From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #328 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, September 10 2007 Volume 16 : Number 328 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: vexillogical post [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: Reap [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: one for james [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc26f41315332e437065d7fe5d9/Savat e ["Micha] Re: TV ["Michael Sweeney" ] tl;dr: stuck inside of Mobile with the what now? [Rex ] Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" [2fs ] Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" [2fs ] Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" [Capuchin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:49:03 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: vexillogical post I initially sent this just to Mike, but just in case anyone else is interested too... >Hi James > >Spent a memorable day seeing the sites in St Petersburg last month, >including a stop to see the Cruiser Aurora, which fired the one shot >of the Russian Revolution. At the stern they had a flag which was >claimed to be the St Andrew's Cross, but it was the reverse of the >Scottish flag: blue saltire on a white ground. And at the front >(bow, I should say) it had a weird Union Jack-type flag which the >guide said was the flag of St Petersburg, if I understood her >correctly: This photo shows it fairly clearly: > >It looks like a reverse St George's cross with a reversed St >Andrew's cross superimposed - but the white stripes of the St >George's cross are very narrow. > >Any clarification, please? Hi Mike - yes, it is a St. Andrew's cross, but with reversed colours. St. Andrew is patron saint of Russia (or one of them - they seem to have a couple), and they use the reverse of the Scottish flag as their ensign. Technically, the St Andrew's cross is described as a blue and white saltire, and Russia just decided to use the colours in the opposite order to Scotland. They also use a very British-like flag as their naval jack. The reason is a long one, but I'll cut it as short as possible. The story goes that Tsar Peter the Great had two great hobbies - ships and flags. He went to the Netherlands and Britain (at the time the two great seafaring nations) incognito to learn about shipping and became accomplished in shipbuilding and sea lore. When he returned, he used what he'd learnt to found the Russian Navy. He put his love of flags to use by making two flags for Russia - a national flag based on the Dutch one (three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue, but in a different order), and a naval one based on the British one (again with the colours in a different order), to show his wish that Russia would be as great a commercial nation as the Dutch and as great a military power as the British. To take it a little further, from there, loads of Slavic countries copie the Russian designs, so the national flags of places like Serbia and Bulgaria are both similar to the Russian one, and several naval flags in the region also have a cross-saltire combination like the Union Jack. Hopefully that explains it :) James - -- 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, 11 Sep 2007 11:51:46 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: Reap > >Her last appearance was on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I doubt >that was >quite the legacy she was hoping for. > >Only familiar with her opposite the great Ronald Colman in Lost >Horizon. Wonderful flick from back in the B&W days. I have to >assume Dr. Quinn wasn't on the same plane. No - she took a later flight. James - -- 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, 11 Sep 2007 11:54:50 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: one for james >Subject: > >Some of the free wallpaper at Vladstudio rocks - here's Planet New Zealand: > >http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?539 > >I currently have the Tree of Books up, of course. Very nice! Sadly, it just misses where I live off the bottom of the picture by about a millimetre... lovely image, though. james - -- 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: 10 Sep 2007 16:58:59 -0700 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc26f41315332e437065d7fe5d9/Savat e ..to paraphrase Hemingway (and with all respect to Kev; teh (or, I suppose, "la") savate is something I'd never heard of), it'd be pretty to think so, but... I'm sticking with the "run away!" interpretation of the phrase... Michael "Nothing against the French -- really!" Sweeney Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:58:58 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed _________________________________________________________________ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Cafi. http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_SeptHMtagline1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:03:20 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: TV kevin said: >>Hey, remember the '80's? > >Unfortunately, yes. Still trying to forget. ...Hey, you know what they say -- anyone who can remember the '80s wasn't really...uh...wait a minute...that's not it...damnit... Michael "Hey, wasn't cocaine supposed to make you sharper?" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Can you find the hidden words? Take a break and play Seekadoo! http://club.live.com/seekadoo.aspx?icid=seek_hotmailtextlink1 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:09:11 -0700 From: Rex Subject: tl;dr: stuck inside of Mobile with the what now? The Church, "El Momento Descuidado". This would be the acoustic record from a few years back, featuring "reimagined" versions of older songs across the band's catalog, and a few new ones. It's already spawned a sequel, which I have heard, but I've just now gotten the first one. Kind of neat to have alternate (and sometimes substantially reworked) versions of songs I've listened to way too many times, and whatever else may have happened to Steve Kilbey, his voice still sounds pretty much the same. The new songs don't do too much for me, but the song selection includes some nice curveballs, and it really does the career overview thing without making the latter-day material sound awkward next to the "classics". It helps that the band were coming off a really strong latter-day album and they do a pretty good job of cherry-picking the spottier later records. I really should have just gone ahead and brought along "El Moment Siguiente", which, if I recall, digs even deeper and more eclectively, but there's plenty of other material on my plate right now. The Rain Parade, "Demolition". Some form of compilation, most probably, per the title, collected demos (some live tracks, too, sounds like). Most of them sound pretty decent, though, and since we've established that, in my mind, the Paisley stuff endures better when it's rawer and less produced (and thus sort of timeless-sounding), I like it. There are actually some drum-machiney tracks in the middle, but not in a slick way, and some surprisingly heavy ambient-psyche that tilts towards Spacemen 3 and Jesus & Mary Chain in particular, but certainly also the general future of what would become (and yeah, the term is lame) shoegaze. Definitely comes a little unhinged towards the end, but this is a nice way to dig into this catalog without wearing out the grooves on the proper records, which I actually am in some danger of doing. Got a live record in the wings to help with that, too. It's getting to be a love affair. This stuff easily stands up to those Church records to which I, again, have listened way too frequently through the years. Gang of Four, "Shrinkwrapped". Look, Eddie, I'm finally listening to it! And it's pretty good in fact it sounds great. The ringers in the rhythm section aren't necessarily as distinctive as the original guys, but they have plenty of drive, which is what King and Gill seem to have been prizing above all else at the time, meaning it's a nice step up from "Mall" (which is to say, I would listen to "Shrinkwrapped" again). Now, is it actually better than the first two Go4 records? Well, no, I don't think so, but I'd be willing to hear arguments as to why it might be. In some ways the live-wire sound is more engaging than sterility of "Songs of the Free", but "Songs of the Free" actually has some pretty good, erm, songs, and I'll have to see how these stack up in those terms (the vocals are good, but a little undermixed to my ears). But when the songs kick, they really kick, and this is certainly a nobler effort than that remake 'n' remix stupidity the original lineup put out to celebrate their reunion a few years ago. Opal, "Early Recordings". Not sure how this edged its way into the queue before the proper album, but at least it's chronologically correct. I guess Mazzy Star is really one of the highest profile artists to emerge from, if not exactly during, the Paisley thing; I'm really only a casual fan of theirs, but this being an incarnation more directly linked to both the Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade, I'm overdue to check it out. It kicks in a lot more country than I expect right off the bat, and Kendra Smith's voice comes across more full-bodied and far less ethereal than I'd have guessed. It's stark, but mostly traditionally so: honky-tonk pianos, slide guitars, country bass runs, references like the wreck of ol' 97 and getting out of Memphis cropping up in the lyrics. It gets a bit floatier as it goes on, I suppose a big chunk of the seven minute, Eastern-flavored "Lullabye", on which (presumably) Roback sings lead, is taken up by two extended drone-psyche guitar/bass duets. I find this a little more welcoming than the idea of the Mazzy Star albums I'm missingHope Sandoval seems like a bit of a wet blanket, which may be part and parcel of this subgenre, but that still didn't make me appreciate it when she showed up on that Chemical Brothers record where Beth Orton should been and leached the energy out of the room. But I probably should continue on after Opal and revisit that stuff, too. Squirrel Bait, "Skag Heaven". I'm not sure exactly what a "skag" is the first thing it evokes for me is a disreputable or loose female, but I think that's "skank". In any case, Squirrel Bait is a band that I somehow missed in its prime, which seems odd since they are often referenced alongside the leading lights of college rock by whom I set my watch in the late '80's. But there it is never actually heard them until today, except for on a Homestead compilation or some such thing. This is cool. Obviously some kind of powerful influence of, or convergent evolution with, Husker Du, and more than a little Superchunk going on here. It's good to hear something new from that era that actually has some rawness and bite to it I'd come to think that I'd heard almost all of the urgent stuff, and what was left was basically various flavors of jangle and power-pop, polished to a greater or lesser degree. This crackles like Mission of Burma or the Volcano Suns or any number of good melodic-tinnitus bands from an era before grunge clichis took over. Admittedly, those