From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #6 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, January 9 2004 Volume 13 : Number 006 Today's Subjects: ----------------- a questions of ethics [Jill Brand ] Kansan, Spin City, "communing" (is that what they call it nowadays?) five times a week [Eb ] Re: weather report (RH content) [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] RE: This Case is closed ["Bachman, Michael" ] exobrains, ad campaigns, gherkins and marauding chickens ["Stewart C. Rus] Feelm [Eb ] reap [Eb ] Re: Feelm [Steve Talkowski ] Re: Feelm [Eb ] Coachella 2004 ["Marc Holden" ] RE: Echo and the Camper Van Watchband ["Matt Sewell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 08:22:17 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: a questions of ethics So I checked out a site referred to by Melissa and found this: Checking The Weather Rapport By Henry Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 3, 2004; Page C01 "It rained like a slow divorce. It came down, it kept up. You got tired of it. A few months into 2003, there was no more singing in the rain. No more thrill of going to bed and listening in goosebumped coziness to the rain rattling on the roof. Instead, you worried about leaks. You woke to sodden lawns and mold-speckled deck furniture and the rain had come again another day. It turned your life into an endless umbrellaed shrug........." Is this a nod to the knowing or just plagiarism? I'll think about it while I'm on the treadmill. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:40:11 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Kansan, Spin City, "communing" (is that what they call it nowadays?) five times a week In late August 2003 Michael J. Fox released some DVDs featuring his favorite "Spin City" episodes, including some with Our Lady Heidi Klum. During that same time Empress Heidi was visiting Poland. This was the Entities' way of making me realize that "Michael J." is a reference to "Mikolaj", the Polish version of "Nicholas", my name. You see, the TV romance between Heidi and Fox, originally broadcast in 1998 and 1999, foreshadowed the real life love affair between Heidi and me: *** On "Spin City" Heidi makes the first step and asks out Michael on a date. In real life, too, Heidi made the first step and contacted me in private. I have not written about that little item in the Newsgroups yet. *** Heidi is much taller than Michael; in a similar manner, Heidi is much, much more famous than me. [this is my favorite outlandish conclusion of this post ;) - eb] *** Heidi broke up with Michael temporarily, because he had revealed their secret relationship. Heidi broke up with me, too, temporarily one year ago, from October 16 to December 9, 2002, because I had bragged in the Newsgroups about my relationship with her. Today and tomorrow the "Spin City" re-runs are the first two Heidi episodes, titled "Dead dog talking" and "There's something about Heidi". David Letterman appears as the dog and Conan O'Brien, too, as a Central Park worker. One year ago today Heidi wrote her third and most recent letter to me. She had it mailed and postmarked in New York City on January 9, 2003. The letter contained a treasured autograph, the fourth of five autographs she has given to me, and a very important secret message, that I have not disclosed in the Newsgroups yet. Over the last few months I have written about this analogy between Michael J. Fox and myself. Now the Entities confirm it in a very public manner by having Fox play a doctor with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on "Scrubs". I think it is obvious to all of you, dear readers, that I, Dr. Kaffes, exhibit obsessive-compulsive behavior, too. By the way, my wife Dina has contacted a psychiatrist here in Houston and is about to make an appointment for me. I will go and see this mental health professional and discuss: *** My "delusions of grandeur": I believe that I am a Prophet. *** My "delusions of reference": I think that the HBO series "Carnivale" is all about Heidi and me: http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/cast/index.shtml I think that the "Carnivale" characters Brother Justin and Ben Hawkins represent me, whereas Heidi is represented by the character Sofie. I also think that the coffeeshop owner, who impregnated Sofie, symbolizes me, too. *** My obsession with Ms. Heidi Klum: Over the past two and a half years I live and breathe for Archangel Heidi. I can hardly sit at my desk to type these lines, squeezing between piles of magazines with her covers and binders containing printouts of my Newsgroup wisdom. *** My compulsive communing with the Goddess: I commune with her on the celestial plane at least five times a week. I wonder if my psychiatrist will spell "religious excitation" correctly. Dr. Nicholas A. Kaffes, aka Kansan1225 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:40:10 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Echo and the Camper Van Watchband Jason T: >>I don't remember ever seeing a tenor