From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #204 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, June 10 2003 Volume 12 : Number 204 Today's Subjects: ----------------- I'm afraid to even sample 'em.... [Eb ] caramel Lanios [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] PS (connect the Doots) [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: caramel Lanios [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: Super special Willow pictures (Buffy content: 100%) ["Sumiko Keay" ] re: cd maintenance ["da9ve stovall" ] Caramel Willow [Christopher Gross ] White Belt/White Heat ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: White Belt/White Heat [Tom Clark ] Earwax Doll [Sebastian Hagedorn ] RE: Earwax Doll ["Michael Wells" ] Geddy Lee's Love Child ["randalljr" ] Re: Earwax Doll [Tom Clark ] Re: White Belt/White Heat [Eb ] Yes! Adult Swim on DVD! ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: crap [Tom Clark ] Glass Flesh 2 - bargain priced! But not for long! [bayard Subject: I'm afraid to even sample 'em.... http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/579/rage_against_the_quail.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:33:57 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: caramel Lanios >my love for the caramel (or carmel) chocolates has >hurt my cd collection. I had some cds that now have >carmel on them (after sitting in the trunk under the >bag of chocolate) any thoughts on how to clean the >carmel off the top of the cds? so THAT'S what 'carmel' is. I thought it probably had to be some weird way of writing caramel, from context, but never had any proof of it. Is this a widely used term for caramel in the US, or a local peculiarity? And is the word "caramel" pronounced 'cahr-mel' in the US (which would explain the odd spelling) rather than "carr-uh-mel" as it is in the rest of the civilised world (and also Australia)? Oh, and you could always (dare I say it?) just lick the CDs, then wash them in plain water before the saliva dries (hey, it works for me!). I suppose it depends how clean they are apart from the caramel. - --- >I am thinking about going to see Daniel Lanois in the next week or >so, is it worth it? I really know him as a producer of other people's >music and am not familiar with his own stuff. sometimes, this list is too depressing. Why is this city so far away from good concerts??? James PS - um, that would be a "based on his albums, I'd go for it" 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, 10 Jun 2003 00:55:45 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: PS (connect the Doots) Just realised that I meant to extend a big Feggy welcome to Nora at the end of that last message (How come none of the rest of you have done that? For shame!) James ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:03:46 -0500 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: caramel Lanios Quoting James Dignan : > >my love for the caramel (or carmel) chocolates has > >hurt my cd collection. I had some cds that now have > >carmel on them (after sitting in the trunk under the > >bag of chocolate) any thoughts on how to clean the > >carmel off the top of the cds? > > so THAT'S what 'carmel' is. I thought it probably had to be some weird > way > of writing caramel, from context, but never had any proof of it. Is this > a > widely used term for caramel in the US, or a local peculiarity? And is > the > word "caramel" pronounced 'cahr-mel' in the US (which would explain the > odd > spelling) rather than "carr-uh-mel" as it is in the rest of the > civilised > world (and also Australia)? I'd wondered about the two words also, and fegmaniax has spurred me onto some research. First, neither dictionary.com nor my Random House Dictionary of the English Language (2nd ed. unabridged; affectionately known 'round these parts as "King Thud") lists the candy definition of "carmel" as a primary entry. The entry for "caramel" doesn't list "carmel" as an alternate spelling, but the "KAR-m'l" pronunciation appears as an alternative. This seems odd...since googling for "carmel candy" brings up many items - the dictionaries are definitely out of it on this one. But yes, "carmel" is common American usage (at least here in the Midwest), and while the word "caramel" is not unknown, you seldom hear it. People even spell the cooking term "carmelized" and pronounce it "KAR-m'-lize"... My theory is that the accent in "caramel" is slightly ambiguous (first syllable, but secondary stress on the last), and we don't like such ambiguity. The middle, schwa syllable is easily elided, and "CARE-m'l" is fussy to pronounce but shades too close to "camel" - so perhaps that (and the spelling) motivated the shift to "CAR-m'l"... Totally speculative. The existence of both terms, btw, allows candy manufactures to mimic "sophistication" (i.e., foreignness) by using the word "caramel" - as if that substance is finer stuff than the quotidian "carmel". (Oh: To answer the original query, perhaps you should keep your candies and CDs wrapped in their respective packaging rather than allowing them to consort lewdly amongst themselves in their natural states.) ..Jeff, thinking that no one wants the word "camel" associated with anything they eat 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, 09 Jun 2003 09:28:42 -0500 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: Super special Willow pictures (Buffy content: 100%) I hated the cover shot - - made her look ugly and these pictures are one of the few times I've felt that she's getting over the top Hollywood skinny instead of just normally skinny type skinny. Sumi >>> Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey 06/04/03 05:11PM >>> Quoting "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." : > Here are some lovely pictures of the lovely Alyson Hannigan. > > They're safe for work, but barely so. Or maybe not. No nudity, but > there is plenty o' witchy pulchritude. > > Y'know, Hannigan is an attractive woman...but does anyone else get the feeling here she's just trying *too* hard to construct a non-Willow image for herself? That cover shot in particular is just awful: the makeup makes her look generic instead of distinctive, and the outfit is equally so...as for the cheesecakey shots: she just doesn't have the right body for it. They're apparently not online, but I do confess to browsing through the newsstand issue of this magazine at the grocery store, and a few pages away are some pictures of Charisma Carpenter, about which I will say no more except to note that she has none of the problems I attribute to Ms. Hannigan's shoot. ..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: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:06:34 -0700 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: caramel Lanios There is a commercial on US TV right now making fun of this very pronunciation conflict of caramel. Shaq (the LA Laker) pronounces CAR A MEL, while the fan sitting next to him says, CAR MEL. You say tomato....... eleanore On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 06:03 AM, Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: > Quoting James Dignan : > >>> my love for the caramel (or carmel) chocolates has >>> hurt my cd collection. I had some cds that now have >>> carmel on them (after sitting in the trunk under the >>> bag of chocolate) any thoughts on how to clean the >>> carmel off the top of the cds? >> >> so THAT'S what 'carmel' is. I thought it probably had to be some weird >> way >> of writing caramel, from context, but never had any proof of it. Is >> this >> a >> widely used term for caramel in the US, or a local peculiarity? And is >> the >> word "caramel" pronounced 'cahr-mel' in the US (which would explain >> the >> odd >> spelling) rather than "carr-uh-mel" as it is in the rest of the >> civilised >> world (and also Australia)? > > I'd wondered about the two words also, and fegmaniax has spurred me > onto > some research. First, neither dictionary.com nor my Random House > Dictionary > of the English Language (2nd ed. unabridged; affectionately known > 'round > these parts as "King Thud") lists the candy definition of "carmel" as a > primary entry. The entry for "caramel" doesn't list "carmel" as an > alternate > spelling, but the "KAR-m'l" pronunciation appears as an alternative. > > This seems odd...since googling for "carmel candy" brings up many > items - > the dictionaries are definitely out of it on this one. > > But yes, "carmel" is common American usage (at least here in the > Midwest), > and while the word "caramel" is not unknown, you seldom hear it. > People even > spell the cooking term "carmelized" and pronounce it "KAR-m'-lize"... > > My theory is that the accent in "caramel" is slightly ambiguous (first > syllable, but secondary stress on the last), and we don't like such > ambiguity. The middle, schwa syllable is easily elided, and "CARE-m'l" > is > fussy to pronounce but shades too close to "camel" - so perhaps that > (and > the spelling) motivated the shift to "CAR-m'l"... Totally speculative. > > The existence of both terms, btw, allows candy manufactures to mimic > "sophistication" (i.e., foreignness) by using the word "caramel" - as > if > that substance is finer stuff than the quotidian "carmel". > > (Oh: To answer the original query, perhaps you should keep your > candies and > CDs wrapped in their respective packaging rather than allowing them to > consort lewdly amongst themselves in their natural states.) > > ..Jeff, thinking that no one wants the word "camel" associated with > anything they eat > > 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, 9 Jun 2003 06:34:14 -0700 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: re: cd maintenance >From: Mike Swedene >my love for the caramel (or carmel) chocolates has >hurt my cd collection. I had some cds that now have >carmel on them (after sitting in the trunk under the >bag of chocolate) any thoughts on how to clean the >carmel off the top of the cds? The thing to avoid is excessive amounts of mechanical scrubbing, which could scratch the disc; the top (label side) of a CD is much thinner and more subject to getting ruined than the bottom (playing) side, especially in CD-Rs, but still somewhat so in pressed discs. What I'd do is simply run warm (but not hot) water over the disc until the offending confection melts away. (Unless, of course, any of the discs are CD-Rs with paper labels attached, in which case you're probably hosed.) Once the candy-coating is gone or mostly so, I might finish the job of with a *mild* detergent, wiping