may be idiotic comparisons, since most anyone who's heard most of those bands has probably also already heard this one except for, for whatever reason, me. Can't get a handle on the lyrics just now; it'll take a closer listen in the car to sort that out, but it's really promising. Damn, is it short, though! The Long Ryders, "Native Sons". We're moving up to Memphis by the second line of the first song, so it's Memphis day. Come to think of it, the Church album has a version of "Under the Milky Way" on it, so that's three mentions. Okay, about halfway through my third Long Ryders record, I'm about ready to declare that this band was composed entirely of WIN! Make no mistake, though, while I am somewhat naturally inclined towards this type of material, I recognize just how boring, half-ass and uninspiring roots-rock material can be, and often is we all lived through the No Depression thing, right? But The Long Ryders' music is energetic, unpretentious, and pretty damned original given the influences it wears proudly on the sleeves of what must surely be a Nudie suit. But I've been burned by an insipid Byrds/Burritos knockoff or two in my time, some of them even Irish or something, and this is the real deal. Seems like they have the songs to back it up, too. The closer on this album is a stunner it's like "American Girl" if "American Girl" was ten million times better. If Uncle Tupelo never covered it, I'm pissed off at them. The Cardigans, "Emmerdale". Often heard of, but never actually heard by me, this is, I think, the Cardigans' first album. I was expecting something a little less mannered or arranged than "Life", a little more of a basic pop-band thing, maybe a less irritating version of The Sundays, but actually, the opening track is also on "Life", as are around half of the other tracks, and if they're different recordings, they're not that much different"Rise and Shine" is the only one that diverges noticeably from the later version. The rest of it is seemingly much in the same mold, maybe only a tiny notch beneath their later output in sophistication. I thought of listening to this because I actually started to try to take up Lauren's "Top 10 All-Time Albums" challenge and scrawled down about 30 or 40 contenders, and decided to limit myself to albums with which I'd gone through at least one period of serious obsession and concentrated overlistening. That yielded some strange exclusions (while I think of Bowie as one of my favorite artists throughout the '70's, I've never super-intensely settled on just *one* album of his at a time), and, if I'm to be honest, some odd inclusions of artists who really captivated me on one record, only to dead-end and either fizzle out in my affections, or get swamped by context, or something. "Life" by the Cardigans is certainly in the latter category. I wouldn't say hearing this album is a letdown; it just shares an awful lot with "Life", and I'm used to "Life", Jim, but as I know it. (Dan Bejar fans, ponder if you will the connection, if any, between "Celia Inside" and "Entering White Cecelia" it sounds fun!) The Swimming Pool Q's, "The Swimming Pool Q's". Another lost American '80's college rock band. I guess the truth is that, since I really started paying attention to this stuff in the late '80's, it was mostly the bands that were either still going or being cited as influences that showed up on my radar, and some of the already-disbanded mid-decade contenders remained a little obscure (to say nothing of out-of-print). This band is far and away on the jangly power-pop side of the divide mentioned in the Squirrel Bait review, but that's not bad by any stretch, and it certainly holds up better then most really New-Wavey New Wave. On the less collegiate side of the genre, I find a lot of the bands to be only a single or two deep, and often a little too reliant on faux-teenager-in-love posturing. The Q's are aiming higher than that, and they've got some nice lead guitar going on (reminds me of The Only Ones in places, although some perefectly tasteful phrases end with an incongruous Van Halen-esque squeal); I'm not in love with the lead singer's voice, but the melodies are strong, and the musical settings could cross over easily to certain phases of The Plimsouls, Bowie's Berlin bands or (again) The Church. The lyrics are not generic and syrupy, thank God, although I'm not yet sure where they are heading but this band seems at least as worthy of attention as, say, The Smithereens or Hoodoo Gurus, and several notches above such other totally-okay-but-no-great-songwriting-shakes indie acts like The Mighty Lemon Drops or Flesh for Lulu way, way better than the goddamn Cult or Gene Loves Jezebel, no question about it. Okay, so it's totally stupid to try and assign some kinda hierarchy to these bands. Just killin' time. Right about now I'm hoping the singer's voice grows on me, because I'm starting to really dig the way the band plays The Sound, "All Fall Down". This is, I'm advised, regarded by fans as the band's masterpiece. And actually, it shapes up pretty well pretty quickly. There's a brief opening piece that drips with an intensity that you fear might drag the whole record down if sustained, and then it's on to "Party of My Mind", which puts the lie to that idea pretty damned quickly with actual humorjust enough of it work, and the squalling feedback guitar at the end of the track certainly appeals to me. Borland's voice is as melodic and versatile as these postpunk low-baritones get (which is to say, a little more elastic than Ian Curtis, and substantially less annoying than Paul Banks, maybe