From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V10 #43 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Sunday, March 15 2009 Volume 10 : Number 043 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] SOTU Lyrics - Help Required... [] [RS] listening ["Deana" ] RE: [RS] SOTU Lyrics - Help Required... [Ronnie de Champs ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:14:59 -0700 From: Subject: Re: [RS] SOTU Lyrics - Help Required... >> What does the opening verse of SOTU mean..? "That nice easy mark at the edge of the park Was a slam dunk if ever I saw one I don't know what happened, I just let it go by I guess maybe out of respect" >> It's a petty criminal sizing up a potential helpless victim for an easy mugging and robbery, then deciding against it. RG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:48:54 GMT From: "Deana" Subject: [RS] listening to Not Far Now now...but no bonus EP. I guess that would have been too lucky. But I will plan to purchase it separately when it's available. Some thoughts...connections...listening to Gethsemani Good-bye... here's more about Thomas Merton and his grave at Gethsemani: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=709 I'm glad I got to see/hear Richard perform State of the Union while we were still in grave peril prior to our November elections. As to our John Wayne style ex-President...here's a quote from John Wayne himself: "I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." And I love Balloon Man and Clara! We are fortunate that Richard Shindell chooses to write and perform music. Thank you Richard. Now I can't wait until he's back in California to hear him live again. Deana "If Jesus were alive today, we would kill him with lethal injection. I call that progress. We would have to kill him for the same reason he was killed the first time. His ideas are just too liberal." Kurt Vonnegut ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:18:28 +0100 From: Ronnie de Champs Subject: RE: [RS] SOTU Lyrics - Help Required... The singer is a drug addict on his way back to recovery. He sees an easy target to rob (as he used to do to get money to help him buy the drugs) but this time decides against it Ronnie > From: chris@caldecav.freeserve.co.uk > To: shindell-list@smoe.org > Subject: [RS] SOTU Lyrics - Help Required... > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:24:29 +0000 > > Just an ignorant question from a non-American... > > What does the opening verse of SOTU mean..? > > "That nice easy mark at the edge of the park > > Was a slam dunk if ever I saw one > > I donbt know what happened, I just let it go by > > I guess maybe out of respect" > > Whilst I really appreciate Richard's ability to paint a deep, rich > picture with just a few words, I just don't get what this is about... > > Help, please!! Thanks!! > > Chris G _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:24:40 -0400 From: drtobs@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: I like it! Got mine in the mail today and have only done a first pass....I missed the window of opportunity for the EP so I'm anxiously waiting until that is no longer " coming soon."? On first listen I think my favorites are Parasol Ants and Bye Bye but Get Up Clara always makes me chuckle.? On a different note, if anyone is in the Philly area it's looking like I may have an extra ticket for Richard next Saturday 3/21 at the Turtle Dove Folk Club.? My son begged me to get him a ticket and then promptly forgot to ask off from work.? He'll find out tonight or tomorrow if someone will cover for him.?You'll just have to pass for a student :)?I have not been to this venue before, so I'm looking forward to seeing him there.? They expected it to sell out quickly, I'm not sure if it did. Toby ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:29:00 -0400 From: Carol Love Subject: Re: [RS] Re: I like it! .........Mine came today, too!! Despite my shameless groveling -- no EP was included. I grabbed it out of my mailbox on my way out to pick my daughter up from work. I got about half way through, but the teenager started up a steady whine about Mom's depressing folkies, so I had to switch to a family neutral artist. :-) Thanks also to the poster who mentioned being careful with the envelope -- I used my car key and had no incident. *Ciao!* ....Carol On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:24 PM, wrote: > Got mine in the mail today and have only done a first pass....I missed the > window of opportunity for the EP so I'm anxiously waiting until that is no > longer " coming soon."? On first listen I think my favorites are Parasol > Ants and Bye Bye but Get Up Clara always makes me chuckle.? On a different > note, if anyone is in the Philly area it's looking like I may have an extra > ticket for Richard next Saturday 3/21 at the Turtle Dove Folk Club.? My son > begged me to get him a ticket and then promptly forgot to ask off from > work.? He'll find out tonight or tomorrow if someone will cover for > him.?You'll just have to pass for a student :)?I have not been to this venue > before, so I'm looking forward to seeing him there.? They expected it to > sell out quickly, I'm not sure if it did. > Toby ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V10 #43 ***********************************