From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #109 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 6 2001 Volume 10 : Number 109 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Boston Gig available on FTP ["Stewart C. Russell" ] soft boys special on kfjc [recount chocula ] Re: quote of the week, and other stuff [dmw ] Boston show offer [david.skoglund@att.net] RE: Chicago show ["da9ve stovall" ] Taking Pleasure In The Hand Of God ["Sirloin Stockade" ] towes ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Boston Show CDRs [Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com] Cherry Quarks ["Spring Cherry" ] Re: Boston Show CDRs [Ken Weingold ] Re: cows and boot-legs ["victorian squid" ] geriatrics in the balcony [Jill Brand ] Minus Five cover the Kinks [Jill Brand ] Re: geriatrics in the balcony [Eb ] show trading offer [Aaron ] Re: geriatrics in the balcony ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: .SHN files on a Mac ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: towes [Terrence Marks ] another lost files request [=b ] Wall of Sound article [Keith Hanlon ] Hello all ["Burnell Chadek" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:58:32 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Boston Gig available on FTP Sam Adams wrote: > > Can anyone offer advice on decoding .SHN files on a Mac? and nothing here: http://alumni.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html helps? The bit about MD5sums is worthwhile. Yesirree, MD5 is good. Do you hear what I'm saying? Stewart (aka Paranoid Data Integrity Man) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:16:14 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Tara Massarsky >Browsing the web, I ran across a page about the painter Tara Massarsky. >She seems to have a whole series of marine paintings, including one >called "Underwater Moonlight" that apparently depicts the song (I can >see the giant squid in it, at least). > The Aquaster series: http://roadrunner.com/~tarabill/aquaster.html > Underwater Moonlight: http://roadrunner.com/~tarabill/uwmoon.html >Fegmania is everywhere ... (it has come for your sister). not only that, it even managed to get the word "roadrunner" back into the mix. Well done that tara! James (battling on with a dying mouse) 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: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 11:20:50 +0100 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Isn't that on the Isle of Wight? Mr Dignan lowed: > >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of the best bovine > >rockers you'll find anywhere. > >and don't forget "Cowtown" by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a >thread coming on? How about: Lee Perry - Cow Thief SkankDonovan - Poor CowAerosmith/Chocolate Watch Band/Kinks - Milk Cow BluesBeta Band - The Cow's WrongSteeleye Span - Spotted CowWonder Stuff - Size Of A Cow BTW - it's Cowes on the Island, East & West, connected by the floating bridge. West Cowes is the yachty area, East Cowes is horribly residential, although gardening-obsessed potential stalkers should note that Alan Titchmarsh lives there (David Icke used to live in Ryde where I saw him once, pre-son of god)... oh, and the locals pronounce it "Kayes".... CheersMatt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 11:36:43 +0100 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Isn't that on the Isle of Wight? >Mr Dignan lowed: > > > >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of the best >bovine > >rockers you'll find anywhere. > >and don't forget "Cowtown" by >They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a >thread coming on? How about: Lee >Perry - Cow Thief SkankDonovan - Poor CowAerosmith/Chocolate Watch >Band/Kinks - Milk Cow BluesBeta Band - The Cow's WrongSteeleye Span - >Spotted CowWonder Stuff - Size Of A Cow BTW - it's Cowes on the Island, >East & West, connected by the floating bridge. West Cowes is the yachty >area, East Cowes is horribly residential, although gardening-obsessed >potential stalkers should note that Alan Titchmarsh lives there (David >Icke used to live in Ryde where I saw him once, pre-son of god)... oh, >and the locals pronounce it "Kayes".... CheersMatt > Aaarrrgghh! Will someone please save me from the formatting (or lack of) forced on me by hotmail?! Please!Matt "unreadable post" Sewell - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 07:29:00 -0500 From: christopher p carville Subject: Boston March 26 for trade Hi - I have a copy of Stefan Cooke's DAT recording of the Soft Boys' Boston show from March 26 on 2cdrs available for trade.....Thanks Stefan , it's excellent. I will take any number of interesting trade offers , and 5(or more)b&p's. Preference will be given to those who promise to make this offer again here when they get the cds. Please respond privately. Regards , Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:57:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Stefan Cooke Subject: Re: ftp site for boston show On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, recount chocula wrote: > yeah. i had to reconnect a few times but i finished getting them all last > night, with anywhere from 100 to 256 kbps transfer rates. looks like all > the files transferred cleanly, though md5 sums would be nice to have to > know for sure. in any event, the recording is pretty nice -- thanks stefan! Sorry I didn't generate one of these md5 sum files. I'm brand new to this SHN lark.... However, it's easy for me to reshorten the WAVs and this time I'll generate an md5. I'll try to get everything uploaded today. Stefan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:59:43 -0400 From: recount chocula Subject: soft boys special on kfjc no sign of this on the kfjc website yet. can any bayfeg listeners confirm? >From: Jennifer Waits >To: "Woj (E-mail)" >Subject: soft boys special on kfjc >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 14:22:50 -0700 > >Hi Woj, > >How are things? I'm sure this Soft Boys reunion is keeping you busy. I >wanted to let you know that radio station KFJC will be airing a special >focused on The Soft Boys this Friday, April 6th from 7-10pm (california >time)...For SF Bay Area fegs, that's at 89.7FM...For everyone else, visit >http://www.kfjc.org. > >Thought you'd like to know... > >jennifer ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:10:37 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: quote of the week, and other stuff On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Natalie Jacobs wrote: > One of my co-workers believes it is "festive" to throw cups of beer at a > show. Somehow or other, I find that notion offensive. Not to mention wasteful. The only time I was ever at a show with stabbing-on-premises was at a gig for a rather fey new wave band. I've seen a lot of punk shows, and still do, but non-consensual violence seems fairly rare in the dc scene these days*. (Well, aside from being kicked in the head by stage-divers.) My all-time favorite inappropriate physical activity at a concert was at a Shriekback show in 1985, in a beautiful ballroom at the University of Maryland. Most of the crowd was dancing, but not slam-dancing (what you young'ns'd call moshing, sorta). There was one scrawny little guy wearing a motorcycle helmet, though, and every now and then he'd lower his head and charge into someone's stomach. Damnedest thing I ever did see. A great show, too. - -- d. * the jerks who "mosh" to anything -- there was a mosh pit at a freaking *connells* show on the worst-date-of-my-life-so-far, for example -- don't count, 'cause those ******s never show their faces at a real punk rock show. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 14:37:40 +0000 From: david.skoglund@att.net Subject: Boston show offer Thanks to Stefan Cooke, I have a copy of the Boston show to offer to the list. I am willing to make copies for six people. Here are the details: I'll make three sets for people that don't have the ability to burn CDs. B&P is fine. I'll make three sets for people who can burn CDs. In turn, when you get your CDs please make a similar offer to the list. Stefan's intention is to spread this show to everyone who wants a copy. Trades or B&P deals are fine. So, please send me an email and let me know if you want a copy. Send your trade list if you have one. If I get a lot of responses I'll make some sort of random selection. I'll let you know either way. Dave ========= david.skoglund@att.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 07:46:42 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Chicago show >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 13:22:58 -0500 >From: "Mike wells" >Subject: Re: ...oh yeah now i'm awake...Chicago show > >I shared the central balcony area with the other geriatrics, secure in the >knowledge that - aside from backstage - it is the best place in Metro to see >+ hear the show. Hi there! Da9ve here - first time poster to this list (and I don't even know if I'm emailing to the right address - note to admin - is it possible to add a "Post to" note to the digest mailings? - so I'll keep it brief), . . . I may have been standing right next to you! I was about six feet right of center on the balcony, and I was taping. I've already got the DAT mastered to CD-R, and it sounds GREAT (though I'm not gonna test out that 'dead' part just yet, . . .) Being new to the list, I'm gonna