From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #465 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, December 15 1999 Volume 08 : Number 465 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: BA [Joel Mullins ] Re:22 nov 99 kcrw appearance online ["Dr.Sticky" ] Re: McCartney Live at Cavern Club Today [Michael R Godwin ] Re: ...of the'90s [rich plumb ] Re: McCartney Live at Cavern Club [hal brandt ] Re: RIP ["James Hadfield" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #464 [Doc ] Solstice "Spot the song lyrics" fun [Michael R Godwin ] Re: "Spot the song lyrics" corrigendum [Michael R Godwin ] Re: eb all over the Count Chocula [Terrence M Marks ] Club Foot [Michael Wolfe ] Re: ...of the'90s [Bayard ] Re: eb all over the Count Chocula [Eb ] Re: ...of the'90s [Eb ] The Pilgrim's Quest (pt. 1) [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: ...of the'90s [Capuchin ] Re: ...of the'90s [Christopher Gross ] Re: ...of the'90s [Joel Mullins ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:26:27 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: BA Chris! wrote: > > The Great Quail wrote: > > > > Congratulations, Joel! Well done, and woo-hoo! indeed! > > > > Indeed, but remember that BA means "back again," for the MA. Yeah, no shit. I'm gonna take at least a year off though. But I know I'm gonna miss school. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 01:16:29 -0500 From: "Dr.Sticky" Subject: Re:22 nov 99 kcrw appearance online No, not that I recall. Thanks. It was nice. Dr Sticky >don't remember if anyone has pointed this out or not, but the appearance >that robyn and company made on kcrw on 22 november 1999 has been archived in realaudio on the kcrw website: enjoy! woj<< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:21:59 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: There is no Owl?! (THW, no RH) Katherine Rossner wrote: > > >Popinjays are sort of bird-looking feathered targets which you shoot at > >with arrows or tilt at with spears, I believe. > > No, no--they're just parrots. So far as I know. (Not in the FAQ.) They're archery targets too (a former toxophilite writes). Didn't Robin Wood split one in the contest with Little John in the book? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:24:35 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: McCartney Live at Cavern Club Today James Hadfield wrote: > > Check it out: > > http://msn.co.uk/cavern The imapct is kind of lost when you realise that the original Cavern was demolished in the 1970s, and this is just a lookalike nearby. PM looked totally embarrassing talking about "rocking out" on BBC News last night. At his age, isn't that some kind of rocking-chair stunt? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:38:40 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: There is no Owl?! Michael R Godwin wrote: > > 14th edn. of Encyclopaedia Britannica, marred by the sensationalism of its > popular plates (1 set) That would have been an in-joke at the time. There are still some bibliophiles who hanker after the autoritarian tone of the 11th edition (from 1910s, I think) and reckon it's gone badly downhill since (which it probably has). Subject of much correspondence in The Times. > Pismires (6) Yep, ants. From their tendency to spray formic acid everywhere. > Loch Awe is in Scotland. And very lovely it is too; go there if you can. I'm not sure if it has a salmon run through it, but it has some lovely trout. > I would have called Mastic a sealant rather than a varnish - perhaps they > make both? The resin from the mastic tree can be used to make sealants and varnishes. > I think I might have that set of fag-cards somewhere, though I suspect > they actually came from packets of Brooke Bond P G Tips rather than from > cigarette packets. No, they definitely came from cigarettes. I had a nearly full set of Player's Racing Cars cards from the 1930s, which if I hadn't played with them would have been worth thousands; but what price fun? Peter Scott was the son of R F Scott 'of the Antarctic'. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:02:03 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: McCartney Live at Cavern Club Today On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > PM looked totally embarrassing talking about "rocking out" on BBC News > last night. At his age, isn't that some kind of rocking-chair stunt? I didn't see him, but I did hear the gig on the radio, and parts of it were excellent (notably 'All Shook Up' and 'Let's Have a Party'). I saw him on Michael Parkinson recently, where he played 'Yesterday', 'The long and winding road', 'All shook up' and a couple of new songs at the piano. I thought he was straining for a note or two on 'Yesterday' and my impression was confirmed when he had a shot at 'I saw her standing there' during the pseudo-Cavern gig. He couldn't hit the note on 'heart' and he even had trouble hitting 'danced'. All the same, I think he's doing the right thing. When the Beatles split, he took a bit of time out and then organised a live tour; now his wife has died he's doing exactly the same thing. Good luck to him. - - Mike "51" Godwin PS Thanks for popinjay confirmation, Stewart. I had just found this ref when I got your message: http://www.novolla.net/altserv0/gladenow.htm Current issue : no.85, Autumn 1999 Features: The Challeng of Kyudo The World Target Championships Horizontal Popinjay Core Archery by Larry Wise The Warbow All About Longbows ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:10:56 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: circuit magazine On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, fartachu wrote: > p.s. quickband also publishes a dvdmag devoted to short film pieces called > "short". a back issue features "la jetee", the inspiration for "12 > monkeys". hmmm! this is one of my all-time short film favorites. it put a good friend to sleep, though. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 06:59:56 -0800 (PST) From: rich plumb Subject: Re: ...of the'90s Eb wrote: > Last night, I found Spin's "top 90 of the '90s" list on the Web: > http://www.spin.com/magazine/features/1999/08/13/1/ > > I own 35 of those 90 albums, and think I "rejected" 16 others. Which means > that I haven't heard 39 out of the decade's (allegedly) most important 90 > albums? Ouch. > I'm hopelessly more out of touch than you with a total of only 17 heard. Another best of the 90's (with a significantly more indie-rock slant) is at http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s/ I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. Still no sign of Robyn in either list. rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:48:14 -0600 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: McCartney Live at Cavern Club Stewart C. Russell wrote: > The imapct is kind of lost when you realise that the original Cavern was > demolished in the 1970s, and this is just a lookalike nearby. Michael R. Godwin wrote: > the pseudo-Cavern gig Actually, after realizing the tourist-trade error of filling in the original Cavern and opening a fake one across the street, the City of Liverpool has dug out the original Cavern basement and reopened the club. So, McCartney did play at the original location. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:03:43 GMT From: "James Hadfield" Subject: Re: RIP > >"Peanuts," on January 3rd. Wow...talk about the end of an era. > >Eb As one who's been reading Peanuts for almost 30 years, I'd have to say that era unofficially ended a long time - at least ten years - ago. Some of Schulz's best stuff from the 60s and 70s rivalled that of Watterson. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:03:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doc Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #464 Eb Dentilated: >Subject: PAUL IS QUEZTALCOATL >YES I AM..I AM THE WHITE BUFFULO CALF WOMAN... >WINGS.. >AND PAUL IS ONE TOO... :::remainder snipped::: I dunno who this All-Caps guy is, but he writes some of the coolest shit I've ever read. - -Doc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:51:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Solstice "Spot the song lyrics" fun OK, you've all seen 'Never mind the Buzzcocks' or something similar. Here are 40 lines or phrases from songs (mainly 60s and 70s, you know me). For each one, you score one point for the _next line or phrase_ and one point for _identifying the artiste(s)_. Most of them have been done from memory, so there are bonus points for spotting any inaccuracies in the quotes. They are in alphabetical order so as to avoid any unconscious clues about my train of thought, but this means that the first 2 are rumoured to be tough mothers to solve. Away you go! 1. All of my friends still running free 2. As the tears drop sideways down her face, face 3. Back on the floor I begin to cluck 4. Cast your mind back ten years to the girl who's next to you at school 5. 'Cos I've tried walking sideways and walking to the front 6. Every morning as I walk through this world 7. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls 8. Gonna drive past the stop'n'shop 9. Haven't you heard the Welsh? 10. He knows what I want, he's got what I need 11. Here's your throat back 12. I don't know what it looks like or what it can do 13. I live with thirteen dead cats 14. I sent you chocolates, you wanted flowers instead 15. Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania 16. Just get an electric guitar 17. My Captain von Ondine here's your next patrol 18. On the wall hung a tall mirror 19. Saw my pretty Alice in every headlight 20. Saw you hanging from a tree 21. Song before song before song blues 22. Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothing on me 23. The white knight is jumping backwards 24. This chemical reaction isn't easy to define 25. Those tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers 26. Through it all, she offers me protection 27. Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop 28. Transparent people who live on the other side 29. We like to drive in convoys, we're most gregarious 30. We've all been young, we've all been old 31. When the wagon leaves the city 32. Where are the prawns? 33. Wish I was back on the bayou 34. You can dance, you can jive 35. You don't have to stay for ever 36. You forgot to close the garage door 37. You know that I could be in love with almost everyone 38. You'll see my smile looks out of place 39. You've been awful careful 'bout the friends you choose 40. Your father don't like, it your mother don't like it - - Mike "90s? Moi?" Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:28:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: "Spot the song lyrics" corrigendum First error spotted! > >23. The white knight is jumping backwards On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, matt sewell wrote: should be "talking backwards" Thanks! - - MRG PS Have another think about number 9 (number 9, number 9 ...) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:19:46 -0600 From: ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com Subject: Re: Solstice "Spot the song lyrics" fun >27. Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop I always thought this was "wheezing AT the bus stop". Have I been wrong this whole time? Love on ya, Susan dismayed to see that about ten of these completely eluded her ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:01:02 -0600 From: ultraconformist@ets.cncdsl.com Subject: Re: Solstice "Spot the song lyrics" fun >Who was this one by? I know it. I just can't place it. Well, I hate to ruin the quiz, but I think that's one most folks probably know. "Summer in The City" by Lovin' Spoonful. Still pondering that walking sideways one, Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:11:13 PST From: "Reaganite Dolt" Subject: eb all over the Count Chocula remember the "killer apps" thread? sure you do. anyhow, it looks as though South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut will *not* be released onto laserdisc after all. i'm seriously considering breaking down and buying a dvd player now, and expect that hordes of others are doing the same. *finally* saw The Straight Story. didn't know the guy's name was "straight"! i figured the "straight" in the title had something to do with, you know, "telling it like it is", or what have you. while it's a good little movie, it's certainly nothing like the best film of the *year*, let alone the decade. i had a funny thought after the movie, though: imagine some 12 year-old kid buying a ticket to The Straight Story, and sneaking into an R-rated film instead! david lynch has come full circle! oh, one thing about farnsworth. he turns in a fine performance, i ain't denyin' that. but he's completely *un*convincing as a guy who needs two canes to get around. he's just too damned nimble on his feet, and puts no weight whatsoever on the canes. while Magnolia looks intriguing, i was pretty underwhelmed by Boogie Nights, so am guessing it (Magnolia) will not live up to the hype. that leaves, i'm thinking, Cradle Will Rock as the only real contenda for South Park's throne. and if it's as good as it looks like it will be, it leaves, in my view, tim robbins as a real contender for second-best director of the '90's. sure, it's only his third movie of the decade. but can you think of any other director who's made three great movies this decade, with no clunkers? (excluding, of course, the coens, who've made *five* tremendous movies in the '90's, which has got to be in the running for best record of *any* decade.) <"Peanuts," on January 3rd. Wow...talk about the end of an era.