From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #169 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, June 9 2004 Volume 13 : Number 169 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegs across the water [James Dignan ] RE: Live Thoths ["Brian Huddell" ] > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc [Michael R Godwin ] Inteli-punk inside ["Rex.Broome" ] RE: > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc [Dr John Halewood ] Re: Inteli-punk inside ["Brian" ] Re: fegs across the water ["Rex Broome" ] RE: Live Thoths ["Rex Broome" ] Re: > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Prawns in the news [tanter@tarleton.edu] Is Jesus Your PAL? ["Rex Broome" ] Ice Theramin ["Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Okay, now I'm irritated.... ["Rex.Broome" ] The raw form of what can be formed into a really nasty joke eventually... [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Quine [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:32:24 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegs across the water >On that topic, is there a nom de guerre for this ocean-spanning supergroup >yet? "Fegs Unchained," perhaps? "The Dirty Vicars?" "Matt and the >Motherlode?" Hoodlum Priest? St Vincent and the Grenadines? Quasimodo Sock? James (shame the Calamari Bushmen has been used...) np - The Blue Mask. RIP Robert... - -- 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, 8 Jun 2004 07:57:28 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Live Thoths Rex: > Is this going to be recorded, by any chance? I'd love to hear the whole > thing... Me too! And I'd like to request that the evening end with an all-star 10-minute jam on "Carrier Pigeon". +brian in New Orleans ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:28:57 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > Hmm, 405 lines? What system was that? > From: "Stewart C. Russell" > UK B&W standard from 1936 to late 1960s, finally phased out in 1985. I > think it was VHF, rather than UHF. You still very occasionally see the > old X-style aerials on a roof. > Wonderfully geeky website about all this: > Fascinating stuff as always, Stewart. I remember going to Mullard House near Tottenham Court Road with my Dad before 625-line transmission started to see a display of the competing SECAM, NTSC and PAL systems. PAL appeared to be far superior to the competition, especially NTSC which had a yellow cast to it. - - MRG n.p. Bruce Barthol and the Country Joe Band, Cakewalk to Baghdad ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:53:59 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Inteli-punk inside Nuppy: >>The Homosexuals Record: Wow. Damn good inteli-punk stuff! Harmonies, >>Harmonica, piano and punk: it's all there over complex song structure. Interesting find... looked these folks up on the AMG and there's practically nothing on them. A side trip following the links brought up possibly the most dismissive artist entry I've ever seen on the AMG: Alternative TV. It basically says, "Wow, what a load of shit these guys were"... meanwhile some of the album reviews are fairly positive. Hmmm. Spooked, eh? If it is with Rawlings and Welch, that could be an apt title indeed... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:58:54 +0100 From: Dr John Halewood Subject: RE: > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc The esteemed Mr Godwin outgrabed: > PAL appeared to be far superior to the competition, especially > NTSC which had a yellow cast to it. Not suprising with NTSC. It stood for 'Never The Same Colour". Another one of those sad cases (e.g. VHS vs Betamax, world+dog vs Microsoft) where the better technology gets edged out by a combination of marketing decisions and company monopolies. Mind you, at least in the UK we got part of it right... cheers john ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:03:32 -0400 From: "Brian" Subject: Re: Inteli-punk inside said: > >>The Homosexuals Record: > Interesting find... looked these folks up on the AMG and there's > practically nothing on them. A side trip following the links brought up > possibly the most dismissive artist entry I've ever seen on the AMG: > Alternative TV. It basically says, "Wow, what a load of shit these guys > were"... meanwhile some of the album reviews are fairly positive. Hmmm. I found this: (try typing homosexual record into google and see what you get): http://imf.hamilton.edu/reviews/h/homosexuals/the_homosexuals_cd.html > Spooked, eh? If it is with Rawlings and Welch, that could be an apt > title indeed... Oh man! I'm completely psyched for the new Robyn album. I hope it has some electric stuff... - -Nuppy - -- Brian nightshadecat@mailbolt.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:03:51 -0700 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: Re: fegs across the water >>On that topic, is there a nom de guerre for this ocean-spanning supergroup >>yet? "Fegs Unchained," perhaps? "The Dirty Vicars?" "Matt and the >>Motherlode?" > >Hoodlum Priest? St Vincent and the Grenadines? Quasimodo Sock? Erm... the Tinfoil Thoths? Honestly, if you can name your band the Be Good Tanyas, what's to stop you from calling it the Fuck You Natalie Janes? Wheeeee... - -Rex Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:20:48 -0700 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: RE: Live Thoths Me and Brian: >> Is this going to be recorded, by any chance? I'd love to hear the whole >> thing... > >Me too! And I'd like to request that the evening end with an all-star >10-minute jam on "Carrier Pigeon". Nice one! There's probably room in there for a verse or two of "Listening to the Higsons" or summat. - -Rex Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:25:55 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: > Subject: Re: Cult TV etc Michael R Godwin wrote: > > NTSC ... had a yellow cast to it. I remember thinking that all Americans had a yellowish tinge due to the early NTSC->PAL conveters used to rebroadcast US footage on the BBC. Stewart - -- np: Forest for the Trees (Carl Stephenson's nifty little trip-hopper from 1997). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:09:42 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Prawns in the news "LONDON -- Facing a crowd of hungry listeners, inventor James Larsson boldly launched his demonstration without offering anyone a bite of the Marks & Spencer prawn sandwich in his hand." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63744,00.html?tw=wn_2culthead - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:54:38 -0500 (CDT) From: tanter@tarleton.edu Subject: Re: Prawns in the news I love those M&S prawn sandwiches!! The curried chicken is good, too! Marcy :) On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, FSThomas wrote: > "LONDON -- Facing a crowd of hungry listeners, inventor James Larsson > boldly launched his demonstration without offering anyone a bite of the > Marks & Spencer prawn sandwich in his hand." > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63744,00.html?tw=wn_2culthead > > -f. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:02:45 -0700 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: Is Jesus Your PAL? Stewart: >I remember thinking that all Americans had a yellowish tinge due to the >early NTSC->PAL conveters used to rebroadcast US footage on the BBC. Did Matt Groening secretly grow up in the UK? Because that would explain a lot. - -Rex, gettin' paid to sort out the PAL from the NTSC... Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:19:18 -0500 From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Ice Theramin This was thunk up and built by a group of MIT students: ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:51:38 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Okay, now I'm irritated.... Just got back from the record store, pickin' up my Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey, and noticed something that apparently happened at the end of April: all of them there pre-Virgin Camper Van Beethoven albums, the ones I re-purchased in the form of the Cigarettes and Carrot Juice box set a few years back, have been reissued individually. Again. Only this time they have all the damn bonus tracks you would've expected on the box set. Damn you, Spin Art. Damn you to hell. On the other hand, I did notice that there is now actually a Fall compilation which, while I sure don't need it myself, I would actually recommend as a good starting place for the curious based on the track listing: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403221509383332&sql=Anzrn282l053a So there you go. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:08:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: The raw form of what can be formed into a really nasty joke eventually... Bush isn't sleeping well. He tosses and turns, and suddenly a figure moves out of the shadows. It's the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. "Abe," Bush pleads, "what's the best thing I can do right now to help the country?" Lincoln pauses, then replies, "Go see a play." ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin "I'm going to keep playing music until somebody shoots me." -- Scott McCaughey "It would not now surprise me in the least if, one night on TV, right there during The Memo, [Bill] O'Reilly declared himself to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia." -- Charles Pierce on MSNBC.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:26:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: The raw form of what can be formed into a really nasty joke eventually... Bush isn't sleeping well. He tosses and turns, and suddenly a figure moves out of the shadows. It's the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. "Abe," Bush pleads, "what's the best thing I can do right now to help the country?" Lincoln pauses, then replies, "Go see a play." ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin "I'm going to keep playing music until somebody shoots me." -- Scott McCaughey "It would not now surprise me in the least if, one night on TV, right there during The Memo, [Bill] O'Reilly declared himself to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia." -- Charles Pierce on MSNBC.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:03:39 +0100 From: "Matt Sewell" Subject: Re: fegs across the water I'm really excited about the gig - there may or may not be a feg supergroup at the end - I must say Rex, you took the idea out of my head when you said one or two verses of LTTH! Organising this gig has been great so far - once again I say if any of ye other fegs are passing through Oxford at any time, do let me know! And I'm hoping it'll be recorded, too. And photos a must... Cheers Matt >From: "Rex Broome" > > >>On that topic, is there a nom de guerre for this ocean-spanning supergroup > >>yet? "Fegs Unchained," perhaps? "The Dirty Vicars?" "Matt and the > >>Motherlode?" > > > >Hoodlum Priest? St Vincent and the Grenadines? Quasimodo Sock? > >Erm... the Tinfoil Thoths? > >Honestly, if you can name your band the Be Good Tanyas, what's to stop you from calling it the Fuck You Natalie Janes? > >Wheeeee... > >-Rex > > >Need a new email address that people can remember >Check out the new EudoraMail at >http://www.eudoramail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sign up to the MSN Premium service in June and receive a FREE webcam worth #39.99! More details here. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 06:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Quine "Rex.Broome" wrote: > Someone else offered up: "Robert Quine, and then Ronald > Reagan. The good die young." Of course, since Quine was 61 this doesn't quite work. Younger than President Gas, sure, but so what.... ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin "I'm going to keep playing music until somebody shoots me." -- Scott McCaughey "It would not now surprise me in the least if, one night on TV, right there during The Memo, [Bill] O'Reilly declared himself to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia." -- Charles Pierce on MSNBC.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #169 ********************************