From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #492 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, February 7 2008 Volume 16 : Number 492 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: COOOKIE!!! [Rex ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #481 ["Terrence Marks" ] Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) [Mi] Re: Mars Volta [Michael Sweeney ] Give 'em what they want [Brian Hoare ] Re: Give 'em what they want [Benjamin Lukoff ] RE: Give 'em what they want [Brian Hoare ] RE: Give 'em what they want ["michael wells" ] Re: Give 'em what they want [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the screening of HAROLD AND MAUDE [HwyCDRrev@aol.co] Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' [HwyCDRre] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #490 [Caroline Smith ] Re: ZEPPELIN!!! [craigie* ] Re: Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' ["Stewart Russell" ] Re: Mars Volta [craigie* ] Re: Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the screening of HAROLD AND MAUDE [2fs ] Re: COOOKIE!!! [The Great Quail ] Re: COOOKIE!!! [2fs ] Re: COOOKIE!!! [The Great Quail ] Re: COOOKIE!!! [The Great Quail ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #490 [Christopher Gross ] Re: Give 'em what they want [craigie* ] Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) [Re] Re: Give 'em what they want [Rex ] Re: ZEPPELIN!!! ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) [cr] Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) [Re] Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) [cr] Re: COOKIE ["David Stovall" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:25:12 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: COOOKIE!!! On Feb 6, 2008 10:22 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: > I recollect one late night many wasted years ago a hilarious spot on SCTV > for an album of covers of Stairway to heaven called, predictably enough, > "Stairways To Heaven," with seriously giggle-inducing snippets of persons > purporting to be Rickie Lee Jones, Gordon Lightfoot and I don't remember > who-all in mid-stairway. Unfortunately it hasn't made the move to DVD. > Probably one of the things they couldn't afford the rights to. I'm not sure > about the status of "Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written" which > they perpetrated about the same time, of which I particularly recall > somebody's Lightfoot impression on "Supercalifragilistiexpialidocious," > Wicked funny. Nice. I hate it that there's SCTV that I'll never see. Who's got an mp3 of The Queen Haters live on Mel's Rockpile handy? I've got brownies. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:42:57 -0800 From: "Terrence Marks" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #481 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:51:33 +0100 > From: Sebastian Hagedorn > Subject: America destroyed by prog-rock > > - --On 3. Februar 2008 15:29:14 -0800 Terrence Marks > wrote: > > > I've probably been scooped, but.... > > I prefer Yes' cover of "America" to the Simon & Garfunkel original. > > Eh, why?? > > I like "Yes". I have most of their early records, I've seen them live and > when I read (to my big surprise because I failed to see the parallels) that > they were fans of Paul Simon and had covered "America" I went out of my way > to get that song. I hate it. To me it demonstrates all that is wrong with > "Yes" and that they don't seem to understand what it is about Paul Simon's > songs that makes them so great. > > That's my personal view. I guess you could say they see different things > than I do, but to me it's an abomination, a corruption of something simple > and beautiful. I think Paul Simon should sue them. Well, I mean, you don't listen to Yes expecting deep emotional vulnerability. It's not what they do. It's as if Jon Anderson were a very enthusiastic elfboy who just discovered something marvelous about the universe and has to share it with everybody. Both America and Yours is No Disgrace get sung as if they were both equally wonderful and true. So, yes. I think that they understand what makes Paul Simon's version of the song so great, and that if they tried to do that, they couldn't do it as well. I'm of the opinion that it's a brilliant deconstruction of the song. - -- Terrence Marks "Shining, flying, purple wolfhounds show me where you are" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:57:47 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Mars Volta tc says: > -tc, more in the David Bowie camp... good for boys, good for girls. he's so very...pretty. xo lauren p.s. i often wonder how my crush on bowie starting at age 12 affected my taste in men (i do still like them pale, thin, and english.) - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:55:29 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) Rex wrote: >On Feb 6, 2008 8:56 PM, 2fs wrote: >>>>>>> I've also now used the word "Smithy" more than I ever would have>>> thought I would.