From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #198 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, May 11 2007 Volume 16 : Number 198 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Artic Monkeys ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #197 ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: supersmart parrots ["vivien lyon" ] Re: creepy clowns... ["Gene Hopstetter Jr." ] smarter the average bear... ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: smarter the average bear... [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: smarter the average bear... [kevin ] Re: creepy clowns... [FSThomas ] Re: creepy clowns... [kevin ] Re: selling blood ["Sealion Ramvir" ] Re: supersmart parrots [2fs ] Syd Barrett Tribute, Barbican ["Sealion Ramvir" ] Re: creepy clowns... [Rex ] Re: supersmart parrots [Rex ] Re: smarter the average bear... ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Syd Barrett Tribute, Barbican ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Stunning Madcap performances [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:37:02 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Artic Monkeys craigie* wrote: > sounds like my sort of group. > Do they have any records out? Two - I have 'Arrivals & Departures', which is quite excellent. They're on emusic, too. > or a website... wait I should just google it, right? Maybe so - they're at Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:13:46 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #197 Not sure which I dislike more...reading a whole digest and having nothing, really, to add to everyone's (fine; entertaining; edifying) comments (oh, but I imagine I'll think of something later, when I'm bored and trying to trigger #198)... Or: realizing with all my chiming in yesterday, last night, and even this morning, that 18.5% of the posts I've been looking forward to read are mine, anyway...oh well... Michael "I really gotta find some new ways to kill time; thanx, Kev, for the 'Dresden Codak' link -- I'll start in on reading all of those..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazines 2007 editors choice for best Web mailaward-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:48:41 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: supersmart parrots V. says: > And a baby meercat. that would be not be right to have *one* - they are group animals so you would need to have many baby meercats. i saw the meercats at the oakland zoo last summer. they were darling. btw, how did that meercat reality show go over? is it still around? xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:00:36 -0700 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Re: supersmart parrots Meercat Manor: A bunch of friends and I watched some eps last night. I found it mildly entertaining and ripe fodder for MSTing, but it was the baby meercats that made it worth watching. Awwwwwww. Seriously, I think everyone should have one. Or two. Possibly several. The rest of the show is just Samwise Gamgee.. .I mean, Sean Astin, trying to make every situation in a life-or-death matter. It gets old pretty fast. On 5/10/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > V. says: > > And a baby meercat. > > that would be not be right to have *one* - they are group animals so > you would need to have many baby meercats. > > i saw the meercats at the oakland zoo last summer. they were darling. > > btw, how did that meercat reality show go over? is it still around? > > xo > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." > > - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:05:44 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter Jr." Subject: Re: creepy clowns... > From: 2fs > Subject: creepy clowns... > > Time for the obligatory Shakes the Clown ("the 'Citizen Kane' of clown movies") quotes: Female Clown Barfly: As soon as that camera is off, he gonna fuck that little dog. Shakes the Clown: Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing? Kid: I had to go to the bathroom. Shakes the Clown: On my head? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:11:05 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: smarter the average bear... hi fegs, oh, i adore smart animal stories. i found this great show online that i saw a number of years ago on pbs: http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-saf&template=template.html&squery=Animal+Einsteins or http://tinyurl.com/32otjf i can't quite figure out how they have the page organized. i think all the videos shown are from the same broadcast and maybe they just have it split into smaller segments. they are all worth watching imo. anyway, the one that i thought was so cool is under the video heading "Who Needs Words Anyway?" it's after the segment about the sea lion (which