From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #192 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, August 18 2006 Volume 15 : Number 192 Today's Subjects: ----------------- re: reap [Barbara Soutar ] Robyn on Syd in Uncut [Tulloch ] headlines you just don't expect to see ["Michael Wells" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:21:13 -0400 From: Barbara Soutar Subject: re: reap Note to Stewart: regarding Paul Carter, Sympathy to you for your Scottish childhood friend who died. Barbara Soutar Victoria, BC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:42:12 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Robyn on Syd in Uncut http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/pink_floyd/special_features/8787 I feel really sad about Syds death. Id just got used to the idea that hed never do anything again - just sit there forever in Cambridge, being Roger. And with Syd a dwindling spectre in the distance, his host body Roger could potter about, this strange combination of old man and small child. The idea that he actually died is an incredibly decisive thing to do, for him; its the highest profile thing hes done since 1972, although it wasnt his idea. I suppose I hoped, like a lot of people, that thered be some kind of rekindling. Not that hed write songs again, but maybe hed give an interview - that thered be some sort of glimpse of how he saw it all, before he went. But obviously there isnt. Thats it. Hes taken his silence to the grave. I think there was a struggle between Syd and Roger. I know he didnt like to be known as Syd. The people in the Floyd camp say he was upset by being reminded of what hed been. He had this struggle because he was briefly a glamorous pop star, but he was also an avant-garde artist, and this was back in 1967. And I think he found the two incompatible. But I think he probably also blamed himself for not being able to hold onto it. He was very frustrated with himself, but you cant really see into how he must have felt, at having been so creative and losing it. He did paint. I think he probably rebuilt himself to carry on where hed left off as an art student. And I know hed had fantasies about being a doctor because thats what his father was. So I think he tried to rebuild a life, skirting around the crater of having been Syd Barrett. Were all talking about Syd Barrett, who really hasnt existed since 1971. But behind that, there was this human who, however distorted things became, felt the emotions that produced that intense, beautiful, solitary music, which are still my three all-time favourite records. What I love about his work is that you can feel the person in there. He probably wasnt capable of introspection; maybe thats why he flipped out so badly. Im one of the few who prefers the solo work. Theres a real honesty about it, in a world where so much is doctored and calculated and done for effect - even being a rocknroll casualty. What Barrett produced, he couldnt help producing. And when it had gone, he could do no more. There are a lot of people making records now whove been stars in the past, and their records arent bad. But they just dont matter. I dont think that Barrett ever made a record that didnt matter. Favourite track: Wolfpack. Or Rats, the angry child taking it out on himself. The Purple Bottle - "Howling without symmetry" http://thepurplebottle.blogspot.com/ - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:00:23 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: headlines you just don't expect to see "Monks brawl at Sri Lanka peace protest" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14391363/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:26:39 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Ole Tarantula Bonus Disc Ole Tarantula is available to pre-order from Yep Roc with a bonus disc featuring live versions of Briggs and Underground Sun, and Embryo Twirl (the extra track on the Japanese issue). Here's the link: http://store.yeproc.com/album.php?id=11418 The Purple Bottle - "Howling without symmetry" http://thepurplebottle.blogspot.com/ - --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #192 ********************************