From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #238 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, October 9 2006 Volume 15 : Number 238 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] I want to be a Fisherman.... [The Great Quail ] Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Bleakest. Political Argument. Ever. ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: ahhh...october ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: ahhh...october [2fs ] Re: ahhh...october [The Great Quail ] Re: What's name is "Eb", but my friends call me "Fuckshovel" ["Spotted Ea] Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] RE: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: ahhh...october ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Joining the Yep Roc roster... ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] RE: Wow ["Bachman, Michael" ] Reap [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Reap Wow [Tom Clark ] Ole Tarantula on vinyl ["Marc Holden" ] Re: Reap Wow ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: Ole Tarantula on vinyl ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Fwd: Hitchcock in Oz [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:11:38 +0100 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway Quoting fegmaniax-digest : > fegmaniax-digest Monday, October 9 2006 Volume 15 : Number 237 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:49:57 -0400 > From: "ken ostrander" > Subject: ahhh...october > my package has arrived! been spinning it again and again. there are no > clunkers. his best album since 'nextdoorland'. > with the "fuck me baby i'm a trolley bus" line, amy suggested that > perhaps robyn lost his virginity on a bus. of course, he seems to have a > thing for aquariums, sledges, trams, and car parks as well; so who can > say? > the egyptian harmonies bring me back to the sound that i first fell for > twenty years (!) ago. can anyone confirm that 'element' was released in > october of 1986? * It was definitely 86 but I can't keep track of months any more [or books, or records, or T-shirts, or anything]. > Well, he's worked with Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe (who were, of > course, in both the Soft Boys and the Egyptians) pretty consistently, in and > outside of those bands. So the tension (if there is any) would not seem to > be with them. * Are you sure? Morris turns up regularly at the Fleece in B'tol whether he is billed or not, but my understanding was that Robyn hadn't spoken to Andy since 'Respect' came out. And he hasn't spoken to Matthew Seligman since MS formed that Snail combo. And since they were both bass guitarists, I suspect it's only a question of time till he falls out with McCaughey. - - Mike 'I can take bass players or leave them alone, it's drummers that drive me barmy' Godwin n.p. 'Clearout' - Jack Bruce (stupidly, I thought: 'I know it's Hiseman on drums and Spedding on guitar, but who has he got playing bass on this record?' Answers on postcards to "It's me, Jack Bruce, I play the bass guitar myself" comp...) PS Someone once claimed that the Blue Oyster Cult got their name while looking for an anagram of 'Trolleybus Cue', but that assumes that they didn't know how to spell 'queue'... personally I take itt with a smidgeon of dehydrated saline solution. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:37:26 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: I want to be a Fisherman.... Cappy writes, > Not really. In one, you're killing and in the other, you're creating > life. > > I definitely believe that if you're going to regulate anything, killing > should be at the top of the list. I assume you are being somewhat tongue-in-cheek, right? I mean -- if I recall correctly, you are a big sushi fan, no? Anyway, the real issue here is neither killing nor recreating. It is about population control. Hunting and fishing licenses provide the State with the means to predict, monitor, and control the population of its huntable/fishable wildlife. You are only allows to catch X number of fish of type Y in Season Z, and so on. Needless to say, a compelling argument could be made that human breeding should also be subject to state control. I am not the fellow to make that argument, however, and would resists such attempts, even if overpopulation becomes a bigger problem. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:12:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway hssmrg@bath.ac.uk wrote: > * Are you sure? Morris turns up regularly at the > Fleece in B'tol whether he is billed or not, but my > understanding was that Robyn hadn't spoken to Andy > since 'Respect' came out. And he hasn't spoken to > Matthew Seligman since MS formed that Snail combo. I thought Snail was already formed at the time of the reunion, though it was a falling out between Robyn and Matthew that brought the reunion to an end. And I was under the impression that while it was problems between Robyn and Andy that ended the Egyptians, they were now somewhat cordial, though not necessarily friendly. > And since they were both bass guitarists, I suspect > it's only a question of time till he > falls out with McCaughey. Nah, because Scott's not really a bassist; he's a guitarist that's slumming it for Robyn. :) [My best friend's a bassist, so I can get away with that.] . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:22:20 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Bleakest. Political Argument. Ever. At 04:14 PM 10/6/2006, 2fs wrote: >I believe that repeating a "fucking mistake" (whether or not it's in >all-caps) three times is what is known, in the business of reporting facts, >as "incompetence." > >If your job involved fact-catching, and you let something go through three >times, how would you defend your actions if a supervisor was weighing >disciplinary action against you? "OMG it's a fucking mistake"? Nobody, even fact checkers, can be error free. You show me any error-free publication or media source. Or any evidence that Fox makes more mistakes than any other. One tiny series of mistakes does not point to a network's over-all competence, and you know it. >But I will respectfully drop this part of the discussion, as we're focusing >on trivia rather than substance. You were the one accusing them of purposefully misleading the American public, which I don't find trivial. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:22:58 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: Spooked - and Happy Lennonday, everyone > >>>>>>PS Is 'Spooked' any good? I mean is it better than J4S?<<<<<<< > >it certainly has it's own sound with gillian and david, though some of >the songs seem more developed (and crafted) than others. i think it is >as good as 'jewels'. only one album behind the times, I today saw and bought a copy of spooked, and am thoroughly enjoying it. The guitar work in particular show the Rawlings/Welch touch (as do the harmonies)... there's a lightheartedness to the album, as shown by one or two of the little offhand throwaway moments (what's with the intro to English Girl?). It's a lovely album. >Ono said her enchantment with Iceland was based on the fact that the country >uses water, not oil, to create light and power and that its heat comes from >geothermal energy. sounds like somewhere I know... Here, the South Island's electric power is 90% Hydroelectric, and the North Island's is about 20% geothermal. The peace grant and tower scheme does indeed sound way cool. 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: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:32:41 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: ahhh...october On 10/8/06, ken ostrander wrote: > > > with the "fuck me baby i'm a trolley bus" line, amy suggested that > perhaps robyn lost his virginity on a bus. of course, he seems to have a > thing for aquariums, sledges, trams, and car parks as well; so who can > say? My take on that, coming in the middle of a song that deals with aging more than almost anything else Robyn has every written-- "sweet 53", "failure cuts into my you're too old for this" (great line that last one)-- is that in the end he concludes that he is-- maybe always was an anachronism-- weren't trolly buses recently, officially retired?-- but that he's damned proud of it in the end, and views it as enough of a virtue that it's a reason to, erm, "get with" him. It bookends "Museum of Sex" in its celebration of the squirmy stuff, to my mind, actually finding a bit of meaning in the insanity, to say nothing of joy. The lyrics are really good and focused on that topic throughout the record, I think. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:38:54 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: ahhh...october On 10/8/06, 2fs wrote: > > > Well, he's worked with Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe (who were, of > course, in both the Soft Boys and the Egyptians) pretty consistently, in > and > outside of those bands. So the tension (if there is any) would not seem to > be with them. Andy's been on the outs for a while. One is tempted to say that the lyrics to "NY Doll" are among his most positive feelings about any bass player, but I dunno. Some folks around here have been in touch with Matthew Seligman throughout the years... Yeah, but that only means someone somewhere has a used copy for sale and is > using Amazon via its third-party sellers program (whatever name they give > it). It doesn't mean it's still in print. (Don't know if you thought or > were > implying that - but I thought I'd clarify.) I think that the A&M records and Rhino reissues are officially out of print, as are the Ryko Soft Boys reissues, although the expanded version of "Underwater Moonlight" is probably still available. It's possible the WB records have drifted out of print, too. Oddly the pre-Rhino original Midnight Music versions of at least some of the pre-A&M solo records can still be had at the Museum, last time I looked. - -SER - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:46:20 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: ahhh...october On 10/9/06, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > > On 10/8/06, 2fs wrote: > > > > > > Well, he's worked with Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe (who were, of > > course, in both the Soft Boys and the Egyptians) pretty consistently, in > > and > > outside of those bands. So the tension (if there is any) would not seem > > to > > be with them. > > > Andy's been on the outs for a while. > Errr well ahh...the whole thing would have made much more sense if I'd said what I meant to say, which was about Morris and *Kimberley Rew* (who was not, of course, in the Egyptians...but wasn't there some tension there, something about his playing too loud?) - at least in recent years. Dammit - there goes my chances at that Fox News fact-checking job. (PS: I misread that as "Andy's been on the oats for a while" - which I suppose would mean he's a horse now.) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:52:24 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: ahhh...october >> with the "fuck me baby i'm a trolley bus" > My take on that, coming in the middle of a song that deals with aging more > than almost anything else Robyn has every Well, maybe I am, uh...more gutter-minded than you guys, but I took the line closer to face value. Such as, "Fuck me I have an erection that can be compared, through the power of metaphor, to a trolley bus; which is itself somewhat old-fashioned an quaint, but I *am* Robyn Hitchcock after all." > It bookends "Museum of Sex" in its celebration of the squirmy stuff I love that song, but in my mind, "Victorian Squid" is the ultimate in squirmy erotic songwriting. - --Q ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:53:17 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: What's name is "Eb", but my friends call me "Fuckshovel" On 10/8/06, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > > but let's pretend that the networks (and the *Times* and the *Post*, of > > course) are democratic party house organs. what does this have to do > with > > them being "left-wing"? nothing, that's what. in fact, i should think > > that a much better argument could be made that the democratic party is > to > > the right of the republican party than could be made that it is to the > left > > of...the american public, let's say. > > I'd like to hear your arguments for the Democrats being to the right of > the Republicans... Correctly parsed, I don't think Eddie never said that. He said that the assertion that the Dems are to the right of the GOP is *no more absurd* than the idea that these days, the Dems are farther left than Joe Average American. Most days I'd buy that. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:57:59 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway On 10/9/06, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > > > And since they were both bass guitarists, I suspect > > it's only a question of time till he > > falls out with McCaughey. > > Nah, because Scott's not really a bassist; he's a > guitarist that's slumming it for Robyn. :) My thoughts, too... "Hmmm... how can I have bass guitar get played on this record and tour, and yet not need to be around a bass player?" See previous comments about Arthur Kane: the only good bassist is apparently a dead bassist. On the way, tribute songs to Entwistle, Pastorus, etc. Kidding. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:05:43 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway On Oct 9, 2006, at 6:11 AM, hssmrg@bath.ac.uk wrote: > PS Someone once claimed that the Blue Oyster Cult got their name > while looking for an anagram of 'Trolleybus Cue', but that assumes > that they didn't know how to spell 'queue'... personally I take itt > with a smidgeon of dehydrated saline solution. Well, considering they started as a bunch of stoners from Long Island, I doubt they even knew what a trolleybus is (much less an anagram). - -tc, who also started as a stoner from Long Island... p.s. More Cowbell!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:26:07 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: 663 to Cricklewood Broadway On 10/9/06, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > > >> And since they were both bass guitarists, I suspect > >> it's only a question of time till he > >> falls out with McCaughey. > >> Nah, because Scott's not really a bassist; he's a >> guitarist that's slumming it for Robyn. :) SER: >My thoughts, too... "Hmmm... how can I have bass guitar get played on this >record and tour, and yet not need to be around a bass player?" See previous >comments about Arthur Kane: the only good bassist is apparently a dead >bassist. On the way, tribute songs to Entwistle, Pastorus, etc >Kidding. >-SER Don't say that around the Allman Brothers Band. They have three dead ones. Berry Oakley, Lamar Williams and Allen Woody. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:11:30 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Hugest. Molehill. Ever. On 10/9/06, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > > At 04:14 PM 10/6/2006, 2fs wrote: > > >But I will respectfully drop this part of the discussion, as we're > focusing > >on trivia rather than substance. > > You were the one accusing them of purposefully misleading the > American public, which I don't find trivial. You know, someone pointed out that Fox had mis-ID'd Foley's political party. I commented that it seemed suspiciously convenient, given Fox's ideology (with a bit of hyperbole for fun: the "my ass" bit). Apparently I'm no longer allowed to do that on a music mailing list. C'mon, man: it's a discussion, on an e-mail list - not the op-ed page of the New York Times. After having ramped up the whole thing into being tantamount to my having accused Fox of treason in a court of law, and being told to "shut up" in the bargain, now I'm the one who's wildly spun the argument out of control with no regard for standards. Fine. Since we're here, I will merely state the following: 1. Even though the odds that the error was accidental are high, letting it ride was advantageous to Fox's known ideology. 