From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #249 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, September 6 2000 Volume 09 : Number 249 Today's Subjects: ----------------- mann, aimee ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Robyn Article from "Block Head" I'm sure everyone already knows about [J] i wish it was aimee's sweat I was resting in and not mine [GSS ] Re: i wish it was aimee's sweat I was resting in and not mine [Capuchin <] interesting statistic (well, to me, anyway) [Eb ] robyn hitchcock mp3 library [the real dick cheney ] something or other about grim times ["Gary Sedgwick" ] kristin hersh news [the real dick cheney ] Re: robyn hitchcock mp3 library [hbrandt ] know where to find good Soft Boys photographs? [Bayard ] Tap into Hollywood (warning: long, unkempt, late-night ramble) [Eb Subject: mann, aimee > From: Tony.Blackman@sita.int > I'll have to agree that you'll never hear anything disturbing/dissonant > from Mann. Not that it matters. Though I've always found that May/December love song on _Whatever_ a trifle disturbing, mostly because the song contains so much apology. Not disturbing in that "cool," "alternative" way, though. > np: Black Heart Procession and Palace Bros. on an endless loop Excellent. I really liked the Tahiti 80 disc, too. When I heard it, I got that funny feeling where the bottom of my stomach drops out and I say, "oh, shit, this is GOOD" as if it didn't have the right to be. It's a bit on the twee side, and I don't know whether the oh-shit feeling will last past the next few listens, but I'll tell you: it made the perfect soundtrack for our Sunday drive down Highway 1. > From: Tom Clark > > you remember remembering it--it recedes itself. > > Mr. Language Person spots a transcription error; I think it should read: > "...you remember remembering it--it re-seeds itself." I kind of like both versions, I think. Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik: drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:12:08 -0400 From: Jeremy Mathews Subject: Robyn Article from "Block Head" I'm sure everyone already knows about Hi all, This may have been posted at some time or another, as I've been starting school and have lots of posts to read. It may be old, but it says it's for this week. But it might be new. My Dad told me about a TV spot on ZDTV (soon to be tech TV) and I checked it out. www.techtv.com/blockhead http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/blockhead/story/0,6924,8482,00.html When did this come out? Was it at fegmania.org? Jeremy Mathews PS I just thought of some shameless self promotion: My band, NSPS (www.nsps.net) will be playing in LA at USC on the 23rd. From the Nourishment's homepage (www.thenourishment.com): Saturday, September 23 Ground Zero Coffee House University Of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Free, all ages, showtime 7pm Also playing: NSPS, Hot Waffles, and Joe And The Chickenheads. ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:20:19 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: i wish it was aimee's sweat I was resting in and not mine > for our Sunday drive down Highway 1. yeh, well fuck you and you and fuck the donkey you fucking road down on and especially fuck your pacific fuckin highway fuckin one. its fucking one fucking hundred and eleven fucking degrees and my fucking air-conditioner ain't fuckin workin. fffuuuccccckkk!!! it's like sleeping in the fucking salt lake. damn i hate you fuckers. why can't texas be like coos bay or roseburg? ok,, you don't have to answer that one. love greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:29:08 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: i wish it was aimee's sweat I was resting in and not mine Yes!!! Fuck yes!! Now that's the spirit. >> for our Sunday drive down Highway 1. > > >yeh, well fuck you and you and fuck the donkey you fucking road down on >and especially fuck your pacific fuckin highway fuckin one. its fucking >one fucking hundred and eleven fucking degrees and my fucking >air-conditioner ain't fuckin workin. fffuuuccccckkk!!! it's like sleeping >in the fucking salt lake. damn i hate you fuckers. > >why can't texas be like coos bay or roseburg? > >ok,, you don't have to answer that one. > > > >love >greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:18:22 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: you're kidding! it was brother eddie. i think he was guessing about the cities. or is there a schedule out there? i could put people up in boston as long as i don't get evicted... >is it ken or my bro' eddie who posted about all the SB dates in feg-dig >243: > >in any case, i can put up people in toronto ... > >i will be going to cleveland, detroit, montreal, boston, and new york if >i can ...