From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #515 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, November 23 2025 Volume 19 : Number 515 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Robyn Review - DC 11/20/2025 [Tom Clark ] Robyn Review - DC 11/20/2025 [bayard ] Re: Soft Boys (old) news [Mike Swedene ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:53:40 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Robyn Review - DC 11/20/2025 Great write up Bayard! Ibm glad you east-coasters are getting a taste of Electric RH finally. Itbs been a while! - -tc > On Nov 22, 2025, at 5:44b/AM, bayard wrote: > > o;?(tap tap) This thing on? > > I put my review of the recent DC gig on this entry here: > > https://askingtree.com/gigs/4129 > > There's a setlist and some videos too - click the "play" symbol to the left > of the indicated songs. I hear a couple people recorded it - stay tuned and > we'll link that up if and when it comes available online. My own recording > did not come out, first time that's happened, boo. > > I hope you are all well and happy - I miss the email flood I used to get > from y'all! > Those who are going, enjoy the New York (and other!) shows! > > b ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:40:22 -0500 From: bayard Subject: Robyn Review - DC 11/20/2025 (tap tap) This thing on? I put my review of the recent DC gig on this entry here: https://askingtree.com/gigs/4129 There's a setlist and some videos too - click the "play" symbol to the left of the indicated songs. I hear a couple people recorded it - stay tuned and we'll link that up if and when it comes available online. My own recording did not come out, first time that's happened, boo. I hope you are all well and happy - I miss the email flood I used to get from y'all! Those who are going, enjoy the New York (and other!) shows! b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:15:41 -0400 From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: Soft Boys (old) news Damn Super interesting. Did you put these in the spreadsheet? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2024, at 12:28b/PM, Brian Miller wrote: > > o;?Thanks! > > Brian Miller > >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 6:52b/AM bayard wrote: >> >> Hello friends! I am announcing this here on the list first because it's fun >> to let my old-school homies see it before Facebook gets its teeth in it, >> heh. (I was very glad to see Eddie and Vivien posting here a few months >> ago, by the way. Keep it up!) >> >> So as most of you likely know, Marcus and I, along with an old non-feg >> buddy of mine, have been keeping Robynbase/The Asking Tree going these >> recent years; Marcus does a brilliant job keeping things updated re. the >> new and forthcoming Robyn gig appearances, whereas I concentrate on adding >> and correcting info about ye olde days. We were absolutely thrilled to >> receive from Lee Cave-Berry (Kimberley Rew's wife) an absolute treasure >> trove of Soft Boys setlists from about mid-1977 thru mid-1979; the period >> when Jim Melton was still in the band doing backing vocals and blues >> harmonica, and Andy Metcalfe was on bass. (The fact that the setlists >> correspond with Andy's tenure make me wonder if he had a hand in collecting >> them - but in any case it seems Kimberley ended up with them (and indeed, >> may have been the one to save them, given his excellent Soft Boys >> scrapbook)). >> >> You can browse through all the gigs with setlists here: >> https://askingtree.com/gigs/quick_query?query_id=with_setlists >> >> A few observations: >> >> The sets are often fairly uniform, and contain mostly Can of Bees tunes, as >> one would expect (the latter part of this timeline was a tour supporting >> that album). There are also tunes that ended up on the posthumous >> 'Invisible Hits' collection. >> >> But there are a few intriguing details too. If you go through the setlists >> in order, you'll notice the evolution of the repertoire. Some interesting >> covers are played and a few mysterious rarities like "Parsley Show," "When >> it Gets Dark" and "Imploding Blues." One tidbit involves "Muriel's >> Hoof/Rout of the Clones" - this appears to be a traditional Irish jig >> popularized by Steeleye Span, and released by them as "Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag >> With the Money" and later "Hitler's Folly/The Hag With the Money". Hmm! >> >> I found it super interesting to put these puzzle pieces into the rich >> tapestry that is the early Robyn live history - hope some of you do too! >> There are lots of other features on the site too, like "On this day" and >> even an interactive map that Marcus painstakingly entered loads of venue >> coordinates for.. check 'em out! >> >> b ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #515 ********************************