From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #166 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, June 23 2000 Volume 09 : Number 166 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Who could've guessed THIS one? (0% RH, 100 % MNF) ["Randy R." ] Re: a plea [Tom Clark ] Re: gary burghoff all over the world [Bayard ] RE: a plea [Natalie Jacobs ] RE: a plea [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: Who could've guessed THIS one? (0% RH, 100 % MNF) [johann johann ] Re: "This is a French fireman's hat" (or, gnat goes to see some E6 ba nds) [steve ] Re: icons -- 50% Titus Groan content ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: icons -- 50% Titus Groan content [" Brian Hoare" ] Re: What? No Rush? ;) [overbury@cn.ca] what, unca lou isn't in already!? [dmw ] Unscrupulous capitalism... ["matt sewell" ] Re: what, unca lou isn't in already!? [Ken Ostrander ] Re: Unscrupulous capitalism... [Ken Ostrander ] Re: quote "best show I have ever seen" ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: gary burghoff all over the world [Eb ] Re: What? No Alan Alda? ;) [Jason Thornton ] Re: King Tut's Tomb ["elizabeth " ] "U betta watch your ass" [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Tonight (in Portland) [Vivien Lyon ] Tonight (in Portland) [Vivien Lyon ] Eb: the musical [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: Tonight (in Portland) [MARKEEFE@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:23:32 -0700 From: "Randy R." Subject: Who could've guessed THIS one? (0% RH, 100 % MNF) Thursday, June 22 Dennis Miller a surprise addition to MNF ESPN.com news services NEW YORK -- Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller will join play-by-play announcer Al Michaels as analysts in ABC's NFL Monday Night Football broadcast booth, and Melissa Stark and Eric Dickerson will be the sideline reporters for the popular program, producer Don Ohlmeyer announced Thursday. "Our goal is to provide a more enjoyable program for the viewers, and this combination of talent is the start," said Ohlmeyer. "We have a lot of work to do, since these people have not worked together previously, and that effort begins tomorrow. Dennis Miller, second from left, is known for his humor and biting wit on "Saturday Night Live" and "HBO's Dennis Miller Live." "What we want to accomplish is to have a team with distinctive voices, distinctive personalities and distinctive points of view." Fouts, a Hall of Fame quarterback who starred for the San Diego Chargers, has been working as an NFL analyst for years. But Miller is a surprise selection, having gained fame as a comedian first on Saturday Night Live and most recently as an off-beat late-night talk-show host on HBO. "Al is the best play-by-play announcer in the business," Ohlmeyer said of the new team. "He has an extraordinary ability to communicate with the viewer and is the engine that drives the MNF telecast. "Dan is a proven professional whose broadcasting skills, in my opinion, will be appreciated on a broader stage. The chemistry between Al and Dan in our workout sessions elevated each of their performances, and I could sense the excitement both felt in working together. "Both Al and I were amazed at the breadth and depth of Dennis' knowledge of football, especially for someone who 'never played the game.' I know he will bring a different and unique perspective to our telecast. Wow, I'm befuddled. Vince ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:25:29 -0700 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: a plea Has anyone, anyone at all, bought Randi a ticket for the Portland show tomorrow?? n. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:46:32 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: a plea On 6/22/2000 4:25 PM, Natalie Jacobs wrote: >Has anyone, anyone at all, bought Randi a ticket for the Portland show >tomorrow?? Are they going quickly? Chris nor I have tix to either Portland or Seattle. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:48:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: gary burghoff all over the world > cornered robyn and forced him to autograph all manner of > stuff -- which he's only going to sell on ebay after. may i respectfully request that we refer to this site by its full name, "EvilBay". > --check out the grant lee phillips message board, if you haven't already. > . his fans have some not kind > things to say about robyn's contributions to his (grant's) songs. (so far > as i am aware, they've not yet held forth concerning robyn's contributions > to his own songs.) i am looking at it but can't find anything uncomplimentary about robyn. maybe they removed it? FegDream! I dreamed I saw the Claudine Longet thing, but it was more like one of those Hollywood half-hour "news" shows. Eb was doing a "Special Report" on Claudine, but he looked like a tan Chris Franz! With grey hair! "Eb doesn't look like that," I mused