From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #7 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 Wednesday, December 16 1998 Volume 02 : Number 007 Today's Fjordian Filings: ----------------- the infrastructure rots and the owners hate the jocks And we've counted up the instants top 10, yo then again, no do do do do hi. Re: do do do do (I think this is my first post) testes, testes, one, two...three? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 03:49:38 -0500 From: john_oc@juno.com Subject: the infrastructure rots and the owners hate the jocks Stacy: You rule hard--core. Pavement rocks my world. Great subject line. Though now I'll be singing that damn song for weeks.{and raise the demon settlement...} Thanks. Not much to report from Ohio. It's better now I suppose. When you're bored, the thing to do is start a band. I play bass...and guitarists could always use a bassist to rock with...and i'm not short of friends who play guitar, so I got the hook up. We wrote 7 songs last week. Time to dust off the four track. Oh well. I work alot too...but no one here cares. Being a dork in Ohio, John Life is funny. But not ha-ha funny. Peculiar I guess. You think I got it all going my way, then why am I such a an 'ugly' mess? --E, "3 Speed" ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:54:01 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: And we've counted up the instants >Stacy: You rule hard--core. Pavement rocks my world. Great subject >line. Though now I'll be singing that damn song for weeks.{and raise the >demon settlement...} Thanks. Why thank you. =-) Yes, I am a big pavement fan. Its one of the few things I will be forever greatful to my ex-boyfriend for. In fact, I would have wished I never met him, except for some of the cool music he introduced me too. He caused me much pain though, not to mention all the money I spent on him. bleh. >Life is funny. But not ha-ha funny. Peculiar I guess. You think I got >it >all going my way, then why am I such a an 'ugly' mess? > --E, "3 Speed" Another Eels fan. How awesome. I think Electo-Shock Blues is a definate candidate for best album of 1998. On another mailing list I'm on (and there might be some other people on both lists?) people are naming their top ten for 1998. Anyone care to do something along those lines? I think its a cool thing to do as the year draws to a close. I'd say a very good portion of the music I listen to comes from reccomendations from mailing lists, so maybe I'll discover something new. Its a thought. Anyone game? I get my final back for my ling exam today. I had the exam yesterday. I'm going to go pick it up today. wish me luck!!! I'm going now. Um, yeah. stacy Day comes I wake, I wake with a hard heartache I go down to your place We sit and chat about New York... --Rufus Wainwright "Danny Boy" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:12:47 -0800 From: Blue Green Olga Subject: top 10, yo all right, we just did this on the Afghan Whigs list, so i didn't have to think to hard... without further ado, my Top 10 of 1998 (in no real order) Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap Air - Moon Safari Elliot Smith - XO Pulp - This Is Hardcore Afghan Whigs - 1965 Rufus Wainwright - S/T Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Acme Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg Indigo Swing - All Aboard R.E.M. - Up some also ran's include Komeda, Rialto, Pernice Brothers, Cardigans, Jude, Elvis & Burt I have a final in an hour. i'm going to get my ass rocked, because i suck. i'm a bit hungover after my friend's 21st birthday yesterday and i've just downed an entire bottle of club soda. i tried to eat one of the cookies that Lucy sent me, but ohh... that wasn't going to happen. Back in the day when i was doing my college apps, i did early decision to NYU. i'd wanted to go there since my sophomore year. the bitches deferred me.... and then never got back to me. so i have issues with that particular university. every day i grow more convinced that Stacy and i are living parallel lives. I did lots of theatre in high school and have lately begun to miss it. kooky. so yeah... i should go put on some make up and brace myself for the slaughter that is sure to come with this final. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "Even the comsumptives are against me! Yes, let's go see Will Shakespeare's play and COUGH!!