From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #134 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, April 23 2002 Volume 11 : Number 134 Today's Subjects: ----------------- San Francisco 4/23: GAMH arrangements [The other Mr Feg ] Re: really sorry [Stewart Russell ] Re: really sorry [invader woj ] Mike Hooker wrote [Jill Brand ] Marcel Post (Parcel most?) [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: NME's most influential [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] RIP ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: really sorry [Christopher Gross ] RIP ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: Oral Bill ["Mike Wells" ] Re: It must be catching, this rejoining thing.... [gSs ] Friday at the Croc ["Bradley Wood" ] Re: geeks, freaks, or music aficionados [mary ] Re: Seattle? Sublime! [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Portland, O Portland ["Natalie Jane" ] Re: Portland, O Portland [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: did you fegs get this NME list? ["Jonathan Fetter" ] heaven knows I'm mutable now ["ross taylor" ] Re: short shameful confession ["noe shalev" ] Hoping you Come Thru Too ["Spring Cherry" ] gonna sound so out of it [rand ] marcy [rand ] Newz ["Voodoo Ergonomics" ] TimeBetweenAds [kenster ] Re: gonna sound so out of it ["victorian squid" Subject: San Francisco 4/23: GAMH arrangements If you're coming to the Great American Music Hall in SF tomorrow and want to join some of us beforehand we'll be meeting in "Venture Frogs" - the new Asian restaurant on Van Ness and O'Farrell at 6:00pm. The reservation should be for "Mr. Feg". (Hey, it's traditional!) You'll know us by our prominently displayed Robyn merch, crustacean motifs etc. (or alternatively you can see if you can recognize anyone who was there last time: http://www.njaz.com/fegfotos/gallery/2k-gamh99--5.htm) For info on the restaurant: http://www.vfrogs.com/restaurant/ (review: http://www.sfstation.com/restaurants/venturefrogs/index.htm) Best parking is under the movie theater. Entrance on O'Farrell. You're welcome to join us for dinner, or just for a drink. The place caters for the pre movie crowd, so it's fast and not too expensive. If you think you're likely to be there please drop me an email so I can adjust the reservation in case we need a larger table. GAMH doors open at 7:00pm, show at 8:00pm, and it's all seated - so we may have to get someone to hold a place in the line to get a good spot. See you there! ~N BTW Unlike earlier dates, LOTS of cones were available in Seattle. Good news if you're cone-less. (I am now a two-cone household!) PS Adding to my prior post about the Croc show: Yes, that was a Queen Elvis free zone! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:02:44 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: really sorry invader woj wrote: > > but then we'd have to rename it to the olive load vigilante. loaf, shurely? ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:21:14 -0400 From: invader woj Subject: Re: really sorry when we last left our heroes, Stewart Russell exclaimed: >invader woj wrote: > > > > but then we'd have to rename it to the olive load vigilante. > >loaf, shurely? ;-) yeah, it was a typo. +w ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:28:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Mike Hooker wrote "and already fucked someone. by mistake" Only a feg could accomplish this! Jill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 01:43:25 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Marcel Post (Parcel most?) > >Miles: can we set Demime loose in the world to rid it of the scourge of > >mimes? > >No. It might consume the classic NEWHART episode where Michael's >season-long descent into madness reaches absolute bottom (he becomes a >mime, of course). There's also a slight chance that all footage of Harpo >Marx might be lost. and don't forget the Goodies episode where they enter the Eurovision Boring Contest as a team of Marcel Marceaus (Marceaux?) miming Murder on the Orient Express (IIRC). >>It not only talks about mythical >>tricksters like Coyote, Hermes, and Raven, but also brings in John Cage, >>Maxine Hong Kingston, and Frederick Douglass. Really fascinating stuff. >>(I wish it mentioned Bugs Bunny, though - everyone's favorite latter-day >>trickster...) > >Loki, it must have Loki. I may well hunt this one down. don't forget Cuchulainn! And as for more modern 'tricksters', does it have Marcel Duchamp? James PS - and welcome back to Marcy, too! It's just like old times