From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #384 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 5 2001 Volume 10 : Number 384 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Who Live at Leeds by Pete ["lucifersam" ] Sampo! ["Natalie Jane" ] RE: Trick to get new XTC CDs cheaper in US ["da9ve stovall" ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [Eb ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [HAL ] RE: lennon tribute on TNT ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [strange little woj ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [HAL ] RE: lennon tribute on TNT ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [HAL ] RE: trash ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [HAL ] Buffed and Fried Itchies ["Viola Rockiss" ] To curb all the anger on the list: ["Ultimate Goal" ] RE: lennon tribute on TNT ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: re-entry ["Rob" ] Re: Buff Kilts ["victorian squid" ] Re: new fred? [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] 100% NON RH - Lego [Mike Swedene ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [Julie Nelson ] Re: lennon tribute on TNT [Michael R Godwin ] Re: 100% NON RH - Lego [lj lindhurst ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:07:17 +0100 From: "lucifersam" Subject: Who Live at Leeds by Pete 20 September 2001 Live At Leeds Reissue Emails are coming in via Matt Kent from people who are comparing a bootleg (which I haven't heard) to what Jon Astley and I put together for this new release. Let me give some history. This release only exists because the bootleg exists. MCA were aware that the bootleg is a big seller and wanted to try to satisfy those people who wanted to hear the music excluded from the original LIVE AT LEEDS. You may not know my feeling about bootlegs. They are - in my humble opinion - harmless but criminal; a little like those guys who piss in the street when they can't hold it in any longer. Where they become a pain in the ass is when the collectors of them start to use the bootlegs themselves as a quality criteria by which I have to pursue my job as principle Who archivist. I cannot take a bootleg into account when assessing the quality of a post-production by Jon Astley or anyone else. The reason is simple. I do not have access to the collateral the bootlegger has. I can only gain access to that collateral by breaking the law and buying a copy of it through illegitimate channels, then using it as my master tape. If I go down that road I might as well just accept that the bootleg is a good CD, and steal it from the bootlegger, and put it out. I can do that (if I am willing to get sued for royalties by my fellow band members, MCA, Fabulous Music, Windswept Music, Eddie Cochran's Estate etc), but MCA can't. I assume that those of you who have the bootleg hope that its own faults (which it must have) can be corrected by us in the post-production process. Thus your bootleg becomes 'perfect'. Often, this is not the case. You simply get a new set of problems. I understand too that many of you who buy bootlegs, and who are complaining about tone quality on the new CD, are audiophiles, and - often - audio experts. I don't want to appear haughty or imperious about all this. I accept you annoying assholes know better than I do in many areas. BUT........ I am in charge of this process. I make the final decisions. What is out there in the market place is what I want out there. It is the best I can do given the legal collateral, financial and technical resources and time available. Organised bootleggers, who ironically have much more money to throw around than I do on projects like this (they have no overhead at all, and pay no royalties to anyone at all), should not get richer. At times like this they must be laughing all the way to the secret bank account. If you want a copy of the bootleg, STEAL it. In most cases those of you complaining must have it already. So make a free copy for your friends. Hopefully our fans will buy the new edition if they wish to continue to support us in our work. If they don't, then they will have only themselves to blame when we f-f-f-f-fade away. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:51:03 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: Sampo! >Here is what my friend Elsa (eminently knowledgeable) wrote to me >about the Sampo DVD player that she owns and its history. As an MST3K fan, there is no fucking way I can read this without laughing. "Kids come running for the great taste of Sampo!" - Joel Hodgson n. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:22:15 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Trick to get new XTC CDs cheaper in US >From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." >Subject: Trick to get new XTC CDs cheaper in US > >I recently discovered that we XTC fans in America can get >the new, remastered import XTC CDs on the cheap. HMV.com >(they're Canadian, right?) sells them for about $13US, >which beats CDNOW.com's $19US import price by quite a >bit. I bought all the XTC remasters at www.absound.ca - same trick, but even cheaper. They came in at about $11-$12 per disc, which beats the hell out of any American price I've ever paid before for Japanese imports. da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:36:28 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: The RIAA attempts to explain high CD costs... http://www.riaa.com/MD-US-7.cfm ______________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas programmer McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for the coffin." - - H. L. Mencken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 11:00:33 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: trash > From: "Poole, R. Edward" > > Has anyone heard the new Garbage disc, "BeautifulGarbage?" (which came out > today) I understand that it is a "departure" from their prior work, which > may be OK with me (V. 2.0 left me pretty cold, while the debut ranks in my > top 10 of the 1990s chart). I'll probably buy it before hearing it, but I'd > be interested in your opinions. I'm looking forward to hearing it, but I haven't yet. I really despised Garbage for a while -- they seemed so manufactured (not a problem for me when there are no pretensions to be otherwise), so calculated, so faux-angsty. A few of the songs grabbed me but I shook them off, and then "Special" wormed its way into my brain and I decided I really didn't care how calculated they were anymore. I kind of liked Shirley Manson's naked Chrissie Hynde worship as well. I'll put down a chip on the side of 2.0 -- it's the one I keep in the car; the entire first side is stellar driving music. The first album has never moved me the same way, though I do like its singles fine. > From: "Stewart C. Russell" [the Onion] > wish they wouldn't take cheap shots at the midwest, tho'; seems that > every recent story is set in a town where I have friends and family -- > Topeka, KS; Springfield, MO, etc... Well, they originated in the midwest, so if anyone is, they're entitled. I have friends and family in Alabama and I think their stories set there are spot-on, personally. - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:16:57 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT Well, I feared this might happen. Clearly, the combination of simultaneous John Lennon/Frank Zappa threads *plus* an incipient Paul McCartney album have left HAL's receptor centers dangerously overstimulated. When a late-night "Entertainment Tonight" rebroadcast sends someone into cackling fits, you *know* there's some bad chemistry at work. Quick...someone sedate him with some tedious indie-pop talk, or this could get messy. Anyone wanna chat about the new Brutal Tinkerbells EP? I think it's the best thing the Paddleboat label has ever put out. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 11:28:19 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT At 11:16 AM 10/4/2001 -0700, Eb wrote: >Quick...someone sedate him with some tedious indie-pop talk, or this could >get messy. Anyone wanna chat about the new Brutal Tinkerbells EP? The Brutal Tinkerbells? Didn't Yoko Ono break them up? Fucking ungrateful bitch. Now back to our regularly scheduled Stan Lee derived worldview... - --Jason "I'm swell!" Thornton "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:41:01 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT Eb sneered: > Well, I feared this might happen. Clearly, the combination of simultaneous > John Lennon/Frank Zappa threads *plus* an incipient Paul McCartney album > have left HAL's receptor centers dangerously overstimulated. When a > late-night "Entertainment Tonight" rebroadcast sends someone into cackling > fits, you *know* there's some bad chemistry at work. Yeah. I was reading Cerebus, listening to the Dead and watching a David Lynch film at the same time as all of the above and my brain shorted out causing me to forget that my posts were so unwelcome. And here I was marvelling at the newly civil tone of our differing reviews of the Lennon show, Eb. I guess it was too much to hope for that it would continue on your end. > Quick...someone sedate him with some tedious indie-pop talk Zzzzz.... /hal, thinking of joining Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 14:50:42 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: lennon tribute on TNT Eb sneered: >> Well, I feared this might happen. Clearly, the combination of simultaneous >> John Lennon/Frank Zappa threads *plus* an incipient Paul McCartney album >> have left HAL's receptor centers dangerously overstimulated. When a >> late-night "Entertainment Tonight" rebroadcast sends someone into cackling >> fits, you *know* there's some bad chemistry at work. >Yeah. I was reading Cerebus, listening to the Dead and watching a David >Lynch film at the same time as all of the above and my brain shorted out >causing me to