From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V6 #57 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, November 5 1997 Volume 06 : Number 057 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Weeping Tile - Valentino [dy288@freenet.carleton.ca (Gregory Watson)] I with Robyn would do something so we could talk about him [Terrence M Ma] Re: And In The Element Of Style [M R Godwin ] New Fegdots [mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.)] Re: And In The Element Of Style [Bayard ] Lack of inspiration? ["JH3" ] Re: Spoken Word Tape Chain ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: And In The Element Of Style [kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander)] Re: Spoken Word Tape Chain [Gary Parker ] Re: Gramur [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: The Great and the Good [Noah Shalev ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 04:22:29 -0500 (EST) From: dy288@freenet.carleton.ca (Gregory Watson) Subject: Weeping Tile - Valentino Hey John, did you get the CD yet? Sorry for posting this on fegmaniax, but I lost your email address. Please email me back. - -- /*** |*** /*** /*** | Gregory "GROG" Watson |* |* >* |* \* |* | dy288@freenet.carleton.ca |* |** |*** |* /* |* |** | www.ncf.carleton.ca/~dy288/ \*** |* \* \*** \*** | The OAM / The Knurlings ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 05:15:50 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: I with Robyn would do something so we could talk about him 1) People have mentioned bad tabs. (No, this is not one of those "if you take the green tabs you might have strange shivers" sort of things.) If you find any that are flat-out wrong, let me know because a) I am the self-appointed tabmaster and b) I probably wrote half of the bad tabs out there. c) Because I, for some reason, tried to denote fret notation in a previously unknown manner causing gobs of confusion. 2) Musically, I've run out of steam recently. I'm wondering what you-all do when you run out of things to sing about... (I've pre-emptively rejected writing a song about how uninspired I am because, well, that's self-defeating no matter what happens, and drugs because, well, I'm not cool enough to do drugs.) Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:18:03 +0000 (GMT) From: M R Godwin Subject: Re: And In The Element Of Style On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Anton Szander Lavash wrote: > "If he treat you horribly he's probably a Scorpio..." > Do you see that? He actually wrote the lyric in the subjunctive!!! I have a nagging feeling that this should be something like: "If he were to treat you horribly, then he would probably be a Scorpio"... As for lack of grammar in Liverpool, how about: "But if this ever-changing world in which we live in makes you break down and cry" (Sir Paul McCartney, 'Live and Let Die') Not only does he end a phrase with a preposition, the preposition is also pleonastic because he has already used it once. You could also argue that 'in which we live' is redundant, because "this world" clearly implies "the world in which we live". But 'in which we live in' just fits the tune nicely, and Macca has always preferred tunes to sense... - - hssmrg PS Mandatory RH content: Archbishop Makarios was the long-dead ruler of Cyprus, not Crete, but I don't expect 100% accuracy from these top-of-the-head monologues. PPS to James: Is Cyprus the only country which has a map for its flag? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 09:49:18 -0800 From: mrrunion@tng.net (Runion, Michael R.) Subject: New Fegdots Welcome a slew of new bright red fegdots to the Globe: Xavier on the Spanish island of Majorca (cool locale!), J.Taylor in Phoenix, Arixona, Chris Frost, Stoke-On-Trent, England. The cult of Robyn spreads eerily further. ...old people cling on to life like some kind of disease... Mike Runion www.spacecoast.net/users/mrrunion/fegmaps ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:38:36 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: And In The Element Of Style On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, M R Godwin wrote: > As for lack of grammar in Liverpool, how about: > "But if this ever-changing world in which we live in makes you break down > and cry" (Sir Paul McCartney, 'Live and Let Die') i always thought it was "..in which we're livin'", b/c i can't imagine anyone making such an obvious mistake that does not come off as stylish slang. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:24:15 -0600 From: "JH3" Subject: Lack of inspiration? The inimitable Terry Marks wrote: >2) Musically, I've run out of steam recently. I'm wondering what you-all >do when you run out of things to sing about... Well, of course lack of inspiration is always a problem this time of year, and heaven knows I've had this problem many times myself. But not to worry -- there are several things you can do: 1. JOIN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. This will give you all sorts of material for songs, and the anonymity protects you from lawsuits. Also, the meetings are always good for a few laughs. 