Errors-To: ecto-owner@ns1.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu From: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@ns1.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest-outbound@ns1.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #813 ecto, Number 813 Tuesday, 19 October 1993 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Sarah McLachlan T-Shirts Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers Perfect Songs Re: sorry about the screw-up Message in a Box Re: Bday Belay Re: how i broke my arm (long) Re: Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers Re: sorry about the screw-up Coming soon to an Ecto near you... ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 21:35:04 Subject: Sarah McLachlan T-Shirts Hi there! I'd like to turn your attention from Jane Siberry T-Shirts to Sarah McLachlan T's, as I'm thinking about treating myself to one of them. The Nettwerk catalogue lists: Doodles, Solace & Medusa, and I was wondering if someone has an idea what they look like. Thanks, Klaus. (@inphobos.wupper.de) ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 17:45:09 CDT From: The John Kruk of ecto Subject: Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers Saturday, I stumbled on a new independent record shop called Vagabond Music, in part of the old Guild Books space on Lincoln, and heard a good CD on their system. Turns out it's a somewhat Story-like duo from Baltimore called Disappear Fear. You might well look out for their albums, which are on an indie label. Joe Zitt theorizes, later confirmed by MJM: >Uh... "kvell" as far as I know, means sort of to be extremely proud >and happy. Is that correct here? Interesting that "kvell" turns out to be, for all practical purposes, the antonym of "kvetch." WRT Drewcifer's ruminations on time: If WFMT is on the cable where you are, keep listening to _The Midnight Special_ to see when they next play Henry Morgan's monolog on how time was invented. You have to be there; it's hard to describe secondhand. WRT Jeff's related monolog on temporal confusion in Indiana: might this help explain why the ideas of Dan "Mr. Potatoe Head" Quayle often seemed behind the times :-)? Vickie gets a message to Chris: >(And when you come back through Chicago on your way back to Australia, >I'll take you to Carmen's Pizza) And if he needs a haircut by then, you can take him next door to City Slickers. Just remember to save the $10 coupon from the _Reader_ :-). Brni, reveling in his return to the ranks of two-fisted typists, comments as part of his collision saga: >the nikon had been in the trunk :( and took some damage. i haven't been >able to check to see if its still light-tight. the luna-pro made it, >tho. He concludes: >be careful >and don't stop at red lights! Given the obvious sturdiness of the Luna-Pro, one begins to wish that Gossen made an exposure meter that could detect red lights :-). In pondering what local politicians with good musical taste could bet for the World Series, I am forced to conclude that the American side comes up short. The mayor of Toronto could bet _When I Was A Boy_, but I can't think of what the mayor of Philadelphia could counter with, unless Rhino has come out with a Fabian compilation by now :-). Mitch ======================================================================== Subject: Perfect Songs Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 19:45:04 CDT From: Joe Zitt Perfect sons? Hmmm... Without thinking about it much, here's ten (but I on't know what they're going to be until I start typing B-]: David Bowie: Lady Stardust Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi Chris Rea: The Road to Hell Kate Bush: Deeper Understanding King Crimson: The Sheltering Sky Miles Davis: Gondwana Leonard Cohen: First We Take Manhattan Lynch/Badalamenti: Falling John Cage: The Wonderful Woman of Eighteen Springs Madonna: Oh Father ======================================================================== From: Aeren Hawkins Subject: Re: sorry about the screw-up Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 20:30:35 -0500 (CDT) Vickie and Uli traded words and a first-round draft pick to be announced: > > To add to the fun here's some poetry that can be compiled and > > run and then even read on machines that are little-endian > > I bet I know what it says: > > One little two little three little endians > Four little five little six little endians > Seven little eight little nine little endians > Ten little endian girls > > :-) > > (It's strictly an American thang, I think) > A friend once told me he'd seen an older version that used "n*gg*r" instead of "In..." um "endian". I've never managed to check it out, though. My second-rate state university doesn't offer a major in folklore. Sigh. As it is, I'm terribly worried I'm going to be the first African American to graduate from the linguistics department. I'm setting a really lousy precedent. :) Aside to brni: **warm fuzziness** My mom was in a car accident this summer, too, and the whole thing had that surrealistic air you described. Nothing like calling a hospital and having someone tell you that they haven't _lost_ your mother, exactly, they just weren't precisely sure where she'd gotten off to... Oh, yeah, and yesterday I bought something called _Rearmament_. As soon as I'm up to walking across my own emotional landscape, let alone someone else's, I'll give it a listen. Aeren ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 21:56:00 -0400 (EDT) From: King o' Pain Subject: Message in a Box Ilka said of the Police boxed set: >No, really, I think that set is well worth the money. It contains 4 CDs which >are all packed with music (all about 70 minutes long). It also has a booklet >with some information about the band and photographs. The format is a bit >unusual for a boxed set. The package holds two CDs above each other in the >front cover and two in the back. The middle is the booklet. I am actually disappointed with the boxed set. Even though I had all the albums already, I bought it for the B-sides, the booklet, and (I hoped) lyrics. However, after buying it, I want my money back! The box/folder thingy is really