From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #83 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, March 4 2003 Volume 12 : Number 083 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Through the '80's darkly ["Rex.Broome" ] Great elmo music (nb. not a typo) ["Rex.Broome" ] Progging with Vince [Jeff Dwarf ] Luxor ["Charlotte Tupman" ] Re: Birthday Show? [Eb ] Re: Luxor ["Kenneth Johnson" ] Re: Great elmo music (nb. not a typo) [Perry Amberson ] Re: Luxor [Mike Swedene ] RE: Birthday Show? ["Brian Huddell" ] Yough extra Yo La Tengo ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Yough extra Yo La Tengo ["Maximilian Lang" ] Free PG CD's ["Maximilian Lang" ] Free PG CD's ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Free PG CD's ["Maximilian Lang" ] More Oar bonus? [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: Yaz[oo] earworms Luxor death ["Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy h] Re: Luxor [Michael R Godwin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:41:37 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Through the '80's darkly Miles: >>While in the context of KROQ, and possibly commercial-alternative/college >>radio, these might have been "hits," I'd say it's another example of how the "'80s >>lunch" and '80s nostalgia in general are creating an '80s that never existed >>*unless* you lived in an area where you could get a KROQ or WRXT. Word to that. I actually occasionally hear the KROQ lunch thing. What I can't figure is why, after their format switched to guitar-ier stuff in the grunge era, their "flashbacks" stayed nu-wavey. Seems to me the folks who enjoyed Nirvana might be more into, say, Husker Du as a flashback than Camouflage, but apparently not. Oddly, there are one or two punkier songs that still make that Flashback lunch over and over, at the expense of other artists, or better (or any other) songs by the same artists... "Holiday in Cambodia", "Institutionalized", and a few others. Also, one of the most massive KROQ hits *ever* is the superdisposible "Anything Anything" by locals Dramarama; meanwhile, good luck hearing anything from the Paisley Underground bands. As usual, my comments on the "real '80's" are but a faint echo of Miles's... Jeff D: >>>I remember the name. I think it's one of those male and female >voices cooing over a 5th rate Vince Clarke concoction. Miles, you likened this to Yaz(oo), but the aural hit I got from that descriptions was Hayzee Fantayzee (Google *that* spelling if you have no life)... - -R.E.X. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:04:56 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Great elmo music (nb. not a typo) MEKWAPH: >>I've always found that the "Sesame Street" theme song is a great way to >>unstick other songs from my head, and doesn't stick there itself. Kind of >>like a mental roto-rooter. Try it. Sing it out loud if you need to, or even >>better, have someone sing it to you. Or call me and I'll play you the irksome version my daughter's Elmo-Phone produces. Irksome because the meter is just wrong enough to make ya nuts. Someone literally programmed the rest between the phrases to be shorter than it should be. It kind of mirrors the rushed type of singing that a lot of kids do anyway, but my daughter knows from 4/4 time thanks to all the rock music she hears and slaps stuff in time to. Luckily there's a feature where you can play the notes one button at a time and correct the problem, but still... __________ Brooks: >>I was appaled upon listening to it when I heard myself >>desribe Love and Rockets as a "progressive" band! No, not just you. But it was just actual "college" stations... maybe just east coast? I don't recall national media (basically magazines or MTV) ever using that term. Still weird. Probably part of the continuity from prepunk college radio, ya figure? Progressive meaning "unpopular"? ______ Stuck song syndrome: What kills me is when I get a fragment of something in my head and *CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S FROM*. For months on end I traveled Europe with this Revolver-y, sitar-like guitar riff in my mind and couldn't think of the song to save my life (answer: the repeating fill from "Charlotte Anne" by Julian Cope). Also spent months trying to figure out what song contained the words "bags of mostly water". (Answer: a Dream Warriors rap, although I could swear there's another one in a more rock-like idiom). I have one right now, but, to add insult to injury, I can't remember what I can't remember. Stand by. Also, my mental "stuck on repeat" script seems to run on overdrive when I'm sick, like I have been for the past few days. The song this time has been "The Naked