From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #301 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, October 24 2000 Volume 09 : Number 301 Today's Subjects: ----------------- voting for the most powerful shit-chomper in the world ["jbranscombe@comp] Re: heifer project international [Terrence Marks ] Re: apples and oil (this and that) [steve ] Re: Huge Heifer [steve ] apples, oil and coffee in the morning [Ethyl Ketone ] Re: RIP [Michael R Godwin ] Re: changing the world [leahyc@tsainc.com] Re: digest V9 #300 ["brian nupp" ] RE: notes on hitchcock / phillips show [Adam Theriault (b] Re: changing the world, not with a bong, but with a wimper [GSS ] rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) ["Jason R. Thornt] Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) [Terrence Mar] Xmas cd ["Pamplemousse" ] Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) ["Jason R. Th] Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) [Eclipse Subject: voting for the most powerful shit-chomper in the world Someone just said 'infer' in the wrong context again. Blimey, no wonder W. has a chance of being elected .....:-) jmbc. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:18:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: heifer project international On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Stephen Buckalew wrote: > After all, Hitler was an *elected* official, Technically. He was never elected chancellor. The National Socialists were a minority group in a coalition. Hitler was photogenic and a great orator, and they thought that he'd be weak since his party didn't have enough support to do anything on its own. 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: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 05:30:01 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: apples and oil (this and that) Capuchin: >It's utopian to say that the leadership in the Democratic party are >largely right-wing religious people? I don't see what's utopian about >that at all... or irrelevant or silly. This IS silly. Gore and Leiberman are religious, but they're not right-wing, they're centrists. In fact, Gore is having some trouble because he is running slightly to the left of Clinton. Name me one right-winger in the Democratic House and Senate leadership, or even who might chair a major committee. >And I point out the irrelevance of a Bush victory because there are no >stakes. Bush and Gore enact the same policies. No, Gore is just not leftist enough for you. Social Security, tax policy, prescription drug policy - all major areas that quite different. And environmental policy - Gore hasn't been as strident as you'd like, but Bush appointed a chemical industry flack to be the head of the Texas environmental commission. I'm sure there are hundreds of other policy decisions that they differ on. >But the things the Greens DO support are overwhelmingly supported by the >public: Keeping abortion safe and legal (71%), Better environmental >regulation (70%), Ending corporate control of public life (76%). The public support for every part of the Contract With America was supported at 60 percent or more. All they tested was the slogans. When you get down to policy specifics (and economic tradeoffs), these numbers will come down. >>You can point out problems, but it does you no good at all if you >>propose solutions that will *never* be accepted by the voting >>populace. >All we have to do is increase the numbers of that voting populace. All you have to do is increase the number of Nader voters, not that this will be easy. Do not make the mistake of thinking that larger numbers will necessarily be to your benefit. >>Not only does he [Bush] advocate what I think is bad policy, but the >>appointment of "federalist" Supreme Court Justices could prevent any >>future administration from correcting his mistakes. >Are we worse or better off with power of regulation left in the hands of >the various states? I think here is where you'll find both sides in all >political camps (with the probable exception of the Libertarians). As a nation, we would certainly be worse off. You might be fine in your particular state, but do you want poor regulation in a state upwind from you? Would that fall under the interstate commerce clause? There are already cases pending on the ADA and environmental regulation. >But the simple fact is that Gore/Lieberman claims their ideals come from >God and Bush/Cheney claim their ideals come from Jesus. There are some >that argue these are the same entity. Me, I think it's a bunch of hooey. I am a lifelong atheist, and I have not one qualm about voting for Gore and Leiberman. People of their political persuasion tend to be tolerant of other beliefs. - ---------- >Gore is Pro-Life. At one time, he said that abortion is arguably murder, and he opposed federal funding for abortions. It is nonsense to claim that Gore has a secret plan to appoint anti-choice Justices. >Gore has stated that he believe homosexuality is"abnormal". What is his current position? In the last debate he said that he supports Civil Union. >Gore supports the "war on drugs". And he should not, but I think he would at least listen to ideas about changing the policy on simple possession. >Gore wants to increase the U.S. military's size, strength and influence. Gore wants to spend more money to make sure that the military is properly equipped for whatever missions are deemed necessary. This does not mean it would be larger in size or more influential. A nation state must have a military - its size and uses are open to debate. >Gore supports WTO/NAFTA. Yes. That doesn't mean