From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V5 #113 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 05 : Number 113 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud sigh] ["Jessica Brown" ] o/' us and them on a cruise ship to nassau o/' [Shellyus@aol.com] I'd like to charge that drink to Sign & Sail card # 4061 [Andrea Biklen <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 23:17:54 -0700 From: "Jessica Brown" Subject: Re: [loud sigh] >ok. what's everyone's favorite FRFF food? This tempeh rueben that they sell at the same place as the potato pancakes (which are also mighty good.) is so good I live for it each year. I have never eaten decent tempeh and theirs is amazing. Oh man ... Jess-o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope." -Another kickass Jess ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Whiting Brown E LUCTUS SPES ihave8en@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 02:37:27 EDT From: Shellyus@aol.com Subject: o/' us and them on a cruise ship to nassau o/' ok---here we go again--part deux: oh..one thing i forgot to tell you people when talking about friday's show. 'tai chi sucks!!!' this chant has -frightening karate-kid/mr. miyagi-style choreography, courtesy of mike. be afraid. be very afraid. wax on. wax off. :) saturday found nicole and jess and i jaunting into nassau. andrea had signed up for a snorkeling excursion, but we decided to tough it out alone and discover what we could. we found -the- cutest, coolest pink library that used to be a colonial jail but now the cells are alcoves for books. very cool. the 3rd floor was an open overlook area, where we found a dead deck chair and 'percival'. we all declared that if -we- lived there, we'd go up there and read and relax and drink. but first we'd need chairs and a - -proper- table for percival. one that could also fit any drinks we felt the need to consume. we were on our way to the strawmarket{jess--i SO just typed 'haymarket' and went back and deleted it} and were searching for a bathroom. the very kind owner of the cafe matisse unlocked his gate and let us come in even though he wasn't open for business. he talked to us briefly and we were most impressed at him for being the first person there that was just genuinely nice to us and NOT trying to talk us into hair-braiding, taxis, carriage rides, etc. we went rum shopping and discovered an variety called...no lie.......'yer ho'. we were tempted to buy some for certain band members, but refrained. but you can -imagine- the fun we had with it the rest of the weekend. well..actually..even -now- :) ran into robbie and helen while walking in town. we went to the strawmarket, i got a few souvenirs, jess bought a lovely dress for the EFO prom, and then i kinda felt meh, so i thought going back to the ship was best for me. so the girls decided they'd accompany me. but first, we continued our quest for rum. and found a liquor store with a free rum/liquor bar. 'drink all you want' the saleswoman told us. AW JEAH!!!!!!!! only in the carribean, mon. went back to the dinghy....grabbed lunch...went out to the infamous lido deck and baked and such poolside with the wonderful schimmentis and had lotsa fun watching the watersliders. yay for being the papparazzi!! we then went to get ready for the concerto. ok....there was this black curtain behind the stage with these HUGE letters reading 'music motion' on it. this became a joke. and as jess said, during one portion of the show, EFO 'broke up' then got back together. except their new name is music motion. THE SHOW saturday night on the cruise with the edheads{wheeeeeee!!!} gravity 'we got 80 requests...the most popular was 'stop!'. {awww/groan} thank you...we have 3 of them....and you just heard one."--robbie this my town full of herself "who here smuggled something from nassau? what body cavity did you use? my brother got in a conch shell."--mike minnesota 1945 'your parents were your first hecklers, weren't they?"--robbie, to mike falling rock 'in that first song, we said we'd play them all except the ones we don't know. that's a lie; we're gonna play -plenty- of songs we don't know!'--robbie 'we're gonna throw a semi-curve ball. we got 6 requests for this one'--robbie "all from the brady kids. {silence} is this thing ON???'--mike 'maybe we should put you back out on the deck...{applause}..now THAT was funny!! '--robbie i don't think i know me 'you know, they took video....it's supposed to be on the TV. did anyone see mike on the TV?'--julie "it's on 'the shopping channel'.'--mike 'this one's gonna tank. again...one of mine...'--mike the new james bond 'the problem with an all request show is some of it -may- suck. if you let us do the setlist, you would have gotten a polished, slick show.'--robbie "just like riding a bicycle without the seat. oh, come ON; like you - -weren't- thinking it!!!"--mike observation one{which got tons-a- applause} 'sure...when you ask us for one we KNOW!!!"---robbie bleecker to broadway 'and now we're going to do -the- most requested song'--robbie ''teddy bear'?"--mike 'some of the songs only got a few votes. how -else- can you express the absence of 'teddy bear'??'--mike number six driver jerusalem north pacific rain{which mike dedicated to his brother, joe and sister-in-law, ana mari, who will be moving soon to the PNW} undone great day ~~mike offers the crowd listerine pocket pak films~~ 30 second love affair imagine me the three fine daughters of farmer brown{yay joe!!!!!!!