appears to be shrinking, he's probably just occasionally being injected by Leo McKern's associates with the same stuff that got Paul in "Help". Eric "she looks more like him than I do" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:24:18 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #419 >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. um... no, I've been on this list about four and a half years, and I've been in NZ for the last 25 years. Not that I'm exactly 'on' a continent, in any case. Is there another James Dignan out there??? (well, yes there is, but on this list??? THAT would be a big quincydunce if you ask me!) hmm... since you found an item by someone with my name who wasn't me, and one from you that wasn't you (but was "the viper"), I can suggest one of three things: 1) we are characters in Robyn's novel - our pasts are changing 2) we are fiendishly hard to spot copies made by the great Quail to replace our real selves (which have long since joined the mysterious Gong list disappearance) 3) you are going mad James (this one) 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: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:49:20 -0800 From: "Chris!" Subject: Re: Hitchcock Book > >What I'm looking for is info from anyone > >who feels that they might have some interesting > >insight into Robyn's work. It can be anything > >from an anecdote regarding a personal encounter, > >a favorite story he's told during a show, or a > >recommendation of a gig that they found to be > >particularly amazing. > > Sounds like a troll for someone who does not have a direction for the project. Also, sounds like he is not going to cut loose and write what he really wants/could, but stick to a pasty, Robyn-friendly rock bio. And, THAT sounds boring. .chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:55:13 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Departure Lounge Request You can buy it from them directly: http://www.meekgiant.com/departurelounge/merch.html I like their sound a lot. Robyn's best opening band ever, I say. By a LONG shot. On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, The Great Quail wrote: > Does anyone know where to but Departure Lounge's CD online? I found > Tim & the Homer Lounge, but not their new one. I've checked > Amazon.com and CDNow. . . . > > Tom Clark, please shut off the mind control lasers. > > --Quail, still giggling at the words "James Dignan." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: > http://www.libyrinth.com > > A book is more than a verbal structure or series of verbal structures; > it is the dialogue it establishes with its reader and the intonation it > imposes upon his voice and the changing and durable images it leaves > in his memory. A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, > an axis of innumerable relationships. > --J.L. Borges > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:27:28 -0500 From: rebel without a clause Subject: Re: Bowery Ballrooom set list request when we last left our heroes, Chao, Tom exclaimed: >Could someone please post the set list for the Nov. 1 Bowery Ballroom (NYC) >show? Thank you. sorry, been meaning to post this, but yadda yadda yadda. Bowery Ballroom, 1 November 1999 Mexican God The Devil's Coachman I Wish I Liked You You Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby [enter Tim] Queen Elvis [enter Jake] I Saw Nick Drake [enter Kimberley] Viva! Sea-Tac [enter Lindsey] Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia No, I Don't Remember Guilford Madonna of the Wasps Queen of Eyes [enter Chris] Antwoman Sleeping With Your Devil Mask [exit Chris] Birds in Perspex Oceanside Swirling Autumn in Your Last Chance [enter Kimberley] I Often Dream of Trains Insanely Jealous [enter everybody else but Chris] Adoration of the City Elizabeth Jade [exeunt] i did record the show (and managed to keep the levels at a managable, er, level). there was also a dat soundboard made which will, no doubt, wend its way into the hearts of man. if you are interested in an audience recording (with a special message from thq quail to Eb at the conclusion!), drop me a line. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:56:54 -0800 From: "Crazy Unca' Nick" Subject: Re: here's the plan, stan ..Don't forget a pic for Nick! Your Chicago hostess informed: > Tomorrow I'll be making reservations at P.S. Bangkok, a Thai restaurant > located at 3345 N. Clark (The Metro is at 3730 N. Clark). I'm making them > for 5:30. And you know, I'm still waiting for evidence of the *last* Chigago gathering! ~N PS Say a big hello to the Hedblade for me. - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, February 1951 The best of all possible Fegs are here: http://www.njaz.com/fegfotos ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:48:05 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Goth red alert! DAVID J AUCTIONS OFF HIS MUSIC COLLECTION TO FINANCE NEW ALBUM Bauhaus and Love & Rockets fans, get out your checkbooks. Bassist David J, a founding member of both of those bands, is taking a unique approach to financing his next solo album. Instead of recording a demo and submitting it to the music industry in hopes of getting a new deal, David is currently auctioning of what amounts to the remnants of his entire musical career up till now. At a page on his Web site (http://www.davidj-urbane.com/hammer.html (http://www.davidj-urbane.com/hammer.html)), the bass