From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #1 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, January 2 2005 Volume 14 : Number 001 Today's Subjects: ----------------- you thought lists were over in the new year? [Dolph Chaney ] Torrent details for "Robyn Hitchcock 1990-10-02 Binghamton, NY, SBD master" ["Jason Koffman" (by way of bisontentacle ] Menomena ["Jay Lyall" ] Re: Menomena ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Menomena [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Menomena ["Jay Lyall" ] Re: Menomena [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Menomena [2fs ] Re: Menomena [Steve Talkowski ] Re: REAP [Jeff Dwarf ] This should be an apocryphal and untrue story, but I suspect it probably isn't.... [Jeff Dwarf ] Torrents (Soft Boys 1980 & Robyn Netsurfer Ghost) [Mike Swedene ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 10:48:09 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: you thought lists were over in the new year? To say goodbye to the ought-four, here's some more music listing action. This list isn't stuff which was MADE in 2004; it's stuff that I listened to in 2004 and sort of defined my year. I. KRAUTROCK, GLORIOUS KRAUTROCK Can Neu! Faust Kraftwerk II. "POST-PUNK" IS A USELESS GENRE DESIGNATION BUT WHAT THE HEY... Julian Cope Joy Division Gang Of Four (first 3 albums) Public Image Ltd. (first 3 albums) The Cure - SEVENTEEN SECONDS, FAITH, PORNOGRAPHY and JAPANESE WHISPERS The Jam Gary Numan - THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE and TELEKON The Jesus & Mary Chain - PSYCHOCANDY and THE SOUND OF SPEED III. LADIES ROCKIN' OUT Solex The Gits The Distillers IV. THE DIRTY, DIRTY 70s Neil Young - TIME FADES AWAY Randy Newman AC/DC w/ Bon Scott Black Sabbath w/ Ozzy Warren Zevon - WARREN ZEVON, THE ENVOY, and THE WIND Miles Davis - A TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON Captain Beefheart - LICK MY DECALS OFF, BABY V. OLD FRIENDS Shudder To Think - PONY EXPRESS RECORD Fairport Convention (first 4 albums) The Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care" Vigilantes Of Love - SUMMERSHINE Patty Griffin - SILVER BELL (unreleased album rejected by A&M) Love Spit Love Jack Bruce - HARMONY ROW Sonny Sharrock - ASK THE AGES Red House Painters - OLD RAMON Sonic Youth - CONFUSION IS SEX + KILL YR. IDOLS David Bowie - "Dead Man Walking" Marianne Faithfull (w/ Angelo Badalamenti) - A SECRET LIFE H|sker D| - ZEN ARCADE VI. RESTORATIVES FFWD (Orb + Fripp) The Softies Tangerine Dream (first 8 albums, especially ALPHA CENTAURI and ZEIT) K. McCarty - "Walking The Cow" Over The Rhine - OHIO PJ Harvey - STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA CONCERTS I ATTENDED: The Decemberists / Clearlake - Schuba's John Wesley Harding / Scott McCaughey / Dag Juhlin - Schuba's The Decemberists / Head Of Femur - Metro Sonic Youth / Wolf Eyes - The Vic Theatre Robyn Hitchcock - Schuba's PJ Harvey - Riviera The Pixies - Aragon - -- Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:57:31 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: you thought lists were over in the new year? Dolph Chaney wrote: > To say goodbye to the ought-four, here's some more music listing action. > This list isn't stuff which was MADE in 2004; it's stuff that I listened > to > in 2004 and sort of defined my year. I like this sort of list (especially since I never remember all the discs that I bought as new releases in any given year). For me, it would look something like this (the good, the bad and the ugly all included): Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BMRC The Gits - Frenching the Bully Robyn Hithcock - Spooked Tom Waits - Real Gone Kauriga Balalaika Ensemble - Russian Dances Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End Nurse with Wound - Homotopy to Marie Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' with... Janos Starker - Starker Plays Kodaly Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights Felix da Housecat - Kittenz and Thee Glitz The Beatles - A Hard Days Night Jeff Buckley - Grace Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Lee Morgan - Expoobedient They Might Be Giants - Lincoln Brenda Kahn - Epiphany in Brooklyn Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions Marc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:44:49 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Not the most obscure site in the world, but... http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/videoclips/date/1964/index.shtml (then click on any other year) http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/artists/index.shtml Damn, there are some really great performance clips on the BBC/Top of the Pops website! Some interesting ones I saw include... The Beatles doing "Ticket to Ride" *seated*? The Kinks' "Lola" really makes me wish there was more classic concert footage of this band available Lots of Elvis Costello.... Best of all, artists which you don't often get to see like Badfinger, the Move (awesome!), *Robert Wyatt*, Kraftwerk, XTC, Kate Bush (check out "Wow" to see her at her most hilariously unbearable), the Flying Lizards (also hilarious), Wizzard (I'd like to hear this song in full sometime)..... And every so often, you'll click on an interesting title and get some totally bizarre *dance number*. Like the Mike Oldfield clip, for instance. :) Oh, and definitely check out Mud's "Lonely This Christmas" from 1975. What the hell?? HNY Eb (who in the world is Showaddywaddy?