{"conf": "music", "generated_at": "2026-04-26T08:00:02.954878Z", "threads": [{"num": 1, "subject": "Allow me to introduce myself", "response_count": 228, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "oplion", "date": "Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (00:57)", "body": "Background,I listen to music.Topics \"artist's\" reasons,The chord arrang -ment for Stairway to (you know).!!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "monty", "date": "Wed, Sep 25, 1996 (17:12)", "body": "I LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC AND LIKE TO 2 STEP. ANYONE LIKE THE SAME?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Sting", "date": "Fri, Nov  8, 1996 (12:07)", "body": "I like mostly \"Alternative\" music, especially Sting. I played the trumpet for six years and gave it up now that I'm in college."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov  8, 1996 (15:02)", "body": "Welcome Sting. Do you think we should start a Sting topic here?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Pseudo", "date": "Fri, Nov 22, 1996 (03:43)", "body": "A Sting topic is always welcome, since I listen to it all the time."}, {"response": 6, "author": "RedRose", "date": "Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (23:52)", "body": "Let's see, I am a fan of every type of music. I sing, I dance, I play piano and I would love to see some discussion on performers and types of music...pretty general huh! But yes, I like country too because I am from Colorado (the plains area) and now i n Chicago."}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 27, 1996 (00:03)", "body": "Great, how about if we fire up a country music topic?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "sarahp", "date": "Sun, Dec  8, 1996 (20:23)", "body": "Does anyone who comes here listen to classical? If so, what sorts? P.S. To all those Country fans, did anyone catch Shania Twain on the Vanessa Willians Christmas special?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec  8, 1996 (21:09)", "body": "I like Palcalbel, Mozart and many of the great classics. Should we open a classical music topic?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "psycho", "date": "Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (18:52)", "body": "I listen to many types of music. My favorite is rock music. I also listen to a bit of country, pops, heavy metal, and alternative. I'm thinking about checking out blues music."}, {"response": 11, "author": "psycho", "date": "Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (18:53)", "body": "Ooops, I forgot to mention that I play guitar. Started only about a year ago, though."}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (06:50)", "body": "What topics would you like to see us start here Ricky Lee?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "psycho", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:25)", "body": "Perhaps a topic involving the creative side of music would be nice. Or maybe one on rock music."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:35)", "body": "OK. Sounds good. Done."}, {"response": 15, "author": "McBruce", "date": "Thu, Dec 12, 1996 (20:50)", "body": "How about good sources for artists/ music not carried by the major distributors? The retail market in this area is fairly limited. It's most frustrating when I catch a review or snatch of something, try to track it down and get blank looks from the clerk behind the counter. Any suggestions?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "joshd", "date": "Fri, Dec 13, 1996 (08:44)", "body": "Have you tried the independents, like Waterloo or Inner Sanctum?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "McBruce", "date": "Fri, Dec 13, 1996 (17:33)", "body": "No, I sure haven't. Any more info on them? Many moons ago, when I lived in East Lansing, there was a great store there (one of many) called Elderly Music. Any one know if they're still around?"}, {"response": 18, "author": "joshd", "date": "Sat, Dec 14, 1996 (12:39)", "body": "Not familiar with Elderly Music, other than the kind my parents listen to. But an Infoseek search turned up http://www.ddg.com/AMW/Stores/retail.index.html , which has Web pages for several Austin record stores, including Waterloo, and info on contacting them by phone and snail-mail. Good luck!"}, {"response": 19, "author": "maddog", "date": "Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (21:10)", "body": "I enjoy and play rock music. (60's - 90's) just as long as it's loud. I play guitar, bass and sing in a couple of local bar/cover bands in New Hampshire. We cover everything from Buddy Holly to Stone Temple Pilots. (although I must admit, Buddy would probably spin in his grave if he heard our versions..) Although we play covers we play 'em heavy and hard and we tend to bounce off the walls a bit, but hey....."}, {"response": 20, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (23:11)", "body": "and Yes! Classical music topic. And how about a jazz one? Hey, I have a funny which I always remember this time of year. My dear buddy (now dead) Joseph T. Weingold (Jerry Weingold, virtually the father of the movement for services for the mentally retarded) was visiting me. I had asked my then husband to pick me up a recording of The Messiah, the Serchen one. Husband came home with Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Phil. Right band, wrong leader, huh? So I complained, \"Oh no! We've got the wrong messiah!\" So Jerry Weingold said, with his most Jewish rising inflection, \"This is new? We've been telling you this for centuries.\""}, {"response": 21, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Thu, Dec 26, 1996 (21:12)", "body": "Wondering what your musical experiences have been over the holidays. Did you participate in concerts, catch some great groups, see something outstanding on the tube? Are you getting into any of the bands on the 'net, catching their cuts? If so, what do you think of the sound quality? Are any of you into MIDI? If so, what hardware/software do you use. Are you producing scores? As the old spiritual goes, I wonder as I wander as I wonder as I wander..."}, {"response": 22, "author": "91678", "date": "Thu, Feb 13, 1997 (20:28)", "body": "rock,specially 70s, yes,genesis,jethro tull,etc.From the new groups I like Morphine."}, {"response": 23, "author": "91678", "date": "Thu, Feb 13, 1997 (20:32)", "body": "rock,specially 70s, yes,genesis,jethro tull,etc.From the new groups I like Morphine."}, {"response": 24, "author": "KED", "date": "Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (15:17)", "body": "I dig all kinds my favoutites are: Slayer, Metallica, AC/DC, Bach, Handel, Cannibal Corpse, Megadeth, James Horner, Joe Satriani, Mozart, Sepultura, Wagner, Allman Brothers, Skynard, Eagles, Beethoven, etc."}, {"response": 25, "author": "Frankenstein", "date": "Sun, Mar  9, 1997 (07:18)", "body": "Hi All! I listen Metallica... I'm from Russia and i'm meloman! Frankenstein"}, {"response": 26, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  9, 1997 (09:46)", "body": "What part of Russia? Tell us about yourself!"}, {"response": 27, "author": "CurlySue", "date": "Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (19:31)", "body": "I love Bush there my favorate band. Does anyone here like them to?"}, {"response": 28, "author": "CurlySue", "date": "Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (19:36)", "body": "well if anyone does you can substribe to Little Things 'zine.IT'S FREE. You get up dates of the latest Bush news.You can E-mail me at spaulding@theriver.com"}, {"response": 29, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (20:20)", "body": "Was Bush on Saturday Night Live?"}, {"response": 30, "author": "Thela", "date": "Tue, Mar 25, 1997 (08:06)", "body": "Hi all, I love music. I play guitar. I am an eclectrical engineer and design some original effects. I've mostly been into heavy alternative of late: Jane's Addiction, Sound Garden, Tool, AIC, etc... But I am really starting to like techno-jungle/bass and drums. I want to do Internet collaberation. I have lot's of cool guitar stuff that I would like to get mixed with someone doing MIDI/Sampling/Looping stuff. I do like Morphine (what little I've heard) and Soul Coughing (saw them at SXSW here in Austin, TX; they were really good). Anyway, that's a start. Laters, G http://www.fc.net/~greystok"}, {"response": 31, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Tue, Apr  8, 1997 (12:38)", "body": "Really like music--mostly alternative/whiney folk stuff for now, but really almost anything (except heavy-duty country; sorry monty et al). I love that feeling when you hear a song for the first time and for whatever reason it just blows you away...and I empathize with Mc Bruce and the blank stares from record store clerks--and what's worse, I've usually just heard a bit of a song with no identifying artist or title given...try buying something based on a song fragment and nothing more! KUT used to be s cool for new and unusual music--I taped hours of Broadway showtunes back in the late 80s. Public Radio claims to have a 1-800 number where you can get just about anything, tho I've never tried it (again, when you only have a song fragment...!); I've had a LOT of success at Borders Books and Music, looking things up on their computerized system."}, {"response": 32, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Apr  8, 1997 (22:56)", "body": "Have you visited http://www.amazon.com ?"}, {"response": 33, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (14:13)", "body": "Well, took me a hwile to get around to it (I've been busy filling the other topics with my useless chatter), but I tried and they seem to be just books? Am I wrong? Cosmic uncoscious: this week's Met (our alternative to the Observer=Chronicle) mentions it as well! Maybe I'll try again and just search something, eh! Right now I'm trying to find out it Jimmy LaFave sang Just Walk Away Renee at any point...."}, {"response": 34, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (14:16)", "body": "No luck. \"No such book with that title in our selection\"..."}, {"response": 35, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (20:54)", "body": "So who did sing Just Walk Away Renee? The original."}, {"response": 36, "author": "babylonzoo", "date": "Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (09:50)", "body": "Hey there, does anyone like Babylon Zoo??"}, {"response": 37, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (20:01)", "body": "What are some of their numbers? No response yet on the Walk Away Rennee query."}, {"response": 38, "author": "tj", "date": "Tue, May  6, 1997 (17:04)", "body": "I like just about every type of music, but listen mostly to blues (all years - from Etta, Robert Nighthawk, Brownie McGhee to Buckwheat Zydeco and Koko and rock (mainly from the years 1969 to 1974). I do have a passion for good old gaelic (irish) folk music (hard to find on cd) and jug bands (harder still). But pride myself on owning one of the most extensive blues collections that I have ever seen. I host a memorial day weekend party at my home every year and have a variety of musicians and bands on the Saturday of the weekend. Most only play for 30 to 45 minutes but the jams when everyone is done is great. Over the last years we headlined the \"Bastrop Left Bank All Star Jug Band Review\", \"High Tide\", \"Chief\", \"Ray Lafuente\" and \"Steve & Janice\" this year will feature \"Burn Unit\" a blues and rock band, \"Ma Butler\" and his singing saw (yes he plays saw), and \"Janie & Ray\" and acoustic folk duo. I only have a few invitations left but you could email me at teejaycee@hotmail.com and if you are going to be in the Austin area for that weekend and you play an instrument, maybe we can work something out."}, {"response": 39, "author": "adverb", "date": "Mon, May 19, 1997 (07:08)", "body": "Since I received an email asking me to post to a conference on this site as 'a test', I thought I'd stop in and do just that. I like the pun on 'The Well', terry... I picked the music conference since I run a small independent jazz label down here in Auckland, New Zealand... but it seems that country and rock seem to be the order of the day... so I won't bore anyone with that. Anyway... consider this a test. Connection seems fine, even though I'm operating from the great South Pacific bandwidth bottleneck... Congratulations on a great site."}, {"response": 40, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, May 19, 1997 (12:57)", "body": "Thanks, the tests from all corners of the planet are doing well. Sunday was a \"test\" day for our T-1 connection and I asked a lot of folks to log in and let me know how we were doing performance and speedwise. Tell us more about the New Zealand music scene!"}, {"response": 41, "author": "Jomik", "date": "Fri, May 23, 1997 (07:43)", "body": "Hi all, I'm quite new to The Spring and I'm taking lessons of improvisation on piano. The reason I came here is the email from Terry asking me to post something, but I think I'll come back.."}, {"response": 42, "author": "jzitt", "date": "Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (14:29)", "body": "Hi, all. I'm finally getting around to getting on here (it may be a needed segue from Electric Minds). I have an experimental vocal ensemble here in Austin, Empty Words, and have done the music (and scripts and design and...) for various theatre and video projects over the years. On the Net, I run a mailing list about John Cage."}, {"response": 43, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (18:11)", "body": "Joe, you may want to stick around because there are several major music happenings planned for the Spring. We just registered austinmusicint.com and plan to move their website here and you should see a migration here soon of writers, musicians and artists spurred by our association with Capitol City Arts and other local groups."}, {"response": 44, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Sun, Oct 19, 1997 (18:33)", "body": "Hello all ! I am a student at the University of Michigan looking for some hot conversation about the wild world of music."}, {"response": 45, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (08:40)", "body": "Welcome Jonathon, what music topics interest you?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (21:17)", "body": "I am interested in all types of music. Pop, classical, jazz, latin, fusion, funk, rap, reggae, you name it. As far as specific topics, I'm game for any kind of conversation (or argument as the case may be). Fire away !!!"}, {"response": 47, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (06:29)", "body": "What's an example of \"fusion\" music?"}, {"response": 48, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (09:38)", "body": "Fusion is one of those grey areas, but the late Tony Williams' LIFETIME qualifies as one of the great fusion bands of the 70's. Essentially, jazz guys were branching out into rock and rock guys were experiencing jazz. \"Fusion\" is the combination of both these elements into one cohesive style."}, {"response": 49, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (10:39)", "body": "If you had to select one fusion album for a desert island, which would it be?"}, {"response": 50, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (12:04)", "body": "On a desert island, what would you have to play it on?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (13:19)", "body": "OK there happens to be a tuner with a casette deck and a solar powered generator that was left over from a military base on hand, Ms. technical."}, {"response": 52, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (10:48)", "body": "*smile* Well, how about some Toni Childs, Cowboy Junkies, Sisters of Mercy, The Eagles, Tchicovsky (sp?) and an \"alternative\" sampler (just random tunage!) Oh! Can't forget the reggae!!"}, {"response": 53, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (23:28)", "body": "O.K., I can't play any musical instruments, although I still try once in a while to play the recorder or the keyboard. I am Jamaican. I like reggae music, but not exclusively; I'm also a rock and R&B fan. I don't understand the hang-up everybody has about '70s music, or the disco v. rock thing; I am a fan of The Chi-Lites, Pink Floyd and KC and The Sunshine Band! Of course, Bob Marley's international career was mostly during the Seventies... BTW, are there any Peter Tosh fans out there?"}, {"response": 54, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:33)", "body": "KC and the Sunshine band are playing in Tucson next weekend! (Guess where I spent my weekend?!?!)"}, {"response": 55, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:12)", "body": "Boulder?"}, {"response": 56, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:14)", "body": "somehow, i sense you were in phoenix..."}, {"response": 57, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:47)", "body": "Nah, she was California Dreamin'! (Spilling the beans here, she mentioned it in the Motorcycle conference!)"}, {"response": 59, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:44)", "body": "Sorry to confuse you Sam. San Diego was 12/1 - 12/5, Phoenix, Tucson and Sedona were last week and San Antonio/Austin is 12/22 - 1/3. Gotta love the schedule!"}, {"response": 61, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (09:56)", "body": "There will certainly be time found to fit you into the schedule... how much time are you good for?"}, {"response": 63, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:18)", "body": "GOOD MORNING!!! or where I work on you?"}, {"response": 65, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (05:38)", "body": "Good morning!"}, {"response": 66, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:06)", "body": "& wot's so good about it?!?"}, {"response": 68, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:42)", "body": "bah! humbug!"}, {"response": 70, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (20:59)", "body": "Nope, this is me, Sam Blob, the one and only, continuing to say that Christmas, etc. is a sham developed by marketing executives the world over."}, {"response": 71, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (21:51)", "body": "true, but there are those of us who remember what we're celebrating. Merry Christmas, Sam :)"}, {"response": 72, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (22:03)", "body": "How does Jamaica celebrate Christmas, Sam?"}, {"response": 73, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 25, 1997 (17:25)", "body": "The way we celebrate everything else, with gunfire and crass dance-hall nonmusic"}, {"response": 74, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (10:09)", "body": "LOL! ounds like a blast!"}, {"response": 75, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (10:31)", "body": "You're home! You're back! Great."}, {"response": 77, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (21:07)", "body": "Glad to see ya back, Stacey *smile*"}, {"response": 78, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (17:34)", "body": "why thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good to be back, I'll try to be a bit more consistent in posting!"}, {"response": 80, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 16, 1998 (09:46)", "body": "New Spring party page with audio, check out http://www.spring.com and click on the sound if you have realaudio!"}, {"response": 81, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (05:16)", "body": "I'm rattlecat. I play drums. I own a record label that re-issues pre-rock R&B records, only the uptempo ones that rock (I have no patience for slow blues that don't rock). Rocking R&B from 1949 to 1953 or so. Rocking sax. Stomping drums. Hammering pianos. Good rocking bands. Best music that ever was. Best music that ever will be."}, {"response": 82, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (07:31)", "body": "Have you heard about SXSW? Welcome rattlecat!"}, {"response": 83, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (04:35)", "body": "Never heard of it. South by Southwest?"}, {"response": 84, "author": "boyce2", "date": "Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (16:49)", "body": "Yup, 700 bands in 40 clubs in 4 days in Austin. Wristbands are $95."}, {"response": 85, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (20:14)", "body": "welcome rattlecat! that's way cooooool. oh, was wondering what sxsw was, thanks, boyce!"}, {"response": 86, "author": "Howard", "date": "Mon, May 18, 1998 (09:32)", "body": "Howdy. I used to hang out here about 3 years ago. Lot's happened since then -- moved a few times and got married. Now I live in Providence, RI. Good to be back on the Spring! Let's see ....intros.... I'm a composer of experiemental music and music for media as well as being a professor at Brown University. My favorite type of music is French and Swedish Musique Concrete, but I also like some popular electronica such as Aphex Twin, Portishead, and Tortoise."}, {"response": 87, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, May 18, 1998 (17:25)", "body": "welcome back howard!"}, {"response": 88, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, May 20, 1998 (00:20)", "body": "yes, we are pleased..."}, {"response": 89, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, May 20, 1998 (07:40)", "body": "That's great that you're back Howard, a link with our not so distant early days. We've been through quite a few changes since those pioneering days. I hope you stick around and liven up our music and other topics, Howard!"}, {"response": 90, "author": "MaryBeth", "date": "Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (22:23)", "body": "Hello everybody. I listen to mainly Alternative. I like Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Match Box 20, Savage Garden, Fastball, Marcy Playground, and many other alternative rock groups. If anybody shares my interests please feel free to email me at the addy provided. Thanks :)"}, {"response": 91, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (23:28)", "body": "we'd rather you stayed around here and chatted... Welcome, MaryjBeth!"}, {"response": 92, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jun 30, 1998 (16:47)", "body": "Are you into Hip Hop Mary Beth?"}, {"response": 93, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (00:36)", "body": "Hip Hop Hurrah!, the Spring's back!!! Thanks, Terry, I was starting to show withdrool symptoms . . ."}, {"response": 94, "author": "wolf", "date": "Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (23:10)", "body": "FAIR WARNING: This topic will be sent to the archives on 7 July 1998. Got something posted you wanna keep? Better get it now! Please begin posting in Poems of Desire II, k?"}, {"response": 95, "author": "wer", "date": "Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (23:17)", "body": "warning: server going down again..."}, {"response": 96, "author": "wolf", "date": "Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (23:18)", "body": "oops, that wasn't supposed to be posted here!"}, {"response": 97, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul  6, 1998 (01:00)", "body": "What? When? Why?"}, {"response": 98, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul  6, 1998 (07:56)", "body": "Not."}, {"response": 99, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul  6, 1998 (08:37)", "body": "GOOD!"}, {"response": 100, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (02:30)", "body": "That was one of the weird things that happened, Terry. Wolf posted that she was shutting this topic down in the poetry conference, Poems of Desire/etc., and it posted here. maybe it was just excessive gremlins the other night, but everytime it has done something weird like that to me, this place has shut down within seven days..."}, {"response": 101, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (04:10)", "body": "Maybe it lies in the stars and planets - I read somewhere that the way the stars and planets are positioned has a great influence on everything that happens on earth."}, {"response": 102, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (17:55)", "body": "ah, solar flares and El Nino..."}, {"response": 103, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (18:25)", "body": "I just ordered a recordable CD-R (about $500) to do backup snapshots of the systems we run and we're working on procedures for rapid recovery. We also need to work out better access to our server site from DDC, so we can get in and bring things back up. I am building a Pentium with dual 4 gb drives and 128 mb of ram memory which will have a backup CD that we can run off of if either of these mirrored hard drives goes down. Triple redundancy. I don't think we'll have this ready in 7 days, but at least we're working on better recovery procedures. This machine has been going along for about 4 years now without a break, so generally I'd say the track record has been pretty good. If you sense a problem, please email me *and* our system admin Jeff Kramer at jeff@spring.net,jeffk@well.com so we can take preventative measures. If the system goes down email mriser@ddc.net,jeffk@well.com,pwalhus@tivoli.com,rross@ddc.net. Wow, that respond hung out on my screen for 12 hours before I entered it!"}, {"response": 104, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (18:25)", "body": "Warning: a comment slipped in ahead of yours at 102!"}, {"response": 105, "author": "MaryBeth", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (19:40)", "body": "Umm, nah, Terry. Hip Hop, Rap, not really my type. I like some R&B, though. I stick to Alternative. Is there any item for The Wallflowers?? Love their new one \"Heroes\"."}, {"response": 106, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (21:13)", "body": "a belated welcome, MaryBeth from whence doest thou hail?"}, {"response": 107, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jul  8, 1998 (23:12)", "body": "You're welcome to start one in the music conference, Mary Beth."}, {"response": 108, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jul  9, 1998 (01:04)", "body": "Hi, Mary Beth. That's a really nice name. What kind of music do you like?"}, {"response": 109, "author": "MaryBeth", "date": "Mon, Jul 13, 1998 (10:17)", "body": "Gee, thanks Riette. I've always thought it's too long. I like Alternative. Um...Mike, I'm from Guam."}, {"response": 110, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Sep  8, 1998 (23:44)", "body": "So, is this background like, okay?"}, {"response": 111, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  9, 1998 (00:50)", "body": "brilliant, Muffin, just Brilliant!!"}, {"response": 112, "author": "osceola", "date": "Tue, Sep 15, 1998 (13:22)", "body": "Although I've lived in the South most of my life, I never really liked country music until I moved to Austin. Mainly because country music radio generally sucks, and most of what Nashville puts out sucks, excepts for the Mavericks, Dwight Yoakum, and a few others. But in Austin radio stations play OLD country music (Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Haggard), and that stuff's got a lot of soul. Also, bands here in Austin take chances and experiment with the country sound. Some of my musician buddies now play c untry music but they used to be punk rockers. I also like blues and R&B (check out Erykah Badu's album). Grew up on Southern rock, and I still have my old Allmann Bros. and Lynrd Skynrd records from high school, although I no longer have a turntable. I tend to go the the \"rootsy\" rock sound. Love Los Lobos!"}, {"response": 113, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (22:48)", "body": "What year did you graduate, George? (I have a feeling we went to school together :-) My dad is a huge C&W fan, but only the old stuff--Patsy Cline, Johnnny Cash, etc. My sister gave him a Leann Rimes tape for Xmas and he looked at it like it had a disease or something. It's probably still got the cellophane on it."}, {"response": 114, "author": "osceola", "date": "Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (18:08)", "body": "Autumn, you would hint around about my age when my B-day's Friday ;). If you were a teenager in the South, the pickings were pretty slim musically. Let's just say I'm old enough to have gone to high school parties when \"Frampton Comes Alive\" dominated the party's stereo ( sometimes on 8-track!)."}, {"response": 115, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Sep 18, 1998 (21:56)", "body": "Do you...feel like I do?? Ha-ha, the eternal musical question. Saw him briefly on VH-1 the other night and man! I would never have recognized him. Very clean cut. Seems they are remastering \"FCA\" for re-release. Happy Birthday!"}, {"response": 116, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (09:22)", "body": "I get such a kick out of hearing people, who are so much younger than I am, talking about how old they feel. When I was in high school, we recorded the music for the party on a reel to reel recorder, prior to the party, because records would skip when we danced to the music."}, {"response": 117, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:50)", "body": "OK, reel-to-reel is definitely before my time, but I still own my fair share of albums."}, {"response": 118, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:33)", "body": "We had a few albums, but most of the stuff was on 45s. Some things were on 78s Remember the old turntables with 4 speeds? I never came across anything at 16 2/3, but it was fun to use the speed to play a 45."}, {"response": 119, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:41)", "body": "God, I feel so incredibly young!"}, {"response": 120, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:19)", "body": "You mean you don't remember the old wind-up Victrolas with the wax cylinders? You don't remember when a needle was a solid piece of steel, and the tone arm was a piece of hollow metal that carried the sound up to the horn? I'm glad you feel good about this."}, {"response": 121, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:44)", "body": "Yeah, we used to play 45s on 78 speed to make them sound like singing chipmunks! We thought we were sooooo funny!"}, {"response": 122, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:35)", "body": "I like that also, and playing a 78 on 16 made a song sound like a grizzly bear with constipation."}, {"response": 123, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:55)", "body": "We thought it was spooky...."}, {"response": 124, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:58)", "body": "I'd have to agree with spooky, It'd make a great background for a halloween haunted house!!"}, {"response": 125, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:46)", "body": "Defenitely before my time - as will the cassette recorder be to my kids!"}, {"response": 126, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:47)", "body": "Or as the 8 Track recorder is to your kids!"}, {"response": 127, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:12)", "body": "What's an 8 Track recorder?"}, {"response": 128, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:01)", "body": "It records and plays on 8 Track tapes. It is what was in use before cassette."}, {"response": 129, "author": "osceola", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:07)", "body": "Kids today!"}, {"response": 130, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:39)", "body": "I MEAN!!! Probably blow her mind if I asked about the wax cylinders for the old Victrola."}, {"response": 131, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:39)", "body": "What? I really have no idea what you're talking about."}, {"response": 132, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:00)", "body": "Before discs records were made of wax and were a hollow cylinder."}, {"response": 133, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:49)", "body": "Holy cow, that's amazing! You SAW one??"}, {"response": 134, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:54)", "body": "Riette, I have played them. The music quality is excellent."}, {"response": 135, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:02)", "body": "How very cool!"}, {"response": 136, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:20)", "body": "The music quality was superior to anything prior to the late forties. HOWEVER, they were very fragile."}, {"response": 137, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (20:28)", "body": "And extremely heavy. My dad has my grandmother's victrola and all her old albums, which are probably worth some major $$ now."}, {"response": 138, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (00:19)", "body": "Yes, they are, but even if they weren't, They are a treasure."}, {"response": 139, "author": "DaveSpice", "date": "Sun, Feb  7, 1999 (11:10)", "body": "Hey y'all - just discovered this site. VERY cool!! Anyhow, believe it or not I am huge fan of the SPICE GIRLS. Does anyone else LISTEN to their MUSIC? I have many songs by them, including both cd's and more... I do also listen to everything from AC/DC, early Metallica, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Donna SUmmer, Blondie, James Brown, Chuck Berry, BUDDY HOLLY!, Flock Of Seagulls, CARS, Wang Chung, and much much more..."}, {"response": 140, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Feb  7, 1999 (12:20)", "body": "Welcome, Dave, hope you like the place well enough to hang around awhile... did you see the Spice Girls topic? It's topic 24..."}, {"response": 141, "author": "ratthing", "date": "Sun, Feb  7, 1999 (22:28)", "body": "welcome, dave! AC/DC and early Metallica! YES!"}, {"response": 142, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (13:08)", "body": "Huh, I don't want to sound off, but some Info here is, hmh, *difficult* at leat as Victrolas and wax cylinders are concerned. Vitrolas are generally models of Gramophones, made by the Victor Company, using 78s (also known as shellac discs, named for the black, brittle material). Gramophones were in use from approx. 1880 onwards. 78s were produced till well into the sixties; I own e.g. Caruso, Hank Williams and Elvis P.-78s. Wax cylinders were technically the older product, invented by Edison, but not really as good a mass product as gramophone records. For this Edison-technology, check out: http://www.tinfoil.com/ , where you ca listen to wax cylinders. If you really own some, Glenn Sage offers recording + putting them on CD for you before returnng them. I know electric wax cylinder players (phonographs) from the 20ies are sold for around $300. Recordings vary in price. Want more?"}, {"response": 143, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (13:15)", "body": "Besides being a smart-ass, I collect 78s of all ages. I'm editor of a music magazine in Germany, subtly named SUPERSTAR. We cover alternative and other styles, mostly acts who are recording but not major sellers. Real musicians, who work their arses off every night for some grub, a stage and gas-money. Right now I listen to Bobby Conn (Rise UP!) from Chicago, german organ-playing acts, San Francisco songwriter Susan James (touring Germany soon) and tango from Finland, which is like arctic blues 'n' vodka."}, {"response": 144, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (21:36)", "body": "Welcome, Alexander Smart-Ass! :-) Any act that can be characterized as \"arctic blues 'n vodka\" I gotta love! Glad to have you here."}, {"response": 145, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Feb 27, 1999 (11:04)", "body": "yep...there's a whole lotta smart asses around, so you should fit right in! what's the url for SUPERSTAR, Alexander?"}, {"response": 146, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (13:58)", "body": "Uh, thanks for the hearty welcome, folks! OK, good news & bad news. superstar's url WILL be http://www.superstar-online.com and www.superstar-online.de ; we've already got rights to the domains and everything, but had no time to put something on the web yet. Sorry, Kitchen - you'll be the first to know. Wanna see paper-issue? I could mail a copy over, if you are all that curious. We have some english-language-pieces, but most is german. New copy goes to the printer tomorrow. Been a busy boy! Finnish tango: the CD is available from german label Trikont in Munich. If you're interested, I could find out about distribution to the US. Definitely a HOT but COOL tip - very melancholic, very moving. Not like this sexy-hot cliche associated with tango, but very mellow and bluesy. Wait, gotta put it on the stereo right away... ;=} ="}, {"response": 147, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (14:35)", "body": "I wanna see the paper issue!!!! Take issue all you want with some of the smack talked in the topics... we LIKE it!!! Welcome here! BTW, where in Germany??? I'm going next month! OOps. THIS month!!"}, {"response": 148, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (23:01)", "body": "when it goes up, we'll start a topic on it... oh, he[[, why wait?"}, {"response": 149, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (11:58)", "body": "Huh, I see you couldn't hold it, eh, Kitchen? Anyway, anybody interested in getting the next issue of superstar (superstar #12), drop me a email with where to send it to. I'll check with our distribution genius on terms + pricing, and get back to you. That does not count for Stacey, however! Stacey, when you are coming over after March 18th, superstar should be available at every trainstation's newsagent. In Berlin, you should get it at every bigger nwesagent who's got some variety in the music mag department. If you like to, write me where you go to in Germany and how long you stay, and I'll see if I can find you some nice concerts. E.g. The guy who wrote the \"tango in Finland\" article gets a tango band from Finland to tour March to April. One stop will be Frankfurt, but I forgot when exactly. Interested?"}, {"response": 150, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (12:03)", "body": "Woo Woo! I'll be staying in Berlin for one week Mar 13-19 and then to Prauge March 20-25 or 26, then to Italy (Venice and/or Milan and/or Verona and/or anywhere in between!) then flying out of Munich so maybe a day or two in the city... Oh, I leave from Munich on April 2. And I will surely look for superstar!!"}, {"response": 151, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (00:38)", "body": "so, Alexander, when are you going to volunteer to host this conference? (or maybe media or the completely under-utilized song...)"}, {"response": 152, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (07:24)", "body": "*?!*"}, {"response": 153, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (21:46)", "body": "explain your question, please..."}, {"response": 154, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (06:10)", "body": "THAT was exactly what I tried to say to you, Wer. ;=}"}, {"response": 155, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (19:25)", "body": "so, you gonna be like that, huh?"}, {"response": 156, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (06:28)", "body": "Naw, I'm gonna be worse! I just tried to find out what you meant with Response 151 (Wer's Area 151 ?), but I know now you were kidding me (I think). So, do we share a laugh or what!?"}, {"response": 157, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (23:04)", "body": "not kidding, I was being completely serious... I guess it looks like we're going to share a what!"}, {"response": 158, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 18, 1999 (11:17)", "body": "OK, then pass me some, too. Anyway, what DO you mean? Sounds like chores and work... items I'm well supplied with at this specific moment. Fill me in."}, {"response": 159, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Mar 26, 1999 (11:38)", "body": "the chores and work only pile as high as you want... the main responsibility(?) of the host is to get new people into their conference and posting..."}, {"response": 160, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Mar 27, 1999 (06:30)", "body": "Considering personally available ressources, I'm already posting away like crazy (yap, just like that...). I've asked Tennessee to pop over, and I think Terry published an \"invite this puppy over\" from me somewhere in inner. So. Hey, that ALREADY makes me a host! Wow. (Player A has drawn. Expecting your move, Player B.)"}, {"response": 161, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Mar 27, 1999 (13:23)", "body": "done your turn"}, {"response": 162, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar 28, 1999 (07:18)", "body": "(Uh, lemme think, that don't look tooo - Wait, what's that! Quick, Wer, look over there! What's that!) *quickly rearranges pieces* (Naw, just looked like it, sorry... Anyway, let me just move this... there... Yes, that's ok. Check!)"}, {"response": 163, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Mar 28, 1999 (13:32)", "body": "(well, as long as you don't expect us to mate...)"}, {"response": 164, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Mar 29, 1999 (22:54)", "body": "Are we gonna talk about chess or are we gonna talk about music?"}, {"response": 165, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar 29, 1999 (23:16)", "body": "hmmm...Alexander?"}, {"response": 166, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (08:26)", "body": "Ahem, Autumn, WE are of course talking music. Just ignore old Wer, he gets like that sometimes. What did you listen to lately? Any good concerts?"}, {"response": 167, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (09:51)", "body": "Are you kidding?? My concert days are over, unless my daughters drag me to see 'N Sync or Backstreet Boys someday (*shudder*). My sister-in-law just saw the Stones for the umpteenth time a few weeks ago. She still has a flower that Mick threw out to the audience when she saw them in Paris in the sixties."}, {"response": 168, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (11:27)", "body": "I'm gonna give you a good talking to, as soon as my busy schedule allows. Right now, gotta catch a drink... ;=} Mick: Bet he didn't look half as good as that flower after all those years!"}, {"response": 169, "author": "jgross", "date": "Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (20:19)", "body": "Hi, my name's Jimmie. I let my husband take care of my 2 daughters when I want to see a show. Other times I drop them off with a good friend, and then I go see the show with my husband.....then I take care of my friend's kids at another time when they're in need of going out, as part of the bargain. I've paid a babysitter before, too. I hope I haven't been very helpful. It was nice seeing y'all again, and I will now scoot on back off into the the receding stark dark which will surely swallow me up in time to disappear enough to vanish."}, {"response": 170, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (00:25)", "body": "gotta watch receding into the dark, Jim, as you may just bump into me..."}, {"response": 171, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:52)", "body": "So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! ANd the read ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?"}, {"response": 172, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:52)", "body": "So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! And the read ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?"}, {"response": 173, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:52)", "body": "So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! And the red ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?"}, {"response": 174, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:59)", "body": "Huh, what did I have for breakfast? This hickup it gave me sure is bad! Anyways, Jim, that's omitting two more subtle problems that come with time going by, being preoccupied with other stuff (e.g. raising kids, trying to keep rest of brains left, etc.). First thing, you get worn out and tired. Feel happy just to be left alone in your home, before crawling to bed, just to relive the same another day. Next is, this gets you out of touch with the \"scene\", what's good to see, what you'd hate and what you'd love. Trust me, it's more than just outsourcing childcare for an evening. It's also a question of energy and interest. Can't help with the energy thing, but I'll sure work on the interest thing, just give me some time. Too bad I don't know your scene too well, and even worse, you folks can't drop over to come to a concert with me over here. Still, let me try."}, {"response": 175, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr  4, 1999 (21:57)", "body": "Lead us on, Alexander..."}, {"response": 176, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (17:19)", "body": "what happened??? Alexander was knighted and then he took off on his horse of a different color???"}, {"response": 177, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:03)", "body": "And! My horse is called Bunny, to honor Bobby Conn's vision of things to come! (did you read his piece?) Or, to tell it the other way round, Stacey, you were gone quite a while... You only could have stopped this madness, but... Anyway, look at what they did to me! (And! They think it's funny, too!)"}, {"response": 178, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:04)", "body": "Oh, Stacey - and guess Bunny's colour!"}, {"response": 179, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:47)", "body": "verigated!"}, {"response": 180, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (12:19)", "body": ":={ you didn't get the mag. tears drench the ground beneath my feet."}, {"response": 181, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (12:57)", "body": "now, that is a sad and terrible thing to see..."}, {"response": 182, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:44)", "body": "*sniff* *sniff* man, sorry man... (i suck!)"}, {"response": 183, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:22)", "body": "Well, ok, one lost, one gained. Somebody else will have bought that copy. I hope."}, {"response": 184, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:49)", "body": "ummm... THAT's it! They were all sold out!!!"}, {"response": 185, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (16:45)", "body": "I heard Stacey and Brandon are going to register for their own subscription at the bridal registry..."}, {"response": 186, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (19:05)", "body": "I think Crate and Barrel supplies subscriptions, no?"}, {"response": 187, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (12:36)", "body": "Well, the registry thing - I'll try to have our distribution branch contact your community's registry office. Cool, eh, get a gal and a mag (or: a guy and a mag)! What more can you want! Oh, and I'll have the Crate&Barrel-Bros. on standby next time they come round this place..."}, {"response": 188, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (16:19)", "body": "I think you can pick it up at Bed, Bath and Beyond..."}, {"response": 189, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (06:14)", "body": "*?*"}, {"response": 190, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:50)", "body": "This is a mega-store that I've never quite had the courage to enter. I think it must contain more towels and sheets than you can shake a stick at. What the \"Beyond\" entails exactly, I shudder to think. Anyone?"}, {"response": 191, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (00:05)", "body": "with Stacey's help, maybe I can show you..."}, {"response": 192, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (07:00)", "body": "Uh, then I'm totally lost, Autumn - since when do they carry excellent international magazines? But then, how would you know, if you never entered it? I'm getting dizzy again... Wer, willya! SHE's enganged, fer Pete's sake! You guys are not supposed to do that until she's married properly!"}, {"response": 193, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:12)", "body": "enganged huh? is that like being engaged?"}, {"response": 194, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:56)", "body": "More or less. It appreciates the fact more that you were abducted to a foreign country, got your brain washed by all the new sights, and then he ganged up on you. This special FBI group ought to do some serious investigating in your case, what's what they're called, Fox Files, Agent X, or what. (Gimme a break. I can't always make up a tale as tall as that, every time I mistype - which happnes all the time!)"}, {"response": 195, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (14:47)", "body": "*laugh* at least you tried (to make up a good excuse!) that's what counts!"}, {"response": 196, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Apr 14, 1999 (23:59)", "body": "actually, I don't think Stace and I are supposed to do that at all..."}, {"response": 197, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (10:00)", "body": "Why not? You're so damned good at it!"}, {"response": 198, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (14:03)", "body": "it helps when you have a GREAT partner..."}, {"response": 199, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (01:33)", "body": "Yeah! And that's why she's called Sta-cey. When she's done with ya, it'll 'Sta' up - 'Cey'?"}, {"response": 200, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:57)", "body": "*cackle*"}, {"response": 201, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:41)", "body": "Wer, not until she's married. After that, it's quite ok. Blimey, don't you ever watch tv?"}, {"response": 202, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (14:19)", "body": "ahhh... that's why I don't"}, {"response": 203, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:56)", "body": "Alexander, I'm the only one here who watches TV. Everyone else has a life."}, {"response": 204, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:13)", "body": "I watch Home Improvement and Golden Girls."}, {"response": 205, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (07:14)", "body": "Anyway, if y'all would watch y'all's proper dose of tv every day, you'd know about this. You are not to have any sideshows going on while being engaged; after you're married, it's the normal thing (proof: switch on to the next talk show or soap)."}, {"response": 206, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:00)", "body": "Marriage IS a soap."}, {"response": 207, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:02)", "body": "What'd I say?"}, {"response": 208, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:51)", "body": "National turn off your TV week..."}, {"response": 209, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (11:43)", "body": "Stacey, have you looked for a dress yet?"}, {"response": 210, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (13:15)", "body": "nope. still looking for a place to have the ceremony!"}, {"response": 211, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (04:40)", "body": "And when?"}, {"response": 212, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (09:26)", "body": "*laugh* Between October 99 and October 00 is about as detailed as we've gotten!"}, {"response": 213, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "ha-ha! Who cares anyway. I'm so happy for you!"}, {"response": 214, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (10:40)", "body": "thanks!"}, {"response": 215, "author": "caryn", "date": "Mon, Jul 12, 1999 (01:31)", "body": "my music goes back to the late 50's."}, {"response": 216, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jul 12, 1999 (14:46)", "body": "tell us more!"}, {"response": 217, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (02:49)", "body": "we are all ears!"}, {"response": 218, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (17:42)", "body": "at least a major portion of us is ears...*smile*"}, {"response": 219, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (07:54)", "body": "That'd be the deaf ones I preach to, right? Preach, you know, as in \"Call Pat at Innerstate Rec. and order the late Epic Soundtracks 'Everything is Temporary'-CD NOW!\""}, {"response": 220, "author": "Kapinicus", "date": "Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (19:08)", "body": "Do you have to download Virc to use the cam"}, {"response": 221, "author": "Kapinicus", "date": "Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (19:10)", "body": "well"}, {"response": 222, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (19:22)", "body": "to which cam do you refer?"}, {"response": 223, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (17:14)", "body": "You don't, you just go to www.innerstate.com and check their e-shop. End of sales plug. And welcome, Rhett!"}, {"response": 224, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Oct 22, 1999 (16:46)", "body": "Thank you; I shall!"}, {"response": 225, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:41)", "body": "Expect more new topics on current, real-life bands or interesting labels to pop up in the near future..."}, {"response": 226, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (13:47)", "body": "Excellent news. (You can't believe how happy I am to find you posting again with newly minted eagerness for the topics you are creating. Yay! )"}, {"response": 227, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (04:47)", "body": "Hmh, I wonder if we could use a topic on Hi-Fi gear, or maybe a whole AudioPhiles Conference, like e.g. the Radio one. That's different from the Music Conf - as this guy once said to me \"Now you got the software, lemme get you fixed onto the hardware, too!\" There's not a lot serious audio geeks want to talk about more than their high end amps 'n' stuff. Comments, please."}, {"response": 228, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (12:51)", "body": "Alexander, post this comment in porch 6 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/porch/6/new But, you need to bring some friends with you to discuss these things. History was created then left to die by the hosts. Somehow, we gotta get more posters. Geo is thriving now because I went to my friends off of Spring and brought them into the fold to talk about things in there (but this beating a dead horse since you avoid Geo like it could give you an incurable social disease...)"}, {"response": 229, "author": "Ree", "date": "Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (08:25)", "body": "Certain subjects are just more universal than others though. More people are interested in music than in geology (or law!). One can't make people develop a mad interest in something just for the sake of keeping a conference running. In that sense I think we shouldn't judge conferences on the amount of traffic they generate. Surely if just one person other than the host is interested, that makes it a valid conference. Mind, here speaks the mother of not-worthy-of-hosts'-ar$es though. Guilty."}, {"response": 230, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:12)", "body": "...but are you interesting in Jewelry? We've been posting lovely things and pearls and talking about stuff we have and stuff we would like to have and things we wouldn't be caught dead in. I am not an art fan particularly, but when I did go into your conference I found the same people posting interesting and fun things. The same goes for Geo. Do not judge it as dreary until you have looked around. Then you can pick up a handy stone laying around and cast it at me. Know anything about leylines in Britain or Megaliths anywhere? How about archaeology? we have topics for both of them as well as killer cool site for kids."}, {"response": 231, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:14)", "body": "Btw, Ree and Alexander, hosts of the History Conference...I seem to be the only one posting in there, too...does no one, including the hosts, like history, either?!"}, {"response": 232, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:18)", "body": "Yo! Ree...*hugs* You are being far too hard on yourself. You do not have the time or the brain power to spare for hostly stuff now. We'll wait and post stuff to keep your conferences alive. *more hugs*"}, {"response": 233, "author": "Ree", "date": "Sun, Mar 26, 2000 (04:32)", "body": "I don't judge any conferences - I think they're all great. And I like history and jewelry immensely but, yes, I am in a bit of a difficult position - as I'm sure some other are. In many ways I haven't done anything with my life yet, whereas you've done alot. Sometimes I wish I were 40 with all this strive and struggle already behind me. You don't have to worry about what you want to achieve anymore, or about what is WORTH achieving and what not. I am 26, in the process of switching careers, trying to get a degree that will enable me to do so, while bringing 2 kids up more or less on my own, and it all requires a hell of an effort financially and emotionally. Therefore I have different priorities to set, and that means I have to work the spring around all the things I want to achieve, not the other way around. And in the few minutes I have over weekends I just don't have the energy to go into things that require alot of effort - I just want to see how my friends are. I hope that's not insulting."}, {"response": 234, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Mar 26, 2000 (14:05)", "body": "*Hugs* John accuses me of evangelizing when I get onto something I think everyone in the universe must like as much as I like it. My apologies for doing that to you...you are too incredibly gifted and precious to do that to. Please forgive. I have a huge head start over you and I am stunned at the amount you have accomplished in your life. You have more gumption and ambition and the self-confidence to accomplish it I am in awe, and bow before your superiority. Financial independence is a wonderfully liberating thing. It has taken me a while and the help of some really understanding men - including my father... Your proirities are all in the right place and you cannot believe how proud I am to know you and to call you a friend. You stand head and shoulders above almostb every other woman I have ever known. *applause* and Kudos Ree! Amy time you need encouragement, just knock on my email box and I shall tell you more about what I admire about you!!!"}, {"response": 235, "author": "Ree", "date": "Mon, Mar 27, 2000 (00:28)", "body": "I don't think you evangelize. I'm glad there is someone here who cares so much about the spring, and who makes it such a high priority. What you do here is vital to the conference's existence - and therefore providing people with a place to come to where one can just take a break from everything. So, thank you for that, Marcia. BTW, how is John?"}, {"response": 236, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar 27, 2000 (00:34)", "body": "I will be happy to tell him you asked about is well-being, Ree - you were special to him. He is doing fine and working the night shift in production at the radio station as well as doing a 6 hour morning show. He will be doing play-by-play this weekend for baseball - something at which he excels like no other. Thank you for asking, and thanks for your supportive words of my being on Spring. Goodness knows I don't hear it much IRL. *Hugs* Ree! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 10, "subject": "Austin City Limits", "response_count": 27, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (10:11)", "body": "Is that a pop group?? I thought it was too hot in Austin for people to have the energy to sing."}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (14:52)", "body": "But you can grow beards and drive cars with blackened windows..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (19:43)", "body": "Austin City Limits is as close to Austin as I have gotten. Gotta fix that!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (00:08)", "body": "Please do! We'll show you the town!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (00:11)", "body": "*smile* I like that thought...hang onto it for me!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (15:52)", "body": "And perhaps you get to meet the bearded guys with that car... Terry, are Austinites as sick of hearing \"Austin, waiddaminute - ZZ Top, right?\", like I am of the Scorpions?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (15:57)", "body": "Who are these guys you mention with the beards in that car with the black windows? Lost me somewhere...someone I should be aware of? Surely, not Terry..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:01)", "body": "Well, uh, ZZ Top..."}, {"response": 9, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:05)", "body": "Which are, like, a rock band..."}, {"response": 10, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:06)", "body": "... 70ies and 80ies... Videos had high rotation on MTV, international sales... BIG!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:15)", "body": "Ok...guess they do not do Beethoven, in that case...(I have actually heard of them!)"}, {"response": 12, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:27)", "body": "Uh, they's so old, they probably went to school with Beethoven... Perhaps \"did\" him then, huh?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (17:10)", "body": "They're about MY age, actually. Thanks, Alexander. In the late 1970s and early 80s, when I was unshorn and long bearded, I used to be mistaken for Billy Gibbons occasionally. They got their names from the two largest selling brands of rolling papers (Zig-Zags \"ZZ\") and (Tops). They make as much sound as any three-man band since the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Although they crank it up, I love their blues-based stuff, like \"Jesus Just Left Chicago.\" Ironically, in the beginning, their drummer, Frank Beard, was the only unbearded band member. I know a girl, she lives on a hill She won't do it but her sister will She do the boogie, she do the \"tube snake\" boogie!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (17:16)", "body": "Long hair, too, John? Does a picture exist that we might get you to post or email to me?! (I shall be most discrete...)"}, {"response": 15, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (17:20)", "body": "I'll e-mail you."}, {"response": 16, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (18:02)", "body": "*smile* Thanks! *smile*"}, {"response": 17, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (09:45)", "body": "HEY! What's going on here??? JOHN! If you ever had long hair, you'd better show yourself!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (09:56)", "body": "Austin City Limits is having Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson (Monday), fresh from his CMA-lashing cover of George Jones \"Choices\" according to Michael Corcoran, local gosumnist. But the show will not be Parton f the 25th anniversary schedule. Titled \"Austin City Limits Presents Alan Jackson Under the Influence\" the program will be the first \"ACL\" special to be shown on commercial tv when TNN airs the concert in about 6 seeks. Dolly will be on in November, playing an all bluegrass set."}, {"response": 19, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (14:40)", "body": "OK!! Thanks for that."}, {"response": 20, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (14:49)", "body": "Of course, this is entirely up to John, but I made the photo small enough to post and sent him a copy...no excuse. He should put it on Screwed/169/ Have you checked there? He looks like a Maharishi of something-or-other!"}, {"response": 21, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (16:41)", "body": "I did not receive the copy and am unable to post without a website."}, {"response": 22, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (16:55)", "body": "Thank you, Marcia. Here's the onetime Billy Gibbons/Randy Bachman lookalike."}, {"response": 23, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (16:57)", "body": "I sent you the dialog string. It is already on my space on the Spring's hard drive. All you have to do is copy and paste it into a box like I am writing this in, and hit the submit button. If the picture does not show up, it is my error and I will check it out."}, {"response": 24, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (16:58)", "body": "You beat me to it!!! Yup! That's our Maharishi John!"}, {"response": 25, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Oct  9, 2002 (07:20)", "body": "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL @Zilker Park, Austin, TX September 28-29, 2002 It could be said that the Austin City Limits Music Festival was an idea whose time had finally come. For nearly 30 years, the pubcast TV show Austin City Limits has been showcasing a wide variety of musical artists, mostly of the American roots/country variety (with the diversity that implies), but in the past few years they've embraced everything from jazz to AfroCuban music to psychedelic rock. To celebrate this newfound eclecticism (not to mention replace Austin's little-missed fall music festival Aquafest, whose last major headliner was Peter Frampton), the ACL folks teamed up with Lance Armstrong's management company Capital Sports Entertainment to create the ACL Music Festival, two days of food, sun, crafts, sun, beer and, of course, music. And sun. Did I mention sun? Saturday 9/28: After handing over my ticket and passing through the KLRU-TV tent to say hello to friends, I headed to the American Originals Stage to see the Faithful Gospel Singers, not so much because I was in the mood for gospel, but because they were the only musicians performing at 11:30 in the morning. The FGS was a straightforward gospel quartet, with the added bonus that the singers were also the instrumentalists. With bass, drums and, surprisingly, synthesizers providing a backdrop for the band's four-part harmonies, the music was an even balance between traditional and contemporary. I just wasn't feeling in the Spirit, though, and despite the entertaining sight of a bunch of white people acting like they were receiving the Word, I left after a couple of songs. from http://www.highbias.com/reviews/20021006_live.html"}, {"response": 26, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Oct  9, 2002 (20:26)", "body": "\"I got 'em runnin' just as fast as they can 'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man!\" - from Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top"}, {"response": 27, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Oct 10, 2002 (07:49)", "body": "ZZ Top wasn't there, but they've been on Austin City Limits I believe. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 100, "subject": "record shows", "response_count": 0, "posts": []}, {"num": 101, "subject": "Great music videos", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  6, 2005 (08:08)", "body": "Lets start with http://movies26.enwhore.com/206373_numanuma.swf Is this great or what? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 102, "subject": "Michael Jackson", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "wolf", "date": "Thu, Aug 18, 2005 (23:25)", "body": "didn't watch very much of the coverage (at least what i could avoid). something weird's going on but i'm not sure what. i probably stand with the minority on this one (guilt or innocence) either way, he's not doing very well at all. does he still get royalties on airplay? i can't say i've heard one of his songs in a long time on my fave radio station (Magic 105.3). but really, what about the parents of those kids? how many people drop their kids off at strangers' houses to spend the night? it's really scary because little girls that my daughter knows were dropped off for a birthday bash/sleepover and i never met the parents before. i made sure to meet them when they dropped the them off and get phone numbers from everyone. some parents just drop the kids off without coming to the door at all. craziness. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 103, "subject": "Neil Young", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr 22, 2005 (09:29)", "body": "From the Neil Young website: Dear friends: I just want to thank you for all the messages of love, support and faith that you have sent my way in the time after my intervention procedure and recovery. It has meant a lot to me to receive such support, not only from my wife Pegi, family, friends and business acquaintances, fellow musicians, music and filmmakers and artists, but also from the people who have enjoyed my work over the years. Your prayers and support have been a great source of strength to both Pegi and I, and our whole family during this time. I especially want to thank my Canadian friends at the Juno awards in Winnipeg. I am truly sorry to not have appeared at that celebration of Canadian music held in my hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thanks to K.D. Lang for her moving performance of my song \"Helpless\" at the awards ceremony on my behalf. The whole show made me proud to be a Canadian and be part of Canadian music. Thanks to our friends at the Canadian Consulate in New York for inviting us to view the telecast. I am happy to tell you that the intervention was a complete success and our deepest gratitude goes out to all the fine doctors and medical professionals at New York Presbyterian Hospital for their efforts. Above all, I thank the Great Spirit. May Peace be with you. Neil Young music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 104, "subject": "Live 8 Concerts", "response_count": 13, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "gomezdo", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (18:50)", "body": "Oooh, oooh! I'm first!! Watch, I'll be the only one to comment, too, LOL. How AICN geeky of me. ;-D Stevie Wonder on in Philly now. Pink Floyd just off in London. Totally awesome!! MTV shut the hell up for all but a bit at the end of their set. Awesome songs...Breathe, Money, Wish You Were Here from my favorite album of theirs of the same title (and one of my Top 3 favorite albums period), and Comfortably Numb. Knew they'd have to do something from The Wall with Roger Waters there. Wonder how many millions of $$ is being thrown at them for a limited number of additional concerts. I'd save up to pay the ticket broker fees for that. Pink Floyd still one of my top 3 concerts (though without Roger Waters). Must've been fantastic to be there for their set. Favorites of the day...Madonna and The Who absolutely smoked. Madonna especially during Ray of Light. Love that song. And Roger Daltrey! The guy's 61 and looks and sounds better than ever. He and Springsteen have aged the best of all the rockers, I think, with their looks and sound. I think Daltrey sounds and looks better than he has in ages. Loved the blue glasses. What was up with the blue paint on Michael Stipe of REM? Solidarity with some tribe in Africa? OK, Stevie Wonder started out strong, but now boring me with this slow song."}, {"response": 2, "author": "gomezdo", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (18:50)", "body": "Oh my. That's a tad tough to read with that background. It's cute though."}, {"response": 3, "author": "gomezdo", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (18:53)", "body": "Can't win. Paul McCartney and Stevie on at the same time in 2 places. Will forgo Paul as I'll see him in Oct here."}, {"response": 4, "author": "pianoblues", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (19:28)", "body": "Thanks Karen for the 'special Topic'! Its great to share the Live8 Yeah Dorine didn't the Who smoke. Me, my DH and friends were really rocking here!! and Pink Floyd were just out of this world. Good to see them together again on stage!I have to say that Robbie Williams did it for me too when he jumped off the stage and into the crowd, what a performer, just great! The London ending was terrific! I love 'The Long and winding road' and 'Hey Jude' was just a perfect ending to a very memorable day for me! and tomorrow I will catch up on some of the afternoon coverage which unfortunately we had to miss and I will see if I can see a certain persons AFG face in the crowd! LOL, about Micheal Stipe's blue stripe, don't know what that was about, but have to say I wasn't keen on it! Have to say that its been a day I will never forget!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "gomezdo", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (19:33)", "body": "Found this on an online journal from someone writing for AOL. Found the first part rather amusing. I awoke this morning at 6:24AM to the sound of mooing. Wondering who might be herding cows through downtown Philadelphia, I stumbled to the window. Instead of a bovine procession, I saw a steady stream of people moving inexorably towards the Live 8 stage, some 10 blocks away. The gates had opened. I guess the mooing sound was just the combined effect of thousands of sneakers on pavement, the low, steady chatter of excited voices, and wheels of hundreds of coolers trundling along the asphalt. Or maybe someone was mooing. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I rushed outside and joined the thronging masses. There were all kinds of people. White and black, male and female, tall and short, fat and thin, young and--well, mainly just young, really. I did see the occasional mom and dad corralling the entire family, but mainly spending twelve hours in 83 degree heat is the sport of the youthful, and contrary to their reputation as early birds, no senior citizens were to be seen among the procession."}, {"response": 6, "author": "Brown32", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (21:07)", "body": "800,000 to 1 million in Philly They say. Mari, were you in there with them? On line is definitely the best place to see everything. TV coverage over here is so lame! AOL did a great job. I was so pleased to get to see Great Big Sea in the Canada concert. I met Alan Doyle. He is a dear of a man, and can work a crowd! And Sargent Pepper! We have the vinyl album from the kids' young days. Many the time I wanted to smash it back then. Glad I didn't!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "lafn", "date": "Sat, Jul  2, 2005 (21:45)", "body": "(Sue)Me, my DH and friends were really rocking here!! How come you didn't attend? You're not that far from London. Did anybody on Drool attend a live performance? Like a football game; you might get a better view on TV, but nothing beats the real thing."}, {"response": 8, "author": "pianoblues", "date": "Sun, Jul  3, 2005 (06:31)", "body": "(Sue)Me, my DH and friends were really rocking here!! (Evelyn)How come you didn't attend? You're not that far from London. Good question Evelyn! but the only way to get tickets was via a 'mobile telephone lottery' and and we didn't win :-( To have gone on the 'off chance' of getting admittance and booking a room overnight would have been a bit too risky and a bit too pricey, because the train service to Colchester is virtually non-existant to our area of the UK after midnight and the price of a London Hotel would, I am sure, have 'gone through the roof' ;-) Personally I thought the UK TV coverage was on the whole excellent and we certainly got in the 'party swing' here with some friends! Am now recovering this morning ;-) BTW, did any UK Droolers manage to get tickets to the Hyde Park gig?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "felicityb", "date": "Sun, Jul  3, 2005 (08:45)", "body": "Have just been re watching my tape of it. Was on child duty when David Beckham introduced Robbie! Could have done without seeing that at all!!! I was nearly as emotional as Roger Waters when Pink Floyd were on. Was amazed to see him there-he and Dave Gilmour still don't appear to be talking very much. John Macenroe(how'd you spell that?) said as much on telly just now. But they were completely incredible. Anyway, still getting blanket coverage over here,news wise. Papers are full of it. Yet to watch the majority of the Philly stuff, though did catch the Kaiser Chiefs and a bit of Stevie Wonder.(He's got Livia's Mane)"}, {"response": 10, "author": "pianoblues", "date": "Sun, Jul  3, 2005 (11:56)", "body": "(Felicity)Have just been re watching my tape of it. Was on child duty when David Beckham introduced Robbie! Could have done without seeing that at all!!! ROTFLOL, do I assume that you are referring to David Beckhams well rehearsed and executed speech? ;-) it was 'mind blowing stuff' and took Robbie to liven up the crowd again ;-) I was nearly as emotional as Roger Waters when Pink Floyd were on. Was amazed to see him there-he and Dave Gilmour still don't appear to be talking very much Yeah, I thought that there didn't seem much communcation between the two when on stage and that there was some tension between them! but good that they were able to put their differences aside to a degree for the good of the concert,very sad that their performance is more than likely never to be heard or seen live again! Whilst the presenters were interviewing the performers just after they left the stage I was watching people coming and going in the background and saw several 'remote' possible 'Colin Sightings'so I will re-watch my DVD recordings very carefully over the next few days, \"just in cases\"!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "southernalps", "date": "Wed, Apr  5, 2006 (08:25)", "body": "Kia Ora all Pink Floyd went up on stage just before I was supposed to start work - absolutely brilliant. But I have to agree, the \"fleeting glimpse\" (Comfortably Numb)that we caught of the four was probably the last. Rob"}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr  5, 2006 (23:30)", "body": "Where was this concert?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "southernalps", "date": "Thu, Apr  6, 2006 (09:01)", "body": "Kia Ora PF played at the London event in the Live 8 - must have, because it was twelve hours behind NZST. Circa 10PM there when it was 10AM here in NZ. Rob music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 105, "subject": "Pink Floyd", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr  5, 2006 (23:31)", "body": "Great topic! I love the Dark Side of the Moon album."}, {"response": 2, "author": "southernalps", "date": "Thu, Apr  6, 2006 (08:56)", "body": "Kia Ora I like the Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall - the latter is one of the most fascinating stage shows (see Roger Waters \"The Wall - Live in Berlin\" concert, July 1990)ever produced, and who can forget the crazy movie? Next album to get is Animals. Rob"}, {"response": 3, "author": "southernalps", "date": "Wed, Apr 12, 2006 (21:59)", "body": "Kia Ora You have to love the percussion solo at the start of Time, and its steady escalation to... Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find that ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun And you run and run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught or a half page of scribbled lines Hanging on in a quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone the song is over, thought i'd something more to say Rob"}, {"response": 4, "author": "torp", "date": "Fri, Aug 18, 2006 (11:22)", "body": "The collapse of Pink Floyd was a terrible blow to music. Such a collection of genius may never be matched again. I just bought the pulse DVD set. It was great, but could have been so much better if Waters was there. Anyway Floyd rocks! torp music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 11, "subject": "country music", "response_count": 19, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "jmmoss", "date": "Sun, Feb 16, 1997 (13:16)", "body": "Well, I country music. My favorite bands/ artists are Alabama and Don Williams. Alabama have released alot of great stuff, \"Dixeland Delight\" and \"Song of the South\" are classic country songs. Don Williams is perhaps country's most consist performer. He always sings/writes good songs. My father tells me that Don Williams got in the top ten charts in the '70's (both in the US and UK) with \"Come Early Morning\". Can this be true? Unfortnately, I don't think these artists get any exposure on CMT, I don't know why. Also Dwight Yoakam is good, \"Sorry You Asked\" being my favorite song of his. In England where I come from, country isn't very big. People just about have heard of Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton, but appart from that they don't know much about country. I guess the surroundings in America make the tales country songs tell more belivable. Don Williams regularly tours England, but other country stars seems to stay away. Perhaps if they toured here they'd be more popular here."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Feb 16, 1997 (21:54)", "body": "Where are you living now and when did you move here from England?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "brunopolar", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (19:35)", "body": "Would anybody help me? I'm looking for Dixeland Delight (Alabama) lyric. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me at brunopolo@hotmail.com Thanks in advance."}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (07:37)", "body": "Country music is yuksies."}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (15:09)", "body": "Hmh, dunno. If you look at what they all sell as \"country\" today - yak! Leave the charts and top-40-radio-\"country\" aside, and try Hank Williams (the dad, not junior!), and Johnny Cash. Or rockabilly, whew! That packs a load! There are great artists that are country-influenced, that I enjoy: Wilco, Fink (from Hamburg), Hazeldine (the early Glitterhouse-CD \"How Bees Fly\" is a marvel!), the Okra All Stars (first released in Germany, reissued for USA on Innerstate Rec.). The Violent Femmes owe country big time. Granfaloon Bus! Good songs, good lyrics. Often tragic, sometimes funny - always with a dark humour."}, {"response": 6, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (18:45)", "body": "Please tell me why there are no Country Music songs about happy relationships between the sexes?! They seem to wallow in misery."}, {"response": 7, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (23:22)", "body": "Johnny Cash was awesome. So was Hank Williams. Willie Nelson is a wonderful songwriter. And so was the late Steve Goodman: I was drunk the day my mama got home from prison I went to meet her in the pouring rain But before I could get to the railroad station in my pickup truck\\ She got run over by a damned old train And I'll hang around as long as you will let me I've never minded standing in the rain You don't have to call me darlin', Darlin' You never even called me by my name. And then there's country's reigning bad boy (since the death of Johnny Paycheck) David Allan Coe: If that ain't country It's a pig in a poke If that ain't country It's a damn good joke I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash-- If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass! Marcia, what can I say except pain sells. Bill Clinton sold his own lying ass by telling us (falsely) that he feels our pain. You don't find a lot of happy love lyrics in good pop (perhaps an oxymoron) music either."}, {"response": 8, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (23:24)", "body": "Love that analysis! Incredible but true. And, I offered to hold BC still for you in Poetry while you gave him your best shot...any time...any where!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (23:31)", "body": "I don't know if you could hold him. He is \"Slick Willie.\""}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (00:03)", "body": "...with sheer determination...and a few like-minded souls, mebbe I could!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (00:07)", "body": "Backl on topic, I love Don Williams' voice - he could sing anything and make it sound good...and I own a CD by the Highwaymen...my fav!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (02:27)", "body": "Actually, there wAS country music that I once liked. I recently saw an early John Travolta movie - Urban Cowboy. A little naff, but GREAT music!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (03:39)", "body": "There was one great song on that CD: \"Lookin' for Love\" by Johnny Lee. Rumor was Travolta was going to do a sequel to that movie in India. Before giving up the project, they went through two working titles: \"Turban Cowboy\" and \"Sacred Cowboy.\""}, {"response": 14, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (03:40)", "body": "What does 'naff mean...and who is DJ Bobo?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "Sacred Cowboy!! ha-ha!!! 'Naff' is an expression frequently used by the English. It means something like 'go away'! So, Urban Cowboy being naff was sort of 'oh, GO AWAY!'-like. Or it can be a more playful way of saying fu\ufffdk off. You say, 'Oh, NAFF off, will you??'"}, {"response": 16, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (13:16)", "body": "Oh, and DJ Bobo is an appalling and appallingly successful Swiss cook turned Pop/Techno star."}, {"response": 17, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (14:58)", "body": "Touring Germany, too, doing tv shows, and appealing to the 12-18 year old set."}, {"response": 18, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (15:58)", "body": "Not my thing, but I wondered since little Isa seems to go for it. Does he have a large US audience?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (08:48)", "body": "Probably not. Over here they consider themselves international starts if they've had performances in Luzern AND Gstaad.... Alexander just forgot to mention the appeal that his silly 'Birthday' song has for 4 year-olds! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 12, "subject": "Classical music", "response_count": 28, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Rico", "date": "Tue, Feb  4, 1997 (05:18)", "body": "I think the classical is dieing because ins't more useful. I think too the Net can help the music to survive wen find the interested public."}, {"response": 2, "author": "Undertaker", "date": "Sat, May 10, 1997 (18:44)", "body": "Classical still lives today. So many songs have been taken from classical, The Flinstones theme was taken from a Bach song. Metallica\ufffds \"Call of Kthulu\" can be heard in one of Bach\ufffds lute suites. Diamond Head\ufffds \"Am I Evil\" is actually the introduction from Holst\ufffds \"Planets.\" Listen to any of any one Van Halen\ufffds solos and you can hear the similarity between him and any classical composer. I know there is more than that too. I know it's not classical but Metallica also ripped of a piece from \"West Side Story\" for \"Don't Tread On Me\". Techno artists are constantly taking samples for their songs from Classical music. So I would have to say it's alive and kicking. KED"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Alessandro", "date": "Tue, Sep  2, 1997 (07:03)", "body": "Hello. I think classical music is the basis for any kind of modern music. I've been studying baroque music (1700), especially in Germany area about organ music, and whoever listens to this music should agree with me. I think Bach is the heart and the main point of the history of music: you can find in it nearly every \"seed\" for all musical kinds, from his era up to now. Please listen to some Praeludium and Fuge, or to the Brandenburg Concerts, and you'll realize immediately that this music is still alive and present in our modern traditions (the rythm and musical phrasing may have changed, but some \"underpath\" has survived)."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Sep  2, 1997 (09:45)", "body": "Can you give us some specific examples? I'm interested in hearing more about this thesis."}, {"response": 5, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:43)", "body": "Watch \"Mr. Holland's Opus\" and you'll get a classic example (pun realised but continued with anyway) \"Love Concerto\" by The Toys is actually based on Bach's \"Minuet in G\". THe chorus from \"This Night\" by Billy Joel is taken from a Beethoven piece. Bach is unrivalled by any composer since. He is truly the father of modern music."}, {"response": 6, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (21:53)", "body": "Bach is great! As is Mozart and Beethoven............"}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:36)", "body": "Handel..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (23:13)", "body": "Classic music of India and tres cool: http://www.ancient-future.com/theka.html"}, {"response": 9, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  2, 1998 (21:10)", "body": "You like Bach, Wolf? So do I! I adore his music!! Just bought a CD arranged for big orchestra by Stokowski. It's WONDERFUL - sweet and flowing, all the 'dryness' of a smaller orchestra just melts away. It's great. I love Mozart too, especially his piano sonatas, and some of Beethoven's works, like Eroica. Handel I don't listen to so much - can you recommend, Stacey?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (02:25)", "body": "When I listen to Handel he always just tells me your name, Riette, and doesn't go into it. I keep saying, \"Handel, give it up, dude, open your eyes, MAN! What is one to do with you, brotha? How 'bout if we start by me introducing you to Homer Simpson? Would you like that? Good. Homer this is Handel. Handel, Homer. Oh, you know them, Homer? The cardigans? May I, then? Thanks. Handel these are the Cardigans. Cardigans, Handel.\""}, {"response": 11, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (05:52)", "body": "Cardigans, this is Jim Gross - don't worry, he always talks a bit strangely. But you'll get used to him, he's actually quite sweet. Why don't you ask him what other classical/non-classical music he likes?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (06:36)", "body": "Bach is something I just heard about for the first time tonight. I'm gonna have to find out what that band sounds like tomorrow. Does Bach have like 4 people in it, or 5, or is it more like one a those big ol' symphony bands? I tell ya, symphony bands are pretty cool, cuz i like the bass viol instrumentalists.....even if they keep havin' me barred from their basketball games, I'll never stop galloping after their concerts and gigs."}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (06:49)", "body": "ha-ha, very funny. Tell me, Jim, do you ever say anything that makes remote sense, or are you really in another world? I mean, I'm beginning to wonder whether, if you say you talk to Beethoven, you ACTUALLY do. You know . . . things just come out so wild and twisted with you. I mean, basketball games . . . BACH?!?!? What sick part of your brain formed that connection?!?! Enlighten me!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (07:19)", "body": "I'm just goofy. And warm. See, I just warm up to you and... well it doesn't have to do with any part of my brain. Didn't even know I had one, actually. Me and Beethoven sleep together most weekends, if you're wondering how, or, I mean, WHY we talk so much. You do know he reads lips, right? Well sometimes he kisses them. Mine? Not yet. He laughed at me tonight when I discovered your real last name. He knew it all the time and was holding back. He's over here for probably just 5 more minutes. Usually I go to his place. Are you having a good night, tonight? Handel sayin' anything to ya, or is he bein' a silly sulker? You two are a pair. Well, it can only get better is all I can say. Buhbye 4 now."}, {"response": 15, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (11:52)", "body": "And what does that mean - we're friends again? 'Cos the last time I spoke to Ludwig he told me you were pretty darned mad at me . . ."}, {"response": 16, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (19:12)", "body": "Lud wigs out on occasion gotta take what he says with a grain of salt sure it wasn't Handel? Lud tells me Handel's real into ventriloquism lately throwin' other people's voices all over the place probably threw Lud's at ya that time Lud tells me Handel's trying out for lead vocals with the Spice Girls could you ask him for me if that's really true?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (20:37)", "body": "But I never talk to Handel - I don't even know him! And I'm not the kind of girl who chats guys up, so don't expect it of me either! So, anyway, as you can see, it can't have been him I was talking too. Well, I'm glad you're not mad anymore . . . that's and apology, I think. But you know William (Walton) said he'd perhaps go for lead with the Spice Girls - I talked (tackled?!) with him just a few hours ago. He's not quite sure yet though - I think he's a little afraid of them. Probably afraid of irreversable willy erecto syndrome! Don't think they'll take Handel though; his very name makes labels him somewhere between pervert and control freak - which means he'll probably steal the show, and that they would not neccessarily want. Hell, why don't YOU just try out? I mean, with your being 'dysfunctional' and all, and you can't possibly have moves worse than theirs, so you'll fit right in, and have alot of boobs and thighs to admire at the same time. Perfect deal!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (14:13)", "body": "This weekend I heard Vaughan Williams' 'Serenade to Music' for the first time. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. What a wonderful composer he is."}, {"response": 19, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (21:46)", "body": "Beethoven's piano sonata number 14 in c# minor. commonly known as the \"Moonlight Sonata\". incredible. the third movement has brought me to tears with it's pure passion."}, {"response": 20, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (05:41)", "body": "Oh, how right you are. Some people think it kitch, I think it's fantastic. Have you heard is 'Eroica'? I heard a recording with Otto Klemperer conducting. It's unbelieveable."}, {"response": 21, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (05:49)", "body": "You know the friend who is supposed to know where to find the champaigne truffles? She is Otto Klemperer's daughter, Lotte. She is now in her mid seventies, but a beautiful, beautiful lady, and incredibly young at heart. And despite the fact that her father is regarded as one of the greatest conductors of this century, she is as normal as anyone - except that she gives people champaigne truffles after they've given birth, and are supposed to be breastfeeding!!! Her brother, Werner, became quite a famo s actor in America."}, {"response": 22, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (20:19)", "body": "(klink)"}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (05:41)", "body": "klink? What's that?"}, {"response": 24, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (05:42)", "body": "Hey, Nick, are you into art? Would you like to come to the arts conference? It has a gallery now where you can share your art if you want."}, {"response": 25, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (05:42)", "body": "into art a little... but my tastes are pretty, ummm... obvious, i guess... col. klink was klemperer's role on \"hogan's heroes\"..."}, {"response": 26, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (05:42)", "body": "Oh, right! I never saw any of his programmes - Lotte just told me he made it as an actor in New York. As far as your 'obvious tastes' in art are concerned - I really cannot imagine what kind of things you like. The old masters? That I almost can't imagine. I mean you're a Texan Poet - how am I to tell? At least come at tell us who your favourite artists are. I could post some of their work, and we can discuss it. If you want, that is. If you don't, then that's that, and that's okay too."}, {"response": 27, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (05:42)", "body": "my bet would be that he likes William Blake and traditional Celtic art with a possible taste for fantasy, especially Sanjulian, Keith Parkinson, and Frank Frazetta..."}, {"response": 28, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (10:13)", "body": "hmm . . . Or perhaps he's a Degas man? Big mystery. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 13, "subject": "John Hiatt", "response_count": 8, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "joshd", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (11:34)", "body": "I made a Hiatt mix tape for my fiancee's father for Christmas. It's a 90-minute tape, and it was really hard to winnow my faves down to 90 minutes. So many great tunes, so little time!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:39)", "body": "What are the names of some of the better tunes?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "joshd", "date": "Thu, Dec 12, 1996 (13:12)", "body": "Funny you should ask--I was going to include a list but for some reason decided not to. Hiatt is best known for writing songs that become hits for other people. He wrote one of Bonnie Raitt's big one, \"Thing Called Love.\" Buddy Guy did pretty well with \"Feels Like Rain,\" and Don Henley just released a version of \"Through Your Hands.\" Those are all on the tape. Plus, not in this order: Buffalo River Home, Stolen Moments, Tennessee Plates (I think someone covered this one for the Thelma and Louise soundtrack), Angel, Is Anybody There, Lipstick Sunset, Perfectly Good Guitar, Blue Telescope, Slow Turning, Memphis in the Meantime, and a few others that escape me at the moment. In other words, I can't name just a few good ones of his. Also, Hootie and the Blowfish stole a line from one of his songs for the title of their first major-label album, Cracked Rear View. Don't hold this against him."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Dec 12, 1996 (20:23)", "body": "I'm pretty sure I saw him at a concert in Austin, but it was a while back."}, {"response": 5, "author": "kendall", "date": "Fri, Dec 27, 1996 (10:22)", "body": "I love John Hiatt's music. My favorite is \"Like Something Wild\". My albums have long since dissapeared into my teen-age daughter's mania for CD's, but I bought the first for a song named (something like) \"Smashing a Perfectly Good Guitar\""}, {"response": 6, "author": "joshd", "date": "Thu, Jan  9, 1997 (22:06)", "body": "Yeah, that'd be \"Perfectly Good Guitar\": He threw one down from the top of the stairs, Beautiful women were standing everywhere. They all got wet when smashed that thing, But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing \"Oh, it breaks my heart To see those stars Smashing a perfectly good guitar I dont' know who They think they are Smashing a perfectly good guitar.\" It started back in 1963 His momma wouldn't buy him that new red Harmony He settled for a Sunburst with a crack But he's still trying to break his momma's back... and so on."}, {"response": 7, "author": "kendall", "date": "Mon, Jan 20, 1997 (15:48)", "body": "Have you ever heard him in concert?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "joshd", "date": "Wed, Jan 22, 1997 (07:55)", "body": "No, sadly. But I do have an *excellent* live record of his, *Live at the Budokhan?* And he has done at least one performance on Austin City Limits, which gets replayed every once in a while. Looks like a great show. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 14, "subject": "Players you have met", "response_count": 47, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Amy", "date": "Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (07:18)", "body": "I met John Mellencamp about 13 years ago when he was in transition from John Cougar to John Mellencamp in Bloomington, Ind, where Mellencamp lives. Lots of people here have met John. It's really no big deal here. My ex used to play basketball every Sunday morning at the Y with a couple of his band members. They are all like family. But anyway, he was giving a rare local concert in a nice little venue, the 3,000-seat IU auditorium. I worked for a local radio station at the time and most of the staff was invited to a pre-concert backstage reception given by the record company. When it came my time to be presented to him, I puffed out my five-month's-pregnant tummy as far as I could, battted my eyelashes, and said, \"Remember me? About five months ago?\" Amy"}, {"response": 2, "author": "Donna", "date": "Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (11:39)", "body": "I admire Bruse Hornsby's talent. He has these hugh hands{he put his hand out so we measured hands} that glide over piano keys with extreme ease.I just had to see him in concert. Anyway we decided to wait at the backstage door hoping to get a chance to meet him. He was very tired after his performance but shared as much info about himself as time allowed. He took lessons early in his childhood{he always plays Baldwin pianos, my first piano was a Baldwin} but lost interst due to basketball.He could easily rap his hands around a basketball believe me.He said it is never to late to learn and is happy to know that people are not just listening to his music. Since I like to play his music on the piano so, I brought my book with me.I don't how I knew but I was so sure that I would get his autograph.He did autograph my book and hugged us goodbye. The guy is very \"cool\"and we kept our \"cool\" more then some. Oh, another thing he told me his age and we were exactly the same age at the time plus I was about six mont s pregnant and I couldn't see myself bouncing around like a silly school girl not until he got on his bus. What did he sign in my book? \"To Donna with Love Bruce Hornsby\" Nice guy."}, {"response": 3, "author": "maddog", "date": "Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (21:17)", "body": "Well, I met Frank Zappa when I was at Berklee in the late 70's, but so did everyone else, I think. he used to hang out there regularly looking for people to scoff up for his various projects. Never jammed with him, though a couple of my friends did. I never was much on his music for the most part, or jazz either for that matter. Why was I at Berklee in the first place? Hmmmmm I don't remember anymore - to live and play in Boston, which was pretty hoppin at the time (Aerosmith, The Cars, J Geils, Boston) . .I guess"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (22:35)", "body": "I was standing on a street corner in Mill Valley when Janis Joplin pulled up in her Porsche and tried to pick me up. Wild."}, {"response": 5, "author": "Amy", "date": "Thu, Dec 19, 1996 (05:00)", "body": "Well, I was standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "maddog", "date": "Thu, Dec 19, 1996 (14:23)", "body": "Gee Terry, you coulda been Bill Bennett! My dad once dated James Taylors mom - I coulda been \"sweet baby harry\" (although I turned out sweet anyhow - and modest too!)"}, {"response": 7, "author": "maddog", "date": "Thu, Dec 19, 1996 (14:27)", "body": "...good one, Amy I like you all ready!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "McBruce", "date": "Fri, Dec 20, 1996 (15:33)", "body": "Well, I almost ran over Ted Nugent and his son in downtown Kodiak a couple of years ago. Does that count?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Dec 20, 1996 (22:05)", "body": "He's still alive so that counts."}, {"response": 10, "author": "McBruce", "date": "Sat, Dec 21, 1996 (14:51)", "body": "Well, good on both counts. I grew up in Detroit at the same time guys like Ted, Bob Seger, Mitch Ryder and the whole Motown scene was happening. In fact, my dad even worked on Marvin Gayes dads phone system. Another back door to fame! I've pretty much grown out of Ted's demographics, but it sure seemed odd to have such a close call with a hometown hero out on an island in the middle of the north Pacific."}, {"response": 11, "author": "maddog", "date": "Sat, Dec 21, 1996 (21:29)", "body": "Pretty cool Bruce. Glad you didn't kill him though - there's enough dead rock stars all ready. That reminds me, besides Frank, I met Gene Krupa. Not a rock star, but a junkie at least, but gee, he's dead too! I guess by now players will probably go out of their way _not_ to meet me! ...but at least Bruce did not have to start a new topic: Players I have killed..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "Amy", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (08:58)", "body": "Bruce, I grew up in Michigan too. I still love Seger. In fact I think I shall take my old records off the shelf and sit and listen to em by myself right now. But back to topic. Have you ever hung around people who are into niche or club music and know a lot of the same bands -- but you yourself are ignorant of them? It can be one of the most boring evenings you can spend. Example: A RECONSTRUCTED CONVERSATION ABOUT BLUES PLAYERS BETWEEN MY BROTHER AND A FRIEND I've seen him. Yeah, I've seen him too, twice. I talked to him too. Have you seen____? Once. He's a good player. Have you seen ___? Lots of times. I've talked to him too. I've talked to him too. Have you seen ______.... and on and on and on."}, {"response": 13, "author": "maddog", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (09:15)", "body": "Music specifically and the arts in general has always struck me as one area where it is considered ok to hold very narrow, even bigoted opinions. You know, like \"my music is _the_ music, all else sucks\". When I was a kid there was rock and roll, pretty all encompasing definition for my parents to hate. These days it's classic/metal/punk/alternative/industrial/death/grunge/pop - you name it, there is a group to worship it above all else. Jazz used to be big bands vs. be-bop, but nowadays the categories can make your head spin! Guess we all love to hate that to which we can not relate...."}, {"response": 14, "author": "maddog", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (09:16)", "body": "Music specifically and the arts in general has always struck me as one area where it is considered ok to hold very narrow, even bigoted opinions. You know, like \"my music is _the_ music, all else sucks\". When I was a kid there was rock and roll, pretty all encompasing definition for my parents to hate. These days it's classic/metal/punk/alternative/industrial/death/grunge/pop - you name it, there is a group to worship it above all else. Jazz used to be big bands vs. be-bop, but nowadays the categories can make your head spin! Guess we all love to hate that to which we can not relate...."}, {"response": 15, "author": "maddog", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (09:19)", "body": "...oops, how in the heck did I do that double post? ...oops, how in the heck did I do that double post? how redundant how redundant"}, {"response": 16, "author": "Amy", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (09:33)", "body": "Oh, I love the Blues. I just am not able to name more than a dozen people, if that."}, {"response": 17, "author": "maddog", "date": "Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (17:53)", "body": "I certainly wasn't calling you a music bigot, Amy. Just making my own observations about the narrowness of peoples musical tastes, and non-acceptance of all others. It just seems ok with everyone to be that way about music, when we would be called narrow-minded to be so selective or judgemental in other areas of our lives. No insult intended, I was just branching off on your point a bit..."}, {"response": 18, "author": "Amy", "date": "Mon, Dec 23, 1996 (03:45)", "body": "Branching is good."}, {"response": 19, "author": "McBruce", "date": "Tue, Dec 24, 1996 (02:35)", "body": "Yes Amy, I've been there too. It's a bit of one-ups-manship that leaves the rest of us nodding and not trying to look like the great unwashed. As a DeadHead light in college, you haven't seen anything until two serious deadheads go toe to toe. But... I also found that the folks I ran with had some of the most eclectic and open musical tastes of anyone (after you got past the Jerry-Bobby debate). I think Maddog's right regarding the polarization of musical tastes. It seems to run through many of the arts/artists. As far as music goes, I wonder how much of it has to do the unprecedented access we have to all musical styles in this century. There was a time when the music of your geographic region was all you really knew. Was it Duke Ellington who said \"If it sounds good, it is good\"?"}, {"response": 20, "author": "Amy", "date": "Thu, Dec 26, 1996 (05:44)", "body": "] you haven't seen anything until two serious deadheads go toe to toe. But... I also found that the folks I ran with had some of the most eclectic and open musical tastes of anyone (after you got past the Jerry-Bobby debate). ___ The Jerry-Bobby debate. Then there's, Well, I saw them at Ventura Beach when the bikers did this... and on and on... RE: polarization Then there is reverse snobbery, like claiming not to like the Beatles just to be contrary or take a minority view. Or like my ex husband who had such powerful emotional teenage associations that he hated certain music for no rational reason. Like, tell me, how could you like the Eagles and not like Jackson Browne? Amy"}, {"response": 21, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Thu, Dec 26, 1996 (21:27)", "body": "One of my all-time favorite interviews. Carlos Montoya, playing for a college crowd at Alfred, NY. Small, very dapper guy in this elegant tux, with a white hanky in his breat pocket, folded just so. Black patent leather pumps. Fine dark eyes, every hair in place, a grandee. Strictly unplugged, but all those kids, sitting on the floor and on folding chairs, were just rapt. I talked with him during intermission and got some more pix. His Scottish or Irish (I forget) wife helped translate; he spoke halting English too. I checked out his hands, and remarked how soft they were. Patting the lower bout of his classical guitar, Montoya said, \"But I PLAY my guitar, I do not spank her.\" He checked my hands, guessed I am a piano player. \"It is a good instrument. But so sad, you cannot touch the strings!\" He would take that hanky out and dab carefully at his face-- and I swear, it folded itself back up just perfectly. Montoya had a nifty way of plucking with his fretting hand, not using the right at all, for special effect, something like Chet Atkins making cute with his tuning machines. Montoya brought flamenco to Carnegie Hall, many years ago. And as a one-person show, he was always just incredible. Julian and John are awfully good; but carlos had gobs of STYLE."}, {"response": 22, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Dec 26, 1996 (23:22)", "body": "What are your insights into Julian and John in depth?"}, {"response": 23, "author": "kendall", "date": "Fri, Dec 27, 1996 (10:25)", "body": "I attended a Carlos Montoya concert many years ago. He spoke only two words in the entire concert. At the end, he said 'thank you' to his audience. Those two words \"brought down the house.\""}, {"response": 24, "author": "genaXtex", "date": "Fri, Dec 27, 1996 (14:59)", "body": "I was covering a telecom system install at a resort where Huey Lewis was staying. I had to cover the reception area from midnight to 7 am or something like that. Huey was having a party in a ballroom across the hallway...he invited me and the other tech. We went! Also met Sandra Bernhard (didn't like her), Shirley Maclaine (really nice) and a couple other famous faces that I can't remember at the moment."}, {"response": 25, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Sat, Dec 28, 1996 (19:21)", "body": "Met a bunch of musicians called The Jim Hendy Quintet. They were temporarily without a piano player, so they put out a \"union call,\" which got relayed to my local. I made it to the Whirlpool Bar and Lounge at about 2 pm. You went downstairs from the street; it was very dark. But I'm sure they could see me well enough to decide that I was too young, too white and too female to be a piano player. What happened then, and for a number of weekends following, I later learned is called \"crow jim.\" The way lack people sometimes treat white people. When my eyes adjusted, I saw a tall, rangy man seated on a stool, holding a sax and marinating the reed by holding it in his mouth. \"Whaddyawant?\" he demanded. I was 17, wore my reddish blond braids in a coronet around my head, weighed about 100. What a strange creature I must have seemed! \"You asked for a piano player,\" I reminded him. The other guys stopped their tuning and noodling and stared. \"You're a piano player?\" he asked, incredulous. \"Can you read sheets?\" He was talking about lead sheets, like the non-arrangements you see in fake books. \"Sure,\" I said. He wasn't convinced. \"You sayin' you do head arrangements? We asked for somebody does head arrangements.\" Getting cross now, I asked him, \"Sure. You need your head arranged?\" He let that pass. \"Can you play jump tunes?\" I assured him that I could. \"Can you play 'Down by the Riverside'?\" he challenged. It was strictly rhetorical; he was positive this underage honky broad had never heard of the number. \"If there's a piano down there, I can play down there,\" I told him. He spit out the reed. \"Smart ass piano player,\" he growled. \"Just what we need.\" That was the beginning. There was lots more, but this topic is just about MEETING musicians/performers, right?"}, {"response": 26, "author": "spenpess", "date": "Tue, Feb  4, 1997 (23:11)", "body": "Last summer I was living in Athens. A friend and I were hanging out at The Engine Room one night. To make a long story short, Stipe and Buck literally bumped into us, and if I had been fives years younger I may've beat the tar out of both of them. True story. I later met Stipe in a cheerier scenario. That was when Berry was having stomach problems or whatever. He said he'd listen to my band's CD, and I told him I hoped Berry a speedy recovery. Nothing special, but true."}, {"response": 27, "author": "spenpess", "date": "Tue, Feb  4, 1997 (23:13)", "body": "Last summer I was living in Athens. A friend and I were hanging out at The Engine Room one night. To make a long story short, Stipe and Buck literally bumped into us, and if I had been fives years younger I may've beat the tar out of both of them. True story. I later met Stipe in a cheerier scenario. That was when Berry was having stomach problems or whatever. He said he'd listen to my band's CD, and I told him I hoped Berry a speedy recovery. Nothing special, but true."}, {"response": 28, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (11:03)", "body": "Wow! you guys have met really famous people! Michelle Shocked had a cookout at TseTse park in Dallas back in ?85 or 86...anyway, she went on the local community radio (KNON, the voice of the people) and invited all us lefties out for hot dogs and fun. She and her dad cooked for the half-dozen or so of us who showed up (actually they were veggie dogs, I think). She was extremely nice, intelligent and personable."}, {"response": 29, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (11:12)", "body": "Years ago a friend of mine went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Austin one night. She ran into him at the airport the next day and gingerly approached andsaid \"Mr.Springsteen, thank yu so much for last night. It was fantastic.\" The little old biddies standing nearby were SCANDALIZED. (but he was warm and gracious)"}, {"response": 30, "author": "tj", "date": "Fri, May  9, 1997 (11:21)", "body": "I was at an amature night down at preservation hall in New Orleans in the early 80's. I am not a musician and I don't have much of a voice, but my claim to fame was I could impersonate Louis Armstrong better than anyone, and do all his gestures and expressions, while singing his songs. Well I got up on stage and was doing What A Wonderful World and had the audiance amazed when Louis himself came in and sat down. He then came up on stage and we did a couple of songs together, he played his horn and I d d the vocals..... what a great night. Amy, check out the blues topic and the introduction topic, I see you like it as well."}, {"response": 31, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, May 10, 1997 (13:03)", "body": "What a great story!"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Undertaker", "date": "Sun, May 11, 1997 (17:42)", "body": "Well, when I was in California at a guitar camp, I got to see Robby Krieger(Ithink that's how its spelled), who was the guitar player for the Doors. It was cool I got him to sign a pick guard for me, and a guitar book for my mom, and after the performance I got to shake his hand(Sweaty) it was pretty cool. Although it was a great show the wear and tear of the years really showed its effect on him."}, {"response": 33, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Aug 14, 1999 (21:18)", "body": "I'm new here, but I've been a radio personality (mostly in Hawaii) for nearly 30 years, so I've met dozens of music stars, interviewed quite a few, and partied with more than a couple. I live in Hilo right now and work weekends on KWXX-FM (I teach high school English during the week). We can be heard on the web at or through . Last night, I was backstage at a Jimmy Cliff concert. I also met him at a show in Hilo in 1989, which I emceed. Two weeks ago, in Kona, I emceed a Dave Mason concert (he still sounds fabulous, although he is bald, paunchy, and grizzled) and partied with him until about 3:30 AM in a Kona Surf Resort hotel room. Great guy, had a beautiful blond wood-grain custom Telecaster. I noted \"that's not a production model.\" He made my life with his ans er. \"You know your guitars. Leo (Fender) hand made this baby. He made only two. I got this one and Steve Cropper (Blues Brothers, Booker T & the MGs) got the other.\" I have dozens more, but these are the most recent."}, {"response": 34, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Aug 14, 1999 (21:37)", "body": "John, post this bit again about where on the web you can be heard. Yapp software has done a little shorthand on your comments."}, {"response": 35, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Aug 14, 1999 (21:43)", "body": "And, of course, I have met John Burnett, famous broadcaster, with whom I have broken bread many a time. I am one of his biggest fans, and he is very tolerant of the lady who likes to applaud his efforts. I have also dined with the Gemini Astronauts..."}, {"response": 36, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (00:50)", "body": "Marcia...the station website (I won't try to make a html link this time) is www.kwxx.com, or you can summon us up through the \"others,\" then \"ethnic\" category at webradio.com. Over the air we are KWXX 94.7 FM, Hilo (Island music). Our format is a mix of adult contemporary hits, locally produced music: Hawaiian, pop, and Jawaiian (which to the uninitiated is a Hawaiian-reggae hybrid that often has ukuleles), and reggae (both Jamaican and UK). Marcia knows me as the play-by-play voice of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Vulcan basketball and baseball teams on sister station KPUA AM, which is not on the web, but considering how many parents of players and alumni there are outside of the Hilo area, should be."}, {"response": 37, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (00:53)", "body": "I guess Spring's software deletes anything approximating a web address. So use KWXX and then the obligatory dot com to find the home page. I have not dined with Gemini astronauts, although I have interviewed the late Ellison Onizuka, a Kona-born astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion. What a tragic waste of some of the best and brightest that debacle was. And of course, I think of O-rings every time I drive through Jack or Burger King (meant as irony, not a sick joke)."}, {"response": 38, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (05:09)", "body": "How fantastic! Fast food as memento mori! That's wonderfully absurde, and as grotesque as the cause of that tragedy... Welcome to the Spring, John!"}, {"response": 39, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (06:18)", "body": "> I guess Spring's software deletes anything approximating a web address. Not so! Just type the url in the form http://www.firth.com And it will work fine. What a wonderful mix of music on your station. I'll check out the website and the sounds."}, {"response": 40, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (19:41)", "body": "So I guess the address http://www.kwxx.com will work fine. So will http://www.webradio.com -- go to the \"other\" format category and pick \"ethnic.\" At last check, we were the only ones there. I'm now done for this weekend and off the Hurricane Dora watch. Will be there next weekend (Sat 12 noon to 5 PM EST, Sunday 12 noon to 4 PM EST. And thanks for the welcome, Alex. By the way players I've met in my (since 1969) radio \"career\" include: Jimmy Cliff (twice), Dave Mason (twice), Bob Marley (in Miami, 1978), Rod Stewart, Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina, Jesse Colin Young, Ca los Santana, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Davy Jones, Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo, TV & movie soundtrack composer), Steve Warriner, George Strait, Rick Neilson (Cheap Trick), Leo Kottke, Dolly Parton, Popa Chubby, Harvey Mandel, Paul Butterfield, Elvin Bishop, Rick Derringer, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Dave Brubeck, George Winston, Clark Terry, many of the legends of Hawaiian music who are revered here but unknown or practically so on the mainland, and others I'm forgetting here, I'm sure. T at's one of the great perks of the job...money certainly hasn't been one, at least not for me."}, {"response": 41, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (20:25)", "body": "As frustrating as this sounds, it is the way of The Spring - it will be Monday before you get much response to your comments and long list of celebrities. (I have had picnics and long talks with Gretchen Nash - Graham's sister - in Puna at her house.)"}, {"response": 42, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (20:34)", "body": "I found it was easier to bookmark http://www.webradio.com/kwxx/ (Sorry to miss hearing your golden tones,John, but I am very happy have you off the Hurricane Dora Watch.) Harry Kim, our Civil Defense Administrator can give you updates on things happening to our island - from Lava flows to the Hurricane update I am listening to as I write this."}, {"response": 43, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (22:22)", "body": "T.J.'s Louie Armstrong-Preservation Hall story is great, but if it is true, it was a lot longer ago than the early 80s. Satchmo died on the 4th of July, 1971. Like Casey Stengel used to say \"you can look it up.\""}, {"response": 44, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Aug 16, 1999 (22:06)", "body": "Helloooo! (*antenna going up*) Did someone mention Davy Jones?! *swoon* Welcome, John!"}, {"response": 45, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Aug 20, 1999 (17:24)", "body": "Hi, Autumn. Davy Jones, huh? Actually a really nice guy and a personal friend of one of my coworkers at the station. Remember the original MarciaMarciaMarcia (Brady, that is...and her drool)?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (22:20)", "body": "Oh, like I've only seen that episode a thousand times! Wasn't it great how MarciaMarciaMarcia got Davy to sing at the prom?!"}, {"response": 47, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (20:51)", "body": "One of my faves... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 15, "subject": "MIDI", "response_count": 6, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Amy", "date": "Sat, Dec 28, 1996 (15:24)", "body": "I am afraid to get into MIDI. Play piano and am a webhead and I fear it would truly take over my life. Do you do it, Dry?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Sat, Dec 28, 1996 (19:39)", "body": "I did MIDI for a while; right now I am not set up for it. I got into it with my Atari ST1040 and a Casio kb, using Cakewalk. I don't have the MIDI connect on my soundcard in this system, but I want to as soon as I put in another hard drive (sound files can be huge) and a JAZ. Sometimes I wonder how large the New Testament would be, if Paul had owned a notebook computer. As active a correspondent as he was, imagine-- if the process had been less laborious-- And sometimes I wonder how much Mozart would have written, if he had been set up for MIDI, and everything could have been put on paper just by playing-- And probably Salieri couldn't have worked him to death. It's particularly depressing when I reflect that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for years... You bet, when I get set up for MIDI again, I'll spend about a week just playing onto paper the stuff I've written and arranged in the past couple of years and never put on paper. Errol had been playing and composing for years before he learned music notation, and then he learned because he was dissatisfied with how others put his stuff on paper. They listened, but they never quite got all the nuances. Now, with MIDI, he wouldn't have to learn the language. But he probably would want to anyhow. There is no advantage in being musically illiterate. It's a tremendous language; do you agree? Amy, the piano and other keyboard instruments fit right in with this technology. As I always say, KEYBOARDS IS KEYBOARDS. Keyboard musicians are generally most intuitive, and highly coordinated, and used to thinking in three dimensions or more. We trained musicians usually learn programming languages and new software quite easily, have you noticed? And I notice that adults (and children too) who play keyboard instruments learn QWERTY keyboards more readily than others. So it takes over your life-- would you rather be fixated on food, or fashion, or politics? So you won't have time for sex, or friends-- Think of the great vibes you'll have!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (21:35)", "body": "Ahhhhhhh, the wonderful world of MIDI. I think this is an integral part of the music biz, just as computers are part of many of our everyday lives. Whether you become a MIDI \"junkie\" or not is up to you, but I do think it is an important area to understand and be familiar with as a performer or an educator. Put it in the ol' bag of tricks ! I know the above post is old, but what is this \"Keyboard musicians are generally most intuitive, and highly coordinated \" bullshit ! I don't know you Mr. \"drymartini\" but I am not into instrumental superiority complexes."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (06:30)", "body": "Do you have your own midi setup? What do you use?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "risa", "date": "Sun, Dec 24, 2000 (00:51)", "body": "I use a USB MOTU (Mark of the Unicorn) Fastlane. I primarily use MIDI for interactive music/video/whatever. I've got a video tracking system that sends MIDI signals to a program called MAX. MAX interprets them depending on how I've programmed it to do so and creates music, plays video, controls lighting cues, etc. There's a bunch of different sensors and controllers you can use with it. This seems to be the way MIDI is heading. If you have any questions about MIDI I can probably help you."}, {"response": 6, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Tue, Dec 26, 2000 (05:38)", "body": "So, the keyboard then controls the whole show? That's interesting. Is MAX a Mac only program? Does MAX do video editing? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 16, "subject": "Sir Paul McCartney", "response_count": 52, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "maddog", "date": "Tue, Dec 31, 1996 (11:21)", "body": "Weren't all of the Beatles knighted way back when, only to refuse it at the time? (probably John's idea, that radical) or were those just some sort of medals they wouldn't accept? I remember something about that when I was young.... (which isn't saying much, because I don't remember much else - even last week!) Anyhow, I'll still think of those two as \"Mr Eastman\" and \"Mr Ono\" (heheheh)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Dec 31, 1996 (11:25)", "body": "If you have a favorite Beatles site, please email the person in charge there and ask them to please add a link to this topic. Tell them to add this link: http://www.spring.com/yapp-bin/public/read/music/16 Let's see if we can pump up this topic and start to grow our music conference. (my pep talk for the day)."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Dec 31, 1996 (11:27)", "body": "If you don't have a 'fave Paul McCartney site, you can to to http://www.yahoo.com and do a search for paul mccartney! Then find their email and tell them about the above link. I'm going to encourage the folks using the Spring to do this same kind of thing all over the Spring so that we can build some real traffic here. Let's make the Spring juicy!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "joshd", "date": "Thu, Jan  9, 1997 (23:11)", "body": "I think is referring to the time when the Beatles were awarded the OBE (I think)--Order of the British Empire, or something to that effect."}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Nov  7, 1997 (23:34)", "body": "The Beatles did, indeed, receive the Order of the British Empire, and it caused something of a furor at the time, among many prior recipients (an anal retentive lot, to be sure). Read once that the day they received it, they wandered about Buckingham Palace searching for young Prince Charlie (then about 16 years old)- they were determined to turn him on. It could only have improved his disposition, but unfortunately, he was not about that day... I've always thought the deification of Lennon, at the expense of McCartney, was bogus. As much as I love John, Paul simply wrote superior songs, by and large- and he had one of the best \"rocking\" voices I've heard, which he but rarely gets credit for (i.e., \"Helter Skelter\", \"Back in the USSR\", \"Birthday\", \"Get Back\", many others). And without his discipline and ambition, there never would have been a Beatles, either (and John would most likely have wound up swabbing a deck somewhere, or in prison)..