From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #284 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, December 7 2005 Volume 14 : Number 284 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The fuck are you waiting for? [Eb ] Re: The fuck are you waiting for? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: The fuck are you waiting for? [2fs ] Re: The fuck are you waiting for? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Fwd: The fuck are you waiting for? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: conundrum [2fs ] Re: Fave CDs of 2005 [Dolph Chaney ] Re: best of [James Dignan ] Re: Fave CDs of 2005 [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: best of [2fs ] Best of 2005 ["michael wells" ] FW: Fave CDs of 2005 ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Fave CDs of 2005 [Dolph Chaney ] RE: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 [Dolph Chaney ] Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Fave CDs of 2005 [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Fegtech Q [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Fave CDs of 2005 [Tulloch ] Re: Fegtech Q [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Fegtech Q ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:15:06 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? > why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? Because the merits of those albums were ironed out years ago? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:57:49 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? On 12/6/05, Eb wrote: > > > why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? > > Because the merits of those albums were ironed out years ago? > > Eb > Yeah, Eddie! Reviewing reissues IST VERBOTEN. - -Burgermeister Meisterburger ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:12:57 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? > > why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? > > Because the merits of those albums were ironed out years ago? > > Eb > > Yeah, Eddie! Reviewing reissues IST VERBOTEN. > > -Burgermeister Meisterburger And the spazz-out continues. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:16:24 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? On 12/6/05, Hurricane Jesus wrote: > why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? My loan officer turned me down. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:21:45 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? On 12/6/05, Eb wrote: > > > > why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? > > > > Because the merits of those albums were ironed out years ago? > > > > Eb > > > > Yeah, Eddie! Reviewing reissues IST VERBOTEN. > > > > -Burgermeister Meisterburger > > > And the spazz-out continues. > > Eb > It'll probably stop when the assholery subsides. I wouldn't recommend holding your breath. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:27:21 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: The fuck are you waiting for? Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: >>>> why no reviews of the talking heads boxed set? >>> >>> Because the merits of those albums were ironed out years ago? >>> >>> Eb >>> >>> Yeah, Eddie! Reviewing reissues IST VERBOTEN. >>> >>> -Burgermeister Meisterburger >> >> >> And the spazz-out continues. > > It'll probably stop when the assholery subsides. I wouldn't recommend > holding your breath. suggest http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00081MHHK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:41:33 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Fwd: The fuck are you waiting for? Eb: > > suggest http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00081MHHK Someone other than myself astutely observed: > Seriously, why do you keep posting needling replies that are calculated to > generate still more angry replies? Believe me (I've learned the hard > way!), it's usually best to forget about getting the last word in and just > > let the whole thing drop. Unless, of course, you're deliberately > provoking him, but you wouldn't do that, would you? > I offer this in lieu of a cute link to a product which I think you might find helpful, since it'd probably be more objectionable than a teething ring. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:56:56 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: conundrum I'd like to filter out "The Eb & Rex Show" from my inbox, but I'm worried that my choice of keywords may affect posts from Eddie Tews as well, which I just cannot abide. *sigh* =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:14:43 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: conundrum On 12/6/05, John Barrington Jones wrote: > I'd like to filter out "The Eb & Rex Show" from my inbox, but I'm worried > that my choice of keywords may affect posts from Eddie Tews as well, which > I just cannot abide. > > *sigh* Aw, c'mon: just imagine their words animated as a Terence & Philip cartoon. Makes it much more fun...plus, farts. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:38:11 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 Top 25: 1. Over The Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer 2. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 3. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust 4. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise 5. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 6. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 7. The Decemberists - Picaresque 8. Portastatic - Bright Ideas 9. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask 10. Mark Eitzel - Candy Ass 11. Juliana Hatfield  Made In China 12. M. Ward - Transistor Radio 13. The Clientele - Strange Geometry 14. The Fall - Fall Heads Roll 15. Xiu Xiu  La Foret 16. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 17. The Bats - At The National Grid 18. The Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators 19. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 20. Bobby Bare, Jr. - From The End Of Your Leash 21. Bob Mould - Body Of Song 22. Iron And Wine / Calexico - In The Reins 23. Deerhoof - Green Cosmos (EP) 24. LCD Soundsystem 25. Luka Bloom  Before Sleep Comes Disappointments of the Year: 1. The Posies - Every Kind Of Light 2. The Finn Brothers  Everyone Is Here ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:38:48 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: best of > > 10. Neil Young, "Prairie Wind" > A goodie all right. Anyone else here think that if CSNY ever got back together "No wonder" would be an obvious one for them to play? - -- 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: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:47:47 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 On 12/6/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > > Disappointments of the Year: > 1. The Posies - Every Kind Of Light > 2. The Finn Brothers  Everyone Is Here (1) I didn't hear. What was wrong? (2) I though great (although I think it's an '04 release)... what didn't you like? I've been lukewarm on Neil Finn's recent stuff and thought this was a lot more immediate. Smoother, sure, but not tastelessly so. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:36:43 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: best of On 12/6/05, James Dignan wrote: > > > 10. Neil Young, "Prairie Wind" > > > > A goodie all right. Anyone else here think that if CSNY ever got back > together "No wonder" would be an obvious one for them to play? I haven't heard this - but along similar lines, I was listening to _Their Satanic Majesties Request_ the other day, and while at the time it was clearly a Dylan nod, I keep hearing "The Lantern" as a song Robyn should sing - esp. the part "My face it turns a deathly pale / You're talking to me through your veil." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:44:25 -0800 From: "michael wells" Subject: Best of 2005 Head of the class: HEAVY MELLOW - Chris Coco. It's been eight or ten years since an "electronic" or "ambient" release captured my imagination like this. A remarkable achievement - disparate elements are fused in a constantly evolving whole: electro pop, space, rave, hints of African chants, trance.you name it, they all seem to flow together. Unlike many releases in this genre, it has a wonderful sense of rhythm without a repetitious backbeat - it's always going somewhere, sometimes faster and sometimes slower and many times the rhythm is merely suggested. And it's got melodies! STRANGERS - Ed Harcourt. For me, one of the most original and interesting albums in years. Strong arrangements, solid lyrics, just an all-around great effort. Also an excellent example of how to use the guitar as a tastefully restrained and constantly changing voice across an album. MARSHMALLOW - Marshmallow. Much has been said onlist already. Apart from a couple of clunky lyrics, one of the best pop albums I've ever heard. I can't quite figure out why, but it occasionally reminds me of listening to Hothouse Flowers (e.g. "Christchurch Bells"). Kudos to Jim or whoever pointed this out to the rest of us. Others that scored well: SOFT DANGEROUS SHORES - Chris Whitley. If this was an obit, then it's a damn fine one. What a loss. ILLINOIS - Sufjan Stevens. And not just because I live here - what an amazing record! Now get to work on the next twenty or so states. THE FAST RISE AND FALL OF THE SOUTH - The Kingsbury Manx. A song came on a CD swap and I've been hooked ever since. Unhinged Southern psych-pop that rings a lot like early REM. ST. TROPEZ - THE BEACH - Various Artists. Two electronic albums in one year? If they're this good, hell yeah. Sounds like.well, lying on the beach in St. Tropez. Which is sweet. BRIGADOON - P:Ano. Is it weird? Hell yeah. THE DUHKS - The Duhks. Canadians do traditional folk (Scots & Irish by way of Appalachia) for the NPR crowd. It's actually quite good. CHAMELEON - Doyle Dykes. Like unbelievably well-played guitar? I sure do. More mastery from one of the world's best. DE NOVA - The Redwalls. Chicago garage rockers with great chops start making a name. THE ROAD LEADS WHERE IT'S LED (EP) - The Secret Machines. I think they're out to save music, actually. James and I may be the only ones that like them, but this little taste gives a few more reasons why. LIFE IN SLOW MOTION - David Gray. Boy, all those people who bought it because of the single sure got a surprise. A fine album for depressing, cloud-filled northern winter days. SIDE ONE / SIDE TWO - Adrian Belew. CHILDISH THINGS - James McMurtry. R30 - Rush. GHETTO BELLS - Vic Chesnutt. Haven't made up my mind yet: THE GREATEST WHITE LIAR - Nic Armstrong & the Thieves. How joyfully derivative. How wonderfully, hysterically sounding like a bunch of other people. And yet it's fun. I don't know how to classify it except that it'll probably end up as a 'guilty pleasure.' BURNING IN THE SUN - Blue Merle. Is this Dave Matthews Band without so much suckiness? Or does it truly vacuous? I vacillate on alternate listens. ALLIGATOR - The National. High hopes, but ultimately disappointing: TODAY AND TOMORROW (EP) - Matt Wertz LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - LCD Soundsystem CIRCLING THE SUN - The Orange Peels [singles division] Remake of the Year: "Tennessee Blues" by Shannon McNally. Not that Bobby Charles needed to be covered, but damn this is good. [singles division] Song of the Year: "I Don't Wanna Shine" by The Orange Peels (though the rest of the album was iffy at best). Most aptly titled group of the year (Hall of Fame caliber): Shitdisco. Things everyone else has that I don't yet that might make the list (fair disclosure part): OCEANS APART - Go Betweens, TWIN CINEMA - The NP's and Dressy Bessy's ELECTRIFIED. They're all probably really good. Michael "I still haven't seen Harry Potter, don't spoil the ending for me" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:14:21 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 Is (25.Luka Bloom  Before Sleep Comes) a return to form? I used to play the snot out of The Acoustic Motorbike back in 1992. Michael B. NP Kate Rusby - The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (which will make my last for sure) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Dolph Chaney Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:38 PM To: Fegs Glorious Fegs Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 Top 25: 1. Over The Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer 2. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 3. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust 4. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise 5. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 6. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 7. The Decemberists - Picaresque 8. Portastatic - Bright Ideas 9. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask 10. Mark Eitzel - Candy Ass 11. Juliana Hatfield  Made In China 12. M. Ward - Transistor Radio 13. The Clientele - Strange Geometry 14. The Fall - Fall Heads Roll 15. Xiu Xiu  La Foret 16. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 17. The Bats - At The National Grid 18. The Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators 19. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 20. Bobby Bare, Jr. - From The End Of Your Leash 21. Bob Mould - Body Of Song 22. Iron And Wine / Calexico - In The Reins 23. Deerhoof - Green Cosmos (EP) 24. LCD Soundsystem 25. Luka Bloom  Before Sleep Comes Disappointments of the Year: 1. The Posies - Every Kind Of Light 2. The Finn Brothers  Everyone Is Here ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 07:38:04 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 At 07:14 AM 12/7/2005, Bachman, Michael wrote: >Is (25.Luka Bloom Before Sleep Comes) a return to form? I used to play the >snot out of The Acoustic Motorbike back in 1992. Hmmmm. If what you liked from Luka Bloom was The Acoustic Motorbike, and you didn't like Turf or some of the other mellower albums in between, you probably wouldn't think of this as a return to form. It's (as the title suggests) an album dedicated to the state of being nearly-asleep. I think it's effective, but if I'd thought it was peak-form Luka it would've ranked higher. >NP Kate Rusby - The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (which will make my last for sure) If I had this, I'm sure it would've made the list. All I've heard of Kate Rusby are her contributions to Linda Thompson's Fashionably Late, but I'm about to go checking out her own stuff. My only pause at this point is that I tend to have a very low tolerance for new performers reworking ye olde folke tunes, and apparently she does that regularly. It's an irrationally narrowminded bias of mine, but I just don't want to hear that sorte of thinge from musicians unaffiiated with Pentangle, Fairport, or Steeleye Span (and the aforementioned album where Ms. Rusby and Richard Thompson both appear doesn't quite count). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:06:26 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 At 05:47 PM 12/6/2005, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: >On 12/6/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > > > > Disappointments of the Year: > > 1. The Posies - Every Kind Of Light > > 2. The Finn Brothers Everyone Is Here > >(1) I didn't hear. What was wrong? It was just bland. My hopes were probably way too high. I thought Success was a terrific record, with some of their deepest and most personal songs benefitting from the band finally making it two albums in a row without a lineup change and from some judicious production tweaks. Here, they have a new rhythm section which didn't bring much fire to the songs, which themselves did not have much to say. They seemed to grow up, uninterestingly. It happens. >(2) I though great (although I think it's an '04 release)... what didn't you >like? I've been lukewarm on Neil Finn's recent stuff and thought this was a >lot more immediate. Smoother, sure, but not tastelessly so. Intimate? Yes. Well-crafted? Unquestionably. I'm always ready to hear a Neil Finn record. But what made the first Finn Brothers album and Neil's Try Whistling This stand out for me was a sense of adventure, both sonically and lyrically, that I hadn't seen there since Conflicting Emotions. Here, there's none of that -- just Neil and Time singing about how important family is. They've had a hell of a time personally, with family members and close friends dying, and I understand as well as anyone how important it is to reflect that in one's work. The results just weren't compelling for me. Both of these records suffer the same malady -- "maturity" meaning reduction of imagination and trenchancy in the service of "adult concerns." Feh. I'll take the snotty-ass Kaiser Chiefs (who