From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #561 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, April 4 2008 Volume 16 : Number 561 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) [Rex ] Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) [Tom Clark ] Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) ["Jason Brown" ] Re: REAP: Klaus Dinger of Neu! [Michael Sweeney ] Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn [Rex ] Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) [Michael Sweeney ] Re: Turn? [Rex ] nick and robyn in nyc [gaseous clay ] RE: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 [Brian Hoare ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 [2fs ] RE: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 [Brian Hoare ] custom guitars [Christopher Gross ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:28:32 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Jason Brown wrote: > malberts1@earthlink.net wrote: > > You've actually met some attracted to hot guy-on-guy action? Every > woman I > > have ever queried on the subject has expressed the same sort of > > non-attraction that I, as a straight guy, experience. > > I have several female friends that quite enjoy watching gay male porn. > Definitely a minority opinion but not terribly rare. > I've known some women (not many) women who've said they find the idea somewhat attractive; they tend to be kind of like the female equivalent of metrosexuals (if there needs to be a gendrer distinction related to that term), basically open-minded but straight people with a little too much zeal to demonstrate their open-mindedness. I sort of doubt that any of them have a cache of gay male porn, but I've never asked. Good question for the next cock tail party. An ex-girlfriend thought it was pretty hot when Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo rubbed their long sweaty guitar necks against each other's at live shows, but... well, I though that was kind of hot, too. Sexxee sexxee Jazzmasters... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:16:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, (0% rh) wrote: > you know when television stations make those like 1/2 hour promotional > programs where common folk and fabulous stars gush on and on about how > fresh and groundbreaking a show is? no way you'd want to watch one of > those. unless you're wondering what mr. whedon had to say: > > http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=230732 > > (warning: i didn't get a chance to watch past 5 minutes yet, so i > don't know how high the bullshit meters have been set...) Busy today, so I've only watched the first few minutes myself. But based on those few minutes, my big question is: who the fuck is that guy with the horrible, horrible chin beard?! Is he some actor or writer or director whose work I like, so I'm obliged to pay attention? Or can I just skip over his parts? > okay, time to review everyone's favourite BSG moments. Again, busy today, so there's no way I can review them all, or even a tenth of them all. But yes, a lot of them do involve Baltar. One of the great things about him is that he's enormously selfish and narcissistic, but has just enough self-awareness to realize it. > p.s. i wonder if joss thinks BSG would be more popular if lee adama > took his shirt off a bit more often? Or if they did a musical episode? Wishing Starbuck and Boomer would take their shirts off a bit more often, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:21:15 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:16 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Has a forties kind of look to it, and is that a Gibson logo? > Definitely a > snappy design whatever it is... > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Rex wrote: > >> So is this Robyn's new, post-Tele guitar, and if so, WTF is it? >> >> http://finestkiss.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/hitchock_seattle.jpg >> >> Kinda cool. >> My guitar-playing colleague id'd it as an Eastwood. Sure enough, it checks out: http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/GTRs/twinTone/images/big/4710twintoneblueFINAL.jpg http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/ - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:22:56 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Rex wrote: > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Jason Brown > wrote: > >> malberts1@earthlink.net wrote: >>> You've actually met some attracted to hot guy-on-guy action? Every >> woman I >>> have ever queried on the subject has expressed the same sort of >>> non-attraction that I, as a straight guy, experience. >> >> I have several female friends that quite enjoy watching gay male >> porn. >> Definitely a minority opinion but not terribly rare. >> > I've known some women (not many) women who've said they find the idea > somewhat attractive; they tend to be kind of like the female > equivalent of > metrosexuals (if there needs to be a gendrer distinction related to > that > term), basically open-minded but straight people with a little too > much zeal > to demonstrate their open-mindedness. I sort of doubt that any of > them have > a cache of gay male porn, but I've never asked. One particular woman I know says it's not so much the act, but who's involved. Jeff Stryker in particular. > Good question for the next > cock tail party. I see what you did there... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:25:16 +0000 From: david.skoglund@att.net Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn Airline Twin Tone made by Eastwood Guitars. There was a pic of Robyn on their homepage a couple of weeks back, but it appears to be gone now. http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/ - -- david.skoglund@att.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:31:37 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: REAP - it comes in threes _Ralph Rapson, Modernist Architect, Is Dead at 93_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/arts/design/03rapson.html?ref=arts) _Sherry Britton, 89, a Star of the Burlesque Stage, Dies_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/arts/dance/03britton.html?ref=arts) _Angus Fairhurst, One of the Group Known as Young British Artists, Dies at 41_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/arts/02fairhurst.html?ref=arts) **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:38:27 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM, wrote: > Airline Twin Tone made by Eastwood Guitars. There was a pic of Robyn on > their homepage a couple of weeks back, but it appears to be gone now. > This is awesome. Kind of: http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Other/peteShelley/images/shelley-big/shelley3-big.jpg The mandocaster is cute, too. Just like a tiny Tele Custom. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:45:20 -0700 From: "Jason Brown" Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Christopher Gross wrote: > > (warning: i didn't get a chance to watch past 5 minutes yet, so i > > don't know how high the bullshit meters have been set...) > > Busy today, so I've only watched the first few minutes myself. But based > on those few minutes, my big question is: who the fuck is that guy with > the horrible, horrible chin beard?! Is he some actor or writer or > director whose work I like, so I'm obliged to pay attention? Or can I > just skip over his parts? I think that's that Scott guy from Anthrax. - -- "Never go with a hippie to a second location." - Jack Donaghy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:58:24 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) re: the girl/girl vs. boy/boy thing: i think the thing is that naked women are just MUCH nicer to look at than naked men. xo p.s. chris - starbuck is so much hotter than boomer. i'd take starbuck in uniform over naked #8. especially in those great standard-issue dual tank tops. p.p.s. although i imagine that there's something about appealing about the multiple naked #8s. there's some straight guy thing about identical twins/sisters that i acknowledge, but (probably because i'm a straight female) don't quite get (i.e. the subject seems to show up in "savage love" column more often than i'd expect.) - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:12:27 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:58 AM, (0% rh) wrote: > re: the girl/girl vs. boy/boy thing: > > i think the thing is that naked women are just MUCH nicer to look at > than naked men. Wllyah. We're wired to like seeing femaly bodies in motion, so more than one can't be a bad thing. > p.p.s. although i imagine that there's something about appealing > about the multiple naked #8s. there's some straight guy thing about > identical twins/sisters that i acknowledge, but (probably because i'm > a straight female) don't quite get (i.e. the subject seems to show up > in "savage love" column more often than i'd expect.) Now that one I don't get so much, other than incest having some kind of naughty taboo appeal. Or it could just be that if you happen to find one individual attractive, you're likely to find someone genetically similar appealing as well. But if you actually know any twins very well, this idea starts to seem complicated at best... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:15:31 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:58 PM, (0% rh) wrote: > re: the girl/girl vs. boy/boy thing: > > i think the thing is that naked women are just MUCH nicer to look at > than naked men. > I think guys just love a two-for-one special. The logic of porn is that women, when aroused, will fuck anyone (or anything), so you, poor fat balding schlub with a thumb-sized unit, can still have that superhawt chick. > > xo > > p.s. chris - starbuck is so much hotter than boomer. i'd take > starbuck in uniform over naked #8. especially in those great > standard-issue dual tank tops. Agreed and agreed. > > > p.p.s. although i imagine that there's something about appealing > about the multiple naked #8s. there's some straight guy thing about > identical twins/sisters that i acknowledge, but (probably because i'm > a straight female) don't quite get (i.e. the subject seems to show up > in "savage love" column more often than i'd expect.) I don't get it either (the "twins" or "sisters" thing). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:25:40 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) 2fs says: > I don't get it either (the "twins" or "sisters" thing). i think it's one of those standard-issue scenarios that is probably talked about as being hot more than people actually think is hot. like it would get mentioned a lot at parties, but rarely in an actual conversation. i'll probably sound like that ass that i am if i confess that i think of it as something that appeals to sort of mainstream dumb guys (i.e. most guys.) (and i would only expect fegs to be a bit more creative than "most guys.") xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:58:26 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn > This is awesome. Kind of: > > > http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Other/peteShelley/images/shelley-big/shelley3-big.jpg > > The mandocaster is cute, too. Just like a tiny Tele Custom. > Yeah, I've heard John Abercrombie play an instrument very much like that and he gets a sound out of it that's indescribable, like bells ringing, but it's never been recorded real well - the closest to the live sound I've heard is on his "I think I'll make a solo album and play all the instruments myself" Characters project, which has some very nice moments and sounds a lot warmer than the standard ECM glacial chill. I like that Eastwood EEB-1 bass, too. Looks like something Eddie Munster would play. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:18:01 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: > > This is awesome. Kind of: > > > > > > > http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Other/peteShelley/images/shelley-big/shelley3-big.jpg > > > > I like that Eastwood EEB-1 bass, too. Looks like something Eddie Munster > would play. > Gotta say, although these are indeed nice-looking instruments, what impressed me most was that going to the main page, what should I see but a picture of Colin Newman and Malka Spigel. That's pretty cool when your company thinks it's smart to have Colin Newman on the front page. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:27:44 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: REAP: Klaus Dinger of Neu! Rex wrote: >On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:43 PM, (0% rh) wrote: >> sheesh. what's with the SPOILER in the thread title? it was like i> >already knew who died.>>>Can of worms... how and when were the Protocols of REAP established. We>need to call 1-800-REAPER and ask for Dean.> >That reminds me of a funny misheard RH lyric ...Ironically, for a long time, mine was a different flavor of the same line...it was not long after my ex-brother-in-law Tim died...and I thought the line was "1-800-REAPER / Ask for Teem" (as in "Holy Grail" -- "There sre those who call him....Teem" -- which is often how we addressed my bro-in-law). Kinda freaked me out until I sussed the "correct" lyric... Michael "Doesn't know anyone named 'Dean'" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back upuse SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh _skydrive_packup_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:36:41 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Be careful with that axe, Robyn On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:18 PM, 2fs wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, kevin studyvin > wrote: > > > > This is awesome. Kind of: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Other/peteShelley/images/shelley-big/shelley3-big.jpg > > > > > > > I like that Eastwood EEB-1 bass, too. Looks like something Eddie > > Munster > > would play. > > > > Gotta say, although these are indeed nice-looking instruments, what > impressed me most was that going to the main page, what should I see but a > picture of Colin Newman and Malka Spigel. > > That's pretty cool when your company thinks it's smart to have Colin > Newman on the front page. > I know... for a second I thought, that must be some other Colin Newman, a jazz guy or something. Not that Githead isn't jazz or anything... > Yeah, I've heard John Abercrombie play an instrument very much like that > and he gets a sound out of it that's indescribable, like bells ringing, but > it's never been recorded real well - I've been wondering about this for a while now-- what kind of amps usually get used with such things? Fully electric mandolins, I mean. I kinda wanted one already... I've been messing around with smaller fretboards anyway, getting my 7-year-old started on uke. She's doing pretty well... she just picked out and received a Robynesquely blue sopranon for her birthday... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:39:28 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) Lauren wrote: >if you're rex or sweeney, just list what are, in your opinion, thetop five ways you can best avoid any risk of exposure to an actualbuffy (or angel) episode < ...Oh, don't mind me -- I'm just busy counting the days down to "AARP Indy" (currently 48 days, 7 hrs)...I don't care what anyone says -- I know I'm gonna enjoy the hell outta it, 65 yr. old Indy or not ("Kids who don't pull up their goddam pants -- I HATE those guys...") Michael "Plus, I don't care how old Karen Allen is either -- still heavily crushing on her..