From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #370 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, September 21 2001 Volume 10 : Number 370 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: world flag ["scary mary" ] catchphrases [Christopher Gross ] Re: odds n'ends [strange little woj ] tori tori laurie [strange little woj ] Re: Still more inappropriate playlist entries [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Bjork, Matthew Jay ["Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Quiz fans only [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Bush's speech II [Tom Clark ] Re: Teleological Putrification [Sebastian Hagedorn ] they might be actual size ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: they might be actual size [Aaron Mandel ] Pakistan playing ball ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: they might be actual size [dmw ] Re: they might be actual size ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] they might be guy ants question ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Bush's speech II ["Maximilian Lang" ] klums ["Walker, Charles" ] Re: they might be guy ants question [Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: world flag I'm not sure if anyone has posted a link to view the flags of the world so here's one: http://www.flags.net/mainindex.htm Can anyone tell me the history of the Isle of Man flag? Are they the legs of Morris dancers? E.Blackadder: Now look; we are not *that* desperate! Morris dancing is the most fatuous entertainment ever devised by man: Forty effeminate blacksmiths waving bits of cloth they've just wiped their noses on...How it's still going on in this day and age, I'll never know. s.m n.p. Eno - Moebius - Roedelius - Plank "Begegnungen" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:11:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: catchphrases On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Natalie Jane Jacobs wrote: > Non-musically, I've been curious as to when some pundit is going to come > up with some name for the events of September 11. People refer to > it as "the tragedy" or "the disaster," but that's very vague; we all > know what those phrases refer to, but they could theoretically refer > to any catastrophic event. There's no phrase that pins down the events > precisely, like "Pearl Harbor" or "Hiroshima." One local paper has used > the term "S11," but I haven't seen that anywhere else. Has anyone else > noticed a catchphrase popping up? On the day of the attack, at least one reporter closed his story with the phrase "...as some people are already calling it, 9-1-1," as in the emergency telephone number. However, he's the only *I* have actually heard call it that. Anyone else? - --Chris, who now has a certain Alien Sex Fiend song stuck in his head ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:10:22 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: odds n'ends when we last left our heroes, Russ Reynolds exclaimed: >Even my 8 year old daughter knows that 11.5 rounds off to 12. how about 10.5? +w ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:09:01 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: tori tori laurie >From: "Andrew D. Simchik" >>From: strange little woj >>that said, there is some good material here: "'97 bonnie & clyde" is >>(appropriately) eerie and discomforting, the stripped back "enjoy the >>silence" , and "happiness is a warm gun", despite the somewhat overbearing >>gun control message, grooves nicely. >Hmmm -- the Eminem thing sounded intriguing (but not likely to be >a singalong track for me). by no means for me either...and i can't say that i want to listen to it more than a couple times in my life (either version!), but i do think she effectively highlights what the song is about and gave it more appropriate music than the original's. in that respect, i think she did well with it. >What I heard of the other two sounded pretty pointless to me. as you can see above, i forgot to finish writing about "enjoy the silence" and, now, can't even recall what i was going to say. ack. anyways, i do think that one's alright. i expected all the toriphiles to gravitate to that cover since depeche mode's a well-known band and the manner in which she does it is similar to her solo stuff but it seems to be pretty much disliked by everyone. as for "happiness is a warm gun", i just like the arrangement and the extended instrumental. the samples blend in rather nicely and, to my ear anyways, fade into the background quickly so they don't distract me much (not that their message is one that i disagree with; but i appreciate that songs with an overtly political bend do grate on people, regardless of their politics). >But then I'm not like those Tori fans >who think every song she touches turns to gold. me neither, believe it or not, though she has certainly done some inventive covers in her time. >I'll never forgive >her for her awful cover of "Losing My Religion," for example, yeah, that one is pretty deconstructed. i never liked the original much so i wasn't wounded by it though. >and I don't think much of her "Lovesong" either. there's no studio recording of that, she's only done it live. the first public rendition was an off-the-cuff request on kroq, as i recall. i think on harpsichord. >How in the world can she reconcile the real >lyrics of "Real Men" with the idea that a woman is singing it, though? dunno, don't care. i just think the song is musically suited to her and i'm one of those freaks who like tori for her music more than for her lyrics. >From: Aaron Mandel >i think the bit in every