From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #221 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, September 13 2005 Volume 14 : Number 221 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Portland [Jill Brand ] Re: Portland [Tom Clark ] Re: Random [Tom Clark ] Re: Random [Jeff ] I see a band name [Jill Brand ] And Mr. Davies says [Jill Brand ] Re: I see a band name [Eb ] Re: I see a band name [Steve Talkowski ] Re: I see a band name [Eb ] Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis ["Hurricane Jesus" ] Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis [Sebastian Hagedorn ] RE: The ten phases of Gloster-itis ["Bachman, Michael" ] American Television FYI [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:56:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Portland The Portland show was a trip, and the Portland trip was a trip as well. Great city, great people, great concert. It was amazing to meet people with whom I have been corresponding through this list and/or the Decemberists list and to see a show at the unfortunatley underattended Crystal Ballroom, although Jeme tells me that it is so cavernous that it always looks partially empty. I was particularly jazzied up (my Junie B. Jones reference for the day) because I had watched the first half of the Pats/Raiders game on a movie screen in an old church turned bar/theater (and the second half at the bar downstairs from the Crystal - there were Pats fans everywhere!!!! but I digress). After two days of running around touristing (Mount Hood, Reed College, the bus mall, Powell's Books, etc.), it was time to get down to the business of seeing two of my favorite performers on the same night. It was delightful to hear Robyn's voice sounding clear and sonorous. IODOT was really beautiful, as was Birdshead (with band). Robyn said that he was doing Uncorrected Personality Traits for the oldsters in the group. I felt recognized ;-0. His banter was limited but humorous. I hope someone can post a setlist (I'm hopeless at this), but some of the songs (other than the ones mentioned) were Birdshead, SEA-TAC, and Queen of Eyes. I was really sorry that there was no encore. Paul (thanks for coming over and saying hi to me) wrote of his ne'er-do-well nephew: "Somebody mentioned how appalling it was that Robyn opened for Colin, and let it be known, Colin felt the same way. Promoters insisted." Just so you all know (Decemberists apologist that I am), it was apparent that Colin felt the same way. He looked almost shaken when he hit the stage, and after the first or second song, he said that he was "in total awe" of Robyn. It was either then or later that he asked the audience to give Robyn a hand. He also talked about how being in the dressing room with Robyn, REM members, and Scott was like a wet dream he would have had when he was 15. The funny thing is that I had just said almost the exact same thing to Natalie about how Colin must have felt backstage (wet dream and all) minutes before. Oh yeah, TC, gnat says "Fuck you." One highlight of the evening was going to this bizarro restaurant called Montage (right?) at about 1 a.m. The portions are enormous, and the leftovers are returned to you in enormous tin foil creations (Reverend Chris got a giant crab; my friend Miriam got a lily in a vase). When people order "oyster shooters", the waiter announces it in a booming voice for all to hear. All I had was a margarita (I can't really eat in the middle of the night), but it was good. We (Chris, Miriam, and I) returned to Miriam's and settled in after 3 a.m. Miriam's alarm clock went off at about 4:15 a.m. so that we could get Chris off to the airport. I really hate operating on no sleep, but this was worth every extra wrinkle that I now have on my face. But I'm back in Boston now, working through my kids' dance and soccer schedules, printing out my Boston University start-up meeting information (large groan), and trying to act my age. Maybe we'll go to a restaurant for an early-bird special. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:43:06 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Portland On Sep 12, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Jill Brand wrote: > Oh yeah, TC, gnat says "Fuck you." *Swoon* Portland feg-meets are definitely a wicked pissa; wish I could've been there. - -tc np - Preston School of Industry - "All This Sounds Gas" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:45:56 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Random On Sep 11, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Eb wrote: > > >>> 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? The past couple weeks are a blur, charity-wise. Which song did Jerry Lewis cover? Oh wait... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:10:58 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Random On 9/12/05, Tom Clark wrote: > The past couple weeks are a blur, charity-wise. Which song did Jerry > Lewis cover? Either "Fuck tha Police" or "Great Balls of Fire." - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:40:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: I see a band name Jeff wrote: >Richard Dreyfus in that cloying >turd "Mr. Holland's Opus" Cloying Turd. Definitely. A great name for a band. So, Eb dear, how did you like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (and where have you been, anyway?)? I've seen three Charlie Kaufman (sp?) movies and have loved all of them. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:44:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: And Mr. Davies says I know that some of you are Kinks fans, so I thought I'd send this for you to check out: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1768247_1,00.html Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:22:02 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: I see a band name > So, Eb dear, how did you like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind > (and where have you been, anyway?)? Where have I been? I suspect the more common question would be, "Why won't you go away?" I thought the pre-credits sequence of Eternal Sunshine was exquisitely written. It seems awfully hard to write a convincing chance-meeting/romantic-connection scene -- I want to scream every time I see yet anotheranotheranother cute-meet based on Someone Dropping Something and Someone Else Bending Down to Help -- and the Eternal Sunshine version was as fresh and believable as any such scene I've seen. At that point, I thought the movie might really connect with me on an emotional level. But then...that connection gradually petered out. The plot seemed based on a very simple idea ("if lightning strikes once, it'll strike again"), but the film just piled on elaboration after elaboration to put across this simple idea. By the end, the whole middle portion just seemed like cinematic flash which didn't really advance the film's emotional content. It was certainly a highly imaginative screenplay, but I'm not sure it added up to much as a whole. I liked "Adaptation" more. I've been seeing a lot of movies at night lately (summer-rerun season, etc.), and Eternal Sunshine was probably the best one which I haven't directly endorsed on the list. But...ehh, only a B+. ;) Next up: I watched the first 20 minutes or so of "Le Corbeau" (http:// www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00014K5Y6) last night, and I think I'm really going to like this one. In other news, I have a most traumatic birthday coming up on 9/30, and I think everyone should send me baubles from my Amazon wishlist. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:45:23 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: I see a band name On Sep 12, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Eb wrote: > In other news, I have a most traumatic birthday coming up on 9/30, > and I think everyone should send me baubles from my Amazon > wishlist. ;) Let's see... according the the Tiger dictionary: bauble |KbC4bIl| |K bIbIl| |K bIKb(I)l| noun 1 a small, showy trinket or decoration. b" figurative; something of no importance or worth. 2 historical; a baton formerly used as an emblem by jesters. ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French baubel bchild's toy,b of unknown origin. So, that latter then? ;) - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:50:42 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: I see a band name Steve Talkowski wrote: >> In other news, I have a most traumatic birthday coming up on 9/30, >> and I think everyone should send me baubles from my Amazon >> wishlist. ;) >> > Let's see... according the the Tiger dictionary: > > bauble |KbC4bIl| |K bIbIl| |K bIKb(I)l| > noun > 1 a small, showy trinket or decoration. > b" figurative; something of no importance or worth. > 2 historical; a baton formerly used as an emblem by jesters. > ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French baubel bchild's toy,b of > unknown origin. > > So, that latter then? ;) Sure. The more jingles, the better. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:09:57 -0700 From: "Hurricane Jesus" Subject: Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis gag. i hated that movie so fucking much i'll probably never ever watch another eastwood-directed picture. i had a dream that fred couples was winning the u.s. open, with only a few holes left to play; and that, as it was taking place in the seattle area, the gallery was going apeshit. i was alternately in the gallery, and home watching on teevee. far from creepy, true. but when your reality is the current state of husky football, who needs creepy dreams? so, mildly disappointed with both *The Woods* and *Twin Cinema*, but am convinced that the records in question contain both acts' best songs. "Entertain": corin's vocals have never been more ferocious. couple that with the lyrics and the music, and it may be the most raw and vital slab-o'-sound since...i dunno, *In Utero*? (in fact, i can't imagine why "Jumpers" is the first video. a video for "Entertain" could