First of all, it was really nice to meet all the Feg mailing list people.
Craig, Karen, Mitch, Ken, Doug, Eugene, and others. Nice meetin' y'all.

I haven't seen Eugene post anything, but he is now immortalized on the tape
I made at Newbury Comics for holding his microphone right up to the
speaker. I actually learned alot about Robyn's feelings on taping through
this weekend. Anyway, Robyn even dedicated a song to Eugene's arm, which
was probably getting tired from holding the mike to the speaker (which were
propped way up high)

And Ken and Mitch got to sing with Jill Sobule. Cool!

I, meanwhile, had heard that Robyn takes requests at in-store appearances
(I've heard tapes of them where he asks the audience what they want to
hear.) I decided to be prepared, and jotted down the songs I would most
like to hear that he never plays (or hasn't played in awhile) on a scrap of
paper.

1. EVIL GUY
2. SWIRLING
3. LOVE IN THE GARDEN OF LIGHTS
4. A HAPPY BIRD IS A FILTHY BIRD

Well, he showed up late to the in-store, and didn't take requests. After
the in-store was over, I saw him standing alone for a minute and gave him
my scrap of paper. "I don't know if you're playing requests at all,
but...."

Robyn, mulling over the list and frowning...: "No not really"

Robyn sees the last request and the frown fades: "Filthy Bird!"

I said: Yeah

but he was whisked away by Mishy (girlfriend) before I could say anything else.

THEN, at TT the Bears in between the two shows, I talked to Deni for a
minute about her violin playing, and mentioned that I had a tape of this
certain gig that the two of them played in that was supposedly held in the
crypt of a church! I just wanted to get some more info about it, but Deni
starts jumping up and down, saying "YOu have a tape of that show??????"
She pulls me into the backstage room where Robyn and everyone else are
sitting and says "Robyn, this guy has a tape of the St. James crypt
show!!!!!"

Robyn: How does it sound???
Me: apart from the fly zapping machine and one of the amps blowing out (all
true), good! What was that place like, was it really underground???

Robyn: Yeah...Oh---you're the FILTHY BIRD guy!
Me: Yeah, that's where I heard the song...from that tape.

Nothing much after that, except for them asking that a copy be sent to the
management....it was the first gig they played together.

And then he played A Happy Bird is a Filthy Bird, dedicating it to the
Republican Party. The song has a great line in the same vein of Watch Your
Intelligence:

Look at the massacre on cable/ But you know it won't happen here
We're all too busy watching massacres on cable/ Oh yeah

After the show, he hung around to chat and sign autographs for a bit. I
asked him to sign my K records 7", and while he signed it, he said "I hope
you liked the song, I rarely play that one.

I said "Yeah thanks it was great!!!"

The next night at Amherst, my wife and I talked to Deni after the show for
just a minute or two, mostly about tapes and taping. I taped all four
shows that I went to. She said that he has been really lenient this tour
about taping, more than ever before. She said he feels like the "tape
trading underground" is another avenue of getting his music heard, and that
he doesn't feel like it affecting (negatively) his sales of studio
releases.

He even said during that tapes of shows are better because the "songs have
more life in them."

Nuf said. Anyway, I got good copies of the shows. I would love to trade
with people who have taped or will tape shows from this current tour, and
radio show appearances too! That goes for Jill Sobule too! Anyone tape
her???

John B. J.