From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #25 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, January 22 2003 Volume 12 : Number 025 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: A small request. [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Good god, y'all! [gSs ] Re: on topic! "panto" [Michael R Godwin ] Re: save money, share a condom? [gSs ] Re: A small request. [Aaron Mandel ] Whhummmppp (sound of Orson Wells' coffin failing to take flight): O/T apologia ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Doctor Doctor, I'm On Fire... ["Mike Wells" ] Italy Soft Boys shows. [brian@lazerlove5.com] Re: Italy Soft Boys shows. [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: on topic! "pantomime of god" [Eb ] um, yeah... [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: um, yeah... [Miles Goosens ] Re: To the alterna-tuners ["Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" ] Re: To the alterna-tuners [rosso@videotron.ca] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:52:27 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: A small request. On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 08:35 AM, gSs wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Tom Clark wrote: >>> the subject or something. Am I alone in this? >> >> No, you're not. It's gotten way out of hand. > > the porn part, the jesus part or the part about fucking god up the ass > until he is dead? or the oral sex and it's relation to cannabalism > part? ALL OF IT. Honestly, some of you simply beat a dead horse just to hear (and validate) yourselves and your own pompous opinions. Not to mention setting out to get an intentional rise out of others - though I have to say it can be amusing at times. It's sad when a mailing list appreciating the work of Robyn Hitchcock attracts such righteously pretentious freaks! Oops, my bad - EVERY mailing list contains that particular demographic. - -Steve (wishing he could locate that brilliantly humorous and dead-on link where an illustrator depicted every category of Internet poster) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:55:53 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Good god, y'all! there's gold in them thar hills and an oxymoron in that subject line. On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Rex.Broome wrote: > You're a misanthrope and you know it. yer way off again. i only hate the french. and yankees, and okies. and joe montana and terry bradshaw. and gin. and i especially like the dutch. > It's spelled "masturbate" and I shudder to guess what inspires you to do it. to masturbate or to mispell words? well, the mispelling is a result of my lacsidasical attitude, lack of secondary education, lack of worthy spell-check in pine and possibly lead or asbestos poisoning. masturbation is the result of something different and completely unrelated to my bad spelling habits. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:05:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: on topic! "panto" On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Maurer Rose, Inverse Nome wrote: > Awhile ago I got a question on the tale of Pierrot and Piroette. I > recognized Pierrot so I tried to do some quickie research on it. Aside from > some artwork by Kay Nielsen I couldnt find much and sent it on to our > more-in-depth Theater dept. But Im still curious as to what the answer is. > What is the story? My memory half tickles me with the idea that there may be > some connection to the 60s movie "King of Hearts"? Here is a touristy summary: http://www.francelegends.com/combined/ I think they mean "Watteau", not "Walteau" who is obviously the organiser of Eurodisney (: :). My instinct is that the original Commedia dell' Arte characters are just Harlequin, Columbine and Pierrot. I guess that Pierrette is a later addition to equalise the number of dancing partners. Any more Harlequinade info out there? - - Mike Godwin n.p. Eddie Cochran "Sweetie Pie" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:42:30 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: save money, share a condom? On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Tom Clark wrote: > The rest is just good clean fun. well, that is if you wear a comdom. if god has got an std he can't get rid of you know it's got to be a real nasty one. i'll be careful. won't that be nice when you can carry a small, inexpensive field test for your date and possibly eliminate condoms? gSs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:44:04 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: A small request. On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Steve