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fegmaniax-digest      Saturday, December 3 2005      Volume 14 : Number 280



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Mac Game Recommendation...Yeah, I know it's not macgamesmaniax  [2and2make]
  Re: Attn. B&S freaks                  [Jason Brown <ripvanruben@gmail.com>]
  RE: Marshmallow CD and on-line music  ["Hurricane Jesus" <tews@drizzle.com]
  Re: Attn. B&S freaks    [Sebastian Hagedorn <Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de>]
  this side of the digital divide   [Jim Davies <Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]
  Re: this side of the digital divide  ["Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sympati]
  Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?  ["Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.c]
  Re: Randy wine warmer wt al       ["Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>]
  Re: Randy wine warmer wt al       ["Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>]
  Re: Randy wine warmer wt al       ["Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>]
  Re: Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?  ["Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sym]
  re--FF and FF (Fred Frith?)                ["Marc Holden" <marc.h@cox.net>]
  Re: re--FF and FF (Fred Frith?)               [Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net>]
  Re: Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?  [Carrie Galbraith <meketone@ix.ne]
  On another Belfast note         [Carrie Galbraith <meketone@ix.netcom.com>]
  check out the monkey             ["michael wells" <braneout@earthlink.net>]
  Re: check out the monkey                      [Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net>]
  Re: check out the monkey                 [FSThomas <ferris@ochremedia.com>]

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:44:23 +0000
From: 2and2makes5@comcast.net
Subject: Mac Game Recommendation...Yeah, I know it's not macgamesmaniax

Can anyone recommend a good turn-based strategy game for OS X?  Something in the lines of Civilization.  I have a long plane flight ahead of me.
I guess write me off list so we can save room for the next battle of the Broomes.
Cheers,
Jon

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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:44:47 -0800
From: Jason Brown <ripvanruben@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Attn. B&S freaks

On 12/1/05, Hurricane Jesus <tews@drizzle.com> wrote:
> the forthcoming rekkid has been posted to alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.folk.
> didn't notice if it was cross-posted to somewhere else as well...

It's also at alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.indie

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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:11:38 -0800
From: "Hurricane Jesus" <tews@drizzle.com>
Subject: RE: Marshmallow CD and on-line music

<This past Sunday, however, he bent over to fold some laundry, and 
went into total spasm.>

i go into a total spasm every time eb bends over to fold some laundry.
small world, isn't it?

seriously, though: send him to a chiropractor.  those motherfuckers know
what they're doing.


james, are kiwi maps and globes printed with the south on top?  just
curious.

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:27:54 +0100
From: Sebastian Hagedorn <Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: Re: Attn. B&S freaks

- -- Jason Brown <ripvanruben@gmail.com> is rumored to have mumbled on 1. 
Dezember 2005 20:44:47 -0800 regarding Re: Attn. B&S freaks:

> On 12/1/05, Hurricane Jesus <tews@drizzle.com> wrote:
>> the forthcoming rekkid has been posted to alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.folk.
>> didn't notice if it was cross-posted to somewhere else as well...
>
> It's also at alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.indie

And for those who like yours truly don't have Usenet anymore:

<http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3415800>
- --
Sebastian Hagedorn
Ehrenfeldg|rtel 156, 50823 Kvln, Germany
http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/

"Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:42:16 GMT
From: Jim Davies <Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: this side of the digital divide

Surely anyone using dimeadozen and archive.org can afford the $20 that
it would cost to send them a Marshmallow CD.  It's not _that_
expensive.

I'm against copy protection, bad drugs, Sheryl Crow, and almost
everything else associated with _big_ record companies.  But in this
case, most of the money goes to the artist. 

And the CD is so good that you should send them the $20 twice over.

Still, it's nice to see people making offers to help others out, and
saving works of genius from the bargain bins...

x Jim 

- --

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:09:42 -0500
From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: this side of the digital divide

Jim Davies wrote:
> 
> And the CD is so good that you should send them the $20 twice over.

Yep, it's that good. I got it in about a week from sending payment. It's 
no hassle. 'Cmon, I've spent more on a lump of cheese* than this CD.

  Stewart

*: Mull Cheddar; an explosively-flavoured artisanal cheese sold in its 
muslin-wrapped rind. It and St Augur are my Cheeses of '05. I'm not 
going to take a cheap shot at /Aerial/ here ...

