From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V7 #411 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, October 31 1998 Volume 07 : Number 411 Today's Subjects: ----------------- re: This list taps! [Jason Thornton ] Re: silencing the whiners [dlang ] Golly-Gee. [Patrick Welker ] just the FAQs [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: just the FAQs [MARKEEFE@aol.com] Re: silencing the whiners [woj sven-woj ] the tree [dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich)] re: This list blows! [tanter ] re: This list blows! [amadain ] Re: just the FAQs [Capuchin ] Happy Halloween! [Scary Mary ] tape tree site address? [JudeHayden@aol.com] tape tree branches [basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson)] The Residents (100%) [Eleanore Adams ] Re: boring anecdote/UAL [Eleanore Adams ] Re: Up with Floyd Coen Hitchcock [Eleanore Adams ] 100% gondolism content ["Capitalism Blows" ] oops! tape tree stuff [basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson)] Re: 100% gondolism content [Danielle ] re: This list blows! [Jason Thornton ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:05:40 -0800 From: Jason Thornton Subject: re: This list taps! At 02:26 PM 10/30/98 -0500, The Great Quail wrote: >PS: Was that a Chapman Stick I saw somewhere in the background. . . .? Speaking of the Chapman Stick, I was fortunate enough to witness a friend of mine, fellow Stick player Greg Howard, awe an audience of 20,000 Monday night with his fretboard wonderworks. Greg joined the Dave Matthews Band on-stage for five songs, including an extremely well-executed version of "All Along the Watchtower," before which Greg performed a short solo improv, and Daniel Lanois's "For the Beauty of Wynona" (there's a swoon). It's somewhat odd to see someone you know personally up on those huge arena-rock video screens... Greg gave me backstage passes, too, so that was rather fun, going back there and starfucking a little. I also drove up to a jazz club in the greater Los Angeles area Sunday night to see Greg and a few other Stickists play, including Emmett Chapman, inventor of the Stick. Bumped into Sharkboy's brother even. Speaking of starfucking, a few of us, including Greg and Emmett, went out to dinner Sunday night before the gig, and sitting at the table next to us was none other than Stanley Tucci, that guy from "The Big Night" who wasn't on the show "Wings," or a pretty close facsimile thereof. - --Jason np: "Storefront Hitchcock," at work, and I can't really hear those spoken bits, so I still dunno by them. ps: JD didn't spell "there" rite either, the bass turd. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:50:48 +0930 From: dlang Subject: Re: silencing the whiners Eb wrote >I'd like to complain about the rash of posts complaining about posts that complain about complaining posts. And I'd like to complain about Eb complaining about the complaints, it was just TOO predictable. About the Quail repeating Ken's complaints and being amusing (oh, and about the Quail and Fetter not posting any 12k conspiracy theories in the last few months) , about Susan's comment and the fact that she was so verbose and reasonable and about Woj's addendum to her post and his comment that Sues post was too verbose .I also don't like the way he had stopped using *Thus sprach* in his posts as this is a tradition and should be continued. I also want to complain about the proposed FAQ and the fact that it will allow newbies to know what they are getting into before they join the list, as then we will not be able to grill them nastily when they make fools of themselves by asking something they could have read on a FAQ. I also would like to complain about the Sharkboy compiling the FAQ, IMHO he is far too frivolous a person to compile such a list and will probably write it in Hindustani just to confuse us all. I would also like to add that I object strongly to THIS post as well , because it is boring, verbose, not amusing and the fact that it has not once mentioned a conspiracy, the Grateful Dead or the Monkees( well they have been mentioned , but not discussed in any boring detail). I would finally like to complain about the fact that everyone is talking about Storefront Hitchcock when I have yet to hear it , thus confusing me dreadfully and probably spoiling my appreciation of the artefact when I eventually can find a copy . Writs and constraining orders will be served to the entire list by my solicitor unless all of the above ceases or improves to MY specific liking . dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:47:23 -0800 (PST) From: Patrick Welker Subject: Golly-Gee. >>I hate to be posting such techno weenie questions here, but like Robyn says, the people that are drawn to his music are most likely people who wear glasses, are intelligent, and work with computers.