rip MTV wide open like nothing since "Teen Spirit". or is it just me?) "The Bleeding Heart Show": while nobody but nobody gets the groove on as excitingly as the pornographers do in their song-closing mini-jams (hear also "Only Divine Right" and "Miss Teen Wordpower", for example), the "hey la"s elevate the jam portion of the song to the level of sublime. quote of the moment (from ): "You could survive for two weeks just on Tang." but be careful, kids, as, "TANG. Drink mix is intended to be a food product and Kraft Foods does not advocate its use for any other purpose." KEN "Don't drag me down" THE KENSTER ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:03:26 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis Hi, - --On 12. September 2005 20:09:57 -0700 Hurricane Jesus wrote: > > > gag. i hated that movie so fucking much i'll probably never ever watch > another eastwood-directed picture. well, I wouldn't go as far as that, although I have avoided "Million Dollar Baby" for similar reasons. But I was decidedly disappointed by "Mystic River". I wonder if it's the book or the movie that sucks? Over my vacation I read another one by Dennis Lahane, "Shutter Island". I'm not entirely sure what to think of it. Parts of it really took me by surprise, though ... Other books I read while I was in South Tyrol: John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy Of Dunces (that was *before* Katrina) Margaret Atwood - Surfacing Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit To Brooklyn Henry James - What Maisie Knew Quite a disparate bunch ;-) I guess I was impressed most by "Surfacing", even though the end really confused me. Even though I have studied English and German I'm a rather literal reader, i.e. I'm not always good with subtext. That's why I preferred linguistics to literary analyis ;-) - -- Sebastian Hagedorn http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:20:11 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis Hurricane Jesus wrote: > > "TANG. Drink mix is intended to be a food product and Kraft Foods does > not advocate its use for any other purpose." heh heh, eddie doesn't know the various methods of tang abuse. The rush is wicked, the fluo orange boogers I could do without ... Stewart (owies; tuesday morning post-brewpub hangover) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:26:34 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: marshmallow If the second half of this wonderful confection is as good as what I've listened to so far, it's entirely fab. But, man! could they use some distribution -- it's the first CD I've seen that wasn't in CDDB. Think carefully crafted pop in the Teenage Fanclub/Fountains of Wayne vein. cheers, Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:43:22 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: The ten phases of Gloster-itis >> > >> gag. i hated that movie so fucking much i'll probably never ever watch >> another eastwood-directed picture. >well, I wouldn't go as far as that, although I have avoided "Million Dollar >Baby" for similar reasons. But I was decidedly disappointed by "Mystic >River". I wonder if it's the book or the movie that sucks? Over my vacation >I read another one by Dennis Lahane, "Shutter Island". I'm not entirely >sure what to think of it. Parts of it really took me by surprise, though ... I saw "Mystic River" once, that was enough for me, I'll never watch it again. "Million Dollar Baby" is an improvement. However it is not half the movie that "Unforgiven" is, Clint's last great movie. >Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit To Brooklyn One of the most depressing movies I ever saw was "Last Exit To Brooklyn" Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:10:22 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: The ten phases of Gloster-itis On 9/13/05, Bachman, Michael wrote: > >> > > > >> gag. i hated that movie so fucking much i'll probably never ever watch > >> another eastwood-directed picture. > I saw "Mystic River" once, that was enough for me, I'll never watch it again. My main complaint with this movie is that I would have thought a director with the clout of Clint Eastwood would have been able to reign in the rather overwrought music contributed by the film's composer. Oh.* Other than that, I thought it was a good movie. So what was it that you folks who gagged over and hated it responded to, specifically? - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com * Guess who the composer is - his initials are C.E... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:03:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: American Television FYI The season premiere of Arrested Development is on Monday, September 19 at 8pm. Apparently Fox isn't going to wait until November for all their premieres this time around. (The Simpsons and Family Guy were this past Sunday.) That is all. "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 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #221 ********************************