From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #168 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, May 7 2003 Volume 12 : Number 168 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: um... [Ken Weingold ] Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Ah, what the hell, I think there's a stock car on the Indianapoli s quarter already ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Behind the Website [Laura Ogar ] Re: Behind the Website [brian@lazerlove5.com] ... about as far as I could spit out a rat ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: ... about as far as I could spit out a rat [John Barrington Jones ] Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? [Tom Clark ] Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? [Glen Uber ] Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] shogs [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: Behind the Website [Laura Ogar ] Re: Behind the Website [Jeff Dwarf ] PAL -> NTSC [bayard ] Re: X2 [Capuchin ] Ben? When Ben, When? ["Maximilian Lang" ] RE: Ben? When Ben, When? ["Timothy Reed" ] Re: Ben? When Ben, When? [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? [Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: um... On Tue, May 6, 2003, gshell@metronet.com wrote: > so who actually stays in one of those things long enough to do anything > but drop, evacuate, clean and button? i have yet to visit a johnny on > spot, at which i've wanted to sit for awhile and read. the things you see > when you look into those reservoirs can be quite frightening. when i was > young i used to think there was a pervert inside each one. and if that > didn't get me, some sorta long ribbon worm thingy could crawl up my ass > while i was sitting there and then eat me later. This is explaining a lot... ;-) - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:02:51 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! Laura: >>When I later needed her to send >>the now-quite-expensively unsold merchandise to me, I learned that when >>she quit she had blocked my e-mail address, knowing full well I was >>unfamiliar with aspects of the administration of the site and might be >>expected to have a question or two. So, what was the merchandise, and are you still stuck with it? Eb: >>I must admit that I had never heard of this phenomenon until last >>week. Oh well, I'm sure that none of the East coasters have heard of, >>well, whatever natural tourist attraction we have out here. (Did you >>know we have a *beach*? Or how about the intersection of Hollywood >>and La Brea?) Eb's being modest. Our natural wonders kick everyone else's natural wonders' asses! But I guess having a state as long as the whole Eastern Seaboard does give us an edge. I'm sure I've heard of that there stone face thing, but it doesn't ring any major bells. ___ Stewart: >>I think groundhogs or chipmunks have the edge on cuteness, myself. Maybe. But I can't think of groundhogs any more without associating then with marmots, which infest Mineral King, the mountainous area adjacent to Sequoia National Park (hey, there's two California Natural Wonders right there). The weird thing is that they love to chew through brake cables. Don't know how that got started, but if you go camping in Mineral King you'll see that every car parked there has its hood propped open and many of them have chicken wire strung around the wheel base to keep the critters from getting in there. Go for a hike and they're everywhere, quite tame... they look like golden groundhogs. Cute... but deadly. - -Rex "no, they aren't monkeys; you're thinking of marmosets" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 12:58:17 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! On Tue, May 6, 2003, Rex.Broome wrote: > Maybe. But I can't think of groundhogs any more without associating > then with marmots, which infest Mineral King, the mountainous area > adjacent to Sequoia National Park (hey, there's two California > Natural Wonders right there). The weird thing is that they love to > chew through brake cables. Don't know how that got started, but if > you go camping in Mineral King you'll see that every car parked > there has its hood propped open and many of them have chicken wire > strung around the wheel base to keep the critters from getting in > there. Go for a hike and they're everywhere, quite tame... they > look like golden groundhogs. Cute... but deadly. 1. I have stainless steel brake lines. I wonder if they wouldn't be able to chew through that. 2. Brake fluid is NASTY stuff! It will pretty quickly screw up your paint job. I wonder what it's like to drink? Do marmots have some inherent immunity to any nastiness in the fluid? - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 19:18:46 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! - -- "Rex.Broome" is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 6. Mai 2003 10:02 Uhr -0700 regarding Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr!: > Maybe. But I can't think of groundhogs any more without associating then > with marmots, which infest Mineral King, the mountainous area adjacent to > Sequoia National Park (hey, there's two California Natural Wonders right > there). The weird thing is that they love to chew through brake cables. Funny, in Germany that's the martens' job. I admit I had to look that up. Marten is Marder in German, whereas marmots are called Murmeltiere, which translates to 'marble anmimals' in English. I guess they're related. Are there martens in the US? The cable killers mostly haunt Bavaria. It happened to me once when I was visiting my grandmother. In my case the marten had bitten through the cable that runs from the distribution cap to the cylinders. The net result was the only three cylinders were working. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong. Anyway, I was told that the softener in the plastic actually makes it taste *sweet*. That's why they like to eat it. The crawl under the hood in the first place because it's nice and warm there. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 10:25:39 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: X2, Hulk, Spiderman, THOR(nton) Screw comicbook heroes. There's a real caped crusader saving the day in England: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20030506/od_nm/crusader_dc - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:27:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! On Tue, 6 May 2003, Rex.Broome wrote: > I'm sure I've heard of that there stone face thing, but it doesn't ring > any major bells. I've lived in Boston for ten years now and the only time I heard about it was when they put it on the New Hampshire quarter. a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:42:09 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: I Brake for Marmots and/or Martens! Sebastian: >> I guess they're related. Are >>there martens in the US? More like in Canada/Alaska, apparently. The martens are much more weasel-like. Marmots are rodents. I would have said they were similar to groundhogs, but according to this-- http://www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/marmots.html - --groundhog themselves are a species of marmot, so I had that backwards. Interestingly there are Eurasian marmots, but they seem to exist mostly in Russia and Asia. Looks like the martens indeed have the cable-chewing edge in Germany. What the hell makes two such normal-seeming creations of god suddenly and mutually decide, "Brake cables on those big wheeled things which could easily squash us-- yummy! Irresistible! Totally worth the risk!" Anyhow... Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:33:58 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! On Tue, May 6, 2003, Aaron Mandel wrote: > > I've lived in Boston for ten years now and the only time I heard > about it was when they put it on the New Hampshire quarter. What, you haven't seen it on the countless New Hampster license plates? - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:00:25 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Ah, what the hell, I think there's a stock car on the Indianapoli s quarter already >>I've lived in Boston for ten years now and the only time I heard about it >>was when they put it on the New Hampshire quarter. So are they going to remint those bad boys now, rendering the originals rare and collectible? Hey, Miles, what do ya figure is gonna go on the West Virginia quarter? My money's on that standing "mountaineer" figure, just so they can get a gun on there. But they really should put that big "WV" logo on it-- that way everyone can look at it and ask why pro wrestling gets its own quarter. - -Rex "because I'm tired of telling people that no, that's not the WWF insignia on the bumper of my car" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:03:26 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Marmots Ripped Our Flesh-- Rrrrr! on 5/6/03 10:27 AM, Aaron Mandel at aaron@eecs.harvard.edu wrote: >> I'm sure I've heard of that there stone face thing, but it doesn't ring >> any major bells. > > I've lived in Boston for ten years now and the only time I heard about it > was when they put it on the New Hampshire quarter. Dude, you need to get out of the lab occasionally. ;) Reminds me of Plymouth Rock. When I was a kid I always thought it was this huge thing like Gibralter. I finally visited once and it turned out to be like this pebble with a gazebo over it. http://www.theonion.com/onion3916/ashcroft_rejected.html - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 15:40:25 -0400 From: Laura Ogar Subject: Re: Behind the Website Just looking over what I wrote when I was tired, I'd like to make an adjustment - "seriously mishandled the website project" was an unkind overstatement. I think "screwed up here and there" will do... certainly Matthew had only the best intentions, and I've enjoyed working and being friends with him. And, whatever squabbles we've had were, for the most part, about things other than the website. And I myself never had any problems being paid... all in all, working for the SB has been a great and hugely entertaining interlude... Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 16:13:41 +0000 (GMT) From: brian@lazerlove5.com Subject: Re: Behind the Website I for one would like to thank Laura, Matthew and all involved for a nice informative and decorative website. Things we wouldn't have otherwise: 1. Lyrics to NDL and Side 3 2. A Soft Boys history by K. Rew 3. Links to several interviews and articles Things we would like to have ;) 1. Demo versions of these classic pre-1980 songs otherwise unavailable: a. Vegetable Girl b. Give Me A Spanner Ralph c. Psychedelic Love d. Studio version of Zip Zip 2. An 11 minute version of Strings 3. Recipes for the Soft Boys favorite curry dishes. - -Nuppy Quoting Laura Ogar : > Just looking over what I wrote when I was tired, I'd like to make an > adjustment - "seriously mishandled the website project" was an unkind > overstatement. I think "screwed up here and there" will do... > certainly > Matthew had only the best intentions, and I've enjoyed working and > being > friends with him. And, whatever squabbles we've had were, for the most > part, about things other than the website. And I myself never had any > problems being paid... all in all, working for the SB has been a great > and hugely entertaining interlude... > > Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:16:57 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: ... about as far as I could spit out a rat "American broadcaster and concert promoter Clear Channels Communication launched a venture, Instant Live on May 5 that will sell live recordings on CD within five minutes of a show's conclusion." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:19:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: X2 On Tue, 6 May 2003, The Great Quail wrote: [Re: Nightcrawler] > Heck, I don't even think his parents were killed by evil mutants. Actually, his parents ARE evil mutants (Mystique and Sabertooth). J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: ... about as far as I could spit out a rat On Tue, 6 May 2003, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > "American broadcaster and concert promoter Clear Channels Communication launched a venture, Instant Live on May 5 that will sell live recordings on CD within five minutes of a show's conclusion." > > The downside to this, of course, is that these live cds will be from Clear Channel-type acts (i.e., mainstream, platinum selling). The good news is that you can throw away the recordings of DMB you made at your local stadium where you can barely discern what song it is over the roar and screams of the crowd. Yeah, now that I think about it this is good news for Tori Amos tapers and traders! :) =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:36:26 -0700 From: Eb Subject: THC: where rock stars go to die? [news excerpt] On the verge of upfront, the History Channel has unveiled its new fall-season programming, including new series Extreme History with Roger Daltry, which focuses on different extreme historical events and how individuals survived them, and is hosted by the Who's former vocalist-guitarist [PS "Guitarist"?] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:41:52 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? on 5/6/03 1:36 PM, Eb at ElBroome@earthlink.net wrote: > On the verge of upfront, the History Channel has unveiled its new > fall-season programming, including new series Extreme History with > Roger Daltry, which focuses on different extreme historical events and > how individuals survived them, and is hosted by the Who's former > vocalist-guitarist > > > [PS "Guitarist"?] "Eminence Front" D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D, etc... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:45:02 -0700 From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? On 5/6/03 1:36 PM, Eb was rumored to have said: > [PS "Guitarist"?] IIRC, he started out as the band's lead guitarist with Pete on rhythm and lead vocals, but switched roles for whatver reason. He ended up playing guitar on a few things ("Eminence Front" comes to mind), but I would never call him a vocalist/guitarist. It would be like calling Alanis Morissette a "vocalist/harmonicist". - -- Cheers! - -g- "Why of course the people don't want war. . .That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering, on or about 18 April 1946, Nuremberg War Crimes Trial ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:50:32 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? > > On the verge of upfront, the History Channel has unveiled its new >> fall-season programming, including new series Extreme History with >> Roger Daltry, which focuses on different extreme historical events and >> how individuals survived them, and is hosted by the Who's former >> vocalist-guitarist >> >> >> [PS "Guitarist"?] > >"Eminence Front" D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D, etc... I know Daltrey *sometimes* played guitar. But clearly, it's a stretch to call him a "vocalist-guitarist." Heck, even "vocalist-harmonica player" would be more apt. Two good concerts in upcoming days...seeing the Donelly-fortified Throwing Muses tomorrow, and the Essex Green on the next night. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 15:58:47 -0500 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? Quoting Glen Uber : > It would be like calling Alanis Morissette a "vocalist/harmonicist". Or a "singer." BTW: don't believe the hype - THC does not cause fatalities. - --Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: PLEASE! You are sending cheese information to me. I don't want it. :: I have no goats or cows or any other milk producing animal! :: --"raus" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 01:04:38 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: X2 - -- Capuchin is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 6. Mai 2003 13:19 Uhr -0700 regarding Re: X2: > On Tue, 6 May 2003, The Great Quail wrote: > [Re: Nightcrawler] >> Heck, I don't even think his parents were killed by evil mutants. > > Actually, his parents ARE evil