From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #186 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, May 21 1999 Volume 08 : Number 186 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Elf Power [Richard Plumb at NTAC ] Re: Elf Power [Bayard ] Indie, schmindie [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: SPOCK! [Ken Ostrander ] a brief resurfacing [Eb ] Glass hotel [four episode lesbian ] Re: Aussie dates [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: tickets, not for Star Wars (now 100% S-K) ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: tickets, not for Star Wars (now 100% S-K) [Joel Mullins ] (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) [Eric Loehr ] Darth Gloster and another episode of Dorks in Spaaaace [Mark_Gloster@3com] Re: Darth Gloster and another episode of Dorks in Spaaaace [normal@grove.] Darth Trek [Capuchin ] Re: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) [Joel Mullins ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:25:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Plumb at NTAC Subject: Elf Power The Elf Power EP that contained the Robyn cover seems to be available other than at their shows. I just received a flyer/mailing from Parasol and it's in their catalog. http://www.parasol.com rich _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:29:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: Elf Power it's available thru the elf power site as well (more cheaply than the $9.50 these guys want) i think, but the hand-decorated ep's are only available at the shows. just fyi. (at the shows they are $7 iirc) On Thu, 20 May 1999, Richard Plumb at NTAC wrote: > The Elf Power EP that contained the Robyn cover > seems to be available other than at their shows. > I just received a flyer/mailing from Parasol > and it's in their catalog. http://www.parasol.com > > rich > > _____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 19:15:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Indie, schmindie Re. Pavement: >It sounds like their level of coolness and irony are threatening to you. Yes, yes. I huddle under my bed in terror every night for fear that Steve Malkmus will overwhelm me with his "coolness and irony." :) >And, by inference, if a band is capable of "rocking out" then they have a >responsibility to do so? :) I have a very loose definition of "rocking out." To me, it means playing with passion and sincerity. By that definition, I do believe every band has a responsibility to rock out. And, in my opinion, Pavement do not rock out. >What's more, there are plenty of rockin' Pavement songs out there--it >seems that the band just prefers to rock with a bit of style and >restraint. What you call "style and restraint," I call "tedium." It all depends on your point of view. :) >The frequent equating of "indie rock" to "ironic" reflects a very >narrow conception of the category. Well, technically speaking, "indie rock" is any music that's recorded on an independent label. But in common usage it's also a sound or style which not all independent music has. I equate that style with "ironic," among other things. n. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:37:53 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: SPOCK! >>PS - combining comedy and science fiction, has anyone else ever noticed >>that the only time Star Trek really hit top stride was when they decided >>not to take themselves seriously and do a comedy (movie 4, Tribbles, etc)? > >well, it was all comedy unintentionally anyway...c'mon, William >Shatner???? His....acting....is.....OUT THERE!!!! granted. but it has it's appeal. the movies are so much worse, IMHO. his bits in the twilight zone and the brothers karamozov were respectable. >(Of course, he did give the world his album "the transformed man" and >Keanu "Dude!" Reeves a prototype.....:-)) how can you compare the wooden keanu to his polar opposite bill shatner? did keanu record an album of spoken word or something? he couldn't come close. how insensitive. >The only talent in the cast was Nimoy... as far as singing goes. his 'if i had a hammer' kicks ass! seriously, though, nimoy's subtle characterizations were the... perfect counterpoint to... shatner! ken "original star trek purist" the kenster ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:50:06 -0800 From: Eb Subject: a brief resurfacing Well, my computer is in deep doodoo, following a climactic series of system crashes. Comp USA says the hard drive has bad blocks, and that I need a new one. Hence, I'm madly seeing what I can salvage from my current hard drive, and exploring belated backup options. (I think I have a friend who will burn a CD of my hard drive for me.) Right now, I have a hideously buggy version of OS 7.5.1. installed, and am posting from its fetid bowels at this very moment. This is the first time I've