From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #30 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, February 4 2005 Volume 14 : Number 030 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #27 [Tom Clark ] with a little luck [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: with a little luck [James Dignan ] Re: Sounds kinda Reznorish when I say it out loud... [James Dignan ] Makin' a list... ["A Wonderful Human Person" ] Re: Makin' a list... [Eb ] RE: Makin' a list... ["Marc Alberts" ] Re: Sounds kinda Reznorish when I say it out loud... ["Matt Sewell" ] Re: Makin' a list... ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: I do do dream you ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: I do do dream you ["Stewart C. Russell" ] EZT torrent: Yo La Tengo (with Robyn Hitchcock and Sonic Boom) 2000-05-13 Glasgow ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Makin' a list... [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Makin' a list... [Bret ] Re: Makin' a list... ["Brian Nupp" ] RE: Makin' a list... ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Makin' a list... ["Brian Nupp" ] Re: Makin' a list... [Tom Clark ] Re: Makin' a list... [Eb ] RE: Makin' a list... ["Bachman, Michael" ] reap [James Dignan ] Zoidberg's in charge now! [The Great Quail ] Re: Zoidberg's in charge now! [Eb ] Speaking of premature deaths... [Eb ] Re: Zoidberg's in charge now! [Jeff ] Re: Speaking of premature deaths... [Rex Broome ] My Personal 5 Most tragic deaths [The Great Quail ] Re: My Personal 5 Most tragic deaths [Rex Broome ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:05:53 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #27 On Feb 3, 2005, at 3:45 PM, James Dignan wrote: > World Shut Your Mouth wasn't a big hit in the US? It was *everywhere* > here for a while. > It was a big enough hit in the Boston area that it made me aware of Cope. He even performed it on some late night show at the time (Arsenio Hall? Tonight Show?). I remember that cuz he had that funky mic stand he used to climb all over. Also cuz James Eller played bass in his band (he was previously in Nick Lowe's group). Anyhow - I think "St. Julian" is my least favorite Cope album at this point. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:04:08 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: with a little luck On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, James Dignan wrote: > James (who is glad that he's not the only one who likes "London Town") I have to say, the album/single version of "With a Little Luck," pardon my French, blows. Too much wanking keyboard noodling. The radio edit on "All the Best" improves it no end. I can't take the regular version, but the edit is among my favorites. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:19:56 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: with a little luck >On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, James Dignan wrote: > >> James (who is glad that he's not the only one who likes "London Town") > >I have to say, the album/single version of "With a Little Luck," pardon my >French, blows. Too much wanking keyboard noodling. The radio edit on "All >the Best" improves it no end. I can't take the regular version, but the >edit is among my favorites. To me, though, that's the one song that sounds out of place on London Town. I'd have been far happier if the title track had been the big hit off the album. 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: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:25:15 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Sounds kinda Reznorish when I say it out loud... > > > You mean it's like sitting up in bed between Eb and Jeme? > > > > Personally, I think it's more like sitting up in bed between Rex and > > Jeffrey, but that's just me.... > > > > Eb > >Hmmm... based on what, frequency and length of posts? hehhehheh..he said... oh, never mind. 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: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:06:27 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: TMBG Rex wrote: > >Hmmm, interesting. Lincoln was the peak for me. The next two were > >pretty good, but they just wore a bit thinner for me with each > >release, and I was pretty much gone by the dawn of the "recorded with > >a full band" era (I have one of two of those records as > >low-end-of-the-used-bin pickups but haven't spent much time with > >them). I guess I liked neither the idea that having a "full band" > >was > >intrinsically good or necesary, nor the edge it seemed to take off of > >their "what the hell" approach to sound. Probably just me. I don't know if Lincoln or Flood was the peak for me, but it was somewhere in there. Basically, by the time Apollo 18 came out, the honeymoon was over. As much as I love Lincoln, it's hard for me to admit that any album with "Birdhouse in your Soul" on it is part of a downward slide. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:24:09 -0800 From: "A Wonderful Human Person" Subject: Makin' a list... today being (at least in a few time zones, yet) the anniversary of The Day The Music Died, i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in rock and/or roll? (defined as the quantity of beautiful music prevented by the death -- but being mitigated by the quantity of beautiful music already in the deceased's ledger. or something like that.) is the following order just totally whacko? kurt cobain randy rhoades mia zapata james hendrix bon scott jim morrison (say what you will, but i think that *L.A. Woman* was far their best album) ricky wilson buddy holly d. boone sterling morrison keith moon ian curtis tempted to put wesley willis in there somewhere. but maybe, much like jesus christ, he had accomplished all that he could accomplish in this lifetime, and was ready to move on. throw gram parsons in if you must, but i'm pretty lukewarm on that front. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 23:00:14 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Makin' a list... > Eddie: > kurt cobain > randy rhoades > mia zapata > james hendrix > bon scott > jim morrison (say what you will, but i think that *L.A. Woman* was far > their best album) I'd rank it third, at best. Possibly fourth. Shall we all join together now in a rousing medley of "Crawling King Snake" and "Cars Hiss by My Window"? > ricky wilson > buddy holly > d. boone > sterling morrison > keith moon > ian curtis > Going by your "what music we were robbed of" criterion (which I agree with), any such list without Jeff Buckley, Frank Zappa and Elliott Smith is null and void. ;p Kirsty MacColl and John Lennon also seem like obvious missing nominations. I'd certainly eliminate Ricky Wilson, Sterling Morrison (wha??) and Randy Rhoades from your list. And I really wonder what more Jim Morrison had to give. He might have had a long productive career if he had never been a drunk, but we're not stipulating this -- only that he didn't *die*. Which means, presumably, he would have about the same creative edge today as Jan Michael Vincent. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 02:39:21 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: Makin' a list... A wonderful human person wrote: > today being (at least in a few time zones, yet) the anniversary of The Day > The Music Died, i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in > rock and/or roll? (defined as the quantity of beautiful music prevented > by > the death -- but being mitigated by the quantity of beautiful music > already > in the deceased's ledger. or something like that.) is the following > order > just totally whacko? > > kurt cobain > randy rhoades > mia zapata > james hendrix > bon scott > jim morrison (say what you will, but i think that *L.A. Woman* was far > their best album) > ricky wilson > buddy holly > d. boone > sterling morrison > keith moon > ian curtis > Not a bad list, although you're missing a few, notably Janis Joplin and Tim/Jeff Buckley. Also, while I was never much of a fan of her music, Aaliyah's death was pretty tragic. Now onto the order.... I find it hard not to put Buddy Holly up first by a mile, followed by everyone else. Cobain and Ian Curtis definitely belong near the top, a cut below. Beyond that, I don't really have a quibble beyond points that Eb mentioned in his post. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:13:48 +0000 From: "Matt Sewell" Subject: Re: Sounds kinda Reznorish when I say it out loud... Whatever floats yer boat mate... it's all good. Cheers Matt >From: Eb >>You mean it's like sitting up in bed between Eb and Jeme? > >Personally, I think it's more like sitting up in bed between Rex and >Jeffrey, but that's just me.... > >Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:37:27 -0600 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Makin' a list... On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 02:39:21 -0800, Marc Alberts wrote: > A wonderful human person wrote: > > randy rhoades he contributed anything while alive? > > ricky wilson Maybe... > > buddy holly > > d. boon > > sterling morrison Not to diss his contributions, but he wasn't really musically active when he died, so he doesn't really belong here. > Not a bad list, although you're missing a few, notably Janis Joplin and > Tim/Jeff Buckley Agree on both Buckleys - not Joplin. If she hadn't died, few would care about her music now. A good blues-style belter - but that's about it, and there's plenty of those. I suppose I have to be the one to mention Elliott Smith then. If I were going to edit this list, I'd get rid of most of the older folks who'd already contributed lots - even Lennon and Zappa - and stick with the people who were just beginning to show what they could do. Smith is near the top of that list - and I think Jeff Buckley, had he learned any kind of restraint, could have been as well. Not dead, but might as well be, and should be on this list: Syd Barrett - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:29:49 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Makin' a list... Eb wrote: > > I'd certainly eliminate Ricky Wilson ... no effin' way, Eb. Ricky Wilson's guitar work made the 1980s bearable. The first two albums by The B-52's are absolute masterworks. I cried when I heard that Ricky had died. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:19:12 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: I do do dream you > From: "Stewart C. Russell" > Subject: Re: Around the Suck > > You'll love it. Or not. Right catchy, that. It makes me want to do some kind of 60s dance, like The Shag or something. Gotta love that, what? Empty ballon-squeak solo? A great way to start my Friday. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:29:32 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: I do do dream you Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: > Gotta love that, what? Empty ballon-squeak solo? I think they list it as a "Helium Balloon Solo". No, really. I managed to pick up their new album (Valende) for C$10, and it's quite catchy. Yeah, it's got some slow stuff, but what psych-garage-pop was ever all perfect? There are a couple more tracks of theirs on 3hive: Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:33:28 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: EZT torrent: Yo La Tengo (with Robyn Hitchcock and Sonic Boom) 2000-05-13 Glasgow One that woj missed: I was at this show. It was one of the best shows I've ever been to. I never thought I'd see this online. It's got 'Needle of Death' on it. Need I say more? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:52:43 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Makin' a list... On 4 Feb 2005, at 06:37, Jeff wrote: > I suppose I have to be the one to mention Elliott Smith then. And I suppose I have to be the one to mention Gram Parsons. Cheers! - -g- "Never waste a trip anywhere by coming home without beer." - --Russ Reynolds ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:21:18 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Makin' a list... On Feb 4, 2005, at 1:24 AM, A Wonderful Human Person wrote: > i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in > rock and/or roll? Nick Drake? Lennon and Zappa being two of the obvious ones left out of your original list. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:59:42 -0600 From: Bret Subject: Re: Makin' a list... My list would have to include Jim Ellison. - -b On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:21:18 -0500, Steve Talkowski wrote: > On Feb 4, 2005, at 1:24 AM, A Wonderful Human Person wrote: > > > i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in > > rock and/or roll? > > Nick Drake? > > Lennon and Zappa being two of the obvious ones left out of your > original list. > - -- - --Bret Bolton ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:14:50 -0500 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: Re: Makin' a list... >> Lennon and Zappa being two of the obvious ones left out of your >> original list. The 2 deaths that really make me cringe are John Lennon and Marvin Gaye. Both murdered. Both were getting their second wind. I can only speculate on what their next releases would've been like. - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:48:20 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Makin' a list... > today being (at least in a few time zones, yet) the > anniversary of The Day > The Music Died, i was kinda wondering which were the most > tragic deaths in > rock and/or roll? (defined as the quantity of beautiful > music prevented by > the death -- but being mitigated by the quantity of beautiful > music already > in the deceased's ledger. or something like that.) is the > following order > just totally whacko? > > kurt cobain > randy rhoades > mia zapata > james hendrix > bon scott > jim morrison (say what you will, but i think that *L.A. Woman* was far > their best album) > ricky wilson > buddy holly > d. boone > sterling morrison > keith moon > ian curtis > > tempted to put wesley willis in there somewhere. but maybe, much like > jesus christ, he had accomplished all that he could accomplish in this > lifetime, and was ready to move on. throw gram parsons in if > you must, buti'm pretty lukewarm on that front. Gram Parsons is a must on my list. I would rank him 3rd behind Buddy and Jimi. Not mentioned: Duane Allman, always in the top 5 lists of all-time great guitar players. Probably the greatest electric slide guitar player. Clarence White Otis Redding From the jazz corner: John Coltrane Cheers, Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:56:47 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Makin' a list... > Stewart: > Eb wrote: >> I'd certainly eliminate Ricky Wilson ... > > no effin' way, Eb. Ricky Wilson's guitar work made the 1980s bearable. Damn. Sounds like you had a pretty rough decade. > The first two albums by The B-52's are absolute masterworks. And you don't think they could have found some other guitarist with New Wave/surf influences, who would make those albums practically as good? And do you really think the B-52's would have made further "masterpieces" if Wilson hadn't died? Bah. > I cried when I heard that Ricky had died. I probably drank some Coke. I didn't work very hard on suggesting amendments to Eddie's list -- I definitely should have thought of Gram Parsons. Feeling a bit torn on nominating Coltrane, though. Hrm. Miles Davis could have died in the mid '70s and not robbed us of much...would Coltrane have followed the same arc? I wouldn't put Tim Buckley on the short list, either -- he already had descended into suck by the time he died. I was really sad when Epic Soundtracks and Timmy Taylor died, but I can't imagine there are too many others who felt the same way. :) Onto actors, I suppose.