From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #152 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, April 15 2007 Volume 16 : Number 152 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Club Congress--brief recap [Rex ] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) [Rex ] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) [kevin ] QEH no info; Games for May some info [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: reap ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info [kev] RE: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) ["michael wells" ] Re: Reap [Benjamin Lukoff ] 28 million dollars later... ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Reap [2fs ] Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info ["La] Arcade Fire ["Michael Sweeney" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:36:41 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Club Congress--brief recap On 4/15/07, Marc Holden wrote: > > Sean Nelson--opening set > > Balloon Man (sloppy transition from acoustic to electric mid-song, Robyn > had > no where to put his Fylde) The transition was ace in LA! Flesh #1 (Beatle Dennis)--with a verse of More Than This (Roxy Music) mixed > in One of the few things they didn't do here, to my disappointment only much later when I thought about it, because the show was so good (although it went by way too quickly). The Authority Box Ah, hell, we missed this wonderful signalong opportunity as well. Jewels for Sophia (at about this point, Peter switched to a 6-string > Rickenbacker, for a few songs) Hmm, he did "Jewels" and "Madonna" on the twelver here. Maybe it just doesn't matter to him because, you know, he's Peter Buck. He had exactly two pedals-- a tuner (doesn't count) and OMG a Rat, of all things. I got to ask Peter if he actually hated Tom Clark. "No. No, > you're like the second person to ask me about that tonight. It's just an > internet rumor..." So be careful Tom, Peter might try to overcompensate > for > previously being less than open and friendly. If the guy trying to follow > you home one evening looks a bit like Peter Buck, it might actually be > him... I didn't ask Peter about it, because the last post I read from Tom made it sound like he was genuinely feeling not so hot about the whole issue. I figured that hugging the guy* gave him an alternate stalker to worry about. I love the fact that Pete has devoted like more than a year of his career to backing his hero in a not-incredibly glamorous endeavor, as opposed to, like, starting his own band where he sings bad songs badly, or joining Modest Mouse or something (not to point any fingers). I can't think of when I've more admired a musician whose primary band's last offering* I truly detest. Pete rules - -Rex *Pete, not Tom, although I would've hugged Tom had he been there, and the person between myself and the stage was in a wheelchair, so for just a second I wondered... **offering as in "something which should be burned", as opposed to the usual irritating meaning of the word in rockcritese ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:38:46 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) On 4/15/07, 2fs wrote: > > > I think TNOTB... *is* a better live album than SMS. SMS works better in > conjunction with the film, and it's a fine live album - but I prefer > TNOTB... Agreed. And there's probably no other band I've ever forgiven for two live albums with only one studio release between 'em, much less enjoyed both records. If anyone else has ever even done that to begin with. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:56:15 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: reap - -----Original Message----- >From: Lauren Elizabeth >Sent: Apr 14, 2007 9:49 PM >To: "a sweet little cupcake...baked by the devil!" >Subject: Re: reap > >i don't know what feg to quote from the imus show reap thread, but >gmail text ads are getting amusing: > >"do you like bad boys?" >http://www.takebackyourheart.com/ > >a particular turn on of mine: > >"#9. PARASITIC LIFESTYLE -- an intentional, manipulative, selfish, and >exploitative financial dependence on others as reflected in a lack of >motivation, low self-discipline, and inability to begin or complete >responsibilities." > >although it's hard to choose between that and "#18. CRIMINAL VERSATILITY." > >but hell, why choose. these days, a girl can have it all. > Odd that so many of those personality traits are displayed by our current Chief Executive. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:01:31 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) >Agreed. And there's probably no other band I've ever forgiven for two >live albums with only one studio release between 'em, much less enjoyed both >records. If anyone else has ever even done that to begin with. > >-Rx There's the currentyly-much-under-discussion Lou Reed who released Sally Can't Dance in between Rock'n'Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live, aka R&R Animal II... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:16:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: Reap On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > On 4/15/07, FSThomas wrote: > > > > It's still marginally fashionable to make anti-semitic comments. They > > are, after all, the source of evil in the world second only to the > > United States. > > Being opposed to some actions of the state of Israel is not the same thing > as being anti-semitic. I'm pretty sure you know that, and can understand the > distinction (just as being opposed to, say, slavery in the 19th century > wouldn't have made a person "anti-American"). So why do you equate the two? Did he? I must have missed it. > I don't know which crowd you run with where anti-semitic comments - actual > ones, not comments expressing disagreement with Israeli policies - are > "fashionable." http://www.zombietime.com/stop_the_us_israeli_war_8_12_2006/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AntiWarRallyFeb162003.jpg If I could find it, I'd include the URL of Seattle Indymedia's posts right around the time of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war. So yes, a lot of this IS related to "being opposed to some actions of the state of Israel" (in a lot of cases, being opposed to its action of existing)--but a lot of it crosses the line into being antisemitic. You're pretty sure we know that anti-Israel does not equal antisemite, and you're right--but a lot of people CAN'T distinguish the two, apparently. > This is similar to the point about satire the other day: the problem with > Fox isn't that it's right-wing, it's that it misrepresents and then pretends > to objectivity. Again, I don't know any leftists who want everyone who > disagrees with them to just shut up (and I know a number of leftists). But I I do...perhaps they're joking. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:19:54 +0100 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: QEH no info; Games for May some info > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:19:16 +0100 > From: Jim Davies > Subject: Re: Games for May > I called the Queen Elizabeth Hall, but they don't know about it yet. > I mean, I assume that there's someone there who knows that the 26th > has been booked by someone (or some agency) for something, but > there's no internal confirmation, the box office have no information, > and there's nothing on the website. Give it a week or so, they > said, then call again. > I'll call Wednesday. If anyone hears anything from them before then > - - or has better information than this - I'd love to know. x Jim * I confirm that there's nothing on the Festival Hall website - quite frustrating as the auditorium page links straight there... then you search through page after page getting increasingly ratty. * I found this setlist at Wikipedia: Although I was there, I couldn't vouch for my memory after all this time, but I do remember that they built a little dais in the middle of the stage for the acoustic set. And I could have sworn that they opened with 'Games for May' (not yet titled 'See Emily Play') then a couple of other numbers (surely they included 'Astronomy Domine?)and next played all the acoustic numbers in succession: Scarecrow (with Roger Waters doing that slapping the cheeks noise), The Gnome (_not_ Jugband Blues, I think), and Bike. There was definitely an INTERVAL after which the more experimental stuff took over for the last section. And of course the album hadn't yet been released so apart from the regular set: - Candy and a Currant Bun, Pow R Toc H, Interstellar Overdrive - all the songs were new to me. - - Mike Godwin PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in his songs? My current fave is 'I'm going to burn your bongos tonight'. But I have strong principles - if you don't like that line I can soon change it for another one... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:30:25 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) Jeff Dwarf says: > Since when did Byrne-Frantz-Weymouth-Harrison use a definite article > in reference to their collective self? > > Or she meant TNOTBITH being on the list instead of SMS. the former. i always took the name of the album at least in part to be a reference to people getting it wrong. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:34:07 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) >> I especially like how the "honorable mentions" are pretty much every >> other live album ever made, save Gotta Let This Hen Out and One More >> From The Road. > That's just one weird-ass document. On the one had, they did get James Brown Live At the Apollo. On the other hand, Frampton Comes Alive simply doesn't register. Include The Last Waltz over Rock Of Ages with those smokin' Allen Toussaint horn charts? I just don't know...and really, Nirvana's Unplugged album still strikes me as the most elaborate suicide note in history. > >Hell, "Hen" deserves to be on the list for "Higsons" and "Acid Bird" alone. >Great live record from a period when there weren't many live records from >non-stadium acts; portrait of the Egytians of that day without the '80's >production sheen... good stuff. > That was the first RH recording I heard and I'm still as impressed as I was the first time I heard it. "Heaven" rules. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:36:40 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Spiders and Squids (was Flesh and Blood) sweeney says: > >i'm not so sure about this - perhaps it was the philly fegs who were > >snubbed. > > ...Ahh -- but it was ME who gave out my location and appearance and general > entourage description on the list..but I'll give you points for the > airport-limo-type-sign you fashioned that I managed not to spot. > > ...And, of course, I did say "inadvertently." unemployed emoticon bites me in the ass again. and anyway, as the host city, imo, we had the burden of responsibility. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:38:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info hssmrg@bath.ac.uk wrote: > PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in > his songs? My current fave is 'I'm going to burn your bongos > tonight'. But I have strong principles - if you don't like that > line I can soon change it for another one... Even though it's a junior varsity Robynsong, I've always though the line "There are no jokes in the bible, Keith, and it's a crying shame" elevates "Ultra Unbelievable Love" substantially. But maybe that's two lines. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:07:04 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Club Congress--brief recap Rex says: > I figured that hugging the guy* gave him an alternate stalker to worry about. i have to say i'm getting a bit curious about this hug. i'm assuming you made the first move? did he give you a funny look? although with mr. buck, it's hard to tell whether he's giving one sort of look over another, what with the look he's giving being pretty much constant. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:15:48 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info godwin says: > PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in his songs? > My current fave is 'I'm going to burn your bongos tonight'. But I have > strong principles - if you don't like that line I can soon change it > for another one... well that's a hell of a question. that would take me weeks to figure out. or at least a few album spins. there are a few lines of his which come to mind in day-to-day life way more than others (although that doesn't necessarily make them favourites): "i always see from my point of view" and who knows why, but "if i was on my knees, you'd have a good view of my skull". sometimes when the second one lands in my brain, it's accompanied by the "and i happen to know you're carrying a chisel" and sometimes not. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:22:36 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) On 4/15/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Jeff Dwarf says: > > Since when did Byrne-Frantz-Weymouth-Harrison use a definite article > > in reference to their collective self? > > > > Or she meant TNOTBITH being on the list instead of SMS. > > the former. i always took the name of the album at least in part to > be a reference to people getting it wrong. I thought it was just the way Byrne introduced the band, and the songs, in the early days, as at the start of the record: "The name of this song is 'New Feeling'... and that's what it's about". - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:25:16 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Reap On 4/15/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > > > On 4/15/07, FSThomas wrote: > > > > > > It's still marginally fashionable to make anti-semitic comments. They > > > are, after all, the source of evil in the world second only to the > > > United States. > > > > Being opposed to some actions of the state of Israel is not the same > thing > > as being anti-semitic. I'm pretty sure you know that, and can understand > the > > distinction (just as being opposed to, say, slavery in the 19th century > > wouldn't have made a person "anti-American"). So why do you equate the > two? > > Did he? I must have missed it. I took his "source of evil in the world second only to the United States" to be a fairly unequivocal (hyperbolic, attributed) reference to Israel. > I don't know which crowd you run with where anti-semitic comments - actual > > ones, not comments expressing disagreement with Israeli policies - are > > "fashionable." > > http://www.zombietime.com/stop_the_us_israeli_war_8_12_2006/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AntiWarRallyFeb162003.jpg > If I could find it, I'd include the URL of Seattle Indymedia's posts right > around the time of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war. > So yes, a lot of this IS related to "being opposed to some actions of the > state of Israel" (in a lot of cases, being opposed to its action of > existing)--but a lot of it crosses the line into being antisemitic. You're > pretty sure we know that anti-Israel does not equal antisemite, and you're > right--but a lot of people CAN'T distinguish the two, apparently. It becomes a question of "a lot." There are, of course, extremists. I'm not accusing all right-wingers of secretly being Nazi sympathizers, or even that such sympathies are common. Such exist, of course - but they're not typical and hold little power or sway. Something similar is true of the left anti-semites those images you display. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:30:31 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: reap FSThomas wrote: >I had been lead to >believe that the left in the States (including the Democratic Party) >want change and want to nurture dialog on issues. To sit down and chat >on what's concerning everyone else and maybe come up with a consensus to >change things, hopefully for the better. The constant bashing of Fox is >relatively transparent and reveals a bit of the ugliness of the left in >this country: that they certainly want dialog, but one where they do all >the speaking. 