From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #226 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, August 10 2000 Volume 09 : Number 226 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: the glaaarius republic [Michael R Godwin ] Feg party/ies in Edinburgh? ["=?iso-8859-1?q?J.=20Lawrence?=" ] Re: the glaaarius republic [Michael R Godwin ] Stuff you're surprised didn't happen earlier [Christopher Gross ] Re: fegmaniax.us.politics [Ken Ostrander ] The Coolness of Rush [Michael Wolfe ] help, help, we need help ["Ken Kenster" ] Re: help, help, we need help [Bayard ] Re: help, help, we need help [nyquilathotep ] alec guiness ["chris browning" ] She Said She Said [Eb ] Re: help, help, we need help ["Ken Kenster" ] Re: The Coolness of Rush ["Randy R." ] Re: eb all over the underworld ["Randy R." ] so many roads [hbrandt ] RE: The Coolness of Rush ["Brian Huddell" ] RE: The Coolness of Rush ["Joseph S. Barrera III" ] Fwd: Rhino Handmade Early Warning 18 [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:45:35 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: the glaaarius republic On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 digja611@student.otago.ac.nz wrote: > Who else here thinks that, thanks to the US election, this list is the most > bloatedly unreadable it's been since the infamous Brian Wilson wars? Moi. But I can see that it is a topic of interest to many listmembers. What I can't understand is why the sodding British media insist on filling up acres of programme space with coverage of this foreign non-event. I would go for about two and a half column inches headlined something like "Two rich bastards compete expensively to take over plum job from existing rich bastard" ... Are the NZ media full of this drivel too? - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 02:17:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?J.=20Lawrence?=" Subject: Feg party/ies in Edinburgh? Wonder if any other Fegs on the list are coming up for the shows on the 25, 26, and 27 by RH during the Edinburgh Festival (or are actually living in fabulous Edinburgh like me-self). Was thinking that if so, should do a Feg-party/meeting/hangout session for one, two or all three nights (cause I'm going all the shows). If anyone's interested, drop me a line on jl1570@yahoo.com. Ta and hope to see you here! J. Lawrence ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:48:43 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: the glaaarius republic Michael R Godwin: >"Two rich bastards compete expensively to take over plum job from existing >rich bastard" ... I suspect the Clintons, at this moment, have more debts than assets. That will probably change after Bill gets some kind of real world job. >Are the NZ media full of this drivel too? Better yet, are they talking about the idiot PM of Australia? - - Steve __________ Iąd sit down and meditate but my ass is on fire. - Bill Nelson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:16:23 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: the glaaarius republic On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, steve wrote: > I suspect the Clintons, at this moment, have more debts than assets. > That will probably change after Bill gets some kind of real world job. Shouldn't be necessary - all he has to do is recycle the last 8 years to a paying public. Margaret Thatcher cleaned up on the lecture circuit and I believe made a further pile from her memoirs. Failing that, I dare say he could star in a stage musical of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar". - - MRG PS to Stewart: I'm cooling down now after slapping on the E45 cream ... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:14:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Stuff you're surprised didn't happen earlier Headline: Oasis forced to flee angry audience in Portugal. - --Chris np: goddamn coworkers who spend all day making personal phone calls in loud voices two feet from my desk. It must be a classic; I can't seem to stop listening to it. ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:40:59 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: The Who rUss: >still waiting for a response on this. What was the 3.905 debacle? Oh, sorry! On the original album of "Who are You," the songs were listed as "1. 2. 