From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #246 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, June 30 2003 Volume 12 : Number 246 Today's Subjects: ----------------- =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Benic=E0ssim_Festival?= [broadway jack ] Re: From Nashville... / Dylan Covers [Eb ] Re: From Nashville Came A Dark Horse Riding On ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: From Nashville... / Dylan Covers [Christopher Gross ] hamil scars ["Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" ] Re: p*litics [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] This year just gets BETTER AND BETTER [Eb ] Re: p*litics [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: A common occurence? (0%RH) [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Reap [Michael R Godwin ] Re: hamil scars [Mike Swedene ] READ THIS RE: VIRUS [Marcy Tanter ] Re: Fwd: Matador Records News Update June 26, 2003 [Michael R Godwin ] more 70s, Steely Dan & Dylan ["ross taylor" ] Re: A common occurence? (0%RH) [Michael R Godwin ] I'm gonna ignore the politcal thread and focus instead on Liz Pha ir's nipples and I suggest you all do the same ["Re] OS X assistance, please ["Glen Uber" ] Re: OS X assistance, please [Ken Weingold ] Amusing list [Eb ] Re: Amusing list [FSThomas ] Re: Amusing list [Ken Weingold ] Re: Amusing list [John Barrington Jones ] Re: Amusing list ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: OS X assistance, please ["Glen Uber" Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Benic=E0ssim_Festival?= one time at band camp, Marc Holden said: >I was looking up some stuff on a German site, but unfortunately my German >is very poor. There was some information about the Benic`ssim Festival, >August 8-10th in Valencia Spain, which states that the Soft Boys are on the >line-up. I wouldn't be able to make it anyway, but I'd really like to know >if this is going to happen and who would be playing bass. It might have been >planned before the split, but I'm only guessing at this point. it's not going to happen. the festival appearance was planned before the band broke up again. far as i know, the deal was never finalized anyway so the festival site shouldn't be advertising the soft boys playing there in the first place. woj ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:07:37 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: From Nashville... / Dylan Covers >Michael: > > okay, here are my '70s albums (which i predict y'all are gonna ridicule > > mercilessly). i've even ranked 'em, for fuck's sake. > >No merciless ridiculing from this quarter; six direct matches and eight near >misses to my list. I think that qualifies me for some sort of therapy. You know, some might say that pointing out the similarities to your own list is a mild form of ridicule. ;) Incidentally, regarding the makeshift "consensus" statistics: I'd make some substitutions in my 70s-albums list if I was converting it to a favorite 70s *bands* list, due to the issue of artists who had just a couple of great records vs. artists who sustained quality for longer periods. Ergo, I'd probably drop the one-shotty 801, Derek & the Dominos, Gang of Four, George Harrison, Roy Wood, Television, Robert Fripp and Syd Barrett, along with John Cale (too many albums which I'm indifferent toward). Then I'd add Yes, Jethro Tull, the Residents, Tom Waits, the Raspberries, Badfinger, Cheap Trick, Graham Parker and Mott the Hoople. Even though none of those acts have individual 70s albums which thrill me quite so much. FWIW. I read something today, which I never knew: Mark Hamill had some horrible car accident between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, which required reconstructive surgery and left him permanently scarred? Never noticed this. Furthermore, the same source said a scene in Empire was rewritten to acknowledge the facial changes? Surely, one of you sci-fi zealots can tell me what the explanation was? Eb, breakin' in new runnin' shoes ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:14:53 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: From Nashville Came A Dark Horse Riding On Eddie Tews wrote: > > received LUXOR ... otherwise, this is total crap. what's not to like? Some intricate twinkly guitar work, songs about yams and ants; it's got everything. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:13:42 -0400 From: broadway jack Subject: Fwd: Matador Records News Update June 26, 2003 nothing really new, but interesting to hear that the clerkenwell festival appearance will be with band. >From: Matador >Reply-To: Matador >Subject: Matador Records News Update June 26, 2003 >Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:07:47 +0100 > >Matador Records News Update >June 26, 2003 > >[...] > >Robyn Hitchcock communicates with Us, and by extension, you: > >"I'm playing a selection of naff 70's hits on Friday 18th of July at the >Clerkenwell Festival. The band stars Kimberley and Morris as well as Terry >Edwards and Paul Noble, whose birthday it is. > >"On August 9th I'm playing solo at the Eden festival on Arrowe Hill, in the >Wirral, near Liverpool. > >"LUXOR, my new album is available from the Museum of Robyn Hitchcock at >robynhitchcock.com, or from Vital distribution." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:43:20 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: reap Katharine Hepburn, 96. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:17:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: From Nashville... / Dylan Covers On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > I read something today, which I never knew: Mark Hamill had some > horrible car accident between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, > which required reconstructive surgery and left him permanently > scarred? Never noticed this. Furthermore, the same source said a > scene in Empire was rewritten to acknowledge the facial changes? > Surely, one of you sci-fi zealots can tell me what the explanation > was? I'm not nearly big enough an SF zealot to answer that question. However, I do remember having some Star Wars trading cards a few years after the movie came out (I was 9 or so), and there was one of Mark Hamill where he has quite visible scarring on his face. Just a little bit of trivia for you. I wonder how much those cards would be worth now, if they hadn't gone into a landfill sometime during the Reagan administration? - --Chris np: Suspiria, "Goodbye 70s (Club Mix)" ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:26:09 -0700 From: "Jason Brown \(Echo Services Inc\)" Subject: hamil scars On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > I read something today, which I never knew: Mark Hamill had some > horrible car accident between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, > which required reconstructive surgery and left him permanently > scarred? Never noticed this. Furthermore, the same source said a > scene in Empire was rewritten to acknowledge the facial changes? > Surely, one of you sci-fi zealots can tell me what the explanation > was? I believe it was the whole Wampa Attack sequence at the beginning of Empire. I think the original script had the Imperial invasion start almost right way following some brief exposition. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:22:32 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: p*litics >> > Anyone wanna list their top 40 politicians of the '70s? > >>How about "best records made by once or future elected office-holders"? Did >>that guy from the Smithereens ever get elected to anything in New Jersey? and did Peter Garrett ever get into the Aussie senate for that matter James 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: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:44:45 -0700 From: Eb Subject: This year just gets BETTER AND BETTER Well, I've had my suspicions for awhile about some faint symptoms now and then, and I've definitely been wondering over the past two days. However, an incident tonight confirmed it for *sure*: It's apparently time again for my tri-annual kidney stone. This is Stone#3, for those of you keeping track. I guess I'll name this one Brian, after already enduring Mick and Keith in the past. Joy. *Just* what I needed. And me, with a 10K race coming up on the 4th (and my reg fee already paid). Great. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:31:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: p*litics James Dignan wrote: > >> > Anyone wanna list their top 40 politicians of the > '70s? > > > >>How about "best records made by once or future elected > office-holders"? Did > >>that guy from the Smithereens ever get elected to > anything in New Jersey? > > and did Peter Garrett ever get into the Aussie senate for > that matter I think all we have is Sonny Bono, who does at least deserve credit for co-writing "Needles and Pins." ===== "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: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:33:41 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: A common occurence? (0%RH) On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > Just occured to me...Big Star was at the top of the consensus, and > yet there wasn't even *one* vote for either Badfinger or the > Raspberries. Hrm. Well, Badfinger are a singles band, as are the Undertones and the Police. Never heard of the Raspberries. > No votes for Claudine Longet either, believe it or not. Also, no love > for the Undertones, Miles Davis, Alice Cooper, solo Bryan Ferry, the > Police, Ultravox, CSNY, Henry Cow, the Move, the Roches, the Band...even > Richard Harris. Well, I tried to vote for the Basement Tapes, but you objected. I can't think of many things worse than solo Biryani