From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #464 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, December 15 2001 Volume 10 : Number 464 Today's Subjects: ----------------- More Musical Alarm Clocks! [The Great Quail ] Re: Alarm Clocks ["Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Alarm Clocks [Glen Uber ] It's the song, of the season [grutness@surf4nix.com] Re: Macrauchenia [grutness@surf4nix.com] Re: 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music ["victorian squid" ] RE: Los -> Lothar -> ? -> Lounge ["da9ve stovall" ] more live xtc [steve ] Re: Los -> Lothar -> ? -> Lounge [steve ] Re: More Musical Alarm Clocks! [steve ] ISO... [grutness@surf4nix.com] Re: [baltwash-burning] 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music [David Dudich ] Re: Alarm Clocks ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: Alarm Clocks [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: More Musical Alarm Clocks! [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] what a deal [steve ] RE: what a deal ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: It's the song, of the season ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:24:24 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: More Musical Alarm Clocks! Pink Floyd alarm clock -- Wakes you up with a cacophony of bells; though listening to the depressing song that follows every morning tends to make one suicidally aware of the march of time, hence the overwhelming sales of Orb alarm clocks. Rush alarm clock -- In a truly libertarian society, no one will need to have a machine govern when and how they wake up. CSN alarm clock -- Fails utterly to produce any interesting alarm until the accessory Neil Young bell is attached. The Moody Blues alarm clock -- Rang once in 1968 and hasn't woken anyone up since. Tori Amos alarm clock -- Chimes beautifully, but nobody knows how the fuck to set it. Bjork alarm clock -- Chimes beautifully, but nobody knows what the fuck time it is. The Shane McGowan alarm clock -- Generally rings two bloody hours too late. Motorhead alarm clock -- Favoried by bikers, this may be the ugliest alarm clock in existence; it only rings when it feels like it, and slaps your pansy ass in contempt if you try to hit the snooze button, which is shaped suspiciously like a mole. Oasis alarm clock -- Although the bell sounds comfortably familiar, it won't work if a Blur alarm clock is in the same room. Blur alarm clock -- Although the bell sounds comfortably familiar, it won't work if an Oasis alarm clock is in the same room. (Note: Oddly enough, only the British seem to find this significant and worthy of press.) Styx alarm clock -- Although it sounds great when you're young, it's usually replaced by the Supertramp alarm clock and finally forgotten - -- until, that is, that recent great episode of VH1's "Behind the Alarm Clocks." Black Sabbath alarm clock -- Rings the bell backwards to trigger "go back to sleep" messages. Queen alarm clock -- Oddly, after hearing the bell, you "d'cide t'smoke mar'juana." Madonna alarm clock -- After a string of rather successful buzzes, it suddenly has the desire to begin "ringing you up" and making you a breakfast of bangers and mash. Rage Against the Machine alarm clock -- Yeah, right. Like the Man is ever gonna let you have a fucking ALARM CLOCK, bro! you gotta have the power to WAKE THE FUCK UP! John Cage alarm clock -- Currently out of production on account of customer complaints that "three goddamn minutes of silence is not an acceptable alarm." Negativland alarm clock -- Currently out of production during a lawsuit by the company that manufactures U2 alarm clocks. U2 alarm clock -- The release has been delayed until Bono can figure out a way to fit his face onto Big Ben. Radiohead alarm clock -- Uh, is this really how you want to wake up? Please reconsider. Robert Fripp alarm clock -- The aim of this alarm clock is to connect the audience with a need for an alarm clock with that alarm clock. Our concern is to find the right audience. If we find the right audience the clockmakers and company will receive enough support to continue ringing and releasing alarm clocks. The ringing that you hear is to be a model of ethical business in an industry founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fuelled by greed. Business imposes limitations and restrictions upon alarm clocks and alarm clock makers. This is inevitable. But the mainstream alarm clock industry often, even mostly, determines and directs the alarm clocks which are available to the public. Business may legitimately recognise areas of public interest which are not being addressed, but should not make ringing choices for alarm clock makers. Neither should business apply pressure to make alarm clock makers conform to industry "common practices" and concerns. Industry agencies do this in a number of ways, some of which are honest and some of which involve lying, misrepresentation and threats, even corruption of the alarm clock maker's better nature. Some are subtle and invidious. Some are blatant. Some are the result of an inexorable and ongoing embrace. They are rarely innocent. Please enjoy your morning. The Beatles alarm clock -- Worked fine until Yoko Ono broke up the bell. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:30:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: Alarm Clocks The Andy Partridge Alarm Clock -- it'll ring a few times after you buy it, but it'll get stage fright and never ring again. After that, you can only play recordings of it ringing. The X10 Popup Alarm Clock -- as soon as you click the alarm button, ten new alarm clocks popup and ring even louder. The Star Wars Episode One Alarm Clock -- it costs $200 million dollars, but it still just plain sucks. The Coen Brothers Alarm Clock -- wakes you up with a recording of John Goodman yelling and sets your room on fire. Hey, this is fun. Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:39:06 -0800 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Alarm Clocks Marvin Gaye alarm clock - worked great until your father comes in and silences it forever. Rosanne Barr alarm clock - wakes you up by warbling the national anthem and grabbing your crotch - -- Cheers! - -g- "When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find peace of mind is waiting there And the time will come when you see we're all one And life flows on within you and without you." - --George Harrison ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:40:55 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: It's the song, of the season >The best we can do is George Harrison's "My sweet lord" >(ok, not Xmas music, but in terms of relatively religious music >that is not crap (or un melodic), it's pretty good- plus its (the late) >beatle George!!!). This gets asked every year! Isn't there a list of them on archive somewehere? If not, A quick scan through my CDs reveals the following. Some of them are not party suitable, and some may not be truly Christmassy - I just searched on the words Christmas, Santa, and Xmas for the most part): XTC - Thanks for Christmas XTC - Countdown to Christmas party time XTC - Always winter never Christmas Martin Newell - Christmas in Suburbia John Cale - A child's Christmas in Wales The Who - Another Christmas Song Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry UB 40 - Food for thought Ed Kuepper - Little Fiddle or the Ghost of Christmas past Jethro Tull - Another Christmas song Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas baby Joni Mitchell - River Steve Kilbey - Spirit of Christmas yet to come John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas/War is over Mono Puff - Careless Santa Chills - Christmas Chimes Wedding Present - Step into Christmas The Goodies - Father Christmas do not touch me Cardinal - If you believe in Christmas trees Michigan and Smiley - Little reggae drummer boy The Beatles fan club recordings Then you could always throuw in songs like Summer's cauldron, Surfin' USA, Lying in the sun, Summer in the city... oh... right... Well, if you wanted to include wintery songs you could add such songs as XTC's Snowman. Oh and Andy may be a lot of things, but he ain't no agnostic! James 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: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:41:26 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: Re: Macrauchenia >auk and the Tasmanian wolf (oddly referred to as the Tasmanian tiger in >the prog). Not to mention those poor ol' dodos. now I'm confused. Not having seen the programme, was it supposed to be a Tasmanian wolf or a Tasmanian tiger? They are completely diffeent species - one of them died out ages ago, the other only became extinct about 80 years ago. I always thought Machrauchenia was a big desert country in west Africa. >(The quote was: "I want a Brian Eno ambient alarm clock - the alarm is so >quiet that it completely fails to engage your attention in any way.") reminds me of a conversation I once had at a cafe. There were so many different types of coffee (all ending in -ino) available we started inventing new ones that should have been on the list. On was the "Brianeno". If you ordered it, you'd hear it constantly percolating in the background, but it would never to arrive at your table. James 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: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:44:24 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music >>fegs and burners- > >Hey- We are trying to get some decent Holiday music >that is not lame or cheesy for our office X-mas party. > >The best we can do is George Harrison's "My sweet lord" >(ok, not Xmas music, but in terms of relatively religious music >that is not crap (or un melodic), it's pretty good- plus its (the late) >beatle George!!!). > >So- >Any suggestions? > >Besides Spinal Tap's "Xmas with the Devil" and the Ramones "Merry Xmas >(Let's not fight tonight) ".........:) >Did XTC (our favorite bunch of brit agnostics) do some Xmas thing? > >-luther A lot of Pet Sounds has a somewhat Christmas like feel to it. Father Christmas by the Kinks. Alot of Jazz labels put out compilations of hiliday tunes. Max _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:53:26 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: eek! Whoever suggested that woodcutter site, thanks. That is truly strange but entertaining! 