From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #83 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, March 26 2009 Volume 17 : Number 083 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Headline. Of. The. Year ["C. Huff" ] 2 REAPs [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] "Don't Call Robyn Hitchcock 'Eccentric'" ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] Re: 2 REAPs [Rex ] Re: "Don't Call Robyn Hitchcock 'Eccentric'" [Tom Clark ] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [Michael S] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [Michael S] RE: Headline. Of. The. Year [James Dignan ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 [James Dignan ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #81 [djini@voicenet.com] Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 [Rex ] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [Great Qua] Robyn in Brooklyn in June (oh my!) [Jeremy Osner ] Fear of Music [Great Quail ] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [Great Qua] Re: Robyn in Brooklyn in June (oh my!) [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [kevin stu] RE: Fear of Music ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [Christoph] Re: Fear of Music [kevin studyvin ] Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) [kevin stu] RE: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: Fear of Music [Christopher Gross ] "In this perverted episode" ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] Re: Fear of Music [kevin studyvin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:33:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "C. Huff" Subject: RE: Headline. Of. The. Year That's hilarious! I am assuming down there it is pronounced "Fun-gee", "Fun-jee", or "Fun-jai" whereas up here it would be "Fun-guy"...not quite as funny phonetically...still the concept is great... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:56:06 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: 2 REAPs the innocence and purity of american idol live singing http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/arts/television/26idol.html?_r=1&ref=arts the chance of a good three stooges movie (wait- there was never a chance !) http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/nyuk-nyukhuh-sean-penn-joins-thre e-stooges-movie/ my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220635228x1201407499/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub leclick.net%2Fclk%3B213153654%3B34689672%3Bo) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:07:01 -0700 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: "Don't Call Robyn Hitchcock 'Eccentric'" sent this last week; but, unless i missed it, it never reached the board. . also, robyn and co. re-opened the croc (from > Local band the Quiet Ones have just taken the stage, and despite their assertion that they are the first band to play the new stage, it actually had been informally christened two hours earlier during a private reception for friends and family by members of The Minus Five and a visiting Robyn Hitchcock, all longtime regulars on the Crocodile stage since its inception in 1991. << ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:37:38 -0700 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Re: Hazards Of Love for lobstie, and anybody else who may've been wondering, the pitchfork review () reveals robyn's contribution: >> Robyn Hitchcock adds subtle electric guitar textures on an instrumental interlude, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James and the Spinanes' Rebecca Gates are in there somewhere, too. << confirms that that'd be track 9. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:04:32 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: 2 REAPs On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM, wrote: > the innocence and purity of american idol live singing > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/arts/television/26idol.html?_r=1&ref=arts Okay! So they'll take it off the air now, right? Please? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:37:44 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: "Don't Call Robyn Hitchcock 'Eccentric'" On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Nectar At Any Cost! wrote: > also, robyn and co. re-opened the croc (from > >>> Local band the Quiet Ones have just taken the stage, and despite >>> their > assertion that they are the first band to play the new stage, it > actually > had been informally christened two hours earlier during a private > reception > for friends and family by members of The Minus Five and a visiting > Robyn > Hitchcock, all longtime regulars on the Crocodile stage since its > inception > in 1991. << Yay!!! Welcome back! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:09:09 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) Kevin wrote: >I think calling Quadrophenia great is an >egregious understatement. I can understand why Moon hated doing it live, >what with having to play along with the tape and all, but it could well be >Pete's finest hour, studio-wise. I really, really like it, what I'm sayin'. ...Like he said. "Q" is still one of my top five fave albums (along with "Tusk," "London Calling," "Eye," and the fifth spot seems to float among a few...) Michael "Hmm -- I seem to particularly favor certain double albums..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail.. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_ WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:21:12 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) Jefffffffff (w/9 Fs) wrote: >And hey: I've been >listening to _Thick as a Brick_ and _A Passion Play_ recently - and curious >that there seems to be so little love for J. Tull here...since of all the >acts mentioned above, Ian Anderson's musical approach shares the most >similarities with Robyn's (arcane British folk and psychedelia are the two >threads in common). ...I have always spoke strongly (even out here before, IIRC) of JT's "Songs From the Wood" -- that's another one of my one-off faves (much like Dire Straits' "Making Movies," I like other things in the artist's catalog, but nothing else gets close to those peaks for me (IMHO))... Michael "3:20 am and still plugging along at reading and writing..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail. is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:40:50 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: RE: Headline. Of. The. Year >That's hilarious! I am assuming down there it is pronounced >"Fun-gee", "Fun-jee", or "Fun-jai" whereas up here it would be >"Fun-guy"...not quite as funny phonetically...still the concept is >great... Yup - fun-gee it is :) 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: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:40:12 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 Scruss wrote: >lep wrote: > > > > BTW, any british crime recommendations? problem is i've seen cracker, > > so everything else pales. > >Taggart why am I not surprised? Weegies of the world unite? :) kevin studyvin wrote: > > For some of us, I'm afraid the term "rock opera" has the same effect as > > fingernails on a blackboard (for those of you old enough to get that > > reference). By peculiar happenstance, I've just returned from the theatre (doing my first ever live performance review for my local newspaper). The show? A spoof rock opera - highlights included someone dressed in lederhosen alternating singing styles between Von trapp family and Rammstein, and a glam rocker looking like Justin Hawkins auditioning for Rocky Horror. Loads more fun than that description sounds, but yeah, I certainly get your point about rock opera... Jef (plus an f) wrote: >And hey: I've been >listening to _Thick as a Brick_ and _A Passion Play_ recently - and curious >that there seems to be so little love for J. Tull here...since of all the >acts mentioned above, Ian Anderson's musical approach shares the most >similarities with Robyn's (arcane British folk and psychedelia are the two >threads in common). I'm a big Tull fan, though those two albums are among my least favorite. As for the RH connection, I'd love to hear Ian Anderson & co cover "The Black Crow knows". On the rock opera note, can you count "Skylarking"? Or the Who's "A quick one while he's away"? 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: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:36:37 -0400 (EDT) From: djini@voicenet.com Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #81 Lauren opined: > > the low: > hard candy - oh dear. i was left speechless. except i did say to > myself, "wow, there's just not enough directors these days who are > bold enough to handle the on-screen castration." Hee hee! I loved that scene. No spoilers (like the fegs are going to rush right out to see it after this promo) but that movie was a guilty pleasure for me. And I think it would work as a play too, and be tons of fun to stage. > p.p.s last episode BSG - "F". my dear jacob at TWoP speaks the truth. Ack! No! C'mon Lauren, haven't we been over this? I HATE that guy! All I want from a recapper is for them to help me keep track of which frakkin 8 or 6 or whatever the hell it is, and whether she's real or some kind of hallucination, not 7 pages of pretentious literary allusions! I did finally get all the guys sorted though. Helo is the one who's currently shirtless on Dollhouse. Jeanne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:51:22 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:40 AM, James Dignan wrote: > > > On the rock opera note, can you count "Skylarking"? Or the Who's "A quick > one while he's away"? > Nah. The former is a song suite, the latter just has a lot of clever aural linkages between songs (arguably a concept album, but I'm not even sure about that). To me, the difference between a "concept album" (which has its own pitfalls) and a "rock opera" is that the opera has a narrative, and usually a basically chronological one. Forgot "Drella". And "Berlin". They just don't seem "operatic" per se, although they're chock full o' narrative. I guess rock opera is like porn-- in many ways, of course, but what I mean is that you know it when you see (hear) it. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:21:56 -0400 From: Great Quail Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) Rex writes, > I've never made it through "The Wall" in any form, I don't think. But I > think I'm starting to understand who's behind the Decemberists' rise to > fame: it's the faction who believe it is Vitally Important That Rock and > Roll Be Important!!!!11! I forget about those guys sometimes. Or -- maybe some people out there simply have different tastes than you? Maybe they....hang on! -- actually *like* the Decemberists? Whether or not they are singing about Grace Cathedral Hill or magic squirrels? I for one don't feel that "Hazards of Love" is any more or less important than "Five Songs." In fact, by adopting a more retro style and couching everything in bizarre symbolism, one can argue the Decemberists are becoming less accessible, and perhaps therefore less important. But at the end of the day, I just happen to enjoy it. Why must you insult people by interrogating and assigning the reasons