From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #68 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, January 21 1999 Volume 03 : Number 068 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Louden Wainwright III [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty [Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross)] Re: Romeos death [Fru-Monique ] video formats ["Halley Johnson" ] Re: Et cetera [Fru-Monique ] Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] Re: DC show info [Ambush Bug ] Re: Et cetera [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Words [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] heeeelp me [driedmonkey@zdnetmail.com (Stiff, Dried, Creaking Monkey)] Re: Amanda's birthday [wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles)] Re: DC show info [wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles)] Re: Louden Wainwright III ["KatieWow" ] heather's car [Srm9988n@aol.com] Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty [kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead)] Re: Mike as Robert Palmer- was: song wish list [piscopinto@aol.com (PISCO] dreams? wasRe: Et cetera [piscopinto@aol.com (PISCOPINTO)] Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty [kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead)] Re: RCAF [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: [Re: TMBG (was Re: Bargainville misprint??)] [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com] Re: The mining ship Red Dwarf... (was Louden...) [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com] Re: slightly off topic; Canadians, please read [Gruneberg Veronica J <6vj] Re: Louden Wainwright III [Marie.Claude@canada.com] Re: The Princess Bride (was: Jewel Kilcher) [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (M] Re: Words [Marie.Claude@canada.com] Re: Louden Wainwright III [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: DC show info [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS [petit_chou@juno.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21 Jan 1999 16:10:31 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Louden Wainwright III : >I've never heard Loudon Wainwright III do any stuff, but he cowrote a song : >called "Jesus in a Camper Van" with Robbie Williams and Guy : >Chambers that is on Robbie's current release, : >"I've Been Expecting You". /me eyes Richard, : >Ross and any other Britons on the list... am I going to get laughed at for : >this? I haven't heard heard Robbie Williams although my gf hates his guts. Unfortunately, one of our favorite bands, The Divine Comedy is opening for him in Britain next month and Neil Hannon apparently even sang or played a bit on one of his songs, blech! : For example, hopefully Richard will back me up here, we have a show : called "Father Ted" over here about three Irish priests and their erm, : shenanigans (?), adventures (?). Despite some mock allegations about : priests and bishops (now now, that money was just resting in my : account Dougal!) it doesn't come in for any flack. If shown in the US : (don't know about Canada) then it most certainly would I feel. Arse! Feck! Girls! I wish we got Father Ted in the U.S., that is a very funny show. It's too bad that Dermot Morgan (is that right?) died. I'd also love to get Rex the Runt but somehow I don't see them importing a 10 minute cartoon short even to PBS anytime soon. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:56:00 GMT From: Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross) Subject: Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty Vogons - the Militia Vogon leader with poetry... - Jewel! Vogon secerety gaurd.... um... Rush? (gotta have him in somehow) - - Life101 - "Jesus was a Jesus Freak" -Dan Bern ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:55:12 GMT From: Fru-Monique Subject: Re: Romeos death Fruchild Pythons, I leaned over > to my friend and whispered "I..Im not quite dead yet" We were trying to > hold it in (crowded theatre and all [not wanting to be rude of course]) > but then my other friend (in perfect accent) says "I feeeeeel > happyyyyyyyy." Heh..sounds like something any one of my friends and I would do. Heh heh. You-Know-Who _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:57:52 GMT From: "Halley Johnson" Subject: video formats Vika writes: >(Oh, and I stand humbly corrected. VHS has nothing to do with the >PAL, SECAM and NTSC formats. Don't I feel silly!) > >Vika Zafrin 1.Cuz I'm bored at work and 2. to spare Vika from future apologetic feelings and 3. to share something I find amusing, I post the following: Tape Formats: -VHS (Video Home System) -S-VHS (Super Video Home System) -8mm -Hi-8 -MiniDV *Encoding* formats: -NTSC (Never Twice the Same Color) -SECAM (System Essentially Contrary to the American Method, or Some European Communist Attempt At Media) -PAL (Phase Alteration by Line or Picture Always Lousy) Sorry, too much not to do... HJ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:01:25 GMT From: Fru-Monique Subject: Re: Et cetera Juliette shares, > I had a Fruvous dream last night: > I was with Monique at a Fruvous concert, and we had >these cards for some kind of game or something. Jian >was onstage reading from one of the cards and I was >trying to find that card in the pile of cards I had. >Then, a guy comes over and hugs me. When he pulls >away a bit, I see that it's Jian. Then, he kisses my >chin