From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #744 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, October 9 2008 Volume 16 : Number 744 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Miles on BSDR (I know - I keep changing thread names...) ["edwardofsi] Re: Queen Elvis [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Perspex Island, politics, and the wife ["edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" <] Re: Costello WAS: Miles on BSDR (I know - I keep changing thread names...) [HwyCDRrev@aol.] Re: Freddie, Fannie, rights, bailout [FSThomas ] RE: Master Debaters ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Master Debaters ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Queen Elvis ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: florida does it again ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: florida does it again ["kevin studyvin" ] Fwd: florida does it again ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: florida does it again [Marc Alberts ] Re: Freddie, Fannie, rights, bailout [Marc Alberts ] Re: Queen Elvis [HSatterfld@aol.com] Re: florida does it again ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: death and dying ["(0% rh)" ] perhaps this is being discussed in another thread even as we speak... ["(] Re: perhaps this is being discussed in another thread even as we speak... [Sebastian Hagedorn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:28:51 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: Re: Miles on BSDR (I know - I keep changing thread names...) HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote (in response to kstudyvin@gmail.com): A fabulous summary of EC's post-Mighty-Like-A-Rose output, nearly all of which I agree, surprisingly. Juliet Letters and Brutal Youth probably my faves from this period. But.... >NORTH - avoid I've seen this view espoused many times by Declan's fans, and I just don't get it. I think North is really amazing, subtle, and beautiful, and has several fine examples of his best songwriting -- Let Me Tell You About Her, Someone Took the Words Away, ... The thing is, it's a quiet, gentle, piano-and-voice-based album of songs mostly about new love, and if the only thing you're looking for from the man is sneering bile and clever wordplay -- which I'll grant, he's mighty good at, possibly the best ever -- then this is not your thing. These are songs of love, written in the middle of the night, and they sound like it. If that sounds like a bad thing, do avoid, but sometimes these are the best songs to hear. Just my unsolicited two penneth. peace, Edward See your new look Tiscali Homepage - http://www.tiscali.co.uk ___________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:10:07 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Queen Elvis Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant ! my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 10/9/2008 7:21:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, craigie@gmail.com writes: Ah, found it.... *Absolutely Free by Frank Zappa. A track with this name appears on Zappa's album We're Only In It For The Money, released directly after Absolutely Free. etc. . . . . **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:12:12 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: Re: Perspex Island, politics, and the wife Okay, can't help but join in this brief detour re: the Egyptians' albums... >>>Feel free to discuss :-) >> > Perspex Island > Respect > Element of Light > Globe Of Frogs > Fegmania! > Gotta Let This Hen Out! > Queen Elvis I won't count Hen, because as a live album it's an anomaly in the list. So here goes: Respect Globe of Frogs Element of Light Fegmania! Queen Elvis Perspex Island Was really happy to see Respect near the top of Jeremy's list, as it seems to be at or near the bottom of most others'. I love Respect, both for the quality of songwriting, but also the sheer organic quality of the sound and production, most likely because it was recorded at Robyn's home, produced by the Egyptians themselves. I really like a real-world, not-too-glossy feel, in general -- it's the reason that Abbey Road never quite sounds like the Beatles to me; although it's wonderful, it has a certain kind of polish to it that is not present on the earlier Beatles records, and that polish takes off some of the edge I enjoy. I find the same thing with King Crimson's THRACK! Great record, some fine songs, but there's such a sheen on the whole thing that it detracts. For me. Globe of Frogs I know isn't really a popular choice for being near the top of people's lists -- the concensus among listeners, and even Robyn himself it seems, is that he was "trying too hard" or something like that, but for me it's a phenomentally focused and original piece of work. In fact, if asked to rate "best" rather than "favourite" I would likely reverse my first two and put Globe on top. Luminous Rose blows my mind, and The Space Between Us Turns Into Animals is oft-overlooked but really mad vintage Hitchcock. I've been surprised to see Perspex rated so highly in this recent round of discussions, it's easily my least favourite despite a few excellent songs. I may have to go back and relisten based on the enthusiasm for it here, which to me seems newfound. A find both "love" songs (that is, Ultra-Unbelievable and So You Think You're In) to be, like, really dull, which is not something I associate with most of Robyn's work, and definitely not with his Egyptians work. Having said that, Oceanside and Birds in Perspex are tops. And If You Go Away has grown to be a favourite over the years, although I didn't take to it in the beginning. Queen Elvis has many of my favourite songs, but a couple that I don't grok at all -- Freeze and Knife -- and it also has the opposite of