From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #164 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, April 28 2001 Volume 10 : Number 164 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Nomi ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Blegvad's Leviathan book [Aaron Mandel ] Re: cars vs bikes vs pedestrians (who will win?) [Christopher Gross ] Re: Nomi [Eb ] Re: cars vs bikes vs pedestrians (who will win?) ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Nomi ["Renee Haggart" ] the name is rufus ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] [Ebmaniax] Disney and the Stooges: A Match Made in Heaven [Eb ] RE: Nomi [Stephen Mahoney ] Re: [Ebmaniax] Disney ... [steve ] that would explain it [Jill Brand ] bass [Jill Brand ] Largo [Jill Brand ] 93 (plus 2) reasons why Gore was better than Bush (for selfish Americans) [steve ] Re: Walden Pond [steve ] Re: Storefront Hichcock [JH3 ] Re: Storefront Hichcock/Next Question ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Underworlds and Electric Ballrooms ["Motherfucking Asshole" ] more on Disney's new theme park [Eb ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V10 #163 [Traveling Riverside Blues ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:18:59 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Nomi Subject: Nomi >>Klaus Nomi!! I remember seeing him singing operatic backup for Bowie on >>an old SNL once. Bizarro! wow, I think I remember that! At one point >Bowie was wearing what looked lika a little stewardess outfit and I think >they sang TVC15.......? I also seem to remember Bowie (or Nomi?) being >carried out on the stage in a sarcophagus or something... >They sang "TVC15" and "The Man Who Sold the World." >Nomi and the other singer carried in Bowie under the arms, as if he was a >stiff, stand-up figure. He sang without ever moving his body. Then for the >second song, he had a strangely flailing marionette body superimposed >underneath his head, via camera magic. Difficult to explain, unless you >actually saw it. I have these performances videotaped, somewhere. Classic. >Eb Klaus Nomi was also in Urgh! A Music War, which was a way cool colection of punk and new wave acts live in venues from LA to Europe on VHS. All the acts on the tape were from 1980/1981 concerts. Au Pairs, Gang of Four, Echo and the Bunneymen, Dead Kennedys, Police, Go-Go's, XTC, just way too many to list here. It would be a great DVD, if it's ever released. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:35:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Blegvad's Leviathan book On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Charles Gillett wrote: > I just got an e-mail from Downtown Music Gallery saying they have > the Leviathan book in stock--$24. And for Bostonians, it's at both The Million Year Picnic (comic book store) and Harvard Book Store (www.harvard.com) in Cambridge. (HBS isn't the university's book store, so you can buy things from them without fear of your dollars being used to evict people in Allston.) aaron ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:45:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: cars vs bikes vs pedestrians (who will win?) Back in the mid-80s, a pedestrian was hit and killed by a bicycle in State College, PA. There are a lot of hills there, that might have had something to do with it. At any rate, it does happen occasionally. I myself was nearly run over by a car a few months ago, right before New Year's Eve. I was trying to cross at an intersection where two cars were stopped at a stop sign. I let the first car go, the second slowly pulled up to the corner, and I started to walk across, thinking it too would stop at the sign. Instead, he just slowed down, either didn't look for pedestrians or didn't see me in my GAF black clothing, and hit the gas just as I stepped in front of him. Fortunately he didn't have time to build up much speed and I was able to jump back out of the way. I banged his rear fender with my fist as he went by, but he didn't stay to contest the issue. Needless to say, this car just happened to be a taxi cab. I very vaguely recall seeing that David Bowie appearance on SNL, which is quite a coincidence because I was never really a regular viewer. The only part I really remember is the sarcaphagus. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:54:45 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Nomi on 4/27/01 1:18 PM, Bachman, Michael at Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com wrote: > Klaus Nomi was also in Urgh! A Music War, which was a way cool colection > of punk and new wave acts live in venues from LA to Europe on VHS. All > the acts on the tape were from 1980/1981 concerts. Au Pairs, Gang of Four, > Echo and the Bunneymen, Dead Kennedys, Police, Go-Go's, XTC, just way too > many to list here. It would be a great DVD, if it's ever released. Funny you should mention "Urgh!..." I was just watching a little bit of it this morning. The Members, Devo, Pere Ubu, Au Pairs, Cramps, Invisible Sex, Alleycats, ... I'd never heard of the Au Pairs before, but they were pretty good. Are they worth checking out? Invisible Sex, otoh, SUCKED. It was funny watching The Alleycats. I remembered seeing them open for King Crimson on The Pier in NYC ('82?). The entire crowd was flipping them off in unison with the kick drum. Worse audience reaction I've been a part of since I saw someone clock Mark Farner in the head with a beer bottle! Yeow!! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:03:25 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Nomi Scary: >And wasn't there some cheapie furry robotic dogs (they had television >screens for faces) on the stage shuffling around during TVC15? Yes. They had l'il TV monitors encased between their bared teeth. I don't remember them "shuffling around," though. That might've been my first major exposure to Bowie...not sure. Bayard: >"And by the... presentation of his beliefs, insofar as >they're displayed... lead[s] me to believe he's >self-righteous, vindictive and smug." > >boy, you're really askin' for it, arencha? ;) It was hard, but I resisted. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:08:14 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: cars vs bikes vs pedestrians (who will win?) At 01:21 PM 4/27/01 -0700, Viv Lyon wrote: > > As a pedestrian, I've never been hit by a car, but I have been hit by a > > bicyclist - riding on a clearly marked "no bicycles or skateboards" path I > > might add. > >Were you hurt badly? No, not too badly. I was merely knocked down, and suffered a minor scrape or bruise or two, if that. The bicyclist, who was clearly at fault if only because he was riding illegally on a heavily travelled pedestrian-only walkway, apologized, so I didn't become indignant or anything along those lines. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:19:44 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Nomi Tom Clark wrote >I'd never heard of the Au Pairs before, but they were pretty good. Are they >worth checking out? If you liked early Gang of Four, you will like Au Pairs. A lot of the songs were about sex, from a female point of view. Au Pairs was equally divided, 2 women and 2 men. Lesile Woods, the female lead singer was backed up a man singer. They sometimes traded off lead vocals back and forth in songs, like John Doe and Exene did in X. The guitars sound like early Gang Of Four. Playing With A Different Sex was the first release from Au Pairs, circa 1980. Sense & Sensuality followed in 1981. Both are great and worth picking up. They also have a couple of live cd's that are out. You can get them at amazon.com, although they are imports. The good part is that they are remastered reissues with imformative liner notes. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:33:07 -0700 From: "Renee Haggart" Subject: Re: Nomi >Yes. They had l'il TV monitors encased between their bared teeth. I don't >remember them "shuffling around," though. > >That might've been my first major exposure to Bowie...not sure. mine too, and I think it coincided with my first major exposure to hallucinogens. I thought I was imagining the part about the l'il TV dogs... later that night I also recall waking up to find Marc Bolan and Abraham Lincoln sitting on the foot of my bed...does anyone else remember that part?Renee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:48:25 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: the name is rufus >From: HAL [sniping at Eb] > > Amy Correia's vocal performance on Conan [yadda] > >*yawn* What's Rupert doing? :-| For the record, I really, really like Rufus Wainwright and I eat up every word of what Eb has to say about him. I'm not as interested in Amy Correia but I still would rather read about her than about your ongoing, insanely tedious feud with Eb. Please snipe offlist if you must. Otherwise I must conclude that you're only doing it onlist so that the rest of us can observe what a devastatingly clever fellow you are. When you're not doing it, you're very readable (even when defending Dave Simogynist). Don't ruin the effect. Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:49:58 -0700 From: Eb Subject: [Ebmaniax] Disney and the Stooges: A Match Made in Heaven Well, maybe the moment has passed, but I'll toss out some comments about the J Mascis & the Fog show, two nights ago. In some ways, the Mascis performance was the *least* interesting part of my night. Firstly, I kinda "met someone," but I shan't be posting about this (fear not...the story is G-rated, anyway). Secondly, I worked at Disneyland in days of yore and haven't been back there in quite awhile, so it was fun checking out the new Downtown Disney shopping area and (from outside the gate) the new California Adventure park. Judging from the map I saw, the latter only has about a dozen rides, yet has the same admission price as the main park? Hmpf. Disney greed. I was just reading in the paper the other day, about how their animation unit is being drastically scaled back...I guess they're hurting, right now. Anyway, I made sure to get there a bit early, so I could negotiate any