From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #260 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, November 2 2006 Volume 15 : Number 260 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich ["Sarah Jones" ] Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich ["Bri N" ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston [2fs ] RE: It's all about the squid ["Michael Wells" ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston [Caroline Smith ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston [2fs ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston [Caroline Smith ] Re: hitchcockole and Boston ["Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" ] reap [Eb ] Re: reap ["Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" ] items for sale on robyns tour. ["Pat Welker" ] Re: where angels wander ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Emerging as one of the AMG's most redundant bio-opening paragraphs... ["S] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:11:55 +0000 From: "Sarah Jones" Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich There was a nasty rumor about another REM record, I wonder when thats gonna happen????? >From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" >Reply-To: "Spotted Eagle Ray" >To: "Not Reg" >Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich >Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:46:11 -0800 > >On 11/1/06, Matthijs van Geldere wrote: > > > > > > >http://www.seetickets.com/see/event.asp?e%7Cartist=ROBYN+HITCHCOCK&resultspe > > rpage=20&filler1=see > > > > New date announced > > > > January 8th 2007 - Norwich - may be a solo date as I have heard the >Venus > > 3 > > will arrive in the UK on the same day and it might be challenging for >them > > to immediately play that same night, however I can't imagine Robyn >playing > > away from home the day his friends arrive in London :) > > >Didn't the Australian reviews mention that that band would be back there by >the end of next year? Just wondering how long the tour's going to be, >roughly. If there's potentially another US swing with the V3, I'll make >damned sure not to double book that date. Hard to imagine the other guys >won't have many other commitments next year, but one can always hope. > >-SER ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:29:42 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich On 11/1/06, Sarah Jones wrote: > > There was a nasty rumor about another REM record, I wonder when thats > gonna > happen????? The two things I've heard about that: 1) Peter Buck was heard to remark that there were going to be lots of guitars. That's, potentially, a good thing. 2) They'd done some recording with Bill Berry. That is also a good thing. Therefore, I'm cautiously (underline that five times) optimistic. Even though I'm one of those who liked the keyboardy goodness of _Up_ (and the mandolin-y goodness of preceding albums), I think Buck's a much more inventive guitarist than anything else. I'd hope by now that he realizes that using some of the style he developed way back in the dark ages would no longer be "stuck in a rut" - it would be "playing to one's strengths." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:50:38 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich On 11/1/06, 2fs wrote: > > > Even though I'm one of those who liked the keyboardy goodness of _Up_ (and > the mandolin-y goodness of preceding albums), I think Buck's a much more > inventive guitarist than anything else. I'd hope by now that he realizes > that using some of the style he developed way back in the dark ages would > no > longer be "stuck in a rut" - it would be "playing to one's strengths." Was there really not that much guitar on "Around the Sun"? Or just not much electric guitar? I don't remember it as particularly keyboard-y, but then again, I don't remember it much at all. R.E.M. firing Stipe and hiring Robyn would be a kind of Van Halen / Sammy Hagar thing, huh? Or more like Audioslave? Basically the kind of thing that only bands I don't like do, but since R.E.M. have drifted into that category, it's an idea. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:04:15 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Another Satisfied Customer or a Late October Surprise? http://www.nbc11.com/news/10205869/detail.html *Feds Probe Explosion At eBay Building In San Jose* SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose firefighters and a bomb squad remain on the scene of an explosion at the eBay campus on North 1st Street in San Jose. The fire department responded to the four-story building at 2211 North 1st St. at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after being contacted by the building's private alarm company that some windows were broken, according to San Jose Fire Department Capt. Jose Guerrero. San Jose police told NBC11 that some kind of explosive device was set off in the four-story building, shattering a window. Guerrero told NBC11 News the explosion had to be pretty strong to break the window, because the glass was several inches thick. The nearly 200 employees of eBay's PayPal Division in San Jose are being told to stay home from work Wednesday. NBC11 photographers could not get a picture of the shattered window because it was obscured inside a courtyard and obscured by trees. Chopper11 captured several investigators apparently searching for evidence in the bushes of the courtyard where the explosion happened. Two investigators were seen carrying out shrubbery in a plastic sheet. The 26 people who were in the building at the time of the blast were evacuated. No one was hurt, according to police. People in the buildings across the streets from the eBay complex reported feeling the blast. eBay officials said the operations of PayPal and eBay were not interrupted because of the incident. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:13:19 +0000 From: Matthijs van Geldere Subject: Robyn Hitchcock tour dates 2007 - update Dates confirmed so far: 2007 UK Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3 Tour Monday January 8th: Norwich - http://www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=214292&userid=140668701&filler1 =see Saturday January 13th: Manchester - http://www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=214175&userid=140668191&filler1 =see Sunday January 14th: Sheffield - http://www.frannyman.com/boardwalk/gig_beyond06.html For updates check http://universaltrendsetter.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=1392 [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:37:53 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich On Nov 1, 2006, at 10:29 AM, 2fs wrote: > Even though I'm one of those who liked the keyboardy goodness of > _Up_ (and > the mandolin-y goodness of preceding albums), I think Buck's a much > more > inventive guitarist than anything else. I'd hope by now that he > realizes > that using some of the style he developed way back in the dark ages > would no > longer be "stuck in a rut" - it would be "playing to one's strengths." I gotta say, listening to the recent LA show, I've got a new appreciation for Buck. He really added some nice touches that I hadn't noticed from other shows. He was playing not more than four feet away from me earlier this year in SF, but perhaps I was too focused on how much he hates me to notice his brilliance. Go figger, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:34:19 -0800 From: "Bri N" Subject: Re: Robyn - January 8th - Norwich I gotta say, listening to the recent LA show, I've got a new appreciation for Buck. He really added some nice touches that I hadn't noticed from other shows. He was playing not more than four feet away from me earlier this year in SF, but perhaps I was too focused on how much he hates me to notice his brilliance. Go figger, - -tc - ---------------- Did you wear your T-Shirt? ;) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:08:53 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: hitchcockole and Boston Did anyone else think that "hitchcockole" was cute, or did no one else see it in the short review that someone posted? Also, what is this shit with no Boston show AGAIN!?! He didn't come here for the second Soft Boys tour, either. The last time he was here, I asked him really nicely if there was a problem with Boston, and he seemed surprised. Um, I mean, it's a pretty big city with a rather sizable student population; isn't that the perfect milieu (did I just use that word?) for one of his shows? David Greenberger, if you are out there, shed some light on this please. Jill, missing Robyn again ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:57:18 -0500 (EST) From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston - -----Original Message----- >From: Jill Brand >Sent: Nov 1, 2006 3:08 PM >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: hitchcockole and Boston >> >Also, what is this shit with no Boston show AGAIN!?! He didn't come here >for the second Soft Boys tour, either. The last time he was here, I asked >him really nicely if there was a problem with Boston, and he seemed >surprised. Um, I mean, it's a pretty big city with a rather sizable >student population; isn't that the perfect milieu (did I just use that >word?) for one of his shows? David Greenberger, if you are out there, >shed some light on this please. > >Jill, missing Robyn again I have the same gripe. I'm finally back in the greater Bay Area and there is no SF show either! I've missed every SF show for 8 years and then - nothing! Boy am I dissappointed! - - carrie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:07:51 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston On 11/1/06, Carrie Galbraith wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Jill Brand > >Sent: Nov 1, 2006 3:08 PM > >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > >Subject: hitchcockole and Boston > >> > >Also, what is this shit with no Boston show AGAIN!?! He didn't come here > >for the second Soft Boys tour, either. The last time he was here, I > asked > >him really nicely if there was a problem with Boston, and he seemed > >surprised. Um, I mean, it's a pretty big city with a rather sizable > >student population; isn't that the perfect milieu (did I just use that > >word?) for one of his shows? David Greenberger, if you are out there, > >shed some light on this please. > > > >Jill, missing Robyn again > > I have the same gripe. I'm finally back in the greater Bay Area and there > is no SF show either! I've missed every SF show for 8 years and then - > nothing! > Boy am I dissappointed! Unfortunately, the conclusion to be drawn from this is sadly clear: Robyn does not like to play female Fegs' cities. It's a character flaw. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:17:32 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: It's all about the squid http://squid.us/ Very cool! Meanwhile, in the French Frigate Shoals, a plethora of new species http://www.coml.org/coml.htm Hmm, that crab pic looks familiar, no? Counting down to Chicago*, Michael * and Motor City, although "see you in Detroit" as a next-show mantra doesn't have nearly the same ring as "roll on to Katoomba." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:03:22 -0500 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston On 1-Nov-06, at 4:07 PM, 2fs wrote: > > > Unfortunately, the conclusion to be drawn from this is sadly clear: > Robyn > does not like to play female Fegs' cities. It's a character flaw. Except for me (and Randi) & Toronto. I have yet to find any character flaws with Robyn. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:14:15 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston On 11/1/06, Caroline Smith wrote: > > On 1-Nov-06, at 4:07 PM, 2fs wrote: > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the conclusion to be drawn from this is sadly clear: > > Robyn > > does not like to play female Fegs' cities. It's a character flaw. > > > Except for me (and Randi) & Toronto. I have yet to find any character > flaws with Robyn. Correction: American female Fegs' cities. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:17:05 -0500 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston On 1-Nov-06, at 5:14 PM, 2fs wrote: > On 11/1/06, Caroline Smith wrote: >> >> On 1-Nov-06, at 4:07 PM, 2fs wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Unfortunately, the conclusion to be drawn from this is sadly clear: >>> Robyn >>> does not like to play female Fegs' cities. It's a character flaw. >> >> >> Except for me (and Randi) & Toronto. I have yet to find any character >> flaws with Robyn. > > > > Correction: American female Fegs' cities. > I have been lucky to see him a couple of times in Ottawa and a couple of times in Toronto. Barbara, are you out there? When was the last time Robyn played Vancouver? I don't expect he ever played Victoria...? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:12:34 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: hitchcockole and Boston On 11/1/06, 2fs says: > Correction: American female Fegs' cities. A third on that. "Sellersville" <> Philadelphia. Not that I can complain about "Sellersville", since rumour has it's in the general vicinity but I still am at a loss as to why Philadelphia gets skipped so often. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:28:24 -0500 From: "ken ostrander" Subject: where angels wander http://radiowednesday.blogspot.com/2006/10/little-angel.html a little angel to watch over randi's recovery. > > a "roots snob" >>>>>>>>>>> the reviewer should undergo imago therapy. maybe he's the soul less creep. then again, he did give it four stars. when you can only write a paragraph, i guess you've got to make it memorable somehow. nice work if you can get it. >I guess that the people who dislike SPOOKED, including some on the list, >really really dislike it. I don't quite get why. I've heard it grouped >with LUXOR, but I don't hear much similarity at all.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< for me, the stripped-down sound made them both seem like more collections of out takes. they are the folky acoustic center in the naughties robyn nextdoorland-tarantula cookie. >Did anyone else think that "hitchcockole" was cute, or did no one else >see it in the short review that someone posted?<<<<<<< in retrospect, it could be an exhibit at the museum of sex; but when the domo doesn't return my recognition i get hot and bothered. i'm still trying to anticipate the capriciousness of the coding. bare with me. > Correction: American female Fegs' cities.<<<<<<<<<< maybe someone is jealous? can anyone confirm that it's michele in the rooftop video? ken " 'ain't you never seen a disembodied soul before? " the kenster - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:52:26 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reap http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/books/01cnd-styron.html Novelist William Styron ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:14:13 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: reap On 11/2/06, Eb says: > Novelist William Styron That's a bummer. I am very fond of his writing and appreciated his sharing of his struggle with depression. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:40:09 -0500 From: "Pat Welker" Subject: items for sale on robyns tour. anything of interest for sale on this tour of robyns, any tshirts ar something? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:49:42 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: where angels wander On 11/1/06, ken ostrander wrote: > > > >I guess that the people who dislike SPOOKED, including some on the list, > >really really dislike it. I don't quite get why. I've heard it grouped > >with LUXOR, but I don't hear much similarity at all.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > for me, the stripped-down sound made them both seem like more collections > of out takes. they are the folky acoustic center in the naughties robyn > nextdoorland-tarantula > cookie. "Luxor" has that feeling for sure, reminding me of "You and Oblivion" more than anything else (with a slightly lower batting average despite being shorter). "Spooked", not so much for me, partly because it has more variety in its arrangements, but mainly because it feels very much like it was all recorded in one (very brief) span of time with a consistent group of collaborators (nothing on it is truly "solo"). So while it's sparse and some of the material is indeed a little recycled (ah, Soft Boys version of "If You Know Time", we never had the chance to really, erm, Know ye), it doesn't feel odds-and-sodsy to my. Just casual and perhaps a little rushed. The late '90's / early '00's albums feel far more patched-together to me, in ways that sometimes worked (Moss Elixir) and sometimes didn't (most of the rest). Was "Luxor" recorded over a long period of time, or was it more like a session or two of recordings of songs that'd accumulated over the years? Can't recall. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:15:45 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Emerging as one of the AMG's most redundant bio-opening paragraphs... ...may I introduce you to Dillard & Clark? "Dillard & Clark, a duo featuring former Byrd Gene Clark and Doug Dillard of the Dillards , was one of the first country-rock groups to form in the late '60s. The group formed in 1968 and became one of pioneers of country-rock, releasing two albums before dissolving after releasing only two albums." Kind of leaves you wondering whether or not they had anything to do with early country-rock, and how many albums they released, does it not? - -SER ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #260 ********************************