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (00:34)", "body": "I hear he's doing something on a Princess Diana tribute album or something. I wonder if he'll be cutting more albums?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (03:46)", "body": "McCartney will stop cutting records around the time he cuts his third set of teeth (sorry, stole that from Raymond Chandler- couldn't help it, nearly 3am and all- sense of irony became dysfunctional about an hour ago). I'm sure he's working on something. The last record wasn't half bad, though I confess I haven't yet bought it..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (09:42)", "body": "What's it called?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (14:02)", "body": "Embarrassed to say I don't remember. A friend of mine bought it, and I listened to it, and I've heard a few cuts on the radio, as well. It was really pretty good. If I'm not mistaken, Jeff Lynne handled at least some of the production..."}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (14:42)", "body": "What's your favorite of the post Beatle McCartney Albums. I think it's cool that Linda and Paul are vegetarians and put out a vegetarian cookbook."}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (07:04)", "body": "I guess Ram and Band on the Run are the best quality LPs he's made- though (and I truly hate to admit this) neither is nearly as satisfying as Lennon's Double Fantasy, or even Plastic Ono Band. I suppose the creation of art really requires inner turmoil, and Mac has become too well adjusted a person, maybe, to continue creating it at his pre-1970 level. Actually heard him admit, not long ago in an interview, that Lennon's music since the break-up was edgier, and of better quality. He also added that if the cost of continuing to create that level of music was to live as basically an unhappy a life as John had, he would (did) happily forego it. And have you ever considered not only the quality, but the volume of it, that McCartney created during the 5 year period ('64 to '69) the Beatles reigned? How many songs can one man have in him, anyway? On balance, I believe his output still exceeds Lennon's- and, as I said before, actually made Lennon's possible. And I think the vegetarian thing is cool, too- and Mac was sort of ahead of the curve on that one, wasn't he? I've tried it myself, several times, but can't seem to shake dark, carnivorous aspect of my nature...(maybe hypnotism? Dietary therapy?)"}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (10:33)", "body": "How many post Beatles albums has Paul cut? Can Linda sing or play music?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (02:01)", "body": "About twenty, I would estimate. And I've seen no evidence that Linda Mac can do anything creative, beyond making Paul happy, which is cool (she can shake her tambourine on stage all she wants to)..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (12:26)", "body": "With the notable exception of photography."}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (13:20)", "body": "She sings backup occassionally and I believe is ambidextrous with her tambourine playing ability."}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (13:59)", "body": "Yeah, true, she did the photography thing- and does, indeed, play a lean, mean tambourine. I really do think Linda's pretty cool (hope she sells a million of those cookbooks)- and I'll take her atonal backups over Yoko's hideous primal screeching any day..."}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (16:06)", "body": "can I get an 'amen' !?!?"}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (22:10)", "body": "You can."}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov 29, 1997 (19:53)", "body": "Caught the last half hour of \"Concert for Montserrat\" on showtime last night...Mac, Clapton, Elton John, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffet, Mark Knofler...and hosted by George Martin... Mac ended the show, of course, and performed \"Yesterday\", \"Hey Jude\", \"Kansas City\", and a really incredible version of \"Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End\" (which I'd never seen performed live before), featuring Mac on piano, to begin with, and then ending up on LEAD guitar, trading bursts with Eric Clapton during the legendary sequence near the end...Paul really sounded great (has to be the youngest 55 year old man alive- is it those veggies, you think? or the herbs?)... Oh, and Sting and Phil Collins were there, too (yawn)..."}, {"response": 20, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 29, 1997 (21:23)", "body": "Nick, you've got to start giving us *advance notice* of this primo events!"}, {"response": 21, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (22:24)", "body": "concert for montserrat will be broadcast on showtime sunday, dec.7, at 7pmcst... get there late if you wanta miss sting..."}, {"response": 22, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:36)", "body": "hey, Terry...just occurred to me that I keep taking potshots at Sting, and you're probably a fan of his, huh? (being that you created the Sting topic, I mean)... really sorry...believe it or not, I've got several Police records (boy, that didn't come out right...but you know what I mean), and even a Sting record.. I've just been p.o.'d at him since he talked Bruce into firing the E Street Band... Oh, and thanks for the cyber-advice...it seemed pretty basic, I'm sure, but even basic cyber-stuff is beyond me (really appreciate it)..."}, {"response": 23, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:29)", "body": "Nope, I'm not a big Sting fan."}, {"response": 24, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec  8, 1997 (19:01)", "body": "I'm not a BIG fan, but I like some of his lyrics."}, {"response": 25, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (06:25)", "body": "after a while, didn't every police record start to sound like \"don't stand so close to me\"?"}, {"response": 26, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (11:21)", "body": "*laugh* yes. I prefer his solo albums."}, {"response": 27, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (15:49)", "body": "From the David Frost interview: Frost: The, uh, Bob Dylan, when he came into your lives, he introduced pot as well. Paul: Well, yeah, it's a kind of an awkward subject, that really, because it actually wasn't Bob, it was on an occasion where Bob was there but it was a friend of Bob's, and I think he gets a little bit annoyed being landed with that rap, you know. \"It was you, Bob.\" \"It wasn't me.\" But, uh, yeah, we were at a, uh, a do in a hotel sort of, where Bob was, but it was actually I think his friend who introduced the, uh, jazz cigarettes."}, {"response": 28, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (16:48)", "body": "that's interesting... and rather different from derek taylor's account... never heard/read the text of this interview... where is it available?"}, {"response": 29, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (23:13)", "body": "All the Beatles received MBEs (Member of the British Empire); John returned his after a few years, the rest weren't quite that mad. Paul McCartney was IMO the least daft of the Beatles, and since he can be bloody daft at times ( rf. the song Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey ), this says a lot about the Beatles. Not surprising that Paul was the last to take LSD, big surprise that John wasn' the first (George was, via his dentist). George was about as cracked as John, but not quite as talented."}, {"response": 30, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (23:17)", "body": "Personal favourite post-Beatles Paul McCartney release: Live And Let Die (I am a fan of the older James Bond movies, ending with Live And Let Die , I am NOT a Roger Moore fan, and I was a Pierce Brosnan fan until I saw Goldeneye )"}, {"response": 31, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (23:31)", "body": "ooooooooh, sean connery, now he was bond and will always be, IMMHO. Nice try roger moore, tim dalton, and pierce (although they were all babes)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (08:35)", "body": "You forgot George Lazenby, the second best IMO."}, {"response": 33, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (13:22)", "body": "George who?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (19:37)", "body": "George Lazenby, played James Bond, 007, in On Her Majesty's Seecret Service after Sean Connery left. He was a very good Bond IMO, but he left after one movie. Sean Connery came back for Diamonds Are Forever , and then they chose Roger Moore for Live And Let Die , the only good 007 movie with Roger Moore as Bond. I used to think that Dalton was a horrible Bond, but then I saw that Brosnan, who I thought was born for the part, didn't do any better! More than likely it's the writing."}, {"response": 35, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (22:05)", "body": "Aren't they working on another bond with brosnan? I'm with Terry, didn't know about George. What would be cool is to make another with Connery. That man is good."}, {"response": 36, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (23:11)", "body": "Connery would be a good M, he's a bit old to be 007. Patrick Stewart would make an even better M, IMO. I think I'll watch Tomorrow Never Dies . If it is anywhere near as bad as Goldeneye was, I will never watch another James Bond movie; not even if they bring back Dalton (or break tradition and bring in Val Kilmer)."}, {"response": 37, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (23:45)", "body": "surprised that's not in the works already. And I agree, PS is another good one. Haven't seen the bronson 007s yet. will wait for video. maybe we should make a new topic for bondism......."}, {"response": 38, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 28, 1997 (00:16)", "body": "(not that kind of bondism, geez Sam)"}, {"response": 39, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 1998 (16:02)", "body": "WHere would it be? Movies, literature, or culture? Certainly not here!"}, {"response": 40, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (13:09)", "body": "http://www.slonet.org/~rloomis/lindmac2.wav are recordings that a disgruntled soundboard operator made of Linda singing in \"Hey Jude.\""}, {"response": 41, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (15:04)", "body": "(that's cruel)"}, {"response": 42, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jan 17, 2002 (04:14)", "body": "McCartney to lead Super Bowl heroes tribute 17 January, 2002 02:26 GMT Email this article Printer friendly version LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul McCartney will join hip-hop diva Mary J. Blige, Latin heartthrob Marc Anthony and pop songstress Mariah Carey in a star-spangled burst of musical patriotism planned for the Super Bowl pregame telecast next month, the Fox network has said. McCartney will appear live at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on February 3 to perform, \"Freedom,\" which he wrote and released as a charity single in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. The former Beatle previously performed during an all-star benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. \"As a sports fan, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in the Super Bowl, and as a musician, I am honored to add my voice to the message of tribute that this year's Super Bowl will carry,\" McCartney said in a statement. Sir Paul's appearance will immediately precede a duet of \"America the Beautiful\" by Blige and Anthony, then Carey's solo performance of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" just before kickoff. Blige, Anthony and Carey will be accompanied by the Boston Pops orchestra. Insiders said veteran entertainer Barry Manilow also will give a life performance of a song he recently composed, \"Let Freedom Ring.\" Fox said the pop groups Barenaked Ladies and No Doubt also will appear. Eight teams are still vying in playoffs to compete for the National Football League Championship at this year's Super Bowl, traditionally the highest-rated TV broadcast of the year, averaging some 85 million U.S. viewers. As previously announced, the Irish rock band U2 will perform during the Super Bowl half-time show. In keeping with the patriotic theme of this year's pregame telecast, the words of Abraham Lincoln will be delivered on film by four of America's living former presidents -- Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush and Bill Clinton -- plus former first lady Nancy Reagan in a presentation of Aaron Copland's musical and spoken-word composition, \"Lincoln Portrait.\" In addition, several former NFL greats will join current football stars in reciting portions of the Declaration of Independence during the three-hour show."}, {"response": 43, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jan 17, 2002 (22:01)", "body": "Liz Smith 'WHAT WAS it like working with Tom Cruise?\"This seems a normal question for any fan to ask. In this instance, the \"fan\" was none other than Paul McCartney, talking to director Cameron Crowe about the film \"Vanilla Sky.\" Crowe pushed to get former Beatle, now, Sir Paul, to write the title song for his movie. This certainly paid off for McCartney, who created the song in only four days. Now it's nominated in the \"best original\" category for the Golden Globes. McCartney says, \"All I had to do was watch 40 minutes of the film to agree. I saw Cruise acting his heart out, and I thought Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz also delivered great performances. It's very exciting being nominated for a Golden Globe.\" McCartney tied with Enya (\"The Lord of the Rings\") in winning the Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Song just last week. You'd think Sir Paul would be \"up to here\" with being nominated and honored in his lifetime, but no! Continue Reading Liz Smith... MORE LIZ"}, {"response": 44, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Mar  1, 2002 (11:14)", "body": "Paul's going on tour. http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=PAULMC&Key=Y 04/01/02 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena 04/03/02 San Jose, CA Compaq Center At San Jose 04/05/02 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 04/06/02 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 04/10/02 Chicago, IL United Center 04/13/02 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 04/16/02 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center 04/17/02 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena 04/19/02 Boston, MA FleetCenter 04/23/02 Washington, DC MCI Center 04/26/02 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 04/29/02 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena 05/01/02 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills 05/04/02 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center 05/05/02 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond 05/07/02 Denver, CO Pepsi Center *05/09/02 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena 05/12/02 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 05/15/02 Tampa, FL Ice Palace 05/18/02 Fort Lauderdale, FL National Car Rental Center"}, {"response": 45, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jun 19, 2002 (08:36)", "body": "forgot to mention yesterday was newlywed Paul's 60th birthday. Only 4 more years left till he can drive the world nuts with \"When I'm 64\". I'm hoping he'll come out with some blockbuster hit albums to show the world he's still got it in him."}, {"response": 46, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Jun 19, 2002 (18:58)", "body": "\"I'm hoping he'll come out with some blockbuster hit albums to show the world he's still got it in him.\" Does he?"}, {"response": 47, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jun 19, 2002 (21:41)", "body": "I think so, I think the new marriage will stir some things in him."}, {"response": 48, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Sep  9, 2002 (09:36)", "body": "Scathing! Lately, something odd has been happening to Paul McCartney. In his 40 years of celebrity, he has generally led his life with the quiet dignity one doesn't expect from a rock star. But now, three years after his beloved wife's death, McCartney is everywhere, often trotting in the wake of his 34-year-old model-activist-entrepreneur second wife. If he's not schmoozing backstage with Ozzy Osbourne at Howard Stern, declaiming his poetry on television with Larry King, or dancing on the bar at Hogs & Heifers, he's helplessly attempting to ad-lib on the subject of American football with Terry Bradshaw. At 60, McCartney is beginning to look like the Elvis of 1968: intact, more or less, but teetering on the precipice of something unbecoming. And Mills, who seems to be cottoning to the role of McCartney's Colonel Tom Parker, may be the last person McCartney needs whispering in his ear. more at http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/celebritycity/6301/"}, {"response": 49, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Sep  9, 2002 (09:43)", "body": ""}, {"response": 50, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Mon, Sep  9, 2002 (22:16)", "body": "You don't suppose she's Paul's Yoko, do you? Would Paul really be that stupid?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Sep 11, 2002 (10:00)", "body": "In a way, except there's no legendary rock group to break up anymore. I don't want to believe it's this bad and want to hold out for a more reasoned version."}, {"response": 52, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Oct 31, 2003 (10:04)", "body": "From the Salon gossip column: Heather Mills and Paul McCartney have announced the birth of their first child together, Beatrice Milly McCartney, born Tuesday, three weeks early and by C-section, at a London hospital. The couple released a statement to the press saying they were \"ecstatic\" and that they \"couldn't be prouder.\" Here's hoping that, by now, Mills has gotten over her former overriding emotion: surprise. Earlier this year, she told the press that health issues would likely prevent her from conceiving: \"The chances of me getting pregnant are about that much,\" she said, holding her thumb and finger an inch apart. Give 'em an inch ... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 17, "subject": "R&B", "response_count": 38, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jan 25, 1997 (18:34)", "body": "What did you want to talk about Theresa?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (12:48)", "body": "R&B: Now that's great music! Also, all those people who bad-mouth '70s music obviously know very little about R&B: The Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, the Delphonics, Blue Magic, Bobby Womack, the Spinners, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (featuring Theodore Prendergrass), Billy Paul, these were all big news in the '70s!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (15:23)", "body": "excellant taste...(\"side show\" was one of the first 45's i ever bought) (don't forget four tops, marvin gaye, al green...)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:05)", "body": "Thanks, Nick! Now how did I forget those, and the Temptations, who everyone remembers for their early '60s songs, but who I remember first and foremost for \"Masterpiece\". And of course: \"Ladies and gentlemen...EARTH, WIND AND FIRE!!!!!\""}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (19:37)", "body": "Yeah, \"that's the way of the world\"... one of my first albums... great title tune, and \"shining star\", with that totally cool finale... and regarding the 70's (eddie-less, david-less) temptations, you neglected \"papa was a rolling stone\" (\"...and dat ain't right\")..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (09:24)", "body": "Was that a cover of Muddy Waters' song? Not that I don't know the Temptations' song; what I don't know is Muddy Waters' song! I saw a 5-disc set on the Temptations, from the beginning to about two years ago. Don't I just WISH I were a millionaire! I'd buy it without a thought! One of the first songs on Disc 4 was \"Masterpiece\"! Sonny & Cher performed \"Plastic Man\" on one of their shows, but I saw it on the \"Masterpiece\" album which said that all songs were written by... I have to find the jacket to get the name. BTW, Sonny & Cher's cover was not worthwhile! Better get the original!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:17)", "body": "hard to believe (being that sonny's such a soulful guy, and all)... no, the old muddy water's standard (\"rollin' stone\") is not the same tune...the old temptation's song was probably a creation of motown's amazing stable of writers (gordie, holland, whitfield, etc...)"}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:37)", "body": "Gotta have a MoTown night after all this chatter!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:14)", "body": "I had quite a few motown nights when I lived in Louisville."}, {"response": 10, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:51)", "body": "yeah, that sounds good... (how would that go? motown in cowtown tonight... isn't that an old bob wills tune?)"}, {"response": 11, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:45)", "body": "*cackle* damn, nick! You be quick and dirty!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:56)", "body": "totally irredeemable..."}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:14)", "body": "you're tough."}, {"response": 14, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:28)", "body": "it's all that ripple and thunderbird (i mix them, you know...many people can't do that)"}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:30)", "body": "Which goes first for least destructive hangover?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:32)", "body": "actually, a hangover implies the prospect of sobriety... (should i ever achieve that state, will let you know...)"}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:37)", "body": "fair enough! Which goes first to stem the tide of most destructive bowels?!?! apologies in advance for the crudeness!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:56)", "body": "( ) (staring blankly ahead at monitor; mouth slightly ajar; cocktail glass lying splintered at my feet- thanks, by the way; words unable to find expression; you have shut my mouth)"}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (09:56)", "body": "*satisfied grin* (amidst uncontrollable laughter!)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Wed, Mar 11, 1998 (21:21)", "body": "Anybody here into really old R&B from like 1949-53? The grown-up stuff before doo-wop and rock and roll turned everything into sock hop teeny bopper stuff for the kids? Hucklebuck Williams Roy Brown Erline Harris Amos Milburn Earl Bostic Wild Bill Moore Joe Liggins stuff like that?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Fri, Mar 13, 1998 (05:54)", "body": "There's a \"quiz\" over in the Blues topic, so here's an R&B quiz: 1. What R&B artist covered \"Good Rocking Tonight\" in 1949, but changed the title, and changed the lyrics to the following: \"Have you heard the news, there's good jumping tonight. I'm gonna hold my baby everything will be fine, We'll be drinking good whisky, brandy and wine Hey man, there's good jumping tonight. Do you want to jump children? YEAH Do you want to jump children? YEAH Do you want to jump children? YEAH Do you want to jump children? YEAH Well, jump, jump, jump, jump etc. 2. Everybody knows about Rocket 88, the \"first rock n roll song,\" cut in 1951. The lyrics and music are very similar to those of a song done in 1947 by Jimmy Liggins, about another GM line of luxury automobiles, more expensive than Oldsmobiles. Name the song. 3. Speaking of Jimmy Liggins, Jimmy's older brother Joe did the first million-selling race record, a song during WWII called \"The Honeydripper.\" Who was the *original* honeydripper? (Hint, he got that pseud in the 1930's). 4. Apart from Louis Jordan, name another bandleader who is very often cited as being the father of R&B? Wynonie Harris sang blues in his band. Sister Rosetta Tharpe sang gospel in his band. 5. Who is the undisputed father of black gospel? He wrote many very popular gospel blues, starting in the 1920's. 6. What NYC-based tenor sax artist was the leader of \"Alan Freed's Rock and Roll Orchestra\" from 1952, when Freed got to NYC, to the late-50's? 7. Which of the following is *not* the name of a dance which originated in late-1940's era R&B circles? the hucklebuck the rock and roll the suzie Q the mess around the twist 8. Fill in the blank: \"Has anybody here seen Miss [______] Brown?\" (Big hit single by Roy Brown, 1949). 9. Who was Amos Milburn's main tenor sax player from the mid-40's to the 1950's? He also arranged all the Milburn recording sessions and then had his own successful career starting when he left Milburn. 10. What was Waxie Maxie's real name? Who was he?"}, {"response": 22, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Tue, Apr  7, 1998 (23:53)", "body": "1. Jimmy Witherspoon 2. Cadillac Boogie 3. Roosevelt Sykes 4. Lucky Millinder 5. Thomas A. Dorsey 6. Freddie Mitchell 7. The Twist (from the 1930's, revived for rock 'n roll in the late 1950's.) 8. Fanny 9. Maxwell Davis 10.Max Silverman, a DJ in Washington DC"}, {"response": 23, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (22:27)", "body": "Mighty quiet in here"}, {"response": 24, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (08:46)", "body": "What's up rattlecat?"}, {"response": 25, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (23:36)", "body": "Just wondered why nobody talks about R&B here, seeing how it's the greatest music, and the greatest art form, that the human race has yet to achive, or ever will achieve."}, {"response": 27, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Mon, May  4, 1998 (23:34)", "body": "In one word, saxophone. Blues went from 1895 to today with every permutation you can imagine. R&B went from 1949 to now with almost as many. That doesn't clear it up much does it? They classify Whitney Houston as R&B so the term is obviously meaningless in recent years. Fans of 1950's \"doo-wop\" vocal groups consider that to be the original R&B. They are wrong. R&B started out at the very end of the swing era. Lionel Hampton, Louis Jordan, Lucky Millinder, Roy Milton, and Buddy Johnson had swing type bands with a totally new beat. It was a boogie beat but more rocking. Around 1949, everything changed. Swing died suddenly in 1947 when they discovered how to rock. Rocking blues in a swing band format became known as R&B in 1949, often with a blues singer in the front, but j st as often an instrumental. R&B was for dancing. About 5 years later they started calling it rock and roll. Same thing."}, {"response": 28, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Mon, May  4, 1998 (23:38)", "body": "Blues has no saxophone. If it does, it's R&B. That's a given, and you can use that tid-bit of info everywhere you go. Word!!"}, {"response": 29, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, May  5, 1998 (00:41)", "body": "(fascinating... i'd like to hear/learn more)"}, {"response": 30, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (00:13)", "body": "Learn more here: http://www.tunes.com/tunes-cgi2/tunes/person_frame/10262/0/0/76"}, {"response": 31, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (00:16)", "body": "Hear/learn here, about the father of rock and roll, Roy Brown: http://www.tunes.com/tunes-cgi2/tunes/person_frame/10478/0/0/76"}, {"response": 32, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (00:21)", "body": "but we like it better when you tell us..."}, {"response": 33, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (00:47)", "body": "thanks... gonna check it out... (now, in fact)... all i really know is the johnsons (robert, lonnie, willie, tommy), howlin' wolf, muddy waters, sonny boy williamson, willie dixon, etc... am a big fan of 40's-50's r&b, though (the spaniels, the el dorados, the moonglows (love harvey fuqua), the dells, the magnificents, the cleftones, etc... oh and johnny ace, too)... don't you think that stuff holds up amazingly well?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Thu, May  7, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "I wish I could appreciate doo-wop vocal groups. There are some that I like... the El Doradoes \"At My Front Door\" is a great record. Some of the stuff with a dance beat can sure be great. But so much of it is that sentimental lovey dovey stuff that doesn't move me at all. I never developed a taste for it. I know than many other people love it so I don't criticize it. As for all the Johnsons, the Wolf, Muddy, etc, that's Chicago blues. There is a great big monster difference between Chicago Blues and sax-driven R&B from 1949-52 period. The music that I talk about lasted for those few years and died, and has not been seen since. It's simply the most amazing, most powerful and most exciting music this world has ever seen. People like: Hucklebuck Williams Big Jay McNeely Joe Lutcher Jimmy Preston Jimmy Cavallo Illinois Jacquet Eddie \"Cleanhead\" Vinson Hal Singer Wild Bill Moore Screaming Jay Hawkins Amos Milburn (this is a biggie) The young Fats Domino age 18 The young Little Richard age 17 (another biggie) Johnny Otis Roy Brown Wynonie Harris Nappie Brown"}, {"response": 35, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Thu, May  7, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "Here is the most incredible web site for pre-rock R&B: http://www.hoyhoy.com check it out!!!!!!!!!!"}, {"response": 36, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, May  7, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "will do..."}, {"response": 37, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (17:22)", "body": "...and never got back."}, {"response": 38, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (03:11)", "body": "With Rattlecat's encyclopedic knowledge, he should be doing a nationwide show on National Public Radio or it's Minnesota clone (unfortunately syndicators would find his taste sadly uncommercial). Wonder where he shook, rattled and rolled too as well. Are he and Wer whooping it up at a juke joint somewhere?"}, {"response": 39, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (12:59)", "body": "I rather think not...knowing one of the pair...however, one never knows...! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 18, "subject": "Dylan", "response_count": 46, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Feb  1, 1997 (16:52)", "body": "A place to talk about Bob Dylan."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (03:00)", "body": "The Dylan topic."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (03:09)", "body": "You know that Dylan line: 'Even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.'\" Well, Paula Jones lawyers are quoting that. And the Republicans like to play \"The Times they are a changin'\" every time they win an election. Funny how the right has co-opted this. Apparently, Paula Jones has described a certain piece of Clinton anatomy in excruciating detail. And he may have to take a doctors test to see if her description matches."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (03:11)", "body": "And in a more serious note. Bob Dylan is doing a series of nightclub dates across America in December, and five shows with Van Morrison in New York City in January. For the first time, a small number of tickets for each show will be available via mail order. Information is available at http://bobdylan.com/live/ You'll find the full set of confirmed dates, and detailed instructions on how to order."}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (07:43)", "body": "Wow! Cannot imagine Dylan and Morrison together- what an increbible idea. Has anyone heard Morrison's take on \"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\"? It was recorded in his Them days (Bang, I think?), and is really tremendous- Caledonian soul at it's finest. Dylan used to boast that he \"killed tin pan alley\" (of course, as we all now know, it merely moved to Nashville)- but, when you consider it, he's done a fair impression in it's stead... Top Ten Dylan Songs Made Hits By Other Artists (and, in the case of Cher, at least, this term is used loosely): 1. Blowin' in the Wind (Peter, Paul, and Mary) 2. It Ain't Me, Babe (the Turtles) 3. Quinn, the Eskimo (who in the hell did this song?- can't remember) 4. Mr. Tambourine Man (the Byrds) 5. All I Really Want to Do (Cher) 6. Forever Young (Rod Stewart) 7. Don't Think Twice (Peter, Paul, and Mary) 8. All Along the Watchtower (Jimi) 9. I Shall Be Released (the Band) 10.My Back Pages (the Byrds) There are others, of course- no cover though probably as fine as Jimi's- with respect to the Band (whom I really love), the Byrds, Rod Stewart. Even Dylan has said Jimi's version of \"Watchtower\" was superior to his own, and Dylan actually altered the way he performed the song himself, to conform better to Jimi's vision of it..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (10:34)", "body": "That Jimi Hendrix Watchtower rendition *is* awesome! Such moving, exciting music."}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (02:17)", "body": "Anyone seen the magnificent D.A. Pennebaker film \"Don't Look Back\"? Released in 1967, it's a documentary of Dylan's '65 tour of England, and it is mesmerizing, beginning to end. Along with Scorcese's \"The Last Waltz\", the best rock and roll film made, probably..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (18:02)", "body": "Quinn the Eskimo was done by Manfred Mann and by Bruce Springsteen.. Manfred Mann made the pop charts... Karl"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (18:04)", "body": "Hmmmm. Manfred Mann's Earth Band... I couldn't remember that 2 minutes ago... *grin* Karl"}, {"response": 10, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (21:14)", "body": "Thanks- should have remembered that. Mann also covered a couple of Springsteen tunes, most notably, of course, \"Blinded by the Light\", and several more Dylan tunes. Are you certain, though, that Bruce covered \"Quinn\"? I have each of his records, and I don't remember that one..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Sat, Nov 15, 1997 (05:50)", "body": "I was thinking about this on the way home tonight and I was mistaken. Somehow I got the Springsteen cover confused in my mind with Quinn. I can't remember who else did Quinn but I do think somebody else did and it was at least a moderate hit..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (14:50)", "body": "Got this off the net a few minutes ago- typically Dylan-esque exchange from an interview at Music Central: Q: You've been hailed one of this century's greatest songwriters, yet you tend to accept the praise reluctantly. Why? Dylan: I don't consider myself a songwriter in the sense of Townes Van Zandt, or Randy Newman. I'm not Paul Simon. I can't do that. My songs come out of folk music and early rock and roll. And that's it, no more. That's the foundation. I'm not a classical lyricist. I'm not a meticulous lyricist. I don't write melodies that are clever, or catchy. It's all very traditionally documented... Not meaning to be disrespectful to the three artists Dylan mentioned (and I do like each of them), this is sort of like W.H. Auden saying, \"No, I don't consider myself a real poet. Not in the sense of Rod McKuen, anyway.\" Simply amazing... If you want to read the rest, it's at this url: http://musiccentral.msn.com/weeklyfeatures/article/875/1"}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (19:14)", "body": "Low self esteem?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (20:01)", "body": "Typical Dylan weirdness, I guess- sort of the nature of many great artists, and iconoclastic thinkers in general, though (i.e., Marx, \"I am not a Marxist\", that kind of thing- when the iconoclast becomes the icon, perhaps his nature somehow compels him to trivialize himself, or at least that aspect of himself which caused him to become an icon. Then again, Dylan's always been pretty weird, hasn't he?)."}, {"response": 15, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (11:55)", "body": "Any tour skeds available? Will he be in Austin?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (02:49)", "body": "Nothing listed at his sight yet, beyond what you reported earlier..."}, {"response": 17, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov 22, 1997 (04:31)", "body": "Just saw the most incredible thing, ending ABC's In Concert- Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, several others, too, jamming to Dylan's \"My Back Pages\"...Really sounded great, and Dylan sounded better than I've heard him in a long while..."}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 22, 1997 (05:49)", "body": "Sounds terrific. This show was on last night?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov 22, 1997 (12:12)", "body": "Yeah, last night Dylan and Neil Young were featured...Didn't catch what the occasion was, though I believe I heard someone say it took place within last few days..."}, {"response": 20, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:53)", "body": "Bob Dylan is one of the worst singers I have ever heard. It therefore speaks volumes about the quality of his words and music that I listen to them every chance I get (which isn't often in Jamaica)."}, {"response": 21, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:55)", "body": "Bob Dylan reminds me of Peter Tosh. Neither of them sings well, both of them sing exactly what comes to their mind without trying to make it more lyrical or artistic, and both are (sorry, Peter was; he's dead) great musicians."}, {"response": 22, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (16:17)", "body": "sigh... i know what you're saying, but don't think that stuff about dylan singing \"badly\" is accurate... first, the voice you know as his is an affectation... it is a sound he purposely conveys, to give power, honesty to the lyric... if you've ever heard \"lay, lady, lay\" (in which he sings more in the traditional sense) you know that he can carry a tune, within the pre-dylan definition of the term... and second, dylan's voice cuts me... can think of a very few artists possessing the emotive vocal ability of dylan... he really moves me, not just with the lyrics, but with the sound touching them... also, it is my impression, too, that he is a perfunctory musician... often seems that the arrangement of the sound, too, is not a big priority to him... \"lyric\" and \"art\" are pretty much what he's about..."}, {"response": 23, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (19:11)", "body": "I'm sorry, but I have only one Dylan album, and the first song on it is \"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, where his singing is atrocious. His best singing on that album is in \"Blowin' In The Wind\" (and the singing on that one wasn't that good!) BTW, that album, with a copyright of '65 or thereabout, has a rap piece in it called \"Subterranean Homesick Blues\"!"}, {"response": 24, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:54)", "body": "perhaps it's a matter of expectation (and personal tastes, of course)... it is a mistake to approach dylan as one might tony bennet, however... it was never his goal merely to please, or to entertain..."}, {"response": 25, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (10:31)", "body": "As I've said, I still listen to him (though his singing makes it a bit difficult!) I'm not a Tony Bennett fan, more of a Simon & Garfunkel and Bob Marley fan. And as I said, I also like Peter Tosh, who is no great singer, although you can hear every word he says quite clearly. But Dylan, like Marley & Tosh, sang about his time and his situation, which, sadly enough, hasn't changed, because it's also our time and our situation! S&G weren't so far out of it either!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (10:33)", "body": "I keep talking about Peter Tosh in the present tense. I don't know why; the man's been dead for about ten years! BTW PLEASE do not confuse Peter Tosh (former Wailer) with Peter Tork (former Monkee). Apart from the first name, they have NOTHING in common!"}, {"response": 28, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:59)", "body": "you know, if i'm not mistaken, davy jones actually jammed with the wailers for awhile... so, that'd be another connection (you know, beyond the arms/legs thing)..."}, {"response": 29, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:32)", "body": "The Wailers actually jammed with something as insipid as Davy Jones? Then again, I prefer the Monkees' version of \"Day Dream Believer\" to Anne Murray's (I used to think that I liked only one Anne Murray song; then I foud out that it was not Anne Murray but Michael Jackson who sang \"One Day In Your Life\"!)"}, {"response": 30, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:37)", "body": "BEN!"}, {"response": 31, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:41)", "body": "actually, i was teasing you re: davy jones (you're getting harder to piss off, sam)... Yeah, i agree that the monkee's version is \"superior\" (though do hate using that word in any monkees-context)... and don't you agree that, music aside (even), anne murray is more of a man than michael jackson? she may even have fathered as many children..."}, {"response": 32, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:43)", "body": "uhhhh... WILLARD(?)"}, {"response": 33, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:28)", "body": "Michael Jackson peaked at Thriller and has been downhill ever since. Anne Murray and Michael Bolton should do a duet together, then it would be obvious to me what the worst single in the world is."}, {"response": 34, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:33)", "body": "my god, that's a bone-chilling thought..."}, {"response": 35, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (04:59)", "body": "Dylan is touring with Van Morrison right now and they're getting great reviews and jamming together some. A recent Van Morrison playlist from a live gig where he did a number with Dylan (see note): 1/21/98, MSG: Burning Ground Fire In The Belly It Once Was My Live Foreign Window Raincheck Who Can I Turn To? Summertime in England Love in the Afternoon Vanlose Stairway This Weight Domino Blue Suede Shoes (w/Dylan) Sometimes We Cry Cleaning Windows Northern Muse(Solid Ground) See Me Through/Soldier of Fortune/Thank you falettin, etc. It's A Man's World"}, {"response": 36, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 27, 1998 (01:18)", "body": "christ, that sounds great..."}, {"response": 37, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Feb 18, 1998 (00:46)", "body": "Bob Dylan Lyrics Search engine at http://bobdylan.com/search/ Type in a word and see what happens."}, {"response": 38, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (20:30)", "body": "Check out http://www.bobdylan.com , it's done by a wellbeing and it's *great*; really good stuff for Dylan fans."}, {"response": 39, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar 15, 1998 (13:28)", "body": "Million Miles You took a part of me that I really miss I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this You told yourself a lie That alright mama, I told myself one too Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you You took the silver you took the gold You left me standing out in the cold People ask about you I didnt tell them everything I knew Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you Im drifting in and out of dreamless sleep Throwing out my memories in a ditch so deep Been so many things I never did intend to do Well Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you I need your love so bad turn your lamp down low I need every bit of it for the places that I go Sometimes I wonder just what its all coming too Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink Maybe in the next life Ill be able to hear myself think Feel like talking to somebody but I just dont know who Well Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you Yes, the last thing you said before you hit the street Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet I said thats alright mama you do what you gotta do Well Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you Rock me pretty baby rock me all at once Rock me for a little while rock for a couple of months And Ill rock you too Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you Well theres voices in the night trying to be heard Im sitting here listening to every mind polluting word I know plenty of people who would put me up for day or two Yes, Im trying to get closer but Im still a million miles from you"}, {"response": 40, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (09:16)", "body": "Dylan and Paul Simon are playing in Austin Sept 13, I may call to see what tickets are going for today. At the Irwin Center, our biggest venue."}, {"response": 41, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (09:30)", "body": "Tickets for Dylan and Paul Simon go on sale at 10 am today. Call 512-471-7744 to order. I wonder what they'll for? Here's the set they did July 23. Set list for Friday night, July 23. Paul Simon came out first. Nice, slick, polyrhythmic production. Songs range from the recent Cape Man broadway play, on back. Bridge over Troubled Waters [unknown: \"I can't run but I can walk much faster than this?\"] The Boy in the Bubble [unknown: \"ooh ahh ooh ahh do what you want?\"] Trailways Bus Mrs. Robinson [nice bo diddley guitar lick inserted here!] Me and Julio Further to Fly Graceland Cool Cool River ? [I believe in the future I will live in my car?] Slip Sliding Away Diamonds in the soles of his shoes Call Me Al ENCORES: [forget the name... \"it was late in the evening ... first thing I remember....] Still Crazy after all these years INTRODUCES DYLAN. Together: Sounds of Silence I Walk the Line Blue Moon of Kentucky Knocking on Heaven's Door Intermission DYLAN (pure rock and roll--damn, did he enjoy himself jamming with the guys; voice, almost indecipherable): Hand of the Lord [old country gospel?] Mr. Tambourine Man Desolation Row Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Tangled Up In Blues All Along the Watchtower Lay Lady Lay Memphis Blues Again [unknown: It's not dark yet, but it's getting there] Highway 61 ENCORE: Rolling Stone Blowing in the Wind"}, {"response": 42, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (14:04)", "body": "Gosh, that sounds SOOOO cool! With all this counter-culture business the sixties just seems so exotic. I wish I could just see ONE of those artists perform live."}, {"response": 43, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (14:59)", "body": "You will baby ree. They'll come to your world sometime. Or you'll come to ours."}, {"response": 44, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep 16, 1999 (04:33)", "body": "That's true. I'll just have to be patient and hope they don't all die off before I get to see them."}, {"response": 45, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (16:02)", "body": "Bo Diddley's still alive and busy. Bo is the man who put the ROCK in Rock 'n' Roll... Makes ya wonder who got things to roll? OK, Bo wasn't counterculture, hes was just the guy who created the music all sixties rock acts started off from. EVERYBODY covered BO: The Who, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, and especially Iggy Pop, who's first single with his band The Iguanas in 1964 was a Diddley-cover. Bo rules! Riette, if you want to see what the Stones and the early Who, etc., were about, listen to the Diddley-Daddy himself! Bob Dylan used to tour Europe until at least mid-Eighties. The Stones do it on every tour, but I wouldn't really bother... I saw Joan Baez in the Eighties. For more on Bob Dylan, how he went from folk to rock and what it all meant then, see \"Invisible Republic : Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes\" by Greil Marcus (publ. 1997)."}, {"response": 46, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (21:14)", "body": "For the first 21st century post I would like to tell you of my experience at a Bob Dylan concert. I was warned that he was pretty unpredictable in quality. So along with many graying older folks in old tie dyed t shirts (that were not really a good fit anymore) bearing concert dates some 40 years out of date, I joined them for my first rock concert. The warm up band and singer was great and unknown to me but I loved it and was happy to go deaf hearing him. Then came Elvis Costello. I am not a fan of his and now I know why. Others enjoyed him. Then came Dylan. I generally listen very carefully and this time was no different. But try as I might I could not discern any tune and the words were garbled. There was not a single thing I recognized though upon reading the review of the night I found he sang all the favorites. Each band memeber seemed to be playing to his own beat and in his own key, quite unlike the ones his mates were using. Dylan was loud enough but completely flat and unintelligble. I was so disappointed. he took my money under false pretences. He did not even try."}, {"response": 47, "author": "cfadm", "date": "Mon, Jul 21, 2008 (20:27)", "body": "I had a very similar experience at a Dylan concert in San Antonio about a year ago. Unspectacular. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 19, "subject": "music on the web", "response_count": 13, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:18)", "body": "am gonna bite. anybody have Backstreet Boys CD with As Long As You Love Me on it? is it a good one? thanks in advance!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:23)", "body": "what is a backstreet boy? (and i warned you about the biting thing)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:29)", "body": "don't know, really (did you get the required shot?)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:33)", "body": "probably should have gotten it before, don't you think? done seen the needle and the damage done (as it were)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:36)", "body": "yes you should have. have you regrets?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:56)", "body": "millions..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (21:58)", "body": "had to think about that for a while, huh?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (22:09)", "body": "sorry... sort of gotten myself into the middle of another thing (simultaneous with this one, i mean)... gonna be rather slow for a few minutes... (and if we're going to discuss bubba, shouldn't we be in poetry?)"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (22:11)", "body": "i'm there......."}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (17:15)", "body": "algorithmic remix utility, requires Windows 95 http://www.andyw.com/raider/ And an overview: http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/10864.html"}, {"response": 11, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, May  6, 1999 (12:20)", "body": "Radio B92 from Belgrad puts up a good fight for its existence with their NETAID event in May. Read more in http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/radio/28 ."}, {"response": 12, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Thu, Jul 13, 2000 (06:01)", "body": "Any news from B92?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Jul 14, 2000 (23:55)", "body": "only from B97 which is now on the web. This from John Burnett: I am now \"live\" (pre-recorded voice tracks) daily on intenet 6 am to 10 am Hawaii time M-F, 6-noon Sat. Hawaii time). Station is KNWB Hilo, a rock/AC hybrid format called \"Classic Hits.\" That translates to: 11 am to 3 pm M-F, 11 am - 5 pm Sat. Central Daylight Time and 9 am to 1 pm M-F, 9 am to 3 PM Sat., Pacific Daylight time http://www.webradio.com on top of page at \"launch\" type in KNWB and hit \"go\" button. Our Hawaiian station, KWXX, which I'm on completely live on weekends, is webradio's 8th most popular station nationally. Aloha, John Burnett KWXX/KNWB, Hilo, HI music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 2, "subject": "James Taylor", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (08:47)", "body": "I like James Taylor. He comes to Austin to play periodically. \"I've seen skies . . .\" music conference | Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 20, "subject": "Cat Stevens", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (07:38)", "body": "My friend John Long's ex wife married Cat Stevens. I performed the wedding service for John and Susan. I don't know if Susan and Cat Stevens are still together or not."}, {"response": 2, "author": "jmmoss", "date": "Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (19:18)", "body": "Muslims don't approve of divorce, I guess they are still together - I know he's married with several children in London. Did you ever meet Cat?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Feb 16, 1997 (21:55)", "body": "Nope. Just Susan. And I have no idea whether they're still married."}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:02)", "body": "Does anyone have any idea who E. Farjeon is? All I know about him is that he wrote the words to \"Morning Has Broken\", while Cat Stevens wrote the music. Toward the end of his first career (I know nothing about the recently released CDs) Cat Stevens' songs began to stink. Rubbish like \"Two Fine People\" and a horrible cover of Sam Cooke's \"Another Saturday Night\", which probably had Sam rolling in his grave (worse has since been done to him by Michael Bolt-Head). But the early songs, like \"Wild World\", \"Peace Train\", \"Moonshadow\" and \"Morning Has Broken\" are great! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 21, "subject": "Vote for your ulimate band land up here!", "response_count": 11, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (07:38)", "body": "The Wilbury's put out some great stuff. I hope they keep doing it."}, {"response": 2, "author": "jmmoss", "date": "Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (19:21)", "body": "I hope so too, but its been a long time. Each living member has got wrapped up in their own solo projects, so I'm doubtful."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Feb 16, 1997 (21:56)", "body": "I've got to dig out that old Wilbury's tape. Thanks for bring this up. What is your favorite Wibury's song?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "KED", "date": "Fri, Mar  7, 1997 (23:00)", "body": "METALLICA, best live band there ever was!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar  8, 1997 (10:34)", "body": "Traffic and the Beatles."}, {"response": 6, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (14:47)", "body": "Let me go home and work on this--Van Morrison and Leonardy Cohena have to share songwriting for me, but there are so many vocalists I adore, as well as a few smashing guitarists (SRV probably)(but would he mesh with VM and LC?), but I know almost no drummers, bassists, keyboardists, and definitely have no pref for producer! Great topic, tho (if only your readers grasped the concept...)."}, {"response": 7, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (14:48)", "body": "ooo, speaking of not grasping the concept: none of your guys are dead. ?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (14:49)", "body": "And SRV is. Do I need to pick again from the land of the living?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Tue, Apr 15, 1997 (12:30)", "body": "Roy Orbison joined the choir invisible, didn't he? Anyhooo--I had plenty of time to mull this over last night as I was the victim of that most lethal combination of a noisy neighbor and rampant insomnia (actually it was my usually quiet downstairs neighbor's unusually noisy new beau who chose 2AM as the time to don hobnail boots and singelhandedly stamp out birth defects by effecting his own little March of Dimes around her apt for hours on end....); unfortunately, even a lot of time to think won't help f you don't know anything to begin with! So if I have to pick a living guitarist I'll go with Robert Fripp. The only bassist I know is Pete Entwhistle but he's ok so let's put him in. The only keyboardist I know (other than Shirley Jones and Susan Dey) is Ray Manzerek, and he's not so bad. Vocalists are a tougher choice--I like so many different voices for different reasons. We'll go with Tracey Thorne. The producer will have to remain a big question mark, but he or she had better be pretty damned f ne to be able to pull together some coherent sound from such disparate influences!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Nov  7, 1997 (23:08)", "body": "The idea of Bruce (quite possibly my favorite musical artist- well, tied with Van Morrison, to whom he, and many, many others owe homage) jamming with Orbison, and being produced by Spector is very compelling. Of course, Roy has indeed expired, and Phil Spector, so far as I know, still thinks he's being followed by Richard Nixon, or something. And really, Bruce took the ideas expounded by both of them (with the Born to Run LP), and pushed them to heights I don't believe either ever imagined (no offense o the dead, or the paranoid, intended). My conception of ultimate group was fulfilled by the Beatles- I think they simply dwelt on a different plateau from other mortals. In the absence of John, plug in Eric Clapton, and/or Pete Townshend, Stevie Winwood, or maybe Elvis Costello, and let 'em rip. And let Brian Wilson produce... Van Morrison, I think, dwells on his own plateau, as well- a place beyond rock and roll, and beyond even the blues. Dave Marsh wrote that Van had achieved his own \"personal equivalent\" of the blues, which is accurate, I think, but understates his achievement. Astral Weeks, I think, contains quite possibly the most sublime sounds I've ever heard..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov  7, 1997 (23:35)", "body": "I'll have to agree with you on Astral Weeks, one of the finest albums ever and one that I spent many hours listening to over the years. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 22, "subject": "Emma Music", "response_count": 0, "posts": []}, {"num": 23, "subject": "Save the Austin Music Network", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "sjones", "date": "Mon, Jul 14, 1997 (00:04)", "body": "Terry, Glad to see the interest with the posting of this conference. This is a very dear subject to my heart. I have spoken to Ingrid Weigand at the AMN and spent the afternoon crunching statistics on the video production industry in Austin and in the state. I am currently drafting a summation of AMN's rich history, balanced with some hard numbers that demonstrate the importance the AMN plays in the local video industry. Once it is complete, we will be faxing and e-mailing the information of all the radio, news media and industry professionals we can reach. We shall be urging a grass roots campaign of letters, faxes and phone calls to demonstrate to the new counsel (and Time Warner Communications), how precious and unique this venue has become. A friend of mine, Patty David, performed last week for the Council. On this day, her proclaimed \"Patty David Day,\" she also spoke to the Council in support of the AMN and she reports they were kind and interested in what she had to say. She has picked up some petitions we will be circulating amongst radio stations, clubs, recording studios, rehearsal halls, etc., to obtain as many signatures as possible in the next 30 days. While recognizing these petitions will not be \"official\" and have no binding autho ity, as a symbol of our goodwill, we hope to demonstrate to the council the number of concerned individuals who will miss their AMN. (Let's not forget the infamous lyric \"I want my MTV...\") Let's Get Involved! You can't hear American music without hearing Texas music. Sharon Jones Music Editor Capitol City A&E Magazine Mike's Feedback Media"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul 14, 1997 (08:59)", "body": "That's good, Sharon, it sounds like the City Council is sympathetic. I sent an email about this topic to the City Council members. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 24, "subject": "Spice Girls", "response_count": 66, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Oct 18, 1997 (17:40)", "body": "Looks as though Prince Harry is going to see the Spice Girls concert in S Africa, something more like Diana would have done. Spice Girls dolls are shoving Barbie off the shelves. A huge doll for every Spice Girl."}, {"response": 2, "author": "Rubi", "date": "Tue, Oct 21, 1997 (00:09)", "body": "Can you say flavor of the month? Please, find someone with some talent. Where would they be without there breasts? NOWHERE!!!!!!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (21:22)", "body": "THANK YOU MICHAEL!! At least someone here has some sense ! Who would have thought that the Bananarama meets En Vogue girls would be this popular. I guess they fill some kind of void."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (06:30)", "body": "Are they competing with Michael Jackson for the void?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Oct 25, 1997 (13:28)", "body": "Actually, I really like their pig tails and bounciness. Better than Michael Jackson. They've got some catchy songs, even if they're not the Beatles or Rolling Stones."}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (17:30)", "body": "new rolling stone features a most flattering s. girls picture... caption reads, \"The spice girls, in Turkey: from left, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Dopey, and Sleepy. There in no Doc.\""}, {"response": 7, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:03)", "body": "The more I hear about the Spice Girls, the more I appreciate Santana & Bob Marley!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:24)", "body": "yeah, the spice girls are enough to make one appreciate neil diamond... (JUST KIDDING, sam)"}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:47)", "body": "Hey, I'm a sweet caroline fan too! And have no frigging clue what the s. girls sing."}, {"response": 10, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:33)", "body": "They sing s..., of course!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:38)", "body": "Oh. I thought that was Loverboy."}, {"response": 12, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:30)", "body": "Never heard of him."}, {"response": 13, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:38)", "body": "you're not missing anything... the kind of stuff your sisters would've listened to (mine does... i love her, but will not drive with her, without firm CD authority)..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:33)", "body": "I don't mind my sisters'taste in music, I share some of it! (one of them positively gnashes he teeth whenever I play my Dylan album, though...)"}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (09:59)", "body": "Sam, LOVERBOY is a truly heinous 80s band. CLose to the epitome of bad music for me. There has been worse discovered in a few demo albums Brandon owns from his days of spinning for the college radio."}, {"response": 16, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (14:17)", "body": "Did they do a song called \"Heaven In Your Eyes?\" I think it was on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for \"Top Gun\" A load of crap, actually, not nearly up to scratch with \"Danger Zone\", \"Playing With The Boys\", \"Take My Breath Away\", or \"Top Gun Anthem\", and only marginally better than \"Mighty Wings\"."}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:11)", "body": "Oh man, you just opened up a whole can o nasty cheese!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:44)", "body": "the movie, the music, or both?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (21:28)", "body": "Man, I do that every time I take off my shoes!"}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (09:54)", "body": "*chuckle*"}, {"response": 21, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (15:17)", "body": "P-P-V on Saturday, 9 p.m., $19.95 -- a bargain."}, {"response": 22, "author": "EEK", "date": "Mon, Mar 30, 1998 (12:17)", "body": "I think the Spice Girls are annoying, they dress funky and they think they can sing. Their music is overplayed, I think they are very popular with teenagers, kind of like New Kids on the Block were when I was in middle school. I think we won't hear from the for awhile and then we will know they did not last. I mean come on they made a movie about themselves....."}, {"response": 23, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar 30, 1998 (12:30)", "body": "I don't really have an opinion on the Spice Girls. Never seen them (saw their lookalike dolls in the Toys 'R Us insert but I'm not familiar with their music. And sometimes, it's not how long you last, it's how much money you make while you're at it. I haven't seen you around the spring before Emily... welcome!"}, {"response": 25, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Mar 31, 1998 (11:29)", "body": "They're all interesting looking, I think that's they're appeal, outside of one or two songs."}, {"response": 26, "author": "EEK", "date": "Wed, Apr  1, 1998 (12:05)", "body": "Thanks everyone for the welcome, I made an introduction just today. I am enjoying this very much, everyone is so friendly! I had to comment on the Spice Girls as soon as I saw their names, they just annoy me. But everyone has their own opinion."}, {"response": 28, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr  2, 1998 (16:42)", "body": "eye candy"}, {"response": 29, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (13:14)", "body": "*** Doubts over Spice Girls surviving without Ginger Telephone counselors on the Samaritan suicide helpline are bracing for a flood of calls from pre-pubescent fans now that Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell has quit the Spice Girls. But pop pundits were gloomy about the chances of survival for the the \"Girl Power\" group, which became a $500 million merchandising and marketing industry. The remaining Spice Girls could also face legal action by promoters of the 40-date tour of the United States which starts - without self-proclaimed band leader Halliwell - next week. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2554424580-57a"}, {"response": 30, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (13:55)", "body": "i can sing i like to sing with my back turned to the audience they are the people out there, right? my voice sounds like Miles Davis' trumpet without the spit valve what i do need is a spit valve"}, {"response": 31, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (14:28)", "body": "do they do free form singing... if I could get them to record me in the shower... or in the car with the windows rolled down (and a big semi whooshing by...)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (15:40)", "body": "Don't mean to flatter myself, but my speaking voice sounds better than their singing, so I can't quite understand what the fuss is all about. They are a totally amusing and infantile band though, and for that I love them."}, {"response": 33, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:37)", "body": "i have not heard a somg from them."}, {"response": 34, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:45)", "body": "NO?!?! Their second CD is quite nice, I think. It's just fun to listen to, and some of their lyrics are a scream! REALLY intellectual, you know. Here's my favourite extract: treat me right, all night, makes me feel good, like you should last time lover,do you think I'm really cool and sexy, and I know you want to get with me, last time lover do you want to be my last time baby, could it be your first time maybe Then there's a bit that ends with: 'Cause I'm choosy not a floozy, I get my hit and then I run with it. And goes on: we got up and down to it, like the dirty bass in the music, I got my major chords strumming, took some time and then we're really buzzing Frist bite wet my appetite, second helping's always better, started getting burning hot, I found my pride not easy, slowed it down I said stop"}, {"response": 35, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:48)", "body": "My sister and I still play our sick game of translating the lyrics of pop songs into Afrikaans, and this particular song had me making lemonade in my pants on the phone, on my living room floor with it's brand new carpet one Sunday afternoon."}, {"response": 36, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:51)", "body": "*cackle* *grin* thanks for sharing!"}, {"response": 37, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:57)", "body": "yeah, can you do it visually?"}, {"response": 38, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:58)", "body": "make lemonade?!?!? outta the pants?!?!?!"}, {"response": 39, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (01:11)", "body": "Well, imagine a leg. Now imagine a wam trickle. Imagine not being able to change pants that instant. That's what it's like."}, {"response": 40, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (01:29)", "body": "I have one pair of pants that I wash in lemonade. Those are my lemonade pants. They cling real tight and all the girls at the playground like how they look and taste. It caught on. Their teachers are wearing lemonade pants more than not. Even the school groundskeepers.... they've got the sprinkler system shooting out lemonade. The grass is growin' like hotcakes. Mayor has taken notice. So have all the local asylum residents."}, {"response": 41, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (01:40)", "body": "You're pissed, aren't you?"}, {"response": 42, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (09:12)", "body": "as in drunk or as in mad as heck?"}, {"response": 43, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (13:03)", "body": "I'm not at all sure - I can never tell. Little of both perhaps?"}, {"response": 44, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (18:16)", "body": "I wasn't pissed at all. It was pure whimsy. I was having fun. Granted, I could've been having fun being pissed at you, taking satisfaction in taking a cheap shot at you, except for one thing: that's not what was going on. And that's not something I ever want to have going on with you. On the other hand, regardless of a statement I make like the last one, I am certainly dysfunctional enough to take cheap shots when I think I'm not.....or hoping I'm not when I'm also figuring yeah maybe I am or yeah I probably am or yeah I am but I want to anyway. Your feedback can help me there. Feedback that is specific can help me there. Feedback that refers to the actual thing I said. Rather than feedback that is a generalization of stuff that it seems I do in general. I'm also, as you can see, trying to do this kind of learning on my own, with or without feedback----by just giving myself auto-feedback. Does this all sound like sulking? I wish you would ask me if I'm sulking, each time that you bring it up instead of telling me that that's what I'm doing. Otherwise it feels like you're trying to get at me, negatively. And that hurts. What do you mean by sulking? Be specific, what did I say that led you to believe I was sulking? How am I to know? If it's a problem for you, it's good for us to go into it, right? Does this sound like the cold wordy manner I can take on in times like these (when I'm explaining my behavior or asking for clarification)? I mean, I know why people prefer to not go into things like this: if it gets too serious, has too many offended feelings, gets too cold, drawn out, under furrowed brow, etc., it can be good for people to NOT go into it, right? Cuz we could just make it worse. Or if we don't go into it, it could get worse. We could watch out for indirect potshots we might take at each other while we're going into this sticky dilemma, we could watch out for passive aggression and tacky innuendo. We could trust the other person's ability to not get upset at what we say to them when we're going into the problem, and we could trust that instead of getting upset, that we will respond effectively and even resolve it. Responding effectively includes being sensitive to being controlling or demanding or speaking our assumptions as if they were truth for both of us. I don't say my behavior is explainable or good, just because I try to explain it. Because I can explain it, and you can call me on it by saying, \"Liar.\" You're often quite right. You were the last time (about my cat post/response). But saying 'liar' sounds to me like it's a Punch and Judy brand of humor (or something, maybe not humor) that you're using where you clobber me with an aggressive label, and then expect me to get it: that it was just your playful way of letting me know that I didn't get one by you and that I'm not foolin' anyone but myself. The truth is you're right. I'm not questioning the truth and substance of what you're saying. All I'm doing is checking with you on whether I got it right about how some of your humor or playfulness or responses work. Or am I way off? For some strange reason I didn't remember till just now that you have said about yourself, more than once, that you are impulsive and that it gets you into trouble. Does \"impulsive\" mean there's a reactionary mean streak in you that really isn't a mean streak at all, it's not mean at all, it's not even angry? And that's the nature of your playfulness or socializing ways? My wanting to know all this stuff about you is warmth (unless I'm wrong about how it's warmth, which is very likely, because I often miss stuff about me that others don't miss). Maybe I'm just being controlling. Does it feel like that? I want to know you better, so I don't get hurt or scared. And so I don't cause misunderstandings. And so we can relate better. How do you feel about it? One thing I was wondering about was when you said, \"I'm not at all sure - I can never tell. Little of both perhaps?\"---in your last post. Why can you never tell? What am I doing? What was it in what I actually said that made you say that? Would it be best for me to add a little *smile* each time? Should I say \"this was pure whimsy\"? Would you like me to add some other disclaimer or do something else? Warmth is wanting to help. I do want to. I'm a challenge, I'm not the easiest person to deal with, I can be pretty weird sometimes, eh? Here's something going on in my imagination right now: if you were to say to me: \"Well that's it, Jim, couldn't you just stop being so weird, because it's too hard to tell how to take your responses!\" That would be helpful, it creates a sense of direction. But here's my worry with something like that: I don't want to give up my weirdness, because I like it. I like it alot. Perhaps it would help alot if I would change something around it that I just can't myself think of what it might be..... Any ideas? Perhaps it would help alot if I change how I set it up, and how I could also consider ju"}, {"response": 45, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Jun  5, 1998 (02:20)", "body": "Jim, first of all: when I asked whether you were pissed, I was just having fun. Just that. I was not getting at you, I was not making a generelization about your words, but about the fun. Why do you think I'm getting at you all the time? I'm not. Because I love you and I don't want you to get hurt. I am sorry if I was being too sarcastic and I am sorry if it looked mean, and that's what I hate about having to talk to you (all) via computer. One only sees the words. You cannot see the person's face, and hear their voice, and therefore things can easily get distorted and confused. I know my words are sharp and sarcastic alot of the time - but if you could see me, you would know how deeply I care. But it is hard for me to say things like that just like that - I am always afraid the other person will feel uncomfortable. So I say, 'You know, I really hate you Jim.' or if I love a response (and adored that one you wrote yesterday in poem form) I say: 'You are pissed, aren't you?' Otherwise I would end up saying things like: 'You lift me to higher grounds.' or 'I feel strangely akin to you at times.' And you would think I'm some mad infantile person on the other side of the ocean, desperate for a f--ck, and develop an even greater dislike that you have already through my sarcasm. I don't take the things you say as cheap shots either - I misunderstood you once; don't you think I have apologized for that enough now. I said I am sorry many times, but this is the last. I am sorry - take it or leave it. I love you, but I will not lick your backside. Is that clear and specific enough for you? I read your responses very carefully, I laugh at them, they cheer me; if I fail to express this it is for lack of writer's talent, not appreciation. And I am sorry if my words do not satisfy you - I just don't have the vocabulary; I am still learning the language. As far as dysfunctional is concerned - YOU made that accusation, not me. You call yourself dysfunctional, and I don't like it if you keep throwing the word at me like you accuse me of something. Because I don't like the way you call yourself dysfunctional. It is unfair and a lie - yes, Jim a lie. Because one does not have to be married or involved with someone to be 'functional'. Alot of married people lead a ten times more dysfunctional love and relationship life than you do. Your problem is that y u're an emotional softie, and that's not my fault. I swear if you were mine, I'd drill that out of you first thing. But you are my friend; I have no claim or right to drill it out of you, but I will tell you, because you asked me to. You must stop being so terrified of having your heart broken; it does one GOOD every once in a while, and it won't kill you either. So get off your pedestal and join me here in loser's land - you might just find a little happiness as well. Because pain and pleasure nev r let go of each other. You think I am wrong when I say that, but I am not. Unlike you I chase my feelings as hard as I can, I want to experience ALL of it, because only that way can I face my fears and not let them control me. If they bash me over the head every now and again, I can get over them. But if you are going to run away from them for the rest of your life, you will be dissapointed in the end, and unfulfilled, and disillusioned. There is nothing heroic about it, because it doesn't take alot of bravery to keep other people out of your heart's domain. I mean none of this AGAINST you, please. You asked me how I feel and to be more specific, so here it is. How can you think I meant it when I said 'liar'? What the hell kind of a bitch do you think I am? Once again, I said it with a smile. If you want I can type in SMILE instead of full-stop marks when I make a response, so you can know better. We are obviously hopeless at interpreting each other's words, but if that's the way it is, then we must solve it. Because I value your friendship, and I don't want a damned computer standing between us, and how we see each other. It would be an unfortunate waste. For me anyway. Yes, I am impulsive. That does not mean I say things I don't mean all the time, but I express myself as the thoughts enter my head. No, I'm not a sif either. But it means that I am not the most graceful woman ever to have walked the earth. I can understand how some people can think I am mean, even brutal (as you once put it) - but I am not. Again, if you could see me, you would know that I just play around alot. I do it because I am happy and happy to be here, and I only do it with people I like alot. If I didn't like you, I would not play with you, believe me. I would be so polite, you'd cringe. (As you can see, I am just writing according to your response, so forgive me if it doesn't all make sense - I am being impulsive again.) I know you are a warm person, Jim, and I hope you know that of me too. Perhaps you are a little more passionate than you may think, perhaps that is why there is so much friction between u"}, {"response": 46, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jun  5, 1998 (09:11)", "body": ""}, {"response": 47, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jun  6, 1998 (18:42)", "body": ""}, {"response": 48, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (01:49)", "body": "Look, Jim, we're causing some more mind strikes here! Or perhaps Stacey and Terry were practising for their Spice Girl try-outs?"}, {"response": 49, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (04:51)", "body": "like love letters that were nevah sent like 2 hitchhikers strummin they guitarboxes while they wait alongsides the road but we in a car goin da othah way and we cain't hear 'em no-how anyhoo look how bright them big spaces is, maybe they was in the midst of swappin raw sunshine for the glare of the stage lights maybe they turn they heads to watch the fist fights goin' on behind them (some fights is mo' intelesting 'n othahs) maybe they both come down the stairs into the deep stream of dance and maybe they was talkin to us in movements we will only know through romance maybe they was screamin with a blood-curdlin' chill maybe they was touchin in on us as time stood still maybe try as hard as we will with all our verbal visual skill we'll never know them the same as we know our Herman Melville"}, {"response": 50, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (05:17)", "body": "Ooh, that's deep, Texas Jim. Does that mean you're going to join me for the try-outs? With your intriguing lyrics and my voice - I mean, we might just become the newest boy group. Or should we make that a girl group? Hmm . . . wonder which'll be easier."}, {"response": 51, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (05:30)", "body": "Swiss Riette, yer lyrics me thinks is mo' intriguing than mine. Yer not from Switzerland & I not from Texas. We're both from Namibia. Actually i is from Pennsylvania. I could be yer attendant. As you prepare for your try-outs, especially on the day of, I can keep the fondue pots goin' strong, and you can gargle yer voice into fine fettle."}, {"response": 52, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (06:11)", "body": "You're from Pennsylvania? I always thought that Pennsylvania WAS in Texas. And that's fun and funny, because you thought Namibia was in Texas too, remember? So there's no real need for confusion, is there. Because it's all settled. We're both from Texas. Does that mean I'm a cowgirl now? You going to be my attendant? Yeah, and what are you going to attend to? You going to make my bed as well? And we'll have to drink lots of kirsch with that fondue, because it's the only thing that clears up the voice; a bottle or so ought to do the trick if it's going to have to stay clear through a whole song. But I promise I won't inflict any singing on you - I sound like the phlegm creature himself. Ha-Ha! Perhaps you should do the singing, and I'll be the token love-interest. That way I'll have an excuse to see what you look like under the cardigan. How does that sound?"}, {"response": 53, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (06:44)", "body": "we can both get under that cardigan the singing sounds like it feels, in there after a couple Rolling Rocks it feels even better'n it'll ever sound Pennsylvania gets ticklish with its beer we could probably get it to chuckle up another six-pack uv Rolling Rock and we'll be roooolllin' our rocks off and i will protect you from my voice by simply doin' the listenin' to & encouragin' of yours spice grrrls probably gonna be doin' the same"}, {"response": 54, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (13:48)", "body": "And blushing their little faces to bits. But I don't want to get under that cardigan unless you let me go on top. That's how I like it. Oh, but I forgot - we're both control freaks. Could be a tricky situation, but your Rolling Rocks might just rock both our rollin' a bit. That way we can take turns to be on top under the cardigan . . . Yeah, down under, under down, up top, top it up. I'll even sing for you where no-one else can hear me, but only if you promise not to listen to the croaky bits. They might even think we're dancing, but we'll know what's really going on under that cardigan . . . all that moaning and sighing and panting as we knit a scarf to go with it . . . ."}, {"response": 55, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (15:02)", "body": "Did you say you're a professional voice artist? If'n that's true, ever do any animation work? If'n that's true, was it any fun? or all work? tough work?"}, {"response": 56, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (16:38)", "body": "Hmm, will I get my little pink Trivial Pursuit cheese for answering? Here goes (and why do you want to know anyway?) Yes, it's how I earned my living before coming to Switzerland. But I do occasional things here - hard to find stuff in English though. (My German accent is not good enough, and I hate the language - it's so harsh.) My last job was a performance of Facade (fantastic poetry - bit like yours, no SERIOUSLY - by Edith Sitwell for voice and music - composed by William Walton of course), my all time favourite piece of work. Have you ever read it? You MUST - you'll adore it, I promise. Animation work in Namibia? Please, Jim! But I would love to do something like that . . . perhaps in Australia the opportunity will pop up - who knows. Started studying drama at a local drama school when I was fourteen. After a year or so my voice suddenly changed quite dramatically, and matured almost overnight, so I soon started specializing in voice jobs That's how I got involved. My first real job was when I was sixteen, a radio drama/thriller/love story thing. Had to audition with people twice my age, but since the voice by then kind of resembled that of these big bull frogs, I got the part. From then I did mostly that kind of thing, and feelin all smitten with myself for getting to play the heroine all the time. Ha-ha, if only the listeners knew!! CRRRIIINNGGEEE. And some literary readings. No work, all play!! I adored it - much more so than art. One can do so much with one's voice (will show you sometime). Singing is not part of the talent though. The notes come out fine as such, it's just that it's such a damned blurr! Like listening to Japanese radio from Namibia. When talking I can control the hoarseness well now, but $hit, SINGING! Total disaster. So you see, you'll HAVE to take care of that part. I'll cough every now and again for that sensual touch . . ."}, {"response": 57, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (17:22)", "body": "quite a lot you've tried in 24 years, Riette! lemme know when the Texas/Swiss cheesy cardigan band is coming to town!"}, {"response": 58, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 10, 1998 (01:15)", "body": "Doing WHAT?! Selling cheese and champaigne truffles, I suppose . . . Didn't study though - parents wanted me to study law or nothing. So I chose nothing, but if we do end up going to Australia I intend to remedy that. Just hope my brain isn't too rusty by then, and the other students will probably laugh at this old woman sitting in the front row with two kids drawing blue snails on her feet . . . ha-ha! Oh, and I want to live on an acreage outside the city where I can plant apple and cherry trees. What you dreaming of?"}, {"response": 59, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun 10, 1998 (14:03)", "body": "dreaming of contentedness... of trading the feelings of anxiety and nervous blackness in for excitement and peace and drive in a particular direction"}, {"response": 60, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 10, 1998 (15:23)", "body": "You sound depressed. What's wrong?"}, {"response": 61, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun 10, 1998 (17:23)", "body": "new house...having to let her kids go for the summer... competitiveness in Ultimate...misses the high tech work life even though teaching is so fulfilling...residuals from the break-in... stuff like that would be my guess, anyway... anything we can do, teach? Maybe take you to a nice Spice Girls concert?"}, {"response": 62, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (00:54)", "body": "$hit, no! I mean, much as I like them, those girls are butt ugly! They can't sing, they can't dance, they're fat and they're millionairesses. That sure as hell won't cheer Stacey. Stacey, are you over that break-in thing yet?"}, {"response": 63, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (18:24)", "body": "They're playing with Pavaratti I hear. At some benefit. What a match."}, {"response": 64, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (18:35)", "body": "Good Lord, you serious?!?!? I don't like Pavarotti - but perhaps he could teach them a few moves. And they can teach him to sing with his voice instead of his tum."}, {"response": 65, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (12:50)", "body": "pretty good psycho-analyzing WER... or perhaps I'm just quintessentially predictable! Yes, I do miss my kids... I worry about their summers spent in the environment that first qualified them for my class. I wonder if they'll remember all we discussed surrounding self-respect and responsibility for their own actions... the house is a big one. Not sure I can explain why... (WER, you probably could!) And thank you, for the concert invite but I'm gonna take my competitive little butt to the Lilith Fair instead of the Spice Girl concert (?). At the moment listening to Little Sister (now known as Sister 7), fabulous Austin funk, rock, punk band who got their start at the Black Cat just as I moved to Austin!"}, {"response": 66, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (12:51)", "body": "Free Love and Nickel Beer is the name of the CD. Recorded live at Club DADA in Dallas about five years ago! A must listen!"}, {"response": 67, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun 24, 1998 (18:00)", "body": "It's just been released that following Ginger's departure, Louise Woodward accepted the open slot in the Spice Girls. Louise's first official act was reportedly to drop Baby Spice."}, {"response": 68, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun 25, 1998 (08:12)", "body": "ha-ha!!!!! That's a great one!! Going to phone Mr. C. quickly to tell him - he'll laugh himself to bits! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 25, "subject": "salsa", "response_count": 11, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (12:06)", "body": "We used to go Wednesday nights to some bar where they gave lessons at 7 pm and the salsa fest began at 8! Cheap magaritas and plenty of dancing fiends!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (13:19)", "body": "Downtown on congress?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (10:49)", "body": "We went there once or twice but there's a place south of Riverside (near Congress) that was better!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (11:07)", "body": "I think I know the place. Real small. Across from St Eds?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (11:22)", "body": "Yes, I think that's it!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (14:22)", "body": "Borrinquin?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (12:21)", "body": "YES, YES a thousand times YES!!! Oh, the memories came flooding back! Ooops! I did THAT?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "wolf", "date": "Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (13:58)", "body": "i would love to learn to salsa. in fact, am listening to enrique iglesias' bailamos and am in love with it. have always loved the latin dance beat! alas, i believe i'll have to move to austin in order to take lessons...."}, {"response": 9, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:10)", "body": "SALSA-aerobics, Terry?? Tell us, how that goes....(grin)."}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (19:37)", "body": "salsarobics is just that, a cross between salsa and aerobics. It's really fun. The instructor is a world class salsa dance teacher."}, {"response": 11, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (06:18)", "body": "Lots of jigglin' and jugglin' then? Hmmm - - - sweet visual.... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 26, "subject": "Down on Me!  Janis Joplin is a part of Austin", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (12:06)", "body": "You're dating yourself, but color me very impressed!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (13:20)", "body": "I don't date myself, Stacey, I date women."}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (10:49)", "body": "Oh! Now I get it! *smile* music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 27, "subject": "What are you listening to right now?", "response_count": 861, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "rubi", "date": "Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (13:37)", "body": "Hey, I highly doubt I will find anyone with similar tastes, but right now I aam really into a few groups. 311, Tribe Called Quest, and the Beastie Boys rank right up there with Dave Mattews rounding out the group. I would really like to hear what other people are listening to, I would also like to know if any one has even heard of these groups (with the exception of DM) especially 311. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? {:"}, {"response": 2, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (12:10)", "body": "311 played in Austin a few times, yes I've heard of them. And the Beastie Boys put me through H.S. of course... What am I listening to RIGHT NOW? The hum of my \"slower-than-molasses-in-the-wintertime\" Macintosh! Last night was \"the Silencers\" old Sinead O'Conner and Mary Black. Had some Sisters of Mercy going there for awhile but had to tone down with my mellow mood."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov  4, 1997 (13:20)", "body": "Nice of those beastie boys to buy your textbooks and cover your tuition, did they spring for your cheerleader outfit also?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (10:51)", "body": "Now, now! I was NOT a cheerleader! Never ever! Ever!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (11:09)", "body": "But it was still nice of those beastie boys to put you through school. We'll forgive you for not beinga cheerleader. You would have been a great one though."}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (11:23)", "body": "I was a better jockette. My voice wasn't quite high enough for the rah rah bunch! Besides, what the heck does that mean, \"You would've been a great one...?\""}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov  5, 1997 (14:23)", "body": "Your athleticism would have made you outstanding as a cheerleader, not to mention your great looks."}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (12:22)", "body": "But my neck would've never withstood the headwhipping around action. Yesterday was a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young kinda morning."}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (13:26)", "body": "Good point about the neck."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (10:08)", "body": "Last night it was an Indigo Girls night -- with the snow coming down. To whoever is a big 311 fan, they played in Denver last night! Sorry for the post-concert notice."}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (10:28)", "body": "Did you go. Speaking of girls (not grrrls), when are the Spice Girls playing?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (12:07)", "body": "Nope. Didn't go. Concerts I am anticipating: Indigo Girls in Denver 12/13 GusGus (ambient jazz/funk) 11/29 Twisted Sister 12/10 -just teasing on that last one, they're not even touring!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (13:12)", "body": "Such a tease!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:28)", "body": "*smile*"}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (11:23)", "body": "RED HOT BLUE -- a collection of Cole Porter songs (performed by... Bono, the Pogues, Nenah Cherry and various other, seemingly non-compatible artists. A benefit CD and worth a listen!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (12:18)", "body": "Still Breathing."}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (13:22)", "body": "I'm glad you are, a necessary part of our existence, that breathing thing."}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (15:02)", "body": "Cole Porter thing sounds interesting...Neat the way music was crafted then, in his era...really like a lot of that stuff... Listening to Dylan's Blood on the Tracks...\"If You See Her, Say Hello\"- really dark, pretty, quirky song (sort of gets, in deference to Cole Porter, \"under my skin\", you know?)..."}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (11:05)", "body": "I listened to \"Red Hot Blue\" for most of the weekend. Broken up only with Cat Stevens and the Indigo Girls. Oh, and the Sunday morning jazz program on the radio."}, {"response": 20, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (11:41)", "body": "Couldn't of made it through tenth grade without Cat...kind of sad, thinking about him now...illogical, maybe, because he's being/doing what he wants...feels like he's dead, though- the man that wrote \"Wild World\", \"Oh Very Young\", and \"Peace Train\" could never endorse the murder of Salmon Rushdie, you know? Think I'll listen to Cat today..."}, {"response": 21, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (12:10)", "body": "I tend to prefer to believe that he is dead. He certainly is not the same singer/songwriter of days gone by. I try not to meld the two images of him together... it ruins the warm, safe happy sensation I get when listening to his music."}, {"response": 22, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (12:19)", "body": "My friend in NYC used to be married to Cat Stevens wife, Susan. I know because I married John and Susan."}, {"response": 23, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (12:24)", "body": "You married them? As a JP or as a harem type thing?"}, {"response": 24, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (13:27)", "body": "As a Universal Life Minister type of thing. It was Johns idea, I went along with it somewhat reluctantly. My first and last marriage ceremony."}, {"response": 25, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (22:50)", "body": "listening to CS&N presently... \"helplessly hoping\", like 7 times in a row...that kind of night..."}, {"response": 26, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:08)", "body": "Am lost....."}, {"response": 27, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:12)", "body": "Anyone here?"}, {"response": 28, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:16)", "body": "it's a bbs kinda thing... (sheesh...can't take you anywhere)..."}, {"response": 29, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:17)", "body": "Glad I'm not talking to myself! Good to hear from you....."}, {"response": 30, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:23)", "body": "so...what are you listening to? I'm up to, like, 14 \"helplessly hoping\"s... (and that's a heapin' helpin'- huh?)"}, {"response": 31, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:24)", "body": "old biker shows (you gotta put somethin' else on)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:33)", "body": "what in the hell are \"old biker shows\"? the wild ones? ez rider? some kind of demented brandon tartikoff kind of thing? what? and I require my self-pity in large doses, thank you..."}, {"response": 33, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:41)", "body": "just somethin' I flipped too. been trying to figure out what it is. and it's b/w."}, {"response": 34, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:42)", "body": "14 times??"}, {"response": 35, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:48)", "body": "sinking rapidly to van morrison \"tupelo honey\"- \"crazy love\" terrain... then a shot of floyd (\"wish you were here\")... next stop, oblivion..."}, {"response": 36, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:52)", "body": "you're silly ;) not sure if I'm familiar with those..........."}, {"response": 37, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:54)", "body": "Hum a few bars ................"}, {"response": 38, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:56)", "body": "do it again.....didn't quite get it..................hmmmmm"}, {"response": 39, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec  6, 1997 (23:57)", "body": "probably because they're irish... the whole damn world discriminates against us... and where would the world be, without us? who'd populate it?"}, {"response": 40, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:01)", "body": "hey, sorry. floyd is irish? van morrison?"}, {"response": 41, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:02)", "body": "did you get my post?"}, {"response": 42, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:06)", "body": "checking (so often oblivious to these things)... yeah, morrison's irish... and roger waters must be (he's so damned profound, you know?)..."}, {"response": 43, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:08)", "body": "forgive me, but the doors and pink floyd?"}, {"response": 44, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:12)", "body": "speaking of pink floyd, have the division bell and my fav track is take it back. but don't think that's the same floyd you were talking about........"}, {"response": 45, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:20)", "body": "sigh... \"oh, very young\"... Van Morrison, not jim (we don't claim jim, though he claims us)... Division Bell, I take it, is waters-less floyd...which really isn't floyd at all, but an oldies act (they have to hire song writers now)... Wish You Were Here was released mid-70's..."}, {"response": 47, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:24)", "body": "thanks for clearing that up......"}, {"response": 48, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:35)", "body": "did roger waters do the wall?"}, {"response": 49, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:40)", "body": "no, that was jeroboam, I think... (yes, he did)..."}, {"response": 50, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:43)", "body": "never heard of jeroboam(??) you like the scorpions?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:47)", "body": "saw a bit on croce (sp?). didn't know he went in a plane crash. thought that was a bit eerie considering how many others have gone that way too."}, {"response": 52, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:55)", "body": "got the spelling right... really liked him... where did you see it?"}, {"response": 53, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (00:57)", "body": "vh1. funny, cuz I had leroy brown going through my head a few days ago....."}, {"response": 54, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:02)", "body": "did he do the one about spitting into the wind and pulling the mask off the lone ranger? you know, you don't mess around with Jim? or am i really confused?"}, {"response": 55, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:05)", "body": "yeah, that was him... he did much better stuff than that, though... are you finally listening to music now?"}, {"response": 56, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:06)", "body": "only the ones in my head....."}, {"response": 57, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:13)", "body": "well, an irishman probably wrote those, too..."}, {"response": 58, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:21)", "body": "heehee (although that's probably close to the truth, as there's irish in the bloodline somewhere)"}, {"response": 59, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:27)", "body": "hey, if it's in there, believe me, it's dominant... hmmmm...."}, {"response": 60, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:36)", "body": "amazing that a drop can be so potent"}, {"response": 61, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:41)", "body": "boy, are those famous last words..."}, {"response": 62, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:42)", "body": "and trust me...being irish, i know about such things..."}, {"response": 63, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:46)", "body": "aren't you scottish too?"}, {"response": 64, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:51)", "body": "sigh...jeroboam was the guy in the Bible (second kings, I believe) that \"pissethed against the wall\" (and truly pissethed off God, in the process... how many midianites do you know? see what I mean?)"}, {"response": 65, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:56)", "body": "walked into that one...."}, {"response": 66, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (01:59)", "body": "Hey, baby... Scotti (from whence Scotland derives) is latin for irish... and James the VI kicked us out of Scotland in the 16th century (he obv. had no sense of humor- that's what happen when they turn into normans)..."}, {"response": 67, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (02:03)", "body": "Ooooo, and a history lesson to boot! TTFN :)"}, {"response": 68, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (02:17)", "body": "thats right, make fun of the irish guy... (I can smell norman blood, by the way)"}, {"response": 69, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (18:04)", "body": "Anyone here?"}, {"response": 70, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec  7, 1997 (20:27)", "body": "well, well... out for more blood tonight, are we? what are you listening to? I'm writing and grooving, baby... 10,000 maniacs (unplugged)... \"Hey, Jack Kerouac\", specifically..."}, {"response": 71, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec  8, 1997 (18:07)", "body": "...I think of your mother...\" Hey, nick! That was a weekend choice for me as well. Along with Brian Eno's Ambient Music for Airports, THE THE (Dusk), Indigo Girls (Swamp Ophelia), Sade (Promise), Laurie Freelove (Heaven on Earth) Tanita Tankirim (for got the title... her new one!), random Indian music, and The Pogues! Oh, and when Brandon wasn't listening... the Eagles, Cat Stevens and Fleetwood Mac!"}, {"response": 72, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (05:42)", "body": "and what does brandon have against the eagles, cat stevens, and fleetwood mac? currently back in CS&N pattern, and holding..."}, {"response": 73, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec  9, 1997 (10:22)", "body": "The most open minded man I know has an irrational dislike for anything classic rock related (in era or otherwise!)"}, {"response": 74, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (15:12)", "body": "listening to sublime...\"santaria\"... all the way up (\"can't define\" it... precludes thought)"}, {"response": 75, "author": "eva", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (20:18)", "body": "I'm stuck in the 60's. I still love Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell just to name a few. I get so irritated when I hear anything new (with the exception of the Counting Crows, who for some reason appeals to my melancholy sensibilities). I want to do to Mariah Carey albums what Gloria Steinham did to bras in the 70's."}, {"response": 76, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (20:44)", "body": "think i wanted to marry joni, when i was 16... one of the most gorgeous voices i've ever heard... and jimi sounds as fresh as ever (for the most part)... counting crows are truly excellant, but there's really a decent amount of good stuff out there..."}, {"response": 77, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (22:51)", "body": "listening to the chili peppers...red hot minute... \"my friends\" (it's a stone groove)..."}, {"response": 78, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (22:53)", "body": "hey stranger"}, {"response": 79, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (22:55)", "body": "stranger than you think (even)..."}, {"response": 80, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (22:57)", "body": "tell me something i don't know....."}, {"response": 81, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:01)", "body": "jeez... where would I start?"}, {"response": 82, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:03)", "body": "impress me with your knowledge, big boy"}, {"response": 83, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:04)", "body": "perhaps we should continue this discussion elsewhere? check out the couch."}, {"response": 84, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:09)", "body": "wandered in there, few minutes ago... unSPEAKABLE things going on- (that wer is an animal once he gets a head full of steam, I guess)"}, {"response": 85, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:10)", "body": "then we'd fit right in. meet you there!"}, {"response": 86, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:15)", "body": "beginning to wonder if mono was all you gave me..."}, {"response": 87, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:17)", "body": "what are the symptoms?"}, {"response": 88, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:23)", "body": "creeping paranoia? (that couch scene was truly gruesome, by the way... thanks so much, for including me)"}, {"response": 89, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:26)", "body": "sorry you felt uncomfortable. perhaps you'd like a place less crowded?"}, {"response": 90, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:33)", "body": "i'm easy... are you listening to music?"}, {"response": 91, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:35)", "body": "no. and you're easy? am not going there........"}, {"response": 92, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:38)", "body": "Hey, I didn't put up that much of a fight..."}, {"response": 93, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:40)", "body": "yeah, should've kept working on you. what's on your mind tonight, sweetie?"}, {"response": 94, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:45)", "body": "I dunno... just another pleasant valley thursday... did get miss tammy'd today..."}, {"response": 95, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:47)", "body": "miss tammy'd???"}, {"response": 96, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:51)", "body": "listening to sublime again... yeah, miss tammy'd (and you call yourself a southern girl?)"}, {"response": 97, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (23:53)", "body": "never claimed that"}, {"response": 99, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (02:19)", "body": "Aspersions? Hell, you're my hero, wer..."}, {"response": 101, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (02:49)", "body": "That may very well be... (we Irish, after all, are a little too \"provincially squeamish\" for those couch kinda things)"}, {"response": 104, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (22:11)", "body": "rock on, wer... listening to brian wilson... \"don't worry baby\"... (slays me, every time)"}, {"response": 106, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:19)", "body": "From now until after the elections, the album Survival by Bob Marley and the Wailers will be playing over & over in my head. Particularly, the songs \"So Much Trouble In The World\", \"Babylon System\" and \"Ambush In The Night\"!"}, {"response": 107, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:23)", "body": "Oh, yes, \"Revolution\" from Natty Dread album. (PLEASE do not confuse this with \"Revolution\" by the Beatles; the two songs have very little in common! Also \"Equal Rights\" by Peter Tosh on the album of the same name. And \"Talkin' Bout A Revolution\" by Tracy Chapman. Finally \"(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People\" by The Chi-Lites (written by Eugene Record)"}, {"response": 108, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:13)", "body": "Listening to collection of REO Speedwagon, does take me back"}, {"response": 109, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:19)", "body": "Can't Fight This Feeling is on right now *boohoo*"}, {"response": 110, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:39)", "body": "hey... hafta split, i'm afraid... be gone 'til tomorrow evening, probably... if you wanta, check out my friend Diogenes Bob's new site... www.angelfire.com/la/diogenesbob/index.html that's where I've been posting, recently... lots of good stuff there... (post some) oh, listening to sublime again... (that's what a miss tammy does to you... makes you mean)"}, {"response": 111, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:42)", "body": "lemme try that address again... http://www.angelfire.com/la/diogenesbob/index.html should work better..."}, {"response": 112, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (20:44)", "body": "ok, be careful :)"}, {"response": 113, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:45)", "body": "listening to the soundtrack from \"dazed and confused\"...\"cherry bomb\" where you at?"}, {"response": 114, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:47)", "body": "waitin' for you. haven't seen dazed and confused. think i know cherry bomb, though, give me a couple of lines......."}, {"response": 115, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:53)", "body": "Dazed and confused, was this a Linklater film?"}, {"response": 116, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:57)", "body": "great movie (have you seen \"slacker\"?)... you know, the runaways (joan jett)...\"hello daddy, hello mom/ i'm you're ch-ch-ch-ch- cherry bomb\" (very juvenile, socially dysfunctional lyric... i like it a lot)"}, {"response": 117, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:57)", "body": "where'd ya go? who is linklater? (yeah, i know, behind the times again *sigh*)"}, {"response": 118, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:58)", "body": "know joan (calls me every sunday *snicker*), still not sure of cherry bomb......"}, {"response": 119, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:58)", "body": "yeah, it was... linklater is terrific..."}, {"response": 120, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (22:59)", "body": "Hello? Who in the heck is this dude?"}, {"response": 121, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:05)", "body": "yoohoo.......talk to me..........somebody......pleeeeeeeeeze!!"}, {"response": 122, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:06)", "body": "he's a totally cool austin director... \"daved and confused\" and \"slacker\" are must-sees... (listening to skynnerd now...\"tuesday's gone\"...blowing me AWAY)"}, {"response": 123, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:07)", "body": "thanks, that helped A LOT!"}, {"response": 124, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:07)", "body": "so damned impatient (jeez)... i'm one-handed, you know... (very difficult to hunt-and-peck thisaway)"}, {"response": 125, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:09)", "body": "what? what else do you require to know? SEE THE FILMS! (then you'll know how cool he is)"}, {"response": 126, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:09)", "body": "oh, now you want me to feel sorry for you. no way, not gonna happen. (besides, why didn't you see the doc?)"}, {"response": 127, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:12)", "body": "(I know, I rush the microwave too)"}, {"response": 128, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:13)", "body": "doctors give me hives (\"highway star\"...\"i love it... and i need it\")"}, {"response": 129, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:13)", "body": "you need to check out db's site-it's changed overnight."}, {"response": 130, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:14)", "body": "do you at least have the wrist wrapped?"}, {"response": 131, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:23)", "body": "i'll probably check it out later... tired, though..."}, {"response": 132, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:26)", "body": "i bet. me too, actually. whatcha been up to that's got ya so worn out?"}, {"response": 133, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:27)", "body": "maybe i shouldn't ask, hmmmmmm...."}, {"response": 134, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:28)", "body": "shall i bid you good night?"}, {"response": 135, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:33)", "body": "unspeakable decadence... (yeah, think so... talk to you later?)"}, {"response": 136, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:34)", "body": "ok.......tomorrow, then?"}, {"response": 137, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:38)", "body": "guess so... i'll be in austin much of the day... look for you when i get in..."}, {"response": 138, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:39)", "body": "night *hug*"}, {"response": 139, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:42)", "body": "And back on topic... Tuck & Patti. Can you say, \"mello?\" I thought you could."}, {"response": 140, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:12)", "body": "When y'all talked about Linklater, I immediately thought of Art Linkletter! (And to think I'm only 26!)"}, {"response": 141, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:15)", "body": "Thanks, Sam, that's what I thought too. Isn't he the guy who did the show with the kids?"}, {"response": 142, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:26)", "body": "Billy Idol... \"white wedding\"... (i'm so ashamed)"}, {"response": 143, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:28)", "body": "like BI. (yeah, can hear it now)"}, {"response": 144, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:28)", "body": "Yup, either entitled \"Link's Little Ones\" or \"Kids Say The Darndest Things!\""}, {"response": 145, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:30)", "body": "art linkletter rocks..."}, {"response": 146, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:31)", "body": "What, Billy I(s)Dull? Singers named Billy: Billy Joel immediately comes to mind... I'm gonna start a new topic about this one..."}, {"response": 147, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:32)", "body": "Hey, Billy was good in his day......"}, {"response": 148, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:33)", "body": "yeah, billy joel/ billy idol... both a couple of sensitive, nurturing guys..."}, {"response": 149, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:34)", "body": "Actually did like Rock The Cradle of Love (I know it's sooooooo corny)"}, {"response": 150, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:36)", "body": "i've loved billy idol ever since he made his girl friend take that drug rap for him, a few years back... have to admire a guy willing to, you know, walk the walk..."}, {"response": 151, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:37)", "body": "didn't say I condoned his personal (or public) life."}, {"response": 152, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:39)", "body": "Billy Idle's a bit too way out for me (this from a fan of Eric Idle! Well not necessarily Eric Idle, but the Python in general.) Billy Joel I am a fan of! He's gone over to classical music; can't wait to hear his \"new\" format!"}, {"response": 153, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:41)", "body": "Cool......."}, {"response": 154, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:51)", "body": "hey, i wasn't sniping at billy (life imitating art is way cool, don't you think?)... have to admit i own a couple of billy joel records... listen to them, too, when i'm certain i won't be observed... and i love python, by the way..."}, {"response": 155, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:52)", "body": "help me out with python........."}, {"response": 156, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:58)", "body": "uhhhhh... whaddaya mean?"}, {"response": 157, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:59)", "body": "like, who they are, what they do (as in music), etc. a complete bio would be nice, but hey, can only ask for so much........"}, {"response": 158, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:04)", "body": "I was actually referring to Monty Python... The only song I remember Monty Python doing was \"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life\" from the crucifixion scene in \"The Life Of Brian\""}, {"response": 159, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:05)", "body": "got it.........."}, {"response": 160, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:06)", "body": "sigh... (yes, monty python) and one cannot forget the legendery \"lumberjack song\"...or \"spam\"..."}, {"response": 161, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:09)", "body": "Okay......."}, {"response": 162, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:17)", "body": "The Christmas music we did on http://www.childrenstory.com it's in the background of the \"Night Before Christmas\""}, {"response": 163, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:41)", "body": "good night all."}, {"response": 164, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (02:12)", "body": "oh, yeah (nearly forgot)...who are tuck and patty?"}, {"response": 165, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (13:56)", "body": "sublime, for lunch... (god bless bradley nowell... like to pop a cap in sancho, myself)"}, {"response": 166, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (16:39)", "body": "i mean, he really was asking for it... (should've left bradley's heina alone) new issue of rolling stone has cool articles on both dylan and sublime, by the way (and cover article is the babes of scream2... for those so inclined)"}, {"response": 167, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (22:09)", "body": "am listening to tiger lilly right now"}, {"response": 168, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (23:22)", "body": "most assuredly inclined that direction..."}, {"response": 169, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:26)", "body": "listening to bruce... \"thunder road\"... *sigh*"}, {"response": 170, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:50)", "body": "last night: Blue Note Christmas! tuck & patti: male/female vocal/guitar duo"}, {"response": 171, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:07)", "body": "love teddy... so, do tuck and patty carry the brandon seal of approval?"}, {"response": 172, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:09)", "body": "still listening to the boss... \"growin' up\"... (hopeless, though) \"when they said sit down i stood up!\""}, {"response": 173, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:15)", "body": "yes, he approves. Got him to engage in a Fleetwood Mac revival last night. It was a concession but I did get to spin the WHOLE CD!"}, {"response": 174, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:35)", "body": "and he really didn't get into any of it? (even stevie?) listening to the boss... \"Rosalita\" (\"she's my stone desire\")"}, {"response": 175, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:39)", "body": "He really gets into Tusk. I think just because they bring the whole marching band up! He's usually pretty good with it but there are days..."}, {"response": 176, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (00:09)", "body": "Still Breathing."}, {"response": 178, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (01:30)", "body": "natalie...\"jealousy\"... (apropos)"}, {"response": 180, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (01:55)", "body": "t'would be better t'were 't trope... (have no idea what i just said, but then don't know what you were saying, either) natalie's still grooving...\"wonder\" (truly love that \"ooooooooohhhh thing she does... she oozes femininity, beauty, intelligence... bet she's quite well-adjusted, too... secure in herself... unneedy... can just sense it...)"}, {"response": 182, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (02:08)", "body": "yes... you're right, acc. to my trusty mythology text... \"Inflexible\", the fate who snipped the thread of life... yeah, i know that broad... (have seen her recently)..."}, {"response": 183, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (02:09)", "body": "oh, man, she's ooooooohing again... (God help me...)"}, {"response": 185, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (02:22)", "body": "on the nose-y, wer... (you are obviously well acquainted with fate...)"}, {"response": 186, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (02:26)", "body": "now she's doing that who-who-who-whooo thing... (\"san andreas fault\") *sigh*"}, {"response": 188, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (02:40)", "body": "baby, ain't we all... (just remember, when it goes down, i'm with you, brother... and remember what neil young said... \"it's better to burn out/ than to fade away\"...) (that is what he said, isn't it?)"}, {"response": 189, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:02)", "body": "yes, that would be what he said although he is, unfortuantely embarking on a fade out. Ian Moore. Great wake up and shake it music! Got the house to myself again so the kitties and I got up early to share coffee and some tunes."}, {"response": 190, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (12:26)", "body": "sublime for lunch...\"april 29, 1992(miami)\"... \"let it BURN\"..."}, {"response": 191, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (12:29)", "body": "rock on, kitties..."}, {"response": 192, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (14:29)", "body": "natalie...\"san andreas fault\" (why do i torture myself?) and she's ooooooooohhhhing... (suspect all hidden things may well abide therein... smoldering)"}, {"response": 193, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:12)", "body": "In deference to you, I will have a glass of wine and listen to Natalie. (okay. the wine is all me but natalie in your honor)"}, {"response": 194, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:41)", "body": "2 parts ripple to 3 parts thunderbird (the recipe, in case you were wondering- one should observe all of the amenities, when possible)"}, {"response": 195, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:59)", "body": "and how do you feel about martini's being shaken in honor of Ms. Natalie and yours\u007f taste in music?"}, {"response": 196, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:04)", "body": "well (in lieu of shaking natalie herself), it is the spirit that matters, after all... (should be verrrry wet martinis, though)"}, {"response": 197, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:10)", "body": "so we are toasting Natalie tonight?"}, {"response": 198, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:16)", "body": "sorry! didn't mean to butt in :)"}, {"response": 199, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:23)", "body": "toasting natalie should be a communal experience... how are you?"}, {"response": 200, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:24)", "body": "sick (but you all knew that already) AND how did things go?"}, {"response": 201, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:25)", "body": "i was at another site for awhile... sorry took so long to respond..."}, {"response": 202, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:26)", "body": "think the who..."}, {"response": 203, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:26)", "body": "that's alright. so, you doin' ok?"}, {"response": 204, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:27)", "body": "lost me on #202"}, {"response": 205, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:29)", "body": "you know... \"tommy break the mirror\" \"we won't get fooled again\" \"i'm free\""}, {"response": 206, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:30)", "body": "my, my, my.........feel like celebratin'?"}, {"response": 207, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:30)", "body": "i'm not covered in pork and beans or anything, though..."}, {"response": 208, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:31)", "body": "darn, my favorite......."}, {"response": 209, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:36)", "body": "drunken pirate friends rolling in tonight... (from houston) women and children should remain indoors (pets, too... i can't always control them)"}, {"response": 210, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:39)", "body": "woohoo, can I drop in?"}, {"response": 211, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:41)", "body": "what, you have some kind of leering-pirate fantasy?"}, {"response": 212, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:44)", "body": "after yesterday, almost anything goes *wink* (truthfully, do have a vision of a swashbucklin' cap'n at the helm of his ship, forcin' me to walk da plank)"}, {"response": 213, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:47)", "body": "actually, capt. ned swung another direction..."