3. ..." and so on. And the third song, "905" was listed 3.905, of course; which was then transferred over to the internal vinyl label, and IIRC, the cassette too, as "3.905," which some people thought was the name of the song itself. I think the first CD also carried over the 3.905 title; though the re-mastered CD is correct. I may be getting some of the details wrong, but that's essentially the story. And, while we're on the topic, is Hawkwind's second album "In Search of Space," or "X in Search of Space?" And just what do we make of that pesky 4th Peter Gabriel CD? - --Quail, who deleted a long response to Capuchin to preserve a bit of sanity for him, me, you, everybody.... - -- +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society, Kibroth-hattaavah Branch) For fun with postmodern literature, New York vampires, and Fegmania, visit Sarnath: http://www.rpg.net/quail "The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven." --Psalms 105:40 (Also see Exodus 16:13 and Numbers 11:31-34 for more starry wisdom) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 13:48:39 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: fegmaniax.us.politics >> THis is partly how I feel (tonight, anyway). Let me just say, before >> I wait for the "attacks" , I am enjoying this debate, learning quite a >> bit and reevaluating my postitions always. i'm enjoying and learning too. i don't think i've ever posted this much to the list. i've got to throw some on topic stuff in here somewhere. >> Yes - we need to protect our natural resources, we need to TAX >> polluters on a fair and equitalbe system. how about jello's idea to sentence polluters to inhale and swim in the mess theyve made until they clean it up? >> Personal freedom and individual rights. That's the bottom line. >> marxism/communism - throws that out the window to start - right? common misconception; but thank goodness jeme has more time on his hands than i do to explain. >> Who the hell is supposed to determine what my needs are? the >> government? some folks would like to, i'm sure. just don't watch tv. you might develop some new needs. >> capitalistic environmentalism? i don't see this. i see companies >> squandering resources for a profit with no thought for the long term >> effects or even the short term. > >Come on! You need glasses then. Show me one business in the country >(particularly one with "huge profit margins" as you said above) which >doesn't have a 5 or 10 or 20 year (or more) plan. they all make plans to squander. of course, i'm talking about environmental resources and repercussions, not financial. besides, most plans are just reactive and short term. if some potentially competitive new technology appears; buy it out. if your secret policy of dumping in the nearby river bites you on the ass in the form of a lawsuit; play legal hardball or settle out of court. if state or federal regulations somehow get beyond your lobbying efforts; move. if i need glasses, it's to read the small print. >A twenty year plan simply can't account for forest regeneration, watershed >degradation or simple smog, let alone massive effects of these short term >plans like extinction, demolition of rainforests (both the temperate of >the Pacific northwest and the tropical of Brazil and more central >America), the creation of superbacteria (by the drug companies and medical >establishment in their pimping of magic antibiotics), or the crippling >cancer rate (cell phones are a great example of this sort of short term >thinking). ok, now i'm really depressed. at least i don't have a cell phone. especially one of those nextel thingies that can get you arrested in places like the city of brotherly love. >> Why does everyone on this list seem to think that every business is a >> huge multinational corporation out to take over the world? What I >> like most about Nader is his favoritism of small business. Most >> businesses are small and private. You want to change that? of course, not every business is like that. i thought we were talking about corporations. i love small businesses. one of the most wretched trends of today's consumer culture is the whitewashing of neighborhoods by large conglomorates like starbucks and walmart. local shops can't compete and are forced (if they weren't already bought out) out of business. sure, they provide jobs; but the money no longer stays in the community. it goes to corporate headquarters. so long diversity. so long competition. do we really need a starbucks on every corner? >Just a quick note, eddie puts 'Ken "some quip here" The Kenster" on his >posts as an homage to the real Kenster on our list. Please do not confuse >Ken and eddie. trust no one. there is a conspiracy. ken "when i hear the word security i reach for my shotgun" the kenster np. sound of water saint etienne today in history: 1945. nagasaki bombed 1974. nixon resignation takes effect ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:27:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: The Coolness of Rush This is actually a lot funnier if you ever seen Peter DeFazio in person (extracted from the Onion, without permission): Congress Debates Coolness Of Rush WASHINGTON, DC--Continuing its long-running debate on the subject Monday, members of Congress argued the merits of Canadian power trio Rush. "'The philosopher and the plowman, each must play his part'?" asked House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX). "C'mon. Neil Peart must be the most pretentious lyricist in arena-rock history. Gentlemen, forget these bloated, overrated '70s dinosaurs." Countered longtime Rush loyalist Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR): "Keep talking, man, the tunes say it all: 'Passage To Bangkok'? 