> i believe the last daily strip will run on the 4th, and the last sunday strip on the 13th. i'd expected to see more gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. terry, are all the cartoonists going to do some sort of tribute day? one interesting thing to come out of it...i mean, i haven't read Peanuts in years. but the syndicate is going to be running old Peanuts, starting from 1974, for an "indefinite" period of time. it'll be fun to see some old strips from back before i'd started reading regularly. well, i made up a joke, all by myself. and, even though you'll probably think it has a complexity level suitable for no greater than Reader's Digest, i'll share it with you. as you've no doubt intuited, the damned muslims are smack in the middle of their cockamamy month of fasting. as you may not have intuited, the urdu word for "fast" is "rosa". now, despite that ramadan will not be as easy as this year for another thirty-five years or whatever, i was mopping the floor the other day, and the concept "Whole Lotta Rosa" leapt into my noggin'. so i started singing it. i mean, i didn't make up alternate lyrics or anything. (though that would be *totally* cool. sounds like a job for mr. hedges, methinks.) just singing that one line over and over. but it was still fun and all. . KEN "They say goldfish have no memory" THE KENSTER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:48:59 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: eb all over the Count Chocula On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Reaganite Dolt wrote: > i believe the last daily strip will run on the 4th, and the last sunday > strip on the 13th. i'd expected to see more gnashing of teeth and rending > of garments. terry, are all the cartoonists going to do some sort of > tribute day? Yep. Now do you believe me when I say he's not dead? > one interesting thing to come out of it...i mean, i haven't read Peanuts in > years. but the syndicate is going to be running old Peanuts, starting from > 1974, for an "indefinite" period of time. it'll be fun to see some old > strips from back before i'd started reading regularly. Bah. Just buy the books and lean on the newspapers to give someone else (like me) a chance. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:08:37 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: ...of the'90s Rich: >Another best of the 90's (with a significantly more indie-rock slant) is at >http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s/ I looked at that list a week or so ago. It was interesting to read, but boy, *such* a narrow conceptual range of choices. Indie-rock "slant" is a dire understatement -- more like a 85-degree incline. I can't support such extreme, biased elitism. However, I did love that they ranked the Wrens' Secaucus at #28, because I'm still grumbling about how badly that record was overlooked. I didn't count how many of the ranked albums I own, but it probably would be a total similar to your 24. Quite a few of those, I hadn't heard at all. Parenthetical note: The Pitchfork website drove me *nuts*. The design has significantly changed since I last checked there. I think the background of the pages is now laid out with a tiny white *picture* instead of a *color*, and as a result, every time I scrolled or advanced down a page, I'd have to *sit* there and wait for the background to get Burlington'd into view. I went through all 100 albums on their list (10 different pages), and it must've taken 20 times longer than it should have, because of the bad HTML design. Ugh!! That's really going to discourage me, the next time I'm tempted to check that site. I hope they change back to a more sensible style. >I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. Well, I'm still trying to imagine how Chris only owns *four* out of Spin's top 90. ;P Eb 8) XTC/Nonsuch (hi Natalie!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:16:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Club Foot Regarding the recent Fight Club discussion, I just finished my review of it. If anyone's interested, here's the URL: It could probably use some proofing and tightening up in some of the arguments, but I haven't showed it to anyone yet, so all feedback is welcome. Thanks. We now return you to your regularly scheduled non-Robyn discussion. - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:39:50 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Re: ...of the'90s > Rich: > >Another best of the 90's (with a significantly more indie-rock slant) is at > >http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s/ > > I looked at that list a week or so ago. It was interesting to read, but > boy, *such* a narrow conceptual range of choices. Indie-rock "slant" is a > dire understatement -- more like a 85-degree incline. I can't support such > extreme, biased elitism. Commendable, but I didn't see it so ... to be elitism would be if they were grading the albums on their merits instead of saying *which they LIKED best*. I approve of such a distinction - after all, are not optionions subjective by definition? What I mean to say is, they were not discounting the big famous releases b/c they were big and famous.. they simply liked them less. Or claimed to. Now, maybe they liked them more *BECAUSE they are indie*, which is a