From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #378 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, November 19 2002 Volume 11 : Number 378 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Wsh List ["Montauk Daisy" ] Hi ALL AGAIN! ["Greta Swann" ] Concerts & Covers & Pears (obligatory Judy Garland quote averted) ["Rex.B] Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. [Tom Clark ] Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. [Christopher Gross ] Re: the family and the fishing net ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: All to Much ["Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" ] awful songs and great gigs [Jill Brand ] Re: All to [sic] Much ["Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" ] You're going to see them again? [Perry Amberson ] Re: Nick Cave and Tom Waits - Separated at Birth? [Ken Weingold ] Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. ["Michael E. Kupietz, wearing ] cleetus awreapnus ["glen uber" ] RE: All to [sic] Much ["Timothy Reed" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:15:32 +0000 From: "Montauk Daisy" Subject: Wsh List Stewart on horseshoe crabs: >They remind me of a medireview (sorry, medieval) cooking implement that >could also be pressed into ad-hoc torture service, should the need arise. They are almost as fun to toss at squeamish friends as goopy jellyfish, almost but not quite. Ive always taken them as proof that dinasors still roam the earth. - -------------- Has anyone read Dave Barry's book on bad songs? Its really funny. It would make a fantastic comic book. Greta, cool note: Dave Barry is the sort of mainstream guy you would like to pretend to be too cool for ... but you're laughing too hard at his jokes to even try and pull that one off. He's great high geek. - --------------- I have seen lots of shows but I think at one time or another Ive probobly described the noteworthy ones I can rememeber(like the Monkees concert where I had the teenybop honor of booing Hendrix off the stage.) And I have lost track of how many times Ive seen Robyn, but over 20? I wish I had seen the Spinners in their heyday, Sugar and Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny-- those are my big three regrets. I would like to see Cave, Costello and Thompson someday. Also Nathan Lane and the other half of th Shakespeares plays I have never seen. I also wish I had seen Hem last week, but they weren't going on till after 11 and I had too much to do the next day. Drat Im old and responsible. - -------------- Miles: >If you're there on a Sunday, find out if Al Green is going to be >preaching/singing at his church. I've never managed to see him there, > >but I sure want to before I exit this here planet. Ohhhh, add that to my wishlist. - ------------- Kay _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:31:28 -0500 From: "Greta Swann" Subject: Hi ALL AGAIN! Hi All AGAIN! Well, this has been like a totally weird experience. Some of you have been so so nice and some of you have been like so mean I wanted to get nausous all over your shoes. Thank you Rex for being a gentleman and saying you were sorry. That takes class, something some of the rest of you obviously don't have. You people really talk trash sometimes. My ex-boyfriend says its cool to talk trash but I think that just shows why he's my EX-boyfriend. I think some of you have been really mean, treating me like some some stupid hillbilly who will believe anything. Do you think I would believe that geeks are cool. Just because Im young dosnt mean Im stupid. Geeks are geeks. No body wants to be friends with them. Who wants to be like that? Its not cool to have your lunch money stolen or be snickered at when you pass by or get fooled alot or have people make up nicknames for you that really hurt. Its not cool to hurt. When I saw the Soft Boys on stage they looked really cool. Robin looked like he was just so, you know, like in control of everything like he knew everything about everything with all those different voices and arm movements and stuff. He was like so cool with all that. Thats what I mean by cool. Like Robin, not like some geek who has problems or somthing. Al, my new boyfriend says I shouldnt let you all talk down to me just because I want to learn about cool stuff. He says to be cool all I have to do is be cool and them Im cool so thats what Im going to do. But I do have a question. I bough David Bowie's "Scary Monsters" and I can tell its really cool but what is it about? Or are lyrics geeky and I should just listen to the cool music instead. Xs & ()s Peace all Greta Care2 make the world greener! Race to Save the Primates - every click provides food! http://www.care2.com/go/z/primates ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:02:16 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Concerts & Covers & Pears (obligatory Judy Garland quote averted) Eb: >>There's a lot of music, out there. And you can see it live, in >>addition to *filing it*. ;) True, but don't you get a lot of comps? Including parking, food & drinks, that last Soft Boys show cost me damned near $100. Totally worth it, but not something I can do on a weekly basis these days... I've kinda started to prioritize older artists I've never seen as well, though. Never know how long they'll be around. Finally saw the Fall last year and to judge by Mark E. Smith's condition, that was a good move indeed. ___________________ Kay: >>Have you ever had home-made pear sorbet? Mmmmm No, but that sounds quite appealing indeed. I love sorbet. Much more than ice cream, hokey-pokey-flavoured or not. But I admittedly like a little tang to my sweet stuff-- I'll pick a fruit chew over a chocolate bar four times out of five. I frankly have an underdeveloped sweet tooth... so does my wife, which perhaps bodes well for our daughters' future dental bills, eh? Pear hard cider, although not called "perry" that I can recall, had a brief vogue amongst my friends a few years back, but seems to have vanished since then. >>I can attest that the SBs doing "All Too Much" is excellent. The recent version by the Church is pretty decent, especially noteworthy for including the chorus to "Electric Avenue" in an oddly life-affirming fashion. __________________ I have a soft spot for "Eve of Destruction" as I seem to recall that it was pitted directly against "Ballad of the Green Berets" in what must surely have been one of the few ideological showdowns ever to grace the Top 40. Battle of the Barry's or some such, right? Thus, if one tune makes the list, the other should be dragged along with it so as to avoid accusations of political bias. ________ Ken W: >>So what are some of the bands that live completely blew you away? That's a big topic, and would include some bands that blew me away one night and just plain blew the next night. Possibly a more manageable thread would be, who've you seen with low-to-no expectations (i.e. opening bands or festival filler) and been coverted to an instant fan? For me these would include equal parts future superstars, has-beens that turn out to still have it, and bands that went absolutely nowhere. For some reason the first bands I'm coming up with are Imperial Teen, Aphex Twin, and Fuzzy, all of whom wiped the floor with their respective headliners (who shall remain nameless). First time I saw Johnny Cash (1990 I think) I expected a slightly embarassing nostalgia trip and was delighted to be proven wrong. (I am truly worried that, after holding his own for three albums, Cash has finally been steered wrong by Rick Rubin on the new one... Depeche Mode and NIN covers??? Yecchhh.) Most recent instance of unexpectedly ass-kicking concert: a spellbinding set by a band called Califone at All Tomorrow's Parties. Afterward I bought an album of theirs from the lead singer's daughter at their merch table. I asked her which record was the best and she showed me a few, including one which "some of the members recorded with Rex", which was odd. Turns out there's a whole band called that. There goes my one-name solo career. - -Rex, um, Hansen, or Ciccone or something ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:02:09 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. on 11/18/02 10:52 AM, Rex.Broome at Rex.Broome@preferredmedia.com wrote: > can I get a > shout out for the horseshoe crab? I hear it's essentially a sea-arachnid, > but that's kind of cool in and of itsef, isn't it? Oh man, growing up in Long Island we used to go swimming in the L.I. Sound (the Atlantic ocean between L.I. and Connecticut), where these thing thrived. Someone told me once as a kid that the horseshoe crabs lived just under the sand and when they got pissed they would point their spiked tail straight up, which of course would go right through your foot if you stepped on it. To this day I don't even know if that's exactly true, but it scared the hell out of me at the time. So there's your shout-out, Rex. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:12:51 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. Another cool thing about horseshoe crabs is that you can pick them up by the spiky tail and menace Philadelphian tourists ("shoobies") with them! Not that I ever did so, of course. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:49:56 -0500 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: Nick Cave and Tom Waits - Separated at Birth? Hi - I never got into Nick Cave. I guess I expected him to be a goth Tom Waits, who I intensely dislike, due to what I perceive to be their musical similarity (laugh if you must). Am I wrong? Guess I'll have to check the guy out next time he's in town. Anyway, here are my three standout live bands: 1. Late 80s Butthole Surfers @ 9:30 in DC. Saw 'em a bunch of times until 1990. I'm a fan of teenage clown strippers, lighter fluid and car crash videos. 2. Clash first show in NYC at the Palladium. Subsequent tours didn't come close to this appearance. 3. The Neighborhoods from Boston. For some reason, they never found their following, but they were an incredible live band. Every show was intense. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Ken Weingold > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:51 PM > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Subject: Best live bands > > > So what are some of the bands that live completely blew you > away? The bands that have left you speechless, thinking > "What the fuck did I just experience?" > > I'll start. > > > 1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- heavyweight champions of the world > > And in no particular order: > > Love and Rockets > Sebadoh > Sugar > Iron Maiden > > > I'm sure there are more, but these come to mind right now. > > > -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:59:35 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Bad songs, good gigs >Oh my God -- your globe dreams are connected to my library fantasy. where the skull of Africa...? >BTW--you have to hear Bobby Goldsbourough version of "Honey," or of >anything. Truely dreadful. it's pretty horrible, but it really doesn't rate when compared to anything by Red Sovine. And as far as 'hits' (anagram?) go, I have been tempted to throw the radio out the window when "Kokomo" by the remains of the Beach Boys has come on. At least you lucky northerners didn't get to hear "Life begins at 40", "Shoop shoop diddy wap", "The Newcastle song" (actually not as bad as the others, but still horrible), or "Shaddapa you face". Actually, I suspect you did get the last one. I think Joe Dolce was Aussie, but I'm not sure. >Gig totals: sadly, being where I am, the number of overseas artists I've seen more than once is tiny (and I think only Billy Bragg rates three). Of NZ performers, I saw Split Enz a handful of times, and of course locals like the Chills, Clean, and Verlaines far more than that. Oddly, I've never seen Chris Knox live. Not sure why. >So what are some of the bands that live completely blew you away? The >bands that have left you speechless, thinking "What the fuck did I >just experience?" Hunters and Collectors. Straitjacket Fits. James (who has never, never, been to a Robyn H gig). PS - many thanks for all the Harrison replies. nf - Antigua 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: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:11:56 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Lions and Tigers I've just realised there's a nice pun in "Lions and Tigers", my least-favouite NDL track (made worse by the fact that it follows my favourite). The world is run by keepers With keeper beaks and keeper eyes IIRC, "Beaks" and "Eyes" are both slang terms for informers. Am I dumb and this has simply been too obvious for anyone else to mention, or had it eluded all of us? 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, 18 Nov 2002 17:20:33 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Bad songs, good gigs At 11:59 AM 11/19/2002 +1300, James Dignan wrote: >as bad as the others, but still horrible), or "Shaddapa you face". > >Actually, I suspect you did get the last one. I think Joe Dolce was Aussie, >but I'm not sure. I'm not sure either, but I remember it being a hit here in the U.S. (1981?). I think it was even bigger in the rest of the English-speaking world, though. I remember it fondly, but I have a pretty high tolerance for novelty songs. >>So what are some of the bands that live completely blew you away? The >>bands that have left you speechless, thinking "What the fuck did I >>just experience?" > >Hunters and Collectors. >Straitjacket Fits. > >James (who has never, never, been to a Robyn H gig). I've never seen a Hunters & Collectors gig, though at least they've been on the same land mass as me. "wtf" great shows: Wire, all four times but especially 2/2000 in London Jason & the Scorchers, many shows R.E.M., Charleston, WV, 10/87 Scott Miller (the ex-V-Roy one), solo/acoustic twice in '99 Radiohead opening for R.E.M., 9/95 Minutemen opening for R.E.M., 12/85 (two weeks before d.Boon's death) later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:16:59 