From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #238 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, August 22 2004 Volume 13 : Number 238 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Neeeeeilllllll!!!! ["Natalie Jacobs" ] Strange Convergence [steve ] Re: Obama [James Dignan ] Re: Festival Express ["Danny Lieberman" ] Re: Obama [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Obama ["Fortissimo" ] yep roc newsletter, editted for your pleasure [fingerpuppets ] Re: Obama [FSThomas ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:36:22 -0700 From: "Natalie Jacobs" Subject: Neeeeeilllllll!!!! >Anyway... Nat... where are you taking your Neil Young interest next? >You're dead in the center of >an interesting period there. Did I sell you >on auditioning On the Beach back when the reissues >appeared? I don't remember... After the Gold Rush is my second Neil album, my first being Live Rust, which I got a couple of months ago. I suppose my next pick will be whatever record has "Like a Hurricane" on it, because I fell in love with that song after seeing Jay Farrar perform it live a while back. That cover, along with Jay's cover of "Lucifer Sam," are included on his new live album, "Stone, Steel, and Bright Lights." I don't recall if I raved about this album before, but I'll do so now - it's really fucking good, better than either of his solo studio albums. I also picked up a limited edition EP which includes the requisite Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt songs, along with a truly unprecedented moment... Jay actually TELLS A FUNNY STORY. I had to listen to it twice to believe my ears. n. _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:45:33 -0500 From: steve Subject: Strange Convergence None of the other LF/RH people have done it, so: > Last night was the first show with Scott Miller and a full band in > more than three > years, which was a really good one. It was a quasi-LF reunion with > Kenny Kessel > on bass and Joe Becker on drums, augmented by Bradley Skaught on > second guitar. > They could've even been billed as "The Loud Family" without anybody > raising any major > objections. Karen Lever was also onstage for backing vocals and marble > dropping. > > I don't have a setlist, but they played a cross-section of of rarely > played songs > from the LF/GT back catalogs, opening with "I've Tried Subtlety" and > including "The > Softest Tip Of Her Baby Tongue", "Last Honest Face" (dedicated to > Kristine), and two songs > from the oft-derided TAPE OF ONLY LINDA album ("Hyde Street Virgins" > and "Still It's Own > Reward"). Let's see, there was also a novel Soft Boys-style > arrangement of "Way Too Helpful" > (Scott and Bradley doing a Robyn and Kimberly guitar duet) fittingly > enough followed with a > duet on Robyn Hitchcock's "This Could Be The Day" (from I OFTEN DREAM > OF TRAINS). > > Other covers included Todd Rundgren's "Couldn't I Just Tell You" > (dedicated to Gil's wife > and mega Todd-fan Stacey Malone), and a rousing rendition (are there > any others?) of > Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl". There played other songs as well > ("Throwing The Election" > ended the set) and they all sounded great. - - Steve __________ regretted freddy cruel steely wardroom igor rinse dub peripheral gingko dolphin inputting terry nervous passenger ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:46:04 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Obama >Keynote speaker at the Democratic National Committee (and >it was a pretty good speech); candidate (and almost >assuredly winner-to-be) for the open Senate seat from >Illinois. His father is Nigerian, thus the "funny" name. didn't sound funny to me - but then again, my dad used to work in Africa. Wouldn't have guessed Nigeria though - it sounds more East African (Kenya/Tanzania). I can, however, already see the jokes starting up comparing his name to that of a certain Middle Eastern that Americans don't like very much. James (who didn't realise Henry Mancini was dead. No wonder he never sends me a Christmas card) - -- 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: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:59:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Danny Lieberman" Subject: Re: Festival Express > I saw it last night: . Very cool. > Highly recommended. Only bad thing is that I wish it were longer. > Maybe in the DVD. Caught it last week and thought it was really special. Of course I would have loved to have seen more concert footage and less of the interviews. (especially Janis!) There has got to be a very good story about why it took 34 (!) years to get this developed, produced, edited and into theatres. - -- Danny Lieberman dfl@panix.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:56:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Obama James Dignan wrote: > >Keynote speaker at the Democratic National Committee > (and > >it was a pretty good speech); candidate (and almost > >assuredly winner-to-be) for the open Senate seat from > >Illinois. His father is Nigerian, thus the "funny" name. > > didn't sound funny to me - but then again, my dad used to > work in Africa. Wouldn't have guessed Nigeria though - > it sounds more East African (Kenya/Tanzania). Thus "funny," and not funny. As somebody already pointed out, it is Kenyan, not Nigerian. I can name the countries in Africa, I just have trouble getting them correct sometimes. At least I didn't say his father was from Paraguay. > I can, > however, already see the jokes starting up comparing his > name to that of a certain Middle Eastern > that Americans don't like very much. Before seeing him, I had assumed he was probably Arab or perhaps Persian. On CNN immediately following his speech, a commentator -- I can't remember who -- kept referring to him as "Osama." (To be fair though, the moron was praising the speech, so it probably wasn't an attempt at anything nefarious, just a brainfart. > James (who didn't realise Henry Mancini was dead. No > wonder he never sends me a Christmas card) Well, he