From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #128 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, April 3 2003 Volume 12 : Number 128 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: April Foolery [Ken Weingold ] Re: Evil [gshell@metronet.com] Mixed-up attributions ["K L N W" ] Re: Hedningarna ["Brian Hoare" ] Re: god and his fools! [gshell@metronet.com] Re: And it all becomes clear at last... [John McIntyre ] Re: Johnny Bravo!!!! [noam tchotchke ] RE: Band names: High Numbers (some Robyn, way more Syd/Arthur Lee ) [noam] Re: Hedningarna [noam tchotchke ] Names, voices, hotties etc. ["Rex.Broome" ] For History Buffs with a Sense of irony (No RH, 100% Link) ["Jonathan Fe] al-jazeera now more popular than sex [gshell@metronet.com] ...oh, more about band names... [] band names and bumper stickers [Jill Brand ] War hits home ["Maximilian Lang" ] Eerie, unsettling, perhaps even Dylanesque... ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Ironic reap [Glen Uber ] Twin/Tone CD warning ["Marc Holden" ] Re: ...oh, more about band names... [John McIntyre ] Re:sqiiuuiiid ["K L N W" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:15:40 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: April Foolery On Tue, Apr 1, 2003, Glen Uber wrote: > For Eb and the others who were wondering about great online hoaxes for April > Fools Day, check this shizzit: > > http://www.barebones.com/company/press.php?news_id=83 Resexcellence did something like that too. They had a page that said it was now a pay site for $60/year, with to buttons to accept or decline, neither of which did anything. Pretty good. And also yellowTAB, who is developing Zeta, the next revision of BeOS, and my hopes for the best OS for x86, had a funny news blurb. See "Now it is done" at . - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:16:25 -0600 (CST) From: gshell@metronet.com Subject: Re: Evil On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Eb wrote: > I marvel at how often "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Stuck in the Middle with > You" get attributed to Bob Dylan. i've never seen 'brown eyed girl' listed as a dylan tune but i've seen 'stuck in the middle with you' with dylan's name on it dozens of times. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:41:38 +0000 From: "K L N W" Subject: Mixed-up attributions Someone out there in file-sharing land loves to label Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds as the same band. Kay _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:55:55 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: Hedningarna >From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) >Hedningarna (goth-punk-folk) Have they mellowed intensely of late? I have only their recent Karelia Visa which I would reckon to be squarely in the folk-rock camp, and pretty good with it. goth-punk-folk would better apply to Garmarna. I'm curious about this as I was thinking of exploring the H back catalogue at some point. >From: crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com >Ol' Short Arse also released an album called Sinatra Sings Great Songs From >Great Britain... >An early front-runner in the worst album title stakes, I'd wager... Also try Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently Brian, np Hedningarna, Karelia Visa _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:59:13 -0600 (CST) From: gshell@metronet.com Subject: Re: god and his fools! On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Eb wrote: > As yet, I'm not aware of any good April Fools hoaxes spreading around > today. Anyone? god finally got off his newest adult novelty and turned the tide against the goat worshipping soul sucking anglos. the holy rolling republican guard, here to conserve and protect the finer things in iraqi society, killed or captured at least 21694, mostly christian marines yesterday. Is it just me or do the Republican Guard Soldiers all look overfed? gSs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:51:15 -0500 From: John McIntyre Subject: Re: And it all becomes clear at last... "Rex.Broome" wrote: > "Election" is great, and I love "Freeway" I love "Freeway", too, but they're turning it into a franchise; i.e., there is a "Freeway II" with a bad-girl-with-a-heart-of-gold protagonist who runs into another fairy tale, only this time it's Hansel & Gretel. John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:45:07 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: And it all becomes clear at last... on 4/2/03 7:51 AM, John McIntyre at mcintyre@pa.msu.edu wrote: > "Rex.Broome" wrote: > >> "Election" is great, and I love "Freeway" > > I love "Freeway", too, but they're turning it into a franchise; i.e., there is > a > "Freeway II" with a bad-girl-with-a-heart-of-gold protagonist who runs into > another fairy tale, only this time it's Hansel & Gretel. > Oh god yeah. I flipped that on one late night and watched the whole damned thing. It's a bad combination of dumb and disturbing, with - bringing it around to "Buffalo '66" - Vincent Gallo as a transvestite Mexican cannibal priestess. My brother just announced he's getting divorced, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:31:32 -0500 From: noam tchotchke Subject: Re: Johnny Bravo!!!! one time at band camp, Michael R Godwin said: >But my most >memorable group name was in 1974: Laurie Van Truck and the Automobiles... you missed a great opportunity there: you could have been laurie van truck and the lorries! +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:40:12 -0500 From: noam tchotchke Subject: RE: Band names: High Numbers (some Robyn, way more Syd/Arthur Lee ) one time at band camp, Johnathan Vail said: >It's all Gigolo Aunts until someone puts an eye out... > >I wondered about this and have a GA album that I bought because of the >name of the band. I can't find anything Sydalicious about them. Did >they really take their name from a Syd song? it would seem so though i don't know for sure. i probably should know though as they were the local "alternative" band back in potsdam (i was at clarkson while they were at state in the late 80s). i never figured out if they formed while in potsdam or if they formed in boston before heading off to school. in any case, they were operative in 1986 when i started school (used to see them at alger's pub back in the day). i still have a couple of their early cassettes ("better than fish" and the other one) and flyers from way back when. anyway, they weren't very syd-like back then either. guess they just thought the name was cool. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:04:11 -0500 From: noam tchotchke Subject: Re: Hedningarna one time at band camp, Brian Hoare said: >>From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) >>Hedningarna (goth-punk-folk) > >Have they mellowed intensely of late? I have only their recent Karelia >Visa which I would reckon to be squarely in the folk-rock camp, and pretty >good with it. not sure i would have described hedningarna as punk or goth either. _karelia visa_ is a softer record than _kaksi!_ or _tra_ (pardon the umlautlessness) but not all that dissimilar. >I'm curious about this as I was thinking of exploring the H back catalogue >at some point. either _kaksi!_ and _tra_ would be the place to start, i'd say. the eponymous first record is instrumental and also less heavy while _hippjokk_ gets kinda trancy at time since it infuses sami (lapp) yoiking into the mix. but really, none of them are bad options. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:18:53 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Names, voices, hotties etc. Eugene: >>Oh, and you people talking about hottie actresses? Hello? Christina Ricci? >>Hello? Again, too young. And her older brother was a good friend of mine and acted in a bunch of my films in college. This was about the time she had just been in "Addams Family" and was busy turning down "Interview with the Vampire" for fear of typecasting, so I feel kind of like she's my little sister, too. Just saw her on the cover of "Modern Psychology" or some such in line at Whole (Paycheck) Foods... "Christina Ricci: Young, Famous & Depressed". But I do like Sarah Polley, and also on the indie tip, there's Lili Taylor and Parker Posey (who is about as skinny as I can go, but not Hollywood-Scary-Skinny). And hey, that chick *from West Virginia* that got rescued in Iraq last night was kinda cute. And her brother wasn't *too* toothless and inbred. The state-image turnaround continues... ______ James: >>What makes The Go-Betweens or The Cruel Sea a better name than >>Guadalcanal Diary? Nothing-- Guadalcanal Diary is a great name! My wife considers it totally sick, but it's also great because it's evocative even if you don't know the reference. Better than the band, really-- although again, they are a guilty pleasure of mine. ____ Blatzy: >>Actually, I've been told that I sound like Ian McNabb, which I guess I tend >>to agree with. I've been unconsciously ripping him off for 20 years, so its >>not surprising!!!!! Dude... he does sound like Ian McNabb, vocally. And I play like Ian McNabb. So our band sounded like that rarety of of rareties, an Icicle Works clone with too many people in it. Check out "The Big One" or "Brighter" on your There Goes Bill compilations if you doubt it. Vocally I can do Dylan, Young, Verlaine, Reed, Parsons-- the easy classics-- and yes, a mean Robyn Hitchcock. Seriously. Sometimes I have a hard time *not* singing like Robyn. As for voices, I do lots of them, but few of them are truly finessed. The usual cartoon-character voices. Usually they're just associated with a certain phrase... "Don'tcha see, Kyle", "I tell yoo whut", "Exxxcellent", etc. Oh, and for some reason my wife and I are always doing Alicia Witt as Alia in Lynch's "Dune"... "But how can this beeeeee?" or "Myyyyy brother is cominnnggg... with many Fremen warrrriiierrrsss...". I can't readily explain that one. ____ JV: >>Ask me about my Echo and the Bunneymen name theory. Lay it on us, man. I thought the origin of that one was pretty well documented. Quoth Mac on the late Pete DeFrietas: "The drum machine had more personality, and it smoked a lot less pot." ____ Mike G: >>"That's a G.I.R.L. F-R-E-N, that's a girlfriend" Now, that's something that I understand. - -Rex "anyone with a cold sounds kind of like Jonathan Richman" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:24:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: For History Buffs with a Sense of irony (No RH, 100% Link) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=3015804803&category=3454 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:36:26 -0600 (CST) From: gshell@metronet.com Subject: al-jazeera now more popular than sex Al-Jazeera most sought-after in Internet searches (AP) -- In spite of being mostly knocked offline, the Web site of Arab satellite news network Al-Jazeera was among the most sought-after on the Internet last week. The Web portal Lycos reported that "Al-Jazeera" and variant spellings became its top search term last week, with three times more searches than "sex." http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/04/02/al.jazeera.web.ap/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 20:14:49 -0000 From: Subject: ...oh, more about band names... There's a page in the Christopher Sorrentino novel _Sound on Sound_ about a quarter of the way in where a band tries to pick out a name for itself. Can't remember all the names, but they're certainly not as funny as any of the one fellow fegs have confessed themselves as being invovled with...except one, "Stately Wayne Manor (and the Batmen)." And I'm sure that one's been tried. Reason the band rejected it: they'd get sued, and also one of them would have to be Wayne. Marshall np Eric B & Rakim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:57:54 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: band names and bumper stickers I always like the name Toad the Wet Sprocket (it almost sounds like a Robyn title), but I never could stand their music. I haven't seen this bumper sticker yet, but someone told me about it. "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing an idiot." I thought that was good. Where are the Weapons of Mass Destructions? They should have a new album soon. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:31:21 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: War hits home I got home today to find the four networks having their vans parked outside my door. My nieghbor three doors down have a son in the Marines, he was shot. I think he is okay, I hope so at least. Five blocks away there is a family with a son being held hostage. Really disturbing. Max _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:57:45 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Eerie, unsettling, perhaps even Dylanesque... Best read to the accompaniment of bongo drums... http://www.msnbc.com/news/894439.asp?0sl=-13 ... and "The Digital Revolution" is like Dr. Suess for moderns... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:50:03 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Attributions and inpersonations >Yeah, interesting stuff. Apparently the Beatles performed every song ever >recorded by each of their members in their subsequent solo careers. Not to >mention a few songs with lead vocals by Tom Petty. My favorite, though, had >to be "Pass the Dutchie" by Sonic Youth. I once owned a Beatles bootleg with a Rutles track on it, if that's any help... James (who does a reasonable Ian Anderson singing voice and used to do a passable Gerry Rafferty - not that it was ever necessary). 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, 3 Apr 2003 12:00:45 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: squiiiiid! well, what can I say? James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:21:03 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Ironic reap Edwin "War, What Is It Good For?" Starr Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 17:58:26 -0800 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: Ironic reap Once upon a time Eb say to me -- this is the dog talkin' now -- what is your conceptual continuity? > Edwin "War, What Is It Good For?" Starr He said it himself, "War can never give life, it can only take it away." "Friend only to the undertaker" - -g- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:58:32 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Twin/Tone CD warning About a week or so ago, information was posted for the Twin/Tone records site (Robyn's label for the US release of the Eye album). Looking through the rest of the site, I noticed that the label was offering "handmade CDs" of titles that had not appeared on CD before or were long out of print (for example, the Slickee Boys--The Cybernetic Dreams of Pi, which has never had a CD release). Well, I received my order, and found that "homemade" would have been a better description. The CDs I received were total crap--grainy scans of album artwork on the discs--no other inserts or art--and it was a relatively poor recording (everything was fine until there was a loud popping sound right at the end of the album, which probably would have damaged my speakers and eardrums at a higher volume). Anyway, I posted one of the band members and said I was really disappointed that a better effort hadn't been made for these releases, only to find out that they didn't know this guy was making/selling their albums at this point. These recordings were totally unauthorized. Avoid these CDs. If you really need to piss money away, I'll send you my address--cash, checks, and money orders accepted, as well as CDs, cars, guitars, and other items of value. No children, pets, or unwanted in-laws/bosses, etc., please. Chatter at you later, Marc Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books. Jack Handey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 09:01:51 -0500 From: John McIntyre Subject: Re: ...oh, more about band names... mojo@rice.edu wrote: > There's a page in the Christopher Sorrentino novel _Sound on Sound_ about a quarter of the way in where a band tries to pick out a name for itself. Can't > remember all the names, but they're certainly not as funny as any of the one fellow fegs have confessed themselves as being invovled with...except one, > "Stately Wayne Manor (and the Batmen)." And I'm sure that one's been tried. > Reason the band rejected it: they'd get sued, and also one of them would > have to be Wayne. That happened with Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Originally there was no Commander Cody, but they found the public expected there to be one. After some infighting, the piano player took on the role, but that meant he had to do at least some lead vocals. Since he couldn't sing, he scoured the terrain for some spoken word songs, and that's how the band had their big hit with "Hot Rod Lincoln." Pink Floyd, however, resisted the pressure: "Have A Cigar" - "Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?" John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 14:22:09 +0000 From: "K L N W" Subject: Re:sqiiuuiiid > Look at the expression of the scientist's face in the pic where he is fondeling the squid's beak. Kay _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #128 ********************************