From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #306 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, October 28 2004 Volume 13 : Number 306 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: As we already know (NR) ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: As we already know (NR) [FSThomas ] NaSoAlMo [Aaron Mandel ] Re: NaSoAlMo [Rex Broome ] more robyn radio appearances [bisontentacle ] Re: NaSoAlMo ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: NaSoAlMo [Rex Broome ] Heh. (OT) [FSThomas ] Re: NaSoAlMo [Dolph Chaney ] Re: NaSoAlMo [Rex Broome ] 200 bars [James Dignan ] Re: As we already know (NR) [Tom Clark ] Re: As we already know (NR) [steve ] one finger victory salute [steve ] Betting pool for when it becomes top story on Google News? ["The Mammal B] Red Sox ["Maximilian Lang" ] 86 years later... ["FS Thomas" ] RE: Red Sox ["FS Thomas" ] Re: As we already know (NR) [Bret ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #305 [Michael R Godwin ] ...and in a globe of Fegs ["Matt Sewell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:47:19 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: As we already know (NR) Just read a little snippet this morning regarding voter turnout next Tuesday. Some estimates are running as high as 57%. With normal turnout in the last few Presidential elections at around 50%, this can't be good news for the folks in the White House if this is a referendum on the Bush administration. Michael B. - -----Original Message----- From: steve [mailto:steveschiavo@mac.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:33 AM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: As we already know (NR) George W. Bush, president of Cracker America. - - Steve __________ Our previous president studied at Oxford. This one was given a sightseeing tour of London and said it was ''diverse and clean.'' The Times also said Bush gave a ''pep talk'' to children about the advantages of reading over television. The children did not ask him to name the last book he had read. Just good manners, I guess. - Roger Ebert ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:11:31 -0400 From: bisontentacle Subject: sin-e tonight any other tapers going to be there tonight? woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:24:41 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: As we already know (NR) Bachman, Michael wrote: > Just read a little snippet this morning regarding voter turnout next > Tuesday. Some estimates are running as high as 57%. With normal turnout > in the last few Presidential elections at around 50%, this can't be good > news for the folks in the White House if this is a referendum on the Bush > administration. Here in Georgia the early voting is going over pretty well, I gather. Lines as long as 3 1/2-4 hours have been reported around the state. The Secretary of State reported almost 51k votes cast as of Tuesday afternoon (and that's only counting 80 or the 159 counties in the state). They're looking at possibly breaking the 1992 record of a 72% voter turnout. - -ferris. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: NaSoAlMo It's time. http://www.lacunae.com/archives/000293.html After the example of National Novel Writing Month, Douglas Wolk is challenging people to write and record a solo album entirely within the month of November. Unlike with a novel, this is not necessarily a breakneck pace, though it's probably still not wise to get attached to the idea of your results being good. There's no competitive judging and, in fact, no requirement that you ever play the results for anyone else. If you finish an album, you win. That said, if any Fegs give it a try, I for one would be inclined to hear it. a ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:13:04 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo Aaron Mandel: > After the example of National Novel Writing Month, Douglas Wolk is > challenging people to write and record a solo album entirely within the > month of November. Fuck. I pretty much did this back in 2002. I don't have time this November, and I've demo'ed most of my "back catalog" already, so this would just amount to doing shitty recordings of songs of which I've already done shitty recordings. Neat idea, though. - -Rex Broome (guitar and vocal, the Suddenly-Needs-Another-Guitarist Trio) - -- "Maybe baby election twelve who I really am!" - -Miranda Mellbye Broome ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:43:03 -0400 From: bisontentacle Subject: more robyn radio appearances Robyn Hitchcock on WYEP! October 26, 2004, 4:45 pm Robyn Hitchcock will do an Interview/performance live on WYEP (Pittsburgh) on Tuesday 11/9 at 4pm. Listen Live at the link below! Related Links: * http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wyep/ppr/index.shtml Robyn Hitchcock on WFMU October 26, 2004, 3:06 pm Robyn Hitchcock will be recording an interview/performance with Irene Trudel on WFMU on 11/14 at 3pm for air the following day (11/15) during the 3-6pm Monday program. Est. Air time is at 4pm! You can listen to WFMU at the link below! Related Links: * http://www.wfmu.org/audiostream.shtml woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:58:22 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo Aaron Mandel wrote: > > After the example of National Novel Writing Month, Douglas Wolk is > challenging people to write and record a solo album entirely within the > month of November. Wusses! Some of my friends got really into doing an album in a day: Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:38:30 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo Stewart" > Wusses! Some of my friends got really into doing an album in a day: > Hmmm. Well, it's a hell of a lot easier for a band to do this than a "solo" artist. But in either