try on my own to find out about this FTP thing and maybe see about encoding a track or two to MP3 and uploading (is there any way/need to contribute such to the www.underwatermoonlight.com page?) for comparison-shoppers, but I'd be MORE interested in setting up trades for other shows on CD-R. Lack of bandwidth makes downloading even SHNs soul-suckingly tedious, and I'm just more ingrained in the CD-R trading thing, anyway. So email away if you're interested. >The floor's a lot less sticky, the crowd less pushy, and >the sound balance is usually extremely good (for that type of room). And >even though I was only drinking water, this night had the added advantage >that the upstairs cantina had a bartendress with the largest, um, obviously >natural THINGIES I think I have ever seen. Ever. Oh drat. The things you miss when you're taping stealth mode and can't turn around and lO0k. da9ve da9ve@geek.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:18:23 -0700 From: "Sirloin Stockade" Subject: Taking Pleasure In The Hand Of God 4/3/01, Richard's On Richards, Vancouver You'll Have To Go Sideways Kingdom Of Love The Bells Of Rhymney Old Pervert My Mind Is Connected To Your Dreams Underwater Moonlight Only The Stones Remain City Of Shame The Pulse Of My Heart Airscape I Wanna Destroy You Queen Of Eyes Human Music Insanely Jealous Sleeping With Your Devil Mask Train 'round The Bend Face Of Death 4/4/01, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle You'll Have To Go Sideways The Pulse Of My Heart He's A Reptile Old Pervert My Mind Is Connected To Your Dreams City Of Shame Underwater Moonlight I Wanna Destroy You Kingdom Of Love Human Music Sudden Town Mr. Kennedy Astronomy Domine Train 'round The Bend Evil Guy Sleeping With Your Devil Mask Face Of Death Give It To The Soft Boys [Jim, Scott, Peter, Morris, Kurt] The Bells Of Rhymney [with Peter] Queen Of Eyes [jam session] they also soundchecked When I Was Dead (among other selections). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 101 16:51:26 +0000 From: sherrett@ns1.nothingbutnet.net Subject: Extra ticket for Fillmore 4/7 Since I'm not subscribed to Fegmaniax I don't think I can post this over there. But I'd be happy to see my extra go to a taper, friend of taper, etc. Anyhow, I have one extra ticket for the Soft Boys Fillmore show, Saturday 4/7. $20, no service charge. If you know anyone who's on the fence about the show, or thinking about buying a ticket at the door, steer them in my direction. I don't think the show is sold out yet, but a walk-up crowd on a Saturday night will probably buy up any remaining tickets. - -Jason ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:44:49 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: Re: Taking Pleasure In The Hand Of God Great sets! Sleeping With Your Devil Mask??? Cool... I really want to hear Robyn sing "Walking on Sunshine." Keith >4/3/01, Richard's On Richards, Vancouver >You'll Have To Go Sideways >Kingdom Of Love >The Bells Of Rhymney >Old Pervert >My Mind Is Connected To Your Dreams >Underwater Moonlight >Only The Stones Remain >City Of Shame >The Pulse Of My Heart >Airscape >I Wanna Destroy You >Queen Of Eyes >Human Music >Insanely Jealous >Sleeping With Your Devil Mask >Train 'round The Bend >Face Of Death > > >4/4/01, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle >You'll Have To Go Sideways >The Pulse Of My Heart >He's A Reptile >Old Pervert >My Mind Is Connected To Your Dreams >City Of Shame >Underwater Moonlight >I Wanna Destroy You >Kingdom Of Love >Human Music >Sudden Town >Mr. Kennedy >Astronomy Domine >Train 'round The Bend >Evil Guy >Sleeping With Your Devil Mask >Face Of Death >Give It To The Soft Boys [Jim, Scott, Peter, Morris, Kurt] >The Bells Of Rhymney [with Peter] >Queen Of Eyes [jam session] > > >they also soundchecked When I Was Dead (among other selections). > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:55:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Stefan Cooke Subject: Re: ftp site for boston show On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Stefan Cooke wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, recount chocula wrote: > > > yeah. i had to reconnect a few times but i finished getting them all last > > night, with anywhere from 100 to 256 kbps transfer rates. looks like all > > the files transferred cleanly, though md5 sums would be nice to have to > > know for sure. in any event, the recording is pretty nice -- thanks stefan! > > Sorry I didn't generate one of these md5 sum files. I'm brand new to this > SHN lark.... However, it's easy for me to reshorten the WAVs and this time > I'll generate an md5. I'll try to get everything uploaded today. > I've uploaded the md5sum