From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #63 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, March 3 2009 Volume 17 : Number 063 Today's Subjects: ----------------- yes, Sebastian [Jill Brand ] Re: Fretless bassists [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever [Stewart Russell ] Lonesome ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea [Jeff Dwarf ] tl;dr: Marty & Me [Rex ] Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever [Tom Clark ] Movie Talk! ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] david byrne on colbert report tonight [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Movie Talk! [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Movie Talk! [kevin studyvin ] surprising Eno cover [James Dignan ] Fwd: Miskatonic University [michael wells ] Re: Movie Talk! [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: Fretless bassists ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Fretless bassists ["edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" ] Re: Early contender in the "album of the year" stakes... [HSatterfld@aol.] Re: Early contender in the "album of the year" stakes... [Rex Subject: yes, Sebastian Sebastian wrote this in answer to my scathing review of bubble tea: "I'd say you did :-) But is that based on actual experience or is it an a priori judgement? I have no idea if I will like it, but (except for dead animals) I'm willing to try anything once." Oh, yes, I've tried it. I have to try everything that my foreign students are excited about. I tried a 100 year old egg thing, too. That was marginally worse than the bubble tea. Jill, enjoying the fact that school is closed for the snow ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:39:05 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Fretless bassists Rick Danko (The Band) more here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretless_guitar my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 3/2/2009 10:09:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sealion.ramvir@googlemail.com writes: I'm enjoying trying out some fretless playing and I'm looking for inspiration: which fretless bassists would fegs recommend in the rock/pop line rather than jazz/funk (Andy Metcalfe excepted)? Charlotte **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:59:45 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever <"Frida" and "Prick Up Your Ears".> hear me right fucking now and for-fucking-ever: fucking alfred molina is fucking AWESOME. does *Angel Heart* / *We're No Angels* count? also, we need some actresses, don't we? i guess there's charlize theron... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:12:51 -0500 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever 2009/3/2 Nectar At Any Cost! : > > also, we need some actresses, don't we? Well, there's always The Cosby Show and Angel Heart ... or if you want to get really meta, there's Coffee & Cigarettes and Coffee & Cigarettes Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:16:20 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Lonesome hey fegs, i'm listenin' to right now, and digging it very muchly. and it's free, no less (tho' you do have to give 'em your e-mail address). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:12:04 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > kevin studyvin wrote: > > > Live oysters? > > OK, you got me :-) I should've been more precise. > Although it's even more complicated in that I *do* eat > fish - go figure. [Just to be clear, this is intended merely as a musing, not as any sort of snarky judgement, etc, since it's not like anyone doesn't weasel around their essential ethics from time to time so they can get what they want] This arrives, just as my probably best friend and I notice that one of our co-workers has put up a Facebook post about her love of sushi, a co-worker who is also a vegetarian. Which I ultimately find odd since if you're a vegetarian because you don't want to animals to die to feed you (so, if you're a vegetarian for other reasons, this wouldn't apply), why would you opt when you lapse for a meat where the ratio of dead animals to meals produced is so low? Why not a steak, since one dead cow serves a hell of lot more people, plus can make shoes? "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:25:59 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea Back when I was being an ethical vegetarian, the argument was that cows experienced more suffering on their way to becoming steak than did yellowfin on its way to becoming sushi, out of proportion to the number of servings produced. Also that raising a cow to slaughter had a negative effect on the environment that was not present in the case of the tuna. (Though with the way salmon farming is going nowadays this argument has less weight.) Note that I was never a "ethical vegetarian who eats fish" -- many of my friends in this time fell into that category though. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: >> kevin studyvin wrote: >> >> > Live oysters? >> >> OK, you got me :-) I should've been more precise. >> Although it's even more complicated in that I *do* eat >> fish - go figure. > > [Just to be clear, this is intended merely as a musing, not as any sort of snarky judgement, etc, since it's not like anyone doesn't weasel around their essential ethics from time to time so they can get what they want] > > This arrives, just as my probably best friend and I notice that one of our co-workers has put up a Facebook post about her love of sushi, a co-worker who is also a vegetarian. Which I ultimately find odd since if you're a vegetarian because you don't want to animals to die to feed you (so, if you're a vegetarian for other reasons, this wouldn't apply), why would you opt when you lapse for a meat where the ratio of dead animals to meals produced is so low? Why not a steak, since one dead cow serves a hell of lot more people, plus can make shoes? > > > "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:33:29 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > kevin studyvin wrote: > > > > > Live oysters? > > > > OK, you got me :-) I should've been more precise. > > Although it's even more complicated in that I *do* eat > > fish - go figure. > > [Just to be clear, this is intended merely as a musing, not as any sort of > snarky judgement, etc, since it's not like anyone doesn't weasel around > their essential ethics from time to time so they can get what they want] > > This arrives, just as my probably best friend and I notice that one of our > co-workers has put up a Facebook post about her love of sushi, a co-worker > who is also a vegetarian. Which I ultimately find odd since if you're a > vegetarian because you don't want to animals to die to feed you (so, if > you're a vegetarian for other reasons, this wouldn't apply), why would you > opt when you lapse for a meat where the ratio of dead animals to meals > produced is so low? Why not a steak, since one dead cow serves a hell of lot > more people, plus can make shoes? Err, um...perhaps she loves sushi rather than sashimi - there are vegetarian sushi items? Long-shot...since to most people, "sushi" connotes the raw fish itself... Likelier: she just likes sushi. (An aside: I'm not a vegetarian - but it irks me when other non-vegetarians get all huffy about vegetarians who occasionally stray, or who make exceptions (such as for fish, etc.): so the idea is that it's okay to not take moral stances about what you eat, but if you take a moral stance, you have to be far holier than the critic otherwise you're a hypocrite? First, plenty of vegetarians are vegetarians for reasons that have little to do with ethics - maybe meat just squicks them out, say - and there are a whole range of ethically-based vegetarianisms that draw various lines. I mean, I do the same: I don't eat veal; I won't wear fur; I prefer to eat local and organic meat when possible - but I do eat meat, I do wear leather, etc. I suppose to avoid charges of hypocrisy, I should go out forthwith and trap a mink, then vivisect it? It's a neat excuse: call someone "hypocrite" whose standards aren't insanely perfect, while avoiding any need to have standards yourself...) - -- ...Jeff Norman, who is not Ted Nugent The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:40:12 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea 2fs thinks: > (An aside: I'm not a vegetarian - but it irks me when other non-vegetarians > get all huffy about vegetarians who occasionally stray, or who make > exceptions (such as for fish, etc.): so the idea is that it's okay to not > take moral stances about what you eat, but if you take a moral stance, you > have to be far holier than the critic otherwise you're a hypocrite? I agree with this. I was just giving examples of arguments I was familiar with -- questions like that definitely came up and were addressed. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:45:59 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > 2fs thinks: > > (An aside: I'm not a vegetarian - but it irks me when other > non-vegetarians > > get all huffy about vegetarians who occasionally stray, or who make > > exceptions (such as for fish, etc.): so the idea is that it's okay to not > > take moral stances about what you eat, but if you take a moral stance, > you > > have to be far holier than the critic otherwise you're a hypocrite? > > I agree with this. I was just giving examples of arguments I was > familiar with -- questions like that definitely came up and were > addressed. I typed my message before I read yours anyway - so it certainly wasn't aimed at you or anyone else! That's a common tactic, of course: used also against environmentalists and anyone else actually trying to make things better: "oh, look: Al Gore has a huge enormous carbon footprint - this gives us the right to utterly dismiss his arguments!" No - it may make Al a hypocrite, but it hardly follows that therefore, your Hummer is A-OK now. As if the weight of the environmentalist argument is to be borne entirely by the moral virtue of those making the argument. Then again, few folks arguing in such a fashion actually have rats' asses to give on the matter - they're just looking to tear down what they see as the other side. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:48:30 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea 2fs thinks: > Then again, few folks arguing in such a fashion actually have rats' asses to > give on the matter I regret that I have but one ass to give for my country. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:55:14 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > 2fs thinks: > > Then again, few folks arguing in such a fashion actually have rats' asses > to > > give on the matter > > I regret that I have but one ass to give for my country. > Or (as Elvis Costello said, in his brilliant paraphrase of Dickens), "in America the law is a piece of ass." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:56:15 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: The worst Smiths song, etc wuz Re: bubble tea 2fs wrote: > (An aside: I'm not a vegetarian - but it irks me when other > non-vegetarians get all huffy about vegetarians who occasionally > stray, or who make exceptions (such as for fish, etc.): so the idea > is that it's okay to not take moral stances about what you eat, but > if you take a moral stance, you have to be far holier than the critic > otherwise you're a hypocrite? Absolutely, thus my preface to the question. I just find it a strange place to draw the line, that's all. The whole subject it too overloaded by too many people. "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:27:38 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever >Are there any cases where the same actor played, for instance, Jesus *and* >Satan? Or Billy the Kid *and* Pat Garrett? ( I mean, of course, in different >movies.) IIRC DeForest Kelley was on both sides of the Gunfight at the OK Corral in different movies - and then revisited it during a Star Trek episode. 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: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:32:34 -0800 From: Rex Subject: tl;dr: Marty & Me On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:37 AM, craigie* wrote: > I have a good address for Marty if you feel inclined to write to him > again... > > I've been in regular contact with him since 1982 and the first Church UK > tour... > > Currently, he's in LA. He travels a LOT. The address I hvae is for where > his record colection lives, so he always goes back there... > Whoa. MWP is local. I actually have a sort of embarrassing tenuous connection to Marty within the last few years, but it kinda makes me feel like a major lameass every time I think about it. (Delete now if you don't like reading about, you know, me. Please!) About three or four years ago I was getting my band ready to "play out" for the first time. We had a core trio and a couple of casual members, a DJ and a second guitarist, swell people but not quite stage-ready. They play with us at maybe half of the rehearsals, and I'm thinking they're looking at their participation as a fun, casual thing. I'm still getting my fingers and vocal chords around the whole frontman multitasking thing (switching between lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and lead guitar) so I get it into my head that I want a second guitarist for sound-cover and potential dual-lead-things, and therefore advertise on craigslist. I didn't mention The Church amongs our influences, but I did namedrop your Soft Boys, your Television, your Voidoids and so forth. Guy responds who sounds like a dream, so I invite him in. Meanwhile I've failed to realize that our casual members have gotten their hearts set on being part of the band at the live debut. Ooops. I guess we, the core trio with the experience, are just collectively too shy to explain the situation, and as a result, the "audition" is with the five piece setup instead of the three main players. Basically, there is no "band language" yet; the DJ and 2nd guitarist are good friends of ours who are just learning how to play. The bassist has never been a bassist before, and I've never been a frontman before, but we, and the drummer, have all played live a good deal, and in our unspoken collective mind, this distinction is apparent. To the other two guys, not so much. They're our good friends, and most (probably all) of us are in the midst of difficult situations life-wise, so playing together has been an important outlet for all of us. But zoning in on being a band that plays actual songs is a different thing altogether, though, and only three of us seem to realize that. So the guy comes to the rehearsal and we're helping him unload his gear, and he's got this incredible crated Vox amp with "THE CHURCH" stenciled on it. Me: So, like, what, is this Marty Willson-Piper's old amp? Guitarist: Yeah, it is, actually. I know Marty pretty well. Me: (pause) (another pause) (I got nothing) Okay, well, let's get you set up. So we do the rehearsal thing and the guy is phenomenal, totally perfect for us; he even tolerates the two extra guys, who are basically playing random noises, and does some on-the-fly arranging to accomodate the sad little lead bits I'm already playing. It's all very dreamy. I'm quite chuffed that he likes us enough to stick out