'By-Tor And The Snow Dog'? That part in 'Red Barchetta' where [Rush bassist/vocalist] Geddy [Lee] sings about the gleaming alloy aircar shooting toward him two lanes wide? Look me in the eye and tell me that doesn't rock, motherfucker!" The deliberations are expected to continue throughout the week. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:09:00 PDT From: "Ken Kenster" Subject: help, help, we need help can anyone tell me the name of the song whose chorus begins (i think) "the arising has begun"? alternatively, can anyone tell me the name of the song robyn played at st. catherine's hill (6/21/90) between A Globe Of Frogs and I Often Dream Of Trains? might it even be an improv? many thanks! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:39:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: help, help, we need help > can anyone tell me the name of the song whose chorus begins (i think) "the > arising has begun"? alternatively, can anyone tell me the name of the song > robyn played at st. catherine's hill (6/21/90) between A Globe Of Frogs and > I Often Dream Of Trains? might it even be an improv? it doesn't help, but there is a description of this gig here : http://fegmania.org/archives/articles/062190.review Could it be a Roxy music song? The review mentiones 4 Roxy songs wer eplayed. Is your version the one with wind noise? =b ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 15:56:26 -0400 From: nyquilathotep Subject: Re: help, help, we need help >> can anyone tell me the name of the song whose chorus begins (i think) "the >> arising has begun"? > >it doesn't help, but there is a description of this gig here : > >http://fegmania.org/archives/articles/062190.review actually, it does help. at the end of the third to last paragraph: >[...] and an incredible new number in which something mystical ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >arises. Robyn's mother (I think) turned up half way through... ^^^^^^ sounds like eddie's song... i have the tape. the wind noise really is awful but i ought to listen to it. +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:54:53 +0100 From: "chris browning" Subject: alec guiness if you think "alec guiness or obi wan kenobi dies" headlines were bad you obviously missed the horrors of the one's at john geilgud's passing. i think "drunken butler in dudley moore film dies" is about teh crassest headline i have *ever* seen... half year chart... 1. lambchop - nixon 2. elliot smith - figure 8 3. XTC - wasp star 4. yo la tengo - and then nothing tunred itself inside out 5. robert scott - the creeping unknown 6. badly drawn boy - hour of the bewildeerbeast 7. robyn hitchcock - star for bram 8. the handsome family - in the air 9. looper - the geomtrid 10. neil innes - recollections 1 and i have more than great hope for the new go-betweens album. biggest let down has been belle and sebastian by far... crisp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:09:29 -0700 From: Eb Subject: She Said She Said "I know what it's like to be Woj...." Some comments on last night's show at the Roxy, the final night of this so-called "Girls Room" tour: The surprise MC was an increasingly rotund Caroline Rhea ("Sabrina," "Hollywood Squares"), who introduced all the artists and tossed in a bit of her stand-up act, including a very poorly timed gag about her father being an obstetrician/gynecologist and a Star Wars fan (yes, that's right...he likes to be called "OBI/GYN Kenobi" ). Strange, that she didn't even acknowledge "Obi"'s recent passing. A short opening set came from some unbearable black woman named Toni Blackman (sp.?), who did a pretentious half-spoken/half-rap performance full of forcefully delivered platitudes about "the children" and other vague, urban-city complaints. A lot of it was spontaneous freestyling -- at one point, she wanted the crowd to sing answer lines "la-la-la-la-la" as part of her song's half-assed "chorus." Oh man, I was in agony. She has some talent, both as a rapper and as a singer, but in accordance with a pattern which would develop throughout the night, it was not my thing at all. An odd little wrinkle happened either before or after Blackman's set -- I can't remember which. Apparently, all the shows on this tour are free admission (due to the benevolent sponsorship of Stayfree, who wasn't a looming visual presence at the gig, much to my relief). As a result, we were told there were 100-125 folks outside the club, still hoping for entry. A thin, accented gentleman (with help from some of the artists, including Amy Correia, who quipped "This is like Altamont!") came onstage and suggested that the folks seated on the floor put the chairs aside so the club capacity would be increased. Mind you, chairs on the Roxy floor are quite unusual, to start with -- I can only remember a couple of other instances of seeing this (one was at a conceptually