From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #172 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, June 28 2000 Volume 09 : Number 172 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Bottom Line MP3 FTP status ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: Eb all over the depraved Sunset Strip [Eb ] clearing a metaphorical throat ["jbranscombe@compuserve.com" ] too much time to think, too little to do [tim fuller and randi spiegel <] Re: Bangles EP ["J. Brown" ] menandwomeninblack [tim fuller and randi spiegel ] Re: Bangles EP [Eb ] stop me before I post again! [tim fuller and randi spiegel ] Bottom Line MP3 FTP back up for now ["Brian Huddell" ] Portland Stores [Michael Wolfe ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:51:33 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: Bottom Line MP3 FTP status Stupidly I had no clue that there would be so much demand for the Bottom Line MP3s. It's not going to be practical for me to keep my server open to so much traffic, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that whoever wants them gets them. As I write I am uploading the the files to my account at myspace.com where I will make them available in a shared folder for as long as people are interested. If you already have a myspace.com account all you will need is the URL for the shared folder and the password. I'll post those later today. If you don't have an account with myspace.com and you want these files you should consider getting an account. It's free, really, and they don't send you unsolicited email if you say you don't want it. They do put ads in a window that you can easily minimize when you are downloading files. I don't work for them or anything and I assume they are in league with Satan, but this has been a successful way of sharing files with friends and clients for a few months now so I think it will work. If you can't get it to work or you just hate it, email me directly and I'll schedule a download with you. And obviously if someone has a better idea or 125 megs on an FTP server let me know. I'll post the URL and password soon. - -brian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:47:56 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Eb all over the depraved Sunset Strip Drew: >> the Birthday Party without chuckling at what >> fruity, pretentious twits they are. > >But that's what makes Bauhaus so much fun! > >> Then, Andrew "Goth is *fun*!!" > >It *IS*! Dude, you're a complex dude. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:47:20 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: clearing a metaphorical throat Forgive the bitty nature of this post. I've been working my bollocks off, and am catching up with everything here. Am currently playing Friar Tuck in a production of Robin Hood (hey, spooky initials and name coincidence...) Anyone with 7-12 year old kids who lives in the London area and wants to come and see it, give me a shout off-list. It runs until Aug 19th. (Won't be able to go on River Lee trip because of it...Bah!!) Disagree with gNat on recommended Blegvad stuff. Think Hangman's Hill is superior to Just Woke Up, and reckon that Down Time is very weak. Read somewhere that King Strut is being re-issued. I'll check that. Saw Bleggers recently playing with his old-time'70s band Slapp Happy. Their first two albums are available as a nice package - and are very good. Re: Cleaners Of Venus. Martin Newell's Greatest Living Englishman album is available v. cheap at www.turkeyzone.co.uk Drew despises Walking On Sunshine but natters about The Bangles!!! Kim wrote Going Down To Liverpool for them. You probably knew that already... Saw Kim playing with Andy Metcalfe at The 12 Bar Club recently. Enjoyed it immensely. Again it was very badly attended. UK fegs where were you? Trainspotters Corner. On the Near The Soft Boys EP Kim gets a writing credit on Kingdom Of Love, but not on the album. Has anyone else ever noticed that? (I dare say you have...) Namedroppers Corner. I worked with Peter Greenaway (Much Maligned Of This Parish) on The Baby Of Macon. He's a very nice chap, if slightly bonkers - Kept going on about the significance of the number thirteen. R.I.P. Johnnie Taylor. Very fine soul singer. jmbc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: Happiness - --- Michael Wolfe wrote: > Well, it's fairly well loved, I'd say, but not the big classic > that "Mockingbirds" or "Honey Don't Think" are. It *is* from > Mighty Joe Moon, which is quite a beloved album, and it comes > right before "Honey Don't