From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #110 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 6 2001 Volume 10 : Number 110 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Hello all [Aaron ] Re: Hello all [JH3 ] re: towes (sic) [DougMash@aol.com] Re: geriatrics in the balcony [Melissa Higuchi ] Baltimore Show Mp3ed [MPys2626@aol.com] Re: ftp site for boston show [Michael R Godwin ] RE: Chicago show, MP3, cows ["da9ve stovall" ] more about this cow business [Marshall Needleman Armintor ] cows [Christopher Gross ] Re: more about this cow business [Bayard ] Oh, for fuck's sake. Another Soft Boys review. ["Natalie Jacobs" ] Re: more about this cow business [HAL ] InterMOO!rupting [dmw ] Re: Cwz ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: more about this cow business [Michael R Godwin ] RE: Chicago show, MP3, cows ["da9ve stovall" ] sf gate review [Eclipse ] [none] [Melissa Higuchi ] Yo Feggos - maxwells pix [Bayard ] Re: Oh, for fuck's sake. Another Soft Boys review. ["victorian squid" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 23:35:52 -0500 From: Aaron Subject: Re: Hello all At 12:22 AM 4/6/2001, Burnell Chadek wrote: >I met quite a few Fegmaniax last night at the show -- Vivian for one, and her >entourage -- the impossibly tall fellow, the witty younger fellow, and V's >boyfriend, who looked like he belongs in Hootie and the Blowfish... Nice to >meet you all! > >-- Burnell OK, so we all know who the "impossibly tall fellow" is, but I wonder who the "witty younger" one is. I must know... someone fill me in... Jeme "Hootie" Brelin... heheheh.... I can't help it. All those "Viper" references, it's nice to have indirect recompense. * Aaron mailto:aaron@hollowstreets.net http://aaron.hollowstreets.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 00:46:53 -0500 From: JH3 Subject: Re: Hello all >I met quite a few Fegmaniax last night at the show -- Vivian for one, >and V's boyfriend, who looked like he belongs in Hootie and >the Blowfish... A-HA! So THAT's the reason for all those anti-copyright diatribes! Jeme's actually a member of a glorified cover band, and he's just tired of having to send out all those @#$%&!! royalty checks! (Oh, and welcome to the list, Mr. CHADek! Assuming that's your real name...) - -John "unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable chads" Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:00:13 EDT From: DougMash@aol.com Subject: re: towes (sic) BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of the best bovine > >rockers you'll find anywhere. Oh my God, that's funny! Discovered Robyn & the Suburbs from the same record store manager back around 1983. Amazing how we all like the same bands. Just burned all the Suburbs vinyl onto 2 CDR's, as it's a travesty nobody put out the entire catalog, besides their greatest hits & reunion live show (which are both great. btw). If anyone who wants these in exchange for a current Soft Boys live CDR, email me! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:18:20 -0000 From: Melissa Higuchi Subject: Re: geriatrics in the balcony Jill Brand said: > Which brings me to this question: why is the Soft Boys' audience > predominantly male? I don't think I'm wrong in estimating that 80% of the > people at the Paradise show were men (from 18-60, it seemed). Good question. It hadn't dawned on me til the Baltimore show when my friend Maria commented on it. I'm guessing that the list is predominantly male or at least the regular posters seem to be predominantly male. Perhaps there is something about the particular sense of humor required to appreciate songs about moths, frogs, squids, the black plague and favorite buildings. Then again I can't imagine why anyone would not like Robyn or the Soft Boys. Any guesses from the guys out there? Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:23:27 EDT From: MPys2626@aol.com Subject: Baltimore Show Mp3ed Larry T gave me the green light to mpeg his Baltimore show recording. I know there's more than a few copies he's sent around already but it's up and running for a bit here... http://mapslegends.net/Audio/softboysmp3s.htm Plus, I noticed at the Seattle show...on the setlist... >>Give It To The Soft Boys [Jim, Scott, Peter, Morris, Kurt] >>The Bells Of Rhymney [with Peter] >>Queen Of Eyes [jam session] Would that Peter in particular happen to be Peter Buck? You guys got Astronomy AND Sleeping With Yr Devil Mask...golly! Don't know if anyone found this yet...concerning a certain barrister in the band... http://www.icclaw.com/l500/formex/pps/ukp9763.htm Fair Well! Mark Sleep Well ~ Don't Burst ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:17:55 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: ftp site for boston show On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Stefan