similar Victoria Williams show). This was a fairly conservative crowd, who actually *did* consider standing to be an imposition, but eventually they rolled their eyes and relented. The chairs were taken away, and a new swarm of people filed in, filling the club. I believe the club's capacity is ordinarily about 450, for those who might care. The "Girls Room" folks compensated the inconvenienced sitter/standers with free "Girls Room" T-shirts. I inadvertently had one thrust in my hands as well, because I had been standing at edge of the seated people. Hrm. I'm not sure if I'll ever have the stomach to wear a T-shirt which includes a Stayfree logo and "Girls Room" in large letters. ;) Anyway, next on the bill was my reason for being there, Amy Correia. I had already met her earlier in the upstairs bar On the Rox. That was fun, because it was my first time ever in this private section of the club, though I've been in the upstairs band area a couple of times (a much different animal). Correia didn't play nearly long enough to suit me (25-30 minutes?), but I was *hooked*. She played one or two songs with backing players from the other artists, but the central dynamic was just her (playing guitar or a large-size ukulele) backed by a bleached-blond female cellist. She didn't even play her upcoming single ("Angels Collide"), but included two non-LP songs in her set: a new tune called "The Prison Song" and a concluding cover of "La Vie en Rose," which she sang minus guitar with only sparse, punctuating notes from the cellist to support her. That's a pretty gutsy move -- singing a song that florid in a non-native language, with no instrumental safety net at all. And she nailed it. Actually, I was surprised how much stronger her voice was onstage than on the record. She really boomed, and there's only a couple of moments on the album which have a similar sense of projection. Later in the night, she privately agreed with me, sounding somewhat frustrated, and sighed that she's "not good at recording yet." Anyway, I was in a puddle throughout her set, and am in danger of developing a crush of LJ/Liam-like proportions (the difference being that Liam has never pressed LJ to give him her email address...heh). Correia was genuinely flustered by the full house (her largest audience ever, she said) and their thunderous response. She was just adorable -- I smell s-t-a-r-d-o-m. She told me she's playing some gigs at Lunapark and (yes) Largo in upcoming weeks, and I plan to see at *least* one of them. I'm aching to see a full-length set. She urged me to come to Largo on the 16th (she said she's opening for Julia Fordham), and I was really charmed when she told me her eyes kept landing on me in the audience during her performance. Awww. Chalk one up for being tall. From there, it was all downhill. Next up was Kendall Payne, a big-boned redhead whose current claim to fame is writing "Supermodels," the theme song of the WB show "Popular." Her set was full of likeable, punchy pop, less rootsy than anything else heard during the night, but it was dampened by a beaming sense of triumphant celebration which I found totally intolerable. It was like watching Reba McEntyre. Funny, I was just commenting a few days ago to an emailer about my dislike of singers who have a vacant, default grin on their faces throughout an entire show. Payne also inserted way too much talk, featuring yet more encounter-group banalities about "following your dreams" and "making a difference." Ugh. She had a full band behind her, and was the loudest act of the night. Next up, Tara MacLean (by the way, all these acts, save Blackman, are on the Capitol roster). MacLean totally put me to sleep, with a wretchedly bland set of pseudo-sensual, sub-McLachlan shlock. Between her songs, practiced hand movements and stylish black outfit, she seemed pretty stuck on herself. She also performed with a full band -- it was pretty much the same guys throughout the night. Her album's called Passenger, and I now know to stay far away from it. MacLean's set really wore me out, in a night which was fast turning overlong, anyway. Accordingly, I left after about two and a half songs of the (arbitrary?) headliner Shannon McNally. She looks a bit like Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place"), and I was suspicious of her from the start, based on her overly formal, cleavage-baring dress (no polkadots, however). However, I probably would've liked her better than Payne or MacLean, had I stayed. She had a low, sultry voice, and more of a folk character to her songs than MacLean or Payne. But my patience was exhausted. I exited, straining desperately to get back in touch with my Inner Man. Mmm, those Birthday Party reissues are sounding mighty tempting about now.... I woke up in the wee hours this morning with a headache, and had trouble getting back to sleep. I suspect this was because of the evening's musical aggravations. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 15:29:18 PDT From: "Ken Kenster" Subject: Re: help, help, we need help <>[...] and an incredible new number in which something mystical ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >arises. Robyn's mother (I think) turned up half way through... ^^^^^^ sounds like eddie's song...> indeed. but that's not the title, is it? all the other song titles are in quotes. i think i shall call it The Arising, unless there are strong objections. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 23:10:03 +0000 (GMT) From: "Randy R." Subject: Re: The Coolness of Rush From: Michael Wolfe > This is actually a lot funnier if you ever seen Peter DeFazio in > person (extracted from the Onion, without permission): > > Congress Debates Coolness > Of Rush > WASHINGTON, DC--Continuing > its long-running debate on the > subject Monday, members of > Congress argued the merits of > Canadian power trio Rush. > "'The philosopher and the > plowman, each must play his > part'?" asked House Majority > Leader Dick Armey (R-TX). > "C'mon. Neil Peart must be the > most pretentious lyricist in > arena-rock history. Gentlemen, > forget these bloated, overrated > '70s dinosaurs." Countered > longtime Rush loyalist Rep. > Peter DeFazio (D-OR): "Keep > talking, man, the tunes say it > all: 'Passage To Bangkok'? > 'By-Tor And The Snow Dog'? > That part in 'Red Barchetta' > where [Rush bassist/vocalist] > Geddy [Lee] sings about the > gleaming alloy aircar shooting > toward him two lanes wide? > Look me in the eye and tell me > that doesn't rock, > motherfucker!" The > deliberations are expected to > continue throughout the week. Wow. That's not very nice at all. Almost kind of naughty. I really, really like Neil Peart, but his lyrics at times get a little strained. He structures the songs in a conceptual sense, so it's quite an unfair to take 2 lines from one song and bash on them. It's easy to do. He gets heavy handed in his attempts, but most of them work in a sense. And I think "A Passage to Bangkok" is a brilliantly written song, and I think the live versions outdo the studio one easily. APTB is a song about drugs. Weed. The gonja. It's written in a double meaning so many listeners would just think it's a song about taking travels to exotic places. "We're on a train to Bangkok/aboard the Thailand express/we hit the stops along the way/we only stop for the best" "Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon/we burn the midnight oil/The fragrance of Afghanistan/rewards a long days toil Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams/golden Alcopoco nights/then Morocco and the East/We fly by morning light My mom thought it was a "nice song". Later I was introduced to the wacky weed, and even some hash (burning the midnight oil), so I know what it feels to "fly by morning light". Clever song. And as far as my anti-immigration stance? It has nothing to do with racism, it has everything to do with the environment. When I've taken trips to my hometown and driven thru cities that were once small communities, their encroachment into the woods is frightening. I think we have enough people having babies in this country, thank you very much, to have to deal with the continued flight of NEW families coming into this country. Whether they be Japanese, German, Russian, Ethiopian, whatever, eventually they will begin building houses into the landscapes. It's happening already. We're losing lots of land because of population here in N. America, and I don't like it. This may be the reason I'm Pro Choice. I'm not sure. I guess I love life, and would prefer lots of people on another continent. Maybe Antartica. Just rambling, Vince "haven't burned the midnight oil since I was 22" The Vincester ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:35:06 -0700 From: "Randy R." Subject: Re: eb all over the underworld From: Ken Kenster > first" belief. That's it. Otherwise, he's a racist idiot.> > > his stance on immigration *derives* from his racism. i mean, if we're going > to kick out everyone *except* the native americans, i guess you could make > an argument. otherwise, buchanan should go fuck himself. "give me your > hungry, your tired, your poor: i'll piss on 'em", eh vince? Damn right. Don't get me all in a huff here. We have enough tired and hungry and poor the fuckin way it is now? Do we need any more? I once got so pissed off at this skinhead that I screamed at him "get the fuck outta my country, and take all your trash with you". I got beat up by him and his buddies. I believe in his policy, not where it derives from. If he were elected the country as a whole would be in a worse state we are now, but not much. > > > can you imagine having more bombs dropped on your country than were dropped > in all of world war ii? can you imagine three million people killed, and > fifty percent of the population made into refugees? can you imagine being > blown sky-high -- to this very day -- by unexploded bombs left behind by > mccain and friends? can you imagine a twenty year