From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #431 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, November 15 2001 Volume 10 : Number 431 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Buck-ing the system ["Walker, Charles" ] RE: Anti-War Pamphlet and CDs ["Brian Huddell" ] very simple [lj lindhurst ] man & boy ["Walker, Charles" ] Re: Wheatabix [Christopher Gross ] Re: war Pampers for the poor ["Fric Chaud" ] Re: Wheatabix [bayard ] Re: Anti-War Pamphlet and CDs [Eb ] AppleWorks to Excel Help [Glen Uber ] Helping the dark side hear the tunes [steve ] Why shouldn't there be happy spiders? [hydra@voicenet.com] Sciffy does Middle-Earth [steve ] Oysterhead [Mike Swedene ] Re: Helping the dark side hear the tunes [Capuchin ] insomnia ["Fric Chaud" ] Not PC (nor MAC) at all (0% RH) [Mike Swedene ] Re: Wheatabix ["matt sewell" ] Re: insomnia ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Wheatabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: war Pampers for the poor ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Wheatabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Weetabix [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Weetabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Hitchcock tribute band ["jbranscombe@compuserve.com" ] Blowing my NaNoWriMo horn ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Weetabix [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Weetabix ["matt sewell" ] Re: Weetabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Weetabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Weetabix ["matt sewell" ] Re: Weetabix ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Weetabix ["matt sewell" ] Grant Lee Tour Review (1% RH content) ["Mike Wells" ] Orphans in books (0% RH) [Mike Swedene ] RE: Orphans in books (0% RH) ["Brian Huddell" ] Paging FS Thomas ["Mike Wells" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:08:04 -0800 From: "Walker, Charles" Subject: Buck-ing the system >"Buck denies being drunk on an aircraft last April, two counts of common> assault involving cabin services manager Mario Agius and stewardess Holly Ward, and one charge of damaging British Airways crockery". >My guess is he'll get off the common assault charges, but for damaging BA crockery? 3 months at least! Chas in LA replies: The Brits take their crockery very seriously. looks like the brig for mr Buck. do planes have brigs? you dont want to be messing around on planes these days - evidence to support my words: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17692-2001Nov12.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:13:29 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Anti-War Pamphlet and CDs Eddie: > i have compiled a 22-page anti-war (pro-peace, if you prefer) > pamphlet and 3 companion CDs. What sort of content is on the CDs? That would be a lot of text! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:11:12 -0500 From: lj lindhurst Subject: very simple This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent written confirmation of its contents. 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At the big Feg Hootenanny, back in May 1998, we all autographed a box of Wheatabix and mailed it to Eddie. At least, that was the plan; did anyone ever actually take it to the post office? - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:28:39 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: Re: war Pampers for the poor On 14 Nov 2001, at 10:19, gSs wrote: > > up to 7 million people are in danger of > > starving to death once winter begins to set in (which will be any > > day) if the bombing is not halted IMMEDIATELY. > > So are you saying that even if we continue bombing, there is a chance > the "7 million people" won't starve this winter? Ibook! I think I'm getting the hang of this.... - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:08:55 -0800 (PST) From: bayard Subject: Re: Wheatabix > Wheatabix you say? At the big Feg Hootenanny, back in May 1998, we all > autographed a box of Wheatabix and mailed it to Eddie. At least, that was > the plan; did anyone ever actually take it to the post office? > he got it - the Feg Board Game, too, and a lot of other stuff. I notice they sell Weetabix at our local "shoppers food warehouse"... i didn't see if they have War Pampers... you can see eddie's weetabix box here; scroll down the bottom: http://www.glasshotel.net/gh/ephemera/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:32:33 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Anti-War Pamphlet and CDs etews@drizzle.com: >dear friends, New ISP? And what happened to www.feedthefish.org? Ken: >i think this list is as robust and dynamic as it's ever been. Well, I suppose it depends on one's interests. If you joined this list hoping to scan through computer hardware specs, I'm sure you couldn't be more pleased with the list's current health. Other folks might not be so enthused. Eb, who saw a very good (but not quite transcendent) Spiritualized show last night np: Graeme Downes/Hammers and Anvils (good!