checked my email in over two days. I'll probably disable the online feature shortly after I write this, so you may not hear from me for a week or so after this. The computer will be in the shop waiting for its virgin hard drive, once I back things up. Maybe it's a good thing...I'll probably neatly miss all the Star Wars threads this way. Eb, not in a great mood, as you might guess ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:44:51 -0400 From: four episode lesbian Subject: Glass hotel i'd send this to the tab list, but maybe it's of general interest as well. woj >From: Jansill@aol.com >Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:21:13 EDT >Subject: Glass hotel >To: woj@remus.rutgers.edu > >Hello... > >I was looking at your tab page and I have a suggestion about the song Glass >Hotel. > >Try playing the first chord as a B chord but with the B string open...that is: > >the first string played with the first finger on the 7th fret > >B string open > >3rd string with the 2nd finger at the 8th fret > >4rth string with the third finger at the 9th fret > >you can hammer on the suspension on the third string at the 9th fret > >then move it down two frets to the A chord > >Then play an E on the top 4 strings > > >The chords for the chorus then becom E, C#minor, A, and E > >quite simple! > >Hope this is usefull! > >As ever, > >Jay Ansill > >www.fortissimo.org/Artists/ansill >All lives have happened long ago; or, at any rate, they are not happening >now, however immediate they may seem to the people that are living them. - >Laura Riding > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:33:27 +1200 (NZST) From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Aussie dates >bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks. First time >he comes to Oz in seven years and I live 800 ks away in Adelaide ! No >way can I afford to fly that far - apart from the fact I loathe planes I see your 800 and raise you 2200! James (yay Roger Twose!!!*) *for Natalie's benefit - Twose & Cairns put on 153 runs for the 5th wicket to help the Black Caps beat the Aussies at the World Cup last night. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:50:23 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: tickets, not for Star Wars (now 100% S-K) this is its common pronunciation, yes. but it bugs hell out of me. if they (not the band so much, as whosoever named the street) wanted it to sound like "sleeter" why in fuck couldn't they have spelt it like "sleeter"? i pronounce it "slayter", and, while this does tend to draw righteously indignant scowls, i strongly believe that when the motherfucking judgement comes, i'll be able to stand up and say, "i pronounced the 'sleater' in 'sleater-kinney' like 'slayter', even knowing it tended to draw righteously indignant scowls. please admit me to heaven now." _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:04:16 +0100 (BST) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Mole Crabs Rock... [0% RH, 100% Emerita Talpoida] Can I just say that all of you near the coast of the US are so lucky? You folks have mole crabs (sand fleas) that have to be the most diverting little critters around. Get out there this weekend and be at one with the arthropods! - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:44:30 +0100 From: "Tony Blackman" Subject: another Tim Keegan mention. > In a review of a Go-Betweens show from their mailing > list, the reviewer mentioned Homer (or what used to > be called Homer) That's bizarre... I saw Robert and Grant from the Go-Betweens play at The Jazz Cafe in London on Monday night and we had to collect tickets from the ticket shop next door. In front of us in the queue, people were buying tickets and were asking about who was playing and the guy behind the counter said "Tim Keegan", so I wondered if TK was going to be supporting Rob and Grant when we got into the venue but he wasn't, It was some other band whose name I can't remember which is fortuitous as I thought they were the worst band that I had seen for years. I did get mildly excited when the pulled Vic Goddard onto the stage until it reminded me that he can't sing either. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:17:46 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: tickets, not for Star Wars (now 100% S-K) Capitalism Blows wrote: > > "sleet" were a verb and the weather could be described as "sleet," "sleeter" > and "sleetist.")