From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #66 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, February 24 2007 Volume 16 : Number 066 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Elvis Costello vs. John Cale! Let the death-match begin! [2fs ] Re: Costello Top 5 ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! [2fs ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! [2fs ] Re: allmusic.com mention ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] guitars that jangle [ken ostrander ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Elvis Costello vs. John Cale! Let the death-match begin! [ken ostrand] All Bangles, all the time (all...uh...over the place) ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! [ken ostrander ] Robyn a vegetarian ["James Francis" ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Robyn a vegetarian ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: All Bangles, all the time (all...uh...over the place) [Sebastian Hage] Re: allmusic.com mention ["vivien lyon" ] The Day They Ate Brick [FSThomas ] Jason and the Scorchers live - last time around? [Miles Goosens ] Re: Costello Top 5 ["vivien lyon" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:48:30 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Elvis Costello vs. John Cale! Let the death-match begin! On 2/23/07, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > > > >But to claim that Cale was instrumental in inventing "half" of all > >"experimental" music is just pure hyperbole. Granted, he played a > >significant role during a certain critical period of rock development, > but > >it's not like he was around with Varese, Cage, Boulez, Berio, > Stockhausen, > >Ligeti, Xenakis, and so on...or even the Beatles for that matter.... > > > >- --Quail > > Though I agree with what you're saying GQ, the nit-picker in me would > like to point out that Cale *was* around with one or two of those - > he worked alongside Cage during his pre-Velvets career, to start with. To repick the nit you just picked, I think it was Lamonte Young - not John Cage. At any rate, there's not really that much sense to this: I mean, the issue was "who's more diverse?" (which is why the "better songwriter" thing isn't really relevant - although "he's not as good a songwriter as Elvis Costello" is pretty easy to live with, I'd say) - which, you know, is pretty subjective. Let's just say that Cale has certainly explored a lot of different musics - as has Costello, Zappa, and very few others to a similar degree. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:57:46 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: allmusic.com mention On Feb 23, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." Boston, April 1 1989: My "Black Snake Diamond Role" shirt and green army jacket w/ fegMania! pin. Robyn and Morris signed the only thing I could find in my wallet - the back of a Dr.'s appointment card. Andy and Pete Buck would've signed too, but, well, you know: http://denisvengeance.com/robyn/PeterBuckHatesMe.html > >> it starts with 'love is the drug' and ends with 'just another >> high'. and it is habit forming. > > and "both ends burning" somewhere between those two ends. > Ah, my daughter's first concert - July, 2001. Granted she was four months in the womb at the time, but I think it's rubbed off! >> someone had a nifty twist on that at a party: if you could only >> listen to one artist (their entire catalogue including solo albums >> and collaborations), what would it be? > > for one artist i would be torn between the beatles and hitchcock but > once you toss in robyn bootlegs then book me that ticket. Rock on sister! - -tc, compensating for a rough week with too many Pilsner Urquell's ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:26:52 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 Hi Fegs, Marc Holden says: > That would be a really tough one--there are really just too many, and I tend > to fixate on certain songs for a while: > Beyond Belief, You Little Fool, Crimes of Paris, Suit of Lights, Just a > Memory, Two Little Hitlers, No Action, Watching the Detectives, Hand in > Hand, Next Time Around, Veronica, Brilliant Mistake, Tiny Steps, Goon Squad, > Shot With His Own Gun, Big Tears, Man Out of Time, etc. etc, off the top of > my head. I'd have a rough time just reducing it down to a 2 CD favorites > set. I like your picks, especially that you include both "Crimes of Paris" and "Next Time Around". I think when I made the top five list, both those songs were on it and it didn't seem quite right because there is something very much the same about them but still I couldn't