and I kiss his forehead. Heh...that's weird, I just had a Fruvousy dream this morning. First time in months. About bloody time! ;) > Monique, don't forget to get me that Mmmurray > souvenir! :) Shhhh....that's a secret. No one's supposed to know I'm kidnapping Murray for you...oh dear, now I've gone and spoiled it all. :D > Please visit my web site: http://members.xoom.com/Rabean/ Yeah! Visit it! It's cool! [Stove Top girl voice] And I helped! Monique _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:51:46 GMT From: gemini@p3.net (Trace) Subject: Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty On 21 Jan 1999 02:14:51 GMT, kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead) wrote: >>Dave as Zaphod Beeblebrox? > >I'm not sure about that one. He dosen't really strike me as the extreme egotist >("if there's anything more important than my ego I want it found and shot"). >How about Dave as Slartibartfast? I dunno, I can see Dave as Zaphod (minus the egotism of course) with dark sunglasses, an outrageous shirt, and an extra head and arm :) Besides, he has the experience for the job, once he was the king of Spain, now he's the President of the Galaxy :) Duuuuuude! > >Wowbagger the Infinitly Prolonged!!!!! [1]Maybe... He might make a good Zaphod, >or how about Wonko the Sane? :) Jian as Wonko! LOL! Heehee...I think I would just like to hear Jian say "Dent, Arthur Dent. You're a complete knee-biter" ;) Maybe he could assume multiple roles. I'm assuming Marion would have to be Trillion. - -- Trace gemini@p3.net *sniff* Target is within sniffing range. Hailing on all frequencies. *woop woop* Visual acquired. Our bogie is at 9:00. Fire when ready. - 1/1 BL dum tek ca tek tek ca tek tek *snort* ARGH *glare* Follow THAT one lads.... - 1/2 BL ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 17:21:16 GMT From: Ambush Bug Subject: Re: DC show info Remember when Chad Maloney said: : Cameron Ross wrote: :> :> ammf@fruvous.com writes: :> >embiggened :> :> Is embiggens even a word? : It's a very promulent word, if I say so myself. "cromulent" It's a perfectly cromulent word. Mike - -- "This tattoo won't come off. I thought it was the lick 'em/stick 'em kind. But I couldn't figure out what that machine was for. Or why I was in so much pain." -- Mary Prankseter Try Koplio's Story! Get it at http://www.aliensoft.com. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 17:55:14 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Et cetera << [Stove Top girl voice] And I helped! >> Wasn't that Shake-and-Bake (or as they said it in their accents, "Shiiiike and Biiiiike"? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:50:35 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Words In article <786cp0$cdd$1@winter.news.rcn.net>, kleahy@loyola.edu says... > i see you all are aching to join . . . > The Royal Society of Innovative American Linguists (Katherine M. Leahy, > President and Founding Member) > words like globality, humungoid, extraordinomously, and ooglish have aided > me and many others in college admissions essays, theater papers, and > graduation speeches :). In that case, I nominate "ungh" and "foof". k@ practical and necessary words ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:13:02 -0800 From: driedmonkey@zdnetmail.com (Stiff, Dried, Creaking Monkey) Subject: heeeelp me I need a MOXY FIX!!!!!! I'm listening to live noise, but it's not enough, not nearly enough anymore. I won't be able to see them until Febuary at Frucon! Oh well, I jsut had to vent. They just reeally pick me up when I'm feeling rotten. Peace, Tamdakh *** Posted from RemarQ - http://www.remarq.com - Discussions Start Here (tm) *** ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 18:53:30 GMT From: wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles) Subject: Re: Amanda's birthday Think I missed it so Happy Belated B-day Amanda! Hope to see ya at the 9:30 Club show! Smiles, Wendy :o) ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 18:52:21 GMT From: wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles) Subject: Re: DC show info >yay!!! a loyola früfan!!! that makes me happy. >anyway, i called area ticketmaster yesterday and they told me that they >don't have a frü listing for DC. hmph. >~~kate > Hiya Kate! :o) The DC Ticketmaster number is (202) 432- SEAT hope to see ya there! Smiles, Wendy :o) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:27:28 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Louden Wainwright III the divine comedy--isn't that former model milla jo(something)'s band? i've heard very good things abouot them! ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:06:33 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: heather's car Halley (as well as mon cher Tom) did note that I disgraced myself with the following: >> umm, is there anyone else out there who just wants to fly out to >>Seattle >> and play for awhile in the backseat of Heather's car??? (purely unintentional, I assure you. Now all of you just get your minds OUT of that gutter. ;-) ) and halley asked a good question: >well,... have you got Billy Ocean....? =) no, alas. but I don't think 'ti-chou has an 8-track to turn up either ... (Angie might have dibs on Yoda, but I want the little squirrel.) - -- degenerate Princess Lori. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 20:49:01 GMT From: kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead) Subject: Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty >Vogon leader with poetry... - Jewel! Brilliant!!!! That's bloody brilliant!!! (-Ford) Ken ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 20:44:13 GMT From: piscopinto@aol.com (PISCOPINTO) Subject: Re: Mike as Robert Palmer- was: song wish list or... how about Jian and Murray singing the subtle 2-part harmony in "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"-- eh? *heheh* Angel ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 20:50:49 GMT From: piscopinto@aol.com (PISCOPINTO) Subject: dreams? wasRe: Et cetera >> I had a Fruvous dream last night: Gee, I wasn't that lucky... but for some reason my former place of employment (DFW), Bob Dylan, and Freedy Johnston were in my dream. I have no idea in hell what that was all about. Angel ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 20:53:02 GMT From: kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead) Subject: Re: An Exercise in Fruvilty > >I dunno, I can see Dave as Zaphod (minus the egotism of course) with >dark sunglasses, an outrageous shirt, and an extra head and arm :) >Besides, he has the experience for the job, once he was the king of >Spain, now he's the President of the Galaxy :) Duuuuuude! > Hmmm... I'm becoming more convinced, but Zaphod minus egotism just isin't Zaphod. Everything else sounds great though!! Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:50:27 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: RCAF On 20 Jan 1999 00:01:36 GMT, Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote: >I'm sorry... that popped into my head as I was reading this thread and I had >to get it out of my system!! :) Oh dear, how I love Air Farce. This >Hour has 22 Minutes, too. Did anyone catch the "Talking to Americans in >Arkansas" segment? Nearly fell off the couch when I saw it! :) > >:) Veronica ( I will shut up, I will shut up...) What is Air Farce? I'm guessing it's a comedy sketch show? Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://freespace.virgin.net/g.hendry/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:50:29 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: [Re: TMBG (was Re: Bargainville misprint??)] On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:45:52 -0500, Chad Maloney wrote: >Angie Armstrong wrote: >> Who the heck is Kylie Minogue?!?!? guess that's what happens when you don't >> listen to mainstream/top 40... > >Wasn't she the Locomotion lady? You know, "Come on baby, do the locomotion"... > > - Chad Yes, that's the one. Now apologise immediately for getting that song stuck in my head! ;-) Ross, gonna sing the Chicken In The Air! - -- "Oh, the chicken in the air, stick a deckchair up your nose, Buy a jumbo jet and then bury all your clothes, Paint your left ear green and extract your wisdom teeth, Form a string quartet and pretend your name is Keith!" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:50:28 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: The mining ship Red Dwarf... (was Louden...) New Red Dwarf News! New Red Dwarf News! Recording wrapped on December 4 after three months' work with transmission tentatively scheduled for February. The eight-episode season completes the package of 52 episodes needed for sales to the American syndication market, and looks set to wrap up the saga with a return to the Dwarf's roots. [Guest starts include characters from pre-disaster crew in the very first episode.] Intriguingly, the final episode of the season (possiblt the series) is entitled "Earth". But then season 5 ended with "Back to Reality" - the most misleading title in Dwarf's history. Just thought you all might like to know that. Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://freespace.virgin.net/g.hendry/ ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 19:57:26 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Re: slightly off topic; Canadians, please read Or you could find some Canadian comedy which makes fun of the accent - most notably Royal Canadian Air Farce, which has CDs and videos out. I know there are some movies with the accent, too... can't think of any off hand, but once I do... :) Veronica - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:01:57 GMT From: Marie.Claude@canada.com Subject: Re: Louden Wainwright III Kate wrote: > the divine comedy--isn't that former model milla jo(something)'s band? i've > heard very good things abouot them! Milla Jovovich. And yes, it is. That girl has talent. She rocked in "The 5th Element" as Leeloo, and I've heard good things about her band too. She's still a model. Notably, she has a big contract with L'Oréal. In the words of AJ, weren't all just dying to know that?? Marie-Claude, who wishes SHE had thought of 'Laika and the Cosmonauts' for a band name... o/~ This is the way we cheat at song, cheat at songs, cheat at songs o/~ o/~ This is the way we make ourselves look f*cking good o/~ -- Sheryl Stoller & George Nowik (1/1) - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 21:18:51 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: The Princess Bride (was: Jewel Kilcher) Mocksie (mocksie@aol.com) wrote: : The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies ever, but I have to say that : the book is a million times better!!! If you've : never seen the movie I HIGHLY : recommend reading the book FIRST!! : If you HAVE seen the movie, still read the : book! It's incredible!!!!! I went looking for the book a