From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #398 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, November 15 2007 Volume 16 : Number 398 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 [kevin ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 [Rex ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 [Rex ] Re: My name is [Tom Clark ] Robyn covering Zep? [Tom Clark ] Re: And *Now* Playing... [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: And *Now* Playing... [Benjamin Lukoff ] Merch ["Stewart Russell" ] Re: Robyn covering Zep? [kevin ] Well, that's it...a constipated AV Club ["michael wells" ] Re: Robyn's blue Tele stolen in Toronto [lep ] re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue? ["Marc Holden" ] Re: The box set? [Michael Sweeney ] Re: Robyn @The AV Club [Michael Sweeney ] re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue? [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: And *Now* Playing... [Michael Sweeney ] Re: Robyn covered... [2fs ] Re: Well, that's it...a constipated AV Club [Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 >As to who should cover "The president", as asked in an earlier post, >Steve Earle could do a good, heartfelt countrified version... Dude. Nick Cave. Sepulchral, bitter, but still having fun with it. I mean yes, Steve Earle, but I instantly associated that to Cave and now I'm more or less stuck in that position. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:43:45 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 On 11/14/07, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > As to who should cover "The president", as asked in an earlier post, > Steve Earle could do a good, heartfelt countrified version... Good call. Wouldn't even have to be that countrified. The stuff he did with the Supersuckers, and on that one album ("Jerusalem"?) what had Will Rigby on it and half the songs resembled "Revolver" outtakes don't sound that different from the original "President". - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:04:10 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #396 On 11/14/07, kevin wrote: > > >As to who should cover "The president", as asked in an earlier post, > >Steve Earle could do a good, heartfelt countrified version... > > Dude. Nick Cave. Sepulchral, bitter, but still having fun with it. I > mean yes, Steve Earle, but I instantly associated that to Cave and now I'm > more or less stuck in that position. Nope, Nick gets "Legalized Murder". I'm sure you can already hear it. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:04:12 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: My name is On Nov 14, 2007, at 4:01 PM, lep wrote: > Unsurprisingly, I've started on a Coen brothers jag after watching > "Raising Arizona.". Sounding like a broken record again, check out the latest Filmspotting podcast (#185). They positively gush over "No Country For Old Men" and do a great Top 5 list of Coen Bros. scenes. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:05:59 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Robyn covering Zep? Has Robyn ever covered a Zeppelin song? I was listening to In Through The Out Door last night and thought he would do a great "All of My Love", especially if his more famous neighbor accompanied him. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:16:55 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: And *Now* Playing... On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Rex wrote: > On 11/14/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > > > By the way, "fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held > > aloft my magic sword and said 'By the power of Greyskull!'"... now, WHAT > > possessed him to do that in the first place? > > > God, were the secret powers really "fabulous"? I guess the homoerotic > undertones on that show went deeper than I remember. I wasn't going to post this, but... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Nc8RCLy1s ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:22:50 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: And *Now* Playing... On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Rex wrote: > On 11/14/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > > > By the way, "fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held > > aloft my magic sword and said 'By the power of Greyskull!'"... now, WHAT > > possessed him to do that in the first place? > > > God, were the secret powers really "fabulous"? I guess the homoerotic > undertones on that show went deeper than I remember. And as a follow-up to my last post, look what you can find if you just follow the Related Videos... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kmeOktIwAg&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:16:24 -0500 From: "Stewart Russell" Subject: Merch They have a cone on auction in Toronto! Plus the mummy, past, and trolleybus tees! - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:30:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: Robyn covering Zep? >Has Robyn ever covered a Zeppelin song? I was listening to In Through >The Out Door last night and thought he would do a great "All of My >Love", especially if his more famous neighbor accompanied him. Misty Mountain Hop, too. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:28:28 -0800 From: "michael wells" Subject: Well, that's it...a constipated AV Club Eddie: > ...the new eagles LP. this is far, far worse than i could've possibly imagined. Hrm, that must be pretty darn bad then. I know I was imagining it to be excruciating. The maniacs are in charge, Felder is gone and the shadow that used to be Joe Walsh gets his input whittled down to what, one or two songs? No thanks. mike: > i could see P(eter)B(uck) and bruce wayne as the same. > perhaps that is the twist in the new Dark Knight movie. I just can't picture Bruce with a Rickenbacker and reptile jacket, y'know? I'm thinking more Martin and cable-knit sweater here. The Ric O story is kinda cool, though. If I saw him, I'd probably ask him why a group named The Cars was always so motionless on stage. Were they so incredibly high that they couldn't move for fear of falling? I've always wanted to know these things. Stewart: > It's an avant-garde comedy cabaret band covering Rush. And yes, they have Mr Lee's number. Words fail me. Rex: > Okay, while everyone else is on strike, I'll be polishing my spec script for "Easy-Bake Oven: Final Vengance". Funny! What with all the outsourcing to Mexican and British writers, I'm hopeful that TV quality will tick up noticeably. Especially if we get lots of hot Latino women screaming at each other on there. Seriously, I must watch a couple hours per week of Mexican TV just for the ladies. Xx: > mmmmmmm lucy liu, cameron richardson & carla gugino I'll trade you all three for Monica Bellucci's eyebrows, and the stuff below them! Tom: > Has Robyn ever covered a Zeppelin song? I was listening to In Through The Out Door last night and thought he would do a great "All of My Love", especially if his more famous neighbor accompanied him. You'd have to think he has, right? At least at one of the Largo shows, or possibly with Grant Lee. I'm also pretty sure the reunited Soft Boys would have *killed* "Immigrant Song" if given the chance. Further on the topic of covers, I must admit to harboring a secret desire for Robyn to cover the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years from Home." It's got the swirly echo thingy he could do with a box, then a repetitive rhythm line underneath the vocals. If he actually did it live I would probably shit my pants, so maybe it's best it won't ever happen. Not really a stream, more of a rivulet of consciousness - Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:35:00 -0800 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: My name is "Eb", and my "pooper-scooper" is all drooper-drooper :( Mini-Review: new thrills. not very good. dammit to hell. i was more curious whether that was really andy metcalfe chiming in? well, if they're gonna go into the studio for the first time in thirty years -- and record a *double*-album, no less -- you'd think they'd at least make it worth their while. i mean, they were never as good as they thought they were, but the players *were* (and presumably still are) talented. but, while the title-track is kinda semi-bearable, everything is, like, worse than *The Raven* -- and that's *very fucking bad*, in my book. yeah, i'd love to hear that, if you'll be recording it... in one of gilliam's commentaries (i think it was for *Brazil), he said he'd like to make the same movie again fifteen years later, with the same cast and the same script, and see how differently it turned out. (or words to that effect.) if somebody will upload to the usenet FLACs (or high-quality mp3s) of the boxed-set's heretofore unissued tracks, i'll incorporate them into the big-fat-discography-torrent, and it'll be spleens-a-go-go. otherwise, you'll have to wait until i can find a relatively inexpensive copy (or the library decides to shell out for it -- though it never even sprang for the talking heads box, so...) i got rid of *Tales From Topographic Oceans* in a great purge, and, at irregular intervals, still consider re-acquiring it. <"A Can of Bees" on the German Metronome label. I saw it on eBay and snatched it up (for an admittedly almost-probitively large "Buy-It-Now" sum). Has anyone seen of heard of this issue before?> if anybody knows the current whereabouts of mr. j. partridge, he's the one to ask. does he still turn up at bay-area shows? it's mentioned in . looks like there's no soundtrack for the movie; but the DVD has been uploaded to the usenet; so i'll give it a download an' get an audio-rip the closing credits off of it. by the way, there's also an unrated DVD, so maybe that's got on it the sex-scenes all y'alls were looking for. what possesses any visionary to do what they do? what possessed jesus to be the son of god? what possessed dylan to plug in at a folk festival? what possessed aaron spelling to cast a midget in *Fantasy Island*? that's *why* they're visionaries: they perceive differently than do the rest of us. to quote linus van pelt, from a forthcoming episode of the shitbrain, "we need these people...definitely need more of these people in this world." it's been a while, but my recollection is more that he looks like he's about to take a shit. there's a hole in the plot anyway, so don't even worry about trying to follow it. it's all about the dialogue, the actors, the score, and the cinematography. to be fair, jeme says that there's not a hole in the plot, but rather that tom isn't as smart as he thinks he is. which, i'll grant, is a plausible explanation. but somehow i don't figure the coens would sign off on this interpretation. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:35:46 -0600 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: James Marsters to portray the villainous Piccolo In Buffy related news: > 'Dragonball' Movie Greenlit > Production Starts This Year > November 14, 2007 > > Twentieth Century Fox is moving ahead with the production of a live > action Dragonball movie. Justin Chatwin (who played Tom Cruise's > disaffected teenage son in War of the Worlds) is already in > training with the stunt performance company 87Eleven (The Matrix, > 300, The Bourne Supremacy) for the role of Goku, while James > Marsters (Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will portray the > villainous Piccolo. James Wong (a writer/exec on the X-Files) is > directing with Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) > producing. Production is slated to begin later this year with the > goal of an August 15th, 2008 release. I wonder if he will be green and have those things on his head. - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:23:39 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: robyn doc on DVD 2/26 (amazon) _http://tinyurl.com/2y3jxx_ (http://tinyurl.com/2y3jxx) Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death....and Insects list price 24.95 sale price 18.69 Product Description Legendary underground cult artist Robyn Hitchcock reveals his creative process as never before. This Sundance Channel. Original Production chronicles the origins of a forthcoming album (featuring eight brand-new songs), the formation of his band the Venus 3, and their U.S. tour. Famed for his twisted rock lyrics that are at once blithe, scathing, and deep, Hitchcock is one of England s most influential songwriters and performers with a body of work spanning over 20 albums and three decades. Joined in music and conversation by friends and bandmates like Peter Buck and Bill Rieflin of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey from Young Fresh Fellows, Chris Ballew from The Presidents of the United States of America, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, and Nick Lowe, Robyn lets loose his creative genius in a free-flowing musical interview that gives us an unprecedented glimpse into his mind and craft. Directed by: John Edginton ( The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story ). ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:31:56 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "pooper-scooper" is all drooper-drooper :( On Nov 14, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Stacked Crooked wrote: > <"A Can of Bees" on the German Metronome label. I saw it on eBay and > snatched it up (for an admittedly almost-probitively large "Buy-It- > Now" > sum). Has anyone seen of heard of this issue before?> > > if anybody knows the current whereabouts of mr. j. partridge, he's > the one > to ask. does he still turn up at bay-area shows? Haven't seen him in years. I thought he moved to Boston. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:49:23 -0500 From: "Stewart Russell" Subject: Robyn's blue Tele stolen in Toronto More news as I hear ... - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:17:17 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Robyn's blue Tele stolen in Toronto Stewart says: > More news as I hear ... i don't usually bother to get depressed over the various ways in which people sometimes suck, but i seem to making an exception. ugh. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:28:29 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue? Clint pointed out: >Seeing a recent post regarding a German "Heaven" release, I >thought I'd chime in with something I recently came across >that I had no previous knowledge of: >"A Can of Bees" on the German Metronome label. I saw it on >eBay and snatched it up (for an admittedly almost-probitively >large "Buy-It-Now" sum). Has anyone seen of heard of this >issue before? I've never seen it mentioned on ANY discography >list. It comes in the second issue "yellow-back" cover, including >the Aura tag, but appended with the Metronome label as well. >The disc itself is on the black Metronome label, Cat. #0060.031. >The matrix numbering in the trail-off vinyl is different from the >Aura release, as well, so I'm assuming that this was actually a >completely different mastering and pressing. >Anyone have any idea? I wish that I knew more about the mastering for you. I was really surprised to come across that one, too. It is definitely one of the odder pieces out there, but I'm not sure how hard it is to find once you know about it. There are items I put a lot more effort into locating--the Spanish Heaven flexi, the German Underwater Moonlight, the Wild Mountain Thyme test pressing, but then again I knew they all existed long before I found them. At this point, I'm pretty much down to looking for a handful of test pressings, and a few posters. Also, a couple of one-off compilation tracks. And some recent promo CDs and odd promo items in general. And some old style shirts, a few pins, and that sort of thing. Oh, and a Swedish pressing of Fegmania!, Underwater Moonlight pressed in NZ, more Japanese vinyl... It is a good thing I'm not obsessive... Marc To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other. Jack Handey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:19:33 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: The box set? Rex wrote: >Was it here were we were recently discussing Hunter S. Thompson'sde-heroinization of his early writings in later Republican-era repringings?It happens. Also, Han shot first.< ...'Twas P.J. O'Rourke, actually; the Good Doc never disavowed his past (although, ironically, much of the self-reporting of it back then was semi-hyperbole), remaining consistent (such as that was) until the cannon-shot end... And, as I've long maintained, first, second, last, whatever -- Greedo just plain needed shooting... Michael "Boba Fett? Boba Fett?? Where???" 