From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #25 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, January 28 2007 Volume 16 : Number 025 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The list's favorite topic [2fs ] Re: Of Montreal ["Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" ] Re: Gay Bands? [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Gay Bands? ["Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" ] Re: Gay Bands? [2fs ] NEW on DIME: The Soft Boys - Wednesday 16th October 2002 - Railway Inn, Winchester, England UK [wo] Re: Of Montreal ["Jason Brown" ] Re: Of Montreal [Eb ] Re: Of Montreal ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Of Montreal ["Bri N" ] Re: Of Montreal [2fs ] Re: Of Montreal [Eb ] Re: Of Montreal ["Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" ] Re: Of Montreal ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Of Montreal ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Of Montreal and Midlake @ The Magic Stick [michaeljbachman@comcast.ne] This must be someone's perverse joke [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:22:52 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The list's favorite topic On 1/26/07, Eb wrote: > > > It's weird how Of Montreal suddenly has a semblance of *popularity*. > They have two local dates coming up, and both are already sold out. I > guess they've tapped into the larger Scissor Sisters crowd with their > changed sound. Hmm. I like the newer OM stuff, but I don't care much for the Scissor Sisters that I've heard (which, admittedly, is only about five or six tracks overall). Not sure if I've just heard the wrong SS tracks (atypical ones, presumably) - because if you're saying SS sounds sort of like the newer OM, I should maybe check SS out. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:53:50 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Hi Feglist, Eb says: > It's weird how Of Montreal suddenly has a semblance of *popularity*. > They have two local dates coming up, and both are already sold out. I > guess they've tapped into the larger Scissor Sisters crowd with their > changed sound. I connected with the older sound a lot more, though. I won't explain (i.e. defend) how I know this, but Of Montreal were featured on "The O.C." (or is that "The OC"?) last night. Even in its decline, I imagine "The O.C." still has the power to tell kids what they like. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:05:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Gay Bands? > Bands to watch out for > i just submitted ted nugent, so hopefully he'll > get added soon. I refuse to give them any traffic, but based on what I heard on KFOG's morning show today, it would appear ol' Ted has made the list. "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:00:00 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Gay Bands? Hi Feglist, Jeff Dwarf says > I refuse to give them any traffic, but based on what I > heard on KFOG's morning show today, it would appear > ol' Ted has made the list. So I looked. It's listed as "Ted Nugent (loincloth)" so it may just be Ted Nugent's loincloth that is objectionable. I'm more curious as to why Oscar Wilde's quote is attributed to "Oscar Wilde (reformed homosexual)." What makes Oscar Wilde "reformed"? (and being dead doesn't count, what with it being so easy to avoid the temptations of gay sex.) Only band I noticed that was missing is The Dead Kennedys although there must be some other list they made on the website. (I'm not even sure Jello's gay (I think I remember seeing a reference about this and thinking, "Huh, I never knew he was gay.")) xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:42:29 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Gay Bands? On 1/26/07, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > > Bands to watch out for > > i just submitted ted nugent, so hopefully he'll > > get added soon. > > I refuse to give them any traffic, but based on what I > heard on KFOG's morning show today, it would appear > ol' Ted has made the list. Eh? I think they should add John Ashcroft. That "Eagle's Wings" thing is clearly bestiality-oriented. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:49:17 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: NEW on DIME: The Soft Boys - Wednesday 16th October 2002 - Railway Inn, Winchester, England UK http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=132007&hit=1 The Soft Boys - Wednesday 16th October 2002 - Railway Inn, Winchester, England UK Lineage MD Master(Aud)>Wavelab>Flac 8 Set list: Kingdom of Love Queen of Eyes Mr. Kennedy Sudden Town Hear My Brane Vegetable Man (Syd Barrett) Bells of Rhymney (Pete Seeger/Idris Davies) I Love Lucy Pulse of My Heart When I Was a Kid Strings I Wanna Destroy You Underwater Moonlight Encore: Narcissus Encore: Unprotected Love ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:10:41 -0800 From: "Jason Brown" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Lauren Elizabeth (gmail) wrote: > Eb says: > > It's weird how Of Montreal suddenly has a semblance of *popularity*. > > They have two local dates coming up, and both are already sold out. I > > guess they've tapped into the larger Scissor Sisters crowd with their > > changed sound. I connected with the older sound a lot more, though. > > I won't explain (i.e. defend) how I know this, but Of Montreal were > featured on "The O.C." (or is that "The OC"?) last night. Even in its > decline, I imagine "The O.C." still has the power to tell kids what > they like. There should be no shame in watching the OC, especially this season when its been uniformly excellent! Its not like you are recounting something you saw on One Tree Hill. I think the newer Of Montreal sound is more popular because its better and more distinct. Their older sound was more stodgy and stereotypically E6. If not for Kevin Barnes' unique singing voice a lot of the songs could belong to another E6 band. Plus you can really dance to to them now which makes for much funner shows ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:46:43 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Of Montreal Jason Brown wrote: > Their older sound was more stodgy and > stereotypically E6. If not for Kevin Barnes' unique singing voice a > lot of the songs could belong to another E6 band. I *completely* disagree with this. Barnes did bizarre things with chords and melody which NOBODY else did, E6 or otherwise. Eb np: Bob Mould/Body of Song (mediocre) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:30:53 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Jason Brown wrote: > > I think the newer Of Montreal sound is more popular because its better > and more distinct. I like the old and the new; the old for its whimsy, and occasional bang-on pop gem (like Inner Light, and Jennifer Louise), the new for the beat (and lyrics, and that revered feg Bryan plays guitar). Shame that Kevin seems to have had a thoroughly rotten year. Scissor Sisters? If I'd wanted the seventies, I'd have moved there. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:45:42 -0800 From: "Bri N" Subject: Re: Of Montreal The new album is nothing short of amazing and inspiring. Stewart is a saint in my book for turning me on to these guys 2 albums ago. I'll be going to see them at the Magic Stick on March 14 in Detroit. They are great live. Michael Bachman, maybe I'll see you there? - -Nuppy - --- scruss@gmail.com wrote: From: "Stewart C. Russell" To: crustaceans ripped my flesh Subject: Re: Of Montreal Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:30:53 -0500 Jason Brown wrote: > > I think the newer Of Montreal sound is more popular because its better > and more distinct. I like the old and the new; the old for its whimsy, and occasional bang-on pop gem (like Inner Light, and Jennifer Louise), the new for the beat (and lyrics, and that revered feg Bryan plays guitar). Shame that Kevin seems to have had a thoroughly rotten year. Scissor Sisters? If I'd wanted the seventies, I'd have moved there. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:28:27 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Of Montreal On 1/27/07, Eb wrote: > > Jason Brown wrote: > > Their older sound was more stodgy and > > stereotypically E6. If not for Kevin Barnes' unique singing voice a > > lot of the songs could belong to another E6 band. > > I *completely* disagree with this. Barnes did bizarre things with > chords and melody which NOBODY else did, E6 or otherwise. True - but I kinda think non-musicians simply don't *hear* "bizarre things with chords and melody". Or rather, if they do, they hear them as "texture" rather than harmony and melody. I'm also in the "like most of OM's material" camp - I think the newer stuff is more diverse and ambitious (or rather, ambitiously diverse: the older stuff was ambitious but within a narrower sonic neighborhood). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:11:28 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Of Montreal Bri N wrote: > Stewart is a saint in my book for turning me on to these guys 2 > albums ago. Two albums ago? Bah. http://www.fegmania.org/archives/fegmaniax/1998/v07.n284 http://www.fegmania.org/archives/fegmaniax/1998/v07.n285 (Incidentally, that review "I dug up on the web" was actually my own.) Stewart C. Russell wrote: > Shame that Kevin seems to have had a thoroughly rotten year. How so? I saw "Bubba Ho-Tep" last night -- you'd think this film would be a load of fun, and it really wasn't. Good acting, but a stupid story and too few characters. But then late at night, I caught "The Devil with Hitler" on TCM (all 45 minutes of it) and that WAS a load of fun. But only because it was so tasteless, racist and dated. http:// www.imdb.com/title/tt0034651/ Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:25:32 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Hi Feglist, Jason Brown says: > There should be no shame in watching the OC, especially this season > when its been uniformly excellent! Its not like you are recounting > something you saw on One Tree Hill. Wow, One Tree Hill must be...really bad. Maybe I should check it out. There is a direct correlation between the complexity of the books I read and the stupidity of the television I watch. I just started grad school and don't have cable, so you do the math. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:36:12 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Bri N wrote: > > Stewart is a saint in my book for turning me on to these guys 2 albums ago. Actually, you should thank the feg (gNat?) who hipped me to them in early 2001. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:45:15 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Of Montreal Eb wrote: > >> Shame that Kevin seems to have had a thoroughly rotten year. > > How so? near-nervous breakdown in Norway, wife struggling with depression, almost family break-up -- it's all in the lyrics. "C'mon Mood Swing, swing back to good again" isn't a line from a happy chappy. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:12:08 +0000 From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: Of Montreal and Midlake @ The Magic Stick Nuppy, Sounds good, I'll mark it down. Midlake is at The Magic Stick on February 13th, I'll be there. Michael B. NP Laura Cantrell - Not The Tremblin' Kind - -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Bri N" > The new album is nothing short of amazing and inspiring. > > Stewart is a saint in my book for turning me on to these guys 2 albums ago. > > I'll be going to see them at the Magic Stick on March 14 in Detroit. They are > great live. Michael Bachman, maybe I'll see you there? > > -Nuppy > > --- scruss@gmail.com wrote: > > From: "Stewart C. Russell" > To: crustaceans ripped my flesh > Subject: Re: Of Montreal > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:30:53 -0500 > > Jason Brown wrote: > > > > I think the newer Of Montreal sound is more popular because its better > > and more distinct. > > I like the old and the new; the old for its whimsy, and occasional > bang-on pop gem (like Inner Light, and Jennifer Louise), the new for the > beat (and lyrics, and that revered feg Bryan plays guitar). Shame that > Kevin seems to have had a thoroughly rotten year. > > Scissor Sisters? If I'd wanted the seventies, I'd have moved there. > > Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:32:48 -0800 From: Eb Subject: This must be someone's perverse joke Well, the new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album is wretchedly unlistenable to remarkable degrees. Has Pitchfork announced that we can stop pretending this band is good? Someone needs to think up a catchy descriptor for this new mini-genre of indie rock, where the singer howls in a double-tracked strangle and critics automatically say the band is incredible. Particularly if said group is from Canada. Is it time for a major Pere Ubu revival yet? Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #25 *******************************