From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #93 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, March 6 1998 Volume 07 : Number 093 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Re[3]: Spicy girls'n'guys ["BENJAMIN.BRETTENNY" ] K&theWs ["Aidan Merritt" ] fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) [Russ Reynolds ] Re: K&theWs [Russ Reynolds ] Re: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) [Tom Clark ] BNDR ["BENJAMIN.BRETTENNY" ] God Bless The Verlaines (0% RH Content) [Paul Montagne ] re: cdnow [MARKEEFE ] Emotion? [Capuchin ] Re: Driven To Tears ["Runion-1, Michael" ] Re: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) [Ross Overbury ] More Chinese Boys [mbrage@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu (Michael Brage)] songs in which to weep [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] intelligence---shameless NoNL plug. [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] How did Scoob and the gang make their money? [dwdudic@erols.com (luther)] Re: More Chinese Boys [lj lindhurst ] Re: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) [KarmaFuzzz ] Robyn Hitchcock (0% Oingo Boingo content) [Capuchin ] Re: How did Scoob and the gang make their money? [dlang ] Re: How did Scoob and the gang make their money? [MARKEEFE Subject: Re: Re[3]: Spicy girls'n'guys On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Terry Linnig wrote: > > I may not be hip to the whole Spice Girl sensation. Is there an > 'OLD SPICE'? > > YES,, Geri OLD(SLAG)SPICE > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 08:13:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) ======== Original Message ======== In a message dated 98-03-04 19:42:11 EST, James did write: << In My Life (Beatles) has come close. >> This one almost always gets me, and I'm not much of one for tearing up. In fact, just seeing it written in James' email and hearing, in my head, the faintest and briefest snippet from the song, I could feel something catching in my throat (BTW, anyone who suggests *what* might be caught in my throat or in any other way disparages the sincerity of my remark will be shot -- I could just see it coming, that's all; bunch of smart asses ;-)). Right, then. "In My Life" gets my vote for biggest tear-jerker of all-time. - ------Michael K. ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== hmm...that one never gets me, but "Julia" does. Chuck Berry's "Memphis" beats 'em both, however. On the other hand I can't think of a single Hitchcock tune that puts a lump in my throat. Maybe this goes to what Eb was saying about a lack of emotion in Hitch's voice. I mean, you'd think his father's death would have produced a tear jerkin' ballad...instead he writes the Yip Song, almost as if he's an impartial observer. But to me that's one of the things that makes his music so interesting--his slant on the world is just a little off kilter. - -russ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 08:41:40 -0700 From: plpalmer@ix.netcom.com Subject: Unhatched Crablings III & IV Can anyone send me a tracklisting for Unhatched Crablings III & IV? Thanks Peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 11:44:07 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) >From: Russ Reynolds >On the other hand I can't think of a single Hitchcock tune that puts a lump >in my throat. Wow. Whenever I hear "I Used To Say I Love You", or "Heartful of Leaves/Autumn Is Your Last Chance", or "Love", I get all mushy and introspective and teary-eyed and sappy. But that's just me, I guess. Color me sensitive. I can't begin to describe what "Happy The Golden Prince" does to me, either. Those bass chords at the end send me straight to The Land of Giddy Bliss. "Daisy Bomb" makes me feel that way, but exuberant at the same time. Damn, I can't wait for the new album. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 11:51:22 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: webcounter/bsdr i hate to use the list like this, but i have an urgent need for a hit counter that can exist on any page on an NT server site (I'm using webSite, and it has SSI counter include capability, but only in the root dir.) can anyone help? obRob: Black Snake Diamond Role is the album by RH that consistently surprises me when I go back to it. Capuchin expressed similar thoughts (we're finishing it up on the lyrics list today.) I also think it's the reissue with the best bonus tracks. But I only bought three reissues. Anyone disagree? =b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:21:49 PST From: "Aidan Merritt" Subject: K&theWs I have been asked to pass on to 'everyone' that "Contrary to press reports, Katrina and the Waves have not split up, although they will not be recording together for the foreseeable future. Kimberley Rew will record with other bands, and the rest of the band will pursue solo projects. There will be some live gigs in future." Sounds like "split up" to me, I must say. I dare say their web page (http://www.katw.com) would