From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #195 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, July 18 2000 Volume 09 : Number 195 Today's Subjects: ----------------- whew! We have located Randi and she's just fine. ["carole reichstein" ] Three scattered topics...66.6666% RH ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: shopping spree!!! ["elizabeth " ] RE: Hearing music. [Capuchin ] Re: shopping spree!!! ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: shopping spree!!! [Tom Clark ] every time he goes away [Eb ] Re: every time he goes away [Glen Uber ] Re: every time he goes away [Eb ] just curious [Eb ] just curious [Eb ] Re: every time he goes away [nyquilthotep ] Re: shopping spree!!! [Chris Gillis ] Re: every time he goes away [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:13:06 PDT From: "carole reichstein" Subject: whew! We have located Randi and she's just fine. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me back about Randi. She's just fine at Nick's house, thank you, and she apologizes to anyone who worried about her. Let's just say that Randi is a *very* sound sleeper, and leave it at that. The phone is back on the hook now. And now, back to your regular non-Robyn related topics of UFO's, hunting and word games. Carole ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:23:09 -0700 From: "Zloduska" Subject: environmentalism to the extreme I've recently acquired a bizarre penchant for finding sinister retro-style old-school communist propaganda of former Eastern European Soviet-bloc countries (a very interesting sub-genre of Art, I must say), and I came across this: http://lide.pruvodce.cz/budovatel/obrazky/Nezarazeno/ridewith.jpg No comment. Reminded me of the recent vegetarianism-fascism thread. And if you care to look at the source, full even more bizarre posters (however mostly in Russian or Czech), go to: http://lide.pruvodce.cz/budovatel/obrazky/ I recommend following the group labeled "prace a mir" (work and peace) and "revoluce" (revolution). The anti-capitalism ("American barbarians on trial!") ones would probably interest Eddie, if no one else. ~kjs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:10:51 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: Three scattered topics...66.6666% RH 1. Anyone with scanned/digital pics from the recent Bottom Line gigs contact me...I need some cover-art material. 2. Very funny : http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/closet/silly/Elk-Carcass.html 3. Got my ticket for the Riverboat cruise in the mail on Saturday...it's still up in the air if I'm going to make the trip or not but at least now I have an excuse to go. Thanks, all. ______________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas programmer McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) I don't jog; it makes the ice jump right out of my glass. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:12:06 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: shopping spree!!! - -- Tom Clark is rumored to have mumbled on Sonntag, 16. Juli 2000 22:05 Uhr -0400 regarding fegmaniax-digest V9 #194: > - -tc, who actually hopes to be working in pretentious Palo Alto pretty > soon. Wish me luck, fegs! Still for Apple, I hope... - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldgürtel 156, 50823 Köln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:52:46 -0400 From: "elizabeth " Subject: Re: shopping spree!!! - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tom Clark >There is a Hear located at the most pretentious Stanford Shopping >Center in the most pretentious Palo Alto, California, as well. They >are expensive, but it's a good place to find, and listen to, good >music (then go buy it online for less). They seem to employ >knowledgeable people and they showcase an eclectic mix. I worked at Hear in Santa Monica, CA for quite some time. The first time I walked in, I admit I was a bit put off by the atmosphere - record stores aren't supposed to have ARCHITECTS, for the love of... But I really loved working there, and I'm not the sort of person who often loves my job. Sure, there were the occasional trend-hopping yups (you could usually tell those because they either bought everything on the "KCRW Recommends" display, or cornered an employee and said, "just give me all the stuff you like"), but the store was a wonderful resource for people who were genuinely interested in seeking out non-mainstream stuff that they'd never hear elsewhere, and most of our customers were pretty cool. (I know I bought some things I wouldn't have necessarily taken a chance on otherwise because I got to listen to them first!) The hiring process involves actually showing that you know a lot about music; they pay a bit better than most retailers, and get knowledgeable and reasonably civil people because of it. So yeah, they often charge full retail, but I'd rather pay $15.99 there than at, say, Sam Goody... - -- Elizabeth ************ listen to SmartToons Radio at http://www.fringehead.com/smarttoons - -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:40:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: RE: Hearing music. On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, elizabeth wrote: > but the store was a wonderful resource for people who were genuinely > interested in seeking out non-mainstream stuff that they'd never > hear elsewhere, and most of our customers were pretty cool. (I know > I bought some things I wouldn't have necessarily taken a chance on > otherwise because I got to listen to them first!) I'm hearing odd things from you people... and maybe I've just been shopping at Everyday Music and (formerly) Discover Music and Music Millenium for too long, but... It's rare for a record store to allow you to listen to anything they have in stock? I thought this had become standard practice everywhere these days... since at least 1996. Well, that's what I thought anyway... but I don't buy much music. J. - -- ______________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:13:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: shopping spree!!! - --- Chris Gillis wrote: > changes over the years, but the concept, being able to 'hear' anything > (they mean anything) before you buy it is a bit coddling of customers. What are you talking about? Most of the smaller, independent record stores I've been to allow you to listen to anything that's not shrinkwrapped, which in some cases is anything. Sampling stuff I've never heard has been really good to me -- it's how I fell for Aimee Mann and Momus, for example. When it's hard to hear good music on the radio, and