From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #307 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, December 21 2006 Volume 15 : Number 307 Today's Subjects: ----------------- a little Syd for Christmas ["Michael Wells" ] RE: live albums: two brief comments ["David Stovall" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 [Aaron Mandel ] Re: a little Syd for Christmas [2fs ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 [2fs ] RE: live albums: two brief comments ["Michael Wells" ] RE: live albums: two brief comments ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 [kevin ] Re: live albums: two brief comments [The Great Quail ] YEP ROC tour dates 2007 so far [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Best of 2006 [Tom Clark ] Re: live albums: two brief comments, added Yes and Crimson [grutness@slin] Re: YEP ROC tour dates 2007 so far [FSThomas ] Re: live albums: two brief comments ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Best of 2006 ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:22:02 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: a little Syd for Christmas via the DG news information center: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:07:38 -0800 From: "David Stovall" Subject: RE: live albums: two brief comments Someone: >Actually, it's a bit of an in-joke amongst sound recordists, like the >Wilhelm scream is in movies. The original double screech whistle was >recorded at a Blodwyn Pig gig in Wigan in 1969, in the dying seconds of >"The Modern Alchemist". This short section of tape has been passed >around recording studios on a nod and a wink basis, and has been mixed >in to many live recordings. I was issued my copy along with the introductory material, bylaws, covenants and manuals for my National Association of Stealth Recordists membership close to eight years ago, and have used it to great (though subtle) ironic effect in a couple of Richard Thompson tapes,... There's an alternative version rumored to have been captured at a Ted Nugent show, but that whistle sounds more American. Someone else: >Hope no one takes this personally, but jeez, y'all sound >like a bunch of sour, purse-lipped old republicans! Nah, just King Crimson fans - earnest, bearded, bespectacled and intense audients, concentrating on every last note and knob-twist issuing from The Venal Leader's station, stage-right in the shadows. Seriously, it occurs to me every once in a while that Fripp should LIKE an audience full of tapers - we're damned quiet and attentive. Also seriously, different people manifest enjoyment in different ways - some (characteristically introverted?) quietly and internally, others infernally noisily. Return of someone else: >Dolph can be heard in the 2002 Chicago Soft Boys >show, "We've seen that shirt before, in the movies!", >after Robyn came back for the encore in his Storefront >Hitchcock burgundy lizard shirt. Surely 2001, eh? My recording, or one of the other sources? Dolph, were you in the balcony? Son of return of shut up and act like someone else: >Oh I get that - but I'm talking about live *albums*, and making the crowd >noise between tracks louder than anything on the songs, and having an extra >minute of it hanging around after the last track. I guess I'm so accustomed to the between-song applause using every last bit of headroom in live recordings I've made when the music frequently comes nowhere near that level, that I don't even notice the effect on stuff I'm merely listening to casually. It does seem dumb that someone would purposely apply that characteristic as an effect, but not quite as weird that someone would lazily leave the 'in vivo' effect in place without thinking. Someone else entirely: >It comes from having more than a handful of otherwise >pristine show recordings ruined by the odd rube. Yep. One of the previous someone elses: >And as a person whose enjoyment of music (I pause here to let you know that >I am about to come out as a White Middle-Class Person) is primarily in my >head and heart, I resent it when people think I'm killing *their* party by >not dancing or screaming. They're not bothering me (unless they're in my >face); so I'm not bothering them. Right on. da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:15:17 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 > From: 2fs > Subject: Re: Pitchfork Jumps the Shark > > Yeah, but it's cool now amongst the hipsters to unironically like > (certain) top 40 pop hits. I think the two main factors here (assuming, > cynically, that it's not just that they like all these songs) are, one, > the increasing prevalence of hip-hop production (and respected hip-hop > producers) working with popsters, and two, uh, just a general increase > in popularity of upbeat poppiness in general. The Pitchfork samba: "They said they like the New Pornographers, the Magnetic Fields and the Decemberists? Whatever, all those trendy indie jackasses are into exactly the same stuff now. They must think they're so adventurous, but how much more predictable could they be?" "They said they liked Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Knife and Konono #1? I'd never even heard of any of those bands until Pitchfork decided to 'discover' them. And if they weren't so proud of themselves for being kingmakers, I'm sure I never WOULD have heard of them, because they're nothing special." "They said they liked Justin Timberlake, Kelis and Britney Spears? Uh-huh, SUUUUURE they do. They must think they're so cool, claiming to be into 'unhip' things just to prove what free-thinkers they are." Repeat ad infinitum. a ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:28:29 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: a little Syd for Christmas On 12/21/06, Michael Wells wrote: > > via the DG news information center: > > on December 25th. The three track single is available on limited 7" and > CD, that also includes another live version of Arnold Layne featuring > Richard Wright (also from the Albert Hall) and a recording of David > Gilmour performing the Syd Barrett track Dark Globe from the Summer 2006 > tour. > > The track is also available to buy digitally, and everybody who > downloads the single next week, or pre-orders from today will get access > to some exclusive live footage of David Gilmour performing Comfortably > Numb live at the Mermaid Theatre show earlier this year.