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Is she in heaven? Is she in hell?
Is she a sex industry professional?
Vampire Girl, Vampire Girl 
I get so intrigued when they 
look like a Vampire Girl.      


...Jonathan Richman

 from: Wilson Smith <neslon@panix.com>

 I'm sticking with glenn!!

 What a treat!! Sat with glenn susser in the old men's section of
 the fez for the Chickfactor show tonight, in the booth by the
 door, and had not just tara key come over to the table to say hi,
 but then Ira Kaplan comes over to talk to us... holy heck!!
 Glenn, what are you telling them, that you're a rootin tootin
 producer or something???

 I axed Ira about the YLT b-sides comp and he said it might very
 well happen, but that it was a heckuva lot of effort tracking
 down stuff and getting permissions. Still, they'd gone through a
 bunch of stuff, apparently, and made tentative selections of what
 would be included, and they are in fact mulling over the idea of
 being incredibly self-indulgent and turning it into a double CD
 with, like, lots of instrumentals and things... sounded great --
 "Cast a Shadow"  made the cut, but I think he said that "Time
 Fades Away" didn't...

 I did not, as I'd promised myself I would should the moment ever
 arise, grab him by the collar and make him tell me what the fuck
 "Tom Courtenay"'s about, but there's always next time (assuming
 I'm with gs).

 Show was excellent, georgia did all covers, with a free drink
 going to anyone who could name the composer of each tune (started
 with a beautiful version of Waterloo Sunset and I was like, oh,
 no sweat, i know this! and then didn't recognize a single tune
 after that). Sue Garner was awesome, just monstrously talented,
 beautiful voice, spirited guitar playing [she laid it in her lap
 and played it like a drum for the last number] and likewise tk,
 whose show it really seemed to be. Ira played with all of em at
 one point or another (cept the very first opener, whose name I
 forget).

 W



 from: Brian Tonsmeire <BRTONS@aol.com> 

 ylt concerts

     Yo La Tengo continued their spring trek of East Coast colleges with a
 March 26 show at Trenton State College in New Jersey.  They performed at the
 campus pub, "the Rathskeller", a room which appeared to be specifically
 designed for live music with a permanent stage set up front.  The audience of
 at most 50-75 people sat at tables and booths scattered around the room.  The
 excellent accoustics were perfectly complemented by the $1.15 pints of beer.
 YLT were preceeded by two excellent bands, Spoon and Spent, and played a
 fantastic set of their own.  It was the first time I had seen the band play
 while I was seated which added a different perspective.  I was able to pay
 much more attention to the group as a whole as I really got to "see" the
 show.  The set began on an uncharacteristically quiet note with "As the Hour
 Grows Late."  Throughout the show the band played in a tight groove;  the
 best I've ever heard them sound.  The set touched upon most of their albums
 climaxing with what has become ther standard set closer, "Blue Line Swinger."
 I had never before noticed how hypnotizing Georgia's drumming could be.  BLS
 is as much a showcase for her talent as it is for Ira's guitar playing.  At
 the end, Ira looking exhausted, walked off the stage directly to a seat by
 the bar.  There were no encores.  Here's the set list:
   As the Hour Grows Late
   ? (Too Late??)
   Flying Lesson    
   Decora
   I Heard you Looking (Featuring a member of Spent on organ)
   Tom Courtenay (The sped up version w/ Georgia singing lead)
   ? (A song from Ride the Tiger)
   Satellite
   Drug Test
   False Alarm
   Sudden Organ
   Blue Line Swinger

 This past Friday, April 12, YLT played Silliman Dining Hall at Yale
 University in New Haven, Connecticut.  This was the fourth show I've seen in
 the last month and each time the band has played a mostly different set.
 Unfortunately I still haven't seen them perform "Crispy Duck."  Anyway the
 band finished with "False Alarm" --> "Sudden Organ" --> "Blue Line Swinger."
 Tonight however Ira played the first half of "False Alarm" on guitar which
 was an interesting change.  Below is the complete set list:
   Artificial Heart
   Flying Lesson
   Tom Courtenay
   Pablo and Andrea
   Drug Test
   Sedimentary (A Dump song sung by James)
   Summer
   Nowhere Near
   Motel 6 (preluded by a snippet of "I was the Fool...")
   False Alarm
   Sudden Organ
   Blue Line Swinger
 Encores:
   ? (Some Beat Happening sing)
   ? (The song with Georgia on bass)
 Once again I was awed by Georgia's drumming.  During "Sudden Organ" she
 nearly transformed into Keith Moon.  Amazing.
 Anyone out there wishing to trade YLT tapes, contact me at BRTONS@aol.com or
 write: Brian Tonsmeire
                                       349 E. 78th St.  Apt. 1C
                                       New York, New York 10021




