From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #3 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, January 8 2007 Volume 16 : Number 003 Today's Subjects: ----------------- More on Oxford [Tulloch ] Re: Zodiac [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] NEW on LMA: Robyn Hitchcock & Friends - 2006-11-19 - Maxwell's [wojbearpi] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me [wojbearpig ] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Theatricality in music [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Tryin' to recall [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Tryin' to recall ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me ["Spotted Eagle Ray" ] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me [Eb ] reaps [Eb ] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me [wojbearpig ] Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me ["Maximilian Lang" ] Robyn on BBC Radio 2 Saturday [wojbearpig ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:50:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Tulloch Subject: More on Oxford BBC Radio Oxford have a short report on last night with two pics (neither featuring Robyn) and an audio interview with the photographer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2007/01/08/rem.shtml REM frontman Michael Stipe and bassist Mike Mills made a surprise appearance at The Zodiac, Oxford last night (Sunday 7th January 2007) to perform two tracks for the encore of the Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 gig. They played the 1997 classic "Electrolite" and an, as yet, unreleased track. The treat was only experienced by a few lucky punters one of which was Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke who was in the audience to see his friend Michael playing in his hometown. It shouldnt really have come as a surprise that REM were at this gig as Seattle pals Pete Buck (REM) and Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5) are long-time fans of the legendary British songwriter are currently performing in his band The Purple Bottle - "Howling without symmetry" http://thepurplebottle.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:41:11 +0000 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: Zodiac Quoting fegmaniax-digest : > > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:33:23 +0000 (GMT) > From: Tulloch > Subject: Oxford Zodiac, Jan. 7th 2007 > Well, I don't know when I'm going to come down but I've just got back > from one of those gigs of a lifetime. Not only did Robyn and the V3 > play one of the best sets I've ever seen in 20 years of Hitchcock > gigs but the encore was Robyn and REM - yes, Michael Stipe and Mike > Mills were there (and Thom Yorke in the audience) and the little old > Zodiac rocked like it probably never has before! And it was only > half full! I'll just post the setlist tonight but I took quite a few > pics and my mate got nearly all of it on his phone/camera - pray that > it comes out and that someone got a good recording of the audio (I > didn't see Matthais there but I hope he was!) [set list snipped] * Sounds good! Looking forward to seeing people at the Fleece on Friday. - - Mike Godwin PS Did I mention that I was wondering whether the Venus 3 are being checked out by R.E.M. to open for a tour? Would that make sense at all? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:23:47 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: NEW on LMA: Robyn Hitchcock & Friends - 2006-11-19 - Maxwell's thanks to the madelf for taping and carville for torrenting -- this is now up on the archive for all and sundry. flac only, per the taper's request though. woj http://www.archive.org/details/robynhitchcock2006-11-19.at831b.flac16 Robyn Hitchcock & Friends Maxwells Hoboken, NJ November 19, 2006 Sony TCD-8 w 2 audio technica 831b microphones approximately 2 ft from the left speaker stack DAT->wavelab->flac front end ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:39:40 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me one time at band camp, Eb (ElBroome@earthlink.net) said: >Far too much straight talent in the Dresden Dolls -- both songwriting- >wise and musicianship-wise -- to dismiss them as a mere "novelty >act." agreed 100%. brian viglione is one of the best drummers i've ever seen play and while amanda palmer isn't the most technically proficient keyboardist, she is one of the more interesting and inventive ones -- at least to my untrained ear. and yes, i've been following them for several years. i like _yes, virginia_ better than the self-titled debut because it's rawer, more direct and captures the feel of their live shows better but i almost never listen to either album since live recordings pretty much showcases them at their best to my ear. if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be annoyed. fan obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with the singing along and other such directions. they also augment their performance with vaudeville and burlesque acts. most of the time, i think that works pretty well (for instance, during the autumn 2005 shows, they had an aerialist on stage who would do their thing suspended from the rafters during the song "gravity") but it occasionally can fall short. on top of the planned on-stage performances, there are also often more fannish things like living statues and other oddities spread thoughout and outside the venue. again, most of the time, that's good stuff