back in Gang of Four territory again). And while the music is definitely in that austere guitar-keyboard combo family, it's not devoid of warmth as some of the other bands of this type are (although to be fair, I think bands like the Comsat Angels wanted that sound to connote coldness or paranoia). "Monument" is as tender and human as this kind of thing can get (turns out it goes to 11 if you nudge it slowly), actually a pretty great song. After that the tension gets ratcheted up again, but the point has been made. There's a pretty broad sonic pallet here; the guitar (which is apparently all Borlandinteresting how the prevailing guitar/keys lineup produced so many lead singer/lead guitarists) is sometimes angular, sometimes lush, sometimes wild; some of the piano evokes Peter Gabriel, in a good way; the driving drums drop out for drum machine interludes that seem a little bit ahead of their time. And the songs stay nuanced, sometimes coming off as impassioned and sly at the same time. Overall, this is a great improvement from that debut record, which did have virtues of its own... it strikes me as, in some ways, of a piece with the Bunnymen's "Heaven Up Here" (holding up to "Porcupine" being just too much to ask). ------------------------------ Date: 10 Sep 2007 17:10:16 -0700 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2ccb2318db5ba8d0ea3bdd16e888ur Lauren is hoping for: All Shirtless Spike, All the Time... Michael "'Ninja Warrior' is a guilty pleasure of mine (then again, I DID watch 'American Gladiators' and all of those 'robot Fighting' shows years ago)" Sweeney Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:10:16 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft. Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: 10 Sep 2007 17:48:27 -0700 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc781322988968b65f8746399191), afterwards I read the film's credits, as I usually do...and was somewhat amazed to realize that the actor who played "Kevin," Jimmy's "rocker" friend (who I had also long recalled as the guy in the semi-punk-rock movie from back then, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains") was Ray Winstone! "Sexy Beast," "The Departed," the upcoming 4th Indiana Jones movie (meaning that he is in the on-set cast pic -- along with Ford, Spielberg, the kid, Shia, from "Transformers" (and lots more...slippng my mind right now), and (yay!) Karen Allen (another long-time actress crush of mine) -- that is currently decorating my laptop's desktop)... Well...eff me. If I had seen him in something from the early '80s, I know I would've recognized him ("Hey, look -- it's Jimmy's rocker friend!"), and, of course, something more recent woulda set off the "Beast"/"Departed"/Indy cast connection...but...simply on sight, I never woulda made the 25+ year connection between those roles... But, now I have...http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935653/ Michael "Well, at least I _hope_ that was even slightly interesting..." Sweeney Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:48:25 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed _________________________________________________________________ More photos; more messages; more whatever. Windows Live Hotmail - NOW with 5GB storage. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_5G_0907 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:35:18 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: our kids will look like you, i swear... lep wrote: > > http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1651341,00.html gah! Sanford, but no Steptoe? All in the Family, but no 'Til Death Us Do Part? The CBS Evening News? wtf?! Still, it's only slightly less munted than their 100 Best Albums - the best of the 2000s include 3 compilations of repackaged old crap. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:52:01 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc781322988968b65f8746399191), afterwards I read the film's credits, as I usually do...and was somewhat amazed to realize that the actor who played "Kevin," Jimmy's "rocker" friend (who I had also long recalled as th > "Sexy Beast," "The > Departed," the upcoming 4th Indiana Jones movie (meaning that he is in the > on-set cast pic -- along with Ford, Spielberg, the kid, Shia, from > "Transformers" (and lots more...slippng my mind right now), and (yay!) Karen > Allen (another long-time actress crush of mine) -- that is currently > decorating my laptop's desktop)... Wait, really? Marion Ravenswood is back? You know, of course, that not having her in the other two movies is chief among the reasons why they sucked. At least in the last one they didn't even try and just had the love interest turn out to be an evil Nazi whore, or something. Still, isn't Spielberg still married to Willie Scott? Wow, the shit you don't know you remember. Also, Michael, I know I'm one to talk, but what is up with ur subject lines? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:10:22 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Re: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc781322988968b65f8746399191) On Sep 10, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Rex wrote: > Wait, really? Marion Ravenswood is back? I guess SS promised not to throw snakes at her. - - Steve At last - __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:15:29 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: c99294adb3688d81ba070e7f754ff2cc781322988968b65f8746399191), afterwards I read the film's credits, as I usually do...and was somewhat amazed to realize that the actor who played "Kevin," Jimmy's "rocker" friend (who I had also long recalled as the guy in the semi-punk-rock movie from back then, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains") was Ray Winstone! Did something in the fegWorld break? What's with the crazy subject lines? Michael Sweeney wrote: > "Sexy Beast," "The > Departed," the upcoming 4th Indiana Jones movie (meaning that he is in the > on-set cast pic -- along with Ford, Spielberg, the kid, Shia, from > "Transformers" (and lots more...slippng my mind right now), and (yay!) Karen > Allen (another long-time actress crush of mine) -- that is currently > decorating my laptop's desktop)... I'm still disillusioned that Connery isn't on board. - -f. - -- FS Thomas | Interactive Developer | fsthomas-at-ochremedia.com 404.758.8616 (home/office) | 404.274.1632 (mobile) | ferraatu (AIM) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:52:37 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" thoughts on the new josh ritter? on first listen, i was sure that it needs must end up in my top ten for the decade. after a while, as each song ended, i would hope against hope that it wouldn't be the last one. (eventually, these hopes were dashed.) on second listen, it felt more like a top-ten-for-the-year effort. listening a third time as we type, and i'm saying it's at least going to finish in my top five for the year. <> i've been feeling nostalgic for the '80s. mostly, i miss how awesome college football was then. i've been thinking to include covers *of* robyn in the discography torrent. anybody got a list? the only ones i know of that've been released are the replacements' "Sleeping Knights", the circle jerks' "I Wanna Destroy You", and "Psychedelic Love" (can't recall the name of the band...loveletter?). sometimes i think the only two things keeping me in seattle are bumbershoot and the climate (and the latter is replicable elsewhere). it's kind of crazy how an event that runs about thirty-six hours of the year can occupy so much of my psyche. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:06:49 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" On 9/10/07, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > > > i've been thinking to include covers *of* robyn in the discography > torrent. > anybody got a list? the only ones i know of that've been released are the > replacements' "Sleeping Knights", the circle jerks' "I Wanna Destroy You", > and "Psychedelic Love" (can't recall the name of the band...loveletter?). Surely you haven't forgotten Debbie Gibson's cover of "I Wanna Destroy You"? (If you have, my apologies for recalling it for you.) Didn't the Grateful Dead cover "Chinese Bones" in concert? There must be a brazillion tapes of that floating around the interether. And of course every damned wedding band in the world has its own cover of "The Pigworker": I can't count how many times the band launches into that one, and drunken Aunt Mabel starts shouting along, "gonna work my pig on you!" while learing at the bass player. Good times, good times. NB: Two of these are very real indeed - though in context they all sound fictitious, don't they... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:07:24 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" "leering," dammit! "Leering." Grr. On 9/10/07, 2fs wrote: > > On 9/10/07, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > > > > > > > i've been thinking to include covers *of* robyn in the discography > > torrent. > > anybody got a list? the only ones i know of that've been released are > > the > > replacements' "Sleeping Knights", the circle jerks' "I Wanna Destroy > > You", > > and "Psychedelic Love" (can't recall the name of the > > band...loveletter?). > > > Surely you haven't forgotten Debbie Gibson's cover of "I Wanna Destroy > You"? (If you have, my apologies for recalling it for you.) > > Didn't the Grateful Dead cover "Chinese Bones" in concert? There must be a > brazillion tapes of that floating around the interether. > > And of course every damned wedding band in the world has its own cover of > "The Pigworker": I can't count how many times the band launches into that > one, and drunken Aunt Mabel starts shouting along, "gonna work my pig on > you!" while learing at the bass player. Good times, good times. > > NB: Two of these are very real indeed - though in context they all sound > fictitious, don't they... > > > -- > > ...Jeff Norman > > The Architectural Dance Society > http://spanghew.blogspot.com - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:17:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: The Historical Conquests Of "Eb" On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, 2fs wrote: > Surely you haven't forgotten Debbie Gibson's cover of "I Wanna Destroy > You"? (If you have, my apologies for recalling it for you.) Debbie does backing vocals on the Circle Jerks' cover. Does she do her own as well?!? > Didn't the Grateful Dead cover "Chinese Bones" in concert? There must be > a brazillion tapes of that floating around the interether. That was Suzanne Vega with the Grateful Dead. There's also 50 Cent Haircut's cover of When I Was Dead. > And of course every damned wedding band in the world has its own cover > of "The Pigworker": I can't count how many times the band launches into > that one, and drunken Aunt Mabel starts shouting along, "gonna work my > pig on you!" while learing at the bass player. Good times, good times. Holy shit, if I ever get married... ...and you're all invited. J. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #328 ********************************