From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #220 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, September 12 2005 Volume 14 : Number 220 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #217 [M R Godwin ] Re: My Hero du jour ["Brian Nupp" ] [none] ["paul" ] Re: My Hero du jour [Jeff ] Reap [Eb ] Random notes [Eb ] Re: Random notes [Tom Clark ] Re: Random [Eb ] Re: Random notes [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Random [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Random notes [Eb ] Re: Random notes [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Random [Eb ] Fwd: shameless ebay plug (Robyn Related) [Bret ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:15:48 +0100 From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #217 Quoting fegmaniax-digest : > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:46:27 -0700 > From: "michael wells" > Subject: reap > > Fellow guitarists might be sad to learn of the early passing of Eric Roche, > astounding Irish fingerstyle guitarist. Truly an innovator and one of the > best of his generation. Look up his music at www.ericroche.com > > > > > Michael > * I went to a wonderful tribute gig for Eric Roche featuring Martin Taylor, Gordon Giltrap, Aziz Ibrahim and Dalbir Singh Rattan, Benny Gallagher from Gallagher and Lyle and many others. I will report back when I get the tribute CD, which is available on Eric's website. - - Mike Godwin n.p. Family, Hung Up Down ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:44:53 -0400 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: Re: My Hero du jour >On 9/10/05, FSThomas wrote: >ld_o.htm> > >> Smart guy. And articulate. I 2nd the sarcasm. Wow, I have mixed feelings with this story. At 1st I was like "yeah, here's one for the people..." but then I started getting upset thinking how Dick was actually there trying to bring (slight) order to this mess and this guy comes in to create potentially more chaos. I do not respect that. - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:51:40 -0700 From: "paul" Subject: [none] Fellow fegs, Wow. Composing my first post-millennium email to the group. Nobody lurks better or as long as my wikid self. I was at the show Thursday night in PDX, even got to hang with my fave musicians, Robyn, Scott McCaughey, and Mssr. Buck. I drank their booze. I didn't get to play any music with him, but I enjoyed throwing in suggestions for the set list. He nixed both of mine; Allright Yeah (which he said is better with Harvey Danger Mouse)and Heliotrope(exquisite tuning wouldn't work on such short notice). He did do Trains as Colin had hoped, and even got a shout out. Woo! Colin couldn't get himself to come up during Robyn's set, so no collaboration. Side note: Colin is rumored to be guesting on the forthcoming Minus 5 rekird, we'll see. You didn't hear it from me. ;-) My how things have changed since Colin and I were playing Airscape for the Glass Flesh cassette.. He heh. The kid hasn't changed though really. Very humble still and he still owes me big time. ;-) Doesn't answer the cell as much, rushing here and there. All too busty for me. Somebody mentioned how appalling it was that Robyn opened for Colin, and let it be known, Colin felt the same way. Promoters insisted. Chris Heintz, great meeting you at the show, and for drinks, as well as Jeme, Gnat, and the rest of you old-timers. That was fun, but I think I got a bit overzealous with the booze and may have been slurring words.. Oh well. A shout out to Bayard (keeper of the cheese), woj and JB Jones (where were you?). Next post, 2010. Uncle Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:40:25 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: My Hero du jour On 9/11/05, Brian Nupp wrote: > >On 9/10/05, FSThomas wrote: > > >ld_o.htm> > > > >> Smart guy. And articulate. > Wow, I have mixed feelings with this story. At 1st I was like "yeah, > here's one for the people..." but then I started getting upset > thinking how Dick was actually there trying to bring (slight) order > to this mess and this guy comes in to create potentially more chaos. > I do not respect that. I'm sure there breathe many more cynical souls than I, but still I must confess: I don't think that's why Our Nation's Head Dick was there. I think he was doing damage control, yes - but concerning the damage to his invisibly-vacationing-like-the-rest-of-his-administratino reputation rather than the damage from Katrina. I mean, his showing up then would definitely be a case of too little, too late. - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:21:43 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Reap BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Clarence ''Gatemouth'' Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81. Brown, who had been battling lung cancer and heart disease, was in ill health for the past year, said Rick Cady, his booking agent. Cady said the musician was with his family at his brother's house when he died. Brown's home in Slidell, La., a bedroom community of New Orleans, was destroyed by Katrina, Cady