From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #799 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, December 10 2008 Volume 16 : Number 799 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? ["Sumiko Keay" ] A Final Book From David Foster Wallace [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Papercraft Cthulhu For You (No RH) [Steve Talkowski Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? I know. It's disturbing. And trying to force the Trib to fire editors who are against you? You know that only makes them want to investigate even MORE. Sumi On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > The second governor in a row? WTF? > > (Perhaps German politicians are just cleverer in that they don't get caught, > who knows) > -- > b . Sebastian Hagedorn > b Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de > b ' http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:45:49 -0800 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Just traditional Illinois politics. It all goes back to Prohibition, one of our nation's less successful experiences with legislating morality. A little reading in the history of Chicago and the rise of the mob during Prohibition can give a person some very useful insights into modern American life. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn < Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de> wrote: > The second governor in a row? WTF? > > (Perhaps German politicians are just cleverer in that they don't get > caught, who knows) > -- > b . Sebastian Hagedorn > b Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de > b ' http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:02:46 -0600 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Well, it's pretty damn bold to try to sell Obama's senate seat when you know that you are already under investigation! Sumi On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:45 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Just traditional Illinois politics. It all goes back to Prohibition, one of > our nation's less successful experiences with legislating morality. A > little reading in the history of Chicago and the rise of the mob during > Prohibition can give a person some very useful insights into modern American > life. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn < > Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de> wrote: > >> The second governor in a row? WTF? >> >> (Perhaps German politicians are just cleverer in that they don't get >> caught, who knows) >> -- >> b . Sebastian Hagedorn >> b Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de >> b ' http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:12:39 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Detroit had problems as well during Prohibition. We had the Purple Gang, less famous then Capone's gang but just as violent. Gang members with fast boats and a load of Canadian whiskey tried to make the trip across the Detroit River from Windsor, ONT. Many didn't make it though as it was heavily patrolled. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of kevin studyvin Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:46 AM To: Sebastian Hagedorn Cc: The Myriad Ones Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Just traditional Illinois politics. It all goes back to Prohibition, one of our nation's less successful experiences with legislating morality. A little reading in the history of Chicago and the rise of the mob during Prohibition can give a person some very useful insights into modern American life. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn < Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de> wrote: > The second governor in a row? WTF? > > (Perhaps German politicians are just cleverer in that they don't get > caught, who knows) > -- > b . Sebastian Hagedorn > b Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de > b ' http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:23:04 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? On 12/9/08, Bachman, Michael wrote: > > Detroit had problems as well during Prohibition. We had the Purple Gang, > less famous then Capone's gang but just as violent. They were also later known as the Jailhouse Rock rhythm section... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:40:00 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com just said: >Detroit had problems as well during Prohibition. We had the Purple Gang, less famous then Capone's gang but just as violent. Gang members with fast boats and a load of Canadian whiskey tried to make the trip across the Detroit River from Windsor, ONT. Many didn't make it though as it was heavily patrolled. Woah! You mean, as in "the whole rhythm section was the..."