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shindell-list-digest     Friday, October 26 2012     Volume 12 : Number 210



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Somewhere Near ??  Re: [RS] Google Maps  [Norman Johnson <njohnson@ent.uma]
  Re: [RS] Google Maps  [=?utf-8?q?john_cl=C3=A9irigh?= <john@johncleirigh.c]
  Re: [RS] Google Maps  [=?utf-8?q?john_cl=C3=A9irigh?= <john@johncleirigh.c]
  Re: [RS] Google Maps                                    [rongrittz@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] Google Maps                                    [rongrittz@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] By Now: What has Richard said?  [Vanessa Wills <vcwills@gmail.com]

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:14:07 -0400
From: Norman Johnson <njohnson@ent.umass.edu>
Subject: Somewhere Near ??  Re: [RS] Google Maps

RonG wrote:

>> Sister Maria's trip from Paterson to the Delaware Water Gap is  
>> going to be 60
miles straight on Route 80. <<

The families in minivans and the rest went to the Delaware Water Gap.  
The good Sister was headed in a different direction.

Norman

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:17:35 -0000
From: =?utf-8?q?john_cl=C3=A9irigh?= <john@johncleirigh.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] Google Maps

She stopped well short of the DWG, due to that night's performance at the
state penitentiary.  The *insert type here* Republican commuters,
howeverb&

Sent from my BlackBerryB. PlayBookb"
www.blackberry.com

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From: "rongrittz@aol.com" <rongrittz@aol.com>
To: "shindell-list@smoe.org" <shindell-list@smoe.org>
Sent: October 22, 2012 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [RS] Google Maps

>> Shindell is such a good story teller that you
can use google maps to see if
his words make sense. <<

Sister Maria's trip from Paterson to the Delaware Water Gap is going to be 60
miles straight on Route 80.

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:07:47 -0000
From: =?utf-8?q?john_cl=C3=A9irigh?= <john@johncleirigh.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] Google Maps

>>Hmmm...there don't seem to be any Jersey state pens anywhere where
taking 80 West would make sense. They're all south.<<
Hmm, RS taking license?!  The horror.  ;-)

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:41:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Google Maps

>> She stopped well short of the DWG, due to that night's performance at the
state penitentiary. <<


Hmmm...there don't seem to be any Jersey state pens anywhere where taking 80
West would make sense.  They're all south.

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:50:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Google Maps

>> Shindell is such a good story teller that you can use google maps to see if
his words make sense. <<



Sister Maria's trip from Paterson to the Delaware Water Gap is going to be 60
miles straight on Route 80.

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:31:59 -0400
From: Vanessa Wills <vcwills@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] By Now: What has Richard said?

<<On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Johannes Schult <jutze@jutze.com> wrote:
A detailed analysis of the "evil" interpretation of the lyrics was done by
Vanessa (11 years ago today). Check it out at
http://www.smoe.org/lists/shindell-list/v03.n362 (the second post)>>


It's so great to see the list brought back to life. Cool thread, and thank
you, Johannes for reminding me of this song interpretation I wrote way back
when. I was twenty when I wrote that up and although I hope I'm a clearer
writer now, it was interesting to find that I still agree with most of what
I thought about that song eleven years ago!

I actually have seen Richard perform "By Now" live, just once.

Back in early '01, Richard was playing with James Keelaghan opening for him
at The Point in Bryn Mawr (a nice venue that sadly doesn't exist anymore).
He performed "By Now", slowed down and more haunting than the album
version. The man sang that song with conviction. It was seriously one of
the creepiest things I'd ever heard and still ranks high to this day.

The crowd had been so warm and appreciative, clapping generously after
every song. Well, when the last note of "By Now" rang out, there was
just... stunned silence of the "what in the &#^# did we just listen to?!"
kind. Brows were knit, heads were cocked, shock and confusion were aroused.
It hung in the air for a good five seconds, until eventually someone began
the applause and slowly the trance was broken.

"By Now" is probably his most plainly terrifying song, but the man knows
how to deliver anxiety and fear as part of the emotional impact in a story
("You Stay Here", "May", "Fishing", for example, although these are each in
their own way very different songs from "By Now"). Although we don't see
another spooky sexual predator like the protagonist of "By Now", terror is
an integral part of Richard's songwriting toolkit.

- --Vanessa

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