From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V18 #139 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, July 21 2010 Volume 18 : Number 139 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: San Diego Comic Con anyone? (No RH) ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: west coast robyn tour september [vivien lyon ] Re: west coast robyn tour september [vivien lyon ] Re: odds [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: west coast robyn tour september [kevin studyvin ] [none] [joe cushley ] Holy List of Feg Record Club [lep ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Stewart Russell ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Jason Brown ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Jason Brown ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Jeremy Osner ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Jeremy Osner ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [lep ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [m swedene ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club ["craigie*" ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Stewart Russell ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Jeff Margrave ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [2fs ] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [Miles Goosens ] Re: Success of the Feg Record Club, or rather lack thereof [Jeff Margrave] Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club [m swedene ] Re: Success of the Feg Record Club, or rather lack thereof [m swedene Subject: Re: San Diego Comic Con anyone? (No RH) At 03:27 PM 7/20/2010, >From: Steve Talkowski > >I know a few listers have been to SDCC in the past. Anyone planning >on attending this year? I'll be there, yet again. All four days. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:43:35 -0400 From: m swedene Subject: Paul McCartney and Robyn (49% RH) I was listening to Pandora today on the Macca station... they played "The World Tonight" off of Flaming Pie. Is it me or could these have EASILY fit on one of Robyn's and TV3 last 2 albums? Thoughts.... Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:03:34 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: west coast robyn tour september Word! On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Jul 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote: > > > http://www.robynhitchcock.com/tourdates/ > > > > 29 September 2010 > > The Woods, Portland, OR > > > > Way to go Viv, nice booking! > > -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:05:03 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: west coast robyn tour september I should say, of course, that our fantastic booking agent did all the work, but I definitely exerted moral and emotional pressure. Kindly, of course. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:03 PM, vivien lyon wrote: > Word! > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > >> On Jul 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote: >> >> > http://www.robynhitchcock.com/tourdates/ >> > >> > 29 September 2010 >> > The Woods, Portland, OR >> > >> >> Way to go Viv, nice booking! >> >> -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:29:30 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: odds >Nice thing is though, now that Jeff has posited it, Lauren's tattoo >exists in a probabilistic state, as a waveform -- until she opens the >box (and unleashes sin upon the world)*, Lauren both has and does not >have a tattoo; it is both of an equation and of Thoth. > >J Much better idea than torturing a 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: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:32:13 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: west coast robyn tour september On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:30 PM, wrote: > http://www.robynhitchcock.com/tourdates/ > > N. American Tour Dates > > Below dates are with Chinese White Bicycles: four shows with Joe Boyd > reading from his book and Robyn Hitchcock performing some of the songs Joe > produced. > > 22 September 2010 > Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA > > 23 September 2010 > Coronet Theatre at Largo, Los Angeles, CA > > 24 September 2010 > Club Congress, Tucson, AZ > > 28 September 2010 > Triple Door, Seattle, WA > > 29 September 2010 > The Woods, Portland, OR > > More to come soon. > > And we're on leave from skool in September so I can go...are these solo shows or what? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:41:21 +0000 (GMT) From: joe cushley Subject: [none] http://ilorvybfilpsvvz.ru.gg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:51:01 -0400 From: lep Subject: Holy List of Feg Record Club I can't sort this crap out. First person to yell gets to pick the next album. I'll go by when it arrives in my Inbox. Reply to the list, preferably to this thread. I'll be happy to keep the Holy List for the time being. But it's going to be a new list, not Rex's. Note: when Mike Swedene suggested this idea, he was going to pick two albums. Since he's smarter than the rest of us for coming up with an idea, I say he reserves the right to let him pick the next album. But he has to answer this e-mail -- oh, let's say to-day. So he trumps the first reply person to-day only, otherwise, first