From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #466 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, December 16 1999 Volume 08 : Number 466 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Top 10 of 1999 [Joel Mullins ] Re: ...of the'90s [Tom Clark ] who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? [hal brandt ] basilisks and buffaloes [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Back again... [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] back where he once belonged [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: Favs of the 90s [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: ...of the'90s [Eb ] Re: who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? [Eb ] [none] [jhaynes@lclark.edu] Re: ...of the'90s [Bayard ] Re: ...of the'90s [Joel Mullins ] Ever hear of a subject line? [Capuchin ] You asked, Katherine.... [Eb ] Paxil... [Dominic ] Re: ...of the'90s [Christopher Gross ] fish, jelly [dmw ] Re: who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? [hal brandt ] Trivia Question...help! [mrrunion@palmnet.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:48:53 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Top 10 of 1999 Here's my favorites of 1999. This list is in no way an objective "best-of" list. They're just my favorites -- and my mind changes every couple of minutes. 10. Elf Power / A Dream in Sound 9. Luna / The Days of Our Nights 8. Beulah / When Your Hearstrings Break 7. The Apples in Stereo / Her Wallpaper Reverie 6. Robyn Hitchcock / Jewels for Sophia 5. Pavement / Terror Twilight 4. Wilco / Summerteeth 3. The Olivia Tremor Control / Black Foliage, Vol. 1 2. Of Montreal / The Gay Parade 1. XTC / Apple Venus, Vol. 1 Other good ones: Ben Folds Five / The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner The Amercian Analog Set / The Golden Band The Ladybug Transistor / The Albemarle Sound Biggest disappointments: Jason Falkner / Can You Still Feel? The Flaming Lips / The Soft Bulletin - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:44:03 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: ...of the'90s For the record: 11 from Spin 15 from Pitchfork I really don't understand how you can rate one Portishead album over another though... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:21:15 -0600 From: hal brandt Subject: who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? eddie wrote: > > >*finally* saw The Straight Story. while it's a good > >little movie, it's certainly nothing like the best film of the *year* Then, Eric The Angry Lad scrawled: > > Well, you made the mistake of taking our Lynch fanboy seriously, didn't you? Hrm...eh...oof! *ouch* [<- eloquent "Eb-speak"] I don't think I'm the only one talking Oscar nominations for this film. We'll see! eddie also wrote: > oh, one thing about farnsworth. he turns in a fine performance, i ain't > denyin' that. but he's completely *un*convincing as a guy who needs two > canes to get around. he's just too damned nimble on his feet, and puts no > weight whatsoever on the canes. I don't know whether Farnsworth uses canes in real life, but he does have weak hips. From the official presskit: "Farnsworth had weak hips, which turned out to be a promising omen rather than an impediment. When he learned that Alvin walked with the help of two canes, Farnsworth believed it was meant for him to play him. Furthermore, as the actor explains, 'The minute I read the script, I identified with this old character, and I fell in love with the story. Alvin is an example in fortitude and a lot of guts.' He called an end to his two-year retirement and took the role." /hal - -- "Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity" - -David Lynch ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:28:47 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: ...of the'90s In a message dated 12/15/99 5:08:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, tclark@apple.com writes: << I really don't understand how you can rate one Portishead album over another though... >> Huh. Pretty easy for me to do. "Dummy" is fucking great, while "Portsihead" is merely quite good. The live album's good, too, but doesn't add enough to the studio versions for me to have to have it. Beyond the subjective, though, the vocal processing is much heavier on the self-titled album. And, back into the somewhat subjective range of criticism, "Portishead" seems like a much darker album to me, which means it's less often likely to fit my mood -- it's more of a deep freeze than a casual-yet-slightly-spooky chill-out. And that is the oranges v. tangerines of Portishead! - ------Michael, your trip-hop "green grocer" ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:25:46 