}, {"response": 214, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:49)", "body": "(probably why I'd be walking the plank, don't you think?)"}, {"response": 215, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:50)", "body": "oh (that plank) yeah, guess so"}, {"response": 216, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:51)", "body": "hey! (boy, you're quick tonight, Nick)"}, {"response": 217, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:53)", "body": "gotta be nimble, to stay alive (these days)"}, {"response": 218, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:55)", "body": "yup.... (whacha in the mood for?)"}, {"response": 219, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:57)", "body": "i dunno... heineken, i think..."}, {"response": 220, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:58)", "body": "becks would be good, but you probably don't have it..."}, {"response": 221, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:58)", "body": "*giggle*"}, {"response": 222, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:59)", "body": "fridge is empty----------that darned dog"}, {"response": 223, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (19:59)", "body": "on second thought, make it guinness... chilled, please"}, {"response": 224, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:00)", "body": "yeah, lemme just run right out and get some..........."}, {"response": 225, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:00)", "body": "oh, i forgot... (louisiana) guess i can choke a blue ribbon down, if that's all you have..."}, {"response": 226, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:02)", "body": "hey, you never know, we got them bayou's and all"}, {"response": 227, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:06)", "body": "yeeeesss? (waiting for further instructions)"}, {"response": 228, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:06)", "body": "you want instructions? (for what?)"}, {"response": 229, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:10)", "body": "sigh... i have to leave now... plan to be thoroughly lubricated an hour from now (shall not betray the sense i'm speaking of, though)"}, {"response": 230, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:11)", "body": "have fun!"}, {"response": 231, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:11)", "body": "would be sooner, of course, but it requires an hour to get anywhere, from here"}, {"response": 232, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:12)", "body": "behave yourself..."}, {"response": 233, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:12)", "body": "got it...........later!"}, {"response": 234, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (20:13)", "body": "(can't have fun w/out you here anyway!)"}, {"response": 235, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (21:38)", "body": "\"Day afer day, Love turns grey, Like the skin on a dying man And night after night, We pretend it's all right; But I have grown older, And you have grown colder, And nothing is very much fun Anymore...\""}, {"response": 237, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (06:01)", "body": "never be hearing of that, wer... what/ who is it? Listening to jackson browne...(self-titled, you know...\"saturate before using\" is not the title, nor is it practical instruction, though i wish someone had told me this when i was sixteen)... \"a song for adam\"...appropriately introspective, somber accoutrement for the hour of 5am... \"adam was a friend of mine though i did not know him well he was alone into his distance he was deep into his well...\" (indeed...they/we always are...)"}, {"response": 238, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (09:59)", "body": "Had my little Natalie fest fer ya nick. Lulled me to sleep and had certainly pleasant dreams. Some Deep Forest this a.m. Actually, I was rummaging through the CDs in the dark and the first CD I started to play was Ministry. Ended quickly. Bad way to wake up unless you're still in detox. Anybody out there enjoy Tanita Tinkarm? Just discovered her last year. Cross between Paula Cole and Toni Childs in the voice quality. Wish I had brought some Coltrane with me this morning..."}, {"response": 240, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (18:39)", "body": "sounds... right up your alley! Excuse me if I make the all too obvious and inappropriate reference to the Butthole Surfers. Let us know what you think!"}, {"response": 241, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (21:14)", "body": "jazzy jazz"}, {"response": 243, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (12:13)", "body": "Speaking of crab, I'll take my discussion of the Crab Shack to the restaurant conference."}, {"response": 244, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (21:47)", "body": "Ok, I confess, am listening to bryan adams. *sigh* (it's an 80's thing)"}, {"response": 245, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (22:17)", "body": "sorry for borrowing the *sigh* thingy again, Nick ;)"}, {"response": 246, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (22:54)", "body": "uh, like, hello?"}, {"response": 247, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (22:57)", "body": "can you say that with more conviction?"}, {"response": 248, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (22:57)", "body": "hey you!!!!"}, {"response": 249, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:00)", "body": "and i thought you were listening to bryan adams..."}, {"response": 250, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:01)", "body": "was, but he left.........."}, {"response": 251, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:03)", "body": "uhhhhh... okay. whaddaya want to talk about?"}, {"response": 252, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:05)", "body": "dunno.......should we move to absolute nonsense (as Sam so kindly created for us who tend to ramble)"}, {"response": 253, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:09)", "body": "i dunno... are you listening to music?"}, {"response": 254, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:10)", "body": "no....you? (except for the sound of your voice *grin*)"}, {"response": 255, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:15)", "body": "of course... listening to this really weird 70's compilation thing... something my ex-wife missed when she rifled the CD's... ever hear \"dancin' in the moonlight\"? (\"it's a supernatural delight\")..."}, {"response": 256, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:16)", "body": "sure have.......can't believe she left it........."}, {"response": 257, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:21)", "body": "(accidental, believe me) i'm a sucker for lots of those old hippy-type tunes... dunno why (\"it's a fine and natural sight\")... i really would've enjoyed the 60's (wore an armpatch moratorium day... was in the fifth grade)..."}, {"response": 258, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:23)", "body": "rebel, huh?"}, {"response": 259, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:28)", "body": "wouldn't say that... a lot happening then (the 60's)... the 70's were such a drag (the stones had it right- \"suckin' in the 70's\")... listening to danny o'keefe now...\"goodtime charlie's got the blues\", you know... (\"i've got my pills to ease the pain/ can't find a thing to ease the rain\")"}, {"response": 260, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:31)", "body": "know that one too. during the 70's, was too busy being an army brat. had no concept of the stuff going on around me. really protected from the stuff, spent most of the time in Germany. (and don't you start that again)"}, {"response": 261, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:36)", "body": "during the 70's, there really wasn't that much going on around you (or around anyone), except for disco, pet rocks, quaaludes, etc... (most of this CD is really crap, though... listening to \"dancin' in the moonlight\" again)"}, {"response": 262, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:39)", "body": "did the rollerskating thing with the family, and heard of pet rocks learned about disco in the late 70s. Hate when they put cds like that together and you only care of 1 or 2 tunes."}, {"response": 263, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:39)", "body": "uh, that would be \"care FOR 1 or 2 tunes.\""}, {"response": 264, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:40)", "body": "(by the way, got that song goin' through my head now)"}, {"response": 265, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:43)", "body": "yeah, i can do without \"feelings\", and the theme to \"the rockford files\" (jeez, where did this come from?)... think it's \"Natalie Time\"..."}, {"response": 266, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:44)", "body": "let 'er rip.........."}, {"response": 267, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:46)", "body": "have a really cool association thing with that song..."}, {"response": 268, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:48)", "body": "what?"}, {"response": 269, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:57)", "body": "that song... once when i was 16, and i was hanging with some stoners... there was this place we used to go, out on the bay, and it was cop-proof... there was a party going on out there for like 2 or 3 years straight... anyway, one night, i was feeling very mellow (very), kicked back in the back seat of somebody's car, and there were like a dozen people (also very mellow), actually dancing (in the moonlight), between all the cars...and, of course, what i remember is that song playing, which seemed very, very cool, at the time (of course, at that moment having 5 fingers on each hand seemed very cool)..."}, {"response": 270, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (23:58)", "body": "bet you can still feel the seat, the mood of the air, can hear them.........."}, {"response": 271, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:06)", "body": "kind of...really all i remember is that moment (don't even remember who i was with...prob. the snakelady, but that's a story for another time)... the stoners were usually pretty boring (inordinate amounts of time spent arguing about who could roll the best joint)..."}, {"response": 272, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:10)", "body": "i see...remember a lot from similar times.......but mine were rather dull and boring....."}, {"response": 273, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:14)", "body": "must've been a stoner, then..."}, {"response": 274, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:15)", "body": "kidding... (i think)"}, {"response": 275, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:16)", "body": "read your mail, gotta know what you think (please) before i turn in........."}, {"response": 277, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:24)", "body": "hey, wer..."}, {"response": 278, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:28)", "body": "reading now, give me a minute... (listening to \"cowboy romance\"... compelling idea, don't you think? \"and if you do...\" my god, the sounds she makes...)"}, {"response": 279, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:35)", "body": "my goodness... (a little intensity) should definitely post it... it's quite good"}, {"response": 280, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:38)", "body": "hey wer! Night-- (you're a sweetie, Nick, thanks, would give ya a little kiss, but that would be a bit too forward, eh?)"}, {"response": 281, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:41)", "body": "(just don't bite, okay?0"}, {"response": 282, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:42)", "body": "*giggle* sweet dreams!"}, {"response": 283, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:43)", "body": "-0 +)"}, {"response": 284, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (00:43)", "body": "g'night..."}, {"response": 285, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (21:00)", "body": "Am listening to Natalie Merchant-in 10000 Maniacs-Jezebel, Because the Night, Stockton Gala Days, and Tigerlily's Cowboy Romance............."}, {"response": 286, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (21:31)", "body": "Now am listening to some of Steve Miller Band (Wide River)......"}, {"response": 287, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (21:39)", "body": "Only like Wide River, should've got the single. So, now have Savage Garden on. Very good CD, methinks.........."}, {"response": 288, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (22:31)", "body": "Foreigner now........."}, {"response": 290, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:26)", "body": "nick: during the 70's, there really wasn't that much going on around you (or around anyone), except for disco, pet rocks, quaaludes, etc... erm...Bob Marley & The Wailers? Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes? Peter Frampton? Pink Floyd? ABBA? Billy Paul? Bobby Womack? The Chi-Lites? The Stylistics? The Delphonics? Santana? (Santana & Pink Floyd are '60s holdovers, but when you consider that Santana's biggest hit single \"Black Magic Woman\" and Pink Floyd's albums The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall were both done in the '70s...) Elton John? And what exactly is wrong with the theme from \"The Rockford Files\"?"}, {"response": 291, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (18:54)", "body": "\"Fortunate Son\" - CCR! Listening to the album \"Chronicle\"! Long Live Creedence! BTW, I heard that John C. Fogarty is dead. Is he? When? How?"}, {"response": 292, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 27, 1997 (18:55)", "body": "\"Travelin' Band\" now. Next on the line-up: \"Who'll Stop The Rain\"."}, {"response": 293, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 30, 1997 (21:39)", "body": "platform shoes, sam... (that pretty much says it all, seventies-wise)... listening to lou reed...\"white light, white heat\"..."}, {"response": 294, "author": "boyce2", "date": "Wed, Dec 31, 1997 (12:28)", "body": "Some weird stuff on KUT."}, {"response": 295, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 1998 (15:04)", "body": "\"The Star Spangled Banner\" as played by the late James Marshall \"Jimi\" Hendrix."}, {"response": 296, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 1998 (15:23)", "body": "Van Morrison's Gloria as played by Jimi. Platform shoes? Never seen Bob Marley wear 'em! I taped the following selections onto a 90 mion cassette to give as a Christmas present to an acquaintance. Almost all are '70s songs. Read and give comments: Let's Make A Deal - Gloria Gaynor Just As Long As We Have Love - Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners Then Came You - Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners I'll Be Around - The Spinners I'll Be There - Jackson 5 Be Thankful For What You've Got - William DeVaughn You Are Everything - The Stylistics Because I Love You Girl - The Stylistics The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack Magnet & Steel - Walter Egan What's Going On - Marvin Gaye I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites They Took The Show on The Road - Fantastic Four If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes We Never Dance To A Love Song - The Manhattans Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & THe Blue Notes I left out a few, but all those listed are '70's songs. Read the list, and tell me again that the '70s are forgettable."}, {"response": 297, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 1998 (15:26)", "body": "Now listening to Concrete Jungle from the album \"Catch A Fire\" by Bob Marley & The Wailers; copyright 1973 ."}, {"response": 298, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan  2, 1998 (10:00)", "body": "I see a lot of the 70s compilations advertised on tv. Much more so than 60s or 80s, what kind of playlist would you put together for a dance party?"}, {"response": 299, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan  2, 1998 (22:18)", "body": "Savage Garden"}, {"response": 301, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (00:49)", "body": "velvet underground (Live with Lou Reed)... \"heroin\"..."}, {"response": 302, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (00:53)", "body": "mtv or cassette? (rock on, beavis...)"}, {"response": 304, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:11)", "body": "cool... hope it went well... switching to beavis, my own self (could use a moron-athon...)"}, {"response": 306, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:21)", "body": "(so well it was scarey, huh?)"}, {"response": 308, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:25)", "body": "hey, that's great... (and relatively rare, experience-wise... remember what paul simon said, about reality rarely matching one's \"sweet imagination\"... usually true)"}, {"response": 309, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:25)", "body": "what? you think I'd dismiss our conversation?"}, {"response": 310, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:26)", "body": "Nick, he is one of the lucky ones, huh?"}, {"response": 312, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:30)", "body": "indeed..."}, {"response": 314, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:38)", "body": "i dunno... reality is usually over-rated, i think (though it is no suprise that stacey would be an exception...)"}, {"response": 316, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:44)", "body": "uhhhh, not likely... feeling jaded, these days..."}, {"response": 317, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:45)", "body": "wer, Nick never tells. (why you so glum, Nick?)"}, {"response": 318, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:48)", "body": "never tells what? (not really glum... jaded, there's a difference... another one's bitten the dust, however...)"}, {"response": 320, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:48)", "body": "tell me........"}, {"response": 321, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:50)", "body": "wer, good luck getting that out of him (a *wink* to Nick)"}, {"response": 322, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:51)", "body": "huh?"}, {"response": 323, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:52)", "body": "boy, you are just not with it tonight, sweetie"}, {"response": 324, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:53)", "body": "huh?"}, {"response": 325, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:54)", "body": "why ya jaded (and FYI, I do know the difference)"}, {"response": 326, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:56)", "body": "reruns (and not referring to \"beavis\"- like those reruns...)"}, {"response": 327, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:58)", "body": "no, i understand.....who bit the dust?"}, {"response": 328, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:59)", "body": "(and please don't say you were listening to Queen) (well, hope no one really bit the dust, didn't mean it like that)"}, {"response": 329, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (01:59)", "body": "just another rerun..."}, {"response": 330, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:00)", "body": "what has set it off?"}, {"response": 331, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:02)", "body": "*hug*"}, {"response": 332, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:03)", "body": "ennui..."}, {"response": 333, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:03)", "body": "huh?"}, {"response": 334, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:05)", "body": "Parler!"}, {"response": 336, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:12)", "body": "huh?"}, {"response": 337, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:12)", "body": "g'night, wer"}, {"response": 338, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:13)", "body": "'night wer, sweet dreams"}, {"response": 339, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:14)", "body": "nick?"}, {"response": 340, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:22)", "body": "yup..."}, {"response": 341, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:23)", "body": "i waited that whole time for you to say \"yup?\" (what's going on? post me)"}, {"response": 342, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:26)", "body": "want i should leave you alone?"}, {"response": 343, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:28)", "body": "there's nothing going on (whaddaya think?) my mail has like 400 letters in the in-box (yeah, i'm lazy)... taking several minutes to load, these days, which is one reason i've been (slightly) derelict in some of my mail answering..."}, {"response": 344, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:29)", "body": "sheesh, why do you think that?"}, {"response": 345, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:29)", "body": "(bet 300 are mine--heehee, quite the mail stocker, huh? *wink*) (oh, about stuff going on--i don't know what to think, that's why I asked *smile*)"}, {"response": 346, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:30)", "body": "answer to 344, dunno, feel like i'm bugging ya *lookin' at my feet*"}, {"response": 347, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:37)", "body": "just same old stuff.. thus, ennui... had a \"friend\" tell me the other day i have \"serious issues\" to \"work out with women\"..."}, {"response": 348, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:39)", "body": "and is your \"friend\" some type of expert?"}, {"response": 349, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:41)", "body": "aren't all women experts? (just ask 'em)"}, {"response": 350, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:43)", "body": "gimme a break. probably meant that you're not seeing things her way, therefore the fault lies with you."}, {"response": 351, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:47)", "body": "no- i dunno, maybe- no... that's not what she meant... (women can be sneaky, though, so one can never be too sure)... that really bothered me... she was someone i respected, though our relationship was obviously disintegrating when she said it..."}, {"response": 352, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:49)", "body": "hmmmm....did you ask her? (what she meant?)"}, {"response": 353, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:52)", "body": "of course..."}, {"response": 354, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (02:57)", "body": "and? (sweetie, gonna have to quit soon)"}, {"response": 355, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (03:01)", "body": "yeah, me too... was gonna re-post some stuff at the planet (\"vae victus\" and \"le belle inconnu...\" each contain fatal errors), but i might be too tired..."}, {"response": 356, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (03:08)", "body": "when do ya wanna meet again?"}, {"response": 357, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (03:14)", "body": "supposed to go out tomorrow night... if i'm feeling too crummy i might not, though... can't tell, at this point... (will probably at least be home tomorrow at some point) look ferya?"}, {"response": 358, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (03:16)", "body": "yeah. night sweetie *sleepy smile*"}, {"response": 359, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (03:21)", "body": "g'night..."}, {"response": 361, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (17:11)", "body": "not you, too!"}, {"response": 362, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:14)", "body": "\"Mr. Tambourine Man\" faded out, now \"Subterranean Homesick Blues\""}, {"response": 363, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:22)", "body": "Qkumba Zoo now"}, {"response": 364, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:25)", "body": "maybe it's a conspiracy, wer... (psychic terrorism, or something) you out there, ms. beau? think i'm gonna post that thing i wrote last night (it was sort of catharctic, though the whole thing was so trivial, not sure how that is... maybe because of earlier attempts at \"...terrorism\")... listening to van morrison (Moon Dance)... \"and it stoned me\"..."}, {"response": 365, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:34)", "body": "am here (for a bit)"}, {"response": 366, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:41)", "body": "okay..."}, {"response": 367, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:42)", "body": "you mean the one there this morning or another?"}, {"response": 368, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:50)", "body": "uhhh, this morning... changed my mind, though... afraid it'll be read by the wrong person, and that would bring me untold grief..."}, {"response": 369, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:52)", "body": "send it to me anyway (unless I'm the one to avoid)"}, {"response": 370, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (18:54)", "body": "(and this morning....believe it was c'est la vie...)"}, {"response": 371, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:01)", "body": "you already read it (i posted it at the planet...\"c'est la vie\")... of course you're not the one... the thing is, it was written about 2 different people (kind of a composite), both of whom i wished to vent at... i could care less what one of them thinks (though i doubt she reads at that level, anyway)... the other, though, i care about (wouldn't want to hurt), and she reads the poetry here sometimes (that's how we met, in fact)... i know if she read it she would assume the entire thing was written about her (in some regards, women are remarkably similar, stubborness chief among them)..."}, {"response": 372, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:03)", "body": "you know, i thought it was about the person with whom you had \"issues\""}, {"response": 373, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:04)", "body": "(oh how stupid of me to say what I did--am not so vain as to think everybody sits around and thinks about me. sorry for that bit of foolishness)"}, {"response": 374, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:05)", "body": "(and am surprised you didn't \"get\" fool)"}, {"response": 375, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:13)", "body": "it WAS half about the \"issues\" girl (she's the second one); it was mainly about someone else, though... what's funny is, i wasn't nearly as angry with the one it was really about as i was with the one it was only tangentially about... yet the anger from the one affected my attitude towards the other... so the issues involved were real, but the feelings emanating from them were a little misleading (though i felt much better after i wrote it)... does that make any sense at all? listening to \"caravan\" (still van morrison)..."}, {"response": 376, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:14)", "body": "didn't \"get\" fool? (what does this mean?)"}, {"response": 377, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:19)", "body": "yes, that does make sense. (God, now you've got me all curious, but will not venture into that realm-NOMB)"}, {"response": 378, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:20)", "body": "HELLO!?!?!"}, {"response": 379, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:21)", "body": "yes?"}, {"response": 380, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:22)", "body": "c'mon, \"Fool\" at the planet. to me, that piece was so to the point, was afraid to post it"}, {"response": 381, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:25)", "body": "ohhhhhhhhhhh..... so i was right..."}, {"response": 382, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:25)", "body": "dunno, were you"}, {"response": 383, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:27)", "body": "apparently so (don't be a knucklehead)"}, {"response": 384, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:28)", "body": "ok, my turn....huh?"}, {"response": 385, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:28)", "body": "only room fer one of us (knuckleheads) in this here topic, anyhow..."}, {"response": 386, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:28)", "body": "(tread lightly, please)"}, {"response": 387, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:31)", "body": "if \"fool\" meant what i thought it meant (and think it meant), you're thinking like a knucklehead (because you're not anybody's, and especially not anybody's fool, no matter what connie francis said...)"}, {"response": 388, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:33)", "body": "am i in trouble?"}, {"response": 389, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:33)", "body": "just to make sure we're together on this- I think you said what you thought you said and still think you thought. Don't mean to be a dunce, but you're gonna have to just tell me what you think it's about so I don't say.........so I don't embarrass the hell out of myself."}, {"response": 390, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:35)", "body": "(yup, i'm in trouble)"}, {"response": 391, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:37)", "body": "why would you be in trouble? wouldn't it be my own trouble?"}, {"response": 392, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:38)", "body": "it was beautifully written... just don't happen to believe it applies to you..."}, {"response": 393, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:38)", "body": "in what way, because I think it does, very much so........"}, {"response": 394, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:39)", "body": "no, not if you actually believe that..."}, {"response": 395, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:40)", "body": "have no reason to believe otherwise..........."}, {"response": 396, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:45)", "body": "it is a mistake to hinge your self-esteem on the feelings of another person, no matter who it is... you've gotta care about yourself FOR yourself... why would any intelligent, caring, poetic woman believe herself to be a fool? it defies logic, to me..."}, {"response": 397, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:47)", "body": "(now i'm in trouble)"}, {"response": 398, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:48)", "body": "why do you say that?"}, {"response": 399, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:49)", "body": "you are chiding me...... (recognize that one is not foolish for feelings, but foolish to pursue something not to be pursued)"}, {"response": 400, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:51)", "body": "so you percieve yourself in the latter category?"}, {"response": 401, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:54)", "body": "kindof, not saying that the thing pursued is foolish."}, {"response": 402, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (19:59)", "body": "i think everybody more or less does the best they can (except for maybe cher... no excuse for her, you know)... calling one's self (or anyone) a fool can only be hurtful, don't you think?"}, {"response": 403, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (20:03)", "body": "i agree. (can't help but feel you're missing a part of the whole meaning) (will you be around later this evening?)"}, {"response": 404, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (20:06)", "body": "yeah, i guess so... really don't feel like going anywhere... seeya later?"}, {"response": 405, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (20:07)", "body": "yes, definately...when?"}, {"response": 406, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (20:14)", "body": "i dunno... you tell me?"}, {"response": 407, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (20:16)", "body": "wouldn't it be cool to get this topic to 500 before wer comes on? (take THAT, colin firth... we'd have to be champeens, with 500 responses...)"}, {"response": 408, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (21:49)", "body": "God, how do you FIND so much garbage to chat?"}, {"response": 409, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (21:50)", "body": "BTW, listening to Gimme No Crack by Shinehead"}, {"response": 410, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (22:05)", "body": "Ok, am waiting to push this thing over 500, where you at, Nick?"}, {"response": 411, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 1998 (23:59)", "body": "well, looks like I'm gonna have to attempt it by myself. hmmmmm....."}, {"response": 412, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:00)", "body": "Sorry Sam...."}, {"response": 413, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:00)", "body": "have a mission......"}, {"response": 414, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:01)", "body": "to accomplish........."}, {"response": 415, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:04)", "body": "you still there?"}, {"response": 416, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:08)", "body": "oh, thank God. Thought I was gonna really have to do this alone..."}, {"response": 417, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:11)", "body": "sorry... ended up going out for awhile..."}, {"response": 418, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:12)", "body": "that did cross my mind, rather briefly. (no issues this time, I hope)"}, {"response": 419, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:16)", "body": "not in the context you mean..."}, {"response": 420, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:17)", "body": "oh no......what happened this time?"}, {"response": 421, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:21)", "body": "nothing of consequence..."}, {"response": 422, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:23)", "body": "good. (wanna pick up where we left off?)"}, {"response": 423, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:24)", "body": "and where was that?"}, {"response": 424, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:26)", "body": "(listening to natalie, by the way... \"i may know the word\".."}, {"response": 425, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:26)", "body": "if you don't know, i'm not gonna tell you (it was pretty, uh, nerve racking)"}, {"response": 427, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:29)", "body": "hi wer, gave it my best effort....... (c'mon, there's not gonna be a fight over this one gal is there?)"}, {"response": 428, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:33)", "body": "*lol* no, wer... no one you know (least i don't think so)... go to the planet, at: www.angelfire.com/la/diogenesbob/index.html and you can read it there... (and please, by all means, give us a hand, wer...500 is a noble goal...)"}, {"response": 429, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:35)", "body": "sigh (always get it wrong) http//www.angelfire.com/la/diogenesbob/index.html"}, {"response": 430, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:36)", "body": "forgot the little : after http.....*smile*"}, {"response": 431, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:37)", "body": "anybody laughs, they're dead... http://www.angelfire.com/la/diogenesbob/index.html (a matter of principle now, you know)"}, {"response": 433, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:39)", "body": "hey, how'd you do that? (still haven't figured it out *laugh* and you thought you were computer illiterate, country boy)"}, {"response": 434, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:40)", "body": "(whew) as you were saying?"}, {"response": 435, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:41)", "body": "as who was saying?"}, {"response": 436, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:43)", "body": "said i was a hillbilly (not a country boy)... let's be accurate in our phraseology..."}, {"response": 437, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:44)", "body": "sorry, that swamp gas"}, {"response": 439, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:46)", "body": "yeah, but wasn't that line good?"}, {"response": 440, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:47)", "body": "(Nick, think you may have accomplished that thing you were trying to avoid)"}, {"response": 441, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:48)", "body": "a little chilly, yes..."}, {"response": 443, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:49)", "body": "(what have i accomplished that i was trying to avoid?)"}, {"response": 444, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:49)", "body": "duh!"}, {"response": 445, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:50)", "body": "the verse (was rather chilly)"}, {"response": 446, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:52)", "body": "well, you two. i'm outta here *yawn*. have fun! nighty-night"}, {"response": 448, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:52)", "body": "sheesh! duh, back... (answer my question)"}, {"response": 449, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:53)", "body": "me?"}, {"response": 451, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:55)", "body": "wer, what just happened? i am totally mystified..."}, {"response": 453, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:59)", "body": "tell me...(i AM that dense)... what'd i do now?"}, {"response": 454, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (00:59)", "body": "(haven't logged out yet) *giggle*"}, {"response": 455, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:00)", "body": "lol (very good, wer...)"}, {"response": 456, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:00)", "body": "Who are you talking to Nick?"}, {"response": 457, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:01)", "body": "ms. beau, you're a sneak..."}, {"response": 459, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:02)", "body": "please inform me what i was trying to avoid (that's a start)"}, {"response": 460, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:05)", "body": "for starters, you were wondering if'n you oughta post a certain piece right here, you then proceeded to change your mind due to feelings of another, then you posted the website. DUH!"}, {"response": 461, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:08)", "body": "is that all? she'll never read it here... she only checks out the places where she knows that i post... never mentioned the planet..."}, {"response": 462, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:09)", "body": "silly me...... 'night"}, {"response": 464, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:12)", "body": "trying..."}, {"response": 465, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:14)", "body": "listening to jackson browne, by the way... (The Pretender...\"here come those tears again\")"}, {"response": 467, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:22)", "body": "now there's an idea..."}, {"response": 469, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:23)", "body": "like to spare a couple, though (for sentimental reasons, you know)"}, {"response": 471, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:25)", "body": "because it often doesn't work out that way (but maybe that's my particular affliction... tend to lose interest quickly)"}, {"response": 473, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:30)", "body": "\"...He knew his life was little, and would be extinguished, and that only the darkness was immense, and everlasting. And he knew that he would die with defiance on his lips, and that the shout of his denial would ring out with the last pulsing of his heart, into the maw of all-engulfing night...\" (Thomas Wolfe) never say die..."}, {"response": 476, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:32)", "body": "you raise an interesting point... but no, i don't think so... i think if that had been the case, you'd just feel like crap (and what's the good of that?)"}, {"response": 478, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:39)", "body": "don't remember who wrote it, but i think it applies: \"better an ignis fatuus/ than no illume at all\" re: self-destr. tend., etc..., not sure i follow you..."}, {"response": 480, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (01:49)", "body": "no doubt... i know i do that... in fact, i had a relationship once that had some similarities... the girl was in college, and we communicated, for several years mostly by mail... when she graduated, and moved back to town, it became pretty serious... but disappointment (boredom, whatever) set in after a bit, and i screwed it up, just as any other... i guess, the thing is, no one can \"fix\" you... you gotta fix yourself..."}, {"response": 482, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:07)", "body": "i think you've gotta find the reason you keep assuming everything's \"broken\", and fix that... because, otherwise, yeah, i think the chances are good (\"original knowledge\", considered) that you'd find a way to break it, no matter what (don't you?)..."}, {"response": 484, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:20)", "body": "don't know about that... i have \"mystical\" ideas, regarding love... and don't view this puny existence with a lot of reverence (and what of it there is, IS only because of love)... both intellectual and emotional under- standing are problematic, of course... depending upon what your standard is, you could be setting yourself up for disappointment... the most desired communion (to me) is a deeper one, what is commonly referred to as \"spiritual\", i suppose, but may be more appropriately referred to as visceral (beyond our kens)..."}, {"response": 486, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:31)", "body": "yeah, but they sure wanta talk about it, don't they? i have encountered a little of that, but i am luckily (or unluckily, depending on how one looks at it) pretty persuasive... and that's really the thing... i've found they (that particular type) nearly always WANT to be talked into it... just have to find the words for 'em to hang it on (so to speak)..."}, {"response": 488, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:38)", "body": "yeah, but they sure wanta talk about it, don't they? i have encountered a little of that, but i am luckily (or unluckily, depending on how one looks at it) pretty persuasive... and that's really the thing... i've found they (that particular type) nearly always WANT to be talked into it... just have to find the words for 'em to hang it on (so to speak)..."}, {"response": 490, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:47)", "body": "no, i'll probably write most of the night... what about you?"}, {"response": 491, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:48)", "body": "(listening to that screwy 70's tape, by the way...)"}, {"response": 494, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:54)", "body": "no, i never enter through the main page... you mean there's a link to \"what are you listening to now\"?... my god... (the sound you just heard was my jaw hitting the floor... that could definitely be a problem... how many links are there?)"}, {"response": 496, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (02:59)", "body": "omigod... my life just flashed before my eyes..."}, {"response": 497, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:02)", "body": "if she reads that thing, i swear i will never answer my phone/door/ computer again..."}, {"response": 499, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:08)", "body": "(is your wife violent?) she would never wander from poetry, unless perhaps by invitation of a screen-wide link... (maybe i can get db to delete the poem, at the planet...)"}, {"response": 501, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:13)", "body": "are you serious? wer, that's a problem (a scary one)... and i've been there, done that (and it's WORSE than you imagine it)..."}, {"response": 503, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:18)", "body": "still listening to that funky 70's thing... danny o'keefe (\"good-time charlie's (still) got the blues)... pertinent lyric: \"you know my heart keeps tellin' me you're not a kid at 33 you play around you lose your wife you play too long, you lose your life...\" (ouch!)"}, {"response": 505, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:25)", "body": "so you're planning on getting caught?"}, {"response": 507, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:33)", "body": "and what does this tell you? look, i was unfaithful many, many times when i was married... but i was never even nearly caught (and, God, divorce is tough enough as it is)... are you sure you don't want to get caught (subconciously, or whatever)..."}, {"response": 510, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:47)", "body": "but it's not a good one... too many bad, bad scenarios attached to that... if you're gonna do it, better to just stand up, and do it cleanly, and it's especially important to do it during a time when you're unencumbered by other attachments... hafta warn you, though, it's a hard road, when kids are involved... can't honestly say which guilt is worse (infidelity or hurting your kids, by divorcing their mother)... it's sort of a lose/lose proposition..."}, {"response": 511, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:50)", "body": "i dunno... changing the link serves my needs, just fine... aren't we champeens now? (510 responses)"}, {"response": 512, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (04:33)", "body": "To quote Sam the American Eagle from The Muppet Show: \"You are all WEIRDOS!\""}, {"response": 515, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (12:20)", "body": "You guys surpassed the goal! Good Job-and am now caught up, and you thought no one was listening. Think the stuff posted here is supposed to be read by those folks we're avoiding, huh? Like part of you wants to get caught, wer! And Nick, FYI, I can talk myself into/out of nearly anything, don't need any help. (is this some sort of challenge you give yourself, how many of us you can talk into stuff?) Sorry Sam......"}, {"response": 517, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:06)", "body": "sigh... that's not what i meant... not all women are the same (any more than all men)... we were discussing a certain \"type\", and made no value judgements regarding that \"type\", nor did we make any assumptions (god help us) regarding the applicability of applying that type to any particular person (especially not any particular person here)... (clear enough?)"}, {"response": 518, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:08)", "body": "you're a champ, wer (and thanks terry!)"}, {"response": 520, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:22)", "body": "you too! (sorry Nick, once again, my womanly instinct got me in trouble). see ya at the other topic *wink*"}, {"response": 521, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:25)", "body": "what other topic? h'aint we champeens now? h'aint we goin' fer a thousand?"}, {"response": 522, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:29)", "body": "you know Nick, the one especially created out of necessity (*peck* on the cheek for jumpin' on your case)"}, {"response": 523, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:34)", "body": "you mean the new one (with front page link)? you'll forgive me for avoiding that one, lest i have something on-topic to convey... (and i told ya before- no biting)"}, {"response": 524, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:35)", "body": "Ok, I get it. We can still talk here (sorry, took me a while)"}, {"response": 525, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:36)", "body": "(shoot, not even a li'l growl? no licking either? *wink*)"}, {"response": 526, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:38)", "body": "so, whatterya up to? (besides jumping to conclusions?)"}, {"response": 527, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:39)", "body": "nada, debating whether or not to go out somewhere. you? (yeah, am good at that, tis why you gots to talk plainly)"}, {"response": 528, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:46)", "body": "watching, alternately, the packers, and \"buffy the vampire slayer\"..."}, {"response": 529, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:50)", "body": "yer kiddin' right? (that must be a guy thing, lemme guess, you gotta see what's on every channel during a commercial too, huh?)"}, {"response": 530, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:54)", "body": "whattaya mean? (the packers game is kinda boring... and i'm a big buffy fan, though i prefer the tv buffy...)"}, {"response": 531, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (15:57)", "body": "dunno a thing about buffy, so no comment....... (am listening to byran adams again -so far so good)"}, {"response": 532, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:03)", "body": "well, buffy rules... never been too awfully partial to blondes, but kristy swanson's okay..."}, {"response": 533, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:09)", "body": "wow (about blondes). Think there's not too many of yous out there what likes us darker headed ladies."}, {"response": 534, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:18)", "body": "that's not true (merely conditioning speaking)... most of my friends actually don't care all that much (actually, in their case, though, not due to particular largeness of spirit... more like frenzied desperation)... i've only had a couple of blonde girlfriends... do have one friend who's sort of nutso on the subject, though (but he swears it isn't true)..."}, {"response": 535, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:23)", "body": "there's too many gals running around trying to be what they think you fellas want. would be much better if we could just say, here it is, take it or leave it, you know? dunno if I have a preference (and not due to desperation). just gotta look in the eyes first, then look at everything else. (and hands-and you know what I mean there)"}, {"response": 536, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:31)", "body": "ah, yes... the infamous \"nasty hands\" (aka, \"mark of the beast\", \"digitalus profanus\", etc...) i do have a preference (weaver, of course), but work mightily to overcome it... in the aftermath of nearly every relationship i've had, though, i can see the true motivation involved (her hair, eyes, mouth, smell, eyebrows (natalie, you know)... it is diseased, but it works (after it's fashion...)"}, {"response": 537, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:36)", "body": "do you search for pieces of weaver? i only know of three men who paid attention to me in detail. One, an ex fiance, second, a man who was smitten, and then a friend. Notice that they are in the past tense."}, {"response": 538, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:46)", "body": "you never know what men are paying attention to... men aren't verbally oriented, by and large... they usually don't express well, but that doesn't mean they don't feel or perceive (they do)... and that's not necessarily a bad thing (just the way it is... and does give something of an advantage to those who can \"express\", even if it's mostly b.s.)... and yeah, of course i do... if i see someone possessing a characteristic reminiscent of her, i'm hooked (at least for a little while)... that's only human, isn't it?"}, {"response": 539, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:53)", "body": "they weren't necessarily verbally expressive, but in their presence, I could feel it, you know what I mean? And it wasn't the same as someone checkin' you out. yes, I suppose it's only human, you hope for it, you think, omigod, could it be her? and then you're lost in it for awhile. unfortunately, it's not too good for the recipient and ultimately not good for you either. From my perspective, I'd hate to be the object of someone's desire because I remind them of someone else. I would wish to be desired for me. For something about me that would hold their attention. maybe i'm just stuck in fairy tale land. Where's that damn fairygodmother anyway? (can't see myself as the heroine in one of those things anyway, i'd be a side character) *knowing smile*"}, {"response": 540, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (16:59)", "body": "didn't say it was healthy, said it was human (rather be human any day, it's less work)... and i think being the \"heroine\" begins with seeing yourself as such... (should not be a \"side character\" in one's own life...)"}, {"response": 541, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:03)", "body": "being human is much better than pretending to be someone else. about being the \"heroine\"-didn't mean about my own life. meant that, god this is hard for me......ok, I know that when I walk in a room no one stops anything to look, and when they do, it's usually because I've just done something stupid. And I'm not saying that I want to be the star, either......Nick, this is way too hard for me to express....what I mean is, that when it comes to attraction, I'm low on the menu. there........"}, {"response": 542, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:18)", "body": "first, most women think that...our society, ostensibly woman-glorifying, is in reality, i think, woman-abasing, and conditions you to think that you don't measure up to the \"goddess\" standard it invented (mostly to sell deoderant or something)... and second, that standard is a lot of crap... do you honestly value yourself based on whether or not a room stops when you enter it? should anyone? and look at the terminology you use- \"low on the menu\"... whose menu? some guy, who is most certainly of no more human value than you (and probably appreciably less)? and do you consider yourself to be some item, some commodity, to be \"served up\"? i have no patience with that kind of thinking (sorry)..."}, {"response": 543, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:20)", "body": "no, but it was the only way I could find the words to express it. sorry........."}, {"response": 544, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:23)", "body": "sheesh (sorry?) why are you apologizing to me? you're the one you're so rough on..."}, {"response": 545, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:26)", "body": "you're right....when I look at myself, I see somebody different than what I think other people see, am not always pounding myself, most of the time feel pretty confident about myself (warts and all). I don't know why I went there."}, {"response": 547, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:29)", "body": "i think flaws are what define real beauty, anyway... weaver had a little gap between her front teeth (and it drove me absolutely out of my mind)..."}, {"response": 548, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:29)", "body": "not missing much, wer."}, {"response": 549, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:30)", "body": "y'all busy, wer?"}, {"response": 550, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:31)", "body": "that's absolutely true, Nick. to me, real beauty is the whole, inside, outside, mannerisms, quirks, everything......."}, {"response": 552, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:34)", "body": "give you a prime example (and nearly the beginning of a barroom brawl a few months ago)... \"the truth about cats and dogs\"... cannot- CANNOT- understand how a guy could go for uma over janine... i think janine garafolo is very VERY..."}, {"response": 553, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:35)", "body": "then why do we still give ourselves such a hard time? i mean, i know what beauty is, but still give in to those moments of self-loathing......"}, {"response": 554, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:37)", "body": "if yer downtown, wer, i guess sundays would normally be pretty slow (correct?)..."}, {"response": 555, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:37)", "body": "nick, i agree with that completely. (can you guess who i identified the most with?) besides, uma was a ditz in that one"}, {"response": 556, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:38)", "body": "oh, and the guy....wow. his eyes, his voice..........."}, {"response": 557, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:40)", "body": "and that line \"you're dumb and beautiful, and you're smart and..........\""}, {"response": 558, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:40)", "body": "i've always assumed it was because you were conditioned that way (from childhood... parents, schools, social org.s, and media, of course, in every form...)"}, {"response": 559, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:43)", "body": "Nick, that's true, I mean, look at the barbies.....and I'm trying to bring up my children with positive self-images. it doesn't help when everybody tells them (esp. her) how absolutely gorgeous they are. don't assume that I'm wallowing in self-pity all the time, not so. only times I get hard about my looks is when out shopping for clothes. but hey, I can fix my flaws and I don't mean by the knife......"}, {"response": 560, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:45)", "body": "opposite example... pamela anderson... i don't get it... she's like a blonde stump with breasts..."}, {"response": 561, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:45)", "body": "don't think that I would want to change anything I was born with...no, I wouldn't. because this is just packaging, and if a person can't take the time to get over the wrapping material and find out what's inside, forget them, don't need 'em..."}, {"response": 562, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:47)", "body": "thank you, Nick....and she knows it too......wonder who's idea it is for her to show off as much as she does........."}, {"response": 563, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:52)", "body": "what do you mean \"get over\" the wrapping material? that's what i mean- who decides this? why do you cede them the privelege of deciding?"}, {"response": 564, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:52)", "body": "privilege, i mean..."}, {"response": 565, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:54)", "body": "that's what I'm saying. if someone judges just by what the wrapper looks like, and you'll know this, then forget them. am not saying i put myself out for them to decide anything. i decide, in the end."}, {"response": 566, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:54)", "body": "gotta go........."}, {"response": 567, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:56)", "body": "allright then... (hafta go, unfotunately)..."}, {"response": 568, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (17:57)", "body": "wow, that was weird... seeya later..."}, {"response": 569, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (10:32)", "body": "http://www.mediadesign.net/live.ram playing Elvis Jailhouse Rock. It's the San Marcos pirate radio station."}, {"response": 570, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (18:43)", "body": "Keep It Coming Love - K.C. & The Sunshine Band Finally the conversation gets less weird & more interesting! This reminds me of Freud's question: \"What does woman want?\" There is a universal stereotype of what men find attractive in women (Western men, at least) but if there is a similar stereotype in the reverse, I don't know what it is (except that it ain't me!)"}, {"response": 571, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (19:47)", "body": "sam, you're gonna get us all in trouble bringing freud into the \"what do women want\" question... (his opinions on this matter are not entirely 90's-friendly...)"}, {"response": 572, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (20:00)", "body": "A Letter to Australia, a folk song playing on KIND, San Marcos. KIND is the official spring radio station on the net."}, {"response": 573, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (21:09)", "body": "we don't want to hear anything by Freud, unless he slips *grin*"}, {"response": 574, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:01)", "body": "A lady showed up at Leighton's party in a slip. In big red letters it was marked \"Freud\". She made a mean marguerita and smoked a cigar."}, {"response": 575, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:15)", "body": "Oh, I love it!! Wish I had enough to nerve to do that, maybe Halloween!"}, {"response": 576, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:44)", "body": "ok guys, can ya make it to 600? sorry, but you'll have to do it without me *frown*.....am beat (you know 1st day back at work and class, whew!) (BTW, am gonna work out so I can get into that freudian slip *wink*)"}, {"response": 577, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:46)", "body": "believe me, ms. beau... you don't wanna smoke that cigar (then again...)"}, {"response": 578, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:46)", "body": "Leighton's party was on Halloween. Maybe I'll play the Leighton's Halloween party tape tonight on the main page slide show."}, {"response": 580, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (12:57)", "body": "where's that cigar and what brand, Nick?"}, {"response": 581, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (18:35)", "body": "Are You Experienced?"}, {"response": 582, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (18:36)", "body": "(by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, of course...)"}, {"response": 583, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (21:05)", "body": "OK wer, I went to the gym and did stairs for 30 mins. (whew)"}, {"response": 584, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (23:20)", "body": "So are we gonna break 600 tonight? (or is everybody as tired as me?) (oh, and wer, can ya find a slip kinda ladylike? I mean, don't wanna flaunt, halfta have a bit of mystery *heehee*)"}, {"response": 586, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (13:07)", "body": "can't have that til I'm where I want to be. Any warm colors will do........*grin*"}, {"response": 588, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (18:29)", "body": "Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 by Bob Dylan"}, {"response": 589, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (21:16)", "body": "10,000 Maniacs (MTV Unplugged) (wer, got my Vicky's secret catalog today, *heehee*. should I go for it, Nick?-the slip, I mean *wink*)"}, {"response": 590, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:18)", "body": "C'mon, only got 11 more to go. (Where is everybody?) Maybe y'all can enlighten me...who is Hugh Jackman, apparantly some Australian god (according to the firthers)"}, {"response": 591, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:20)", "body": "10 more to go........ (guess if ya want somethin' done, gotta DITY) Why do famous people die in threes?"}, {"response": 592, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:21)", "body": "Versace, Diana, M. Theresa"}, {"response": 593, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:23)", "body": "The guy from SNL, Kennedy, Bono (i'll get his name in a sec)"}, {"response": 594, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:31)", "body": "man, his name is on the tip of my tongue. Hope it doesn't wake me up at 3 in the morning."}, {"response": 595, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:34)", "body": "Chris Farley *whew*, knew it started with an F....."}, {"response": 596, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:34)", "body": "Wasn't it Raul Julia, John Candy, and ???"}, {"response": 597, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:36)", "body": "(hate talking to myself *frown*) wait, we might be in for more bad news-cuz John Denver went too....."}, {"response": 598, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:37)", "body": "Denver, Farley, Kennedy Bono, ?, ?"}, {"response": 599, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:38)", "body": "we don't count celebrities in their old age, do we? just the untimely, right?"}, {"response": 600, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:39)", "body": "600!!! *bowing* Thank you, thank you......"}, {"response": 601, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan  7, 1998 (23:46)", "body": "looks like my work here is done *straightens clothes, hair* 'night *wink*"}, {"response": 603, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (05:32)", "body": "Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (appropriately enough!) It's a song from The Wall ."}, {"response": 604, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (20:34)", "body": "wow. I've been spammed. sorta. Far too many posts in the past two weeks for me to read... I wish I weren't so sure it was fascinating reading laced with all sorts of lude/crudeness!!!"}, {"response": 606, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (20:44)", "body": "listening to the sounds of silence in my empty classroom. So soothing."}, {"response": 610, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jan  9, 1998 (18:15)", "body": "Al the stuff I skipped? Some of it was about moi? What were the good parts, I only want the good parts!"}, {"response": 612, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (18:01)", "body": "my, my, my. You sure know how to brighten a girl's afternoon!"}, {"response": 614, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (17:43)", "body": "last night... Iggy Pop Natalie (for peace of mind as she does not do the same things to me as she does to nick!) Lucinda Williams"}, {"response": 615, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "(iggy rocks) natalie's therapeutic powers are profound, and diverse (serving all humankind)..."}, {"response": 616, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:07)", "body": "hey sweetie!"}, {"response": 617, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:13)", "body": "uh, hey yerself... (?)"}, {"response": 618, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:28)", "body": "well? are you there\""}, {"response": 619, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:32)", "body": "yes, am here. just didn't think that warranted a response *giggle*"}, {"response": 620, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:37)", "body": "hey, i was quoting great literature... (haven't you read \"to kill a mockingbird?)"}, {"response": 621, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:39)", "body": "yes, but it was way long ago"}, {"response": 622, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:47)", "body": "when jem and scout first meant dill... he was staring at them, from inside a bush, or something... (jem was in the tree, refusing to come down because atticus wouldn't play football for the methodists... scout was in the tire-swing)... anyway, dill said, \"hey!\"... and jem answered back, \"hey yerself\"... (hey, i know my redneck literature... got my bonafides, and all)"}, {"response": 623, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:48)", "body": "you still remember that so vividly? geez, and I thought remember the names was pretty good. *wink*"}, {"response": 624, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:49)", "body": "heh heh heh, that would be \"rememberING\" *blush*"}, {"response": 625, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:56)", "body": "my god! did you know there's like a CRISIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE? (thank god for ted koppel... i may have never known...)"}, {"response": 626, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (22:57)", "body": "LOL! Yes, I knew this."}, {"response": 627, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:02)", "body": "BTW, got a chat room now (on my page). let me know if you wanta use it, k?"}, {"response": 628, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:03)", "body": "all in all, i think ted koppel's a worse media whore than many (and probably the most insidious, because of that carefully cultivated, B.S., fair-minded image he trades on...)"}, {"response": 629, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:05)", "body": "yeah, but what's up with the hair?"}, {"response": 630, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:08)", "body": "aaaaarrrrggggghhhh! you should've heard that self-serving crap koppel was selling tonight... going on and on about how necessary it is for him to be reporting rumors and half-truths because if he didn't journalism would somehow disintegrate or some- thing and even though it's a little \"untidy\" (his sanctimonious choice of words), it's really okay, when you think about it, because he's such a swell guy, and we can trust him and all..."}, {"response": 631, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:11)", "body": "fake hair and all."}, {"response": 632, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:17)", "body": "yeah, well whaddaya expect? (he has dinner with henry kissinger, for god's sake... his hair is among his most genuine aspects...0"}, {"response": 633, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:19)", "body": "lol!"}, {"response": 634, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:25)", "body": "(where have you gone, walter cronkite?)"}, {"response": 636, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (23:57)", "body": "(that may've been chet huntley) listening to dire straits...(Dire Straits)...\"sultans of swing\" (\"the don't give a damn/ 'bout any trumpet playing band...\")"}, {"response": 638, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (00:20)", "body": "which victims?"}, {"response": 640, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (15:48)", "body": "i haven't heard anything about that (shows how out of touch i am... hell, i'm from there- just up I-45 from galveston- texas city (4A state champs, thank you very much)... where's your wife from?) anyway, what's the deal with this thing?"}, {"response": 641, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (15:51)", "body": "incidentally, texas city IS the hub of the gulf coast (just thought i'd mention that)..."}, {"response": 642, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (21:09)", "body": "listening to Sarah McLachlan....very haunting, sensual"}, {"response": 643, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (21:15)", "body": "listening to natalie (of course)..."}, {"response": 644, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (21:19)", "body": "does she have anything else out (aside from TigerLily?)"}, {"response": 645, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 31, 1998 (23:52)", "body": "(c'est tres suffisant)"}, {"response": 647, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (01:05)", "body": "wow! i have lots of friends there...and ran the sonic there for awhile when i was 18 or 19 (that was back when roger really ran \"rogers\"... boy was that old bastard tough competition... i had a little employee war going with him)... i'm 37, so i imagine i'm quite a bit older than she is... did she know many TC people? cruise palmer on fri./sat. nights? go to the blue hole, or the green hole? (adrian daniels? brian daniels? jeanie smith? jimmy smith? these are dickinson people, incidentally, not TC...)"}, {"response": 649, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (05:04)", "body": "i knew rick... wish i could remember his last name... haven't seen him for 15 years... his brother owned the sonic in friendswood... other names don't ring a bell (but if they're from dickinson, and my age, i probably wouldn't know them, except casually, from a party or a fight or both... the ones i mentioned were a few years younger, and they were former employees of mine... does she know anyone from texas city, or la marque, or santa fe? most of the people i remember from dickinson i remember by first name only... like this geeky kid named randall that worked for me, and then worked the front counter for roger for awhile... oh, yeah, what about mike bowen? he was a friend of mine, and he lived in dickinson till he was a junior... his dad was a fireman, and he had a younger sister, but i can't remember her name... he played football, too... by hanging out at the holes, i take it you mean the blue hole and/or the green hole... if she hung out there, we had to know some of the same people, though i stopped hanging there when i was 18... some of my retrograde friends, though, would still be lurking around out there (bothering teen-age girls) if the place wasn't chained off, so maybe she knows some of them... oh what about the snake lady? cathy cee? she lived out there, on the bayou (with her big fat bandito boyfriend bubba, who i never saw, but was certain would kill me one day)... she drove a puke-green polaris or something, and she worked at zackies, on texas avenue (in t.c.), across from carbide... hmmm. i'll try and remember more... but give me some t.c. names, and i'll probably know 'em... might also ask her if she remembers the big t.c./dickinson rumble, at robinson stadium parking lot, in '77... half the guys i knew got busted that night (though few of the dickinson guys did, 'cause most of 'em cheesed and ran before the cops arrived)..."}, {"response": 650, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (08:36)", "body": "The names I posted were from Texas City... Like you, the rest she only remembers first names of...Like Myron, but she does rember that his dad owned a dump truck company... I'll print her this list for perusal at some point today, she used to hang out at the TC dykes, also..."}, {"response": 651, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (11:22)", "body": "Hi wer!"}, {"response": 652, "author": "stacey", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (12:26)", "body": "Freaky stuff... small world. Listening to Lyle Lovett -- the I Love Everybody album. Last night (after a bout o drinking with friends) I calmed down to Clanned (pastpresent), Tanita Tikaram (lovers in the city) and Natalie. Just about time to pop in Jimmy Buffett and pretend there's not 4 fresh inches of snow on the ground!"}, {"response": 653, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (13:59)", "body": "the blue hole/green hole were adjuncts to the dike (skyline drive)... i knew a little skinny kid named myron that was a few years younger than me... don't know what his dad did, but he lived on 22nd or 23rd in mainland park, and his grandfather was mayor once... remember he had a brother that looked almost exactly like him (they even dressed the same, it was kind of creepy), and they had small, skinny eyes... oh, yeah, his brother's name was norman... okay, a few TC names... david connor, gary bage, mike titus, tommy perthius, phillip alexander, bucky castano, mike holdcraft, john whitener, danny dunbier, joe sandoval, ricky kelly, dory kelly, norris follett, jeff ryman, mark kimbrough, jim boswell, james (\"fish\") gilliam, steve harvey, robert atkinson, robert macneil, mickey gill, mike burke (the twerp, he still owes me money), p.j. graham, rueben guzman, dale henny, david rojas (he owes me money, too)... also, tammy waldrop, sandy tompkins, martha (mouse) miles, jackie carson, teri weaver, alberta sandoval, rhonda jackson, shelly hedgepeth, theresa smith, elizabeth lavalle, jennifer lavalle... and oh, yeah, my best friend, paul lavalle (she might at least know who he is, 'cause his dad was county judge for awhile...)... yeah, jimmy buffet is one of the best rapid-mood-enhancers i know of... think i might try that myself (\"banana republic\")... (but is 4 inches of snow really all that bad? must be 80 degrees here... you must really be feeling kinda homesick...:)"}, {"response": 654, "author": "stacey", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (19:10)", "body": "not homesick anymore! a day hiking through the mtns fixes me everytime. Back home being mellow to CSN&Y Brandon returns tonight, meaning I should get off my arse and clean some of this mess up! Actually, the house is always much cleaner when he's gone but I like to really get it into shape during an opportunity like this. *grin* Good housecleaning music... Harry Chapin John Denver Steppenwolf"}, {"response": 655, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  1, 1998 (21:01)", "body": "(i miss harry chapin)"}, {"response": 657, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (17:30)", "body": "no problem... actually it's nice you weren't facing some internal catastrophe! *smile*"}, {"response": 658, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (18:09)", "body": "knew a george ballas (another greek name, right?)... and the only kaufman i knew was a big dumb redneck guy... never hung out at any sand pits (used to frequent a biker bar in san leon, though... on 519, east of hwy.146... think it was called \"the hideaway\"... also, the red barn, just up the road... and gilleys, of course, before the stupid movie ruined the place)..."}, {"response": 659, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (22:45)", "body": "alright... who's making the Who's Who from Dickenson conference? Listening to Cat Stevens after a bout with Trout Fishing In America."}, {"response": 660, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (23:01)", "body": "(brandon must be sleeping) cat is an excellent idea... think i'll do the same... and break the seal on the bottle of jameson's i bought the other day..."}, {"response": 662, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (17:40)", "body": "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - written by Wolfgang A. Mozart. I have no idea which orchestra is playing."}, {"response": 663, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (17:43)", "body": "hey sam, where in the 'ell have you been? missed hearing your voice around here!"}, {"response": 664, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (18:12)", "body": "careful wolf... he's on a rampage! umm... I guess so are you. grin*"}, {"response": 665, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (19:22)", "body": "yeah, thanks for the warning, stacey :)"}, {"response": 667, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (22:07)", "body": "c'mon, wer. no one left to piss off, i ran them off earlier. nick was the only brave soul to come back (or maybe he thrives on abuse). HEY! you and he on line at the same time, you're the same dudes eh?"}, {"response": 668, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (22:10)", "body": "(no, actually i'm db... didn't ya know?)"}, {"response": 669, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (22:12)", "body": "well, that figures, since neither one of you have been back. course, you could be all these people I talk to yeah, it's some kind of sick joke *giggle*"}, {"response": 670, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (22:12)", "body": "Oh my gosh, what was that across my lips? was it...nooooooo....it was, a smirk"}, {"response": 671, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (02:52)", "body": "listening to bruce... \"thunder road\"... (sigh)... (by the way, sam... i love mozart... esp. \"eine kleine...\" 'course, he can't sing worth a damn...)"}, {"response": 672, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (08:34)", "body": "*giggle* amusing thought, nick. Last night was, in no uncertain terms, a Mary Black night. This morning I would've liked to listen to something difficult and LOUD. But even amid all my frustration, I had the consideration for the sleeping other. (or maybe I just wanted to spare the kittens)"}, {"response": 673, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (14:14)", "body": "listening to the who...(Tommy)... \"we're not gonna take it\"... afternoon filled with boring mind-numbing business crap... bumming through europe is beginning to look very good..."}, {"response": 674, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (15:17)", "body": "(can i come too?)"}, {"response": 675, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (18:20)", "body": "(by the way, sam... i love mozart... esp. \"eine kleine...\" 'course, he can't sing worth a damn...) 'Course not! He's DEAD! Bing Crosby can't sing either, for the same reason! BTW, listening to 54-46 (That's My Number) by Toots & The Maytals"}, {"response": 677, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (23:37)", "body": "...but of course...mmm, would like to begin with barcelona, i think... the plaza de cataluna... and then? (listening to CS&N (and young)... (Greatest Hits)...\"guinnevere\" (i really love that name... have never known a guinnevere, either...)"}, {"response": 678, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (16:49)", "body": "well if you three are going, i'm coming along too *smile*"}, {"response": 679, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (17:11)", "body": "tiny beds, and we'll be on a budget..."}, {"response": 680, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (20:21)", "body": "yup, know how that works. can sleep on the floor, will bring own pillow"}, {"response": 681, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (20:59)", "body": "listening to the velvet underground...(self-titled)...\"candy says\"... (pillow? what, are ya some kinda sissy? sheesh...)"}, {"response": 682, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (21:27)", "body": "if i were a sissy, you'd have the floor, and i'd probably not have volunteered to travel with you *wink*"}, {"response": 683, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (21:46)", "body": "hey baby... not expecting to sleep in many beds, anyway... gonna do the \"steps of a palace, green grass of a ditch\" thing... the rimbaud tour..."}, {"response": 684, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (21:58)", "body": "alright, who's got the tents? maybe we can hook up with discovery, they've got a series on travelling........."}, {"response": 685, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (22:03)", "body": "tents? discovery? (you're not getting into the spirit of this thing at all...)"}, {"response": 686, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  5, 1998 (22:04)", "body": "*grin*"}, {"response": 688, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (12:53)", "body": "nick, you suggesting we just pass out in the bars until someone picks us up? Is it the 10 o'clock 'everywoman for herself' battle cry? hmmm... sounds fun. Last night and this morning, listened to Laurie Freelove, Red Hot &Blue and Harry Chapin --- Titanic"}, {"response": 690, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (15:50)", "body": "well, could always do the swinburne thing... rossetti used to pin his (swinburne's) hotel address to his (uh, swinburne's) lapel, so that when he passed out later on, someone would know what to do with him... (and wer... sober and lonely is definitely not the point...)"}, {"response": 691, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (17:21)", "body": "had a friend threaten to write his number on my forehead before a girls' night out in college. You see, I had missed picking him up at the airport (by several drinks!) the previous girls' night out. no WER, you've definitely missed the point! *smile*"}, {"response": 692, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "Solitary Man - Neil Diamond. One of my mottos in life, actually, along with \"Nothing in life is stable\", \"The less you have, the less you have to lose\", \"Suicide's not worth it unless you take at least one hundred thousand people with you\"..."}, {"response": 693, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (23:04)", "body": "share enough of that neil diamond with the people you interact with, before you go... cumulatively, you'll achieve the same effect..."}, {"response": 695, "author": "stacey", "date": "Sun, Feb  8, 1998 (21:21)", "body": "film away... very little virtue left! Listening to Fleetwood Mac after a marathon bout with Steely Dan. BTW, name another group where all the songs sound the same. Already fingered Journey!"}, {"response": 696, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Feb  8, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "(actually, sting and steve perry could be brothers)... you mean sound the same, or be boring (like sting and journey) and sound the same? 'cause, for instance, i've always thought that old van halen (because of the limited range of david lee roth) sounded pretty similar, but that's okay, 'cause it still sounded so good... and then, of course, there were the beegees (everything sounds like \"stayin' alive\", i dunno, it's creepy)... oh, how 'bout meatloaf? everything he sings sounds like- uh, meatloaf... and that can't be good... (journey is the best example i know of... steve perry nearly single-handedly trivialized the ballad form beyond repair... well, let's hope so, anyway)..."}, {"response": 697, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Feb  9, 1998 (18:48)", "body": "ok, i'll handle the camera but the carrying will have to be done by somebody else yeah, journey does sound the same over and over (but that doesn't keep me from listening to 'em) How about Ace of Base? They've got the drum machine on the same tempo through and through...."}, {"response": 698, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (03:08)", "body": "Ace of Base: Swedish reggae music. Listening to Mary, Mary by Jacob \"Killer\" Miller & Inner Circle. Columbian Red, Go to my head, Miss Mary, You strike again. Smokin' smokin' smokin' Is good for the brain, I don't want no more of That thar cocaine, Smokin' smokin' smokin' Is good for the brain; Miss Mary, You strike again!"}, {"response": 699, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (03:10)", "body": "BTW, like half of all good reggae music, that came out in the Seventies."}, {"response": 701, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (17:13)", "body": "lucky you!!"}, {"response": 702, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (18:20)", "body": "Really? You seemed to be much, much younger! If you were Nick, I'd believe you..."}, {"response": 703, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (19:52)", "body": "LOL!! Hi Sam *smile*"}, {"response": 704, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (22:58)", "body": "(was meatloaf jamaican?)"}, {"response": 706, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (23:10)", "body": "hmmmm... perhaps (if i HAD a soul and all)..."}, {"response": 708, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (23:15)", "body": "(genetic defect)"}, {"response": 710, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (23:31)", "body": "congenitally, i suppose... theosophically, the only creature lower than man (to shamelessly plunder twain) is the french... (just checked in at the planet... what did the last part of your comment to that thing i wrote (\"dialogue\") mean? (oh, and to answer your other question... i rarely sleep... the upside of the soulless thing...)"}, {"response": 711, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (23:32)", "body": "uh, that should be frenchMAN... (grammatically incorrect there... sorry)"}, {"response": 713, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Feb 11, 1998 (00:13)", "body": "yes... (what does it mean?)"}, {"response": 715, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Feb 11, 1998 (20:39)", "body": "ooooo, spoooooooky!!! Hi guys!"}, {"response": 716, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Feb 11, 1998 (23:55)", "body": "hiya, Wolf! (am surprised you're still speaking to me with my lack of response lately and all...)"}, {"response": 717, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb 12, 1998 (17:50)", "body": "yeah, well, i forgive ya! *hug*"}, {"response": 718, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Feb 12, 1998 (18:35)", "body": "Meatloaf was Canadian, and is part of the reason I say that I have yet to hear a good Canadian singer. Nick finally admits to not having a soul. Well, it was fairly obvious that he didn't have soul , as for a soul... ...(then again, he is an a-soul)... BTW, currently listening to Wild Thing as performed by Jimi at Monterey!"}, {"response": 719, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb 12, 1998 (21:41)", "body": "Sam, you make me laugh! *smile*"}, {"response": 720, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Feb 14, 1998 (13:25)", "body": "Good to hear! Thanks!"}, {"response": 721, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (17:14)", "body": "A Paula Cole, Steely Dan, Sublime, Mary Black, CSN&Y, Neil Diamond (!!) weekend. I would've enjoyed seeing some live music this weekend but the body was too run down for an evening of drunken debauchery. Too bad."}, {"response": 722, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (19:02)", "body": "spent the weekend (Sat) babysitting kids (and their parents) while waiting the Mardis Gras parade of the Krewe of Gemini to pass us. It was lame. They threw junk (and i mean junk) to everyone around us. don't know if i'm doing it again next year!"}, {"response": 723, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (00:57)", "body": "(heroin?) (\"krewe of gemini\" have like a lou reed chapter?)"}, {"response": 724, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (19:53)", "body": "you talkin' to me? *wink* dunno much about krewe of gemini, but don't think lou reed is a player. but they threw marshmallo pies, a couple of dubloons, and some beads. it was not worth the wait to me (and no one does the daring deals that are commonplace in New Orleans)"}, {"response": 725, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (15:20)", "body": "listened to Brian Setzer Orchestra last night and Paula Cole lulled me to sleep"}, {"response": 726, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (16:13)", "body": "didja see her at the grammy's?"}, {"response": 727, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (00:37)", "body": "Boiling water. Just to have something cooking. Look what you're giving away. ... on KUT FM 90.5 Austin"}, {"response": 728, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (02:37)", "body": "Don't you just love it when your favorite local station gets on a roll and your crusing through the Spring ... KUT got on one tonight and I got on a roll myself creating a new conference (news), a bunch of new topics, and some downright controversial, not-for-the-faint-of-heart stuff. I'm gonna get me mo' music and less tv! Yeah!"}, {"response": 729, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (17:03)", "body": "no tv... didn't see the grammy's. last night listened to James Taylor."}, {"response": 730, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (19:59)", "body": "where's the new topics, wanna have a look-see!"}, {"response": 731, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (22:29)", "body": "New topics in genx and news, and more!"}, {"response": 733, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  3, 1998 (17:49)", "body": "uh oh. WERs on a new topic rampage. Keep the clothes on hon, and unknot the panties... they be a comin'! *big smile*"}, {"response": 735, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar  4, 1998 (15:38)", "body": "none today either!"}, {"response": 737, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar  4, 1998 (20:33)", "body": "Haddaway."}, {"response": 738, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Mar  5, 1998 (17:36)", "body": "listed to Mark Isham's TIBET last night. worthy."}, {"response": 739, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (16:37)", "body": "luv haddaway (only have one of his tapes, though)"}, {"response": 740, "author": "orange", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (17:24)", "body": "in the background bach's cello solos in the foreground, the cfp98 audio off the spring front page, wonder if there is a topic around somewhere about the cfp98 conference. and hello."}, {"response": 741, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (20:19)", "body": "sarah mclachlan"}, {"response": 743, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (10:18)", "body": "Which tape do you have of haddaways?"}, {"response": 744, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (15:40)", "body": "simply called haddaway, listen to it alot, esp. at the gym"}, {"response": 745, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (18:21)", "body": "Same here, it has two cuts of \"What is Love\"."}, {"response": 746, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (21:34)", "body": "yup, really like Life (the mission control mix). the first time i heard what is love was on Clare's My So-Called Life...went into the store asking about the theme of that show, thank goodness someone had a clue!"}, {"response": 747, "author": "orange", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (21:57)", "body": "hi wer thanks for your good directions, i found my way back here!"}, {"response": 749, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (10:59)", "body": "savage garden today (which could, quite literally, describe my garden)"}, {"response": 750, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (15:37)", "body": "andre previn! this morning... Paula Cole and THETHE"}, {"response": 751, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (21:43)", "body": "Loreena McKennitt (very lovely cd)"}, {"response": 752, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (21:46)", "body": "(hey you)"}, {"response": 753, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (21:48)", "body": "why are you whispering? how ya doin'?"}, {"response": 754, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (21:55)", "body": "(yew makin' fun of my mannerisms?) middlin'..."}, {"response": 755, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (21:59)", "body": "aw, what's going on?"}, {"response": 756, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:10)", "body": "(marvin gaye)"}, {"response": 757, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:12)", "body": "silence here...."}, {"response": 758, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:22)", "body": "what a wonderful sound, that....can hear everything, feel much, and think, maybe too much....but i love it, especially on a sunny day, just to listen to the air, the tree branches, the birds, and that lone dog across the way who decided it was too quiet for him. but silence when it rains is good too, like to hear the crackle of the thunder, the split-second noise right before lightening strikes, the sound of the rain against the exhaust fan in the kitchen, to smell it in the air, even the sound of hail hitting against the window pane and piling up out underneath the gutter spout......"}, {"response": 759, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:23)", "body": "(trying to confuse me? simon and garfunkle?)"}, {"response": 760, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:25)", "body": "(gotcha... you're like \"feeling groovy\")..."}, {"response": 761, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:25)", "body": "no, it's quiet here....besides, you're too easy to confuse, no fun!"}, {"response": 762, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:26)", "body": "feelin' groovy? where'd you get that from??? (actually am feelin' pretty good)"}, {"response": 763, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:32)", "body": "(james brown)"}, {"response": 764, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:34)", "body": "read your mail?"}, {"response": 765, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:39)", "body": "(the boxtops?) (nope... that be a hint?)"}, {"response": 766, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:40)", "body": "huh? you did that on purpose, didn't you....."}, {"response": 767, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:48)", "body": "(uhhh, \"can't you see\"?)"}, {"response": 768, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:51)", "body": "ok, read your mail, no hint there, it was a command *grin*"}, {"response": 769, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:56)", "body": "damn!!! yes'm... (but yer beginning to sound like my mother again)..."}, {"response": 770, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:58)", "body": "okay... i read it... what is it you be looking to know?"}, {"response": 771, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (22:59)", "body": "nutin, just seeing if you read your mail (and if you'd obey the mistress o' the swamp) *grin*"}, {"response": 772, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:00)", "body": "btw, there ARE a few things i's be lookin' to know...."}, {"response": 773, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:05)", "body": "(so you're like \"searchin'?) yeeeessss?"}, {"response": 774, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:06)", "body": "depends......(boy, you sure seem happy for some reason)"}, {"response": 775, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:13)", "body": "(uhhh, \"make me smile\"? \"school's out (forever)\"?) depends on what? (and yer the one that's \"feelin' groooovy\")..."}, {"response": 776, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:14)", "body": "if i'm searchin'"}, {"response": 777, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:19)", "body": "(\"lucy in the sky (with diamonds)\"?)"}, {"response": 778, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:24)", "body": "what is all this? no, just curious about some fool's gold (wondering how it got in my pocket)"}, {"response": 779, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:24)", "body": "and why the lady with the tamborine keeps asking me about it"}, {"response": 780, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:30)", "body": "(sigh) define fool's gold, please? and who might the lady with the tambourine be?"}, {"response": 781, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:32)", "body": "nope....just need to think about it a sec and you'll get it, methinks"}, {"response": 782, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:38)", "body": "(uhhhh... yer DEFINITELY giving me too much credit)... do gypsies play tambourines? does fool's gold equate to lies? has anybody here seen my old friend martin?"}, {"response": 783, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:39)", "body": "smart as a whip, that 'un is..."}, {"response": 784, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:46)", "body": "what be the question?"}, {"response": 785, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:47)", "body": "nick, have you been to the planet at all, just to browse? am having trouble grasping some things and maybe here is not the place...."}, {"response": 786, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:52)", "body": "gotta go....stop by my site, huh?"}, {"response": 787, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:54)", "body": "no... not since i talked to you last... is it really that bad? (and if we're talking about \"her\" the answer is simple enough, and you already know it... hell, i'm planning on probably getting married to somebody else, maybe)..."}, {"response": 788, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:54)", "body": "(uhhh, perhaps)..."}, {"response": 789, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:56)", "body": "(the spaniels)... g'night..."}, {"response": 790, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (23:57)", "body": "g'night"}, {"response": 791, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Mar 10, 1998 (01:11)", "body": "(hey... i went... i saw... thanks)..."}, {"response": 792, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Mar 10, 1998 (01:14)", "body": "listening to otis redding, btw... Best Of... \"these arms of mine\"..."}, {"response": 793, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Mar 12, 1998 (22:46)", "body": "gots a question and i knows yous guyz gots an answer: sarah mclachlan does this song that goes something like this, pardon my singing, part of the chorus (what i could make out anyway) I'll take your breath away After I wipe away your tears, close your eyes dear there....it's really pretty and i can't figure out the name of it or what cd it's on. can you give me an answer??? huh??? anybody????"}, {"response": 794, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Mar 12, 1998 (22:50)", "body": "oh, remember a bit more: And I won't be the one to hold you down, kiss your soul (sorry if i'm steppin' on toes putting the lyrics here, but they're probably messed up-you know, hypolyrictosis)"}, {"response": 795, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Mar 12, 1998 (22:53)", "body": "*blush* (that would be chronic lyrictosis--see what i mean?)"}, {"response": 796, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (08:48)", "body": "Last night a local radio station (with the help of the national album network or something like that) previewed the new Dave Matthews album. The first release (that's already on the airwaves) reminds me of Peter Gabriel, the other tunes really go back and forth with the all out instrumental rampages that I like in the first place and controlled rythmns with piercing lyrics. I enjoyed listening beginning to end!"}, {"response": 797, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (22:31)", "body": "I heard his new one and liked it. (liked crash too)"}, {"response": 798, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (20:18)", "body": "am listening to Madonna's Immaculate Collection. ya'll go on and laugh, but she is one of my favorite artists of all time."}, {"response": 799, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (20:34)", "body": "I saw in her in some charity concert the other night. She was the surprise hit of the gig, according to the report. She looks better than ever."}, {"response": 800, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (15:27)", "body": "went through my Ministry phase last week, I'm better now."}, {"response": 802, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (20:01)", "body": "She scored."}, {"response": 803, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (20:52)", "body": "woohoo!!"}, {"response": 804, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, May  1, 1998 (16:19)", "body": "*blushing* thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. (prepared speech) Really it was nothing... you see... when I was a child... I always had large goals... some may have taunted me for my lofty aspirations... but I perservered... (blah blah blah) glad I could hit 800. One small post for woman, One great response number for cyberkind!"}, {"response": 806, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, May  2, 1998 (22:15)", "body": "she will be on the cover of every cyber magazine that hits the stands!! won't be able to go anywhere unescorted!! (man, can ya believe 800??)"}, {"response": 808, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, May  5, 1998 (08:57)", "body": "well... the Yahoo! reception is coming up and then the obligatory meeting with Mr. Gates. They'd like me to deliver a speech on the superiority of a six-pin connection... can you make any of those?"}, {"response": 810, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (15:20)", "body": "*smile*"}, {"response": 811, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, May  6, 1998 (15:24)", "body": "can't figure out the socket configuration, however... for example, each pin in it's own or are they doubled- or tripled-up, etc."}, {"response": 812, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, May 11, 1998 (13:34)", "body": "it's simple... and too difficult to explain. *laugh* Listening to... (sick music) Handel Natalie Merchant 10,000 Maniacs Lyle Lovett Jimmy Buffett Stevie Ray Vaughn Eric Clapton Mary Black"}, {"response": 813, "author": "NICK", "date": "Wed, May 13, 1998 (22:14)", "body": "I REALLY THINK CLAPTON OUTDID HIMSELF WITH PILGRIM. AND THATS THROUGH \"MY\" EYES NOT MY FATHER'S. NICK"}, {"response": 814, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, May 13, 1998 (23:14)", "body": "Zoot Suit Riot by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies"}, {"response": 815, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, May 14, 1998 (16:58)", "body": "a super fun song!"}, {"response": 816, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, May 14, 1998 (21:21)", "body": "can I drag a comb thru your dark brown hair?"}, {"response": 817, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, May 15, 1998 (17:10)", "body": "the straight hair or curly hair?"}, {"response": 818, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, May 15, 1998 (23:33)", "body": "didn't know you had any that was curly... can I look before I choose? currently listening to Living in a Dream by The Arcangels"}, {"response": 819, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, May 18, 1998 (17:27)", "body": "listened to: Toni Child - House of Hope Dire Straits - ??? Dave Matthews - the new one Tori Amos - boys for pele and under the pink James Taylor - Greatest Hits"}, {"response": 820, "author": "NICK", "date": "Tue, May 19, 1998 (22:51)", "body": "Journey's Greatest Hits Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits Tom Petty and the HeartBreakers GH Don Henley's GH Many Others"}, {"response": 821, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (01:27)", "body": "Blue on Black"}, {"response": 822, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (04:12)", "body": "How ironic! DJ Bobo . . . some techno to get me in the mood for Friday's start of the Z\ufffdri-Fest . . . merry-go-around, that is. WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"}, {"response": 823, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (13:40)", "body": "Spearhead Ween Toni Childs Lyle Lovett Bob Geldof They Might Be Giants Jimmy Buffet Dave Matthews Neil Diamond ABBA (CDs lying in front of the player... been listening for a couple of days...)"}, {"response": 824, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (13:41)", "body": "some Joe Ely cd right now"}, {"response": 825, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (01:23)", "body": "huh? Of all those souls I know only ABBA. Listening to Modern Talking . . . yes, I do have rather $hit taste in music!"}, {"response": 826, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Aug 19, 1998 (22:43)", "body": "James Taylor. Live on PBS."}, {"response": 827, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (00:43)", "body": "Don't know him at all! DJ Bobo - more crap!!!"}, {"response": 828, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (05:33)", "body": "See topic 53 for some James Taylor background."}, {"response": 829, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (10:42)", "body": "Thanks, Terry!"}, {"response": 830, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Aug 22, 1998 (19:41)", "body": "Rolling Stones. \"Please to meet you . . they shouted out, who killed the Kennedys?\" \"...won't you guess my name?\""}, {"response": 831, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Aug 23, 1998 (00:24)", "body": "You mean Mick killed the Kennedys? Good for him! Taking a stand like that, and everything...."}, {"response": 832, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (02:00)", "body": "Paul Simon's GRACELAND"}, {"response": 833, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (02:08)", "body": "rain (and more rain) (it's always raining here)"}, {"response": 834, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Feb 24, 1999 (10:40)", "body": "that doesn't sound pleasant to me (do you like the rain?)"}, {"response": 835, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Feb 24, 1999 (17:47)", "body": "I LOVE the sound of falling rain."}, {"response": 836, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Feb 24, 1999 (21:36)", "body": "as do I..."}, {"response": 837, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (12:01)", "body": "the sound of falling rain (i prefer big honking thunderstorms myself) is one thing Living in a city where it rains \"always\" sounds less appealing If I had to choose between sound and smell of rain... i think I'd pick smell"}, {"response": 838, "author": "osceola", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (12:11)", "body": "I like the smell right before it rains. You know it's gonna rain by the smell."}, {"response": 839, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (13:35)", "body": "i like it especially in the summer.. when it rains you can smell it cooking on the hotasphalt"}, {"response": 840, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (21:38)", "body": "I associate rain's smell with the musty odor it leaves behind on one's clothes (both those worn in the rain, and those unfortunates left hanging on the clothesline)."}, {"response": 841, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:41)", "body": "HVAC noise"}, {"response": 842, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sat, Mar  6, 1999 (20:04)", "body": "Harvey Danger."}, {"response": 843, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Mar  7, 1999 (00:39)", "body": "\"What it's like\" Everlast"}, {"response": 844, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (14:02)", "body": "sinead lohan"}, {"response": 845, "author": "jgross", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (19:10)", "body": "from: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Picture/7954/review1sinead.html Sin\ufffdad Lohan's sophomore release, No Mermaid, is a richly equipped album with catchy hooks and thoughtful, deep lyrics. This album is one smart cookie, because it's got everything a great album needs--superb, reflective lyrics, catchy tunes, a great voice, and a variety of rhythms. No Mermaid is all that and more. The greatest gems on this album are: \"Don't I Know,\" a slicing song with cool lyrics and a danceable beat; \"Whatever It Takes...\" is a rollicking, bright and almost Irish-influenced song as Sin\ufffd d's voice glimmers over it all; \"What Can Never Be,\" a light, almost lullaby-like song; \"Hot On Your Trail,\" a song with deep lyrics and a spicy beat; and \"Diving To Be Deeper,\" a playful and vivacious song with a unique rhythm. All in all, No Mermaid stands out as being a shining beacon in the sea of Irish singer albums, and Sin\ufffdad's effervescent voice proves that she's worthy to be counted as one of the best. \"No Mermaid\" song lyrics: No Mermaid we went down to the edge of the water you were afraid to go in, you said there might be sharks out there in the ocean and I said I'm only going for a swim I was swimming around in a circle I wasn't always in view you said we might get into red flag danger and I am alone when I'm not with you But I am no mermaid I am no mermaid and I am no fisherman's slave I am no mermaid I am no mermaid I keep my head above the waves We were swinging from the centre of the ceiling you were afraid to give in I said I know I'll always live for this feeling and you closed your eyes, you said never again We were dancing in the middle of the desert you said we'll burn under the hot sun I said I'd rather be the colour of pleasure than watch like you from under the thumb But I am no mermaid I am no mermaid and I am no fisherman's slave I am no mermaid I am no mermaid I keep my head above the waves We went down to the edge of the water you were afraid to go in you said there might be sharks out there in the ocean and I said I'm only going for a swim I was living around in a circle I wasn't always in view you said we might get into red flag danger and I am alone when I'm not with you. But I am no mermaid I am no mermaid and I am no fisherman's slave I am no mermaid I am no mermaid I keep my head above the waves Don't I Know Lift your head up out of your hands, love I can't take you anywhere Sometimes you give me all you've got to give me and sometimes you act like you don't care Don't I know the days are only what we make them? Don't I know the nights go only where we take them? You carry all my light about you drawing deeply in the air A choice, a fight, a call, a whisper you always let me know you're there Don't I know the days are only what we make them? Don't I know the nights go only where we take them? An arrow pointed deep and directly scatters on the silver soul As if I never even noticed I could be almost all the way home Don't I know the days are only what we make them? Don't I know the nights go only where we take them? Lift your head up out of your hands, love I can't take you anywhere Sometimes you give me all you've got to give me and sometimes you act like you don't care Don't I know the days are only what we make them? Don't I know the nights go only where we take them? Whatever It Takes... Whatever it takes you to believe it that's all right with me Take this morning in my kitchen or whatever that helps you to believe You will find me down by the river getting high on my mortality I'll be holding hands with my nameless beauty or whoever wants to stand next to me All eyes on me I'm going to the moon Time heals what you can't see heads back I'm leaving soon, leaving soon. You can take it easy \ufffdcause I've a mind to put your parachute on slow We're moving into calmer waters where all your loveliness will show For all of your wanting me to react to \"look no hands on this carousel\" for me to be true to whatever you cling to whenever your heart is going to tell All eyes on me I'm going to the moon Time heals what you can't see heads back I'm leaving soon, leaving soon. Whatever it takes you to believe it that's all right with me Take this morning, say it walks on water whatever that helps you to believe You will find me down by the river getting high on my mortality I'll be holding hands with my nameless beauty or whoever wants to stand next to me All eyes on me I'm going to the moon Time heals what you can't see heads back I'm leaving soon, leaving soon. Loose Ends Tie up loose ends darling baby's heart is broken As the road bends look at all you are becoming Stretch your calling way beyond where distance finds you What is calling now must take you to the harbour I trouble all the time but in lines I stand up to be strong And I meet you in the green and in the blue and in the wanting to belong All of us do really love you you are surrounded You can come out now It is time to be unburdened Stretch your cal"}, {"response": 846, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (00:04)", "body": "too cool, Jim... (and did anyone else notice that \"...superb, reflective lyrics, catchy tunes, a great voice, and a variety of rhythms...\" sounds just like Stacey, as well?)"}, {"response": 847, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:18)", "body": "*smile* thanks for posting all the groovy lyrics Jim for everyone else to read! Brandon teases me for listening to the CD over and over and over again... but it just makes me feel so good..."}, {"response": 848, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:50)", "body": "It's variety-day! (not the german Variet\ufffd, which is cabaret, by variety as in mucho choice!) I first heard some funny japanese Ska-punk from a band named Kemuri, with horn section and full riot gear. CD's called \"77 days\". Japanese ska - what has the world come to, global sound system or what! Groove on, ya Ska-Samurais! Then I played a remix-CD from german label Plattenmeister, called \"Plattenbau\" (various artists). \"Platte\" means disc and record, so the label name is cool, and the CD's title does not commemorate the ugly housing project block built as Plattenbauten, but says: We build records! Some fine electronic things on there, for the more modern minded. Info via blumentrt@aol.com . And now to something completey different: a CD called \"Tumi Cuba Classics Vol. 4: The Big Sound Son 14 with Adalberto ALvarez\". I've never heard of the label Tumi before, I think it's cuban. Good cuban dance big band stuff. Rocks! Please ask that Bill dude who likes cigars so much to lift the trade embargo against Cuba; it's only hurting babies and musicians (e.g. do the young ones have to nick church's piano wires to string up their guitars, especially bass guitars). You gotta know when some things have outlived their purposes (especially if you don't see any result coming from it). Before all of you go ballistic on \"What! He's bigmouthing again, and even supports dictatorships, and doesn't play OUR valuable contributions to world culture AT ALL the foreign so-and-so!\", please let me state that (a) I'm not (at least again), (b) I don't, and - last not least - (c) ACTUALLY DID! My choice of current musical americana was the brand new, hot hot CD-single from Sleater-Kinney, A Quarter to three/Burn-Don't freeze. Three females of the species who rock (homo sapiens rockiens)! An nice listening to, which is not too rough and noisy, but also doesn't get to mainstreamy. They tour Germany in May, probably now hit stages in the US, and the CD The Hot Rock is out now. If you care for rock, go for it."}, {"response": 849, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (19:19)", "body": "Look for some Shoulders in your part of the world... bet you'll like them as well... (should send you my two Israeli memetic techno cd's, too...hmmm...)"}, {"response": 850, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (19:20)", "body": "oops, forgot to say, yep, Japanese ska is a riot!"}, {"response": 851, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (19:21)", "body": "Look for some Shoulders in your part of the world... bet you'll like them as well... (should send you my two Israeli memetic techno cd's, too...hmmm...)"}, {"response": 852, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (09:28)", "body": "groovy WER... I've never heard Japanese Ska... I shall start searching!"}, {"response": 853, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (18:48)", "body": "Mary Black - Babes in the Wood"}, {"response": 854, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (23:04)", "body": "Mozart."}, {"response": 855, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (00:58)", "body": "Dragonball Z"}, {"response": 856, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (10:44)", "body": "Wer, what's Shoulders? What Label?"}, {"response": 857, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:38)", "body": "when I find the cd, I'll post the American and European labels..."}, {"response": 858, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (23:16)", "body": "Beck."}, {"response": 859, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (08:15)", "body": "\"I wanna be Kate - The Songs of Kate Bush\" as covered by Chicago acts; CD out on Brownstar Records label."}, {"response": 860, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (22:08)", "body": "Continuing coverage of the Colorado school shootings..."}, {"response": 861, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (03:55)", "body": "\"Colorado School Shootings\" - would that be a hard rock band making a pun with \"School Outing\"?"}, {"response": 862, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (11:08)", "body": "no. that would be my fair community making headlines with a completely senseless loss of life (this has been really difficult actually. never think it'll happen in your town. the place you settle to be out of the hustle and bustle of speedy city life. our home."}, {"response": 863, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (16:02)", "body": "Expand on subject."}, {"response": 864, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (18:29)", "body": "I posted the first info yesterday in news... (news outside the Spring)"}, {"response": 865, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (05:04)", "body": "Epic Soundtracks (+ 1997), Everything Is Temporary, new CD from new SF-label Innerstate ( www.innerstate.com , and tell 'em Alexander from superstar mag told ya!). Some tracks might soothe your feelings, Stacey."}, {"response": 866, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:04)", "body": "lotsa time sweating and crying usually makes me feel better but music is always helpful"}, {"response": 867, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (22:38)", "body": "Sublime."}, {"response": 868, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (01:34)", "body": "Lucky Dube."}, {"response": 869, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (07:58)", "body": "Please enlighten me."}, {"response": 870, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:52)", "body": "He's an African raggae singer - does that mean I have to answer in the African music topic? \ufffdgrin\ufffd ... And give the label and different albums currently available?"}, {"response": 871, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (10:10)", "body": "That would be always a fine thing. Artis: Title (Label / Distributor), Country Year. There are artists where you walk in the shop and say \"Bowie\" or \"REM\" and get served no questions asked. But if you go \"Kemuri\" or \"Mumble & Peg\" (current releases), you'll get that glassy eyed look. Then they ask you what label. Then you either know or not. Most cases, knowing doesn't help, because it's a very-small backyard-label, so it would have to be distributor or importer instead. Having all that really makes ordering stuff easier... (and helps to distinguish between original releases and possible reissues). Also, often you can guess a lot about an artist or at least about his record, if you know la el and release date (like e.g. Elvis' Sun years, famous labels Chess for early Rock, Verve for Jazz, Motown,...) If you'd like to, write something on Lucky Dube and put it in African. Tell me more..."}, {"response": 872, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (10:33)", "body": "ha-ha!!! If you were a university, I'd drop out!"}, {"response": 873, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:37)", "body": ".={"}, {"response": 874, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (14:19)", "body": "awww. youmade him cry and swallow his other eye..."}, {"response": 875, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:57)", "body": "ROTFLOL!! Same old Ree-head."}, {"response": 876, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:20)", "body": "Yeah, lazy and a pain in the ar$e! ha-ha! (oh, and GOOD one, Stacey!! ha-ha!!!! We girls are just so on form at the moment, aren't we???) But don't cry, Alexander - it's just that I don't know the label. I know that Lucky Dube is really famous in South Africa now - I only heard his name once or twice while I still lived in Namibia. But the song that I was listening to was on another cd, called, 'Voices of South Africa', a compilation of the best music groups there. I am trying to broaden my knowledge of Southern African music, you see. And it's GREAT! What is your favourite type of music?"}, {"response": 877, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:52)", "body": "the kind he can hear methinks"}, {"response": 878, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (14:33)", "body": "that would be my guess as well"}, {"response": 879, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, May 24, 1999 (09:21)", "body": "Nanci Griffith 'Flyer'"}, {"response": 880, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, May 25, 1999 (09:30)", "body": "Nothing for a change."}, {"response": 881, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, May 26, 1999 (14:04)", "body": "Just the Sound of Silence? (love S&G)"}, {"response": 882, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, May 26, 1999 (17:06)", "body": "Paul Simon is on tour this summer..."}, {"response": 883, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, May 27, 1999 (02:26)", "body": "Naw, for a change not a single record. That was then, today and tommorrow gotta hack the last reviews together. What I like the best is doing the 45s we got in. superstar even has a special section for them, \"45 is alive\"."}, {"response": 884, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, May 28, 1999 (22:08)", "body": "Woohoo! Where can I go to see Paul Simon? Please say DC-Balto-Phila..."}, {"response": 885, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  2, 1999 (17:28)", "body": "\"DC-Balto-Phila...\" (how'd I do??)"}, {"response": 886, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Jun  6, 1999 (21:18)", "body": "Way to be a syncophant, Stacey!"}, {"response": 887, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jun  7, 1999 (17:40)", "body": "syncophant, elephant... I am a jill of all trades!"}, {"response": 888, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jun  7, 1999 (17:42)", "body": "errr... sycophant or psycho-phant..."}, {"response": 889, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun  8, 1999 (08:18)", "body": "Do those come from Africa, or are they native American beasts? How do they look like, compared to elephants? Big ears? Long trunk?"}, {"response": 890, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun  8, 1999 (08:25)", "body": "And, I wonder, is \"Jill of all trades\" the opposite to \"Jack of all asses\"? Just curious... (Listening to Neil Y.'s Harvest right now. Not my choice, but not bad, either. Hey, there's a brilliant 2 CD-tribute album out right now with really great stuff on it, trust me. Check http://www.innerstate.com , they sell it, and tell them you got it from me...)"}, {"response": 891, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun  8, 1999 (11:33)", "body": "but if they sell it and we buy it from them... then we'd have 'got it' from them not you..."}, {"response": 892, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun  8, 1999 (12:11)", "body": "Aw, Stace, one day you'll be my early death! You know what I mean - if you tell them who you heard it from, they'll be happy to see how good news spread! Listen, Russ (Tolman) and Pat (Thomas) run that label in San Francisco. Pat is a regular contributor to superstar, and Russ has done an online-chat-interview with another musician for us last year. BTW, Innerstate has the record I love the most at the moment - Epic Soundtracks' posthumous releases, compiled by his brother Nikki Sudden. This record is supreme, angelic, intelligent, moving, strong songwriting, emotional, something one can relate to, love songs, etc. Not sweet, not yacky, but very human, very much stuff you can relate to. Very low-key, most is just piano and vocals, some tracks with guitar, and there are a few radio- and live tracks, too, just to show how much this stuff can rock. Whic it didn't have to prove with me, the way it touched me. But I preach to deaf ears. None of you have ever bought anything I recommended, nor will you ever. Whyzzat so? I mean, I could easily say, kids - go out and buy Innerstate's Neil Young Tribute-CD for Mr. Walhus's next birthday. Wouldn't happen, would it?"}, {"response": 893, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Jun  8, 1999 (21:00)", "body": "I buy one CD about every 5 years or so, which makes it rather unlikely that it will be African bongoes, Finnish tango or even Neil Young."}, {"response": 894, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jun 10, 1999 (09:01)", "body": "But don't you sometimes think you want to listen to something different? Or is the radio sufficient for you? Or whatever drone comes out of your kids lairs? I'm really curious, because I have all these discussions around me lately on (a) why the record market loses most customers when they reach mid-twenties, and why some folks stick around, and (b) - the heavy weight discussion - how consumption of recordings and shopping habits differed between female and male buyers. A side show was why guys always sort their records and think up new sorting systems, and gals couldn't be bothered to do something like that at all. (I never said a lot about bongos, just brass... Massive brass, too!)"}, {"response": 895, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Jun 11, 1999 (15:00)", "body": "Occasionally, something different appeals. But overwhelmingingly, the radio is perfectly adequate for my listening needs. Even that gets on my nerves after a while--one more \"voice\" vying for my attention. BTW, you hit the nail on the head with that last comment--my husband's music is in alphabetical order, mine isn't even necessarily in its proper jacket."}, {"response": 896, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:13)", "body": "ha-ha, Autumn, how true! Sometimes I discover my cd's in bed with me, and the jackets always seem to come apart - one can't even throw them at a failed painting without them breaking to bits. \ufffdsigh\ufffd I don't know...."}, {"response": 897, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:47)", "body": "May I refer again to my post #892 ? superstar's next issue (#14) will run an essay by Nikki Sudden, Epic's brother, on Epic. Very beautiful, and I'll keep it untranslated. Nice pictures, too. And still the Epic Sondtracks-compilation mentioned in #892 is my best-loved record this summer. Runs still at least twice a week. Right now I listen to a CD-reissue sent to me by Nikki Sudden of his former band Swell Maps, where Epic was drumming among other things. Hello Riette! Nice to see you here... Tip: you can fling the CDs at paintings! Fly like ninja-frisbees! But yes, the plastic jackets are a bother. Quite a percentage of the stuff superstar gets to review, the sleeves are damaged. You can get spares (CD- and computer-shops), but that's besides the point. Much nicer are the so-called \"Digipaks\" with cardboard folding-cover."