From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #174 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, May 2 2001 Volume 10 : Number 174 Today's Subjects: ----------------- unknown title/d song/goodbye maurice or steve [Bayard ] digest 172 ["ross taylor" ] RE: Syd ["da9ve stovall" ] Re: Floyd movies... [=b ] Re: Floyd movies... [Ken Weingold ] RE: Syd ["Brian Huddell" ] GLTHO -- Region 1 DVD ["Poole, R. Edward" ] RE: Floyd movies... ["Bachman, Michael" ] clean steve ["Walker, Charles" ] "ballsiest moves" [Mike Swedene ] RE: Syd [Capuchin ] Re: "ballsiest moves" [Stephen Mahoney ] mass e-licks...er ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Balls. [Capuchin ] Re: DVD [Tom Clark ] RE: Syd ["Brian Huddell" ] RE: Syd [Terrence Marks ] Re: mass e-licks...er [Stephen Mahoney ] Re: Balls. [GSS ] feghoots [Michael Wolfe ] re: Floyd Movies ["victorian squid" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 11:20:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Bayard Subject: unknown title/d song/goodbye maurice or steve as fate would have it, i was listening to a cassette of "unknown title" from this release: http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/disc.asp?tench=376 last night, and what do you know! it's "goodbye maurice or steve," formerly known to the soft boys as "the D song." this is definitely the best track of the "and how it go there" batch. one can see why laurence chose it for his radio show. =b song JH3, do your duty! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:15:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: growing up Naomi wrote: "Eye" was the second or third Robyn album I ever bought (after "Queen Elvis" and possibly "Globe of Frogs"). I was about seventeen at the time. "Cynthia Mask" was one of my favorite tracks and I still think it's great. I didn't understand some of the other songs back then, because I was a mere callow youth and I wasn't bitter enough. Now, however... ***************************************** Shit, girl, when I was about seventeen, Robyn wasn't even doing anything that anyone had ever heard of! You still are a callow youth.....and you should enjoy every moment of it!!!!!!! Jill, who wishes she were that young and could stand right at the front like she used to but without worrying about when she was going to have to go pee again (the woes of a post-post-post-partum bladder) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:28:10 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: digest 172 Anyone want to *tape* trade Bowie's "Bomber's" & extras off the no longer in print Ryko CDs? (I can't make CD-Rs.) While I'm at it, anyone want to tape trade Captain Sensible's 1st and/or 2nd solos? The ones w/ Hitchcock lyrics? Of course I could provide blank CD-Rs, if that's preferred. - --protay2@eudoramail.com - ---- Why do lyrics (I haven't heard the tune) titled "White Shoe Blues" make me think of Captain Beefheart? Because the GTOs did a song called "Captain Beefheart's Big Fat Theresa Shoes"? - ---- [digest 170] NINE WORDS FOR MICHAEL WOLFE bare, ruined choirs [WS] haunted, frightened trees [BD] denuded, fractal elms [MW] - ---- In defense of Cynthia Mask-- I agree, I think it has some of his best lyrics. It's about the only song I listen to from Eye. Clean Steve is fun, but having memorized the words I prefer imagining it w/ full band. I watched Storefront recently so Glass Hotel is in my head, but I think it's pretty but very thin (I think the story is much better). I prefer the denser irony & surrealism of IODOT. I really prefer Rob 'n' Roll (Louie Louie is my favorite song), but I wonder if IODOT doesn't get attention in part because it's less like anything anyone else had done. Punk Folk, Psychedelic Punk Folk. My tape of Eye gives credits for "Kung Fu Fighting." There's lots of blank tape past the end of the last number, but I've never let it play all the way out. Does KFF actually come on? I'm wearing my Ross Taylor mask now. Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:04:27 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Syd >- - Mike 'Serevent' Godwin > >PS Has anyone heard that 'Bob Dylan's blues' yet? I have that new Syd disc on order from amazon.co.uk - it should be arriving any day now. I'll post my impressions. (I still can't hear that song title without thinknig of Mike Keneally's "Bob Dylan's Nose" - which is an entirely different thing.) Coincidentally, the other half of that order is the DVD of _Gotta Let This Hen Out_ - which I actually don't know whether I'll be able to play. My DVD player (Apex AD600A - with the hidden menu and all) will gladly allow me to switch to Region 2, but I don't know if it will yet successfully play a PAL-format DVD on an American TeeVee. Anyone have any experience with this? (Alternately, are there plans to release this DVD in American, NTSC Region 1 format? I couldn't find any reference to it on the sites I checked, but maybe it's just coming along later, . . .) da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:18:53 -0700 (PDT) From: =b Subject: Re: Floyd movies... > PS Has anyone heard that 'Bob Dylan's blues' yet? (raises hand) it's nice, but not worth buying a whole disc for. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:24:57 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Floyd movies... On Wed, May 2, 2001, Poole, R. Edward wrote: > In many ways, very little has changed. In '67, the regular folks wanted to > see "Arnold Layne," or "See Emily Play," i.e., the songs they had heard on > the radio, and instead got 20 minute versions of Astronomy & Interstellar... > I remember seeing Flaming Lips back in 1993 or so, and the whole crowd was > mystified and bored to tears by their (excellent) set, until they announced > "here's the song you love that we hate to play" and did "She Don't Use > Jelly." (in case you have forgotten, that was their one minor "hit" beyond > the college radio fringe). The crowd suddenly was animated and singing > along, and those of us who knew (and enjoyed) the rest of the songs were > kinda freaked out. Always happens when the "underground" meets the popular. > I didn't witness it first-hand, but I bet there are a bunch of you out there > who could tell similar stories about "Balloon Man"-only fans showing up at > Egyptians gigs... One of the ballsiest moves a band could do is to either play their current hit single first in the set, or not at all. In I think '86, when Siouxsie and the Banshees were touring for Tinderbox, Cities In Dust was the current single. They came out and played it first, and Siouxsie said something like, "Now everyone who came to hear that can go home." I love Siouxsie. :) - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:28:29 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Syd > My DVD player (Apex AD600A - with the hidden > menu and all) will gladly allow me to switch to Region 2, but > I don't know if it will yet successfully play a PAL-format DVD > on an American TeeVee. I have an "all-region" PAL DVD that plays on my AD600A (without, alas, the hidden menu) on a cheap Magnavox TV. +brian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:37:09 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: GLTHO -- Region 1 DVD (Alternately, are there plans to release this DVD in American, NTSC Region 1 format? I couldn't find any reference to it on the sites I checked, but maybe it's just coming along later, . . .) Amazon (US) had it listed as being released in the US 5/1/01, but now it says it "usually ships within 4-6 weeks," so I don't know what's up. See: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JAD0/104-5006960-4607122 (note that it says the movie stars "Alfred Hitchcock," and lists the title as "Robyn-Gotta Let This Hen Out.") ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:39:45 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Floyd movies... Original Message from Ed Poole >In many ways, very little has changed. In '67, the regular folks wanted to >see "Arnold Layne," or "See Emily Play," i.e., the songs they had heard on >the radio, and instead got 20 minute versions of Astronomy & Interstellar... Maybe the crowd didn't get into the melting candle wax streaming down Sid's face, as Sid would put candles in this hair and on stage the lights would melt them and the wax would start to flow down. That crazy diamond! Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:52:03 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: Floyd movies... One of the ballsiest moves a band could do is to either play their current hit single first in the set, or not at all. In I think '86, when Siouxsie and the Banshees were touring for Tinderbox, Cities In Dust was the current single. They came out and played it first, and Siouxsie said something like, "Now everyone who came to hear that can go home." I love Siouxsie. :) Different, though a similar sentiment: at that same Flaming Lips show, the line-up was actually Lips (1st), Stone Temple Pilots (second), and Butthole Surfers (headlining). After STP did their (boring) (repetitive) set, about 1/3 to 1/2 of the crowd left (and this was a big outdoor show, so that was probably 5000-6000 people). Gibby comes out and right off the bat sez: "I love all you fucking people who stayed for the real show." Ouch. I guess they didn't hit it off with STP. ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:53:04 -0700 From: "Walker, Charles" Subject: clean steve Now heres my bit of heresy-- I hate, hate "Clean Steve." Its Baub's "5 Believers" without the Band to fill it up. It just goes on and on and on. you wouldn't say that if you saw him perform it live, that's when i 'got' the song. i also got it when my friend sage played it for me on her decrepit little casio keyboard and sang with her classically trained [ie perfect pitch] voice one drunken spring afternoon in north carolina - a BEAUTIFUL moment. chas in LA - http://www.theweeklywalker.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:55:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: "ballsiest moves" Another band that refused to play their current "single" or radio song was the Pixies. During their first few tours people would yell for them to play "Gigantic" (A college fav) and they wouldn't. Of course there are 2 explanations as to why this could have happened..... 