From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #114 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, April 11 2002 Volume 11 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Vibrating ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Vibrating [Ken Weingold ] Re: yet another comedy reap ["Maximilian Lang" ] REAP ["Maximilian Lang" ] Do me a favor when you see Robyn ["Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." ] RE: REAP ["Maximilian Lang" ] Atlanta ["bibi gellert" ] Robyn acting. ["marcus slade" ] NYC. ["Maximilian Lang" ] set lists [drew ] Re: set lists ["Maximilian Lang" ] serial killers [drew ] Re: Vibrating [steve ] If you're in SF and Robyn's not [steve ] Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not (no RH) [Steve Talkowski ] Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not ["Jonathan Fetter" ] Psyched ["Spring Cherry" ] Song Question [The Great Quail ] Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not [steve ] Re: calling all brooklyn-ites [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Song Question [FS Thomas ] Bobyn ["ross taylor" ] Re: Psyched [Brian ] Say no more, say no more ["Poole, R. Edward" ] RE: Bat Chain Puller [Michael R Godwin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:19:02 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Vibrating At 05:06 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, Brian wrote: >Any fegs out there have their tongues pierced? > >I don't, but the company I work for just got in these vibrating tongue >rings. It's insane. People are grabbing em up faster than we can >keep them in stock. > >What will they think of next? Air fresheners for one's ass. That's the next big trend, I'm betting. That, or eyeball tattoos. Jason ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:18:33 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Vibrating On Wed, Apr 10, 2002, Brian wrote: > Any fegs out there have their tongues pierced? > > I don't, but the company I work for just got in these vibrating tongue > rings. It's insane. People are grabbing em up faster than we can > keep them in stock. Weird. I went out with a girl a while back who had anything you can think of pierced, and then some. I think around 18 piercings. I wasn't really into them, and only ever had my nose pierced besides me ears. But anyway, with both labia lips and her clitoris hood pierced, she said she was a walking orgasm. So there's an idea for your company. :) - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:36:49 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: yet another comedy reap >Billy Wilder > >James They say it happens in threes. Max(who won an oscar pool and likes to think it was picking Thoth that put him over the top) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:08:15 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: REAP Uncle Milty. http://www.usatoday.com/hear.htm _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:04:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Do me a favor when you see Robyn Those of you who are fortunate enough to see Robyn in the near future, please do me a favor. Corner him and say, "Hey, Uncle Bobby, why are you ignoring the Texas Fegs? Gene Hopstetter, of San Antonio, is particularly bummed. And because you ignored Texas on this tour, the Soft Boys are morally obliged to play at Gene's house for a BBQ when you're back in the states. And you must play 'Fatman's Son' and 'Strange.' This is not negotiable." Thanks in advance. Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:08:00 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Bat Chain Puller >According to reviews at the Captain Beefheart Radar >Station ( http://www.beefheart.com/new.htm ) this is not >an official release, and is very poor quality, even by >bootleg standards. >Mike -- what's yer opinion? I'm not Mike, but I have an opinion - and a copy of Dust Sucker, so it's even a valid one. I think the reviews at the Beefheart site may give you a slightly unfair impression. I'd also say that the release *should* have been better quality than it is, and if one actually believes the label's hype (specifically, that it's straight from Don's original copy of the master reel, or something like that), you'd be in for a bit of a disappointment. I flat-out don't believe that it's from that low-gen of a tape - there's just too much hiss. But, it still sounds pretty good. The worst annoyance is that the guy who mastered it decided to fade out the hiss in between songs, and leave the 2-second gap in there (if you're a CD-R hobbyist, you're familiar with the distinction between Track-at-Once and Disc-at-Once mastering - - this is that). The hiss itself wouldn't be *nearly* as noticeable if one weren't reminded of it after every song by its fading out and then back in for the next track. It seems a rather amateurish mastering decision (though not particularly a surprising one, considering that their previous Beefheart release, _Merseytrout, Live in Liverpool 1980 (or '81?)