Talkowski wrote: > -Steve (wishing he could locate that brilliantly humorous and dead-on > link where an illustrator depicted every category of Internet poster) I think you're looking for this: http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html Perhaps this one? http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame10.html a ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:30:47 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Whhummmppp (sound of Orson Wells' coffin failing to take flight): O/T apologia I guess I'm the one who said "boogerhead". Although what I really said was "misanthrope" which was meant less as an insult and more of as accurate a summary of the character someone was presenting as I could lay hands on. Anyhow, I agree it's gone beyond tiresome and will leave it alone forthwith. I think it particularly bites that Drew of all people was the most noticeable casualty of the fracas. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:03:51 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Johnny Marr on Letterman Tonight (wed 1/22 Johnny Marr is on Letterman tonight ===== "Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in very nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies." -- F.M. Cornford "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 . Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:10:42 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Doctor Doctor, I'm On Fire... Ross T: >>(Morrissey) brought in Mick Ronson as Doctor Anti-Jangle, fixing up things for >>people who've had too much jangle in their lives -- i.e. Roger McGuinn's Cardiff >>Rose, or the Rolling Thunder Revue "Whew, thank God I finally got rid of all those damned non-Ronson McGuinn records. And if Morrissey doesn't toughen up soon, he's next!" (I just like to imagine someone actually thinking that.) _________ Sabina: >>on a similar note, what do you think is a good song to introduce hitchcock >>to a college ska kid? just wondering... I'd say "Om". It's fresh, bouncy, and pogo-able. If it was just called "Oi" instead... ________ Michael G. 'splains the pantomime: >>Since the advent of television, panto provides winter employment for what >>are known in the UK as "celebrities", viz. minor personalities from soap >>operas and game shows. Okay, what scares me about this is NOT that I knew the answer, NOR the fact that I was helping a Brit here in the office explain this concept to a bunch of Americans a mere two days ago. What scares me is that I ALSO first learned about it from reading articles about Doctor Who. Many moons ago, that was. When Kay recently asked about casting Robyn in a TV show, I think she added "other than the obvious Doctor Who, etc." so I didn't think about it much. But suddenly Robyn as the Doctor sounds so great to me... the costume would be the Nextdoorland getup; he'd have the old brown TARDIS interior with the small console, with, like, Telecasters and lutes and stuff mounted on the wall. Occasionally his companion-- Romana as portrayed by, oh, let's say, Sarah Cracknell maybe-- would walk into the cloister room and find him plucking away at something along the lines of "Fiend Before the Shrine". Just because that cloister room set alway reminded me of, like, a quickly-built background that would be the setting for a Mason Williams segment on the Smothers Brothers show or something. Dude, top that for sheer geekery. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:12:55 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Doctor Doctor, I'm On Fire... on 1/22/03 11:10 AM, Rex.Broome at Rex.Broome@preferredmedia.com wrote: > But suddenly Robyn as the Doctor sounds so great to me... the costume would > be the Nextdoorland getup; he'd have the old brown TARDIS interior with the > small console, with, like, Telecasters and lutes and stuff mounted on the > wall. Occasionally his companion-- Romana as portrayed by, oh, let's say, > Sarah Cracknell maybe-- would walk into the cloister room and find him > plucking away at something along the lines of "Fiend Before the Shrine". > Just because that cloister room set alway reminded me of, like, a > quickly-built background that would be the setting for a Mason Williams > segment on the Smothers Brothers show or something. I'm reading this while watching Peter Fonda in "The Trip". It's all too surreal... - -tc "Have we had enough Polysorbate-80 today?