2. Fox has been proven to impose an ideological bias on the news it reports and the perspective it takes on the news; here's an excerpt from the relevant Wikipedia article (the actual article's notes link to "real" media if you don't like Wikipedia): Photocopied memos from Fox News executive John Moodyinstructed the network's on-air anchors and reporters to use positive language when discussing pro-life viewpoints, the Iraq war, and tax cuts , as well as requesting that the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal be put in context with the other violence in the area [2]. Such memos were reproduced for the anti-FOX News film *Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism *, which included Moody quotes such as, "[T]he soldiers [seen on FOX in Iraq] in the foreground should be identified as ' sharpshooters ,' not 'snipers,' which carries a negative connotation." Former Fox News producer Charlie Reinaexplained, "The roots of Fox News Channel's day-to-day on-air bias are actual and direct. They come in the form of an executive memo distributed electronically each morning, addressing what stories will be covered and, often, suggesting how they should be covered. To the newsroom personnel responsible for the channel's daytime programming, The Memo is the Bible. If, on any given day, you notice that the Fox anchors seem to be trying to drive a particular point home, you can bet The Memo is behind it." [3] [4] [5] 3. Therefore, it is not beyond reason to imagine the possibility that Fox might, even with an accidental error, have been less inclined to correct it than they would to correct an error that worked to the benefit of politicians or positions they oppose. Of course we can't prove it; we can't get inside the heads of the responsible parties. Fortunately, this isn't a court of law; opinions are free to be expressed. Personally I think it hardly matters: Foley's dug his own grave, and the more that comes out about it, the worse his situation seems. And frankly, even *that* shouldn't matter except insofar as he's broken the law, and even that lawbreaking pales in importance next to the severity of Iraq and issues attached thereto (including the administration's utterly mad - and I use that term to mean "incapable of recognizing a distinction between reality and fantasy" - intentions toward Iran. The phrase "you and what army" has never been more deadly serious. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:15:48 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: ahhh...october On 10/9/06, The Great Quail wrote: > > >> with the "fuck me baby i'm a trolley bus" > > My take on that, coming in the middle of a song that deals with aging > more > > than almost anything else Robyn has every > > Well, maybe I am, uh...more gutter-minded than you guys, but I took the > line > closer to face value. Such as, "Fuck me I have an erection that can be > compared, through the power of metaphor, to a trolley bus; which is itself > somewhat old-fashioned an quaint, but I *am* Robyn Hitchcock after all." Oh, it's definitely pretty a straight-up dick joke in every sense of the term... not entirely a joke, either, 'cuz he sounds like he means it. But in the context of the song, all the aging and failure imagery, I think the anachronism of it is a kind of prideful thing. Accepting and celebrating. I think it's all over the place. > It bookends "Museum of Sex" in its celebration of the squirmy stuff > > I love that song, but in my mind, "Victorian Squid" is the ultimate in > squirmy erotic songwriting. In "Museum" I don't think the sex is all that erotic... "sea foam: the museum of sex" is like a literal equation. Briny saltwater contains the history of procreation, ever since a cell membrane formed around a bit of it and started dividing and multiplying and recombining into a bunch of ghastly critters that felt compelled to keep doing the nasty long after they crawled inland and invented insurance. And the only way Robyn finds to make sense of it is in music, the only cure. It's actually a kind of simplistic concept in Robyn terms, although in someone else's song it'd be well-nigh impenetrable. Once again, what puts it over is his whole "hell, yeah!" vibe about it, not a hint of the repression that characterizes the folks in "Victorian Squid" (which is, admittedly, a totally ace song as well). - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:34:42 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Joining the Yep Roc roster... ... Kristin Hersh, 50 Foot Wave, any foreseeable future reincarnations of Throwing Muses. Now if they'd just sign Television and get that 4th album out, they'd own a big chunk of my soul. Pretty damned strong roster as it stands. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:40:23 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Wow http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/technology/googleyoutube_deal $1.65 billion. Looks like someone's going to be moving to a bigger house. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:52:37 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Wow Eb wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/technology/googleyoutube_deal >$1.65 billion. Looks like someone's going to be moving to a bigger >house. Speaking of Google, they are moving 1000 jobs to Ann Arbor, Michigan which is a nice boost for our local economy and more diversification away from the auto industry. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:34:36 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Reap Can I really be the first to post this? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CBGBS_SHUTDOWN? SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:16:18 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Reap Wow On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Steve Talkowski wrote: > Can I really be the first to post this? > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CBGBS_SHUTDOWN? > SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT I think we all knew it was coming. I don't recall ever seeing an exact date though. On Oct 9, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Eb wrote: > http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/technology/googleyoutube_deal > > $1.65 billion. Looks like someone's going to be moving to a bigger > house. Guess it shows that Google Video wasn't working. I think YouTube only has about 65 employees or something - it sure pays to be a Web 2.0 hipster doofus these days! Now if Google would just by CB's... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:35:08 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Ole Tarantula on vinyl I had been trying to buy the vinyl edition of Ole Tarantula from Yep Roc, but it wasn't on the website--I think I saw it when the pre-orders first were put on the site, but didn't place an order then. I called the label and left a message. Shana just called back and let me know that the vinyl had hit a problem at the pressing plant, but they got it straightened out. She had just added the vinyl back onto the site today, and pointed out that when you order the vinyl you get a bonus digital download of the entire album. I checked "My Stash" after placing the order, and files for all the songs (except the bonus "Embryo Twirl") were available for download now. Just thought I'd give anybody interested in this offer a chance to get in on it. Enjoy, Marc A friend of mine gave me a Philip Glass record. I listened to it for five hours before I realized it had a scratch on it. Emo Phillips ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:57:52 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Reap Wow On 10/9/06, Tom Clark wrote: > > > > Now if Google would just by CB's... It really does seem like CB's could've simultaneously saved itself and ruined its rep by branding and franchising itself. The old blues juke joints have been given the Disney treatment in several flavors already... it'd be perversely interesting to see what the Imagineers would come up with to simulate, say, the CB's restroom. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:02:34 -0700 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Ole Tarantula on vinyl On 10/9/06, Marc Holden wrote: > > She > had just added the vinyl back onto the site today, and pointed out that > when > you order the vinyl you get a bonus digital download of the entire album. > I > checked "My Stash" after placing the order, and files for all the songs > (except the bonus "Embryo Twirl") were available for download now. Huh. Except for the bonus track, I almost wish I'd done this now. It's not like I would spin the vinyl a lot less than the physical CD; as long as the downloads were of good quality, they'd be just about the same as the form in which I've listened to OT almost every time as it is, and I don't have any cool vinyl for my efforts. I bet the cover art would look quite nice next to my old Can of Bees LP jacket, too. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:31:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Ole Tarantula on vinyl On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > Huh. Except for the bonus track, I almost wish I'd done this now. I totally would have done that rather than what I did. Damnit. > It's not like I would spin the vinyl a lot less than the physical CD; as > long as the downloads were of good quality, they'd be just about the > same as the form in which I've listened to OT almost every time as it > is, and I don't have any cool vinyl for my efforts. I bet the cover art > would look quite nice next to my old Can of Bees LP jacket, too. Yep. There are only a handful of artists that I'll bother buying at all (as most folks aren't worth the effort or patronage, so I feed them into my rss filter and let my torrent client download 'em whenever they come up). Lately, I've been buying vinyl when it's available and ripping the CD from someone or downloading it. I really wish this offer had been announced two weeks ago. I think we can expect it from Yep Roc in the future (because they're doing it and it's clearly the right thing to do), so we won't make the same mistake twice. I'm thinking of hauling away (almost) my entire CD collection this week. [And while I'm at it, is anyone here willing to give me a primer on speakers? I don't have HIGH requirements (since most of my playback is from MP3), but I don't want crap. I've been cruising Craigslist and seeing things in my price range that I can't understand.] J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:21:43 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Fwd: Hitchcock in Oz A friend of mine in Australia has just sent me this - hopefully someone here can clarify the situation a bit... >Hi James >Robyn or his management are disorganised. Here's what I posted to an >Australian music list tonight. > >This event is free and added to his Victorian itinerary: >THE BASEMENT DISCS - LIVE IN-STORE PERFORMANCES >24 Block Place, Melbourne - phone: 9654 1110 >ROBYN HITCHCOCK + VENUS 3 - FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER @12.45PM > >Arrive early - these are usually packed. > >Meantime here's the schedule put up at fegmaniax, and the actual from >research: >October 2006 tour dates: > >Monday 16 The Spiegeltent - Melbourne - Vic >Spiegeltent is taking bookings. $46 per person > >Tuesday 17 Melbourne Uni - Vic >haven't checked this one > >Friday 20 The Rose, Torquay - Vic (+ in store performance Basement Discs) >Not playing at the Rose Torquay. Management says "unfortunately this show >has been cancelled at this venue you may wish to try some of the other >venues they are playing at. cheers." > >Sat 21 St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews - Vic >The guy I phoned behind the bar can't see any booking. Two other artists >are booked for the 21st. > >Sunday 22 The Northcote Social Club, Northcote - Vic >Venue management says "we do not have confirmation that Robyn Hitchcock is >playing at NSC on 23rd October." > >Looks like a hitchcockup. 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #238 ********************************