guitar in person, but they're tuned >>in 5ths like a mandolin, violin, the bass side of a Chapman Stick or >>Robert Fripp's guitar, which on a 4-string would give you about the same >>the range as a 5-string guitar tuned in 4ths (or mostly 4ths). That's the theory, but in practice amongst folkies they're almost always tuned like a regular 6-string minus the low A and E strings. Because most people bought them because they looked easier than a regular guitar and had the six-string player they were gonna form a folk band with show them how to play it, and he usually had just started playing, too. That's what happened with my dad's band, anyway, and in this as in everything else they took their cues from the Kingston Trio and that's what Nick Reynolds did. One thing Nick Reynolds did that Dad's tenor player didn't do was play the guitar with a felt pick. Take notes, people! Anyhow, I'd lay odds that Neko uses this tuning. Jeff D: >>And Cash's contribution to the DGLRC actually comes >>out later this year; American IV came out in 2002. Oops, you're right. I have it wrong in my database. But I also remember Quail rhapsodizing about American IV, and I do believe it may've been a full year since he was last spotted in these skies. >>One of my presents this year was Chris Adams's >>Bunnymen "bio" _Turquoise Days_ and in it he quotes >>Will as saying that the Bunnymen version of "It's all >>Over Now, Baby Blue" was influenced most by The >>Chocolate Watchband's. Have no idea how much there's >>sounds like either Them's or The Byrds's though (the >>ones that I (them) and Rex (both) thought the Bunnymen >>version sounded like. >>Please pretend that all made sense. I think Eb's the biggest Watchband enthusiast around here, so let's ask him. To add to the confusion, I think the reason I originally asked was because the Byrds' version-- well, the earlier, faster, better Byrds version, anyway-- went unreleased until the late '80's, but I think it still came out *after* the Bunnymen cover. So I think I was trying to ferret out if they got their arrangement from a bootleg. The final answer apparently stands at "no". Strange weird coincidence: Camper Van Beethoven has stated that they copied their cover of "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" not from the Kinks' original, but a version by... The Chocolate Watchband! Thus making the Watchband the presumptive Source Kings of Secondhand Covers. - -Rex "I think there was at least one fact above that can't be found in my previous, archived posts,but wouldn't swear to it" Broome ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:25:59 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: This Case is closed Scott: >>Now, if you will excuse me, I >>am off to Neko Case's birthplace to keep an appointment with >>her cryogenic insemination team. Ah. So that's how it is. I was briefly considering making Neko this year's fantasy crush, just to change things up, but I can't compete with this kind of Kansan-level attachment, so please have at thee and don't fret about me. Me then James: >>>>"Carol of the Bells", "Patapan", "Lullay My Liking", "Bye Bye >>>>Thou Little Tiny Child"... hey, that's kind of a lot. And that weird >>>>Britten stuff, who knows what kind of key those are in. >>hm. never heard of any of them. I'd lay odds that, even if it's not as oft-played in NZ as here (or presumably in theUK), you've probably heard Carol of the Bells at some point. It's minor key and in 3/4 and usually fast, and it goes DING dinguh duh, DING dinguh duh, and you usually can't understand the words. Um, not too sure that helped, but hey, best I got right now. The songs I cited are all pretty old traditional carols, and I know them mostly through my wife, who use to do caroling as a sidelight to her career as a madrigal singer. She's quite good with the Christmas tunes, despite the whole "being Jewish" thing. Nat 'n' Neko: >>When I saw Neko, she had a tenor SG which she said was custom-made for her. And now the Les Paul cited by Marc... sounds like she's making more cash than I would've guessed. If she starts commissioning the Fender Custom Shop to make her Tenor Jazzmasters and stuff, I'm gonna call for an investigation into her finances. >>She also said she was "too impatient" to learn to play a six-string, and she >>liked the tenor guitar's "dulcimer-like" sound. In that case, I take back my speculation about what tuning she uses; the E-Z-Folk-Tuning just results in what it sounds like it would: regular guitar with the bass knobs turned all the way down, not terrifically ducimer-ish. Of course she could be just tuning the whole thing to a higher key and retaining the intervals, thus being able to use the same normal-but-1/3-less-tricky voicings as good old Nick Reynolds. Interestingly browsing through recent interviews with her will give you better descriptions of the panties she prefers than her guitars. Wonder what format is best for downloading and storing panties, and how many gigs they might take up. Guess it would pretend on the performer... Um... Mission