say more, if you could be bothered to wait for the eternity it takes to load (even over my ISDN line I gave up after about five minutes). Aidan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 09:14:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) ======== Original Message ======== >From: Russ Reynolds >On the other hand I can't think of a single Hitchcock tune that puts a lump >in my throat. Wow. Whenever I hear "I Used To Say I Love You", or "Heartful of Leaves/Autumn Is Your Last Chance", or "Love", I get all mushy and introspective and teary-eyed and sappy. But that's just me, I guess. Color me sensitive. I can't begin to describe what "Happy The Golden Prince" does to me, either. Those bass chords at the end send me straight to The Land of Giddy Bliss. "Daisy Bomb" makes me feel that way, but exuberant at the same time. Damn, I can't wait for the new album. ======== Fwd by: Russ Reynolds ======== Those are all nice tunes and each of them puts me in a mushy mood, (well, except HTGP, which brings forth other feelings) but they don't bring that lump to my throat the way the last line of "Memphis" does. Or the last verse of "Cat's in the Cradle". Or all of Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" Of course I don't like to spend much time crying, so I prefer Hitchcock. I'd also rather watch a Marx Brothers Movie than a Kramer vs. Kramer. And I'd rather read a sports section than an article about the tragic death of a princess. Call me an escapist, but damn, I can't wait for the new album. -rr ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 12:38:55 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: bsdr > obRob: Black Snake Diamond Role is the album by RH that consistently > surprises me when I go back to it. Capuchin expressed similar thoughts > (we're finishing it up on the lyrics list today.) I also think it's the > reissue with the best bonus tracks. But I only bought three reissues. > Anyone disagree? > > =b > I was listening to BSDR on the train today and was thinking it was odd how many of the GF contributions came from this single release. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 09:43:00 -0800 From: Russ Reynolds Subject: Re: K&theWs >I have been asked to pass on to 'everyone' that "Contrary to press >reports, Katrina and the Waves have not split up, although they will not >be recording together for the foreseeable future. Kimberley Rew will >record with other bands, Well, there we go! Anyone else want to see a Hitchcock/Rew album? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 10:01:06 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) On 3/5/98 8:44 AM, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: >>From: Russ Reynolds > >>On the other hand I can't think of a single Hitchcock tune that puts a lump >>in my throat. > >Wow. Whenever I hear "I Used To Say I Love You", or "Heartful of >Leaves/Autumn Is Your Last Chance", or "Love", I get all mushy and >introspective and teary-eyed and sappy. But that's just me, I guess. I'm with Gene. I'd add "Winter Love" and "Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom" to the list. I can imagine a scenario where it's a cold, dark day in December, and the CD changer chooses "Winter Love" followed by The Replacement's "Here Comes A Regular." I'd be wrecked for a week. - -tc ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Do you really serve the Devil If it's all God's plan? Good and evil need each other Honey, I'm your man" -Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 10:08:18 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: RH/CDNOW.COM Just in case you're looking to pick up some of the Rhino reissues, CDNOW.COM has them priced at $9.99 each. Mossy Liquor is $8.99. time to shop! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:19:38 +0000 (GMT) From: "BENJAMIN.BRETTENNY" Subject: BNDR On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Bayard wrote: > obRob: Black Snake Diamond Role is the album by RH that consistently > surprises me when I go back to it. Capuchin expressed similar thoughts > (we're finishing it up on the lyrics list today.) I also think it's the > reissue with the best bonus tracks. But I only bought three reissues. > Anyone disagree? > > Can i agree instead of the opposite, BSDR is a fantastic cd and the bonus tracks, especially 'Dancing on Gods Thumb' are fantastic. The aformentioned Dancing.... has to be one of my favourite Hitchcock tracks... BEN> > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 10:39:57 -0800 From: Paul Montagne Subject: God Bless The Verlaines (0% RH Content) Some odds and ends.... >ah, another list and discussion topic: are there any songs that have driven >you to tears? (and not by being awful!) For their own sake, this is, rather >than for any connection with real life events. Well I cry easily, so bear with me: Very early on in life: Close To The Edge (Yes) (I hate to admit that) A Day In The Life High School: Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) Bowie