From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #569 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, April 10 2008 Volume 16 : Number 569 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: By way of introduction [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] RE: Groups that leave you cold [Michael Sweeney ] Re: By way of introduction [Rex ] Re: By way of introduction [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: By way of introduction [Christopher Gross ] Re: By way of introduction [Steve Talkowski ] Re: By way of introduction ["Jeremy Osner" ] Re: By way of introduction [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: By way of introduction [gaseous clay ] Re: Rolling Stones orgy [Bradley Wood ] Re: Rolling Stones orgy [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: By way of introduction [Carrie Galbraith ] The G500 Spook [Rex ] Re: By way of introduction ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: By way of introduction [Tom Clark ] Re: movie talk ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: The G500 Spook ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: The G500 Spook ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: movie talk [Rex ] Re: By way of introduction [Rex ] Re: movie talk ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: movie talk [Rex ] Re: By way of introduction [2fs ] Re: By way of introduction ["m swedene" ] Re: Rolling Stones orgy [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Pics from Hitchcock & Lowe @ Grand Ballroom NYC with surprise guest Elvis Costello! [The Great Quail ] Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! [2fs ] Nazi Orgy, baybee! ["Stacked Crooked" ] Nazi Orgy, baybee! ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:24:01 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: By way of introduction is this what you're talking about? : (bottom) http://www.fegmania.org/archives/fegmaniax/ In a message dated 4/10/2008 12:20:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anacreon@gmail.com writes: BTW: are archives for the list still maintained? the one on fegmaniax.org seems to leave off around 2006. **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:27:43 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: RE: Groups that leave you cold Rex wrote: >On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: Rex wrote: >Auxiliary Thread #3: The Middle Period Was the Best. Mellencamp, U2, Kinks(depending on how you define the "middle bit"), Dylan (ibid.), Wha? Which "middle period"? '65-'66? '74-'76? '81? (OK, I only threw that last one in for the ultra-undeniable awesomeness of the B-side. "Groom's Still Waitong at the Altar" -- that one still blows me away...) '97-'01? I is cornfused (and I can haz cheezburger)... >Kinda what I meant by "how you define the middle". Dylan has had more middle bits than most people have had... erm... bits of any kind, I guess.< ...I guess my point is that if you can -- fer example -- call something nearly 40 years into an artist's career a "middle bit," then Zimmy has won and had a certainly episodic, yet far-reaching career. After the recent Pulitzer, I say let's give him the Nobel Prize for Literature before he calls it a career...[Alternate version of end of first sentence above: "...then Zimmy FTW! (and the terrorists have won)..."] Michael "'West of the Jordan / East of the Rock of Gibraltar' -- glad I thought about 'Groom's,' cuz it still rockingly kicks my ass and I hadn't heard it in years" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ More immediate than e-mail? Get instant access with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_ instantaccess_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:36:10 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > > Now to lurk for a while and learn the cultural byways of this list. > Ooh, when you get those figured out, do let us know. Welcome aboard. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:22:14 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: By way of introduction welcome aboard ! In a message dated 4/10/2008 12:11:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anacreon@gmail.com writes: Hi guys and otherwise, I am a middle aged computer programmer and I listen to Robyn Hitchcock. Went to his show last night and had some nice conversations and thought, gee I'd really like to get in touch with some other people who like this music. I'm hoping that joining this mailing list will serve that purpose. Over the last year I've been blogging a lot about his music -- I got reintroduced to it around the time of his Knitting Factory concert last April -- if you like you can read those posts filtered here: http://readin.com/blog/?k=music:author:rhitchcock&o=a If you want to know what my favorite Robyn Hitchcock song is, you can watch this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2No3F6GsRaQ -- that is really the song that pulled me into the vortex of fegmania where I find myself today. My occasionally-coherent listen to the album from whence it comes is blogged here: http://readin.com/blog/perspex Now to lurk for a while and learn the cultural byways of this list. Best regards, Jeremy - -- READIN 2.0 http://www.readin.com/blog/ **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:41:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Jeremy Osner wrote: > BTW: are archives for the list still maintained? the one on > fegmaniax.org