 from: Yuri Ikeda <yuli0@ns1.eis.or.jp> 

 Japanese edition

 At last, Japanese edition of Electr-O-Pura was released.  It has 16songs.
 (14 songs of original version, Tom Courteney and  Mr Ameche plays the 
 stranger from Camp Yo La Tengo).  With the linernotes, lyrics(!), and 
 translation of it.  Now, the only thing i (we) hope is thier gigs!



 from: Susan Braxton <sbraxton@denr1.igis.uiuc.edu>> 

 I wrote to Ira and asked about 'that guy that wrote "the way some
 people die"' (his name is David Schramm).  He's in his own band now, the
 Schramms (formerly the Walking Wounded, changed because another band
 already had the name).  They have several CDs out (two with Shcramm's YLT
 songs), and I was able to find them in Champaign, so I guess they're
 available anywhere.  You can put this in the newsletter if you think others
 will be interested.  Also, Ira mentioned that Ride the Tiger is out on CD,
 with some extra cuts and a band history.  I couldn't find that in
 Champaign... So, if anyone knows how to get it, let me know; I've about
 worn out my vinyl copy over the last 10 years.  Ira's amazing--I still
 can't believe he answers fan mail personally, and so FAST (under 2 weeks!).

 Susan


 Kids in the Hall soundtrack


 From           cowlick <jdimacha@minerva.cis.yale.edu>
 Organization   Yale University
 Date           Tue, 9 Apr 1996 12:35:35 -0400
 Newsgroups     alt.music.tmbg
 Message-ID     <Pine.SOL.3.91.960409123150.28221A-100000@minerva>


 Subject: Brain Candy soundtrack
 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:13:42 -0500

 Here's the track listing for the new Kids in the Hall movie on Matador 
 Records.

 "Some Days It's Dark" -- DEATH LURKS
 "Painted Soldiers" -- PAVEMENT
 "Happiness" -- MATTHEW SWEET
 "I'm Gay" -- WALLY TERZINSKY
 "Spiraling Shape" -- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
 "Sick Dick Pimp" -- LIZ PHAIR
 "Swoon" -- PELL MELL
 "Birthday Cake" -- CIBO MATTO
 "Butts Wigglin" -- TRAGICALLY HIP
 "Postal Blowfish" -- GUIDED BY VOICES
 "Pablo and Andrea" -- YO LA TENGO
 "How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight" -- STEREOLAB
 "Nata Di Marzo" -- PIZZICATO 5
 "Happiness Pie" -- DEATH LURKS
 "Eat My Brain" -- ODDS
 "Long Dark Twenties" -- PAUL BELLINI
 "Having An Average Weekend" -- SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET


 From           eye5@interlog.com (eye WEEKLY)


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 eye WEEKLY                                               April 4, 1996
 Toronto's arts newspaper                      .....free every Thursday
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 SPINcycle                                                    spinCYCLE

                                  by
                             ERIN HAWKINS

 ...
 ...
 ...
 * ROLLING STONE'S ALT-ROCK-A-RAMA by Scott Schnider (Delta, $19.95 
 paper): No trite "wut is alternative?" head-scratching here, but heaps 
 of very good and very funny bits (finally, some irreverence) -- R.E.M. 
 pseudonyms (Bingo Handjob!), Superchunk's least favorite men's rooms, 
 Yo La Tengo's worst shows, the Top 10 Danzig tribute songs and oodles 
 more in the alt-rock stars' own words.

 ...
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 ...


 from: Michael Morris <mmorris@mail.oeonline.com>

 Various YLT ramblings


 A few things for the next Digest....