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:46:34 -0600 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Re: Doctor Doctor, I'm On Fire... Rex opines: > > Occasionally his companion-- Romana as portrayed by, oh, let's say, > > Sarah Cracknell maybe How about Avril? The tension would be unreal. And Buck Dharma as Harry Sullivan - whenever they get into a pinch, he whips out a Les Paul Black Beauty and cranks "Kick Out the Jams." And a Paul Darrow guest shot would be madatory. God, I love this idea. Michael "it's not geeky enough yet" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:30:22 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: are you with me, Dr. Who? At 11:10 AM 1/22/2003 -0800, Rex.Broome wrote: >When Kay recently asked about casting Robyn in a TV show, I think she added >"other than the obvious Doctor Who, etc." so I didn't think about it much. >But suddenly Robyn as the Doctor sounds so great to me... the costume would >be the Nextdoorland getup; he'd have the old brown TARDIS interior with the >small console, with, like, Telecasters and lutes and stuff mounted on the >wall. Occasionally his companion-- Romana as portrayed by, oh, let's say, >Sarah Cracknell maybe-- would walk into the cloister room and find him >plucking away at something along the lines of "Fiend Before the Shrine". >Just because that cloister room set alway reminded me of, like, a >quickly-built background that would be the setting for a Mason Williams >segment on the Smothers Brothers show or something. I sorta wonder if I'm past the age where I could get into Doctor Who. It seems like it needs to get its hooks into you as an adolescent, and I was 23 before I ever saw an episode. The only local station that sometimes ran it was the PBS one 60 miles away; it wasn't airing it when my family got cable in '84; finally, when Melissa and I changed apartments in Nashville the first time (1990), it was airing somewhere or other. So I watched about eight or nine episodes over the course of a week. It made little sense to me, and seemed like it was making many references to many previous plot threads, to the point where I had no idea why the Whattzis were fighting the Flamfiddle, and the show seemed to have no intention of filling in any of the blanks. So I decided it required an insane amount of prerequisites, and never watched it again. Of course, now there are episode guides on the web to fill in the backstory, but one look at the absurd number of unwatched videotapes piled up in the living room tells me that I can't afford to pick up another involved viewing hobby. :-) later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:41:02 +0000 (GMT) From: brian@lazerlove5.com Subject: Italy Soft Boys shows. I mustn't be the only one wondering (Max?): Has anyone heard about the Italy shows? Reviews or setlists? New songs or old new songs? Dublin tonight. Go Aquarius. Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:56:10 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Italy Soft Boys shows. - -- brian@lazerlove5.com is rumored to have mumbled on Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2003 16:41 Uhr +0000 regarding Italy Soft Boys shows.: > Has anyone heard about the Italy shows? Reviews or setlists? New songs or > old new songs? I don't think we have any Italian fegs, do we? I was think about going to Torino as an Italian girlfriend of mine is studying there, but the appartment she shares with some other people would've been too crowded. It's really too bad that apparently nobody in Germany was interested in booking them ... :-( - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:38:46 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: DVDs and panto, plus reap >The reason you might want an all-region DVD player is simple: if you ever >want to play a title available only for another region, if your player is >set to play only in your region, you will be unable to play it. It's as if >US people simply *couldn't* play an imported Robyn CD. one of the advantages of being in a tiny country with influences from Europe, the US, and Asia - I've never seen a single-region DVD player. As far as I know, they're all multi-region here. >- - Mike "Well, puss, we thought the streets of London would be paved with >gold, but all we found was bad luck and misery!" Godwin (slaps thigh). > >PUSS (inquiringly): MIAOW? Look out behiiind you!!!!!! Never saw a true panto, although I did see a wonderful panto-ed version of "Toad of Toad Hall" on stage when I was a kid (circa 1969?) with Ian Carmichael as Toad and Michael Hordern as Mole. I have this sneaking feeling that Stratford Johns was Badger, but I was too young to know who he was then. James RIP - NZ's top music journalist, Dylan Taite. 