From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #41 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, February 17 2000 Volume 09 : Number 041 Today's Subjects: ----------------- SfB ["Joel Mullins" ] eb all over the world ["Faecal Emergency" ] essex green [fartachu ] it's official ["Faecal Emergency" ] Re: SfB [Ethyl Ketone ] Re: Blame Canada/Homicide [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] A question... [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] Re: Nominees [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Nominees [Eb ] Re: Blood Flowers [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Nominees [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Nominees [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Ay, feggs! ["Stewart C. Russell" ] That Mexican God Moment... ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: A question... ["matt sewell" ] Re: Blood Flowers ["matt sewell" ] Oscar rant [The Great Quail ] no Cure for Oscars [Christopher Gross (by way ] Re: Blame Canada/Homicide [overbury@cn.ca] Re: Cure this. [overbury@cn.ca] Re: Cure this. [Terrence Marks ] Re: Blame Canada/Homicide [Michael R Godwin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:56:01 -0800 From: "Joel Mullins" Subject: SfB How come so many of you already have a SfB? I sent my money in on = Monday. Can I expect the CD soon, or are they really waiting until the = end of Feb to ship? Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:06:28 PST From: "Faecal Emergency" Subject: eb all over the world first! a BIG plug. . you GOTTA have it! okay, okay, so i *don't* have it yet. but i've most squirrels rekkids, and the advance "buzz" on this one has been pretty phenomenal. they're playing an in-store this week end, and i'm trying to figure a way to weasel out of work for a bit so i can see it. second! coupla provisos. 1. numbered lists will be weighted. 10 points for a first-place vote down to 1 point for a tenth-place vote. unnumbered lists will tabulate 5.5 points (the sum of 1 through ten, divided by ten) for each song. 2. that's what i meant. also, probably shouldn't include any songs from YOU AND OBLIVION. third! anybody heard this band "hankdogs"? are they any good? fourth! saw Mr. Death last night. pretty damned interesting, and, dare i say it, thought-provoking. KEN "I smell like a human bein', you smell like a fuckin' dog" THE KENSTER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:26:36 -0500 From: fartachu Subject: essex green next monday, february 21st, sometime between 3pm and 6pm eastern, the essex green will be on irene trudell's show on wfmu (probably closer to 4pm). for those of you not in the listening area (northern new jersey and new york city on 91.1fm and the hudson valley on 90.1fm), tune it in on realaudio at . assuming you want to of course. obbob: _jewels for sophia_ got an honorable mention on irene's best of 1999 show, but not an actual song. woj n.p. the amps ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:37:44 PST From: "Faecal Emergency" Subject: it's official i've decided, with the blessing of eddie lee sausage, to open a "Shut Up, Little Man!" listserv. . god, this is going to be great! long live peter and raymond!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:35:22 -0500 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: Re: SfB OK, I sent my check in about the 6th of Feb. He responded by saying he'd send it to me when it came around the end of Feb. So he must of got them a little earlier. Very responsive. Patience is the word. Still listening. Would still argue about Daisy Bomb. The list will explode in a few days I'm sure. Be Seeing You, - - c At 5:56 PM -0800 2/16/00, Joel Mullins wrote: >How come so many of you already have a SfB? I sent my money in on = >Monday. Can I expect the CD soon, or are they really waiting until the = >end of Feb to ship? > >Joel "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** C. J. Galbraith Ketone Press meketone@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:58:11 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Blame Canada/Homicide >Maybe >they'll have a well-known Canadian comedian sing it (Martin Short?) in a >really broad, farcical way, so it only seems like a native harmlessly >poking fun at himself? Paul Gross, perhaps? I like the Shatner idea, though... Jeff - next time could you put a 'spoilers' warning on your discussion of TV movies, for those of us overseas who won't have them screened here for a while? James (who was flying the Canadian flag a couple of days back, to celebrate their Flag Day). 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: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:10:27 +0100 From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: A question... Well, after hearing soo much about him (and what are supposed to be his best albums) from fegs and others, I recently stumped up for a second hand copy of the good Captain Beefheart's"Trout Mask Replica".And... I don't get it. To me it just sounds like someone cobbling together all of the worst moments of Waits and Zappa and throwing in some free-form jazz clarinet for good measure. What am I missing? Is it one that 'grows on you', or what? James 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: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:49:52 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Nominees Eb wrote: > >The last black actress