From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V18 #78 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 16 2010 Volume 18 : Number 078 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Nick Drake show UK broadcast [Rob ] Re: Nick Drake show UK broadcast ["craigie*" ] REAP [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Figaro Vim [2fs ] Re: Figaro Vim [Rex ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [lep ] Thurston Moore goes to school [Jeremy Osner ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [Miles Goosens ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [lep ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [Miles Goosens ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [2fs ] Re: the Propellor Time sound [Sebastian Hagedorn ] All New FREE Phantom 45 - Limited Edition "Propellor Time" Cassette Available Now. [ART ROCK POSTER ] Propellar Thyme cassette [hsatterfld@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:41:56 +0100 From: Rob Subject: Nick Drake show UK broadcast Just a heads up to those in the UK that tomorrow night (Friday) BBC 4 is showing the recording of the Nick Drake show from The Barbican in January. There's a Nick Drake documentary on straight afterwards, too. Here's a link to the BBC 4 site for the tribute show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s06v5 Hopefully it will be on dime soon afterwards for those not able to receive it. R ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:19:02 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Nick Drake show UK broadcast The digi-recorder is waiting... It'll be nice to have a companion for the non-religious Xmas thing I still need to burn to DVD... c* On 15 April 2010 18:41, Rob wrote: > Just a heads up to those in the UK that tomorrow night (Friday) BBC 4 > is showing the recording of the Nick Drake show from The Barbican in > January. There's a Nick Drake documentary on straight afterwards, too. > > Here's a link to the BBC 4 site for the tribute show: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s06v5 > > Hopefully it will be on dime soon afterwards for those not able to receive > it. > > R > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:04:13 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: REAP from Type O Negative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steele Bob Dylan Examiner Column http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner Twitter - @DylanExaminer also on Facebook ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:13:57 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Figaro Vim On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > > Has anybody got the know-how to figure out what RH is saying backwards > at the beginning of "Born on the Wind"? Haven't bothered...but if you have any kind of soundfile editor, hearing it backwards is pretty simple... J (who finds in the past weeks that The List sends him a cc of > messages he sends to it, something he has not seen happen before the > past few weeks.) > It's a gmail thing. For whatever reason, even when you manually address a reply to the list (not "reply all"), it (per Craigie*) puts yr name in the "cc" field so you get a second copy. So far no one knows why or what to do about it. I suggest we...feed the fish. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:36:59 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Figaro Vim On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > What is a Figaro Vim? Is that what Robyn tells us (as he reads the > credits at the end of "Sickie Boy") that we've been listening to? > I've been guessing it's "(something) FM" but have nothing beyond that. Working title of the LP, maybe? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:26:29 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound Miles says: > But I do think I'm > not going to like it as much as its two V3 predecessors, but I also > think it's worlds better than the LUXOR/SPOOKED trough, and I plan to > keep on listening. Are you sure this isn't some anti-Nashville shit, Miles? Because I love "Spooked." It's got two of my favourite Robyn songs: "Sometimes a Blonde", which, yes, is a rip-off of "The Leopard", and "Flanagan's Song", which, yes, is a rip-off of a Dylan song or (in fact, I was sure it was a Dylan song until Robyn mentioned ravens.) And a song about about demons! I mean, I was glad it was followed by three "The Spooked-Sound" albums, but as one album, it's lovely - kind of distant and mournful and sad. And, let me not fail to mention, it's got great cover art. xo P.S. I'm liking "Propellor Time" very much. I find it very period, but plain in a way. I can't yet rank the V3 albums except to feel like "Oslo" will come out on top. And that "The Authority Box" is one of best things Robyn's done, period; I fucking love that song. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:34:27 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Thurston Moore goes to school http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/see_sonic_youths_thurston_moor.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:17:47 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM, lep wrote: > Miles says: > >> But I do think I'm >> not going to like it as much as its two V3 predecessors, but I also >> think it's worlds better than the LUXOR/SPOOKED trough, and I plan to >> keep on listening. > > Are you sure this isn't some anti-Nashville shit, Miles? Because I > love "Spooked." > > It's got two of my favourite Robyn songs: "Sometimes a Blonde", which, > yes, is a rip-off of "The Leopard", and "Flanagan's Song", which, yes, > is a rip-off of a Dylan song or (in fact, I was sure it was a Dylan > song until Robyn mentioned ravens.) I love "Flanagan's Song." I can live without the rest of it. To me, it wasn't the harbinger of the V3 albums, but more of a "well, at least it's not LUXOR, but it's the next worst thing" kind of thing. Those two albums nearly killed my Robyn fandom; add that to what I see as a very uneven post-Egyptians period, and I had given up on Robyn producing more than a song or two of interest to me in the future. I don't find the SPOOKED songs or the sound interesting or memorable. Many things should have worked in its favor: a Robyn album recorded here, engineered by a friend, and me having seen a Bluebird show during its recording? Sounds like I should be crazy about it. But I really, really do not care for it. It still seems strummy and relatively dull. I wish I didn't feel that way, but I do. later, Miles - -- over a year of feeling guilty about not blogging enough! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:30:17 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound Miles says: > Sounds like I should be crazy about it. But I > really, really do not care for it. It still seems strummy and > relatively dull. I wish I didn't feel that way, but I do. next thing you know, you'll be saying more crazy like "BSG is The.Best.TV.Show.Ever." ;) xo p.s. yes, i used an emoticon. i don't think it killed me, but give me five minutes. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:39:18 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:30 PM, lep wrote: > Miles says: >> Sounds like I should be crazy about it. But I >> really, really do not care for it. It still seems strummy and >> relatively dull. I wish I didn't feel that way, but I do. > > next thing you know, you'll be saying more crazy like "BSG is > The.Best.TV.Show.Ever." ;) I love it when you go all FB in-joke with me. > p.s. yes, i used an emoticon. i don't think it killed me, but give me > five minutes. Heh. In theory, I would like not to use them at all, but whenever I experiment with ditching them, someone I don't want to get pissed off gets pissed off because they misread my tone. Definitely a lesser of weevils scenario. later, Miles - -- over a year of feeling guilty about not blogging enough! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:13:43 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > > gets pissed off because they misread my tone. Definitely a lesser of > weevils scenario. > > I'll tell ya, the recession's really hit me hard there. I used to lease five, six, even seven weevils once - now I'm just a lessor of two weevils. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:39:53 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound - -- Miles Goosens is rumored to have mumbled on 15. April 2010 22:17:47 -0500 regarding Re: the Propellor Time sound: [ Regarding "Luxor" and "Spooked"] > Those two albums nearly killed my Robyn fandom; While I wouldn't go that far, I'm not sure I ever listened to the whole "Luxor" even once. I didn't buy "Spooked" until a couple of years had passed; AFAICT I only ever listened to that one once as well, except for a few songs. So I basically ignore them. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:20:19 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: new ROBYN on cassette. plus All-New PHANTOM 45 Available Now for Free. http://www.reverbnation.com/c./fr5/artist_364794?eid=3943854_18918535&fid=18 918535&fsc=25f781aa5dc All-New PHANTOM 45 Available Now for Free. Robyn has released the second installment in his Phantom 45 digital single series. This time around, Robyn offers up "Halo Mary" and "Comme Toujours" for free download for a limited time. From April 15th through April 30th you can get these two all-new songs when you visit the recently rennovated Robyn Hitchcock Website. Here is what Robyn has to say about each new song... A: "Halo Mary" "Written for the movie Elektra Luxx, where Carla Gugino plays a recovering Catholic and porn star. Catholicism and sex...what a team. Paul and the boys bring out all the flaming colours in the prism of guilt, in under 3 minutes." B: "Comme Toujours" "Originally conceived for Bryan Ferry as Humphrey Bogart, a man alone consoling himself with a cigarette. Finally brought into being for Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, who very kindly named their play after it. Sublimely accompanied on cello by Jenny Adejayan." Click to download "Halo Mary" and "Comme Toujours" for FREE. Missed the first Phantom 45? Don't worry...you still have a chance to get your hands on "To Be Human" and "Belly Full of Arms and Legs" digitally at the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop. Click HERE for more details on these songs and to purchase both songs in either MP3 or FLAC format. Stay tuned to the Phantom 45 tab at RobynHitchcock.com where the entire series will be archived for any of the singles you may have missed. Propellor Time Cassettes Available Now - VERY Limited! As a special treat for the fans, we are excited to announce that the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop has an extremely limited number of Propellor Time, the all-new release from Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, on hand made cassettes. Only 100 cassettes were made and each copy is hand assembled and is individually autographed and numbered by Robyn. But don't delay, we only have 40 cassettes to offer and this item will be gone from the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop forever. Here's a peek at what you can expect if you are lucky enough to get this ultra-rare collectable. Bob Dylan Examiner Column http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner Twitter - @DylanExaminer also on Facebook ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:30:05 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound > While I wouldn't go that far, I'm not sure I ever listened to the whole > "Luxor" even once. I didn't buy "Spooked" until a couple of years had > passed; AFAICT I only ever listened to that one once as well, except for a > few songs. So I basically ignore them. For me they were far from a trough. Accounting for my forgiving attitude toward Luxor, which *is* a one-day recording and didn't start off on any label's ledger any more than Robyn Sings etc., and the fact that they were preceded by the mighty Nextdoorland, those two (especially Spooked) represented a step up from the previous few years (decade?) at least in terms of focus and had some fine songs... what I really thought was that they were going to be the status quo for RH albums from there on out. Which is to say, stronger than the "wilderness years" but not as great as the previous heights. In short, I thought we weren't going to get really great stuff from Robyn anymore, but what we were going to get would be fine. Happily, I was way wrong. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:41:56 -0400 From: ART ROCK POSTER Subject: All New FREE Phantom 45 - Limited Edition "Propellor Time" Cassette Available Now. - ----- Forwarded message from Robyn Hitchcock ----- From: Robyn Hitchcock Subject: All New FREE Phantom 45 - Limited Edition "Propellor Time" Cassette Available Now. Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:10:06 -0400 (EDT) All-New PHANTOM 45 Available Now for Free. Robyn has released the second installment in his Phantom 45 digital single series. This time around, Robyn offers up "Halo Mary" and "Comme Toujours" for free download for a limited time. From April 15th through April 30th you can get these two all-new songs when you visit the recently rennovated Robyn Hitchcock Website. Here is what Robyn has to say about each new song... A: "Halo Mary" "Written for the movie Elektra Luxx, where Carla Gugino plays a recovering Catholic and porn star. Catholicism and sex...what a team. Paul and the boys bring out all the flaming colours in the prism of guilt, in under 3 minutes." B: "Comme Toujours" "Originally conceived for Bryan Ferry as Humphrey Bogart, a man alone consoling himself with a cigarette. Finally brought into being for Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, who very kindly named their play after it. Sublimely accompanied on cello by Jenny Adejayan." Click to download "Halo Mary" and "Comme Toujours" for FREE. Missed the first Phantom 45? Don't worry...you still have a chance to get your hands on "To Be Human" and "Belly Full of Arms and Legs" digitally at the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop. Click HERE for more details on these songs and to purchase both songs in either MP3 or FLAC format. Stay tuned to the Phantom 45 tab at RobynHitchcock.com where the entire series will be archived for any of the singles you may have missed. ___________________________________________________________________ Propellor Time Cassettes Available Now - VERY Limited! As a special treat for the fans, we are excited to announce that the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop has an extremely limited number of Propellor Time, the all-new release from Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, on hand made cassettes. Only 100 cassettes were made and each copy is hand assembled and is individually autographed and numbered by Robyn. But don't delay, we only have 40 cassettes to offer and this item will be gone from the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop forever. Here's a peek at what you can expect if you are lucky enough to get this ultra-rare collectable. Click HERE to order now while supplies last. ___________________________________________________________________ Propellor Time Available on LP, CD and Digital. Over the past three decades, Robyn Hitchcock has amassed an extensive and distinguished body of work that has established him as one of rock music's most respected and beloved iconoclasts. A prolific renegade and visionary cult artist, Hitchcock has released numerous albums with his longstanding outfits The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, as well as his own ample solo work of which Propellor Time (Sartorial Records) is the very latest. Recorded at home in London's Tropic of Hounslow over the Summer of 2006 and beyond, Propellor Time is no single-handed effort: The Venus 3, Hitchcock's backing band for this recording boasts the rhythm section of Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows) on bass and Bill Rieflin on drums (formerly of Ministry and Revolting Cocks). Making a rare appearance as a sideman outside his usual group, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck (on 12 string and acoustic guitars) completes this esteemed line-up and is co-writer of the album's title track with Hitchcock. Additionally, a star-studded array of illustrious guest musicians collaborate with Hitchcock on Propellor Time; selected tracks feature contributions from John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin/Them Crooked Vultures), Johnny Marr (The Smiths/Modest Mouse) who co-wrote the track he plays on, "Ordinary Millionaire" with Hitchcock, old pal Nick Lowe; and former Soft Boy/Egyptian band mate Morris Windsor among many other notables. Click HERE to order Propellor Time on LP, CD or Digital (MP3/FLAC). ___________________________________________________________________ Visit RobynHitchcock.com for more news, releases and other surprises. - ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:51:28 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: the Propellor Time sound I'm happy and a bit perplexed to see that every member of this mailing list has his own take on the quality wave form function for Robyn's records. For me the decade prior to Luxor contains some of his very finest work -- some individual songs that are clunkers but albums that I love; Luxor is a deep trough all by itself, as I said before the only one of his records that I actually dislike, Spooked is back up to peak; Ole Tarantula is better than Spooked in terms of the quality of the individual songs but paradoxically I do not like it as much as a record; Oslo is a peak, as good as any other record he has recorded; Propellor Time a falling off from that high but still with some beautiful songs. (Perplexing: the albums of Robyn Hitchcock that for me are at the peaks of the wave form, his very best works, are *Underwater Moonlight *BSDR *Element of Light *Perspex Island *Moss Elixir (and *Storefront, but I'm not counting concert tapes for some reason) *Jewels for Sophia *Oslo -- I see people talking about some of these as being troughs and scratch my head... I've seen one or two reviews refer to Propellor Time as a peak, and scratch my head...) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:25:41 -0400 From: hsatterfld@aol.com Subject: Propellar Thyme cassette So I get this e-mail from YepRoc saying there's a ridiculously limited edition cassette release, so limited in fact that I get a bad URL error when I click on the link. Does this mean it sold out, and how much was it? Vivian Girl cassettes regular sell for $20+ on eBay and they aren't even autographed. P.S. If your software doesn't support putting up a "sold out" page when an item is sold out, you shouldn't be legally allowed to call yourself a software engineer. In fact, you should be legally required to call yourself a "dude who makes teh interweb pages". ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V18 #78 *******************************