From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #753 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 Friday, August 27 1999 Volume 03 : Number 753 Today's Subjects: ----------------- =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IERyZWFtaW5nIGFib3V0IEZy/HZvdXMuLi4gaXMgdGhhdCB3cm9uZz8=?= [sugarfly26@aol.com (Sugar] undesired nicknames (was Re: "Jesus, she's back" ) [Amanda.K.Potter@Dartm] Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... [happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spic] Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) [happ] Re: OT: priceline.com (this is not spam) [happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Sp] Re: misplaced story [" Arbie" ] Re: Independence Day Question [Nate DeRose ] Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... [Lawrence P Solomon ] Re: OT: DC area navigation [dalevy@aol.com (DALevy)] Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) [cook] Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... [Fiona ] I'm a Fruhead,,. how 'bout you? [SnarkiFru ] Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) [Tom ] Re: BNL & MF [Geenius at Wrok ] Harbourfront Review (I think or just ramblings) ["Winnie da Fru aka Sara"] Re: Dreaming about Frvous... is that wrong? [saphiracat@birdlover.com] Re: Independence Day Question [Josh Drury ] Re: Thornhill review #608 :-) ["Winnie da Fru aka Sara" ] Re: OT: DC area navigation [cookie ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 Aug 1999 04:14:05 GMT From: sugarfly26@aol.com (SugarFly26) Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IERyZWFtaW5nIGFib3V0IEZy/HZvdXMuLi4gaXMgdGhhdCB3cm9uZz8=?= wow, ya got some twisted dreams there! :) but yeah, i had an innocent and yet really really strange dream involving fruvous once. no more so far though..lol. - ------------> Ln ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:11:51 GMT From: Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU (Amanda K. Potter) Subject: undesired nicknames (was Re: "Jesus, she's back" ) - --- Lori at fruhead dot com wrote: umm, please don't. Degeneracy might suit you, but I don't think "Mandi" does. :) - ---- =) I agree, as does my mother... just days after I was born, she yelled at my grandfather for calling me Mandi... and so I've avoided it for most of my life. Too bad I can't get my friends to stop using it... I'm pretty much desensitized to it now! But I'll keep searching for something more suitable, and less Manilow-reminscent... (hmm... Lola? Nope.) ;-) amanda :o) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:13:24 -0600 From: happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spice) Subject: Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... In article <37C5A840.FCB67C31@fruhead.com>, chadm@fruhead.com says... > "First we were the reason, then the excuse. Now we are just irrelevent" > - Murray Foster (talking about reasons why fans travel around to see shows) Heh...at this moment, Tom and I are considering traveling to another state to join some fellow Früheads for Tom's birthday. The band will be a couple thousand miles away at that time. k@ - ---------------------------------------------------- "When someone says that they can't draw a straight line, it's a comment that belittles the act of drawing. It suggests that it's a God-given thing, that no one has to practice it, that all artists are idiot-savants." - --Phoebe Gloeckner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:26:14 -0600 From: happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spice) Subject: Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) In article <26703196@donner.Dartmouth.EDU>, Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU says... > {Imaginary conversation: Frulad: "Aren't you from upstate NY?" > Me: (sheepishly) "Yes..."} They *do* notice when someone's traveled a long way to see them. My husband Tom has been working in Boston for a couple of months (we live in Denver), and when he showed up at the in-store there, one of the guys (I think it was Mike) asked if he wasn't a long way from his usual turf. Just one of the many things to love about Our Heroes - they really do pay attention to us, whether they let on or not... k@ 5 days... - ---------------------------------------------------- "When someone says that they can't draw a straight line, it's a comment that belittles the act of drawing. It suggests that it's a God-given thing, that no one has to practice it, that all artists are idiot-savants." - --Phoebe Gloeckner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:08:03 -0600 From: happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spice) Subject: Re: OT: priceline.com (this is not spam) In article <19990826194655.5985.rocketmail@web507.yahoomail.com>, frulove@yahoo.com says... > has anyone here ever purchased tickets thru > priceline.com? (that's the service that lets you > bid on airline tickets). they offered me tickets > from denver to buffalo for the nye bash for $250. > The skeptic in me is wondering if this is > legit... if anyone out there knows anything about > them, please let me know! many thanx in > advance... (o; Tom got me my ticket to LA through Priceline - I've never used them myself, but as far as I know, they're legit. As I understand it, you make a "bid" on how cheap you think your airfare should be, and if it's reasonable, they'll sell you your ticket for that price. The catch is that once you've bid and they've accepted it, you can't try to bid any lower. k@ - ---------------------------------------------------- "When someone says that they can't draw a straight line, it's a comment that belittles the act of drawing. It suggests that it's a God-given thing, that no one has to practice it, that all artists are idiot-savants." - --Phoebe Gloeckner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:03:22 -0700 From: " Arbie" Subject: Re: misplaced story *sigh* you can see how far I am from being caught up in this NG, 2 posts down I see you corrected yourself. Ah well.... Peace anyway. and Love.... and other good stuff :-) - -- Arbie "Brassman" on irc "Reply to" address altered to discourage spammers, sorry for the inconvenience. afru@nospamdirect.ca - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arbie wrote in message ... >Ellen said some highly reasoned and intelligent stuff and then said: > >>peace, >>ellen (ramble ramble...) >>****************************************** >>Once there was a time to get back home... > >Actually, that's "once there was a *way* to get back home...." > >"and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make" > >Peace (back at'cha) :-) >-- > Arbie >"Brassman" on irc >"Reply to" address altered to discourage spammers, >sorry for the inconvenience. >afru@nospamdirect.ca >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:36:41 -0400 From: Nate DeRose Subject: Re: Independence Day Question maria wrote: > > ellen wrote: > > all i can think when i hear this line is, "ONE > >hot dog stand? only one, for a whole city?" > > Okay, this has _nothing_ to do with that lyric. But, my [1] city has NO hotdog > stand. Incidentally, I must agree with Maria here. I've never lived in any town or city that had a hotdog stand. This town, the one in the song, must be HOPPIN' ! :) nate ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:33:51 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... BBWMinors wrote: > So when they announced that the Nov. 20 show would be once again at the 930 > Club and he knew he was working that night, he turned to me and said "Now, you > make sure if you're getting there early to wait on line that you're with all > the Fruheads so I know you're ok." > > So who's going to be wating on line early with me???????????? I'll be there probably around 6ish, since it's an early show (9:30 club Saturday night shows start really early) But, uhhh, since it's in November, I neither know what I'll be wearing or how long my hair will be, so I'll be very unidentifiable... Or whatever time turns out to be an hour and a half before door time. (Yes, the line does get long after that - well, long for us insane people who absolutely must be near the front :) - -- Lawrence Solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * So cocksure, he never suspects you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * Somebody's doing the same. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:46:34 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: Dreaming about =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=FCvous=2E=2E=2E?= is that wrong? The Marvelous Myla Fantastik wrote: > Dream #3: I was in a jail and the lads dropped in through the sky lights on > black nylon ropes, wearing spy attire and carrying a novelty sized red comb. > I don't remember much more from that dream... I think you've watched "Brazil" a few too many times... :) Either that or I have. :) nothing wrong with Fruvous dreams... they're in mine all the time, although more the "concept of Moxy Fruvous" than the band itself - like I'll have dreams about really strange roadtrips and such, like I'll drive to the moon or something to see them... but most of it is in the planning, and usually I'm trying to escape some horrible disaster, like a flood or a nuclear attack