Think," which, as I mentioned waaaaay > back in a post to this very list around January of '99, I think > is a really wonderful, complementary song ordering. I liked those two very much indeed...in fact, _Mighty Joe Moon_ should be in the mail to me right now, so I'll be able to reassess all three soon. > I think part of the response was due to the fact that the version > that he played in concert is a complete and total > re-orchestration from the version on the album. The version on > the album features Grant singing in a much lower register, > accompanied by a picked twelve string, not a piano. I personally > prefer the new arrangement, but both have their virtues. I have a feeling I'll prefer the new one too...we'll see. > And of course, there's also the possibility that your taste just > differed slightly from the rest of the crowd's. NO! Drew, who plainly needs to sit on his hands again ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:32:36 -0400 From: tim fuller and randi spiegel Subject: too much time to think, too little to do >I also want the Stranglers - Raven album. It probably still costs like $25-30 bucks to get it on cd now, right? ugh. uh...if it's still being distributed at all. it was domestic in Canada for about three minutes. otherwise, it's been UK only. it disappeared completely when the Stranglers box (EMI) came out about 6/7 years ago. >Why isn't that stuff available in the states??? It is tons better than Feline, or any other Stranglers stuff I see in the bins here. It >took me forever to find Black & White on cd. That was quite a find-- found it at Jelly's on Oahu. the Raven is my fave, though the guitar on 'Outside Tokyo' defines the band for me. I have vague recollections of listening to this while wandering around Amsterdam trying not to be hit by cars (through coffee withdrawal, not cuz I started up on a spacecake regimen). speaking of drugs, the Stranglers were a "band-that-was-better-on-heroin". late '70s Bowie is another prime example. any others (other than the Defranco Family)?. I will be more than willing to make a copy of The Raven for John...I figure I probably sold approximately 20 copies of this in my fabulous career in record retail...I have a right to take one copy back, right? That's my rationale when I burn almost anything: I've given more than I take. >you shoulda asked me to get ya a copy of "Compiletely Bats" when I >still had the ability to buy wholesale from Flying Nun. I have a ULTRA FABULOUSLY SUPERFLY RARE tape of a Tall Dwafs profile on 'Brave New Waves' (a show on CBC radio) for anyone that needs this sort of thing. but does anyone have (or has anyone seen) a Robert Scott solo album that came out about five years back? I assume I can get it from the FN site but I suspect it might take 3 to 6 months... another rarity challenge: The Fleshtones - Roman Gods. I know it was on CD because I used to own it. (Regrets, I have a few.) It was on IRS out of Holland. Yes, an exclusive Dutch import that is not by Golden Earring. Any copies floating around out there? OK - final one is The Mabuses - Melbourne Method. Should still be on Rough Trade but my UK connections are long gone. Help?! OH YEAH - don't tell anybody because she doesn't like people knowing but today (Jun 27) is in fact Ms.Randi's thirty-somethingth birthday (hint - George Harrision 1976). she hasnt' said this in so many words, but she feels like the last two months (!) have been like one long birthday...so just send cyber-greetings if anything. Tim of Randi and Tim fame ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:44:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: Bangles EP On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > Anyway: the reason I followed up this post is that I remembered something > I've been looking for for a while. The question about the Bangles > brought it to mind. I have _All Over the Place_ on CD, but that very > first Bangles EP or whatever it was...self-titled, with "Mary Street," > "How Is the Air Up There?" and three others...is something I've only > ever seen on cassette, and then rarely. My sister has it. I really > want it on CD. Has anyone _ever_ seen it? I'd take it on vinyl, too. I'm pretty sure this has never been on CD legitimately. I came out on Faulty records in like 1982 only on LP and Cassette. A quick check on www.gemm.com shows at least 2 copies for sale. Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA USA BA History '99 - BA Canadian Studies '99 - MLIS Library Science '01 "I Don't Speak Fascist" -Grant Morrison ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:51:41 -0400 From: tim fuller and randi spiegel Subject: menandwomeninblack > > said jbj: > >I also want the Stranglers - Raven album. > >It probably still costs like $25-30 bucks to get it on cd now, right? ugh. > >Why isn't that stuff available in the states??? > > Wow I thought that stuff *would* be available in the states. > > In any case, I have the cd and would be pleased to burn a copy for you when I get home. Yes - she does - and this was one of the 20 (or so) I sold...isn't that romantic? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:52:09 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Bangles EP >> first Bangles EP or whatever it was...self-titled, with "Mary Street," >> "How Is the Air Up There?" and three others... > >I'm pretty sure this has never been on CD legitimately. I came out on >Faulty records in like 1982 only on LP and Cassette. The EP was also reissued on IRS (on vinyl, at least), and I know because I own a copy. I bought it used -- I think it cost 50 cents. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:55:23 -0400 From: tim fuller and randi spiegel Subject: stop me before I post again! > 3) Alright here's the meat: You're the smartest people I don't actually > know so maybe you can help with this. There's a song on the Chills "Soft > Bomb" album called "Song For Randy Newman Etc." I know a lot of you know > it. For those who don't it's a songwriters' lament, and there's litany of > damaged songwriters in one of the verses: > > Others made the same mistake > Men like Wilson, Barrett, Walker, Drake > On the journey they were forced to make > > Simple question, who's Walker? I've never worked too hard on it, but I > can't think of a Walker whose name belongs alongside Brian, Syd, and Nick. > Who am I missing? Scott Walker...? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:07:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Eb all over the depraved Sunset Strip On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Eb wrote: [re: Bauhaus] > The Birthday Party also didn't write 19 > monotonous dirges which play Chord A for eight beats, Chord B for eight > beats, then back to Chord A If you would find a pointless intellectual challenge entertaining, you could try convincing me that this sort of song is inherently bad. > The > Birthday Party has a raw, rocking furor which Bauhaus never even > approached. Jim Thorpe had a raw athletic energy that Albert Einstein never even approached. Therefore, Albert Einstein was shite.... As for the reports of Robyn's recent surliness, isn't he near the end of a tour now? Perhaps, after having hundreds of people wanting to talk to him after his shows, he's just peopled out. Just a theory.... - --Chris, whose frequent gothic moods are often triggered by goth-band-bashing on the list ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:13:08 -0700 From: Eb Subject: re: Bauhaus, aka "thank god for stage lighting and fog machines" >> The Birthday Party also didn't write 19 >> monotonous dirges which play Chord A for eight beats, Chord B for eight >> beats, then back to Chord A > >If you would find a pointless intellectual challenge entertaining, you >could try convincing me that this sort of song is inherently bad. Oh, and I forgot to mention the part about Peter Murphy's one-note melodies. ;) >> The >> Birthday Party has a raw, rocking furor which Bauhaus never even >> approached. > >Jim Thorpe had a raw athletic energy that Albert Einstein never even >approached. Therefore, Albert Einstein was shite.... Look, bub...I was asked why I like the Birthday Party and dislike Bauhaus. I answered. Your own values may vary. I'm well-aware that it's almost impossible for a non-smoker to be a Bauhaus disciple, so I recognize my handicap. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:15:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: Eb all over the depraved Sunset Strip - --- Eb wrote: > Drew: > >> the Birthday Party without chuckling at what > >> fruity, pretentious twits they are. > > > >But that's what makes Bauhaus so much fun! > > > >> Then, Andrew "Goth is *fun*!!" > > > >It *IS*! > > Dude, you're a complex dude. THANX, D00D!!! Dr00 ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:41:21 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz Subject: Re: Chills >Simple question, who's Walker? I've never worked too hard on it, but I >can't think of a Walker whose name belongs alongside Brian, Syd, and Nick. >Who am I missing? my guess is Scott Walker. Sadly I don't see Martin