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:20:02 +0000
From: "Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>
Subject: Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?

St Augur - despite its prevalence in supermarkets, it's an astonishingly 
good cheese, though my blue of choice for 2005 *opens stinky muslin 
envelope* Blacksticks blue.

Cheddar? Mull is bloody good, but I reckon it's pipped at the post by the  
Montgomery.

Miscellaneous category goes to Y Fenni.... arglghlghlghlgh!

CHeese
Matt

>From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sympatico.ca>

>
>  Stewart
>
>*: Mull Cheddar; an explosively-flavoured artisanal cheese sold in its 
>muslin-wrapped rind. It and St Augur are my Cheeses of '05. I'm not going 
>to take a cheap shot at /Aerial/ here ...

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:24:11 +0000
From: "Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Randy wine warmer wt al

*blushes*

>From: 2fs <jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com>

>Oh yeah? Your mother's shoes are ill-fitting and cause painful
>chafing. So there.
>
>--
>
>...Jeff Norman
>
>The Architectural Dance Society
>http://spanghew.blogspot.com

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:24:39 +0000
From: "Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Randy wine warmer wt al

*eyes well up*

>From: "Brian Nupp" <nightshadecat@mailbolt.com>
>Reply-To: "Brian Nupp" <nightshadecat@mailbolt.com>
>To: fegmaniax@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Randy wine warmer wt al
>Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:55:05 -0500
>
>Matt-
>You veggiehead, non-shrimp eating indian food lover...
>
>Crap. I'm no good at this...
>
>-Nuppy
>
> >Aaah... just what I wanted, a 1cp flame..! Hardly Ebtastic, but a
> >fine
> >start...
> >
> >Cheers
> >Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: James Dignan <grutness@slingshot.co.nz>
> >
> >>>From: "Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>
> >>>
> >>>It's great you're back Rex, but I must point out that this list
> >would not
> >>>be
> >>>the same without Eb. Not partisan, just sayin...
> >>>
> >>>And I enjoy the jabs too... it's just... well... where're mine, eh?
> >>>
> >>>EH?
> >>
> >>oh good grief. It's always whine, whine, whine with you, isn't it?
> >Some
> >>people just don't know when they're well of, I guess.
> >>
> >>That do?
> >>
> >>James
> >>--
> >>    James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand    <http://tinyurl.com/c2q9>
> >>    -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-
> >>    =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-.
> >>    -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=-
> >>    .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:26:00 +0000
From: "Matt Sewell" <matt_sewell@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Randy wine warmer wt al

*runs home crying*

Blimey...  really, I'm just too fragile for this! Thank god Eb didn't weigh 
in after all!

>From: Spotted Eagle Ray <spottedeagleray@gmail.com>

> > Aaah... just what I wanted, a 1cp flame..! Hardly Ebtastic, but a fine
> > start...
>
>
>Okay, okay, lemme try:  you're totally straight!  Breeder!
>
>-Rex

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:16:52 -0500
From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?

Matt Sewell wrote:
> 
> Cheddar? Mull is bloody good, but I reckon it's pipped at the post by 
> the  Montgomery.

I'm kind of 'Meh' on Monty. It's good, but it hasn't got Mull's legs.

I just discovered that my local cheesemonger's 8 year-old reserve is 
actually made with raw milk. It rocks.

cheers,
  Stewart

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:00:18 -0700
From: "Marc Holden" <marc.h@cox.net>
Subject: re--FF and FF (Fred Frith?)

Eb pointed out--
>>Meanwhile, I'd just like to say it's cool that Franz Ferdinand's
>>official site has appreciative links to the Neutral Milk Hotel and
>>Fiery Furnaces sites. Way to help out the little guys.

Max added--
>I'm fairly certain FF's guitar player is married to a member of Fierry
>Furnaces, though it's still a nice gesture.

The song "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" from the new Franz Ferdinand album is 
written for Eleanor Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces. Additionally (sadly), 
Fiery Furnaces uber-drummer Andy Knowles has left the band to return to his 
drum-tech position in Franz Ferdinand. He does get to play when their 
drummer, Paul Thomson, moves up-front to play guitar for a song or two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Knowles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Friedberger

Later,   Marc

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and 
the dancers hit each other.     Jack Handey

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:36:52 -0800
From: Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: re--FF and FF (Fred Frith?)

