From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #210 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, September 13 2007 Volume 07 : Number 210 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Sirius [Scout82667@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Sirius ["Anthony R. Miloscia Jr." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:14:45 EDT From: Scout82667@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius In a message dated 9/11/2007 11:50:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, francis.park@jhu.edu writes: I thought to myself that it was damned incongruous that I could be at an Army base in the middle of the Mojave and hear Husker Du.) Sirius has a dog because Sirius is commonly known as the Dog Star. It's part of Canis Major, or "The Large Dog." It's no accident the dog's eye in the Sirius symbol is a star. Whenever I think of Husker Du, I always think of that guy's grotesque moustache that looks like 1895, and the cover of LAND SPEED RECORD, with the military men and the coffins. I've always thought of Husker Du as kind of macho--like the thinking macho man's Megadeth--never mind Mould is gay--there are a lot of macho gay guys--the ones that worship masculinity. I didn't know that about Sirius--never covered that in Astronomy, and I learned nothing from my Cub Scout denmother as the only constellation she knew of was the Jack Daniels galaxy. Thanks for teaching me something I didn't know. - --Mark Ibm the dead girl whose locker you spat on somewhere between recess and lunch. Ibm not really dead, but I dress like I want to be. Therebs something generic about girls like me: we hate the sun, we wear black, and we feel trapped inside our bodies like a nylon fur mascot at a football game. I wish I were dead most of the time. I canbt believe the meat I got stuck with, and where I got stuck and with whom. I wish I were a ghost. And FYI, Ibm not in school any more, but the spitting thing was real: a little moment that sums up life. I work in a Staples. Ibm in charge of restocking aisles 2-North and 2-South: Sheet Protectors, Indexes & Dividers, Note books, Post-It Products, Paper Pads, Specialty Papers and bSocial Stationery.b Do I hate this job? Are you nuts? Of course I hate it. How could you not hate it? Everyone who works with me is either already damaged or else theybre embryos waiting to be damaged, fresh out of school and slow as a 1999 modem. Just because youbve been born and made it through high school doesnbt mean society canbt still abort you. Wake up. Let me try to say something positive here. For balance. Staples allows me to wear black lipstick to work. bBethany (from Douglas Coupland's new novel, THE GUM THIEF) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:57:09 -0400 From: "Anthony R. Miloscia Jr." Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius Though I really like Sirius. I like the variety of music available. Though they seem to play the same music over and over. I feel like I constantly hear the same songs when I travel somewhere and then when I travel home. Hope all is well, Ant - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius > In a message dated 9/11/2007 11:50:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > francis.park@jhu.edu writes: > > I thought to myself that it was > damned incongruous that I could be at an Army base in the middle of the > Mojave and hear Husker Du.) > > Sirius has a dog because Sirius is commonly known as the Dog Star. It's > part of Canis Major, or "The Large Dog." It's no accident the dog's eye > in the Sirius symbol is a star. > > > > > > > Whenever I think of Husker Du, I always think of that guy's grotesque > moustache that looks like 1895, and the cover of LAND SPEED RECORD, with > the > military men and the coffins. I've always thought of Husker Du as kind of > macho--like the thinking macho man's Megadeth--never mind Mould is > gay--there > are a > lot of macho gay guys--the ones that worship masculinity. > > I didn't know that about Sirius--never covered that in Astronomy, and I > learned nothing from my Cub Scout denmother as the only constellation she > knew > of > was the Jack Daniels galaxy. Thanks for teaching me something I didn't > know. > > --Mark > > > > > > Ibm the dead girl whose locker you spat on somewhere between recess and > lunch. > > Ibm not really dead, but I dress like I want to be. Therebs something > generic about girls like me: we hate the sun, we wear black, and we feel > trapped > inside our bodies like a nylon fur mascot at a football game. > > I wish I were dead most of the time. I canbt believe the meat I got > stuck > with, and where I got stuck and with whom. I wish I were a ghost. > > And FYI, Ibm not in school any more, but the spitting thing was real: a > little moment that sums up life. I work in a Staples. Ibm in charge of > restocking > aisles 2-North and 2-South: Sheet Protectors, Indexes & Dividers, Note > books, Post-It Products, Paper Pads, Specialty Papers and bSocial > Stationery.b Do > I hate this job? Are you nuts? Of course I hate it. How could you not > hate > it? Everyone who works with me is either already damaged or else theybre > embryos waiting to be damaged, fresh out of school and slow as a 1999 > modem. > Just > because youbve been born and made it through high school doesnbt mean > society canbt still abort you. Wake up. > > Let me try to say something positive here. For balance. > > Staples allows me to wear black lipstick to work. > > bBethany > > > > (from Douglas Coupland's new novel, THE GUM THIEF) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:58:54 -0400 From: "Anthony R. Miloscia Jr." Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius Oh, and it is $12.95 or $13.95 a month. Buy a year and get a month for free, - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius > In a message dated 9/11/2007 11:50:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > francis.park@jhu.edu writes: > > I thought to myself that it was > damned incongruous that I could be at an Army base in the middle of the > Mojave and hear Husker Du.) > > Sirius has a dog because Sirius is commonly known as the Dog Star. It's > part of Canis Major, or "The Large Dog." It's no accident the dog's eye > in the Sirius symbol is a star. > > > > > > > Whenever I think of Husker Du, I always think of that guy's grotesque > moustache that looks like 1895, and the cover of LAND SPEED RECORD, with > the > military men and the coffins. I've always thought of Husker Du as kind of > macho--like the thinking macho man's Megadeth--never mind Mould is > gay--there > are a > lot of macho gay guys--the ones that worship masculinity. > > I didn't know that about Sirius--never covered that in Astronomy, and I > learned nothing from my Cub Scout denmother as the only constellation she > knew > of > was the Jack Daniels galaxy. Thanks for teaching me something I didn't > know. > > --Mark > > > > > > Ibm the dead girl whose locker you spat on somewhere between recess and > lunch. > > Ibm not really dead, but I dress like I want to be. Therebs something > generic about girls like me: we hate the sun, we wear black, and we feel > trapped > inside our bodies like a nylon fur mascot at a football game. > > I wish I were dead most of the time. I canbt believe the meat I got > stuck > with, and where I got stuck and with whom. I wish I were a ghost. > > And FYI, Ibm not in school any more, but the spitting thing was real: a > little moment that sums up life. I work in a Staples. Ibm in charge of > restocking > aisles 2-North and 2-South: Sheet Protectors, Indexes & Dividers, Note > books, Post-It Products, Paper Pads, Specialty Papers and bSocial > Stationery.b Do > I hate this job? Are you nuts? Of course I hate it. How could you not > hate > it? Everyone who works with me is either already damaged or else theybre > embryos waiting to be damaged, fresh out of school and slow as a 1999 > modem. > Just > because youbve been born and made it through high school doesnbt mean > society canbt still abort you. Wake up. > > Let me try to say something positive here. For balance. > > Staples allows me to wear black lipstick to work. > > bBethany > > > > (from Douglas Coupland's new novel, THE GUM THIEF) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:58:48 -0400 From: "outbound-only email address" Subject: [loud-fans] Sirius Mark: > If you have Sirius, are you happy with > the service? I don't have it, but my singer does, so I hear the "punk" station sometimes on our way to rehearsal station. Not impressed as compared to a good college station -- certainly a broader range of artists than you get on commercial radio, but hits vs. album cuts. Once I got past the novelty of "holy crap, Fugazi on the radio" it didn't take me long to get to "ho hum, they never play anything except 'waiting room,' 'suggestion' or 'merchandise'" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:07:02 -0400 From: "Dave Walker" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Sirius Disclaimer: I live in a town with _no_ decent terrestrial radio. I'm pretty happy with Sirius, overall. The big win is that even if you get tired of the punk station that only plays 3 Fugazi tracks, you can always flip to the "chill" station that only plays 2 Global Communication tracks, or the indie station that plays both Battles and Feist, or the cool-as-hell classic radio drama station that plays "Gunsmoke" and "X Minus 1", or the Playboy channel that has Christy Canyon and Ginger Lynn discussing sex toys, or the jazz channel that plays Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins, or the truly nifty "Vault" channel that plays obscure tracks from well-known artists along with weirdy beardy Italian and Canterbury School prog, or the "1st Wave" channel that lets me relive my misspent youth... The stations are free of both advertisements and quarterly pledge-begs, too. -d.w. On 9/12/07, outbound-only email address wrote: > > Mark: > > > If you have Sirius, are you happy with > > the service? > > > > I don't have it, but my singer does, so I hear the "punk" station > sometimes > on our way to rehearsal station. Not impressed as compared to a good > college station -- certainly a broader range of artists than you get on > commercial radio, but hits vs. album cuts. Once I got past the novelty of > "holy crap, Fugazi on the radio" it didn't take me long to get to "ho hum, > they never play anything except 'waiting room,' 'suggestion' or > 'merchandise'" ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #210 *******************************