From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #315 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, December 24 2009 Volume 17 : Number 315 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Short short stories, and a reap [James Dignan ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #314 [James Dignan ] Season's greetings! [James Dignan ] Re: Short short stories, and a reap [kevin studyvin ] Re: Vegetable nativity [kevin studyvin ] Re: Vegetable nativity [Eleanore Adams ] New RH Site [Steve Sonoras ] Re: Vegetable nativity [lep ] Re: New RH Site [kevin studyvin ] Re: New RH Site [lep ] Re: Vegetable nativity [kevin studyvin ] Re: Vegetable nativity [lep ] Rock History [Jeremy Osner ] Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca [Caroline Smith ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca [Tom Clark ] Re: New RH Site [FSThomas ] Strange Communion ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] SHOCKER: 'Alvin and The Chipmunks' sequel dethrones James Cameron's 'Avatar' at [HwyCDRre] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:54:44 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Short short stories, and a reap >oddly, i read that story the other day. not oddly, it was on your >facebook page. > >the book i have with the shortest stories is called "scars make your >body more interesting." i always loved the title of it. i think we >read in my high-school aesthetics class and i liked it so much that i >bought a copy. I have a couple of books of short stories by Fredric Brown, who is an expert in the "short short" . One of the books has aboput 75 stories in it, and is a little over 100 pages long. I *thionk* it was brown who wrote the classic story which gioes something like "The last man in the universe was sitting in his room when there came a knock at the door." RIP Arnold Stang - the voice of "Top Cat" 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, 24 Dec 2009 11:00:08 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #314 > > That's giclee, not glicee. It's a process used in fine art print > > production, using ink-jet from a digital source. (Carrie's not the only > > person working in the arts round here, remember!) > >my apologies, james. i think of carrie as a graphic artist, and so >put her in the "print-knowledge" category of my brain. i think of you >as a painter, which may or may not be correct, but, either way, i'll >fix the venn diagram in my brain. Yeah, painter is right - but also pro art critic (shudder), so I know about other media. ISTR we have other artists here too, though (LJ's still here, isn't she?). And no apology needed :) 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, 24 Dec 2009 12:47:51 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Season's greetings! Wish you all the best of seasonal greetings in this holiday period. May you have love, health, hope, and prosperity at this time and in the coming year. 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: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:52:48 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Short short stories, and a reap On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:54 PM, James Dignan wrote: > oddly, i read that story the other day. not oddly, it was on your >> facebook page. >> >> the book i have with the shortest stories is called "scars make your >> body more interesting." i always loved the title of it. i think we >> read in my high-school aesthetics class and i liked it so much that i >> bought a copy. >> > > I have a couple of books of short stories by Fredric Brown, who is an > expert in the "short short" . One of the books has aboput 75 stories in it, > and is a little over 100 pages long. I *thionk* it was brown who wrote the > classic story which gioes something like "The last man in the universe was > sitting in his room when there came a knock at the door." > Great stuff - FB is underappreciated, and almost unknown these days. As are most of the SF writers of the 40s & 50s, really. > > RIP Arnold Stang - the voice of "Top Cat" > Used to love watching TC and his crew as a kid. They were about the hippest characters in the Hanna-Barberaverse, except for maybe Secret Squirrel. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:04:39 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Hey my vegetable friends, have you seen this (or is it "old news")? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUvsSPEFyos > > J > Absolutely nuts! Is it any wonder I love the Hitch so immoderately? Also, liked the comment from the guy who's "seriously fucking confused." He'll be coming over to the Reg Side soon... Xmas gifts purchased for myself today: Bete Noire (Bryan Ferry); I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Brian Wilson); Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been: Stories Of Young America (Joyce Carol Oates). Good times. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:51:08 -0800 (PST) From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity awesome - that made my day!!! ea - --- On Wed, 12/23/09, kevin studyvin wrote: From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity To: "Jeremy Osner" Cc: "Pigworkers Local 47" Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 7:04 PM On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Hey my vegetable friends, have you seen this (or is it "old news")? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUvsSPEFyos > > J > Absolutely nuts! Is it any wonder I love the Hitch so immoderately? Also, liked the comment from the guy who's "seriously fucking confused." He'll be coming over to the Reg Side soon... Xmas gifts purchased for myself today: Bete Noire (Bryan Ferry); I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Brian Wilson); Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been: Stories Of Young America (Joyce Carol Oates). Good times. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:53:02 +0000 From: Steve Sonoras Subject: New RH Site Some two weeks after my post in which I gave suggestions for improvements for RH's new website, his new domain is up and running. And I must say it's looking very stylish; in case you folks haven't stopped over there yet (though you may have, judging by the back-and-forth about his new nativity video) there's some new music and a release date/cover art for the upcoming Propeller Time record. With the flashy new site, plenty of gigs popping up, and what is sure to be his best album in 20 years judging by the tracks previewed at live shows and the Sex, Food, Death DVD, it looks like this might be a new peak for Robyn. As a young fan who has only seen two new RH releases since discovering him, I couldn't be more excited. Cheers! Steven _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:33:16 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity kevin says: > Absolutely nuts! Is it any wonder I love the Hitch so immoderately? Also, > liked the comment from the guy who's "seriously fucking confused." He'll be > coming over to the Reg Side soon... I tried to "Like" every time I saw this video posted on Facebook since yesterday; I'm exhausted. > Xmas gifts purchased for myself today: Bete Noire (Bryan Ferry); I've always been unsure of Bryan Ferry after Brian Eno left Roxy Music. However, this hasn't stopped me from buying most to all of his albums up until at least (was it called) "All Tomorrow's Parties", seeing him in concert, and being certain that the best song he's ever done is "Mother of Pearl." > I Just > Wasn't Made For These Times (Brian Wilson); What is this? Animal, vegetable, or mineral? I'm not a big Beach Boys fan, but I have a strong interest in depression, neurosis, and psychosis, and love "Pet Sounds" beyond reason. Where Are You Going, Where Have > You Been: Stories Of Young America (Joyce Carol Oates). Good times. Reading, hmm. I'm actually reading a book not about math and not tangentially related to Carl Jung, which is "Lit" by Mary Karr. Well, I was until I idly showed it my father, telling him I was going to get him a copy for Christmas, but decided it might be a bit on the "too emotional" side of the drinking memoir. Perhaps I was wrong as I haven't seen it since. Review of "Lit": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/books/06book.html?pagewanted=all It's been a long time since I read "The Liar's Club" but any gal who once had her name tattooed on David Wallace gets a free pass. And that's not even counting the fact that she can write like all get-out, and is a riot to boot. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:56:20 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: New RH Site On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Steve Sonoras wrote: > Some two weeks after my post in which I gave suggestions for improvements > for > RH's new website, his new domain is up and running. And I must say it's > looking very stylish; in case you folks haven't stopped over there yet > (though > you may have, judging by the back-and-forth about his new nativity video) > there's some new music and a release date/cover art for the upcoming > Propeller > Time record. With the flashy new site, plenty of gigs popping up, and what > is > sure to be his best album in 20 years judging by the tracks previewed at > live > shows and the Sex, Food, Death DVD, it looks like this might be a new peak > for > Robyn. As a young fan who has only seen two new RH releases since > discovering > him, I couldn't be more excited. > > Cheers! > > Steven > Your luck to catch him when he's on a major roll. Just be grateful you missed Luxor... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:01:19 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: New RH Site Steve Sonoras says: > Some two weeks after my post in which I gave suggestions for improvements for > RH's new website, his new domain is up and running. And I must say it's > looking very stylish; in case you folks haven't stopped over there yet (though > you may have, judging by the back-and-forth about his new nativity video) > there's some new music and a release date/cover art for the upcoming Propeller > Time record. With the flashy new site, plenty of gigs popping up, and what is > sure to be his best album in 20 years judging by the tracks previewed at live > shows and the Sex, Food, Death DVD, it looks like this might be a new peak for > Robyn. As a young fan who has only seen two new RH releases since discovering > him, I couldn't be more excited. > > Cheers! http://www.robynhitchcock.com well, fuck me, baby, i'm a trolley bus. i haven't been through the entire site, but (1) nice colour scheme, and (2) flash, ick. steven - i hope you've seen robyn's (i assume) latest work: the vegetable nativity. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:03:13 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM, lep wrote: > kevin says: > > Absolutely nuts! Is it any wonder I love the Hitch so immoderately? > Also, > > liked the comment from the guy who's "seriously fucking confused." He'll > be > > coming over to the Reg Side soon... > > I tried to "Like" every time I saw this video posted on Facebook since > yesterday; I'm exhausted. > > > Xmas gifts purchased for myself today: Bete Noire (Bryan Ferry); > > I've always been unsure of Bryan Ferry after Brian Eno left Roxy > Music. However, this hasn't stopped me from buying most to all of his > albums up until at least (was it called) "All Tomorrow's Parties", > seeing him in concert, and being certain that the best song he's ever > done is "Mother of Pearl." > I like lots of Ferry's stuff & Bete Noire is a particular favorite. It's like Avalon with more grit. And percussion. Lots of percussion. > > > I Just > > Wasn't Made For These Times (Brian Wilson); > > What is this? Animal, vegetable, or mineral? I'm not a big Beach > Boys fan, but I have a strong interest in depression, neurosis, and > psychosis, and love "Pet Sounds" beyond reason. > It's essentially the soundtrack to the Don Was movie, which is what a biography of Brian Wilson by David Lynch might be like, only not quite. > > Where Are You Going, Where Have > > You Been: Stories Of Young America (Joyce Carol Oates). Good times. > > Reading, hmm. I'm actually reading a book not about math and not > tangentially related to Carl Jung, which is "Lit" by Mary Karr. Well, > I was until I idly showed it my father, telling him I was going to get > him a copy for Christmas, but decided it might be a bit on the "too > emotional" side of the drinking memoir. Perhaps I was wrong as I > haven't seen it since. > > Review of "Lit": > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/books/06book.html?pagewanted=all > > It's been a long time since I read "The Liar's Club" but any gal who > once had her name tattooed on David Wallace gets a free pass. And > that's not even counting the fact that she can write like all get-out, > and is a riot to boot. > OK, OK, I'll check it out. I've already been through the whole thing vis-a-vis DFW in this venue... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:09:21 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Vegetable nativity kevin says: >> Where Are You Going, Where Have >> > You Been: Stories Of Young America (Joyce Carol Oates). Good times. >> >> Reading, hmm. I'm actually reading a book not about math and not >> tangentially related to Carl Jung, which is "Lit" by Mary Karr. Well, >> I was until I idly showed it my father, telling him I was going to get >> him a copy for Christmas, but decided it might be a bit on the "too >> emotional" side of the drinking memoir. Perhaps I was wrong as I >> haven't seen it since. >> >> Review of "Lit": >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/books/06book.html?pagewanted=all >> >> It's been a long time since I read "The Liar's Club" but any gal who >> once had her name tattooed on David Wallace gets a free pass. And >> that's not even counting the fact that she can write like all get-out, >> and is a riot to boot. > > > OK, OK, I'll check it out. I've already been through the whole thing > vis-a-vis DFW in this venue... the tattoo was just a girlfriend thing. lord knows how i can write this, but you can take comfort that their writing subjects and style share very little. if you haven't read "the liar's club", i'd start there. it's like finding out how many batshit crazy alcoholics can pour out a VW beetle. only funny. in fact, i've already had the chance to use my new catchphrase (thanks, tc) to describe ms. karr's childhood: "a potpourri of crazy." i haven't read "cherry" or any of her poetry, but i've asked for both for christmas, so perhaps i'll get the chance in the not-too-distant future. although i'm getting lazy - i'm starting to want audiobooks. or a just a boy to read the stuff to me. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:52:44 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Rock History This is the proper way to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:06:33 -0500 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca http://www.spinner.ca/2009/12/24/count-five-robyn-hitchcocks-favorite-holiday-songs/ Happy Christmas! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:21:42 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: New RH Site On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:01 PM, lep wrote: > http://www.robynhitchcock.com > > > well, fuck me, baby, i'm a trolley bus. > > i haven't been through the entire site, but (1) nice colour scheme, > and (2) flash, ick. Agreed on all counts. New record in March, though - yay! Happy Fegsmas All! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:24:17 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca On Dec 24, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Caroline Smith wrote: > http://www.spinner.ca/2009/12/24/count-five-robyn-hitchcocks-favorite-holiday-songs/ > > Happy Christmas! Neato! Am I the only one who ordered the Trains DVD and did not get an ornament? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:43:08 -0500 From: m swedene Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca I didnt get an ornament :( now i feel cheated. Mike On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Dec 24, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Caroline Smith wrote: > > >> http://www.spinner.ca/2009/12/24/count-five-robyn-hitchcocks-favorite-holiday-songs/ >> >> Happy Christmas! >> > > Neato! Am I the only one who ordered the Trains DVD and did not get an > ornament? > > -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:58:02 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca Mike says: > I didnt get an ornament :( > > now i feel cheated. and tc says: > Am I the only one who ordered the Trains DVD and did not get an ornament? I got an ornament, but it was a Reverend Horton Heat one. I suspect the person who wrote the article of spreading misinformation. Either way don't feel bad -- it's kind of ugly. I hate flat ornaments. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:01:21 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock's Favorite Holiday Songs on spinner.ca Caroline says: (finally, I get a VU lyric for all my efforts...) > http://www.spinner.ca/2009/12/24/count-five-robyn-hitchcocks-favorite-holiday-songs/ thanks very much for posting. is it my lack of imagination, or is robyn pretty much the only person who would think of "i am the walrus" as a holiday song? > Happy Christmas! a happy christmas from me to all Fegs as well. and if you don't celebrate, have a damn nice day anyway. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:22:01 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Two free downloads at the New Museum (was Re: New RH Site) i say: > these songs are new to me, so naturally my huge ego assumes that's the > case for everyone else... actually, now that i've listened to them, my huge ego insists that i *have* heard "to be human" (did they play at recent shows?) but it is new (and lovely). the other one i definitely haven't heard and it's a one big bowl of crazy fun. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:57:12 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Rock History On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > This is the proper way to do it: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI > The theremin was pretty cool. But they forgot all about Stig and Nasty. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:10 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: New RH Site Tom Clark wrote: > On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:01 PM, lep wrote: > >> http://www.robynhitchcock.com >> >> >> well, fuck me, baby, i'm a trolley bus. >> >> i haven't been through the entire site, but (1) nice colour scheme, >> and (2) flash, ick. There's not *that* much Flash in it. There is the occasional mis-use (the header logo upper left with the neon effect, for example), but for the most part it's Flash-light. Even the logo might be cheaper bandwidth-wise if it cycles colors; I didn't stare at it long enough to see if it morphed at all. The photo galleries are done with Fancybox, which is JavaScript. In perusing the source code, it's interesting to see a profile link in the header to GMPG. From their site (linked from the header on the main of the new site page) http://gmpg.org/: - --- *Global Multimedia Protocols Group* The GMPG can be explained as an experiment in Metamemetics. The first aim of Metamemetics is to create a structure of principles that foster the construction and propagation of elemental ideas. The GMPG attempts to stimulate simplification of virtual substructures and bring people to question established structures and their relationships. Because people are not used to seeing elemental technologies or concepts which are powerful and immediately usable, frequent and novel encounters with GMPG efforts provoke optimism and empowerment, nevertheless reawakening criticism of complexity and a desire for simplicity. ... Connecting people through incremental simplicity. - --- After downloading and disassembling the propeller time SWF I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. I had hoped it had a shot of his pointing the glow sticks in all directions, then I could have made myself a nice clock from the photos ... - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:36:21 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Strange Communion okay, this is kind of an odd one. i think that thea gilmore is my artist of the year -- without having released a regular studio album. instead, a live album and a christmas album (of sorts); both of which will probably crack my top ten. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:51:51 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: SHOCKER: 'Alvin and The Chipmunks' sequel dethrones James Cameron's 'Avatar' at SHOCKER: 'Alvin and The Chipmunks' sequel dethrones James Cameron's 'Avatar' at the box office http://www.examiner.com/x-15166-Dallas-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d24-SHOCKER-A lvin-and-The-Chipmunks-The-Squeekquel-topples-Avatar-at-the-box-office Bob Dylan Examiner Column http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #315 ********************************