From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #641 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, June 27 2008 Volume 16 : Number 641 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: covers [Sebastian Hagedorn ] g carlin last interview [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: 'shogs/covers [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] Re: 'shogs/covers ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: 'shogs/covers [2fs ] Re: 'shogs/covers ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: covers [Tom Clark ] Re: covers [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Ponyo on a Cliff [Steve Schiavo ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:18:57 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: covers - -- grutness@slingshot.co.nz is rumored to have mumbled on 26. Juni 2008 13:39:19 +1200 regarding Re: covers: > Both the Carpenters and Abba hit the sweet spot for the style of music > they were aiming for, and as such are in the pantheon of pop - albeit > nowhere near the pantheon of rock. Word! - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:48:35 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: g carlin last interview http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/200806/george-carlins-last-in terview plus SNL rerun of 1st show this Saturday ? **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:03:26 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: 'shogs/covers Lauren wrote: >p.s. to james: now, i know you don't speak for all of new zealand, but >that won't stop me from acting as though you do. > >do you guys have hedgehogs just like...lying about? are there extras? > if so, if you request that we (the u.s. east coast) send summer >weather to you, you must SEND HEDGEHOGS!!! in return. and please just >*send* them...no need to throw; they're so dear. They seem to disappear in winter - I don't know whether they hibernate or what happens, but I haven't seen one for about three months. From spring to autumn they're all over the place at night, snuffling around and making their strange grunty mating noises - but in winter, nada. > > I tend to call these "mystery songs" - there were a whole spate of > > them starting about the time Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the > > Talahassee Bridge. > >Tallahatchie Bridge >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahatchie_River Oops - my memory farted. 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: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:43:19 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: 'shogs/covers > do you guys have hedgehogs just like...lying about? are there extras? >> if so, if you request that we (the u.s. east coast) send summer >> weather to you, you must SEND HEDGEHOGS!!! in return. and please just >> *send* them...no need to throw; they're so dear. >> > > They seem to disappear in winter - I don't know whether they hibernate or > what happens, but I haven't seen one for about three months. From spring to > autumn they're all over the place at night, snuffling around and making > their strange grunty mating noises - but in winter, nada. This exchange has reminded me of a macabre collection of short stories I read back in the 80s. The book was British, as was the author, and it commenced with a little tale about a hedgehog getting run over by a car. It's driving me nuts that I can't recall more details because I suddenly need to read this thing again. I'd swear the book was called Pork, but no interweb search has turned up anything yet... > > > Oops - my memory farted. > > Dude. Light a match (or just remember doing it). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:53 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: 'shogs/covers On 6/26/08, kevin studyvin wrote: > > > This exchange has reminded me of a macabre collection of short stories I > read back in the 80s. The book was British, as was the author, and it > commenced with a little tale about a hedgehog getting run over by a car. > It's driving me nuts that I can't recall more details because I suddenly > need to read this thing again. I'd swear the book was called Pork, but no > interweb search has turned up anything yet... Sounds like Roald Dahl maybe? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:30 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: 'shogs/covers On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM, 2fs wrote: > On 6/26/08, kevin studyvin wrote: > > > > > > This exchange has reminded me of a macabre collection of short stories I > > read back in the 80s. The book was British, as was the author, and it > > commenced with a little tale about a hedgehog getting run over by a car. > > It's driving me nuts that I can't recall more details because I suddenly > > need to read this thing again. I'd swear the book was called Pork, but > no > > interweb search has turned up anything yet... > > > Sounds like Roald Dahl maybe? > Good call, but no - that'd be way easier to trace. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:38:24 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: covers On Jun 25, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Marc Alberts wrote: > Tom Clark wrote: > >> Gee, and I thought everybody owned a copy of "If I Were A Carpenter". >> Cracker's "Rainy Days and Mondays" is teh awesome! > > Have to agree with you there, Tom, but how can you omit the > brilliantly > cheery cover of "On Top of the World" by Shonen Knife??? That's a close second! As a matter of fact, thanks for reminding me. I was inspired to put together a "Happy Fun Time" playlist after my daughter started playing TMBG's "Where Do They Make Balloons" a few days ago, and now I've got another entry! It's not easy coming up with this material, btw. Luckily I've got an ample supply of High Llamas... - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:44:48 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: covers Rod Stewart : You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Man **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:27:55 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Ponyo on a Cliff You know I have to do it - here's a clip showing a trailer for the new Miyazaki film. - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #641 ********************************