or something... and on the way I'll stop at a show, I guess... :) and sometimes even TMBG are there, which is kind of useful because with the extra musicians they do the full arrangements of both Misplaced and Sad Today... and of course they played Bed and Breakfast! How could I forget that? :) (although TMBG didn't help with that one - they played Careless Santa instead, which isn't really a TMBG song, but I think Chad would agree that it's close enough :) > -Myla Fantastik AKA: > Madeline Franklin > (happily coincidentally the same initials as the band AND their bass player > :) I wonder how Mike Ford would feel about that statement? :) - -- Lawrence Solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * Head afire, he spills desire you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * And vodka from a mason jar. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:39:53 -0400 From: "Kate Leahy" Subject: Re: Dreaming about Frvous... is that wrong? >I think you've watched "Brazil" a few too many times... :) Either that or I >have. :) Completely off-topic, but . . . does anyone else here really love this movie :) ? ~~Kate, who does :) - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:34:06 -0400 From: "Kate Leahy" Subject: Re: Independence Day Question >some brands are not bad. however, my fellow >vegetarian friend jo's family has dubbed them >'eraser dogs'... As a lazy vegetarian who prefers to stick to completely organic foods like vegetables, I have to say that AJ made some lovely vegetarian sausage for MC, Kath, and I the night we invaded his campsite for dinner at Falconridge (we produced the pronised mustard, though, so I really don't feel that bad :). ~~Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: 27 Aug 1999 07:14:06 GMT From: dalevy@aol.com (DALevy) Subject: Re: OT: DC area navigation >let's talk about the 95s around baltimore . . . >695, 395, 295, 195, 495, 95, 895 . . . it's enough to make my poor head >spin. Now wait a minute here. California's got everyone beat. In LA, there is I-10, I-110, I-610, and US 101 and Calif. Hwy. 1 and 11 -- all in about the same area. There is the 405, 605, and 5. And the part that makes it all crazy is these five and six level interchanges that people giving directions refer to by name rather than route number. So how is an out of towner supposed to know that "take the Hollywood Freeway to the Short Stack, then the Pasadena Freeway north" means US 101 south to downtown LA and Calif. 11 north from there???? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:23:44 -0700 From: cookie Subject: Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) Chad Maloney wrote: > Where some of my home town friends > take flying lessons or have other hobbies that cost them > thousands of dollars, ...And flying lessons are worth EVERY penny! There is nothing as amazing (and frightening) as taking your first solo flight. However, piloting is an addiction, and you know you're in trouble when you find yourself saying, "I haven't flown for a DAY," and then you find yourself selling the kids and mortgaging the house to get an hour of air time. Stick with following the band. It's MUCH cheaper. Cookie Who currently isn't current with her pilot's license and hasn't been off the ground (as pilot-in-command or no) in 7 months and 28 days. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:28:56 -0400 From: Fiona Subject: Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... Chad Maloney quoted Murray: > "First we were the reason, then the excuse. Now we are just irrelevent" As usual the Evil and Perceptive Mr. Foster hits the nail squarely on the head. People traveled from Ohio to Toronto last year to come celebrate New Years Eve with other Früheads. We had a ton of fun, and most of it only involved Früvous in that Früvous were the medium through which we met. Fiona heading off to work with 4 hours of sleep. Harbourfront rocked. Review um.. uh... later. - -- "Are you trying to deny my existence and identity? I have an issue with that." "You, however, appear to think you're Chrissy. :P " Trace and Lori ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:59:34 GMT From: SnarkiFru Subject: I'm a Fruhead,,. how 'bout you? So, Lori and Chad responded to one of my comments, but since I'm too lazy to search back and quote it, the idea was that fru-tripping wasn't so much to see the band as seeing the folks. I agree 110% and then some. We arrived just in time to see Fruvous last night in TO, and I apologized to Taryn and Mike and Jennifer in advance because I had to go socialize. What a buzz it is to hop over to one gaggle of fans and hear "ANGIE" and see