From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #87 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, April 4 2000 Volume 09 : Number 087 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Tampon ad [Glen Uber ] Re: Tampon ad ["Sinclair Abdul" ] Re: Tampon ad [Bayard ] Stockholders Report, spring quarter/market share/target demographics, etc. [Eb ] Re: Wasp Star [steve ] Re: Capitalist Stooge ["CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON" ] Re: Tampon ad [delia winthorpe ] Re: Capitalist Stooge ["matt sewell" ] Re: Tampon ad [Capuchin ] Kimberly Rew-view from AMG [Ben ] Um, errr . . . [The Great Quail ] miserable lie [BLATZMAN@aol.com] attn: Jason, James, Quail, Mary, etc.... [Eb ] Re: attn: Jason, James, Quail, Mary, etc.... [dmw ] eb all over the world ["Sector 7-G" ] Re: High Fidelity (was, of course, eb all over the world) [MARKEEFE@aol.c] Robyn Hitchcock's Largo Show [Larry Tucker Subject: Re: Tampon ad On 03.04.00 15:26, Sinclair Abdul wrote: > "The Unpleasant Stain," Goddamn it, Butch! - -- Cheers! - -g- "I have two very rare photographs: one is a picture of Houdini locking his keys in his car; the other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating up a child. '' --Steven Wright +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:30:10 GMT From: "Sinclair Abdul" Subject: Re: Tampon ad Who is this "Butch" fellow you speak of? Abdul P.S. You got a sweet mouth onion baby! >From: Glen Uber >Reply-To: Glen Uber >To: Sinclair Abdul , fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Tampon ad >Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:32:05 -0700 > >On 03.04.00 15:26, Sinclair Abdul wrote: > > > "The Unpleasant Stain," > >Goddamn it, Butch! > >-- > >Cheers! >-g- > >"I have two very rare photographs: one is a picture of Houdini locking his >keys in his car; the other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating >up a child. '' --Steven Wright > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ >Glen Uber >uberg@sonic.net >http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:50:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Tampon ad I think what Glen meant was, "Goddam it! This Sinclaire chick is really BUTCH!!!" On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Sinclair Abdul wrote: > Who is this "Butch" fellow you speak of? > Abdul > P.S. You got a sweet mouth onion baby! > > >From: Glen Uber > >Reply-To: Glen Uber > >To: Sinclair Abdul , fegmaniax@smoe.org > >Subject: Re: Tampon ad > >Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:32:05 -0700 > > > >On 03.04.00 15:26, Sinclair Abdul wrote: > > > > > "The Unpleasant Stain," > > > >Goddamn it, Butch! > > > >-- > > > >Cheers! > >-g- > > > >"I have two very rare photographs: one is a picture of Houdini locking his > >keys in his car; the other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating > >up a child. '' --Steven Wright > > > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >Glen Uber > >uberg@sonic.net > >http://www.sonic.net/~uberg > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Stockholders Report, spring quarter/market share/target demographics, etc. Ken: >u2 have managed to play with their success and make fun of the process; >but their music has suffered as well. they are in a position where they >are in control of their output; but it seems like that's not enough >sometimes. their most recent work is not their best. - --- I don't think U2's problems are so much the result of success, but a simple creative dead-end. They made their millions on messianic, bigger-than-life anthems, but circa Rattle & Hum, the backlash started and the guys realized they couldn't take that sound any further without turning into self-parodies. So...they keep trying other approaches (including *emphasizing* the self-parody angle, in the hopes of defusing it), and it just doesn't come off. They escaped a lot of their early pretensions, but they also lost the Pied Piper quality which made them superstars. OK, now I'm going to whiiiiiiiiiiiine.... I received an advance disc of XTC's Wasp Star today. I was really hoping this album would be a major Whee!!