From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V18 #188 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 15 2010 Volume 18 : Number 188 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date ["gene@hopstetter.c] Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date [Jeremy Osner ] Re: reap [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: reap [Stewart Russell ] Record Club #9 - Marc H. [lep ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:05:37 -0500 From: "gene@hopstetter.com" Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:26 AM, fegmaniax-digest wrote: > Sometimes subtitled Outtakes & Prototypes, some of his fans may not even know this album exists, for the vinyl is extremely rare. And, 12 or so years later, I am very happy I bought two copies of this LP and opened only one. Now, off to sell it on eBay and then retire to a village in the Alps. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:14:51 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date Hm, I bought a unopened LP of Mossy Liquor on ebay in 2007 and seem to recall paying about $3 for it. But I understand chateaux have been coming down in price, so maybe... On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, gene@hopstetter.com wrote: > On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:26 AM, fegmaniax-digest wrote: > >> Sometimes subtitled Outtakes & Prototypes, some of his fans may not even know this album exists, for the vinyl is extremely rare. > > And, 12 or so years later, I am very happy I bought two copies of this LP and opened only one. Now, off to sell it on eBay and then retire to a village in the Alps. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:33:51 -0400 From: lep Subject: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread To celebrate the new Belle & Sebastian album, here's an article about Stuart Murdoch (mostly for Jill): http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/san-francisco-love-story/ (BTW, what is it with UKers and San Francisco? Does all that proper queuing turn them into hippies?) I've listened to the album only twice so far, and I really like it. I could do without the guest appearance by Norah Jones, though. Also, I just got this a few weeks ago: http://www.amazon.com/God-Help-Girl/dp/B002736YNA/ It's some sort of side project of Mr. Murdoch's or Belle & Sebastian; whichever it is, I recommend it -- it's got a very nice sort of '70s-European sound (as does the new album.) xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:03:23 -0500 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Re: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread Thank you! I'm glad the new album is good. I just got the new Sufjan album and it's disappointing. More twittery music and less hooky pop stuff. Sumi On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, lep wrote: > To celebrate the new Belle & Sebastian album, here's an article about > Stuart Murdoch (mostly for Jill): > > http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/san-francisco-love-story/ > > (BTW, what is it with UKers and San Francisco? Does all that proper > queuing turn them into hippies?) > > I've listened to the album only twice so far, and I really like it. I > could do without the guest appearance by Norah Jones, though. > > Also, I just got this a few weeks ago: > http://www.amazon.com/God-Help-Girl/dp/B002736YNA/ > > It's some sort of side project of Mr. Murdoch's or Belle & Sebastian; > whichever it is, I recommend it -- it's got a very nice sort of > '70s-European sound (as does the new album.) > > xo > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:06:43 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread >twittery music What, so the whole lyric is only 140 characters long? On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Sumiko Keay wrote: > Thank you! > > I'm glad the new album is good. I just got the new Sufjan album and it's > disappointing. More twittery music and less hooky pop stuff. > > Sumi > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, lep wrote: > >> To celebrate the new Belle & Sebastian album, here's an article about >> Stuart Murdoch (mostly for Jill): >> >> http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/san-francisco-love-story/ >> >> (BTW, what is it with UKers and San Francisco? Does all that proper >> queuing turn them into hippies?) >> >> I've listened to the album only twice so far, and I really like it. I >> could do without the guest appearance by Norah Jones, though. >> >> Also, I just got this a few weeks ago: >> http://www.amazon.com/God-Help-Girl/dp/B002736YNA/ >> >> It's some sort of side project of Mr. Murdoch's or Belle & Sebastian; >> whichever it is, I recommend it -- it's got a very nice sort of >> '70s-European sound (as does the new album.) >> >> xo >> >> -- >> "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:26:02 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date It's been up one itunes for years. The album, not the chateau. Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:32:46 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date The photo on the cover of Mossy Liquor is one of my very favorite likenesses of RH. (I'm trying to remember the packaging of Moss Elixir - -- it seems to me the Mossy Liquor cover shot was not part of its sibling record but maybe that is wrong.) J On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Stewart Russell wrote: > It's been up one itunes for years. The album, not the chateau. > > Stewart > > -- > http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:37:18 -0500 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Re: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread Yes, that is so exactly what I meant. Sumi On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > >twittery music > > What, so the whole lyric is only 140 characters long? > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Sumiko Keay wrote: > > Thank you! > > > > I'm glad the new album is good. I just got the new Sufjan album and it's > > disappointing. More twittery music and less hooky pop stuff. > > > > Sumi > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, lep wrote: > > > >> To celebrate the new Belle & Sebastian album, here's an article about > >> Stuart Murdoch (mostly for Jill): > >> > >> http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/san-francisco-love-story/ > >> > >> (BTW, what is it with UKers and San Francisco? Does all that proper > >> queuing turn them into hippies?) > >> > >> I've listened to the album only twice so far, and I really like it. I > >> could do without the guest appearance by Norah Jones, though. > >> > >> Also, I just got this a few weeks ago: > >> http://www.amazon.com/God-Help-Girl/dp/B002736YNA/ > >> > >> It's some sort of side project of Mr. Murdoch's or Belle & Sebastian; > >> whichever it is, I recommend it -- it's got a very nice sort of > >> '70s-European sound (as does the new album.) > >> > >> xo > >> > >> -- > >> "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the > buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:28:33 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread I really like (yes, Stuart's) GHTG project as well as the new B&S album. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of lep Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:34 PM To: a sweet little cupcake...baked by the devil! Subject: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread To celebrate the new Belle & Sebastian album, here's an article about Stuart Murdoch (mostly for Jill): http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/san-francisco-love-story/ (BTW, what is it with UKers and San Francisco? Does all that proper queuing turn them into hippies?) I've listened to the album only twice so far, and I really like it. I could do without the guest appearance by Norah Jones, though. Also, I just got this a few weeks ago: http://www.amazon.com/God-Help-Girl/dp/B002736YNA/ It's some sort of side project of Mr. Murdoch's or Belle & Sebastian; whichever it is, I recommend it -- it's got a very nice sort of '70s-European sound (as does the new album.) xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:38:10 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > The photo on the cover of Mossy Liquor is one of my very favorite > likenesses of RH. > I like the word "likeness" in this sense. I nominate that henceforth, drivers license photos be referred to as "unlikenesses." - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:48:45 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM, 2fs wrote: > > I nominate that henceforth, drivers license photos be referred to as > "unlikenesses." Or if they're particularly heinous, "dislikenesses". Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:54:25 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date Also not that this is particularly news or anything but that likeness is the principal reason to buy the record. Well that and collector's value of course. Maybe there's a run on them, I see they're going for $20 or more over to ebay. Well ok, and the Swedish version of "Alright Yeah" is a lot of fun too. J On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Stewart Russell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM, 2fs wrote: >> >> I nominate that henceforth, drivers license photos be referred to as >> "unlikenesses." > > Or if they're particularly heinous, "dislikenesses". > > Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:35:27 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor [CD] Oct 26 release date Re: the cover art: the front cover to ME was the back cover to ML and vice versa. Have we seen the actual track list for this dealy? I heard some stuff might be missing. Don't make no never mind to me, I digitized it quite nicely well over a decade ago... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:44:37 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: The Three Cheers for Belle & Sebastian Thread On 10-10-14 14:03 , Sumiko Keay wrote: > > I'm glad the new album is good. I just got the new Sufjan album and it's > disappointing. More twittery music and less hooky pop stuff. It's kinda growing on me. It's better than "Enjoy Your Rabbit". Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:37:57 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: reap Dr Hermann Scheer, 66. (hopeless renewables fanboi that I are.) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:42:12 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: reap - --On 15. Oktober 2010 07:37:57 -0400 "Stewart C. Russell" wrote: > Dr Hermann Scheer, 66. > > (hopeless renewables fanboi that I are.) Huh, I'd never expected for someone outside Germany to have heard of him. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:54:04 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: reap On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > Huh, I'd never expected for someone outside Germany to have heard of him. You kidding? Totally huge in our industry. Without Scheer, many say we wouldn't have feed-in tariffs and RPSs. He used to come to Ontario about every year. Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:34:58 -0400 From: lep Subject: Record Club #9 - Marc H. The Oracle HP-11C has chosen Marc H. for Record Club #9. Let's get this party started. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V18 #188 ********************************