From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #180 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, June 2 2002 Volume 11 : Number 180 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] More Star Wars [steve ] Sam ["Michael Wells" ] Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Oh god. Another concert review.. ["Natalie Jane" ] the 8th Doctor [Jill Brand ] Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps ["Michael Wells" ] Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps [Brian ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:29:28 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps >Flicking through the Sun today I encountered a piece on jellyfish getting >washed up around Bournemouth. > >[...] > >I don't know how the currents work around there but I suppose there's a >chance they may cross Lyme bay and make Branscombe for the Jub. very strangely. Southampton gets four high and low tides per day, IIRC. >> "How big are they ?" I wonder, >> >> "The size of dustbin lids" the article tells me. But these are white. > >I think that's one of those universal constants, like hail the size of golf >balls. at least they weren't the size of the round towers at Copenhagen. - --- >However, I do not know this UFO of which ye speak. It's not the same as >that Air Force "Project Blue Book" show, is it? Are there any recommended >web sites? I doubt a google search for "UFO" would turn up what I >want.... with anything televisual, is usually a good place to start. Other than that, add the main character/actor name into the search (try a google search of: UFO "Ed Straker" "Ed Bishop") >Speaking of Dr. Who (as we were a few weeks ago), I've heard it said that >most people's favorite Doctor is the first one they saw. In my case it's >true: I saw Tom Baker first, and he remained my favorite throughout my Dr. >Who fan phase (ca. 1983-1987). Does this hold true for everyone? definitely. Jon Pertwee rocked! Baker would be my second choice, though, and McCoy no.3. >I believe UFO featured Nick Drake's sister Gabrielle. !!! Gabrielle Drake was indeed one of the purple-haired foxes James np - Bored Games, "Joe 90" PS - a dalek a day keeps the doctor away PPS - well done Ireland! But unlucky not to get a second goal. Now let's see if the Poms can beat the Swedes... go Engaland! 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, 1 Jun 2002 09:41:52 -0500 From: steve Subject: More Star Wars > The Star Wars series has reached the point where criticism is > irrelevant. http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020610&s=kauffmann061002 - - Steve __________ Members of the Christ Community Church in Alamogordo, N.M., burned Harry Potter books, Star Wars items and works by Shakespeare and J.R.R. Tolkien, USA Today reported. Pastor Jack Brock called the Potter books "a masterpiece of satanic deception [that teaches] children how they can get into witchcraft." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:06:42 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: Sam James: > PPS - well done Ireland! But unlucky not to get a second goal. Now let's > see if the Poms can beat the Swedes... go Engaland! Hooray for James, who gets to watch these things at (reasonably) normal times! Wonder if they'll have a split-screen just for Beck's foot tomorrow. And 7 June should be a fun day. I got up early to watch Germany embarrass Saudi Arabia, and am now wondering why. Clinical. Michael "tip of the week - US to draw or beat Portugal" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 18:22:00 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps - --On Sonntag, 2. Juni 2002 2:29 Uhr +1200 James Dignan wrote: > PPS - well done Ireland! But unlucky not to get a second goal. Now let's > see if the Poms can beat the Swedes... go Engaland! Well, if Germany continues like this (they beat Saudi-Arabia 8:0), Ireland and Cameroon don't stand a chance ;-) - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 12:46:56 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: RIP My 20s. Last night at midnight I turned 30 with a pint of Guinness in my hand. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 16:13:29 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: Oh god. Another concert review.. The Blackbird is a small club down the street from where I live. Mostly it hosts little indie bands, but recently it's started booking more major acts - - Will Oldham and J. Mascis being two recent ones. This kind of sucks, because on the one hand it's cool to see a big name in a little club, but on the other hand, it means that the club is totally packed and it sells out immediately. Quasi is another example - the last time they played here, they headlined at the cavernous Crystal Ballroom. And just as I suspected, when they played at the Blackbird last night, it was stuffed to the gills, it was really hot and awful, and the line for the bathroom was several light-years long. One guy remarked, "You have to get in line ten minutes *before* you get the urge." I arrived