the organic production I like so much about Respect. Queen Elvis just sounds so perfectly coddled in studio cleanliness and reverb that the songs almost sound like alien organisms trapped in bubble wrap. Their greatness still comes through, but not in their ideal shapes. Then again, who asked me? You people rock! I seem to posting a lot for a compulsive lurker like myself! Oh well, life is a funny shape. peace, Edward See your new look Tiscali Homepage - http://www.tiscali.co.uk ___________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:22:01 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Costello WAS: Miles on BSDR (I know - I keep changing thread names...) i'm glad you like it (sincerely). . . i wish i did to me North seemed like a contrived exercise - KOA seemed like a pure expression of a new love i hoped it would sink in for me but i think i gave up after the 3rd try maybe one day i'll give it another go i preferred the songs he wrote for ms. krall (like "kralling to the USA" - no wait - that was something else ) :-D my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 10/9/2008 8:28:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk writes: >NORTH - avoid I've seen this view espoused many times by Declan's fans, and I just don't get it. I think North is really amazing, subtle, and beautiful, and has several fine examples of his best songwriting -- Let Me Tell You About Her, Someone Took the Words Away, ... The thing is, it's a quiet, gentle, piano-and-voice-based album of songs mostly about new love, and if the only thing you're looking for from the man is sneering bile and clever wordplay -- which I'll grant, he's mighty good at, possibly the best ever -- then this is not your thing. These are songs of love, written in the middle of the night, and they sound like it. If that sounds like a bad thing, do avoid, but sometimes these are the best songs to hear. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:32:45 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: Freddie, Fannie, rights, bailout Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > Amendment X > The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor > prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or > to the people. So how in Hell did we wind up with the NEA, the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, or the Social Security Administration? They're all unconstitutional and it would follow that the demands they place on the states and citizenry for compliance would be, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:51:07 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Master Debaters - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Lukoff Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:49 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: RE: Master Debaters >>From: "C. Huff" >> taxpayers, give 700 billion to Wall Street, billions to Iraq, and yet >> American citizens who are sick and disabled, many on a fixed income, >> have to spend most >> of their income on healthcare related issues. It would be nice if we all >I'm with you there. Don't forget the bloated military budget. Boondoggles like the F22 Raptor that costs 138 million per plane when the military already had a superior plane to anything else. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:10:15 -0700 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Freddie, Fannie, rights, bailout The Commerce Clause, and others, I will have to look up..... ea On Oct 9, 2008, at 6:32 AM, FSThomas wrote: > Benjamin Lukoff wrote: > >> Amendment X >> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, >> nor >> prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states >> respectively, or >> to the people. > > So how in Hell did we wind up with the NEA, the departments of > Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, or the Social > Security Administration? They're all unconstitutional and it would > follow that the demands they place on the states and citizenry for > compliance would be, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:38:47 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Master Debaters > Yes, people here want to see the NHS fixed in a variety of important ways, > but no one would want to be in the situation folks are in the states, where > maybe they have cover through their employers, maybe they don't, and even > with employer-based insurance, they are covering a percentage of the cost > themselves. Even with a 20/80 split, which I gather is common these days > over there, a semi-serious medical condition can quickly land a family in > tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt. I can attest to that - I got hit by a car not too long ago, was in surgery for nine hours, in the hospital for a week, am still seeing a physical therapist, and our 20% of those costs would have utterly crushed us if not for our having access to a wicked good lawyer. Would I like to see a single-payer universal health care plan? Ummm...yes. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:43:25 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Queen Elvis Has anybody mentioned Waiting For the Sun by the Doors yet? Same deal. Well, almost - the album dropped in 1968, while the song showed up on Morrison Hotel in what, 1970? On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:10 AM, wrote: > Brilliant! > Absolutely brilliant ! > > > my blog is "Yer Blog" > http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ > http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ > > > In a message dated 10/9/2008 7:21:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > craigie@gmail.com writes: > Ah, found it.... > > *Absolutely Free by Frank Zappa. A track with this name appears on Zappa's > album We're Only In It For The Money, released directly after Absolutely > Free. > > etc. . . . . > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:55:00 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: florida does it again Believe me, we're aware of it. It comes down to something like Bill Maher's summation on the Daily Show last week - what we got here is essentially two nations locked in a death struggle for political, economic and psychic turf. One is a modern, rational European nation and the other is a bunch of whoopin', hollerin', snake-handling fundamentalist Prots still living in the 19th century. I don't think there's any reconciling these nations to each other. I hope you enjoy the spectacle... On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:51 PM, great white shark wrote: > America is the weirdest country in the world, face it you guys you can't > even run an election properly , no wonder the states is fucked and busy > taking us all down with it :-) read this, florida is STILL having problems > counting ballots right ..... > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/florida-countys.html > fancy having machines doing the ballot marking !!!! , whats wrong with > just marking the papers by hand like almost everywhere else in the world > does,!!!! > "ah YES , but using a machine is SO much more EFFICIENT " ( and its so > much easier to falsify the count and disenfranchise your opponent and ITS > PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!! ) > we be all doomed, doomed > der commander ( busy rolling eyes, ears, nose and throat at the state of > the union ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:07:42 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: florida does it again To reinforce my last note there: http://www.planetproctor.com/index2.html On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:51 PM, great white shark wrote: > America is the weirdest country in the world, face it you guys you can't > even run an election properly , no wonder the states is fucked and busy > taking us all down with it :-) read this, florida is STILL having problems > counting ballots right ..... > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/florida-countys.html > fancy having machines doing the ballot marking !!!! , whats wrong with > just marking the papers by hand like almost everywhere else in the world > does,!!!! > "ah YES , but using a machine is SO much more EFFICIENT " ( and its so > much easier to falsify the count and disenfranchise your opponent and ITS > PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!! ) > we be all doomed, doomed > der commander ( busy rolling eyes, ears, nose and throat at the state of > the union ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:10:32 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Fwd: florida does it again Duuhhh...wrong link, sorry. Not that Planet Proctor isn't fun, but: http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801 On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:51 PM, great white shark wrote: > America is the weirdest country in the world, face it you guys you can't > even run an election properly , no wonder the states is fucked and busy > taking us all down with it :-) read this, florida is STILL having problems > counting ballots right ..... > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/florida-countys.html > fancy having machines doing the ballot marking !!!! , whats wrong with > just marking the papers by hand like almost everywhere else in the world > does,!!!! > "ah YES , but using a machine is SO much more EFFICIENT " ( and its so > much easier to falsify the count and disenfranchise your opponent and ITS > PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!! ) > we be all doomed, doomed > der commander ( busy rolling eyes, ears, nose and throat at the state of > the union ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:39:34 -0400 From: Marc Alberts Subject: Re: florida does it again kevin studyvin wrote: > Believe me, we're aware of it. It comes down to something like Bill Maher's > summation on the Daily Show last week - what we got here is essentially two > nations locked in a death struggle for political, economic and psychic > turf. One is a modern, rational European nation and the other is a bunch of > whoopin', hollerin', snake-handling fundamentalist Prots still living in the > 19th century. I don't think there's any reconciling these nations to each > other. I hope you enjoy the spectacle... If rationality were the province of only one side, the major national debate over the last 35 days or so wouldn't be about whether Palin is qualified to be VP but whether Obama, with a resume that is basically just as long, is actually qualified to be President. It is a shifting of the debate from what would be a rational question to ask (I'm not going to suggest whether either of them is or is not qualified, but just saying the question is extremely rational to ask of both) to arguing about what might happen if the qualified person she is standing behind goes tits up but ignoring the qualification issue on the other side isn't rational at all. At least, it is no more rational than sticking one's head in the sand and hoping what we haven't really examined won't come back and bite us like it did with Bush or Carter, both presidents with longer resumes than either Palin or Obama. They both are certainly is qualified to make pretty telepromptered speeches, though. I fear that won't be enough to get us through the next four years with either of them. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:12:22 -0400 From: Marc Alberts Subject: Re: Freddie, Fannie, rights, bailout Commerce Clause actually doesn't apply in most of these cases. In the case of Social Security specifically, it was the general welfare language in the preamble (Helvering v Davis 1937 and Steward Machine Co. v Davis 1937). The first one involved old age insurance, the second unemployment insurance. Only the latter was really hotly contested, and if a case were brought today to overturn the precedent it would be quite interesting to watch indeed. As for the Department of Education, the support is actually pre-Constitutional, as the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (passed under the Articles of Confederation) has been considered the basis for government programs to encourage education. As this passed prior to the Constitution, it is considered to be part of "founders intent" that strict constructionist judges often look for, and certainly expansionist judges don't have much of a problem with citing it for obvious reasons. For example, the first and second Morill Acts, which established federally backed land grant universities, all cited the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 as their basis in Congressional deliberations. If the ED were to actually run schools, I think the Constitutionality could be successfully challenged, but "encouraging education," which is basically all it does, would probably be upheld as Constitutional. That doesn't mean the Department of Education isn't a complete failure, a waste of resources, and little more than a sop to the NEA (which it basically was), and that it shouldn't be abolished because of its uselessness, but that would require an act of Congress, not a Supreme Court ruling. Marc Eleanore Adams wrote: > The Commerce Clause, and others, I will have to look up..... > > ea > > On Oct 9, 2008, at 6:32 AM, FSThomas wrote: > >> Benjamin Lukoff wrote: >> >>> Amendment X >>> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor >>> prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states >>> respectively, or >>> to the people. >> >> So how in Hell did we wind up with the NEA, the departments of >> Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, or the Social >> Security Administration? They're all unconstitutional and it would >> follow that the demands they place on the states and citizenry for >> compliance would be, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:34:43 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: florida does it again kevin studyvin wrote: > Believe me, we're aware of it. It comes down to something like Bill Maher's > summation on the Daily Show last week - what we got here is essentially two > nations locked in a death struggle for political, economic and psychic > turf. One is a modern, rational European nation and the other is a bunch of > whoopin', hollerin', snake-handling fundamentalist Prots still living in the > 19th century. I don't think there's any reconciling these nations to each > other. I hope you enjoy the spectacle... One side definitely aspires to the European model, but I wouldn't necessarily call it rational. I just took a glance over American, European, and Canadian statistics over at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Germany and France have nearly twice the unemployment we do. England is 25% higher and both Italy and Sweden have 50% more. The Consumer Price Index -- what you pay for your average consumed goods - -- in the UK and Sweden is about 15% higher than here in the US. In Italy it's 30% more. Germany's by far the cheapest country to live in when you look at the CPI. Their's is only 108.3, about 45% less than what we pay here at 195.3. That cost of living does come at the cost of 89% more unemployment, though. Looking at percentage of wage paid in taxes, the UK is the closest to being on-par with the US, but are still 3% higher. Folks in Ireland pay nearly half our rate (but are currently in a recession), and Austria, France, Germany, and Italy's rate of taxation are all at least 40% higher. So the European model -- by and large -- comes with higher unemployment, higher taxes, and a higher cost of everyday items? Sounds like a win to me. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to get back to handling my adders. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:44:27 EDT From: HSatterfld@aol.com Subject: Re: Queen Elvis <<*Let Go by Avril Lavigne. The song "Let Go" was recorded as a demo, but never officially released.>> On the contrary, "Let Go" appears as one of the b-sides on her "Mobile" single, which was apparently released due to the overwhelming popularity of the film 'Gigli', in which it appeared. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:56:44 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: florida does it again On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, FSThomas wrote: > kevin studyvin wrote: > >> Believe me, we're aware of it. It comes down to something like Bill >> Maher's >> summation on the Daily Show last week - what we got here is essentially >> two >> nations locked in a death struggle for political, economic and psychic >> turf. One is a modern, rational European nation and the other is a bunch >> of >> whoopin', hollerin', snake-handling fundamentalist Prots still living in >> the >> 19th century. I don't think there's any reconciling these nations to each >> other. I hope you enjoy the spectacle... >> > > One side definitely aspires to the European model, but I wouldn't > necessarily call it rational. > Yuh-huh, but I was more-or-less quoting Wild Bill, which in context was a discussion of styles of living and thinking as opposed to an analysis of economic statistics. It's something I can relate to, this discussion of the split in the American people between what used to would have been referred to as Apollonian and Dionysian mind sets. (I come from the whoopin'-and-hollerin' side by birth, but I must have switched sides at