From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #61 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, March 16 2006 Volume 15 : Number 061 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Nastiness [Eb ] Re: All I've been listening to lately is... ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Billy Bragg [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Nastiness [Jeff Dwarf ] RE: All life we work, but work is a bore ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #60 [James Dignan ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #60 [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] "Wow! They have Nick Cave Dolls now? I waaaant ooone!" ["Gene Hopstetter ] Re: Billy Bragg ["Sumiko Keay" ] Re: Billy Bragg [wojizzle forizzle ] Re: All life we work, but work is a bore ["Miles Goosens" ] NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock and The Minus 3, San Francisco 2006-02-27 AUD [wojizzle forizzle Subject: Nastiness Shades of CCR... Eb http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexd?blogid=7 Hall of Fame Inductions Marred by Fights and Refusals Reuters / Mike SegarRan The 21st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony held in New York City Monday night was marred by the ongoing feud between past and present members of Blondie, and the Sex Pistols' refusal to attend. Former Blondie members Nigel Harison and Frank Infante unsuccessfully sued Deborah Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke in 1999 when they were excluded from the band's reunion tour. Former bassist Gary Valentine is also no longer a performing member of Blondie after a similar legal dispute. But guitarist Infante was desperate to take to the stage with his former friends to perform "Heart of Glass," "Rapture" and "Call on Me." When accepting his award from Garbage rocker Shirley Manson, Infante pleaded, "Debbie, are we allowed?" She replied, "Can't you see my band is up there?" Infante, Valentine and Harrison had no choice but to leave the stage, leaving Burke, Harry and Stein to perform with more recent members. Meanwhile, punk legends the Sex Pistols refused to collect their award, and sent a profanity-laden letter in their place, which compared the Hall of Fame to "urine in wine." Rolling Stone magazine founder Jan Wenner read out the correspondence in full, before urging John Lydon and his bandmates to collect their awards at a later date. He said, "If they want to smash them into bits, they can do that, too." Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Miles Davis were also inducted into the Hall of Fame, while Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were given a lifetime achievement award in recognition of A&M Records, which they co-founded. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:10:43 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: All I've been listening to lately is... On 3/15/06, The Great Quail wrote: > > Hank Williams III's awesome "Straight to Hell." > > Back to my whiskey, you fucks, Perhaps on the same tip, any reviews of the new Neko Case record? All the reviews I've seen rate it her best; I call "Blacklisted" hard to top, so I'm eager to hear this. And next month: two new Verlaine records. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:39:11 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: All life we work, but work is a bore Miles wrote [regarding Ray Davies playing Oklahoma, USA]: When he played it - I don't know, my body went completely shaky, and the tears streamed down my face. Maybe it was my current emotionally f'd up state that made the tears more readily available, but oh man, I've never felt anything close to that totally overjoyed "it's *really* happening!" feeling at a show before. It was a lifelong wish fulfilled, to see Ray play it. And it was darn great. I couldn't help reading the spoiler. If he doesn't play it in Boston, I'll be really upset. It's one of my absolute favorites as well. I had the same reaction when he did the Money-go-round back in 1995 when the Storyteller thing was still great. I don't know if there are any copies left in your local music establishments, but the latest (?) Mojo with the Kinks on the cover has a wonderful Kinks covers CD that goes with it. There is only one repeat from the This is Where I Belong: the songs of Ray Davies CD from a few years ago. If you like the Kinks and you like cover versions of songs, it's truly worth it. So Miles, where is there a picture of me (other than a few on the Kinks website)? Whatever you've seen, I feel like I've aged about 20 years in the last four, but no, I won't be arriving at the Ray gig in a wheelchair. After seeing the Decemberists a zillion times last year and Belle and Sebastian two weeks ago, it's going to feel REALLY good not looking like the chaperone for a vanload of scornful teenagers. My kids still make me feel good about all this, which is nice. That's because I'm a good cook. Jill, who still hasn't listened to Other People's Lives in its entirety ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:34:00 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Billy Bragg is on Conan tonight. "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:32:36 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Nastiness Eb wrote: > Former Blondie members Nigel Harison and Frank > Infante unsuccessfully sued Deborah Harry, Chris > Stein and Clem Burke in 1999 when they were excluded > from the band's reunion tour. Former bassist Gary > Valentine is also no longer a performing member of > Blondie after a similar legal dispute. I seem to recall once hearing Jimmy Destri (who I assume was also present and playing that night even though he isn't mentioned) saying that Harrison had been actually been asked if he wanted to participate in the reunion, said no because he decided not to leave his cushy A&R job, and THEN sued them. > But guitarist Infante was desperate to take to the > stage with his former friends to perform "Heart > of Glass," "Rapture" and "Call on Me." When > accepting his award