From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #3 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, January 4 2006 Volume 15 : Number 003 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Deserted Island Rotation [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Dug DIG!? [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Eb ] RE: Dug DIG!? ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Tom Clark ] RE: Dug DIG!? ["Michael Wells" ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Eb ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Dug DIG!? [2fs ] Guilty Pleasures '05 (seeking support group) [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: the year of the Bawb [James Dignan ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Eb ] I am not me [James Dignan ] more on Robyn's mix tape [bayard ] Re: Dug DIG!? [Tom Clark ] Re: I am not me [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: Dug DIG!? [2fs ] Re: Dug DIG!? ["Brian Nupp" ] RE: RH Mix tape ["Brian Nupp" ] *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office ["Hurricane Jesus" ] Re: *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office [2fs ] Rock Musician, Family Slain in Virginia ( no RH content ) [HwyCDRrev@aol] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:25:45 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Deserted Island Rotation On 12/31/05, Guntarski wrote: > > This guy from > http://polyestericonz.blogspot.com/ posed the profound question that > everyone has considered. If you were to be stranded on a desert island, > which 10 albums (CDs) would you want to have with you? This assumes you > would have the means to play them. (If not, perhaps The Professor could > whip something up using a banana, a couple of coconuts, and Ginger's > g-string.) I'm sure this topic has been beat to death - but posts are > slow > so what the hell. I'm sure it has been done before, but traipsing through the archives I can't for the life of me find the threads of Feggy All-Time Top 10 or 20 LP's. I kinda wanted to see what my old one was before revising (or seeing if I needed to, which I just might not). Anyone? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:05:38 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Dug DIG!? Anyfeg seen the documentary "DIG!"? I watched it over the holiday break and thought it was fascinating. For the uninformed, it's a documentary that follows The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols for about seven years (1995-2002) and mainly details BJM's Anton Newcombe as he tries to match the success of his Dandy friends. Really cool stuff. - -tc [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:16:09 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? I really did dig DIG. I wasn't familiar with either of those bands (which is odd, considering that The Dandys are Portland-based), which made it more entralling. From what I've read out there in musicblogland, Anton hasn't changed much. I keep hoping to spot Joel now whenever I go to the Amoeba Records on Haight Street in SF (I'm there like 3 times a year; will be there next week), but I never do. Happy New Year y'all! =jbj= p.s. Weird question: How many of you still listen to the first two Violent Femmes albums? Do you think those albums have aged well? Or do they sound dated to you? p.s. I like the latest Go-Betweens album because it reminds me of The Stranglers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:25:35 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? > Anyfeg seen the documentary "DIG!"? I watched it over the holiday > break and thought it was fascinating. For the uninformed, it's a > documentary that follows The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy > Warhols for about seven years (1995-2002) and mainly details BJM's > Anton Newcombe as he tries to match the success of his Dandy > friends. Really cool stuff. It was...ok. I guess I should consider it good filmmaking, since it kept me watching a tale about two bands who are totally mediocre. It's like a "given" that the guy from BJM is some sort of "genius," but neither this film nor anything else I've heard/read has ever given me a clue why anyone would believe this. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:48:58 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Dug DIG!? TC wrote: >Anyfeg seen the documentary "DIG!"? I watched it over the holiday >break and thought it was fascinating. For the uninformed, it's a >documentary that follows The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy >Warhols for about seven years (1995-2002) and mainly details BJM's >Anton Newcombe as he tries to match the success of his Dandy >friends. Really cool stuff. No, but I did rent the DVD documentary "Grizzly Man". Timothy Treadwell lived for 12 summers among wild Alaska grizzly bears filming them and "protecting" them, unfortunately he eventually met up with a real nasty one who consumed Tim and his girlfriend. He didn't have time to pop the lens off during the fatal attack, but the audio was recorded. The documentary doesn't playback the actual audio, thankfully. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:50:38 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, John Barrington Jones wrote: > I wasn't familiar with either of those bands (which is odd, > considering that The Dandys are Portland-based), which made it more > entralling. > I bought BJM's "Thank God For Mental Illness" when it came out but never got much out of it. I guess I assumed the rest of their stuff was similarly acoustic. Actually the only thing that stands out in my mind about the CD was how poorly it was manufactured; it wouldn't even play on one of my CD players. btw, all of their albums are available in OGG format here: http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/mp3.html > > I keep hoping to spot Joel now whenever I go to the Amoeba Records > on Haight Street in SF (I'm there like 3 times a year; will be > there next week), but I never do. What is the deal with that guy? Was he just like a spokesmodel for the band or something? He's obviously funny and dynamic, but other than that I have no idea what value he added. > p.s. Weird question: How many of you still listen to the first two > Violent Femmes albums? Do you think those albums have aged well? Or > do they sound dated to you? Not a weird question at all. For the past couple years I've been struggling to even like those songs when they show up on the random playlist. It's bizarre too that I can't even listen to Country Death Song anymore, considering I've got a four year old daughter now. Fifteen years ago I'd bop around the apartment to it! - -tc, old guy. [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:54:22 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: Dug DIG!? > p.s. Weird question: How many of you still listen to the first two Violent Femmes albums? Do you think those albums have aged well? Or do they sound dated to you? The songs have aged well, but I haven't. Michael "big hands I know you're the one" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:01:20 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On 1/3/06, Tom Clark wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, John Barrington Jones wrote: > > p.s. Weird question: How many of you still listen to the first two > > Violent Femmes albums? Do you think those albums have aged well? Or > > do they sound dated to you? > > Not a weird question at all. For the past couple years I've been > struggling to even like those songs when they show up on the random > playlist. The songs from that first album are just overplayed to DEATH, is the problem. They seem to get at least as much airplay now as when they were new... I wonder if that record's yearly sales as a back-catalog album might be higher than its sales the year it was released. To listen to retro-80's radio (etc.) you'd think the Femmes were as popular as Duran Duran back in the day. (Objectively I'd say that both bands's records sound as respectively good and awful as they did back then, though.) - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:48:11 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On 1/3/06, Eb wrote: > It's like a "given" that the guy from BJM is some sort of "genius," > but neither this film nor anything else I've heard/read has ever > given me a clue why anyone would believe this. Agreed. I have one BJM record and it's fine, maybe a notch above the Dandys in songwriting, a notch below them in sonic interest. It seems that this is basically another case of the perception that "somewhat talented" + "troubled" = "genius". I would like to see the film someday, thought. I read some scathing reviews of the last Dandys album... was it really that bad? - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:24:26 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? > Agreed. I have one BJM record and it's fine, maybe a notch above > the Dandys > in songwriting, a notch below them in sonic interest. It seems > that this is > basically another case of the perception that "somewhat talented" + > "troubled" = "genius". I would like to see the film someday, thought. I'm not even willing to grant him "somewhat talented." Everything I've heard by BJM is nothing but lazy, pedestrian strumming of cliched '60s-garage progressions. It's like what you hear when you're at a party, and someone pulls out an acoustic guitar to strum something crowd-pleasing for his drunk friends. I've never listened much to the guy's lyrics -- I suppose that I could have overlooked some nugget of "genius" there, but I doubt it. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:53:27 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On 1/3/06, Eb wrote: > > > Everything I've heard by BJM is nothing but lazy, pedestrian > strumming of cliched '60s-garage progressions. It's like what you > hear when you're at a party, and someone pulls out an acoustic guitar > to strum something crowd-pleasing for his drunk friends. Well, the BJM record I heard didn't *actually* consist of alternating covers of "Comfortably Numb" and "Lyin' Eyes", but I hear ya. One thing about the BJM/DW feud: anyone remember when when Great Pop Things referred to the British press's obsession with "who had the more crap name: Blur or Oasis"? If they'd only known... - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:26:37 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On 1/3/06, Tom Clark wrote: > On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, John Barrington Jones wrote: > > p.s. Weird question: How many of you still listen to the first two > > Violent Femmes albums? Do you think those albums have aged well? Or > > do they sound dated to you? Once in a while - but I confess, more out of nostalgia than active interest. But apparently, it continues to enthrall new generations of teenagers - which makes sense, since Gano was a teenager himself when he wrote the lyrics. (Incidentally, he kept drawing from the well of songs he wrote then all the way through the band's career - talk about a guy who did all his best work early...) Answers to the other questions: Michael Wells' answer is perfect to the second question. As to the third: no, actually, they don't *sound* dated at all! It's more that the lyrics are so whiny frustrated horny teenage boy that I can't relate. ps: JBJ's original post hasn't made it to me yet, oddly enough... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:44:12 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Guilty Pleasures '05 (seeking support group) Okay, I'm all set to offer opinions about some of last year's records that I'm just now getting around to, but the thing is... there's this one record that I'm having trouble *not* liking more, or at least listening to more frequently, than all of them, and I know I shouldn't, and that it's probably not even good and might be awful in many ways, but there it is. I can't even say what it is out of embarrassment. Anyone else willing to admit to liking something abominable last year? Anyone else find it easier to forgive yourself for this kind of shit as you get older? - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:27:11 -0800 (PST) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures '05 (seeking support group) > Anyone else willing to admit to liking something abominable last year? Well, its maybe not abominable, but its definitely catering to a different demographic. I've been listening to Danger Doom's "The Mouse & The Mask" for a few months now, and its beating out all my other cd's in plays. I don't own many rap cd's. Its just not my thing. But the rhymes on this cd, coupled with the cute little Cartoon Network samples and stuff are really addictive. Jeff, you just stand still -- I'm routing all my email so that it goes around you. =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:31:31 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures '05 (seeking support group) On 1/3/06, John Barrington Jones wrote: > > Well, its maybe not abominable, but its definitely catering to a different > demographic. I've been listening to Danger Doom's "The Mouse & The Mask" > for a few months now, and its beating out all my other cd's in plays. > > I don't own many rap cd's. Its just not my thing. But the rhymes on this > cd, coupled with the cute little Cartoon Network samples and stuff are > really addictive. > > Jeff, you just stand still -- I'm routing all my email so that it goes > around you. I'll confess to having been perplexed as to what this was, exactly. All of the billboards/bench ads I saw for it had nothing more than the "Adult Swim" logo in the corner, so at first I thought it was actually a cartoon show. Somehow I just wasn't tuned into the right sources to hear about it properly, I guess... was it a Gorillaz-type thing? - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:45:23 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Eb wrote: > It was...ok. I guess I should consider it good filmmaking, since it > kept me watching a tale about two bands who are totally mediocre. I figured you would at least give it a few points for the 15 second shot of Zia* performing topless! - -tc *Who is a LOT cuter on stage than she is close up. Whoo! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:52:06 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: the year of the Bawb >On 1/2/06, James Dignan ><grutness@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > > >good point - this was from my draft copy, so one or two of the dates >are a little skewed. Also, it wasn't released in NZ until 1967, >apparently. > > > >This is my new excuse for being wrong about release dates... "That's >when it came out in new Zealand". > >"Noted songwriter and psych-folk artist Robyn Hitchcock was born >March 3, 1953, in London, although for contractual reasons he was >not issued in New Zealand until September of the following year". > >Erm... that kinda sounds like something Robyn might say, or perhaps >even has said... :) it does! It would have fitted in perfectly with that press release (ISTR it was read on a radio interview or something) about him liking what clouds looked like as a child until he was told what they were called. James - -- 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, 3 Jan 2006 14:54:22 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? >> It was...ok. I guess I should consider it good filmmaking, since >> it kept me watching a tale about two bands who are totally mediocre. > > I figured you would at least give it a few points for the 15 second > shot of Zia* performing topless! I don't even remember that, so I guess it didn't make much impression on me. If you have the first Dandy Warhols album on Tim/Kerr, I believe the booklet's photo montage includes a full frontal shot of her naked onstage. If that's important to you. Haven't really seen a good film lately. Just saw Tim Burton's Willy Wonka remake, and it was the usual Burton mix of inventive visuals and clueless pacing/plot-arc problems. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:26:26 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: I am not me >Blimey... not me, I'm afraid - looks more like the work of Tim from Spaced ( >http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/ for those unfamiliar). I must say I do find it >slightly disconcerting to find people of exactly the same name, but I spose >when you add together the fact there's 6 billion and counting of us (humans, >I mean, not Matt Sewells) and my parents don't have much in the way of >imagination (my middle name is Jonathan ferkrissakes) and I guess it makes >sense. it's even more disconcerting when you've got an unusual name, and just about the only person online with the same name is basically in the same profession! or (this is not me) James - -- 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, 3 Jan 2006 16:10:40 -0800 (PST) From: bayard Subject: more on Robyn's mix tape More info, and CD/tape inserts, for that mix tape i posted about. http://www.glasshotel.net/robyn/ Enjoy. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:15:57 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On Jan 3, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Eb wrote: > Haven't really seen a good film lately. Just saw Tim Burton's Willy > Wonka remake, and it was the usual Burton mix of inventive visuals > and clueless pacing/plot-arc problems. I could never sit through any of Burton's films. Too bad Johnny Depp wastes so much of his time making them. Saw Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" last week. Seems the thought process behind it was "I've found three attractive young actors who don't mind walking around naked on film. I think I'll set them in a Paris apartment for a week and have them talk about old movies and Mao." On the other hand "The Gypsy Moths" was a pleasant surprise. Marc turned me on to it via the Sheree North REAP and it turned out to be an interesting little film. I don't think I'm giving too much away when I say that Burt Lancaster's death scene is outstanding (his demise is telegraphed throughout the film). And because "he's in every film", you also get a healthy dose of Gene Hackman. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:30:27 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: I am not me On 1/3/06, James Dignan wrote: > > it's even more disconcerting when you've got an unusual name, and > just about the only person online with the same name is basically in > the same profession! It's already been pointed out that there's a guy with my name out there (admittedly probably not with James in front of it) who hunts and fishes a lot more than I do. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:23:20 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? On 1/3/06, Tom Clark wrote: > On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Eb wrote: > > > It was...ok. I guess I should consider it good filmmaking, since it > > kept me watching a tale about two bands who are totally mediocre. > > I figured you would at least give it a few points for the 15 second > shot of Zia* performing topless! Or you can just image-google "zia mccabe" and get your fill. (Goddamn but gmail is fucked up today...I keep having to resubmit everything...) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:39:46 -0500 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: Re: Dug DIG!? Eb then tc then Eb: >>> It was...ok. I guess I should consider it good filmmaking, since >>> it kept me watching a tale about two bands who are totally >mediocre. >> >> I figured you would at least give it a few points for the 15 second > >> shot of Zia* performing topless! > >I don't even remember that, so I guess it didn't make much impression > >on me. > >If you have the first Dandy Warhols album on Tim/Kerr, I believe the > >booklet's photo montage includes a full frontal shot of her naked >onstage. If that's important to you. Well, that part got me going, and my monkey too! I did liked the film. It kept my attention throughout. I have some friends who opened up for the BJM in Toledo and had absolutely nothing good to say about them. I think what's his face did try to start a fight with someone there. - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:02:40 -0500 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: RE: RH Mix tape 02 Steeleye Span - Brian O'Lynn -- The Hag With The Money.mp3 Ah! So that's what that is! I've heard this many times on an old Soft Boys bootleg tape. Mystery complete! - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:35:02 -0800 From: "Hurricane Jesus" Subject: *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office from : NEW Superman Brandon Routh is giving movie chiefs a mighty headache -- with his supersize LUNCHBOX. Hollywood executives have ordered the makers of Superman Returns to cover up the rookie actors blockbuster bulge. An insider said last night: Its a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well endowed and they dont want it up on the big screen. We may be forced to erase his package with digital effects. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:04:38 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: RH Mix tape On 1/3/06, Brian Nupp wrote: > 02 Steeleye Span - Brian O'Lynn -- The Hag With The Money.mp3 > > Ah! So that's what that is! I've heard this many times on an old Soft > Boys bootleg tape. Mystery complete! For those of us who aren't Brit-Folk freaks, note that as written above and quoted int he original post, that title is wrong. In Robyn's notes (linked here earlier today...uh, sorry, forget who did so) it's noted that the band is (of course) Steeleye Span. The song(s) is/are "Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag with the Money" - one of those Celtic twofers, apparently. Like "Muriel's Hoof/Rout of the Clones" (whose title one G. Lucas nearly stole many years later. It would've been more fun if one of those movies had been called "Muriel's Hoof" though). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:07:09 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office On 1/3/06, Hurricane Jesus wrote: > from : > > > NEW Superman Brandon Routh is giving movie chiefs a mighty headache -- with > his supersize LUNCHBOX. Now I know some of you are looking at that photo and saying, hmm, that's not all that major. Look again: that's *not* his right kneecap. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:12:45 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office Hurricane Jesus wrote: > from : > > > NEW Superman Brandon Routh is giving movie chiefs a mighty headache -- with > his supersize LUNCHBOX. > > Hollywood executives have ordered the makers of Superman Returns to cover > up the rookie actors blockbuster bulge. > > An insider said last night: Its a major issue for the studio. Brandon > is extremely well endowed and they dont want it up on the big screen. We > may be forced to erase his package with digital effects. Please. Is this the same Republican in office that coerced Disney into having Lindsey Lohan strap her tits to her ribcage so she wouldn't appear too womanly? /Teen actress LINDSAY LOHAN's breasts have been digitally reduced for forthcoming DISNEY film HERBIE: FULLY LOADED, to avoid offending family audiences. Test screenings for the new movie, the fourth sequel to the 1968 film THE LOVE BUG about a VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE car with a mind of its own, indicated that some parents felt Lohan's character MAGGIE PEYTON was too raunchy for a children's film./ http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/57262004.htm Maybe then you could explain Carter's hatred of Carrie Fisher's breasts in Star Wars? /[Fisher] argued with writer-director George Lucas about her cinnamon-bun hairstyle (hated it) and joked that every day there was an auction to see which crew member got to yank the tape restraining her breasts under her flowing gown./ http://www.nndb.com/people/899/000022833/ The Family-Friendly Crusade will be around no matter *who* is in office. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:55:09 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: *This* is the kind of crap what happens when you let Republicans into office On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Hurricane Jesus wrote: > from : > > NEW Superman Brandon Routh is giving movie chiefs a mighty headache -- > with his supersize LUNCHBOX. I recall a similar issue with Christopher Reeve in the 70s/80s round of Superman films. It turned out in this case that his package was creating a continuity headache for the crew. Sometimes he would be to the left and other times to the right. They had to construct a cup that made it sit the same way all the time. Just in case you were wondering how such things were handled in days gone by. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:17:09 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Re: A shocking reap! >On 1/2/06, Eb wrote: >> Bryan Harvey of House of Freaks Jeff N. added: >http://tinyurl.com/943a9, for those of you whose browsers cut lines in half >Wow. That's freakin' bizarre, though. That is really disturbing. I wonder what caused that? Definitely will be watching for a follow-up report. I saw House of Freaks only once. They opened for Matthew Sweet who opened for Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. I remembered liking HoF enough to pick up a couple of their albums, but most of my memory of them was wiped away by the excessive volume of Matthew Sweet's set. That night, Robyn played a 15 minute version of Freeze (due to a problem with his guitar effects peddles, Robyn went into a long story about chickens landing at the airport, and finally wrapped things up by plugging his guitar straight into the amp). Later, Marc There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:35:32 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Rock Musician, Family Slain in Virginia ( no RH content ) By REUTERS Published: January 3, 2006 Filed at 9:55 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bryan Harvey, singer-guitarist for the two-man '80s rock band House of Freaks, was found dead with his wife and two children in the family's Richmond, Va., home over the weekend. Harvey, 49, his wife Kathryn, 39, and their children, Stella, 9, and Ruby, 4, were found Sunday in the basement of their burning home. A Richmond Police Department spokeswoman said the bodies were bound but added that no cause of death was being released. Local news reports said the victims' throats were cut. Former House of Freaks drummer Johnny Hott arrived at the Harvey home to attend an afternoon New Year's Day party and discovered it ablaze; firefighters summoned to the scene discovered the bodies. The police spokeswoman said there were no suspects in the case. In the mid-'80s, Richmond natives Bryan Harvey and Hott moved to Los Angeles, where their group House of Freaks made an immediate mark on the club scene. Some credit the band's dynamic, melodic attack with setting the template for such later two-piece units as the White Stripes. The group recorded two albums and an EP for Rhino Records. Its lone major-label set, for Giant in 1991, featured an expanded lineup that included fellow Virginian Stephen McCarthy of the Long Ryders and Bob Rupe of the Silos. Harvey, Hott, McCarthy, Rupe and ex-Dream Syndicate singer-guitarist Steve Wynn formed the side project Gutterball, which released three early-'90s albums. House of Freaks, which moved back to Virginia in the late '80s, disbanded in 1995 after cutting a final indie-label set. On New Year's Eve, Harvey played a Richmond date with his band NrG Krysys. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter _http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-harvey.html_ (http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-harvey.html) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #3 ******************************