gently with a soft, wet cloth (use a real cloth or rag-fiber disposable cloth of some sort, not a paper fiber-based paper towel). d9 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:08:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Caramel Willow On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Sumiko Keay wrote: > I hated the cover shot - - made her look ugly and these pictures are one > of the few times I've felt that she's getting over the top Hollywood > skinny instead of just normally skinny type skinny. This reminds me of my favorite picture of Ms. Hannigan. A recent unexpected hard-drive death eliminated my copy (I ordered DiskWarrior to try to resurrect it), but you can all see it here: (The photo is from a Halloween party that Alyson and SMG attended ca. 1999.) As far as I can remember, everyone I grew up with said "care-a-mel" or "cahr-a-mel," but I wasn't really keeping track so I could be wrong. - --Chris np: Pet Shop Boys, "Absolutely Fabulous (7" mix)" ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:37:25 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: White Belt/White Heat Welcome to Nora. We all, of course, want to see your jellies roll. I didn't know white belts were hip. I'll have to be on the lookout for that. Are they, like, vinyl and shiny or something? I'm interested to a certain extent in that Yeah Yeah Yeah's record despite the overhype and backlash. From what I've read and heard (especially about their live shows) it sounds kinda transitional. Mebby they would've done better to release a comp of the "early stuff" (especially since their better known singles don't seem to be on the LP) and make the first LP all "new-style" stuff. All those "garage revival" bands seem very single-oriented* and the YYY's single grabbed me way more than most, but I am partial to NY art-punk shit, so there you go. (*White Stripes don't count in this category since to me they seem to have been around "forever", in relative terms.) So I haven't been able to hear out of my left ear for more than a week. That's bad, isn't it? Finally making it to a doctor today... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 11:33:57 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: White Belt/White Heat on 6/9/03 10:37 AM, Rex.Broome at Rex.Broome@preferredmedia.com wrote: > So I haven't been able to hear out of my left ear for more than a week. > That's bad, isn't it? Finally making it to a doctor today... That happened to me a few years ago. Turns out I had a lot too much wax stuffed up my ear canal. It was very cool to see all the gunk that came flying out of my ear when the doctor shot about 500cc of warm water up there. Then the clouds parted and it was like I was hearing for the first time. - -tc, currently practicing regular ear maintenance. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 20:40:54 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Earwax Doll - -- Tom Clark is rumored to have mumbled on Montag, 9. Juni 2003 11:33 Uhr -0700 regarding Re: White Belt/White Heat: > on 6/9/03 10:37 AM, Rex.Broome at Rex.Broome@preferredmedia.com wrote: > >> So I haven't been able to hear out of my left ear for more than a week. >> That's bad, isn't it? Finally making it to a doctor today... > > That happened to me a few years ago. Turns out I had a lot too much wax > stuffed up my ear canal. It was very cool to see all the gunk that came > flying out of my ear when the doctor shot about 500cc of warm water up > there. Then the clouds parted and it was like I was hearing for the first > time. I need to have that done about once a year. > -tc, currently practicing regular ear maintenance. How? Over here the doctors all tell me that I shouldn't do *anything* myself. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:51:41 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: Earwax Doll Sebastian questions: > > -tc, currently practicing regular ear maintenance. > > How? Over here the doctors all tell me that I shouldn't do *anything* > myself. Why listening to The Smiths, of course! Lots of Motown can be beneficial too, and Szell's Cleveland Orchestra recording of Mozart's 40/41 Symphonies can be used but only in the really heavy cases. Bands known to promote ear wax buildup include Cher, Oasis, Billy Ray Cyrus, and - somewhat surprisingly - The Flaming Lips. I once tried to listen to "Yoshimi" and was 90% deaf from wax blockage by track 4. My 4yr old daughter had her beginning ballet recital yesterday, at the end of which some of the older girls did a "hip-hop/jazz" routine to the music of (wait for it)...'Lincoln Park.' It's probably funnier if you live in Chicago, besides the fact there were only three of them up there. Michael "I've been into Lincoln Park for years, man" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:35:31 -0700 From: "randalljr" Subject: Geddy Lee's Love Child Howdy Fegland, Vince here after a rather bad year but, things are looking up despite the fact that I now live in the dreaded "suburbs" Nice to see some faces I recognize anyways and.........I was stung by a bee the other day. Talk about an omen. Vince "is this *name*ster thing outdated?" the Vincester ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:16:34 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Earwax