to myself. He also referred to himself as "Gatsby the Great". Musta been something I ate... COVERS! Robyn has done hundreds! Some of the songs listed here are covers: http://www.alternatech.net/jh3/robyn/base/songs.asp?qq=2 Sometimes Robyn's covers are off the mark, but they are sometimes brilliant and almost always interesting. I love his versions of "Charlotte Anne" and "Dominoes". "More than This" and "The Ghost in You" re good. One rendition of "Chinese White" had Aidan Merritt himself gushing with praise (for those who might not now, Aidan is sort of an Eb to the nth power. no 20-pt scale though) oh, and cirrus minor - "Give us a cuppa tea Rog". For someone who doesn't like post-barrett floyd, robyn talks more about roger waters than anyone i know. GARY "charles ogden stiers to play Eb in a major motion picture event!" BURGHOFF ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:50:10 -0700 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: RE: a plea I don't know. I was going to truck down to the Aladdin after work today if no-one else answered re. Randi - should I pick up tickets for all of you guys? (You'll owe me $14.) Answer soon, I'm leaving e-mail range at 5. Cheers! n. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Clark [mailto:tclark@apple.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:47 PM > To: Natalie Jacobs; 'fegmaniax@smoe.org' > Subject: Re: a plea > > > On 6/22/2000 4:25 PM, Natalie Jacobs wrote: > > >Has anyone, anyone at all, bought Randi a ticket for the > Portland show > >tomorrow?? > > Are they going quickly? Chris nor I have tix to either Portland or > Seattle. > > -tc > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:52:35 -0700 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: RE: a plea Oh, and I just called the Aladdin, and "their mailbox is full." Whee. Sorry to spam the list with this. n. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Clark [mailto:tclark@apple.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:47 PM > To: Natalie Jacobs; 'fegmaniax@smoe.org' > Subject: Re: a plea > > > On 6/22/2000 4:25 PM, Natalie Jacobs wrote: > > >Has anyone, anyone at all, bought Randi a ticket for the > Portland show > >tomorrow?? > > Are they going quickly? Chris nor I have tix to either Portland or > Seattle. > > -tc > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:21:24 -0400 From: johann johann Subject: Re: Who could've guessed THIS one? (0% RH, 100 % MNF) >NEW YORK -- Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller will join play-by-play announcer Al >Michaels as analysts in ABC's NFL Monday Night Football broadcast booth, and >Melissa Stark and Eric Dickerson will be the sideline reporters for the >popular program, producer Don Ohlmeyer announced Thursday. or, as sean mcdounough and jerry remy (red sox tv announcers) put it, "al calls the plays, dan analyzes them and dennis ridicules dan's analysis." +w ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:28:42 -0400 From: johann johann Subject: Robyn Hitchcock, Grant-Lee Phillips Team Up To Push Net-Only LPs From SonicNet Music News Of The World (http://www.sonicnet.com/news) - ------------------------------------------------------------- Robyn Hitchcock, Grant-Lee Phillips Team Up To Push Net-Only LPs Singer/songwriters touring West Coast in support of latest releases. Contributing Editor Jenny Slater reports Tues., June 20, 7:51 PM EDT - -------------------------------------------------------------- Fans who don't purchase a CD from singer/songwriters Robyn Hitchcock and Grant-Lee Phillips during the joint West Coast tour will have to go online if they want one. The veterans of major-label contracts released their most recent albums exclusively on the Internet. Phillips, formerly of the band Grant Lee Buffalo, is offering his Ladies' Love Oracle at www.grantleephillips.com; Hitchcock's A Star for Bram is available at www.robynhitchcock.com. Other than their mutual embrace of the Internet, it might seem the two have little in common. The quirky Hitchcock is known for his quasi-psychedelic sounds and obscurely disturbing lyrics, while Phillips has developed a fanbase with lush indie-rock ballads. "We first met just when Grant Lee Buffalo was beginning to tour, in the early '90s," Phillips said. "Over the years he's repeatedly come to Los Angeles, and we've been able to improvise together onstage many times." The two grew close while playing together at the now-famous Friday cabaret nights at the Largo in Los Angeles, hosted by piano virtuoso Jon Brion. "One thing led to another," Phillips said, "as it sometimes does. But this is not an elaborate tour — we called to see about getting a piano for each show, and I called a few places, and Robyn called a few places." Promise Of Spontaneity The outing kicks off Tuesday (June 20) at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Phillips' background in improv comedy may serve him well during shows with