From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #220 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, August 7 2000 Volume 09 : Number 220 Today's Subjects: ----------------- reap ["(The Arch-Villain) West" ] Re: Night Music ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: Politics Pianoheads and Runes [Terrence Marks ] Re: VH1's top 100 rock 'n' roll moments [selected] [Jeff Dwarf ] wean yourself free [GSS ] a word from our neighbor to the south [Natalie Jacobs ] Re: Our Lady of Eternal Combustion [Christopher Gross ] Re: a word from our neighbor to the south ["J. Brown" ] Re: Hmuhs in the ring! ["J. Brown" ] utopian- perhaps; horseshit- perhaps not. [Vivien Lyon ] Re: Hmuhs in the ring! [Vivien Lyon ] Re: Hmuhs in the ring! [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Hmuhs in the ring! [mrrunion@palmnet.net] Re: Humus In The Rice [mrrunion@palmnet.net] Half-year favorites [The Great Quail ] the farmer in the dells [Vivien Lyon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:42:42 -0700 From: "(The Arch-Villain) West" Subject: reap Alec Guinness ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:58:07 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Night Music Blatzman told us: > Last night I wrote the best song ever written. Unfortunately, I was asleep, > and promised myself I would remember it when I woke up. > > Heck, I don't even remember the dream in which it was written... > > Anyone ever remember those great tunes you write in your sleep? Not me, and I've dreamt several grammy winners. Perhaps if I slept with a guitar by my bed or even knew how to play one I'd be rich. I console myself by acknowledging that the guaranteed gold record I dreamed up was probably in reality just the Chiffons' "He's So Fine." Which reminds me of what a brilliantly penned tune George Harrison's "This Song" was. Topical, clever and humorously self depreciating, even if it does sound like "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch"... - -rUss (who once dreamed a radio playing a slow, soulful Bryan Ferry cover version of Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses" and woke up laughing) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:17:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: Politics Pianoheads and Runes On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Vivien Lyon wrote: > I've talked to a lot of people about Nader, and the _only_ > negative thing I've heard is that people are scared to vote for > him lest he steal those proverbial votes from Gore and hand the > election to Bush. No one expresses concerns about his ability, > intelligence, or integrity Just because they think he's able, intelligent and has integrity doesn't mean they'd vote for him. I mean, he isn't all things to all people. Me, I don't think he could actually get anything done in Washington. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com HCF (another comic strip) http://www.mpog.com/hcf normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 02:24:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: VH1's top 100 rock 'n' roll moments [selected] Eb wrote: > "Two, four, six, eight! Who does this list overrate?" > 5. [MICHAEL JACKSON six times] > 8. [MADONNA four times] what i thought was peculiar were there were several things that, while i would consider them plausible great MUSICAL moments in tv history, but weren't rock'n'roll in the slightest. i mean, the Nat King Cole Show? certainly an important cultural occurance, both in terms of him getting a show and in it's failure, and Cole is one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, if not the best, but he didn't rock. Sinatra being cut off at the Grammy's? tacky, but sinatra not only wasn't rock'n'roll, he was openly hostile until he realized being so was damaging to his career. ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: Night Music On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 BLATZMAN@aol.com wrote: > Anyone ever remember those great tunes you write in your sleep? once or twice, but only with a pen & paper right by the bed. the lyrics are never as good once you wake up & more than once the good vocal melody has turned out to belong to another composition. still, sleep-written, or partially sleep-written (in the shower, pre-coffee, sometimes reworked later) tunes figure in most of my sets. shamelessly speaking of which, my three bands all have gigs w/in a 9 day stretch, which i'm much looking forward to. 31 aug w/feckless beast (metro cafe) 2 sept w/semi-lunar valve (velvet lounge) both in dc; 9 sept w/shoddy workmanship (barnfest 2000; somewhere in WVa). details upon request. - -- d., whose vote only works locally np raving noah _good morning midnight_ - - 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: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:27:19 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: wean yourself free A vote for Nader is a vote against both other candidates and even more important, a vote AGAINST both parties. A vote for either Gore or Bush is just a vote against one or the other, but a vote for Nader is a vote against both parties. If we don't knock this shit out, we are never gonna have anything but two. We have to start voting for someone other than whom we are told. > > There is no spoon - Fuck, ain't that the truth. Best line in the movie, in fact the only line I remember. Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe. Sometimes I think we're not. In both cases the thought is equally shocking. - Arthur C. Clarke ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:26:13 -0700 From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: a word from our neighbor to the south > "Perhaps never ... have we seen two such boring and insipid characters, > devoid of historical endorsement, and solid criteria and principles, as > those who today compete for the leadership of the hegemonic superpower." - Fidel Castro on the current U.S. election gnat "how do you say 'insipid' in Spanish?" the gnatster ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 16:46:45 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Our Lady of Eternal Combustion Michael Wolfe wrote: > > May I present to you, my new secret weapon in the war on the > internal combustion engine: > > http://www.challenge-ligfietsen.nl/taifun.htm You're gonna fall off a lot over the first few days, to the enormous amusement of the small children around you. I know I did... Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:19:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Hmuhs in the ring! I'm too fat and lazy to jump into the politics debate with both feet, but here a few some one-footed questions and comments. On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Proctology Now wrote: > i've accepted (for the purposes of discussion) *your* "angle of attack" > (viz., the sole determining factor in deciding who to vote for president is > which will ensure the right to have an abortion). IF you're going to vote > this way, then the record demonstrates that you should vote republican. if > this is counterintuitive (or counter to the parties' rhetoric), then so be > it. Why? The only record *I* can think of that supports this is Gore's personal record of being rather cold toward abortion rights back in the 80s. Since then he has become much more pro-choice, and while it's *possible* that he'll revert to his old stance, I haven't seen any sign of it yet. Meanwhile, Bush now is at least as unfriendly toward abortion rights as Gore was in the 80s, so I don't see how he'd be any better. And the Democrats as a party are *far* friendlier toward abortion rights than the Republican Party (judging from votes as well as rhetoric). > bingo. i've no doubt that the republicans would *liked* to have passed > nafta, or the salvage logging rider, or welfore "reform"; or have gutted the > delaney clause; or what have you. but they didn't, and the democrats did. A bit off-topic, but this reminds me of the Washington Times's coverage of NAFTA. (This particular fish-wrapper is known for being not only conservative but specifically and ardently pro-Republican. It was also owned by the Moonies until recently.) When NAFTA passed, the Times could only bring itself to talk about it in terms like "NAFTA, now pushed by President Clinton but originally conceived by Republican President George Bush in accordance with Republican principles of free trade, was passed by Republican votes in both Houses of Congress after being opposed by the Democratic left wing." As far as the Republicans are concerned, they *did* pass NAFTA (much to Pat Buchanan's chagrin). On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, The Great Quail wrote: > NADER WILL NOT > WIN. Only Gore can beat Bush. I suspect that a lot of Nader voters are quite aware of this, and *want* Bush to win in order to "wake up the left" or something of the sort. Their theory is that the Democrats, after losing, will realize the error of their ways and move to the left in order to recapture the Nader vote. IMHO this is wishful thinking; a more likely result would be that if the Nader vote makes Gore lose, traditional Democratic voters like blacks and organized labor would then HATE Nader-voting leftists for giving us four years of Republican rule, splitting and weakening the Democrats and possibly moving the party farther to the RIGHT. Of course Nader himself probably isn't running to "wake up" the Democrats. If Nader wanted to influence the Democrats, he should have run for the Democratic nomination; a strong primary campaign could have forced Gore leftwards. But more likely he has given up on the Dems and hopes to cripple them in this election, so that they'll fade away and a newer, better, leftier party (not the Greens -- they're just a way station) will arise in their place. Again wishful thinking, IMHO. > Hell, if I voted my conscience only, I'd write in myself & Chris > Gross on the Libertarian ticket. Not the Libertarians! I haven't read any Heinlein for ten years now, I don't think I could hack it. On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Natalie Jacobs wrote: >> "Perhaps never ... have we seen two such boring and insipid characters, >> devoid of historical endorsement, and solid criteria and principles, as >> those who today compete for the leadership of the hegemonic >superpower." > > - Fidel Castro on the current U.S. election Hey, cigar-face, at least we HAVE elections! Finally, I was wrong earlier when I said that the only time the candidate who got the most popular votes failed to get the most electoral votes was in 1876. Actually, it also happened in 1888 (though the difference then was much smaller). I plead premature senility. - --Chris, who passed through Philadelphia's 30th St. Station Friday afternoon, just as hordes of ravening Republicans were rampaging though it. ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:22:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Our Lady of Eternal Combustion On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > > May I present to you, my new secret weapon in the war on the > > internal combustion engine: > > > > http://www.challenge-ligfietsen.nl/taifun.htm > > You're gonna fall off a lot over the first few days, to the enormous > amusement of the small children around you. I know I did... I've always wondered -- is keeping your balance a lot harder on a recumbent bike (or whatever you'd call it) than on a traditional model? - --Chris, who has trouble keeping his balance in an armchair ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:04:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! - --- Christopher Gross wrote: But more likely he has given up on the Dems and > hopes to > cripple them in this election, so that they'll fade away and a > newer, > better, leftier party (not the Greens -- they're just a way > station) > will arise in their place. Again wishful thinking, IMHO. Gads, I hate to sound jingo-istic, but I'd rather see wishful thinking than defeatist thinking. At least with wishful thinking you might get what you wish for, whereas with defeatist thinking you're just defeated no matter what. > > - Fidel Castro on the current U.S. election > > Hey, cigar-face, at least we HAVE elections! Do we? Hey, I can drink Coke OR Pepsi! I can eat Burger King OR McDonalds! I can listen to Britney OR n'Sync! Glad I have so many choices! > who passed through Philadelphia's 30th St. Station Friday > afternoon, just > as hordes of ravening Republicans were rampaging though it. Actually, Jeme watched the convention on C-SPAN and said it looked rather under-attended. Whoever it was that said Americans are too complacent to get excited by a third party (I think it was Quail) is wrong. Americans are too bored by the major parties to get excited by them (haven't seen a single Gore or Bush bumpersticker or lawn-sign), but everyone I know who supports Nader is extremely excited. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:29:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: a word from our neighbor to the south On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Natalie Jacobs wrote: > > "Perhaps never ... have we seen two such boring and insipid characters, > > devoid of historical endorsement, and solid criteria and principles, as > > those who today compete for the leadership of the hegemonic superpower." > > - Fidel Castro on the current U.S. election > > gnat "how do you say 'insipid' in Spanish?" the gnatster insipido! Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA USA BA History '99 - BA Canadian Studies '99 - MLIS Library Science '01 "I Don't Speak Fascist" -Grant Morrison ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:48:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Vivien Lyon wrote: > Gads, I hate to sound jingo-istic, but I'd rather see wishful > thinking than defeatist thinking. At least with wishful thinking > you might get what you wish for, whereas with defeatist thinking > you're just defeated no matter what. Well, I don't think defeatist thinking is your only other option.... But anyway, allow me to quibble over terminology. In Chris-speak, "wishful thinking" means "believing what you want even though it's not true." In other words I don't think there's *any* chance that things would work out as Nader hopes (or rather, as I was guessing he might hope). Knowingly working for something with little chance of success isn't wishful thinking. Wishful thinking is working for something that clearly has *no* chance of success, meanwhile convincing yourself that it's really quite likely. > > > - Fidel Castro on the current U.S. election > > > > Hey, cigar-face, at least we HAVE elections! > > Do we? Hey, I can drink Coke OR Pepsi! I can eat Burger King OR > McDonalds! I can listen to Britney OR n'Sync! Glad I have so > many choices! Even choosing between Coke and Pepsi is some sort of choice. (Some people, like Bayard, claim to find a serious taste difference between the two.) And the person who gets to choose between Coke and Pepsi is still better off than the person who can get nothing but Fresca and might get sentenced to ten years chopping cane on the Isla de Joventud if he/she complains. But seriously -- aren't you voting for Nader? Don't you think he's a real alternative? If so, why the implication that we have no real choice? If not, why are you so excited about voting for him? - --Chris, counting the seconds until lunch ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Brown" Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Vivien Lyon wrote: > was Quail) is wrong. Americans are too bored by the major > parties to get excited by them (haven't seen a single Gore or > Bush bumpersticker or lawn-sign), but everyone I know who > supports Nader is extremely excited. But you live in Portland right Viv? Here in seattle the only bumper stickers or lawn signs i ever see are Nader ones but then again you never see too many presidential signs in seattle as most people are gonna vote for gore same thing in 88, 92 and 96. But in eastern washington and rural western washington Bush signs are every where by the freeway, in lawns on cars everywhere! Jason Wilson Brown - University of Washington - Seattle, WA USA BA History '99 - BA Canadian Studies '99 - MLIS Library Science '01 "I Don't Speak Fascist" -Grant Morrison ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:57:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: utopian- perhaps; horseshit- perhaps not. - --- Christopher Gross wrote: > Well, I don't think defeatist thinking is your only other > option.... But > anyway, allow me to quibble over terminology. In Chris-speak, > "wishful > thinking" means "believing what you want even though it's not > true." We aren't omniscient. There's no telling what is possible and what isn't. Wishful thinking leads to hopeful action, which leads to changes. 