From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #130 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, March 2 2000 Volume 04 : Number 130 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: guilty pleasures ["A.J. LoCicero" ] Re: Boycott Amazon.com (OT, but important!) ["A.J. LoCicero" ] Re: Other Bands [plotnick@uic.edu (Roy Plotnick)] Re: Guilty Pleasures [cookie ] Re: guilty pleasures [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: OT Peeps [Frances Fox ] Re: OT: gelatin / agar [spychicr@aol.compoot (Rai-Marie)] Re: OT: gelatin / agar [spychicr@aol.compoot (Rai-Marie)] Re: Guilty Pleasures [Frances Fox ] Re: Other Bands [gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash)] Re: Other Bands [gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash)] Bad Joke formerly Re: Guilty Pleasures [gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash)] Help!!! [LilacGirl1002@aol.com] Re: Guilty Pleasures [LilacGirl1002@aol.com] Re: Guilty Pleasures [gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash)] OT: Arrogant Worms [merguez@aol.com (Merguez)] RE: Madison Set List et such [merguez@aol.com (Merguez)] Re: Madison Set List et such [merguez@aol.com (Merguez)] Re: Guilty Pleasures ["Kate Leahy" ] Re: Guilty Pleasures [] Re: OT: bad teachers ["Gramcracker" ] OT: Why Amazon is evil (was Re: Boycott Amazon.com (OT, but important!)) [Joe Navratil Subject: Re: guilty pleasures Joe Navratil wrote: > I mean, compare "Copacabana" to "All Out Of Love". "Mandy" to "Even The > Nights Are Better". "I Write The Songs"[1] to "The One That You Love". > [1] Did he even write it? All I know is, CDnow lists about a gazillion > albums that he put it on. How ironic if he didn't, eh? (Doncha think? > Okay, there's another one.) Heh. He didn't. Bruce Johnston (sometime Beach Boy) wrote that one! A.J. - -- _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 19:41:43 GMT From: "A.J. LoCicero" Subject: Re: Boycott Amazon.com (OT, but important!) bradbourne@my-deja.com wrote: > >From http://nowebpatents.org/: > Amazon.com has received patents on so-called "one-click" buying systems > and on affiliate programs. These patents amount to the ability to > impose a private, Amazon.com E-Commerce Tax on all online commerce. It > is impossible to run a viable e-business if Amazon.com enforces these > patents. No one-click shopping means customer inconvenience. No > affiliate programs means higher online prices due to more costly > marketing. What a bunch of baloney. At first I thought that you had fallen victim to yet another silly internet hoax. But the website reverenced does exist and they have a link to an IBM site that lists the patents, so maybe it is legit. In any case the arguments of the person who wrote this "plea" are pure horse shit. Patents are only granted on a design. Not on an idea. The idea of affiliate programs is perfectly safe for anyone to use. Only the actual system and software that Amazon uses are subject to patent protection. As for that, it is not a tax at all. They invented the system. They have the right to determine its use or non use for a specified period of years. That is the way patents always have worked and continue to work. Any money they see from licensing their patented technology is money that they earned and have coming to them. I can't see how anyone can argue that they don't have a right to collect revenue from their own inventions. That is just plain stupid. This is not restraint of trade at all. Plenty of other online operations do just fine without making use of Amazon.com's technology. If a company wants to use Amazon's technology, they should pay for it. Otherwise they can invest their money to develop their own system and then patent that. That is my $.02 anyway A.J. - -- _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 19:33:12 GMT From: frycek@my-deja.com Subject: Re: Other Bands In article <20000302001728.02778.00002440@ng-ft1.aol.com>, limezinger@aol.commonpeopl (eeeeeeeradicator) wrote: > > >So, what other bands/artists are y'all into? > > lately.. > > sloan (friday @ massey hall.. woo woo woo!) > blur > pulp > tmbg > the clash > psychedelic furs > sonic youth > aphex twin > You never heard of: Pixies Jon Spencer Fifty tons of black terror Boss hog Primus, if your a big SY fan, you will enjoy > lot more.. > i really love the soundtracks to velvet goldmine and trainspotting, too.. > > sarah > linnellgirl@tmbg.org > http://members.aol.com/limezinger > "i am FREAKafied." - - bruce mcculloch > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 20:23:13 GMT From: saphiracat83@aol.com (SaphiraCat83) Subject: Re: Umlaus >Copycat! > Is yours purple too? Nope, mine is black with a lil' purple mouse and silvery buttons. - -Saph *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* "I have just drawn my weapon and killed a Coke machine, sir." -Claudell Weems "The Tommyknockers" Here comes the plug! http://www.geocities.com/saphiracat *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:49:41 -0800 From: "Christopher von Rinteln" Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures No way....that *couldn't* have been Chicago.....oy. I've lost part of my respect for them.... =) - -- CHris who thinks that the capital H should be allowed since he really