From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #676 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, August 3 2008 Volume 16 : Number 676 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Brian Epstein ["Jeremy Osner" ] Laverne or Shirley? ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: Laverne or Shirley? [2fs ] Re: Laverne or Shirley? [2fs ] Re: upcoming SOFT BOYS box set [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: complain, complain [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: upcoming SOFT BOYS box set [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Laverne or Shirley? [Tom Clark ] Re: movie talk [Rex ] Re: movie talk [Sebastian Hagedorn ] I can only sleep so long during a Beatles debate... [Michael Sweeney ] Re: REAP [2fs ] Re: movie talk [Steve Talkowski ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:51:58 -0400 From: "Jeremy Osner" Subject: Brian Epstein So I transcribed the lyrics to those two songs about Brian Epstein, which I couldn't find on the web anywhere. The first one, which I'm provisionally calling "I'm in a Hurry for the Sky", is just unbelievably catchy, it's been in my ear all day. What are the three drugs to which Robyn refers in the second tune? Names sound like "Tryptisol, Librium, Cabritol" -- are these medications? Mood enhancers? Mind expanders? Lyrics are here: http://readin.com/blog/?id=1367 J - -- READIN 2.0 http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:49 -0700 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Laverne or Shirley? *very* -- perhaps even *scandalously* -- easy to, when tagging, assign the album to run in whichever order you want. you could even assign the different groups of tracks to two (or three) different albums. i can't figure out why people haven't yet realised this? by the way, if there's anybody in the seattle area who wants to digitise and upload my tapes, just let me know. i acknowledge that there's very little chance you'd be able to actually finish the job before the internet conks out; but, you could probably make a nice dent in it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:33:39 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Laverne or Shirley? On 8/1/08, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > to make three separate playlists from George Harrison's _All Things Must > Pass_: the original songs on the album, the bonus tracks included with the > 2000 reissue, and the jam tracks. > > Which is how I found out that the original songs are 76:52 - which leads me > to wonder, why the hell didn't they put *those* tracks together on one CD, > with the bonus tracks and jam tracks on the second CD, instead of cramming > the bonus songs at the end of the first disc (first LP of the original set) > thereby breaking up the flow of the original recording?> > > *very* -- perhaps even *scandalously* -- easy to, when tagging, assign the > album to run in whichever order you want. you could even assign the > different groups of tracks to two (or three) different albums. i can't > figure out why people haven't yet realised this? Well, I used a playlist to do this - I gather there are other ways, but in iTunes making a playlist is so simple I don't see why bothering to do it another way. Unless - (this a question to fuck you - I mean, ask you, Tom Clark) - too many playlists slow down performance in iTunes? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:35:42 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Laverne or Shirley? On 8/1/08, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > > by the way, if there's anybody in the seattle area who wants to digitise > and upload my tapes, just let me know. i acknowledge that there's very > little chance you'd be able to actually finish the job before the internet > conks out Especially since its "inventor" has given up on the planet...to the extent of sending his only son to another world: < http://www.theonion.com/content/news/al_gore_places_infant_son_in> - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:48:39 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: upcoming SOFT BOYS box set so i guess it IS out-of print ! my blog is "Yer Blog" _http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/_ (http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/) _http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/_ (http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/) In a message dated 7/31/2008 3:44:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, meketone@ix.netcom.com writes: I took a look at alibris, a site for rare and out of print books that now includes film and music. <_http://tinyurl.com/5bavna_ (http://tinyurl.com/5bavna) > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:52:17 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: complain, complain i know ! i made a CD of the 2st 18 songs (1st 4 sides) if they did this, they would have realized they had about 40 minutes still to fill disc 2 but it's better that the original ridiculous version on CD CD1 side 1 2 3 CD2 side 4 5 6 obviously done by a clueless person my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 7/31/2008 5:02:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jeffreyw2fs.j@gmail.com writes: I decided to make three separate playlists from George Harrison's _All Things Must Pass_: the original songs on the album, the bonus tracks included with the 2000 reissue, and the jam tracks. Which is how I found out that the original songs are 76:52 - which leads me to wonder, why the hell didn't they put *those* tracks together on one CD, with the bonus tracks and jam tracks on the second CD, instead of cramming the bonus songs at the end of the first disc (first LP of the original set) thereby breaking up the flow of the original recording? I **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:59:45 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: upcoming SOFT BOYS box set just for the record i OWN Nextdoorland (LP + Promo CD) plus SIDE THREE on CD i was just wondering - would it be included in a Soft Boys box set i didn't buy the 1st 2 box sets but would consider a SOFT BOYS box set i would hope that the reunion material would NOT be included to make room for more vintage soft boys material In a message dated 7/31/2008 3:47:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ripvanruben@gmail.com writes: I might have copies of both of these boxed up if i haven't already sold them off already. I'll check over the weekend and let you know. AND In a message dated 7/31/2008 8:19:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scruss@gmail.com writes: you needing it? I can rip it. When I find it, that is. **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:18:24 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Laverne or Shirley? On Aug 1, 2008, at 3:33 PM, 2fs wrote: > Unless - (this a question to fuck you - I mean, ask you, Tom Clark) > - too > many playlists slow down performance in iTunes? Only when launching and quitting, when the app reads in (or writes out...) the database file which contains all of your playlist definitions. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:11:54 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: movie talk On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn < Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de> wrote: > --On 1. August 2008 03:09:25 -0400 "(0% rh)" > wrote: > So you're no Fox Mulder, I suppose? \ Talking of which, any opinions on the X-Files film? I was killing time at a drugstore the other day and found myself leafing through the novelization... seemed a quaint thing to do... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:24:57 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: movie talk - -- Rex is rumored to have mumbled on 1. August 2008 21:11:54 -0700 regarding Re: movie talk: >> So you're no Fox Mulder, I suppose? \ > > > Talking of which, any opinions on the X-Files film? It was disappointing. One or two really nice scenes, but that's it. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:17:49 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: I can only sleep so long during a Beatles debate... >>when Ringo left the band temporarily during the recording of the >>White Album, the rest of the band wanted him back. > I'm not down-playing his drumming ability, >but that is likely not to have been the onlly reason (or maybe even >the main reason) they wanted him back. ...Also not to be discounted -- by that time, Richie was John's best friend in the band (and perhaps only one; GH always looked up to JL like an adored, yet often-bitter brother)...and, with things drifting (and YO in the studio much of the time), JL no doubt felt he needed an ally on his side of things (especially the type of ally that Richie usually was -- one who rarely went against much (if anything) that JL said / did)... Michael "Let's not even get into the Ron Nasty / Barrington Womble parallel discussion..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Got Game? Win Prizes in the Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Summer Games Trivia Contest http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergames?ocid=TXT_TAGHM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:15:17 -0400 (EDT) From: djini@voicenet.com Subject: Re: REAP > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Christopher Gross wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Jeremy Osner wrote: > >> >> The REAP heading is for obituaries, is that right? A reference to "As ye sow, so shall ye reap"? >> > > Yep. I think it was actually a sort of meld inspired jointly by the word reap and the abbreviation RIP (which can be pronounced like "reap" if one is so inclined). Not everyone capitalizes it. Was it Eb who started this useage? He no longer posts here, but you newbies may still see him referenced in occasional subject lines. > If we're reaping someone despicable, I usually think of it as sounding like the Pyscho shower curtain alarm tone: "REAP! REAP! REAP!" Don't know why, just sharing. Also, I fantasize that someone with some time on their hands will compile a list of Eddie's Eb-inspired subject lines thoughout the years (and perhaps some of the more abstruse permutations thereof). Since I'm apparently in a sharing mood, I totally justify reading fegmail at work because, as an information-worker (wow, the wide-spread blanding of the word "prostitute" into the term "sex-worker" has made any X-worker phrase sound dirty) I should know when prominent folks kick. Jeanne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:05:34 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Brian Epstein excellent job ! i've heard the 1st song, not the second here's hoping you are inspired to continue with this very valuable, much appreciated, exercise my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 8/1/2008 5:55:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anacreon@gmail.com writes: So I transcribed the lyrics to those two songs about Brian Epstein, which I couldn't find on the web anywhere. The first one, which I'm provisionally calling "I'm in a Hurry for the Sky", is just unbelievably catchy, it's been in my ear all day. What are the three drugs to which Robyn refers in the second tune? Names sound like "Tryptisol, Librium, Cabritol" -- are these medications? Mood enhancers? Mind expanders? Lyrics are here: http://readin.com/blog/?id=1367 J **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 07:27:01 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: movie talk > Talking of which, any opinions on the X-Files film? I was killing time at > a > drugstore the other day and found myself leafing through the > novelization... > seemed a quaint thing to do... > Enjoyed it very much, although I still haven't really figured out what the Russians were *doing*, exactly. The regular civilian life-type aspects of the story were very nicely done - the Catholic Scully's relationship with the psychic priest in particular. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:34:55 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: REAP On 7/29/08, djini@voicenet.com wrote: > > > > Since I'm apparently in a sharing mood, I totally justify reading fegmail > at work > because, as an information-worker (wow, the wide-spread blanding of the > word > "prostitute" into the term "sex-worker" has made any X-worker phrase sound > dirty) I > should know when prominent folks kick. Amusingly, the very moment I read your message, what was playing was a version of Wire's "Outdoor Miner"...and specifically, the phrase "face worker, a serpentine miner". Actually, what was playing was a CD with 19 cover versions of that Wire song. So far (I've heard about 10) most of them are pretty good...but since the CD cost only $6 including postage, I figure it's already worth it. (The label is Words on Music, www.words-on-music.com, if anyone's interested). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:47:50 -0400 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: movie talk While upstate for the weekend, we saw it last night at a tiny theatre in Woodstock (which was 3/4 full) and I couldn't help but wonder how anyone could walk out at the half-way point, especially when it was just getting REALLY good. There are many characters to keep tabs with, but had you seen it thru to fruition you would have found it wrapped up quite nicely. My only distraction was how Frangois Cluzet bore a striking resemblance to a middle-aged Dustin Hoffman... - -Steve, who's being the good boyfriend and seeing Mama Mia later tonight. Which isn't too bad, considering how catchy those ABBA songs are. On Aug 1, 2008, at 3:09 AM, (0% rh) wrote: > hi list, > > this is a single-entry installment of movie talk for "tell no one" > (2008, french) (in theatre): > > this was the first time i got up midway through a movie (a thriller, > mind you) to walk out to the lobby to look for something else to do (i > was with three friends so i couldn't go too far from the theatre.) > this was around the time i started wondering if the movie was actually > a spoof. > > to give you an idea, it was WAY worse than ``deja vu'', my most recent > really-bad-movie idea. > > i saw it, in part, because it got extremely good reviews (did not read > any of them, i just check the ``grades''.) if anyone has seen it or > (you poor dear) goes to see it, and likes it, please explain why. > > as ever, > lauren > > p.s. i think this is the first french movie i've ever seen that had > more than 3 characters (that's one of the reasons i tend to like > french movies; i also like them because nothing ever happens in them.) > actually, it had so many characters that they all started morphing > into clumps of characters, but maybe that was because, by that point, > i was so very far from caring who was who anyway. > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the > buddha Steve Talkowski, Character Design | Animation Director Email stevetalkowski@mac.com | Web http://sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #676 ********************************