nominated for a > >leading performance was Angela Bassett in 1993 (a six year gap, > >and counting.) I don't know how far back I'd have to go to find > >a winner. > > Whoopie in "Ghost"? that was supporting. she and hattie mcdaniel for "gone with the wind" are the only african american to win in that category. none has won best lead actress. ===== "America's greatest natural resource still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:58:09 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Nominees >> Whoopie in "Ghost"? > >that was supporting. Been there, done that.... >she and hattie mcdaniel for "gone with the wind" >are the only african american to win in that category. none has won >best lead actress. Oops...yeah, I meant to say Hattie McDaniel before, not Butterfly McQueen. But really, I don't think it's fair to accuse the Oscars of racism. The problem occurs much earlier down the line -- the simple fact that there haven't been many movies with great leading parts for black actresses. The Oscars can't nominate roles which never existed. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:03:21 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Blood Flowers John Barrington Jones wrote: > I read some Elektra press release today stating that The Cure's > "Bloodflowers" was the final release of the Trilogy. > > I had no idea there was a trilogy, but evidently > > Pornography -- Disintegration -- Bloodflowers > > according to Robert himself, is the trilogy. > > Ahem! How can this be? Pornography is incredibly dark and > uncommercial. Disintegration, by contrast, has hit singles written > all over it (Love Song, Pictures of You). There is some great brooding > stuff in between (Prayers For Rain, Same Deep Water), but I couldn't > compare it to Pornography at all. well, pornography and disintegration tend to be the two favorite albums of curefans, so...never say bob doesn't understand marketing. > I haven't heard Bloodflowers, but I'm assuming its a sequel to > "Disintegration" (i've already read that one of the songs sounds > exactly like Pictures Of You), and has NOTHING to do with PORNOGRAPHY. it sounds a lot like disintegration, though it doesn't quite have the same grandeur. at least through the first couple listens. > No trilogy, Bobby. well, i've always thought of Seventeen seconds, Faith, 7 Porno as a bit of a trilogy. of course, i think Porno is more psychotic angry than sad or meloncholy, so.... ===== "America's greatest natural resource still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:46:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Nominees Michael Wolfe wrote: > >and you ever get the feeling that (and i say this without having > >seen "the hurricane," and i'm sure that denzel is good in it) a > >lot of academy voters would nominate Denzel Washington every > >year, even if all he made were Police Academy and Ernest movies, > >just because they don't want to risk being criticized for not > >having any black nominees. > > This was a fairly ignorant remark. well, it was hyperbolic. and i certainly wasn't saying there weren't any worthy black nominees. only that this nomination feels more like it was given because it _feels_ important, not because a lot of people saw the film and were overwhelmed by his work. especially if the film is half as bad a distortion of the real story of what happened as its critics contend. and yes, i do think that there are more than enough small-l liberals in hollywood that such a thing could happen. but it was a misdirected, idiotic remark. > If you cared to look back at the actual record of nominations > that the academy has made, you would realize that they have > absolutely no fear whatsoever of not having any black nominees. > > The last black winner was Cuba Gooding Jr in 1996, for supporting > actor. He and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (supporting actress) were > the most recent black nominees, until Denzel this year. None in > 1997, none in 1998. That makes 3 nominations out of a possible > 80 for acting roles. Before Denzel this year, the last black > actor nominated for a leading performance was Morgan Freeman in > 1994 (a five year gap.) The last black actress nominated for a > leading performance was Angela Bassett in 1993 (a six year gap, > and counting.) I don't know how far back I'd have to go to find > a winner. in lead roles, i'm not sure you'd find one. maybe sidney potier. > The last African American nominated for best director was John > Singleton, in 1991. The academy thought Martin Brest's "Scent of > a Woman" more deserving of recognition than Spike Lee's "Malcolm > X" in 1992, for instance. well, "malcolm x" was pretty bloated. denzel was brilliant, but spike's direction was hammy and pretentious. still better than "scent of a woman" though. > And Peter Weir's "Dead Poet's Society" > (which was nominated) was somehow a more impressive directorial > accomplishment than Lee's "Do the Right Thing" in 1989 (which was > not.) Hmm. Again, I don't know how far back I would have to go > to find a winner. you wouldn't find one. and spike was definitely screwed over "DTRT," though i can't argue too hard against "dead poet's society," except that it made robin williams think he was too charming in those sorts of roles, and now he won't stop taking them. but maybe i'm forgetting other more deserving movies from 1989 though. > Yeah, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is