seems to leave off around 2006. Well, nothing interesting has been posted since then. (Certainly not by me.) No, actually, all the 2007-08 archives are going in the 2006 folder. They'll get organized eventually. Welcome aboard! - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:42:14 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: By way of introduction Welcome aboard Jeremy! Great recollection of last night's show. You have the gift of almost verbatim recall! > Now to lurk for a while and learn the cultural byways of this list. Try not to get discouraged during the Buffy/BSG/my-Dick-Is-Bigger-Than- Yours and/or my-Knowledge-Of-Obscure-Bands-Trumps-Yours digressions... - -Steve, "I keeed!" ;) Steve Talkowski, Character Design | Animation Email stevetalkowski@mac.com | Web sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:50:25 -0400 From: "Jeremy Osner" Subject: Re: By way of introduction >You have > the gift of almost verbatim recall! *blush* well ackshully I took some notes during the perf. Hope I did not annoy my neighbors too much, I tried to keep it pretty limited. Last time I say Robyn I came home thinking man, those were some excellent stories he was telling between songs! But the stories themselves had evaporated from my memory. So, thought I would try and aid my recall with a pen and paper. J - -- READIN 2.0 http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:53:07 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: By way of introduction - -- Jeremy Osner is rumored to have mumbled on 10. April 2008 12:08:21 -0400 regarding By way of introduction: > I am a middle aged computer programmer Welcome. At what point exactly does one become "middle aged"? I'm afraid that point is looming around the corner for myself ... - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:59:22 -0400 From: "m swedene" Subject: Re: By way of introduction welcome! We are a small band of devoted listeners and complainers. Find a seat and feel welcomed. Mike "not THAT one" Sweden(e) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:06:52 -0400 From: gaseous clay Subject: Re: By way of introduction one time at band camp, Christopher Gross (chrisg@gwu.edu) said: >No, actually, all the 2007-08 archives are going in the 2006 folder. >They'll get organized eventually. i ought to do that sometime. but i should probably update fegmania.org first, huh? woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:17:42 +0000 From: Bradley Wood Subject: Re: Rolling Stones orgy Tom Clark wrote:> >> btw, how do you turn an excel file into a PDF file?> > You're probably using windows, but on a Mac you would choose > File>Print>Save As PDF If you have Office 07, Excel, Word and PowerPoint can all be saved without any new software needed. Just Save As>PDF. Pretty easy. Bradley _________________________________________________________________ More immediate than e-mail? Get instant access with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_ instantaccess_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:26:46 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Rolling Stones orgy you may find these interesting : http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/zent.htm http://www.godgammeldags.nu/rolling/stones/ In a message dated 4/9/2008 11:42:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com writes: As mentioned, eMusic now has the Stones catalog complete through 1971-ish (everything ABKCO releases). **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:46:28 -0700 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:08 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Hi guys and otherwise, > > I am a middle aged computer programmer and I listen to Robyn > Hitchcock. Went to his show last night and had some nice conversations > and thought, gee I'd really like to get in touch with some other > people who like this music. I'm hoping that joining this mailing list > will serve that purpose. > > Over the last year I've been blogging a lot about his music -- I got > reintroduced to it around the time of his Knitting Factory concert > last April -- if you like you can read those posts filtered here: > http://readin.com/blog/?k=music:author:rhitchcock&o=a > > If you want to know what my favorite Robyn Hitchcock song is, you can > watch this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2No3F6GsRaQ -- that is > really the song that pulled me into the vortex of fegmania where I > find myself today. My occasionally-coherent listen to the album from > whence it comes is blogged here: http://readin.com/blog/perspex > > Now to lurk for a while and learn the cultural byways of this list. > > Best regards, > Jeremy > Hey Jeremy, Great to have you join the list. You'll find we are all a bit off- topic but that Robyn fellow holds us together like glue. Oh, and there's some gals here too... Be Seeing you, - - c ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:00:42 -0700 From: Rex Subject: The G500 Spook "Decomposing Trees" just popped up on iTunes, and I have to say... part of the singularity of the band was also Kramer's production. It's on every record and it has lots and lots of reverb. It looks like Kramer is still active, albeit somewhat hobbled by legal action between himself and the Knitting Factory. WTF? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:12:53 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Steve Talkowski wrote: > Welcome aboard Jeremy! Great recollection of last night's show. You > have the gift of almost verbatim recall! > > > Now to lurk for a while and learn the cultural byways of this list. > > Try not to get discouraged during the Buffy/BSG/my-Dick-Is-Bigger-Than- > Yours and/or my-Knowledge-Of-Obscure-Bands-Trumps-Yours digressions... > > > -Steve, "I keeed!" ;) > And be prepared to choose a side in the who's-yer-favorite-ex-Velvet-Underground-member debate, going on intermittently forever... > > > > Steve Talkowski, Character Design | Animation > Email stevetalkowski@mac.com | Web sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:20:02 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > -- Jeremy Osner is rumored to have mumbled on > 10. April 2008 12:08:21 -0400 regarding By way of introduction: > >> I am a middle aged computer programmer > > Welcome. At what point exactly does one become "middle aged"? I'm > afraid that point is looming around the corner for myself ... Unfortunately that can't be known until it's too late! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:24:20 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: movie talk On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:11 PM, (0% rh) wrote: > hi fegs, > > "eraserhead" - i haven't seen this since the invention of the dvd. > the transfer is gorgeous. this is probably way-back news, but there's > a great extra where lynch talks for like 80 minutes about the filming > of the movie. it's practically as good as the movie -- i adore > listening to that guy talk. i can't even say that lynch turns the > mundane into the profound since i have a suspicion that there is no > "mundane" in lynch's world. i mean, did you ever hear anyone get so > excited about a dumpster full of light bulbs? > First saw Eraserhead in '82 and was so dumbstruck by the sheer otherness of it that I walked home five miles in a steady rain and didn't notice getting totally drenched till I got home. Absolutely brilliant, whatever the hell it's supposed to be. > > > that's all for now. there's a stack of dvds by the television, but > mostly unwatched, or half-watched. i even got ahold of antoninio's > "red dessert", but it seems textbooks are winning the battle in > textbooks vs. dvds (and all is right with the world.) (except for > that textbooks vs. RH thing. grr.) > The "grr" is getting to be a trademark... Got Velvet Goldmine from Netflix, watched it last nite for the first time since the theatrical run (when it saw it five times in two weeks). It's better than I remember. And Ewan McGregor does a great Iggy/Cobain. God bless Haynes, is all I can say. Would make a great double feature with I'm Not There, but what order to run them in? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:26:52 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: The G500 Spook Might be some residual hostility over that standup-gone-wrond of his, too. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Rex wrote: > "Decomposing Trees" just popped up on iTunes, and I have to say... part of > the singularity of the band was also Kramer's production. It's on every > record and it has lots and lots of reverb. > > It looks like Kramer is still active, albeit somewhat hobbled by legal > action between himself and the Knitting Factory. WTF? > > -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:57 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: The G500 Spook Uhh, "wrong." Wrond sounds likes something out of a bad fantasy novel. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:26 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Might be some residual hostility over that standup-gone-wrond of his, too. > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Rex wrote: > > > "Decomposing Trees" just popped up on iTunes, and I have to say... part > > of > > the singularity of the band was also Kramer's production. It's on every > > record and it has lots and lots of reverb. > > > > It looks like Kramer is still active, albeit somewhat hobbled by legal > > action between himself and the Knitting Factory. WTF? > > > > -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:34:56 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: movie talk On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > > Got Velvet Goldmine from Netflix, watched it last nite for the first time > since the theatrical run (when it saw it five times in two weeks). It's > better than I remember. And Ewan McGregor does a great Iggy/Cobain. God > bless Haynes, is all I can say. Would make a great double feature with > I'm > Not There, but what order to run them in? You gotta love the band names he puts on his all-star pickup bands. The Venus in Furs... it's the "the" that really makes it (not that I want start the "the The The" thing again)... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:40:08 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:12 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > > And be prepared to choose a side in the > who's-yer-favorite-ex-Velvet-Underground-member debate, going on > intermittently forever... Wait, where am I on this one? I praise Cale to high hell, but I threatened to name a son after Sterling, and try not to dis Reed too much... and I have nothing bad to say about Mo! - -Rex "come to think of it, 'Frozen Warnings' might be my favorite ex-VU solo song of all, so chalk up one for Nico" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:44:07 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: movie talk On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Rex wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM, kevin studyvin > wrote: > > > > > Got Velvet Goldmine from Netflix, watched it last nite for the first > > time > > since the theatrical run (when it saw it five times in two weeks). It's > > better than I remember. And Ewan McGregor does a great Iggy/Cobain. > > God > > bless Haynes, is all I can say. Would make a great double feature with > > I'm > > Not There, but what order to run them in? > > > You gotta love the band names he puts on his all-star pickup bands. The > Venus in Furs... it's the "the" that really makes it (not that I want start > the "the The The" thing again)... > And Thom Yorke should have got an award for his brilliant Bryan Ferry, all over the soundtrack. Also, was just reading something about I'm Not There where Richard Gere was quoted as saying "It's impossible to think of a world without 'Visions Of Johanna,'" which has a certain resonance in Hitchcock territory. Not to mention it's one ot my favorite tunes; there was a incident back in the 70s when I went through a phase of being so obsessed with it that I was sitting down at my old Olivetti (hey, remember typewriters?) and typing out the lyrics over and over, and my then girlfriend got jealous and wanted to know who it was that had got me so hung up on this old song. It was hard to explain. Lately I've been thinking about trying to turn the thing into a play. It's just such a perfect piece of work... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: movie talk On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:44 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > > Also, was just reading something about I'm Not There where Richard Gere > was quoted as saying "It's impossible to think of a world without 'Visions > Of Johanna,'" which has a certain resonance in Hitchcock territory. Not to > mention it's one ot my favorite tunes; there was a incident back in the 70s > when I went through a phase of being so obsessed with it that I was sitting > down at my old Olivetti (hey, remember typewriters?) and typing out the > lyrics over and over, and my then girlfriend got jealous and wanted to know > who it was that had got me so hung up on this old song. It was hard to > explain. Lately I've been thinking about trying to turn the thing into a > play. It's just such a perfect piece of work... > Sure is. I have two periods of intense immersion in it-- once upon discovering it, and then, many years later, memorizing it as a lullabye-type thing for my daughter. It was my first real concerted effort at truly memorizing lyrics for performance, so I figured, start with something dense... everything else will be easy. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:50:36 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: By way of introduction On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > > -- Jeremy Osner is rumored to have mumbled on 10. > > April 2008 12:08:21 -0400 regarding By way of introduction: > > > > I am a middle aged computer programmer > > > > > > > Welcome. At what point exactly does one become "middle aged"? I'm afraid > > that point is looming around the corner for myself ... > > > > Unfortunately that can't be known until it's too late! No, it's simple: "middle-aged" is always older than you are. > > > -- > > ...Jeff Norman > > The Architectural Dance Society > http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:57:10 -0400 From: "m swedene" Subject: Re: By way of introduction hear here! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:06:15 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Rolling Stones orgy i waited for most of them to be remastered in 2002 then picked up everything except superfluous albums it was a revelation ! never a fan of the original vinyl but newfound respect while listening to the re-issues ! In a message dated 4/9/2008 11:42:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com writes: absolutely pathetic that I didn't have some of these things digitally - **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:08:27 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Pics from Hitchcock & Lowe @ Grand Ballroom NYC with surprise guest Elvis Costello! I was happily at that show. I'd like to report that I was sitting two gents away from Luna's Sean Eden, and two seats behind David Fricke....! Please tell me someone will have this entire show as a torrent soon...? It was quite a happening! - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:28:31 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Pics from Hitchcock & Lowe @ Grand Ballroom NYC with surprise guest Elvis Costello! Funny that I spotted you instantly even though I haven't seen you in over 4 years! Both Jonlyn and I think you resemble a late thirtysomething Steven Spielberg more so than Thurston Howell III. ;) It was nice to get reacquainted with both you and LJ, and finally meet Mike "Mr. Tekserve" Sweden too! - -Steve On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:08 PM, The Great Quail wrote: > I was happily at that show. I'd like to report that I was sitting > two gents > away from Luna's Sean Eden, and two seats behind David Fricke....! > > Please tell me someone will have this entire show as a torrent > soon...? It > was quite a happening! > > --Quail Steve Talkowski, Character Design | Animation Email stevetalkowski@mac.com | Web sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:29:18 -0400 From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: Pics from Hitchcock & Lowe @ Grand Ballroom NYC with surprise guest Elvis Costello! I will have it up tonight when I get home. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:08 PM, The Great Quail wrote: > I was happily at that show. I'd like to report that I was sitting > two gents > away from Luna's Sean Eden, and two seats behind David Fricke....! > > Please tell me someone will have this entire show as a torrent > soon...? It > was quite a happening! > > --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:15:55 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! >grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > > I'm surprised no-one's yet mentioned (excluding reissues), The Beatles: > > Let it be (1970) -> Free as a bird (1995). 25 years > >Not exactly new material, and it's not as if the band was still active ... Depends what you mean by new material. The verse wasn't new, sure, but the song as a whole was, since the middle eight was a new addition by Paul. It was also (well, 75% was) a new recording, so it depends what you mean by "active". > > I guess, simply put, the query is this: Who -- which artist or >group (mostly > > artist, I suppose, since this is such a reflection of taste as it regards a > > single artist rather than a collective group) have you once >loved, yet whose > > recent (or late or whatever metric you want to use) work leaves >you completely > > cold? > >I assume we can discount a change in taste based on a change in personnel, >ala Genesis, Marillion, Yes, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Pogues, and so >on....? And I assume that Sting is hardly worth mentioning, right? Or The >Rolling Stones? Clapton wouldn't be worth mentioning either, right? 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, 10 Apr 2008 17:18:38 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:15 PM, wrote: > grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > > > > I'm surprised no-one's yet mentioned (excluding reissues), The > > Beatles: > > > Let it be (1970) -> Free as a bird (1995). 25 years > > > > Not exactly new material, and it's not as if the band was still active > > ... > > > > Depends what you mean by new material. The verse wasn't new, sure, but the > song as a whole was, since the middle eight was a new addition by Paul. It > was also (well, 75% was) a new recording, so it depends what you mean by > "active". > > > I guess, simply put, the query is this: Who -- which artist or group > > (mostly > > > artist, I suppose, since this is such a reflection of taste as it > > regards a > > > single artist rather than a collective group) have you once loved, > > yet whose > > > recent (or late or whatever metric you want to use) work leaves you > > completely > > > cold? > > > > I assume we can discount a change in taste based on a change in > > personnel, > > ala Genesis, Marillion, Yes, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Pogues, and > > so > > on....? And I assume that Sting is hardly worth mentioning, right? Or > > The > > Rolling Stones? > > > > Clapton wouldn't be worth mentioning either, right? > Playing in his sleep for decades. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:24:58 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! On 4/10/08, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > > > > I'm surprised no-one's yet mentioned (excluding reissues), The > > Beatles: > > > Let it be (1970) -> Free as a bird (1995). 25 years > > > > Not exactly new material, and it's not as if the band was still active > > ... > > > > Depends what you mean by new material. The verse wasn't new, sure, but the > song as a whole was, since the middle eight was a new addition by Paul. It > was also (well, 75% was) a new recording, so it depends what you mean by > "active". But it was explicitly intended (along with "Real Love") as a one-off, not a reunion. I'd argue it doesn't count in the way the question was asked... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:04:16 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Nazi Orgy, baybee! maybe i'm missing something. but why didn't you just download the disco from your favourite bittorrent site, and then have your tagging software deal with duplicates? sometimes woj gets kind of behind in archiving each "volume", but will always house the current queue. just scroll down to the bottom of the page... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:04:16 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Nazi Orgy, baybee! maybe i'm missing something. but why didn't you just download the disco from your favourite bittorrent site, and then have your tagging software deal with duplicates? sometimes woj gets kind of behind in archiving each "volume", but will always house the current queue. just scroll down to the bottom of the page... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:12:50 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Can '08 top '06? Maybe! On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM, 2fs wrote: > > > But it was explicitly intended (along with "Real Love") as a one-off, not > a > reunion. I'd argue it doesn't count in the way the question was asked... > Also, John didn't have a hell of a lot of say in the matter. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #569 ********************************