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: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:35:00 -0800 From: Glen Uber Subject: More clocks I'd like to see. On second thought... Grateful Dead alarm clock - the clock itself doesn't wake you; it's the legion of people who gather waiting for the alarm to ring so they can tape it. Little Richard alarm clock -- claims to have invented time. Michael and LaToya Jackson clocks - have never been on the same nightstand at the same time. Some people suspect they're the same clock. - -- Cheers! - -g- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:46:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Alarm Clocks Robert Smith Alarm Clock: Always tells you this is the last time it's going to wake you up, but then wakes you up again the next day anyways. *George O'Leary Alarm Clock: Doesn't actually have the alarm it claims to have had; forces you to buy new alarm clock in disgrace while Touchdown Jesus cries. O.J. Simpson Alarm Clock: out looking for the real waker-upper. Bob Dylan alarm clock: no longer that intelligible, though he still wakes you up well from time to time, especially lately Brian Wilson alarm clock: seriously, why do people think this alarm clock is such a fucking genius when it's just pretty, with nothing to say? [wait, we had that argument a few years back.] David Justice alarm clock: do we really need to awakened by someone who has Halle Berry yet still goes out to nails hookers? Sonic Youth alarm clock: embarassed that it's poppier wake ups are better than the more avant garde ones, even if are still disjointed and weird. My Bloodly Valentine alarm clock: they say it's going to start working again someday, but nobody believes them anymore. *the recently hired and more recently resigned football coach at Notre Dame; apparently he didn't actually have a MA from NYU and didn't letter at UNH..... ===== "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -- John F. Kennedy Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:51:53 -0800 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:07:55 LDudich wrote: >So- >Any suggestions? Oh yeah! Some suggestions from a person who owns way too much Christmas music. "The Ventures Christmas album"- I picked this up on a whim and found that it really rocked. It's now my favorite Christmas album. It's irreverent and fun. Christmas tunes done the Ventures way (doh!) and each is medlied (is that a word?) with a popular tune of the day. The "Frosty the Snowman"/"Tequila" medley is brilliant. People might actually even be tempted to dance to this. "The Original Soul Christmas"- Features Otis Redding, Booker T, King Curtis, Ray Charles and others. "Back Door Santa" by Clarence Carter is hilarious. "Merry Christmas from the Sonics, The Wailers, The Galaxies"- I picked this up last year from a used store here in Portland. I don't know how readily available this is outside the Pacific NW but it's worth looking out for (it's on Etiquette Records out of Seattle). Some original tunes straight outta the 1965 garage. I really get a kick out of the Sonics' "Santa Claus", which is more or less "Farmer John" with Christmas-y lyrics that somebody spent approximately five minutes writing. It fills me with glee. "Booker T & The MGs in the Christmas Spirit"- This is probably the most office party appropriate. It's good background music. It swings and is tasteful but not so tasteful as to be boring. "Blue Yule"- A Rhino compilation of blues & R&B Christmas tunes by everyone from Louis Jordan to Canned Heat. Like any compilation that covers so much ground this is a bit hit or miss, but it mostly hits. It's great if you're really sick of the standard Christmas repertoire because it's mostly original tunes. It has the classic "Merry Christmas, Baby" by Charles Brown and "Santa's Messin' with The Kid" by Eddie C. Campbell. "Hipster's Holiday- Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics"- Another great Rhino compilation, this one featuring lots of excellent doo-wop and jump blues stuff. This is also great for people who are sick of the standard Christmas syrup. "Sound of Christmas" by The Ramsey Lewis Trio- I don't really know how to describe this. It just really really cooks. It swings -ferociously-. I know "Charlie Brown" is the sentimental fave but sentiment aside, this is probably the best jazz (non-vocal) Christmas album available. loveonya, susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:55:51 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Your link for the day A completely fucked up visual interpretation of a Japanese pop song. I almost wet myself laughing. http://www.verylowsodium.com/fanimutation/exuberance.php - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:03:08 -0800 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: Los -> Lothar -> ? -> Lounge >I still dunno if there's a link between the two, but from in >between Los Lobos and the Lounge Lizards on my CD shelves, here's >the line-up of Lothar and the Hand People: >Uh oh....there are some Loud Family fanatics on this list >who may be *very* offended at the gaps in your >collection. ;) Hey, but I've got Game Theory (there *is* some connection back there in their lineage, isn't there, or am I thinking of someone else?) - and Mike Keneally was doing some recording a couple years back with the Loud Family, so if that gets released, I'll definitely be getting it. Any recommendations? Is _Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things_ a good place to start? da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:04:09 -0600 From: steve Subject: more live xtc Sir Demon Brown & Vee Tube have put up more live xtc at - http://www.xtc4u.org/ - - Steve __________ As for "encouraging people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil," there's only one prominent person trying to intimidate legitimate critics into shutting up about actions they feel to be both wrong and deeply un-American at present. He is, unfortunately, the attorney general of the United States. - Jacob Weisberg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:25:37 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: Los -> Lothar -> ? -> Lounge On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 06:03 PM, da9ve stovall wrote: > Hey, but I've got Game Theory (there *is* some connection back > there in their lineage, isn't there, or am I thinking of someone > else?) - and Mike Keneally was doing some recording a couple > years back with the Loud Family, so if that gets released, I'll > definitely be getting it. Any recommendations? Is _Plants > and Birds and Rocks and Things_ a good place to start? It's the first, so it seems reasonable. But they're *all* excellent. www.loudfamily.com - - Steve __________ As for "encouraging people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil," there's only one prominent person trying to intimidate legitimate critics into shutting up about actions they feel to be both wrong and deeply un-American at present. He is, unfortunately, the attorney general of the United States. - Jacob Weisberg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:29:12 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: More Musical Alarm Clocks! On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 04:24 PM, The Great Quail wrote: > The Beatles alarm clock -- Worked fine until Yoko Ono broke up the bell. Hey, I've *got* a Beatles alarm clock, by Sony. It plays all of Here Comes The Sun. - - Steve __________ A New York Times investigation into overseas ballots that helped George W. Bush win the presidency found that Florida election officials, facing intense GOP pressure to accept military votes, counted hundreds of overseas absentee ballots that failed to comply with state election laws. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:05:17 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: ISO... Is Jonathan Moren still on the list? If so - could you contact me please... James 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: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:29:37 -0500 (EST) From: David Dudich Subject: Re: [baltwash-burning] 100% non-anthrax--good xmas music On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 ldudich@ase.org wrote: > Hey- We are trying to get some decent Holiday music > that is not lame or cheesy for our office X-mas party. > > The best we can do is George Harrison's "My sweet lord" > (ok, not Xmas music, but in terms of relatively religious music > that is not crap (or un melodic), it's pretty good- plus its (the late) the tune "christmas at Kmart" by root boy slim. (NOT fat boy slim) "father christmas " by the KINKS (give me some toys, or i'll beat you up) and I think slayer did christmas album, right b4 they decided to become a punk cover band > > - -- ******************************************************* | www.janitoroflunacy.com | | Cell 410-905-2289 samurai@newhaven.orisis.net | |*****************************************************| |Hail Bawlmer! Lawng Live the City that Raeds, Hon! | ******************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:55:53 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: anyone else notice... ... that Peter Jackson looks a hell of a lot like the young Stanley Kubrick? James ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 01:38:45 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: anyone else notice... On Saturday, December 15, 2001, at 12:55 AM, grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > ... that Peter Jackson looks a hell of a lot like the young Stanley > Kubrick? Don't you mean 2 young Stanley Kubricks? Is everybody in NZ dressing up like Hobbits yet? - - Steve __________ A New York Times investigation into overseas ballots that helped George W. Bush win the presidency found that Florida election officials, facing intense GOP pressure to accept military votes, counted hundreds of overseas absentee ballots that failed to comply with state election laws. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:46:47 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: Alarm Clocks George O'Leary Alarm Clock: Shuts itself off after one week. Chicago Alarm Clock: Doesn't really know what time it is. Michael Jackson Alarm Clock: The face has a new look every day. Marathon Man "Is It Safe?" Alarm Clock: Only goes off at 2:30 Def Leppard Alarm Clock: Annoyingly loud and one of the hands is missing. Syd Barrett Alarm Clock: Doesn't work any more - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:06:12 -0600 (CST) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Alarm Clocks On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Russ Reynolds wrote: > Michael Jackson Alarm Clock: The face has a new look every day. Or: hires an army of publicists to issue bulletins for weeks in advance about how it's really going to wake you up this time; rings half-heartedly while you shrug, roll over, and continue sleeping. Compare Prince alarm clock: When new, wakes you up in ways you're embarrassed to