From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #134 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, May 29 2005 Volume 14 : Number 134 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Matthew Seligman Discography ["Brian Nupp" ] RE: Matthew Seligman Discography ["Bachman, Michael" ] RE: green acres reap ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: green acres reap [Eb ] Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) [Eb Subject: Matthew Seligman Discography Hey fegs, I'm working on Matthew Seligman's discography. It occurred to me he's played on many many recordings, but is fairly unknown for his work. I have a list of over 70 items so far, but if you know of anything out of the ordinary that he's played on, please pipe up! There's so much stuff sometimes he doesn't even remember! I have been informed of a few things Matthew worked on with Robyn that I didn't know existed. This is fairly exciting news for collectors like myself. Maureen and the Meatpackers - - ok we all knew about this, but I didn't know Seligman played on it. I know for a fact a single exists (Zip Zip), but it is an incredibly rare test pressing. If anyone has the date or stock # please share. Le Slow: "In The Mood For Love" single. - - I don't know if Robyn plays on this, but he definately wrote the song. Matthew co-wrote the B-side "A Moral Tale" The 45 is from 1983. I just ordered a copy on gemm.com. There is one still available there. The Peking Robot - - I can find nothing about this! It was a side project of Robyn's that Matthew was involved with. Anyone? Anyone? OK. So how's that for some geeky Robyn content? - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 13:28:05 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Matthew Seligman Discography Nuppy wrote: >Maureen and the Meatpackers >- ok we all knew about this, but I didn't know Seligman played on it. >I know for a fact a single exists (Zip Zip), but it is an incredibly >rare test pressing. If anyone has the date or stock # please share. I wonder what would have happened if Martha & the Muffins opened up for Maureen and the Meatpackers, so to speak? Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 13:43:54 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) Saw my first Decemberists show last night at Warsaw (Polish National Home by day) in Bklyn and, WOW, what an amazing show, all for the low price of $18.00!! (ok, $26 including Ticketbastard charges) Thought I was gonna fall asleep during Rebecca Gates somber opening act, most likely due to filling up on the Warsaw Special (keilbasa and pierogi's for $5.00 no less) Fortunately, the Decemberists came out at 10pm and set the pace for a very uplifting and exciting 2 hours. It was the last show of the current tour and they were in very fine form. Colin Meloy's voice doesn't grate on me as much as I thought it would. Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. I'm unfamiliar with a few of their earlier songs, but I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy every single song played last night. I've been digging Picaresque for the past few months and they covered the majority of it. The encore concluded with the extremely high-rock theatre, The Tain. Now I have to finagle a ticket for the Central Park Summerstage show, wheCe!ahey'll be playing with Death Cab for Cutie and Stars. - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:34:01 -0500 (CDT) From: adams@boutell.com Subject: RE: Matthew Seligman Discography > I wonder what would have happened if Martha & the Muffins opened up for > Maureen and the Meatpackers, so to speak? > > Michael B. make it a triple bill with Mike and the Mechanics. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:05:47 -0700 From: Jason Brown Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) > Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. You can download an MP3 of her doing the same cover at another show here: http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3.php But hurry the track will likely be gone by the end of the weekend! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:08:49 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) Steve Talkowski wrote: > > The encore concluded with the extremely high-rock theatre, The Tain. They played The Tain?! Wow, they don't usually. cheers, Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:29:12 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) Steve wrote: >Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. Wow, when can we expect Petra to record "Petra Sings The Dreaming"? Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:59:52 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) Steve writes, > The encore concluded with the extremely high-rock > theatre, The Tain. I was also at this show -- incredible! (As were former Fegs LJ Lindhurst, Scary Mary, and Tim Reed.) I've seen the Decemberists four times now, and this was hands-down the best. And "The Tain" rocked.... As if REM covered a version of "Supper's Ready" re-written by Jethro Tull, with Jeff Mangum conducting and Uncle Robyn smiling on indulgently as he casually flips through a book of Black Sabbath album covers. Oh yes. Colin also did the "everyone get low to the ground" thing during "Chimbley Sweep." And the kielbasas rocked. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 16:36:06 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: green acres reap Eddie Albert, a robust 99. He must have just seen the remake of "The Longest Yard." Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:48:13 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: RE: green acres reap >From: "Michael Wells" >Subject: green acres reap >Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 16:36:06 -0500 >Eddie Albert, a robust 99. He must have just seen the remake of "The >Longest Yard." I will remember him most fondly for his role in The Devil's Rain. Imdb has his birthdate as 1908. Max ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:00:39 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: green acres reap > I will remember him most fondly for his role in The Devil's Rain. Imdb > has his birthdate as 1908. IMDB mentions he was the narrator of "The Lorax." Aww. Didn't remember that. The most emotionally affecting of all the Seuss specials. This week's musical discovery is...Deerhoof! Damn, why didn't I bother to investigate this group before? Really interesting, distinctive stuff. Eb LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The two surviving members of The Who are producing a documentary about the British rock band's turbulent history, an ongoing 40-year saga of death, drugs and timeless tunes. Guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey have joined forces on the feature-length project with Murray Lerner, an Oscar-winning documentary director who first filmed the band during the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. Tentatively titled "My Generation: Who's Still Who" -- a reference to their breakthrough 1965 hit "My Generation" -- the film is scheduled to come out next year. Lerner said there are plans for a theatrical release, a CD and a multi-disc DVD set. "There will be very unusual stuff, hopefully, that never was seen before," Lerner told Reuters. "We're looking for material like fights between them, on and off the stage, unruly fans that make it difficult, weird incidents on the stage, interviews with ex-wives and girlfriends." To that end, the filmmakers have set up a Web site, http://www.thewhomovie.com, seeking material from fans. The Who previously released a documentary, "The Kids Are Alright," in 1979. While "Kids" featured vintage and new performance clips, and amusing TV interviews, the new film will be more ambitious. "I'm going to try and put you in another world that almost smacks of ... science fiction," Lerner said. "I'm doing something like an opera. ... I'm going to play around with stylizing interview voices that change into music and back." Half of the original band will not be able to participate: drummer Keith Moon died of a drug overdose in 1978, while bassist John Entwistle succumbed to a cocaine-related heart attack in 2002. The Who formed in the early 1960s, winning attention for their costly habit of smashing their equipment at each show. When Townshend and Daltrey weren't pummeling each other and Moon wasn't causing drunken mayhem, the band recorded hit singles, innovative rock operas, and classic albums like "Tommy" and "Who's Next." "They brought important ideas to music in a way that they felt was different from anybody else, and also they participated with their audience in a way that was different from other rock groups," Lerner said. "They were part of their audience." The Who plan to renew that bond by touring next year, Lerner said. They also have been working for years on a follow-up to their last studio album, 1982's "It's Hard." At the behest of the Who's managers, Lerner will examine the tragic concert at Cincinnati in 1979, when 11 people were trampled to death before the Who took the stage. Lerner is developing his final script and design concepts, and will then undertake the interviews. He won an Academy Award in 1981 for his documentary "From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China," and has just finished a film study of late jazz icon Miles Davis, "Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue." Also on board as producers of the Who film are Nigel Sinclair and Guy East of independent movie company Spitfire Pictures, and Who managers Bill Curbishley and Robert Rosenberg. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 16:23:48 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) >> Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. > > You can download an MP3 of her doing the same cover at another show > here: > http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3.php Jeez. Surprisingly weak vocal. Sounds like she should have had them play it in a slightly lower key. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:27:49 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) On May 27, 2005, at 7:23 PM, Eb wrote: >>> Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. >>> >> >> You can download an MP3 of her doing the same cover at another >> show here: >> http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3.php >> > > Jeez. Surprisingly weak vocal. Sounds like she should have had them > play it in a slightly lower key. This particular version, yes. Last night she was more on key. - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 21:55:31 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) On 5/27/05, Eb wrote: > >> Petra Haden belts out Wuthering Heights. Goosebumps ensue. > > > > You can download an MP3 of her doing the same cover at another show > > here: > > http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3.php > > Jeez. Surprisingly weak vocal. Sounds like she should have had them > play it in a slightly lower key. Yep - a bit out of her range. As are most Kate Bush songs, for most creatures who aren't bats or something. I wonder if she got the knack of singing it, or if in later shows they transposed it down a key or two. Oh: is she actually a member of the band now, or has she just been guesting? - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 06:40:31 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) Jeff wrote: > > Oh: is she actually a member of the band now, or has she just been guesting? Yes, Petra and John are official Decemberists, since Rachel left: Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:45:22 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: Kielbasa, Pierogi, and Wuthering Heights (No RH) i had a ticket to that decemberists show at warsaw but meredith scored us tickets to a sneak preview of "serenity" so that won out (yes, it's very good). still kinda bummed to have missed the december people, especially after hearing about the show. (the tain! *whine*) if anyone missed the wutthering heights mp3, i made one from the npr webcast of their show at the 9:30 club. the raw realaudio is here: http://www.smoe.org/woj/decemberists2005-005-06-Wuthering_Heights.rm and the transcoded mp3 is here: http://www.smoe.org/woj/decemberists2005-005-06-Wuthering_Heights.mp3 apparently, she was sick during the tour, so i chalked up her, um, unorthodox rendition to that but maybe it's just not possible for anyone other than KaTe (and happy rhodes) to reach that kind of vocal heights.... woj p.s. deerhoof! woo! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #134 ********************************