From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #83 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Wednesday, March 29 2006 Volume 09 : Number 083 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] OT Tiny Urinal ["Keith A" ] [idealcopy] Fw: sad news... ["Keith A" ] [idealcopy] OT- Scott Walker onThe Culture show ["Mileta Okiljevic" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] OT Tiny Urinal Are you on commission, Ari? ; ) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ari" To: "Tim" ; "Ideal Copy" Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [idealcopy] OT Tiny Urinal > so other than the site you're going to,what else can a > hundred f#*ing letter URL tell you about it's content? > (they're not, by any means, all specific now are they > Tim?)Nothing more than a tinyurl link can really: (and > imagine it's the Gruniad, that's no guarantee you'll > like it either') how CAN a long long URL inform you > where it's going/what the topic is and, if you can > tell you're in the wrong job, as someone pointed out, > what's wrong with a bit of 'courtesey' when directing > someone to something that they may find of interest in > a no-hassle way? (usually anyway) do those of you that > gloat over such a tinything as tinyurls server going > down also gloat when your email clients server goes > down? > n.p never mind the bollocks........... > > --- Tim wrote: > > > Keith A wrote: > > >> Ha! > > >> > > >> Am I alone in secretly finding joy in the failure > > of the Tinyurl system? > > > > > > No. > > > > > > > > > I don't like Tiny URL because I like to see the full > > URL so I know what > > I'm clicking on. > > > > > > N.P. Hacienda Classics 3 CD Box Set. "Show me the > > fucking button" > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 26/03/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:59:07 +0100 From: "Keith A" Subject: [idealcopy] Fw: sad news... Ian S Jackson, formerly of this parish, asked me to send this on. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian s jackson" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: sad news... > Hi Keith... > > thanks for the reply...please would you be so kind as to forward this on to > the idealcopy list... > > i'm absolutely gutted to hear about Alistair Tear's passing...apart from the > Barbican gig, i only met Alistair one more time after that, about 6 months > later, i was on my way to India (staying at my cousin's place in London > beforehand) and we met up for a few beers just by Victoria coach > station...such was his warmth of character and so good was his company that > i stayed in the pub with him for a lot longer than i'd intended (despite the > fact that i hadn't seen my cousin in a long time...). > > when i sent my first email, i was actually listening to a cd that Alistair > had sent me and i happened to be listening to another one of his when i > received the sad news...it's still playing right now... > > i know from experience that this is how life is, i'm glad to have at least > met Alistair and spent a little time with him...like i said before, i'm > gutted, totally gutted...i'll remember him fondly... > > sincerely, Ian Jackson. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/294 - Release Date: 27/03/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:12:35 +0200 From: "Mileta Okiljevic" Subject: [idealcopy] OT- Scott Walker onThe Culture show > http://www.4ad.com/scottwalker/news/~on-bbc-televisio/ > > on BBC Television > 28 March 06 > > Scott Walker's first television interview for more than a decade is being broadcast by the BBC on Thursday evening (March 30th). > > It forms part of this week's edition of The Culture Show, which goes out twice that evening - at 7pm and again at 11.20pm. > > The interview was conducted at Metropolis Studios in West London, where Scott recorded The Drift. > > The programme is archived on the BBC website for 7 days after the initial broadcast. You can watch it and find out more about the show at the BBC's Culture Show webpage. > > The Drift is released by 4AD on May 8th. ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V9 #83 ******************************