From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #129 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, April 17 2001 Volume 10 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- the saddest thing about JR's death [Eb ] Another Soft FTP server.... [Bayard ] Syd ["Rob" ] Mossy Liquor CD? [David Librik ] Re: Syd ["brian nupp" ] Ebay Good and Bad ["brian nupp" ] Re: Syd ["Rob" ] Re: in the midst of life we are in death etcetera [Eclipse ] Hard to find vinyl [Jeffrey Andersen ] RE: Hard to find vinyl ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: tribute...of sorts [Christopher Gross ] Re: in the midst of life we are in death etcetera [Christopher Gross ] Re: reunite [Ben ] Re: reunite [Glen Uber ] Re: the saddest thing about JR's death ["J. Brown" ] lyricsmaniax ["victorian squid" ] Re: reunite ["brian nupp" ] RE: reunite ["Brian Huddell" ] metro review from launch.com [recount chocula ] for the press completists... [recount chocula ] Re: lyricsmaniax [Bayard ] Re: lyricsmaniax [recount chocula ] Re: Mossy Liquor CD? ["Aaron L." ] Re: Beefheart > Soft Boys ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: engineering food for thought. ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: reunion albums ["Russ Reynolds" ] Harry Hitchcock? [Mike Swedene ] Detroit FTP sight [Mike Swedene ] Re: poetry in songs ["Motherfucking Asshole" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:17:27 -0700 From: Eb Subject: the saddest thing about JR's death All those Christians who used to regard Easter as a sacred day of celebration will now only think of it as the day Joey Ramone died. Awww. Eb, wondering which Ramones songs would sound best played on church organ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Another Soft FTP server.... I've just been informed of this: ftp://softboys:livemp3@24.131.50.69:6510 It's the Detroit gig, with an upload folder for those who would like to use it. Quite an embarassment of riches online these days... Also, Eb wrote: "[the soft boys] sold out the knitting factory weeks in advance." Looks like Eddie was right, huh! =b (death song: 'the sound of silence') ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:22:27 +0100 From: "Rob" Subject: Syd There was an article about Syd in one of the Sunday papers this week, it included a recent photo. Anyone want me to scan it in & stick on a website somewhere? Article also had a quote from Syd in response to an attempt at a doorstepping interview I guess - "I think you had better leave it. I don't do that any more". - -- Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:34:11 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Mossy Liquor CD? Hello Trilobites, Has anyone taken the time and energy to digitally record, un-click, and generally sonically clean up their LP of "Mossy Liquor" so they could put it on CD? I'd like to get a CD of it and, before I try to do it myself (badly), I thought I'd troll for techies! Please drop me some e-mail if you've got it. - - David "angel's head on a baboon's body" Librik p.s. Speaking of band reformations, there's a new Electric Light Orchestra album coming out ... of course it's just Jeff Lynne with his current friends, vigorously denying that All Those Other Guys ever contributed much to his band back in the '70s. :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:43:27 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: Syd >From: "Rob" There was an article about Syd in one of the Sunday papers this >week, it included a recent photo. Anyone want me to scan it in & stick >on a website somewhere? Yes! I wanna see this, but I don't know how to use the web space I have yet. >Article also had a quote from Syd in response to an attempt at a >doorstepping interview I guess - "I think you had better leave it. I >don't do that any more". > I guess we won't be seeing him on any reunion tours! Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:59:01 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Ebay Good and Bad This is a good one. Surprised there are no bids yet: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1424447717 Will they never stop? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1424206754 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:06:37 +0100 From: "Rob" Subject: Re: Syd A couple of yes's, so I'll get it sorted sometime tomorrow. - -- Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:14:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Eclipse Subject: Re: in the midst of life we are in death etcetera On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Christopher Gross wrote: > > next up: cEvin Key and Philth (Phil > > Western), aka Download, DJ'ing tomorrow night at the Cat Club on Folsom. > > gotta keep busy.. > > Wow, the Soft Boys followed by Download! Now that's a combo I could > support. If only they would tour together.... whoa .. i can't even *imagine* what a show like that would be like. talk about an odd band combination.. fwiw, the download set included lots of Key's solo stuff from his forthcoming solo release 'The Ghost Of Each Room'. they played a couple of songs from Effector and the whole set was incredible. it was disappointly short, though. but i'd go see them again in a heartbeat! also, i've learned that Key is joining Ogre on his tour in support of his new solo release 'Welt' (under the band name Ohgr). still no word on whether or not they'll play any SP stuff, but man, i saw the reunion show in Dresden last August, and it was INCREDIBLE. so it would be great if they did some SP stuff on the Ohgr tour.. mentally directing the lyrics of 'Empty Girl' at the Other Woman and the lyrics of 'Love Poisoning' at my SO, Eclipse np: Can of Bees - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eclipse | eclipse@best.com If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:22:46 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: Behind the Electric Bogaloo Spring Cherry: >Shameful confessions time--so would I Now it's up to four, so hey, there's safety in numbers. >I'm just not as honest and unconflicted about it as you;-) I dunno about that. If I present as totally unconflicted then please allow me to correct that. I mean, we all know most intelligent women are conflicted about the glamour stuff or have been at -some- point if they're not now. As long as we aren't fighting over whose brand of feminism is morally superior then it's all good. As always, YMMV, IMO, &c. >the lyrics;-) so let that T-bird ride(come on, dont you like old Beach Boys >stuff alittle bit? Those harmonies?)(And without the band, we wouldnt have No. *wearily* Yeah, -I know-. I just seem to have a blind spot there. A lot of it has to do with them reminding me of people I hate and I have trouble getting over that (altho I managed it for Paul Simon, strangely). Concerning the botox: >And sometimes it dosnt quite work, and your eye-lids droop funny. There's that, and also, it starts wearing off after....hrm......I don't know exactly but I think six months or thereabouts. If you can't afford to get more injections or can't get an appointment right then or whatever, then lucky you, your face starts crumbling like a just-dynamited building. Yee haw. >Elizabeth I and raised me on aphorisms like--"never trust anyone without >stong bones, they inevitably lack character." Few know this, but actually Peter Sellers thought up the name "Chinless Wonder" whilst thumbing through a Dodge family album. >Before you know it our cycles will start synchronizing;-) Bwahahaha! Oh my God! Oh I can just see Eb's face. It's stuck in the nearest garbage can, retching up technicolor :). >So -where- do fegirls shop? I do most of my cosmetics shopping online or drugstore. For clothes it's mostly thrifting and discount places like The Rack. Sometimes regular Nordstrom's but mostly online because I really can't deal with being accosted by aggressive people on commission who WILL NOT LEAVE OFF. The scariest horror movie never made features department store cosmetic counterpeople on commission wielding giant bottles of perfume and pots of glitter, chasing terrified screaming members of the public and yelling things like "NOBODY IS -EVER- JUST LOOKING!!!! GET BACK HERE AND BUY THAT $200 SUPERBIOFLAVONOID WRINKLE BLASTER, YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT YA FUCKIN SHRIVELLED CRONE!!!!!!". Actually now that I think of it, that's really more of a horror-comedy, isn't it? :) The irony is, sometimes if I'm just browsing I'll spend more than I planned to, but if people are really aggressive about "helping" I'll just walk away. I'm not that naive sort of person that thinks if I just buy something they'll leave me alone. The only way to be left alone is to flee. >Hey, maybe we could do a pajama party? Geography seems to be a bit prohibitive. It's 2001, weren't we all supposed to be zapping around in clean-burning spacecraft by now? This wasn't supposed to still be a problem. disillusioned, Susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:30:34 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: songs to die for/to I tHiNk mInE wOuLd hAvE tO bE "The Morning Fog" (last song, side 2 of _Hounds of Love_...but then all of you knew that, right?). Also: the new Nick Cave album is really _that_ great? Really? Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:31:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey Andersen Subject: Hard to find vinyl If your looking for hard to find vinyl/cd's by the soft boys or hitchcock. You might want to try www.gemm.com. It's a huge database of music sellers. A search of the soft boys brought up several hundred items, including (4) copies of "can of bees" two crabs in EX condition for under 35 dollars each. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:44:55 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: RE: Hard to find vinyl The biggest problem with GEMM is that the listings aren't always (in fact, in my experience, never) up to date. Everything I went after was either already sold or the person selling it wasn't able to be reached. Best of luck with it...it is tempting, though. Lots of nice things listed. - -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Andersen [mailto:andersen@tcfreenet.org] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:31 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Hard to find vinyl If your looking for hard to find vinyl/cd's by the soft boys or hitchcock. You might want to try www.gemm.com. It's a huge database of music sellers. A search of the soft boys brought up several hundred items, including (4) copies of "can of bees" two crabs in EX condition for under 35 dollars each. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:27:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: tribute...of sorts > >PS - As a possible new thread, what song would you the > >Fegz like to die to? Here's some ideas, for both my actual death and any subsequent funeral: DEATH SONGS - -The Cult, "She Sells Sanctuary" - -Beatles, "A Day In the Life" - -Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb" - -Nirvana, "On a Plain" - -The Dead Milkmen, "Life Is Shit" (if I'm glad to be going) - -Stormtroopers of Death, "Anti-Procrastination Song" (if I'm dying in unbearable pain) - -Wagner, "The Ring Cycle" (if I'm to be executed at the end of the song) - -AC/DC, "Highway to Hell" (if I want to joke about my irreligious ways) - -Green Day, "Longview" (if I want to die in the spirit in which I lived) - -Cubanate, "Oxyacetylene" (if I'm to die in gladiatorial combat) - -Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You" (to make dying not seem so bad) FUNERAL SONGS - -Mercury Rev, "The Funny Bird" - -Bevis Frond, "The Miskatonic Variations I and II" - -Phish jamming to the sunset at the Clifford Ball, 8/16/96 - -Faith and the Muse, "Annwyn, Beneath the Waves" - -Delerium w/ Sarah McLachlan, "Silence" - -Skinny Puppy, "The Centre Bullet" - -Fields of the Nephilim, "Dead But Dreaming/For Her Light/At the Gates of Silent Memory/Paradise Regained" - -Porcupine Tree, "Piano Lessons" (a non-death-related song (like many on this list), but it just has a nice sweetly melancholy feel) - -Electric Hellfire Club, "God Is Dead" (if I really want to show I'm not scared of this "God" fellow) - -Beborn Beton, "Another World" (if I'm 17 and I killed myself over some girl and I want her to know why I did it and I'll bet she's sorry now, huh) - -Soft Boys, "Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole" (if I just want to confuse people) - -LA Style, "James Brown Is Dead" (to liven things up a little) - -Village People, "YMCA" (to pack the dance floor towards the end of the night. There will be dancing, right?) - --Chris np: none of the above ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:38:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: in the midst of life we are in death etcetera On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Eclipse wrote: > > Wow, the Soft Boys followed by Download! Now that's a combo I could > > support. If only they would tour together.... > > whoa .. i can't even *imagine* what a show like that would be like. talk > about an odd band combination.. This is changing the subject little, but you just reminded me that Ogre's almost-solo project Rx recorded a cover of the song "Scarecrow" by Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. > also, i've learned that Key is joining Ogre on his tour in support of his > new solo release 'Welt' (under the band name Ohgr). still no word on > whether or not they'll play any SP stuff, but man, i saw the reunion show > in Dresden last August, and it was INCREDIBLE. so it would be great if > they did some SP stuff on the Ohgr tour.. Well, why not tie this into the reunion-album thread? I would love to hear a Skinny Puppy reunion album! Are there any good rumors to this effect? (I can't read rec.music.industrial anymore -- too flamey.) Or at least a live album from that show last year? If I coulda gone I woulda.... - --Chris np: The Cult, "Here Comes the Rain" (another good song to die to, BTW) ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:54:56 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: the saddest thing about JR's death > Eb, wondering which Ramones songs would sound best played on church organ "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", no question. "Danny Says" would be nice too. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:50:11 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Re: reunite >How does scanning other people's posts constitute "trolling"? ;) Oh, I just have this image of Eb going through the barren wastelands of internet discussion groups in search of content, like a fisherman trolling for fish - "What's that, a disturbance in the water? Joey Ramone has died.... feeding time!" But I understand "trolling" also means someone who causes flame-wars on such groups. But I didn't mean to infer that, not at all! ;-) >Why U2? Oh, you mean because Joey was listening to U2 when he died? Incidentally, the correct answer to the song question is that the cure to death will be found in about 15 years and none of us will ever die. Survey: do you pronounce the group The dB's (a) "the decibels" or (b) "the dee-bee's"??? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:08:52 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Re: reunite Ok then would you pronounce the name of my new Caribbean death metal band The lbs as (a) "the pounds" or (b) "the libs"? ;-) Glen Uber wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Ben wrote: > > >Survey: do you pronounce the group The dB's (a) "the decibels" or (b) "the > >dee-bee's"??? > > Dee-bees, just as it's spelled. > > Cheers! > -g- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:14:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: reunite On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Ben wrote: >Ok then would you pronounce the name of my new Caribbean death metal >band The lbs as (a) "the pounds" or (b) "the libs"? ;-) Of course not. It's el-bees. ;-) Cheers! - -g- )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ) ) Glen Uber // uberg at sonic dot net // Santa Rosa, California ) )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:24:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: the saddest thing about JR's death On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Eb wrote: > All those Christians who used to regard Easter as a sacred day of > celebration will now only think of it as the day Joey Ramone died. Awww. This morning i overhead this old smelly punk bum at the bus stop say "Jesus came back on easter and now Joey died on easter. Maybe it's a sign man maybe its a sign. Maybe Joey was Jesus, man!" Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA "Put your faith in death because it's free" -Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:25:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: Mossy Liquor CD? On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, David Librik wrote: > Hello Trilobites, > > Has anyone taken the time and energy to digitally record, un-click, > and generally sonically clean up their LP of "Mossy Liquor" so they > could put it on CD? I'd like to get a CD of it and, before I try to > do it myself (badly), I thought I'd troll for techies! Please drop > me some e-mail if you've got it. Hey, id like to get a copy of that too! I just got Mossy Liquor on vinyl and id love to have a more portable copy! Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA "Put your faith in death because it's free" -Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:31:36 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: lyricsmaniax Does this list still exist? Can we revive it? TIA, Susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:37:09 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: reunite >Survey: do you pronounce the group The dB's (a) "the decibels" or (b) "the >dee-bee's"??? I always thought it was pronounced the dee-bee's. Those 1st 2 albums: "Stands for Decibel's" and Repercusion are incredible! Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:47:55 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: reunite > Ok then would you pronounce the name of my new Caribbean death metal > band The lbs as (a) "the pounds" or (b) "the libs"? ;-) (c) "the ell bees" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:52:54 -0400 From: recount chocula Subject: metro review from launch.com The Soft Boys Metro, Chicago By Tim Sheridan Mar 27, 2001 Reunion tours are typically depressing affairs, either a last-ditch play to milk some cash from fans of the glory days (think of the Sex Pistols) or a sad use of a once-revered name (think of almost any '60s band doing the county-fair circuit). But the Soft Boys were never big, just influential (think Velvet Underground or Big Star). And their return to the road after two decades of silence comes off as more of a labor of love than a scramble for dollars. After taking the stage with a thundering