From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #24 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, January 27 2000 Volume 09 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Score, crease, fold, bend [Michael Wolfe ] scores ["jbranscombe@compuserve.com" ] Green Jello? [Glen Uber ] Oh, to be in London...oh, to lock Gary Bauer inside a S&M gay bar for a night [Eb Subject: Score, crease, fold, bend Well, as far as soundtracks/scores from the nineties, I'd have to say that these deserve mention: Scores: Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control, Caleb Sampson -- Energetic and ebullient. Covers a beautiful range of affect. Red, Zbigniew Priesner -- Lush legato strings and acoustic guitar. Certainly enhanced the movie for me. Soundtracks: (The oft mentioned, as of late) Rushmore -- Fantastic British invasion stuff interspersed with Mark Mothersbaugh's playful harpsichord and mandolin score. Out of Sight -- Funky soundtrack/score with loads of attitude. (Going from It's Your Thing by the Isley Brothers to Ain't That a Kick in the Head, sung by Dean Martin.) It's funny, I think The Big Lebowski soundtrack at least deserves to be considered, but I find that my own enjoyment of it is more theoretical. I'll probably dump it before long. Spake the Quail: >Here's an evil thread that I feel is more fun to contemplate >than to actually embark upon: favorite movie sequences to a song >or piece of music. Of course, we would almost have to discount >Kubrick, as he would win the top 1, 2, and 3 in many books, I >would bet. . . . Dude! The "Gutterballs" sequence just LEAPS to mind. As does, come to think of it, "Danny Boy." Rushmore's got two, I'd say: the extracurricular montage done to Creation's "Making Time," and the revenge montage done to the Who's "A Quick One While He's Away." I also very much liked Fight Club's use of The Pixies' "Where is my Mind?" Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock uses the middle movement from Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5 to quite lovely effect in a number of sequences. >Threadsssss, my preciousss, yesss, the lovely wicked little >THREADSES! You just had to do it, didn't you? - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:03:25 -0500 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: scores I think the best single eponymous title track (if that isn't a tautology) in movie history is Ray Charles's In The Heat Of The Night. I think a lot of Jack Nitzsche's incidental stuff for the film is pretty good too: as are a couple of the hick country novelty numbers (is one of them called Foul Owl? - I haven't got the vinyl to hand). Rod Steiger's sheriff is also with merit. jmbc. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:52:01 -0800 From: Glen Uber Subject: Green Jello? Some of you may be interested in this. > Jello Biafra was nominated for the Green Party Presidential Primary > in New York State. Biafra will be an official candidate in the March > 7 election. Also on the ballot are consumer advocate Ralph Nader, > Stephen Gaskin, founder of The Farm - a commune in Tennessee, and > Joel Kovel, a doctor, peace activist, and college professor. > > Jello Biafra's Platform for 2000 Green Party Presidential Primary > (State of New York; March 7): > > - Enactment of a maximum wage > - Withdrawal of the US from NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, > ideally forcing the latter's dissolution > - A moratorium (or at least the forced labeling) of irradiated and > genetically engineered "frankenfood" > - End the "War on Drugs", disband the DEA, and commute the prison > sentences of all small time drug offenders to "time served" > - Abolish the military and CIA, and destroy all nuclear weapons > - Citizen election of police officers > - Shift the United States Government to Parliamentary rule, with > proportional representation, and a sixty day limit on election > campaigns > - "None of the Above" option on all ballots, whereby a majority of > dissatisfied voters can force a new election > - Allow individual taxpayers to determine exactly where the > government directs their money > - Legalize squatting in abandoned buildings > - Eradicate all SUV's!!!!!!!! > > Biafra does not plan to actively campaign. For further information > concerning the Green Party (including volunteer positions) contact > Craig Seeman at (718)797-0045 or cseeman@earthlink.net. Direct press > inquiries related to Jello Biafra or Alternative Tentacles Records to > Michelle at (415)282-9784 or michelle@alternativetentacles.com. > > Full press release at : > http://www.alternativetentacles.com/page.gsp?id=pr20000124 - -- Cheers! - -g- "Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it!" --George Carlin )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~uberg )+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+()+( ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:51:26 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Oh, to be in London...oh, to lock Gary Bauer inside a S&M gay bar for a night From Addicted to Noise: Wire Reuniting For One Gig Art-punk band Wire will reunite for a single show of material spanning their career Feb. 26 at Royal Festival Hall in London, a spokesperson for the venue said. Wire's influence has touched groups across the music spectrum, including hardcore punk acts such as Minor Threat and pop bands such as Elastica. The reunion gig will include guest appearances from dancer Michael Clark and Immersion, a project featuring Wire singer/guitarist Colin Newman and musician Malka Spigel. From Reuters: MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates Wednesday debated the merits of mosh pits, and whether heaving oneself off a stage into the arms of concert-goers is a test of faith or an undignified display for a White House hopeful. Only one, radio host and former diplomat Alan Keyes, has actually moshed. As rock music blared, he once flung himself off the stage at a campaign rally to be caught by cheering fans. Texas Gov. George W. Bush started Wednesday's mosh debate by asking Keyes, an orator with a flair for the dramatic: "What's it like to be in a mosh pit?" "It's a lot of fun actually. I enjoyed it," Keyes replied. That quip set off conservative activist Gary Bauer who accused Keyes of condoning the "anti-family, anti-cop and pro-terrorist" sentiments of the band playing at the time. "It's the kind of music that the killers at Columbine High school were immersed in ... . I was a little surprised to see you fall into a mosh pit while a band called 'The Machine Rages On' or 'Rage Against the Machine' played," he said. Rage Against the Machine is a politically strident rock band known for its lyrics about societal ills and controversies such as the imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther and radio journalist condemned for killing a policeman 18 years ago. Bauer's comment set off Keyes, who responded with a long monologue on the merits and morality of mosh pitting. "Until you told me this fact I had no idea what that music was. I had nothing to do with that music." "Admittedly, I was willing to fall into the mosh pit, but I'll tell you something. You know why I did that? Because I think that exemplifies the kind of trust in people that is the heart and soul of the Keyes campaign ... . And when you trust them, they will in fact hold you up." For entire story go to: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000127/03/music-campaign ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #24 ******************************