From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #142 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, April 11 2007 Volume 16 : Number 142 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: dammit jim! [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 ["John Irvine" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 ["John Irvine" ] 23 ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] the material world ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: the material world ["Bri N" ] Re: the material world [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Meetup tonight in SF [Tom Clark ] Re: 23 [kevin ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 [2fs ] Soft Boys Split ["Bri N" ] Re: the material world ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: the material world ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... [Rex ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: 23 [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: spoiler [FSThomas ] Re: spoiler ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Brian Hoare" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... [craigie* ] Re: spoiler [Rex ] Re: 2rm apt 1/2VU [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:48:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: dammit jim! On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > a list of things dr. "bones" mccoy claims not to be: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Leonard_McCoy#.22I.27m_a_doctor.2C_not_a.28n.29....22 > > (i love that URL (may that's not the right term for a specific section > of a URL?)) Nope, it's still a URL--one with an anchor link in it. It's a specific section of a *page*. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:54:58 -0400 From: "John Irvine" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 ...Got me thinking about precisely WHAT RH mini-slice I would most prefer to be alerted by...> I'd like my phone to sing "Yip yip yip yip" at me. Or maybe the opening guitar riff from "Return of the Sacred Crab." I've always wanted to have the opening to "St. Elmo's Fire" Is there a primer on creating ringtones for dummies somewhere? - -John http://www.thejennifers.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:54:58 -0400 From: "John Irvine" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 ...Got me thinking about precisely WHAT RH mini-slice I would most prefer to be alerted by...> I'd like my phone to sing "Yip yip yip yip" at me. Or maybe the opening guitar riff from "Return of the Sacred Crab." I've always wanted to have the opening to "St. Elmo's Fire" Is there a primer on creating ringtones for dummies somewhere? - -John http://www.thejennifers.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:45:08 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: 23 hi fegs, i gave up my newfound slight addiction to "24" for one evening to watch a documentary on "american experience" on jim jones and the peoples temple. it was very well done (i think i could watch "frontline" and "american experience" just about every night as long as they changed the episodes occasionally. even with repeats i would last awhile.) what a fucking fruitcake. i had never heard the bit about the congressman going down to jonestown to check things out. as he went to leave (along with some folks who were eager to go with him), he and some others in his party were killed by gunmen. oh, that's a good fucking plan. so what's next for devotees? let's just say - not disneyland. http://www.pbs.org/previews/amex-jonestown/ note to apostrophe control board - why doesn't "peoples temple" have one? xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:52:34 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: the material world hi fegs, i'm not one for recommending people go buy stuff, but i have to say: "best. blanket. ever." it's really soft, really warm, and easy to wash. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=106857&RN=0 it's especially good if you're like me and fond of sleeping. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:07:52 -0700 From: "Bri N" Subject: Re: the material world - --- softboygirl@gmail.com wrote: >i'm not one for recommending people go buy stuff, but i have to say: >"best. blanket. ever." it's really soft, really warm, and easy to >wash. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=106857&RN=0 - -------------- Ah ha! I have the deep red one and it is soft, but it loves cat hairs and cats love it. That blanket eats cats hair and don't give 'em back! Also, I will warn: After washing that darn blanket it turned the inside of our dryer red/pink! Can you recommend another? We need more guest blankets. Thanks, - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:19:13 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: the material world - -- Lauren Elizabeth is rumored to have mumbled on 10. April 2007 17:52:34 -0400 regarding the material world: > i'm not one for recommending people go buy stuff, but i have to say: > "best. blanket. ever." it's really soft, really warm, and easy to > wash. > > http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=106857&RN=0 But that's polyester!? Maybe it's just me, but I prefer cotton blankets ... I'm very happy with this one: > it's especially