<< Gosh, I'm not any of these. Here's a good picture of him singing "1973": > > http://ugr8.ucsd.edu/Arthur/Arthur5.jpg Woof-Woof! Cute dog. Pat. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:46:52 -0800 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: just the FAQs "I feel like a FAQ. Like FAQ on a hot tin roof!" So I tried to start this months ago, and got busy with worky stuff. I will try to collect my fecal matter and knock something out very shortly. Remember that November is "be nice to newbies and lurkers month," according to Hallmark, so buy them lots of cards and stuff then, and get all your meanies out before then. Oh. And every month is "be nice to sharkboy month." I think only Jeme, Eb, and Bayard have get out of jail free cards on this, and I know that Bayard will not have to use his. Hope y'all feel like a million bucks, yet don't look at all like American currency, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:55:42 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: just the FAQs In a message dated 98-10-30 18:51:11 EST, you write: << Hope y'all feel like a million bucks, yet don't look at all like American currency >> I'm just bummed, cuz I actually look *just like* the old $20 bills . . . now that they're getting fazed out, the public don't fawn over me like they used to. - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:14:51 -0500 From: woj sven-woj Subject: Re: silencing the whiners also sprach dlang (dlang@nexus.edu.au): >I also don't like the way he had >stopped using *Thus sprach* in his posts as this is a tradition and should be >continued. i did? i did! forsooth! it depends on whether i'm reading mail with eudora (on the pc) or mutt (on smoe). hopefully, this should be fixed now. >I would finally like to complain about the fact that everyone is talking about >Storefront Hitchcock when I have yet to hear it i haven't bought it yet. i had it on order from cdnow, but cancelled the order when the vinyl _sh_ and the cambridge disc were backordered. oughta do something about that sometime... woj ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 03:51:25 GMT From: dwdudic@erols.com (David W. Dudich) Subject: the tree > >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:36:58 -0500 (EST) >From: Bayard >Subject: Tape tree update > >It has come to my attention that some people have not been "putting out >feelers" (tendrils??) for the Permanent Feg Tape tree. Remember, you >can't sit idly by and wait to get emailed about the tree. Branch or Leaf, >you should email the people above you and below you in the tree structure. >Here is the URL again: http://158.72.105.122/gh/tapetrees.htm My apologies to all my branches, I've been VERY busy at work. I will get to it next week. -luther ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:28:29 -0500 From: tanter Subject: re: This list blows! At 10:31 AM 10/30/1998 -0800, Russ Reynolds wrote: >that's disgusting! Woj, I thought you were going to keep this kind of smut >off our list? I suggest that we all delete posts from anyone whose name we don't recognize as a regular contributor. Not that I want to deter newbies, but we're just giving this ass the satisfaction of knowing he's getting to us. I didn't fall for the latest--Jonathan Demme would NOt post here! but I did find out that this Thornton guy works at UCSD as an "Admin Analyst." He's easily identified in the university directory. Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:12:26 -0600 From: amadain Subject: re: This list blows! >I didn't fall for the latest--Jonathan Demme would NOt post here! but I did >find out that this Thornton guy works at UCSD as an "Admin Analyst." He's >easily identified in the university directory. Um, I think that was a joke on that guy's jokes. J. Thornton is a sometime list contributer. And if you followed the link, you'd have seen that it was a picture of a very cute dog, not smutty at all :). Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:12:15 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: just the FAQs On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 MARKEEFE@aol.com wrote: > I'm just bummed, cuz I actually look *just like* the old $20 bills . . . > now that they're getting fazed out, the public don't fawn over me like they > used to. Michael, you'll always look like twenty bucks to me! Love, J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:35:42 -0500 From: Scary Mary Subject: Happy Halloween! Dear fegsters - I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderfully spooky Halloween! May your treats be tasty and the tricks even better. http://www.wizard.net/~loona/images/rhjack.gif Mary ps - feel free to delete this as I am not a regular contributor. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:06:47 EST From: JudeHayden@aol.com Subject: tape tree site address? Hey all- Sorry to pollute the list with this, but what is the address for the tape tree site? I no longer have it, and there's no mention of it on the fegmaniax site that I could find. Bayard's post has me worried, especially as my branch is, IIRC, Nick Winkworth, but my last 3 attempts to e-mail him were bounced back to me (!?!). So, Nick, if you're out there and you are in fact my branch this time around, please drop me a line. I seem to recall we were just beginning a potentially interesting discussion of Pizzicato Five... Thanks, Jude ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:45:31 -0800 From: basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson) Subject: tape tree branches Hi all, If you're one of my branches, please email me! I've got everything ready to go. brad (n jill n zoe) Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. - --Wallace Stevens ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:59:23 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: The Residents (100%) Last nite we went to the Residents show at the Filmore in S.F. Wow! They are always fun to see, so if you ever have the chance, do it. I saw them on there tour in 1993? when The King and Eye came our, and that was a much more elaborate (better) program, but this one was still worth the price of admission, except the sound could have been better where we were sitting in the balconey. For those who don't know, the theme of the new album is Bible Stories, and they tell the Bad stories from the Good Book, such as the Rape of Lot and Judas Saves! (there would be no Jesus without him) The staging was simpler than there last tour (but I can't compare it to last halloween's show - I didn't make it, and the band claimes that they will never put on another show like the one for King and Eye) but effective. Large painted heads on sticks to represent the differenct characters of the bible, and a fantastic Gamelan group - that waas very cool! The two main singers were in black cat suits with glow in the black light costumes for each story. (If you are not familiar with the Residents, no one ever sees their faces, not for the past 25 years - they traditionally wear eyeballheads to cover their identity) The fanaly was Judas Iscariot rising to heaven swathed in white, his own resurection. merchandise. Was limited but cool. I of coarse was suckered into buying a tee shirt. One tee had a cross made out of spewing penises. I did not buy that one. I would not have the balls to wear it in public. And a copy of the CD, so I can hear the parts I missed. Eleanore ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:06:20 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: boring anecdote/UAL James Dignan wrote: > >This is a city where a guy goes into a downtown Walgreen's dressed as Jesus > >and carrying a cross and buys a pack of MnMs and people barely give him a > >second glance. > > So we stopped outside what appeared to be a fairly busy dairy (um... milk > bar? corner store? whatever) and Graeme leapt from the car. Despite the > crowd, he was back within seconds... apparently he'd rushed in, said "I'm > in a hurry - someone needs me! Quick! Some lemonade and chips!" - threw > down the cash on the counter, and leapt out again, leaving the other people > inside a little stunned. > > Oh, did I mention he was dressed as Superman? > Yesterday I was riding on the BART and this crazy guy dressed up as Zorro was waving around his sword shouting " I hate the Fucking Clowns" over and over. He was definately mental, and was getting into my face, just inches. I was a little put off, and tried my best to pretend I was dozing in and out of sleep. eleanore - -I will be a little green elf ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:11:55 +0000 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Up with Floyd Coen Hitchcock > > > >Here's my heretical ranking of Coen feature films: > > i just can't believe you put MILLER'S CROSSING and FARGO > below THE HUDSUCKER PROXY! > > >I also believe that both Coen Brothers are married to Frances McDormand. > > i think their next flick is going to be called POLYAMOROUS. > > ken "burnt out bureacrat" the kenster Well, I personally would go Raising Arizona, then Fargo, then Hudsucker, then everything in between, and then Millers Crossing last. (I didn't think Millers was the most effective if compared to other gangster films) Eleanore (who is answering everything with her opionion this morning because I don't want to wake up the house guests by walking around, and Need something to do, so I will harrass the list because harrassing the list is fun) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:48:10 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: 100% gondolism content i think STOREFRONT sounds a lot better over loudspeakers than it does over headphones, as