Doll on 6/9/03 11:40 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn at Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de wrote: > -- Tom Clark is rumored to have mumbled on Montag, 9. Juni > 2003 11:33 Uhr -0700 regarding Re: White Belt/White Heat: > >> -tc, currently practicing regular ear maintenance. > > How? Over here the doctors all tell me that I shouldn't do *anything* > myself. An occasional drop of mineral oil in the ear is supposed to keep the canal slippery enough to promote proper drainage. Some people also recommend using a waterpik, of all things, to blast out impacted wax. That one scares me. I use a combination of mineral oil and a rubber bulb filled with warm water. Then apply earphones blasting Fischerspooner. on 6/9/03 11:51 AM, Michael Wells at mwells@ImageWorksMfg.com wrote: > > My 4yr old daughter had her beginning ballet recital yesterday, at the > end of which some of the older girls did a "hip-hop/jazz" routine to the > music of (wait for it)...'Lincoln Park.' It's probably funnier if you > live in Chicago, besides the fact there were only three of them up > there. > You mean Linkin Park, right? Just so's I'm not missing something. Carson Daly is a tool. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:24:38 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: White Belt/White Heat > > So I haven't been able to hear out of my left ear for more than a week. >> That's bad, isn't it? Finally making it to a doctor today... > >That happened to me a few years ago. Turns out I had a lot too much wax >stuffed up my ear canal. It was very cool to see all the gunk that came >flying out of my ear when the doctor shot about 500cc of warm water up >there. Then the clouds parted and it was like I was hearing for the first >time. So, who has done that cooooool thing they advertise in radio commercials, where you get five pounds of accumulated gunk flushed out of your intestines? I've gained about four pounds, since around the time my father died...exercise hasn't helped at all (and I've been running really well lately), so I've been wondering if it could be *muscle*. But hey, maybe it's CRAP! News from this weekend's Field Day festival: While watching Blur from the side of the stage Beck was accidentally slammed in the ribs by a local working stage hand. The festival medical crew were very concerned that there may be a broken rib, an injury that could puncture Beck's lung if he were to perform. The medics ordered immediate X rays at a nearby hospital. Fortunately there was nothing broken but Beck was in considerable pain and discomfort. He tried to go back and do something acoustically but the complicated logistics of the festival made it impossible. He sends his sincere apologies to his fans and hopes that despite the weather and his absence they managed to have a fun day at the show. Eb PS Recommended film of the weekend: "Affliction." Paul Schrader, Nick Nolte and James Coburn, and the bleakest story I've seen in awhile. Brrrr. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:23:24 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Yes! Adult Swim on DVD! For those who care, it looks like the Adult Swim series are gonna be available on DVD: And a tip o' the hat to Rex.Broome for his insight into TV shows' making it to DVD. I'm gonna buy these suckers as soon as they hit the shelves. I wonder if there's a Space Ghost in a Jar on eBay. I'd better go check. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:40:03 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: crap on 6/9/03 1:24 PM, Eb at ElBroome@earthlink.net wrote: > > So, who has done that cooooool thing they advertise in radio > commercials, where you get five pounds of accumulated gunk flushed > out of your intestines? > > I've gained about four pounds, since around the time my father > died...exercise hasn't helped at all (and I've been running really > well lately), so I've been wondering if it could be *muscle*. But > hey, maybe it's CRAP! I just checked snopes.com to verify the 'John Wayne had 40 pounds of feces impacted in his colon' rumor and I found that even as much as 1/2 pound of impacted gunk could cause you immense pain and rectal bleeding. Nonethless, I saw the procedure on Jackass, with Johnny Knoxville dressed as Santa getting himself plumbed, and it looked pretty neat! Go for it. Go Ducks, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:28:34 -0700 (PDT) From: bayard Subject: Glass Flesh 2 - bargain priced! But not for long! Hi all, Just wanted to mention that the long-running sale on the Robyn tribute "Glass Flesh 2: the return of Kevin Slick - he's back and he's Slick" is about to expire! This is yer last chance to get these twenty-one great tracks for just $12.50 (even includes postage and packing, if you're in the US and Canada, and most of you are, right?) Sorry to keep bringing this up - but you saw Ross' embarassing email about how I'm down on my luck - that's just the way it is, but don't worry about me, I LIKE Ramen, just ask Chris! http://www.glasshotel.net/glassflesh/ And check this out! A full-length MP3 of an awesome rendition by the Virgineers, just one of the fab-o songs on hear: http://www.glasshotel.net/glassflesh/mp3/gf-surgery.mp3 The Virgineers' album is the feg album I listen to more than any