often enough these days to ask him, but if I do run across him I'll try to remember to ask. James PS - good to see some new folks coming out of lurk mode! James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jun 2000 18:49:55 -0700 From: "John Barrington Jones" Subject: the post-tour stats: Robyn/Grant vs. Dan Bern Okay, I enjoyed the Portland Aladdin Theater show with Robyn and Grant very much, but I don't think I would've enjoyed going to another show, given that the first half of the gig was the same for every show. This tour was supposedly designed to give people a small taste of what Largo is all about : improvisational, fly by the seat of your pants shows. What did we get instead? A routine set, more geared towards not offending anyone than to really pleasing the fans. We Robyn fans are for the most part an obsessional bunch. It's no secret to Robyn that his concertgoers attend multiple shows. So why all the repetition? You can use the extra player in the mix as an excuse: Grant and Robyn had to learn each other's songs. But it's not a particularly good excuse, given the fact that they've been winging each other's songs with no rehearsals at Largo since 1998. I think he's old, I think to some extent he's stopped caring. He's lost the fire he had back in 1988-1991. He certainly isn't interested in getting to know us at all. (Gnat-- I too have had some negative experiences with meeting him. I don't stick around after the shows anymore). He still writes wonderful songs, and gives a good performance. But for us people interested in multiples, we have to latch onto to every bit that was the least bit different. We hold on to the notion that every show is an experience ---like it used to be... Dan Bern, meanwhile, just complete a short tour of his own (which incidentally coincided almost perfectly with Robyn/Grant's (once again!!), although this was on the opposite coast) He's been doing this shit for almost 4 years now. I guess he'll be burning out soon, too. But just take a gander at these amazing setlist statistics. It makes a multiple concert person like me drool: >Resent-From: dan-bern-list@eskimo.com >Reply-To: dan-bern-list@eskimo.com > >Wow, I knew it was a lot. Using my fingers and toes here, I get 101 songs he >did this tour. Wasn't the current record 100 from the east coast summer of 98 >tour. Yeeehaw! I love when records are broken. >Your BestFriend wrote: >> >> 7 shows, 5 nights 96 songs plus 5 improvised >> >> 1 Thanksgiving Day Parade >> 2 Black Tornado >> 3 Walking Down The Street >> 4 Witness >> 5 Movin' On >> 6 Struggle >> 7 Cy Young >> 8 I Need You >> 9 Walking Through Glass >> 10 Tiger Woods >> 11 Turning Over >> 12 Louisiana >> 13 Wednesday Night >> 14 Amerikovsky >> 15 Run Away >> 16 El Paso >> 17 If This Ain't Love >> 18 You Hung The Moon >> 19 Cowboy >> 20 Jerusalem >> 21 I'm Not The Guy >> 22 Marilyn >> 23 Albuquerque Lullaby >> 24 Hobo >> 25 Flying Geese >> 26 Estelle >> 27 Feel Like A Man >> 28 Dress >> 29 Wasteland >> 30 You're No Good (Jesse Fuller) >> 31 Joe Van Gogh >> 32 One Thing Real >> 33 Chelsea Hotel >> 34 Hannibal >> 35 Wood Fucking Racquet >> 36 Missing You >> 37 Monica >> 38 New American Language >> 39 Lightning Jazz >> 40 Freight Train Blues >> 41 Too Late To Die Young >> 42 Kurt >> 43 Hard Days Night (partial) >> 44 I Wanna Hold Your Hand >> 45 Talking Alien Abduction Blues >> 46 Talking Woody, Bob, Bruce & Da >> 47 Krautmeyer >> 48 Changes >> 49 Don't Make Me Leave >> 50 I Was A Cow >> 51 Stoned >> 52 Live Another Day >> 53 Gambling With My Love >> 54 Thunder Road >> 55 Six Strings (partial) >> 56 Rome >> 57 Oh Sister >> 58 Jew From Kentucky >> 59 Famous Painter >> 60 Freebird (partial) >> 61 Cure For AIDS >> 62 Most American Men >> 63 Josephine & Ernest >> 64 Cash & Nin >> 65 King Day >> 66 Kids' Prayer >> 67 You're Not Here >> 68 Bright Lights >> 69 God >> 70 Feel Like A Woman >> 71 City Of Models >> 72 Chain Around My Neck >> 73 Starting Over >> 74 Sculptor >> 75 Crow >> 76 Cheese >> 77 Waiting For Van Gogh >> 78 King Of THe World >> 79 Fillin' Station >> 80 Oranges (Looking At Me) >> 81 Einstein Was Wrong >> 82 Sunday >> 83 Lithuania >> 84 Ballpark >> 85 Smart & Final >> 86 Tape > > 87 Running >> 88 Disarmament >> 89 Bonnie & Clyde >> 90 Rollerblades >> 91 Marina And Me >> 92 Graduation Day >> 93 Perfume City >> 94 Children Of The Cold War >> 95 Opposable Thumb >> 96 Pimlico Alone >> >> Rusty Nail (w/ a line from Lit >> Charlie & Rhonda >> Marilee >> Fern > > Most American Men / Dutch Men I will concede that one Robyn song equals about three of the