From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #100 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, March 31 2009 Volume 17 : Number 100 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: what Vivien said [Stewart Russell ] Re: what Vivien said [Jeremy Osner ] Re: Agadoo and lemon bars [Stewart Russell ] Re: what Vivien said [Stewart Russell ] vegetables and Mozart and perfumed lumber [Jill Brand ] Re: what Vivien said (RH ref) [Rex ] Colin explains/serious Stewart problems [Jill Brand ] Re: what Vivien said [Rex ] Re: Agadoo and lemon bars [Caroline Smith ] Re: Agadoo and lemon bars [Stewart Russell ] The New Progographers [Rex ] Re: The New Progographers [Stewart Russell ] Re: more fodder [vivien lyon ] Re: what Vivien said [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: vegetables and Mozart and perfumed lumber [vivien lyon ] Re: what Vivien said [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! [michae] Re: what Vivien said [vivien lyon ] Re: what Vivien said [Carrie Galbraith ] Re: what Vivien said [Jeremy Osner ] Re: REAP: Andy Hallet (the Host) [Sumiko Keay ] Re: what Vivien said [vivien lyon ] Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! [Tom Cl] Re: what Vivien said [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! [michae] Re:Crowded fodder [James Dignan ] Re:counting the beets [James Dignan ] Re: what Vivien said [Rex ] Re:*nice* tablets [James Dignan ] Re: Crowded fodder [Rex ] Re: counting the beets [Jeremy Osner ] Re: Fall recommendations [2fs ] Re: Agadoo and lemon bars [2fs ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:57:43 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: what Vivien said Beets are awesome - but only sliced and fried. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:04:05 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: what Vivien said On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Stewart Russell wrote: > Beets are awesome - but only sliced and fried. au contraire. Borscht is one of the tastiest soups around. Come to NYC sometime, I shall meet you there and we will partake of a lunch at Veselka. Your world will be moved (for the better). Seriously man, if you don't like the soup I'll treat you to the inexpensive lunch of your choosing. Veselka's borscht is akin to the Beatles in that it's inconceivable anybody could dislike it. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:05:34 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Agadoo and lemon bars 2009/3/31 Jeremy Osner : > Jill asks: >> What's a tablet (other than a pill that you swallow)? > > Something to write upon. No, this - sugary awesomeness, as made by my late great aunt: http://scruss.com/tablet.html Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:07:12 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: what Vivien said 2009/3/31 Jeremy Osner : > > Veselka's borscht is akin to the Beatles in that it's > inconceivable anybody could dislike it. I'm hatin' it already, then. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:08:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: vegetables and Mozart and perfumed lumber I love broccoli, but broccoli rabe is even better. Until about last year, I hated brussel sprouts, but ever since I ate some fancy dish with roasted brussel sprouts, I'm a total convert. Just slice them in half, coat with a small amount of olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roast at 400F for about a half hour. Total yum. About Mozart, yes, as I wrote to David offline, I think his vocal music is pretty sublime (choral and operatic), and the Haydn Quartets are rather good as well. Those of you who have commented on not liking Mozart but liking other long-hair music seem to like the late Romantics and the nineteenth/early twentieth century Russians. Not me so much (except for Brahms - and he's sort of middle late). My first love is Renaissance music, then classical in transition to early/middle Romantic (Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, but not a ton of Mendelssohn). and then I jump to Mahler, Prokofiev, Bartok, Schoenberg, and Shostakovich. I'm a bit of a Teutonophile, when it comes to the 19th century, but the Russians/Slavs rocked the last century. My favorite composers are probably Brahms and Josquin, but that's because of my predilection for the human voice). And I bet none of the abovementioned liked lemon desserts. We're trying cornstarch on the perfumed table. I've got a fan in the window on exhaust. It seems to be a tad better....but it might be a long haul. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:14:58 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: what Vivien said (RH ref) On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Stewart Russell wrote: > Beets are awesome - but only sliced and fried. Fried is actually okay. Dripping vermillion juices is too much. You know, I used to have a thing about yams (and sweet potatoes) when I had only ever encountered them in their candied form, but as an adult I find I enjoy 'em baked quite a lot. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:18:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Jill Brand Subject: Colin explains/serious Stewart problems I checked this out http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decemberists-colin-meloy,25944 but haven't read the whole thing. The only comment I have thus far is, Colin, lose the fucking mutton chops! Stewart, we've braved a lot together, and we even share a birthday, but this lemon dessert/brussel sprout divide in beginning to worry me. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:18:10 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: what Vivien said On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Stewart Russell wrote: > 2009/3/31 Jeremy Osner : > > > > Veselka's borscht is akin to the Beatles in that it's > > inconceivable anybody could dislike it. > > I'm hatin' it already, then. I now have the words "your borscht is like the Beatles" running through my head to the tune of "Your Love Is Like a Bullet". Which I think is a Shoes song, but maybe not... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:36:03 -0400 From: Caroline Smith Subject: Re: Agadoo and lemon bars On 31-Mar-09, at 2:05 PM, Stewart Russell wrote: > 2009/3/31 Jeremy Osner : >> Jill asks: >>> What's a tablet (other than a pill that you swallow)? >> >> Something to write upon. > > No, this - sugary awesomeness, as made by my late great aunt: > http://scruss.com/tablet.html I can vouch for the awesomeness of Stewart's tablet! Correct me if I'm wrong Stewart, but didn't you feed it to us at the feg get-together at your house six or seven years ago? Caroline (who just bought 12 green peppers for $1 at the farmer's market) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:41:36 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: Agadoo and lemon bars 2009/3/31 Caroline Smith : > > I can vouch for the awesomeness of Stewart's tablet! Correct me if I'm wrong > Stewart, but didn't you feed it to us at the feg get-together at your house > six or seven years ago? Ah yes, I remember it well. Was that really a Luxor listening party? Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:51:46 -0700 From: Rex Subject: The New Progographers On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > > I'm the more usual post-punk person for whom Crimson is the *only* > acceptable prog-related item. Forgot to follow-up on this. Is it universally accepted that Peter Gabriel beginning a solo career rendered him instantaneously Not-Prog? I'm thinking so, but I don't wanna be a hume. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:13:39 -0400 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: The New Progographers 2009/3/31 Rex : > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: > > Forgot to follow-up on this. Is it universally accepted that Peter Gabriel > beginning a solo career rendered him instantaneously Not-Prog? I'm thinking > so, but I don't wanna be a hume. What, you _don't_ want to be an 18th century Scottish philosopher? Why ever not? Stewart - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:21:43 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: more fodder On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:43 PM, wrote: > > I seem to remember mentioning several years ago that Elvis Costello left me > wanting as well. (I believe I said his voice was like someone huffing in a > phonebooth outside of Euston Station, and Viv nearly killed me, as I > recall.) The thing is, he's probably not exaggerating all that much. Sorry 'bout that. > This opinion has not changed. What?? Why, you..... Viv (sorry, I keep taking your name in vain) has been touching on the topic > of > creating art. One of the main facets that may not have been mentioned was > there's a certain level of discomfort some people need in order to make > their > art. My ex-wife couldn't make anything unless she was in a right state, > and > it took her years to unlearn that habit. > That is a very interesting point. That's how I work- something builds up inside of me and at some point it has to come out, or I get very dysfunctional. I live with two songwriters, and one of them seems to work like this as well, but the other just pounds away at the piano keys until she has a song. I hope she would not take offense if I described her as a Paul McCartney-style musician, but she doesn't seem to create from angst or inner pressure, but just because she's good at it and she likes to. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:28:44 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: what Vivien said I can only tolerate beets in a greek salad. Michael B. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex" To: "Laura Golias" Cc: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:35:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: what Vivien said On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Laura Golias wrote: > B But I hate beets. That's where I draw the line as well. No borscht for me, Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:48:15 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: vegetables and Mozart and perfumed lumber On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jill Brand wrote: > I love broccoli, but broccoli rabe is even better. Until about last year, > I hated brussel sprouts, but ever since I ate some fancy dish with roasted > brussel sprouts, I'm a total convert. Just slice them in half, coat with a > small amount of olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roast at 400F for about a > half hour. Total yum. Broccoli rabe I can eat, and chinese broccoli is delicious. It's just the little trees I can't stand. Which is sad, because how fun to eat little trees. I've been told that I might like brussel sprouts, but I can't quite manage to force one into my mouth. I recoil like a three year old. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:49:28 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: Colin explains/serious Stewart problems On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Jill Brand wrote: > I checked this out > > http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decemberists-colin-meloy,25944 > > but haven't read the whole thing. The only comment I have thus far is, > Colin, lose the fucking mutton chops! Word! My roommate has gone on tour with them, and I asked him if he would be a true friend to Colin and tell him exactly how bad the burns are. He can't figure out a tactful way to convey this. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:50:14 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Vegetable friends On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Rex wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Stewart Russell > wrote: > > > Beets are awesome - but only sliced and fried. > > > Fried is actually okay. Dripping vermillion juices is too much. > > You know, I used to have a thing about yams (and sweet potatoes) when I had > only ever encountered them in their candied form, but as an adult I find I > enjoy 'em baked quite a lot. > Japanese yams are the best. THE BEST. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:50:18 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: what Vivien said I always liked brussel sprouts and broccoli. It took me a while to warm up to cauliflower and lima beans though. Michael B. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Golias" To: "Rex" Cc: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:17:20 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: what Vivien said *raises hand* Pro-broccoli, pro-artichoke, and pro-asparagus here! And I have always loved brussel sprouts; starting when I was a kid. They are my favorite veggie. You gotta admit, most kids loathe brussel sprouts. I was the odd one who loved them. My brother liked broccoli. He called it "trees". Well, they do look like trees. But I only eat the florets, not the stems. I like cauliflower too, especially mashed cauliflower. B But I hate beets. Laura Golias ldgolias1@verizon.net >> Ooh, I forgot in my earlier postings to make a stand for broccoli. >> I've always liked broccoli, even when I was a little kid who by virtue >> simply of being a little kid was expected to hate broccoli. B It is a >> tasty and noble vegetable, and if you don't want your serving, I'll >> gladly accept it. >> p.s.: also pro-asparagus and artichoke! > > > Check, check and check. B I will also decloak as someone who never disliked > brussel sprouts. > > -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:00:13 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! Jeff Beck's "Performing This Week....Live At Ronnie Scott's", is on my short list to buy. Does anyone have it? Michael B. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Clark" To: "fegmaniax Policemen" Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! On Mar 30, 2009, at 7:10 PM, great white shark wrote: > Had the rare experience of seeing Jeff recently as he toured oz for B > first time since 77 ( in fact we saw Beck, McLaughlin and the Who in B > the space of six weeks and all were phenomenally good , however one B > RH chose NOT to come to our town this time round so he can get B > fucked :-)) > Beck is a monster and he confounds everyone by staying eternally B > young ( no doubt there's a portrait of him that is ageing B > spectacularly somewhere in a securely locked room ) and also by B > playing his arse off and making it look so sodding EASY , he moves B > me more than anyone when he plays slow stuff , such as Brush with B > the Blues and Good-bye Porkpie Hat , but he also blows off the top B > of my head with his heavy and fast numbers as well. His version of A B > Day In The Life is just unbelievable and I would postulate that B > there is NO ONE who can better him in his field ( or in his paddock B > for that matter ) Hallelujah brother! B I'm going to see him on the 23rd in Oakland and B I'm giddy about it. B "Wired" and "Blow By Blow" were practically fused B to my turntable back in the day, and they still kick ass. B An added B bonus is he's backed by Vinnie Colauita B and Syndey's own Tal B Wilkenfeld. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuhnEcSm5sU - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:03:04 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: what Vivien said I KNEW IT!!! The Powerpuff Girls reveal all... And in a bizarre twist of fate, it turns out that broccoli contains exactly the mind-controlling fungus spores that so freaked me out in Planet Earth. "It's no corndog." <- my new favorite way of declining food. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Rex wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:09 PM, vivien lyon wrote: > >> I'm not proud of my broccoli-hating ways. It's just who I am. *cries >> bitterly* >> > > Maybe this will help, Buttercup. > > > http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/dlink/index.html?episodeID=8a25c392143a6ab101143cd07ec70029 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:06:17 -0700 From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: what Vivien said On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:28 PM, michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote: > I can only tolerate beets in a greek salad. > > > > Michael B. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rex" > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Laura Golias > wrote: > >> B But I hate beets. > > > That's where I draw the line as well. > > No borscht for me, > Rex Hey now, no dissing beets! They are yummy steamed! Esp. the gold ones. - - c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:20:09 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: what Vivien said Slightly ot: any truth to the story that E.C. Segar was on the take from the canned spinach industry? J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- J Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:40:22 -0500 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Re: REAP: Andy Hallet (the Host) Meanwhile in other former Angel Cast news: Alexis Denisof and Alyson Hannigan had a little girl on March 24th - that they named Satyana. Sumi On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:13 AM, craigie* wrote: > gone to the great karaoke in the sky > > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=Andy%20Hallett > > -- > first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > > I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively > packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... > > Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We > gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:42:34 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: what Vivien said Seeing how nasty canned spinach tastes, they would need all the P.R. they could get. I love how this thread has gone from people wishing they could like music they don't actually like and turned into people proudly proclaiming their love or hatred for various vegetables. I wonder if Eddie is industriously compiling said likes and dislikes to wow us with on a later date? On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Slightly ot: any truth to the story that E.C. Segar was on the take > from the canned spinach industry? > > J > > If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the > essential words. -- J Saramago > http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:46:02 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:00 PM, michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote: > Jeff Beck's "Performing This Week....Live At Ronnie Scott's", is on > my short > list to buy. Does anyone have it? > I have the CD, but I'm not sure the DVD is out yet. I guess those YouTube clips come from it. I forget which track it is, but one of the clips shows a grinning Robert Plant in a dark corner of the audience. There a couple of phenomenal sounding torrents on Dime right now that some dude did in Japan in February. They are IEM/audience matrix mixes. I put the Yokohama show up on my iDisk a while back (Lossless AAC w/ iTunes tags, 677MB): http://files.me.com/tclark/xq5dkb - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:01:46 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: what Vivien said Canned peas are almost as bad, I've never bought them and always get the frozen variety.Greek restaurants love the canned onesB though for some reason, as they are usually the vegetable you end up with on your plate at a Greek restaurant. Michael B. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "vivien lyon" To: "Jeremy Osner" Cc: michaeljbachman@comcast.net, "Laura Golias" , fegmaniax@smoe.org, "Rex" Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:42:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: what Vivien said Seeing how nasty canned spinach tastes, they would need all the P.R. they could get. I love how this thread has gone from people wishing they could like music they don't actually like and turned into people proudly proclaiming their love or hatred for various vegetables. I wonder if Eddie is industriously compiling said likes and dislikes to wow us with on a later date? On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Jeremy Osner wrote: > Slightly ot: any truth to the story that E.C. Segar was on the take > from the canned spinach industry? > > J > > If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the > essential words. -- J Saramago > http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:10:55 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! TC, The DVD just got released today, and its over two and a half hours long clocking in at 155 minutes with 1.33:1 asppect ratio. The Blu-ray also got released today and isB longer running timeB of 191 minutes with a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. Michael B. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Clark" To: "fegmaniax Policemen" Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:46:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: jeff beck , the OOO and the G Dead - beware strong opinions ! On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:00 PM, michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote: > Jeff Beck's "Performing This Week....Live At Ronnie Scott's", is on B > my short > list to buy. Does anyone have it? > I have the CD, but I'm not sure the DVD is out yet. B I guess those B YouTube clips come from it. B I forget which track it is, but one of B the clips shows a grinning Robert Plant in a dark corner of the B audience. There a couple of phenomenal sounding torrents on Dime right now that B some dude did in Japan in February. B They are IEM/audience matrix mixes. I put the Yokohama show up on my iDisk a while back (Lossless AAC w/ B iTunes tags, 677MB): http://files.me.com/tclark/xq5dkb - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:13:37 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re:Crowded fodder >There can be no doubting the celestial majesty of "Weather With You", can >there? I loved that song for year before I found out that it was an actual >sing-along-level *hit song* outside the US. And when I did find that out, >it made me very, very happy. Like coming home. That and "Four seasons in one day" make me feel very odd. They almost give me some sort of nationalistic pride, a feeling I'm really not used to - that someone from the li'l ol' shaky isles can have come up with something so hearbreakingly gorgeous. >Also, Viv says: > > I was so musically naive at the time I didn't know "Pale and >Precious" was a > > Beach Boys pastiche. I only figured it out years later, upon hearing Pet > > Sounds for the first time. > >Y'know, I still can't identify half of what theyr'e homaging. I think >Pale & Precious is the only one I got on first listen. When I was younger I knew far more about the Hollies than the Beach Boys, so "Vanishing Girl" was the most obvious one for me. "Albert Brown" always struck me as Herman's Hermits meet the Small Faces, too. 