handing > out undeserved nominations to African Americans left and right. > well, i AM right in being cynical about the academy. i just fumbling the specific execution. i suppose it's progress for african americans to be getting nominations for films that feel like the should be more important than they are a la "ordinary people." > For all the feel-good, happy-ending, Guess-Who's-Coming-to- > Dinner pabulum that Hollywood churns out, it's got a ways to go. definitely. ===== "America's greatest natural resource still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:08:20 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Nominees Eb wrote: >>she and hattie mcdaniel for "gone with the wind" >>are the only african american to win in that category. none has won >>best lead actress. > > Oops...yeah, I meant to say Hattie McDaniel before, not Butterfly > McQueen. > > But really, I don't think it's fair to accuse the Oscars of racism. > The problem occurs much earlier down the line -- the simple fact that > there haven't been many movies with great leading parts for black > actresses. The Oscars can't nominate roles which never existed. this last part is defintely sadly true. though the academy is the film industry itself, not some separate body (like whoever gives out the golden globes), so i don't quite think it's unfair to criticize the academy. and of course, when they overlook a film like "eve's bayou" they really open themselves up to such accusations. but it's certainly not JUST the academy. ===== "America's greatest natural resource still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:02:00 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Ay, feggs! "Stewart C. Russell" wrote: > > I do wish Gutenberg would end their insistence on totally flat text. One > could so so much more with something tagged. Weird; I sent this message to Mike only; I remember editing the headers. Oops. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:08:43 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: That Mexican God Moment... Wandering through a courtyard this morning listening to JfS, the echo in Mexican God exactly coincided with the echo I'd expect from the walls. I actually had to take the headphones off to check that I wasn't blasting it out on the sleeping residents of Kirkintilloch, a town I live in and you can't pronounce. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:30:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: A question... On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, James Dignan wrote: > Well, after hearing soo much about him (and what are supposed to be his > best albums) from fegs and others, I recently stumped up for a second hand > copy of the good Captain Beefheart's"Trout Mask Replica".And... I don't get > it. To me it just sounds like someone cobbling together all of the worst > moments of Waits and Zappa and throwing in some free-form jazz clarinet for > good measure. What am I missing? Is it one that 'grows on you', or what? I don't think it's a good place to start on Don's oeuvre: Safe as Milk, Clear Spot and the Mirror Man sessions (or Strictly Personal) are all more accessible. The truly great tracks on Trout Mask are: Steal softly thru sunshine steal softly thru snow My human gets me blues Ella Guru Well Veteran's Day Poppy Wild life (maybe) There are plenty of others that I like (Sugar'n'spikes, China Pig, Ant Man Bee etc etc etc) but it's a big task to try to swallow the whole record at one go. Listen to those six tracks about twenty times; try to make sense of the words (thousands have tried and failed). Jump up and down a lot playing imaginary rhythm guitar and shouting. Read Zoot Horn Rollo's 'Lunar Notes', especially the frightening chapters on the TMR rehearsal sessions. If it's still not getting through, you're allowed to give up! - - Mike "amazingly blinted" Godwin "Frank's good, but Don is the real thing" - Jimmy Carl Black ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:54:16 GMT From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: A question... >On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, James Dignan wrote: >I recently stumped up for a second hand > > copy of the good Captain Beefheart's"Trout Mask Replica".And... I don't >get > > it. To me it just sounds like someone cobbling together all of the worst > > moments of Waits and Zappa and throwing in some free-form jazz clarinet >for > > good measure. What am I missing? Is it one that 'grows on you', or what? Mike Godwin truthfully spews: >I don't think it's a good place to start on Don's oeuvre: Safe as Milk, >Clear Spot and the Mirror Man sessions (or Strictly Personal) are all more >accessible Couldn't agree more - I'm still blown away when I hear Clear Spot or Safe As Milk... Trout mask I'm still perservering with, though each new listen brings increasing pleasure! For anyone interested, a while ago I asked the Fegs for a band name - we've now got a temporary one while waiting for the right one to come along. The temp is actually (optional The)Plastic Factory (a track to be found on Safe As...) For Fegs on or around Oxfordshire soil, we're playing our first full band gig on 7th April at the Elm Tree.