From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #112 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, April 7 2001 Volume 10 : Number 112 Today's Subjects: ----------------- hurrah! Gnat gets her 15 minutes of well-deserved fame! ["carole reichste] RE: hurrah! Gnat gets her 15 minutes of well-deserved fame! ["Cynthia Pet] Re: basement-life.com interview [Eb ] Re: Wall of Sound article [Terrence Marks ] my show review - not exactly [*twofangs / randi* ] Re: geriatrics in the balcony/Going to SF ["Crazy Unca' Nick" ] SF Show 2-Nite [Tom Clark ] Gnostic Hitchcock ["Spring Cherry" ] Soft Boys reunion rumors: a look back ["Russ Reynolds" ] Kimberley's Shirt ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: [sfbayfegs] Re: SF Show 2-Nite [Glen Uber ] Greetings from peru ["brian nupp" ] Re: let's talk about the Soft Boys for a change ["Richard Zeszotarski" ] The Usual Quarks ["Spring Cherry" ] Flowering Green Quarks ["Spring Cherry" ] Re: basement-life.com interview [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 04:29:51 From: "carole reichstein" Subject: hurrah! Gnat gets her 15 minutes of well-deserved fame! Matthew Seligman's latest installment of the tour diaries. http://www.underwatermoonlight.com/large_images/monsters.html (you know, I like this fellow more and more) Carole _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:46:46 -0700 From: "Cynthia Peterson" Subject: RE: hurrah! Gnat gets her 15 minutes of well-deserved fame! Hurrah, and me too! To quote Mr Seligman: "People hang around afterwards and me and Morris chat a bit. I sign my first Snail CD ever." That was my CD! He put a little (1) on it to indicate its firstness. I like this fellow a lot, too, and was really curious to hear what his Snail project sounded like. It's very nice, on first read (and I don't mean that in a condemning way) though there are only a few spots on it so far that really sound to me like the Matthew we're getting to know on this tour... I wonder who gave him the iron giant? And who would win, in battle with the aluminium thoth? Cynthia - -----Original Message----- From: carole reichstein [mailto:c_reichstein@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:30 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: hurrah! Gnat gets her 15 minutes of well-deserved fame! Matthew Seligman's latest installment of the tour diaries. http://www.underwatermoonlight.com/large_images/monsters.html (you know, I like this fellow more and more) Carole _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:12:52 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: basement-life.com interview >it is an indie masterpiece before that term even existed. The >Trouser Press Record Guide writes this about the album: "Underwater >Moonlight is one of the new waves' finest half-dozen albums and >unquestionably its most unjustly underrated one." [etc] You know, these articles have become a little unsettling to me. It's like history is suddenly rewriting Hitchcock's career, just like the way Brian Wilson's career was rewritten in the late '80s. Underwater Moonlight is being recast as Hitchcock's Pet Sounds, the one sacred moment of perfection in an otherwise up-and-down catalog. All these posted articles have the same slant. You've read one, you've read them all. The bad timing, the going against the punk grain, the heroic failure to break through, the group's brief but eventful lifespan. Other Soft Boys/Hitchcock albums are scarcely mentioned, or not at all -- it all comes down to this one lost masterpiece, which was overlooked in its day, only to be resurrected by those later artists it influenced. It's Pet Sounds, all over again. A rock 'n' roll fable is born. Hitchcock has so many albums, most of which have significant virtues. It's just weird, seeing this historical revisionism explode so quickly into bloom. Eb (and it's partially Matador's fault, if they're truly going to skip reissuing A Can of Bees and Invisible Hits as well) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 01:43:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: Wall of Sound article On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Keith Hanlon wrote: > Their 1980 sophomore release, Underwater Moonlight, is considered a classic >  but it didn't gain that stature until after the fact, when bands such as > R.E.M., Nirvana, and Yo La Tengo cited its influence on their work. Like > the Velvet Underground and Big Star before, the Soft Boys were ahead of > their time. First time I've heard of Nirvana mentioning the Soft Boys. Did that happen? Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com The Nice (an organization for comic strips) http://nice.purrsia.com normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 01:48:10 -0400 From: *twofangs / randi* Subject: my show review - not exactly Well, since Eb and Eddie mentioned my lack of continuous communication ... I'm kinda stuck between chemo and a hard place right now ... (sorry - terrible pun - but i'm on drugs - so, please forgive) As soon as I have the strength for it - hopefully next week - oh - I shall post a review like no review any of you have ever read. It will bring you to the concert with me, in fact, you'll be standing next to me! So no more 'dissin "the randi." ;-) When I'm back - it'll be with a vengeance. In the meantime - I hope / plead / beg for a copy of the T.O. concert ... I don't have lots to trade - but I'd love a copy of all the shows ... a sweet Aimee Mann fan / feg sent me a beautiful cd-r of the Baltimore show. Such creative packaging :-) It's really quite beautiful. But said person will get his personal thank you. Just not Saturday or Sunday I guess. Tuesday some drugs doses will be lowered ... Hopefully enabling me to be more mobile, in mind, body and spirit. But don't forget about me! I really want copies - I've never had a copy of the same tour twice and I think it would be really neat to have different concerts of this incredibly special experience, for me I could relive and smile and dance and admire all the gigs the Soft Boys played. Also - I am "Artist Champion" now for Robyn at Uplister.com I'm going to put up the Toronto set-list, and I've been told two other set-lists have gone up. Uplister doesn't really want doubles, but it would be cool if a set-list (with comments of course) were uploaded to Uplister.com for all shows. That's if anyone's in the mood. You can go through me if you like ... but it's more fun to do it yourself. Just let me know, so that in my reviews, I can link with other people's playlists. (and Eb, you know I fade in and out - but I'm never gone :-) fading back into yesterday before tomorrow comes, Randi *what scares you most will set you free* ~ robyn hitchcock i snapped a pic while he sang that line, not that i'll know what pic it is out of 78! 8-) yes Carole, I swooned, and not 'cause of the chemo : ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ any spelling errors, run-on sentences, and general malaise are solely the responsibility of me and the drugs I am on. so - *sorry* - my apologies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 23:21:08 -0700 From: "Crazy Unca' Nick" Subject: Re: geriatrics in the balcony/Going to SF Melissa reported: > 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. Well, a quick count of those Fegs whose pictures are enshrined for posterity on the Fegfotos website reveals a ratio of 1.9:1 (M:F). I bet you're thrilled to know that. This is still far from the perceived 80%. Perhaps the men just tend to be louder and more obnoxious. ...no, that doesn't seem right. (...we'll see if the ratio changes when photos from this tour are in.) Going to SF: I'll be right there with the rest of the geriatrics at the Fillmore tomorrow night. If you're in the area and new to the list DO come and say hello. Bayard's oft quoted "Fegs are the nicest people" is absolutely true. Just look for the "impossibly tall fellow, and the witty younger fellow". You might recognize some faces from Robyn's previous SF audiences captured on www.njaz.com/fegfotos. ~N ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:56:14 -0500 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: basement-life.com interview At 10:12 PM 4/6/01 -0700, Eb wrote: > >it is an indie masterpiece before that term even existed. The > >Trouser Press Record Guide writes this about the album: "Underwater > >Moonlight is one of the new waves' finest half-dozen albums and > >unquestionably its most unjustly underrated one." [etc] > >You know, these articles have become a little unsettling to me. It's like >history is suddenly rewriting Hitchcock's career, just like the way Brian >Wilson's career was rewritten in the late '80s. Underwater Moonlight is >being recast as Hitchcock's Pet Sounds, the one sacred moment of perfection >in an otherwise up-and-down catalog. In general, I agree. What's more, Robyn is somewhat participating in it, saying "I've never written anything better than 'Insanely Jealous'"... Only problem with the above position is that Ira Robbins wrote that about Underwater Moonlight in the first edition of the TPRG, which dates from '85 if I remember right. Certainly, that same blurb is in the '91 edition. So the particular assertion you quote is