From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #52 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, March 1 2000 Volume 09 : Number 052 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Got my Star ["JH3" ] Re: Got my Star ["brian nupp" ] Re: Got my Star [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Got my Sta [John Barrington Jones ] Aaron Lowe? [John Barrington Jones ] eb all over the world ["Faecal Emergency" ] Re: Got my Sta ["Matt Browne" ] Mystery Solved [Tom Clark ] Re: Mystery Solved [Eb ] Got my daisies ["Pamplemousse" ] A Bar For Sam ["JH3" ] I find this really depressing [Eb ] Re: Got my daisies ["brian nupp" ] Re: I find this really depressing [hal brandt ] Re: I find this really depressing [Eb ] Re: I find this really depressing [Ken Ostrander ] Re: A Bar For Sam [Capuchin ] Re: Gory Counterfeit e.p.'s ["Paul Christian Glenn" ] Lost Outakes ["brian nupp" ] RE: Storefront DVD [Jeremy Mathews ] Re: I find this really depressing [hal brandt ] Another thing - Re: Lost Outakes [Jeremy Mathews ] Re: fin his real press [Eb ] Re: fin his real press [hal brandt ] Re: Got my Star ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: Got my Star ["Stewart C. Russell" ] reap... [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:10:41 -0600 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: Got my Star From: brian nupp : >Star for Bram came yesterday! I fine end to a stressy day. I love it when >they send you extra stuff along with a cd. The stuff was cool, and the cd is >fantastic... I got mine yesterday too! Pretty quick turnaround, I must say. Did anybody else get an Ernest Noyes Brookings about-to-be-released CD matchbook? And does this mean that Robyn is going to be a contributor to some sort of folllow-up to the "Place of General Happiness" CD? (It had a title on it, but I don't have it in front of me and I can't remember what it is now...) John "Barfer Stram" Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:31:12 EST From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: Got my Star I got that pamphlet too, who is he? >From: "JH3" >Reply-To: "JH3" >To: "Fegsistentialist Wackos" >Subject: Re: Got my Star >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:10:41 -0600 > >From: brian nupp : > > >Star for Bram came yesterday! I fine end to a stressy day. I love it >when > >they send you extra stuff along with a cd. The stuff was cool, and the cd >is > >fantastic... > >I got mine yesterday too! Pretty quick turnaround, I must say. > >Did anybody else get an Ernest Noyes Brookings about-to-be-released >CD matchbook? And does this mean that Robyn is going to be a >contributor to some sort of folllow-up to the "Place of General >Happiness" CD? (It had a title on it, but I don't have it in front >of me and I can't remember what it is now...) > >John "Barfer Stram" Hedges > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:44:43 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Got my Star On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, brian nupp wrote: > I got that pamphlet too, who is he? Ernest Noyes Brookings is an old man who writes odd, often free-associative poetry. I'm pretty sure he was 'discovered' by the guy who writes Duplex Planet, a long-running zine mostly consisting of conversations with people in nursing homes. (It sounds poisonously hip and condescending, but it's as sympathetic as it can be, given that senile folks do say pretty funny things sometimes.) There have been a handful of compilation records where bands set his poems to music with mixed results. Christmas were apparently proud enough of "Hot Dog" to put it on their own album... aaron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:09:31 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Got my Sta Hey folks- Call me crazy, but I believe the guy who runs the Duplex Planet zine is the same guy who runs the Robyn Museum website, and handlges Robyn's mail order stuff. =jbj= On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Aaron Mandel wrote: > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, brian nupp wrote: > > > I got that pamphlet too, who is he? > > Ernest Noyes Brookings is an old man who writes odd, often > free-associative poetry. I'm pretty sure he was 'discovered' by the guy > who writes Duplex Planet, a long-running zine mostly consisting of > conversations with people in nursing homes. (It sounds poisonously hip and > condescending, but it's as sympathetic as it can be, given that senile > folks do say pretty funny things sometimes.) > > There have been a handful of compilation records where bands set his poems > to music with mixed results. Christmas were apparently proud enough of > "Hot Dog" to put it on their own album... > > aaron > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:15:28 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Aaron Lowe? I think there's someone named Aaron Lowe on this list, right? I had his email address, and I deleted it accidentally. Aaron, please get in touch. =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:32:41 PST From: "Faecal Emergency" Subject: eb all over the world checked the imdb to see if they had Storefront's aspect ratio listed. they don't, but it's got a 9.0 user rating! only 22 votes, granted. but still, the #1 movie in the imdb 250 (The Godfather) has a rating of 8.9. let's all get over there and vote, and see if we can get this fucker ranked! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:38:12 +0000 From: "Matt Browne" Subject: Re: Got my Sta On 29/02/00, at 10:09, John Barrington Jones wrote: >Call me crazy, but I believe the guy who runs the Duplex Planet zine is >the same guy who runs the Robyn Museum website, and handlges Robyn's mail >order stuff. Yep, it's true! - -- Matt Browne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:03:57 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Mystery Solved I just had to share this. Last weekend I rented the "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" special edition DVD. One of the things I've always wanted to know about this flick was in regard to the scene where Rat and Stacey go on their date and Rat is playing "Kashmir" on his car radio, instead of side one of Zeppelin IV as Dimone instructed. So was that just an oversight, or was it intentional? Well, If you listen to the running commentary by Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe, you find out that the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to Zeppelin IV, but since Crowe had always written such great stuff about Zep in Rolling Stone, they let them use Kashmir. Heckerling admits that even though it wasn't the original plan, she likes the use of Kashmir as it reinforces the fact that Rat really doesn't have it together when it comes to dating. Sorry for the length of this, but it's one of those lifelong questions I finally had answered. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:19:32 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Mystery Solved TC: >the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to Zeppelin IV, but since Crowe >had always written such great stuff about Zep in Rolling Stone, they let >them use Kashmir. I was wondering why it would be harder to get rights to one Zeppelin album over another, but then it occurred to me that Physical Graffiti came out on LZ's own label Swan Song, and Led Zeppelin IV didn't...aha. 1. How long is the Star for Bram disc, anyway? 2. Any sentient thoughts on ABC's Beach Boys film? I enjoyed the first half a lot, but then the pro-Mike Love spin-doctoring took over in part two, and irked me. Eb now ehhing: Baby Namboos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:47:49 -0000 From: "Pamplemousse" Subject: Got my daisies eels, daisies of the galaxy that is. Sounds pretty good on my first listen, wish it didn't use my pager tone at the beginning of Mr E.'s beautiful blues tho, gets me every time. Retro style packaging makes it stand out. Has me wondering how many copies the supermarkets will sell to mothers of pre-schoolers attracted by the cover (looks like a childrens' picture book). Track 8 sounds just like an old, slightly scratched vinyl track. More immediately accessible than their last album. - -- Rob np eels daisies of the galaxy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:48:31 -0600 From: "JH3" Subject: A Bar For Sam >>Call me crazy, but I believe the guy who runs the Duplex Planet zine >>is the same guy who runs the Robyn Museum website, and handlges >>Robyn's mail order stuff. >Yep, it's true! Oh well, that explains the matchbook, then. I'm surprised he didn't throw in more stuff... It was a fairly cool-looking matchbook, actually, and thankfully my wife collects matchbooks. >1. How long is the Star for Bram disc, anyway? Almost exactly 50 minutes. The track-list *with running times for each track, whoopee-doo* can now be seen at: http://www.alternatech.net/jh3/robyn/base/disc.asp?tench=437 Sorry, there are no lyrics for any of the tunes in yet, except "Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)," and "1974" which was actually tabbed by our very own Ross Overbury. What I'm wondering is: What does "PAF" (as in "Editions PAF") stand for? I'll bet it's something really obvious... JH3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:10:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: I find this really depressing [Reminds me of that track on National Lampoon's "Radio Dinner," where "Bob Dylan" does the mock commercial for a "Remember the '60s?"