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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 23, Number 7
Sunday, 7 November 1999
Today's Topics:
Re: TMBG: TOADS
TMBG: States Songs/CDNow
TMBG: Idaho interp
Re: TMBG: States Songs/CDNow
Re: TMBG: Idaho interp
Re: TMBG: Idaho interp
Re: TMBG: Sensurround
TMBG: Re: Sensurround
Re: TMBG: Sensurround
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Message-ID: <00bd01bf2827$6d5fe560$31dd7aa8@hostname.bu.edu>
From: "Sarah Weissman" <anarchy42@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: TOADS
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 02:20:33 -0500
>Well here it is, Friday, once again and I have noticed the lack of a review
>of the show at Toads a week ago so here is some brief info. Perhaps no one
>on the list was there?
>
I was there, with my friend Liz. I just don't have a lot to say.
>First of all I brought my kids again. I know that some of you had met them
>at Central Park on Father's Day, standing front row on the Flansburg side.
>When the manager of Toads saw me there with the kids he kindly offered to
>allow us to sit in the press-box which is like a small balcony behind the
>sound man and is equipped with two rows of comfortable theatre style seats
>that rock (literally).
Hey wow, you're lucky. With all the crazy pushing in the audience (I don't know if that's a Toads Place thing, or if most TMBG concerts have rowdy audiences and I've just been to the oddball ones where people were mellow, but it seemed kind of weird to me...) it's probably better that your kids weren't running around. I was wondering why there were kids up there too. And now I know.
>
>Michael Shelley opened with his non-descript, forgettable, brand of music.
>Not to say he was bad, please don't flame me. I'm simply saying that
>although the music was quite well executed, there was no material there that
>left me humming an unforgettable melody afterwards. He also managed to pick
>a few fights with members of the audience and even took off his guitar and
>threatened to jump off the stage to assault someone.
I'll say it was bad... I thought I heard him threaten someone, but by the time he finally came on (after 2 hours, was it???) my friend and I had migrated from in front of the stage to the front bar or whatever they call it to get a soda. It was really hard to tell what Shelley was saying, but from what I could make out he was mumbling all of the same comments he made about his songs the last time I saw him open for TMBG.
>
>TMBG took the stage in similar Bowery form with Dan and Dan and Graham (yes
>Graham Maby not D.W.) playing the opening to "Drinking" and then being
>joined by the Johns half way through. The Johns have answered your flaming
>list demands for more variation by adding "We're The Replacements". They
>used the confetti cannon but suprised everyone when it wasn't during "James
>K. Polk, but during another song.
It was during Mr. Klaw, right after all the funky vocal beginning stuff when they start with the instruments, you know? I thought that was great. I almost forgot they did that. It was also great to hear Flansburgh's comments about keeping the drunk people behind the net where they belong. (The bar area is separated from the rest of the floor by a whole lotta netting in this club.) I got a kick out of that.. And when he invited everyone to make peace... "Shake hands with your drunken brethren."
Well, it was my friend Liz's first TMBG experience live and she loved it. I loved it. I'm sure everyone there loved it. I was almost killed by the conga line, but I still loved every second. : )
-Sarah
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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19991106160658.007c3100@mail.ginko.de>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:06:58 +0100
From: Thorsten Beck <beck@ginko.de>
Subject: TMBG: States Songs/CDNow
Hi!
I'm Thorsten the German ambassador of TMBG and the two Johns.
I have nothing bad to say about CDNow. I ordered 'States Songs' at 19th and
I got it 7 days after release date 26th. But that's because of the shipping
time to Europe.
And here are the Top 5 for 'State Songs' (from the german jury):
1. New Hampshire
2. Michigan
3. Arkansas
4. Oregon
5. The Songs of the 50 States
And by the way, Pennsylvania sound better with piano .....
Thorsten
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From: mattj@charm.net
Message-Id: <199911062012.PAA19797@fellspt.charm.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 15:10:59 -0500
Subject: TMBG: Idaho interp
I like Idaho a lot!
It seems like some kind of drug trip. And the end of his trip is
almost at hand when his trip ends in Idaho. I guess the car alarm
is just one more odd thing in this trip.
