From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V8 #229 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, August 15 2003 Volume 08 : Number 229 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Marko Shuhan [Bahi ] [AVALON] Another fine edition [Bahi ] [AVALON] Driving away the dark uncertainty [Bahi ] [AVALON] Paul Stump ["Carien Overdijk" ] [AVALON] Test ["thom.wallace" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:27:35 +0200 From: Bahi Subject: [AVALON] Marko Shuhan http://www.markoshuhan.com/ Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, Edward J. Fitzgerald, the change of seasons, the dark and light, day for night... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:27:54 +0200 From: Bahi Subject: [AVALON] Another fine edition http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp61190 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:24:52 +0200 From: Bahi Subject: [AVALON] Driving away the dark uncertainty [...] There was a Door to which I found no Key: There was a Veil past which I could not see: [...] The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it [...] Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: Admire Fitzgerald's poetic effort and compare it with more literal translations. http://www.okonlife.com/poems/page1.htm Bryan Ferry appropriates this essence to describe his continuing search for light and though his quest may have less to do with wine that did Mr Khayamm's original, the idea remains the same. It's 1987 and we're talking shooting stars (while maintaining a dry tone of voice throughout, of course). It's the same old story... just out of reach, glowing: it's the main thing and he wouldn't trade for another girl. 'No woman could mean so much to me' http://www.vivaroxymusic.com:8080/877/lyrics 'A thousand suns'... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:30:01 +0200 From: "Carien Overdijk" Subject: [AVALON] Paul Stump Simon, As it happens, Stump's book is the only book on RM that I have got hold of so far. Hope to get the acclaimed Rogan some time. But can you give me a clue to what kind of unforgiveable mistakes Stump dishes out? I rather enjoyed the read, it brought me closer to the band's history. But now I am getting suspicious... Carien ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 03:40:04 +0100 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: [AVALON] Test ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V8 #229 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest