From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #150 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, April 15 2007 Volume 16 : Number 150 Today's Subjects: ----------------- squid birth with hypnotic music by Colleen ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: reap [Rex ] Re: reap [Rex ] Re: reap [Benjamin Lukoff ] REAP ["Marc Alberts" ] Re: reap [kevin ] Re: reap [kevin ] Re: 23 [kevin ] re: measure twice, cut once [kevin ] Re: reap [Jeff Dwarf ] re: like you're dying to know what i just got... [kevin ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... [kevin ] Re: reap [kevin ] re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: Spiders and Squids (was Flesh and Blood) ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: reap [2fs ] Re: 23 [2fs ] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) [Rex ] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) [2fs ] Re: 23 [Rex ] Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) ["Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: squid birth with hypnotic music by Colleen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:57:05 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: long, long, long time Stewart says: > I really thought you meant that Ms Winfrey was deploying. "creative" even by my usual low standards as i managed to spell "osprey" three different ways. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:09 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ken says: > >a feg bender! > > > >perhaps a fender? > > feeling dented > > http://www.napoleonvsfender.com/ also a kender. xo p.s. i hope that doesn't count as a pun; i fucking hate puns. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:23:11 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: squid birth with hypnotic music by Colleen Stewart C. Russell says: > that's really lovely; thanks for posting it. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:39:50 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: elliott smith fans? hi fegs, i know there's at least one other fan on the list (hi natalie) but this is likely yesterday's news for her. hopefully there're (hi jeff) some others out there. http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS455 at least most of the tracks in one version or another have been floating around for quite some time. i don't know if they're to be released as the same versions, but "new disaster", "angel in the snow", "high times", and "either/or" are all very good tracks. and the rest aren't too shabby. p*tchfork has an mp3 up of "high times": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/42345-elliott-smith-high-times-mp3 xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:05:03 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: reap On 4/14/07, 2fs wrote: > > > I think too often people imagine that "freedom of speech" means "freedom > from responsibility or consequences." It doesn't. The idea is that the > government will not take action against you - and, granted, by extension, > an > ideal of extending pretty broad latitude toward people's speech is > implicit. > But that doesn't mean that offensive speech isn't going to be responded > to, > isn't going to piss people off (people who might yell at you, throw things > at you, or punch you, for example) - and in a commercial environment, it > doesn't mean that those who are *paying you* might not decide that your > big > mouth might not cost them more money than it earns them. You can speak > freely - but other people are going to respond freely, and there may well > be > consequences. Ironically, this is pretty much "letting the market do its work", an idea much beloved by the same sorts who cry "thought police" all the time. I've always found that funny, anyhow. Me, I'm just sick > of the fact that in many venues - talk radio, Fox news, comedy, > rock'n'roll > - people are apparently entertained by other people being assholes.) The excuse is always "they act like everyone else wishes they could act"... and that's pretty worrisome in itself. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:10:03 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: reap On 4/14/07, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > > 2fs wrote: > > Me, I'm just sick of the fact that in many venues - talk radio, > > Fox news, comedy, rock'n'roll - people are apparently entertained > > by other people being assholes.) > > Depends on the type of asshole you're being. Imus and the people who > go around picking on others, sure. But, say, _Arrested Development_ > where you have characters whose assholery is a means to > self-inflicted wounds, that's a different ball of nappy-hair. There is a big difference between humor that's somewhat mean-spirited or cynical but fictional or satirical (particularly centered on fictional charaters), and actually being an asshole to an actual someone. Arrested Development is safely in the former column. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:21:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: reap On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Rex wrote: > Ironically, this is pretty much "letting the market do its work", an idea > much beloved by the same sorts who cry "thought police" all the time. I've > always found that funny, anyhow. There are a fair number of people who deplore the "thought police" *and* agree that this is exactly the market doing its work...they're just not as loudmouthed as those on FOX. > The excuse is always "they act like everyone else wishes they could act"... > and that's pretty worrisome in itself. Don't they, though? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:42:11 -0700 From: "Marc Alberts" Subject: REAP Don Ho, 76 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/15/arts/NA-A-E-MUS-US-Obit-Ho.php ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:54:49 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: reap >There is a big difference between humor that's somewhat mean-spirited or >cynical but fictional or satirical (particularly centered on fictional >charaters), and actually being an asshole to an actual someone. Arrested >Development is safely in the former column. > Reminds me of the terrible controversy that erupted when Randy Newman released Good Old Boys. Ralph Gleason wrote an editorial in Rolling Stone condemning it as a horrible piece of racist trash, to which someone (memory fails) responded that Gleason was evidenly unaware of the meaning of the word "satire." Arrested Development will live forever in the same hallowed halls as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:54:50 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: reap >There is a big difference between humor that's somewhat mean-spirited or >cynical but fictional or satirical (particularly centered on fictional >charaters), and actually being an asshole to an actual someone. Arrested >Development is safely in the former column. > Reminds me of the terrible controversy that erupted when Randy Newman released Good Old Boys. Ralph Gleason wrote an editorial in Rolling Stone condemning it as a horrible piece of racist trash, to which someone (memory fails) responded that Gleason was evidenly unaware of the meaning of the word "satire." Arrested Development will live forever in the same hallowed halls as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:07:29 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: 23 >Comics junkies know the best online source is comics is the Houston >Chronicle: www.chron.com/comics - pretty much everything you might need, >with one or two exceptions. The Washington Post and Seattle >Post-Intelligencer's online comics selections are pretty good, as well. >Finally: comics.com and gocomics.com. comics.com is where I get my daily Get Fuzzy fix. Although it's riddled with popups. I have to confess I like 9 Chickweed Lane too. Some really, really nice artwork and a lot of the gags are actually funny. Although the cat stuff is getting annoying. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:13:28 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: re: measure twice, cut once whether the universe is made of bees or based on sullen entropy is up to each of us. Reminded me of that Belly song "Bees" which has some of most sensuous lines I know - "the bees behind my eyes sing beware/but my bee-stung tongue wants in there..." Serious Tanya Donelly fan. np Miles Davis - Round About Midnight. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:15:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: reap kevin wrote: > >There is a big difference between humor that's somewhat > >mean-spirited or cynical but fictional or satirical > >(particularly centered on fictional charaters), and actually > >being an asshole to an actual someone. Arrested > >Development is safely in the former column. > > Reminds me of the terrible controversy that erupted when Randy > Newman released Good Old Boys. Ralph Gleason wrote an editorial in > Rolling Stone condemning it as a horrible piece of racist trash, to > which someone (memory fails) responded that Gleason was evidenly > unaware of the meaning of the word "satire." Arrested Development > will live forever in the same hallowed halls as Mary Hartman, Mary > Hartman. Of course, Imus and his ilk are also satirical -- they just suck at it because their aim is just really crappy, both in terms of targets (like the Rutgers women) or in how they deal with their targets (calling William Rhoden an affirmative action hire, rather than pointing out why he's such an insufferable sports columnist, not that people who love Mike Lupica as much as they did who know why Rhoden sucks. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:28:54 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: re: like you're dying to know what i just got... > i hear that 'live in italy' is excellent; but i've yet to hear it. Totally rocks. You can actually hear Quine, which is worth it regardless. I love the readings of "Martial Law" and "Sally Can't Dance" but none of it sucks. My copy's a German vinyl import I came across somewhere that's been about played to death so I'll have to replace it one of these days. Hopefully there's a mix out there that has more bottom to it than the LP 'cause the sound's a little tinny, but even so - Loo's best band, what can I say? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:44:48 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: re: reap > and chalk another one up to those who are watering the flowers of intolerance and hatred: > > http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Taxguide/story?id=3031061&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 > They're just jealous because he gets to go into free-fall in the straosphere with planeloads full of naked women and they don't... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:04 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... >Okay, if Lou's happy in his life right now, that's good for him...but damn >there's just something *wrong* with the world when the same guy who wrote >"Sister Ray" is nattering on about t'ai chi, bodywork, and "exploring inner >spaces." > I'm pretty sure it's one of the signs of the Last Days. >I wonder what "Sister Ray" Lou would say to Inner-Space Explorer Lou? > You remember that bit from Take No Prisoners where he says, "Bend over and we'll put the head in..."? Currently spinning Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nocturne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:17:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: reap >On 4/14/07, ken ostrander wrote: >> >> >> >> the thought police ("they live inside of my head") are not the >> issue. Just keep in mind "Hakim Bey"'s assertion in The Temporary Autonomous Zone "You have to kill the cop in your own head." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:17:20 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: reap >On 4/14/07, ken ostrander wrote: >> >> >> >> the thought police ("they live inside of my head") are not the >> issue. Just keep in mind "Hakim Bey"'s assertion in The Temporary Autonomous Zone "You have to kill the cop in your own head." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:32:52 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: re: like you're dying to know what i just got... ...and what I just "got" was Lauren's reference the other day to "The Squid and the Whale" in regards to my ongoing Lou-gasm over "Street Hassle." I had always wanted to see the movie, and had recently noted it upcoming a few times in my cable listings...then, for some reason, after that reference the other day, when I saw it listed for tonight (on Starz Semi-Depressing Family Dynamics Channel or something like that (even I think I get far too many channels...but I'd be hard-pressed to do without any of them because, hey, you never know what you're gonna wanna watch when, right?)), I marked a reminder for it and managed to not forget / miss it until halfway through (my typical move)...and I just finished watching the movie. Great film, great characters (although the younger brother may have been sketched a little broader than the rest of the family, but...no matter), great performances...Then, as the ending scene ramps up, the familiar strings start up and I am forced to exclaim out loud, "Holy shit -- 'Street Hassle'"...and this after already being amazed at the music clearance budget being no doubt blown on getting "Hey You." (And, BTW, that whole passing-off-Pink-Floyd-song-as-own (plus the reference to Lou Reed lyrics counterfeited as student poetry) really rang true to me...As the editor of a high school literary magazine in the '70s and a college-based one in the early '80s, you'd be amazed at the quantity of Dylan / Floyd / Moody Blues / Yes / Cat Stevens / VU lyrics that were attempted to be pawned off as student work and submitted to us for publication. My guess is that the process went thusly: Marginal / lazy / rebellious student scribbles down some adaptation of "Father and Son" or "Sheep" or "Tangled up in Blue" to fulfill some teacher's assignment; said teacher (perhaps a tad older...or at least a bit more out of the loop) doesn't recognize the lyrics' provenance and praises the student for making some sort of stylistic leap; said teacher then insists that work of this caliber MUST be submitted to the literary mag; student (in over his head at this point), says, "Uh, sure," hoping the lit mag editors are as cluesless as the teacher; then, finally, I end up holding some burnout's attempt of turning the Battle for Britain into succinct stanzas, thinking, "Score aother one for the influence of Roger Waters" as I toss the sheet into the trash...(at least I never busted any of them over it -- we just had semi-good laughs instead around the ol' Shades of Light or Oyez Review offices...)) Anyway...NOW it all ties together for me (closure! yay!)...and I get to settle in to that post-good-book / story / movie-funk I am susceptible to, where I both admire the auteur's achievements and grieve for my own missed opportunities, mouldering manuscripts, or half-formed ideas (bookstores -- esp. the older ones, redolent of that basement / attic book smell -- often do the same thing to me)... Michael Sweeney Where it'll be vodka, short stories, and maybe SNL tonight (after I finish the latest digest, of course)... _________________________________________________________________ Download Messenger. Join the im Initiative. Help make a difference today. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_APR07 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:55:40 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: re: 2rm apt 1/2vu Jeff with 2 Fs says: >wonder what "Sister Ray" Lou would say to Inner-Space Explorer Lou? The songs with the dirty words...make sure you record them that way? Please don't talk to me about work? The last shot should've killed me? Hey, that c---'s not breathing? I can't stand it anymore more? Kill your sons? Men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all? Thank your God that I'm not aware...And thank God that I just don't care? By the way man, have you got a dollar? ...probably that last one... Michael "Fuck Doug AND Billy Yule" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:27:08 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: like you're dying to know what i just got... Lauren, the sweet little cupcake baker, sez: >2fs says: >>Ken, Ken - settle down, man! What is this, seventeen posts in a row? >>Anyway... >a feg bender! >perhaps a fender? Nah, I've had my Gretsch since the very early '80s, so I'm pretty stuck on that (but I DO also have a lovely Fender acoustic)...but thanks for asking! Michael Sweeney Like John, Lou, Joni, Bruce, Joe, and Chrissie, mostly rhythm... _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:35:59 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) http://music.ign.com/articles/780/780552p1.html I especially like how the "honorable mentions" are pretty much every other live album ever made, save Gotta Let This Hen Out and One More From The Road. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:49:37 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: Spiders and Squids (was Flesh and Blood) Lauren says: >Sweeney says: >>Who, after 20+ years of RH fandom, went all the way to Philly to meet >>Fegs...and got inadvertently snubbed... >i'm not so sure about this - perhaps it was the philly fegs who were >snubbed. ...Ahh -- but it was ME who gave out my location and appearance and general entourage description on the list..but I'll give you points for the airport-limo-type-sign you fashioned that I managed not to spot. ...And, of course, I did say "inadvertently." (BTW -- at the most recent Chicago show, I went upstairs at the Metro to scope things out before the show (while my GF held down the fort of our upfront, rest-your-beer-on-the-freaking-stage spot)...and a familiar-looking woman up there recognized me from previous RH / Soft Boys shows and said, "Hey, I've seen you dancing by the stage at other shows." Me? Dancing? Maybe jumping up and down, near to rattling myself to bits the last time Robyn played a full-band version of "Driving Aloud," sure, but...actual dancing? Nah...) Michael Sweeney Like Pete T., a "Helpless Dancer" _________________________________________________________________ MSN is giving away a trip to Vegas to see Elton John. Enter to win today. http://msnconcertcontest.com?icid-nceltontagline ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:08:00 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: measure twice, cut once On 4/14/07, kevin wrote: > > whether the universe is made of bees or based on sullen entropy is up to > each of us. > > Reminded me of that Belly song "Bees" which has some of most sensuous > lines I know - "the bees behind my eyes sing beware/but my bee-stung tongue > wants in there..." > I like the line from "Sexy S" about "beach-bonfire hair"... Like the song, too.. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:04:17 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: reap On 4/14/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Rex wrote: > > > The excuse is always "they act like everyone else wishes they could > act"... > > and that's pretty worrisome in itself. > > Don't they, though? No. If you believe that everyone secretly wishes they could act like an asshole, that's merely another way of justifying yourself when you do, in fact, act like an asshole. Further: even if you *wish* you could act like an asshole, that's absolutely no reason to actually do so. Civilization is, in large part, a matter of not acting as we wish we might (at least when those wishes are destructive). Just because we *have* negative urges is absolutely no reason to justify or excuse acting upon them. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:05:43 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: 23 On 4/14/07, kevin wrote: > > >Comics junkies know the best online source is comics is the Houston > >Chronicle: www.chron.com/comics - pretty much everything you might need, > >with one or two exceptions. The Washington Post and Seattle > >Post-Intelligencer's online comics selections are pretty good, as well. > >Finally: comics.com and gocomics.com. > > comics.com is where I get my daily Get Fuzzy fix. Although it's riddled > with popups. > > I have to confess I like 9 Chickweed Lane too. Some really, really nice > artwork and a lot of the gags are actually funny. Although the cat stuff is > getting annoying. I don't mind the cat stuff - what brings the strip to a screeching halt for me is the Dick Cheney-looking "alien" guy and his low-rent Ambrose Bierce act. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:24:02 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) On 4/14/07, Tom Clark wrote: > > http://music.ign.com/articles/780/780552p1.html > > I especially like how the "honorable mentions" are pretty much every > other live album ever made, save Gotta Let This Hen Out and One More > From The Road. Hell, "Hen" deserves to be on the list for "Higsons" and "Acid Bird" alone. Great live record from a period when there weren't many live records from non-stadium acts; portrait of the Egytians of that day without the '80's production sheen... good stuff. Oh,yeah, and the glossolalia in "Brenda's" on that disc is amazing. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:17:11 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: reap On 4/14/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Rex wrote: > > > Ironically, this is pretty much "letting the market do its work", an > idea > > much beloved by the same sorts who cry "thought police" all the > time. I've > > always found that funny, anyhow. > > There are a fair number of people who deplore the "thought police" *and* > agree that this is exactly the market doing its work...they're just not as > loudmouthed as those on FOX. > > > The excuse is always "they act like everyone else wishes they could > act"... > > and that's pretty worrisome in itself. > > Don't they, though? Raise your hand if you really feel compelled to use racist language, and hamstrung by a prohibitive culture that just doesn't understand you noble need to do so. I always (optimistically (foolishly?)) take "they act like everyone else wishes they could act" to mean that most people wish they could get express anger generally, but since they can't, they vicariously enjoy these guys being mean. Is everyone really, in their heart of hearts, a hateful bastard? I hope not. Hell, I don't even think the shock jocks themselves are too invested in these positions... I figure they "only does it for attention, like other people I could mention", to borrow a phrase, and up until now, any publicity has been good publicity. But it's one thing to speak "truth to power"-- generally, that's satire-- and another to badmouth the blameless to get attention-- that's just being a dick. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:26:23 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) On 4/14/07, Tom Clark wrote: > > http://music.ign.com/articles/780/780552p1.html > Kraftwerk? I mean, wouldn't a live Kraftwerk album essentially be a selection of Kraftwerk songs played through the sound system? Did the band actually "play" anything? I thought it was pretty much entirely programmed. (Nothing wrong with that - just odd to think of being a "live" album...) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:30:23 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: reap On 4/14/07, Rex wrote: > > > > On 4/14/07, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > > > > > > > The excuse is always "they act like everyone else wishes they could > > act"... > > > and that's pretty worrisome in itself. > > > > Don't they, though? > > > I always (optimistically (foolishly?)) take "they act like everyone else > wishes they could act" to mean that most people wish they could get express > anger generally, but since they can't, they vicariously enjoy these guys > being mean. Is everyone really, in their heart of hearts, a hateful > bastard? I hope not. Hell, I don't even think the shock jocks themselves > are too invested in these positions... I figure they "only does it for > attention, like other people I could mention", to borrow a phrase, and up > until now, any publicity has been good publicity. But it's one thing to > speak "truth to power"-- generally, that's satire-- and another to badmouth > the blameless to get attention-- that's just being a dick. > And I think that's one key difference: the targets of whatever the satire might be. As we know, young female African-American basketball players rule the world - whereas, you know, people who get offended when Rush Limbaugh got called "fat" were rushing to the defense of the middle-aged conservative white-guy demographic - who, of course, time and again find themselves pummeled beneath the pinko fist of The Man. I mean, The (Wo)Man, of course. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:30:43 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: 23 On 4/14/07, 2fs wrote: > > > I don't mind the cat stuff - what brings the strip to a screeching halt > for > me is the Dick Cheney-looking "alien" guy and his low-rent Ambrose Bierce > act. Agreed, but I like it, too. There are certain parts of the plotline that I can't follow reading it only sporadically, but I do like the art. Never thought of Hirschfield before, but that's just me being clueless. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:34:52 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Top 25 Live Albums (#1 may surprise you) tc says: > http://music.ign.com/articles/780/780552p1.html > > I especially like how the "honorable mentions" are pretty much every > other live album ever made, save Gotta Let This Hen Out and One More > From The Road. #1 surprised me even more than you warned. way more. perhaps surprise is not even the word. i would have guessed "rust never sleeps" but only because it's what popped into my head and it wouldn't leave even when i tried to think it out of my brain. i'm fine with the gabriel albums being a tie at #11 but in all fairness they should take up two slots (more like a tie for e.g. #11 and #10.) where's "david live"? talk about a snub. that was my first real record album and so will always be my favourite live album. and you all know i'm not much of a stickler for words especially the particularly unnecessary ones like articles but is #7 a typo or a joke? x "never got it off on that revolution stuff" o - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #150 ********************************