From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #88 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, March 24 2004 Volume 13 : Number 088 Today's Subjects: ----------------- random Tues. morning post ["Natalie Jane" ] Re: reap [Eb ] If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) [Miles Goosens ] RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #87 [grutness@surf4nix.com] Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) ["Fortissimo" ] Re: Are Your Neigbors.......Republicans? [Capuchin ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #87 [Michael R Godwin ] top British sellers ["Fortissimo" ] For your Summer wardrobe [steve ] Re: Belle & Me [Vendren ] Re: top British sellers [Eric Loehr ] RE: Belle & Me ["Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:31:34 -0800 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: random Tues. morning post >"Touch You Natalie Jane" (and yes, my ears keep hearing >the *original* lyrics - but a great song regardless) Umm... huh?? >As soon as the band came on stage, I knew at least one reason why they >don't tour much: there were up to 12 musicians, including 4 women! Yeah, it's really tough for women to tour! ;) n. np: Mermaid Avenue _________________________________________________________________ All the action. All the drama. Get NCAA hoops coverage at MSN Sports by ESPN. http://msn.espn.go.com/index.html?partnersite=espn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:05:11 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: reap >> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114820,00.html >> >> You'd think the steady flow of Straitjacket Fits royalties would have >> kept them afloat.... > > They didn't go under for lack of money. BMG is rolling in it and > Arista > is making more than it spends. But that's not what it's about... It's > about increasing margins to meet stock analyst expectations and > increasing > "labor market flexibility" (i.e., putting people out of work in their > own > industry so that those who do retain jobs won't ask for more money or > benefits or anything). > > Sad, really. Even turning a profit isn't enough for these guys > anymore. > Even I get tired of being an insufferable bore sometimes...don't you? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:15:13 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) Tom C: >>Just heard a track from the upcoming MoB disc called "On/Off/On". Still as >>powerful as ever, but the sound is a lot better. I always wished those old >>tracks could've had a little more depth to provide some ooomph. While I have a deep affection for those old recordings, it is asmittedly well nigh impossible to play them for someone who's never heard them before and convince them that the band was so damned loud that Miller was practically deaf at the end of their, what, four year run? See also: Husker Du's SST albums... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:27:21 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) On Tue, Mar 23, 2004, Rex.Broome wrote: > While I have a deep affection for those old recordings, it is > asmittedly well nigh impossible to play them for someone who's never > heard them before and convince them that the band was so damned loud > that Miller was practically deaf at the end of their, what, four > year run? See also: Husker Du's SST albums... Even Bob Mould solo acoustic is really loud. I've heard people make comments about it at show. Things like, "God DAMN he's loud." - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:37:58 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Thoths Away! Jeffrey: >>So I arrive home from work today to find, gracing my mailbox, my copy of >>the _Tinfoil Thoths_ collection (which I just realized is nearly as >>hard-to-pronounce a title as those Sixths records have). Wow. That was faster than I expected! >>Compiler Rex reveals a hitherto unknown (to me) talent as an inkslinger & art >>wrangler- - plus he used this super wonderful golden paper. Yeah, I draw some. I'm actually starting to take this stuff seriously for the first time in years. Glad it comes across as a "talent"!!! >>And of course, a fegly project it wouldn't be without at least one >>utterly perverse decision*, such as making the booklet the wrong size to >>fit anywhere...but hey, it looks better in those dimensions than it would >>have square to fit in the jewelbox, so I'll shut up now. Perverse, perhaps; more a case of "being desperate" or "using what you got" or "not having a color printer". The liner notes were voluminous and I had no way of aligning stuff on both sides of a sheet of paper, so I relied on my old-skool photocopier skillz and a technique of making booklets out of quartered 8 1/2 X 11 paper taught to me by my grandmother sometime before my conscious memory kicked in. The gold vellum was an attempted touch of class... ahem.... >>Oh - the cover of my edition features what looks like two crayon swirlies >>in a purply red and blue, with a green and blue backdrop with some >>yellowy bits, and up in the right corner some orangeyness that's vaguely >>sunlike. Oooh, that was a good one. The covers are all crayon "collaborations" between me and my older daughter, blown up on a color copier and cut down to CD size pieces... each piece yielded six covers. Cool. One of these puppies has actually been listened to. Hope to hear more feedback from the rest of y'all soon. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:40:25 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) At 11:15 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, Rex.Broome wrote: > See also: >Husker Du's SST albums... Isn't that largely a function of crappy SST CD mastering jobs? I don't remember any particular deficiencies with the vinyl -- and since I got my first CD player in '87, I had vinyl copies of all the Husker Du SST stuff. Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone who will? In 2002, I was trying to get all the Huskers stuff that I didn't yet have on CD, and had to scrounge around (not just in Nashville, but on road trips to big places like Chicago, not to mention online) to find the couple I needed. In fact, the search was frustrating to the point that I was convinced that one of those rumors of SST's death that we'd been hearing for the past decade had finally come true. However, in 2003, everyone seemed to get a restock... later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:48:08 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) On Tue, Mar 23, 2004, Miles Goosens wrote: > Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel > the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone > who will? Doubtful. I interned at Rykodisc in about '95-'96, and I remember them trying to get the Husker Du catalog from SST/Ginn to reissue and presumably clean up, etc., but Ginn wouldn't let it go, nor would he touch it. Asshole. Ryko could have done such a nice job with the stuff. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:49:01 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) > Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel > the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone > who will? > I believe I read that Dinosaur's SST stuff is getting reissued on Rykodisc. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:58:12 -0800 From: "Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" Subject: RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) > > Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel > > the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone > > who will? > > > I believe I read that Dinosaur's SST stuff is getting reissued on > Rykodisc. As were the Meat Puppets recently and they sound fantastic. I don't think SST itself has no such plans for that sort of thing. But if Dino is moving to Ryko too could Husker Du be far behind? Let's hope so. Ginn and Spot have much to answer for the abysmal sound on most SST releases. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:10:28 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) At 11:58 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\) wrote: >But >if Dino is moving to Ryko too could Husker Du be far behind? Let's hope >so. The Minutemen is who I'd hope for most of all, though the Huskers command a (relatively) wider audience. Never was interested in the Meat Puppets for a second, despite always being into the punk/country hybrid. Jason & the Scorchers, on the other hand, that was *exactly* what I wanted. Speaking of Dinosaur Jr., I've only recently come to realize that J. Mascis is to blame for a lot of the suckage of indie rock in the '90s, even if I like his own stuff O.K. I feel the pain of everyone, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:02:00 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) On Tue, Mar 23, 2004, Miles Goosens wrote: > Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel > the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone > who will? The early Sonic Youth should also be updated. I would also like to see Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby upgraded. I have these on cd, but they do sound pretty muddy and I really don't listen to them anymore. Has anyone gotten any of the remastered early Replacements cd's yet? Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:05:09 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: random Tues. morning post - -- Natalie Jane is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 23. Mdrz 2004 10:31 Uhr -0800 regarding random Tues. morning post: >> As soon as the band came on stage, I knew at least one reason why they >> don't tour much: there were up to 12 musicians, including 4 women! > > Yeah, it's really tough for women to tour! ;) You got me wrong there: it's obviously tough to tour *with* women ... ;-) - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:25:54 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) At 04:02 PM 3/23/2004 -0500, Bachman, Michael wrote: >On Tue, Mar 23, 2004, Miles Goosens wrote: >> Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel >> the label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone >> who will? > > The early Sonic Youth should also be updated. Didn't Geffen do all of those already? I know SY is on the "deluxe" reissue campaign now (see the DIRTY special edition), but I could swear that there was a '90s pass at the entire SY catalog, including the ones on SST. >I would also like to see >Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby upgraded. Can you even get it from SST now? Someone should get it and the EARLY YEARS compilation of EPs (long out of print, disappearing with lots of other good stuff when Rough Trade went under) and do right by all that. Heck, EARLY YEARS didn't even gather all the EP tracks... > Has anyone gotten any of the remastered early Replacements cd's yet? Sure. They sound good to me and are a huge upgrade over the original Twin/Tone CDs, but, sonically, the silk purse/sow's ear caveat applies. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:16:13 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:40:25 -0600, "Miles Goosens" said: > Isn't that largely a function of crappy SST CD mastering jobs? I don't > remember any particular deficiencies with the vinyl -- and since I got my > first CD player in '87, I had vinyl copies of all the Husker Du SST > stuff. > > Does anyone know whether SST has any plans to remix/remaster/remodel the > label's absolutely essential '80s catalog, or license to someone who > will? Not bloody likely - I suspect the masters are all carefully catalogued deep up Greg Ginn's asshole, where he can keep a close eye on them. - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: Solipsism is its own reward :: :: --Crow T. Robot ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:17:31 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: random Tues. morning post On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:31:34 -0800, "Natalie Jane" said: > >"Touch You Natalie Jane" (and yes, my ears keep hearing > >the *original* lyrics - but a great song regardless) > > Umm... huh?? Oh no, you'll just have to wait for your own copy and read the notes to explain that one. Does Tom Clark get a song next go-'round? - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb :: --Batman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:22:04 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: RE: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) Miles Goosens wrote: > At 04:02 PM 3/23/2004 -0500, Bachman, Michael wrote: > > The early Sonic Youth should also be updated. > > Didn't Geffen do all of those already? I know SY is on > the "deluxe" reissue campaign now (see the DIRTY special > edition), but I could swear that there was a '90s pass at > the entire SY catalog, including the ones on SST. Yeah, all Sonic Youth albums (except Made in USA, which is on Rhino I think for some reason) are now on DGC/Geffen. Goo and Daydream Nation are supposedly due for the "deluxe" treatment next. It's been a while since I heard an SST SY album, but I seem to recall the DGC's were somewhat of an upgrade sonically, but a lot of that was in a "you can tell he's the king; he hasn't got shit all over him" way. And it's really sad that Greg Ginn doesn't realize that he's really showing contempt for the audience more than CDs by keeping the SST CDs so irreparably shitty. Hopefully, Husker Du [pretend you see umlaut's] will regain the rights to their SST stuff soon. And for some reason, I thought the Dinosaur Jr stuff was going to be on Rhino, not Ryko, though I don't really care since both generally do a fine job. ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:31:36 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) > Yeah, all Sonic Youth albums (except Made in USA, which is > on Rhino I think for some reason) are now on DGC/Geffen. > The debut EP has never been available on CD, as far as I know. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:40:38 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Oh, now I remember *Merge* is reissuing the early Dinosaur Jr. stuff. Seems like kind of an unusual move for them, somehow. Not very "Merge-y." Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:41:56 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #87 >'Israeli officials said Yassin was a "terrorist" who desrved death.' > >That sentence made me feel sick. Not often I agree with Jeme, but... Israel's government's policy seems akin to poking a cougar with a pointed stick in an attempt to make it purr. > > Every good boy deserves fudge. Case closed. > >But doesn't "Every good boy does fine." reflect a more optimistic outlook >and depend less on a particular value system? Every good boy deserves favour, surely? All together now: "Deso-laaaaaay-SHUN!" 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: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:57:21 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: If it's not loud enough, you're too old (?) On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:31:36 -0800, "Eb" said: > > Yeah, all Sonic Youth albums (except Made in USA, which is > > on Rhino I think for some reason) are now on DGC/Geffen. > > > The debut EP has never been available on CD, as far as I know. If you're talking about the blue one with "Burning Spear" that features Richard Edson on drums, it was, at least for a while, on SST in fact. It's not all that good, though. - --------------------------- J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:34:26 -0600 From: steve Subject: Are Your Neigbors.......Republicans? Just for grins, my zipcode is 76018. - - Steve __________ Ultimately, the path Bush has led the United States down is not about weapons of mass destruction, Security Council Resolution 1441, weapons inspections, or disarmament. It has always been about regime change and using America's military power to enforce a world order deemed favorable to U.S. interests. - Charles V. Pena, Cato Institute ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:33:51 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Are Your Neigbors.......Republicans? On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, steve wrote: > > > Just for grins, my zipcode is 76018. 