arms waving frantically... and I skip over there and hear "ANGIE" all over again. I felt so popular... and Michele so subtly pointed out that, well... I do stand out in a crowd *snort* It really was a great time, even if i did get in bed by 3:40a and had to get up at 5:30 ;^P There is more to be said, but class starts in 10 min and I have to review notes. Can I just say that scary is seeing Jian running towards me as we were walking towards the car... I point to him and say, "Hey! Slow down there, none of that!" He grins at me as he dashes by saying, "Hey SnarkiFru!" *giggle* I guess I've now been forever pegged... is this a good thing or bad? *smirk* So, more later, ttfn! - --Angie ...there's a difference between knowing the path and wlking the path... - --Morpheus The Matrix ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: 27 Aug 1999 12:11:16 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Thornhill reflections revisited... Lawrence gave me an excellent clock to work by when he wrote: <> Sound perfect to me ... I will be there an hour-and-a-half to two hours early, armed with sharable edible sustenance and probably wearing my Frujersey for medium-easy identification. I know, people give me crap about my planning in advance. My boss asked me yesterday if I'd made my spring training reservations yet. No, but I'm set for the winter meetings!!!!!!!!!!! The slightly anal and always forward-thinking QL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:07:57 GMT From: Tom Salyers Subject: Re: "Jesus, she's back" ( was Re: Thornhill reflections, revisited) Dorky Spice wrote: > They *do* notice when someone's traveled a long way to see them. My > husband Tom has been working in Boston for a couple of months (we live > in Denver), and when he showed up at the in-store there, one of the guys > (I think it was Mike) asked if he wasn't a long way from his usual turf. Yeah, that was Mike, who then proceeded to ask me what brought me out to Boston--even going so far as to ask me what kind of software I was working on. Very cool. =) Then there was Jian, who reintroduced himself to me again, but that's another story... - -- | "I could really use to lose my Catholic conscience Tom Salyers | Cuz I'm sick of feeling guilty all the time Denver, CO | I won't abuse it--yeah, I've got the best intentions | For a little bit of anarchy but not the hurting kind." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:30:18 -0400 From: Geenius at Wrok Subject: Re: BNL & MF On 27 Aug 1999, Bnlwildy wrote: > Someone noted that BNL's live shows have fallen off a little as the crowds have > gotten larger. I tend to agree with this. I've seen them 13 times over the > past 7 years, and the energy in the live show has decreased somewhat, but I > think that is somewhat inevitable. To be perfectly frank, so has Moxy's. Moxy > started playing around Buffalo maybe a year later than BNL... and those early > shows were amazing for both bands, because you never knew what was going to > happen. There's also the rising expectations phenomenon: Every time you see the band, you're comparing them (consciously or not) to the best performance of theirs that you've seen so far. :-\ - -- "I wish EVERY day could be a shearing festival!" -- The 10 Commandments =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Keith Ammann is geenius@albany.net "I notice you have a cloud of doom. Live with honor, endure with grace I must admit it makes you seem www.albany.net/~geenius * Lun Yu 2:24 dangerous and sexy." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:50:08 GMT From: "Winnie da Fru aka Sara" Subject: Harbourfront Review (I think or just ramblings) Okay, I don't see a review posted...so now I have the option to either do a detailed review or just add some random thoughts. Well, since I'm sure there will people taking strict notes, I'll probably do more of the later, but maybe a bit of the former. :p Overall, it was a great evening. Good friends, good music, and we didn't get wet (although I think Dave might have gotten a bit wet at the back of the stage! I was worried about him playing the keyboard back there!). I thought it was interesting that they started with Half as Much and ended with MPG - nice bookends from the album. :) I have to admit that I really love the Thornhill songs live after listening to the album a couple times (as I said before, I find it hard to really get into a show when I'm not familiar with the songs - I can enjoy the show, but last night I was really *digging* it). I also loved the new arrangments of old songs (especially Video Bargainville - I take it that's the "disco" version - it was very