he wouldn't be open to modification. >Gore supports the Timber Salvage Rider, He said it was the administration's worst mistake. >overseas oil interests, Americans love oil imports. Gore is supporting new technology for better fuel efficiency. He should recategorize SUVs as autos and make sure that CAFE standards are met. >and EPA downsizing. Show me. Downsizing doesn't necessarily mean less effective regulation. >Gore is a third generation Congressman Second generation, I belive. His parents were children of the great depression. Despite the Prince Al canard, they lived in a hotel owned by relatives. It was somewhat later that his parents became well off. >who takes millions of dollars in soft-money. As is necessary to compete with the Republicans. Once again, I point out that he said he his first legislative act would be to submit McCain/Feingold. >All of these are a matter of public record and indisputable. Yes, and no. - ---------- Congressman Bernie Sanders was on Talk Of The Nation today. I suppose that he is not a capitalist dupe. He had positive things to say about the Clinton/Gore administration and the very same warning I've been making about Bush. http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=10/23/2000&PrgID=5 - - Steve __________ Iąd sit down and meditate but my ass is on fire. - Bill Nelson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 05:30:11 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Huge Heifer Michael Wolfe: >quoth Steve: >> As for the arguments that Gore is no better than Bush, I reject >> most of them as irrelevant, utopian, or just plain silly. > >Well, you may reject them, but you have offered no support that >rejection that doesn't amount to begging the question. I read >what you have to say, and all I see is the same herd-speak that >big media is force-feeding us in order to justify its blackout of >alternative viewpoints. Jeme has come up with citations of >actual policies that Gore has had a hand in instituting, he's >cited Gore's voting record, and referred to actual poll numbers. >And incidentally, I have seen independent confirmation for all of >the evidence that Jeme brings up. This conversation has been going on for some time. I don't see much reason to respond more than once to the same list of horribles. You guys are just INCORRECT when you argue that Gore is no different (or even worse) than Bush. It is your opinion, based on your political beliefs. And that is fine. Here's a poll for you: I saw today that John Zogby (the closest pollster on the last election) found that 60 percent of the people that say they support Nader are usually Democratic voters. This is actually higher than I was thinking. >All I have seen you do is make blanket pronouncements from on >high about the mindset of the average voter, as though you've got >your finger on the pulse of the man in the street. Have you >taken a step back to actually look at the sources for these >impressions that you have about what the prevalent mindset is in >the nation today? I'm not saying anything about how >representative the views of the Green Party may or may not be. >What I am saying is that, at the risk of sounding presumptuous, >the information that you base those impressions on is either what >you've witnessed in your own face to face interactions >(anecdotal), and what you've seen as portrayed by big media >(which has a vested interest in downplaying the strength of this >movement, and in discouraging fence sitters.) My first presidential vote was for George McGovern in 1972. I have voted in, and closely observed, every election since. For what it's worth, one of my undergraduate degrees is in Political Science. I state what I believe based on what little wisdom I have acquired. My very first post on this subject was a caution to people on the west coast to reexamine their belief that the election of Al Gore was a sure thing. I was correct. Gore is trending up today, but he is still slightly behind Bush. He must do very well in the remaining toss-up states to win. Two weeks is still a good bit of time, and one or the other could surge ahead. On the other hand, it could remain on a knife edge until election day. Carter just barely beat Ford after the trauma of Watergate. Clinton got 43 percent of the vote in an election in which 19 percent of the voters were angry enough to vote for an unstable third party candidate. There are your two Democratic winners in the last 36 years So I say once again - there is no great sleeping left-wing cadre out there for you guys to tap into. So, am I the one that is basing my assumptions on anecdotal material and biased corporate media (after all, there is always C-SPAN), or is it you guys with your circle of left-wing friends all reading The Progressive and Mother Jones? - ---------- We went and voted today (one of the few things Texas does right is having extended voting). I voted Green and Libertarian more than I voted Democratic. Why? Because there is NO functioning Democratic Party in Texas. There was no Democrat running in my U.S. Congressional District. The Democrat running for the Senate seat is a guy named Gene Kelly (it's true). I guess they couldn't find anybody else who was willing - Gene has been the losing Democratic candidate in any number of elections. With the exception of County Sheriff, all 30 plus down ballot contests on the reverse side of the voting form will be filled by a Republican who is running unopposed. Those Democrats that Bush says he was getting all bipartisan with - with the exception of the Austin area representatives, they're the guys still left over from the old days. Many just haven't bothered to switch parties. When they're gone it will be total Republican domination. And the Republican party in Texas is dominated by a nasty bunch of fundies - they're so mean that they once tried to deny our pro-choice Senator a seat at the Republican Convention. If you don't think I'm correct when I say that the Bush campaign is made out of whole cloth, take a look at this article on his one real claim to fame. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001024/pl/bush_education_dc_1.html - - Steve "I hear this Republican message that we're rich as hell and we're not going to take it any more. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm paying taxes at a lower rate than my secretary ... and frankly I think that's crazy." - Warren Buffett ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:48:34 -0400 From: Ethyl Ketone Subject: apples, oil and coffee in the morning My my, So good to get back on the list after a year off... It's perfect timing! All these folks I know of or know in their heated political arena 2 weeks before an election. It's refreshing, really. Makes me believe there is a voting population out there. I will be curious about this election in another way - I think this will be the first presidential election where many, certainly a huge percentage of the population of the US, are on the Internet. Even compared to '86. And I wonder how that will change the vote. You can register to vote on the Internet, there is political debate on most list_servs, lots of websites, pro and con, where politics is in open discussion in most high-tech work places (I can only speak for the west coast, sorry), hell it's actively discussed at both the undergrad and grad level of my school! In a world where people like my mother, a republican but open minded (amazing), surf the intenet for things that interest her, who knows how this election could go? It will be most curious. Be seeing You, - - c ps: can't believe I missed the Man in Philly - shows how little I get out of the studio. *sigh* - -- "Questions are a burden for others. Answers are a prison for oneself." **************************************************************************** C. J. Galbraith Ketone Press meketone@ix.netcom.com www.bogdescu.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:42:38 -0400 From: Ben Subject: Re: Only Two More Weeks of this Atrocity Exhibition, We Promise > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:14:09 -0700 > From: Chris Gillis > Subject: Re: Only Two More Weeks of this Atrocity Exhibition, We Promise (wuz Re: I'm sure a lot of you can empathize....) [pi% Joy Division content] This is the way, unsubscribe... This is the way, unsubscribe... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:16:29 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: digest V9 #300 Impressive. An entire digest with 0% Hitchcock content. Entirely free of = Hitchcock. His name didn't even come up once.=20 So, to make sure that doesn't happen again, here's a topic for = discussion--which film had his best cameo? I like the newspaper photo in = "Lifeboat". I don't remember in which scene he appeared in "The Trouble = With Harry". Later, Marc I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our = children's children, because I don't think children should be having = sex. ---- Jack Handey=20 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:28:23 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: RIP On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, JH3 wrote: > Another slow day on the feg list... > I should also point out that [Julie] London was also married to > actor/bandleader Bobby Troup (that's "Troup," not "Troop"). And famous for writing "(Get your kicks on) Route 66". > And at one point she was also married to "Dragnet" star Jack Webb, too > (that's "Dragnet" and "Webb," not "Internet" or "World-Wide-Web"). Aha! Time for Stan Freberg playing St George in the style of Joe "I'm a cop" Friday, as played by Jack Webb: St. George: We heard there was a dragon operating in this neighborhood. We just wanted to know if you'd seen him. Knave: Sure I've seen him. St. George: Mmhmm, could you describe him for me? Knave: What's to describe, you see one dragon you've seen 'em all! St. George: Would you try and remember sir, just for the record. We just want to get the facts sir. Knave: Well, he was, you know, he had orange polkadots... St. George: Yes sir. Knave: ...purple feet, breathing fire and smoke, St. George: mmmhmm Knave: ...and one big bloodshot eye, right in the middle of his forehead, and uh, like that. St. George: Notice anything unusual about him? Knave: No, he's just the run of the mill dragon, you know. St. George: Mmhmm, yes sir, you can go now. Knave: Hey, hey! by the way, how you gonna catch him? St. George: I thought you'd never ask. A dragon net. *Dummmmmm duuummmm dum dumm dummmmmmmmmm....* - - Mike "DAAAY - O" Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:17:04 -0500 From: leahyc@tsainc.com Subject: Re: changing the world jmbc wrote: >Actually I won't put money on that, because I know how many >arseholes there are in Nebraska...... "easy, now," said the lifelong nebraskan who, btw, plans on voting for nader. chad "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" cc: Subject: changing the world No one seems have made the analogy yet, but really I'd like Nader to come on like Livingstone in the London mayoral elections. Dear old Ken fucked two major party machines in the process: and - I * hate* to get one up over the land of the free (like fuck....) but he probably got near enough votes proportionately to get elected President for my mother's sake. I bet he gets more, in those terms, than Pat "The Complete Cunt" Buchanan for example. Actually I won't put money on that, because I know how many arseholes there are in Nebraska...... jmbc Gore/Blair. Same diff...but please don't pretend that Bush and Gore are interchangeable.... (like that'll stop Eddie...) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:35:06 EDT From: "brian nupp" Subject: Re: digest V9 #300 I agree with Marc. I'm not political. But I understand we all have opinions to voice and discussion is healthy. I don't really mind deleting all the political mail, but some Hitchcock dicussion would be nice. I wasn't aware Robyn appeared in any films. Is this true? I've got the Sequel Sampler coming to me in the mail. It apparently has the studio version of Statue with a Walkman on it. If any one wants a copy let me know. Brian Nupp >From: "Marc Holden" >Reply-To: "Marc Holden" >To: "fegmaniax" >Subject: digest V9 #300 >Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:16:29 -0700 > >Impressive. An entire digest with 0% Hitchcock content. Entirely free of = >Hitchcock. His name didn't even come up once.=20 >So, to make sure that doesn't happen again, here's a topic for = >discussion--which film had his best cameo? I like the newspaper photo in = >"Lifeboat". I don't remember in which scene he appeared in "The Trouble = >With Harry". Later, Marc > >I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our = >children's children, because I don't think children should be having = >sex. ---- Jack Handey=20 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:36:22 -0400 From: Adam Theriault (by way of drop the holupki ) Subject: RE: notes on hitchcock / phillips show so not many notes on last evening's show. the turnout was pretty bleak as compared to the evening before. there was one amusing bit about how boston is our home, we survive here, and if we trail the city limits we'd axphixiate. - -a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:34:40 -0400 From: Adam Theriault (by way of drop the holupki ) Subject: notes on hitchcock / phillips show saw robyn and grant lee playing last night in cambridge mass at the middle east, and took down a bunch of notes on the show. most of the setlist and a bunch of the between-song chatter can be found here: http://www.graphicsdesign.org/extras/robynlee.html thanks; - -a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:37:33 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: changing the world, not with a bong, but with a wimper On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, another elvis fan wrote: > example. Actually I won't put money on that, because I know how many > arseholes there are in Nebraska...... How many arseholes are in Nebraska? Coming from a foreigner, I am fascinated that you would know so much about this particular state. I would bet with a great deal of confidence that there are more arseholes in London than in the entire state of Nebraska. gss Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty. -- Walt Whitman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:12:12 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: Waay off topic: MS:Linux Read it carefully. http://www.mslinux.org/ ______________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas programmer McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -PJ O'Rourke ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:08:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Waay off topic: MS:Linux On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Thomas, Ferris wrote: > Read it carefully. > http://www.mslinux.org/ Unfortunately, my browser renders this page totally blank. (is the div tag that does this?) Running Netscape 4.7 on Solaris 2.7 and enlightenment. No idea what's up with that. I get the idea of what's going on from the /support.html page, which I reached from reading the page source. Sheesh. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ [cc] counter-copyright http://www.openlaw.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:10:06 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) So, I made the trek up to Los Angeles Friday night to catch the Radiohead concert at the Greek Theatre. Our seats were incredible, 4th row behind the tiny pit. My friend was lucky enough to get them through the Radiohead fan-club at non-inflated prices (http://search-completed.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaycomplete/results.html?dest=&cobrandpartner=&ht=1&maxRecordsPerPage=50&query=radiohead+greek&SortProperty=MetaCurrentPriceSort&SortOrder=%5Bd%5D). I'm not sure who paid $3000 for a pair of seats almost right behind us... maybe one of the local starlets angelically levitating about. As far as star-fucking goes, I did spy Kirsten Dunst and producer Rick Rubin (not together). Other people claimed to have seen Beck, Keri Russell, "one of the guys from the Chemical Brothers," and the lead singer of Travis. The Greek is a gorgeous outdoor venue nestled in the trees of Griffith Park, just down the hill from the observatory and it seats a wee bit over 6000. This is only the second time I've ever been there, the first time being a Bryan Ferry show back in the late '80's. The restrooms were a hazard, however. I managed to get soap in my eye thanks to a faulty dispenser which fired upwards into my face instead of downwards - although for the life of me I'm not sure how that happened, and I was in a little too much pain at that point to closely examine the sink (the pain subsided before the show began, thankfully). And the parking system was wildly inefficient (ever heard of "stacked" parking?), and we were trapped between rows of cars for awhile after the show before we could leave. And me with a two hour drive home ahead of me. The longest lines I have *ever* seen at merchandise tables plagued this show - at one point they were stretching all the way back to the entrances at both sides of the venue. We got into the Theatre right as the doors opened, because we had left San Diego far too early and arrived with more than enough time to spare, so we were able to obtain t-shirts before the bulk of the crowd showed up. I haven't purchased too many over-priced "concert" shirts in recent years, just some colorful Elephant 6 shirts - but I was buying one for a friend, and they were pretty cool looking, so I decided to get one for myself as well. The opening act, a couple of "old school" DJ's called the Handsome Boy Modeling School, were unimpressive at best but played (records of) a lot of old rap songs I haven't heard in awhile, like that LL Cool J song "I'm Gonna Knock You Out" or whatever it's titled. So it was at least somewhat enjoyable in a corny, nostalgic sorta way. Radiohead was pretty fucking amazing. Easily, one of the best performances I've ever seen. They played a great deal of material from the new album (8 songs, I think), mostly with real live drums and very little guitar. Most of the time a guitar was used on the "Kid A" stuff, an Ebow was as well, so that it sounded more like a synth than a six-string. Surprisingly, they pulled off all of the "Kid A" material wonderfully except for a false start lyrically on "Idioteque." Despite that, this song was by far one of the high points of the set. They also played loads of stuff from "OK Computer" and "The Bends," including my favorite song of theirs, "Lucky." And they tossed in a few new songs which I gather will probably show up on the more "song orientated" follow-up to "Kid A" that's coming out early next year. I was wondering whether or not they'd try to techno-ize their older material, but they didn't. They pulled out the guitars and distortion pedals for those. I can't remember the last time I was this floored by a band. Perhaps the first time I saw King Crimson... Anyhow, if you get the chance to see them, definitely jump on it. Supposedly, they're going to be touring again in the spring or summer of next year. Capital is also going to be web-casting the Greek show, so catch that if you can too. - --Jason "GT-3 or POD 2?" Thornton "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:53:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Marks Subject: Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > The opening act, a couple of "old school" DJ's called the Handsome Boy > Modeling School Prince Paul and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, to be precise. 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: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:35:31 +0100 From: "Pamplemousse" Subject: Xmas cd I copied this of the Departure Lounge website ( http:www.meekgiant.com/departurelounge/ ) cos i'm too lazy to type it out myself - "Departure Lounge have contributed a track to the forthcoming XFM benefit album for the homeless, 'It's a Cool, Cool Christmas' (out on Jeepster Nov. 27th). The Departure Lounge original 'Christmas Downer' joins contributions from some of the best bands around - the Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian, Eels, Calexico and Teenage Fanclub, among others." I actually found out about the cd thru a Belle & Sebastian list (B&S are doing the carol 'O Come , O Come, Emmanuel'). Some of the others on it are Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Grandaddy & The Dandy Warhols. It's all in aid of the the Big Issue Foundation I believe. And now you may return to the regular diet of politics and semantics, (although the radiohead review was good, thanks Jason). - -- Rob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:50:57 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) At 02:53 PM 10/24/00 -0400, Terrence Marks wrote: >On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > > > The opening act, a couple of "old school" DJ's called the Handsome Boy > > Modeling School > >Prince Paul and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, to be precise. I forgot to mention that there was a third DJ guesting with them, Kid Koala or Koala Boy or DJ Coldsore or something, who spun the first and last tracks, and was loads more interesting. - --MC Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:33:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Eclipse Subject: Re: rad, radio, radiohead la (0% pissy political diatribes) > I forgot to mention that there was a third DJ guesting with them, Kid Koala > or Koala Boy or DJ Coldsore or something, who spun the first and last > tracks, and was loads more interesting. Kid Koala! this guy is amazing.. we saw him last may in SF on a Ninja Tune tour (the label he's on) along with DJ Food (the artists that use this name rotate - this show's DJ Food was ok) and Amon Tobin (this man is god). he's all of 16 or 17, i think, and has the most incredible turntable skills i have ever seen. he's got a great vibe and is totally comfortable chatting with the audience, and it fits well between his songs. when we saw him with his live band, the crowd could not stop dancing, and he and his live band just went together seamlessly. unfortunately, his cd's don't live up to the live experience, but he is absolutely awe-inspiring. - - Eclipse np: Natacha Atlas, Diaspora ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #301 *******************************