Ferret, but at least I never saw him live, which is more than I can say about Ultravox. Synthesizers and white boiler suits. Ye Gods! I would class the Move as a 60s band - didn't they mutate into the less-than-inspiring-but-massively-successful Electric Light Orchestra in the 70s, initially under the joint administration of Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, and later under Lynne alone? Roy's quintessential 70s band was surely Wizzard? Again they were strictly a singles outfit. Talking of rotten 70s groups, did anyone actually vote for Steely Dan? I was in a band in 1975 where I was forced to play "Ricki don't lose that number" and "Razor boy". They were hugely popular round here. What a load of pretentious tripe! Hadn't Miles Davis dropped dead by the 70s? I remember people playing 'Bitches Brew' to death while I was an undergraduate, but surely that was late 60s? I don't know anything about Wire; they are often mentioned on the Fireparty as well. I always assumed they were un unlistenable Slapp Happy - - Fred Frith sort of thing. Maybe I'm wrong? Finally, I must confess that I did buy 'Killer Queen' when it came out. Fortunately I soon saw the light. - - Mike Godwin n.p. 'The Pigworker' live at the Astoria (Hi, crowbar joe!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:35:00 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Reap On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, James Dignan wrote: > >>> Strom Thurmond. > > never heard of him. Didn't he used to design covers for the Floyd? (-: - - MRG> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:00:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: hamil scars The Hoth scene with the wampa/Whampa attack was rewritten due to the accident and tried to explain the scar to the audience. Mike np -> "Teh Elements" Beach Boys SMILE - --- "Jason Brown (Echo Services Inc)" wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > > > I read something today, which I never knew: Mark > Hamill had some > > horrible car accident between Star Wars and The > Empire Strikes Back, > > which required reconstructive surgery and left him > permanently > > scarred? Never noticed this. Furthermore, the same > source said a > > scene in Empire was rewritten to acknowledge the > facial changes? > > Surely, one of you sci-fi zealots can tell me what > the explanation > > was? > > I believe it was the whole Wampa Attack sequence at > the beginning of > Empire. I think the original script had the > Imperial invasion start > almost right way following some brief exposition. ===== - --------------------------------------------- Rebuilding my websight: http://www34.brinkster.com/bflomidy/ _____________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:02:58 -0500 From: Marcy Tanter Subject: READ THIS RE: VIRUS hey all--there's a virus rampant on my campus (forgive the rhyme!). If you get an email from me with the subject line re: movie or re:application, DO NOT OPEN IT!!! Marcy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:27:38 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Fwd: Matador Records News Update June 26, 2003 On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, broadway jack wrote: > nothing really new, but interesting to hear that the clerkenwell festival > appearance will be with band. > >Robyn Hitchcock communicates with Us, and by extension, you: > >"I'm playing a selection of naff 70's hits on Friday 18th of July at the > >Clerkenwell Festival. The band stars Kimberley and Morris as well as Terry > >Edwards and Paul Noble, whose birthday it is. I never saw an answer to the question about who played bass on the last Soft Boys concert a Paris. In view of these recent appearances by Paul Noble, he looks the best bet (assuming there is definite evidence that Matthew didn't show up). - - MRG n.p. John Fahey, Death of the Clayton Peacock ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:53:57 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: A common occurence? (0%RH) Not Mike Godwin's finest hour: > > Just occured to me...Big Star was at the top of the consensus, and >> yet there wasn't even *one* vote for either Badfinger or the >> Raspberries. Hrm. > >Well, Badfinger are a singles band, as are the Undertones and the Police. So what?? You say that as if it's such a cripping blow. And personally, I *wouldn't* call those three names "singles bands." Anyway, if we did a '60s poll, I'm sure CCR would have ranked somewhere. And *they* were a singles band.... >Never heard of the Raspberries. Yipe. Well, the Raspberries *were* a singles band, so I'm sure you wouldn't like them. They also didn't have some woozy half-mad eccentric, a la Viv Stanshall or Kevin Ayers. Oh drat. >I would class the Move as a 60s band Oh, good grief. They released albums in the '70s -- that's the only criterion which matters. >Roy's quintessential 70s band was >surely