>>>>>> * whereas I've legitimately used the word "the" three times>> consecutively... > >I'll see the "the 'The The'" triad in that e-mail, and raise you by means ofthe use of the "the 'the "The The"'" the e-mail at hand contains.< ...Careful, there, Rex -- just as shirtless Spike is the province of Our Lauren and all manner of puns (whether needed or not) spring from the keyboard of the Jeff wiff 2 effs, once you get into the morass that is multiple nesting quotation marks (or, indeed, parentheses), yer treading on MY territory... Michael "Insert SOMETHING here (or not...)" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:03:58 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Mars Volta Steve Schiavo wrote: >regretting those Ryan Adams albums I bought because of the Audities poll ...I'm sorrry, but I cannot hear / read Ryan Adams' name without laughing out loud recalling the multiple "way to drive him crazy in concert by shouting out requests for 'Summer of '69'" stories... See, there: I'm laughing again. What a tool... Michael "Anyway, his response isn't as funny as Stipe's to 'Freebird!'" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:24:40 +0000 From: Brian Hoare Subject: Give 'em what they want For the music trivialists and trend watchers. There I was thinking that Robyn's idea of peforming a show based around a single old album was an unusual idea, when I received news that Gary Numan is embarking on a tour of Replicas. Is this the start of some new trend or is this a common occurance that I've been unaware of? The only other occaisons I can think of an artist doing live versions of one of their old albums are the Pretty Things resurrection of SF Sorrow at Abbey Road and I think at some other venue(s) sometime in the last decade and Roger Waters' The Wall in Berlin. So RW may not be Pink Floyd but it's near enough. Brian ps. Should you ever think to get a copy SF Sorrow, get the 2 disc version with the abbey road session on it. _________________________________________________________________ Share what Santa brought you https://www.mycooluncool.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:59:23 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: Give 'em what they want On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Brian Hoare wrote: > There I was thinking that Robyn's idea of peforming a show based around > a single old album was an unusual idea, when I received news that Gary > Numan is embarking on a tour of Replicas. Is this the start of some new > trend or is this a common occurance that I've been unaware of? > > The only other occaisons I can think of an artist doing live versions of > one of their old albums are the Pretty Things resurrection of SF Sorrow > at Abbey Road and I think at some other venue(s) sometime in the last > decade and Roger Waters' The Wall in Berlin. So RW may not be Pink Floyd > but it's near enough. Brian Wilson performed both Pet Sounds and Smile live. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:35:46 +0000 From: Brian Hoare Subject: RE: Give 'em what they want > Brian Wilson performed both Pet Sounds and Smile live. Indeed he did, I'd forgotten that. And now I have a notion that Arthur Lee's final tour was of a complete Forever Changes... Brian _________________________________________________________________ Telly addicts unite! http://www.searchgamesbox.com/tvtown.shtml ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 06:13:58 -0800 From: "michael wells" Subject: RE: Give 'em what they want > The only other occaisons I can think of an artist doing live versions of one of their old albums Some while back Cheap Trick did one entire (different) album per night for four nights straight at the Metro, the piecemeal results of which were released as MUSIC FOR HANGOVERS. It is quite good, IMO. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:07:27 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Give 'em what they want lucinda williams just did 5 complete different albums live twice -on each coast Patti Smith did Horses as well (and is now part of a 2 CD re-issue) The Who dug up Tommy and Quadrophenia a while back both Roger Waters and the Water-less PF did DSOTM in it's entirety (and PF used to do entire albums back in the day) and of course Neil Young did Greendale in it's entirely when that was a new album (and Prairie Wind - just for the movie Heart Of Gold) and Jethro Tull used to start their shows with Thick As A Brick in it's entirely when THAT was new (of course that was only one song, but still) and RH has, of course, recreated Dylan Live 66, Sgt Pepper, The White Album, and Piper live on stage In a message dated 2/7/2008 7:17:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, braneout@earthlink.net writes: Some while back Cheap Trick did one entire (different) album per night for four nights straight at the Metro, the piecemeal results of which were released as MUSIC FOR HANGOVERS. It is quite good, IMO. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:12:06 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the screening of HAROLD AND MAUDE Young Friend of Film HAROLD AND MAUDE Thu Feb 14 What better way to celebrate Valentinebs Day than by watching the cult black comedy classic about a young manbs obsession with death and his first love with an octogenarian? Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the screening. As always, there will be a post-film party with an open bar and hors dboeuvres. _http://filmlinc.com/wrt/yff/harold_and_maude.html_ (http://filmlinc.com/wrt/yff/harold_and_maude.html) **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000 0025 48) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:21:07 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' _http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/200 8/02/06/scibeatles106.xml_ (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/02/06/scibeatles106.xml) **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:31:39 -0500 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #490 On 7-Feb-08, at 12:01 AM, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: >> > > FWIW, of the UK-based lefty political commentators I see work by > here, the best by a country mile is Canadian Gwynne Dyer - his work > is lucid, thought provoking, and usually right on the money. My high school history teacher assigned Gwynne Dyer's columns for the Toronto Star (...I think) as reading assignments. It was a great way to learn about current events. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:46:58 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: ZEPPELIN!!! but... but... House of The Holy has Rain Song and The Ocean and Over The Hills And Far Away and The Crunge and D'yer Mak'er (surely the most punsome song title EVER) my 2c c* On 07/02/2008, Tom Clark wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > Michael "May be the only person I know whose fave Zep record is 'In > > Through > > the Out Door'..." Sweeney > > For me it's a toss up between "Physical Graffiti" and "Presence". I > mean "Ten Years Gone"? "Achilles Last Stand"? GOLD JERRY, GOLD! > > -tc > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:54:18 -0500 From: "Stewart Russell" Subject: Re: Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' Yeah, aliens think the Beatles suck too ... On 2/7/08, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote: > Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' > > > > _http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/200 > 8/02/06/scibeatles106.xml_ > (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/02/06/scibeatles106.xml) > > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:52:49 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Give 'em what they want On 2/7/08, Brian Hoare wrote: > > For the music trivialists and trend watchers. > > There I was thinking that Robyn's idea of peforming a show based around a > single old album was an unusual idea, when I received news that Gary Numan > is embarking on a tour of Replicas. Is this the start of some new trend or > is this a common occurance that I've been unaware of? Didn't Sonik Yoof do an entire show of _Daydream Nation_ recently? (Rex would know...) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:59:28 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Mars Volta On 07/02/2008, lep wrote: > > > p.s. i often wonder how my crush on bowie starting at age 12 affected > my taste in men (i do still like them pale, thin, and english.) > damn, damn and WHOO-HOO! c* - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:54:56 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the screening of HAROLD AND MAUDE On 2/7/08, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote: > > Young Friend of Film > HAROLD AND MAUDE > Thu Feb 14 > What better way to celebrate Valentineb s Day than by watching the cult > black > comedy classic about a young manb s obsession with death and his first > love > with an octogenarian? Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the > screening. > As > always, there will be a post-film party with an open bar and hors > db oeuvres. > _http://filmlinc.com/wrt/yff/harold_and_maude.html_ And I read in Stereogum that the soundtrack for this is finally being released officially. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:57:19 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' On 2/7/08, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote: > > Beatles space broadcast 'risks alien attack' > > > > _http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/200 > 8/02/06/scibeatles106.xml_ Yeah, but only if they're alien Rolling Stones fans. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:25:08 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Mars Volta - --On 7. Februar 2008 13:59:28 +0000 craigie* wrote: >> p.s. i often wonder how my crush on bowie starting at age 12 affected >> my taste in men (i do still like them pale, thin, and english.) >> > > damn, damn and WHOO-HOO! WHOO-HOO, damn and damn? I guess? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:59:25 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: COOOKIE!!! > Ayup, while having next to no use for metal as a mode of cultural > production (unless Fripp counts), I actually do enjoy Wolfmother. Couldn't > tell you why, but there it is. Because they fucking rock, that's why you like them. - --Quail PS: Oh, and they have an awesome name, and even better cover art. My Dungeon Master always plays them before we enter Odin's stronghold! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:27:58 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: COOOKIE!!! On Feb 7, 2008 8:59 AM, The Great Quail wrote: > > Ayup, while having next to no use for metal as a mode of cultural > > production (unless Fripp counts), I actually do enjoy Wolfmother. > Couldn't > > tell you why, but there it is. > > Because they fucking rock, that's why you like them. > > --Quail > > PS: Oh, and they have an awesome name, and even better cover art. My > Dungeon > Master always plays them before we enter Odin's stronghold! I didn't think this list was the venue for S&M fantasies... ;-) "Enter Odin's stronghold"...so that's what the kids are calling it these days... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:59:25 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: COOOKIE!!! > Ayup, while having next to no use for metal as a mode of cultural > production (unless Fripp counts), I actually do enjoy Wolfmother. Couldn't > tell you why, but there it is. Because they fucking rock, that's why you like them. - --Quail PS: Oh, and they have an awesome name, and even better cover art. My Dungeon Master always plays them before we enter Odin's stronghold! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:53:00 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: COOOKIE!!! > "Enter Odin's stronghold"...so that's what the kids are calling it these > days... Well, it used to be "Baldur's Gate," but computer gamers made sure we couldn't use *that* one anymore.... - --Q ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:15:33 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #490 > My high school history teacher assigned Gwynne Dyer's columns for the > Toronto Star (...I think) as reading assignments. It was a great way > to learn about current events. I've always remembered Gwynne Dyer from reading his book and seeing his PBS miniseries _War_ back in my high school days. The latter seems to be unavailable on DVD now due to copyright issues. (I mean, _War_, not my high school days, though I'm sure there would be issues bringing those to DVD too.) I've only read him occasionally since then, but I know he has a lot of his columns available at www.gwynnedyer.com . Randomly, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:24:51 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Give 'em what they want Sparks are doing all 21 (count em!) of their albums, one show a night, for 23 days leading up to the release of the 21st... http://newmradio.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/blog-jammin-sparks-to-play-every-note-of-every-album-in-20-days/ On 07/02/2008, 2fs wrote: > > On 2/7/08, Brian Hoare wrote: > > > > For the music trivialists and trend watchers. > > > > There I was thinking that Robyn's idea of peforming a show based around > a > > single old album was an unusual idea, when I received news that Gary > Numan > > is embarking on a tour of Replicas. Is this the start of some new trend > or > > is this a common occurance that I've been unaware of? > > > Didn't Sonik Yoof do an entire show of _Daydream Nation_ recently? (Rex > would know...) > > > -- > > ...Jeff Norman > > The Architectural Dance Society > http://spanghew.blogspot.com > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:39:12 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) On Feb 6, 2008 11:55 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > ...Careful, there, Rex -- just as shirtless Spike is the province of Our > Lauren and all manner of puns (whether needed or not) spring from the > keyboard of the Jeff