From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V4 #12 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, January 15 2004 Volume 04 : Number 012 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] disk drive dilemma [John Swartzentruber ] Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott [Jenny Grover ] Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott [JRT456@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott [Jack Lippold ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:07:00 -0500 From: John Swartzentruber Subject: Re: [loud-fans] disk drive dilemma Roger Winston wrote: > And NO, I'm not switching to Linux. For the record, I suggested *adding*, not *switching*. > Open PCI slot? Bwah ha ha! It is to laugh. Well in that case, I'll change my recommendation from "new controller" to "new computer". What were you thinking? Or maybe really get into it and swap out the motherboard with one that has a built-in RAID controller and raspberry colored bathtubs. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:44:07 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: [loud-fans] Robyn Hitchcock in Nashville, 1/14/04 Folks on the Robyn Hitchcock list will recognize this as a version of the message I posted after the show last night, with some 1:30 AM mistakes edited out, but maybe some new 10:30 AM ones added in... clothing: B&W harlequin shirt, dark blue pants (but apparently not jeans) blinking: moderate with heavy interludes unibrow: not present Robyn acoustic 1) Mexican God 2) I Got the Hots 3) Balloon Man 4) You Remind Me of You 5) Solpadeine 6) One L Robyn & Tim Keegan, acoustic 7) Queen Elvis 8) Queen of Eyes 9) DeChirico Street 10) I Saw Nick Drake 11) Madonna of the Wasps 12) Jewels for Sophia *end regular set* *encore* Robyn acoustic, David Rawlings electric guitar, Gillian Welch electric bass 13) ?? Television Come Toward Me??? (new original? lots of lyrics about television - I think lower-case television, though maybe with Television-mania abounding, could be a tribute to Verlaine & co.) 14) Bang a Gong (Get It On) (Bolan) 15) If You Know Time 16) Odds and Ends (Dylan) 17) Please, Mrs. Henry (Dylan) 18) Look at Miss Ohio (Welch/Rawlings) 19) Minstrel Boy (Dylan) 20) Well Well Well (Lennon) *finis* It was really really good, though I think Melissa (who's been even more out of sympathy with Robyn as of late than me) would stop at "good." We went with a friend who had never seen Robyn before, and I know she was utterly thrilled when Gil and Dave joined Robyn for the encores, so that was a special treat for her -- and for us, having hoped so much that she'd enjoy it! She already seemed pleased with Robyn's regular set, so I'm hoping that getting Gil and Dave in the bargain cemented it as a great evening for her! The fact that the show opened with "Mexican God" and closed with "Well Well Well" did the same for me. :-) Me, I've never cared much for Gillian Welch's records, but I love Gil and Dave in other formats -- either as the Esquires, which means Dave singing a slew of great garage/punk/blues/early rock covers, or as a backing band, like tonight, or when they backed Ryan Adams a few years ago at "Kimfest," which was the only time I ever have been able to stomach that two-bit ripoff artiste. But I digress. Anyway, Robyn actually looked healthier and fitter than I've ever seen him, and he was in excellent voice and good spirits. The between-songs banter was less surreal and less digressive than it used to be, but the stories and ideas therein were smart 'n' fun as always. Topics included tuning sounds that would drive rodents into ecstasy, the convergence of mobile phones/portable music players/digital cameras, and determining if your eyebrow is a caterpillar or an eyebrow. And with Tim and Gil'n'Dave, Robyn would refer to songs as initials when away from the mic, like "how about Q.O.E. next?", which was interesting, at least to me. At one point Tim suggested "Guildford," but Robyn rejected it as too long, even though those of us close enough to hear Tim encouraged Robyn to play it. I was hoping it would turn up in the encores, but Tim never reached the stage again. Umm, what else? When I got up the nerve to meet Robyn after the '97 show, I felt like I went all fanboyish, and we had a missed communication about "St. Petersburg" (me meaning "song," Robyn hearing "large city on Florida's Gulf Coast") that somehow made the whole thing awkward. So last night, even though he seemed cheery and signed stuff for whoever wanted stuff signed, I didn't approach him. However, I did hear him say that he not only had been recording with Gil