1. We no more want a dialog than you do (since among zealots -- and I count myself one -- there ain't gonna be much changing of minds; I don't expect righties to think that Obama is a refreshingly bright orator, writer, and thinker who can nudge us out of the morass of the last 6 1/2 years...and I cannot be made to think that John McCain is anything but a calcified flip-flopper who cashed in all his alleged "straight talk" to pander to the tiny slice of GOP base that still supports the war). We want actual change, driven by majority votes (rather than let's-stop-counting, 5-4 Supreme Court rulings)...and, quite fortunately, after the '06 elections and the ongoing quagmire Over There, it's gonna take a Kucinich-sized meltdown to not mean massive change in the '08 elections. So, yay! 2. The problem with Fox News is right there in the name: News...not Fox Opinions, not Fox Slants, not Fox Distorts, You Deride. It's no more "news" (or "fair and balanced") than "The Daily Show" is...but at least TDS cops to it. Now, I'm not saying their opinions should be banned from the airwaves - -- it's fine to have a channel for the people who can't discern nuances and want their own conclusions, assumptions, and whatever just parroted back to them. Just like Foxies would never want to watch "Countdown" because of its left-ish approach (or the fact that it doesn't let righty spewings go unchallenged (ie. no more Swift Boatings), I don't want to watch programming that is a transparent vehicle for Republican Nat'l Committee / White House talking points. I would assume you would equally shun a blatant outlet for Democratic (NOT "Democrat," as they often like to blather inaccurately as some sort of vague putdown) Party (or leftist...and, sadly, they are not synonymous) views. ...and, by the way, what is dialog-ish at all about Faux News? If anyone challenges, disagrees with, or says "loofah" on the air to Bill O'Reilly, he bellows, "Cut off his/her mike!" Now, THAT's an attempt to control all the speaking... Michael Sweeney "...and Rumsfeld is the anti-christ!" _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:04:42 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info - -----Original Message----- >From: Lauren Elizabeth >Sent: Apr 15, 2007 12:15 PM >To: "a sweet little cupcake...baked by the devil!" >Subject: Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info > >godwin says: >> PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in his songs? First thing that comes to mind is "We're all dancing on God's thumb." That and "You've got arms you've got legs and you've got Heaven." Looks like a theme here. But then I was raised among Babtists, and it's Sunday (and all I've done all day is watch Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy). np Sonic Youth: Washing Machine. PS can we puh-lease dial down this tedious political stuff? I mean, we all know Jesus was a communist so that should resolve most of that debate right there... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:01:44 -0700 From: "michael wells" Subject: RE: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) Rex: > And there's probably no other band I've ever forgiven for two live albums with only one studio release between 'em, much less enjoyed both records. If anyone else has ever even done that to begin with. Only Rush, the Greatest Band in the World. Duh. 1998 - Different Stages (live) 2002 - Vapor Trails (studio) 2003 - Rush in Rio (live) 2004 - Feedback (studio EP) 2005 - R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (live) MRG: > PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in his songs? My current fave is 'I'm going to burn your bongos tonight'. That's always been one of my favorites! But I also like: + And it rained / Like a slow divorce + I'll reach your lungs / Like smoke in the orchard / Scattered in bushes / The firemen laughing And of course: + But they had a way with lather! Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:35:52 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: reap re: imus show reap thread but no comment in particular i don't know if pbs just pulls stuff out of its ass or what, but i was channel surfing and there was a documentary about rutgers' women's basketball team (i have no idea if i apostrophe'd that correctly but i did actually make an attempt.) i have to say that if it hadn't been for the escapades this week, i wouldn't have bothered to watch it. it was pretty enlightening given my lack of interest in team sports (although with my knowledge base, that's not much of a reach.) i especially liked the coach and sheesh, i wouldn't want to get caught saying anything about this lady behind her back (or in front of her face for that matter.) anyway, i was glad it was on. it just kind of emphasized that so much of what gets media attention is just so dumb. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:55:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: Reap On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > On 4/15/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > > > > > On 4/15/07, FSThomas wrote: > > > > > > > > It's still marginally fashionable to make anti-semitic comments. They > > > > are, after all, the source of evil in the world second only to the > > > > United States. > > > > > > Being opposed to some actions of the state of Israel is not the same > > > thing as being anti-semitic. I'm pretty sure you know that, and can > > > understand the distinction (just as being opposed to, say, slavery > > > in the 19th century wouldn't have made a person "anti-American"). So > > > why do you equate the > > >two? > > > > Did he? I must have missed it. > > I took his "source of evil in the world second only to the United States" to > be a fairly unequivocal (hyperbolic, attributed) reference to Israel. Perhaps--but Jews were called that way before 1948--I'm not sure that's what he meant. > > I don't know which crowd you run with where anti-semitic comments - actual > > > ones, not comments expressing disagreement with Israeli policies - are > > > "fashionable." > > > > http://www.zombietime.com/stop_the_us_israeli_war_8_12_2006/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AntiWarRallyFeb162003.jpg > > If I could find it, I'd include the URL of Seattle Indymedia's posts right > > around the time of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war. > > So yes, a lot of this IS related to "being opposed to some actions of the > > state of Israel" (in a lot of cases, being opposed to its action of > > existing)--but a lot of it crosses the line into being antisemitic. You're > > pretty sure we know that anti-Israel does not equal antisemite, and you're > > right--but a lot of people CAN'T distinguish the two, apparently. > > It becomes a question of "a lot." There are, of course, extremists. I'm > not accusing all right-wingers of secretly being Nazi sympathizers, or > even that such sympathies are common. Such exist, of course - but > they're not typical and hold little power or sway. Something similar is > true of the left anti-semites those images you display. But there's your answer to where holding such opinions is considered fashionable. I wouldn't say it's mainstream, thank God, but it's definitely there. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:46:43 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: 28 million dollars later... i saw a click ad on the go fug yourself (hi jeanne) website. i thought it was a joke. i guess i'm still half right. http://www.foxatomic.com/#28wkstrailer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463854/ xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:29:26 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Reap On 4/15/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 4/15/07, FSThomas wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's still marginally fashionable to make anti-semitic comments. > They > > > > > are, after all, the source of evil in the world second only to the > > > > > United States. > > > > I took his "source of evil in the world second only to the United > States" to > > be a fairly unequivocal (hyperbolic, attributed) reference to Israel. > > Perhaps--but Jews were called that way before 1948--I'm not sure that's > what he meant. Including the "second only to the United States" clause? No, I don't think so. > > > But there's your answer to where holding such opinions is considered > fashionable. I wouldn't say it's mainstream, thank God, but it's > definitely there. If "marginally fashionable" means simply "someone, somewhere approves," then any and everything is "marginally fashionable." There are always extremists. That does not make their beliefs "fashionable," not even "marginally fashionable." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:34:19 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: all you fegaholics was: Re: QEH no info; Games for May some info godwin says: > PS For all you fegaholics, what are your favourite single lines in his songs? i thought of a favourite: "and in the element of summer the cliffs suspended in the heat the air in columns" it's not really so quotable but after all this time, i still notice it very much when i hear the song. it reminds me of those black and white photographs on "element of light" and how the sun washes things out in them. also later i read about robyn's love of the isle of wight and so the lyrics in that song tie in to that too. xo p.s. sheesh, all that time, i thought he was saying "bang your bongos." - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:21:31 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Arcade Fire I know: I'm soooooo old and disconnected from everything (turning 45 in a month; fire up the landmark Elvis Costello song...)...but I've heard a couple of songs from the new Arcade Fire record (and even got the John Kennedy Toole title reference...although that is a near-unreadable book compared to "Confederacy..."), and like them. And I've heard the Springsteen-esque influences that the smart kids (and dull DJs - even on satellite radio) like to cite...but... ...Is it just me, or do the vocals on (at least) "Black Mirror" and "Keep The Car Running" (which I both enjoy) sound soooooo much like Ian McCulloch that I thought (on first hearing) that these songs might've been great lost (or new) Echo & the Bunnymen tracks? ...Or, Lauren reference, know nothing, outta my ass, blah blah blah, etc., etc. It's entirely possible. Michael Sweeney Used to feel sooooooo plugged in when I still subcribed to the Stone...and Spin...and Creem (gawd, was that sooooooo long ago)... _________________________________________________________________ Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon. http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapril07 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #152 ********************************