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:21:32 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: then again, no >I get my final back for my ling exam today. I had the exam yesterday. I'm >going to go pick it up today. wish me luck!!! I'm going now. guess what. I went, but I didn't pick up my final. See, I heard the voice of an old professor I had. a prof I never want to see again. Not because I dont like him, he was cool and all... but, see, I did a bad thing. Last year, I took his class. Morpho-syntax of world languages. Well, I was doing poorly, and then I got sick and missed like a week of class, and fell behind. WAAAY behind. I was failing. So I talked to the prof. Asked if I could get an incomplete. This means you can finish up the coursework within a year, sort of like independent study. Well, I talked to him, and he was gracious enough to give me an incomplete. I took the exam a few weeks after the regular class ended, and I did so horrible on the exam, that the only way for me to even get a C in the class was if I aced the paper. Well, I knew I couldn't ace the paper, and even then, why put in all that work for a C? I don't like Cs. My gpa was a 3.8. I would have retaken the class if I got a C. (you can retake up to 3 classes and have the new grade replace the old). So, I thought, why put in all that effort to get a C, or D and retake the course anyway, when I can not bother with it and just retake the class. So, that was that, and I never finished the course. And I haven't even talked to him since then. And frankly, I don't want to. I have a tendency to avoid things I don't like. I don't open mail if I think its bad news type of stuff. I just avoid it. And so, I walked halfway up the stairs to pick up my exam, heard this voice from my past, and then tured around and came back here. *sigh* I hope he is gone now. I'm going back. I can't stay away forever. I want my exam! stacy Day comes I wake, I wake with a hard heartache I go down to your place We sit and chat about New York... --Rufus Wainwright "Danny Boy" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:22:57 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: do do do do At 01:12 PM 12/15/1998 -0800, Blue Green Olga wrote: >all right, we just did this on the Afghan Whigs list, so i didn't have >to think to hard... It was on the Jellyfish list where we did it. I had 2 lists. The top ten I purchased in 98 (which happens to be my entire CD collection, all 350 of them... yes, I know, on average of one a day. Don't remind me.), and the top ten released in 98. There are lots of overlap, but I'll give you both of my lists. my top 10 purchases (in no order) Ben Folds Five - Self Titled and Naked Baby Photos - my fave band, natch. Radiohead - The Bends - The most well thought out planned, produced, preformed, executed album ever released, ever. Ben Lee - Something to Remember Me By - An 18 year old australian, his guitar, and some back up people. He is very talented. Keep an eye out for him int he future. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk - Also another one of the best planned, preformed, produced and executed albums. The Eels - Electro-Shock Blues - Lets see your sister commit suicide, your girlfriend die of cancer, and your mother die of cancer, and see if you can write an album as musically as well as spiritually fufilling as this. BUY IT NOW. REM - Up - REM looses a drummer and still manages to put out one of their best albums. Amazing. Belle And Sebastian - Boy with the Arab Strap and If You're Feeling Sinister - Indy Brit Pop at its finest. Rufus Wainright - Self Titled - Yes, he is as good as we say. Elliot Smith - OX - Another talented singer-songwriter. and number ten is a toss-up between every album I own. =-) I don't have a single album I regret buying. My list isn't completely updated, but to see most of my stuff, you can go to http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf/cd.htm Ok, now the top 10 released in 1998: In no particular order: Elliot Smith - XO - Nuff said. Belle and Sebastian - Boy with the Arab Strap - Ditto Ben Folds Five - Naked Baby Photos - Duh =-) I never tire of this album. The Eels - Electro-Shock Blues - as I said about this album before. buy it now. Rufus Wainwright- Self Titled - I don't need to repeat myself about him to you guys. REM - Up - and I love the brian wilson tribute song... note my sig. Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary - one of the best emo albums I've ever heard Cake - Prolonging the Magic - may they release a million more albums Beck - Mutations - a departure from what he is famous for, but I really dig it. Pulp - This is Hardcore - Wow. Jarvis is quite sexy. Thats all I have to say. runners up: every album I own that was released this year. =-) Like I said, I think I have one of the best CD collections in the world because every single CD I own I adore. =-) >some also ran's include Komeda, Rialto, Pernice Brothers, Cardigans, >Jude, Elvis & Burt Court, your list was brilliant. Love the runners up as well. >I have a final in an hour. i'm going to get my ass rocked, because i >suck. i'm a bit hungover after my friend's 21st birthday yesterday and >i've just downed an entire bottle of club soda. i tried to eat one of >the cookies