1) Charles (Black Francis) was an egomaniac and did not want to play a song he didn't write or 2) They were ballsy.... Whatever.... Herbie np - "Blade Runner" - Director's Cut off LAserdisc - --- Ken Weingold wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2001, Poole, R. Edward wrote: > > In many ways, very little has changed. In '67, > the regular folks wanted to > > see "Arnold Layne," or "See Emily Play," i.e., the > songs they had heard on > > the radio, and instead got 20 minute versions of > Astronomy & Interstellar... > > I remember seeing Flaming Lips back in 1993 or so, > and the whole crowd was > > mystified and bored to tears by their (excellent) > set, until they announced > > "here's the song you love that we hate to play" > and did "She Don't Use > > Jelly." (in case you have forgotten, that was > their one minor "hit" beyond > > the college radio fringe). The crowd suddenly was > animated and singing > > along, and those of us who knew (and enjoyed) the > rest of the songs were > > kinda freaked out. Always happens when the > "underground" meets the popular. > > I didn't witness it first-hand, but I bet there > are a bunch of you out there > > who could tell similar stories about "Balloon > Man"-only fans showing up at > > Egyptians gigs... > > One of the ballsiest moves a band could do is to > either play their > current hit single first in the set, or not at all. > In I think '86, > when Siouxsie and the Banshees were touring for > Tinderbox, Cities In > Dust was the current single. They came out and > played it first, and > Siouxsie said something like, "Now everyone who came > to hear that can > go home." I love Siouxsie. :) > > > -Ken Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:11:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: RE: Syd On Wed, 2 May 2001, da9ve stovall wrote: > I have that new Syd disc on order from amazon.co.uk - it should be > arriving any day now. I'll post my impressions. What are the details on the "new Syd disc"? Is it something other than what was on the box set? I just bought a bootleg of Syd stuff from the local "retrocade", but haven't actually played it yet. > I don't know if it will yet successfully play a PAL-format DVD on an > American TeeVee. Anyone have any experience with this? When I first saw a DVD that said "NTSC" on it, I laughed my ass off. Am I missing something? MPEG-2 is MPEG-2... NTSC is all about the analog display mode... PAL is the same. Your MPEG player (which is all a DVD player really is... an MPEG player that reads from a high capacity versatile disc... oh, and it does some decoding that was slapped on for reasons of market manipulation) is just goin to decode the video and see how many pixels it gets. The refresh, interlacing, etc, are done by the decoding hardware. If the DVD video is from film source, then it contains 24 frames per second and, ideally, a resolution of 720x480. This is more data than either PAL or NTSC sets are capable of displaying (but far less than, say, the resolution of your computer monitor right now, probably). The player will see the pixels from the DVD and then translate that to your local screen format. In the case of NTSC, it's going to dish out 30 frames per second and refresh the screen 60 times per second. The refresh rate of your TV is fixed (it's based on the frequency of the input AC power), so it does 24 frames on a 30 frame system by actually displaying alternating frames at two or three refreshes per frame. That is to say, you get something like this: film frames: | A | B | C | D | video fields: |a1 a2|b1 b2|c1 c2|d1 d2|e1 e2| video frames: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | So you get four film frames every five video frames. TeleCine is a process that does the exact opposite and converts 30 frame per second video into 24 frame per second format and gives you a resulting 4% speed-up in playback. This is one of the many reasons why DVD video on a computer monitor is better. You can get full pixel resolution (and crisp vertical lines, which a television isn't really capable of displaying well) and you can show exactly 24 frames per second and you can give equal refreshes to each frame by running in a screen mode that is a multiple of 24. So a video monitor capable of doing 800x600 pixels at 72hz is going to show every pixel possible on a DVD video and exactly three screen refreshes per frame. Can someone explain to me how MPEG-2 video can be made to be either NTSC or PAL? Makes no sense. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:19:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Mahoney Subject: Re: "ballsiest moves" I remember seeing the pixies opening up for u2 at the tacoma dome the sound was so shitty I felt really bad for them ( along with the fact that they had to open for u2!!!!) On Wed, 2 May 2001, Mike Swedene wrote: > Another band that refused to play their current > "single" or radio song was the Pixies. During their > first few tours people would yell for them to play > "Gigantic" (A college fav) and they wouldn't. Of > course there are 2 explanations as to why this could > have happened..... > 1) Charles (Black Francis) was an egomaniac and did > not want to play a song he didn't write > > or > > 2) They were ballsy.... > > Whatever.... > > Herbie > > np - "Blade Runner" - Director's Cut off LAserdisc > --- Ken Weingold wrote: > > On Wed, May 2, 2001, Poole, R. Edward wrote: > > > In many ways, very little has changed. In '67, > > the regular folks wanted to > > > see "Arnold Layne," or "See Emily Play," i.e., the > > songs they had heard on > > > the radio, and instead got 20 minute versions of > > Astronomy & Interstellar... > > > I remember seeing