From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #69 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, March 19 2000 Volume 09 : Number 069 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: largest audience? ["Russ Reynolds" ] Those Mekons ["Yudt.Matthew" ] Re: the Underneath [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] more concert festivities [Eb ] eb ["CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON" ] Oh! [Eb ] Fwd: today's my super spaceout day w/ wesley willis ["CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON] Wimpy little tornado for Eb [steve ] Re: Lyrics site. [candl2@sensible-net.com] Re: Wimpy little tornado for Eb [Eb ] OK...now it's NOT "sorta unofficial" [Eb ] A Star for Bram ["Joel Mullins" ] Re: Song info/Donovan [Michael R Godwin ] a car for gram [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 06:13:24 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: largest audience? > On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Glen Uber wrote: >> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Eb wrote: >> > I was wondering if that post was some kind of forgery...is it? >> > Certainly didn't sound like Eddie. >> On 16.03.00 12:54, John Barrington Jones wrote: >> > Either the post was faked or forged somehow, or... >> I ran it through some filters and found that it didn't originate from >> hotmail.com, but rather aol.net. My guess is that it is indeed a forgery. Okay wait a minute here...I've been howling at Eddie's posts for several years now the same way I howled at this one. Just what about it doesn't sound like Eddie? If I were going to go through the trouble of forging a note like that I think I'd sign a name that would make it shocking and confusing. Like say Bayard. (new thread: if you could forge a nasty post, which feg's name would you sign to it?) - -Nick Winkworth ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 15:39:14 -0500 From: "Yudt.Matthew" Subject: Those Mekons Hello Fegs, Although I am just a lurker, and this IS a Hitchcock board, I have to post you all to let you know if you want to see one of the greatest rock bands ever, the MEKONS are chuggling around the states right now. Below are a few of their remaining shows. I got this from http://home.t-online.de/home/Norbert.Knape/mekonhom.htm, if you're intereseted in other Mekons info - go there. They're leader, John Langford (Waco Brothers) claimed it was their 'farewell tour' at the end of the show here in North Carolina, and we me never get to see them again : ( MON 3/20 KANSAS CITY, MO Grand Emporium (Johny Dowd) TUE 3/21 ST. LOUIS, MO Blueberry Hill (Johny Dowd) WED 3/22 recording THU 3/23 recording FRI 3/24 CHICAGO, IL Metro unconfirmed!! Sat 3/25 Berwyn, IL Fitzgerald's Cheers, Matt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:25:35 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: the Underneath Jeme capooch'd: >But I've also got a forest green overshirt, green underpants, sage >colored socks (the best I could do) and mottled green Doc Martins left >by wandering vagrants in Viv's old apartment. >I'd've worn my green pants, but in their current state, folks would be >getting a much better view of the green underpants instead. Hmmm. Jeme's Underpants, not just a great name for a band, but also a common subject here on fegmaniax. Still, it is a little scary. >> PS: Happy William Gibson's birthday, everyone! >If that guy attempts to write another episode of The X-Files, I'm >firebombing all of Canada. He is responsible for the two worst episodes ever. I haven't read his other pieces of, um, writing, but after these episodes I think I'll have to pass them up for sure. Hope all ye fegs are doing great. - -El Marko Loco ps. I saw _Creature From The Black Lagoon_ last night. It wasn't as good as I remember it. The last time I saw it I was five and it was my favorite movie at that point in time. I would like to remake this movie with the creature as the hero, kicking the asses of ranchers and developers of the Amazon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:36:37 -0800 From: Eb Subject: more concert festivities Excellent show, last night at Spaceland. Both Grandaddy and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were spellbinding, but in totally different ways. The first band up was the Radar Brothers, who are nice in small doses but verrrrry dreary over a full set. The dreamy, slow, strummy, acoustic/electric songs were *so* derivative of early Pink Floyd that I just felt like heckling, "Sheesh, guys...why not forget this, and just play Meddle from beginning to end?" The crowd was fairly sparse during their set, and mostly drinking and talking on the other side of the room. (Incidentally, there was more smoking at this show than any show I've seen in a *long* time. Not only was there a glass-enclosed pool room in the back which was literally *cloudy* with fumes, but folks were even smoking on the central concert floor. The first time I've come home with a smelly shirt, since the anti-smoking bill passed. Grrrr. I may send a complaint, because this is a favorite club of mine.) Then came Grandaddy. Five people onstage, including guitars, drums, a keyboardist and the singer (who plays both guitar and keyboard). The frontman still drives me nuts with his awkward singing position (the microphone's about eight inches too low, so he leans waay forward and down, and never looks into the crowd). It really sucks the poise/energy out of the presentation, and makes my neck ache, besides. Wish someone at V2 would tell him to straighten up, and project a little command of the stage. In general, the group still severely lacks onstage charisma, and there's probably at least one too many beard, as well. ;) However, the band was wonderful, musically. They've improved a lot since the last time I saw them. The surprising thing to me was that the floor was *packed* for their set. I've seen Grandaddy twice before in the past, and they never generated anywhere near this much interest. I may not have seen the group since the album was reissued on V2 -- maybe that's the crucial factor. Anyway, the crowd was *really* behind them, and positively *roared* when they finished their set and went offstage. Despite this impressive, sustained din, there was no encore because of time constraints (heck, the schedule was already about 45 minutes behind). No set in recent memory I've seen has drawn *such* a vocal ovation, yet hasn't been extended with an encore. Oh well. I should be getting the new Grandaddy album...well, maybe even *today*. I'm eagerly anticipating that arrival. Surprisingly, the crowd actually thinned before GZM came onstage. Was it the late set time (about midnight), or simply a case of Grandaddy having a larger West Coast following? I'd say the audience was about 25% smaller. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci was adorable, however. The lead singer is a real spazz -- I couldn't take my eyes off him. Appropriately, he was wearing a t-shirt for some record store called "Pet Sounds," and the shirt's front had a drawing of a Brother Records seven-inch for "Heroes & Villains." Nifty. Anyway, he had this jittery, goofy style of playing his keyboard -- oh, he was fun to watch. A delightfully skinny dork, too...probably only weighs about 120 pounds. GZM albums are kinda uneven, but the setlist focused very well on the band's best stuff. They grabbed me from the very beginning, when they opened with the irresistible "Poodle Rockin'," which is just flat hilarious with all its whoops, splats and jolly good cheer. They also played some of the mellower tracks from their perhaps-*too*-mellow new album, Spanish Dance Troupe, yet never lost the audience's attention. Well-done. "Freckles" was one of these tracks -- the band's leader (I don't recall his name, at the moment) confessed that they had stolen the melody from Dennis Wilson. Huh...not sure what he was talking about, there. Before the show, I dropped by Rockaway Records, the best place in L.A. to buy cheap promo discs after Aron's. Much to my horror, I discovered that Rockaway has been *halved* in size, since the last time I visited (several months ago, possibly). Yiiikes. I *guess* the stock wasn't all that diminished in volume, but something just doesn't feel right. Especially because the store has this really peculiar, non-convex shape now, to accommodate the newly added beauty shop next door. Anyway, I was hoping to find cutouts of the last Cibo Matto and Flaming Lips discs, among other things. No Flaming Lips (), but Cibo Matto was the most abundant item in the entire used section -- there must've been *30* copies of the thing. So I bought one of those and Squeeze's Domino (hi Marcy, how's the rugrat?) for $6 apiece. I hemmed and hawed over a promo of Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (one of *the* catalog albums I want), but decided that I couldn't bear to buy a scuffed-up disc which was so important to me. Anyway.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:58:17 PST From: "CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON" Subject: eb i'm qrowing quite certain that the famous 4/27/89 mccabe's gig actually took place on the 25th. anybody wanna argue to the contrary? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:10:41 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Oh! Maybe this isn't news to those who would care, but I've heard (sorta unofficially) that Robin Williams will be singing "Blame Canada" at the Oscars? Well, my Martin Short guess wasn't so far off.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:09:25 PST From: "CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON" Subject: Fwd: today's my super spaceout day w/ wesley willis Super Spaceout Day is actually very good. their drummer pounds harder than anyone i've ever seen. (which is not to say he's as *good* as janet weiss or eric harris, or whomever. still damned impressive, though.) and they're louder than fuckall. i'm half-tempted to try to make that missoula gig. meet me there, hal? From: "Eric Anderson" To: Subject: today's my super spaceout day w/ wesley willis Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 06:34:07 -0000 Upcoming shows: Today's My Super Spaceout Day w/ Wesley Willis 03-18-00 Ann Arbor, MI @ Halfway Inn 03-19-00 TBA 03-20-00 Memphis, TN @ Young Ave. Deli w/ Gaza Strippers 03-21-00 Fayetteville, AR @ Clunk Records 03-22-00 Oklahoma City, OK @ TBA 03-23-00 Little Rock, AR @ Vino's 03-24-00 Austin, TX @ Emo's 03-25-00 San Antonio, TX @ Wacky's Deli 03-26-00 Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad 03-27-00 TBA 03-28-00 TBA 03-29-00 Long Beach, CA @ KB Club 03-30-00 Los Angeles, CA @ Al's Bar 03-31-00 Chico, CA @ Mr. Lucky 04-01-00 Sacramento, CA @ Old Iron Sides w/ Verbena 04-02-00 TBA 04-03-00 Missoula, MT @ Jay's Upstairs 04-04-00 Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station 04-05-00 Livingston, MT @ Madam Bulldog's 04-06-00 TBA 04-07-00 Williston, ND @ VFW 04-08-00 Fargo, ND @ 21st Amendment 04-09-00 St. Cloud, MN @ Java Joint 04-10-00 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry 04-11-00 Milwaukee, WI @ Filter Inn For more information, please visit www.superspaceoutday.com or www.belugarecords.com If you wish to be removed from this list, please type remove in the subject line and hit reply. News Today's My Super Spaceout Day and Marvel Kind are releasing a split 7 inch. For more information, please visit www.veronicarecords.com. Featuring new songs from both bands. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:04:36 -0600 From: steve Subject: Wimpy little tornado for Eb http://www.austin360.com/news/1metro/2000/03/17tornado.html - - Steve _______________ We're all Jesus, Buddha, and the Wizard of Oz! - Andy Partridge ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 20:10:42 -0500 From: candl2@sensible-net.com Subject: Re: Lyrics site. YAYYY!!! So now I can finally get those unknown lyrics to "All I Wanna Do is Fall in Love" (and anything else that strikes my fancy). :-) Thanks lots, Chas >Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:11:50 -0800 (PST) >From: Capuchin >Subject: Lyrics site. >Um... I'm not sure if it's fegs accessing the lyrics site or others, but >I had made a change to my pages at least a week ago and it broke one of >my CGIs... nobody told me. It sat broken until I was just randomly >browsing my logs tonight and found the error. >In the future, mailing me or fegmaniax@bitmine.net should speed up >fixing trouble on the site. >It should be all better now. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:21:47 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Wimpy little tornado for Eb ...to poop on? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:19:09 -0800 From: Eb Subject: OK...now it's NOT "sorta unofficial" [Incidentally, did you see clips from that Oscar press conference where Parker moaned something about how if Phil Collins/"Tarzan" beats him in the category, all his life's work will be meaningless, etc.? Pretty funny. -- Eb] Robin Williams to 'Blame Canada' for Oscars March 17, 2000 9:06 pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Producers of the Academy Awards show have devised a novel way to deal with the colorful off-color language in the Oscar-nominated song from the "South Park" movie: Let Robin Williams do it. The frenetic actor-comedian, known for his lightning improvisational prowess and skill at handling suggestive material, will perform the profanity-laden tune "Blame Canada" as part of a medley of the five songs nominated for an Oscar this year. But Jane La Bonte, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, declined to say specifically how Williams would treat the few choice phrases that ABC has insisted be cleaned up or bleeped out. "How it's going to be presented is going to be a surprise of the night," she told Reuters. In the song, written by "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker and composer Marc Shaiman, angry parents and community leaders in the United States accuse Canada of corrupting their children through the export of an obscene kids' movie. As written, the song contains the notorious F-word, a different F-word that means an expulsion of intestinal gas and a jibe at famed Canadian singer-songwriter Anne Murray. Murray is said to have found the reference amusing but turned down an offer to perform the song for the Oscars. So Williams apparently was the next best thing. Joining him in the medley of Oscar-nominated songs will be Phil Collins, singing his "You'll Be in My Heart" from "Tarzan"; Aimee Mann, performing her "Save Me" from "Magnolia"; Randy Newman and Sarah McLachlan, teaming up on Newman's "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2"; and Gloria Estefan, joining 'N Sync for Diane Warren's "Music of My Heart" from "Music of the Heart." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:47:25 -0800 From: "Joel Mullins" Subject: A Star for Bram Okay. It's been a couple of weeks. I will now give my final opinion on = Robyn's latest. =20 Many people have chimed in. One person mentioned that Robyn is doing = great stuff lately. I completely agree with that person. A Star for = Bram is fucking incredible. I've been listening to it pretty much = nonstop. Robyn has definitely been writing some great stuff lately. =20 Like Cream magazine said, God walks among us. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 15:38:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Song info/Donovan On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Terrence Marks wrote: > I also got a copy of HMS Donovan. I was very impressed by less > child-oriented stuff. Is there anyone else who does stuff like Lord of > the Reedy River or Queen Mab? Closest I can think of is really early > Tyranosaurus Rex. It's been at the top of my want list for some years, but I really want the original double LP rather than a CD reissue. I've got a single of 'Celia of the Seals' but otherwise I don't know these songs at all. - - Mike Godwin PS re aSfB / Brion: John Brion has playing credits on the album, but my guess is that he didn't contribute much studio wizardry to it (with the obvious exception of 'Antwoman (dub)' and maybe one other track. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:29:33 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: a car for gram I like _Star for Bram_ just fine. For what it is, an outtakes album during a time which its author is writing some of his best work, I am really happy that I have it. I am not offended in the least by the inclusion of "DubWoman." I enjoy it. My favorite two ditties on the disc are the rockin' version of "1974" and the piano bit of "I Used to Love You." If anyone heard the Great American Music Hall live version, it made the one on this disc pale a little-> I mean, I was almost in tears when I heard him sing it live. I should also say that though he makes fun of himself and other 40+ year-old "men standing up on their hind legs, playing guitar" he does it better for me than any of "these kids nowadays." "Green Boy" and a few more are definitely growing on me. I guess I'm not the biggest fan of his newer, less complex, less twisted love songs. Perhaps his relationship with Cynthia was weirder/more twisted/less healthy than that he enjoys with Michelle, I don't know. They just seem like they are written for someone else who isn't Robyn. He could just be shifting and getting more comfortable. I don't know. I missed Stan Ridgway in San Francisco. Gol-diddly-dang-dang-dang- diddly-darn-it! I still plan to write a bit about _Anatomy_ his newest album. Stan's version of "16 Tons" may be the best cover I have ever heard. The rest of the album doesn't knock me over quite as much, but wow! That's enough from me for now, - -Markg ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #69 ******************************