From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #194 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, May 29 2003 Volume 12 : Number 194 Today's Subjects: ----------------- the new mary jane ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: the new mary jane ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Liz Phair's new album's title [David Witzany ] Re: the new mary jane [steve ] Re: the new mary jane [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: celebrity snark ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Soft Boys related records [brian@lazerlove5.com] RE: the new mary jane ["Michael Wells" ] a-holes, etc. ["Natalie Jane" ] Re: j.r. pimps the blenders [Tom Clark ] When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: the new mary jane [Tom Clark ] Re: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! [Michael R Godwin ] Re: the new mary jane [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: j.r. pimps the blenders [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! [Jeff Dwarf ] White Teeth and Luxor [Jill Brand ] Bong, Jung Bong [Miles Goosens ] Re: a-holes, etc. [Eb ] Re: a-holes, etc. [Miles Goosens ] Re: Jung Bong [Eb ] Re: White Teeth and Luxor [Dolph Chaney ] Outlaw Blues [Barbara Soutar ] RE: Outlaw Blues ["Iosso, Ken" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:59:58 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: the new mary jane Max sayeth: >The most fun since Charlize Theron smoking an apple pipe. I wish I could >take credit for the title: >http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=123407 Yeah, that's pretty funny. But for my money, the king of all celeb/pot incidents will always be your man Mac getting busted in Japan. I mean, that one photo that was widely circulated, where he's got that "wot? you mean laws apply to me, too?" look on his face -- priceless. More recently, the Matthew McConaughey "get high and play bongos, in the nude, in the middle of the night, until the neighbors call the cops with noise complaints" incident deserves a (dis-)honorable mention. - -ed p.s. to gnat: although in deference to you I won't mention either name, but there's just no way either JT or JF could be more of an a-hole than Albini. anyone know where jonathon richman placed on that list? he deserves top 5 billing, if you ask me. at least albini is honest about being a prick; jonathon does that whole "i'm so cute, really I'm an overgrown 5-year-old" routine, when really he's an enormous schmuck. 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To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.DicksteinShapiro.com ============================================================================= = ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:12:32 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: the new mary jane Poole, R. Edward wrote: > I mean, > that one photo that was widely circulated, where > he's got that "wot? you mean laws apply to me, > too?" look on his face -- priceless. You mean this one? WWFD?: Have to fill out my employer's group health plan form. It has a question: "Have you used marijuana in the last six months?". Do I count the joint I shared with the CEO at the Christmas party? Stewart (who cycled past a *lot* of ditchweed on the Don Valley today.) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:46:20 -0500 (CDT) From: David Witzany Subject: Liz Phair's new album's title This one will be her eponymous release. Unless she pulls a Peter Gabriel, in which she has three more coming. Dave. David Witzany witzany@uiuc.edu ....one of Nature's bounds checkers - ------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:52:19 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: the new mary jane On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 10:12 AM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > WWFD?: Have to fill out my employer's group health plan form. It has a > question: "Have you used marijuana in the last six months?". Do I > count the joint I shared with the CEO at the Christmas party? I wonder if they'll change the question if the new law passes? I suppose decriminalized pot would still have the same health effects. - - Steve __________ Folks looking to boycott French and German goods over those countries' positions on Iraq haven't been doing their research. Polls show 64 percent of boycotters think Grey Poupon is French, 70 percent think Dutch Heineken is German, and 42 percent think GM-owned Saab is German. And only 30 percent know that the French controlled Universal Pictures. - - Reason ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:56:23 -0500 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: the new mary jane Quoting "Stewart C. Russell" : > WWFD?: Have to fill out my employer's group health plan form. It has a > question: "Have you used marijuana in the last six months?". Do I count > the joint I shared with the CEO at the Christmas party? Well (as a certain former U.S. President might say) that all depends on what "used" means. I mean, it's not as if you were grouting with it, or mixing it in with your paints, or making beards on little dolls with it. Besides which: how do you *know* it was "marijuana"? Maybe it was some other, similar substance that technically differs from whatever (unspecified) substance the questionnaire refers to as "marijuana"... Or better yet: wait until it's June 1st to fill out the form. Then you can interpret "last six months" as June, May, April, March, February, and January - voila! It doesn't say "during the last six thirty-day periods"; it says "months." - --Jeff, thinking it's probably a good thing he decided *not* to go to law school... 