From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #280 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, October 5 2004 Volume 13 : Number 280 Today's Subjects: ----------------- REAP ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: REAP [2fs ] Re: REAP [Jeff Dwarf ] looks like we have a winner! [] Future feggy double bills ["Rex.Broome" ] Hellooo? Echooooo!!! ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! [Vendren ] Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! [Ken Weingold ] Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! [2fs ] Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! ["Rex Broome" ] Spooked again [Vendren ] Re: Spooked again ["Rex Broome" ] Re: Spooked again [2fs ] RE: Spooked again [Eb ] Re: Spooked again ["Brian" ] Recent Purchases ["Brian" ] Re: SPoOKed again ["Rex Broome" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:16:50 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: REAP Janet Leigh. _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:57:42 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: REAP On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:16:50 -0400, Maximilian Lang wrote: > Janet Leigh. So are they going to play the "hrreeek! hrreeek! hrreeek! hrreeek!" Bernard Herrmann string thing at the funeral? Okay...probably not. - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 07:20:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: REAP 2fs wrote: > Maximilian Lang wrote: > > Janet Leigh. > > So are they going to play the "hrreeek! hrreeek! hrreeek! > hrreeek!" Bernard Herrmann string thing at the funeral? > > Okay...probably not. I suspect based on interviews I've seen of her daughter and who her son-in-law is (and an interview clip I heard of her ex, where he handles the nasty rumor of Jamie Lee being a hermaphrodite with far more dignity and aplomb than any father should have to -- he jokes that she's actually half gentile and half Jewish), they may very well joke about using it though. Maybe not beforehand, but sometime in the next few weeks. ===== "[The Bush administration] deceived us about the weapons of mass destruction, that's true. We were taken for a ride." -- President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Poland "'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 Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:59:22 -0500 From: Subject: looks like we have a winner! [demime could not interpret encoding binary - treating as plain text] http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/index.html why don't we do a comparison of the waste and excess involved in research, development, marketing, production, disposal and potential benefit of personal media players and the SpaceShipOne project. gSs - ---- Msg sent via WebMail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:37:05 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Future feggy double bills Miles: >Rex, it sounds like the Jennifers and your >group, the Obsolete New-Wave Guiar Pop Fiends, >good twin bill. Obsolete New-Wave Guiar Pop Fiends, eh? Not bad... a little on the nose... but it does give me an idea... - -Rex Broome (guitar and vocal, The Afflecks) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:16:59 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! Miles: >>I think CROCODILES is a very good album, so this isn't exactly like >>all of us telling Natalie "get PLEASED TO MEET ME instead!," but I'd >>pull PORCUPINE, OCEAN RAIN, or the very representative sampler SONGS >>TO LEARN AND SING if I were wanting to sway someone favorably on the >>Bunnymen. >>(HEAVEN UP HERE is probably my favorite, but I don't think of it as >>being as accessible as the other albums from the initial run of the >>group.) Make mine Porcupine... but otherwise basically agreed. Porcupine and HUH both have a bit more darkness and density to them than the others, which, between that and the prominence of Sargeant's guitar, make them my nearly equal favorites, but it's all pretty good for those first four records and the STL&S compilation (although many seem to think that STL&S covers all the early bases, and are wrong... don't stop there unless you really don't dig it, because there are stone cold classics you'll miss if you do). Jeffrey: >>Replacements = 'Placements = Placemats = Mats >>By the same logic, The Shins are really The Egyptians! Although "Robyn Hitchcock and the Shins" is an interesting possibility, I make it out, at least for Yanks, to be more like "The Shuns", but since we have a few new subscribers, I should prime them: if we start a grammar discussion, plug your ears; when we start in on phonetics, run for the hills and don't look back no matter what your wife turns into a pillar of... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:53:14 -0700 From: Vendren Subject: Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! Running through the first four Bunnymen discs, I think I like each a little more than the one before it (Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine, Ocean Rain). But I like them all. I don't care for the self-titled album all that much. Of their later stuff I thought "Flowers" was OK. I actually really like "Reverberation," the one disc they did without Ian McCulloch. Outside of the first four, that's the one I play the most. Palle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:56:30 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! On Mon, Oct 4, 2004, Vendren wrote: > I don't care for the self-titled album all that much. Of their later stuff I > thought "Flowers" was OK. I actually really like "Reverberation," the one > disc they did without Ian McCulloch. Outside of the first four, that's the > one I play the most. I do actually really like the self-titled album, though Ocean Rain is my favorite of all I think. I never heard their album without Ian, but did see them live without him in about 1991 and they did a fantastic cover of 2000 Light Years From Home. Oddly enough i've seen Echo in almost every incarnation. The original lineup (AFAIK) in 1987, then Ian solo in 1989, then Echo without Ian I think in 1991. Some cool things about those shows is that the '87 one was with New Order and Gene Loves Jezebel, and at the Ian solo show the Sugarcubes came out at the end on stage. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:16:43 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:16:59 -0700, Rex.Broome wrote: > Miles: > >>I think CROCODILES is a very good album, so this isn't exactly like > >>all of us telling Natalie "get PLEASED TO MEET ME instead!," but I'd > >>pull PORCUPINE, OCEAN RAIN, or the very representative sampler SONGS > >>TO LEARN AND SING if I were wanting to sway someone favorably on the > >>Bunnymen. > >>(HEAVEN UP HERE is probably my favorite, but I don't think of it as > >>being as accessible as the other albums from the initial run of the > >>group.) > > Make mine Porcupine... but otherwise basically agreed. Porcupine and HUH both have a bit more darkness and density to them than the others, which, between that and the prominence of Sargeant's guitar, make them my nearly equal favorites, but it's all pretty good for those first four records and the STL&S compilation (although many seem to think that STL&S covers all the early bases, and are wrong... don't stop there unless you really don't dig it, because there are stone cold classics you'll miss if you do). As long as we're weighing in, my preferences are for HUH and _Porcupine_. _Ocean Rain_'s really good...except a couple of songs, McCulloch's lyrics cross the line from ignorable to painfully bad. Despite its rather glossy production, I like the self-titled one pretty well - but my least fave of the first five. _Crocodiles_, then, is the mirror of _Ocean Rain_, except it errs in sketchiness and lyrical vagueness instead of ambition and lyrical pretention. As I said, though, both are pretty fine. Qui ment? - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:34:53 -0800 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: Re: Hellooo? Echooooo!!! Palle: > I don't care for the self-titled album all that much. Of their later stuff I > thought "Flowers" was OK. I actually really like "Reverberation," the one > disc they did without Ian McCulloch. Outside of the first four, that's the > one I play the most. "Reverberation" is great... should've been issued under a different name, though, especially considered that Electrafixion was, personnel-percentage-wise, as much "Echo & the Bunnymen" as the current version of E&TBM, and their record is *much* better forgotten than Reverberation. Of the "reunion" records I still like the first one, Evergreen, the best... it had Les Pattison on it, which probably has something to do with my preference. Flowers ain't bad, but WAYGTDWYL is best considered a not-bad solo album from Ian. - -Rex - -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:39:34 -0700 From: Vendren Subject: Spooked again A very positive Spooked review on Popmatters: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hitchcockrobyn-spooked.shtml Palle NP: The Church - Of Skins and Heart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0800 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: Re: Spooked again >>Maturity is an iffy proposition for any rock and roller, >>especially one whose eccentric lyrics and positive energy >>have always seemed eternally youthful. Erm... I dunno, Robyn's always seemed *older* than he is, to judge from even some of those "absurdist" lyrics. Probably just me, though. Right? - -Rex Broome (guitar and vocal, The Wilfully Obscure) - -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:11:43 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Spooked again On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0800, Rex Broome wrote: > -Rex Broome (guitar and vocal, The Wilfully Obscure) Wasn't that the predecessor band to The Traveling Willfullies? - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:45:04 -0700 From: Eb Subject: RE: Spooked again He always seemed shorter than he is, too. This week, I downloaded some Rolling Stones b-sides/rarities which I had never heard before. Anyone else know the song "Sad Day"? I love this! Really warped, a la music from the Between the Buttons era. I treated myself to a whole messa CDs last week, a la self-birthday. Good stuff which I've played so far includes the "Velvet Goldmine" soundtrack, the latest Sam Phillips CD (jeez, I'd like to see her live again...the first time hardly even counted), two Tortoise CDs, King Crimson/The Power to Believe and that Tom Ze compilation on Luaka Bop (which I already had on a homemade tape). Eb - -----Original Message----- Erm... I dunno, Robyn's always seemed *older* than he is, to judge from even some of those "absurdist" lyrics. Probably just me, though. Right? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:58:00 -0400 From: "Brian" Subject: Re: Spooked again Rex: > Erm... I dunno, Robyn's always seemed *older* than he is, to judge from > even some of those "absurdist" lyrics. Probably just me, though. Right? I agree, but mostly in the 80's. I think that might be because when you're in your teens and early 20's people in their 30's/40's seem older in general. ??? But then, Robyn seemed overly wise to be just in his 30's. Recent purchases: SMiLE Chameleons UK: Strange Times Best of Leonard Cohen np: all the above plus Rainland demos and Paris King in shuffle. - -Nuppy - -- Brian nightshadecat@mailbolt.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:41:27 -0400 From: "Brian" Subject: Recent Purchases Me: > Recent purchases: > SMiLE > Chameleons UK: Strange Times > Best of Leonard Cohen and under Larry Tucker's good review: Chris Stamey- Travels in the South. This is my favorite post dB's solo Stamey release. - -Nuppy - -- Brian nightshadecat@mailbolt.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:33:15 -0800 From: "Rex Broome" Subject: Re: SPoOKed again Brian n: > Recent purchases: > SMiLE I've noticed this had become the default capitalization for this release... is that ultimately how we'll distinguish between the "new" version and the theoretical "original"? > Chameleons UK: Strange Times I have a feeling that feg purchases alone have at least doubled the 2004 sales figures for this album! > Best of Leonard Cohen > > np: all the above plus Rainland demos and Paris King in shuffle. Yikes... that Rainland stuff is fast approaching its "best if used by" date and can't be benefitting from sitting next to Cohen... better get you some new stuff... - -Rex Broome (guitar and vocal, The Used To Be Rainland Singers Combo Group) - -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #280 ********************************