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: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:18:24 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re:counting the beets > > But I hate beets. > > >That's where I draw the line as well. > >No borscht for me, Huh? Looks like another case of separation by a common language. I think that what we call beets you call rutabagas - borscht is made of beetroot, a completely different vegetable, and one with all the appeal of an unripe potato drenched in purple ink, but with a far less palatable taste. 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: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:18:57 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: what Vivien said On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:01 PM, wrote: > Canned peas are almost as bad, I've never bought them and always get the > frozen variety.Greek restaurants love the canned ones though for some > reason, as they are usually the vegetable you end up with on your plate at a > Greek restaurant. > What the hell's even up with those mushy diced carrots, though? The tiny jaundice-cubes? The frozen vegetables of the '70's probably really did a number on a lot of people. I liked broccoli as a kid, but it was still a pretty profound shock to experience it lightly steamed for the first time. I could really go for an endive tonight after all this. A really damn vinaigrettey endive. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:22:35 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re:*nice* tablets >Jill asks: > > What's a tablet (other than a pill that you swallow)? > >Something to write upon. Chocolate! It's an old name for a slab of chocolate, still occasionally met with. 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: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:24:39 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: Crowded fodder On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM, James Dignan wrote: > There can be no doubting the celestial majesty of "Weather With You", can >> there? I loved that song for year before I found out that it was an >> actual >> sing-along-level *hit song* outside the US. And when I did find that out, >> it made me very, very happy. Like coming home. >> > > That and "Four seasons in one day" make me feel very odd. They almost give > me some sort of nationalistic pride, a feeling I'm really not used to - that > someone from the li'l ol' shaky isles can have come up with something so > hearbreakingly gorgeous. The funny thing is-- that's how they make *me* feel, too. I'm generally a little suspicious of the communal concert experience, because I can't imagine that that many people are actually having the same experience, for whatever reason and it can often seem very lowest-common-denominatory to me personally. But those songs do it for me. All the way. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:55:00 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: counting the beets > Huh? Looks like another case of separation by a common language. I think > that what we call beets you call rutabagas - borscht is made of beetroot, a > completely different vegetable, and one with all the appeal of an unripe > potato drenched in purple ink, but with a far less palatable taste. What we call rutabagas are large yellowish turnips -- I think they are also called "Swedish turnips". I like them in certain configurations, including sometimes in soup. Beet is the purple root, except it is tasty so probably not the vegetable you're talking about. J If we do not say all words, however absurd, we will never say the essential words. -- Josi Saramago http://www.readin.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:59:34 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Fall recommendations On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:58 AM, matt sewell wrote: > There's certainly a lot to choose from. I'd recommend Hex Enduction Hour, > as > it's got Hip Priest, the song that got me into the Fall. Also Perverted By > Language is great - Neighbourhood of Infinity is superb. Actually there's a > compilation album called Palace Of Swords Reversed which is a very good > place > to start with the early fall. As for later Fall, I'd recommend Extricate, > Code: Selfish, or actually there's a good comp for the later years called A > Past Gone Mad, chosen and liner notes written by TV's Stewart Lee - have a > look at him here > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jmx6y/Stewart_Lees_Comedy_Vehicle_Pol > itical_Correctness/ > Our American electrons cannot, apparently, navigate the left-handed, alternately-voltage-rendered British circuitry of this video. Or something. - -- ...Jeff Norman, who now wants to have an album to call "Our American Electrons" The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:00:45 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Agadoo and lemon bars On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > I almost never check out the links that are posted here because of time > constraints, but Stewart's violent reaction to this > > > > > forced me to listen to it. OK, so that's how I feel about lemon > bars....which may not be a bad thing because I don't need the calories > anyway. > > What's a tablet (other than a pill that you swallow)? No - a pill that you swallow is a pillow. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #100 ********************************