From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #169 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, July 12 2012 Volume 19 : Number 169 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) [Jerem] Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) [Rex Broom] Re: Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) [Rex B] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:15:49 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) I'm having trouble picturing a "brief" barrage of Aztec Camera trivia -- in my experience the only kind of barrage of Aztec Camera trivia is a lengthy one. 2012/7/11 Rex Broome > So parents are really talkative to the staff at the musical rock and roll > academy camp thing they send their kids to. It's true! Just listen, > friends. > > Dramatis Personae: > -Camp mom, whose older but still very young daughter is playing guitar on > "You Really Got Me" > -Me, TV's Rex "Tim" Broome > > Me: She's doing fine. The version we're doing is skewing a little more Van > Halen than Kinks, but hey, we have another band doing "Jump" anyway... > > Mom: Oooh, are you guys saying "record machine" in "Jump"? Because you > know in Aztec Camera's version he says "CD machine". (brief barrage of > Aztec Camera trivia redacted) > > Me: That's cool. I don't think a lot of the other teachers here would know > who Roddy Frame is, but I'm a big fan of a lot of those forgotten British > singer-songwriters from that era. Robyn Hitchcock, Andy Partridge... > > Mom: Really? Oh, well, you know, I've heard Robyn Hitchcock isn't that > nice. > > Me: Really? I'd never heard that. He's always seemed relatively > approachable from what I've heard. > > Mom: No, nobody I've ever talked to has ever had anything nice to say > about Robyn Hitchcock. > > Me: Well, you know, songwriters can be prickly. > > Mom: I know! (Conspiratorially) I sort of find that most of the artists > I really like are really not nice people... > > Me: Wllyaah... I mean, a lot of the best ones aren't. You know, Dylan, > Lou Reed... hell, one of my favorite bands is The Fall, and nobody in the > world has anything nice to say about Mark E. Smith! > > Mom: (with apparently genuine surprise) Really? Oh, that's funny. > > And the moral of the story is... goddammit, I have no idea what the fuck > ANYONE is talking about any more. Like, ever. > > Yours, > Rex "Tim" Broome, guitar and vocal, The I Have No Idea What the Fuck Anyone > Is Talking About Band Combo Revue. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:07:52 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) So parents are really talkative to the staff at the musical rock and roll academy camp thing they send their kids to. It's true! Just listen, friends. Dramatis Personae: - -Camp mom, whose older but still very young daughter is playing guitar on "You Really Got Me" - -Me, TV's Rex "Tim" Broome Me: She's doing fine. The version we're doing is skewing a little more Van Halen than Kinks, but hey, we have another band doing "Jump" anyway... Mom: Oooh, are you guys saying "record machine" in "Jump"? Because you know in Aztec Camera's version he says "CD machine". (brief barrage of Aztec Camera trivia redacted) Me: That's cool. I don't think a lot of the other teachers here would know who Roddy Frame is, but I'm a big fan of a lot of those forgotten British singer-songwriters from that era. Robyn Hitchcock, Andy Partridge... Mom: Really? Oh, well, you know, I've heard Robyn Hitchcock isn't that nice. Me: Really? I'd never heard that. He's always seemed relatively approachable from what I've heard. Mom: No, nobody I've ever talked to has ever had anything nice to say about Robyn Hitchcock. Me: Well, you know, songwriters can be prickly. Mom: I know! (Conspiratorially) I sort of find that most of the artists I really like are really not nice people... Me: Wllyaah... I mean, a lot of the best ones aren't. You know, Dylan, Lou Reed... hell, one of my favorite bands is The Fall, and nobody in the world has anything nice to say about Mark E. Smith! Mom: (with apparently genuine surprise) Really? Oh, that's funny. And the moral of the story is... goddammit, I have no idea what the fuck ANYONE is talking about any more. Like, ever. Yours, Rex "Tim" Broome, guitar and vocal, The I Have No Idea What the Fuck Anyone Is Talking About Band Combo Revue. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:27:50 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: Me 'n' the camp moms (less erotic content than you might hope) Forgot to mention that said mom claims to have a "Balloon Man" 7" in her possession. For what it's worth... ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #169 ********************************