prejudice, yes. But it would be prejudiced to assume this. You liked nonsuch that much better than eye? huh. Serendipisynchronicity of the day: there is someone who works with my office called "Randie Siegel". =b np: "thanks for christmas" - xtc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:42:24 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: eb all over the Count Chocula >*finally* saw The Straight Story. didn't know the guy's name was >"straight"! i figured the "straight" in the title had something to do with, >you know, "telling it like it is", or what have you. while it's a good >little movie, it's certainly nothing like the best film of the *year*, let >alone the decade. Well, you made the mistake of taking our Lynch fanboy seriously, didn't you? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:52:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: ...of the'90s >Now, maybe they liked them more *BECAUSE they are indie*, which is a >prejudice, yes. But it would be prejudiced to assume this. Well, it's not just them being "indie"...it's the overwhelmingly unfunky nature of the list. I mean, even *I* feel like a dancing fool, reading that white-boy list. And yes, I don't believe you can pick such a slanted set of albums without having an underlying agenda. Then again, their poll only encompassed six or seven different critics (!), so it's bound to be idiosyncratic. >You liked nonsuch that much better than eye? huh. Well, not really. It's a very close race. Practically the entire list ranks 17/20 on the Ebscale. Note: I'm confident that I picked my favorite 20 albums of the decade, but I'm *not* quite as confident about the order. Ordering the items was a bit of a rush job -- I didn't have time to listen to everything from beginning to end, and there might be a tweak or two which should be made. In fact, I might go back and recheck the remaining items before I post any more, because I'm especially shaky about the order of a few of the top finishers. Especially that Korn album. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:20:19 -0500 (EST) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: The Pilgrim's Quest (pt. 1) The Pilgrim was lost. He was on a quest for the Aleph Tape - the one Robyn tape which contained all other Robyn tapes within it - but his car had broken down outside of Albuquerque, and now he wandered alone and lost in the stinking desert. He was nearly out of hummus, and his supply of centipede liqueur was running dangerously low. He knew the Aleph Tape was near - he could hear its siren song on the wind, the sweet strains of a thousand Robyn songs (some never previously performed live!) reaching his ears - he could even hear the Muppet-like strains of Kimberley Rew's guitar. But no matter which way he turned, he could not locate the source of that beautiful sound. At last, he collapsed on the dusty earth in despair. The sun beat down upon him like a golden hammer. "Fuck!" he wailed. "I fuckin' give up! I want to go home!" He took out his autographed picture of the Coen Brothers to give himself strength, but their smiles seemed to mock his agony. He wept, and cursed the day he had ever heard the music of Robyn Hitchcock. But as he grovelled in the dirt, a croaking voice said, "Do not give up hope, O Pilgrim!" The Pilgrim looked up, adjusting his glasses, and saw a huge black bird - a raven - perched on a nearby rock. "I am an emissary of the General in his Libyrinth, the Warlord of the Birds, Keeper of the Golden Hmuh, known to humans as the Great Quail. He has heard your cries of despair, and tells you to take heart, for the Aleph Tape is near. Go to that mountain yonder; at its base is an entrance into the Shrine of woj, Lord of Fegs, He Whose Name Must Not Be Capitalized. There you will find the Aleph Tape. But beware, for it is guarded by beasts both fierce and apocryphal, and there will be liars and cozeners along the way who will seek to divert you from your goal. Be wary, therefore, and be brave, for the Aleph Tape will soon be yours." With that, the raven flew away. The Pilgrim felt much better after receiving this message, and clambered to his feet, checking to make sure that his bottle of centipede liqueur was unbroken. The mountain the raven had indicated was a low, rugged peak about a mile away, surrounded by prickly trees and towering saguaros. An easy walk; half an hour or so, and he would be there. So he set out. He walked and walked, and walked some more; he walked for hours, or so it seemed, and yet the mountain was no closer. He scratched his sunburnt head. Was the mountain an illusion? Had the raven been lying to him? Surely not; who would be so foolish as to take the name of the Great Quail in vain? Suddenly, a voice whispered, "Hey you!" The