cool). It was an interesting set because they didn't do some of the more "typical" Toronto songs - the expected ones like King of Spain/GEaH or Marion Fruvous. I thought it was a good choice to expose people to their other songs, and also I felt all the songs worked well together. My only disappoinment was there was no "dancing queen/walk on the wild side" but that's purely selfish (check out my email address if you want a hint at understanding that) Impressive statistic: that ampitheatre has seating for 1750 people and 250 standing under cover (plus apparently room for 3000 standing on the uncovered pier behind). That ampitheatre was packed...so there were close to 2000 people there! Go Toronto! :) A few fun highlights: - - Jian commenting that the Mix got their name wrong, their name was actually Bell Mobility (a large advertising banner was hanging overhead) and all the other Bell Mobility comments were good (I love how they always manage to work in their sponsers by making fun of them at the same time - but it does get their names out there!) - - Singing along with them with "is that James in the boat" and participating in the first land/sea jam - - Dave commenting that the sound of the rain made him have to pee (and a little rant about "One Hand in My Pocket") and then Dave leaving the stage during the beginning of the next song (guess he was serious! *grin*) - - Being mentioned in the banter (a joke that was so inside even the guys didn't get it, except for one - but hey that was fun) - - and in the slightly-scary category (scary in a good way, not a scary way if that makes any sense) was shaking Jian's hand after the show and introducing myself as Sara, his response was "Revell?" Wow, someone's been paying attention! :p I had a great time, as did the friends I was with. Here's my public plea for a taper who's willing to do a B&P to get a copy of the show (I saw the equipment there...so I know there were people taping!) :p It's taken me an hour to write this, so I'm going to get going now. I'm sure there is more to say, but someone else will probably cover it too! Sara, sleep deprived and wishing she owned a discman so she could listen to her Thornhill CD again ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:53:03 GMT From: saphiracat@birdlover.com Subject: Re: Dreaming about Frvous... is that wrong? ---- you wrote: > Well, i think i've finally figured out how to use this newsgroup thing. > > So, I'm an avid frühead like yourselves. But I hardly think I'm as devoted > as some of you (for example, the ones who make every show and who have every > shirt and have every bit o' merchandise available). But, I've been having > dreams about the lads lately. No, not *that* kind of dreams, just simple, > sometimes amusing, innocent dreams. They're kinda interesting, so I decided > to share them with you. > > Dream #1: I'm at my school dance and Moxy Früvous is playing! Whee! They > played Lee and King of Spain, but then they quit playing and let this crappy > DJ take over :P. So they started socializing with people and I showed them > around like it was no big deal. Then they continued socializing. Me and > Murray and Dave went over to the punch and spiked it, then giggled and ran > away :D and then Mike pantsed this guy who's very popular at our school and > ran away while Jian started a conga line and ran straight through the gym > doors into the pool and into the water! > > me and the lads were in detention together!! :D > > Dream #2: me and some friends were swimming in a local creek (Ellicott > creek, clean for a change if you're from around williamsville) and then I > saw Murray and Jian at a camp fire on a gravel island in the middle of the > stream. I swam up to a fallen tree and jumped out of the water, grabbed it > and pulled myself up then climbed to the end, and Dave was sitting there, > spitting cherry pits at Murray and Jian, and Mike was wrestling a fish on > the other side of the fire. It was an odd, odd scene. Dave said "oh, glad > you could make it" and then we swung down on a vine (note: there are no > vines around ellicott creek:) and sat by the fire to dry off and then all my > friends from before found me and said "hey, we shouldn't talk to strangers" > and to that i replied "they're not strangers, this is my uncle dave (i do > have an uncle dave) and our teacher Murray and my neighbor Mike and this is > jian. we went to the same pre-school" and then they all looked up from > whatever they were doing and gave a single wave, in unison, to my friends.. I > woke up laughing... > > Dream #3: I was in a jail and the lads dropped in through the sky lights on > black nylon