here! James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 01:45:31 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: NME's most influential >8 The Jam and the Who don't make the list. To quote Lachie MacRae junior, "what is this 'Ironic' thing?" (oh, and the biggest influences in this here city are the Beatles (2), Velvets (23), Nirvana (13), Byrds (734 - yet REM are at 24), Hendrix (probably about 8437). Can anyone explain to me how the Strokes (17) have had time to be that influential yet? >I can think of about 20 "electronica" >artists I'd put on there before Prodigy. William Orbit, Future Sound of London, and Aphex Twin from the quieter end of the electronica spectrum, and Front 242 from the noisier end, just to start the ball rolling. >Pentangle and Fairport Convention... >Neither of which I have the critical ability to describe, but dang, Bert >Jansch can play guitar way to go Mr Marks! So can Renbourn for that matter (his solo album The Hermit was released complete with some of the most frightening tablature you're ever likely to see). And Danny Thompson is a god of the stand-up bass. Hardly new stuff though. 1.45 a.m. Time for bed said Zebedee. James (boing!) James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:03:33 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: RIP Linda "Deep Throat" Lovelace of injuries sustained in a car crash: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,50935,00.html ________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas Lead Programmer The Production Group McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:09:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: really sorry On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, invader woj wrote: > when we last left our heroes, Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey exclaimed: > >Miles: can we set Demime loose in the world to rid it of the scourge of > >mimes? > > but then we'd have to rename it to the olive load vigilante. A classic Bloom County reference! What a good way to start the morning. (Well, provided it's accompanied by a cup of coffee.) - --Chris "I snort the nose, Lucifer! Banana! Banana!" ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:44:06 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: RIP Linda "Deep Throat" Lovelace of injuries sustained in a car crash: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,50935,00.html ________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas Lead Programmer The Production Group McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:25:12 -0500 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Re: Oral Bill > A classic Bloom County reference! What a good way to start the morning. > (Well, provided it's accompanied by a cup of coffee.) > > > --Chris > > "I snort the nose, Lucifer! Banana! Banana!" Deathtongue Rules! Michael who's fortunately had his coffee ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:04:37 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: It must be catching, this rejoining thing.... On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Marcy Tanter wrote: > Hope you're all treating my friend Eb well...! eb what? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:16:02 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: did you fegs get this NME list? jeez, who made this list, ike turner? bob at 38th on any list is alone heresy. and pj harvey at 50th on any list is fucked up by itself. shit, that is only 12 above dylan. i say that this is one of the most inaccurate lists of influential artists I have ever seen. Where is chet atkins? On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, rand wrote: > The NME's 50 most influential artists: > > 1 The Smiths > 2 The Beatles > 3 Stone Roses > 4 David Bowie > 5 The Sex Pistols > 6 Oasis > 7 Radiohead > 8 The Jam > 9 U2 > 10 Public Enemy > 11 Happy Mondays > 12 The Clash > 13 Nirvana > 14 Elvis Presley > 15 Joy Division > 16 Blur > 17 The Strokes > 18 The Rolling Stones > 19 The Verve > 20 Bob Marley > 21 The Fall > 22 Prodigy > 23 The Velvet Underground > 24 REM > 25 Frankie Goes To Hollywood > 26 Dexy's Midnight Runners > 27 Beastie Boys > 28 T Rex, Jesus and Mary Chain > 30 The Specials > 31 Manic Street Preachers > 32 Roxy Music > 33 The Pixies > 34 Iggy Pop > 35 The Pogues > 36 Primal Scream, Frank Sinatra > 38 Bob Dylan > 39 Blondie > 40 Eminem > 41 Culture Club > 42 Madonna > 43 Marvin Gaye > 44 Pulp > 45 Michael Jackson > 46 The Charlatans > 47 Echo and the Bunnymen > 48 The KLF > 49 Neil Young > 