forget that my posts were so unwelcome. Ummmm... Church & State From the Mars Hotel Lost Highway... Ummm, yeah. >And here I was marvelling at the newly civil tone of our differing >reviews of the Lennon show, Eb. I guess it was too much to hope for that >it would continue on your end. Wait, I thought that was supposed to be a good-natured funny. No? (of course, it wasn't directed at me, so I cannot really judge, but my Spidey sense didn't pick up any malice). >/hal, thinking of joining Quail No, don't go! Really. Here, let me draw some fire away from you and encourage you to stick around: I, Ed Poole, do solemnly swear, that I own every Grateful Dead studio record released before 1981. I also own 10 volumes of the "Dick's Picks" live CD series and 150 cassette bootlegs. I attended 40 Grateful Dead shows between 1983-87. What's more, I *still* appreciate their music -- though I haven't dug out those bootleg cassettes in years and years, I quite enjoy the late 1960s and early to mid 1970s concerts released in the "Dick's Picks" series. - -ed "can't we all just get along?" poole ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:03:24 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT when we last left our heroes, HAL exclaimed: >And here I was marvelling at the newly civil tone of our differing >reviews of the Lennon show, Eb. I guess it was too much to hope for that >it would continue on your end. oh hal, settle down there. i, like ed, thought Eb's jab was, if somewhat soon in your new-found civility, good-natured and not intended as a flame. kinda like when tom tells gnat to fuck off, you know? when Eb's really going after your goat, it'll be a lot more vitriolic than that! +w ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:15:43 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT > Eb sneered: > you *know* there's some bad chemistry at work. Ed: > Wait, I thought that was supposed to be a good-natured funny. No? In an ideal world, that would be terrific. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. Apologies in advance to Eb for my oversensitvity if that's truly the case. As for Jason "comic books suck" Thorton, who pens: > Now back to our regularly scheduled Stan Lee derived worldview... Stan Lee derived comicbooks DO 'suck'. Got any other informed, eloquent comments? /hal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:15:44 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: lennon tribute on TNT Thus sprake Woj: >i, like ed, [snip!] Thanks, woj, tho that extra punctuation isn't strictly necessary. ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:20:46 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT woj wrote: > oh hal, settle down there. i, like ed, thought Eb's jab was, if somewhat > soon in your new-found civility, good-natured and not intended as a flame. > kinda like when tom tells gnat to fuck off, you know? when Eb's really > going after your goat, it'll be a lot more vitriolic than that! Fair enough. I'll go with the consensus, and be happy that that's the case. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:35:35 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: trash >> From: "Poole, R. Edward" > > Has anyone heard the new Garbage disc, "BeautifulGarbage?" [snip!] Drew: >I'm looking forward to hearing it, but I haven't yet. I really despised >Garbage for a while -- they seemed so manufactured (not a problem for me >when there are no pretensions to be otherwise), so calculated, so >faux-angsty. A few of the songs grabbed me but I shook them off, and >then "Special" wormed its way into my brain and I decided I really didn't >care how calculated they were anymore. I kind of liked Shirley Manson's >naked Chrissie Hynde worship as well. No doubt these guys are "manufactured" -- after all, when you take an uber-producer, assemble some musicians, then pluck an attractive front-woman/lead singer from another, still existing band, you cannot claim to be "organic." Also, the music -- particularly the 1st album -- smacks of exhaustive studio creation/experimentation. The new one sounds more like a "band," in some undefinable (to me) way. I've listened to BeautifulGarbage 4 times now, and can report that several songs are excellent tunes (Androgyny (1st single), Shut Your Mouth, Til The Day I Die, Parade); some songs are hard to grasp and unlike anything Garbage has done to date (Can't Cry these Tears -- a Spector wall-of-sound doo-wop number; Silence is Golden -- basically a ballad, but with this weird 1990s Crimson guitar line & loud power chord chorus; Cherry Lips -- sounds like 1980s pop (Toni Basil meets the Knack???), complete with cheesy synth tones & hand claps); some just leave me cold (Drive You Home -- a mid-tempo ballad that sounds like Creation music to me, like, say, Heavenly). All in all, a strong album, but one which takes repeated listenings to get into. - -ed ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:40:08 