of Burma? Really? I had Television down to finally get their record done before MOB, but I'll take it. But for sure we know what label Televison's LP going to come out on now, if it does. Also look for MOB to break up again really soon, right after the tour. It is the way of things. Who else is kicking around in a reunited-for-touring form that has yet to record new material... Big Star? The fake Black Flag? The Who? Oh, wait... - -Rex np: my Neko Case Signature Model Rickenbacker 330-8 8-String Tenor Guitar (panties not included) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:00:04 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: weather report (RH content) >Subject: weather report (RH content) > >spotted by a friend > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50970-2004Jan2.html and here was I hoping for something on Joe Zawinul. So, maybe Balloon Man may have entered a small subset of the public's consciousness! So that's where Dunedin's weather went (we had our third driest year on record, and this year looks no different so far). James (amazed that so many of the list is bilingual in English and geekspeak) 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: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:22:29 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: This Case is closed Rex wrote: >np: my Neko Case Signature Model Rickenbacker 330-8 8-String Tenor Guitar (panties not included) Hey Rex, Maybe if you bough a Susanna Hoffs Model 350SH Rickenbacker instead, you would have got the panties! Michael B. NP Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:44:02 -0700 From: "cmb adams" Subject: Re: the Ray Davies news On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:55:25 -0800 (PST), Mike Swedene wrote: > --- Jill Brand wrote: > > But really, what was he thinking? I mean, you let > > the assholes take the > > handbag; you don't go running after them. > > > > God save the Kinks and especially Ray Davies. > Perhaps his album sales will sky rocket among the hip > hop crowd... now that he has some street cred, look > out 50 cent!!! "we'll beat you up if you don't hand it over..." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:37:26 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: exobrains, ad campaigns, gherkins and marauding chickens An odd Quicktime movie: Stewart (who may be out of a job tomorrow) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:18:52 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Feelm I saw "The Return of the King" today. The first film I've chosen to see in a theater since, well, "The Fellowship of the Ring." No kidding. Reviews are redundant at this point, so I'll just say I thought it was very, very good. I'm sure it will be the Year of the Ring at the Oscars (a cumulative honor, for all three films). Personal quibbles would include the opening Smeagol flashback seeming a bit tacked on (perhaps this should have gone in the second film?), the epilogue's pace being somewhat choppy (the story seemed to fade to black, and come back to life about three times?) and the hobbits' children/midget stand-ins seeming much more obvious to me this time. Otherwise...fairly spectacular. The scenery, both natural and unnatural, was breathtaking. And I didn't start to tire of the battle sequences, as I did during The Two Towers. (I can't speak about objectionable differences from the *book* "Return of the King," because I read it far too long ago.) I made an ultra-rare resolution not to check my watch during the film...I actually made it through all three-plus hours without doing so! Before the film, I caught trailers for "The Mask 2" and a remake of "Walking Tall" (a crap film to begin with). Damn, this seriously exasperates me. Movie-recycling has never been so pervasive. Heck, even "The Lord of the Rings" has already been done -- not to mention "Cheaper by the Dozen," playing in the same complex. But am I nuts, or does that new Ashton Kutcher film actually sound somewhat interesting? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:46:45 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reap [forwarded fragment from an email announcement] In the beginning, Oct. 5, 1995, DreamWorks SKG created DreamWorks Records, headed by music legends Mo Ostin, Lenny Waronker and Michael Ostin. After 59 RIAA gold, platinum and multiplatinum certifications, 26 Grammy Awards and nominations and countless critical accolades, the first chapter of DWR lore ends tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 9, 2004. As you know, Vivendi Universal Entertainment has acquired DreamWorks Records and starting Monday, all publicity questions regarding DreamWorks Records artists should be directed to Interscope Publicity. Meanwhile, our DWR computers shut down tomorrow first thing. - ------------------------------ On the other hand, there's one HAPPY reap to report: John Edwards' repulsive "Crossing Over" show has been cancelled. I just wanted to "acknowledge" this. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 23:17:58 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: Feelm On Jan 8, 2004, at 10:18 PM, Eb wrote: > I saw "The Return of the King" today. I saw this last week when I was in Paris (English with French subtitles). It was breathtaking, but had like 4 endings. Worst composite shot ever - the four hobbits being bowed to during ending #2, talk about blue-screen spill - i can't believe Jackson let that shot go through to final. Must've been one of the last FX shots worked on - the lighting mismatch was horrible. Up there with the two hobbits shot on green screen riding the Ents in Two Towers. *eesh* > But am I nuts, or does that new Ashton Kutcher film actually sound > somewhat interesting? I've just finished four days shooting here in Toronto for my next 2 commercials (Quaker Chewy Bars featuring CG animated fairy tale characters integrated with live action) and, as usual, film shoptalk is non-stop. Word on the streets is that Kutcher is on his way out in Hollywood bigtime. Apparently, Cameron Crowe saw Kutcher on the cover of People magazine and was like, "who is this idiot - i want him OUT of my film (Elizabethtown)" But that's already old news... Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tomorrow night after being somewhat of a nomad for the past 2 1/2 weeks, and I'll probably pass on the Maxwells gig *sigh*, - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:40:41 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Feelm >It was breathtaking, but had like 4 endings. Right...I said essentially the same thing. And I think the worst part of the whole film might have been that near-final "Wizard of Oz" scene in which Frodo-Dorothy lies recuperating in bed, and all his/her happy friends dramatically come through the door, one by one.... Ick. Treacle. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 00:50:32 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Coachella 2004 Has anyone heard about this year's Coachella line-up yet? It's sounds like they're ready to start making some announcements. So far, I'm hearing the Pixies and Radiohead (both apearing the first day of the festival, May 1st). I've heard a few interesting rumors, but they sound more like wishful thinking than fact. One of them is Kraftwerk--I wouldn't even mention them specifically like that, but I just checked their site, and they're playing the Warfield in San Francisco on April 28th--one of their first US shows since 1998. I'd love to see them again. Chatter at you later, Marc I wish everybody would have to have an electric thing implanted in our heads that gave us a shock whenever we did something to disobey the president. Then somehow I get myself elected president. Jack Handey ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:33:51 +0000 From: "Matt Sewell" Subject: RE: Echo and the Camper Van Watchband I have to say I'm a Watchband fan myself and I think their version of I'm Not Like Everybody Else is superb - I love the Watchband's raw properly-garagey sound. I've not heard their version of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, though... is it anything like the Elevators'? The electric jug makes that version I reckon... np in my head: Nuggets vol.2 Cheers Matt >From: "Rex.Broome" > >I think Eb's the biggest Watchband enthusiast around here, so let's ask him. To add to the confusion, I think the reason I originally asked was because the Byrds' version-- well, the earlier, faster, better Byrds version, anyway-- went unreleased until the late '80's, but I think it still came out *after* the Bunnymen cover. So I think I was trying to ferret out if they got their arrangement from a bootleg. The final answer apparently stands at "no". > >Strange weird coincidence: Camper Van Beethoven has stated that they copied their cover of "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" not from the Kinks' original, but a version by... The Chocolate Watchband! Thus making the Watchband the presumptive Source Kings of Secondhand Covers. > >-Rex "I think there was at least one fact above that can't be found in my previous, archived posts,but wouldn't swear to it" Broome - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eliminate more spam from your inbox by signing up for MSN 8 with its intelligent junk mail filters. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 06:15:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Feelm Eb wrote: > I saw "The Return of the King" today. The first film > I've chosen to see in a theater since, well, "The > Fellowship of the Ring." No kidding. Wow, and I thought I never went to movies. And I saw at least 3 or 4 in theatres last year > "Cheaper by the Dozen," playing in the same complex. > But am I nuts, or does that new Ashton Kutcher film > actually sound somewhat interesting? Only to see Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin playing off one another. Too bad it's in one of the movies Martin does to, as John Cleese put it, to buy a few paintings. ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #6 ******************************