From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #166 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, April 30 2001 Volume 10 : Number 166 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Chinese Insect Commercial ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application [steve ] Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application ["Aaron L." ] DVD ["brian nupp" ] RE: Urgh! A ["da9ve stovall" ] Gotta let this DVD out [Mike Swedene ] Re: The Chinese Insect Commercial ["Russ Reynolds" ] RE: Urgh! A ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application [Ben ] Re: today [Capuchin ] Re: Urgh! [Capuchin ] Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application [David Librik ] Re: assholes great and small [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: assholes great and small ["Motherfucking Asshole" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 07:43:08 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: The Chinese Insect Commercial Bucketfull of Brains, 1986: > "The Chinese Insect Commercial", which was considered for > release as a 45 some years ago Glen Uber, 2001: > It very well could be one of the instrumentals. "Pit of Souls," perhaps? ...except that Pit of Souls had already been released under the name Pit Of Souls by the time of this article, on the Brenda's Iron Sledge 12." I don't believe there were any other instrumentals on Invisible Hitchcock. I checked an old interview I did with RH around this time and sure enough, he mentions "The Chinese Insect Commercial" by name as being on this upcoming record. A Google search turned up one more mention of the song in the opening run-on sentence of this 1993 piece from the Vancouver Sun {http://feedthefish.org/archive/93/042993.html} > In the past, Robyn Hitchcock has dazzled music fans by twisting '60s Pop > into strange and wonderous new directions with songs like "The Man With The > Lightbulb Head", "The Unpleasant Stain", "The Man Who Invented Himself", > "My Wife And My Dead Wife", "The Chinese Insect Commercial", "Dancing On > God's Thumb", "The Abandoned Brain", "Grooving On An Inner Plane", Note that "Unpleasant Stain" has never seen the light of day either, but at least that one has been witnessed live and is well documented. "The Chinese Insect Commercial" is not even listed in Robyn Base. Odd that a song once considered for a 45 would just vanish without a trace, don't you think? - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:03:52 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V10 #165 - ---------- >From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) >To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org >Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #165 >Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2001, 5:27 AM > > "Papa Oom Mow Mow" was a huge surf-garage hit for the Rivingtons, Eddie. > > Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:04:09 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application > On Sunday, April 29, 2001, at 02:28 AM, Motherfucking Asshole wrote: > actually, robyn has commented on this issue. here is, straight from the > horse's mouth (as it were), the precise order in which he thinks you ought > to purchase his albums: > GROOVY DECAY > GROOVY DECOY > GRAVY DECO > PERSPEX ISLAND > MAUREEN AND THE MEATPACKERS, WE HARDLY KNEW YE > STAND BACK, DENNIS! > FRESH CREME RINSE > THE BIBLE OF BOP Brandon 2000, pay no attention to etews, currently masquerading as Motherfucking Asshole. All right thinking Fegs know that the next album to buy is Element Of Light by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians. - - Steve __________ Is this thing on? Sent via OS X Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:53:56 -0500 From: "Aaron L." Subject: Re: The Chinese Insect Commercial At 09:43 AM 4/29/2001, Russ Reynolds wrote: >Note that "Unpleasant Stain" has never seen the light of day either, but at >least that one has been witnessed live and is well documented. "The Chinese >Insect Commercial" is not even listed in Robyn Base. Odd that a song once >considered for a 45 would just vanish without a trace, don't you think? Though, if it's an instrumental as implied, it's quite possible that he did perform it live, and if he didn't introduce it as "The Chinese Insect Commercial," no one hearing it live would have known that that is what they were hearing! * C. Aaron Lowe mailto:aaron@hollowstreets.net http://aaron.hollowstreets.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:57:41 -0500 From: "Aaron L." Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application At 10:04 AM 4/29/2001, steve wrote: >Brandon 2000, pay no attention to etews, currently masquerading as >Motherfucking Asshole. All right thinking Fegs know that the next album >to buy is Element Of Light by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians. That's a great album, but I'd have to recommend picking up Jewels for Sophia and Moss Elixir before anything else, noting what he really enjoyed from Storefront. And the Storefront CD and/or LP soundtracks, because they have extra songs not on the DVD. Then when delving further into the past, I'd personally recommend Fegmania! over Element of Light, but just barely..... * C. Aaron Lowe mailto:aaron@hollowstreets.net http://aaron.hollowstreets.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:27:18 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application Welcome Brandon! >I'm new here... checked the website and looked at the last few digests to >So, a few questions to start... > >The USA tour is over, correct? Did the Soft Boys come through Atlanta? >I'd hate to have missed them here just because I heard the album a few >weeks too late. I don't think he came to the area. So, in a way, you lucked out! >Is the DVD available in widescreen, or just standard? It's a very frustrating fact that this is not available on widescreen! >If I love Underwater Moonlight and also dug Storefront (especially Devil's >Radio, Filthy Bird, Let's Go Thundering, Yip Song), what would be the best >thing to get next? Everyone will tell you differently. My favs are Black Snake Diamond Role (from 1981 right after Underwater Moonlight), and Moss Elixir from 1995 (right before Storefront Hitchcock). Devil's Radio and Filthy Bird are from Moss Exilir. The Yip Song is from Respect, now outta print but easily obtainable on ebay or used record stores. A warning: devilling into the world of Hitchcock can be addictive and expensive, and he has a lot of albums! >From my brief mini-tour of webpages a few minutes ago, I got the impression >that Hitchcock fans tape/trade/collect a lot of live shows. Does he >usually present little rambling stories before songs, like in the movie? Yes and yes. >Play a lot of covers? Sometimes. Do any old Soft Boys songs? Recently,yes! Allow/encourage taping? Thank God, Yes! Brandin, check out http://www.underwatermonnlight.com for some free downloads of live stuff you JUST missed! There's also a members section for $15 you can get more cool downloads! Enjoy Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:46:53 -0700 From: "Paul Montagne" Subject: Urgh! >> 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. > > YEAH! The first URGH! thread in 6 years! If there are two things I really wish for in DVD, its for the release of "URGH! A Music War" and the first "Decline of Western Civilization". I havent seen URGH in at least ten years. I'd love to get ANY copy of that again. In college we used to rent it all the time. It was a ritual similar to listening to Roxy Musics Avalon or Ultravox's Vienna with candlelight. I know its not available anywhere as I have searched long and hard for it, and thats a damn shame. There are so many excelent performances captured in Urgh!. From Stan Ridgeway pinching his sheeks singing "Back in Flesh", (add vacant stare) to Lux and his leathers, swallowing the mic, singing Tear It Up, its all so friggin great. But Gang of Four is my favorite in that film. They just rip the shit out of "He'd send in the army". I saw them soon after that, in 1981 and they blew my shit away. paul np (next post) 2002 ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:48:43 -0400 From: "brian nupp" Subject: DVD Well it looks like Gotta Let This Hen Out is out on DVD now: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1427262235 I bet it's not widescreened, cause it never was anyway. Some purchases I made at a record convention yesterday: 1. The Soft Boys, A Can of Bees LP (original pressing, white back) Excellent Sleeve/Near Mint Vinyl $20 (too high?) 2. Television, Marquee Moon on CD. $7. It really is good! 3. The Velvet Underground, Loaded on CD. $5. (I can't believe I didn't have this!) 4. Cindy Lauper, She So Unusual. I couldn't bring myself to buy this one. Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:54:33 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Urgh! A >I have the double album of Urgh! on vinyl - was it ever released on CD? >(and if not, why not???) As others have pointed out, yes, it was released briefly on CD, but is apparently pretty hard to find now. I snagged a copy a few years ago, and this is the tracklisting: Police - Driven to Tears Wall of Voodoo - Back in Flesh Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay Oingo Boingo - Ain't This the LIfe XTC - Respectable Street (fantastic!) Go-Go's - We Got the Beat Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (still the only thing I've ever heard by him, and still a striking song that made perhaps the strongest first impression on me of anything in the Urgh! show) Jools Holland - Foolish I Know Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Clan Devo - Uncontrollable Urge Echo and the Bunnymen - The Puppet The Crams - Tear it Up Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Bad Reputation Pere Ubu - Birdies Gary Numan - Down in the Park The Fleshtones - Shadow-line Gang of Four - He'd Send in the Army 999 - Homicide X - Beyond and Back Magazine - Model Worker Skafish - Sign of the Cross I'd love to see the film of this again - it's one of the earliest "new wave" memories I have; I musta been about 13. I still can't remember what cable channel I saw this on, either. HBO? USA? No clue. >The CD pressing lost the tracks by >Toyah Wilcox, The Members, Athletico Spizz 80, Alley Cats, >The Au Pairs, and John Otway. >I taped those performances only a couple of years ago -- when NBC first >started showing "Classic SNL" episodes at 3 am on Saturdays, they seemed to >be consciously picking episodes with landmark musical performances. They >showed the ones with Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, the Rolling Stones, Zappa, >Laurie Anderson, Devo, Talking Heads, etc. They also showed the Bowie >episode. Aiee! Did they show the Beefheart episode? >>Pere >>Ubu/Pennsylvania > >Redouble your efforts, dear boy. I'm a big Ubu fan, and on some days I go >as far as thinking that this is actually their best album... It IS an excellent album. Dark. >I remember now that you wanted to know more about 15-60-75. Their site is< www.numbersband.com > >As The Kidney Brothers they have an as yet unreleased album produced by >David Thomas floating around, and as the full band there's a blues covers >CD that's been a long time in coming... There's the 15.60.75 _Jimmy Bell's Still In Town_ release, too, which apparently comes with a money-back guarantee from David Thomas himself if you buy it in the UK. I bought it, and it IS a damn fine album. Not what I expected, really - in that it sounds less like Ubu than I expected. The musicianship is quite good and the songs really take off and soar. http://www.projex.demon.co.uk/hearpen.html should be the URL for details. cheers, da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:05:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Gotta let this DVD out Looks like amazon.com is taking preorders on the DVD for $19.48. Just a heads up..... Herbie Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:30:11 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: The Chinese Insect Commercial > Though, if it's an instrumental as implied, it's quite possible that he did > perform it live, and if he didn't introduce it as "The Chinese Insect > Commercial," no one hearing it live would have known that that is what they > were hearing! I suppose it *could* have become "Chinese Water Python," but to the best of my knowledge there's never been any evidence that anything from Eye dates back to 1985 or earlier. Besides, "Chinese Water Python" hardly sounds like a song that would be considered for a single. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:32:11 -0700 From: Eb Subject: RE: Urgh! A >>I taped those performances only a couple of years ago -- when >NBC first >>started showing "Classic SNL" episodes at 3 am on Saturdays, >they seemed to >>be consciously picking episodes with landmark musical performances. >>They showed the ones with Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, the Rolling >Stones, Zappa, Bowie, >>Laurie Anderson, Devo, Talking Heads, etc. > >Aiee! Did they show the Beefheart episode? No...and I was really hoping they would, because I either missed the episode the first time around or it simply didn't register because I had no idea who Captain Beefheart was back then. (Oh yeah -- they also showed the Grateful Dead episode during this initial period. ;)) I've seen "Urgh!" but it was years and years ago. I know it was on either IFC or the Sundance channel recently, but I missed it. I hadn't heard of a lot of the bands when I saw it, and I was pretty hostile toward the Go-Go's and Oingo Boingo. I remember being most interested in Gary Numan, but I was also giggling at the weirder performances by Pere Ubu, Skafish and the Cramps. That was definitely my first exposure to Ubu. I don't remember seeing Gang of Four at all -- drat! I wish I had seen that group in concert. I remember there being a US tour planned circa Mall, and it was last-minute cancelled for some reason. EbTrivia: I got the shortest haircut of my life, yesterday. Please adjust your bar graphs. Eb now ehhing: Samantha Mumba, Monster Magnet ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:53:13 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: RE: Urgh! A > >Aiee! Did they show the Beefheart episode? The Beefheart episode was during one of the woerst of SNL's seasons. The odds are better for catching it on Comedy Central. http://beefheart.com/ used to have mpegs and mp3's of this but bandwidth problems lead to them being removed. Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:12:57 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application > The USA tour is over, correct? yes here's where you can read all about it http://www.underwatermoonlight.com/index.html > Did the Soft Boys come through Atlanta? no they didn't play in the southeast at all > If I love Underwater Moonlight and also dug Storefront (especially Devil's > Radio, Filthy Bird, Let's Go Thundering, Yip Song), what would be the best > thing to get next? Well I'd get Moss Elixir since it has some of that stuff. But get them all of course! I would reccomend Fegmania, Element Of Light, Gotta Let This Hen Out, Eye, I Often Dream Of Trains, all as good ones to start with, and Groovy Decoy as last despite what Robyn said!!! > Does he > usually present little rambling stories before songs, like in the movie? If he didn't I am sure there would be panic on the list - which brings up another question, has anyone ever been to a RH show where he barely spoke? I would nominate the Bilbao, Spain show from 1996 I have, where he only introduces the songs in Spanish. And I assume there could be some others in front of non English speaking audiences like that, but I was wondering if there are any like that under more "typical" circumstances? > Play a lot of covers? Do any old Soft Boys songs? Allow/encourage taping? Yes, yes, yes!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:26:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Brandon and interstitial speaking bits. Brandon sed: > If I love Underwater Moonlight and also dug Storefront (especially > Devil's Radio, Filthy Bird, Let's Go Thundering, Yip Song), what would > be the best thing to get next? Respect, I'd say. Robyn Hithcock & The Egyptians, that is. Then Queen Elvis. Then Groovy Decoy. Honestly, that's the direction I'd go for the stuff that you say you like. And Groovy Decoy will prepare you (with tracks like How Do You Work This Thing?) for the truly amazing stuff like The Soft Boys' Can of Bees. On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Ben wrote: > If he didn't I am sure there would be panic on the list - which brings > up another question, has anyone ever been to a RH show where he barely > spoke? I recall reading in Rolling Stone back in maybe 1991 that Robyn played a show (not necessarily during the era of the article's publication) and the reviewer went specifically to hear the "great stories" and Robyn started by saying "I'm going to begin this show with the first number, follow it up with the second number, and so on until I reach the end of the set" and proceeded to do exactly that without further comment. Is this true? Was that a good run-on sentence? J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:29:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: today On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Christopher Gross wrote: > Everyone remember to wish Bayard Catron a happy birthday! This reminds me: Several years ago, I met a really nice girl at the MABD show. We left early together and went back to my place and generally had a very good time. I gave her my spare copy of Queen Elvis, the K records single, and then LOANED her my A&M outtakes (w/ covers) CD and my CD of the "Bayard's birthday gig" at the GAMH in SF. I only saw her twice after that... never saw the CDs again. Can someone help me out and remedy this? Let me know what I can do in return. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:31:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Urgh! On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Paul Montagne wrote: > YEAH! The first URGH! thread in 6 years! I was going to refute this, but then I realized that my estimation of the date of the last Urgh! thread was, in fact, more than six years ago. Damn. We've been here a long time. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:25:27 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application Last year's model of Brandon (you really need to upgrade) wrote: > If I love Underwater Moonlight and also dug Storefront (especially Devil's > Radio, Filthy Bird, Let's Go Thundering, Yip Song), what would be the best > thing to get next? OK - If you like Underwater Moonlight then the obvious next step is Hitchcock's first solo album, _Black Snake Diamond Role_. It was done just after the SB's split up, is chock full of them anyway, and sounds great (whether you're dead or not). The disc that comes just before U.M. -- though it wasn't released until several years later -- is the Soft Boys' _Invisible Hits_. Quite a lot of stuff from the just-pre-Underwater Moonlight era appears on here and it'll feed your addiction; unfortunately it's out of print, so your finances may keep it away for a while. If you like _Storefront_ then the next step is the albums it draws from: primarily _Moss Elixir_, and Robyn's very strange all-acoustic CDs, _I Often Dream Of Trains_ (which is terribly beautiful in places) and _Eye_ (which trades IODOT's wackiness for raw emotion). Also his latest CD, _Jewels for Sophia_ has more material in the same style, but with a backing rock band. There's an earlier live album, _Gotta Let This Hen Out!_, which captures his old band, the Egyptians, at the height of their rock'n'roll power. It's quite different from _Storefront_, though (no stories, for one thing). I wonder what the tape mavens of Fegmaniax would recommend as a "best" RH&E show, capturing the whole experience? I'm partial to the Cabaret Metro show of April 9, 1988 -- but then I got into Hitchcock around the time of _Element Of Light_ and _Globe Of Frogs_, when he looked poised to conquer the College Rock world of the late '80s. His tours were then brilliant performances of improvised stories and big-beat pop. (Other people hate that period, especially the consciously delirious storytelling.) To be honest, when you like both the Soft Boys and Storefront, it sounds like you just like Robyn Hitchcock in general -- which is a great thing. You have discovered one of the most rewarding musicians of the last quarter-century. Nearly everything you pick up will be worthwhile (well, not _Groovy Dec*y_ or _You and Oblivion_, but there always has to be something for the dedicated fan). Welcome! - - David Librik ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:28:24 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: frenzy / intro movie / new user application On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:47:11 Brandon 2000 wrote: > I haven't even listened to the bonus tracks or disc 2 yet... The bonus tracks are ace. Gawd I love "Strange" and am so sad that it will probably never be played live. Bear in mind that disc 2 is rehearsal and general messing around sort of material. And if, bearing that in mind, you cut it a lot of slack and still end up thinking it's sort of awful, well, you will not be alone :). >If I love Underwater Moonlight and also dug Storefront (especially Devil's >Radio, Filthy Bird, Let's Go Thundering, Yip Song), what would be the best >thing to get next? Based on the Storefront songs you mention I would say "Moss Elixir". "Invisible Hits" is a logical choice for someone who likes "Underwater Moonlight". Altho I agree with the esteemed Mr. Librik, it sounds as tho you just like Robyn Hitchcock. Cheer up. It may seem like an expensive proposition but it's a damn sight cheaper (and easier) than being a Scott Walker fan. >Play a lot of covers? Do any old Soft Boys songs? Allow/encourage taping? On this particular tour he's been doing a lot of Soft Boys songs obviously. Solo shows he plays "Queen of Eyes" pretty often but that's really the only one he does consistently. I've heard him do "Tonight" also. You might want to check out http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/ if you haven't already. Many of the answers you seek are there, my son :). >I heard that Martin Scorsese did one, but I forget which band it >was for. The Band. It's called "The Last Waltz" loveonya, Susan p.s. Eddie, "Elvira" is by the Oakridge Boys, not the Statler Brothers. I'm telling you this because I know you care. Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 20:00:21 -0700 From: "Motherfucking Asshole" Subject: assholes great and small greg shell: i've got your tapes ready. please remit your address. joe's pub: i'm listening to the 10/19/00 show right now, and the setlist is very different from the one given here . what gives? just remembered something: when kurt was coming out to play on Leppo (i think it was) at the knitting factory, robyn introduced him as kurt bloch, "of the fastbacks." kind of funny. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:27:43 -0400 From: "Seth Frisby" Subject: Floyd movies... I too recommend watching and listening to More, its a perennial Floyd favorite. Strangely enough someone told me Syd is their favorite guitar player last night, and he'd only ever hear Piper. He also claimed to take Nitrous for three months straight listening to that album, which makes me wonder why I go to strange parties.. I got my copy of the movie More from a Coconuts (a horrible middle of the consumer road Strawberries owned money sucker) where the album was priced at about $65, so me being poor and just starting college I took the price sticker off of "on golden pond" and stuck it over the one on More. Luckily the girl at the counter didn't look too hard, and plus she was surprised to find out Pink Floyd did soundtrack work..hee hee...Plus the movie is good if you like fairly arty sixties message movies, also it has beautiful Ibizan locations before they were ruined by Ecstasy Fuelled ravers (or as a friend calls them 'E-bots')..but yes it is a nice movie and I'm glad I own it.. Now if anyone could point me in the direction of the Valley (or Le Valle),which was also soundtracked by the Floyd and directed by the same guy, my collection would be complete. Although they did soundtrack some racing movie in the early nineties that i'm less than interested in.... and since I'm here again I'll again vote for Mind is Connected as my favorite new track...the others are good too though Seth "Jesus H" Frisby _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:32:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: assholes great and small Motherfucking Asshole wrote: > just remembered something: when kurt was coming out to play on Leppo > (i think it was) at the knitting factory, robyn introduced him as > kurt bloch, "of the fastbacks." kind of funny. err, why? i mean, he IS of the fastbacks as well as being of the young fresh fellows? ===== "Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." Mark Twain Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:50:52 -0700 From: "Motherfucking Asshole" Subject: Re: assholes great and small yeah, but he was on tour with the fellows. i didn't say it was factually incorrect, just...kind of funny. maybe you had to be there. looking through the archives, it appears that a setlist for the 10/17/00 joe's pub "gig" was not posted? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Dwarf To: Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:32 PM Subject: Re: assholes great and small Motherfucking Asshole wrote: > just remembered something: when kurt was coming out to play on Leppo > (i think it was) at the knitting factory, robyn introduced him as > kurt bloch, "of the fastbacks." kind of funny. err, why? i mean, he IS of the fastbacks as well as being of the young fresh fellows? ===== "Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." Mark Twain Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:57:17 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: oxenford On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: > Good to see Tony and Matt Sewell. Godders, did you make it? Ja ja. I was up the front idiot dancing to 'Old Pervert'. A young person attempted to freak out during AD but failed due to lack of the essential floppy arm-waving and Arthur Brown-style head waggling. > 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? Definitely F&M. > 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?! No. > 10) I Wanna Destroy You Something went seriously awry in this one. Either Matthew or (surely not?) Morris lost the beat for a couple of bars. > 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. Oh for a movie! > 13) Astro Dom Introduced by a claim that he had learned it in someone's sitting room in Oxford in 1970. The bloke who taught it to him asked "Do you remember this _really old_ Floyd number?". > "Fade away, Dave Gilmour." A bit cruel, but that's what he said. > 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. Paul and Nick who gave me a lift up [thanks Paul!] were disappointed that the set was shorter than Bristol (no Where are the prawns, no Train round the bend, no Mr Kennedy, no Airscape, no Devil mask. On the other hand we did get the Hots and Astronomy Domine - hurrah!) - - Mike Godwin PS Last time I heard Astronomy Domine live was when the Floyd played it in the back room of the Fishmongers' Arms, Wood Green in 1968, the only time I saw them in a pub (they were going through a career low at the time). My friend Hilary tells me that Voivod do a hot version. Have any other bands been known to play this Barrett classic? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #166 ********************************