From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #86 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, April 18 2006 Volume 15 : Number 086 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: What was that word...? ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: What was that word...? [Eb ] Re: Gilmore Girls: the verdict [2fs ] Re: What was that word...? [2fs ] Re: Gilmore Girls: the verdict ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: Another news bulletin [2fs ] Re: As usual when talk turns to TV shows... ["Stacked Crooked" ] Uncle Robyn Hitchcock - live in 1991 on BBC 6 [wojizzle forizzle ] Re: Pop cultures collide [2fs ] Re: Pop cultures collide [Eb ] Re: Pop cultures collide [Tom Clark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:25:36 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: What was that word...? On 4/17/06, Eb wrote: > > Someone posted an article awhile back about that mini-genre of > backwoods artists who kinda wordlessly grunt and whoop along with > hillbilly music? What was that style called again? Something starting > with H? "Eephing"... - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:30:56 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: GG+GLP On 4/17/06, Michael Wells wrote: > If you like the Gilmore Girls AND Grant-Lee Phillips, you're got more > good news: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060407/en_tv_eo/18748 I find the clarification on Sam Phillips - not the Elvis Sam Phillips, and then using a name our SP hasn't used for like 20 years - rather amusing, and revealing of who yahoo thinks its audience is. (Very old people who bought obscure Christian-folk records in the late '80s?) It's also pretty funny to hear Joe Pernice described as a "punk rocker"...although maybe he'll play a punk rocker on the show or something. But anyone who doesn't know Pernice's music who expects "punk rock" (either of the old school or mallpop-punk variety) will be...nonplussed. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:31:29 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: What was that word...? Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > Someone posted an article awhile back about that mini-genre of > backwoods artists who kinda wordlessly grunt and whoop along with > hillbilly music? What was that style called again? Something starting > with H? > > "Eephing"... Ah yeah, that's it. xo, Ebby ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:33:57 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Gilmore Girls: the verdict On 4/17/06, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > So Battlestar Galactica is really good? That seems odd. I don't really get > why you'd make a new show that is good based on an old one that wasn't (not > the BSG wasn't the very best thing ever when I was seven). Why you'd make a new show based on an old something that was crappy? That way, you don't have to find writers to create an interesting premise. Incidentally, I've heard rumors that Fox is interested in doing a sendup of reality TV based on Eb, Jeme, Rex, and Eddie's interplay right here. So which actors should play you guys? (Yes, I know: Isaac Hayes does a cameo...) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:39:58 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: What was that word...? On 4/17/06, Eb wrote: > Someone posted an article awhile back about that mini-genre of > backwoods artists who kinda wordlessly grunt and whoop along with > hillbilly music? What was that style called again? Something starting > with H? Eefing, I think Not to be confused with "barzelaying." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:05:26 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Gilmore Girls: the verdict On 4/17/06, 2fs wrote: > > > Why you'd make a new show based on an old something that was crappy? > That way, you don't have to find writers to create an interesting > premise. No no no-- why make a *good* new show based on a *bad* old show. As I understand the relationship between the old and new BSG's it sounds like it would've been akin to creating "The Shield" but naming it "TJ Hooker". - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:22:06 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Another news bulletin ...The girls celebrate their individuality through characters such as Country Girl, Party Girl, All Star Girl and Fashion Girl which developed as they helped choose the tracks for the album... GIRL AUTHORITY DEBUTS Top 10 & 20 on Billboard's Children and Top Heatseeker charts GROUP INVITED BY DRESDEN DOLLS TO PERFORM at BOSTON SHOW, APRIL 21 April 17, 2006  Cambridge, MA - It has been a great week for the nine young Bostonian girlfriends that make up Girl Authority! Their new self- titled CD (Rounder) has made its debut, securing a Top 10 position on the Billboard Kids Chart and Top 20 on the Top Heatseeker chart. The CD, produced by Grammy award winning Producer and Rounder VP of A&R Scott Billington, features new versions of popular "girl-power" hits, some of which include "We've Got The Beat," "Shop Around," and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Full of spunk and pure girl energy, the pop singing group made up of nine friends ages 8 to 13, came together though a local theater company. It is their youthful outlook on life and music that first attracted the attention of the Dresden Dolls whose penchant for theatrical and musical fun has brought them critical acclaim. The two were neighbors in the recording studio where Dolls' lead singer Amanda Palmer heard the girls singing. She and bandmate Brian Viglione later returned to the Girl Authority sessions. "Brian and I are nuts about anybody under 15 playing music, period," Palmer says. "When we met these gals in the studio, you could just feel the enthusiasm for making music bursting out of their skins. They were so EXCITED. It's a breath of fresh air, indeed. I just wish we could take them on tour..." For now, they have invited the girls to be their special guests for their April 21 Boston show at the Orpheum. Girl Authority will sing "I Love Rock and Roll," with the Dolls backing them up, then will lead the audience in singing background vocals on the new Dolls single, "Sing," from their impending April 18 release, "Yes, Virginia." The girls celebrate