From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #159 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, May 31 2009 Volume 17 : Number 159 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: movie talk (up and coming division) [Marc ] Re: movie talk (up and coming division) [Great Quail ] Re: movie talk (up and coming division) [kevin studyvin ] one less thing to do before i die [lep ] Re: movie talk (up and coming division) [lep ] Re: one less thing to do before i die [kevin studyvin ] Re: one less thing to do before i die ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 08:27:46 -0400 From: Marc Subject: Re: movie talk (up and coming division) lep wrote: > Marc says: >> Also, >> I think I'm one of the few folks that thinks The Hudsucker Proxy is >> brilliant. Most people think it is pretty lame, but I guess I'm too much of >> a fan of the old Preston Sturges movies to not thoroughly enjoy that one. > > i'm with you on this, marc. i'd love it just for the set designs. > but i love everything about it. it's so...big. It is big, but there are so many little things that go on in that film that are really clever. The job board at the start features such jobs as "goaltender" and "sandhog," for example. The ad that Norville responds to promises "long hours for low pay." The blueprint for the hula hoop describes the product, as Paul Newman's character probably insisted, as "extruded plastic dingus," and that becomes one of the choices the marketing team debates before settling on the hula hoop (personally, I wished they had gone with "The Wacky Circumference"). And of course one should always get a nice double stitch. That's one strong stitch. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:54:44 -0400 From: Great Quail Subject: Re: movie talk (up and coming division) >>> I think I'm one of the few folks that thinks The Hudsucker Proxy is >>> brilliant. The reason I don't really like "The Hudsucker Proxy" is the same reason I find flaws in most Coen Brothers movies -- the humor seems painfully forced to me. I still appreciate their unique brilliance; but with the exception of "No Country," I generally find awkward passages in all of their movies -- particularly "Hudsucker;" and even in two of my favorites, "Big Lebowski" and "Brother Where Are You Bound." I need coffee. Badly. - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:35:25 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: always the last to know... On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:10 AM, lep wrote: > not *one* of youFegs bothered to reap the old hairstyle? sheesh. > > come on, kids, get with the program: > http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-spector30-2009may30,0,1540646.story > > as ever, > lauren > I don't think it's an actual "hair" style issue; I expect Phil has a walk-in closet full of wigs at home, right next to his gun safe. What a shame. I guess that scene in Easy Rider was an omen... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:38:57 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: movie talk (up and coming division) On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Marc wrote: > lep wrote: > >> Marc says: >> >>> Also, >>> I think I'm one of the few folks that thinks The Hudsucker Proxy is >>> brilliant. Most people think it is pretty lame, but I guess I'm too much >>> of >>> a fan of the old Preston Sturges movies to not thoroughly enjoy that one. >>> >> >> i'm with you on this, marc. i'd love it just for the set designs. >> but i love everything about it. it's so...big. >> > > It is big, but there are so many little things that go on in that film that > are really clever. The job board at the start features such jobs as > "goaltender" and "sandhog," for example. The ad that Norville responds to > promises "long hours for low pay." The blueprint for the hula hoop > describes the product, as Paul Newman's character probably insisted, as > "extruded plastic dingus," and that becomes one of the choices the marketing > team debates before settling on the hula hoop (personally, I wished they had > gone with "The Wacky Circumference"). And of course one should always get a > nice double stitch. That's one strong stitch. > OK, Extruded Plastic Dingus is officially the best band name today. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:10:43 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: French translation help >Everyone I know took Spanish since it's actually useful but: > >Can anyone provide me with a translation to French of: > >15 people in Montreal are working furiously on their Nelson Muntz impressions. > >Google gives me: > >15 personnes 'a Montre'al, travaillent avec >acharnement sur leurs Nelson Muntz impressions. > >Which I suspect, being google, isn't quite right. This is probably nearly as wrong, since I haven't taken French for (gasp) over 25 years, but I think... "15 gens ` Montrial faconnent leurs Nelson Muntz imitations avec acharnement." ...is closer (the "c" of faconnent has a cedilla hanging from it) 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: Sun, 31 May 2009 01:53:15 -0400 From: lep Subject: one less thing to do before i die hi fegList, i wish i could say i could check off "comprehend the way in which reality and mathematics can exist in total isolation from one another, yet still correspond to one another" -- alas, no. what i do get to check off my "things to do before i die" list is "find the worst band name": http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=250904 for those without dime access, they're allegedly called "DANANANANAYKROYD." (to help cement their place in history, i rather hope the capitalization is part of the band's name/logo, and not simply reflective of the uploader's typing preferences.) as ever, lauren p.s. re: band names in general, i also noticed this torrent: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=251271 which is for a band called "ski patrol" for a 1981 radio appearance. so now i have to figure out whether i missed the reference in "snow patrol", or whether it's like i originally thought which is that they picked a stupid name. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 03:32:48 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: movie talk (up and coming division) Marc says: > It is big, but there are so many little things that go on in that film that > are really clever. oh, by big, i meant more the grandiosity of it (i agree that the devil's always in the details.) most of the coen's movies have an exaggerated quality to them, but i think "the hudsucker proxy" is the one that most has it. their style is a bit unreal, and even slightly ridiculous. that's the similarity i see between the coen brother and lynch. the coen's tend to play the exagerration for laughs, though, whereas i think lynch's comes from a genuine strangeness that comes from his sort of dark fascination with the world and with reality.** xo ** i'm just saying -- it's not like i have a compulsive need to explain myself. p.s. re: the hula-hoop: just within the last two months, i'm become the proud possessor of the hula-hoop skill. i always figured it was genetic (i.e. how the hoop would, in 0.5 seconds, go from waist to ground.) well, that and the way gravity is. but, as it turns out, it took only a week or so of (1) a fair patience, and (2) a less-fair amount of personal humiliation. but now it's all kinds of hoopin' shenanigans around here. it's fun to do while watching a bad movie, or while listening to music, although, for some reason, the music is only ever "sticky fingers" by the rolling stones. but the bad movie i'm totally flexible on. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 00:58:17 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: one less thing to do before i die On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:53 PM, lep wrote: > hi fegList, > > i wish i could say i could check off "comprehend the way in which > reality and mathematics can exist in total isolation from one another, > yet still correspond to one another" -- alas, no. > > what i do get to check off my "things to do before i die" list is > "find the worst band name": > > http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=250904 > > for those without dime access, they're allegedly called > "DANANANANAYKROYD." (to help cement their place in history, i rather > hope the capitalization is part of the band's name/logo, and not > simply reflective of the uploader's typing preferences.) > > as ever, > lauren > > p.s. re: band names in general, i also noticed this torrent: > > http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=251271 > > which is for a band called "ski patrol" for a 1981 radio appearance. > > so now i have to figure out whether i missed the reference in "snow > patrol", or whether it's like i originally thought which is that they > picked a stupid name. > I'm betting this is a name-check to the song from John Cale's 1975 Slow Dazzle. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 04:05:10 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: one less thing to do before i die kevin says: > I'm betting this is a name-check to the song from John Cale's 1975 Slow > Dazzle. "we are alone, with no excuses." -- j. p. sartre ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 08:15:24 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: one less thing to do before i die lep wrote: > > what i do get to check off my "things to do before i die" list is > "find the worst band name": or the best one. I like 'em. All their music's on emusic. Fun stuff. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:29:44 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: one less thing to do before i die On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:53 AM, lep wrote: > hi fegList, > > i wish i could say i could check off "comprehend the way in which > reality and mathematics can exist in total isolation from one another, > yet still correspond to one another" -- alas, no. > > what i do get to check off my "things to do before i die" list is > "find the worst band name": > > http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=250904 > > for those without dime access, they're allegedly called > "DANANANANAYKROYD." (to help cement their place in history, i rather > hope the capitalization is part of the band's name/logo, and not > simply reflective of the uploader's typing preferences.) A friend of mine recently posted about loving this band a lot - I did like the song he posted. < http://underneathica.blogspot.com/2009/05/you-cannot-contend-with-rpm.html>. But as I commented, there seems one too many "na"s in there. There are worse band names. Hoobastank. Whorgasm. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (with the bonus of using an apostrophe for the plural...although I can't be too picky on that, or I'd have to hate on both the dB's and the B-52's, and I won't do that.) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #159 ********************************