From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #14 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, January 16 2004 Volume 13 : Number 014 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: post mortem ugliness ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] That sneaky Plush ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: reap [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Eek...haunted studio, anyone? [Eb ] Re: Eek...haunted studio, anyone? [Capuchin ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #11 [Tom Clark ] the hot new meme? [steve ] do spammers know something we don't? [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan] RIP: Superfly ["Jay Lyall" ] RE: Every year I say I'm not gonna bother, and every year I cave. .. ["Io] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:11:02 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: post mortem ugliness > From: Eb > Subject: post mortem ugliness Sigh. Whenever I encounter any of this murder/suicide business, I just think of the two cuts on the "Pretty (Ugly Before)" single (that's the last thing he released, right?) and how mind-meltingly beautiful they are. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:16:49 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: That sneaky Plush Liam Hayes, aka Plush, has released a record called "Fed" that seems to be available only in Japan. Has anybody heard it or bought it? Anybody know anything about the label, After Hours? Here are some details: http://www.mundanesounds.com/reviews/p/plush-fed.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:17:38 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: reap >>Randy Van Warmer, 48 > >Dude, you really need to get off the list's digest version. ;) I know, I know... but with the flag list's 50+ messages a day, and the spam I'm getting, (topped 100 for the first time today), the idea of breaking one handy-dandy message up into hundreds of tiny bits isn't that appealing. also, it's easier to follow threads in the digest. 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: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:40:29 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Eek...haunted studio, anyone? An up-and-coming British musician has been found dead in PETER GABRIEL's recording studio. JAMES LAWRENCE, 25, from indie group HOPE OF THE STATES, was discovered hanging from the rafters at the REAL WORLD STUDIOS in Box, south west England, by his bandmates at 4am this morning (15JAN04). A Wiltshire Police spokesman says, "I can confirm that we were called to the Real World studios in Box shortly after 4am today where the body of James Lawrence was found by other members of the band hanging from the rafters. "He was taken down and efforts made to revive him but to no avail." The band were set to release their debut album in the late spring (04). (ES/WNWCAN/BH) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:56:14 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Eek...haunted studio, anyone? So, is it just the british press that is so sloppy with the ambiguous language? On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Eb wrote: > JAMES LAWRENCE, 25, from indie group HOPE OF THE STATES, was discovered > hanging from the rafters... by his bandmates I've never heard them called that before. "Oh, and he kicked me right in me bandmates!" > A Wiltshire Police spokesman says, "I can confirm that we were called > to the Real World studios in Box shortly after 4am today where the body > of James Lawrence was found by other members of the band hanging from > the rafters. The other members of the band were hanging from the rafters, too? But he was the only dead one, right? J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:11:43 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #11 on 1/13/04 9:18 PM, James Dignan at grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > Matt: >> Britain's worst serial killer, it says here, but surely he was Britain's >> *best* serial killer? He murdered over 200 people, far-and-away more >> victims than any other serial killer... > > reported on NZ television as "Britain's biggest serial killer" (morons). > I'm sure he wasn't over 5 foot 8. > Leave it to the NY Times. Their recent coverage described him as "Britain's most prolific serial killer". There you have it. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:36:36 -0600 From: steve Subject: the hot new meme? Put down your drinks - - - Steve __________ While still at the Department of Justice, Rehnquist provided the best definition of a strict constructionist I have ever encountered. It was in a memo Rehnquist wrote while he was vetting Judge Clement Haynsworth, one of Nixon's selections who was rejected by the Senate. Rehnquist wrote, in brief, that a strict constructionist was anyone who likes prosecutors and dislikes criminal defendants and who favors civil rights defendants over civil rights plaintiffs. That is as candid and blunt as you can get. And that is the real definition of a strict constructionist. - John Dean ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:25:06 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: do spammers know something we don't? In amongst todays host of spam with randomly generated subject lines came one with the Subject: "Re: EB, the unnatural lighting". Perhaps the lighting in question is simply reflection off that infamous yellow striped shirt... 