> "Available to buy digitally" where? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:40:27 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 On 12/21/06, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > The Pitchfork samba: > > "They said they like the New Pornographers, the Magnetic Fields and the > Decemberists? Whatever, all those trendy indie jackasses are into exactly > the same stuff now. They must think they're so adventurous, but how much > more predictable could they be?" > > "They said they liked Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Knife and Konono #1? > I'd never even heard of any of those bands until Pitchfork decided to > 'discover' them. And if they weren't so proud of themselves for being > kingmakers, I'm sure I never WOULD have heard of them, because they're > nothing special." > > "They said they liked Justin Timberlake, Kelis and Britney Spears? Uh-huh, > SUUUUURE they do. They must think they're so cool, claiming to be into > 'unhip' things just to prove what free-thinkers they are." > > Repeat ad infinitum. There is definitely a punching-bag factor to a lot of comments about Pitchfork - and as someone who doesn't read it regularly, I'm not bothered by them too much (although I suppose that if you actually write for them, perhaps you might take offense ;-). There's a similar dynamic in various sorts of hand-wringing about music blogs: "how come they all like the same stuff?" Uh, off the top of my head I can recall music blogs dedicated to obscure recordings of the '40s, bubblegum pop and soul from the '50s to '80s, etc. The real question (which isn't a question) is "how come the most popular blogs all feature similar kinds of music?" It's not a question because its answer is obvious: they're the most popular blogs because they feature the music most popular among readers of music blogs. Anyway, I'm not sure what purpose is served by complaining about Pitchfork, music blogs, etc., as tastemakers: as i said, if you don't like the stuff they serve up (a rather wide variety of it, as Aaron suggests), there's plenty of other stuff out there. I should think people would be applauding at the current state of music: it is now easier and cheaper to hear a huge range of music than ever before in the history of humanity. And I don't think I'm exaggerating. The question of how people can make a living with that music is another question...but then, musicians have never been, on average, either wealthy or motivated by wealth. Although the CDs I buy still tend to be locatable within a range of music not all that dissimilar to the range that described them in past years, on a song-by-song basis I listen to a much broader range than I used to - precisely because I can now hear those songs at either no cost or a buck a song via iTunes. If I like it, great - if I like it a lot, I might buy the CD. If I don't like it, no problem - either delete it from my hard drive, or keep it around in case I change my mind. So I spent a dollar. One less Diet Pepsi for me. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:43:46 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: live albums: two brief comments > Surely 2001, eh? My recording, or one of the other sources? Dolph, were you in the balcony? I haven't listened to either one in a while, but I'd wager it was 2002. Wasn't this the shirt in question (bottom pic)? http://www.fegmania.org/live/20021028.html Instead Dolph may have been hinting at an exchange that went something like this, from the three-night stand at Schubas and Hideout: Robyn (from the stage, seeing Dolph in the audience): "You weren't standing there last night...where were you?" Dolph (pointing across the room): "I was over there." Robyn (mildly distressed): "Oh right...that's why..." I did note Robyn giving our little group at the V3 show the hairy eyeball, now maybe I understand why - he was looking for Dolph! :) I get lots of strange looks without any help, Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:13:18 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 On 12/21/06, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > > From: 2fs > > Subject: Re: Pitchfork Jumps the Shark > > > > Yeah, but it's cool now amongst the hipsters to unironically like > > (certain) top 40 pop hits. I think the two main factors here (assuming, > > cynically, that it's not just that they like all these songs) are, one, > > the increasing prevalence of hip-hop production (and respected hip-hop > > producers) working with popsters, and two, uh, just a general increase > > in popularity of upbeat poppiness in general. > > The Pitchfork samba: > > "They said they like the New Pornographers, the Magnetic Fields and the > Decemberists? > "They said they liked Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Knife and Konono #1? > > "They said they liked Justin Timberlake, Kelis and Britney Spears? Uh-huh, > SUUUUURE they do. They must think they're so cool, claiming to be into > 'unhip' things just to prove what free-thinkers they are." Taking it as a given that Pitchfork-bashing is kinda like the