50 PJ Harvey > > & here's the GUARDIAN story which gives NME's criteria: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,685630,00.html > > I don't know about the Smiths in first place ... (don't flame me) but > number one on the 50 Most *Influential*. > > They never influenced me that much. > > > fading back into yesterday before tomorrow comes, > > Randi > > > > *what scares you most will set you free* > ~ Robyn Hitchcock > > *by endurance we conquer* > ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:28:27 +0000 From: "Bradley Wood" Subject: Friday at the Croc For those keeping score at home, Robyn did appear at the Croc Friday night as promised. He popped out on stage during the Minus 5's set to do a monologue during "Your Time Will Come". It had something to do with two perfectly formed cats in a box and then morphed into something about property. When he finished, he put on his glasses, raised one foot in the air, did a "Kung Fu Fighting" stance in slow motion and slowly hopped off the stage on one foot while the band played. Scott commented that they told Robyn he would have to do one song, but he didn't tell him which one. It was a great show with the YFF in particularly fine form (They also did Queen of Eyes). Bradley _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:29:02 -0400 From: mary Subject: Re: geeks, freaks, or music aficionados At 05:10 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, the lovely randi wrote: >Well, since I've de-lurked I've opened my mouth wider and wider. Yay Randi - welcome back! >I have a vhs copy of Moulin Rouge (which many people pronounce >wrong ... grrr ... argh ... ) sitting on my desk. > >Now I'm afraid to watch it! I enjoyed the film - neither strongly hated nor loved it. I have to agree with Miles Goosens' assessment of the film. But don't be afraid to watch it - - that way you can form your own opinion about the movie. And I guess you missed the previous discussion about mispronouncing "Moulin Rouge." >But I have a question ... >where oh where has the music talk gone >where oh where has it been? Here's a list of bands that have been discussed here and on some other lists. Unfortunately due to my unemployed state I haven't been buying cds so some of these bands I've never heard*. I'm just mentioning them because folks with similar tastes to mine have recommended them. Fegs - feel free to state if any of these bands are crap and not worth trying out. The Strokes The Hives The White Stripes *Mooney Suzuki *My Morning Jacket The latest Wilco is supposed to be really good too. And a lurking(?) music critic has suggested giving a listen to Ed Harcourt. S.Mary np - Vic Chesnutt "West of Rome" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:32:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Seattle? Sublime! On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, The other Mr Feg wrote: > (for example, Peter Buck didn't know how to play "Give It To The Soft > Boys"!) Not exactly an easy one to just make up a part for, either! > oh and he played Inside You (the Psychedelic Furs song), too. Wonderful! > Do you mean "The Ghost in You"? Tales of the squeaky crab remind me of my regret that, when I saw Robyn about 10-12 years ago, the day of the show I saw an utterly repulsive candy item - a sort of gummy crab, although more gel-like than your average gummy worm -type candy - which I bought intending to present to Robyn as a gift. But I chickened out and didn't give it to him. Of course, I never saw the hideous creature again. (the candy crab - not Robyn.) - --Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::Drive ten thousand miles across America and you will know more about ::the country than all the institutes of sociology and political science ::put together. __Jean Baudrillard__ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:40:50 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: Portland, O Portland >Any of you Portlanders, or anyone else for that matter, ever hear of >any >indie band from your area called The Kissing Book? Uggghhhhh. I got nothing against their music (not too bad, not really exciting, though), but they're a bunch of creeps. Their singer, Andrew Kaffer, a socially-maladapted indie-pop asshole, lived in the same house where my band used to practice, and apparently (according to other housemates) would make snide remarks about my songs while we were playing. It sucked every week to come up from the basement to this chorus of sneers from "King Kaffer and his Kontemptuous Kourt" (as my bandmate called