Cooke wrote: > Sorry I didn't generate one of these md5 sum files. I'm brand new to this > SHN lark.... However, it's easy for me to reshorten the WAVs and this time > I'll generate an md5. I'll try to get everything uploaded today. I've tried this a couple of times and all I get is a message saying 'Sanity check fails, error 15265340'. I then tried some different software and got 'Error allocating buffer'. What am I doing wrong, please? - - Mike "I'd just found out what MP3s were and this new stuff comes along" Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:19:17 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Chicago show, MP3, cows >> >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of >the best bovine rockers you'll find anywhere. and don't forget "Cowtown" >by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a thread coming on? The most apocalyptic cow-tune: "Day of the Cow pt 1/Snowcow/Day of the Cow pt 2" - or, 'the Cowlogy' by Mike Keneally, from his _hat._ album. "I speak to you as a man who has eaten more beef, Than you can shake an androgynous country-slash-torch vocalist at." >Being new to the list, I'm gonna try on my own to find out about this FTP > >thing and maybe see about encoding a track >or two to MP3 and uploading Follow-up: I've uploaded "Evil Guy" from the Chicago show to the ftp site - and am putting at least five copies (!) of the show CD-Rs into the mail today for various trades that flooded me just since my first post yesterday. Thanks, guys! Have a listen to the MP3, and let me know whatcha think. I welcome any and all CD-R trades, and will gladly accommodate a few b&p's in the interests of spreading this show around. BTW - if you email this geek.com address and it gets bounced - - USE da9ve@hotmail.com !! Something's hosed at the geek.com address, and I don't know why. Some mail is getting through, but not all of it. >From: "Sirloin Stockade" Subject: >Taking Pleasure In The Hand Of God >4/4/01, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle >... >City Of Shame >... >Sleeping With Your Devil Mask >... >Give It To The Soft Boys [Jim, Scott, Peter, Morris, Kurt] >The Bells Of Rhymney [with Peter] Queen Of Eyes [jam >session] >they also soundchecked When I Was Dead (among other selections). Great googly-moogly! PLEEZE someone tell me they'll trade me a copy of this show for the Chicago one! >I really want to hear Robyn sing "Walking on Sunshine." Keith Mua-ha-ha-haaa! What a cool thought. The most interesting performance I've heard of "Walking on Sunshine" was by a high-school choir, in Champaign, IL, about nine years ago. They really rocked it out! So, is everyone else here as impressed with the new/previously unreleased songs as I am? "My Mind is Connected to Your Dreams," "Evil Guy," Sudden Town" and "Mr. Kennedy" found their niche in my brain after the first hearing in Chicago, and haven't left since. Classics, every one of 'em! cheers, da9ve da9ve@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:40:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Marshall Needleman Armintor Subject: more about this cow business ...I don't know how this thread got started, but -- There's this song on the first Foo Fighters record, "For All the Cows," that's pretty damned amusing. I can admit without shame that I think the whole album is worthwile, for those of you who missed it...er, well, you can find it used anywhere, that may be the best route to go. My favorite song on that album is "Wattershed" [sic], a totally hilarious sub-Metallica ripoff. marshall np Minutemen, _Paranoid Time_ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:11:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: cows Has no one mentioned the Dead Milkmen yet? They had at least two cow songs, "Surfin' Cow" and "Death Rides a Pale Cow." The latter is not to be confused with the comilation album of the same title. This DRaPC was an early single which I remember reading about in Maximumrocknroll magazine way back in high school, but I've never been able to find a copy, even on Napster. Do any of you have it? Eddie? - --Chris, who really really needs to get back to work ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:16:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: more about this cow business The Kinks had their Milk Cow Blues/batman theme/tired of waiting medley, live in'68... Inspiral Carpets had not only "Theme from Cow", but also "Two Cows", and their symbol was a cartoon cow... There are plenty more... including cow bites man, cow cow boogie, and others which may have been mentioned... and who could forget atom heart mother? ="me"b ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:17:18 -0700 From: "Natalie Jacobs" Subject: Oh, for fuck's sake. Another Soft