but some can be bad. but i like the general idea of involving the audience and making the performance more inclusive. if they didn't have the chops, it could be a crutch, but i think it's really more of a complement than a supplement. woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:14:44 -0800 From: "Bri N" Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall Belltown Ramble- isn't that Peter on piano? I don't think Robyn wrote in on piano. The most recent piano based song I can think of is the bonus track Dr. Tongs on Jewels For Sophia. ??? - -Nuppy - --- munki1972@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jeff Dwarf To: fgz Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:02:51 -0800 (PST) Eb wrote: > What are Robyn's most recent (recorded) songs based > on piano rather than guitar? "Belltown Rumble" is about the only one i can think of, unless there's something on _Luxor_ I'm not thinking of. "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:54:16 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me On 1/8/07, wojbearpig wrote: > > > if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be annoyed. fan > obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with > the singing along and other such directions. > > they also augment their performance with vaudeville and burlesque > acts. most of the time, i think that works pretty well (for instance, > during the autumn 2005 shows, they had an aerialist on stage who would > do their thing suspended from the rafters during the song "gravity") > but it occasionally can fall short. on top of the planned on-stage > performances, there are also often more fannish things like living > statues and other oddities spread thoughout and outside the venue. > again, most of the time, that's good stuff but some can be bad. Well, I base my dismissal on having sat through a live radio performance... it was campy and gimmicky, and that to me bespeaks "novelty act", and that kind of stunt performance stuff reinforces the opinion. They may be really good at it, but Weird Al is also really good at taking pop songs and making them be about food-- nobody does that better, honest-- and I don't think that stops him from being a novelty act. One thing about me, I was born with the "camp appreciaton" gene and have little use for kitsch, so factor that in. So it's just not "for me" and it seems awfully weird that so many folks are so into it. I guess musical theatre has its adherents; I'm just trained to think of it as being about numerous schticky things besides the music itself, and that's what I hear with this group. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:56:54 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall On 1/8/07, Bri N wrote: > > Belltown Ramble- isn't that Peter on piano? Bass, with Scott on piano. He's done a lot of live piano work lately, but it doesn't seem to have impacted his writing much this time around. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:36:19 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Theatricality in music - -- Spotted Eagle Ray is rumored to have mumbled on 8. Januar 2007 08:54:16 -0800 regarding Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me: > I guess musical > theatre has its adherents; I'm just trained to think of it as being about > numerous schticky things besides the music itself, and that's what I hear > with this group. Well, I've only heard a couple of songs by the Dresden Dolls, but I think they might be interesting even though I'm pretty sure I could never really be a fan. Anyway, what you wrote gave me an idea about what I *don't* like (or rather hate) about some other bands. I really, really dislike The Divine Comedy even though just about everyone around me is very much into them. And I think it might have something to do with it being too theatrical for my taste. Another band that's almost as bad in that respect is Pulp (I just "A Different Class" and "This Is Hardcore" for the first time). I'm suprised they're labeled as Britpop. To me they have hardly anything in common with, say, Oasis or Blur. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://darkstar.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:46:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall Bri N wrote: > Belltown Ramble- isn't that Peter on piano? I don't > think Robyn wrote in on piano. Scott, Peter on bass. It may not have been written on a piano, but I do think it's most dominant characteristic is the piano tinkling. I think the only known Peter Buck on keyboard of any sort is the sad roller-rink organ on "Let Me In" (with Mills plays Kurdt's guitar). > The most recent piano based song I can think of is > the bonus track Dr. Tongs on Jewels For Sophia. ??? > > -Nuppy > > --- munki1972@yahoo.com wrote: > > From: Jeff Dwarf > To: fgz > Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:02:51 -0800 (PST) > > Eb wrote: > > What are Robyn's most recent (recorded) songs > based > > on piano rather than guitar? > > "Belltown Rumble" is about the only one i can think > of, unless there's something on _Luxor_ I'm not > thinking of. > > > "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the > other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann > > . > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:38:11 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: Tryin' to recall On 1/8/07, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > Bri N wrote: > > Belltown Ramble- isn't