that Lucy sent me, but ohh... that wasn't going to happen. Ok, this reminded me of something. See, it all goes back to work. There is this guest, the same guest that says he'll get my job back for me if I so wish... And there are these iced teas we have called Zingers. Celestial seasonings. I hate the zinger's iced. They have this bite that I can't stand. Neither can Ron (he is the guest). Well, he taught me to do half Red Zinger, half perrier. WOW. That is so good. It takes some of the bite out of the zinger, and adds a nice twist with the sparkly water! So, I went perrier crazy and started adding perrier to juices, iced teas, all kinds of stuff. We aren't supppsed to drink perrier or juices, but what are they going to do, fire me? HAH! anyway, Now I just love perrier. I'm so so-phist-o-cated. =-) >every day i grow more convinced that Stacy and i are living parallel >lives. I did lots of theatre in high school and have lately begun to >miss it. kooky. I was convinced back when Courtney said she was going to go into A&R. Cuz thats what I had already decided when I went to CMJ. Now, nothing surprizes me about our paralell lives. Whoa. So, Dan and Jordan lead parallel lives, Courtney and I do... who else here does? freaky, no? So, I went to pick up my final. My old prof wasn't there. thank God! But I got my exam, and I got a B. It would be a B+, but the UA doesn't give out + or -. *sigh*. I need an A or 2. I can't have my GPA at a 3.0. I need it higher than that. *sigh*. Well, I'll get an A in linguistics 310 next semester. I will work my ass off in my classes. I'll get a 4.0 next semester to make up for this. I still have 3 more finals. 3 more chances at A's. I better start studying. Stacy I count your eyelashes, secretly, with every one I whisper I love you. I let you sleep. I know you're closed eye watching me, listening. I thought I saw a smile. --REM "At My Most Beautiful" CHECK OUT MY ALL NEW UPDATED WEBPAGE!! http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:44:34 -0600 From: Clayton Smith Subject: hi. is Spencer still among us?? Spencer is the man. yo Markus- whens sinfrosa, yo. Im thinking about hooking myself up. Jordan goes to school when im getting ready to bed. its so crazy how big the time difference is. everyone needs to live in the central time zone so i dont have to think so hard. Finals make me mad. Exemptions make me happy. im taking all of my hard tests this semester so i can goof off when finals come around in may. i gots a plan going on here. History and Biology final tommorow....havent really studied for the bio final, because im really unmotivated. so there. Happy Holidays for all Clayton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:54:11 EST From: Gn2Nehalem@aol.com Subject: Re: do do do do (I think this is my first post) stacyf@u.arizona.edu writes: > Radiohead - The Bends - The most well thought out planned, produced, > preformed, executed album ever released, ever. > Yes, I have it. Absolutely brilliant. Surprised it still works, I 've played it so much. > Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary - one of the best emo albums > I've ever heard > Another good one. Sweet Avenue is beautiful. My boyfriend introduced me to this band. Just another reason to love him. He let me borrow the tape of this one and The Promise Ring. I got so attatched to it, but then he took it back cuz he missed it. Now I'm Blake-less (but I did manage to snag a copy of Jawbreaker's Dear You before my b/f got ahold of it). Another great band, Jawbreaker, Blake's lyrics are just amazing. Hannah "This day could someday be an anniversary, everything is light and sound." (JTB) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:11:56 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: testes, testes, one, two...three? I've had some mail yuckies this evening and only recently have I gotten everything straightened out...damned ISP. I tried to post my top albums of the year but haven't received it back, which isn't a good sign. If this test passes through, I'll repost the list; bear with me if you all already received it; I know it's quite long; sorry for the inconvenience if such arises. Oh, yes, and if you're curious I have something written on my elbow in German (courtesy of Olivia in health class this afternoon) which I can't quite read. She's been flirting loudly and often, and I can't say that I don't like it. And I have to wake up at 6 and be driven like a dog by Bobby in dance class. And like said dog, I will eventually be skinned and made into a cheap fur coat. - -- Dan Cohen Network Techni-whatever, Retail Flunky, Cable Modem Bee-yotch PC Solutions, Inc. Liverpool, New York http://home.twcny.rr.com/dcohen UIN:13907258 "...sheep go to heaven. goats go to hell..." ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #7 *******************************