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Favs of the 90s Once again, these are just my subjective opinions. I tried to write a little about my personal experiences with each album to give this list more of a point. Don't know if I succeeded. And, for the record, I own 25 of the albums on this list. Faves of the 90s ==================== 25. A HOUSE / I AM THE GREATEST (1992) I don’t know who introduced me to this band. I haven’t even heard their other albums, but I always loved this one. 24. NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL / IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA (1998) This is one of those albums that’s so distinct that times arise when I feel I must listen to this album and only this album! Nothing else will suffice. And Jeff Mangum’s voice is nothing if not passionate and energetic. 23. OF MONTREAL / THE GAY PARADE (1999) There is not one song on this supremely joyous album that does not make me smile and thank the gods of sound for Of Montreal. Not only are the songs happy, they are also extremely well-written. “Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree” wins the treasured Goosebump Award. 22. XTC / APPLE VENUS, VOL. 1 (1999) The best album of the worst year in the last decade of the twentieth-century. I really needed this album. It helped me rediscover my love for XTC and inspired me to give earlier XTC albums a second chance. 21. THE FLAMING LIPS / HIT TO DEATH IN THE FUTUREHEAD (1992) I was on acid the first time I heard this album. I just remember laying on my friend’s couch, tripping, and listening to this and The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream.” Both records sounded great at the time, and this one still does. 20. MERCURY REV / DESERTER'S SONGS (1998) I never would have thought to bring together Mercury Rev and The Band, but I’m glad someone did. I love the way this album sounds. And I sure hope they continue in this direction. 19. LUNA / PUP TENT 1997) Dean Wareham may have alienated some fans with this album, but not me. This was a great new direction for Luna. Too bad they didn’t continue with this. The new album’s good, but mostly more of the same old Dean. This was also the first time that Sean Eden began to outshine Wareham as a guitarist. 18. LIZ PHAIR / WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG (1998) I still haven’t figured out what people find so wonderful about “Exile in Guyville.” Sure, she forged new ground for women in rock and said things like, “I’m gonna fuck you til your dick turns to blue.” But that somewhat overrated album cannot compare to whitechocolatespaceegg.” Every song is great, especially “Johnny Feelgood” and “Ride.” 17. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS / FLOOD (1990) There was a recent debate about whether or not this album is better than “Apollo 18.” They’re both great, but “Flood” is definitely my pick. 16. RADIOHEAD / OK COMPUTER (1997) This is actually the album that turned me on to Radiohead. I was immediately impressed by Thom Yorke’s melodies. But I don’t think they did anything here that they hadn’t already done on “The Bends,” which I heard after getting turned onto this. 15. JELLYFISH / BELLYBUTTON (1990) I bought the cassette of this because I wanted to see what was on the folded cover. I was quite surprised to find out that the music is excellent. I sometimes take chances like this, but they hardly ever work out as nicely as they did that day. This is also one of the best concerts I saw all decade. 14. FRANK BLACK / TEENAGER OF THE YEAR (1994) I don’t know what to say about this. 13. ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE EGYPTIANS / RESPECT (1993) I don’t care what anyone else says, this is a great album, definitely the best full band record of the decade for Hitchcock. The first time I heard it was late at night, in my friend’s Sterling, in the middle of Caprock Canyon, Texas, while on morning glory seeds -- afterwards, we spent an hour watching an army of ants attack an injured locust. This album always takes me back to that night. (I don't know if any of you have ever just sat down and watched a bunch of ants for a long period of time, but it's something everyone should see.) 12. THE LA'S / THE LA'S (1990) The disappearance of these guys is one of the saddest stories of the 90’s. It’s also one of the only times that the mainstream radio introduced me to a great band. Maybe they’ll be admired and respected someday. Probably not. 11. LUNA / PENTHOUSE (1995) Well, it has that “sound” that Dean Wareham is so famous for. And it’s the best example of that “sound.” I think this stayed in my CD player for months after it was released. 