said. ''He was completely devastated,'' Cady said. ''I'm sure he was heartbroken, both literally and figuratively. He evacuated successfully before the hurricane hit, but I'm sure it weighed heavily on his soul.'' Although his career first took off in the 1940s with blues hits ''Okie Dokie Stomp'' and ''Ain't That Dandy,'' Brown bristled when he was labeled a bluesman. In the second half of his career, he became known as a musical jack- of-all-trades who played a half-dozen instruments and culled from jazz, country, Texas blues, and the zydeco and Cajun music of his native Louisiana. By the end of his career, Brown had more than 30 recordings and won a Grammy award in 1982. ''I'm so unorthodox, a lot of people can't handle it,'' Brown said in a 2001 interview. Brown's versatility came partly from a childhood spent in the musical mishmash of southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. He was born in Vinton, La., and grew up in Orange, Texas. Brown often said he learned to love music from his father, a railroad worker who sang and played fiddle in a Cajun band. Brown, who was dismissive of most of his contemporary blues players, named his father as his greatest musical influence. ''If I can make my guitar sound like his fiddle, then I know I've got it right,'' Brown said. Cady said Brown was quick-witted, ''what some would call a 'codger.''' Brown started playing fiddle by age 5. At 10, he taught himself an odd guitar picking style he used all his life, dragging his long, bony fingers over the strings. In his teens, Brown toured as a drummer with swing bands and was nicknamed ''Gatemouth'' for his deep voice. After a brief stint in the Army, he returned in 1945 to Texas, where he was inspired by blues guitarist T-Bone Walker. Brown's career took off in 1947 when Walker became ill and had to leave the stage at a Houston nightclub. The club owner invited Brown to sing, but Brown grabbed Walker's guitar and thrilled the crowd by tearing through ''Gatemouth Boogie'' -- a song he claimed to have made up on the spot. He made dozens of recordings in the 1940s and '50s, including many regional hits -- ''Okie Dokie Stomp,'' ''Boogie Rambler,'' and ''Dirty Work at the Crossroads.'' But he became frustrated by the limitations of the blues and began carving a new career by recording albums that featured jazz and country songs mixed in with the blues numbers. ''He is one of the most underrated guitarists, musicians and arrangers I've ever met, an absolute prodigy,'' said Colin Walters, who is working on Brown's biography. ''He is truly one of the most gifted musicians out there. ''He never wanted to be called a bluesman, but I used to tell him that though he may not like the blues, he does the blues better than anyone,'' added Walters. ''He inherited the legacy of great bluesmen like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, but he took what they did and made it better.'' Brown -- who performed in cowboy boots, cowboy hat and Western-style shirts -- lived in Nashville in the early 1960s, hosting an R&B television show and recording country singles. In 1979, he and country guitarist Roy Clark recorded ''Makin' Music,'' an album that included blues and country songs and a cover of the Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington classic ''Take the A-Train.'' Brown recorded with Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and others, but he took a dim view of most musicians -- and blues guitarists in particular. He called B.B. King one-dimensional. He dismissed his famous Texas blues contemporaries Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland as clones of T-Bone Walker, whom many consider the father of modern Texas blues. ''All those guys always tried to sound like T-Bone,'' Brown said. Survivors include three daughters and a son. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:38:02 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Random notes Saw the Wilco documentary "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" last night. Interesting, though it almost HAD to be interesting since the filmmakers lucked out in witnessing such juicy developments (being dropped by the label, bitter split with bandmate). And while I have nothing but respect for the band's experimental spirit, Tweedy's homely, dishwater-boring voice still singlehandedly prevents me from enjoying the group. That guy just doesn't attract me in any way -- I don't even like *watching* him sing, with that oddly pinched, chipmunk face of his. It's like he's afraid to exert himself any further while singing, because his face just might *pop* with the stress. I didn't think there was much artistic justification for doing the film in B&W, either. Cheap shortcut to "artiness." But...certainly worth seeing. Two other good films I saw during the past week or so: "Mystic River" and made-for-HBO "Wit." Anyone see what Beck did/sang during that MTV hurricane concert/ telethon yesterday? I couldn't bear to sit through all the other mediocrities (nothing worse than crummy bands trying to be "intimate and heavy"), so I bailed out early. I had a creepy dream last night that, somehow, running exertion had badly mutated my right foot. I suddenly had eight toes, and their lengths were all irregular. And pieces of my foot seemed like they could be easily pulled off, like tearing off a dinner roll from a joined package of eight. It was nice to wake up and be comforted by the sight of the real thing. That is all I have to say, at this time. Buy war bonds. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:03:42 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Random notes On Sep 11, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Eb wrote: > Saw the Wilco documentary "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" last > night. Interesting, though it almost HAD to be interesting since > the filmmakers lucked out in witnessing such juicy developments > (being dropped by the label, bitter split with bandmate). And while > I have nothing but respect for the band's experimental spirit, > Tweedy's homely, dishwater-boring voice still singlehandedly > prevents me from enjoying the group. That guy just doesn't attract > me in any way -- I don't even like *watching* him sing, with that > oddly pinched, chipmunk face of his. It's like he's afraid to exert > himself any further while singing, because his face just might > *pop* with the stress. > > I didn't think there was much artistic justification for doing the > film in B&W, either. Cheap shortcut to "artiness." > > But...certainly worth seeing. I think I like Wilco just a tiny bit more than you do, but just slightly. I definitely came away from that film thinking how lucky the filmmaker was to be documenting all that unexpected turmoil. > > Anyone see what Beck did/sang during that MTV hurricane concert/ > telethon yesterday? I couldn't bear to sit through all the other > mediocrities (nothing worse than crummy bands trying to be > "intimate and heavy"), so I bailed out early. I just fast-forwarded through whatever was in the tivo buffer. Didn't see Beck, but I liked the Foo Fighters' cover of "Born on The Bayou". - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:33:57 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Random Tom Clark wrote: > I think I like Wilco just a tiny bit more than you do, but just > slightly. I definitely came away from that film thinking how lucky > the filmmaker was to be documenting all that unexpected turmoil. And yet they didn't even capture all of it. Seemed clear that Tweedy must have apologetically told the filmmaker, "Look, I really don't think it's cool to film me telling Jay he's out of the band, y'know?" So, instead, we only see the aftermath. And if there were any blow-up fights during that period, those weren't shown either. Just a couple of moments of passive-aggressive tension. I liked the scene where Tweedy was meeting the industry weasels, and one of them noodgily inquires whether the new album will sound more like "AM" or like "Summerteeth." Heh. Little did they know.... >> Anyone see what Beck did/sang during that MTV hurricane concert/ >> telethon yesterday? I couldn't bear to sit through all the other >> mediocrities (nothing worse than crummy bands trying to be >> "intimate and heavy"), so I bailed out early. > > I just fast-forwarded through whatever was in the tivo buffer. > Didn't see Beck, but I liked the Foo Fighters' cover of "Born on > The Bayou". Mmm, you may be confusing your stark, ponderous "event telethons." The Foo Fighters were in that hourlong "Shelter from the Storm" telethon two days ago...not in the four-hour MTV thing yesterday, right? But yes, I saw the Foos performance and it was excellent. I wonder why John Fogerty didn't do the telethon himself, though -- I mean, *two* CCR songs in the show? Maybe he was rated too much of a has-been. Oh, OK. I just read on the Web that Beck sang "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes," the song he recorded for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (coincidentally, another film which I just saw within the past week or so). If anyone sees a .mpg on the Web somewhere, post the link. I also see that the Goo Goo Dolls covered...SUPERTRAMP? Bizarre. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:10:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Random notes Eb wrote: > Two other good films I saw during the past week or so: > "Mystic River" I liked this movie, though I thought that Bacon's performace was easily the strongest (though least showy) of the three main stars. So, of course, Penn and Robbins won the Oscars. (I'll even go so far as to say that I think Tim Robbins, while okay in the movie, is probably better in almost all of the rest of this movies that I've scene; way too mannered). > and made-for-HBO "Wit." I belive that is "W;t." > Anyone see what Beck did/sang during that MTV hurricane > concert/telethon yesterday? I couldn't bear to sit > through all the other mediocrities (nothing worse than > crummy bands trying to be "intimate and heavy"), so I > bailed out early. I didn't even know it was on until I channel surfed to the last 25 seconds or so of Trent Reznor doing "Hurt." Not that I recognized his face. Then Sheryl Crow showed up and I fled. You can catch some of the highlights and "highlights" here: http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/react_now/series.jhtml Beck is featured doing "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes." Probably best to avoid Motley Crue pairing with one of the Linkin Park guys doing (presumably) "Home Sweet Home." Or the (sadly) large quantity of songs less appealing than that. I think of the 25 or so clips, I watched 7 or 8, depending on whether you count my bailing on the crappy performance of "Waiting on a Friend" by the Jagger-Richards-Watts Orchestra. Neil Young closes the show with "Walking to New Orleans," appropriately enough, joined by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Watch the Hurricane Katrina Shelter From The Storm concert http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/shelter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:16:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Random Eb wrote: > I also see that the Goo Goo Dolls covered...SUPERTRAMP? > Bizarre. They also released it as a single a few years back. Even featured it a couple commercials, I believe. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:34:33 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Random notes >> Two other good films I saw during the past week or so: >> "Mystic River" > > I liked this movie, though I thought that Bacon's > performace was easily the strongest (though least showy) of > the three main stars. So, of course, Penn and Robbins won > the Oscars. (I'll even go so far as to say that I think Tim > Robbins, while okay in the movie, is probably better in > almost all of the rest of this movies that I've scene; way > too mannered). I liked Robbins, but I also was a bit puzzled that Penn won for this role. At least, in comparison with some of his other roles which *didn't* win. For instance, he was amazing in Dead Man Walking. Can't recall who beat him, *that* year. > You can catch some of the highlights and "highlights" here: > http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/react_now/series.jhtml The MTV/VH1 sites are notoriously Mac-incompatible. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:03:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Random notes Eb wrote: > >> (I'll even go so far as to say that I think Tim > > Robbins, while okay in [Mystic River], is probably > > better in almost all of the rest of this movies that > > I've scene; way too mannered). > > I liked Robbins, but I also was a bit puzzled that Penn > won for this role. At least, in comparison with some of > his other roles which *didn't* win. For instance, he was > amazing in Dead Man Walking. Can't recall who beat him, > *that* year. Nicolas Cage for "Leaving Las Vegas." Penn was better, but Cage winning is defensible. Certainly better than two of the other three nominees (Richard Dreyfus in that cloying turd "Mr. Holland's Opus" and Anthony Hopkins in "Nixon"; I never say "Il Postino" so I can't say anything about Massimo Troisi, though didn't he die making the movie, like right after the last shot was finished; good way to make sure you get nominated I suppose, though it would cut into your ability to enjoy any post-Oscar career bounce). > > You can catch some of the highlights and "highlights" > > here: > > http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/react_now/series.jhtml > > The MTV/VH1 sites are notoriously Mac-incompatible. Ah. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Watch the Hurricane Katrina Shelter From The Storm concert http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/shelter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:29:00 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Random >> Oh, OK. I just read on the Web that Beck sang "Everybody's Gotta >> Learn Sometimes," the song he recorded for "Eternal Sunshine of the >> Spotless Mind" (coincidentally, another film which I just saw within >> the past week or so). If anyone sees a .mpg on the Web somewhere, >> post the link. > > Like here, for instance? beck.mp3> 1. That's a mp3, not a mpg. 2. That's not the telethon version. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:11:47 -0500 From: Bret Subject: Fwd: shameless ebay plug (Robyn Related) still getting the hang of gmail. this reply went to eb only. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bret Date: Sep 8, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: Re: shameless ebay plug (Robyn Related) To: Eb hehe. Just downsizing everything here. ALl the CD's are stored digitaly on a PC and played via Tivo, the cats knocked off my turntable a year ago, and I never replaced it. I've finally duplicated everything on CD, I don't have the room for it all. - -b On 9/8/05, Eb wrote: > > Bret wrote: > > I'm dumping my entire collection (1500 or so records) on ebay > > Did you find religion, a woman or an iPod? > > Eb > - -- - --Bret Bolton - -- - --Bret Bolton ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #220 ********************************