Dutch Painter" by Stew, with occasional interference by a One Line Drawing tune on a comp that a friend recently sent me. Could be worse. Rex, neurotically listening to too much music ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:41:19 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: gnatmaniax and other subjects - questions and answers On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Natalie Jane wrote: > Death Cab do sweet-natured, somewhat melancholy indie rock, not nearly > as boring as I remember, and the singer has a pleasant boyish > sad-sounding voice. I probably wouldn't buy an album by them, but live, > they were pretty darn good. I remember I threw the first Death Cab album in the 'sell' bin at my radio station, then inexplicably became a slavering DCFC fan when the second one came out. The third album cooled me down again; Ben's voice is really the best part, and his laptop-pop project The Postal Service has superseded Death Cab in my affections. (I know I'm making myself sound fickle, but this all happened over the course of five years and a disappointing concert.) a ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:19:10 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: radio broadcasts intermittent storms Jeff D: >>Yazoo was/is the name of a blues label, so Vince and Alison had >>to shorten to Yaz... Further complicated by the fact that a later UK artist emerged under the name Yazz and the Plastic Population. Eh? On the topic of the (English) Beat, what can anyone tell me (as in, you've actually heard them and have an opinion) about the"American" Beat? I understand they were the starting point for future Tom Verlaine collaborator Jimmy Rip, but know little else. ___________ Ashleyn: >>There was also a free CD on the seats called Luxor Dagnabbit... somebody open their copy and tell us something! And hey, how'd John Paul Jones get involved? I can't recall any previous JPJ/RH connection (other than 2 degrees of REM collaboration) but I could have missed any number of things along the way. ___ Yo, just heard a new Throwing Muses tune, and holy hell... between the Tanya Donnelly backing vocals and the insane drumming and tempo shifts, that sound more like the self-titled debut than just about anything I've ever heard. My world is duly rocked. KCRW also acknowledged Robyn's birthday this morning, and saluted him with-- umm, "Ultra Unbelievable Love". Interesting choice... ____ Gnat: >>The crowd was a pleasant respite after >the awful Interpol crowd - they were very happy and enthusiastic and >>well-behaved. Nice emo kids. Uh oh, that just jarred loose a truly bizarre fever-dream from this weekend. I was trying desperately to park my SUV at my old high school but the brakes wouldn't work. Kiefer Sutherland (as Jack Bauer) was in the back seat urging me to hurry up so we could discretely search the school for, like, something terroristic. Then we heard on the radio that Phil Donahue, for his very last show on MSNBC, had abandoned his recent programming policy of exclusively profiling "emo" musicians to instead address a breaking terrorist threat, which indicated to Jack Bauer that there was a mole in our organization feeding info to Phil, and that somehow ratcheted up the tension. Cut to 24-style ticking clock. Yup, my dream had commercial bumpers. Rex "this dream brought to you by your illness, and Ford. If you haven't looked at Ford lately, look again" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:27:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: stuck on the mah na mah na > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:58:10 +1300 > From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > Subject: stuck on the brain > > ... and Mahna-mahna by the Muppets is probably worse still. Actually, "Mah Na Mah Na" was composed by Piero Umiliani. ..ba-da-da-bum... NP: The Soft Machine, Facelift (live) . Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:35:05 -0700 From: "Reynolds, Russ" Subject: RE: 50th! Excellent use of "electric bulbs on a birthday cake." All that's missing is a lump of steak. - -rUss > http://www.theos-place.com/RHC_BDay_Project/Gallery.