From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V18 #17 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, January 27 2010 Volume 18 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: REAP Dual turntables ["gene@hopstetter.com" ] Re: Vaguely Buffy-ish note [kevin studyvin ] Re: Vaguely Buffy-ish note [cgalbraith ] Fwd: And in your Bee news today... ["craigie*" ] for tc and the other appleFegs [lep ] Re: And in your Bee news today... [lep ] Re: And in your Bee news today... [Tom Clark ] Re: And in your Bee news today... [vivien lyon ] Re: truth or dare... [James Dignan ] Re: truth or dare... [James Dignan ] Re: for tc and the other appleFegs [Tom Clark ] Re: truth or dare... ["Laura Golias" ] Re: truth or dare... ["edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" ] Re: truth or dare... [vivien lyon ] Re: truth or dare... [vivien lyon ] Re: And in your Bee news today... ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: truth or dare... ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: the truth or dare thing [Jeremy Osner ] Re: truth or dare... [ross ] MOJO Syd [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: the truth or dare thing [cgalbraith ] Re: the truth or dare thing [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Fwd: REAP Dual turntables [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Fwd: truth or dare... [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: truth or dare... [Rex ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:44:09 -0600 From: "gene@hopstetter.com" Subject: Re: REAP Dual turntables > From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net > > but I've yet to repair my Dual 701 turntable. Don't do it! Don't even try! That way lies madness. Trust me, I've wrestled with Dual turntables before, and it's a losing battle. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:23:45 -0800 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Vaguely Buffy-ish note On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Sumiko Keay wrote: > Hee. I caught that. . . but I didn't catch a Manchurian Candidate > reference that many seemed to have? Did you? And if so, what was it? > > (I haven't watched the Manchurian Candidate in years.) > > Sumi > > Totally missed it. Anybody fill us in? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:39:11 -0800 From: cgalbraith Subject: Re: Vaguely Buffy-ish note On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:33 AM, kevin studyvin wrote: > Watching Chuck tonite I snapped to attention in one scene when Adam > Baldwin's character, in the middle of a confrontation, muttered > "Bored now," > and stalked off. 'Cause you know, when Willow used to say that it > meant > trouble for somebody. > > Certainly seems like once an actor's been involved with Whedon's > world they > never seem to entirely leave... I've noticed this on Bones. I was watching an older season and caught several references I had missed, including a murderer living at the Hyperion Hotel. I've also noticed a whole discussion on the phrase "WWBD" and I've heard "Bored Now" and "What's the What?" at least once during the series. Also, in the first season, one character accuses another of watching reruns of Firefly instead of doing their work. I've noticed something else - at least 3 of the "big bads" from both Buffy and Angel have guest starred on Bones in different episodes and in all of the shows they either are the murderer or are the reason someone else murdered. I think it is not a complete coincidence. The three are: The Mayor, Jasmine and Marcus Hamilton! I also find it more than a coincidence that the character played by David Boreanaz on Bones is a Champion who is trying to find redemption from past sins by catching monsters and helping the helpless while carrying a torch for a woman who's name begins with a B. I've decided that the series creator is a serious Whedonite. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:01:58 +0000 From: "craigie*" Subject: Fwd: And in your Bee news today... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: craigie* Date: 2010/1/26 Subject: And in your Bee news today... To: Nectar At Any Cost! 1 Bee space = 52 gnat's eyes Don't believe me? then check out http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm It started as work, and turned into a gigglefest... c* - -- 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") - -- 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, 26 Jan 2010 14:13:45 -0500 From: lep Subject: for tc and the other appleFegs "20 Things I already know about Apples iTablet/iSlate": http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1234 xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:25:33 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: And in your Bee news today... craigie* says: > 1 Bee space = 52 gnat's eyes > > Don't believe me? then check out http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm > > It started as work, and turned into a gigglefest... /* awaits joke involving the vietnamese "dong" */ xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:13:22 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: And in your Bee news today... On Jan 26, 2010, at 11:25 AM, lep wrote: > craigie* says: > >> 1 Bee space = 52 gnat's eyes >> >> Don't believe me? then check out http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm >> >> It started as work, and turned into a gigglefest... > > /* awaits joke involving the vietnamese "dong" */ "Vietnamese dong" and "joke" is redundant. And where's "Shitload [metric]" and "Shitload [imperial]"? - -tc p.s. I like your use if the comment delimiters. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:19:01 -0800 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: And in your Bee news today... Also, I'm wondering where "pantsload" and "fuck-ton" are.... On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Tom Clark wrote: > On Jan 26, 2010, at 11:25 AM, lep wrote: > > craigie* says: >> >> 1 Bee space = 52 gnat's eyes >>> >>> Don't believe me? then check out >>> http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm >>> >>> It started as work, and turned into a gigglefest... >>> >> >> /* awaits joke involving the vietnamese "dong" */ >> > > "Vietnamese dong" and "joke" is redundant. > > And where's "Shitload [metric]" and "Shitload [imperial]"? > > -tc > > p.s. I like your use if the comment delimiters. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:47:30 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: truth or dare... >1) a book you haven't read >2) a record you haven't listened to >3) a movie you haven't seen okay - I'll bite: 1) to quote Viv: "1. Ulysses (though I have tried, and that's even more embarrassing)". Make it a ditto from me 2) Forever changes - Love 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, 1931, pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur Hulot's holiday"; "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of Cabiria"... I'm currently managing to find cheap DVDs of several classics I've never seen, so I'm hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to be seen at the moment) 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, 27 Jan 2010 10:54:26 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: truth or dare... A series of replies to a series of replies: >2) "blue" by joni mitchell. and, to be honest, lall the other joni >mitchell albums as well. "Blue"'s good, but "Hejira"'s better >2. I've never listened to an entire John Lennon record. "Imagine"'s the easiest one to start with >3. Any movie that stars Tom Hanks (shiver) Even people who dislike Hanks (raises hand) can almost certainly stand "Apollo 13" > > 1) a book you haven't read This question also is naggingly reminding me about Woody Allen's film "Zelig", with the title character continually lamenting that he hasn't read Moby Dick. > > 3) _Wings of Desire_ (_Der Himmel uber Berlin_). It's been on my list for >years, but somehow I just haven't gotten around to it. I guess it's a >movie I have such high hopes for that I want to save it for when I'm in >just the right mood to apreciate it fully. Or maybe I'm afraid that I've >already ruined it for myself through excessively high expectations. Or >something. Currently #162 on my Netflix queue. One of my all-time favourites, but you do have to be in the right mood for 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: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:09:42 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: for tc and the other appleFegs On Jan 26, 2010, at 11:13 AM, lep wrote: > "20 Things I already know about Apples iTablet/iSlate": > > http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1234 All true except #2 and #6. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:49:30 -0500 From: "Laura Golias" Subject: Re: truth or dare... biting...... 1) a book you haven't read: Heart Of Darkness (gave it a try, couldn't get past the first paragraph....) 2) a record you haven't listened to: I have a few Wilco CDs; have yet to listen to any of them..... 3) a movie you haven't seen: Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. I love Kubrick, and Joe really liked this one, but for some reason unknown, I never have watched it. very wow..... Laura Golias ldgolias1@verizon.net > >1) a book you haven't read >>2) a record you haven't listened to >>3) a movie you haven't seen > > okay - I'll bite: > > 1) to quote Viv: "1. Ulysses (though I have tried, and that's even more > embarrassing)". Make it a ditto from me > > 2) Forever changes - Love > > 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, 1931, > pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur Hulot's holiday"; > "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of Cabiria"... I'm currently > managing to find cheap DVDs of several classics I've never seen, so I'm > hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to be seen at the moment) > > 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, 26 Jan 2010 23:58:56 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: Re: truth or dare... Right then, de-lurk and a 'me too'... 1) a book you haven't read: Another one for Ulysses, and tried twice. 