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fegmaniax-digest        Thursday, July 14 2005        Volume 14 : Number 170



                               Today's Subjects:
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  "Masturbate" spelt backwards              ["Eddie Tews" <tews@drizzle.com>]
  "etabrutsam"?                              [Jeff <jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com>]
  <crickets>                                 [Jeff <jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com>]
  Re: "Masturbate" spelt backwards              [Eb <elbroome@earthlink.net>]
  Reap                                    [Tulloch <tulloch1967@yahoo.co.uk>]
  marshmallow                       [Jim Davies <Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]
  Coverville                      ["Brian Nupp" <nightshadecat@mailbolt.com>]
  Re: Coverville                   [Steve Talkowski <stevetalkowski@mac.com>]
  Re: Coverville                           [Jeff Dwarf <munki1972@yahoo.com>]
  Re: Robyn Japanese CD           ["Maximilian Lang" <maximlang@hotmail.com>]
  RE: Robyn Japanese CD  ["Bachman, Michael" <Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.]

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:35:50 -0700
From: "Eddie Tews" <tews@drizzle.com>
Subject: "Masturbate" spelt backwards

<The reason it's a "box set" and not a "boxed set" (aside from the
near-impossibility of actually enunciating the phrase "boxed set") is
that it's more relevant that it's a set that looks like a box, not a
set that is "boxed" (i.e., packaged), which *all* CDs are.>

the *set* doesn't look like a box, its *packaging* does.  no surprise there
- -- it *is* a box.  and most everything you can buy is packaged inside of
something that does "look like a box".  a boxed *set* on the other hand is
distinguished by the fact of its being a set, as opposed to an individual
CD.  in other words, while i agree with your logic, you're just not
thinking it through very well: it's the nature of the *contents*, not the
packaging, that sets the "set" apart from its single-disc brethren.


<Similarly, it's "mix tape" (or whatever other medium) because it *is*
a mix - a specific, programmed set of songs - not just "mixed" (like
"mixed nuts"), a random collection.>

again, i agree with your logic (and agree that "mix tape" is the proper
terminology).  but i fail to discern any similarity in the two arguments.


<I'm not arguing etymology;>

nor am i.


<I'm arguing why a lot of people refer to
them the way they do.>

well, you could argue why a lot of people choose to take a dump on the side
of the road -- but that's a separate argument to whether they *should* do.


<(FWIW, my gmail ads on the margin refer to "box
sets" - not "boxed sets.")>

that's beside the point.  it *is* however, a good indication of which term
will eventually prevail -- and an indication that *i*, not you, is the one
who should be peeved.


<There's a clip of the  
young Patti Smith singing "Horses" on the Grey Whistle Test which  
would have been amazing, but they only show it for about 15 seconds.>

huhn.  that didn't make it onto the *Whistle Test* DVD either (nor did the
egyptians' appearance).  it's a great DVD, though -- especially the john
lennon interview.  (and believe me when i tell you that skynrd's
performance of "Freebird" is jaw-droppingly good...)


speaking of j. lennon, is he generally considered to have been a good
dancer?

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:58:39 -0500
From: Jeff <jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com>
Subject: "etabrutsam"?

On 7/12/05, Eddie Tews <tews@drizzle.com> wrote:
> <The reason it's a "box set" and not a "boxed set" (aside from the
> near-impossibility of actually enunciating the phrase "boxed set") is
> that it's more relevant that it's a set that looks like a box, not a
> set that is "boxed" (i.e., packaged), which *all* CDs are.>
> 
> the *set* doesn't look like a box, its *packaging* does.  no surprise there
> -- it *is* a box.  and most everything you can buy is packaged inside of
> something that does "look like a box".  a boxed *set* on the other hand is
> distinguished by the fact of its being a set, as opposed to an individual
> CD.  in other words, while i agree with your logic, you're just not
> thinking it through very well: it's the nature of the *contents*, not the
> packaging, that sets the "set" apart from its single-disc brethren.

But no one argues over the "set" part of the name. In fact (as I
noticed the other day) most "box[ed] sets" these days look a lot less
like "boxes" and a lot more like books: taller than wide, and narrow.

> <(FWIW, my gmail ads on the margin refer to "box
> sets" - not "boxed sets.")>
> 
> that's beside the point.  it *is* however, a good indication of which term
> will eventually prevail -- and an indication that *i*, not you, is the one
> who should be peeved.

My peeves are imperious creatures who demand no logic or justification
to support their existence, actually...

> speaking of j. lennon, is he generally considered to have been a good
> dancer?

Erm, was Paul singing to him when he said "you may be a lover but you
ain't no dancer"? Doubtful...

On the list of attributes generally tossed Lennon's way, I don't
recall "dancer" being very much up there. Not that I'd know if it
were, or care much.

- -- 

...Jeff 

The Architectural Dance Society
http://spanghew.blogspot.com

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:46:34 -0500
From: Jeff <jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com>
Subject: <crickets>

Did everyone else go on vacation or something?