possible parking confusion and check out the surrounding shopping zone. Surprisingly, parking wasn't difficult at all. I figured Disney traffic might make this a major headache. What's more, you can park three hours for free (and two more hours with validation), so it seems like taking a shopping trip to Downtown Disney wouldn't be any more cumbersome than heading to any other local mall (though things are probably more hectic during the day). Downtown Disney is laid out like a "strip" rather than a "central plaza with branching tangents," and the far end of the strip is the front gate of the main Disneyland park. I walked up and down the whole thing, just to see what was available. I can't say I was overly impressed, though the shops were very attractive and, of course, the grounds were typically spotless. The obvious comparison is Universal Studios' Citywalk up in North Hollywood, but I feel the latter has more in the way of "unique shopping experiences" (even if the Citywalk's "flashing glitz" factor can be grating). Downtown Disney's unusual offerings included a fun store devoted to Legos, a ESPN venue (with an upstairs arcade), another music club called The Jazz Kitchen and a beautiful restaurant designed to resemble a full-scale Aztec pyramid, but otherwise, it was basically lots of well-packaged genre restaurants, snack-food stops, a movie-theater complex and gifty knick-knacks like watches and candles. No clothing for sale, beyond *Disney* clothing. No record store either, though there's a small bookstore. Oh, and here's a typical bit of Disney fascism: I tried to get change for a $20 bill, and was told the computerized cash registers wouldn't open unless a purchase was indicated. Ha. Still, I won't be too cynical -- I do feel like I'm still "part of the family," in some small way. Upon entering the House of Blues, I was instantly surprised at how much smaller it is than the Hollywood branch. The capacity sign said only 607, and we're talking about two levels here. It has the feel of a tall box -- front to back, the room is probably only 50 feet deep. I don't know the Hollywood HoB's capacity, but I'm guessing it's at least twice as much. This place also doesn't have the Hollywood HoB's amazing motorized, cutaway ceiling (hard to explain -- the upstairs restaurant space is either enclosed or exposed to the stage area below, depending on whether the ceiling is "closed" or split off to the sides). It seems like the HoB people skimped on the Anaheim decor, as well. The prime decoration consisted of quite a few framed wall hangings, but really, they just looked like old patchwork bedspreads. Pretty tacky, if you ask me. The featured "folk art" at the Hollywood location is much more attractive and intriguing. Walking around the upper level, you just feel like you're rambling around inside someone's pajama bottoms. Oh, but there's one neat feature: Somewhat hidden at both ends of this U-shaped level, there are small windows which give you a side view of the stage *even when the curtain is down*. So, between bands, you can sneak over there and watch the crew setting up equipment, etc. I thought that was a fun touch. Another nice thing about this venue is that it has a special VIP area (or "Loge"), which constitutes sort of a jury box which stretches around the front rows of the upper level. You almost feel like opera-house royalty, sitting up there amidst plenty of empty stools and open bench space, while folks are squeezed around the railing of the public area behind you. I suppose I should also add here that the restrooms were small, but ridiculously overstocked with an attendant, free cigarettes and baubles like that. That lingering-attendant-hoping-for-tips-here-have-a-paper-towel situation always makes me terribly uncomfortable, myself. Enough about the club ambience. As I entered a bit after 9 pm, "Jay Buchanan" was playing. I have never heard of him or his group, and have no idea whether they're a nationally known act or just local boys. He wasn't too bad, but the music didn't grab me. The songs had sort of a shuffling, bluesy, white-funk-rock feel. Like, maybe they could be a low-key opening act for Blues Traveler, though this sounds more insulting than it should. I don't think I'd even call the group "alternative," and they didn't really suit this show's demographic. Next up was a mildly pleasant surprise: Love as Laughter. I didn't know they were opening the show, and I have a certain degree of appreciation for the two LaL albums I've heard (though I can't quite endorse them). The show wasn't what I expected, though -- I recall the albums having an almost Who-like feel with fair melodies and punchy power chords, but (at least, on this night) the group was merely two similar-looking guys (brothers?) on guitars, with an occasional low-budget drum track added from a nearby keyboard. More of a self-amused Ween vibe, I suppose. The music seemed a lot more folksy in structure than I remembered, though it was always electric. The singer sustained sort of a bored, sarcastic patter which wasn't as funny as he thought -- he