From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #218 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, May 28 2007 Volume 16 : Number 218 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Robyn and Isobel [Jill Brand ] GAMES FOR MAY - madcap report (not me!) [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: kids come running for the bland taste of Wilco [2fs ] Re: kids come running for the bland taste of Wilco [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Reap [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: Reap ["Miles Goosens" ] NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians -- London 86 & OGWT 85 [miss] Re: Don't bogart that list part 2 ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: 101 uses for a dead cat topic ["Michael Sweeney" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:12:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Robyn and Isobel I never knew that there was a Belle and Sebastian/Robyn Hitchcock connection, but I guess she just played Isobel just played with Robyn for the Syd Barrett tribute. We like Elisabeth Schwarzkopf a lot here at home. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:28:32 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: GAMES FOR MAY - madcap report (not me!) Well, the digital age moves so fast, that although it took 40 years to recreate the Floyd's Games For May show (12th May 1967 to last night), it was available on-line by the time I had travelled back from London to the Frozen North. And if it's up to Matthijs' usual standards, it will be an excellent recording: _http://www.dimeadozhttp://www.dimeahttp://www.dhttp://ww_ (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=148314) First Set 01 - Mathilda Mother 02 - Flaming 03 - The Scarecrow 04 - Jugband Blues 05 - See Emily Play 06 - Bike 07 - Arnold Layne 08 - Candy And A Currant Bun 09 - Pow R Toc H 10 - Interstellar Overdrive The first set began as it should, with tape effects including a dawn chorus, before Robyn and the first set of Heavy Friends took to the stage Robyn Hitchcock - Guitar, Vocals Kimberley Rew - Guitar Paul Noble - Bass Terry Edwards - Keyboards, Saxophone, Trumpet Morris Windsor - Drums From 'Bike' onwards they were joined by Woody (drummer with Madness) and soon afterwards by Graham Coxon, ex-Blur on guitar and occasional vocal. From where I was sitting (halfway up the hall in an aisle seat) the sound was great, really punchy - but I was bang in line with the PA speakers over the stage. Friends siting nearer the front... so much lower than me... reported the bass being too dominant. I was directly alongside the lighting guys and it was a pleasure / education to watch Peter Wynne-Wilson & co. at work: manipulating those oil slides, projecting bacteria spreading across jelly and other marvellous effects.. you'll hear Robyn say at one point, "No, don't turn it off, it's fantastic... " or something like that in response to a kaleidoscope that was whirring around him as he tried to concentrate on introducing one number. The first set is what the Floyd are reported to have played in May 67 by various sources, including Wikipedia. But as delighted as I was to see Robyn & co. perform Jugband Blues, was it really on the original setlist ? I sincerely doubt it. I'm pleased to see that David Parker excludes it in the Random Precision appendix. The first recording of Jugband was on 9th October 1967, and I would be surprised if it wasn't written closer to that date than 12th May 1967. Still, it was a fine version, with Tery Edwards contributing a disintegrating trumpet line while Robyn somehow kept drawing enough breath to keep the circling 'la la la la la la la' vocal going. During Arnold Layne, women of suitable age, dress and appearance (i.e., they looked like Rose and Licorice of the Incredible String Band back in the day) took to the stage and gyrated in ways which haven't been attempted since my mother had one too many at our 1972 New Year's Party and put on the original cast recording of 'Hair'. During Interstellar Overdrive the same women (one of them heavily pregnant, but with her bump psychedlically decorated) and their children wandered the audience distributing yellow flowers... iris and chrysanthemums rather than daffodils, I'm told by Inge, who had spent the day running a stall at a farmer's market, so she should know. I noticed someone wearing military uniform in the rear stalls, but he didn't join in on the flower distribution. And that's where the Floyd finished their set... so it was time for a break. Robyn returned with an acoustic guitar and Isobel Campbell on cello, plus Matthew Cullen on a second acoustic. They ran thru delightful versions of some of my favourite solo songs. Now I have to say, I don't know a Syd cover version, official or unofficial which I enjoy as much as Syd's originals, but if anyone consistently comes close, it's Robyn Hitchcock. I winced at Chrissie Hynde's anguished version of Late Night at the Barbican. Hitchcock caught the gentle resignation of the song perfectly, and the cello and 'wee voice' accompaniment from Isobel Campbell really complemented his delivery. Second Set 01 - Terrapin 02 - Love You 03 - Late Night 04 - Long Gone 05 - If It's In You 06 - (Wouldn't You Miss Me) Dark Globe 07 - Dominoes 08 - Wined and Dined Graham Coxon came on for Wined and Dined. Initially he took the lead vocal, but he appeared out of sorts with his voice and left it to Robyn, contributing rather unconvincing lead guitar instead. Altogether more convincing was the finale, involving absolutely everyone, firstly in a freeform jam, using Reaction in G as the excuse for an Unlimited Freak Out. Robyn pointed out (at the same time that BBC2 was broadcasting a programme saying the same thing !) that this was where progressive rock began... but that was the risk you took when you began to experiment. 