From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #76 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, March 7 2002 Volume 11 : Number 076 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Latest Nuuz [Brian ] Re: the global war against globalization ["Fric Chaud" ] Re: alphagreedabet [Tom Clark ] Kimberley! ...UK types, don't forget the launch gig day after tomorrow... [bayard ] RE: the global war against globalization ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: kick out the rutabagas! ["Jason R. Thornton" ] all right...the church police! [drew ] Canned Bees ["Snow Drop" ] Re: ROTFLCWMPASCAOMK! [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: the global war against globalization [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Di] Re: alphagreedabet ["Michael Wells" ] Re: happy birthday [Christopher Gross ] Re: the global war against globalization [Eleanore Adams ] B N P Done for Feb offering [Mike Swedene ] VU cover (0% RH) [Mike Swedene ] Re: the global war against globalization ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Daiquiri delivery in N'Awlins ["Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: Latest Nuuz Any word on this?: At Saturday, 19 January 2002, Bayard wrote: >The Robyn Sings Dylan album will be available on RH's web-site in two to >three weeks and will include new, specially recorded studio covers to >complement the Albert Hall gig and other bits and bobs. (I wonder if >there will be a backing band on the covers, and if it will be the soft >boys??) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 16:46:13 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: Re: the global war against globalization On 6 Mar 2002, at 13:49, gSs wrote: > Hands up those who think someone from New Zealand actually knows > much about the average American. If you mean, "more than the average US citizen knows about New Zealand" here's my hand. You can substitute Canada, and just about any other non-third-world country for "New Zealand" and the statement is probably true. I live near the Canada/US border, and I can tell you from experience that US citizens are unusually ignorant of affairs outside their own country (or its immediate concerns) if the level of awareness of Canadians is taken as a standard. No, I don't think it's genetic; blame your schools and media. No, I don't suggest what I say applies to all US citizens, or to anybody aware enough to enjoy the music of Robyn Hitchcock. "Canada, that's a communist country, isn't it"? -- grocery clerk in Florida to Fric. "The prime minister is like the Canadian Pope, right?" -- New Yorker to Fric. "Canada's part of England" -- Janis Joplin. Ask the average US citizen who the Prime Minister of Canada is, and you'll not likely get a correct answer. Now ask the average Canadian who is the president of the USA. No problem. Now try names of states/provinces, capital cities (or state/province where a particular city can be found), historical figures, etc, etc. I think you would find the same true of New Zealand. I can tell you I have seen shock on the faces of many US citizens when I tell them Canada is larger than the USA, but tell them we live in igloos -- no problem. - -- Fric "some of my best friends are US citizens -- no, really!" Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:33:16 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: the global war against globalization on 3/6/02 9:00 AM, Kenneth Johnson at madderken13@hotmail.com wrote: > They still use bibles to swear in people in many/most courtrooms, don't > they?. Interesting point: What would happen if I refused in court to swear on the bible? Better yet, that sounds like a good way to get off jury duty. Just explain that you have no faith that someone swearing on a book will guarantee that they will be truthful. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:39:19 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: alphagreedabet on 3/6/02 7:57 AM, ross taylor at protay2@eudoramail.com wrote: > I don't watch much TV, but I keep hearing about > it -- such as the Fox TV deathmatch between > Tanya Harding & Paula Jones. Actually it was Tanya Harding and Amy Fischer (a.k.a. "Long Island Lolita"). However, Fischer's parole board refused to allow her to participate. Gee, and psychopath rapist Mike Tyson can continue to earn millions doing the same thing? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:40:50 -0800 (PST) From: bayard Subject: Kimberley! ...UK types, don't forget the launch gig day after tomorrow... March 8 Dirty Water Club Boston Arms, Tufnell Park, North London (opposite "the tube"). Kim solo set at 9:15pm; part of the Balling the Jack: Birth of the Nu Blues compilation (on which "Give It To The Soft Boys" appears) launch gig Kimberley will be there, playing "Give it to the Soft Boy" [sic] dirtywaterclub.com By the way I have the CD and I recommend it highly. Chris overheard it blasting from my lair and he was interested enough to ask what it was, I think he liked it too. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:38:54 -0800 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: kick out the rutabagas! >Yeah. Having lived in Brazil for a good amount of time, and beets >being very common there, I do. Very simple and delicious. Just >be careful, as the blood from them will stain. I've heard that beets turn your pee red. Is this true? My ancestors in the shtetl ate a lot of borsht, as did the people who persecuted my ancestors in the shtetl, but I've never had the nerve to try it myself. All in all, though, root vegetables are a wonderful thing and I myself would happily live off nothing but potatoes till the heat death of the universe. >I read this and thought I had stumbled into fegfiction, since I knew >very >well that I wasn't at this show or in a band or fond of cowboy >hats or in >Natalie's company or the owner of a tinfoil sculpture of >any kind. I bet you were *really* thrown by that bit about the simulated fellatio, earlier on in the review. :) >Yes, but if they did worship Thor, they wouldn't be banning liquor or > >maybe they would only sell it on Thursday I wouldn't mind moving to a town that worshipped Thor. I bet they'd sell liquor all year round - but the only liquor they would sell would be mead. I'm not sure if I'd like to move to a town that worshipped Loki, though there'd never be a dull moment there. >I only saw the MC5 once, at a big outdoor gig at Wembley Stadium, >1973. Hey, I lived in the MC5's old house! It's a co-op these days, but it used to be the festering center of radical activity in Ann Arbor, as John Sinclair and the White Panthers lived there as well. Once my friend Marc came over, and said in awe, "Rob Tyner squeezed his afro through *these* doors!" This all serves as a solemn reminder that Ann Arbor once had a viable music scene. *sigh* n. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:44:18 -0500 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: the global war against globalization >on 3/6/02 9:00 AM, Kenneth Johnson at madderken13@hotmail.com wrote: >> They still use bibles to swear in people in many/most courtrooms, don't >> they?. >Interesting point: What would happen if I refused in court to swear on the >bible? Better yet, that sounds like a good way to get off jury duty. Just >explain that you have no faith that someone swearing on a book will >guarantee that they will be truthful. Nice try. Many states have abandoned the practice of swearing on the Bible, and all of them are required to provide an alternative method -- essentially one just provides an "oath and affirmation" that their testimony will be truthful. ============================================================================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: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:45:46 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: Re: kick out the rutabagas! On 6 Mar 2002, at 14:38, Natalie Jane wrote: > I've heard that beets turn your pee red. Is this true? Only if you cook them in it. - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 15:08:05 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: kick out the rutabagas! At 02:38 PM 3/6/2002 -0800, Natalie Jane wrote: >I wouldn't mind moving to a town that worshipped Thor. I bet they'd sell >liquor all year round - but the only liquor they would sell would be mead. Interestingly enough, my last name ("Thornton," not "Fuckhead" as some of you might think) means "Thor's Town." And, yes, my ancestors made, sold, purchased, consumed, and abused liquor all year round, especially on Sunday mornings. Hell, the cities' annual "Deflower a Christian Maiden" festivals were usually held on Easters - when my relatives in the old countries could remember when it was. I try to keep up as many of the traditions as possible, especially the alcohol related ones, and all those pertaining to smashing tiny fragile objects with large iron war-hammers. Last night I celebrated our weekly holiday Tuesday (commemorating our ancient victory over the pacifist Tews clan), and my proximity to the ever-enthralling Rufus Wainwright, with three pints of Guinness. Kick ass show, by the way... a whole two songs in french! Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:26:19 -0800 From: drew Subject: all right...the church police! > From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > Hands up everyone here who thinks that 'the role of religion as an > arbiter > of social behaviour' is minimised in the US. Honestly, I don't know, because I haven't travelled enough to really compare. For all I know it is rather minimal compared to other countries. It's certainly not _absent_, nor is the separation of church and state all that visible in practice, but it could be worse. My parents never went to church when I was growing up and I never heard a single word about it from anyone, including our relatives who are much more religious. Now I know full well that it's a lot worse in smaller towns and more conservative areas than the Southeastern capital cities I grew up in, but I don't think it's as bad as it could be. > From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey > we're all but officially a theocracy these days. As much as I adore the dystopian tang of this comment (and I do), I can't really agree. Oligarchy, plutocracy, oh yeah, sure, no question. > From: "Brian Huddell" > I understand, > for instance, that I could never be elected to a political office, > because I'm an atheist. You would just have to pretend, like the Clintons. That's because non-Christian voters tolerate Christian politicians and Christian voters do not tolerate non-Christian politicians. Drew ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 23:46:50 +0000 From: "Snow Drop" Subject: Canned Bees Has anyone posted this before? Its not quite as good as "Reg" on the coins still ... http://www.knoxcellars.