(tm) for me. It isn't. Not even close. I'll need a couple more listens to absorb it all, but at this point, I'd say it's about two steps worse than Apple Venus Vol. 1. And I fully expected this album to top AV1, which was quite good but also rather uneven and overpolished. I'm not going to write another exhaustive track-by-track analysis as in the past, because such "spoiler" epics seem to be resented more than appreciated. But I'll say this much: On first listen, I don't feel that XTC magic on *any* track, though I substantially like four songs: "Playground" (the single?), "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful," "Church of Women" and "The Wheel and the Maypole." Those are the first, and last three tracks. In between, it's again too much of that "precious little ditty" feel which Apple Venus V1 had. The album doesn't "rock" at all, despite its billing -- it's like they're writing melodies and arrangements for kids. The textures feel really thin and incomplete. Colin is singing better than on the last album, thankfully, but "Standing In for Joe" is his only strong composition -- the other two revisit that clunky "Penny Lane" beat a la "Fruit Nut," and don't pay off. Still, his worst song ("Boarded Up") is *not* my least favorite track. I reserve that honor for Partridge's "Stupidly Happy." (It sorta reviews itself, doesn't it?) Hearing this one-riff bit of tedium, all I could think was that it would fit in *great* on Genesis' Abacab album. And that's *not* a compliment.... Otherwise....uhmmm..."My Brown Guitar" is fairly good, but should've been faster. "Wounded Horse" is essentially a blues song, and kinda pedestrian. I'll skip discussing the others, for now. I'm not sure whether the problem is songwriting, the lack of a major-label budget or the loss of Dave Gregory, but this disc just doesn't have the usual spark. On the Ebscale, the first listen gets a weak 14/20. Very much on par with Jewels for Sophia. I'm not even sure this is my favorite album of 2000, so far -- the Eels album is very similar in quality and far, far less of a disappointment (actually, it's not a disappointment at all, but a nice surprise...). Anyway, I'm feeling rather glum right now, having been let down by one of my most anticipated releases of the year. Hopefully, the Supergrass and Elliott Smith discs will restore a little of my faith, once I hear them.... Eb, awaiting the inevitable response from Steve S. and The Little Girl I Once Knew ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:22:30 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Tampon ad Sinclair Abdul says: > Hello, my name is Sinclair and I have known of Robyn Hitchcock for some time > now. Isn't he a talented musician? I think he's great. I recently quite > my job as a washing machine repair man to become the director of advertising > for a small but growing tampon company. It's great work. The reason I'm > writing now is because I was wondering if anyone knew if Mr. Hitchcock would > be interesting in doing a jingle for one of our commercials. We would be > interested in licensing his song "The Unpleasant Stain," which is also the > name of one of our new product lines. We feel making women more insecure > about their bodies will sell more product. Any help would be greatly > appreceiated and compensated. Well, as one who dabbles in advertising (I studied under Hitler) I'd like to suggest you go for a song that's actually been released. Try "Never Stop Bleeding." If that's not bouncy enough you might try changing the lyrics to "Balloon Man"...maybe to "tampoon man" (Zappa once pronounced it this way and sold a lot of records with it). You could even leave that line about riding a horse in tact, as that seems to be one of the strong selling points of products such as yours. - -rUss (wondering what Pac Bell Park would look like if Sinclair's company had sponsored the Fan Lot instead of Coca-Cola). aside to TGQ: menudo is great for hangovers, if'n you don't mind soup made with innards an' stuff. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:59:32 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Wasp Star >I received an advance disc of XTC's Wasp Star today. I was really hoping >this album would be a major Whee!!(tm) for me. > >It isn't. Not even close. ............ >Eb, awaiting the inevitable response from Steve S. and The Little Girl I >Once Knew OK, but only because I don't want to disappoint you (but you're probably hurting JH3's feelings by leaving him out of the Swindon Defenders). The early reactions range from "every cut a classic" to "their worst ever." It's still two months until I hear the album, so all I can do is shrug. But I have had all but one of the demos for a few years, so I already know what the songs are like. My expectation is that they will be very like the demos, because Andy has always said this is going to be a very simple album. I figure I'll like it, just because I have a highly developed XTC lobe (or maybe it's the reptile