09 - Reaction in G 10 - Astronomy Domine Neither Reaction or Astronomy featured in the original Games For May show, but Lucifer Sam was the Floyd's encore, and the finale here: a rasping version, especially since there were four guitars, two drumkits, a cello, a bass and a saxophone driving it. Better still was the encore (played in the absence of other rehearsed material and still involving the whole ensemble) of See Emily Play. 11 - Lucifer Sam 12 - See Emily Play As the hall emptied, a second set of tape effects played and the bubble machine dispensed bubbles apparently without any ill consequences for the seating. We were fortunate to be invited to share a drink or two by Terry Edwards (currently acting as record label supremo to a Department S comeback - or something less dramatic than that), so lingered for another hour or so. Nonetheless, as we left, those dedicated guys were still carefully individually disassembling and packing all of those strange lighting effects. Well worth the effort, and thank you guys. P ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:44:20 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: kids come running for the bland taste of Wilco On 5/27/07, Miles Goosens wrote: > > I said 'bout the new Wilco: > > I can't improve on Natalie calling it an America album. > > Rex actually dropped that precision-guided bomb rather than Natalie. > But I've enjoyed the disses from both very much... within a context of > "I think we would all gladly trade all the clever snarking in the > world for a kick-ass Wilco album," that is. You know, while I certainly don't think it's earth-shattering or anything...I actually kind of like that Wilco album. Subtle, to be sure...maybe to a fault. But I think it does reward closer listening. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:56:53 -0400 From: Barbara Soutar Subject: Re: i don't know about this Brian Huddell replied to my assertion that I enjoyed marijuana from 1975-1980: "Well, see, you're only supposed to smoke it for a few minutes at a time, and then move on to other things like eating and laughing. But I admire your commitment!" I eat and laugh all the time... And speaking of commitment, on May 30 I will have been married 32 years. If you do the math, you'll see that I smoked pot for the first 5 years we were married. Now I just do mushrooms once in a while. Barbara Soutar Victoria, BC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:27:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: kids come running for the bland taste of Wilco 2fs wrote: > You know, while I certainly don't think it's earth-shattering or > anything...I actually kind of like that Wilco album. > > Subtle, to be sure...maybe to a fault. But I think it does reward > closer listening. It's probably their "least" album since AM, but it's still a nice record -- it's just not a great record. It kinda reminds me of E&TB's grey record: not musically (of course), but in the sense that's a "merely" a pleasant, competant record with some pretty nice songs, instead of being another great statement. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:30:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Reap Charles Nelson Reilly http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/theater/28reilly.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:35:08 +0000 From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: Reap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpU5K3qIOSQ - -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jeff Dwarf > Charles Nelson Reilly > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/theater/28reilly.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > > > "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many > of them." -- John Waters > > . > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:02:53 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Reap On 5/28/07, michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpU5K3qIOSQ I love Jose Chung and both of Darin Morgan's Jose Chung scripts (there was a Jose Chung MILLENNIUM episode - poking all kinds of fun at Scientology - in that show's dazzling second season, as well as the one for THE X-FILES), so that's a darn fitting memorial. But the only thing I can think of is the Dead Milkmen's "Serrated Edge." http://www.lyricstime.com/dead-milkmen-serrated-edge-lyrics.html in a Nelson Reilly orgy that'll make your hair curl, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 11:50:46 -0400 From: miss lesser hamden Subject: NEW on DIME: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians -- London 86 & OGWT 85 http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=148466&hit=1 - -------- Original Message -------- A new torrent has been uploaded to DIME. Torrent: 148466 Title: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians -- London 86 & OGWT 85 Size: 179.54 MB Category: Rock Uploaded by: persic Info