their individuality through characters such as Country Girl, Party Girl, All Star Girl and Fashion Girl which developed as they helped choose the tracks for the album. The Girl Authority girls are: Tarr (Rock-n-Roll Girl), age 13; Alex (Fashion Girl), age 13; Jacqueline (All-Star Girl), age 13; Carly (Glamour Girl), age 13; Jess (Boho Girl), age 12; Gina (Urban Girl), age 12; Crystal (Country Girl), age 11; Kate (Party Girl), age 11; and Zoe (Preppy Girl), age 8. They have been performing together for over five years under Girl Authority Executive Producer, Samantha Hammel through her MetroWest Family Theater productions. Rounder Records, America's premier independent label and already an establish ed presence in the children's music genre, brings its "real music" philosophy to the Girl Authority CD. Producer Billington, who gathered a top- notch group of New Orleans musicians to lay down the CD tracks, says: "This is a high-quality record that parents and kids can enjoy together. No computers, just real musicians playing together and making the songs groove." Six of the fifteen tracks on the CD are group vocals, highlighting the long-standing friendship shared among the girls; the remaining nine tracks showcase the solo vocals and unique personalities of each. The group is currently in rehearsals for an impending summer tour. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:22:36 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Another news bulletin On 4/17/06, Eb wrote: > > GIRL AUTHORITY DEBUTS > Top 10 & 20 on Billboard's Children and Top Heatseeker charts > > GROUP INVITED BY DRESDEN DOLLS > TO PERFORM at BOSTON SHOW, APRIL 21 > Full of spunk... Uh...? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:43:21 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Re: As usual when talk turns to TV shows... *sniff*. i guess we know how frequently woj reads mine and bayard's posts. that's what i thought, too, when they first aired. but then watching them a second time when the DVD came out, i decided that the fourth season is right up there with the initial run. now i'm having the same problem with the fifth season that i did with the fourth... i don't agree with this at all. not to say that the "inserts" aren't a lot of fun -- often even funnier that the main plot. but they make up a pretty small total of the footage. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:07:07 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: Another news bulletin >The group is currently in rehearsals for an impending summer tour. there's a reason "impending" usually prefaces "doom". +w p.s. to eddie: i do too read your posts! the family guy hate was clouding my memory. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:11:40 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Uncle Robyn Hitchcock - live in 1991 on BBC 6 - ----- Forwarded message from eskimospy@aol ----- To: RobynHitchcockClub@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10709 From: eskimospy@aol Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:55:25 EDT Subject: [RobynHitchcockClub] Uncle Robyn Hitchcock - live in 1991 on BBC 6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/6music.shtml Find Chris Hawkins and select his Wednesday show. The stream url is - rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/6music/6m_chris_wed.ra Sadly, today is the 6th day that the stream has been around - so it won't be around for very much longer. Scott - ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:28:47 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Pop cultures collide Did anyone else happen to see Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment last night? There was one bit which made fun of a photo where foreground/ background conflicts made it look as if a water pipe was sorta running out of a wall and down into someone's head. But the head belonged to...GBV's Robert Pollard! :) For those of you who had longtime bets with your spouses that Jay Leno would never utter the words "Guided by Voices," it's time to pay up! Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:10:39 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Pop cultures collide On 4/18/06, Eb wrote: > Did anyone else happen to see Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment last night? > > There was one bit which made fun of a photo where foreground/ > background conflicts made it look as if a water pipe was sorta > running out of a wall and down into someone's head. > > But the head belonged to...GBV's Robert Pollard! :) It would, of course, have been more appropriate had it been a beer tapper... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:25:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Pop cultures collide >> Did anyone else happen to see Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment last >> night? >> >> There was one bit which made fun of a photo where foreground/ >> background conflicts made it look as if a water pipe was sorta >> running out of a wall and down into someone's head. >> >> But the head belonged to...GBV's Robert Pollard! :) > > It would, of course, have been more appropriate had it been a beer > tapper... http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/CAT/robertpollard/gallery/promo/ robert-pollard-04-print.jpg While I'm here, this is good for some groans 'n' snickers.... http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:45:52 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Pop cultures collide On Apr 18, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Eb wrote: >>> Did anyone else happen to see Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment last >>> night? >>> >>> There was one bit which made fun of a photo where foreground/ >>> background conflicts made it look as if a water pipe was sorta >>> running out of a wall and down into someone's head. >>> >>> But the head belonged to...GBV's Robert Pollard! :) >> >> It would, of course, have been more appropriate had it been a beer >> tapper... > > http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/CAT/robertpollard/gallery/promo/ > robert-pollard-04-print.jpg So that must be the tap that fills his head with endless two minute songs. Someone turn it off! - -tc ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #86 *******************************