file to hellrot, hope it works with the SHNs there (I generated it by re-SHNing the WAVs locally, but haven't reuploaded any of the new SHN files). Stefan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 11:56:12 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: towes >From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > > >BTW, does anyone remember "Cows" by the Suburbs? One of the best bovine > >rockers you'll find anywhere. > >and don't forget "Cowtown" by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a >thread coming on? The song "The Size of a Cow" by the Wonder Stuff barged into an otherwise great early-90s-alternative compilation I was listening to yesterday. I'm not sure if it really counts, though. Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:36:41 -0400 From: Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com Subject: Boston Show CDRs I would be eternally grateful to anyone receiving a copy of Stefan's disc if they could burn one for me. I'll gladly send along a few blank discs to further the cause or burn a few myself. Please contact me off-list. Thanks Jeffro ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:43:50 -0000 From: "Spring Cherry" Subject: Cherry Quarks Hey Spring is sprung here, driving in this morn(in an energy-efficient carpool, not a wheels of fire SUV) saw that the first cherries by the river were poppin out ... all deep pink against the blue. So time for another name-change. Eb ebbed with: >Would you settle for "Willie Socks," or is that too Chili >Pepper-esque? Just not sure it works for a goil(damn sock just -wouldnt- stay there, you know.) How about a compromise--"Cherry Quarks"? Dig(n)an dug in with: >and don't forget "Cowtown" by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a >thread coming on? Ask and thou shalt ... Theres an aweful song by Carly Simon with Cowtown in the chorus, may be the title. Im on the digest so its hard to tell if anyone has posted already bout the MTV/major labels deal. I gather it means that for the full price of a CD, one can download the MP3 files from the MTV site. The record companies and MTV split the really big profit margin(nothing extra for the artists.) Supposidly all parties are pleased, and MTV admits it will probobly play more of the artists it earns profits from. Dumb rhetorical question. Why do we need record companies? Why cant artists offer downloads direct from their own sites, like the Soft Boys want to do with concert recordings? Or sell their own records--like Star for Bram? And this is a weird idea but--in order to help people listen to new stuff, couldnt places like fegmania have their own Internet radio thing going--playing not only Robyn, but other stuff we like? Why do we need all these stupid middlemen who seem to make all the money? Kay, in the mood for spring-cleaning, as long as it dosnt involve any actual cleaning. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:49:14 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Boston Show CDRs If anyone around NYC wants to trade for a copy of the Boston show, I can burn some here. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:37:43 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: cows and boot-legs On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:07:17 Abraxas wrote: >Well I suppose I could be. Wait, let me check the >mirror............................................. Nope, I'm still me. I >just really dig the Soft Boys. Hey, are you Ed from the Cale list? Who the hell let you in here? What's up with you? The things that happen when I'm gone for a couple days, sheesh. Love on ya, Susan if this is the ed I know I'll vouch for him not being an RIAA spy, but I will not vouch for his having a meek overall demeanor. don't let the silly walks fool you :). Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:22:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: geriatrics in the balcony Michael wrote: It was a transcendent moment seeing 40-something wives, dressed in that "somewhat made-up but not too much look, plus blue jeans", with husbands obviously dragged along to a show they knew nothing about, happily bopping away to "Old Pervert." There was something really weird, strangely beautiful about it. That and the look Robyn had in his eyes when he removed his glasses, kissed the mic and opened his arms to the crowd after introducing the song - you could see the twinkle in his eyes from the balcony. **************************************************************** I really liked your description of the geriatric cases in the balcony (I was one of them at the Paradise in Boston) and giggled at the above comments, but I wasn't quite sure from the sentence if the husbands or