From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #58 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, February 14 1999 Volume 08 : Number 058 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Economics and geekstuff. [S Dwarf ] Re: FWD: somebody's newsgroup post ["Russ Reynolds" ] sh at torino [cinders blue ] composing music in potting sheds [Carole Reichstein ] Mathematical starfucking [Natalie Jane Jacobs ] Re: composing music in potting sheds [steve ] Re: Mathematical starfucking [Capuchin ] Re: composing music in potting sheds [amadain ] Re: climate is what you expect; weather is what you get [Ross Overbury Subject: Re: Economics and geekstuff. Aaron Mandel wrote: >was there one for record players? Frank Sinatra? Elvis? Microwave Ovens: Microwavable Popcorn _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:33:24 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: FWD: somebody's newsgroup post >DJ: Come on now Sara... where did you do it? >SARA: (quiet voice) in the ass. >DJ: we will be right back...... entertaining...but don't believe everything you hear on the radio. That joke dates back to the Newlywed Game in the '60s ("what's the most unusual place you've ever made whoopie")...and I don't believe THAT exchange ever actually happened. I believe that's one o' them whatchacall "urban legends". If this radio conversation was quoted accurately it was obviously staged. The way the question was phrased it makes no sense for her to answer "in the ass". , especially with a kitchen table encounter still fresh in her mind. If they had asked "where did he do you" that might have been a different story, but it's still very unlikely that she would answer anything other than "on the kitchen table", especially with a trip to Florida on the line. Besides that very few, if any radio personalities have the discipline and quick thinking to go right to comercials after a great punch line like that. The natural inclination is to keep 'em talking and milk it for all it's worth. Unless you know the line is coming. So to speak. Radio is entertainment, and these guys were just doing their job. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 23:36:54 -0800 (PST) From: Patrick Welker Subject: Pure gibberish.. >> Why go to college or study or >>invent shit when you can make the same amount of money picking >> strawberries. >Have you ever fucking picked strawberries? I have. >It's how we got by >every summer. It's SHIT work. I'd rather go to >college and inventing >things any day. I used to pick blackberries when I was a young one. My favorite memory was of a very big woman screaming at me because my berries were leaking all over the place. Aah, revisiting childhood memories. Always a joy. > not much demand for strawberries. I mean, I can live without > strawberries, but cars and telephones and computers have made this world > a much better place. I would like to contradict this statement. Cars have made this a MUCH worse place to live. They gave us mobility. But they've taken away far more. We've plundered and ripped this world apart all for the sake of mobility. The pollution is breathtaking, our cities and suburbs are a discgrace. Miles of parking lots and SuperK's and strip malls amongst other things. And who knows how badly this effects our social behaviour. As for telephones and computers. I just think people are a bit too connected. Myself included of course. The deeper I get, the more uneasy I feel about the whole thing. I suspect it's modern conveniencs(along with modern psychology) that killed off the the great writers and artists(although I dig Wyeth). Now onto more recent posts. >>Jerry Falwell just needs a blowjob & >>an enema, in that order, for the next several years. Then maybe he'll see the >>light. >This KILLS me!! Go go go Insomnboy!!! I have often >wondered if there >were >other gay men on the list besides myself... Alright, this is disgusting. Back into the closet with you's! >Coincidentally, this came in my email today. Aha, so Merge signed the >Music >Tapes! And those Spinanes singles they're reissuing >are GREAT...I'm >pleased >to have the originals. >Eb Yeah! They are wonderful! Suffice is a personnal fave'. Merge has a great 7" of the Bats. Recorded live at some radio station. >Just choosing a different set of Christian and surnames from blues >greats Pinky Creosote and Floyd Council Why is it that all old blues artists are great? I've been a huge blues fan since I was a teenager. Have you heard these two? They ARE far from great... and now "The time is gone the post is over, thought I'd something more to say." Pat. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:07:06 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: sh at torino looks like another showing of sh escaped the many tentacles of fegmania: +w ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:34:40 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: composing music in potting sheds It's Sunday and I'm slowly wading through a week's worth of Fegdigests. My head spins. James! That was a *fabulous* little song! Rather charming, a little sinister, a little unsettling. Perfect! You say you composed this in your shed? Now, is this a potting shed, or just a little hut in which you putter around, sip tea, and twang on your guitar? I'll explain myself. There was once a great article about the English and their mad obsession with potting sheds in "The Idler," a British magazine which every Feg should read. Basically, potting sheds are great little places to muck about, smoke cigarettes, and fiddle with rusty gardening tools. According to "The Idler," there's nothing better to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon than fiddle around in your potting shed. I guess you could certainly compose songs in one, if it's tidy enough. ..And then there's the proverbial "studio" or hut or cottage, in