good if you're like me and fond of sleeping. Who isn't? :-) - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:26:05 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Meetup tonight in SF For the record, we're planning to meet at Manora Thai (Folsom & 12th) between 5:30 and 6:00 for food and Mai Tai's. It doesn't look like they take reservations, so the first one there should claim a table for about eight people. I'll be in my car at 5:00 with my cell phone on (408 833-9718). Rock n Roll, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:12:47 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: 23 Re: the peoples temple debacle, a poet buddy of mine got together with some local jazz guys a few months thereafter and started performing around town as the Jim Jones Blues Band, with flyers headed BRING YOUR OWN KOOL-AID. Didn't go over real well. I seem to recall a made-for-TV movie in which the part of the Rev. Jim was played by Powers Boothe, currently distinguishing himself as the nutbar warmonger vee-pee on 24. Which after last night I can only ask, "Now what!?" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:43:23 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #141 On 4/10/07, John Irvine wrote: > > > > Is there a primer on creating ringtones for dummies somewhere? Why? Do you know a bunch of dummies that need ringtones? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:58:49 -0700 From: "Bri N" Subject: Soft Boys Split I can't seem to remember who said something like this: "robyn broke up the softboys the first time because kimberley was overplaying" I'm not so sure that's how it went down, though I do remember reading or hearing Robyn mention this in an interview from the 80's. I had a conversation with Matthew Seligman about the this very topic once. Matthew said he quit the band the 1st time around due to an increase in Robyn complaining about Kimberley playing too loud. Of course they all seemed to work together in the next year (and longer between Matthew and Robyn), so there was never any bad blood. Seems a pattern was forming even back then as Matthew once again left the Soft Boys in 2002! - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:19:48 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: the material world Bri N says: > Ah ha! I have the deep red one and it is soft, but it loves cat hairs and cats love it. That blanket eats cats hair and don't give 'em back! Also, I will warn: After washing that darn blanket it turned the inside of our dryer red/pink! > > Can you recommend another? We need more guest blankets. i have a dull brown one and a - let's call it "golden ochre" - one and haven't had trouble with the lint. but i gave my mom an ivory one for her birthday, and that one shed all over the place. fortunately, bed, bath, and beyond has a very liberal return policy so had no problem doing an exchange. although i think what she got was a deep red one, so maybe she's in for a surprise after a few washes. so you could try returning it. otherwise, my only thought is that l.l. bean or lands end is pretty good for blankets. i like the polartec (sp?) blankets (more polyester!) they're warm although not as soft as the BBB ones. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:30:39 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: the material world Sebastian Hagedorn says: > But that's polyester!? Maybe it's just me, but I prefer cotton blankets ... i know, it's weird - i can't defend it except to say that, in this case, it seems to work. > > it's especially good if you're like me and fond of sleeping. > > Who isn't? :-) probably, but you just try to get a hipster to admit to it. the buddha spoke of two sorts of problems in being - the one being the tendency to believe that the soul is more than it is; this leads to problems of ego and ambition - grabbing onto the outside world to prop up the being. the other is to believe the soul is less than it is and to fondness of states that could be described as oblivion-like. this leads to oversleeping. the middle way, is, as usual, the way to go. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:26:49 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... On 4/10/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > Rex wrote: > > Maybe it just smacked (to me) of "overly radio-friendly" (not that I > dislike > that for its own sake) and "Lou for people who never really liked Lou" > sort > of stuff. Or maybe it was just me and my state of mind / taste when it > came > out. Gotta say that I haven't seriously listened to it for many years, > so...maybe it's time for a revisit. That sounds more like two albums that preceded NY to me. As I was first listening to the VU, I thought Lou was totally over... he was doing "Video Violence" and "The Original Wrapper" and that lame soundtrack cover of "Soul Man", nothing too inspiring. NY sounded like he found it again to me. But hey, I was fresh off the turnip truck in those days. I DO remember that Letterman had the Rock and Roll Grandma on his show-- some 80 year old German woman who did "Walk on the Wild Side", with a lot of odd "zoppity doo" stuff at the end... and then when Lou was on a week later, every time he mentioned Lou in the monologue, the sound guy played the "zoppity doo" part of the Grandma's rendition. (I think Lou did "Video Violence", which wasn't as cool as the German woman). Sorry, we just got done with Letterman, didn't we? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:29:59 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... On 4/10/07, kevin wrote: > > >btw, i always wonder about mr. reed. he seems like he was either bad > >at being a drug addict or good at recovery and i've never known which. > > > You know what they say about Lou - you should meet him, he's a great bunch > of guys. Ever read Victor Bockris' bio? Yep. Can't say I believed every word-- Bockris seems like a real suckup-- but if even a third of it is true... yow. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:31:25 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... On 4/10/07, kevin wrote: > > >...Got me thinking about precisely WHAT RH mini-slice I would most prefer > to > >be alerted by > > "Why don't you call me up 'n' go on & on & on & on about your drugs" for > me, thanks. > The opening of "Yip Song" would scare a few people... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:52:51 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: the material world Bri N wrote: > > Can you recommend another? We need more guest blankets. if you're not allergic to wool: * Hudson Bay blankets - incredibly expensive, but you'll want to pet 'em all day. * Norway wool blankets - traditional light/dark orange. We got one as a wedding gift years ago, and it's incredibly warm. if you are: * American Apparel cotton jersey blanket - 9 out of 10 snoozing professionals recommend it. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:57:34 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Rex wrote: >On 4/10/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: >> >>Rex wrote: >> >>Maybe it just smacked (to me) of "overly radio-friendly" (not that I >>dislike >>that for its own sake) and "Lou for people who never really liked Lou" >>sort >>of stuff. Or maybe it was just me and my state of mind / taste when it >>came >>out. Gotta say that I haven't seriously listened to it for many years, >>so...maybe it's time for a revisit. > >That sounds more like two albums that preceded NY to me. As I was first >listening to the VU, I thought Lou was totally over... he was doing "Video >Violence" and "The Original Wrapper" and "Soul Man", nothing too inspiring. >NY sounded like he found it again to me. But hey, I was fresh off the >turnip truck in those days. You are absolutely correct about "VV" (ew) and "OW" (even worse ew) -- those were completely disposable dreck. The thing about "NY" was that, while better than what immediately preceded it, to me it showed Lou definitely aspiring (in a way) to the heights of "The Blue Mask" or the best parts of "New Sensations" plus the gritty authority of the best VU stuff. So, by THAT yardstick, it didn't (for me, anyway) measure up to "Berlin" or the 11 minute ecstasy of the 3-part "Street Hassle" suite (or, as I've stated - prob. ad nauseum - the subsequent "'Drella" or "Ecstasy")...and, since it seemed clear (to me) that those were the marks he was trying to match, I judged it on a different level than the "Egg Cream" / "Original Wrapper" / "Disco Mystic" / etc., Lou. ...So -- you were pretty right on, that "NY" marked Lou coming back (comparatively)...but since I had been hanging on since not long after the original VU ride (well, certainly the early '70s stuff, anyway...and then all of the VU stuff retrospectively), I had seen a bunch of ups and downs. Just a matter of taste / perspective... Michael Sweeney Still trying to plot his way to Europe for the "Berlin" concerts... _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:14:00 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... On 4/10/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > You are absolutely correct about "VV" (ew) and "OW" (even worse ew) -- > those > were completely disposable dreck. The thing about "NY" was that, while > better than what immediately preceded it, to me it showed Lou definitely > aspiring (in a way) to the heights of "The Blue Mask" or the best parts of > "New Sensations" plus the gritty authority of the best VU stuff. So, by > THAT yardstick, it didn't (for me, anyway) measure up to "Berlin" or the > 11 > minute ecstasy of the 3-part "Street Hassle" suite (or, as I've stated - > prob. ad nauseum - the subsequent "'Drella" or "Ecstasy")...and, since it > seemed clear (to me) that those were the marks he was trying to match, I > judged it on a different level than the "Egg Cream" / "Original Wrapper" / > "Disco Mystic" / etc., Lou. Interesting how "Magic & Loss" was so acclaimed at the time, but hardly anyone talks about it now. In my memory it was good but overlong, and overshadowed by DRELLA... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:19:12 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Ace Newman Pitchfork interview . they'll be finished mixing the new long-player at the end of this month...so, hopefully it'll be leaked shortly thereafter?!?!? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:41:48 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Michael Sweeney says: > or the 11 minute ecstasy of the 3-part "Street Hassle" suite well mr. sweeney, you've kind of gone nuclear once you pull that one out. xo p.s. did anyone see "the squid and the whale"? - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:59:53 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: 23 kevin says: > Re: the peoples temple debacle, a poet buddy of mine got together with some local jazz guys a few months thereafter and started performing around town as the Jim Jones Blues Band, with flyers headed BRING YOUR OWN KOOL-AID. Didn't go over real well. it turns out (thanks or no thanks to wikipedia), kool-aid got a bum rap and it was actually *flavor-aid*. so maybe he just needs to reform and set the record straight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid > I seem to recall a made-for-TV movie in which the part of the Rev. Jim was played by Powers Boothe, currently distinguishing himself as the nutbar warmonger vee-pee on 24. Which after last night I can only ask, "Now what!?" interesting connection there. the nice thing about '24' is that if i miss an episode, by the time i see the next episode, i couldn't care less about what happened on the episode i missed. now if that doesn't say "damn fine drama", i don't know what does. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:13:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Rex wrote: > Interesting how "Magic & Loss" was so acclaimed at the time, but > hardly anyone talks about it now. In my memory it was good but > overlong, and overshadowed by DRELLA... I think the problem with Magic and Loss is that after "What's Good" (including the intro bit which is a separate track on the album, but not on _Until the End of the World_), the rest of the album is fairly redundant. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:24:12 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: 2rm apt 1/2VU On 4/10/07, Rex wrote: > > On 4/10/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > > > > You are absolutely correct about "VV" (ew) and "OW" (even worse ew) -- > > those > > were completely disposable dreck. "OW" is Exhibit A in Why Lou Reed Is Not As Good a Lyricist As You Think. > > Interesting how "Magic & Loss" was so acclaimed at the time, but hardly > anyone talks about it now. In my memory it was good but overlong, and > overshadowed by DRELLA... I really should listen to _Songs for Drella_ more - in my memory, it never quite kicked in, seeming a bit spartan somehow. M&L, though, never worked for me: even at the time it sounded twinky, with those guitsynths just sounding instantly outdated. And "What's Good" has a few lines that might constitute Exhibit B (see above)... Still: another one I should listen to. I'm harsh on Lou because I think on a lot of his albums, he just wasn't trying. He's certainly capable of genius work - but he's also capable of incredible laziness. And (the inevitable comparison), even though Cale's solo career has had some puzzling detours as well as lyrics that are a bit on the painful side ("galloping out of the darkness just like furniture"?), you get the feeling that in both situations, he felt there was a good reason for doing them, or the lyrics mean something to him. Or - quite possibly - he's having a bit of a joke. I think my assessment of some moments in Cale's career has been completely reilluminated solely by the moment on the DVD of the new CD-DVD _Circus Live_ thingy, wherein he leaves the room between songs at the rehearsal and returns wearing a "Jason"-like hockey mask to perform "Ghost Story"...at the end of which, he removes the mask, laughing and grinning. For some reason, I'd never thought of John Cale as being a particularly humorous artist - I think I may have been wrong there. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: 23 Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > it turns out (thanks or no thanks to wikipedia), kool-aid got a bum > rap and it was actually *flavor-aid*. so maybe he just needs to > reform and set the record straight. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid I think you're hard pressed to blame the beverage maker either way. You might as well blame Hostess for George Moscone and Harvey Milk being murdered. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! 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[Which was on the History channel this past weekend, of all places.] - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:10:42 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: spoiler FSThomas says: > Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! > > [Which was on the History channel this past weekend, of all places.] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxkNbyqxD8 "this play has everything!" xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:49:27 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... >From: Sebastian Hagedorn >Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... >When I was a kid, I loved a book that I just now found out was originally >in English: Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams. >Anybody familiar with that one? My wife still has her childhood copy of the Little Wooden Horse and it has been read to both of my daughters. S was quite obsessed with all things equestrian in her youth and had several pony books. I'm told that many are variants of girl wants pony, girl gets seemingly rubbish pony, girl and pony win gymkhana. However the connoisseur's pick would be the Silver Brumby and subsequent series Brian _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:14:08 +0100 From: craigie* Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #140 but the similarity between "Veins Of The Queen" and Chad & Jeremy's "Summer Song" is self evident. It's almost as if RH subconsciously 'heard' the song and rewrote it as his own... c* On 10/04/07, 2fs wrote: > > On 4/10/07, John Irvine wrote: > > > > >Also -- I have recently noticed a subtle similarity between the Ruts' > > "Let's > > Be Natural" and Uncle Robbie's "Queen Elvis"...along with the previously > > noted "Leppo" connection, perhaps RH is/was a Rutles appreciator..." > > > > Man, I'm starting to beleive in synchronicity or zenyatta or somthing > > - I too was just listening to "Let's Be Natural" when it came up in > > the ol' iPod rotation two days ago, and thought "Queen Elvis". Just > > two days ago. Odd. > > > > It's not really that subtle a similarity - same opening chords, same > > feel. And they are both fantastic songs. > > > On the other hand, it's a pretty common chord sequence, built on a > descending bassline. It could be an intentional similarity - or it could > just be coincidence. > > Or it could be...space aliens! > > -- > > ...Jeff Norman > > The Architectural Dance Society > http://spanghew.blogspot.com > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:17:17 +0100 From: craigie* Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Actually, jus about *any* part of Balloon Man would work as a ringtone... especially the guitar breaks... c* On 11/04/07, Rex wrote: > > On 4/10/07, kevin wrote: > > > > >...Got me thinking about precisely WHAT RH mini-slice I would most > prefer > > to > > >be alerted by > > > > "Why don't you call me up 'n' go on & on & on & on about your drugs" for > > me, thanks. > > > > The opening of "Yip Song" would scare a few people... > > -Rex > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:10:01 +0100 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: Tell Me Morris Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:29:32 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Kevin wrote: > Michael Sweeney said: > >...Got me thinking about precisely WHAT RH mini-slice I would most prefer > to be alerted by > > "Why don't you call me up 'n' go on & on & on & on about your drugs" for > me, thanks. "Tell me, Morris!" Michael Sweeney* *Likes the things that hurt me most * Oh, 'Tell Me About Your Drugs' was the song he did the 'let's all switch instruments now' gag to on the first Hitchcock show I ever saw, Glastonbury 1986... I think that Morris's very fast rhythm guitar solo is one of the best pieces of guitar strumming I have every seen, quite up to the standard of Lou on 'What goes on'. Incidentally, did anyone catch the live full orchestra, full chorus, all-singing all-dancing version of 'Berlin' which Lou has been doing recently? And is it true that the original Soft Machine have reformed and been playing in New Orleans? And will they be appearing at the Sydfest? - - Mike 'more questions than answers' Godwin n.p. Songs for 'Drella ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:14:49 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #140 On 4/11/07, craigie* wrote: > > but the similarity between "Veins Of The Queen" and Chad & Jeremy's > "Summer > Song" is self evident. It's almost as if RH subconsciously 'heard' the > song > and rewrote it as his own... Yeah, that one's pretty close - closer than the other two, because it's both chords and the main melody line being quite similar. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:26:27 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: spoiler On 4/10/07, FSThomas wrote: > > Michael Sweeney wrote: > >> SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! > > > > You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! > > Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! You maniacs! What have you done to its EYES? - -Mia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:24:24 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: 2rm apt 1/2VU On 4/10/07, 2fs wrote: > > > Or - quite possibly - he's having a bit of a joke. I think my assessment > of > some moments in Cale's career has been completely reilluminated solely by > the moment on the DVD of the new CD-DVD _Circus Live_ thingy, wherein he > leaves the room between songs at the rehearsal and returns wearing a > "Jason"-like hockey mask to perform "Ghost Story"...at the end of which, > he > removes the mask, laughing and grinning. For some reason, I'd never > thought > of John Cale as being a particularly humorous artist - I think I may have > been wrong there. I'm surprised by that, since I know you're a big follower of his. I've always seen lots of humor in Cale's work, often dark or obscure, but there. It does go missing for albums at a time, but hey. He's been hilarious lately, to no no ill effect on the ambitious side of things. And he just seems so much less self-congratulatory than Lou, in areas both humorous and non. "Ghost Story"... awesome song. Yeah, she bought a new stomach, but on the other hand, what good is seeing-eye chocolate? - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #142 ********************************