}, {"response": 898, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (08:38)", "body": "Nikki Sudden. Never heard of him, but next time I go to Jecklin for a cd shopping spree, I'll see if I can find the cd. And how is the music of his former band, the Swell Maps? I WOULD throw the cd's at the paintings, but they're never there when I need them - only the stupid plastic covers. Last year I designed and built a bunch of cd covers with individual, handpainted covers for the 25th aniversary of the composer David H\ufffdnigsberg. I made them round and quite flat like those tin covers you get for funky popular music sometimes, but lined the inside a very fine sort of velvet material which a cd expert recommended to me. I thought it was pretty cool, then the other day one uy who bought one of the cd's rang me up, and told me ever so proudly that he took the cd out, keeps it in a regular plastic cover, and had the cover framed. ha-ha! So much for trying to make something practical!"}, {"response": 899, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (10:46)", "body": "But you did - he got artwork at probably below gallery price!"}, {"response": 900, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (06:21)", "body": "Not really. I got Sfr. 250- per cover - and you know how small a cd is. I don't even WANT to know what they paid for it with the cd in. Amazing the sort of things people can afford to waste money in, isn't it? I always find that depressing."}, {"response": 901, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (22:54)", "body": "My motto: \"Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.\""}, {"response": 902, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (04:38)", "body": "Ok, here goes - \"A smack in the head.\""}, {"response": 903, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (18:34)", "body": "Settle for biting your lip till it draws blood."}, {"response": 904, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (09:51)", "body": "ooh...new topic in screwed...you can already question the Almighty Pasquina...maybe we should now be able to question the Frugal Autumn..."}, {"response": 905, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (23:06)", "body": "Simplicity is my master!"}, {"response": 906, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (04:58)", "body": "I hear ye, Oh Frugal Autumn, Whose wisdom is abundant as a Spring! (especially ON the Spring...)"}, {"response": 907, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (00:08)", "body": "The afternoon DJ on KHWI-FM (K-Hawaii Rock and Roll), Tommy \"the Polynesian Pirate\" Ching, just polished off a six-pack of classic James Taylor. Love it: 1) Fire and Rain 2) Sweet Baby James 3) Country Road 4) Steamroller Blues 5) Traffic Jam 6) Honey Don't Leave L.A. And I love that live PBS JT special that Terry alluded to earlier."}, {"response": 908, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (00:35)", "body": "I'm listening to Schostakovitch's 5th Symphony on Netradio. Think I'll change to Baroque, though. Now into quiet classics and they are playing Mendelssohn's Spring song."}, {"response": 909, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (02:22)", "body": "While Ray watches a TNN documentary on--as you put it--hillbilly music? Don't tell me I don't understand the concept of irony!"}, {"response": 910, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (03:18)", "body": "ha-ha!!! Listening to Texas right now."}, {"response": 911, "author": "Irishprincess", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (09:02)", "body": "I'm listening to Enya's \"The Celts\" (the very best Enya CD.) By the way, this background really rocks!"}, {"response": 912, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (09:29)", "body": "hiya Amy! I listened to the same CD last night... am listening to Paula Cole's Harbinger right now"}, {"response": 913, "author": "Irishprincess", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (11:20)", "body": "Hi, Stacey! Now I'm listening to The Smith's \"Singles\" (God, I love \"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now\"!) It's the proper listening material for Colin Firth fans! (Yes, I'm a \"drooler\"!)"}, {"response": 914, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "I Listen to the new Stereo Total-LP (yeah, I bought the vinyl on the concert!)."}, {"response": 915, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (20:23)", "body": "Beethoven's \"Fidelio\" (op. 72). Frankfurt Opera Orchestra."}, {"response": 916, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (21:02)", "body": "Oh, John...How glorious!!! I was listening to you and now listening to college fight songs played with great enthusiasm at football games on boradcast.com"}, {"response": 917, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (01:13)", "body": "Boola Boola!"}, {"response": 918, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (15:47)", "body": "Sumpthin' li'dat. Can't hear good enough to tell, but i think that was Yale's big song, and they hardly ever televise Yale out here or even put them on NetRadio!"}, {"response": 919, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (19:29)", "body": "It was. It was written in the early 1900s by a Yalie from Honolulu who was quite the Hawaiian songwriter, Sonny Cunha."}, {"response": 920, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (23:35)", "body": "You are kidding! Unreal! Not Sonny Kunha? Interesting as all get-out. The stuff you learn here...*lol* Mahalo plenty!"}, {"response": 921, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:12)", "body": "Amy, where in Ireland do you live?"}, {"response": 922, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (16:17)", "body": "Woo Woo! Don Henley's on the Spring Cam...!!! babalicious... gotta run over to the appropriate topic!"}, {"response": 923, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (16:52)", "body": "New record out, don't he?"}, {"response": 924, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (04:01)", "body": "WHO IS DON HENLEY????"}, {"response": 925, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (06:53)", "body": "Uuummhh, Eagles? Looooong ago.... Hihi, generation gap in music, I love to talk about this. Last weekend I got somebody REALLY pi\ufffd\ufffded, when I told him I don't care about the Beatles AND the Stones. Gawd, I thought this discussion was closed many years ago. This guy got really angry, I tried to explain, that I wasn't even planned when the discussion about which one's the most greatest band was on, and when those bands were hip, but he couldn't accept how this music couldn't play an important role in ones life...."}, {"response": 926, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (09:24)", "body": "I was a wee thing when the Eagles were hep but some of my fondest memories are belting out the tunes with my dad while driving in the car!"}, {"response": 927, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (09:36)", "body": "Yeah, early music memories will never leave you. I know this one, cause I have an elder brother who listened to 60s and 70s rock music, when I was little I loved his music, some of it still today.(...and some not) What made the guy really angry was, that I didn't accept their historical IMPORTANCE and their being above all ( best bands ever was and ever will be...) Times they are a'changin', aren't they!?"}, {"response": 928, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (13:17)", "body": "Yes! I'm still in the A-HA! stage. My kids think I'm an old geek! They say my music ain't cool. Isa is into DJ Bobo, heaven forbid!"}, {"response": 929, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (13:48)", "body": "Ree, in case you didn't get my post in male babes and didn't quite catch Stacey's glossed over reference, Don Henley was the Eagles' drummer and (sometime) lead vocalist. He has had a decent solo career. Some of his hits--you may recognize one or two: \"Boys of Summer,\" \"Sunset Grill,\" \"End of the Innocence,\" \"(Sit Down) You're Rocking the Boat,\" \"All She Wants to Do is Dance.\" He is possessed of a powerful, clear, seemingly limitless upper-range rock-and-roll tenor voice. Decent acoustic guitarist and accomplished songwriter as well. Has abilities like Phil Collins, but is taller and better looking--and American."}, {"response": 930, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (14:26)", "body": "'glossed over'? what did i gloss? did i dis Henley inadvertantly?"}, {"response": 931, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (14:48)", "body": "No, you just mentioned the Eagles without mentioning that Henley had been in the group..."}, {"response": 932, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (15:53)", "body": "I really thought this whole discussion with this guy being a generation conflict - everybody has it's own favourite stars - musicians - bands, but nobody believed me then...You can't tell a fourteen year old that e.g. Bob Dylan was the greatest musician there ever was and ever will be - they have their own idols, and would't accept this.. and then such discussion always go on with - \"times are getting worse - look at the youth today\" How I hate this! I'm not youth anymore (long, long time ago), but I woul feel very old, if I couldn't accept that times and favours are changing...and this is no disaster - at least not for me, because I can't bear stagnation..."}, {"response": 933, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (16:17)", "body": "how old are you Isabel (If you don't mind sharing)"}, {"response": 934, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (16:19)", "body": "I will always stay 29!"}, {"response": 935, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep 28, 1999 (16:23)", "body": "*grin* I was born in 68. This century!"}, {"response": 936, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (10:47)", "body": "*laugh* you are still quite young! Brandon (my fiance) loved turning 30... I'm not sure what my reaction will be!"}, {"response": 937, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (10:54)", "body": "I hated it. I feel VERY old sometimes, try to cope this with ignorance and rattling my cage bars...."}, {"response": 938, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (11:05)", "body": "I have wrinkles older than you."}, {"response": 939, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (11:41)", "body": "You're teasin'! You can't be THAT old!"}, {"response": 940, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (11:52)", "body": "I'm 29, born in 53 this century."}, {"response": 941, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (12:27)", "body": ":-) So you got your first wrinkles with FIFTEEN??????"}, {"response": 942, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (13:18)", "body": "I did! I'm 25, and wrinkled as hell! Seriously! Like my sister says, we are so wrinkled, if we cry whe have to wipe our ar$es, 'cos that's where the wrinkles make the tears go."}, {"response": 943, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (18:31)", "body": "children!"}, {"response": 944, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (21:22)", "body": "I was born wrinkled. Back to the subject. I'm listening right now to Tchaivkovsky's \"Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23\" Peter Toperczer on piano, accompanied by the Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bystrik Rezucha."}, {"response": 945, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (09:02)", "body": "Ah, uhum...."}, {"response": 946, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (09:18)", "body": "*laugh* still cracked up (forgive the pun!) over the wiping arses comment!"}, {"response": 947, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (09:21)", "body": "I laughed at the wiping arses comment as well, but I don't think I understood it"}, {"response": 948, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "\ufffdsigh\ufffd The wrinkles make the tears run down your back, and into your buttcrack of course! Tschaikovsky's piano concertos are great. Who is your favourite classical composer, John?"}, {"response": 949, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (14:12)", "body": "Listening to some vintage country, freshly reissued by the biz's saints, Bear Family: Roy Hogsed, \"Cocaine Blues\". Very informative booklet, full discography. This is the real stuff, before country rock, outlaw country, and pop with a cowboy hat."}, {"response": 950, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (02:30)", "body": "Pop with a cowboy hat?! HA-HA!!!! Care to explain the difference between country rock, outlaw country (??) and pop with a cowboy hat?"}, {"response": 951, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (08:42)", "body": "Mozart is my favorite classical composer, although I also love Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Rimsky-Korsakov, some Wagner, and America's own Aaron Copland. I used to work for a hip classical station in Los Angeles many years back. We actually said things on the air like \"All dead guys, all the time...\" Country rock is artists like New Riders of the Purple Sage, Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, J.J. Cale, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Sawyer Brown... Outlaw country (also sometimes called Armadillo music) is the Austin stuff that started some 20 years ago like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, Steve Goodman (deceased and actually from Chicago), Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jew Boys (I'm not kidding). Waylon and Willie started the movement by leaving Nashville and setting up shop in Austin. Willie had been a Grammy winning mainstream Nashville songwriter in the late 1950s to early 1970s (\"Crazy\" by Patsy Cline, \"Hello Walls\" by Faron Yo ng). Waylon, who started off as a DJ in Waco, was an unofficial \"Cricket\" in the late 50s, sometimes playing with Buddy Holly as a second guitarist. He has an amazing baritone voice, both speaking and singing (he was the narrator from \"The Dukes of Hazzard\") Pop with a cowboy hat is the stuff you said you liked from \"Urban Cowboy.\" Artists include, but are not limited to: Barbara Mandrell, Steve Warriner, Glen Campbell, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Highway 101...some people would also lump Garth Brooks there, but I basically consider Garth a rock star who sings country. \"The Dance\" is my favorite country song from the past 20 years. I also love George Strait. I knew him in the 70s when he was in the Army and I was in the Navy in Honol lu."}, {"response": 952, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (13:19)", "body": "Great! At least now I never have to admit to having ever liked any country music again. I'll just say that recently I like a few pop songs - all with cowboy hats on...oink."}, {"response": 953, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (14:16)", "body": "Hmh. I used to have serious prejudices against country. What made me reconsider was (a) realising how much stuff like Violent Femmes owe to country (the OLD school), (b) having a passing crush on Hazeldine from New Mexico (which I was cured of after I saw them live again, but the second time with the then new lineup...), and (c) Dead Moon. Yeah, right. Dead Moon. Best live rock band there is. Fred Cole is now over fifty, but rocks harder than most youngsters, and he's been at it since early 60s (he's been in Lollipoppe Shoppe, knew folks like the 13th Floor Elevators and Janis Joplin, etc.), and if you ask him about his influences, his fave was Johnny Cash. And I never understood why! I mean, yeah, they did cover versions of Cash-songs, and that was hot stuff, but then, they even got Elvis-pieces to be really meaningful... (like Toody, bass player and Fred's wife, singing \"Can't help falling i love\"...). Then somebody played me one of Johnny Cash's jailhouse records, and I saw the light! See, he's been about, had ups and downs. And went sober and religious, and recorded spiritual stuff in a church... But he also went into jails to perform for the inmates, and picked songs that rocked them (though everybody had to stay seated), and had lyrics they could relate to. Two of these gigs were released on LPs, and are available on one CD \"Live At Folsom Prison/San Quentin\" from Columbia now. (One of them was also broadcast on TV) Here, he's going really at it, and you grin and smile at the witty texts, the drama and anguish of the characters, and of course of the atmosphere this stuff was recorded in - about what the prisoners laughed, and how he made fun of the guards, and the whole situation. Wow! Those are great performances! And they made me aware there is more to country than the hat-acts, coumntry-charts and the industry tells us these days. Who cares if it's rock, or country, or singer/songwriter-stuff, if the songwriting meets your standards of quality, and the music suits it perfect! (I mean, my buddy Sonny went from NYC's punk scene to Nashville on his last bucks in late 70ies to record a song inspired by Hank Williams - there you go!)"}, {"response": 954, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (14:21)", "body": "Right now I am listeneing to John Burnett on his weekend show on KWXX - but not the music...just his golden tones between sets. http://www.webradio.com/kwxx/"}, {"response": 955, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:12)", "body": "Thank you. I'm home now. Sorry I can't play Shostakovich for you..."}, {"response": 956, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:19)", "body": "Violent Femmes is cool stuff. You're right, Alexander. My old friend, Hutch, a very hip country musician and disc jockey who introduced me to punk other than Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols, called it \"punk country.\""}, {"response": 957, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (16:20)", "body": "Welcome home! Actually, Shostakovitch is not my favorite composer - far too dissonant for me, but better than nothing classical...But thanks for the sentiment. I appreciate it!"}, {"response": 958, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (17:20)", "body": "Willie and Lobo"}, {"response": 959, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (18:14)", "body": "Hawaiian Music of all sorts."}, {"response": 960, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Jul 24, 2000 (20:14)", "body": "haven't been here in a long time, but am listening to sting's brand new day cd. love desert rose!"}, {"response": 961, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug 23, 2000 (17:51)", "body": "I am rediscovering The Moody Blues. Is there anything they have done which does not send me into raptures? I think not! \"Question\" in particular... \"Funeral for a Friend\" Elton John. \"Layla\" - Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)"}, {"response": 962, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug 23, 2000 (17:52)", "body": "Sting's Desert Rose reminds me of \"The English Patient\" and Colin Firth losing the girl again to another Feinnes! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 28, "subject": "greatest drummer of all time", "response_count": 25, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (12:18)", "body": "Some names come to mind. Mick Fleetwood. Mickey Hart. Ringo Starr. The above mentioned Jim Keltner. Who was the drummer for Ginger Baker and Traffic? What about Mike Shrieve. Damn, this is interesting and challenging to figure out."}, {"response": 2, "author": "drummerboy", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (19:47)", "body": "I think it is very difficult to choose ONE drummer who is absolutely the best simply because it is very difficult to compare drummers in different styles. I think if your comparing what kind of historical impact a drummer made on the music he/she played, you can more accurately assess who is at the top. As an example, it is very difficult to compare Ringo Starr to Elvin Jones to someone like Dave Weckl or Steve Gadd. They are all completely different drummers. In my opinion Ringo Starr can even carry Elvi 's stick bag, but he has a place in history too. It's hard to single out one who is the best, though we can choose our \"favorites\"."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (20:01)", "body": "What groups did Elvin Jones play with?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (01:36)", "body": "Traffic's drummer was Jim Capaldi. Ginger drummed for Cream, of course- whom else, I don't know (but he and Jack Bruce are playing together again- reconstituted Cream, sans Eric- and from what I've heard on the radio, they sound terrific. Bruce's voice hasn't changed a bit). Don't know much about the technical aspects of music, but as a fan, my favorite drummer would have to be Keith Moon. Would think John Bonham merits mention, as well. Ringo was a great personality, and served the Beatles well. Only proficient, it is my understanding, as a drummer, though (McCartney was actually known to overdub Ringo's drum playing, from time to time. Ever the perfectionist, he was actually a better drummer than Ringo)."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (11:27)", "body": "McCartney is a good drummer, wow. I knew that sometimes he play many many instruments on his albums."}, {"response": 6, "author": "soundscape", "date": "Tue, Nov 11, 1997 (11:06)", "body": "Ravi Shankar is pretty good on the tabla."}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 11, 1997 (11:08)", "body": "Pretty good? He's awesome."}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:48)", "body": "Woo Woo! One I know and one I agree with!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (16:29)", "body": "Rock and Roll drummer? Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience gets my vote. Followed closely by Keith Moon of the Who. Both were explosive and completely capable of playing lead especially Mitchell. Give a listen to \"Fire\" someday. Hendrix wakes up every few measures to hit a guitar lick and everything else is Mitch... *smile* Karl"}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (22:17)", "body": "I can hardly argue with these two. I'll have to put a mention in for Bill Kruetzman and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. Mickey wrote a great book on drumming around the world. Anyone know of drummers webs sites that are worthwhile?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (23:34)", "body": "Can't believe I forgot Mitch Mitchell- and you're right, I was listening to \"Fire\" just the other day, and he was electrifying...If I remember correctly, he was replaced by Buddy Guy (sort of a mediocre talent, in comparison)- do you have any idea why? Have a hazy (purple, of course) recollection of Mitchell dying... Don't know, as I said, enough about the technical aspects of music to discern if Mitchell was a greater drummer than Moon- but you have to admit that if you needed a great drummer AND someone to destroy a hotel room, Keith would have to be your guy..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:55)", "body": "What do y'all think of Santana's drummer?"}, {"response": 13, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:57)", "body": "I read or heard that Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding found out they had been \"replaced\" from someone in the press. UGH! I don't know if Mitchell is still alive or not... As for Moon.... Hehehe what an animal! Pete Townsend gives him much credit for making the Who the band they were. He says he would be playing and of a sudden, things would just explode behind him. Keith Moon banging away like B52 dropping bombs."}, {"response": 14, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:15)", "body": "Really blows (what happened to Mitch Williams)- and hard to believe Jimi would go along with something like that... Santana's drummer was the guy you mentioned before, Mike Shrieve, right? Have to rewatch their Woodstock set, because I don't remember him, though he must have been excellant (to drum for Carlos)..."}, {"response": 15, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (13:11)", "body": "Mitch Mitchell was not replaced. The Experience broke up and Jimi Hendrix formed a new band called the Band Of Gypsys with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles (writer & original performer of \"Them Changes\") on drums. Band of Gypsys didn't last too long, and the next group was the new Experience, or, as I call it, the Gypsy Experience, since it had Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. That's how thw band was when Jimi died. And forget \"Fire\". You want the greatness of Mitch? Listen to \"Manic Depression\"!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (09:17)", "body": "A couple of years ago I went to a Billy Joel concert - the guy who played drums was excellent. What is his name?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (09:59)", "body": "Hmmm, no idea."}, {"response": 18, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (10:44)", "body": "A question to which you have no answer? How amazing - and reassuring."}, {"response": 19, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (16:49)", "body": "The greatest drummer of all time, of all time, is Reni from the Stone Roses. he really is the best, I promise you, the absolute most talented, skilful, rhythmical drummer ever ever ever. i've never heard anything like it."}, {"response": 20, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (17:04)", "body": "Examples?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (17:06)", "body": "anything off of the first Stone Roses album. Umm..anything off of the second Stone Roses album. if you have a good record store anywhere near you, you *owe* it to yourselves to go out and buy a copy of either, preferably both, albums. They're called \"Stone Roses\" (first album) and \"Second Coming\" (second album). the first album is the the best album i own, and the best i ever will own. it is the only collection of music that i have heard for the first time and instantly loved all of it. nothing, not even any of the beethoven which i own, comes close. it is, quite simply, god's perfect music."}, {"response": 22, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (23:40)", "body": "What year were these released?"}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (00:51)", "body": "Do they sing rock music, or what? Because I don't listen to heavy metal - gives me a headache."}, {"response": 24, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (04:03)", "body": "the first album is the most perfect form of pop music ever ever produced, and coming from me that's some compliment, since I'm the most hyper-critical of all musicians anywhere ever. the second album is a lot more funky, and takes more getting in to than the first, but it's still very good. the first album was released in 1989, by Silvertone Records, and the second in 1994 on Geffen Records (part of MCA). Track them down...maybe at www.musicboulevard.com (i think that's the url)"}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (05:07)", "body": "I'll go have a look in Jecklin. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 29, "subject": "Vote for Top Ten LPs in history...", "response_count": 168, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (04:30)", "body": "Top Ten (Studio-Produced) LPs of the post \"64 Era: (not necessarily in order) 1. Abbey Road (the Beatles) 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (the Beatles) 3. The Beatles (aka the \"White Album\") (the Beatles) 4. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) 5. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan) 6. Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 7. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) 8. The River (Bruce Springsteen) 9. Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) 10.Moondance (Van Morrison) 10.Music from Big Pink (the Band) 10.The Band (the Band) 10.Tapestry (Carole King) 10.Are You Experienced (Jimi Hendrix) 10.The Wall (Pink Floyd) 10.Disraeli Gears (Cream) 10.Derek and the Dominoes (Derek and the Dominoes) 10.Rust Never Sleeps (Neil Young) 10.Eat a Peach (Allman Brothers) 10.Pet Dreams (the Beach Boys) 10.The Pretender (Jackson Browne) 10.White Light, White Heat (Velvet Underground) 10.Tommy (the Who) Okay, so it's not a top ten- it's a top 23 (merely posting a topic does not constrain one to it's random, fascist dicta- like I said, this is Amer'ca)..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (09:50)", "body": "That's a great list!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (16:24)", "body": "In no particular order: 1. Tapestry - Carole King 2. Blue - Joni Mitchell 3. Axis, Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 4. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - CS&N 4. Famous Blue Raincoat - Jennifer Warnes 5. American Garage - Pat Metheny 6. Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention 7. Tommy - The Who 8. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 9. The White Album - The Beatles (Paul McCartney's old backup band) 10. Turning Point - John Mayall Just a few of the records I have tried to wear out and never could... *smile* Karl"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (22:18)", "body": "I didn't see Van Morrison in that list, guess he doesn't make the cut. Nor any Grateful Dead."}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:29)", "body": "Karl, do you have the Tapestry Tribute? Various artists covering Carole King's songs? I was listening to it this a.m. It's my \"lonely\" CD."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:55)", "body": "Good choice for a lonely CD. I've heard it!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (11:15)", "body": "Tapestry tribute? I can't believe I haven't heard of it yet! Where have I been? That may be my very nearly favorite album of all time... She is soooo soulful, so warm. *smile* Who is on the tribute album?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:03)", "body": "everyone!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:20)", "body": "Everyone???? Was I on the record? Did this happen in my sleep? Again... *grin*"}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:31)", "body": "Didn't you do backups for James Taylor?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (13:40)", "body": "It's awesome."}, {"response": 12, "author": "Smiling", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (14:35)", "body": "I'm a computer geek Stacey. The closest I might get would be backing up James Taylor's hard drive. *grin* Of course there are those blackout periods where I have been unable to explain my whereabouts. Hmmmmmmmm."}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (11:18)", "body": "*grin* The BeeGees, Celine Dion, Aretha Frankin, Richard Marx... one on one, not some of my FAVORITE artists but they do great things with her songs!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "triumph", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (11:24)", "body": "Top ten LPs in History? I wouldn't even begin, but for me Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Land is on there, as well as the Beatle's White Album. To me these albums were very important in the evolution of rock and roll and were even a turning point in rock music."}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (11:42)", "body": "The Eagles double album - Hotel California and the Long Run. Mares Eat Oats -- a childrens album I still own and adore! I don't think they were ever on vinyl but... Medusa - Annie Lennox Shaking the Tree -- Peter Gabriel"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (13:50)", "body": "Top Five Songs from Led Zeppelin IV (untitled): 1. Rock and Roll 2. Black Dog 3. Misty Mountain Hop 4. When the Levee Breaks 5. Going to California Notice any omissions?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (11:27)", "body": "Nick has refused to succumb to public pressure! Good for you, Nick!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (14:33)", "body": "May each right-thinking, sanity-loving person endeavor to extirpate that irksome song from popular conciousness, once and for all... Was at a club the other night, and between the band's sets must have heard it 17 times (a gruesome experience, to be sure)... Of course, I played \"Thunder Road\" about 17 times, too (though that's entirely different, obviously)..."}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Nov 20, 1997 (10:18)", "body": "obviously... *smile*"}, {"response": 20, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:50)", "body": "okay, the category is top ten singles of the post '64 era... and remember, this will account for 1/4 your final grade..."}, {"response": 21, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:52)", "body": "can't go back that far...... (shucks, wasn't born yet)"}, {"response": 22, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:52)", "body": "and what makes up the 3/4 left?"}, {"response": 23, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:57)", "body": "am gonna crash soon, better make it quick"}, {"response": 24, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (01:09)", "body": "lemme sleep on it, later :)"}, {"response": 25, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (01:09)", "body": "1. Hey Jude (the Beatles) 2. Don't Worry Baby (Brian Wilson) 3. All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) 4. Crazy Love (Van Morrison)(hey, it was our song...) 5. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)(our other song) 6. The Weight (The Band) 7. Hotel California (the Eagles) 8. The Pretender (Jackson Browne) 9. Behind Blue Eyes (the Who) 10.Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) 10.Our House (CS&N) 10.Here Comes That Girl (Tom Petty) 10.Beast of Burden (the Stones) 10.Lola (the Kinks) 10.Sunshine of my Love (Cream) 10.Bell-bottom Blues (Derek and the Dominoes) 10.Melissa (Allman Bros.) 10.Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 10.Suffragette City (David Bowie) 10.Maggie Mae (Rod Stewart) 10.Some Kind of Wonderful (Grand Funk RR) 10.Coming into Los Angeles (Arlo Guthrie) 10.Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen) (this, as all men know, is the greatest song of all time, so the list stops here...i'm growing weary, anyway)"}, {"response": 26, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (01:10)", "body": "wimp..."}, {"response": 27, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (01:12)", "body": "you should talk (!!) night-"}, {"response": 28, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (11:25)", "body": "Wot, no \"El Paso\"? No \"White Christmas\"? Being born in 1971, in Jamaica, I'm not really into this one. Pre '64: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - Marty Robbins; anything by Nat \"King\" Cole. Pre '64 does not include Rubber Soul by the Beatles, nor anything by Pink Floyd. The Wailers' debut single \"Simmer Down\" came out locally in 1963..."}, {"response": 29, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (14:33)", "body": "Here's a couple: 1. Urgent-Foreigner 2. Barracuda-Heart"}, {"response": 30, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (14:36)", "body": "and a couple more: 3. More Than a Feeling-Boston 4. (Don't Fear) The Reaper-BOC"}, {"response": 31, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (14:50)", "body": "really liked \"more than a feeling\", the first 1000 times i heard it. (the last 9000 have presented a problem, though) like \"peace of mind\", \"long time\" much more..."}, {"response": 32, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (15:45)", "body": "don't think i can limit this to 10.......... 5. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love-Van Halen 6. Poundcake-Van Halen"}, {"response": 33, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (16:27)", "body": "please, God... no \"stairway...\" no \"free bird\"... (that's all i ask) p.s. might wanta nix \"seasons in the sun\", \"billy don't be a hero\" and \"Feelings\", too (assuming You have the time)"}, {"response": 34, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (16:29)", "body": "how'd you know?"}, {"response": 35, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (16:31)", "body": "7. Photograph - Def Leppard 8. Hysteria - Def Leppard 9. Animal - Def Leppard"}, {"response": 36, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:22)", "body": "Survival: Bob Marley & The Wailers (So Much Trouble In The World, Zimbabwe, Babylon System, One Drop, Ambush In The Night, et al.) The Dark Side Of The Moon: Pink Floyd (Breathe In The Air, Time, Money, Brain Damage, et al.) Bridge Over Troubled Water: Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer, So Long Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecelia, et al.) Frampton Comes Alive!: Peter Frampton (Baby I Love Your Way, Do You Feel Like We Do, Show Me The Way, et al.) Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs: Marty Robbins (Big Iron, Billy The Kid, THe Strawberry Roan, The Master's Call, El Paso {NOT El Paso City} et al.) Can't think of any R&B albums; mostly know those as singles. Oh yes... Diamond Life: Sade (Smooth Operator, probably my favourite song!)"}, {"response": 37, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:28)", "body": "Singles and or Album Tracks: Redemption Song: Bob Marley & The Wailers Fast Car: Tracy Chapman (Actually, I should add her self-titled album to the album list) For You: Tracy Chapman (I should name the songs on the album I don't think much of, that'd be easier!) Many Rivers To Cross: Jimmy Cliff Fortunate Son: Creedence Clearwater Revival In The Ghetto: Candy Staton"}, {"response": 38, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (19:50)", "body": "like Tracy too"}, {"response": 39, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (19:39)", "body": "9.1 In My Dreams - REO Speedwagon 9.2 Time For Me To Fly - REO Speedwagon Sam, I like Sade as well"}, {"response": 40, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:44)", "body": "Oh man Wolf! You're making me nauseous! I suppose you wanted to rank Loverboy too!?!? Just giving you a hard time. My tastes in music are varied (just not THAT varied!)"}, {"response": 41, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (21:31)", "body": "yeah, wanted to see how far I could go before I got that response!"}, {"response": 42, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:14)", "body": "I know about as much about REO Speedwagon as I know about the car they're named after! (Actually, I think I know more about the car...)"}, {"response": 43, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:16)", "body": "The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Jonathan Livingston Seagull"}, {"response": 44, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:56)", "body": "omigod... (a neil diamond fan is among us)"}, {"response": 45, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:12)", "body": "Well I can't help it, can I! I grew up with two sisters who were mad on Neil Diamond and they brainwashed me with large doses of his music. By the time I realized that he wasn't much better at singing than Michael Bolt-Head it was too late! Besides which, what's wrong with the soundtrack for Jonathan Livingston Seagull ?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:32)", "body": "hey, my sister was in love with that defranco twerp (so i KNOW the awful taste of misery, bub)... but he ain't on my top ten list, either... that record struck me as , what? goofy, i guess... neil diamond doing serious, conceptual music makes as much sense as bob denver doing hamlet (and if you've seen that particular gilligan's island, you'll probably agree the latter was more sucessful at it... that \"neither a borrower nor a lender be\" tune had a nice ring to it)... (sorry, sit-com anologies are the best i can come up with, tonight)"}, {"response": 47, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:43)", "body": "Who's defranco? never heard of him! BTW, one of those sisters was also heavily into R&B along with her two older brothers (I'm the last of seven), and they turned me on to R&B, so don't knock 'em too hard! My first exposure to Jonathan Livingston Seagull was the soundtrack, which I enjoyed. I then read the book by Richard Bach, which I also enjoyed. I tried to watch the movie when it came on T.V. but it bored me to tears. I think someone should take the book and the soundtrack and write a ballet."}, {"response": 48, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:44)", "body": "The Very Best Of Sam Cooke"}, {"response": 49, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:47)", "body": "excellant choice... have you heard any of his soul stirrers stuff?"}, {"response": 50, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:54)", "body": "No... just know \"Another Saturday Night\", \"What A Wonderful World This Would Be\", \"Cupid\", \"Summertime\", \"Chain Gang\", etc. I don't remember which '70s group covered \"Cupid\", but I wish they hadn't... I'm actually called Sam Blob 'coz I sang Sam Cooke songs for my hall's concert (the Blob part is because I'm fat)."}, {"response": 51, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:05)", "body": "don't forget \"havin' a party\" (if you get the chance, listen to southside johnny and the jukes cover... really excellant)... if you're a sam cooke fan, the soul stirrers (the gospel group he headed before he went pop) are an essential... \"Touch the Hem of His Garment\", \"Peace in the Valley\", and \"Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles\" are as good as anything he ever did, and some of the very best gospel music ever created..."}, {"response": 52, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:55)", "body": "Barry White!! \"baby, baby, baby.... can't get enough of your love baby\" Whatami gonna do with your love baby?\" Love serenade.... King of cheese makes GREAT sex music!"}, {"response": 53, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:02)", "body": "I LOVE BARRY WHITE!!! (he deserves his own topic- hell, if sting gets a topic, barry oughta have 3)"}, {"response": 54, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:15)", "body": "Woo! Woo!"}, {"response": 55, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:23)", "body": "Three topics? \"I don't know, I don't know why...\" So tell me, what makes Barry White great while Neil Diamond and Sting stink?"}, {"response": 56, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:53)", "body": "first, i don't actually think sting \"stinks\"... among my redneck friends, he is regarded as the Man Who Killed the E. Street Band, and we're always cutting him, so i guess it's kind of instinctual... i think his music can be ponderous, and banal, but overall i think he's okay... i have several of his records, and turn \"roxanne\" all the way up, every time i hear it, even if grandma's in the car (a little classic rock and roll never hurt anyone)... same, kind of, goes for neil diamond... don't own any of his records (nor will i, i suspect), but i do respect the 60's pop music he created... it's not really my cup of tea, but it was top-flight stuff... it was in his pandering, feeble attempts at becoming \"a major artist\" that he invited scorn upon himself... neil diamond jokes are pretty old stuff... (yeah, i know... especially mine)... and barry white is sooooo smooth... (just love him... what can i say?)"}, {"response": 57, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:42)", "body": "Worst Neil Diamond song: \"Jungletime\". Even worse than \"Soggy Pretzels\"; almost as bad as \"Get Up And Boogie\" by The Silver Connection! BTW, it's songs like \"Fly Robin Fly\", \"Love To Love Ya Baby\" and the forementioned \"Get Up And Boogie\", that give disco such a bad name. K.C. And The Sunshine Band were rather good, although the Bee Gees sounded like they had their collective round objects in a vise (but their songs were still infinitely better than \"Get Up And Boogie\"!). ABBA is also classified as disco, and they're extremely good! Let's see, wasn't \"Another Brick In THe Wall, Part II\" also popular in discos?"}, {"response": 58, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:05)", "body": "nick, if I didn't think you were okay already, the consensus on Barry White would've cemented the deal. And last night I was hankerin' for a listen but I lent the CD out to an old roommate years ago... never returned. (group sigh) \u001b[1~And, although she doesn't come close to affecting me in quite the same way, Natalie is certainly a glorious singer/songwriter. And, I'll give you she is an excellent representation of the female gender. She toured with REM a couple of years ago and I attended the concert in Austin. Southpark Meadows, methinks."}, {"response": 59, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (13:04)", "body": "she has perfect eyebrows, you know... (like a goddess)"}, {"response": 60, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (14:22)", "body": "What does Natalie Cole have in common with Ziggy Marley and Julian Lennon? They all make their living off the talent of their fathers, with no genuine talent of their own."}, {"response": 61, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:12)", "body": "Man. You didn't give me a chance to even answer! I woulda got it too!"}, {"response": 62, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (00:43)", "body": "I kind of like Julian."}, {"response": 63, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (06:05)", "body": "me, too..."}, {"response": 64, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (07:19)", "body": "know this is off topic- but who in the hell is colin firth?"}, {"response": 65, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (07:20)", "body": "(and boy, must his ears be burning)"}, {"response": 66, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (09:59)", "body": "I find Julian a bit whiny actually."}, {"response": 67, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (21:15)", "body": "Don't say that too loud. He's the object of drooling around here."}, {"response": 68, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (18:04)", "body": "Oh, is that what that liquid is? I thought someone threw up!"}, {"response": 69, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (18:34)", "body": "Gross!!!"}, {"response": 70, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (20:32)", "body": "To be gross on the 'Net... interesting!"}, {"response": 71, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (20:39)", "body": "Hi Sam! Have you found Natalie M yet?"}, {"response": 72, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (20:52)", "body": "Hello? (as my voice echoes into the abyss)"}, {"response": 73, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:04)", "body": "hey, isn't that my line?"}, {"response": 74, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:07)", "body": "*gasp* why it....it lives! *hysterical laughter*"}, {"response": 75, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:12)", "body": "i think you're giving \"it\" too much credit..."}, {"response": 76, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:13)", "body": "ok, it's barely breathing.....better? You don't check your mail anymore, huh?"}, {"response": 77, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:17)", "body": "that a question or an answer... actually just limped home a few minutes ago..."}, {"response": 78, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:20)", "body": "both (you ok?)"}, {"response": 79, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:22)", "body": "you see how much stuff is being posted about colin firth? Geez, he must be some dude!"}, {"response": 80, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:24)", "body": "no. (my mail has been frightening lately) yes. (nearly sober)"}, {"response": 81, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:26)", "body": "geez, was it something I said.... (my mail has been MT) getting ready to be totally unsober now, huh? (am feelin' alright with help from tylenol)"}, {"response": 82, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:31)", "body": "no. not referring to your mail. yes. determined to be sober some time this weekend (have my kids tomorrow)"}, {"response": 83, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:33)", "body": "ya want mine too? they're driving me nuts with this preholiday spirit! (just kidding) (and if it were my mail, you wouldn't tell me)"}, {"response": 84, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:35)", "body": "*sigh*"}, {"response": 85, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:36)", "body": "no, i wouldn't (but i wouldn't be talking to you, either...that's my famous escape move...avoidance)"}, {"response": 86, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:36)", "body": "(by the way, go to the planet, angel just posted somethin' you'll really like)"}, {"response": 87, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:37)", "body": "don't sigh at me (you're stealing my best lines)"}, {"response": 88, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:39)", "body": "stealing, nay sir. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (haha)"}, {"response": 89, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:39)", "body": "did you see that thing the guy without a name posted? it was chilling (no joke)"}, {"response": 90, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:42)", "body": "yes it was...."}, {"response": 91, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:49)", "body": "but powerful..."}, {"response": 92, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:53)", "body": "still there? (got disconnected)"}, {"response": 93, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:55)", "body": "annie struck a blow against the normans (it was beautiful)"}, {"response": 94, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:57)", "body": "knew you'd like it........"}, {"response": 95, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (21:59)", "body": "well, uh, you were right..."}, {"response": 96, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:00)", "body": "what was that? can you say that a bit louder? (just teasin')"}, {"response": 97, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:06)", "body": "didn't mean to space out (which is a really stupid thing to say, i know, because i never MEAN to, though i'm invariably doing it) trying to talk/chew on gum at same time"}, {"response": 98, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:07)", "body": "gum, not gums, incidentally (know how your mind works)"}, {"response": 99, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:09)", "body": "we all zone out once in a while (i actually did it right in the middle of a live conversation and didn't wake up til i was asked a question). yeah, that doin' two things at once can be a real bummer....."}, {"response": 100, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:10)", "body": "do you now?"}, {"response": 101, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:14)", "body": "so, like...uhhhh... what's up? (this is what's known as clever reparte...) (in lampasas)"}, {"response": 102, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:16)", "body": "not a whole lot. been sufferin' really...."}, {"response": 103, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:19)", "body": "you're getting p.o.'d about the e-mail thing, huh? (slow simmer is a thing i know well)"}, {"response": 104, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:21)", "body": "no (as long as you're not ignoring me) (my sufferin' is due to this darned head/chest cold, it's kickin' butt)"}, {"response": 105, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:23)", "body": "(it'd be nice if ya wrote back once in awhile though *grin*)"}, {"response": 106, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:23)", "body": "sorry to hear that (the suffering part...can live without the simmering) shall i let you go?"}, {"response": 107, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:25)", "body": "am ok........."}, {"response": 108, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:26)", "body": "(unless this is your way of getting me to shut up *grin*)"}, {"response": 109, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:28)", "body": "no (can actually think of better ways to accomplish that maneuver)"}, {"response": 110, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:30)", "body": "enlighten me *wink*"}, {"response": 111, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:34)", "body": "enlightenment often comes at a steep cost"}, {"response": 112, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:35)", "body": "name the price............. *smile*"}, {"response": 113, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:38)", "body": "*sigh* perhaps you should do some comparison shopping (loss leaders aren't always what they're cracked up to be)"}, {"response": 114, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:40)", "body": "you need to give me and item description then, sweet, along with delivery, maintenance, terms, etc."}, {"response": 115, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:43)", "body": "damaged goods... (caveat emptor)"}, {"response": 116, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:44)", "body": "in that case, what kind of discount are you offering?"}, {"response": 117, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:47)", "body": "like i said... overpriced (it's a seller's market these days...)"}, {"response": 118, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:49)", "body": "one price for all, then?"}, {"response": 119, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:50)", "body": "sight unseen?"}, {"response": 120, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:50)", "body": "no clauses?"}, {"response": 121, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:54)", "body": "sheesh (one at a time)... get the feeling you're not much of a horse trader"}, {"response": 122, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (22:54)", "body": "ok, what will you ask in return?"}, {"response": 123, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (23:02)", "body": "i dunno... (for some reason, that question threw me)... like i told you, very jaded..."}, {"response": 124, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (23:04)", "body": "i don't think you are.........at least not to the extent that you mean........"}, {"response": 125, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (23:10)", "body": "perhaps we should adjourn to poetry? (symmetry, you know)"}, {"response": 126, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (23:11)", "body": "sure, i'll follow you........"}, {"response": 128, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (02:10)", "body": "hi, wer... whaddaya mean?"}, {"response": 130, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (02:19)", "body": "naah, i'm not depressed (too egoistic for that)..."}, {"response": 132, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (02:54)", "body": "*roflmao* anytime, wer..."}, {"response": 133, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (02:03)", "body": "In no particular order, and with little aforethought--just free flow and honest 1. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles) 2. Exodus (Bob Marley and the Wailers) 3. Frampton Comes Alive (Peter Frampton) 4. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 5. Pet Sounds (Beach Boys) 6. Can't Buy a Dream (Steely Dan) 7. Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (Marvin Gaye) 8. The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (Traffic) 9. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder 10. St. Dominic's Preview-Van \"the Man\" Morrison other honorable mentions: Tapestry-Carole King Court and Spark-Joni Mitchell Hellbound Train-Savoy Brown Rumours-Fleetwood Mac Abraxas-Santana 461 Ocean Boulevard-Eric Clapton Wired-Jeff Beck Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Band of Gypsies-Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox The Four Tops Second Album Aretha Franklin's Greaatest Hits Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan Every Picture Tells a Story-Rod Stewart The Very Best of Sam Cooke Hotel California-Eagles"}, {"response": 134, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (05:28)", "body": "Cool choices, but Jimi Hendrix? What on earth was his appeal???"}, {"response": 135, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (08:50)", "body": "Innovative, groundbreaking, maybe NOT ON EARTH (to use your words). His appeal was instead other-earthly...his use of feedback as a musical device instead of unwanted noise and his lefthanded style of playing with a guitar strung for a righty changed the way guitar was played forever...for better. Wasn't a great singer, for sure...but an incredible live performer. I saw him in an outdoor fest 1969, near Kickapoo, Illinois. He blew my doors off, and I wasn't on acid! The \"Band of Gypsies\" was a live a bum, and Buddy Miles did most of the singing. His song \"Them Changes\" may have defined 70s power funk. Other honorable mentions I could add off the top of my head include Superfly-Curtis Mayfield Graceland-Paul Simon (with Ladysmith Black Mombazo) Anticipation-Carly Simon (best album covers in the business, great legs) Quiet Storm-Smokey Robinson Briefcase Full of Blues-Blues Brothers Sticky Fingers-Rolling Stones Disraeli Gears-Cream The Joshua Tree-U2 Labour of Love (I, II, III)-UB40 Hot August Night (live)-Neil Diamond The Harder they Come Soundtrack-Jimmy Cliff Legalize It-Peter Tosh The Captain and Me-Doobie Brothers Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road-Elton John Venus and Mars-Wings Who's Next-The Who Rufus featuring Chaka Khan All Things Must Pass-George Harrison Days of Future Passed-Moody Blues Mark Cohn-Mark Cohn Hot Streets-Chicago Blood Sweat & Tears-Blood Sweat & Tears"}, {"response": 136, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (08:53)", "body": "That's \"a live album\"...not \"live a bum\" (YAPP shorthand with a Freudian twist to your dissenting view instead of my own). If you only took issue with one of my (original) choices...I'd say our tastes are similar..."}, {"response": 137, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (11:40)", "body": "George Harrison is great. I think it's sad that he was so neglected as a Beatle. He is cool - evasive and myterious."}, {"response": 138, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (12:09)", "body": "He wrote some of their best music, in quality...if not in quantity. \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps\" \"(Baby You Can) Drive My Car\" He lives on Maui and is"}, {"response": 139, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (12:11)", "body": "I hate YAPP! Mr. Harrison is VERY private. I haven't met him...but I hear stories about him from a few people who know him. He has a very large estate way in the boonies with a jillion KAPU (\"keep out\") signs. Some of his neighbors resent him because of how much land he owns and his personal inaccessibility. As long as he isn't bothering others, so #$@$%^^ what!"}, {"response": 140, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (12:13)", "body": "Mmmh, I like that Bob Dylan album - it's the only one I have. My favourite 10 LP's would look like 1. Sex Pistols - Never mind the Bollocks... 2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 3. Devo - Q:Are we not men? A: We are Devo! 4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 5. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life 6. Nick Cave - Henry's Dream 7. Violent Femmes - s.t. 8. Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial 9. Bobby Conn - Rise Up! 10.The Clash - Combat Rock 11. The Ramones - All Mmh, that makes at least eleven... but there are many more Hey John, I would've bet a Dollar, that you are a Deadhead! No?"}, {"response": 141, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (12:22)", "body": "Funny you should mention that. No Dead albums mentioned there. I've seen them live only eight times--would've seen them 80 times if time and circumstances had permitted. All the concerts were in California between 1972-75 (Navy) and 79-81 (when I went back and worked as a TV writer/stand-up comic/weekend radio dude). I'm not sure only eight concerts would qualify me as a Deadhead...but they were a great live band and only a mediocre studio band. Your taste is more--for lack of a better word--punk th n mine. But love the Clash, the Ramones, and the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed is still amazing (and I wouldn't have thought that he would still be alive). I met Popa Chubby (now a blues guitarist) a couple of years back. He had been the original guitarist for Richard Hell and the Voidoids. (remember them?) We got along great (we both look like Hell's Angels enforcers) and partied after his show here in Hilo."}, {"response": 142, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (13:04)", "body": "Wow, that's impressing! Punk's the music I grew up with and one always sticks to that, I think. But I like every kind of music, as long as it has no \"metal\" in it, like in Death Metal..."}, {"response": 143, "author": "Moon", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (13:04)", "body": "Hey Isabel, you forgot the Talking Heads and Television! (I've seen all the bands you've mentioned live, except for #8 & 9. I would like to add the Waterboys, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley to the list. Traffic's \"John Barleycorn must die,\" is also a classic."}, {"response": 144, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (13:36)", "body": "Hmh, top ten LPs in history? Then you're ALL WRONG! That's all YOUR favorite LPs - but truly the greatest? Since 1949 (=LPs hit market...), I'd expect something like Miles Davis's \"Sketches of Spain\" and more mixed stuff... Personal Top Ten: A tough one, too - all time, or personal history? Personal Top Ten LPs (First Try, in order of historic appearance) Carolyn Mas - Mas Hysteria The Who - The Kids Are Alright The Clash - Sandinista! (because it's THREE LPs in that album!) The Ramones - Road To Ruin (One MUST love this stuff!) DEVO - NOW IT CAN BE TOLD (fabulous 2LP-live Album) Radiohead - Pablo Honey (Soooo depressed, but know how to rock!) Kreidler - Weekend (First new electronic record I madly fell in love with) Hazeldine - How Bees Fly (Great LP - why did they ever change line-up?) Bo Diddley - ??? (Forgot the title, a new outtakes-compilation) Epic Soundtracks - Everything Is Temporary (Enough said in other topics.) - To be revised on short notice! -"}, {"response": 145, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (14:11)", "body": "I must insist that at least The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground and Devo belong to an \"All-Time-Goodies\"-List! But You're right, Alexander, there have to be many, many more...even on my personal hit list, this would be an endless story..."}, {"response": 146, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (14:54)", "body": "Yes, there's the \"Personal History All Time Top Ten\", the \"Personal All-Time Top Ten\", and the undisputed \"ALL TIME TOP TEN\", which is something like the philosophers' stone, or truth, or objectivity - an abstract idea that never will come to be! Devo, too, huh? John, I know a guy who knows Richard Hell from old CBGBs days... They met again this spring... One day, I'll post my fave 78s... Just you folks know what y'all've missed!"}, {"response": 147, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (22:40)", "body": "I could list my top ten jazz, blues, reggae, world beat, classical even Hawaiian albums...but it seemed this list was pretty much pop/rock oriented. Marley could make any pop list, though. So obviously missing are artists like Davis, Coltrane, B.B. King, Brubeck (who I interviewed and then talked to informally for about 2 hours--great guy)... As for fave 78's, Louis Armstrong's version of \"Reefer Man\" would have to be on it, as would Benny Goodman's \"Sing, Sing, Sing\" (Gene Krupa's drums)!"}, {"response": 148, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (03:58)", "body": "Is one allowed to list one's CD's? I don't have LP's."}, {"response": 149, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (04:29)", "body": "Although I'm not a moderator I'd have to guess \"Yes.\"...LP is now a \"historical\" reference"}, {"response": 150, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (10:59)", "body": "OH! God, all this terminology! I should've been born in the stone age, I'm sure. Okay: Radiohead - OK Computer Bette Midler - Bathouse Betty John Lennon - Imagine Those are my favourites at the moment."}, {"response": 151, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (16:07)", "body": "Isabel, if you bring \"The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground and Devo\", then I'll take the brandnew Stereo Total (current band from Berlin), and reconsider my choices... Die Dissidenten, the Sahara Electric album - these guys INVENTED what is called worldmusic today. They called it Ethno Beat, and recorded in the Sahara with their mobile studio. Perhaps one Tocotronic album, though I'm not sure which one, maybe WIR KOMMEN UM UNS ZU BESCHWEREN."}, {"response": 152, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (16:47)", "body": "Okay-since someone mentioned jazz...my Jazz Top Ten (basically acoustic, some vocals, NO FUSION) 10. Phil Woods-\"Full House\" 9. Tony Bennett-\"MTV Unplugged\" 8. Miles Davis-\"Bitches Brew\" 7. Chet Atkins & Les Paul-\"Chester and Lester\" (first one) 6. Cal Tjader/Vince Guaraldi-\"Jazz at the Blackhawk\" 5. Clifford Brown-\"At Basin Street\" 4. Mongo Santamaria-\"Watermelon Man\" 3. Duke Ellington/Louis Bellson/Clark Terry-\"At Birdland 1952\" 2. Mingus Moods-Charles Mingus 1. Take Five-Dave Brubeck A few honorable mentions: Miles Davis-\"Sketches of Spain\" \"Bob Dorough Live\" Marian McPartland-\"Piano Jazz with Dave Brubeck\" \"The Best of Art Blakey\" \"The Very Best of Joe Pass\" Dizzy Gillespie-\"A Night in Tunisia\" Cannonball Adderley-\"Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival\" Sorry, no Coltrane...too far out there for me. Bird, loved what I've heard, but that's not a lot."}, {"response": 153, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (08:34)", "body": "I'll work on my list if y'all promise not to laugh too hard."}, {"response": 154, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (11:15)", "body": "Lemme guess. Would that include . . . . Ray Conniff? \ufffdgrin\ufffd"}, {"response": 155, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:09)", "body": "mine is full of baroque trumpet and organ stuff and Beethoven...and the original Saint-Saens organ symphony...oh well. Go ahead, Terry, I won't laugh!"}, {"response": 156, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:45)", "body": "I'm working on it and the answer is no, ree."}, {"response": 157, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:47)", "body": "Don't diss Ray Conniff! I won't let you borrow my Lawrence Welk albums!!! ;=)"}, {"response": 158, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:37)", "body": "JOHN!!!! tell me you do not have LW albums or I will have to reassess my adoration of you...bleah!!!"}, {"response": 159, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (02:56)", "body": "Terry, my next guess is ... Blondie? I KNEW someone would like Ray Conniff!! My mum sometimes listens to it! But I'm proud to say she mostly listens to the Beatles, the Stones and the Kinks."}, {"response": 160, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (04:01)", "body": "No, Marcia...no Welk albums. But once I had a terrible dream that I was forced at gunpoint to work at an elevator music station. The station manager used mind control. He tied me up with cobra-skin ropes and played \"Calcutta\" over and over until my ears bled! Hey Ree, Ray Conniff was a party animal. He and Mantovani roomed together at Betty Ford!!!!"}, {"response": 161, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (04:05)", "body": "Ah, the Kinks! \"I'm not the world's most passionate man, but I know what I am and I bet I'm a man and so is Lola! \" It may belong in silly song lyrics, but Ray Davies is a bleedin' genius!"}, {"response": 162, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (00:31)", "body": "ha-ha! That's hilarious!"}, {"response": 163, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (01:04)", "body": "Love the Brits."}, {"response": 164, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (13:23)", "body": "Defenitely. Battiest nation on earth!"}, {"response": 165, "author": "aa9il", "date": "Mon, Mar 13, 2000 (22:34)", "body": "OK, gotta throw in my $.02 Top albums not in any particular order.... Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time Santanna - Abraxis Grateful Dead - American Beauty Tangerine Dream - Phaedra The Orb - Orb Live 93 Steve Hillage - Fish Rising King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Incredible String Band - Changing Horses Gong - Angels Egg Meat Puppetts - Forbidden Places and the list goes on and on and on and ...... mike aka cosmo"}, {"response": 166, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar 14, 2000 (12:53)", "body": "Wow, easy with that prog/psych shtuff! I guess you forgot your favorite Cpt. Beefheart-LP. Lots of British there, and a bit German, too. Hmh, I played that Floyd record the morning we got called and told my grandfather had died. For dubios reasons, the record was pretty quick off the turntable again, as my family couldn't see the appropriateness... No, not of Careful With That Axe Eugene, nor Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, but of the Grand Vizier's Garden Party. Thank you for your list! Next: your favorite all-time live experience..."}, {"response": 167, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar 14, 2000 (18:08)", "body": "Carolos Montoya filling the Civic Auditorium just with his unmiked Spanish guitar."}, {"response": 168, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar 14, 2000 (18:09)", "body": "Carlos Montoya, of course - in Hilo, Hawaii! Second best was the Preservation Hall Society of Lower Basin Street playing the most git-down Dixieland you ever heard.. Incredible! Same venue."}, {"response": 169, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar 15, 2000 (14:04)", "body": "I can't really decide for myself. There's been so much fantastic stuff... Bobby Conn in 1998 (he hated the concert, because the PA blew out all the time). The Sisters of Mercy in 1992 (when they opened with Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb - perfect!) Fela Kuti, mid-eighties. His sax blew my mind. Cosmo, how about you?"}, {"response": 170, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Mar 15, 2000 (15:13)", "body": "Me, too, if you consider my entire life. Toscanini conducting anything. Margot Fonteyn dancing anything. Budapest String Quartet, Swedish National Orchestra, musicals on Broadway...Never mind - I am boggled just by the choices I have from the first 10 years of my life!"}, {"response": 171, "author": "aa9il", "date": "Sun, Mar 19, 2000 (17:43)", "body": "Oh, man.... best concerts? Lots to choose from... SRV's second to last show with Clapton and Robert Cray Band at Alpine Valley David Bowie at the Erwin Center Pink Floyd at the Astrodome King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater The 'Dead at Manor Downs ZZ Top at the Aragon 'Brawl Room' in Chicago Yes at some outdoor arena in Phoenix Poi Dog Pondering during their 'Volo Volo' tour at the Riviera and at a private concert at Lake Forest College Kraftwerk at the Riviera Tangerine Dream at the Vic in Chicago Gong and Hawkwind at the Cubby Bear in Chicago The Orb and Orbital at Metro in Chicago Brave Combo at Stubbs (had to get that one in there....) And probably SXSW back in '88 and '89 And thats enuf for now..... Mike aka cosmo music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 3, "subject": "Carley Simon", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "kiki", "date": "Mon, Sep  2, 1996 (18:23)", "body": "this is a test"}, {"response": 2, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Thu, Jul 13, 2000 (05:58)", "body": "Hey Kiki, you a Carley Simon fan? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 30, "subject": "Nanci Griffith", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (14:13)", "body": "That was really cool, Karl...Stated with grace, style, and passion. (and she is, after all, a great Irish-woman...)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, May  9, 1999 (12:39)", "body": "So, what's with Nanci these days? And with Karl? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 31, "subject": "The Music Conference Fake Book", "response_count": 10, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (11:28)", "body": "No lyrics to submit BUT... Nanci Griffith is playing in Denver tonight!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (12:11)", "body": "Are you going?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (13:01)", "body": "no, they sold out in about 45 minutes. In addition to not owning a tv, having call waiting, beeper or cellphone... I do not have speed dial."}, {"response": 4, "author": "wer", "date": "Sat, Sep 12, 1998 (11:35)", "body": "out of curiousity, what do you have?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (04:40)", "body": "a companion, two kitties, a big green house and 'new' car (for all those who remember my Dodge Spirit with 116,000+ miles... she's outta the picture!), my sanity, usually my health, a computer and an ISP, lotsa JUNK!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (23:28)", "body": "And a partridge and a pear tree. Wow, new wheels! Same here, I got a Buick in mint shape. A 91 w/ 35,000 miles. Still have the Caravan too."}, {"response": 7, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Oct  2, 1998 (23:40)", "body": "Wow, Terry, never figured you for the minivan type..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Oct  3, 1998 (02:19)", "body": "Big time, Autumn."}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Sat, Oct  3, 1998 (11:22)", "body": "so's he can cart around all his technology!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Oct  7, 1998 (15:51)", "body": "Ahh....Still picture him in something quirkier, like a VW Bug. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 32, "subject": "Alice's Restaurant", "response_count": 67, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (01:13)", "body": "A place to celebrate one of the world's great folk artists- all-around leftist pinko and unrepentant hippy Arlo Guthrie...as well as other folk artists, from Woody to Cisco, Ramblin'Jack Elliot to Pete Seeger to the Chieftons..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (01:21)", "body": "Great movie. Was this in New Hampshire? Is it still around?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (01:39)", "body": "Heard on the radio Arlo's Second Anniversary Alice's Restaurant Massacree show will be broadcast Thanksgiving Day at noon, on KLFX (107.3), Killeen... Checked his site, located at http://arlo.net and found more than 60 radio stations around the country are carrying it, including KBRQ Waco (which I think is either 102.3 or 102.5, but I'm not sure)...I've always been able to pick up 107.3 in Austin, though, so it shouldn't shouldn't matter, within a 70 mile or so radius of Killeen... Arlo's site is extremely cool, by the way, well worth checking out... By the way, this year is the thirtieth anniversary of Arlo's first performance of the song, at the Newport(?) Folk Festival..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (01:47)", "body": "No, it was Stockdale(?), Mass., I believe, where Arlo still resides...And it was a terrific movie... Forgot to mention that you can access the Folk Music Web Ring from Arlo's site- all kinds of good stuff there, from Indigo Girls (Stacey) to lots of Celtic music sites, Woody's site, appalachian music, etc...Also something called the \"Bob Dylan Shrine\" (can't you just see him scowl at the notion of that?)... By the way, anyone know where a copy of \"Amigo\" might be obtained? (I've checked Waterloo for several years, with no luck, and it's a cut-out...)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (01:50)", "body": "Oh, and yes, it's still around...Arlo bought it a few years ago, and that's where the concerts actually take place...perhaps a new American (leftist) tradition can be born..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec  4, 1997 (22:02)", "body": "Today's \"thought provoking thought\", from Arlo: \"Lord Krishna told Arjuna what to do. The Lord Jesus told his disciples what to do. Nancy told Ronnie what to do. Everyone tells me what to do...\""}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec  8, 1997 (18:07)", "body": "definitely thought provoking..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (23:51)", "body": "Arlo's Thought-Provoking Thought of the day: \"I'm supposed to be singin', but you can't always do what your s'posed to.\" (i gained a lot of insight from this, by the way... which is why i begin every day with a trip to Arlo's site, gleaning from his indefatigueable well of wisdom... and he is Irish, you know...)"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (23:54)", "body": "of course"}, {"response": 10, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:00)", "body": "so? whatcha wanna do?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:06)", "body": "sure......ask me here then leave me all alone *sniff*"}, {"response": 12, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:09)", "body": "Everyone knows and loves \"This Land Is Your Land\", written, of course, by Arlo's dad, Woody Guthrie... But did you know Woody was a socialist, and that the song was intended as a socialist's rebuttal to Irving Berlin's \"God Bless America\" (which Woody absolutely detested)? And do you know the verses they hide from you (esp. the third verse), which Woody, near his death-bed, made Arlo promise to always include, and to do his best to prevent people from forgetting? (Woody was terrified the song would be co-opted by the righteous crowd, and used to advance ideas he detested... which was prescient of him, because that is precisely what has happened...) Anyway, these are the third and fourth verses of \"God Bless America\" (the ones you never hear, nor are likely to unless you catch Arlo or Pete Seeger performing the song): Was a big wall That tried to stop me A sign was painted said Private property But on the other side It don't say nothing That side was made for you and me (chorus) One bright sunny morning In the shadow of a steeple By the relief office I saw my people As they stood hungry I stood wondering If this land was made for you and me (chorus) (God bless Woody)"}, {"response": 13, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:09)", "body": "what? don't make me dance on the tables again..........."}, {"response": 14, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:10)", "body": "sorry 'bout that... got carried away..."}, {"response": 15, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:12)", "body": "ouch... third and fourth verses of \"This Land Is Your Land\", I obviously meant to say..."}, {"response": 16, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:13)", "body": "(didn't know all that stuff), course, don't know much do I?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:16)", "body": "Hmmmm...is that a question, or an answer? (just kidding)"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:17)", "body": "now wanta learn the words to the \"Internationale\"?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:18)", "body": "sure you are.... so how're you doin today?"}, {"response": 20, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:19)", "body": "spare me, pleeeeeze. am not in a music mood tonite (at least not learning new verses)."}, {"response": 21, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:21)", "body": "Have my kids tonight, which is very cool"}, {"response": 22, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:23)", "body": "me too, all snoozin'. ages please..."}, {"response": 23, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:24)", "body": "I was kidding. (it's a commie song)"}, {"response": 24, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:26)", "body": "Am a Fourierist, though..."}, {"response": 25, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:26)", "body": "hmmmmmm..."}, {"response": 26, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:27)", "body": "what in the heck is that? (pardon my ignorance)"}, {"response": 27, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:27)", "body": "(kidding again) can't help myself someone stop me... (please)"}, {"response": 28, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:27)", "body": "would that be species or genera?"}, {"response": 29, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:28)", "body": "you're in a good mood, where'd that come from?"}, {"response": 30, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:30)", "body": "pseudo-commie, transcendentalist utopian pinko kinda thing... (it's all the rage in Lampasas... half our town council are Fourierists)"}, {"response": 31, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:31)", "body": "uh-huh, and how long have you heard those voices in your head?"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:32)", "body": "like it when you're in good humour"}, {"response": 33, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:35)", "body": "who says I'm in a good mood? sitting here contemplating the revolution of the proletariot... \"expropriating the expropriators\"... nuking the normans... does that sound like a good mood?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:37)", "body": "for you? yeah......."}, {"response": 35, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:39)", "body": "when the knell sounds, baby, the landscape will be bleached with their bones..."}, {"response": 36, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:40)", "body": "if you say so"}, {"response": 37, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:43)", "body": "actually don't know what the hell I'm saying... (I came here to talk about the draft...)"}, {"response": 38, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:45)", "body": "oh?"}, {"response": 39, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (00:46)", "body": "meet me in \"top lp's\"..."}, {"response": 40, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (11:31)", "body": "I actually thought Woody Guthrie wrote \"Knockin' On Heaven's Door\" until a few months ago. Shows how out of American Folk I am! I also thought he wrote \"Okie from Muskogee\"! (Bob Zimmerman and Merle Haggard, respectively)"}, {"response": 41, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:52)", "body": "gotta love zimmerman! Just wouldn't know he wrote it unless he \"sang\" it!"}, {"response": 42, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (19:26)", "body": "sigh. not you, too... (am i the only person on earth that likes the way he sings?) (hope you had a cool first day, incidently...)"}, {"response": 43, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:19)", "body": "nick: (am i the only person on earth that likes the way he sings?) Possibly so!"}, {"response": 44, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:45)", "body": "so kind of you to point this out... (you should really experience a little more dylan than one record before making up your mind, though... yet i'm perplexed that you could actually prefer the bland harmonies of, say, peter, paul,& mary to dylan (\"blowin' in the wind\", which you have heard, and which i believe to be a strong, honest dylan vocal)... of course, you will undoubtedly agree that each withers in comparison to jim nabors knowing rendition (jamming with rob reiner, too)..."}, {"response": 45, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:18)", "body": "I saw Arlo play at the Texas Union, it was a wonderful concert. I'd go to hear him again in a heartbeat."}, {"response": 46, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:21)", "body": "I did prefer Dylan's rendition of \"The Times They Are A Changin'\" to that of Simon & Garfunkel's version on Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. , which was, quite frankly, a disappointment. \"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35\" sounds like it'd be right at home in a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western (but not in \"Play Misty For Me\", the movie whose soundtrack gave Roberta Flack the recognition she deserved) I heard Peter Paul and Mary do \"Leaving On A Jet Plane\" (which I liked), but I've never heard their version of \"Blowin' In The Wind\". As for bad singing, I'm a Hendrix fan, remember? Hendrix is worse than Dylan in the singing department!"}, {"response": 47, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:28)", "body": "Never heard Jim Nabors' version either, but I'm sure it's great (Jim Nabors has an excellent voice, except when he talks!) \"Blowin' In The Wind\" has some of the best singing by Bob Dylan I have ever heard. I can sing better than Dylan, but Dylan wasn't a star because of his singing; I could never write anything close to what Dylan wrote. A friend of mine (who's the biggest Dylan fan I've ever met face to face) once wondered how a man as totally tone deaf as Dylan ever wrote and played such good music. My reply was that he was not tone-deaf but tone-dumb; he could hear & play & appreciate the music, he just flippin' couldn't sing!"}, {"response": 48, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:42)", "body": "I'm truly envious, terry (i'd love to see arlo... hopefully he'll play austin again soon)... sam, sam, sam... repeat after me... dylan is not tone deaf. he can carry a tune nicely. he chooses to sound the way he does for a reason. he is probably the most brilliant songwriter of this century. give him the benefit of the doubt. try to hear the music the way he intended for you to hear it. he's the most challenging musical artist i've ever experienced, but in many ways he's also the most rewarding. (by the way, i think jimi's voice is just fine...)"}, {"response": 49, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:44)", "body": "oh, and i was kidding re: jim nabors (it was awful)"}, {"response": 50, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:11)", "body": "nick: sam, sam, sam... repeat after me... Oh, I'm an excellent mimic! dylan is not tone deaf. I think I said that... he can carry a tune nicely. Will believe it when I hear it. he chooses to sound the way he does for a reason. He likes seeing twisted frowns on his audience's faces? he is probably the most brilliant songwriter of this century. No argument there! give him the benefit of the doubt. try to hear the music the way he intended for you to hear it. he's the most challenging musical artist i've ever experienced, but in many ways he's also the most rewarding. I agree, which is why I suffer thoeugh his singing to hear what he's got to say! BTW, that Dylan album I mentioned: I bought it about a month after first hearing Dylan's singing. The tape I heard (owned by the same woman who marvelled at the difference in quality between Dylan's musicianship and his singing) included some song or other which included the memorable lyrics: \"...I knew he lost control When he lit a fire on Main Street And shot it full of holes! He's shooting again, Maw...\" I listened to that tape to hear the original version of \"All Along The Watchtower\", which, until then, I only knew second-hand through Jimi. I marvelled to hear a voice just as bad as, if not worse than, Jimi's! About a month later, I bought Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits . My favourite song on that album is \"Subterranean Homesick Blues\", although the one I consider to be his best on that album is \"The Times, They Are A Changin'\" (I like rebel music...) (by the way, i think jimi's voice is just fine...) I wouldn't agree, if I hadn't heard the songs \"Have You Ever Been (To Electric Lady Land)\" and \"Drifting\". If Dylan has any songs where his singing is as good as Jimi's is in those two, then maybe I'll change my opinion. Those two songs stioll haven't changed my general opinion of Jimi's singing"}, {"response": 51, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (01:27)", "body": "sigh. okay... if you honestly believe dylan's audiences are rife with \"twisted frowns\" (and believe jim nabors leaves 'em begging for more), i can hardly dissuade you... but dylan is the one who changed the standard, forever...a great rock and roll voice is one which sells a song, and an attitude, and sells it in a fundamentally different way than in any other kind of music...it is not always meant to be a \"prettified\" sound, and in the case of dylan that notion is absurd, and would actually detract from the mu ic (as evidenced by the neutered sound accomplished by the many artists covering his work, with the notable exception of jimi (\"watchtower\"), and a few others)... i'm not certain what standard it is you're judging these singers by- but if you applied traditional vocal standards to rock and roll, very few would pass muster (maybe because so many vocal mannerisms, etc., derive from dylan, and his legions of emulators)... regardless, it is certainly a matter of taste, and not everyone shares the same (i gran you)... but the central point is valid... dylan sings the way he does on purpose... he possesses a more accessible voice (as i told you, listen to \"lay, lady, lay\", and you'll hear it), but he chooses to apply a different sound to his lyrics, and it is an essential component of his artistic vision... and you should suspend judgement until you've listened to more of his work (Blood on the Tracks, for ex., or Blonde on Blonde)...if nothing else, consider that Woody Guthrie, one of the most significant figu es in the history of american music, believed that dylan had the best folk music voice he'd ever heard (surely woody knew a thing or two re: that subject)...maybe it's a bad analogy, but i view changing dylan's sound (or suggestions that his voice detracts from it) in much the same way i view those sniping at Picasso or Pollack (\"those pictures'd sure be purty if they made any sense\")- they're just missing the point. however, if i offended you with anything i said, i'm sorry (was not my intention)...dylan's music is obviously a thing i feel deeply about. oh, and re: that musicianship stuff- even dylan will tell you he's barely adequate with a guitar, and is often rough in his arrangements... so i don't know where that comes from..."}, {"response": 53, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (02:44)", "body": "thanks, wer (yeah, i'm still drifting in cyberspace...doing poetry junk)"}, {"response": 54, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (05:59)", "body": "I know I often have a twisted frown when Dylan produces a particularly jarring noise... I have no idea what audiences like. Michael Bolton has sell out concerts, I will never understand why; his singing is no better than Dylan's, and unlike Dylan he has nothing to say. I have no idea what you judge singing by, but whether by melody or by clarity Dylan falls somewhat short IMO. I will, however, try to find \"Lay Lady Lay\" as I said, there are not many Dylan fans in Jamaica) The most monumentous moment in rock & roll history, IMO, was the meeting of Dylan and the Beatles. Neither folk nor rock was ever the same again. About those \"Neutered\" versions, is Manfred Mann's \"The Mighty Quinn\" one, or an exception. The fundamental music is generally good, and understandable (in sharp contrast to...) BTW I am no fan of Picasso. The one Picasso painting I like is Guernica , mainly because it does look like what one would expect a town being bombed at the time it is being bombed (does anyone really know what reality looks like when the bombs are actually falling? Can anyone who knew firsthand actually remember? It probably looks like that!) I miss the point, and am therefore not impaled."}, {"response": 55, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (11:39)", "body": "yes, i understand... and the world is filled with non-picasso fans... yet it is not necessary (or shouldn't be) to like his stuff to appreciate his talent, and certainly it's contribution to art. and in this fashion, the analogy is dead-on, because picasso helped revolutionize art in much the same way dylan did the way music was written (and vocalized)... one may not be crazy for it, but it seems a little facile to dismiss him (and/or the generation of artists in his wake) because of a mainly visceral re ction to his work... don't understand the michael bolton thing, either, but then i've never understood the appeal of much pop music... bolton is no better or worse than most, and to his credit, does not seem to make pretensions of being an \"artiste\"... however, i have to admit, on that visceral level (which is probably the only level competent to judge his work), he brings out the beavis in me (when i see his face on television, i'm apt to shriek, cover my face with one hand, reach desperately for the remote control with the other)... and yeah, manfred mann's \"quinn\" was competently done (and really isn't a typical dylan song, anyway... really required a more pop oriented sound)... liked the movie, however, much better than the song..."}, {"response": 56, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:22)", "body": "I do not dismiss Dylan. No one can dismiss Dylan, he has said and done too much for anyone to dismiss him. He has a rock solid place in the history of music and culture. I just don't happen to think he can sing! And I still listen to his songs in spite of this! I will try to find \"Lay Lady Lay\" and listen to his singing. BTW, I listened to that Greatest Hits album again this morning, and I must admit that Dylan's voice is entertaining; I always laugh at it when I hear \"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35\"! It's so bad it's funny! \"Blowing In The Wind\" and \"The Times They Are A Changin'\" were done quite competently (but not much more than that) and then came another hilarity, \"It Ain't Me, Babe\", which made me wonder if the singing were as much intended to repel the girl as the words were! I once again thought that \"Like A Rolling Stone\" might sound better if it was read as poetry (then again, could one tell the difference?) I identify greatly with the lyrics to \"Mr. Tambourine Man\", but I still think that Dylan must have been heavily stoned when he recorded it! \"Subterranean Homesick Blues\" sounds quite at home in this day and age of rap music. \"I Want You\"; what can I say about it? What is all that verbal imagery trying to say? \"Positively 4th Street\" is Dylan telling off some hypocrite or another and is quite clear. I always avoid \"Just Like A Woman\"; it tics me off for some not yet understood!"}, {"response": 57, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:41)", "body": "really? that's interesting (your reaction to \"just like a woman\")... i think it is achingly beautiful... it's the kind of song i would think every guy could identify with, as regards to at least one woman he's known (know i do)... \"rainy day woman\" does succeed, i guess, from the vantage point you referenced... other than that, i really don't care for it (one of the few dylan tunes that'll cause me to change the dial)... the greatest hits volume you mentioned is a solid record, but i think the second GH package was superior, as was Biograph, and numerous of his studio produced LP's... lots of stuff on these you probably haven't heard, which i'm certain you'd enjoy... but don't buy an album just to hear \"lay, lady, lay\"... (it's probably on both the second GH pck., as well as Biograph, though i can't remember)... the studio-LP it originates from is Nashville Skyline, which, along with Self Portrait, rates as the most dismal crap he's ever produced (N.S. is actually \"dylan goes nashville\"- what an idea- with chet atkins producing, i think... with the exc. of \"lay, lady, lay\", it is pretty much a waste of time)..."}, {"response": 58, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:52)", "body": "I'll try to listen to \"Just Like A Woman\" again, to try and figure my reaction out. After I listen to Dylan's version, I'll listen to the version on Side B of Roberta Flack's single \"Killing Me Softly With His Song\"."}, {"response": 59, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:54)", "body": "I'll look for Greatest Hits Volume II"}, {"response": 60, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (19:01)", "body": "nice touch (roberta flack)... (sigh)"}, {"response": 62, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:40)", "body": "no, haven't heard it, wer... what signifies \"chinga\"? (would make a nice battle cry, though- you know, barbarianizing the planet, and all)"}, {"response": 64, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (01:35)", "body": "i've been to nuevo laredo... it's definitely sex..."}, {"response": 65, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:07)", "body": "Boys Town? Nuevo Laredo as a whole spoke more to me as 'extreme poverty' Matamoros smelled more like sex, maybe it was just the location!"}, {"response": 66, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (01:18)", "body": "Arlo's Thought Provoking Thought of the Day: \"If readers understand that they do not understand what they're reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.\" (i think this rather settles that whole question, don't you?)"}, {"response": 68, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (05:40)", "body": "She should be getting to Austin about now. Hope we hear from her!"}, {"response": 69, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:28)", "body": "That's not a unanimous hope..."}, {"response": 71, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:44)", "body": ""}, {"response": 73, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (13:59)", "body": "Anything we want? Well, let me have a looksee at that menu again!"}]}, {"num": 33, "subject": "The Honourable Robert Nesta Marley, O.M. (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981)", "response_count": 14, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (10:42)", "body": "Wot, no Bob fans? \"So soon we find out who is The real revolutionary; 'Cause I don't want my people To be tricked by mercenaries!\" - From Zimbabwe by Bob Marley"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (18:51)", "body": "Yep, I'm a Bob Marley fan."}, {"response": 3, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (19:28)", "body": "O.K., which albums do you have? What's your favourite Bob song? Which do you think is his best? Those last two are not necessarily redundant questions. The best Bob Marley & The Wailers album IMO is Survival , while my favourite album by the band is Burnin' Incidentally, Burnin' was the only album from Island Records to have the band billed as The Wailers instead of Bob Marley & The Wailers. Before they recorded for Island, the band was The Wailers. The first album for Island was Catch A Fire billed as Bob Marley & The Wailers. The others must ahve objected to this (I would think that Peter Tosh would have been most vocal on that subject) and so the second album, Burnin' , was billed as being done by The Wailers. Peter Tosh and Bunny ailer, the last remaining original Wailers apart from Bob, left the group after that album, and they went back to being Bob Marley & the wailers. I think there was a big feud between Chris Blackwell, head of Island Records, and Peter Tosh."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec 14, 1997 (23:42)", "body": "I'm not a Bob Marley expert but I just like reggae and Bob Marley. Austin is home to two major reggae festivals each year both dedicated to Bob Marley. These are held outdoors down on town lake. I've been to a couple and had a fabulous time. But I'm not much good for details on Bob Marley."}, {"response": 5, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:25)", "body": "O.K., here they are: Bob's international studio albums, all for Island Records: 1. Catch A Fire 2. Burnin' 3. Natty Dread 4. Rastaman Vibrations 5. Exodus 6. Kaya 7. Survival 8. Uprising 9. Confrontation (released posthumously) The Wailers made a lot of singles and at least one album locally before they were stranded in England and Bob made a deal with Chris Blackwell, four thousand pounds for an album.. The Wailers eventually got eight thousand pounds for Catch A Fire ; Blackwell undoubtedly got a lot more..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:19)", "body": "I'd have to pick number 4 as my favorite."}, {"response": 7, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:37)", "body": "Good choice. I personally think 6 is better, and I just plain like 2, but Rastaman Vibrations starts up lively but consciously with \"Positive Vibrations\" and \"Roots Rock Reggae\", goes on to \"Johnny Was\", which has a profound effect on me for personal reasons, and goes on to end with \"War\" and \"Rat Race\", both truly profound songs. It was after Rastaman Vibrations that Bob was shot in his home along with his wife and his manager (all survived) and fled Jamaica for two years. During this time he softened considerably and did the albums Exodus and Kaya , both relatively loaded with drivel, both doing very well on the American & European market. These albums are probably the reason why Europe & North America think of Bob as a Jamaican John Lennon; peace & love & all that crap. But he came back to Jamaica and did Survival , which I believe to be his awakening from the English dream and singing of the struggle once more, with a vengeance!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "laughingskye", "date": "Fri, May 14, 1999 (08:26)", "body": "Sam, a friend was telling me about the incident where Bob was shot in the foot. His cancer surfaced some time afterwards, and, Bob had this theory that the bullet contained some kind of carcenogenic agent. He had evidently felt that the government(s) viewed him as a \"dangerous revolutionary\", and, were behind that particular shooting incident. What's your opinion on that?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Feb  6, 2002 (17:39)", "body": "I had never heard that Bob was shot in the foot. I heard that Bob had injured his foot while playing football (what you call soccer). Apart from the conjecture that the cancer had something to do with this injury, I have never heard of any correlation between injuries and cancer."}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Feb  6, 2002 (19:26)", "body": "Come back Annette! Sam misses you. So I the rest of us! I had only heard of cancer, also with regards to Robert Marley. Checking some local email sources I would not be half as well off without..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (13:46)", "body": "\"Every man got a right to decide his own destiny And in his judgement there is no partiality, So arm in arm, with arms , we fight our little struggle 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome this little trouble \"And brother you're right, you're right, you're right, you're right, you're so right, We go'n' fight, we got to fight, we got to FIGHT, fight for our rights, Natty jam it in-a Zimbabwe, Dread it up in-a Zimbabwe, Africa a-liberate Zimbabwe, Natty dread a-liberate Zimbabwe...\" - from Zimbabwe by Bob Marley. Now tell me, are these the words of a pacifist?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (13:47)", "body": "I just HATE the fact that posts can't be previewed or edited here!!!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (13:56)", "body": "\"We refuse to be What you wanted us to be, now, We are what we are, That's the way it's goin' to be If you don't know, You can't educate I For no equal opportunity, Talkin' 'bout my freedom, People freedom and liberty. \"'Cause we been troddin' on the winepress Much too long! Rebel! Rebel! Say we been troddin' on the winepress Much too long! Rebel! Rebel! \"Babylon system is the vampire Suckin' the children day by day, yea, Me say di, di babylon system is the vampire, fallen empire, Suckin' the blood of the sufferer, yea, \"Buildin' church and university, o yea now, Deceiving the people continually, yea, Say dem graduatin' t'ief and murderer, look out now, They suckin' the blood of the sufferer, yea. \"Tell the children the truth, Tell the children the truth, Tell the children the truth right now, come on and Tell the children the truth, Tell the children the truth, Tell the children the truth, Tell the children the truth,come on and Tell the children the truth. \"'Cause we been troddin' on the winepress Much too long! Rebel! Rebel! An' we been taken for granted Much too long! Rebel! Rebel! Troddin' on the winepress Rebel! Got to rebel now! Rebel! Got to rebel! From the very first time out of our father's land We been trampled on...\" Babylon System by Bob Marley"}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 30, 2005 (08:04)", "body": "Lauryn Hill performed three songs from her long-awaited second studio album at the \"Africa Unite\" concert February 6th in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She appeared unannounced as a solo acoustic act at the concert celebrating what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday. Five of Marley's sons, his widow Rita Marley, and his mother Cedilla Booker also performed at the free event in front of a crowd of 300,000. Hill is married to one of Bob Marley's sons - Rohan Marley... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 34, "subject": "Songs Against Child Abuse & Domestic Violence", "response_count": 15, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:30)", "body": "10,000 Maniacs did one, but I can't remember the name, oh, it just came to me \"What's The Matter Here?\""}, {"response": 2, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:33)", "body": "Never heard anything by 10 000 Maniacs or Traci Lords. What kind of music d they do?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (22:36)", "body": "10,000 Maniacs, you know, before they broke up and got a new singer. Natalie Merchant got smart and is doing just fine on her own. Traci Lords (a porno star, right?)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:14)", "body": "Wasn't she the lead singer of 10 000 Maniacs? Or was that Toni Childs?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:34)", "body": "She was, Natalie Merchant I mean, but don't know who their new one is. Only came out with one tune so far, heard it maybe twice, then poof........"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:45)", "body": "hmmmm. natalie merchant oughta have her own topic... pert near a flawless example of femininity..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:57)", "body": "I meant Traci Lords/Toni Childs/whatever the hell the name of the two-headed woman on the album is! Never before heard of Natalie Merchant. Heard extremely little of 10 000 Maniacs (apparently, the little I heard was wrong!)"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (19:08)", "body": "well, natalie's great i think... haven't heard any of the new 10,000 maniacs stuff, without her (though i can't imagine what the point is...big brother was a pretty decent band, but would you actually want to listen to them, sans janis?)... and, yeah, tracy lords was a kiddie porn star (and i'll leave the 2-headed reference COMPLETELY alone)..."}, {"response": 9, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (21:25)", "body": "I remember seeing a CD by someone named Traci Lords or Toni Childs or some bollocks like that that had a two-headed woman on the front. Unfortunately, the shop had closed while I was away, and I cannot abide the other music shop in the plaza, they play dancehall DJ non-music and attract insufferable followers of this genre. It is interesting that a discussion about a kiddie-porn star turns up in a topic about songs about child abuse! I seem to remember the back of the album saying something about her and the group 10 000 Maniacs."}, {"response": 10, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (21:29)", "body": "Sam, you haven't heard 10000 maniacs In My Tribe? Oh, and the MTV cd is really good. For NM by herself, listen to Tigerlily, very good. Has Wonder, Carnival, and Jealousy. She's such a wonderful communicator in her work, can't believe you haven't heard of her (or them). And, taggin along with Nick, Tracy Lords was a porn star turned b-rated bimbo. She was in Cry Baby with Johnny Depp and (oh god, that gal with the talk show, what is her name?) But, do not know who took the mike as lead for 10000 maniacs. So Sam, go to your local Blockbusters Music Store and ask to hear something by them, it's free."}, {"response": 11, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (22:15)", "body": "I know of two Blockbuster stores. Both of them are in Queretaro, QRO, Mexico. I am currently in Kingston, Jamaica, where them's things don't exist!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (22:18)", "body": "ok, how about going on the net, CD Universe Main Frame, plug in the name or song you want to know about, it'll pull it up, and if you have audio, you could play one of 'em. (I work with a gentleman from Jamaica, he is such a warm person, very good heart)....."}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:59)", "body": "Toni Childs is worthy, Sam. Try House of Hope (album title) first because Woman's Boat might scare you off right away."}, {"response": 14, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:33)", "body": "O.K., if I ever see it."}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:08)", "body": "I'd try and send you an audio clip but my connection is only at work via a Telnet connection on a Mac (collective groan) and all my audio 'stuff' is at home. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 35, "subject": "Brooklyn Singer-Songwriters", "response_count": 17, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:03)", "body": "hmmmm... how about addition, by subtraction?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:16)", "body": "O.K., will someone who appreciates these three songwrites and add more to the list please show up?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (11:49)", "body": "(touchy, touchy) i believe both neil sedaka and carole king (brill bldg. denizens, each), derived from brooklyn... and i know that both arlo guthrie and ramblin' jack elliot (the last of the brooklyn cowboys, you know) did... (you must admit, though, that neil does seem a little tall for that original line-up...)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:28)", "body": "I only know one Neil Sedaka song. I am loath to say what it is, or who I heard singing it, for fear of having my taste in music lambasted again. I will, however, be courageous enough to profess ignorance of Carole King and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. I guess Arlo Guthrie isn't an Okie like his father. Didn't know that."}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:02)", "body": "Sam, I feel pity on the Carole King front. You? Unaware of Ms. King? And you call yourself a Neil Diamond fan?!?!? Trust me, you at least know her songs... \"You make me feel like a nat--u--ral woman,\" \"I feel the earth move... under my feet. I feel the sky tumblin' down,\" \"my life has been a tapestry...\" d'ya feel it, man?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:17)", "body": "\"will you still love me (tomorrow)\"; \"one fine day\"; \"he's so fine\"; \"the locomotion\"; \"up on the roof\"; \"some kind of wonderful\"; \"take good care of my baby\"; and, of course, \"it's too late\", and \"you've got a friend\"... (she's terrific)"}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:18)", "body": "course, i'm not SURE she's from brooklyn..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:23)", "body": "Does it MATTER?!?!?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:03)", "body": "well, i was sure about the other 3... was only guessing when i mentioned carole (was all i MEANT)..."}, {"response": 10, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:27)", "body": "\"You make me feel like a nat--u--ral woman,\" Excuse me while I gag. \"I feel the earth move... under my feet. I feel the sky tumblin' down,\" One really should stay away from construction sites...(don't know that one) \"my life has been a tapestry...\" Now you're really unravelling! (don't know this one either) will you still love me (tomorrow)\" ; Who said I loved you now? (wish I didn't know this one, then again, no; if I didn't know it I might try listening to it) \"one fine day\"; Don't know this one either. \"he's so fine\" I heard this once. How did George Harrison think he would get away with stealing the tune? ; \"the locomotion\"; really useless. \"up on the roof\"; Cool Drifters song! Finally one I know & like! \"some kind of wonderful\" I don't have any Drifters albums, otherwise I'd know her name from the credits! Two! Two good songs! Ah Ah Aaah!; \"take good care of my baby\"; don't know this. and, of course, \"it's too late\", Liked Billy Paul's version... and \"you've got a friend\"... again I don't know this one. Sounds interesting!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:49)", "body": "Oh, it's here! I thought I'd lost it! The next conference has exactly the same name, but boy, is it different! Like entering the Twilight Zone!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:09)", "body": "Well nick, we tried."}, {"response": 13, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (13:13)", "body": "all one can do, sometimes... (have you seen the film \"grace of my heart\"?- think i got the title right... the character is obviously based on carole... very good picture..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:13)", "body": "not seen it. relatively new?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:34)", "body": "last year..."}, {"response": 16, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Dec 26, 1997 (22:24)", "body": "O.K., if you live in or around D.C., could you do me a favour? Please call a D.C. radio station, request the song America by Neil Diamond, and dedicate it to Jesse Helms? I want to give that man nightmares; that should do it! \"They're coming to America, They're coming to America, They're coming, They're coming, They're coming, They're coming, TODAY!!!\" That'd really give 'im some cold sweats!"}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (20:36)", "body": "LOL!!! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 36, "subject": "Brooklyn Singer-Songwriters", "response_count": 82, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:02)", "body": "Not very geographically aware of singer/songwriter origins."}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:05)", "body": "you are SUCH a dabbler..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:16)", "body": "hi everyone!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:31)", "body": "does this mean you're talking to me?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:34)", "body": "are you talking to me?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:40)", "body": "is there an echo in here?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:43)", "body": "(you can do better than that)"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:56)", "body": "don't start throwing subtext at me..."}, {"response": 9, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:59)", "body": "not tonight honey!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:59)", "body": "*grin*"}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:02)", "body": "why do i suspect that to be a \"wolfish\" grin? (why am i unconciously clenching?) (don't ask)"}, {"response": 12, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:06)", "body": "ooooh, but I shall ask........."}, {"response": 13, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:07)", "body": "and an eerie calm descended (before his head was seperated from his shoulders)"}, {"response": 14, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:09)", "body": "but he looked forward to it just the same (and that's separated)"}, {"response": 15, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:11)", "body": "my, aren't we happy in our work?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:12)", "body": "you know it......."}, {"response": 17, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:15)", "body": "let the blade scream... it's inevitable, anyway..."}, {"response": 18, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:16)", "body": "interesting choice of words..........who is owner of the blade?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:19)", "body": "how the hell do i know? (is of no consequence, at the end)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:21)", "body": "any last words, my sweet?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:23)", "body": "they are not long, the days of wine and roses..."}, {"response": 22, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:25)", "body": "*sob*"}, {"response": 23, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:26)", "body": "should I wield this blade, it would be as if cutting into my own throat, take it from me, I cannot........"}, {"response": 24, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:27)", "body": "don't give me that... you've a job to do..."}, {"response": 25, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:29)", "body": "must toy with the prey a bit first........."}, {"response": 26, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:30)", "body": "Wot di ell is this?!?"}, {"response": 27, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:31)", "body": "life possesses very few moments of real clarity (at least mine does) one must choose one's moments well(as detachedly as possible, a trick i've not been able to master, as yet) (look, ma- no dots)"}, {"response": 28, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:32)", "body": "will so graciously allow you to explain, my dear........."}, {"response": 29, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:33)", "body": "now you're upsetting sam... (i hope you're happy)"}, {"response": 30, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:35)", "body": "yeah, the thrill of being \"caught\" *wink*"}, {"response": 31, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:39)", "body": "Sam? You ok man?"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:40)", "body": "Did I scare you off too, Nick?"}, {"response": 33, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:41)", "body": "listening to \"spirit of the night\"... \"me and crazy janie were makin' love, in the dirt singin'our birthday songs\"... along those lines?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:42)", "body": "sheesh, i got an e-mail... (simmer down)"}, {"response": 35, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:43)", "body": "in the dirt? what fun, must've been getting rid of mud for days (did I say that?)"}, {"response": 36, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:43)", "body": "who's it from? huh, huh, huh?"}, {"response": 37, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:45)", "body": "This appears to be a private conversation, I think I'll leave. But before I go, what happened to the original Brooklyn Singer-Songwriter conference?"}, {"response": 38, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:46)", "body": "dunno, you had two of 'em............."}, {"response": 39, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:48)", "body": "it's still there.. sometimes conferences double enter, terry'd have to explain why (beyond my last-century ken)"}, {"response": 40, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:50)", "body": "another bothersome, argumentative broad, which appears to be my lot in life... (present company excluded, of course, at least when she's present)"}, {"response": 41, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:51)", "body": "now where were we? (just kiddin')"}, {"response": 42, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:52)", "body": "(yeah, I know you talk about me behind my back)"}, {"response": 43, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:53)", "body": "O.K., thought I'd entered another dimension! Nerr nee nae norr nerr nee nae norr...(that's supposed to be the theme from \"The Twilight Zone\")"}, {"response": 44, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:54)", "body": "there you go with that subtext stuff again..."}, {"response": 45, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (21:56)", "body": "know how much you enjoy it............"}, {"response": 46, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:01)", "body": "i need a drink"}, {"response": 47, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:02)", "body": "me too"}, {"response": 48, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:04)", "body": "lush"}, {"response": 49, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:05)", "body": "i'm approaching a foul mood... (sorry)"}, {"response": 50, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:06)", "body": "maybe i'll lose the inhibitions (heehee)"}, {"response": 51, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:07)", "body": "you? no way..... (what's the matter?)"}, {"response": 52, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:08)", "body": "anything I can do to help?"}, {"response": 53, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:09)", "body": "post me.........."}, {"response": 54, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:11)", "body": "you can explain the feminine psyche... (or better yet, alter it)"}, {"response": 55, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:12)", "body": "gotta give me something to work with..........(we're not all the same)"}, {"response": 56, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:14)", "body": "Do you really want all this on a bulletin board? Maybe you should e-mail each other or something..."}, {"response": 57, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:16)", "body": "There are two kinds of people who ruin everything on earth... they are men and women. And after reading this load, I may need a drink myself! Whites! Straight up!"}, {"response": 58, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:16)", "body": "sorry, i can't... (not sure you're of age, anyway)"}, {"response": 59, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:18)", "body": "you can't what?"}, {"response": 60, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:19)", "body": "I would have gotten a 5-year long suffering award at work today, if I'd gone to the ceremony. Will collect it from the Personnel Dept. tomorrow. Besides which, you probably only have whisky anyway. Whites, iya!"}, {"response": 61, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:20)", "body": "sam, i encourage you to take a drink... (the straighter-up, the better) jameson's is quite good, by the way..."}, {"response": 62, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:25)", "body": "I will stick with either Appleton Estate Special or Appleton Overproof White Rum (Whites!), thank you very much!"}, {"response": 63, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:25)", "body": "still here, you know..........."}, {"response": 64, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:26)", "body": "Immmm dreeeaming ov a Whites Christmasss!!"}, {"response": 65, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:27)", "body": "that's cute"}, {"response": 66, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:27)", "body": "Good to see you're sitll here! Come up and drink a Whites!"}, {"response": 67, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:29)", "body": "oh, you don't know how I can get..........."}, {"response": 68, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:32)", "body": "(besides, never had a drop)"}, {"response": 69, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:33)", "body": "am being barraged beset bludgeoned and basically assailed on this end... have to check out for awhile... have an appointment of apparently compulsory nature..."}, {"response": 70, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:35)", "body": "will you be back?"}, {"response": 71, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:39)", "body": "oh, and you might think about splitting yourself, before louis farrakkan there gets completely unhinged..."}, {"response": 72, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:40)", "body": "i dunno, maybe... (sorry)"}, {"response": 73, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:40)", "body": "am leaving. (check the mail)"}, {"response": 74, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (22:43)", "body": "'night Sam..........."}, {"response": 75, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (00:11)", "body": "Gnight wolf."}, {"response": 76, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (06:14)", "body": "I don't think Lousi (typo, but I think I'll leave it as is) Farrahkhan drinks Whites, or any other alcohol for that matter! Y'all must try it sometime! It's a blast (and the damage is easily discernable in the daytime)!"}, {"response": 77, "author": "Afor", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (07:07)", "body": "I think we have been talking at cross puropses here. I first mentioned Whites when I said I needed a drink too. I later mentioned the Appleton Rums, beside one of which I put in brackets (Whites!). I thought that from that you would realize that the Whites I was referring to was the rum. BTW, that \"Whites Christmas\" that I posted is a fairly common bar song in Jamaica (no snow, but lots of white rum a.k.a \"Whites\" Then again, some bars in Ja. probably have \"snow\" now, but I wouldn't want any) I believe Nick thought I was referring to white people, who IMO are no more daft than any other people (but that says absolutely nothing; people are generally daft!)"}, {"response": 78, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:15)", "body": "thanks for explaining yourself but it was not necessary. Hang in there nick. Wolf was right, we're not all the same but we have DIFFERENT hangups that might be even less desirable. Brandon has PMS only once every two months but it lasts for about three weeks. I accept the fact, right or wrong, that I can do nothing correctly in his eyes for awhile and mentally tell him to F*** OFF. Usually makes me feel better. If all else fails I walk out and go to a cheap movie where I can beat the hell out of a pinball game! Hope today is better!"}, {"response": 79, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (13:18)", "body": "feel much better, thanks (110 lbs. lighter)"}, {"response": 80, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:13)", "body": "careful you don't blow away in a big gust then. p"}, {"response": 81, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (18:14)", "body": "like that extra 'p' guys? I tried to spell period instead of typing it. Nice. Tha's my brain after today. FRIED."}, {"response": 83, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (21:10)", "body": "I think there's a big feud between Bacardi and the Jamaican distillers, so I've never really seen it here. I think I'll stick to Appleton Estate Special (or Overproof White Rum when I'm really p***ed), or maybe Bols Blackberry Brandy once in a while. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 37, "subject": "Absolute Nonsense Conversations", "response_count": 99, "posts": [{"response": 2, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (11:13)", "body": "Sorry Sam :)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (22:01)", "body": "So, anybody wanna try out this topic?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (21:13)", "body": "Do y'all ever? Normally (and I use the term in the broadest possible sense), y'all go off on a tangent and drift forever into space. Now, when ya have all the space imaginable, you have nothing to say. Usual thing."}, {"response": 6, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (21:35)", "body": "takes a while to get used to, Sam :)"}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan  8, 1998 (20:37)", "body": "I'm sure you could instill some grandiose meaning of the sickening sort into it!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Jan  9, 1998 (00:35)", "body": ""}, {"response": 12, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jan  9, 1998 (18:16)", "body": "surely you personally but probably any one of the posting individuals."}, {"response": 14, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (18:01)", "body": "And I only speak the truth!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (18:31)", "body": "and then..."