Boys review. The problem with getting your hopes up too high about a show is that you're always going to be disappointed. The show last night was not the magnificent orgasmic experience I was expecting (and had been led to expect by accounts on the list), but it was still pretty goddamned good. Thousands of fegs gathered at a semi-vegetarian restaurant down the street from my apartment. Topics of conversation included Mark's dental problems, Eddie's capitalistic attitude towards selling his car, the British usage of the word "negligent," and my refusal to dress slutty for Tom due to the cold weather. The food was good (though my chicken sausage caused me to belch aromatically later in the evening) and much fun was had. And then, it was off to the decrepit Pine Street Theater for the show... Ahh, the Young Fresh Fellows. Such verve, such joie de vivre, such... ewww! Some of Scott McCaughey's spit got in my face! Uh, anyway, their songs were great but not as great as their, shall we say, stage presence. The drummer is completely nuts - he has a cymbal and a wok mounted on a tall springy thing which flips back and forth, nearly hitting him in the head at times. Kurt Bloch IS a rock n' roll god. He's chubbier and more double-chinned than the last time I saw him (about ten years ago), but still has that funny squeaky voice. Scott was far more unhinged than at the staid Minus 5 gig - he took a "nap" during one song (with a carefully-arranged towel as a pillow) and staggered around insanely during a hilarious mock "blues" song. It was at this point that I received the bounty of his saliva. But I didn't mind too much. And now, the Soft Boys. My first thought was, "Oh, fuck, Robyn's wearing THOSE pants again." (You know the ones I mean.) My second thought was that they looked really, really tired - except for Kimberley, who was as spry as ever, and apparently ageless as well. Morris hasn't aged too well - he looked to me like one of those jowly Middle-Eastern guys you see running restaurants or convenience stores. He wore sunglasses for most of the set. Matthew Seligman is way cute, in a mild, affable English sort of way, and doesn't look like a lawyer (or whatever he is). They took a while to get cranking - although I nearly levitated when they launched into "Queen of Eyes" (the second song), it didn't feel very energetic. But soon they kicked into gear and started rockin' more vigorously. I noticed that the other three Soft Boys seemed to be having a lot more fun than Robyn - I saw lots of smiles, and Kimberley's grimacing was particularly enthusiastic (and, as always, completely inappropriate to whatever he was playing). I think Robyn may have been sick, but he had the stage presence of a rock that night. He got a little more enthused later on. There were a number of highlights to the show. "Leppo and the Jooves" was fantastic - I never thought it would be easy to dance to, but it was. "Underwater Moonlight" was great, though Robyn's monologue about fish and donuts was nearly inaudible. (The sound wasn't too good in general - the vocals were too low and I could hardly hear the bass at all.) I nearly collapsed when they did "Insanely Jealous," and then... the encore... oh man... "Only the Stones Remain"!! Fuck yeah!! Robyn made appropriate, melodramatic hand-gestures during this one, and I danced my ass off. As for the new stuff, I liked "Sudden Town," didn't like "Mr. Kennedy" so much, and there must have been other new stuff as well - there was something which sounded distinctly "Jewels for Sophia"-ish, and therefore not very good. I know I'm forgetting some other great stuff... "I Wanna Destroy You" was marred by the aforementioned bad sound - I couldn't hear the harmonies properly, though I could in other songs. Morris and Kimberley sound great together. My friend Jeannine was marvelling at how good their voices sound. Maybe they don't smoke...? Kimberley's guitar-playing was also especially brilliant. His solos even got applauded several times. (Kurt Bloch received similar treatment, and deservedly so.) Towards the end of the show, Matthew broke his E string. (This is the thickest string on the bass, for you non-musician people.) I have no idea how he managed to do that. I don't even think he was playing with a plectrum, so he must have massively strong fingers or something. The string hung down comically while Matthew soldiered on with three strings, even refusing help from a roadie. Mark Sandman, master of the two-string bass, would have approved. After the show, there was much aimless milling about by fegs while I went to give Thoths to Matthew and Morris. "What is it?" Matthew asked curiously, and I said, "Robyn knows what it is." Morris seemed confused. I wonder if he was annoyed that I was paying more attention to that cute