From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V3 #156 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, June 28 2001 Volume 03 : Number 156 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [none] [Darren ] OV: RE: [Hopping James W ] OV: re:Scots with great voices and the T and A factor ["Rosemary Lucas" <] Re: OV: re:Scots with great voices and the T and A factor [Debbie Cushing] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:14:50 -0700 From: Darren Subject: [none] Does your Change Everything CD look like it's got Gingivitis? Your Twisted CD looks like it rolled around in Poison Ivy? If so, have you been near Belize with your CD collection recently? Why do I ask? I found this lil' tidbit in the USA Today today: A Fungus Among Us - on CDs Before you blame your dog for chewing on your CD collection the next time you can't play one, check the edges. Scientists in Spain have identified a new form of fungus that eats compact disks, reports the BBC. But if you haven't been traveling to a tropical area, chances are your songs are still safe. A geologist at the Museum Of Natural History in Madrid discovered the fungus( which belongs to the common Geotrichium family) on CDs brought back from the Central American state of Belize, the BBC says. The fungus attacks the outer edges of CDs, eating plastic and even aluminum. Just lookin' out for my fellow collector! Darren ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:32:36 +0100 From: Hopping James W Subject: OV: RE: Some of my albums are on Mushroom Records does that count? - -----Original Message----- From: Darren [mailto:darren@bendcable.com] Sent: 27 June 2001 16:15 To: oppositeview@smoe.org Subject: Does your Change Everything CD look like it's got Gingivitis? Your Twisted CD looks like it rolled around in Poison Ivy? If so, have you been near Belize with your CD collection recently? Why do I ask? I found this lil' tidbit in the USA Today today: A Fungus Among Us - on CDs Before you blame your dog for chewing on your CD collection the next time you can't play one, check the edges. Scientists in Spain have identified a new form of fungus that eats compact disks, reports the BBC. But if you haven't been traveling to a tropical area, chances are your songs are still safe. A geologist at the Museum Of Natural History in Madrid discovered the fungus( which belongs to the common Geotrichium family) on CDs brought back from the Central American state of Belize, the BBC says. The fungus attacks the outer edges of CDs, eating plastic and even aluminum. Just lookin' out for my fellow collector! Darren ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:53:44 -0400 From: "Rosemary Lucas" Subject: OV: re:Scots with great voices and the T and A factor Hi guys, Late in responding as usual, but had to think about Ewan McGregor's early flirtation with semi-nudity in a performance mode. And it still didn't sell too many records, at least here in the States. Does anyone remember the movie 'Velvet Goldmine' which features Ewan as a Bowie-esque character fronting the fictional Kurt Wylde and the WyldeRats? The movie didn't actually play here in the world-class (NOT) city of Charlotte, but I have seen the photos on the cover and he is looking oh-so-fine stretched out prone on a bareskin rug (at least if you're into men in mascara). Let's face it. We hard core Del fans are in the minority. Actually judging music based things like artistic merit, talent, depth and soul. What were we thinking?! WE're marketing to America, for God's sake. If it's not big and stupid with very obviously fake tits, some sort of strange ethnic twist and rammed down our throats at least twenty-two times a day- Dude, we're just not gonna get it. Which brings me to my next subject. Maybe Del Amitri just need repackaging. Some new twist on an old successful formula. Eureka, I have it!! We've had boy bands. We've had girl bands. Now everyone is rushing on the wagon with Man bands. Has anyone really gone out on a limb and massmarketed Unisex bands? Yeah, I know it would be complete fakery, but what isn't these days. No sacrifice is too great for your art, eh? I can see it now - pleather 'kini tops, kilts and high heeled Doc Maartens. " Hi, we're Mac Nudo- wanna see us rock????" The crowd goes wild, sales go through the roof and the membership of OV quietly goes home and commits harikari(or at least consents to eat haggis, get really drunk and listen to obscure b-sides until we pass out). A truly horrible alternate reality, I know but my faith in the US record buying public has worn painfully thin. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox and let someone else rant. Peace, love and all of that stuff, Rosemary - --- Rosemary Lucas - --- prudencetofu@earthlink.net - --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:03:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Debbie Cushing Subject: Re: OV: re:Scots with great voices and the T and A factor Oh, that's too funny....Man Bands...I like it! I could get behind you on that one. I don't know about the "pleather 'kini tops" & high-heeled docs, but put a good lookin' bunch of guys in kilts and I'm there! ;-) debbie - --- Rosemary Lucas wrote: > Hi guys, > > Late in responding as > usual, but had to think about Ewan McGregor's early > flirtation with semi-nudity > in a performance mode. And it still didn't sell too > many records, at least > here in the States. Does anyone remember the movie > 'Velvet Goldmine' which > features Ewan as a Bowie-esque character fronting > the fictional Kurt Wylde and > the WyldeRats? The movie didn't actually play here > in the world-class > (NOT) city of Charlotte, but I have seen the photos > on the cover and he is > looking oh-so-fine stretched out prone on a bareskin > rug (at least if you're > into men in mascara). > > Let's face it. We hard > core Del fans are in the minority. Actually judging > music based things > like artistic merit, talent, depth and soul. What > were we > thinking?! WE're marketing to America, for God's > sake. If it's > not big and stupid with very obviously fake tits, > some sort of strange ethnic > twist and rammed down our throats at least > twenty-two times a day- Dude, we're > just not gonna get it. Which brings me to my next > subject. Maybe Del > Amitri just need repackaging. Some new twist on an > old successful > formula. Eureka, I have it!! We've had boy bands. > We've had > girl bands. Now everyone is rushing on the wagon > with Man bands. Has > anyone really gone out on a limb and massmarketed > Unisex bands? > Yeah, I know it would be complete fakery, but what > isn't these days. No > sacrifice is too great for your art, eh? I can see > it now - pleather 'kini > tops, kilts and high heeled Doc Maartens. " Hi, > we're Mac Nudo- wanna see > us rock????" The crowd goes wild, sales go through > the roof and the > membership of OV quietly goes home and commits > harikari(or at least consents to > eat haggis, get really drunk and listen to obscure > b-sides until we pass > out). A truly horrible alternate reality, I know > but my faith in the US > record buying public has worn painfully thin. > > Okay, I'll get off my soapbox > and let someone else rant. > > Peace, love and all of that stuff, > > Rosemary > > > > --- Rosemary Lucas > > --- prudencetofu@earthlink.net > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V3 #156 **********************************