> > >I could see east coast fegs! > >Must get on this .... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:31:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: i wish it was aimee's sweat I was resting in and not mine On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, GSS wrote: > why can't texas be like coos bay or roseburg? Well, except for the heat, I'd say Texas is exactly like Coos Bay and Roseburg. At least, that's how I always think of it. Please, don't ask my opinion of Coos Bay. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ [cc] counter-copyright http://www.openlaw.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:11:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: interesting statistic (well, to me, anyway) I just started reading Clinton Heylin's weeniebook "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions." The introduction is surprisingly belligerent, and takes some sharp digs at the Beatles, Beatles chronicler Mark Lewisohn, Bruce Springsteen and a rival Dylan archivist. Anyway, Heylin is particularly miffed about a hyperbolic comment Lewisohn once made about the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions being "the most creative 129 days in the history of rock music." As part of his rebuttal, Heylin claims that Dylan's entire studio output from his debut through 1975's Desire album was recorded in a total of just *90 days*. How about that? Wow! That encompasses, what, about 15 albums plus a few more albums' worth of discarded material? To make this on-topic, anyone happen to know which Robyn Hitchcock album took the longest to record? Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:31:40 -0400 From: the real dick cheney Subject: robyn hitchcock mp3 library >Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 06:36:09 -0400 (EDT) >To: woj@smoe.org >From: theodius65@yahoo.com >Subject: Yahoo! Clubs Robyn Hitchcock > >Greetings Club Members! > >I'm pleased to announce that the "Club Robyn Hitchcock MP3 Rarities Library" >has been created. Something i've been talking about for some time now. You >can find it at: http://members.fortunecity.com/theodius1/element/rhsounds.html >MP3 contributions are welcomed, and will be credited links and all. There's >about 12 or 13 mp3's there now, and should be close to 30+ in the next few >days. > >Enjoy.. > >theo~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:56:32 +0100 From: "Gary Sedgwick" Subject: something or other about grim times >>Gary wrote something or other about grim times... > >Hey, I think Definitely Maybe, Morning Glory and The Masterplan are fine >records. They're not exactly deep, but they've got a great sound and the >melodies are very strong. The first two Oasis albums were vastly overrated >in certain circles, but they're still good. And I continue to rank Oasis as >the #1 active act I haven't seen perform yet. Anyway, you've gotta respect >a band who could lure LJ to their hotel rooms with just a snap of their >fingers. Okay, I admit to buying the first album and some of the singles. The first album still has its moments for me - mainly because it does still sound very fresh, and the lyrics don't pretend to be anything other than tongue in cheek (rhyming doctor with helicopter for example). But then came the travesty Wonderwall, and every song since has sounded like a rehash of famous 70s hooks and Beatlesesque chord progressions... and unfortunately Noel then started *trying* to write lyrics. I think what really gets to me about Oasis is the fact that you can see Noel is very talented, but since they became 'big', he's become too concerned with writing commercial, 'serious' songs; the ounce of "Alternative" in the first album has been lost ever since. I certainly wouldn't label anything from the second album onwards as being "Alternative". And that whole re-living Beatlemania thing... aaaarrgghhh!!! You're not the Beatles, and you never will be!!! Gary PS One thing I do respect the Gallagher brothers for though is constantly beating each other up! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:56:36 +0100 From: "Gary Sedgwick" Subject: RE: Oxford The Point's closing??? Well, I guess that's the last we'll see of Robyn in Oxford! The band in Oxford was called the Hyphens, and we were around mostly in late 1994 / 1995. We played quite a few of the college bars, and also a few of the pubs like the Dolly, the Plasterers Arms, Chequers, and some others I've forgotten the names of. The biggest name venue we had was the Point, but we walked out before the gig started (it was a student band night [dis]organised by Oxygen FM, which they forgot to promote or pay the sound engineer for). Our drummer then went abroad, and we had one of those drummerless periods of auditions, before we moved base to London, found a new drummer, and renamed the band Fly. Now we're in one of those bass-playerless periods! I've been working on recording our album for (too) many months now - I've got one more track to finish off... Gary - -----Original Message----- From: matt sewell [mailto:matt_sewell@hotmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2000 10:15 To: gary@digital-music.com; fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: Oxford I wrote: > > > "alternative" music does seem to be dying a death, not just in the upper > > echelons of the music industry, but also at a local level. > > Here in Oxford, UK, venues are closing at a rate of knots - from between >5 > > and 10 venues where new and unsigned bands could play a few years ago to > > about 2 at present. Gary Sedgewick replied: > >Which ones? I'd be very interested to hear, as it was only a few years >back >when I was playing quite a few of them in my band (instead of worrying >about >getting a decent degree!). I visit Oxford fairly regularly now, but don't >often get the chance to get to any gigs. I've heard the Dolly doesn't do >live bands any more, which is a shame as it was a really decent venue (one >of our best gigs was headlining in a packed Dolly), and possibly the Firkin >that used to be the Jericho Tavern? Yes, there's nothing at the Dolly now - it's a trendy clublike place - the Jericho Tavern is now an It's A Scream pub and not planning anything musical (although when they did reopen it for music it was met with total indifference, people having gotten out of the habit of travelling to Jericho (where I live now!) to see live music... > >It is a real shame, as Oxford is crying out for some decent mid-size >venues. >The Zodiac, and even the Point, are booked up for many months ahead by >established well-known bands, and so new bands end up doing the circuit of >smaller pubs (or college bars) which just don't pay anything, and more >often >than not end up costing the band an arm and a leg. And you say there are >only 2 of those left?! Yup, the Point is set to close in the next 6 months, transforming itself into a student friendly club nightspot... ugh.... The Elm Tree, best place for nurture of small bands, has stopped doing music, with the landlord, Cowley Road fixture for 25+ years, Joe Ryan evicted with 24 hours notice... Increasingly there's nowhere to play, but this perhaps reflects the shift away from rock'n'roll into I dunno, whatever the kids are into these days (wasn't like this when I was a lad etc and policemen aren't they looking etc etc)... So which band were you in, Gary? And whenabouts was this? Looking for a rock'n'roll enclave to hide in... Matt _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 23:11:39 -0400 From: the real dick cheney Subject: kristin hersh news from the latest 4ad news mailshot : >Kristin has a few shows lined up for the Autumn : > > Aug  30th The (new!) Knitting Factory, Los Angeles > > Sept 1st Slim's, San Francisco > > Sept 4th Bumbershoot, Seattle > > Oct 22nd The Brattle Theate, Cambridge, MA > > Nov 10th Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT >   >As always, the best place for Kristin and Throwing Muses >information is www.throwingmusic.com, which is currently >featuring some fine pictures from May's Gut Pageant Muses >reunion show. and on the album front... >Also shooting for a January 2001 release is the new album by Kristin >Hersh. Kristin has been working in the studio for much of the summer >and the 6 completed songs that have reached 4AD bear comparison with >her very best. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:35:43 -0600 From: hbrandt Subject: Re: robyn hitchcock mp3 library theo (via woj): > >I'm pleased to announce the "Club Robyn Hitchcock MP3 Rarities Library" > http://members.fortunecity.com/theodius1/element/rhsounds.html FYI, the mp3 listed as "Big God Tonight" is simply Robyn's opening rap from the '99 Hallowe'en show. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:06:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: know where to find good Soft Boys photographs? the Powers that Be have asked me if you know where to find good Soft Boys photographs. so, do you? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:05:03 -0400 From: the real dick cheney Subject: looking for Soft BOys photos..... a note from the museum's curator... >From: duplanet@global2000.net >Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:17:31 +0100 >To: four episode lesbian >Subject: looking for Soft BOys photos..... > >Robyn is trying to locate any photos of the Soft Boys around the time of >Underwater Moonlight (especially the ones from Trouser Press, but really, >any that are good) - could you pass the word on about this. > >Thanks and best wishes, > >David Greenberger ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:12:25 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Tap into Hollywood (warning: long, unkempt, late-night ramble) Well, I wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary, but last night's Spinal Tap show turned out to be quite an event. If any of you watched "Entertainment Tonight" or CNN last night, maybe you already know this. This affair was basically a private party, unavailable to the public. I only got to go because a friend of mine invited me as his +1. He's an industry insider, but he actually won tickets like any other "civilian" -- he was caller #31 to radio station KLOS (95.5 FM..."Classic Rock That Really Rocks") for a Sunday-morning giveaway. So...I drove over to my friend's workplace late yesterday afternoon, and we left from there for the special screening of "This is Spinal Tap." It was at the Egyptian Theater, in the heart of Hollywood's cement-footprints, tourist district. It was a classic Hollywood scene -- I didn't expect this at all. There was a red carpet, microphones, the full paparazzi gauntlet and, of course, lots of KLOS banners. My friend (I'm going to call him "Lawndart," for purposes of storytelling) and I got in line to pick up our tickets. When we got to the table, it turned out we also got free Spinal Tap T-shirts. Nifty. They're a takeoff on Nigel Tufnel's skeleton shirt -- black with a "ribcage" and "This is Spinal Tap" written at the bottom. We got our passes, and then hung out along the carpet for awhile, watching the spectacle. So weird, seeing how the celebrity/paparazzi interactions go -- a crowd of photographers screaming "OVER HERE!!!" all at once at the celebrities, just so they can get that one fleeting, usable shot. How odd it would be, having this ritual as a routine part of your life. ET, CNN and several local entertainment reporters were also in the game, begging for quick soundbites. McKean, Shearer and Guest (in full costume, of course) gamely muddled though at a snail's pace, and patiently repeated their exaggerated poses for each hungry camera. Lawndart and I watched the stars for a bit, but then the security folk started shooing people into the theater. Folks on the carpet included Rob Reiner, Carl Reiner, Tim Curry, Fran Drescher, Jamie Lee Curtis, Van Dyke Parks (aww, now why didn't anyone wanna interview poor ol' Van?) and ET's Bob Goen (apparently taking the night off). There were also a couple of other people who fielded a bunch of questions, but I had no idea who they were. What thin, big-boobed, brunette, 35ish actress is named Hillary? Kinda looked like Christine Baranski, after being whacked with a "bombshell" stick? Lawndart and I ended up being prominently in a few TV cameras' line of fire -- I would've been curious to see the local news coverage, because we may have been visible in the background. Around this time, Lawndart and I were deciding that we really didn't need to see the whole film again. At first, Lawndart was talking about not going inside at all, but I wanted to go in, if only to see the Egyptian Theater's plush interior (who knows if I'll ever have reason to go there again?). So, we entered. Actually, it wasn't as plush as I was expecting, but it was nice. The large Egyptian-scarab metalwork embedded in the ceiling was the most striking aspect. Quite a few seats were reserved with paper markers. Almost a whole row was marked "McKean," and another whole row was marked "Reiner." Smaller markers for other names, and a big block of seats marked "MGM." Lawndart and I started downstairs, but eventually chose to sit in the balcony. There we encountered an old friend, yet again. All evening, we were snickering about this abrasive moron who was really near us, both during the film and beforehand "on the carpet." See, he was one of those guys who loves to get attention by yelling stuff. Like, here are some of the witty things he yelled. He yelled "Meathead!" at Rob Reiner. He yelled something like "Hey, Jamie! It's me, Michael Myers!!" at Jamie Lee Curtis. He yelled "Hey, Lenny!" at Michael McKean. Oh, was he a card. Lawndart was fantasizing out loud about roughing him up. ;) The theater gave away free popcorn and flat, iceless