player makes available to highest bidders a stunning collection of instruments, records, lyrics, and other memorabilia that would have any Bauhaus fan drooling. Among the pieces available for bidding: J's custom-made black "coffin" bass, which carries an opening bid of $6,000; the size-10 shoes he wore in L&R's "No New Tale To Tell" video (minimum bid, $200); a bunch of gold and platinum album awards (starting at $1,000); plus a host of promotional records, drawings, stage gear, and even a 1980 letter from Beggar's Banquet Records telling Bauhaus that the company would in fact like to sign the band to a long-term deal. But the most intriguing piece in the lot, and the item with the highest opening bid, is the original, hand-written lyrics from "Bela Lugosi's Dead," the 1979 Bauhaus single that would become the anthem for the entire Goth-rock movement. Opening bid: $15,000. In a statement at his site explaining the idea, David J says, "I have the songs, fourteen in all. I have the players (you'd be surprised or maybe not! ), I even have a title, Maladies, Ballads, and Bruises. What I do not have, and -- as I do not intend to go the usual tiresome route of 'demo/submission/acceptance subject to committee approval i.e. Go back in and do it over but this time with more hooks and sugar coating!' -- what I am unlikely to have in the near future, is the filthy lucre to make all of the above an 'in stores now' reality. Sooooooooooooo, this is where you come in dear patron." The bidding, which is being overseen by eBay, ends on Nov. 10. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 02:08:46 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: *DEL* Hey, I found a CD listed in an online store with *DEL* after the title. Does anyone know what this means? Is it some kind of lingo I'm not familiar with? Thanks Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 02:17:58 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Invisible History Do you guys recommend getting Invisible History? The track listing looks pretty incredible. But is the quality good? I've found a copy for $20, which I'm assuming is a steal. But I need someone to tell me that it's a wise buy first. Later Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:53:22 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: Invisible History I would probably get it. Half of the stuff you will already have from the Rhino issues and the A&M Greatest Hits compilation but there are some real gems like the versions of Van Morrison's "Fairplay" and "Linden Arden Stole The Highlights", the Psychedelic Furs "Ghost In You" and some of the live tracks from Two Haves For The Price Of One that would be good to have on CD. Joel Mullins wrote: > Do you guys recommend getting Invisible History? The track listing > looks pretty incredible. But is the quality good? I've found a copy > for $20, which I'm assuming is a steal. But I need someone to tell me > that it's a wise buy first. > > Later > Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:54:53 -0500 From: Ben Subject: Re: *DEL* Probably means Deleted, as in no longer in print. Or it could mean Del the Funky Homosapien makes a guest appearance on the record. Joel Mullins wrote: > Hey, I found a CD listed in an online store with *DEL* after the title. > Does anyone know what this means? Is it some kind of lingo I'm not > familiar with? > > Thanks > Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 08:56:05 +0000 From: hamish_simpson@agilent.com Subject: RE: Roger Keith Barrett >> On a side note: I bought the import of Opel the other day. The original >> inlay has the lyrics to 2 of the songs ("Opel" and "Clowns and Jugglers") >> and the inlay has all the lyrics....or at least what someone in Japan thinks >> they are.... >> Some veeeeeeerrrry interesting decisions were made when translating the >> lyrics, even between the inlay and the original booklet. > I'm sure you'll find plenty of odd words that you disagree with! > (frinstance, I always thought it was "She took a long _cool_ look at me"). > Ice cream 'scuse me > - - Mike Godwin I was given to understand that Japanese releases were always supposed to include lyric sheets (not sure if it was actually law) and that when one wasn't generally available they just guessed! "seen you looking good the other evening." > PS Thoroughly unimpressive appearance by Flaming Lips on Jools Holland: > the band couldn't play, the singer couldn't sing, and they didn't have a > drummer Aaarrrgghhh. Wash out your mouth young Mr Godwin. Admittedly the Theremin was a bit questionable but your just pouting 'cos they didn't have a guitar either!! > (admittedly most people would probably look feeble on a show > featuring Paul McCartney and Travis...) I agree, and Macca was by far the feeblest!!!! And Dave Gilmour is fat! Hah! (H) NP The Flaming Lips - "Transmissions From The Satellite Heart" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:10:06 -0000 From: Adam.Leonard@icl.com Subject: Storefront Video Does anybody have this to trade? (UK PAL format) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:15:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: RE: Roger Keith Barrett > > PS Thoroughly unimpressive appearance by Flaming Lips on Jools Holland: On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 hamish_simpson@agilent.com wrote: > Aaarrrgghhh. Wash out your mouth young Mr Godwin. Admittedly the > Theremin was a bit questionable but your just pouting 'cos they didn't > have a guitar either!! I honestly didn't notice the lack of guitar. The vocalist was not singing in tune or anything like it, the piano player was hamhanded, and the bassist appeared to be nodding off. I didn't have any problems with the theremin, although he didn't play it as well as Roger Ruskin Spear used to. > Macca was by far the feeblest!!!! And Dave Gilmour is fat! Hah! How can you say that? The Wanda Jackson and Chuck Berry numbers were excellent, Pete Wingfield was tinkling the ivories merrily, and Paul appeared to be playing a proper Hofner bass. [Thinks: I've got one of those, I wonder if they are worth anything?]