From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #315 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, August 21 1998 Volume 07 : Number 315 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) [NahNahNah@aol.com] Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) [Christopher Gross ] from randi - quicky about Nicholas Roeg :} [Tim Fuller ] ps [Eb ] Kristian Hoffman ["Laurence Roberts" ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star/Nicholas Roeg [amadain ] Re: Kristian Hoffman [Eb ] Basquiat [Danielle ] Chug-A-Lug ["The Oval Orifice" ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star [Tom Clark ] Julian Schnabel ["The Oval Orifice" ] Roy, Pete, Dud, & kids shows [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Di] Naaayishveel Pussih! [Christopher Gross ] [Fwd: Tim Time Out Preview] ["Gary.Sedgwick" ] Mutts Comic: Hitchcockian? [Eve Emshoff ] Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star [David Librik ] Re: [Fwd: Tim Time Out Preview] [Eb ] The men who fell to earth [Carole Reichstein ] Re: Roy, Pete, Dud, & kids shows [NahNahNah@aol.com] brainstorming [Eb ] oops [Eb ] Re: brainstorming [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: brainstorming [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:49:08 EDT From: NahNahNah@aol.com Subject: Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) chrisg@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu writes: << Ah, but you forget the grasshopper milkshake that comes out in mid-March every year, for some unfathomable reason. >> I believe McDonald's puts out green milkshakes in time for St Patrick's day. Patty...no, really, I'm still lurking ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:49:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 NahNahNah@aol.com wrote: > << Ah, but you forget the grasshopper milkshake that comes out in mid-March > every year, for some unfathomable reason. >> > > I believe McDonald's puts out green milkshakes in time for St Patrick's day. Nah, I'm sure that the proximity to St. Patrick's Day is just a coincidence. These are definitely grasshopper-flavored milkshakes. - --Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:54:09 -0700 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star/Nicholas Roeg At 5.55 AM -0700 8/20/98, lj lindhurst penned: >Yes, Nicholas Roeg films ARE Robyn-esque-- you should check out some of his >other works... >Has anyone seen any of his other films? My favorite is "Performance", >starring none other than Mick Jagger [Roeg has a thing for half-dead >untanned rawk stars]. It's about a mob hitman [??] who has to go into >hiding with this crazy hippie couple [Mick and some chick]. Performance, starring Mick Jagger, James Fox and a chick called Marianne Faithful. Excellent. But let's not forget "Walkabout" - which is definately my favorite Roeg film. Ever since they restored the pshycadelic footage it's even better! I wasn't crazy about "Track 29" but I'm not a big Teresa Russell fan. I guess it doesn't always pay to have the directors wife star. I mean it worked for Fellini... But Gary Oldman is in it so maybe I should give it another look. Thinking of Robyn as a comedic actor and wondering if he'd be good in something more menacing? Can't think of any specific roles but I am on vacation and only just sipping my first cup of Joe so I'll keep thinking about it. - - c "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** M.E.Ketone/C.Galbraith meketone@ix.netcom.com cgalbraith@psygnosis.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:07:44 EDT From: NahNahNah@aol.com Subject: Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) ljl@echonyc.com writes: << I *will* mention Fat Albert-- what was the deal with Mushmouth? WHat was wrong with him? And what was the deal with his hat? And why did poor Fat Albert have to live in a junkyard?? >> Uhhhh, I dunno. I thought they all just hung out there. Did Fat Albert actually live in the junkyard? Mushmouth?? Um, that was the guy who mumbled, right? And you couldn't figure out what he was saying. Did he wear his hat covering his face? Wow, lj, you have a way better memory than me. I need to go check out a Bill Cosby web site or something. Patty ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 98 12:05:29 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: this is just too cool! (6% tentacle content) The hat was Weird Harold, no? > > ljl@echonyc.com writes: > > << I *will* mention Fat Albert-- what was the deal with Mushmouth? WHat was > wrong with him? And what was the deal with his hat? And why did poor Fat > Albert have to live in a junkyard?? >> > > Uhhhh, I dunno. I thought they all just hung out there. Did Fat Albert > actually live in the junkyard? Mushmouth?? Um, that