that Peter on piano? I don't > > think Robyn wrote in on piano. > > Scott, Peter on bass. It may not have been written on > a piano, but I do think it's most dominant > characteristic is the piano tinkling. > > I think the only known Peter Buck on keyboard of any > sort is the sad roller-rink organ on "Let Me In" (with > Mills plays Kurdt's guitar). Touring for UP, Peter switched between keys and guitar on "Lotus". Or at least appeared to. - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:42:33 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me On 1/8/07, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > One thing about me, I was born with the "camp appreciaton" gene and have > little use for kitsch, so factor that in. > Erm, sorry. That makes no sense. Should read "I was born WITHOUT the 'camp appreciation gene". - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:29:25 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: best ringtone EVER Indeed, quite possibly the ONLY good ringtone ever. Let's hope it becomes massively popular. CONCEPTUAL RINGTONE SILENCES CELLPHONES Subscribers Hear Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds of Silence Whenever Someone Calls Them... Artist Jonathon Keats Offers Silent Ringtone Free-of-Charge Through Leading Mobile Content Provider Start Mobile... Silence May Go Platinum in 2007... JANUARY 5, 2007 - Since the beginning of time, pure silence has been available only in the vacuum of space. Now conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has digitally generated a span of silence, four minutes and thirty-three seconds in length, portable enough to be carried on a cellphone. His silent ringtone, freely distributed through special arrangement with Start Mobile, is expected to bring quiet to the lives of millions of cellphone users, as well as those close to them. "When major artists such as 50 Cent and Chamillionaire started making ringtones, I realized that anything was possible in this new medium," says Mr. Keats, whose previous art projects include attempting to genetically engineer God. "I also knew that another artist, John Cage, had formerly tried, and failed, to create a silent interlude." Mr. Cage once famously composed four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence, which was performed on a piano, in front of a live audience, back in 1952. By all accounts, though, his silence was imperfect, owing to the limitations of the technology available at the time. "John Cage can't be blamed," says Mr. Keats. "He lived in an analog age." "My Cage (Silence for Cellphone)" dispenses with performer and piano and auditorium, instead utilizing a continuous stream of silence produced on a computer, and compressed to standard ringtone format. This silence can be heard whenever a call comes through, whether out on the street, at a noisy concert, or in the quiet of home. A remastering of Mr. Cage's classic, "My Cage" is also a remix, according to Mr. Keats. "It introduces serendipity into the equation, delivering performances unpredictably, whenever calls come unexpectedly. You never know." The silence may take place without the listener being aware of it. Or the listener may hear a call - phantom silence - when there's no one on the line. "'My Cage' is all-encompassing," Mr. Keats explains. "Even those who don't use it as a ringtone have the potential to experience it, in the silence of an unanswered call." While noting that Mr. Keats doesn't have a cellphone of his own, and may be less-than-qualified to make global pronouncements about them, Start Mobile CEO John Doffing believes that "My Cage" may be a platinum hit. "People want a respite," he says, "and not everybody has the time or money to go to a spa. The virtues of silence are unsung." Nevertheless, Mr. Keats is careful not to take credit for silence in general, and hopes that people will bootleg his creation, just as he was inspired by John Cage. Mr. Cage, who died in 1992, could not be reached for comment. "My Cage (Silence for Cellphone)" can be downloaded now at www.startmobile.net/433 * * * Jonathon Keats is a conceptual artist, novelist, and critic. For his most recent project, at the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, he exhibited extraterrestrial abstract artwork. He has also attempted to genetically engineer God in a petri dish, in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, and petitioned Berkeley to pass a fundamental law of logic - A=A - a work commissioned by the city's annual Arts Festival. He has been awarded Yaddo and MacDowell fellowships, and his projects have been documented by KQED-TV and the BBC World Service, as well as periodicals ranging from The San Francisco Chronicle to New Scientist. He is represented by Modernism Gallery in San Francisco. For more information, please contact Mr. Keats at jonathon_keats@yahoo.com, or see http://www.modernisminc.com/artists/Jonathon_KEATS/ [via Bruce Sterling's blog: http://blog.wired.com/sterling/ ] - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:04:23 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > Well, I base my dismissal on having sat through a live radio > performance... > it was campy and gimmicky, and that to me bespeaks "novelty act", > and that > kind of stunt performance stuff reinforces the opinion. They may > be really > good at it, but Weird Al is also really good at taking pop songs > and making > them be about food-- nobody does that better, honest-- and I don't > think > that stops him from being a novelty act. But EVERY Weird Al song is a "novelty." Even using a more liberal definition, there's no way you can say that about the Dresden Dolls. For instance, after hearing some of the more flamboyant tracks, I was surprised at how restrained, somber and affecting "First Orgasm" is. The title may sound like a joke, but the song isn't. wojbearpig wrote: > if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be annoyed. fan > obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with > the singing along and other such directions. Singing along. Uh oh. And presumably, an ample dose of "WE LOVE YOU!" feebs as well? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:13:42 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Theatricality in music Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > Anyway, what you wrote gave me an idea about what I *don't* like > (or rather hate) about some other bands. I really, really dislike > The Divine Comedy even though just about everyone around me is very > much into them. And I think it might have something to do with it > being too theatrical for my taste. Another band that's almost as > bad in that respect is Pulp (I just "A Different Class" and "This > Is Hardcore" for the first time). I'm suprised they're labeled as > Britpop. To me they have hardly anything in common with, say, Oasis > or Blur. There are a LOT of British bands whom I dislike for being too theatrical. A LOT. Start with about 96% of everything with a whiff of "goth".... I never liked the Divine Comedy or Pulp either, though I do think both bands' figureheads have undeniable talent. Meanwhile, the new Hall of Fame inductees are announced: - - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Kid Creole, Cowboy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) - - R.E.M. (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) - - The Ronettes (Estelle Bennett, Ronnie Spector, Nedra Talley) - - Patti Smith - - Van Halen (Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:07:05 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reaps I hear Alzheimers-plagued Sneaky Pete Kleinow of the Flying Burrito Brothers died on the 6th. Also, Burt Bacharach's daughter (age 40) killed herself. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:52:38 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me one time at band camp, Spotted Eagle Ray (spottedeagleray@gmail.com) said: >Well, I base my dismissal on having sat through a live radio >performance... it was campy and gimmicky, and that to me bespeaks >"novelty act", and that kind of stunt performance stuff reinforces the >opinion. that is one way of interpreting it. but if you strip away all that you call gimmicky, i think you'll find that there are two pretty strong musicians and ne really good songwriter as well. the fact that they surround their act with extras doesn't change that fact. though it may obscure it for some listeners. >One thing about me, I was born with the "camp appreciaton" gene and have >little use for kitsch, so factor that in. i don't really care for all the trappings either but that doesn't particularly annoy me if they are there. and that can be entertaining too if done right. woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:53:18 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me one time at band camp, Eb (ElBroome@earthlink.net) said: >wojbearpig wrote: >>if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be annoyed. fan >>obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with >>the singing along and other such directions. >Singing along. Uh oh. And presumably, an ample dose of "WE LOVE YOU!" >feebs as well? in spades. +w ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:19:17 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me wojbearpig wrote: >>> if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be >>> annoyed. fan >>> obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with >>> the singing along and other such directions. > >> Singing along. Uh oh. And presumably, an ample dose of "WE LOVE YOU!" >> feebs as well? > > in spades. Brrrrr. Selective extermination doesn't always seem like such a bad policy. Otherwise...the last album I played from my Tower-clearance pile was Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint/The River in Reverse. Quality stuff, but it's just too much of a old-school genre album to personally thrill me. Only one track which is through-and-through Costello ("The Sharpest Thorn"), although I did think Toussaint's piano playing on "Ascension Day" was just astoundingly gorgeous. "Freedom for the Stallion" connected with me too. But all in all, I'll choose Painted from Memory when I'm craving a Costello release in this vein. Or to put it another way, I liked this disc less than Yes, Virginia... but more than Ole! Tarantula. Speaking of Ole! Tarantula, a large 2006 critics poll is out with said album ranked at #173: http://www.idolator.com/?op=compiledresults Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:19:36 -0800 From: "Spotted Eagle Ray" Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me On 1/8/07, wojbearpig wrote: > > > that is one way of interpreting it. but if you strip away all that you > call gimmicky, i think you'll find that there are two pretty strong > musicians and ne really good songwriter as well. the fact that they > surround their act with extras doesn't change that fact. though it may > obscure it for some listeners. I think that for me it doesn't so much obscure it as it locates it within a musical continuum that I'm not used to having much that would interest me, which is an obstacle towards digging deeper. Or it further implicates them in that terrotory, the general sound placing them in that retro-cabaret realm to begin with. I figure I'll just roll with it, as long as half of the rest of the world professes to love "all kinds of music except for (usually) country / rap"... - -SER ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 14:53:13 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: twang...splutter...