. Dave Gilmour is definitely fat, but I knew that already because I saw him on TV at the Cambridge folk festival backing James Taylor (IIRC), so it wasn't a surprise. - - Mike (trying to give up parentheses) Godwin n.p. Amos Milburn 'Down the road apiece' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:52:32 +0000 From: hamish_simpson@agilent.com Subject: RE: RE: Roger Keith Barrett - -----Original Message----- From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk [mailto:hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] Sent: 11 November 1999 14:15 To: SIMPSON, HAMISH /HP-UnitedKingdom,om4 Cc: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk; fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: RE: Roger Keith Barrett >> > PS Thoroughly unimpressive appearance by Flaming Lips on Jools Holland: >On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 hamish_simpson@agilent.com wrote: >> Aaarrrgghhh. Wash out your mouth young Mr Godwin. Admittedly the >> Theremin was a bit questionable but your just pouting 'cos they didn't >> have a guitar either!! > I honestly didn't notice the lack of guitar. The vocalist was not singing > in tune or anything like it, the piano player was hamhanded, and the > bassist appeared to be nodding off. I didn't have any problems with the > theremin, although he didn't play it as well as Roger Ruskin Spear used > to. "Noises For The Leg" I believe? > > Macca was by far the feeblest!!!! And Dave Gilmour is fat! Hah! > How can you say that? The Wanda Jackson and Chuck Berry numbers were > excellent, Pete Wingfield was tinkling the ivories merrily, and Paul > appeared to be playing a proper Hofner bass. He was playing bass!!! When was that then? I barely saw his hands move. I've heard of minimalism but that was extreme. Even the Flaming Lips bass player did more. The whole sound relied on the rest of the band. He contributed almost nothing to the proceedings. I will admit to being biased as I never much liked him (or the Beatles for that matter) but I did expect more. Frankly you could get pretty much the same quality output from any pub rock and roll band! (Wow, opinionated or what!) (H) NP Fishbone - "Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' The Fonkay" Notice - Hamish accepts no responsibility for the irrelevence of the subject heading. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:28:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: RE: irrelevant heading On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 hamish_simpson@agilent.com wrote: > "Noises For The Leg" I believe? Yes, when RRS used the theremin with the Bonzos. He also played it on his solo performances as Roger Ruskin Spear's Giant Kinetic Wardrobe. And if you really want to hear a theremin used effectively, the song 'Electricity' on Safe as Milk is great. > I will admit to being biased as I never much liked him [James Paul McCartney - ed.] > (or the Beatles for that matter) but I did expect more. Frankly you > could get pretty much the same quality output from any pub rock and > roll band! (Wow, opinionated or what!) Well, I'm not a huge Beatles fan either, but I do like pub rock and roll. What bass players do you recommend? Pastorius and Mark King, I suppose [countervailing opinionated snort]. The only player I have seen recently who comes anywhere near Macca is Bruce Thomas with the Attractions. Andy Metcalfe is good, too. - - Mike (and when I say recently, I mean the last 20 years) Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:47:30 +0000 From: hamish_simpson@agilent.com Subject: RE: RE: irrelevant heading > Well, I'm not a huge Beatles fan either, but I do like pub rock and > roll. What bass players do you recommend? Pastorius and Mark King, I > suppose [countervailing opinionated snort]. The only player I have seen > recently who comes anywhere near Macca is Bruce Thomas with the > Attractions. Andy Metcalfe is good, too. Not a fan of Pastorius. Also I heard a story that JJ Burnel of the Stranglers walked up to Mark King after an early Level 42 gig and said something along the lines of "Not bad, but you need a bass player!" I concur. Bruce Thomas is one of my absolute favourites. Very intelligent lines. Andy is good too. Some bassists I like are (in no particular order) Bruce Thomas (Attractions) Colin Moulding (XTC) Les Claypool (Primus) Lorenzo Buhne (ex of the Dickies) Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) Paul Gray (ex of the Damned, etc) Morgan Nicholls (ex of the Senseless Things) John Entwhistle (on Live At Leeds esp.) and of course the sliding Andy Metcalfe In fact the guy who played on the Bonzos "Keynsham" was pretty good. Began with a "D" I think? (H) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #421 *******************************