leave one out. They've got a kind of "retro" sound to me - not quite the way the music sounds, but somehow when I hear those songs, I picture couples arguing in kitchens with formica tables. I love that line about "she hits him with that paper weight Eiffel Tower." I often wonder whether an Englishman or woman would understand the lyrics to "Crimes of Paris" much better than I, but then sometimes I'd just as happy for the song to remain a bit out of reach. Other songs on the short list would be "New Amsterdam", "Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror" and "Radio, Radio". "I Hope You're Happy Now", "Almost Blue", "Man Out of Time" and "Beyond Belief" would be jockeying for position. > But it's easy to say that the Blood & Chocolate tour was one of my > favorites (the solo tour, with Nick Lowe opening). That was the one when he > did a decent length show (about 80 minutes including a really nice medley of > New Amsterdam/You've Got to Hide Your Love Away) then came back as > "Professor Napoleon Dynamite" and had audience members come up to spin the > giant wheel of songs to decide what got played next. All together, show was > close to 3 hours long. Just staggeringly great. Sheesh. I can only say I'm glad I wasn't as oblivious about RH as I was about EC. My first and only EC show was about 5 years ago. I can remember only the heartstopping rendition of "I Want You". xo - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:31:51 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! On 2/23/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Hi Fegs, > > > And in conclusion, I would like to self-importantly announce that I'm > _zero_ > > degrees from Msr. Hitchcock (by my own, apparently universally > > disapproved-of, method of calculation) > > FWIW, I crossed threads a bit with you on this but I did vote for of > this method of calculation. A degree is a point of separation so > knowing the person is zero degrees. I wonder if any conclusions might be drawn regarding the possibility of true human intimacy from whether one insists that this is "one degree" or "zero degrees"... > Sad to say, I still remember exactly what I was wearing the day he said > "Hi > > Viv." > > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." Unless they weren't - like, say, if they were all wearing towels. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:33:45 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! Ha! I'm losing my mind! I'm wacko! Nuts! Out there! Responding to my own post! > > > > I wonder if any conclusions might be drawn regarding the possibility of > true human intimacy from whether one insists that this is "one degree" or > "zero degrees"... > By which I of course meant "regarding a person's perception of the possibility of..." - -- ...Jeff Norman, not wearing a towel, typing and thinking apparently affected by Rogue Hazelnut Brown Ale The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:42:36 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: allmusic.com mention Hi Fegs, Tom Clark says: > On Feb 23, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." > > Boston, April 1 1989: My "Black Snake Diamond Role" shirt and green > army jacket w/ fegMania! pin. Robyn and Morris signed the only thing > I could find in my wallet - the back of a Dr.'s appointment card. > Andy and Pete Buck would've signed too, but, well, you know: > http://denisvengeance.com/robyn/PeterBuckHatesMe.html No pants? Well perhaps Mr. Buck just thinks you're odd. xo P.S. Where did you get the "Black Snake Diamond Role" shirt? My first RH shirt was not until the "Moss Elixir" one with the wrong-way duck. - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:19:46 -0800 (PST) From: ken ostrander Subject: guitars that jangle >>Or, it's out of print, but Amazon still has a backlog of them.<< listening to it ('doll revolution') on napster right now. it's a solid mix of their various sonic incarnations. i'll be listening again. also on napster is 'all over the place'. certainly their most consistant album. "going down to liverpool" never gets old. i agree that the guitar work on "dover beach" kicks ass. for what it's worth, the 'we are the 80's' compilation has more songs from 'all over the place' and less from 'everything', as compared with the other ones. of course, their sound harkens back to another decade; but they had their great success in the eighties and will forever be part of the popular culture that is encapsulated by these kinds of releases and vh1 specials. >> > but other than >> > being from LA and being all chicks, I can't really think of anything >> > they have in common. You might