embargo? can you imagine > no reparations after this onslaught because "the destruction was mutual"? This is such a stupid argument. McCain was offered a chance to go home, but out of loyalty to his country, he said "fuck you" and knew the consequences. He did it, and there are few people I can think of that would do the same thing. All those people that were bombed and blown up and that stuff did not matter at that point. He knew what was going on, but he swore a loyalty, and he kept it up. I'm no "flag waving american" by any means, but I can stand by any person with courage. A couragous human being deserves a big "Vince high five". The most loyal veterans I've ever met were Indians, from my reservation. They volunteered, fought, came home, and couldn't even get served in a bar until 1956. A Memorial Day Pow Wow is the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. All the old veterans, saluting a flag for a country that hates them. It's courage, and they were doing it for the next generation. > > i have a headache. Me too. I'm going to lay down. Vince ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 17:29:41 -0600 From: hbrandt Subject: so many roads 5 years ago today... http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember.4/JerryGarcia.Images/jerry1.jpg RIP JG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:52:54 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: The Coolness of Rush > I really, really like Neil Peart It's always struck me as emblematic (and hilarious) that Jefferson Airplane signaled the end of the 60's with "tear down the walls motherfuckers" whilst Rush ushered in the 80's with "one likes to believe in the freedom of music." Bleeccchh. Pity my generation; we got protest songs that sounded like they were written by William F. Buckley. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:45:48 -0700 From: "Joseph S. Barrera III" Subject: RE: The Coolness of Rush > > I really, really like Neil Peart And what about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks... like an ordinary guy? (I know him, and he does) ... Then you're my fact-checking cuz. - - Joe (having a Pavement moment) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:41:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Fwd: Rhino Handmade Early Warning 18 this sounds like something someone here would know more about/have an opinion of.... is it possibly worth snatching upon it's "release"? mr.hand@rhino.com wrote: > Greetings Earthling! > This Monday, 14 August 2000, at Noon Pacific Daylight Savings Time > [1900 UTC], The Archivists at The Rhino Handmade Institute Of > Petromusicology will begin taking orders for ESSRA MOHAWK "Primordial > Lovers MM", an expanded Year 2000 -hence the 'MM' in the title- > 22-track collection containing both her second and third albums. > > From time to time, great works of art -whether written, painted, or > performed- sometimes simply fall off The Edge Of The Earth never, or > rarely, to be found and enjoyed again. Most fall out of favour simply > because current fashion has passed them by. And some fall out of > favour because their purpose as catalyst in seen as more important > than their actual ingredients. > > What all these lost great works of art all have in common is that, no > matter how buried or hidden or obscured they may become, their inert > brilliance and creative intensity eventually draws us back to The > Quest to seek them out, dust them off, and again make them a part of > our lives. > > ESSRA MOHAWK 'Primordial Lovers', released on Reprise Records in > 1970, is a stunning work of inspired genius- contemporaneously cited > in its Rolling Stone review as one of "the 25 all-time best albums" > ever recorded- which, The Archivists bet, you've likely never ever > heard or, for that matter, ever heard of. > > Charles Donovan, in his review of 'Primordial Lovers' on The All > Music Guide website sums it up perfectly: 'Primordial Lovers' is > assured of its status as an unsung classic. All > who hear it, and there aren't enough, are bewitched by its esoteric > poetry, unguarded passion, and great tunes. (Essra) Mohawk is a > wondrous creature of contrasts: simultaneously urbane and > nature-loving, knowing and naive, all-powerful yet unabashedly > vulnerable at the same time. Whether identifying with the elements > ("I Am The Breeze"), declaring love ("Lion On The Wing"), or cheering > up a depressed friend ("Thunder In The Morning", written for Stephen > Stills), Mohawk, armed only with a piano, a few players, and her own > vast imagination, finds something worthwhile to > say, and says it beautifully. > > 'Primordial Lovers' was ESSRA MOHAWK's second album which she wrote > and recorded when she was 21 years old. It was released in the very > same year as JONI MITCHELL released 'Ladies Of The Canyon', LAURA > NYRO released 'Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat' and NEIL YOUNG > released 'After The Goldrush', and it is the creative, aesthetic and > musical equal to each of those. But it was also, it must be fairly > said, probably a far more demanding first-time listen for folks in > 1970 than each of those as well. But listening with Year 2000 Ears it > seems as comfortable as a hug, as exciting as a first kiss and as > enthralling as the sight of a long-missed friend. > > If ALANIS MORISSETTE or LIZ PHAIR or FIONA APPLE had been able to > record an album thirty years ago, and it had been built around a > piano rather than a guitar, it would almost certainly have contained > both the themes, attitudes and insights which ESSRA first so deftly > and invitingly explored. 