reply person goes. as ever, Lauren - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:11:10 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Yell On 7/21/10, lep wrote: > I can't sort this crap out. First person to yell gets to pick the > next album. I'll go by when it arrives in my Inbox. Reply to the > list, preferably to this thread. > > I'll be happy to keep the Holy List for the time being. But it's > going to be a new list, not Rex's. > > Note: when Mike Swedene suggested this idea, he was going to pick two > albums. Since he's smarter than the rest of us for coming up with an > idea, I say he reserves the right to let him pick the next album. But > he has to answer this e-mail -- oh, let's say to-day. So he trumps > the first reply person to-day only, otherwise, first reply person > goes. > > as ever, > Lauren > > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha > - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:23:19 -0700 From: Jason Brown Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club I did some digging and came up with this list: Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": Mike Swedene Rex Broome Miles Goosens Kevin Studyvin Stewart C. Russell Tom Clark Michael Bachman Jeanne (djini) Jeff Margrave Jason Brown Terrance Marks Let me wait till later: Lauren Jeremy Osner Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": cragie* Luther Willis-Dudlich John B Jones Ross Mike Sweeney Terrance Marks - -- Man of wisdom, and man of compromise, man of weak flesh in an armored disguise, all fall down. - - Robert Pollard ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:26:06 -0700 From: Jason Brown Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Also last week Terrence posted the following with little response. We could just go with this one to stort up again too. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Terrence Marks wrote: > Sorry if I'm out of turn here, but I figure it's time for the next entry. > > This is Por Favor, a compilation by Los Shakers. Los Shakers released > albums between 1965 and 1968. They were Uruguay's answer to The > Beatles. I apologize for the size of it - I've added a few tracks > from the Worldbeaters compilation and their final album, "The Secret > Conference at Toto's Bar", because their music is difficult to find. > Por Favor has been out of print for years. It, and most of their LPs > now go for collector's prices if you can find them. > > I hope you like it. > > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BH8IHATQ - -- Man of wisdom, and man of compromise, man of weak flesh in an armored disguise, all fall down. - - Robert Pollard ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:34:13 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Cool, now if Lauren compiles her list we can have a schism! The Orthodox Fegs will get to wear funny hats and hew to Jason's list, the Protestant followers of Lauren will be allowed to divorce their wives. J On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jason Brown wrote: > I did some digging and came up with this list: > > Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > Mike Swedene > Rex Broome > Miles Goosens > Kevin Studyvin > Stewart C. Russell > Tom Clark > Michael Bachman > Jeanne (djini) > Jeff Margrave > Jason Brown > Terrance Marks > > Let me wait till later: > Lauren > Jeremy Osner > > Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": > cragie* > Luther Willis-Dudlich > John B Jones > Ross > Mike Sweeney > Terrance Marks > > -- > Man of wisdom, and man of compromise, man of weak flesh in an armored > disguise, all fall down. > - Robert Pollard ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:38:08 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club (This of course opens up the question of who will sell the indulgences. I suspect it will be Stewart but I've been wrong before.) On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Cool, now if Lauren compiles her list we can have a schism! The > Orthodox Fegs will get to wear funny hats and hew to Jason's list, the > Protestant followers of Lauren will be allowed to divorce their wives. > > J > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jason Brown wrote: >> I did some digging and came up with this list: >> >> Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": >> Mike Swedene >> Rex Broome >> Miles Goosens >> Kevin Studyvin >> Stewart C. Russell >> Tom Clark >> Michael Bachman >> Jeanne (djini) >> Jeff Margrave >> Jason Brown >> Terrance Marks >> >> Let me wait till later: >> Lauren >> Jeremy Osner >> >> Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": >> cragie* >> Luther Willis-Dudlich >> John B Jones >> Ross >> Mike Sweeney >> Terrance Marks >> >> -- >> Man of wisdom, and man of compromise, man of weak flesh in an armored >> disguise, all fall down. >> - Robert Pollard ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:38:31 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club - -- Jason Brown is rumored to have mumbled on 21. Juli 2010 09:23:19 -0700 regarding Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club: > I did some digging and came up with this list: > > Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > Mike Swedene > Rex Broome > Miles Goosens > Kevin Studyvin > Stewart C. Russell > Tom Clark > Michael Bachman > Jeanne (djini) > Jeff Margrave > Jason Brown > Terrance Marks You forgot me. I wrote this on June 14: > --On 13. Juni 2010 15:32:06 -0700 Rex wrote: > >> Somebody is already working on the first submission, I believe, and maybe >> the second... identify yourselves if you would, please. The rest of us >> will start after your selections have been pleasingly parsed. > > I'm also interested. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:47:25 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Can I be a lapsed Pagan? c* On 21 July 2010 17:38, Jeremy Osner wrote: > (This of course opens up the question of who will sell the > indulgences. I suspect it will be Stewart but I've been wrong before.) > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > > Cool, now if Lauren compiles her list we can have a schism! The > > Orthodox Fegs will get to wear funny hats and hew to Jason's list, the > > Protestant followers of Lauren will be allowed to divorce their wives. > > > > J > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jason Brown > wrote: > >> I did some digging and came up with this list: > >> > >> Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > >> Mike Swedene > >> Rex Broome > >> Miles Goosens > >> Kevin Studyvin > >> Stewart C. Russell > >> Tom Clark > >> Michael Bachman > >> Jeanne (djini) > >> Jeff Margrave > >> Jason Brown > >> Terrance Marks > >> > >> Let me wait till later: > >> Lauren > >> Jeremy Osner > >> > >> Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": > >> cragie* > >> Luther Willis-Dudlich > >> John B Jones > >> Ross > >> Mike Sweeney > >> Terrance Marks > >> > >> -- > >> Man of wisdom, and man of compromise, man of weak flesh in an armored > >> disguise, all fall down. > >> - Robert Pollard > - -- 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: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:55:15 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Oh dear mess. First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) Unless Swedene wants to trump him by the end of the day, in which case Stewart'll go next and Swedene will be on the receiving end of any mystery Stewart words. I say alphabetical by first name. You can all argue over this point - I'm fine with that. It'll stir up some list activity and I'm always up for the alphabet argument. Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": Mike Swedene Rex Broome Miles Goosens Kevin Studyvin Stewart C. Russell Tom Clark Michael Bachman Jeanne (djini) Jeff Margrave Jason Brown Terrance Marks Sebastian Hagedorn Let me wait till later: Lauren Jeremy Osner Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": cragie* Luther Willis-Dudlich John B Jones Ross Mike Sweeney - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:08:04 -0400 From: m swedene Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Sign me up :0) If there is no clear cut "next picker" then I can pick again. Mike On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:55 PM, lep wrote: > Oh dear mess. > > First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. > > And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no > understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) Unless > Swedene wants to trump him by the end of the day, in which case > Stewart'll go next and Swedene will be on the receiving end of any > mystery Stewart words. > > I say alphabetical by first name. You can all argue over this point - > I'm fine with that. It'll stir up some list activity and I'm always > up for the alphabet argument. > > > Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > Mike Swedene > Rex Broome > Miles Goosens > Kevin Studyvin > Stewart C. Russell > Tom Clark > Michael Bachman > Jeanne (djini) > Jeff Margrave > Jason Brown > Terrance Marks > Sebastian Hagedorn > > Let me wait till later: > Lauren > Jeremy Osner > > Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": > cragie* > Luther Willis-Dudlich > John B Jones > Ross > Mike Sweeney > > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:11:13 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club and slot me in later, near the end I'd hate to choose something vanilla if everything else is exotic pineapple... c* On 21 July 2010 18:08, m swedene wrote: > Sign me up :0) > > If there is no clear cut "next picker" then I can pick again. > > Mike > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:55 PM, lep wrote: > > > Oh dear mess. > > > > First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. > > > > And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no > > understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) Unless > > Swedene wants to trump him by the end of the day, in which case > > Stewart'll go next and Swedene will be on the receiving end of any > > mystery Stewart words. > > > > I say alphabetical by first name. You can all argue over this point - > > I'm fine with that. It'll stir up some list activity and I'm always > > up for the alphabet argument. > > > > > > Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > > Mike Swedene > > Rex Broome > > Miles Goosens > > Kevin Studyvin > > Stewart C. Russell > > Tom Clark > > Michael Bachman > > Jeanne (djini) > > Jeff Margrave > > Jason Brown > > Terrance Marks > > Sebastian Hagedorn > > > > Let me wait till later: > > Lauren > > Jeremy