rendition of the angular instrumental "You'll Have To Go Sideways," frontman Robyn Hitchcock welcomed the crowd with, "Welcome to our sweet 21st birthday party." He then led the original lineup of Kimberly Rew (guitar), Matthew Seligman (bass), and Morris Windsor (drums) through a terrific set of classics, primarily culled from the seminal Underwater Moonlight LP (just reissued in an excellent two-disc set from Matador). Though they now sport their share of silver hair (most notably Rew's startlingly snowy mop-top), their enthusiasm for the material has not diminished. Indeed, they are inarguably the elder statesmen of absurdist rock. Songs like "He's A Reptile" and "I'm An Old Pervert" were delivered with aplomb, with jagged edges and mad guitar freakout duets between Rew and Hitchcock. The song "Underwater Moonlight" became a surreal meditation, with fine textures from the rhythm section. All the while Hitchcock proved the able master of ceremonies, injecting such off-kilter patter as "Arthur Rimbaud said, 'I was another,' and he wasn't kidding" before "Queen Of Eyes" and dedicating a powerhouse "I Wanna Destroy You" to George W. Bush. But the most notable aspect of the evening was the freshness of the music, a unique blend of Velvet Underground foreboding, Dali-esque imagery, and Byrdsian harmonies. They even served up strong readings of VU's "Train 'Round The Bend" and the Byrds' "The Bells Of Rimney" as special treats. After a couple of fine encore sets (including the delightful "Rock 'N' Roll Toilet") the quartet took their leave. Good night indeed. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:56:51 -0400 From: recount chocula Subject: for the press completists... nothing new here, but for those of us who keep track of these sorts of things... this news blurb is from the april 9th infobeat music mailshot ( for more info). i haven't been able to find the full article on the launch.com website though.... >*** R.E.M.'s Buck rocks with Soft Boys > >(Launch) - R.E.M.'s Peter Buck joined legendary underground band the >Soft Boys on stage at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle Wednesday night >for a version of the group's "Queen of Eyes" and the Byrds' "Bells >of Rhymney." Buck played a 12-string guitar during the stint, which >also feature a cameo by Scott McCaughey, who fronts the Minus 5, one >of Buck's permanent side-gigs and the opening act for the evening. >Members of McCaughey's other group, the Young Fresh Fellows, also >chipped in. The Soft Boys, featuring Robyn Hitchcock and Kimberley >Rew (later of Katrina & the Waves) are little known in the >mainstream but influenced a generation of jangly guitar bands - >among them R.E.M. - with their psychedelic folk rock sound, perhaps >best documented on the 1980 album, "Underwater Moonlight." The >British band regrouped for a reunion tour earlier this year. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: lyricsmaniax 1) yes; and 2) yes let's! i have been meaning to type in the new lyrics. maybe i'll do that tomorrow. subscribe info is just the same as with fegmaniax, only with "lyricsmaniax" substituted, obviously... (the procedure is on fegmania.org) On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, victorian squid wrote: > Does this list still exist? Can we revive it? > > TIA, > Susan > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:35:50 -0400 From: recount chocula Subject: Re: lyricsmaniax i was under the impression that lyricsmaniax was a working group, not really a discussion group. i'd hope that no one feels that lyrics-oriented discussion (meaning, interpretation, whatever) has no place on feg since it most certainly does! woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:42:00 -0500 From: "Aaron L." Subject: Re: Mossy Liquor CD? At 08:25 PM 4/16/2001, J. Brown wrote: >On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, David Librik wrote: > > > Hello Trilobites, > > > > Has anyone taken the time and energy to digitally record, un-click, > > and generally sonically clean up their LP of "Mossy Liquor" so they > > could put it on CD? I'd like to get a CD of it and, before I try to > > do it myself (badly), I thought I'd troll for techies! Please drop > > me some e-mail if you've got it. > >Hey, id like to get a copy of that too! I just got Mossy Liquor on vinyl >and id love to have a more portable copy! > >Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA >"Put your faith in death because it's free" -Robyn Hitchcock I have this. It sounds great. You will like it. Write me off list. * C. Aaron Lowe mailto:aaron@hollowstreets.net http://aaron.hollowstreets.