in time to catch the end of the first act, the Holy Sons, which appears to be just one guy these days. (The Holy Son?) He does a plaintive Will Oldham kinda thing usually, though he seemed to be doing a lot of screaming when I got there. The second act, whom Quasi apparently specifically requested to play, was Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre. Despite the dramatic name, they did a kind of low-rent, early Roxy Music glam thing that wasn't very inspired. If you're gonna do glam, play it to the hilt! But they didn't, even though the guitarist was wearing eyeshadow. The singer did have an excellent voice, however. Quasi took a long time to set up, because they were being joined by two "special" guests, Ash Bowie from Polvo and various other bands, and Sara Lund, the drummer from Unwound. This promised a rare experience: double drummer action! I just hoped they would play Quasi songs and not "jam" too much. Sam Coomes has grown a beard, which makes him look like an alcoholic Vietnam vet. A tattoo on his arm informed me that at one point, he was fond of someone named "Dana." Janet Weiss was perfectly coiffed as usual. She and Sara Lund wore glittery "Indian Princess" headdresses. The guys did too, but took them off after a while. The set began with the inevitable false start, as Sam scrambled to fix some sort of broken connection. "It's all right, don't worry about it!" called an impatient punter. "All right, we won't!" Janet proclaimed. "*We're* not worried." Everything went pretty smoothly after that, except when Sam began a song in the wrong key and had to fumble around for the right one. (Don't these people rehearse?) He also grimaced massively whenever he made a mistake, and at one point, after a flub, he moaned, "Ohhhh.... FUCK!" Ah, unprofessionalism, it's fun! They rocked pretty damn hard, I must say. They mostly played songs from their slightly lackluster latest album, but they played most of the good tracks, including my favorite, "It's Raining," so I didn't mind. And they did "jam" a bit, but they did it well and I didn't squirm too much. As usual, Sam's keyboard was in a wooden box marked "Fragile: Musical Instrument" and rocked dangerously on its stand as he played. Unfortunately he seems to have abandoned his sparkly purple Danelectro in favor of a boring old brown Strat. Too bad. Standing two feet away from one of the bad-assest drummers I've ever seen (besides Jeremy Barnes of Bablicon) was quite an experience. I'm just glad Janet is in Quasi so I don't have to endure a Sleater-fuckin'-Kinney show in order to witness her prowess. She plays with great aplomb and assurance and "hits 'em" so hard that I'm surprised her sticks don't break. Unfortunately, she was between me and Sara Lund, so I couldn't hear Lund so well. But the two of them played off each other incredibly well, and of course the show culminated in a big drum duel which kicked my ass so hard I can hardly sit down. Ash Bowie didn't add anything really special to the show, but he did fill out their sound admirably. Having Lund on hand also meant that Janet could step up front and sing one of her own songs, "Tomorrow You'll Hide," which was really cool - I wonder if she's ever been able to do that before. She looked a little uneasy, but pulled it off. I had some tinfoil objects on hand for dispersion, but I've had a terrible cold for a week and my voice is totally shot, and I didn't want to be squeaking, "Hey, Sam!" after the show, sounding like Peter Brady when his voice was changing. Also, I was really hot and sweaty and thirsty and I really wanted to go home. Hell, Quasi play here pretty often, I'll have another chance. A good heckle that I heard - this must be proverbial but I still thought it was funny: "Play something the drummer knows!" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:43:04 -0400 From: rosso@videotron.ca Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps >> "The size of dustbin lids" the article tells me. But these are white. > >I think that's one of those universal constants, like hail the size of golf >balls. Not surprising, when one considers the use of jellyfish for this very purpose before the invention of the artificial dustbin lid. You could get a good, tight seal with a jellyfish of the proper size. Golf must have once been a more challenging game, what with shattering balls and all. Much more baffling is the American tradition of measuring distance in football fields. Why do you guys do that, anyway? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 17:40:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Sam Michael Wells wrote: > James: > > PPS - well done Ireland! But unlucky not to get a second goal. Now > > let's see if the Poms can beat the Swedes... go Engaland! > > Hooray for James, who gets to watch these things at (reasonably) > normal times! Wonder if they'll have a split-screen just for Beck's > foot tomorrow. And 7 June should be a fun day. > > I got up early to watch Germany embarrass Saudi Arabia, and am now > wondering why. Clinical. > > Michael "tip of the week - US to draw or beat Portugal" Wells There are very few things in the world I care about less than soccer (aka non-American football), World Cup or not. Nonetheless, I was rather happy than Senegal beat France. I hope every African team gets the chance to embarass their former Colonial oppressor. ===== "This week, the White House says President Bush meant no disrespect when he referred to the Pakistani people as 'Pakis.' But just to be on the safe side, White House staffers have cancelled his trip to Nigeria" -- Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt . Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:27:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: the 8th Doctor OurQuail wrote: (I never saw any McGann episodes!) Paul McGann was never in any episodes. He did the TV movie for Fox (poor Sylv McCoy - no one has mentioned him at all) and then the show/series died a death. Ken O. - my favorite Star Wars movie is also the Empire Strikes Back. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 20:49:33 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps Ken: > My 20s. Last night at midnight I turned 30 with a pint of Guinness in > my hand. You remember what happened? Congrats anyway! Welcome to the 'Dead & Buried' side of life...more proctology exams, but the parties are better. Consulting "Tolstoy's Bicycle" I see that 30 was the age of Nero's suicide, Nat Turner's rebellion, Edison's invention of the phonograph, Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Balzac's "Les Chouans," and not least among these also the age at which Christ began his mission. Hope you're off to a good start. Ross: > Not surprising, when one considers the use of jellyfish for this very > purpose before the invention of the artificial dustbin lid. Usage characteristics = phrase derivation. All the more evidence for Mr. Clark's take on The Brumski. Ross part deux: > Much more baffling is the American tradition of measuring distance > in football fields. Why do you guys do that, anyway? Historical precedent. "Four score and fifty yards ago...". Sorry, hard habit to break. Jeff: > There are very few things in the world I care about less than soccer > (aka non-American football), World Cup or not. What's not to like? The chance to air out some nationalist prejudices, sing a few daft songs, and occasionally (generally very rarely, but more often in the WC) witness The Beautiful Game being played at a transcendent, defining level. This is going to be one GREAT World Cup. I'll be up at 4 to watch England v Sweden, if I can catch a quick nap after Argentina v Nigeria finishes around 2. Michael "I'll sleep when I'm dead" Wells "Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." - A. Lincoln. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 20:35:42 -0700 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps I am guilty of describing things in lengths of football fields. (I used to write a lot of restraining orders at work) This description, (i.e. X can't come near you within 100 yards, this is one football field,) probably sticks because it is a visual distance - you can see the amount of space standing still, and many people have been on a football field for some reason or another, making out under the bleachers, sex under the goalpost after prom, etc.... A mile is not quite visual, can't see a mile. Also we americans don't walk a lot - we drive. So our on foot perception is kind of limited. e On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 04:43 PM, rosso@videotron.ca wrote: >>> "The size of dustbin lids" the article tells me. But these are white. >> >> I think that's one of those universal constants, like hail the size of >> golf >> balls. > > Not surprising, when one considers the use of jellyfish for this very > purpose before the invention of the artificial dustbin lid. You could > get a good, tight seal with a jellyfish of the proper size. Golf must > have once been a more challenging game, what with shattering > balls and all. > > Much more baffling is the American tradition of measuring distance > in football fields. Why do you guys do that, anyway? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 10:47:55 -0400 From: Brian Subject: Re: dustbin lids and flying hubcaps At Saturday, 1 June 2002, MW wrote: >Ken: >> My 20s. Last night at midnight I turned 30 with a pint of Guinness in >> my hand. > >You remember what happened? Congrats anyway! Welcome to the 'Dead & Buried' >side of life...more proctology exams, but the parties are better. > >Consulting "Tolstoy's Bicycle" I see that 30 was the age of Nero's suicide, >Nat Turner's rebellion, Edison's invention of the phonograph, Mozart's "The >Marriage of Figaro," Balzac's "Les Chouans," and not least among these also >the age at which Christ began his mission. Hope you're off to a good start. Not to mention, Robyn Hitchcock recorded "I Often Dream Of Trains." ! Happy Birthday! Nuppy ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #180 ********************************