From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #139 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, April 8 2007 Volume 16 : Number 139 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) [2fs ] Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: The lighter side of Hitchcock ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Feg info needed [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: Feg info needed [2fs ] Re: Tuesday's SF Show [Jeff Dwarf ] cub gone wild! ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Separated at Birth? [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:12:17 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) On 4/7/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > > then puts a soft blanket over them and ends up smoothering them. in a > > meant "smothering" I kind of like "smoothering" - like, smothering smoothly. > and i'm sure they're more but i'd have to actually to think to list them. > > and that's why i had to double post - i can deal with the horrid > spelling but not that trash. > > meant "there're" > > if that's even a valid contraction. Fortunately for you, there's no such thing as a league of hooded vigilantes roaming the land by night, seeking vengeance for the invalid use of contractions. They travel by day, and have long since replaced the hoods with a subtle lapel pin. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:54:40 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) Rex says: > More often, things that I like at first > turn out to resonate more and more over the years. i tend to be like that, but i also have that gene that allows me to listen to things i like 1000 times and not be bored, just perhaps in a mood to notice that e.g. "young people scream" is rather funny. n.b. i had to check to make sure i called it "young people scream" in the prior post and not "old people scream" - sometimes i get antonyms mixed up because they seem kind of the same in way (a reaction against one another); and after all, it's just a bit flip. > I wasn't in love with "Adventure Rocket Ship" at first, but now I like it a > lot. The initial reaction was a combo of "sounds too much like If You Were > A Priest" and "that just sounds good because it's a band", but it stands > with the best of the new stuff. "the authority box" is the one that really grabs me. It especially rocks live. i called my sister to-night and she and her husband were listening to "ole tarantula" (the song) (well, technically the album as well) - they got the cd i sent them to-day. happy easter indeed. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 23:06:49 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) On 4/7/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > prior post and not "old people scream" - sometimes i get antonyms > mixed up because they seem kind of the same in way (a reaction against > one another) That happens to me sometimes with paired notions - not so much antonyms as...well, for example, silver/gold, and when I was a kid, mushrooms/onions. Not, however, "Cheese and Onions" (oh no). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:12:50 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) 2fs says: > Fortunately for you, there's no such thing as a league of hooded vigilantes > roaming the land by night, seeking vengeance for the invalid use of > contractions. > > They travel by day, and have long since replaced the hoods with a subtle > lapel pin. this is reminding me of that group that the moms headed up in "infinite jest"... (forty-five minutes later) ...the militant grammarians of massachusetts. (it's kind of sweet in this day and age to spend a half hour searching for something in a book. although it makes me wonder what i do with all that time i save by hanging out on the web.) xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:15:47 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: the smell of fear (25.0 % rh) 2fs says: > That happens to me sometimes with paired notions - not so much antonyms > as...well, for example, silver/gold, and when I was a kid, mushrooms/onions. oh you should see me deciding between "arriving flights" and "departing flights" when going to the airport. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:02:14 +0100 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Hamburger Waves >>> hssmrg@bath.ac.uk wrote: >> * Good question, Jeff. He must have done a gig or two to promote 'Great >> Central' and 'Bible of Bop', mustn't he? Otherwise we are going to have >> to turn to Nick Winkworth for memories of the Waves in the pre-Katrina >> era. > Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:48:38 -0700 > From: "Crazy Unca' Nick" > Subject: Re: My name is Mike Godwin and you will surrender to my > superior psychic powers > Holy sweet chocolate Jesus (thanks Lauren) ...do you know how many > digests are sitting in my Fegmaniax folder unread? Well trust me, you'd > be a long time a-countin'. > So, lo after all this time, I randomly decide to read one and ...whaddya > know? My name! Right there in the middle of Godwin's post! What is this, > the Internet version of that thing where you turn around because > someone's staring at the back of your neck? > Yeah, yeah ...pre Soft Boys Waves. Sure I remember - I'm as old as dirt > (though not as old as Mike. Ha!). If anyone comes to the Slims show next > week I'll be the one who looks like he's accidentally wandered in from > the old peoples' home across the street while looking for the spectacles > that are on top of his head. > It's been a rapid decline though. Only a year ago someone* might have > easily have mistaken me for