10. JASON FALKNER / PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN (1996) The fact that Falkner played every instrument and sang every vocal line on this solo debut is only one of the amazing things. What astounds me is that if he’s this great of a songwriter, then why didn’t Andy Sturmer and Roger Manning let him write for Jellyfish? This albums contains some of the most beautifully crafted songs of the decade (and yes, this is just my lame opinion). And the guitar solos are killer. 9. ELLIOTT SMITH / EITHER/OR (1997) “Miss Misery” and “XO” may get all the press, but this is the best of Elliott Smith as far as I’m concerned. The melodies are great, and the raw feel of the songs makes them seem very real to me. I’m able to make a really close connection to these songs. 8. XTC / NONSUCH (1992) When I hear this album, I think of laying in a hamick and drinking cold beer on sunny, spring afternoons. This was my favorite afternoon album back in ‘93 and ‘94. And it still sounds great today. 7. WEEZER / WEEZER (1994) Man, I hope these guys finish a new album soon. This record is amazing! And the last song, “Only in Dreams,” is one of the most intense album closers of the decade and proof that Weezer are more than just a group of nerdy rockers. 6. PIXIES / TROMPE LE MONDE (1991) Wow! Now this is rock and roll. This is what made Nirvana possible. It’s pure energy. They fly through over a dozen songs in under 40 minutes and after it’s over, I’m still begging for more. 5. ROBYN HITCHCOCK / MOSS ELIXIR (1996) Brilliant. I won’t bother saying any more. 4. RADIOHEAD / THE BENDS (1995) I know people feel that “OK Computer” is the best Radiohead album, but I disagree. “The Bends” is almost perfect. It sounds every bit as good as its follow-up, and there isn’t a weak minute. Every song belongs there. 3. ROBYN HITCHCOCK / EYE (1990) The first time I “remember” listening to this album was in the early 90’s, when my parents and I were returning from some trip to see my brother or cousins or something. It was late afternoon. I was in the backseat with my walkman, and it started pouring rain. It was raining so hard that my dad had to slow the car down to like 40 miles an hour just to be able to see out the windshield. So, it was one of those storming, overcast days, and I sat in the back and listened to “Eye.” In this setting, songs like “Executioner,” “Linctus House,” and “Raining Twilight Coast” were perfect. I was, at this point, already a big Hitchcock fan; but I think my respect and love for him doubled that day. 2. SPIRITUALIZED / ROYAL ALBERT HALL LIVE (1998) This is literally some of the greatest sound my ears have ever had the pleasure to experience. Everytime I hear it, I’m flabergasted that it really is as incredible as I remember it. This is truly beyond belief, my favorite live album of all-time, and more dangerous to mix with driving than a bottle of tequila. 1. THE THE / DUSK (1993) My first experience with this album was at a listening station in Sound Warehouse in Waco, Texas, about the same time the ATF and the Branch Davidians were having a stand-off ten miles away. I was very stoned, and once I’d heard Marr’s guitar on “Sodium Light Baby,” I knew I had to have the album. I bought it, and it immediately became the soundtrack for that time of my life. Everyone I knew liked this album, and it was being played everywhere. The fact that I was having some of the greatest experiences of my life only added to my enjoyment of the album. For me, “Dusk” became the essence of honesty, emotion, and friendship, at a time when those things seemed to be absent everywhere else. The craziness at Mount Carmel, the drugs, the new friends, the rush of going off to college for the first time, the religious cloud surrounding Baylor University, it all contributed to this new kind of reality that just seemed to belong with “Dusk.” Everything I wanted to say, Matt Johnson said for me. And the way he said it still gets me today. - --Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:11:19 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: basilisks and buffaloes >>I find it hard to believe that Crowhurst Otter Hounds actually killed a >>basilisk, as (a) it is a mythical beast and (b) one glance from it turns >>hounds (and people) to stone. > >Well, yes--but is this the only item that's hard to believe??! there is also a type of lizard called a basilisk. >YES I AM..I AM THE WHITE BUFFULO CALF WOMAN... >WINGS.. >AND PAUL IS ONE TOO... >THE ISREAL COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT >CELEBRATES ME AND HIM Is not real. >> Last night, I found Spin's "top 90 of the '90s" list on the Web: >> http://www.spin.com/magazine/features/1999/08/13/1/ hmm. I've got 21of them,and got rid of about five more