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: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:44:10 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: RobbieBurnsSportsQuiz They were named after one of the African wild horses - the Zebras or Okapis or Quaggas or something like that - the Quaggas? James 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, 22 Jan 2003 16:44:03 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Doctor Doctor, I'm On Fire... Rex opines: > > Occasionally his companion-- Romana as portrayed by, oh, let's say, > > Sarah Cracknell maybe Saint Etienne's Hobart Paving from the cd So Tough is a perfect pop song. Sarah sings the line "And Baby, don't forget to catch me" over and over again with an occasional "I'm on your shoulder tonight". It melts me every time I hear it. Michael B. NP John Coltrane A Love Supreme (Deluxe Edition) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:44:05 -0500 From: Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com Subject: Re: To the alterna-tuners Ever try EEEEBE? I once bought a CSN&Y book back in the 70s and I couldn't figure out why so many of the chords didn't sound anything like the recorded music. Then I bought a Stephen Stills book that showed a few songs in this tuning. Its surprising to see how relatively easy it is to play Suite:Judy Blues Eyes. The drone tuning actually is fun to screw around with too. Another tuning I learned for Joni Mitchell's "Song About The Midway" was DADEAD. Also fun to play. Jeffro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:01:07 -0000 From: "The Birdpoo" Subject: Echo and the Bunnymen box set There's been a couple of posts about the Bunnymen recently. Had anyone picked up the box set thing? If so, can they post the details of the "extras" CD and where the tracks come from? Is it worth buying? Birdpoo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:12:48 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: on topic! "pantomime of god" >In Victorian times it was, I believe, a rather decorous entertainment for >children dramatising, more or less straightforwardly, fairy tales like >Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Aladdin, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots >and so forth. An important feature was that the hero, or principal boy, >was always played by a girl in tights. > >"Oh no you don't!" > >"Oh yes I do!" > >"Oh no you don't!" > >Etc. Ohhhh...this instantly makes me flash on a "Puss in Boots" segment of Monty Python which makes a bit more sense now. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:29:20 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: um, yeah... ignore that message about quaggas and things. I suspect it went to the wrong place. James 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, 22 Jan 2003 16:43:14 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: um, yeah... At 11:29 AM 1/23/2003 +1300, James Dignan wrote: >ignore that message about quaggas and things. I suspect it went to the >wrong place. I enjoyed seeing a list mention of the Okapi, even if it wasn't meant for Feg and was likely a reference to a sporting club of some sort. later, Miles "Owner of a Stuffed Okapi" Goosens ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:36:59 -0800 From: "Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" Subject: Re: To the alterna-tuners Uh, technically, then, does that mean you could play Suite: Judy Blue Eyes on a two-string guitar? I had a friend who used to tune her guitar similarly - EBEEBE or EBEBBE or some such. Called it "Super-E" tuning. I once strung an Ovation 12-String in standard tuning but with each string pair one nylon string and one steel string, in unison. Utterly beautiful sounding. At 4:44 PM -0500 1/22/03, those funny voices I hear when no one else is around called themselves "Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com" and whispered: >Ever try EEEEBE? I once bought a CSN&Y book back in the 70s and I couldn't >figure out why so many of the chords didn't sound anything like the >recorded music. Then I bought a Stephen Stills book that showed a few >songs in this tuning. Its surprising to see how relatively easy it is to >play Suite:Judy Blues Eyes. The drone tuning actually is fun to screw >around with too. Another tuning I learned for Joni Mitchell's "Song About >The Midway" was DADEAD. Also fun to play. > >Jeffro - -- ======== We need love, expression, and truth. We must not allow ourselves to believe that we can fill the round hole of our spirit with the square peg of objective rationale. - Paul Eppinger At non effugies meos iambos - Gaius Valerius Catallus ("...but you won't get away from my poems.") "Moderation in all things, except Wild Turkey." - Evel Knievel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:31:35 -0800 From: Eb