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:23:14 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Progging with Vince "Rex.Broome" wrote: > Jeff D: > >I remember the name. I think it's one of those male and > >female voices cooing over a 5th rate Vince Clarke concoction. > > Miles, you likened this to Yaz(oo), but the aural hit I got > from that descriptions was Hayzee Fantayzee (Google *that* > spelling if you have no life)... Actually, I'm pretty sure now I was thinking of "October Love Song" by Chris and Cosey, but I don't care enough to check really - -- what I was thinking of was more ethereal, and the words were hard to make out. The correct description of HF (or at least _that_ song of theirs) would be Male and female voices shrieking retardedly over a something that Barney the friggin' Dinosaur would reject as too hideously cheery. Even at his worst, Vince is too good to have come up with that. ===== "Rex.Broome" wrote: > Brooks: > >I was appaled upon listening to it when I heard myself > >desribe Love and Rockets as a "progressive" band! > > No, not just you. But it was just actual "college" stations... > maybe just east coast? I don't recall national media > (basically magazines or MTV) ever using that term. Still > weird. Probably part of the continuity from prepunk > college radio, ya figure? Progressive meaning "unpopular"? When I was at Davis, it seemed like everyone who was from Sacramento used the term "progressive" so it wasn't just an east coast thing. ===== "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! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:46:56 +0000 From: "Charlotte Tupman" Subject: Luxor The track listing for Luxor is as follows: The Sound Of Sound One L Penelope's Angles The Idea Of You You Remind Me Of You Luxor Keep Finding Me Maria Lyn Round Song Ant Corridor Idonia The Wolf House Solpadeine It's Robyn with acoustic guitar throughout. This is my fourth listen as I write, and first impressions are good: very 'mellow', some great fingerpicking styles (for the guitarists amongst you Fegs). Some of the songs are very personal (for instance 'One L', about Michele). The tracks that stand out for me so far are 'The Idea Of You', 'You Remind Me Of You' and 'Idonia'. An album that I'm certainly going to be listening to for many evenings to come. Some good photos in the CD insert too. As has already been reported, the 50th Birthday Celebration was very enjoyable. Robyn seemed in good spirits, despite all the talk of death... 'Chinese Bones', 'Queen Elvis' and 'I Often Dream Of Trains' were sublime. To top it all off, I had the pleasure of meeting him afterwards. He was so friendly, very willing to engage in conversation. What a great guy! Charlotte _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:53:57 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Birthday Show? >Others observed in the crowd included JT, Susan Even, crowbar joe, >Tony Blackman, Marc Holden (hi Marc!), Mark Ellen, several people in polka >dot shirts, but for some reason not matt - where were you, matt? Marc Holden went all the way to *England*, just to see Robyn perform???? >I actually occasionally hear the KROQ lunch thing. What I >can't figure is why, after their format switched to guitar-ier stuff in the >grunge era, their "flashbacks" stayed nu-wavey. Because it's a flashback to what kind of music the station played in the past? Seems rather obvious. KROQ didn't play Husker Du back then...why would it start playing them now? Weird tunes pop into my head while *running*.... For some reason, the most common one is the oldie "Under the Boardwalk." I haven't heard this song in ages, nor do I own a copy. But it keeps coming back! There was also a certain '70s-ish guitar instrumental which kept going through my head while on the road, and I couldn't place the song or artist. Jeff Beck, maybe? Edgar Winter? Finally, after literally *transcribing* it for an online forum, someone jarred my memory and told me that it was Paul McCartney's "Rockestra Theme." Aha! Right. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 15:55:39 -0800 From: "Kenneth Johnson" Subject: Re: Luxor How does one procure a copy of the Luxor cd? Kenneth ************************************ ************************************* >From: "Charlotte Tupman" >Reply-To: "Charlotte Tupman" >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Luxor >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:46:56 +0000 > >The track listing for Luxor is as follows: > >The Sound Of Sound >One L >Penelope's Angles >The Idea Of You >You Remind Me Of You >Luxor >Keep Finding Me >Maria Lyn >Round Song >Ant Corridor >Idonia >The Wolf House >Solpadeine > >It's Robyn with acoustic guitar throughout. This is my fourth listen as I >write, and first impressions are good: very 'mellow', some great >fingerpicking styles (for the guitarists amongst you Fegs). Some of the >songs are very personal (for instance 'One L', about Michele). The tracks >that stand out for me so far are 'The Idea Of You', 'You Remind Me Of You' >and 'Idonia'. An album that I'm certainly going to be listening to for >many evenings to come. Some good photos in the CD insert too. > >As has already been reported, the 50th Birthday Celebration was very >enjoyable. Robyn seemed in good spirits, despite all the talk of death... >'Chinese Bones', 'Queen Elvis' and 'I Often Dream Of Trains' were sublime. >To top it all off, I had the pleasure of meeting him afterwards. He was so >friendly, very willing to engage in conversation. What a great guy! > >Charlotte > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends >http://messenger.msn.co.uk _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Perry Amberson Subject: Re: Great elmo music (nb. not a typo) Rex.Broome wrote: >>> What kills me is when I get a fragment of something in my head and *CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S FROM*. For months on end I traveled Europe with this Revolver-y, sitar-like guitar riff in my mind and couldn't think of the song to save my life (answer: the repeating fill from "Charlotte Anne" by Julian Cope). <<< I've had the same experience. Usually when I get a bar or two of music stuck in my mind's ear, I can place it fairly quickly, but sometimes nothing will bring it back to me but hearing the piece again. About nine years ago, I had that little guitar arpeggio bridge from "Where Are the Prawns?" going through my head repeatedly, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out who or what was the source. Next time I listened to that song, I was quite relieved. - --Perry ________________________________________ Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:02:12 +0000 From: "Christopher Frost" Subject: Re: Birthday Show? I noticed Matthew Seligman in the foyer of the RFH prior to the gig and was surprised that he wasn't part of the performance. I guess he was in the audience though? I enjoyed the gig a lot, although the band seemed a little unrehearsed at times, and they transformed a simple, beautiful (devoid of baggage)Blegvad song into a menagerie of sound. At times, John Paul Jones didn't seem too sure what instrument he was supposed to be playing for the next song... These were minor quibbles though. For me the atmosphere was great, with many a spine-tingling moment. Very nice to see him in a sizeable venue too. A stark contrast with the 12 bar club. Hammill at the Lowry in Manchester and Hitchcock in the QEH within three weeks! One of the best months of music in recent years.... Definitely worth the four hour there, four hour back bus trip (and an hour and a half walk) from Stoke-on-Trent, even considering the lesson I had to teach at 9:00 this morning..... My first impression of the Luxor CD is that they're sketches of songs, some of which, I would expect, may end up on forthcoming albums. >From: ashleyn@lineone.net (by way of noam tchotchke ) >Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >To: fegmaniax-announce@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Birthday Show? >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:10:09 -0500 > >>They were obviously gearing up for more encores but I had to split (it's >>an old-fashioned way to say goodbye). > >He finished off with Speed of things and then I like Bananas > >There was also a free CD on the seats called Luxor > >Not had chance to spin it yet > >Great night > >Wished he's played Guilford though (as in the song, not the town hall...) _________________________________________________________________ Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:11:08 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: Luxor I seem to recall it was going to be available on robynhitchock.com, but there is no notice of it there yet. Perhaps it is too soon. Herbie np -> "Falling" Ben Kweller - --- Kenneth Johnson wrote: > How does one procure a copy of the Luxor cd? > > Kenneth > > > ************************************ > > ************************************* > > > > > >From: "Charlotte Tupman" > >Reply-To: "Charlotte Tupman" > > >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > >Subject: Luxor > >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:46:56 +0000 > > > >The track listing for Luxor is as follows: > > > >The Sound Of Sound > >One L > >Penelope's Angles > >The Idea Of You > >You Remind Me Of You > >Luxor > >Keep Finding Me > >Maria Lyn > >Round Song > >Ant Corridor > >Idonia > >The Wolf House > >Solpadeine > > > >It's Robyn with acoustic guitar throughout. This > is my fourth listen as I > >write, and first impressions are good: very > 'mellow', some great > >fingerpicking styles (for the guitarists amongst > you Fegs). Some of the > >songs are very personal (for instance 'One L', > about Michele). The tracks > >that stand out for me so far are 'The Idea Of You', > 'You Remind Me Of You' > >and 'Idonia'. An album that I'm certainly going to > be listening to for > >many evenings to come. Some good photos in