Powderfinger (Neil Young) Coney Island Babay (Lou Reed) College/80's: Naive Melody (T Heads) Hardly Getting Over It (Husker Du) Unsatisfied (Replacements) Ballad of El Goodo (Big Star) 90's: You and Your Sister (This Mortal Coil Version w/ Kim Deal) Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song (David Wilcox Rare On Air Vol. 1) Last month: You Get Me Lost (Freedy Johnston) I dreamed I Saw Nick Drake (who else) ************************************************* My favorite Comfort Food: Peanut butter on saltine crackers *********************************************** God Bless the Verlaines: Anybody love the Verlaines and really want to get their early stuff on CD? Well I cant find it... Mr Dignan, Do you know if the early stuff has been reissued? Longing too hear "Death and The Maiden" and "Joed Out" on anything besides my crusty old vinyl. They've done a good job with all of the early Go Betweens stuff being reissued ( a real treat) what gives with the Verlaines? Paul (who still thinks the best show he ever saw for under $5 was Verlaines, Sterolab, and Unrest, too good to be true!!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul Montagne Faculty Research Assistant Oregon State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Phone: 541.737.3319 Fax: 541.737.3052 Email: montagnp@ucs.orst.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 13:57:31 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Mea Culpa-*Quail exposed!!!!* Hey, guys! Stop picking on Me - --Quail PS: Eb, stop being so cranky. I respect your viewpoints, but shirts - ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- The Great Quail, K.S.C. | Literature Site - The Libyrinth: TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com | www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth www.rpg.net/quail | Vampire Site - New York by Night: riverrun Discordian Society | www.rpg.net/quail/NYBN 73 De Chirico Street | Arkham, Orbis Tertius 2112-42 | ** What is FEGMANIA? ** "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:46:10 EST From: MARKEEFE Subject: re: cdnow In a message dated 98-03-05 13:22:58 EST, Tom wrote: << ust in case you're looking to pick up some of the Rhino reissues, CDNOW.COM has them priced at $9.99 each. Mossy Liquor is $8.99 >> Just so's that nobody else goes running to CDnow in the hopes of finding "Mossy Liquor" on CD. . . your first instinct would be right: It's just on vinyl. Still a good find at a good price, but there was about 5% of me that believed for a half-second that it might be on available on CD. Oh well. - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 11:55:19 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Emotion? On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Paul Montagne wrote: > >ah, another list and discussion topic: are there any songs that have driven > >you to tears? (and not by being awful!) For their own sake, this is, rather > >than for any connection with real life events. I must say that any song that actually does get to me in any deep way IS connected to real-life events. I can't think of any that get to me otherwise. ( I would say Autumn Is Your Last Chance, but that has serious event-connectedness and I can't extricate the feelings... I can't say I really knew the song without the experience.) > Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song (David Wilcox Rare On Air Vol. 1) Well, Chet Baker... that doesn't really count. :> J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 13:52:15 -0500 From: "Runion-1, Michael" Subject: Re: Driven To Tears A recent throat clencher for me has to be "The Speed Of Things" off ME. That whole image of time flashing by and burying your own child zaps me right down there just left of my kidney. Must be because I'm one of those hetero's "filling up the bloody earth with bloody" children. Yes, every sperm IS sacred. Mike Mike Runion EG&G S&MA Data & Analyses; ADoCS Office 867-3619 BOC-251 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:26:05 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) Odd... Personally never did see the attraction to "In My Life". I'd recommend The Zombies' "A Rose for Emily", though, for sheer emotional content. Terrence Marks normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:29:23 -0600 (CST) From: Bret Subject: Re: Driven To Tears At 01:52 PM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >A recent throat clencher for me has to be "The Speed Of Things" off ME. >That whole image of time flashing by and burying your own child zaps me >right down there just left of my kidney. Must be because I'm one of those >hetero's "filling up the bloody earth with bloody" children. Yes, every >sperm IS sacred. as far as driven to tears by a robyn song, not normally, but it has been known to happen. (but there were other factors involved, Executioner of Love from Eye) but along emotional songs, there are some that get me a little bit. Executioner of Love She Doesn't Exist Heaven there are a few others............ do I see a pattern? - --b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 19:26:28 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: fwd: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) > > Odd... > Personally never did see the attraction to "In My Life". How did I know Terry might say that? Who are these Beatles guys anyway, and why does everybody think they're so important? In My Life is definitely on my list, as is Because and She's Leaving Home and Waterloo Sunset. There's this other one I can't remember that goes something like: Goodbye to you Ma, Goodbye to you too Pa, And little sister, you'll have to wait a year or two to come along .... it ends with ... Mother give your love back to your husband Father you have taught me well. Goodbye. I haven't heard this in maybe 25 years. I thought it was Jesse Winchester, but I found out today that it's not. Anybody know what it is? Blubber, - -- Thing Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 19:42:45 EST From: Ross Overbury Subject: Driven to Tears (RH content!) Linctus House. I forgot to mention Linctus House. - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:04:56 -0500 From: mbrage@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu (Michael Brage) Subject: More Chinese Boys Fegs, Does anyone have the lyrics and tabs to More Chinese Boys? Just the lyrics will do. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 16:06:16 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: songs in which to weep >Let Love In also has what >may be the closest Nick has ever come to a 'hit' with 'Red Right Hand' being >featured in 'The X-Files' (and on 'Songs in the Key of X') 'Scream' and >"Dumb and Dumber'. Hmmm. you mean that "Weeping Song" and "What a wonderful world" never hit the charts overseas? >In a message dated 98-03-04 19:42:11 EST, James did write: > ><< In My Life (Beatles) has come close. >> > > This one almost always gets me, and I'm not much of one for tearing up. this may sound silly, but one song that I forgot before which always makes me blub - always, without fail - is "Puff the magic dragon". Just call me a big softie, but the thought of Puff just fading away because the kid has grown up is too sad for words. >I ran my Longet page through that Altavista demon, pulling the English to >French to English ploy...pretty funny. I think my favorite goofs were >"fans" (as in "fan club") being turned into "ventilators," As in leaving the hall at the end of the gig and wading through the ventilators... >I thank you for helping me through this time of transition. > >- --Quail a copy of Billy Bragg's "The Internationale" might help, too ;) James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 04:27:57 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: intelligence---shameless NoNL plug. On Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:01:59 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >From: Ed.Doxtator@ssa.co.uk >Subject: Re: Spicy girls'n'guys > >I did say: >>>But there's no No Brainy Spice. No Smart Spice. No Intelligent Spice. >>>So, it's NOT cool for girls to have an IQ higher than that of her >>>boyfriend. Remember, girls, you'll never land a footballer or get >>>interviewed on "The O-Zone" or have your picture on the cover of "Rolling >>>Stone" if you show any signs of intelligence... >And Ross Did Say: >The point I'm making here is that when the SG's are pushed on the public, >they're seen as what women SHOULD be. It's "girl power", right? Behave >this way, and you will set yourself free. No, "What scares you most will set you free." :-) But looking at the packaging, >it's the same stereotype that's been pushed for Gawd knows how long, and >that is: women only want money for nice things, they should be forever >young and beautiful, they should compete and behave like young men, they >should be as aggressive as young men. God forbid that a woman show up her >boyfriend or husband with her intellect. IS it just me, or isn't sometimes FUN to get in an intellectual ((as opposed to emotional "after the dance of a thousand kisses comes the catacomb of toungues" -RT) battle with a female 'other'? Judging by the posts on the list, I think maybe the average Feg is smarter than the average (No, I will NOT say "bear" :-) ) person, and repsects that. ...and speaking of respect, come pay yours tomorrow night, at Funk's Democratic Coffee Spot on eastern avenue, and couple of streets past Broadway in fells point. My group, number nine line (NoNL for short), is debuting it's new line-up. Come one, come all. Hear 4 part harmonies! Wonder at the constant WCW references! Drink some "Damn good coffee! Maybe even go home with an ELP or Cory Hart LP!!! We go on at 10. Actually, do bands with fegs normally post on here before gigs? Is it in poor taste? -luther w dudich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 04:32:39 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (luther) Subject: How did Scoob and the gang make their