From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #252 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, August 5 2002 Volume 11 : Number 252 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 ["HVACad" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #251 [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 [" FS Thomas" ] Re: Brought to you by the letter L [gSs ] Area 2 [The Great Quail ] Re: Area 2 [Steve Talkowski ] "rushes," words, flicks, etc. ["ross taylor" ] Wombat Rock ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: "rushes," words, flicks, etc. ["Jason R. Thornton" ] TCM [" FS Thomas" ] Cravat Vr Ascot ["Silver Leaf" ] Re: Ascot ve cravat ["Silver Leaf" ] RE: TCM ["Timothy Reed" ] Re: Soft Boys in San Francisco [Alisa Lowden ] Re: Area 2 [Tom Clark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:06:53 -0600 From: "HVACad" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 > Sebastien, I've never heard any pronounce the d in Wednesday either, > except perhaps when exagerrating for humorous effect. A lot of the Midwest says it with a d, albeit in the wrong place. (Wendsday). I'd love to see a list of words that when pronounced would determine which State your grew up in (without using any State names). My start is: greasy, roof, room, milk, wash, measure, appreciate, bar, pen, orange, taught, cod, good day, harbor, February, almond, caramel, video, dude, library, cactus, okra, meat, vegetable, and kudzoo. Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Maine, New York, West Virginia, or Machusetts. Any dead give-aways for the Northwest and South would be most helpful. - - Bill PS: Any volunteers to put them into one paragraph for us when we are done? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:58:44 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #251 >since y'all tend to be really well read and opinionated thought i'd ask >for their recommendations for summer fluff - reading and movies. i'm >looking for some terry pratchett level fluff to distract me from the >summer blahs and bad mood. any suggestions? Read any Tom Holt? >Other fun words: > >ocelot ah, as mentioned in one of my all-time favourite jokes (How do you tittilate an ocelot? Oscillate its tit a lot) Well, you asked. You didn't? Oh. 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: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 04:39:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 HVACad wrote: > I'd love to see a list of words that when pronounced would determine > which State your grew up in (without using any State names). > > My start is: > greasy, roof, room, milk, wash, measure, appreciate, bar, pen, > orange, taught, cod, good day, harbor, February, almond, caramel, > video, dude, library, cactus, okra, meat, vegetable, and kudzoo. > > Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Maine, New > York, West Virginia, or Machusetts. or even just different parts of the same state. in Fresno, and other parts of the San Joaquin Valley they say "AY-mund" (like the Fonz greeting you, but shorter) whereas, around SF (and LA & SD I think), we say AWL-mund (more like a devise for punching holes in leather). for example. > Any dead give-aways for the Northwest and South would be most > helpful. > > - Bill > > PS: Any volunteers to put them into one paragraph for us when we are > done? It was a greasy February. The scent of almond orange cod and caramel milk filled the kitchen passing through the living room and bar and even permeated the roof, as the dude did the wash, knawing on some leftover meat, or was it okra -- he was trying to eat more vegetables. He then walked over, in measured steps so as to not wake the baby in it's play pen, to the video library. "What kinda of sick would own "Pearl Harbor" or "Cactus in the Snow?" he wondered. "This is gonna be a good day for them to get taught a lesson they'll really appreciate, before I hide their bodies in the kudzu," he murmured in anticipation of his unsuspecting victims returning home to their horrific fate. ===== "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! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 07:56:25 -0400 From: " FS Thomas" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 Even in as small a place as Connecticut you get different dialects. The city New Britain (pronounced with all it's vowels and complimenting consonants) is pronounced that way everywhere except for immediately around the city itself. The indigenous population tends to go with "Newbrih-hen". East Haven to their populace is "Staven", and the dreamy hamlet of Naugatuck is elaised into Nuhggatuck (said really fast with no attention paid to any of the particular letters, but said with a more guttural grunting.) As far as the provided words, I personally go for the more traditional (read: Anglican) pronunciations, whereas you get the gambit here. Greasy is natural, or greazzy, room/rum, milk/melk, wash/warsh (ugh!), February (rarely, admittedly, with the u)/Feb-u-ary, etc. We rarely, if ever, get mention of okra or kudzoo. Unless, of course, there's a southern joke going on, then all's fair. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Dwarf" To: Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 7:39 AM Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V11 #250 > HVACad wrote: > > I'd love to see a list of words that when pronounced would determine > > which State your grew up in (without using any State names). > > > > My start is: > > greasy, roof, room, milk, wash, measure, appreciate, bar, pen, > > orange, taught, cod, good day, harbor, February, almond, caramel, > > video, dude, library, cactus, okra, meat, vegetable, and kudzoo. > > > > Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Maine, New > > York, West Virginia, or Machusetts. > > or even just different parts of the same state. in Fresno, and other > parts of the San Joaquin Valley they say "AY-mund" (like the Fonz > greeting you, but shorter) whereas, around SF (and LA & SD I think), we > say AWL-mund (more like a devise for punching holes in leather). for > example. > > > > Any dead give-aways for the Northwest and South would be most > > helpful. > > > > - Bill > > > > PS: Any volunteers to put them into one paragraph for us when we are > > done? > > It was a greasy February. The scent of almond orange cod and caramel > milk filled the kitchen passing through the living room and bar and > even permeated the roof, as the dude did the wash, knawing on some > leftover meat, or was it okra -- he was trying to eat more vegetables. > He then walked over, in measured steps so as to not wake the baby in > it's play pen, to the video library. "What kinda of sick would own > "Pearl Harbor" or "Cactus in the Snow?" he wondered. "This is gonna be > a good day for them to get taught a lesson they'll really appreciate, > before I hide their bodies in the kudzu," he murmured in anticipation > of his unsuspecting victims returning home to their horrific fate. > > > ===== > "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! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:49:24 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Brought to you by the letter L On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Silver Leaf wrote: > But doobage? I am unfamiliar with that term. powerplant, flo, khola, nl-#5, etc.... gSs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:06:55 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Area 2 Though I may not be Eb or gNat, I would like to offer up a small review of a fantastic concert.... As you may know, Bowie and Moby played as part of a larger Area:2 festival, a festival to which LJ, myself, and my friend Shelly had tickets to last Friday. While Area:2 wasn't as hopping or multi-leveled as Lollapalooza or even the HORDE fest, it was still pretty cool, and our seats were terrific - -- front orchestra. The venue itself is rather pleasant, and wonderfully scenic, even if unfortunately (and awkwardly) named -- "The Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater." An open-air amphitheater, it's built right against the water at Jones Beach State Park, Long Island. The audience looks out at the water and down at the stage, so if you are in the high seats, you can see the entire inlet. To your left is the wooded state park, to your right, the wide Atlantic Ocean against the running strip of Jones Beach. When I saw Rush there last month, LJ and I had seats all the way up in the nose-bleed section. Despite not being able to see the band very well, it was still a magnificent view -- private ships dropped anchor about 100 yards behind the amphitheater and listened in on the show. During "YYZ," a few of them were flashing their lights in sync, and at the end of the show, they all signaled their distant applause. But back to Area:2. We got there in the mid-afternoon and wandered around a bit. Aside from the main stage, there's also a "second stage," which isn't really a stage at all -- it's a vast, air-conditioned techno/rave tent. (Called, yes, "The Playstation 2 Dance Tent.") Although the music wasn't exactly my kind of thing, the light show inside was suitably trippy, and there was an "extreme sports" demonstration outside the tent. (Yes, this section did make me feel like I had "aging thirtysomething" wrought in bright neon tubes upon my head. The highlight for me was not the European DJs, but the spray tent, where you could stand as long as you liked under a fine mist of cool water.) Still, they were handing out copious free samples of some super-chilled, mega-carbonated, niacin-piss-yellow sports drink called "Venom," which tasted like a mixture of Gatorade, Mountain Dew, and Altoids. I had, uh, several. We took our seats at the main stage for the Blue Man Group, who played a rock-oriented show that sounded like the Talking Heads doing Wedding karaoke. After that came Busta Rhymes -- I kid you not -- who proceeded to, uh, rock the house, yo. But I have to say, he was sort of fun, and certainly good natured -- Shelly and LJ actually enjoyed him; but having recently seen Snoop Doggy Dogg at Lollapalooza, I feel that I may have fulfilled my rap quotient for the next few years. Next was Bowie. (He and Moby switch headlining on alternate nights.) As if on cue, a massive storm began rolling in from the north as the sun began to set. The sunlight was stifled behind a mass of heavy clouds, and a cool wind gathered force -- quite a relief after the oppressive heat. Bowie took the stage just as the first few drops of rain began falling, and my oh my, he still looks wonderful: elegant black pants and matching vest, white shirt with French-cuffs, pocket-watch with long chain, and a blue silk cravat. Opening with "Life on Mars," he crooned simply, woefully, into the crowd as the sky darkened and the rain began falling. After the song, he asked God to