from Garbage rocker Shirley > Manson, Infante pleaded, "Debbie, are we allowed?" So, I guess Bruce Thomas can now be officially considered more gracious (since he restricted any possible pleading about playing at the RNRHOF ceremony behind the scenes rather than try to make a public spectacle of himself) than Frank Infante. Nobody tell Elvis; he might have a heart attack. "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:40:23 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: RE: All life we work, but work is a bore >From: Jill Brand >Subject: All life we work, but work is a bore >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:39:11 -0500 (EST) >I don't know if there are any copies left in your local music >establishments, but the latest (?) Mojo with the Kinks on the cover has a >wonderful Kinks covers CD that goes with it. There is only one repeat from >the This is Where I Belong: the songs of Ray Davies CD from a few years >ago. If you like the Kinks and you like cover versions of songs, it's >truly worth it. I agree, well worth picking up, it stands on it's own merits with great consistency. >So Miles, where is there a picture of me (other than a few on the >Kinks website)? Whatever you've seen, I feel like I've aged about 20 years >in the last four, but no, I won't be arriving at the Ray gig in a >wheelchair. After seeing the Decemberists a zillion times last year and >Belle and Sebastian two weeks ago, it's going to feel REALLY good not >looking like the chaperone for a vanload of scornful teenagers. My kids >still make me feel good about all this, which is nice. That's because I'm >a good cook. Hey, I saw Belle and Sebastian with The New Pornographers a week and a half ago. I have to say; being a 37 year old, it was really gratifying to see teens and twenty somethings rocking out to two bands led by 37 year olds. When I was in that demo people my age were called Dinosaurs. They say 40 is the new twenty, I was under the impression it was the slightly older 39. I don't think either band is at it's peak but good to see that peoples horizons have been broadened to the point where these artists are not dismissed by the younger generation. >Jill, who still hasn't listened to Other People's Lives in its entirety Let me know when you have finished, I trust you on these matters. Max ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:08:38 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: All life we work, but work is a bore On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Maximilian Lang wrote: > Hey, I saw Belle and Sebastian with The New Pornographers a week > and a half ago. I have to say; being a 37 year old, it was really > gratifying to see teens and twenty somethings rocking out to two > bands led by 37 year olds. When I was in that demo people my age > were called Dinosaurs. They say 40 is the new twenty, I was under > the impression it was the slightly older 39. I don't think either > band is at it's peak but good to see that peoples horizons have > been broadened to the point where these artists are not dismissed > by the younger generation. Interesting point, Max. I was surprised a few weeks ago at the demographic of the Robyn show in SF. I totally felt like the old- timer (42) up front during Robyn's set - surrounded by 25-40 year olds! - -tc [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:16:09 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #60 > > Miss Deaf Texas Struck by Train, Killed > > > > AUSTIN (AP)- The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after > > being struck by a train, officials said. > > > > Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was > > struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. > > > McAvoy graduated last year from the Texas School for the Deaf, attended > > Austin Community College and then started at Gallaudet University in > > Washington, D.C., in January > >I should have better taste than to amend the last paragraph "...but >none of these schools taught that walking on railroad tracks was a >very bad idea," but apparently I don't. and I should have better taste than to remember and remind people of the sketch from "Not the nine o'clock news" about the funeral of the deaf man, the blind man and the dumb man. 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: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:36:34 +0000 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #60 Quoting fegmaniax-digest : > fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, March 15 2006 Volume 15 : Number 060 > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:23:27 +1300 > From: James Dignan > Subject: Re: earworm hair > As to Karadzic, is it just me, or do others here keep thinking > "Father Ted" whenever they see a picture of him? > James * No, I'm still here too. I suppose that the deceased Dermot Morgan could be hiding under the name of Karadzic somewhere, but what would be the point? > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:24:00 +0000 > From: "matt sewell" > Subject: RE: Various Artists - Not Alone > I heard Anton Barbeau's new recordings the other day and this post > reminded me of the sublimely ridiculous song "Who's The Pony Now, > Devendra Banhart?" Really, the whole thing is a must-hear... > Oh, and any UK fegs need reminding? Pat Fish + Anton + The New Moon Port > Mahon, St Clements, Oxford Sat 18th! Woohooo! * Rave on, Matt! My gig on 30th April has expanded into 1st May as well. Contact me if you want to play! And Rog says bring your poet friend! And I say bring your flautist friend! - - Mike Godwin n.p. Ed Harcourt again PS to Miles: That set sounds great! I have e-mailed Brian Matthew to request "Waterloo Sunset" for my wife's birthday today! PPS And don't forget Attila the Stockbroker, Porter Butt, Bath, March 23rd. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:10:53 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter Jr." Subject: "Wow! They have Nick Cave Dolls now? I waaaant ooone!" Close enough: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:42:59 -0600 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: Billy Bragg How was he? I knew it and yet I completely forgot to watch it! Sumi On 3/15/06, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > is on Conan tonight. > > > "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." > -- Mitch Hedberg > > > . > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:03:27 -0500 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: Billy Bragg one time at band camp, Jeff Dwarf (munki1972@yahoo.com) said: >is on Conan tonight. billy was also on wfmu on monday. for the next couple weeks, stream the glorious 128k mp3 archive at http://www.wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=18349&archive=26244&starttime=1:12:30 and the realaudio archive will be there forever at: http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=18349&archive=26242&starttime=1:12:30 very pleasant interview/performance! woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:30:38 -0600 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: All life we work, but work is a bore Jill > I had > the same reaction when he did the Money-go-round back in 1995 when the > Storyteller thing was still great. By the time I saw it... '97? '98?... it was a little too pat, but I still had a great time simply because I'd never seen Ray before. But I wouldn't have wanted to see that same show again. I can best compare it to the first two Prince shows I saw: first one was 90-min greatest-hits medleython... maybe only 2-3 songs in their entirety. Good energy level and everything, and I was happy with it. A couple of years later, he came back to town and I bought a ticket again. And he did... a 90-min medleython with no songs in their entirety. I was *not* happy. (And despite the Musicology tour raves and Prince being "hot" again in 2005, I skipped the Nashville date because the setlists and reviews sounded like it was an 180-minute medleython. Thanks, already had the 180 minutes of medleys.) > So Miles, where is there a picture of me (other than a few on the Kinks > website)? At first I thought "fegfotos!" but no. Maybe you posted a link to some pictures at some point? I looked at the Kinks website to verify that yea, verily, I wasn't confusing you with someone else, and I wasn't. > it's going to feel REALLY good not looking like > the chaperone for a vanload of scornful teenagers. Ha! I was going through a period where I was either the oldest person in the joint (Beck) or the youngest (Costello), but now that I'm pushing 39, I'm finally the porridge that tastes just right. I think I was right on the median for the Ray show. > Jill, who still hasn't listened to Other People's Lives in its entirety I'm liking it a lot. If the "klassik" period ended with MUSWELL HILLBILLIES, this is the 2nd or 3rd best collection of songs he's done since then. (GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT being my undisputed champeen o' the latter-day Kinks.) It's no THINK VISUAL or PHOBIA, thank goodness. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:31:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Billy Bragg Sumiko Keay wrote: > How was he? > > I knew it and yet I completely forgot to watch it! Pretty good. Sang "A New England." Conan was clearly really thrilled he was on that night. Martha Stewart was also on, making a traditional Irish breakfast, and being on the Conan always means having Martha drink on the air. Show close, Conan was very pleased he had Martha and Billy on the same show. The third guest (well, second) was Macaulley Culkin, who looks like my little brother but shorter. He was plugging his book. Show reruns late next Wednesday in many markets. > > Sumi > > On 3/15/06, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > is on Conan tonight. > > > > > > "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." > > -- Mitch Hedberg > > > > > > . > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:06:34 -0500 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock and The Minus 3, San Francisco 2006-02-27 AUD http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=87008&hit=1 Torrent: 87008 Title: Robyn Hitchcock and The Minus 3, San Francisco 2006-02-27 AUD Size: 534.78 MB Category: Singer/Songwriter Uploaded by: michaelz Description - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robyn Hitchcock & The Minus 3 Slim's San Francisco CA Feb. 27, 2006 (Monday) Source: MG M300s (ORTF, 6' stand, center floor) > Lunatec V2 > Tascam DA-P1 > DAT (44.1K) Transfer: DAT > Sony R500 > Lucid PCI24 > Mac (Peak/Waves/xAct) > flac (level 8) Recording and mastering/transfer by Michael Zelner CD1 (72:14): solo acoustic: 1. intro 2. Gigolo Aunt [Barrett] 3. Aquarium 4. One Long Pair Of Eyes 5. "...2" master tape..." 6. Beautiful Girl w/Minus 3: 7. "...welcome back my friends..." 8. If You Were A Priest 9. "...rock steady beat..." 10. Acid Bird 11. "...extra layer of roof..." 12. When I Was A Kid 13. "...El Papa..." 14. Ole Tarantula 15. Madonna Of The Wasps 16. "...Clint Eastwood's classic..." 17. A Man's Got To Know His Limitations, Briggs 18. Somewhere Apart 19. "...Jim Carrey's mouth..." 20. Sally Was A Legend 21. "... more sensitive antennae..." 22. Creeped Out American Girl 23. (tuning) / "...spotlight on the rodent..." 24. Underground Sun CD2 (34:33): 1. Beautiful Queen 2. Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) 3. [encore break] Encore (w/The Minus 5): 4. Cigarettes, Coffee And Booze [Minus 5] 5. Eight Miles High [Byrds] 6. "...so much of something..." 7. I Wanna Destroy You 8. [encore break] 2nd Encore: 9. Listening To The Higsons (Peter on drums, Bill on bass) total time: 1:46:43 Robyn Hitchcock - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars The Minus 3: Peter Buck - electric guitar Scott McCaughey - bass, vocals Bill Rieflin - drums The Minus 5: Peter Buck - electric guitar John Ramberg - electric guitar, vocals Scott McCaughey - bass, vocals Bill Rieflin - drums, vocals ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #61 *******************************