part of my brain). Actually, I hardly bother to defend any of the music I listen to. It's been years since I've cared what anybody thinks about anything. However, I am willing to consider the possibility that people may have a valid reason for liking a band that I consider to be a steaming pile of shit - KISS, for instance. Whatever - Steve __________ I¹d sit down and meditate but my ass is on fire. - Bill Nelson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:20:05 PDT From: "CORNHOLE ARMAGEDDON" Subject: Re: Capitalist Stooge so you're a whore, just like the rest of us. kind of difficult (perhaps even impossible) to make untainted money. and sure, it's sometimes not wise to bite the hand that feeds you. but how does that translate into one *personally* identifying with an industry? nobody ever said you were a bad *person*, to my knowledge. now, if you want to argue that advertising is in some way efficacious, then have it. but the simple fact that you happen to work in the industry is none too convincing. this makes no sense. why, if there isn't enough robyn content, do you "lurk and lurk and lurk"? why don't you *initiate* some robyn-related threads? this list is nothing if not active. if people are interested, they'll jump in with abandon. 1. last i checked matt and myself were two different individuals. is there a compelling reason why we should have the exact same thoughts about a topic? and if we did, why would there be a reason for us both to post them? 2. what is it about the two statements that strike you as contradictory (or even, non-complementary)? 3. matt was stating an opinion, i was stating a fact. *of course* the two statements are not going to be word-for-word. 4. while i appreciate matt's passion, i do disagree that advertising is "the root cause of much of the world's unhappiness". that would be capitalism, without which there'd be no need advertising in the first place. KEN "If we can't sell you something" THE KENSTER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:52:38 -0700 (PDT) From: delia winthorpe Subject: Re: Tampon ad all I can say is "oh my god!" just like when i saw the south park movie and the part about how can you trust something that bleeds for five days... geezus! i've been in lurk mode for months - i'm going back into lurk mode for good. d ps: i'm sure this is a prank, but i'm a little pissed off (and it takes alot to make that happen). i am unsubscribing RIGHT NOW. - --- Sinclair Abdul wrote: > Hello, my name is Sinclair and I have known of Robyn Hitchcock for > some time > now. Isn't he a talented musician? I think he's great. I recently > quite > my job as a washing machine repair man to become the director of > advertising > for a small but growing tampon company. It's great work. The reason > I'm > writing now is because I was wondering if anyone knew if Mr. > Hitchcock would > be interesting in doing a jingle for one of our commercials. We > would be > interested in licensing his song "The Unpleasant Stain," which is > also the > name of one of our new product lines. We feel making women more > insecure > about their bodies will sell more product. Any help would be greatly > > appreceiated and compensated. > Best Regards > Sinclair Abdul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 09:24:37 BST From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Capitalist Stooge I'd just like to say I am in no way responsible for the pro-advertising part of this mail. Just the bit about Hitler-bashing and arms... Cheers Matt PS Godwin's law? >On 4/3/2000 5:05 AM, matt sewell wrote: > > >>This Capitalist Stooge is veeeeeeeeeeeeery bored with this discusion. >And > >>as > >>a writer/editor of television commercials that air all over the country >(I > >>am > >>positive that some of you have seen my work), I take offense to >advertising > >>bashing. > >> > >>I'm really not interested in hearing about other people's economic and > >>social > >>philosophies, but I forgot which list I'm on. It has a reputation for > >>being > >>everything except a Hitchcock list, which is why I lurk and lurk and >lurk, > >>and along with many others, wonder why I'm even here. > > > > > >You take offense to advertising bashing?! > >I'm sorry, I can't believe that... it's gotta be in the same league as > >Hitler bashing or arms-dealer bashing! > >BING BING BING!!! We have a winner, folks!! This discussion has just >fallen under Godwin's Law, which of course, means it's over. > >-tc ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 02:11:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Tampon