From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #728 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, October 2 2008 Volume 16 : Number 728 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! ["] Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 ["Miles Goosens" ] Jay Tarseses Throughout the Decades ["Miles Goosens" ] Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 ["Stewart C. Russell] Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 ["Stewart C. Russell] Re: an L series ["gene@hopstetter.com" ] Re: so, I'm waiting [michael wells ] Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: And when she... [James Dignan ] Re: 1-800-REAPER, ask for Diane ["Miles Goosens" ] Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! ["] Cocaine ["Jeremy Osner" ] Re: Cocaine [Tom Clark ] Re: And when she... ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: an L series [Rex ] Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! ["] Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! [R] to my dear etews [Jill Brand ] Re: Cocaine ["kevin studyvin" ] The only Obama t-shirt that matters [Steve Schiavo ] Re: And when she... [2fs ] Re: Cocaine [2fs ] Re: The only Obama t-shirt that matters [2fs ] Re: Cocaine ["Laura Golias" ] Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! [M] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:25:12 -0400 From: "Jeremy Osner" Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:07 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: > > Dude. "Paranoid." > Huh, thot that was Sabbath... - -- If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Jose Saramgo http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:38:34 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:02 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: >> greetings from Nashville, the new LA, >> >> Miles > > > I prefer to think that title belongs to Seattle, or as some of us like to > call it, North North Hollywood. It's a line from the Scorchers' "Greetings form Nashville," which was written during the early-'80s URBAN COWBOY-induced country boom. When I moved here in '88, biz types still routinely referred to Nashville as "the third coast." By the time the Scorchers reunited in the mid-'90s, country was enjoying another cyclical genre boom thanks to Garth and the many three-named hat acts, may their bowdlerizations of country's heritage and veneration of the early Eagles earn them a spot in hell, so the song still drew topical blood. Well, maybe the "call me on the code-a-phone" line needed updating, but the rest, still true! later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:41:55 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! On 10/2/08, Miles Goosens wrote: > > > > I like the guy a lot. I just want him to do a better job, so the > Michael Moore-skewerers of the world have less ammunition. Yep. I won't enter this whole economic imbroglio - I noted some of the problems w/Moore's ideas that Marc noted, but of course I'm aware of Marc's own ideologies on these issues, and in some cases (although, as I said, I don't care to nor do I have the time to dig in deep in these) I suspect I'd disagree... I do think there's a crisis...just maybe not the crisis Wall Street is describing. Plus he so > needs to get over that whole Grand Funk thing, or at least do a real > public service and make Mark Farner put on a shirt. The horrifying thought on that, though, is that if Michael Moore did decide to perform such public service and make Farner warn a shirt, he'd probably do so with some sort of stunt like...refusing himself to wear a shirt until Farner does. And having had that thought, I can't stop shuddering. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:55:05 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Jewels, for Sophia On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:42 PM, (0% rh) wrote: > yes, what miles said. > > except make that an olivetti. Even though I know what an Olivetti is, that still reads to me like we're ordering cocktails! Which sounds yummy right now, too. Noon's not too early, is it? later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:59:33 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Jay Tarseses Throughout the Decades I said: > The other day, I thought of a Jay Tarses for the '90s and for the > 2000s, but I didn't get enough sleep last night and can't remember who > I thought was analogous (i.e., creator of TV shows that weren't as > smart as they thought they were, nor as smart as critics made them out > to be) . Ooh, just remembered. Future blog post material here! Jay Tarses of the '80s: Jay Tarses Jay Tarses of the '90s: Aaron Sorkin Jay Tarses of the '00s: Judd Apatow Discuss among yourselves until I can write this up at greater length. later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:05:46 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Jay Tarseses Throughout the Decades Umm, so who was the brain behind Moonlighting? That one started out pretty kool before it crashed & burned... On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Miles Goosens wrote: > I said: > > The other day, I thought of a Jay Tarses for the '90s and for the > > 2000s, but I didn't get enough sleep last night and can't remember who > > I thought was analogous (i.e., creator of TV shows that weren't as > > smart as they thought