typical Dan Bern songs. They both issue quality albums. But Dan's setlists still vary A FUCKIN' LOT, Robyn's do not. I lament this. =jbj=, a weenie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:00:27 +1200 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V9 #170 >It has its place and this is it: You're putting together a stack of CDs for >a road-trip and you know you want some Chills but you've had Submarine Bells >AND Brave Words in heavy rotation for a while now. Soft Bomb to the rescue. >But you're right, it's weak on heavenly pop hits. that's what Kaleidoscope World's for! And there's Sketchbook (Martin's solo album) and Sunburnt, which is probably on par with Soft Bomb. (ever notice it's impossible to write just the initials of a Chills album? Sunburnt, Soft Bomb and Submarine Bells stuff everything up...) Favourite Chills moment - the end of their farewell gig here in Dunedin. The last song they played was Submarine Bells. As the last note of synth faded out there was complete, utter silence for about half a second from the 2000 or so who were there, then wild cheering and applause. That half second was so startlingly eerie, though. Martin and the boys had that audience in the palms of their hands. >> Being blown off obviously has a very different meaning in America most >> female fans would jump at the chance! ;-) > >As you've probably gathered, "to blow [someone] off" here means to >dismiss them brusquely or with no more than minimal courtesy. It can >also be close to "standing [someone] up." :) thanks for that - I was wondering... Note to US fegs - be careful using this term in New Zealand. As Matt points out, it doesn't mean twhat you think it means everywhere! James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:08:54 -0700 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: blown off - not! Robyn was very polite nad humored weird strangers when I got this photo taken with him. This is one of my favorite pix ever - up their with my wedding photo. He gets bugged by many strangers everyday, and he still seems to maintain some sanity, which is hard when you have to deal with the public. He did not no me from a serial killer, but let me get this photo.... eleanore http://www.loomer.com/el/robyn.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 22:14:39 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: Bottom Line MP3 FTP back up for now Sorry to keep cluttering the list with this nonsense. myspace.com is sucking of late, so until that improves I'll open up my server a few hours at a time, particularly overnight, so grab what you can. I'll try not to break anybody's download when I shut down. Good luck! 208.61.84.250 user:feg pw:maniax or click below if your mail client lets you do that: ftp://feg:maniax@208.61.84.250 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:25:54 PDT From: "The Kielbasa Kid" Subject: now, being blown off by *eb*...that'd be somethin'! there were no two bells hijinks sunday night. the guy said maybe early "next" week (i figured he probably meant *this* week, but forgot, it being sunday, that this week had already begun -- could be wrong, though). also, yo la tengo are playing in town tonight. i went back and forth on attending, but decided i'm just too busy (and tired, and concerted-out -- fucking 90-degree heat takes it right out of me). the heartiest laugh of the week (for me) was elicited by tom's incredulously describing to me after the croc show having run into robyn at a truck stop "in the middle of buttfuck, nowhwhere". (the second-heartiest, if you're keeping score at home, was elicited by michael, just a few minutes later. chris, jeme, michael, and myself were discussing South Park, and i posited (are you still with us, michelle?) "cockmaster" as a very cool word. all agreed, but michael wondered, "i don't exactly understand how it's an insult.") as chris f. failed to mention yet *another* chance encounter, i'll do so. as the two of us were making our way to the stadium on sunday afternoon, we managed to approach the artists' entrance, rather than the spectators'. yep, robyn, rick, and some other folks were standing there (waiting to be checked in, we figured). we kind of meekly exchanged pleasantries, and were on our way. at the l.a. show, grant & robyn were mulling over which song to play, and grant suggested something by klaatu. robyn didn't know what that was, and grant said that it was a "mystery band", and guessed that it was most likely some supertramp demos. by the way, as grant's first name is hyphenated "grant-lee", should