Coke. Rob Reiner got up and gave a little introduction to the film. At first, he pretended to be speaking on behalf of "Marty DiBergi" (his character in the film), and went into this shtick about how Marty didn't show up because the band has been mad at him all these years over not being portrayed fairly in the film. But finally, he "broke character" and talked more honestly about how it took four years between the film's conception and its arrival in theaters. Apparently, it was connected with the film "Take This Job and Shove It," which Reiner almost directed. He used a rough 20-minute version of "Spinal Tap" as sort of an audition tape, but ended up being hired for "Spinal Tap" rather than "Take This Job." Reiner introduced "David St. Hubbins," "Nigel Tufnel" and "Derek Smalls" in the audience, but unfortunately Lawndart and I couldn't see the boys ham it up because we were above in the balcony. We didn't watch all of the film, but we watched more than we originally planned. It was fun, seeing how the crowd reacted to this or that line, and which lines received the biggest laughs. The biggest laugh we saw was definitely the amplifiers-which-go-up-to-11 scene. :) I suggested we leave after Paul Shaffer's big "I fucked up -- I want you to kick my ass" scene, and that's what we did. We didn't stay for the Stonehenge scene, which I imagine would've been *the* biggest laugh. We left, did a short errand Lawndart needed to do and then drove over to the House of Blues, where the Spinal Tap concert was scheduled. Typically for the HOB, it was a bit confused getting inside -- it seemed like maybe we got some wristbands which we shouldn't have been given. Not sure. Anyway, suddenly we found ourselves in the elite upstairs restaurant, with a *wonderful* buffet table of free food. Open bar, too. Meanwhile, I'm *hating* myself because I ate at In 'n' Out Burgers earlier on the drive north. Damn! But I ended up eating almost two plates of food anyway, just because it was so good. It was kinda Cajun...Cajun vegetables, blackened corn, Caesar salad, spicy noodles and things, with barbecued chicken as the main dish. A few other dishes, too. Mmm. Them veggies was mighty tasty (and unusual). We really felt like royalty up there -- Bob Goen sat down at the next table, and we saw some other stars too: Wendie Malick (the bitchy tramp on "Just Shoot Me"), the Reiners again, Jamie Lee, Sharon Lawrence ("NYPD Blue"), Kathy Najimy (the charismatic, overweight woman on "Veronica's Closet"), Sara Rue (the charismatic, overweight girl on "Popular") and finally -- get this -- *Hugh fuckin' Hefner*. He was escorted by three knockout women and a no-nonsense bodyguard, naturally. Now there's some *serious* power. There was also a table marked "Huston," which I can only assume was for the party of Anjelica Huston (since she appeared in the film). However, I never saw her. Lawndart and I were really feeling like we had gotten away with something, eating free gourmet food upstairs in this posh dining area as waiters passed by, offering us multiple hors d'oeuvres. But later, when we finally went down to the main floor, it turned out that they had a buffet down there, too (presumably, with a much longer wait and a shortage of food). So I guess almost *everyone* was eating and drinking for free? Wow, somebody spent a lot of money on this night. I guess that's what happens with a "private party." See, the show wasn't publicized at all, not even on the marquee outside. I still have no idea what those wristbands indicated -- I don't think everyone was wearing them, so they couldn't have just meant "Over 21." Now here's the most unique, amazing part of the night. We had been on a outdoor balcony so Lawndart could take a smoking break, and when we came back inside, we saw on the TV monitor that some strange trio was just starting to perform onstage. Oops! Let's go see who it is. So, we go downstairs, and it's some cheesy, old-fashioned folk act in white pants and red, candy-striped shirts. Very much like what the Beach Boys wore in the early days. Totally retro, and grinning like vapid idiots. They're singing this totally whitebread, singalong folk, like something you'd hear from the Weavers, the Kingston Trio or Peter, Paul & Mary. Well, Lawndart figured it out before I did, as we got closer and closer to the floor -- HOLY CRAP, IT WAS THE THREE GUYS FROM SPINAL TAP! McKean was wearing steel-rimmed glasses and a short blond wig, Shearer was shiny bald and had a gray scruffy beard, and Guest was also bald but with a brushy moustache. You really had to look twice, to realize it was them. Shearer was actually playing *standup* bass - -- impressive. They had apparently introduced themselves as "The Folksmen," but we missed this because we were outside letting Lawndart smoke (). "The Folksmen" only played three or four songs, but they were all hilariously cornball and comical. I was absolutely agape, instantly realizing how rare this performance must be. Guest had this great pursed-lip "folk accent" he put on while singing (think Burl Ives), which amused me no end. Unfortunately, I had trouble understanding most of the lyrics, but the last song was a bouncy folk version of the *"Flashdance" theme* ("Oh, what a feeling..."). Wow! They left the stage in a strange way...wasn't sure whether it was a gag or not. Some stage person came onstage while McKean was introducing the next song, whispered something into Shearer's ear and the band just kinda *disappeared* without explanation. The curtains closed. But what an incredible surprise! If someone in the audience recorded these songs, Napster is going to have a field day with them. Meanwhile, those poor men had to get into the Spinal Tap costumes for the film screening, change into these "folk" outfits for the opening set and then change *back* to the Spinal Tap wear for the main event? Whew! Oh, the chafing. So, yes, Spinal Tap played too. Not much to say here, because it was just what you'd expect for the most part. I was led to believe that Mick Fleetwood would be drumming, but no. The keyboardist and drummer were just hired hands. There was also a female backing singer, at stage right. Steve Lukather (Toto) made a guitar cameo on a totally modernized, funk-rock version of "Sex Farm," and the encore "Big Bottom" featured a guest *tuba player* and *another* bass player whom I couldn't identify. It sounded like his last name was Starr? I thought it was stick inventor Emmett Chapman at first, but now I'm not so sure. He was baldish,glasses-wearing, gray and obviously hadn't shaved in several years. Long, gray-to-white beard. Help? There were also couple of women who jumped onstage during the show and made nuisances of themselves. One wacko redhead tried it about three times, and I believe was eventually booted from the club. I couldn't tell if the other one was planned or not -- McKean made some crack about "Janine" (his movie wife) not being able to stay away.... It seemed like Harry Shearer was a bit more enthusiastic about sustaining the rock-star illusion onstage than McKean and Guest. McKean and Guest were a bit more perfunctory in playing up the satire. Still, they all had their moments. During one of a few acoustic-based songs, Guest added a hysterically wretched solo break on *djigeridoo* (sp.?). Yikes! All three had microphone stands just *encrusted* with souvenir guitar picks, but Shearer was the only one distributing them throughout the show. McKean just flung out a couple of handfuls at the end, and Guest forgot about them altogether. However, some fan reached up, grabbed a bunch and started distributing them in the near vicinity. I got one -- it has the Spinal Tap logo on one side, and "Back From the Dead" on the other. Well, actually, *Lawndart* got one, but he didn't really want it so much and gave it to me. Woo. The band played several songs I didn't recognize, but this may be only because I haven't played the 1992 reunion album since first getting it. Still, I'm pretty sure there were some new songs -- one acoustic-like track was introduced as being from "Nigel's solo project" or something like that. Another was a nostalgic pop tune which sounded like mid-'60s Kinks. You know, that jaunty "Sunny Afternoon"-type beat, with descending bass notes. They *didn't* play "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight," for some inexplicable reason. They *did* play "Stonehenge," however -- complete with the haunted-house lighting and the undersized stone arch descending from the roof. (No midget, however.) I was again impressed with the musicianship, seeing Guest picking out that complex little folk ditty which comes during the "midget dance" break. Great. I don't think they played this song, the first time I saw Spinal Tap back in 1991 (at another "private" concert, actually). They also didn't play "Gimme Some Money," but they *did* play a final encore of the obscure "All the Way Home," which is only briefly featured in the film as the first song which David and Nigel wrote together (as teens). They only sing a few bars, then quickly fail to remember how the song went.... Am I *still* rambling? Sheesh. Somebody fetch Sandman, to push me offstage. Time for sleep. Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #249 *******************************