97212 It's really funny how my neighborhood breaks down. (Only the first page is actually in my zip code... all the others are more generally in the city and 'burbs.) If you live above 15th street (either a numbered street higher than 15 or an address greater than 1500 on a named street), you're paying big bucks to Bush. Otherwise, you've probably given money to Dean. There's a smattering of Edwards, Kerry, and a couple of Clarks and a Kucinich. The funny thing is that the biggest contributor on the page (a household that gave $2000 to dean under two names and $1000 to Edwards) actually live just about directly across the street. When I look at these numbers, two things immediately come to mind. First, the primary system utterly failed if Kerry is going to be the Democratic nominee. Second, we really need to just stop the madness and have 100% publicly funded elections. (Oh, and I only found one feg on the list... and he's a mere former-feg.) J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:06:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #87 On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, fegmaniax-digest wrote: > Okay, so now I've actually *listened* to _Tinfoil Thoths_, after someone > kindly pointed out the little round disc in the middle of the neat > packaging. > Some memorable moments: the random bells in "Status Unknown" (you must > tell Brian Eno!), "Touch You Natalie Jane" (and yes, my ears keep hearing > the *original* lyrics - but a great song regardless), "Perfume Makers," > "Five Was the Time," "Carrier Pigeon," hey, I could go on...and I already > knew and liked the Rainland song. > Why are so many contributors named Mike or Michael? A suitably large > number of cheers to Rex for getting this thing together - today > fegmaniax, tomorrow who the hell's Britney Spears? Cheers, Jeff! Speaking as a Mike or Michael, I have gone through three difficult decades trying to dissuade people from calling me Godders or Mickiegodwin! [shouted in a loud Bath accent]. Despite appeals for clemency, I still get called Mickiegodwin! in at least 2 local pubs. Other recent thorts: I haven't been following the list at all closely, so I'm not sure whether anyone posted the list of UK best-selling artistes of the last 50 years: Definitely worth a look, with quite a few oddities, such as: Why would Slade have higher sales than T Rex or Roxy Music? Why would the Hollies have outsold the Move, the Kinks and the Who? Apparently if you go on chart weeks, rather than millions of singles, Elvis tops the list. Last point: Did anyone see the very long Sid Griffin [et al] documentary about Gram Parsons? They interviewed everyone, including Chris Hillman, Chris Ethridge, Keith Richards, Miss Pamela and Gram's sister and daughter. Really good, but as always with rockdocs I would have liked to see the Burritos playing the whole of "Hot Burrito #1" uninterrupted, rather than just a clipette. Is there anywhere I can buy a VHS video of the Burritos performing in those idiotic floral suits? - - Mickiegodwin! PS I hear that the Zombies are reforming. Blunstone was a guest at the excellent Manfreds show I went to a couple of months ago, and he was in superb voice, singing "I don't believe in miracles" and (you guessed it) "She's not there". n.p. Toxic (sorry!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:31:51 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: top British sellers On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:06:18 +0000 (GMT), "Michael R Godwin" said: > Other recent thorts: I haven't been following the list at all closely, so > I'm not sure whether anyone posted the list of UK best-selling artistes > of > the last 50 years: > > > Definitely worth a look, with quite a few oddities, such as: > Why would Slade have higher sales than T Rex or Roxy Music? > Why would the Hollies have outsold the Move, the Kinks and the Who? > Apparently if you go on chart weeks, rather than millions of singles, > Elvis tops the list. What's curious to me as an American reader is the presence of artists that would be nowhere near an American top sellers. Cliff Richard, for (number) one. Going down the list, I suspect most Americans' reaction to the name "Shakin' Stevens" would be, "who?" - and they'd be surprised to see Kylie Minogue's name so high (she's really only broken through here in the last couple of years, as far as I can tell). And the Status Quo? If we could name "Pictures of Matchstick Men," that'd be about it. Other acts that didn't do as well here: Slade, UB40 (one-hit wonders), The Jam (too bad), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (also one-hitters/virtual novelty act), Robbie Williams, Wet Wet Wet, The Shadows, and Westlife. At least that's my impression. Other people's takes? - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree :: what they are made of, where they come from, or how often :: they should appear. :: --Lemony Snicket ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:57:59 -0600 From: steve Subject: For your Summer wardrobe - - Steve _______ vial abalone expiate associable immobility ben chinquapin confrontation zilch gauguin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:22:12 -0800 From: Vendren Subject: Re: Belle & Me From: "Sebastian Hagedorn" > two days ago I went to see Belle & Sebastian. According to their site this > was really their first ever concert in Cologne, and one of the first in > Germany altogether ... so I don't have to blame myself for missing them > earlier (I just found out that I missed Stereolab two weeks ago - I just > didn't know they were playing :-( ). I'd love to see them - I don't think they've ever been here. Of bands producing music over the past 6 or 7 years, they've been my favourite music artists. Stereolab is coming to my home town in a few days, and they're playing a great venue, so I might check them out. I saw them once before and they surprised me by how loud they were, and how much they rocked-up their material for live shows. > Anyway, the show was different from what I'd expected (I thought they might > be gloomy, subdued and introverted) and I really enjoyed it. So far I only > know Tigermilk, parts of "The Boy ..." and "Dear Catastrophe", which is my > favorite CD from last year. Most of the songs they played were from those > records. I guess I'll start buying the ones I'm missing anyway. Allmusic > dismisses some of them, but an aquaintance of mine considers "Fold Your > Hands ..." their best when Allmusic rates it as their weakest, so who knows? "Fold Your Hands" gets a bad rap as far as I'm concerned. It's the only proper B&S album I didn't give a five star rating to - I still gave it four and a half! While I do agree with the critics that, in terms of sounds and arrangements, they were repeating themselves on that album, I still think the songs are quite good, especially for lyrics. But, yeah, when "Fold Your Hands" came out it was hard not think that they were re-hashing sounds from earlier releases, so I was delighted by how much they re-invented their sound for "Dear Catastrophe" - it was definitely time for them to branch out a bit. "Dear Catastrophe" was my favourite album from last year as well. Palle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:43:51 -0500 From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: top British sellers At 07:31 AM 3/24/2004 -0600, Fortissimo wrote: >> Definitely worth a look, with quite a few oddities, such as: >> Why would Slade have higher sales than T Rex or Roxy Music? >> Why would the Hollies have outsold the Move, the Kinks and the Who? >> Apparently if you go on chart weeks, rather than millions of singles, >> Elvis tops the list. > >What's curious to me as an American reader is the presence of artists >that would be nowhere near an American top sellers. Cliff Richard, for >(number) one. Going down the list, I suspect most Americans' reaction to >the name "Shakin' Stevens" would be, "who?" - and they'd be surprised to >see Kylie Minogue's name so high (she's really only broken through here >in the last couple of years, as far as I can tell). And the Status Quo? >If we could name "Pictures of Matchstick Men," that'd be about it. > Also, in the US the Hollies easily outsold the Kinks (wahh!!!) and the Move, who were more or less unknown; and actually, they (Hollies) also easily were more well known than the Who until Tommy. The Who only had maybe a couple of top 40 hits before that (I Can See For Miles and uh, Pinball Wizard?). After Nash left the Hollies had two/three more hits (Air that I Breathe, Long Cool Woman, ?) and then more or less disappeared. Eric ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:03:53 -0800 From: "Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" Subject: RE: Belle & Me Palle: > > two days ago I went to see Belle & Sebastian. According to their site > > was really their first ever concert in Cologne, and one of the first in > > Germany altogether ... so I don't have to blame myself for missing them > > earlier (I just found out that I missed Stereolab two weeks ago - I just > > didn't know they were playing :-( ). > > I'd love to see them - I don't think they've ever been here. Of bands You are in Vancouver right? B&S are playing Seattle on May 5th at the Paramount. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:57 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: perhaps relevant news The latest issue of _Harper's_ notes that "researchers from the University of Chicago reported...[that] white-faced capuchin monkeys...stick their fingers up one another's noses" in greeting one another. - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree :: what they are made of, where they come from, or how often :: they should appear. :: --Lemony Snicket ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #88 *******************************