> > > this is its common pronunciation, yes. but it bugs hell out of me. if they > (not the band so much, as whosoever named the street) wanted it to sound > like "sleeter" why in fuck couldn't they have spelt it like "sleeter"? i > pronounce it "slayter", and, while this does tend to draw righteously > indignant scowls, i strongly believe that when the motherfucking judgement > comes, i'll be able to stand up and say, "i pronounced the 'sleater' in > 'sleater-kinney' like 'slayter', even knowing it tended to draw righteously > indignant scowls. please admit me to heaven now." Well, you're talking about the English language here. There are many different pronunciations of the different groups of words. The way they spell "sleater" looks cooler and it does work. Look at the word "eat." What's interesting is George Bernard Shaw's idea that you can spell the word fish "ghoti". The "gh" makes an "f" sound in "enough." The "o" makes an "i" sound in "women." And the "ti" makes a "sh" sound in "nation." So, "ghoti" is pronounced "fish". Joel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:37:32 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Days of Our Nights Well, I was able to make it to Austin for a few days this week, which means that I was also able to stop by Waterloo and pick up the new Luna album for a pretty high price. I'll comment on it more later, but so far I really like it. It definitely takes a few listens to get into. It's been growing on me and I expect it to continue to grow. There are no real surprises. It's much like their previous albums, so if you like Luna, you'll probably like the album. If you don't, then you should probably pass on the album. There are a few songs that I've really been enjoying, like "Four Thousand Days" and "Hello, Little One" and the first single "Superfreaky Memories" and the cover of "Sweet Child 'O Mine." I never cared much for Guns and Roses, but Luna does a good job with the song, which has some really great guitar parts. Later Joel np: Liz Phair - great american music hall 12/93 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:57:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) On Fri, 21 May 1999, Joel Mullins wrote: > Capitalism Blows wrote: > > > > > "sleet" were a verb and the weather could be described as "sleet," "sleeter" > > and "sleetist.")> > > > > this is its common pronunciation, yes. but it bugs hell out of me. if they > > (not the band so much, as whosoever named the street) wanted it to sound > > like "sleeter" why in fuck couldn't they have spelt it like "sleeter"? i > > pronounce it "slayter", and, while this does tend to draw righteously > > indignant scowls, i strongly believe that when the motherfucking judgement > > comes, i'll be able to stand up and say, "i pronounced the 'sleater' in > > 'sleater-kinney' like 'slayter', even knowing it tended to draw righteously > > indignant scowls. please admit me to heaven now." > > Well, you're talking about the English language here. There are many > different pronunciations of the different groups of words. The way they > spell "sleater" looks cooler and it does work. Look at the word "eat." > What's interesting is George Bernard Shaw's idea that you can spell the > word fish "ghoti". The "gh" makes an "f" sound in "enough." The "o" > makes an "i" sound in "women." And the "ti" makes a "sh" sound in > "nation." So, "ghoti" is pronounced "fish". > > Joel > What Joel says is all well and true, but I'm with Eddie on the correct pronuciation; if it's spelled Sleater, it oughta be pronounced "slayter". Eric Throatwarblermangrove (pronounced Loehr) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:33:09 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Darth Gloster and another episode of Dorks in Spaaaace Dr. Who: I haven't seen many Patrick Trouton episodes, but I've seen all the real ones since. John Pertwee has the slightest edge over Tom Baker for the top slot for me. I would have liked Colin Baker a lot if he hadn't had Perry as a companion. I thought the last Sylvester McCoy showed a lot of promise, but may have been killed by the writers. I really liked the show. I even was a bit impressed by Fox's movie. Star Trek: Liked #2, #4, #6- didn't see #5, it looked desperately stupid. William Shatner is proud of his singing carreer. Ummm. Wow. During the original series, if they ran short by five minutes, they just gave Kirk an extra line and it all worked out. Star Trek too many generations: TNG was sporadically good. I was shocked to see real actors on the show when it first aired. Had I been captain, I would have spaced Wesley Crusher and probably his mom. I suppose that the instant that "unknown Ensign #1 or more" showed up in the transporter room that I would have given him the opportunity of choosing a quick, painless death right there, rather than making everyone at home watch him die slowly and painfully between car commercials. DS9 has some good characters, but the Beijorans are so whiny I don't know why anybody would find being around them to make invading them worthwhile. They have developed some characters well. Voyager is kinda pathetic- virtually no likable characters, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea plots. Neelix isn't even the thing I dislike most about this