is now a leading film decomposer.... ===== "'Bushworld' is sort of an alternate universe where things are the opposite of what they seem. President Bush said the other day, 'It is a ridiculous notion to assert that because the United States is on the offensive, more people want to hurt us. We are on the offensive because people do want to hurt us.' I mean that is a perfect 'Bushworld' quote. It's not true and it's nonsensical. It's the opposite of what is true. His new campaign motto is 'America is safer. Be afraid, be very afraid.' Everything is an oxymoron." -- Maureen Dowd _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:58:47 -0500 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: Obama On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:46:04 +1200, "James Dignan" said: > didn't sound funny to me - but then again, my dad used to work in > Africa. Wouldn't have guessed Nigeria though - it sounds more East > African (Kenya/Tanzania). I can, however, already see the jokes > starting up comparing his name to that of a certain Middle Eastern > that Americans don't like very much. How does "Obama" sound like "Saddam Hussein"? Oh, that's right - you haven't been subjected to American media for the last couple of years. You see, we're a positive, forward-thinking people - - and so, since it was just too damned much effort to find Osama bin Laden, we ignored him and invented a different, easier-to-locate enemy - who conveniently ran a country that has lots 'n' lots of oil - some people say, even more than Texas! Osama bin Laden - that's *so* 2001! Get hip! (note: Steve Schiavo inadvertently neglected to credit the fact that he was quoting Steve H., another Loudlist member.) - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: crumple zones:: :: harmful or fatal if swallowed :: :: small-craft warning :: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:59:02 -0400 From: fingerpuppets Subject: yep roc newsletter, editted for your pleasure nothing new, but some speculation at the bottom.... >THE LATEST FROM YEP ROC | 08/20/2004 > > ------------------- > | NEW RELEASES > ------------------- > >[...] > > * The Sadies > 08/24/2004 > > Canadian cosmic cowboys the Sadies manage to combine '60s country > rock and psychedelia, C&W, surf, punk and bluegrass into their own unique > genre on their latest release, "Favourite Colours." Recorded between > tours at studios in Canada and Tucson, AZ, various friends showed up: > Robyn Hitchcock as well as members of Calexico, the Elevators and even > the band's parents make appearances! >Last chance to Pre-order the Sadies "Favourite Colours" before the street >date of August 24 and receive a FREE Yep Roc sampler while supplies last. > [ > http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=169&page=viewrelease&itemNum=CD-YEP-2068 > ] > > > ------------------- > | FREE STUFF > ------------------- > >[...] > > > * If You Know Time > Track: If You Know Time > Artist: Robyn Hitchcock > [ http://www.yeproc.com/media.php?id=122 ] > > > ------------------- > | YEP ROC NEWS > ------------------- > >[...] > > * Robyn Hitchcock, Star of Stage and Screen. > (August 6, 2004, 4:50 pm) > > Robyn Hitchcock can be seen in movie theaters all over the world in > this summer's blockbuster "The Manchurian Candidate." In this twisty, > political update of the cold-war era thriller, Robyn holds his own with > Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. ... > [ http://www.yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=1158 ] > > > ------------------- > | NOW TOURING > ------------------- > >[...] > > Robyn Hitchcock: > > 09.04.04 Seattle, WA > >[...] > > The Sadies: > > 08.28.04 Rochester, NY > 09.29.04 Amsterdam, Holland > 10.01.04 Amsterdam, Netherlands > 10.02.04 Assen, Holland > 10.07.04 Deventer, Holland just a note about the sadies too: they will be swinging through the uk after spending time in holland/netherlands (make up your minds, yep roc!). as that is right around the time of robyn's gig at the purcell room, one wonders if he will make a guest appearance at one of their gigs. once that leg of their tour is finalized, i'll post those dates too. (thanks to ms. jammy for that tip!) woj ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:28:00 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Festival Express Danny Lieberman wrote: > > There has got to be a very good story about why it took 34 (!) > years to get this developed, produced, edited and into theatres. There is: (Link to www.theglobeandmail.com). The reason that Ken Walker, who ran the show, appears so messed up in the current interviews is that that mark on his forehead is a bullet entry wound. He attempted suicide in the mid-80s, and it's remarkable he's still alive. The link I gave is a cut-down article that was in the Globe and Mail a month or so back. The full one had much more detail. Drat these non-searchable sites! Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:16:42 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: Obama Fortissimo wrote: > since it was just too damned much effort to find Osama bin > Laden, we ignored him and invented a different, easier-to-locate enemy - > who conveniently ran a country that has lots 'n' lots of oil - some > people say, even more than Texas! It's a good thing that we focused on Hussein and not some militant hiding in the barren Afghani landscape. Like, what did *he* have that was worth taking? Some rocks? An AK? Invading Iraq has *much* better pay-offs, doesn't it? I mean, if we hadn't of gone over there, deposed Saddam, and started stealing all the Iraqi oil then we might have gotten stuck paying OPEC rate of almost $50 a barrel like all the other suckers... ...Wait a minute...We ARE paying that much! Well, shit, man! If we're stealing all that oil (because, you know, that's why we went), then it must be Halliburton and G.W. doing some price gouging on all that oil we're *stealing* from the millions of dead, liberated Iraqis, right? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #238 ********************************