hash: 837874031068ef9cc4f3b6f9b78a7fd82cb88cce Description - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Town & Country London, England June 10, 1986 source : tv transfer : markp (broadcast OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST: WHISTLE TEST 1986/07/15) Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Old Grey Whistle Test Manchester, Eng April 16, 1985 source : tv transfer : markp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:17:23 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: Don't bogart that list part 2 Miles dreamt: >I can't remember if I ever told my Styx dream to Feg - sorry if it's a repeat. ...Ya did, but with this kind of random surrealism, it's well worth a repeat! >turns out they are *all* midgets - not just real-life-Tommy-Shaw >short, but midgets. The only reason they looked normal on stage at >all had to do with an intricate series of mirrors and lighting tricks. Still want to know if they trod on the "Stonehenge" prop... Michael "I thought that they were angels / But to my surprise / They climbed aboard their scaled-for-midgets starship /And headed for the skies..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the im Initiative now. Its free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_MAY07 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 19:20:28 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Games for May Photos There are some excellent pics of the Games for May gig here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weatherpixie/515896038/ The Purple Bottle - "Howling without symmetry" http://thepurplebottle.blogspot.com/ - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 19:39:00 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: 101 uses for a dead cat topic I / Me / Mine (nod to G.H.) said: >Jeff Dwarf retro-reaped: > >>Elizabeth Schwarzkopf > >Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner!! From "The Ruling Class." ...So, to recap (since it took awhile and got answered in chunks), last summer saw the reaps of 3 people within a 4-week period...and all 3 had been mentioned in Robyn songs. The answer: Syd Barrett (July 7, "1974"), Arthur Lee (August 3, "Wreck of the Arthur Lee"), and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (August 3, "The Ruling Class. Thanks all for playing / speculating / guessing...and, next time something like this happens (watch out Harrison Ford, Nick Lowe, and Don Rumsfeld!) (OK, maybe just "watch out" Harrison and Nick), I'll try to mention it in a wee bit more timely fashion... Michael Sweeney ...Went to see "Waitress" last night, with my GF and a waitress friend of ours...there, at a multi-plex, among the big splashy sequels (some of which I don't mind at all), it was a quiet, enjoyable film (that I still had problems with, even while mostly liking)...but the fact of Adrienne Shelly's death overhanging it gave it a sort of unassailable poignancy... _________________________________________________________________ More photos, more messages, more storageget 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 13:07:22 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: My name is "Eb", and on this new record by-- oh my GOD, there's a hole in my rectu...oh, hang on; that's *supposed* to be there, I think? <...and this Grinderman album is just kicking my ass!> yeah. as it turns out that the veils album was released last year in the commonwealth (james, why hain't you been pimpin' this record???), methinks grinderman are at this point in time the clear leaders for the year's top honour -- with cloud cult and dinosaur jr. vying for second position. by the way, the veils will begin a tour of the north-american landmass in a few weeks' time -- taperFEGS, you have your assignments! by the way, part ii: i think i witnessed the second-coming of janet weiss last night. the band is called "the sutures" (what a great name, too!), and, apart from the vocalist, kick wicked fucking ass. and they're all, like, fifteen years old. natalie portman's shaved head, on the other hand, i just don't get at all. but i guess they're what the kids are all crazy for... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:55:44 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: 101 uses for a dead cat topic Michael Sweeney says: > ...Went to see "Waitress" last night, with my GF and a waitress friend of > ours...there, at a multi-plex, among the big splashy sequels (some of which > I don't mind at all), it was a quiet, enjoyable film (that I still had > problems with, even while mostly liking)...but the fact of Adrienne Shelly's > death overhanging it gave it a sort of unassailable poignancy... sweeney, you are too kind. i don't wish to speak ill of the deceased, and i'm a hal hartley fan to boot, but i was kind of appalled. and to be honest probably more the "appalled" than the "kind of". it was one of the worst movies i've seen in years. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 20:58:12 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: whoops http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1842716.ece did anyone catch the webcast? yawn. xo p.s. at the end of the article is a list of null and void records. wasn't there a guy who ate a bike in 15 days? i think they stopped accepting entries for that one too. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #218 ********************************