28-Nov-91 3:45:26-GMT,13997;000000000001 Received: from athos.rutgers.edu by aramis.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.4/3.08) id AA17001; Wed, 27 Nov 91 22:38:09 EST Received: by athos.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.4/3.08) id AA05682; Wed, 27 Nov 91 22:38:07 EST Date: Wed, 27 Nov 91 22:38:07 EST Message-Id: <9111280338.AA05682@athos.rutgers.edu> Errors-To: owner-ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu From: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #67 ecto, Number 67 Wednesday, 27 November 1991 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Today's your birthday friend... More on Laurie Freelove's Album Miscellany II: Different epigraphs for different discourses Happy in PULSE! Aussie info etc ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 26 Nov 91 21:49 CST From: vickie@chinet.chi.il.us (Vickie Ann Mapes) Subject: Today's your birthday friend... Ok, well actually tomorrow, but it will be today by the time you get this.. i * i * i * i * i ********************* ******** HAPPY ******** ******* BIRTHDAY ****** ******** Justin ******* ***********!*********** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hope I don't get into trouble for this list, but I think it's so interesting to see the diversity of ages in this group. Amazing and grand! 1952 Mitch Pravatiner 1952 Joe Dembski 1952 Kevin Bartlett 1953 Jorn Barger 1953 Art Liestman 1956 Vickie Mapes 1956 Gene Sady 1956 Doug Burks 1956 Harry Foster 1957 Laura Clifford 1958 Kate Bush 1958 Steve Fagg 1958 David Lubkin 1959 Dave Steiner 1960 Claudia Spix 1960 Klaus Kluge 1960 Chris Williams 1961 Dan Riley 1962 Greg Bossert 1962 John Relph 1964 John Baker 1964 Justin Bur 1965 Happy Rhodes 1965 Dan Segel 1965 Mark Semich 1966 Perttu Yli-Krekola 1966 Stephen Thomas 1966 Angelos Kyrlidis 1966 Mark Carroll 1966 Steve VanDevender 1966 Tom Johnson 1967 Jeanne Schreiter 1967 David Blank-Edelman 1968 Chip Lueck 1968 Rob Woiccak 1968 Albert Philipsen 1969 Brian Bloom 1969 Martin Dougiamas 1969 Jessica Dembski 1969 Jeff Burka 1969 Alan Ezust 1970 Barry Wong 1970 Michele Young 1970 kIrI Hargie 1971 Bob Kollmeyer 1971 Meredith Tarr 1971 Courtney Dallas 1974 Katie Dougiamas ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Would someone volunteer to make me an ascii birthday cake that I can use all the time, with a space big enough to put the names in? Ascii art is not my strong point and my cakes are not all that great. Anyone feeling creative and birthdayish? Vickie ======================================================================== Date: 27 November 1991 12:07:39 CST From: Subject: More on Laurie Freelove's Album Having given my batteries a fresh charge overnight :-) (cf. my posting two days ago), I was finally able to give a careful listen to Laurie Freelove's new album, _Smells Like Truth_. It turns out to be even better than it seemed in the beginning. Freelove, formerly a member of Two Nice Girls, has come up with an appealing mix of consonant and dissonant melodic styles, which to me seem evocative of an unusual array of other artists, combined with some very liter- ate lyrics to assure her, IMHO WIVH, a place in the universe of thinking people's alternative rock. The album starts off with the title cut, a mildly dissonant but pleasing tune that, to me at least, is musically reminiscent of several Fleetwood Mac songs (of all things), as well as at least one track--the name of which I have forgotten--on Sinead O'Connor's _Lion and the Cobra_ album. The lyrics seem substantially less "angry" to me than they did to Woj (cf. his posting yester- day; I interpret them more as a comment on the difficulty of making sense out of the contemporary world. The second song, "Eyes," can be described most succinctly (and ironically) as a dissonant love song, an allusion to the issue of communication in relationships. Its exotic, percussion-heavy tune has at least a bit in common with some of the better music of Martin Denny (about whom more some other time, perhaps), and the background effects include a good deal of whispering, much of it unintelligible but a bit of which comes out sounding like either German or Spanish--could well be the stuff that speculations are made of, in the great tradition of our ruminations on Happy's hidden lyrics in "Waking Up" and "Terra Incognita." Dissonant melodies yield to consonant ones for the next selection, "Arms of A Dream." Musically, this would fit well into the cult of the ethereal that was discussed in these pages some time ago, as well as into the laundry list of music to fall asleep by that was posted here recently. The lyrics seem heavi- ly influenced by New Age cosmology; but passages like "Powered by the lonely wounds of your childhood insanity/Caution steels you against the ghosts of its aging memories" may strike a responsive chord among ectophiles who have written recently of their childhood and adolescence with a jaundiced eye. "Walk Away Awhile" combines more New Age sensibility with music again reminiscent of some of Stevie Nicks' better work; while "Heaven On Earth" returns to a somewhat harder edge musically as it expresses a nonspecific hopefulness about the fate of things in general. Side 2 opens with a return to the ethereal, "Haunted," a lament for a failed relationship; the song's very mild lesbian subtext does nothing at all to keep it from speaking to anyone and everyone who's been in that situation. The acoustic folk-influenced "White Hail" is a rumination on the proverbial Meaning of Life, particularly the contrast between the bigness of the world and the smallness of the individual. "O My Heart"--which I lean toward fingering as my favorite song on the whole album--really rocks, in the tradition of the best of the British Invasion of the '60's; the lyrics are an anthem of defiance of those who would screw you over--possibly reminiscent of some of Tom Robin- son's work. "Getting Close" is another song of relationships, whose musical style evokes the late, lamented Joy of Cooking. The closing number, "Song to the Siren," starts out a capella; when the musical accompaniment kicks in, it remains understated throughout. It is another lament for a failed relationship --more specifically, for rejection in a relationship. In a nutshell, Freelove demonstrates herself to be a versatile singer- songwriter in her