From: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org (angry-psychos-digest) To: angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Subject: angry-psychos-digest V3 #342 Reply-To: angry-psychos@smoe.org Sender: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "angry-psychos-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. angry-psychos-digest Sunday, November 29 1998 Volume 03 : Number 342 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Apocalypse (an AP review) [Edie Sedgewick ] npr: holidays [steve ] npr: ewwwww [steve ] teletubbies [Cameronstn@aol.com] the question is as follows: who REALLY cares [VolcanoFem@aol.com] Npr: holidays [forestsylph@joymail.com] Re: The question is as follows: who REALLY cares [forestsylph@joymail.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 23:06:49 -0800 (PST) From: Edie Sedgewick Subject: Apocalypse (an AP review) Hiya everyone, Even though I have been a vocal critic of Poe obsession on the part of the APs (Remember when anyone who admitted to liking some other musician better than Poe would find "GET OFF THE LIST" hate mail by the next digest?), I am indeed obsessed and thus, while home for Thanksgiving, instead of enjoying the company of my friends and family I have been plunked in front of my stepbrother's Playstation, playing Apocalypse. My one and only reason was to hear the studio version of Control, a bit of which is in the game, and to see/hear Poe's performance as the Plague. The game itself is quite ludicrous, with sickening amounts of violence (particularly when you torch a bunch of badguys with the flamethrower or when they scream "Don't shoot! I have a wife and kids!") while Bruce Willis shouts extremely silly snap phrases ("Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out!"). Bruce sounds like he's having the time of his life being a computer game character, and his scanned movements in the cutscenes make you realise how fake most computer-animated characters are. But I was looking for Poe. She doesn't show up for a while, though you can hear Control and see a bit of MZD concert footage in the third level if yr lucky (it's random), or better yet just go to "Music Credits" where you will hear a bit of Control unfettered by shrieking badguys and Bruce Willis yelling, and see the video in fullscreen instead of herky-jerky as part of the background. Also her big scene is a pretty big part of the Intro, though without her voice, just her scanned character. Anyway, after a lot of playing, I finally got to Poe (she is the second of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that you have to fight) after a very frustrating level, the Graveyard. Luckily it sounds like her voice in the incidental music for the Graveyard level (just ah-ing but I guess completists will want to record it). In her big scene, she sounds like she's having even more fun than Bruce Willis, although it's pretty obvious that they recorded their parts separately. It really looks like her too, although she's pretty obscured by shadows. Maybe it's just me, but this seems to be a more sexual Poe than we're used to, she's really workin' it, which made me laugh becuz she was just a computer character. Then she reveals that she is in fact an evil Horseman person and you have to blow her up. In that scene, when yr fighting her, Control plays, not the whole song but it seemed a slightly longer snippet. Also Poe does a pretty good evil cackle. After seeing Poe, I kept playing a little bit but, after all, the game was pretty lame, so I gave it up to whoever wanted to play. Should you buy this game? No. There's only a teeny bit of Poe and though the action is fast and pretty exciting sometimes it's also pretty tedious and similar. Should you rent it? An unqualified yes! It's great fun to see her and an inticing bit of one of my favourite Poe songs, the studio version of which I've really been looking forward to. It also made me realise how much I miss her! She's one of my favourite people. GET WITH IT, POE! FINISH YR ALBUM! WE LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU BACK! Twalen Fleety MonkeyMan "Ohhh...you want some! Oh, you want some too!"