one. When I watch this, I usually think my life has shriveled to beyond pathetic, but sometimes I do enjoy it- no, not the being pathetic. Maybe they'll get some of the writers from DS9 when it goes off the air. Star Wars Episode 1: Saw it yesterday. No line. Theatre 1/3 full. Thought it was really enjoyable to watch. Really thought Darth Maule was cool, but we didn't get to know him very well. Some significant flaws. It was hard to feel emotional attachments to zillions of those computer-generated characters (in _Bugs Life_ it was much easier) Spielberg can't direct more than 1 strong female in a movie. Think he should ease off on the kid scenes. Kinda surprised how poorly they developed most of the characters. That's all I'll say, to avoid giving away anything. Also, I've started calling things by adding "Darth" to their names. It's kind of amusing. Try it: Darth Quail, Darth Dodge, Darth(y) Tanter, Darth Woj, Darth Catron, Darth Broome, Darth Mousestalker.... I mostly do this with cats, but I'm kind of enjoying it. Yea. I know. I'm not a normal person. I'm also really okay with that. Red Dwarf is probably the best space-oriented TV show ever. I also think that it is where many others strip mine many of their ideas. Bab 5 was pretty good sometimes. Didn't like the last real season. Couldn't watch more than 5 minutes of the TNT final season. I think they ran out of ideas, and TNT had all bad ones. Liked the first season of Battlestar Gallactica (before it submerged into the Carebears in Space children's hour.) Blake's 7, Space 1999, and Space Cops were completely unwatchable for me. Another little game I play is calling unwatchable space shows (using the announcer's voice from _Space Ghost_) by the same name: "Dorks in Spaaaace." You can play the home game of my Darth and Dorks games. They are freeware. By the way, I had a great time with Bayard. He's surged back into the lead as possibly nicest feg in my book (Michael W lost a point for the Caddyshack debacle) but it's a close race. We were not able to get Bayard drunk enough to say anything bad about anybody or anything this time, however. Bayard assures me that I'll just love Quail and lj. So I guess I'll be really tired after they leave. I wonder if they're bringing that Allen (who the hell is Allen) guy too. I am enjoying well-deserved time off. You should too. Happies, - -Markg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:37:05 -0400 (EDT) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: Darth Gloster and another episode of Dorks in Spaaaace On Fri, 21 May 1999 Mark_Gloster@3com.com wrote: > DS9 has some good characters, but the Beijorans are so whiny I > don't know why anybody would find being around them to make > invading them worthwhile. They have developed some characters > well. Well, they only had two Bajoran major characters, really: Lt. Kira and Kai Winn. (Who were, admittedly, the two least likable characters on the show). Winn wasn't whiny, but had the unenviable role of playing the heavy in a sci-fi show. (Not villain. Heavy.) The current "deal with the devil" plot they've got her in looks quite interesting, though. (Oh, and there's Leeta the dabogirl, but she doesn't count.) Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:38:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Darth Trek This post has a bit about sci-fi at the top and a bit about feglife at the bottom. So read it as you see fit. On Fri, 21 May 1999 Mark_Gloster@3com.com wrote: > Dr. Who: I thought the last Sylvester McCoy showed a lot of promise, > but may have been killed by the writers. I really liked the show. I > even was a bit impressed by Fox's movie. I liked Sylvester McCoy heaps... but they didn't show too many episodes here. No idea how many there were. I think the last I saw was the big silver anniversary show (with the silver cybermen, which was silly). I'd like to track down the Fox flick. The Douglas Adams episodes of Tom Bakerdays were good. I didn't watch it much until high school (yes, it was on when I was in high school) when I saw the last series or so of Colin Baker and what Sylvester McCoys there were. I didn't watch it much IN high school, either... just so you know. > Star Wars Episode 1: Saw it yesterday. No line. Theatre 1/3 full. Saw it Wednesday. Boss had tickets and line spacers. I waited forty minutes and got my favorite seat in the house. Best part: The audience! I feared the audience SO MUCH before the night of the show. A thousand odd (and I mean odd) fanboy Star Wars kids (most seeing only Special Editions in the theater up until this point) screaming at Ewan and making a nuisance. But NO! They were SO respectful. They didn't laugh at the funny things. Rarely cheered (even during the exciting bits) and still were generally very happy about the whole thing. There was all the energy of a full theater of people ENJOYING THEMSELVES