the overdubs, the delay and the hiss are less jarring. but what is it with albums that alternate between musical and spoken-word selections, that they can't raise the record level of the spoken parts so that they're just as loud as the music, and you don't have to keep fucking with your volume knob? is there some tech-y reason why this is not possible? and a note about the "hiss." it's pretty slight. as i say, pretty much inaudible over loudspeakers. but i wonder if that could actually be cars driving by on the street outside that you're hearing? oh, and i notice that hessu didn't actually perform the recording of the gigs, though he did "witness" it. Pitfall. don't think i ever achieved a perfect score in Pitfall, but i did come close a few times. and i am a member in good standing of the "pitfall harry's explorer's club," and have the patch to prove it. also a member of the "kaboom! bucket brigade." now, Pitfall II, *there* was a game! i couldn't figger out if dr. marcy was herself joking or not. i guess i'm ok left hanging, though. well, i'd say jason is more than just a "sometime" contributor. but even if not, when he *does* contribute, it's always something worthwhile and interesting. his story about his grandpappy saving the young dan rather from certain doom during a hurricane in texas is probably my third-fave short-form story (as opposed, let's say, to the full-on works of fiction generated by the quail, commander lang, et al. these deserve their own separate category.) that i've ever read on the fegmaniax computer network. (yes, i know you're just dyin' to hear: #1=marshal's sterling morrison story, #2=eb's ass-hole enabled disneyland pencil-sharpeners story.) eys of the beholder, susie. eyes of the beholder. woof woof! may have been joking about playing gigs in fallout shelters (although may not have. i mean, if terry gilliam can film scenes of Brazil in a damned nuclear...uh, cooling tower? is that what those things are called? yes, now that i'm thinking about it, maybe it is. i recall lisa simpson belting out the lines: "and we'll march day and night, by that old cooling tower. they have the plant, but we have the power," i suppose robyn can play gigs in a fallout shelter! not to mention he's played on boats, on railway platforms, in crypts, on bus tours, etc.) however, he definitely *did* mount an european tour in 1982, and the gigs definitely *should* be included. now, who's gonna go scour those european newspapers from the early '80's? i nominate eb. now we just need someone to second, and it's a done deal. TOO COOL!! but what, pray tell, were they spewing? if it was little joel and ethan coens, i, uh...i WANT one. KEN "my brown-power ass in your white-power face" THE KENSTER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:54:39 -0800 From: basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson) Subject: oops! tape tree stuff I meant to say if you were my leaves. But, Bayard send me your addresses so it's all done. Sorry for being a confused feg! brad Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. - --Wallace Stevens ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:21:31 -0800 (PST) From: Danielle Subject: Re: 100% gondolism content Eddie: > now, who's gonna go scour those > european newspapers from the early '80's? i nominate eb. now we just > need someone to second, and it's a done deal. Seconded. Danielle, who knows exactly how long it takes to read 15 years' worth of a *weekly* publication (New Zealand Woman's Weekly, New Zealand Medical Journal, New Zealand Tablet, et al...), and who is, for some reason, giggling at the thought of Eb being similarly occupied for months on end. Go go, archive-Eb! ;) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:07:35 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Thornton Subject: re: This list blows! At 10:28 PM 10/30/98 -0500, tanter wrote: >At 10:31 AM 10/30/1998 -0800, Russ Reynolds wrote: >>that's disgusting! Woj, I thought you were going to keep this kind of smut >>off our list? > > >I suggest that we all delete posts from anyone whose name we don't >recognize as a regular contributor. Not that I want to deter newbies, but >we're just giving this ass the satisfaction of knowing he's getting to us. >I didn't fall for the latest--Jonathan Demme would NOt post here! but I did >find out that this Thornton guy works at UCSD as an "Admin Analyst." He's >easily identified in the university directory. Right! I am. I'm the one with the eye patch, the hook for a hand, a wooden leg, and an odd skin disorder that makes me turn the color of that purple dust that transforms into grape Kool-Aid when water is added. "Admin Analyst?" I'm not sure what that is, but that just SOUNDS disgusting. ;-) - --Jason Thornton ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V7 #411 *******************************