-type compilation] HUSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, MELVINS CONTRIBUTE TO GIMME INDIE ROCK Some of the most influential names in the indie rock bible will be featured on K-Tel's upcoming ode to the genre, Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1. Husker Du, the Minutemen, the Fall, Black Flag, the Meat Puppets, Dinosaur, Jr., Mudhoney, the Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, the Mekons, Galaxie 500, and the Feelies are just a few of the names that make up the two-disc compilation. The 30-track set is scheduled for release on March 21. Here is the track listing for Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1: Disc One 1. "Pink Turns To Blue," Hüsker Dü 2. "Little Furry Things," Dinosaur Jr. 3. "Too Far Gone," My Dad Is Dead 4. "My Favourite Dress," The Wedding Present 5. "I Love My Leather Jacket," The Chills 6. "Cruiser's Creek," The Fall 7. "Sweet Little Hi-Fi," Pussy Galore 8. "Touch Me I'm Sick," Mudhoney 9. "U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums," Half Japanese 10. "She's Fetching," Big Dipper 11. "Jangle Town," Nikki Sudden 12. "Watching the Candles Burn," Eleventh Dream Day 13. "Black Venetian Blind," Giant Sand 14. "Swimming Ground," The Meat Puppets 15. "I'm Ready," Scrawl Disc Two 1. "Slipping Into Something," The Feelies 2. "Barnaby, Hardly Working," Yo La Tengo 3. "Nothing Left To Lose," The Wipers 4. "Sun God," Squirrel Bait 5. "Political Song for Michael Jackson To Sing," The Minutemen 6. "Andelusia" (Instrumental), Savage Republic 7. "Ghosts of American Astronauts," The Mekons 8. "Blue Thunder" (w/ sax), Galaxie 500 9. "Take Me to the Other Side," Spacemen 3 10. "Everything's Explodin'," The Flaming Lips 11. "Creepy Smell," The Melvins 12. "Black Coffee," Black Flag 13. "Coca-Cola & Licorice," Death of Samantha 14. "I'm Alright With You," The Pastels 15. "Molly's Lips," The Vaselines - Kevin Raub ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:43:32 EST From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: Got my daisies that's funny about your beeper. same thing happened to me with my phone and a poi dog pondering album. I will say, I like the pictures and the whole indie feel for this disc. Brian >From: "Pamplemousse" >Reply-To: "Pamplemousse" >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Got my daisies >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:47:49 -0000 > >eels, daisies of the galaxy that is. >Sounds pretty good on my first listen, wish it didn't use my pager >tone at the beginning of Mr E.'s beautiful blues tho, gets me every >time. >Retro style packaging makes it stand out. Has me wondering how >many copies the supermarkets will sell to mothers of pre-schoolers >attracted by the cover (looks like a childrens' picture book). >Track 8 sounds just like an old, slightly scratched vinyl track. >More immediately accessible than their last album. > >-- >Rob > >np eels daisies of the galaxy ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:50:18 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: I find this really depressing > HUSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, MELVINS CONTRIBUTE TO GIMME INDIE ROCK > Some of the most influential names in the indie rock bible will be featured > on K-Tel's upcoming ode to the genre, Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1. Why 'depressing'? Seems like the ordinary cycle of things to me. What sets these bands apart from anyone else who cashes in once age sets in and their popularity wanes? Sounds like business as usual to me... /hal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:10:58 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: I find this really depressing >> HUSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, MELVINS CONTRIBUTE TO GIMME INDIE ROCK >> Some of the most influential names in the indie rock bible will be featured >> on K-Tel's upcoming ode to the genre, Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1. > >Why 'depressing'? Rebellious, daring, counterculture music being patted on the head, packaged up with a nice pink bow and coldly marketed by a proudly soulless, exploitative supermarket-brand record label, whose most important cultural role is as a stand-up comic's punchline. That about sums it up. Like I said already, it's the same cynical joke found in that old National Lampoon track, only now it's the real thing. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:17:24 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: I find this really depressing >> HUSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, MELVINS CONTRIBUTE TO GIMME INDIE ROCK >> Some of the most influential names in the indie rock bible will be featured >> on K-Tel's upcoming ode to the genre, Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1. > >Why 'depressing'? Seems like the ordinary cycle of things to me. What >sets these bands apart from anyone else who cashes in once age sets in >and their popularity wanes? Sounds like business as usual to me... except no 'gimmie indie rock!' by sebadoh. sheesh. still a pretty decent selection of songs. though they could've picked a better mekons tune. ken "let's save tony orlando's house" the kenster ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:30:49 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: A Bar For Sam On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, JH3 wrote: > Sorry, there are no lyrics for any of the tunes in yet, except "Judas > Sings (Jesus & Me)," and "1974" which was actually tabbed by > our very own Ross Overbury. Lyrics are, of course, available here: http://www.bitmine.net/~fegmaniax/lyrics/lyrics.cgi?asfb The end. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:25:26 -0600 From: "Paul Christian Glenn" Subject: Re: Gory Counterfeit e.p.'s > Point is, all the songs are covers, and I'm wondering if > anyone knows who the bands are that performed the original > tunes. Thanks to all who responded to this, both on-list and off. It looks like the only real mystery is this "Joe Crow", then. I'll keep digging around, and if anyone is remotely interested I'll post any news. Thanks again, everyone! :) Paul Christian Glenn pcg@mailandnews.com Eon Chamber http://eonchamber.virtualave.net Christian Realists http://x-real.firinn.org Currently Reading: "The Fated Sky" by Henrietta Branford ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:48:19 EST From: "brian nupp" Subject: Lost Outakes A lot of us have heard the Queen Elvis Outakes, many which were never released: Mr. rock n roll, Evil Guy, Hanging out with Dad, Ect. I remember RH said in an interview that they only released about half the songs they recorded for Perspex Island. God knows there's gotta be unreleased Respect stuff out there (at least a French version of Wafflehead). Does anybody know if this stuff is planned for release? (A lot from the now defunct A&M, could be tricky). Does Anyone have the demos or outakes from Respect or Perspex (or Globe of Frogs)? Brian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:22:06 -0500 From: Jeremy Mathews Subject: RE: Storefront DVD Thanks for the info. Perhaps it will go into widescreen during the closing credits as some pan & scan stuff does. I'm rather bitter, however, that MGM never even replied to my letter/email, but I guess they're just too busy. My main question is why did they go to the trouble of making a pan and scan version at all? It takes time and money. I guess maybe there's a video release down the road. I'll report to everyone on the transfer quality, etc. tomorrow. Byebye, Jeremy "Hoping it wasn't shot in 2.35:1" Mathews - ---- On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, mrrunion@palmnet.net (mrrunion@palmnet.net) wrote: > > I don't remember the aspect in the theater, but it certainly > seemed to be wider than 1.33:1. A pan'n'scan version of this > could be troubling, given the semi-unique edit of the closing > credits (the screen split into 4 boxes with different angles, > the credits rolling up in one of 'em). > > Oh well, I guess we're stuck with whatever we get. Hell, it > still amazes me that this film was ever made at all. > > Mike > > (Obscurity of the Day: John S. Hall & King Missile's cover of > John Hall's "Still The One".) > > > --- Original Message --- > Jeremy Mathews Wrote on > Mon, 28 Feb 2000 01:19:48 -0500 > > Perhaps someone with a copy could say whether the film was modified > or simply originally filmed in 1.33:1. As I've said, it's completely > illogical to pan and scan it since the target audience consists > of Robyn fans and Demme fans. > > ----- > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > > > ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:30:39 -0700 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: I find this really depressing Re:> HUSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, MELVINS CONTRIBUTE TO GIMME INDIE ROCK >> Some of the most influential names in the indie rock bible will be featured >> on K-Tel's upcoming ode to the genre, Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1. Eb bemoans: > Rebellious, daring, counterculture music being patted on the head, packaged > up with a nice pink bow and coldly marketed by a proudly soulless, > exploitative supermarket-brand record label That's why they call it the music BUSINESS. Call me cynical, but I bet all those bands are happy as hell to get the royalties. "Best Of..."-type compilations from K-Tel are no more out of the ordinary in this day and age than corporate sponsorship of events like Woodstock. Rebellious, daring, countercultural? Try passe. Just ask your average 18 year old about these groups and see if you don't get a blank stare. Don't look now, but if those bands are your idea of 'cutting edge', grey hairs aren't far behind. ;) > Like I said already, it's the same cynical joke found in that old National > Lampoon track, only now it's the real thing. Like I said, what else is new? /hal, no longer disappointed at anything that pop-culture vomits up ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:38:21 -0500 From: Jeremy Mathews Subject: Another thing - Re: Lost Outakes My question is: Did A & M ever own the outtakes? While it seems like they would, I noticed the Greatest Hits album (although the only single I have near me doesn't verify) lists the rare tracks written by Robyn (except the electric "Globe of Frogs") are "published by August 23rd music adm. by Bug (BMI)" rather than "EMI Virgin Songs, Inc./Two Crabs Music Adm. by EMI Virgin." This could mean nothing, but this could mean Robyn has rights to what isn't released. Just a thought. Recovering what's left of my CD case after dropping it on the floor while looking up the publishing details, Jeremy Mathews ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag - ---- On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, brian nupp (bnupp@hotmail.com) wrote: > A lot of us have heard the Queen Elvis Outakes, many which were never > released: Mr. rock n roll, Evil Guy, Hanging out with Dad, Ect. > I remember RH said in an interview that they only released about half > the > songs they recorded for Perspex Island. God knows there's gotta be > unreleased Respect stuff out there (at least a French version of > Wafflehead). Does anybody know if this stuff is planned for release? > (A lot from the now defunct A&M, could be tricky). Does Anyone have the > > demos or outakes from Respect or Perspex (or Globe of Frogs)? > Brian > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:48:25 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: fin his real press >"Best Of..."