From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #68 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 068 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Autographs and food [Rex ] Re: Costello Top 5 [2fs ] Re: Costello Top 5 [Rex ] Oscar time ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Sex, Food, etc [Christopher ] Re: Costello Top 5 [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others ["Marc Holden" ] Re: Oscar time ["Miles Goosens" ] Re: allmusic.com mention ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Oscar time ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Costello Top 5 ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] RE: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: Costello Top 5 [Rex ] Re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others [Rex ] FW: female vocalists ["michael wells" ] Re: Jay Farrar Inaction Figure ["Miles Goosens" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:38:07 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Autographs and food On 2/24/07, Marc Holden wrote: > > > A friend of mine had Robyn sign a trilobite fossil. He or she... wins at life! - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:57:19 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 On 2/24/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > > I am not sure what you said about normal and odd chords, but some > chords do sound odd to me. If I run into one, I will post it to the > list and perhaps you can say whether it is odd to you as well. Chords might be odd for two reasons: they might not be the chord you expect, or they might be odd in themselves (made up of notes that aren't usually put together in one chord). On a (I assume) related note, Robyn mention playing a lot of major > chords - jokes about songs that feature the "A" chord, etc. Does "I > Often Dream of Trains" has a lot of minor chords? People talk about > minor chords have a sad sound to them, and that album has a distinct > sad sound (I always say it sounds like autumn) compared to Robyn's > other work. The "minor chord=sad" thing is reasonably true, if rather simplified. As it happens, there aren't that many minor chords in IODOT: the chord under "dream" in the title phrase is a D-minor, and the chord under that note that Robyn always seems to have difficulty singing in tune (!) is a G-minor (also on the word "dream" this time, "I dream of them constantly..."). The chords for all the songs on that album are here: < http://www.fegmania.org/tabs/iodot.htm> Kind of an odd song: it seems to be in G major, but in that "dream of them constantly" part and following, it wanders around a bit in chords related to G-minor...only to end ("or Reading...") on a D7 (which is the chord you most expect to go back to G). Anyway, another example: "I Am the Walrus" has a very dark, murky, foreboding sound...yet nearly every chord in the song is a *major* chord. I think one reason it has that effect is that the scale spelled out by the different chords is itself a minor scale (more or less). A very curious song. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:00:46 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 On 2/24/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > On a (I assume) related note, Robyn mention playing a lot of major > chords - jokes about songs that feature the "A" chord, etc. Does "I > Often Dream of Trains" has a lot of minor chords? People talk about > minor chords have a sad sound to them, and that album has a distinct > sad sound (I always say it sounds like autumn) compared to Robyn's > other work. But maybe it's just slow-paced and has a lot of piano? I > don't know - like I said, I recognize that things are different but no > further. Do you mean the song or the record? In the song, the verses are mostly major chords; the chorus (or I guess it's more like a refrain) starts with a minor... perhaps what you're thinking of are songs in a minor *key* (like "Nocturne" which starts the album, and "Flavour of Night") rather that songs which feature minor chords here and there-- even the world's happiest, most summery tunes tend to have a minor or two built into their chord sequences. "Vegetation and Dimes", "Autumn Sea", "Executioner": songs in minor keys; "Queen of Eyes", "Balloon Man", "Underground Sun", major key. I don't think IODOT has especially more songs in minor keys than your average RH record... maybe a few... but yeah, the textures and subject matter all combine for that autumnal feel. Dunno if that helps. The "minor key = sad" thing is a totally Western-music convention, though... I bet there's some interesting scholarship on how it got started, - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:28:17 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Oscar time Hi Fegs, I almost always waste a huge block of time watching the Oscars and this year will likely be no different. Not that I've forgiven them for that year Sean Penn didn't win for "Dead Man Walking" (bastards.) I love going to the movie but have had a lull in movie action the past six months (it hasn't been for lack of good movies.) But I was fortunate enough to see the female-power trifecta of "The Queen", "Notes from a Scandal", and "Volver" (NB: not all at once.) They were three great movies although I confess I found "The Queen" just a bit sluggish. Those three movies cover four of the actresses nominated. Oh, sheesh, I'm just looking over the list and I also saw "The Devil Wears Prada" (not as bad as I thought) and "Little Miss Sunshine" (quite bad but fairly watchable considering how bad I thought it was.) So now I'm