From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #140 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, April 14 2003 Volume 12 : Number 140 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Roy Orbison in Cling Film [Glen Uber ] Re: Roy Orbison in Cling Film [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] gnatmaniax, Elephant 6 style ["Natalie Jane" ] Blooze, booze [crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:42:49 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Roy Orbison in Cling Film Once upon a time Tom Clark say to me -- this is the dog talkin' now -- what is your conceptual continuity? > I...am...speechless... > > http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/karl.htm It's official: There is now a page somewhere on the Internet about absolutely every subject imaginable. Why Roy Orbison? Frankie Avalon, maybe; Elvis, definitely. But Roy? - -- - -g- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 19:05:01 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V12 #139 >> "The joyful Kilmarnock blues" > >that could be something to do with Killie FC being known as "The Blues". indeed. In the song in question, they were at home to Hibernian. But you knew that already 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: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 08:50:41 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V12 #139 James Dignan wrote: > > indeed. In the song in question, they were at home to Hibernian. I'd forgotten that the Proclaimers were Hibs fans. But I really should have known, from these lines from "Cap in Hand": I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs' goalie Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:27:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Roy Orbison in Cling Film On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Glen Uber wrote: > > http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/karl.htm > > It's official: There is now a page somewhere on the Internet about > absolutely every subject imaginable. > > Why Roy Orbison? Frankie Avalon, maybe; Elvis, definitely. But Roy? I think it's the waxen pallor, the shades...he always seemed like something that should be wrapped. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:59:26 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: gnatmaniax, Elephant 6 style I was hoping that my next gnatmaniax post would be something of interest to Eb, to cheer him up a little, but alas, 'tis merely the Apples in Stereo. But I am probably going to see Vic Chesnutt in a few weeks, so maybe that will suffice. (And yes, I always spell his name right.) So anyway - the Apples in Stereo! They were playing at the Blackbird, a small club, with three other bands on the bill. I hate bills like that. I walked in and saw the Minders and diminutive bearded Apples mastermind Robert Schneider sitting at a table together, so I went and joined them. After the usual tinfoil sculpture presentation (a very small Ganesh), I asked Robert how his collaboration with Andy Partridge was going. He said he was "frustrated with the project," so I don't know where that's heading. I also asked him about the demise of Elephant 6, and he said, among other things, that the E6 aesthetic had passed into the mainstream of indie-rock and there was really no need for a collective anymore. "But that logo is really important to me," he added, and pulled up his sleeve to display a tattoo of the E6 logo. He talks very fast and volubly, with frequent "um-um's" between sentences. He said that Jeff Mangum is in Canada making music for music therapy ("I can think of no better person for that job," I said), and that there was little hope of the Olivia Tremor Control getting back together. I told him about kissing Will Cullen Hart and Scott Spillane, and, emboldened by beer, said, "In keeping with my reputation as the Elephant 6 floozy, can I give you a kiss?" "You're not a floozy, you're awesome!" he exclaimed, and gave me a hug and a vigorous kiss on the lips. Yow! :) Oh, um... the music, yeah. I didn't pay much attention to the first band I heard, but the next one, with the goofy name of Deathray Davies ("from Dallas," as they kept reiterating) was really good - kind of combining the garage-rock sound with a bit of a Velvet Underground vibe. I liked them especially because they had a member who did nothing but play maracas. Then the Apples came on, minus their cute keyboardist, alas. Robert still has his old Danelectro knock-off, and Hilarie (his charming wife) still has her minimal drum kit, lacking even a crash cymbal. They were even more tight and rocking than the past times I've seen them, rocketing through each song at light-speed. I always forget how much their music makes me dance, and how many good associations their songs have for me. I shouted for "Ruby," my favorite song of theirs, and Robert said, "This next song is for Natalie. But it's not 'Ruby.'" I was simultaneously flattered and disappointed. (The song was something off their new album - I can't remember the name of it.) But they played a lot of my other favorites, like "Motorcar" and "The Rainbow," and Hilarie actually sang three or four songs, which I've never seen her do before. There was a guy up front who kept yelling, "APPLES IN STEREO!" and Robert replied, "That's really good, you remembered!" and dedicated a song to the guy. Since there were so many bands on the bill, their set was disappointingly short, with no encore, but really fun nevertheless. After the show, I complimented Hilarie on her performance (she remembered me once I told her that I made the tinfoil sculptures), I talked to some local zinesters, and Robert wrote his e-mail address in my address book and sweatily hugged me several more times. He smelled like baby powder. And that was all that happened. n. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:02:55 +0100 (BST) From: crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com Subject: Blooze, booze Rex rote >And man, you all have such healthy ways of processing grief. >Running, >exercising, performing music... I can't say I know how I'd react >overall to >losing a parent, but it probably wouldn't involve much physical >activity and >it almost definitely would involve drinking. Yup. Exactly what I did when my father died, and he died of drink.... Just got a new album by Harry Manx (who incorporates eastern modalities into his blues playing) and Kevin Breit, who plays with Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones. One of the titles is -'Tell Us About The Blues Highway, Granpa.' Which made me smile. Also like Gary Lucas' take on the I'm A Man-style Beefheart track from the film Blue Collar - Hard Working Man. Gary's version is called Hard Werken Fucked Over Man. Crowbar Joe ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #140 ********************************