as well say The Smiths were a New >> > Order rip-off. >> >> Just because they're all chicks? > >Naw, just Gillian. > >And Morrissey. they're both a bit androgynous to me. both used to get play at the lesbian bar in northampton ("ah-ooh"). both were college rock staples. both had a little jingle jangle in their guitarwork and more than a little mope in their lyrics. the bangles and the go-go's will always be associated together; but "ripoff"? nah. > And ... for whatever it's worth I still get a smile on my face every > time I hear "Walking On Sunshine" ...even if it's merely selling > diapers or floor cleaning products or whatever i still enjoy it, although i think i've heard a commercial cover on the telly. that always irks me. i had no idea that eddie grant ("good god!") co-wrote it with kimberly. how did that happen? ken "more than meets the eye" the kenster - --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:26:30 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! 2fs says: > On 2/23/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." > > Unless they weren't - like, say, if they were all wearing towels. So perhaps Tom Clark was perhaps wearing a towel with the BSDR shirt? xo - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:31:05 -0800 (PST) From: ken ostrander Subject: Re: Elvis Costello vs. John Cale! Let the death-match begin! >>>Let's just say that Cale has certainly explored a lot of different musics - as has Costello, Zappa, and very few others to a similar degree.<<< they're musical explorers and their various colonies have disputed boundries. - --------------------------------- Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:31:42 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: All Bangles, all the time (all...uh...over the place) >Rex wrote: >Naw, it's just a harmless novelty. "Eternal Flame" is pretty awful, >though, >Jeff replied: >"Eternal Flame" at least has the story about Susanna singing it naked in >the studio ...Me, I just luvvvvved AOTP when it first came out and championed them as sort of the anti-Go-Go's at the time (although I've since softened on the G-G's achievements, but just never dug ther music at all; saw them open for the Police once (1981? '82?) and alternately yawned / laughed / joined my friends and others nearby in a chant of "Go, go away!"). But, as a semi-guilty pleasure that I listened to just the other nght (even BEFORE this Bangle-palooza broke out in Fegland), in "Eternal Flame" the "swoop" / change from the chorus (and also from the instrumental bridge) to "Say my name / sun shines through the rain" just about makes me swoon STILL now some 20+ years on. Every time, even if I just hear it at the supermarket, on the Muzak... ...Can't he'p it, can't 'splain it...but I DO love me that transition and moment, beyond all reasonable expectation to do so. (Also -- I had a SERIOUS Susanna jones back then ("Susanna Jones"? didn't I go to high school with her?), and if I had heard the "singing naked" rumor back in the day, well...sigh...I'm not sure if I coulda dug "Eternal Flame" any more than I did, but I certainly know I probably woulda tried...) Just another...uh...Frantic Friday... Michael (NOT Steele) Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600&bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:08:06 -0800 (PST) From: ken ostrander Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! >>And thus its surfeit of fauxthenticity. (Or does the "fauxthenticity" imply at least a pose of grittiness?)<< i guess it all depends on what you're pretending to be. >> And in conclusion, I would like to self-importantly announce that I'm _zero_ >> degrees from Msr. Hitchcock (by my own, apparently universally >> disapproved-of, method of calculation) > >FWIW, I crossed threads a bit with you on this but I did vote for of >this method of calculation. A degree is a point of separation so >knowing the person is zero degrees. yes, as in there is no one separating you. > I wonder if any conclusions might be drawn regarding the possibility of > true human intimacy from whether one insists that this is "one degree" or > "zero degrees"... it can construe. still, we are talking about separation not intimacy. >By which I of course meant "regarding a person's perception of the possibility of..."< i feel so close to you right now. >Ha! I'm losing my mind! I'm wacko! Nuts! Out there! Responding to my own post!< negative one degrees. > > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants."< how did you know? >No pants? Well perhaps Mr. Buck just thinks you're odd.< isn't everyone born with trousers on? >My first RH shirt was not until the "Moss Elixir" one with the wrong-way duck.