From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #267 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, November 10 2006 Volume 15 : Number 267 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Chicago review 11-9 ["Michael Sweeney" ] reap [FSThomas ] Re: another reap [FSThomas ] RE: Tick tock ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: another reap ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: another reap [John Anderson ] Re: another reap [FSThomas ] Re: Chicago setlist 11-9 [Ms Janice M Hermann ] Re: another reap [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: another reap ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: another reap [The Great Quail ] Re: another reap ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: another reap [Capuchin ] Sometimes, an asshole is just an asshole [Eb ] This good news [Tom Clark ] Re: Chicago review 11-9 [2fs ] Re: another reap [2fs ] OFF TOPIC: Portable recorder? ["Sandonato, Matthew T" ] Re: reap [Jeff Dwarf ] Is this the right tram for the Pope? [Caroline Smith Subject: RE: Chicago review 11-9 Quick add to the other Michael... Excellent show -- like the hardest-rocking Egyptians gig you could imagine... Also did "I Wanna Destroy You" after "8 Miles High" for final song of encore ("I guess this one's for Cheney...") Hadn't seen Peter with such short hair (my RS subscription having only run from 1980 - 92) -- woulda never recognized him (like, except for the guitars in his hands, up on stage, standing next to Robyn - duh...) Best semi-random comment: (pre-"Vibrating"): "This goes out to Aldous Huxley -- the first person to land a plane on a pair of trousers..." Nice return...and so nice to be able to look forward to the eventual 'XRT broadcast... Michael Sweeney Chicago (semi-occasional de-cloaker) PS - we were gonna bring cakes in the shape of Montana and Virginia, so we could eat 'em, too, but...nah, victory is enuf -- no need to gloat... PPS - wait, hell, yes there is -- neener, neener, neener!!!! Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:31:55 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: Chicago review 11-9 Slight correction to the setlist - they played Vibrating after Chinese Bones! Adventure Rocket Ship Sally Was a Legend Ole! Tarantula Queen of Eyes New York Doll If You Were a Priest Somewhere Apart W Sucks Chinese Bones Vibrating Television Jewels for Sophia Creeped Out Authority Box Madonna of the Wasps Viva! Sea-Tac .Briggs Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) (e) Eight Miles High Got to Metro about 8:15, or 45 minutes after doors - and the opener was only partway through his rather monotone set. Very light crowd early, so they seemed to start late which meant RH, et al didn't go on until 9:15. I'd guess maybe 500 tops by then - much less than I had been expecting. Crowd the usual mix of hardcore fans, loner fanboys, scattered local musicians, a few scenesters, the odd drunk. IOW, a regular night at Metro. A little surprised that even on the 'small venue' tour they were doing some of their own work - on this night Scott checking and tuning the guitars, Bill tearing down his own drums, etc. Somehow thought there would be a roadie involved, but then again I didn't see Peter or Robyn doing much ;) I wonder if the fact that XRT was taping the whole show had an effect, as they all came on clear-eyed, peppy and spot-on from the get-go. Purple shirt with large red and white flowers, hair swept more over to one side than usual, looking in good health and happy. Maybe it's because Michele is in the house. Show passes without a lot of talking - aside from an even longer 'Briggs' intro than usual - but as expected there were plenty of quick political asides to introduce the songs ('dedicated to Donald Rumsfeld...and whatever it was that killed him'). It was one of those 80/20 shows - 80% of material they had clearly practiced and fucking NAILED or came close. With Peter playing *very* complimentary guitar parts, Scott staying on straight-eight bass and Bill doing foot-and-tom work all night, there was a fullness to the sound spectrum and rock punch that I don't think I've ever heard Robyn sing in front of. The Softs are incredible in their own right, but it's different - with them the sound is a little thinner and edgier, more time changes, much more inventive bass. This was a punchy, straight-ahead, loud rock show, and the change was welcome by almost everyone (Carissa was a little taken aback, I think) The first four - 'Rocket' through 'Queen of Eyes' were spectacular. Nice, rich sound from Peter - boy is he good at filling in the spaces - and drum work from Bill. Clearly going to be a different type of show. 