a slightly more manly version of John > Travolta, but unfortunately I took a recommendation for a building > contractor from Tom Clark... * Great stuff, Nick! The only time I met you it was just like John Travolta walking into the bar, but of course that was some time ago. > Anyway, the Waves last played in Cambridge in 1978. > http://njaz.com/sboys.htm (see the bottom of the page) * And did Kim sing lead? I hadn't taken it in about the Waves being called 'The Hamburger Waves'. I have also found some stuff about 'Jack': and 'The Cadillac Blues Band' but (surprise surprise) Kimberley plays lead guitar rather than singing lead in both of these. I think Jeff Dwarf is correct, and Kimberley prefers to be a guitarist and songwriter and leave the vocals to others. > See you at Slims! > ~N * I thought I might give it a miss this time...sorry! And it looks as if Im going to miss the Wychwood performance too, because it coincides with one of my mate John Christopher Woods rare shows > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:12:28 +0100 (BST) > From: Tulloch > Subject: Egyptians on YouTube > There's a nice bit of footage of Robyn and the Egyptians perfoming > the rarely played I Got A Message For You, Uncorrected Personality > Traits and Listening To The Higsons (with the traditional instrument > swapping) from the St Andrews Hall, Detroit, April 7th 1988 up on > YouTube. Here's the link: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tS2T8oSy0 * Nice! - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:57:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: The lighter side of Hitchcock http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/08/PKGOBP08A31.DTL "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:41:47 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: The lighter side of Hitchcock Jeff Dwarf says: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/08/PKGOBP08A31.DTL Interesting article. I like his descriptions of differences between the Brits and the Americans. BTW: "and in fact I had two successive girlfriends from San Francisco with the same name." Were there two Cynthias? xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 15:05:26 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Separated at Birth? "Sometimes a Blonde" reminds me of "The Leopard". I didn't notice until I heard a recording of some early 2006 Pacific Northwest show (I think Seattle) where they played "The Leopard" (maybe I just hadn't noticed because I hadn't heard "The Leopard" in awhile.) Maybe they are both just long and meandering. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:24:39 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Feg info needed Sent this once before, but it doesn't seem to have made it to the list for some reason Hi all - I'm looking to add RH's name to a list of famous synaesthetes on Wikipedia (due to his repeated comments about chords appearing to him as colours). But... I can't find any documentary evidence of his claims. Does anyone here know of a published/broadcast interview or similar where he says something about this, and if so, do they have details of when and where (if a radio interview, station and date would be very useful...) James - -- 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: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 19:03:09 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Feg info needed On 4/8/07, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > I'm looking to add RH's name to a list of famous synaesthetes on > Wikipedia (due to his repeated comments about chords appearing to him > as colours). But... I can't find any documentary evidence of his > claims. Can't help you there - but I looked at that list, and sure enough, my cousin's listed (the composer Michael Torke). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:21:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Tuesday's SF Show Tom Clark wrote: > Who's going? Are we meeting up for a bite beforehand? Anybody > want to carpool from the south bay? Once again, he's showing up at the wrong day for me to make it out to see him. I blame Jay Witasick. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 22:01:11 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: cub gone wild! hi fegs, well, my brother-in-law is a bit devious in his kidding, so i had to verify this one: annie leibovitz photographs knut for the cover of vanity fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/knut_slideshow200705?slide=12 (knut is the cute one on the left.) outtakes from the photo session: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/knut_slideshow200705 video: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/video/2007/knut_video200705 but it looks like vanity fair is yesterday's news for knut as he did the cover for the germany edition way back in march: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/knut_slideshow200705?slide=8 xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:49:20 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Separated at Birth? On 4/8/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > "Sometimes a Blonde" reminds me of "The Leopard". I didn't notice > until I heard a recording of some early 2006 Pacific Northwest show (I > think Seattle) where they played "The Leopard" (maybe I just hadn't > noticed because I hadn't heard "The Leopard" in awhile.) > > Maybe they are both just long and meandering. Both also have big cats... nb. the ocelots in the former. The chords are very similar in those two songs, it's true. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #139 ********************************