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KCNP&Product_Code=CANB If the wraps a problem just tryhttp://www.mainstreetnursery.com/nursery/bees/bees2.htm Its amazing what you can find in gardening catalogs Kay - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:11:07 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: ROTFLCWMPASCAOMK! >>James: >> >>> ROTFLCWMPASCAOMK! >> >>I'll bite. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Coughing Wheezing Most >>Probably Agitating Some Cartilaginous Areas On My Knees! > >or > >>Uh... "rolling on the floor laughing caustic white methane poot as >>seagulls crowd around old mangy kangaroos"? > try "Rolling on the floor laughing, crying, wetting my pants, and spilling coffee all over my keyboard." 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: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:15:06 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: the global war against globalization >> I wonder when the last time was that the US intervened in an armed struggle >> in a Hindu country, or tried to replace a government it didn't like in such >> a country - or even supplied arms to the other side in such a struggle. > >What help did they need from us while they had 'the crown' up their ass? If you're referring to the UK, they haven't intervened in any struggles in Hindu countries since India became independent in 1949. That's several years before Yemen (Aden as was) became independent from the UK. By your definition then, Yemen should be seen as being even more like the US. And Grenada was only independent some five years from the UK when the US invaded it. In theory, perhaps it should be countries that have been away from Britain closest to 226 years that seem most like the US. In which case there are several more like the US than India. Iraq, for instance, which hasn't been British since 1920. And Palestine (1948). >> It doesn't refuse to recognise the validity of Hindu regimes. It >> being part of an "axis of evil". > >What part of North Korea is predominantly Hindu or Muslim? You missed a line. Re-read what I wrote: >It doesn't refuse to >recognise the validity of Hindu regimes. It doesn't accuse Hindu regimes as >being part of an "axis of evil". 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: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:16:14 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: Re: alphagreedabet "Tom Clark" offered: > Actually it was Tanya Harding and Amy Fischer (a.k.a. "Long Island Lolita"). > However, Fischer's parole board refused to allow her to participate. And now we get Harding - Paula Jones instead, which is a lot less intriguing matchup. I think Fischer's short left had a good shot at confusing the wild-swinging Harding, but Paula's just gonna be overwhelmed. Maybe we could get Ken Starr to celebrity ref. > Gee, and psychopath rapist Mike Tyson can continue to earn millions doing the > same thing? Versus having an underfed, untranquilized Tyson loose in public with no outlet for those psychopathic tendancies, I would say yes. Plus he just fritters the dough away at track anyway, from what I've heard. Michael "I'm putting my money on Ice Ice Baby" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 19:18:36 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: happy birthday On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Roberta Cowan wrote: > sez Chris: > >(who was in Portugal for two weeks and missed by no one) > > This is TOTALLY not true. Shoot, there were 9 posts to the list > since this morning by 1pm and I'll bet there weren't many more > than that over the past 5 days. Wow! I'll have to post a lot now, just to prove how important I am to the list. ;) > We would also love to hear about your trip. Welcome back! Thanks! I had a *great* time in Portugal. I may or may not get around to writing a Quail-style travelogue; but I will at least post some pics on a web page. In fact, I did a few quick samples already: -- Me at the Torre de Belem, near Lisbon. (This was just hours after I arrived, so I may look more dazed than usual.) The Tower of Belem was built in the 16th century as a lookout for returning explorers, traders, and imperial aggressors. -- My friend Ami patiently enduring a photograph in the excavated Roman town of Conimbriga. In the background you can see the remains of the aqueduct, the foundations and lower walls of houses and shops, and the town wall on the far right. -- A typical narrow, winding street in the old center of Evora; I took this shot from our hotel window. If anything, it makes the street look wider than it really is. -- A shot from Evora's Capela dos Ossos, the Chapel of Bones. Osophobes and squeamish people might not want to look. The pebbled-looking wall surface consists entirely of human bones: the big "pebbles" are skulls, the smaller ones are the ends of femurs and other long bones. The chapel was constructed from the remains of 5000 monks as a handy little reminder of mortality for later monks. One problem with my Portugal trip: we didn't see any