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT OPEN LETTER TO Eb: Hey man, if I took your words the wrong way, I'm sorry. I thought you were piling on following Jason Wilson Brown's shitty words. Based on some of our past previous 'skirmishes', I may have been oversensitive where you're concerned. I'm all for good-natured cajoling, ribbing, teasing, debating, discussing, et. al., which is what I hoped WAS happening, and which folks I respect on this list reassure me was the Reality. The dangers of text-based communication! With this newfound understanding, let's please move forward. Peace! /hal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:38:17 +0000 From: "Viola Rockiss" Subject: Buffed and Fried Itchies "You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were." Ray Bradbury Godwin >PS I just read 'Hippopotamus' by Stephen Fry which was better than I >expected it to be. Very warped, with overtones of P G Wodehouse and >Kingsley Amis. Overwritten of course, but I expected that :) Ive gone on record as liking Frye so I wouldnt repeat. However, maybe this says something bout the warped upper-class world I grew up in, but I dont think his authorial voice is warped at all. Funny and absurdest certianly, but good-hearted and of a generous spirit too. You should have met some of the characters in my family and their fancy friends if you think the Hippo stuff is warped;-)(Still say the fictions not up to the autobio thou.) - ------------- Ed, not Eb;-) >I, for one, am glad they didn't alter the ending because of the WTC -- I >mean, it's a pretty tenuous connection (though, I admit, I did >think >aboutit while watching). The media's efforts -- particularly Hollywood -- >to erase all reminders of the towers or anything to do >with terrorism >actually makes it worse for me. Yes--also its insulting. Like Im going to think the BuffyBabel Tower of Darkness is the WTC. Come on. They set it up from last season, the story demands it--dont ruin a story to pander to some idiot somwhere who thinks a big prop is a huge buildings filled with actual humans. Besides the falling tower is a tarot trump, which is fitting for Buffy(and maybe for the WTC too, but I wouldnt go there.) Has anyone else noticed that the occult lore on Buffy isnt utterally stupid? As in, if youre going to ressurect someone Osirus would be the god to contact. It a witch is going to do a spell, Arkadia(sp?--as in Leland's book I presume) is who you would call on(Id make a terrible witch, you have to know how to spell;-) Outch.) - ------------ Stewart: >thinsulate kilt?? A kilt is 30' of heavy worsted wool. Believe me, >you >don't need insulation (and hence the old joke). Sounds like you speak from experience, But dosnt all that wool get ... itchy ;-P - ----------------------- Kay "You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were." Ray Bradbury _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:44:06 -0400 From: "Ultimate Goal" Subject: To curb all the anger on the list: http://home.houston.rr.com/surrenderownz/auction.htm - -Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:52:28 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: RE: lennon tribute on TNT >I, Ed Poole, do solemnly swear, that I own every Grateful Dead studio >record >released before 1981. I also own 10 volumes of the "Dick's Picks" live CD >series and 150 cassette bootlegs. I attended 40 Grateful Dead shows >between >1983-87. What's more, I *still* appreciate their music -- though I haven't >dug out those bootleg cassettes in years and years, I quite enjoy the late >1960s and early to mid 1970s concerts released in the "Dick's Picks" >series. > >-ed "can't we all just get along?" poole You sick bastard! : - ) Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:55:46 +0100 From: "Rob" Subject: Re: re-entry On 3 Oct 2001 at 13:11, strange little woj wrote: > i ordered and received the slightly more expensive one from amazon.com and > it's, as jh3 said, actually an american-distributed (by music video > distributors) release of the region 0 dvd on visionary. on the bottom right > of the case's back, there is the music video distributors logo and a upc > code (22891 96212), which i don't think a straight british release would > have. (can anyone confirm or deny?) I was pretty sure that by upc code (RAS syndrome*) woj meant the barcode but I went to google to confirm. Serendipitously, it is also the acronym for United Poultry Concerns who campaign against cruelty to chickens! Gotta Let This Hen Out indeed. Anyway, the barcode on my UK release is 5 013929 770041 if that helps. ObBanks - Iain M Banks books are invariably found in the sci fi section, although I believe that when he starts writing again after his year off he is going to be Iain M on all of his works, sci fi or not. - -- Rob * RAS = redundant acronym syndrome ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:40:29 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: Buff Kilts