while back and all I could find was this abridged, kiddie version. I couldn't find it anywhere else. Also, Goldman says it was originally written by an M. Morganstern (or something like that) and that his father used to read him it when he was young. Is there an author named Morganstern out there that originally wrote the Princess Bride? Where can I go to find the book? Thanks, Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:14:11 GMT From: Marie.Claude@canada.com Subject: Re: Words Kate wrote: > In article <786cp0$cdd$1@winter.news.rcn.net>, kleahy@loyola.edu says... > > i see you all are aching to join . . . > > The Royal Society of Innovative American Linguists (Katherine M. Leahy, > > President and Founding Member) > > words like globality, humungoid, extraordinomously, and ooglish have aided > > me and many others in college admissions essays, theater papers, and > > graduation speeches :). Katrin, in her infinite wisdom, responded: > In that case, I nominate "ungh" and "foof". I second those terms. 'Ungh' is a favourite of mine, thanks to Katrin. I also reserve the right to '*bud*' anytime I feel like it, especially when faced with undeserved adversity. Marie-Claude, whimsical. "I embraced my inner sheep last night. It was liberating." -- ellen buckley :) - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 21:43:02 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Louden Wainwright III Marie.Claude@canada.com wrote: : Kate wrote: : > the divine comedy--isn't that former : > model milla jo(something)'s band? i've : > heard very good things abouot them! : Milla Jovovich. And yes, it is. That girl has talent. She rocked in "The 5th : Element" as Leeloo, and I've heard good things about her band too. She's : still a model. Notably, she has a big contract with L'Oréal. No, Actually you are thinking of Milla's album called "The Divine Comedy". I am refereing to the band from Northern Ireland called _The Divine Comedy_ headed up by Neil Hannon, one of the greatest talents of our time. I must say that I liked the song "The Gentleman Who Fell Before the Court" by Milla, though. I never heard the rest of her album, I should check it out. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 1999 21:58:30 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: DC show info Normally, you can call anywhere from Baltimore to No. VA and get tickets for a show at any venue in that area. I called No. VA ticketmasters because the DC one was broken. They do have tickets, I bought them yesterday. I shall buy Philly tickets as soon as I firm up my ride. Maybe I'll see you at one or both concerts. - -Matt KatieWow (kleahy@loyola.edu) wrote: : yay!!! a loyola früfan!!! that makes me happy. : anyway, i called area ticketmaster yesterday and they told me that they : don't have a frü listing for DC. hmph. : ~~kate : -- : **************************************************************************** : Kate Leahy : kleahy@loyola.edu : **************************************************************************** : nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight : gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight : --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" : and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them : were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. : --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" : we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. : --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 : *************************************************************************** : Matt James wrote in message <787i23$s7v$1@kitt.charm.net>... : >KatieWow (kleahy@loyola.edu) wrote: : >: i see you all are aching to join . . . : >: The Royal Society of Innovative American Linguists (Katherine M. Leahy, : >: President and Founding Member) : >: words like globality, humungoid, extraordinomously, and ooglish have : aided : >: me and many others in college admissions essays, theater papers, and : >: graduation speeches :). : >: ~~kate : >Hey Kate! : >I'm a fellow Loyolian, class of '96, good to see more : >Loyola folks about. I'll be bringing my crew of 4 other : >(semi-Fruhead) folks to the 9:30 Club. I live bout half an hour : >from the Club so it won't be that big of a jaunt (actually, I : >might leave from work in Rockville to go there, I haven't decided : >yet, which should be even quicker). : >Anyway, Chad asked about getting tickets. I called Ticketmaster : >in No.VA (because DC's lines wre buggered) and they had a toll free : >number: 1-800-551-7328. : >I hope this helps and hope to see ya'll there at the 9:30 Club which : >is in the most wonderful part of DC (not). : >-Matt : > : > : >-- : > : >---------------------------------------------------------------------- : >Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 : >TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com : >Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net : >http://www.tyc.com : >---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 22:07:42 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS Hey. Question. Can non-Frucon-attendees purchase said Frucon T-shirts? Before ya'll start freakin, just think that it'll get you closer to the goal of 54 more orders... (Heather raises her eyebrows enticingly) C'mon, guys. Heather Moore (please?) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #68 *******************************************