single review of the album which says she's >performing the songs "from the woman's point of view" was a cute idea but >not what actually happened. those reviews are simply regurgitating all the press that atlantic records lobbed out and the answers that tori gives to interviewers. i'm sure she believes that the concept worked but i can't help but suspect atlantic of cooking up that spin to market what, i believe, is the last record of her contract. >From: HAL >No reference by Tori to the WTC. In fact, she seemed inappropriately >self-possessed, but I'm not a fan so I'm guessing this is what makes her >'special'? most toriphiles connect to her on an emotional and inspirational level. self-possession is part of that. >I'm just of the 'she's a Kate Bush ripoff' school of thought i think stating that tori is nothing more than a KaTe-ripoff indicates that you don't really have a good understanding of either. but that's fine since i think phish is just a bad grateful dead rip-off. ;) in other ectophilic news, we caught laurie anderson down at town hall in nyc on wednesday (we deigned to skip the thursday performance, though i suppose we could have gotten better seats for that show). on the whole, i enjoyed the show: she covered a wide range of old and new material and i thought the muscicianship (she was accompanied by keyboard player, bassist and drums) was good. however, i did miss the visual element. granted, this was a concert as opposed to a performance piece, so i shouldn't really expect something full-blown, but i was susprised that there was so little in that department. woj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:19:15 -0700 (PDT) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Still more inappropriate playlist entries > And just in case anyone is still keeping score: > > Sun & the Moon, "Arabs & Americans" > Baader Meinhof, "Meet Me at the Airport" > New York Dolls, "Frankenstein" > Peter Blegvad, "First Blow Struck" (luckily for PB, Andy I just recently got a radio show at my college station, KPSU 1450 AM in beautiful Portland, OR - land of the kneejerk leftists. So last night to be a smartass I play "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens - it was, of course, on the Clear Channel playlist. But meanwhile, I was totally oblivious about another song I played - until I got home and was mulling over the lyrics in my head. The song: "Viva Sea-Tac". "Coming and going/It has to be Boeing The best form of defense is blow them up" -Robyn Yikes! and Doh! I can't believe I did that. Oh well, no one called about that. They did, however, call about "Peace Train". Oy veh. =jbj= (aka sloop john b, aka lobsterman) p.s. thanks to whoever made that tori amos mp3 available yesterday. i'd thank you by name, but I inadvertantly deleted the email. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:15:10 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: Teleological Putrification when we last left our heroes, Viola Rockiss exclaimed: >Kay, wondering when she -did- first come onto Feg. Woj, can I search the >archives by my old addy? not easily. but i can. your first post was on october 25, 1995 in . +w ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:34:18 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: Bjork, Matthew Jay > From: Eb > Subject: Re: TMBG Mink Car + > > [Bjork] I wanna hear her WAIL! Granted, I adore Bjork's wail, too (Bono described her voice as an icepick when the Sugarcubes opened for U2; those screeches she used to do certainly fit that description). However, one of the things I like the most about Vespertine is that it's so *intimate.* It seems the more popular Bjork becomes -- the more people who are looking at her -- the more she lets us in to her world. In addition to being a gifted vocalist/musician and director of other musicians (she can get amazing, new things out of such different people as Matmos and Icelandic string quartets), she is a gifted sound engineer. Vespertine is a magnificent recording, which contributes greatly to her quiet vocals. There are parts of the record where it's just Bjork singing quietly, with a dry mic and no effects, and it gives me goosebumps. But then again, I'm convinced most people only hear 20% of the music/information of what they listen to, due to lackluster sound-reproduction equipment. > by the way, if you want to know who should do an all-covers album...BJORK! I've long dreamt of Bjork covering some of the songs I've heard recorded by the great female vocalists of the 40s/50s: Sarah Vaughn, Doris Day, etc. Whenever I hear June Christy I think of Bjork. A song like "Something Cool" is perfect for Bjork, I think. I downloaded all the MP3 soundbites of the new Tori Amos record today. I own none of her records, and what I heard today was intriguing, but dang, I can hear her attitude a mile away. I think I'll stick with Emma Townshend and Virginia Astley (both piano-playing females, by the way ;-). > Did anyone ever buy the Matthew Jay album (Draw) on Capitol? I checked out sound bites on cdnow.com after you recommended it, but never bought it (it was still a pricey import at the time). I did listen to a 4-song promp EP thingee last weekend, and didn't buy it. Just didn't grab me. If I get the opportunity to hear the full album, I'll certainly check it out. __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:02:44 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: TMBG Mink Car + on 9/20/01 11:48 PM, Aaron Mandel at aaron@eecs.harvard.edu wrote: > is "Mink Car" (the song) the first time Flansburgh has tackled a > Linnell-style lyrical conceit about oblivion? Isn't this the