From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #251 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, October 22 2006 Volume 15 : Number 251 Today's Subjects: ----------------- the south will rise again [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Katoomba - Australia - 19/10/06 [wojbearpig ] Re: RH & V3 in Sydney - article in SMH. [2fs ] who knew it was also a sink pedestal from the 1930s? [2fs >> grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > >> > James, in the "Edinburgh of the South" (so described officially) > >> From: "Stewart C. Russell" > > >> I didn't know you lived in Athens? > > > > The "other" south... :) > >'Dun' means 'Burgh' so it is a literal translation from the Garlic. exactly right, only the "Edin" is pronounced with a long "E" so the word rhymes with things like "Believin'". And of course, during the "Lord of the Rings" kerfuffle someone decided to daub in an "A" before the "I" in a few local road signs. 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: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:59:17 -0400 From: wojbearpig Subject: NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Katoomba - Australia - 19/10/06 http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=117588&hit=1 - ----- Forwarded message from DIME ----- A new torrent has been uploaded to DIME. Torrent: 117588 Title: Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Katoomba - Australia - 19/10/06 Size: 661.55 MB Category: Singer/Songwriter Uploaded by: gwrang1 Description - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Clarendon Hotel - katoomba - Australia 19th of October 2006 Coresound Binaurals > Sony D8 DAT > M Audio Delta AP S/PDIF > Cooledit Pro 2.0 A small hotel venue in Katoomba, in the scenic Blue Mountains west of Sydney played host to this beautiful concert by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3. Anything between 50 and a hundret visitors were treated not only to a memorable show but to the opportunity to mingle with the very friendly musicians before and after the show. The recorder was only meters from the stage, making for excellent and clear sound. a sound sample will be provided. The first disc fits the Robyn Hitchcock tracks marked D1 with or without the tracks from the opening act, according to your liking. Opening act: John Encarnacao http://www.warmer.com.au/home.htm 01. Unknown 02. Cold Diamond Armchair 03. Broken Wing 04. Unknown 05. Quicky 1 06. Shoes Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 01. I Often Dream of Trains 02. Vibrating 03. Birdshead 04. Flesh Number One 05. Adventure Rocket Ship 06. Somewhere Apart 07. Not Dark Yet (Dylan) 08. Ole Tarantula 09. Chinese Bones 10. Television 11. Creeped Out 12. Jewels For Sophia 13. Madonna Of The Wasps - The Picture Story 14. Madonna Of The Wasps 15. Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) Encores: 16. Cigarettes Coffee And Booze [Minus 5] 17. Aw, Shit Man [Minus 5] 18. The Bells Of Rhymney (The Byrds) 19. NY Doll 20. Queen of Eyes - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:40:54 -0400 From: wojbearpig Subject: RH & V3 in Sydney - article in SMH. - ----- Forwarded message from vierstein91 ----- To: RobynHitchcockClub@yahoogroups.com From: vierstein91 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:46:24 +1000 (EST) Subject: [RobynHitchcockClub] RH & V3 in Sydney - article in SMH. Here is a gig review from the Basement show by Bernard Zuel,the music critic of the 'Sydney Morning Herald' : http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/a-space-odditys-tuneful-orbit/2006/10/19/1160851068586.html A space oddity's tuneful orbit Bernard Zuel October 20, 2006 ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE VENUS 3, The Basement, October 18 A TALL Englishman with elegantly grey hair, a glint in his eye and a shirt of florid fabulousness, Robyn Hitchcock looks nothing less than a younger, healthier Peter Cook. You can imagine Hitchcock as the kind of charming but dotty gentleman squire ("the transparent earl", perhaps, of his opening song If You Were a Priest) who keeps his muddy wellies and his Turner originals in the same cupboard downstairs. Droll of wit, a lover of the absurd and your ideal playmate for an evening in the sandpit of the English language, Hitchcock is what you imagine Cook would have been like if he had chosen rock'n'roll rather than comedy. The better to tell a rambling, increasingly obtuse and hilarious story involving space travel and exploding planets which ends suddenly with "and this song is less than three minutes". While Hitchcock was less garrulous than on his last visit, when he played solo and, according to one fan, "was more like a stand-up comedian", there was still a strain of wry enjoyment through the nearly two-hour set - even when excoriating certain Texan presidents or playing songs where fatalism ruled. You get that when the material, the playing and the personalities are of this quality. There are tunes galore here, given understated but firmly controlled flair by a trio of REM alumni: guitarist Peter Buck, drummer Bill Rieflin and bass player and vocalist Scott McCaughey. Hearing them dance through Hitchcock's Queen Of Eyes was like hearing avowed Hitchcock fans REM doing the Byrds doing Dylan. Buck's playing would have brought a tear to the eye of every guitar pop nerd who pines for the jangling prettiness of those early REM albums. But the key to Hitchcock is not that his music is rooted in the mid-to-late '60s, infused with that period's melodic drive, but that he finds a way to twist those influences into odd shapes. So the harmonies are tweaked one step further than you might expect, the melodies are pretty but take a left when the natural order of things would be to take a right and, of course, the lyrics are always likely to offer moments such as "stop me baby, I'm a trolley bus". Cook would have approved. - ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:18:18 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: RH & V3 in Sydney - article in SMH. On 10/21/06, wojbearpig wrote: > > ----- Forwarded message from vierstein91 ----- > > > Here is a gig review from the Basement show by Bernard > Zuel,the music critic of the 'Sydney Morning Herald' : > > > http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/a-space-odditys-tuneful-orbit/2006/10/19/1160851068586.html > > A space oddity's tuneful orbit > > Bernard Zuel > October 20, 2006 > But the key to Hitchcock is not that his music is > rooted in the mid-to-late '60s, infused with that > period's melodic drive, but that he finds a way to > twist those influences into odd shapes. So the > harmonies are tweaked one step further than you might > expect, the melodies are pretty but take a left when > the natural order of things would be to take a right > and, of course, the lyrics are always likely to offer > moments such as "stop me baby, I'm a trolley bus". Is anyone keeping track of the endless variety of misquotations this line is inspiring? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:12:21 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: who knew it was also a sink pedestal from the 1930s? Quail might want to check out my latest blog entry... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #251 ********************************