Matthew than him... More milling about ensued, and Matthew came out from the cordoned-off band area, with a beer in hand, to talk to us. He recognized Eddie (of course) and seemed happy that people were enthusiastic enough to follow the band. He's a really nice guy. Viv snagged some of his beer. Morris also came out to talk to people, and various fegs were still deep in conversation with him when I bid my farewells to all and sundry and headed back to my car. I bought the "baby tee," and am wearing it now. It is incredibly hideous - bright blue with bright orange print and trim. It is the ugliest article of clothing I own. I think it's great. The only problem is that it tends to hitch up under my chesticular region, obscuring the words "Underwater Moonlight," so I have to pull it down a lot. That is all, n. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:29:29 -0700 From: The Great Quail Subject: Cwz >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? Damn, do I feel a >thread coming on OK, Bowie mentions cows in "Quicksand," in the lyric "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow." And I'm sure Jethro Tull probably has a song cycle about milking cows laying around somewhere.... - --Q - -- +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 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 most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 11:35:44 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: more about this cow business > ...I don't know how this thread got started, but -- > There's this song on the first Foo Fighters record, "For All the Cows" Apologies if this one's already been mentioned, but my fave 'cow' tune has to be Daniel Johnston's "Walking The Cow" (covered by fIREHOSE on "flyin' the flannel" CD). Moo. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:38:31 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: InterMOO!rupting > There are plenty more... including cow bites man, cow cow boogie, and > others which may have been mentioned... One of the two best reasons not to give up on Lesbian Boy III is that if we put it back together we might record "Rock'n'Roll Cow." I had nothing to do with writing or arragning this song, so I feel I can praise it freely. My favourite bit goes: Hinduism has no creed or founder My man Brooks Robinson never missed a grounder We eat a lot of peas and potatoes with our chow But we never take a bite of ... Rock 'n' Roll cow. Genius. - -- d. np isolation drills ps pls to check out new mp3s one of m'bands at mp3.com/shoddyworkmanship then listen to james kochalka superstar, 'cuz he's brilliant. mp3.com/jks - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.shoddyworkmanship.net -- post punk skronk rawk = the new thing - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = rock music ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:41:09 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Cwz At 01:29 PM 4/6/01 -0700, The Great Quail wrote: >OK, Bowie mentions cows in "Quicksand," in the lyric "Mickey Mouse has >grown up a cow." That line is from "Life On Mars?" actually. "Quicksand" does have the word "bullshit" in it, though, so it is somewhat related to the topic. ;) - --Jsn "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:45:36 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: more about this cow business On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Bayard wrote: > The Kinks had their Milk Cow Blues/batman theme/tired of waiting medley, > live in'68... Lifted presumably from the Elvis Presley Milk Cow Blues-Boogie, or the Eddie Cochran Milk Cow Blues, which doesn't have the time change but has a better guitar solo by Eddie. And I'm sure they found it on some genuine blues record. - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:00:31 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Chicago show, MP3, cows >> >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of >the best bovine rockers you'll find anywhere. and don't forget "Cowtown" >by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a thread coming on? The most apocalyptic cow-tune: "Day of the Cow pt 1/Snowcow/Day of the Cow pt 2" - or, 'the Cowlogy' by Mike Keneally, from his _hat._ album. "I speak to you as a man who has eaten more beef, Than you can shake an androgynous country-slash-torch vocalist at." >Being new to the list, I'm gonna try on my own to find out about this FTP > >thing and maybe see about encoding a track >or two to MP3 and uploading Follow-up: I've uploaded "Evil Guy" from the Chicago show to the ftp site - and am putting at least five copies (!) of the show CD-Rs into the mail today for various trades that flooded me just since my first post yesterday. Thanks, guys! Have a listen to the MP3, and let me know whatcha