wiff 2 effs, once you get into the morass that is > multiple nesting quotation marks (or, indeed, parentheses), yer treading on > MY territory... > Bah. I was nesting quote marks back when you were on the board at WalMart, working for your slum lord pal... or... something. Um, perhaps I'm feeling a little Supert Uesday post-partem blooze (or maybe (probably) I'm just an idiot)). - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:42:43 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Give 'em what they want On Feb 7, 2008 5:52 AM, 2fs wrote: > On 2/7/08, Brian Hoare wrote: > > > > For the music trivialists and trend watchers. > > > > There I was thinking that Robyn's idea of peforming a show based around > a > > single old album was an unusual idea, when I received news that Gary > Numan > > is embarking on a tour of Replicas. Is this the start of some new trend > or > > is this a common occurance that I've been unaware of? > > > Didn't Sonik Yoof do an entire show of _Daydream Nation_ recently? (Rex > would know...) > Several of 'em. It's a big trend... I thing Lou toured "Berlin" as well. Seems to me like bands used to tour their whole new albums upon release more frequently (especially the "concept" ones)... I would love to have seen Husker Du doing "Warehouse" from start to finish. "The Living End" is nice, but it's from later in that tour after they started changing up the sequence. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:54:15 -0800 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: ZEPPELIN!!! Dude. Misty Mountain Hop. On Feb 7, 2008 5:46 AM, craigie* wrote: > but... but... > > House of The Holy has Rain Song and The Ocean and Over The Hills And Far > Away and The Crunge and D'yer Mak'er (surely the most punsome song title > EVER) > > my 2c > > c* > > > On 07/02/2008, Tom Clark wrote: > > > > On Feb 6, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > > > Michael "May be the only person I know whose fave Zep record is 'In > > > Through > > > the Out Door'..." Sweeney > > > > For me it's a toss up between "Physical Graffiti" and "Presence". I > > mean "Ten Years Gone"? "Achilles Last Stand"? GOLD JERRY, GOLD! > > > > -tc > > > > > > -- > first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > > I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively > packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:59:37 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) yes 'congartulated'. i know what i mean... c* On 07/02/2008, craigie* wrote: > > Personally i think rex should be congartulated for constructing the "the > "the 'the "The The"'" the", the like of which we are not wont to see again > for a long time. > > c* > > > On 07/02/2008, Rex wrote: > > > > On Feb 6, 2008 11:55 PM, Michael Sweeney > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ...Careful, there, Rex -- just as shirtless Spike is the province of > > Our > > > Lauren and all manner of puns (whether needed or not) spring from the > > > keyboard of the Jeff wiff 2 effs, once you get into the morass that is > > > multiple nesting quotation marks (or, indeed, parentheses), yer > > treading on > > > MY territory... > > > > > > > Bah. I was nesting quote marks back when you were on the board at > > WalMart, > > working for your slum lord pal... or... something. > > > > Um, perhaps I'm feeling a little Supert Uesday post-partem blooze (or > > maybe > > (probably) I'm just an idiot)). > > > > -Rex > > > > > > -- > first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > > I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively > packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:05:04 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) On Feb 7, 2008 8:59 AM, craigie* wrote: > yes 'congartulated'. > > And that's just how I feel! - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:59:00 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: Teh Teh (was: to forge in teh Smithy of my soul an lead zeppelin) Personally i think rex should be congartulated for constructing the "the "the 'the "The The"'" the", the like of which we are not wont to see again for a long time. c* On 07/02/2008, Rex wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008 11:55 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > > > > > ...Careful, there, Rex -- just as shirtless Spike is the province of Our > > Lauren and all manner of puns (whether needed or not) spring from the > > keyboard of the Jeff wiff 2 effs, once you get into the morass that is > > multiple nesting quotation marks (or, indeed, parentheses), yer treading > on > > MY territory... > > > > Bah. I was nesting quote marks back when you were on the board at > WalMart, > working for your slum lord pal... or... something. > > Um, perhaps I'm feeling a little Supert Uesday post-partem blooze (or > maybe > (probably) I'm just an idiot)). > > -Rex > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:52:47 -0500 From: "David Stovall" Subject: Re: COOKIE Way behind on digests, got some free time at work to wank and babble, jumping in arbitrarily here,.... > >Zeppelin suffers from the fact that some of its most-played songs are > itsabsolute worst ("Living Loving Maid" & "Heartbreaker," say).