2) a record you haven't listened to: Anything by Big Star 3) a movie you haven't seen: The Usual Suspects peace, Edward p.s. Blatant self-promotion -- if any of you folks out in fegland are interested (apart from those of you who already have them), my six California-era solo albums are all available for free mp3 download at http://tiny.cc/CLPwf >----Original Message---- >From: ldgolias1@verizon.net >Date: 26/01/2010 22:49 >To: >Subj: Re: truth or dare... > >biting...... > >1) a book you haven't read: Heart Of Darkness (gave it a try, couldn't get >past the first paragraph....) > >2) a record you haven't listened to: I have a few Wilco CDs; have yet to >listen to any of them..... > >3) a movie you haven't seen: Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. I love Kubrick, and Joe >really liked this one, but for some reason unknown, I never have watched it. > >very wow..... > >Laura Golias >ldgolias1@verizon.net > > > >> >1) a book you haven't read >>>2) a record you haven't listened to >>>3) a movie you haven't seen >> >> okay - I'll bite: >> >> 1) to quote Viv: "1. Ulysses (though I have tried, and that's even more >> embarrassing)". Make it a ditto from me >> >> 2) Forever changes - Love >> >> 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, 1931, >> pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur Hulot's holiday"; >> "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of Cabiria"... I'm currently >> managing to find cheap DVDs of several classics I've never seen, so I'm >> hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to be seen at the moment) >> >> 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, 26 Jan 2010 15:35:42 -0800 From: "John B. Jones" Subject: Re: truth or dare... Book: infinite summer (tried; it was a little too infinite for my summer) Record: dark side of the moon! felt bad momentarily that i heard the flaming lips version and not the real one. Movie: citizen kane On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:58 PM, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk < edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Right then, de-lurk and a 'me too'... > > 1) a book you haven't read: Another one for Ulysses, and tried twice. > > 2) a record you haven't listened to: Anything by Big Star > > 3) a movie you haven't seen: The Usual Suspects > > peace, > Edward > > p.s. Blatant self-promotion -- if any of you folks out in fegland are > interested (apart from those of you who already have them), my six > California-era solo albums are all available for free mp3 download at > http://tiny.cc/CLPwf > >----Original Message---- > >From: ldgolias1@verizon.net > >Date: 26/01/2010 22:49 > >To: > >Subj: Re: truth or dare... > > > >biting...... > > > >1) a book you haven't read: Heart Of Darkness (gave it a try, > couldn't get > >past the first paragraph....) > > > >2) a record you haven't listened to: I have a few Wilco CDs; have > yet to > >listen to any of them..... > > > >3) a movie you haven't seen: Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. I love Kubrick, > and Joe > >really liked this one, but for some reason unknown, I never have > watched it. > > > >very wow..... > > > >Laura Golias > >ldgolias1@verizon.net > > > > > > > >> >1) a book you haven't read > >>>2) a record you haven't listened to > >>>3) a movie you haven't seen > >> > >> okay - I'll bite: > >> > >> 1) to quote Viv: "1. Ulysses (though I have tried, and that's even > more > >> embarrassing)". Make it a ditto from me > >> > >> 2) Forever changes - Love > >> > >> 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, > 1931, > >> pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur Hulot's > holiday"; > >> "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of Cabiria"... I'm > currently > >> managing to find cheap DVDs of several classics I've never seen, so > I'm > >> hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to be seen at the moment) > >> > >> 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, 26 Jan 2010 16:08:34 -0800 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: truth or dare... On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM, James Dignan wrote: > > > 2. I've never listened to an entire John Lennon record. >> > > "Imagine"'s the easiest one to start with I imagine it is. > > > 3. Any movie that stars Tom Hanks (shiver) >> > > Even people who dislike Hanks (raises hand) can almost certainly stand > "Apollo 13" > > SPLASH! Maybe this is only true for 12-year-old girls. God, I loved that movie. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:43 -0800 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: truth or dare... On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:47 PM, James Dignan wrote: > > 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, 1931, > pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur Hulot's holiday"; > "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of Cabiria"... I'm currently > managing to find cheap DVDs of several classics I've never seen, so I'm > hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to be seen at the moment) > > That's funny, I just watched Howl's Moving Castle for the nth time just the other night! Oh, James... it's dreamy. Or do I mean that Howl is dreamy? Yet again, 12-year-old girls may benefit most from my movie recommendations. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:05:26 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: And in your Bee news today... vivien lyon wrote: > Also, I'm wondering where "pantsload" and "fuck-ton" are.... But smoot is in there ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:54:15 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: the truth or dare thing This is a great thread. Some of the answers are eye-popping for me (Joni Mitchell's Blue and Citizen Kane, for example) and really fun to read. So here go my moments of embarrassment. 