From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #222 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, June 17 2003 Volume 12 : Number 222 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Singers a go go [Michael R Godwin ] Re: celeb birthdays ["Sumiko Keay" ] Re: addresses, birthday bands [Christopher Gross ] Re: celeb birthdays ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: birthday band and state of things ["Jonathan Fetter" ] Re: celeb birthdays ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: celeb birthdays ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: birthday band and state of things [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Dandy Warhols/Birthday bands [brian@lazerlove5.com] See, the tagline was, "The Doctor is IN... your mouth!" ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: See, the tagline was, "The Doctor is IN... your mouth!" ["Stewart C. ] Re: Beer again [brian@lazerlove5.com] Best new band name I've heard in a long time ["Rex.Broome" ] RE: 12/12 roools!! ["Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" ] RE: Yuck, only Barry Manilow?? [Sebastian Hagedorn ] RE: best new band name... ["Rex.Broome" ] jezuz, what rotten fuckers! [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Trying to give Robyn my money, but... [Aaron Mandel ] Re: Birthday Band [Groove Puppy ] Re: birthdays/art [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] birthday bands, et al ["Michael Wells" ] I mean, can you really have *too* many? ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:13:37 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Singers a go go On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com wrote: > Dave Munden of The Tremeloes and Sheila E would take care of > drums/percussion. > > Perhaps I should just settle for an a cappella outfit... But note the real danger of Dave Munden singing "LAAA la la-la la la-la LAA la!" at frequent intervals even if you took away his drums. - - MRG, who once saw the Trems, the Kinks, the Cream, the Move, Lulu, and the Barron Knights all in one show. And top of the bill over all those stars? Gene Pitney, who got 6 songs compared to everyone else's three ... n.p. "Call up the groups" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:46:54 -0500 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: celeb birthdays I was looking for a friend and I wound up going to an astrology site and looking under her sign (where I found Gladys Knight and Kylie Minogue.) Shouldn't Kylie Minogue be on the IMDB? I mean, wasn't she on some soap? Or am I confusing her with different Australian singers? My birthday has: Mitch Easter Kevin Eubanks Frida Petula Clark Mantovani C.W. McCall Clyde McPhatter and Graham Parker (of the people I'd heard of) There was also a Richard Strange who sounds familar but I don't remember from where. Sumi >>> James Dignan 06/16/03 09:17PM >>> >>I never noticed that "What happened on this day" function on the IMDB >>site before...that's kinda fun. I knew several celebs with my >>birthday, but the site revealed a bunch more. sigh. among the 264 births on my birthday, the only three names listed in the same year I'd never heard of - Lynda Wiesmeier, Guy Fadollone, German Palacios. Of the others, ones worth mentioning include: Keir Dullea, Harry Enfield, Blake Bashoff, Steve Gerrard (presumably the Liverpool player), Topper Headon, Benny Goodman, Mel Blanc, Wynonna Judd, Allison Roe (the kiwi long-distance runner? What's she doing in there?*) and (aaaagh!!!!) Stephen Malkmus. Deaths include those of Mickey Most, Doris Hare, Sun Ra, Boris Pasternak, Voltaire, and Christopher Marlowe. >Huh, where are you guys finding the birthday band members? agreed. Most of the list at IMDB is, understandably, film types (plus a few inexplicables) Although a combination of Malkmus, Headon, Judd, and Goodman (were it possible) would be... interesting. James * - seems she appeared as herself in a NZ thriller a few years back. 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, 17 Jun 2003 10:48:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: addresses, birthday bands On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: > Also, a special guest who, it turns out, was born on Rose's birthday > *exactly*: none other than (drumroll...but use non-wooden sticks please) > James Marsters, who played Spike on _Buffy_! But have you confirmed that? James Marsters' birth-year seems to be a carefully guarded secret. I've seen ages given for him within the past year ranging from 30 to 40.... - --Chris, halfway through the Buffy season 4 DVDs ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:01:11 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: celeb birthdays Sumiko Keay wrote: > > Shouldn't Kylie Minogue be on the IMDB? I mean, > wasn't she on some soap? That's a loaded question. Anyone who knows the answer would be admitting to watching Australian soaps on daytime TV. Or would that just be Gen-X "yeah, I've seen unemployment and recession before" cred? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:05:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Fetter" Subject: Re: birthday band and state of things > i will also say that it has now become a running joke with some > friends that when i have an interesting tidbit of information that seems > completely random, i have almost certainly gotten it here. > This list is great for this kind of info. The only small problem I have is that when I quote the source I tend to get blank stares from my associates. Oh well. And thanks to Eb and others, I am always the first to know when someone famous dies. Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:07:13 -0500 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: celeb birthdays I don't think a general world knowledge of celebrities means you've actually seen them on the soaps. .. I mean I don't believe I've ever watched an Australian soap opera yet I know that there is one in which all future Australian stars seem to work at one time or another. (Kylie Minogue is in the IMDB -- I don't know how I missed her earlier.) Sumi >>> "Stewart C. Russell" 06/17/03 10:01AM >>> Sumiko Keay wrote: > > Shouldn't Kylie Minogue be on the IMDB? I mean, > wasn't she on some soap? That's a loaded question. Anyone who knows the answer would be admitting to watching Australian soaps on daytime TV. Or would that just be Gen-X "yeah, I've seen unemployment and recession before" cred? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:12:49 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: celeb birthdays >From: "Sumiko Keay" >Subject: Re: celeb birthdays >Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:46:54 -0500 >Shouldn't Kylie Minogue be on the IMDB? I mean, wasn't she on some >soap? Or am I confusing her with different Australian singers? http://us.imdb.com/Name?Imbruglia,+Natalie Is that who you are thinking of? Max _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:26:25 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: celeb birthdays At 10:07 AM 6/17/2003 -0500, Sumiko Keay wrote: >I don't think a general world knowledge of celebrities means you've >actually seen them on the soaps. .. I mean I don't believe I've ever >watched an Australian soap opera yet I know that there is one in which >all future Australian stars seem to work at one time or another. (Kylie >Minogue is in the IMDB -- I don't know how I missed her earlier.) The person y'all might be thinking of is Natalie Imbruglia. She's the one I remembered. According to allmusic.com both she and Kylie Minogue were on the Australian soap "Neighbours." That's also the show they always seemed to make jokes about on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:47:46 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: birthday band and state of things - -- Jonathan Fetter is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 17. Juni 2003 11:05 Uhr -0400 regarding Re: birthday band and state of things: > This list is great for this kind of info. The only small problem I have > is that when I quote the source I tend to get blank stares from my > associates. Oh well. *All* my friends know of Fegmaniax - I keep relating anecdotes etc. all the time. None of them care for Robyn Hitchcock one iota. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:17:07 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: Birthday bands Birthday band for January 21, and it's a crazy mix. Strong vocals with Richie and Edwin Edwin Starr - Vocals Richie Havens - Vocals Wendy James - Vocals Chris Britton - Lead Guitar (Troggs) Curtis Butler - Rhythm Guitar (Butler Twins) Kristian Schultze - Keyboards (Passport) Erwin Helfer - Piano (blues player) Kenneth Kinsey - Bass (Kinsey Report) David Moss - Drums (Avante-Garde) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:11:43 +0000 (GMT) From: brian@lazerlove5.com Subject: Dandy Warhols/Birthday bands Michael.Bachman Birthday band for January 21 Mine is one day after Micheal's, the 22nd: Perry, Steve [Journey] Meat Loaf Hutchence, Michael 2 of my 3 favorite singers! Nuppy, back from Sebatian's homeland where the beer is good, but I now think america has the tastiest microbrewed beers. Hmm. PS: I'm really enjoying the new Dandy Warhols "Welcome to the Monkey House" 1st lyrics start: Wire's coming back again. Elastica got sued by them. When Michael Jackson dies we're covering Blackbird... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:30:07 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: See, the tagline was, "The Doctor is IN... your mouth!" This is a cool instrument: >>violin^H^H^H^H^H^Hfiddle Usually I can figure out what the original text was on these corrupted things, but that one has me puzzled. ________ James: >>I don't think any of us are wowsers, are we? Whoa, does that have a meaining or are you just acting like it does? It was a pure, dumb exclamation when I wrote it; I'd hate to think it's an epithet of some kind. >>Liz Fraser sang the buts in Lothlsrien, IIRC. The buts? Is that like the blues, only more conditional? >>A singer perfectly described to me as someone who sings in English and >>makes it sound French. That sounds about right, although I'm not sure it's all English, at least in the middle years. I bet the online lyrics archives for the Cocteaus are interesting (cf. early REM, My Bloody Valentine)...