he properly be called "grant-lee", and not "grant"? speaking of the l.a. show, i listened to it earlier today, and have decided that it was the best of the lot. that damned brion boy can play! as for being brushed off, i was a bit miffed when a feg related to me that gershon's nickname for me is "dr. meddle", considering that *he's* the one that rushes breathlessly up to me after every show exclaiming that the sound guy fucked up the tape, and could i please send him a copy? (which i don't AT ALL mind doing, but can't quite figure how it translates to me being "meddling".) as for robyn hisself, i think the tomster pegged it: he's just a bit out-of-it sometimes, and most likely doesn't even realise he's being rude. KEN "Fried to death in seconds by the Martians" THE KENSTER ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:13:42 -0700 From: Chris Franz Subject: Re: Eb all over the depraved Sunset Strip Christopher Gross wrote: >As for the reports of Robyn's recent surliness, isn't he near the end of a >tour now? Perhaps, after having hundreds of people wanting to talk to him >after his shows, he's just peopled out. Just a theory.... Near the end of a tour? He's less than a week from the -beginning- of a tour! - - Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:22:49 EDT From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: CDNow news [clip] Who has the "Succour: the Terrascope benifit Album?" Is Robyn's "she was sinister but she was happy" the same as the Moss Elixir version? Thanks Brian >From: Eb >Reply-To: Eb >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: CDNow news [clip] >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:59:50 -0700 > >SCREAMING TREES, YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, HEART PERFORM >AT EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT'S OPENING WEEKEND > The Experience Music Project's opening weekend >climaxed Sunday (June 25) with a day largely devoted to >Northwest rock bands, past and present. While Paul >Allen's stunning new museum captured most of the >spotlight, performances by over 70 acts drew a crowd of >close to 150,000 to the Seattle Center over the course >of three days. > >Sunday's eight-hour show at the Memorial Stadium >featured acts spanning 25 years. The afternoon kicked >off with a raucous set by the poppy Young Fresh >Fellows. Robyn Hitchcock joined the band for "Viva >Sea-Tac," an ode to the Seattle-Tacoma region best >known for "computers, coffee, and smack," and a cover >of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life." The Fastbacks kept >the power pop beat going with a tight set that saw >Fellows' guitarist Kurt Bloch doing double-duty with >the group. > > [clip] > > - Gillian G. Gaar > >For more information on: >--> Robyn Hitchcock >http://p04.com/t.d?akKuJfze=/cdnow.com/disco/ArtistID=HITCHCOCK*ROBYN ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 04:37:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Portland Stores >I'm going to be in the Portland area next week and was wondering >if anyone knows of any awesome record shops in that area. If >you have any idea, please feel free to pass the information on >to me! Hey! Quit yer rubbin' salt in poor Michael Keefe's wounds! Haven't you been payin' attention? The late, lamented Discover Music was near the top. But of what's left, I'd say to go with Django, in downtown on 1111 SW Stark (it was better before they remodeled it, actually) and Ozone, which is right across the street, on Burnside. The former has a nice mix and cheap prices, while the second is more punk oriented. A very classy store is Music Millenium; their classical section is fabulous, but they're mostly oriented towards new records, as opposed to used. They've got a location on 33rd and E Burnside, and one on NW 23rd. For sheer volume of selection, try Everyday Music, which has several locations around the city, including one just a couple blocks from Ozone, which makes that district very appealing for music shoppers. Powell's books is right there in the area, too, for an added bonus. Finally, the dean emeritus of Portland record stores would be 2nd Avenue, on SW 2nd and, um, Alder, I think. They've got lots of punk and hip hop, and would be your most likely bet if you're in search of any kind of rarities. Hope this helps. If you're interested in hanging out with any fellow fegs in the flesh, we could probably work something out. The city's positively crawling with 'em. - -Michael ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #172 *******************************