tell your lover about. Later, tries to wake you up in five or six ways at once; somehow succeeds. Then, changes the numbers on its face to a series of incomprehensible glyphs so you can't tell what the hell time it is. Now, keeps trying to wake you up...you shrug, roll over, continue sleeping... - --Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::[clever or pithy quote]:: __[source of quote]__ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:09:35 -0600 (CST) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: More Musical Alarm Clocks! On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, The Great Quail wrote: > The Shane McGowan alarm clock -- Generally rings two bloody hours too late. Gears must be well-lubricated with whiskey. - --Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::To be the center of the universe, don't orbit things:: __Scott Miller__ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 13:28:48 -0800 From: The Great Quail Subject: Reap W.G. Sebald http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/15/obituaries/15SEBA.html - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:41:04 -0600 From: steve Subject: what a deal Here's a rundown of all the extras on the Buckaroo Banzai DVD, which lists for only 19.95. http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php? s=&threadid=32106 And for 27.05 in U.S. dollars (as of yesterday), you can go to the address below and have both the CD *and* DVD of Neil Finn & Friends - Seven Worlds Collide: Live At The St. James. (I don't see any region code information for the DVD) sent to your house via air mail. http://www.smokecds.com - - Steve __________ As for "encouraging people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil," there's only one prominent person trying to intimidate legitimate critics into shutting up about actions they feel to be both wrong and deeply un-American at present. He is, unfortunately, the attorney general of the United States. - Jacob Weisberg ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:40:06 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: what a deal Steve > And for 27.05 in U.S. dollars (as of yesterday), you can go to the > address below and have both the CD *and* DVD of Neil Finn & > Friends - > Seven Worlds Collide: Live At The St. James. (I don't see any region > code information for the DVD) sent to your house via air mail. > > http://www.smokecds.com The listing at Whammo says PAL and Region 4: http://www.whammo.com.au/showProduct.asp?Barcode=724349263499 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:44:52 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: It's the song, of the season grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > > This gets asked every year! Isn't there a list of them on archive > somewehere? If not, A quick scan through my CDs reveals the following. why has no-onementioned (or have I missed?) the only xmas choon that doesn't make me want to do bad things -- Fairytale of New York, by Shane MacGowan & Kirsty MacColl. I can't believe that anyone could cover this; but that didn't stop Ronan Keating and Maire Brennan. *That* makes me want to do bad things... Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:41:49 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: lyrics: that new(ish) song Is lyricsmaniax still going? Anyway, here's what I made of the lyrics of the Aug 5 version of the song that Matt Sewell mentioned was played at the Notting Hill gig the other night. ("...Uh, okay, I'm going to sing this song; I haven't finished writing it yet. But when I have, it'll probably be shorter than it is now, so what I'm going to give you is what it would be like if; don't worry, it's not horribly long, or anything; um, but I'm sure it'll be shorter when I'm finished with it... But, uh, I'm just going to see how much of it I can remember.") As I sit here softly strumming Underneath the lemon moon In my heart I feel you coming You Looking for the Holy Grail Underneath the winter skin I'm a tuba soft and pale To you, my girl I'm coming in Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't do Only le chariti Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't do Must have le chariti I enjoyed you But I couldn't see That you were a person A person like me And I just can't write So I fall like rain Inside Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't do Only le chariti Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't move Must have le chariti Magnified by dirty lenses Lizard spots on parchment skin With your marquis and your frenzies I wish I could be 23 I could waste time I could waste time In my end is my beginning Only if your aim is true When you're brave, your skull is grinning Back at you Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't do Only le chariti Looking for le chariti Le Shay won't do Only a dream could love you this way Only a dream could love you this way Only a dream... dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream Fabulous darling, I'll see you in gala tonight - -> well, it sounded like that to me... Discuss. Stewart - -- Stewart C. Russell, Kirkintilloch, Scotland - scruss@enterprise.net "...eat the fruit of the clue tree." - Sam Tracy http://homepages.enterprise.net/scruss/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #464 ********************************