case, anyone with an established set list, solo dude or band, could bash out a nominal "album" rather quickly. Basically in the time it takes to press "record" and play the stuff. The Crap Art concept precludes pre-existing compositions; the Lucanae model doesn't. The rules would make all the difference in this kind of thing. Technically, my "other" band, Butterfly Distraction, records an all-new double-album of unrehearsed noise on the first Sunday of every month. All four of us would like some recognition for that shit. - -Rex Broome (guitar/harmonica/plumbing implements, Butterfly Distraction*) *and this one isn't a joke. - -- "Maybe baby election twelve who I really am!" - -Miranda Mellbye Broome ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:31:36 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Heh. (OT) Three baseball fans were on their way from a game when they noticed a foot sticking out of the bushes by the side of the road. They looked and discovered a nude woman, drunk and passed out. Out of respect for the lady, the Cubs fan took off his cap and placed it over her right breast. The Red Sox fan took off his cap and placed it over her left breast. Following their lead, the Yankee fan took off his cap and placed it over her crotch. The police were called and when the officer arrived, he conducted his inspection. First, he lifted up the Cubs cap, replaced it, and wrote down some notes. Next, he lifted the Sox cap, replaced it, and wrote down some more notes. The officer then lifted the Yankees cap, replaced it, then lifted it again, replaced it, lifted it a third time, and replaced it one last time. The Yankee fan was getting upset and finally asked, "What are you, a pervert or something? Why do you keep lifting and looking, lifting and looking?" "Well," said the officer, "I am simply surprised. Normally when I look under a Yankees hat, I find an asshole." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:17:16 -0500 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo This is SO AWESOME. Look out, folks -- here comes an onslaught. I work really well with arbitrary constraints to shape a project, and this looks right up my street! - -- Dolph order Very Just Fine -- - ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:58:22 -0400 >From: "Stewart C. Russell" >Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo >To: Fegmaniax List > >Aaron Mandel wrote: >> >> After the example of National Novel Writing Month, Douglas Wolk is >> challenging people to write and record a solo album entirely within the >> month of November. > >Wusses! Some of my friends got really into doing an album in a day: > > > Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:43:59 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: NaSoAlMo Dolph: > This is SO AWESOME. Look out, folks -- here comes an > onslaught. I work really well with arbitrary constraints to > shape a project, and this looks right up my street! Yeah, I take back some of what I said... Dolph can totally do this. Stand back, Dennis. - -Rex - -- "Maybe baby election twelve who I really am!" - -Miranda Mellbye Broome ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:12:10 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: 200 bars > > Is that regular iPods, the U2 "Special Edition" model, or the new color > > iPodPhoto that just was announced today? ;) > >Damn, and here I am, stuck with a measly 20gigs of black and white music... 20 gigs? Were they all at the same venue? 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: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:02:10 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: As we already know (NR) On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:32 AM, steve wrote: > George W. Bush, president of Cracker America. > > poll26oct26.story> > Registration required - care to snarf it for the rest of us? I'm assuming there's no David Lowery connection... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:35:41 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: As we already know (NR) On Oct 27, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:32 AM, steve wrote: > >> George W. Bush, president of Cracker America. >> >> > poll26oct26.story> >> > > Registration required - care to snarf it for the rest of us? > > I'm assuming there's no David Lowery connection... > -tc Hope this isn't too big - THE TIMES POLL Voters Still Split Sharply, and Evenly [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of blackpix.gif] Cultural values, more than the economy, are dividing the country between Bush and Kerry as the fissures seen in 2000 resurface in dramatic fashion. By Ronald Brownstein, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON  President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry, in a race dividing Americans far more along lines of cultural values than economic interests, remain locked in a dead heat one week before election day, a Times poll has found. Whether measured among all registered voters or only those viewed as most likely to vote, and with or without independent candidate Ralph Nader in the mix, the survey finds Kerry and Bush in a statistical tie. Among likely voters, Bush and Kerry each draw 48%, with Nader attracting 1% and with 3% undecided. Without Nader, Bush is backed by 49%, Kerry by 48% among likely voters  a statistically insignificant difference. Undecided voters again total 3%. The survey also finds voters split in half on Bush's performance as president  and almost in half on his decision to invade Iraq. These results underscore the enormous pressure on both candidates in the waning days of a contest that appears as if it could be tipped by almost anything  a misstatement on the campaign trail, favorable or unfavorable news for either side or the two parties' competing efforts