From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #194 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, July 4 2004 Volume 13 : Number 194 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? ["Eb" ] Re: Soft Boys 76-81 Double CD [James Dignan ] Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? ["Eb" ] Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? [Tom Clark ] Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? ["Brian" ] Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? ["Fortissimo" ] Soft Boys 76-81 Double CD ["craigie*" ] Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? [Aaron Mandel ] Real Player [Ken Weingold ] plodplodplodplod... [Eb ] Re: plodplodplodplod... ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: plodplodplodplod... [Capuchin ] Comix - RH Content [Tom Clark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:08:04 -0700 From: "Eb" Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? > > I can't remember: Has this list yet discussed those Pepto Bismol ads, > > where > > the office workers chant about their diarrhea while clutching their > > asses? > > Now there we have a case of BAD-annoying -- perhaps the single most > > tasteless commercial I've seen in my life. Simply astonishing. > > Nope - not as bad as the ad for...I don't recall who - but featuring a > character who had to try things out before he bought them. He's in an > aisle full of toilets, and we see him face his rear toward the toilets > and begin to undo his trousers... Thankfully, that's all we see. But who > the hell thought anyone wanted even to *think* about the rest? At least based on description, this doesn't sound as bad. At least in your ad, only *one* actor degrades himself beyond all measure. And your ad sounds *funny*, as opposed to simply disgusting. Found this relevant link: http://tacoweapon.com/blog/archives/2004/05/25/the_peptobismol_commercial.php And the commercial itself: http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=15422&type=coolad&startrow=1 > I don't suppose it > surprises anyone here to hear me say that ["Buffy" is] quite possibly the best > TV show ever in terms of overall effectiveness. I don't suppose it surprises anyone here to hear me silently roll my eyes. ;) Oh, I just read an unmentioned (?) reap, which even has some faint Robyn relevance: Peter Barnes, the man who wrote "The Ruling Class." Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:46:46 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Soft Boys 76-81 Double CD >We all need an unspoken pact that anyone in need of the 5 Wading >Through A Ventilator tracks and the live stuff from this comp will be >duly hooked up. This is maybe the best 2cd band comp I know, and it's >a tragedy it's out of print. If mine ever gets scratched on the read >surface, I will weep. uh-oh... that sounds dangerously like starting a thread, especially after recent news about "The name of this band is Talking Heads"! James np - Joe Jackson Live 1980/86 - -- 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: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:27:48 -0700 From: "Eb" Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? Eddie the Edster: > <"Jaws" is a flat-out masterpiece> > > have you watched it recently? if you do, i think you'll find that, > while it's a pretty decent movie, it's far from a masterpiece. I have no complaints. Jaws isn't a favorite film of *mine*, but for what it is, it's fantastic. Especially when you think about all the clone films, and how horrendous they were. > depends which movie you're watching. if it's Crimson Permanent > Assurance, Brazil, or Munchausen; i really think it's the best acting > and characters ever seen in special effects movies. I'd like to see the full Crimson Permanent Assurance. > effects" film??> > > Hudsucker Proxy, dude! Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, and O Brother had > some pretty eye-popping visuals, too; though Hudsucker is a true special > effects masterwork. You seem to define "special effects" far differently than most other folks. > by the way, i had a pretty fucked up fegdream last night. my memory's a > bit hazy. but it was to do with there being a separate soft boys list, > in addition to fegmaniax. at one point, there was an announcement that > the soft boys had broken up -- but people continued to post to the soft > boys list anyhow. so then paul wolfowitz (!) started posting to the soft > boys list, saying that everyone who was continuing to post to the soft > boys list even after they had broken up was going to be in trouble. which > of course caused a furor on the fegmaniax list. so then there was some > kind of hearing to sort it all out. my mom (who wouldn't know a robyn > hitchcock song from a hole in the ground) was arguing wolfowitz's side. > after every point made by her, i would loudly and rudely reply, "give me a > fucking break, mom." then eb (as far as i can recall, the only other feg > in attendance) caused a big problem when his dog (a little "yipper" dog, > you could say) went totally ape-shit, and eb couldn't get it back under > control. that's all i can remember. Oh my. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:00:51 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? On Jul 2, 2004, at 4:49 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > >> He's in an >> aisle full of toilets, and we see him face his rear toward the toilets >> and begin to undo his trousers... Thankfully, that's all we see. But >> who >> the hell thought anyone wanted even to *think* about the rest? > > A friend who used to work in a big home centre in Scotland said that > was a big problem in the bathroom section. They ended up having to > tape the toilet lids down. > Go rent "Jackass The Movie" for a real life demonstration of this prank. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:04:50 -0400 From: "Brian" Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:56:05 -0700 (PDT), "The Reptile Brain" Kenedster said: > > by the way, #2. i've stuck upon an idea which i think should take the > world of middle eastern cuisine by storm: the falafel waffle. how can > *anyone* resist saying "falafel waffle" over and over and over again? i > plan to try to make some the next time we get a load of parsley in. i > will > notify you when that happens. Oh yes! Sign me up please. And open a kiosk restaurant properly called The Falafel Waffle King. - -Nuppy - -- Brian nightshadecat@mailbolt.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:43:31 -0500 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:00:51 -0700, "Tom Clark" said: > On Jul 2, 2004, at 4:49 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > > > > >> He's in an > >> aisle full of toilets, and we see him face his rear toward the toilets > >> and begin to undo his trousers... Thankfully, that's all we see. But > >> who > >> the hell thought anyone wanted even to *think* about the rest? > > > > A friend who used to work in a big home centre in Scotland said that > > was a big problem in the bathroom section. They ended up having to > > tape the toilet lids down. > > > > Go rent "Jackass The Movie" for a real life demonstration of this prank. Or don't. But think about it, and have a great ol' time laughing at the minimum-wage employees who had to clean up after the oh-so-brilliant "Jackass" crew's lovely pranks. I *hate* those fuckers. It might be funny if it were a cartoon - but in real life? Sorry - I just don't get the whole school of "comedy" that insists that people behaving like unconscionable pricks is "funny." - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: crumple zones:: :: harmful or fatal if swallowed :: :: small-craft warning :: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 18:43:17 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Soft Boys 76-81 Double CD i had no idea this was *rare*.... i have a copy, which can be copied and sent to the needy, or ripped and Torrented... you choose... all the best! craigie* ...better late than never, until proven otherwise... (and apologies to James who has had to readthis twice! Sorry JD...) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Dignan" > To: > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 1:46 AM > Subject: Re: Soft Boys 76-81 Double CD > > > > >We all need an unspoken pact that anyone in need of the 5 Wading > > >Through A Ventilator tracks and the live stuff from this comp will be > > >duly hooked up. This is maybe the best 2cd band comp I know, and it's > > >a tragedy it's out of print. If mine ever gets scratched on the read > > >surface, I will weep. > > > > uh-oh... that sounds dangerously like starting a thread, especially > > after recent news about "The name of this band is Talking Heads"! > > > > James > > > > np - Joe Jackson Live 1980/86 > > -- > > 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: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:28:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Uncle Junior's summer gig? On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Fortissimo wrote: > I *hate* those fuckers. It might be funny if it were a cartoon - but in > real life? Sorry - I just don't get the whole school of "comedy" that > insists that people behaving like unconscionable pricks is "funny." My one and only experience with Jackass involved me unable to breathe because I was laughing so hard. Perhaps not by coincidence, it was a self-inflicted prank: one of the guys 'testing' an athletic cup by getting hit over and over again in the crotch with an escalating series of armaments (cricket bat, kicked by fourth-grader, pool ball dropped from roof). I don't exactly know why it was so funny, but my roommate Frances was also hypoxial with mirth. Then I think they moved on to something involving earthworms and we changed the channel. a ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:32:21 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Real Player Contrary to what I and most people have always through of Real, I just tried the new version 10 beta of the Real Player for OS X and god damn it's nice. I can't believe they actually did a good job on this. I recommend checking it out. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:55:34 -0700 From: Eb Subject: plodplodplodplod... So.... This morning, I ran in a 10K race. A recurrent affair on the July 4th weekend. Did the same race in the previous two years, though I ran the 5K version the first time. I'm sure you all remember those testmonies oh-so-fondly. The weather was *perfect*. Gray and overcast, but not too cold or windy. This is also an especially good 10K course, because it's nearly dead flat. And the path is very simple: almost a standard rectangle on four-lane surface streets, looped twice. (The 5K'ers run just one loop.) The race was at 7:30am, and given that the whole day seems to be equally overcast, I wish the race had started a bit later. These things often start at 8am and, being a fairly nocturnal beast, every extra minute counts for me. A year ago in the same race (same route), my time was 52:41. I've improved a lot since then, and in February, I ran a different 10K in 49:52. That was my best official time, before today. I've been running really well by personal standards in recent weeks, so I had high hopes for this race. I was expecting to beat 49:52 by at least a minute. My baseline goal was to run in the 48's. It wasn't a large race. There were about 200 5K'ers, and about 90 10K'ers. The two groups began staggered -- the 10Kers took off about a quarter-mile behind the 5K'ers, which meant there was a "snarl" in the opening minutes as the faster 10Kers manuevered through the 5K pack. I lost some seconds there, which eventually turned out to be quite precious. I felt strong as the race started, but was a little disappointed that my first mile was timed around 7:28. In other recent races, my first mile was around 7:10. So, I was already feeling slightly slow. I ran the first loop feeling strong, and I wasn't getting passed much. Whether this is because I was pacing myself better than usual or simply because the field was small, I don't know. In any case, I was passing others a lot more often than vice versa, so that was encouraging. However, I felt like I tired a lot in the last two miles. Maybe part of the problem was that the field was small, so I didn't have any nearby peers to push me. Mostly, I just watched the same redheaded guy about 80-90 feet ahead of me.... Well, to wind this up, my goal was to run in the 48's, and my final time turned out to be -- arrrrrrrgh -- 49 minutes exactly! 49:00 (a 7:53/mile pace). Literally, one second off my goal. I neglected to eye the scoreboard clock as I neared the finish line -- if I had realized how close this would be, I could have pushed myself a hair more. Only 15 seconds faster would be the difference between feeling "pleased" and feeling "faintly disappointed." I was right on the cusp. Phooey. I'm not entirely sure about this, but I believe I finished around 37th out of 87 runners, and ninth out of 17 in my (highly competitive) age group. I know the current requirement is that all Internet exchanges must contain some reference to "Fahrenheit 911," but all I can say is that I doubt Michael Moore would have been a top finisher at this distance. He probably would have found something nasty to say about the race's sponsors however, or perhaps about someone who works for the city of La Palma. Faithfully, Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:01:45 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: plodplodplodplod... Eb wrote: > > I know the current requirement is that all Internet exchanges must > contain some reference to "Fahrenheit 911," but all I can say is that I > doubt Michael Moore would have been a top finisher at this distance. I think MM would use the same suggestion that I made to my high school athletics teacher regarding running round a track: "Is it alright if I just stay here, 'cos they'll be finishing back at the same place, and I won't get all out of breath..." I've never understood why that teacher went so bloody ape about that comment. I mean, it's not like they got anywhere in that race. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 16:15:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: plodplodplodplod... On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > I've never understood why that teacher went so bloody ape about that > comment. I mean, it's not like they got anywhere in that race. Oh, I couldn't agree more. Why would you go out running after driving home from work (or before driving to)? If you're going to go out and do some work, have it benefit you in more than one way! J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:22:05 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Comix - RH Content Spot the reference in this week's Slowpoke: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jls6c/thisweekstrip.html - -tc ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #194 ********************************