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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Saturday, June 11 2005 Volume 09 : Number 119 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Re: perfect record? [Steve Berry ] MM: NPG- water over troubled bridges ["Paul Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:08:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Berry Subject: MM: Re: perfect record? I like your list, too, Hugues! I've been thinking about it, and I can add a few more to my list: Marshall Crenshaw self-titled Arlo Guthrie - "Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys" Joan Baez -- "Ballad Book" (an old LP, a collection of her traditional ballads) Van Morrison -- "St. Dominics Preview" Bonnie Raitt -- "Fundamental" - -- SteveB mad-mission-digest wrote: Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:11:44 +0200 From: "hugues" Subject: MM: Re: Re: perfect record? some "perfect" records I've heard (it's a matter of unity and harmony to me - some records give that impression anyway): "What's Goin' On" - Marvin Gaye "Marquee Moon" - Television "Astral Weeks" - Van Morrison "Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys "Revolver" - The Beatles "Beggars Banquet" - The Rolling Stones "Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks "Killer" - Alice Cooper "Highway 61 Revisited" - Bob Dylan "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" - The Byrds "Five Leaves Left" - Nick Drake Hugues ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:01:36 -0400 From: "Paul Russell" Subject: MM: NPG- water over troubled bridges So, you're not going to believe this, but I'm at this bar. Okay, the reason I'm there is actually not to drink this time. wha wha what?? Situation: I had sort of made plans with a bartender to possibly hang out with her and her friends at another bar after they closed up shop a couple of days ago, and then when the time came for me to leave my house to go to the bar, I felt I would be wise not to drive. The alcohol was hitting me from the earlier bar and there's no way I'm going driving around like that. I don't put my life or someone else's life at risk because I want to drink. There's cabs and friends who don't drink for that kind of stuff. So, it was late, I was tired, and I just decided to call it a night instead of getting a cab to take me from my house to a bar in the middle of the night. Okay, so I felt really bad about dissing her because I just don't do that kind of stuff, even though it wasn't really a date. Well, I'm soooo glad this paricular bar is within walking distance because the best thing in the world happened when I was sitting there enjoying a Guinness and waiting for the bartender friend to come in from the outside bar (I don't do the outside thing very much because I don't smoke). She does come in to make some shots, I apologize, everything's cool, right? So, I'm about ready to finish this stout and head on home. But wait!! Your ride is only half over! The whole staff, bartenders and waitstaff start filing into the bar. It's obvious because it's pretty dead, there's only three people including myself at the bar, and about three or four couples at booths eating food. I'm thinking something is amiss here. Then this huge guy with a "Budweiser" t-shirt starts calling out for everyone to follow him. What the heck is going on?? The bartender tending at the bar says "oh, it's beer school. They're training everyone here what to do to cut some of their costs." Hmmmm. This is interesting, I've got to stay now just to see what "beer school" entails. Oh my god. It rocked! They watched some sort of presentation in another room, then there seemed to be a bit of a lecture, and then we get to the good part. As Butthead says, "I am drawn to it, as if by a power, greater than my weiner." The large guy comes over to the bar and all the waitstaff follow. He then commences to show everyone how to pour drafts. As most of the waitstaff is under 21, he started just giving the beers to us three at the bar. Oh heaven! Oh beautiful day! He poured the bud, and the budlight, over and over. Then demonstrated how to pour a pitcher. I asked him to show them how to pour a Guinness, but he said he works for Bud so his only concern was the Anheiser products. Oh well, free beer is good beer. But wait!! There's more!!! Not only am I getting free freaking beers during this visit whilst sitting in on a beer school session, but yes there's more. More, indeed. After the large guy finished his presentation and the pouring of the beers, there was much rejoicing. I added that. Little Monty Python, sorry couldn't resist. There was no rejoicing really, except for me silently. But anyway, I guess it was the head bartender, gets behind the bar and then proceeds to turn it into "shot-mixed drinks school" because he showed everyone how to make all of the most popular shots and mixed drinks in the bar. Now those got passed around for taste testing (using straws to get a quick taste to see what it's supposed to taste like I suppose), but after they were done there was all of this alcohol that needed to be given away to us three patrons at the bar. I nearly cried. Tears of joy. Tears of joy. Lessons learned? Don't order a martini there because they instructed everyone to make a martini as straight vodka. I need to see a doctor about a future liver transplant because I definitely see that one coming. Peace love and vegetable rights, Paul *************************************** * * She said you got too many notes in your * song, far too many notes in your song, son. * Never occurred to me, to just write the C. * Just tryin to find the beat. Wouldn't it be * sweet? If I could just find the beat. * * --"See it Clear" by David Dundero * *************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:10:19 -0400 From: "Paul Russell" Subject: RE: MM: Re: perfect record? Oh what the hell. In no particular order: Daft Punk - Homework Boston - first album Love Jones - Here's to the Losers Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over troubled water Yaz - Upstairs at Erics Every single song and album by Led Zepplin, except "Stairway to Heaven" The Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack (cheating a bit, but it's a totally awesome record) The Sleepless in Seattle Soundtrack (cheating some more) Beastie Boys - Ill Communication Run DMC - Raising Hell Public Enemy - It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us back AC DC - Back in Black (although Bonn Scott would've been better, so I guess that drops down a notch from perfect) Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues Michael Jackson - Thriller This one rap-funk-jazz group whose name totally elludes me. I want say Grand Puba 2000, but I don't think that's it. I just remember that one song where they were all going "two-thousand, two-thousand. Grand Puba two-thousand." It was this rap group that put out this really insane awesome album with a nice jazz flare. I totally loved it but it was my roommate's from like ten years ago. The album was perfect. Peace love and vegetable rights in da haouse, Paul *************************************** * * She said you got too many notes in your * song, far too many notes in your song, son. * Never occurred to me, to just write the C. * Just tryin to find the beat. Wouldn't it be * sweet? If I could just find the beat. * * --"See it Clear" by David Dundero * *************************************** ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V9 #119 *********************************