From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #286 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, August 8 2007 Volume 16 : Number 286 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: My name is "Eb", and..my e-mail program doesn't allow subject lines that lon [Rex ] Re: Stunt guitar [kevin ] RE: fegdom ["Bachman, Michael" ] Oct 16 ["Bri N" ] RE: Oct 16 ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: What's a feg? [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: Oct 16 [Rex ] linkz u can use 4 ["michael wells" ] Re: linkz u can use 4 [Tom Clark ] Re: Oct 16 [Jeff Dwarf ] an unlikely Oprah thread [djini@voicenet.com] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 [2fs ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 [Sebastian Hagedorn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 07:31:10 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and..my e-mail program doesn't allow subject lines that lon On 8/7/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: ecords we could play tonight?")... > > Then, just about after that "Rock's Renaissance Man" (or whatever it > proclaimed) cover on "Time," he seemed to go into the dumper for me. Not > because of the hype (I love to see people I like and appreciate get hyped), > but because (to me, anyway) the latter-day output (last Heads record (maybe > the last 2), the stupid movie, early solo stuff) all sucked.. I liked and still like "Naked", although parts of it have dated poorly. Otherwise... .maybe the > later solo stuff (I DO luvs me some Brazilian music!) got better, but by > then I'd stopped paying attention. Agreed. > Michael Sweeney > ...and, rather than the "Big Love" music, I much prefer the three "Big" > songs from "CW": "My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)," "Big Business," > and "Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)" On the latter... sometime around Byrne's solo self-titled album (the third one?), but before I'd acquired the Catherine Wheel soundtrack, he appeared on Letterman and did that song, and I was blown away at the "return to form". But I couldn't find anything on the album track list that looked like it was that song, so I shied away... finally found the wonderful Catherine Wheel soundtrack a few months later, so I found the song, and simultaneuosly thought, whoa, Byrne has a new record to promote, but he goes on Letterman and does a ten-year-old obscurity? Even HE must be bored by his new stuff. But the impact of Talking Heads on my life, and their just-plain-greatness at their sustained peak, is pretty undeniable, slobbering fools with speech defects aside. Number one most wished-for reunion. Talking of which, I'm seeing Squeeze next week. My girlfriend is old friends with the band... I think we're going with a few other musical luminaries from back in the day (names withheld due to I hates starfuckery) but it should be interesting. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:19:43 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: fegdom >>what constitutes a feg? ...And, of course, they want to be an anglepoise >lamp...(but, no, they don't remember Guildford). You failed to mention that the shapes between them turn into animals. Among other things. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:29:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Stunt guitar a supertiny guitar that gets played by a >giant! > >Now *that* would be cool. Reminds me of the one & only time I got to see Terje Rypdal play. Great big individual with hands the size of small cars cradling a white Fender that looked like a toy (but sounded like a weapon of Nordic destruction). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:41:34 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: fegdom - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of kevin Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:20 PM To: Michael Sweeney; fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: fegdom >>>what constitutes a feg? ...And, of course, they want to be an anglepoise >lamp...(but, no, they don't remember Guildford). >You failed to mention that the shapes between them turn into animals. Among other things. They know about obscure buildings in Seattle, despite never being there. They can rattle off numerous types of cheese, including one with blue blooded veins. They know that statues can sometimes have a walkman, or even come alive! Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:38:36 -0700 From: "Bri N" Subject: Oct 16 Yep Roc releasing Black Snake Diamond Role/I Often Dream Of Trains boxset? Scroll down to October 16th: http://www.vertigomusiconline.com/newreleases.htm#top Very exciting! - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:01:46 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Oct 16 - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bri N Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:39 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Oct 16 Nuppy Wrote: >Yep Roc releasing Black Snake Diamond Role/I Often Dream Of Trains boxset? Scroll down to October 16th: http://www.vertigomusiconline.com/newreleases.htm#top >Very exciting! Two of my favorites for sure, so I'm pumped as well. Especially since I never did pony up for any of the Rhino reissues. In fact, the only reissue I have is the double disc UM. I wonder if we will be treated to a reissue of Can of Bees by Yep Roc? Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:05:36 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: What's a feg? > >what constitutes a feg? > > > >Fegs know more about aquatic creatures than their own interests might > >suggest. They are familiar with a wide variety of colorful shirts. They > >know the term "blepharism." They are apt to giggle at references to the > >Welsh Policemen's Chorus. They may fear cones - or love them. > >They know who Cthulhu is...and what a trilobite is. They know who wrote >"Walking on Sunshine." They enjoy playful wordplay and tend to agree what a >knackered year 1974 was (sure, we got rid of Nixon, but..."Seasons in the >Sun," "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," "I Honestly Love You," "(You're) Having My >Baby" -- arrrrrgghh!!!). They've been hanging 'round Covent Garden for >centuries. They like it when you really screw the wanger up high. They are >often knowledgeable about postal and / or bit rates. They tend to be above >average in looks, intelligence, and self-deprecation. They will likely >utter an involuntary chuckle upon hearing the names "Nora," "Reg," or >"Ralph." They wouldn't be surprised at all if, suddenly, blood red horns >gouged through their scrambled eggs. They've been waiting on Festival Pier >for you, honey, for decades. And, of course, they want to be an anglepoise >lamp...(but, no, they don't remember Guildford). When watching "Men in Black", they get a disproportionate amount of pleasure out of the line "Congratulations Reg - it's a squid". Thy're all bound for paradise - or Basingstoke, or Reading. They know what Napoleon ate lots of. James RIP - Suzanne Roberts. No, you don't know her - but she brightened my life during the mid 1980s. - -- 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: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:10:01 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Oct 16 On 8/7/07, Bri N wrote: > > Yep Roc releasing Black Snake Diamond Role/I Often Dream Of Trains boxset? > Scroll down to October 16th: > http://www.vertigomusiconline.com/newreleases.htm#top I wonder if its BSDR *and* IODOT, or BSDR *through* IODOT? The latter is more likely, considering how Yep Roc did the Billy Bragg reissues, right? It would also be more awesomer. I like how the massive Robyn reissues are coming out around the same time that the giant Neil Young archive set is supposedly finally going to get its first volume out. Thank god I am so fabulously wealthy... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:11:29 -0700 From: "michael wells" Subject: linkz u can use 4 What can a coffee enema do for you? Let's find out together: http://www.optimalhealthnetwork.com/pilot.asp?pg=coffee A neat map of Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris: http://www.pere-lachaise.com/perelachaise.php?lang=en Gregg Easterbrook's 1980 article on the disaster that will be the Space Shuttle program: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbrook-fulltext.htm l Gregg Easterbrook's 2003 article on the disaster that is the Space Shuttle program: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030210-418518,00.html Big Ditch Road. Bonus points for using the Klaus Kinski pic from "Aguirre, the Wrath of God": http://www.bigditchroad.com/ And if you really want to go in style, just contact the fellows at: http://www.vintagecoffins.com/ Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:37:36 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: linkz u can use 4 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2007, at 9:11 PM, michael wells wrote: > What can a coffee enema do for you? Let's find out together: > > http://www.optimalhealthnetwork.com/pilot.asp?pg=coffee I'll take the stuff any way I can get it! > > And if you really want to go in style, just contact the fellows at: > > http://www.vintagecoffins.com The wife and I have been investigating "green burials" as of late. Why end up being a polluter as your final act? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:18:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Oct 16 Rex wrote: > On 8/7/07, Bri N wrote: > > Yep Roc releasing Black Snake Diamond Role/I Often Dream Of > > Trains boxset? > > Scroll down to October 16th: > > http://www.vertigomusiconline.com/newreleases.htm#top > > I wonder if its BSDR *and* IODOT, or BSDR *through* IODOT? The > latter is more likely, considering how Yep Roc did the Billy Bragg > reissues, right? It would also be more awesomer. It looks to me like it's BSDR, IODOT, and Eye. line cut and paste verbatim: > Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role/I Often Dream of Trains/Eye (reissue) [box set] (Yep Roc) > I like how the massive Robyn reissues are coming out around the > same time that the giant Neil Young archive set is supposedly > finally going to get its first volume out. Sure, and Chinese Democracy is going to come out then too. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:37:51 -0400 (EDT) From: djini@voicenet.com Subject: an unlikely Oprah thread Lauren wrote: > sort of related is that i really got a kick out of jeff 2fs point > about oprah being on the cover of every copy of "O" magazine. When I last worked at a bookstore, whenever the Oprah magazine came in someone would grab a copy and run over to the desk, shouting excitedly, "Guess who's on the cover of Oprah this month?" "Who?" "OPRAH!" "No way!!!!" It was all my friend Michael's fault. Michael would also sing a little ditty to the tune of "Goodnight Ladies" that went: Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra He has a big behind (second verse) Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra He knows Oprah She also has a big behind Catchy, right? Jeanne ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 03:31:20 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 Chris says: > The disadvantage of doing this is that it would tend to blow away any > remaining shreds of a non-geeky image one might have; but some of us > consider that a price worth paying. naq, vg jbhyq frrz, jr pna hfr vg jura jr jnag gb fnl guvatf nobhg wrss 2sf jvgubhg uvf xabjvat. yvxr v pbhyq pnyy uvz "wrs." naq, v pbhyq fnl zber guvatf nobhg gur wblbhf frcnengvba bs natry naq uvf fuvegf naq znlor yvxr bayl 25% bs gur yvfg jvyy obgure gb sbyybj gur pbairefngvba naq frr zl funyybj(re) fvqr. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:00:38 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 - --On 8. August 2007 03:31:20 -0400 Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > naq, vg jbhyq frrz, jr pna hfr vg jura jr jnag gb > fnl guvatf nobhg > wrss 2sf jvgubhg uvf xabjvat. > yvxr v pbhyq pnyy uvz "wrs." V unir gb fnl gung "rira" V qvqa'g unir nal gbbyf unaql naq unq gb hfr na bayvar pbairegre ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:30:59 +0100 From: craigie* Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 Zr gbb, ohg gura zl vaare Trrx jnf nyjnlf tbaan pbzr bhg fbbare be yngre... Natry & Uvf Fuvegf fbhaqf yvxr nabgure bar bs gur 'Onaqf jr'q Yvxr Gb Frr'... p* On 08/08/07, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > --On 8. August 2007 03:31:20 -0400 Lauren Elizabeth > > wrote: > > > naq, vg jbhyq frrz, jr pna hfr vg jura jr jnag gb > > fnl guvatf nobhg > > wrss 2sf jvgubhg uvf xabjvat. > > yvxr v pbhyq pnyy uvz "wrs." > > V unir gb fnl gung "rira" V qvqa'g unir nal gbbyf unaql naq unq gb hfr na > bayvar pbairegre ;-) > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:08:40 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 On 8/8/07, craigie* wrote: > > Zr gbb, ohg gura zl vaare Trrx jnf nyjnlf tbaan pbzr bhg fbbare be > yngre... > > Natry & Uvf Fuvegf fbhaqf yvxr nabgure bar bs gur 'Onaqf jr'q Yvxr Gb > Frr'... > > p* > > On 08/08/07, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > > > --On 8. August 2007 03:31:20 -0400 Lauren Elizabeth < > softboygirl@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > naq, vg jbhyq frrz, jr pna hfr vg jura jr jnag gb > > > fnl guvatf nobhg > > > wrss 2sf jvgubhg uvf xabjvat. > > > yvxr v pbhyq pnyy uvz "wrs." > > > > V unir gb fnl gung "rira" V qvqa'g unir nal gbbyf unaql naq unq gb hfr > na > > bayvar pbairegre ;-) If you're all going to communicate in Welsh, you could at least sing it. And wear those policeman hats. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:53:03 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #277 - --On 8. August 2007 08:08:40 -0500 2fs wrote: > If you're all going to communicate in Welsh, you could at least sing it. > And wear those policeman hats. I was going to comment that it looked like Welsh to me, but I was afraid that might be un-PC ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:53:59 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Oct 16 >> I like how the massive Robyn reissues are coming out around the >> same time that the giant Neil Young archive set is supposedly >> finally going to get its first volume out. > >Sure, and Chinese Democracy is going to come out then too. Um yeah, 'cause the last I heard the Neil box has been put off till next year. Again. Not to mention that new album Roxy Music have been hinting at for like the last five years. And there was something about the book JD Salinger's been "working on" for what, fifty years now? np Zappa, Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #286 ********************************