live music! However, we did hear recordings of the immensely popular fado singer Amalia Rodrigues on occsion. But most of the music on Portuguese radio seems to consist of crappy English-language imports. U2's "New Year's Day" was probably the best song I heard on the radio while there. According to posters I saw, we missed a big multi-band goth/industrial event in Porto by one day, alas.... - --Cristovao, with a tilde over the a ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 17:56:08 -0800 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: the global war against globalization Yep - I can confirm this - In SF criminal court, you just take an affirmation to tell the truth, no bible involved. eleanore On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 02:44 PM, Poole, R. Edward wrote: >> on 3/6/02 9:00 AM, Kenneth Johnson at madderken13@hotmail.com wrote: > >>> They still use bibles to swear in people in many/most courtrooms, >>> don't >>> they?. > >> Interesting point: What would happen if I refused in court to swear >> on the >> bible? Better yet, that sounds like a good way to get off jury duty. >> Just >> explain that you have no faith that someone swearing on a book will >> guarantee that they will be truthful. > > Nice try. Many states have abandoned the practice of swearing on the > Bible, > and all of them are required to provide an alternative method -- > essentially > one just provides an "oath and affirmation" that their testimony will be > truthful. > > > ============================================================================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: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:49:58 -0500 From: "ross taylor" Subject: arbiter of social behavior, .01% Julian Cope I may indulge in a longish post because one of the things I like about this list is the not-a- big-deal presence of other atheists. (And we're probably brought here by certain of RH's songs.) I'll add that, in addition to liking the religious people here, I have real respect for much of religion. It gets used for bad things, but so does science & politics. So would art, if you could use it for anything. :) The only political figures in the 20th c. I really like are King & Ghandi, both nothing if not religious. Anyway, I grew up w/ agnostic parents, university people w/ mostly secular-humanist university friends. Well into adulthood I vaguely thought that at least half of our modern American society had been "secularized." Sometime after getting shunted out of liberal arts organizations & working in the business world, my perceptions changed. This was hammered in by the (early?) 90s Gallup Poll that gave more than 90 percent of the US as believing in something spiritual, and 85% IIRC as at least professing a religion. Different polls are slightly different, but I've seen similar figures elsewhere. Within that 85% you get different degrees, i.e. Satan/no Satan, but that stunned me. (This was also an important point in the movie "Contact," which I liked.) Admittedly, my in-laws are Irish-American & I've spent a good deal of time at ceilis. Plus I'm one of two white people in a 7-person library. The other white is Catholic and the African-Americans are Baptist & those 6 folks are highly intelligent, steadfastly left of center and so *churchy* I despair for my soul, until I reach for it and it's not there. Whew! I don't want to get elected because if I did I'd have to cut my hair, and I mumble thru the pledge of allegiance anyway, but I wonder what does happen in court. Ed? I'm too embarassed to ask the attorneys here and you know how hard it is to look up regs if you don't have to. Side point: I was interested to read about Julian Cope's American wife getting upset cause their kid(s?) was forced to go to religion (Chuch of Eng.)class as part of regular Brit elementary school. Cope said something like "Well, Americans are very concerned w/ religious freedom so she protested and it's right that she did." In the end this is all to say that since I don't get out as much & since office, in-laws & kid's friend's parents are bigger parts of my life now, I feel a little bottled-up about my "secular humanism." Particularly having had to look at death a couple of times recently. I was going to start into something about how a surprizing number of conservative intellectuals are "sceptics" (does Marvin Minsky count?), and how much of hippie was about spiritism, but other stuff is happening & I can't think. Ross Taylor "Weary of an ambush, Nick was not entirely surprised when notorious Middle-Eastern archetype and blackmailer Rocky Roccoco sprang out from behind the aviary. What can Nick do now (that he hasn't done already)?" I can still type and recite Firesgn Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:55:22 -0600 (CST) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: alphagreedabet On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Michael Wells wrote: > outlet for those psychopathic tendancies, I would say yes. Plus he just > fritters the dough away at track anyway, from what I've heard. Mmmmm...dough...fritters... Sorry - thought I was Homer Simpson for a moment. - --Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey, who *has* been told he looks a bit like Matt Groening... J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::American