From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V7 #113 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Saturday, October 26 2002 Volume 07 : Number 113 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Waiting Game [Leslie Osborn ] Re: basia-digest V7 #112 [Mithors@aol.com] Re: The Waiting Game ["Kamille" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 22:37:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Osborn Subject: Re: The Waiting Game > Ok... here is one.... On Windows XP go to the > Control Panel and then to > Speech Properties and type in all the words to a > favorite Basia song and let > Microsoft Sam read them back to you. Be sure to > alter the speed of the > playback to fully appreciate the original version. Mac users, try this in Text to Speech in Zarvox. Creepy! Better yet, try this: http://niftee-tron.com/hamlet.html Laffs for all! - --iLeslie Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:30:33 EDT From: Mithors@aol.com Subject: Re: basia-digest V7 #112 I have sugestion, pick up some CD's by the group, Floggin Molly. This is an excelent band, I have been litening to them as much as I listend to Basia when I first picked up her music. Irish rock is REALLY GOOD!!!! ~Jose ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:50:49 -0500 From: "Kamille" Subject: Re: The Waiting Game Thelma, I'm the dinosaur of the group -- I still have Windows ME and can't pull off the XP trick. Any more suggestions? Steve, No affiliation with Letterman. Just a little punchy from the cold I'm fighting. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thelma" To: Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:35 PM Subject: Re: The Waiting Game > > Ok... here is one.... On Windows XP go to the Control Panel and then to > Speech Properties and type in all the words to a favorite Basia song and let > Microsoft Sam read them back to you. Be sure to alter the speed of the > playback to fully appreciate the original version. Thelma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve O'Hearn" > To: > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:26 PM > Subject: RE: The Waiting Game > > > > > > Kamille - > > > > Are you a David Letterman writer or something? > > > > Thanks, very funny! > > > > - Steve > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > > >Kamille > > >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:46 PM > > >To: basia@smoe.org > > >Subject: The Waiting Game > > > > > > > > > > > >After reading one of your messages about listening to "Basia on > > >Broadway" for > > >the millionth time, I thought it would be helpful if we found all > > >brainstormed > > >on ways to pass the time while waiting for the new CDs and ways to > > >enjoy the > > >old ones. Any of your suggestions would be much appreciated. > > >Here are a few > > >of mine: > > > > > >1. No matter how difficult, listen to a Yoko Ono CD for a solid month. > > >This is bound to make you appreciate the Basia songs you've heard > > >hundreds of > > >times before. The down side is that you have to order the CD off > > >the internet > > >to avoid the stares you will get if you buy one in the store. > > > > > >2. Have a family member hide your Basia CDs. This will create > > >some sense > > >of anticipation as you go about your daily routine. Advise the > > >person hiding > > >the CDs to stay away from obvious places like the cookie jar or under the > > >pillow -- I'm talking near the fitness equipment or under the stack of > > >unopened monthly bank statements. > > > > > >3. Similar to #2, have a family member switch your entire > > >collection of CDs > > >and cases. This also creates a kind of "grab bag" game and a > > >sense of longing > > >for those old songs. > > > > > >4. For the adventurous types: After taping a Basia CD to your > > >person with > > >the words "PLAY THIS IMMEDIATELY" clearly displayed, klunk yourself on > the > > >head with a blunt object and strike hard enough to create short-term > memory > > >loss. Imagine the joy with which you will listen to those old > > >songs again for > > >the "first" time! > > > > > >5. Play "Copernicus" and loudly try to just sing EVERY OTHER > > >word -- very > > >challenging to say the least, especially while driving. > > > > > >6. Learn to juggle! We have just enough discs to become quite > > >proficient. > > >Start with two -- T&T and LWNY, then add TSI and so on . . . I would > > >suggest strongly safety glasses so as not to perform your own > > >Lasik surgery. > > > > > >7. Learn Polish! (does not apply to Krystyna). It looks > > >really hard and, > > >who knows, by the time you master this vowel-challenged language, > > >we may have > > >some new tunes to enjoy. > > > > > >I'm sure some of you who have been members of this group for a > > >long time can > > >add to this list. Hope these prove helpful to you other > > >Basia-starved fans. > > > > > >Helpy Helperton, > > > > > >Kamille ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V7 #113 ***************************