From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #150 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, May 9 2002 Volume 11 : Number 150 Today's Subjects: ----------------- robyn on craig kilborn [*rand* ] Re: Elixirs and Remedies [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: drum like a maniac ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] 100% off Rush-topic ["May Apple" ] Re: robyn on craig kilborn [invader woj ] Re: robyn on craig kilborn [gSs ] Re: drum like a maniac / spending Gene's money [steve ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn [invader woj ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn [gSs ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn [gSs ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn ["Poole, R. Edward" ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn [gSs ] Re: Herding up the Strays ["Marc Holden" ] Re: Elixirs and Remedies ["Jason R. Thornton" ] RE: robyn on craig kilborn [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] RE: listen like a maniac [hamish_simpson@agilent.com] he do the police in different voices ["Natalie Jane" ] Re: Would be good [gSs ] RE: he do the police in different voices ["Poole, R. Edward" ] RE: he do the police in different voices [Keith Hanlon ] nyc tree mp3 [invader woj ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 01:04:58 -0400 From: *rand* Subject: robyn on craig kilborn AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Robyn will be on Craiggers on Friday according to the broadcast I just heard. I will be in Montreal ~ for Mother's Day ~ and I'm staying with my 86 year-old grand-mother ~ so I won't be able to see Monsieur Hitchcock. Y'all watch it for me please :-} I want details :-} Btw ~ what *is* Robyn promoting? fading back into yesterday before tomorrow comes, Randi Toronto, Ontario, Canada *what scares you most will set you free* ~ Robyn Hitchcock *by endurance we conquer* ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 20:39:45 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Elixirs and Remedies >PS And I have no idea why people like 'Dancing Queen' so much. 'One of >us', 'Knowing me knowing you', 'Winner takes it all', 'SOS' and 'Mama Mia' >are all superior. not forgetting "The name of the game" and "Eagle" >Both Sharkboy and Capuchin can attest to the fact that I do pretty >riotous versions of Chris Isaak singing "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" to >the tune of "Wicked Game" and Johnny Cash singing "Pinball Wizard" to the >tune of "Folsom Prison Blues". Add in my version of New Order doing "Like a rolling stone" to the tune of "Blue Monday" a friend of mine has been known to stop people dead by bursting into the lyrics of the old folk-song "Clementine" using either the tune of "Bread of Heaven" (feed me till I want no more) or "Deutschland Uber Alles". Oh, and can anyone remind me who it is does the big band/cabaret style version of Radiohead's "Creep"? 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, 9 May 2002 06:35:15 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: drum like a maniac >This one ought to work - > > Nice, but a bit out of my price range. I have been considering the Music Hall CD-25, or maybe just adding a DAC to my DVD player. Decisions, decisions. But I have heard the Linn Ikemi. Wow, man. Wow. >And if you need something to go with - > > Solid-state power? No way! I am an analog man, sir. My stereo currently has 28 tubes in it. >Although these really look the part - > > Aah, Galen Carol. I live a mile away from him. And he has one helluva shop, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 13:40:38 +0000 From: "May Apple" Subject: 100% off Rush-topic Jill, not only do you read Naipaul but your kids are so cool. My daughter got into bed with me last night and asked me if she was normal cause she was reading ahead in her history textbook for fun. Reflexively I told her of course that was normal, I always read my English and History texts like that. And then I started giggling cause ... well, normal, but only in a high geek universe. Not quite as cool as your son but, it nice to know we're both doing our best to keep the world safe for an alternative future;-). - -------------------------------- Jeffrey: >Hmmm...that'd be even more entertaining than ZZ Top doing "Sounds >Great >When You're Dead"... Shameful un-high geek confession. I would love to hear ZZ Top do "Oceanside." They'd speed it up and do a little dance. Un-huh. - ------------------------------ Kay, wondering what her old 45 of "Stairway to Gilligans Island" might be worth on Ebay I have to poke out the eye of a slimey dragon at 11.45 am this morn, so if I'm never heard from again, you'll have a clue what happened... "I'm afraid of librarians -- they have whips and high heels." Andrei Codrescu _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 09:59:08 -0400 From: invader woj Subject: Re: robyn on craig kilborn >Robyn will be on Craiggers on Friday according to the broadcast I just >heard. which broadcast? cbs's kilborn page says friday's guests are to-be-announced while the tv listings say that kilborn's musical guest is remy shand...but the listings have been wrong before (and gods know offical website are usually the last place to look for information!). i'll tivo kilborn tonight and see if he mentions anything... woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:05:11 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: robyn on craig kilborn On Thu, 9 May 2002, *rand* wrote: > Robyn will be on Craiggers on Friday according to the broadcast I just > heard. i looked up the show's schedule and the friday night entertainment guests are listed as TBA. Has anyone else found anything regarding this appearance. But (brush roll), bret michaels and cc dville from poison will be there tonight, along with Hugh Hefner. Wow, what a show. I'll have to tape it. :'< gSs ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:07:46 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: drum like a maniac / spending Gene's money On Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 06:35 AM, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: > I am an analog man, sir. My stereo currently has 28 tubes in it. OK, go for 32 - http://www.responseaudio.com/CDTP.htm - - Steve __________ Embarrassing but true: Just one month ago the James A. Baker III Institute presented Alan Greenspan with its Enron Prize. I'm not suggesting any impropriety; it was just another indication of how deeply the failed energy company was enmeshed with our ruling elite. - Paul Krugman, 12/14/01 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:13:52 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn > But (brush roll), bret michaels and cc dville from > poison will be there tonight, along with Hugh Hefner. Wow, > what a show. > I'll have to tape it. :'< Don't worry, woj's tivo will catch it for you -- I'm sure it will get digitized and passed around thru Wells' tree soon. I only hope they play an acoustic version of one of their "classics" like, um, a little help here please? It's funny -- here I was just yesterday bashing Kilbourn and the ironic, smug bastard child of David Letterman -- and now I may be forced to actually watch the guy? Thank god for tivo, all I can say, and it's fast forward button. It's set to stop fast-forwarding when it comes across heavily blinking Englishmen -- though it needs some fine tuning, as it stopped on a hugh grant movie the other day ("blinking, I said, not stammering!") And another little tivo bit -- I read the other day that some tv suit-type was calling tivo-viewers "thieves" because they watch commercial tv without sitting through the commercials that paid for it. "But, what about folks that go to the bathroom during commercial breaks?" the interviewer inquired. That, apparently, is a grey area -- this guy actually believes there is an implicit contract between networks and viewers that the viewers will dutifully watch the commercials, if they choose to watch the show. What a card this guy was! ============================================================================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, 09 May 2002 10:32:38 -0400 From: invader woj Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn when we last left our heroes, Poole, R. Edward exclaimed: >It's funny -- here I was just yesterday bashing Kilbourn and the ironic, >smug bastard child of David Letterman -- and now I may be forced to actually >watch the guy? my little brother and i were discussing late night tv hosts recently and he surprised me by saying he liked kilborn the best because he's not as cynical as the others. hmmmm. >And another little tivo bit -- I read the other day that some tv suit-type >was calling tivo-viewers "thieves" because they watch commercial tv without >sitting through the commercials that paid for it. that was ted turner, if i remember correctly. didn't know he was worried about click-through rates... woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:34:04 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn > > I'll have to tape it. :'< that was another sarcastically earnest sincere comment, if you include the runny nosed frown. those little men with the big heels, shiny pants and glittering guitars just don't wank me willy. in fact it was that type of music that alternatively charged me. I thank bands like poison and ratt and warrant and motley crew and professional wrestling and all things associated with each of them for helping to refine my interests. it all started the first time I heard billy squire, aldo nova and the kings in one day on the same station. And it got worse. > And another little tivo bit -- I read the other day that some tv suit-type > was calling tivo-viewers "thieves" because they watch commercial tv without > sitting through the commercials that paid for it. "But, what about folks > that go to the bathroom during commercial breaks?" the interviewer inquired. > That, apparently, is a grey area -- this guy actually believes there is an > implicit contract between networks and viewers that the viewers will > dutifully watch the commercials, if they choose to watch the show. What a > card this guy was! pain is coming to commercial tv! look at this one, different but the same: http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24877.html - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compulsory Windows: for Macs, and people without PCs? by John Lettice Microsoft has come up with another novel way to make its software compulsory - an annual subscription licensing system for schools where you have to pay for all of the computers you're using, even if you don't want them to run the Microsoft software you're licensing. This includes Macs, and although the Ts & Cs of the agreement don't make it entirely clear what you're supposed to do with the Windows upgrades you end up buying for these machines, we bet putting them on eBay isn't a recommended option. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:37:18 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn On Thu, 9 May 2002, invader woj wrote: > that was ted turner, if i remember correctly. didn't know he was worried > about click-through rates... isn't he a liberal? or is he a conservative? sorry, the line keeps getting thinner and thinner. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:47:30 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn > >And another little tivo bit -- I read the other day that > some tv suit-type > >was calling tivo-viewers "thieves" because they watch > commercial tv without > >sitting through the commercials that paid for it. > > that was ted turner, if i remember correctly. didn't know he > was worried > about click-through rates... Close, it was turner broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner -- Turner, of course, having sold his own company to AOL/TIME-Warner/Legion of Doom. ============================================================================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. 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To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:03:26 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn > http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24877.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Compulsory Windows: for Macs, and people without PCs? > by John Lettice but then there is this: http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=708&a=26349,00.asp - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenOffice.org: Serious Suite Alternative By Jason Brooks Microsoft Office virtually owns the productivity suite market and runs upward of $479 per copy a price-to-ubiquity ratio that Microsoft Corp. has been able to maintain through constant feature refinement and careful guarding of its de facto standard office file formats. Enter OpenOffice.org 1.0, which became available for download last week. OpenOffice.org--or OOo, as it has become known--is a freely available, open-source office productivity suite that delivers enough functionality and Office file format compatibility to make it a compelling replacement for the Microsoft suite and a good option for Linux and Solaris users. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 08:11:07 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Re: Herding up the Strays I've heard that there is a live/demo track(s) available on a French magazine compilation and more on an Austrailian compilation, but I have no details. The appearances on the Grant Lee Buffalo and Thomas Dolby (I got this one today) albums are fairly brief or subtle, not really what I'm looking for. I need to find out if the Captain Sensible tracks were isued on cd. Right now I just need to do some very minor tweeking on disc one--the output volume for "Let Me Roll It" is rather high. - ----- Original Message ----- > let me know if u need anything. > Herbie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 08:41:23 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Elixirs and Remedies At 08:39 PM 5/9/2002 +1200, James Dignan wrote: >Oh, and can anyone remind me who it is does the big band/cabaret style >version of Radiohead's "Creep"? I don't know if this is what you're thinking of, but there's a "lounge" version by some guy named Richard Cheese. I cloned a friend's copy of his album "Lounge Against the Machine," which is amusing for one or two listens. It also includes versions on Nine Inch Nail's "Closer," Nirvana's "Rape Me," Dead Kennedy's "Holiday in Cambodia," Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch Up," etc. Same joke over and over... but certainly funny in small doses. It could be fun to throw one of these onto a mix CD for somebody, which was initial reasoning in copying the album. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:49:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: RE: robyn on craig kilborn On Thu, 9 May 2002, gSs wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2002, invader woj wrote: > > that was ted turner, if i remember correctly. didn't know he was worried > > about click-through rates... > > isn't he a liberal? or is he a conservative? sorry, the line keeps > getting thinner and thinner. Yes - damn the insecurity of those ideological pens. If ya can't slap a label on someone's politics, how can ya talk about him? - --Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::playing around with the decentered self is all fun and games ::until somebody loses an I. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:54:03 -0600 From: hamish_simpson@agilent.com Subject: RE: listen like a maniac > > >Ok, I can take the wind out of your sales.... > > > > Sails.... I need more coffee. > unless he sells records,? Um, 2 in a year! Do I win a coconut? (H) np Momus "Little Red Songbook" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 08:54:21 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: he do the police in different voices Re. songs in the style of other artists: In order to entertain ourselves on the trip to Portland, Viv and I used to sing "Ruby" by the Apples in Stereo in different styles. I remember I ran it through my Bob Dylan imitation, and after seeing Robyn and Grant Lee Phillips, I found myself doing a Grant Lee "Ruby" which either wowed or nauseated my audience, I can't remember which. So, two important issues which have not yet been addressed. 1. My sister claims the Spiderman movie doesn't suck. She disliked "The Royal Tenenbaums," so I don't trust her. But on the other hand, Sam Raimi directed it, and he's from Michigan. Should I go see it? 2. The new Tom Waits albums - any good? Yes? No? Better than Rush? Worse than Rush? Could Tom Waits beat Geddy Lee in a fair fight? Speaking of Michigan, I listened to some White Stripes songs at a record store recently and I thought they were pretty good, despite the dumb faux-hipster shtick. They were certainly a lot better than the Strokes. Do you love me now, Tom? gnat "Jack and Meg White are NOT brother and sister, dammit!" the gnatster _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:58:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: he do the police in different voices On Thu, 9 May 2002, Natalie Jane wrote: > 2. The new Tom Waits albums - any good? Yes? No? Better than Rush? > Worse than Rush? Could Tom Waits beat Geddy Lee in a fair fight? Which new Tom Waits album? There are two: a new collection of songs, and a reworking of his "Alice" theater piece from '92 or so. I heard one track from the songs one - it sounded pretty much like what you'd expect a new Tom Waits to sound like. (I think it was called "God's Away on Business" or something.) Waits would beat Geddy in a fight but only if Waits can stay away from Lee's dreaded nose - which would probably smash Waits's skull in given half a chance. - --Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::Any noise that is unrelenting eventually becomes music:: __Paula Carino__ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:04:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Elixirs and Remedies On Thu, 9 May 2002, James Dignan wrote: > Oh, and can anyone remind me who it is does the big band/cabaret style > version of Radiohead's "Creep"? Can't help you there...but somebody does a hilarious version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give it Away" that makes it sound like circus music...about what it deserves. Oh - and I can seriously hear ZZ Top doing "Sounds Great When You're Dead." That clicky little chromatic riff...slow it down some, grease it up (imagine the rhythm part to "Sweet Home Alabama" at half-speed) - and then the chorus part adds slide guitar punctuation... Also recommended: Giant Ant Farm's "The Clapper" - which combines the Pixies' "Dead" with AC/DC's "Rock'n'Roll Singer" and klezmerizes the whole thing (including some trad klezmer song or other)... - --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 ::pushing the pencil not the envelope:: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:02:48 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Would be good On Wed, 8 May 2002, Ultimate Goal wrote: > 3 interesting things you can buy in vending machines in Japan: > 1. Beer > 2. Bottles of Liquor > 3. Porn (seriously!) The Japanese have some strange fetishes. A friend who is in the Military SeaLift Command, sometimes visits Japan and will bring home these bizzare magazines that she says are sold at practically every open newsstands right on the street. They show teen and pre-teen pantie shots of Japanese girls from every conceived angle and locations both public and private in Japan, including park benches, bus stops, taxi cabs, and toilets. And even what appears to be candid shots from cameras mounted under tables, benches etc.. and even taped to a foot so you can get an up the skirt shot. On top of all this, in the over 18 porn or whatvever they call it, they cannot show the vagina from the hymen in, or the clitoris. So while anal penetration is shown, vaginal penetration is covered. Also, it is not unusual to see young teen and pre-teen girls posing and exposing pantie covered crotches and bottoms in public for tips from perverted camera toting men. I even remember seeing pre-teen breasts and early breast development in these magazines. It was a couple weeks before I could even look at a young lady or girl and not exprerience some sorta guilt or uneasy feeling. Strange gSs ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 12:03:56 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: he do the police in different voices > 1. My sister claims the Spiderman movie doesn't suck. She > disliked "The > Royal Tenenbaums," so I don't trust her. Good instincts, there. > But on the other > hand, Sam Raimi > directed it, and he's from Michigan. Should I go see it? Using the (admittedly low) standards of other summer blockbuster action hero movies, no, "Spiderman" doesn't suck as much as, say, "Batman Returns." It has neato action sequences, particularly the swinging through the concrete jungle stuff. Still, I would say it is only barely watchable and, for an action movie, was pretty durned slow at times. (side note: on the advice of other parents, I decided it was OK to take my 6-year old son to the flick. As we were leaving, I asked: "So, did you think that was pretty scary?" Max replied: "Yeah, but only the kissy parts." It did, indeed, have too much by way of "kissy parts," for my tastes as well). Oh, and you'll have a hard time telling it was directed by Sam Raimi, as opposed to, say, Joel Schumacher. OK, that's a cheap shot, but I didn't see anything particularly stylish or inventive about the direction, apart from some neato shots of swinging through the city. > > 2. The new Tom Waits albums - any good? Yes? No? Better > than Rush? > Worse than Rush? Could Tom Waits beat Geddy Lee in a fair fight? I haven't heard it yet, but how can you go wrong with Mr. Waits? (and I'm leaving "The Black Rider" to one side, seeing as that wasn't really a Tom Waits album -- anyone care to defend it?) > > Speaking of Michigan, I listened to some White Stripes songs > at a record > store recently and I thought they were pretty good, despite the dumb > faux-hipster shtick. They were certainly a lot better than > the Strokes. Do > you love me now, Tom? I felt exactly the opposite -- The White Stripes seem to be a less-interesting JSBX knock-off, while The Strokes are at least fun & rockin' (if ultimately not able to live up to their own hype). ============================================================================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, 9 May 2002 12:18:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: Re: Would be good Hot coffee cans make great hand warmers! The Nagoya train platform was damn cold when I was there... Jon, wishing he could have barbecued eel for lunch > At 05:08 PM 5/8/2002 -0400, Ultimate Goal wrote: > > >I just got back from a week in Japan. Nice place. But suffering from > >severe jet lag. > > > >3 interesting things you can buy in vending machines in Japan: > >1. Beer > >2. Bottles of Liquor > >3. Porn (seriously!) > > In the winter, you can also get hot CANS of coffee, which you should always > drink with gloves on. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 12:20:47 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: RE: he do the police in different voices At 12:03 PM -0400 5/9/02, Poole, R. Edward wrote: > >I haven't heard it yet, but how can you go wrong with Mr. Waits? (and I'm >leaving "The Black Rider" to one side, seeing as that wasn't really a Tom >Waits album -- anyone care to defend it?) Well, it just so happens to be one of Tom's best albums in the last ten years, that's all! Seriously, I LOVE Tom Waits, but his proper solo albums are nice, but just more of the same. Black Rider is inventive in it's orchestration, libretto, and story. >I felt exactly the opposite -- The White Stripes seem to be a >less-interesting JSBX knock-off, while The Strokes are at least fun & >rockin' (if ultimately not able to live up to their own hype). Agreed. Let's hope the Strokes grow up a little and surprise us all. As for the White Stripes, I find nothing particularly exciting or engaging there. The Strokes just happened to be doing something very derivative but not unwelcome... a breath of fresh air in a way. Keith ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 18:26:27 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Elixirs and Remedies - -- Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey is rumored to have mumbled on Donnerstag, 9. Mai 2002 11:04 Uhr -0500 regarding Re: Elixirs and Remedies: > Also recommended: Giant Ant Farm's "The Clapper" - which combines the > Pixies' "Dead" with AC/DC's "Rock'n'Roll Singer" and klezmerizes the whole > thing (including some trad klezmer song or other)... Apropos: does anybody know what band does country/folk covers of AC/DC? A pub I sometimes go to often plays an entire album's worth of this stuff, but I've never asked what that band's name is... - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 09:40:01 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Elixirs and Remedies At 06:26 PM 5/9/2002 +0200, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: >Apropos: does anybody know what band does country/folk covers of AC/DC? A >pub I sometimes go to often plays an entire album's worth of this stuff, >but I've never asked what that band's name is... Anyone remember Dread Zeppelin? They used to do reggae covers of Led Zeppelin songs, but the lead singer was an Elvis impersonator, and sung in the style of the King. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 12:37:16 -0400 From: invader woj Subject: nyc tree mp3 fegs, we have three possible recordings to choose from to source the new york tree. samples of all three (i often dream of trains from the early show and raymond chandler evening from the late show) are available as empeethrees at . please give a listen and let me know which one you prefer: 1, 2 or 3. note that the third recording is significantly louder than the other two and that, in and of itself, so try to listen to them at roughly the same volume. they are not all at the same bitrate, but are high enough that i think the differences between them should be hearable. thanks! woj ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #150 ********************************