From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #173 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, July 18 2005 Volume 14 : Number 173 Today's Subjects: ----------------- excellent [Jill Brand ] Re: Yucatan [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: excellent [Eb ] Re: Yucatan [Eb ] Ah Ah, Mr. Heath [Steve Schiavo ] reap ["Stewart C. Russell" ] RE: Half-year rock-n-pop favorites...? ["Bachman, Michael" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:37:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: excellent Jeff wrote: "But it's still amusing, the way language works sometimes: the other day, I was at a restaurant, and a customer asked a waitress for a refill of her soda. The waitress said, sure, and the customer replied, "Awesome!" And I'm thinking, when you look at what "awesome" originally meant, it's pretty absurd to imagine that a waitress bringing a soda would fit that definition." I have the same reaction to the overuse of "excellent." I was at the bank getting a CD (the money kind). The bank person asked me my social security number, and when I gave it to him, he said, "Excellent." Is my SS# really so good? I mean, for me personally, it isn't so great because it doesn't have any sevens in it. It seems that for this gentleman, "excellent" is just a replacement for "yes" or "OK" or "uh-huh." Seems like a lot of syllables to me. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:34:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Yucatan that was actually only supposed to go back to me. Sorry about that. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:41:53 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: excellent > And I'm thinking, when you look at what "awesome" originally meant, > it's pretty absurd to imagine that a waitress bringing a soda would > fit that definition." > > I have the same reaction to the overuse of "excellent." I was at > the bank getting a CD (the money kind). The bank person asked me > my social security number, and when I gave it to him, he said, > "Excellent." Is my SS# really so good? I mean, for me personally, > it isn't so great because it doesn't have any sevens in it. It > seems that for this gentleman, "excellent" is just a replacement > for "yes" or "OK" or "uh-huh." Seems like a lot of syllables to me. I get tired of Hollywood award-show speeches, where everyone thanked is inevitably "aMAzing." Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:05:49 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Yucatan > http://www.superdickery.com/ Some funny stuff on that site, particularly for "Ambiguously Gay Duo" fans. http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/31.html Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:22:57 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Ah Ah, Mr. Heath Reap, former PM Sir Edward Heath. - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:30:58 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: reap Well, I guess it can't feel like 1974 any more ... Edward Heath, 89. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:48:12 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Half-year rock-n-pop favorites...? 1) Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine Not sure of it's folk or country or what you would call it, but it's my current favorite of 2005. I must have played it a dozen times since I got it last week. John Peel was a big fan of Laura's first album from 2000. Michael B. NP Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine - -----Original Message----- From: Matt Sewell [mailto:matt_sewell@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:40 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: Half-year rock-n-pop favorites...? 1) Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron I hadn't heard of 50ft H until my neighbour and good friend Terry Walpole brought round some quality old psyche on vinyl... the Timothy Leary thing though - is that the one with This Time Around or something similarly titled? With John Sebastian and Jimi Hendrix? I managed to get ITVOTAS off that Mr Barbeau through a mixture of begging and threatening - It's a psyche classic... in fact if you happen to own a record company, you could do much worse than release it on triple vinyl... The Black Watch is John Andrew Frederick, formerly having played with a violin player. I've got a few of his albums and The Hypno Sea is far and away the best - Highly recommended... CheersMatt >From: Jeff >Reply-To: Jeff >To: Not Reg >Subject: Re: Half-year rock-n-pop favorites...? >Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:27:52 -0500 > >On 6/17/05, Matt Sewell wrote: > > Hmm... I don't have much stuff that's been released this year, but here's > > what's been gnawing away at the internal jukebox... > > > > 1) Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron > >I actually found this LP, years ago (we're talking mid-'70s), at a >suburban grade-school benefit rummage sale - along with Jefferson >Airplane's _Volunteers_, The Fugs' _Tenderness Junction_, and _Turn >On, Tune In, Drop Out_ by Timothy Leary. > >I think someone didn't want their children knowing what *they'd* done >in the sixties... > >I have since repurchased the 50ft Hose & JA items on CD. I lost the >Leary thing somewhere - if it had been in better condition, it'd >probably be worth something these days... > > > 3) Anton Barbeau - In The Village Of The Apple Sun > >Has this been officially released over there, or is this only being >sold at his shows so far? > > > 4) The Black Watch - The Hypnotising Sea > >Is this the guy with the low-ish voice, formerly with a female violin >player? If so - I need to check this title out. If it's, uh, a bunch >of kilt-wearing bagpipers: less so. > >-- > >...Jeff > >The Architectural Dance Society >http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:19:14 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: The Pernice Brothers Has anyone been to a Pernice Brothers show? How are they live? They are in town this Thursday and I am thinking about going. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:13:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: RE: Half-year rock-n-pop favorites...? On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Bachman, Michael wrote: > 1) Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine Yeah, I've been listening to this quite a bit myself. However, it may be the only 2005 release I have, so I don't think it's fair to rank it. > Not sure of it's folk or country or what you would call it, but it's my > current favorite of 2005. It has the feel of more traditional country music, but I like that the themes and contexts are often modern and urban. Modern "country" music ends up just being light or classic rock with pedal steel guitars (hell, they don't even emphasize the upbeats anymore) and folks attempting to be old-style country musicians usually just end up doing covers or writing anachronistic, irrelevant songs to play. > I must have played it a dozen times since I got it last week. John Peel > was a big fan of Laura's first album from 2000. Gosh, I'm SURE I have some recordings of hers older than that. I seem to recall a collection of songs from maybe 1996. Her name's been on my radar since she did the vocal on They Might Be Giants' "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)". Hush my darling Be still my darling The lion's on the phone. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #173 ********************************