'NY Doll' is decent but then a run of songs where a little something is off in each one. Little hiccups that show this is still kind of a loose collective winging it through some of the material ('...Priest' has to be stopped and re-started, for example). The exception is 'Somewhere Apart' which is fantastic: "I'm going to burn your bongos tonight." Robyn is clearly enjoying himself, dancing (? hopping around) and sweating under the lights. It doesn't really look like any Robyn I've seen recently. After that a nearly transcendent 'Television with the /best/ vocals, then 'a funky, hard 'Jewels' that kicks in a run of three darker songs; 'Creeped Out' and 'Authority Box' become absolutely massive live. A spot-on 'Madonna,' Briggs was OK, then a hammers-down 'Driving Aloud.' A nice encore with the Byrds cover, Peter and Robyn intertwining lines into a psychedelic jam that finally runs out of steam around 11. Finally bought a hard copy of OT (only had the iTunes version before), and managed to get all four to sign it. Peter spent a surprising amount of time at the merch table - not really chatting, but agreeably signing CD's and stubs. Scott and Robyn came up later and spent a few minutes signing before disappearing back downstairs. On the whole rather more than I expected on the night, given a midweek show. Michael - ------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:26:41 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: reap Ed "60 Minutes" Bradley of leukemia. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110900820.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:27:37 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: another reap Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > On 11/8/06, *FSThomas* > wrote: > > The areas that generate revenue are back and doing as best they can. > The other areas? The other residents? Like ticks, they moved to a dry > spot on the dog. > > > Dude. Lame. Ixnay on the igotrybay. You're this far from giving > rapists a pass because "she was asking for it." Bigotry? It's nurture here, not nature. I'm not talking race in any sense, didn't say it, and didn't imply it. And I fail to see the connect on your rapist analogy. There's three types of people: those who look out for themselves, those who won't, and those who can't. It's that second one that I have issue with. In that they leech off the State, but fail to contribute anything they are, by their very nature, parasitic. It's the definition of the term. This subset doesn't want to be bothered to provide for themselves. They want (and vote for) the Government that will use its police power to provide for them. That behavior -- and the continued nurturing of it -- is where I have problems. Increased reliance on the State leads to bigger government. Bigger government results in diminished freedom, diminished returns (tax dollars collected v. spent on services), increased amounts of bureaucratic bullshit, red tape, and, if you ask me, diminished quality of service. The expansion of Government is intrusive and crushingly expensive. Look at the socialist culture in Europe. Look at the proposed long-term expenses of MediCare, MedicAid, Social Security, and the prescription drug program. Entitlement programs -- if they aren't already -- are going to be a crushing burden on the future generations of this country. How do you fix it? Privatization of retirement, for one. Once the Government cannot access the SS "lock box" (a misnomer that doesn't exist) people might see reasonable returns on their mandatory retirement contributions. Reform both malpractice laws and insurance laws. Lastly (and most importantly) tax reform. Excessive tax reform. Something on par with HR 25. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 11:10:58 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Tick tock > Hey now. Ticks are arachnids, not insects. Let's not lump these foul > critters into the same class as honey bees and ladybugs. Aack! My 8-year-old would have totally kicked my ass on that one, and rightly so. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:11:05 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: another reap On 11/9/06, FSThomas wrote: > > Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > > > > On 11/8/06, *FSThomas* > > wrote: > > > > The areas that generate revenue are back and doing as best they can. > > The other areas? The other residents? Like ticks, they moved to a > dry > > spot on the dog. > > > > > > Dude. Lame. Ixnay on the igotrybay. You're this far from giving > > rapists a pass because "she was asking for it." > > Bigotry? It's nurture here, not nature. I'm not talking race in any > sense, didn't say it, and didn't imply it. Could be semantics here. I think a blanket condemnation of people based on where they're from is bigoted. Maybe I'm misusing the word by applying it to something other than race. But is at the very least... erm, mean. And I fail to see the connect on your rapist analogy. It's called "blaming the victim", which is what you're doing with, as Brian points out, the broadness of you brush (paint roller?) strokes. The way you talk about the refugees, it sounds like NO deserved to be wiped out, and for god's sake nobody should've taken in anyone displaced from there such a modern Gomorrah (sp. approx.) because there would go the neighborhood, or something. > Bigger government results in diminished freedom, > diminished returns Diminished freedoms... as opposed to the bonanza of free expression nurtured by the Bush administration. Sure, I can see that. Come on, *any* defense of the way things have been run for the past six years is grasping at the flimsiest of straw, as the electorate has clearly said. This is a better deal. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 11:59:23 -0500 From: John Anderson Subject: Re: another reap On 8-Nov-06, at 4:46 PM, fegmaniax-digest wrote: > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:40:58 -0500 > From: FSThomas > Subject: Re: another reap > > Tom Clark wrote: >> On Nov 8, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Steve Schiavo wrote: >> >>> Looks like Daddy Bush is rounding up the old hands to try and make >>> Junior not look like the worst President in U.S. history. >> >> Dude, that ship sailed a *long* time ago. > > The guy's no Einstein. I listened to some the Rummy Resignation press > conference today while tooling around town and found myself cringing > pretty much throughout the whole thing, what with the stumbling speech > patterns and grammatical abuse. > > Grasp of his native tongue aside A person's use of their native language is not a good measure of their intelligence. And a lot of the criticism leveled at Bush's "mistakes" are themselves mistaken. If we're going to be angry at Bush, let's be angry that things he does that actually matter. John Anderson http://goofy.dreaming.org/journal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:28:28 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: another reap Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > Come on, *any* defense of the way things have been run for the past > six years is grasping at the flimsiest of straw, as the electorate has > clearlysaid. This is a better deal. Is this really a better deal? Consider the *bold* bits, especially. http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Pelosi.htm Pelosi aims to block Democratic hawks from key posts Rep. Nancy Pelosi plans to sideline colleagues who are hawkish on national security in the Democratic leadership in the House. Democratic Party sources said as House Speaker, Ms. Pelosi plans to block moves that would place hawks into important chairmanships. The sources said a key casualty would be Rep. Jane Harman, a six-term member of Congress who has cooperated with Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. "Nancy Pelosi wants total party discipline," a source in the Democratic Party leadership said. *"If you played ball with the Republicans during this session, then you're not going to be given an important chair in the next session."* As the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Ms. Harman was expected to become chairman of the powerful committee. But Ms. Pelosi is expected to pass over Ms. Harman for either Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida or Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, the second- and third-ranking Democrats on the intelligence panel. The 42-member Congressional Black Caucus has been pushing for Mr. Hastings, *an impeached federal judge*, to become chairman. Earlier this year, the caucus was upset by Ms. Pelosi's decision to expel Rep. William Jefferson from the committee after he was accused of accepting bribes. "There is no seniority on the Intelligence Committee," Ms. Pelosi said. "The leader or the speaker can appoint a whole new set of people." The sources said the 61-year-old Ms. Harman, regarded as the best informed House Democrat on intelligence and technology issues, angered the liberal Ms. Pelosi by supporting the Bush administrationbs policies on defense issues, particularly the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. They said Ms. Pelosi has rebuffed lobbyists in the pro-Israel community and defense industry that sought a chairmanship for Ms. Harman. *"If Nancy Pelosi's apparent determination to deny Jane Harman the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee to appease the Black Caucus is any indication, Democratic control is not going to be good news for those who believe in competent oversight of the national-security apparatus,"* said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute. Ms. Harman, who helped the Democrats draft a national security agenda for the campaign, said she hoped to remain a leading voice on defense issues. She said her California constituents want her to be on the House Intelligence Committee. "House Intelligence Committee activities are directly relevant to the major concerns of my constituents," Ms. Harman said. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:53:41 -0500 (EST) From: Ms Janice M Hermann Subject: Re: Chicago setlist 11-9 Well, then you've never seen him with The Egyptians then? michael wells wrote: >------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - >This message is from fegmaniax-announce -- a moderated "news and reviews" >list culled from fegmaniax -- the Robyn Hitchcock discussion list. Please >don't report this as spam since you signed up for it. To unsubscribe, >send a note to majordomo@smoe.org that says "unsubscribe fegmaniax-announce" >in the message body and you will be automagically removed. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - > >Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 > >Metro, Chicago > >9:15 - 11:00 pm > > > >Adventure Rocket Ship > >Sally Was a Legend > >Ole! Tarantula > >Queen of Eyes > >New York Doll > >If You Were a Priest > >Somewhere Apart > >W Sucks > >Chinese Bones > >Television > >Jewels for Sophia > >Creeped Out > >Authority Box > >Madonna of the Wasps > >Viva! Sea-Tac > >Briggs > >Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) > >(e) Eight Miles High > > > >A seriously RAWK show! I'll throw some proper comments together after >Detroit, but this is what I always hoped Robyn could sound like with a >band.all that's with all due respect to the Soft Boys, but this was a >different animal. > > > >Michael > > > >Ps. show was being taped for XRT, so there hopefully there'll be a nice >matrix available sooner rather than later. > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the use of the Individual(s) or Entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender by replying to this message and delete the e-mail from your system. When responding to this communication, remember that it could be lost in transit and viewed by a party other than the addressee. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:01:16 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: another reap On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, FSThomas wrote: > Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > Come on, *any* defense of the way things have been run for the past > > six years is grasping at the flimsiest of straw, as the electorate has > > clearlysaid. This is a better deal. > Is this really a better deal? Consider the *bold* bits, especially. > > http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Pelosi.htm > > > "Nancy Pelosi wants total party discipline," a source in the Democratic > Party leadership said. *"If you played ball with the Republicans during > this session, then you're not going to be given an important chair in > the next session."* Barf. I think the Democrats and the Republicans *are* different--but the Democrats are still the lesser of two *evils*. Screw bipartisanship--I want MULTIpartisanship (I realize parties are always going to be a part of the process). At least some things will improve--but the fundamental character of the way we run our government probably won't. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:25:48 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: another reap On 11/9/06, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, FSThomas wrote: > > > Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > Come on, *any* defense of the way things have been run for the past > > > six years is grasping at the flimsiest of straw, as the electorate has > > > clearlysaid. This is a better deal. > > Is this really a better deal? Consider the *bold* bits, especially. > > Barf. I think the Democrats and the Republicans *are* different--but the > Democrats are still the lesser of two *evils*. Screw bipartisanship--I > want MULTIpartisanship (I realize parties are always going to be a part of > the process). At least some things will improve-- Well, you answered your own question there. It *is* a better deal. FWIW, I would prefer multipartisanship as well, but anything is an improvement on the status quo. Fundamentally, and optimistically, I think that the best thing to come of this is that the Republicans won't run another Bush-like creep-cypher next time... a little separation between them and the nutjob religious right would be a big help no matter what happens, and I am hopeful we will see that. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:50:34 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: another reap Rex writes, > I think a blanket condemnation of people based on > where they're from is bigoted. Just what I'd expect someone from L.A. to say. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:55:29 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: another reap On 11/9/06, The Great Dane wrote: > > Rex writes, > > > I think a blanket condemnation of people based on > > where they're from is bigoted. > > Just what I'd expect someone from L.A. to say. Well, I'm not from LA, so there goes another geographical stereotype down the drain. Have you seen "Babel" yet, Dane? Looks like just the kind of thing you'd love to carp about, but, FWIW, it looks totally insufferable to me, too. - -SER PS... Hee... Dane Quail... never noticed that one before. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:20:52 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: another reap On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, FSThomas wrote: > http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Pelosi.htm [snip] > "Nancy Pelosi wants total party discipline," a source in the Democratic > Party leadership said. *"If you played ball with the Republicans during > this session, then you're not going to be given an important chair in > the next session."