From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #45 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, February 12 2009 Volume 17 : Number 045 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [kevin studyvin ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [kevin studyvin ] Re: BSG (because I have nothing to say about Rush) [djini@voicenet.com] Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) [2fs ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [2fs ] Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) [lep ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [Jeremy Osner ] Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) [Sumiko Keay ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [Tom Clark ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [Rex ] Be Very Afraid ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] Muzak no more... [Jeremy Osner ] Free album download [Steve Schiavo ] Re: Ukulele Beatles [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [Steve Schiavo ] Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards [Christopher Gross ] Re: Rain [kevin studyvin ] Re: Muzak no more... [kevin studyvin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:03:54 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards > Another key difference: all those hard rock albums above still > *swing*. The metal rhythms I've heard in the last 15-20 years turn > into really mechanical, almost inhuman things that rarely have any > kind of soul or swing to them. I think that's probably an aesthetic > decision: to be more powerful, more intense, more evil, etc., than > mere humans can achieve ... but again, I just don't enjoy it. Nice observation. From what little exposure I've had to this mode of cultural production (admittedly not a whole bunch) the general idea I get is that you're supposed to play Every Single Beat As Fast As They Can Possibly Be Played, rigorously avoiding anything that might even imply syncopation, while the lyrics are broadcast in a bestial roar which I gotta say if I tried to do that my vocal chords would probably tear loose and go flying across the room. I'd rather listen to bel canto, which I'm not that fond of either. I mean DOA sounded harsh the first time I heard 'em but their stuff ultimately resolves into some kind of reggae, and if you can't swing you just can't execute that stuff. These kids these days and their crazy music...I swear... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:04:59 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM, 2fs wrote: > (Note also that my original comment specified metal "in the last 15-20 > years" - which, I believe, excludes all of Miles' suggested choices. True dat, and I'll buy the "hard rock" vs "metal" thing, I guess, though I have a hard time with worrying about differentiating the two. I think the last time I paid any attention to metal was about the time Metallica started doing "worship us as rock gods!" videos, thus squandering their "no videos!" cred they'd built up through ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I remember thinking my then-brother-in-law's Slayer stuff sounded reasonably interesting, but the rest was just crazy speed playing (often with the Cookie Monster Vocal) that had no appeal to me. But while I'm recommending what is apparently "hard rock" and not "metal," how about that first Masters of Reality album? "John Brown," omg! In my attempt to find something both contemporary and "hard rock," I've tried Queens of the Stone Age and pretty much snoozed through 'em, so I'm still looking. later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:07:06 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: easy money So is this some kind of reference to the mechanical chess-playing machines of yore that actually had a guy inside of them? Somebody has a sense of history and/or humor... On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Marc wrote: > > Let me know when Apple starts up a real Server and Tools division and we'll >> talk. >> > > Oh snap! > (Seriously, point taken) > > Speaking of easy money, I recently signed up to be an Amazon Mechanical > Turk, where I carry out mundane internet research tasks for mere pennies. > So far I've made $1.21. Suck it, recession!! > > > -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:09:25 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards > I want to strangle whoever the pigfucker at allmusic who decided that they > were suddenly now The Ramones, instead of just Ramones. Shouldn't that be Da Ramones? Maybe Duh Ramones? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:21:21 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:09 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: >> I want to strangle whoever the pigfucker at allmusic who decided that they >> were suddenly now The Ramones, instead of just Ramones. > > > > Shouldn't that be Da Ramones? Maybe Duh Ramones? I've always supplied the "the" myself. It seems weird to say something like "hey, do you like Ramones?" or "The film Rock 'n' Roll High School prominently features Ramones." later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:39:37 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > It seems weird to say > something like "hey, do you like Ramones?" or "The film Rock 'n' Roll > High School prominently features Ramones." Similarly with "Pink Floyd" vs. "The Pink Floyd". If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:42:43 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Satan's dugout On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: >> Then one day, I asked myself that same question about quantum physics. I've >> been an agnostic ever since. >> >> --Quail >> > > Well, if you define faith as belief in things unseen, that would pretty well > cover that whole area... The chief difference being, of course, any evidence in favor of the unseen. And I believe that there *has* been evidence suggesting that the theories of quantum physics are correct. (Otherwise, they would've been overturned in favor of a diff. theory that better fit the facts.) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:05:27 -0500 (EST) From: djini@voicenet.com Subject: Re: BSG (because I have nothing to say about Rush) Sumiko wrote: > > AJ has opera training. Now I want a musical episode, Buffy-style! Choruses of Eights, an Airlock Aria, a Lullaby (for a wee Ceylon), one of the hymns to Gaius (you know there must be scads)... I will stop before I start inadvertently spoiling. And Lauren clarifies: > > that 'cause you're a guy (for the record, lee is > delicate-yet-still-strongly-handsome and helo is rugged-handsome.) Oh, I don't have trouble with Apollo. He looks like a politician. I don't think I would like him very much in person. It's the others. And yes, part of it is that they all have nicknames. > BSG (dated) triva: i'm assuming everyone knows that hot dog is, in > real life, eddie olmos' son? > No, I didn't know that! I need to be watching this show with you in the room Lauren! Wanna have a final episode party? Jeanne ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:56:43 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:05 PM, wrote: > Sumiko wrote: >> >> AJ has opera training. > > Now I want a musical episode, Buffy-style! Choruses of Eights, an Airlock Aria, a > Lullaby (for a wee Ceylon), one of the hymns to Gaius (you know there must be scads)... Well, we've heard AJ (and now I can't recall his full name) sing...and haven't we heard one or two others sing too? Judging by the tone of some of the special features, I'm guessing at least some of those involved would be up for a brief BSG musical... I know - let's get Joss Whedon to write a new, one-off special episode! - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:58:32 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: >> It seems weird to say >> something like "hey, do you like Ramones?" or "The film Rock 'n' Roll >> High School prominently features Ramones." > > Similarly with "Pink Floyd" vs. "The Pink Floyd". True - but at least in the case of 'The Pink Floyd" and "The Cream," there's the fact that they were called that...and it's a sort of mid-sixties, British thing. I think the Ramones were billed as "Ramones" on the albums just cuz it looked better. So far as I know it's not as if they insisted the name was really just "Ramones" (unlike Talking Heads or, I believe, "Doors"...). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:51:19 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Rain kevin says: >> the use of backwards recording can be credited to either one >> with no real loss of truth. > > > There's something eerily big-brotherish about that phrase. I guess "loss of > truth" is something we've become sensitive to in recent years... i'm glad you pointed that one out kevin - i have a new catch phrase. i'll see how many sentences i can start with "with no real loss of truth..." (i should probably point out that i start a fair amount of homework sentences with "without loss of generalization, we may assume..." so "with no real loss of truth" could actually be useful phrase.) sadly, my most recent catch phrase didn't take (even *i* forget to use it) - my AI teacher used the term "computationally painful" and i (briefly, it would seem) feel in love with it. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:05:50 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) 2fs says: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:05 PM, wrote: >> Sumiko wrote: >>> >>> AJ has opera training. >> >> Now I want a musical episode, Buffy-style! Choruses of Eights, an Airlock Aria, a >> Lullaby (for a wee Ceylon), one of the hymns to Gaius (you know there must be scads)... a wee cylon...that's so cute. > Well, we've heard AJ (and now I can't recall his full name) sing...and > haven't we heard one or two others sing too? although probably not dave (who i'm glad to see is still one of nature's bounds checkers) since he's on season 2, i believe. but, yes, i recall adama singing a little song under the stars. AJs singing in that one episode was just transcendental. > Judging by the tone of some of the special features, I'm guessing at > least some of those involved would be up for a brief BSG musical... > > I know - let's get Joss Whedon to write a new, one-off special episode! i love joss but...ouch. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:06:26 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, 2fs wrote: > True - but at least in the case of 'The Pink Floyd" and "The Cream," > there's the fact that they were called that...and it's a sort of > mid-sixties, British thing. Right -- what I meant to say was that I prefer "The Pink Floyd" and will use this charming locution at every opportunity. But I also talk about "The Talking Heads", their intentions be damned. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josx Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:13:47 -0700 From: "Marc Holden" Subject: Sam's Gone Away On the insert artwork for the new CD, the album tracks are listed in a different order and at the bottom there is included the track "Sam's Gone Away" which does not appear on the CD. Is there an official recording of this song anywhere or has is only been played live? (or will it be like Kung Fu Fighting, which got mentioned on the sleeve to Eye but never got an official release) He played it at the Rogue's Gallery show at the Barbican, London in July last year (as well as Wild Goose/New York Gals). It was probably supposed to appear on the second volume of the Rogue's Gallery CD compilation, which never did come out. Anyone know a bit more? Marc Whether they ever find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be considered an enemy planet. Jack Handey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:17:35 -0600 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Re: BSG (impending thread-merge implied) I never saw the episode but wasn't there a musical episode of Xena? Suggests that Lucy Lawless sings. Sumi On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:05 PM, lep wrote: > 2fs says: >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:05 PM, wrote: >>> Sumiko wrote: >>>> >>>> AJ has opera training. >>> >>> Now I want a musical episode, Buffy-style! Choruses of Eights, an Airlock Aria, a >>> Lullaby (for a wee Ceylon), one of the hymns to Gaius (you know there must be scads)... > > a wee cylon...that's so cute. > >> Well, we've heard AJ (and now I can't recall his full name) sing...and >> haven't we heard one or two others sing too? > > although probably not dave (who i'm glad to see is still one of > nature's bounds checkers) since he's on season 2, i believe. > > but, yes, i recall adama singing a little song under the stars. > > AJs singing in that one episode was just transcendental. > >> Judging by the tone of some of the special features, I'm guessing at >> least some of those involved would be up for a brief BSG musical... >> >> I know - let's get Joss Whedon to write a new, one-off special episode! > > i love joss but...ouch. > > xo > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:03:58 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Rain On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:51 AM, lep wrote: > sadly, my most recent catch phrase didn't take (even *i* forget to use > it) - my AI teacher used the term "computationally painful" and i > (briefly, it would seem) feel in love with it. This guy that I work with has recently adopted "it's Turing-complete!" as an explanation for most every issue. It's cute once or twice a year, but c'mon, it really doesn't apply to everyday situations. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:13:06 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:58 AM, 2fs wrote: > I think the Ramones were billed as "Ramones" on the albums just cuz it > looked better. So far as I know it's not as if they insisted the name > was really just "Ramones" (unlike Talking Heads or, I believe, > "Doors"...). Like The Pixies. They're always referred to this way, but all their "official" references say "Pixies". - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:01:13 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards <999-900: no Kinks 899-800: no Kinks 799-700: no Kinks 699-600: no Kinks 599-500: no Kinks 499-400: no Kinks 399-300: no Kinks 299-200: no Kinks 199-100: no Kinks 99-1: no Kinks> fuck me running! the used to put out posters every year with the entire list printed on 'em. wished i still had mine -- i can guarantee you that the kinks were very well represented. curious, is there still plenty of beatles/stones/who/zeppelin in the 1,000? y' both did. for what it's worth. i'd recommend TOOL, helms alee, korpiklaani, boris, mogwai. though i don't know if any of these would truly be considered metal. (indeed, in , dancin'-machine hopstetter labeled TOOL "poseurs and pussies"...) the container is part of the *album*, but the *media* are not a part of the container. as jeff n. said, it's splitting hairs -- but i *am*, after all, a pedant. splitting hairs is what i *do*, man. if we were to apply this thinking uniformly across the language...it'd, in my opinion, take a lot of the fun out of the language! a search for "boxed set" turns up about 5.5 million results; "box set" about 30.5 million. a 15% "market share" isn't exactly beta/vhs territory. further, while i'm generally rather fond of anachronistic affections, that's not why i do it in this case. i do it 'cause it makes more sense. oh, man. i don't do that meself -- but i frickin' love it when i see it! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:09:51 -0600 (CST) From: David Witzany Subject: Ukulele Beatles In "Concert for George" (the film of the tribute concert held one year after George Harrison died), Sir Macca comes out armed with a uke and leads the ensemble through "Something". Excellent job, and a great movie. Previously, on fegmaniax: - ------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:16:03 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Ukulele Beatles On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Just found out about this site: > http://thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com/ Covers and > interesting discussion of the songs. As with any such project covering all the Beatles' songs, I eagerly await the version of "Revolution 9"...for ukulele! - - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com - ----------------------------------- Dave. David Witzany ...one of nature's witzany@uiuc.edu bounds checkers ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:27:25 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > (and yes, I do know someone who continues to insist in 2009 on writing it > base ball; in his defense, he is a twat; no wait, that's not a defense) I bet that's a great defence against certain things. Erm, general: I have never said "mixed tape". I think, but haven't listened to myself closely enough to be sure, that I generally refer to the descendants of BIOGRAPH as "boxes". I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it, but, as some EP's call themselves EP, some of these multidisc collections are actually called "Box Set" or "(Artist Name) Box Set". I think I've taken my cues from that. Of course, there's no reason why one couldn't refer to the "Ride Box Set" boxed set if one so desired. Since I no longer possess most of the, um, music-boxes I've owned but retain them in digital form, they now are generally titled something like "Biograph (Disc 1)" as discrete units. In some cases there's a need to insert the format as a descriptor if the box shares a title with an LP-- the only example I can think of offhand is Buffalo Springfield, an at a push, the Byrds, whose original box was titled "The Byrds" and whose latter day reunion album, no material from which was featured on the "The Byrds" box, was called "Byrds". I feel we are very close to discussing, whether or not it exists, the The The "The The The Box" box. Or indeed, despite the fact that it cannot and never will exist, the Living In a Box "Living In A Box Box" Box. Dr. Suess died for my sins, - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:31:30 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:58 AM, 2fs wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Miles Goosens > wrote: > >> It seems weird to say > >> something like "hey, do you like Ramones?" or "The film Rock 'n' Roll > >> High School prominently features Ramones." > > > > Similarly with "Pink Floyd" vs. "The Pink Floyd". > > True - but at least in the case of 'The Pink Floyd" and "The Cream," > there's the fact that they were called that...and it's a sort of > mid-sixties, British thing. > The Buffalo Springfield, once again, notwithstanding... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:42:46 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: Rain tc wrote: > On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:51 AM, lep wrote: > >> sadly, my most recent catch phrase didn't take (even *i* forget to use >> it) - my AI teacher used the term "computationally painful" and i >> (briefly, it would seem) feel in love with it. > > This guy that I work with has recently adopted "it's Turing-complete!" as an > explanation for most every issue. It's cute once or twice a year, but > c'mon, it really doesn't apply to everyday situations. is he like inventing programming languages? IMO, the catch phrase should be general purpose. a guy i used to work with was big on catch phrases, and one i miss is he would often lament, in a tone that seemed both kind of fake and kind of sincere: "this is the worst day of my entire life." one thing i liked about it was that, no matter how often he said it, it was possible that he was speaking the truth yet again. as ever, lauren p.s. these pretzels are making me thirsty. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:02:54 -0800 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Be Very Afraid from my library-holds list: HAZARDS OF LOVE, THE (CD) by Decemberists, The. EMM471025C Date Placed: 02/10/2009 Pickup Location: Central Library Active 11 of 19 [ 10 active holds before you ] on 30 copies ...now, i know y'alls are gonna say i'm just setting myself up for disappointment, as happened-then-didn't with *Challengers*. but i can't help it, damn you! now the question arises: should i download it as soon as it leaks, or wait 'til the library comes through with the CD? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:42:27 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Muzak no more... In the news today: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/11/muzak.bankruptcy/index.html J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josx Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:49:37 -0600 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Free album download Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey free album (requires email address). - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:24:58 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: Re: Ukulele Beatles played on george's uke, no less my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ In a message dated 2/11/2009 5:10:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, witzany@illinois.edu writes: In "Concert for George" (the film of the tribute concert held one year after George Harrison died), Sir Macca comes out armed with a uke and leads the ensemble through "Something". Excellent job, and a great movie. **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000002) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:37:05 -0600 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Feb 11, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > In my attempt to find something both contemporary and "hard > rock," I've tried Queens of the Stone Age and pretty much snoozed > through 'em, so I'm still looking. Porcupine Tree. More metal-ish than hard rock, but that doesn't stop me from recommending them. Start with Fear of a Blank Planet and work backwards. Keep going long enough and you'll hit the Floyd-ish stuff. - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:33:43 -0500 From: Great Quail Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards Miles wrote: >> In my attempt to find something both contemporary and "hard >> rock," I've tried Queens of the Stone Age and pretty much snoozed >> through 'em, so I'm still looking. As far as modern "hard rock" goes, I like Black Mountain a lot -- kind of hard, stoner rock, a bit like Zeppelin at times, without the (glorious) bombast. Inching closer to metal, I would second Chris' recommendation of Sleep. Also, if you are a fan of Ozzy-era Black Sabbath, then Wolfmother, Electric Wizard, and The Sword are three groups to check out... - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:52:51 +0000 From: Charlotte Subject: Robyn on R4 Just when I was thinking what a shame it is that I can't go to the Union Chapel gig tonight, Radio 4 unexpectedly provided a little bit of compensation: Robyn played a live 'We Evolve' just now, in honour of Darwin. Radio 4, The Material World, which will be archived on Listen Again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml Charlotte ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:25:47 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: My name is "Eb", and my "johnson" is just as long(er) spelt backwards or forwards On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Steve Schiavo wrote: > Porcupine Tree. More metal-ish than hard rock, but that doesn't stop me from > recommending them. Start with Fear of a Blank Planet and work backwards. > Keep going long enough and you'll hit the Floyd-ish stuff. I'd say Porcupine Tree as mostly prog and psychedelia with some hard rock touches up through In Absentia, and mostly hard rock and metal with some prog touches since then. I vaguely recall reading some quote from Steve Wilson to the effect that his two great loves were prog and metal (or was it psychedelia and hard rock?), and that in recent years he's decided to focus on the latter rather than the former. - --Chris "Hasn't heard Fear of a Blank Planet yet" the Christer ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:34:43 -0600 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Joss Whedon on Fresh Air He's being interviewed today - I think that it should be on the NPR website later this afternoon - so far lots of Dr. Horrible talk. Sumi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:50:34 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Rain > as ever, > lauren > > p.s. these pretzels are making me thirsty. > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha > You have got to be reading my mind (what there is of it)! As soon as you mentioned catch phrases I instantly went to the pretzels line, which I've been using indiscriminately since they re-ran that Seinfeld ep a while back. (The/My) wife has started punching me whenever she hears it, so it may be past its shelf-life. I suspect "computationally painful" will find its way into into the lexicon soon to join "statistical density," which bored its way into my brain from the Zappa In New York album some years back and emerges periodically... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:59:50 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Muzak no more... They may or may not be gone, but that butt-ugly bronze of Jimi Hendrix remains on Broadway outside their former headquarters, which fittingly enough now houses a used record/cd/dvd store. Which reminds me I still need a copy of this, *http://tinyurl.com/b3fkhz* * ,* which includes an entertaining foreword by JG Ballard. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > In the news today: > http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/11/muzak.bankruptcy/index.html > > J > > If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the > essential words. -- Josx Saramago > http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #45 *******************************