them). Bleah. Though, interestingly, the last time I saw Andrew he smiled and said hi. I think he forgot who I was. >What's everyone listening to? I'm continuing my anthropological study of the indigenous music of Portland (apart from Kissing Book). I bought the new Quasi album, "The Sword of God," which is OK. There's some really good songs on it - like "It's Raining," where the normally dour Sam Coomes gets all soulful - but a lot of other songs fall flat. Janet Weiss's contribution is unusually good, though - - too bad she can't sing very well. Sam Coomes definitely has Robyn beat in the "hilariously surreal liner notes" department - I was laughing out loud at one point. Oh! So I must tell a minor yet relevant "starfucking" incident from long ago. Viv and I were at a Nader campaign meeting, and there was this strikingly handsome guy there, with a young face and greying hair, very unusual-looking. So Viv was lucky enough to go canvassing with him, and he made a casual reference to the band he used to play in. "What band was that?" Viv asked. "Heatmiser," he replied. The guy was Tony Lash, who was Heatmiser's drummer and continues to work with Elliott Smith, Quasi, and many others as an engineer. We never saw him again, after that one time. Maybe he got too busy, or maybe he decided to vote for Gore. From NME's list: >3 Stone Roses It never ceases to amaze and amuse me that the Stone Roses are considered VERY VERY IMPORTANT in England. Same with Oasis. Popularity = importance? Re: tricksters: >Loki, it must have Loki. I may well hunt this one down. Yes, it has Loki, of course. And Eshu, a Yoruba deity whom I didn't know much about. There's also a nice slangy translation of the Homeric Hymn to Hermes in the back. n. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:52:22 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Portland, O Portland On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Natalie Jane wrote: > >From NME's list: > > >3 Stone Roses > > It never ceases to amaze and amuse me that the Stone Roses are considered > VERY VERY IMPORTANT in England. Same with Oasis. Popularity = importance? Pretty much: the Guardian article linked in the original post notes that the NME's criteria is (surprise) itself: votes were tallied on cover stories, articles, letters to the editors, etc. It only goes to prove the cliche about British music coverage and its trend-of-the-minute absurdity. If they'd called it "The 50 Most Buzzed-About (By Us) Bands Ever," no quarrel... - --Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::Any noise that is unrelenting eventually becomes music:: __Paula Carino__ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:00:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: Re: did you fegs get this NME list? > 48 The KLF Does (or did) this really stand for "Kallisti Liberation Front?" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: Of interest to all the lurking entomologists on this list... A new order of insects! Joy... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/science/2002-04/klass-4-18-02.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:04:20 -0700 From: "Cynthia Peterson" Subject: RE: Friday at the Croc Yay! Thanks, Brad. I was too embarrassed to report this sighting, as I have absolutely no memory of what the monologue contained. The dance moves were the most extreme I've ever seen him perform, though! Nick and I went up to see the same show in Bellingham the next night. Sadly, that one was Robynless. (Guess he stayed home to make cones...Mike will have to add another wing onto the Cone Museum!) However, while there was no "Your Time Will Come," and no "Queen of Eyes," Scott McCaughey was sporting a Soft Boys shirt. We had a small bonding moment over that, as I was wearing my "Jasper this one's evil" shirt... Oh, and thanks to Susan and Nick for their excellent show reports. Now I am off the hook for that one, too! Weird to think of it though: the out of town Fegs outnumbered the home Fegs 6 to 1. Hmm... Cynthia - -----Original Message----- From: Bradley Wood [mailto:brad372@hotmail.com] For those keeping score at home, Robyn did appear at the Croc Friday night as promised... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:44:51 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: heaven knows I'm mutable now Smiths at #1 on NME list-- The Smiths may not have influenced me, but I sure enjoyed them. I wonder if this represents reparations for how roughly they were dumped. I guess I need to look at the criteria, but the whole list looks tres weird. Primal Scream above Bob Dylan? THe Happy Mondays at #11? Is this some of that self-effacing humor the British are known for? - --- JMW Turner faves -- my top two are surely not among his greatest paintings but they involve tricks of light. One is in the National Gallery in DC. It's a park scene w/ the sun setting over a river, "Mortlake Terrace." There's a short wall in the park w/ a dog walking on it, & the glare of the sun on the river is so bright it obscures the line of the top of the wall. http://www.j-m-w-turner.co.uk/artist/gifetc/turner-mortlake.jpg The other fav is called "The Evening Star," & shows a beach just after sunset. The star is a little speck of paint in the blue sky & you can look lots of places in the picture & the star is invisible to your peripheral vision. Only if you look right at it does it pop out, just the way a star will in a still-bright sky. I think it's at the Tate. - --- My analysis of the off-topic thing is: look at Robyn. He writes, he paints, he makes political commentary, he plays guitar, he acts, he sings, he dances! (has he been dancing on this tour?) Nothing is off topic on a list devoted to a renaissance man. After all, there was a touch of William Morris DIY when the Beatles played their own instruments & wrote their own songs. - --- Moulin Rouge-- Ambivalent. I enjoyed the visuals & laughed at the jokes. But my response to all that irony was, as soon as it finished, to grab Lou Reed's "New York" and put it on, since for me that's a solid shot of (sometimes ugly) passion. I think I like irony & fantasy, but somehow MR didn't draw me in. Maybe I just don't like "Your Song." I like much of the rest of the soundtrack, esp. "Hindi Sad Diamonds" & Bono's "Children of the Revolution." Maybe I just like gross-out irony like Monty Python but not sentimentality accompanied by a big stage wink. - --- The ISBN is a good place to start-- In our law library catalog, we have a field devoted to binding color. An amazing number of attys come down asking for "that book on trusts, the red one." Ross Taylor Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:42:23 +0200 From: "noe shalev" Subject: Re: short shameful confession > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, mothra wrote: > > Bobby Brown Goes Down > > Frank Zappa > > when I was 20, I found this song so > beautifully tragicomic that I made > a 90 minute tape of it using the > continuous replay feature on my CD > player. I would listen to the whole > tape on long car trips. That might be a short confession, but rather a long tape. (30 mins more than young mr Brown could take on the tower of power) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:01:05 +0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: Hoping you Come Thru Too Dolph: >(my company makes their (MARC) library software) I bow down before the ultimate library techie. Hossannnas in the highest. - ------------------------------------ Nat: Is that the Lewis Hyde who wrote "the Gift"? That is one of my fave non-fiction books. You are the queen of book recs:-) - -------------------------------- James >try looking for a translation of the works of Ibn Al Haytham (sometimes >called Alhasan or Alhazen) And James, you are the king. - ----------------------------- Brian in Wiltshire: >Loki, it must have Loki. I may well hunt this one down. It does. I've already scooped up the book and theres a whole lot of #s after his name in the index. >As for Enochian stuff, I don't have a conclusion >other than that dangerous games were being played. It is just possible that >cryptology/spying have a role cf. the episode of >Trimethius' >Steganographia. Also likely that it was driven by Dee's hunger for >knowlege, in which case he putting a lot of trust in a >single source of >information which I find a little unsettling in a man who was so well read >and who in is other work was able to >communicate with peers. Again, agree with you, but would point out that there are very few "wise" men who have never stepped up to folly. The motif of the wise old wizard beguiled is an old motif(Merlin, Soloman, some of the medieval legends of Aristotle and Virgil.) Dee may indeed have put far too much trust in Kelley and/or the spirits who communicated thru him. I've never been attracted to the Enochian system myself, it seems abit -off-? But thou it dominated Dee's later thinking in many ways, it was just one more bit of his exploring and then organizing knowledge of the unknown. The life's overall achievement I still find lauditory. Have never read the Kalevala but have always