Pilgrim turned, but all he saw was a tall red rock with a lizard sleeping on top of it, and a pool of shadow at its base. Praying that it was not the lizard who had spoken to him, he inquired cautiously, "You talkin' to me?" "Yeah, I'm talking to you. Come in under the shadow of this red rock. I want to show you something." So the Pilgrim ventured into the shadow, glad to be out of the sun. There, in the darkness, he saw a protean figure, whose face seemed to change every time he looked at it; sometimes the personage looked like Kevin Spacey, or David Morse, or Donald Pleasance, or even George Clooney. The sight of him made the Pilgrim feel slightly dizzy. The stranger was wearing an Elephant 6 T-shirt and a long black overcoat. "Hi, I'm the Gnome Pimp," he said, in a friendly sort of way. "You wanna buy a gnome?" He opened his coat to reveal numerous pockets, each one inhabited by a tiny man with a bushy beard and a big belly. They all looked vaguely annoyed, and the Pilgrim couldn't blame them. "They're only a dollar each," said the stranger. "I don't need any gnomes," said the Pilgrim. The Gnome Pimp leered at him. "They're pretty smart gnomes. They can tell you what Neutral Milk Hotel lyrics mean. And some of them might even be able to tell you how to get to the Shrine of woj!" The Pilgrim could sense that the Gnome Pimp was not to be trusted, but he couldn't resist the prospect of having a guide through the stinking desert, Against his better judgement, he gave the Gnome Pimp a dollar - the last of his money. The Pimp plucked a protesting gnome from his pocket, handed it to the Pilgrim, and, laughing manaically, vanished in a puff of smoke that smelled like sweet bean paste and made the Pilgrim feel hungrier than ever. He walked out of the shade and back into the oppressive heat of the desert sun, and stared at the ever-distant mountain. "Do you know how to get there, gnome?" he asked, holding the gnome up by the hood of his tiny sweatshirt. "Sorry," the gnome said in a high nasal voice. "I can play the trumpet pretty well, though. 'Holland 1945' is about Anne Frank." "I know that!" the Pilgrim said angrily. "Fuck! That goddamn fucking capitalist! That was all the money I had!" "Deal with it," said the gnome. "Hey, could you put me down? You're choking me." The Pilgrim apologized and put the gnome on his shoulder. He went on walking glumly towards the mountain, which continued to recede before him. The gnome tried to make him feel better by playing the solo from "Veins of the Queen" on a little trumpet the size of a bee. The music was cheering, but the Pilgrim still had no idea how to reach the mountain. "Maybe you could try going the *other* way," the gnome suggested. "Like in 'Alice in Wonderland.' Or was it 'Through the Looking Glass'? Anyway, try it." "Hey, that's a great idea!" The Pilgrim turned around and immediately fell into a deep hole which he could have sworn wasn't there five minutes ago. "FUCK!" he yelled, and then he knew no more. (to be continued, maybe) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:58:54 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: ...of the'90s On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Eb wrote: > >I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. > Well, I'm still trying to imagine how Chris only owns *four* out of Spin's > top 90. ;P I have four of Spin's and three of Pitchfork's. And I never sell anything ever. Not understanding at all why TMBG is off Spin's list. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:37:44 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: ...of the'90s > > >I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. > > Well, I'm still trying to imagine how Chris only owns *four* out of Spin's > > top 90. ;P > I have four of Spin's and three of Pitchfork's. And I never sell > anything ever. Er, I have to admit that I own 24 from Spin's list and 20 from Pitchfork's. Just call me Mr. Mainstream.... How come all of these lists blatantly ignore Skinny Puppy? C'mon, folks. 1990's _Too Dark Park_? 1991's _Last Rights_? Helloooo? Anyone awake out there? - --Mr. M ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:19:32 -0800 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: ...of the'90s Capuchin wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Eb wrote: > > >I managed to own 24 of those and 8 of the top 10. Yikes. > > Well, I'm still trying to imagine how Chris only owns *four* out of Spin's > > top 90. ;P > > I have four of Spin's and three of Pitchfork's. And I never sell > anything ever. I have five of Spin's and seventeen of Pitchfork's. And this includes CDs, cassettes, and vinyl. Joel ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #465 *******************************