subject of Jeme's Master's thesis? - -t "careful with that yo-yo!" c ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:07:42 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Quiz fans only I have just devised a simple Quiz for our party tomorrow, Saturday*. If you would like to try it, it's at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~hssmrg/QUIZ2001.doc - - Mike * Drop in any time from 4pm if you're in the neighbourhood! Phone for directions on 01225 835003 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:13:58 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Bush's speech II on 9/21/01 7:51 AM, Ken Weingold at hazmat@hellrot.org wrote: > I cannot believe that I forgot to mention this. Right after the > speech was over, some git turns back on the music in the place. What > came on? Yup, you guessed it, Born In The USA. I bet Bruce would be > appalled.... The wife and I went to the first San Jose Sharks preseason home game last night and they played this over the PA there. I fear we're going to be hearing it quite often now. Also, they handed out little American flag badges and season schedule fold-outs to everyone who entered. It was funny that in my left hand was a 2"x3" flag and in my right was a 2"x3" Pepsi advertisement. This act of jingoism has been brought to you by... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:17:16 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Teleological Putrification - -- strange little woj is rumored to have mumbled on Freitag, 21. September 2001 12:15 Uhr -0400 regarding Re: Teleological Putrification: > when we last left our heroes, Viola Rockiss exclaimed: > >> Kay, wondering when she -did- first come onto Feg. Woj, can I search the >> archives by my old addy? > > not easily. but i can. your first post was on october 25, 1995 in http://www.smoe.org/lists/fegmaniax/1995/v03.n166 >. I don't believe this! My first post was on June 15, 1993. Man, I feel old... I guess my membership/posting ratio is among the lowest, though ;-) But it's absolutely astonishing how many people have been on the list for the entire time! I bet there aren't many lists like that. I've been on R.E.M., Yo La tengo and Neil Young lists, but there always came a time when I just wasn't interested anymore. Here, there are *always* interesting discussions. Being in Germany, I'm sorry to never have met any of you guys in person, but maybe we'll manage that at some point during the next 8 years ;-) Cheers, Sebastian - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ This mail was sent using Mac OS X ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:58:45 +0000 From: "Viola Rockiss" Subject: Plato: the Movie! Nat wrote: >Non-musically, I've been curious as to when some pundit is going to >come >up with some name for the events of September 11. People refer to >it as "the tragedy" or "the disaster," but that's very vague; we all >know what those phrases refer to, but they could theoretically refer >to any catastrophic event. There's no phrase that pins down the events >precisely, like "Pearl Harbor" or "Hiroshima." One local paper has > >usedthe term "S11," but I haven't seen that anywhere else. Has anyone > >else noticed a catchphrase popping up? Yes, the aweful "Attack on America." This last week Ive been doing Web-Page stuff for the library and this was the title and political slant which was handed me. Anyway, I have to annotate Websites and I just cant bring myself to use it. Too sensationalistic? Too jingoistic? Not sure. Anyway I do keep calling it "the disater" or "the events of the 11th" and yes, I have very much noticed the need for a better handle. - ---------------- Theres a TMBG song called "Bill's Bad Mood"? ! ? Ive always -ment- to give them a listen. Their early stuff was recorded at my quarter brother's(my half sibling's half sibling)(and yes, I coined that term for lack of anything better) studio. And his name's Billy. Hmmmmmmm, I wonder;-) - ---------------------- Godwin I found the 5-1 thing funny, even without crib-notes. >My only recollection of the word teleology coming up in actual >discussion Well, there you are--actual discussion. Plato and Aristotle are the start of a dialog thats gone along way since. And Im not a very sympathetic recounter of Aristotle. Plato's always made more sense to me cause ... he's the greater poet!(an irony I get off on. He didnt like poets much thou poets have often liked him;-). Even in translation, just about any translation, Plato's writing glows. First of all he uses dialog with extrodinary characters, then he brings in myths and cool stories. The Symposium's one of the greatest short stories on the planet. Drunken Alcibiades is a stoke of genius. Why no one's ever made a movie of it(with appropriate flashbacks etc) I dont know. The whole things is a chunk of this great continuing drama which culminates in the death of Socrates, a man who dies for the ideas that are the purpose of the stories. Who cares if all its ideas are "true" ... it LIVES. Whereas Aristotle is like eating sand. Ive always had the theory that great writing is the secret behind the sucess of many "theories". We are more swayed by it than we like to admit. The early 20th-century ascendency of Freud is a great example of it. Or Nietchze or Rousseau or even Crowley. Im not specifially downplaying their ideas, just upplaying the importance of the power of how they expressed them. JH3: >"Faced with the nonhuman, the nonlinguistic, we no longer have >the ability to overcome contingency and pain by appropriation and >transformation, but only the ability to recognize contingency and >pain." ***Score!