1. I've never listened to a Leonard Cohen album (or, on the other end of the spectrum, any albums by Black Sabbath). 2. I've never read anything by Thomas Pynchon. 3. I've never seen Cries and Whispers. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:59:01 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: truth or dare... 1) Middlemarch / Moby Dick / Infinite Jest 2) Thriller / Back in Black / Revolver 3) Lord of the Rings (any*) / Harry Potter (any) / Return of the Jedi Stewart *: though I think I saw bakshi's version in the early 1980s - does that count? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:18:27 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: the truth or dare thing This might be an interesting variation; or it might be too specific to my consciousness to have any play with the rest of you. What I find more embarrassing than not having read/watched/listened to a thing (and this applies more to books than to other media), is having finished it without having gotten it. So for example, I plodded through Infinite Jest, but I did not understand a word of the last 300 pp. Similarly with Moby Dick. Gravity's Rainbow is sort of a special case, because I've read it enough times that I've almost gotten to the point of understanding it -- there are still about 50-100 pages at the end of the book that I don't really know what's going on. J On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > This is a great thread. Some of the answers are eye-popping for me (Joni > Mitchell's Blue and Citizen Kane, for example) and really fun to read. > > So here go my moments of embarrassment. > > 1. I've never listened to a Leonard Cohen album (or, on the other end of the > spectrum, any albums by Black Sabbath). > > 2. I've never read anything by Thomas Pynchon. > > 3. I've never seen Cries and Whispers. > > Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:43:44 -0500 From: ross Subject: Re: truth or dare... lep wrote: > three questions to answer, with an idea towards embarrassing yourself, > or just admitting not being well-round. or whatever. > > 1) a book you haven't read > Hamlet. > 2) a record you haven't listened to > Trout Mask Replica or Odyssey and Oracle (equally embarrassed about both) > 3) a movie you haven't seen > Any Charlie Chaplin film. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:53:52 EST From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: MOJO Syd http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/01/win_a_bag_full_of_syd.html Win A Bag Full Of Syd! Here is the CD Track-listing is 1. Field Music - Terrapin 2. J. Mascis - No Good Trying 3. The Besnard Lakes - Love You 4. Race Horses - No Man's Land 5. R.E.M. - Dark Globe 6. Hush Arbors - Here I Go 7. Captain Sensible - Octopus 8. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Intentions - Golden Hair 9. Hawkwind - - Long Gone 10. Skygreen Leopards - She Took A Long Cold Look 11. Cate Le Bon - Feel 12. Jennifer Gentle - If It's In You 13. Marc Almond - Late Night 14. Robyn Hitchcock - Dark Globe (live bonus track) UNBELIEVABLE!!! Thank you again Mojo! Listen To Syd Barrett's Best Tracks! http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/01/listen_to_syd_barretts_best_tr.html Bob Dylan Examiner Column http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:19:12 -0800 From: cgalbraith Subject: Re: the truth or dare thing On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > This is a great thread. Some of the answers are eye-popping for me > (Joni Mitchell's Blue and Citizen Kane, for example) and really fun > to read. > > So here go my moments of embarrassment. > > 1. I've never listened to a Leonard Cohen album (or, on the other > end of the spectrum, any albums by Black Sabbath). > > 2. I've never read anything by Thomas Pynchon. > > 3. I've never seen Cries and Whispers. > It's actually fascinating for me to read the answers from Fegs. Pynchon is quite possibly my favorite fiction author, followed closely with Umberto Eco and then the Russians (I loved The Idiot, War and Peace, Bros. K, Anna Karenina, The Master and Margarita) followed right behind with Borges and Jonathan Carroll. Yet I've never read Tolkein, C.S. Lewis or any Harry Potter Book. I put Cries and Whispers (and Apocalypse Now, Wings of Desire and Citizen Kane) in my top 10 of films but I've never seen a Star Wars, Indiana Jones or Jurrasic Park film (or Alien or Star Trek or...) And not only do I have the library of Cohen's work in my collection, I have cds of other bands doing Cohen covers! No Black Sabbath however. :-P - - c ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:47:30 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: the truth or dare thing - -- cgalbraith is rumored to have mumbled on 26. Januar 2010 22:19:12 -0800 regarding Re: the truth or dare thing: >> 3. I've never seen Cries and Whispers. >> > > It's actually fascinating for me to read the answers from Fegs. ... > I put Cries and Whispers (and Apocalypse Now, Wings of Desire and Citizen > Kane) in my top 10 of films but I've never seen a Star Wars, Indiana > Jones or Jurrasic Park film (or Alien or Star Trek