From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #425 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, November 12 1999 Volume 08 : Number 425 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Denver Fegs [overbury@cn.ca] eb all over the world ["Anal Oil Leakage" ] Re: Denver Fegs [Eric Loehr ] RIP Sir Vivian Fuchs [Michael R Godwin ] SIR VIVIAN FUCHS OFF TO THE SOUTH POLE [Eric Loehr ] Bruce Thomas, etc. [Vivien Lyon ] Re: Denver Chads [Paul Christian Glenn ] Re: Denver Chads [overbury@cn.ca] RE: bass [ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com] 0% Chad Everett content [Eb ] Re: 0% Chad Everett content [ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com] Re: Eighties [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: Roxy (was: it cramps your handwriting and dulls what little style you have) [MARKEEFE] Re: 100% Tony Levin content ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Bass players.... [Stephen Buckalew ] Re: 0% Chad Everett content [Eric Loehr ] Re: eb all over the world [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: 0% Mingus content ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: 0% Chad Everett content [Eb ] Re: Roger Keith Barrett [Anastasia Hunt ] pulling threads... [Ken Ostrander ] Re: 100% Tony Levin content [Joel Mullins ] Re: it cramps your handwriting and dulls what little style you have [Liv] Re: pulling threads... [Joel Mullins ] some random midwest notes ["Anal Oil Leakage" ] Re: 100% Tony Levin content [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: irene trudell [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: eb all over the world [Briannupp@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:35:29 -0500 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Denver Fegs Paul "Chad" Glenn said: > Unfortunately, the two fellows I'm travelling with are > mind-numbingly shy (one is an ex-listee - remember the > guy who started all the "Chad" stuff?), Yes, I'm sitting in his underwear at this very moment! Hey, did we drive Chad off? Could Chad become the next Helen Percival? - -- Chadbury the Butler ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:52:16 PST From: "Anal Oil Leakage" Subject: eb all over the world okay, limited time here (public library of des moines), and just browsed the digests *very* quickly. didn't look as though either of these setlists had been posted yet. 11/10/99, Metro, Chicago Mexican God The Devil's Coachman I Used To Say I Love You My Wife And My Dead Wife Queen Elvis Alright, Yeah Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia No, I Don't Remember Guildford Madonna Of The Wasps Queen Of Eyes Antwoman Sleeping With Your Devil Mask Birds In Perspex Oceanside I Got A Message For You The Philosophers Stone I Feel Beautiful America Beautiful Queen I Often Dream Of Trains Elizabeth Jade 11/11/99, First Avenue, Minneapolis Mexican God Trilobite Wax Doll 4th Time Around Queen Elvis I Saw Nick Drake Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia The Lips Bee Song No, I Don't Remember Guildford Madonna Of The Wasps Queen Of Eyes Antwoman America Sleeping With Your Devil Mask Oceanside She Doesn't Exist City Of Shame Kingdom Of Love Birds In Perspex Adoration Of The City Beautiful Queen two great shows. the sound could've been better last night, though. i don't think they soundchecked, actually. ryan went up to the front of the stage during the lounge's set, and told them to play longer. tim asked how long, then asked the audience, "has anybody seen robyn?" then there was a long changeover, and when robyn finally showed up, he said, "i just got here thirty-five seconds ago. i trust everybody is okay, and that you saw the departure lounge?" i'm wondering if maybe robyn stayed behind in chicago to do an WXRT spot? carissa and i passed the company van on the way from chicago. they noticed us, actually (the van had tinted windows, so it'd have been difficult for us to notice them). ryan was driving, and kimberley was sitting in front. i asked tim after the show why kimberley got to sit in the front, and he replied they were deferring to his greybeardedness. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:56:17 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: Denver Fegs On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 chadbury@cn.ca wrote: > Paul "Chad" Glenn said: > > > Unfortunately, the two fellows I'm travelling with are > > mind-numbingly shy (one is an ex-listee - remember the > > guy who started all the "Chad" stuff?), > > Yes, I'm sitting in his underwear at this very moment! > > Hey, did we drive Chad off? Could Chad become the next Helen > Percival? > -- Perhaps with a little surgery or some Egyptian Cream... Eric "Chad, not Jeremy" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:56:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: RIP Sir Vivian Fuchs "Friday 12 November 1999 "Top News "Sir Vivian Fuchs, who became a national hero when he made the first