From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #586 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, April 28 2008 Volume 16 : Number 586 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Great Unused Album Titles (was:Is there a letter lower than A?) [Mich] Re: Lou Reed Marries Partner Laurie Anderson In Secret Ceremony In Colorado... [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Trilobites, etc. [2fs ] Re: Trilobites, etc. [Tom Clark ] Re: Is there a letter lower than A? And, inevitably, a digression into BSG ["(0% rh)" ] Fwd: TorrentFreak Email Update [craigie* ] Re: REAP ["Stewart C. Russell" ] FW: Great Unused Album Titles (was:Is there a letter lower than A?) ["Bac] Re: REAP ["kevin studyvin" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:40:01 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: RE: Great Unused Album Titles (was:Is there a letter lower than A?) Michael Wells wrote: >> Holy crap! Was it The Rock Album? Picture here:> >Holy crap! That was it. Good work. I think my copy is still extant, in a boxin my friend Daryl's basement. For those unfamiliar with this classic, herewas the tracklist:< [Sweeney annotations to track listings below...] DON'T BRING ME DOWN - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA -- a little disco-ey, but not bad; not as good as the "New World Record" / "Out of the Blue" stuff...but, probably better than Lynne's Willburies stuff... DIRTY WHITE BOY - FOREIGNER -- fun-ish crap; at least not overplayed (seriously, has anyone heard this in the past 15, 20 yrs?)TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE - EDDIE MONEY -- overplayed crap (but I DO like his "Get a Move On" from the "Americathon" soundtrack)TOO ROLLING STONED - ROBIN TOWER -- WHA? how did THIS get on here? be sure to time your dose properly, 4 songs into the album...(DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER - THE BLUE OYSTER CULT -- overplayed, yes, but still an excellent (MORE COWBELL!!!)DREAM POLICE - - CHEAP TRICK -- nice one! absolutely not overplayed...wouldn't mind hearing this about now BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU (DOCTOR, DOCTOR) - ROBERT PALMER -- crap RENEGADE - STYX -- I'm not a Styx guy AT ALL, but this one is somewhat less sucky than usualMORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON -- crap w/out "Foreplay" (well, not necessarily 'crap,' but SO overplayed; need about a 20-yr moratorium on playing this to even think about appreciating it ever again)SOMETHING'S ON THE MOVE - JETHRO TULL -- no idea on this one..."one of these things is not like the others..." I know the Tull somewhat (for example, I still LOVE "Songs From the Wood" beyond all reasonable expectations of doing so), and I don't think I've ever heard this tune...LOVIN' SQUEEZIN' - JOURNEY -- oh god, the crappiest of the crapISN'T IT TIME - THE BABY'S -- forgot that this song (and, frankly, this band) even existed...nice chord changes on this little poppy gemCARRY ON WAYWARD SON - KANSAS -- have I ever told the story of my college roommate and his 15-album collection, 8 of which were Kansas rekkids? suffice it to say, it's as completely bad as it sounds...they should be opening for Spinal Tap on the "puppet show" bill...HOLD THE LINE - TOTO -- redeeming features: the guy in the band who used to get to sleep with Rosanna Arquette (back when that was worth something) and the drummer that (speaking of the Tap) actually DID die of a "bizarre gardening accident" (actually, pesticide poisoning, I think it was)...but the song? utter and unspeakable pling-pling, sub-Hall-and-Oates-on-their-worst-day KERRRRRR-RAP!!! ...Of course, your mileage, etc., and, if you actually cherish some of the stuff I labeled as "crap," then I'm sorry (for your taste) -- no, no...hell, I must have plenty of guilty pleasures in my collection that others would call worse than crap (Roth-era Van Halen, uh...actually, thinking about it, the rest of my taste is pretty much beyond reproach -- musical snobbery FTW!)... Michael "Oh, wait -- I just remembered about Billy Joel...never mind" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source=TXT_TAGHM_MSN_ Make_IM_Yours ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:18:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Lou Reed Marries Partner Laurie Anderson In Secret Ceremony In Colorado... Michael Sweeney wrote: > My fave Belz factoid is that he has portrayed the SAME CHARACTER -- > Det. John Munch -- on not only two regular TV series ("Homicide" > and "Law & Order: SVU") but ALSO as one-offs (or few-offs, in some > cases) on 7 others (including: "The X-Files," the > original "L&O," "The Wire," and even "Arrested > Development"). (That was from memory...additional checking (to > nail down the total number of 9) also gleaned the fact that, > having been on "Homicide," then "L&O: SVU" consectutively since > 1993, his Munch is currently the > longest-running character on US prime-time drama TV...) Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, MAggie, and many of their neighbors would like to dispute that. "I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirize George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them." -- Tom Lehrer "The eyes are the groin of the head." -- Dwight Schrute . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:48:12 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Lou Reed Marries Partner Laurie Anderson In Secret Ceremony In Colorado... No disrespect to the Belz intended - I've loved the guy since back in the Natl Lampoon Radio Hour days. At a tangent to the above, maybe now that Loo's married again he'll follow previous patterns, i.e. fuck up his marriage, get all pissed off and depressed again and start making music that's worth listening to... On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Michael Sweeney wrote: > "kevin studyvin" kstudyvin@gmail.com wrote: > > > >Richard Belzer was at the ceremony? Something about that just doesn't > scan... > > > Hey. the Belz is one of the coolest doods extant (rampant conspiracy > theories and all)...and, while he may seem to be a fringer-type guy, he > knows -- and is pretty well liked by (as reports seem to have it) -- just > about EVERYBODY. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:34:25 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: So You Think You're on the Radio (100% RH content) ...So, it was about 2:15 PM -- i.e., an hour ago, as I write this -- and I was driving on Lake Shore Drive, listening to the Cubs losing (they later sealed that deal)...and, during an inning-break, I switch to the once-mighty (still-better-than-most-alternatives) WXRT, just as the familiar drum open starts, and...there it is: "So You Think You're in Love," on terrestrial radio... And, of course, although I can hear that song nearly anytime I'd like these days, there's still certainly (for me, anyway) something about hearing it on the radio, knowing that thousands of others are also hearing it at the same time. ...And, of course (again), besides my GF, who better to share that info with than you guys? Nobody at all... Michael "The 'stinger' I had in mind grew too long, so it's below as a 'PS'" Sweeney PS - On my way in, I could hear my neighbor across the hall (through his closed door) cooing a baby-talk version of the AC/DC 'Big Balls' song (whatever it's actually called) to his 7-month-old son; we've babysat the kid a few times, and, when I told my GF what I had heard, she concurred that the kid DID indeed have...um, usually largish ones...not sure if this is all somewhat endearing or just creepy...(the guy singing, that is -- not my GF noticing...hey, she HAD TO change the kid...) _________________________________________________________________ Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source=TXT_TAGHM_MSN_ Make_IM_Yours ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:48:04 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Trilobites, etc. - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:22:26 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Trilobites, etc. On 4/27/08, Steve Schiavo wrote: > > > Scroll down - also includes virtual XTC content... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:06:25 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Trilobites, etc. On Apr 27, 2008, at 4:22 PM, 2fs wrote: > On 4/27/08, Steve Schiavo wrote: >> >> >> > > Scroll down - also includes virtual XTC content... And a nerd named Lauren... ? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:11 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: Re: Is there a letter lower than A? And, inevitably, a digression into BSG 2fs says: > Speaking of which, spoilers for those of you who haven't yet watched all of > S3 of BSG: > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . whoops - a bit of a delayed response (i had to dig through all this RH junk to find one measly BSG post. go figure.) > I know who the final Cylon is. > > It's obvious. It's... > > Bob Dylan. > > Har. > > Seriously: I liked many aspects of the S3 finale, but the whole song thing > was megacheezy. They really, really should have chosen something either more > obscure, or written something original. Amusingly, after the very first > Dylan quote, I turned to Rose and made some joke about how the character's > obviously a Dylan fan. Little did I know... (but obviously, a writer or > producer or something clearly is.) there was some talk about this onlist when the show aired. i think miles suggested "this big hush", which would've been spot on. the dylan thing (i, for some reason, think of it as a hendrix thing) didn't bother me, but, then again, i didn't notice the sing-along until the very end of the show. > And despite having read reports of an interview w/said producers wherein > they confirmed that the four folks in question indeed were Cylon, I'm still > dubious...and if they are, that identity raises some interesting questions, > either about the Cylon timeline or about their technology... Apparently S4's > just started...but unless I get rilly tempted to try to watch it on a crappy > laptop, I won't see it till the DVD comes out in Godknowswhenember. S4 has been very weird, and very good. i'd even say it's been a rather over the top, but in a good way, IMO. > One more lame-ass joke: when Prosecuting Attorney kept saying, over and over > again, "how do we measure loss," I really thought someone should have said, > "a lossometer." i think baltar was tasked with inventing one of those. as ever, lauren p.s. BTW, someone tell me when "24" finally starts so i remember to complain about it. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:08:28 +0100 From: craigie* Subject: REAP Phil Collins' Career http://www.nme.com/news/genesis/36215 and all is once again well with the world... c* - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:41:31 +0100 From: craigie* Subject: Fwd: TorrentFreak Email Update unbelievable... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: TorrentFreak Date: 26 Apr 2008 14:13 Subject: TorrentFreak Email Update To: craigie@gmail.com TorrentFreak Email Update Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser for Copyright Infringement Posted: 25 Apr 2008 04:54 AM CDT [image: simple life]The artist, Nadia Plesner, started a campaign to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur , and raise money for the victims. All the profits she makes from selling the t-shirts and posters go directly to the "Divest for Darfur" organization to help the victims. Nadia told TorrentFreak: "I started this campaign because of the distorted way the media prioritizes between big and small world news. How can Paris Hilton make more front covers than the genocide in Darfur? So, I "pimped" a victim, to see if it worked. And it did!" Her campaign indeed generated a lot of attention, but not for the right reasons. For her "Simple Living" campaign, Nadia decided to dress-up a Darfur victim with a Louis Vuitton-inspired bag, and a Paris Hilton-style accessory dog. Louis Vuitton, however, was not amused by Nadia's creative expression, and filed a lawsuit where they are claiming over $20,000 a day, if she continues with the project. Nadia received her first letterfrom the Paris based retailer on February 22th. Vuitton kindly urged her to quit raising money for the good cause, arguing that it infringes their intellectual property rights. Nadia was surprised by the letter, and decided to send a replyin which she explained that she didn't use the exact pattern of a Louis Vuitton bag, and that the drawing simply refers to designer bags in general. "Sometimes recognizable objects are needed to express deeper meanings, and in their new form they become more than the objects themselves  they become art," Nadia writes in her reply. "I therefore stand by my freedom of expression - artistic and/or otherwise - and will continue my Simple Living campaign in order to raise money for the victims of Darfur." Louis Vuitton did not warm to her "free speech" argument, and filed a lawsuit on April 15th. Nadia told us that Louis Vuitton now demands $7,500 (5,000 Euro) for each day she continues to sell Simple Life products, $7,500 for each day their letter is published on the website and $7,500 a day for using the name "Louis Vuitton" on her website. In addition they want her to pay their lawyer costs and $15,000 to cover other expenses they have incurred in protecting their 'intellectual property'. Initially, the whole issue seemed to be a misunderstanding, as it looked like Nadia was trying to make money from selling the tees and posters. "In January I wrote on my website regarding the campaign, that 30% of the profits are donated to Divest for Darfur. This is not correct. It is 30% of the PRICE which is 100% of the profits," she explained to us. However, even when the information was corrected, Vuitton didn't back off. Intellectual Property expert and lawyer Hans Bousie, who offered to represent Nadia without charge, told TorrentFreak that Nadia could exercise her right to freedom of expression, and her right to artistic freedom in particular. That is, if the design clearly resembles the original design, otherwise Louis Vuitton wont have a strong case to begin with. In our opinion, Vuitton is abusing the intellectual property argument. They simply do not want to be associated with genocide and the darker sides of the world. This strategy obviously backfired. We encourage everyone to buy a poster or tee , or at least spread the word about this campaign and Vuitton's shocking response. This is an article from: TorrentFreak Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser for Copyright Infringement You are subscribed to email updates from TorrentFreak To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner Inbox too full? [image: (feed)] Subscribe to the feed version of TorrentFreak in a feed reader. If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: TorrentFreak, c/o FeedBurner, 20 W Kinzie, 9th Floor, Chicago IL USA 60610 - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:31:43 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: REAP craigie* wrote: > Phil Collins' Career Wheee! Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:31:41 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: FW: Great Unused Album Titles (was:Is there a letter lower than A?) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michael Sweeney Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:40 AM To: fegs Cc: braneout@earthlink.net Subject: RE: Great Unused Album Titles (was:Is there a letter lower than A?) Michael Wells wrote: >>> Holy crap! Was it The Rock Album? Picture here:> >>Holy crap! That was it. Good work. I think my copy is still extant, in >>a boxin my friend Daryl's basement. For those unfamiliar with this classic, herewas the tracklist:< Michael S came back with: >BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU (DOCTOR, DOCTOR) - ROBERT PALMER -- crap Agreed. I always liked his late 70's material, GIVE ME AN INCH especially. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:37:59 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: REAP On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:08 AM, craigie* wrote: > Phil Collins' Career > > http://www.nme.com/news/genesis/36215 > > and all is once again well with the world... > And as Gerald Ford once almost said, "our long (inter)national nightmare is over." Of course you realize now we're in for a shitstorm of "entertainment" news bombarding us with "In the Air Tonight" over and over and... ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #586 ********************************