think. I welcome any and all CD-R trades, and will gladly accommodate a few b&p's in the interests of spreading this show around. BTW - if you email this geek.com address and it gets bounced - - USE da9ve@hotmail.com !! Something's hosed at the geek.com address, and I don't know why. Some mail is getting through, but not all of it. >From: "Sirloin Stockade" Subject: >Taking Pleasure In The Hand Of God >4/4/01, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle >... >City Of Shame >... >Sleeping With Your Devil Mask >... >Give It To The Soft Boys [Jim, Scott, Peter, Morris, Kurt] >The Bells Of Rhymney [with Peter] Queen Of Eyes [jam >session] >they also soundchecked When I Was Dead (among other selections). Great googly-moogly! PLEEZE someone tell me they'll trade me a copy of this show for the Chicago one! >I really want to hear Robyn sing "Walking on Sunshine." Keith Mua-ha-ha-haaa! What a cool thought. The most interesting performance I've heard of "Walking on Sunshine" was by a high-school choir, in Champaign, IL, about nine years ago. They really rocked it out! So, is everyone else here as impressed with the new/previously unreleased songs as I am? "My Mind is Connected to Your Dreams," "Evil Guy," Sudden Town" and "Mr. Kennedy" found their niche in my brain after the first hearing in Chicago, and haven't left since. Classics, every one of 'em! cheers, da9ve da9ve@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:43:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Eclipse Subject: sf gate review i was about to post the sf gate article on the SB reunion, and then read it closely and realized i'd already read it on this list. doh! can't wait for tomorrow night, sf fegs! hope to meet up with some of you before the show. i'll post to the sfbayfegs list today.. so i've also been dying for a cone ('dying for a cone' was my band's name in high school, ha) and wondering how to snag one off the street or something to bring up to the show tomorrow. but today at work i came up with something: i collect those little Chevron Cars (for non-us fegs: little toy cars sold by the Chevron gas stations, they're cute and collectible) and one of them comes with three miniature cones! they're SO small, but i'm thinking i'll bring them up and maybe get RH to initial one for me .. what do you think my chances are? :) - - Eclipse np: The Monkees - Present - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eclipse | eclipse@best.com If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 19:13:55 -0000 From: Melissa Higuchi Subject: [none] >Matthew Seligman is way cute, in a mild, affable English sort of way, and >doesn't look like a lawyer (or whatever he is). Glad someone else thought so. He was so adorable at the Baltimore show in his tie dye shirt. We were about 4 feet from him. He is so much less rock n roll looking than the others. The tour diaries have been great too. >I bought the "baby tee," and am wearing it now. It is incredibly hideous - >bright blue with bright orange print and trim. It is the ugliest article of >clothing I own. I think it's great. The only problem is that it tends to >hitch up under my chesticular region, obscuring the words "Underwater >Moonlight," so I have to pull it down a lot. I too am wearing the hideous shirt. I so wish the merch people had gotten either bigger ones or spandex. One of my friends said that it looked obscene on me. I wanna hear Robyn sing Going Down to Liverpool. Mel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 16:24:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Yo Feggos - maxwells pix Mike Hooker's daughter took a pile of pictures at the Maxwell's show. The best ones will likely go on my site eventually, until i get to that find them here: http://www.bitmine.net/~bayard/robyn/pictures/maxwells During the YFF maxwell's set, Scott demanded, "Who's smoking pot??!!" Note to gNat: he also apologized for spitting all over some people. Mike's daughter loved the show, btw. Good to see the new generation keeping the faith.... =b ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:35:21 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: Oh, for fuck's sake. Another Soft Boys review. - -- Gnat gnatted: >not the magnificent orgasmic experience I was expecting (and had been led to expect >by accounts on the list), but it was still pretty goddamned good. I hear tell that the band themselves were much happier with this setlist. However, I actually enjoyed the Seattle show a lot more, despite being hot and uncomfortable and having a bit of my claustro-crowd-o-phobia acting up (it was ok until I looked and saw what looked like 5 billion people crowded behind me, so I stopped looking :)). We got a three guitar "Bells of Rhymney" AND "Astronomy Domine" AND "Devil Mask". Plus Robyn looked