From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #321 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, August 19 1998 Volume 01 : Number 321 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) [brian tivol ] Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) [ourhamster@aol.com (Ou] Re: the drinking song [mikep@-spamblock-izzy.net (Michael Pelletier)] Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) [ourhamster@aol.com (Ou] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 19 Aug 1998 10:04:09 -0400 From: brian tivol Subject: Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) >Nicole> It's and its. No question. Drives me up the steenkin' WALL. >Nicole> Followed closely by there, their, and they're. I've always found it works out best to have a sentence that changes meaning when you get the wrong word, like, oh, "A clever dog should recognize it[']s master." Meanwhile, from a sig: >Novac> "An egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in >Novac> himself than me." >Novac> -- Ambrose Bierce My second biggest pet peeve is "me" vs "I" in a sentence like this. Granted, this sentence is correct the way it is, and that's good, but it just reminds me of all the times people get this wrong. Something like "He's taller than me" makes me bristle. I guess my sample sentence for this one would have to be, um, "My wife likes Jian Ghomeshi more than [I/me]." Of course, what I _really_ can't stand is "less"/"fewer", but that's not important right now. Ok, I'll hush now. - --brian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:45:39 GMT From: nnicole11280@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Newbie In article <35D8B0BA.2BC1249F@mdxNONASTYJUNKMAILPLEASE.ac.uk>, richard6@mdxNONASTYJUNKMAILPLEASE.ac.uk wrote: > > Hi I'm new. I only have one of Moxy's albums because I live in England and > > they don't sell then here, but I think they're great. > As for getting their albums, both Bargainville and Live Noise can be got on > import (for around 17-18 quid) Wood was released here, but I've not seen it > in a shop for years, B and You Will Go To The Moon can't be had for love nor > money. You can order them from http://www.fruvous.com (where, of course, all > the most wonderful things in the fruworld are kept), but the last I heard > they wanted cheques in dollars which can be quite tricky and expensive to get > hold of. Have you guys tried online CD stores? CD Now, at least, talks offhandedly about "non-US" orders, and I think they even have a European auxillary. Worth a shot, says I... - --n twn back to work for me... - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:49:13 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) brian tivol wrote: > Meanwhile, from a sig: > > >Novac> "An egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in > >Novac> himself than me." > >Novac> -- Ambrose Bierce > > My second biggest pet peeve is "me" vs "I" in a sentence like this. > Granted, this sentence is correct the way it is, and that's good, but > it just reminds me of all the times people get this wrong. Something > like "He's taller than me" makes me bristle. I guess my sample > sentence for this one would have to be, um, "My wife likes Jian > Ghomeshi more than [I/me]." You know, ole Bitter Bierce said a good one there. I mean, even if he did say it wrong, it makes sense. An egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. Which means the egoist is more interested in himself than he is interested in me, making him an egoist. Or, if he were wrong: an egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in himself than I. Which could mean that the egoist is more interested in himself than I am interested in him. This puts ole Bierce at the center of the universe saying that what he things about you is accurate and if you think of yourself more than he does, then you're an egoist. I got a laugh out of this. Your mileage may vary... - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:36:42 GMT From: sigb@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Moxy on the Radio In article <1998081617575800.NAA05361@ladder01.news.aol.com>, jsmooth69@aol.com (JSmooth69) wrote: > >I just wanted to, well, torture those of you who are far away. But for > the1st time ever, i heard Fruvous on the radio. :-) I was driving home from > work & was listening to 101.1 (the River) from Niagara Falls. > > > I have yet to hear Moxy on the radio. I regularly listen to101.1 the river, > and 102.1 the edge. Oh well, that's why I bought a cd player for my car. =) > > Jason > If you can get any other Toronto station, Mix 99.9 might play them a bit more. They play most single releases, Get in the Car and River Valley immediately come to mind as having enjoyed regular airplay. Can't think of anything that they've played from Live Noise. But, I don't listen as frequently anymore. Hope this helped, Sigrid - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:58:30 +0000 From: Eric Eslinger Subject: Re: All Things Considered - TOMORROW Colleen Campbell wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 02:53:04 GMT, > nicole.the.wonder.nerd.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) > wrote: > >2) show up with sister's (expired) ID (she's slightly older than me; > >we've been told we look alike.) Hope they don't notice the expiration > >date. > > I'd go for this one. I've gotten into things with a license several > months expired before I even noticed I was using the expired one! Do > memorize the information on it, before you get to the venue. If it > doesn't work out, go get your own fake ID before the Fruvous show. specifically memorize your supposed zodiac sign. that's a pretty common tactic for bouncers to pull on you if they think something is fishy. eric the wonder coder - -- e-r-o-x ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1998 23:13:59 GMT From: ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster) Subject: Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) >My second biggest pet peeve is "me" vs "I" in a sentence like this. > >I guess my sample >sentence for this one would have to be, um, "My wife likes Jian >Ghomeshi more than [I/me]." With sample sentences like this, I can see why it's your pet peeve! :) - --Novac "The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes." ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1998 19:17:00 -0400 From: mikep@-spamblock-izzy.net (Michael Pelletier) Subject: Re: the drinking song In article <35D76122.3009F42C@softhome.net>, melissa wrote: >is it just me, or does that song sound awfully familiar to someone else >too? i thought it was an old irish song MF was covering the first time i >heard it. is it based on a familiar old tune or anything like that? i >just remember hearing it long before i ever heard of MF. ill bet its >just me, oh well. You might be thinking of the "Goodnight Irene" section of it, or something along those lines. As I understand it, Mike wrote it as a bit of a catharsis following the binge-drinking death of a good friend. And besides, what Irish Pub song would contain the words "I never drank again"? -Mike Pelletier. - -- - -- "[It will] be very hard to increase browser share on the merits of [Internet Explorer] alone. It will be more important to leverage the OS asset to make people use IE instead of Navigator." -- Christian Wildfeuer, a Microsoft Manager ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1998 23:28:55 GMT From: ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster) Subject: Re: Grammatical Pet Peeve (was: Canadian customs) >You know, ole Bitter Bierce said a good one there. I mean, even if >he did say it wrong, it makes sense. But, he didn't say it incorrectly :) Let me just note here that, as a personal preference, I hardly ever use "wrong" as an adverb. Not because it's improper (that's just fine), but it just doesn't *sound* like an adverb...maybe it's just the lack of an "ly", but I always use "incorrectly" instead. I'm weird like that, though. >Which means the egoist is more interested in himself than he is >interested in me, making him an egoist. >Or, if he were wrong: an egoist is a person of low taste, more interested >in himself than I. >Which could mean that the egoist is more interested in himself than >I am interested in him. This puts ole Bierce at the center of the universe >saying that what he things about you is accurate and if you think of >yourself more than he does, then you're an egoist. You also forgot the take that someone of truly great taste will obviously see all the wonderful aspects of *me*...true vanity. - --Novac "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #321 ********************************************