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:08:13 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Not the most obscure site in the world, but... Eb wrote: > > Eb (who in the world is Showaddywaddy?) "... Originally styled as a British answer to American retro masters Sha Na Na", says , and I can't disagree with that. Thank you for not asking about The Rubettes. Stewart - -- now snacking on: tea biscuits spread with dulce de leche, washed down with a mug of tea ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:22:32 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: you thought lists were over in the new year? Here's the abbreviated version of my best of 2004 (a fuller version is at - - with Feg content!). Top tier: John Cale Hobo Sapiens Interpol Antics Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Shake the Sheets Macha Forget Tomorrow A.C. Newman The Slow Wonder Next tier: The Arcade Fire Funeral The Magnetic Fields i John Vanderslice Cellar Door Wilco A Ghost Is Born Brian Wilson Smile Nextest tier: All Night Radio Spirit Stereo Frequency Bjvrk Medzlla Elvis Costello & the Imposters The Delivery Man Franz Ferdinand [s/t] Guided by Voices Half Smiles of the Decomposed Robyn Hitchcock Spooked Mission of Burma ONoffON Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:24:50 -0700 From: "Cadtharsis" Subject: Storefront Hitchcock Hey, all. The Big Lots a few towns over has Storefront Hitchcock DVD's for $5.88. I thought this was a decent price, and was going to buy + ship to any in need, but it's available on Ebay and Half.com for the same price or less. Did anybody enjoy it? - - Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:49:28 -0500 From: "Jason Koffman" (by way of bisontentacle ) Subject: Torrent details for "Robyn Hitchcock 1990-10-02 Binghamton, NY, SBD master" It appears that I may have offended some people by suggesting that there is no reason to download ckocher's 2nd generation dub of my 10/2/90 master tape. This was certainly not my intent. We're all in this together and I believe in the community. When a better recording exists and is readily available, why not share it? That is the only point I was trying to make. Share the love, baby... http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?id=20401 Robyn Hitchcock (solo acoustic) 10/02/1990 SUNY-Binghamton (now Binghamton University), Susquehanna Room - Binghamton, NY Source: Soundboard -> cassette (master) Transfer: cassette (master) -> Soundstream -> wav -> CDWave -> mkwACT -> shn Disc 1: (cut) 01. (talk) 02. Oceanside 03. (talk) 04. Madonna Of The Wasps 05. Clean Steve 06. (talk) 07. Raymond Chandler Evening 08. (talk) 09. The Devil's Coachman 10. Wax Doll 11. Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole 12. (talk) 13. Queen Elvis 14. (talk) (tape flip) Disc 2: (cut) 01. (talk) 02. Autumn Is Your Last Chance 03. (talk) 04. Bass 05. (talk) 06. My Wife And My Dead Wife 07. Beautiful Girl 08. (talk) 09. I Got A Message For You 10. Chain Mary To The Bed 11. Cynthia Mask 12. (talk) 13. Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl 14. I Often Dream Of Trains ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:52:19 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: REAP Trio network on DirecTV's channel lineup. Maybe they need room for more religion channels... - -tc, who finally heard from a friend in Sri Lanka that he's ok. whew. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:58:12 -0600 From: "Jay Lyall" Subject: Menomena anyone else addicted to Menomena's "I Am the Fun Blame Monster"? - ---------------------------------------- Jay Lyall - Houston, Texas "Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy." - Mike Donohue ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:22:23 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Menomena Jay Lyall wrote: > anyone else addicted to Menomena's "I Am the Fun Blame Monster"? anyone else know what it is? Me, I'm addicted to /Picaresque/, but I think a lot of people would be unhappy at me saying that. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:40:10 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Menomena On Jan 1, 2005, at 10:22 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > Jay Lyall wrote: >> anyone else addicted to Menomena's "I Am the Fun Blame Monster"? > > anyone else know what it is? I was like "the who the what is?" Typed the name into iTunes Music Store and, BAM, they actually popped up. After listening to the nine :30 snippets, I can say that I don't see myself getting addicted, let alone listening to them again, but it was nice to be able to sample something new. Are they supposed to be hot or "in" right now? > Me, I'm addicted to /Picaresque/, but I think a lot of people would be > unhappy at me saying that. They(?) didn't show up on iTunes - only a song by UFO called "Picaresque Eye". Now, add a "d" and you've got Picardesque. "Make it so" ; P ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:03:49 -0600 From: "Jay Lyall" Subject: Re: Menomena A friend of mine found them on one of the alt.binary newsgroups and burnt me a copy. Don't know too much about them, but the textures are pretty interesting...not sure if that would show in the first 30 seconds though...but they seem to go well with grey winter weather - ---------------------------------------- Jay Lyall - Houston, Texas "Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy." - Mike Donohue - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Talkowski" To: "Fgz Society" Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Menomena > On Jan 1, 2005, at 10:22 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > >> Jay Lyall wrote: >>> anyone else addicted to Menomena's "I Am the Fun Blame Monster"? >> >> anyone else know what it is? > > I was like "the who the what is?" > > Typed the name into iTunes Music Store and, BAM, they actually popped up. > After listening to the nine :30 snippets, I can say that I don't see > myself getting addicted, let alone listening to them again, but it was > nice to be able to sample something new. Are they supposed to be hot or > "in" right now? > >> Me, I'm addicted to /Picaresque/, but I think a lot of people would be >> unhappy at me saying that. > > They(?) didn't show up on iTunes - only a song by UFO called "Picaresque > Eye". > > Now, add a "d" and you've got Picardesque. > > "Make it so" > > ; P ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:13:44 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Menomena On Jan 1, 2005, at 11:03 PM, Jay Lyall wrote: > A friend of mine found them on one of the alt.binary newsgroups and > burnt me a copy. Don't know too much about them, but the textures are > pretty interesting...not sure if that would show in the first 30 > seconds though...but they seem to go well with grey winter weather I've been (re)listening to a lot of Nick Drake this grey winter - though it's uncharacteristically warm this New Years here in NYC (was 62 degrees today - felt like Fall) Happy New Year everyone! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:28:08 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Menomena On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:13:44 -0500, Steve Talkowski wrote: > I've been (re)listening to a lot of Nick Drake this grey winter - > though it's uncharacteristically warm this New Years here in NYC (was > 62 degrees today - felt like Fall) Felt like Fall? How do you mean - a drunken Mancunian was ranting away and fiddling with amp knobs while a band rattled away repetitiously in the background? - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:39:21 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Menomena On Jan 2, 2005, at 12:28 AM, 2fs wrote: > Felt like Fall? How do you mean - a drunken Mancunian was ranting away > and fiddling with amp knobs while a band rattled away repetitiously in > the background? Heh. Nope, Autumn. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:16:26 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: REAP Tom Clark wrote: > Trio network on DirecTV's channel lineup. Maybe they > need room for more religion channels... AKA the main reason I was favoring going with DirecTV over DishNet when I went satellite some time later this year.... Grrrrr. ===== "I had naively believed all these many years that Americans genuinely believed in freedom of speech. [But I] discovered there that when you made an utterance that was remotely contrary to what the White House was saying, then they attacked you. For a South African the dij` vu was frightening. They behaved exactly the same way that used to happen here [during apartheid] - vilifying those who are putting forward a slightly different view." -- Desmond Tutu __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 06:47:59 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: This should be an apocryphal and untrue story, but I suspect it probably isn't.... I don't listen to it and I don't have a link, but supposedly someone called the Rush Limbaugh show this week bitching about US aid for the victims of the tsunamis this past week on the grounds that Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc didn't offer any foreign aid to the Florida hurricane victims this past August. It shouldn't be legal to be that stupid and narcissistic. ===== "I had naively believed all these many years that Americans genuinely believed in freedom of speech. [But I] discovered there that when you made an utterance that was remotely contrary to what the White House was saying, then they attacked you. For a South African the dij` vu was frightening. They behaved exactly the same way that used to happen here [during apartheid] - vilifying those who are putting forward a slightly different view." -- Desmond Tutu __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 12:05:02 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: 2004 stuff In no real order (though if I were to pick a top album it would be Franz Ferdinand) some albums I enjoyed from 2004: Franz Ferdinand Rilo Kiley - More Adventerous Luna - Rendezvous Mission Of Burma - On Off Wilco - A Ghost Is Born Smile - Brian Wilson The Elected - Me First Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse Southern Culture On The Skids - Mojo Box Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked Rocket From The Tombs - Rocket Redux I found the Chills EP disappointing. Concerts: British Sea Power & KaitO @ North Star 3/12/04 Mission Of Burma & Dresden Dolls @ TLA 5/14/04 Dick Dale @ North Star 6/6/04 Franz Ferdinand @ Shampoo 6/19/04 John Wesley Harding/Scott McCaughey/Dag Juhlin @ Schubas 7/18/04 Sonic Youth @ the Electric Factory 8/17/04 Brian Wilson @ Keswick Theatre 10/8/04 Robyn Hitchcock @ Scranton Cultural Arts Center 11/11/04 Yo La Tengo with Mark Moran, Eleventh Dream Day, Tara Key and Steve Wynn @ Maxwell's 12/12/04 Luna  Theatre of Living Arts 12/17/04 Max ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:40:41 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Torrents (Soft Boys 1980 & Robyn Netsurfer Ghost) After finishing burning white album covers for people (they will be mailed Monday) I decided to get off my butt and upload some torrents. Hop on the rabbit train with Netsurfer Ghost on CD (just like Don Henley!): http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=20780 or catch an earlier gem (full 13 song show) of the soft boys at Maxwells from Aug 1980: http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=20726 enjoy! mike ===== - ------------------------------------------------- "there is water at the bottom of the ocean" - talking heads _________________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:09:51 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Reap Rep. Robert Matsui ===== "I had naively believed all these many years that Americans genuinely believed in freedom of speech. [But I] discovered there that when you made an utterance that was remotely contrary to what the White House was saying, then they attacked you. For a South African the dij` vu was frightening. They behaved exactly the same way that used to happen here [during apartheid] - vilifying those who are putting forward a slightly different view." -- Desmond Tutu __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #1 ******************************