'Realistic' thinking leads to working within the current paradigm, which hasn't worked for a good long while and certainly is especially repugnant this election season. > Even choosing between Coke and Pepsi is some sort of choice. > (Some people, > like Bayard, claim to find a serious taste difference between > the two.) > And the person who gets to choose between Coke and Pepsi is > still better > off than the person who can get nothing but Fresca and might > get sentenced > to ten years chopping cane on the Isla de Joventud if he/she > complains. My point was that both choices are unhealthy, destructive, uninteresting, uncompelling, etc. Which is how I feel about the major party candidates. > But seriously -- aren't you voting for Nader? Don't you think > he's a real > alternative? If so, why the implication that we have no real > choice? If > not, why are you so excited about voting for him? Chris, I was being sarcastic. I know you know what sarcasm is- I've seen you use it good effect. Again, YES I'm voting for Nader. I was implying that according to the media, we have only two choices (which aren't such good choices, despite the tiny differences). But in reality, we have better choices. We have only to realize it. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:04:12 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! Viv writes, >Gads, I hate to sound jingo-istic, but I'd rather see wishful >thinking than defeatist thinking. I don't see how that makes you a jingo. And, I am not thinking like a defeatist; but like a realist. Politics is the art of the possible -- not that idealism does not have a place, but I for one am going to utilize my vote effectively. Not to mention the fact that, in all honesty, I don't like the Green party. While I am no rampant capitalist, I am neither a Marxist nor an idealist. I agree with Chris and Steve -- four years of GOP rule will NOT act as a wake-up to the Dems; and Nader will only take votes away from Gore. The Dems need serious reforming; but let them reform in office rather than out of office. Historically speaking, I think McGovern was wonderful; but he was smooshed. And yet, the Dems have come a long way from the days of Wallace and Humphrey and LBJ and Daley and their ilk. Reform is a slow process; but I do, however, feel we are slowly evolving into a more enlightened society. (Go, Hegel.) Gore is a centrist, and like that or not, he's as far left as most of America wants to go right now. >> Hey, cigar-face, at least we HAVE elections! > >Do we? Hey, I can drink Coke OR Pepsi! I can eat Burger King OR >McDonalds! I can listen to Britney OR n'Sync! Glad I have so >many choices! Vivien, please.... This argument is untenable. You can also eat at a million other restaurants, or open your own, or be a Vegan. Hell, I'm just glad I can even eat. Don't confuse late capitalism with totalitarianism. There is a big, big difference between feeling that pop stars are being foisted on you, and having your political party outlawed, or your printing press closed down, or having tanks roll over you in a public square, for that matter. And yes, I am aware that multi-nationals are colonizing our unconsciousness through constant advertising, which is certainly a result of our system. But that is far, far the lesser of evils, in my opinion, than a 100% "socially" regulated media. And besides, goddammit, I love MacDonald's food, and I think Coca-Cola is the best freaking drink invented since the Egyptians first brewed beer. I am not afraid to admit this. >Whoever it was that said Americans >are too complacent to get excited by a third party (I think it >was Quail) is wrong. I do not think I am wrong at all. I am speaking of Americans in the most general sense, and most of them are fairly happy with the system. Oh, of course they bitch about politics, but they vote by complacency -- in the absence of a real external threat, a culture such as ours is allowed to enter a bit of relaxed decadence. Do you think Clinton's Big Blowjob would be so important if we were in World War III? Well, we'll see if I am wrong in November, at least. >Americans are too bored by the major >parties to get excited by them (haven't seen a single Gore or >Bush bumpersticker or lawn-sign), but everyone I know who >supports Nader is extremely excited. There's the key, Vivien. Do you really, honestly, think that the people you know -- Naderites and Greens -- represent the average American? Of course Naderites are excited -- all extremists are excited. Don't you think Buchanan people are excited? And back in the day, the Perot faction? We love a challenge. BUT -- The average American is the person who probably does not even know Nader and the Greens exist. And I'll tell you this -- if the average American were fully informed of the Green agenda and all its implications, the average American would certainly not vote for Nader. We are a fairly complacent culture, and while part of that means boredom with politics, it also means we don't want the boat rocked to vigorously - -- and Nader would basically sink the boat trying to build a "better" one -- something Congress will never allow. - --Quail - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." --Vice President Dan Quayle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! - --- "J. Brown" wrote: > But you live in Portland right Viv? Yeah? What's your point? But in eastern > washington and rural > western washington Bush signs are every where by the freeway, > in lawns on > cars everywhere! Oh damn. That's your point. I know, I know...I live in an ecotopian bubble. Vivien I bet the Bush campaign is giving people money to put signs up. I'll just bet. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! 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On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, The Great Quail wrote: > And I'll tell you this -- if the average American were fully informed > of the Green agenda and all its implications, the average American > would certainly not vote for Nader. and if the two main party candidates were the Republicans and the Greens - -- i know, i know, it's hard to imagine a two-party system where the parties are different from each other, but bear with me -- while Gore ran on a third-party ticket, you could say the same thing about Gore: the average American, if fully informed of the Democratic agenda and all its implications, would certainly not vote for Gore. switch in "Republican" and "Bush" and it's STILL true. the two-party system inhibits any real debate on many issues, because people believe that third-party candidates, if elected, could actually implement their entire platform; these same people regularly pass all the Rep/Dem rhetoric through their well-tuned bullshit filters (which of course filter out most of it). a ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:23:33 -0700 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: Hmuhs in the ring! The Great Quail Wrote on > And besides, goddammit, I love MacDonald's food, and I > think Coca-Cola is the best freaking drink invented > since the Egyptians first brewed beer. I am not afraid > to admit this. Mountain Dew...Mountain Dew...mmmmm good lord...Mountain Dew! Mike n.p. A Smiths song playing on WVUM, my old college radio station. God bless soundcards and the internet, especially at work! Up...now it's something in French... - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:31:37 -0700 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: Humus In The Rice So, like, have you taken a gander at that picture on Nader on all those poorly copied pamphlets down at the local coffeeshop? (Yes, Kool Beanz is filled with them and I even helped hand some out on Friday night) That mug shot is a bit scary, what with his one droopy eye and the flatlined non-smile, especially in fuzzy grayscale. It's quite a contrast from the smiling color shots of Bush doing the victory sign at the Convention. I know it's supposed to be a grassroots thing or something, but I can't help thinking that, no matter what someone knows of Nader and/or the Greens, the presentation alone will most likely scare off 90% of the population. Granted, a nice seat at the debates might work wonders... Mike (just thinking...for once) p.s. Anyone else grooving on the new Vic Chesnutt album yet? Delightfully loopy I think. - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:08:46 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Half-year favorites As a break form politics, I thought I would follow up a recent Eb-post with a half-year favorite list of my own.... 1. Silence is Sexy, Einsturzende Neubauten 2. Gung Ho, Patti Smith 3. Punishing Kiss, Ute Lemper 4. ConstruKCtion of Light, King Crimson 5. Star for Bram, that quirky Syd-Barret guy 6. Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Quail, Belle & Sebastian 7. Million Dollar Hotel, U2 & others 8. Farmhouse, Phish 9. Ecstasy, Lou Reed 10. Bloodflowers, The Cure - --Quail - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, K.S.C. (riverrun Discordian Society, Kibroth-hattaavah Branch) http://www.w-rabbit.com/gerbils.html "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." --Vice President Dan Quayle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:10:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: the farmer in the dells - --- mrrunion@palmnet.net wrote: > > So, like, have you taken a gander at that picture on Nader on > all those poorly copied pamphlets down at the local > coffeeshop? I've actually seen some decent photos of him, I can't imagine why they're using one of his sour-puss pics. No wonder people insist on depicting him as a humorless old fogey. But when I saw him speak, he couldn't have been less humorless- he made jokes all through his speech, and some of them were actually funny. Plus, he smiles a lot more than I was led to believe. Could some malevolent faction be perpetuating a false image of him so that he comes off as cold and unsympathetic? Naw, it's just those damn hippies again, shooting theyselves in the foot. > (Yes, Kool Beanz is filled with them and I even helped hand > some out on Friday night) That mug shot is a bit scary, what > with his one droopy eye and the flatlined non-smile, > especially > in fuzzy grayscale. Keep in mind that the poor Greenies have very little money at their disposal. I went leafletting on Sat. (with Jeme) and was frankly embarrassed to be handing out such poorly copied flyers. I wish I could say it's just a clever ruse meant to hide vast campaign coffers and create the image of the valiant underdog, but unfortunately this is not the case. > Granted, a nice seat at the debates might work wonders... You said it, buddy. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! 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