after taping the bitsI liked from them. James(not touching that sheep thread with a bargepole) 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, 16 Dec 1999 15:12:15 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Back again... Well done, Joel! > Indeed, but remember that BA means "back again," for the MA. Not always... close, but no banana! James Dignan, BA MSc ;) 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, 16 Dec 1999 15:29:44 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: back where he once belonged >The imapct is kind of lost when you realise that the original Cavern was >demolished in the 1970s, and this is just a lookalike nearby. "they scorched the zebra from the road painted a new one further on, but this is STILL the Beatles zebra crossing..." >No, they definitely came from cigarettes. I had a nearly full set of >Player's Racing Cars cards from the 1930s, which if I hadn't played with >them would have been worth thousands; but what price fun? Peter Scott >was the son of R F Scott 'of the Antarctic'. and was a noted naturalist, being involved in the wildfowl trust at (I kid you not) Swanage. >http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s/ > >I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. heh I'm not far behind with 23 and 6 respectively.Yikes indeed! but I'm depressed that, off the top of my head, I could only get about ten of Mike's song lyrics. And most of those that weren't from the sixties were by either Robyn or Abba. But thanks for the Flanders and Swann! 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: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:35:13 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Favs of the 90s In a message dated 12/15/99 5:43:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, acidbird@swbell.net writes: << 4. RADIOHEAD / THE BENDS (1995) I know people feel that “OK Computer” is the best Radiohead album, but I disagree. “The Bends” is almost perfect. It sounds every bit as good as its follow-up, and there isn’t a weak minute. Every song belongs there. >> Aw, go back to Britain where you belong, ya Texan-poseur! ;-) I like "The Bends" quite a bit, too, but ti doesn't blow me away like "OKC" does. For me, "The Bends" seems a little bit caught between the alt-poppiness of "Pablo Honey" and the moody expansiveness of "OK Computer." Logically, I can see how this could be viewed as a "best of both worlds" situation, but I always find myself wanting "The Bends" to be either one or the other. Whatever. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:04:49 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: ...of the'90s Chris: >How come all of these lists blatantly ignore Skinny Puppy? C'mon, folks. >1990's _Too Dark Park_? 1991's _Last Rights_? Helloooo? Anyone awake >out there? I think Skinny Puppy is the only concert which I ever walked out of. Ordinarily, I stay right until the gritty end. Come on, Chris...leave that silliness back in the '80s, where it belongs. ;) Joel: >10. Elf Power / A Dream in Sound >8. Beulah / When Your Hearstrings Break >7. The Apples in Stereo / Her Wallpaper Reverie >3. The Olivia Tremor Control / Black Foliage, Vol. 1 >2. Of Montreal / The Gay Parade I can't say much here, beyond...wow. Seems like this post ought to earn you a free E6 pin or something. >15. JELLYFISH / BELLYBUTTON (1990) Have you heard Spilt Milk too? I've never heard of anyone favoring Bellybutton, before. Eb, who still likes the live Portishead album (the orchestra, the orchestra!) more than either studio disc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:05:50 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? Hal, would you please try to post a retort which isn't utterly banal, repetitive and predictable? The differences between my peripheral Longet enjoyment and your overwhelming fixations are so obvious, I don't even need to detail them. I will toss you this wee morsel to chew on, however: Consider how little effort it takes to maintain a website about someone who has been retired from public life for over 20 years. Especially, when the person's moment in the spotlight was utterly trivial to begin with. Come on, Hal, you *can't* be this starved for arguments. Can you? >Hrm...eh...oof! *ouch* [<- eloquent "Eb-speak"] Banal, repetitive and predictable again. Be more interesting! >I don't think I'm the only one talking Oscar nominations for this film. >We'll see! A Best Actor nomination isn't out of the question. Otherwise...highly doubtful. But if it *did* get other nominations, you'd regard that as a major triumph for yourself, wouldn't you? You'd be fairly bursting with pride...when your hero wins, you win! Yay for fanboy Hal! Validated