*** You bet. And why? Cause it makes a better story! Now ... dont you all prefer flags? - ------------------- Would love to hear a female cover of Costellos's "Girls Talk" --maybe dubbed over the music of the Dave Edmunds version, which could not possibly be improved upon. This will only reconfim my non-cool status, but Linda Ronstadhts version of "Tumbling Dice" works it well. - ------------------------- Kay "But cleanliness of the soul is important, dont you thee-ee-ink?" Robyn Hitchcock _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:48:41 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: they might be actual size I went to see They Might Be Giants this week and did not buy the album after the show. You can read my remarks on the show at this URL: http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11053471 I'll amplify a little, since this is a less general audience. The new songs didn't make any impression on me, and I will not be buying the new album unless I hear it first and the songs sound *completely* different. I was really disappointed that the set list was so predictable, and I would have liked to see the two Johns average their moods so that the show would be a little less manic/sloppy on the one side and less sad/tortured on the other (maybe Linnell wasn't feeling well?). Thoughts on the albums. There are songs I love and songs I hate on almost all of them, but I still cannot stand to sit through all of _John Henry_. I hated _Factory Showroom_ at first, but like Jeme I came back to it later and fell in love with it. I like it as much as I like _Apollo 18_ but it almost seems like a different group so it's hard for me to rate one above the other. >From: Capuchin >1986-1989 Stories of Old -- Depeche Mode >1989-1993 Absolutely Bill's Mood -- They Might Be Giants >1993-1999 Freeze -- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians >1999-present Til My Head Falls Off -- They Might Be Giants Fascinating -- these are among my least favorite songs on their respective albums, except for "'Til My Head Falls Off" (there are no songs I dislike on _Factory Showroom_, and if there were, that wouldn't be one of them). In the case of "Absolutely Bill's Mood," I pretty consistently skip it. >From: Ken Weingold > >Now I almost feel guilty >for having my "Impeach Pataki 95" bumper sticker. Why, what did he do? >Eb wrote: > > > If you care, my own favorite Mink Car tracks are probably "Cyclops Rock," > > "Another First Kiss," "Hovering Sombrero," "Yeh Yeh," "Mink Car" and > > "Finished With Lies." I remember that they played "Cyclops Rock," "Another First Kiss," and "Yeh Yeh". I don't remember the others. They did play the theme song from Malcolm In the Middle in a full-length format, though. Was that a full song shortened to make a theme, or did they build on it after the fact? It sounded great, I must admit (and I hate it in its short format). From _Factory Showroom_ they played "James K. Polk" and, just before the first encore, "New York City." The latter was nice to hear right now (and they made no reference to the WTC destruction, except to point out that they drove here from New York instead of flying), while the former was a little strange in light of Polk's major accomplishments. As we left I found myself really jonesing to hear "Pet Name." Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:51:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: they might be actual size On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: > Was that a full song shortened to make a theme, or did they build on > it after the fact? the latter. i think they first played the full version on a talk show (Conan?) early last year, saying they'd finished it in the dressing room. i don't know, maybe i just buy too many records, but i think if there was a band i once loved whose last album i also liked, no matter how much mediocre material there was in the middle, i'd just go buy the new record myself and see what i thought. i don't mean this as a criticism of you personally, Drew, but it's clearly a temperamental difference between us. a ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:02:27 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: Pakistan playing ball http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,555779,00.html Pakistan has been cooperating with the US, and has indicated it would allow the US to use its airspace in potential strikes against Afghan targets. It seems that these cooperative gestures -- which are dangerous for the Pakistani government -- do not come without their rewards. The US has reportedly agreed to restructure $600M in debt and to lift the sanctions imposed on Pakistan (for its 1998 nuclear tests & its support of Kashmiri separatists). One of my greatest fears going into whatever retaliation the US embarks upon is the potential for a widening of the conflict into a Pan-Islamic war with the West. Hence, I am very pleased that the US is using a carrot with Pakistan, rather than a stick. And speaking of using a stick, has anyone else heard the rumor that the US plans to oust the Taliban and replace them with a former Afghani monarch? 