Marc Holden wrote:
> Additionally (sadly), Fiery Furnaces uber-drummer Andy Knowles has  
> left the band to return to his drum-tech position in Franz Ferdinand.

Awww! I hadn't heard this news. That guy is *incredible*.

Eb

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:35:30 +0000
From: Carrie Galbraith <meketone@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Did somebody ring the cheese alarm?

I went to the Christmas market in Central Belfast today and fortunately 
had a local with me to explain the cheeses. My god, so many! I am a bit 
shy about the really stinky ones but there were some things that were, 
well, astonishing! Names? I don't know. But every color of the rainbow, 
all of them made in Ireland and even a Guiness cheese. Then I had some 
gorgeous baked feta thing for dinner.
- - carrie "only here for 2 more weeks" the carriester


On 02.12.2005, at 14:20, Matt Sewell wrote:

> St Augur - despite its prevalence in supermarkets, it's an 
> astonishingly good cheese, though my blue of choice for 2005 *opens 
> stinky muslin envelope* Blacksticks blue.
>
> Cheddar? Mull is bloody good, but I reckon it's pipped at the post by 
> the  Montgomery.
>
> Miscellaneous category goes to Y Fenni.... arglghlghlghlgh!
>
> CHeese
> Matt
>
>> From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@sympatico.ca>
>
>>
>>  Stewart
>>
>> *: Mull Cheddar; an explosively-flavoured artisanal cheese sold in 
>> its muslin-wrapped rind. It and St Augur are my Cheeses of '05. I'm 
>> not going to take a cheap shot at /Aerial/ here ...

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Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 00:36:25 +0000
From: Carrie Galbraith <meketone@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: On another Belfast note

The population of Belfast is roughly 500,000. The funeral of George 
Best tomorrow is expected to draw nearly 250,000.
Think I'll stay out of Belfast tomorrow.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4488816.stm>
- - c

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:40:24 -0800
From: "michael wells" <braneout@earthlink.net>
Subject: check out the monkey

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/king_kong/index.html

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:35:28 -0800
From: Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: check out the monkey

> http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/king_kong/index.html

I didn't realize until this week that "Gollum" is portraying King  
Kong as well. Talk about a specialty actor.

Still, I can find no way to get myself excited about this film. It's  
hard enough to even get *interested*. I know it's a personal,  
heartfelt project for Jackson and all, but it's like David Lean  
finishing "Lawrence of Arabia" and following it with "Frankenstein  
Meets the Wolfman." Blecch. Conserve popcorn, and just say no to  
remakes.

I'm not any more eager to see this film than I was to see 1976's King  
Kong. And given my relative "innocence" back then, I daresay I  
enjoyed that film more at the time than I'll enjoy *this* one.

Anyone have a view on "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"? I finally  
saw this the other day, and was shocked at how terrible I thought it  
was. Felt sharp for picking up the Buckaroo Banzai motif early on,  
but otherwise what a snore.

In other news, I was just listening to the Kingsbury Manx's Aztec  
Discipline. I was expecting to be let down after liking the previous  
album so much but, goddamn, this one is scarcely any worse. What an  
underrated band! I haven't heard the new Yep Roc disc yet, alas....

Oprah vs. Letterman: much ballyhooed, but no surprises whatsoever.  
Oh, for the old ballbusting Letterman of the '80s....

Discursively,
Eb

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Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:32:29 -0500
From: FSThomas <ferris@ochremedia.com>
Subject: Re: check out the monkey

Eb wrote:
> ...I can find no way to get myself excited about this film. It's
> hard enough to even get *interested*. I know it's a personal,  heartfelt 
> project for Jackson and all, but it's like David Lean  finishing 
> "Lawrence of Arabia" and following it with "Frankenstein  Meets the 
> Wolfman." Blecch. Conserve popcorn, and just say no to  remakes.

If it's any consolation, the first review is really positive:

http://tinyurl.com/ag8h2

or

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=370370&in_page_id=1794&in_a_source=

- -f.

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