I like) or even Louis XIV (who I detest) over that any day. - -- Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:15:21 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 >>NP Kate Rusby - The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (which will make my last for sure) Dolph came back with: >If I had this, I'm sure it would've made the list. All I've heard of Kate >Rusby are her contributions to Linda Thompson's Fashionably Late, but I'm >about to go checking out her own stuff. My only pause at this point is >that I tend to have a very low tolerance for new performers reworking ye >olde folke tunes, and apparently she does that regularly. It's an >irrationally narrowminded bias of mine, but I just don't want to hear that >sorte of thinge from musicians unaffiiated with Pentangle, Fairport, or >Steeleye Span (and the aforementioned album where Ms. Rusby and Richard >Thompson both appear doesn't quite count). Dolph, start with her previous release from a couple of year ago, Underneath The Stars. That is the one that got me hooked after hearing the song "Polly" on a NPR radio program. Her Live at Leeds DVD would also be a good intro. I always had a preference for Sandy and Linda as well, but I got over it and consider Kate their equal. The one thing about Kate I can say is that she is the real deal. Her mom and dad exposed her to the olde songs while she was growing up and they used to perform at local festivals as a family group. She has a great band behind her lead by her husband John McCusker, who plays the cittern, guitar, fiddle and whistle. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:48:54 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 On 12/7/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > >(2) I though great (although I think it's an '04 release)... what didn't you > >like? I've been lukewarm on Neil Finn's recent stuff and thought this was a > >lot more immediate. Smoother, sure, but not tastelessly so. > > Intimate? Yes. Well-crafted? Unquestionably. I'm always ready to hear a > Neil Finn record. But what made the first Finn Brothers album and Neil's > Try Whistling This stand out for me was a sense of adventure, both > sonically and lyrically, that I hadn't seen there since Conflicting > Emotions. Here, there's none of that -- just Neil and Time singing about > how important family is. They've had a hell of a time personally, with > family members and close friends dying, and I understand as well as anyone > how important it is to reflect that in one's work. The results just > weren't compelling for me. Some of us on another list were discussing something similar recently. While it may be important for an artist to express personal issues in their music, that doesn't make it compelling for the general public. Maybe these artists should record intimate, small-scale recordings if their personal issues need to be worked over artistically - but if the results are otherwise bland or melodramatic, save the recordings either for distribution amongst one's friends and family, or offer them to insane-maniac fans only. The public releases should be imaginative and creative. Problem is, there's a whole school of thought that argues if something's emotionally heartfelt, that all by itself makes it worthy. And that's bullshit: even if I might be moved by the lyrics or the situation, if the music puts me to sleep, it's a lame recording regardless of its emotional validity or necessity to the recording artist. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:20:16 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 On 12/7/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > > My only pause at this point is > that I tend to have a very low tolerance for new performers reworking ye > olde folke tunes, and apparently she does that regularly. It's an > irrationally narrowminded bias of mine, but I just don't want to hear that > sorte of thinge from musicians unaffiiated with Pentangle, Fairport, or > Steeleye Span... Dolph, no love for the Byrds? Okay, not all of their traditional stuff worked, but "Wild Mountain Thyme" is tasty (the Van Dyke Parks assist doesn't hurt). - -R ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:27:51 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 At 11:20 AM 12/7/2005, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: >Dolph, no love for the Byrds? Okay, not all of their traditional stuff >worked, but "Wild Mountain Thyme" is tasty (the Van Dyke Parks assist >doesn't hurt). Oh boy, here it comes -- a very dangerous admission on a Robyn Hitchcock... I am not a Byrds fan. The singles from '65? Gorgeous, perfect, absolute. "Eight Miles High"? Classic, but the version that moved me was Husker Du's. The late-60s Parsons/White material? My favorite period of the group. But none of it ever rocked my world. As such, I am one of the few Fegmusicians who never learned to jangle. I disappoint you. - -- Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:48:33 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: FW: Fave CDs of 2005 On 12/7/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > > > Oh boy, here it comes -- a very dangerous admission on a Robyn > Hitchcock... I am not a Byrds fan. > > As such, I am one of the few Fegmusicians who never learned to jangle. > > I disappoint you. Naw. Hmmm. I don't know whether or not to recommend "Notorious Byrds Brothers" to you or not. It's a stone cold favorite of mine, somewhere in my all-time Top 20 (maybe Top 10), but I honestly don't know what I'd make of it if I heard it for the first time today, instead of when I was half my current age. I will say that it only jangles (tastefully) in places, does have some nice Clarence White contributions, and some fascinating if dated arrangements and production, and pretty good songs. But what made it totally magic to me at the time I don't know... probably it helped that it didn't have a well-known single, and so had to be taken as a whole album. Dunno. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:40:24 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 On 12/7/05, Dolph Chaney wrote: > > of the Year: > > > 1. The Posies - Every Kind Of Light > > > 2. The Finn Brothers Everyone Is Here > > > >(1) I didn't hear. What was wrong? > > It was just bland. My hopes were probably way too high. I thought > Success > was a terrific record, with some of their deepest and most personal > songs... Cool... I didn't think many people noticed or liked that record. I sure did. > > Intimate? Yes. Well-crafted? Unquestionably. I'm always ready to hear > a > Neil Finn record. But what made the first Finn Brothers album and Neil's > Try Whistling This stand out for me was a sense of adventure, both > sonically and lyrically, that I hadn't seen there since Conflicting > Emotions. Here, there's none of that -- just Neil and Time singing about > how important family is. That last part really resonated with where I was at the time. I'm conscious on some level that the quirky or idiosyncratic factor was a little lacking, but found that easy to forgive. > Both of these records suffer the same malady -- "maturity" meaning > reduction of imagination and trenchancy in the service of "adult > concerns." Feh. I'll take the snotty-ass Kaiser Chiefs (who I like) or > even Louis XIV (who I detest) over that any day. For a while I felt the same way, but the young-scrappy bands have proliferated too quickly for me to keep up with. I'm prematurely eager for "Nuggets VII: Original Artyfacts from the Postpunkedelic Era 2002 - 2006" to help me sort it all out. Speaking of which, any opinions on the new "Nuggets" box? It sounds like a lot of stuff I'd like to hear but I'm not sure I like the brand being extended beyond its original temporal parameters. It just seems like the business side of music was too different by the '70's to allow for the kind of naivete that gives those '60's garage records such a kick. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:37:50 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Fegtech Q Can anyone recommend some reliable freeware (or cheapware) than can slice and dice audio tracks? I need something that can easily break down a big long single track of, say, a concert into the individual songs, preferably with the option to add fade-ins or fade-outs, or not, at my whim. Thanks... - -R ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:02:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Tulloch Subject: Re: Fave CDs of 2005 This is the first year for a long time that I've bought 10 or more new albums, so here's my top ten... 1. Marshmallow 2. The Magic Numbers 3. Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love 4. Kimberley Rew - Essex Hideaway 5. The Decemberists - Picaresque 6. Robyn Hitchcock - Obliteration Pie 7. The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black 8. Bob Dylan - No Direction Home 9. Todd Snyder - East Nasville Skyline 10. The Sadies - Favorite Colours Compilation of the Year - The Merry Go Round/Listen Listen:The Definitive Collection Gig of the Year - Marshmallow at the Cornbury Festival Surprise Discovery of the Year - Anton Barbeau at the Turf Tavern, Oxford Detective of the Year - Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus Coffee of the Year - Waitrose French Blend (after nearly three years sober, good coffee is one of the most important things in life!) John Barrington Jones wrote: 1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 2. Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors 3. Idaho - The Lone Gunman 4. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 5. The Decemberists - Picaresque 6. M.I.A. - Arular 7. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 8. Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down 9. Malcolm Middleton - Into The Woods 10. Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart 11. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 12. Frank Black - Honeycomb 13. Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask 14. Erin McKeown - We Will Become Like Birds 15. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic =jbj= - --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:53:46 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Fegtech Q - -- Spotted Eagle Ray is rumored to have mumbled on 7. Dezember 2005 10:37:50 -0800 regarding Fegtech Q: > Can anyone recommend some reliable freeware (or cheapware) than can slice > and dice audio tracks? I need something that can easily break down a big > long single track of, say, a concert into the individual songs, preferably > with the option to add fade-ins or fade-outs, or not, at my whim. I haven't really used it much myself, but probably Audacity is the best candidate for that: - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:54:58 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Fegtech Q Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > I haven't really used it much myself, but probably Audacity is the best > candidate for that: > > I can second for Audacity. It's interface is a little lumpen, but it's solid, and works equally well on Linux, OS X, and Windows. cheers, Stewart ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #284 ********************************