kindly hold back the rain; but God disobeyed, and the wind actually picked up. Bowie launched into an amazing set -- a perfect blend of "Heathen" material and old stuff, including "Ashes to Ashes" and "China Girl," two of my favorites. (And "I'm Afraid of Americans" kicked more ass than it ever has before!) At one point he talked about the way time flows during a concert, and I swear he was channeling Robyn Hitchcock for some between-song rambling. His voice was in top shape, too, and the crowd was completely into the whole performance. (I was reduced to total fan-boy mode -- cheering and singing and dancing oh-so-groovily.) The entire hour unfolded like a dialogue between Bowie and God, with God speaking through the storm in answer to Bowie's impassioned music. At one point Bowie stopped, put his hands on his waist, and demanded petulantly, "God, this is *David Bowie* asking you to please, hold off the rain!" And the lightning -- Jesus! -- the lightning! Hand on my heart, I swear to you, I have never seen a lightning display like Friday night. In fact, all New Yorkers are talking about it since. The lightning was amazing, miraculous -- not just zig-zaggy bolts, but explosions of chain lighting that illuminated entire sections of the sky for full seconds! It was literally breathtaking, all the more because we were so exposed -- here we were, thousands of drenched Bowie fans, gasping in unison as the sky exploded like one of those plug-in plasma-globes. And I have to confess, even though he ignored Bowie's pleas to halt the storm, I think that God must have at least been bending him an ear. During "I Would Be Your Slave," Bowie croons out to God, "Show me a sign," and on cue, one of the night's biggest bursts of lightning flashes down across the sky and into the ocean. The entire crowd gasped and then laughed -- even Bowie paused, smiling. Three more times that happened -- again during "I'll ruin everything you are!" in "China Girl," and finally at the end, during "Heroes." In fact, Bowie had to move "Heroes" up a few songs, because the storm forced them to cut short his set. Declaring his desire to keep spirits up, he launched into "Heroes." Wow. One of his best songs, delivered at night in the teeth of a raging storm, Bowie leaning into the flying wall of rain: "And we kissed...!" And the sky exploded again, right on cue. People went nuts -- dancing, singing along, splashing in the rain. It was one of those amazing moments when you share something magical with thousands of strangers. (My friend Shelly is a HUGE Bowie fan -- I think she died and went straight to heaven.) For awhile it didn't look like Moby would come on, but after 45 minutes the wind and rain died down enough for them to declare it safe. I wasn't sure how I'd like Moby, so I'm happy to say that I was thoroughly pleased! His stage show was fantastic -- lots of snappy varilights tuned to deliciously saturated colors -- and he himself was like a ball of energy, bouncing from keyboards to turntables to bongos like a hyper-caffeinated monkey. Best of all, the weather enhanced the effects beautifully -- the constant light rain added a misty diffusion to all the stage lighting, and every five minutes more chain lightning would silently flash over the sea and sky. Again, I have to say, I have never seen more dramatic lightning -- more than once I thought we would all surely be killed: at one point, five separate tentacles of twisting lighting erupted from a single point directly above the amphitheater, snaking across the entire 360 degrees of sky.... It was a pretty good night! - --Quail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth: http://www.TheModernWord.com "Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with an equal eye." --Herman Melville, "Moby Dick" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:39:49 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Area 2 Can you hear me sighing HEAVILY over here?? *SIGH* I totally wanted to be at that show, however, I was here at work that night, saving my work often and wondering if/when the power would go out. I learned on Saturday that my aunt's house in Pennsylvania was struck by lighting and caught on fire that night - they had to evacuate. I can't remember a time in the past 8 years I've been in NYC that we've had such an incredible light show. Too bad I didn't get a chance to do some open shutter photography with my new digicam that night either! Once again, I miss Bowie locally! grrrrrrr. I'd love to hear some of the Heathen material live. Any indication when next he'll be in our parts? I'm also bummed because I had to pass on tickets to Nick Lowe at Joe's Pub tonight. Argh! Oh well...next up for me is Oasis this Sunday night and, of course, Elvis Costello's NBC Today Show taping at the end of the month. Thanks for sharing your account of the evening with all of us! - -Steve P.S. Saw "Signs" last night with a fellow list member (hey you! ;) and was thoroughly entertained. On Monday, August 5, 2002, at 12:06 PM, The Great Quail wrote: > It was one of those amazing moments when you share something magical > with thousands of strangers. > (My friend Shelly is a HUGE Bowie fan -- I think she died and went > straight to heaven.) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:51:14 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: "rushes," words, flicks, etc. Nat-- >thems hippies for you. >Gaskin also doesn't want to give the impression that contractions hurt Well, on the one hand, there's the hoary old tradition of the old biddies gathering around & regaling the young wife w/ horror stories of their labors which are highly unrepresentative. This seems to function as some kind of initiation/hazing. On the other hand, a hippie friend of mine once decided to celebrate her labor with a big party (she was doing it at home w/ a midwife). After about two hours of contractions she decided it was a lame idea & sent everyone home. - -- Words-- A 19th cent. lit. prof. once told us that some 19th cent. Italian linguist decided that the most beautiful phrase in any lanugage was "cellar door." He said it with feeling, "cel-lar dooor" then laughed so hard it cracked the whole class up. But you know, it does have a sweet sound ... - -- Movies-- "Walking on Sunshine" appears briefly in "Master of Disguises." But mostly I don't reccomend the movie. It's got a couple of good sequences but I think the simple obnoxiousness overwhelms the humor. Perhaps the funniest running gag was a fart joke. I think it's a bad sign when every other shot in a kids' movie is a reference to a film the adults will know & the kids won't -- I also remember this in The Grinch which I liked some, but not a lot better. I loved the turtle scene though. - -- Godwin-- >a Derroll Adams tribute CD Hm. "The most influential banjo player on the European Continent." I'm afraid those last two words are why I've never heard of him. How does he compare to Doc Boggs? Ross Taylor "traffic calming" Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:01:19 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Wombat Rock Robyn covering '50's tunes: Did someone mention "Heartbreak Hotel" and I just missed it? Of course you can argue that the SB's were really covering John Cale's cover of it, which makes it more of a '70's tune. _____________ Wednesday: Now that I think about it, I pronounced the "d" but misplace it. I say "Wendsday". 'Nother cool word: Miasma. Would that be too pretentious a name for my band? (Here's the cheapshot answer if you want to use it: "Well, Rex, that depends on how pretentious yr damn band is, doesn't it?") The word "rushes", to me, is either a weedy plant (green grow the...) or a film production term with appoximately the same meaning as "dailies"... neither of which make me think of contractions. ______ Drew: >>I would say that I'd rather sit through just about any Disney movie than have a pencil shoved up my ass Well, if we're to take the proposal seriously, I'd rather watch any movie at all than have the pencil thing happen to me. But there is an alternate universe where every choice is framed just like that, in binary oppositions between non-sequitirs: "Would you like to super-size that, or be sodomized by a giant ground-sloth?" ___________ Kay/Tolkien: >>That scholarly stuff was just condensed and dried info. Add water (imagination >>and love) and watch it come alive. The whole idea of combining wild imaginings >>with scholarly rigor is a stimulating and fertile combination of opposites. Left >>and right brain. Damn, that's well stated. There seems to be something about that which points the way from Tolkien to Robyn, even, although it perhaps leads more directly to some other more crypto-rock-ish bands where I enjoy the "liner notes" alongside the records-- the Fall, Pavement, REM, Game Theory, etc... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 10:19:13 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: "rushes," words, flicks, etc. At 12:51 PM 8/5/2002 -0400, ross taylor wrote: >"Walking on Sunshine" appears briefly in "Master >of Disguises." "Walking on Sunshine" is also featured in the "Pets Rule!" dog and cat (and pig) show at Sea World, or so I learned this weekend. I also had the opportunity to pet a dolphin under the chin, which was really freakin' cool. - --Jason, who is not sure he has ever been in a situation where he needed to know the plural of "penis" or "vagina" "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:08:28 +0000 From: "Silver Leaf" Subject: Pining for the Hordes, at Jones Beach Quail, thanks for the Bowie at Jones beach review. Sounds like a once in a life time experience for everyone, most especially Bowie. It must feel pretty wierd to have nature function as your own personal special effects unit. To bad no one took off their clothes to dance naked in the rain(Well, you -did- say he was channeling Robyn;-) Great description cept for the fact you made no mention of the ocean and bay. Sometimes they can be errily flat during, or right before, such tumult, thou more often wild and wickedly rampant. I'd like to think of giant waves crashing down in perfectly timed drum rolls to "Heros." :-) Oh yeah. And by cravat do you mean ascot? Was Moby warier than Bowie of the storm? - ------------------------ There should be more semi-outside venues, like Jones Beach or the Mann here in Philly. I swear it makes for better concerts. - -------------------- Ross: >"cel-lar dooor" Tolkein and Lewis were both aware of this(I think there are refs to it in essays or letters somewhere.) Lewis's "Spare OOm" and Tolkein's forest of , well dont know how to spell it but it -sounds- like "cellar door" may have resulted from that. - ------------------ Rex: >Robyn covering '50's tunes: Is "Book of Love" early 60s then? - ------------------ Kay Carpe rutrum _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:42:32 -0400 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: Pining for the Hordes, at Jones Beach > Great description cept for the fact you made no mention of the ocean and > bay. To be honest, I couldn't see them from the section I was in -- thankfully, as I was on the floor! > And by cravat do you mean ascot? Er, yeah. I think. > Was Moby warier than Bowie of the storm? The storm had settled down for Moby -- Bowie seemed pretty much into it, actually. The Jones Beach people were the ones who had to cut his set short.... - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:39:42 -0700 From: barbara soutar Subject: Re: Words, we got words As I was lugging things around this morning, the word "luggage" came to mind. The connection had never occurred to me, but it seems like luggage is stuff that one lugs. There's probably a word for nouns that originate from verbs but I don't know it. That's all for now... I've been enjoying reading everyone's word lists. Barbara Soutar Victoria, B.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:25:11 -0400 From: " FS Thomas" Subject: TCM Without the benefit of the digests handy I don't know if anyone's mentioned it: Storefront Hitchcock's on TCM right now. (Stumbled on it when cruising the channels). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 20:15:31 +0000 From: "Silver Leaf" Subject: Cravat Vr Ascot Quail: >The storm had settled down for Moby -- Bowie seemed pretty much into it,actually. Cool >>And by cravat do you mean ascot? > Er, yeah. I think. For clarification, think Tony Curtis pretending to be Cary Grant in "Some Like It Hot." I think a cravat is a silk scarf that has been sewn into a diaper-looking article while an ascot is just a scarf worn tied loosely around the neck, inside the collar of your shirt. Bowie would be alright in one since you need a long thin neck for it to look good. Ive seen heavy no-necked pinheads try to pull it off and accckkkkkk, the horror, the horror. -------------------- Another good L word(inspired by Barbra's post)-- Lug Nut Carpe rutrum Kay _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 20:18:19 +0000 From: "Silver Leaf" Subject: Re: Ascot ve cravat OOphs-- the -real- answer In Europe an ascot is a wide cravat of pale gray patterned silk only worn with very formal morning wear, to weddings, or England's Royal Ascot races, where it gets its name. In the U.S., ascot means cravat. The ascot was commonly worn for business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Carpe rutrum Kay _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:12:38 -0400 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: RE: TCM I remember reading here that the DVD version is pan-and-scan, however when I saw the version on cable it was widescreen. I wanted the movie in widescreen and so haven't picked up a copy. Is there a widescreen version on DVD now? Tim np - Her Space Holiday "Manic Expressive" > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of FS Thomas > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 3:25 PM > To: The Oracle > Subject: TCM > > > Without the benefit of the digests handy I don't know > if anyone's mentioned it: Storefront Hitchcock's on > TCM right now. (Stumbled on it when cruising the > channels). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:19:58 -0700 From: Alisa Lowden Subject: Re: Soft Boys in San Francisco Word from another lurker... I bought tix for this show TODAY from Virtuous (following the link from Slim's website). Don't wait for Sunday, Slim's is small and might sell out quick! http://www.virtuous.com/search/event.php?eventcode=2579 > From: gridlife (by way of guapo stick ) > Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:04:54 -0700 > To: fegmaniax-announce@smoe.org > Subject: Soft Boys in San Francisco > > Greetings Fegs! > > This morning's newspaper announces that tickets will go on sale this Sunday > for the Soft Boys at Slim's on November 2. This is certainly not my first > chice for an SF venue (quite dissapointing actually), but it is nice to see > dates start to appear! > > Cheers, > > Dan > > (right then...back to lurking) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:25:10 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Area 2 on 8/5/02 9:06 AM, The Great Quail at quail@libyrinth.com wrote: > Declaring his desire to keep spirits up, he launched into > "Heroes." Wow. One of his best songs, delivered at night in the teeth of a > raging storm, Bowie leaning into the flying wall of rain: "And we > kissed...!" And the sky exploded again, right on cue. People went nuts -- > dancing, singing along, splashing in the rain. It was one of those amazing > moments when you share something magical with thousands of strangers. I forget her name, but a writer for Spin in the early '90s coined a term for this feeling - "Making the cat jump." I've used that phrase often since first reading it, but unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) those moments are few and far between. I think the last time it happened to me was on a plane to Hawaii last year. I was listening to "Tangled Up In Blue" and during the instrumental coda the plane banked and the islands appeared out my window. Granted, I wasn't sharing the moment with anyone else, but it was magical for me. Sounds like you had a great time. I'm happy for you and lj. - -tc ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #252 ********************************