-type compilations from K-Tel are no more out of the ordinary in >this day and age than corporate sponsorship of events like Woodstock. Yes, but the others are mostly based on top 40 charts, where the "Nuttin' but the hits!" mentality is far more appropriate. >Rebellious, daring, countercultural? Try passe. Just ask your average 18 >year old about these groups and see if you don't get a blank stare. Well, I don't have the track listing in front of me anymore, so I can't counter this in detail. Still, plenty of 18-year-olds know the Flaming Lips. And they know plenty of bands *influenced* by those "passé" groups, as well. Anyway, when I said "rebellious," etc., I was primarily speaking in the context of the original era. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:59:52 +1700 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: fin his real press I said: > >"Best Of..."-type compilations from K-Tel are no more out of the ordinary in > >this day and age than corporate sponsorship of events like Woodstock. he countered: > Yes, but the others are mostly based on top 40 charts, where the "Nuttin' > but the hits!" mentality is far more appropriate. I'll disagree as to 'far more appropriate'. The genre lines are too blurred nowadays. I'll bet even Casey Kasem can't define "Top 40" anymore. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:56:17 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Got my Star As Brian said, a *fine* way to end a stressy day! I just got home, poured myself a martini and was all ready to slap an old Miles Davis LP on the turntable when--"what's this?"--I spied a padded package from Greenwich NY lying on the dining room table. Sorry, Miles. Maybe in a month or two. Most of these songs are new to me so I'm enjoying this immensly. Love the studio version of '74. Heard Philosophers Stone live in SF and the studio version is coming up next so I'm gonna sign off and go sit between the speakers. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 08:57:04 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Got my Star Ethyl Ketone wrote: > > I've been living with SFB for a bit now "Daisies of the Galaxy" arrived first, so at least I've got something to listen to. ObRobyn: Peter Buck and Grant Lee Phillips play on DotG, which though I'm only three tracks through it, is entirely wonderful. Eels go cheerful -- oh noo! Stewart DiffRobyn: We do a Collins Gem Pocket Guide to Cheeses! Ring it! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 16:25:57 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: reap... http://mtv.com/news/headlines/000301/story4.html UPDATE: Social Distortion Guitarist Dennis Danell Dies Social Distortion guitarist Dennis Danell passed away in Newport Beach, California on Tuesday from what is believed to be a brain aneurysm. Danell was 38 years old. According to the band's label, Time Bomb Recordings, Danell collapsed in the driveway of his new Newport Beach home. He was transported to Hoag Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:29 a.m. Danell helped Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness form the band back in 1979 and appeared on all of the group's studio albums, including the group's 1981 debut, "Mainliner," 1992's "Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell," and 1996's "White Light, White Heat, White Trash." Social Distortion issued a concert record, "Live At The Roxy," in 1998, although the band had been on a temporary hiatus in order for Ness to release a pair of solo albums, "Cheating At Solitaire" and "Under The Influences," last year. During the break, Danell had been busy recording several area bands at Social Distortion's Casbah recording studio in Fullerton, California. Upon hearing news of Danell's death, Ness issued a brief statement about the loss of his longtime friend and bandmate. "I am saddened beyond any possible form of expression," Ness wrote. "Dennis and I have been friends since boyhood, starting Social Distortion while we were in high school. My deepest regrets to his family." It wasn't yet known if Social Distortion had made a determination about its future, as the band's publicists were unavailable for comment. Danell is survived by his wife, Christie, and their two children. A private service will be held for Danell by his family and friends. - -- David Basham ===== "America's greatest natural resource still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #52 ******************************