which one paints or writes poetry and whatnot. There's a famous picture of Dylan Thomas in his. Dreaming of a hut of my own, Carole ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:40:47 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: sulferous bonfire you're probably wondering why i've called you here today. well, it's quite simple, really: i need a fucking time machine. listening to a show from '88 this morning, and some shithead, obviously trying to get into the pants of the girl he was standing next to, just could *not* stop talking. he was going on and on about how "lush" robyn's production is. and about how he's such a great poet and renaissance man and whatever. and i'm just sitting there thinking, "then SHUT THE FUCK UP and LISTEN to him!" actually, i'll confess that i was more than just "thinking" these thoughts. i was audibly shouting them in the general direction of the dictaphone. probably not a good sign. but never mind that, for now. robyn begins playing I Got The Hots, and assface goes, "this is, uh, I Got The Hots For You." "never heard of it," she replies. at which he starts talking about how much he loves the soft boys or some such. and so on. just any time he could get a word in edgewise which would demonstrate his vast robyn knowledge, he would -- even though his facts were often incorrect. and we've all heard shit of this nature before. but here was the clincher. here was when i decided that i need to get me a fucking time machine, go back to 1988, go to that show, and beat the living shit out of this fucker: robyn launches into Raymond Chandler, and don juan asks his would-be friend, "you have this album, 'Elements Of Water'?" <>was there one for record players? Frank Sinatra? Elvis?> how about frank herbert reading "great battles of Dune"? yes, this album actually exists! do you have it, quail? i saw it in a used bookstore in pike place market about five years ago, but couldn't quite bring myself to shell out the thirty bucks they were asking. now, of course, i wish that i had. you know, i think this is the first mention i've seen of just what *type* of store it had been. <>DJ: Come on now Sara... where did you do it? >SARA: (quiet voice) in the ass. >DJ: we will be right back...... entertaining...but don't believe everything you hear on the radio. That joke dates back to the Newlywed Game in the '60s ("what's the most unusual place you've ever made whoopie")> what's so "unusual" about "making whoppie" in the ass? okay, granted, it's not something a whole lot of people do every day. but the human body is equipped with so few fuckable orifices that i can't see how getting bonked in *any* of them could be considered "most unusual." i mean, maybe if she'd said, "in the left and/or right nostril," you could raise an eyebrow or something. or, like...what was it dan akroyd said to john cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank? "i'm going to put a bullet in your forehead and fuck the brainhole." if she'd (supposedly) said something along those lines, then, sure. but in the *ass*? come on. okay, okay, maybe it's a little "anal" to criticise an occurence that probably never even happened in the first place. but it really bugs me when apocryphal stories are constructed so poorly that their supposed events aren't even feasible. one time a friend had spent the night, and we were watching saturday morning cartoons, when The Archies came on. said friend began screaming, at the top of his lungs, "THE ARCHIES!...THE ARCHIES!...THE ARCHIES!" over and over and over again. in fact, he didn't stop until my folks, who'd been sleeping, came down and got good and pissed. KEN "You can wear my nuts on your Nazi chin" THE KENSTER http://leb.net/iac/ "As we often see in US foreign policy, other nations' attempts to defend themselves from US attacks are defined as aggression." --Jake Sexton ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:45:38 -0500 (EST) From: Natalie Jane Jacobs Subject: Mathematical starfucking >Jeme -- who would really like to reserve The Mandelbrot Set as well for >a band name. I once talked to Mandelbrot on the phone. (He was calling one of the professors I work for.) Later I tried to explain to the obtuse receptionist why this was cool, but of course she didn't get it. n. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:15:57 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: composing music in potting sheds Carole Reichstein: >There was once a great article about the English and their mad obsession >with potting sheds in "The Idler," a British magazine which every Feg >should read. Basically, potting sheds are great little places to muck >about, smoke cigarettes, and fiddle with rusty gardening tools. According >to "The Idler," there's nothing better to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon >than fiddle around in your potting shed. I guess you could certainly >compose songs in one, if it's tidy enough. There's a song on the new XTC album about this very thing - Colin's "Fruit Nut," in which he argues that a man's sanity depends on having a shed. You can assess this for yourself on February 23, when Apple Venus, Volume 1 is released. >..And then there's the proverbial "studio" or hut or cottage, in which one >paints or writes poetry and whatnot. There's a famous picture of Dylan >Thomas in his. And, if you live in Chicago, you can ask Andy about his recording shed. He will be at the Borders on Michigan Avenue on Thursday, February 25. - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:16:42 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Mathematical starfucking On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Natalie Jane Jacobs wrote: > I once talked to Mandelbrot on the phone. (He was calling one of the > professors I work for.) Later I tried to explain to the obtuse > receptionist why this was cool, but of course she didn't get it. This is the best fucking starfucking story EVER. Je. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:49:25 -0600 From: amadain Subject: Re: composing music in potting sheds >There's a song on the new XTC album about this very thing - Colin's >"Fruit Nut," in which he argues that a man's sanity depends on having a >shed. > >You can assess this for yourself on February 23, when Apple Venus, Volume >1 is released. Or go ahead right now and have a look at the uk.rec.sheds newsgroup. It's brilliant. Love on ya, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:34:03 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Mathematical starfucking On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Natalie Jane Jacobs wrote: > >Jeme -- who would really like to reserve The Mandelbrot Set as well for > >a band name. > > I once talked to Mandelbrot on the phone. (He was calling one of the > professors I work for.) Later I tried to explain to the obtuse > receptionist why this was cool, but of course she didn't get it. My Mandelbrot connection: When I was an undergrad I knew a math major (and aspiring blues guitarist) named John, who came from a small Pennsylvania mining town. After graduation he was accepted into grad school at Yale and given a TA-ship. Unfortunately, he absolutely HATED living in the relatively big but uninteresting and crime-ridden city of New Haven. Already a heavy drinker, he increased his alcohol consumption, and even smuggled beer into his little TA office in the Math department. Eventually one Dr. Mandelbrot got so pissed off at the reek of stale beer that he went across the hall into the TA office after John left and emptied out John's wastebasket. This pointless story brought to you by ... Chris ps: Mind you, this is what John told us; I didn't witness it. And no, it wasn't Jon Fetter. HE would be more likely to piss off professors by letting exotic Asian centipedes get loose in the department. ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:44:51 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: climate is what you expect; weather is what you get >Are you guys *sure* you want to move to Dunedin? I mean, it's a lovely >city, but it gets awfully cold there in the winter, and James would >probably force you to watch cricket matches... Danielle's right. Last year we had three frosts, with the temperature actually dropping to -5C (24F) on one morning. There was also one day when snow was coating one of the hills just outside town (Mt Cargill: 2300 ft). 'Course right now global warming is having its wicked way with us... we have had six (count 'em, six) days of rain since November. Total rainfall so far this year has been 32.7mm (1.3"). Rivers are running at over 80% below normal (those that *are* running...) and the *average* daily maximum temperature so far this month has been 28 (erm, 80 for you non-converts). Meanwhile, all the rain has been in the far north (flooding in Northland, no less). Not good for the farmers, who are in disaster relief mode, but great for the summer holidaymakers. how does that compare to winter in Chicago or New York? Danielle - you're talking to people many of whom regularly see snow in winter - not just a small skiff in the hill suburbs, but feet of the stuff! (With the exception of the likes of the Feg who used to be a Mellotron and the one who lives in Cocoa - a great way to keep warm, I am sure). And what's wrong with cricket??? Seriously, I never try to force my religion on anyone ;)) James (who's just returned from the day-nighter at Carisbrook, where New Zealand beat South Africa by 3 wickets, getting the runs with five balls remaining). 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: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:54:29 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #56 >> Happy Valentine's Day to all my favourite fegs! > >And Happy Valentine's to you, Mary! Yay! a happy (if belated) Valentine's Day to all youse fegs! But "VD"? That stands for something else, you know... James ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:05:35 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #57 >nah, susie's the deejay for the pirate radio station, KFEG. er, how are >the radio call letters arranged in new zealand? i like the look of >"KFEG," anyway. we don't really have them any more. Standardised call letters, that is. It could be Radio Feg, with FegFM as its call letters quite happily. Oh, and Eddie, you'll be pleased to know that this is the left-wing heartland of NZ (my local MP is deputy leader of the Labour Party, and Dunedin almost always returns Labour MPs). James (a little worried in case someone starts taking this all too seriiously...) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:14:46 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: uh, oh On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, James Dignan wrote: > James (a little worried in case someone starts taking this all too > seriiously...) Umm, does that mean we should unpack? - --Chris (who was going to try for the position of Fegtopia Slavicist) ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:50:54 -0500 (EST) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: climate is what you expect; weather is what you get [tough winter tales snipped] Dunedin? New York City? Ha! Typical first Montreal snow: Late October Typical final Montreal snow: Early April Last time we got a good snowstorm this winter the drifts were just below the top of my minivan. Average depth was about knee-high. I built a snow fort for the kids with 5-foot high walls. A freak thaw levelled it by suppertime the next day. Yours from Canada's Deep South, Parka guy PS: I do hope Brett Cooper's not reading this. Now freezing: -9C ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #58 ******************************