(of course for distant Fegs that interested, I'm sure limited accomodation can be provided!) Apologies to all for the shameless plug... Matt "Factory no place for me, false man leave me be" DVV ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:13:50 GMT From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Blood Flowers That man who never answers my emails begging for Dancing On The Ruins Of Multinational Corporations to be put back on the excellent Unheard Music site says: >I read some Elektra press release today stating that The Cure's >"Bloodflowers" was the final release of the Trilogy. > >I had no idea there was a trilogy, but evidently > >Pornography -- Disintegration -- Bloodflowers > >according to Robert himself, is the trilogy. > >Ahem! How can this be? Pornography is incredibly dark and >uncommercial. Disintegration, by contrast, has hit singles written all >over it (Love Song, Pictures of You). There is some great brooding stuff >in between (Prayers For Rain, Same Deep Water), but I couldn't compare it >to Pornography at all. > >I haven't heard Bloodflowers, but I'm assuming its a sequel to >"Disintegration" (i've already read that one of the songs sounds exactly >like Pictures Of You), and has NOTHING to do with PORNOGRAPHY. > >No trilogy, Bobby. Fat Bob is a notorious liar and can't be trusted - I believe it is a side effect from mixing booze'n'backcombing. I predict in 30 years time, the Cure will be doddering out on stage with FB saying "this really is the last time we're going to do anything. Ever." This will be followed by the 2035 album and tour, completing the trilogy of Japanese Whispers, Mixed Up and that other bloody awful one I still can't remember... They still have a place in my heart, even after all these years and those dodgy releases... Matt ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:49:44 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Oscar rant Eb says, apparently all over the world, >But really, I don't think it's fair to accuse the Oscars of racism. The >problem occurs much earlier down the line -- the simple fact that there >haven't been many movies with great leading parts for black actresses. The >Oscars can't nominate roles which never existed. There's some truth to this, but I think the greater problem is that the Oscars like touchy-feelie weepies about Big Friendly Social Issues rather than anything with guts that attack the same problems in a more confrontational, or even ambiguous level. But don't get me wrong -- sure the old fucks are racist; I mean, when will Samuel Jackson win something? Or Lawrence Fishburne? But the fact that "Driving Miss Daisy" can smite a movie such as "Do The Right Thing" - -- ?! That's not racism, that's a sheer and profound lack of balls, not to mention taste. Or that "Jungle Fever" was essentially ignored, or that Denzel Washington turned in a hell of a performance in "Malcolm X" -- no Oscar there, not even a nod for Best Picture; but oho! "Ghandi" sweeps, and "Hurricane" is stamped all over with Social Conscious -- never mind what it does to warp the facts. Grrrr. (And I say Grrrr again, even though I liked Ghandi. Or Gandhi. Or wherever the fuck the "h" goes.)(I also loved "Malcolm X," but wish Spikey would have halted himself before the nauseating coda.) The Oscars are a big joke, we all know that -- which is why I am GLAD "Titanic" and "Braveheart" won! You hear me -- oh, yes! Let the clowns come out and dance around in their floppy clown suits and big feet and little carnie hands and red noses and the thing with the small bicycle that does the loop, but withouta the loop, you know, itsa nothing -- fuck cinema as art, and let's give the award to Big Spectacles that make me -- that is the Quail -- happy! I mean, really, if the Oscars are as lame as they are, why not give them to movies that I -- the Great Quail -- like as pure 100% entertainment? Oh, wait -- but then they grow an "indie" streak last year, and blow off "Private Ryan" -- which really was an amazing war picture -- for "Shakespeare in Love." Uh-huh. Yeah, that was Stoppard's best work -- fuck "Brazil" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." It's like Pacino getting an Oscar for "Scent of a Woman" instead of everything else he did, or like the way the Granny Aweirds gave Peter Gabriel and REM blowjobs for "So" and "Out of Time" and then ignored the much better "Us" and "Automatic for the People." And this year, I really don't care. My Oscar goes to "The Blair Witch Project," which I didn't see listed at all. And -- oho, fuck what the rest of yez say! I want to see a sweep by "Eyes Wide Shut." And for Eddie's sake, let "Three Kings" win something -- for the first two-thirds of the movie if for nothing else. It certainly had some things to say. Here's an idea -- an Oscar for Best Opening Credits, No Matter How Bad the Movie Is. Previous winners: "Seven," "The Island of Dr. Moreau," "Austin Powers," and "Mission Impossible." Oh, yeah, and a Lifetime Achievement Award to the James Bond movies. (Hey, here's a cool thread. Any takers?) And the SCORES?!!? Jesus Christ, I think they are legally bound to nominate that hack John Williams for whatever movie he decides to drip treacle and plagiarism all over. Please, God, let the best score go to Corigliano, at least he's a real composer. Who the fuck *are* these other guys? I mean -- "American Beauty?" Good movie, but . . . it had a score? Won't someone please just put John Williams, James Horner, and Hans Zimmer in a big truck, run it off a cliff, and divide their few dozen Oscars amongst Danny Elfman, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, and Eliot Goldenthal? (Jerry Goldsmith may keep his Oscars, though. "The