}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (16:39)", "body": "because (of course)"}, {"response": 21, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (09:13)", "body": "*giggle*"}, {"response": 23, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (09:55)", "body": "*long stare* *seductive nod*"}, {"response": 25, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (23:36)", "body": "wouldn't call it back in control... but I'm feeling pretty good! *wink*"}, {"response": 30, "author": "hany", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (07:02)", "body": "this the test"}, {"response": 31, "author": "hany", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (07:08)", "body": "hello"}, {"response": 32, "author": "hany", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (07:33)", "body": "hello"}, {"response": 34, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun  2, 1998 (16:14)", "body": "Probably same as all of us - to talk nonsense! Can't help but notice that you and Stacey are especially good at this, Kitchen Man. Lots of practice, or natural (as with me)?"}, {"response": 35, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (10:45)", "body": "yes, but it does help to have a good partner (or two)"}, {"response": 36, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (12:40)", "body": "Oh, you're back. Good - wasn't getting enough nonsense. I mean, Stacey and Autumn and Wolf and Jim are good, but we miss that slight taste of mafia when you're not around . . . no, no, put that breadknife back in the drawer . . ."}, {"response": 37, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (07:42)", "body": "I was just gonna butter your muffin..."}, {"response": 38, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 14, 1998 (09:54)", "body": "Which one of the many? And who is Sam? You all sound like you know him/her."}, {"response": 39, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Sep 14, 1998 (11:31)", "body": "i knew sam. he and nick got into a big fight which somehow included me. all over something stupid that sam said and nick was offended and i was in trouble because i didn't slam sam, instead i laughed because it came out funny. sam was from jamaica man......i don't know where he ran off to, but i enjoyed talking to sam."}, {"response": 40, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 14, 1998 (13:27)", "body": "And how can we get Sam to stay? SAAAAAMMMMM!!!! You out there somewhere??? Get your ar$e back over here! I'm African, so you don't have to be scared of me - I never get into fights with people..... Yeah, yeah, laugh your butts off, I don't care. A little modification of the truth never hurt anyone!"}, {"response": 41, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (03:52)", "body": "*laugh*"}, {"response": 42, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (09:35)", "body": "How tactful you are!"}, {"response": 43, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jan 23, 1999 (00:13)", "body": "tact...hmmm..."}, {"response": 44, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jan 30, 1999 (01:48)", "body": "Say what?"}, {"response": 45, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jan 30, 1999 (02:07)", "body": "\"what?\""}, {"response": 46, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jan 31, 1999 (02:08)", "body": "That!"}, {"response": 47, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Jan 31, 1999 (12:56)", "body": "Exactly!"}, {"response": 48, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (10:02)", "body": "not"}, {"response": 49, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (13:56)", "body": "oh, well..."}, {"response": 50, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (01:35)", "body": "what-ho?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:50)", "body": "Yo-HO!"}, {"response": 52, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:55)", "body": "Now I can't come up with a response...how embarrassing in a topic like this."}, {"response": 53, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:46)", "body": "(Hihi!)"}, {"response": 54, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:58)", "body": "speechless?"}, {"response": 55, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:20)", "body": "hmmm"}, {"response": 56, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, May  2, 1999 (11:38)", "body": "WELL?!?"}, {"response": 57, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, May  3, 1999 (01:10)", "body": "hell .... would you ever"}, {"response": 58, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, May  3, 1999 (22:12)", "body": "what?"}, {"response": 59, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, May 21, 1999 (11:51)", "body": "at this rate, probably not..."}, {"response": 60, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, May 21, 1999 (17:21)", "body": "...but chances are that we could. Definitely."}, {"response": 61, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, May 28, 1999 (12:54)", "body": "that's a given"}, {"response": 62, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, May 29, 1999 (05:00)", "body": "But she not interested, looks like."}, {"response": 63, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, May 30, 1999 (17:37)", "body": "You want to know what the real horror is? The sensual song of the madness of my screams could bring down upon me all the threshold so gruesomely relentless that it grows stronger with haunted houses and riches of pain beyond flesh."}, {"response": 64, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, May 31, 1999 (02:58)", "body": "Aah, yes. Hey, 'keeper, me 'n me mate have two more of these here!"}, {"response": 65, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, May 31, 1999 (13:18)", "body": "and some more pretzels!"}, {"response": 66, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, May 31, 1999 (20:08)", "body": "That's better. You were saying?"}, {"response": 67, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun  1, 1999 (06:54)", "body": "Whad'll you have, luv?"}, {"response": 68, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Jun  2, 1999 (11:22)", "body": "Mmm, Long Island iced tea for me. So glad I'm not driving."}, {"response": 69, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:15)", "body": "You still hooked on that stuff, girl?"}, {"response": 70, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (22:55)", "body": "You know it, baby! 2 of them and I'm under the table..."}, {"response": 71, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (23:00)", "body": "with the right question, you're under the table... or so I remember you saying... (well, okay, something like that anyway...)"}, {"response": 72, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (23:45)", "body": "So I'm easy!"}, {"response": 73, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (10:59)", "body": "Easy on what? The two of them?"}, {"response": 74, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (12:06)", "body": "Autumn, if these guys snow you under just call for help. I have the sled dogs all ready to ride to your rescue. Otherswise, I'm outta here. Haven't the foggiest idea what I am doing here...but know that help is ready if you need it."}, {"response": 75, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (12:44)", "body": "Hawaiian sled dogs? Wow! Marcia, I didn't know - what colour are they?"}, {"response": 76, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (23:42)", "body": "and, can they hula? (or at least tango?)"}, {"response": 77, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (23:48)", "body": "we have snow skiing on our two highest peaks...that is what keeps Hilo so nice and cool. check it out! Akita is the dog of choice."}, {"response": 78, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (09:40)", "body": "How do you serve Akita?"}, {"response": 79, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (09:51)", "body": "And, to stay on topic - what drinks do you serve with it?"}, {"response": 80, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (11:55)", "body": "I knew chows and chihauhaus were eating dogs, but hadn't heard that about akitas...hmmm..."}, {"response": 81, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (11:57)", "body": "Alexander...thought: how can you stray off topic in a topic entitled, Absolute Nonsense Conversations?"}, {"response": 82, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (12:00)", "body": "We don't generally serve dog as such. However there are ethnics around who favor fat little black ones, and if you have one, better keep it in a safe place. Ummm...could you tell me how we got from sled dogs to eating them? Then I will think on the liquid refreshments which go with them...Yeesh!"}, {"response": 83, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (12:05)", "body": "Gotcha, Wer! That I lived to see the day...! Marcia, it all was started by Autumn, sure wasn't me! (*innocent smile*)"}, {"response": 84, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (18:36)", "body": "You da man, Alexander! ;-)"}, {"response": 85, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (18:51)", "body": "Sorry it has taken me so long to answer how do we serve Akita (which are creamy white)...in large individual bowls of Akita chow, of course. I always serve them that - they love it!"}, {"response": 86, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (04:54)", "body": "haha! took you a while, hehe!"}, {"response": 87, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (04:56)", "body": "Just wait till I find the recipe for German Shepherd dog - from a chinese cook in Japan!"}, {"response": 88, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (20:18)", "body": "still waiting for that recipe, Alexander...*grin*"}, {"response": 89, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug 26, 1999 (16:45)", "body": "It's somewhere in a mag from late Seventies... Somewhere in the boxes still unpacked from moving around for ages..."}, {"response": 90, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Aug 26, 1999 (17:12)", "body": "The story of my life. I am beginning to hope the place bvrns down so I do not have to sift throught all of this stuff before the eventual necessity of doing so takes over."}, {"response": 91, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (13:05)", "body": "I hate moving, because I love chaos."}, {"response": 92, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (14:04)", "body": "There you go - I think I shall embroider that on a pillow and make it my personal motto. \"Stuff Rules\""}, {"response": 93, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (14:05)", "body": "And it if gets any more chaotic in here, I won't be able to \"move\" - quite literally! Anyone need more stuff???"}, {"response": 94, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (16:02)", "body": "But Riette, moving is the mother hell of all chaos! I bet you're like cats - hate new environments. Don't move the furniture!"}, {"response": 95, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (18:57)", "body": "I'm not Riette, but I am a nester. When I get to an unfamiliar place, I set up my scanner (radio) and short wave receiver and laptop and settle into my own little world which is familiar...but not home."}, {"response": 96, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (03:16)", "body": "No, you're right. I don't like moving. First of all it is tragic seeing one's place suddenly shiny and hollow, and then the new place being so perfect, like a hotel, and you're afraid of sitting or standing or eating, because it might get dirty. I like the fact that anywhere I sit down in my place, I can touch something I like - paintings bought at fleamarkets, books everywhere, sketching pads, guinea pigs, photo albums, my pinball, souveniers of the places I go, to remind me to go again, and right now my feet are resting on the plastic christmas tree. It feels warm and friendly. Alexander, I bet you like it clean and orderly, huh?"}, {"response": 97, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (06:51)", "body": "Yes, I like it like that; no, I don't have it like that... Marcia, I know what you mean. For me, it meant even as a kid dragging a whole suitcase of my favorite books and tapes around wherever I went for a few days, like for a holiday. Where I went was where I was, so why would I leave a thing behind? Something could happen to it, no?"}, {"response": 98, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (11:03)", "body": "Absolutely. Always have my books with me, too. The house could burn down, I might really need to read one of those books and be miserable without it... I also carry field guides when I go anyplace...and maps. I can't stand not knowing what something is. But, I have always been far too curious... As a kid I kept lists of stuff to take on these family holidays. Did not want something I considered important inadvertantly left behind."}, {"response": 99, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (13:12)", "body": "MAPS! Yea!"}, {"response": 100, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (07:25)", "body": "What for?"}, {"response": 101, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (08:18)", "body": "Uh, collecting?"}, {"response": 102, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (08:19)", "body": "Decorating?"}, {"response": 103, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (08:23)", "body": "Impressing girls?"}, {"response": 104, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (10:03)", "body": "OH! And does it?"}, {"response": 105, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (10:30)", "body": "It does this \"girl\"...I am delighted to find anyone interested in cartography and reading maps, but I am interrupting. Carry on...*grin*"}, {"response": 106, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep  2, 1999 (02:38)", "body": "I believe you have each found a soulmate!"}, {"response": 107, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Sep  2, 1999 (18:40)", "body": "HE thinks not (breathing deeply in apprehension - do not take rejection well...)"}, {"response": 108, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep  3, 1999 (02:34)", "body": "NONSENSE! He's just playing hard to get! \ufffdcovering head with hands in anticipation of blow with Superstar magazine\ufffd Now now, don't do anything silly, Alexander! That's months and months' work you're about to ruin on my thick skull!"}, {"response": 109, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (17:54)", "body": "(He may not ever show up here again!)"}, {"response": 110, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (01:07)", "body": "That'll not be the first time."}, {"response": 111, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (01:14)", "body": "so he told me..."}, {"response": 112, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (03:59)", "body": "I'm sure he did."}, {"response": 113, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (19:49)", "body": "Do you think he will remember that he did?"}, {"response": 114, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (02:48)", "body": "Of course he will. The question is whether he will admit to it or not!"}, {"response": 115, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (08:34)", "body": "He'll be back."}, {"response": 116, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:10)", "body": "I needed you to say that. Feeling 100% better *right now*.....*hugs* Terry! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 38, "subject": "What tunes are you tuned into right now?", "response_count": 242, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:21)", "body": "\"dancin' in the moonlight\" (and it's still a \"fine and natural sight\"...)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (03:38)", "body": "listening to Bruce (Live)...\"Thunder Road\" the greatest performer in the history of rock and roll performing the greatest song ever created... (life is good, sometimes...)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (04:37)", "body": "Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music Disc 1 Track 23, 007 (Shanty Town by Desmond Dekker & The Aces."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (09:56)", "body": "UK Pirate Radio. Check the link on the Spring's main page."}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (10:52)", "body": "I saw it flash by early this morning when I was in a daze. I'll reread later. Can you capsulize it for me?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (11:45)", "body": "Oh sure. No sweat."}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 1998 (23:45)", "body": "listening to beatles, anthology 3...\"helter skelter (take2)\" fascinating..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (10:32)", "body": "Jail House Rock. by Elvis."}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (10:59)", "body": "San Marcos Pirate Radio on the net: Buffalo Springfield, \"For what it's worth\" ..stop, hey what's that sound, everybody look what's goin' down..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (11:02)", "body": "http://www.mediadesign.net/live.ram Pink Floyd \"Money\" ka ching \"money .. get back... keep your hands off my stack\""}, {"response": 15, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (18:30)", "body": "I'm Your Boogie Man by KC & The Sunshine Band (I can hear nick groan from here, but, quite frankly, I don't care...)"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (19:54)", "body": "sounds like some good stuff, terry... gonna check that out... currently listening to, uh, jewel (no snickering out there... it ain't polite) (and sam, you keep talking like that yer gonna make me cry... hell, i'm already on the edge... jewel and all, y'know)"}, {"response": 17, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (19:58)", "body": "and has anybody ever noticed that when k.c. (that IS his name, isn't it?) performs, his head bobs slightly, like, from side to side? can somebody tell him to cut it out? (that would be really cool)"}, {"response": 18, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (21:11)", "body": "He still behaves the same way now as he did then--his grin makes me laugh!!"}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan  5, 1998 (22:49)", "body": "guess it's all that \"sunshine\", huh?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (18:40)", "body": "His name is Harry Wayne Casey. He & Richard Finch wrote the songs, which actually have reasonable lyrics & reasonably good music, especially when compared to the real out&out DRAGS by The Silver Convention (AAGHHH!!!)"}, {"response": 22, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (18:42)", "body": "OBTW, currently listening to Third Stone From The Sun , track 2 on the album The Essential Jimi Hendrix"}, {"response": 23, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan  6, 1998 (21:07)", "body": "Listened to Haddaway while working out today....."}, {"response": 24, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (19:03)", "body": "allman brothers (\"decade of hits\")...\"whipping post\"... (deja vu all over again...)"}, {"response": 25, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:12)", "body": "sound of thunder rolling slowly away....."}, {"response": 26, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:15)", "body": "...which bodes well, i hope... (i think)"}, {"response": 27, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:17)", "body": "yeah, considering a couple of towns in NE Texas were hit bad, we made it through unscathed."}, {"response": 28, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:17)", "body": "listening to rod stewart (Every Picture Tells a Story)...\"mandolin wind\"..."}, {"response": 29, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:18)", "body": "oh, that kind of thunder... (or were you pissed at them, too?)"}, {"response": 30, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:19)", "body": "huh?"}, {"response": 31, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:23)", "body": "wha'? (we're corrupting a previously pristine topic, y'know... now listening to \"i know i'm losing you\", same CD...)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:24)", "body": "\"we\" aren't doing anything. let's move......"}, {"response": 33, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:27)", "body": "FLEETWOOD MAC!!!...\"the dance\"... on mtv..."}, {"response": 34, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:28)", "body": "okay, where?"}, {"response": 35, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (23:34)", "body": "storm's back, sorry 'night"}, {"response": 36, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:03)", "body": "listening to brian wilson (Endless Summer)... \"surfer girl\"... one of the dumbest, sappiest songs i've ever heard...(and i love it)"}, {"response": 37, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (23:10)", "body": "neil young...(Rust Never Sleeps)... \"thrasher\"..."}, {"response": 38, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (23:39)", "body": "still neil... \"sedan delivery\"..."}, {"response": 39, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (00:33)", "body": "van morrison...(Tupelo Honey)... \"tupelo honey\"... (it is holy... comme ma bel inconnu...)"}, {"response": 42, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (00:56)", "body": "this last place, about a year... the previous one (the one which brought me to central texas), 5 years..."}, {"response": 44, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (02:31)", "body": "i've owned several types (some simultaneously, which can really be fun)... the last several were double drive-thru burger joints, with a pizza-pasta joint mixed in..."}, {"response": 46, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (17:45)", "body": "\"beavis and butthead do america\", on hbo... that's a good question... thinking about several things, but will probably begin with a trip to the northeast (everything emanates thus...)"}, {"response": 47, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (20:47)", "body": "currently listening to van morrison (Astral Weeks)... \"afterwards: the way young lovers do\"... (thinking beach boys, though...\"firth-ing safari\" going on around here...)"}, {"response": 48, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:06)", "body": "still here?"}, {"response": 49, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:11)", "body": "are you?"}, {"response": 50, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:19)", "body": "yes....so where are you moving?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:22)", "body": "haven't decided yet... (several possibilities) just returned from the planet (ouch!)... is that the piece you were speaking of yesterday, that i encouraged you to post?"}, {"response": 52, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:24)", "body": "*sigh* bizarre encore?"}, {"response": 53, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:25)", "body": "what do you mean?"}, {"response": 54, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:27)", "body": "the piece or the question?"}, {"response": 55, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:30)", "body": "the poem was rather starkly direct (referring to the question)"}, {"response": 56, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:31)", "body": "just asking if you still feel weird"}, {"response": 57, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:35)", "body": "guess so. you?"}, {"response": 58, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:37)", "body": "yeah"}, {"response": 59, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:40)", "body": "did that poem pretty much express what you think?"}, {"response": 60, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:43)", "body": "in the heat of the moment---but am still not sure what happened or if we were talking about the same thing....am so confused, help me out here"}, {"response": 61, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:49)", "body": "yes, i will... i'll tell you anything you want me to, but please, elke, be sure you want to know, before you ask. (or that you don't already know- and i swear i'm not trying to talk in riddles... i'm really trying to do/say/think what is \"right\"...)"}, {"response": 62, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:51)", "body": "and remember, in the poem you said you weren't bailing on me, in spite of everything... (hope you meant that)"}, {"response": 63, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:52)", "body": "let me ask you this: do you want me to know? and if you tell me, what will happen to our friendship?"}, {"response": 64, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:53)", "body": "response to 62: how could i bail? you know the condition of my heart....."}, {"response": 65, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:56)", "body": "i think you already know. and from my end, our friendship is solid, and will remain so, either way..."}, {"response": 66, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (21:59)", "body": "wait: cuz if you think I already know, then i can't handle it, or are we talking something else?"}, {"response": 67, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:01)", "body": "sorry- not trying to be cute- but i have no idea what you just said..."}, {"response": 68, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:05)", "body": "what I'm saying is: if you think I already know what you're talking about, then maybe I can't handle it......."}, {"response": 69, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:11)", "body": "i cannot answer that- only you can. does this question directly involve another person? (besides you and i, i mean)"}, {"response": 70, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:13)", "body": "just the last three lines of my piece (and yes, it does involve you and i, not necessarily anyone else)"}, {"response": 71, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:19)", "body": "not sure i follow. which words do you mean?"}, {"response": 72, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:22)", "body": "do you want me to post it here? the last three lines of the piece (from Maddening)"}, {"response": 73, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:25)", "body": "not necessary- i went to the planet, and wrote them down... still not sure what you mean- which/what \"fantasy of words\" are you referring to?"}, {"response": 74, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:28)", "body": "can't quote exact words......but things that you say i assume (i.e. jump to conclusions) God Nick, my heart is in my throat. It's just that, when I asked you to be gentle in our last conversation, you said you were trying and so I immediately felt I knew what you were saying. (and it kind of scares me because of all the things we've talked about)"}, {"response": 75, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:31)", "body": "(an aside: the piece you posted was beautiful-i know it moved her)"}, {"response": 76, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:33)", "body": "if i e-mail you a response, do you promise not to shut down on me? will you come back and talk?"}, {"response": 77, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:37)", "body": "yes, you're my friend.....don't be cruel, ok?"}, {"response": 78, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:38)", "body": "send it to my alternate site, please *nervous smile* (and so you know, I'm shaky)"}, {"response": 79, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:39)", "body": "regarding 75, i don't know what to say... did you say that because you know i wrote it for her, or because you're asking me?"}, {"response": 80, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:41)", "body": "no, because i knew"}, {"response": 81, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:41)", "body": "what's the prefix to the address? (i can't find it)"}, {"response": 82, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:44)", "body": "mswolf68 (what else?)"}, {"response": 83, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:53)", "body": "okay, it's sent... meet you back here in 10 minutes?"}, {"response": 84, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:54)", "body": "10 minutes? what, so I can calm down after I over react? (is it really bad?)"}, {"response": 85, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:02)", "body": "you were right....i knew this, felt it.....and allowed myself to be affected by it....if it's true (when you no longer \"think\" it but \"know\" it, that would be a good thing and i'm happy because you are...."}, {"response": 86, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:08)", "body": "i think i know it... (but i have to find out)"}, {"response": 87, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:09)", "body": "have you seen each other? (i mean, you know)"}, {"response": 88, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:09)", "body": "how do you feel now that I know?"}, {"response": 89, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:10)", "body": "oh, and you don't have to look, didn't you read miracle?"}, {"response": 90, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:15)", "body": "yes... strange (but relieved, kind of)... i don't know what you mean..."}, {"response": 91, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:16)", "body": "the miracle! Hello in there..... you answered her, she wrote miracle, get it?"}, {"response": 92, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:22)", "body": "yeah, i guess so..."}, {"response": 93, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:27)", "body": "then just ask, if you really want to know! don't be chicken *smile* look, thanks for all of that, for trusting me with it, don't know why you'd think I'd hate you over it, but anyway......i gotta go, am very tired -maybe i'll post something more upbeat *laugh* and don't assume that they're about you, sometimes a compilation of experiences....but that last one, oh yeah, definately a reaction. night, sweetie"}, {"response": 94, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (23:31)", "body": "not \"chicken\"- of course i know what it was about... just feel weird talking about it, i guess.. g'night..."}, {"response": 96, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (15:36)", "body": "cat stevens kinda day...(greatest hits)...\"oh very young\"..."}, {"response": 97, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (18:02)", "body": "That was my evening fare after Mary Black. This morning I was all jacked up on Stevie Ray Vaughn and Ian Moore. This weekend was a big band affair! Lotsa dancable tunes!"}, {"response": 98, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (21:56)", "body": "ever listen to sinatra's capital recordings? i really like that stuff, especially jimmy van heusen, rodgers and hart, cole porter, sammy cahn, etc... listening to van morrison... (Avalon Sunset)... \"have i told you lately\"..."}, {"response": 99, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (22:11)", "body": "\"Jah Glory\" - Third World."}, {"response": 100, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (22:23)", "body": "rod stewart... (Every Picture Tells a Story)...\"maggie mae\"..."}, {"response": 102, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (00:14)", "body": "*lol* (what did she say? is she okay?)"}, {"response": 105, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (09:45)", "body": "would you do me a favor, wer? would you send her my correct address, and tell her i want to hear from her? know it's silly, but i'm really worried about her... (thanks)"}, {"response": 106, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (09:47)", "body": "(referring to paula, of course...) ms. wolfe seems loquacious enough, so far today..."}, {"response": 107, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (03:38)", "body": "(just checked my mail... she wrote, and it is the most heart-breaking thing i think i've ever read... how can someone as young, and beautiful, and talented as she feel such despair? life really, really sucks sometimes, you know it? nothing can justify a thing like that... a girl such as she shouldn't have to deal with that kind of pain... screw all that cant about accruing \"wisdom\" from it, about that \"which doesn't kill us\" making us \"stronger\"- it's just plain cruelty, and i can't see a thing to be gained from it... a girl such as she shouldn't have to deal with those kinds of feelings- not ever, and especially not so (frigging) young... (anyway, thanks wer... really appreciate the help)"}, {"response": 109, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (17:35)", "body": "how about if i e-mail you, and kind of paraphrase what she said? i know it sounds silly, but it would make me feel funny, otherwise, because i made some promises to her, and even though it may be in her best interest, i'd still feel kind of like i was not keeping faith (like in the poem...\"my guidance councellor/ and what an asshole he is...)..."}, {"response": 111, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (22:49)", "body": "lol! she wrote again a couple of hours ago... she's coming around, i think (she's such an incredible kid)..."}, {"response": 113, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (23:26)", "body": "i know what you mean... kinda forget your own issues, when you're helping someone else with theirs...(and besides, this kid is something special... she really gets under your skin, doesn't she? sorta touches your heart... and such an amazing talent!)"}, {"response": 114, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (18:36)", "body": "and wer, you certainly know how to make a girl smile. all innuendos and implications aside you can really see good in others (every now and then admit you have it in yourself) and you have the gift of the laughing sickness! Tunes wise... A weekend of Jimmy Buffet, The Eagles, Paula Cole, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Quidam soundtrack and Dave Matthews Band. Tonight... still at school (5:30pm) and the gentle computer whirr is all I desire."}, {"response": 116, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (16:40)", "body": "stop the Miss Vura crap! Or I'll start calling you william *gasp*"}, {"response": 118, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (00:07)", "body": "Jumpin' Jack Flash, Rolling Stones. On PBS."}, {"response": 119, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (09:53)", "body": "Marvin Gaye"}, {"response": 121, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (17:27)", "body": "*laugh* excuses, excuses that 'tired' thing just doesn't cut it (what if i came over in the middle of a sixteen hour shift and you were 'tired'?)"}, {"response": 123, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (17:38)", "body": "you just lie there and rest... (i DARE ya!)"}, {"response": 125, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar 24, 1998 (09:38)", "body": "(after 20plus hours on my feet I couldn't do anything else, but dares usually bring out the best/worst in people)"}, {"response": 128, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr  2, 1998 (16:43)", "body": "Music from the netscape mozilla bash last night in SF on our website."}, {"response": 129, "author": "EEK", "date": "Fri, Apr  3, 1998 (11:41)", "body": "I enjoy listening to Dave Matthews Band, Van Morrison, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett, Ben Harper...."}, {"response": 130, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Apr  5, 1998 (04:21)", "body": "(interesting mix... but who is ben harper?)"}, {"response": 131, "author": "EEK", "date": "Mon, Apr  6, 1998 (12:16)", "body": "I like all kinds of music, I even listen to rap and some, country. Ben Harper is a folk singer, very soft, very good. I started listening to him through a friend of mine and this summer we have tickets to go see him live. He plays at small bars around the area I live in. He sings a lot about real life issues, breaking up, angels, stories, etc. Check him out, he is good."}, {"response": 132, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr  6, 1998 (15:35)", "body": "Ben Harper also sings about smokin' dope, bucking the system and being an individual... (those are the tunes I prefer from him). Great preformer as well, saw him two years ago at Liberty Lunch. He had all these slat key guitars and groovy rythmn equipment!"}, {"response": 133, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Apr  7, 1998 (05:22)", "body": "hmmm... where does he fall, on the angel issue (yea or nay?)... i'll be sure and check this guy out, report back... really tried to give rap a chance... and with a very few exceptions (bradley nowell, few others) just can't get into it... hurts my soul, y'know? (\"smokin' dope\" tunes, miss vura, are high (no pun intended, promise) on your list of preferences? a most interesting insight)..."}, {"response": 134, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr  7, 1998 (17:55)", "body": "*shy grin*"}, {"response": 136, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  8, 1998 (09:03)", "body": "actually WER, he called me 'miss vura' and it's part of our sexual role play fantasy game! *laugh* listened to CSN&Y 'So Far' and Paula Cole 'Harbinger' last night and this morning."}, {"response": 137, "author": "EEK", "date": "Wed, Apr  8, 1998 (11:43)", "body": "He does sing about smokin' dope and I enjoy those songs to. I just love the song \"Waiting for An Angel,\" \"By My Side,\" and \"Walk Away.\" He is defintiely worth going to see and enjoying yourself while you are there. He literally smokes it up on stage and has been known to pass it around!"}, {"response": 138, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Apr  8, 1998 (23:50)", "body": "from the title \"waiting for an angel\", take it he's an adherent... which is good, i guess... (an informed judgement, i hope... not herbally influenced)... listening to pink floyd... \"wish you were here\"... (five times in a row... going for ten... like exercize, sort of- emotional calesthenics or some- thing ...such exquisite pain)..."}, {"response": 140, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (08:47)", "body": "looking for a domme?"}, {"response": 142, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (15:28)", "body": "depends..."}, {"response": 144, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  9, 1998 (16:57)", "body": "are there no certianties in life? (btw, I'm 'tuned into right now' the whirr of the vaccuum cleaner in the classroom next door)"}, {"response": 146, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (11:45)", "body": "listening to Bare Naked Ladies on the radio."}, {"response": 147, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (13:04)", "body": "How kinky!"}, {"response": 148, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (13:33)", "body": "wasn't \"One Week\" was it, Autumn?"}, {"response": 149, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (21:51)", "body": "You got it!"}, {"response": 150, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (23:55)", "body": "hehe..."}, {"response": 151, "author": "osceola", "date": "Tue, Sep 15, 1998 (12:46)", "body": "I just got Johnny Cash's \"Unchained\" album last week from the record club I belong to. I've listened to it at least once every day, it's that outstanding. He can do old stuff, new stuff, turn a song into a country song that wasn't originally a country song. The man is a great interpreter of lyrics and a true original."}, {"response": 152, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (22:51)", "body": "My dad's favorite! I seldom buy CDs--just listen to music on the radio. I keep tapes in the car, though, for when they just talk talk talk. Lately I've been listening to a Stan Ridgway tape, \"Mosquitos.\" (I loved his band \"Wall of Voodoo\"!)"}, {"response": 153, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (04:42)", "body": "Twas well after 3am and the house was under the spell of Ms. Annie Lennox crooning out from her Medusa album."}, {"response": 154, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (14:11)", "body": "Would I lie to you, baby? oooooooooooooooooooh Love that crooning! Phil Collins--No Jacket Required CD."}, {"response": 155, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Oct  1, 1998 (23:29)", "body": "Phil Collins was just on doing a live concert on tv. He did all audience requests. Easy lover et al."}, {"response": 156, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Oct  2, 1998 (23:41)", "body": "I caught that last night too."}, {"response": 157, "author": "osceola", "date": "Mon, Oct  5, 1998 (13:02)", "body": "Been listening to ZZ Top's \"Rythmeen\" album this weekend. It's a year or two old. They go back to the old ZZ Top sound (pre-MTV). That's the stuff I like."}, {"response": 158, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Oct  5, 1998 (17:54)", "body": "listening to Little Axe"}, {"response": 159, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Oct  7, 1998 (15:54)", "body": "Hey George, \"La Grange\" is one of my favorite songs--I always crank up the radio when it comes on. Never heard of Little Axe. Currently listening to The Cars."}, {"response": 160, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:44)", "body": "Listening to George Michael. Great voice."}, {"response": 161, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:23)", "body": "listening to Maynard Ferguson, MF Horn II"}, {"response": 162, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:45)", "body": "U2 \"War\"."}, {"response": 163, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:47)", "body": "My what variety! Right now, Texas."}, {"response": 164, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:51)", "body": "Austin is the music hub of the US. Only in Austin are new releases of every kind of music released before the majority of the country gets to hear them."}, {"response": 165, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:13)", "body": "lucky buggers!"}, {"response": 166, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:03)", "body": "Riette, it's only one of the charms of this city."}, {"response": 167, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:40)", "body": "You all seem to like Austin alot."}, {"response": 168, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:01)", "body": "I guess that is why we live here, Riette. It sure ain't the cost of living!!"}, {"response": 169, "author": "ratthing", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (19:38)", "body": "austin is the most wonderful place i have ever lived. i'd move back there in a heartbeat. i believe that it is one of the most unique cities in america."}, {"response": 170, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (21:10)", "body": "I second the motion!!!"}, {"response": 171, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:51)", "body": "Wow, now I really can't wait to come and see it. If I like it alot, I'll get my husband to take me there forever, and ever, and we'll have barbecues every day!"}, {"response": 172, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:56)", "body": "That would be absolutely wonderful, Riette!"}, {"response": 173, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:04)", "body": "Yes, wouldn't it??? On the other hand everyone will find out how bad I am!"}, {"response": 174, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:23)", "body": "Riette, if you live up to everyone else's expectations, soon you may find you have no room for your dreams."}, {"response": 175, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (20:29)", "body": "Blondie."}, {"response": 176, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (00:23)", "body": "Debbie Harry???? What has she got to do with this???? Ah I get it, The topic. Well then, Autumn, which album/ song?"}, {"response": 177, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:39)", "body": "WHO???"}, {"response": 178, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:51)", "body": "Blondie, Riette. the lead singer is debbie harry."}, {"response": 179, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:13)", "body": "Damn! Am I THAT uninformed? Do they have any hits currently?"}, {"response": 180, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:39)", "body": "No Riette, this group was popular before you were 5."}, {"response": 181, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (20:22)", "body": "ha-ha! Poor Blondie, I guess they didn't withstand the test of time...I was listening to the Platinum Collection CD. Tim, you mentioned Offspring a few days ago--just figured out that they're the ones who sing \"All the girls say I'm pretty fly/for a white guy...\" so I guess I do know of their existence after all."}, {"response": 182, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (21:07)", "body": "Yes, Riette, that is the song that I meant."}, {"response": 183, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (01:54)", "body": "You guys will have to get me up to date with these things when I come! I'd love to hear Blondie and all the other groups you two have discussed - I hardly know any of them. THink it also has something to do with growing up in Namibia, where ABBA became big during the late 80's! Blondie has probably not even reached us!"}, {"response": 184, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:08)", "body": "Riette, I think that you have a point there. I forgot about the embargo."}, {"response": 185, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:08)", "body": "Guess that means Milli Vanilli will be arriving any day now..."}, {"response": 186, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Dec 18, 1998 (00:17)", "body": "Oh, Joy! and that means the Bullet Boys will be, too!"}, {"response": 187, "author": "PT", "date": "Fri, Dec 18, 1998 (12:08)", "body": "Sooner or later, someone is bound to introduce something current. The possibilities for contrast are mind boggling!"}, {"response": 188, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Dec 18, 1998 (20:44)", "body": "Midnight Funk A KGSR Music Sampler I picked up at Technophelia when I was in Austin..."}, {"response": 189, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Dec 18, 1998 (22:03)", "body": "Nutcracker Suite."}, {"response": 190, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (01:44)", "body": "neil young (cowgirls in the sand)"}, {"response": 191, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Dec 21, 1998 (20:33)", "body": "My first concert was a Neil Young concert."}, {"response": 192, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 21, 1998 (21:08)", "body": "Mary Black (No Frontiers)"}, {"response": 193, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (04:32)", "body": "lou reed (sweet jane)"}, {"response": 194, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (17:22)", "body": "I had to break down and by the CD a couple years ago when I finally wore the tape out. Have you heard someone covering that tune recently? Can't remember her name. Do you?"}, {"response": 195, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (17:45)", "body": "Cowboy Junkies / The Trinity Session 1.Mining for Gold 2.Misguided Angel 3.Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) 4.I Don't Get It 5.I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 6.To Love Is to Bury 7.200 More Miles 8.Dreaming My Dreams with You 9.Working on a Building 10.Sweet Jane 11.Postcard Blues 12.Waking after Midnight"}, {"response": 196, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (17:50)", "body": "Marguex Timmons That's my fave Cowboy Junkies CD! (Autumn, I'm telnetting and can't back up! So, if your question was NOT related to the lead singer of the Cowboy Junkies... oops!)"}, {"response": 197, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "I can't back up either, Autumn. That darn Marguex is chasing me again. She runs about as fast as Stacey."}, {"response": 198, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "Hey, that's not saying much, considering Stacey is wearing platform shoes...thanks for the name of the artist, I would never have come up with it."}, {"response": 199, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "that's when she's doin' that alternative modelling or when she's at work or when workin' on some mean meal at a restaurant. I'm always slippin' and fallin' tried to get away from her and Marguex when they chase after their prey down the tow path out of the woods and over to the river. They smoke everyone."}, {"response": 200, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "That's why, with those two especially, it's better to be where they are going instead of where they've been..."}, {"response": 201, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "listening to Marguex at this very moment... Cowboy Junkies \"Black-Eyed Man\" Hey WER... sometimes I end up going where I've been... then where's it better to be?"}, {"response": 202, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "ACCCCCCKKKKK! In the car, I just heard David Garza but the DJ called him Wes Cunningham... what's up with THAT?!?!??!"}, {"response": 203, "author": "jgross", "date": "Fri, Dec  5, 1930 (21:45)", "body": "Wes was tryin' to get ahold of you any way he can but he didn't wanna be too obvious about it and that dj owes him a favor. Wes is like that, though, he just tries things over and over again that usually never work. He doesn't think them out first too well. The only contact David Garza had with him was that he passed Wes once in a post office, when Wes went in there to get help from one of the postal clerks with a flat tire. Wes doesn't have any cats. His left lung has a floor stand. His singing is induced by the interaction of magnetic fields all the way from Sedona. His mother had to regularly scoop up mud and rocks from down in the top of his opened-up cranium. He takes this drug that narrows his head and body, enough to make it possible for a heavily planned-on return trip to the womb by April. I probably shouldn't say any more, that's more information than we needed/wanted to know. Wes has an increased sensitivity to pot the more he smokes it. He uses his girlfriend's saliva to treat all his mouth and throat irritations. She, um, well he said in an interview that she would drop her pants if she was wearing smart casual trousers --- I mean he said she'd do that alot, like even when he wasn't looking, like even in public, like even when she was in motion walking along the darn sidewalk, downtown there where they live. He called it her \"possum trot\" --- I honestly have no idea why. I probably shouldn't really say any more, y'know."}, {"response": 204, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan  5, 1999 (08:28)", "body": "sarah mclachlan 'angel'"}, {"response": 205, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (03:39)", "body": "\"Hey WER... sometimes I end up going where I've been... then where's it better to be?\" where you are \"what's up with THAT?!?!??!\" not sure, but it certaintly doesn't sound Twangy... and, to be topical, am listening to \"Sweet Dreams\" on the radio..."}, {"response": 206, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan  6, 1999 (19:32)", "body": "sinead lohan 'No Mermaid'"}, {"response": 207, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan  6, 1999 (21:04)", "body": "Enya"}, {"response": 208, "author": "osceola", "date": "Fri, Jan  8, 1999 (10:15)", "body": "Too New-Agey for me, Stacy. Recently got Lucinda Williams' \"Car Wheels on a Gravel Road\" CD. She's one terrific songwriter. \"Passionate Kisses\" is probably her most well-known song (recorded by someone else). Also got \"Mermaid Avenue\" by Billy Bragg and Wilco. It deserves every rave review it gets. Woody Guthrie's daughter had a trunk full of songs her dad wrote that no one ever recorded, and she asked Bragg to do it, and he got Wilco to help him out."}, {"response": 209, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Jan  8, 1999 (10:46)", "body": "Wilco was originally Uncle Tupelo and I used to see the religiously at the Lunch in Austin! old Enya's pretty damn soothing for me, I don't understand any of the words and just enjoy the slow, dreamy albeit random tempo. I saw Lucinda Williams at SXSW in '95 at Austin Music Hall... she opened for PoiDog and the then little known CAKE. Right now I'm listening to Angelique Kidjo's OREMI FAN-DAMN-TASTIC CD! (George, it's a pet peeve of mine when people spell my name wrong -- just so you know!)"}, {"response": 210, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Jan 10, 1999 (23:23)", "body": "jerry jeff 'contrary to ordinary'"}, {"response": 211, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Jan 10, 1999 (23:44)", "body": "Cartoon Network on the tv..."}, {"response": 212, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jan 11, 1999 (09:09)", "body": "angelique kidjo (again!)"}, {"response": 213, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 11, 1999 (23:36)", "body": "van morrison ('tupelo honey')"}, {"response": 214, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jan 12, 1999 (08:55)", "body": "whirr of my computer..."}, {"response": 215, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Jan 12, 1999 (21:49)", "body": "Richard Scary's ABC video..."}, {"response": 216, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (09:53)", "body": "I LOVE Richard Scarry!"}, {"response": 217, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (15:17)", "body": "now how did I know that?"}, {"response": 218, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:01)", "body": "well, tunafish notwithstanding... we're soulmates!"}, {"response": 219, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:02)", "body": "I don't want to go into that, do I?"}, {"response": 220, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:06)", "body": "uh..."}, {"response": 221, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:09)", "body": "that's kinda what I thought..."}, {"response": 222, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:11)", "body": "uh..."}, {"response": 223, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:14)", "body": "*smile*"}, {"response": 224, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (16:36)", "body": "(glad you're smiling!)"}, {"response": 225, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (17:56)", "body": "this is just a strange topic for me..."}, {"response": 226, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (17:57)", "body": "and back to the topic... \"Closing time\" by (?)Semisonic"}, {"response": 227, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (18:00)", "body": "\"Summertime\" singing it to myself..."}, {"response": 228, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jan 13, 1999 (18:03)", "body": "longing for the warmth?"}, {"response": 229, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 14, 1999 (13:52)", "body": "actually I was singing it because it was so warm and sunny yesterday! It's kinda chilly and overcast today -- a CO rarity!"}, {"response": 230, "author": "osceola", "date": "Tue, Jan 19, 1999 (13:34)", "body": "My stereo's dead. Don't know why (natural causes?). And I've got a CD in the tray that I can't get open. It's Dave Alvin's latest. He's a great songwriter, but I like him better when he rocks out, like with The Blasters. Fortunately, I have a jam box. But the CD on it doesn't work because I had it near an open window during a rainstorm and it got wet. But the cassette part works, and I've been listening to a Van Morrison tape I made. Been listening to it all weekend. Gonna listen to it again when I get home tonight."}, {"response": 231, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 20, 1999 (19:54)", "body": "listening to some bullshit techno crap on the jukebox (at an internet cafe, currently)... van morrison would be very nice just now"}, {"response": 232, "author": "osceola", "date": "Mon, Jan 25, 1999 (13:07)", "body": "Stacey, hate ta break it to ya, but Liberty Lunch is being shut down by the evil bastards on the city council (they own the property). They made some sweetheart deal with a computer company to develop several city blocks downtown, and the Lunch is on one of them. The city council SAYS they'll help the Lunch relocate to another site, and they'd better not be lying or they'll have a revolution on their hands. For years there were stories of something like this happening because the city owns the lot, but it never happened because the Lunch has such a widespread following."}, {"response": 233, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jan 26, 1999 (13:28)", "body": "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"}, {"response": 234, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Fri, Feb 19, 1999 (21:10)", "body": "Right now...I'm listening to Peter Gabriel's \"Passion\" CD, the soundtrack from the movie, \"The Last Temptation of Christ\"....so soooooothing....*sigh*"}, {"response": 235, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Feb 19, 1999 (23:25)", "body": "kinda like an audio back rub?"}, {"response": 236, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Feb 23, 1999 (10:54)", "body": "\"Peter and the Wolf\" here...the kids love it."}, {"response": 237, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Feb 23, 1999 (11:34)", "body": "Angelique Kidjo here"}, {"response": 238, "author": "osceola", "date": "Tue, Feb 23, 1999 (12:04)", "body": "I tape Austin City Limits off the radio here (they simulcast here). Listening to a tape I made a few years back. Cowboy Junkies, Joe Ely, Taj Mahal. Not together -- they're just all on the same casette."}, {"response": 239, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Feb 23, 1999 (13:00)", "body": "fun fun! Ladysmith Black Mambazzo now"}, {"response": 240, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Feb 24, 1999 (17:49)", "body": "Sgt. Pepper's here."}, {"response": 241, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Feb 24, 1999 (21:37)", "body": "and how is (s)he?"}, {"response": 242, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (12:01)", "body": "Neil Diamond!!!"}, {"response": 243, "author": "osceola", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (12:14)", "body": ""}, {"response": 244, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (13:35)", "body": "awww... cracklin rosie get on board!!!"}, {"response": 245, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (15:35)", "body": "(Neil Diamond usually leaves me speechless, too, George...)"}, {"response": 246, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (15:53)", "body": "sweeeeet car-o-line (da da daaa)"}, {"response": 247, "author": "osceola", "date": "Thu, Feb 25, 1999 (17:06)", "body": "Pardon me, I was retching."}, {"response": 248, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (21:39)", "body": "Ha-ha! Do I dare mention what I'm listening to, then? (The Monkees)"}, {"response": 249, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (21:55)", "body": "woo woo!"}, {"response": 250, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Mar  6, 1999 (14:38)", "body": "Well, I just did listen to the Monkees two days ago, too. Ever really listened to the lyrics of their theme song? A smack in the face of every thinking person in the 1970ies, or just pure ignorance?"}, {"response": 251, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sat, Mar  6, 1999 (20:03)", "body": "Hey, not everybody is trying to make a statement, huh? Some of their later tunes actually did run a little deeper (\"Pleasant Valley Sunday\", \"Stepping Stone\"), but mostly I think their attitude is the essence of bubblegum."}, {"response": 252, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Mar  7, 1999 (00:32)", "body": "which, for whatever reason, does not belong in one's ears... (okay, well, at least mine for now...although accidents do happen!)"}, {"response": 253, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar  7, 1999 (11:59)", "body": "Autumn, hold it, por favor - I don't want to get stung in every topic I visit around here... \"Hey, not everybody is trying to make a statement, huh?\" - ok, so some people shine entertaining us, and keep it sense (or meaning)-free. I've got no problem with that (I just don't need to listen to everything, right?). Fun rulez ok and everything. I think. Well, sometimes I think so, if I get around to thinking. But let me ask you more specific again: Listen to the Monkee's Theme Song, what do you say about the lyrics? Is that fun? Is it insulting? What do you think? (Please excuse me, Anon, if I repeat this question. I really would like to know.)"}, {"response": 254, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (00:15)", "body": "oops...did I say something out of line again? (it has been known to happen...(unfortunately!))"}, {"response": 255, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (07:01)", "body": "Dear Autumn, I have reconsidered above case (Alexander vs. Monkees Theme). I am right, but so are you. You're even more right than I am. My original position was: Knowing the Monkees were a media projection created to generate cash flow from records and the TV show, that somebody had styled this the way it appeared. And think of the US at that time - divided by generational gaps, divided by differing positions on the Vietnam involvement, deeply stuck in cold-war mentalities and interventionism, all things not even the Apollo-program could cure by distracting the people. Parents hated kids, because they grew their hair long and talked back some still do), and kids hated parents, because the weren't with it. Enter the Monkees. The show's theme song had some lyrics that - to me - revealed their purpose at first sight (well, first hear, rather). [...] Hey hey, we're the Monkees People say we're monkeying 'round But we're to busy singing to put anybody down. [...] We're just trying to be friendly Come and watch us singing and play We're the young generation And we've got something to say. So, I thought, Hmh, they are like valium to the folks (more ninetyish would be e.g. \"like prozac to the people\"), just make everybody believe they are harmless. And they were. Imagine John Lennon or Dylan recording a line like \"to busy singing to put anybody down\". That's what lots of late-sixties, early-seventies artists were about, right? But surely not the Monkees, they are so occupied with being silly, they don't tell anybody anything but niceties. They wouldn't \"put anybody\" down, even if there were plenty targets. \"Nice kids, let's take 'em to the local chapters barbecue on the weekend. Shit hairdo, though.\" Culturally and socially compatible. Next thing, they claim they are the young ones. \"So, the next generation is like the Monkees? Why does my teenager then have a bad hairdo and an ugly attitude?\" I figured, they served like a decoy, trying to suggest the kids aren't all talking back and getting new ideas, it's just your kid, that's not adapting well. To top it off, they claimed they had something to say. Couldn't have been much, if they also didn't want to put anybody down, right? So, they would fit right in, no matter what scene, what crowd. Friendly, well-adapted teenagers. I figured, they were supposed to show the kids that you have to be harmless and go along with all the crap that happens, because challenging it and asking questions and things would make you unpopular. And you'd not get on television. Better be happy and sweet with a bad haircut, than curious about the world and taking up causes and having a bad haircut. So. I thought they were pretty establishment-supporting media-brainwash to keep the kids in line. And very conservative. I was wrong. The Monkees (or who ever designed this media entity) were very much ahead of their time. They saying, yes, you can have fun in the sun (well, you can't today courtesy of skin cancer, I know, but it's just a figure of speech, ok?), frolic around and be foolish. And you can be friendly, not wanting to step on anybody's toes. And you can say things, and make-believe they are meaningful. Maybe they are not, maybe they are. That's not important. It's whether or not you feel great and wise if you say them, not if you are really great and wise. And it's about being humble and knowing one's limits, and not transgressing them too far. And maybe suffer gentle guidance well, without talking back. Strikes a chord? Yes, they were envisioning virtuous (maybe even virtual) communities like this here place. Where people goof around, be actually harmless and silly, and vent their thoughts. Prozac for the people? Maybe that, too. Maybe not. Maybe, if you only interact here at the Spring or in other virtu-ways, and don't do it in what people used to call the real world when we were young. Take causes to the street. Do something positive for people around you. For the place where you live (physically exist, that is). And this absolves the Monkees from everything brought against them in this trial. Defendant aquitted. What do you think, Autumn? And what are you listening to right now? Musically yours, Alexander. P.S.: The following lines from the Monkees Theme Song are dedicated in friendship to my favorite Alexander-watcher, TAAKAK (The Artist Also Known As Kitchen): Anytime or Anywhere Just look over your shoulder Guess who's standing there?"}, {"response": 256, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (14:56)", "body": "nicely put everyone... (woo woo ?!?!?! - just for Mr. Schuth who is mystified by my lack of letters...) *grin*"}, {"response": 257, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (16:43)", "body": "Thank you, Stacey! Oh, do I have a gift for you! Look here: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/collecting/1.39 You asked, how to type \"\ufffd\" or the like - just write \"oe\", counts the same. So what do you think about the Monkees Theme song? And please, DO call me ALexander..."}, {"response": 258, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (16:43)", "body": "Thank you, Stacey! Oh, do I have a gift for you! Look here: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/collecting/1.39 You asked, how to type \"\ufffd\" or the like - just write \"oe\", counts the same. So what do you think about the Monkees Theme song? And please, DO call me Alexander..."}, {"response": 259, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (00:09)", "body": "Who else thinks that Jim and Alexander are cousins? Just me? oh, well..."}, {"response": 260, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (09:21)", "body": "Sorry about the mishap. Transatlantic reload times are so long, I must have hit the submit key twice in my excitement. Wer, what Jim? Was that Woolcap, Stunted Singer or Guy-On-Drums-Looks-Like-The-Band-Is-Named-After-Him? If you are one of those people who still believe in horoscopes, though they are never lucky, please bear in mind that in the chinese horoscope, monkey is a fortious sign, one of wisdom and creativeness. Also, in chinese mythology, the monkey king Sun Wu kicks butt and bashes heads big time (also, he's immortal, sympathetic and takes care of his people). What a superstar!"}, {"response": 261, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "they both have unique ideas that they're not afraid to share (or if they're afraid, they bite the bullet and share anyway) with the rest of us. kindred spirits perhaps? but, then again, aren't we all???"}, {"response": 262, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (12:16)", "body": "Stacey, help me! Who's Jim?"}, {"response": 263, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (14:25)", "body": "Leplep le Plep... he shows up every now and again to add wit and wisdom to our conversations and most importantly, to our virtual well-being... tis certainly a compliment to be considered a 'cousin' or kindred spirit to Mr. Plep"}, {"response": 264, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (19:22)", "body": "my sentiments exactly, my sm!!!"}, {"response": 265, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (20:13)", "body": "i just this guy off the streets over here in Austin, Texas who has instant rapport with allygaters i encourage 'em to take a swim from time to time in above-ground swimmin' pools but only if that crazy ol' nut grass first leads the way and i understood immediately when WER said that Autumn's got the crabs. me and Steve at Animal Planet like very much to wrassle a croc or ally(McBeal) or each other, whichever comes first. and he, Steve, does truly collect stuff offa Alligator Records. not me, though.....but.... pleased ta meetcha, there, Alexander. http://www.alligator.com/artists.html"}, {"response": 266, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (12:21)", "body": "cool!"}, {"response": 267, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (22:38)", "body": "Alexander, you have certainly given the Monkees' theme song a lot more thought than I ever did! I never would've read all that into it, how clever of you to dissect it the way you did. Imagine what you'd make of that song about the cake that got left out in the rain. I am in awe. Since you asked, right now I'm listening to \"I need to praise you like I should...\" (don't know the artist)"}, {"response": 268, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (05:10)", "body": "Why, Autumn, no need to praise me, I'm just doing my duty! ;=} Anyway, some people convincingly feigned being impressed, which somewhat amazes me, as I still don't really get what I meant. The important thing is maybe: watch what media feeds you, and decide if you like the taste. Do conscious evaluations of even minor things (one of my pasttimes is e.g. finding tv commercials that contradict themselves (or compromise the manufacturer's interests, at least). Still, if yall enjoyed it, I haven't lived in vain! Well, on the other topic, it's of course all about Diana's fears of losing grip on reality. The cake is a symbol for a meaningful relationship, that she destroyed out of ignorance and neglect. Actually, that's not her main thing, as she regrets most not having the recipe anymore to do the cake (= not knowing how to find another fool who'd fall for her easily). It's like \"wouldn't have to cry about spilled milk, if I knew where to get more\". Oh, what a great idea I have! To come back on that praising-issue, let me just play this 45 I have of the Cramps (last years single in RED vinyl!): \"Like a Bad Girl Should...\""}, {"response": 269, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (15:34)", "body": "yes, I think that would be perfect background music..."}, {"response": 270, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (02:33)", "body": "(Glad you liked it, Wer! On the flip, it plays \"I walked all Night\", nice cover version.) music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 39, "subject": "Steve Winwood", "response_count": 16, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (07:43)", "body": "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is, hands down, my favorite Winwood Traffic album. Anyone heard it?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (20:43)", "body": "No.......(you asked!)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (21:23)", "body": "Well, I guess that's possible that someone hadn't heard it yet. But hard to imagine, since it's my favorite album of all time."}, {"response": 4, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (21:34)", "body": "Guess I'm more familiar with his 80's stuff, like Higher Love. (Did, however, know that he was in Traffic)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (21:57)", "body": "ashamed to admit i've never heard it... know Traffic, John Barleycorn, and Mr. Fantasy, but not familiar with The Low Spark... according to the catologue, it was released circa '71, so it must've been previously unreleased material (?), because i thought both mason and stevie had left by then to do other things... stevie, of course, recorded with clapton and ginger baker (blind faith, Blind Faith), and produced a couple of his most beautiful vocals, i thought, in \"presence of the lord\", and \"can't find my way home\"... what songs are on The Low Spark...?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:03)", "body": "What is Stevie doin' here lately?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:10)", "body": "dunno what that stevie is doing... but saw stevie nicks on letterman last night... and she was awesome, with lindsey on accoustic guitar, and mick on bongos... and god, is she still beautiful..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:13)", "body": "tell me about it, was just agog when they were on VH1. There still is a connection between them two. Christy looked worn out. But those guys are still good!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:18)", "body": "how very sexist of you... (i thought she looked wonderful... the definition of grace fluide, as always...)"}, {"response": 10, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:20)", "body": "not sexist at all, she just looked tired, not bad"}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:24)", "body": "other than natalie, her's is the sexiest voice/persona i've heard... joni'd be third (in a very tight race)..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:27)", "body": "I agree (and you're talkin' Stevie, right?) For some reason, can't think of male voices that I like, well John Malcovich *wink*"}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (16:36)", "body": "Down by the River was one of the tunes. I can think of how the others sound but I can't think of the titles.From the web: Personnel Jim Capaldi - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals Steve Winwood - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer Rik Grech - Bass Rebop Kwaku Baah - Conductor James Gordon - Drums Brian Humphries - Engineer Chris Wood - Wind Tracks 1. Hidden Treasure - 4:16 2. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - 12:10 3. Rock and Roll Stew - 4:29 4. Many a Mile to Freedom - 7:12 5. Light up or Leave Me Alone - 4:53 6. Rainmaker - 7:39"}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (16:45)", "body": "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (Winwood/Capaldi) If you see something that looks like a star And it's shooting up out of the ground And your head is spinning from a loud guitar And you just can't escape from the sound Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you We were children once, playing with toys And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams But today you just read that the man was shot dead By a gun that didn't make any noise But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was The low spark of high-heeled boys If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish Would you ask for something like another chance? Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return Would you do the same for me as I would for you? Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride But spirit is something that no one destroys And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound The low spark of high-heeled boys"}, {"response": 15, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (17:37)", "body": "know \"rock and roll stew\", of course (excellent song), but not familiar with the rest... \"the low spark of high- heeled boys\" sounds like a fascinating tune (they should bottle that stuff- it could have industrial applications)... i'll look for it next time i'm at waterloo... since mason was gone, this must've been stevie's swan song? or, since he obviously returned to the band after the blind faith experiment, did he then stick to the end? never thought about that, really (always just assumed the one meant the end of the other), but with stevie gone, who in the hell COULD'VE sung?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (22:57)", "body": "That's the one song that doesn't stick out in my mind. I'll have to listen to it again. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 4, "subject": "The Blues", "response_count": 17, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "drymartini", "date": "Fri, Dec 27, 1996 (10:20)", "body": "There's a wonderful forward momentum in the blues. Each four-bar line demanding another until there are three lines, each 12-bar chorus demanding another go-round. Then there's the eternal reach for possibilities, the celebration of each one that is seized. The use of the \"blue note\" or the \"third third\" is at the heart of this questing feeling, I believe. And it was that questing that helped drive the development of boogie, a peculiarly piano thing. Most other instruments can manage a blue note, as can the voice. But the piano? Nah. So it does an alternating thing, minor-major-minor-major, using the low third and the high third. And the squawk, with a gracenote, either slammed or drawled into a major third from a semi-tone below. That third third was legislated out of official existence mainly by J S Bach, tempering his clavier. For the convenience of keyboard players and notators and the ideal of not having to put split sharps on keyboards, and for the luxury of being able to play in any key without retuning and making innumerable adaptations for each tonality, he decreed that there would be a major third, with its 5:4 ratio, and a minor third, represented by a 7:6 (he didn't talk about ratios and frequencies as such, so far as I know), and poor old 6:5 was eliminated. Then the other two were futzed and compromised, and JS wrote a prelude+fugue in each neatly tailored major and minor tonality, based on this tempering and the new system of tuning your keyboard instrument (harpsichord, clavichord, pipe organ or whatever). But we know, all of us know at some level (whether or not we know that we know), there is so a third third! In boogie we force it to emerge from the cracks between the keys; in blues we acknowledge it, in sorrow and in hope, in gritty triumph over all the bad cess we have been through and seen others slog through. At least, that's how it seems to me, when I hear blues, or play blues. Especially when I hear Clancy Hayes, singing with the Bob Scobey outfit-- and most especially when he sings \"Trouble in Mind.\""}, {"response": 2, "author": "tj", "date": "Fri, May  9, 1997 (11:03)", "body": "Texas Blues, Zydeco Blues, Chicago Blues, Mississippi Blues, Delta Blue, Bayou Blues, European Blues, I just love the blues.......... Ok a little test for blues fans THE FOLLOWING LIST OF BLUES GREATS ARE BETTER KNOWN BY: Chester Burnett Marion Jacobs Aaron Thibeaux Walker Saunders Terrell McKinley Morganfield Beulah Thomas Deacon Bates Booker T. Washington White John Peter Chatman Roosevelt Williams Rice Miller Williamson Eddie Jones Arthur Crudup Robert Brown Otis hicks Walter Horton Josua Howell Amos Blakemore George Guy Azell Hill Mehemia James Walter McGhee Malcolm Rebennack William Bunch Here is a hint........Eddie James = Son House ......................Henry Byrd = Professor Longhair"}, {"response": 3, "author": "ShtnJohnny", "date": "Mon, May 19, 1997 (00:05)", "body": "Yeah Man, the blues. The odd tones, the emotion of the colors. Warning: If you hade trouble understanding the first two sentences and hate poor spelling, stop reading this post. Drymartini covered the thirds so I will deal with the fifths. No, not that kind of fifth, I mean the kind that lets ya know if ya drunk. The fifth that sways back and forth. The one that makes ya wanna run home. You know it flatly as weak and timid. Humblely headed home or to anywhere he may end up. Unlike the sharp cat who demands what he wants and marches proudly to anywhere he wants including home. Talking stuff all the way there. Slide guitar makes a good way to travel. Tiny steps back and forth may cause the trip to take awhile... But chill and lay for awhile. Cut your own time... (:D Peace, Johnny Visit my hope page at... http://www.angelfire.com/va/jjblues/index.html"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, May 19, 1997 (00:13)", "body": "Feel free to link to this here topic from yer page. Hope you come back more often, I'd like to start talking with you about stuff."}, {"response": 5, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (02:01)", "body": "~Shoutin' Johnny~! Where'd you go? It's been awhile since you came by, in May, and here I sit, all alone, while I play....... 'DA BLUEZ!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Tue, Mar  3, 1998 (17:05)", "body": "Hey, Wer! That's ok! It's just great to see you sittin' here! :) You can always put on on BB King, and, we'll take it from there!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  3, 1998 (17:48)", "body": "In honor of you all... I will pop in the Robert Johnson tonight!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (19:13)", "body": "Alright! Let's get the party going! And, Wer, you're gonna be the BLUES Brother...and sing, right? ~grin~"}, {"response": 13, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (19:37)", "body": "And, have...da bluez! See? Life the life, and sing about it! ~grin~ Just growl in tune....throw in a few \"Owwwwws\", and...who'll know? I'll play bass. Anybody else wanna drag out a guitar and join in?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (15:36)", "body": "i'll add the 'uh huh's and 'oh yeah's"}, {"response": 15, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Thu, Mar 12, 1998 (09:44)", "body": "Alright, Stacey! You're IN!:)"}, {"response": 16, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Fri, Mar 13, 1998 (05:44)", "body": "Ok here are some answers to the blues test back there: Chester Burnett = Howling Wolf Marion Jacobs = Little Walter Aaron Thibeaux Walker = TBone Walker Saunders Terrell McKinley Morganfield = Muddy Waters Beulah Thomas Deacon Bates = Blind Lemon Jefferson Booker T. Washington White = John Peter Chatman = Memphis Slim Roosevelt Williams Rice Miller Williamson Eddie Jones Arthur Crudup = \"Big Boy\" Crudup Robert Brown = Washboard Sam Otis hicks Walter Horton Josua Howell Amos Blakemore George Guy = Buddy Guy Azell Hill Mehemia James Walter McGhee = Brownie McGhee Malcolm Rebennack = Doctor John William Bunch Those are just the ones I knew. I could have got more if I looked it up."}, {"response": 17, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (21:23)", "body": "So, it's been a while...Wer, Stacey - is the gig still on? (grinnin')"}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (16:38)", "body": "certainly need to mellow out a bit after this long day..."}, {"response": 20, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Sun, Feb 14, 1999 (20:09)", "body": "...and, almost ten months, later, she returns to have a look around...and finds that everyone has been quietly...quietly (that's like, noone's posted in a year kind of quietly) moanin' the bluuuuuuues...;)"}, {"response": 21, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Feb 14, 1999 (23:15)", "body": "just a sad lot, aren't we?"}, {"response": 22, "author": "LaughingSky", "date": "Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (17:30)", "body": "well, somebody once said that you have to live the blues to be able to sing the blues.....? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 40, "subject": "Grateful Dead", "response_count": 9, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (08:39)", "body": "I heard this from Wired's Steve Silberman. Phil Lesh says the surviving members of the Dead will reunite on New Year's Eve 1999, to celebrate the opening of a new interactive venue/museum called Terrapin Station. To raise money for this project, the Dead will sell a 3-CD set recorded on Phil's 50th birthday, 3/15/90, called \"The Terrapin Limited.\" It's the whole show - even the applause before the encore, and it's available now from dead.net and 1-800-CAL-DEAD. The complete story is at Wired News : http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/7102.html"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (08:40)", "body": "It's $45.50, including shipping, which will take 4-6 weeks."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (08:42)", "body": "http://www.dead.net"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (08:47)", "body": "And also: http://www.dead.net/almanac/TerrAlmanac/Pages/Entry.html which is the Terrapin web page."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (22:41)", "body": "FWIW There is a new site for this See below: ----------------------------------------------- Greetings! I am happy to report that Grateful Dead Tapelists has found a new home. World Wide Impact, Inc. ( http://www.wwimpact.com/ ) has very kindly offered their services for this project. Many thanks to them and to those of you who offered space on your personal www pages or made isp suggestions. The site is now currently up at its new address . Everything is in order as it was and the site is fully operational, with the exception of the chat room which is undergoing renovations. Please update your links and bookmarks. All tapelists saved locally on the old site have a message referring visitors to the new address. All the tapelists from the old site have been moved to the new site. When you visit the new site and click on your list you will be able to determine the new url for your tapelist. Of course, if you only submitted a link to your list, nothing has changed at all. As always, if you have any questions or comments regarding the site, please let me know. Regards, Jim Denaro (jim@demonsys.com) Curator, Grateful Dead Tapelists http://bertha.wwimpact.com/gdtapelists/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (03:14)", "body": "This probably belongs in the media conference but the media conference hasn't attracted enough journalists and writers yet to make it hot stuff (I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it) so here goes. Uh, sit down, deadheads. this was apparently in the LA Times... POP EYE Weir, Lesh, Hart Bring Dead to Life By STEVE HOCHMAN What would you call a new band featuring three key members of the Grateful Dead performing three-hour sets of the old band's music? Dead Again? Half Dead? Dead Remains? Deadheads are calling it the answer to their prayers. The name is the one thing left to be determined in plans for a tour this summer by singer-guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh and percussionist Mickey Hart, along with auxiliary Dead keyboardist Bruce Hornsby. They will anchor a band that will headline the third annual Furthur Festival, a Dead-related tour created in the wake of Jerry Garcia's August 1995 death to keep the Deadhead community together. Hornsby is expected to handle most of the lead vocals on songs that had been sung by Garcia, while most of Garcia's lead guitar work will be turned over to jazz- oriented musician Stan Franks, though there is talk of guests joining in on some shows, with such names as Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton popping up in the Deadhead rumor mill. Dead spokesman Dennis McNally would not confirm the plans, but sources close to the band say that Lesh, who had declined similar proposals, found he was missing the experience of performing the music that had been his life for 30 years. Short of Garcia's resurrection, it's the news many Deadheads have most been hoping to hear. \"They had talked about [reuniting] at the end of the millennium, but why wait?\" says Toni Brown, publisher of Brooklyn-based Deadhead magazine Relix. \"We were all tired of waiting.\" Others who were waiting for such news are concert promoters, who had missed the reliable and sizable business of a Grateful Dead tour. In the decade before Garcia's death, the San Francisco band pitched camp annually among the top-grossing tours with steady sales at both arenas and stadiums. The Furthur Festival, even with Weir and Hart each fronting bands, couldn't come close to that. Last year, with the Black Crowes headlining, the tour was only the 47th-biggest U.S. tour, averaging attendance of about 8,600 and a total box-office gross of $6.3 million for 28 dates, according to figures magazine. \"It won't fill the [Dead's] hole,\" Gary Bongiovanni, Pollstar's editor-in-chief, says of the reunion. \"But that's not to say it won't be a great touring act. And obviously with the higher profile connected to the Dead name, you'd expect it to do much better this year.\" Can the music live up to the Dead? \"Without Jerry it's a totally different thing,\" Brown says. \"But last year many people said the most rewarding thing was when Weir finally played Dead tunes. And having new players gives it credibility and its own voice. And who knows? It could blossom into something of its own. DEAD TIME: While they're waiting for summer, Deadheads can keep busy reliving the old days with \"The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Volume I,\" an in-depth guide to the vast flow of concert tapes traded freely among the most serious fans. Compiled by Michael M. Getz and John R. Dwork, the book is due in May. So detailed are its show-by-show descriptions and analyses of available tapes that its nearly 600 pages take us only through 1974. However, it does reach back way before the Dead itself came together, starting with a 1959 show by the College of San Mateo Jazz Band, which included Phil Lesh on trumpet. There are also such oddities as a 1962 recording of Jerry Garcia's folk band the Sleepy Hog Hollow Stompers at the San Carlos Jewish Community Center. It's much more information than anyone who isn't obsessed with finding the greatest-ever performance of \"Dark Star\" needs, but even a casual Deadhead should get some flashbacks thumbing through these pages. Copyright Los Angeles Times"}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Mar 21, 1999 (02:31)", "body": "Since it's been over a year later, what happened?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar 22, 1999 (09:31)", "body": "I'm not sure. Any deadheads here?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 30, 2005 (08:07)", "body": "The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Particle, a pioneering electronic/jam-rock band, have come together to form HYDRA. The new group will launch a 14-date tour debuting their innovative sound nationwide, beginning April 7 in Santa Cruz, Calif. and ending on April 24 in Washington, DC. Stops include The Fillmore in San Francisco, Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, and New York's Roseland Ballroom while wrapping it's way around the country. This union marks the first time Hart has joined an existing act to create a new unit... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 41, "subject": "Fleetwood Mac", "response_count": 18, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (23:32)", "body": "Catch 'em on Letterman tonight!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (23:55)", "body": "mick fleetwood is starting to look a little like keith richard's grandfather..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (23:56)", "body": "dunno, he kinda looked the same to me"}, {"response": 4, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (19:04)", "body": "looked pretty similar to me too but sometimes I can't get past the freaky wide-eyed stare! I like it!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (23:04)", "body": "hmmm... (instructive)... he's always kind of reminded me of frank zappa (appearance-wise)..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (23:06)", "body": "...though, from what i saw on letterman, mick is (just a little) more animated than frank is, these days..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (23:16)", "body": "And here I always thought a Fleetwood Mac was a car made by Cadillac!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (10:05)", "body": "LOL!!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Mar  3, 1998 (00:21)", "body": "OK. Saturday night at 8:30 pm on PBS, Fleetwood Mac with all the usual suspects. That's in Austin, check your local times elsewhere, we're on CST. Or CDT. Or something like that."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  3, 1998 (18:50)", "body": "a rebroadcast of their summer tour?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar  4, 1998 (06:43)", "body": "Not sure. I just saw a promo on PBS and it showed the original band members playing in concert."}, {"response": 12, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (11:25)", "body": "I'm glad to see them back together, but they don't sound nearly as good as they used to."}, {"response": 13, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:51)", "body": "Can you think of any reunion examples that do?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (17:35)", "body": "AEROSMITH, definitely!"}, {"response": 15, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (22:46)", "body": "Blaaahhh! That's a band only a guy could love..."}, {"response": 16, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (02:37)", "body": "And a lot of women, Check out a concert sometime."}, {"response": 17, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (10:55)", "body": "I know a a gal that loves their music... Right up to current stuff! And she has Fleetwood Mac albums, too."}, {"response": 18, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (14:06)", "body": "Whatever became of Peter Green? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 42, "subject": "Crosby, Stills and Nash", "response_count": 46, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (07:09)", "body": "From David Crosby: I wish we were big enough to do a week at the Fillmore .....couldn't think of a better gig......but that will only happen if there is a response to the record...( keep your fingers crossed).....as for all the rest of the places we would like to be .........we will try to cover as many as we can get bookings at in a couple of months of touring......as for the casinos......I hope I can meet some of you if your coming.....I will come down after and play the dollar slots ....wear a carnation in your buttonhole and carry a copy of \"Field and Stream\" upside down"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (09:23)", "body": "that's really sad (david crosby musing that he wished CS&N was \"bigger\")... and i didn't know that the fillmore (west, i take it, that he was referring to?) still existed... also, the idea of artists of their stature playing casinos (alongside tom jones, and the ghost of joey heatherton) is kinda sad, too... i'm a big CS&N fan (graham nash is my favorite- he was on \"politically incorrect\" last night, by the way) and have never understood the brutal nature of the criticism directed at them by much of the rock and roll press (meaning Rolling Stone, of course, who pretty much define that press, tell everyone what it's cool to think, etc...)... maybe the thing is, if you love that kind of music, especially from that time, it is visceral to love CS&N, and that sort of thing defies the endless pointless (sometimes) indless posturings of a greil marcus... either way, it's irritating... any CS&N fan that hasn't seen the film \"the muse concert: no nukes\" really oughta (see it), because there's some truly excellent stuff there... the \"our house\" sequence is simply beautiful..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (19:05)", "body": "Oh baby! The ultimate Sunday morning conference! Lemme grab a cup of coffe and a thick paper! Man I LOVE Crosby Still & Nash!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (21:08)", "body": "I sent a message to Croz with some questions I had. Some of those echo the above questions."}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "that is really cool, terry... top 5 CS&N tunes: 1) helplessly hoping 2) our house 3) suite: judy blue eyes 4) wasted on the way 5) teach your children (very tough to pick... probably feel different tomorrow...)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (11:03)", "body": "What about Wooden Ships?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (23:20)", "body": "& Good Lovin'?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (23:26)", "body": "what record's that off of? (how you doing, sam?)"}, {"response": 9, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (23:30)", "body": "Saw 'em perform it on T.V.; Atlantic Record's 40'th anniversary some years ago. Doin' O.K., I guess."}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jan 18, 1998 (16:51)", "body": "More from the Croz: Keerect ........CSN just did a week at the Fillmore ......CPR will be playing at the closet in the Fillmore........playing extemely well however......no complaints .....extemely good music is what I came to the party for in the first place wouldn't you just love it Stevie......I do love him though.....always have .....he is a good guy......and we do not do stereotypical gay jokes .....our gay jokes are very innovative and quite well informed thankyou.......say ....you left me out of the adamant hetero thing .....oh darn ......weep weep.....now everyone will know.....oh goodnes me......"}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (15:18)", "body": "More from croz: being as how Django is my son .......he will undoubtedly be expelled from Harvard.......his mother will cry.......I will hide a small smile.....life will go on.......I think you won't mind what we did when you see the context.....as for VW......if they would remake the venerable Beatle intead of this four wheeled jelly bean they are coming out with .......well I might not mind......that old car gave good value for it's dollar........if any of you want to see a one of a kind show........Santa Monica Civic......20th and 12st......CSN, Linda Ronstadt, Carol King, the Section, with walk ons by Neil, Jackson, and surprises."}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (15:18)", "body": "Brief mentions dept: Media mentions of CSNY - a brief, strange mention in Steve Silberman's Wired column today on the Clinton mess: http://www.wired.com/news/news/wiredview/story/9941.html"}, {"response": 13, "author": "yves", "date": "Sat, Feb 21, 1998 (02:28)", "body": ""}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (08:33)", "body": "The croz speaks: Emily and Dean Parks played it with Lee Sklar ......I sang it with harmonics from Kipp Lennon from my favorite vocal band \"Venice\"......and as usual the mighty Diga is at least partially right...........it is a jewel.....and should have been on the record.....I fucked up.......but Columbus was good too and not at all \"sappy\"......Diga loves to call at least one thing sappy when he is writing about any album so that paople won't think he's gone soft and lost his edge......actually the word around the poufter circuit is that he hasn't gone soft in years......rehearsals end 2morrow and I am floating on a cloud.......oh .....and that's \"Healing hands of autumn\""}, {"response": 15, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, May  4, 1998 (23:48)", "body": "From the croz: OK.......so yes ....they found Ethan.......it's OK ........I love you guys for caring........I kind of knew it would come out this way after I went to his campsite and sat where he sat and reached for him for a while.......life goes on ......other stuff ......I interviewed my friends Emily and Amy (Indigo)yesterday about musician activism for our book/documentary....their interview will be perhaps the best of all..........two more lovely people you will not find ........articulate, informed, fearless, respectful of each other and all people who behave like humans......I love them both ....they are gay and they are comfortable with who they are ......nothing to prove....and in spite of this kind of bullshit from homophobic, ignorant people...they find it in thier hearts to be real friends to me ....a relatively hetero guy ...I say relativley because Digaman called me on it and it is true ....I have made love with a guy.....more than once ....not just in combination with a girl in a multiple but by ourselves........I liked it .....did everything ......liked it.....so there .....doesn't seem like a big deal to me ....I love humans 'cause they are good humans and I don't give a fuck about the plumbing or what they do for fun in bed.....doesn't seem like the important part.........by the way ....the Indigo's immediately announced a free gig after school in that town to which ALL the kids are coming.....one other interesting note is that Hootie of all paople who are from Columbia S.C.spoke out very strongly right away about being outraged that the high school (to which one of them went) would do such a totally stupid and offensive thing......"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, May  5, 1998 (01:44)", "body": "(david bowie apparently really gets around)"}, {"response": 17, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, May  5, 1998 (09:58)", "body": "*laugh*"}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, May  8, 1998 (00:31)", "body": "Croz is coming to Austin's Backyard next month! I'll have more details."}, {"response": 19, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (11:23)", "body": "I listened to CSN when they were Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. I liked the sound, but they weren't prolific enough for me at that time. Now I wish I had more of their music."}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (11:28)", "body": "That's my Sunday, drinking coffee and cleaning house with the windows open and the sunshine streaming in music!"}, {"response": 21, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (11:52)", "body": "Somehow, when I listen to their music, it seems to be a sunny day, even if it\"s not. I carried a couple of their tapes with me on the truck, and whenever something was bothering me, I'd put one of the tapes in and, suddenly, everything was mellow again. They are great for rush hour in LA."}, {"response": 22, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:17)", "body": "do you sing aloud to them? (I certainly do)"}, {"response": 23, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:52)", "body": "I sing aloud to everything."}, {"response": 24, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (17:38)", "body": "I do too, and, if ican't remember the lyrics, I just fake it."}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (03:48)", "body": "And will we have a sample of this at the party next year?? Imagine! Stacey, Autumn and Tim in a trio!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (05:26)", "body": "That would be interesting, I sing basement bass."}, {"response": 27, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (22:47)", "body": "Better rent a karaoke machine!!! I'm a big faker too, and I'll even sing along with songs I don't like. I can't help myself."}, {"response": 28, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (02:38)", "body": "Well sometimes i've been known to sing along with a dog."}, {"response": 29, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:56)", "body": "I just saw a CD in a store today called \"Bark! The Herald Angels Sing\"--you guessed it, dogs barking along with 20-some of your favorite Xmas carols."}, {"response": 30, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:00)", "body": "What store? I gotta have this CD."}, {"response": 31, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:18)", "body": "The Book Warehouse at the dreaded outlet center."}, {"response": 32, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:22)", "body": "OOPS!!! What city do you live in?"}, {"response": 33, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:53)", "body": "I live in Havre de Grace, Maryland, but the outlet center is in Queenstown (both are dinky so never mind). Are outlets big there??"}, {"response": 34, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:04)", "body": "We have a big outlet in San Marcos, but there is no book warehouse there. Let's see, between Baltimore and Annapolis."}, {"response": 35, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:07)", "body": "(*gasp*) East of both, but sort of between the two nonetheless."}, {"response": 36, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:09)", "body": "On the Eastern Shore!!!! that is my favorite part of Maryland!!!!"}, {"response": 37, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (21:35)", "body": "Then you are probably no stranger to St. Michael's/Tilghman's Island. What were you doing in Maryland, Tim? Please don't tell me you love Ocean City."}, {"response": 38, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (01:30)", "body": "Actually, I prefer the countryside. Autumn, I drove heavy truck Over the road for 6.5 years. I have been on every single mile of interstate, And most miles of us and state highways in the continental US. In the continental US, I have been within 50 miles of every square inch of land. In 6.5 years, I traveled over a million miles. in the US and Canada."}, {"response": 39, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (21:22)", "body": "And what is your favorite place?"}, {"response": 40, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (22:14)", "body": "Without a doubt, Nogales, AZ. It's like something out of a Western movie, but no tourists."}, {"response": 41, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:55)", "body": "Gosh, America must be so big!"}, {"response": 42, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (03:11)", "body": "Yes Riette, It's huge. Tx is over 1640km across I10."}, {"response": 43, "author": "ratthing", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (11:52)", "body": "i heard a story once about some european tourists who had stopped in new york. their plan was to spend a day in new york city, drive overnight to washington for the day, then drive overnight to Orlando florida, then take another overnight drive to dallas, then to LA. they did not realize how long it would take (1 to 5 days) it was going to take to get from place to place. stella and i live in san antonio, texas. my father in law lives in dallas, texas, and to get to his home from ours is about a 5.5 hour drive!"}, {"response": 44, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (11:52)", "body": "A German family lived in our former apartment complex for a while, and they once mentioned that they were planning to drive to Texas \"for the weekend\"."}, {"response": 45, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (11:52)", "body": "I get quite a kick out of that sort of thing. I had come across several people that were going to see all of the sites in Texas in one day. some day! it'd take a minimum of 2500 Miles of driving."}, {"response": 46, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (14:11)", "body": "A gardener once told me that he planned to go to Panama by visiting his brother in New York City and getting a lift from him in his car... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 43, "subject": "Creedence Clearwater Revival", "response_count": 5, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (23:39)", "body": "Great stuff. Down on the Bayou."}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (01:22)", "body": "...\"fortunate son\"..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Jan 17, 1998 (10:04)", "body": "Sam, you read my mind-been thinking about adding this topic all week! Thanks"}, {"response": 4, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (11:19)", "body": "My favorite by CCR is \"Hey Tonight\". But I like every song they put out."}, {"response": 5, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Dec 17, 2002 (21:41)", "body": "\"Commotion\" has one of my favourite guitar solos. For some reason, the intro always reminds me of a vintage Ford pickup racing along a country road with moonshine whisky spilling this way & that... the lyrics are the furthest thing from that scene, though. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 44, "subject": "Van Morrison - the Man", "response_count": 38, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Feb 28, 1998 (13:04)", "body": "I hear that Van and Bob are taking their show on the road, and will be playing arenas in Vancouver, the Gorge, Oakland Coliseum, San Jose, Anaheim Pond, Las Vegas, and maybe elsewhere. Second half of May. Stay tuned as more details become available. That's Bob as in Dylan."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  2, 1998 (00:39)", "body": "This topic is going to overlap with the Dylan topic some since they're touring together, so check Dylan's topic for more Van Morrison news. More tour details and reports to follow."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (14:07)", "body": "arto on Van the Man (someone high up on the food chain): It was the August 95 Mojo. Astral Weeks was recorded in New York on September 25 and October 15, 1968. His managers were Lewis Merenstein and Robert Schwaid. Schwaid was interviewed for the article, said he was a jazz nut and recruited the jazz quartet (including MJQ's Richard Davis and Connie Kay). At the 9/25 session (4 hours) they did Cyprus Avenue, Madame George, Astral Weeks and Beside You \"with Van isolated in a vocal booth and apparently lost in his own thoughts\". Three weeks later, the same musicians came back and recorded the rest of the album. String overdubs and the harpsichord on Cyprus Ave. were added in a mixing session by arranger Larry Fallon. The finished tracks \"were essentially live takes\", but all concerned remember the material being much longer during recording, including 5 minutes of improvisational sax playing during Slim Slow Slider. Schwaid sent the taped jams to WB during the 70's, but no new mixes or material has ever been released from the sessions."}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Mar  7, 1998 (22:52)", "body": "read a bit in \"rolling stone\" a few years back, regarding this topic... with commentary by davis and kay, i believe... simply amazing that such sound could be recorded in that manner... if i remember correctly, in the same issue \"RS\" named top 100 lps of all time (by consensus of critics throughout country), and \"astral weeks\" ranked third (?), behind \"sgt. pepper\" and \"blonde on blonde\"... \"moondance\" was ranked tenth (and van was the only artist with 2 lps in the top ten)... the vocals on \"astral weeks\" are easily the most gourgeous i've ever heard... one of my favorite five lps, for sure..."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (10:21)", "body": "What are the other four, just out of curiosity?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (12:19)", "body": "prob. \"abbey road\" (beatles); \"blood on the tracks\" (dylan); \"live '76-'86\" (springsteen); \"tapestry\" (carole king); and (since i am totally undisciplined and cannot choose only four) \"pet sounds\" (brian wilson)..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar  8, 1998 (18:22)", "body": "I want to get the Tapestry reminiscence album that a bunch of artists made a year or two ago. Do you know which one I mean?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (00:02)", "body": "no, don't remember hearing about that... who played on it?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (10:09)", "body": "A whole bunch of big names, I don't remember exactly who though."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (15:38)", "body": "Tapestry Revisted"}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  9, 1998 (16:27)", "body": "You have that don't you Stacey? Who's on it?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "rattlecat", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (05:07)", "body": "Those Van Morrison tunes bring me back...to the bars and clubs in the early-70's when hippies were still cool. All the clubs played Van and Hendrix constantly on the juke. And The Band, and the Allman Brothers. Those were the big juke box songs, and \"Positively 4th St\" by Dylan. I never owned a Van album or single, don't even know what album is what, but those songs are so etched in my brain, every brain cell knows them. Moon Dance, Wild Life, Brown Eyed Girl."}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (07:33)", "body": "Van was on tv last night giving a concert. He was with an Irish band and Liam Neeson was interviewed singing their praises. Damn, why didn't I hit record on my vcr!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar 15, 1998 (12:30)", "body": "Bob Dylan/Van Morrison dates! These are the only confirmed dates so far: May 14: GM Place, Vancouver, BC May 16: The Gorge in George, Washington May 18: San Jose Arena May 19: New Oakland Coliseum Arena May 21 & 22: Pauley Pavilion, U.C.L.A. May 23: Arrowhead Pond Arena in Anaheim, Ca. May 24: To Be Determined(or not) Mail Order ticket prices and mail in dates will be announced some time this week so keep checking http://www.bobdylan.com Stay tuned to http://www.bobdylan.com for South American dates in April and United Kingdom and Europe in June & July."}, {"response": 15, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Mar 15, 1998 (14:54)", "body": "wouldn't austin, tx., be a nice fit for that tba date?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (12:00)", "body": "whoever was asking for the Sarah Maclaughin album title: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. Great album."}, {"response": 17, "author": "EEK", "date": "Wed, Apr  1, 1998 (12:08)", "body": "Just have to add I am a big Van fan. He has a way with words. I love when he sings \"Crazy Love.\" He melts my heart. I stole my ex-boyfriends CD and I will never return it, it is too good to let go of!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Apr  1, 1998 (23:37)", "body": "i agree... \"crazy love\" is my favorite morrison song, too... followed by \"st. dominic's preview\", \"tupelo honey\", \"cyprus avenue\", \"afterwards: the way young lover's do\", \"call me up into dreamland\" maybe \"whenever god shines his light\"... (in no particular order)... but \"crazy love\" is a very special tune... (to me)..."}, {"response": 19, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr  2, 1998 (16:44)", "body": "They played a van song just as we drove up 101 to meet fig in Mill Valley the other day. It's on the current spring slide show / realaudio deal on our website."}, {"response": 20, "author": "EEK", "date": "Fri, Apr  3, 1998 (11:35)", "body": "I think you named all the good ones, I have to say the traditional \"moondance\" is a good one also and \"and it stoned me.\" He is the best guy to listen to when you are lying around doing nothing."}, {"response": 21, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr  3, 1998 (21:22)", "body": "or even if you're doing something like driving up the coast of Northern California."}, {"response": 22, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Apr  5, 1998 (04:16)", "body": "yeah, those are both excellent songs... (and the combination- on the lp, i mean- of \"and it stoned me\", \"moondance\", \"crazy love\", \"caravan\", and \"into the mystic\" is one of the best sides of music i've ever heard... the closest morrison's ever come to really marketable pop (sustained beyond a single tune), because the hooks are undeniably there... and the result, i think, is some of the best (caledonian soul) pop ever made)... have you heard any early morrison? referring to Them, his band in belfast back in the day... some of that stuff is simply astonishing- they're best known for his first masterpiece, of course (\"gloria\", as good a rocking blues tune- when van performs it- as any you'll hear, i think), but there's lots to choose from that's very worthwhile (esp. \"mystic eyes\", \"here comes the night\", and morrison's unbelieveable cover of dylan's \"it's all over now, baby blue\")... extremely raw, at times, but that's part of it's appeal, really..."}, {"response": 23, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Apr  5, 1998 (08:58)", "body": "Bob Van Joni on tour (no, *not* Bon Van Jovi) Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison: May 14: Vancouver, BC May 16: The Gorge in George, WA May 17: The Gorge in George, WA May 19: San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA. May 21: Pauley Pavilion, U.C.L.A. May 22: Pauley Pavilion, U.C.L.A. May 23: Arrowhead Pond Arena, Anaheim, CA."}, {"response": 24, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Apr  5, 1998 (14:59)", "body": "(lol... \"bob van joni\"... very nice, terry)..."}, {"response": 25, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Apr  5, 1998 (17:18)", "body": "I hope they gig elsewhere, like Texas! Now, that is a gig I would shell out some serious bucks for (I hear $75 and $45 or thereabouts on the West Coast). But seeing these three would be awesome!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Apr  7, 1998 (05:08)", "body": "$75 would be cheap, to hear those three... dylan did houston, in '86, i think... (with tom petty, the heartbreakers, and stevie nicks... don't remember the venue, but i had tickets and wasn't able to go... what a DRAG... still not over that)"}, {"response": 27, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, May 16, 1998 (16:43)", "body": "Bob Dylan leads excellent triple bill By MIKE ROSS -- For Jam! Music VANCOUVER - Whats more culturally relevant - the Seinfeld finale or a Bob Dylan concert? For the 15,000 baby boomers who filled Vancouver's General Motors Place last night, the answer was as obvious as the hair on Kramer's head. Throw in Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell and it was no contest. It was the triple bill of the decade, the first stop of a seven-city tour winding down the west coast. It could've been a case of loving them for who they are rather then what they did, but this trio of rock legends - together for the first time since The Last Waltz - delivered a stellar show that lasted nearly four hours. All three 75 minute sets couldve been complete concerts in their own right - Van the Man with his blue-eyed soul, Joni with her provocative songs you need an English degree to fully appreciate and Bob rocking out the hits till midnight, warts and all. All three were brilliant. Jerry who? Dylan was a pleasant surprise. He displayed real passion last night, from the opening country rocker \"Absolutely Sweet Marie\" to the last encore, the famous \"Rainy Day Women\", which brought the crowd to its feet shouting \"everybody must get stoned\"! Given the amount of fragrant blue smoke in the arena, the sentiment went over well. It's a remarkable transformation. Dylan had been in an apathetic fog for years, not seeming to care that he'd written some of the most vital songs in pop history - and then he mysteriously bounced back. Maybe it was his near-death experience last year. Maybe it was the gig playing for the Pope. Or maybe it was winning three Grammy awards. Who knows? Dylan is not one to explain himself. As he said introducing \"Tangled Up In Blue\", \"There's a story behind this song, but I'm not going to tell it.\" With a solid country-rock-flavored band behind him, the highlights were many: The loose groove of \"Cold Irons Bound\", a boogie-woogie blast of \"Silvio\", the swampy back-porch feel of \"Cocaine Blues\", a strange, folky take on \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" and many more. The crowd ate it up. Dylan may be a terrible singer who can't play a guitar solo to save his life, but he proved last night that he's still a powerful performer, a true original and utterly free of pretention. He is untouchable. Joni Mitchell lost some of the crowd with her pensive, self-indulgent set, but for those willing to pay attention, she was mezmerising. With a beautiful, smoky voice in fine form, Mitchell showcased many of the songs from her upcoming album, Taming the Tiger, and obscure material from her past. She played only one hit, \"Big Yellow Taxi\", which she did solo and introduced as if she was doing everybody a huge favor. \"I'll just give this one to you\", she said. Impersonating Dylan during the third verse was a nice touch. As for Van Morrison, the man has to be the best white soul shouter in the business. With a tasty set of 50s-style soul that spanned Astral Weeks to his latest album, The Healing Game, he made the Blues Brothers (which he happened to dress like) look lame. He had help, of course, from a killer eight-piece band that grooved like nobody's business. Overall, it was an exhaustingly glorious trio of shows that will surely go down in history as the best package tour of the 90s. Condolences to those who decided to watch Seinfeld instead - not that there's anything wrong with it. BOB DYLAN SET LIST: Absolutely Sweet Marie Senor Cold Irons Bound Positively 4th Street Silvio Cocaine Blues Mr. Tambourine Man Tangled Up In Blue Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again I Shall Be Released Highway 61 Revisited ENCORE: Forever Young Love Sick Rainy Day Women JONI MITCHELL SET LIST: Night Ride Home Crazy Cries of Love Harrys House Slouching Toward Bethlehem Just Like This Train Black Crow Amelia Hejila Facelift Sex Kills The Magdalene Laundries Moon at the Window ENCORE: Refuge Big Yellow Taxi (solo) VAN MORRISON SET LIST: Burning Ground It Once Was My Life Raincheck Fire In The Belly Vanlose Stairway Fool For You Domino Jackie Wilson Said In The Afternoon Ain't That Loving You Baby? Days Like This Tupelo Honey / Crazy Love Not Feeling It Anywmore Cleaning Windows I'll Take Care Of You / It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World Cyprus Avenue (encore)"}, {"response": 28, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 21, 1998 (08:49)", "body": "Here's a band and setlist from last night's televised concert from Dusseldorf, courtesy of www.rockpalast.de: VAN MORRISON Van Morrison, vocals, harmonica, guitar, alto sax Johnny Scott, guitar, backing vocals Liam Bradley, percussion, backing vocals Ralph Salmins, drums Geoff Dunn, drums, percussion John Savannah, hammond organ, piano, backing vocals Nicky Scott, bass, backing vocals Katie Kissoon, backing vocals Pee Wee Ellis, tenor, soprano & baritone sax, flute Matt Holland, trumpet & flugelhorn Special guests Fred Wesley, trombone Candy Dulfer, alto sax 0) INTRO \"Chicken\" 1) Jackie Wilson said (I'm in heaven when you smile) 2) These Dreams (of you) 3) Raincheck 4) Moondance / My funny Valentine 5) Rough God goes riding 6) Give me a kiss 7) That's life 8) Naked in the jungle 9) In the afternoon 10) Satisfied 11) Georgia on my mind 12) Call me up in dreamland 13) Summertime in England 14) Medley: See me through The burning ground Soldier of fortune The burning ground 15) Have I told you lately"}, {"response": 29, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Dec 21, 1998 (20:35)", "body": "My song for Juliette is \"Brown-Eyed Girl\", and for Lydia, it's \"Tupelo Honey.\" They go wild when I sing them or if they happen to come on the radio or when we're out in public somewhere."}, {"response": 30, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (04:53)", "body": "excellent choices (and very discerning kids) with my daughter it's dylan songs... 'knockin' on heaven's door', 'don't think twice, it's alright', and 'tangled up in blue'... and, the band ('the weight','up on cripple creek', and 'the night they drove ol dixie down')... used to sing those to her when she was a baby"}, {"response": 31, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (17:25)", "body": "I wonder what our kids will sing to our grandkids? Who will stand the test of time? (Spice Girls?--I think not!)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "PT", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (18:22)", "body": "Probably someone that you have not even heard of yet."}, {"response": 33, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (18:22)", "body": "I was thinking in terms of who is popular now--just as Van Morrison's music was well known when I was a child."}, {"response": 34, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Dec 22, 1998 (18:22)", "body": "they'll wanna stick exclusively to Butthole Surfers songs. and the grandkids will wonder why the grandparents are acting so \"huh?....\""}, {"response": 35, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jan 23, 1999 (00:15)", "body": "I think I'll agree with Jim on that one, especially since I can't get Zoe interested in Shoulders..."}, {"response": 36, "author": "osceola", "date": "Mon, Jan 25, 1999 (13:29)", "body": "I used to see Shoulders at the Hole in the Wall when I lived in that neighborhood. They were a blast. Sounded like Tom Waits yet not trying to -- they were original, but reminded you of him, you know? Listened to Van the Man all last week. Years ago I made a tape with selections from Moondance, Tupelo Honey, Wavelength (underrated LP from the late '70s) and Live at the Belfast Opera House (check that one out if you haven't yet). I didn't listen to anything but that tape for a week. Last year I dated a woman from Northern Ireland. Van is revered there as a local boy who made it big. If you can't seduce someone with Van Morrison, it just ain't gonna happen."}, {"response": 37, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 25, 1999 (19:57)", "body": "lol (very true)"}, {"response": 38, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Jan 25, 1999 (22:22)", "body": "maybe that's my problem with... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 45, "subject": "Alabama", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (19:41)", "body": "Dixieland Delight Alabama From Dan (dkolb@indiana.edu) Corrections Welcome Intro: G | D | Em | C | G | D | Cm - Cmsus2 | G verse 1: G D Rollin' down a backwoods, Tennessee by-way, Em C One arm on the wheel. G D Holdin' my lover, with the other, Em C A sweet, soft southern thrill. Em D Worked hard all week, got a little jingle, Em C On a Tennessee saturday night. G D Couldn't feel better, I'm together, Cm G with my Dixieland Delight... Chorus: D Em C Spend my dollar, parked in a holler beneath the mountain moonlight. G D Hold her up tight, make a little loven'. Em C A little turtle-dovin' on a mason-dixon night. Em C Fits my life, oh so right, Cm G My Dixieland Delight. Break: Intro Chords Verse 2: White-tail buck deer, munchen' on clover, Red-tail hawk, sittin' on a limb. Chubby old groundhog, croakin' bullfrog, Free as a feelin' in the wind. Homegrown country girl, gonna give me a whirl, On a Tennessee saturday night. Lucky as a seven, livin' in heaven, With my Dixieland Delight. Break: Cm | F(10th) | G(12th) F | G(3rd) | A(5th) X2 Key Change.. Guitars: A | E | F#m | D X2 F#m | E F#m | D A | E | F | G | A Chorus: E F#m D Spend my dollar, parked in a holler beneath the mountain moonlight. A E Hold her up tight, make a little loven'. F#m D A little turtle-dovin' on a mason-dixon night. F#m D Fits my life, oh so right, Dm A My Dixieland Delight. Break: Verse chords in new key: A | E | F#m | D X2 F#m | E F#m | D A | E | Dm | A Repeat Chorus and fade..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (19:43)", "body": "Took me about 30 seconds to find with the new Inference search engine featured on our main page. I did a search for \"Dixieland Delights Lyrics\". One more mouse click. View source. Copy and paste. Now, time to sing along! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 46, "subject": "Great Music", "response_count": 46, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Tue, Jun  2, 1998 (21:07)", "body": "Is William your dad? No, I forgot, he's my dad. I've been trying to tell people about his symphonies. No one listens. How can they hear if they don't listen? I wore a cardigan to my last William Walton concert. Backstage the bass viol players couldn't get over my sensuality. When I opened my cardigan, there was a walkman playing in my shirt pocket. It was playing a William Walton cassette. The bass viol musicians completely lost interest in me instantly. And regained interest in themselves, their sensuality, their eros. Riette, can you tell me ahead of time whether you're gonna take this the wrong way? Uh, ok, so how much time do I have to get out of Austin? This is a good topic you came up with. It gets even better if I live. What did the good reviews say about your art exhibition? Want my cardigan? We're friends? Were? Oh. Should I see a plastic surgeon? You're gonna be my plastic surgeon? Eugh! I keep making these same mistakes over and over again!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (01:06)", "body": "I can't tell whether I'm going to be offended or not if you're going to keep the cardigan on. Take it off so I can see you better . . . No, William Walton is in no way related - my last name is Steyn. And no, he can't possibly your dad . . . he doesn't write half as well as you do. And you mustn't make fun if I say his music is erotic, because it's true. I'd like to play you one of his symphonies, but you might rise to the occassion, and I don't want to embarrass you like that. No, I am not going to take it the wrong way. So can we be friends again, or are you going to sulk on in that cold, wordy manner of yours for another few days? Yes? Then here, take the cardigan - at least it'll keep you warm if you won't let me."}, {"response": 3, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (02:04)", "body": "Thanks for the cardigan back. I feel sensual again, cuz it warms the cockles of my belief in William Walton's erotic...mmmm, Riette, could you play that song again...that's a nice CD. I hear it NOW. Feel it. Whoa! How was I to know. I not sulking.... I just afraid of terror. But maybe nuttin' to be afraid of anymore. I wish I could change that cold wordy manner a-mine to warm wordy goofiness. Wanna come with me to your next exhibition? Do you like wear lipstick and stuff to those things? Have to get all dressed up? Probably I'll get my cardigan jacket out. It's pretty sensual. Have you met my bass viol friends? Oh, I forgot something. Would you let me interview you for Art in Switzerland. That magazine is just about the biggest one on art in Europe. Well, you know that. They need a cover story for next month. If I don't get it for you for July, then I'll sulk till they give it to me for August. I ask easy questions. Nuthin' to get worked up over. No symbolism around me. Actually, Autumn made up all the questions. She's pretty experienced at asking those kinda questions. She wants to do the interview, but wer wouldn't let her. I asked him if I could. I still don't know why he let me. I asked him if I could use Autumn's questions. Y'know, otherwise the questions wouldn't be any good. wer gave me his assent. I can't help it if I'm lucky. I really don't understand it."