was the guy who mumbled, > right? And you couldn't figure out what he was saying. Did he wear his hat > covering his face? Wow, lj, you have a way better memory than me. I need to > go check out a Bill Cosby web site or something. > > > Patty > - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:35:34 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: "Heyba Fabba Albert" In a message dated 8/20/98 9:17:58 AM, you wrote: <> Really?! The hat had a name?! Bizarre. I remember that name from the show, but I guess I always assumed it was another character; that is to say, a humanoid character, rather than a hat. I always thought the hat looked like some sort of a limp squash-like vegetable that had just sort of splatted on the top of his head one day, never to be removed. I expected it would one day dry up and completely rot away. But maybe, at night, Mushmouth would take it off and soak it in formaldahyde, thereby preserving it for the next episode. In fact, the constant exposure to such horrible chemicals might explain his speach impediment. - -----Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 98 12:37:57 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: "Heyba Fabba Albert" No, the hat was Old Weird Harold. The thing underneath it was a benign growth that provided mobility to the quasi-intelligent but physically helpless hat. Sort of a guest-host relationship thing. The thing under Harold had the screechy voice. Mushmouth had a lower-b voice-b, didn'b he-b? > > > In a message dated 8/20/98 9:17:58 AM, you wrote: > > <> > > Really?! The hat had a name?! Bizarre. I remember that name from the > show, but I guess I always assumed it was another character; that is to say, a > humanoid character, rather than a hat. I always thought the hat looked like > some sort of a limp squash-like vegetable that had just sort of splatted on > the top of his head one day, never to be removed. I expected it would one day > dry up and completely rot away. But maybe, at night, Mushmouth would take it > off and soak it in formaldahyde, thereby preserving it for the next episode. > In fact, the constant exposure to such horrible chemicals might explain his > speach impediment. > > -----Michael K. > - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:58:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Fuller Subject: from randi - quicky about Nicholas Roeg :} Nicholas Roeg is one of my fave directors, Gary Oldman one of my favourite actors...so... Someone mentioned "Track 27" as being a Roeg film...it's actually called "Track 29" - I mostly know this 'cause I've seen the film so very many times...so very many... Rent it tonight if you haven't seen it - I love it :} fading back into yesterday before tomorrow *cones* Randi *what scares you most will set you free* - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:58:31 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: "Heyba Fabba Albert" Ross: >No, the hat was Old Weird Harold. The thing underneath it was a benign >growth that provided mobility to the quasi-intelligent but physically >helpless hat. Sort of a guest-host relationship thing. No, Weird Harold did NOT have a hat. Weird Harold was tall and thin with a high forehead and kinda yellowish eyes, and looked EXACTLY like that stuffed-shirt Farnwarmer (sp?) on the tv show, "Homicide." And yes, I have that comparison patented so you must cite me if you use it. ;) Speaking of cartoons, thanks to Gene for pointing out that Krofft website, www.livingisland.com. That site was great! Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:59:22 -0700 From: Eb Subject: ps I thought the Grimace *always* had four arms. No?? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:29:23 -0700 From: "Laurence Roberts" Subject: Kristian Hoffman Kristian Hoffman was the keyboardist of the Mumps, not the vocalist (that was Lance Loud of An American Family fame - why don't they rebroadcast that? I've never seen it - the original video verite' TV show.) He also played keyboards on some of Klaus Nomi's records. He was most recently in Congo Norvell. At some point, he was in the Contortions, according to the liner notes of the Mumps CD. Larry-bob larrybob@io.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:51:47 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star/Nicholas Roeg >the notion of a "doppleganger"; so in one shot, it will be the main >character, in the next it will be Mick for a brief second, then back to the >main character, etc. I had always read it as Mick Jagger as a reclusive rock star living in seclusion, and that it was something about how both he and Jamie Foxx (the hit-man) are performers to a degree. But it's been a long time since I saw it last. >Roeg also did "Track 27", "Don't Look Back" [but not in anger], Er, another correction. "Don't Look Now". Very frightening movie. I was scared to death to visit Venice because of it :). Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 98 14:22:43 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Perjury & The Next President I just wanted to clear something up, express an opinion, and tell a joke: Even if Clinton lied about his relationship with the BJ Queen during the Paula Jones inquisition, he did not commit perjury. By definition, the lie must be in response to a material matter in the case. Before the Jones case was *thrown out of court*, the judge ruled that any questions regarding Lewinski were *immaterial* to the case. qed. OK, Hillary should file for divorce and run for President in 2000. Dennis Miller told this joke last Friday: Q: What do you get when you cross Monica Lewinsky and Ted Kaczinski? A: A dynamite blowjob! I'm out. - -tc ******************************************* Tom Clark Apple Computer, Inc. tclark@apple.com http://www.netgate.net/~tclark "Cheez Whiz is not something you eat... It's something you see a urologist for." - Dennis Miller ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:20:50 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Kristian Hoffman >Kristian Hoffman was the keyboardist of the Mumps, not the vocalist Oh yes -- yeah, that was a careless mistake on my part. A bit preoccupied this morning. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:53:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Subject: Basquiat Carrie said: > I'm sure some folks on this list caught Bowie as Andy Warhol in Julian > Schnabel's "Basquiat". Worth the price of admission. Great film overall but > Bowie was fantastic... "oh, i don't know, what do you think" (said in a > nasaly, whiny voice with a toss of the wig). I have no argument with you about Bowie in that movie. He was great, no doubt about it. *But*, I came out of Basquiat feeling *totally* underwhelmed. Come on, Schnabel - how do you make a supposed biopic about an artist without even *attempting* to analyse what motivated his work? Basquiat's character as directed by Schnabel was a completely blank (but vaguely distasteful) page, and I had absolutely no idea what anyone saw in him by the end of that film. He wasn't compellingly confusing, he was just *really* annoying. It was a big disappointment to me. Danielle, procrastinating madly _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:30:34 -0800 From: "The Oval Orifice" Subject: Chug-A-Lug On the songlist web page, I found this: > Chug-a-Lug Roger Miller A-ha! So it was the Roger Miller song! I knew it had to be. I asked about it along time ago and never got a response. How did you confirm this, Bayard? - -g- )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( Glen Uber Email: uberg@sonic.net ICQ UIN: 13311304 Web: http://www.sonic.net/~uberg "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." -- Henny Youngman )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 98 16:48:25 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star I think Robyn would be perfect in a David Cronenberg film. Imagine him in the Jeremy Irons role in "Dead Ringers" for instance. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:05:15 -0800 From: "The Oval Orifice" Subject: Julian Schnabel Danielle dixit: > I'm sure some folks on this list caught Bowie as Andy Warhol in Julian > Schnabel's "Basquiat". This is kinda off the subject (like it's the first time *THAT's* ever happened on *THIS* list), but... It's funny that Julian Schnabel was mentioned. A few (several?) years ago, there was a book published in the States, called "Separated At Birth". The gist of the book was to show a photo of a random celebrity in a pose that kinda looked like some other celebrity in a similar pose. A couple that stand out are Mary Tyler Moore and the Joker from the Batman TV series and Paul McCartney and Angela Lansbury. Anyway, one comparison was Peter Ustinov and Julian Schnabel. At the time, I didn't know who Julian Schnabel was, but one thing was for certain: he bore a passing resemblence to someone, but it wasn't Peter Ustinov. It was to me! Actually, it was feg lurker Cliff Malloy (Hi, Cliff!) who pointed it out to me. I denied it for years, but as the evidence mounted, I could no longer escape the comparison. Most telling of all is the photo on my web page. See for yourself at . My looks have also been compared to Van Morrison circa "Moondance", Art Garfunkel, Brian Benben (Martin Tupper on 'Dream On') and Bill Maher from ABC's "Politically Incorrect". I'll let you all judge for yourselves. Oh, by the way -- my girlfriend, Carol, looks strikingly like Gillian Anderson. How did this happen?!? Someone who looks