and Dave for a couple of days, but writing with them too. News, I'd think. I did introduce myself to Tim, who was sweet and personable, and we had a brief, nice chat about our mutual Jazz Butcher fandom. His solo/acoustic opening set (Robyn introduced him as "Almost Nashville's Own Tim Keegan," which is a good enough Nashville-speak reference that I should have been tipped off right then and there that Robyn had been in town for more than a couple of hours!) was pleasant, though I missed the Departure Lounge's melange of instruments, which IMO elevates Tim's stuff from "pleasant" to "memorable." Tim's apparently back here in his former home to put the finishing touches on a Tim Keegan solo album. Also gleaned: Robyn finally playing here again, and not in the midst of a big ol' tour, had to do with Tim (who as it turns out has been asking Robyn *for years* to play here again -- good man!) being back in town to work on his album, and it somehow evolved into a larger thing with Robyn doing some recording of his own, and, of course, this show. In the audience: well, Gil'n'Dave, but also former Superdrag/Who Hit John bassist Sam Powers, and the Last of the Full-Grown Men, Webb Wilder. More luminaries too, probably, but I didn't recognize 'em all. Bill Lloyd must have either slipped in and out without me seeing him or be on tour somewhere; I can't imagine that he'd miss this if he could help it. Last Robyn words from the stage: "See you in another seven years!" Since the progression of Robyn Nashville shows is 1990 -> 1992 -> 1997 -> 2004, what's the next number in the series? 2014 1/2? And Andy, I've never actually heard the Area Code 615 albums, though IMO the only Dylan backing band that stands on its own is Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Yes, that includes the upper-case Band. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:17:15 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] disk drive dilemma John Swartzentruber wrote: > > Or maybe really get into it and swap out the motherboard with one that > has a built-in RAID controller and raspberry colored bathtubs. > Does that get rid of the roaches? Jen (who did switch to Linux) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:50:18 -0800 (PST) From: Gil Ray Subject: [loud-fans] Ask Scott At the risk of going straight to hell....the latest Ask Scott could be the the most...unusual I've seen yet. Gil __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:44:34 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott Gil Ray wrote: > At the risk of going straight to hell....the latest >Ask Scott could be the the most...unusual I've seen >yet. >Gil > > You got that right, Gil. I'm surprised he missed the opportunity to say that one paragraph of the "tract" letter says you need only pray that prayer to be saved, but a paragraph below cites baptism as part of the deal. Jen (preacher's kid to the core) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:09:53 EST From: JRT456@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott In a message dated 1/15/04 12:40:31 AM, sleeveless@zoominternet.net writes: > You got that right, Gil. I'm surprised he missed the opportunity to say > that one paragraph of the "tract" letter says you need only pray that > prayer to be saved, but a paragraph below cites baptism as part of the deal. > God only knows how many Salvation spams end up cobbled together to form what ends up in mailboxes, but that contradiction is a fine indicator of a patchwork testimonial. (There's a lot of debate over baptism as a required ritual nowadays, but that only makes it more unlikely that any serious pitch for Christ would include such a thoughtless error. Of course, serious pitches for Christ seldom come in mass e-mailings.) It was nice to see Scott being so thoughtful in his response, though. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:47:51 -0600 From: Jack Lippold Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Ask Scott Sort or a counterpart to the entry for 6/9/03 (guilty!). In some strange way, I feel sad for Emory Ausley. Often those that take that sort of path of religious fervor do so out of some kind of confusing trauma in their lives - some sort of absolute, black-and-white easy solution that explains it all. Scott expressed an admirable balance of civility and firmness in his response. > At the risk of going straight to hell....the latest >Ask Scott could be the the most...unusual I've seen >yet. >Gil > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes >http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V4 #12 ******************************