That's the only thing that comes to mind at this point!
-Matt
Matt James
mattj@charm.net
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From: mattj@charm.net
Message-Id: <199911062012.PAA19809@fellspt.charm.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 15:10:59 -0500
Subject: Re: TMBG: States Songs/CDNow
On 6 Nov 99, at 16:06, Thorsten Beck wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm Thorsten the German ambassador of TMBG and the two Johns.
>
> I have nothing bad to say about CDNow. I ordered 'States Songs' at
> 19th and I got it 7 days after release date 26th. But that's because
> of the shipping time to Europe. And here are the Top 5 for 'State
> Songs' (from the german jury): 1. New Hampshire 2. Michigan 3.
> Arkansas 4. Oregon 5. The Songs of the 50 States
>
> And by the way, Pennsylvania sound better with piano .....
>
Hi Thorsten,
You should make a trip to your top 4 states, or perhaps do number
5 ;) It's too bad they're so far apart!
-Matt
Matt James
mattj@charm.net
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From: "Kristina Panos" <tubeway_army@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Idaho interp
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 14:19:56 CST
>I like Idaho a lot!
Idaho sucks! What a lame state! ^_~
>It seems like some kind of drug trip. And the end of his trip is
>almost at hand when his trip ends in Idaho. I guess the car alarm
>is just one more odd thing in this trip.
>That's the only thing that comes to mind at this point!
According to Linnell himself, in the NPR All Things Considered interview, he
was reminded of a story that John Lennon once told about an acid trip that
he'd had. Apparently it was late at night, Yoko and Sean were sleeping, and
for some reason, he was convinced tha he was driving the house. Yeah. He
thought that if he fell asleep, the house would crash into something, and
that Yoko and Sean would die. I don't remember what Linnell said about
John's little trip that was related to seeing a sign up ahead, but I think
there was something said.
Moral: Don't do psychedelic drugs if you're not willing to drive the house
around all night, moron!
Kristina "blah blah blah" Panos
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From: "Elendriel ^_^" <elendriel@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Idaho interp
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 21:56:51 GMT
>From: mattj@charm.net
>Reply-To: mattj@charm.net
>To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org
>Subject: TMBG: Idaho interp
>Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 15:10:59 -0500
>
>I like Idaho a lot!
>It seems like some kind of drug trip.
This prolly has already been said, but I just can't resist.
Drug trip, it's not a drug trip and you feel a bit insulted..
Julie :)
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every night, Pinky: Try to take over the world!
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From: EmarZero@aol.com
Message-ID: <0.c4be416d.25565498@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 23:05:44 EST
Subject: Re: TMBG: Sensurround
In a message dated 99-11-06 01:28:10 EST, GhostKrabb@webtv.net writes:
<< The only difference is the bridge. >>
UNTRUE! :D Actually, IIRC, the SEXXY version has Flans singing something in
the background during the last verse and last few choruses, while the MMPR
version does not have this mysteriou s chorale...
I should know, Sensurround is my *favorite* TMBG song....
Emar, wants to hear that baby LIVE.
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Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 05:30:59 GMT
From: "Tim Marshall" <shorty4com@thegrid.net>
Message-ID: <01bf28e1$b5a7f820$1626a2d1@default>
Organization: The Grid
Subject: TMBG: Re: Sensurround
Whats up dude???
Wen-Po Tsai <wptsai@erols.com> wrote in article
<800i2q$1ols$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org>...
> Thanks for the tips! I'll keep them in mind the next time I go TMBG
> shopping.
>
> Dyanne
>
>
>
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From: BirdhouseIYS@aol.com
Message-ID: <0.b47f67fb.255669bf@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 00:35:59 EST
Subject: Re: TMBG: Sensurround
Another difference is (if nobody alrady pointed this out yet) that different
band members are playing in each version. The MMPR version includes Tony
Maimone on the bass. The S-E-X-X-Y version has Graham Maby on bass and Eric
Schermerhorn on lead guitar. They both have Brian Doherty playing the drums.
Harrypyle@tmbg.org
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