up to six of the actresses nominated. http://www.oscars.org/79academyawards/noms.html I wonder how longs it's been since Helen Mirren was less than tremendous in a role? She deserves an Oscar for "Prime Suspect 7" only that's not a movie. But I'll be okay if she gets it for "The Queen." Pretty much the same can be said of Judi Dench but I'm more a Helen-gal myself. I have to say that Penelope Cruz blew me away in "Volver" and I am thankful for directors such as Almodovar who will keep actresses like Ms. Cruz acting their butts off until 70 at least. Cate Blanchett - I adore this women. She's luminous. She lights up from inside like one of those Virgin Mary nightlights from Archee McPhee. She's up for supporting actress and I pray she kicks butt especially that weaselly Abigail Breslin from "Little Miss Sunshine". Random note - these two are up for supporting actress: Abigail Breslin and Adriana Barraza. I can barely tell those two names apart. I haven't seen one of the movies up for best picture. So no comment there except that I imagine "Babel" was quite good coming from the guy who did "Amores Perres" and "21 Grams". and it has Cate Blanchett. Not sure what else I need...so that's my pick. Go, "Babel"! Other than "Babel", off the top of my head, others I would like a chance to see are "Children of Men", "Little Children" (no relation), that David Lynch movie that didn't fucking run here, and probably the Clint Eastwood movie. Apologies for however many times I misspelled "Cate Blanchett." xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:58:41 -0500 From: Christopher Subject: Sex, Food, etc I hafta say, it might be the most unessential Robyn release ever (but I had to have it anyway! live versions! unreleased track!) HOWEVER the videos are nice to have. I never noticed in the "live" one that Bill is playing a star-shaped tambourine with a banana that he then eats. Woo! Sorry. Just found that funny! Rev Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:30:57 +0000 From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 - -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Lauren Elizabeth" > Hi Fegs, > > 2fs says: > > Yeah, basically it repeats verse after verse and doesn't bring what sounds > > like a chorus ("I've got a feeling / there's gonna be a lot of grief...") > > until the very end. Most songs feature choruses after each verse, more or > > less. > ...as well as some other stuff. Lauren wrote: > On a (I assume) related note, Robyn mention playing a lot of major > chords - jokes about songs that feature the "A" chord, etc. Does "I > Often Dream of Trains" has a lot of minor chords? People talk about > minor chords have a sad sound to them, and that album has a distinct > sad sound (I always say it sounds like autumn) compared to Robyn's > other work. But maybe it's just slow-paced and has a lot of piano? I > don't know - like I said, I recognize that things are different but no > further. Good observation Lauren about IODOT and autumn. The album that I have associated with autumn for almost 20 years now has been Everything But The Girl - Idlewild. Very nostalgic looks back at childhood and teenage dreams (Oxford Street), current situations in transition or doubt (The Night I Heard Caruso Sing), longing for children (Apron Strings, These Early Days), and one of the ultimate autumn songs (Shadow on A Harvest Moon). Lots of minor chords as well. MJ Bachman NP Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3 - Sex, Food, Death...and Tarantulas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:03:01 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others >Viv wrote: >>"So, I'm listening to Senses Working Overtime, >>and had a very odd moment when I realized >>that the line "and all the world is football-shaped" >>used to confuse me.... because I'd been thinking >>of an american football, which the world is not >>in fact shaped like. ONLY THIS MORNING >>did I consciously." >Jill replied: >Wow. And here I am a soccer aka football fan. >I bought English Settlement when it came out >('83? '82?) and wore the grooves out of it. I >thought that the idea of the world being the >shape of the NFL pigskin was cute and novel, >and ever since, that's what I have pictured in >my mind. I had the same sort of experience about a year or so ago while listening to The Jam song "Pretty Green" for what was probably well over the 100th time. "I've got a pocket full of pretty green I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine..." I'd heard the phrase "fruit machine" before in a Monty Python sketch, "the Piranha Brothers", but had not realized what they were talking about: Vercotti:... Anyway I decided to open a high class night club for the gentry at Biggleswade with International cuisine and cooking and top line acts, and not a cheap clip joint for picking up tarts -- that was right out, I deny that completely --, and one evening in walks Dinsdale with a couple of big lads, one of whom was carrying a tactical nuclear missile. They said I had bought one of their fruit machines and would I pay for it. 2nd Interviewer: How much did they want? Vercotti: They wanted three quarters of a million pounds. 2nd Interviewer: Why didn't you call the police? Vercotti: Well I had noticed that the lad with the thermonuclear device was the chief constable for the area. So a week later they called again and told me the cheque had bounced and said... I had to see... Doug... Anyway, when I first heard it, I got the image of a vending machine that dispensed fruit--it would have made sense next to machine that sold those odd triangular shaped milk cartons I've seen on some British shows (it sounds more plausible when you realize that I was about 12 years old when I came up with this theory). When I figured out they were really talking about a one-armed bandit, things made a lot more sense. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:47:09 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 Hi Fegs, > Good observation Lauren about IODOT and autumn. The album that I have > associated with autumn for almost 20 years now has been Everything But The > Girl - Idlewild. Very nostalgic looks back at childhood and teenage dreams > (Oxford Street), current situations in transition or doubt (The Night I > Heard Caruso Sing), longing for children (Apron Strings, These Early Days), > and one of the ultimate autumn songs (Shadow on A Harvest Moon). Lots of > minor chords as well. Oh, I love EBTG. I've never heard "Idlewild" though. I thought Idlewild was a band (are they named after the album perhaps?) The album I very much like is "Eden" - they borrow Elvis Costello's poison pen for a few of those songs - but I also like the suave dancey albums as well. I would now tell the story about how I am one degree from EBTG because Deni Bonet's manager also managed that band, but I would be afraid of sounding like an ass so I think I'll skip it. My ultimate fall album is "The Days of Wine and Roses" by The Dream Syndicate. I pull it out every year like clockwork. It's mostly for "Halloween" (I can not say how much I love that song) but the entire album has got a dark, forboding sound to it that reminds of the short days and the cold air. "It's my favourite time of year." Then usually "The Medicine Show" gets pulled from the dusty corners as well. I can't believe I wrote the phrase "ultimate album". I don't even care to fix it which must mean I should go take a nap or get some tea. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:50:15 -0600 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Oscar time On 2/24/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > and "Little Miss Sunshine" > (quite bad but fairly watchable considering how bad I thought it was.) I wouldn't go as far as "bad" but I was rather expecting to enjoy LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE mightily, and only ended up at "it's OK." Good acting, some interesting things to communicate about family and relationships, and... I dunno, it didn't move me. I blame Sufjan Stevens. Anyway, it's refreshing to hear something beside the chorus of hosannas for that movie. Just watched on DVD and enjoyed thoroughly: 2006's pair of magician movies, THE ILLUSIONIST and THE PRESTIGE. And lest I be seen as knocking big-time Oscar nominees, THE DEPARTED kicked seven kinds of ass and if Marty wins for it, even out of guilt/pity, at least he's winning for a damn fine movie instead of mixed bags like GANGS OF NEW YORK (first two hours were actually pretty darn good, mind you) or THE AVIATOR. > have to say that Penelope Cruz blew me away in > "Volver" and I am thankful for directors such as Almodovar who will > keep actresses like Ms. Cruz acting their butts off until 70 at least. You do know that Ms. Cruz is acting a prosthetic butt off in VOLVER, right? > that David Lynch movie that didn't fucking run here INLAND EMPIRE is coming here in early March, shown in the same theatre that Robyn will be playing on 3/18. However, the most important Lynch-related thing likely to happen in 2007 is the release of Season Two of TWIN PEAKS on DVD. Everyone remembers the sluggish start of that season, and I could live a happy life without ever seeing Ben Horne's seemingly endless Civil War reenactment again, but few seem to remember how good the second half of the season was, when Lynch/Frost retook the reigns more tightly. Don't ever hire Michael J. Anderson to be in your TV show, though, 'cos you'll get cancelled after two seasons. I do think that's one more season than any show featuring Alison LaPlaca or Paula Marshall in a primary role tends to get. If those two ladies ever did a TV series that also starred Joanna Gleason, it would get cancelled *during* the airing of the premiere. Scariest TWIN PEAKS moment: Nothing to do with BOB. It was James' falsetto singing voice. Easily. "Missoula... MONTANA!", Miles ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:55:24 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: allmusic.com mention vivien lyon says: > 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. I barely ever ask anyone to sign anything. I end up getting too uncomfortable and just decide to forget it. I had seen Robyn like 15 times before I finally asked him to sign a CD. Only other signatures I can think of are Liz Phair's signature on a postcard and David Foster Wallace's on quite a few books so not very weird things for me. The Coupland book "Life After God" is rather like a bible to me. I keep it in by the bed. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:15:58 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Oscar time Miles Goosens says: > You do know that Ms. Cruz is acting a prosthetic butt off in VOLVER, right? She had a fake butt?! If so, it would make sense because she looked very uh, "hubba, hubba" (oh God I sound my father) in the movie. Even her fictional "Volver" mother commented on her cleavage ;) xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:27:31 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 Hi Fegs, Rex says: > Do you mean the song or the record? In the song, the verses are mostly > major chords; the chorus (or I guess it's more like a refrain) starts with a > minor... perhaps what you're thinking of are songs in a minor *key* (like > "Nocturne" which starts the album, and "Flavour of Night") rather that songs > which feature minor chords here and there-- Now that I'm thinking about it, it's really only a few of the songs when it comes down to it; those are the songs I like best so I guess they sort of equal the album in my head...."Flavour of Night", "Autumn is Your Last Chance", and "Winter Love". Some of the others have a fall-like feeling for the lyrics rather than the sound such as the title track. Those three the ones that sound particularly melancholy to me...maybe "Nocturne" but I can't pull the melody out of my head over the MP3 playing right now. At any rate, 'll parse the chords that Jeff posted to see if there's anything going on with those songs in particular. Once I made a tape of that album for my sister and my brother-in-law at the time commented that it was the most depressing thing he'd ever heard. xo - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:19:42 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others > Viv wrote: > > "So, I'm listening to Senses Working Overtime, and had a very > odd moment when I realized that the line "and all the world is > football-shaped" used to confuse me.... because I'd been > thinking of an american football, which the world is not in fact shaped > like. ONLY THIS MORNING did I consciously." It's also "biscuit-shaped", which I assume refers not to the vaguely scone-like lumps of baked dough we see at breakfast and fried-chicken restaurants, but to the flat circular thing we call a "cookie". The world, according to Andy, is round. +brian in New Orleans ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:38:00 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: allmusic.com mention Miles wrote: > Jeff Dwarf: > >. But the > > things The Cure are probably best known for now -- which is oddly > > enough their creative peak AFAIC, though more in spite of it being > > the commercial peak as well than because of it (and there's no > > _Faith_ in the middle dragging the period down) -- are mostly from > > the two albums after _Standing on a Beach,_ I don't think that holds > > for them at this point (and technically, the CD is _Staring at the > > Sea,_ not _Standing on a Beach._) I think it should be > > _Disintegration_, though _Kiss Me3_ would be a fine choice too. > > OK, the Cure's commercial peak is absolutely that HEAD ON THE DOOR > through WISH period, and I actually have less of a problem thinking of > it as their artistic peak than I did when I read this paragraph the > first time - it's all very fine stuff. I think this is a correct assessment for my tastes. I absolutely love HotD, and following that with KM3 and Disintegration in that order means I have to extend my peak period back farther than Jeff would do. > > But FAITH "dragging the [earlier] period down"? Whaaaaaaa? That's > the best one. This isn't even a case of me sticking up for an > underdog like DecAy or bucking the trend (ex: my longstanding opinion > that ARMED FORCES' songs are top-notch but those studio versions are > dullsville). It's maybe the most Cure-y of Cure albums, but since you > like the Cure, that's not going to be the problem. I think I'd call The Top the most Cure-y of Cure albums. But maybe that's just me. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:58:12 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 On 2/24/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > My ultimate fall album is "The Days of Wine and Roses" by The Dream > Syndicate. I pull it out every year like clockwork. It's mostly for > "Halloween" (I can not say how much I love that song) but the entire > album has got a dark, forboding sound to it that reminds of the short > days and the cold air. "It's my favourite time of year." Then > usually "The Medicine Show" gets pulled from the dusty corners as > well. Great record... one of my Halloween mix discs has "Halloween" on it with a lot of spooky sound fx flown in during the instrumental breaks, and a few years later the song sound kind of odd without them! I did the same thing with Cale's "Paris 1919", actually, because the happy chirpy birds in the break are not emphatically scary... but add some creepy wind and wolf noises and creaks and stuff off your old, digitized Horror Sounds of the Night cassette and they start to sound pretty freaky. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:59:58 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others On 2/24/07, Marc Holden wrote: > >Wow. And here I am a soccer aka football fan. > >I bought English Settlement when it came out > >('83? '82?) and wore the grooves out of it. I > >thought that the idea of the world being the > >shape of the NFL pigskin was cute and novel, > >and ever since, that's what I have pictured in > >my mind. > > > I had the same sort of experience about a year or so ago while listening > to > The Jam song "Pretty Green" for what was probably well over the 100th > time. > "I've got a pocket full of pretty green > I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine..." I don't even wanna tell you how recently I learned what "All Mod Cons" really meant. Mortifying. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:03:21 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Jay Farrar Inaction Figure On 2/24/07, Miles Goosens wrote: > > > Were one to do an Eddie-like stalkerpilgrimage and see every show, I'm > sure that Robyn and "Country Time" or whatever it's being billed as > here (I can't lay hands on the local ad at the moment - Venus 3 not > mentioned, instead "Peter Buck" and "special guests") would be a nice > change of pace. What the hell is the reasoning behind this? Are you dogged yet again by the "Thou must play no other forms of music but C&W within these city walls" commandment? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:33:22 -0800 From: "michael wells" Subject: FW: female vocalists Ken: > 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? Rather the whole point I'm afraid - this was Vegas, remember. I was being flippant before, which probably wasn't appropriate. If you assume the worst case, that 80K was the money Pacman owed for the 15(?) strippers that came in from Houston or wherever, and he wanted to see them grubbing around on the floor for it. Degradation is never far away. Simmons' review of the weekend - sans this incident - is great, as they usually are: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070220 Jill: > I thought that the idea of the world being the shape of the NFL pigskin was cute and novel, and ever since, that's what I have pictured in my mind. 'Hey, Hey - the clouds are whey.' Is Sir Demon Brown still around? I sent him a great acoustic medley of XTC doing "Senses..." with "Grass" and "Love on a Farmboys Wages" live on the radio in 1989. If you can find his site, it is probably in the archives for your listening pleasure/download. I never sorted out if Kevin Cronin was in fact Billy Squier or not. Check out the hair and decide for yourself, but just remember you never saw Billy and REO tour together! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoJbQUMttew&NR Gene re: Kris Delmhorst: > Well, isn't she lovely. Thanks for the tip. She does have these liquid brown eyes, and paired with that voice... My issue with her is original music - she makes plenty, but it just doesn't raise my flag. Her covers and interpretations are a different matter, which makes her last (STRANGE CONVERSATION - 2006) perfect for me. And on a side project called REDBIRD, she sang a Peter Mulvey tune called "Ithaca" in a manner to steal your living breath away. > "Making of British Steel," meet Netflix queue. Such classic and monstrous thud, that album. My favorite driving CD is "British Steel" and "Point of Entry" It's better than most of the "making of" genre, but a bit overlong at 90 minutes...they simply don't have that much surviving footage from that period - there's even a particularly bad version of "Grinder" from The Old Grey Whistle Test (or whatever it was called) to fill up time. They did have the band members themselves talking about the making of the album, which doesn't always happen (i.e. the MACHINE HEAD one where it's all *other* people, rock journalists etc, talking about it). I was more of a STAINED CLASS and BRITISH STEEL man myself, but yeah...that's the sweet spot. I used to work for a blueprint shop in the mid-80's, and would drive around to places like the Tollway Authority and Fermilab in my '85 Rabbit, sunroof open, getting high, delivering blueprints, listening to Rush and Priest on cassette. And - get this - they paid me for it. Unbelievable. Viv: > Okay! So, what's the weirdest thing you've have a celebrity sign? I had contemplated bringing a conch shell for Robyn to sign at the last solo gig, but the thought of what to do with it during the show...anyway, I settled for a CD pressing of ROUT OF THE CLONES which he was intrigued to see. Still recovering from the neighborhood poker night, Michael Daft punk is playing at my house division [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:03:49 -0600 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Jay Farrar Inaction Figure On 2/24/07, Rex wrote: > > > On 2/24/07, Miles Goosens wrote: > > > > Were one to do an Eddie-like stalkerpilgrimage and see every show, I'm > > sure that Robyn and "Country Time" or whatever it's being billed as > > here (I can't lay hands on the local ad at the moment - Venus 3 not > > mentioned, instead "Peter Buck" and "special guests") would be a nice > > change of pace. > > What the hell is the reasoning behind this? Are you dogged yet again by > the "Thou must play no other forms of music but C&W within these city walls" > commandment? That actually doesn't happen as often as you'd think when rock bands come to Nashville - they usually play their regular show, with only the occasional nod to country, and sometimes that's even a really keen nod. For example, the first time I saw Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, it was the day after Tennessee Ernie Ford died, and they did a very loose as-impromptu-as-the-Hearbreakers-get "16 Tons" that rocked the house. I've seen every other Robyn show since I moved here, and I'd say this is much more a product of him building Nashville friendships and associations while making SPOOKED. He never felt the need to "go country" in any of his pre-2004 appearances here, all of which were played to capacity crowds who knew every word, dedicated Robyn fans all. So he shouldn't feel any special need to transform himself to appeal to the locals or anything. I think the GilNDave/SPOOKED thing has built a kind of critical mass for him, moving from the idle "Nashville, maybe I should do a rootsy show for a giggle... well, NAAAH!" that likely crosses folks' minds when they play the occasional date here, to "let's find my pals GilNDave while I'm here and have a hoedown!" In all fairness, it should be noted Dave himself would probably rather play a regular-style Robyn show, at least based on the one long-ish conversation I had with him, where he waxed enthusiastically as any Feg about '80s Hitchcock. later, Miles ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #68 *******************************