_, was clearly mastered Track-at-Once, and the audience noise - and occasionally a spoken comment by Beefheart himself! - was just abruptly cut off for the 2-second gap - MAJORLY annoying). Other than that, any serious Beefheart fan knows how *wrong* it is to use Ken Brooks text for liner notes - the track-by-track commentary in the booklet is clumsy and tin-eared. But the artwork is kinda neat, if incongruous. All in all, I'm glad I have the disc, but I'll stil buy the *real* official copy if the Zappa Family Trust ever gets around to releasing it (which probably means, once DVV is dead). da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:17:32 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: RE: REAP this was lost in the ether since 27 march(as dated). >From: "Poole, R. Edward" >To: "'Maximilian Lang'" >Subject: RE: REAP >Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:25:45 -0400 > >wasn't that a week ago -- or so? And when is Bob Hope gonna cash 'em in >(not that I'm in a "death pool" for the guy or anything). > >-----Original Message----- >From: Maximilian Lang [mailto:maximlang@hotmail.com] >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:08 PM >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: REAP > > >Uncle Milty. > >http://www.usatoday.com/hear.htm > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >============================================================================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. 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I cracked up at the Dirty Harry Magnum Force reference for "A Man's got to Know his Limitations, Briggs" because I had just seen this movie the previous Friday-it came on after the Braves game, and I left it on for the 70's fashion values. Clint (Callahan) actually repeats this phrase several times in the movie, generally when he and Briggs are bashing heads. So it was all very familiar to me, and Robyn's description was right on. It was a great show and I enjoyed myself totally. A friend of mine was surprised that Robyn was playing an old Yamaha acoustic-Robyn said he had not played it since the 70's. I may or may not see some of you in NY-I will be in the city on that day, but can't go too far from Penn Station-is Greenwich village near there or not? What would the subway stop be? Bibi --- bibigellert@earthlink.net--- EarthLink: It's your Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:28:05 From: "marcus slade" Subject: Robyn acting. JUst to let UK Feg's know that Robyn's acting debut can be seen on BBC1 at 9pm this saturday night. The adaptation of the Tony Parsons book is being shown (Man and Boy?). Robyn even gets a credit in the new Radio Times! Marcus (missing Toronto,how is it Stuart?) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:56:32 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: NYC. What time are all you other out of towners(okay bad choice of words) planning on getting to NYC? My wife may be taking the entire day off and my schedule is flexible. Our plans are up in the air, just curious to see if anybody would be getting together earlier. It would certainly be easier as far as traffic concerns go to be arriving prior to rush hour. Let me know if anybody wants to get together and kill time on any one of the 20 million things to do in NYC. Max _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:02:50 -0700 From: drew Subject: set lists > From: Marshall Needleman Armintor > Subject: White Stripes > > fell prey to it. Any critic who writes reviews for publication and > loooves the WSs but didn't approve of what the JSBX were doing is a rank > hypocrite and/or has a tragically short memory, and I'm sure there are Well, I guess if you put it that way, but I don't think it's at all unusual to like one band but dislike another even if they're supposedly doing exactly the same thing. I mean, I'm assuming the reason you like the JSBE but not the White Stripes is not simply that Jon Spencer "did it first." They must be doing something different, even if they appear to be coming from the same place. > From: Miles Goosens > > (3) "Beer Bad" would be among my favorite BUFFY episodes. You are incomprehensible. :) I'm both pleased and bummed by the set list from the Atlanta show. On the one hand, we have "Autumn Is Your Last Chance" to look forward to. On the other hand, "Queen Elvis" yet again? And the "Yip Song"? Argh. Argh argh argh. Well, whatever; I have no right to complain about a Robyn concert. Can't wait! Drew ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:13:17 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: set lists >From: drew >>I'm both pleased and bummed by the set list from the Atlanta >show. On the one hand, we have "Autumn Is Your Last Chance" >to look forward to. On the other hand, "Queen Elvis" yet again? >And the "Yip Song"? Argh. Argh argh argh. Well, >whatever; I have no right to complain about a Robyn concert. >Can't wait! > >Drew Maybe I'm mistaken but I think his solo set lists tend to vary quite a bit from show to show, fear not! Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:16:54 -0700 From: drew Subject: serial killers > From: "Natalie Jane" > Subject: I used to have a TV I hate people who say things like this. However, I may soon have to hate myself, because I'm so turned off by TV lately that I'm thinking of cancelling cable. The only reasons to keep it right now are TCM and PBS, which is showing some Dr. Who I want to tape (even though I'm finding it more and more difficult to enjoy as I age -- I held out a long time!). > I could never get into Millenium... all the shows seemed to be about > serial > killers (a trope I loathe as much as vampires), and I couldn't take a > hero > named "Frank Black" seriously. I'm with you on all of that (except, of course, the vampire bit). Serial killer stuff, true and fictional, is the number one best way to creep me out. It goes well beyond scaring me. I can barely stand to listen to Nick Cave's _Murder Ballads_ album, is how bad it is. _Silence of the Lambs_ is one of my favorite movies even though it freaks the shit out of me, but one of the reasons I can watch it is that the killers are a little too colorful -- the word I want to use is "ritualized," but that may not make sense -- to be as creepy as, say, Ed Gein. Brrrrrrrr. Oh -- but guess what my least favorite sci-fi trope is? That's right: little gray Communion aliens. Hence my severe ambivalence about The X-Files even when it didn't suck ass through a paper straw. > From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." > > And to bring Jeunet into the thread, I think the world needs more of > that > Dominique Pinon fellow. He's a riot. No way, dude. Pinon is Jeunet's Jar-Jar. ...okay, he was not _too_ unbearable in _Alien Resurrection_. But there were, what, like, FIVE of him in _City of Lost Children_? God, I thought that movie would never end. Drew - -- http://www.stormgreen.com/~drew/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:58:21 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Vibrating On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 04:06 PM, Brian wrote: > What will they think of next? I saw a vibrating kitty litter scoop at PetSmart. - - Steve __________ Embarrassing but true: Just one month ago the James A. Baker III Institute presented Alan Greenspan with its Enron Prize. I'm not suggesting any impropriety; it was just another indication of how deeply the failed energy company was enmeshed with our ruling elite. - Paul Krugman, 12/14/01 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:12:29 -0500 From: steve Subject: If you're in SF and Robyn's not http://sffs.org/fest02/titleDetail.asp?title_id=101 - - Steve __________ "Miyazaki's latest animation feature (co-winner with 'Bloody Sunday' of the Berlin Golden Bear) more than justifies his status as Japan's most revered culture hero. What starts out as a fine example of the through-the-looking- glass kids' adventure genre becomes almost Shakespearean in its lyricism, breadth of vision and humanity." - Tony Rayns, Sight & Sound ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not (no RH) on 4/10/02 11:12 PM, steve at steveschiavo@mac.com wrote: > http://sffs.org/fest02/titleDetail.asp?title_id=101 Damn, I can't wait to view "Spirited Away" and hope it arrives in NYC soon. Incidentally, I got to meet Hayao Miyazaki and tour both Studio Ghibli and his private studio whilst on a trip to Japan in '99. He's a very humble and generous man. He showed us watercolour studies of his museum (which just opened last Fall) and his private studio was a beautiful piece of architecture. He remember our small group from the visit and invited us to the US premiere of Princess Mononoke at Lincoln Center. Here's a link documenting our trip for those interested... http://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.09/4.09pages/mazzonebluesky.php3 - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:27:04 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: Dust Sucker I saw this listed on amazon.co.uk with a five star review and nearly bought it instantly. A quick search revealed the bad reviews at beefhear.com and the beefhear usenet group. I think I will ignore it unless I am reliably informed that overly precious CB fans use crap to actually mean "less than perfect but if you're not actively looking for problems its fine". After all the Rhino(?) Electric Prunes cds I have have served me well - true they're not as good soundwise as the Lost Dreams collection but I enjoyed them for a long time before I got LD - and still play them for the songs not on the collection. How could they have not put Antique Doll on Lost Dreams. Having not bought Dust Sucker, I went to amazon.com to get the three Lemony Snicket books that have not yet come out in the UK and there I came across Glass Flesh 2 so I spent my CD money on that instead. brian np Camper Van Beethoven. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:26:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:12:29 -0500, steve wrote : > http://sffs.org/fest02/titleDetail.asp?title_id=101 This sounds interesting: "Forced to change her name to Sen, she desperately tries to maintain her identity...while cleaning giant hot tubs, ...and adopting a few friends, including a busily buzzing gnat..." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:08:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Stewart Russell Subject: Surfacing in Canada Well, I'm back, and they've allowed us to stay in Canada! I start a job on Monday (working with niftier-than-nifty printing kit) and I guess we need somewhere to live... Stewart (btw, they really do worship donuts here.) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:40:41 +0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: Psyched Ben Nicastro with setlist(thanks): Queen Of Eyes (elec.) One Long Pair Of Eyes Visions Of Johanna (Dylan) Since I adore "One Long Pair of Eyes"(yes, I know its an AM release but the lyrics just whoosh thru you)(Satyricon and Munch in one song!) this looks like a perfect segueway. If he does them in NY Im sure my molcules will start vibrating at a higher rate, change valences and ... well, someone should bring chloraform just in case. - --------------------- My reservation came thru so thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Mary, your hotlink did the trick:-)! - ------------------- Nuppy--was that a subtle hint that we should all shout out for "Vibrating" at the NY show. Especially during "One Long Pair of Eyes"? Ive got to ask -- Has anyone you know experienced the, well, you know, and does it live up to the, well, you know that well, you know, the imagination suggest it might, well, you know? Errhh, from either the male or the female, erhhh, well, you know, experience. You know? A nudge, a wink and touch of chloraform, Kay, trying to be ladylike but ... as usual, finding it actually sounds more purient. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:36:33 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Song Question I was in a store recently and heard a song -- a female singer, sounded a bit like Jill Sobule, with a chorus of "sometimes a circle feels like a direction" and lines like "eyes like Spider-Man" and "He's got a wife in Manhattan and a girldfriend in Brooklyn..." Does anyone know what this is? I kind of liked it.... - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:51:56 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: If you're in SF and Robyn's not >> http://sffs.org/fest02/titleDetail.asp?title_id=101 On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 07:26 AM, Jonathan Fetter wrote: > > This sounds interesting: > > "Forced to change her name to Sen, she desperately tries to maintain her > identity...while cleaning giant hot tubs, ...and adopting a few friends, > including a busily buzzing gnat..." That wouldn't be gnat the feg, and not a gnat at all, actually, but a rather small bird. And the miniature pig looks to be more of fairly large hairless hamster. But they did get the hoppy crew of little soot balls with eyes correct. And they forgot to mention the river dragon. Also, this film is safe for people who are put off by the Big Eyes Syndrome. - - Steve __________ Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, the bumbling, tongue-tied Dick Armey announces his retirement as House majority leader and the shrewd, malevolent Tom DeLay, now Republican whip, moves quickly-and probably successfully-to succeed him. - Cragg Hines, Houston Chronicle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:53:21 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: calling all brooklyn-ites On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Voodoo Ergonomics wrote: > tariq ali will be speaking in your borough in about three hours' time. > highly recommended. (well, i've never actually heard him speak. but based > on his writing -- in my opinion he's a much better writer than robert fisk, > for example -- it ought to be well worth attending.) he'll also be speaking > with e. said tomorrow at columbia. Well, I just finished Tariq Ali's novel "Redemption" two days ago, and it was the worst-written book I have read in a long while. Far too many characters with little to distinguish them, no attempt at building up atmosphere, inadequate description, the lot. Possibly it was a roman a clef and you had to know all about international Trotskyism to identify whom the characters represented. But he's known more for his political writing and plays than his novels. I imagine he'll have some pungent things to say about Jenin. I don't know whether Fisk has ever written a novel, but his journalism is excellent. - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:38:27 -0700 (PDT) From: FS Thomas Subject: Re: Song Question - --- The Great Quail wrote: > I was in a store recently and heard a song -- a > female singer, > sounded a bit like Jill Sobule, with a chorus of > "sometimes a circle > feels like a direction" Louise Goffin? "Sometimes a Circle" from this year. Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:50:18 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: Bobyn While everyone else talks about Boofy and goes to concerts, I'll say a bit more about the Robyn/Dylan disk. First, I should say I can't sing a note so's you'd recognize it and wouldn't know "chest tones" if they fell on my head. I should really say I know an album of covers is a hard job & I most look forward to new Robyn songs. But anyway I still like Bob's voice better than Robyn's. He manages to get soulful tones out of all those fleshy tabs and flaps and furrows in his throat. Robyn's throat is more rounded and when he roughens his voice up it's more like special effects, the ghoulish rasp, the cat purr or the trick of diverting his whole voice thru his impressive sinus cavities. Bob's nose sounds almost african while Robyn's sounds bonier, more northern. Plus, Robyn, at least on these Dylan disks, goes more for melodramatic phrasing like Jagger or Bowie. On the other hand (and this "essay tone" always requires both hands) IMO Dylan isn't half the guitarist Robyn is, and IMO Robyn's guitar is really often geared to augmenting his voice. I think this "Baby Blue" is a case in point -- I like it better than both the Byrds versions. Also the rock'n'roll tension of "Desolation Row" does w/out Dylan's 2nd guitar just fine. Incidentally, I like