the wives were being dragged along. I'm assuming that it was the wives. Which brings me to this question: why is the Soft Boys' audience predominantly male? I don't think I'm wrong in estimating that 80% of the people at the Paradise show were men (from 18-60, it seemed). The majority of women were not as you described (I am 40something, always wear jeans, never dress up, and drag my husband to strange shows without his having a clue - and there were only about 7 of my sort there), but rather girls in their twenties who were watching their boyfriends' mouthing of Rock n Roll Toilet with veiled curiosity. Most of the ones around me *weren't* dying every time Robyn opened his mouth, which is what I was doing, much to the bemusement of my friend Bart, who hasn't gone to a show with me since 1988 (he thought motherhood had changed me - HA!). Someone said the other day that people liked UM better than Can of Bees because it was less misogynistic. I never think of Robyn as a misogynist; he, rather, seems to have an abundant disdain for male behavior and an adoration for the androgynous. Just my kinda guy. But most of my women friends don't see why I think Sandra's Having Her Brain Out is one of the best songs ever written (I would have KILLED to hear it). Jill B. (I guess two Jills have joined in one week) Oh yeah, and where is this mysterious Largo place where there will be a secret gig? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:24:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Minus Five cover the Kinks Well, this is sort of off topic, but I just found out that Minus Five are going to cover "Get Back in Line" for a Kinks tribute album...and Jonathan Richman is going to do "Stop Your Sobbing." Cool. Jill B. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:33:52 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: geriatrics in the balcony >But most of my women friends don't >see why I think Sandra's Having Her Brain Out is one of the best songs >ever written (I would have KILLED to hear it). I've wondered why that song isn't being performed, myself. >Oh yeah, and where is this mysterious Largo place where there will be a >secret gig? Fairfax Avenue, across the street from the legendary Cantor's Delicatessen. Be sure to tip generously. Eb (I'm not planning to see the Largo date, at this point) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:34:07 -0500 From: Aaron Subject: show trading offer Since I'm not a taper myself, I can't offer much in the way of trades, but I'd LOVE to have some of the shows from this Soft Boys tour. I was thinking -- I do have a high-bandwidth internet connection, and I also have two 16x CDR drives, so I can mass-produce high-quality (DAO) CDR's of the shows, if I have a single copy, digital or otherwise (I have a Turtle Beach Montego II sound card with both digital and analog ins, as well, if anyone would like assistance converting to CDR.... I would like to offer any services I could provide in exchange for being able to get my hands on some of these invaluable recordings. (The Boston SHNs sound AMAZING!!!) I could offer to make CDRs of the aforementioned SHNs, or I can make several copies of anything else anyone would like me to, completely free of monetary compensation. Thanks in advance!! * Aaron mailto:aaron@hollowstreets.net http://aaron.hollowstreets.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:59:14 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: geriatrics in the balcony In what city would The Largo be? >From: Eb >Reply-To: Eb >To: Fgz >Subject: Re: geriatrics in the balcony >Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:33:52 -0700 > > >But most of my women friends don't > >see why I think Sandra's Having Her Brain Out is one of the best songs > >ever written (I would have KILLED to hear it). > >I've wondered why that song isn't being performed, myself. > > >Oh yeah, and where is this mysterious Largo place where there will be a > >secret gig? > >Fairfax Avenue, across the street from the legendary Cantor's Delicatessen. >Be sure to tip generously. > >Eb (I'm not planning to see the Largo date, at this point) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:04:01 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: .SHN files on a Mac >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:16:44 -0400 >From: Sam Adams > >Can anyone offer advice on decoding .SHN files on a Mac? There's an >application available through the site, but it doesn't seem to want >to work, either decoding to WAV or AIFF. Anyone? I used Shorten () on my beige G3 (OS 9.04) and it worked like a charm. I dragged on the .SHN files over the Shorten icon, and a few minutes later I had a whole bunch of big .WAV files. At first I thought it didn't do anything, until I realized it put all the new .WAV files on my desktop. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:44:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: towes On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > >and don't forget "Cowtown" by They Might Be Giants. Damn, do I feel a > >thread coming on? > > The song "The Size of a Cow" by the Wonder Stuff barged into an > otherwise great early-90s-alternative compilation I was listening to yesterday. > I'm not sure if it really counts, though. And The Turtles' "Can't You Hear the Cows", a B-side from Battle of the Bands, I think. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com The Nice (an organization for comic strips) http://nice.purrsia.com normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT) From: =b Subject: another lost files request thanks to susan, chris f. and woj for the returned video clips - they are back at http://glasshotel.net/gh/theatre.htm there was also a page at http://glasshotel.net/gh/radiohitchcock.htm that has been lost - it was mostly sound files of radio appearances and such. did anyone save these? (I have found some of them other places on the 'internet'...) =b 'let's get some skirts let's go out and get hurt' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 00:01:15 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: Wall of Sound article http://wallofsound.go.com/news/stories/thesoftboys040401.html Soft Boys Reintroduce Themselves The Soft Boys fall into the category of greatest bands you've never heard of. The British group was together from 1976-'81 and was the first place where rock fans heard from witty singer, songwriter, and guitarist Robyn Hitchcock. Their 1980 sophomore release, Underwater Moonlight, is considered a classic  but it didn't gain that stature until after the fact, when bands such as R.E.M., Nirvana, and Yo La Tengo cited its influence on their work. Like the Velvet Underground and Big Star before, the Soft Boys were ahead of their time. "I don't think people knew what to make of [Underwater Moonlight] when they first heard it," says Soft Boys guitarist Kimberly Rew, who went on to form Katrina & the Waves and co-write the 1985 Top 10 smash "Walking on Sunshine," as well as "Going Down to Liverpool" (later covered by The Bangles). "It doesn't sound like something typical from 1980; it sounds like somewhere out of rock history," Rew says of the album. "It could be something from the '60s, when rock and roll was quite young. And, yeah, we made it in a time when there wasn't a big sense of history about rock and roll, but there is now. I do find that over the years, it's become much easier for people to accept it and fit it into the musical landscape." Rew and Hitchcock certainly hope that's the case, because they've reunited with Soft Boys mates Morris Windsor (drums) and Matthew Seligman (bass) and are midway through a tour promoting the Matador Records rerelease of Underwater Moonlight, expanded with outtakes and other rare tracks from the group's canon. Because the group spilt sans acrimony, Rew says there's been no trouble putting it together; in fact, all three musicians have worked on various Hitchcock solo projects during the intervening years. But Rew, 49, says not to bank on the Soft Boys becoming a going concern again. "I think that kind of depends on what really happens over the next couple of months. The proof in the pudding will be in [this] experience. And so far, so good. "But we're not willing to put everything on Robyn's shoulders. He might want to do another project or a solo album, or another collaboration. Or he could pursue the Soft Boys as long as everybody really wants to do it. Right now it's too early to know that."  Gary Graff Motor City resident Gary Graff also writes for Reuters, Guitar World, Revolver, The New York Times Syndicate, and the Oakland Press. He is the Musichound series editor, and a distinguished-looking human being. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:22:18 -0700 From: "Burnell Chadek" Subject: Hello all Hello to all fellow Fegmaniax! I just joined the list, who knows why it took so long for me to do so... I've been a Robyn fan forever it seems... add Kimberly Rew to the list of Gods - -- I saw the Soft Boys last night at the Crocodile Cafe last night in Seattle. My oh my... outstanding! I met quite a few Fegmaniax last night at the show -- Vivian for one, and her entourage -- the impossibly tall fellow, the witty younger fellow, and V's boyfriend, who looked like he belongs in Hootie and the Blowfish... Nice to meet you all! - -- Burnell ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #109 ********************************