some point - as far as I know I'm the only member of my family that doesn't own at least one gun, and I've never killed an animal for sport - not to mention my habit of reading books written by Frogs.) The Dionysio-Americans are the ones the rest of the world watches with fascinated horror, & they're the ones whose support for the right has allowed us to get into the mess we're in. The only way things are ever going to get any better (again, -> Joe Bageant's Deer Hunting With Jesus) is for the effete liberal crowd to actually learn to communicate with the rest of the country...kind of like the Eloi getting together with the Morlocks, only without the cannibalistic element... np Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Year Of the Horse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:48:38 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: Re: death and dying Ben says: > I've told you this before offline, Lauren, but I am so glad your mother had > the chance to receive hospice. Neither of my parents had the chance (their > declines were too rapid). I still think far too few people know it's an > option, though. that's my impression as well. i have only just heard of it within the last 2-3 months (i would say that perhaps i was just paying more attention because of my mother's illness, but since she was diagnosed three years ago, i sort of discount that because there was like 2.5 years of not hearing about it.) i imagine if all this had happened even 10 years earlier, my family might not have known about it (this is just a WAG (of course, i could find some actual data. i chose not to.) i first saw it mentioned in an "article" on hospice this past summer in the blue cross/blue shield magazine-let(te?), and i did save that issue, but it didn't do justice to the "spirit" of hospice, so basically, i just filed it away just to keep tabs on different options for care. but when i really heard about was at funeral of a family friend's father, just this past june or july, where i first heard someone talk about what hospice does and how helpful hospice it had been. from the (little) reading i've done, there was some point when "hospice" became sort of a hushed word (i wouldn't go so far as to say that i got the idea it had gotten a bad reputation.) at any rate, i try to mention it early and often in case it could help someone who might not be aware or it, or might not know how much better an alternative it could be than continuing to "treat" someone who is terminally ill. so, if i'm repeating myself -- okay ;) (this just reminded of a line robyn has has said when he's about to play "the yip song" - something about surgery or treatments or chemotherapy to give his dying father an extra week of (hell.) as ever, lauren - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:11 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: perhaps this is being discussed in another thread even as we speak... ...but, really, what kind of a multi-tasking thread-juggler do you this i am? a bit late on the uptake, but i've been listening to one of the "special" (i.e. not previously an album) cds from "luminous groove". (BTW, i love how with this cd, i sometimes really want to see the title of the song that's playing, only realize that i have to stop and eject the cd to find out -- it adds such a nice little mystique to the day.) so i'd not heard "dick van dyke" (N.B. title is a guess, since it's, yes, well-concealed in the cd player) before. it's very catchy. well, maybe not catchy. perhaps it more just latches on. fiercely. but i have to love it: i mean, how often does robyn write a song whose sole purpose is to heckle the jazz butcher? as ever, lauren p.s. did anyone find the coen brothers' references in eddie's post yet? i wanted to respond to the post (the "bladerunner" part), but what little self-respect i have would be lost in having to confront my personal lack of coen brothers' movie knowledge. (i only pray that neither of the references was from "barton fink" or "raising arizona.") - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:08:12 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: perhaps this is being discussed in another thread even as we speak... - -- "(0% rh)" is rumored to have mumbled on 9. Oktober 2008 16:33:11 -0400 regarding perhaps this is being discussed in another thread even as we speak...: > so i'd not heard "dick van dyke" (N.B. title is a guess, since it's, > yes, well-concealed in the cd player) before. it's very catchy. > well, maybe not catchy. perhaps it more just latches on. fiercely. > but i have to love it: i mean, how often does robyn write a song > whose sole purpose is to heckle the jazz butcher? I have no idea what song you are refering to! I'm not even sure if I've already listened to every track on "Bod Case Of History" (that's what you mean, right?). So, which one is it and how does it heckle old Butchy? A couple of weeks ago I traded in my Coke bottle caps for "A Scandal In Bohemia" from the iTunes Store. I only had that one on tape and hadn't listened to it in ages, except for those tracks that are also on "Draining The Glass". It was a real pleasure to finally have "Mind Like A Playgroup" and "Soul Happy Hour" once more! - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:53:24 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: florida does it again On Oct 9, 2008, at 8:10 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Duuhhh...wrong link, sorry. Not that Planet Proctor isn't fun, but: > > http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801 If I wasn't still riding an inspirational wave from watching Schiavo's Donna Brazile video, this would have made me slam my head into a wall. - -tc ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #744 ********************************