` ___ Elizabeth: >>My birthday band would have Adam Ant and Lulu singing duets, backed by >>Bert Jansch. I would totally buy that record. I think that's the winner right there. _______ Thomas R.: >>i will also say that it has now become a running joke with some >>friends that when i have an interesting tidbit of information that seems >>completely random, i have almost certainly gotten it here. Welcome to the list, Thomas! Just kidding. Yeah, this happens. This is unquestionably *the* place to be for any breaking news involving squid. As to the lack of apologies for O/T posts, I think it has as much to do with the list just having become what it is as Robyn's output at any given time. Whether that's a good thing is obviously a point of heated debate. _____ I like the "Spouse's Birthday Band" thing just because I know offhand that my wife shares a birthday with Joe Strummer. So here's Megan's band, the 8/21'ers: Count Basie, bandleader & arranger from beyond the grave Joe Strummer, vocals & polemics from beyond the grave Kenny Rogers, vocals, fried chicken, dropping in to see what condition his condition is in James Burton, dobro Steve Smith from Journey, big big big drums She got no bass. So many of these combos are lacking a key member. But maybe that's a good thing... birthday bands should stretch the boundaries of traditional music forms. Even, or perhaps especially if they have Kenny Roges in them. Off to order my Luxor and have some on-topic comments. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:33:23 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Beer again - -- brian@lazerlove5.com is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 17. Juni 2003 13:11 Uhr +0000 regarding Dandy Warhols/Birthday bands: > Nuppy, back from Sebatian's homeland where the beer is good, but I now > think america has the tastiest microbrewed beers. Hmm. Please elaborate: so you're saying that Germany has the best macrobrewed beer? Where's the borderline between micro and macro? And what did you have over here? Cheers, Sebastian PS no beer today, but I'll have a party tomorrow with two kegs of M|hlen Kvlsch - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:40:43 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: See, the tagline was, "The Doctor is IN... your mouth!" Rex wrote: > > >>I don't think any of us are wowsers, are we? > > Whoa, does that have a meaining or are you just > acting like it does? It surely does: Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:51:50 +0000 (GMT) From: brian@lazerlove5.com Subject: Re: Beer again Quoting Sebastian Hagedorn : > Please elaborate: so you're saying that Germany has the best macrobrewed > > beer? Where's the borderline between micro and macro? > > And what did you have over here? You expect me to remember all the names of those German beers? Ha! I'm lucky I can remember my name after that all weekend party in Dresden! Nuppy. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:14:55 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Best new band name I've heard in a long time The Capitol Years. Spelling uncertain, and I didn't catch the tune, just heard the name back-announced. But... isn't that great? What do y'all think-- actionable? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:25:59 +0100 (BST) From: crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com Subject: 12/12 roools!! Well, with Carrie and Jason Brown an' all, that's three 12/12ers. Can any other dates take us on!! My favourite co-12/12er is rockin' Erasmus Darwin (though I'm also happy to share with Flaubert, Fritz Lang and John 'Look Back In Anger' Osborne). Joe Feg ;-) PS. My sister is 11/11. Spooky...Then my brother fucks it up with 27/6 PPS James, Steven Gerrard is developing into a *superb* player. You should be proud of him. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:29:14 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: birthday band (02/07) Doc Boggs - banjo Austin Allen - banjo Wilma Lee Cooper - banjo Donna Stoneman (white go-go boots!) - mandolin Walter Miller (Sun Ra) - trumpet Alan Lancaster (Status Quo) - bass Vocal will consist of me doing an interpretive reading of the Uniform Commercial Code. Afterwards, veggies, dip & cheap wine in the reception area. - --- Whew, I'm lighting a match to clear out some of the ad-hominem fumes. Without taking sides in THAT, I enjoyed Quail's opinions & am sad to see him go. I will occasionally turn my nearly-socialist eyes upon The Modern Word. I think mailing lists in general take themselves too seriously. Shit happens. Sympathy to Max, congrats to Greg on his close call, continuing sympathy to Eb. Ross Taylor "More sugar!" Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:40:11 -0700 From: "Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" Subject: RE: 12/12 roools!! > Well, with Carrie and Jason Brown an' all, that's three 12/12ers. Can any > other dates take us on!! Yay us! > My favourite co-12/12er is rockin' Erasmus Darwin (though I'm also happy > to share with Flaubert, Fritz Lang and John 'Look Back In Anger' Osborne). And don't forget Bob Barker, Jennifer Connelly, Mayim Bialik, Mekhi Pfiefer, Tom Wilkinson, and Helen Frankenthaler. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:07:19 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Trying to give Robyn my money, but... ... is it really possible to order Luxor through the museum? I can't seem to get to my cart. Just keeps going back to the gift shop. Anyone else succeeded in this endeavor? - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:09:52 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Trying to give Robyn my money, but... At 12:07 PM 6/17/2003 -0700, Rex.Broome wrote: >... is it really possible to order Luxor through the museum? I can't seem >to get to my cart. Just keeps going back to the gift shop. Anyone else >succeeded in this endeavor? I succeeded -- on Sunday morning, before the official announcement of its availability. I'd seen LUXOR in Tower on Saturday for $21.99, which prompted me (1) to see if it was at the Museum yet when I got back home to a computer (it was) and if it was cheaper there (it was), and (2) to reflect on this being Exhibit #47 of Miles' Declining Hitchcock Fandom. My first thought on spying that copy of LUXOR was "ten years ago, you would have plonked down the $21.99 without thinking twice," and my second thought was "ten years ago, you would have already bought the import from a mail-order shop and wouldn't need to get it from Tower." LUXOR opinions to follow -- either late this week or, if LUXOR fails to reach me by Saturday, in a fortnight since I'll be out of town next week. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:16:28 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: birthday band and state of things >i'm apparently being too dim to work out how to get my birthday band from >allmusic, but according to the imdb, for 3/22 we can have andrew lloyd webber and angelo badalamenti slug it out for dibs on orchestration http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=DBD03|22 Jeez, Sondheim *and* Webber? Ugh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:21:56 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: RE: Yuck, only Barry Manilow?? - -- Michael Wells is rumored to have mumbled on Dienstag, 17. Juni 2003 8:20 Uhr -0500 regarding RE: Yuck, only Barry Manilow??: > First off, happy birthday, Sebastian! Thanks ;-) >> Can anybody find me others?? ;-) > > Mr. Manilow aside, I think there's a damn strong band born today (6/17): > > Philip Chevron (Radiators/Pogues, guitar) > BJ Cole (steel guitar) > Chuck Rainey (*serious* funk & jazz bass) > Paul Young (vocals) > Greg Rolie (Santana, keyboards) > Mike Buck (Fabulous Thunderbirds, drums) Hmm, I've missed Paul Young, but I wouldn't have recognised any of the other names. You're right, though, that doesn't sound half bad. Cheers, Sebastian - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:43:10 -0500 From: "Iosso, Ken" Subject: RE: birthday band and state of things My birthday (10/25/64) features Pablo Picasso and...Helen Reddy. Given that all these birthday bands seem awful I decided to start with a good musician and go to his/her birthday. 10/9 has John Lennon, PJ Harvey, John Entwhistle, Jackson Browne, Nona Hendryx, and OV Wright No other date comes close, though I can't find Jeff Tweedy's birthday. Ken Iosso Aide to Commissioner Ortega phone 651-266-8367 fax 651-266-8370 -----Original Message----- From: Eb [mailto:ElBroome@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:16 PM To: fgz Subject: Re: birthday band and state of things >i'm apparently being too dim to work out how to get my birthday band from >allmusic, but according to the imdb, for 3/22 we can have andrew lloyd webber and angelo badalamenti slug it out for dibs on orchestration http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=DBD03|22 Jeez, Sondheim *and* Webber? Ugh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:11:11 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: birthday band and state of things At 12:16 PM 6/17/2003 -0700, Eb wrote: >>i'm apparently being too dim to work out how to get my birthday band from >>allmusic, but according to the imdb, for 3/22 we can have andrew lloyd >webber and angelo badalamenti slug it out for dibs on orchestration > >http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=DBD03|22 > >Jeez, Sondheim *and* Webber? Ugh. > >Eb Finally! I get it! Juan Garcia Esquivel - Piano Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) - Guitar/vocals Connie Haines - Vocals Bill Le Sage - Vibrophone Chuck Domanico -Bass (he *did* work with Herb Alpert...) Mel Pritchard - Drums (the *only* drummer from 1/20) DJ Heaven - Ambiance ("you've got Heaven...Heaven in your baaaaaand") Ferris "Back to Work" Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:42:09 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: RE: best new band name... Jeffrey: >> The Capitol Years. >>>Hrmmmph: nowhere near as good as my new band, "Stop! My Ass Is on Fire!" And now, although I didn't the first time I saw it, I'm hearing this to the tune of "Hairdresser on Fire". And I would like to hear Morrissey sing it that way. Brings to mind another classic porn series, "Bigmouth Strikes Again Vols 1-47"... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:33:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: jezuz, what rotten fuckers! I don't even particularly like horses, but this was truly awful; I hope the two twerps run into a psycho who really likes horses for some reason and has to toss his salad a few dozen times.... ===== "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!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:56:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Trying to give Robyn my money, but... On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Rex.Broome wrote: > ... is it really possible to order Luxor through the museum? I can't > seem to get to my cart. Just keeps going back to the gift shop. > Anyone else succeeded in this endeavor? I succeeded Monday -- clicked "add to cart", then "checkout" immediately from there, and PayPal took it from there. Just looked up The Capitol Years on the web and they seem like slightly lo-fi power-pop traditionalists. I suspect that people who like Cotton Mather -- or really, people who are even aware of Cotton Mather -- should at least try the clips (www.capitolyears.com, natch). I was not enthralled. a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:14:56 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: RE: birthday band and state of things At 02:43 PM 6/17/2003 -0500, Iosso, Ken wrote: >No other date comes close, though I can't find Jeff Tweedy's birthday. I was at the Cleveland R.E.M./Wilco show on 8/25/99 (thanks Jane the Timeline Chick!), where they brought out a cake and said it was Jeff's 32nd birthday, which would make him a fellow '67 baby. If you put my birthdate into non-U.S. date format, I'd be 4/5/67, which is pretty darn cool. Anyway, I get, out of May 4th people I recognize: Nick Ashford (of Ashford & Simpson) Ronnie Bond (the Troggs' drummer) Ritchie Furay Dick Dale Tyrone Davis Maynard Ferguson Bruce Haack Jackie Jackson (of those Jacksons) Robert Ellis Orrall Stella Parton Randy Travis Vange Leonel (lesbian Brazilian popstress/author) That is gonna be one weird-ass band. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:21:28 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: jezuz, what rotten fuckers! At 01:33 PM 6/17/2003 -0700, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > "Both Liobijildo Guzman Herrera, 22, and Noel Guido-Silva, 21, were taken into custody at homes in Boyes Hot Springs and admitted killing the 23-year- old thoroughbred mare named Gentle Song as it grazed near Kenwood on April 26, Rochester said." Crap. What a horrible thing to happen on Giorgio Moroder's birthday... - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:52:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Groove Puppy Subject: Re: Birthday Band Jan 26th Anita Baker (Vocals) Lucinda Williams (Vocals & Guitar) Andrew Ridgely (Guitar?, Wham) Derek Holt (Bass, Climax Blues Band) Norman Hassan (Percussion, UB40) Stephane Grappelli (Fiddlin' Fool) Jazzie B (Poncing around with a cane) Eddie Van Halen (Guitar Tech) Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton (F@@k all) Some slim pickings there, but I don't care what anyone says, Andrew gets the guitar gig before EVH! Closest ages - Jazzie B. and Andrew Ridgely, both born 1-26-63. Not much cosmic balancing going on that day! (H) np Crystal Method "Tweekend" ===== CHUCKHOLE All that great punk rock taste with only half the calories. http://clix.to/chuckhole http://www.mp3.com/chuckhole __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:56:32 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: birthdays/art >> >Tommy Chong - Whatever >> >>Wasn't Chong a drummer? > > With Gary Burghoff in the band? so, be like King Crimson. Two drummers ain't illegal >Wow, that's weird. I saw 'Moon Unit' and *thought* Dweezil. Given the >similarities, I'm sure you can see how easily one could be confused. I >wonder if Frank ever had that problem. > >Michael "I bet not" Wells > >> > Moon Unit Zappa (like Tommy Chong, whatever he wants to play) >> >> She. ;-) heh. I'd read that her as referring to Tommy Chong. The wondrous anbiguities of English... >I totally agree with this. Totally. Someone else (Jeffrey? James?) voiced >a suspicion that artists (and I read it as "those genetically disposed to >*need* to create art" whether it's good or beloved or not) are basically >gonna be compelled to do their thing whether they get paid or not. God >knows I don't get much compensation for the songs I can't stop writing, >whether or not they're any good, but I don't see any end in sight. 