me in the eye for about a second and a half. He may not have been happy, but he looked adorable. ObFashion Report: Pants and shirt actually matched and neither was particularly loud, and he had really nice boots (cuban-heeled dress). At the Portland show, as Gnat has already informed you, he was wearing -those- pants. Doug cracked "wow, he's not wearing a loud shirt today". >Thousands of fegs gathered at a semi-vegetarian restaurant down the street >from my apartment. I think we passed the current numbers record. Three or four people had cameras so pics should be getting to Mr. Winkworth soon from somebody. Ours won't be developed for awhile yet. Doug also took a few at the show but I don't know how well they will come out, as he pronounced the lighting "crappy" and "the worst possible for taking pictures". Fegs present included : Mark R. Shark, Gnatalie, Michael Wolfe, Tom Clark, Viv, Jeme, Greg Schell, Michael Keefe, Eddie F. Tews, Chris Franz, Carole Reichstein, Cynthia Peterson, JB Jones, Jim Davies. If I forgot anyone, it's nothing personal at all, there were lots of peoples there :). >aromatically later in the evening) and much fun was had. And then, it was >off to the decrepit Pine Street Theater for the show... Indeed. That place is in dismal condition. It has the appearance of neglect. The persons responsible for cleaning and repairs are -negligent- in all senses. Not to mention the sound is terrible, they have no liquor license and it's COLD in there. Bitch bitch bitch. > Some of Scott McCaughey's spit got in my face! Uh, anyway, their songs >were great but not as great as their, shall we say, stage presence. I'll go with that. I don't really know them so I can't comment that much, but it did seem to me (based only on seeing this show) that they are talented musicans and performers but the material is only soso. The drummer especially is phenomenal and I like Kurt Bloch a lot, even if his imitation blues playing was kinda lackluster. >Matthew Seligman is way cute, in a mild, affable English sort of way, and >doesn't look like a lawyer (or whatever he is). I agree, he is very cute in a boyish kind of way, and a real charmer. >stage presence of a rock that night. He got a little more enthused later >on. Did you notice him grinning at Kimberley during one of their guitar duels? I think it was during "Leppo" maybe, I don't really remember. I do remember the moment. Kimberley was really INSPIRED and Robyn's face just kind of lit up, as tho the sun were coming out after several days of drizzle. >"Underwater Moonlight" was great, though Robyn's monologue about fish and >donuts was nearly inaudible. It seems that there's a new one every night. Eddie, has there been? My favorite of the three was hands-down the Vancouver one. It was downright eerie, especially with the blue lighting making RH look like a weird prophet of doom. >man... "Only the Stones Remain"!! Fuck yeah!! Robyn made appropriate, >melodramatic hand-gestures during this one, and I danced my ass off. Oh yeah, I loved the illustrative arm gestures! This was the only one of the three shows that featured them. >much, and there must have been other new stuff as well - there was something >which sounded distinctly "Jewels for Sophia"-ish, and therefore not very >good. Speak for yourself :). I like the zub-zub one a LOT (is this the one people are calling "Mind is Connected"?). It has this one beautiful line in it that I can't quite recall, sort of "Your skin is beautiful/And your face grew out of it". Bah. That's not quite it but that's a shadow of it anyway. The line in particular knocked me out when I heard it in Vancouver. >and I said, "Robyn knows what it is." Morris seemed confused. I wonder if >he was annoyed that I was paying more attention to that cute Matthew than >him... In general people were paying more attention to that cute Matthew (or so it seemed to me). He's just that kind of person. I think they were also sort of responding to the way he seems curious about meeting some of the hardcore fans. Morris did draw his share of admiration as well tho, and he might be gratified to know that Eddie mentioned the possibility of changing his website from feedthefish to morriswindsorisgod :). love on ya, Susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 14:11:12 -0700 From: Eb Subject: re: Cwz You know, for questions of this nature, you can always go to the CDNow or Amazon websites and simply type the desired words into the song-title search engine. Myself, I was fascinated to learn from CDNow that they're selling precisely eight songs which contain the word "Bovine." ;) Eb, currently wowed over discovering an undeveloped roll of film in his closet which is 16-17 years old ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #110 ********************************