From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #70 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, February 26 2007 Volume 16 : Number 070 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Seven words you *can* say on the radio ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: Seven words you *can* say on the radio [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Wheel of Fortune [craigie* ] Re: guitars that jangle [craigie* ] Re: a man walks down the street in a hat like that, you know he's not afraid of anything [craigie* ] RE: allmusic.com mention ["Bachman, Michael" ] BBQ trolleybus uptake ["Michael Wells" ] Re: BBQ trolleybus uptake [2fs ] Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? ["Stewart C. Russell" ] RE: BBQ trolleybus uptake ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Oscar time [Rex ] Re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others [Rex ] Re: Wheel of Fortune [Rex ] Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? [Rex ] Re: Wheel of Fortune [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:17:46 -0800 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Seven words you *can* say on the radio i'd rather eat gizzzzzzzzard that watch the oscarcast; but this live-blog of it is pretty entertaining so far: . ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:37:56 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Seven words you *can* say on the radio Hi Fegs, Stacked Crooked says: > i'd rather eat gizzzzzzzzard that watch the oscarcast; but this live-blog > of it is pretty entertaining so far: > > . Pretty amusing. I liked this line: "Okay, this is funny. I blame Marc Shaiman. I am also a fan of the aggressive objectification of Helen Mirren. It cracks me up, and it's just." Hopefully he's being serious. Helen's a babe. Speaking of Helen Mirren, "Prime Suspect 6 (Part 2)" is being rerun on PBS and has won the bid for my attention. I will check in with the Oscars after Jane sorts it all out. BTW, I believe The Stranger is the home of my beloved Dan Savage? xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:42:39 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Oscar time Hi Fegs, Stewart C. Russell says: > Have you been in hiding for the last two years? Well I never claimed to be well-rounded. Actually after Jeff's post, I looked this up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg7BEHIo-g4 It turns out I kinda know who he is...I just had no idea *one* guy wrote all the songs for "The OC." xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:08:21 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Seven words you *can* say on the radio Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > Stacked Crooked says: > > i'd rather eat gizzzzzzzzard that watch the oscarcast; but this > > live-blog of it is pretty entertaining so far: > > > > . > > Pretty amusing. I liked this line: > "Okay, this is funny. I blame Marc Shaiman. I am also a fan of the > aggressive objectification of Helen Mirren. It cracks me up, and > it's just." This was better: If Clint Eastwood were a real man, and a real friend of Ennio Morricone, he would have shot Celine Dion. "I believe in the marketplace of ideas even if the other guy doesn't have any." -- Keith Olbermann "So this is what it's come to, these millions of years of evolution, warfare, community-building, women dying in childbirth with hope because their children might achieve more: a video on the Internet of a cat watching a video of a cat on the Internet." -- "Sylvar" . ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:24:22 -0600 From: "natalie jacobs" Subject: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? > Speaking of lutes, I did hear a version of "I Want You Back" (Jackson 5) > arranged for 9 ukuleles the other night... That reminds me of this awesome ukelele rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:159572 (I don't know why it's on a humor site - presumably it's the inherent novelty value of the ukelele.) They are a band (Scottish, too). Despite being the loudest thing I've > ever heard, singer Roddy Woomble is a sensitive sort, and named the band > after a place in Anne of Green Gables. I have often thought that "Roddy Woomble" is the best name in rock. yeah, do you still have that webpage that says "It's raining babies"??? if > so, i think you should change it to: "IT'S RAINING BABIES, > MOTHERFUCKERS!!!". I'm gonna get that tattooed on my forehead. > but what do you think of *Kicking Television*??? if you don't like that, > then, truly you have lost the scent. I actually enjoy "Kicking Television" considerably more than "A Ghost is Born," even though the former has a lot of songs from the latter. Nels Cline makes everything better. Or XTC > (if only so I can finally figure out some of those chords - I think Andy > secretly grew a sixth finger at one point). It frustrates me greatly that with my limited guitar-playing skillz and extremely small hands, I cannot play most XTC songs. The only ones I've managed are "Earn