other, except for Mark Gloster and Big Rubber Shark's seminal release. Erm, can I say "seminal release" on the innernet? Take care, yall! =b - -- Lounging against your weapons, Until your muscles find lock In the ease of that position, A residue of tremor passes As some cherie amour suggests That maybe it was time to smash things up ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:37:12 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Re: Glass Flesh 2 - bargain priced! But not for long! (fwd) This is what I forwarded to the other 2 lists. Hope that's cool with you, Marc Please don't be offended about the clearly sales oriented tone of this message. Bayard went above and beyond to put these packages together, including a large chunk of his personal money, but apparently overestimated the number of units that would readily sell. If you haven't already picked one up and feel a bit curious about it, check the link in Bayard's post. Thanks again and sorry about the sales pressure. Marc I would like to apologize to purchasers of the executive version of this mailing list for the peremptory nature of that announcement. The brusque tone was intended for buyers of the cheaper version. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bayard" Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: Glass Flesh 2 - bargain priced! But not for long! (fwd) > Hi all, > > Just wanted to mention that the long-running sale on the Robyn tribute > "Glass Flesh 2: the return of Kevin Slick - he's back and he's Slick" > is about to expire! This is yer last chance to get these twenty-one great > tracks for just $12.50 (even includes postage and packing, if you're in > the US and Canada, and most of you are, right?) > > Sorry to keep bringing this up - but you saw Ross' embarassing email about > how I'm down on my luck - that's just the way it is, but don't worry about > me, I LIKE Ramen, just ask Chris! > > http://www.glasshotel.net/glassflesh/ > > And check this out! A full-length MP3 of an awesome rendition by the > Virgineers, just one of the fab-o songs on hear: > > http://www.glasshotel.net/glassflesh/mp3/gf-surgery.mp3 > > The Virgineers' album is the feg album I listen to more than any other, > except for Mark Gloster and Big Rubber Shark's seminal release. Erm, can > I say "seminal release" on the innernet? > > Take care, yall! > > =b > > -- > Lounging against your weapons, > Until your muscles find lock > In the ease of that position, > A residue of tremor passes > As some cherie amour suggests > That maybe it was time to smash things up ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 22:54:55 -0400 From: stevetalkowski@mac.com Subject: V Hopefully, this will be cooler than the sequel and lame TV-series that followed: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/09/television.visitors.reut/ index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:57:19 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Fwd: [chugchanga-l] Rocket From the Tombs brodcast on WFMU Can anyone record this? Hopefully dfrom the radio, I would hate to never hear this. I'll trade my recording of their North Star show for it. Max From: >Subject: [chugchanga-l] Rocket From the Tombs brodcast on WFMU >Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:11:34 -0400 (EDT) > >In case you weren't able to see 'em on the short 6-city tour, an hour live >session with Rocket From the Tombs (w/ David Thomas, Craig Bell, Cheetah >Chrome, Richard Lloyd and Steve Mehlman) airs on WFMU Tuesday the 10th on >my 3-6pm slot. 91.1 fm in NYC area, 90.1 in Hudson Valley, and online >stream at www.wfmu.org (real player, MP3). Just wanted to mention this >since the band forbade the set to be archived after broadcast, so it's a >one-time only shot to hear it. Hope you can tune in, it was pretty smoking >during the taping... Brian Turner _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:57:51 -0400 From: UglyNoraGrrl@aol.com Subject: welcomes, white belts, and wilco Rex Broome Wrote: > Welcome to Nora. We all, of course, want to see your jellies roll. Thanks Rex! and thanks to James too. Everyone has been really nice to me so far but i know that won't last ;-) One thing i do really like about this list is that it isnt on topic. On-topic lists tend to bore the shit out of me. > I didn't know white belts were hip. I'll have to be on the lookoutfor > that. Are they, like, vinyl and shiny or something? White belts are very hip. Usually wider than they need to be and worn with some oh so precious vintage dress. I don't own one so like Natalie im not hip. Oh and Eb, I know what you mean about liking the the idea of the Dismemeberment Plan but sadly once i investigated them i found them really underwhelming. I finally say that Wilco documentary and i really enjoyed. it actually really warmed me to tweedy's personality and thus made me warm to music more. Something about tweedy had rubbed me the wrong way in the past and i hadn't listened to their records as much lately. I find that my feelings about an artist's music often vary depending on my feelings for the artists personality. Does anyone else ever do that? I dont know if its a good thing or just annoying personality quirk. Later, Nora ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #204 ********************************