* I'm glad to see this much. I don't have much love for Nancy Pelosi and think she's very much the kind of weasel that you get when you run popularity contests on the scale of hundreds of millions of people, but I do think it's appropriate for someone (everyone) to say that it's not OK to compromise on these issues. I read a Doonsbury a few years ago that had a neoconservative talking with a neoliberal. The neocon said something like, "We present a unified platform forged in our core beliefs and supported by our unyielding faith. By never conceding the existence of other points of view, we always get what we want." to which the neolib replied, "I see what you mean." The neocon shot back, "...and that's why you lose." One of the many things that has been killing the Democratic Party (which should probably just roll over and be replaced by a group with an agenda that is, in fact, liberal) is its lack of stated ethical foundation. There are a few old-timers who are comfortable talking about good will toward men and lasting peace through mutual aid and understanding, but for the most part it's chumps like John Kerry spewing policy minutiae and being, in fact, reactionary in their agenda (and by that I mean only reacting to the latest threat to freedom and peace posed by the neoconservatives). > The 42-member Congressional Black Caucus has been pushing for Mr. > Hastings, *an impeached federal judge*, to become chairman. And how has his impeachment impacted his ability to work as a representative of his constituents in Congress? Recall that Hastings was, in fact, acquitted in criminal court of the bribery charges that the Senate committee used to impeach him. A successful impeachment does not require criminal guilt, apparently. > *"If Nancy Pelosi's apparent determination to deny Jane Harman the > chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee to appease the Black > Caucus is any indication, Democratic control is not going to be good > news for those who believe in competent oversight of the > national-security apparatus,"* said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at > the Lexington Institute. Wow! "to appease the Black Caucus"?!? How about "to give the seat to the highest ranking official on the committee that is not in the pocket of the defense industry"? Obviously Loren Thompson has an agenda (as the Lexington Institute is funded by the defense industry), but her decision to imply this is some kind of fake "affirmative action" issue shows her willingness to use conservative fear tactics to achieve that agenda. (Dear Lord! The darkies are going to take over! Things are so much better when people achieve based on Merit*! [* Merit is a trade name of the Rich White Christian Association and applies to those requirements set forth by the RWCA for membership in the RWCA.]) > Ms. Harman, who helped the Democrats draft a national security agenda > for the campaign, said she hoped to remain a leading voice on defense > issues. She said her California constituents want her to be on the House > Intelligence Committee. I'm pretty sure everyone's constituents want their congressperson on as many committees as possible. What has that to do with anything? > "House Intelligence Committee activities are directly relevant to the > major concerns of my constituents," Ms. Harman said. Um, yeah. Her district consists almost entirely of the port areas of southern Los Angeles. She co-authored the SAFE Ports Act (which the President HAPPILY signed) which puts huge amounts of money into military and paramilitary contracts around the nation's seaports. Of course, her announcement of this is right above her website's ticker on the public debt. Ugh. Bring on Hastings. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:10:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Sometimes, an asshole is just an asshole http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=24217 There's more to the news than politics, you know. Eb np: late Beau Brummels ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:37:45 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: This good news Janet Weiss joins Stephen Malkmus' band. Me Like. http://www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/ - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:05:11 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Chicago review 11-9 On 11/9/06, Michael Wells wrote: > > > there were plenty of quick political asides to introduce the songs > ('dedicated to Donald Rumsfeld...and whatever it was that killed him'). I have it on good authority that on the day he resigned, there was a small note on the door of his office, saying nothing but THE LEAGUE OF CRUSTACEANS...and inside his office, loaf upon loaf upon loaf of bread. That's what drove him out, ultimately. Bread. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:10:39 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: another reap On 11/9/06, FSThomas wrote: > > > Is this really a better deal? Consider the *bold* bits, especially. > > http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Pelosi.htm > > > Pelosi aims to block Democratic hawks from key posts > > Rep. Nancy Pelosi plans to sideline colleagues who are hawkish on > national security in the Democratic leadership in the House. > > This is a sad contrast to the past several years of Republican leadership, for which any hint of partisanship or ideology was viewed as a hindrance to the operation of good government. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:41:32 -0500 From: "Sandonato, Matthew T" Subject: OFF TOPIC: Portable recorder? I hope no one minds a slightly off topic query. I know there are a lot of "tapers" on the list. I play in a band and we will be doing some touring and I'd like bring a device that could be used to create good/hi quality recordings from the sound board. I have no idea of the state of the technology so I don't even know where to start. I'm thinking of something that records to a removable media like CD-R or DVD since we won't always be able to offload the device after shows. Also, money is an issue so I can't break the bank. Any suggestions on where to start? RH content: I've been using the Griffin iMic and their Final Vinyl software to "digitize" my old RH vinyl on to my mac and iPod. It's been excellent so far and very easy to use. I'm not sure that everyone would necessarily be raving about the audio quality but I certainly haven't had any complaints. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:49:29 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: reap FSThomas wrote: > Ed "60 Minutes" Bradley of leukemia. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110900820.html I've never really been interested in being famous, but when I was younger one of the few "famous=y" things that I ever wanted to do was be interviewed by Ed Bradley. Then again, I was -- and remain -- a little peculiar. "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann "If you ain't got the yolk, you can't emulsify the Hollandaise" -- Dan Rather . Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:02:50 -0500 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Is this the right tram for the Pope? Short interview with Robyn in local weekly: http://eye.net/eye/issue/issue_11.09.06/music/interview.php ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:51:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Mitchell Dickerman" Subject: Re: NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock Club Dada Dallas 5-16-90 Hkh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:23:43 -0800 From: "michael wells" Subject: Detroit setlist 11-9 / mini-review Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 The Magic Bag, Ferndale MI Adventure Rocket Ship Sally Was a Legend Ole! Tarantula Queen of Eyes New York Doll Beautiful Queen Somewhere Apart Vibrating Television Flesh No. 1 (Beatle Denis) Underground Sun If You Were a Priest Jewels for Sophia Creeped Out Authority Box Madonna of the Wasps .Briggs Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) (e) Not Dark Yet [Dylan] (e) was there another song? (I left) First off a mea culpa on last night's setlist mistakes (I was tired) and a disclaimer for this one (even more tired, but finally home). Secondly, a very happy 40th birthday to Carissa! I promise I won't tell anyone how old you are. Pregame nosh with the Detroit ladies, Nuppster and his lovely wife Tanya (also having a birthday) and Mr. Bachman. Me raving about last night's gig, Brian getting thoroughly excited and Carissa looking pensive. Magic Bag is smaller, and the crowd looks to be maybe 300-400. Same opener, still plays everything in Am and at roughly the same speed. The obvious set list difference was dropping a couple of the iffier numbers from the night before (Chinese Bones, W Sucks, etc) and subbing in rock-solid takes on 'Beautiful Queen,' 'Underground Sun,' and 'Flesh #1.' Really kept the energy level up; otherwise pretty much the same stuff in roughly the same order with 'Priest' moved to later. Seemed like Peter spent much more time on the 12 string Epiphone than he did in Chicago, i.e. the Rick seemed to be only for power rockers like 'Rocket Ship' and 'Authority Box.' Also the introduction to 'Briggs' has gotten completely out of hand. A man's got to know his song introduction limits, Robyn. Less political quips, but a funny improv on Scott being a "lodestone" and effecting a population increase everywhere he goes (in response to some over-eager Scott fans in the crowd). Peter was again in fine form, it is really special how he has figured out where Robyn is going to be and manages to fill in with complimentary and interesting parts. I commented on this to him after last night's gig, which he seemed pleased to hear but just said "well, we play similar styles." Nuppy made a good observation on how well Scott's harmonies helped - especially on 'Beautiful Queen.' I hadn't considered that Robyn was probably singing harder (over a loud band) and longer (90 minutes per night, no instrumentals) than usual and is surely glad for the coverage. Overall the band seemed a little tighter tonight, but its different degrees of very, very good so that's a small quibble. Damn glad to have made two shows. Michael Ps. Morris Windsor rules! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #267 ********************************