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:16:52 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Beefheart > Soft Boys > Can anybody make a six-degrees-of-separation path between Beefheart's > Magic Band and the Soft Boys? Probably through Eric Drew Feldman > or Gary Lucas? Beefheart Zappa Belew Bowie Seligman>Soft Boys betcha you smart guys can find a shorter link though... - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:17:16 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: engineering food for thought. > On the song "The Philosophers' Stone" on Star For Bram, many of the backing > vocals have a strange sound to them. It is most pronounced during the > refrain "The philosophers' stone, but I'm grateful.". What is it? Is it a > vocoder? A harmonizer set to create a bunch of narrowly-detuned voices? > What do you think? sounds flanged to me. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:30:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: engineering food for thought. I would agree on the flanged sound.... I listened to the album again today. I haven't really listened to it in a while with the SB discussions going on. Herbie np - Radiohead "Amnesiac" - --- Russ Reynolds wrote: > > On the song "The Philosophers' Stone" on Star For > Bram, many of the backing > > vocals have a strange sound to them. It is most > pronounced during the > > refrain "The philosophers' stone, but I'm > grateful.". What is it? Is it a > > vocoder? A harmonizer set to create a bunch of > narrowly-detuned voices? > > What do you think? > > sounds flanged to me. > > -rUss Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:32:06 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: reunion albums Eb nominated: > Elvis Costello & the Attractions/All This Useless Beauty Beg to differ... > The Buzzcocks/Trade Test Transmissions This was the only one that came to mind for me. Most of it very good but some slow moments toward the end last time I checked. I guess I'll give you this one. > The dBs/Paris Avenue Does this count? Or was it just the still-together dB's with Stamey returning? Must admit I've never heard it, maybe I should check it out? > The Rutles/Archaeology Beg to differ. It ain't the entire original band (where's Dirk??) and it's nowhere near as good as the first. > Bob Dylan & the Band/Planet Waves A singer/songwriter's reunion with his backing band isn't really what I had in mind. In fact, instead of jumping all over me about the above Costello/Attractions offering just go ahead and lump that in this category and I'll withdraw my "beg to differ". Besides, wasn't Brutal Youth (a better album!) the real reunion? > Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks/Orange Crate Art "I think we all remember where we were when THEY split up".... > Wire/The Ideal Copy (not to mention A Bell is a Cup Until It is Struck and > Manscape) > Gang of Four/Mall > King Crimson's Discipline *and* Thrak > Pere Ubu's The Tenement Year (a fantastic album which, mysteriously, almost > no one remembers!) > Television/Television > The Raincoats/Looking in the Shadows haven't heard any of these so I'll have to take your word for it. Quail: > PS: How about this -- Reunion albums to look forward to? My personal > list would be topped by Gong, The Talking Heads, and Bauhaus..... ^^^ "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads"! Was Joey really listening to U2 when he died? No wonder. When I die I'll probably be listening to a Giants game. In fact it damn near happened yesterday when Barry dropped that fly ball in the eighth inning. - -rUss np: Monochrome Set "Goodbye Joe" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:46:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Harry Hitchcock? I noticed and made a mental note.... The song "The Philosophers Stone" appears on the infamous Bram album. The Harry Potter movie coming out this summer is called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." Any FEGS who work at movie theaters might bring the posters in to Robyn at a show and get them signed. Just a thought. Herbie now playing - Radiohead "Amnesiac" Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:50:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Detroit FTP sight Hi! I was downloading the Detroit show, but now it tells me there is no such place. I am in need of 3 songs to complete the show. Anyone have an ftp sight with this on it? feel free to email me off line, if you are afraid of too much traffic. Herbie Now Playing - Radiohead "Amnesiac" Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:06:49 -0700 From: "Motherfucking Asshole" Subject: Re: poetry in songs > My original question was > about artists who tend to *insert* extemporaneous poetry bits into more > traditionally structured songs. david lee roth, mark gloster. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #129 ********************************