--Bruce Willis in APOCALYPSE _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:25:47 -0500 (EST) From: steve Subject: npr: holidays im not christian...but i celebrate christmas because my family does...im not going to go sit in a corner and not enjoy all the yummy food! hahaha. i have succumbed, oh well.:) steve On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, tobias grrrlie wrote: > > has anybody ever noticed how exceedingly christian the world is? all > the damned santas and rudolphs have morphed from symbols of the > christian christmas to sybols of the "holiday season". but you don't > see the star of david as a sign of the holiday season. no. that is > because america is a christian country. how dare people presume i'm > christian. i am a proud dianic wiccan, and would gladly lecture > anybody who asks what that is. i hate it when people call the holidays > "christmas" coz i don't celebrate christmas. my next door neighbor is > 9, and she's jewish. she said to me "why do people say merry > christmas? i don't do christmas. i do chanukkah." i said "i know, i > don't celebrate christmas either. it's insulting, isn't it." sometimes > it ruins my day when people actually have the nerve to tell me "i > haven't got any christian cheer". well, that's good. i have as much > christian cheer as i do jewish or muslim or buddhist cheer~ none > whatsoever. the holidays are supposed to be joyful and shit. when i > was invited to a holiday party, i declined. the hostess said "oh come > on, do it for jesus." how can my holidays be merry with mad people > cramming their religion up my ass? it's just a reminder how alone i am > in this town. when i try to explain pagansim, they immediately mutter > "pagan? devil? devil worshipping? may god have mercy on your soul!" > and skitter away. are there any > jewish/hindi/buddhist/pagan/atheists/muslims/whatever who sometimes > just can't stomach all the goddamn 'christian' cheer? > > ~toby > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:34:09 -0500 (EST) From: steve Subject: npr: ewwwww ok...since this christmas/christianity conversation is just way too ridiculous, i thought i'd post this. it comes from All-Star news today. anyways, i hope it isnt so, i was really looking forward to seeing hole next year... steve *** Hole: Torn Between Marilyn Manson And Alanis Morissette Hole opening for Alanis Morissette? Say it ain't so, but it just might be. Courtney Love, Melissa Auf de Maur, and Eric Erlandson paid a visit to KROQ's Kevin and Bean morning show in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Nov. 25) when Love said the band is torn between the two tours they're up for: Morissette and Marilyn Manson. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 16:58:19 EST From: Cameronstn@aol.com Subject: teletubbies does anyone else find the urge to go the the nearest toy store and just grab the po teletubbie just because? i almost did it the other day. . . post thanksgiving sales pre christmas joy? i dont know. . . but im getting me a po teletubbie for christmas!!!! love you all love, cristina ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:04:42 EST From: VolcanoFem@aol.com Subject: the question is as follows: who REALLY cares Listen, I've been an Angry Psycho for a long time. I read the list faithfully. I do my part as a fan or whatever. But there is a certain point at which I can no longer tolerate the WHINING that goes on in this damn list. Shut the fuck up about Christianity-- it's not an original bitch. If you have something interesting to say, please do so, but do not reinforce your firm grasp of the obvious. Yes, this is a Christian country. I hate to say this, but without Christianity, you wouldn't be here. Study the fucking history of the goddam world. The US would not exist without Christianity. If you're too much of an imbecile to figure out why by yourself, please do E-mail me, and I'll be more than happy to explain it to you. I am not a Christian either, but since I don't care what religion you are, and I don't wish to read about it, I'd feel it safe to assume that you don't care what religion I am, so I won't tell you. Even if you're a goddam FROG WORSHIPPER, for CHRIST'S SAKE STOP WHINING! Love. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 98 14:52:23 PST From: forestsylph@joymail.com Subject: Npr: holidays okay, i am pagan and could easily go into a whole rant on this, but i will spare you. i do celebrate christmas as a purely capitalistic holiday, seeing as the meaning of christmas has been lost a long time ago for america. also, i like gifts. i don't think that there is any alienation in christmas for anyone, but the chipper joyful sh*t has a tendency to bother me. christmas spirit is bullsh*t; we're just happy for new presesnts. which is good, just don't mislabel - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your FREE email at http://www.joymail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Nov 98 14:56:15 PST From: forestsylph@joymail.com Subject: Re: The question is as follows: who REALLY cares ok, ok, so we wouldn't be here without christianity. big f*cking deal. who likes america anyway? sure, sure, free speech rocks ass but we need a lot of improvement. (this is obvious) i could spend two hours on exactly why, but i don't have the time or inclination. i'm not christian. i'm not anti-christian. i'm sick of having sh*t shoved down my throat. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your FREE email at http://www.joymail.com ------------------------------ End of angry-psychos-digest V3 #342 ***********************************