Hitchcock, whose fans turn out to hear his bizarre between-song stories as much as his frequent "customization" of lyrics as he goes along. "He's often more likely to sing a song that he made up in his car on the way to the show," said Phillips, who nixed one of Hitchcock's promotional ideas: customized traffic cones. "He thought he could autograph them, and that he'd become known as the Prince of Cones. He felt really strongly about it." Hitchcock also feels strongly about no longer being on a major label. He recently ended a relationship with Warner Bros. "There were just so many different people for whom I needed to be making money," Hitchcock said. "[Leaving Warner Bros.] coincided, for me, with labels being increasingly accountancy-driven. I mean, labels have never been charities. They've always talked about talent and artists and all that crap, but now they are basically, entirely, there to make money. It's now become impossible — well, maybe 'pointless' is a better word — for someone like me to be on a major label. "It's not as though people like me don't want to sell any records," he continued, "it's just that it's not primarily why we're in the business." He's not worried about a dwindling audience, now that Warner Bros. isn't there to promote his releases. "There are people who've followed my adventures for so long that they want to find out what the next one's going to be. ... I have what Nick Lowe described as a small but perfectly formed audience." Hardcore Fans Will Want 'The Real Thing' Hitchcock is similarly unconcerned about people trading MP3s of his material online, despite all the controversy over Napster and other file-sharing software. "People who like my stuff probably want to have it, the real thing, anyway, because it's a small, personal relic they can keep," he said. "That applies to the hardcore fans of anybody, and my fans tend to be sort of hardcore, or not at all." Phillips is also untroubled by the lack of major-label commitment. His previous band was dropped by Slash/Reprise last year, and his recent solo effort was released on his label, Magnetic Field Recordings. Though he hasn't ruled out a relationship with a larger label, he's found the transition from the majors to the minors to be surprisingly easy. "A lot of people came out of the woodwork to help me," Phillips said. "Even people at the mega-stores said, yeah, I like what you do, I'll help get this out. There are still plenty of people in the music industry who are there for the right reasons." After Tuesday's show, the duo will hit San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on Wednesday; Sweetwater in Mill Valley, Calif., on Thursday; Alladin in Portland, Ore., on Friday; and the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle on Saturday. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:03:30 -0600 From: hbrandt Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock, Grant-Lee Phillips Team Up To Push Net-Only LPs > >From SonicNet Music News Of The World (http://www.sonicnet.com/news) > Phillips, who nixed one of Hitchcock's promotional > ideas: customized traffic cones. > > "He thought he could autograph them, and that he'd become known as the > Prince of Cones. He felt really strongly about it." How dare Grant nix the next Cone Series! The fool!! http://www5.palmnet.net/~mrrunion/cones.htm /hal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:03:42 -0700 From: Eb Subject: King Tut's Tomb >Phillips' background in improv comedy Huh...never heard about this before. Was Grant Lee a Groundling or something?? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:10:46 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: "This is a French fireman's hat" (or, gnat goes to see some E6 ba nds) Natalie Jacobs: >If you wanna see a truly ugly band, have a gander at Elf Power... but don't they shine with inner beauty? - - Steve _______________ We're all Jesus, Buddha, and the Wizard of Oz! - Andy Partridge ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:58:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Who could've guessed THIS one? (0% RH, 100 % MNF) "Randy R." wrote: > Thursday, June 22 > Dennis Miller a surprise addition to MNF > > ESPN.com news services > > NEW YORK -- Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller will join play-by-play > announcer Al Michaels as analysts in ABC's NFL Monday Night Football > broadcast booth, and Melissa Stark and Eric Dickerson will be the > sideline reporters for the popular program, producer Don Ohlmeyer > announced Thursday. > > "Our goal is to provide a more enjoyable program for the viewers, and > this combination of talent is the start," said Ohlmeyer. "We have a > lot of work to do, since these people have not worked together > previously, and that effort begins tomorrow. > > Dennis Miller, second from left, is known for his humor and biting > wit on "Saturday Night Live" and "HBO's Dennis Miller Live." well, that