without trying to show everyone else exactly how much. I was very pleased. They get my stamp of approval. (By the way, I'm seriously considering having little embroidered patches printed up that have a thumbs up sign and say "Jeme Approves!" and handing them out to folks that do cool things or have neat shit that I see. Stuffing them into car windows that have neat paint [like the matte black muscle car in NW P-town with, I kid you not, shiny black flames painted on it... cracks me up every time... or the amazing screen printed car in Sellwood] or just handing them to people who are considerate and good to strangers and shaking their hand.) > Thought it was really enjoyable to watch. Really thought Darth > Maule was cool, but we didn't get to know him very well. Some > significant flaws. It was hard to feel emotional attachments to > zillions of those computer-generated characters (in _Bugs Life_ it > was much easier) I don't know that there was any need at all to sympathize with the CG characters in this movie. The focus was elsewhere. They were a diversion and rightly so. Not a big deal there. I didn't feel sorry for the smashed up snowspeeders at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back, either. Only the characters I know and like get my sympathy. The occassional ewok earned some sympathy in Return of the Jedi, but I didn't automatically grant them status. And their battle was much more interesting to watch anyway. > Spielberg can't direct more than 1 strong > female in a movie. Yeah, phew... it's a good thing Spielberg wasn't directing! Sorry... just pickinatcha. Lucas, man. Lucas. I personally thought Queen Amidala (or whatever) and Shmi Skywalker were both really strong female roles. I'm a bit upset that we've yet to see a female jedi knight. (Damn those jedi kicked ass! They were the whole reason I wanted to see the movie, by the way... to get an idea of what a world of jedi would be like... it was NEAT! Golly, I'm a dork.) > Think he should ease off on the kid scenes. Well, seeing that Star Wars is essentially a story about one character and the incidental impact on the rest of the galaxy (episodes four through six concern themselves entirely with the redemption of Annakin Skywalker... and one through three seem to be about his fall from grace), the kid scenes were appropriate. I don't think his lines were well written... at least not the ones in the action scenes. He was awesome in the pod race, though. Little hands working with preternatural understanding and deliberation. > Kinda surprised how poorly they developed most of the characters. Really? Man, I could go on forever about the great and subtle character development. Particularly of the Jedi. There are scenes where the two main fellers act and react differently in the same situation that belie the differences in the characters that make them rich and deep. The comic book characters were there, of course... but they've been there from the first movie on. Which brings me to the MOST IMPORTANT PART (for me anyway) of this film. It is stylistically consistent with the other Star Wars films... from the transition cuts from scene to scene (using corny fading and sweep lines) to the old 1950s cameras used to shoot many of the scenes that give the weird depth and warmth found in the first film. I'm not going to say there weren't flaws. There are two or three things that I thought were wholly inappropriate and shouldn't have been in the film, but those deal with specific characters and plot points that I'm not going to touch in this forum so soon. > That's all I'll say, to avoid giving away anything. Also, I've started > calling things by adding "Darth" to their names. It's kind of amusing. > Try it: Darth Quail, Darth Dodge, Darth(y) Tanter, Darth Woj, Darth > Catron, Darth Broome, Darth Mousestalker.... I mostly do this with > cats, but I'm kind of enjoying it. Yea. I know. I'm not a normal > person. I'm also really okay with that. You're my friend, Mark. I like you. > Red Dwarf > Bab 5 > Battlestar Gallactica > Blake's 7, Space 1999, and Space Cops Whatever. I guess I've seen a few episodes of Battlestar Galactica (and Galactica 1980 or whatever that show was... ugh) but none of those shows mean anything to me. I guess I'd say they're all dumb across the board. > You can play the home game of my Darth and Dorks games. They > are freeware. What? They're not open source? And I thought you were cool. > By the way, I had a great time with Bayard. He's surged back > into the lead as possibly nicest feg in my book (Michael W > lost a point for the Caddyshack debacle) but it's a close > race. We were not able to get Bayard drunk enough to say > anything bad about anybody or anything this time, however. Maybe it's me and my grumpy nature, but Bayard said three or four mean things while he was here (and none of them were about