is very interesting too) and it's about chimps learning about things by watching the trainer with a "map" of the real object (in this case, a small model of an actual room.) you bird folks will like the part with a parrot in the segment titled "If Only They Could Speak". i think it's after the part with the pig (there's a weird combobox with i guess the entire transcript??? of the show, but that didn't work for me so i just watched the pig again (who has very funny teeth.)) the parrot is so cute when he e.g. pauses and then says "nail." he sounds like a little kid who's trying to be cute (but is just naturally cute.) on the subject of smart birds, when i was in middle school, i had a friend whose family had a parrot that had previously been owned by (i kid you not) an opera singer. so it occasionally burst out into song. he also "cried" a lot - reportedly, he learned this from being in the room when the mom watched her soap operas. xo p.s. i'm suffering a bit from the post-final blues. i think a lot of people are happy when they finish their tests but i always felt a bit lost and aimless afterwards. fortunately, there's summer session coming up soon. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:10:50 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: smarter the average bear... - -- Lauren Elizabeth is rumored to have mumbled on 10. Mai 2007 17:11:05 -0400 regarding smarter the average bear...: > p.s. i'm suffering a bit from the post-final blues. i think a lot of > people are happy when they finish their tests but i always felt a bit > lost and aimless afterwards. Omne animal post coitum triste ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:49:21 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: creepy clowns... >Time for the obligatory Shakes the Clown ("the 'Citizen Kane' of >clown movies") quotes: > >Female Clown Barfly: As soon as that camera is off, he gonna fuck >that little dog. > >Shakes the Clown: Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing? >Kid: I had to go to the bathroom. >Shakes the Clown: On my head? That movie is deeply wrong on many levels, so naturally it has a special place in my heart. I'm still waiting for somebody to greenlight another Bobcat Goldthwait film. But not holding my breath. One of the few Robin Williams performances I can really get behind. np Bang On a Can All-Stars: Renegade Heaven ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:55:06 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: smarter the average bear... >> p.s. i'm suffering a bit from the post-final blues. i think a lot of >> people are happy when they finish their tests but i always felt a bit >> lost and aimless afterwards. > >Omne animal post coitum triste So we're suggesting finals as a source of what Frank Z. would call "extra-terrestrial gratification"? Sounds like one for Masters & Johnson, if not Krafft-Ebbing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:13:13 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: creepy clowns... kevin wrote: >> Female Clown Barfly: As soon as that camera is off, he gonna fuck >> that little dog. >> Shakes the Clown: Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing? >> Kid: I had to go to the bathroom. >> Shakes the Clown: On my head? That's one film I've never seen. With a line like that, though, I just might have to make the effort. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:32:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: creepy clowns... : Re: creepy clowns... > >kevin wrote: >>> Female Clown Barfly: As soon as that camera is off, he gonna fuck >>> that little dog. >>> Shakes the Clown: Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing? >>> Kid: I had to go to the bathroom. >>> Shakes the Clown: On my head? > >That's one film I've never seen. With a line like that, though, I just >might have to make the effort. > >-f. And that's just the opening scene... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 23:36:17 +0000 From: "Sealion Ramvir" Subject: Re: selling blood Don't know if I'm the first feg to write a (very) mini-review of the Syd tribute, as I'm on the digest version, but... wow. We had the artists billed (Captain Sensible, The Bees and Anna McGarrigle/Martha Wainwright being highlights), with an excellent light show, and at the end of the second half, Roger Waters came on! He sang his 'Flickering Flame', just playing acoustic guitar, with Jon Carin on keyboards. In the second half (yes, Robyn billed 'above' Roger Waters ;-) - that gave me a smile) Robyn played a lovely solo Terrapin on acoustic, then for Gigolo Aunt he was joined by JPJ on mandolin and Robyn's neice Ruby Wright on saw. Polka dots, almost no blinking. He was on really good form tonight. Second-half highlights included Damon Albarn and Chrissie Hynde (not playing