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: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:09:41 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Re: celebrity snark > From: "Maximilian Lang" > Subject: Bong, James Bong > > The most fun since Charlize Theron smoking an apple pipe. I wish I > could > take credit for the title: > > http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=123407 If you want good celebrity dirt, go to . I always look forward to the newsletter. And it is full of trash, drugs, trashy sex, and not safe for work. This site is good too, but a little out of date: . ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:23:39 +0000 (GMT) From: brian@lazerlove5.com Subject: Soft Boys related records Recently I aquired 2 old records: 1. Beach Bullies "We rule the universe" 1980. This is an album by James A. Smith (RH credits him usually as "the great one"). I've been looking for this record for years. Anyway it has the original version of Zip Zip, which was a live cover favorite of the Soft Boys. (also on the b-side of the 7" included with the Underwater Moonlight vinyl reissue). Recorded the same time as UM. Neither Robyn or the boys play on any of the songs, but Robyn is thanked and the same "Dr. Sticky" drum machine is used thru out on many of the songs. This album is raw. Mostly just James singing and playing guitar, a girl singing and the Dr. Sticky drum machine. No bass or real drums and few guitar leads. There is a cover of Pale Blue Eyes. The skinny: great song writing, weak production. 2. Local Heroes SW9 "Drip Dry Zone" 1980. This was recorded at the same time as Underwater Moonlight too. The line up: Kevin Armstrong on vocal/guitar/songwriting, Kim Barti on drums, and our Matthew Seligman on bass! Kevin went on to play with David Bowie along with Matthew at Live Aid and I think helped on Tin Machine too. But the great thing about this record is it really showcases Matthew at his best! Deep groovin bass line pushed forward in the mix. I'd say this album sounds like a cross between early XTC and Gang Of Four. I love it. And I got the Captain Sensible comp cd. Worth it alone for "I'm a Spider" which Robyn co-wrote and adds some of the groovyist wah guitar riffs I've ever heard him play. Robyn definately sings and rants some names in the middle of "Royal Rave Up." Did you guys know Captain Sensible was kicked out of the Damned after "Happy Talk" rose on the charts? - -Nuppy PS: I burned Beach Bullies to CD if anyone wants to trade. I'm still working on Local Heroes. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:28:57 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: the new mary jane > WWFD?: Have to fill out my employer's group health plan form. It has a > question: "Have you used marijuana in the last six months?". Do I count > the joint I shared with the CEO at the Christmas party? Only if you want "pre-existing stonewabbage" listed on your form. Have you gone native yet, Stewart, and named your bong "Cygnus"? I hear all Canadians do that. Michael "no stems no seeds that you don't need" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:16:59 -0700 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: a-holes, etc. > >Yeah, on Postcard there's periodic outbreaks of Jeff vs. Jay > >battles. I inadvertantly started one myself by innocently asking > >why Tweedy was on Chunklet's "Top 100 Assholes in Rock." (He ranked > >at #13, just above Steve Albini but below Farrar who was in the top > >10.) > >Got a link to that list? > >Eb, hoping Mike Love made a strong showing It's not online, alas. There's back-ordering info at www.chunklet.com The list was mainly indie-rock oriented, so no hate for Love. The #1 asshole was the Butthole Surfers because they apparently dicked over Touch & Go, broke their contract and so forth. I think this qualifies them for asshole-dom but certainly not #1 asshole. More appropriately, Courtney Love was #2. The vaguely libellous commentary included an astonishingly homophobic comment about Stephin Merritt, "Will croon for AZT." The editor apologized in the next issue by claiming he thought AZT was an anti-depressant. Chunklet's pretty funny but I get tired of the relentless smug hipster negativity... every issue contains a comprehensive list of why certain bands suck, or why emo sucks, or why other stuff sucks, and even though I agree with them sometimes (oh god, thank you for slamming Sleater-Kinney!), it gets really monotonous after a while. I bought two issues but only glanced through the latest one because I already knew what sort of stuff was in it. n. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:50:54 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: j.r. pimps the blenders on 5/29/03 7:59 AM, Poole, R. Edward at PooleR@dsmo.com wrote: > p.s. to gnat: although in deference to you I won't mention either name, > but there's just no way either JT or JF could be more of an a-hole than > Albini. anyone know where jonathon richman placed on that list? he > deserves top 5 billing, if you ask me. That reminds me, while vacationing in the southwestern USofA recently (a.k.a "hotter than fuck"), I saw a commercial for Kohl's department store that I swear used a J. Richman track. Anybody aware of this? I saw another one that used a female singer/band that I thought I recognized, but I can't remember now. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:05:42 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! Mike Godwin: >>I hadn't previously noticed that >>in this fifties' Disney kids' film, the hate-filled Captain Nemo appears >>to have an orgasm while the Nautilus is ramming the phosphate-loaded ship >>from "that hated nation" (who they, anyway?). India. Probably. Some consider Nemo's backstory as revealed in "The Mysterious Island" one of the earliest examples of what it now known as "Ret-Con", but that's what Verne eventually decided. I think the character is portrayed as an be-turbaned Indian in the comic and upcoming film of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" but I don't really know the score on Alan Moore as well as I used to. (Looks like the Nautilus shows up again in that film but it's pointless to redesign it after the Disney version, which didn't look like Verne's but was singularly BAD ASS.) There's a palpable darkness to that film, seals, songs, wacky cannibals and all. I loved it as a kid and watched it last year to put together my Nemo costume for Halloween... I was still impressed by it. By the way, talking like James Mason all night at Halloween parties is pretty fun, particularly when you're having a conversation with The Ladie's Man. _____ Eb: >>PS Yesterday, I heard that "St. Elsewhere" was the first >>(primetime?) TV show ever to say the word "testicle." Huh. But apparently "Three's Company" was the first to show one (or two) albeit inadvertantly. God, that's the second time I've mentioned that in as many weeks. Did I just imagine that it ever happened? _______ Just heard (more like overheard) a song from the Liz Phair record, and if I didn't know it was supposed to be New Improved Now 80% More Poppier With Pandering Crystals, I don't think I would've been screaming "sellout" or anything. The main thing I noticed was that the melodic figures were very Phair-y, so I guess those Matrix guys didn't write the lyrics or vocal lines or whatever. So maybe she's going in the "just don't read any interviews with her any more if you don't want to ruin it" file. Plus, I bet that at some point in history an actual gay sailor has come into physical conflict with, if not a giant squid, then a pretty big one. Not saying said sailor *looked* as gay as Douglas, but... - -Rex Broome, future writer and artist of "Terrance Stoker, Gay Squid Hunter!" comix ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:47:22 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Re: the new mary jane Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: > > Besides which: how do you *know* it was > "marijuana"? because I started grooving to the wood grain on the deck, and positing that "Jumanji" was the funniest film ever made. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:01:00 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: the new mary jane on 5/29/03 10:47 AM, Stewart C. Russell at scruss@sympatico.ca wrote: > Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: >> >> Besides which: how do you *know* it was >> "marijuana"? > > because I started grooving to the wood grain on the deck, and positing that > "Jumanji" was the funniest film ever made. Wow, you guys really do get the best bud! - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:06:10 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! On Thu, 29 May 2003, Rex.Broome wrote: > -Rex Broome, future writer and artist of "Terrance Stoker, Gay Squid > Hunter!" comix OK, I give up. How does he check out the sexual orientation of the giant squids? :-) (-: - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:13:50 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! > OK, I give up. How does he check out the sexual orientation of the giant > squids? Ask them to go shopping at Bloomingdales? Michael "or check out some old Steve Reeves movies?" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:21:55 -0700 From: Barbara Soutar Subject: 1974 punk recording Here's an article that I read today. Looks like an interesting CD which was produced back in 1974 by Daniel Lanlois and his brother. I had never heard of them before. Perhaps their band name was not the best... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hamilton garage rockers Simply Saucer celebrated with re-issue of 1974 LP ANGELA PACIENZA Canadian Press TORONTO (CP) - It seems everything punk is cool right now. From fashion to music, those with their ear to the ground are looking for the next hot thing to replicate the era when piercing synthesizers and aggressive guitar licks ruled the airwaves. In Canada, one needs to cast back some 30 years to Simply Saucer, a Hamilton-based proto-punk/garage band that's being commemorated this month with a re-issue of the band's one and only album, Cyborgs Revisited. The disc, 73 minutes of ear-splitting free-form experimentation, has enjoyed a cult-like following since it was resuscitated in 1989. At that time, original engineer Bob Lanois revived the band's 1974 demo recordings which were done with his brother Daniel in the family's basement studio. Lanois also cleaned up a 1975 live set which was recorded on top of a shopping mall in downtown Hamilton. "I put it out because nobody else would," says Bruce Mowat, who ran a tiny label and financed the release. "It's the most singular intense recording I've ever heard come out of this country." The album is sometimes regarded as one of the best Canadian punk records ever made. International music mags including New