cheesy, the B-sides are *terrible* (IMHO), and there aren't any lyrics included. Plus, they didn't leave the albums intact, so I still need to keep all my original CDs. The only redeeming quality was the booklet, which I do like quite a bit. I guess I was expecting something along the lines of the _This Woman's Work_ box. It came with all the albums, B-sides/rarities on separate CDs, lyrics, and 1 great booklet (the other is probably great too, but I can't read Japanese). Now, I probably wouldn't be nearly as bitter if I hadn't owned all the albums already. And, I guess I would recommend _Message in a Box_ to someone who doesn't have any Police albums because it's cheaper than buying all the CDs individually and only _Synchronicity_ and the greatest hits collection have lyrics with them anyway. But I still think A&M could have done a better job. Stuart ______________________________________________________________________________ Stuart Myerburg "I need more things. I need more money. Emory Univ. Law School Don't want to work. Want things for free." labspm@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu -Jane Siberry _o_ |< ______________________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 19:06:15 PDT From: erik@falcon.kla.com (Erik Johnson) Subject: Re: Bday Belay ======================================================================== Well, you know what they say - better belate than benever! ;-) And from Klaus the fabulous Ecto-baker: |> Subject: Yesterday was your birthday friend... |> |> Sorry for the i*i*i*i*i*i |> delay Erik! *************** |> ***HAPPY******* |> ********BIRTHDAY*** |> ******************* |> *** Erik N. Johnson *** |> *********************** |> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |> Delicious! Twice belated! Is it me, or is it just a Saturday kind of thing? :-) Seriously, thanks ever so to both of you! It's the little things that mean so much. Erik who spent his birthday at someone else's wedding ___________________________________________________________________________ Erik N. Johnson Don't believe any return address KLA Instruments Corp. rumors. The one and only True San Jose, CA Address is e_johnso@kla.com. Got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again... TA ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 1:39:41 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: how i broke my arm (long) brni enthralled us all: > hi there, > > this has taken a while to write, since i kept getting distracted. > its about 300 lines long, so if you want, skip this post and go > to the next. Wow! What a story! **THANK YOU** for writing it all down and posting it. **HUG**HUG**HUG** > be careful > and don't stop at red lights! A story is percolating...(I too was in a car accident that left me with a bum shoulder, nowhere near as bad as yours though I too had to wear my arm in a sling, so I definitely empathized.) Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 1:43:10 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers Who's John Kruk? Mitch mitches: > Saturday, I stumbled on a new independent record shop called Vagabond Music, > in part of the old Guild Books space on Lincoln, and heard a good CD on their > system. Turns out it's a somewhat Story-like duo from Baltimore called > Disappear Fear. You might well look out for their albums, which are on an > indie label. They were in Chicago in concert last Thursday and I missed them :-(. The same night, Tiny Lights were here too. I didn't have the money for either one. Boo hoo... Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 1:54:53 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: sorry about the screw-up Aeren (interesting spelling change!) writes: > > Ten little endian girls > > A friend once told me he'd seen an older version that used "n*gg*r" instead > of "In..." um "endian". I've never managed to check it out, though. > My second-rate state university doesn't offer a major in folklore. Sigh. Yikes! I've never heard that version, thank goodness. The net is such a wild and informational place...is there somewhere you can ask? > As it is, I'm terribly worried I'm going to be the first African American > to graduate from the linguistics department. I'm setting a really lousy > precedent. :) In history, or just at UIUC? :-) What are you studying? > Aside to brni: **warm fuzziness** My mom was in a car accident this > summer, too, and the whole thing had that surrealistic air you described. > Nothing like calling a hospital and having someone tell you that they > haven't _lost_ your mother, exactly, they just weren't precisely sure > where she'd gotten off to... Ack! What happened to her? Kiri's mother was in a car accident last year :-(. Kiri and Aeren, how are they doing? > Oh, yeah, and yesterday I bought something called _Rearmament_. As soon > as I'm up to walking across my own emotional landscape, let alone > someone else's, I'll give it a listen. Great! (About finding Rearmament, and your entire second sentence!) Did you get it at Rose Records in Champaign? Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 2:03:14 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Coming soon to an Ecto near you... Within minutes, as a matter of fact... I'll be posting the interview Charley and I did with Sheila Chandra. There are two versions of it, the "Raw" version and the "Cleaned Up" version. Charley has talked me into posting the raw version, for Ectophile eyes only. All the strangeness and ums&uhs&ahs and my tape recorder eating the tape, and Charley and I not really knowing what we're doing and Sheila's great answers and our weird (sometimes) questions and everything else that usually gets edited down, will be in there. Charley typed it all up and we both thought that some of you would be amused at the whole interviewing process. Don't laugh (too hard, anyway) Vickie ======================================================================== The ecto archives are on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/hr. There is an INDEX file explaining what is where. Feel free to send me things you'd like to have added. -- jessica (jessica@ns1.rutgers.edu)