Osner > > > > Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me up": > > cragie* > > Luther Willis-Dudlich > > John B Jones > > Ross > > Mike Sweeney > > > > > > -- > > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the > buddha > - -- 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: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:15:58 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club On 21 July 2010 13:08, m swedene wrote: > > If there is no clear cut "next picker" then I can pick again. I'll have something out by end of day. /heh heh heh. - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:39:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Margrave Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Whatever's Cool With Me (which won't be my selection, but....) "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell craigie* wrote: > and slot me in later, near the end > > I'd hate to choose something vanilla if everything else is > exotic pineapple... > > m swedene wrote: > > > Sign me up :0) > > > > If there is no clear cut "next picker" then I can pick again. > > > > lep wrote: > > > > > Oh dear mess. > > > > > > First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" > list. > > > > > > And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way > as I have no > > > understanding when Scottish expletives are being > issued.) Unless > > > Swedene wants to trump him by the end of the day, > in which case > > > Stewart'll go next and Swedene will be on the > receiving end of any > > > mystery Stewart words. > > > > > > I say alphabetical by first name. You can > all argue over this point - > > > I'm fine with that. It'll stir up some list > activity and I'm always > > > up for the alphabet argument. > > > > > > > > > Definitive yes, "I wanna pick the album": > > > Mike Swedene > > > Rex Broome > > > Miles Goosens > > > Kevin Studyvin > > > Stewart C. Russell > > > Tom Clark > > > Michael Bachman > > > Jeanne (djini) > > > Jeff Margrave > > > Jason Brown > > > Terrance Marks > > > Sebastian Hagedorn > > > > > > Let me wait till later: > > > Lauren > > > Jeremy Osner > > > > > > Supportive of the effort but not a clear "sign me > up": > > > cragie* > > > Luther Willis-Dudlich > > > John B Jones > > > Ross > > > Mike Sweeney ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:17:29 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM, lep wrote: > Oh dear mess. > > First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. > > And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no > understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) > Dibs on "The Scottish Expletives" as band name. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:45:03 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM, 2fs wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM, lep wrote: > >> Oh dear mess. >> >> First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. >> >> And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no >> understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) >> > > Dibs on "The Scottish Expletives" as band name. I keep thinking the subject line is going to be "Holy Modal List." Thanks to Lauren for filling/contaminating the schedulemaking void! later, Miles - -- over a year of feeling guilty about not blogging enough! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:40:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Margrave Subject: Re: Success of the Feg Record Club, or rather lack thereof Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > The reason I'm asking is that I've been thinking about > which record to present when it's my turn, and I guess I > would feel pretty disappointed if only two or three people > actually made the effort of listening to it ... It might not be a bad idea to have a (semi-)cap on album length too. 37 songs totally over 90 minutes is a bit overwhelming, especially of something you have no familiarity with whatsoever. Not that someone couldn't pick something bigger; but it probably should be understood that when you opt for that big a package is going to get less of a reaction than picking the first Smiths album, which by virtue of being in the same wheelhouse as Robyn (between Robyn and Morrissey's shared affinity for wordplay and Robyn and Johnny Marr's shared guitar influences) is already going to be familiar to most of us, even those who don't really like The Smiths. I have listened to a lot of the Los Shakers stuff. It was okay, but I can't see why I wouldn't just listen to 63/64 Beatles songs instead though. Pleasant enough though. (Oh, and my one Smiths comment that someone else didn't say before I got a chance to post anything: I had forgotten what a great song "I Don't Owe You Anything" was since I never listen to The Smiths, mostly due to the lousy production.) "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:07:28 -0400 From: m swedene Subject: Re: Holy List of Feg Record Club Here here to, as always, Lauren! mike On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM, 2fs wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM, lep wrote: > > > >> Oh dear mess. > >> > >> First, we'll add Sebastian to the "Definite" list. > >> > >> And have Stewart go first (this is the safest way as I have no > >> understanding when Scottish expletives