< Not their most transcendent stuff, but at worst innocuous to my ear, and at best a catchy pair o'little pop ditties. I play drums (well, barely any more, but,...) and I always had a bit of a soft spot for the swing-y bits of LLM - nifty little change-up for someone just learning. > ...My mileage DOES NOT VARY AT ALL on that account. I can hear "Nobody's > Fault But Mine" or "Custard Pie" just about any day and never tire of them, > but...please, gawd, no more "Living Loving Maid" & "Heartbreaker" (ditto for > "D'yer Mak'er" and "Good Times Bad Times"...oh, yeah, and that "bustle in yer > hedgerow" song, you know, whatchamacallit...) I tolerate D'yer Mak'er fairly well, too, for its sheer goofiness. It's the more straight blues workouts that are just boring to me. > Michael "May be the only person I know whose fave Zep record is 'In Through > the Out Door'..." Sweeney That's probably my second favorite, behind Physical Graffiti, and just a hair ahead of Presence. Re the whole Cookie Monster vocals thing,.... As stoopid as they are, for the very reasons some of yez have mentioned (all doom, all the time), I can tolerate CMV's a ton better than the operatic wailing of some other metal bands. I know little enough about the genre that I can't get any more specific than to say "Dream Theatre and anyone who takes it farther in that direction,..." Bleah. The CMVs are just less aesthetically grating and annoying to me. So (and some of this will tie in eventually), being a huge Mike Keneally fan, I was chuffed upon hearing my first Dethklok track, that (even pre-MK involvement, and if you're interested, www.keneally.com will inform) their vocals were Cookie Monster-sourced. Still haven't seen any of the Dethklok episodes, and missed their mini-tour last Oct/Nov, but some of the lyrics about economics and business on the CD, sung in extreme CMV, cracked me the hell up. I dunno - maybe the joke will wear thin, but I'm fucka-looking forward to the full-on tour with Keneally on guitar and at least some vocals, and his bass-virtuoso accomplice Bryan Beller as Murderface. Satanism in metal? Yeah, mostly boring. The most interesting example in music I can think of is the anthropologically scholarly "A Hymn to the Morning Star/The Donkey Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion" from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's first album... Musically, it's more gospel + rock-in-opposition dissonance. Instrumental/guitar wanking in metal/prog/art rawk? Yeah, mostly boring, but I got a bit of an insight into this,.... in 2004, at NEARFest, Keneally sat next to me for a bit of Planet X's set (a guy from Dream Theatre, I think, and some others from other prog-metal bands, crunched together in a power-trio (or power-quad?) format, with the simply inhuman Virgil Donati on drums). They weren't half a minute into their first song, stupidly, arithmetically complicated and leaving many members of even a NEARFest audience wondering how many other players were hiding behind the curtains, and I noticed the seats shaking. Turned to my left, and it's Keneally *laughing his ass off*. The phrase "the little dog laughed to see such sport" sprang instantly to mind, and I appreciated one virtuoso's reveling in seeing other virtuosos having a fuck of a fun time. Still don't care to listen to most of that kind of wankery, but I have to admit, Planet X curled my toes. I came at the whole metal thing backwards, anyway. Never had much interest in it in high-school, found John Zorn in college, and went from Naked City to the Zorn catalog at large, to Zorn/Mike Patton, to Fantomas (still a favorite, and co-starring Slayer's Dave Lombardo on drums, though sometimes little Terry Ted "Blow it out your ass, motorcycle man" Bozzio on the throne live) and Mr. Bungle. I finally bought a couple Faith No More discs last year or the year before, and, eh, yeah, meh. King Crimson, metal? Violently agreed that 21st Century Schizoid Man did a lot of what metal eventually got around to, faster, firster and more betterer,... If the metal elements of KC grate, get the double-live B'Boom and listen to "Matte Kudesai" "One Time" and (dang, "Walking on Air" isn't on B'Boom?) "Elephant Talk" before digging into the rest of it. Ah, now work is demanding some of my time. da9ve ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #492 ********************************