Enough for Us" and "Dear Madam Barnum." Sad, really. > > (I"d say the 2006 version of Stevens is quite possibly The Decemberists... > Now I'll hear from people who love one and despise the other, offended > that > I'd even think of comparing them...even though I'm actually comparing > their > critical reception rather than their music...) > While I adore the Decemberists, I think Sufjan is just OK. The only album of his I have is "Illinois," and although I like some of the individual tracks, altogether it's just too long and too fussy and too twee for my taste. The Decemberists seem to take themselves less seriously than he does, which makes all the difference in my mind. I do think that "Casimir Pulaski Day" is one of the most affecting songs I've ever heard, though. > What's up with the list lately - so busy, so interesting, so many > posts...! It's 'cos me and Viv are back! rampagingly, n. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:46:07 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? - --On 26. Februar 2007 00:24:22 -0600 natalie jacobs wrote: >> (I"d say the 2006 version of Stevens is quite possibly The >> Decemberists... Now I'll hear from people who love one and despise the >> other, offended that >> I'd even think of comparing them...even though I'm actually comparing >> their >> critical reception rather than their music...) >> > > While I adore the Decemberists, I think Sufjan is just OK. I haven't made up my mind yet. My initial response was "wow", but I'm not certain just how much of his stuff I can stand. I'm still upset I missed hs show a few months back. I only found out about him recently. > The only album > of his I have is "Illinois," and although I like some of the individual > tracks, altogether it's just too long and too fussy and too twee for my > taste. The Decemberists seem to take themselves less seriously than he > does, which makes all the difference in my mind. Perhaps. > I do think that "Casimir > Pulaski Day" is one of the most affecting songs I've ever heard, though. Isn't it? That song in itself is worth the price of the CD. Add "Chicago" to that and you can't really complain about anything. I also have "Michigan", "Swans" and the "Illinois" outtakes, but haven't really listened to those yet. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:19:35 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: wheel of fortune It was the show you saw in Boston. I saw him do this in Edinburgh and Liverpool... there was some suggestion of song 'fixing' (not that anyone cared much!) c* On 23/02/07, Jill Brand wrote: > > Michael S. wrote: > "...and the "Fabulous Spinning Songbook" show..." > > Was this the one with the wheel of fortune thingy, or was it a spinning > pointer, and whatever song got landed on, that's what he did? If it's the > same, I saw that show at the Orpheum in Boston, and Jules Shear and Aimee > Mann were the wheel (or pointer) spinners. > > Jill > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:02:39 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Wheel of Fortune I saw EC do PopLife - It wasn't as good as I'd hoped, or as bad as I feared... But was certainly better than the mauling he gave it after the Purple Dwarf refused to let him release his studio version, which was reused as The Bridge I Burned on Extreme Honey... TMI I know I I know... I'll get my coat... c* On 24/02/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > Jill Brand wrote: > > Subject: wheel of fortune > > >>Michael S. wrote: > >>"...and the "Fabulous Spinning Songbook" show..." > > >Was this the one with the wheel of fortune thingy, or was it a spinning > >pointer, and whatever song got landed on, that's what he did? If it's > the > >same, I saw that show at the Orpheum in Boston, and Jules Shear and Aimee > >Mann were the wheel (or pointer) spinners. > > >Jill > > > ...It being 1986 and all, our "celebrity" spinners in Chicago were a > couple > of 2nd-level Super Bowl Bears (if I remember it correctly, it was Keith > Van > Horne (who later married and divorced the then-pretty-hot (later, clearly > nuts) Eleanor Mondale) and Ken Margerum)...but the show was aces. > > Cover songs highlights: the aformentioned run at "Dreamtime" (w/ Daryl > Hall > / Napoleon Dynamite riff) and, when the spot labeled "Ferry" came up on > the > wheel, EC vamped a bit about doing a Bryan Ferry medley...then, after > stalling, the band instead launched into "Ferry Cross the Mersey." > Funny...but I woulda enjoyed hearing an Elvis run through "More Than This" > / > "Both Ends Burning" / "Angel Eyes." > > The only disappointment? The fact that Prince's "Pop Life" was on the > wheel, but never came up... > > > Declanly yrs., > > > Mike-Mike-Michael and the Sweens > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:06:18 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: guitars that jangle Eddie Grant's 'Walking On Sunshine' was a different song. wasn't it? (sings in head) "You're mine, you're mine, oh/ Walking on sunshine" or something quite similar. c* On 