or...) I could comment on many other answers and remarks, but this one gets to me, because I consider myself something of a cinephile, I have seen several Ingmar Bergman movies, yet I hadn't even heard of this one before! I just added it to my Lovefilm queue. - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:26:57 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: the truth or dare thing Speaking of Borges, an amusing note from a translator about his essay "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins": http://www.entish.org/wordpress/?p=232 J On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:19 AM, cgalbraith wrote: > On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > >> This is a great thread. Some of the answers are eye-popping for me (Joni >> Mitchell's Blue and Citizen Kane, for example) and really fun to read. >> >> So here go my moments of embarrassment. >> >> 1. I've never listened to a Leonard Cohen album (or, on the other end of >> the spectrum, any albums by Black Sabbath). >> >> 2. I've never read anything by Thomas Pynchon. >> >> 3. I've never seen Cries and Whispers. >> > > It's actually fascinating for me to read the answers from Fegs. > > Pynchon is quite possibly my favorite fiction author, followed closely with > Umberto Eco and then the Russians (I loved The Idiot, War and Peace, Bros. > K, Anna Karenina, The Master and Margarita) followed right behind with > Borges and Jonathan Carroll. > > Yet I've never read Tolkein, C.S. Lewis or any Harry Potter Book. > > I put Cries and Whispers (and Apocalypse Now, Wings of Desire and Citizen > Kane) in my top 10 of films but I've never seen a Star Wars, Indiana Jones > or Jurrasic Park film (or Alien or Star Trek or...) > > And not only do I have the library of Cohen's work in my collection, I have > cds of other bands doing Cohen covers! > > No Black Sabbath however. :-P > - c ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:13:57 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Fwd: REAP Dual turntables - ----- gene@hopstetter.com wrote: > From: gene@hopstetter.com > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:44:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: REAP Dual turntables > > > From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net > > > > but I've yet to repair my Dual 701 turntable. Gene came back with: > Don't do it! Don't even try! That way lies madness. Trust me, I've wrestled with Dual turntables before, and it's a losing battle. It only has a noise/feedback problem Gene.B There's a very decent repair shop a 1/2 hourB away that works on Duals. B Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:52:51 +0000 (UTC) From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Fwd: truth or dare... - ----- "James Dignan" wrote: > From: "James Dignan" > To: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:47:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: truth or dare... > > >1) a book you haven't read > >2) a record you haven't listened to > >3) a movie you haven't seen James came back with: > okay - I'll bite: > 1) to quote Viv: "1. Ulysses (though I have tried, and that's even > more embarrassing)". Make it a ditto from me > 2) Forever changes - Love > 3) Oh, the list is so long - "Howl's moving castle"; the original, > 1931, pre-Bogart "The Maltese falcon"; "Let it be"; "Monsioeur > Hulot's holiday"; "Alphaville"; "Destry rides again"; "Nights of > Cabiria"... I'm currently managing to find cheap DVDs of several > classics I've never seen, so I'm hopeful ("White heat" is waiting to > be seen at the moment) Nights of Cabiria is one of my favorite Italian flicks. I haven't watched my Criterion Collection DVD copy of Alphaville in a long time, and i t's not my favorite Godard. T he next three Godard's that look interesting and that I need to check out are Pierrot le fou, Tout Va Bein, and B Made in U.S.A. B B O n B April 20th Criterion will release Vivre se vie (My Life to Live), my favorite Godard of the ones that I have seen (Breathless, A Woman is a Woman , Band of Outsiders, Contempt, Masculin-Feminin, and Alphaville). Criterion released Paris, Texas yes terday on DVD and Blu-ray. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:28:52 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: truth or dare... > That's funny, I just watched Howl's Moving Castle for the nth time just the > other night! Oh, James... it's dreamy. Or do I mean that Howl is dreamy? > Yet > again, 12-year-old girls may benefit most from my movie recommendations. > My 12-year-old already knows that one! This is indeed pretty interesting. Couple little things: - -I haven't made it through Dark Side of the Moon *as an album*, but a quick check confirms I have heard everything on it at one time or another. - -Haven't finished Infinite Jest either. Some parts of it really engaged me, but there were whole long stretches that didn't. - -Mostly I look at what people are citing and think, well, that's cool, if you've gotten this far without it, it's probably not for you. Not everyone's going to be into Pynchon. The one exception is, dude, James, you really should have a go at "Forever Changes". Play it back to back with "Ocean Rain" and see what that does for you. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V18 #17 *******************************