like her ending up with someone who looks like me? Direct all condolences to her, please ;-) Oh well, de gustibus non est disputandum... - -g- )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( Glen Uber Email: uberg@sonic.net ICQ UIN: 13311304 Web: http://www.sonic.net/~uberg "The war on drugs is a joke and we the people are the punch line." --From a letter to the Editor The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 July 1998 )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:47:30 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Roy, Pete, Dud, & kids shows >I don't mean on the list. I mean he has the trappings of a major >influence and/or biggish cult act in that he seems to be able to >attract popular artists to team up with, but I've never heard his >name or anything by him (AFAIK) in this corner of the world. despite several mentions here that he is not known in Britain (???) Roy Harper is almost certainly known to Robyn. He is a 'musician's musician' - much loved by those who actually record. His fans number everyone from Kate Bush to Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin recorded a tribute to him ("Hats off to Harper"), and he provided guest vocals for a classic Pink Floyd track ("Have a Cigar"). Sadly, like other 'musician's musicians' (Tony Levin springs to mind, as do Warren Zevon, Van Dyke Parks, and Fred Frith, among a host of others), the general public recognises the name only very vaguely. Which is a damn shame. >'Superthunderstingcar', where they played Gerry Anderson puppets >("How did you get this job, Masterbrawn?" >"I knew a man who pulled some strings"...); someone else remembers this! Ex-thellll-LENT!!! As for Beyond the Fringe (or "Behind the Fridge" as Cook used to call it), a lot of it was very topical (we're talking Harold Macmillan and JF Kennedy era here), but some of it was superb. Other than the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore stuff, Alan Bennett's sermons were a particular high spot. Bennett has since gone on to be a successful playwright and screenwriter. James PS - I also suffered through "HR Pufnstuf", but the Clangers and Magic Roundabout made up for it a bit. And then of course there were the Banana Splits ("Fleagle, take out the trash..."). PPS - can any Britfeg help me to remember the name of a peculiar kids' show of about 1970? It was real-action (not cartoon) and had a weird group of people travelling around Britain in a bus on a treasure hunt. Obviously inspired by Magical Mystery Tour, it was called something like Crazy Bus and IIRC had someone like Mike and Bernie Winters in the two main roles (although my memory may be astray on that). 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: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:07:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Naaayishveel Pussih! I have to make a shameful admission to make: I subscribe to Rolling Stone. It's just *so* inexpensive, and ripping out all of the advertising inserts gratifies some primal destructive urge.... But anyway -- from time to time I've mentioned a band called Nashville Pussy, a sort of sleazy white-trash punk group with a wild stage act. Some of you may have thought I just made 'em up, but they're real, and now I have documentary proof: on page 28 in the Sept. 3 issue of Rolling Stone, there's a brief paragraph on Nashville Pussy, focusing on their Amazon of a bass player, Corey Parks. You'll see it just below the picture of Prince Charles and David Duchovny watching Boyzone at a charity concert.... - --Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:30:00 +0100 From: "Gary.Sedgwick" Subject: [Fwd: Tim Time Out Preview] From: Info - Blue Rose To: "'The Blue Rose List'" Subject: Tim Time Out Preview Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 16:54:54 +0100 TIM KEEGAN & THE HOMER LOUNGE BORDERLINE WED 26 AUG 98 Three things made Tim Keegan's debut single, 'Disconnected' stand out: well strummed guitars curling around a great melody, Keegan's understated vocal tone echoing the best of the British heritage of folk-inflicted singer-songwriters, and the gentle introduction of a really ace trumpet solo as the track faded out. Ah yes, nothing beats a well-crafted indie pop single, especially one with brass on it - just ask Julian Cope. That was about three months ago, since when, Keegan's solo profile has slowly but surely begun to grow. The guests on his new single, 'Save Me >From Happiness' (Blue Rose), offer an insight into where this young hopeful is coming from - Drugstore's Daron Robinson offers guitar back-up and Robyn Hiotchcock pops up on the B-side, 'Postcard From A Friend', while the title track was produced by Blur collaborator Steve Lovell. All this, and a Cohenesque rumble