was obviously quite amused to be performing within the bowels of the Disney empire. The worst bit was when he pretended to field a cell-phone call from Dan Aykroyd, and sort of thanked him at length for booking them, etc. Scattered chuckles were all that this "skit" received. At least, their set was good enough to sustain my attention, something which I can't say for Buchanan. The group's last song featured cameos from bassist Mike Watt and drummer J Mascis, which was fun. I was immediately worried about Watt, however -- he looked much thinner, and his performance lacked its usual visual pizzazz. I know he had major health problems about a year ago, and I wondered if he was heading downhill. Finally, Mascis & the Fog entered. A trio. I can't identify the drummer, but of course the bassist was Watt again, this time minus the brown-tinted aviator glasses he wore with Buchanan. I guess he wasn't especially happy to play with the previous band, because (most of) his old performance flair returned for the main set. That was a relief. I really don't have an awful lot to say about this performance, because Mascis' style doesn't vary much, and we all know what he does. I will say that I probably enjoyed this set more than either Dinosaur Jr. show I saw in the past -- Mascis seemed less sullen and more actively interested in the music. And of course, Watt and Mascis have striking instrumental chops, without a doubt. About three quarters through the set, the somewhat incongruous guest star entered: the Stooges' Ron Asheton. This wasn't a spontaneous walk-on, because his name had been featured in some of the print ads. Watt said something like "Now it's time for *us* to go to school," and the group launched into six or seven prime Stooges tunes (including the encore tracks). Um...I can't recall them all, but they definitely included "TV Eye," "No Fun," "Loose," "Real Cool Time Tonight" (?) and, of course, "I Wanna Be Your Dog." For "No Fun" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog," the Love as Laughter singer returned for lead vocals, and did a fair simulation of Iggy's strutting and audience-surfing. For the other tracks, Watt sang (rather poorly) -- Mascis never tackled any of the Iggy tunes. Y'know, I remember when there was only one place in Disneyland (the private Club 33) where you could buy alcohol -- now, I sat here watching fans wildly shaking beer bottles and showering the crowd. Wow, what a contrast. Something else I might mention here: Someone recently told me this venue has worse sound than the Hollywood branch, and I think I agree. Watt's vocals were barely above the mix during this portion, and during his cameo with Love as Laughter, his bass boomed so oppressively that it was actually *painful* to hear, even in the back of the room. I literally had my fingers in my ears. This about wraps up the night's festivities. I got my parking ticket punched in the downstairs restaurant, walked back to the lot, checked (unsuccessfully) to see if there were any SUVs I could generously destroy, and then left. By that time, all the shops were closed, and there were more security/policemen walking around. As ever, all the other Disney employees I encountered were friendly, friendly, friendly. Damn...every time I start writing one of these things, I figure *this time* it'll be a short one. Then it somehow ends up 8K or 9K, anyway. Que sera. Eb http://home.earthlink.net/~elbroome/np.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:15:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Bayard Catron Subject: LYRICS hey, if you're interested, we've slapped together some new lyrics. see them here: http://www.bitmine.net/~bayard/robyn/lyrics/ Any feedback would be most welcome. dang that "...portland arms" is a fun live record. =b ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:19:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Mahoney Subject: RE: Nomi YES!!!!!!!!!! that Urrrghhhhh the movie had some great footage wasnt souxsie in it? and I seem to remember the cramps lead dude trying to swallow his mic!!!!! anyone remember the decline of western civilization series? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:57:31 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: [Ebmaniax] Disney ... On Friday, April 27, 2001, at 04:49 PM, Eb wrote: > Disney greed. I was just reading in the paper the > other day, about how their animation unit is being drastically scaled > back...I guess they're hurting, right now. Ha! Maybe now they'll have a reason to release the much superior Miyazaki films they've been sitting on. Still, I am going to attend my first Disney film in a long time when Atlantis comes out, even though it's been called Stargate under water. - - Steve __________ Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown! - Darph Bobo http://www.trippingtherift.