< mine was the black "one long pair of eyes". which has since vanished like the trilobite. >>>Kinda weird parenting there... Two local women have started a feminist erotic zine/website, and in an interview with one of them she mentioned that her stepfather worked in some capacity for like Penthouse or something and had encouraged her in her interests in erotic writing and photography.<<< now i'm creeped out. i guess he figured that he'd get first dibs. >>>Oh, I don't know...showering strippers with cash, drinks, guns, what's not to like? It IS Vegas after all, and on NBA All-Star weekend. Can't a brother on probation get a lap dance?<<< such an austentacious display reminds me of fromms prescription for human survival: abandon the "having" orientation characterized by conspicuous and excessive consumption; and substitute the "being" orientation which minimizes the importance of material possessions and emphasizes the goal of consumption based on actual necessity. i wouldn't begrudge pacman his lapdance; but i think he really wanted to show off. otherwise, wouldn't he just get a private room or something? >>Just freaking out inwardly. She's at her mom's now, so missing her and worrying. For the previous three days I was with her around the clock, including ten hours in the ER waiting room, making sure she was okay. She even labeled the time "fun days at home", and we did lots of singing, reading, drawing, storytelling... so now I figure she's missing that time as well. She's got antibiotics and should get better, but it's weird and lonely, probably for both of us.<< sounds like you made the most of a trying experience. kudos. it beats the hell out of you when you feel so helpless. which reminds me of jason robards confession to steve martin in 'parenthood': "i hated you for that." i think macho men need to be locked in a room with tears for fears playing non stop until they let themselves feel. >are there any fegs left in portland?< and do you watch 'trading spouses'? my wife and i love those wifeswapy shows. this week featured portland punk rockers the shiny things playing at a place called the tabor. http://www.myspace.com/theoriginalshinythings >>>as requested, i've uploaded "Creatures Of Light", "Deck Of Cards" (turns out i've got it on tape as well), and "Zip Zip" <<< thanks so much. i didn't realize this was here. your url reminds me of some protest art i saw in quebec city that involved a planet being screwed by a giant red, white, and blue phallus. >i don't know when the last time was that i operated a cassette deck!< the only cassette deck i have records at a slower rate than anyone cassette players i have; such that i have to play them on that deck to hear them without responding to my own post. actually, we have three boxes that play tapes: one eats them; one plays slightly fast; and the oldest, most beat-up one is just right. ken "everything that happens makes sense to someone else" the kenster - --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:30:20 -0500 From: "James Francis" Subject: Robyn a vegetarian I've read several interviews where Robyn has said he's a vegetarian--though the type of vegetarian that eats fish. >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:21:53 -0800 (PST) >From: Jeff Dwarf >Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! >Wasn't there something about him fixing some prawn dish during an >interview or giving a recipe along with an interview recently? That >would seem to indicate the answer is no. >>Lauren Elizabeth wrote: >>The only thing I was inclined to ask about Robyn was whether he >>was vegetarian. Stop the Forest Service from killing more wolves, bears, cougars, and other animals in the wild: http://go.care2.com/99055 http://www.Care2.com Free e-mail. 100MB storage. Helps nonprofits. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:35:17 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! - --On 23. Februar 2007 20:36:42 -0500 Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." That's about the extent of it! ;-) And we didn't take any photos during our interview, AFAICR. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:20:15 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Robyn a vegetarian Hi Fegs, James Francis says: > I've read several interviews where Robyn has said he's a vegetarian--though the type of vegetarian that eats fish. That was the kind of vegetarian I was when I was wondering about RH. Quite a few of my vegetarian friends "begged to differ". xo Lauren, up too late and no longer knowing the difference between a JFrame and JPanel - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:26:09 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: All Bangles, all the time (all...uh...over the place) - -- Michael Sweeney is rumored to have mumbled on 24. Februar 2007 06:31:42 +0000 regarding All Bangles, all the time (all...uh...over the place): > But, as a semi-guilty pleasure that I listened to just the other nght > (even BEFORE this Bangle-palooza broke out in Fegland), in "Eternal > Flame" the "swoop" / change from the chorus (and also from the > instrumental bridge) to "Say my name / sun shines through the rain" just > about makes me swoon STILL now some 20+ years on. Every time, even if I > just hear it at the supermarket, on the Muzak... Absolutely. It's just a great pop moment, and there's nothing wrong with that. I had a chance to see the Bangles just when "Manic Monday" came out. It would've been at the same small club where I saw R.E.M. in '85 and The Decemberists just last week. I passed on the opportunity and have been kicking myself ever since. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://darkstar.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:04:07 -0800 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Re: allmusic.com mention On 2/23/07, Tom Clark wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Probably even a guy would remember what they were wearing when they > > met Robyn: "a shirt and some pants." > > Boston, April 1 1989: My "Black Snake Diamond Role" shirt and green > army jacket w/ fegMania! pin. Robyn and Morris signed the only thing > I could find in my wallet - the back of a Dr.'s appointment card. > Andy and Pete Buck would've signed too, but, well, you know: > http://denisvengeance.com/robyn/PeterBuckHatesMe.html Okay! So, what's the weirdest thing you've have a celebrity sign? I had Douglas Coupland sign the back of my locker combination ticket. It's still in my wallet. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:09:36 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: The Day They Ate Brick I found the music blog Power Pop Lovers maybe a month ago (quite possibly cross-linked off the list, I can't remember) and they feature 80s bands transferred from vinyl to MP3. It can be hit-or-miss a lot of the time, but the first thing I grabbed was the Thomas Dolby/Matthew Seligman Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club album English Garden. Today I check the site, and what do I find? The Radar Sessions album. http://powerpoplovers.blogspot.com/2007/02/soft-boys-legendary-radar-sessions-1979.html THE SOFT BOYS - THE LEGENDARY RADAR SESSIONS (1979) Hello Powerpop Lovers, in 1978 the Soft Boys had their second 45 "(I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" released by Radar Records. It was coupled with "Fat Man's Son," both Robyn Hitchcock songs. The Cambridge based group is lead singer Robyn Hitchcock, along with Andy Metcalf, Morris Windsor, Jim Melton, and Kimberly Rew. A few months later, The Soft Boys had left Radar Records on the eve of the release of their debut album when Radar decided that the recording for "The Day They Ate Brick" was too bad to release. Their single "Anglepoise Lamp" was out May 1978, but their album would have to wait until they get their own record company, Two Crabs Music. A Can Of Bees was released in May 1979. Of course, those recordings would find their way later as this very unofficial release. In 1993, the Radar single + 2 of those songs were included on the 2CD Rykodisc Anthology 1976-1981 . A few of the Radar songs can be heard on the 1983's Invisible Hits album. www.fegmania.org Tracks Millstream Pigworker / Sandra / Human Music / Look Into Your Mirror / Ugly Nora / Wey Wey Hep A Hole / When I Was A Kid / Rock 'N' Roll Toilet / Look Into Your Mirror Rough mix / Have A Heart Betty / Love Poisoning / The Asking Tree The Soft Boys - The Day They Ate Brick http://rapidshare.com/files/18029156/Soft_Boys__The_-_The_Day_They_Ate_Brick__The_Legendary_Radar_Demos_.rar Password: radar022407 Bitrate: VBR (192-320) kbits - Stereo Size: 91 Mb (rar) We transfer our own LP's and we try to include the high quality artwork for CD jewel box. Enjoy this brand new Power Pop vinyl transfer brought to you by the Power Pop Lovers Team. - -- FS Thomas | Interactive Developer | fsthomas-at-ochremedia.com 404.758.8616 (home/office) | 404.274.1632 (mobile) | ferraatu (AIM) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:12 -0500 (EST) From: Miles Goosens Subject: Jason and the Scorchers live - last time around? Ladies 'n' gents - The greatest live act I have ever seen, Jason and the Scorchers, are reuniting for what may be their last show ever - to raise