ropes, wearing spy attire and carrying a novelty sized red comb. > I don't remember much more from that dream... > > so, what do you think? obsession? or is it just because I fall asleep every > night by listening to their music? > > -Myla Fantastik AKA: > Madeline Franklin > (happily coincidentally the same initials as the band AND their bass player > :) > > > "Hell for me? Well, that would have to be an N'sync concert. Or Ricky > Martin... hard to say... what? No. I'd gladly take the little red guys > poking me with pitchforks." > -me, actual conversation - --------------------------------------- OK. We were chatting about this in the chat last night so here goes mine. (By the way, I think Myla won...) Ok, I'm riding a bus with kindergardeners on it, and Jian's the bus driver (I'm sorry to say that none of the other guys are in this one. Maybe it was recess...). So I get very bored sitting with all these kindergardeners around and go up to the front of the front to talk with the bus driver. Well, Jian puts the bus on auto pilot and we have a hilarious conversation all the way to our destintion (unknown). I don't even remember what we talked about, but I knew that it had been a good conversation. By the way, FYI, Jian was dressed in a navy blue jump suit and a blue cap. Kind of like a cross between a police officer and a milkman. I was dressed normally. (Myla, now that I've explained it more, do I win?) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:31:12 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: Independence Day Question maria wrote: > [1] oh, don't you just love it when people act like something that doesn't > belong to them does? ex: "my grocery store carries..blah blah blah" Yes, especially when it's "I'm going up to my lake for the weekend". Which begs the question: "Which lake is that?" Answer, in my area: "Oh, you know, Lake Winnipeg/ Lake of the Woods/ Falcon Lake, etc." Whereas the people whose lake is obscure just call it "the lake". Seems that the larger the number of people at any particular lake, the more likely they are to call it "my lake". Odd. Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:48:54 GMT From: "Winnie da Fru aka Sara" Subject: Re: Thornhill review #608 :-) > > ****Sad Today is the best commentary on teenage culture that I have > > heard thus far (and I'm speaking as a 17-year-old girl, so I figure I > > *should* know (-:>). Simply a beautiful song. Well done Jian!! >Hmmmm.... never though about it that way before. "I murdered my friends / >but I made amends / and that is why I'm free today". Works for me!! Good >job! :) >And I was complaining how Thornhill didn't have a banjo song. How wrong I >was :) Am I the only one who thinks we have our Sad songs mixed up? ("Sad songs say so much" - E.J.). I was going to let it go, but once the lyrics got put up there, I knew we were talking about something different. Sara ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:04:23 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Hate letter references Listening repeatedly to Hate Letter (among other songs, of course), I can't help wondering who a lot of those names are that they mention in the middle section. Styx is one of the few names I recognise, but who is Mr. Paul Murray, for example? And who's this "Jian" guy? (er, kidding on that one) Anyway, if anyone with a better pop culture sensibility could help me out on these, that'd be "totally spruce"[1]. Josh Drury Winnipeg [1] I'm trying daily to work that into conversations. I think it could become a dialectic staple, at least up around the boreal forest. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:24:27 -0700 From: cookie Subject: Re: OT: DC area navigation DALevy wrote: > And the part that makes it all crazy is > these five and six level interchanges that people giving directions refer to by > name rather than route number. > > So how is an out of towner supposed to know that "take the Hollywood Freeway to > the Short Stack, then the Pasadena Freeway north" means US 101 south to > downtown LA and Calif. 11 north from there???? I had to laugh at this because it is SO true! Even the freeway exit signs don't post the directions, they post destination cities! (i.e. The sign on the 10 where it meets the 110 doesn't say exit 110 North or South, it says "110 Pasadena," or "110 San Pedro." I STILL don't know where San Pedro is. I also remember being embarrassed when I first moved because I naively called "PCH" the 1 freeway and the person didn't know what I was talking about. Gotta work. Cookie ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #753 ********************************************