people like their politics like Pez - small, sweet, and ::coming out of a funny plastic head. __Dennis Miller__ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:33:36 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: B N P Done for Feb offering Just a heads up! If you sent me a cd for the Feb b&p. I mailed out the last few cds I got on Tuesday. Keep an eye out, I'll be offering another show or so later this month after my midterms and crap. Herbie np - Starsailor "Poor Misguided Fool" ===== - --------------------------------------------- View my Websight & CDR Trade page at: http://midy.topcities.com/ _____________________________________________ Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:49:32 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Swedene Subject: VU cover (0% RH) One day I'll actually write something new about Robyn or be able to relate some news, i hope. Any ways.... for you die hard velvet fans here is a link to Beck and Thom Yorke covering the VU's song "I'm Set Free" at a recent Beck show in LA. http://www.injektilo-ftp.com/Mp3.htm enjoy! Herbie np - Starsailor "Love Is Here" ===== - --------------------------------------------- View my Websight & CDR Trade page at: http://midy.topcities.com/ _____________________________________________ Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:53:31 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: the global war against globalization "Poole, R. Edward" wrote: > > Nice try. Many states have abandoned the practice of swearing on the Bible, > and all of them are required to provide an alternative method -- essentially > one just provides an "oath and affirmation" that their testimony will be > truthful. Does one have to provide the oath bit? That rules out Quakers. 'cos they don't do the oath thing. Oath Thing. Sounds like a new granola bar. Kinda dry. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 05:05:21 -0500 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: Kimberley Rocks Just a reminder that Kimberley Rew is playing The Dirty Water Club @ The Boston Arms, Junction Road, Tufnell Park, North London N19 on FRIDAY MARCH 8th. The venue's right opposite the tube (which is one of the 52 Stations on the Northern Line...) Only #6 (#5 if you're a concession, or if you go to www.dirtywaterclub.com and print yourself a flyer) He'll be playing @ about 9.20pm, and promises to do a version of Give It To The Soft Boy! (sic), as this is the launch gig for the album Balling The Jack which features the full line-up's rendition of said number. Petit Vodo ("one-man John Spencer Blues Explosion" NME) and Holly Golightly (ex-Headcoatee with Billy Childish and fave of The White Stripes - they've just recorded with her) complete the performers. Hope to see a few folks there, jmbc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:45:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: kick out the rutabagas! On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Natalie Jane wrote: > Hey, I lived in the MC5's old house! It's a co-op these days, but it used > to be the festering center of radical activity in Ann Arbor, as John > Sinclair and the White Panthers lived there as well. Once my friend Marc > came over, and said in awe, "Rob Tyner squeezed his afro through *these* > doors!" Wow! The groups all live together, eh? Whatever happened to John Sinclair and the White Panthers? Became accountants / dope fiends / chat show hosts, I suppose ... - - Mike "stay a week and get the crabs and get a bus back home" Godwin PS > I've heard that beets turn your pee red. Is this true? Definitely. I once had an anxious hour thinking my insides had collapsed. It was only when I remembered that I had indulged in a beetroot blowout the previous lunchtime that I cottoned on to what had happened ... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 06:38:20 -0800 (PST) From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Daiquiri delivery in N'Awlins > From: "Brian Huddell" > > Now I'm in New Orleans where they deliver daiquiris to your door 24/7. > Whether you want them or not. Whatever you do, don't let them give you the Blue Hawaiian daiquiri. Trust me on this. You're better off with the Pina Colada. Better yet, go have a meal at Uglesich's (I suggest the Shrimp Uggie with the fried mirliton appetizer, with a coupla ice-cold Dixies), then head Uptown and pick up a nice Fuente Corona at Dos Jefe's, stop off at The Bulldog pub for a pint or three of Anchor Foghorn and Sam Smith Nut Brown Ale, then top off your night with the fried pecan pie and a cup of Community coffee with chicory at The Camelia Grill (say Hi! to Marvin the waiter for me). You will have just experiences The Perfect Beer- and Butter-Soaked New Orleans Night (c). I knew things were changing when a drive-through daiquiri shop opened in my neighborhood. Ah, New Orleans. I grew up in New Orleans, and I sure miss it. I began buying liquor, from liquor stores, gas stations, and bars, when I was *14* years old. Not because I wanted to drink, mind you, but because I could. Of course, this was many years ago, in the early 80s, before the 21-yr-old drinking law. And believe you me, 14-yr-olds were welcome on Bourbon Street, too. Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #76 *******************************