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To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:09:39 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: they might be actual size On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Aaron Mandel wrote: > i don't know, maybe i just buy too many records, but i think if there was > a band i once loved whose last album i also liked, no matter how much > mediocre material there was in the middle, i'd just go buy the new record > myself and see what i thought. i don't mean this as a criticism of you > personally, Drew, but it's clearly a temperamental difference between us. is this a good to time to mention that while i haven't spent much time with it yet, i'm pretty sure i like the new freedy johnston record LOADS better than blue days, black nights? - ------------------------------------------------- Mayo-Wells Media Workshop dmw@ http://www.mwmw.com mwmw.com Web Development * Multimedia Consulting * Hosting ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:12:22 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: they might be actual size At 03:51 PM 9/21/2001 -0400, Aaron Mandel wrote: >i don't know, maybe i just buy too many records, but i think if there was >a band i once loved whose last album i also liked, no matter how much >mediocre material there was in the middle, i'd just go buy the new record >myself and see what i thought. i don't mean this as a criticism of you >personally, Drew, but it's clearly a temperamental difference between us. Well, here it is: 1.) I'm on a budget. Part of the reason for this is that I have tended in the past to run up my credit card bill buying records. So I am being a lot more selective these days about the music I buy, and especially the music I buy new. 2.) I've bought a lot of disappointing records in recent years, and the resale value of same is not high. Some of these have indeed been by bands I once loved whose last albums I also liked. 3.) As I said, I heard a number of these songs the other night and I didn't like them. That doesn't mean they wouldn't grow on me, but it doesn't encourage me to run out and drop $15 to find out. 4.) _John Henry_ proves they are capable of dropping a real clunker. Those points are in reverse order of importance, which is bad composition but good stream-of-consciousness (the important ones occur to me first). Anyway, my point is that I think I share your optimistic temperament, but my financial situation has forced me to be less trusting. I have a feeling, for example, that I will eventually own the new Tori CD, but it might be purchased during a month in which nothing else of interest to me has come out and I actually have the spare cash to buy it. Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:20:58 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: they might be guy ants question Just out of curiosity, does anyone know on which They Might Be Giants album the "Daily Show" theme-tune might be found, if any? By the way, not to jump into the political fray too heavily here, but I was fairly disgusted by GW's smug little performance last night. Who the hell was he winking at? Jason "if you're not with me, you're a jackass" Thornton ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:42:46 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Bush's speech II >on 9/21/01 7:51 AM, Ken Weingold at hazmat@hellrot.org wrote: > I cannot believe that I forgot to mention this. Right after the > speech was over, some git turns back on the music in the place. What > came on? Yup, you guessed it, Born In The USA. I bet Bruce would be > appalled.... Perhaps, although I wouldn't be surprised if he played it on the TV special tonight. Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:37:13 -0700 From: "Walker, Charles" Subject: klums chas in LA writes: that kansas1225 from few posts back [363] is pretty crazed. but i know where he is coming from. i had a friend back in college who was paranoid schizophrenic, clinically diagnosed, and he sounds EXACTLY like this guy - same patterns of finding, well, patterns in numbers as they relate to world events. at one point my friend was trying to numerically figure out and prove that the president of my college, john lennon, and the southern baptists were all in cahoots with one another. one time i almost destroyed his universe by telling him that the names roe and wade in roe v. wade werent the real names of the people involved, we eventually had to kick him out of the house [that was the moment i realized we werent kids anymore having a laugh at everything, when i had to kick a friend out b/c we could put up with his craziness - the end of youth]. he also had the ANNOYING habit of 'purging' or 'cleansing' people's record collections of music he deemed evil - such as chris bell's 'i am the cosmos.' he's better now, living in FLA on meds... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:43:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: they might be guy ants question On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > Just out of curiosity, does anyone know on which They Might Be Giants > album the "Daily Show" theme-tune might be found, if any? wasn't it written by Bob Mould? a brief web search suggests it was, or at least a lot of people think so. a ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:53:06 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: they might be guy ants question At 05:43 PM 9/21/2001 -0400, Aaron Mandel wrote: >On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, does anyone know on which They Might Be Giants > > album the "Daily Show" theme-tune might be found, if any? > >wasn't it written by Bob Mould? a brief web search suggests it was, or at >least a lot of people think so. Oh, you're right. My mistake. I must have read the closing credits too quickly... according to the omniscient Internet Movie Database: Original music by John Flansburgh (as They Might Be Giants) John Linnell (as They Might Be Giants) Bob Mould (main theme) - --Jason ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #370 ********************************