?? Hah! Never knew what that referred to before! peace, Edward 33% off Norton Security from Tiscali - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/securepc/ __________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:48:02 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? - -----Original Message----- From: edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk [mailto:edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:40 AM To: Bachman, Michael Cc: The Myriad Ones Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com just said: >>Detroit had problems as well during Prohibition. We had the Purple Gang, less famous then Capone's gang >>but just as violent. Gang members with fast boats and a load of Canadian whiskey tried to make the trip >>across the Detroit River from Windsor, ONT. Many didn't make it though as it was heavily patrolled. Edward came back with: >Woah! You mean, as in "the whole rhythm section was the..."?? >Hah! Never knew what that referred to before! Yep, that's them being referred to in "Jailhouse Rock". Wikipedia on the Purple Gang: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:57:59 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? - -- "Bachman, Michael" is rumored to have mumbled on 9. Dezember 2008 12:48:02 -0500 regarding RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois??: >> Woah! You mean, as in "the whole rhythm section was the..."?? > >> Hah! Never knew what that referred to before! > > Yep, that's them being referred to in "Jailhouse Rock". Wikipedia on the > Purple Gang: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang Oops, I always though that was a euphemism for homosexuals ... (in the context of the song, that is). - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:01:31 -0600 From: "Sumiko Keay" Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Full affadavit here: http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/Blagojevich_Affidavit.pdf Sumi On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Bachman, Michael wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk [mailto:edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:40 AM > To: Bachman, Michael > Cc: The Myriad Ones > Subject: RE: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? > > Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com just said: >>>Detroit had problems as well during Prohibition. We had the Purple Gang, less famous then Capone's gang >>>but just as violent. Gang members with fast boats and a load of Canadian whiskey tried to make the trip >>>across the Detroit River from Windsor, ONT. Many didn't make it though as it was heavily patrolled. > > Edward came back with: >>Woah! You mean, as in "the whole rhythm section was the..."?? > >>Hah! Never knew what that referred to before! > > Yep, that's them being referred to in "Jailhouse Rock". Wikipedia on the Purple Gang: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang > > Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:31:20 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: What kind of banana republic is Illinois?? Sebastian wrote: >The second governor in a row? WTF? ...Oh, not to mention this would be the 4th out of our last 8 Govs to go to prison (although 2 of those were for things they did outside of their office) (yeah, like that makes that much difference...). You can catch some of my coverage on it as posted on The Stonecipher Report site. (I'll send you to them via the "digg" site (so if ya can please give me a digg there, that'd be mighty helpful), then click on the story's headline to get to the full piece...) First up -- the breaking news that hit this morning: http://digg.com/politics/IL_Gov_Blagojevich_Arrested_for_Trying_to_Sell_Senat e_Seat Then, a little more time, some more facts...and plenty o' mocking: http://digg.com/politics/Illinois_Governor_Rod_Blagojevich_s_So_Far_Worst_Day _Ever Thanks...and hope you enjoy them! Michael "Yes, he was my Congressman before becoming Gov, too (and so just was incoming Obama CoS Rahm Emanuel)..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Suspicious message? Theres an alert for that. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad2_1 22008 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:15:30 +0000 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Oliver Postgate Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:58:09 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: reap Oliver Postgate (UK fegs will shed a tear; others may need some help: . Basically, Smallfilms' stop motion animation was my early life: Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin, Pogles Wood, ...) * There was a fascinating documentary featuring Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin a year or two ago, which showed how they put the films and sensational special effects together in a shed in Kent. Apparently a huge number of complaints were generated by the use of a swear-word in Clanger-language. - - Mike Godwin PS Explanation: Clanger-language is all Swanee-whistled: ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:31:39 +0000 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Tribute band? Just had a look at the listings for the Fleece in Bristol next year: * I am intrigued by the entries for 30th Jan and 18th Feb. Does anyone know anything about this tribute band? Fri 12th Dec - THEY WILL ROCK YOU (Tribute) #7adv Sat 13th Dec - LONDON CALLING(Tribute) #7.00adv Mon 15th Dec - FREE