From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #359 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 5 2007 Volume 16 : Number 359 Today's Subjects: ----------------- "And stay out of the Woolsworth!" ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: [kevin ] Re: Chrome Dreams [kevin ] Re: Chrome Dreams [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: [Carrie Galbraith ] holY cocK! ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: New Radiohead album - pay what you think it's worth [Michael Sweeney ] Re: Big Star show? [kevin ] Re: Chrome Dreams [Michael Sweeney ] Re: [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: billboard article: Hitchcock Clears Archives, Preps New Album [Michae] Re: [2fs ] Re: billboard article: Hitchcock Clears Archives, Preps New Album [JBJ ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: [kevin ] Re: Most fegly story of the year (non-crustacean division) [Michael Sween] Re: [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: [2fs ] Box Sets [Tom Clark ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 [Tom Clark ] Re: Re: (Business Edition) [Tom Clark ] Re: Re: ["Edward of Sim" ] Re: [Rex ] Re: Re: (Business Edition) [Rex ] A Haiku for Eb ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: Re: (Business Edition) [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: New Radiohead album - pay what you think it's worth [Rex ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 [Sebastian Hagedorn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:51:46 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: "And stay out of the Woolsworth!" here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:42:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: >And Nordstrom is a Seattle department store.> > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. Used to be Nordstrom Best back in the olden days, before they went global. And the Woolworth's store downtown was pretty kool then too, with its art deco exterior and the lunch counter where you could get barbecued dessicated chicken. These days it's a Ross store and nobody goes down to that corner much except the winos & junkies, and it smells something miraculous in the summer. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:53:48 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Chrome Dreams >For real giggles... remember when it was going to be called DECADE 2? See, >'cuz DECADE covers Neil through, what, 1976? Hee. I just wanna hear Eldorado, which I've never seen a copy of but I'm not likely to pay upwards of $75 for an EP anyway. So I await the big box, whatever it's called, with the fervor of a Pentecostal looking for the Second COming. np: Zappa/Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:08:02 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Chrome Dreams - -- kevin is rumored to have mumbled on 4. Oktober 2007 09:53:48 -0700 regarding Re: Chrome Dreams: >> For real giggles... remember when it was going to be called DECADE 2? >> See, 'cuz DECADE covers Neil through, what, 1976? Hee. > > I just wanna hear Eldorado, which I've never seen a copy of but I'm not > likely to pay upwards of $75 for an EP anyway. I've got it. Right now I only have 128 kbit AAC rips of it, but if that's good enough for you I can set you up. The CD is in a box in the basement. There are really only two tracks that aren't on "Freedom", but they are killer: Cocaine Eyes and Heavy Love. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:22:02 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: - -----Original Message----- >From: Stacked Crooked >Subject: "And stay out of the Woolsworth!" > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. Something like this new thing of "Paninis" that seem to be sold everywhere in Northern California. Panini is the plural of sandwich already! Sheesh! Be Seeing You, - - c ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:28:16 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: holY cocK! finally getting around to listening to this 11/21/78 show that was seeded to dime a while back. is it just me, or is this the finest soft boys document ever laid down??? granted, there aren't any songs from *Moonlight*, but...shit! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:25:22 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: New Radiohead album - pay what you think it's worth Lauren wrote: >Rex >> On 10/1/07, 2fs wrote:>>> >> It appears to be my "Rex you ignorant slut" week, in terms of disagreeing> > >with his tastes (and usually, they align pretty well) but, I like> > >Radiohead,> > >and I'm kinda torn.>>>> In this case, everybody likes Radiohead except for me, so it's less of a>> surprise. Aside from Fiona Apple, who I think does bug a lot of people,>> where else have I gone astray? >>jeff 2fs - if this isn't a cry to revive of the buffy thread, i don'tknow what is. ...Auuuggggghhhhh! And to think I exercised the restraint to not wish Lindsey Buckingham a happy 58th birthday on here yesterday! Michael "New Radiohead -- yummmmmm!" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailne ws ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:49:11 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Big Star show? >Big Star at the Fillmore in SF on 10/20. Seems like it's a one-off >since pollstar.com doesn't show any other dates. Now that sounds like fun. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:38:24 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Chrome Dreams The Non-Grossman Rex currently on my radar screen wrote: >- -Rex, whose record collection had never been withing spitting distance ofKansas album, fortunately for the Kansas album I hear ya, brother -- my college roomate (who I had sorta known in HS and sorta picked (settled on, at least)) came to school with about 15 albums, most of them Kansas or their members' solos albums (no wonder the music biz eventually imploded - Kansas solo recs???). He had no turntable, so had to rely on use of mine. Since I already had more than 200 albums, I figured a 15-of-mine-get-played before I had to endure 1-of-his ratio was about fair... Mitigating circumstances: He DID come back from Xmas with a Split Enz elpee...and I DID snag his GF before they finally imploded like an industry approving release of solo recordings from rock-jazz viola players... Michael "Could've been worse - he coulda been a (shudder) big Journey fan..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook  together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971 033 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:38:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, kevin wrote: > >And Nordstrom is a Seattle department store.> > > > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's > >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. > > Used to be Nordstrom Best back in the olden days, before they went > global. And the Woolworth's store downtown was pretty kool then too, > with its art deco exterior and the lunch counter where you could get > barbecued dessicated chicken. These days it's a Ross store and nobody > goes down to that corner much except the winos & junkies, and it smells > something miraculous in the summer. 'Twas only Nordstrom Best for a little while, actually--Wikipedia says from 1969 to 1973, though I thought it was a little longer than that. Before its purchase of Best Apparel in 1963 Nordstrom only sold shoes. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:42:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Carrie Galbraith wrote: > -----Original Message----- > >From: Stacked Crooked > >Subject: "And stay out of the Woolsworth!" > > > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's > >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. > > Something like this new thing of "Paninis" that seem to be sold > everywhere in Northern California. Panini is the plural of sandwich > already! Sheesh! Yeah, but not in English ;) Bet you don't like "The La Brea Tar Pits" either, eh? :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:56:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: - -----Original Message----- >From: Benjamin Lukoff >Sent: Oct 4, 2007 11:42 AM >To: Carrie Galbraith >Cc: singing policemen >Subject: Re: > > >Yeah, but not in English ;) >Bet you don't like "The La Brea Tar Pits" either, eh? :) > I get a kick out of it! Cuesta grade? Vista view? But then the Italians say "La mia macchina" or "the my car" so what are you going to do? - - c ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:43:17 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: billboard article: Hitchcock Clears Archives, Preps New Album craigie* wrote: >On 03/10/2007, kevin wrote:>>>> I recollect an interview in which RH described a meeting with the honchos>> of A&M's UK division which was not friendly (they seemed to think there were>> too many songs about fish) > >I wonder where they got *that* idea, eh ? ;-) ...'round about that time, I used to generically refer to RH's output (although lovingly) as (a la T. Heads): "More Songs About Insects and Fish." Michael "Might've copped that from Creem - don't recall...but it sure was an obvious construction" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook  together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971 033 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:58:31 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: On 10/4/07, kevin wrote: > > >And Nordstrom is a Seattle department store.> > > > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's > >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. Well, there's people around here who call the restaurant chain "Panera's"...as if it's a name. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:02:14 -0700 From: JBJ Subject: Re: billboard article: Hitchcock Clears Archives, Preps New Album Thanks very much for this thread, y'all. It inspired me to take some direct action. Just emailed Glenn Dicker (label manager of YepRoc) about procuring the rights to the A&M stuff. Here's his response: "Thanks for your interest & kind words. This is indeed something we are working toward. Best, glenn Sent via verizon wireless." So, keep your fingers crossed, and vote with your dollars. JBJ On 10/2/07, Rex wrote: > > On 10/2/07, kevin wrote: > > > > >Wouldn't "his recordings with the Egyptians during the '80s" be the A&M > > >material? > > > > Well, there's yr Fegmania! & Gotta Let This Hen Out! & then Element Of > > Light (no exclamation mark), which precede the A&M signing and aren't > too > > shabby... > > > ...and ISTR that the Egyptians box is to consist of exactly those three > records, with one rarities disc (which even has a tentative title which > currently escapes me). > > If the box actually contained Fegmania!, Element, Gotta Let This Hen Out, > Globe of Frogs, Queen Elvis, and (rarities disc), then it would be the > Best > Box Set Evar. If it extended to include the other two '90's A&M albums, > why, that would rock, too. But I think the A&M thing remains a mystery. > > Still no clue as to what "Shadowcat" might be? That's meant to be a '90's > comp, but unreleased stuff only, right? > > -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:15:48 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Chrome Dreams On 10/4/07, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > -- kevin is rumored to have mumbled on 4. > Oktober 2007 09:53:48 -0700 regarding Re: Chrome Dreams: > > >> For real giggles... remember when it was going to be called DECADE 2? > >> See, 'cuz DECADE covers Neil through, what, 1976? Hee. > > > > I just wanna hear Eldorado, which I've never seen a copy of but I'm not > > likely to pay upwards of $75 for an EP anyway. > > I've got it. Right now I only have 128 kbit AAC rips of it, but if that's > good enough for you I can set you up. The CD is in a box in the basement. > There are really only two tracks that aren't on "Freedom", but they are > killer: Cocaine Eyes and Heavy Love. Word. Also, I think two of the tracks are different edits or mixes from the LP... and I'm pretty sure "Don't Cry" is one of them. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:28:38 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 Kevin wrote: >Amazingly, it's true. Over the weekend she said, in connection with >I don't remember what, that the celebrity couple our relationship >most reminds her of is (are?) Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, for what >that's worth. Unfortunately I'm not nearly as funny (or rich) as >Mel B., but at least I'm taller. I never found any of the Spice Girls remotely funny. > with both feet on the ground? > > -tc > /obscure? Not while there are Buffalo Springfield fans still around... 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: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:39:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > Kevin wrote: > > >Amazingly, it's true. Over the weekend she said, in connection with > >I don't remember what, that the celebrity couple our relationship > >most reminds her of is (are?) Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, for what > >that's worth. Unfortunately I'm not nearly as funny (or rich) as > >Mel B., but at least I'm taller. > > I never found any of the Spice Girls remotely funny. ha "Scary Spice" is a pretty good ballroom dancer, though... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:49:40 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: >'Twas only Nordstrom Best for a little while, actually--Wikipedia says >from 1969 to 1973, though I thought it was a little longer than that. Oh yes...back when I was just another patchouli-drenched delinquent stumbling through the woods in Seattle's suburbs (before they were all cut down), or alternatively shuffling along the sun-baked sidewalks of Lost Angels, depending on where the family migrated to in any given year... OK, the big Kool/Gang event has concluded. There was actually quite a crowd down there for a while - well-dressed office laborers for the most part. Interesting gender note - most of the women seemed to be dancing, esp. down in front of the stage where they were boogying up a storm; the guys mostly were photographing or otherwise recording it. Anthropological significance? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 03:12:31 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Most fegly story of the year (non-crustacean division) James wrote: >>Subject: Most fegly story of the year (non-crustacean division)>>>>>> >>This one isn't as fegly, but it's another odd one reported on the same day: >> ...and only the stone heads remain...unsolved. Michael "Would Watts + Weymouth & Frantz = Stone Heads?" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:12:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, 2fs wrote: > On 10/4/07, kevin wrote: > > > > >And Nordstrom is a Seattle department store.> > > > > > >here, pretty much everybody calls it "Nordstrom's". i'm not saying it's > > >right (or wrong, for that matter); just saying that it is. > > > Well, there's people around here who call the restaurant chain > "Panera's"...as if it's a name. Anyone ever been to Specialty's? I don't know if it's a Seattle-only chain or not. Yes, their official name is Specialty's. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:19:37 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: On 10/4/07, kevin wrote: > > >'Twas only Nordstrom Best for a little while, actually--Wikipedia says > >from 1969 to 1973, though I thought it was a little longer than that. > > Oh yes...back when I was just another patchouli-drenched delinquent > stumbling through the woods There's that damned "patchouli" again - the universal hippie signifier. I wasn't entirely aware of what it was - a friend told me that Patton Oswalt described its odor as "dirt fucked by a hippie." Brilliant. OK, the big Kool/Gang event has concluded. There was actually quite a crowd > down there for a while - well-dressed office laborers for the most > part. Interesting gender note - most of the women seemed to be dancing, > esp. down in front of the stage where they were boogying up a storm; the > guys mostly were photographing or otherwise recording it. Anthropological > significance? Sounds just like a high school dance... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:58:46 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Box Sets Speaking of box sets, I recently got the "Love is the Song We Sing" box from Rhino, which chronicles the rise of the San Francisco sound from 1965 to 1970. Not only are the CDs full of classics, but the book alone is worth the money. I can't recommend this enough. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:53:17 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 On Oct 4, 2007, at 5:28 PM, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: >> with both feet on the ground? >> >> -tc >> /obscure? > > Not while there are Buffalo Springfield fans still around... I don't think I had ever heard that song until about two years ago when I got the Buffalo Springfield box set. I can't believe it wasn't a radio staple during my youth. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:50:54 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Re: (Business Edition) On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: >> Well, there's people around here who call the restaurant chain >> "Panera's"...as if it's a name. > > Anyone ever been to Specialty's? I don't know if it's a Seattle- > only chain > or not. Yes, their official name is Specialty's. And what is the deal with "Ruth's Chris Steak House"? - -t "Carl's Junior: Fuck You, I'm Eating" c ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:11:44 +0100 From: "Edward of Sim" Subject: Re: Re: From: "2fs" Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:58 PM Subject: Re: > Well, there's people around here who call the restaurant chain > "Panera's"...as if it's a name. Here in England, at least the North West where I live, there's a real habit of this kind of thing. Like people call Safeway "Safeway's" and Tesco "Tesco's" etc. Probably because there was such a history of genuine family-owned and -run business, such as the correctly named "Morrison's." peace, Edward ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 22:38:50 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: On 10/4/07, 2fs wrote: > On 10/4/07, kevin wrote: > > > > >'Twas only Nordstrom Best for a little while, actually--Wikipedia says > > >from 1969 to 1973, though I thought it was a little longer than that. > > > > Oh yes...back when I was just another patchouli-drenched delinquent > > stumbling through the woods > > > > There's that damned "patchouli" again - the universal hippie signifier. I > wasn't entirely aware of what it was - a friend told me that Patton Oswalt > described its odor as "dirt fucked by a hippie." Brilliant. Patchouli I knew, but I only recently heard of "nag champa" (I think), which is apparently a well-known hippie signifier in incense form. Maybe it's supposed to chase the pot smoke smell. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 22:43:05 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Re: (Business Edition) On 10/4/07, Tom Clark wrote: > -t "Carl's Junior: Fuck You, I'm Eating" c Look, Lauren, he's tempting you again... how can you resist The Phrase? You know you want to... You know, I was gonna close a post last week with a "Ruth's Chris: WTF?" tag last week, but I forgot to. How about Pinkberry? Nothing pink about it, nor is it in fact berry-based at all. But the rapidly multiplying knockoffs have even dumber names-- I have actually seen a Kiwiberry with mine own eyes. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:07:53 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: A Haiku for Eb a while back i'd said that i could make the argument that smog's "Hit The Ground Running" is the most exciting seven minutes in rock. i never actually made the argument, but if i were to, it would go something like this: >> schoolchildren's choir, motherfuckers! it features a motherfucking schoolchildren's choir! << well, the new chuck prophet features a schoolchildren's choir on *several* songs, and is going right into my top-ten for '07. it's like, a fucking *law of nature* (or what): motherfucking schoolchildren's choir = rock and/or roll gold. i've been a big fan of chuck's work, but i'm just about ready to call this his best album to-date -- all on account of the motherfucking schoolchildren's choir! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 22:06:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: Re: (Business Edition) On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Tom Clark wrote: > On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > >> Well, there's people around here who call the restaurant chain > >> "Panera's"...as if it's a name. > > > > Anyone ever been to Specialty's? I don't know if it's a Seattle- > > only chain > > or not. Yes, their official name is Specialty's. > > And what is the deal with "Ruth's Chris Steak House"? Something about Ruth taking over the Chris Steak House...seriously...lemme go look it up on Wikipedia.. Ah, here we go. The chain was founded by the late Ruth Fertel, a single mother of two, in 1965, after she bought the existing Chris Steak House in New Orleans. In buying the restaurant, Fertel had to agree that the restaurant keep the "Chris" name for a specified period of time. After the original location sustained a kitchen fire, she relocated the restaurant about one-half mile (0.9 km) to the west on Broad Street and renamed the rebuilt establishment "Ruth's Chris." Under the purchase agreement, the name "Chris Steak House" could not be used at any other location, and she did not want to lose customers already familiar with the Chris name. Fertel started to franchise the restaurant in the 1970s to locations throughout the United States and throughout the world. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 22:34:36 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: New Radiohead album - pay what you think it's worth On 10/4/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > ...Auuuggggghhhhh! And to think I exercised the restraint to not wish Lindsey > Buckingham a happy 58th birthday on here yesterday! Cool. I unwittingly celebrated by listening to an album with some Lindsey on it... Warren Zevon's "The Envoy", which I'd never heard before, and, as has been noted by others here, is damned good. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 02:39:35 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 tc says: > I don't think I had ever heard that song until about two years ago > when I got the Buffalo Springfield box set. I can't believe it > wasn't a radio staple during my youth. it *must* be on "decade". i can't imagine having played buffalo springfield enough to embed that one into my brain. btw, is there really no "decade 2"? something is very wrong-sounding about that, like spock having a beard. i used to read over the notes on "decade" when i listened to it. it was a time when my memory still had some vacancies. i remember he wrote about having to explain "cinnamon girl" to his wife, that he had 103 degree fever when he wrote "cowgirl in the sand", and that "helpless" was recorded at like 3:00 in the morning, when people finally slowed down to his speed. or something(s) like that. did i ever tell you this story: my sister had a neil young songbook and i would learn the songs from it since they were like three chords and it's not hard to sing as well as mr. young. at any rate, there was a misprint for the lyrics to "ohio". i can't hear or even think of the song without thinking of the misprinted line: "what if you knew her / and found her head on the ground? " no lie. as ever, lauren - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 00:07:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, lep wrote: [burned] > it *must* be on "decade". i can't imagine having played buffalo > springfield enough to embed that one into my brain. Yep, 'tis. > btw, is there really no "decade 2"? something is very wrong-sounding > about that, like spock having a beard. Yep, 'tisn't. Too bad, really--I was introduced to Neil Young in 8th grade by my sister, who bought me "Decade," so I've always felt I had a good handle on his career up till 1976, but after then..... is there any compilation other than the recent GH? > i used to read over the notes on "decade" when i listened to it. it > was a time when my memory still had some vacancies. i remember he > wrote about having to explain "cinnamon girl" to his wife, that he had > 103 degree fever when he wrote "cowgirl in the sand", and that > "helpless" was recorded at like 3:00 in the morning, when people > finally slowed down to his speed. or something(s) like that. Yep...great notes. "Stills and I poured our hearts into this one" ("Down to the Wire," I think), and a bit about Crosby crying after the released take of "Ohio"....and "Heart of Gold" putting him in the middle of the road and making him want to head for the gutters... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:39:00 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #358 - --On 5. Oktober 2007 02:39:35 -0400 lep wrote: > did i ever tell you this story: > my sister had a neil young songbook and i would learn the songs from > it since they were like three chords and it's not hard to sing as well > as mr. young. No fair! > at any rate, there was a misprint for the lyrics to > "ohio". i can't hear or even think of the song without thinking of > the misprinted line: "what if you knew her / and found her head on > the ground? " Well, at least it conveys the same meaning ... it's just a little more graphic. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 02:50:02 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: Rex says: > > There's that damned "patchouli" again - the universal hippie signifier. I > > wasn't entirely aware of what it was - a friend told me that Patton Oswalt > > described its odor as "dirt fucked by a hippie." Brilliant. > > Patchouli I knew, but I only recently heard of "nag champa" (I think), > which is apparently a well-known hippie signifier in incense form. > Maybe it's supposed to chase the pot smoke smell. i found out about patchouli because madonna had it put in the label glue to "like a prayer". i was kind of fascinated with how it smelled and ended up tracking down what it was and being patchouli girl for a few years. i didn't know about the hippie thing. i can only hope my uptight nature, my love of howard devoto, and my "fuck free love" attitude helped rid any hippie connotations that one might had about me because of the patchouli. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #359 ********************************