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 16:37:39 -0800 From: Glen Uber Subject: AppleWorks to Excel Help Hey MacHeads, I have a AppleWorks spreadsheet that I need converted to Excel. However, it was created in AppleWorks 6.0, and it won't open in 5.0 (the version I have). Would one of you be so kind as to take the file and convert it to a Microsoft Excel file? It is only 28KB, so it could be done via e-mail within a matter of minutes. Thanks in advance! Let me know what I can do in return. - -- Cheers! - -g- "We bombed the hospital by mistake, too bad, war is hell And then we bombed the embassy we thought was something else We might get to see World War Three by Thanksgiving Day But as long as the turkey's golden brown it's all gonna be ok." - --Dan Bern, "Tape" (2001) Glen Uber // uberg (at) sonic dot net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:18:19 -0600 From: steve Subject: Helping the dark side hear the tunes Software to make the iPod work with Windows is on the way - http://www.mediafour.com/products/xpod/ - - Steve __________ It is white." - George Bush, when asked what the White House is like by a student at Morningside Primary School in Hackney, East London. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:42:08 US/Eastern From: hydra@voicenet.com Subject: Why shouldn't there be happy spiders? Don't look Quail: http://biology.swau.edu/faculty/petr/ftphotos/hawaii/postcards/spiders/ - --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Voicenet WebMail. http://www.voicenet.com/webmail/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:44:32 -0600 From: steve Subject: Sciffy does Middle-Earth > SCI FI Rings In Middle-Earth > > The SCI FI Channel will give fans an insider's tour of the making of > New Line Cinema's upcoming Lord of the Rings film trilogy in A Passage > to Middle-Earth: The Making of the Lord of the Rings, a one-hour > Scinema Beyond special, 8 p.m. ET/PT on Dec. 9. Rings director Peter > Jackson hosts the behind-the-scenes special. > > In A Passage to Middle-Earth, Jackson discusses the creation of the > three films with behind-the-scenes footage, video production diaries > and interviews with cast and crew. The special looks at the creation of > Hobbiton, Rivendell, Lothlorien and the mines of Moria; development of > the Elvish language; and the prosthetics that transformed humans into > hobbits, elves and Ringwraiths, among other things. A Passage to > Middle-Earth will also feature interviews with stars Elijah Wood, Liv > Tyler, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate > Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and John Rhys-Davies. > > Fans will also be able to log on to The SCI FI Channel's official Web > site, SCIFI.COM, for supplemental materials. The first Rings film, The > Fellowship of the Ring, opens Dec. 19. Soundtrack album site - http://www.repriserec.com/lordoftherings/music.html Stream from Apple - http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/nov/lordrings/lordrings_ref.mov - - Steve __________ President Bush met privately with top officials from the Salvation Army in May to discuss his "faith-based" initiative while the White House was reviewing a request from the charity for a regulation protecting it from local workplace nondiscrimination laws based on sexual orientation. - Dana Milbank, Washington Post ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:59:02 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Oysterhead ALERT: OYSTERHEAD ON CONAN! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OYSTERHEAD will be performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien tomorrow, Thursday night, at 12:35 AM ET on NBC. Check local listings for exact times. Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:23:06 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Helping the dark side hear the tunes On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, steve wrote: > Software to make the iPod work with Windows is on the way - > http://www.mediafour.com/products/xpod/ Yes, but when are they just going to publish the interface specification and be done with it? What's with all the fucking secrets? J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:48:23 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: insomnia While (still!!!) unable to sleep, and while looking for Eddie's page on drizzle, I stumbled across: http://www.drizzle.com/~dyslexia/ ... which may be the sort of thing I've been expecting to see on the web for a long time... Hey, next time one of you buys an Apple product, please let all of us know. I owe you guys Robyn postings big-time. - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:12:26 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Not PC (nor MAC) at all (0% RH) Hey guys... I found an odd sight.... it is not very PC but then again when has this group ever been PC before????? (thinking back to 1991 and can not remember). Oh well... I got a chuckle from it, you may not. http://www.engrish.com/ Herbie np - "Used to be the owner of the world" OYSTERHEAD Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:14:37 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Wheatabix Erm... why is it so hard to be a vegetarian in London? I mean, I can understand that throughout the rest of the country, you've got to be prepared to eat vegetable lasagne *every* time you go out to eat, London is a notable exception - rammed full of great veggie food... Are you sure you were actually in *London*? It's quite common here for shysters to meet you at the airport, drive you out to the middle of Somerset, drop you off and announce; "Aaar! This be Lunnon!" This would explain the difficulty of eating veggie - Somerset is the beef capital of England where you'll find herds of friesans sweeping majestically across the plains of Frome (pronounced: Vroom!), and nary a tofu doughnut outside the realms of the Isle of Avalon... I hear it's worse in France, where even entertaining the thought of a non-meat product on your plate will garner you sneers of disgust from all but the most limp-wristed of existentialists... Nb: Weetabix should be covered in sugar, left in the milk until thoroughly soggy... mmm.... arghlghlghlgh.... Cheers Matt "Mostly a veggie... mostly..." Sewell >From: "Walker, Charles" >Reply-To: "Walker, Charles" >To: "'fegmaniax@smoe.org'" >Subject: Wheatabix >Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:25:34 -0800 > >Chas in LA writes: >When i was a student in London in '92, trying to be a vegetarian [a lot >harder to do in England than I imagined!] I ate a lot of Wheatbix simply >because of the song, Love on BSDRole. I too was looking for the joys that >love can bring but the cereal food only brought rain and gray skies. But i >enjoyed myself and I didnt complain if my beans weren't warm either. The >stuff is like shredded wheat and tasted good only with large amounts of >cinnamon. Maybe I was hoping I'd find my cinnamon girl, who knows. >http:www/theweeklywalker.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:14:18 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: insomnia Fric Chaud wrote: > > Hey, next time one of you buys an Apple product, please let > all of us know. Heck, in fact next time anyone buys any product, we have to know. I just bought a rangefinder camera. It's very nice. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:22:30 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Wheatabix "Walker, Charles" wrote: > > The stuff is like shredded wheat and tasted good only with large amounts of > cinnamon. Heretic!! Weetabix is the best. I've had it every day for my whole life. I must've eaten more than 23,000 Weetabix. There's only one way to eat it: fast, with cold milk and sugar, before it turns all soggy. Oh, and never let a Weetabix bowl dry out. Bulletproof vests are in fact made of layers of dried Weetabix and milk. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:24:57 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: war Pampers for the poor Fric Chaud wrote: > > Ibook! > I think I'm getting the hang of this.... No, you're not. It should have been MORNINGTON CRESCENT, you fucking fuck. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:30:33 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: man & boy "Walker, Charles" wrote: > > chas in LA replies: what the.....is this some NAMBLA thing? no, it's Tony Parsons's thinly-veiled fiction of not being married to Julie Burchill. Details here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006512135 Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:49:58 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Wheatabix matt sewell wrote: > > Nb: Weetabix should be covered in sugar, left in the milk until > thoroughly soggy... mmm.... arghlghlghlgh.... Double heretic! Stewart, the Weetabix Inquisitor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:08:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Weetabix > matt sewell wrote: > > Nb: Weetabix should be covered in sugar, left in the milk until > > thoroughly soggy... mmm.... arghlghlghlgh.... On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Stewart, the Weetabix Inquisitor wrote: > Double heretic! Well, I think that the milk should be allowed to sink in for a short time, so that the Weetabix are not too crunchy or too soggy but JUST RIGHT! - - Goldilocks 3 Bears' Cottage Middle of the Woods c/o Bros Grimm Germany ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:00:09 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Weetabix Michael R Godwin wrote: > > Well, I think that the milk should be allowed to sink in for a short time how wrong can you get?! The milk should be poured to a depth of between 3/4 and 7/8 the height of the Weetabix, assuming (of course) you are using a bowl that allows the Weetabix to sit entirely flat. This ensures that the texture is as intended Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:41:15 -0500 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: Hitchcock tribute band Just seen a combo listed in Time Out called When Trams Were King! jmbc PS. Chris Thomas King played *Tommy* Johnson in O Brother Where Art Thou. And *he* was a country bluesman. One of CTK's albums is a tribute to the man in fact. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:24:20 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Weetabix On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Michael R Godwin wrote: > too soggy i think it's spelt "woj". for some reason, Weetabix have started turning up in a few supermarkets over here, but Fruitabix are nowhere to be seen. they still make it, don't they? a ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:32:07 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Blowing my NaNoWriMo horn Today (well, Wednesday, November 14), the _San Antonio Express News_ newspaper published a story about NaNoWriMo writers in San Antonio. The story writer interviewed two participants, and one of them was me. I even got the pull quote! Woo hoo! I'm the most famous out-of-work technical writer in San Antonio, Texas. Sorta, I guess. My current word count is 29,200. How are you all doing? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:57:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Weetabix On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Aaron Mandel wrote: > for some reason, Weetabix have started turning up in a few supermarkets > over here, but Fruitabix are nowhere to be seen. they still make it, don't > they? Doesn't ring any bells with me. You don't mean Fru-grains, do you? Revolting things, like re-dried prunes. I once wrote a song about a health-food Weetabix lookalike, but I can't remember what it was called. All I recall is that it was advertised by a friendly squirrel called Hoppy. - - Mike Godwin PS Interesting interview with Georgie Fame on the Bill Wyman prog last night. Apparently GF was backing Eddie Cochran on his terminal UK tour (1960). Eddie Cochran was playing a lot of Ray Charles material - What'd I say, Hallelujah I just love her so etc. None of the UK session musicians had even _heard_ of Ray Charles in those days. EC also included Peggy Lee's 'Fever' in his act. Wish I had a recording! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:08:18 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Weetabix Fruitabix = mini weetabix with currants and raisins and the like, as any fule kno... Matt "non-fundamentalist weetabix consumer" Sewell >From: Michael R Godwin >Reply-To: Michael R Godwin >To: fegmaniax >Subject: Re: Weetabix >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:57:49 +0000 (GMT) > >On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > for some reason, Weetabix have started turning up in a few supermarkets > > over here, but Fruitabix are nowhere to be seen. they still make it, don't > > they? > >Doesn't ring any bells with me. You don't mean Fru-grains, do you? >Revolting things, like re-dried prunes. > >I once wrote a song about a health-food Weetabix lookalike, but I can't >remember what it was called. All I recall is that it was advertised by a >friendly squirrel called Hoppy. > > >- Mike Godwin > >PS Interesting interview with Georgie Fame on the Bill Wyman prog last >night. Apparently GF was backing Eddie Cochran on his terminal UK tour >(1960). Eddie Cochran was playing a lot of Ray Charles material - - What'd I >say, Hallelujah I just love her so etc. None of the UK session musicians >had even _heard_ of Ray Charles in those days. EC also included Peggy >Lee's 'Fever' in his act. Wish I had a recording! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:26:42 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Weetabix Aaron Mandel wrote: > > for some reason, Weetabix have started turning up in a few supermarkets > over here, but Fruitabix are nowhere to be seen. they still make it, don't > they? they've changed name to Minibix. But they're not The Real Thing. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:29:50 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Weetabix Michael R Godwin wrote: > > Doesn't ring any bells with me. You don't mean Fru-grains, do you? > Revolting things, like re-dried prunes. I think they look more like rotten wood, myself. Fru-Grains (http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/detail/799512.html) could only be a British food. They're so unpleasant looking, unpleasant tasting and unpleasant feeling, that they're actually quite nice. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:37:54 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Weetabix If I'm thinking of the right thing, they look like the woodchips found underneath climbing frames in playgrounds these days... malty with a citrus twang..? Naturally somewhere between crunchy and inexplicably soggy..? Turn the milk slightly acrid..? Delicious... surely no longer available? Me, I prefer me Grape Nuts... Matt "contains no grapes or nuts... just like the real thing!" Sewell >From: "Stewart C. Russell" >Reply-To: "Stewart C. Russell" >To: Michael R Godwin >CC: fegmaniax >Subject: Re: Weetabix >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:29:50 +0000 > >Michael R Godwin wrote: > > > > Doesn't ring any bells with me. You don't mean Fru-grains, do you? > > Revolting things, like re-dried prunes. > >I think they look more like rotten wood, myself. > >Fru-Grains >(http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/detail/799512.html) could >only be a British food. They're so unpleasant looking, unpleasant >tasting and unpleasant feeling, that they're actually quite nice. > > Stewart - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:01:10 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Weetabix matt sewell wrote: > > Delicious... surely no longer available? London must be too soft on you veggie types. Any health food store (ie, anywhere that sells food and doesn't fry it on the premises) in Scotland has Fru-Grains. They still use the same ancient box. > Me, I prefer me Grape Nuts... shame they're made by a bastard company. The generic american Nutty Nuggets (thanks, Viv!) are much better, but in either case, NEVER cough with a mouthful of these... Stewart "40 tonnes of Frutifort" Russell ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:21:54 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Weetabix Surely Grape Nuts aren't produced by <*spit*> Nestle? I've already sworn off Golden Nuggets (possibly the greatest kid-food ever made)... My memory of Grape Nuts (and I'm afraid I may well be quite a few years behind) is that they had a vibe of being hand-crafted out of recycled bread by hippies...no? It seems that marmite toast has totally pushed me out of the cereal market... Matt "willing to boycott anything" Sewell >From: "Stewart C. Russell" >To: matt sewell >CC: fegmaniax@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Weetabix >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:01:10 +0000 > >matt sewell wrote: > > > > Delicious... surely no longer available? > >London must be too soft on you veggie types. Any health food store (ie, >anywhere that sells food and doesn't fry it on the premises) in Scotland >has Fru-Grains. They still use the same ancient box. > > > Me, I prefer me Grape Nuts... > >shame they're