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: the family and the fishing net > >Robyn Hitchcock (nine times...and *not* counting twice w/Soft Boys) Hitchcock tops the list for me as well, with approximately a big seven (I may be forgetting something): 1) Opening for REM in San Diego (Green tour) 2) Tower Records, San Diego, April 26, 1989 3-4) UC San Diego Price Center appearances - I remember at least two distinct lunch time shows, one with Andy where they closed with "A Day in the Life" 5) one of the Largo shows (where he played a couple of Yellow Submarine tunes, including "It's Only a Northern Song") 6) "Rock Armada" San Francisco, 1999 7) "Rock Armada" Troubadour, LA, 1999 + 8) Soft Boys, Knitting Factory LA, Underwater Moonlight reissue re-tour, 2001 9) Soft Boys, LA House of Blues, NextDoorLand tour, 2002 This means 33.3% of my Hitchcock concert experience included Eb in the audience. Same percentage for Eddie, too. Marc gets a 44.4%, I believe. Last week, I saw William Shatner join Ben Folds on-stage for two songs last Wednesday. That's worth mentioning, even if Folds is only a "two" on the number of times seen list. Actually, that's also the second time I've seen Shatner. I saw him once when I was a kid when I biked past a TJ Hooker shoot. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:44:03 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: the family and the fishing net As far as I can figure, I've seen Robyn more often than any other performer: nine times under his own name, and five times with the Soft Boys (never saw the Egyptians). My next most frequently seen acts are Phish (9) and Switchblade Symphony (7). However, I've only been keeping a list since 1994. If we could go back to my college days it's possible that I saw a couple of State College, PA acts, Neo Pseudo and Beth Williams, more than seven times. Why didn't I keep a list back then? I was certainly geeky enough. Oh, well. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:35:09 -0800 From: "Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" Subject: Re: All to Much Hey, here's a brainteaster for you all: Who is the only act in the history of the Billboard charts whose first album appeared on the charts at #1 on the first week it was out? Trivially, Mike ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:39:18 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: All to [sic] Much on 11/18/02 3:35 PM, Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat at plinth@kupietz.com wrote: > Hey, here's a brainteaster for you all: Who is the only act in the history > of the Billboard charts whose first album appeared on the charts at #1 on > the first week it was out? > William Shatner? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:44:24 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: awful songs and great gigs Michael wrote: I have to put "We Built This City" as my number 1 worse song of all time. Grace Slick really sold out big time on that turd. I think the disappointment of the sell out by Grace vaults Starship over the competition. Man, I couldn't agree with you more. What an amazingly awful song. As for "Honey," the Smothers Brothers did a wonderful spoof of it when it came out (does anyone know when it came out?). They built a "Honey house" and had a "Honey tree" so that we could be given a scenic tour of the song as it was sung ("see the tree, how big it's grown....). Screamingly funny. As for gobsmacking shows....Elvis Costello did a solo acoustic gig sometime around 1986? 1987? at the Orpheum in Boston. He tore the house down. I have been to lots of shows, but I don't think I have ever heard an audience rip the rafters down with applause and screams the way it did that night. Going way back (it's time for my Geritol break), the Kinks at the Felt Forum in 1974 doing a full set, taking a break, and then coming back to do a staging of Preservation probably tops my list of total meltdown gigs. But it sounds like I've got to go see Nick Cave sometime. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:57:41 -0800 From: "Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" Subject: Re: All to [sic] Much At 4:39 PM -0800 11/18/02, Tom Clark spake thus: >on 11/18/02 3:35 PM, Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat at >plinth@kupietz.com wrote: > >> Hey, here's a brainteaster for you all: Who is the only act in the >>history >> of the Billboard charts whose first album appeared on the charts at #1 on >> the first week it was out? >> > >William Shatner? > >-tc Verrrrrry close! Mike ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:05:34 EST From: DougMash@aol.com Subject: Re: Concerts, with retsin If you get a chance to see Glen Tilbrook of Squeeze live this tour, do so! He did 2 1/2 hours of hits, covers & obscurities last week on Long Island, never letting the energy sag. The guy really is a human jukebox, as my drunken bellows for songs ("In Quintessence," "Up the Junction," etc.) were played immediately upon the shout out. Maybe he was just afraid of the drunk guy at stage left! Anyway, Tilbrook did a cover of the Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" at the show, which was a first for me. First time I ever saw one of my top 5 songwriters cover another. I've seen Robyn and Bryan Ferry (who I just missed in NYC) both cover Lennon, and Robyn cover Ferry, but Robyn & Ferry are 6-7 (sorry) behind my "fab five" of Lennon/McCartney, Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, Difford/Tilbrook & XTC's Partridge/Moulding. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:24:05 -0600 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Concerts & Covers & Pears (obligatory Judy Garland quote averted) Quoting "Rex.Broome" : > I've kinda started to prioritize older artists I've never seen as well, > though. Never know how long they'll be around. Finally saw the Fall last > year and to judge by Mark E. Smith's condition, that was a good move indeed. Oh, I wouldn't worry: I think MES and Keith Richards will be drinking it up with the irradiated cockroaches after Bush & Cheney & Rumsfeld have their way with the world. ..Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: it's not your meat :: --Mr. Toad ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:18:39 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Ginger arrives Monday (0% RH) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20021118/D7NCMTF00.html Get 'em while they're hot! - -tc p.s Note to Greta Swann: James Joyce was a pussy. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:17:25 -0800 (PST) From: Perry Amberson Subject: You're going to see them again? Good evening, everyone Seeing all these interesting lists of concerts some of us have attended inspired me to do a little digging through the memory bank. Here are the acts I can remember seeing more than once, followed by a few of the more memorable "one time only" shows. (Nearly all of these shows took place either in Birmingham, Alabama or Atlanta, Georgia.) 7 times: Richard Thompson (86, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 00) Jethro Tull (75, 87, 89, 91, 96, 98, 02) 5 times: Jason and the (Nashville) Scorchers (81, 82, 83, 86, 87) 4 times: Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians/The Soft Boys (92, 02, 02, 02) REM (81, 82, 84, 85) 3 times: Georgia Satellites (83, 86, 87) Elvis Costello (82, 87, 02) That Dog (95, 95, 96) Bob Dylan (90, 98, 02) Frank Black (96, 00, 02) Iggy Pop (81, 82, 99) Pylon (81, 82, 83) The Beach Boys (86, 87, 92) 2 times: The Breeders/Amps (94, 96) Jerry Lee Lewis (91, 92) Nick Lowe/Rockpile (79, 87) Public Image Limited (82, 82) The Cramps (90, 90) Cub (95, 96) The Ramones (80, 83) Jonathan Richman (95, 96) The Who (82, 02) Oh, OK (82, 83) 1 time: Randy Newman (96) Mary Timony (02) Cheap Trick (01) Tony Joe White (69) The Sex Pistols (96) The Kinks (90) The Muffs (95) Alex Chilton (89) Sun Ra (89) NRBQ (90) Chuck Berry (89) Bo Diddley (90) John Lee Hooker (85) New Order (82) Johnny Thunders (82) John Spencer Blues Explosion (94) Richard Hell and the Voidoids (82) Blondie (79) Lou Reed (86) Ray Charles (96) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (84) The Rolling Stones (89) The Replacements (87) Guided by Voices (00) Marshall Crenshaw (82) Snakefinger (81) Steve Martin (78) John Waters (96) Red Skelton (89) Jimmy Swaggart (89) - --Perry ______________________________________________ Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:34:34 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Nick Cave and Tom Waits - Separated at Birth? On Mon, Nov 18, 2002, Timothy Reed wrote: > Hi - I never got into Nick Cave. I guess I expected him to be a goth > Tom Waits, who I intensely dislike, due to what I perceive to be their > musical similarity (laugh if you must). Am I wrong? Guess I'll have to > check the guy out next time he's in town. I'll make you some stuff. But don't count on Nick coming back too soon. He doesn't like the US. > Anyway, here are my three standout live bands: > > 1. Late 80s Butthole Surfers @ 9:30 in DC. Saw 'em a bunch of times > until 1990. I'm a fan of teenage clown strippers, lighter fluid and car > crash videos. I saw them for the first time in '89. Fun show indeed. > 2. Clash first show in NYC at the Palladium. Subsequent tours didn't > come close to this appearance. I hate you. :) Oh, how could I forget. #2 of my best live bands: The Tea Party. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:40:06 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: All to Much On Mon, Nov 18, 2002, Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat wrote: > Hey, here's a brainteaster for you all: Who is the only act in the history > of the Billboard charts whose first album appeared on the charts at #1 on > the first week it was out? I only guess these because I was working at Tower Records at the time and saw all the lemmings buy them up. Either Alanis Morisette or Hootie and the Blowjobs? - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:09:01 -0800 From: "Michael E. Kupietz, wearing a pointy hat" Subject: Re: Know this: it will end in arthropods. At 10:52 AM -0800 11/18/02, Rex.Broome spake thus: I became mildly obsessed with pears about a year ago. Pear is also >the very best ever flavor of Jelly Belly. Even the texture of a pear is >lovingly rendered in tiny jelly bean form. Also had a surprisingly >wonderful pear wine at a B&B in Maine on my honeymoon. Been looking for it >ever since. Let's not forget chocolates filled with Pear William ("Poire Guillaume"?). I last had them 10 years ago & remember it vividly. I especially like syrupy canned pears as well. Yep, pears are good. >Just to clarify, that whole thing about me & "Greta" was indeed a *joke*; I >had no offlist (or any other kind of) contact with this person at all. I >was, you know, playin' around with my own "rep", as it were. I feel >bizarre >even bothering to mention it, but I almost feel I must. I wish, you know, >that I was just paranoid... Oh, sure, Rex "Trying hard not to get busted for crossing state lines with intent to engage in criminal acts with a minor" Broome, we believe you! (You know, a little niggling voice inside my head says I shouldn't be poking fun at someone who is basically a total stranger in this manner, so I'll add one of these: :-) ) Hey, here's another off-topic branch: When you use as many parentheses, hyphens, and colons as I do, if you want to use emoticons in your clauses you can get into sticky punctuation situations, as just seen. Anyone have any suggestions for appropriate rules? Strunk & White doesn't cover this.) >I actually once made an attempt to start a database listing the tracks on >each of my discs. Really beyond my time and abilities, though, even when >ripping the information of of AMG or other sources... got about halfway >through Costello before abandoning hope. Would like to be able to easily >cross-reference writing credits and guest musicians within my collection, >but life's just really too short. There ought to be software that does this easily, some sort of CDDB gimcrack only without the sleazy personal information tracking. >Since we're trolling for modern trilobites, though, can I get a >shout out for the horseshoe crab? I hear it's essentially a sea-arachnid, >but that's kind of cool in and of itsef, isn't it? HC in tha house! I love those things. We used to find them on the beach in vacations in Maine. They're great with Poire Guillaume. At 7:31 PM +0000 11/18/02, Montauk Daisy spake thus: >Rex on library globes: >> The oceans on the globe are parchment-colored. It looks ancient but the >>country names are completely up-to-date. > >Oh my God -- your globe dreams are connected to my library fantasy. Zoop-zoop-zoop-zoop-zoop-uh-huh. Oh, wait, somebody beat me to it. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:34:18 -0800 From: "glen uber" Subject: cleetus awreapnus James Coburn, 74. - -- Cheers! - -g- "Why did I miss out on the whole 'Girls dress like hookers and act like them, too' era? Somehow my prime was sandwiched between the late-'70s (Disco Era, drugs and free love) and the early-'00s (no clothes, designer drugs, tons of sex). I had the late-'80s and early-'90s, when girls wore baggy sweaters to cover their rear ends, drugs were evil and everyone was terrified of AIDS. Really, really, really bad times. Ten years either way and I could have been prominently involved. It's haunting." - --Bill Simmons glen uber =+= apostrophe (at) cruxofthebiscuit dot com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:42:59 -0500 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: RE: All to [sic] Much Leonard Nimoy! http://home.earthlink.net/~daveklop/baggins.mov Tim > > > >> Hey, here's a brainteaster for you all: Who is the only act in the > >>history of the Billboard charts whose first album appeared on the > >>charts at #1 on the first week it was out? > >> > > > >William Shatner? > > > >-tc > > Verrrrrry close! > > Mike ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #378 ********************************