again! Eb, watching Hal frantically try to drum up discussion about one of his pet causes...again (sorry that your last Grateful Dead post didn't pan out) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:30:13 -0800 From: jhaynes@lclark.edu Subject: [none] hey, i'm the new girl. adrian and capuchin turned me on to the list. i was kind of bewildered with all the weird mails and stuff...but after reading your top albums, i think i'll fit in fine. i also know someone else on the list, but haven't seen them since i was a freshman in high school..so i feel too odd to say hi...but if you ,person i havent seen in 4 years, know who you arrre...well, hello again. new girl, jeannine ps-i'd also have to add any beck's odelay and mutations to the list! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:48:41 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: ...of the'90s > [...] I don't believe you can pick such a slanted set of > albums without having an underlying agenda. Perhaps you are wise to be so suspicious, but I donno... maybe this is simply The Type of Album They Like. As you assert, it is a small sample size of critics. And if they do have a hidden agenda, it would appear to be simply to get the word out about the less-known bands. And that is a Good Thing. (I was gratified to see my old friend Chad Clark's band, smart went crazy, at the beginning [er... bottom] of the list!) > >You liked nonsuch that much better than eye? huh. > > Well, not really. OK, then you're free to go on living. I like nonsuch too, but to me, it is a fairly middling XTC album, while Eye should be in anyone's top 5 Robyn, in my view. (Top 5 best, not top 5 best-liked... there's that distinction again.) Which is not to say an album by another artist couldn't be head and shoulders above anything RH ever did - this one just isn't. Please, nobody use this as a jumping-off point into an XTC vs. Robyn thread, as we as a list would surely never recover. =b np delicious silence ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:42:05 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: ...of the'90s Eb wrote: > Joel: > >10. Elf Power / A Dream in Sound > >8. Beulah / When Your Hearstrings Break > >7. The Apples in Stereo / Her Wallpaper Reverie > >3. The Olivia Tremor Control / Black Foliage, Vol. 1 > >2. Of Montreal / The Gay Parade > > I can't say much here, beyond...wow. Seems like this post ought to earn you > a free E6 pin or something. Yeah, no kidding. I guess I should have also mentioned that since I don't get CDs sent to me for free, and since I don't own or work in a CD store, then I have to pay for most of the CDs that I hear, which means that my buying choices will greatly influence any faves-list I might come up with. > >15. JELLYFISH / BELLYBUTTON (1990) > > Have you heard Spilt Milk too? I've never heard of anyone favoring > Bellybutton, before. Yes, I have Spilt Milk and I do love that album, too. The first four tracks are especially amazing! However, the album has one or two weak songs, like Glutton of Sympathy, Bye Bye Bye, and Russian Hill. It's not that I really dislike these songs, it's just that I don't think they're as good as everything else on the album. Bellybutton, on the other hand, doesn't have any weak spots. It's just a better overall album, in my opinion. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:05:59 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Ever hear of a subject line? So now it's time for the public humiliation. On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 jhaynes@lclark.edu wrote: > hey, i'm the new girl. She's a very nice young girl that hasn't called us back yet. But I'm sure she will after the holidays. We're gone until Christmas anyway. > adrian and capuchin turned me on to the list. Eeep! That's Vivien and Capuchin, right? I mean, you didn't meet me with my othe... whoops. I'll shut up. > i was kind of bewildered with all the weird mails and stuff...but > after reading your top albums, i think i'll fit in fine. Other than Joel's? Or do you just fit in with Joel's? > i also know someone else on the list, but haven't seen them since i > was a freshman in high school..so i feel too odd to say hi...but if > you ,person i havent seen in 4 years, know who you arrre...well, > hello again. Do ya think he knows? I know. And I haven't stopped chuckling. > new girl, > jeannine I think Biscuits is going to be as life-shaping for me as the feglist, Sushi Wednesday and Poker Thursday. Damn, life is good. Present wrappin' time. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:21:26 -0800 From: Eb Subject: You asked, Katherine.... Here is the Usenet post I was talking about. It was posted to alt.society.mental-health on September 19, by someone who has shown that he is Victoria Bonds' husband via other notes to Beatles/McCartney newsgroups. The thread's subject line was "PROZAC," but by this time, the thread seemed to have strayed into discussion of Paxil. Not that I know a thing about such drugs. Link: http://x31.deja.com/[ST_rn=ap]/getdoc.xp?AN=527253626&CONTEXT=945339181.17508598 20&hitnum=1 - --- My doctor prescribed Effexor XR for my wife and it has reduced the psychosis and paranoia and the days that my wife skimped this medicine showed her to be more agitated and looking for instances of religious persecution til she can find any. Then the doctor prescribed Paxil to "try it out" and if she doesn't respond well to it, we can return her to Effexor. In reading your negative comments on Paxil (we haven't begun it yet), can you tell me if you have tried out Effexor for depression and if so, can you tell me about it? The reason for my asking is to see how different or similar your reactions to these medicines are compared to my wife's. Thank you. This is a disorder my wife has been experiencing only for the last 2 years. She is 50 years old now. Chad ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 03:11:03 -0500 From: Dominic Subject: Paxil... Eb wrote: > In reading your negative comments on Paxil (we haven't begun it yet), Hey, I don't know how this thread got started, but I thought I'd join in and tell you that I've been on Paxil for more than 5 months and it has had some extremely positive effects on my mood and social fears... Sorry for that extremely off-topic post.....:))) Dominic Montreal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:28:44 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: ...of the'90s On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Eb wrote: > I think Skinny Puppy is the only concert which I ever walked out of. > Ordinarily, I stay right until the gritty end. Come on, Chris...leave that > silliness back in the '80s, where it belongs. ;) What?! But ... but ... The only reason I keep seriously and earnestly mentioning Skinny Puppy is because I thought all Fegs would like them. Hell, you only have to listen to "God's Gift Maggot" or "Human Disease (SKUMM)" to realize that Puppy are the ultimate Feg band ... or so I thought. Was I wrong? ... Oh, wait, that's right -- Eb's not a Feg. That explains it! What a relief. - --Chris ps: ;-) ! ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:55:21 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: fish, jelly On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Eb wrote: > >15. JELLYFISH / BELLYBUTTON (1990) > > Have you heard Spilt Milk too? I've never heard of anyone favoring > Bellybutton, before. *waves hand* couldn't stand _spilt milk_; it sounded like it wanted to be a queen album or something. liked at least 5 or 6 tunes on _bellybutton_ though. i retroactively decided (after the grays and falkner's solo career) that even if falkner didn't write, he nonetheless made the songs sound better anyway. - -- d. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:01:35 -0600 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: who're you callin' 'fanboy', Longet-head? angry eric broome wrote: > The differences between my peripheral Longet enjoyment and your > overwhelming fixations are so obvious, I don't even need to detail them. Judge for yourself: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:18:28 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: the latest news Boy George Nearly Killed by Glitter Ball LONDON (Reuters) - Boy George, the flamboyant frontman of pop band Culture Club, was nearly killed when he was hit by a giant disco ball that plunged from the ceiling of a British concert hall. ``It would have been both ironic and glamorous to be finished off by a four-foot glitter ball,'' he told the Sun tabloid on Thursday. ``But I have survived and I'm still here, although my back is aching like anything. It caught my ear, which is really sore as well.'' Boy George, who is also a top dance DJ, was doing a sound check with the rest of the reformed 1980s band at the Bournemouth International Center in southern England when the wire holding the 62-pound mirrored ball snapped. Despite being treated for shock and severe bruising, he insisted on performing the show. ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:09:11 -0800 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Trivia Question...help! Anyone know the answer to this one? TRIVIA: Jerry Rafferty had a hit single in the mid seventies- "Baker Street". What early seventies band did he sing for, & what was the title of their hit song? Mike - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #466 *******************************