made by a bastard company. The generic american Nutty >Nuggets (thanks, Viv!) are much better, but in either case, NEVER cough >with a mouthful of these... > > Stewart "40 tonnes of Frutifort" Russell - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:46:26 -0600 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Grant Lee Tour Review (1% RH content) Went and saw the Grant Lee Phillips tour at the Abbey Pub here in Chicago on Tuesday. Though I liked the music, I skipped past lot of the Grant Lee Buffalo craze/hype in the mid-90's. Interest was rekindled when I got some 'Grant Lee Hitchcock' shows in trade, and figured this would be a great chance to brush up on Grant's stuff in particular. The band consisted of Grant on a Takamine 12-string and a road piano, multi-instrumentalist Bill Bonk on electric bass/mandolin/paino/harmonica, and a serviceable drummer on a small trap set. Doors opened at 8:00 but the band didn't go on until almost 9:30, which accomodated a late-arriving crowd and drinkers taking advantage of the pub's UK beverage selection. 80% of audience looked to be hard-core fans, with a few of the usual "too cool" fringe players. The Abbey is a small room, we took seats at the balcony rail looking straight at the stage (note to self: next time tape the damn show). The sound was well balanced if a bit compressed and Grant's voice sounded in great form. He started off in his affable, aw-shucks, Bobcat-Goldthwait "your entertainment's here" mode and went straight into three or four new songs from 'Mobilize.' The crowd was pretty receptive but clearly there to hear old stuff, and was obliged when "Mighty Joe Moon," "Heavenly," and "Mockingbirds" came back-to-back. Grant was clearly cheered by the many shots of Jagermeister passed stagewards, loosening up and accepting audience song suggestions (a constant barrage). "Happiness," "Honey Don't Think" and "Truly, Truly" preceeded a great version of "Testimony," a shouted request that Grant seemed surprised by but relished doing. There were several notable omissions; "Don't Look Down," "The Shallow End," and especially "It's the Life" would have been great. Might have played "Arousing Thunder" but can't be sure from memory. Didn't hear "Squint" or "The Hook" either, but I think I was happy to trade all of them for the ripping version of "Lone Star Song" that Grant pulled off by capo-ing up and overdriving the shit out of his guitar. The band was strong behind him and the crowd fully into the show, Grant really pounding and singing with everything he had. With the new material mixed in it was a still a strong two-hour set before he got to "St. Expedite" and of course "Fuzzy." Not band I thought for a $12.50 show. It looks like the tour is finishing up in California beforing going to the UK in January. I would highly recommend the show to fegs in both areas, Grant's stage personality is great and I've always thought his musical sensibilities were very similar to Robyn's. Michael "Mighty Joe Mike" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:57:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Weetabix On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, matt sewell wrote: > Surely Grape Nuts aren't produced by <*spit*> Nestle? I've already sworn > off Golden Nuggets (possibly the greatest kid-food ever made)... My > memory of Grape Nuts (and I'm afraid I may well be quite a few years > behind) is that they had a vibe of being hand-crafted out of recycled > bread by hippies...no? I always get Grape Nuts confused with Fru-Grains. In the old days they were made by the Hydraulic Fru-Grains Clump Press Manufactory of Hanley, or some such organisation. Taken over by Nestles during the great post-war cereal depression, when the bottom fell out of the packet. I lived almost exclusively on Fru-Grains during my formative years in Maida Vale, before we moved out to the leafy suburb of Preston Road in ... er ... 1953. Or do I mean Grape Nuts? > It seems that marmite toast has totally pushed me out of the cereal > market... Yes, me too. One slice of Marmite on toast and one of toast lightly spread with Rose's lime marmalade and I'm fit to face the day. > Matt "willing to boycott anything" Sewell What's the current position on Chilean pinot noir? - - MRG n.p. Jessie Matthews "Over my shoulder goes one care" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:58:48 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Orphans in books (0% RH) Hey gang of readers! I am writing a paper on the trend of mean uncles and aunts in children's lit. I need a book, prefereably non-Dickens written, that is OVER 50 years old, aimed towards children (could be a picture book) that I can use in my paper. Thanks! Herbie Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:33:17 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: Orphans in books (0% RH) C.S. Lewis' "The Magician's Nephew" will qualify in 2005, if your prof can wait that long. > I am writing a paper on the trend of mean uncles and > aunts in children's lit. I need a book, prefereably > non-Dickens written, that is OVER 50 years old, aimed towards > children (could be a picture book) that I can use in my paper. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:21:19 -0600 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Paging FS Thomas Ferris, Thomas: Not sure if you've gotten my emails - please reply offlist to me at mwells@imageworksmfg.com or braneout@earthlink.net with your current email address. Michael "burning again" Wells ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #431 ********************************