can't stop typing it. > >}Air Supply did "You're the Inspiration", right? > >Nope. That was Chicago. Air Supply did the original version of >"Power of Love" that Celine Dion eventually gender-flipped and >co-opted. > >Kirsten ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 20:41:09 GMT From: plotnick@uic.edu (Roy Plotnick) Subject: Re: Other Bands Four Bitchin' Babes - -Roy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:46:44 -0800 From: cookie Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures BBWMinors wrote: > I really like the Monkees and I think that may qualify ... How come so many of you are listing the Monkees? When did they become NOT cool? A confused Cookie ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 21:07:35 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: guilty pleasures I believe "I Write the Songs" was actually written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. And I have to stick my head in here and whisper kind of abashedly that even though I don't like Air Supply's music, I handled their tour publicity for awhile back in 1982 and they are two of the nicest guys I've ever met. QL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:20:39 GMT From: Frances Fox Subject: Re: OT Peeps Lori wrote: >And then there's carrageenan, which is a derivative of Irish moss, used to >thicken ice cream, pudding, commercial shakes etc. Oh yeah, I forgot about carageen. Thanks Lori! Talking about soup that gels naturally cos of the marow content- I'll never forget when a colleague ordered chicken soup, & halfway through the container pulled out a couple of chickens feet. My introduction to Chinese frugalities- nothing is spared!! Hmm! As long as my carrot soup doesn't start sprouting feet too! ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 21:17:44 GMT From: spychicr@aol.compoot (Rai-Marie) Subject: Re: OT: gelatin / agar The person who has my non-nicknamed name states: <> Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that what you use when you're little to grow science experiments with mold with? I think I have some exactly for that purpose, anyway... odd.... --Rai-Marie, whose non-nicknamed name is Rachel. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Rai-Marie (SpyChic@fruhead.com)'s gonna be on Time Magazine one day. "Everything comes back to Moxy Fruvous." ~my Mother ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 21:34:33 GMT From: spychicr@aol.compoot (Rai-Marie) Subject: Re: OT: gelatin / agar ::Thinks:: This is too easy... When is a gelatin not a gelatin? When it's agar agar! Sorry... I had to do it.... It was inevitable, you realize.... --Rai-Marie, who thought that was really funny, but on the other hand, doesn't really get any laughs in school, so completely ignore her random babblings. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Rai-Marie (SpyChic@fruhead.com)'s gonna be on Time Magazine one day. "Everything comes back to Moxy Fruvous." ~my Mother ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:52:37 GMT From: Frances Fox Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures Gosh I'm glad there's no possible way I'm going to see any of you guys for a while- I'd hate to have fingers pointed at me, amid sniggers. Dare I admit- I used to love the Osmonds!! They were so clean & cute! I also adored the Darts, but you've probably never heard of them. This is embarrasing to admit, but I still kinda like the Carpenters- expecially if I'm feeling soppy. (Actually, listening to a Tibetan monk singing along to a tape of 'Close to you' in a tea house in Tibet, with Chinese soldiers looking on puts it in a different perspective!). AND I saw them in concert too (the Carpenters, not the monk!) ok,now I can go hide! Frances ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 22:10:24 GMT From: gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash) Subject: Re: Other Bands >Four Bitchin' Babes > Go Bitchin' Babe. I miss Christine but they are stil great. Feanole aka DrWhoFru ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 22:08:19 GMT From: gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash) Subject: Re: Other Bands > i really love the soundtracks to velvet goldmine and trainspotting, too.. > If we are talking Soundtracks then Hedwig and the Angry Inch is my current fav. Feanole aka DrWhoFru ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 22:18:33 GMT From: gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash) Subject: Bad Joke formerly Re: Guilty Pleasures >This is >embarrasing to admit, but I still kinda like the Carpenters If Momma Cass had given Karen Carpenter her ham sandwich they's both be alive today! Feanole aka DrWhoFru ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 22:39:48 GMT From: LilacGirl1002@aol.com Subject: Help!!! Okay, I promise, this is the last time I will ask, but I think maybe my request got lost in the melee last week. Does ANYONE have the setlist from last Thursday's show in Lafayette. If no one has it, that's cool. But surely (and stop calling me Shirley), someone has it, or at least knows where I might find it. Thank you. Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 22:34:41 GMT From: LilacGirl1002@aol.com Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures In a message dated 3/2/2000 1:35:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, cookie@2cowherder.com writes: << How come so many of you are listing the Monkees? When did they become NOT cool? >> *********I think the Monkees kick ass. I used to have the oddest crush on Peter. (Hmmm, Eica did you hear that? Perhaps a lifelong trend? Eek!) Sorry, I digress, but I think the Monkees are cool. It is the only other one of my tapes I listen to besides Nirvana Unplugged.****** Betsy ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 22:16:49 GMT From: gordonlew@aol.com (Gordon Nash) Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures >How come so many of you are listing the Monkees? When did they become NOT >cool? OK now sit down and take a deep breath. The Monkeys are the protypical creation of a PR Machine. They weren't a band but charactors on a TV show. They didn't write their own music though Mike Naismaith did write the Linda Ronstadt hit "Different Drum" and even performed a deliberatly awful solo version on the show. To make them even less cool their Fans Booed Jimi Hendrix when he opened for them at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. All that being said I loved the Monkeys tv show. It was derivative of the Beatles movies but was lots of fun and quite clever. Some of Their music was good too, you can't go wrong with the Carole King songs. The other thing is that they were always deliberatly campy and aware of their own limitations. So I guess I'd say they aren't cool musicians but a cool act. And yes I didn't miss an episode when it was originally aired. Feanole aka DrWhoFru ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 23:30:38 GMT From: merguez@aol.com (Merguez) Subject: OT: Arrogant Worms Hey folks, Wanted to get some feedback on the Arrogant Worms. I know they've done some workshops with Moxy Fruvous at folk festivals in the past and they seem to be the kind of guys that Moxy would enjoy sharing a tour bus with. Question - are they fun live - & if so - do the records hold up to the ravages of time? I'm seeing them tomorrow night in Monroe WI (about 40 miles south of Madison) and trying to get a feel for it. By the way if anyone is interested, the show is at the Monroe Art Center, 7:30 start Friday March 3. $14.00 a pop - reserved seats. You can call during the day to reserve seats as it will probably be sold out by show time. tel 608/325-5700. Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merguez@aol.com "Sur le feu dansant des paires de merguez à ciel ouvert. Harissa, moutarde tout est permis. Me lance le vendeur l'air réjoui" Merguez Sur l'Boulevard ~ par Drôles de Beaux Gars ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 23:07:38 GMT From: merguez@aol.com (Merguez) Subject: RE: Madison Set List et such >For those of you who were there, I have a question: was it just me or did the >encores seem awfully rushed, possibly due to a need to wrap up the show by >11:00 which they did on the dot? Maybe my attention wandered, but it seemed >that they jumped into Green Eggs... in about the 1/3 point, no intro. and at >about the tempo of J. Saucepan. And NO DRINKING SONG TO FINISH! Also, I >find >the placement of I Will Hold On in the encores rather disconcerting, >especially >as the last one. My guests, in contrast, thought it wound the show down >nicely >and was a mellow place to end. Any opinions or comments? > The encores didn't seem rushed to me, but I was kind of expecting a third round. Drinking Song is great, but I don't blame them for not playing it. It has been a closing staple for quite a while now & I wouldn't think that they like anything to feel stale lest it turn into a predictable "Not Fade Away/Going Down The Road Feeling Bad". Since they've been diping into the tureen o' covers more often, I would have loved to have heard them play The Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers. It would have went over great in a folky town like Madison. The last time I heard them play it was in Chicago at their first Martyer's date (1995?). I think it might have been an encore as well. Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merguez@aol.com "Sur le feu dansant des paires de merguez à ciel ouvert. Harissa, moutarde tout est permis. Me lance le vendeur l'air réjoui" Merguez Sur l'Boulevard ~ par Drôles de Beaux Gars ------------------------------ Date: 02 Mar 2000 23:24:31 GMT From: merguez@aol.com (Merguez) Subject: Re: Madison Set List et such >Agreed. I'd like to have bottled this crowd and brought it back home with >me. And the Madison folks have done a nice job with the restoration of the >theater. OK not to gloat, but hey didn't I say the Madison crowds are cool. :) Granted the place wasn't packed, but It was so nice to stand by the stage, go away for a minute to get a beer & walk back to my spot without worrying about squeezing past people & coming off as a jerk by looking like I'm trying to push my way into the old spot. Civil is the owrd in this town. For better or for worse - Madison is civil. >No, I was wear my Fruvous jersey with a Tigger baseball jersey over the >top. (Hey, it was 70 degrees when I left Decatur for the Chicago shows >Friday afternoon. Can I be blamed for not bringing a jacket? Oh yeat -- >Wisconsin in