they audiditioned rash bimbo was a sign that they were looking for a non-football person in one of the booth roles, so the hiring of miller shouldn't be THAT much of a stunner. that he had the discretion to not announce to the world he'd tried out is a sign that unlike bimbo, if he was to get the job he wanted to impress the powers, not just have his followers (does dennis miller have followers? not fans but idiots who suck him up as the world of god) besiege them with crap. and fouts has been doing saturday college football for abc for 3-4 years now, so that's not that big a surprise. i'm just glad they got rid of lesley visser. not so much for her reporting, but her ludicrous fashion sense made it impossible to pay attention to anything she was saying. and stark is quite good, and dickerson is very articulate (especially for an SMU grad) and sounds like a good idea too. not if they'd get rid of hank williams jr and get a better theme song. perhaps robyn has something that'll work..... ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:44:11 -0700 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: quote "best show I have ever seen" Ok, I brought my friend Erica to the Sweetwater show, and she said it was the best concert she had ever seen. There were 4, count them, 4 sets in a row, and the last set Rpbyn danced as they sang a David Bowie medley! eleanore ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:53:35 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: icons -- 50% Titus Groan content "Thomas, Ferris" wrote: > > (though I don't think the > protaganist is going to wind up being a terribly sympathetic character). this is exactly what the British critics made of it; there was no-one in it you could actually like. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:21:47 -0700 From: Eb Subject: What? No Rush? ;) [fragment from CDNow news] ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL NOMINEE LIST TO 31 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame balloting reached the semi-final stage this week. The 635 eligible artists have been whittled down to 31 potential nominees, and sources say that the music industry voters have been asked to select the final 15 to appear on the ballot from this list: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Jackson Browne, Solomon Burke, Chicago, Dick Dale, Miles Davis, the Dells, the Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Brenda Lee, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MC5, Willie Nelson, New York Dolls, the O'Jays, Gram Parsons, Gene Pitney, Queen, Lou Reed, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Patti Smith, Steely Dan, the Stooges, Donna Summer, Richie Valens, and Tom Waits. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:34:52 -0700 From: " Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: icons -- 50% Titus Groan content >> (though I don't think the >> protaganist is going to wind up being a terribly sympathetic character). > >this is exactly what the British critics made of it; there was no-one in >it you could actually like. > > Stewart > The characters work so much better in the book, where there is time to give them real depth. The joy, to me, in Gormenghast is the in the descriptive writing. The characters are almost all grotesques (Keda, Thing excepted) but they are so exquisitly drawn that you become attached to them. As Peake fans we watched the series to the end, mostly to see how bits where done. I can't see how people who don't know the book would get hooked, but if you did like the series you _must_ read the books. We taped the series so that our 8 year old daughter Fuchsia could see it, too bad the Foo in the adaptation was wrong! The characters that are most like those in the book are the Prunesquallers and the twins. Mr B. - --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:46:48 -0400 From: mad Subject: live internet music This sounds like fun - http://www.digitalclubnetwork.com/dcf/dcf.html Be sure to click on 200 acts to see who is playing. s.Mary np Joy Division Unknown Pleasures ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:49:20 -0400 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: What? No Rush? ;) > [fragment from CDNow news] > > ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL > NOMINEE LIST TO 31 > [snip] > ..., Miles Davis, ... Note to self: move Davis CDs to rock section - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:07:05 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: what, unca lou isn't in already!? On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Eb wrote: > [fragment from CDNow news] > > ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL > NOMINEE LIST TO 31 hang on, how many folks have already been inducted total? there are five or six folks on that list that i'm shocked aren't in already, probably topped by reed and smith, though i would've thought parsons' 'beautiful corpse' status would've got him in in an LA minute, too. - -- d. np plumtree _this day won't last at all_ again - - 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: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:14:48 BST From: "matt sewell" Subject: Unscrupulous capitalism... Hi all found this whilst cruising evilbay... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=365322220 anyone else think this is a bit out of order? Cheers Matt ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:15:33 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: what, unca lou isn't in already!? >> [fragment from CDNow news] >> >> ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL >> NOMINEE LIST TO 31 > >hang on, how many folks have already been inducted total? there are five >or six folks on that list that i'm shocked aren't in already, probably >topped by reed and smith, though i would've thought parsons' 'beautiful >corpse' status would've got him in in an LA minute, too. the velvet underground was inducted in '96. i'm going to see mr. reed tonight. check out the complete list: http://www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp ken "envisioning a new paradigm" the kenster np the (international) noise conspiracy survival sickness ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:33:48 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: Unscrupulous capitalism... yeah, and this frodisroom@aol.com has absolutely zero comments. i wonder if there's a way to log in as someone new, bid one thousand dollars and never pay... >found this whilst cruising evilbay... > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=365322220 > >anyone else think this is a bit out of order? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:26:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: quote "best show I have ever seen" - --- Eleanore Adams wrote: > Ok, I brought my friend Erica to the Sweetwater show, and she said it > was the best concert she had ever seen. There were 4, count them, 4 sets > in a row, and the last set Rpbyn danced as they sang a David Bowie > medley! Did Robyn's "dancing" remind anyone else of Jarvis Cocker? Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:15:47 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: What? No Rush? ;) Ross: >> ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL >> NOMINEE LIST TO 31 >> [snip] >> ..., Miles Davis, ... > >Note to self: move Davis CDs to rock section Miles has certainly *influenced* rock music, so I don't object to his inclusion. I'm sure you could find some other inductees/candidates of this nature (country-western, pre-rock 'n' roll doo wop, etc.). Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:29:32 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: gary burghoff all over the world >FegDream! I dreamed I saw the Claudine Longet thing, but it was more like >one of those Hollywood half-hour "news" shows. Eb was doing a "Special >Report" on Claudine, but he looked like a tan Chris Franz! With grey >hair! "Eb doesn't look like that," I mused to myself. He also referred >to himself as "Gatsby the Great". Musta been something I ate... You scary. ;) Am I the only person on this list who has never had a dream even *remotely* related to Fegmania's population and/or discussions? >"More than This" and "The Ghost in You are good. Yeah? I'm not fond of either one at all...not because Robyn camps them up, but because the versions I heard were just so *pallid*. "More Than This" is the worst track on the Greatest Hits compilation. Almost non-existent, like Robyn's singing himself to sleep. I can't believe this B-side made the cut, and "Watch Your Intelligence" didn't. (And I never liked the Psychedelic Furs, anyway.) >GARY "charles ogden stiers to play Eb in a major motion picture event!" >BURGHOFF For years, I've pictured myself cinematically portrayed by Judge Reinhold. He just fits, somehow. ;) Eb http://members.tripod.com/gary_burghoff/ http://www.thebranflakes.com/mofo/claudine/main.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:44:45 -0700 From: Jason Thornton Subject: Re: What? No Alan Alda? ;) At 01:15 PM 6/23/00 -0700, Eb wrote: >Ross: > >> ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WHITTLES DOWN POTENTIAL > >> NOMINEE LIST TO 31 > >> [snip] > >> ..., Miles Davis, ... > > > >Note to self: move Davis CDs to rock section > >Miles has certainly *influenced* rock music, so I don't object to his >inclusion. I'm sure you could find some other inductees/candidates of this >nature (country-western, pre-rock 'n' roll doo wop, etc.). Plus, I've seen "Bitches Brew" make a few of those "Top 100 Rock Albums of All Time" sorts of lists you find in magazines like "Rolling Stone." It is considered part of the rock "canon" by many. Davis was hardly a jazz purist, and played a vital role in popularizing the fusion of rock and jazz elements in music. Just move the post-69 stuff from