On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:07:04 Viola Rockiss wrote: >Susan, Gene, you gonna do it? (No, not the pageant sillies)! Wow, Kay, you have made me feel ashamed. I was thinking "well hey, I'm gonna be kind of busy". Sounds as tho you will be a lot busier than me and YOU signed up. So I will give this some more thought. I really thought this would be a good way to just start throwing stuff on paper. The deadline is actually the part that attracted me. If I have to finish by the end of the month, I'll have a finished -something- (revising obviously comes later), whereas if I just decided to start a novel one day, I'd most likely stall out and have a tough time restarting. So I'm still thinking. I definitely think tho, that a "buddy list" for those who take the plunge would be sort of cool, since I'm figuring there'd be a few of us without a local "writing buddy". On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 08:48:55 Natalie Jane wrote: >Susan, those Soft Boys concert pictures are awesome. Thank you!! I will tell Doug, he's eager for feedback. >I wish you'd gotten a shot of Matthew playing with three strings, >though. :) Well, since Doug got bored and left early on (hey, he'd seen Vancouver already), to the great sorrow of all this moment in rock and roll history will have to remain unmemorialized. loveonya, susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:41:41 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: new fred? >> BTW - what do youse fans of Zappa's humour think of Godley and Creme? > >I never dug 10CC that much, though the later G&C stuff has been recommended >to me a couple of times. What would be the best example to pick up? I'd say that for a Zappa fan, "Ismism" (or possibly "Freeze Frame") would probably be the best starters, but I don't know whether either has ever been released on CD. There are a number of cheap best of's, but sadly they seem to deal mostly with their more commercial stuff. "Images" would probably be the most representatively strange of these CDs, and (here at least) it's pretty easy to get hold of. James (np: Godley & Creme - Joey's Camel) James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:38:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: 100% NON RH - Lego my friend emailed me this link. http://drew.corrupt.net/lp/series1.html I have to warn you, it is porn, actually LEGO porn. Herbie \ NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:02:10 +0200 From: Julie Nelson Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT Dare I state something on behalf of Yoko, the artist. Several months ago I saw an exhibit of her work at the Walker in Mpls. and her work with the Fluxist movement was terrific. She has a bright mind. Has anyone ever seen the piece that inspired John to meet her? I think it is called "Yes." Not trying to alarm anyone, I just want to point out her positive contributions. Julie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:06:21 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: lennon tribute on TNT On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Julie Nelson wrote: > Dare I state something on behalf of Yoko, the artist. Several months > ago I saw an exhibit of her work at the Walker in Mpls. and her work > with the Fluxist movement was terrific. She has a bright mind. Has > anyone ever seen the piece that inspired John to meet her? I think it > is called "Yes." Not trying to alarm anyone, I just want to point out > her positive contributions. I haven't seen it, but I read a description which said that it consisted of a ladder and a magnifying glass. When you had climbed to the top of the ladder, there was a small sticker (on the ceiling?) which you could only read with the magnifying glass. You can guess what was written on it. I saw a TV interview with her at the time of her Indica exhibition (ah, heady days! - probably 1967), before she linked up with JWL (it might even have been the exhibition at which they met). She was describing an artwork consisting of an apple on a pedestal. The interviewer said "What happens when the apple starts to rot?" YO replied "Well, you eat it before that". Interviewer: "Then what have you got?" YO: "The memory of the apple. The idea of the apple". Very nice, but she wanted $5000 for it. - - Mike Godwin PS Have you seen that TotP clip where JWL is singing 'Instant Karma' and she is blindfolded and turning over cards which read 'Smile', 'Happy' etc? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:13:56 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: 100% NON RH - Lego Oh my god, that is SO FUNNY!!! Check out the rest of his site, too--he's wonderfully twisted... >my friend emailed me this link. > >http://drew.corrupt.net/lp/series1.html > >I have to warn you, it is porn, actually LEGO porn. > > >Herbie >\ >NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. >http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #384 ********************************