SHOWCASE STORM THEORY + Rum Junkie + The Ramoans #FREE Tue 16th Dec - bristolband.com THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT + Kolo + Sloppy Joe #free Thu 18th Dec - FRENETICA + Hookers + The Ouija Birds FREE Fri 19th Dec - THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE(Tribute) #9adv Sat 20th Dec - DOREEN DOREEN (80s - 90s Covers) #9adv Mon 22nd Dec - FREE SHOWCASE MILD PERIL + Super Gyration + Back Seat Rodeo #FREE Tue 23rd Dec - bristolbands.com - FREE SHOWCASE LASTWIND + Road to Recovery + A Day At The Races Sat 27th Dec - LIVE ZEPPELIN + Moody Goose #7adv Mon 29th Dec - FREE SHOWCASE TRIGGERFISH + Fabric + Random Penetrations #FREE Wed 31st Dec - BIG TIME "NOW THATS WHAT I CALL NEW YEARS EVE' CLASSIC ROCK TRIBUTE #10adv Sat 03rd Jan - EMPERIALS - *cancer charity gig* (Tribute)#7.00adv Tue 06th Jan - Bristo Bands - SHOWCASE PETROL #FREE Fri 09th Jan - HELLRAZOR (Tribute) #6adv Sat 10th Jan - THE BRISTOL ROCK ORCHESTRA PLAY THE WALL (Floyd Tribute) #8adv Mon 12th Jan - FREE SHOWCASE POODLES OF DOOM + The Creek + Panic Office #FREE Fri 16th Jan - ON THE EDGE (Big Band Soul) #6adv Sat 17th Jan - THE WILD GULLOOTS + The Plan + Last Orderz + FLukestar (Original Indie Rock) #5.00adv Mon 19th Jan - TROY ELLIS AND THE LONGSHOTS FREE ENTRY Fri 23rd Jan - THE SEX PISTOLS EXPERIENCE #8adv (Tribute) Sat 24th Jan - HELLS BELLS (Tribute) #9adv Mon 26th Jan - FREE SHOWCASE: BUZZ MONKEY + Th eReckless + Knights Move Thinking #FREE Thu 29th Jan - CATS IN PARIS + War Against Sleep + Ben Butlr & Mousepad #5adv Fri 30th Jan - ROBY HITCHCOCK(Tribute) #9adv Sat 31st Jan - THE SUSPECTS (Big Band Soul) #6adv Tue 03rd Feb - MONGREL + THE ACORN #9.50adv Fri 06th Feb - LARRY MILLER(Blues) #6adv Sat 07th Feb - LIMEHOUSE LIZZY (Tribute) #10.50adv Fri 13th Feb - THE HOUNDS OF LOVE - KATE BUSH TRIBUTE(Tribute) #8.00adv Sat 14th Feb - DOREEN DOREEN (tribute) #8adv Wed 18th Feb - ?ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND HIS FREINDS? #12.50adv Sat 21st Feb - NEARLY DAN (Tribute) #10adv Thu 26th Feb - EMMY THE GREAT #7.50adv Fri 27th Feb - GANG GANG DANCE #10adv Sat 28th Feb - GUNZ N ROZES (tribute) #9adv Fri 06th Mar - GEE BABY I LOVE YOU (Big Band Soul) #8adv Sat 07th Mar - SUPREME ROBBIE (Tribute) #8adv Fri 13th Mar - LONDON CALLING (Tribute) #6adv Fri 20th Mar - UP THE FUNCTION (Covers) + ASHTON #7adv Sat 21st Mar - EMPERIALS (Tribute) + THE BLACK CRASH #7.00adv Sun 22nd Mar - NICK HARPER #10adv Fri 27th Mar - SOUL DESTROYERS (Tribute) #8adv Sat 28th Mar - AFGM (Clssic Rock) #6adv Mon 20th Apr - BEN TAYLOR #10adv Or how to spell 'friends'? - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:20:47 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Tribute band? On 12/9/08, hssmrg@bath.ac.uk wrote: > > Just had a look at the listings for the Fleece in Bristol next year: > > > * I am intrigued by the entries for 30th Jan and 18th Feb. Does anyone know > anything about this tribute band? Nah - just the list was proofread by same folks who proofread the Yep Roc site... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:48:28 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: A Final Book From David Foster Wallace http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/a-final-book-from-david-foster-wa llace/ By Dave Itzkoff A speech given by David Foster Wallace will be published as a book. (Marion Ettlinger)A commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace will be released as a book in April, Publishers Weekly reported. The speech, which Mr. Wallace gave at Kenyon College in May 2005, was a commentary on the value of a liberal arts education as well as a send-up of commencement-speech clichC)s, beginning with a parable about two fish that seem not to understand what water is. The book, titled bThis Is Water,b will be released by Little, Brown and Co., which published many of Mr. Wallacebs novels and non-fiction collections before his suicide in September. The book, with illustrations, is expected to run about 150 pages, and Little, Brown has said its initial print order will be about 40,000 copies. my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:48:57 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Papercraft Cthulhu For You (No RH) http://www.toycyte.com/john-kovalic-x-jerome-thieulin-ktulu http://jerom-bd.blogspot.com/2008/12/deux-papertoys-ktulu-inspirs-par.html - -- Steve Talkowski Character Design & Animation http://sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:58:34 -0800 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Papercraft Cthulhu For You (No RH) Can't wait to get home & check out this action - the filters at work won't let us near anything that looks wiki-ish or bloggy. Not to mention the Onion AV Club... On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Steve Talkowski wrote: > http://www.toycyte.com/john-kovalic-x-jerome-thieulin-ktulu > http://jerom-bd.blogspot.com/2008/12/deux-papertoys-ktulu-inspirs-par.html > > -- > > Steve Talkowski > Character Design & Animation > http://sketchbot.blogspot.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #799 ********************************