jazz over to rock... This reminds me of why I never set up an "Ambient" category in my CD collection - I didn't want to split up my Eno. - --Jason "I once had a dream about Eb coming over to my house and wanting to watch 'Star Trek: Insurrection'" Thornton ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:03:19 -0400 From: "elizabeth " Subject: Re: King Tut's Tomb - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Eb >>Phillips' background in improv comedy > >Huh...never heard about this before. Was Grant Lee a Groundling or something?? The reference may have been to something more deeply rooted than this, but about two years ago Grant cohosted a series of variety shows with Mary Lynn Rajskub at Largo, which involved a lot of sketch comedy. He was quite funny - I still fondly remember his Huell Howser impersonation, and a multimedia skit involving a high-speed chase that he and Mary Lynn did. He occasionally appears at Largo's comedy night on Mondays, but I haven't seen any of those performances. - -- Elizabeth ************ listen to SmartToons Radio at http://www.fringehead.com/smarttoons - -- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:35:02 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: "U betta watch your ass" So, reeling in a sleep deprived stupor, I am seething in the syrup of icky earworms. I am becoming irritated that the caffein of the past two days, complete absence of rest, the stress of a job that is now burning out of control coupled with having participated against my will in a government mind control experiment the past two evenings. "Take her in yer arms 'n' rock yer baby" is repeating in the long, wide, deep recesses of my skull. Nearly synced to this synapse splitting cacophony is the mental image of a man who is of tallish build spastically jerking to and fro, with arms moving almost completely at random. It is a dance better performed to a John Cage work. "Take her in yer arms 'n' rock yer baby" hammers at machinery in my head much as an earworm clusterbomb would tend to, only so far it has left the important real estate unharmed. "Take her in yer arms 'n' rock yer baby" is still shattering everything breakable left in my head that survived the freak drafting accident that caused a t-square to be lodged in my somewhat important frontal lobe. And who could forget the Lithia Braenema that went horribly wrong. Well, the upshot is that I have to think of "The Candyman" and that "My name is Michael, I got a nickel" oh, and "I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key," songs to try to get that stewpid song out of my head. Sleep may be out of the question until I can do that. Oh god, now it's a medely. Happies, - -Mark "this two by four feels good against my head" Gloster ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:37:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Tonight (in Portland) Hello- Just wanted to briefly let all interested parties know that Jeme, Chris, and Tom will be at Paola's, right next to the Aladdin Theater, at about 5:15 or so. I will be joining them around 6. Cynthia, please let me know if you still need a ticket. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:05:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Tonight (in Portland) Hello- Just wanted to briefly let all interested parties know that Jeme, Chris, and Tom will be at Paola's, right next to the Aladdin Theater, at about 5:15 or so. I will be joining them around 6. Cynthia, please let me know if you still need a ticket. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:15:22 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Eb: the musical Chris Elliot with a toothache and painful rectal itch in the role of a lifetime as the music media information maven: Eb. I think this could do better than _Planet of the Apes: the Musical_, and may even give the summer blockbuster _The Eddie Tews Story_, over which I think Jon Waters and the Coens were fighting over the rights. I think Spike Lee is the one who got it. Hope this helps your summer movie viewing plans, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:31:09 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: Tonight (in Portland) In a message dated 6/23/00 2:44:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, vivlyon@yahoo.com writes: << Just wanted to briefly let all interested parties know that Jeme, Chris, and Tom will be at Paola's, right next to the Aladdin Theater, at about 5:15 or so. I will be joining them around 6. Cynthia, please let me know if you still need a ticket. >> Damn! Does this preclude (or even occlude) a post-concert gathering possibility? Play that by ear? Wait and see? Pretend like there won't be a post-show gathering until you guys see me driving off in my car and *then* all go out for drinks?!? I knew it! Bastards! ;-) See y'all at the show :-) - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #166 *******************************