and croak about Keegan's voice make for some of the least pretentious, most promising home-grown music you'll hear this year. Add to it a performer whose experience of slogging round the gig scene in various band formations (before he arrived at his ideal set-up with gunslingers The Homer Lounge) has given him an assured determination, and you get a Borderline gig that bristles with potential. Lara Lee Davies TIME OUT August 19-26 1998 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:21:37 -0400 From: Eve Emshoff Subject: Mutts Comic: Hitchcockian? We have a comic (funny/cartoon, whatever) that runs in the Sunday paper here, called Mutts. It's not my favorite in the paper by any means, but at any rate, I found this one to be extremely Hitchcockian (our Robyn, not Alfred). With crabs as the main characters in this case, it goes off on its own little tangent that struck me as atypical funny papers fare. I've scanned it in and put it up at http://www.digital-genesis.com/~eve/comic/ for your viewing pleasure. The page is simple, basic, and quick to download. Feel free to email me privately if you lack web access, and I'll email it to you as an attached file. \ /_) ========================================= \ /`. Eve Emshoff http://www.digital-genesis.com/~eve \ / ; ICQ UIN 4921393 \/ __.' ========================================= "I don't remember falling asleep. The last thing I remember is, I was saying to her, they're all crazy. Even you. You're all crazy. Even me, she said? I thought, oh right, if I categorically eliminate all other people, it's just me and her. She'd like that. Especially you, I said. You're virtually the ringleader, the way I see it. And then I blew out the candle." -Plastikman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:17:27 -0500 From: David Librik Subject: Re: Robyn Hitchcock, film star >Thinking of Robyn as a comedic actor and wondering if he'd be good in >something more menacing? Steerpike. In Stephen Spielberg's heartwarming story of a boy's wonder-filled, magical adventures growing up surrounded by a family of freaks and madmen, in a hideous Gothic castle about the size of Manhattan. - - David Librik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:20:06 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: [Fwd: Tim Time Out Preview] >Robyn Hiotchcock I still think there should be a penalty. ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:11:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: The men who fell to earth I wrote: > > >Roeg's "The Man who Fell to Earth." Okay, so Robyn's not as pale and > >spindly as Mr. Bowie was then, but hey, he'd be far more attractive. And then Susan defended Mr. Bowie's honor by typing, > > Speak for yourself there! :) > > Attractiveness issues aside, I thought Bowie was absolutely brilliant in > that role. Nobody else I can remotely picture in it- I know it wasn't > written for him, but it sure seems that way. Plus the resonance of him > playing an alien with the "alien"-ness he cultivated as a stage persona is > one of the things I liked about it. Oh, I *completely* agree that Mr. Bowie was fantastic in this flick. I read somewhere that he was going through an, er, *bad* drug phase at the time, and it certainly suits his alien character. After seeing this movie as an impressionable 15 year old, I tried to dye my hair that same color red, to no avail (well, what can you do with drugstore color kits anyway?). I also cultivated a taste for gin & tonics, just because David Bowie drank them constantly in the film. But anyway. There's a scene early on, when David Bowie and Candy Clark are riding up in a rickety old elevator. Bowie/Mr. Resident Alien gets a nosebleed and fetchingly collapses. Candy Clark carries him into her apartment. A perverely romantic scene..:) This could never work with Robyn in the role, I'm afraid. But still, Robyn's density aside, I do think he'd be fabulous if they were to ever remake it. That last scene, with David Bowie in the hat...very "Raymond Chandler Evening-esque." He'd pull that off fabulously. But it'd be hard to top Bowie's vulnerable facet to the role. Alright, enough alien talk for tonight. Carole ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:42:14 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: [Fwd: Tim Time Out Preview] Eb "Death Penalty For Hitchcockian Misspellings" Gondola writes: >>Robyn Hiotchcock >I still think there should be a penalty. ;) I've been whacked before for abusing my keyboard in random qwerty construction. I like the fact that for the most part, people have shown tolerance. Over a long week, I typed his first name 'Robin' a couple of times. I'm very happy to have escaped exoculation, though I was jabbed in the forehead a few times. Should we