surface crossing of the Antarctic in 1957-58, has died aged 91. His family said he died after a long illness. Sir Vivian, who lived in Cambridge, was knighted after leading the Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition". I guess I'm the only person here old enough to remember that classic headline SIR VIVIAN FUCHS OFF TO THE SOUTH POLE ... - - MRG (last of a series of deeply irrelevant postings) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:09:56 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: SIR VIVIAN FUCHS OFF TO THE SOUTH POLE On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Michael R Godwin wrote: > > I guess I'm the only person here old enough to remember that classic > headline SIR VIVIAN FUCHS OFF TO THE SOUTH POLE ... > > > - MRG (last of a series of deeply irrelevant postings) > Nonsense, Mike -- this last one in particular is extremely fuchin' relevant. Eric "Sir Chad" Loehr ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:21:37 -0800 (PST) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Bruce Thomas, etc. - --- James Dignan wrote: although Bruce Thomas's work, such as on the > "Get Happy!" album > (Black and White world, IIRC, is a classic) This song makes me go epileptic. I can't figure out how to dance to it, but I'm compelled to flail about wildly anyway. The other version, on Taking Liberties, isn't nearly so coercively groovy. Vivien ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:26:11 -0600 From: Paul Christian Glenn Subject: Re: Denver Chads In our last episode, the Chadbury the devious Butler smirked: >Yes, I'm sitting in his underwear at this very moment! Ewwww... >Hey, did we drive Chad off? No, the company he works for got swallowed up by a huge corporation who now monitors his email and web activity. Can't get away with Fegginess anymore. He kindly sends his regards. Oddly, *both* of the gents accompanying me to the Soiled Dove show are named Chad. Even more oddly, I can't think a single famous Chad. Paul "Chad Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Glenn trance@radiks.net http://eonchamber.virtualave.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:49:54 -0500 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Denver Chads > Oddly, *both* of the gents accompanying me to the Soiled Dove show > are named Chad. Perfect! > Even more oddly, I can't think a single famous Chad. 1) Chad Allen (& the Impressions) 2) that famous country in famous Africa - -- Ross (pronounced "eggs" or "Chad") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:40:48 -0600 From: ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com Subject: RE: bass >I think you mean Johnny Gustafson of the Merseybeats (and the Big Three, >possibly?). I do. >My understanding was that Roxy Music never had a bass player, >they just employed different session staff, of whom Gustafson was one. They had a guy called Graham something on the first one. His picture is included on the sleeve so I assume he was an official member at that time. John Porter on the second album is credited as "guest artiste". John Gustafson played on both "Stranded" and "Country Life", possibly "Sirens" as well but I haven't got that one so I can't check right this sec. It was chiefly his playing on "Country Life" that I was thinking of. Really intelligent, lyrical playing. Check out "Out of The Blue", particularly. Wowza. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:44:09 -0800 From: Eb Subject: 0% Chad Everett content Drew: >I've beefed it up to 80 -- is this better? Yes! Roxy Music: When I first became a fan, I liked Siren the best. Nowadays, I think I prefer Country Life. The first two albums are great, but a touch silly and dated. I've known several people who think Stranded is the best, but I dunno...it doesn't measure up to Siren and Country Life with me. A little inconsistent, once you get past the few classic songs. As for Avalon, I used to really adore that album, but as time passes, it seems more and more like a creature of the New Romantic '80s to me. It seems inevitable that the band will reunite one of these days...I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. And yes, Diamond Head and 801 Live are really essential albums. (I'm not much interested in rehashing an Eno discussion, however.) Eb "no one's going to mention Tony Levin in the great-bassists thread?" the Ebster ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:59:05 -0600 From: ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com Subject: Re: 0% Chad Everett content >more and more like a creature of the New Romantic '80s to me. It seems >inevitable that the band will reunite one of these days...I'm surprised it >hasn't happened already. I hear they are planning it. This makes me sad. Because last night I saw Ferry with an orchestra and damned if that wasn't what he was born to do. It was absolutely magnificent. It is so worth the ticket price. "Bittersweet" in particular really rocked my world. My only complaint had to do with the audience. Just because the diva has finished singing, that does not mean the song is done. Thank you. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:34:48 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Eighties In a message dated 11/11/99 10:51:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, gondola@deltanet.com writes: << The only problem is that I recalled Time for a Witness as being on the sublime level of Marquee Moon for duelling post-punk guitar pyrotechnics, and my recent listen proved otherwise. >> Now, in the case of "Marquee Moon," can an album that came out in 1977 really be considered *post*-punk?! How can something be "post-"something else when the two somethings are completely comtemporaneous? I think you should revise your classifications and say that "Marquee Moon" is the best 'proto-punk' or 'punk-era' duelling guitar pyrotechnics album, and that the Thin White Rope album is maybe the best 'post-punk' album of that genre (not that I'd know, having only ever casually heard a couple of TWR albums). - ------Michael K. np "The Soft Bulletin," which he declares the finest post-"Soft Bulletin" album yet made!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:50:22 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Roxy (was: it cramps your handwriting and dulls what little style you have) In a message dated 11/12/99 4:36:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, schnopia@yahoo.com writes: << Either the first or the second album. Some might say _Country Life_ but I wouldn't. >> But *I* would!! :-) Oh, and take some advice from Robyn himself and get "Avalon." It's kinda mushy, but it's great. And, hey, Joel: the chicks love it! ;-) - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:00:42 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: 100% Tony Levin content At 11:44 AM 11/12/99 -0800, Eb wrote: >no one's going to mention Tony Levin in the great-bassists thread? Couple o' people did already, didn't they? I know they must have, 'cuz I got that warm feeling like oatmeal that I always get when I read the words "Chapman Stick" someplace other than Stickwire. I picked up the new King Crimson box set of assorted ProjeKCt performances yesterday. Levin appears on two discs. I've only listened to some of ProjeKCt One so far, but... WHOA! Did anyone mention Flea yet? If not, consider him mentioned. Bruce Thomas I adore, but, God, sometimes he can really crowd a song. At 03:50 PM 11/12/99 -0500, MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > But *I* would!! :-) Oh, and take some advice from Robyn himself and get >"Avalon." It's kinda mushy, but it's great. And, hey, Joel: the chicks love >it! ;-) But, Joel, you might like the chicks ON "Country Life" more. ;-) Favorite Roxy - probably either "Stranded" or "Country Life" or "Siren." Mr. Decisive today, ain't I? - --Jason "Happy the Proggie" the Jasonster "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:04:12 -0500 From: Stephen Buckalew Subject: Bass players.... He wasn't a pop bass player, but last night I saw jazz pianist Randy Weston and His African Rhythms, and the (standup) bass player (ack! I can't remember his name) was a phenomenal musician. Otherworldy playing...he could have carried both the bass and drum section himself (very percussive, yet melodic style of playing). Usually I'm bored to death by bass solos...but not with this guy.... re: Feelies, for some reason, "Only Life" is my choice, because it deftly blends hypnotic trance with catchy tunes (although there are a few weak songs on there, but I could listen to "Fascination" over and over, plus I love the slow burn of "Away"). I only like one or two songs on Time for a Witness (sorry eb). Crazy Rhythms and The Good Life are pretty consistent throughout however, but don't have songs I totally love, and the vocals are waaaay to buried on The Good Life. Steve "disgusted with himself for missing the eastern leg of the Robyn tour" Buckalew n.p. American Analog Set "The Fun of Watching Fireworks" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:11:52 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: 0% Chad Everett content On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Eb "Two Chads" the Ebster wrote: > And yes, Diamond Head and 801 Live are really essential albums. (I'm not > much interested in rehashing an Eno discussion, however.) > > Eb "no one's going to mention Tony Levin in the great-bassists thread?" the > Ebster > OK, Tony Levin. Oh, and yep, he's one of my all-time favorite bass players (along with McCartney, Entwistle, and a bunch of others I'm forgetting. Anybody read his book, Beyond the Bass Clef? It's got some interesting stories about the many and varied people (Crimson, Gabriel, etc.) he's played with... Hey, does anybody else like the 801 studio album (Listen Now)? Eric "funk fingers" the Elster ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:12:04 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: eb all over the world In a message dated 11/12/99 9:54:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, etews@hotmail.com writes: << 11/11/99, First Avenue, Minneapolis Mexican God Trilobite Wax Doll 4th Time Around Queen Elvis I Saw Nick Drake Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia The Lips Bee Song No, I Don't Remember Guildford Madonna Of The Wasps Queen Of Eyes Antwoman America Sleeping With Your Devil Mask Oceanside She Doesn't Exist City Of Shame Kingdom Of Love Birds In Perspex Adoration Of The City Beautiful Queen >> Oh, mama!! With each setlist, I drool a little bit more. Countin' the days here, folks. Countin' the days. I might've said this before, but, too all pdxFegs: Save two seats for Liz and me!! Thanks :-) - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:20:02 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: 0% Mingus content At 04:11 PM 11/12/99 -0500, Eric Loehr wrote: >Anybody read his book, Beyond the Bass Clef? Yes. There are some interesting tales in it, but the best I can say about it overall is that it is... well... cute. Fun, but not all that meaty. Possibly because all the recipes Levin included were for vegetarian cuisine. >Eric "funk fingers" the Elster I got me a pair of those too. :) And, I even saw the Levin-Gorn-Marotta trio perform once. *sigh* - --Jason "I got nothing to say here" The Thornoramadingdong "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:33:18 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: 0% Chad Everett content >Hey, does anybody else like the 801 studio album (Listen Now)? I bought a used copy of it once, and surprisingly, liked it so little that I didn't even keep it -- even being the completist that I am. However, the wonderful live record is one of the very best albums of 1976, even though I've long contended that 1976 is *the* worst year for music of the rock 'n' roll era. (No wonder punk exploded the status quo, the following year.) Eb, who *does* have K-Scope, Primitive Guitars and the Quiet Sun album.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:20:42 +0000 From: Anastasia Hunt Subject: Re: Roger Keith Barrett In message , Michael R Godwin writes >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. The consensus Chez Hunt was that it was brilliant. *Great* band. As if Dave Gilmour wasn't enough, Mitch Green was playing with him too. The SO kept muttering, "Mick Fuckin' Green, I can't believe it's Mick Fuckin' Green...I thought he was dead." Ana ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:37:28 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: pulling threads... >I like their sound a lot. Robyn's best opening band ever, I say. >By a LONG shot. that's a tough one for me. a lot of great opening acts: poi dog, deni bonet, jill sobule, matt sweet, jody grind, dear janes, winter hours, olivia tremor control, blue aeroplanes (?). departure louge is definitely up there. >PS Am I the only one absolutely *horrified* that "Who Wants to Be a >Millionaire?" is such an overwhelming smash? Is *this* the end of >civilization as we know it? And think very hard, before you answer me. um...i still haven't seen this program, i'm happy to say. i do enjoy watching VH1's rock n roll jeopardy though. mostly because i can answers most of the questions. > Eb "no one's going to mention Tony Levin in the great-bassists thread?" the > Ebster did we agree that tony is the most valuable component in any six degrees? ><< Either the first or the second album. Some might say _Country Life_ but I > wouldn't. >> > > But *I* would!! :-) Oh, and take some advice from Robyn himself and get >"Avalon." It's kinda mushy, but it's great. And, hey, Joel: the chicks love >it! ;-) ditto. was listening to 'avalon' this morning. perfect for when you're nursing a hangover. i prefer 'stranded', 'country life', or 'siren' to the first two. i'm waiting for that reunion tour as well. ken "looking for love in a looking glass world" the kenster np nuggets: original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era, disk 2 once i put this on i can't take it out except to put another one of the disks in. ps going to see 'dogma' after work. hope there's picket lines so i can wave my copy of the dead sea scrolls at them and taunt them with my pseudo-psychedelic, anarcho-syndicast, new-age atheism. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:49:27 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: 100% Tony Levin content Jason R. Thornton wrote: > > But *I* would!! :-) Oh, and take some advice from Robyn himself and get > >"Avalon." It's kinda mushy, but it's great. And, hey, Joel: the chicks love > >it! ;-) > > But, Joel, you might like the chicks ON "Country Life" more. ;-) Yeah, I've often spent time in record stores admiring said chicks. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:03:06 -0800 (PST) From: Livia Drusilla Subject: Re: it cramps your handwriting and dulls what little style you have - --- Miles Goosens wrote: > At 04:35 AM 11/12/1999 -0800, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > >> From: Joel Mullins > > > >> Well, I haven't heard much Roxy Music (actually, I've been > >> kinda wanting to hear some of their stuff -- any > >> recommendations?). > > > >Either the first or the second album. Some might say _Country > >Life_ but I wouldn't. > > I expect James to chime in seconding this, as I know he loses > interest in Roxy after Eno departed. But I think both > Ferry and Eno did their absolute best work right after > the split -- STRANDED is my favorite Roxy Music > product, followed closely by COUNTRY LIFE And mine is Siren, so we've got a full spread. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:53:52 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: pulling threads... Ken Ostrander wrote: > that's a tough one for me. a lot of great opening acts: poi dog, > deni bonet, jill sobule, matt sweet, jody grind, dear janes, winter > hours, olivia tremor control, blue aeroplanes (?). departure louge is > definitely up there. Who was that guy who opened for Robyn in Dallas in '95? He had long hair and I didn't like him very much at all. Gregory, you were there, right? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:22:18 PST From: "Anal Oil Leakage" Subject: some random midwest notes this time, from lincoln, nebraska. - --bruce was at the target center last night. the first ave. had a window that allowed robyn to see the center's marquee, (i turned around and could only see some permanent ads), and robyn kept commenting on what he was reading. he was pretty excited that the boss was in town. it, i might add, was another in a series of coincidences: the damned were at the same venue in boston the night after robyn; dan was in northampton the night after robyn; dylan was in pittsburgh the same night as robyn; ferry was in chicago the night after robyn. - --robyn announced (in chicago) that, whilst he finished up his book next year, kimbo is going to be touring behind a new solo album, and the lounge will be touring as well. i asked lindsay last night whether they'd be headlining, and he said he thought that they would not be. i mentioned possibly opening for kimberley, and he thought that was certainly a possibility. he also mentioned they'd been talking to olivia tremor control about opening for them. yay! (and i'll take some credit for this, bub. i'm the one that convinced them to go check out the tremor in philly.) - --those of you who've seen the tour are of course familiar with robyn's intro to Cheese Alarm. basically, he explains that everyone's got vices, everyone's got problems, etc. his happens to be cheese. well, last night, he was kind of going into that story, and he mentioned that, for him, it was nothing so bad as "being shat on by prostitutes" and whatnot. this cracked tim up something fierce. it was really fun to just stand there and watch tim try to keep his composure. (robyn, of course, was completely unawares that he'd had this effect upon poor tim.) - --i finally know what "tarmaced him down to the hennepin" means! (from LIVE DEATH Clean Steve.) "hennepin" is an avenue in minneapolis, quite close to the venue. okay, i guess i still don't know precisely what it's supposed to *mean*, but at least i now know from whence it derives. - --i suppose it bears repeating that robyn's voice is in *incredibly* fine form this tour. so strange that it was quite under-the-weather just last summer. i'll also repeat that these guys appear to be having just TONS of fun playing together. - --chicago (and environs) fegs: our time together was much too short. it was damned fun hanging out, though, even if ever-too-briefly. extra special thanks go to mr. dave derosa for allowing us to stay in his super-neato pad for a night. - --robyn hinted last night that ryan may have procured some copies of BRAM before the tour ends. i asked him (ryan) about it after the show, but he either ignored me, or was too busy trying to keep track of merch. sales. (i actually do suspect the latter, as they didn't sell any 'til after the show, and they were shitassed busy.) - --the cincinnati fallout. paul saw me standing there before the show in chicago, and asked what'd happened. i told him that the fucking pricks wouldn't allow me to use the dictaphone, so i'd got pissed off and left. he told me that he got quite pissed off at them as well (after hearing him in northampton --"they think they're The Bottom Line, but they're really just the bottom" is a sample quote-- i can only imagine what he had to say; but i suspect he reamed them out good), and that i should make sure come to him if it ever happened again. (and all the members of the lounge personally apologised to me, even though it was in no way, shape, or form their fault. i'm tellin' you, you'll never find a nicer bunch of guys than departure lounge!) needless to say, i'm EXCEEDINGLY impressed with World Of Lobster. and not just because they're so accomadating to tapers. they're very dedicated to not only doing everything in their power to making sure the shows come off smashingly (which, though it reflects well on the artist in the final analysis, is sure nice to see from an attendee's point of view); but also doing a bang-up job both audio and video recording the shows. i can only hope that robyntours.com will be selling videos from this tour! hessu was missed, but World Of Lobster is now filling his void *very* nicely, i daresay! - --midwest drivers don't seem to have grasped the concept of a "fast lane" and a "slow lane". i'd at first thought it was just ohioans proving to be thusly impaired, but i now realise the miasma stretches through michigan, minnesota, iowa, and nebraska too. it even extends to truckers (which is really the worst of all, 'cause navigating around those fuckers is not nearly so easy as it looks). the hell of it is, naturally, that you can't even get up 'longside the idiots and flip them off, or moon them, or what have you; because they're *completely* oblivious of their ineptitude. now, i did pull in front of a few truckers (who above all just really ought to know better) and lay off the accelerator, thereby slowing way down and forcing them to switch over to the proper (viz., right hand) lane. this is kind of purpose-defeating, though. when you're trying to make time, it's kind of a pain to have to slow way down just to demonstrate a point. - --tim's apparel and demeanor are scandalously infectious. i *loved* his rocky- 'n' bullwinkle-manner hat in detroit. and his eclectic shirt collection (last night was a bowling league shirt, the name "lucky" embroidered above the breastpocket; the night before was an epcot center shirt) is most wonderful indeed! most of all, as i keep mentioning, he looks for all the world as if he's having more fun than should be legal. last night he was running up onto the stage whenever summoned by robyn, complete with high knee-kicks. - --huh, can't believe it took so long to occur to me, but, the *perfect* time to screech "rock armada" is when robyn's executing the changeover from acoustic to electric. it takes a few moments to complete, there's a bit of a silence there while he's doing it, and it is, of course, the calm before the storm. i'm going to try to make up a crude rock armada sign when i get home, for the west coast shows. - --i've on this trip converted three souls to the good side of the force: SHUT UP, LITTLE MAN! a bern listee from jersey, feg carissa, and her friend bonnie (who, if i may say, appeared to be enjoying it nearly as much as my own self). long live peter and raymond! (even though ray's dead....) KEN "In the original Snow White And The Seven Dwarves, the dwarves stripped Snow White nekkid and rubbed her up and down with tanning butter" THE KENSTER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:39:40 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: 100% Tony Levin content "Jason R. Thornton" wrote: > Did anyone mention Flea yet? If not, consider him mentioned. > > Bruce Thomas I adore, but, God, sometimes he can really crowd > a song. and flea doesn't? i'd mention steve severin or peter hook, but then eb would make fun of me. mike mills? ===== "America's greatest natural resource, still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:56:19 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: irene trudell Irene Trudell has been a supporter of _Glass Flesh_ and _Monday's Lunch_, and increased exposure for Robyn. She has played my tracks before and after the likes of Robyn Hitchcock and Stan Ridgway. Made me feel good. I've been out of touch with her for a while. I hope she's doing great. Big thanks to Woj for introducing her to this stuff. Happies, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:23:14 EST From: Briannupp@aol.com Subject: Re: eb all over the world In a message dated 99-11-12 12:54:54 EST, etews@hotmail.com writes: << two great shows. the sound could've been better last night, though. i don't think they soundchecked, actually. ryan went up to the front of the stage during the lounge's set, and told them to play longer. tim asked how long, then asked the audience, "has anybody seen robyn?" then there was a long changeover, and when robyn finally showed up, he said, "i just got here thirty-five seconds ago. i trust everybody is okay, and that you saw the departure lounge?" i'm wondering if maybe robyn stayed behind in chicago to do an WXRT spot? carissa and i passed the company van on the way from chicago. they noticed us, actually (the van had tinted windows, so it'd have been difficult for us to notice them). ryan was driving, and kimberley was sitting in front. i asked tim after the show why kimberley got to sit in the front, and he replied they were deferring to his greybeardedness. >> Eddie- I admire your adventures. What a great tour this one is! Nice meeting you in Ferndale! Brian ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #425 *******************************