the CD > insert too. > > > >As has already been reported, the 50th Birthday > Celebration was very > >enjoyable. Robyn seemed in good spirits, despite > all the talk of death... > >'Chinese Bones', 'Queen Elvis' and 'I Often Dream > Of Trains' were sublime. > >To top it all off, I had the pleasure of meeting > him afterwards. He was so > >friendly, very willing to engage in conversation. > What a great guy! > > > >Charlotte > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your > friends > >http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ===== - --------------------------------------------- Agnes Skinner: Seymour! Are you looking at naked ladies? Principal Skinner: No, mother! Agnes:"You sissy! http://www.hootisland.com/text/news/021703.shtml _____________________________________________ Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:31:10 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Birthday Show? > ... "Under the Boardwalk." I haven't heard > this song in ages, nor do I own a copy. This suggests an Undertones' "Hypnotized"-shaped hole in your collection ;-) +brian in New Orleans ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:05:18 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Yough extra Yo La Tengo Due to absent mindedness I accidentally made an extra copy of my Yo La Tengo Hanukkah show. It is four disc, one disc is the openers Other Dimensions in Music(featuring Sabir Mateen) the next is Todd Barry's standup routine, the final two are Yo La Tengo. I should add that Other Dimensions in Music sit in from the second song on through the rest of the set, they are not on the encore. The encore features guest vocals by John Cameron Mitchell(Hedwig, he of the angry inch). The first person to respond to this email gets the copy, no strings attached. Max _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:12:05 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Yough extra Yo La Tengo >From: "Maximilian Lang" >Subject: Yough extra Yo La Tengo > > > Due to absent mindedness I accidentally made an extra copy of my Yo La >Tengo Hanukkah show. Gone. Max _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:34:46 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Free PG CD's Not due to error, just beacause I am in a giving mood, I have made an extra copy of my Peter Gabriel recording from this tour. First disc is The Blind Boys Of Alabama and the Zawoses, the next 2 are PG. It was recorded from the ninth row of the first union center in Philadelphia and sounds pretty good. First response is a winner(except the winner of the YLT, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE). Max _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:42:48 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Free PG CD's I sent this once before and it seemed to vanish, so if you see it again it isn't a second offer. Not due to error, just beacause I am in a giving mood, I have made an extra copy of my Peter Gabriel recording from this tour. First disc is The Blind Boys Of Alabama and the Zawoses, the next 2 are PG. It was recorded from the ninth row of the first union center in Philadelphia and sounds pretty good. First response is a winner(except the winner of the YLT, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE). Max _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:02:39 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Free PG CD's >From: "Maximilian Lang" >Reply-To: "Maximilian Lang" >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Free PG CD's Gone. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:03:14 -0600 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: More Oar bonus? If anyone here has _More Oar_ (the Skip Spence tribute that came out a couple of years back), who and what is the bonus track at the end of the Minus 5 track...? (I could probably figure out the which song deal, but i'm lazy) ..Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: sex, drugs, revolt, Eskimos, atheism ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:43:50 -0800 From: "Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" Subject: Re: Yaz[oo] earworms Luxor death Yea! Verily, at 4:20 AM -0800 3/3/03, it was written by Jeff Dwarf that all should kneel low and, cupping their hands behind their ears, reflect momentarily upon these hallowed words, for within them lies the seed of truth: >Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: >> I just learned that Yazoo called themselves Yaz in the US. Does >> anybody know the story behind that? > >Yazoo was/is the name of a blues label, so Vince and Alison had >to shorten to Yaz, ostensibly to avoid confusion, just like a lot >of band have to add UK