mutants (Mystique and Sabertooth). So Mystique is Nightcrawler's mom?? Doesn't make much sense in the movie version of the X-Men world ... I ordered the Essential X-Men Vol. 1 & 2 today ... - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 11:59:24 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: shogs >> Aren't hedgehogs the cutest animals? > >They're nice, yes, but None Shall Sleep if a pair decides to get jiggy >with it in your backyard. It's so comically loud. true - very loud. Not as loud as possums doing the naughdy, but loud enough to wake you up. James (whose house seems to be on a major hedgehog highway) 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, 06 May 2003 20:48:32 -0400 From: Laura Ogar Subject: Re: Behind the Website Having received some off-list mail regarding this, I will just say that I presented what I a) experienced and b) thought to be true regarding the situation; if any of it is not, I do sincerely apologize, and withdraw the offending comments. The list is really not the place to discuss any of this, but since it was brought up, and since I had a different perspective, I felt compelled to say something. That's about it, I guess. Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:03:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Behind the Website Laura Ogar wrote: > Having received some off-list mail regarding this, I will > just say that I presented what I a) experienced and b) > thought to be true regarding the situation; if any of it > is not, I do sincerely apologize, and withdraw the > offending comments. The list is really not the place to > discuss any of this, but since it was brought up, and > since I had a different perspective, I felt compelled to > say something. I can't really think of anything that would qualify as an "offending comment." It's not like most (many?) of us didn't already know about Robyn's antipathy towards computers, etc. and it's just common sense that when you are working with someone, even someone who is as generally well-regarded as Matthew, there are going to be moments where you want to strangle one another. So really, I don't think you said anything you need to apologize for or to withdraw, barring either Robyn or Matthew themselves objecting to your statements. ===== "Being accused of hating America by people like Ann Coulter or Laura Ingraham is like being accused of hating children by Michael Jackson or (Cardinal) Bernard Law." -- anonymous . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:20:41 -0700 (PDT) From: bayard Subject: PAL -> NTSC Anyone have the ability to convert PAL videotape to NTSC (or just a computer file or dvd?) It's not RH-related, but I can trade some RH stuff to sweeten the deal. _______ Ross Overbury Montreal, Quebec, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:35:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: X2 On Wed, 7 May 2003, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > -- Capuchin is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, The Great Quail wrote: > > [Re: Nightcrawler] > >> Heck, I don't even think his parents were killed by evil mutants. > > Actually, his parents ARE evil mutants (Mystique and Sabertooth). > > So Mystique is Nightcrawler's mom?? Doesn't make much sense in the movie > version of the X-Men world ... I ordered the Essential X-Men Vol. 1 & 2 > today ... It does if you know that Nightcrawler doesn't know who is parents are and was raised in the circus by a surrogate family and Mystique DOES know, which gives a really great subtext to the one meaningful interaction the two characters have in the movie. [paraphrasing, natch] Nightcrawler: So you can mimic anybody to the smallest detail, even their voice? Mystique [in Nightcrawler's voice]: Even their voice. Nightcrawler: So why don't you go around in disquise all the time and look like everybody else? Mystique: Because I shouldn't have to. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 23:25:06 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Ben? When Ben, When? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008PHCU/qid=1052277836/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9600352-7084119 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 00:11:43 -0400 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: RE: Ben? When Ben, When? Ben Stiller *and* Son of the Beach on DVD!? Oh crap - I'm going to have to extend my DVD shelf a bit. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Maximilian Lang > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:25 PM > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Subject: Ben? When Ben, When? > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008PHCU/qid=1052277836/sr=2-1/ ref=sr_2_1/102-9600352-7084119 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:17:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Ben? When Ben, When? Maximilian Lang wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008PHCU/qid=1052277836/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9600352-7084119 Much happier news, even without a date, than SWC. ===== "Being accused of hating America by people like Ann Coulter or Laura Ingraham is like being accused of hating children by Michael Jackson or (Cardinal) Bernard Law." -- anonymous . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:27:47 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? > > > On the verge of upfront, the History Channel has unveiled its new > >> fall-season programming, including new series Extreme History with > >> Roger Daltry, which focuses on different extreme historical events and > >> how individuals survived them, and is hosted by the Who's former > >> vocalist-guitarist > >> [PS "Guitarist"?] > >"Eminence Front" D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D, etc... > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Eb wrote: > I know Daltrey *sometimes* played guitar. But clearly, it's a stretch > to call him a "vocalist-guitarist." Heck, even "vocalist-harmonica > player" would be more apt. And look at the selection of top Who hits at the end of this piece: I mean, I would come up with 30 or 40 tracks before that third one, including 'Rael' and 'Silas Stingy'... - - Mike Godwin, who just found two original copies of 'Anyway Anyhow Anywhere' when he finally unpacked his 7" records. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:54:29 +0100 (BST) From: crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com Subject: On The Awesomeness Of Leaderless Combos In the last few weeks I've seen the Magic Band without Beefheart, the Sun Ra Arkestra without Sun Ra and Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana without Elvis (can't comment on The Doors without Jimbo), and they were all excellent. Given Robyn's slightly bizarre announcement that he has 'left', rather than disbanded The Soft Boys, what price a Robyn-less combo...? ;-) Crowbar Joe PS Love 'Elephant'. Has anyone else seen the Stripes live? Their gig charisma goes some way to explaining the hype. PPS I rate Luxor considerably more highly than Bayard, but agree on the slightly clumsy paean to Michele. Being a blues fan I particularly like those elements. Previous excursions in the idiom have seemed like pastiche, here they feel heartfelt and organic. PPPS Having been subjected to several days of frat boy twats at the New Orleans Jazz Fest describing some fairly ordinary bands as 'awesome' (Widespread Tedium anyone?), may I suggest an embargo on the word? What put the tin lid on it was hearing one of them describe Mick Jagger as an 'awesome' harmonica player... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 08:01:17 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: On The Awesomeness Of Leaderless Combos crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com wrote: > > ... Mick Jagger as an 'awesome' harmonica player... urghl! Where is Sonny Terry when we need him? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 07:46:11 -0500 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? Quoting Michael R Godwin : > And look at the selection of top Who hits at the end of this piece: > > > I mean, I would come up with 30 or 40 tracks before that third one, > including 'Rael' and 'Silas Stingy'... I dunno..."Baba O'Riley" (better known as "Teenage Wasteland" amongst the teeming masses) got loads of airplay in the U.S. - one of their better known songs for sure, probably better known generally than "Substitute." The latter is a far better song, yeah - but I guess I'm not surprised that a general circulation newspaper would name "Baba" as one of the tracks to jog Average Reader's memory..."oh yeah - those guys." ..Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb :: --Batman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 07:46:28 -0500 (CDT) From: gshell@metronet.com Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? On Tue, 6 May 2003, Tom Clark wrote: > > [PS "Guitarist"?] it's a put on > "Eminence Front" D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D D-C-D-D, etc... sorry, had to do it. gSs The drinks flow People forget That big wheel spins, the hair thins People forget Forget they're hiding The news slows People forget The shares crash, hopes are dashed People forget Forget they're hiding. - pete ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 08:16:47 -0500 (CDT) From: gshell@metronet.com Subject: 2,274 dead in Thai drugs crackdown BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's prime minister has defended his controversial war on drugs trumpeting the successful conclusion of a campaign that left more than 2,200 people dead in a three-month period..... http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/07/thailand.drugs/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 14:52:40 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: THC: where rock stars go to die? > Quoting Michael R Godwin : > > And look at the selection of top Who hits at the end of this piece: > > > > I mean, I would come up with 30 or 40 tracks before that third one, > > including 'Rael' and 'Silas Stingy'... > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: > I dunno..."Baba O'Riley" (better known as "Teenage Wasteland" amongst the > teeming masses) got loads of airplay in the U.S. - one of their better known > songs for sure, probably better known generally than "Substitute." That's really weird from a UK POV. 'Substitute' was one of the Who's relatively small number of UK Top 10 hits, and I would guess that it would figure in most fans' lists. Probably the most long-lasting Who track over here would be "Won't get fooled again", which you still find on quite a few jukeboxes. - - Mike G. n.p. Waltz for a pig... PS Who's latest: ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #168 ********************************