From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #325 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, October 14 2002 Volume 11 : Number 325 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Departure Lounge mini-review, b&p ["Timothy Reed" ] one more brief Firefly comment [Christopher Gross ] nuggets ["Brian Hoare" ] kate bush kompilation [andrew ] Re: radiohead moment [Stewart Russell ] to athe or not to athe [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: radiohead moment [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Abandon all ye dope [bayard ] Soft Boys Salon review [steve ] junkmedia interview [dances with virgos ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:30:55 -0400 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: Departure Lounge mini-review, b&p Just saw Departure Lounge in NYC and the band is well worth catching. Took my ex, who's a big Keegan fan, though I'm not sure if it's because of his music. This is the first time I've seen him with a backing band, except when he was the backing band. His music is awfully smooth, and it carries over to the live show - the harmonies were sweet, the drummer played harmonica while drumming which I've never seen before, and they have a stand-up bassist for pete's sake. Anyway, their new record is excellent, and at my show they did a great cover of Survivor by Destiny's Child. I've not heard the original, but whatever it was that they played was excellent. Did not stay for Gland, who headlined. I have acquired a fresh-to-minidisc recording of the show. If you're interested in a copy, e-mail me off list. Tim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:23:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: one more brief Firefly comment On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > Sumiko Keay wrote: > > The first episode (of Firefly) is being repeated on Monday at 8 > > Eastern. > > only if the SF Giants fail to sweep St. Louis this weekend.... They probably shouldn't re-run that first episode anyway. They'd win more viewers with the Oct. 4 episode, which I thought was hilarious. Anyway, out of the three episodes so far, the first was the weakest; new viewers should keep this in mind. - --Chris, who's happy because he finaly found some purple Halloween lights ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:27:40 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: nuggets >From: "Rex.Broome" > >It's pretty easy to find, being on a lot of compilations. I'd recommend >just going ahead and shelling out for Rhino's first Nuggets box set (an >essential item for any household); otherwise, if you get too deeply into >the competing and insane world of '60's garage/psych compilations you end >up going crazy. > I quick scan of the track listing indicates that I have very very little of it. A little pricey for immediate purchase but it looks quite fascinating. I will invest when I am able. I am also a little concerned that it will lead to further purchases... Brian _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:02:13 -0700 From: andrew Subject: kate bush kompilation > From: "Rex.Broome" [Kate Bush] > I have a few of her > LP's but would probably be better served by a compilation. _The Whole Story_ is misnamed, but would probably suit your needs perfectly. I know what you mean about the story-songs...you might be referring to the second side of _Hounds of Love_, which is incredibly wonderful but takes some getting used to. I think her most beautiful songs are in there ("And Dream of Sheep," "Hello Earth," "The Morning Fog"). > From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > > Choosing to vehemently believe in and preach the non-existence of God > is > also choosing an aspect. Wasn't it here that we discussed whether atheism amounted to a religion? I never really bought that line myself. > From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey > > Besides which, when whoever it was heard that Tori Amos track, it had > not > been an entire decade since the preceding Kate Bush album. Therefore, > it > couldn't possibly have been a new Kate Bush song. Not to spoil the (spot-on) joke, but _The Red Shoes_ came out the year after _Little Earthquakes_, so it could easily have been a new Kate Bush song. :) > From: "Michael Wells" > Subject: Short Robyn Sings Review > > Appearing in the Sept/Oct issue of "No Depression" magazine... > > ============ > > [...] > The respectful, if sometimes ragged-voiced Hitchcock doesn't mess > around too > much with Dylan's material, but he still can't suppress his own > mercurial > wit. In "Tangled Up In Blue", he ad-libs, "She was working in a > topless > place/And I stopped in for a top/I said I missing half of my face/She > said you > came to the wrong shop." How funny -- that was my favorite lyric from Robyn's version, and I hadn't realized it wasn't Dylan's. Drew ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:34:29 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: radiohead moment Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > Absolutely. payback for "fake plastic trees," which I've always thought > sounds like it should a Robyn song jings, yes! I never thought of it as such. Perhaps that's why I like FPT so much. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:42:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: to athe or not to athe andrew wrote: > grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) wrote: > > > > Choosing to vehemently believe in and preach the non-existence of > > God is also choosing an aspect. > > Wasn't it here that we discussed whether atheism amounted to a > religion? I never really bought that line myself. There _IS_ a difference between being an athiest and "preaching" athiesm though. There are plenty of atheist who are just as zealous and obnoxious about their atheism as any Christian or Muslim fundamentalist is. And that _vehemence_ (the key word in James's phrase AFAIC) makes that kind of atheism distinct that realizing that you don't believe in god, and then getting on with your life, much as you did when you realized you didn't believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, or even from practicing an atheistic religion, like Buddhism. ===== "If we don't allow journalists, politicians, and every two-bit Joe Schmo with a cause to grandstand by using 9-11 as a lame rhetorical device, then the terrorists have already won." -- "Shredder" "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt . Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:44:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: radiohead moment Stewart Russell wrote: > Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > Absolutely. payback for "fake plastic trees," which I've always > > thought sounds like it should a Robyn song > > jings, yes! I never thought of it as such. Perhaps that's why I like > FPT so much. It first sorta occurred to me that "he used to do surgery/for girls in the 80's/but gravity always wins" was a rather Robynesque set of lyrics, and the theory has sorta oozed from there. Actually, I think Thom Yorke writes a fair number of Robynesque words. ===== "If we don't allow journalists, politicians, and every two-bit Joe Schmo with a cause to grandstand by using 9-11 as a lame rhetorical device, then the terrorists have already won." -- "Shredder" "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt . Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:24:55 -0700 (PDT) From: bayard Subject: Re: Abandon all ye dope > > We all choose our own gods. > > do we? if there was actually a god involved we wouldn't have a choice. > sure we would, we'd just be wrong. a friend of mine likes to type weird things into browsers and he found that jesuschrist.com was a porn site (as of a couple weeks ago.) - -- http://glasshotel.net Whenever I woke up from a nightmare I thought someone was coming up the stairs to see if I was alright. The steps would be slower and quieter, then fade away. It took me years to realize that the sound was my heart pounding. - www.iusedtobelieve.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 23:55:09 -0500 From: steve Subject: Soft Boys Salon review http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2002/10/14/soft_boys/index.html Not much there, really, but what the heck. - - Steve __________ One of the president's close acquaintances outside the White House said Mr. Bush clearly feels he has encountered his reason for being, a conviction informed and shaped by the president's own strain of Christianity. "I think, in his frame, this is what God has asked him to do," the acquaintance said. - Frank Bruni, NYT, on Bush's new war ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:58:17 -0400 From: dances with virgos Subject: junkmedia interview woj ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #325 ********************************