'twasn't me, though I agree. Then again, as I've been discovering lately, it feels much better to be compensated for it... :) James (perhaps it should be...) PS - can't help with the musicians, but happy birthday anyway, Sebastian 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, 17 Jun 2003 19:18:52 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: birthday bands, et al A co-worker's Oct 3rd brought up this crew: Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals) Chubby Checker (vocals, naughty dancing) Gwen Stefani (vocals, extremely naughty dancing) Stevie Ray Vaughan (lead guitar) Lindsay Buckingham (rhythm guitar in triplicate, eyeshadow) Keb' Mo' (dobro, mandolin, and in charge of the hats) Albert Collins (backup guitar, in case anybody dies in a crash or something) Tommy Lee (drums, driving the bus with his you-know-what) Gail Greenwood (bass, fending off Tommy Lee) Produced by Lanny Waronker. That lot could play my birthday *anytime*. Michael "hell, Gwen could pop by for any reason at all...really, I wouldn't mind" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:39:14 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: I mean, can you really have *too* many? CBC News: Man fined for having too many frogs: Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:44:13 -0400 From: "FS Thomas" Subject: Down (with) The Hatch From The Washington Post (http://tinyurl.com/el0a) Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading By TED BRIDIS The Associated Press Tuesday, June 17, 2003; 5:22 PM WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet. The surprise remarks by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a hearing on copyright abuses represent a dramatic escalation in the frustrating battle by industry executives and lawmakers in Washington against illegal music downloads. During a discussion on methods to frustrate computer users who illegally exchange music and movie files over the Internet, Hatch asked technology executives about ways to damage computers involved in such file trading. Legal experts have said any such attack would violate federal anti-hacking laws. "No one is interested in destroying anyone's computer," replied Randy Saaf of MediaDefender Inc., a secretive Los Angeles company that builds technology to disrupt music downloads. One technique deliberately downloads pirated material very slowly so other users can't. "I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights." The senator acknowledged Congress would have to enact an exemption for copyright owners from liability for damaging computers. He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, "then destroy their computer." "If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that," Hatch said. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize" the seriousness of their actions, he said. "There's no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws," Hatch said. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., who has been active in copyright debates in Washington, urged Hatch to reconsider. Boucher described Hatch's role as chairman of the Judiciary Committee as "a very important position, so when Senator Hatch indicates his views with regard to a particular subject, we all take those views very seriously." Some legal experts suggested Hatch's provocative remarks were more likely intended to compel technology and music executives to work faster toward ways to protect copyrights online than to signal forthcoming legislation. "It's just the frustration of those who are looking at enforcing laws that are proving very hard to enforce," said Orin Kerr, a former Justice Department cybercrimes prosecutor and associate professor at George Washington University law school. The entertainment industry has gradually escalated its fight against Internet file-traders, targeting the most egregious pirates with civil lawsuits. The Recording Industry Association of America recently won a federal court decision making it significantly easier to identify and track consumers - even those hiding behind aliases - using popular Internet file-sharing software. Kerr predicted it was "extremely unlikely" for Congress to approve a hacking exemption for copyright owners, partly because of risks of collateral damage when innocent users might be wrongly targeted. "It wouldn't work," Kerr said. "There's no way of limiting the damage." Last year, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., ignited a firestorm across the Internet over a proposal to give the entertainment industry new powers to disrupt downloads of pirated music and movies. It would have lifted civil and criminal penalties against entertainment companies for disabling, diverting or blocking the trading of pirated songs and movies on the Internet. But Berman, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary panel on the Internet and intellectual property, always has maintained that his proposal wouldn't permit hacker-style attacks by the industry on Internet users. - --- On the Net: Sen. Hatch: http://hatch.senate.gov ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #222 ********************************