together), but the finale was... well... David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason playing Arnold Layne! Not bad to get (almost) Pink Floyd for a #15 ticket... Just fantastic. So much more to say, but I'm sure there will be plenty of other people wanting to too. By the way, glad to see you had a good seat, Mike! Charlotte > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:29:35 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > From: kevin > Subject: Re: Spare ticket for tonight > > I would sell my blood to catch that lineup, if only I weren't on the wrong > continent... > > - -----Original Message----- > >From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk > >Sent: May 10, 2007 6:34 AM > >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > >Subject: Spare ticket for tonight > > > >I still have a spare ticket for tonight's show at The Barbican > >featuring Kevin Ayers, Robyn Hitchcock, Mike Heron, Captain Sensible > >etc. I will be picking up my tickets at around 7.10 so look out for me > >if you want one and I will give you a fegtastic price! > > > > > >- Mike Godwin > > > >PS Beard, glasses, worried-looking 59-year-old: you'll know when you see > me... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:04:06 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: supersmart parrots On 5/10/07, vivien lyon wrote: > > Meercat Manor: > A bunch of friends and I watched some eps last night. I found it mildly > entertaining and ripe fodder for MSTing, but it was the baby meercats that > made it worth watching. Awwwwwww. Okay, not to harsh anyone's mellow, but...isn't it "meerkat" with a "k"? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:26:17 +0000 From: "Sealion Ramvir" Subject: Syd Barrett Tribute, Barbican Ok, now for the more relaxed, considered version... The Barbican is a funny venue; it's a concert hall but it always feels more like somewhere students should graduate rather than a place for a rock'n'roll event. However, the acoustics are fine there, and for the show Peter Wynne Wilson had put together the kind of light show that the Floyd would have used in the 60s, with droplets of coloured liquid moving across the stage and its surroundings, along with a video screen backdrop that showed film of Syd and early Floyd now and then. There was a big laugh when the classic b&w interview "But why does it all have to be so terribly LOUD?" was shown. I didn't write down a set list; in fact it would have been difficult to keep up with it, as it was very much a 'play your song then let the next act on' situation - but that didn't detract from the mood of the evening in any way. It made it more interesting, wondering who the next bunch of musicians lurking in the shadows to the left of the stage might be (Robyn being one of the few who were instantly recognisable). The thing that struck me most was how many different kinds of artists could find something so personal in Syd's songs, and produce their own very different interpretations, whilst all at once remaining true to the essence of the song. Everyone who played tonight seemed to have a genuine and deep fondness for Syd's songs, and even though so many songs were played, there never seemed to be a shortage of great songs. I guess when you think of how short a time it was from the beginning to the end of Syd's recording career, that's quite something. Joe Boyd spoke a little about Syd and his memories of him, and Syd's nephew was invited up onto the stage by Damon Albarn, although I think the size of the audience might have been a bit intimidating and he didn't say a lot, except to thank people for being there celebrating Syd ("Rog")'s songs. Captain Sensible did an excellent Astronomy Domine with the house band, who were excellent. There was also a large choir that came on for a couple of numbers, notably for Nick Laird-Clowes' Chapter 24, which worked marvellously with the light show, the choir building up an amazing crescendo towards the end. Robyn looked like he was enjoying himself, and his rendition of Terrapin really was beautiful. I always like the acoustic Robyn/JPJ on mando combination, so it was a treat for Gigolo Aunt, and Ruby wasn't the only saw player there tonight - David Coulter also played saw in some of the other numbers. I'd never picked up on the fact that that particular sound was made by a saw! Goodness knows what I thought it was. That's the thing about early Floyd, you're never quite sure how they got some of those sounds, which makes it all the more magical, for me anyway. Roger Waters admitted to being nervous to begin with, but seemed to relax as he played, and he was warmly received. Later, when the other Floyds came on, there was the inevitable cry of "Where's Roger?" from one or two in the audience, but David just said "Yes, he was here