Musical Express, Spin and Creem praised it; Alternative Press and Forced Exposure called it the "best Canadian LP ever released." Its latest incarnation has been remastered and features bonus tracks including the band's only singles She's A Dog and I Can Change My Mind. The tracks were previously available only on an out-of-print 45 from 1978. Formed in 1973 by a group of youngsters who hung out in a local record shop where they sought out everything considered obscure, Simply Saucer - - Kevin Christoff, Don Cramer, Steve Park and Edgar Breau - tried to blend Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett's early Pink Floyd, the Stooges, Modern Lovers and Soft Machine. "It was your basic '70s fare," said singer-guitarist Breau from his Hamilton home. "But there wasn't nobody doing, in Canada anyways, anything remotely like what we were doing." The country was either not ready for their pre-punkesque sound or afraid of Saucer's raucous concoctions because the 1974 album was largely ignored here at home. "We thought we had something different but maybe it was just too strange for (the labels) at the time," said Breau of the band's many rejections. Outside of Canada, the band was praised for their forward-thinking tunes. "In the early days when any American acts would come to Canada they'd say 'Do you know Simply Saucer?' " said Mowat. "Their reputation is mainly outside of this country." Sonic Youth was a fan. Saucer had a quasi hit single in England in 1978 with She's A Dog. But, like so many punk acts, the band was unable to push ahead with the momentum. They disbanded in the late 1970s after several lineup changes and shifts in music styles. Drug abuse also played a large part. "We were going on stage pretty smashed. Things really deteriorated . . . I was getting tired near the end when it didn't look like things were happening for us," Breau said. Members went on to form various other bands. Breau and Christoff currently play with a folk band, The Shadows of Ecstasy, that includes ex-King Biscuit boy drummer Paul Panchezak and ex-Killjoy, Uncle Violet guitarist Mike Daley. Breau is also finishing a solo compilation album, set for release later this year under the moniker Edgar Breau: Canadian Primitive, Essential Recordings 1985-2003. The disc is available through www.sonicunyon.com. ) Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:34:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: the new mary jane "Stewart C. Russell" wrote: > WWFD?: Have to fill out my employer's group health plan > form. It has a question: "Have you used marijuana in the > last six months?". Do I count the joint I shared with the > CEO at the Christmas party? Ask the CEO what to put. ===== "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!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: j.r. pimps the blenders Tom Clark wrote: > That reminds me, while vacationing in the southwestern > USofA recently (a.k.a "hotter than fuck"), I saw a > commercial for Kohl's department store that I > swear used a J. Richman track. Anybody aware of this? I > saw another one that used a female singer/band that I > thought I recognized, but I can't remember now. For that matter, did anyone watching any NBA playoff games on ESPN catch a promo -- for either the NBA or ESPN -- that used some the intro music to, of all things, VU's "Heroin." didn't get to the words, of course, but I swear I heard the intro strumming. And no, I wasn't high. Nor thinking "Jumanji" was anything but a high crime against humanity. ===== "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!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:36:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: When Squids Attack Gay Sailors! "Rex.Broome" wrote: > Eb: > >>PS Yesterday, I heard that "St. Elsewhere" was the > first > >>(primetime?) TV show ever to say the word "testicle." > Huh. > > But apparently "Three's Company" was the first to show > one (or two) albeit inadvertantly. God, that's the > second time I've mentioned that in as many > weeks. Did I just imagine that it ever happened? Alas, you did not. It's just that thinking about John Ritter's testicles makes the rest of us nauseous. ===== "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!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:53:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: White Teeth and Luxor Rex, why did you say that liking White Teeth is lame? I thought it was a wonderful book, and I'm reading Zadie Smith's latest (The Autograph Man) now, and it's pretty great, too. No, there are no mutants, no elves, no tree-men, no Daleks, but, um, well, that's just fine with me. The televised version of White Teeth didn't capture the book well at all. Luxor arrived yesterday, and I've only listened to it once with much of my attention elsewhere, so there's no verdict yet. The song in which Robyn repeats Michele's name about 100 times reminds me of one of the few episodes of Cheers that I ever saw (most people assume that New Englanders know every episode and every character). In this episode, Woody is going out with a rich Brahmin-type named Kelly and, instead of buying her an expensive birthday present, he writes a song for her, most of which consists of "Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly...." - well, you get the idea. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:08:59 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Bong, Jung Bong At 08:37 PM 5/28/2003 -0400, Maximilian Lang wrote: >The most fun since Charlize Theron smoking an apple pipe. I wish I could >take credit for the title: > >http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=123407 Me, I'm just glad that delightfully named Braves prospect Jung Bong has stuck with the big league club this year. Oddly, whenever I hear him mentioned, I don't think of a smoking device or a certain father of psychoanalysis, but instead a revised version of Rod Stewart's "Young Turks": Jung Bong, be free tonight Time is on your side That's the way the ol' jukebox in the head crumbles... Prince is *kinky* and *controlling* and sometimes *cruel* to friends and lovers? I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! Next thing you know, someone will be telling me that the G.W. Bush administration aren't internationalist egalitarians... later, Miles, who remembers when the Mets farm system had not only Howard Johnson but Ronald McDonald ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:04:26 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: a-holes, etc. >>Eb, hoping Mike Love made a strong showing > >The list was mainly indie-rock oriented, so no hate for Love. The >#1 asshole was the Butthole Surfers because they apparently dicked >over Touch & Go, broke their contract and so forth. > >Chunklet's pretty funny but I get tired of the relentless smug >hipster negativity... I get the picture. Ugh. Count me out. >Me, I'm just glad that delightfully named Braves prospect Jung Bong >has stuck with the big league club this year. Oddly, whenever I >hear him mentioned, I don't think of a smoking device or a certain >father of psychoanalysis, but instead a revised version of Rod >Stewart's "Young Turks": Makes me think of Michael Milken! Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:11:43 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: a-holes, etc. At 02:04 PM 5/29/2003 -0700, Eb wrote: >>Me, I'm just glad that delightfully named Braves prospect Jung Bong >>has stuck with the big league club this year. Oddly, whenever I >>hear him mentioned, I don't think of a smoking device or a certain >>father of psychoanalysis, but instead a revised version of Rod >>Stewart's "Young Turks": > >Makes me think of Michael Milken! Ooh, very good. As though said in pidgin English, too. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:13:23 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Jung Bong Incidentally, does he pronounce his name "YUNG" or "JUNG"? I've never heard the name before today. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:14:03 -0500 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: White Teeth and Luxor Jill opined: > The song in which Robyn >repeats Michele's name about 100 times reminds me of one of the few >episodes of Cheers that I ever saw (most people assume that New Englanders >know every episode and every character). In this episode, Woody is going >out with a rich Brahmin-type named Kelly and, instead of buying her an >expensive birthday present, he writes a song for her, most of which >consists of "Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly...." - well, you get the >idea. By the way, that song from "Cheers" was BRILLIANTLY covered by the band Smudge as a bonus track on their album _Manilow_ - - - as was the theme from "Charles In Charge"!!! (Smudge is led by Tom Morgan, who has written or co-written many of the Lemonheads' best songs.) ta dolph ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:29:37 -0700 From: Barbara Soutar Subject: Outlaw Blues Just listening to an old Dylan song called Outlaw Blues and the lyrics struck me: "I may look like Robert Ford, but I feel just like Jesse James". Wondered who Robert Ford was, so used that handy item called the internet to look it up. Turns out that he's the guy who killed Jesse James. When I looked at a photo of him, I found there was minimal resemblance but perhaps when the song was written it was true. Anyway, it's fun to settle these things after wondering about them. There is some Robyn content to this message, as I have a version of Outlaw Blues sung by him! Robyn stings again. Barbara Soutar Victoria, British Columbia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:34:41 -0500 From: "Iosso, Ken" Subject: RE: Outlaw Blues Just saw Tim Easton (truly great - check him out) in Minneapolis and after he played a song that reminded me of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," I requested it. He said "yeah" very deadpan and a little disgusted and then proceeded to rip into a great version of "Outlaw Blues." Ken Iosso Aide to Commissioner Ortega phone 651-266-8367 fax 651-266-8370 -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Soutar [mailto:bsoutar@horizon.bc.ca] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:30 PM To: FEGMANIAX DIGEST Subject: Outlaw Blues Just listening to an old Dylan song called Outlaw Blues and the lyrics struck me: "I may look like Robert Ford, but I feel just like Jesse James". Wondered who Robert Ford was, so used that handy item called the internet to look it up. Turns out that he's the guy who killed Jesse James. When I looked at a photo of him, I found there was minimal resemblance but perhaps when the song was written it was true. Anyway, it's fun to settle these things after wondering about them. There is some Robyn content to this message, as I have a version of Outlaw Blues sung by him! Robyn stings again. Barbara Soutar Victoria, British Columbia ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #194 ********************************