Flaming Lips back in 1993 or so, > > and the whole crowd was > > > mystified and bored to tears by their (excellent) > > set, until they announced > > > "here's the song you love that we hate to play" > > and did "She Don't Use > > > Jelly." (in case you have forgotten, that was > > their one minor "hit" beyond > > > the college radio fringe). The crowd suddenly was > > animated and singing > > > along, and those of us who knew (and enjoyed) the > > rest of the songs were > > > kinda freaked out. Always happens when the > > "underground" meets the popular. > > > I didn't witness it first-hand, but I bet there > > are a bunch of you out there > > > who could tell similar stories about "Balloon > > Man"-only fans showing up at > > > Egyptians gigs... > > > > One of the ballsiest moves a band could do is to > > either play their > > current hit single first in the set, or not at all. > > In I think '86, > > when Siouxsie and the Banshees were touring for > > Tinderbox, Cities In > > Dust was the current single. They came out and > > played it first, and > > Siouxsie said something like, "Now everyone who came > > to hear that can > > go home." I love Siouxsie. :) > > > > > > -Ken > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > Number of Floridian ex-cons denied the right to vote last November because of felony convictions : 525,000 Source: Brennan Center for Justice (N.Y.C.) Number of times a Floridian can be convicted of DUI before the infraction becomes a felony : 3 Source: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.) Stephen Mahoney Multnomah County Library at Rockwood branch clerk stephenm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us 503-988-5396 fax 503-988-5178 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:38:37 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: mass e-licks...er >From: Jill Brand >Oh yeah, but my son loves "Hit Me Baby One More Time"...as done by Travis. In all honesty I prefer the original. Really. That has nothing to do with the fact that I loathe Travis. >From: "Mike wells" > >Finally, why is Moss Elixer not appearing in more "Best of Robyn" lists, if >not topping them? For me it may be the most cohesive release he's done, and >with the exception of DeChirico Street (or however you spell it) the whole >thing is perfect. Wow. I love DeChirico. I love that whole album, though I'm occasionally lukewarm on "Beautiful Queen" and "Man With a Woman's Shadow". I was listening to Jewels last night as well, and while I didn't adore it at first, it's fast becoming one of my top choices. This is probably thanks in no small part to Mr. Kimberley Rew. >From: "Natalie Jacobs" >"What kind of evil, soulless person hates Of Montreal??" > - the drummer from my band This kind. Mwa-ha-ha. >From: "Lilac Doorway" >And BTW, this overwhelmingly over-educated, white, hetro >LS needs all the diversity it can get--so thanks for being patient with us. Well, I'm over-educated (perhaps less so in relation to the members of this list than in relation to the general population), white, and at least 50% hetero, so not much patience is required. :) >From: The Great Quail >I also think this is the reason Robyn will never be more popular and >accessible -- you either grok his personal mythology, or you don't. I >for one do grok it -- in fact, no other songwriter "speaks" to me on >a more personal level. I have a feeling most of you understand what I >am saying here.... Amen! "Victorian Squid" would certainly be on my You & Oblivion out-takes EP. Maybe I should buy it (again) and make the EP myself. >From: Michael R Godwin > >Incidentally, VS always reminds me of Michael Moorcock's dynamite >"Dancers at the End of Time" where Jherek Carnelian travels back to >Victorian times and starts chatting up a [heavens!] married woman!!! This seems to be my day for volunteering content-free negative opinions you didn't ask for, but... ...I have the first two hardcovers in that series and I just hated them. Maybe I should donate them to needy fegs. Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:01:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Balls. On Wed, 2 May 2001, Poole, R. Edward wrote: > I remember seeing Flaming Lips back in 1993 or so, and the whole crowd > was mystified and bored to tears by their (excellent) set, until they > announced "here's the song you love that we hate to play" and did "She > Don't Use Jelly." [...] > I didn't witness it first-hand, but I bet there are a bunch of you out > there who could tell similar stories about "Balloon Man"-only fans > showing up at Egyptians gigs... R.E.M. in 1988 came out and played Stand (very poorly) and then said they were going to get on with the show. (Unfortunately, Robyn didn't open for this part of that tour... it was NRBQ.) I saw Cake a couple of years ago. They put on an amazing show. It was part of a showcase type thing with a bunch of other bands that had a current single (and ending with Violent Femmes for some reason). Cake played a bunch of their best material, but none of their singles. A fellow in the row behind me said "Jesus! I mean, what do they think we come here for? Why would they play a bunch of songs we don't know? I want to hear their popular songs!" And I said "Then go out ot your car and turn on the radio." He didn't get it. Let's see... Squirrel Nut Zippers did the same when Hell hit the charts. I seem to recall They Might Be Giants avoiding Birdhouse In Your Soul and Istanbul in 1990, but I could be wrong there. Hmm. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:55:00 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: DVD on 5/2/01 1:11 PM, Capuchin at capuchin@bitmine.net wrote: > Can someone explain to me how MPEG-2 video can be made to be either NTSC > or PAL? Basically because of the encoding rate. DVD's created for NTSC systems are encoded at 30fps while the ones created for PAL systems are encoded at 25fps. I guess that makes it easier for the hardware to decode into the native display format (i.e., NTSC/60 and PAL/50). Also, NTSC DVD's are encoded with Dolby Digital audio while PAL discs use MPEG-2 audio. - -t "I know how to look shit up" c ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:01:11 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Syd > Can someone explain to me how MPEG-2 video can be made to be either NTSC > or PAL? > > Makes no sense. > J. This might explain it adequately: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/officialfaq.html#1.19 All I know for certain is that I specifically chose a player that supported PAL/NTSC (I'm not confusing this with region) because I had a particular disc I wanted to be able to play. That disc is marked PAL on the box, it does play on my Apex, and it does not play on my friends' NTSC-only boxes. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:02:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: RE: Syd On Wed, 2 May 2001, Capuchin wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2001, da9ve stovall wrote: > > I have that new Syd disc on order from amazon.co.uk - it should be > > arriving any day now. I'll post my impressions. > > What are the details on the "new Syd disc"? Is it something other than > what was on the box set? It's called "Wouldn't You Miss Me: The Best of Syd Barrett". It contains "Bob Dylan's Blues", which was previously unreleased and not, according the PF ROIO* database) on any bootleg. I'm surprised they even released that. (It also contains "Two of a Kind" from the BBC Peel Sessions, which is harder to find, but not really new). Everything else on the disc is from his other albums. No copies on Napster yet. They've got Syd Barrett filtered out, it seems. I'll have to pick up one of the less nerfed music-trading programs. *: Recordings Of Illegitimate/Indeterminate Origin 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: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:05:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Mahoney Subject: Re: mass e-licks...er On Wed, 2 May 2001, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > >From: Jill Brand > Wow. I love DeChirico. I love that whole album, though I'm occasionally > lukewarm > on "Beautiful Queen" and "Man With a Woman's Shadow". I have to admit that I love pretty much all of robyns solo acoustic moss elixir eye and i often dream of trains but not all of invisible hitch or that other compilation of oddities(dont own that one!) for a long time I prefered it to his group material but discovering the soft boys changed that for me its nice to be fond of an artist who has so much material out there that is available. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:56:44 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: Balls. On Wed, 2 May 2001, Capuchin wrote: > R.E.M. in 1988 came out and played Stand (very poorly) and then said they > were going to get on with the show. In 89 with RH, after a few other songs, stipe said "this is the stupidest song ever written by a man" and went right into stand. Beautiful number. gss ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:18:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: feghoots I came up with a short one a couple years ago: Back in the early nineties, before the S&L bailout, competition for customers between savings institutions was intense. Some banks were giving away free flatware, some offered the free gift of a ceramic albino elephant with each new account. One in particular tried to put a local, folksy slant on their promotion by giving a jar of grade-a honey away when you opened a checking account. This wasn't too big a draw, so they also offered to give you, at no charge, your first order of checks. Their slogan was, "You get your honey for nothing and your checks for free!" Ba-doomp-psh! - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:39:03 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: re: Floyd Movies On Wed, 2 May 2001 13:49:08 Poole, R. Edward wrote: >along, and those of us who knew (and enjoyed) the rest of the songs were >kinda freaked out. Always happens when the "underground" meets the popular. >I didn't witness it first-hand, but I bet there are a bunch of you out there No, but I have a similar story about the Flaming Lips and "Jelly". Did you (or anyone) ever see their appearance on "Beverly Hills 90210"? They were playing at "Peach Pit After Dark". All the 25 year old high school kids are just bopping along and David (the "hip hop dude") shares a profound insight: "I don't like alternative, but I like these guys". Dude, loveonya, susan the cramps appeared in a halloween epi also Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #174 ********************************