they were, nor as smart as critics made them out > > to be) . > > Ooh, just remembered. Future blog post material here! > > Jay Tarses of the '80s: Jay Tarses > Jay Tarses of the '90s: Aaron Sorkin > Jay Tarses of the '00s: Judd Apatow > > Discuss among yourselves until I can write this up at greater length. > > later, > > Miles > > > -- > now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:10:41 -0400 From: "Jeremy Osner" Subject: Other non-standard uses for tinned mackerel For the last roughly 4 years, it has been in use as the standard medium of exchange in the US federal prison system: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290720439096481.html J - -- If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Jose Saramgo http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:11:30 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Jay Tarseses Throughout the Decades On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:05 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Umm, so who was the brain behind Moonlighting? That one started out pretty > kool before it crashed & burned... Glenn Gordon Caron, who doesn't get to be a Jay Tarses because I too actually enjoyed the early MOONLIGHTINGs. I had forgotten that he was responsible for some early REMINGTON STEELEs, a show I always liked even better, and there's a TAXI writing connection too. Looks like his biggest success is MEDIUM, which is still on, and which I've never watched. later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:28:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: so, I'm waiting So, don't we get open warfare between Michaels Wells and Sweeney anytime soon? Let's see how the paler Sox do today. Jacoby, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. Jill, who went to bed when it was still 1-0 Angels ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:28:21 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 > It's a line from the Scorchers' "Greetings form Nashville," which was > written during the early-'80s URBAN COWBOY-induced country boom. When I > moved here in '88, biz types still routinely referred to Nashville as "the > third coast." > Truly, my ignorance is abysmal. Or it's just too many gray cells turned to Bondo. > > Garth and the many three-named hat acts, may their bowdlerizations of > country's heritage > and veneration of the early Eagles earn them a spot in hell > "Three-named hat acts" is the kind of epithet that always puts a smile on my face. Can't take anybody in those oversize hats (the millinery equivalent of a Hummer) seriously. I put them on roughly the same plane as the three-named hacks glutting the sci-fi/fantasy (now there's some ugly-ass taxonomy) market with useless crap. On the other hand, I'm currently working my way through Charles Stross' stuff and it definitely hits the spot. But then he's not hampered by a surplus name... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:48:34 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: so, I'm waiting On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > Jacoby, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. Even though I know very well who Jacoby Ellsbury is, my first thought on reading that was "what does Brook Jacoby have to do with it?" (which I think was also the working title of that Tina Turner comeback song). I think that means that I'm not as far from being Tim McCarver as I'd like to be. aghast, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:54:50 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 kevin studyvin wrote: > > I prefer to think that title belongs to Seattle, or as some of us like to > call it, North North Hollywood. Actually, that would be Hollywood North South, since H N belongs to Vancouver. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:56:43 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 kevin studyvin wrote: > > On the other hand, I'm currently working my way through Charles Stross' > stuff and it definitely hits the spot. Charlie used to come to the linux user group I founded in Glasgow ... just thought you should know. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:15:39 -0500 From: "gene@hopstetter.com" Subject: Re: an L series > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:08:19 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jill Brand > Subject: an L series > > I'm debating watching the debate. I want Biden to rip that cracker > bitch > to shreds, but if he does, he'll be demonized for not being a nice > person. Who cares? Rip her a new one anyway. It'll be good for internet t- shirt sales. Joe Biden's debate prep: http://www.236.com/news/2008/10/01/debate_training_biden_learns_w_1_9211.php ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:00:04 -0500 From: michael wells Subject: Re: so, I'm waiting > So, don't we get open warfare between Michaels Wells and Sweeney anytime soon? No time - off to China again! Michael P.s. No, really! P.p.s I don't think either the Cubs or Sox are equipped to go far these playoffs. Would kind of like to see the Rays go to the series, as they play the game the right way. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:02:28 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Jason & The Scorchers (fegmaniax-digest V16 #720 That makes sense. The last thing of his I read was called The Jennifer Morgue, a crazy funny mash-up of HP Lovecraft and James Bond mythology. The protagonist is an IT geek who sees pretty much everything in terms of code, and a lot of it's written in such tech-dense language that I could barely make heads or tails of it - I suspect some of you tech-literate feg types might enjoy it... On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > kevin studyvin wrote: > > > > On the other hand, I'm currently working my way through Charles Stross' > > stuff and it definitely hits the spot. > > Charlie used to come to the linux user group I founded in Glasgow ... > just thought you should know. > > Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:12:23 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: an L series, and reap again >I'm debating watching the debate. I want Biden to rip that cracker bitch >to shreds, but if he does, he'll be demonized for not being a nice person. I have retreated from "real US politics" to "US politics as it should be" and am re-watching the final series of The West Wing. I swear I learnt more about how US politics works (and should work) from any one episode of that show that from a lifetime of watching the TV news. And as for "journalistic independence"... where's I.F. Stone when you need him? Oh, and looks like the reap is official, they've found what's left of Steve Fossett's plane at last. 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: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:41:21 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: And when she... Rex wrote: >I'm sure somebody knows, but I don't-- which came first, the electric >version or the one with the freaky psychedelic tablas? The album version >has always seemed like another one of those heavy Lennon trips to me which reminds me of a projectIi've been toying with for a while - mix CsD of "the songsthe Beatles never wrote" and "The songs Lennon never wrote" - songs so clearly influenced by either the Beatles or John solo that they squeak. I've set myself the aim of at least 15 tracks, each by a different artist, for each CD - three CDs for the Beatles (62-64, 65-67, and 68-70), and one for Lennon solo. Here's what I've come up with so far - any suggestions for others would be welcome... "Without the Beatles" - 62-64 XTC - My train is coming The Cars - Best friend's girl Nic Armstrong - On a promise Bill Direen - Caroline Bay Knickerbockers - Lies Julian Cope - I've got levitation White Stripes - Pretty Good Looking (for a girl) ...plus something by the Rutles "Helpless" 65-67 Nic Armstrong - I can't stand it Sam Phillips - I need love Adrian Belew - I see you Robyn Hitchcock - Flesh no. 1 Bob Dylan - Fourth time around Elvis Costello - Really Mystified Nirvana - About a girl Sneaky Feelings - Someone else's eyes Jam - Start! Bangles - I'm in line ...plus something by the Rutles "The Blank Album" Radar Bros. - When Cold Air Goes To Sleep ELO - 21st Century man Oasis - Born on a different cloud Radiohead - My iron lung King Crimson - Walking on air Sparklehorse - Don't take my sunshine away The Broken West - Shiftee ...plus something by the Rutles "Gone Lennon" Robyn Hitchcock - Somewhere apart Nirvana - About a girl ELO - Can't get it out of my head Chris Knox - Ice breaker My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus Kelley Stoltz - The Sun Comes Through Pop Levi - From the day that you were born The Shortwave Set - House of lies Any thoughts? - -- 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, 2 Oct 2008 18:58:33 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: 1-800-REAPER, ask for Diane On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Christopher Gross wrote: >> the >> irritable Reaper from The Meaning of Life >> > > This is generally the first place my head goes when I see reference to > the Grim Reaper. Whoa, whatever happened to THE SEVENTH SEAL's Death? That Death set the bar for all subsequent Reapers. Python's irritable Reaper leads the pack of funny reapers, but there's also the one Mark McKinney played in a classic Season One Kids in the Hall skit , and the direct parody of THE SEVENTH SEAL's reapmeister in the Bill & Ted movies (the first B&T is way better than it has any right to be). naming his Death Knight "Defcomedyjam" in the WoW expansion, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:05:45 -0700 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! of course, the policy (much like military keynesianism, imperialism, "structural adjustment", slavery, protectionsim, the wto, etc.) was a reaction to the failure of markets to achieve what they were supposed to have done -- namely, direct a never-ending river of manna into the gullets of the few, the proud, the high-fivin' white guys. not that adam smith ever claimed that that's what a free market was supposed to accomplish; but, whatever. anyway, one needs must only look at who it is what's greasing up the politicians' bones to notice that "government" is just an extension of big business. "huhn," surely proclaims the politician this, week, however, "must be that goddammed fucking *internet* (or what) that's got the fucking proles all riled up to the tune of 300-to-1 phone calls to my office against the bailout scheme. and one month before the plebiscite, too! what a fucking quandary!" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:15:10 -0400 From: "Jeremy Osner" Subject: Cocaine Mr. H singing a slightly modified version of the classic, up north: http://www.capefarewell.com/diskobay/if-the-ice-doesnt-melt-and-the-water-doesnt-freeze/ - -- If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Jose Saramgo http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:33:13 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Cocaine On Oct 2, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Mr. H singing a slightly modified version of the classic, up north: > http://www.capefarewell.com/diskobay/if-the-ice-doesnt-melt-and-the-water-doesnt-freeze/ Wicked cool, but it begs the question: Does he take that polka dot shirt EVERYWHERE? - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:39:14 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: And when she... On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:41 PM, James Dignan wrote: > Rex wrote: > >> I'm sure somebody knows, but I don't-- which came first, the electric >> version or the one with the freaky psychedelic tablas? The album version >> has always seemed like another one of those heavy Lennon trips to me >> > > which reminds me of a projectIi've been toying with for a while - mix CsD > of "the songsthe Beatles never wrote" and "The songs Lennon never wrote" - > songs so clearly influenced by either the Beatles or John solo that they > squeak. I've set myself the aim of at least 15 tracks, each by a different > artist, for each CD - three CDs for the Beatles (62-64, 65-67, and 68-70), > and one for Lennon solo. Here's what I've come up with so far - any > suggestions for others would be welcome... > > "Without the Beatles" - 62-64 > XTC - My train is coming > The Cars - Best friend's girl > Nic Armstrong - On a promise > Bill Direen - Caroline Bay > Knickerbockers - Lies > Julian Cope - I've got levitation > White Stripes - Pretty Good Looking (for a girl) > ...plus something by the Rutles > > "Helpless" 65-67 > Nic Armstrong - I can't stand it > Sam Phillips - I need love > Adrian Belew - I see you > Robyn Hitchcock - Flesh no. 1 > Bob Dylan - Fourth time around > Elvis Costello - Really Mystified > Nirvana - About a girl > Sneaky Feelings - Someone else's eyes > Jam - Start! > Bangles - I'm in line > ...plus something by the Rutles > > "The Blank Album" > Radar Bros. - When Cold Air Goes To Sleep > ELO - 21st Century man > Oasis - Born on a different cloud > Radiohead - My iron lung > King Crimson - Walking on air > Sparklehorse - Don't take my sunshine away > The Broken West - Shiftee > ...plus something by the Rutles > > "Gone Lennon" > Robyn Hitchcock - Somewhere apart > Nirvana - About a girl > ELO - Can't get it out of my head > Chris Knox - Ice breaker > My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus > Kelley Stoltz - The Sun Comes Through > Pop Levi - From the day that you were born > The Shortwave Set - House of lies > > Any thoughts? > Thinking yr Helpless set might have room for "Put the Message In the Box" from Goodbye Jumbo by World Party. Or something in that set; seems to me almost any kind of Beatles-y set would profit from the inclusion of some World Party...I do like that Wallinger boy. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:48:30 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: an L series On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Miles Goosens wrote: > > p.s.: Googling the "Houses in Motion" lyrics, I just discovered that > the first line is actually "for a long time I FELT..." which, if > accurate, means I've been mishearing it for twenty-eight years. I > think I like mine ("fell" instead of "felt") better. Hmm... I kinda thought it was one on the album and the other on the live version. However, by a strange coincidence, I glanced at the lyrics to this one while ripping my CD of RIL before parting with it, I discovered that he's moving in the *room*, which I had always heard as "moving in the roots". Even on that Craig Armstrong cover, whose lyrics seem to have been drawn in equal parts from the live and studio takes. What an awesome song... Houses in Motion has always been on my shortlist of potential band names, and I can't believe nobody's taken it yet (especially over the last few years of highly successful Heads-derivative bands). - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:53:45 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! > direct a never-ending river of manna into the gullets of the few, the > proud, the high-fivin' white guys. Oh maaaaan...I miss the High-Fiven White Guys...not to mention the Ineffectual Middle-Management Suckups. > > anyway, one needs must only look at who it is what's greasing up the > politicians' bones to notice that "government" is just an extension of big > business. This Joe Bageant guy I've been ranting about recently pointedly quotes Frank Zappa to the effect that "politics is the entertainment branch of industry." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:53:56 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Miles Goosens wrote: > > Marc's point-by-point analysis sums up my problems with Michael Moore. > On the one hand, he's a really bright guy whose heart is in the right > place who provides much-needed gadfly services to our society. But on > the other hand, his anti-intellectualism hurts him on a number of > levels. > And a new Spike Lee movie just came out-- coincidence? I like my gadflies. In fact, I guess they need to be a little nutty to make the rest of us look sane in comparison. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:57:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: to my dear etews Eddie wrote:" ha ha! but, can an alaskan truly be a "cracker"?" Yes, it's a state of mind, not a geographical demographic. As for the Barney Frank thing, I wasn't saying that I supported the bail out (I called my Congressman and sent a bunch of e-mails saying, "slow down, there's no rush"). I was just saying that Barney Frank cracks me up. I am well aware of the capitalist conspiracy that surrounds me ;-) Jill, waitin' for the Wells-Sweeney smack down ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:01:32 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Cocaine > Wicked cool, but it begs the question: Does he take that polka dot shirt > EVERYWHERE? > He's like a comic-book superhero - always has to wear the same uniform. He's Quirkyman! (With the power of a thousand trilobites...) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:15:17 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: The only Obama t-shirt that matters - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:52:32 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: And when she... On 10/2/08, James Dignan wrote: > > > Julian Cope - I've got levitation Am I confused, or isn't this a Roky Erickson cover anyway? (Am I thinking of a different song?) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:53:35 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Cocaine On 10/2/08, Tom Clark wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > > Mr. H singing a slightly modified version of the classic, up north: >> >> http://www.capefarewell.com/diskobay/if-the-ice-doesnt-melt-and-the-water-doesnt-freeze/ >> > > Wicked cool, but it begs the question: Does he take that polka dot shirt > EVERYWHERE? My guess is he's got a closet with like fifteen of 'em in there. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:55:16 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: The only Obama t-shirt that matters On 10/2/08, Steve Schiavo wrote: > > ?productid=63596> I get a notice that says: Access denied ! You are not allowed to access that resource! - ---- Which would be the only Dick Cheney t-shirt that matters. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:56:15 -0400 From: "Laura Golias" Subject: Re: Cocaine My theory is that he has a closet full of those polka dot shirts. The first time I saw Robyn play live he was wearing that shirt and dark purple pants. Another theory is that he still has all his clothes from the 70s. Laura Golias gruntydawarthawg@verizon.net > On Oct 2, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > >> Mr. H singing a slightly modified version of the classic, up north: >> http://www.capefarewell.com/diskobay/if-the-ice-doesnt-melt-and-the-water-doesnt-freeze/ > > Wicked cool, but it begs the question: Does he take that polka dot shirt > EVERYWHERE? > > -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:00:13 -0400 From: Marc Alberts Subject: Re: An open letter from Michael Moore - and he's sound sensible to me! Nectar At Any Cost! wrote: > they were, not the market.> > > of course, the policy (much like military keynesianism, imperialism, > "structural adjustment", slavery, protectionsim, the wto, etc.) was a > reaction to the failure of markets to achieve what they were supposed to > have done -- namely, direct a never-ending river of manna into the gullets > of the few, the proud, the high-fivin' white guys. not that adam smith > ever claimed that that's what a free market was supposed to accomplish; > but, whatever. The market isn't about who gets rich, but about the allocation of resources. In these terms, the market hasn't been free since Franklin Roosevelt got his grubby mitts on the country. Once the government gets their tendrils into economic life, they open things up to corrupting influences, which can indeed channel manna to those who shall high five. But it also, in this case, channeled a ton of money to a non-white buddy of Obama, Franklyn Raines, whose only difference between him and Andy Fastow of Enron is that he channeled enough of the funds that were channeled to him and Fannie straight to the Dems that they protected him and even put him into a senior advisory position of the presidential campaign of their champion. What we saw wasn't a free market; it was the non-military/financial complex in action to manipulate policy because the policy was there to manipulate in the first place. > > anyway, one needs must only look at who it is what's greasing up the > politicians' bones to notice that "government" is just an extension of big > business. "huhn," surely proclaims the politician this, week, however, > "must be that goddammed fucking *internet* (or what) that's got the fucking > proles all riled up to the tune of 300-to-1 phone calls to my office > against the bailout scheme. and one month before the plebiscite, too! > what a fucking quandary!" Once again--the more you regulate business, the more business wants a say in what those regulations look like and the more money they shove in to influence things. This shouldn't be so shocking, but I guess it is. Marc ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #728 ********************************