February. I AM a bright boy). Yea - bad decision - at least you came up during the great Wisconsin Heat Wave. You know the ice has broke up hear & should be mostly open water by the end of the weekend. >I was seated in the second row with three Fruvirgins. I figured the >deflowering process would go easier if I > were there to help. ha - ok Jian >The best comment by one of my virgin friends came after "Ash Hash:" "You >know, there just aren't very many songs about hashish." yea lots of songs about weed, but no not too many on hash. What about the song, "Marijuana" by the Fugs where Tuli sings, "hash, hashisha, hashish, hasha, hashahishy". >OK, stick with me here, because this is a bit of a story, but I think at >least two of you might enjoy it: > >After the Friday show, I got into a lively discussion with the lovely Mrs. >Cain during which I claimed I could predict the majority of the set list >for the Saturday show. Through a convuluted series of negotiations, we came >up with this: I could list 18 songs. If Fruvous played 14 of the 18, Mrs. >Cain would purchase me a Fruvous t-shirt. (She said "we'll negotiate that" >when asked what would be the price for me losing the bet.) > >I put together what I thought was a pretty solid list for Saturday, >including predicting "Nowhere Man" as the opener. I got 5 of the first 7, >and then just five of the rest of the show. > >Undaunted, I put together a list for the Madison show. This time, I had 12 >of 14. (How could they not play "The Drinking Song" on consecutive nights??) > >After the Madison show, I got a chance to talk briefly with Jian, who said >the Chicago crowds "really weren't all that bad." That wasn't the way it >was from where I stood, but if the band wasn't pissed, that's fine by me. > >I also told Jian about the wager, and he looked over my prediction list and >pointed out three songs he'd cut from the list at the last minute. He said, >"How many did you get?" and when I said "12," he looked at my wife and >said, "That's not enough to win the bet!?" > >That was almost as good as winning the bet would have been. Genius story. So no shirt then? By the way you didn't drive all the way back to Decatur on Sunday night did you? The direct nonstop line of old hwy 51. So if you're from Decatur, did you first see Moxy Fruvous when they played the Decatur summer fest thing a few years back? Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merguez@aol.com "Sur le feu dansant des paires de merguez à ciel ouvert. Harissa, moutarde tout est permis. Me lance le vendeur l'air réjoui" Merguez Sur l'Boulevard ~ par Drôles de Beaux Gars ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:18:48 -0500 From: "Kate Leahy" Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures >>they wouldn't let you back in unless you bought another ticket. :Þ > >My question Maggie (completly OT from your post). How on earth did you make >the tongue character in your smilie? That is so cool. ALT+0222 :Þ - --Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com "And in all the idiots I see Thoughtless men casting doubts on me . . . Enlightening . . ." - --Guster ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 23:36:44 GMT From: Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures Gordon Nash wrote in message <20000301181521.01200.00001154@ng-fu1.aol.com>... >Ok everyone is talking about the other bands they like. What are the bands that >you are embarrassed you like? Well even though I absolutely love them I gotta say I'm embarassed about my musical infatuation with the Supremes (I just love Baby Love)!! Paul Anka too, and my friend has got me started on the Osmonds. Current music that I'm embarassed I listen to? Smash Mouth, I don't know why but I'm embrarassed to say it. - -- Cara Kozack "Get Out The Eggs. It's Equinox Time!!" (as seen on sci.space.science) My e-mail at fruomffan@xoommail.com My world at http://www.crosswinds.net/~fruomffan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:59:53 -0500 From: "Gramcracker" Subject: Re: OT: bad teachers > > bad ap-euro teacher... > > heh, you think you've got a bad teacher... my alg. 2 teacher is > *horrible*.... her double honors students always have to correct her about > every 5 sentences or so, and about half the class always goes back to her > to fix mistakes that she made in correcting the tests... my theory is that > there are *very* few good math teachers left on this earth (well, at least > in the state of NJ...)- the best math teacher i've ever had was one in 7th > grade... and my mom . I have a good math teacher. My AP calculus teacher is also my AP statistics teacher, so on some days i see her three times a day.. which, well, i get a little tired of her. But i understand calculus (mostly). smoochies, meghan - -- - -------- "Life . . . is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game. Sure, once in a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. In the end, you're left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth shattering nuts, which if you are desperate enough to eat leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper wrappers." - -Cancerman, "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" - -------- meghan@fruhead.com ICQ# 17903747 http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/4448 - -------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:26:47 -0500 From: Joe Navratil Subject: OT: Why Amazon is evil (was Re: Boycott Amazon.com (OT, but important!)) [This is EXTREMELY off-topic, and not even all that interesting except to people like me. I urge you all to hit "n" now :-) That being said, I'm going to post anyway...] "A.J. LoCicero" wrote: > > bradbourne@my-deja.com wrote: > > > >From http://nowebpatents.org/: > > [snip] > > [...] But the website reverenced does > exist and they have a link to an IBM site that lists the patents, so > maybe it is legit. The case is definitely legit; Amazon has several patents, including the "One-Click Shopping" one at the crux of the boycott, and they were just issued a patent for "Affiliate Programs" which got everyone fired up all over again. You can see the patents they own by heading to http://www.uspto.gov and searching for "Bezos" (Jeff Bezos, *the* muckity-muck of Amazon). I'm especially amused by the patent they own on using your phone to transfer credit card numbers :-) > Patents are only granted on a design. Not on an idea. The idea of > affiliate programs is perfectly safe for anyone to use. Only the > actual system and software that Amazon uses are subject to patent > protection. See, now, that's a fairly logical way of looking at it. Unfortunately, the US Patent Office and the US courts aren't as logical (or as technology savvy, one way or the other). The reason so many people are worried about this affilate program patent is because Amazon sued and won a preliminary injunction against barnesandnoble.com for use of a "One-Click Shopping" idea. B&N had their *own* system & software (that they developed independently and concurrently), and Amazon said "Hey, that's just like our patented system", and a judge agreed enough to force B&N to take the system down for the duration (presumably costing B&N lotsa money, not that I really care about that). The people who are worried about Amazon's latest patent acquisition are worried that they'll start to try to litigate to protect their "affiliate program" patent, like they did the last one. Not to mention the fact that, with both the use of cookies to identify a person (the "innovative and non-obvious" part of the one-click shopping patent) and affiliate programs, there's plenty of prior art and the patents shouldn't've been issued in the first place. > They invented the system. They have the right to determine its use > or non use for a specified period of years. That depends on what you mean by "the system". If you go by the text of Patent #6,029,141, they're patenting something that essentially says "keep track of link-throughs and pay people for orders placed via their web site." Now, I'm not a patent lawyer, but I know for a fact that many people were using systems that fit that description *well* before Amazon launched their program (CDnow leaps immediately to mind), so the prior art constraint fails immediately. And I won't even go into the "non-obvious and innovative" part, which is laughably untrue. As for the exact specifications that make their system different from anyone else's, the patent isn't that specific. It's general enough to allow Amazon to sue CDnow for their affiliate program the exact same way they sued B&N for their quick-click shopping (for example). > If a company wants to use Amazon's > technology, they should pay for it. Otherwise they can invest their > money to develop their own system and then patent that. Copyright and trademark already take care of any worry about intellectual property and licensing. Nobody's worried that they won't be able to use Amazon's exact package & code; everyone's worried that Amazon is trying to patent extremely obvious e-commerce concepts & sue their biggest competitors in an effort to stay afloat (how much money did they lose last quarter?), which will ultimately stifle web development. I agree completely with the boycott (check out http://www.noamazon.com for better places to buy everything! ;-) ), but I'm still not sure why this showed up on amm-f... I guess it's time for me to head over to Slashdot and rant about the Lads in the latest web patents article :-) ObFruvous, since this is so amazingly off-topic: Use any link but the Amazon one at http://www.fruvous.com/merchan.html to buy those gift copies of Fruvous CDs! ;-) -Joe ------------------------------ Date: 2 Mar 2000 15:46:12 -0800 From: "Jason A.Reiser" Subject: Re: yellaM'O sirhC delliK I... was: Re: Someone died and handed me a soapbox In article <38bc2829.1838915@news3.attglobal.net>, chrisom@ibm.net says... > >On 28 Feb 2000 23:52:18 GMT, srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead >dot com) wrote: > >>-- Lori, wondering what will be a suitable tribute at the memorial service. > >You all have the rub the budgie... > >eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww..................... "It's perfect... Scientists calibrate their instruments on it." (obligatory SNL reference) Come on, Chris - you've been waiting two years to tell us all to kiss your ass. This attempt seems rather half hearted (half assed?) at best. - - J ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #130 ********************************************