From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #253 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, September 11 2004 Volume 10 : Number 253 Today's Subjects: ----------------- some kind of pathetic [andrew fries ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:54:17 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: some kind of pathetic OK, so these two guys have been making music (if you can call it that) for the last twenty years or so... Since neither seems especially self-aware it's no great suprise it took them this long to come to the profound realisation that: a) they don't really know each other very well b) what they do know, they don't particularly like! In a saner world, this would be the end of the story. In a truly sane world, it probably wouldn't happen at all. However in this world, their record company is naturally concerned about the health of the goose that has been lying its golden eggs for the last twenty years; the two share their label's concern, because although they hate each other's guts by now, they realise that prosecuting their teenage fans over 'piracy' is not going to keep them in the same life-style as selling them more albums. Thus they hire a shrink and embark on the journey of 'self-discovery', until they can actually stand to be in the same room together, and thus continue making more crap for their naive fans, and more dough for their masters and themselves. Breaktrough! Happy ending! ... there you go; now you know the story, spare your cash for something more worthwhile. My feelings about Metallica evolved in time: for most of their career I remained happily indifferent, since I don't really care for heavy metal. (I don't actually mind it, I just think the entire genre is fully contained in the first couple of LPs by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath - everything else is just recycling, including the later records made by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath). After the Napster lawsuit I came to dislike Metallica nn principle - few things annoy me more than a corporate lackey collecting fat checks for playing the role of rebelious misfit! But now after seeing this documentary I can put human face to the band, and I truly despise them as individuals, the pathetic, whiny, spoiled 40-something kids they are. PS. I got to see this doco for free - no way they will ever get a cent from me! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:00:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Holly Tominack (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols Wed September 11 1963 As Above So Below Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity Karron Lynn Lane Tue September 14 1751 Ophelia Virgo Troy Wollenslegel Mon September 18 1972 Virgo Mark Frabotta Sun September 19 1965 Don't even THINK about parking here Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position JoAnn Whetsell Fri October 01 1976 Pendulum William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #253 ***************************