are being issued.) > >> > > > > Dibs on "The Scottish Expletives" as band name. > > I keep thinking the subject line is going to be "Holy Modal List." > > Thanks to Lauren for filling/contaminating the schedulemaking void! > > later, > > Miles > > -- > over a year of feeling guilty about not blogging enough! > http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:12:14 -0400 From: m swedene Subject: Re: Success of the Feg Record Club, or rather lack thereof This was my thought all along.... have it under 70 minutes (max). An easily digestible album, not a "best of" or "most of" comp type thing or mix tapes. I thought it would be cool to introduce each other to other bands we like, and look for feedback. New ways to hear stuff that we are so familiar with..... I am downloading the Los shakers thing now, as my MacBook Pro has been DEPOD yet again. ugh.... mike On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Jeff Margrave wrote: > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > The reason I'm asking is that I've been thinking about > > which record to present when it's my turn, and I guess I > > would feel pretty disappointed if only two or three people > > actually made the effort of listening to it ... > > It might not be a bad idea to have a (semi-)cap on album length too. 37 > songs totally over 90 minutes is a bit overwhelming, especially of something > you have no familiarity with whatsoever. Not that someone couldn't pick > something bigger; but it probably should be understood that when you opt for > that big a package is going to get less of a reaction than picking the first > Smiths album, which by virtue of being in the same wheelhouse as Robyn > (between Robyn and Morrissey's shared affinity for wordplay and Robyn and > Johnny Marr's shared guitar influences) is already going to be familiar to > most of us, even those who don't really like The Smiths. > > I have listened to a lot of the Los Shakers stuff. It was okay, but I can't > see why I wouldn't just listen to 63/64 Beatles songs instead though. > Pleasant enough though. > > (Oh, and my one Smiths comment that someone else didn't say before I got a > chance to post anything: I had forgotten what a great song "I Don't Owe You > Anything" was since I never listen to The Smiths, mostly due to the lousy > production.) > > > "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my > brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:30:04 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Success of the Feg Record Club, or rather lack thereof everytime i've tried to dl Los Shakers MegaUpload tells me I'm already downloading a file. Which I'm not... so I can't play here. bah c* On 21 July 2010 23:12, m swedene wrote: > This was my thought all along.... > have it under 70 minutes (max). > An easily digestible album, not a "best of" or "most of" comp type thing or > mix tapes. > I thought it would be cool to introduce each other to other bands we like, > and look for feedback. New ways to hear stuff that we are so familiar > with..... > > I am downloading the Los shakers thing now, as my MacBook Pro has been > DEPOD > yet again. ugh.... > > mike > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Jeff Margrave > wrote: > > > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > > The reason I'm asking is that I've been thinking about > > > which record to present when it's my turn, and I guess I > > > would feel pretty disappointed if only two or three people > > > actually made the effort of listening to it ... > > > > It might not be a bad idea to have a (semi-)cap on album length too. 37 > > songs totally over 90 minutes is a bit overwhelming, especially of > something > > you have no familiarity with whatsoever. Not that someone couldn't pick > > something bigger; but it probably should be understood that when you opt > for > > that big a package is going to get less of a reaction than picking the > first > > Smiths album, which by virtue of being in the same wheelhouse as Robyn > > (between Robyn and Morrissey's shared affinity for wordplay and Robyn and > > Johnny Marr's shared guitar influences) is already going to be familiar > to > > most of us, even those who don't really like The Smiths. > > > > I have listened to a lot of the Los Shakers stuff. It was okay, but I > can't > > see why I wouldn't just listen to 63/64 Beatles songs instead though. > > Pleasant enough though. > > > > (Oh, and my one Smiths comment that someone else didn't say before I got > a > > chance to post anything: I had forgotten what a great song "I Don't Owe > You > > Anything" was since I never listen to The Smiths, mostly due to the lousy > > production.) > > > > > > "I love how (coffee) makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug > my > > brain!" -- Kenneth Parcell > - -- 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: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:22:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Austin (AKA The stars at night are big and bright...) I'm going to Texas for the first time ever (outside airports). If you're around San Antonio or Austin and want to meet up, let me know. I'll be there this weekend. I guess that's all. Jeme. (The lurker? Huh. Times change.) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V18 #139 ********************************