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ More immediate than e-mail? Get instant access with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_ instantaccess_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:57:03 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fanboy joss (~95% BSG / ~4% buffy / ~1% angel) On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Michael Sweeney > ...Oh, don't mind me -- I'm just busy counting the days down to "AARP > Indy" > (currently 48 days, 7 hrs)... Say, me too. "Raiders of the Lost AARP"? Michael "Plus, I don't care how old Karen Allen is either -- still heavily > crushing on her..." Sweeney You know it. She was an impossible act to follow in the other Indy films. And I used to have a little plastic replica of her in that white dress. Probably still do, somewhere in my folks' attic. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:29:13 -0400 From: Christopher Hintz Subject: Turn? Did someone still need the Turn track by that Canadian supergroup? I found it in my music backup sort of by accident... or because I had to redo my iPod after using a dodgy script on it and erasing its whole directory in one fell swoop. sweep? no, swope no, it's swoop after all Rev Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:00:13 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Turn? On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Christopher Hintz wrote: > Did someone still need the Turn track by that Canadian supergroup? > > I found it in my music backup sort of by accident... > > or because I had to redo my iPod after using a dodgy script on it and > erasing its whole directory in one fell swoop. > > sweep? > > no, swope > > no, it's swoop after all > Yes, Swope is ex-Mission of Burma. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 22:39:04 -0400 From: gaseous clay Subject: nick and robyn in nyc anyone else going to the show with nick lowe in nyc next week? anybody got an extra ticket they need to unload? none of the seats on ticketmaster look too appealing right now. not sure i want to spend the $35 + fees either. but if someone needs to unload a seat, i can keep you company.... woj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:15:16 +0000 From: Brian Hoare Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 > Subject: Be careful with that axe, Robyn > > So is this Robyn's new, post-Tele guitar, and if so, WTF is it? > > http://finestkiss.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/hitchock_seattle.jpg > > Kinda cool. Took a couple of goes to get it. My first guess was an Italia Maranello which is pretty close in shape but the pickguard/controls are wrong. tried Danelectro and Eastwood as the other notable retro-styled manufacturers actual answer is an reissue Airline Twin Tone. e.g. http://www.starguitars.co.uk/airtt.html btw. looking for this and remembering that Eastwoods the brand that is doing Airline reissues I stumbled across the twistiest guitars.. http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/index.html Brian _________________________________________________________________ Win 100s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:08:47 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 On 4/4/08, Brian Hoare wrote: > > > btw. looking for this and remembering that Eastwoods the brand that is > doing Airline reissues I stumbled across the twistiest guitars.. > > http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/index.html Who knew that Salvador Dali designed guitars? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:27:07 +0000 From: Brian Hoare Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 Jeff: >>http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/index.html >Who knew that Salvador Dali designed guitars? For a direct lifting of a guitar from a painting, see Johnny Kinkade's take on Braque: http://www.kinkadeguitars.co.uk/cubist-braque cheers, Brian _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:13:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: custom guitars Skwisgaar Skwigelf: "And here's my guitar made from the wood of Christ's cross." William Murderface: "Awww, get ready for a billion e-mails. Here comes the offended religious weirdos." Skwisgaar Skwigelf: "What's offensive about the most religious instrument ever?" - --"Skwisklok" (Metalocalypse season 1 episode 12) ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:32:08 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #560 On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Brian Hoare wrote: > Jeff: > > >>http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/index.html > > >Who knew that Salvador Dali designed guitars? > > For a direct lifting of a guitar from a painting, see Johnny Kinkade's > take on Braque: > > http://www.kinkadeguitars.co.uk/cubist-braque > Surely someone's done Picasso's blue guitar. I love this stuff. Don't really wish to own anything like these guitars, but I could look at 'em all day. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #561 ********************************