to turn out the vote. The poll also signals that next Tuesday's election is likely to continue a generation-long pattern in which attitudes on noneconomic issues  including abortion and foreign policy  have increasingly eclipsed class as the axis of U.S. politics. With Bush framing the race as a stark choice between a liberal and a conservative, the cultural fissures evident in the 2000 presidential vote are resurfacing  perhaps in even more dramatic fashion. The Times poll, supervised by polling director Susan Pinkus, surveyed 1,698 registered voters, of which 881 were deemed likely to vote, from Thursday through Saturday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for both groups. The findings are in line with most other national surveys. Such polls generally show Bush tied or narrowly leading the Massachusetts senator, but usually just below the 50% level in support considered a critical measure of an incumbent's reelection prospects. The Times poll used a series of questions to determine those respondents most likely to vote. Unlike some other recent polls, it found little difference in the preferences of that group and all registered voters. Among registered voters, a three-way race is still tied: Bush and Kerry each draw 47%, with Nader attracting 1%. In a two-way race, Kerry is supported by 48%, Bush 47%  again, a statistically insignificant margin. In its final days, the race is blurring some of the electorate's familiar divides but emphatically deepening others, according to the poll. Much smaller than in recent presidential elections is the gender gap, in which the majority of men usually vote Republican, and women usually lean Democratic. Bush's message, which stresses his national security record and his commitment to conservative cultural values, is helping him gain ground among lower middle-income and less-educated voters ambivalent about his economic record. Conversely, the message is costing him with more affluent and better-educated families that have historically supported Republicans. Strikingly, Bush leads Kerry in the poll among lower- and middle-income white voters, but trails his rival among whites earning at least $100,000 per year. Bush also runs best among voters without college degrees, whereas Kerry leads not only among college-educated women (a traditional Democratic constituency), but among college-educated men  usually one of the electorate's most reliably Republican groups in the electorate. Consistently in the poll, cultural indicators prove more powerful predictors of candidate support than economic status. Although the differences in support for Bush and Kerry among men and women each is within the survey's margin of error, the poll finds a huge "marriage gap." Married voters, who traditionally take more conservative positions on social issues, give Bush a 12-percentage-point lead, whereas singles (usually more liberal on social and economic issues) prefer Kerry by 20 points. Nearly two-thirds of likely voters who attend a house of worship at least weekly said they would vote for Bush; among whites who attend that often, Bush's support soared to nearly three-fourths. "To me, his faith is very important," said Patricia Rowen, a married payroll clerk in Fort Dodge, Iowa, who favored Bush and responded to the poll. But Kerry draws three-fifths of those who attend a house of worship less often, including 55% of whites. Some of these voters recoil against Bush's heavy use of religious imagery. "With all of Bush's talk about being born again and how much that matters. I sort of wonder what matters more to him: what the Bible says or what the modern, common sense thought would say," said Bret Enderton, a computer programmer in Pittsburgh who is single. Bush is backed in the poll by just more than three-fifths of Americans who own a gun; among those who don't, just fewer than three-fifths prefer Kerry. The Democrat is supported by almost two-thirds of urban voters, Bush by nearly three-fifths of rural and small-town voters, with suburbanites split almost in half. These results closely replicate the results of the 2000 election. The new poll finds that voters do not divide as predictably along lines of economic class. For all the Democratic promises to protect the middle class  despite the traditional GOP identification as the party of the rich  Bush runs best among voters clustered around the nation's median income of roughly $43,000 per household, and Kerry is strongest among the least affluent and the most comfortable, the survey finds. This pattern is vividly illustrated when minority voters, who tend to vote heavily Democratic, are separated from the results. The president dominates among white voters earning from $40,000 to $100,000 a year, winning about three-fifths of that group. Whites earning $40,000 a year or less split closely between Kerry (46%) and Bush (50%). Among white voters, Kerry leads only among those earning at least $100,000 per year  who prefer him over Bush, 52% to 45%. This inversion of conventional class allegiances is explained by several factors, the poll finds. Lower-income whites like Bush's proposal for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, but only a quarter of them believe his policies have helped the economy. And they split almost evenly on whether the president made the right decision by invading Iraq. Middle-income whites are more divided on the constitutional amendment, but more supportive of Bush's economic policies and the Iraq war. Among the most affluent whites, majorities oppose the war and the constitutional amendment and believe Bush's policies have hurt the economy. The poll suggests that Kerry is building a coalition of minorities (nearly three-fourths of whom back him), some lower-income whites, many affluent whites, and singles. Bush's coalition is centered on lower- to