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:11:25 -0500 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: Re: Makin' a list... >Onto actors, I suppose.... > >Eb Jon Erik Hexum from "Voyagers!" my favorite show when I was 12. - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:48:40 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Makin' a list... On Feb 4, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Steve Talkowski wrote: > On Feb 4, 2005, at 1:24 AM, A Wonderful Human Person wrote: > >> i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in >> rock and/or roll? > > Nick Drake? > Agreed. > Lennon and Zappa being two of the obvious ones left out of your > original list. > > Agreed and agreed. I also agree about d boon and Elliot Smith. What about John Bonham and Keith Moon? Their respective bands pretty much died after they did. I'm also surprised nobody mentioned GG Allin. He was on the verge of greatness! - -tc, agreeable today ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:00:15 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Makin' a list... > What about John Bonham and Keith Moon? Their respective bands pretty > much died after they did. > Wasn't Moon on Eddie's original list? It just occured to me that I don't believe anyone has mentioned a biggie: Bob Marley. Eb, wondering whether Matthew Jay would have turned into anyone notable ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:03:06 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Makin' a list... > On Feb 4, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Steve Talkowski wrote: > > > On Feb 4, 2005, at 1:24 AM, A Wonderful Human Person wrote: > > > >> i was kinda wondering which were the most tragic deaths in > >> rock and/or roll? > > > > Nick Drake? > > > > Agreed. > > > Lennon and Zappa being two of the obvious ones left out of your > > original list. > > > > > Agreed and agreed. > > I also agree about d boon and Elliot Smith. > > What about John Bonham and Keith Moon? Their respective bands pretty > much died after they did. > > I'm also surprised nobody mentioned GG Allin. He was on the verge of > greatness! Does Syd count? He exists now in the Roger form only. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:11:02 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Makin' a list... > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Nupp [mailto:nightshadecat@mailbolt.com] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 3:11 PM > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Makin' a list... > > > >Onto actors, I suppose.... F1 race cars drivers would be much easier. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:37:49 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Reap the right thing Ossie Davis, 87 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:03:33 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: reap Max Schmeling, 99 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: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:35:07 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Zoidberg's in charge now! > Well, it's pretty easy to laugh at your elitism toward television, when > you single out shows like Futurama, Family Guy and Star Trek as the > ultimate achievements of the medium. Futurama rules! It is the best show ever! If David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky got together with Roger Dean to do an animated series about robot zombie ninja vampires with a soundtrack penned by Gong, it would only be half as good as Futurama. Futurama is king! And the faster you dorks all realize this, the better the world will be. Inserting girders since 2000, - --Quail (Who uses Fry as an IM icon) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:44:38 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Zoidberg's in charge now! The Great Quail wrote: >> Well, it's pretty easy to laugh at your elitism toward television, >> when >> you single out shows like Futurama, Family Guy and Star Trek as the >> ultimate achievements of the medium. > > Futurama rules! It is the best show ever! It ain't even as good as WONDERAMA. ;) > --Quail (Who uses Fry as an IM icon) I know, I know, I know. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:46:50 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Speaking of premature deaths... ...here is the AllMusic bio of "Mayhem." Eb Formed around 1985 by Necrobutcher and guitarist Euronymous (born Oystein Aarseth), Mayhem was the first death metal band from Norway to make much of an impact in their homeland, which in the early '90s developed a burgeoning underground scene rife with violent, sometimes anti-Christian activity -- as evidenced by Mayhem's non-musical history. Drummer Hellhammer , who at one time worked in a mental hospital, is the only remaining member of the band's prime-period lineup. Lead vocalist Dead committed suicide in 1991 (two years after joining the band) by shooting himself in the head; Hellhammer made a necklace using some of his skull fragments, and Euronymous reportedly cooked and ate pieces of Dead 's brain. Euronymous , in turn, was stabbed to death while in his underwear on August 10, 1993, by the band's bass player, Count Grishnackh (born Christian Vikernes). Grishnackh 's alleged motive was jealousy over the fact that Euronymous had a more evil reputation; he inflicted 23 separate wounds, it was also rumored, so as to outdo rival band Emperor 's drummer, Faust , who was convicted in the stabbing death of a homosexual acquaintance. When police arrested Grishnackh , they found over 150 kg of stolen dynamite in his house, complete with a plan to blow up a large church on a religious holiday. Grishnackh went on to pursue his electronic-influenced project Burzum while in prison; meanwhile, Euronymous ' parents requested that his bass tracks be erased from Mayhem's 1994 album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas , (which featured session vocalist Attila Csihar ). Still, thanks to growing worldwide interest in Norwegian death metal, Mayhem product has continued to appear on the shelves into the next century. Hellhammer also put together a new Mayhem lineup, which has toured sporadically. During one such tour in 2003, a concert-goer in Norway received a fractured skull as a sheep head flew from the stage while band member Blasphemer was cutting the head away from the torso. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:51:18 -0600 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Zoidberg's in charge now! On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:35:07 -0500, The Great Quail wrote: > > Well, it's pretty easy to laugh at your elitism toward television, when > > you single out shows like Futurama, Family Guy and Star Trek as the > > ultimate achievements of the medium. > > Futurama rules! It is the best show ever! If David Lynch and Andrei > Tarkovsky got together with Roger Dean to do an animated series about robot > zombie ninja vampires with a soundtrack penned by Gong, it would only be > half as good as Futurama. Futurama is king! And the faster you dorks all > realize this, the better the world will be. While I wouldn't go that far, rereading Eb's words above make me wonder: what exactly do the three shows mentioned have in common? I mean, obviously, two of them are animated, two of them are sorta SF, uh-and two of them feature fat guys...hmm...two of them have at times featured small but unexpectedly destructive characters... Oh. All three may be considered to appeal to "geeks." That must be it. Subtext! - -- ...Jeff, who watches some shows on TV but doesn't watch TV - that is, I watch the shows rather than randomly surf just to have the TV on. I do, however, randomly type just to have words on the computer. The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:13:38 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: Speaking of premature deaths... On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:46:50 -0800, Eb wrote: > ...here is the AllMusic bio of "Mayhem." > Dude. So what, AMG now lets you search by what bodily organs of band members were consumed by other bandmembers? This was very useful information indeed. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:01:35 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: My Personal 5 Most tragic deaths 1. The Genius Jimi Hendrix, who had so much more to do and say 2. The Prophet Bob Marley, who was still evolving in amazing new directions 3. Kurt Cobain, who was just starting out 4. Frank Zappa, who was beginning to expand into classical in such a lovely way 5. King Tubby, who should have been around for the digital era ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:22:18 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: My Personal 5 Most tragic deaths > 1. The Genius Jimi Hendrix, who had so much more to do and say > 2. The Prophet Bob Marley, who was still evolving in amazing new directions > 3. Kurt Cobain, who was just starting out > 4. Frank Zappa, who was beginning to expand into classical in such a lovely > way > 5. King Tubby, who should have been around for the digital era I forget: which one's dead, Milli or Vanilli? And let's not forget Falco, John Denver, and the Fat Boy Who Even If He Wasn't Fatter Than the Other Two At Least Had Clogged-er Arteries. And of course our good pal Bloodhammer from Mayhem. Seriously, though: Waylon Jennings. And Cash. He was older than the hills, but somehow it seemed like he would always be around. There were some slight diminishing returns over his last four records, but they're overall a helluva body of work. I'm still kinda bummed about Quine. And Zevon, although we know that was coming. And the Ramones, all dropping like that in such a short time... Uplifting thread, y'all! - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #30 *******************************