hardly part of the new journalistic trend. dolph ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 08:08:42 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: SF Show 2-Nite Can anybody fill me in on the plan for tonight? Coleen and I will probably just make it up there in time for a pre show dinner, so any clue as to where that might be held would be appreciated. Thx, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 15:33:59 -0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: Gnostic Hitchcock This entire post radiates off Jill B's comments. Godamn woman actually got me thinking seriously bout this stuff. See what happens when you let godamn women hang around the boy's clubhouse... :-) Jill wrote: >why is the Soft Boys' audience >predominantly male? Dont know. But whether solo or in any group, the Hitchcock audience is almost always predominantly male. >(I am 40something, always wear >jeans, never dress up, and drag my husband to strange shows without >his >having a clue Well I am a "40-something wive, dressed in that "somewhat made-up but not too much look, plus blue jeans" look but I will dress up for varities sake and my husband has more than a clue about Hitchcock, or rather, about Morris. He has this Morris fixation. Regardless of how many drummer jokes I make, Mike(hubby) insists that Morris is the secret of Robyn's genius. As long as Morris is playing, my husband is happy. >I never think of Robyn as a misogynist; he, rather, >seems to have an abundant disdain for male behavior and an adoration >for >the androgynous. Just my kinda guy. Well, dosnt -that- open up a cave of dragons? I think of Robyn as a Gnostic. ~~~Warning-- This is how it works for me. Which may be very different from how it works for you, and extremely different from how it actually works for Robyn Hitchcock. I know this. I dont need to be told this.~~~ He is filled with distain for the usual self-seeking, mean-spirited, deluded, dupliscious corrupt egos of our species which so often show themselves in finest fettle in what might be called human mating rituals. He is aware that the human spirit is capable of moments of transcendence which give the lie to much of what we call our egos. Also that such moments, when plurality and duality melt into unity, can be considered androgynous and/or what sex/love is really for and /or illusion. However, this awareness does not usually translate into any actual ablity to improve much of anything(thou attempts may be made, often leading to a general worsoning of conditions and very occaisonally to a slight temporary ameoleration of such.) This is turn produces intense frustration(and hence the need for escapist mechanisms),the usual conflicted yearnings for the unattainable and all around angst and anxiety cocooned around the actual impossibiblity of all the above. And any God who creates the above may well be in even worse shape than its benighted creatures. This God may be merely a disease of consiousness(which is itself a disease), an escapist mechanism, a horrible joke, a big question mark --or-- something that ties in in some way with the ability to change and trancedence (think the trilogy on Respect from Wreck of the Arthur Lee to Serpent at the Gate of Wisdom.) So, its not so much that Robyn is mysogonist as what some would call misenthropic and I would call clear-sighted. I too love Sandra's Having her Brain Out. What intelligent woman wouldnt? What intelligent woman hasnt entertained the fantasy of how much easier life would be without so much irony-dripping self-consiousness intelligence. Come to think of it, what human hasnt? >Well, this is sort of off topic, but I just found out that Minus Five >are >going to cover "Get Back in Line" for a Kinks tribute album...and >Jonathan >Richman is going to do "Stop Your Sobbing." Cool. Way cool. And untill I learn otherwise, I will fantasize that the Soft Boys will be on it doing "Gods Children." (And how can I love that song, you ask, with everything Ive said above? Well-- because of the irony -behind- the irony,and no, I shalln't explain;-) BTW--how do you like Elvis Costellos's version of Days? Kay, who, when feeling pretty in the shower has been known to sing... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 08:37:20 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Soft Boys reunion rumors: a look back With about 12 tortuous, anticipation-filled hours remaining before I finally get to see the Soft Boys tonight at the Fillmore, I decided to kill some time searching the archives for the first mention of this Soft Boys reunion. We begin with an ironic comment that predates the reunion rumors by about 9 months: Aaron Lowe, Oct 29 1999 in his review of the Cactus Cafe show w/ Robyn & Kimberley: > it makes me sad to think that that is > likely to be the closest thing to a Soft Boys reunion that I'll ever > see. Gary Sedgewick, June 7, 2000 mysteriously reported: > Just to make sure everyone is happy, some Robyn content... a > little birdie whispered something to me about a Soft Boys reunion for next > year... In response, "The Kielbasa Kid", June 7 2000: > reliable source? tour, or album of new material (or both)? uk or states > (or both)? (no public reply from Gary was found.) Over a month later, Bayard wrote July 12, 2000: > And I have received word that a Soft Boys reunion (including the USA) is > in the works, as was previously reported here on the list. Let's hope it > works out - I hated missing out in '94 and '80! Then there was this from Mark Pyskoty, July 21, 2000, folllowing another RH/KR gig: > Best moment of the night: Mike and I went up to get CDs signed after... > and when Kim was signing > mine (and I got him to open it too, so he's probably still peeling bits > of > CD wrapper off of himself ;) I asked him, "Is there any truth to the > rumor > of a Soft Boys reunion?" He gave me a priceless look--a mix of friendly > enthusiasm and startled suspicion--and said, in that inimitable voice, > "... > There *might* be..." Finally, Griffith Davies spots the first news item on the subject, August 14 2000: > It looks like the Soft Boys Reunion rumours are true: > > http://www.murmurs.com/newsstory.asp?id=1832 ...and just to bring things full circle, Aaron Lowe again, on March 28, 2001: > My weekend of following the Soft Boys around the Midwestern US is about to > begin Next: a loving look back at the origins of the placenta thread. I think I've been doing a pretty good job of not reading set lists too carefully (just scanning for "I Got The Hots", which would now be the surprise of the evening if they do it) and listening to only a select few MP3s (oh, wait, that's right--the surprise of the evening is going to be Thomas Dolby) and not playing "Underwater Moonlight" TOO much and looking at just enough pictures of gray haired men in loud trousers to temper any of the shock that might initially detract from the enjoyment of the experience. So I'm ready. Bring on the Soft Boys! - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:09:15 -0700 From: Chris Franz Subject: Re: SF Show 2-Nite At 08:08 AM 4/7/01 -0700, Tom Clark wrote: >Can anybody fill me in on the plan for tonight? Coleen and I will probably >just make it up there in time for a pre show dinner, so any clue as to where >that might be held would be appreciated. Okay, just so that we have some sort of plan, let's say we'll meet at the Thai Stick on Fillmore St. around six. Glen has asserted that they are vegetarian- and vegan-friendly, and it's about four blocks up (north) from the Fillmore theater. The address of the Thai Stick is 2001 Fillmore St -- cross street is Pine. Doors at the Fillmore are at eight. Show at nine. Stunned, giddy, slackjawed facial expressions from Fegs will build up until around one, and will remain for days. See you there. - - Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 12:16:45 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Kimberley's Shirt Is it just me or has he worn the same shirt to every gig? Maybe it's lucky, eh? Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:50:48 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: [sfbayfegs] Re: SF Show 2-Nite on 4/7/01 9:09 AM, Chris Franz wrote: > Okay, just so that we have some sort of plan, let's say we'll meet at the > Thai Stick on Fillmore St. around six. Glen has asserted that they are > vegetarian- and vegan-friendly, and it's about four blocks up (north) from > the Fillmore theater. The address of the Thai Stick is 2001 Fillmore St -- > cross street is Pine. Carol and I plan to be in San Fran at about 3:30. She wants to do some shopping along Fillmore, so we'll do that before meeting up with y'all. I think she has her heart set on eating at Pizza Inferno and that sounds pretty good to me. Fortunately the Thai Stick is near Pizza Inferno, so we'll still probably be able to meet up pre-show anyway. There was talk of doing a second meet-up at a bar at around 7:00. What is nearby? Cheers! - -g- "Never waste a trip anywhere by coming home without beer." - --Russ Reynolds, 21 Feb. 2001 )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ) ) Glen Uber // uberg at sonic dot net // Santa Rosa, California ) )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 13:26:25 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Greetings from peru Holy Llama mama! I4ve got about 360 new messages! Mostly from fegs no doubt. People must be popping out of the wood work! Great! Well, I4m still in Peru, and this is a wonderful place. Machu Piccu is just amazing! I wish I didn4t have a job and could stay longer... The Detroit and Chicago shows were great! Chicago was packed! Astromony Domine at both, but I4m sure everyone knows this by now. I4ve been listening yo th Chi show, my revcording came out pretty good, I4ll be ready to trade next week. Haven{t heard the Detroit show yet. More on this later... Great seeing Eddie, Carrisa, and Micheal again. more on this later... Gotta go. Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 13:50:28 -0400 From: "Richard Zeszotarski" Subject: Re: let's talk about the Soft Boys for a change I'll second that request for bootlegs of the reunion shows. Just contact me off-list and let me know how you wnat to work this, and we can take it from there. Aside from an old boot of a Pittsburgh show from 1986, I don't really have anything obscure enough to trade, but I'll be willing to pay cash. - -Rich Z. >From: "Abraxas" >Reply-To: "Abraxas" >To: >Subject: Re: let's talk about the Soft Boys for a change >Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:38:35 -0700 > >Hi, > >I'm new on this list and was wondering if people here trade bootlegs at >all? >I'd specifically like to get my hands on a good Soft Boys reunion show as I >won't get a chance to see them myself. > >Email me on or offlist (whichever is more appropriate) if you're interested >or can help. > >Thanks, >Ed _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:51:57 -0700 From: Fred Hamilton Subject: CD tree for Boston Show? Hi Fegs, Please forgive me if I'm way late - I've been travelling and unable to keep up. (The good news was that my business travel landed me at the Boston show, where I even successfully requested YFF to play "When the Girls Get Here"!) For that reason, I'd love to get the CDR with the YFF set (I've downloaded the Soft Boys set - FANTASTIC job Stefan/Ken!). Is it too late for me to hop on anyone's tree? I've got a CDR so I can make further dupes if necessary. Off to see the Soft Boys in San Francisco tonight, Fred ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 18:21:31 -0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: The Usual Quarks Matt, thou Swell wrote: >it's Cowes on the Island, >oh,and the locals pronounce it "Kayes".... And the West end is yachty? Sounds like I should retire there and be Kay of "Kayes." But would I have to keep cows? Keith: I really want to hear Robyn sing "Walking on Sunshine." Ohhhh yeah. Maybe at the Largo thing someone can heckle for it;-) Jill: >where is this mysterious Largo place where there will be a >secret gig? Its somewhere in the Cay's;-)(pronounced key's.) Melissa on why guys: >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. Agreed. There is the old stereotype that womens' senses of humor arent as sharp as males', but I do think thats untrue. I wonder if it has to do with something males have been documented at being better at ... spacial visualization? Lots of Robyns lyrics only really fall into place for me when I visualize them and sorta move the parts around. Guys are supposed to be better at this sort of imaging--hence their predominence in engineering. (Yes-- I -do- believe that in aggregate(and only in aggregate, induviduals can be anywhere on the map) there is a tendency towards -some- inate(and overt;-) differences tween male and female.) Chris Gros wrote: >Has no one mentioned the Dead Milkmen yet? They had at least two cow >songs, "Surfin' Cow" and "Death Rides a Pale Cow." 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? Wish Id known you were a Dead Milkman fan when I met you at the TLA ... because one of my other companions up near the stage used to write lyrics for them and I could have introduced you. Ill pass on your query to him. Natalie wrote: >"Oh, fuck, Robyn's wearing >THOSE pants again." (You know the ones I mean.) The cotton ones which started out as navy but have faded, have a threadbare white ironing crease and --really-- need to get boomed? He wore those in Philly. Or the great flowered florescent lime green ones I --wish-- he'd worn in Philly? (Is there anyone on the list who can talk to Robyn's girlfriend about this? Guys left on their own will never throw anything out. Its a woman's sacred duty to make sure that certain items just somehow get ... forgotten ... eaten by the cat ... fall apart in the wash etc.) Suasan wrote: >Eddie mentioned the possibility of