money for Perry Baggs, their standout drummer, whose diabetes is about to destroy his life. Perry needs a kidney transplant and is in seriously bad shape. The show will take place in the Exit/In here in Nashville on June 2nd, and all proceeds will go to benefit Perry. Perry will actually participate in the show as his health allows. Even if Perry wasn't in dire need, I would urge anyone who's ever had a mild interest in Jason and the Scorchers to get to Nashville on June 2nd if they possibly can, and take this opportunity to see them live. As Jason says in the attached note, this is likely the last time that we'll get to see them play. One of the great pleasures of living in Nashville over the last 19 years has been getting to see the Scorchers a whole bunch of times, but even if I had seen them twice as many times as I did, it wouldn't be nearly enough. If you can possibly do it, c'mon down here and see 'em with me. later, Miles p.s.: http://www.exit-in.com will have ticket info eventually... -----Forwarded Message----- From: Oldjoe1899@cs.com Sent: Feb 22, 2007 11:48 AM To: rcsoup@monroe.lib.mi.us Subject: [Rcsoup] Here's your chance Here you go folks, you are first to know. If you want to see the band again in this format, you had best make this one. Its for a good cause and who knows if something like this will ever happen again. Jason Press Release Jason and the Scorchers to play Exit In June 2, 2007 Jason and the Scorchers, Nashville's legendary rockers, will reform for one concert only June 2, 2007 at the Exit In Nashville Tennessee. This will be a benefit concert, with all profits earmarked to help pay the medical expenses for Perry Baggs. Perry is courageously fighting diabetes and kidney failure, and is on dialysis 3 days a week. He is the original Scorcher's drummer, harmony singer, and songwriter of some of the band's biggest songs. His courage in the face of his illnesses is a great inspiration to many in the Nashville music community, as well as other diabetes and dialysis patients. Health permitting, Perry does plan to play drums on some songs at the show, and sing harmony. Warner E. Hodges will be on guitar, Jason Ringenberg on vocals, Fenner Castner on drums filling in for Perry as needed, and Kenny Ames on bass. Old Scorchers Ken Fox and Andy York may make an appearance if their schedules permit. The show will start promptly at 8.30. The band will do 2 sets. Tickets are not for sale yet but will be soon. Keep checking the Exit In website for info. Their will be no guest list, since all money will go to help pay Perry's medical expenses. Tickets will be 20.00 in advance and 25.00 at the door. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:22:11 -0800 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! On 2/23/07, ken ostrander wrote: > > >> And in conclusion, I would like to self-importantly announce that I'm > _zero_ > >> degrees from Msr. Hitchcock (by my own, apparently universally > >> disapproved-of, method of calculation) > > > >FWIW, I crossed threads a bit with you on this but I did vote for of > >this method of calculation. A degree is a point of separation so > >knowing the person is zero degrees. > > yes, as in there is no one separating you. Yes! Thank god! Validation at last! I can die happy. Well, if I died two minutes from now, anyway. The euphoria will probably wear off at some point. > >By which I of course meant "regarding a person's perception of the > possibility of..."< > > i feel so close to you right now. And I felt closer to him the minute I saw him in a Jayne hat. Hey, his blog url is in his sig file! I ain't stalkin'! V. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:58:48 -0800 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 On 2/23/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > Other songs on the short list would be "New Amsterdam", "Deep, Dark > Truthful Mirror" and "Radio, Radio". "I Hope You're Happy Now", > "Almost Blue", "Man Out of Time" and "Beyond Belief" would be > jockeying for position. Beyond Belief is the song that made me a Costello fan. I still think it's one of the best songs in his catalog, or any, really. Sheesh. I can only say I'm glad I wasn't as oblivious about RH as I > was about EC. My first and only EC show was about 5 years ago. I can > remember only the heartstopping rendition of "I Want You". Ditto. I've seen Costello twice. The first time was with Bacharach (not satisfying) and with the reformed Attractions (past the height of fanaticism). Whereas I have truly lost count of the number of times I've seen RH. V. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #66 *******************************