meant to. Kay, whimpering, not banging _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:07:05 -0400 From: rand Subject: gonna sound so out of it Since tonight is one of the last shows ... I was hoping to get some info. What musical style are Robyn's new songs in? ... simply different across the board? ... in the IODOT or Eye vein? ... a continuation of the songwriting he did for the *new* Soft Boys? ... continuing from A Star For Bram? Is Robyn solo plus two guitars and some 'hail mary's' and 'baby jesus'' pics? I'm assuming Michele (e-accent-agu) is there ... but is she? She's really really nice for anyone that cares to talk to her. Is Robyn using the same 'song intros / monologues'? I'm probably forgetting a whole bunch of questions, I just want some details ... I'm trying to feel like I'm there :-} Hope everyone has a great time tonight! fading back into yesterday before tomorrow cones, {thanks mr. pointy :-} Randi Toronto, Ontario, Canada *what scares you most will set you free* ~ Robyn Hitchcock *by endurance we conquer* ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:11:56 -0400 From: rand Subject: marcy Marcy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rand ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:43:45 -0700 From: "Voodoo Ergonomics" Subject: Newz from the KEXP interview: - --the novel is finished. robyn's agent took him out to lunch in new york last week, which event robyn views as positive vis a vis its likelihood of being published. - --the soft boys rekkid is finished. title as of now is NEXT DOORLAND (or, perhaps, NEXT DOOR LAND). they're just finishing up the art, and it's scheduled to be released by matador on september 24th, with a u.s. tour to follow in november. - --robyn was hoping to have recorded with scott mccaughey A Man's Got To Know His Limitations, Briggs on the week end. KEXP setlist: Born In Time; Not Dark Yet; Sudden Town; A Man's Got To Know His Limitations, Briggs. according to "The Asking Tree", this is only the second time he's performed "Born In Time". i've mp3-ed the show, and would be happy to ftp either the appearance in its entirety or any combination of the songs to somewhere. i did not keep a setlist of the crocodile show. i tried an experiment with the recording of same (viz., recording it onto the nomad jukebox which i had received as an xmas gift). kind of a bust, i'm afraid: the batteries couldn't even survive a two-hour gig. there was a dude taping onto a DAT deck using two enormous mics mounted atop a 12.5' microphone stand. so hopefully he'll come through. as usual, the "hanging out with fegs" portion of the week end's festivities was even more stimulating than the show itself. and also as usual, that portion was not nearly lengthy enough. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:39:59 -0400 (EDT) From: kenster Subject: TimeBetweenAds ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:40:28 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: gonna sound so out of it On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:07:05 rand wrote: >... a continuation of the songwriting he did for the *new* Soft >Boys? Well, I thought that stuff was a continuation of what he was already doing. I mean, I didn't hear much of a stylistic/thematic difference between those songs and the Jewels/Star material. "Born In Time" (thanks for reminding me of the title, Eddie!) and "Briggs" are similar. I personally thought they were a lot less striking than "Mind Is Connected" &c. but that might partly be because those had full-on SB power behind them. It was really striking how much pizazz even the maraca-potato added (I assumed at the time this was a plastic potato but maybe it was actually a gourd- who knows?). I almost think touring with some unspecified person as a guitar/random assorted percussion combo would be a good way to keep things more interesting musically and still keep expenses relatively minimal. >Is Robyn solo plus two guitars and some 'hail mary's' and 'baby >jesus'' pics? In Seattle there was also a "Father Joseph", which Robyn explained was more "delicate" than either. >I'm assuming Michele (e-accent-agu) is there ... but is she? Yes, she is. I wanted to ask something. Who was it here who said that Mike Viola reminded them of Paul Simon? Er, how, exactly? Were you describing some other opener on this tour and I mixed things up? The guy I saw dressed like Paul Weller and sounded very G. Parker/ E. Costello influenced. loveonya, susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #134 ********************************