ad I didn't think Mr. Abdul's post was at all funny or even amusing. I didn't think anything of it at all... On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, delia winthorpe wrote: > all I can say is "oh my god!" > just like when i saw the south park movie and the part about how can > you trust something that bleeds for five days... And this was just, to me, someone saying "Boyo, THAT caught me off guard. HA!" but... > geezus! i've been in lurk mode for months - i'm going back into lurk > mode for good. Huh? > ps: i'm sure this is a prank, but i'm a little pissed off (and it > takes alot to make that happen). i am unsubscribing RIGHT NOW. But this. This is just fucking funny. I laughed hard at this. "I'd better get my head right back in the sand! People are too offensive!" Byee. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:57:58 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Kimberly Rew-view from AMG Artist: Kimberly Rew Album Title: Tunnel into Summer Date of Release: Mar 21, 2000 AMG Rating: **** If you had to predict what a Kimberley Rew solo album would sound like (and this one is his formal debut, discounting the 1982 compilation The Bible of Bop), based on his tenure in the Soft Boys and Katrina and the Waves you would figure that it would contain some good songs – this is the man who wrote "Walking on Sunshine" and "Going Down to Liverpool" – and have some good, chiming guitar playing. But, since Rew took a back seat to Robyn Hitchcock in the Soft Boys and to Katrina Leskanich in Katrina and the Waves, you might expect that he wouldn’t be much of a singer or frontman. The surprise of Tunnel into Summer, therefore, is that he turns out to be an entirely competent singer, sounding like a somewhat more engaged Hitchcock with his pronounced English accent. He doesn’t have the presence as a singer that experience gives you, but he has no trouble carrying a tune, and he sings his own lyrics enthusiastically. Not surprisingly, the other elements in his music are in place: The guitars do dominate the pop-rock arrangements, and they ring out pleasantly; and there are several excellent songs. There may not be any hits-in-the-making like "Walking on Sunshine," but the catchy opening number, "Simple Pleasures," and "Plas yn Rhiw" (a British geography title as unfriendly to American ears as Paul McCartney’s "Mull of Kintyre") deserve to join the short list of the songwriter’s best efforts. Also not surprising is that, as a solo artist, Rew splits the difference in terms of style between his two major group affiliations. His solo music recalls the work of the Soft Boys and Hitchcock’s solo work, and given that ex-Soft Boy Andy Metcalfe produced and played on many of the tracks and that Hitchcock also guested on a few, that’s to be expected. But Rew is not interested in the same lyrical conundrums that Hitchcock explores so obsessively. His writing is optimistic, not convoluted, which recalls the more overtly pop songs he contributed to Katrina and the Waves. It may be that the result won’t quite please Hitchcock or Katrina fans, but with this release Rew deserves to start gathering some fans of his own. -- William Ruhlmann ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:36:38 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Um, errr . . . Yes, I am sober and embarrassed. But thanks to all the kind Fegs who emailed me and called me so quickly. Wow. Randi is right -- you people can be tremendously supportive. I feel better know -- just a weird depression thing which was building and all came to a head. I should learn to cope with stress in some other way than push it aside and put it off until it avalanches on my head, which is also the way I cleaned my bedroom closet as a kid. Gene, Dolph, Marcy -- thanks as well. When I went through the great Feg Name Listing of 2000, I left you off accidentally, but you were still there with the kind word. (Gene! You scamp, I didn't think you were on the list regularly any more.) So again, thank you. I'm sure I can go back to my regularly scheduled ranting about Danny Elfman and U2 now.... - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:21:28 EDT From: BLATZMAN@aol.com Subject: miserable lie Well, I guess I shouldn't get so worked up over the advertising bashing thing. After all, I love my job and enjoy going to work. How many people work in more honorable fields and just hate what they are doing? After all, I get to write scripts part of the time, then go in to an edit bay and produce/edit spots that will piss off people all over the