ME!). (What's the largest number of consecutive punctuation marks that is grammatically correct?) We had a pretty darned good time while he was here, though, I must say. I hope he didn't get too annoyed with the fact that I didn't take any time off of work to be with him. I felt REALLY bad. > Bayard assures me that I'll just love Quail and lj. So > I guess I'll be really tired after they leave. I wonder if > they're bringing that Allen (who the hell is Allen) guy too. You know, Bayard assures me that I'll just love Quail and LJ, too! Hmm... I'm glad I'm going to see them before Mark does. That would just be too much lovin' for me. I guess the four of us are going to be absolutely exhausted at the end of that week. Well, you know... if any of these things are working out the way... oh, forget it. > I am enjoying well-deserved time off. You should too. I'm getting some time off, too! YES! SO! HERE GOES! NOW HEAR THIS: I don't know if I've officially announced it or not (or if it should be officially announced or just plainly stated), but I'm going to travel across this great land of some of ours (most of the travelling, unfortunately, will be done in excess of 30,000 feet above sea level and I'll miss most of you... but I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow). I'm flying to Chicago and then driving to the great city of Big Apple. We're trying to plan on seeing a whole mess o' NYCfegs and general eastern coasterfolks who want to show up. No Robyn show or anything enticing like that, but I think Bayard's driving up... Wouldn't mind twisting Woj's arm (no, really... I wouldn't mind twisting it)... and any of you other folks can go out of your way to say hi to me. Yay. I'm staying with LJ and the birdkid and will be travelling with our own dear compatriat (I don't know how to spell that word, do I?) Vivien Lyon. As for Chicagofegs that want to meet up, well, you'll have to compose a compelling proposition because my time in Windplace will be quite jammed with nerve wracking (and racking) activities. But it'd be neat anyway! I don't know if anyfegs live on the drive from Chicago to NYC, but we could always stop for meals! Let me know ASAP. I will be leaving here one week from today and returning on Monday, June 7. I think we'll be driving most of the two Sundays (spilling over into Mondays or starting early on the second Saturday... dunno). All plans (except for the flight to Chicago) subject to change, I suppose. Fun anyway. See me soon. Je. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:17:51 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) Eric Loehr wrote: > What Joel says is all well and true, but I'm with Eddie on the correct > pronuciation; if it's spelled Sleater, it oughta be pronounced "slayter". So does that mean we should start calling John, Paul, George, and Ringo the Baytles? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:37:40 -0400 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: RE: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) > ----Original Message----- > From: Joel Mullins [SMTP:skmull@swbell.net] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 4:18 PM > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Subject: Re: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) > > Eric Loehr wrote: > > > What Joel says is all well and true, but I'm with Eddie on the correct > > pronuciation; if it's spelled Sleater, it oughta be pronounced > "slayter". > > So does that mean we should start calling John, Paul, George, and Ringo > the Baytles? > > Joel > Well, Australia & New Zealand already sort of do... 8-) Dolph np: Stereolab, Dots & Loops ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:43:26 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: (was 100% S-K, now 100% pronunciation) >> What Joel says is all well and true, but I'm with Eddie on the correct >> pronuciation; if it's spelled Sleater, it oughta be pronounced "slayter". >So does that mean we should start calling John, Paul, George, and Ringo >the Baytles? I've always used the Leo McKern pronunciation myself: "Bee-AT-tuls". So Sleater would be pronounced "Slee-EH-tur". (Leo was also the best Number 2 in "The Prisoner", IMHO - talk about dorky potential threads...) And it's not just "Ringo" - you're supposed to say "Famous Ringo." And let's see, a while back TGQ wrote: >I saw Pi as a parable about Meaning, Belief, and Power -- not about >Thinking per se. I believe it was about the desire to grasp meaning in >this universe, to rationalize the chaos of life, to place Creation in a >frame of logic that can be grasped -- and manipulated -- by humans. Wow! So, basically, it was a lot like "Caddyshack"? I might have to go see this film after all. John "But I don't really *speak* English myself" Hedges ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #186 *******************************