From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #244 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, October 18 2005 Volume 14 : Number 244 Today's Subjects: ----------------- swap CD review [Jeff ] On Topic [bayard ] Re: On Topic [Tulloch ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:05:12 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: swap CD review In this month's CD swap, Andrea Weiss sent me a CD that she didn't give a title to - but her disc recorder titled it "Disc_092205_2." So shall I. Anyway, here's the track listing: Jim Boggia "Underground" The New Pornographers "Sing Me Spanish Techno" Crooked Fingers "Call to Love" Josh Rouse "Carolina" Moes Haven "I'm So Jealous of Ashton Kutcher (And I Love Liz Phair)" Tracy Bonham "I Was Born Without You" Eels "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" Matisyahu "Without a Crown" Tommi Zender "Something to Hide" Michael Penn "Walter Reed" Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco "Comfortably Numb" Thistle "Water and Rations" Citizen Cope "Bullet and a Target" Sufjan Stevens "Chicago" The Decemberists "16 Military Wives" Sleater-Kinney "Entertain" Le Tigre "TKO" Jefferson Airplane "Greasy Heart" Some comments: The Boggia track is pretty straightforward, catchy pop - even if the lyrics, which for the most part glorify Weather Underground and Bernardine Dohrn, are a bit dubious from my perspective. The Moes Haven track has an amusing title - but that's about all. Probably that's because I don't "get" half of the lyrics, since I'm not pop-culture-obsessed... Matisyahu, as you probably know, is a Hasidic reggae guy - which might sound bizarre at first, but in a way makes perfect sense, given the way Rastafarians borrow much Judaic imagery in their culture. The track's pretty solid, live old-school reggae, and Matisyahu does a good, enthusiastic job on vocals - although I do have to question what a Hasidic Jew from New York is doing with a Jamaican accent. (Minor pet peeve: people who feel accents come with musical styles...) Andrea says Tommi Zender reminds her of Michael Penn: fair enough, and that's not a bad thing. Even less of a bad thing is that (again, per Andrea) the track rocks a bit more than Penn is wont to do lately. The Williams/DiFranco track reminded me what a fine song "Comfortably Numb" is, and I am grateful that DiFranco actually sings as opposed to breathlessly yelping. (For the next week or so, you can download this track from my blog, posted last week.) The Thistle track isn't that much musically, although fairly powerful lyrically - but I notice at the band's website that one of the band members is named "Weiss": any relation, Andrea? I like the Citizen Cope song well enough - but it's still irritating when artists adopt names that other artists have solidly laid claim to (esp. when it's the other artist's real name). There is no Cope but Julian Cope. (And as for that woman calling herself "Lennon" a few years back...sheesh.) Uh - obvious exception is Elvis Costello, only because he has the talent to back up the balls. The Sufjan Stevens track has persuaded me I really have to buy this record. I may not like everything on it, but the tracks I've heard that I do like are good enough that I can't ignore it any longer. Both Sleater-Kinney and Le Tigre have been sorta buzzed about for various degrees of supposedly "selling out" - Sleater-Kinney remains the sort of band that I like well enough while listening to, but then forget completely a few moments after the song ends. The Le Tigre track is pretty meh - it's one step above generic dance-pop. Whatever. Curious that Andrea included the Jeffrerson Airplane track - I'd just recently been listening to them a lot lately, and posted two Slick-written songs a month or so back. Good stuff. And of course, I already had the New Pornographers, Penn, and Decemberists songs. Thanks to Andrea for a very enjoyable mix - even the tracks that didn't thrill me at least didn't annoy me! - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:21:46 -0700 (PDT) From: bayard Subject: On Topic Listening to globe of frogs the other day, i got a lyric question stuck in my head. On the line- "..in the demon's _____, discolored flowers ..." From Vibrating, of course. If you like, take a minute to auditorily visualize that line and fill in the blank, then scroll down... A long time ago, I thought it was "hat". When we audited all the lyrics with Jeme, the consensus was "hut". But now I think it's "heart", esp. given the "fleshy stems and fleshy petals too". Thoughts? Esp. from British fegs or those familiar with the accent? Happy monday... PS, i see in robynbase that he has been playing a solo electic vibrating this year. How is it? =b ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:02:00 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Re: On Topic Tulloch wrote:Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:55:53 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Re: On Topic To: bayard Listening to both the Globe of Frogs version and the recent Duncan Hall version (which has very prominent vocals and very hidden guitar), I'm 100% certain that it's "hut" (I'm a British Feg although not as public school as Robyn!). btw listening to Globe of Frogs today, I realised that my mother-in-law's second name is Joyce... Tulloch. bayard wrote: Listening to globe of frogs the other day, i got a lyric question stuck in my head. On the line- "..in the demon's _____, discolored flowers ..." From Vibrating, of course. If you like, take a minute to auditorily visualize that line and fill in the blank, then scroll down... A long time ago, I thought it was "hat". When we audited all the lyrics with Jeme, the consensus was "hut". But now I think it's "heart", esp. given the "fleshy stems and fleshy petals too". Thoughts? Esp. from British fegs or those familiar with the accent? Happy monday... PS, i see in robynbase that he has been playing a solo electic vibrating this year. How is it? =b - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #244 ********************************