you can't afford to go to every concert that rolls into town, you're either borrowing from friends, tracking down mp3s, or listening in-store to discover new music. I don't think it's "coddling of customers" at all. > But, I guess if you are making a massive 16 dollar investment, you > absolutely have to feel you are getting exactly what you want. You'd > never want to carry that dissatisfaction of an uncertain purchase back > to your Saab, would you? Of course, not to belittle the place too I don't have a Saab, and there are too many good CDs out there for me to waste $16 on one I won't listen to. I never would have shelled out for the new Belle & Sebastian or that live Jeff Buckley album if I'd heard them first (though that's another issue -- I trusted both names and won't anymore). Maybe you're making fun of people who drive Saabs (more likely SUVs) who think nothing of paying $18 in Sam Goody's for a top ten record but want to listen to it first. In-store listening seemed like a funny thing to pick on. What do you base your CD purchases on, the cover art? Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:15:37 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: shopping spree!!! On 7/17/2000 4:12 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: >> - -tc, who actually hopes to be working in pretentious Palo Alto pretty >> soon. Wish me luck, fegs! > >Still for Apple, I hope... 'fraid not! no jinx no jinx no jinx no jinx... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:51:50 -0700 From: Eb Subject: every time he goes away Reap: Paul Young. Eb Newly overhauled, on a grand scale: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/bands.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:11:48 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: every time he goes away On 17.07.2000 14:51, Eb wrote: > Subject: every time he goes away > Reap: Paul Young. Just to clarify, it's the Paul Young who sang with Mike and the Mechanics and Sad Cafe, not the Paul Young who sang, "Every Time You Go Away." I took this from musicstation.com: MIKE AND THE MECHANICS singer Paul Young (pictured far right) has died of a suspected heart attack at his home. Young, 53, who also sang with Sad CafÈ and had a string of chart successes with the band in the 70's and 80's, collapsed at his home in Altrincham, Cheshire, a spokesman for his record company Virgin said. The father-of-three was dead on arrival at Wythenshawe Hospital. Young began his music career on the club circuit in Germany in the 1960's before joining Sad CafÈ. The band released their first album in 1977 but it was second LP, 'Misplaced Ideals', which brought them international recognition. The single 'Run Home Girl' was a major US hit, while 'Everyday Hurts' went to number three in the charts in 1979. Other hits included 'La Di Da', 'Hungry Eyes' and 'Strange Little Girl'. Young then joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack to form Mike and the Mechanics in 1985 and they were propelled to success with hits such as 'The Living Years', which made it to Number Two in 1989, and 'Silent Running'. A shocked Rutherford said of his bandmate: "He had a fantastic voice, one of the best rock voices of his generation, and aside from his musical talent he had such an infectious enthusiasm for the business. Paul loved performing, we all thought he would be singing in 50 years time. This is a terrible loss." Mike And The Mechanics released their self-titled fifth studio album last year. Are you a Mike And The Mechanics fan? Please Email with your thoughts and memories of Paul Young. Mon Jul 17 2000 18:56 GMT Cheers! - -g- "Kids are the best! You can teach them to hate the same things you hate. And these days they pretty much raise themselves, what with the Internet and all." --Homer Simpson +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Glen Uber uberg@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~uberg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:16:26 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: every time he goes away >> Subject: every time he goes away >> Reap: Paul Young. > >Just to clarify, it's the Paul Young who sang with Mike and the Mechanics >and Sad Cafe, not the paul Young who sang, "Every Time You Go Away." Oops. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:59:06 -0700 From: Eb Subject: just curious Three earlier Iggy Pop albums (New Values, Soldier, Party) were just reissued by Buddha. I've never heard 'em...any opinions? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:14:49 -0700 From: Eb Subject: just curious Three earlier Iggy Pop albums (New Values, Soldier, Party) were just reissued by Buddha. I've never heard 'em...any opinions? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:59:36 -0400 From: nyquilthotep Subject: Re: every time he goes away when we last left our heroes, Eb exclaimed: >Newly overhauled, on a grand scale: >http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/bands.html that green baby background makes my eyes throb. +w ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:39:17 -0700 From: Chris Gillis Subject: Re: shopping spree!!! "Andrew D. Simchik" wrote: > > --- Chris Gillis wrote: > > changes over the years, but the concept, being able to 'hear' anything > > (they mean anything) before you buy it is a bit coddling of customers. > > What are you talking about? My particular experience with Hear Music. No other store or chain. > > Most of the smaller, independent record stores I've been to allow you > to listen to anything that's not shrinkwrapped, which in some cases is > anything. In this case, it was a store only selling new stock. Not a typical practice by any means. Very different from a used store where anything goes. > What do you base your CD purchases on, the cover art? Generally, I write the bands publicist a letter asking them where they stand on eating meat, vegetarianism, and hunting. It is the only true way to gauge the quality of the music. ;) .chris - -- chris@photogenica.net http://photogenica.net - -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:47:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: every time he goes away Glen Uber wrote: > On 17.07.2000 14:51, Eb wrote: > > Subject: every time he goes away > > Reap: Paul Young. > Just to clarify, it's the Paul Young who sang with Mike and the > Mechanics and Sad Cafe, not the Paul Young who sang, "Every Time You > Go Away." so Ian Curtis will not be taking the time to kick his miserable ass for what he did to "love will tear us apart," i take it. ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #195 *******************************