24/02/07, ken ostrander wrote: > > >>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. > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:56:49 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: a man walks down the street in a hat like that, you know he's not afraid of anything *whew* I thought I was alone in seeing a Jayne hat as a Firefly reference... I mean, it could have been any random Jayne... c* "See, Vera? Dress up pretty, you get taken nice places" Jayne Cobb 'Our Mrs Reynolds' On 24/02/07, Miles Goosens wrote: > > On 2/24/07, natalie jacobs wrote: > > > 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'! > > > > > > The hero of Canton, that man they call Jeff! > > > > n., who has knitted not one but *two* Jayne hats (one for me, one for my > > sister) > > For a moment I had lost the antecedent and thought maybe Robyn was in > a Jayne hat. Damn, I miss FIREFLY, which ought to be in its fourth > glorious season or so. > > later, > > Miles > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:33:27 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Costello Top 5 The antecedent Chuck Berry song is 'Too Much Monkey Business'. The Beatles even did this on the BBC (and it survived to be issued on the CD IIRC) And 'Beyond Belief' gets its strange structure from having lost half its words and EC singing the remainder over the existing track... he tells the story on the IB promo Chat album (Lauren - I'll add it to your list... BTW: let me know which EC show you saw and I'll see if I can locate a recording...) c* On 25/02/07, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > >This one's a little less odd structurally - if I recall, it's primarily > that > >the verses are very long. It's a ranter in the long tradition of Dylan's > >"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - there are several songs that clearly use > >that as a structural (and lyrical) template - though naturally I can't > think > >of them right now. (There's a Chuck Berry track that's sort of an > antecedent > >to the Dylan song...can anyone think of which one? Damn me and my not > >wanting to do research on a snowy Saturday morning...) > > "You can't catch me", perhaps? The one that John Lennon got sued over > for his nicking of bits of it for "Come Together"? > > A wonderful song of that ilk is the wordy but hilarious "Get out of > London" by one-hit wonders Interferon. (Threw a party for my friends > so they wouldn't be lonely, but they wouldn't let me in, said "It's > membership only") > > 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:39:55 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" 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 Lauren wrote: >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. I don't have either, but I do have one in between, a purple "There Are No Jokes In The Bible, Keith" 1992 PI tour T-shirt. Nuppy was at the same show where I bought the t-shirt, although we didn't know each other back then. Robyn, Andy and Morris played "The Yip Song" for the very first time in concert that night. MJ Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:52:08 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others Jill wrote: >To a completely different subject, go see The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) if it makes its way to your city or town. My husband (German through and through, though a US resident for almost 29 years) and I left the theater mute (we were mute; we didn't make the theater mute). I lived in West Germany from 1975-1978, and had quite a few friends (and a future sister-in-law) who were members of the DKP (the German Communist Party), which was the sister party to that of the East German government. All of them left the party as things about the government were spilling out in 1989 and 1990. I wonder what their reaction will be. And TLOO won an Oscar last night for best Foreign Film! I'll definitely put that one on my list of films I need to see. I was glad to see Forrest Whitaker win in the Best Actor category plus he gave a nice speech. MJ Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:14:52 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Wheel of Fortune On 2/26/07, craigie* wrote: > > I saw EC do PopLife - It wasn't as good as I'd hoped, or as bad as I > feared... > > But was certainly better than the mauling he gave it after the Purple > Dwarf > refused to let him release his studio version, which was reused as The > Bridge I Burned on Extreme Honey... Ha - whereas I quite like "The Bridge I Burned." It was funny, because in the notes on that one, he alludes to A Song that A Someone would not let him use - I guessed the song correctly. I didnt' know that he'd been covering it in concert. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:39:35 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: BBQ trolleybus uptake Lauren: > slight elation at understanding certain kinds of confusion is worth the expense of my feeling a bit slow on the uptake. I seem to value this sort of thing more and more as age increases. Perhaps it's actually happening less, or I notice it less and am more impressed when it happens...but whatever the reason, it's good to have some evidence that I'm not completely stratified yet. Jeff, on Sufjan: > Naturally, there's a backlash When you have titles that are longer than the songs themselves, you have to know there's going to be trouble. And don't hide it, Jeff...you're just upset he hasn't done Wisconsin yet! Imagine what Sufi will do with The Dells, string cheese and roadside porn. I can't wait. gnat in Austin: > Yeah, I've been living here almost a year now, but I'm planning on coming back to Portland in December to finish up my coursework. I didn't follow the vegetarian thread, but if your tastes lie towards roasted meat ...make sure Gene gives you directions to The Salt Lick before you go. Their ribs rank among the five best things I have ever put in my mouth. I'm seriously debating flying down there (again) just for the sauce. > Can I just say that this is the first time I have been on a trolleybus, and this is very probably the first fegpost made from a trolleybus? And are you...you know...getting fucked right now? Has a fegpost been ever been made from "in reverie?" (that we know of?) James: > What's up with the list lately - so busy, so interesting, so many posts...! No time to talk - Stewart is getting fucked on a Trolleybus! Michael Minderbender M & M Enterprises, Chicago division ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:07:11 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: BBQ trolleybus uptake On 2/26/07, Michael Wells wrote: > > > Jeff, on Sufjan: > > Naturally, there's a backlash > > > When you have titles that are longer than the songs themselves, you have > to know there's going to be trouble. And don't hide it, Jeff...you're > just upset he hasn't done Wisconsin yet! Imagine what Sufi will do with > The Dells, string cheese and roadside porn. I can't wait. They don't have roadside porn in Illinois? (At least not that Sufjan wrote about) And you forgot fireworks stands... Also not covered by Surfin' Stevens (as a friend of mine calls him) in his Illinois joint: the nekkid-lady bars that blanket the state line on Hwy 41, leading travelers to believe that Illinois women have a strange aversion to clothing... > > I didn't follow the vegetarian thread, but if your tastes lie towards > roasted meat ...make sure Gene gives you directions to The Salt Lick > before you go. Their ribs rank among the five best things I have ever > put in my mouth. Please, for the love of God, do not list the other four. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:15:12 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? "Michigan", if anything, is better than Illinois. We always cue it up when we drive through Flint. Public service announcement: do not even think about buying "Enjoy Your Rabbit" *unless* you like glitch bleepery. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:35:04 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: BBQ trolleybus uptake Michael Wells wrote: > > And are you...you know...getting fucked right now? Has a fegpost been > ever been made from "in reverie?" (that we know of?) Well, it was a pretty busy bus ... but Canadians are too polite for that sort of thing. (I was going to make an exception for Albertans, but being Canadian, I'm too polite for that sort of thing.) Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:59:38 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: BBQ trolleybus uptake On 2/26/07, Michael Wells wrote >> >> I didn't follow the vegetarian thread, but if your tastes lie towards >> roasted meat ...make sure Gene gives you directions to The Salt Lick >> before you go. Their ribs rank among the five best things I have ever >> put in my mouth. Jeff came back with: >Please, for the love of God, do not list the other four. I'm pretty much down to a fish only vegatarien like Robyn. My only meat vice these days is a couple of slices of Canadian Bacon on Sunday mornings. I do know a little bit about ribs though, and The Montgomery Inn Ribs from Cincinnati rank real high in most peoples rib lists. I'd had them a dozen times or so over the years. I'm not familiar with The Salt Lick ribs. MJ Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:22:51 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #68 On 2/25/07, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > >The "minor chord=sad" thing is reasonably true, if rather simplified. > > Well, it's true to most western cultures. Doesn't work worldwide. > There's also a sternness to them and more "weight". For *real* > sadness, a minor 6th is even more effective. > > >I don't even wanna tell you how recently I learned what "All Mod Cons" > >really meant. Mortifying. > > yeah, but that's such a brilliant pun. The real estate jargon mixed > with the idea of conning at being mod. Of course! The mortifying bit wasn't the pun, it was my own cluelessness for not understanding it. What's up with the list lately - so busy, so interesting, so many posts...! I know, I can't even keep up with it. But now *I've* got the pneumonia, and dragging myself to the computer is often as not just too much to ask. Good reading these days, though. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:36:09 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Oscar time On 2/25/07, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > > Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > > And, uh, what exactly was Grandpa teaching the kid behind closed > > doors? > > It was a bit icky, yes, but nowhere near as icky as the rest of the > Junior Pageant scene. The ending was a little dance-movie formulaic "we > lost but we won". > > >> I blame Sufjan Stevens. > > > > I feel like I should know who that is. As much as I've read about the guy, I don't think I've knowingly heard any of his music, and I get him completely confused with Devandra Banhardt (sp. approx.), of whom the same thing can be said (the goofy names also contribute to the confusion). Don't both of them come with a stable of artists you have to also worship if you like them? I hate that whole "indie rock as Pokemon" phenomenon... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:43:24 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: blushing deep crimson/The Lives of Others On 2/26/07, craigie* wrote: > > which meaning? > > the *original* one or the Weller one? > The original one. Weller's use of it made perfect sense to me-- I just didn't know it was a pun on anything until I heard the original phrase in its correct context maybe five years ago. Yeah, I know... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:49:45 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Wheel of Fortune On 2/26/07, Rex wrote: > > > > On 2/26/07, 2fs wrote: > > > > > > Ha - whereas I quite like "The Bridge I Burned." It was funny, because > > in > > the notes on that one, he alludes to A Song that A Someone would not let > > him > > use - I guessed the song correctly. I didnt' know that he'd been > > covering it > > in concert. > > > Interesting-- I didn't think a songwriter could prevent another artist > from covering his/her material. I mean, I know Prince has super powers, but > I didn't know that was among them... > I think Costello wanted to use an actual sample from "Pop Life" in "The Bridge I Burned" - that, of course, artists can block. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:46:36 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Wheel of Fortune On 2/26/07, 2fs wrote: > > > Ha - whereas I quite like "The Bridge I Burned." It was funny, because in > the notes on that one, he alludes to A Song that A Someone would not let > him > use - I guessed the song correctly. I didnt' know that he'd been covering > it > in concert. Interesting-- I didn't think a songwriter could prevent another artist from covering his/her material. I mean, I know Prince has super powers, but I didn't know that was among them... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:54:07 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Sufjan Stevens - man or machine? On 2/25/07, natalie jacobs wrote: > > > I actually enjoy "Kicking Television" considerably more than "A Ghost is > Born," even though the former has a lot of songs from the latter. Nels > Cline makes everything better. Almost everything! While I adore the Decemberists, I think Sufjan is just OK. The only album > of his I have is "Illinois," and although I like some of the individual > tracks, altogether it's just too long and too fussy and too twee for my > taste. Oh, that "state album" schtick is another source of confusion for me as to Mr. Sufjan's identity... is that the same album as "Come On Feel the Illinoise", or was that somebody else's deal? I kind felt like John Linnell doing the "song for every state" was enough... whole albums of the stuff seems like overkill. I mean, make a record themed for a geographical area if it moves you or you live there or recorded the record there, fine... but doing Delaware because it's next on the checklist seems less than heartfelt. > What's up with the list lately - so busy, so interesting, so many > > posts...! > > > It's 'cos me and Viv are back! Feg female power makes everything better! - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:01:27 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Wheel of Fortune On 2/26/07, 2fs wrote: > > > > Interesting-- I didn't think a songwriter could prevent another artist > > from covering his/her material. I mean, I know Prince has super powers, > but > > I didn't know that was among them... > > > > I think Costello wanted to use an actual sample from "Pop Life" in "The > Bridge I Burned" - that, of course, artists can block. Ah, that makes sense. I connected the earlier live cover with an ass-umption that the song itself was to be covered on a record. Running a little slow today, with only half a lung functioning and all.. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #70 *******************************