the whole session and is interested in coming back again. So we help the guy pack up and reconvene. Our pals the DJ and secondary guitarist waste no time in opining that "that guy didn't really get where we're coming from". They leave the other three of us to basically say, "well, fuck". Social awkwardness and artistic hesitancy being what they are, I never talk to the new potential guitarist again. . A few months later we've got a gig booked and the same five-piece aggregation is thinking they're the band. But it's just not gonna work. I've had a few people sit in on the rehearsals and they've basically confirmed what I already know: it's gotta be the core trio or it'll be a disaster. So it's a long and excruciating process, but finally, about a week before the gig, we have one last rehearsal as a five piece and I drop the bomb: we'll do the show as a three-piece. And we do. I'm too embarrassed to ever call the guy with Marty's ex-amp back. I have a feeling that this kind of thing happens a lot, but I haven't heard a lot of people discuss it, so maybe I'm wrong and I'm just a wuss. Dunno. Right now we're starting the final mixing for our "debut album", and ain't nobody playing guitar on these recordings but me. The intervening years and gigs have forced me to grow as a musician and a performer in ways I wouldn't have anticipated of myself at my ripe old age, and the trio version of the band has an uncluttered chemistry which pleases me greatly. And a few people have said we sound a bit like The Church anyway. But that's my six-degrees of MWP story. So, erm, um, has anyone ever heard that Brix Smith solo record that MWP produced? ISTR it was an iTunes exclusive or something... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:37:38 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Eb-Ism Now And Forever On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Nectar At Any Cost! wrote: > <"Frida" and "Prick Up Your Ears".> > > hear me right fucking now and for-fucking-ever: fucking alfred > molina is > fucking AWESOME. Add his performance in Boogie Nights to the comparison. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:17:04 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Movie Talk! anybody seen *Casanova*? i spied it in the library's bins; and picked it up only 'cause hallstrom gives commentary in it -- which i've never heard one from him before. (n.b., *My Life As A Dog* is either my first-, second-, or third-favourite flicker of all times. also loved *Once Around*, and liked *Gilbert Grape* okay; but have hated everything else he's done. oh, also loved *Bullerby Village*, which i only saw once, in the theater -- couldn't bring myself to check out the dubbed VHS; and whose sequel i never did manage to see.) well, *Casanova* is surprisingly entertaining! nothing like a masterpiece, but certainly worth a coupla hours of one's time. visually, it somehow reminds me of *Munchausen* (although without the eye-popping effects shots), the actors are all likeable, the script is witty, and lasse's direction is just great. who'd have guessed it? that being the case, you may want to look at . with the fellows opening (why not the minus 5?)! ought we to organise a fegMEET!? marc? jason? cynthia? simone? davies? winkworth? gloster??? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:18:45 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: david byrne on colbert report tonight http://www.colbertnation.com/home not a big fan of the show, really, but Wednesday's show should be even more awesomer http://www.zoilus.com/ my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:51:45 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Movie Talk! - -- Nectar At Any Cost! is rumored to have mumbled on 2. Mdrz 2009 15:17:04 -0800 regarding Movie Talk!: > n.b., *My Life As A Dog* is either my first-, > second-, or third-favourite flicker of all times. also loved *Once > Around*, and liked *Gilbert Grape* okay; but have hated everything else > he's done. FWIW: I'm 100% with you on all counts. I haven't seen My Life As A Dog in ages. I really should get it on DVD. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:14:19 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Movie Talk! > well, *Casanova* is surprisingly entertaining! nothing like a masterpiece, > but certainly worth a coupla hours of one's time. visually, it somehow > reminds me of *Munchausen* (although without the eye-popping effects > shots), the actors are all likeable, the script is witty, and lasse's > direction is just great. who'd have guessed it? The only Casanova I'm familiar with is Fellini's, with the grotesquely made-up Donald Sutherland; I remember being impressed, but it was a long time ago... > > > > on my unplanned, potentially permanent vacation.> > > that being the case, you may want to look at > URL:http://tinyurl.com/2yocgv. That's a swell little essay - always been on the grasshopper's side myself. with the fellows opening (why not the minus 5?)! ought we to organise a fegMEET!? marc? jason? cynthia? simone? davies? winkworth? gloster??? I'm up for anything reasonable - about time I actually met some of you kids in 3D space. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:28:49 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: surprising Eno cover Just thought you'd might like to know that I'm currently listening to Marianne Faithfull's new album ("Easy come, easy go"), and it has a rather lovely cover of Eno's "How many worlds", from "Another Day on Earth". The album itself is a bit of a mixed bag, but with enough very good moments to make up for the occasional missteps. 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: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:38:57 -0600 From: michael wells Subject: Fwd: Miskatonic University http://www.theonion.com/content/news/lovecraftian_school_board_member?utm_source=a-section Quail, is this you? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:09:15 -0800 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: Movie Talk! On Mar 2, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Nectar At Any Cost! wrote: > anybody seen *Casanova*? i spied it in the library's bins; and > picked it > up only 'cause hallstrom gives commentary in it -- which i've never > heard > one from him before. (n.b., *My Life As A Dog* is either my first-, > second-, or third-favourite flicker of all times. also loved *Once > Around*, and liked *Gilbert Grape* okay; but have hated everything > else > he's done. oh, also loved *Bullerby Village*, which i only saw > once, in > the theater -- couldn't bring myself to check out the dubbed VHS; > and whose > sequel i never did manage to see.) > > well, *Casanova* is surprisingly entertaining! nothing like a > masterpiece, > but certainly worth a coupla hours of one's time. visually, it > somehow > reminds me of *Munchausen* (although without the eye-popping effects > shots), the actors are all likeable, the script is witty, and lasse's > direction is just great. who'd have guessed it? > I really liked Fellini's Casanova - a very interesting film! And I believe it is referenced in an RH song: "On the black Fellini sails Tattered rags that hangs on nails reminds me You, the mistress of your chair I, the sergeant of your hair -- you blind me You turn me on like light A silver liquid light That emanates inside of you, decorates the room around you Just before the curtains part for dawn And everything's gone" I always saw the rolling plastic black bags that serve as the sea in Fellini's film as part of this song. > > > > with the fellows opening (why not the minus 5?)! ought we to > organise a > fegMEET!? marc? jason? cynthia? simone? davies? winkworth? > gloster??? When?? Where?? - - c Carrie Galbraith 707.477.8607 meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:35:38 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Fretless bassists 2fs wrote: > > What *else* would you play on an electric banjo? "Funk" in the sense of bad > smell... Buck Trent will kick your ass for that. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:34:00 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: Re: Fretless bassists Hi there! The most obvious one for me is Colin Moulding of XTC, who has played fretless on a majority of tracks going all the way back to English Settlement. Personal fave for me, though, would be John Munson of Trip Shakespeare. (Also now of Semisonic, I suppose, but go for the Trip S!) peace, Edward >----Original Message---- >From: sealion.ramvir@googlemail.com >Date: 02/03/2009 15:00 >To: >Subj: Fretless bassists > > I'm enjoying trying out some fretless playing and I'm looking for >inspiration: which fretless bassists would fegs recommend in the rock/pop >line rather than jazz/funk (Andy Metcalfe excepted)? > >Charlotte > Fancy a job? - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/jobs/ __________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:10:01 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Old Lonesome I forgot who recommended this compilation, but: thanks. I am digging it. http://www.splicetoday.com/mixtape/a-splice-original-compilation-the-old-lonesome-sound J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:24:48 EST From: HSatterfld@aol.com Subject: Re: Early contender in the "album of the year" stakes... <> I have not heard her new CD, but any album that has a song on it called "F*** You" is OK in my book. If I ever record an album, all the songs are going to be named that. **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:28:34 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Early contender in the "album of the year" stakes... On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:24 AM, wrote: > > I have not heard her new CD, but any album that has a song on it > called "F*** You" is OK in my book. If I ever record an album, > all the songs are going to be named that. > For clarity's sake, each one should have a slight variation in the self-censorship: 1) F*** You 2) F--k You 3) F@#$ You! 4) F*ck U 5) F'Cue 6) Star You 7) F-ck Yo- 8) **** *** (Tom Clark) ...and so forth. The title of the album is naturally a Big Black parody: "Songs About Fuck You". Smilers, Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #63 *******************************