}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (07:26)", "body": "Not sulking anymore? What a relief; thought you hated me. It IS a nice CD, isn't it - but don't sit so close to or I shall not be responsible for my actions. Told you you were going to rise to the occasion . . . my, my, and HOW! Yes, I'd love to meet your bass viol friends, and, by the way, how's your arthritis today? I'll give you a good massage on the couch tonight. Anyway, you can bring them along to the exhibition - anything to glamour it up a bit! Yes, I wear lipstick and stuff - war paint - to those things and get dressed up; but I never wear high heels, and you have to look out, because the temper is quite short in that uncomfortable state of attire. But I'll wear something pretty to make up for it, alright? And at least this time you're warned. You want an interview? Sure, but use your own questions and bring Wer as your bodyguard, o.k.? And Autumn and Stacey can be your advisors. And wear the cardigan - I'm growing used to it now. So what kind of questions were you thinking of asking? (One once asked if I was a communist! HA-HA! I was quite flattered.) So Stacey teaches, Wer is a chef, I am a picture maker - what do you do? And you, Autumn? Wait, let me guess: Autumn sounds like she could also be a lecturer or something - perhaps in sosiology or something like that? And you must be a . . . either a writer, or a literature professor. Or are my psychic (psychotic?!) powers failing me miserable once again?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (09:32)", "body": "Jim is a boat maker. Not just anytype of boat. He makes boats out of soap, big huge recycled blocks of family size soap bars that are ecologically sound (as far as we know). He collects toothpicks out of others mouths and crochets them together to make those poles (masts??). The sails are stapled together out of old cardigans that he has retired but is far too fond of to give away to Goodwill. He loves going to goodwill because one man's handmedown is another man's lucky shirt. These boats Jim makes are terror free boats. When you sail on them, anywhere in the universe, you may only feel the emotions of love (if it is an emotion at all), warmth( which IS an emotion), desire, joy and desolation. Even if you are alone, you may not feel lonely for it is programmed out of the genetic makeup of the ecologically sound soap. Because of the size an complexity of his creations, Jim is only on his 4th boat. But he has been making them since his previous life where he started out as a cardigan sweater. I love Jim's boats because they are so honest and so clean (made out of soap and all). He never sells them he just wishes them to others. i love you all."}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (09:35)", "body": "oh and I forgot to add... my favorite music to play on Jim's boat is the musack remix of Huey Lewis and the News , \"Happy to be Stuck with You.\" That's how all this came about you know. In the previous, previous life... Jim as a dill pickle heard the song and dreamed of becoming a boat."}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (10:49)", "body": ""}, {"response": 8, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (12:50)", "body": "You too? I know - mad as hares they are! What are your favourite groups and songs, Wer? Oh, Stacey, I love Huey Lewis and the News - Happy to be Stuck with You is a fantastic song. And Jim can thank his lucky stars for sending him back as a soap boat making human, because I easily finish off about three jars of dill pickles a week . . ."}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (14:30)", "body": "i think you put an end to him in that previous life. that's why you too feel so close and communicate so well with just a hint of animosity (he's a bit sore anout being removed from the dill life too soon). i like dill pickles too... wish i could of had a taste."}, {"response": 10, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (15:45)", "body": "Hmm. Never thought of it that way. If you like dill pickles, then try licking Jim's - well, ANY part of him. He stings at times, but that's what I love about him. But look out - he doesn't like being bitten anymore . . ."}, {"response": 11, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (15:49)", "body": "although he doesn't mind being bitten anyless, either..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (15:50)", "body": "(it's the getting chewed up and swallowed part that he can't stomach now-a-days...)"}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:38)", "body": "soapy hands don't taste as yummy/ but their slippery"}, {"response": 14, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:48)", "body": "depends on the soap, and why, yes they are, aren't they?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:51)", "body": "d'ya like bubbles?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:52)", "body": "(we sure can screw up a topic and lose coherence like nobody's business!!)"}, {"response": 17, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:52)", "body": "slippery slithery, I'm on my sliding way out . . ."}, {"response": 18, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:53)", "body": "bite me no more yes less good guess less stress jes caress with finesse not under duress or distress and don't acquiesce be effortless coalesce not a demoness oops, i digress hmm, nice dress the way it wafts up...its airiness i be breathless good lord, your agileness and friskiness my frothiness your many-sidedness oiliness tipsiness that wayward lurch and wonderful stagger, its despitefulness salaciousness your tenderhearted subtleness the soft glance of your kiss, yet the feeling in it, the truth, the hungriness its taste, its froward gentleness your warm nurturing embrace, plus that teasing cuddly flexibleness innocent of technique, totally fervid, and gifted with soothing generousness your sensitive sacred tunefulness your nimble unfeigned playfulness your homespun impulsive jolly joyfulness your heedful imaginative exquisite illicitness oh heck, your immunity to flattery and flippantness"}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun  3, 1998 (16:57)", "body": "beautiful (ness) Leplep!"}, {"response": 20, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (01:27)", "body": "You got some awfully nice stuff under your soapy boatmaker's hat, Jim. Who would have thought an ex-dill pickle could be so sweet."}, {"response": 21, "author": "jgross5", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (01:59)", "body": "well i been kinda rehabilitated. wer talked to me. he pointed to the west and showed me the slight ground mist hiding the bushes and the flowers at sunrise. he pointed to the east and showed me the mountains barely appearing in the dawn light, ethereal and unreal in their rosy glow. he pointed to the south and showed me the cool delightful shade of a big mango tree. he pointed to the north and showed me an open meadow surrounded by trees, a secluded spot, beautiful and far away. I got his point readily. I said to wer, \"This means that all my problems are really only interrelated with a donkey, is that correct?\" His enigmatic grin confirmed my wonderment at once. Then I wondered if it were at all proper to ask myself if the real question is to ask exactly which donkey....and to find that donkey. It was 11:00 a.m. at that very moment and I was on my way to the lemonade stand. Before I got there, Asha stopped me. She said, \"I'll buy you a lemonade if you take my donkey.\" I told her I was terribly sorry that I didn't have time after all for the lemonade, then I mounted the donk and rode. And I never seen Asha look so pleased. I bet she won't hang up on me the next time she calls."}, {"response": 22, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun  4, 1998 (02:07)", "body": "Good for you. Take a stand! (A ride?!?!) I'd love to stay and listen to some more maddening ravings, but the sun and fresh air are beckoning . . . so is my empty fridge. I really need to go shopping now, so I'll talk to you a bit later. Is it night time there? Sweet dreams, sweet pickle."}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jun 13, 1998 (17:15)", "body": "Hey, do any of you know who sings that song, 'Good times, bad times, gimme some of that . . . etc.' on the Windows '95 companion?? You know, that really layed back video clip. Sonja and I've been trying to find out for months now, 'cos we want to buy the CD, but obscure as cookies in the orphanage they are. Don't let me down here, because if she finds out first, I owe her five CD's of her choice, and I am more broke than my arm."}, {"response": 24, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jun 15, 1998 (23:39)", "body": "That was the gal that married Paul Simon. She's from Dallas. Her name is Edie Brickell. She's like 6' tall and he's 5'. And she's disappeared from the music scene totally since they married. That's the scoop Riette."}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (01:17)", "body": "Thank you so much, Terry!! You've just given me 5 CD's of my choice!!! It's a real shame she's dissappeared from the scene though, isn't it? I think that song is wonderful, and the video too - and she has a better voice than Paul Simon. One would think he'd dissappear having married her, what with her being a giant and him being a total short arse!! Hmmm, now what CD's will Sonja be buying me . . ."}, {"response": 26, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (12:52)", "body": "what did'ya choose Riette?"}, {"response": 27, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 17, 1998 (01:33)", "body": "Well, I've been thinking about it all of yesterday, and for the moment I think it's going to be: M\ufffdnchener Freiheit - Greatest hits (wonderful German Pop group - they sing in English and in German, and their harmonies are just great; none of this stereotypical German yodeling volksmusik crap!) Modern Talking - Back for good (to send to Sonja, because as a teen she was probably their biggest fan, then they broke up, and have just gotten back together - which she doesn't know yet, so I want to surprise her) 10 000 Maniacs - Love among the ruins. Sovory - I adore that guy's voice! London Boys - Ten commandments of Dance But I'll think about it until the end of the week . . . Nice to have you back, Stacey."}, {"response": 28, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (11:54)", "body": "Hello, is anyone here? I guess I'll dust off this topic. Favorite music, in no particular order, The Doors, Stones, Cars, U2, Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel, B-52s, Cream, Mozart...there must be a zillion others."}, {"response": 29, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (13:34)", "body": "well, then, listing them all will certaintly revive the topic, no?"}, {"response": 30, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (21:53)", "body": "Oh, absolutely! I'll probably piss somebody off with my list, and that should get things moving while I think of other faves..."}, {"response": 31, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (10:16)", "body": "I have never heard of William Walton. I'll have to keep an eye out for his symphonies. My favorite symphonies are Brahms first, second, and third. He only wrote three, but they are hauntingly beautiful. Of course i also like Beethoven's fifth and ninth. I also like the 1812 overture, when it is performed as written, with large black powder cannon for the percussion section."}, {"response": 32, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:53)", "body": "I always get misty-eyed for the French on that one, but I suppose Napoleon had it coming."}, {"response": 33, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:41)", "body": "Well he certainly pissed off everybody else in Europe at the same time. This is historically a very bad idea."}, {"response": 34, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:53)", "body": "ha-ha! I love Brahms too, but I'd still have to vote for Bach as my favourite composer. Another favourite by him for me is Arioso from Cantata No. 156. I love Stokowski's symphonic arrangements of his music."}, {"response": 35, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:29)", "body": "I confess, I buy my music used, and I have not found any Bach."}, {"response": 36, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:48)", "body": "Uh, when it comes to classical music, I'm more of a \"Nutcracker\" fan than anything."}, {"response": 37, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:39)", "body": "I love the Nutcracker ballet."}, {"response": 38, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:58)", "body": "My younger daughter, Lydia, acts it out almost every day. She changes into a slip or nightgown and dances around with one of my nutcrackers. She has a sling made out of a handkerchief, a slipper, a doll's bed, and a catnip mouse she uses as props. It is a riot."}, {"response": 39, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:52)", "body": "That is so sweet! We are great nutcracker fans too. The kids have the video."}, {"response": 40, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (21:10)", "body": "Anything Mannheim Steamroller puts out is what I consider great music...and I think I own most of it."}, {"response": 41, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (01:30)", "body": "The Nutcracker is great. So is the 1812 Overture (both Tchaikovsky). Bach's \"Toccata and Fugue.\" All nine of Beethoven's symphonies. Mozart's \"The Marriage of Figaro,\" \"Don Giovanni,\" \"Idomineo, King of Crete\" and \"The Magic Flute.\" For individual pieces \"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,\" (Mozart) \"Fidelio\" (Beethoven), like Marcia says, anything by Mannheim Steamroller. Copland's \"Fanfare for the Common Man,\" Vivaldi's \"The Four Seasons,\" Wagner's \"Gotterdammerung,\" Fidelius' \"Finlandia.\" The beat--and the list--goes on."}, {"response": 42, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep 26, 1999 (01:31)", "body": "That of course is Sibelius instead of Fidelius (who the hell gave a Finn a Latin name anyhow?) That damned Caesar."}, {"response": 43, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:14)", "body": "ha-ha! Two of my favourite pieces is still Vaughan Williams' 'Serenade', and William Walton's 'Facade'. Do you know those?"}, {"response": 44, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:18)", "body": "I admit my ignorance of both. Is William Walton related to Chris?"}, {"response": 45, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (13:06)", "body": "NO! Chris is more of a genius than Walton was! Try and get hold of 'Serenade' - Shakespeare lyrics. It is one of those pieces that isn't sad, but it is so beautifully done, it gives you a lump in the throat."}, {"response": 46, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (13:09)", "body": "Chris' uncle is the guy who did the brilliant english translation of 'The Perfumed Garden' .... ha-ha! Really! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 47, "subject": "Instruments", "response_count": 36, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun  9, 1998 (17:23)", "body": "ummm... clarinet man flute *giggle*"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 10, 1998 (01:05)", "body": "Cool! Good at blowing, huh?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (18:24)", "body": "Nada here."}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jun 11, 1998 (18:37)", "body": "Sorry? Let me guess: French?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (12:53)", "body": "Spanish for 'nothing'"}, {"response": 6, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 17, 1998 (01:36)", "body": "uhum . . . yes, more and more I reveal my language experteeessse! So where did you learn to play the clarinet? Is it a difficult instrument to play?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jun 17, 1998 (10:32)", "body": "everyone had to join either the choir or band in fifth grade... since there seemed no apparent need for vocal expertise of my caliber, I chose band. And, since I couldn't keep a beat to save my life, drums were out. I enjoyed listening to ragtime music as a kid and liked Benny Goodman (American clarinetist)... it seemed the logical choice. Oh, did I forget to mention it was also the only instrument I could get to make a sound during the audition... Not difficult to play at all. Takes practice, a strong mouth and quick tongue... you'd LOVE it! *smile*"}, {"response": 8, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jun 17, 1998 (12:45)", "body": "ha-ha! Think I'll stick to the piano though - I've always been better with my hands than with my head . . . But the clarinet is a great instrument. I love that smooth, mellow, laid back sound. My favourite instrument for sound would have to be the saxophone I think. Or the cello, but only when VERY well played. My favourite cellist is Mikl\ufffds Per\ufffdnyi; although I hate people who are that talented. And he's a bl%dy genius!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (10:02)", "body": "I learned to play Clarinet, Piano, and Organ, but I always wanted to play Tenor Saxophone."}, {"response": 10, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (10:05)", "body": "The reason that I never learned Saxophone is that the instrument is so expensive. But now a friend of mine has told me that she also wants to learn to play the Saxophone. So, we are going to split the cost and buy one together."}, {"response": 11, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:54)", "body": "Good for you! The thought of learning a new \"skill\" of any sort is daunting to me. I would've liked to play the harp."}, {"response": 12, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:45)", "body": "I love to listen to a good harp player. I used to work in a bar, when I was in high school, that had a harp, it was beautiful, and so was she, as I recall."}, {"response": 13, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:49)", "body": "Why are harpists always women? For the same reason that tuba players are men?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:41)", "body": "Ever pick up a tuba? A woman looks more like an angel than a man."}, {"response": 15, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:59)", "body": "Ha-ha!!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:01)", "body": "What I meant was Angels and harps go together."}, {"response": 17, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:19)", "body": "Yes, I got it! And only strong, devilish men are capable of lugging that tuba!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:24)", "body": "Either that or the kind of woman you don't want to meet in a dark alley."}, {"response": 19, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:54)", "body": "You got that right!"}, {"response": 20, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:53)", "body": "\ufffdrolling on the floor laughing my ar$e off!\ufffd I know just what you mean every time my husband practises the tuba!"}, {"response": 21, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:53)", "body": "Riette, can you imagine yourself carrying and playing the tuba in a parade?"}, {"response": 22, "author": "jgross", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (10:24)", "body": "I once saw her carrying and playing a tuba way out in the Namib desert with her nostrils flaring and her bare legs showing and reflecting a corner of the sky off them that was the first time I'd asked her for her autograph.... she gave me some cherries to eat and that look like she could fetch a peck on the cheek and it'd be okay she pointed up and I saw her laser light show did i forget to say that it was night? yeah it was night the moon and stars made us go so quiet that I could really hear that tuba her playing was frank and I would say somewhat confessional.... for sound reasons I can still hear it whenever I want to....and I want to....."}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:18)", "body": "That's so sweet, Jim. The desert does bring out the best in both of us, doesn't it? I think if I were playing a tuba in a parade you wouldn't know, Tim. That's because you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the tuba and me!"}, {"response": 24, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:05)", "body": "Believe me, Riette, I could tell the difference. I'd be able to see the Tuba!!"}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:42)", "body": "And I'd ONLY be able to see the Tuba!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:02)", "body": "Yeah Riette, that is what I meant."}, {"response": 27, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:52)", "body": "OH! God, have you ever met anyone so SLOW in your life??"}, {"response": 28, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:58)", "body": "You are not slow, Riette. I wasn't clear enough."}, {"response": 29, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:05)", "body": "BOOH! I was slow!"}, {"response": 30, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:25)", "body": "If you say so, Riette, but I'm slower than you, and where does that leave me?"}, {"response": 31, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:41)", "body": "In the perfect spot!"}, {"response": 32, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:52)", "body": "Oh good, This sounds like it could be fun, Riette"}, {"response": 33, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:14)", "body": "Isn't it always?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:40)", "body": "Unqualified YES!!! Riette."}, {"response": 35, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (01:56)", "body": "Sounds agreeable to me!"}, {"response": 36, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:12)", "body": "OK Riette, I'm ready whenever you are. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 48, "subject": "Favourite Song", "response_count": 56, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (04:53)", "body": "Me gonna hijack this topic slightly, if that's OK. Lyrics to my favourite song coming up: I have been unfaithful I have been unworthy I have been unrighteous And I have been unmerciful. I have been uncreachable I have been unteachable I have been unweary And I have been undesirable. And sometimes, I have been unwise, I've been undone by what I'm unsure of But because of You, and all that you went through, I know that i have never been unloved. I have been unbroken I have been unmended I have been uneasy And I have been unapproachable. I've been unemotional I've been unexceptional I've been undecided And I've been unqualified. Unaware - I have been unfair I've been unfit for blessings from above But even I can see The sacrifice You made for me To show that i have never been unloved. It's because of you, and all that you went through I know that I have never been unloved. (Michael W. Smith - \"Never been Unloved\")"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (07:14)", "body": "That's totally beautiful. Is the tune nice too? And it's a good idea for hijacking, because stupid me created the topic BEFORE seeing that it existed already."}, {"response": 3, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (08:17)", "body": "yeah, the tune's really nice, too :) i sat down and learnt it yesterday, but i haven't got it perfect yet. it's in my least favourite key, which makes it a bugger to play :)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:27)", "body": "Which key?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:29)", "body": "E major"}, {"response": 6, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:34)", "body": "That IS a bugger on the guitar, and one of the reasons why I'll never be good, because you often use a B major chord while playing in E major, and my hands are just too small to be able to get it clear. Oh well. Hey, Mike, we're on at the same time!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:39)", "body": "yup! b-major is a pain at the moment with my weak finger. and also on my guitar, which doesn't like those shaped chords particularly. not sure why. it's got a bit of an attitude problem :)"}, {"response": 8, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:42)", "body": "The guitar is probably just playing hard to get. Which finger was broken?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:43)", "body": "Ha, if it was the forefinger, then ANY chord will be painful, except for E minor! You'll have to play rap from now on!!!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:44)", "body": "left hand, littlest one"}, {"response": 11, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:48)", "body": "DAMN!!! That must have hurt like hell!! You poor thing. Won't it be very hard to get it back into shape again? I mean little fingers aren't even strong to start off with."}, {"response": 12, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:50)", "body": ":-) i'm exercising it lots, and it's improving. gonna go back to the hand surgeon in a couple of weeks or so."}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (12:56)", "body": "But there won't be any permanent damage, will there?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (15:49)", "body": "hopefully not, but one can never tell, i guess. i'll pay to have surgery, if necessary."}, {"response": 15, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (01:01)", "body": "Mike, sorry I just left like that last night - I had to go smack some little buttocks for hitting one another on the head with Duplo elephants, and that upset me, so I didn't come back. But it was rude of me to just left like that. I'm sorry."}, {"response": 16, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (01:02)", "body": "LEAVE like that. DAMN! I've got square eyes this morning!"}, {"response": 17, "author": "mikeg", "date": "Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (08:53)", "body": ":-)) No worries. Did they enjoy the spanking? I would...;-)"}, {"response": 18, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (11:03)", "body": "ha-ha! That's good to know - at least SOMEBODY would! But no, they didn't, and there were lots of tears to dry afterwards, including my own."}, {"response": 19, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (11:59)", "body": "All time favorites include \"What I like about you\" and \"Love Shack\" for their dance-ability; \"5 String Serenade\" by Mazzy Star and anything by Tom Waits for poignancy; and a slew of other songs that make my heart beat faster and make me light up a cigarette when they come on the radio. (so many songs, so little time...)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (09:57)", "body": "My favorite song is, \"Smoke on the Water\", by Deep Purple, Followed closely by, \"Black Dog\", by Led Zepplein."}, {"response": 21, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:55)", "body": "Oh geez, it's like living at home with my older brother again. Please don't say \"Free Bird\" by Lynrd Skynrd next."}, {"response": 22, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:52)", "body": "I liked \"Free Bird\", but it was not one of my favorites. I listened to Lynrd Skynrd off and on. I was going to name \"Ride My Sesaw\", by the Moody Blues as my next favorite. This is more by association than by the music. I have a lot of happy memories associated with that song."}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:57)", "body": "Who ARE these people? Do the names 'Whigfield' or 'Funky Bob' not mean anything around here?"}, {"response": 24, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:31)", "body": "I have never heard of Whigfield or Funky Bob. bring some when you come over."}, {"response": 25, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (02:56)", "body": "i love skynnrd but 'free bird' has to be the (second) most overplayed overblown tune in history... much prefer 'simple man', 'tuesday's gone', 'call me the breeze', 'needle and the spoon', et al... (and do you really prefer 'smoke on the water' to 'highway star'?) how bout david bowie ('young americans' and (esp.) 'sufragette city')?"}, {"response": 26, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (04:07)", "body": "I like everything I've heard by david bowie. \"suffragette city\" and \"fame\" are my two favorites by bowie. YEA to Smoke On The Water. lynnrd skynnrd is ok, i like it, but I'm not a real fan,"}, {"response": 27, "author": "osceola", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (12:05)", "body": "I still have all my old Skynrd albums from high school."}, {"response": 28, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (12:57)", "body": "All these young types!!! Skynnrd was popular when I was in college"}, {"response": 29, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:53)", "body": "Aha!! I knew there were closet Skynyrd fans around here! I adore David Bowie, especially \"Changes\", \"Rebel, Rebel\" and \"Diamond Dogs.\" Riette, I have never heard of those artists either."}, {"response": 30, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:44)", "body": "I also like music by the following: bare naked ladies, offspring, marilyn manson nine inch nails and several others."}, {"response": 31, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:00)", "body": "I like BNL too. That Marilyn Manson is too much--over the top!"}, {"response": 32, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:03)", "body": "Have you heard the new one by offspring?"}, {"response": 33, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:19)", "body": "Never heard of them."}, {"response": 34, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:26)", "body": "O K now I know for sure that you don't live in Austin!"}, {"response": 35, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (22:55)", "body": "Never been to Texas!! I live 1 hour from Baltimore & Philadelphia, and 1 1/2 hours from DC in a rural area of Maryland."}, {"response": 36, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:06)", "body": "Ever been to the Eastern Shore? That is my favorite part of maryland."}, {"response": 37, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:08)", "body": "Have I ever been to the Eastern Shore?! You ever seen an oil rig, Tex? :-) What is your least favorite part?"}, {"response": 38, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (23:11)", "body": "Most of the oil rigs I've seen were in Oklahoma, where I prospected for oil right after getting out of the army."}, {"response": 39, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:55)", "body": "Is there any job you HAVEN'T done, roaming Tim?"}, {"response": 40, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:18)", "body": "He hasn't been a roughneck, kind of surprising."}, {"response": 41, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:59)", "body": "Let's see Riette. I've never been a doctor, lawyer, bricklayer, realtor, tv repairman, lineman, that is about all I can think of, including terry's comment. But given the right circumstances, I can learn."}, {"response": 42, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:20)", "body": "The best way to learn is play....doctor etc..."}, {"response": 43, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:06)", "body": "MMMM.... Sounds interesting, Riette, are you offering your skills?"}, {"response": 44, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:08)", "body": "I've got the basic equipment, Riette, Is there anything I should buy besides a little nitrous?"}, {"response": 45, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:43)", "body": "I daresay any guy has the basic equipment; it's whether they know how to use it or not that makes the difference. Nothing extra required."}, {"response": 46, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:04)", "body": "Very true, Riette, Very true. Extra's however, make things more fun sometimes."}, {"response": 47, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:53)", "body": "Oh yeah? Name a few!"}, {"response": 48, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (02:01)", "body": "Nitrous oxide, Oxygen, Body oil, whipped cream, I'm sure that you get the picture, Riette."}, {"response": 49, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:06)", "body": "ha-ha!! slut sauce too??? (could not resist!!!)"}, {"response": 50, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:26)", "body": "I see, Riette. you definitely get the picture."}, {"response": 51, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:41)", "body": "Artists do that."}, {"response": 52, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:53)", "body": "One would hope so, Riette, I am not so sure about Picasso though"}, {"response": 53, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:15)", "body": "Me neither! I always think of Picasso as the Baywatch Parody Man."}, {"response": 54, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (02:41)", "body": "Ok Riette, That one I'm going to need an explanation of."}, {"response": 55, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (01:58)", "body": "Well, he always makes the girls big boobed and long-haired, and half naked - like in Baywatch. Right? Except, the way he paints them can be so way way way strange, it looks like he must be making fun. Silly logic, yes?"}, {"response": 56, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:14)", "body": "NO Riette, when you explain it that way It makes sense. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 49, "subject": "Silly Song Lyrics!!", "response_count": 132, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jun 15, 1998 (23:46)", "body": "And you can't stop singing this?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Jun 16, 1998 (01:23)", "body": "Uhg, no I'm trying my best to forget it!!! It's absolutely horrible. I mean these girls have about five silly little buns on their heads (God knows how they achieve it with their hair being about 3 cm long), they wear these strange camouflage pants (which CAN look good on a person if they actually fit), which sag down to just below their arses with their ten year old knickers displayed all over the place, they sway like a couple of drunks, and that's how they hope to get the audience as horny as they are?!?!? No, thank you! It was a good laugh, but Sovory makes me alot hornier; I'd like to think of myself as less of a slut than I used to be!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (13:44)", "body": "drat"}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (01:25)", "body": "What the fu\ufffdk?!?!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (12:10)", "body": "French again?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (12:20)", "body": "Absolutely! Did I mention that French is my favourite language? I mean, it's just so musical on the ear, isn't it? Especially when spoken, not written . . . Wat zuh fok! Beautiful, ain't it?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (12:23)", "body": "*lol*"}, {"response": 8, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (12:44)", "body": "And here's one of the most moronic song lyrics I've heard in a long time. It's by DJ bobo - fun to listen to, until you figure out the words, which are sung with a heavy Swiss accent. Planet earth, that's the name of my place I'm born in this world, in the entire space (how fat can a person possibly be?!) Planet earth is my home, is my face (uh, imagine that for a moment . . .) Follow your trace, embrace this human race (sounds like anal sex!) I'm talking about respect, this is my destiny (not with lyrics like these, pal!) Feel free and stop running away From the doubt in your mind - never fade to grey (what the fu\ufffdk??) Planet earth, gentle and blue Then cold as a rock, or ice without a hue (ag shame!) Planet earth made out of dust A big ball of metal, condemned to rust (like, WHY, and since when?!) Pray, let your soul be free (trying to sound like the english chap in Batman?!) Find out how to heal a bleading (his spelling) wound (ever tried putting on a plaster?) don't stand around Life could be paradise (yeah, right!) Peace on earth is what I found (not difficult if one lives on a few million a year in a country like Switzerland!!!!!!) All around in a magic world from the air to the ground (WHAT THA FU\ufffdK?!?!?!?! I mean, what in the he\ufffd\ufffd is supposed to connect those last two phrases?!?!?!) \ufffdsitting on my chair, shuddering my arse off, eyebrow touching the ceiling!\ufffd"}, {"response": 9, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (09:34)", "body": "Raise the roof. Or at least the ceiling. Anyway most of my favorite silly song lyrics are in songs by Jerry Reed. ( I don't Know if I spelled his name right. It might be Reid)"}, {"response": 10, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (09:39)", "body": "Incidentally, I haven't heard the expression, \"What the Fuck\", used since I was in the army. Whenever things were really FUBAR, someone would call in on the radio with,\"What the Fuck....over?\"."}, {"response": 11, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:57)", "body": "FUBAR? Jerry Reed? What the fuck...?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:59)", "body": "Now, don't tell me that you've never heard of Jerry Reed. FUBAR is the worst of three designations for messed up, used by the military. They are: SNAFU= situation normal all fouled up. TARFU= things are really fouled up FUBAR= fouled up beyond all recognition."}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:59)", "body": "You don't swear?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:35)", "body": "I try not to swear, sometimes it's unavoidable, but usually there is a way around it."}, {"response": 15, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:55)", "body": "Very interesting, Tim! Never heard of those last two military designations (and I worked for the Army for 3 years--my husband still does). About Jerry Reed, I am clueless. Is he a friend of Funky Bob's by any chance?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:46)", "body": "Jerry Reed is a country western singer who makes mostly comedy songs."}, {"response": 17, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:56)", "body": "He is NOT a friend of Funky Bob's then! Funky Bob's a hip hop artist. Stinks, but I love him."}, {"response": 18, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (10:00)", "body": "Riette, bring some of his music when you come! I'd love to hear it."}, {"response": 19, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:21)", "body": "I shall indeed! I hope I'm not going to make you crazy - you must just say, enough when I get out of hand, will you? Because I don't want to be rude and stuff."}, {"response": 20, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:11)", "body": "Riette, I'm sure that you won't get out of hand. You are not a rude person. And besides, I like all music."}, {"response": 21, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:46)", "body": "Well, I'll try not to anyway. And I'm looking forward to hearing the kind of music you listen to over there."}, {"response": 22, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:05)", "body": "Riette, I can Hardly wait."}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:53)", "body": "Yes, HARDly!!! ha-ha!!! Couldn't resist!"}, {"response": 24, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (02:03)", "body": "I hope Not, Riette! (I could not just let that one slide by)"}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:07)", "body": "ha-ha!!! If you carry on like this, I shall refuse to come! \ufffdwink\ufffd"}, {"response": 26, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:28)", "body": "Riette, That is something that I would definitely have to see to believe."}, {"response": 27, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:42)", "body": "Me too!"}, {"response": 28, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Dec 26, 1998 (23:57)", "body": "Jerry Reed was also in the Smokey and the Bandit movies... and at least one episonde of Scooby Doo..."}, {"response": 29, "author": "PT", "date": "Tue, Jan 12, 1999 (19:19)", "body": "I enjoy his lyrics."}, {"response": 30, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (14:03)", "body": "MacArthur\ufffds Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down... Someone left the cake out in the rain I don\ufffdt think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I\ufffdll never have that recipe again Ho, no ! (Donna Summer: MacArthur Park, 1978; from http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/2249/song_map.html ) Hello? Could anybody please explain these lyrics for me? Why did she leave the cake in the rain, if it took her so long to make it? Where did she loose the recipe? Why does it rain at all? And: Who was supposed to eat that cake? This is a mystery that has occupied my mind for many years..."}, {"response": 31, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (14:25)", "body": "I can't explain the cake mystery, but MacArthur Park was originally performed by Richard Harris (great actor, not much of a singer) in 1967. Disc jockeys loved his version, because back then, in the day of the 2 minute 30 second single (45 rpm vinyl, no less), it was nearly 7 minutes long, allowing the announcer to go to the bathroom."}, {"response": 32, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  1, 1999 (14:34)", "body": "Jerry Reed played truck driver Cletus \"The Snowman\" Snow (Burt Reynold's sidekick) in the Smokey and the Bandit movie series. Here's an example of one of his lyrics: Amos Moses was a Cajun, he lived by himself in a swamp. He hunted alligators for a livin', he'd just knock 'em in the head with a stump. The Loosiana law's gonna gitcha, Amos... It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp, boy Now, everybody cursed his old man for makin' him as mean as a snake. When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait. Tie a rope aroun' his waist and throw him in the swamp... an alligator man in the Loosiana bayou About 45 minutes northeast of Thibodeaux, Loosiana Lived a man name Doc Roy South and his pretty wife, Hannah They raised them a son who could eat up his weight in groceries... Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses copyright 1969, Jerry Reed"}, {"response": 33, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep  2, 1999 (07:11)", "body": "\"Beep-beep, beep-beep, yeah!\" (\"Drive My Car\"/Beatles, written by George Harrison) \"Who put the bop in the bop de bop? Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?\" (Barry Weil) \"Polk salad Annie, the gator's got yer granny (chomp, chomp, chomp) Everybody said it was a shame, cause yo' mama was workin' on a chain gang\" (Tony Joe White) \"Hey Moe, Hey Moe, well-a, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk\" (\"The Curley Shuffle\"/Jump in the Saddle) \"Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filet gumbo Cuz tonite I'm a gonna see my ma cher ami-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou\" (Hank Williams, Sr.) \"California tumbles into the sea, that'll be the day I go back to Annandale Tried to warn her about Gino and Daddy G, but I can't seem to get to you in the county jail, Well I heard the whistle and I must go, I'm gonna take it down to Mexico She said oh, no, Guadalajara won't do now! Well I did not think the girl could be so cruel And I'm never goin' back to my old school.\" (Steely Dan/written by Donald Fagan and Walter Becker)"}, {"response": 34, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep  2, 1999 (14:34)", "body": "Hey Moe, Hey Moe, well-a nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!!! ha-ha!!! Sounds like Beavis and Butthead pick-up line!"}, {"response": 35, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep  2, 1999 (21:16)", "body": "I think Elmer Fudd is Butthead's long-lost daddy. They have the same laugh."}, {"response": 36, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep  3, 1999 (02:52)", "body": "\ufffduncontrollable giggles\ufffd PLUS his face looks like a hairless bum - a sure sign ...."}, {"response": 37, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep  3, 1999 (03:35)", "body": "LOL!"}, {"response": 38, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Sep  4, 1999 (19:17)", "body": "\"Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase, Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing phase, Means 'no worries' for the rest of your days, It's a problem free philosophy Hakuna Matata\" (Jimmy Cliff, sung by Nathan Lane in The Lion King \"She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine, Oh, oh B-B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetsssss\" (Sir Elton John) \"I saw the news today, oh boy. about a lucky man who made the grade. And though the news was rather said, well, I just had to laugh... I saw the photograph. He blew his mind out in a car, he didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared, they'd seen his face before (nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords). I'd love to turn you on.... Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up, I noticed I was late Grabbed my boots and got my hat, I made the bus in seconds flat... Found my way upstairs and had a smoke and somebody spoke and I went into a dream AAAAAAAHHHHHHH AAAAAAHHHHHHH AAAAAHHHH ah ah, AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAHHHHH\" (The Beatles \"A Day in the Life\" Lennon/McCartney 1968)"}, {"response": 39, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (04:55)", "body": "With Hakuna Matata I love the bit where the pig says it's there motto. And Simba asks what a motto is. And the meercat says, 'Nothing. What's the motto with you?' My kids fall over with laughter every time - me too! I LUUUUV those knock-knock type jokes."}, {"response": 40, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (05:09)", "body": "Great film, period. \"Oh-bla-di, oh-bla-da, life goes on, tra la la how the life goes on\" (Lennon/Mc Cartney, 1968) \"Outside, inside out, livin' la vida loca!\" (Ricky Martin, 1999) \"Ooh eee, ooh ah ah, ting tang walla-walla bing bang!\" (\"Witch Doctor,\" David Seville & the Chipmunks, 1959) \"Solar prestige a gammon, kool kar kyrie kay salmon\" (Sir Elton John, 1975)"}, {"response": 41, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (10:46)", "body": "PINHEAD Gabba gabba We accept you We accept you One of us. I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for. D-U-M-B Everyone's accusing me. Gabba gabba hey (The Ramones, Leave Home, 1977) TEENAGE LOBOTOMY Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy! DDT did a job on me Now I am a real sickie Guess I'll have to break the news That I got no mind to lose. All the girls are in love with me I'm a teenage lobotomy. Slugs and snails are after me DDT keeps me happy Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em That I got no cerebellum. Gonna get my Ph.D. I'm a teenage lobotomy. (The Ramones, Rocket to Russia, 1977) I luv' their lyrics! They're a bit mean, but funny! Heyho, let's go!"}, {"response": 42, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (11:23)", "body": "Yeah! R'n'R! (jumping up and down, singing silly crap, like the whole \"Pleasant Dreams\" album...)"}, {"response": 43, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (13:59)", "body": "Geez!"}, {"response": 44, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (14:06)", "body": "I told you I'm not much into, uh, SERIOUS music..."}, {"response": 45, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (14:20)", "body": "Sure. Does that mean that, when you take your girlfriend out, and the teenage lobotomy song comes on, Alexander says in deep, erotic voice, 'Oh, listen, honey, they're playing our song!' ?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (16:08)", "body": "\"Suck on my chocolate salty balls...put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em\" (Isaac Hayes as South Park's \"The Chef\")"}, {"response": 47, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (17:39)", "body": "mongoloid mongoloid he was a mongoloid happier than you and me mongoloid he was a mongoloid and it determined what he could see mongoloid he was a mongoloid one chromosome too many mongoloid he was a mongoloid and it determined what he could see and he wore a hat and he had a job and he brought home the bacon so that no one knew mongoloid he was a mongoloid his friends were unaware mongoloid he was a mongoloid nobody even cared (Classic Devo-Song, \"Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo!\" Their first 7'' 1978)"}, {"response": 48, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep  5, 1999 (23:04)", "body": "And She Was (Talking Heads-lyrics by David Byrne) And she was lying in the grass And she could hear the highway breathing And she could see a nearby factory She's making sure she is not dreaming See the lights of a neighbor's house Now she's starting to rise Take a minute to concentrate And she opens up her eyes CHORUS: The world was moving and she was right there with it (and she was) The world was moving she was floating above it (and she was) and she was And she was drifting through the backyard And she was taking off her dress And she was moving very slowly Rising up above the earth Moving into the universe Not touching ground at all Up above the yard CHORUS She was glad about it... no doubt about it She isn't sure where she's gone No time to think about what to tell them No time to think about what she's done And she was And she was looking at herself And things were looking like a movie She had a pleasant elevation She's moving out in all directions CHORUS Joining the world of missing persons (and she was) Missing enough to feel alright (and she was)"}, {"response": 49, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (01:36)", "body": "I think that's rather deep, don't you? I love it."}, {"response": 50, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (01:40)", "body": "I love the song. I won't pretend to understand the lyrics."}, {"response": 51, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (09:08)", "body": "O.K. I don't want to you think that I'm a complete sicky! I DO KNOW NORMAL SILLY SONG LYRICS, TOO! Here's one: ARTIST: Manfred Mann TITLE: Do Wah Diddy Diddy There she was just a-walking down the street Singing do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet Singing do wah diddy... She looked good, looked good She looked fine, looked fine She looked good, she looked fine And I nearly lost my mind Before I knew it she was walking next to me / Singing... Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be / Singing... We walked on, walked on To my door, my door We walked on to my door Then we kissed a little more {Refrain} Wo-o-o-oh, I knew we was falling in love Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreaming of Now we're together nearly every single day / Singing... We're so happy and that how we're gonna stay / Singing... Well I'm hers, I'm hers She's mine, she's mine I'm hers, she's mine Wedding bells are gonna chime {Refrain} Now we're together nearly every single day / Singing... We're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay / Singing... Well I'm hers, I'm hers She's mine, she's mine I'm hers, she's mine Wedding bells are gonna chime Wo-o-o-o-o-o, oh yeah Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do Isn't that a silly one? Alexander: Ever been to a Ramones-Concert? I've been at their \"Goodbye-Tour\" Great Show! John: That's what it's all about and why I posted the MacArthurPark-thing. By the way, have you ever understood the lyrics of Procol Harums \"Whiter Shade of Pale\"? Do you have the lyrics? I love that song, but I really don't know what it's all about!"}, {"response": 52, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (11:42)", "body": "I used to LOVE that song when I was a teenager, and all the seventies hits hit Namibia. My sister and I even used to do the little dance, and sometimes we'd translate it into Afrikaans (and most of ABBA's songs!!), and perform them for my mother. Used to have us making lemonade in our pants!"}, {"response": 53, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Sep  6, 1999 (14:59)", "body": "Riette - Whiter Shade of Pale, or Doo-Wah-Diddy ? I guess the latter, no?"}, {"response": 54, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (04:03)", "body": "Doo-Wah-Diddy. I remember those girls with their little white tennis skirts doing that dance, and the balloons and glitter that spurted from the roof at the end of the song. And there was another one - I don't know the group, but the song was called 'Fantasy Island'. Also with the glitter and balloon; we thought it was SOOOOO cool. I hope my kids never ever find out about it."}, {"response": 55, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (04:54)", "body": "Isabel, will get back to you with \"Whiter Shade...\" lyrics...have them somewhere. Sometime when I'm not nodding out at keyboard. BTW, Robin Trower was the guitarist for Procul Harum. Quit the band because they were more keyboard/vocal oriented. Caught a lot of flak for Hendrix \"knock off\" style in 70s, but still think Trower was great guitarist. As for \"Doo Wah Diddy\"--how the hell did I overlook that. Love the drill they did to it in movie Stripes ."}, {"response": 56, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (11:00)", "body": ""}, {"response": 57, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (15:26)", "body": "\"A Whiter Shade of Pale\" (Procul Harum, music: Gary Brooker, lyrics: Keith Reid) We skipped the light fandango And turned cartwheels across the floor I was feeling kind of seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said \"There is no reason, And the truth is plain to see\" But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might just as well have been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale The only reference I remotely get is to \"The Miller's Tale.\" It is the bawdiest of the many tales in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ."}, {"response": 58, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (15:33)", "body": "Here are the silly lyrics to one of my all-time faves, Sir Elton's \"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding\" (music by Elton John/lyrics by Bernie Taupin) The roses in the window box Have tilted to one side Everything about this house Was born to grow and die Oh it doesn't seem a year ago To this very day You said, \"I'm sorry, honey If I don't change the pace I can't face another day.\" And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands I wonder if those changes Have left a scar on you Like all the burning hoops of fire That you and I passed through You're a bluebird on a telegraph line I hope you're happy now Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl You'll make it back somehow And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands"}, {"response": 59, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (15:43)", "body": "Hey, just when I found the \"Whiter Shade Of Pale\" lyrics in the net and wanted to post them, they where already there. Thank you, John! I heard that there's an explanation for these cryptic lyrics, maybe I'll find more about them in the net. Surf On!...and soon being back!"}, {"response": 60, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (15:51)", "body": "I'd like to know myself. Some of it sounds like the Titanic...some like the Canterbury Tales...some even like the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge)."}, {"response": 61, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (16:14)", "body": "Or the Madness of King George, for that matter ..,"}, {"response": 62, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Sep  7, 1999 (23:51)", "body": "Or Jane Austen: Pet Detective... (hi, Ree!!) Remember this from summer of '83(?): \"A...E...I...O...U...Sometimes...Y\""}, {"response": 63, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (02:55)", "body": "I don't remember that one. Sing it, maybe I'll recognize it."}, {"response": 64, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (02:56)", "body": "Jane Austen: Pet Detective????? HA-HA!!!!"}, {"response": 65, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (03:13)", "body": "and who could forget this seemingly endless stream of non-sequiturs? We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel Copyrighted Maritime Music (1989 ) Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, \"The King and I\" and \"The Catcher in the Rye\" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new Queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye CHORUS: We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, \"Rock Around the Clock\" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, \"Peyton Place\", trouble in the Suez CHORUS Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, \"Bridge on the River Kwai\" Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, \"Ben Hur\", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, \"Psycho\", Belgians in the Congo CHORUS Hemingway, Eichmann, \"Stranger in a Strange Land\" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion \"Lawrence of Arabia\", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say CHORUS Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan \"Wheel of Fortune\", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roller, cola wars, I can't take it anymore CHORUS We didn't start the fire But when we are gone Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on..."}, {"response": 66, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (08:16)", "body": "Isabel, the following is excerpted from Mike Butler's book Lives of the Great Songs: 'I never understand when people say they don't understand it,' said (Procul lyricist Keith) Reid. '\"We skipped the light fandango\"'. That's traightforward. \"Turned cartwheels across the floor.\" It seems very clear to me.' Nervously, I hazarded my own reading, the summation of my voluntary immersion in the world of A Whiter Shade of Pale, and much pondering on its significance. Is it about getting pissed and fancying the person opposite you? 'It's a story, a journey, seen from the point of view of a man ch racter.' The song explores what it means to be wrecked, in more than one sense of the word. A nervous seducer sustains his courage with alcohol. As he becomes more drunk, his impressions of his unfamiliar partner become confused by stray thoughts, fragments of childhood reading and his own faint-hearted aspirations. The song's recurring metaphor is of maritime disaster, and a parallel is drawn between romantic conquest and the allure and peril of the sea. The hero is a callow juvenile, far happier with a book than risking the emotional bruising of relationships. This ambivalence is underscored by frequent allusions to nausea. As befits a night of excess, there are gaps in the telling. The evasive 'And so it was that later ...' is given weight by repetition and its positioning just before the hook ('Her face at first just ghostly / Turned a whiter shade of pale'). The listener is invited to fill the gaps with his or her own (prurient) imagination. An entire verse was dropped early in the song's gestation. Another is optional ('She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' / Though in truth we were at sea') and was excised from the recor ed version at the insistence of producer Denny Cordell, to make the record conform to standard single length. For a pop song, A Whiter Shade of Pale carries an unprecedented amount of literary baggage. Although, Reid reveals, the reference to Chaucer is a red herring. 'One thing people always get wrong is that line about the Miller's Tale. I've never read Chaucer in my life. They're right off the track there.' Why did he put it in then? (In mild dismay at the peremptory demolition of this intellectual prop.) 'I can't remember now.' The analogy with Canterbury Tales, whether welcomed by Reid or not, holds good. Bo h are quintessentially English works, the one established in the canon of literature, and the other a pop standard. Both have associations of piety and decorum. (The song has become a regular fixture of the wedding ritual, supplanting Handel's Wedding March as the tune to walk down the aisle to after the ceremony: it was played, indeed, at the wedding of Gary Brooker and Fran\ufffdoise, known as Frankie, with Procol Harum's Matthew Fisher in the organ loft.) Both, beneath their respectable surface, are puerile and sex-obsessed works. [sic!] Even discounting the Chaucer reference \ufffd the Miller's Tale is the usual mediaeval bawdiness, involving cuckoldry, bared buttocks, flatulence and a sadistic rear-end attack \ufffd the conviction remains that A Whiter Shade of Pale is all about sex, and juvenile sex at that. The following memorable couplet is the giveaway: [I] would not let her be One of sixteen Vestal Virgins Vestal Virgins were handmaidens of the Roman half-goddess Vesta (meaning hearth), whose job was to maintain a sacred and perpetual fire. The number of them is significant, invoking the biblical parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins, and, less edifyingly, the barrack-room ballad of '... four-and-twenty virgins ... down from Inverness'. Why Reid's lot should amount to 16 is one of the song's more imponderable details. Maybe it has something to do with 16 being the youngest a girl can be lusted a ter by a rock'n'roller with impunity (You're Sixteen, Sweet Little Sixteen, etc). The passing allusion to Lewis Carroll in the preceding couplet \ufffd 'I wandered through my playing cards' \ufffd suggests that some of the obscurity of A Whiter Shade, as in Alice, may be due to the broaching of taboo. The hesitant lover in the song is caught midway between the chivalry of When a Man Loves a Woman and the carnality of Jane Birkin in Je t'aime (a smash hit of the following year, blatantly modelled on the Procol Harum song). END OF QUOTED TEXT--rest is paraphrased by me (John Burnett) Reid says the title \"Whiter Shade of Pale\" came from a friend, having watched another friend smitten by a woman at a wedding reception, saying to the guy \"Man, you just turned a whiter shade of pale.\" He realized he had a line for a song lyric then and had to go to putting the rest of the pieces of the puzzle together. When asked about Willie Nelson's version of the song, where he changed the line about the miller to \"and the mirror told it's tale\" Reid replied, 'I like it. It's better. You can see why he's such a great songwriter.' (I don't know if this actually tells you what the song means, but it should shed some light on"}, {"response": 67, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (09:01)", "body": "...and it sounds soo harmonious like another love-song ( my cousin chose it for her wedding, too, I don't believe I would..."}, {"response": 68, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (11:50)", "body": "Das dritte Auge King Rocko Schamoni - Jeans und Elektronik Ich hab das dritte Auge, doch leider haengen Haare drueber Und an meinen Haenden habe ich innen offene Wunden Ich trage eine Dornenkrone und die Wuerfel in der Hand Alles was ich tue, richtet sich nach ihnen nur Und tief im Dunkeln dreh ich einsam in der Feuchte meine Kreise Je schneller ich mich drehe, desto heller wird es hier Gefangen, viel zu eng ist mir der Kerker meines Schaedels Und mein Horizont, er reicht vom linken bis zum rechten Ohr Ich habe sieben Beine, doch leider gehn nur zwei davon Und in meinen Fuessen stecken lange Naegel Ich fluestere meine S\ufffdnden zuhause ins Klosett hinein Und spuele sie zusammen mit dem, was ich nicht brauche weg (2. Verse repeated) Hope I got all the 'umlauts' out! Now, isn't that a real silly one?"}, {"response": 69, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (11:55)", "body": "hysterical! (actually it'll take me a week to translate I'm sure!) Hey... is this topic hidden... it doesn't come up as having any new posts... I only realized new stuff was being entered when I came in through a browser and saw it in the 'last five posts' section..."}, {"response": 70, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (11:56)", "body": ""}, {"response": 71, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:01)", "body": "Mmmh, don't know why it doesn't show on your main page, but it's not \"members only\", post your silliest song lyrics, too! It would take me a week to translate this silly stuff into decent english, but I may try...coming soon!"}, {"response": 72, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:15)", "body": "Sorry, I forgot to close the HTML italics tag. Did so now, before Marcia does another of her mock-annoyed but secretly gleeful production of doing so. If I ever get married again, I might choose \"Love Stinks\" by the J. Geils Band, but somehow, I doubt I'll find the woman who will go along with that choice."}, {"response": 73, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:29)", "body": "Gosh, so many letters - be glad you people don't work for a mag - you'd use up all letters on the Spring, and have only some Umlaute and consonants left for the job... *Response 45 of 70: Riette *Sure. Does that mean that, when you take your girlfriend out, *and the teenage lobotomy song comes on, Alexander says in deep, *erotic voice, 'Oh, listen, honey, they're playing our song!' ? Riette, make that an excited, over-eager high voice, pitching over from even more excitement! Besides that - what's missing... AH, right - dumb, jerking moves (looks shit, feels good!), the same I'm involuntarily urged to by certain (most) Devo tunes. JERKIN' BACK 'n' FORTH! Those two bands saved my sanity, but nobody noticed... The Ramones are not only funny. They are, as Isabell said, mean. Good songwriting, where fun stuff creates non-fun imagery, or bad things are ridiculed to bring them down to size. They have done some very nice love songs and no-more-love-songs, too, and drug songs, and depressed songs. Stuff like Dee Dee's Sitting In My Room from the Pleasant Dreams album... The difference between Lou Reed on one side and Joey and Dee Dee Ramone is, the Ramones were fun, while he is always so serious about everything. Great artist, that Lou, but always in a bad mood. Bored, annoyed - read interviews or watch documentaions on him, he never has fun, never smiles. Look at Dee Dee. Read Poison Heart, his autobiography. What a life. You wouldn't wish that on an enemy! And yet he wrote so nice songs, that so many people loved all around the world! Not the old farts Mick and Keith, no, the Ramones were the greatest and most loved band of the world! Even when Joey seemed so weak, and Dee Dee had quit, people loved them. The Ramones were ROCK N ROLLS most reliable institution.- *Response 51 of 70: Isabel (Isabel) *Alexander: Ever been to a Ramones-Concert? *I've been at their \"Goodbye-Tour\". Great Show! Isabell, I have, though not as often as John saw the Grateful Dead. I would never call me a fan - like I don't have all their albums, etc., but I dearly love their work and respected this band. I first saw them in mid-eighties (rather late... a friend even saw the Sex Pistols on their Germany tour in 1977, but I never had the money for \"real\" concerts). That was in Munich, in the club Schlachthof, which is long since history, too. I went with the flow and somehow lost one of my shoes... IN THE MIDDLE OF T E SLAMMING CROWD! I tried to follow it, but all those folks slamming around, legs and arms milling about, it was migrating all thor the club... Had some good time to catch up with it! Anyhow, I think that was the only concert i saw with Dee Dee on bass. Second time was an Open Air, the fourth or so Bizarre Festival - then still above the Rhine, on the stage near the Lorelei-cliff. Next time was in Frankfurt, where they were on a bill with Monster Magnet (who were great then!), Sisters Of Mercy, and Type-O-Negative, who were cancelled. I saw them last on their farewell-tour, too. Had to pay them their dues, say thanks for the music. And what a sad moment! Opener were Rammstein - then unknown, but they sucked SO super-bad... The Ramones had deserved better! And then they played, with the last \"new\" Ramone, C.J. instead of Dee Dee on bass. Joey looked very pale - as usual -, and weak, too. He left the stage several times, in which they played new songs that CJ sung. Every time Joey went off stage, I was very worried... And it was the loudest concert I've been to! Isabell, how was your experience of that tour? Rocko Schamoni - Stacey, translate it, it's worth it! Wonderfully esoteric, absurd and full of absurdities. Possibly a critique, factually a story well told (and what it's about, it does not matter...) Rocko is the MASTER of LOVE in music, as far as German lingo, L.O.V.E., soul, caring and mysteriousness concerned. He is a soul-loving pragmatic playing the mystic, or a mystic playing the fool. It doesn't matter, it's all very good! superstar 3/99 features an exchange between Rock Schamoni and Bernd Hartwich from Munich band Merricks.- Isabell - where'd you get that one? Huh? Stacey - Speechless?"}, {"response": 74, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:39)", "body": "Und I thought Dieter of \"Sprockets\" fame (Mike Myers) was the ubermeister of love! Either him or Mozart. BTW, Myers is in the process of writing a Sprockets movie."}, {"response": 75, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:41)", "body": "Alex, you're right about Lou being serious. Hard not to be with a 30 year heroin habit. But I never took \"Take a Walk on the Wild Side\" seriously. It's too damn funny, even if the lyrics sound depresssing."}, {"response": 76, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (13:50)", "body": "For those of you who likely won't make it over to my \"Screwed\" site, remember the song \"Diana\" by Paul Anka? Earlier this year, I wrote some new lyrics for it and recorded it. It became kind of a cult item locally when I played it on the radio--even though my boss hated it and told me to cease and desist after a couple of weeks. He did say, though, that he liked my singing voice and was surprised by that. I still get requests. Here are the lyrics. Viagra (tune \"Diana\" by Paul Anka, lyrics by John Burnett (STANZA I) When I'm down and want some love, there's an angel from above Just ten dollars, a blue pill, and it gives me such a thrill... Pretty soon I'm feelin' up, makes me frisky like a pup Oh, please, stay with me, Viagra (STANZA II) Some who've tried it, they have died, but their joy they could not hide and the smile upon their face, undertakers could not erase And their caskets could not close, rigor mortis had arose Oh, Please stay with me Viagra CHORUS Oh, Viagra, it's for sure You're the miracle impotence cure You make me feel so secure Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh REPEAT STANZA I (repeat final line three times and fade)... lyrics, copyright 1999 John Burnett"}, {"response": 77, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (14:05)", "body": "ha-ha! I still love one of those very first viagra jokes which goes: why do they give old men viagra before they go to sleep at night? And the answer is: so they won't roll out of bed. Apparently women have been taking it as well. Wonder what THAT looks like...."}, {"response": 78, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (14:41)", "body": "Hey, Alexanderr , who do think you are writing my name with double \"ll\" at the end? *grin* I'm not offended, but one \"l\" is good enough for me! O.K.? Did you ever get that shoe back, or was it lost forever? I loved this last Ramones-Concert, except Rammstein. They weren't famous then and nobody in the audience understood, what this was all about. It was sooo awful, I can't understand how they got that famous! But you could see that the Ramones, esp. Joey had gotten very old (or sick?). Hey, I was at the Super-Bang (was this the right name of this concert, don't really remmember), too! We could have met! The Rocko Schamoni-LP? A friend recorded it on a tape for me...and I still love it most from all the LP's I know from him. I saw that superstar-topic. Where do I get that mag? Is it german? John , I love that song! Can't we hear it somewhere? Like on the internet, Real Audio, You know? I know what you mean with \"Lou\" and \"depressing\". Can't listen to his \"Heroin\"-Song no more. Makes me depressive, too. No, I wasn't a drug-addict, but I knew some..."}, {"response": 79, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (16:00)", "body": "Isabellllll, give me a break. I've known Isas, Izas, Isabells, Isabelles, Ysabels and what have you not! But an Isabel NEVER crossed my path until now... I think. So, please excuse mmmmmmmmmme. ;=} Lou Reeeeeeeed - Don't get me wrong folks, love this guy's work, too. Well, most of it. SET THE TWILIGHT REELING disappointed me a bit. There's the best sound and fattest guitar he had in ages, and he writes so wonderful pieces with so unmoving lyrics. Perhaps the lyrics he does when in love (here: with Laurie Anderson) are not as strong as these when he hates... He always seems so hard and serious, and that's nothing to do with 30 years of Heroine (btw, the version on the ROCK 'N' ROLL ANIMAL album - recorded somewhere live in Texas?- is great and so opulent I'd call it barock...). Look at Dee Dee, or Iggy. They have humour, he doesn't. Even when they are cynic or ironic, he has nothing to match that. Perhaps he controls his public image so good, perhaps he never is happy. But trust me, it's not the dope. Most dope fiends have at least sarcasm. Look at Bowie - HE s always laughing! Never stopped! superstar: German mag, available at any trainstation or around Berlin. End of sales plug.- Sprockets: Saw that on MTV. Wish it still were on... The show: I slammed along on one foot, following it, and eventually recovered it. It was a nice shoe with steel cap, so it was worth it..."}, {"response": 80, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (16:00)", "body": "\"Heroin, it's my life and it's my wife\" (can't laugh at that one) Wish I could put it on the net. It's doing me absolutely no good right now. My boss won't allow me to play it anymore and I don't have my own website. He even erased the song out of the station's computer bank. I have the master, but it's a 24-track studio tape. When I played it, I didn't tell people it was me unless they called to ask. Some thought that it was Paul Anka."}, {"response": 81, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep  8, 1999 (16:21)", "body": "I don't know, Just where I'm going. But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, If I can... The important thing is not this song, it's the music. My best friend through many years told me, the whole thing was the best rendition of the feeling when the smack hits he ever found (Especially in the Rock 'n' Roll Animal-Version...). Of course the lyrics are important, but more as means for another instrument, Lou's voice. And I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son And I guess I just don't know Oh and I guess that I just don't know. - and here the music explodes, bombastically, a high for every listener. Doubtlessly Lou's masterwork. Stefan and I shared this opinion."}, {"response": 82, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (11:18)", "body": "Well, I guess feeling like Jesus' son must indeed be a ball-crushing experience..."}, {"response": 83, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (11:34)", "body": "I guess I just don't know Ah, and I guess that I just don't know..."}, {"response": 84, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep  9, 1999 (15:03)", "body": "\"I've opened up my veins too many times Now the poison's in my soul and in my mind Poison's in my bloodstream poison's in my eyes I'm after rebellion I'll settle for lies...\" Blue Oyster Cult (can't remember song title...Help?)"}, {"response": 85, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (02:58)", "body": "Wow, what paradoxical lyrics! No wonder counter-culture never remains 'counter'!"}, {"response": 86, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Sep 12, 1999 (05:00)", "body": "Don't know the song... Anybody read Dee Dee Ramones autobiography around here? \"Poison Heart\". Heavy stuff... Gives one a new perspective on the \"cool\" rock bands, and the musicians. And made me appreciate this artist even more..."}, {"response": 87, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 13, 1999 (01:48)", "body": "I haven't read it. I love reading auto-/biographies, but haven't read any recently. How did it give you a new perspective?"}, {"response": 88, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (11:41)", "body": "You look at the Ramones, and what do you see? Punk rock's eternal boy group, and if you don't pay attention, you'd bet they sing all happy and silly tunes and are all good friends. Well, they don't and they weren't. Dee Dee writes about where he's from - an Army brat, born in Berlin by his German mother, son after the war. Parents alcoholics, violent environment. Move to US, being to far out to fit in. Enter drugs and more violence... If you have a bit of an idea about things that are connected together, how neuritcal behaviors come about, etc., you'll see some fascinating stuff here... A tortured soul, perhaps only calmed by music or silenced by dope. Music biz exploiting the artists. Also gives much insight into the NYC scene of 1976ff. But the most fascinating is the behavioristic mechanisms. How patterns - even hated ones - rematerialize in oneself's acts. How creativity and pain can interact and relate to each other in cases (but in my mind, you don't have to be pained to be creative). superstar 3/99 runs a little talk Sonny Vincent had with NY producer Daniel Rey, and Sonny asks about some NY-people. About Dee Dee, Daniel say, he's \"painfully artistic\"."}, {"response": 89, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (13:09)", "body": "Sounds really interesting - and hellish! Isn't it amazing how many stars come from backgrounds like that? I sometimes wonder how much of it is real and how much of it is Cinderella syndrome - some of it certainly seem to be flaunting it like some sort of accessory on talk shows and stuff. On the other hand, who knows? Perhaps growing up like that gives them a very strong will to achieve something better for themselves. 'Painfully artistic' - I find that rather poignant."}, {"response": 90, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (16:13)", "body": "it is, and I don't think Dee Dee felt like Cinderella... But that book is good! Give it as present to somebody into punk, and borrow it..."}, {"response": 91, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (20:43)", "body": "I wish I were painfully artistic! I'm sick and damn tired of being broke and in debt."}, {"response": 92, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep 16, 1999 (03:35)", "body": "ha-ha! And HEAR HEAR!"}, {"response": 93, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep 16, 1999 (12:33)", "body": "John, it wouldn't help you. Dee Dee was sick and tired, too . probabply still is. And his cash situation has - per his own accounts - never been great, courtesy of habits. He even wrote songs that were released by the Ramones after he quit to get some money..."}, {"response": 94, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (01:08)", "body": "BTW, Saturday Sep. 18 Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin) is 47 years old (one year older than me). And I don't have habits, just debts. Kerry Livgren (Kansas) is 50. Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Dont you cry no more. Decidedly unsilly and classic lyrics."}, {"response": 95, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (14:20)", "body": "So, it's your birthday today, too? Or did I get that wrong?"}, {"response": 96, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (18:13)", "body": "No it's not my birthday, but I do see how you got that impression. Didn't mean to be misleading. Dee Dee is a little more than a year my senior, not one year exactly. But thanks for the thought!"}, {"response": 97, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (03:28)", "body": "Oh, John, you're such a YOUTH!"}, {"response": 98, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (03:44)", "body": "I'm glad SOMEONE is older than I am. My students tell me I'm ancient. They tell me the only reason I'm cool is I know a (co-worker) disc jockey they love who's 22. They tell me \"My parents listen to you--sometimes\""}, {"response": 99, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (08:05)", "body": "Perhaps you should play some house or other current flavors?"}, {"response": 100, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 22, 1999 (23:24)", "body": "I absolutely detest most rap and hip hop (our station plays it only at night--the jock the kids like, actually I have more listeners than he does, mine are just older). I do like some alternative rock, but would get fired for playing it on the air. Another station in town services that market--and I do tune them in myself. Love Matchbox 20, The Offspring, Blink 182, Fastball, Goo Goo Dolls, Soundgarden, Green Day..."}, {"response": 101, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (14:12)", "body": "Ever tried housy-style music? Electronic stuff, or post-rock (Tortoise, Trans Am)? Count me out of the circle of HipHop and Rap appreciators. There was some really fine stuff in the olden days (Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Bunch), but since rapping overtook DJing... As you may have noticed, I come from punk and independent styles, but have through the years come to like a variety of things. There is good and fun music outside of \"rock\" as well as inside. Would you have a chance of playing a show with curious stuff? Not \"regular\", but once a month? Maybe feature local acts (JB, the John Peel of Hawaii...), or people stopping by on tours. Variety never harmed a-body. There are great independent US bands, that only release in Germany. They don't get record deals in the US, they don't get airplay. But they are really great: Granfalloon Bus, Barbara Manning, Susan James, Chris Cacavas,... to name just some San Francisco acts. Chris Korda and the Church of Euthanasia have a nice techno-CD out. Very neat dancefloor stuff. Big Rude Jake - Neo-Swing from NYC (originally, he was playing \"jazzy jump blues in Toronto\"). Bobby Conn!!! Mr Quintron... There's loads of bands worth to look at, and then there's the whole Brit thing - Experimental Pop Band, Prolapse, Gomez,... And German bands! To Rococo Rot, Tocotronic, Stereo Total (whose concert I'll see later), Quarks,..."}, {"response": 102, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (14:18)", "body": "Techno is not going to happen on this station. To be honest with you, I don't care for it, except to dance to. No, disco isn't dead, it just has another name. It's great club music, though. If it did happen, it certainly wouldn't happen on morning radio."}, {"response": 103, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (14:19)", "body": "I do love the Jamaican reggae they let us play...and the kids basically are tweaking me. I know they listen, because they sing my custom jingle to me occasionally."}, {"response": 104, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (14:21)", "body": "I also like the early Sugar Hill Records stuff...especially Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. My mama said turn off the TV, said you watch it too much, it just ain't healthy All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night, Can even watch the game or the Sugar Ray fight!"}, {"response": 105, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (03:20)", "body": "I don' like hip hop or house or techno - except at the merry-go-round. Then it's the best thing ever! Sonja is a real techno freak - which is freakish, because she's so intellectual."}, {"response": 106, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (05:35)", "body": "If they like reggae, feed them Ska and Rocksteady, John! Even Bob Marley started out with more rocksteady-style stuff, before becoming famous for his reggae. BTW, did you know Madness are having a reunion? (not that TRUE ska lovers would bother about them...) House is a very nice music to play in the background if you go out to have a drink, or for hanging out at home, doing all sorts of jobs. And Techno - once it was the evil empire for me (and Frankfurt is the Techno-capital of Germany...), but it has evolved beyond booming basses (at least some artists)."}, {"response": 107, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (06:00)", "body": "I have a format I have to follow...even if I did like the stuff you're suggesting...and reggae was the best thing that ever happened to ska--which sounds to me nothing but dated...I couldn't play it anyway...there's nothing wrong with my ratings, I'm #1 in my timeslot...as I said, I think the kids are just yanking my chain for two reasons: #1) I'm a teacher during the weekdays, and #2) I'm as old or older than the majority of their parents. BTW I find pre-reggae Marley unlistenable. Granted, that's my p rsonal opinion, but unlike my students, I remember when Marley was alive (and was fortunate enough to see him in concert and meet him briefly). They all wear Marley T-shirts, but he died before 90 percent of them were born. If I had to play techno to be \"hip,\" I'd quit the business today."}, {"response": 108, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (12:32)", "body": "Ah, I LOVE early rocksteady and bluebeat, and even some of the brit stuff. I like that it's so fast, rockin' you, and great to move to. Reggae is always a bit sleepy for me. I don't want to force some stuff down yer throat, no way, just wanted to suggest something to try out. Can't help it, it's a reflex, I think, and just never mind it, John, you're in good company there..."}, {"response": 109, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (13:21)", "body": "No...everyone has their taste. If you came here to Hawaii you'd see just how slow and sleepy the pace really is...especially here in Hilo. The kids do like rap and hip hop and they get that from the evening guy...other than that, they basically aren't the audience my boss wants to appeal to. We program to kids at night because most adults do their radio listening during the day at work or in the car or taking their radios to the beach on the weekends. Here's an example of my taste. I love to play the 7 minute long live version of Marley's \"No Woman, No Cry\" recorded at the London Lyceum because to me, that song is as close to a religious experience as music gets to me, with the exception of Beethoven's \"Ode to Joy\" from his ninth (and unfortunately last) symphony. See, I do like SOME German musik (love Mozart as well, although I don't buy Pushkin's widely-accepted theory that he was poisoned by Salieri)."}, {"response": 110, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (12:09)", "body": "I think nobody REALLY believes that... Only people who take the movie serious! Where I live, it was pretty much like slow pop and oldies during the day, top-40, etc., until one day, a guy wrote to the radio station (all public stations in that day) and told them how much of their programmes are crap and boring, because it was always the same and they don't play what happens in the clubs, no new bands, etc. Amazingly, they invited him over: \"Excuse me, what does \"crap\" mean?\" and \"What do you mean by \"boring\" ?\" - The chap walked out that place with his own radio show! Weekly, two hours - though since on a worse slot, and shortened to an hour, but still, his show is now running since over ten years! Bands send him their singles and CDs, or stop by on their tours to chat, etc. When he goes on a trip, he brings music back from that place. Many people here love his show, because it really educated many folks about off-top-40 bands, acts, that actually tour, but nobody writes about them, etc. (Nobody but us, that is...) Many people regularly write him to suggest new records, or to comment on his selections, and often, he reads the letters on the air. Also gives out the concert dates of interesting acts. Or they call in - like I did often - to ask \"Hey, what's that? Just tuned in, didn't hear the title...\" - he introduced me to Nirvana (before the first record was released here), and the Dream Warriors."}, {"response": 111, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (12:12)", "body": "Ahem, there ARE local clubs, no?"}, {"response": 112, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:18)", "body": "John, don't forget Bach!!"}, {"response": 113, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:18)", "body": "The man is my hero, for heaven's sake!"}, {"response": 114, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Mon, Sep 27, 1999 (03:37)", "body": "Hilo has a few clubs. They mostly play reggae and local music (live), but there is a couple of dance clubs. It's a small town (35,000). Re: Bach...see \"Great music.\" Still Beethoven's ninth is my absolute fave classic. Bach was the original rock star...tons of illegitimate kids, a drunk and a petty criminal, often in and out of the slammer. You'd be amazed how many Americans--who had never heard of Salieri before--buy Pushkin's B.S. I make my English students read a small section of the book \"Malig ed Master\" about what is known and documented about Salieri and Mozart's acquaintance. Here, Salieri is synonymous with mediocrity and venomous jealousy, when in truth, his real legacy is as one of Beethoven's music teachers."}, {"response": 115, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (18:34)", "body": "Your notes on Salieri should be in capital letters where everyone has to read them to enter. Good points, John...delighted that you make your students aware of the man."}, {"response": 116, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (21:32)", "body": "Only posterity has judged him a mediocre composer. If you listen to \"Tarare,\" I doubt that you'll share that widely held opinion. It is a shame that he was slandered by a well-written but off-base book and a spectacular film. I don't blame F. Murray Abraham. That role, unfortunately has defined his career. He is a bit like Salieri himself, in that despite a hard-working, productive career, he will be remembered only for Salieri, if at all. And also, like Salieri (who was Europe's greatest teacher of vocal music), he can also be judged fairly by his students. After Lee Strasberg died, Abraham became and remains Hollywood's number-one drama teacher. Students include Tom Hanks, Tom Hulce, and Michelle Pfeiffer."}, {"response": 117, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (21:42)", "body": "Re: Nirvana. I love their music, but I would like to know just what the hell was wrong with Kurt Cobain. I don't buy the theory that musicians need to be junkies to be creative. And what couldn't he handle about being perhaps the best rock songwriter since John Lennon? I'm not sure I'd want to be married to Courtney Love, but divorce is an option there. He was rich, talented, and stupid. Like Mozart, Elvis, Hank Williams, Duane Allman, James Dean...*sigh*"}, {"response": 118, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:02)", "body": "Dee Dee, Iggy, Mick..."}, {"response": 119, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:03)", "body": "... weren't all stupid, just the same unhappiness."}, {"response": 120, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:06)", "body": "DeeDee Iggy and Mick are still alive, at least..."}, {"response": 121, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:13)", "body": "But David Bowie, Iggy, Dee Dee, Lou Reed and others were close to passsing away for much the same reasons. And many people around them were lost to despair and dope. There's a pattern."}, {"response": 122, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "Their choice. One can choose how to feel--unless they're clinically depressed--and then there's Prozac, Zanax, and my favorite, good old-fashioned Valium."}, {"response": 123, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "Their choice. One can choose how to feel--unless they're clinically depressed--and then there's Prozac, Zanax, and my favorite, good old-fashioned Valium."}, {"response": 124, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (14:55)", "body": "NO! I wrote something really nice, and again lost it... Happens too often lately. Just in a nutshell, the rough of it: NO! You don't have free choice, and it's not all psychological, either. There's more to us all that depends on hardware config of the speciman in question than widely known. Plus most folks aren't cared for, as long as they can be coaxed to do their jobs. Works until they break down and get discarded, etc. Others that are not needed/monitored get no help, until they become dangerous to themselves and others, and then it's the institution. No option either. Lastly, too much Prozac and Valium abuse. That's no REAL improvement. Once, people were lobotomized for being lively, now they get fed pills. Great. Who cares why they feel or act like that? Who cares what happens in their ind, what games and tricks psyche and their neurology play them? It's hardware AND software, and nothing such as FREE WILL(TM) exists, but things that more or less aproximate it. And yes, that doesn't free us from morals - you just hafta strive for as good and as free and as decent as your PERCEPTION(TM) of free will allows you. Darn, I had this all so nice worded and well-founded. Excuse the blather."}, {"response": 125, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (18:49)", "body": "it's not blather! You speak the truth, and I bear the \"scars\" from such medication (but not the ones you mentioned). We are too busy, too remote from family and roots to be safe from ourselves, anymore!"}, {"response": 126, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (02:34)", "body": "It's weird. Recently I met a well-known counter tenor, through Chris - I can't say his name here, but he is one of the biggest in Europe. He was also the most depressed person I've ever met. And at one point he said, 'You can have anything you want in life - as long as you pay the price.' Doesn't that say everything about success?"}, {"response": 127, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (03:45)", "body": "I personally believe that I have a choice when I wake up to be in a good or bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood, and am usually happy, even when others are accusing me of being an a--hole."}, {"response": 128, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (03:47)", "body": "I wish I had thought of this while still on the last post, but re: tossed aside. I've been fired more times than a charcoal grill and tossed aside more than used Kotex."}, {"response": 129, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (13:22)", "body": "ha-ha! I must say I can never really choose my moods. I don't think I've ever been depressed, but my highs are very high, and my lows, though pretty short-lived, are very low. Sometimes I can be calm, and that is probably easiest for those around me to deal with, but I guess the highs which get a little crazy come so easily because I'm an excitable person. How about you? Do you have good control over such things? Is it something one learns with time?"}, {"response": 130, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (15:53)", "body": "I may be terminally upbeat, but I am a happy person and don't lose it (even when kids are yelling \"F--- you\" at me). I've never been clinically depressed but used to take Valium in the 70s (because I liked it, pure and simple) and later as a precautionary because I was given interferon (chemtherapy) for a chronic liver disorder. I really believe it is my choice to be happy and if someone doesn't have a physical chemical imbalance , it is their choice also."}, {"response": 131, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Oct  3, 1999 (08:50)", "body": "I think I more or less agree with that."}, {"response": 132, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (02:55)", "body": "Alexander, if a person has a physiological problem--and clinical depression is physiological, not psychological problem, I agree with you. Most mental illness is organic (physical) in origin. I make it a point to surround my self with both positivity and humor because it helps me to deal with my physical problems (which, thank God, have not affected me psychologically). music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 5, "subject": "Stevie Ray Vaughan", "response_count": 6, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "blueray", "date": "Mon, Sep 23, 1996 (14:56)", "body": "Allow me to introduce my web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~blueray/ Kenny Blue Ray here, I recorded with Stevie Ray and Marcia Ball in Austin in 1984 and miss Texas. I may tour in 97 as I'm # 8 in Dallas KNON. If you Dig TONE, Taste, and Power on the Guitar, Check Me out! Thanks"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Sep 24, 1996 (05:47)", "body": "Man, talk about a Stevie Ray insider! Tell us some of your Stevie Ray stories."}, {"response": 3, "author": "oplion", "date": "Thu, Sep 26, 1996 (18:04)", "body": "Glad Kenny included his Page..jjftlaud"}, {"response": 4, "author": "aubrey", "date": "Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (14:51)", "body": "Will check you out on KNON! When? Tell us more about your touring. Tell us more about SRV. You are long gone, never to return...."}, {"response": 5, "author": "doug", "date": "Tue, Oct  7, 1997 (07:53)", "body": "Some Words From Stevie Ray Spoken by Stevie Ray during Life Without You, The Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, Pa., 6/30/87, radio broadcast. Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank god I'm alive today, and I mean that. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing. It took me quiet a while to find out that the real deal is to be able to be enough of a person on your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you. You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other. And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourself. So that we will know that they are around in the first place. Are you listening to me ? Thank you. I'm glad to hear that. You see that its a big world out there; with enough pain and misery in it; without me going around and helping it out by hurting myself; and consequently, those that care about me. What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that's all we got, and that is what we can take with us. Are you with me ? Stevie Ray Vaughan"}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Oct  7, 1997 (12:03)", "body": "Thank you for the inspiration I needed this morning. *smile* music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 50, "subject": "The Wallflowers", "response_count": 16, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (01:02)", "body": "The Wallflowers??? Pop group?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (13:14)", "body": "Starring Robert Zimmerman's son..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (14:07)", "body": "Who's son? Am I really that ignorant? Gosh!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "MaryBeth", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (18:33)", "body": "Oh, a Wallflower's Page!! We could be heroes....just for one day! The Difference One Headlight and Heroes All terrific songs!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (18:36)", "body": "that would be Bob Dylan, Riette... and, glad to be of help, MaryBeth..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "MaryBeth", "date": "Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (18:39)", "body": "Yup... Bob Dylan's son, Jacob Dylan...or is it Jakob...I forget."}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (16:02)", "body": "Bob Dylan's 'given' name was/is Robert Zimmerman. Sorry to confuse... Brandon's middle name is Dylan (after guess who) and I always call him Brandon Zimmerman instead."}, {"response": 8, "author": "jgross", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (00:01)", "body": "And now they called me loser, one time, like it was my middle name or something. \"they\" are some friends who I promised I'd get some consulting advice from you, Stacey. But when I click on \"stacey\" and try to email my questions to you, the email doesn't go through and gets returned. So my friends are left in the lurch. And they wanna get some good advice on how to start up their own teenage lesbian in-line skating basketball league. I told 'em I'd try this posting thing today, when I got home from the triathalon I competed in. I won cuz I could walk the furthest from the course we were supposed to stay walking on. Plus I could keep my hula hoop going the longest. And I was able to come in with the second best time in the wading pool (who could stay afloat and keep one hand on the shark's tooth the longest---any tooth in its mouth was okay as long as it was in its mouth). My name works, cuz clicking on \"jgross\" gets ya there (here) (right at me). \"jgross5\" doesn't work anymore, cuz, ya know, there never were 5 of me. Just one of me. One's enuf. One's too enuf. One's two, sho'nuff."}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (05:42)", "body": "Did you try: mailto://stacey@www.spring.net ??? Try that and see if it works. What *time*, Austin time do you usually log in during the day Riette? We gotta get you shellin', girl."}, {"response": 10, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (10:16)", "body": "Shelling?! More Greek! But as long as it won't get me pregnant, I'll shell anytime! When I log in? Defenitely in the morning and most of the time latish evening when I'm bored as well. Defenitely around 1:00am your time - or thereabouts. And sometimes between 14:00 and 16:00 your time. And sometimes around 10:00 in the morning . . . But 1:00 defenitely."}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (11:22)", "body": "So after lunch in Texas. What time is it there in Suisse-land at 1 pm here in Texas?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "jgross", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (13:42)", "body": "Terry, I went into your response 9, and clicked on what you had highlighted in blue, and it brought up an empty mail-to screen. So I thought I'd arrived in the middle of the void where emptiness was moving moonlight under my skin at reduced estrogen levels that made silent eternity lay down inside of me while I started space-walking past Herman the German. He, Herman, said, \"You smell like damp hay.\" After hearing that, I decided to click on \"stacey\" again, then changed the \"com\" to \"net\" in the mail-t box. Herman tells me I now smell like his biographer. I told Herman that the mail seemed like it got sent out okay this time. He said I now smell like a young woman on her own in Tonga. I went into a shoestore and sat down for a couple hours."}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (15:08)", "body": "Hope you went out with a nice pair of knickers, Jim. 13:00 Texas would be 20:00 here in Switzerland. The time difference between me and the spring is 7 hours."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (21:29)", "body": "Do we have to classified .com as a psychedelic substance now?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (00:40)", "body": "Some of the time. And some of the time as a psychotic substance . . ."}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (01:59)", "body": "Now, we can all get high on .net! And http://www.thespring.com Yes!!! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 51, "subject": "immortal rock and roll", "response_count": 20, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (15:39)", "body": "http://www.oldiesmuseum.com/page5.htm musical samples: The Orioles - It's Too Soon to Know The Ravens - Count Every Star The Five Keys - The Glory of Love The Crows - Gee The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Money Honey The Flamingos - Golden Teardrops The Velvets - I The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite The Chords - Sh-Boom The Harp-Tones featuring Willie Winfield - A Sunday Kind of Love The Cadillacs - Gloria The Jewels - Hearts of Stone The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You be Mine) The Moonglows - Sincerely The Rainbows - Mary Lee The Five Keys - Close Your Eyes The Wrens - (Will You) Come Back My Love The Nutmegs - Story Untold The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) The Jacks - Why don't You Write Me The Turbans - When You Dance The El Dorados - At My Front Door The Valentines - Lily Maebelle The Cadillacs - Speedo The Flamingos - I'll be Home The Clovers - Devil or Angel The Willows - Church Bells May Ring The Cleftones - Little Girl of Mine The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - Why do Fools Fall in Love Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - I want You to be My Girl The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night The Channels - The Closer You Are The Dells - Oh what a Night The Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away The Schoolboys - Please Say You want Me The Dell Vikings - Come go with Me Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords - I'm so Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) The Solitaires - Walking Along The Gladiolas - Little Darlin' The Dubs- Don't ask Me to be Lonely The Paragons - Florence The Charts - Deserie The Dell Vikings - Whispering Bells The Mello-Kings - Tonite, Tonite Lee Andrews & the Hearts - Long Lonely Nights The Shells - Baby Oh Baby Norman Fox & the Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why The Hollywood Flames - Buzz-Buzz-Buzz Lee Andrews & the Hearts - Tear Drops The Pastels - Been so Long The Silhouettes - Get a Job The Monotones - Book of Love The Chantels - Maybe Dion & the Belmonts - I Wonder Why The Danleers - One Summer Night Jerry Butler & the Impressions - For Your Precious Love The Shields - You Cheated The Students - Every Day of the Week** The Elegants - Little Star The Imperials - Tears on My Pillow The Videos - Trickle, Trickle* Harvey & the Moonglows - Ten Commandments of Love The Crests - 16 Candles The Fiestas - So Fine The Flamingos - Lovers never Say Goodbye The Skyliners - Since I don't Have You Norman Fox & the Rob-Roys - Pizza Pie The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran all the way Home) Dion & the Belmonts - A Teenager in Love The Genies - Who's that Knocking The Flamingos - I only Have Eyes for You The Mystics - Hushabye The Eternals - Rockin' in the Jungle The Boss-Tones - Mope-Itty mope The Fascinators - Oh Rose Marie The Passions - Just to be with You Little Anthony & the Imperials - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop The Jesters - The Wind Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs - Stay The Capris - There's a Moon out Tonight The Marcels - Blue Moon The Tokens - Tonight I fell in Love Shep & the Limelights - Daddy's Home The Regents - Barbara-Ann The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong The Velvets - Tonight (Could be the Night) The Jive Five - My True Story The Halos - Nag The Earls - Lookin' for My Baby The Quotations - Imagination The Excellents - Coney Island Baby The Earls - Remember Then The Five Discs - Never Let You Go Randy & the Rainbows - Denise Vito & the Salutations - Unchained Melody The Marvelows - I Do The Capris - Morse Code of Love Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge - My Juanita (Live)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (00:30)", "body": "Rolling Stones!!!!!!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (00:30)", "body": "But that's just rock, isn't it? I can never tell what is rock and what is rock 'n roll."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (06:47)", "body": "Or what is roll?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (07:18)", "body": "I know what roll is! Roll is what makes the rock romantic, right?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (08:05)", "body": "Yep, like rolling in the hay."}, {"response": 7, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (09:42)", "body": "\ufffdbig smile\ufffd OH OH yes."}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (15:14)", "body": "(excellent list of songs, terry) was always my impression that it's all rock and roll (NOT rock&roll, rock'n'roll, etc...) \"rock\" being a term used only by don kirschner, dick clark, others of that ilk..."}, {"response": 9, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Aug  5, 1998 (11:26)", "body": "So what is the difference between rock and roll, and Rock? Is there a difference?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Aug  5, 1998 (16:42)", "body": "Whoopee, she's back! I'm too exited to answer."}, {"response": 11, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  6, 1998 (00:38)", "body": "WELL! How about now?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Aug  6, 1998 (11:20)", "body": "No difference!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  6, 1998 (15:54)", "body": "\ufffdbig smile\ufffd What a funny man you are. I bet you compose roll music in your spare time."}, {"response": 14, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (07:14)", "body": "his classic is \"Sonata for Cinnamon\""}, {"response": 15, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (08:10)", "body": "HA-HA!!! I can very well imagine that!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (09:21)", "body": "As far as the music goes, I like the following: \"Bohemian Rhapsody\" by Queen; \"Touccatta\" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; \"Black Dog\" by Led Zepplein; \"American Pie\" by Don Mclean; \"Frankenstein\" by The Edgar Winter Group; \"Popcorn\" by Hot Butter; \"Sounds of Silence\" by Simon and Garfunkel; and others, but this is a good start. Of course I like everything the beatles recorded including the stuff they did, under the influence, which was never released."}, {"response": 17, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:58)", "body": "I always liked Simon & Garfunkel too, in spite of its folkie-ness."}, {"response": 18, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (17:00)", "body": "I love their lyrics."}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (02:42)", "body": "'for emily, whenever i may find her' (sigh)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (11:48)", "body": "*Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (15:37) | Paul Terry Walhus (terry) *Immortal rock and roll. * *What are the greatest rock and roll hits of all times? I say Bo Diddley! Anything he had his hands on is the greatest rock of all times! And it does him justice when they say \"Bo put the ROCK in ROCK 'N' ROLL!\" Yesterday I've listened to a jam session he'd played with Chuck Berry, recorded in March 1964. Wow, his guitar always blasts me away, makes me dance, and stomp, and shake, rattle and roll! Sing silly songs, shout serious shtuff, whatever - it's something one simply can't be indifferent to! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 52, "subject": "Riverdance", "response_count": 8, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Aug  6, 1998 (16:49)", "body": "I love that CD too Riette!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  7, 1998 (00:48)", "body": "Great! I'm going to go see the show early December when it comes to Z\ufffdrich."}, {"response": 3, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (08:56)", "body": "How was the show? I enjoyed watching it on Pbs, but I understand the live show was different."}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:57)", "body": "I'll tell you when I've seen it."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:18)", "body": "Dont' get me started on riverdance fanatics!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:23)", "body": "I'm no fanatic. I've never seen the whole show, only bits of it. I just like the music, because it's really layered, and marveloussly structured. Really full of energy and passion....but I'm not a fanatic!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (23:34)", "body": "has ya seen it yet?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (18:49)", "body": "Not yet. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 53, "subject": "concerts, gigs and events in Austin and other parts of earth", "response_count": 42, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (05:32)", "body": "Riette asked about James Taylor, and he just happens to be coming to town: Throughout the stormy tossing and turning of American pop since the late '60s, James Taylor has remained the ballast, keeping the ship upright and on course. Now, in what has become the highlight of the summer concert season, James Taylor kicked off his 46-city tour and will perform in Austin at the Frank Erwin Center on Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. Much of Taylor's repertoire has been captured on his two most recent albums: James Taylor Live, a 1992 double disc live album and its single disc version, James Taylor (Best Live), released in 1994. Before these two great albums, New Moon Shine, his other release in the '90s once again showed his peerless mastery of unforgettable melodies and wise, witty lyrics. New Moon Shine reteams James with producer Don Grolnick and a host of world-class musicians such as saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Michael Bredker and Randy and Tony Levin, and James' long-time friend and colleague Danny Kortchmar, who co-wrote and co-produced two tracks. James wrote or co-wrote all but two songs. \"It took me a long time to write these,\" says James. \"The way I write is slowly changing to a more studied craft, rather than a spontaneous springing forth. Songs start quickly but finishing them up takes a long time.\" That deliberation shows in the album's finely-wrought arrangements and reflective sentiments. \"Copperline,\" the premiere single, was co-written by James and noted southern author Reynolds Price. The you-can't-go-home-again theme, underscored by fiddle and dobro, sets the tone of the album. \"Down in the Hole,\" a disquieting rocker comparing depression to life under the ground, features a wild doo-wop break, while a hot horn section punctuates a clever R&B elegy to love lost in \"(I've Got To) Stop Thinking 'Bout That.\" \"Shed a Little Light\" is a beautiful chorale inspired by the Emmy-winning PBS series, \"Eyes On the Prize,\" which retold the story of the civil rights movement. Here James celebrates the moments of triumph even though the ultimate goals of that era are yet to be realized. \"Frozen Man\" is a charming and quirky fairytale about a 19th century British mariner lost at sea near the Arctic Circle. Retrieved from the permafrost, he's thawed and revived, only to find his world has died out a hundred years before. \"It turns out my own Scottish ancestor, also named James Taylor, was lost at sea on his way to America,\" notes Taylor, \"though I didn't learn of that until after I wrote the song.\" The album ends with a sublime version of the folk standard, \"The Water Is Wide.\" Says James, \"I used to perform this song when I was a young folk-singer in New York.\" Giving New Moon Shine a grace and symmetry, the song is performed on acoustic instruments including the fiddle and dobro, ending the album much as it began. In a way, the same can be said of James Taylor himself. No less an observer than Sting said not long ago of James, \"He's a complete natural and a complete original immune to fashion.\" James himself, simply says \"the top of the charts is fine, but it's an odd goal if you're a musician.\" Nevertheless, James Taylor is no stranger to the top of the charts. Since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1969, he has enjoyed extravagant success with over a dozen albums. After the release of Never Die Young, in 1988, Taylor embarked on a triumphant tour of American and saw a taped full-length concert performance become one of the most popular specials run on PBS that winter. As much as he's known for his recordings, James has been a perennially popular live entertainer. \"You have to perform in real time with real musicians,\" he notes. \"Of course some, cantelever twenty years beyond their time, standing there like waxed fruit. But with others like Ray Charles, the thrill ain't gone.\" The same is true of James Taylor, who continually inspires new generations of fans with his concerts and albums. There aren't that many standards of quality left these days, but James Taylor surely exemplifies the highest of them, and 30 years of success proves it. Tickets for James Taylor at the Frank Erwin Center on Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. are $24.50 and $27.50 and are on sale now at all UTTM TicketCenters or charge by phone at 477-6060. The Frank Erwin Center is a smoke-free facility. Convenient and free-parking is available within walking distance in nearby state and University lots. For more information, call 471-7744. You're Invited... Complimentary Glass of Wine, Iced Tea and Coffee Experience nostalgia at its best with great food and fun at a Frank Erwin Center Pre Show Reception! Join us from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in our reception hall before James Taylor and his traveling band of musicians take the stage. MENU CLOVER LEAF STATION Fruit and Cheese Display A gala array of Fresh Fruits of the Season served with Domestic Cheeses, Assorted Crackers and Water Biscuits Vegetables and Dips Assorted Fresh Veg"}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (10:46)", "body": "That sounds just absolutely brilliant. Would have loved to have gone. Not least because of that menu!! But the only concert I'm going to is 'Modern Talking' - big trip down teeny memory lane, that is. Sonja is ready to scratch my eyes out with jealousy, so I promised I'd be really obnoxious, push my way to the very front and fill up as many films as I can withing the space of two hours. Still wondering if I should throw underwear at them...."}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (15:55)", "body": "Attended the Lilith Fair on Sunday. Lisa Loeb, Cowboy Junkies, Joan Osborne, Paula Cole, Natalie Merchant and Sarah MacLaughlin ... and lots of local talent!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (17:14)", "body": "Some Austin folks too! It passed through here a coupla weeks ago."}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (17:52)", "body": "Patti Griffin?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (12:34)", "body": "I just remember seeing a feature in the Chron or XL that there were a bunch of Austin artists involved, but maybe that was just for the Austin edition."}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (13:16)", "body": "every stop on the Lilith Fair, local FEMALE aritists are invited to per on additional stages that they have set up..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Sep  6, 1998 (07:14)", "body": "If ever a group called, Modern Talking should visit you over there, GO. Don't know if they ever became famous in America, but they're a cult over here. Their music is crap, their lyrics are crap, but their concerts are a BLAST!!!! I went last night, and had a fantastic time. These two guys have the most wonderful stage personalities, are mega handsome, and the concert was one HUGE party, and live, their music is hypnotic - they sing VERY well live. My sister and I used to be big fans at teenies, then they split up, and just got back together again beginning of this year. I WISH Sonja had been here to see it! Even Chris had a good time, and he usually growls when I drag him to pop concerts."}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Sep  6, 1998 (17:05)", "body": "How do they overcome the deficiencies of bad lyrics etc., what do they do to make up for it?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  7, 1998 (00:43)", "body": "Well, all their songs have exactly the same deep, heavy beat, which makes it hypnotic after a while. And although their tunes and lyrics all sound roughly the same, they're really fun and full of energy. But I think their secret lies in their charisma. They are the two most down to earth, relaxed singers I've ever seen live, and therefore the crowd is relaxed as well, and the whole thing just turns into a big, big party. Wait, I'll see if I can post a picture of them - they're mega sexy!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Sep  7, 1998 (07:31)", "body": "Careful, drool alert!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Sep  7, 1998 (10:18)", "body": "ha-ha!!!!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Sep  9, 1998 (20:05)", "body": "so, like, where's that picture?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Sep 10, 1998 (08:56)", "body": "I can't find a suitable one!!!! And these guys would even turn YOUR legs into ... batter! I'll scan you one the photos from the programme through to post. Listening to their music right now . . . G-spot alert!!!"}, {"response": 15, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Sep 10, 1998 (18:09)", "body": "does this mean that you wanna watch?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (00:26)", "body": "Depends on what I'll get to see....and what not."}, {"response": 17, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:37)", "body": "Finnish Tango - Tule Tanssimaan The Lasse Santakankaan Ythye (Lasse Santagangas Ensemble) will tour Germany and Switzerland! superstar heavily recommends this! 19. April 1999 Hamburg, Prinzenbar 20. April 1999 M\ufffdnster, LunaBar 21. April 1999 Cologne, Tanzschule Schulerecki 22. April 1999 Aachen, Theater K in der Bastei 23. April 1999 Munich, Club zwei 24. April 1999 Augsburg, Blauer Salon 25. April 1999 Zurich (CH), El international 26. April 1999 Winterthur (CH), Gaswerk 27. April 1999 Luzern, Kulturzentrum Boa 28. April 1999 Marburg, KFZ* 29. April 1999 Ulm, Konzertsaal 30. April 1999 Frankfurt, Ostclub* 01. Mai 1999 Hannover, Bei Chez Heinz You can't ever be too young or too old to go to concerts, especially if the band is as good as this!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (08:05)", "body": "The Lunabar most be one wild scene!"}, {"response": 19, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (14:01)", "body": "Oh, but if you knew Prinzenbar... In the midst of St. Pauli, Hamburgs infamous entertainment district, it used to be a red-light affair with lots of decadent stucco baby angels (putti ?) and mirrors. Superstar had an evening there, when the mag did the tour in '97, and it's a great location. Sure fitting to kick the tour off there! (As I leave for Hamburg tomorrow, maybe I even go there! Other offers: Alter Schilleroper, Mutter, Meanie Bar)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr  2, 1999 (08:10)", "body": "What about the Cave, where the Beatles played? Or was that what it was called?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "jgross", "date": "Fri, Apr  2, 1999 (16:26)", "body": "I'm afraid it was only called the Star Club. But at least they didn't call it the Superstar Club. I opened there for the Beatles just a few times, 10 or 12, I'd say. Since I was the warm-up band, I would bring out 4 steam heaters and play them. They made wonderful sounds, which could be somewhat orchestrated with a spray hose. All the Beatles, even George and John and Paul and Ringo, loved my band of steam heaters. Can't say as I blame 'em. Actually that's all I have to report at this time."}, {"response": 22, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr  2, 1999 (17:24)", "body": "If only they had adopted you! Just think . . ."}, {"response": 23, "author": "jgross", "date": "Sat, Apr  3, 1999 (04:26)", "body": "They adopted me as their pet hamster. Then I escaped the cage they put me in, even though it had lotsa fun things inside it to play with like fake lettuce and this circular ladder that I'd run on its rungs and make it spin and stuff, but like I say, I squirmed and wriggled outta that cage one dark and storied night and I ran away and got married....to boredom and lived the rest of my life accordingly. Can't say as I blame me. Actually that's all I have to report at this time."}, {"response": 24, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Apr  3, 1999 (11:57)", "body": "Amazingly enough, that's all I have to report at this time, as well."}, {"response": 25, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr  4, 1999 (21:58)", "body": "Back to you, Alexander."}, {"response": 26, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (04:53)", "body": "Ahh, why, thank you, Autumn! Say, didn't we meet once in the Cave in London (the original, not to be mixed with other clubs, such as The Cave in Frankfurt? You were made up as Bambi, and I worked the door... (Well, I didn't, so we never met either.)"}, {"response": 27, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (05:31)", "body": "intriguing visuals...can you throw some sound in as well, Alexander?"}, {"response": 28, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:06)", "body": "(Wer, just play \"The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle\" featuring the Sex Pistols amongst others, and you got the idea. For the full picture, get the video. Report back.)"}, {"response": 29, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (16:46)", "body": "Back to you, wer."}, {"response": 30, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (00:06)", "body": "now, I need the smells, too..."}, {"response": 31, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (00:07)", "body": "(see, Autumn, you can moderate a conversation... you really should host a conference...)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "jgross", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (00:24)", "body": "Autumn, I wish you would host three topics called 'Alternative Medicine' instead of just two four 'Alternative Medicines' would be better yet how 'bout if every conference had 4 topics in them called 'Alternative Medicine' --- all hosted by Autumn uh-oh, here she comes i hear she's rougher'n Ethan ....i don't stand a chance"}, {"response": 33, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (01:01)", "body": "Hear, Hear!!! Excellent suggestion, Jim!"}, {"response": 34, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (16:21)", "body": "ROTFLOL!!!! Yes, we definitely need an alternative medicine topic in every conference!!!! Back to you clowns!"}, {"response": 35, "author": "wer", "date": "Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (21:44)", "body": "so, you'll be a host then?"}, {"response": 36, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:51)", "body": "(This is what we used to call a \"strategic pause\" when I worked at Dun & Bradstreet)"}, {"response": 37, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (00:01)", "body": "(see, with all that knowledge...I'm just sayin')"}, {"response": 38, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (04:16)", "body": "(Duck, girl! Take cover! Here they come again - THE HOST-HUSTLERS FROM OUTER SPACE! They got me - Aaaaaaaargh!)"}, {"response": 39, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (23:06)", "body": "I'm taking cover here in my pod..."}, {"response": 40, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (00:59)", "body": "oh, well, you can't say I didn't try... (please?)"}, {"response": 41, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Sun, Feb 27, 2000 (23:39)", "body": "Live!!!! The Wailers from Austin, Texas. check it out on our main page. Lively, lively!!!!"}, {"response": 42, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Sun, Feb 27, 2000 (23:59)", "body": "Postive vibrations, mon! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 54, "subject": "Rolling Stones", "response_count": 25, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Aug 22, 1998 (19:42)", "body": "Saw the Stones live at an outdoor concert eones ago, Tim Leary was in the audience near me, a Hells Angel killed someone with a poolcue, too bad, could have been a great concert."}, {"response": 2, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Aug 23, 1998 (00:26)", "body": "Good God! I have no CD's by the RS's, but I love the songs that I've heard, and the videos that I've seen by them so far. Mick is just so wonderfully camp!!!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (09:58)", "body": "The pledge drive guy on our local PBS affiliate was practically having an orgasm the other night, they had a concert lineup of the Rolling Stones, Peter, Paul and Mary, Credence, and Fleetwood Mac. Do I smell \"boomer\"? Maybe the Spring needs a live webcast benefit concert? We need to setup as a nonprofit with a Board of Directors and all."}, {"response": 4, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (12:08)", "body": "Wow!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Sep  6, 1998 (22:29)", "body": "AHA! I've just come over to this conference for the first time and at the bottom of the topics list found my favorite band! Long live the Stones!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Sep  7, 1998 (07:32)", "body": "It's about time we got a Stones topic, isn't it Autumn. Do you have any autumnal musings on the Stones songs or gigs that you may have attended?