hearing the stumble in 4th Time Around, that's very much part of old- time folk, & his little comment says a lot about how you remember songs like that. Plus it reminds me of how much I love "She's Your Lover Now" even tho it breaks down in mid verse on The Bootleg Sessions. The electric disk is fun. I guess some might say it's "regularized" cause it's got a heavier, straighter beat than the Band (I never thought "I Don't Believe You" could rock!) but it's a bit drone-ier & that's interesting. The guitars are good enuf you don't really miss the organ (or anyway I've got that record too). I like the audience, the non-stop requests for Judas & the way Robyn seems to wait half a beat so everyone can join in on some big Dylan howl -- "and she takes your voice and leaves you howling at the" (at least several people) "M O O O N" So that plus You & Oblivion and the hope of a fall SB's album & tour keeps me happy. Sort of. Ross Taylor Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:14:59 -0400 From: Brian Subject: Re: Psyched >Nuppy--was that a subtle hint that we should all shout out for "Vibrating" >at the NY show. Especially during "One Long Pair of Eyes"? Certainly. But I'd rather hear Midnight Fish. >Ive got to ask -- Has anyone you know experienced the, well, you know, and >does it live up to the, well, you know that well, you know, the imagination >suggest it might, well, you know? Errhh, from either the male or the female, >erhhh, well, you know, experience. >You know? I haven't heard any testamonies on the vibrating barbells yet. I suppose it doesn't have to be used for just tongues. Girls with *other* piercings can use them where ever as well! Now I just need to convince my girlfriend Venus to get her tongue pierced, which isn't too likely to happen. Rats! Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:18:14 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: Say no more, say no more The ever subtle, nay, sublime, Kay was heard to inquire (in response to Nuppy): >Ive got to ask -- Has anyone you know experienced the, well, you know, and >does it live up to the, well, you know that well, you know, the imagination >suggest it might, well, you know? Errhh, from either the male or the female, >erhhh, well, you know, experience. Well, this is not direct testimony, but I knew a guy in Chicago who had a tongue piercing (in 1990, this was, before the big fashion) who SWORE up and down that he was, as a result of his modification, in high demand with the ladies. Indeed, from what I observed, he did have a devoted following among the fairer sex. And this was a guy who was mid-30's, charitably described as "not attractive," not in good physical shape, was a pizza driver (not that I'm knocking it; I was a Pizza Guy at the time, too; it's just that he wasn't attracting the ladies with his expensive car (Datsun) or fabulous apartment (it had roaches) or showering them with jewelry), and had an "oily" appearance to his skin and hair that suggested an aversion to soap-based products. So, I figure it really was the tongue-rod thang, or perhaps that oily sheen was actually pure pheromones that I should have been harvesting and bottling (lord knows there was a plentiful market among the sad-sack U of C male population). ============================================================================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: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:17:04 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: RE: Bat Chain Puller On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, da9ve stovall wrote: > I think the reviews at the Beefheart site may give you a slightly > unfair impression. I'd also say that the release *should* have > been better quality than it is, and if one actually believes > the label's hype (specifically, that it's straight from Don's > original copy of the master reel, or something like that), you'd > be in for a bit of a disappointment. I flat-out don't believe > that it's from that low-gen of a tape - there's just too much > hiss. But, it still sounds pretty good. Thanks, Dave. For some reason I couldn't get through to the review at - it just kept crashing my machine. However, I found this review at: The copy which I have includes all the tracks in the right order as far as I can tell. I must confess that I didn't notice any background hiss, but (a) I was playing it in the car; (b) I'm used to hearing this stuff on a 1977 TDK-D tape, so anything is an improvement; (c) I can still just about listen happily to my original LP of "White Light White Heat", the one with the coffee stains and cigarette burns all over it; (d) the tinnitus isn't getting any better. So I suppose I'm not much of a hi-fi enthusiast. > Other than that, any serious Beefheart fan knows how *wrong* > it is to use Ken Brooks text for liner notes - the track-by-track > commentary in the booklet is clumsy and tin-eared. Totally agree. He obviously doesn't understand the line "they sold wine like turpentine to painters". Selling turpentine to painters is something that you can do very easily in copious quantities. I doesn't mean, as Ken appears to think, that the wine tastes like turps. - - Mike Godwin PS I'm away for a few days so I'm unsubscribing for the present. Back sometime soon! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #114 ********************************