upper-middle income white voters, especially those who are married or regularly attend religious services. Along with the deadlock in the candidate "horse race" results, the contest looks just as close on the other measure analysts in both parties are watching carefully. Since the Gallup Poll began systematic modern polling in 1952, every incumbent president with an approval rating over 50% has won a second term, and each with an approval rating below 50% has lost. By that standard, Bush is balancing on the knife's edge almost as precariously as possible: In the Times survey, 49% of likely voters say they approve of his performance, 49% disapprove. The biggest headwind for Bush may be gale-force doubts about the country's direction. Fully 56% of likely voters say they believe America is on the wrong track, whereas just 40% believe it is moving in the right direction. That level of discontent has usually spelled doom for the party holding the White House. But Bush is still running stride for stride with Kerry because he is winning more of those who believe the country is on the right track (94%) than Kerry is of those who think America is off course (81%). The same pattern is evident on another critical question. Just 43% say they believe the "country is better off" because of Bush's policies, and 55% believe the nation needs a new direction. But Bush wins 97% of those who like his policy direction, whereas Kerry attracts just 85% of those who want a new course. That disparity reflects Bush's continuing advantage on issues of personal strength. Bush leads by 7 percentage points when voters are asked which man would provide strong leadership for the country and by 16 when asked who would best keep the country safe from terrorism. By 53% to 44%, voters say they approve of Bush's handling of the war on terrorism. Voters prefer Bush by 50% to 45% when asked which man is better able to serve as commander in chief. "World peace in general is everybody's desire, but in the meantime you've got to be tough," said Charles Friscia, an artist in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., who supports Bush. On domestic issues, the president's position is much weaker. By 51% to 47%, likely voters say they disapprove of Bush's handling of the economy. Half of likely voters say his policies have hurt the economy, and about one-fourth believe they have helped. Kerry leads by 11 percentage points when voters are asked who would do a better job creating jobs. He also holds an 11-percentage-point lead on which candidate would best handle healthcare problems. And despite Bush's charge that Kerry would increase taxes on middle-class families, voters essentially split between the two on whom they trust to handle tax issues. Thomas Craig, a Chicago lawyer supporting Kerry, said he considered it "unfathomable" that "with the state of the economy what it is and so many working poor just struggling to survive," Bush would push into law tax cuts that included significant breaks for the wealthiest Americans. On Iraq, the picture is more complex. Voters remain deeply divided about Bush's decision to launch the war, and anxious about the trend in events there. But more still say they trust the president over Kerry to handle the problem. Stacy Smith, a waitress from Cape Vincent, N.Y., and a registered Republican, embodied the ambivalence. "I'd like to see changes there," she said. "But since we did go to war, I think Bush would be a better one to handle it, rather than putting someone else in who maybe isn't as familiar." When asked if the situation in Iraq was "worth going to war over," 50% of likely voters said no, and 46% said yes. That's virtually unchanged from The Times' poll results in September and August. Doubts about the progress in the war are widespread: 85% say they are concerned America will "become bogged down" in a long war in Iraq. That may help explain two other discouraging findings for Bush. Half of likely voters say they believe the war will not make the world a safer place, compared with 45% who believe it will. And 50% of likely voters disapprove of Bush's handling of the war, and 48% approve. Despite these findings, by 47% to 40%, likely voters think Bush is more likely than Kerry to develop a plan for "achieving success in Iraq." That finding, like others in the survey, suggests that in the campaign's final days, many voters are still balancing doubts about Kerry with discontent about Bush. Control of the White House is teetering on those last-minute de __________ "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldnt do my job." - George W. Bush, quoted in the Lancaster New Era, during a private meeting with an Amish group. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:37:31 -0500 From: steve Subject: one finger victory salute I think this one works. - - Steve __________ Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today. - Mary Jo Foley, eWeek, 04/30/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:41:43 -0700 From: "The Mammal Brain" Subject: Betting pool for when it becomes top story on Google News? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:42:50 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Red Sox Congrats to the Red Sox fans, anyone can have a bad century. Max _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar  get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:04:18 -0400 From: "FS Thomas" Subject: 86 years later... ...Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox! From a record-setting comeback to a 4-game sweep. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:05:27 -0400 From: "FS Thomas" Subject: RE: Red Sox > Congrats to the Red Sox fans, anyone can have a bad century. Well, it wasn't a *total* century, now was it? I'm thinking it was the eclipse. Even the moon lined up for this one. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:12:35 -0500 From: Bret Subject: Re: As we already know (NR) two words: www.bugmenot.com IE and Mozilla versions. On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:02:10 -0700, Tom Clark wrote: > On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:32 AM, steve wrote: > > > George W. Bush, president of Cracker America. > > > > > poll26oct26.story> > > > > Registration required - care to snarf it for the rest of us? > > I'm assuming there's no David Lowery connection... > -tc > - -- - --Bret Bolton ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:52:42 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V13 #305 > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:37:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jeff Dwarf > Subject: John Peel > Nothing says more about John Peel than while Mike thinks of > a lot of great (or at least interesting) late 60s bands > when he thinks about Peel, the first bands I end up > associating with him -- mostly by virtue of the Peel > Sessions eps/albums, since he wasn't on the air here > really, are The Smiths, Joy Division, etc, and the main > quotes in the BBC article are from the Super Furry Animals > and Manic Street Preachers. 65 or not, he died before he > got old. Totally agree. They were interviewing a young Asian DJ who has just joined Radio 1 and he was describing how he asked Peel to tell him some stories about the sixties and Peel said 'No, you tell me about the latest bhangra music'. He was the only surviving Radio 1 DJ from the original 1967 lineup precisely because he was always open to new music. Blur, the Smiths, New Order and Radiohead have all commented that his support really helped to launch them. And of course The Undertones were overwhelmed by the fact that Teenage Kicks was his favourite record out of all the thousands he must have listened to. Apparently he once played TK and then immediately played it again! But to an old pirate radio listener like me, it's the psychedelia that rings a bell. I stopped listening to Peel in the 70s when he got into dub reggae in a big way - couldn't relate to it at all. The songs I associate with Peel are things like: White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane I can take you to the sun - The Misunderstood The Castle - Love (after weeks of pressure he finally got Kenny Everett to play it as well!) Not so sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe and the Fish Guinevere of the Royal Court of Arthur - Donovan Electricity - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Heroin - The Velvet Underground Desdemona - John's Children Johnny Walker, one of the few other working survivors of the pirate radio days, played Tyrannosaurus Rex's 'Debora' on his Peel tribute spot, and I was transported straight back to the flat I was living in Dunsford Place, early 1968. Then he followed it with some Radio London interlude music! Incidentally, that press release claiming that (a) Peel was the original DJ on Top Gear and (b) that Top Gear began as an evening programme was wrong. The original DJ was Pete Drummond. Peel and other DJs alternated as second guest presenter for a few weeks, then Peel was given the whole show. And as far as I remember it was 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon - maybe they moved the slot later. One of the first shows I recall included a Floyd session featuring 'Matilda Mother' and 'The Gnome'. I remember that session being the same day that the Floyd topped the bill at the Savile supported by Fairport (still with Judy Dyble) and Tim Rose, but according to the Savile show was on Sunday 1 Oct 67, so IF I'm right about Top Gear being on Saturdays the session was a day before the gig. I don't know how many of the Top Gear Peel sessions have been issued on record. That Floyd session is on a bootleg but I don't think it was officially released; and there was a sensational Family session where they played 'Winter' and some other stuff which I would love to hear again. I've tracked down most of the two Beefheart 1968 sessions, but I think that one or two songs were never saved. I was fairly sure that Syd Barrett's last broadcast would have been the Peel session recorded 24/2/70, though states that he subsequently did a 1971 session for Bob Harris. Andy Kershaw, who was of course fired from Radio 1 when they cut down on world music, says that they were in the process of 'marginalising' Peel in the same way: I don't recall Peel being a Robyn Hitchcock fan like Kershaw. I think RH was probably too anti-punk to show up on Peel's radar. Did the Soft Boys or the Egyptians ever do a Peel session? - - Mike Godwin n.p. Jimi Hendrix 'Radio 1 jingle' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:00:10 +0100 From: "Matt Sewell" Subject: ...and in a globe of Fegs Last week saw our very own Brian Nupp visit the UK - we had a very pleasant dinner here in Oxford with Brian and Tanya, with my fellow Oxonian feg Jim Davies joining us later. Just a note to say if any of ye fegs find yourselves passing within meeting distance of Brian (or for that matter Jim. Or me!), I'd recommend it - Brian conforms to the old saying "fegs are the nicest people"! Also Anton Barbeau has been playing a number of gigs over here - I've seen a couple and have to say I'm increasingly convinced of his greatness... highly recommended, you N. Californian fegs... actually who are the NoCal fegs? Hands up... Lastly, I just can't contain my excitement - the first gig I play as a 33 year old will be in Northampton, courtesey of Pat Fish - Hurrah! http://www.jazzbutcher.com/htdb/gigs/2004/Nov5.html My b'day is Nov 2nd. I may not have a vote, but I'll be using my birthday wish! Cheers Matt ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #306 ********************************