money? On Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:01:59 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >>It's not so much reflection of sexism as a reflection of the lack of value >>placed on intellect in general by pop culture. What do scientists look >like in cartoons? >>How about librarians? > >Yes, there are all sorts of stereotypes of matronly teachers, slide-rule >brandishing mathmeticians, doctors in lab coats, hygenically-challenged >computer geeks, and so forth. Hell, even "Scooby Doo" had Velma-- the >chunky smart girl with fat glasses and no boyfriend (I'm making an >assumption here-- we never saw Velma's boyfriend, did we?) I am about to get stupid here, but a friend of mine had a theory that the Mystery Machine was actually a traveling harem/ drug dealers. Thinka bout it: 1) Shaggy. Need I say more? A total burn out case (even more surreal, voice by Casey Casem, who I doubtr has ever said "Robyn Hitchcock." ) 2) Why go from town to town otherwise? 3) THEY THOUGHT THEIR DOG COULD TALK!!! 4) What was that "puupy power stuff"? Scoobby snacks? what was in them....hmm... OK, that's enough. back to intelligent conversation.:-) -luther w dudich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 01:05:22 -0500 (EST) From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: More Chinese Boys for some strange reason, I had this handy! MORE CHINESE BOYS he, called, leather, what, touch, she, made, feel wrap him up take him out put him in a leather box cubes, mother, see how everythings inside another chinese boy be my guest be my bodice be my onion she's not hungry she's not forgiving he's not interested 'cos he's dead chinese boys again oh, look out every time i get back i fall over 'cos i'm clumsy borne on cancer won't get women solid hear but feeble pincers chinese boys all called leo, cleo, feel themselves the way they feel each other wrapped in leather stick together in good weather i'm not hungry but that's hardly surprising cos ive eaten i'm gonna stop 1 2 3 stop all right ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 01:21:56 EST From: KarmaFuzzz Subject: Re: Driven to Tears (0% Police content) In a message dated 98-03-05 11:32:40 EST, rreynold@ksjo.com writes: << On the other hand I can't think of a single Hitchcock tune that puts a lump in my throat. Maybe this goes to what Eb was saying about a lack of emotion in Hitch's voice. I mean, you'd think his father's death would have produced a tear jerkin' ballad...instead he writes the Yip Song, almost as if he's an impartial observer. But to me that's one of the things that makes his music so interesting--his slant on the world is just a little off kilter. >> but ultimately, for a pair of surrealists (and i'm assuming in raymond's case, but it seems likely based on the plot summary of Percy, and the acorn/tree cliche) something like "The Yip Song" is more appropriate. not because of differences in the nature in the love between the father and the son, but because of the general demeanor and personality of both. writing something aking to joni mitchell's "Clouds" or whatever just doesn't suit them. i am always far more reminded of my dad by Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" than by most tear jerker (not that there isn't a cabal of tear jerker that kill me too); it just fits who my dad was better. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:40:00 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Robyn Hitchcock (0% Oingo Boingo content) On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Russ Reynolds wrote: > I mean, you'd think his father's death would have > produced a tear jerkin' ballad...instead he writes the Yip Song, almost as > if he's an impartial observer. But to me that's one of the things that > makes his music so interesting--his slant on the world is just a little off > kilter. Well, I saw him the night his father died (or immediately after, I forget) and they did The Yip Song, so it obviously wasn't written in that particular grief. There are some really sad songs on Respect and Moss[y] that quite likely were written in that period. The first version of The Speed Of Things I have is recorded four months after his father's death. Likely Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom, Then You're Dust, and a few others were penned in that time. Any guesses? J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 19:45:31 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: Mea Culpa-*Quail exposed!!!!* The Quail cheeped piteously; "Hey, guys! Stop picking on Me" C'mon Commissar, youre playing wid the big boys now,yopu goptta take da rough wid da smooth. And remember the olde adage, "you can't make an omlette without breaking Fegs" Dave L ps. The PJ at the Vladivostock tractor factory came out *great *and its a solid two hour show, more details on your return. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 20:06:16 +2910 From: dlang Subject: Re: How did Scoob and the gang make their money? luther sed OK, that's enough. back to *intelligent conversation*.:-) This sort of pernicious twaddle must be stamped out !!!.Fortunately the founding listfathers envisaged this dire eventuality and slipped this proviso into the list constitution. I have to tell you that if you do resort to "intelligent conversation" then you are in breach of the constitution of this list. I draw your attention to paragraph 246, subsection 12 ,page 30004 of the Fegstitution which states " Any listmember resorting to " intelligent conversation "of any kind, whether original, plagiarised , drawn from the pages of printed matter {or in the most unlikely circumstance } the internet, will be expelled immediately from the list and banished to LIMBO (ie: the Rush Linbaum news group ) . However, the listmember may apply to rejoin the list by submitting no less than 20 incoherant , wanky , surrealistic,opinionated, lengthy, listridden and irrelevant posts to WOJ, which of course must not under *any* circumstances mention Robyn Hitchcock. If goode Sir WOJ is sufficiently addled by these posts,then he will allow the miscreant to rejoin. " So Luther , watch it or this could be you. dave L. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 08:46:21 -0600 (CST) From: Bret Subject: Re: songs in which to weep At 04:06 PM 3/6/98 +1200, you wrote: >>Let Love In also has what >>may be the closest Nick has ever come to a 'hit' with 'Red Right Hand' being >>featured in 'The X-Files' (and on 'Songs in the Key of X') 'Scream' and >>"Dumb and Dumber'. > >Hmmm. you mean that "Weeping Song" and "What a wonderful world" never hit >the charts overseas? My fault, and the real reason I made the mistake was that I was having this exact conversation with another fellow in the states, so I just let it carry over. funny thing is, when i saw the subject, I thought it was a different thread.......... 'Weeping Song' is one of my fav's from Nick (not the song to listen to when you've been overserved, and are sitting at home by yourself at 3 am, thinking too much), and 'What a Wonderful World', is just too much fun.......(this from a Pogues fan of course) - --Bret - --NP: 'Your Funeral, My Trial' --NC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:17:30 EST From: MARKEEFE Subject: Re: How did Scoob and the gang make their money? In a message dated 3/5/98 8:42:53 PM, Luther wrote: << I am about to get stupid here, but a friend of mine had a theory that the Mystery Machine was actually a traveling harem/ drug dealers. Thinka bout it: 1) Shaggy. Need I say more? A total burn out case (even more surreal, voice by Casey Casem, who I doubtr has ever said "Robyn Hitchcock." ) 2) Why go from town to town otherwise? 3) THEY THOUGHT THEIR DOG COULD TALK!!! 4) What was that "puupy power stuff"? Scoobby snacks? what was in them....hmm...>> I think you're right, Luther. I mean, otherwise, why would they all hang out together? Well, clearly, Daphne hangs out with Fred because she's got a huge crush on him (but, of course, he's gay). And, clearly, Velma hangs out with them because she's got a huge crush on Daphne (but, of course she's *not* gay). But where does Shaggy fit in? Yup: Drugs! Unfortunately, every time they roll into town and are ready for the deal to go down, poor Fred gets "the bug" and has to try to solve some sort of a mystery. . . you see, Fred used to be very laid back and into free love and all that before they shipped him off to Nam where he was captured and jailed away into a haunted hut and forced to dress up as a yachtsman, all to appease the bizarre and sadistic tastes of hif captors, who smoked *way* too much opium, a drug which Fred eventually became addicted to. Years later, after the end of the Viet Nam "conflict", Shaggy was just a lonely (hence the conversations with his dog, Scooby) and small-time pot dealer who, one night at a 7-11, ran into Fred (who was in his usual fugue state, slowly cruising around town in his van whilst cheerfully and coherantly repeating the phrases, "I sure could go for scoring some drugs!" and "I'm gonna get rid of that ghost if it's the last thing I ever do!") and decided the two should hook up (because Fred had a van and he didn't). A few months later, they met Daphne and Velma at a frat party (Shaggy and Fred had recently acheived an "in" with the Boston-area college circuit and were starting to make some serious cash). For Daphne, it was love at first sight -- unfortunately, do to differences in sexual preferences, it was a love that would forever go unrequited. Velma, in turn, had already come to accept that it would be her fate to forever trail the exquisite beauty that is Daphne. So, they all made the best of a relatively hopeless situation: They traveled around together, bonded by love and drug addictions, Daphne and Velma never getting back the kind of love they wanted, Fred never getting his revenge on any *real* ghosts, and Shaggy always coming down from good highs thanks to Fred's *biggest* addiction: mystery-related escapades. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #93 ******************************