From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #434 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, November 21 1999 Volume 08 : Number 434 Today's Subjects: ----------------- further news about L.A./Troubadour [Eb ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 [Joni DeRouchie ] thoughts on SF show ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: thoughts on SF show ["Russ Reynolds" ] AllStar nooz [Eb ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 [ElizaS33@aol.com] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 [Joel Mullins ] Rockin' Robyn in SF ["Crazy Unca' Nick" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:16:06 -0800 From: Eb Subject: further news about L.A./Troubadour You know how I was wondering about the "Doors open at 9 pm" blurb in the L.A. Weekly? Well, I found out why: There's a private party from 7-9 pm before the concert, with Robyn, Warners people, etc. So...maybe some of you out-of-towners can slip inside somehow, if you catch Robyn outside the club and get his go-ahead. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:44:47 -0800 From: Joni DeRouchie Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 Well, thank you Eric! Too bad I cut and pasted that text about a dozen times and sent it out... But thank you for catching that error. It is, in fact www.pomn.com/robynh or just www.pomn.com to get in through the "front door" so to speak. >Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:48:57 -0800 >From: Joni DeRouchie >Subject: Robyn H. Real Audio Interview > >The people at the Portland Online MusicNet have recently added a twenty >minute Real Audio interview with Robyn Hitchcock to their site. > >The interview is also available as text for those who do not have Real >Audio capabilities. > >We tried to ask questions that would be of interest to the online >community, such as Robyn's opinion on bootlegging, tape trading, and the >Internet and computers in general. > >To hear or read the interview, go to www.pomn.com and follow the link from >the main page. Or, to enter our designated Robyn Hitchcock area, containing >pictures, links, memorabilia and other information as well as the >interview, go to www.pomn.com/robyh. > >Please pass the word along! > >- -Queenie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 09:30:12 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: thoughts on SF show I took no notes but drank only one beer (BTW, MG, in my avoidance of drink I *completely* forgot that I owe you a couple! Next lunch on me). Somewhat disapointed by the set list--only one Soft Boys tune, seemingly very little in the way of new stuff and I don't recall hearing a single cover. That's where the disapointment ends. This show had it all...a lengthy acoustic show with plenty of laughs between songs, and a lengthy rock show with drums a-bashin' and guitars a-wailin'. A tremendously appreciative crowd (something like 22 of whom were list members). At least three encores, one of which included a wonderful improvised spoken word/jazz type piece featuring all the musicians and incorporating at least two new songs (would make a great live album side). Two hours from start to finish. And Kimberley, who's very presence ignited the room. I saw KR twice with Katrina and he was always fun to watch but last night was priceless. He's got that mop top going now, which combined with his rock-pose faces made him look like a cross between Dana Carvey ("choppin' broccoli") and Barrington Womble (better known as Barry Wom, drummer for the Rutles), with a dash of Dirk McQuickly. Definitely two parts Rutles & one part Carvey. Watching him was like staring at the cover of "A Hard Day's Rut" song highlights: Devil Mask (Wayne & Garth style head bopping during each chorus) The Stoned Prophet (new song?) QUEEN OF EYES (blissfully loud!) Elizabeth Jade (I saw somebody pogoing) Aquarium (very nice) QE (laugh of the night: "Getting Blowjobs from the press/mmmmMMMMMMM!") ...and the aforementioned improvised piece (including a structured song about an encyclopedia and a structured ending weaturing the words "Bip Bop"--NOT the McCartney tune) Looking forward to reading a full report from someone who took notes. And finally, Cal sucks. Go Stanford, Rose Bowl 2K - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 09:57:42 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: thoughts on SF show >The Stoned Prophet (new song?) oops! catching up on my digests I've spotted... > The Philosophers Stone on another set list. Yeah, that's the one. I heard it as "The Philosopher's Stoned"...which of course translates the next day to Stoned Prophet. Chalk it up as another reason to take notes. Anyway, good song. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 13:24:56 -0800 From: Eb Subject: AllStar nooz WIRE'S ESSENTIAL COLLECTION DUE IN JANUARY As part of Mute Records' Essential Collection, pivotal art-punk band Wire will see a large chunk of their catalog reissued on February 22, 2000. Mute will reissue seven Wire albums -- 1981's Documents and Witnesses, 1987's The Drill and The Ideal Copy, 1988's A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck, 1989's It's Beginning To & Back Again, 1990's Manscape, and 1991's The First Letter -- many of which are currently a rarity in most American record stores. Although the albums are straight reissues (no remastering or bonus tracks), the idea behind the reissuing is to make them widely available once again. Wire last saw major record store action in 1997, when World Domination Records released Coatings, a two-CD compilation of rare material. - Kevin Raub ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:02:27 EST From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 In a message dated 11/20/99 1:52:31 AM Central Standard Time, owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org writes: << >> I'm not saying that this applies to everyone who is a vegetarian. I >> was actually surprised at how many Chicago Fegs are veggies and the >> variety of reasons behind it. I would like to know about other Fegs >> too. > > Me too. >> yeah yeah, very nice, but why? That's what Carissa was interested in: the enviros, the animal lovers, the feed grain to the poor not to pork, the human healthers, the "it grosses me out", etc. etc. OH yeah, and the "I'm just following Robyn's lead"--we didn't have any in CHill that night, but I bet we have one on the list somewhere... let's see those hands again, holding post-it notes... dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:07:19 EST From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 In a message dated 11/20/99 1:52:31 AM Central Standard Time, owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org writes: << Also, l can't remember who owns the cones Susan and Rebeccer are wearing. Help. Thanks, >> I own the one of the faces kissing and merging. Doc bought the one of the city in a deep dish pizza pan, but gave it to Becca as a wedding gift by the end of the night. Hmmm, I wonder how I scan my cone for the museum...any suggestions? dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:23:41 EST From: ElizaS33@aol.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 In a message dated 11/20/99 5:05:32 PM, DDerosa5@aol.com writes: << yeah yeah, very nice, but why? That's what Carissa was interested in: the enviros, the animal lovers, the feed grain to the poor not to pork, the human healthers, the "it grosses me out", etc. etc. OH yeah, and the "I'm just following Robyn's lead"--we didn't have any in CHill that night, but I bet we have one on the list somewhere... >> I'm basically an all-of-the-above. Well, except for the following Robyn's lead, because I did not know he was a vegetarian. I've been off red meat for about 25 years (since a field trip to a farm when I was nine, on which I met a piglet), vegan for the last 12. That started in an attempt (mostly successful, I might add) to get past a long-term illness, and as I read more and more books looking for recipes and nutritional information, I accidentally learned enough about factory farming to put me off leather and the like too. As an aside, I also feel fairly strongly about *not* imposing my beliefs on th e matter on other people (unless they ask), down to and including making "moo" noises when their food comes. ;-) Elizabeth The Gallery of Indispensable Pop Music http://homepages.go.com/~popgallery ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:27:46 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #433 ElizaS33@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/20/99 5:05:32 PM, DDerosa5@aol.com writes: > > << yeah yeah, very nice, but why? > That's what Carissa was interested in: the enviros, the animal lovers, the > feed grain to the poor not to pork, the human healthers, the "it grosses me > out", etc. etc. OH yeah, and the "I'm just following Robyn's lead"--we didn't > have any in CHill that night, but I bet we have one on the list somewhere... > >> > > I'm basically an all-of-the-above. Well, except for the following Robyn's > lead, because I did not know he was a vegetarian. Robyn's a vegetarian? I seem to remember him saying something about liking meat. I think it's either from Storefront or the Ram's Head. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 01:13:38 -0800 From: "Crazy Unca' Nick" Subject: Rockin' Robyn in SF My apologies if hundreds of people have already posted about this since the last digest, but I've seen nothing yet so I feel moved to speak up. I'm not going to say too much about the music - it's mainly been said before, (THANKS to everyone who posted reports of the tour so far!) and I've no doubt somebody else will post a setlist. Robyn is in rockin' form -- an awesome show! I can (...sort of) understand why some of these wonderfully crazy folks are flying around the country to catch multiple shows. Not that I'd do anything like that myself... I must admit that I was not as impressed by Departure Lounge as some others. To my ear the emphasis was on the "Lounge" - nice enough, but nothing to really grab my attention. Perhaps if they'd stood up to play it might have injected a little energy into the music - but then maybe that wasn't the idea. Anyway, I didn't decide to buy the album. Robyn started the show on solo acoustic, as previously reported (white shirt & flowered pants again, for those of you keeping score at home). Lots of good "banter" - all of it clearly off the cuff (in earlier years folks complained