Subject: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting The most common one-word song titles in my album collection (which, in turn, may suggest these are among the most common titles, overall): 1. Intro (almost twice as many cases as #2...perhaps it shouldn't count) 2. Heaven 3. Angel 4. Love, Time 6. Water 7. Grace, Junk, Money, Mother 11. Blue, Home, Rain 14. Girl, America, She, Tonight, Satellite, Ride 20. Downtown, Lullaby, Alone, California, Caravan, Clouds, Falling, Fire, Fish, Forever, Friends, Low, Ocean, Poison, Smile, Something, Sometimes I was particularly struck by the diverse, heavyweight list of artists who have recorded a song called "Satellite": Elvis Costello, Robyn Hitchcock, Gang of Four, Yo La Tengo, John Coltrane, the Sex Pistols, Guided by Voices and the Replacements. Wow. All different songs, as far as I can recall? Anything to avoid more porn talk, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:47:35 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting on 1/22/03 3:31 PM, Eb at ElBroome@earthlink.net wrote: > The most common one-word song titles in my album collection (which, > in turn, may suggest these are among the most common titles, overall): > > 1. Intro (almost twice as many cases as #2...perhaps it shouldn't count) > 2. Heaven > 3. Angel > 4. Love, Time > 6. Water > 7. Grace, Junk, Money, Mother > 11. Blue, Home, Rain > 14. Girl, America, She, Tonight, Satellite, Ride > 20. Downtown, Lullaby, Alone, California, Caravan, Clouds, Falling, > Fire, Fish, Forever, Friends, Low, Ocean, Poison, Smile, Something, > Sometimes > Cool. I sometimes on a whim will type a single word into iTunes to see what kind of playlist is generated from my entire collection. I recently tried "fuck" and was amazed at the kick ass collection of songs that came out. I don't remember them now; I'll post them tonight. - -tc np: "Tonight, a satellite ride with my she-girl from America" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:56:18 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting Tom wrote: > > I recently tried > "fuck" and was amazed at the kick ass collection > of songs that came out. I guess few, if any, are mellow tracks, no? The only delicate song I know that would match is Motherfucker, by Eels. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:57:57 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting On Wed, Jan 22, 2003, Eb wrote: > I was particularly struck by the diverse, heavyweight list of artists > who have recorded a song called "Satellite": Elvis Costello, Robyn > Hitchcock, Gang of Four, Yo La Tengo, John Coltrane, the Sex Pistols, > Guided by Voices and the Replacements. Wow. All different songs, as > far as I can recall? Catherine Wheel also has a great song called Satellite. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:03:32 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting At 05:31 PM 1/22/2003, Eb wrote: >The most common one-word song titles in my album collection (which, in >turn, may suggest these are among the most common titles, overall): I've been using a similar trick (reusing song titles to see what newly can be wrung) for a few years. Um, because I'm so smart or something. Haven't done a "Satellite" yet, but I'm also not limiting myself to single-word titles. It's really fun to do and can yield surprising outcomes... dolph ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:16:33 -0500 From: "Terrence Marks" Subject: RE: DVDs and panto, plus reap > one of the advantages of being in a tiny country with influences from > Europe, the US, and Asia - I've never seen a single-region DVD player. As > far as I know, they're all multi-region here. Out of curiosity, are NZ PlayStation 2s all-region or are they Region 5? Terrence Marks http://nice.purrsia.com http://www.unlikeminerva.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:36:34 -0600 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting Quoting "Stewart C. Russell" : > Tom wrote: > > > > I recently tried > > "fuck" and was amazed at the kick ass collection > > of songs that came out. > > I guess few, if any, are mellow tracks, no? The only delicate song I > know that would match is Motherfucker, by Eels. Not in the single-word song title category, but fairly delicate anyway: "Eat My Dust, You Insensitive Fuck" by Catherine Wheel. ..Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: This album is dedicated to anyone who started out as an animal and :: winds up as a processing unit. :: --Soft Boys, note, _Can of Bees_ np: Iggy Pop _Zombie Birdhouse_ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:48:18 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: now here's a bit of extreme database-trainspotting >>The most common one-word song titles in my album collection (which, >>in turn, may suggest these are among the most common titles, >>overall): > >I've been using a similar trick (reusing song titles to see what >newly can be wrung) for a few years. Pere Ubu's David Thomas has practically made a career of this. "Sentimental Journey," "West Side Story," "Stormy Weather," "Goodnite Irene".... >Tom: >Cool. I sometimes on a whim will type a single word into iTunes to see what >kind of playlist is generated from my entire collection. I recently tried >"fuck" and was amazed at the kick ass collection of songs that came out. I >don't remember them now; I'll post them tonight. I actually did this with "Fuck," "Asshole" and "Shit," quite recently. I must applaud Ween for being the only act to come up in all three searches. ;) Here are some kick ass rock 'n' roll songs.... Are You Abel? (Ready and Able to Rock & Roll) - Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists Boogie Woogie/Rock & Roll - Komeda Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers - Frank Zappa Dirtyass Rock & Roll - John Cale Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio - Ramones Down at the Rock & Roll Club - Richard Hell/Voidoids French Rock & Roll - Black Box Recorder Good Times Rock & Roll - Young Fresh Fellows History of Rock & Roll - XTC I Hate Rock & Roll - Jesus & Mary Chain I Love Rock & Roll - Jesus & Mary Chain I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) - Moody Blues It's Only Rock & Roll (but I Like It) - Rolling Stones I Want Rock & Roll - Frank Black Let the Boy Rock and Roll - The Lovin' Spoonful Mr. Rock & Roll - Robyn Hitchcock My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll - Iggy Pop Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin, Pizzicato Five, Velvet Underground, Jane's Addiction Rock & Roll All Night - Moog Cookbook Rock & Roll Babylon - Love and Rockets Rock & Roll Can Never Die - Quasi Rock & Roll Ghost - Replacements Rock & Roll Girl - Muffs Rock & Roll Hero - Graeme Downes Rock & Roll High School - Ramones Rock & Roll Island - Jefferson Airplane Rock & Roll Mama - Raspberries Rock & Roll Music - Beatles, Beach Boys, "Backbeat" soundtrack Rock & Roll Nigger - Patti Smith Rock & Roll Paddy - Shane MacGowan Rock & Roll Part 2 - Bongwater Rock & Roll Pest Control - Young Fresh Fellows Rock & Roll Star - Oasis Rock & Roll Stew - Traffic Rock & Roll Suicide - Bowie, Black Box Recorder Rock & Roll Toilet - Soft Boys Rock & Roll With Me - David Bowie Rock & Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield Rock & Roll/Ega - Daniel Johnston So You Wanna Be (a Rock & Roll Star) - Byrds, Patti Smith, Wake Ooloo, Unrest Spirit of Rock & Roll - Brian Wilson That's Rock & Roll - Eric Carmen The Golden Age of Rock & Roll - Mott the Hoople The Story of Rock & Roll - Turtles Tonight's the Night (Rock & Roll Lullabye) - Epic Soundtracks Too Old to Rock & Roll: Too Young to Die - Jethro Tull Wake Up to Rock & Roll - Roky Erickson You Belong in Rock & Roll - Tin Machine You're No Rock & Roll Fun - Sleater-Kinney Eb, off the road for a few days due to twisting an ankle yesterday ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:16:49 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Television It appears as if Television is going on tour in March, at least for three dates: http://www.marquee.demon.co.uk/news.htm Max _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:46:27 -0500 From: rosso@videotron.ca Subject: Re: To the alterna-tuners On 22 Jan 2003 at 14:36, Michael E. Kupietz wrote: > Uh, technically, then, does that mean you could play Suite: Judy Blue Eyes > on a two-string guitar? Nope, 'cause the A7sus is played 550033 tuned EEEEBE. You're getting 3 different notes out of the strings tuned to E. The same tuning is used on "4+20" and "Carry On/Questions" I bet two strings would do for Gary Glitter's "Rock'n'Roll", though. Better yet -- one string, with chorus, delay and octave pedals. > I had a friend who used to tune her guitar > similarly - EBEEBE or EBEBBE or some such. Called it "Super-E" tuning. It's Eb tuning! > > I once strung an Ovation 12-String in standard tuning but with each string > pair one nylon string and one steel string, in unison. Utterly beautiful > sounding. What did you do about the ends of the nylon strings? There's no little nubbies on them! While we're talking "stupid guitar tricks", I stuff a plastic knife handle in the bridge end of a junker guitar to very realistic sitar sounds. I tune the strings to one or two notes. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #25 *******************************