first album, capable of handling a wide range of styles and themes. I'd like to see her next album include a bit of whimsy, along the lines of her old group's signature tune, "Birth Control and Beer." But no matter what, her prospects for continued success seem strong. Mitch Pravatiner _____________________________ _Mutlu turkiye gun_. :-) ======================================================================== Date: 27 November 1991 14:54:46 CST From: (gritto spelled sideways) Subject: Miscellany II: Different epigraphs for different discourses It has occurred to me that with the table of respective birth years in one of Vickie's postings today, we may be onto a whole new technique for the graphical display of frequency distributions within small batches of data, in the veneralbe tradition of the stem-and-leaf diagram, the box plot, etc. (cf. John Tukey, _Exploratory Data Analysis_) It is less clear to me whether the raw observations are ordered in any way within the birth year categories; I seem to recall that Joe Dembski's DOB precedes mine by a couple of months. __________________ "I assume I am the oldest among those present. I shall therefore consider myse lf president by seniority." --Konrad Adenauer "If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve." --not Calvin Coolidge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be all the above as it may, it nonetheless seems to me that it would have been appropriate to start the table alluded to above as follows, at least just this once: circa 1946 the late, great Freddie Mercury ____________________ "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." --Mother Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pending a more idiomatic translation from Greg of the foreign phrase alluded to by Vickie, might the following suffice in a pinch: >Heartfelt good luck on your birthday, Claudia! ______________________________________ "Verry interresting." --Arte Johnson, on _Laugh-In_ (NBC, circa 1968-73) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think I revealed my idea for a "Bush '92" poster to all of you; I know I revealed it to Jorn. Since then, it has occurred to me that if the economy continues to slide, a second poster might make an equally good in-joke: a reproduction of the legendary artwork with Kate and the peach, with the imprimatur "Impeach Bush." _____________________________ "[your choice of single noun here*]--bad." --abstracted from one of Dana Carvey's impressions of George Bush on _Saturday Night Live_ *(some might want to insert the above poster idea, or perhaps any other of my jokes as well :-) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The recent discussions in these pages of peach simulacra on GIF's, glutei, the _TSW_ cover, etc. have given me an idea for what to designate as the official Ecto drink. There is a drink called a "fuzzy navel," which mixes peach liqueur with a couple of other things, all of which escape me at the moment. I seem to recall that at there is at least one blue liqueur on the market, which could be added to the existing formula in sufficient amounts to become the dominant color of the drink. The resulting concoction could, for posterity, be yclept the "fuzzy blue," or perhaps the "fuzzy blue navel." (Add a little hot rum, brandy, gloegg [this _is_ the holiday season, after all], or something similar, and maybe it could be called the "warm fuzzy blue.") _____________________ "I'm a sociologist, not a mixologist." --Me, years ago to a friend seeking short-term advice on what to drink. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This time in plain English, in contrast with my other posting today: happy turkey day. Mitch Pravatiner _de facto_ class clown Ecto education authority ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Tildes, tildes...time for a deep sweep." --paraphrase of remarks attributed to H.T. Rhodes ======================================================================== From: kyrlidis@athena.mit.edu Subject: Happy in PULSE! Date: Wed, 27 Nov 91 17:27:39 EST Hi, RUN don't walk to a Tower Records near you and get the latest PULSE! I submitted a DID list, and THEY PUBLIUSHED IT!!! Happy is NATURALLY number 1! The title is Hi Ecto?! I am totally happy now! Angelos PS Love-hounds get mention too!!! ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1991 09:46 +8:00 From: SVODOPIER@cc.curtin.edu.au Subject: Aussie info etc Hi... Martin here. The postage prices for Happy (Aural Gratification) stuff to down under: Warpaint CD (in its own package) approx US$4.50 First 4 Albums on tape ( all 4 in size 5 mailbag) approx US$8.50 Ecto - the mailing list 0.00 (yay!) If you need any help clobbering that Aussie guy about the head with Happy-mania, let me know. Vickie, I really liked the posting on Pat Tessitore... interesting stuff. BTW, I'm in a thrall with "The Revelation"... I just can not get over the way her voice glides around with such ease... especially the bit after the second chorus with that pure singing that ends with that incredibly beautiful drawn out high note...it just lingers until it.. ..drops into "I know life..." What's the name for what she does with her voice there? - like a trill but slower. What a gorgeous song! Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to my last exam I go! Yee ha! Martin ,---------------------------+----------------------------. _ . | Feel the searing heat of | Martin Dougiamas. | ~ _r' Ll\ ~ | heightened conciousness. | sdougiama@cc.curtin.edu.au | | \ ~ | Feel the yearning for | Curtin University | ~ \ ._ / ~ | pieces of Happy-ness. | Perth, Western Australia --+---> x~ `-' ~ `===========================+============================' V ======================================================================== To join ecto, please send electronic mail to the following address: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu To have your thoughts included in the next issue, send mail to: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To subscribe to "Ecto", the printed fanzine, send $8 to: Ecto PO Box 11291 New Brunswick, NJ 08906 Ecto is issued 8 times/year, and will include photos and as much material from non-net members as we can get! Donations above the subscription cost are welcomed - all money goes to bringing you better issues! 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