From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V5 #24 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 Friday, February 7 2003 Volume 05 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] media coverage [Jim Colbert ] [RS] Bonnie ["Bill Chmelir" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:12:11 -0500 From: Jim Colbert Subject: [RS] media coverage > new songs. Maybe I'll catch him at one of his shows near Philly. I've been > going down that way a lot lately since my son is attending Temple. Maybe > the Media Theater. (What's it like? Anyone know? Never been there.) It was a very nice little theatre, but bigger than I expected. I think we saw the Flatlanders there and it was a nice venue. Sound was really good that night, but I don't know if it was a house system or the bands. I think that was where Jim Croce lived for a good while. The residential area around it (during our brief "mapquest said what?!" tour of the area...of course we weren't lost, we were men... he he he) seemed kind of upscale, the town was nice enough from memory. Been a few years now. Hey, we are going to be at the Keelaghan show at GD in March, so if you're around maybe we can say hello. I've STILL got a Kris Kehr disc for ya, Shelley! Jim Colbert ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:54:02 -0700 From: "Bill Chmelir" Subject: [RS] Bonnie Dave wrote: >I've never heard the word pronounced *properly* with a sibilant outside >references to sports. But, hold on a second ... basketball teams? Glasgow >Celtic football team predates the Boston Celtics by 58 years! Dave, you beat me to the punch. I was going to comment on Celtic (selltic) Football club too in Glasgow. Incidentally for those of you who aren't familiar with Scottish Football, all of the Catholics in Glasgow are Celtic fans and all of the Protestants are fans of their rival Rangers Football Club. There are frequent fights between these fans. I was surprised to learn of the religious division among sports fans there thinking that was more of an Irish thing. But then violent drunk men pummeling each other at sporting events is a time honored tradition throughout the world. Also, I talked to Richard once at a show about the origin of "The Banks of the Pontchartrain". He said that he thinks it is Irish American, but I made the assertion that it is more likely Scottish American because of one of the words used. I say this because the word "Bonnie", meaning attractive,(The line goes: "So fare thee well, my bonnie girl") is a word I associate more with Scots (Bonnie Prince Charlie, "The Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomand") than with the Irish. Am I wrong? Can someone in the know back me up on that? I told him "I lived in Edinburgh for 6 months and from what I know "Bonnie" is a word used by the Scots more than the Irish". He slapped me down by saying "well that may be, but we all speak the same language, don't we? We speak English". I didn't know what to say having been zinged by my favorite musician. I laughed and let it go at that. Bill Somewhere near the office - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/2003 ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V5 #24 **********************************