From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #325 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, November 12 2004 Volume 13 : Number 325 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Scranton, quick notes. ["Maximilian Lang" ] RE: More tax stuff (NR) ["Marc Alberts" ] My big problem with Arafat's death ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Re: Quick Flying V notes.... ["Brian Hoare" ] Philly pre-show dinner ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Quick Flying V notes.... ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Quick Flying V notes.... [Ken Weingold ] Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) [Ken Weingold ] Re: Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) [Rex Broome ] Re: Quick Flying V notes.... [Rex Broome ] Re: Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) [Ken Weingold ] A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) [steve ] Re: More tax stuff (NR) [2fs ] Re: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) [Tom Clark ] Re: REAP [Rex Broome ] Re: REAP [bisontentacle ] Re: REAP [Tom Clark ] Re: REAP [2fs ] Eats for Fegs [jlewis@gator.net] Re: REAP ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: REAP [Bret ] Re: REAP [Tom Clark ] RE: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) ["Brian Huddell" ] RE: REAP ["Marc Alberts" ] Re: REAP [Benjamin Lukoff ] Re: REAP [Tom Clark ] REAP ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: REAP [Capuchin ] for the guitar-nerd fegs: williamlaskin.com ["Stewart C. Russell" ] RE: REAP [Eb ] Flying V [Jill Brand ] RE: REAP [Capuchin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 03:16:47 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Scranton, quick notes. 81 minute set No requests(if you saw that Scranton crowd you would understand) He did the wander around the audience bit at the end He did an autograph session after the show(when and how did he become so warm and fuzzy) Robyn said he is NOT touring with a band this springand that it will be mostly in cities he missed this time around I did NOT get soundboard access Lost an hour of my life getting lost in Pennsylvania more later today Max ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:34:35 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: More tax stuff (NR) Steve wrote: > > I am by no means a tax specialist, so feel free point out any flaws in > the above. I think you're missing the "hidden tax" that the Fair Tax people talk about. This is based on corporate income taxes averaging 22%. How you would credit that against an individual tax bill, however, I'm not exactly sure without really diving in, and I don't have time at the moment to do so, but you might want to take a look at it and see if they're making sense when they say it. After all, if they're spending $30k per year, it's not hard to imagine that they are paying more than 3% in additional tax burden based on taxes passed on to consumers, since it's impossible not to pass on a good chunk of corporate taxes in the form of higher costs. The real question, however, is how big that "good chunk" is. If it's very substantial, then by lowering the costs of goods the tax rate might go up as you described, but the purchasing power of the family would still be higher than if they paid ostensibly less in taxes but couldn't purchase as much. Since Walmart is a perfect example of the kind of place where families of 4 making $30k/year shop, and their average profit margin was 3.3% the last time I looked at their financial statements, which means that they would return a significant portion of that corporate tax, not to mention that all of their suppliers would be pressured to do the same in turn. Find a way to take that into account, and you'll have a true picture. I can't say up front how much different it would look, but it at least makes sense to consider it since at that income level for a family of four, if you could buy $1008 more goods in a year than you could before because of lower corporate taxes, you break exactly even based on your analysis. It's hard to know without a pretty serious regression analysis how much purchasing power would actually increase, but that is what you would have to look at in order to make any meaningful analysis at all. After all, it is conceivable that if the family went to Walmart for 100% of their shopping, their effective purchasing power would increase 19%, or high enough that they might not now need to spend 100% of their income anymore. Whether this is likely or not, however, is a different story, hence the regression analysis. I'll leave that to others on the list who might be so motivated. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:51:02 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: My big problem with Arafat's death Every single time I hear the name Arafat, which is about every five or six seconds lately, the line "One day I fell out of the pack, I felt like Yassar Arafat. It was a close shave, but I skipped that trap. And now I've done some growing up, I ain't the same old buttercup..." from the song "Old School" by Klark Kent. When will it stop? It's getting kind of old. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:54:14 -0500 From: Jon Lewis Subject: Re: Southpaw & Maxwell's? On Thursday, November 11, 2004, at 03:21 PM, bisontentacle wrote: > one time at band camp, Maximilian Lang (maximlang@hotmail.com) said: > >> I don't know what the plan prior to Southpaw is, I will be at Tim >> Reed's. > > if any enterprising locals have a plan suggestion, please pipe up! I'll ask around today about restaurants in that area. There's a profusion on 7th Avenue and on 5th Avenue. I'd dig meeting up aforehand. My wife doesn't wanna go, but our friend Vanessa's coming with me-- if any of you have read the latest issue of Arthur, Vanessa did the one-page comic about creepy dolphins. I'll post some restaurant ideas when I get home from work. > i'll be driving/training down from new haven sometime saturday > depending on > what's going on. New Haven? Do you know Isaac Cates and Michael Wenthe? Jon Lewis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:33:14 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: Quick Flying V notes.... Another proponent of the V was blues legend Albert King. He is/was one of the very few left handed guitarists to play in the left handed manner but without reversing the strings. Back in '83/'84 there was a reissued Moderne in a shop in Bath (MRG obviously the one by Pultney Bridge) that was truly gorgeous, the wood being a perfect colour to complement the gold fittings. I've never seen a photo that has done them justice. It was priced at 999 quid - way over my budget at the time ( I spent 200 on a tokai goldstar sound instead) but the real end of the vision of me and this guitar united was the realisation that it would look horrible upside down. I doubt a lefty version has ever been made, let alone found itself unwanted and going for a song... Changing tack. Has anyone recieved tickets for Glastonbury yet? I have my Fleece ticket but nothing from glastonbury. Eagerly anticipating these after reading the reports from the us shows. Rex, no luck on the ray shaped guitar other than find that the guitar fish is in fact a ray. cheers, Brian _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:39:50 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Philly pre-show dinner I think some of we locals we be getting together at World Cafe Live prior to Monday's show for dinner. If anyone is interested in joining us email me offlist. Max ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:42:32 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: Quick Flying V notes.... >From: "Brian Hoare" >Subject: Re: Quick Flying V notes.... >Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:33:14 +0000 >Another proponent of the V was blues legend Albert King. He is/was one of >the very few left handed guitarists to play in the left handed manner but >without reversing the strings. Dick Dale does this as well. I went to see him thinking I could pick a few things up by watching him. I left the show confused, awed but confused. Max ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:52:54 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Quick Flying V notes.... On Fri, Nov 12, 2004, Maximilian Lang wrote: > >Another proponent of the V was blues legend Albert King. He is/was one of > >the very few left handed guitarists to play in the left handed manner but > >without reversing the strings. > > Dick Dale does this as well. I went to see him thinking I could pick a few > things up by watching him. I left the show confused, awed but confused. And of course Hendrix. I believe that he usually played righty guitars upside down was because he father forced him to play righty since he believed that doing things lefty were of the devil or something like that, so when he wasn't looking, Jimi would flip it upside down. I know that Jimi did own at least one lefty Strat, but I've never seen him using one. That man was simply a legend. He could play both guitar and bass righty or lefty, and with the strings right-side up or down. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:02:26 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) On Thu, Nov 11, 2004, Michael R Godwin wrote: > Don't forget the Thunderbird and Firebird, which you can see in the penult > photo on this page: > > The Thunderbird is like a less angular Explorer, and the Firebird "cants" > the other way. I think the Thunderbird basses are really cool. But, although Les Pauls make me drool, Gibson can still kiss my skinny white ass. I play lefty bass and they don't make any of their basses in lefty. Fender does, but only the Standard line, which is made in Mexico. To get an American-made one, you need to get it through their Custom Shop. I have a lefty Fender Jazz Bass Standard. Anyone else here play guitar or bass left-handed? - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:26:35 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) Ken: > To > get an American-made one, you need to get it through their Custom > Shop. I have a lefty Fender Jazz Bass Standard. That's just racist, or something. > Anyone else here play guitar or bass left-handed? Nope, but while we're doing the instrument-talk thing, can anyone recommend a decent electric-acoustic mandolin? - -Rex - -- "Maybe baby election twelve who I really am!" - -Miranda Mellbye Broome ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:24:11 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: Quick Flying V notes.... Brian H: > Rex, no luck on the ray shaped guitar other than find that the guitar fish > is in fact a ray. A desicated guitarfish (probably discarded souvenir) was found in the woods not far from my home when I was a kid, and, no joke, the paper ran front page stories for a few weeks speculating on whether it might be an alien life form, or even "the beast". Prolly told the whole story on-list before, but suffice it to say, me and guitarfish go way back; one of my early, dreadful songs was about that incident. - -Rex - -- "Maybe baby election twelve who I really am!" - -Miranda Mellbye Broome ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:31:09 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: Lefty rant (Re: Gibsons) On Fri, Nov 12, 2004, Rex Broome wrote: > Ken: > > To get an American-made one, you need to get it through their > > Custom Shop. I have a lefty Fender Jazz Bass Standard. > > That's just racist, or something. Lefties always get shit on. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:40:58 -0600 From: steve Subject: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) > In your re-election, God has graciously granted Americathough she > doesn't deserve ita reprieve from the agenda of paganism. - - Steve __________ A US MP asked me this morning what police division I was in. I said I was in criminal intelligence. The American asked me why we had beaten the prisoners. I said we beat the prisoners because they are all bad people. But I told him we didn't strip them naked, photograph them or fuck them like you did. - Nashwan Ali, Baghdad ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:45:22 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: More tax stuff (NR) On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:34:35 -0800, Marc Alberts wrote: > Since Walmart is a perfect example of the kind of place where families of 4 > making $30k/year shop, and their average profit margin was 3.3% the last > time I looked at their financial statements, which means that they would > return a significant portion of that corporate tax, not to mention that all > of their suppliers would be pressured to do the same in turn. > > order to make any meaningful analysis at all. After all, it is conceivable > that if the family went to Walmart for 100% of their shopping, their > effective purchasing power would increase 19%, or high enough that they > might not now need to spend 100% of their income anymore. Except there's no guarantee that Wal-Mart would use the savings from the elimination of its corporate tax burden to lower prices. They might instead enhance executive compensation... At any rate, Wal-Mart has a net *negative* impact on communities, despite its lower prices, since it tends to drive out other businesses, resulting in fewer higher-paying jobs. In other words, even though people can buy stuff for lower prices at Wal-Mart, ultimately they end up paying more...because the overall wealth of the area declines due to the loss of those higher-paying businesses. http://www.laane.org/pressroom/stories/walmart/040705inthesetimes.html http://www.raphel.com/pdfs/AlNormanInterview.pdf http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4021/is_8_25/ai_108538942 http://www.tradelocal.org/arts/wrongwal.htm - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:11:37 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) On Nov 12, 2004, at 11:40 AM, steve wrote: >> In your re-election, God has graciously granted America - though she >> doesn't deserve it - a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. > > > I can't remember the last time I met a pagan, nevermind one who had an agenda... Al Franken has a funny chapter in "Lying Liars..." where he visits BJU and tries to get one of his interns accepted. Classic. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:27:40 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: REAP Scott Peterson's freedom. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:34:57 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: REAP wrote: >REAP: Peterson's freedom. Y'know, this was much remarked upon around my office, and I must say that I would ask how anyone could possibly give a fuck about this story if not for the fact that my asking indicates that I already give more of a fuck than I should. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:49:00 -0500 From: bisontentacle Subject: Re: REAP one time at band camp, Rex Broome (rexbroome@gmail.com) said: > wrote: >>REAP: Peterson's freedom. >Y'know, this was much remarked upon around my office, and I must say >that I would ask how anyone could possibly give a fuck about this >story if not for the fact that my asking indicates that I already give >more of a fuck than I should. i'd say you give a meta-fuck about the story rather than a fuck. +w ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:57:03 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: REAP On Nov 12, 2004, at 1:49 PM, bisontentacle wrote: > one time at band camp, Rex Broome (rexbroome@gmail.com) said: > >> wrote: >>> REAP: Peterson's freedom. > >> Y'know, this was much remarked upon around my office, and I must say >> that I would ask how anyone could possibly give a fuck about this >> story if not for the fact that my asking indicates that I already give >> more of a fuck than I should. > > i'd say you give a meta-fuck about the story rather than a fuck. > "My interest level in that can be measured in micro-give-a-shits" I was quite surprised that the rest of the world cared so much about this story. It happened in this area, so it was all over the news here, but then I saw a few months ago that one of the family members was going to be on Larry King! Wuh-huh? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:09:33 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: REAP On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:57:03 -0800, Tom Clark wrote: > > i'd say you give a meta-fuck about the story rather than a fuck. Either that, or he gives a fuck about the meta-story. The question is, who here gives a meta-fuck about the meta-meta-story? > I was quite surprised that the rest of the world cared so much about > this story. It happened in this area, so it was all over the news > here, but then I saw a few months ago that one of the family members > was going to be on Larry King! Wuh-huh? You're really surprised? C'mon...it's TV Movie of the Week stuff. I haven't been following it closely at all - but even I know it's got Cute Pregnant Wife Cut Down in Her Prime, by Her Husband Even!, plus The Outside Bimbo Factor... I mean, if it hadn't actually happened, some screenwriter would've come up with it anyway. Plus, for the Moral Values Unreality-Based crowd, it offers both (a) a chance to frown disapprovingly at the moral sewer it exhibits, and (b) a chance to wallow surreptitiously in the oozy effluence of same. As The Onion put it, those of us on the other side can now return to our daily lives of non-stop ass-ramming and sucking on the government teat ("Chumley? Fetch the lieutenant governor to gas up my welfare Rolls. Yes, park it near the projects, and see to it that it's vandalized - but only by white people. Of course, of course, we'll get the government to repair it - it's fun."). Plus, pushing of the "homosexual agenda": Our next project is to change the flag so it has rainbow stripes and cute li'l pinkish-brown asshole-shaped stars. Plus, anatomically correct plush toys for the young ones, with velcro bungholes and willies! I *love* corrupting America's Youth...cuz they're so nummy! (Gee, I'm in a sweary mood today!) - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:00:35 -0500 (EST) From: jlewis@gator.net Subject: Eats for Fegs May I suggest meeting up before the SOuthpaw show at a place called Los Pollitos right down the street? It's on 5th Avenue and Douglas in Brooklyn, it's Mexican food, which always seems to be a uniter in my experience, it's only a few blocks from Southpaw, and I've had multiple reports that it's great. Not too small a place either. Whad'ya think? Jon Lewis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:29:15 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: REAP At 04:09 PM 11/12/2004 -0600, 2fs wrote: >Gee, I'm in a sweary mood today!) In that case, http://fuckthesouth.com - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:38:29 -0600 From: Bret Subject: Re: REAP And quite likely Scott Peterson. On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:27:40 -0500, FSThomas wrote: > Scott Peterson's freedom. > - -- - --Bret Bolton ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:47:25 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: REAP On Nov 12, 2004, at 2:29 PM, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > At 04:09 PM 11/12/2004 -0600, 2fs wrote: > >> Gee, I'm in a sweary mood today!) > > > In that case, http://fuckthesouth.com > I have new hero. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:01:34 -0600 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) Bob opens his letter thusly: "The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations!" Every time you hear someone say this feel free to remind them that a record number of people voted *against* Bush as well. More people didn't want to reelect Bush than didn't want to reelect any other sitting president ever. Say it just that way if you like. > > In your re-election, God has graciously granted Americathough she > > doesn't deserve ita reprieve from the agenda of paganism. > > > > > > > - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:34:53 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: A reprieve from the agenda of paganism (NR) On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:01:34 -0600, Brian Huddell wrote: > "The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular > votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations!" > > Every time you hear someone say this feel free to remind them that a record > number of people voted *against* Bush as well. More people didn't want to > reelect Bush than didn't want to reelect any other sitting president ever. In fact, more people voted against Bush than voted *for* any other presidential candidate (other than Bush himself, that is). - -- ++Jeff++ The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:42:42 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: More tax stuff (NR) Jeff Dwarf wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:34:35 -0800, Marc Alberts > wrote: > > > Since Walmart is a perfect example of the kind of place where families > of 4 > > making $30k/year shop, and their average profit margin was 3.3% the last > > time I looked at their financial statements, which means that they would > > return a significant portion of that corporate tax, not to mention that > all > > of their suppliers would be pressured to do the same in turn. > > > > > order to make any meaningful analysis at all. After all, it is > conceivable > > that if the family went to Walmart for 100% of their shopping, their > > effective purchasing power would increase 19%, or high enough that they > > might not now need to spend 100% of their income anymore. > > Except there's no guarantee that Wal-Mart would use the savings from > the elimination of its corporate tax burden to lower prices. They > might instead enhance executive compensation... They might. However, Wal-Mart also knows their competition and the depths that they will go to in order to compete with Wal-Mart. That is why they only net out a little over 3% now, despite their well-known ability to squeeze the heck out of their suppliers. The only way that a corporate tax cut wouldn't be at least mostly passed on is because their competition would at least mostly pass it on. It is the classic oligopoly economic structure amongst the big retailers like Wal-Mart and Target and K-Mart and the like: if all of them can agree to form a cartel and keep the tax cut, that's one thing, but as soon as one of them drops prices once, all bets are off and it's a free-fall back to razor-thin margins. Not to mention, of course, that this is assuming that the cartel could actually operate without them raising the eyebrows of a government investigator or two, since that kind of activity is illegal. I guess my main point here is this: just because they're large corporations doesn't mean that they can simply set their profit margins however they want. And the less unique the organization (and Wal-Mart makes their business not on selling uniqueness but selling non-uniqueness at the best possible price), the less control they have over their margins. > At any rate, Wal-Mart has a net *negative* impact on communities, > despite its lower prices, since it tends to drive out other > businesses, resulting in fewer higher-paying jobs. This is entirely a different issue from the tax argument they were having. Just because you're not a fan of Wal-Mart doesn't change the fact that a lowering of corporate taxes in highly competitive industries like mass retailing (where most people in the country buy their goods) would have to be passed on in the form of lower prices to consumers to a great degree. My only question is to how great a degree it would actually be. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:47:09 -0800 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: RE: REAP Rex wrote: > wrote: > >REAP: Peterson's freedom. > > Y'know, this was much remarked upon around my office, and I must say > that I would ask how anyone could possibly give a fuck about this > story if not for the fact that my asking indicates that I already give > more of a fuck than I should. I was thinking exactly the same thing this afternoon. Why is this a national story, anyway? Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:01:47 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: REAP When's the last time California actually executed someone? On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Bret wrote: > And quite likely Scott Peterson. > > > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:27:40 -0500, FSThomas wrote: > > Scott Peterson's freedom. > > > > > -- > --Bret Bolton ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:22:57 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: REAP On Nov 12, 2004, at 4:01 PM, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > When's the last time California actually executed someone? > I don't know exactly, but I would guess about two years ago. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:29:27 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: REAP Six foot under for Six Feet Under, HBO has announced the next season will be the last...about 2 seasons too late(IMHO). Max ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:13:57 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: REAP nOn Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Tom Clark wrote: > On Nov 12, 2004, at 2:29 PM, Jason R. Thornton wrote: > > At 04:09 PM 11/12/2004 -0600, 2fs wrote: > >> Gee, I'm in a sweary mood today!) > > In that case, http://fuckthesouth.com > > I have new hero. Well, Madison and Jefferson were Virginians. And while I'm perfectly willing to give them Madison, Jefferson was a pretty swell guy... Hell, I'll trade Hamilton AND Hancock for him. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:23:03 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: for the guitar-nerd fegs: williamlaskin.com I guess most of you won't be able to make this, but I guess there'll be a webcast of the radio show. A friend of mine has a banjo neck made by Grit Laskin, and it's absolutely beautiful. "GIVE ME WOOD AND I'LL MAKE IT SING FOR YOU" An Intimate and Interactive with GRIT LASKIN www.williamlaskin.com What: A Lecture, Slide Demonstration and Concert by Award Winning Luthier, Grit Laskin. When: Fri. Nov. 26/04, 7:30pm Where: The Arts and Letters Club 14 Elm St. - Downtown Toronto Tix: $25- By Reservations Info/Reservations: 416-264-2235 Prior to the Grit Laskin event at the Arts & Letters Club on Nov. 26th, Grit will be featured on CBC this coming Tues. Nov. 9th. http://www.cbc.ca/outfront/ Outfront, CBC Radio One, 99.1 FM in Toronto 11:45 am, Tuesday, 9th November, 2004 "Guitarmaker' When Grit Laskin of Toronto was only 5, he announced to his father that he was going to grow up to be a carpenter. In his teens, he learned to play guitar. Combining these two turned into a life-long passion. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:59:20 -0800 From: Eb Subject: RE: REAP 'Cuz she had a pretty smile. And so did Jon Benet, and Joey's name sounded like "Buttfuck." Eb - -----Original Message----- I was thinking exactly the same thing this afternoon. Why is this a national story, anyway? Marc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:35:30 -0800 From: Eb Subject: RE: REAP Gray Davis, October 2003 Eb - -----Original Message----- > When's the last time California actually executed someone? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:29:35 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: Flying V I know little about who plays what guitar, but I remembered Dave Davies with a Flying V in some video, sooooooo I went to Dave's website, and here is a quote from him" Dave used a Flying V "on the TV appearance on 'Shindig' in the mid-60's. It's a slightly different shape from the Flying V because it was in fact a prototype V. The story behind it was, I used to play a Guild custom built guitar and the airline lost it on our first American tour in '64 or '65. In those days I used to only carry one guitar around and I had to get a replacement quick. I went into a store and they didn't have anything I liked. I saw this dusty old guitar case and I said 'What have you got in there?' he said 'Oh, that's just some silly old guitar.' He got it out and I bought it for about $60." Let's wish DD a continuing recovery. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:47:18 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: RE: REAP A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Eb wrote: > Gray Davis, October 2003 > > Eb > > -----Original Message----- > > When's the last time California actually executed someone? - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #325 ********************************