Omen" and "Alien" kicked some ass.) What about cool rock scores, huh? What about "The Matrix," "Run Lola Run," and "Stigmata?" And if "Tarzan" beats "South Park," which it will, I will personally bring down the whole Paperlate Mailing List with a virus spawned from my own bilious hatred. Aaaaaargh!!!!!! Why oh why do I even care? Because I -- like most of you -- have the LIST MAKING GENE. And award shows are the ultimate lists. Oh, woe. - --Quail PS: Um, how do I turn rant mode off again? PPS: My spell-checker does not recognize "blowjobs," and I also discovered plagiarism has an extra "i." Heh. Wow. PPPS: My favorite movie this year so far has been "Any Given Sunday." PPPPPPPPS: Here's my favorite Link-o-the-Day: http://www.lionking.org/~zimmer/ +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society, Kibroth-hattaavah Branch) For fun with postmodern literature, New York vampires, and Fegmania, visit Sarnath: http://www.rpg.net/quail "The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven." --Psalms 105:40 (Also see Exodus 16:13 and Numbers 11:31-34 for more starry wisdom) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:26:50 -0500 From: Christopher Gross (by way of The Great Quail) Subject: no Cure for Oscars On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, The Great Quail wrote: > Oh, wait -- but then they grow an "indie" streak last year, and blow > off "Private Ryan" -- which really was an amazing war picture -- for > "Shakespeare in Love." Uh-huh. Yeah, that was Stoppard's best work -- > fuck "Brazil" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." It's like > Pacino getting an Oscar for "Scent of a Woman" instead of everything > else he did ... Whoa now! Shakespeare In Love might not have been great art, but it was a nice flick. Comparing it to Scent of a Woman is WAY too harsh. IMHO. On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, John Barrington Jones wrote: > Ahem! How can this be? Pornography is incredibly dark and > uncommercial. Disintegration, by contrast, has hit singles written all > over it (Love Song, Pictures of You). There is some great brooding stuff > in between (Prayers For Rain, Same Deep Water), but I couldn't compare > it > to Pornography at all. I disagree. Disintegration might have been more radio-friendly than Pornography, but it was still PF dark. (Actually, I think your description of Disintegration -- a little gloom, a lot of hit single -- would fit Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me much better.) Of course, this might just be one of those "is the glass half brooding or half poppy?" questions. Yesterday I listened to Eye by that Robyn Hitchcock fellow. Pretty good! Late for work, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:55:46 -0500 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Blame Canada/Homicide On 17 Feb 00, at 16:58, James Dignan wrote: > James (who was flying the Canadian flag a couple of days back, to celebrate > their Flag Day). I didn't see any more than usual around here. The party in power here in Quebec has suggested that Canadian flags should be banned by law from all public buildings. > > 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: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:59:31 -0500 From: overbury@cn.ca Subject: Re: Cure this. On 16 Feb 00, at 12:01, Ken Ostrander wrote: . > haven't read any of that; but it reminds me of the liner notes from the > soft bulletin for 'where is the light?': "An untested hypothesis > suggesting that the chemical [in our brains] by which we are able to > experience the sensation of being in love is the same chemical that > caused the "Big Bang" that was the birth of the accelerating > universe" Ack! The early universe had only hydrogen. To think I almost bought a copy of "Soft Bulletin"! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:09:43 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: Cure this. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 overbury@cn.ca wrote: > > haven't read any of that; but it reminds me of the liner notes from the > > soft bulletin for 'where is the light?': "An untested hypothesis > > suggesting that the chemical [in our brains] by which we are able to > > experience the sensation of being in love is the same chemical that > > caused the "Big Bang" that was the birth of the accelerating > > universe" > > Ack! The early universe had only hydrogen. To think I almost > bought a copy of "Soft Bulletin"! Personally, I think that they may be on to something. I'll be selling Hydrogen: The Element of Love over the internet if you guys want any. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:36:56 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Blame Canada/Homicide On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 overbury@cn.ca wrote: > The party in power > here in Quebec has suggested that Canadian flags should be > banned by law from all public buildings. What country do they think they are in, then? Vanautu? Burkina Faso? - - Mike Godwin PS to Quail: Sorry to break off diplomatic relations after all this time, but anyone who ranks 'Brazil' below anything, on any list, anywhere, gets this response from me. So I won't be flying the Sarnath flag in future. Nor will I tell you where the 'H' goes in Mahatma Kane Jeeves :-) n.p. 'Hold fast to the law' by some choirboy... ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #41 ******************************