- -- 

...Jeff 

The Architectural Dance Society
http://spanghew.blogspot.com

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:59:57 -0700
From: Eb <elbroome@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: "Masturbate" spelt backwards

Eddie Tews wrote:
> <There's a clip of the
> young Patti Smith singing "Horses" on the Grey Whistle Test which
> would have been amazing, but they only show it for about 15 seconds.>
>
> huhn.  that didn't make it onto the *Whistle Test* DVD either (nor  
> did the
> egyptians' appearance).  it's a great DVD, though -- especially the  
> john
> lennon interview.  (and believe me when i tell you that skynrd's
> performance of "Freebird" is jaw-droppingly good...)

Who else is on it?

That punk documentary showed some other band playing on The Old Grey  
Whistle Test, but I can't recall who it was. Might have been the New  
York Dolls?

This morning, I awoke in horror. I had gone to sleep wearing two anti- 
mockingbird earplugs, but awoke with only one. I searched my bedding,  
and could not find the missing item. The unavoidable conclusion was  
that I had lost it internally, that it had burrowed inward to my  
brain. After a painful day wasted on trying to forcefully sneeze it  
out, I finally did find the errant giblet behind the bed, against the  
wall. Whew, really dodged a bullet there. A tough lesson in anatomy  
learned.

Eb

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:44:30 +0100 (BST)
From: Tulloch <tulloch1967@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Reap

Gretchen Franklin, 94.  Best known in the UK as Ethel in the Eastenders soap, none of the obits have mentioned her bit part in Help!  She's one of the two old ladies who live in the same street as the Fab's four-in-one house.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4017067.stm

		
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:40:36 GMT
From: Jim Davies <Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: marshmallow

Oh dear, oh dear. 

If I'd have known that Marshmallow were going to be at Cornbury, I'd
have gone along.  I wasn't particularly interested in Costello to
Winehouse, but a chance to see Marshmallow live would be worth the
price of admission by itself.  And much more. 

It's one of the best albums I've ever heard.  I can't recommend it
highly enough.  

Damn.  I'd better go to their website and find out if they are playing
anywhere else.  Should have done that before now, really.  :^(

x Jim 

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:49:42 -0400
From: "Brian Nupp" <nightshadecat@mailbolt.com>
Subject: Coverville

http://www.coverville.com/

Does anyone follow these shows?

Ok, self-full promotion here: I haven't heard this show yet, but
besides a cover of Lady Madonna, they played Lazerlove5's version of
The Man With The Black Moustache (that James will most likely cringe
at).

- -Nuppy 

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:08:19 -0400
From: Steve Talkowski <stevetalkowski@mac.com>
Subject: Re: Coverville

On Jul 13, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Brian Nupp wrote:

> http://www.coverville.com/
>
> Does anyone follow these shows?

Yeah, I've been listening to his podCast for months now.

Other podCasts I listen to on a regular basis:

Adam Curry's Daily Source Code
The Dawn and Drew Show
Biddycast (Lascivious Biddies)
Keith and the Girl
Engadget

Of course, with iTunes 4.9 you can now subscribe and have them  
automatically downloaded to your computer.

- -Steve (who's gonna do a fegCast?)

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff Dwarf <munki1972@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Coverville

Brian Nupp <nightshadecat@mailbolt.com> wrote:
> http://www.coverville.com/
> 
> Does anyone follow these shows?

Well, it's one of the ones that is getting played the
podcasting at my work. The show where he wanked about
people "covering" their own songs though made me completely
disregard him -- sorry,  but Elvis Costello doing a song he
wrote for someone else might borderline qualify, but still
isn't really much of a cover. Aimee Mann doing a 'til
Tuesday song is sure as fucking shit not a cover. He also,
like almost everyone hosting a music podcast, talks _WAY_
too fucking much.

> Ok, self-full promotion here: I haven't heard this show
> yet, but besides a cover of Lady Madonna, they played
> Lazerlove5's version of The Man With The Black Moustache
> (that James will most likely cringe at).



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    -- Mitch Hedberg



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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:57:08 -0400
From: "Maximilian Lang" <maximlang@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Robyn Japanese CD

>From: wojizzle forizzle <woj@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: Robyn Japanese CD
>Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:32:41 -0400

>got my copy yesterday (wow that was fast!). i'll give it a whirl after the 
>red sox finish sucking in baltimore.


Geeze, I ordered mine on the third and it's still not here.  Is it any good 
or is it odds and endsish.

                   Max

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:24:58 -0400
From: "Bachman, Michael" <Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com>
Subject: RE: Robyn Japanese CD

>>From: wojizzle forizzle <woj@smoe.org>
>>Subject: Re: Robyn Japanese CD
>>Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:32:41 -0400

>>got my copy yesterday (wow that was fast!). i'll give it a whirl after the 
>>red sox finish sucking in baltimore.

Max came back with:

>Geeze, I ordered mine on the third and it's still not here.  Is it any good 
>or is it odds and endsish.

                   
I snail mail ordered mine a couple of days ago. This will be my first Robyn or Soft Boys
Best Of compilation CD, never having gotten the other three that I am aware of,
so I wonder how often I will play it! 

Michael B.

NP Rebecca Martin - People Behave Like Ballads

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