they like things that you do not? - --Q ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:44:25 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Robyn in Brooklyn in June (oh my!) I just got email from a friend telling me that our man will be playing the Bell House in Brooklyn in June. I don't see this listed at robynhitchcock.com but the venue knows about it: http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php 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: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:50:44 -0400 From: Great Quail Subject: Fear of Music I know that it's difficult for you aging punks and failed garage rockers to wrap your minds around the fact that rock and roll can actually be *more* than three chords and the truth; that this medium -- now well over a half-century old -- can express thoughts more complicated than "I want to get laid," or "I am sad that I cannot get laid," or, "I am really sad because my gal left me and now I am so not getting laid at all," or "I hate the world and especially government, and maybe corporations, too." (and considering the nature of this list, I'll generously add, "My insect friends have all blossomed into rainbow trout and flew into the English sunset.") But you know, we prog rockers have feelings, too. When you announce that you can't even get through "The Wall" -- as if a short attention span and an inability to try something outside your comfort zone is a badge of honor -- well, it makes those of us who register our complaints on the Internet as we play "Tales from Topographic Oceans" just feel low, so very low. But then I think about how it must've been like for you poor folks in high school. Not beautiful or popular enough to be friends with the prom queen and quarterback, but also not smart enough to be a geek and take fantasy revenge during D&D games in your parents' basement, well...it must have been sad, sitting there getting your C's and occasional B in math class while you cling bitterly to that Elvis Costello album someone else's older sister loaned you...dreaming of the day you'll go on to show us all! Maybe by founding Pitchfork magazine or the Village Voice, somewhere where *you* get to decide what is "cool" and "not cool," where you can be the arbiter of taste within your fortress of solitude, making damn sure that no one ever puts a flute into a rock song ever again! Is that it? Are you all just sad inside? Because the amount of mockery directed at rock operas around here strikes me as being a bit unseemly, maybe even slightly...telling? It's okay, really, I'm here to help. You can admit to that one time you felt prog-curious when you heard an echo of "The Kids Are Alright" float by in "Quadrophenia." It's all right if you admit that you have a soft spot for those giant crazy hats the bad Jews wore in "Jesus Christ Superstar." And finally -- we know the real reason you can't get through "The Wall" is because it's just too painful, isn't it? Reminds you too much about that time your daddy came home from the war and your "Uncle" Bernie killed him, and then you stole Sting's motor scooter and bottomed out at the beach, listening to Planet P Project and crying silently to yourself? I know, baby, I know...it's all going to be okay. The Decemberists will make it all better... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:57:57 -0400 From: Great Quail Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) Jeff writes, > It might > vaguely be a "concept album"...but anyone not reading Jon Anderson's liner > notes I think "Topographic" is a concept album, not at all a rock opera. There's no narrative, really. Um... I think. Maybe there's something about the Sun getting...sunnier? and energy swirling around mountains, and....um.... > And hey: I've been > listening to _Thick as a Brick_ and _A Passion Play_ recently - and curious > that there seems to be so little love for J. Tull Jethro Tull is one of my top ten groups of all time. And until Stewart burst my bubble, I would have said they are among my top ten salmon farmers of all time, too. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:56:11 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Robyn in Brooklyn in June (oh my!) sounds like a warm-up gig for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 3/26/2009 12:51:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anacreon@gmail.com writes: I just got email from a friend telling me that our man will be playing the Bell House in Brooklyn in June. I don't see this listed at robynhitchcock.com but the venue knows about it: http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219799606x1201361003/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub leclick.net%2Fclk%3B213153745%3B34689725%3Bo) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:14:37 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) > Why must you insult people by interrogating and assigning the reasons they > like things that you do not? > > --Q Seems more like a species of playfulness to me. Possibly your sense of humor's on a different wavelength. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:31:48 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Fear of Music You find Rex's opinions both annoying and annoyingly expressed. And because of that you've just shat all over the list, twice. Why do you give the slightest fuck what Rex thinks about anything? More to the point, why does the fact that you give such a fuck mean you will risk another interminable spat between the two of you? Guess what? Both of you are wrong *way* more often than you're right, and I have a lifetime of carefully honed opinions to prove it :-) Yet for some reason, all that inspires me to do is think to myself, "yep, there go Rex and Quail being all wrong again." Your opinions by themselves, insanely wrong as they are, are mildly interesting. But all the noise about how Rex's opinions make Quail *feel* (or vice-versa)? That shit? That just makes me want to rip out my eyes, dude. > I know that it's difficult for you aging punks and failed garage > rockers to > wrap your minds around the fact that rock and roll can actually be > *more* > than three chords and the truth; that this medium -- now well over a > half-century old -- can express thoughts more complicated than "I want > to > get laid," or "I am sad that I cannot get laid," or, "I am really sad > because my gal left me and now I am so not getting laid at all," or "I > hate > the world and especially government, and maybe corporations, too." (and > considering the nature of this list, I'll generously add, "My insect > friends > have all blossomed into rainbow trout and flew into the English > sunset.") > > But you know, we prog rockers have feelings, too. When you announce > that you > can't even get through "The Wall" -- as if a short attention span and > an > inability to try something outside your comfort zone is a badge of > honor -- > well, it makes those of us who register our complaints on the Internet > as we > play "Tales from Topographic Oceans" just feel low, so very low. > > But then I think about how it must've been like for you poor folks in > high > school. Not beautiful or popular enough to be friends with the prom > queen > and quarterback, but also not smart enough to be a geek and take > fantasy > revenge during D&D games in your parents' basement, well...it must have > been > sad, sitting there getting your C's and occasional B in math class > while you > cling bitterly to that Elvis Costello album someone else's older sister > loaned you...dreaming of the day you'll go on to show us all! Maybe by > founding Pitchfork magazine or the Village Voice, somewhere where *you* > get > to decide what is "cool" and "not cool," where you can be the arbiter > of > taste within your fortress of solitude, making damn sure that no one > ever > puts a flute into a rock song ever again! > > Is that it? Are you all just sad inside? Because the amount of mockery > directed at rock operas around here strikes me as being a bit unseemly, > maybe even slightly...telling? > > It's okay, really, I'm here to help. You can admit to that one time you > felt > prog-curious when you heard an echo of "The Kids Are Alright" float by > in > "Quadrophenia." It's all right if you admit that you have a soft spot > for > those giant crazy hats the bad Jews wore in "Jesus Christ Superstar." > And > finally -- we know the real reason you can't get through "The Wall" is > because it's just too painful, isn't it? Reminds you too much about > that > time your daddy came home from the war and your "Uncle" Bernie killed > him, > and then you stole Sting's motor scooter and bottomed out at the beach, > listening to Planet P Project and crying silently to yourself? I know, > baby, > I know...it's all going to be okay. The Decemberists will make it all > better... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:35:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, kevin studyvin wrote: >> Why must you insult people by interrogating and assigning the reasons they >> like things that you do not? > > Seems more like a species of playfulness to me. Possibly your sense of > humor's on a different wavelength. So, are there any common textual clues that would allow us to distinguish those who say "I don't understand how real music fans can like this" playfully from those who say it seriously? - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:37:41 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Fear of Music On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Great Quail wrote: > I know that it's difficult for you aging punks and failed garage rockers to > wrap your minds around the fact that rock and roll can actually be *more* > than three chords and the truth; that this medium -- now well over a > half-century old -- can express thoughts more complicated than "I want to > get laid," or "I am sad that I cannot get laid," or, "I am really sad > because my gal left me and now I am so not getting laid at all," or "I hate > the world and especially government, and maybe corporations, too." (and > considering the nature of this list, I'll generously add, "My insect > friends > have all blossomed into rainbow trout and flew into the English sunset.") > > But you know, we prog rockers have feelings, too. When you announce that > you > can't even get through "The Wall" -- as if a short attention span and an > inability to try something outside your comfort zone is a badge of honor -- > well, it makes those of us who register our complaints on the Internet as > we > play "Tales from Topographic Oceans" just feel low, so very low. But dude, I'm a big TFTO fan. Still have the original vinyl from 1973. Saw them play it live in Long Beach (where thy had some prop troubles, AND got streaked by a naked couple which caused Anderson to laugh so hard he dropped his mike) and had loads of fun. And I can't deal with The Wall at all, only I regard it not as a failure on my part but as being due to not-that-great material and an overrated producer trying to make High Ahht out of mediocre pop. But then I think about how it must've been like for you poor folks in high school. Not beautiful or popular enough to be friends with the prom queen and quarterback, Spent most of my HS years singing in the choir, tripping my brains out and dating some of the finest girls in school (often to their parents' dismay) and generally having the time of my life, thank you. And the Goddess be praised, nobody had ever even heard of D&D in those days - the geeks I knew mostly played chess and talked about Asimov and classical music. somewhere where *you* get to decide what is "cool" and "not cool," where you can be the arbiter of taste within your fortress of solitude, making damn sure that no one ever puts a flute into a rock song ever again! No, no, flutes *are* "cool". And the pre-Brick Tull albums kick butt. Particularly Benefit. It's okay, really, I'm here to help. You can admit to that one time you felt prog-curious when you heard an echo of "The Kids Are Alright" float by in "Quadrophenia." It's all right if you admit that you have a soft spot for those giant crazy hats the bad Jews wore in "Jesus Christ Superstar." But Superstar blows chunks, and Sir Andrew's an annoying hack - everybody knows that. And finally -- we know the real reason you can't get through "The Wall" is because it's just too painful, isn't it? Reminds you too much about that time your daddy came home from the war and your "Uncle" Bernie killed him, and then you stole Sting's motor scooter and bottomed out at the beach, listening to Planet P Project and crying silently to yourself? I know, baby, I know...it's all going to be okay. The Decemberists will make it all better... To repeat one of my favorite Terry Southern lines, "Bitter, baby - bitter!" np Loud, Fast & Out Of Control (the brilliant 50s rock'n'roll box from Rhino). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:45:55 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Decemberists new CD review from Odds & Sods (for Who fans) In Rex's case, he's just a funny guy generally. And anybody who's both a bluegrass fan and a big Fall supporter has to have a working sense of humor to navigate the incongruities therein. So I read the great majority of his remarks as having a grin behind them. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Christopher Gross wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, kevin studyvin wrote: > > Why must you insult people by interrogating and assigning the reasons >>> they >>> like things that you do not? >>> >> >> Seems more like a species of playfulness to me. Possibly your sense of >> humor's on a different wavelength. >> > > So, are there any common textual clues that would allow us to distinguish > those who say "I don't understand how real music fans can like this" > playfully from those who say it seriously? > > > --Chris > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. > chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:37:45 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V17 #82 > > On the rock opera note, can you count "Skylarking"? Or the Who's "A > quick one while he's away"? > > > > Nah. The former is a song suite, the latter just has a lot of clever > aural > linkages between songs (arguably a concept album, but I'm not even sure > about that). I think you may be thinking of The Who Sell Out, the album that has pirate-radio-themed links between many of the songs. "A Quick One While He's Away", the song, from the previous album, is Pete's first self-described mini-opera (and also one of my most favoritest things on Earth). Sell Out does include "Rael", another mini opera, but it doesn't have anything to do with the half-baked theme of the first half of the album. +brian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:50:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Fear of Music On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, kevin studyvin wrote: >> But then I think about how it must've been like for you poor folks in >> high >> school. Not beautiful or popular enough to be friends with the prom >> queen >> and quarterback, > > Spent most of my HS years singing in the choir, tripping my brains out and > dating some of the finest girls in school (often to their parents' dismay) > and generally having the time of my life, thank you. And the Goddess be Actually, I think a list of those playful vs. serious textual cues, as requested in my previous post, would benefit a lot of people besides myself! - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:53:46 -0700 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: "In this perverted episode" . ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:56:47 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Fear of Music Wittgenstein essentially took the position in the Philosophical Investigations that you don't need to be able to elucidate all the rules of a language in order to use it to communicate with others, or to quote R. Crumb, "You got t' read between the lines, Jake." On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Christopher Gross wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, kevin studyvin wrote: > > But then I think about how it must've been like for you poor folks in >>> high >>> school. Not beautiful or popular enough to be friends with the prom queen >>> and quarterback, >>> >> >> Spent most of my HS years singing in the choir, tripping my brains out and >> dating some of the finest girls in school (often to their parents' dismay) >> and generally having the time of my life, thank you. And the Goddess be >> > > Actually, I think a list of those playful vs. serious textual cues, as > requested in my previous post, would benefit a lot of people besides myself! > > > --Chris > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. > chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #83 *******************************