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (11:34)", "body": "The closest I ever came to attending a Stones concert was their in-concert IMAX movie! The \"Some Girls\" album was always my favorite--I still sing \"Shattered\" at the top of my lungs when it comes on the car radio."}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (16:07)", "body": "yeah shattered is my fav stone's tune... beast of burden is very close, though"}, {"response": 9, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (23:05)", "body": "I heard \"Miss You\" on the radio today--love that disco influence!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (07:09)", "body": "the stones were unique (in their ability to make disco sound GOOD)... 'miss you' is a damn decent tune..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (08:53)", "body": "Interesting word choice: \"were\"--how come when one thinks of them, they think of their older stuff, as if they weren't still making music? What was their last real hit, maybe \"Start Me Up\" from the early 80s?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "osceola", "date": "Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (11:38)", "body": "Most people I talk with about the Stones identify either \"Some Girls\" or \"Tatoo You\" as their last great album. \"Start Me Up\" is from the latter. I tend to agree with them. Saw the Stones during their Tatoo You tour. I like \"Hang Fire\" because one line (\"nobody ever works and nothing gets done\") perfectly describes the life my roomies and I were living then."}, {"response": 13, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (08:50)", "body": "Probably, the next time the Stones tour, they'll be senior citizens. At least they are still making music. They may just set a record for longest duration by a rock group. Been going for 30 years now and still banging away."}, {"response": 14, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:59)", "body": "They just announced they're touring next year! They definitely deserve some kind of award for still playing to sell-outs all over the world."}, {"response": 15, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (17:03)", "body": "I'm glad that they are going to get another tour in before the walker tour."}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (06:11)", "body": "They'll be performing with walkers and wheelchairs someday."}, {"response": 17, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:56)", "body": "You betcha, baby! And I'll be in the front row to watch!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "TIM", "date": "Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:47)", "body": "Me too"}, {"response": 19, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (00:16)", "body": "Stones! Stones! Stones! Hello I am Caryn Mac fadyen A.K.A. Carolyne Mas Vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer. My association with the Stones is long. My ex-husband Cliff played with Ian Stuart and Brian Jones back in 1961 and 1962. I met up with Cliff in 1963 when my band was doing a gig in Leeds. As I was getting familiar with Cliff he introduced me to Brian and Ian. Later in my success on my second and last world tour \"Modern Dreams Alive\" tour we played one show with the Stones in Los Angeles at the Forum. It was certainly a great experience. By the way my favorite will always be Bill Wyman a.k.a william George Perks as some of us know him. Ruggedly good looking and a charmer. How about that for the Stones. No offense Beatles, The Stones always had a muce better bass-rythmn section. Any comments! Terry, theres one for you! Caryn."}, {"response": 20, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (07:58)", "body": "I saw the Stones once at a live, outdoor concert but it was broken up by violence. It seems they hired the Hells Angels gang for security but they ended up being the wrong gang . . . one guy died, the band barely got through it's set. But the amazing thing is that they're still touring. I think they'll be using walkers and wheelchairs some day and still be touring. These guys have amazing staying power. Boy arguing the Stones vs. the Beatles could get controversial, I'd have to favor the Beatles in the comparision because they had so many timeless songs. Musically, maybe the Stones rhythm was better, I'm not a very good judge in this regard. The Stones seem to make it to Texas pretty often, but not to Austin very much. Do you have any idea when they'll be touring again, Caryn? And are they coming out with any new songs/albums?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (16:07)", "body": "Why! yes they have announced a whole new concert tour for 2000 as well as a new album. It has been made to the public recently! In a London broadcast! When I was back in London last christmas, there was rumour that they would hit the road for another time. Speeking of walkers and wheelchairs! They ain't the only ones whom would be still popping in senior citizen garb! There would be plenty of us leftovers from the sixties following them up! Like your obsession for computers Terry, it's in your bloo ! Do you know how difficult it is to remove such stubborness! Its this very stubborness that has brought all of you great fans and listeners such fantastic music! Where would we be without each other! That is a scary thought. Both Stones and Beatles are supreme in my book, our dear George \"Georgie\" Harrison, has been my fondness since playing with him my ex and Collins Blundstone a.k.a. Richard Ross \"Zombies\" back in 1963. We collaberated a bit back in the middle eighties. George Helped fund our Hun er Relief World Tour, which was launched in conjunction with Live Aid. Bruce Springsteen, as well that crazy guy from The Boom Town Rats, whom lead up this great cause. There were so many of us who pitched in for humanity big time! Enough of that now! Keep rockin' Caryn"}, {"response": 22, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (20:03)", "body": "Your ex was in George Harrisons band! Which albums did he play on?"}, {"response": 23, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (21:06)", "body": "Cliff did collaborate on George's \"My Lord\" single and the album. There were a few others, but i don't have the names at the moment. Cliff was not in George's band, he had his own band with my elder brother John Richard Mac Fadyen called The MacFads later to become Caturious, with myself leading the band from 1960 thru 1977. Both Cliff and George, Ian, Brian, did many of a collaborated jams and assisted recordings! Many many years of music, sacrifice and loneliness through those years of uphill and hu iliating struggles to get respect, recognition, and acceptance. Many years of people we were supposed to trust with our business, to take us for many rides. Yet they will be memories I will never forget, never regret doing, or am asshamed of! Thank you! Caryn."}, {"response": 24, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 18, 1999 (21:52)", "body": "What are some of your other favorite George Harrison moments?"}, {"response": 25, "author": "caryn", "date": "Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (00:42)", "body": "We were together during the World Hunger Relief Tour of 1986/1988. This was a monster tour to capture the needed funds for the starving in Ethiopia which the Live-Aid funds never fullfilled properly. George Harrison, Phil Collins, Sting, myself, Bruce Springsteen, were just a few majors to take this event very seriously, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and the Stones also participated in this event. There were so many of us giving our all for the misfortuned. It felt damn good that they would receive their ba ly needed goods to survive. I remember growing up in World War II Britain. It was awfull seeing many of the people you grew up with being stripped of their every bit of possesions, then left to starve and allowed to eat only when the government said you could eat, called food rations, due to food scarcity from the war. Many of the other performers with us remember that, depending on how old they were at the time. Most of them including George, Bill, myself, etc. remember bits and pieces of how it was or us to suffer. This tour had very special signifigance to us all. George, myself, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, and many others rehearsed and prepared for our numbers for 6 weeks leading up to the opening of this monster tour which would take us into the beginning of 1988 and cover some 65 cities and 25 countries worldwide. A life only a very small percent could begin to comprehend! Sad thing about John F. Kennedy Jr. we met up with him during his days with I think Darryl Hannah, the actress whom played in the movie Splash! I maybe spelling her first name wrong, I was back in England, doing some small performances to keep active during my time of hiding, after my shooting court trials back in the states. Anyway John and his mate then came in the pub where I was performing, I don't remember the name of the pub, but it was in Chelsea area. They were very friendly and pleasant. They both liked my music, of my then new Album \"Reason Street\". I hope they come out of this unharmed, but that is looking ver grim! God help the Kennedy family, much like the characters in my book, there is a deep family curse harboring over them like a black could. Again my condolences to The Kennedy family. Thank You! Caryn music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 55, "subject": "The Beatles", "response_count": 62, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (10:46)", "body": "I own everything the Beatles ever did or even thought about doing, both American and European versions, by default--my husband is their #1 fan. (*big yawn*) I'm more of a Stones person, myself."}, {"response": 2, "author": "osceola", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (13:12)", "body": "Reminds me of an SNL sketch several years ago. Rob Morrow from Northern Exposure was host. At the front gates of heaven, there's an entrance exam to get in. The first question: \"Who's better, Beatles or Stones?\""}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (20:28)", "body": "I recently had some friends visiting from Dallas, TX and they were telling me about this radio station in Dallas (run by a wealthy Texan) that only played Beatles songs. Original recordings and covers 24/7. I guess the station went kaput when he ran out of money but it must've been fun while it lasted."}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (21:13)", "body": "our radio station in texas city did that for a time, in the early 80's... got a lot of attention and big ratings for awhile... after 6 months or so interest waned, and they changed formats... definitely cool, while it lasted (esp. when you take into account some of the crap dominating the air- waves then)..."}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (21:47)", "body": "Just Martin just released his last album, Robin Williams and the like singing Beatles songs. Mostly comedy folks doing Beatles."}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Oct 20, 1998 (23:50)", "body": "remember the 'rutles'?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (12:08)", "body": "One song on the Martin album is spoken by Sean Connery, I believe."}, {"response": 8, "author": "osceola", "date": "Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (13:56)", "body": "The Rutles were funny. I think that started out as a Monty Python sketch (part of it did, anyway). Speaking of Beatles parodies, I like \"The Simpsons\" where they form a barbershop quartet but the storyline is basically the story of the Beatles. Barney the drunk starts acting like John did when he met Yoko."}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (19:12)", "body": "sounds excellent, i'd love to see that (who was homer?)"}, {"response": 10, "author": "osceola", "date": "Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (20:09)", "body": "Not sure who Homer was, but just like the real Beatles, the group's manager told him not to bring up the fact that he's married because it would hurt their appeal to female fans. Marge, of course, was not pleased. \"But marge, it's only through our tour of Sweden!\" Just like the Beatles they got rid of one member (Chief Wiggins) and replaced him with Barney (Pete Best for Ringo). So I guess the Simpson's characters weren't taking the place of specific Beatles, just the group biography as a whole was a parody of the Beatles. As you can see, that's one of my favorite episodes."}, {"response": 11, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (00:08)", "body": "That was a great one, George! I'm no Beatles fan, but I'd like to hear a bunch of comedians/celebrities cover their tunes--now that could be entertaining!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (10:38)", "body": "I am a Beatles fan. During the middle to late sixties they pretty much defined rock music. There were other groups, of course, but they pretty much imitated the beatles. Some didn't, but most did. I was just thinking about \"Iron Butterfly\", who pretty much did their own thing, and, \"The Limelighters\", who had their own group of imitators. I still remember my favorite song by The Limelighters, \"Vikki Turn Your Back On Me\", and how I laughed whenever I heard it. I often wondered what Vikki Dugan thought o it."}, {"response": 13, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (10:00)", "body": "I love the Beatles. I love that little head nodding thing they used to do. It's so sweet."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (10:19)", "body": "Did you ever see them live?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (11:05)", "body": "I really enjoyed them, and still do, Riette. I liked the spectrum of their music. Terry, Riette was born after the beatles broke up."}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (11:24)", "body": "Hey come to think of it! Maybe she went to a Wings Concert?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (04:25)", "body": "Who me??? I don't even know who the Wings are! And, NO, I never saw the Beatles live! I know them, because my mother still swoons over them as she used to when she was a teen."}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (06:20)", "body": "Wings was Paul McCartney's band after the Beatles. Do you have a favorite Beatle, Ree?"}, {"response": 19, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (14:13)", "body": "My favorite was always Ringo Starr. He always had that WILD look about him."}, {"response": 20, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (13:48)", "body": "My favourite was John Lennon - he was BAD! Ringo Starr's looks don't appeal to me; he looks like he's about to fall asleep the whole time - and you know how I feel about that!"}, {"response": 21, "author": "TIM", "date": "Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (19:07)", "body": "If you get another chance to watch them Riette, watch ringo, see if he looks sleepy."}, {"response": 22, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (17:08)", "body": "You're right, Tim! He looks positively DEAD!"}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (17:09)", "body": "I must go now, Tim. I'm going to write someone an e-mail quickly, and then I'm going to bed. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday, and I'll see you tomorrow?"}, {"response": 24, "author": "TIM", "date": "Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (20:31)", "body": "Anyone I know?.....Enjoy your rest Riette, Sweet dreams. See you tomorrow, bright and early."}, {"response": 25, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (03:43)", "body": "Maybe...."}, {"response": 26, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (03:44)", "body": "That's it, I'm gone! Got to see to my mails, then I have to go get some food, and then I'm going to work real close to the phone - I'm expecting that important phonecall I told you about today."}, {"response": 27, "author": "TIM", "date": "Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (03:55)", "body": "OK Riette, Have a good day."}, {"response": 28, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (03:17)", "body": "I always seem to say the same thing at this point! I hope you had a good day too, Tim, and hope you'll have a good one today as well. I have to go wake my girlies now to go sledging."}, {"response": 29, "author": "TIM", "date": "Tue, Dec  1, 1998 (03:43)", "body": "Ok Riette, enjoy!!"}, {"response": 30, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (02:59)", "body": "And again! Shopping and work awaits me! I see you later?"}, {"response": 31, "author": "TIM", "date": "Wed, Dec  2, 1998 (03:15)", "body": "Ok riette, We,ll talk later. Have a nice time!"}, {"response": 32, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (05:22)", "body": "From a friends who studies cuban affairs, I heard that right now, the BEatles are THE hip thing in Cuba. Obviously, they didn't catch the mania first time round, and were never sold reissues to, courtesy of somebody's stupid trade embargo. Imagine all the people - I bet Mike Jackson's and Paul M.'s mouths are already watering..."}, {"response": 33, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Oct 15, 2001 (00:27)", "body": "McCartney urges Ono to mend rift ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct. 13, 2001 | LONDON -- Paul McCartney has urged Yoko Ono that \"there's still time\" to mend a rift between the two over the Beatles song \"Yesterday,\" according to a magazine interview. McCartney revealed earlier this year that he and John Lennon's widow had argued over the writing credit to the song during the making of the Beatles \"Anthology\" album. \"Yesterday,\" like most of the Beatles songs, was officially credited to McCartney and John Lennon. But McCartney maintains that none of the other Beatles had anything to do with the song. He said in May that he asked Ono to put his name first on the credit, but she refused. \"It actually is one of the reasons that we're not the greatest of friends,\" McCartney told Reader's Digest. \"But if you're reading this, Yoko, there's still time.\" On Oct. 20, McCartney will take part in \"The Concert for New York City\" at Madison Square Garden, also featuring Mick Jagger, Macy Gray, Eric Clapton and The Who, to aid victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States."}, {"response": 34, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 30, 2001 (07:43)", "body": "I remember George Harrison mostly for the Concert for Bangladesh and \"All Things Must Pass\". Indeed. All things must pass. And George Harrison was a great part of all our lives and his music will live on for a long time. He was the \"quet Beatle\"; he was the spiritual one. The two best pieces I've seen on the net so far, one is very pictorial: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011130/en/obit_harrison.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/obituaries/george_harrison/default.stm"}, {"response": 35, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 30, 2001 (07:53)", "body": "Backtracking a bit, some stories just prior to Harrison's death. http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1006175702226965.xml http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10066077041471917.xml"}, {"response": 36, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 30, 2001 (08:03)", "body": ""}, {"response": 37, "author": "Moon", "date": "Fri, Nov 30, 2001 (08:44)", "body": "To the memories. Goodbye George. Om shanti amen."}, {"response": 38, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Nov 30, 2001 (09:10)", "body": "Om Shanti."}, {"response": 39, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Dec  1, 2001 (05:45)", "body": "Paul McCartney: \"He was a lovely guy and a very brave man and had a wonderful sense of humor. He is really just my baby brother.\" \"We were school friends together, you know. And we joined the Beatles together and went through all of that together so \ufffd it's a very sad day.\" \"I was lucky enough to see him a couple of weeks ago and he was still laughing and joking.\" \"His music will live on forever. He was a very strong, loving man. But he didn't suffer fools gladly.\" Dhani Harrison (George's Son): We're truly grateful for the tremendous support we've received from friends and from the very many members of the public whom we don't know personally, but who thought of us and send us good wishes.\" Ringo Starr: \"George was a best friend of mine. I loved him very much and I will miss him greatly \ufffd We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.\" Yoko Ono: \"George has given so much to us in his lifetime and he contiues to do so even after his passing with his music, his wit and his wisdom. His life was magical and we felt we had shared a little bit of it by knowing him. Thank you George. It was grand knowing you.\" Bob Geldof: \"\"As he said himself, how do you compare with the genius of John and Paul? But he did, very well.\" Michael Palin: \"George wasn't head in the clouds all the time. When it came to business and all that he was feet very much on the ground.\" Alan Light: (editor, Spin) \"It is almost impossible to come up with a pop musician of any sort of the last four decades who was not touched by the work of the Beatles \ufffd Artists \ufffd like Paul Simon, like Peter Gabriel \ufffd have looked to Latin and Indian and African music. The Beatles were the first to do that in pop music and George was the direct link that caused them to do that.\" Anthony DeCurtis: (critic, Rolling Stone): \"I think his real gift was the kind of mystical view of life that he brought to their music and popular music in general.\""}, {"response": 40, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec  2, 2001 (10:16)", "body": "I'm watching a George Harrison story on CBS Sunday Morning. Well done! I'd recommend spending some time at George's official website: www.allthingsmustpass.com Yahoo has a page of stories and links http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Entertainment/The_Beatles/ VH1 did a wonderful interview with George and Ravi Shankar. He had just \"dropped by\" to help Ravi promote a new album and ended up picking up a guitar. He talked about the Concert for Bangladesh, Bob Dylan, the Traveling Wilburys, the evolution of man, the Maharishi and other topics. VH1 is did special programming. Details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tvbarn2/message/4714 Ray Suarez did a piece on the PBS Newshour There is real audio if you scroll down the page. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html \"Here Comes the Sun\" is riding as one of the recordings on Voyager. Dan Flanery said \"it's entirely possible Harrison's \"Here Comes The Sun\", preserved on Sagan's record in the vast vacuum of space, will outlast not only humanity, but also the world that produced its author and the star referenced in its title.\" http://us.imdb.com/Name?Harrison,+George#Producer Over twenty films, an outstandingly excellent hit-to-miss ratio. Here's a smattering. These are just some of the comedies. He also produced fine dramas. _Life of Brian_ (1979) (executive producer) A classic, starring Monty Python. _Privates on Parade_ (1982) (producer) A classic, starring John Cleese. _The Missionary_ (1982) (executive producer) Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. _A Private Function_ (1985) (executive producer) Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. _Nuns on the Run_ (1990) (executive producer) Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. _Time Bandits_ (1981) (executive producer) Pythonesque. [Directed by Terry Gilliam. Written by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. Starring John Cleese with Michael Palin] _How to Get Ahead in Advertising_ (1989) (executive producer) Wicked satire. _Powwow Highway_ (1989) (executive producer) Sublime. _Withnail and I_ (1987) (executive producer) A trifle eccentric, shall we say? _Cold Dog Soup_ (1990) (executive producer) I look forward to seeing this one. Bizarre dark comedy. _Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs_ (1974) A young John Hurt as Malcolm Screwdyke? Have any of you seen this film? Is it worth watching? -- The Toon Show http://www.well.com/user/silly/ silly@well.com"}, {"response": 41, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec  2, 2001 (10:19)", "body": "Former Grateful Dead bassist Phi Lesh, quoted on CNN: \"I felt like I knew him through his music and through looking at his photographs, watching his films and noticing his kind of understated presence. The kind of prankster twinkle he had in his eye, you just knew he had a wicked sense of humor.\" http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0111/harrison.quotes/content5.html http://borgman.enquirer.com/ is the online cartoon."}, {"response": 42, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Dec  2, 2001 (10:21)", "body": "http://audio.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/newshour/expansion/2001/11/30/harrison.rm?altplay=harrison.rm"}, {"response": 43, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 22, 2002 (15:16)", "body": "Fab news : A LAST album of George Harrison\ufffds music was being finished in secrecy in the months before his death. He played tracks from the CD to his family and friends in his private room at a Los Angeles hospital last Sunday, four days before he died. [...] Jim Keltner, the world\ufffds most in-demand session drummer, who has recorded with Harrison, Lennon, Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan, flew from his home in California to Friar Park to add drums to the tracks that Harrison and other musicians, believed to include Eric Clapton, had recorded. Keltner, who last played with Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys supergroup in the 1980s but still saw him regularly as a friend, said this weekend: \ufffdIt was fantastic to be in the studio with him again. Some of the new songs are very poignant concerning his life in the past few years. It will be obvious when you hear them what they are about. More: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,9003-2001555241,00.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/02/MN116926.DTL \">http://www.auntviolet.com/George/George.html> . \"He was a giant, a great, great soul, with all of the humanity, all of the wit and humor, all the wisdom, the spirituality, the common sense of a man and compassion for people. He inspired love and had the strength of a hundred men. He was like the sun, the flowers and the moon and we will miss him enormously. The world is a profoundly emptier place without him.\" -- Bob Dylan Harrison's ashes to be immersed in Ganges December 3, 2001 Posted: 12:13 PM EST (1713 GMT) NEW DELHI, India -- The ashes of the late Beatle George Harrison are to be immersed in the sacred Ganges River, according to a spokesman for the Hare Krishna movement. Maha Mantra Das, a New Delhi spokesman for International Society for Krishna Consciousness, told wire services that Harrison's widow, Olivia, and his son, Dhani, 23, would be accompanied by two Hare Krishna devotees who performed Hindu rites on Harrison's ashes with the family in London, England. Harrison was a devotee of the Hindu faith. Olivia and Dhani Harrison were headed for the holy city of Varanasi to carry out the rites, according to Reuters. The Associated Press reported that the ashes also would be sprinkled at Allahabad, where Hinduism's three holiest rivers -- the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati -- converge. More: http://engaged.well.com/engaged/engaged.cgi?&f=0&c=beatles&t=209&q= * Also covers how Ravi Shankhar spent the day before George's death with him and how the ashes will be sprinkled to coincide with today's minute of meditation... The \"Dark Horse\" that \"came out a winner\": http://www.msnbc.com/news/656871.asp?0dm=T1BML lines A nice tribute montauge on real player - 9 minutes... http://tm0.com/daywatch/sbct.cgi?s=183869793&i=427615&d=2086327 or the same thing at http://wgnradio.com/history/audio/georgeharrison.ram MSNBC.com Reflections from around the world on hearing of George Harrison's death Paul McCartney, from London \"I am devastated and very, very sad. He was a lovely guy and a very brave man and had a wonderful sense of humor. He is really just my baby brother.\" Ringo Starr \"George was a best friend of mine. I loved him very much and I will miss him greatly. Both (wife) Barbara and I send our love and light to Olivia and Dhani. We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.\" George Martin, Beatles' record producer \"George was ... the kid who followed the others around. I guess that with talents like John and Paul, probably the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, it's tough opposition. They collaborated and rivaled each other in their writing. George had to do it by himself. He worked away at it. ... He would craft his music meticulously, with every little stitch in the canvas.... I like to think he's gone to a better place. I think he'll be all right there....he's going to be happy now.\" Yoko Ono \"His life was magical and we all felt we had shared a little bit of it by knowing him.\" Sitar musician Ravi Shankar \"It was my sitar and Indian music which connected me to George in the beginning, but very soon our relationship went beyond that. He was a friend, disciple and son to me. George was a brave and beautiful soul, full of love, child-like humor and a deep spirituality.\" Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys \"I am horribly saddened by the death of George Harrison. While we were not personal friends, I think that just like everybody in the world, I have always considered all the Beatles to be my friends. Their arrival in America in 1964 was electrifying, one of the most exciting things that ever happened in my life, and their music has always and will always mean so much to me.\" Alan Williams, The Beatles' first manager \"He was a very lovable person. I would say he was the major cog in The Beatles at that time. He kept them together probably because of the calming effect he had.\" Bob Dylan, founded the Traveling Wilburys with Harrison \"George was a giant, a gr"}, {"response": 44, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 22, 2002 (15:23)", "body": "From the msnbc piece: As for death, there are likely few Western celebrities better prepared to face it. Though he often described this world as being illusory, and was aware as few people are of the burdens of effecting change in it - who else sees friends murdered or gets stabbed just for writing songs? - he gave greatly and freely to the rest of us, while still following the spiritual path he saw set before him. Unless he indeed forgot to put the cat out, he exits this life with few things left undone. living in the material world dark horse 33 1/3 george harrison TIME online: http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101011210/ Check out the minor planet that was named after George. It returns to our solar system 2-21-02: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/special/rocknroll/0004149.html http://www.winamp.com/news.jhtml;?articleid=9162 A eulogy to George on Winamp.com Maharishi : From a Dutch source translated into English \"Not long before his death George Harrison paid a visit to the Maharishi in Vlodrop, Holland. During this last visit Maharishi tried to give George courage and hope. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the Maharishi movement in Holland. \"Maharishi compared the sick body of Harrison with an old coat with holes. He said he was glad that Harrison would soon take off that coat and put on a new one\". The spokesman also said that Paul McCartney is a regular visitor at Maharishi's. \"Maharishi has always had a special place in his heart for the Beatles since their first meeting in 1967. That friendship has never ceased.\" Here's an interesting look at George's L.A./Hispanic connection: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000097668dec09132046.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment December 9, 2001 Remembering George Harrison By RAVI SHANKAR ENCINITAS, Calif. -- I feel I have been cheated by George. Why did he have to go so soon at such a young age when I really wanted to go first? In moments like this, it is so hard to express the feeling of emptiness and sadness within. Like a film flashing by, everything comes to my mind since I met him more than 30 years ago. His childlike quality, his shy but naughty little smile, his passion for all the music he loved and the serious quest for religion, particularly the old Vedic Hindu tradition, always amazed me as well as attracted me. The down-to-earth quality in George was something I could relate to with such joy. He would crack up when I told him all my jokes; we had such fun! We always competed with each other in punning. When I told him that I was known as a \"pundit\" because of my punning, he said something hilarious, connecting the old Hindu scriptures of the four Vedas (Rigveda, Samveda, Atharvaveda and Yajurveda). He said: \"Do you know the four Wether brothers? They are Ric, Sam, Arthur and George Wethers.\" The only solid lessons on sitar he had from me were in the summer and autumn of 1966, which he couldn't pursue as much as we both wanted. He was very talented and would have become a great sitar player if only he could have given some time. His love, knowledge and understanding of Indian music developed immensely over the years. I gave him a copy of the book \"Autobiography of a Yogi\" by Swami Yogananda, and my brother, Rajendra, gave him a book by Swami Vivekananda. He had such thirst for the knowledge and wisdom of Indian traditions. In many ways he was more Indian than many Indians. Though I had been performing all over the world since 1954, my association with George attracted a whole young generation to sitar and to me from the mid- 1960's. Even though I didn't make any records jamming with him or any other pop or rock star, I was treated like a superstar, being the Beatle George's guru. Then came Monterey, Woodstock and finally the big Bangladesh concert, which he totally handled in producing. Because of George we had Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell and other eminent musicians. After a year or so, when he spent time with me in Varanasi at my house, he suggested we make a couple of records and perhaps tour the United States. We did the first recording in the A&M Studios for his Dark Horse label. It was then that he met dear Olivia (whom he married in 1978). In the summer of 1974 the second album was recorded (\"Festival of India\") at his own studio. I'll never forget those couple of months when we worked on this album. I did all the compositions on the M4 while traveling from London to his home in Henley. George created such an atmosphere with such love and regard. We would start rehearsals in a beautiful large hall with a view to his lovely garden. We would have Indian food and snack between rehearsals. The recording was finished with simultaneous editing, which George was doing himself, always asking me to hear when he was satisfied. After this period of creative joy we went to tour the United States, giving more than 30 performances. George had a special 737 Boeing jetliner completely refurbished for us to travel in. What touched me "}, {"response": 45, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jan 22, 2002 (15:27)", "body": "Jorma Kaukonen on George Harrison When the Beatles exploded into the American and world music scene back in the early Sixties, I had totally immersed myself in traditional music and had eschewed all things vaguely electric or 'popular.' When I think about what a stuffed shirt I was then I really have to laugh today. Anyway, my friend Steve Mann came up from L.A. to visit me in Santa Clara and convinced me that one of the sugar cubes he had in his pocket would really open my world as a musician. Steve was such an innovative musician and so far ahead of his time that I accepted his recommendation as gospel and we each ate one. Well, needless to say I was totally unprepared for what followed and at some point a couple of hours later we had to go for a ride with a friend in a borrowed VW. We're driving somewhere on Highway 101 near Sunnyvale, California and a semi pulls up behind me filling the rear window with it's bumper and grill. Now, in retrospect, we were probably only going 20 miles an hour in rush hour but still it really scared the shit out of me. As I was contemplating my impending death and possibly the end of the world, we turned on the radio and as the tubes warmed up (remember tubes in car radios) the first thing I heard was George's solo in 'She's A Woman' and it changed my life! Not only did it get me through that moment of fear on the freeway, but it opened my eyes to more things than I can enumerate here. It prepared me to be, at least moderately, open to Paul Kantner's suggestion that I join some band that he was forming up in San Francisco. In that moment, the electric guitar became a real instrument for me again. I met George once a long time ago... I do not even remember when. I did not know him but of course as a man of my time I was always interested in what he was up to. He was immensely successful, but he and his family suffered all the things that can afflict 'normal' mortals. As I grew older, I came to appreciate more and more the huge contribution that he and his friends made to our world. I know that he had been ill for some time. As one who lives in some small way in the public eye, I admired the way he handled his privacy... the way he loved his family. I know that he is in a better place. (I always say that when someone dies, but I believe it.) He is all right now and my prayers are with his family. I thank George for helping to open my heart! For Immediate Release Contact: Keith Putney 650-324-3563 kputney@aol.com Compact Disc Land presents A Celebration of the life of George Harrison featuring the music of George Harrison and the Beatles Appearing in concert, playing the music of George and the Beatles: The New Moondogs with special guest Cyril Jordan... of the Flamin' Groovies, of course! Where: Compact Disc Land 477 University Avenue Palo Alto 650-324-3563 When: Sunday Dec. 16 First set-acoustic @5:00 p.m. Second set-electric @7:30 p.m. Admission: Free Please bring canned food donations for the Second Harvest food bank After George Harrison passed away, people continually asked me if I knew of any kind of celebration of what George Harrison did, what he meant to us and whathe gave us. I refrain from using the term memorial or tribute, only because what he did should truly be celebrated. For anyone who wants to, Sunday will be a nice moment to do that-celebrate the gifts we received from George Harrison. The Flamin' Groovies were a Bay Area institution from 1966 through to 1990, and they wore their Beatles influences on their sleeves; the Groovies included 3 Beatles tracks on their lp's during their Sire Records period. So no Bay Area person is more appropriate to help us in our appreciation of George than Cyril Jordan, guitarist, songwriter and vocalist for the Flamin' Groovies. Cyril will be joining the New Moondogs- for Beatles fans, an update of the name of an early incarnation of the Beatles, the Moondogs. The New Moondogs include Bob Vickers, formerly of the Orange Peels, switching between lead and rhythm guitar as well as lead and backing vocal duties. Expect guests from the Syndicate of Sound and Chocolate Watchband to drop by for a song or two as well. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19 2001 THE RENSE RETORT, by Rip Rense ----------------------------------------------- Meeting George ----------------------------------------------- WorldNetDaily News Archives: Rip Rense The first time I saw George Harrison was in 1979, in Burbank, Calif. There was a little press conference at Warner Brothers Records for the release of his lovely eponymous album, and I was one of about 30 reporters present, clustered around in a half circle on the floor. He had walked in with a cane, the result of a gardening accident, and remarked that no one had touched the small mountain of scones on a nearby table, or helped themselves to tea. Scones and tea? Everyone was far too amazed to eat. He was, after all, one of them. Harrison answered the usual array of silly questions, and was patient, self-deprecatin"}, {"response": 46, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (14:53)", "body": "\"Honey Pie! Honey Pie! \"Honey Pie! Honey Pie\" \"Honey Pie! Honey Pie! Honey Pie! Honey Pie! I love you! Honey Pie!\" - Wild Honey Pie by Lennon & McCartney"}, {"response": 47, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (14:55)", "body": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard \"Ringo Starr\" Starkey are four of the six men from the '60s who fundamentally changed rock'n'roll for eternity. The other two are Robert \"Bob Dylan\" Zimmerman and James \"Jimi\" Hendrix."}, {"response": 48, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (01:54)", "body": "Did anyone see the recent two hour Paul McCartney concert? Wow! I tivoed it and will be watching it again. And again. And in the news the two remaining Beatles led a tribute to George Harrison with a concert in London organized by Olivia Harrison. Harrison died in Los Angeles at the age of 58 last November 29 after a long battle with cancer. Eric Clapton was the lead act in the gig attended by 5,000. A brief clip from the theage.com.au article: The first part of the concert was specially composed by Ravi Shankar, Harrison's musical guru in his Beatles days. Shankar told the audience: \"I strongly feel that George is here tonight, I mean how can he not be here when all of us who loved him so much have assembled all together to sing for him and play music for him.\" Many of Harrison's Beatles and solo hits performed by McCartney and Starr along with Clapton were among the highlights of the concert. Profits from the show will go to the Material World Charitable Foundation set up by Harrison in 1973. Harrison died nearly 21 years after fellow Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment in December 1980."}, {"response": 49, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (04:14)", "body": "Paul and Ringo reunited for Harrison tribute Nov 30 2002 A reunion of the remaining Beatles has helped to put on a spectacular and moving musical tribute to George Harrison a year to the day since he died. Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were joined on stage by Harrison's son Dhani to reprise the former Beatle's hits in the Concert For George at the Royal Albert Hall. A host of other stars, friends and musical contributors with Harrison also played his music, bringing both cheers and tears to the 5,000-strong audience, including the Beatles' original producer George Martin. Eric Clapton, the musical director for the night, kicked off the Beatles hits to a huge cheer with a rousing rendition of I Want To Tell You, before being joined on stage by Joe Cocker and Dhani Harrison for Here Comes The Sun. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers then brought a wave of clapping and cheers as they began the opening bars of Taxman, with Jools Holland on piano and Sam Brown supporting. Clapton had the crowd on its feet to a standing ovation with the words: \"Ladies and gentlemen, Ringo Starr\". Harrison's former fellow Beatle ran on stage to tumultuous applause. He saluted the crowd and said: \"What a night. I loved George and George loved me.\" He then sang Photograph, which he co-wrote with Harrison, as Clapton, Jeff Lynne and Dhani played guitar. After a rendition of one of Harrison's favourite songs, Honey Hon, many of the crowd were dancing along. Starr then grabbed the mike and again brought the audience to its feet with the words: \"It gives me great pleasure to introduce another friend of George's, Paul McCartney.\" The two remaining Beatles then played the Beatles' hit I Love You. Sir Paul then brought a massive cheer from the crowd when they heard the first strains of Harrison's classic love song, Something. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/page.cfm?objectid=12415551&method=full&siteid=50082"}, {"response": 50, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (05:00)", "body": "I saw the McCartney concert on TV a few days ago. Was listening out for \"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey\" but didn't hear it. I guess the Colonel forbade it for being too silly. (Oops! Wrong group of Brits!) Great show! Hmm, let's see, Paul and Ringo, plus Eric Clapton, Julian & Dhani... it might just be possible..."}, {"response": 51, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (10:03)", "body": "How good a musician is Dhani, I've never heard he even was a musician before."}, {"response": 52, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (10:15)", "body": "The Fab Fortune Ringo Starr: $166-million George Harrison: $231-million at the time of his death last year; his estate earned about $16-million since then from song and film royalties. John Lennon: $625-million at the time of his death in 1980, but his estate still earns about $30-million a year from song and art royalties. Paul McCartney: $2.4-billion from an interesting article at http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gttech/TGAM/20021130/UHARRM Ex-Beatle Harrison's estate worth $231-million But Britain's taxman likely to collect a lot less than famous song suggests ALAN FREEMAN Saturday, November 30, 2002 LONDON -- George Harrison left an estate valued at \ufffd98.9-million ($231-mil- lion), but that's before the taxman takes his share. Britain's Inland Revenue Department, however, is likely to take a lot less than \"one for you, 19 for me,\" which the ex-Beatle sings about in the famous song. According to British tax law, any estate greater than \ufffd250,000 ($584,000) is taxed at a 40-per-cent rate, but accountants noted that if the beneficiary is the surviving spouse, the estate passes on tax free. The High Court in London, which released the inheritance figure yesterday on the first anniversary of Mr. Harrison's death, did not disclose the beneficiaries of the estate but his widow, Olivia, and 25-year-old son, Dhani, along with charities are likely to figure high on the list. . . ."}, {"response": 53, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (17:38)", "body": "The Beatles kids, can you beleive this picture?"}, {"response": 54, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (17:42)", "body": "More amazing pictures: http://www.geocities.com/maccacrayz/dhani.html"}, {"response": 55, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (17:50)", "body": "undercover.com.au: The Friends Of George Harrison Play For His Memory The friends of George Harrison gathered at The Royal Albert Hall in London last night to mark the first anniversary of his death. 5,200 fans joined Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne, Jools Holland and the crew from Monty Python to pay a 3 \ufffd hour tribute to the late Beatle. Undercover's Tim Cashmere attended the show. He reports \"The show opened with a 1 hour 15 minute set from the Ravi Shankar Orchestra conducted by Ravi's daughter Anouska. 82 year old Ravi Shankar did not play but spoke to the crowd thanking them for coming. \"I strongly feel that George is here tonight\" Ravi said. Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne featured in that first part of the show.\" After a 30 minute break the second half commenced with four waiters on stage. They sang \"Sit On My Face and Tell Me That You Love Me\". It was the Monty Phyton crew featuring Terry Gillam, Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. They finished with their classic hit 'The Lumberjack Song.' Eric Clapton then started off the rock component of the show with George's 'Revolver' song \"I Want To Tell You\". Highlight's of the show included Paul McCartney playing ukulele and telling the audience that \"whenever I would visit George, after dinner he would play this song on the ukulele\". McCartney then sang 'Something'. Tom Petty played \"Taxman\". He then gathered up his old Wilbury mate Jeff Lynne and added in Billy Preston for an all new Wilbury's and a stirring rendition of their signature tune 'Handle With Care'. Tom did George's part, Jeff took over the original Roy Orbison vocal. Ringo Starr played 'Photograph', the top 40 hit George wrote for him in 1973. Billy Preston and Sam Brown sang lead on George's most famous solo work 'My Sweet Lord'. He was backed by Paul McCartney on piano, Ringo on drums, Andy Fairweather- Low on guitar, Jeff Lynne on guitar and George's son Dhani also on guitar. Eric Clapton performed 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. He played lead on the original Beatle song. It was one of the finest rock pieces George ever wrote. Joe Brown, one of England's guitar heroes of the 60s played on the show. He performed \"Here Comes The Sun' and ended with a song he said was a personal favourite of George's \"I'll See You In My Dreams\". Eric Clapton acted as music director for the band. Throughout the night the band featured Joe Brown, Jools Holland, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, Billy Preston, Tom Petty , Ringo Starr, Rob Blair, Sam Brown, Dave Bronze, Gary Brooker, Mike Campebll, Jim Capaldi, Phil Capaldi, Ray Cooper, Steve Ferrone, Neil R. Gauntlett, Dhani Harrison, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Katie Kissoon, Albert Lee, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mark Mann, Tessa Niles, Dave \"Rico\" Nilo, Emil Richards, Tom Scott, Henry Spinetta, Chris Stainton, Benmont Tench, Scott Thurston, Klaus Voormann. Anoushka Shankar conducted the Ravi Shankar Orchestra Michael Kamin conducted string section. The show was filmed for a TV special to come out soon. All proceeds from the night went to George's charity The Material World Charitable Foundation. By Tim Cashmere and Paul Cashmere"}, {"response": 56, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (17:51)", "body": "The show was filmed for a TV special . . . Wow!"}, {"response": 57, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (18:24)", "body": "Major update just made to http://www.spring.net/beatles Many, many great links."}, {"response": 58, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Jan 29, 2003 (19:17)", "body": "Paul MacCartney Joke: Time period: The present day Cast: MacCARTNEY FAN ( FAN rushes up to MacCARTNEY ) FAN: It's really you! I love your music!! ( hands him book and pen ) Can I have your autograph? MacCARTNEY: ( fumbling with pen and notepad ) Yeah...well, sure ( signs book and hands over book and pen ) FAN: Oh thank you! Wow! This is so grea... ( Fan looks at autograph. ) FAN: Hey, wait a minute! You mean you're not Dave Clark?"}, {"response": 59, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 29, 2003 (19:21)", "body": "that's like the saddest thing i ever heard (paul must've been crushed)"}, {"response": 60, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Jan 29, 2003 (19:49)", "body": "I take it you're not a DC5 fan... (...neither am I, really...)"}, {"response": 61, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 31, 2003 (08:23)", "body": "Did you check the major update at http://www.spring.net/beatles guys?"}, {"response": 62, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 30, 2005 (08:04)", "body": "Cynthia Lennon has revealed that she is working on a book which is to be published in September. The book will be an honest and truthful account of her life with John with many, up to now, private memories and disclosures, \ufffdThe time has come when I feel ready to tell the truth about John and me, our years together and the years since his death. Only I know what happened between us \ufffd why we stayed together, why we parted and the price I paid for having been John\ufffds wife.\ufffd Although Cynthia wrote a book about John Lennon some years ago she says that her new book will include \ufffdso much that I have never said, so many incidents that I have never spoken of and so many feelings I have never expressed \ufffd great love on one hand; pain and torment on the other.\ufffd Simply titled John the book is published by Hodder and Stoughton this autumn... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 56, "subject": "Irish music", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (06:56)", "body": "groovy!!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Jan 11, 1999 (23:39)", "body": "very very cool wer (irish music rocks) (of course)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "PT", "date": "Tue, Jan 12, 1999 (19:20)", "body": "Samples of this wouldn't happen to be available over here, would they?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "laughingskye", "date": "Fri, May 14, 1999 (07:06)", "body": "Read an article, the other day, that \"The Cranberries\" are getting back together after a long break from road stress and differences of opinion(s).Couldn't help but smile...\"Zombie\" was one of those songs that got into my head and wouldn't leave... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 57, "subject": "Dean Truitt's <A HREF=\"http://www.capzeyez.com\">http://www.capzeyez.com</A> music talk show which we webcast", "response_count": 20, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (12:14)", "body": "The website for this is: http://www.spring.net/capzeyez"}, {"response": 2, "author": "DaveSpice", "date": "Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (15:07)", "body": "It's really cool to beon The Spring - everyone be sure to tune in via the Spring or on Austin Cable Access ch 10 and tell us what you wanna see! We thrive off requests! You canpost here as well, and we will check in from time to time. Feel open to discuss ANY musical format here, as we probably know something about it. If not, we'll make it up! :) Anyhow - \"keep tha flava\" dave"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (18:06)", "body": "How did your show get started and can you fill us in on a little of the history? What is your musical affiliation? What band(s)? etc."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (06:44)", "body": "Hey, guess who's co hosting Capzeyez this week. Give up? Why me and Bob Nagy, of course. He'll be Garth and I'll be Wayne. Excellleent! Excelllent! Schweee! I hope we can match up with the intellectual level of the call ins, the phones get pretty heady at times. Not!!! Schweeee!!! Anyway, tune in, call in and rock out. We're gonna head down to Northwest Av Sat night and look for a coupla guys drinking beer out in front of the station (Dean and Dave). This show's been on a long time! I just discovered it, but then, I just moved back to Austin and got cable. Bob's an amazing guy as you'll find out Saturday night/Sunday morning. Really this show's a Sunday morning show, though I keep saying Saturday night. I guess I'll have to tape Saturday Night Live this week. Dawood will be manning the webcam operation and keeping it going while I'm co-hosting."}, {"response": 5, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (16:05)", "body": "okay then!"}, {"response": 6, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (20:59)", "body": "Party on, Terry!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (08:13)", "body": "In case you missed it, it's running on the webcam this week, Bob and I co hosted the Capzeyez show this week. It was funny! We got called \"three generations of Austin slackers\" and \"Ben and Jerry\" and propositioned more than once. Bob brought his slide whistle and I brought some Spring videos of the Austin scene. Check it out on http://www.spring.net or http://www.spring.net/capzeyez . It was fun seeing Dave work the control rooom, at one point, the Cheriln Fielding (the opening act) broke her guitar string so he had to move fast to get another music video running. Our chance to be Wayne and Garth!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "sorry I missed it... I'll spend some time watching the webcam feed!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (10:08)", "body": "Yep, it's going now. I think it's pretty funny. Of course, I'm biased."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (13:11)", "body": "Paul! This is AWESOME! The slides aren't really going along with the audio now ( you're talking about video and a caller just called up to say \"you suck\" - the audio is HILARIOUS!!!!!! You guys were hysterical with her! I can't see the groovy video though!! Man! I'm so psyched hearing a familiar voice over my computer... wish I could see the pics!! The girl who fists her mouth... man... you guys are a trip! And your callers are freaks!!! what fun!!! who's playing the flute/whistle!!! this is a trip!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "uhhh... and my vocabulary is really much larger than this... usually!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (13:42)", "body": "That's Bob playing the flute whistle. The pictures should change if you hit your refresh button every 30 seconds."}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (15:51)", "body": "they didn't!!!!! but I really enjoyed the audio!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (22:58)", "body": "clear your cache between each re-fresh..."}, {"response": 15, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (07:38)", "body": "What browser are you using, Stace?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (12:12)", "body": "Netscape 4"}, {"response": 17, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (13:55)", "body": "Hmmm, I don't use that, I wonder if there's a setting that turns off refresh?"}, {"response": 18, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (14:42)", "body": "well... you'd think it'd be bypassed with me clicking refresh every 15 secs!"}, {"response": 19, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (15:36)", "body": "good point... (or, you could try turning the cache off...)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (15:44)", "body": "hmmm... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 58, "subject": "M.O.M.", "response_count": 7, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "wer", "date": "Fri, Feb 19, 1999 (13:42)", "body": "or go directly to http://members.aol.com/otisfodder/mom/index.html"}, {"response": 2, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Feb 23, 1999 (10:55)", "body": "hmm...interesting..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (02:05)", "body": "yes, yes he is..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (13:27)", "body": ""}, {"response": 5, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (21:27)", "body": "speechless, Stace? (or did we just temporarily misplace the words?)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  2, 1999 (09:30)", "body": "just trying to get the time straight in that topic, otherwise the menu insists I have something unread... which I didn't"}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Mar  2, 1999 (19:24)", "body": "aha! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 59, "subject": "SUPERSTAR", "response_count": 71, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "Please blame the following sales pitch and disclaimer on WER, The Artist Also Known As Kitchen (TAAKAK). I just mentioned that I'm connected with a music magazine, mentioned the name of it in http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/music/1 , and next thing I knew, TAAKAK created this topic with a link to a not-yet existing website ( http://www.superstar-online.com/) . So, let me grab this chance while supplies last... **************************************************** S U P E R S T A R is a music magazine published in Germany since January 1996. It was conceived by music enthusiasts with rather diverse tastes. SUPERSTAR is published quarterly and sold nationwide at trainstations' and airports' newsagents; also at most newsagents in Berlin (other regions to follow soon). We mainly cover music scenes missed by big magazines, emerging bands and musicians who play their excellent if neglected stuff in tiny clubs. Those are the real heroes, not guys on heavy rotation on tv music channels. People who really care about their art, who take lots of hard times and forsake many nice, cozy things to be able to tour or scra enough dough together for another single. SUPERSTAR is best when artists liberate page space, and write about what's on their mind, about other bands they like (or don't), about records they love since ages and why, about anything. Also always nice features that give you a completely different outlook on some topic (at least it always workes with me, make me go Whoa! I didn't know that!, etc.). SUPERSTAR also does portraits of tiny and obscure (but fabulous) labels. All other stuff that somehow is interesting might also get coverage. One of our nicest issues was the San Francisco-one; some people even used it as travel guide to nice places, clubs and the best record stores in SF. MUSICAL STYLES that are important to our contributors: Acid Jazz, Ambient, Avantgarde, Beat, Blues, Country, Easy Listening, Electronic Music, Funk, Garage-something, Glam Rock, Jazz, Krautrock, Noise, Pop, Post-Rock, Progressive, Punk, R 'n' B (old school), Rock 'n' Roll, Rockin' Blues, Ska, Songwriter, Soul, Surf, Tango, Trance, Trash, Underground-whatever, Weltmusik. SUPERSTAR contains lots of reviews of excellent records from the finest labels. It doesn't matter if the release is an obscure vinyl-single limited to 500 pcs., or a big label-thing with accompanying marketing blitz - if it's good, it's in there (if it's bad, sometimes too). HOW do I fit in there? The previous publishers started other projects and handed this over to people, who all worked for the mag for quite a while. That turn of events made me publisher/editor, brought lots of work and (hopefully) a bright future for our magazine. PLEASE direct all inquiries about SUPERSTAR to me, I'll be more than happy to answer all questions (especially about how to get SUPERSTAR, etc.!). Yes, we send mags overseas, and yes, we sell to record stores and mail order businesses, too. Contact me if you are interested. WEBSITE: Unfortunately, we can't do everything at the same time, so - while getting #12 together, getting organization restructured and saving the world, etc. - we neglected our website. Yes, we've got the domain; no, we didn't do a thing on that site. Yet. ****************************************************"}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (13:18)", "body": "Uh, did I say \"Thanks!\" to Wer? No, I didn't. I forgot, so here goes: \"Thanks for opening this topic, Wer, I hope you'll like it (and subscribe to SUPERSTAR)!\" ;=}"}, {"response": 3, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (14:33)", "body": "you're welcome... (and if you're really thankful, send more people our way and make this one damned busy conference!!!)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (21:01)", "body": "What an exciting project to be in on."}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (12:42)", "body": "Autumn, you are perfectly right - and I didn't tell you half of it (yet)! We have a weekly radio show called \"superstar rotation\" in Frankfurt on Radio X (FM 97,1) (check them out on http://www.radiox.de ). superstar rotation airs live every Sunday 19:00 - 21:00 h (7-9 p.m.). Hosts are people from the superstar galaxy and guests. Often, these guests are e.g. members of bands who play somewhere in Frankfurt later that evening (so we get a sneak preview... and so do our listeners!). On March 28th we will have a very special show hosted by yours truly and other company from superstar High Command. We will play the music that has to do with the articles in #12 (out March 18th) - music from bands we wrote about, styles mentioned, related stuff, music we reviewed. In short, make you hear what you read about: Hank's favorite of the issue, a song by a guy who used to work in the town I grew up in and during that time lived in where superstar is published now, Granfaloon Bus, tango from Finland, rockin' blues, Bobby Conn (!!), music from Berlin labels Flittchen Records and Monika Enterprise, and lots more."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (13:37)", "body": "Maybe we can get some of this on Capzeyez, see the topic in the austin or music conferences. Can we get a video to show them?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (16:56)", "body": "Terry, mail me on how to do this, and I'll see if we can do that. Sound only be ok? Well, let me know, I'm very curious... This is from #12 (out March 18th for those who didn't know yet!). Hank McCoy is our contributing songwriter southern singer with a cooking knack, and I love his column. This one is for all folks who are down with the flu or the like (you'll know if you're meant...). Oh, sorry, it's somewhat german (Hank is from somewhere USA - was that Ohio?); please address translation requests to Stacey Vura. This is what he wrote: Notes from the Kitchen Hank McCoy Liebe Esserin und Lieber Esser! Ich bin krank, sehr, sehr krank. Mein Knopf ist mit Schleim gef\ufffdllt, ich huste bis ich fast keine Lungen mehr haben und bin so ja, einfach fertig da\ufffd ich die ganzen Tag schlafen k\ufffdnnte. Was kann ich dann machen? Ich mu\ufffd sowieso mit dem Kleiner hin und her, stehe fr\ufffdh auf, und ja, doch irgend etwas in der K\ufffdche kochen. Ich hab\ufffd kein Lust, hab\ufffd kein Energie, so was essen wir heute abend? Fischst\ufffdbchen, nat\ufffdrlich. Die sind immer von Kinder geliebt, gut mit die Handen wenn die Gabel fehlt aus (und so liebe ich die auch), schmecken wie, ja wie schmecken Fischst\ufffdbchen \ufffdberhaupt? Ein bi\ufffdchen knusprig, ein bi\ufffdchen fischig, aber mehr der erst als der zweite. Als Kind hab\ufffd ich solche Sachen immer mit Ketchup gegessen, und bis jetzt tu\ufffd ich das genauso. Ja, mu\ufffd ich sagen, als Kind war Fischst\ufffdbchen einer von meine Lieblings Essen. Ich finde die heute ein bi\ufffdchen langweilig, wie so viele die Sachen die Mann als Kind gro\ufffde Liebe hatte. Zum Beispiel, hab\ufffd ich immer als Kind TV Serien \ufffdFlipper\ufffd toll gefunden. Ich hab\ufffd diese Serien sp\ufffdter gesehen und es war total doof! Immer dasselbe Geschichte, immer dasselbe Folgen. Total Schei\ufffde! Als Kind hatte ich auch meine Lieblings Lied, und ich habe das neulich f\ufffdr Sam gefunden, aber in diesem Fall war alle meine Erinerungen richtig. Dieses Lied ist \ufffdI Wanna Be Like You\ufffd von Robert und Richard Sherman und war von Louis Prima und Schauspieler Phil Harris gesungen. Der Band war Louis Prima\ufffds Band \ufffdThe Witnesses\ufffd. Dieses ist ein phantastisches Lied mit viel Energie, ein starker Rhythmus, gesungen mit ein guter Spontanit\ufffdt; es ist ein bi\ufffdchen witzig, bi\ufffdchen lustig, aber auch sehr mysterios. Und heute finde ich das Lied sowieso gut. Ich k\ufffdnnte es jeden Tag h\ufffdren. (Aber Fischst\ufffdbchen kann ich nur einmal, h\ufffdchstens zweimal im Jahr essen.) Louis Prima war in die 50\ufffds und 60\ufffds ganz bekannt als Las Vegas Showman. Sein Musik war nicht Jazz, aber etwas musikalisch im Vergleichen mit \ufffdexotic cocktails,\ufffd aber \ufffdberhaupt kein \ufffdeasy listening\ufffd. Was heist das, weiss ich nicht, und was f\ufffdr Fisch benutzen die Fischst\ufffdbchen zu machen? Weiss ich auch nicht. St\ufffdbfisch? (Und ja, dieses Lied kommt aus der Disney Studios als Teil von der soundtrack von \ufffdThe Jungle Book,\ufffd und mu\ufffd ich sagen, da\ufffd ich bin kein gro\ufffden Fan von Disney. Ich finde die ein bi\ufffdchen wie die McDonalds von Culture. Sie machen \ufffdalles f\ufffdr alle\ufffd und so gibt\ufffds f\ufffdr mich ganz selten etwas, das besonders ist.) Dieses Lied hat diesen wundersch\ufffdnen Beat. Da gibt\ufffds einen Rhythmus, das viel st\ufffdrker gemacht ist mit viele Schlagzeuger. Ja, ein bi\ufffdchen wie Talking Heads als Steve Scales dabei war. Und auf diesen Rhythmus steht ein cool Jazz Combo, ein dixieland Combo, und am Ende die hilarious scat Duett von Prima and Harris. Ich glaube, in dieses Lied hab\ufffd ich den Schl\ufffdssel von meine Geschmack gefunden. Alles, da\ufffd ich wichtig in Musik brauche, ist hier in diesem Lied. Naja, was hat es mit Fischst\ufffdbchen zu tun? (Und diese Frage glaub\ufffd ich ist hier erstmal in dieser Zeitschrift gefragt, oder?) Ja, kann ich auch sagen, da\ufffd in Fischst\ufffdbchen finde ich alles, da\ufffd f\ufffdr Essen wichtig ist: Knusprigheit, Mann kannt die mit die H\ufffdnden essen, und einfach zu braten. Ja, nat\ufffdrlich soll Essen ein bi\ufffdchen voller Geschmack haben, oder nicht ein bi\ufffdchen aber viel mehr, und sonst? Okay, sind Fischst\ufffdbchen nicht die Beispiel, die am besten ist, aber meine Meinung ist klar. Der Tatsache ist, da\ufffd in der letzte Zeit hab\ufffd ich nicht viel gekocht wegen Krankheit, aber mu\ufffd ich sowieso etwas schreiben und ich bin schon sp\ufffdt. So, Fischst\ufffdbchen und \ufffdI Wanna Be Like You.\ufffd"}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (17:57)", "body": "He's sick... very, very sick. His head is full of... snot???? I'm still working on it! Actually thanks ALexander, I'm gonna keep trying to translate and perhaps the practice shall shiny up my German!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (18:06)", "body": "(I'm dizzy from all the strange links... I believe I arrived from collecting... or was it paraspring???) *smile*"}, {"response": 10, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (09:07)", "body": "Must have been collecting, never been to paraspring. Yes, Hank meant snot, but said slime instead. Notice that his syntax is often the english syntax. Hank's column is one of the features I love best about superstar, and recently he started going from his native english to german, but it's still very english flavored (at least that's obvious for native german speakers)."}, {"response": 11, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:22)", "body": "and helpful for the non-natives!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  9, 1999 (11:56)", "body": "I'm happy somebody appreciates my job... Anyway, about the radio stuff mentioned above? We right now think about touring radiostations with that show (Hamburg, Berlin, N\ufffdrnberg, M\ufffdnchen). And we'll have a #12-release party in Frankfurt on March 26th! It'll be good to see some contributors again after the while it has been..."}, {"response": 13, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Mar 10, 1999 (10:15)", "body": "Can you mail us a video tape or point us to some mpegs?"}, {"response": 14, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (01:44)", "body": "I see if somebody brings a video-thingus along. About the radio show: How would we do this?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (07:43)", "body": "Well, we live off of videtapes for our live webcast. If you can send us a videotape we'll play it on our website and get a copy to the capzeyez folks, who have the most popular music show in Austin (at least the one voted so by the Chronicle)."}, {"response": 16, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (08:01)", "body": "OK, Terry, I see what I can do for the party (but I wonder how attractive it is watching people at a past-party, drinking, smoking and talking to each other, if you can't even understand the lingo...). How about the superstar rotation radio show? Surely you don't want me to film a radio for two hours? How about audio tape or DAT (if the station's equipment works again...). If you use our stuff in any compromising or uncompromising way, I'd love to get copy in return, so we can join the fun. Whaddaya say - deal?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (10:00)", "body": "Deal, send a video of some kind! That would rock. Send to Paul Terry Walhus 9011 Quail Creek Dr Austin, TX 78758"}, {"response": 18, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (15:37)", "body": "gotta make sure it is in American format..."}, {"response": 19, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (02:39)", "body": "Arrrgh, why can't you people for once do something like everybody else? OK, so I'll mail to Tennessee to have it copied over from PAL (which is a perfectly nice format) to NTSC (which is what you want). And Tennessee wil be so kind to send it to you. What about our radio show? Would cassettes be ok? Maybe I could get DAT, too, if things ain't still broken. Say?"}, {"response": 20, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (08:56)", "body": "It all has to be VHS, maybe you could send a VHS with just audio and some still pics?"}, {"response": 21, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (10:00)", "body": "I see what we can rig up. Anyway, today we get #12 from the printers! Boy-oh, am I excited! Ok, I know every piece in there, having edited it all over and checking stuff thousand times, but nevertheless - it's always a big thrill to hold a fresh copy of the new issue in one's hands!"}, {"response": 22, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:04)", "body": "can i get it at the airport?? I have a leg from Frankfurt to Berlin... textual plane candy!"}, {"response": 23, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:59)", "body": "Sorry, it's at the airport newsagents only as of March 18th (release date). I think you pass through earlier, don't you? Hey, do you guys have delay in Franfurt? Mail me what date/time you pass through, maybe we can rig something via your Airline or have somebody to a proper delivery... How is the Hank McCoy-translation coming along? ;=}"}, {"response": 24, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (13:32)", "body": "land in Frankfurt around 9 am on Sunday March 14... I think our delay is about an hour??? Perhaps we land at 8:30am??? Accckkkk!!! Where'd I put those tickets?"}, {"response": 25, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (16:00)", "body": "Hey, beam us in from a Cyber Cafe Stace!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (16:35)", "body": "woo woo!"}, {"response": 27, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (05:14)", "body": "Stacey, that time doesn't look to good for me, plus it's to late to snail-mail it to the airlines desk. We got 3 options: Somebody is all crazy and gets there (mail me specs for that scenario, but might not happen - 9 am, middle of the night!!!), our distribution branch mails it to you in Berlin, or you hafta wait till Thursday, 18th, by then it ought to be at any selfrespecting newsstand in Berlin."}, {"response": 28, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (19:14)", "body": "Are you and Stacey going to meet up, Alexander?"}, {"response": 29, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar 14, 1999 (03:51)", "body": "Well, I botched it, Terry. :=[ I had the chance to actually drag my sorry carcass over to the airport (bucket in hand, for those who've lately checked the record collecting topic...), and there were a zillion obstacles I couldn't overcome (including things to do for the mag, gotta move fast these days)."}, {"response": 30, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Mar 14, 1999 (08:20)", "body": "Done!"}, {"response": 31, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (07:41)", "body": "Thanks, Terry! It looks great in the Media conference, doesn't it?"}, {"response": 32, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (10:54)", "body": "Yeppers, it looks awesome."}, {"response": 33, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (06:14)", "body": "*one big happy smile*"}, {"response": 34, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 18, 1999 (13:09)", "body": "World, I want you to know that as of today, superstar #12 is on sale! Contents: Short essay by David Thompson on Necessary Silence (or rather, its lack) Hank McCoy's Notes from the Kitchen BIG feature on Granfaloon Bus from San Francisco (have already contributed to superstar #6 - when they and the band Fuck interviewed each other - and #8, when their target were the Mommyheads), and Souled American2 from Chicago and Susan James (!!!), also from SF, who's performance last monday as opener on the GB's tourstop in Frankfurt I've missed!! AGAIN something like this happens to me! But I got to meet Miles, though (see page 14). Regular column \"Ohne Dolby\" features Schwermut Forest from Munich, presenting a mixtape readers can win by presenting us with their own mixtape!! \"Prisoners of Earth\" is the title of the piece on tango from Finland, writen by Stefan Meier, the very person who compiled an excellent CD on this subject called \"Tule Tanssimaan - Finnischer Tango\" for munich-based label Trikont ( http://www.trikont.de for gernam website ). My personal recommendation for your mind: read this article, or get Stacey and Wolf to translate it (I can supply file...), for your ears and heart: hear this stuff! End of perfectly justified hype.- Blumfeld from Hamburg put out a record people either loved or hated (for being a banal, e.g.) - we got two opinions on them. Sleater-Kinney, female US rock trio. They got a new CD \"THe Hot Rock\", and we get 'em in the mag. Article on how people in the DDR/German Democratic Republik, who were into western underground or avantgarde music got their stuff... while national security was havening BOTH eyes on them! 2 Labelportraits: Flittchen Records and Monika Enterprise are Berlin labels, who have a lot in common - they are both fairly new, run by female musicians and put out Berlin-acts. But they do serve different musical tastes... (There is common ground, and they cooperate, too.) BIG article on Rockin' Blues! Thomas Meinecke from Munich band FSK in an interview. Sonny Vincent interviews Captain Sensible (The Damned, etc.), and the good Captain books Flight 666! Everlast was the guys name in the House of Pain, now he calls himself Whitey Ford and has them blues. AND! Everybody loves his 1998 release \"Rise Up!\" (Produced by Jim O'Rourke), praised his concerts, and all the good stuff - BUT WE GOT A ARTICLE FROM HIM! That's right - Bobby Conn from Chicago reveals details about your existence, the Armageddon and his part in all that!!! DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TELL YOU! Then we have loads of record reviews, rock, electronic, jazz, reissues, progressive, blues, punk, post-rock, country - you name it, it's in there. ************************************************************* superstar #12 costs DM 6,-- (~ USD 4,--), subscriptions start at DM 22,-- (~ USD 14,--) for four issues (automatic renewal) and a goody, and go up to DM 40,-- cash (~ USD 24,--) for next four issues (no automatic renewal), a goody plus three backissues. (Any orders kindly direct at Alexander_Schuth@yahoo.com - they will be forwarded to distribution staff immediately. Thank you.)"}, {"response": 35, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:41)", "body": "Full Tour dates for Finnish Tango band Lasse Santagangas Ensemble in concert topic! http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/music/53.17 Heavily recommended events Germany and Switzerland!"}, {"response": 36, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (04:43)", "body": "superstar will visit Hamburg in the next few days; there'll be a very special appearance by yours truly + company on radio FSK on Friday, 2nd of April, between 17-19:00 (5-7 pm Central European Daylight Saving Time)."}, {"response": 37, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Apr  1, 1999 (08:04)", "body": "Where's the tape?"}, {"response": 38, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (04:57)", "body": "Ahem, right. I knew this question would arise one day. Video didn't work; how about Audio cassettes? I now got two shows to offer, last friday's special appearance at FSK radio in Hamburg was great fun (Grrrrrreeeeetings to hosts Manuel and Ekki! FSK rulez da wavez in Hamburg!!!)."}, {"response": 39, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2036 (05:35)", "body": "gettem in da mail, daddy-o!"}, {"response": 40, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:07)", "body": "Working on it..."}, {"response": 41, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, May 19, 1999 (03:37)", "body": "... never got around to... At least I bought the blank tapes two weeks ago. So much is happenin' here - #13 is being readied. Most part is already off to our great layout-staff, rest will follow within few days. I'm editing like crazy, and hustling like hell - gotta get these last articles up, sell some more ads, organize some promotion, etc. We're about to revitalize the dormant superstar club rotation, our DJing-branch who ROCK THE HOUSE any way you'd like - soul, indie, rock, house. Also, we prepare an evening at the world's biggest music exposition, the PopKomm in Cologne. superstar will host an evening in the club UNDERGOUND on Thursday, August 19th. Line-up: Silverbullit, The Monochords, Mardi Gras bb., DM Bob & The Deficits, plus another act. Preview to #13: cover: Fela Kuti, Nigeria (1938-1997) - Hank McCoy writes about the best American record (or even music), and the best German food. - To Rococo Rot, interesting electronics-meet-bass-band, quite mellow (bass player from Kreidler!). - Dusty Springfield - Olifr M. Guz, best known as GUZ (from Die Aeronauten) continues his column. - Ohne Dolby: presents a mix tape by Monostars from Munich. - label portrait: popular african music (pam) is a label in Frankfurt. The owner talks about his label and the general sub-saharan music scene. Extremely great! - Aus der Schatztruhe: And then he writes about one of his favorite records, something from the \"treasure vaults\" - early 70ies piece by Fela Kuti. Fela was one of the most impressive live-performers I've ever seen, and is an extremely fascinating person. The Black President of Afro Beat! - label portrait: Right Tempo (Italy) - started reissuing italian 70ies cop-movie soundtracks. Now well established and renowned. - Internet art from Russia. - Belgrad radio B92 - banned for 10th anniversary! - and more - and all the records you need for summer - and those you ought to skip! (For more information and ordering details, contact the publishers at superstar-online@gmx.net )"}, {"response": 42, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (01:07)", "body": ""}, {"response": 43, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (01:09)", "body": "and for an even bigger taste of issue #13, see http://www.spring.net/~aschuth/"}, {"response": 44, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun 22, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "Ok, you can't really see too much on that picture, but it shows Fela Kuti (see Music conferences African Music topic...). Wanna see more covers? Perhaps all covers? Check our distributors website at http://www.vvmg.de/149.htm , where all covers are in full splendor and large size! We're already working on the next issue, getting interviews together, finding the really interesting stories, getting things to work... We right now organize another of our infamous \"meet your superstar\"-events, this one will take place in Cologne on August 19th. Meet me then at the Underground, where we'll have some truly great bands playing! Last year, the house was hot till 5 a.m. Stay posted for further transmissions. Further events in preparation to take place in September in Berlin and Frankfurt."}, {"response": 45, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jun 26, 1999 (14:09)", "body": "and when are the Austin shows scheduled?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jun 28, 1999 (04:54)", "body": "As soon as we get our, say, twothousandth US subscriber..."}, {"response": 47, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Jul  8, 1999 (00:26)", "body": "logical"}, {"response": 48, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (17:26)", "body": "Alexander sent me here and here I am. Will have more to say when I have found someone to translate the German I saw going by. Reading now - post in as soon as I am through. Thanks, and Hello!"}, {"response": 49, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (18:20)", "body": "I am impressed! And, as a former college coed who ran copy in the middle of the night from the editors to the printers, I hope all of your operation is in-house. Don't think I will attempt that German considering the source and content. Now, to the important stuff...when do we get to see / hear the Teutonic Tones of our Alexander? I feared as I read that I had missed my big chance, but I see he is still prevaricating and telling us nonsense...*sigh* Your fans await!"}, {"response": 50, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (09:01)", "body": "Fans! Who cares for FANS - gimme READERS! And while you're at that, make it PAYIN' readers... Subscription, anyone? Radio X, where superstar rotation, the mag's weekly show is aired (Sundays, 19:00 - 21:00 h CET), is considering webcasting. Stay tuned, I'll let you know as soon as something happens. (P.S.: superstar actually has fans, especially in certain record labels, which help us a lot.)"}, {"response": 51, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (10:59)", "body": "Please, I must have missed the answer to this question, but since I do not read German, is there an English language edition of SUPERSTAR? (I was talking about fans of Alexander..!)"}, {"response": 52, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (11:22)", "body": "\"Fans of Alexander\" - huh, even worse - do you have any idea how much these glossy-printed autographs cost? Don't get people started up on this! This is strictly a non-personality-cult operation. superstar is a team sport! No, sorry to disappoint you, no English edition. But we run English-written articles in English if the author doesn't force us to translate it or the subject demands it. We're not yet distributed anywhere in the US at the moment either. Subscription only (first-time subscribers get a bonus - a shirt or CD, always good stuff). Some very popular German music mailorder shops carry superstar (Normal, Unrock, Flight 13), so people who order there might want to include a copy... Now, why would e.g. US-Americans order from German mailorder places? Because there are a great deal of US-bands that are REALLY good and that have a record-deal in Germany ONLY. That's right, there is really nice stuff by US-acts that has never been released in the States. (Pat Thomas of Innerstate Rec./San Francisco - I mentioned that label before - is working on releasing some great records by Bay Area artists that up to now were only available in Germany, so something is happening here...)"}, {"response": 53, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (11:41)", "body": "Ah....but still no Beethoven, huh?! Never subscribed to something I could not read, but there is the possibility of a first time...!"}, {"response": 54, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (11:55)", "body": "No Beethoven, no Wagner. But Rocko Schamoni, Merricks, Fink, Guz, Bobby Conn, Nikki Sudden on Epic Soundtracks, Barbara Manning, Innerstate label, The Experimental Pop Band, Sportfreunde Stiller, Euro Boys, Rinocerose, music producer Daniel Rey, vinyl prices, book reviews, pt.2 of our bone-chilling foto-story,... (at least that's some of what's scheduled to happen in next issue). No Top-40. Good, interesting music from real people. Written by folks who care."}, {"response": 55, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Aug  3, 1999 (13:55)", "body": "don't know any of them but the free T-shirt has me intrigued..."}, {"response": 56, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug  4, 1999 (00:48)", "body": "Alexander, you know me too well. You know of my weak spot for people who care - even if they are not Beethoven or Brahms - or Wagner or live in Bayreuth."}, {"response": 57, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Aug  4, 1999 (11:49)", "body": "...plus it would do your German good, Stacey! Negotiate in the contract, don't forget it! He has to shower you with goodies, it's the law!"}, {"response": 58, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (04:39)", "body": "I'm still alive, but extremely busy. Just wanted to report back - next issue is on the way, lotsa hard work till then. Our event during the PopKomm expo in Cologne was very successful, and another is being prepared for Berlin in September. But first, gotta finish that #14 here... Tremendous chaos here... Oops, everybody's waiting for me! Gotta run! Talk to you soon! Bye!"}, {"response": 59, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (11:16)", "body": "...bye... (come back soon)"}, {"response": 60, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (12:25)", "body": "(will do, Stace!)"}, {"response": 61, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (13:33)", "body": "Thanks for checking in, Alexander. I know this does not matter much that I worry about you with your goddess also concerned, but there it is. I was much relieved that you report that you are well and busy."}, {"response": 62, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (15:08)", "body": "Thank you, Marcia! Yes, the event in Cologne, current production and preparing the next event (September in Berlin!) needs much attention, so I haven't been able to stop by much.- superstar 3/99 (= #14) will have some english language content. Besides the reviews from the usual suspects (e.g. Pat Thomas), we have a piece by Barbara Manning on her going to New Zealand to record there... And of course the wonderful essay by Nikki Sudden on his late brother Epic Soundtracks, with fotos from the personal archive of Nikki. superstar will commemorate Epic on the cover of that issue, too, in a shot showing the brothers together."}, {"response": 63, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (16:16)", "body": "Guess I am going to have to subscribe. Your website does take plastic in $US, does it not? Please post it again for us - the URL... Danke!"}, {"response": 64, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Dec 10, 1999 (04:05)", "body": "Ok, as for the last post - sorry, no plastic accepted at this point in time. #15 - aka 4/99 - hits the news stands Dec. 16th. Stories: Quarks meet Stereo Total (Two of the most interesting current Berlin bands in an exclusive double date) Juan Burgos-Portfolio (magnificient collages by artist from Montevideo/Uruguay - to see is to be in awe!) In New Zealand - Barbara Manning (of San Francisco songwriter fame, writes about recording in New Zealand - now BTW touring + recording in Germany) Sparks (Yes, we have an in-depth interview with the Mael-brothers.) Brian Welsh from Ether Frolics & Jason Molina of Songs:Ohia about songwriting and the Chicago scene. Hank's Cooking Corner - Sticking It To The Man (Our man in country tells you who has told the man, and how to make Gumbo. Grand!) Guz: Froschregen (Live from the Rock'n'Roll-live of Guz... Of armchairs and smelling socks...) Ohne Dolby: Doc Wenz & Rev Krug, Mardi Gras.bb (The brass massacre's mix tape!) Rock Steady! (current Ska-releases) Book reviews 22 Pistepirkko (the Finnish band on the movie soundtrack they did) Alex Gopher (Parisian techno music for living rooms) DepthCharge /DC Recording Terranova (Berlin HipHop) Swing Special (The current players in the German neo-swing-thing.) Country Cologne: Hank McCoy on a new scene, feat. Peta Devlin, Franz Dobler, Little Opry... Aus der Schatztruhe: Raz Ohara about Michael Jackson's Thriller Ming (Surrealist Belgian chanson-electronique-duo), The Folk Implosion, Das Weeth Experience, Station 17, Decktronics Labelportrait: Virtual Volume - Onlinelabel from Hamburg + loads of record reviews, plus vinyl-7'' reviews."}, {"response": 65, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Dec 10, 1999 (12:20)", "body": "Excellent news, Alexander. That is a seriously inclusive table of contents. How many writers do you have working with you - or do you do most of the writing? Little wonder, in any case, that we have not heard from you very much lately! I hope you can get some time to yourself over the holidays for celebrating and just plain being cool and edgy or funky and laid back...whichever...!"}, {"response": 66, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Dec 23, 1999 (11:23)", "body": "Gonna party with the team at our home-base bar tonight... No, I cut out of writing lately, there's too much work running the joint already."}, {"response": 67, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Dec 23, 1999 (12:15)", "body": "You are depriving your readership of the most valuable commodity - your skill and eloquence. I cannot read you in German, but your English is incredible, so the mother-tongue talent must be astounding. Sorry to hear that but understand completely! Party well and be careful where you crash - that it is figurative and not literally!"}, {"response": 68, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Dec 23, 1999 (18:32)", "body": "You gotta write man, why don't you try doing it early in the morning like Earnest Hemingway did. You're down, Alexander, but not down for the count. You can get up and win the next round!"}, {"response": 69, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (08:15)", "body": "Thanks for cheering me on. No, there's a serious time-problem - see, somebody has got to make sure everbody in the mag looks great, and that person is me. I'm actually more productive as editor the as writer, and then somebody has to act as publisher, too. I'm perfectly happy with that; I'm a team player, not a solo-dancer. When my team wins, I win. Perhaps I one day get a valuable player award for a zillion assists, and uncounted rebounds. Perhaps not. But if we make the Cup, how could I be unhappy? And, yeah, the next round... As a soccer trainer legend has said, the next game is always the hardest. 1/2000 will see a hike in ad prices (+ $$$!), but also increase of copies printed by 50% (- $$$$...). We go after more readers, hitting certain distribution areas where we should get good sales, but are underrepresented now. Also, my ad-exchange attempts and subscription drives start to bring in some results. We have achieved much, now it's time this translates into revenue. Next year will be make-or-bre k. Let's put it this way: All pieces are on the board now. Let's wait and see how the game unfolds."}, {"response": 70, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (10:19)", "body": "This all sounds very familiar to anyone who has been around the publishing business. You have to spend money to make money and increase your visibility. I amdire you tremendously for taking SUPERSTAR up a notch and only good things are wished for you in this endeavor. I want it to be a success! I am still awaiting the English edition. BTW, doess your photograph appear anywhere in the magazine? Ever? Please keep us posted - this fan of yours is most eager to know of the successes and little setbacks you might encounter. Good Luck *Hugs*"}, {"response": 71, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Dec 26, 1999 (10:21)", "body": "...that is... I admire you.... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 6, "subject": "Marcia Ball", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "monty", "date": "Wed, Sep 25, 1996 (17:09)", "body": "Anyone out there on this program?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Sep 26, 1996 (12:04)", "body": "I'm here with the program. Howdy!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "eva", "date": "Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (20:07)", "body": "I had the pleasure of meeting Marcia Ball in 1988. She was playing on LSU's campus at a place called The Chimes. She was extremely friendly and man, did she put on an incredible show!! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 60, "subject": "What music were you exposed to today?", "response_count": 39, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Apr  2, 1999 (08:11)", "body": "Just the music on this website earlier, Beth Jones and her band playing in Realaudio. She's the one with the white streak in her hair on the video caps."}, {"response": 2, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr  4, 1999 (21:52)", "body": "Easter classics, I love 'em."}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (17:24)", "body": "Lots o' old American tunage in Europe. In fact I believe that's all I ever heard except when we were in the Philharmonic... oooh... I take that back. The French played French music believe it or not!!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:11)", "body": "Europe is where your outdated entertainers go, if Florida ain't an option. We got Tina Turner and Joe Cocker still appearing on big open airs every summer (and Tina lives somewhere over here, too, I've heard. Something about \"more civilized men\", wonder where she got THAT idea from.). There IS german music, but not on every channel. Most german acts would sing in ingles. By the way: Hi Stacey! Missed you! (Not only on that Sunday...)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:48)", "body": "Hiya yerself! I logged in once from Prague... to lessen the withdrawl all were having! (thanks for the welcome home! i missed you too!)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (12:21)", "body": "(Yeah, that's what they always say, especially after having only hung out on Inner, where lowly creatures like me are not admitted...)"}, {"response": 7, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:02)", "body": "(it's got nothing to do with being lowly...)"}, {"response": 8, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:44)", "body": "everyone remember Lowly Worm... Richard Scarry... ???"}, {"response": 9, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (18:45)", "body": "yep...used to watch him with Zoe..."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (12:58)", "body": "'watch' him??? like he's on tv now?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (16:47)", "body": "Stacey, you really got to get yourself a TV set, girl."}, {"response": 12, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (19:05)", "body": "*furrowed brow* NO, NO, NO... (i don't have the willpower!)"}, {"response": 13, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (23:55)", "body": "yes you do"}, {"response": 14, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (00:09)", "body": "anyway, there's a cartoon on called, \"The Busy World of Richard Scary\""}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (23:22)", "body": "wow. it used to be Busy Town... now it's a whole world... *sigh*"}, {"response": 16, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (00:21)", "body": "well, after tonight (right now, actually) no one will be exposed to music at Electric Lounge..."}, {"response": 17, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (16:22)", "body": "Yeah, there's a plan in the works for a \"Busy Universe.\""}, {"response": 18, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (13:12)", "body": "*?*"}, {"response": 19, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:00)", "body": "what in the hell happened to the Electric Lounge... and don't give me any of that horrible BS that people have been saying about Liberty Lunch and the whole warehouse district..."}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:03)", "body": "... or I will not be very happy."}, {"response": 21, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (23:16)", "body": "the wifey says they closed 'cause they didn't have the money to stay open..."}, {"response": 22, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (23:18)", "body": "(noise, rent increase, and alcohol tax increase...)"}, {"response": 23, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:13)", "body": "*sniff sniff* another one bites the dust. Austin is looking less and less like the home I once knew."}, {"response": 24, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (20:02)", "body": "yep...good thing you found a new one, huh?"}, {"response": 25, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (22:17)", "body": "i suppose... i did rather like the old one though and entertained thoughts of returning one day"}, {"response": 26, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (16:50)", "body": "http://www.fatmusic.com/ ...recommended..."}, {"response": 27, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (17:24)", "body": "http://www.fatpossum.com ...ditto..."}, {"response": 28, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (16:17)", "body": "The CD \"Six Billion Humans Can't be wrong\" by Chris Korda and the Church of Euthanasia, out on Gigolo Records, Munich. Technoid stuff, occasionally a bit house-like, and some bits got great organs (hehe). Nice lyrics... Some tracks aren't too hot IMHO. Some are. AS HELL! Check out the Church and Rev. Chrissy: http://www.enviroweb.org/coe/ and enjoy! These are great environmentalists who know how to entertain the audience!"}, {"response": 29, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (19:00)", "body": "every day it is Hawaiian music in the background - but I much prefer classical from NetRadio."}, {"response": 30, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (00:50)", "body": "The CoE people are great!!!"}, {"response": 31, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (01:10)", "body": "...let me guess...not Church of England...huh?!"}, {"response": 32, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (01:17)", "body": "I love the House of Blues website. Listened to Peter Frampton live yesterday. They also have over 200 concerts in their archives. Everything from blues to reggae to alternative to zydeco music! Sorry Marcia, no classical. But I was listening to my \"Mozart's Greatest Hits\" CD earlier today after school while grading papers. http://www.hob.com RealAudio or Windows Media Player"}, {"response": 33, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (06:46)", "body": "No, that's not the Anglicans, but Rev. Chris Korda looks soo great! Great hair! Wer, what ya say, that serious competition for you in the skirts department? Also, I couldn't help but notice that the Viridian movement has many ideas the CoE share..."}, {"response": 34, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Feb  5, 2000 (18:39)", "body": "What music today? The stuff you can hear John Burnett play on KWXX on the internet and I can hear live and direct in Hilo. Is the CoE still thriving?"}, {"response": 35, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Sat, Feb  5, 2000 (20:29)", "body": "CoE?"}, {"response": 36, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Feb  5, 2000 (22:14)", "body": "Yes. There was a discussion of the Church of Euthanasia between Alexander and other posters further back on this topic...I assumed it was not Church of England, but here, one never knows!"}, {"response": 37, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Feb  5, 2000 (22:35)", "body": "Now it is tinny band music played in the background of a basketball game being sent over phone lines to Hilo as we are on the road."}, {"response": 38, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Feb  6, 2000 (15:59)", "body": "I guess Rev. Chrissie is still going strong and looking great! We exchanged one or two mails, I tried to get a article on them, but nothing developed. The record sold really well, I guess. With a hit track titled \"Sex Is Good\", small wonder."}, {"response": 39, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Feb  6, 2000 (18:39)", "body": "No wonder they have an active and growing congregation! *lol* I'm gonna have to look into this Rev Chrissie person with the long locks. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 61, "subject": "Dead Moon", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (14:20)", "body": "When I was shopping for records in Hamburg, I picked up their double-LP live album \"Live eviL\" (the real thing, of course: vinyl) at Concorde. I only had this one on a tape my friend Frank Sch\ufffdne did for me sometime 1992 or 1993, I think. Wonder where he is now... This is really great rock 'n' roll stuff from early nineties (many releases since then, last live one: \"Hard wired in Ljublana\" with great multimedia footage!); Dead Moon play mid-sized clubs and festivals all over Europe. Every Summer, they pack their kit, cross the water and tour through about 45 to 55 cities, from way north to way south. Whereever they play, they leave an amazed audience. Their rock is something wild, coming all the way from the sixties garage rock scenes, where Fred was already involved in... It's got a nice dose of punk attitude, mellowed down with country feel (Fred likes Johnny Cash and Hank Wiliams a lot). If you think the early Stones were great, but later sucked, or if you liked AC/DC with Bon Scott, but hated their later postures, then this is it for you. Great Cash- and Elvis-Covers, too! Totally different, but lots of heart and soul. Should they ever come to a stage near you, attend. Don't say I didn't tell you. (Records out on Tombstone Rec./=Fred's Label in USA, Europe: Music Maniac) music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 62, "subject": "African Music", "response_count": 32, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (15:30)", "body": "The Daktaris - Soul Explosion (Desco) Recorded in Nigeria, this record by New York label Desco is dedicated to great nigerian musician Fela Kuti (+1997), whom I had the great pleasure to see perform sometime mid-eighties. The Daktaris go full-out wild with their extremely massive hornsection! This is jazzy, this is way funky, this shakes butt bigtime and has a hundred naked elephants running through your house! Dance to it, groove to it, drive your car to it. Tribal, admitted, but not worldmusic. Rootsy, perhaps."}, {"response": 2, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (00:09)", "body": "Wasn't Daktari a character on \"Johnny Quest\"? Or am I thinking of something else? (Wer?)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (02:01)", "body": "hmmm...don't recognize it right off, but that don't mean nothing..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (07:04)", "body": "There was a tv show called \"Daktari\" in the 60ies or 70ies (american? british?). Placed somewhere in Africa, this was - for that time - pretty exotic stuff for western audiences. It was all based on this station in the wilderness, lots of animal-saving-plots, and the like. I don't remember much more. Best known character: lion Clarence, whose eyes looked into diferent directions."}, {"response": 5, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (00:18)", "body": "Yes!! Now I can sleep at night."}, {"response": 6, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (08:47)", "body": "You wouldn't, though, if you had this wonderful, all-healing record! Trust me on this one... Get it NOW! You'll love it, I thwear! Lots of brass, a bit off-key sometimes, it reminds of many wild things, and is a true wild thing, naked rhinos on rampage! Very soulful, very moving... Your daughters might even like it and dance to it, and so might you! AND: You can get it in the USA, because DESCO is a New York Label!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (01:20)", "body": "It sounds EXACTLY like what my daughters would like."}, {"response": 8, "author": "jgross", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (01:49)", "body": "that was the live record. your daughters, I'm sure, wouldn't like the studio record the Daktaris did, though. it included clothed rhinos performing a Sunday stroll around the block and the elephants wore suits that fit so perfectly because they were pleated and tailored (they still wear those same clothes to this day)."}, {"response": 9, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (01:57)", "body": "much like I do..."}, {"response": 10, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (11:09)", "body": "I have two words: MANGO GROOVE Really really cool band. Discovered them during the painting sabbatical in Africa. BABY!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (17:02)", "body": "DETAILS! What label, what country, what style, what instruments, what style! MORE! Are they like a thousand shaved leopards, or are they like a hundred naked elephant bulls?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (02:45)", "body": "A thousand naked leophants, I'd say. Okay, so it's a South African group. They sing a kind of funky African jazz. Great rhythms, LOADS of instruments. Acccordion, every kind of brass, drums, guitar, marimbas, strings, penny whistles, you name it. Some of the songs are in zulu, but mostly they sing in English. What makes it special, is that it's an essentially black group who formed during the apartheid era - with a white woman as lead singer. AND, most importantly, they managed to become popular during those first years. Pretty unhear of in a place like South AFrica. THey are the first group who didn't get banned out of the country for consisting of mixed races. Cool, eh? And their music is just brilliant. Imagine a layed-back, less political sounding Glegg &Savuka type band - that's them."}, {"response": 13, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (08:45)", "body": "OooooooooooOOOOOOOH Riette! Don't drive me insane! Puuuuuleeeeeeeeeze! Let me in on this: Do you know of any releases? What label? (Thanks you! ;=} )"}, {"response": 14, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:01)", "body": "ha-ha!!! sorry! Didn't know you were going to BUY the stuff. (Do you collect music?) Anyway, the label is 'TUSK' music co. My favourite albums are 'Hometalk', which is their 1st album, and 'The hits so far'. On both cd's there is not a single song that I like less than the others. There are other albums as well, but these are the only 2 I could find in Namibia. Perhaps they'll have it on Amazon.com as well, because a few of their songs were recorded by EMI as well. Where do you know african music from? Are you a german German, or an American born German? Another favourite AFrican singer: Miriam Makeba. If I had a nice voice, it would sound just like that...."}, {"response": 15, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:54)", "body": "Pleased to meet you, Ri\ufffdtte! I'm living in Rhein-Main-Area in Germany - and possibly your continental neighbour as far as the Spring is concerned. We haven't met yet, as I was hustled into joining the fray after you went on that painting binge. How do you like Fela Kuti from Nigeria? I think he was one of the great chiefs of african jazz of all time (helps that I don't know many others, but still - he was great. Great live performer, too!). MUSIC IS THE WEAPON OF THE FUTURE! More on what I do in the superstar topic in this Conference. Other places I visit here are Collecting, Media, InternationalConflicts (new Conference), Travel,..."}, {"response": 16, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:00)", "body": "You're a close neighbour indeed! How nice - now I don't have to wait 7 hours for the others to wake up anymore. From your response I gather that your a traveller who collects stuff on his jouneys in order to take part in International conflicts covered by the media worldwide. Is that correct? Or do I really have to go read through 40 responses to find out who/what your are? Oh, sheesh, OKAY then!!"}, {"response": 17, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (12:56)", "body": "I'm a professional military expert specialising in soft target elimination and infowar countermeasures. Most of the time, I operate in subsaharan Africa, you might call that freelancing. To relax, I listen to all my Furtw\ufffdngler records of Wagner operas. Or go to a bar, get drunk and pick a fight. I'm also boring as university lectures."}, {"response": 18, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (22:02)", "body": "(Oh God, Alexander isn't really Tim, is he?!)"}, {"response": 19, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (03:25)", "body": "Alexander, don't you DARE! (AUTUMN!!! Is he???) But Furtw\ufffdngler, eh? What do you think about Furtw\ufffdngler, Alexander? What do the Germans think of him? I mean in the context of history. Did he REALLY have no idea about politics?"}, {"response": 20, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (07:31)", "body": "Another thing about me. I have no idea about politics, either. Don't need to, I just get a task to do and that's it. I deliver. I used to to physics, too, but structure hits and other deconstruction events started to bore me over the years. I like to work with people, that's why I've specialized on soft targets. So, now I do what might be called applied anthropolopgy. Furtw\ufffdngler is great. No better Wagner than that."}, {"response": 21, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (11:05)", "body": "Damn. I love hearing all the different fights about Furtw\ufffdnglers political inclinations during the 2nd World War. As to him doing the best Wagner, I say he's bloody good. But I have a name for you in return: Klemperer."}, {"response": 22, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (11:07)", "body": "Me, too: A handful of Sempex and a detonator! Plus a rocket launcher, for good measure..."}, {"response": 23, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (12:45)", "body": "You don't LIKE Klemperer? Are you serious??"}, {"response": 24, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, May 19, 1999 (07:58)", "body": "*** Fela Anikulapo Kuti *** I've mentioned the name before. The Daktaris' absolutely smashing LP is dedicated to him, with all respect, and respect him any serious music-lover must. Fela (1938-1997) was a Nigerian bandleader and saxophonist, very much rooted in extremely traditional african beliefs. One of the greatest performers I have ever seen, too. \"Music is the weapon of the future\" - he was the Black President of Afro Beat, very outspoken and involved in politics. He tried to run for president, but they didn't let him register as candidate. I think he is a very important musician and extremely fascinating (his marrying 28 women on one day should make him a natural favorite with some people on the Spring...), and his legacy ought to get more respect. Let's put it this way: if his work had been always readily available and been constantly reissue and promoted by a major label, \"Fela\" would be a household name with anybody who's into jazz / soul / funk, all over the world. Admitted, there's no field of music where you can fight more heated debates than jazz, but he is as great and important as Miles. There, I said it. In early 1970ies, his best phase from 1972 to '76, Fela released 26 records. Yes, that's right, about 5 (!!!) per year. Right now, there is a wonderful reissue-project, offering 2 boxes of vinyl LPs (5 each) from French label Barclay (haven't seen them yet, but Universal Jazz seems to distribute them). Very limited, very pricey. (If there is anybody in the world, who has money to burn, or who wants to curry his or her favors with me: This is your opportunity!) More down-to-earth could be the CDs Universal or Universal Jazz (or Verve? After all the take-overing and re-structuring, nobody really knows how they are called - but they do it nevertheless) put on the market. Each offers two original releases from the 70ies. Haven't seen these yet, either, but I'll get them as soon as they are available. (Fela Kuti will also be featured on the cover of superstar #13, and there'll be an article on him. See also: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/music/59.41 ; for any further questions, contact me: Alexander_Schuth@gmx.net )"}, {"response": 25, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, May 27, 1999 (03:34)", "body": "Yes! I got the first CD of the Fela-reissue series (Barclay/Universal), and it's great! He performed live with his ensemble, al together 70 people, at a festival in Berlin, where the first CD was recorded. Has his 28 women double as dancers and singers, so there's a massive band, heavy singing, and lots of attitude. Did I mention he was very political? This CD oozes his ideas, while presenting really exciting Afro-Beat, played by THE MAN!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "sociolingo", "date": "Sun, Mar  5, 2000 (15:30)", "body": "For those who are interested, the West African Dahomean Vodoun page has been updated to include several songs of the Water Spirits of the ATR (African Traditional Religions) diaspora. You may access these songs http://www.mamiwata.com/mamichild.html#music Also, to listen to these songs, you will need to download (or upgrade) your Realplayer. The link is also available on the site."}, {"response": 27, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Mar  5, 2000 (15:40)", "body": "Maggie ! Thanks for posting this...but your email had more links that just that one. Post the rest, please!"}, {"response": 28, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Mar  5, 2000 (15:41)", "body": "Btw, upgrading your RealPlayer is really worth it and it is free and takes only a few moments."}, {"response": 29, "author": "sociolingo", "date": "Sun, Mar  5, 2000 (15:49)", "body": "The other link was the same but with <> which this programme didn't like."}, {"response": 30, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (16:12)", "body": "I'll check that out! superstar 1/2000 also features a short interview with Tony Allen, who was Fela Kutis (+ 1997) band leader in the 70ies, and is one of Nigerias finest musicians. He is the \"Beat\" behind Afro Beat, as he is a drummer... He is still working and releasing stuff, which is a good thing at the moment, as Afro Beat is currently in people's focus again."}, {"response": 31, "author": "bugaloo", "date": "Thu, Jan 18, 2001 (18:32)", "body": "For all those Afrobeat lovers, (Fela Kuti, Daktaris, Tony Allen) I suggest you check Antibalas. Several of the Daktaris also play in this band. They play live in NY and are about to tour the west coast and Europe this year. http://www.antibalas.com Now as for those beans... :) fff"}, {"response": 32, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Fri, Jan 19, 2001 (10:31)", "body": "Do you listen to Afropop USA, bugaloo? It's the show with Jacques Colineaux (sp?) on PBS. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 63, "subject": "Tom Waits", "response_count": 11, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (15:19)", "body": "Hmh, above does not look like very inspired writing, but then - there are better days, and there are the others. And that's the days Waits stuff is about. After his move from label Island Rec. to Epitaph, he has a brand new CD out soon, which is called Mule Variations. It is very interesting work this CD presents, Waits still does IT the way he always DID."}, {"response": 2, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (23:22)", "body": "*pant, pant* I love his gravelly voice! I bet I've played his \"Anthology\" more than any other single CD I own. Here's a link Jim turned me onto: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7587/start.html What's your favorite TW song, Alexander?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (06:52)", "body": "I love the \"BIG TIME\" album. Saw the concert movie, too. It's hard to say what single song I love the most. Gotta play some of his stuff again... But hey! I've got the new album! Great rooster, among other virtues..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (00:21)", "body": "I will have to keep my eyes open for that. (I positively cringe whenever I hear Bruce Springsteen sing \"Jersey Girl\".)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "jgross", "date": "Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (01:02)", "body": "i cringe when i hear all those Jersey girls in Austin sing Springsteen ---for some reason they wanna do it by trying to sound like Tom ---Tom wants them to sound like him too ---he cringes when he sees me cringe ---so then i have to cringe at him ---the Jersey girls leave with Bruce and he shows them how Tom sleeps at night ---see, it's different from how he sleeps at day"}, {"response": 6, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (21:03)", "body": "Does he cringe in his sleep? Do you?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:27)", "body": "ha-ha!!!! How does a person cringe in one's sleep?? I that the same as toe curling?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "autumn", "date": "Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (22:24)", "body": "And nashing of teeth as well, no doubt."}, {"response": 9, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (00:21)", "body": "ha-ha! Nail biting too?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sat, May  1, 1999 (19:57)", "body": "Not just the nails, but the skin around the nails..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:20)", "body": "Yum Yum! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 64, "subject": "Buying New Records", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (10:02)", "body": "I only order via Amazon.com - they know their shtick!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:51)", "body": "Oh, I thought they only did books... How's that work? Doesn't delivery take a while to Europe?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "riette", "date": "Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:29)", "body": "NO! They don't have ALL cd's, but quite alot. And you just order by filling out all the forms once - from there on you just do one-click ordering. It's brilliant! And you can choose how you want it shipped. For a cheap shipping method you wait about 4 weeks. If you're prepared to pay a little more, you're stuff arrives within a week. They've never buggered things up with me, and I order from them alot."}, {"response": 4, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Dec  9, 1999 (22:55)", "body": "You gotta add this to your shopping list: Yodeling Hamsters Set to Top Charts LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is set to greet the year 2000 with a bunch of yodeling hamsters at the top of the hit parade. Forget the re-release of John Lennon's pop classic ''Imagine.'' Forget ``The Millennium Prayer'' by clean-living Christian rocker Cliff Richard. It is the Cuban Boys stars of a popular web site -- who have plunged the British into one of their annual bouts of bad taste and festive lunacy. Hailed as the world's first virtual hit record, ``The Hamster Song'' was concocted by the Cuban Boys none of them is Cuban and one is a girl who first met by e-mail and then concocted a canny Internet campaign to launch the screechy rodents. The cult began 18 months ago when Jenny McLaren and her improbably named brother Ricardo Autobahn sent a tape of their band Spray to a fanzine run by a pair called Skreen and Blu. The four then combined to send a demo tape to veteran disc jockey John Peel, a noted admirer of the offbeat and obscure. Previous Article: Doctors Try to Solve Old Mystery Next Article: Wholesalers Charged With Selling Bad Bass music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 65, "subject": "Buying Second-Hand Records", "response_count": 5, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "riette", "date": "Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (10:03)", "body": "What are records?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (07:07)", "body": "(Riette, see the record collecting topic - it's all said there. In short: any recording of sound, especially music, whether on wax cylinders, shellac or vinyl discs of all sizes, magnet tape, CD,... Often, when people say \"record\", they mean vinyl discs - singles or LPs - and want to differentiate between that and CDs.) I spend most of my collecting expenses on fleamarkets, preferably in rural areas. While the chance to find any rare avantgarde LP or some other far-out stuff is slim there, chances *do* exist, and prices will be lower than in a metropolitan area. Also, the chances for finding cheap 78s are better there, though most offered are operettas, and other things that don't tickle my fancy. From my last hunt: Lamont Dozier - 70ies soul 2x Curtis Mayfield - 70ies soul Dusty Springfield - White soul singer, late 60ies, british? Recently deceased. Kraftwerk - German electronica, 70ies Mother's Finest - Soul-funk Herbie Hancock - Rock It (the 80ies superhit on 45 rpm 12'') Also bought some scores for \"5 o'clock tea-time dances\" from the 20ies and 30ies, with foxtrots, waltzes, tangos, etc. Great Art Deco covers!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:23)", "body": "Art Deco - love that. I collect books with Art Deco and Jugendstil covers. Cool stuff!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (03:55)", "body": "Nice jewellery, too! Jugendstil - or Art Noveau for our English speaking friends - is big in Bad Nauheim, a small health-ressort that boomed during that time (1890s to WWI). The Sprudelhof is the largest intact ensemble of Jugendstil buildings. (I was born in that town, which once was home to an - at that time - US-president-to-be and an American king)."}, {"response": 5, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (08:41)", "body": "With jewelry my favourite is African stuff. It's so inventive. But on pictures I adore those flowing lines and intricate patterns. And to think you were born into them! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 66, "subject": "Random Music Stuff", "response_count": 9, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sun, May  2, 1999 (01:43)", "body": "Invisible Video Trade me 10 minutes (approx.) of footage at the start of an otherwise blank T120-videotape. I mix your segment with others and return your tape (Free*), filled with 2 hours of choice clips! Any adult (18 y.o. and sign it) with a TV and one or more VCR decks can play! Your segment can be anything you consider interesting, strange, or just enjoyable viewing. No rejections. Ongoing Oddity: As one volume is completed, another is started. Participation is strictly anonymous. Don't ask me who sent what. I won't tell you. Ever. Questions? Comments? Death Threats? Please Write! KOBB LABORITIES PO BOX 30321 PENSACOLA FL 32503-1231"}, {"response": 2, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jun 26, 1999 (14:19)", "body": "http://www.boiseweekly.com/curr_iss/rovi/rovi_col.html and I helped..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jun 28, 1999 (05:02)", "body": ""}, {"response": 4, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Jul  3, 1999 (15:55)", "body": "I left Alexander speechless..."}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jul  5, 1999 (05:25)", "body": ""}, {"response": 6, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Jul  6, 1999 (17:50)", "body": "and again... (man, am I in for it when he finally has something to say!)"}, {"response": 7, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jul  8, 1999 (06:07)", "body": "\"Ah ha' nuthin' ta say and ah post it!\" or how did that line go?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Jul  9, 1999 (02:07)", "body": "*lol* close enough!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Jul  9, 1999 (02:24)", "body": "now I gotta go find the original article...they went and changed it on me!!! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 67, "subject": "Record Collecting", "response_count": 125, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (17:18)", "body": "you oughta sneak on over to poetry! thanks for stopping by....."}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (14:04)", "body": "Well, Wolf, jus hadda acute strain of show-off in me. Anyway, DO YOU collect records? What periods/labels/artists or styles? See my comment in musics introduction-topic; I go for 78s a long way. There's really good fun in there..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (14:14)", "body": "not sure I've even seen a 78..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (17:48)", "body": "the lp's that i have are from my childhood. don't own a phonograph so can't listen to them. i don't collect them in any sense even though i have a box full!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar  1, 1999 (21:59)", "body": "my parents have some 78's..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  2, 1999 (12:48)", "body": "Yo, Kitchen, you happy happy cat! I hope they are good ones, too - what are they? People, realise that 78s were made into the 1960ies (up to then, every Elvis-single was released on vinyl- 45s (aka 7'') as well as 78s (10'' size). And earliest are from 1880ies - so you can find quite some variety here! Two days ago, I found some american WWII-troop-entertainment-records here in a small antiques shop in Germany. Great swing, folks! Really hot jazzy things, plus a white-labelled beauty with inkwriting on it announcing a song called \"Schicklegr\ufffdber\". Ok, it's been misspelled, but they were making big time fun of Hitler! What a song! Wolf, you don't need a phonograph for your vinyls! Phonographs are for wax cylinders (genuine vintage Edison-tech!!), LPs are played on record players. And! lotsa very fine music has never been released on CD. Ever thought about that? But then, maybe not everybody has this virus... Just let me say, some people like to play a Les Paul (famous guitar by Gibson), I like to listen to Les Paul (famous guitar player, of whom I got some 78s). Wolf, next time you happen to stand around bored on a fleamarket (wel , you can't really get bored on fleamarkets, but still...) - next time, check some old vinyl. Maybe you find a very fine soul record of the sixties? Let's say, Joe Tex. Or old country-stuff. Take it home, ask around where to listen to it. Do it. Stacey, 78s are basically like vinyl records, because they are the medium vinyls derived from. The material (shellac) is very brittle, so they break easy and chip on the edges (that's why pre-war gramophone cabinets could be locked, so nobody - kids or servants - could play music and accidentally break 'em!). They don't play at 33 1/3 rpm like LPs or 45 rpm like Singles (which were introduced around 1949, I think), but at - tadah! - 78 rpm. Try to read the label while playing one, and you're big time dizz soon (no hangover, though!). Oh, and they are mono, as were all records before late 1950ies. These are the media our grandparents and parents grew up with, listening to Bing Crosby or Louis Armstrong, or other things. Of course, there's always some noise from scratches and the like, sound is not as crystal clear as on a CD. But that's not what I'm after - I want this musical heritage we're denied because of switches in media! Enough for today. If you still bear with me, I'll all call you to arms and rebellion against the media conspiracy tomorrow! I hope by that time I come up with a cool idea on what I'm talking about, anyway... ;=} )"}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Mar  2, 1999 (13:23)", "body": "So 78s are indeed what my mother stores in the bottom of the broken victrola? (speed control is all wonky!) Then I have listened to them."