changing his website from >feedthefish to morriswindsorisgod Hmmmm, sounds like he's in the same mind-set as my husband. Do you think Morris has weird hypnotic drummer powers? Kay, whose wearing her florescent lime green windbreaker today and wishing it had flowers on it _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 18:22:11 -0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: Flowering Green Quarks Matt, thou Swell wrote: >it's Cowes on the Island, >oh,and the locals pronounce it "Kayes".... And the West end is yachty? Sounds like I should retire there and be Kay of "Kayes." But would I have to keep cows? Keith: I really want to hear Robyn sing "Walking on Sunshine." Ohhhh yeah. Maybe at the Largo thing someone can heckle for it;-) Jill: >where is this mysterious Largo place where there will be a >secret gig? Its somewhere in the Cay's;-)(pronounced key's.) Melissa on why guys: >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. Agreed. There is the old stereotype that womens' senses of humor arent as sharp as males', but I do think thats untrue. I wonder if it has to do with something males have been documented at being better at ... spacial visualization? Lots of Robyns lyrics only really fall into place for me when I visualize them and sorta move the parts around. Guys are supposed to be better at this sort of imaging--hence their predominence in engineering. (Yes-- I -do- believe that in aggregate(and only in aggregate, induviduals can be anywhere on the map) there is a tendency towards -some- inate(and overt;-) differences tween male and female.) Chris Gros wrote: >Has no one mentioned the Dead Milkmen yet? They had at least two cow >songs, "Surfin' Cow" and "Death Rides a Pale Cow." 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? Wish Id known you were a Dead Milkman fan when I met you at the TLA ... because one of my other companions up near the stage used to write lyrics for them and I could have introduced you. Ill pass on your query to him. Natalie wrote: >"Oh, fuck, Robyn's wearing >THOSE pants again." (You know the ones I mean.) The cotton ones which started out as navy but have faded, have a threadbare white ironing crease and --really-- need to get boomed? He wore those in Philly. Or the great flowered florescent lime green ones I --wish-- he'd worn in Philly? (Is there anyone on the list who can talk to Robyn's girlfriend about this? Guys left on their own will never throw anything out. Its a woman's sacred duty to make sure that certain items just somehow get ... forgotten ... eaten by the cat ... fall apart in the wash etc.) Suasan wrote: >Eddie mentioned the possibility of changing his website from >feedthefish to morriswindsorisgod Hmmmm, sounds like he's in the same mind-set as my husband. Do you think Morris has weird hypnotic drummer powers? Kay, whose wearing her florescent lime green windbreaker today and wishing it had flowers on it _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:54:46 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: basement-life.com interview >> >it is an indie masterpiece before that term even existed. The >> >Trouser Press Record Guide writes this about the album: "Underwater >> >Moonlight is one of the new waves' finest half-dozen albums and >> >unquestionably its most unjustly underrated one." [etc] >> >>You know, these articles have become a little unsettling to me. It's like >>history is suddenly rewriting Hitchcock's career, just like the way Brian >>Wilson's career was rewritten in the late '80s. Underwater Moonlight is >>being recast as Hitchcock's Pet Sounds, the one sacred moment of perfection >>in an otherwise up-and-down catalog. > >Only problem with the above position is that Ira Robbins >wrote that about Underwater Moonlight in the first edition of the TPRG, >which dates from '85 if I remember right. Well, yes. However, I only quoted the above passage because it was the last article posted. Purely a matter of convenience. My thoughts were really directed at *all* the Soft Boys profiles/reviews which have been posted lately. I didn't mean to imply the above quote was a superlative example. Actually, it's not even in the same category, because it doesn't have that crucial "UM: Hitchcock's one masterpiece" component. Saying UM is one of the new wave's best/underrated albums or that it's the best album of 1980 isn't the "meme" -- it must involve trivializing Hitchcock's own remaining catalog. Eb PS Maybe Rhino should've pulled a campaign like this, when they re-reissued I Often Dream of Trains. ;) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #112 ********************************