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, 15 Nov 2007 07:24:48 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Robyn @The AV Club Tom Clark wrote: >On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Steve Talkowski wrote: >>> I also fondly recall the moment a few month back when Maggie > Gyllenhaal and Peter sARRRSgaard walked past me in front of the > office during lunch hour. Maggie and I had one of them eye contact > moments and I got a slight grin from her. *sigh*<<> >Note to self: Rent "Secretary" again... ...that, AND resolve to talk like a pirate more: "sARRRSgaard, matey...avast ye!" Michael "Yes, the annual 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' wasn't long ago...AND the SNL 'Sarrsgaard' bit last year" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Cafi. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLt agline ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:33:32 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue? - -- Marc Holden is rumored to have mumbled on 14. November 2007 23:28:29 -0700 regarding re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue?: > There are items I put a lot more effort into locating--the Spanish Heaven > flexi, the German Underwater Moonlight, the Wild Mountain Thyme test > pressing, but then again I knew they all existed long before I found them. > At this point, I'm pretty much down to looking for a handful of test > pressings, and a few posters. Also, a couple of one-off compilation > tracks. And some recent promo CDs and odd promo items in general. And > some old style shirts, a few pins, and that sort of thing. Oh, and a > Swedish pressing of Fegmania!, Underwater Moonlight pressed in NZ, more > Japanese vinyl... Holy crap. I'm kinda glad that I'm not that much of a collector - but good for you! Anyway, one item I used to have but lost is the Bucketfull of Brains flexi of "Surgery". I miss that because I prefer that version over the one on Y&O. So you have that, too? - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:35:55 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Unearthed rare Soft Boys issue? clint**** wrote: > "A Can of Bees" on the German Metronome label. I saw it on eBay and snatched > it up (for an admittedly almost-probitively large "Buy-It-Now" sum). Has > anyone seen of heard of this issue before? I've never seen it mentioned on > ANY discography list. It comes in the second issue "yellow-back" cover, > including the Aura tag, but appended with the Metronome label as well. The > disc itself is on the black Metronome label, Cat. #0060.031. The matrix > numbering in the trail-off vinyl is different from the Aura release, as > well, so I'm assuming that this was actually a completely different > mastering and pressing. > > Anyone have any idea? I don't usually chime in about anything involving an edition of an album, but, in a freakish turn of events, I'm nearly finished my Number Theory problem set with about 15 hours to spare. Here's what I saw listed for ``Can of Bees'': Aura release: http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/disc.asp?tench=334 Two Crabs/UK http://www.robynhitchcock.com/fulldiscography.htm I'm assuming that the Aura is the U.S. domestic release? I'm pretty sure ``Can of Bees'' was the first Soft Boys thing I bought. I might be wrong about this ( <- how most my sentences should start), and, apparently, my copy is in storage (i.e. at the parents' house), but I seem to remember its being some non-U.S., non-U.K. pressing. Now I'll confess (else I'm sure you'd never be able to tell) that I'm clueless about this stuff, and I always figure when I get an e.g. Italian or German pressing of an album, its manufacturers are involved in some mild form of bootlegging. I have no idea where I've gotten this idea, other than I think perhaps these non-U.S./non-U.K. albums tended to be less expensive than regular albums. (Although, come to think of it, I may be able to pin down the origin of my foreign-pressing prejudices to when I got copies ``Closer'' and ``Unknown Pleasures'' at some record store in State College, PA, and they were both like $4.00 each, new. This was when albums were running around $8.00 - $11.00 new. It turned out that they were manufactured in either France or Italy, so I figured they were some kind of knock off.) But back to my story; I know you're dying to know what happens next, and I don't want to keep you kids up too late. Why ``Can of Bees'' vinyl is sort of significant for me is at the time, there was like *no* Soft Boys records to be found anywhere. I had some songs on one or two mix (or maybe they were mixed) tapes, and had an increasing obsession with Robyn so I was always on the lookout. This was maybe around 1990. More random stuff: next Soft Boys I found was CDs of ``Underwater Moonlight'' and ``Invisible Hits''. I don't remember where I bought them. Later I saw the 2-CD collection (I think it's called ``Soft Boys: - ''. It was at Borders, of all places (this was back when Borders seemed a bit thrilling, and everyone seemed to make mention of how literature-informed all the employees were (which I think just meant that they'd read ``Absalom, Absalom!'')), and I would visit it occasionally, working out justifications to buy, or lack thereof. I finally bought it after 6 months or a year. That's all. I haven't actually contributed any information to the thread as far as your question (I like to think that I contribute in my ``special'' way (if you try hard, you can imagine that random personal anecdotes are a form of artistic expression instead of a form of self-preoccupation.)) But next time I'm over visiting the parents, I'll visit the vinyl museum and see what label it's on. as ever, Lauren P.S. If there's any way Kevin made it this far, I've been meaning to ask you if you've heard the new P.J. Harvey album, and if so, how's it? I mean to pick up a copy in the not-too-distant future. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:43:48 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: And *Now* Playing... Rex said: >On 11/14/07, michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote:>>>> -------------- Original message - -------------->> From: Jeff Dwarf >>>> > Stacked Crooked wrote:>> > > ...the new eagles LP. this is far, far worse than i could've>> > > possibly imagined.>> >>> > Wow. I don't know that there is a far, far worse than I would have>> > imagined, had someone forced me too.>> >>> What else would you expect of it with it only being available at WalMart? > >Yes, but which came first, the inevitable awfulness of the album that makesit perfect for WalMart, or the deal with WalMart that made the awful albuminevitable?< ...I can still recall a piece in either "Lampoon" or (actually, I think it really was in an acutely self-aware) "Rolling Stone" in 1979, called something like "The Top Albums of 1999." One of the entries was (paraphrasing from dusty memory) "'Tsk!,' a parody of Fleetwood Mac's 1979 'Tusk' by longtime comedy-rock band, the Eagles..." "Comedy-rock" -- tee-hee... Michael "Despite everything (rancid ideology, holier-than-thou-ness, Wal-Mart deal), I will still defend 'The Last Resort' and 'Wasted Time' as long as I have breath..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Cafi. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLt agline ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:54:40 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Robyn covered... On 11/14/07, 2fs wrote: > > On 11/13/07, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > > ...Hmm, great idea -- let's see...here's my crack at this, too: > > > > I > > > > "This is How it Feels" or "Listening to the Higsons" (whoa, whoa) -- > > Wilco. > > > > Perverse of me, I know - but I imagine Gary Numan doing "Higsons"... And lo and behold, it has come to pass: Presenting Segway Army with their fresh hit waxing, "Are 'Higsons' Electric?": < https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jenor/public/higsonselectric.mp3> - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:35:40 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Well, that's it...a constipated AV Club On 11/14/07, michael wells wrote: > Rex: > > Okay, while everyone else is on strike, I'll be polishing my spec script > for "Easy-Bake Oven: Final Vengance". > > Funny! Fanx! > You'd have to think he has, right? At least at one of the Largo shows, or > possibly with Grant Lee. I'm also pretty sure the reunited Soft Boys would > have *killed* "Immigrant Song" if given the chance. Okay, there it is, and I give it my blessing: "Immigrant Song", dark horse winnar of the 2007 Fegmania Non-Robyn Song Of Teh Year. > Further on the topic of covers, I must admit to harboring a secret desire > for Robyn to cover the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years from Home." It's > got the swirly echo thingy he could do with a box, then a repetitive rhythm > line underneath the vocals. If he actually did it live I would probably shit > my pants, so maybe it's best it won't ever happen. This is good. It's all tied up in my mind with, erm, whatever year it was that "Bottle Rocket" came out, when, coincidentally and under the tutelage of my Great Master M. Valen, I was first ecstatically experiencing both "Their Satanic Majesties" and the complete recorded works of Love. 7 and 7 is 2000 Man, now and forevar. > Not really a stream, more of a rivulet of consciousness - Rivulet it flow... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:48:30 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "pooper-scooper" is all drooper-drooper :( > > Hello, I Am Lobsters!> > > i was more curious whether that was really andy metcalfe chiming in? Yeah. Seemed fake to me, but who knows. That's the vibe on the AV Club boards, which made it feel like me pretending to be Pete Buck would cause not a ripple of contention. There are intelligent people thereon, but there are also a lot of hipster douchbags eager to call out other hipster douchbags on their hipster douchebaggery. And dammit, there it is, the meme I couldn't recall earlier today-- "douchebag". When and how did that regain cultural currency? > > but, while the title-track is kinda semi-bearable, everything > is, like, worse than *The Raven* -- and that's *very fucking bad*, in my > book. Ouch. Lou equated to Henley, circa 2007. It wouldn't hurt so bad if I didn't see the truth in it. But John Cale still farts volcanos for breakfast, or something better than that which Jeffrey invented and someone else put on a t-shirt. For real, I hope. > if somebody will upload to the usenet FLACs (or high-quality mp3s) of the > boxed-set's heretofore unissued tracks, i'll incorporate them into the > big-fat-discography-torrent, and it'll be spleens-a-go-go. otherwise, > you'll have to wait until i can find a relatively inexpensive copy (or the > library decides to shell out for it -- though it never even sprang for the > talking heads box, so...) But the saxful "Man" exists only on the ancient pre-Rhino CD of BSDR. I only ever had it on cassette, long ago cashed in at Penny Lane, damn my eyes. . > > to quote linus van pelt, from a forthcoming episode of the shitbrain, "we > need these people...definitely need more of these people in this world." I loveth the shitbrain. Part of me wants to ask where the text bits are found, but most of me knows better. > it's been a while, but my recollection is more that he looks like he's > about to take a shit. My wife refers to The Jonas Brothers, the ubiquitous teenage marketing band beloved by our 9-year-old, as "those guys who sound like the really have to take a shit". It's funny because it's true. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #398 ********************************