indie-rock version of hating the popular kids, but never ceasing to talk about them, there's a little bit of difference between the first two groupings and the last one here: not liking one or more of the first six cited artists falls withing the parameters of individual indie tastes. I myself love two of those bands, dislike two, and haven't heard the other two. The last group, though, is a different animal. I'm at a loss to understand where your average indie-hipster would hear them unless literally seeking out "unhip" stuff, for whatever reason (including, possibly, both free-thinking-ness and straining for cred). Now, maybe what I'm missing here is that, in the post-radio age, people with wider ranging interests in current music than myself are more apt to check out chart hit pop (whatever) music because it can be had in mp3 parcels without subjecting oneself the the Top 40 radio format. That could make all the difference, since it's really the radio formats and ankle-deep repetitive playlists that make me rue every second I'm subjected to that stuff, and not (necessarily) the music itself. Generally, though, since nothing I've read (in Pitchfork or elsewhere) stirs any interest in Timberlake or Spears for me, I use my online file-hunting time to dig for stuff that's usually between 20 and 50 years old, but I can understand some need to stay current. What I never get is why I should care when avatars of pre-fab pop crap try to go legit or artistic (see also Aguilera)... why is their take on artistic heft, or roots music forms that they've just discovered after years in the business, or whatever, more interesting than that of artists who took their craft seriously to begin with? It seems to point to the idea that we should care what these people do just because they managed to become famous. Nothing new, really; essentially the same way I felt about George Michael when he got all serious two decades ago, or Robbie Williams somewhere in between. Anyways, NP "Similak Child" by Black Sheep, which I haven't heard for years and had thus forgotten that it's based on a loop of "Today" by Jefferson Airplane. Cool. Okay, so it's not quite 20 years old, but you get the picture. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:23:51 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: live albums: two brief comments On Dec 21, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Michael Wells wrote: > > Instead Dolph may have been hinting at an exchange that went something > like this, from the three-night stand at Schubas and Hideout: > > Robyn (from the stage, seeing Dolph in the audience): "You weren't > standing there last night...where were you?" > > Dolph (pointing across the room): "I was over there." > > Robyn (mildly distressed): "Oh right...that's why..." Eddie can tell the whole story, but when he was "accompanying" the Rock Armada tour ('99?), the boys finally realized he had been at every show. Kimberly says from the stage "He must be following us", to which Robyn replied "Maybe we're following him..." - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:28:43 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: live albums: two brief comments Subject: RE: live albums: two brief comments >> Surely 2001, eh? My recording, or one of the other sources? Dolph, were you in the balcony? Michael Wells came back with: >I haven't listened to either one in a while, but I'd wager it was 2002. >Wasn't this the shirt in question (bottom pic)? http://www.fegmania.org/live/20021028.html It was most assuredly 2002, as I was only 6 feet or so from Dolph when he said it. Plus I listened to Nuppy's recording of it last month. It couldn't have been the 2001 show, as I hung over from the Detroit show and didn't make the trip to The Metro show in Chicago the following day. Mr. Wells again: >I get lots of strange looks without any help, Well, you do resemble Vin Diesel somewhat. Maybe that's it. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:20:38 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 On 12/21/06, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > On 12/21/06, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > > > > From: 2fs > > > Subject: Re: Pitchfork Jumps the Shark > > > > > > Yeah, but it's cool now amongst the hipsters to unironically like > > > (certain) top 40 pop hits. I think the two main factors here > (assuming, > > > cynically, that it's not just that they like all these songs) are, > one, > > > the increasing prevalence of hip-hop production (and respected hip-hop > > > producers) working with popsters, and two, uh, just a general increase > > > in popularity of upbeat poppiness in general. > > > > "They said they liked Justin Timberlake, Kelis and Britney Spears? > Uh-huh, > > SUUUUURE they do. They must think they're so cool, claiming to be into > > 'unhip' things just to prove what free-thinkers they are." > > > The last group, > though, is a different animal. I'm at a loss to understand where your > average indie-hipster would hear them unless literally seeking out "unhip" > stuff, for whatever reason (including, possibly, both free-thinking-ness > and > straining for cred). I think if you don't live under a rock (like I do), a lot of that stuff is just in the air: on music and TVs in stores, etc. For whatever reason, when I was in my twenties and thirties I knew a lot more chart music (even the stuff I didn't like) than I do now. Perhaps a lot of these folks still feel compelled to pay some attention to what's on TRL and the like (as I kind of did back then) - compared to me now, who really just has no inclination to check out Aguilera's latest whatever. There's too much good stuff that I know is good that I don't have time to listen to, or even check out, to bother with the stuff that I can wager 75% odds I won't like. (See also: why I've given up on metal.) Rockin' the plaid bermuda shorts, sandals with black socks, and metal detector... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:25:37 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 >Rockin' the plaid bermuda shorts, sandals with black socks, and metal >detector... With straw fedora and prescription sunglasses, or cheesy green eyeshade? Also, do you go with the zinc ointment on the nose or bareback? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:22:38 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: live albums: two brief comments David writes, > Nah, just King Crimson fans - earnest, bearded, bespectacled > and intense audients, concentrating on every last note and knob-twist > issuing from The Venal Leader's station, stage-right in the shadows. Wow. It's like, uh...have you actually *seen* me there? - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:36:28 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V15 #305 On 12/21/06, 2fs wrote: > > > I think if you don't live under a rock (like I do), a lot of that stuff is > just in the air: on music and TVs in stores, etc. Arguably I make my own rock to live under, primarily with the not watching TV thing, but the funny thing is that, just as I go about my day, I don't encounter pop (chart?) music (except for what I overhear on coworker's radios, which is some odd form of not-quite-chart-hits of the non-edgy stripe, or the Radio Disney I would probably hear second-hand if I had kids). And on the rare occasions when I do hear it (stores, etc.) I have no context for knowing who it is. Oddly, I know all of the artists by name because I still read the music and entertainment press and see magazines with their faces on them in the checkout line at Ralph's, and I might know the names of some of their songs, but rarely could I name that tune, as it were. I don't go out of my way to shun it, but it gets shunned by me nonetheless. I did get really really intensely sick of that Shakira song, though. No figh-in', SER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:09:43 -0600 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: Top 10 of 2006 1 Sarah Harmer I'm A Mountain 2 Joanna Newsom Ys 3 Scott Walker The Drift 4 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood 5 Josh Ritter The Animal Years 6 Kim Taylor I Feel Like A Fading Light 7 Band Of Horses Everything All The Time 8 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass 9 The Blow Paper Television 10 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:28:36 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: YEP ROC tour dates 2007 so far _http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=171&page=tourdates_ (http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=171&page=tourdates) Robyn Hitchcock Date Venue City (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30289) SU 03.18.07 Belcourt Theater w/ Venus 3 Nashville, TN (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30290) MO 03.19.07 The Nick w/ Venus 3 Birmingham, AL (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30291) TU 03.20.07 Smith's Olde Bar w/ Venus 3 Atlanta, GA (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30292) TH 03.22.07 Handlebar w/ Venus 3 Greenville, SC (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30293) FR 03.23.07 Cat's Cradle w/ Venus 3 Carrboro, NC (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30294) SU 03.25.07 Ram's Head - Matinee w/ Venus 3 Annapolis, MD (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30295) MO 03.26.07 World Cafe Live w/ Venus 3 Philadelphia, PA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:15:09 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Best of 2006 Albums, alphabetically: The Flaming Lips - "At War With The Mystics" Frank Black - "Fast Man / Raider Man" RH&V3 - "Oli Tarantula" Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - "Under The Covers, Vol. 1" The Minus 5 - "The Minus 5" Mission Of Burma - "The Obliterati" Paul Weller - "Catch-Flame! Live at the Alexandra Place" Pere Ubu - "Why I Hate Women" Secret Machines - "Ten Silver Drops" Movies, by funny: Borat Talladega Nights Clerks II TV, no order: The Office 30 Rock 24 Weeds Vacations, by enjoyable: Kauai Lake Tahoe Scottsdale - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:52:56 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: live albums: two brief comments, added Yes and Crimson >On this, I must admit that I occasionally catch myself singing along. This >is usually through sheer enthusiasm, not because I'm trying to show >off...but I usually stop, so as not to annoy my neighbors. This is >especially the case since I often decide that the vocal needs a harmony line >that's neither on the recording nor being sung at the performance... oh man I'm glad I'm not the only one who adds previously unheard harmonies. i try to stop as well, though. > > I deeply resent anyone who feels so inclined to broadcast their presence > > at a public performance. > >Actually, it's a bit of an in-joke amongst sound recordists, like the >Wilhelm scream is in movies. The original double screech whistle was >recorded at a Blodwyn Pig gig in Wigan in 1969, in the dying seconds of >"The Modern Alchemist". This short section of tape has been passed >around recording studios on a nod and a wink basis, and has been mixed >in to many live recordings. It has never actually been noticed in a real >performance, and anything you hear in a live recording is in fact the >original Wigan whistle spliced in for giggles. > >It is occasionally overused - for instance, if one plays the original >vinyl of "Bob Dylan: At Budokan" on a reference system, it is just >perceptable repeating throughout the entire performance of "All I Really >Want To Do". Musicologists have tried to trace the emitter of the >original whistle, with the most likely candidate being the late Joe >Gormley, the then-future leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, >who despite being 52 at the time was known to be a huge fan of the Blods. *that close* to coffee coming back down my nose then. >Michael, you should check out Yes "Drama" from 1979. The only one >without Jon Anderson. Oddly fantastic and my favorite. And I thought I was the only one who liked that album, too... I have an "anti-stress CD" that I made up for myself with tracks specifically to calm me down and bliss me out if the day becomes too much. The first track on it is "Man in a white car". > I mean, no one wants noise at a King Crimson show -- and I have actually > seen fans hush each other -- and no one wants some guy singing off-key to > Robyn Hitchcock in a small club. This reminds me of the greatest message posted to Elephant Talk, the King Crimson list, while I was a member of it. I hope someone somewhere has a copy archived, because I can't find it offhand, but to paraphrase, someone was saying how he was at a Crimso concert and thoroughly enjoying themselves, but every now and again the guy sitting behind him would make a hell of a racket. The writer would turn around and glare, but the noisemaker would just smile back and keep hitting the drums. The message was signed "Tony L". 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: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:24:52 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: YEP ROC tour dates 2007 so far Well, the poster link is one off in the mailing (http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30291 instead of http://www.yeproc.com/eposters/pdf.php?id=30292), but I'm glad to see Robyn coming back to Smith's. It's a good little venue. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:09:33 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: live albums: two brief comments Da9vid Stovall wrote: > > I was issued my copy along with the introductory material, bylaws, > covenants and manuals for my National Association of Stealth > Recordists membership close to eight years ago No, you weren't. The NASR tape is a fake, commissioned by Arthur Scargill (who is more of a Tull fan, and famously used a pirate tape of "Broadsword" played at top volume from his Ford Granada Ghia to disperse a police line at a pit near Bacup during the strike of '83). If you had a real one, you'd know you could never talk about it. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:21:56 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: live albums: two brief comments, added Yes and Crimson On 12/21/06, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > > >Michael, you should check out Yes "Drama" from 1979. The only one > >without Jon Anderson. Oddly fantastic and my favorite. > > And I thought I was the only one who liked that album, too... I'm in the Drama club as well. I am, however, not such a geek as to call myself a "panther." Ah-oops! > > This reminds me of the greatest message posted to Elephant Talk, the > King Crimson list, while I was a member of it. I hope someone > somewhere has a copy archived, because I can't find it offhand, but > to paraphrase, someone was saying how he was at a Crimso concert and > thoroughly enjoying themselves, but every now and again the guy > sitting behind him would make a hell of a racket. The writer would > turn around and glare, but the noisemaker would just smile back and > keep hitting the drums. The message was signed "Tony L". Or, as a certain fan mentioned earlier in this thread would have it, TONY!!! Brilliant. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:26:17 -0800 (PST) From: JBJ Subject: Re: Best of 2006 My top 14: 1. Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope 2. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3. Mates Of State - Bring It Back 4. Cat Power - The Greatest 5. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Ole! Tarantula 6. Starlight Mints - Drowaton 7. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere 8. Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions 9. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House 10. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways 11. Talkdemonic - Beat Romantic 12. The Weepies - Say I Am You 13. Dan Bern - Breathe 14. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Happy holidays, JBJ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:52:04 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Best of 2006 In no order youd care to guess: * The Information -- Beck * Awoo -- Hidden Cameras * The Optimists Club -- Casper & the Cookies * Cue Are Es Tea You -- Mayor McCa * The Sole Inhabitant -- Thomas Dolby * The Jig Is Up -- Peter Stampfel * Black Gold -- King Biscuit Time * Calico -- Erynn Marshall * Ys -- Joanna Newsom * Ole! Tarantula -- Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 * Cannibal Sea -- The Essex Green * Just Like The Fambly Cat -- Grandaddy * Back To The Web -- Elf Power * The Eraser -- Thom Yorke * The Crane Wife -- The Decemberists * either Tales of the Rat Fink Original Soundtrack or In Concert Vol. 1 -- The Sadies * The Way the Wind Blows -- A Hawk and a Hacksaw Discoveries of 2006: Karen Dalton, Nic Jones, Lee Hammons, Josephine Foster. Haven't heard but would probably like: Ideal Free Distribution Disappointment: Bob Dylan - Modern Times; lacked any spark whatsoever. Stewart ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #307 ********************************