Wizzard? Again they were strictly a singles outfit. Boy, you're REALLY hung up on that, aren't ya? The Move released three-and-a-half albums during the '70s, all good. Perhaps someone might have ranked one of those albums. Didn't happen. That's all. >Hadn't Miles Davis dropped dead by the 70s? Uh...no. Many people think Jack Johnson and On the Corner are among the essential Miles albums. And other wilder types go nuts for the "acid jazz" of Agharta, Pangaea, Live Evil, etc. Perhaps someone might have ranked one of those albums. Didn't happen. That's all. >I don't know anything about Wire; they are often mentioned on the >Fireparty as well. I always assumed they were un unlistenable Slapp Happy >- Fred Frith sort of thing. Maybe I'm wrong? Yes. This post was uncharacteristically ignorant. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:05:06 -0400 From: "ross taylor" Subject: more 70s, Steely Dan & Dylan I now regret having included anything from 1970. That was really part of the 60s, which may have ended as late as 1972 (beginning of Watergate, beginning of withdrawal from Vietnam, style changes etc.) The 80s had a nice, clear beginning, w/ Lennon shot & Reagon in, but I still had some lag, not picking up on XTC, Gang of Four, Joy Division & other 70s favs until then. I also regret leaving out Steely Dan, but just for the 1st 3 albums. I'm glad I listened to Royal Scam & Katy Lied then, but couldn't now. In some ways the lyrics got better, but the music got more impersonal, more lite jazz. One of my main pleasures in the early S. Dan was the various guitarists. - --- My top Dylan covers: 1) Byrds - Mr. Tamborine Man 2) Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone [he keeps the rebellion meanings, but also makes it a real love song] 3) Byrds - Nothing Was Delivered 4) Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower [mostly for the solo] 5) PJ Harvey - Highway 61 6) Peter, Paul & Mary - Too Much of Nothing 7) Manfred Mann - Quinn the Eskimo [way pop, but a great song & no one else comes close. If there are any other good versions besides Dylan, I wanna hear] 8) The Band - I Shall Be Released 9) Leon Russell - A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall 10) Robyn H. - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 11) Fairport Convention - Percy's Song 12) Johnny Cash - Wanted Man 13) Richard Hell - Going, Going, Gone 14) Rick Nelson - Walkin' Down the Line 15) Rod Stewart - Only a Hobo 16) The Great Society - Outlaw Blues ["I might look like Samuel Gompers, but I feel just like Baby Jane"] 17) Flamin' Groovies - Absolutely Sweet Marie 18) The Faces - Wicked Messenger 19) Grateful Dead - Visions of Johanna 20) Wack Attack - Subterreanean Homesick Blues [rap] After that would follow all the other Byrds entries. "Tears of Rage" by The Band would be number 1, except, like "This Wheel's On Fire," it's a collaboration. I suppose I should hear the Hollies Dylan record, but I suspect it's wishy washy. Ross Taylor "'I know I've seen that face before,' Big Jim was thinkin' to himself" Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:33:22 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: A common occurence? (0%RH) > >Roy's quintessential 70s band was > >surely Wizzard? Again they were strictly a singles outfit. >On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > Boy, you're REALLY hung up on that, aren't ya? I thought this was an albums poll. > This post was uncharacteristically ignorant. No need to apologise! - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:50:33 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: I'm gonna ignore the politcal thread and focus instead on Liz Pha ir's nipples and I suggest you all do the same JeFFrey: >>"We know our Jeffreys / You've got to know your Jeffreys" Damn, can't believe I did that again. Thing is I knew which Jeff it was, but somewhere along the line capitallizing those 2 FF's became second-nature. I even do it when writing to my brother Jeffrey sometimes. Sorry... ____ Eb: >>One reason why Liz Phair might be considered "hot": Eb can always be counted on to bring the boobs! >>But I do think the lists are a lot more interesting when they're limited to >>one-album-per-artist. Otherwise, we'd have too many lists overstuffed >>with Dylan, Bowie, Neil Young, etc. My own list would have plenty of >>repetition, too. Yeah, you set it up the correct way. I did do and post a list *without* the rule in place just for fun (but it was in addition to a real one)... I wouldn't mind seeing other people do the same, although the lists would probably reflect the long-standing and well-known biases of the longtime listers (like mine did)... might be more interesting coming from the less vocal posters. >>there wasn't even *one* vote for either Badfinger or the Raspberries. I have compilations of both which I enjoy greatly but don't know the individual albums and feel