put Gary's spleen on a car antenna? Could Laura Lee Davies have made a misspelling? Can we blame the Talaban and send cruise missiles? Speaking of which, my sweetheart completely agreed with Glen about the benefits of the commander-in-chief having a relaxed finger on the button. Look what happened when he was cut off from his source of presidential electroluxation? Cruise missileage-o-rama! Hope y'all cut me some slack for my typing, my low brain function, and my confused issues of taste. Electroluxuriatingly yours, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 98 23:20:25 EDT From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Kristian Hoffman > > >Kristian Hoffman was the keyboardist of the Mumps, not the vocalist > > Oh yes -- yeah, that was a careless mistake on my part. A bit preoccupied > this morning. > > Eb > > Yeah, that's exactly why I made that mistake this morning concerning Mushmouth. Ah well .... - -- Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada email: rosso@cn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 01:09:29 EDT From: NahNahNah@aol.com Subject: Re: Roy, Pete, Dud, & kids shows In a message dated 98-08-20 21:50:17 EDT, james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz writes: << PPS - can any Britfeg help me to remember the name of a peculiar kids' show of about 1970? It was real-action (not cartoon) and had a weird group of people travelling around Britain in a bus on a treasure hunt. Obviously inspired by Magical Mystery Tour, it was called something like Crazy Bus and IIRC had someone like Mike and Bernie Winters in the two main roles (although my memory may be astray on that). >> Well, it just so happens as I was reading James' email, the Former Object of My Obsession was online, and since he was born in England and raised in Ireland, I sent him this PPS and said "Got any ideas?" and he replied "Have no idea, only thing I recall is "On The Buses." (What a charmer, eh?) I doubt this will help, James, but I am passing it on anyway. Patty the Faux Lurker ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:41:23 -0700 From: Eb Subject: brainstorming Question, sort of a higher-difficulty corollary to a recent thread: Sure, there's zillions of second-generation musical artists nowadays, but can anyone name someone other than Rufus Wainwright who is the child of TWO famous musical parents? Preferably INDEPENDENTLY famous parents? I can only come up with Sean and Julian Lennon, and I'm not sure they count. Sure, Yoko Ono made notable music on her own, but would she have been financially backed to record high-profile music, minus John? Probably not (and it would have been our loss, but that's not the point right now). I don't think Ziggy Marley quite cuts it, either. And please don't talk to me about Ceremony. ;) So, is there someone else I'm forgetting (maybe even someone who was mentioned in the previous thread)? Seems like there MUST be. (Did James and Carly have any kiddies? Woody Guthrie wasn't married to anyone famous, right? Randy Newman's mum isn't famous, right? Too bad Andy Williams and Claudine Longet's children never hit the big time!) And you know, the funny thing is, there sure are a lot of second-generation performers, but how many are actually worth *owning*? Doing a quick scan of my own items, I only noticed a mere six (Arlo, Kirsty, Jeff, Rufus and Sean, plus the Hadens from That Dog). Waiting for Frances Bean to go platinum, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:51:18 -0700 From: Eb Subject: oops Just thought of Chynna Phillips (if she can still be considered famous). OK.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:07:43 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: brainstorming I think you'll like this nickname, Eb. Eb "Dancing Bears Blow" Gondola scribbled: >Question, sort of a higher-difficulty corollary to a recent thread: >Sure, there's zillions of second-generation musical artists nowadays, but >can anyone name someone other than Rufus Wainwright who is the child of TWO >famous musical parents? Preferably INDEPENDENTLY famous parents? There is at least one other Wainwright and other sired children of Louden, but their mothers may not be famous musicians. The Carter/Cashes There have been some Phillips kids, but only one of them has been famous for "music." Those of you who know Mr. Jack S. about country music probably have some more names. - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:22:54 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: brainstorming >I think you'll like this nickname, Eb. > >Eb "Dancing Bears Blow" Gondola scribbled: How about "Eats Dancing Bears For Fucking Breakfast"? ;) Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #315 *******************************