From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #307 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 Sunday, August 16 1998 Volume 01 : Number 307 Today's Subjects: ----------------- the drinking song [melissa ] Re: Books for Frutripping? [melissa ] Re: Books for Frutripping? [dot0926@aol.com (Dot0926)] Re: the drinking song [christi218@aol.com (Christi218)] Re: Moxy on IRC [snonsumr@my-dejanews.com] Re: Books for Frutripping? [blinerecs@aol.com (BLineRecs)] Re: Mel Lastman Sq. Memories [ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster)] Re: the drinking song [ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster)] Re: Mel Lastman Sq. Memories [kdsinthhal@aol.com (KdsInThHal)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 21:50:36 GMT From: melissa Subject: the drinking song 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. melissa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 21:56:19 GMT From: melissa Subject: Re: Books for Frutripping? sorry for the late reply by the way,. i just came back from vacation. yah, ive got one, since i just came back from a 3 hour car ride myself.... Maus by art spiegelman, its a comic book about the holocaust. its really really good, especially when you read the whole thing at once [there are 2 parts]. trust me, everyone ive lent this book to loves it. its really that good. thats about all i can think of. melissa aeves@alpha.confederationc.on.ca wrote: > I was thinking about this the other > night during an IRC discussion about > the upcoming shows in Northampton. > Some of us (may) have much further > to go than others, and may be > travelling at least partway alone. So I > thought we could come up with a list of > good books to keep people occupied > during travel :) > > Personal recommendations: > > 1)Fantasy/SF: anything by Melanie > Rawn (especially the Dragon Prince > and Dragon Star series), Issac Asimov, > Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams or > Robert Lynn Aspirin > > 2)Horror: Stephen King (though I'll > admit I freaked Chrissy out a bit > reading The Shining at the lodge we > stayed at Sat. night) > > 3)Mystery: Agatha Christie!! (Some > people might see her as a bit old > fashioned, but she's my favourite > mystery writer) > > Any other suggestions? :) > Drea > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 1998 22:27:53 GMT From: dot0926@aol.com (Dot0926) Subject: Re: Books for Frutripping? >melissa wrote: >sorry for the late reply by the way,. i just came back from vacation. welcome back melissa! i hope you had a nice vacation >yah, ive got one, since i just came back from a 3 hour car ride myself.... >Maus by art spiegelman, its a comic book about the holocaust. its really >really good, especially when you read the whole thing at once [there are 2 >parts]. trust me, everyone ive lent this book to loves it. its really that >good. thats about all i can think of. > ooh, yeah, i agree with that selection, they are such wonderful books. they allow you to approach a very serious subject in an abstract way. i've read scores of holocaust books, and the maus series ( is it a series if it's only two?...anyway) is one of the best. - -nora ********************* "bear left fozzie.....right frog." - - kermit the frog and fozzie bear ( the muppet movie) nora cohen (dot0926@aol.com) snafru on irc **************** ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 1998 23:59:07 GMT From: christi218@aol.com (Christi218) Subject: Re: the drinking song 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. Well, there are two songs that I think of -- of course "Goodnight Irene" and "The Band Played On" -- you know..."Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde..and the band..plaaaaaaayed on...." :) Sorry for my bad singing. :p Christine. Chrissy_K on irc *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Christi218@aol.com & bh108@freenet.buffalo.edu - --Diet soda? - --No thanks. FREAKED!!!!!!!!!! - --Fiddle Faddle? Elijah to Ricky - --Alright.....delicious. 1993 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:21:32 GMT From: snonsumr@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Moxy on IRC could someone repost the servers to get on IRC? i'm not on it yet & accidently deleted the post & the addresses for them. *fwaps self* so if someone could suggest a good IRC server, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks- Snow -- i dig your girlfriend. - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1998 00:07:55 GMT From: blinerecs@aol.com (BLineRecs) Subject: Re: Books for Frutripping? i just finished 'bone rules' by russell banks which i think is a pretty good roadtripping novel, 'tho it might be better on route to a reggae show (jamaica figures prominently). quite the picaresque. i've heard it mentioned as a sort of modern-day 'catcher in the rye.' anyone else read it and have any thoughts? in other news, i agree with each and every of the following words (except my name's not miriam): > >I'm really sorry about all this negativity I'm exuding, but Tom Robbins (I've >read two of his books) is another guy who imho is so enamored of himself that >he gets difficult to read. It's all like "Look at how WEIRD I'm being! Isn't >this SO COOL? Don't you just LOVE me??" A lot of times it's almost literally >that way, as he does tend to address the audience. >So this won't be just a bashing other peoples' tastes post I'll mention >Joseph >Heller. He's groovey. >Rave on. >Miriam Beetle Libicki catch-22 should be required reading for someone....... kevin ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1998 00:53:57 GMT From: ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster) Subject: Re: Mel Lastman Sq. Memories >I don't know about anyone else who was at the Mel Lastman Sq. show, but >everytime I see that Shania Twain video, or hear the song on the radio I just >have to laugh! Anyone else feel this way? I thought Jian's interpretation >was >EXCELLENT, and VERY FUNNY! Yeah, one of my coworkers was taping that song for use on a commercial she was producing, and I started cracking up. She's also the one who often says to me: "You're going to see Moxy Fruvous again?" - --Novac "An egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in himself than me." -- Ambrose Bierce ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1998 02:34:25 GMT From: ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster) Subject: Re: the drinking song >Well, there are two songs that I think of -- of course "Goodnight Irene" Yes, and we got to sing the whole thing at Burk's Falls...that was unexpected, and weird. - --Novac "An egoist is a person of low taste, more interested in himself than me." -- Ambrose Bierce ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1998 02:52:15 GMT From: kdsinthhal@aol.com (KdsInThHal) Subject: Re: Mel Lastman Sq. Memories > I don't know about anyone else who was at the Mel Lastman Sq. show, but >everytime I see that Shania Twain video, or hear the song on the radio I just >have to laugh! Anyone else feel this way? I yup! i was there, and yes, me too! :) . . . . . . . *sarah linnellgirl@tmbg.org http://lava.home.ml.org "no ambition whisperin' over your shoulder; isn't is amazing what you can accomplish, eh?" - the tragically hip ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #307 ********************************************