2. USE GIBBERISH. If lyrics are a problem, why bother? Leave that pesky ol' brain out of it and just make vocal noises. Most people will think you're singing in a foreign language, which will only make you seem that much more talented! But be sure to throw in the occasional real word -- then you can watch the fun as obsessive fans try to decipher the rest! 3. THROW IT ALL AWAY. Are you too comfortable, living in your nice suburban home with your 32" TV and your 2.3 kids, driving your air-conditioned sedan to your well-paying job every day? That's no way to live for a tortured artist! Toss it all and become a "bohemian aesthete" in a crime-ridden, rat-infested loft in Greenwich Village, busking for quarters in the subway to survive. You'll be glad you did! 4. SUE OASIS. Chances are they've copied one of your songs anyway, and they're making so much money they'll never miss it. Several artists have used this ploy successfully already -- don't wait until the bandwagon is too full! 5. LISTEN TO ENYA ALBUMS. Can this be the future of music? Oh no! Just a few minutes of this will have you grinding out those punk anthems by the cartload. If none of those things work, you could always try instrumentals -- they give the singer a nice break and don't date as badly a songs like "Flower Punk" or "Disco Duck." - --John H. "gurgling behind the" Hedges ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 10:13:37 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Spoken Word Tape Chain agreed! i'm next in line, and i've pretty much ready to lay it all down. i just need the tape. cannot wait to hear what's on it so far. Fuck You! I won't do what you tell me! (repeat fourteen times) --Rage Against the Machine ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:23:44 -0500 From: kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander) Subject: Re: And In The Element Of Style >> As for lack of grammar in Liverpool, how about: >> "But if this ever-changing world in which we live in makes you break down >> and cry" (Sir Paul McCartney, 'Live and Let Die') > >i always thought it was "..in which we're livin'", b/c i can't imagine >anyone making such an obvious mistake that does not come off as stylish >slang. also, isn't it "give in and cry"? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 17:12:03 -0600 From: Gary Parker Subject: Re: Spoken Word Tape Chain > >To whoever is sitting on the Spoken Word Tape...quit >PROCRASTINATING! Record yer bit and pass it on. Let's >try to speed things up a tad or this project's never going to >reach it's final destination.> > >agreed! i'm next in line, and i've pretty much ready to lay it all >down. i just need the tape. cannot wait to hear what's on it so far. Sorry, all. I've not actually been sitting on the tape, nor PROCRASTINATING (I only do that at work), but rather learning how to be a father, all the while a suffering victim of remodeling/contractor oblivion. I've got the tape, but I don't have my gear set up to dub. I know what I want to dub (I can still remember what it was like when my gear was setup), but it will be at least another week before things return to something of a normal routine. Of course, as a new father I am constantly reminded that my life will never return to a normal routine. However, I am resolved to at least get my gear set up. Several folk on the list in the same diaper pail have assured me that this is possible. Unless I see the dust clearing by the end of the week, I'll send the tape on to Eddie. Maybe it can come back round to me, maybe it won't. Or maybe, since it is a spoken word tape, I'll dub it on my Sony mini-system, which has been our sole source of audio pleasure during all the recent upheaval. It works quite fine, really, but I wouldn't think of using it to dub for trades. But perhaps in this case... Any objections? gvp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 14:02:56 +1300 (NZDT) From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Gramur >The one that has always grated on my nerves is the line from "If I >Fell" by the Beatles: written by the same Mr McCartney who would later pen (in "Live and let die"): "and if this ever-changing world in which we live in..." Ouch. James ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 08:40:13 +0200 From: Noah Shalev Subject: Re: The Great and the Good Terrence M Marks wrote: > > Seligman played with Bowie. Does that count? at the exact same time (live aid) he actually played with Jagger too, and he is the bass player on the live aid single Dancing in thed street by Bowie and Jagger? Noe ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V6 #57 ******************************