 * Finally broke down and bought the Teenage Fanclub "Neil Jung" CD5 the 
 other day.  For those not in the know, it has a 12:43 cover of "I Heard 
 You Looking" for one of its additional tracks.  I like their version 
 quite a lot.  Despite it being my favorite YLT song (more on that later), 
 the "Painful" version has always disappointed me in that it seems that 
 the band is just getting warmed up when the 7-minute fade out comes in.  
 The TFC recording (as opposed to the actual performance) seems much more 
 well thought out; there is a fitting denouement to the song that the 
 additional length allows.  If any of you have seen the 17-minute YLT live 
 version of the song (which TFC was probably influenced by on their tour 
 together), you know what I mean.  Outside of the ending, it's mostly a 
 by-the-books cover, with a quieter, more acoustic sounding beginning than 
 the original.  It's about as close as you'll come to getting your 
 money's worth at $8 for one song.

 *A few weeks ago on TV, they had one of those "Before They Were Stars" 
 specials on, and Michael "Kramer" Richards was featured in a mid-70's 
 "Dating Game" episode.  He looked *exactly* like Ira Kaplan.

 *After working for a big corporation for a few months, I've decided that 
 the intro to "Blue Line Swinger" is an homage to dial tones.  The 
 "inside" dial tone for calls within the company sounds exactly like the 
 first note, and the "outside" dial tone (which anyone hears upon picking up 
 the phone) mirrors the second.   I find myself waiting a few seconds to 
 hit "9" to dial out so that I can temporarily lose myself in a YLT daydream.


 *I'd like to volunteer my time to do the first (annual?) YLT Digest 
 poll.  All you have to do to enter is answer the following questions.

 1.  What are your (up to) 7 favorite YLT songs?  
 2.  What is your favorite YLT album?  (please, only pick one)
 3.  Which of the YLT albums do you own? (name any of their 7 releases which 
      you have: "Ride the Tiger", "New Wave Hot Dogs", "President", 
     "Fakebook", "May I Sing", "Painful", "Electr-o-Pura") 
 4.  Do you own any Dump albums?  If so, which one(s)? 
 5.  Classify the following 3 items as like/don't like/no opinion/not 
     familiar with:  YLT's electric sound; YLT's acoustic sound; Dump.

 send replies to: mmorris@oeonline.com   (**NOT** to the YLD address)

 Seeing that this goes out on May 1, I'll cut off voting on May 21 so that 
 the results can go in the next Digest.  If the a.m.y-l-t newsgroup really 
 exists, I'd appreciate it if someone could post this there.

 Vote early, but please don't vote often; also, please don't change your 
 mind after you've already voted, and try to vote again.   Thanks!




 from: Purnell, Vernon <KPSNET1!KPSGPO!vpu@kpsgroup.attmail.com> 

 Warhol Party


 May 17, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh will celebrate their 2nd 
 anniversary with what promises to be quite a fete.  A Velvet Underground 
 exhibit of memorabilia from Sterling Morrison's collection that was donated 
 to the museum by his widow will open that weekend.  The museum will have a 
 party open to the public and, at 10:00 PM in a tent set up in the museum's 
 parking lot, Yo La Tengo will play as Warhol films are projected -- sort of 
 a quasi-Exploding Plastic Inevitable show.  It should be quite an event -- 
 maybe YLT will even resurrect "It's Alright (The Way That You Live)" for the 
 occasion.


 from: "Sean M. Hurley <hurleysm@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>

 The alt.music.yo-la-tengo newsgroup has propagated itself to at least a few
 different sites around the world.  No rmgroup messages have been sent, so if
 any particular site hasn't picked it up it is because the news admin at that
 site has chosen not to subscribe to it.  Anyone who doesn't get the
 newsgroup and wants to should contact their news admin and request that
 their server pick up the group.

 There's been very little traffic in the group so far, but hopefully if more
 sites subscribe to it things will pick up a bit.

 -Sean
 hurleysm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu



 from: Sachs, Sheila <ssachs@chireader.com>

 Lounge Ax Thing   

 Here's the track listing of who is on the record:
   
   the jesus lizard "uncommonly good"
   shellac "killers" 
   sebadoh "whole hog"
   june of '44 "rivers and plains"
   the coctails "wood bee"
   guided by voices "beneath a festering moon"
   archers of loaf "mark price p.i."
   bad livers "wild bill jones"
   yo la tengo "attack on love"
   mekons "axcerpt"
   superchunk "fader rules"
   seam "the prizefighters"
   tortoise "restless waters"
   rachel's "those pearls..."

 Sheila.
   

Love potion number
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