From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #123 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Thursday, May 14 1998 Volume 01 : Number 123 Today's Filings: ----------------- mindless blabbing at 2:40 am Re-Re-Recycled sounds Grand Rapids... The New South, Same As the Old South Air Corporate Radio Re: The Rockford Files V1 #122 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 02:45:52 -0500 (CDT) From: LaRubia@bigfoot.com (Carrie) Subject: mindless blabbing at 2:40 am Hey there... I just got done finally seeing Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" after dissing the book for 2 years. All I have to say (and I KNOW I'm gonna get flamed on this one): It was as irritatingly self-important as Burgess's didactic little piece of crap. I think Kubrick's got talent. But, I suppose, when you're working with tripe, you've got little space to move. However, I am currently engaging myself in eating up everything Jonathan Lethem has put on paper. The man's a genius, and I'm only five pages into the first book. I could read him till my wee eyeballs pop. Ginger -- Congrats on your last-minute lover! Good that he's near... Mine's 1,000 miles from here teaching little kids how not to drown. C'est la vie. I did have a fascinating dream last night about vampires and a hospital collapse. I may one day base a story or something on the more interesting bits, so more I won't say... BENtent: My once-befriending high school drama teacher is now on my poop list. I went in today to talk with her, gab about the new kids in the dept., etc, and I happened to mention I was going to see the Fab Five this Saturday. Her response was that she's "never heard a whinier bunch" in her life, and that, "One day, Carrie, you'll grow out of listening to that crap." I volunteered the notion that perhaps she's NEVER HEARD ANY OF THEIR SONGS or something, because the whole POINT is that they're not a bunch of spoiled brat un-musicians like the losers out there getting paid out their *sses. I think she just likes to make up crap to get a rise out of me. It's a favorite pasttime of 90% of the people who know me. I'm being completely serious. Apparently, p*ssing me off is a lot of fun. *sigh* So off I go, Jonathan Lethem in hand, to bed. I wish you all a pleasant evening and a lovely tomorrow. 'Night, Carrie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 07:40:58 -0400 From: spencerc@usit.net (Spencer Corden) Subject: Re-Re-Recycled sounds Master Kamp writes: <> I am certainly humbled! With an email endorsement like that, who needs advertising? :-) Anyway, here's that info again if anybody is interested. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------- I have isolated the smashing trash sound at the end of Julianne. It works just great if you have the capability to assign sounds to a task such as.....oh, I don't know.......emptying the *recyle bin/trash* depending on whether you use IBM or Mac! I sampled it at 44.1 mHz 8 bit stereo, so the quality is great. File size is 315K. So anyway, if you want the file, just email me privately and specify what format you want the file in. It sure makes deleting files a lot more fun! (I would have said funner, but the effect just wasn't there.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------- BTW, heads up on the last episode of Seinfeld "The Finale" airing tomorrow. An episode called "The Clip Show" will start at 8, but the last episode will be *45* minutes long. Not 30 minutes, and not 1 hour. Re-programming of VCR's is be a must. I, of course, will be taping it as it airs and the door prize at my Seinfeld party is a 8 tape collection of all of the episodes in order w/o commercials. Hmmmm......, I'm thinking of keeping it for myself....... All is fair, Spencer "not that there's anything wrong with that" Corden PS--Catch "Extreme Homes", Sunday nights on HGTV at 8:30 p.m. with music composed and performed by yours truly! <--------shameless plug ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 08:54:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Some Young Punk Subject: Grand Rapids... Thanks to Amanda being the Absolute Cool Shite (and that IS and official title, dear, go ahead and start putting that on your business cards) I'm gonna be going to the show in Grand Rapids! Happy happy, joy joy, happy happy, joy joy. Anyway, I just want to get a head count as to who is going to be there. I've already counted Sandi as a given, but other than that, is there anyone else out there who I'm going to harrass and embarass with my childish antics? Give me a e-mail, call me, send smoke signals, or whatever's easier for you, and let me know. I'm already so excited that I might... I might..... oh, why not, JOYGASM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, been a while since I had one of those. Maybe I should start again? Ah well. Laters all! ERIC _______________________________________________________________________________ "No one reported the revolution, so it took Monday off." -Michael Mirer, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 07:43:44 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: The New South, Same As the Old South Poor Spence. I know what it's like, buddy. As a displaced Okie, you have my sympathies for livin' in the land of cotton. I've a friend from SC whose parents, upon her telling them she's been romantically involved w/a woman for 4 years, responded w/"well, that's better'n a black man!" OUCH! & from my own experience...my parents are both from Arkansas (the Land of Real Estate Opportunity). Suffice it to say that my mom's maiden name is Bailey & her grandmother's maiden name...BAILEY! That, I believe, means my family tree has a double trunk. Say hi to Uncle Brother for me! Hey, Ginger! "Hottie" is my term!!! You owe me royalties! Anne: No, not the kid from "My So Called Life"! However, some of my high school girlfriend's friends did call me "Duckie" (as in Jon Cryer in "Pretty in Pink")! Almost as bad, but @ least Duckie represents the fun, twisted, creative side of the '80s that those in charge desperately tried to hide. (BTW, to any of you under the age of, say, 20...be thankful that you've spent most of your cognizant life w/a president who screws his interns instead of one who fecks the entire country up the arse!!!) OK, what else...? Nothin', I guess. Umm...oh yeah, BFF is good. There's my bentent for the day. BIG BABY JESUS LOVES YOU! Markus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 09:13:53 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: Air Just checking, but has anyone here heard "Air" (the new single for the Godzilla soundtrack) yet?! Markus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 09:20:55 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: Corporate Radio Our boys do it again...from MTV's web site: Ani DiFranco, Ben Folds, Soul Coughing Fight Corporate Radio Ben Folds Five, Ani DiFranco, Ben Folds Five, Soul Coughing, Firewater, Nicole Blackman, and Scanner are among the artists contributing previously unreleased material to a new compilation aimed at fighting what it sees as the corporate takeover of American radio. The bands have kicked in live and demo tracks to "Teleconnected Volume 1; We Want the Airwaves," which benefits Americans For Radio Diversity. That group was formed by music fans in Minneapolis last year when their favorite rock station, REV 105, was bought by Capitol Cities ABC and then turned into a short-lived heavy metal station. The group is trying to fight what it sees as the increasing corporate domination of American rock radio which was made possible by the 1996 Federal Telecommunications Act which allows conglomerates to buy up an unlimited number of radio stations at a time. Markus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:42:51 PDT From: "Starre Smith" Subject: Re: The Rockford Files V1 #122 Hey, Filers! Anyone want a CD single for Brick that doesn't have it? I happen to have another copy of it... I know, that sounds retarded... I'm so excited because I'm in this Honor Society for POETRY! Its so cool, I get some sort of award May 20th.. If any of you guys would like to read my poetry, just ask and I'll send you a copy... Stella *Folds*:) The "Mother's Cut" thing was awesome! Ben's mom is SO COOL! :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #123 *********************************