that most of his stories were the same from show to show - and lacked that spontaneous energy - this is certainly no longer the case.) As the band slowly built (the Jonathan Demme influence?) so did the energy level. Finally: Robyn as he *should* be heard. YESSS! (I got such flack on this list some years ago (no, don't start again) for admitting that I *love* Perspex Island and I'm kinda "hmm" about Eye (the fave of many), but you see, I first knew Robyn as a Soft Boy, and to my mind it is always in the context of a band that he shines brightest. Hopefully after this tour, one or two more people might agree with me. About two thirds of the way through the show, Robyn started to have guitar trouble. I'm not sure whether part of it was amp related, as he claimed, but certainly a large factor was the little dangley cord which hang from the mic which clipped to the soundhole of his acoustic (a big old Guild this time, for the gear-heads among you). Unfortunately, Robyn kept stepping on this cord and disconnecting the mic. He was somehow unable to figure out that he was doing this, despite Jeme's frantic gesticulations from the front row. He eventually switched to Tim's guitar for a while, but (as we now know, 'coz Eddie swiped the setlist) he changed the intended song selection quite a bit. During all the mucking about with guitars several people called out "tell us a story Robyn" and - partly to make up for the disrupted set, I think - he proceeded to do just that! I can't even begin to explain the story - among other things, it involved a three-legged dog, multiple dimensions, an evil talking onion and athletes coming up through plugholes... the most fun part was Robyn directing the (obviously perplexed) band to provide sound effects. Robyn: "And as the dog went up the stairs it sounded like THIS!" ... and so on. Kimberley was every bit as Muppett-like as advertised. Much to the surprise of Jeme and I, however, both our SO's rated poor Kimbo as "unattractive" and "in need of a new hairstyle". Nevertheless, he seemed to be having more fun than just about anyone onstage and kept exchanging little cheeky looks with both the audience other performers. Strangely, I don't think his guitar was going through the main PA - I guess they thought he was loud enough already! Incidentally, the old E-bow-in-mouth-during-solo trick was again in evidence. ___ If the show itself weren't brilliant enough, the Feg turnout was INCREDIBLE! Here's just the list of Fegs I *know* were there 'coz I actually talked to them: Yours truly (and she-who-must-be-obeyed) Eddie (the ever-present!) Mark Gloster Chris Frantz Glen Uber and Carol Jeme and Viv Russ Reynolds and Anita Sydney Coatsworth Chris Gillis Nur Gale Jeff Dwarf John Partridge Jason Thornton Karen AND Carole Reichstein (yes, BOTH!) Dean and Alyssa Dan Poppe Aaron Lowe and Darcie (From Texas) Stephen Welsh In spirit: Ethyl Ketone, Jay Hedblade, Tom Clark and, of course, Randi. Physically present that makes at least TWENTY-FIVE! - not counting all the friends people brought along or met there - who may or may not be on the list. (Then there's the many list lurkers who were simply to shy to say hello, but who I know were there somewhere.) This has got to be a record! This is such a contrast from the first time I saw Robyn at this venue. Since I was by myself, I started a casual conversation with the person sitting next to me - and was amazed to find that he was also subscribed to the Fegmaniax list. It turned out to be none other than our own ace Robynstuff collector John Partridge. We both looked around the room and wondered if any of the people we were looking at were list regulars who's words we probably read every day. Next year, a post to the list and a reservation in the name of "Mr.Feg" at the local Chevies restaurant gathered a half-dozen or so Fegs. A good turn-out ... or so we thought. Little did we suspect that in a few short years it could all come to this. Fegs flying around the country - *driving* around the country, even - sharing each others' floors and generally acting as if they've been friends for ever. Quite amazing. "Bayards Law" applies as ever. I strongly encourage any hesitant lurkers to join the party next time Robyn is in town (or before. Why wait?) you won't regret it. Personally, I had a blast re-uniting with old Feg-freinds and meeting some for the first time (nice to finally meet Viv, Carole, Jason and Aaron). Sadly I don't have a single picture with *everyone* in it. Never was the "herding cats" analogy more apt. I think I captured most people at one point or another, however - I'll see when I get my film developed. Whatever I have - and whatever you share with me - will be up on the Fegfotos site as soon as I can get to it. ____ And lastly, a big hello to Eliza and Domonic. Welcome to the list. Please post lots. I love it when new voices join the list. Chairs! ~N - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Some performers on television appear to be horrible people, but when you finally get to know them in person, they turn out to be even worse" - - H. Allen Smith Find people who are not at all horrible: http://www.njaz.com/fegfotos ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #434 *******************************