fairly sated by what I have... anyone else in the same boat? Looked at the Band's '70's output but it so pales in comparison to their earlier stuff that it didn't make the cut. ____ James: >>I'm surprised that John Cale is placed so low. Me too. >>And it seems I may have to investigate Big Star, of whom I know nothing. Holy Hell! What, are there no children by the millions in New Zealand*? It would be weird to hear Big Star for the first time right now, especially since you'd be all, hey, what the hell, that's the theme to That '70's Show! >>Either (likely) there's more than one D. Boon, or (unlikely) their >>guitarist looks like a small, round, Australian cricketer with a big >>moustache. So you've never heard the Minutemen either? That's slightly less surprising than the Big Star thing, but still... they might not be up your alley, James, although there's certainly a kinship with the early lo-fi Kiwi pop. Just less poppy. *reference to the Replacements' reference to Alex Chilton of Big Star, if that helps you put stuff in context. See also Box Tops. >>Soccer parents (well, a lot of them) make Southern Baptists >>look moderate and open-minded. It's only a sport -- all >>preferences are aesthetic in nature. I way don't grasp the stereotype "soccer mom"... I mean, I could draw a picture of one, but I'm not sure what the psychology is meant to be, but with growing little girls in the house I'm sure to find out. However, James, you shouldn't underestimate how hardcore parents are about every *other* high school sport in the US. Especially in small town, HS sports are THE dominant idiom. My dad was a coach and my brother was on a number of teams, and oh, the sturm und drang, lemme tell ya. It's all the *adults* talk about, ferchrissakes. God... for a high school football star, life is guaranteed to peak at 17. Wouldn't wish that on my worst foe. I'm not touching the voting thread with a 30-foot tinfoil thoth. - -Rex, thoughts on Luxor to follow ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:03:02 -0700 From: "Glen Uber" Subject: OS X assistance, please Hey all, One of the Macs in my office is locked in a Login Panel loop. The computer starts up fine, gets to the login panel where the user's name appears with the space to enter the password. When the password is entered, the computer goes through the motions and then brings up the login panel again. Anyone know of a way around this? I'm not timid about using the command line, so if that is required, it's okay. - -- Cheers! - -g- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:21:26 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: OS X assistance, please On Mon, Jun 30, 2003, Glen Uber wrote: > One of the Macs in my office is locked in a Login Panel loop. The > computer starts up fine, gets to the login panel where the user's name > appears with the space to enter the password. When the password is > entered, the computer goes through the motions and then brings up the > login panel again. > > Anyone know of a way around this? I'm not timid about using the command > line, so if that is required, it's okay. That's really weird. Can you log in as any other user? Is Caps Lock on? If you are the only user on the system, have you enabled root? If not, I would suggest starting from the OS X CD and running the Fix Permissions utility in the Disk Utility app. That might help. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:53:34 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Amusing list Empire magazine recently published its top 10 worst movie accents of all time: 1. Sean Connery in The Untouchables (1987) [and won the Oscar!] 2. Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964) 3. Brad Pitt in Seven Years In Tibet (1997). 4. Charlton Heston in Touch Of Evil (1958). 5. Heather Graham in From Hell (2001). 6. Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). 7. Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly (1996). 8. Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer (1980). 9. Pete Postlethwaite in The Usual Suspects (1995). 10. Meryl Streep in Out Of Africa (1985). Ha. Any other nominees? Seems like I can recall a pretty awful British accent by Winona Ryder in some film.... (Dracula? Sleepy Hollow? Age of Innocence?) Eb PS I actually thought Dick Van Dyke *was* British when I was really little, based on seeing him only in that film! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:02:45 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: Amusing list Too bad Costner got left off for *no* accent in Robin Hood. At 11:53 AM 6/30/2003 -0700, Eb wrote: >Empire magazine recently published its top 10 worst movie accents of all time: > >1. Sean Connery in The Untouchables (1987) [and won the Oscar!] >2. Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964) >3. Brad Pitt in Seven Years In Tibet (1997). >4. Charlton Heston in Touch Of Evil (1958). >5. Heather Graham in From Hell (2001). >6. Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). >7. Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly (1996). >8. Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer (1980). >9. Pete Postlethwaite in The Usual Suspects (1995). >10. Meryl Streep in Out Of Africa (1985). > >Ha. > >Any other nominees? Seems like I can recall a pretty awful British >accent by Winona Ryder in some film.... (Dracula? Sleepy Hollow? Age >of Innocence?) > >Eb > >PS I actually thought Dick Van Dyke *was* British when I was really >little, based on seeing him only in that film! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:07:19 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Amusing list On the contrary an incredible accent I thought was Minnie Driver in Grosse Pointe Blank. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:11:29 -0700 (PDT) From: John Barrington Jones Subject: Re: Amusing list On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Eb wrote: > Empire magazine recently published its top 10 worst movie accents of all time: > > Any other nominees? Yep. Football player Tony Siragusa as Kostya Novotny in Spike Lee's "25th Hour". I just watched this over the weekend, and had to laugh whenever this guy opened his mouth. Its a Ukranian accent he's trying to adopt - but I just pictured Boris and Natasha every time. Let's get moose and squirrel, =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:13:36 -0400 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Amusing list >From: FSThomas >Subject: Re: Amusing list >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:02:45 -0400 >Too bad Costner got left off for *no* accent in Robin Hood. Well, I don't recall Charlton Heston using any accent in Touch Of Evil. I know he was supposed to be Mexican but he never even tried as far as I could tell. Max _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:16:22 -0700 From: "Glen Uber" Subject: Re: OS X assistance, please Ken earnestly scribbled: >That's really weird. Can you log in as any other user? Is Caps Lock >on? If you are the only user on the system, have you enabled root? >If not, I would suggest starting from the OS X CD and running the Fix >Permissions utility in the Disk Utility app. That might help. Tried repairing the permissions to no avail. Logging in as root from the boot panel yields the same result. - -- Cheers! - -g- "Soylens Viridis Homines Est" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:16:38 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Liz Phair's nipples (some power-pop/70s content) >Rex: > >>there wasn't even *one* vote for either Badfinger or the Raspberries. > >I have compilations of both which I enjoy greatly but don't know the >individual albums and feel fairly sated by what I have... anyone else in the same boat? I'd say Badfinger *definitely* deserves to be collected beyond a mere compilation. Especially since the comp you have probably includes nothing from Wish You Were Here or the self-titled album...only stuff from the Apple period. Plenty of hardcore fans think Wish You Were Here is Badfinger's "masterpiece," though I don't agree at all. Six Badfinger albums are well-worth having: Straight Up, No Dice, Magic Christian Music, Ass, Badfinger and Wish You Were Here. Straight Up ("Day After Day") and No Dice ("No Matter What") are my favorites. The material stays strong throughout the catalog, but the performances and production values grow blander and blander as time passes. The Raspberries have less albums than Badfinger, and were served pretty well by that 20-song "Collectors Series" compilation from the early '90s -- though you're blowing it, if you have one of the crummier anthologies with fewer tracks. However, let me add that *at least* two great songs aren't on the Collectors Series compilation: "I Can Remember" (off the debut...a seven-and-a-half minute suite which splices a bunch of distinct sections into one long piece) and "Play On" (off Starting Over). Naturally, pop dorks will tell you that every last note the Raspberries recorded is utterly essential. >Looked at the Band's '70's output but it so pales in comparison >to their earlier stuff that it didn't make the cut. I don't disagree with this, but thought someone else might like the '70s stuff a lot. I have Stage Fright, which is OK, but I think I bought both Cahoots and Islands, and traded them back. Other people might worship the live album Rock of Ages, the covers album Moondog Matinee or The Last Waltz (if you want to count that as a "Band album"). >Mike: > > >Roy's quintessential 70s band was > > >surely Wizzard? Again they were strictly a singles outfit. > > > Boy, you're REALLY hung up on that, aren't ya? > >I thought this was an albums poll. An album full of great singles is still a great album. Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #246 ********************************