country. And I can be home in time for dinner. Our stuff isn't that rinky-dink local cable stuff either. We soot 35mm film, baby. My time in advertising has been the most rewarding job I have ever had. It's more enjoyable than working on Biography, where I cut Dorothy Dandrige and Dinah Shore, and assited on John Wayne, Bill Robinson, Small Steps Big Strides(1 hour special on the history of African Americans in film), to name a few. And believe me, Biography was a WONDERFUL experience. And because of this horrible thing called advertising, I have access to a wonderful recording studio where I can work on my music. And hopefully edit an ultra-low budget feature starting in a month. Sure, I'll work for free again, but I enjoy the creative process so much that it's worth it. So I guess we can all have a laugh about asking Robyn for the rights to one of his songs for a commercial. But at least I have apirations of using his work in films someday. And I am working toward that goal. I guess I should get back to my job. There are minds to bend, people to fuck with, bored housewives just waiting for a reason to go out and spend spend spend! I really do love my work. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:31:19 -0700 From: Eb Subject: attn: Jason, James, Quail, Mary, etc.... Subject: King Crimson to Release The ConstruKction of Light Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 11:04:17 -0700 For Immediate Release King Crimson "The ConstruKction Of Light" Release date: 8th May 2000 on Virgin Records "King Crimson is, as always, more a way of doing things. When there is nothing to be done, nothing is done: Crimson disappears. When there is music to be played, Crimson reappears. If all of life were this simple." - - Robert Fripp At the sharpest point of rock's cutting edge for more than three decades King Crimson has reinvented itself once again with the release of the new studio album The ConstruKction Of Light. Featuring a leaner, pared down sound and a new line-up to match, The ConstruKction Of Light is the band's 12th studio album and the first since 1995's critically acclaimed THRAK. The new line-up of Robert Fripp (guitar), Adrian Belew (guitar, lead vocals), Trey Gunn (touch guitar) and Pat Mastelotto (drums) is, according to Robert Fripp "a Double Duo and/or a Quartet. It is also four soloists, four trios and six duettists". This concentration of musical powers allows for great flexibility, supple interplay and a renewed simplicity that is the hallmark of the album. Projecting forward the musical energy of Crimsons' past which has so influenced 90's bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Tool, The ConstruKction Of Light builds on the band's experience of working over the last three years in various offshoot Crimson ProjeKcts - small mobile units permutating both personnel and approach, playing live improvised music and acting as R&D units for the main band. The new line-up's experimental alter-existence ProjeKct X contributes a bonus track, Heaven and Earth, at the end of the album which in turn owes much to Fripp's solo improvised Soundscapes and the 1998 album Gates of Paradise in particular. Such are the layers within layers of Crimson's development since THRAK. The ConstruKction Of Light reconciles multiple perspectives of King Crimson, from the mutant Delta voodoo of ProzaKc Blues and the polyrhythmic overlays of the title track to the colliding lines of Frying Pan and Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part 4 (the latter featuring a transformed quote from 1974's Red). One common feature is the extent to which the musicians are immersed in electronics whilst at the same time transcending it: performing in real time, treatments and textures others have to programme, whilst preserving the interaction only live musicians of this calibre can achieve. Perhaps technology has finally caught up with King Crimson! The only band of its generation and one of the very few of any period to be continually influential and innovative throughout its career, King Crimson's musical adventure continues with a European tour beginning in Copenhagen on May 27th. Crimson plans to perform in Japan and the US later in the year. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:17:15 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: attn: Jason, James, Quail, Mary, etc.... On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Eb wrote: the dmwbot wishes to publicly and gratefully acknowledge Eb's timely and informative postings, in re: Donner Party reissues, King Crimson activities, and a wide range of other subjects as well. the dmwbot will continue to take discussion offlist that it feels is of less than general interest, or not part of an ongoing thread with multiple contributors. - -- d. n.p. sensorband _area/puls_ ...taking "difficult listening" into a whole new dimension. i had to start playing this on headphones (in my single office) because some of the frequencies were causing my co-workers to think that serious hardware failures were imminent. not, unfortunately, nearly as interesting as the show we did with them. - - 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: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 13:57:09 PDT From: "Sector 7-G" Subject: eb all over the world anybody got a copy of that dmitri ehrlich interviews book from a few years back? Behind The Music, i think it was called. if so, could ya e-mail me offlist? the book seems to have disappeared entirely (or i've botched the author's name and the title both). High Fidelity: pretty decent, though i'm really getting pretty sick of joan and john cusack being cast in the same movie. hmm...come to think of it, i think i'm getting sick of joan cusack being cast in *any* movie, period. damn, she's annoying. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:14:39 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: High Fidelity (was, of course, eb all over the world) In a message dated 4/4/00 2:00:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, feg666@hotmail.com writes: << High Fidelity: pretty decent, though i'm really getting pretty sick of joan and john cusack being cast in the same movie. hmm...come to think of it, i think i'm getting sick of joan cusack being cast in *any* movie, period. damn, she's annoying. >> Saw it yesterday. Loved it, of course! But I would. I couldn't be less tired of Joan Cusack being in, let's face it, John Cusack's movies. I thought she played Liz quite well and that she was awesome as Martin Grosse's office manager (I guess you'd call her?) in "Grosse Point Blank." I feel much more neutral about her part in "Say Anything," but whatever. - -----Michael "I wish I had a Dick 'n' Barry" K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:46:58 -0400 From: Larry Tucker Subject: Robyn Hitchcock's Largo Show This is a really cool deal with the free disk space. So I've taken a cue from Bayard, jumped in and loaded up a Robyn Hitchcock show I have that was recorded at The Largo in LA, April 4, 1999. I didn't post a text doc, but the details are Robyn with Grant Lee Phillips, Neil Finn and Jon Brion. http://mp3.freediskspace.com/Folders/1859261/ to get to the shared folder, then the password is Feg2 You will have to register at http://mp3.freediskspace.com to gain access though. Hope others follow with their shows to share. Enjoy and tell me of any problems. - -Tucker ------------------------------ Date: 4 Apr 2000 14:41:05 -0700 From: "John Barrington Jones" Subject: stuck at the water fountain.... > i think i'm getting sick of joan cusack being cast in *any* movie, >period. damn, she's annoying. For me, it's the head gear she wore in "Sixteen Candles." Nowadays, no matter what kind of role she's in, even if it's a supporting role in a serious heady film, I can still see the headgear on her. It's as if they tried to airbrush it off the print, but you know it's still there. Speaking of trying to get rid of something, but it is still there (mua ha ha ha), the new Chumbawamba album, WYSIWYG, was released today. Those of you capitalist bashers [1] who enjoyed their oeuvre before "Tubthumping" came out will be happy to know, that they are back to their old explicit style of writing (I liken the difference between Chumbawamba's earlier lyrics and the "Tubthumping" album to the difference between Tori Amos' "Little Earthquake" and "Boys For Pele"). Unfortunately, the arrangements are still reminiscent of songs from "Tubthumping", but at least they are less techno-sounding. I give it a hearty thumbs-up! I have a cd-r of it taken from mp3's I got off USENET several months ago, which I no longer need now that I have purchased the "real mc coy" [2]. If you want it (the cdr knockoff), drop me a line. John ____________________________________________________________________ [1] here I am referring to people who dislike the capitalist system, as opposed to capitalists who like to go around perpetrating acts of mayhem and destruction [2] here I am referring to De Forrest Kelley. Accept no imitations!! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #87 ******************************