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:38:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: that would explain it Hal wrote: > "I actually get venereal disease more often than most people catch colds." > > Wow, I knew Kinski was a dick, but these quotes really hammer it home, so to speak. Funny. Well, I guess being a dick helped put him in that position. Jill, who loves all things Werner Herzog - you must all see Strozcek (sp?) and Kaspar Hauser: Jeder fuer sich und Gott gegen alle - well, of course, that is, if you hate Withnail and I; then you'll just think that these brilliant films are pieces of crap, too ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:39:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: bass Did anyone else hear the NPR story today about bass fishing and how it is the biggest sporting event on television? Shit, I was just waiting waiting waiting for them to play Bass at the end, but they played some country song instead. What a missed opportunity. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:42:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Largo With all the recent posts, I kinda sorta missed if and how one could download and burn a copy of the Largo show. I don't have the equipment to do it, but a friend of mine was going to do it for me except she said that it was a trades only kind of thing. Is that right? Will someone/anyone take blanks in trade (or biscotti - Tom and Ken will vouch for them)? Thanks. Jill, who walked around Walden Pond the other day listening to a Robyn compilation tape made in 1987 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:14:24 -0500 From: steve Subject: 93 (plus 2) reasons why Gore was better than Bush (for selfish Americans) First - http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/04/confessore-n-04-26.html Then - http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/04/mooney-c-04-25.html - - Steve __________ Is this thing on? Sent via OS X Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:17:41 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Storefront Hichcock Hi, Question, are the songs on the L.P. the same as the ones on the DVD? In other words, if I have the DVD do I need the L.P. for any additional songs? Thanks, Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:30:37 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Walden Pond On Friday, April 27, 2001, at 06:42 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > Jill, who walked around Walden Pond the other day listening to a Robyn > compilation tape made in 1987 Hey, did you see that Eagles guy? - - Steve __________ Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown! - Darph Bobo http://www.trippingtherift.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:39:16 -0500 From: JH3 Subject: Re: Storefront Hichcock >Question, are the songs on the L.P. the same as the ones on the DVD? In >other words, if I have the DVD do I need the L.P. for any additional songs? Yes! The LP has the most material of the three formats, including the following tracks not on the DVD: Statue With a Walkman Where Do You Go When You Die? The Wind Cries Mary Eerie Green Storm Lantern Beautiful Queen If you have the DVD and the CD, but not the LP, you're still missing out on Statue With a Walkman and Eerie Green Storm Lantern. Whereas if you have the DVD and the LP, you don't need the CD at all, for completism's sake at least. You might still want it just for the sake of the non-scratchability. Devil's Radio is the only song on the DVD that isn't on either of the two other formats. John "not as much of a completist as I might seem" Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:55:34 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Storefront Hichcock/Next Question Anybody got a good cdr transfere of those songs? Contact me off list. Thanks, Max >From: JH3 >Reply-To: JH3 >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Storefront Hichcock >Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:39:16 -0500 > > >Question, are the songs on the L.P. the same as the ones on the DVD? In > >other words, if I have the DVD do I need the L.P. for any additional >songs? > > >Yes! > >The LP has the most material of the three formats, including the following >tracks not on the DVD: > >Statue With a Walkman >Where Do You Go When You Die? >The Wind Cries Mary >Eerie Green Storm Lantern >Beautiful Queen > >If you have the DVD and the CD, but not the LP, you're still missing out >on Statue With a Walkman and Eerie Green Storm Lantern. Whereas >if you have the DVD and the LP, you don't need the CD at all, for >completism's sake at least. You might still want it just for the sake >of the non-scratchability. > >Devil's Radio is the only song on the DVD that isn't on either of the >two other formats. > >John "not as much of a completist as I might seem" Hedges _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:30:08 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Largo On Fri, Apr 27, 2001, Jill Brand wrote: > With all the recent posts, I kinda sorta missed if and how one could > download and burn a copy of the Largo show. I don't have the equipment to > do it, but a friend of mine was going to do it for me except she said that > it was a trades only kind of thing. Is that right? Will someone/anyone > take blanks in trade (or biscotti - Tom and Ken will vouch for them)? > Thanks. Make her a copy. Her biscotti is divine. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:37:53 -0700 From: "Motherfucking Asshole" Subject: Re: Underworlds and Electric Ballrooms yeah. at the largo "gig", there was some sort of break at one point. may have been when morris and matthew were coming up onstage. after some time, kimberley finally said something to the effect of, "the audience waits in reverential silence." then, at the end of the show, after robyn had introduced everyone save himself, kimberley screamed out (in a kind of sandpaper-y voice), "AND MR. ROBYN HITCHCOCK!" it was all pretty entertaining. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:39:46 -0700 From: "Motherfucking Asshole" Subject: Re: Nomi funny indeed, as i was just watching it at mr. franz' the other week. what in god's name are you talking about, man???? that was the best fucking one!! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 01:09:48 -0700 From: Eb Subject: more on Disney's new theme park Scanning the souvenir map I grabbed.... California Adventure's top 11 attractions/eateries/shops with the worst California-themed puns: 1. Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream 2. Man Hat 'n' Beach (beachwear) 3. Baker's Field Bakery 4. Malibu-Ritos 5. Pizza Oom Mow Mow (surfboard-shaped pizzas??) 6. Maliboomer (free fall ride) 7. California Screamin' (roller coaster) 8. San Andreas Shakes (milkshakes) 9. Catch a Flave (ice cream) 10. Hollywood & Dine 11. Award Wieners Arrrrgh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:13:56 -0700 From: Traveling Riverside Blues Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V10 #163 At 4:15 PM -0400 4/27/01, fegmaniax-digest wrote: >Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:53:13 -0700 >From: "Renee Haggart" >Subject: nomi memory > >>Klaus Nomi!! I remember seeing him singing operatic backup for Bowie on >>an old SNL once. Bizarro! wow, I think I remember that! At one point >Bowie was wearing what looked lika a little stewardess outfit and I think >they sang TVC15.......? I also seem to remember Bowie (or Nomi?) being >carried out on the stage in a sarcophagus or something... Yes! This was one of those things that was so insanely great that I remembered it in detail for years, even though at the time I was too young to know who bowie was, let alone the particular songs... yes, they carried him out in a plastic-sorta-body-sorta-thing for TVC-15, then later they did "Boys Keep Swinging", and they chroma-keyed his head in over a dancing marionette's body. God, I'd kill to get a tape of that now. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:14:33 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: oxenford Set-list - The Zodiac - 27/4/01 1) You'll Have To Go Sideways 2) Kingdom Of Love 3) Queen Of Eyes 4) I Got The Hots Bluesier, more relaxed, groovier version than London performance. Following lyrical changes - "Best thing about you is your weight" then "Wait till you see the carcases in my abattoir." A foot and mouth disease reference perhaps, or has he done this one before? 5) Tonight Introduced by the whispered phrase 'Come on feel the noise' or should that be 'Cum on feel the noize'. Has he ever done a Slade cover?! 6) Old Pervert "When I was a young man I was mean to ants and the causes of ants...I thought I would become like the man in this song but it turns out that I'm quite normal..." Brought the house down. 7) My Mind Is Connected Definitely 'hold' and 'tray'. Well tonight anyway... 8) Bells Of Rhymney "A song I've been playing for most of my so-called adult life." 9) Sudden Town This one suddenly (ho,ho...) clicked with me. Seemed to be a beefier version than I've heard before. 10) I Wanna Destroy You 11) Leppo & The Jooves Kim was going mental during this, even did a bit of a duck-walk and strange little run across the stage. 12) Underwater Moonlight "Features Dr Boom and a couple of people involved in a drowning incident." Also had a wonderfully incomprehensible spoken section. Brouight David Lynch to mind. 1st encore 13) Astro Dom "Fade away, Dave Gilmour." 14) Pulse Of My Heart "For Viv Stanshall" 15) Rock'n'Roll Toilet 2nd encore 16) Only The Stones Remain In a final flourish Morris nearly managed to kick over his drum-kit, but in a typically sweet, un-rock'n'roll gesture Matthew leapt in and stop one of his cymbal stands from falling over... Sound was the best of the tour so far and the gig kept up the high standard set at the Electric Ballroom. Pity it wasn't a little bit better attended. Both Matthew and Robyn wore polka-dot shirts which prompted my extremely witty shout of 'Robyn Hitchcock's Polka-dot army' ('Tigana's black and white army' is one of the most popular chants at Matthew's beloved Fulham). It got a smile out of him at least. Robyn just looked perplexed.) Good to see Tony and Matt Sewell. Godders, did you make it? Roll on Portsmouth. jmbc. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #164 ********************************