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: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:27:58 -0600 From: "Jay Lyall" Subject: RIP: Superfly http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=4&u=/ap/200401 16/ap_en_mo/obit_o_neal - ---------------------------------------- Jay Lyall - Houston, Texas "Those who are willing to lose some of their essential liberties in favour of security deserve neither and will lose both." - Thomas Jefferson http://www.clark04.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:09:32 -0600 From: "Iosso, Ken" Subject: RE: Every year I say I'm not gonna bother, and every year I cave. .. My list - including songs when I really love them: Television - Marquee Moon: beautiful, muscular, crystal clear, - if only they'd included the Neon Boys material Kathleen Edwards - Failer: raw, melodic, clever, painful lyrics, catchy tunes, - and she looks good, too! Strokes - Room on Fire: Sure it sounds a lot like the first, but the first sounded so good - I'm not complaining. Women say they're hot and that's fine with me. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress: Still viciously clever and beautiful. Shins - Chutes Too Narrow: Such perfect melodies, I can feel the angst and it feels good! Starlight Mints - Brass Digger: It's just one song but it's revelatory, man. Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song: Probably my favorite song of the year. A perfect folk song. God, do I hate Stacey's Mom. Robyn - Luxor: Do I really need to explain? Elvis Presley - A little Less Conversation: Only the king could get away with "all this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me." Well, maybe Jonathan Richman. Biggest food disappointment: the introduction of Krispy Kreme in Minnesota this year. Hyped incessantly, people from other parts of the country would practically drool when they said the name. They have no texture and a sickeningly sweet flavor. They don't hold a candle to a fresh chocolate covered French donut from Bosa or Dunkin. KRISPY GO HOME! Ken Iosso - -----Original Message----- From: Rex.Broome [mailto:Rex.Broome@preferredmedia.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:16 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Every year I say I'm not gonna bother, and every year I cave... Okay, finally had to knuckle down and do it... the Year-End list. Looks like it was a better year for music than I thought... look at all the great stuff that came out in 2003! 1) Television, Marquee Moon 2) Neil Young, On the Beach 3) The Clean, Anthology 4) Gene Clark, White Light 5) Let's Active, Big Plans for Everybody 6) Television, Adventure 7) Judee Sill, Judee Sill 8) Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man / Jamboree 9) Judee Sill, Heart Food 10) Laika, Lost in Space 1993-2002 What's that you say? The list is supposed have records on it which were not only released in 2003, but also contain music not previously heard in past years? Well, shit. That's a whole different thing, huh? Well, if you insist. Only the very top entries below would really displace the lower entries on the list above, and hey, the #2 entry has a lot of previously issued stuff on it and #5 is a remake of an album that's older than most of the reissues cited above. And #9 has the same title as a record that came out in 1986, for what that's worth. 1) Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears 2) Wire, Send 3) Long Winters, When I Pretend to Fall 4) New Pornographers, Electric Version 5) Carla Bozulich, The Red Headed Stranger 6) Califone, Quicksand/Cradlesnakes 7) The Go-Betweens, Bright Yellow Bright Orange 8) Starlight Mints, Built on Squares 9) Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses 10) Robyn Hitchcock, Luxor It was a year of mehhh records from a lot of my reliable list-topping artists. I still have a list of about five more records to check out, mostly by new-to-me artists, and if even two of those catch fire with me, that will probably result in a modern first for me: Robyn and Kristin Hersh releases docked from the top ten. Weird. Neil Young is *already* off the list, although just barely-- I liked his record more than most folks, but it's just too problematic to fully reward with Top 10 placement. Somewhere in the same neighborhood are Stew, the Pernice Bros, and the Dead Guys Last Records Club (AKA CSZ, Cash Strummer & Zevon). Ross from a while back: >>if you keep the volume low, "Paris 1919" can pass for Xmas music ... Nope-- Halloween all the way, what with you being a ghost la la la la la la lala la and all that. But if you need some seasonal Cale, there's always "A Child's Christmas in Wales" (which, come to think of it, mentions Halloween as well). - -Rex, actually able to listen to stuff with the wife and kids still back east for another few days ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #14 *******************************