too!" Interestingly (I was close to the musician's entrance to the auditorium so tended to see who was watching whom) David did come in to see Roger play his set. Of course it would have been wonderful if the four had played together, but I came away from tonight's show just feeling incredibly lucky to have been there, and having enjoyed it very much indeed. Long live Syd's songs. Charlotte ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:12:09 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Ian Fleming >...Still semi-hard to believe that the same guy invented James Bond...and >Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang... well, you do know that the car's name is crude WWI army slang, i take it... James PS - strong condolences to Barbara - -- 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 02:28:24 +0000 From: "Shane Apple" Subject: Headstone Friends and Emergency Dental Work Dave: "YES! One of my pet favorites for nigh on to 20 years, since I first spied a vinyl copy in Headstone Friends' record store in Terre Haute." Dude! Headstone Friends? What an unexpected allusion that was! I was born in Terre Haute and lived in nearby Brazil from the age of five until graduation. My mother wouldn't let me go to Headstone's after an older, much cooler classmate mentioned it to me at school because she knew they were engaged in all sorts of illegal activities (most involving drug use, of course) there and that I would be spiritually and morally corrupted. Once I popped in with my brother (we bought a They Might Be Giants album and a few used cassettes including Ogden's Nut Gone Flake which became a fave of mine), it became one of my favorite places to be. If not for Headstone Friends' willingness to order Robyn Hitchcock stuff for me, it would have taken a hell of a lot longer for me to decide that he was my favorite artist. They would order me Robyn cassettes before I had a cd player and vinyl later on. I know they had to have gotten sick of me. They knew me as the Robyn Hitchcock guy and there was one guy who would tell me, "Hey, I think we've got a vinyl copy of Underwater Moonlight back there for ya" every time I went in. We'd go to the back where the records were, dig around in the S's, and find no Soft Boys at all. They even ordered Mossy Liquor for me without me asking for it. I live in Indianapolis now, but I try to hit Headstone's when I visit the folks just to say hi to the guys (although they can be frequently surly) and see what I can pick up in their used vinyl section. Legendary Pink Dots, Flossie and the Unicorns, so much John Fahey that I feel spoiled. My mom will smell the incense on me when I come back and still say, "Oh, you went to Headstone's? Did they give you drugs?" And yes, I did buy my first Fugs cd there! Speaking of Terre Haute...I worked at Columbia House in Terre Haute with a guy named Rat Boy. Rat Boy, when he overheard me talking about music and Robyn Hitchcock one day, informed me that his dentist had an autographed Hitchcock album on the wall of one of the rooms there. I might not have believed him if not for the fact that Rat Boy had absolutely no sense of humor at all and probably wouldn't have made up the silly story. He later inquired about it and was told that Hitchcock was traveling through Terre Haute sometime in the early 90's (late 80's maybe...been a while) and had to stop for some emergency dental work. I would love to have this story confirmed. Any tapes out there of (I'm guessing) Indianapolis shows where Hitchcock talked funny because of numbed gums? - --Shane _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 03:49:53 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: creepy clowns... Jeff linked: > Man, did the headline writer miss a bet; something like: "Silly the Clown accused of assault, domestic violence" or "Mr. Silly to appear in court on sexual assault charges." Michael "They call me 'Dr. Sticky'..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ See what youre getting intobefore you go there http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_preview_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:55:44 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: creepy clowns... On 5/10/07, kevin wrote: > > > That movie is deeply wrong on many levels, so naturally it has a special > place in my heart. I'm still waiting for somebody to greenlight another > Bobcat Goldthwait film. But not holding my breath. Erm, well, someone did greenlight this, and the fact that Goldthwait directed it was hardly the biggest obstacle to its exhibition: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492492/ Between this and "Zoo", bestiality has never been so mainstream... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:58:19 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: supersmart parrots On 5/10/07, 2fs wrote: > > > Okay, not to harsh anyone's mellow, but...isn't it "meerkat" with a "k"? I think so. It should be pointed out that this is almost on-topic, as meerkats have a guest shot in "Sometimes A Blonde"... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:22:28 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: smarter the average bear... Sebastian Hagedorn says: > -- Lauren Elizabeth is rumored to have mumbled on > 10. Mai 2007 17:11:05 -0400 regarding smarter the average bear...: > > > p.s. i'm suffering a bit from the post-final blues. i think a lot of > > people are happy when they finish their tests but i always felt a bit > > lost and aimless afterwards. > > Omne animal post coitum triste even americans? xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 22:24:48 -0700 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: creepy clowns... Gene Hopstetter Jr. wrote: > Time for the obligatory Shakes the Clown ("the 'Citizen Kane' of > clown movies") quotes: Minor correction: The 'Citizen Kane' of *alcoholic* clown movies. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 04:53:20 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Syd Barrett Tribute, Barbican Sealion Ramvir wrote: > > I'd never picked up on the fact that that particular sound was > made by a saw! Goodness knows what I thought it was. That's the thing > about early Floyd, you're never quite sure how they got some of those > sounds, which makes it all the more magical, for me anyway. I don't think that PF would've used a saw. The late 60s would've been something of a low point for saw playing. The major players might've only been old backwoods weirdos in the US like Tom Scribner, and French experimental music academics. Nice sound, though, when played well. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:04:14 +0000 From: "Sarah Jones" Subject: Re: selling blood I am still trying to get the night into words and failing miserably. Stunning. >From: "Sealion Ramvir" >Reply-To: "Sealion Ramvir" >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Re: selling blood >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 23:36:17 +0000 > >Don't know if I'm the first feg to write a (very) mini-review of the Syd >tribute, as I'm on the digest version, but... wow. > >We had the artists billed (Captain Sensible, The Bees and Anna >McGarrigle/Martha Wainwright being highlights), with an excellent light >show, and at the end of the second half, Roger Waters came on! He sang his >'Flickering Flame', just playing acoustic guitar, with Jon Carin on >keyboards. > >In the second half (yes, Robyn billed 'above' Roger Waters ;-) - that gave >me a smile) Robyn played a lovely solo Terrapin on acoustic, then for >Gigolo >Aunt he was joined by JPJ on mandolin and Robyn's neice Ruby Wright on saw. >Polka dots, almost no blinking. He was on really good form tonight. > >Second-half highlights included Damon Albarn and Chrissie Hynde (not >playing >together), but the finale was... well... David Gilmour, Rick Wright and >Nick >Mason playing Arnold Layne! Not bad to get (almost) Pink Floyd for a #15 >ticket... Just fantastic. > >So much more to say, but I'm sure there will be plenty of other people >wanting to too. > >By the way, glad to see you had a good seat, Mike! > >Charlotte > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:29:35 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > > From: kevin > > Subject: Re: Spare ticket for tonight > > > > I would sell my blood to catch that lineup, if only I weren't on the >wrong > > continent... > > > > - -----Original Message----- > > >From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk > > >Sent: May 10, 2007 6:34 AM > > >To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > > >Subject: Spare ticket for tonight > > > > > >I still have a spare ticket for tonight's show at The Barbican > > >featuring Kevin Ayers, Robyn Hitchcock, Mike Heron, Captain Sensible > > >etc. I will be picking up my tickets at around 7.10 so look out for me > > >if you want one and I will give you a fegtastic price! > > > > > > > > >- Mike Godwin > > > > > >PS Beard, glasses, worried-looking 59-year-old: you'll know when you >see > > me... _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:53:25 +0100 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Stunning Madcap performances Kevin: > I would sell my blood to catch that lineup, if only I weren't on the > wrong continent... You'd better not read on then, Kevin! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The highlights for me were Kate Mcgarrigle (Piano And Vocals), her daughter Martha Wainwright and Marthas cousin (vocals) Singing 'Golden Hair And See Emily Play, But otherwise it was a wonderful evening of musical saws and songs. The show opened with a recording of Blind Boy Fuller and a cutting mentioning Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. The a massed choir trooped on stage unannounced, sang Bike and trooped off again. Kevin Ayers sang Here I Go apologising for singing it an octave too low, and one of his own songs - O Wot A Dream -dedicated to Syd, which I last saw him perform at the QEH on the Whatevershebringswesing tour, I think.. or was it 'Bananamour'? Captain Sensible performed an excellent Flaming during the first half and a sturdy Astronomy Domine during the second, complete with smoke effects; apparently he named his son Syd after Syd. The Bees played a memorable version of Octopus with spot on vocals and the only guitar playing all evening that came anywhere near Syds angular style (Robyn Chose To Play Acoustic Accompaniments When He Came On Later).. Mike Heron From The String Band Sang Matilda Mother very cheerfully. I was expecting him to sing one more song but that was it. Was I surprised that Roger Waters ended the first half? Many people in the audience certainly were. He performed a song of his own which to me sounded like a cross between 'Ebony Eyes' and 'Transcaucasian Airmachine Blues' with mentions of Arapaho Indians etc. Anyone recognise this from my inadequate description? Nick Clowes (?) a singularly unpersonable guitarist and vocalist, performed Baby Lemonade (with Damon Albarn on piano and backup vocals) in the first half and opened the second half with Chapter 24 (complete with massed choir and freaky cello solo), after the notorious 'und they are much too loud und boring' Hans Keller BBC clip (wrongly attributed to ITV in the handout). Vashti Bunyan attempted Scarecrow in a key that was too high for her and then sang Love Song; some other woman did a totally humourless The Gnome; Damon Albarn with another musical saw player (or was it the same one?) and a clarinettist performed a silly singalong version of Word Song and brought Syds nephew on stage to say something: Listen to the words, they are really important, Uncle Rogers words and songs. Robyn Hitchcock performed a fine version of Terrapin solo, wearing his trademark polka dot shirt, and Gigolo Aunt with John Paul Jones on mandolin and Ruby Wright on (you've guessed it) musical saw. Barring the Canadians, who sing as a family, his vocals were noticeably the most consistent all evening. Chrissie Hynde apologised for singing in an American accent and had a valiant stab at Wont You Miss Me? then performed a sensational Late Night - or do I mean Dark Globe (When I Woke Up Today And You Werent Here To Play Then I Wanted To Stay With You, that one).This song is a corker she said; I thought it was terrific - she should put it out as a single, if there are such things nowadays. Joe Boyd came on towards the end and thanked Nick Clowes for energy and organisation, The Boyle Family for their unmistakeable light show, the Floyds original sound man who was doing the sound, and so forth. Very interesting reminiscence on how in late 66 Syd played him about half a dozen songs and said I dont think these are right for the band - do you know any singers who would like them?. Joe was obviously so disaffected with Syd after his last poor show at The UFO Club in July 67 that he didnt really care for the 2 solo slbums at the time but he did notice that several of the songs were the same ones Syd had played him. Syd always brought a kind of bounce to everything - people walk a bit differently after hearing his songs - I hope you will walk a bit differently on the way home tonight. And how do we end a show like this? Lets bring on the Pink Floyd to play Arnold Layne! No, Roger didnt play with them, but there were Rick, Nick And Dave Gilmour on stage, looking a little older than the last time I saw them at The Crystal Palace Bowl (15th May, 1971, just looked it up). Perhaps predictably, the sound engineer missed the first line sung by Rick, but the rest of the song was all fine. The crowd went politely wild and they brought on the entire cast and the entire choir to watch Jug Band Blues accompanying Syd on vid, and to sing Bike again and then it was over. Right at the end there was a video of Syd walking away from the camera with that characteristic bounce, accompanied by the final Seconds Of Piper - Uh Uh Uh Uh Aah Uh-Uh, Uh Uh Uh Uh Aah Uh-Uh. - - Mike Godwin PS Definitely an evening worth catching, where were you all? I only spoke to one bloke in a Soft Boys T-shirt and he hadnt heard about the Games For May show. Nobody Performed Lucifer Sam Or Rats Or Puddletown Tom Was The Underground Or Opel Or Silas Lang  or 'Vegetable Man' or 'Scream thy last scream' come to think of it - but whos counting? PPS Reservations to follow when I find the full set-list. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #198 ********************************