to the end, or The Beat had to become The >English Beat, Sued became The London Suede, etc. I know. I had to ride Mike Kupietz UK for *ages* before he gave it up. Yea! Verily, at 10:04 AM -0800 3/3/03, it was written by Rex.Broome that all should kneel low and, cupping their hands behind their ears, reflect momentarily upon these hallowed words, for within them lies the seed of truth: >Or call me and I'll play you the irksome version my daughter's Elmo-Phone >produces. Irksome because the meter is just wrong enough to make ya nuts. >Someone literally programmed the rest between the phrases to be shorter >than >it should be. God, that stuff can drive you nuts. Back in college one of my electronic music classmates did a cover of Funkytown but somehow had managed to replace the major 3rd in that famous riff with a minor 3rd instead. He took great pleasure in playing it whenever he could, knowing how much it disturbed the rest of us. Yea! Verily, at 8:46 PM +0000 3/3/03, it was written by Charlotte Tupman that all should kneel low and, cupping their hands behind their ears, reflect momentarily upon these hallowed words, for within them lies the seed of truth: >It's Robyn with acoustic guitar throughout. This is my fourth listen as I >write, and first impressions are good: very 'mellow', some great >fingerpicking styles (for the guitarists amongst you Fegs). Oh, I can't wait! I always love his acoustic stuff; my favorite album is IODOT, I love a lot of the stuff on "You & Oblivion", and the demo version of "The Leopard" really appeals to me in a way that the studio version doesn't. Can't wait to hear Luxor. >As has already been reported, the 50th Birthday Celebration was very >enjoyable. Robyn seemed in good spirits, despite all the talk of death... You know, the other night somebody pointed out that I'm practically 35; suddenly, someone being obsessed with mortality on their 50th birthday makes a lot of sense to me. Yea! Verily, at 2:53 PM -0800 3/3/03, it was written by Eb that all should kneel low and, cupping their hands behind their ears, reflect momentarily upon these hallowed words, for within them lies the seed of truth: >Weird tunes pop into my head while *running*.... For some reason, the >most common one is the oldie "Under the Boardwalk." I've always found that Todd Rundgren's "Hodja" worked very well during a brisk walk. I think the tempo of that song is the exact speed I walk at. - -- ======== 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: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:16:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Luxor On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Charlotte Tupman wrote: > It's Robyn with acoustic guitar throughout. This is my fourth listen as I > write, and first impressions are good: very 'mellow', some great > fingerpicking styles (for the guitarists amongst you Fegs). Some of the > songs are very personal (for instance 'One L', about Michele). The tracks > that stand out for me so far are 'The Idea Of You', 'You Remind Me Of You' > and 'Idonia'. An album that I'm certainly going to be listening to for many > evenings to come. Some good photos in the CD insert too. I've only got up to 'Idonea' so far (2 more to go), but I confirm that this is a very good set of songs. Although the basic idea is just voice and guitar, there are subtle touches of extra instruments and voices here and there which lift it up from just being a bloke with a guitar and a microphone. Miles and miles better than that idiotic record with the singing ants and what have you. It _doesn't_ sound like a demo for big production recordings. I think it's a collection of more personal songs which have been selected specifically to work as an acoustic album. I was expecting not to like this record (a) because I usually like the thumpy ones with lots of riffs plus Morris Windsor and (b) because I am pretty bad-tempered nowadays. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. BUT doesn't 'Idonea' nick the tune of 'Underwater Moonlight'? Oh well, I suppose he can borrow his own melodies if he wants to. - - Mike Godwin PS to Rex: All the way through the gaps in the performance at the QEH, "Notorious Byrd Brothers" was playing through the PA. And when they got to the end of it ... they started again at the beginning. I didn't hear any of the bonus tracks, it just seemed to be the original album. PPS: Now that I think about it, isn't it slightly odd that he didn't play any of these new songs at the show?? I mean, if you were giving away your new album at a performance, wouldn't you want to sing at least one of the numbers on it? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #83 *******************************