} ~~julie tells about explaining to joe that everyone in the entire country doesn't know who he is or what to do payday in the village bookends doin time under the lifeguard stand{with extended, repeated 'marco POLO's' and 'bob the soundman' call & response section} 'really, people...you should know NOT to encourage him...'--robbie fire schoolhouse rock preposition{WEEEEEEHAW!!} mesolithic{at this point, we sorta 'stormed' the stage and began dancing...for the next 4 songs} tommy the canexican old dominion eddie's concubine candido{we sat down, but all sang along} 'the man who puts the motion in our music....'--mike, intro-ing eddie eddie solo train song{where we -again- all got up to dance} -with- the following in the middle: ~~do re mi ~~preposition{tease} ~~green acres ~~who let the dogs out ~~bound for glory ~~a ROUND of jack o' lantern after this, we all went to our cabins to change for 'the EFO prom', aka formal dining night in the dining room. and i MUST say that everyone looked quite fetching. edheads clean up nice. after that, most of us went up to the lido deck for the dj/dancing thing and had a blast!!! and some of us were smart to lurk on the -other- side of the deck when it came time for 'the electric slide', 'the macarena', and other things that we just -didn't- wanna be a part of.... turned in eventually....q & a was the next morning at 10:00am{!!!}do they not - -realize- that that's awfully early for partying folkies???? yeesh! ok..i am SO gonna need to finish this either sunday or monday coz...well...i am heading to the rams head shows tomorrow. wheeee!!! have a great holiday weekend. y'all!!! shelly {who wonders when and -how-, again, it came to be 2:45am.....} ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:21:54 -0700 From: Andrea Biklen Subject: I'd like to charge that drink to Sign & Sail card # 4061 Executive Edhead #3 from cabin M91 checking in! Some cruising thoughts/comments: 1. For entertainment value, running a distant second to passing out on the lido deck and therefore providing hours of mocking enjoyment for the rest of the cruisers, Mike made himself the most popular guy on the cruise by inadvertantly announcing his personal Sign & Sail card # (the number to which all drinks are charged) to the gathering of edheads, already well on their way to inebriation. Who cares about the set list? What you really want to see is Mike's final Sign & Sail tally! 2. Stuart, I've had the exact same sensation of still feeling the motion of the ocean while actually stationary on midwest soil. Glad to know that I'm not nuts! 3. Spending time with the band was a major highlight! Between the Q&A, after dinner drinking/dancing, or just hiding in a lounge from a thunderstorm, the quality time with the band was edheaven. They are generous with their time and interest in their own fans. A huge hug of thanks to Juliemikeeddierobbie&bob for the wonderful trip. Plus the pleasure of meeting the assorted family members and close friends along for the cruise who rounded out the experience with extra tales and triumphs of the band. (ie. embarrassing moments NOT mentioned in the Q&A) 4. Yes, we did have some "weather". It was not all blue skies, as an ominous cloud bore down on us during the Sunday afternoon back deck session. Kitty: The captain will steer around the rain! Julie: Stick with it people! Edheads upon seeing lightning: Run away! Run away! 5. Concerts: The 3 hour Saturday concert was beyond compare. On Friday they took 3 song requests from every person and tallied the votes for the Saturday set list. Robbie reported that 81 different songs were requested! Actually, very few "popular" songs (ie. Old Dom, Concubine) garnered many multiple votes because everyone assumed that someone else would request those and voted for an obscure favorite. The mosh pit (sort of) that formed in front of the stage was great fun! But the Sunday unplugged concert was my favorite. I've never before experienced EFO unplugged. Their sound and the intimacy of the setting was wonderful. In the womblike curved couches, with low lighting (and a slight dampness in the air), sitting five feet away from my favorite band brought tears to my eyes. 6. Wet, sloppy kisses for my roomates in M91! We survived 3 days of four women in a tight, windowless, stuffy, dark cabin with only one outlet (and a stuffed bear with attitude). 7. Finally, my flight home had one notable moment: Taxiing about the runway, the pilot came over the PA system and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen. Our flight will be delayed. The President of the United States (immediate inward gasp of horror from every passenger). . .has just landed at the Miami airport! Please look our the left side of the airplane." And we taxied right by Airforce One! My first Airforce One sighting (I don't think that "The West Wing" counts). ttfn, Andrea from Iowa **************************************************** "A mannequin walks into a bar. . ." &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Andrea Biklen Assistant Director-Academic Advisor Division of Adult Learning Simpson College (515) 961-1692 ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V5 #113 *****************************