From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #370 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, September 27 1998 Volume 07 : Number 370 Today's Subjects: ----------------- advance order [griffith ] The old Olivetti [james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Ballroom Man [Gregory Stuart Shell ] Re: SF [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Cambridge Folk Fest CD [KCasey@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:15:30 -0700 (PDT) From: griffith Subject: advance order fegs, for what it is worth, cdnow.com is accepting reservations for advance orders of "Storefront Hitchcock". So far, they only list the CD version, not the vinyl. griffith PS they are doing the same from R.E.M.'s new one, "Up". = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Griffith Davies hbrtv219@csun.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 16:52:34 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: The old Olivetti >horizontal location of said carriage onto your paper. in real time, i'm >saying. none of this edit-then-print crap. and when you hit "return," >the carriage would do just that: luxury! Back in my day they 'ad this big metal lever that you 'ad to push with your left hand to make the carriage go all the way back to the start of the next line. And when you hit caps lock you couldn't use the numbers! You try telling that to the young folk of today and they won't believe you! >by the way, i've been thinking about learning dvorak. anybody got any >thoughts pro or con? His "Symphony from the New World" is probably the best place to start. >QS = Quailspew >CC = chord counting >SF = starfucking >BL = Big Lebowski Hmmm. if you go to a science fiction convention in the city of the Californian cablecars and have a beer with some top author while you're there, could you use "SF SF SF" as the code? 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: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 13:40:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Gregory Stuart Shell Subject: Ballroom Man After looking through some of the cdnow site, I went to the biography on RH and found this: "A move to A&M Records saw the release of Globe Of Frogs, which included the 'Ballroom Man', a favourite on US college radio" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:25:29 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: SF In a message dated 98-09-25 23:45:46 EDT, James wrote: << >SF = starfucking Hmmm. if you go to a science fiction convention in the city of the Californian cablecars and have a beer with some top author while you're there, could you use "SF SF SF" as the code? >> I know I'll kick myself for not being able to conjure this up, but who's the top author? Hey, and if you happened to be listening to "Camptown Races" while drinking that beer, and if you happened to be talking about about a certain Southwestern U.S. state capital that was heavily in vogue during the 80's due to it's Native American art, then you could have a subject heading of SF SF SF SF SF! And, of course, you might want to have a burger while you're there . . . Side of Fries with that? Boy, it's pretty easy to see how we might just wanna drop the whole threadcode idea altogether . . . well, maybe we should keep RH :-) - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 02:28:59 EDT From: KCasey@aol.com Subject: Cambridge Folk Fest CD In the new issue of Goldmine, Music Machine is taking advance orders for: "Live At The Cambridge Folk Festival"-10 tracks recorded live by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians. The price is $17.00 Their number is 410-356-4567 Does anyone have any other information? Just curious, KC ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #370 *******************************