(darkness) Just a short note to say that James will be - to all intents and purposes - offline for a few days. Last night my computer went "twang", spluttered some acrid carbon, and failed to proceed. Looks as though the hard disc and its contents is fine (thank Ghu), but unfortunately the connection between the CPU and the screen is an ex-component. I'm working with a borrowed laptop for a day or two, with no guarantee of how often I can use it. 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, 8 Jan 2007 15:34:51 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Theatricality in music On Jan 8, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Eb wrote: > Meanwhile, the new Hall of Fame inductees are announced: > - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Kid Creole, > Cowboy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) > > - R.E.M. (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) > > - The Ronettes (Estelle Bennett, Ronnie Spector, Nedra Talley) > > - Patti Smith > > - Van Halen (Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, > Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth) That's gonna be an interesting jam session. Imagine "Dancing Barefoot" sung to the tune of "So. Central Rain". With a thumping beat and incredible background vocals. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:34:18 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll not f*ck with me >From: wojbearpig >Subject: Re: My name is "-b" -- so if you know what's good for you, you'll >not f*ck with me >Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:53:18 -0500 >one time at band camp, Eb (ElBroome@earthlink.net) said: > >wojbearpig wrote: > >>if you go to one of their shows though, be prepared to be annoyed. fan > >>obsession levels run high and it can get pretty silly at times with > >>the singing along and other such directions. > > >Singing along. Uh oh. And presumably, an ample dose of "WE LOVE YOU!" > >feebs as well? > >in spades. Woj is putting it mildly, it's like the Rocky Horror Picture show only worse. It's a shame, the first time I saw them they opened for Mission Of Burma and there were a few of their fans and they weren't playing dress-up. So I went again when they headlined, in the time between they had secured their following. I was so annoyed by their fans that as much as I enjoy her music, I may never see them again. Max Max _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:22:48 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Theatricality in music >> Meanwhile, the new Hall of Fame inductees are announced: >> - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Kid Creole, >> Cowboy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) >> >> - R.E.M. (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) >> >> - The Ronettes (Estelle Bennett, Ronnie Spector, Nedra >> Talley) >> >> - Patti Smith >> >> - Van Halen (Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, >> Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth) > > That's gonna be an interesting jam session. Imagine "Dancing > Barefoot" sung to the tune of "So. Central Rain". With a thumping > beat and incredible background vocals. This year will be alllllll about the tensions in the David Lee/Sammy/ Eddie triangle -- all other drama will pale in comparison. ;) I'm happy that Patti was finally accepted, though. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:32:12 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Robyn on BBC Radio 2 Saturday passing this along from someone who caught this on radio 2 on the way back from the brighton show the other night. nothing on lamarr's website yet though. woj - ----- Forwarded message ----- While driving back from the Brighton gig, I was listening to BBC Radio 2 DJ Mark Larmar's Friday night/Saturday morning programme. Mark's a fan on Robyn's music and has played a number of things off of Ole Tarantula. I was pleased that he mentioned Robyn on tour and played "So You Think You're In Love" but he then went on to say that Robyn and Venus Three would be the live music guest on his show this coming Friday. So anyone who wants to listen online can tune in on Friday night, 12 January - midnight UK time, or listen to the repeat stream for up to one week after the live broadcast. Of course given that Robyn is playing Bristol Friday night he's either got to leg it late on back to London to the BBC studio or Mark is going to record them earlier in the day and play the sessions during the midnight show. Wither way, I look forward to hearing some of the banter and interchange between Larmar and Hitchcock. Should be a good match. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/lamarrsat/ So if you'd be so kind as to pass this info on to other Fegs who may be interested. - ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #3 ******************************