'Primordial Lovers' was, though very > free-form and certainly jazz-tinged in its presentation, perhaps the > first album to ever openly embody what is now referred to as the > 'grrrrl power' of its composer/performer. > > Four years later, in 1974, ESSRA recorded and released her third > album, the eponymous 'Essra Mohawk'. About this Asylum album, Mr > Donovan, again from The All Music Guide, offers: > Essra Mohawk has never recorded for the same record label more than > once, but it's rarely affected the consistency of her songwriting. > Here, she left behind the free-form, rambling qualities of her > earlier work, and, working within slightly more conventional rock > confines, rocked 'n' rasped her own inimitable way through ten finely > crafted psych-pop gems, as well as one frenetic take on Gershwin's > "Summertime". > > Both 'Primordial Lovers' or 'Essra Mohawk' are collected together for > the first time ever on compact disc on our tastefully appointed > 'Primordial Lovers MM' compilation. Each has been remastered from the > original 2-track vault masters and The Archivists have filled out this > collection with both of Ms Mohawk's NON-LP Reprise 45-RPM Single > B-Sides. The 24-page booklet includes Ms Mohawk's recollections on > the making of these recordings as well as all of the lyrics to her > compositions. > > ESSRA MOHAWK was once the first female musician in THE MOTHERS OF > INVENTION. Today she is a Songwriter And Performer based in > Nashville. Her first single came out in 1964. And her most recent > album came out in 1999. And about three decades ago she wrote, > recorded and released a collection of songs which flashed across the > emerging rock consciousness as a Comet does passing through our > Heavens. And even though that Comet long ago left The Edge Of The > Earth far behind, its delightful glow remains behind to still > illuminate those of us -at least the first 2,500 of us- unafraid to > Keep Looking Up. > > ESSRA MOHAWK 'Primordial Lovers MM' is available in an individually- > numbered limited edition of 2,500 (two thousand five hundred) copies. > > It is not distributed to any store on the planet. > It is distributed directly from us to you. > It is available only from The Archivists at the Rhino Handmade > Website at: > http://www.rhinohandmade.com > > The complete track listing for 'Primordial Lovers MM' is at the > bottom of this e-mail. And sound samples for every track will be > available on the Rhino Handmade Website this coming Monday at Noon > Pacific. > > Up Next From The Archivists Is Some Guitar-Filled Big Hair Rock And > Roll. I'll tell you all about it in two weeks... > > Always Stereophonically Yours, > R W Hand > Curator > Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology > > e-mail: mr.hand@rhino.com > [Mr Hand does indeed read each and every e-mail you send but, > regretfully, cannot always personally answer each one.] > > ---------- > > ESSRA MOHAWK > 'Primordial Lovers MM' > Catalogue Number: > RHM2 7720 > > [Approximately 78:30 Total Time] > > 1. I Am The Breeze 3:11 > 2. Spiral 4:08 > 3. I'll Give It To You Anyway 3:18 > 4. I Have Been Here Before 6:39 > 5. Looking Forward To The Dawn 8:38 > 6. Thunder In The Morning 4:34 > 7. Lion On The Wing 6:41 > 8. It's Up To Me 2:20 > 9. It's Been A Beautiful Day 2:11 > Tracks 1 to 9 taken from Reprise album RS6377 'PRIMORDIAL LOVERS' > > 10. Jabberwock Song 2:45 > Track 10 taken from A-side Reprise single REP0913 > > 11. Image Of YU 2:02 > Track 11 taken from B-side Reprise single REP0948 > > 12. New Skins For Old 2:30 > 13. Openin' My Love's Doors 2:24 > 14. Full Fledged Woman 3:10 > 15. You're Finally Here 2:56 > 16. Summertime 2:28 > 17. Back In The Spirit 2:40 > 18. You Make Me Come To Pieces 3:09 > 19. I Cannot Forget 4:47 > 20. Song To An Unborn Soul 2:19 > 21. If I'm Going To Go Crazy With Someone It Might As Well Be You > 3:32 > 22. Magic Pen 2:25 > Tracks 12 to 22 taken from Asylum album 7E-1023 'ESSRA MOHAWK' > > ---------- > > To subscribe to this Rhino Handmade Early Warning E-mail List, just > go to: > http://www.rhinohandmade.com/subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from this Rhino Handmade Early Warning E-mail List, > just go to: > http://www.rhinohandmade.com/unsubscribe.html ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #226 *******************************