From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V12 #377 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, October 13 2003 Volume 12 : Number 377 Today's Subjects: ----------------- give 'em an inch, and they'll write an ell. [grutness@surf4nix.com (James] Another reason to dislike John Mayer? [Eb ] Play Skool [Jill Brand ] Re: Play Skool ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Dead Kennedys [Ken Weingold ] Re: Kill The Poor [Michael R Godwin ] Re: How to be Hornby [Michael R Godwin ] Robyn on 'Duets with Deni' TV show tomorrow ["Charlotte Tupman" ] Re: Play Skool [Jeff Dwarf ] Poli-Sci-Phonic Spree! ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: Poli-Sci-Phonic Spree! [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] sloow day... [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:10:39 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: give 'em an inch, and they'll write an ell. >All in favor of revising the shape of lower-case "L" say "aye"... Or >putting a slash through the numeral - either way, I don't care. if you put a slash through it, it'll look like a Polish l (the one pronounced like you're swallowing your tongue). List awfy quiet lately... 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, 12 Oct 2003 15:19:15 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Another reason to dislike John Mayer? Around the time of the recent New York Fashion Week in September, Our Lady Heidi Klum was seen with rock singer John Mayer at three different establishments. At that same time Mayer's new album "Heavier Things" debuted at the No. 1 spot in the charts. Whenever God arranges for Angel Heidi to appear with someone, this is a message that has to be deciphered. I did not know of Mayer's name before, but when I listened to his music, I recognized his songs, that have been very popular on the radio over the last few years. I checked his photographs http://images.google.com/images?q=john+mayer&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&s coring=d&sa=N&tab=wi and right away saw that he has a resemblance to me, Nick Kaffes, aka Kansan1225. His third and seventh photographs above look a lot like me in my twenties. I went and bought his latest album and another one, "Time for Squares" (2001) (the sixth photograph is that album's cover), and found out that he looks even more like my cousin Billy Mangiosis. Therefore, Heidi's association with John Mayer is a signal for me to think about my cousin Billy. Our common ancestor is our late maternal grandmother Stavrianna Kardaras. Her first name means "Cross-Anna" in Greek. John Mayer, my cousin Billy, and my grandmother are all characterized by impressive eyes and pronounced eyebrows. While watching the new HBO series "Carnivale", I was struck by the character Apollonia's similarity to my grandmother Stavrianna. Apollonia is the comatose psychic, the mother of the Tarot card reader Sofie: http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/cast/index.shtml My grandmother was diabetic, but was very compulsive about eating sweets, like I am. She was living with my parents and me in Greece and one day in the early 1960s, on the feast day of the Saints Constantine and Helena, May 21, the first day of the Zodiac sign of Gemini Heidi, she ate a lot of cherries and went into diabetic coma. After that she was semi-paralyzed and had to be spoon-fed, like Apollonia is in "Carnivale". My grandmother lived on in this almost vegetative state for another twelve years or so. Apollonia's character in "Carnivale" is played by the actress Diane Salinger. This is very appropriate: "Apollonia" means "related to Apollo" and the Sun God Apollo's twin sister was the Moon Goddess Diana (Artemis in Greek). Last night Heidi was at the New York premiere of the movie "Kill Bill". Again, this is a reminder of my cousin Billy (and my grandmother Stavrianna). Heidi's paternal grandmother was the late Helene "Leni" Klum and, according to Greek custom, Heidi, as her father's first daughter, should have had the name Helene (and still have the same initials, HK). My wife is named Constance "Dina" and, therefore, my Two Ladies, Heidi and Dina, would have been celebrating their name days on the same feast day, the day of the Saints Constantine and Helena, May 21, the first day of the Zodiac sign of Gemini Heidi. Heidi is planning to name her first daughter Helene. The movie's title, "Kill Bill", is not a threat against my cousin (or me), but merely a signal for me to think about my cousin and, then, my grandmother and discover another, deeper message. I have done that already, but I can not discuss that message (it is a very good message) in public. At the "Kill Bill" premiere last night, Empress Heidi was accompanied by her personal trainer David Kirsch: http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CLB&str=1615&styp=clbi& nm=Heidi%20Klum "Kirsche" means "cherry" in German, the cause of my grandmother's coma. The beginning of the season for cherries in Greece is the day of the Saints Constantine and Helena, May 21, when my grandmother ate all those cherries. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:40:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Play Skool Play Skool now uses Walking on Sunshine to advertise one of its products. Kim is the new Raffi. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:53:24 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Play Skool Jill Brand wrote: > Play Skool now uses Walking on Sunshine to advertise one of its products. > Kim is the new Raffi. Yeah, that ad just happened to come on when I was visiting fellow-feg Caroline Smith. I can't really see Kim as Raffi; more raffish. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:26:09 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Dead Kennedys Since feg music taste seems to be all over the map, is anyone here into the Dead Kennedys? I'm learning the bass line of Too Drunk To Fuck for my band and need a better copy of it than the 128 kbps MP3 I was given. Anyone have Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death on CD who can get me a high quality (192) MP3 or AAC of it? Also, though I can already tell that Klaus Fluoride is fucking good, I wanted to know if he used a pick or his fingers. I can't find any live pics of the band that show me. Lastly, anyone have any DK on video? Thanks. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:22:25 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Kill The Poor On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 crowbar.joe@btopenworld.com wrote: > This is wonderful. In Britain we have a shadow Tory Chancellor who > recently said he'd rather 'beg than send his child to a state-funded > school.' Joe, I should point out that the Americans probably won't grasp that comment, because they have a crazy left-wing socialised education system. :-) [emoticon indicating content intended to be humorous] - - Mike Godwin (just started lecturing in economics of social policy) n.p. Humble Pie, Natural Born Bugie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:53:07 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: How to be Hornby On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Sweet & Tender Hooligan wrote: > The real reason I'm writing is because I seem to recall recalling that > there were at least a couple o' European-type fegs on this list, and I'm > curious how Hornby is perceived east of the pond. To a middle-American > like m'self, he comes across as lovably British; that nutty, caricatured > kind of British that one sees on sitcoms. I was talking to a colleague > this morning who thought Hornby's work was "smarmy, self-glorifying, and > appallingly literal," (yeah, the guy really talks like that) but I don't > see it. Nick Hornby made an immediate impact in the UK with his first novel, 'Fever Pitch', about a fanatical Arsenal supporter. 'High Fidelity', the follow-up, was about a fanatical record collector, and although it sold well, the reviews tended to disparage Hornby as becoming the novelist of the nerd. 'About a boy' was, I felt, an attempt to widen his focus from obsessive young men, though even in that the guy who befriends the boy is a fanatical trendspotter. I assume that after selling the film rights to 'Hi-Fi' and 'Boy', he is a wealthy man. I haven't read the latest one but will certainly put it on my list. I'd say that his current UK status is middlebrow, caring, easy-to-read bestseller, sort of a male equivalent of 'Bridget Jones Diary'. Am I being unfair? - - Mike Godwin PS If you don't know what an Arsenal supporter is, then you'll know how I felt watching 'French Connection II' the other night, during which Gene "don't talk to me about" Hackman made an interminable and irrelevant speech about great baseball players of the 1960s... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:52:48 +0100 From: "Charlotte Tupman" Subject: Robyn on 'Duets with Deni' TV show tomorrow http://www.denibonet.com/gigs.htm Unfortunately only the Manhattan shows are broadcast on the web, and the Manhattan version went out on Sunday. Is anyone able to record the Brooklyn TV show tomorrow? Kimberley has appeared in the last few days too, wish I'd checked the site before today! Charlotte _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:04:07 +0100 From: Leonard Adam Subject: RE: Athens/Atlanta Set Lists & Pics: FS Thomas [mailto:fsthomas@ochremedia.com] said: > Robyn Hitchcock > 09 October, 2003 > The 40 Watt Club > Athens, GA > ---------------------------- > Raymond Chandler Evening > Balloon Man > I Wish I Could Fly (unreleased) Isn't that the one Orville the Duck used to sing? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:28:44 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: RE: Athens/Atlanta Set Lists & Pics: At 04:04 PM 10/13/2003 +0100, Leonard Adam wrote: >FS Thomas [mailto:fsthomas@ochremedia.com] said: > > Robyn Hitchcock > > 09 October, 2003 > > The 40 Watt Club > > Athens, GA > > ---------------------------- > > Raymond Chandler Evening > > Balloon Man > > I Wish I Could Fly (unreleased) > >Isn't that the one Orville the Duck used to sing? The lyrics don't *sound* like Orville's. I could be wrong... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:59:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Play Skool "Stewart C. Russell" wrote: > Jill Brand wrote: > > Play Skool now uses Walking on Sunshine to advertise > one of its products. > > Kim is the new Raffi. > > Yeah, that ad just happened to come on when I was > visiting fellow-feg > Caroline Smith. I can't really see Kim as Raffi; more > raffish. And at least it's better than the couple of commercials featuring kids (for Kraft cheese slices and Energizer batteries) featuring "Let's get it On." ===== "Pentagon officials says Americanizing Iraq is difficult because Iraqis have had little to no reliable information for the past 35 years, and have lived on a diet of innuendo, rumor, conspiracy theories, fear, and propaganda. Sounds like the problem is they're too Americanized." -- Bill Maher "Being accused of hating America by people like Ann Coulter or Laura Ingraham is like being accused of hating children by Michael Jackson or (Cardinal) Bernard Law." -- anonymous . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:54:22 -0700 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Poli-Sci-Phonic Spree! So yeah, I just got back from West Virginia, and man did those folks have fun mocking the state where *I* live. Damn. Odd trip. I'll tell ya all about it. Later. Re: the election: I can tell you that in the days leading up to it a bunch of apolitical foks of my acquaintance who by their own admission haven't voted for years (if ever outside of the occasional presidential race) came out for Der Gropenfuhrer, the only possible reason for which was that the guy was famous, because I'd sure never heard them advocating strongly for any other candidate with no experience or platform. I have not yet decided how to punish these people. nb. I would oppose a recall effort against Ahnuld for the same reason I opposed this one. It's called "vote the bum out when the next election comes around". ___ Crowbar Joe: >>Rex asked if anyone could like psychobilly. Yup. Seen the Cramps >>twice in the last couple of weeks... Minor but important correction: I asked if anyone could be "really into" psychobilly. I was admittedly unclear about it at the time, but the folks I was talking about seemed to be saying that was the bulk of their musical diet. I'm sure they're into some of the associated roots artists, too, but they seemed to be saying that most of what they listen to is the current stuff, which seemed odd to me. So much of that stuff seems to be championed by Rob Zombie, and he kinda bugs me in and of himself. I do like the Cramps quite a bit. Halloween is coming... that always brings them back into my listening diet for a spell. ___ My Belief-O-Matic score, truncated: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (94%) 3. Liberal Quakers (91%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%) 5. Neo-Pagan (77%) Weird. Non-Theist came in at #7, odd for someone who stated strong disbelief in the supernatural, but I guess my big statements of right 'n' wrong skewed it (possibly explains why I personally would have reversed #1 and #2 if given the choice). New Age ranked way too high for my tastes, but unsurprisingly Roman Catholicism came in dead last, right behind Islam. Whew. ____ JeFFrey, Steve: >>Eb's gotta stop posting those "Kansan" things to this list... >>please, you'll just encourage him to post more! *sigh* >>perhaps a recall? (Pauses, considers.) I've changed my mind... I just kan't get enuff Kansan!!! On the same tip, thanks to everyone for hewing to arguements about socio-politics*, operating systems, and jam-bands while I was away... made catching up on what I missed a lot faster! - -Rex "also not to be skipped, my upcoming West Virginia travelogue!" Broome *I actually do read the political stuff until it hits the habitual wall where no quarter will be given, at which point it's all in the archives already. But do carry on! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:49:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Poli-Sci-Phonic Spree! Quoting "Rex.Broome" : . My Belief-O-Matic score, truncated: . . 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) . 2. Secular Humanism (94%) I haven't gone to this page yet (this time), but does it pretend to be rating "religious beliefs"? Because since when is "secular humanism" a religion (outside the eyes of insane fundamentalists)? (BTW, my hands decided they'd rather type "sexular humanism" the first time - might be a better religion at that!) . (Pauses, considers.) I've changed my mind... I just kan't get enuff . Kansan!!! What I *really* don't get is why the guy never says anything about what Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren are up to these days. ..Jeff, sexular humorist J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: sex, drugs, revolt, Eskimos, atheism np: The Circulatory System (s/t) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:10:58 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: sloow day... Since it seems to be a slow news day on Fegmaniax!, I thought I'd add a link to some thoughts on Ahnold's election from an elder statesman of journalism: 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V12 #377 ********************************