}, {"response": 8, "author": "wolf", "date": "Tue, Mar  2, 1999 (18:08)", "body": "yeah, alexander, i knew lps are listened to on record players. i look for stuffed steifs at flea markets rather than vinyl, but maybe i'll take a listen. what part of germany are you in? i'm from stuttgart."}, {"response": 9, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar  3, 1999 (03:32)", "body": "Hallo Wolf, Ich bin aus Rhein-Main. Steiff-Tiere sind klasse, da habe ich auch so 1,2 stk, ;=} Record players: as you are from Germany, too, you should be able to get a nice Thorens record player. Make sure, it also spins 78 rpm and ask the sales folks what needle (diamond/saphire) you'd need for 78s. Yes, for those you'd use a different needle, as they have wider grooves that modern vinyls (who have microgrooves)."}, {"response": 10, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Mar  3, 1999 (10:11)", "body": "Translation of Alexander's German courtesy of Tranexp.com... \"I am outfield rhine-[Main]. stiff-animals are class, there property self also so 1,2 [stk], \" ja. ????"}, {"response": 11, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Mar  3, 1999 (16:49)", "body": "and away we go..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "wolf", "date": "Wed, Mar  3, 1999 (17:37)", "body": "no worries, i got the gist of what he said. alex, i'm no longer in germany. last time i was there was about 14 years ago. still communicate with oma and opa (whom i love dearly) (for those non-german folks, oma=grandma opa=grandpa) i haven't found steiff here in Louisiana. i picked up a cat that looked like steiff but had no button in the ear or any tags."}, {"response": 13, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (13:42)", "body": "Wolf, watch your step over there. German emigrants have become an endangered species statesside, I've been told. Stacey, your trrranslatorrr thingus rrrocks! Ok, I just told Wolf whthat I'm from the Rhein-Main area (a circle of about 60 kilometers or 40 miles around Frankfurt). He collects stuffed animals by the german manufacturer Steiff (those with a button in the ear...) - I have some of them, too. IF you look for something nice to bring home for some kids, check them out. New ones in any toy store, old ones on toy cons/markets (much sought after!). Always a good thing to find on a fleamarket, if inexpensive (but mostly, they're overpriced). These are quality-products that may (if properly treated) serve several generations..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (13:47)", "body": "Hey, what's that! Is this a Stuffed Animals collecting topic, or what!! Wer, what 78s do your parents have? Stacey, have I told you that there are people who think very well of Victrola as a brand? Even repair some... Still, for playing, I prefer a nice record player that does 78 rpm with a proper needle (because wider groove that 33 and 45 rpm records!). That's much easier that steel needles and changing them after playing 2 records (shellac is so hard, that the needles get blunt - if that's the proper word)."}, {"response": 15, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (14:37)", "body": "not sure...I'll ask next time I talk to them..."}, {"response": 16, "author": "wolf", "date": "Thu, Mar  4, 1999 (17:29)", "body": "oh, and alex, i'm the alpha female around here *grin* (and steiff do age well even with lots of lovings)"}, {"response": 17, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (07:17)", "body": "So, what does that mean for me, besides the obvious. *charming blush* Do I now have to ask you first before replying to Stacey? Anyway, I think you're safe, Wolf. They only bump off the male of the species, as far as I can tell from here. Still, as in german it's \"Der Wolf\" for the male, and \"Die W\ufffdlfin\" for the female, you maybe ought to change that to She-Wolf - maybe they've hired a guest worker, who knows german, too. You never know. My, now I get really concerned, too. Be careful. And stay out of Florida and Arizona, for good measure. I would like to ask Stacey, what's wrong with the Victrola. May I?"}, {"response": 18, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (15:42)", "body": "speed control Herr Schuth... speed control... it's all wound up tight and then BANG, unwinds to quickly ( STOP laughing WER!!! I'm talking bout the Victrola! ) *smile*"}, {"response": 19, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:37)", "body": "no one has to ask me permission to speak, you had just referred to me as a \"he\" at no fault of your own, so i thought i'd correct the social blunder *heehee*"}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:43)", "body": "awww... WOlfie... there you go again... taking all the fun and social blunders outta everything. *pout*"}, {"response": 21, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:47)", "body": "*sorry*"}, {"response": 22, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:47)", "body": "(i was just kidding)"}, {"response": 23, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:49)", "body": "so was i *heehee* how are you doing stacey?"}, {"response": 24, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:50)", "body": "purty good... got some groovy medicine making my owwie parts stop hurting... actually, the collecting conference is appropriate for how I've been collecting illness lately!"}, {"response": 25, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:57)", "body": "i think the crud is hitting all over. a lot of folks around here have come down with it. glad the meds are working for ya and hope you feel better soon!"}, {"response": 26, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (17:58)", "body": "danke schon (dunno how to make a umlaut in telnet...) how are you doing??"}, {"response": 27, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:07)", "body": "stressed =o (work has been a bummer lately)"}, {"response": 28, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:07)", "body": "how come??"}, {"response": 29, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:10)", "body": "reorg'ing and i get a bulk of crud to take care of. part of the job. just stressful."}, {"response": 30, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:12)", "body": "what do you do to relieve stress (outta curiousity) I'd lose it without exercise... and screaming... how do you make it okay so that you don't take it all and dump it on those around you? (and I'm sorry you're having a rough time)"}, {"response": 31, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:13)", "body": "i just deal with it and talk about it. i also use a lot of positive self-talkm (and chocolate-that helps), and prayer."}, {"response": 32, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar  5, 1999 (18:14)", "body": "ummm... positive self-talkm... I'm gonna try that! *grin* *hug* hope it gets better!"}, {"response": 33, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Mar  6, 1999 (14:36)", "body": "Oh, and there are always them silly newbies who's ears you can pull and the like, Wolf. Then they look like this Steiff bunny I got... If you're stressed, try music NOW. (after all, this is a record collecting topic...) I'll play Ol' Man River from Show Boat right away (my original 78), and dedicate it to Wolf. And I'll chuckle to the lyrics, as I sometimes do (especially with this song). And for Stacey, I'd like to play a song from Disney's Jungle Book. It helped one of Superstar's authors when he was ill, and he wrote this down for us all to read in his column. \"I want to be like you\" (not meant literally) and fish stix are what saved him. Stacey, how good is your german? Should I post it (in the Superstar topic)? Get well. You got a long trip ahead of you, you want to enjoy it. Ever been over here?"}, {"response": 34, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (14:44)", "body": "I LOVE that song!!! My German isn't so good but my attitude ain't so bad... You could post it if you like but make sure it's more of a gibberish feature than cohesive German prose... Thanks, I will (I feel tons better now actually) Nope, never been. But the anticipation has been going on for years!"}, {"response": 35, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (17:01)", "body": "Your will be done! Please click here: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/music/59 Get well, you don't want to have jetlag mixed with flu or something. Are you coming for fun or is it a business thing with tight schedule? AND you've picked some good places. I loved Berlin all my life (especially in the 70ies, when it was very much a decaying place - quite different now). Never been to Prague yet, but whoever goes, sings it's praise. Does your family come from there? Vura sounds so czech to me..."}, {"response": 36, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Mar  8, 1999 (18:04)", "body": "Brandon is going for business... I am taggin along! Pure vacation bliss (I hope!) The name is Americanized Hungarian... of which I am not strangely enough... my greatgrandfather (born in Italy of Italian descent, was adopted by a Hungarian couple and obviously given their name!!! I have seen slides of the 'original' homestead in Italy but I doubt we will make it so far south to calabria..."}, {"response": 37, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (09:00)", "body": "Ah, Italian Hungarian Style! That explains the fire!"}, {"response": 38, "author": "stacey", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (11:43)", "body": "fire, eh?"}, {"response": 39, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:54)", "body": "Well, sure. Lemme just get me ole bucket, and I'll fix that!"}, {"response": 40, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (23:21)", "body": "that better be one damn big bucket..."}, {"response": 41, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (08:54)", "body": "Oh, Kitchen, you'd love it - it's a aprox. 15 l bucket of zinc-galvanized steel, complete with wooden handle on the handle-thing. It's doesn't melt, even if you get real close! Profeesional quality, that's what I call it! But I just checked concerning the get-close-thing (Sunday morning) - Stacey, I won't make it. Shame on me, I'm really sorry about that. So, this spares you (and any given innocent bystanders) for this time. :=["}, {"response": 42, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (10:38)", "body": "and once again, the world is safe..."}, {"response": 43, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar 14, 1999 (03:56)", "body": "Oh, Wer, if you want to rub it in, please do so in http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/157/All . I might not comment on this issue further in this topic.- Anyway, I keep the bucket around, you never know..."}, {"response": 44, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (00:25)", "body": "that's true...around here, one never knows..."}, {"response": 45, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (07:34)", "body": "Wer, what is the most-loved recording you own (any medium)? What do you think Wolf loves the most?"}, {"response": 46, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (22:07)", "body": "gotta contemplate on the first one, and as to the second, Wolf?"}, {"response": 47, "author": "wolf", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (09:14)", "body": "dunno...."}, {"response": 48, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (09:47)", "body": "Please, Wolf, there must be some canned compositions that for some wicked reason you love, and that never fail to make you happy or smug or sad or laugh or cry or dance with joy or a complete fool or a wise Wolf or gives you strength when you're weak, and spend light to you when all is dark?"}, {"response": 49, "author": "wolf", "date": "Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (11:20)", "body": "well, one of my favorite songs is don henley's boys of summer. does it for me everytime. don't have it on record though."}, {"response": 50, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (06:51)", "body": "Wolf, what do you think Wer will name as his favorite? \"Bella Napoli\"?"}, {"response": 51, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (23:24)", "body": "no...it's hard to think of a song I like better than \"On Suday\" by Shoulders, although \"Offerings\" by them ranks right up there..."}, {"response": 52, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Mar 18, 1999 (10:33)", "body": "Shoulders? Not in my Discography, tell me more..."}, {"response": 53, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Thu, Mar 18, 1999 (23:30)", "body": "an Austin band...not quite sure what else to say..."}, {"response": 54, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (11:19)", "body": "Close call never woulda happened anyway Alexander... our flight from Chicago was cancelled and we flew in the next day on American Airlines! Only 18 hours late!"}, {"response": 55, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (11:20)", "body": "I promise I'll stay on topic now... *grin*"}, {"response": 56, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:26)", "body": "Glad to have you onboard again, Ma'm. Bought any records lately, perhapy ever-delicious vinyl or tasty shellac?"}, {"response": 57, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Apr  7, 1999 (18:49)", "body": "not in the last ten (or 15!) years... I was a big cassette and 8-track girl!"}, {"response": 58, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:05)", "body": "OOOooooooooh! Tell us all about it! I've seen only two 8tracks machines in my life... Do you still have them? What recordings did you love the most?"}, {"response": 59, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:47)", "body": "i killed a couple Eagles 8-tacks (overplaying of course) and I still have all my Queen ones... Olivia Newton John... Alabama... (man this is embarassing!)"}, {"response": 60, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (13:49)", "body": "Any RARE stuff, something not a household name?"}, {"response": 61, "author": "stacey", "date": "Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:52)", "body": "nope"}, {"response": 62, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (22:51)", "body": "I know it doesn't really go here, but... http://www.vintagesynth.com/"}, {"response": 63, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (03:18)", "body": "Thank you for this link! Please post it also in Music (MIDI topic perhaps? Or new one: Vintage Equipment) and maybe in Dead Media. This site is great - full of information on legendary synthesizers, discussion forum (Interface), technical tips, etc. Unfortunately, the Classifieds section doesn't seem to work yet."}, {"response": 64, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (03:22)", "body": "Excuse me. The Classifieds work, just opens a new browser window, and I didn't see it. Looks great - if you ever need something, like e.g. a drum machine, this is the place to look!"}, {"response": 65, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (06:06)", "body": "Hey, y'all! THIS IS GREAT! Got a parcel today, from a musician + buddy who writes for superstar. He's just been to the States (where - besides his own professional interests - he did an interview for us...), and when he came back, he sent me this parcel! You won't believe this! A BIG stack of 78s, actually perhaps like 6 pounds. A note: \"Something I picked up in the States for you\"..."}, {"response": 66, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (09:43)", "body": "how kind of him!! i bet you're on cloud nine (ok, maybe cloud 78!!)"}, {"response": 67, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, May  1, 1999 (03:44)", "body": "Yeah, and spi nn iii nnn ''' ! !! ! !"}, {"response": 68, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, May  9, 1999 (12:11)", "body": "Serious Drama: What if you split up and have to divide the records and CDs between your ex-partner-to-be and yourself? How to handle that? Ever seen this happen? Or had to live through this yourself?"}, {"response": 69, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (01:12)", "body": "not yet..."}, {"response": 70, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (11:21)", "body": "is that foreboding or just keeping your options open?!"}, {"response": 71, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (12:11)", "body": "good question! I dunno..."}, {"response": 72, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, May 20, 1999 (12:36)", "body": "Well, seems nobody here ever divorced... (or maybe didn't have a record collection?)! How exceptional - but some of you must have split up with somebody in the past, and had to suffer worse because of that special CD or the beloved LP? Come on, tell us your grief! (Meanwhile, the hardcore collectors will like this link: http://www.shellac.org/ and especially \"Toasting a CD\" at http://www.shellac.org/slumber/stech01.html , just what I want to start when I got the gear together...)"}, {"response": 73, "author": "riette", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (08:46)", "body": "I hate it when that happens! Why do people have to take one's favourite cd's when they don't like you anymore??"}, {"response": 74, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (10:53)", "body": "...okeh, I listen - what happened? And what CDs?"}, {"response": 75, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (00:45)", "body": "Alexander, are you fond enough of Classical Music to be interested in my fairly large and old collection of LP's No cost. Just need to figure out how to get them from Hawaii to Germany."}, {"response": 76, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (06:29)", "body": "I like classical music . . . but don't have an LP player. Do alot of people still keep them? ha-ha, No! Nothing serious there, Alexander! Just a guy I was supposed to marry (convention thing more or less); he seemed decent enough to begin with, but then he turned out to be REALLY needy, and I decided to flee the country instead. But the break-off had to be faced, and the best way he could think of in paying me back for the hurt ego was by refusing to return some cd's I once lent him. Can't even remember which ones, but if he thought THAT was the best revenge, he was so damned right!!! I cri d myself to sleep over those cd's!"}, {"response": 77, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (14:57)", "body": "Well, see if you remember and tell us!"}, {"response": 78, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (15:25)", "body": "How many records, Marcia?"}, {"response": 79, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (15:32)", "body": "lots...while I was in California the house-ape moved or tried to move them and put them elsewhere. The entire cabinet fell apart. They occupied a space about 4 feet in length (1.2M)standing on edge. HAve some old 78's too from the lower Manhattan record district which got the money I did not spend of second hand books."}, {"response": 80, "author": "wolf", "date": "Sat, Aug  7, 1999 (21:25)", "body": "i've got some lps too and don't have a player. ree, they still sell phonographs and some stereo systems come with them."}, {"response": 81, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (23:00)", "body": "I have a turntable but seldom use it. My girlfriend has one (a Nutone) that folds into her kitchen wall. How 70's!"}, {"response": 82, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (04:17)", "body": "Wow! I'd love to have THAT kitchen appliance! Riette, nice record players are e.g. Thorens (a swiss maker?) or Technics (what the DJs use... No 78 rpm...). Ofter, Hi-Fi- studios have used drives in good condition to offer... (that's where the nice Marantz amp I use is from... 60ies or early 70ies model). Marcia, I hope the 78s did not break... Shellac is much more brittle than vinyl, as the proprietor of a second hand records stand of the fleamarket had to discover, when I asked him how much he wanted for a 78 by Bill Haley; made in Germany, though. The guy said 50 marks, and I pointed out to him that inside that plastic sleeve were shards you could puzzle with, but no record... I gave him 5 marks (like USD 3), because I wanted to have at least the label. 78s are to me audible ethnology into the world of our parents and great parents, archeological searches into styles and artists long forgotten. And it can be very romantic, too... Much music from that time has never been rereleased on vinyl (LP and 7''), much less on CD (though there are occasionally projects dragging such treasures together and reissuing them...). Even many great LPs were never reissued on CD - and people who have no record players are completely cut off from even having a chance to hear that stuff. Their favorite children's stories, the family's christmas record, what one's parents loved (Dances! Parties! Romance!). Thanks, music industry, for creating new products and new markets every few decades! Thanks for already planning the next big thing after the next big thing after the CD, DVD! Thanks for forcing serious hardware costs down our wallets every ten years - yes, the pace picks up!-, and thanks for letting so much of our cultural heritage go to waste and be forgotten... But then, perhaps it's fortunate for people like me - some of the nicest records I find right now come from people who sell cheaply or give away ALL THEIR VINYL RECORDS, because they don't have a player... Or from people who sell stuff of some deceased grandparent... Some treasure I hunted up lately - all early Stereo recordings (1958-1960): 2 LPs by Martin Denny (exotica, jungle sounds - weird stereo stuff tiki style), Julie London, Senor Tito Rodriguez (Cuban Big Band!), \"Big Hits by Prado\" - Mambo and other Latin goods (released in RCA Victor's \"Living Stereo\"-Series, which is much sought after by audiophiles...), \"Li'l Abner\" - the movie songs,..."}, {"response": 83, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (04:44)", "body": "Marcia, just saw post 75. Hold on to that. I'm not much into classical music, but perhaps somebody else is... How 'bout your son, whenever he gets settled?"}, {"response": 84, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (11:26)", "body": "BTW, it's a shame people don't part as easy from their Super-8 (or Normal 8) movies as from their records... I keep being amazed at seeing how many folks sell projectors and cameras at fleamarkets, but the films they did? Or some bought movies or cartoons? Tough luck!"}, {"response": 85, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (11:59)", "body": "Alexander, I think most of the 8 and Super 8 and even the 16mm film which my Dad used to document our family are in the family archives awaiting processing onto video tape. It is family history, after all, and may be the only pictures they have of elderly relatives, now long gone. Don't think son is into music at all. He has short wave and multiple scanners as does his mother for aural input."}, {"response": 86, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (12:41)", "body": "Yes, I see about this \"converting to\" side, but most people back down from it. I have over 40 reels Super 8, each about 20-30 minutes - that's ONLY the family movies! About 24 h materiel, and copying is something like (one price quoted to me last summer) DM 3 (approx USD 1.80) PER MINUTE! I'm happy to play any films for other people - after all, I have 16mm, Normal 8 and Super 8-facilities. But there are many movies people bought - SciFi, Monster or Western stuff, all from way before VCRs. And these wares hardly ever show up. BTW, my friends love watching the old family-stuff, which really astonished me. Pick some nice music to match (Hammond-organ records are great!), and open a window to the past... Cars, hair-dos, clothes, buildings, cities - all looked so different! Perhaps I should do a Monster-HomeMovie-Marathon - show all films nonstop, and have some DJs do fitting music, stuff from those years... Haven't I been in a nice cinema lately, where the owner asked me about some cooperation ideas?"}, {"response": 87, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (13:09)", "body": "Yes, Alexandeer...have Terry run them on SpringCam and watch the hits soar as word gets around. It just might be the only chance we get to see what Alexander auf Hessen really looks like! I'd watch!!! I know of only one family who did conversions. One of the group paid to have it done, the rest made copies and shared the overall cost. We have hundreds of 16 mm spliced onto big reels. We even have the Hindenburg burning and the Coronation of George VI and Streamboat Willie, plus inumerable Betty Boop nd Popeye reels."}, {"response": 88, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (08:51)", "body": "OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH! But Dad didn't film that himself, did he? Let's move this discussion into the Film topic here in Collecting, ok?"}, {"response": 89, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (12:26)", "body": "Sure!"}, {"response": 90, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (13:24)", "body": "...to be continued in film...."}, {"response": 91, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (05:18)", "body": "Bought some strange mix - Junior Guitar Watson, Barry White (early 70ies, when he WAS brilliant - as I only now find out!), Dean Martin, Elvis P.-Christmas album, singles by Malcom McLaren (Bufalo Gals), Amanda Lear (some Munich-disco stuff... 'twas the cover I need for an article...)."}, {"response": 92, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (15:21)", "body": "...more Barry White (actually, one was a \"Love Unlimited\"-lp). Some nice funk singles from the Atlantic label. Some obscure spanish singles..."}, {"response": 93, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (16:09)", "body": "i love Bary White... baby.. baby... baby... seems amusing to me that it took a prime time tv show to make him popular again... (how's the mag coming?)"}, {"response": 94, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Aug 26, 1999 (16:57)", "body": "(hard work, but ok, thank you! we worked on the cover today... sellin' ads - gotta sell more -, edit stuff, keep people happy...) And all day I hum \"I'm under the influence of love and I know that I can't live without it...\" Gotta hafta do with this wedding I attended two weeks ago... (Guess that goes to show this here COUNTRY BOY - THE EDITOR FROM HELL has a mortal soul after all...)"}, {"response": 95, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Aug 26, 1999 (17:14)", "body": "*smile* We knew it all along!"}, {"response": 96, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (13:07)", "body": "OH!"}, {"response": 97, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (15:56)", "body": "(Just a mortal one, don't be scared, it's nothing indecent. It'll even pass away once I embraced decay decisively!)"}, {"response": 98, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Aug 27, 1999 (18:58)", "body": "Please do not plan to do that for a very long time. We need you...or, at least, I do! *hugs*"}, {"response": 99, "author": "riette", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (03:23)", "body": "Nothing indecent? Darn it!"}, {"response": 100, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (13:47)", "body": "Ree, we can always hope. Soon, this magazine will be put to bed and his creative mind will be able to think of other things. (Pulling out my blanket and snacks) Have some cheese and fruit while I cut the baguette...!"}, {"response": 101, "author": "riette", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (00:57)", "body": "Imagining what those things may be might be a stretch though ..."}, {"response": 102, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (01:24)", "body": "It might even be scary...or the hoped-for indecent?!"}, {"response": 103, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (06:54)", "body": "Bet it'll involve fleamarkets, more records and Super-8-films... all of which will have to keep waiting for me a few weeks longer than planned. # 14 is postponed for two weeks."}, {"response": 104, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (11:12)", "body": "We're prolonging the agony, are we? Sounds like birthing anything. False labot and all. Reward yourself when it is all put to bed properly...anything taking this much of Alexander deserves that."}, {"response": 105, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (11:13)", "body": "That should read 'labor'... and I am sure there is nothing false about it!"}, {"response": 106, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (11:25)", "body": "Hi! Anybody have an idea were to get record collector prices on the web? Got some old records and wonder what it might be worth. I don't want to sell it, just want to know if I have to talk with my insurance company...(haha) I sometimes wonder if that old stuff could really be worth loads of money?"}, {"response": 107, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (13:00)", "body": "check ebay and see how much they're going for there. alex? you're the record man, what do you think?"}, {"response": 108, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (16:26)", "body": "But if I go to an auction place, I have to tell them my name, no? And I really don't want to sell my things, but I'm nosy if I got some treasures between my rubbish..."}, {"response": 109, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (17:10)", "body": "Perhaps some of your items are already listed there... Maybe even in like condition, so you could see what other folks ask for them. Besides Ebay, there is ricardo.de in Germany and www.andsold.de , I think. But there should be more specific record collector's resources, like record traders specialized in second hand and special recordings who offer their wares on the web."}, {"response": 110, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (18:29)", "body": "we can do some searching for you, isabel, i'm already registered at ebay, so i can go there for you. let me know what you have and i'll get to work on it!"}, {"response": 111, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (02:57)", "body": "A german record collector's site: http://www.sammler.com lists dates for collectors conventions, shows the grading system and offers the chance to post questions (hey, some folks even offer 78s!). It's regularly updated - doesn't look too fancy, but well maintained. Their page http://www.sammler.com/sp/sp_links.htm shows links to online-record trading markets, a bootleg shop, etc. Enjoy!"}, {"response": 112, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (03:06)", "body": "Find records on offer at http://www.music-market.de/ , where you could also advertise (if you wanted to sell something). And if you'd want a printed catalog to browse, check http://www.motor-presse-stuttgart.de/mps/mgz/mgz.asp - there's one for Rock&Pop LPs and one for Rock&Pop singles. Something for classic and jazz, too (wonder if my jazz 78s are in there - e.g. my two Mezz Mezzrows...)."}, {"response": 113, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Thu, Oct 14, 1999 (07:57)", "body": "\ufffdsigh\ufffd Ehem, thank you! Those web-sites look interesting and maybe I would find what I'm searching if they weren't so difficult to survey... I bought the first Bob Dylan LP in mint condition and the dealer said that it's worth a lot and now I wanted to know if this might be true or not..."}, {"response": 114, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Oct 14, 1999 (12:09)", "body": "Check out http://www.jerryosborne.com/ - they have a price guide for American records for $26, perhaps available via Amazon, too. And! You can sell and buy collectibles there, And! they appraise your records for ONLY US$ 3,- per item! All chargeable via plastic money."}, {"response": 115, "author": "Isabel", "date": "Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (11:39)", "body": "Looked up some book on vinyl collector prices lately, it said that's its not much worth - about 25 english pounds....Hoped it was more..."}, {"response": 116, "author": "Laughingsky", "date": "Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (09:21)", "body": "Old LPs?? Alexander, which ones are you looking for? Old Motown? Old rock? Classical? My other half used to do flea markets, and, Holy Moly, Batman! There's a million of them out in the garage!! He's debating on selling some on eBay, having a garage sell, doing another flea market, etc. I have found so many LPs that I had forgotten about, well, I started having flashbacks! LOL!"}, {"response": 117, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (15:16)", "body": "Next step: Play 'em! Go and check which you still can bear, and which are just to far behind. Right now, there's lots of soul in this household. Some Barry White, much Curtis Mayfield. Besides that, I listen to the monks a lot right now (see the monks-topic, and check out their website; they are the REAL thing!). I like many things in music, on LPs, 10'', 7'' and 78s."}, {"response": 118, "author": "Laughingsky", "date": "Mon, Mar 13, 2000 (09:15)", "body": "I have definitely been listening to many of them. I haven't even broken the \"iceberg\", yet! I have given strict instructions on which ones are keepers, though...there's quite a huge pile of those tucked away in the corner!"}, {"response": 119, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (04:46)", "body": "Hmh, I wonder if we could use a topic on Hi-Fi gear, or maybe a whole AudioPhiles Conference, like e.g. the Radio one. That's different from the Music Conf - as this guy once said to me \"Now you got the software, lemme get you fixed onto the hardware, too!\" There's not a lot serious audio geeks want to talk about more than their high end amps 'n' stuff. Comments, please."}, {"response": 120, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (12:08)", "body": "Just did...Aloha, Alexander!"}, {"response": 121, "author": "sociolingo", "date": "Tue, Apr  4, 2000 (07:54)", "body": "I did some work for a guy once and he paid me in antique records - caruso and stuff. I really regret now that I gave them away when we sold everything up."}, {"response": 122, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr  4, 2000 (14:48)", "body": "Caruso - he was the first highbrow artist to record. See, until that moment (and for quite some time after that) \"serious\" artists and ensembles would not record, or if, then only pseudonymous, because they were very much aware of the low quality in reproduction if compared to life performance. They thought they would tarnish their reputations if they allowed less than satifying reproduction of their work. Also, they were worried that their market value as performers would drop if their work were readily available on media. Caruso did away with that. If the result was only half as good as live, but if he reached much more listeners and made them happy - molto bene! And so he became the first international recording superstar, creating access for record labels to top-notch artists, and helping artists to become more widely known - even in places where they'd never perform live. When I started collecting 78s, I bought three boxes with about 30 records each, plus an approx. 20 records Linguaphon English language course (\"The Englishman is very found of smoking tobacco.\" \"The doctor is a great friend of humanity.\"). One record in the boxes was Caruso. Nice thang. And then there were wax cylinders, too (well, I don't have any yet) - did I ever post this link: http://www.tinfoil.com/ ? Y'all check it out, that's really neat - and you can listen to some wax cylinder recordings."}, {"response": 123, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Apr  4, 2000 (14:57)", "body": "And there is also Tim Gracyk's place: http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/ This is more for early 78 (or shellacs) fans. Very good articles on media history, technology, restauration of gramophones, etc."}, {"response": 124, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Apr  4, 2000 (15:12)", "body": "Thanks for Tim's link. My ersatz son-in-law collects old gramophones. I will forward it to him. Oh, and I have no idea what happened to my dad's collection of wax cylinders, but there were a lot of them and I recall the peculiar sound of them...far better than nothing, but nothing compared with what is available today. He later bought a Scully Lathe and recorded us all for posterity on shellac. Wonder where those are, as well...*sigh*"}, {"response": 125, "author": "sociolingo", "date": "Wed, Apr  5, 2000 (04:13)", "body": "We always had loads of 78s when I was growing up. We had our own wind up gramaphone with a big horn. don't know what happened to it. My favourite was 'in a monastery garden'. It was a tiny little record. I have a box of records in the loft, I wonder if I kept that? I had a Gallicurchi record too (well, that's how its said, but the spelling doesn't look right). She was a fantastic soprano around the same time as Caruso I think. I always wanted a Kathleen Ferrier recording (later I know). Her 'blow the wind southerly' still gets me every time. I hate giving things away - but we're into that again now and it hurts. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 68, "subject": "Record Labels", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sat, Jun 12, 1999 (05:19)", "body": "Let's kick this off with the label who put out the record of the summer for me, Epic Soundtracks (+1997) post-humous \"Everything is temporary\"-CD (BTW, the co-writer who reviewed this CD for superstar #13 has - probably under influence of - just proposed to an extremely charming person I met yesterday for the first time, and they'll marry on August 13th! This proves: this music can improve your live! ;=} ). Innerstate can be found at htp://www.innerstate.com , and at http://199.227.190.169/releases.html you can listen to some samples of their current releases, incl. the wonderful Epic Soundtracks. On that page is also the Neil Young-tribute CD I mentioned somewhere else (produced in cooperation with dutch label Inbetweens Rec.). Let me also point you to the Okra All-Stars-CD, too, which unites Dave Schramm of the Schramms and Yo La Tengo, Jeb Loy Nichols of the Fellow Travellers and Hank McCoy of the Dead Ringers (regular contributor to superstar!)! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 69, "subject": "Re-Unions Galore!", "response_count": 19, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jun 14, 1999 (14:10)", "body": "Now, these I loved then, and never will I think or suggest that anything but true love of music motivates them! Never! \"Our Lips are sealed\" and \"We got the Beat\" are truly grand pop, though nobody I ever mentioned these pearls to ever even knew the band. That was girls playing rock, coming from a punk-background and getting to it, creating some really fine pop tunes with witty and insightful lyrics (or at least interesting enough to humour my taste). See below what I found: Go-Go's Set Dates for Reunion Tour 06/09/99 06:32 Photo: The Go-Go's previously reunited in 1990 and 1994. SonicNet Music News reports: LOS ANGELES -- Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin isn't about to guess whether the band's upcoming reunion tour will lead to anything more extensive down the road. \"A Go-Go's tour is always a highly combustible experience,\" Wiedlin quipped Saturday. \"Maybe once we're on the road, we'll all start hating each other again.\" The Go-Go's will kick off their first concert tour in four years July 3 in Seattle. From there, the quintet -- one of the most successful all-female bands of the late '70s-early '80s new-wave scene -- will hit cities along the West Coast and sweep into Texas before returning to their hometown, Los Angeles, July 17. More dates may be added, though none has been confirmed. Wiedlin, who hosted the Punk Rock Hall of Fame Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday, said she's looking forward to the outing. \"Going out on tour is always fun,\" said the guitarist, who organized the band's first reunion in 1990, the occasion when they recorded a cover of the Capitols' \"Cool Jerk\" for their Greatest Hits album. The pending tour will feature the classic Go-Go's lineup -- Wiedlin, singer Belinda Carlisle, guitarist Charlotte Caffey, bassist Kathy Valentine and drummer Gina Schock. The group saw its greatest success with 1981's Beauty and the Beat, which sported such singles as \"We Got the Beat\" (RealAudio excerpt) and \"Our Lips Are Sealed.\" Vacation followed the next year and scored a top-10 hit with its title cut [I also like \"Girl of 100 lists\"/Alexander]. Talk Show (1984) became the group's last studio album of all-new material and featured the songs \"Head Over Heels\" and \"Turn to You.\" After the Go-Go's split in 1985, Carlisle and Wiedlin each pursued solo careers, with Carlisle earning a string of hits in the mid- and late-'80s. Caffey performed in a group called the Graces, which released an album titled Perfect View in 1989. The Go-Go's last reunited in 1994 to record three new songs for the double-disc compilation Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's. A lengthy tour followed. The '80s pop act Berlin, whose hit \"Take My Breath Away\" was featured on the soundtrack to the film \"Top Gun,\" will open all dates of the Go-Go's tour. New York punk band the Lunachicks will play the first eight dates of the outing before joining the Vans Warped Tour on July 16. Eclectic art-pop band Sparks will play the second Los Angeles date at the Greek Theatre on July 17. \"I'm just waiting for them to add some East Coast dates,\" wrote Katie Rowe, a 22-year-old Go-Go's fan from Atlanta, Ga., in an e-mail. \"I was too young the first time around and couldn't see them [in 1994] because I had my wisdom teeth out. This time, I REFUSE to miss out, even if I have to hitchhike my way to Texas.\" Wiedlin and Schock had a warm-up performance of sorts at Saturday's awards show when they played two songs after accepting a hall of fame award for \"outstanding achievement in the field of punk rock.\" With Wiedlin on vocals, they performed \"Our Lips Are Sealed\" (RealAudio excerpt) and the first Go-Go's song ever written, the S&M-inspired \"Fun With Ropes.\" The Go-Go's Tour Dates: July 3; Seattle, Wash.; Summer Nights at the Pier July 4; Portland, Ore.; Portland Meadows July 7; San Francisco, Calif.; Maritime Hall July 8; Los Angeles, Calif.; Greek Theatre July 9; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Santa Barbara Bowl July 10; Las Vegas, Nev.; House of Blues July 11; San Diego, Calif.; SDSU Open Air Theatre July 13; Phoenix, Ariz.; The Phoenix Celebrity July 14; El Paso, Texas; Civic Center Grand July 16; Dallas, Texas; Bronco Bowl July 17; Los Angeles, Calif.; Greek Theatre --------------------------------------- Copyright \ufffd 1998 Addicted To Noise, the on-line rock & roll magazine - http://www.addict.com/"}, {"response": 2, "author": "autumn", "date": "Mon, Jun 14, 1999 (21:41)", "body": "The Go-Go's were so eighties! I would love to hear them re-record, it's the kind of music my girls like. What's this about a Blondie reunion?? I'm all ears..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (13:14)", "body": "...prick your ears here: http://www.blondie.net/ , there are also the August/September 1999 tourdates. But if you see any current photos of Deborah Harry, you wonder (well, I do) why she still dressed the vamp or whatever. And I loved her so much... \"Denise\" was one of my favorites... Got nearly all their albums here... I think the Go-Go's aged more favorably... And they are four!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Jun 17, 1999 (22:30)", "body": "*groan* no tour dates on the east coast..."}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun 22, 1999 (07:18)", "body": "Is it love at second sight or boredom or medical bills? Anyway, they created some amazing music. Just listen to their album \"1984\", also soundtrack to the Orwell-based movie, and you'll see that some things they did then that were not really appreciated would be totally en vogue now - basically, they were fifteen years ahead of the rest. Good news, though? Gotta wait and see (or rather: listen - to the album, of course). Reunited Eurythmics Record New LP, Plan World Tour 06/16/99 06:32 SonicNet Music News reports: Eurythmics -- the '80s synth-pop duo whose influence on rock extended beyond their music to include singer Annie Lennox's gender-bending personas -- have reunited to record their first album in a decade. The LP, due in October and as yet untitled, will be preceded by a single, according to a source who requested anonymity at the duo's label, Arista Records. The reunion will include the band's first tour since 1989. Dates and venues for the outing are not yet determined. \"It wasn't acrimonious before, and it's a happy thing now,\" said an anonymous spokesperson for the band's management, 19 Management. \"It's not a reunion, because they never broke up.\" The duo, Lennox and guitarist/producer Dave Stewart, haven't released a studio album since 1989's We Two Are One. Lennox and Stewart first announced their intention to work together again at England's equivalent of the Grammy awards, the Brit Awards, on Feb. 16. They were honored that night for their \"Outstanding Contribution to British Music,\" notching their eleventh Brit award, the most ever by a group. \"This is the Eurythmics at their very, very best,\" band manager Simon Fuller said in a prepared statement. With the enigmatic, striking Lennox and the stoic Stewart at the helm, Eurythmics were one of the most successful and durable bands of the '80s. Formed out of the ashes of Lennox and Stewart's late-'70s post-punk band the Tourists, the classically trained musicians and onetime lovers burst onto the world scene in 1983 with their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). The album's title track (RealAudio excerpt) -- along with a visually arresting video in which Lennox blurred gender lines in a man's suit and a bright orange buzz cut -- became a worldwide hit and quickly catapulted the pair beyond the ranks of the many disposable synth-pop bands littering the musical landscape. With a mix of R&B warmth and Stewart's sometimes robotic-sounding production, the pair scored numerous hits throughout the '80s, including \"Love Is a Stranger,\" \"Who's That Girl?,\" \"Right By Your Side,\" \"Here Comes the Rain Again\" and Lennox's 1985 duet with soul legend Aretha Franklin, \"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves\" (RealAudio excerpt). Stewart began a side gig as a producer in the mid-'80s, working on albums by such stars as folk icon Bob Dylan, soul-pop singer Daryl Hall and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. Following the 1989 release of We Too Are One, the group went on hiatus and Lennox released a 1992 double-platinum solo album, Diva. Meanwhile, Stewart sporadically released solo albums and continued producing a variety of acts, from rocker Tom Petty to Australian pop-sensation Natalie Imbruglia. --------------------------------------- Copyright \ufffd 1999 Addicted To Noise. All rights reserved."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Jun 22, 1999 (11:09)", "body": "Eurythmics back, that is good news."}, {"response": 7, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Jun 22, 1999 (11:45)", "body": "Indeed. Say, you remember - still before Eurythmics - Dave Stewart's cover version of \"It's my Party\" w/ Barbara Gaskin (whoever she is...)?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jun 23, 1999 (10:35)", "body": "I remember that, wasn't that Leslie Gore?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jun 24, 1999 (03:29)", "body": "Oh, that's who did it first time round. When was that? I forgot... Naw, I was talking of a cover version, early eigthies, I guess. I loved the video - very New Wavey but with kickboxers exchanging kicks, very choreographed and artsy. Barbara made up in a pseudo-asian style, so much make up, she looked like a rare species of bird. \"Judy and Johnny just walked through the door Like the Queen and her king Oh what a birthday surprise Judy's wearing his ring\""}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jun 24, 1999 (09:58)", "body": "Leslie Gore is so synonymous with this song. When I read those words I hear her voice."}, {"response": 11, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jun 24, 1999 (10:50)", "body": "Same here. But you don't seem to know this cover version? Perhaps it was only released in UK and Europe. \"It's my party and I cry if I want to Cry if I want to Cry if I want to You would cry to if it happened to you\""}, {"response": 12, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jul  1, 1999 (14:06)", "body": "Not a reunion, but a comeback, this is news that really thrill me: Joe Strummer Revives Clash Songs Onstage 06/30/99 11:34 Photo: Strummer (pictured at the show) retains his cowboy swagger and jet-black hair and sideburns. SonicNet Music News reports: WASHINGTON, D.C. \ufffd London came calling again Tuesday night as ex-Clash singer/guitarist Joe Strummer kicked off his first U.S. tour in 10 years with an impassioned performance of Clash classics and tunes from his upcoming second solo album. A sold-out crowd of colorful young punks and graying elder punks was equally enthusiastic about new material from Strummer's X-Ray Style and Clash tunes such as \"London Calling\" (RealAudio excerpt), as revived by Strummer and his band, the Mescaleros. \"This is as close to the Clash as I'm ever going to get,\" 18-year-old Kandi Walker of Bethesda, Md., said. \"I was too young to see them back in the early '80s, so this is my chance to see Joe in action.\" The Clash, one of the original wave of British punk bands and one of the most influential, broke up in 1986, after releasing the poorly received Cut the Crap a year earlier. Strummer (born John Graham Mellor) has since done some movie scoring, played briefly with the folk-punk band the Pogues and released a solo album, Earthquake Weather, in 1989. He has been quiet for much of the '90s, partly because of a contract dispute with Sony Music. The dispute has been settled, and the 46-year-old rocker is slated to release X-Ray Style on Hellcat/Epitaph Records in the fall. \"Heyyy ... Washington, D.C.,\" Strummer said as he strolled up to the mic shortly after 10 p.m., in black jeans and a black T-shirt, his cowboy swagger and jet-black hair and sideburns unchanged from his Clash days. \"This is the home of Bo Diddley. We're gonna go check out his home where he grew up, if we can find it.\" Actually, Diddley, the rock pioneer who opened several U.S. shows for the Clash in 1979, was born in Mississippi and grew up in Chicago. But if Strummer didn't quite have his geography straight, he seemed to still have his punk-rock mojo in order. Stomping his black work boots and counting off the beat, he strapped on his guitar and jumped straight into a new song, \"Diggin' the New,\" which showcased the Mescaleros' pronounced enthusiasm. Strummer's voice, though a little rougher for the wear, still pierced the air with its trademark shrieks and howls. His hands moved often to his face, fingers outstretched and grabbing his skull as if he had been hit in the forehead with a mallet. In all, he played nine songs from the Clash catalog \ufffd including such classics as \"White Man in Hammersmith Palais\" and songs the Clash covered, including Vince Taylor's \"Brand New Cadillac\" and the Bobby Fuller Four's \"I Fought the Law\" \ufffd as well as five new tunes. Fans rushed the stage as the first few power chords to \"London Calling\" blared from the amplifiers. \"I've waited 15 years to hear this live,\" one older fan shouted to the amused teenager at his side. The Mescaleros \ufffd guitarist Martin Slattery (ex-Black Grape), bassist Scott Shields, keyboardist Anthony Genn, drummer Smiley and percussionist Pablo Cook \ufffd took to such old Clash favorites as \"Straight to Hell\" and \"Bankrobber\" as if they were their own. \"Tommy Gun\" was a barrage of noise and feedback harking back to punk days of yore. Cook even stood up on his bongos at one point and dove onto the stage, crashing into the rest of the band, adding a sense of the chaos the Clash brought to British nightclubs in the 1970s. The only disappointment for fans was that the Mescaleros' rendition of the Clash's biggest pop hit, 1982's \"Rock the Casbah\" (RealAudio excerpt of Clash version), didn't quite capture the original's fusion of punk and disco. The Mescaleros, all young British lads who were probably in grade school when the Clash broke up in 1986, seemed to shine brightest on songs from Strummer's forthcoming album. \"Tony Adams,\" which is \"about an obscure soccer player from England,\" Strummer explained, the upcoming single \"Yalla-Yalla\" and the title cut, with its slow, passionate rhythms and bombastic bongo playing, all were warmly received. After ending the hour-and-a-half set with \"I Fought the Law\" and \"Brand New Cadillac,\" Strummer returned by himself for the first of two encores, playing an acoustic rendition of \"Junco Partner\" \ufffd a traditional song the Clash recorded for Sandinista (1980) \ufffd before being rejoined by the band for the new \"Techno D-Day\" and finishing off the night with \"Bankrobber.\" \"The Clash influenced everyone,\" Mark Moore, 32, said after the show. \"They weren't just punk. They were blues and jazz and reggae and country, all types of sounds rolled into one ... I just can't believe we were able to hear some of the old songs tonight.\" \"I sell lots of old Clash albums to kids wanting to start up a band,\" Moore said. \"They ask me, 'Where should I start?' and I hand them a copy of London Calling. 'It's all right there, kid.' \" While Strummer's former"}, {"response": 13, "author": "autumn", "date": "Sun, Jul  4, 1999 (00:25)", "body": "LOVED The Clash!!!! Glad to hear they're performing again."}, {"response": 14, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jul  5, 1999 (05:24)", "body": "NOT the Clash, just strummin' along Joe! Did you hear any of his work with the Pogues (as substitute for Shane MacGowan)? Will you go to a concert?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Jul  6, 1999 (23:03)", "body": "No and No! ha-ha! But I do get a vicarious thrill out of knowing he's still strummin'!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Jul  8, 1999 (05:44)", "body": "Oh, and did you see the cameo appearance in \"I hired a Contract Killer\" by Finnish director Aki Kaurism\ufffdki? There was a scene in a pub, open during the slow day-business, where he was playing guitar and singing a song for an audience mainly him. If you never saw this movie, go out and rent it NOW!"}, {"response": 17, "author": "autumn", "date": "Thu, Jul  8, 1999 (22:37)", "body": "*scribbling furiously on a scrap of paper*"}, {"response": 18, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (06:31)", "body": "You forgot the MODERN TALKING comeback, sir!!"}, {"response": 19, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (14:54)", "body": "No, I didn't, Ma'am.- music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 7, "subject": "sting", "response_count": 37, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "joshd", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (11:29)", "body": "Sting...snore! I think Sting might make the dullest, most soporific music of any popular artist today. (hunkering down for flames...)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:38)", "body": "No flames here. All I can think of is that Saturday Night Live that Sting hosted. and the guys doing Sting apocrypha on the elevator. That skit crqcked me up. x"}, {"response": 3, "author": "joshd", "date": "Thu, Dec 12, 1996 (13:15)", "body": "Yeah, that one wasn't bad."}, {"response": 4, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (12:31)", "body": "I am somewhat of a Sting fan. I like the Police songs, particularly \"Don't Stand So Close To Me\", \"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic\", and the best known Police song: \"Every Breath You Take\" Solo, I like \"Do The Russians Love Their Children?\" Of the trio who sang \"All For Love\", Sting is not only the best of the three, but also the only good singer of the three IMO. \"Gabriel's Message\" was also the best song on the album \"A Very Special Christmas\", rivalled only by \"Christmas In Hollis\" by Run-DMC"}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (15:29)", "body": "yeah, and sting is such a deep, soulful guy...(just ask him)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:34)", "body": "LOL!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:13)", "body": "OK I'll start. I'll sing a line then someone else sing the next line and so on... \"every breath you take...\""}, {"response": 8, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:48)", "body": "\"Every move you make...\""}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:55)", "body": "\"I'll be boring you...\""}, {"response": 10, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:19)", "body": "You are, just now, actually."}, {"response": 11, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (01:48)", "body": "actually, i think that line comes a little later..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:38)", "body": "that's really really sad.........."}, {"response": 13, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:45)", "body": "Every cake you bake!!"}, {"response": 14, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:26)", "body": "I shall not return to this mockery! (Mockery, feminine form of the word \"f....\")"}, {"response": 15, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (19:30)", "body": "nice explanation Sam! sorry if we offended you. YOu don't like Loverboy, right? Well THERE's something to be proud of!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (20:36)", "body": "top ten beatles tunes: 1) hey jude No. 1? Are you NUTS?!? Half that song is \"Naa, naa na NA-na-NA-naa, NA-na-NA-naa, Hey Jude!\" Insipid! 2) the long and winding road Never heard it. 3) helter skelter Nor this; all I know about it is that it's the Charles Manson theme song. 4) strawberry fields forever Cool chorus; don't know the rest. 5) golden slumbers-carry that weight-the end YUK! That's part of the 2/3's of Abbey Road that's unlistenable! 6) get back Yeah, that's cool; esp. the live version with Billy Preston. 7) here comes the sun One of the better Abbey Road songs (it must be! It's actually good!) 8) while my guitar gently weeps Never heard it. 9) i'm so tired Well, your humour sure is, Nick! 10)happiness is a warm gun Another Manson favourite I haven't heard. 10)something The song is MUCH better than the title ( Abbey Road again! There were about 6 good songs on Abbey Road , most of the rest was crap like \"Oh Darling\" and \"She Came In Through The Bathroom Window\") 10)back in the ussr Damn, I wish I'd bought the White Album! 10)let it be Not a big fan of this one. 10)with a little help from my friends Preferred the Joe Cocker version (although I'm not really a Joe Cocker fan...) 10)rocky racoon ...what? 10)norwegian wood (this bird has flown) This one should be MUCH closer to the top! First sitar recorded in Beatles music. 10)penny lane Does this branch into Abbey Road? 10)when i'm sixty-four Nick, from how you act, I would think that 64's an object in your rear-view mirror. 10)eleanor rigby And maybe Nick's one of the lonely people (where the hell does he come from? Or come off, for that matter?) 10)you've got to hide your love away Never heard it; title sounds like crap. 10)yesterday (okay, it's been played a jillion times... i still like it, can't help it) O.K. (actually, considering many of my other top ten lists, this one showed remarkable restraint, don't you think?) (and... needless to say... most of these tunes were composed by an irishman)... Funny, I thought John Lennon was an Liverpudlian! When did Liverpool cross the Irish Sea?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (20:39)", "body": "OBTW, I posted this as a response to Nick's obsessive hatred of Sting. He is trying to fill the Beatles' topic because he feels it should have more than Sting's"}, {"response": 18, "author": "Afor", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (20:42)", "body": "After all, Sting is far better that some of those who pass for legends, like Elvis Presley and Michael Bolton. (I actually used both names in the same sentence without vomiting! A first!)"}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (21:21)", "body": "(i should've known better... sam, i've actually missed your half-informed, totally bizarre obiter dicta... where've you been?)"}, {"response": 20, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Feb  2, 1998 (22:44)", "body": "and although everyone is entitled to his own opinion... gotta love rocky raccoon."}, {"response": 22, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (17:37)", "body": "sam, i've actually missed your half-informed, totally bizarre obiter dicta... At least when I don't know, I say I don't know instead of assuming that I do know. He who knows not, and knows not he knows not; he is a fool, shun him. - From an old Chinese proverb. where've you been? I still pop in from time to time. I had never before heard of rocky raccoon."}, {"response": 23, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Feb  3, 1998 (18:11)", "body": "now that you've heard 'of' it, give it a listen... we shall wait with bated breath for your opinion!"}, {"response": 24, "author": "Afor", "date": "Wed, Feb  4, 1998 (18:15)", "body": "Erm, Jamaica is not as taken with Beatlemania as Europe or the U.S. is. More likely to hear bastardized dancehall ripoffs of Beatles songs than the rarer originals."}, {"response": 25, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (04:53)", "body": "A list of good Sting/Police songs: Every Breath You Take Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Gabriel's Message Do The Russians Love Their Children Too? Don't Stand So Close To Me Still My Beating Heart Englishman In New York 1/3 of All For Love of which nick a'hannay said: (that's really cool, sam, but i was referring to listenable songs...) Nick's condemnation of such great songs as \"Gabriel's Message\" and \"Do The Russians Love Their Children too?\" reminded me so much of this quote that I had to go back to my books to find it, for it is my mental image of Nick: A Philistine with six fingers on every hand and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number: a Philistine the shaft of whose spear is like a weaver's beam. - Matthew Arnold, on William Cobbett, probably quoting the Bible's description of Goliath. One day your jibes and jests will meet your David, and the simple truth will bring you down despite your heavy armor of studied ignorance."}, {"response": 26, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (09:45)", "body": "you think so? hmmm... i think this gives me pause... sort of makes me re-evaluate things... maybe see 'em in a different light... goddamn it sam, you've changed my life!"}, {"response": 27, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (09:46)", "body": "on second thought... f*** it..."}, {"response": 28, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (21:54)", "body": "Change, take, whatever."}, {"response": 29, "author": "Afor", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (21:55)", "body": "Actually, in order for me to change your life, you'd first have to get one."}, {"response": 30, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Feb  6, 1998 (23:10)", "body": "(does sting sorta touch you in your happy place, sam?)"}, {"response": 32, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (02:56)", "body": "hey nick, maybe he touches you in yours (a bit too hard!)"}, {"response": 33, "author": "Afor", "date": "Tue, Feb 10, 1998 (02:58)", "body": "Then again, when someone says Sting can't sing and Dylan can, you have to, kinda, wonder. Nick, if tin supplies are ever badly depleted, you could make a fortune by selling your ears!"}, {"response": 34, "author": "riette", "date": "Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (07:34)", "body": "I loudly protest against all the Sting-trashing going on here!!!! For heaven's sake, the man can sing higher than Jimmy Sommerville! That's got to count for something! And he has lovely arms. The hair I'm not always so fond of, but come on! If you want to trash someone, go for Bon Jovi - he stinks!"}, {"response": 35, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (06:15)", "body": "(I wonder what ever happened to these good friends, Nick and Sam. Wer, how come there's so much more FORMER springizens than current population?) Anyway, there's good things going for Sting and lotsa good things against him. Pro (1) Police - A great band with good tunes. RIP. (2) Nice cello works. Comes from having good-looking arms. (3) A good taste in music - other people's music, that is (e.g. Kurt Weill). (4) Good arrangements. (5) Great views on life, people and the environment. Contra (1) Solo-career has mostly uninteresting songs (his tributes are much more interesting). (2) His views on life, people, etc. clash with his own life's reality (\"Nobody should have more than one kid, there's too many poeple already.\" vs. \"Yeah, I got, like, two dozen of them; you know, my wife likes to get 'em\" - which she DID actually admit to in an interview...) (3) His acting - while not as bad as some full-time actors' screen appearances, it's still lots worse compared to some other musicians creative side-shows. (4) He delivers statements in public that are so conceited and ignorant, he either must be like that, or have a PR-company consulting him on how to get lots of publicity cheaply, not matter what quality."}, {"response": 36, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Mon, May 10, 1999 (19:23)", "body": "Nick got married and lives in Canada now... don't know about Sam..."}, {"response": 37, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, May 11, 1999 (06:14)", "body": "...do they ever come back? What about William Meyers from Cultures Conf?"}, {"response": 38, "author": "KitchenManager", "date": "Tue, May 11, 1999 (11:10)", "body": "Nick still comes around on occasion... William is probably off in another country...ask Terry about him..."}, {"response": 39, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, May 11, 1999 (16:24)", "body": "You can get in touch with William direct and ask him: wmmeyers@tuna.net He's still in NYC as far as I know. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 70, "subject": "composition", "response_count": 20, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Jul 12, 1999 (19:47)", "body": "what typesof songs do you write?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "caryn", "date": "Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (23:22)", "body": "Stacey welcome to my lyric corner: The type of music I write reflects how I am feeling at that particular moment. I usually write about issues which effect us all. Especially about how we as adults respond to one another, whether or not we are effectively communicating with each other properly. I usually allow a limited amount of songwriters and performers use my material as well as I perform them myself. Lately though I have been focusing my efforts and attention towards my three book serial which will be coming out in 2000. I don't erform as much as I used too. When these books are finished, I do look to creating an all female or partial female musical ensemble, with mainly instrumental and celtic musical influences. Please feel free to express any interests you may have. Even though I am not performing presently, songwriting and poetry are very dear to my heart. As we say back in Scotland: Erin De Burgh! God bless you! Thank you Kindly! Caryn Mac Fadyen A.K.A. Looking forward to chatting with you."}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (23:45)", "body": "Are these books handwritten are do you have them in ascii form somewhere yet? What stands between you and have them published? What work do you have to do yet?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "caryn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (00:04)", "body": "Paul Terry How Lovely for you to respond; Right now my manuscripts are in long hand, ready to be transferred to disc. Then all I have to do is have them ghostwritten and polished and submitted. I am looking at subsidy publishing, so the author; myself has 50% control on how my books are handled from beginning to their release dates. Right now my financial funding is a bit tight, due to other priorities I cannot ignore. Terry I am just getting reclamated again from being in hiding during the first have of this decade, due to my unfortunate sho ting, and recovery. I was out of commission entirely during this period. I lost a great deal of money, went through 2 major family deaths which directly affect me. The goodness out of this ordeal, it gave me the time to get these books down on paper. It has been along uphill battle, I feel strongly I have come a long way since returning to the states back in 1995. Texas is a whole new experience for me, I have been here many times as a performer or in business. I do love it here, I knew sometime soo I did want to come here and work my businesses back up here. Dallas though was a great disappointment for me. I was really positive and hoping for different things to happen for me there, but I was wrong. If I would have known about Austin sooner, all of my setbacks would have never happened. I truelly feel things will really smoothen out from here, you will see some great books coming your way soon. Thank You Kindly! Caryn!"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (03:19)", "body": "Are you going to build your own website to promote your books?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "autumn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (03:27)", "body": "Good luck to you, Caryn, it sounds as though things are going your way for a change!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "caryn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (03:57)", "body": "Thank you all! for your kind and caring words, to your question Paul Terry, yes i intend to set up a great website for both book promotion as well as critiquing and rapping! Autumn dear, I appreciates your true interests, maybe someday as we progress, our paths may cross indeed. If you get a chance, you must come across and see our enchanted land. Scotland is an absolute gem in my book, I am sorry, yes I am biased for a great thing! But that great thing is there for everyone to enjoy love! Good luck o you love and keep in touch! Thank you Kindly! Caryn Kathyrn Mac Fadyen."}, {"response": 8, "author": "caryn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (03:58)", "body": "Thank you all! for your kind and caring words, to your question Paul Terry, yes I intend to set up a great website for both book promotion as well as critiquing and rapping! Autumn dear, I appreciates your true interests, maybe someday as we progress, our paths may cross indeed. If you get a chance, you must come across and see our enchanted land. Scotland is an absolute gem in my book, I am sorry, yes I am biased for a great thing! But that great thing is there for everyone to enjoy love! Good luck o you love and keep in touch! Thank you Kindly! Caryn Kathyrn Mac Fadyen."}, {"response": 9, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (11:40)", "body": "I wonder if anyone here has ever been to Scotland. Where were you raised in Scotland, Caryn? And in your website, are you going to put up a sample chapter or something to tease folks, Caryn?"}, {"response": 10, "author": "caryn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (15:50)", "body": "I am from a wonderful and friendly town called Airdrie, a distant suburb of Glasgow, it is about 15 minutes east of Glasgow, we have a great famous Rubgy team called Airdrie Lagers, they have won many legendary games and Cup matches. It had a population of 1500 when I left back in 1965, and it is now between 3000 and 5000. Nice size but still small enough with down home, friendly scottish charm, honest and sincere people, etc. I hope you and your patrons will be able to see this great nation before you eave this planet. Airdrie is right in the middle between both Glasgow and Edinburgh, so it allows us good access to both cities. Glasgow, haa really sprouted over the last 11 yrs. It was once known unfortunately for its terrible tenament slums, high unemployment and crudeness, due to Glasgow's many years of struggle in the shadow of London and Manchester, down south in England. But not anymore, she has really started shinning very brightly, Glasgow, is now the proud home, of the largest and the most p estigious Glass enclosed plaza square filled with great shops, restaurants, entertainment, and great hotels around it. Glasgow recently reopened the famous Royal Scottish Art Museum and Institute, it has been visited by thousands since it reopened back in 1991 I believe. These two landmarks are located around Argyle street, Our famous boulevard equiviland to bond street or Park Lane in London, or 5th Avenue, Central Avenue in New york. Some great sights to start your great expedition to Scotland on. E inburgh is aqhole another story, She is absolutely radiant, gracious and intruguing with the Edinburgh Castle, home to the military Tatoo; a magnificent military pagentry of our changing of the guards; held exclusively inside the Castle Grounds which opens The Edinburgh International Music and Jazz Festival. It is acertainly an event not tobe missed. Many things to see and do in Scotland. Many a famous people have come from our great country. As far as my website is concerned, you bet I will be giving ll kinds of tantilizing bits and pieces to keep all of you coming back for more. Thank you! Caryn."}, {"response": 11, "author": "caryn", "date": "Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (15:55)", "body": "I am from a wonderful and friendly town called Airdrie, a distant suburb of Glasgow, it is about 15 minutes east of Glasgow, we have a great famous Rugby team called Airdrie Lagers, they have won many legendary games and Cup matches. It had a population of 1500 when I left back in 1965, and it is now between 3000 and 5000. Nice size but still small enough with down home, friendly scottish charm, honest and sincere people, etc. I hope you and your patrons will be able to see this great nation before you eave this planet. Airdrie is right in the middle between both Glasgow and Edinburgh, so it allows us good access to both cities. Glasgow, has really sprouted over the last 11 yrs. It was once known unfortunately for its terrible tenament slums, high unemployment and crudeness, due to Glasgow's many years of struggle in the shadow of London and Manchester, down south in England. But not anymore, she has really started shinning very brightly, Glasgow, is now the proud home, of the largest and the most p estigious Glass enclosed plaza square filled with great shops, restaurants, entertainment, and great hotels around it. Glasgow recently reopened the famous Royal Scottish Art Museum and Institute, it has been visited by thousands since it reopened back in 1991 I believe. These two landmarks are located around Argyle street, Our famous boulevard equiviland to bond street or Park Lane in London, or 5th Avenue, Central Avenue in New york. Some great sights to start your great expedition to Scotland on. E inburgh is aqhole another story, She is absolutely radiant, gracious and intruguing with the Edinburgh Castle, home to the military Tatoo; a magnificent military pagentry of our changing of the guards; held exclusively inside the Castle Grounds which opens The Edinburgh International Music and Jazz Festival. It is acertainly an event not tobe missed. Many things to see and do in Scotland. Many a famous people have come from our great country. As far as my website is concerned, you bet I will be giving ll kinds of tantilizing bits and pieces to keep all of you coming back for more. Thank you! Caryn."}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (00:58)", "body": "Heavy on that enter key again, Caryn, remember just tap the submit button once even though it seems like not much is happening. No big deal. Wow, the Airdrie Lagers, sounds like a beer you'd get in one of those pubs. Airdrie sounds like San Marcos a bit, halfway between San Antonio and Austin. And it sounds like Glasgow is booming like Austin, any resemblence Caryn? You know, I think I'll start a topic on Scotland in the travel conference so you can enlighten us more, ok? Yep, keep tantalizing us, Caryn. We can set you up with a website at the spring for your literary ecommerce if you like."}, {"response": 13, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (02:27)", "body": "Fabulous! Fabulous! Yes there is many resemblences between Austin and Glasgow, that is why I chose to move here and hopefully make both Glasgow and Austin my permanent homes. It would be lovely indeed to have a great website for my books, there are many more to follow this trilogy believe me. I will probably reenter the music Ind. again as a active performer, once my books are really going well, I have my production and recording company which I would like to attach to the website; Addmoro records and roductions, full service TV, Video, Music producing and promotions. Established in 1982 with A.S.C.A.P. as well as the International musicians Guild and Union. I as a songwriter and performer have been a member of A.S.A.C.P. for 35 yrs. I would like to promote some great bands here. I have been in touch with one already, \"Wizard Blues Review\" is their name, the members are all former legends like myself keeping the great Blues and jazz sounds alive. Wish us luck! Maybe you and your entourage could joi us! Keep on Rollin'. Thank you! Caryn."}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (03:16)", "body": "What are the names of these band members?"}, {"response": 15, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (03:53)", "body": "Why They are Lewis from Jimmie and the Fab T-birds, Danny from 13th Floor Elevator and Ricky Nelson, Michael, no ties to anyone and their new drummer which is very new so I don't know his name yet, but he had heavy ties with Ricky Nelson, Grandfunk, etc! Sorry no last names at the moment. They all consist of 40 plus yrs of fabulous music! Roll on! Thank You! Caryn."}, {"response": 16, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (12:59)", "body": "Another Ricky Nelson, wow. Who is this Ricky Nelson?"}, {"response": 17, "author": "caryn", "date": "Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (20:52)", "body": "Come on Terry you know good and well who Ricky Nelson was! Goof Ball!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (02:52)", "body": "He died in a plane crash."}, {"response": 19, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (17:42)", "body": "May I say that I am impressed? A member of the 13th Floor Elevators, no less! Found a LP with an Austin gig (!) they did late 60ies last year. Best wishes for the project, sends Alexander Resident Bigot, The Spring"}, {"response": 20, "author": "riette", "date": "Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (11:33)", "body": "You mean, 'Resident Bigot, Screwed'.... \ufffdgrin\ufffd music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 71, "subject": "Roberta Flack", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (18:59)", "body": "For 20 years she was \"doing\" Jesse Jackson. But seriously folks, I saw her about five years ago in a cabaret show in Honolulu. It was perfection. The last recording I remember was her and Maxi Priest (talk about the \"Odd Couple\") doing a duet remake of Jefferson Starship's \"Set the Night to Music.\""}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Oct 10, 1999 (05:41)", "body": "Thanks, John! And that means she didn't record for twenty years, too?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "mrchips", "date": "Sun, Oct 10, 1999 (18:32)", "body": "I'm reasonably sure she was recording. It's just I wasn't anywhere that was playing (or even receiving) those recordings. The recording with Maxi Priest was either 1989 or 90, in that time frame. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 72, "subject": "The Monks", "response_count": 11, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (23:15)", "body": "Lemme guess, these guys are not related to Thelonius?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:32)", "body": "Monks inna nutshell: Coupla GIs in Germany, mid-60s. Decide to stick around and move into music scene. Beat act, touring all of Germany. Especially beloved in Hamburg, where they played the Star Club (the Beatles started there...). Dressed and hairstyled like - monks. One LP out on Polydor, never released in the US (until recently a CD was issued, 35 years later...). Broke up before leaving to tour Vietnam... Went back statesside after living in Germany for around ten years. Got forgotten. Beat/trash-idols of much obscurity, Eddie Shaw wrote his side of it down, and got it published. There's a movie being made of this now, and also a documentation filmed. The British MOJO magazine just ran a full page-story on them..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:36)", "body": "...and German music magazine superstar will have an article in 1/2000 issue, in which Swiss guitar slinger/songwriter Guz (solo artist & frontman of Swiss-based-but-Hamburg-signed-act Die Aeronauten, and a great Monks fan) writes about their only record, Eddie Shaw writes about Guz' latest release and answers some questions."}, {"response": 4, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:38)", "body": "(Actually, I wondered if John had some knowledge about them, and this could, uh, drag him out... How about it, mate? Know these guys?)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (13:45)", "body": "I shall ask him and repost back to you."}, {"response": 6, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (16:07)", "body": "John Burnett's Reply: Never heard of them until this (spent my GI days in Asia and the Pacific, where I heard great Filipino bands like \"Friction\"). The Monks Polydor album is out of release but my research shows that they were critically acclaimed by those who were exposed to them."}, {"response": 7, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (15:56)", "body": "Black Monk Time is reissued in Germany through Repertoire/Edel, and available through amazon.de - and through amazon.com as import! Black Monk Time [IMPORT] Monks Our Price: $16.49 Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours. Audio CD (June 30, 1995) Reper; ASIN: B00000729S Amazon.com Sales Rank: 8,142 Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 9 Customers who bought this title also bought: Bad Habits [IMPORT]; Monks Psycho-Sonic [IMPORT]; Sonics Silk Torpedo [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS]; The Pretty Things Get The Picture [ECD]; The Pretty Things Auctions and zShops sellers and our other stores recommend: THE MONKS Bad Habits RECORD LP 1979 (Current bid: $3.50) Track Listings 1. Monk Time 2. Shut Up 3. Boys Are Boys And Girls A 4. Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy 5. I Hate You 6. Oh, How To Do Now 7. Complication 8. We Do Wie Du 9. Drunken Maria 10. Love Came Tumblin' Down 11. Blast Off ! 12. That's My Girl 13. I Cant Get Over You 14. Cuckoo 15. Love Can Tame The Wild 16. He Went Down To The Sea Customer Reviews (9) You absolutely will NOT regret getting this CD! Reviewer: Jason Bunke from Winona, MN, USA November 29, 1999 This is one of the best albums I've ever heard. It reminds me at various times of the music that Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, the Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd were putting out at about the same time ('66 - '68), but it is truly original and still sounds cutting-edge today. If you like danceable anarchy, your eardrums will be forever grateful to you for this one. 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. black monk time Reviewer: A music fan from new york city November 21, 1999 it started out slowly . First I just loved the album BLACK MONK TIME then I started to realize that almost nothing else is comparable . Really it is such a masterpiece that it deserves to be on any top ten albums of all time list, and I'm not ashamed to say so . Thank you Monks . Also FIVE UPSTART AMERICANS is really fun too . 2 of 2 people found this review helpful. Oh, to have seen them live... Reviewer: Jennifer (We2Shadows@aol.com) from Detroit, Michigan November 5, 1999 These guys make the thrash-punk bands of today look like clowns doing a really bad job. This has the spirit that founded the punk scene and had lyrics that were understandable instead of a lot of fast screaming into a cheap mike. Check out \"Suspended Animation\" (just released in Aug. 99) it has been my favorite for years. 1 of 2 people found this review helpful. Very Sadistic Reviewer: KUHN IS HERE AND THINGS ARE JUST GREAT (JUSTICE@aol.com) from Hamburg October 22, 1999 Buy it now before before they all leave. Bergeeee. 0 of 4 people found this review helpful. Customers who bought titles by Monks also bought titles by these artists: The Pretty Things The Shaggs Sonics Guitar Wolf Pebbles"}, {"response": 8, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Feb 24, 2000 (14:58)", "body": "I have been made aware by Eddie Shaw, the Monks' bass player, that the Repertoire Release seems to be not authorized. There is an American release available somewhere, too. The band has a great website! Check out http://www.the-monks.com , they have a chat forum there, you can download Black Monk Time, the only LP's title track, and listen to two more tracks via RealAudio. Also the old promo fotos, the stories as seen through each members eyes, current pics. I would like to do something that used to be considered a highly cultivated form of art at this here Spring, namely the aptly called \"stating the obvious\": THAT SITE ROCKS! Do you think like I think?"}, {"response": 9, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Feb 24, 2000 (15:12)", "body": "Feeling a little on the cynical side today, Alexander?! In Geo we do not state the obvious, but since you do not go there, you would not know that. *grin* Cool site. Love the black background and the retro black and white photo on the front page. Will listen as soon as I catch up with posts and get a moment, then I will try to not state the obvious...!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Feb 24, 2000 (15:12)", "body": "See? I even split an infinitive for you!"}, {"response": 11, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar  5, 2000 (14:18)", "body": "Great! And, the Monks themselves frequent the chat-thingus attached to the website occasionally... At least a couple do. And! I got a Black Monk Time-CD at last... Incredibly good. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 73, "subject": "The Handsome Family", "response_count": 13, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:49)", "body": "Touring the US RIGHT now! Don't miss them, great country vibes, great sense of, uh, humour or else. NEW CD out, too! Check http://handsomefamily.home.mindspring.com and http://www.carrottoprecords.com/artists/handsome/index.html . The label has some samples of their work to listen, too... Brett writes the music, Rennie Sparks the lyrics. She's also a writer of *diferent* short stories, which will be published in a book soon. Some have even been published in international music magazines... Oh, and Rennie has been on the cover of superstar #2, back in 1996."}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (18:12)", "body": "I've just asked John for you...."}, {"response": 3, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (18:33)", "body": "His report: listened to them on their record company's website...good stuff, well-written, very folksy..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (15:45)", "body": "What'd I say? What'd I say? Plus, they are not boring. Warped humour, good looking. There's a great alternative country scene out there, and they represent the dark side of it."}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Feb 17, 2000 (16:13)", "body": "The Handsome Family US TOUR Feb 13; Iowa City; Gabes Feb. 14; Lawrence, Kan.; Replay Lounge Feb. 15; Wichita, Kan; Kirbys Feb. 17; Denton, Texas; Rubber Gloves Feb. 18; Austin, Texas; Emo's Feb. 19; Houston, Texas; Rudyard's Feb. 20; New Orleans, La.; Mermaid Feb. 21; Birmingham, Ala.; The Nick Feb. 22; Atlanta, Ga.; Earl Feb. 24; Baltimore; Ottobar Feb. 25; Hoboken; Maxwells Feb. 26; New York; Mercury Feb 27; Clevelamd; Grog Shop Feb. 28; Columbus, Ohio; Bernies THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND Mar 5: Manchester - Hop and Grape Mar 6: Sheffield - Pheasant Mar7: Chester - Telfords Warehouse Mar 10: Mullingar - Stables Mar 11: Leap - Connollys Mar 12: Cork - Lobby Mar 13: Galway - Roisin Dubh Mar 14: Dublin - Whelans Mar 15: Belfast - Auntie Annies (tbc) Mar 16: Mac's Backroom - Donegal (tbc) Mar 18: Edinbugh - Attic Mar 19: Glasgow - Riverside Club Mar 20: York - Fibbers Mar 21: London - Borderline Mar 23: Leicester - Physio & Firkin Mar 25: Bristol - Louisiana Mar 26: Brighton - Lift (tbc)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Thu, Feb 17, 2000 (16:20)", "body": "Y'all saw that? Feb. 18; Austin, Texas; Emo's I'll ask Rennie if y'all went there. Say hi to her for me, please! Honestly, just go to any of these gigs, and tell 'em who you got it from, and then buy the CD. And enjoy."}, {"response": 7, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Feb 17, 2000 (16:55)", "body": "Alexander, I just don't understand. They'll go to Hoboken, NJ but not to Hawaii. Seems more than a little odd...but...! I don't blame them for going to Austin. One day, so will I...*grin*"}, {"response": 8, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (15:20)", "body": "Hmh, looks no Springizen saw Mrs & Mr Sparks on their US tour. I'll catch up with them in Frankfurt."}, {"response": 9, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (15:21)", "body": "And Hoboken... Home of Yo La Tengo."}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (17:20)", "body": "\"I have it\"? \"I have Her\"? or is it La Hoboken?"}, {"response": 11, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (09:52)", "body": "More like \"Got it! Got it!\", as in playing baseball and being way outfield."}, {"response": 12, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (13:08)", "body": "Got it! Gracias."}, {"response": 13, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (02:24)", "body": "De nada. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 74, "subject": "NRBQ", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (16:37)", "body": "I asked John if he recognized them: Yes, I am familiar with them. Four of them. They're avante garde R&B, different but of a similar genre as the old Parliament/Funkadelic (George Clinton, who has now gone mainstream, composing movie scores). music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 75, "subject": "Tocotronic", "response_count": 8, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (15:16)", "body": "Ok, looks nobody went to see the Handsome couple from Chicago... But be redeemed by seeing these three young men: 15.03. USA-Chicago / tba 17.03. USA-Austin / Saengerrunde Hall (SXSW) 20.03. USA-New York / Brownies 08.04. NL-Amsterdam / Paradiso Festival (+ my morning jacket, blue aeroplanes, radar bros, no underground, elektrotwist) Booking: info@powerline.omc.net And one day, the editors of superstar will attend SXSW, too."}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (17:24)", "body": "Son-of-a-Gun, our Polyglot Alexander se habla Espa\ufffdol, tambien. Que bueno! Pero, Marcia no habla muy bueno..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (09:50)", "body": "\"Son of a Gun\" - Lee Hazelwood-song from \"Trouble is a lonesome Town\"-LP... ;=}"}, {"response": 4, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (13:09)", "body": "Ah So! (No, I do not do Chinese...!)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (02:24)", "body": "[And I stopped...]"}, {"response": 6, "author": "Ree", "date": "Sat, Mar 11, 2000 (08:36)", "body": "I believe most Chinese have too - can't blame 'em."}, {"response": 7, "author": "aschuth", "date": "Sun, Mar 12, 2000 (03:34)", "body": "Ah so, and what do they do now, Oh Prodigal Daughter of the Desert?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "Ree", "date": "Sun, Mar 12, 2000 (04:42)", "body": "Why,they are all learning to write and speak Afrikaans, of course. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 76, "subject": "napster", "response_count": 10, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Jul 15, 2000 (00:02)", "body": "I am downloading it as I write this. I am loading the computer because in another two weeks I will have a huge new system and this one goes to the bane of my existance....otherwise known as O'O"}, {"response": 2, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Tue, Jul 18, 2000 (17:21)", "body": "Cool! What's the huge new system?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Jul 19, 2000 (17:59)", "body": "Systemax 700MHz Athlon processor 128MB RAM 17\" monitor Sony CD_RW drive 30GB hard drive 37 software programs including corel and Adobe photoshop and WP9 digital video camera"}, {"response": 4, "author": "wolf", "date": "Tue, Sep 26, 2000 (17:56)", "body": "wow, marcia! corel and adobe photoshop! not to mention the camera!!! ok. back to napster.....what is it, where do i get it?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Wed, Sep 27, 2000 (13:44)", "body": "Does it have firewire, Marcia?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep 27, 2000 (15:09)", "body": "Terry, the stuff this 700MHz sucks in is amazing. I did dowload and share files on Napster - everything from the ZMoody Blues and Eric Clapton to Batuibak Anthems (I collect them) to Penn State (yeah, I know) stuff and calassical stuff. The fidelity knoxcks your socks off. Nothing sturrs my soul quite as deeply as a Welsh Men's Choir. However, JOhn Burnett and I had a discussion of the ethical rights to royalties on one's own creations, so I have ceased and desisted, though it broke my heart..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep 27, 2000 (15:12)", "body": "Wolfie they are www.napster.com Ethical??? I am hanging somewhere in the middle on that one!"}, {"response": 8, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Sep 27, 2000 (15:26)", "body": "http://www.napster.com will get you there. Then hit the search button and dowload. several downloads later you will notice someone is uploading from your downloads. It is really a neat idea! However, I feel terrible about cheating the artists of their due. Record companies have long ago gotten their pounds of flesh!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Oct  2, 2000 (18:10)", "body": ""}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Oct  2, 2000 (18:13)", "body": "http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/Tech/Digital_Music/ Napster Hearing Ends with No Decision (Reuters) - High-tech upstart Napster Inc. faced off against the giant U.S. recording industry in federal appeals court Monday, submitting legal arguments in a historic case to determine the future of copyright protection in the Internet age. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made no immediate decision on a request by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for a ban on Napster -- meaning the wildly popular Internet song swap service can stay in business for at least the next few weeks. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 77, "subject": "Do MP3 encoders sound different?", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Jul 15, 2000 (01:00)", "body": "Some of them are pretty miserable compared with stereo FM and other places available on the net. Some are also quite good. It is still an iffy business."}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Fri, Jun  8, 2001 (21:53)", "body": "They are much improved now. It depends on your download source. If it is excellent and you have digital speakers or headset, you are in for a glourious aural experience. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 78, "subject": "SXSW South by Southwest", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Tue, Mar  6, 2001 (10:32)", "body": "Will Kreth is the topic of an article in this weks Chronicle, it talks about his lifeset.com venture and his struggle to get his dot com funding. He's got a great idea, pushing out news of new CD releases and music events to users who otherwise wouldn't be aware of them. He's a great marketing guy, and, as usual, he's way ahead of the curve with his creativity and vision."}, {"response": 2, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Wed, Mar 14, 2001 (09:46)", "body": "There were some other \"x\" events that failed, but I can't dig up that article where I read all this stuff, I don't even remember if it was in print or on the web, and I coudn't find it by searching the Chron or the Snakeskin. Attendance at the Interactive fest was \"light\" yesterday, I got an invitation to work the KGSR booth and promote an upcoming UT ebusiness seminaar. I got some rockin', incredible footage of some impromptu singing at the booth that had the awesome fisheye video camera adapter. It was of an Austin singer who looks like Rebecca Demournay. Apple had an impressive booth and Canon had their cool XL1 stuff at a nearby booth. What were other folks impressions? I know Jeff K was there, we spoke for a bit. Being boothbound, I didn't get much chance to roam around. Some good third party coverage sites: http://www.sxsw.com/2001/interactive/marketing/press.shtml Real media or realaudio clip of sxsw interactive"}, {"response": 3, "author": "sprin5", "date": "Thu, Mar 15, 2001 (09:39)", "body": "There's lotsa \"ex\" sx's but Autin keeps on going onward through the fog."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Apr 30, 2001 (01:16)", "body": "It was a great SXSW! http://www.wholetech.com/sxsw music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 79, "subject": "DVD Players", "response_count": 6, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Aug  6, 2001 (12:00)", "body": "Linked to this conference from computer and music conferences."}, {"response": 2, "author": "wolf", "date": "Sun, Nov  4, 2001 (20:40)", "body": "we picked up a samsung DVD/VHS player. it's pretty neat!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  4, 2001 (21:03)", "body": "Cool. A two in one unit!"}, {"response": 4, "author": "wolf", "date": "Mon, Nov  5, 2001 (20:28)", "body": "i know! that's what we liked about it. of course, there are a lot of those out there but this one had the best price for us (under $250)."}, {"response": 5, "author": "autumn", "date": "Tue, Nov  6, 2001 (14:22)", "body": "Wow, that's just slightly more than I paid for our VHS VCR a few years ago."}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Oct 30, 2002 (16:45)", "body": "Still no television in this household however, when B brings his laptop home from work, we often hook it up to the bedroom stereo system and watch movies in all their 15 inch glory! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 8, "subject": "Jerry Jeff Walker", "response_count": 19, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (10:04)", "body": "The Gypsy Songman album ('86) rocks! It was recorded in Walker's Den and has songs from his entire career. Another great is the \"Live at Gruene Hall\" album ('89). Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt' Gruene pronounced \"green\"?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Nov  7, 1997 (22:10)", "body": "Gypsy Songman indeed rocks- I particularly like JJW's take on \"Hands on the Wheel\", and the exquisitely beautiful \"Layin' My Life on the Line\". God bless him..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (02:32)", "body": "Posting this for no other reason than the plainly obvious fact that JJW's topic deserves at least as many responses as Sting's..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (08:42)", "body": "I'll second that. Any ideas for topics on musicians or other music topics, Nick?"}, {"response": 5, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (12:54)", "body": "Maybe a Dylan topic? And a top ten LPs, and/or singles, maybe by genre and era- may generate some interest, per recent mini-explosion in books conference..."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Nov  8, 1997 (18:53)", "body": "Which genre/era?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (05:31)", "body": "Probably all that would be necessary would be topic for LPs, and one for singles, actually. Folks could distinguish genre/era for themselves, if they so wished (like fiction/nonfiction/poetry top tens in Books conference)..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Nov  9, 1997 (09:32)", "body": "OK will do, or you can if you like. I created the Dylan topic."}, {"response": 9, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (12:19)", "body": "Jerry Jeff Walker... we don't get to hear much about him up in these parts! Last time I saw him was at the Broken Spoke about 2 1/2 years ago."}, {"response": 10, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (12:48)", "body": "Saw JJW first time when I was 16, in Galveston- my first concert (without my parents), actually- and it was awesome, though this was during his pre-Susan, hard living Gonzo days, and he was so smashed by the end of the show I thought he might collapse into the front row. He was drinking beer from those big Lone Star cups during the entire performance, and when he'd finish one, he'd set the cup on the edge of the piano, and this hand would mysteriously appear from behind the curtain, and replace the empty cup for a filled one (and he was probably the hardest working guy in the auditorium- Jerry Jeff was drinking about a beer per song, and he played for nearly 3 hours...) Last time I saw him was more than 15 years ago- he opened up for Little Feat, and he really rocked the crowd. Keep saying I'm going to make one of his birthday bash-concerts, but haven't yet (and he was at Rockerfellers, in Houston, last week)..."}, {"response": 11, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (13:12)", "body": "When's the next birthday bash? And where?"}, {"response": 12, "author": "stacey", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (15:06)", "body": "I dunno but I know he stopped drinking about 5 years ago altogether. Strange to see him with bottled water at the last concert."}, {"response": 13, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (15:19)", "body": "I e-mailed Walter Gibson at Tried&True Records re: birthday bash. I'll post his response as soon as he sends one..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (16:32)", "body": "JJW's birthday bash thing is tentatively set for the last weekend in March, ending with Luchenbach concert that Sunday. Tickets will go on sale in January. Anyone desiring further information (or to get on JJW's mailing list- along, I'm given to understand, with both Bill Clinton and Al Gore) can call Tried and True Records (JJW's company) at 512-477-0036."}, {"response": 15, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (18:13)", "body": "Does JJW have a website with this info?"}, {"response": 16, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (18:42)", "body": "He does, but it recently moved (and my good friend Kirt-the-Computer-Genius deleted my entire old mail file, including the new address)...I'll find it though, and report..."}, {"response": 17, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (10:52)", "body": "Thanks, let us know!"}, {"response": 18, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (01:45)", "body": "JJW's official site is located at: http://www.ubl.com/artists/001679.html"}, {"response": 19, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Nov 20, 1997 (18:11)", "body": "Got my spanking new JJW newsletter today! The following is verbatim highly privileged communication found within: ATTENTION, ALL JJW DOT-COMS: We have changed our home page and e-mail addresses. Please make note: web address: http://www.jerryjeff.com E-mail: jerryjeff@jerryjeff.com And don't forget our new phone numbers: 512-477-0036 fax 512-477-0095 Complete details for 1998 JJW birthday weekend will be available, it is promised, in the next newsletter... music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 80, "subject": "Song lyrics I love", "response_count": 17, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Sep 23, 2001 (23:15)", "body": "Caribbean Blue Roma Ryan ... Eurus... ... Afer Ventus... ... so the world goes round and round with all you ever knew They say the sky high above is Caribbean blue... ... if every man says all he can, if every man is true, do I believe the sky above is Caribbean blue... Boreas... ... Zephryus... ... if all you told was turned to gold, if all you dreamed were new, imagine sky high above in Caribbean blue... ... Eurus... Afer Ventus... ... Boreas Zephryus... ... Africus..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Sep 23, 2001 (23:20)", "body": "How Can I Keep From Singing? Traditional Shaker Hymn My life goes on in endless song above earth's lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation. Through all the tumult and the strife I hear it's music ringing, It sounds an echo in my soul. How can I keep from singing? While though the tempest loudly roars, [1] I hear the truth, it liveth. And though the darkness 'round me close, songs in the night it giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I'm clinging. Since love is lord of heaven and earth how can I keep from singing? When tyrants tremble in their fear and hear their death knell ringing, when friends rejoice both far and near how can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile our thoughts to them are winging, when friends by shame are undefiled how can I keep from singing?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Sep 23, 2001 (23:20)", "body": "In times like these, it doesn't hurt to fill our heats and minds with noble uplifting thoughts."}, {"response": 4, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Feb  3, 2002 (16:01)", "body": "\"I'm just an average, common dude, Just like him, the same as you, I'm everybody's brother & son, I ain't no different from anyone; Ain't no use talkin' to me, It's just the same as talkin' to you.\" - first verse of \"I Shall Be Free No. 10\" by Bob Dylan"}, {"response": 5, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sun, Feb  3, 2002 (16:19)", "body": "Gimme anything by the Moodies. They could sing a laundry list and make it sound poetic. I disagree that it ain't no use talking to you, though. I hate this wallpaper. It keeps staring back at me. It must be Freudian."}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Feb  3, 2002 (17:12)", "body": "Blob, did you see Dylan when he came to Austin?"}, {"response": 7, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (18:06)", "body": "Never been to Austin. The only place in the US I have ever been is Miami. Of the three times I entered the United States, only once did I leave Miami International Airport, and that was 'coz I missed my connecting flight and overnighted with a friend of my sister's who lives there. I got Another Side Of Bob Dylan as a Christmas present last year. I bought myself John Wesley Harding a week or two before Christmas, which raised my Dylan CD count to three (I had Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits for a year or two before that). Listening to ABBA Gold right now..."}, {"response": 8, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (18:46)", "body": "I am actually listening to Greek love songs at the moment. I have not a clue what he is saying but he sure is selling it nicely! I still like \"question\" lyrics and music. For amazing facility, take \"Bohemian Rhapsody.\""}, {"response": 9, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:36)", "body": "I'll take \"Bohemian Rhapsody\" for anything! Amazing stuff! They're all great, but Brian May must be one of the best guitarists ever! If nothing else, Queen was versatile. They're best known for way-out stuff like \"Bohemian Rhapsody\" and \"Bicycle Race\", but they could do funk (\"Another One Bites The Dust\"), retro rock (\"Crazy Little Thing Called Love\"), heavy metal (\"Stone Cold Crazy\"), even country (all right, it is somewhat of a stretch to call \"Fat Bottomed Girls\" country...). The one thing I think they didn't do (apart from gospel...) was punk rock. In fact their double-A single \"We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions\" was an assault against punk rock. \"We Are The Champions\" was a pep-talk song to the traditional and glam-rock rockers, while \"We Will Rock You\" took the battle to the punk rock fan base. \"We Will Rock You\" was made to appeal to the street louts and football hooligans who were the main audience of punk rock, and it broke all the main rules for punk rock (apart from being nasty, brutish and short...). No Ramonic mindless chord thrasing or Brian May! No guitar at all for the first two-thirds of the song, and the final third is occupied by the ultimate taboo of punk rock, a guitar solo!"}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:43)", "body": "*Gasp* No wonder they are special. Punk rock is mostly noise to me, in any case. (Is this my age showing? or my incipient good taste?) Funny how every university athletic band plays \"We Will Rock You\" The louder the better. Queen is an amazing group - way too well educated for their audience. How did they ever make it without smashing the equipment?! I'd love to have heard them in concert, live! Did you catch the Billy Joel special on A&E or do you not get American cable TV? He is brilliant. His new classical CD is beautiful, inventive and reminiscent of Chopin in places. He's amazing."}, {"response": 11, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:43)", "body": "Brian May? Better then Clapton? Hmmm..."}, {"response": 12, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:55)", "body": "Maybe, maybe not. DEFINITELY NOT better than the late, great JIMI, though!!!"}, {"response": 13, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (21:22)", "body": "JIMI was in his own catgory, for certain! Not sure I'd want to make love to his music, though..."}, {"response": 14, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Feb  6, 2002 (17:41)", "body": "Well, I don't know; \"Little Wing\" and \"Drifting\" may work, except that they're too short..."}, {"response": 15, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Wed, Feb  6, 2002 (19:27)", "body": "by the time you get underway and in the mood, just loop them and let the good feelings take over. I don't really think I am listening to the music - even Brahms or Paganini or Beethoven - after a certain point. It might be interesting to research, Sam!"}, {"response": 16, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2002 (00:22)", "body": "If you ever get bored and wonder where I hang out most of the time, check: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/geo/all/new It's not nearly as scary as it sounds!"}, {"response": 17, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Aug  9, 2002 (22:06)", "body": "Bumbo Klaat - Peter Tosh Chorus: Oh BUMBO KLAAT! Oh RASS KLAAT! Oh BUMBO KLAAT! Oh RASS KLAAT! 1. I said I came upon this land To guide and teach my fellow man, But one thing I can't overstand Is why man can't love his brother man. Chorus 2. Sometimes I sit and look around And listen to the bingi-bingi sound, But when I check, it's so much LIE, And that's the reason why the children cry. Chorus 3. Said it's been a long time, we need a change, 'Cause the shitstem we got to rearrange, And if we meet obstacles in the road We got to throw them, throw them overboard. Chorus 4. One time one evil spirit hold me down, I could not speak one single sound; And then JAH told me, \"Son, use the WORDS!\" And now I'm living free as a bird! Chorus (repeated al fin ) music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 81, "subject": "My Valentine's Day Compilation Album", "response_count": 5, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (18:40)", "body": "All he has to do is to play anything by the Moody Blues for me. I'd buy your album! Seduction music if ever I heard it. Good choices! I need to get out my list. I also like Eric Clapton when he was with Derek and the Dominoes. So many choices - 10 surely is not enough. (I am delighted you are not on a Britney Spears binge like most of the human animal!)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (18:43)", "body": "Billy Joel! I particularly like Pianoman and Captain Jack - but not terribly romantic. I love Jackson Browne but he is reprehensible in his behavior. Heck, I even like John Philip Sousa. I'd love to hear and get into the spirit of Ravel's Bolero, even if it is a war horse! Can we make this a Valentine's Month collection?"}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:07)", "body": "Erm... I wonder if you notice that none of the selections I made are really love songs and that only one (\"Who Wants To Live Forever\") is even remotely romantic? \"...gonna go back over yonder, way back yonder 'cross the hill, 'Cause if my baby don't love me no more, I know her sister will!\" - from \"Red House\" by Jimi Hendrix \"Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe, I'm not the one you need. You say you're looking for someone who's never weak but always strong To protect you and defend you whether you are right or wrong, Someone to open each and every door; But it ain't me, babe, NO, no no, it ain't me, babe, It ain't me you're looking for, babe.\" - from \"It Ain't Me Babe\" by Bob Dylan \"I don't need you to worry for me, 'cause I'm all right, I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home, I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life; Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone!\" - from \"My Life\" by Billy Joel \"You better run for your life if you can, little girl, Hide your head in the sand, little girl, Catch you with another man, that's the end, Little girl.\" - from \"Run For Your Life\" by The Beatles \"Last night I heard the screaming, Then a silence that chilled my soul; I prayed that I was dreaming When I saw the ambulance in the road...\" - from \"Behind The Wall\" by Tracy Chapman \"I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my true love, never to turn back...\" - from \"Paint It Black\" by The Rolling Stones."}, {"response": 4, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:33)", "body": "Yup, you're singing the blues. I was just gently trying to entice you away from the long lonely lonely lonely lonlies. HUGS! Please nothing tacky or treacly. Gimme a good Poe or other Gothic tale."}, {"response": 5, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (19:39)", "body": "Gothic, huh? \"Queen of light took her vow and then she turned to go, The prince of peace embraced the gloom and walked the night alone...\" music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 82, "subject": "GAS!!!!  How bad is it with you?", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2002 (19:10)", "body": "This also applies to those who love to fill their minds and ears with your sounds. Deafness will surly follow, but the acquisition of stronger amplifiers, more mind-blowing phones to blast it into your head, and acoustic rooms to take over when your headset will not reach to the kitchen....speakers everywhere. I'm guilty of this. Huh? Did you say something?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "wolf", "date": "Thu, Feb  7, 2002 (20:23)", "body": "*laugh* when i first saw the title, i had to come take a peak!! don't think this applies to me (well, maybe the indigestion part, being wolf and all) but i pine for stuff all the time! *grin* good to see you again samm the blob!!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar 18, 2002 (22:26)", "body": "Mike from Geo and Radio Conferences would relate to GAS. I think he is still upacking his goodies we convinced him not to throw out! Every last one of them electronic, as far as I know..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Jul  6, 2002 (21:03)", "body": "Oh, Lord, I am PINING again! Last Wednesday (the day before Americans celebrated Independence Day, Jamaicans don't have ours until 6 August), I walked into Sam Wisdom Music and saw a second-hand Fender Telecaster selling on consignment for J$13,000.00 (approx. US$650.00). I asked if I could take it down to check it out and, while one of the sales staff said yes, the hanger has a strap across it that needed to be removed first and no one would remove it. The sales lady who I first spoke to was too short to reach it, the proprietor was on the 'phone, and no-one else was available. My lunchtime ran out and I headed back to work. Today I walked to Sam Wisdom Music, intent on playing that Telecaster. They were not fully open, as they were supposed to be closed in order to attend an exhibition, but as they had lessons scheduled for today, they remained open until the lessons were finished. This meant, however, that there was once again no member of staff who could take the guitar down. I was not to be deterred again. This time, I borrowed a stool, stood on it, and removed the restraining strap myself. I took the guitar down and tuned the guitar myself, using my memory of what A440 sounds like, and I played it, unplugged at first, and then through the amp in their music room. Except for some deadness in the neck pickup (which my current guitar, a Gibson The Paul II, also has at times, but not to the same extent...) it sounded quite good and the single-note runs I played fell very easily to hand. I did not try to play a blues shuffle, but I get the general feeling that it would be an even bigger bitch to play on the Telecaster than it is on my TPII (longer scale = longer stretch to the next note...). It's a Japanese Fender Telecaster and a quite good guitar. I envy whoever will buy it because I can't afford to spend J$13,000 (approx. US$650.00) on another guitar. Also, if I were able to spend that much on another guitar, I'd buy an acoustic to replace the crap acoustic I have now. One last thing to mention about that Telecaster: it would be most ironic if I got it and put it beside my TPII. I would then have a Gibson The Paul II in wine red with no binding and a Fender Telecaster in sunburst with white binding on the front and the back of the body. And NEITHER of them would have a vibrato! Insupportable! Maybe I could buy the Telecaster and eventually put a roller-saddle TOM and a Les Trem or a Maestro vibrola on the TPII. And maybe money will grow on trees, too... :( music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 83, "subject": "Guitars are a changin'", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 11, 2002 (08:55)", "body": "Here's the scoop from http://techtv.com Gibson, the country's second-largest guitar manufacturer, has developed a technology it claims should update the analog technology of the 1920s to today's digital domain. Gibson highlighted Magic, an acronym for Media-Accelerated Global Information Carrier, at a New York event Friday. Much of the music we listen to and hear live today is produced in analog. The switch to digital has been a laborious process held back by the slow speed on converting signals in and out of the digital realm. \"In the past, if you were going to process something with the computer -- let's say a drum hit -- you would hit the drum and the computer would spit it out later,\" said Gibson CTO Nathan Yaekel. \"Now, because of minimal latency, people can hear themselves perform, which is very important in a live venue. There is no delay. There is no latency.\" Gibson did this by modifying the Ethernet networking protocol to link instruments to the mixer and eventually straight to the listener. The advantages are both a cleaner sound and a simpler setup. While traditional concert setups require multiple cords, Gibson's Magic carries up to 64 signals per cable, thus saving space and time. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 84, "subject": "Rock & Roll Tunes I'd Like To Hear An Orchestra Play:", "response_count": 14, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar 18, 2002 (22:10)", "body": "A buddy of mine who has done stints as a DJ on local radio has claimed that the only rock I like was created and played by classically-trained musicians. Thus anything done by (but not in any particular order) Moody Blues Elton John Billy Joel selected things by Eric Clapton - especially \"Question\" I'd love to hear Bohemian Rhapsody played by a symphony orchestra. Did n't the London Symphony Orchestra play back up for the Moodies?"}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar 18, 2002 (22:12)", "body": "Your choices are a little more extreme than mine.... I guess I should do some listening. no wonder you love Jimi. He's The Bomb"}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Apr 14, 2002 (11:48)", "body": "Another one: When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin"}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jul  3, 2002 (19:38)", "body": "whole lotta love, definitely (was made for strings, don't you think?)... 'inagoddadavida' has always struck me as mach-ish, as well"}, {"response": 5, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Jul  5, 2002 (05:42)", "body": "Never heard \"Whole Lotta Love\". \"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida\" would probably sound quite good when played by an orchestra."}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Fri, Jul 12, 2002 (21:18)", "body": "wang dang sweet poontang (but only if perlman can play the lead)"}, {"response": 7, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Oct 30, 2002 (16:47)", "body": "ohmigosh... a nick post! How the heck are you nick? Still a'writing?"}, {"response": 8, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 29, 2003 (18:48)", "body": ""}, {"response": 9, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Jan 29, 2003 (19:01)", "body": "oops (the previous post equals the sum of my writing, last few years... paula jane does the writing)... hope you and brandon are doing well... paula jane and i have been in austin for the past year... very cool, but the town is getting too frigging citified... any idea what became of WER? and what was the name of that restaurant, where he worked? we'd like to check it out sometime"}, {"response": 10, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Jan 31, 2003 (08:24)", "body": "wer is still around lurking but not posting. He used to work at that Italian restaurant on Spicewood Springs but he's at a new place whose name escapes me right now."}, {"response": 11, "author": "stacey", "date": "Tue, Jul 15, 2003 (23:15)", "body": "Little Italy... he used to work at Little Italy. I don't know where he works now... haven't heard a word from him in years... Tell him I say 'hey' when you see/hear from him Paul! And nick... glad to hear things are going alright for you and paula jane. We are well... having babies and trying not to become the stereo-typical suburbanites we used to have such great fun poking fun at while we drank beer and/or coffee skating around the streets of Austin in complete ignorance of what our future would hold!"}, {"response": 12, "author": "terry", "date": "Wed, Jul 16, 2003 (09:41)", "body": "I'm talking to him on the phone about launching a giant dmoz style directory of links here on the Spring. That project is like a giant shuttle on the launching pad."}, {"response": 13, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Jul 16, 2003 (18:11)", "body": "Columbia? Or Challenger? (This is a pessimist typing here...)"}, {"response": 14, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jul 17, 2003 (19:35)", "body": "Hopefully neither. We're using it as a starting point for a giant links directory to be linked to conference topics. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 85, "subject": "John Denver - The music is you", "response_count": 16, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Thu, Mar  7, 2002 (20:13)", "body": "Hi all Just created this for my fellow John Denver fans and all interested in an environment/entertainer/musician/idol with a vision for the world. Rob"}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Thu, Mar  7, 2002 (22:02)", "body": "Excellent topic for a really kind, gentle and wonderful man who left us far too soon. Now if only we could get rid of this wallpaper. William, put the pajamas back or something from my files. This is awful and Alexander no longer comes to Spring. PLEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Sat, Mar  9, 2002 (02:20)", "body": "Hi all Some of John Denver's lesser known songs like American Child, and Stonehaven Sunset, tell of things and lessons that I think all should hear. Take for example these lines from Stonehaven Sunset: Stonehaven Sunset, the desert's on fire, Christ on the cross again burns with desire, They are shooting at random though they aim at us all, It's the children who rise up and the children who fall. And: Stonehaven Sunset, the city's on fire, The soldiers just smile and say this gun's for hire, Give into the beast boy, give into the thrill, It's just human nature to hunt and to kill. The September 11 monsters were \"shooting at random\" but their collective hate was \"aimed at us all\" Words like these tell a story or a message that a lost of people do not hear, know or want to know. John Denver was more than a musician and entertainer: he was a man with a vision for making the world better and he had the determination to play his role. He founded Plant-it-2000 to support the environment and also Windstar. Rob"}, {"response": 4, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Sun, Mar 17, 2002 (04:33)", "body": "Hi all What do people think of the quotes in the previous message? Rob"}, {"response": 5, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Mon, Mar 18, 2002 (22:04)", "body": "They are strong messages and I can see them from several aspects John Danver never dreamed of like the World Trade Center attack. When do we stop blaming the innocent and get really angry with the perpetrators for a change?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Tue, Mar 19, 2002 (02:37)", "body": "Hi all As angry and shocked as I am certain he would have been, I think he would have recognised that US Foreign Policy and Western society does have some faults. I think with countries like Afghanistan, he would hope that greater understanding of Western culture by Muslims and others, and vice versa would reduce conflict. I hope the same will improve Western society and in turn help make nation infertile for terrorism. His view of the world taught me that a military solution for things like this is half the answer only. A better understanding of other cultures and vice versa would do that. Rob"}, {"response": 7, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar 19, 2002 (14:25)", "body": "We are human like all the rest of the human inhabitants on earth. We all make mistakes and hindsight is always the clearer and wiser. We are a big nation of many diverse ideals and backgrounds. It is not easy and I have voted for losers in elections often enough to know one person can't really make much of a difference on the higher levels. I try to take care of my little plot and hope it propagates out to those who CAN do something about it. John Denver would have been horrified just as the rest of us have been."}, {"response": 8, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar 19, 2002 (14:29)", "body": "I have also hear discussions with American Muslims about why they are not speaking out and joining in the fray. Some have said they are so new to this country and to the West that they are too busy with making a living for their young families to do so. It would behoove their leaders to take the time to assert what is true and honorable about being Muslim. The terrorists are hiding behind the Muslim name and it is being badly tarnished!"}, {"response": 9, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Tue, Mar 19, 2002 (17:14)", "body": "Hi all Some of his songs have important messages, as I indicated earlier. One song that has an important theme is \"I want to live\", teaching us to embrace what we have on Earth and leave something behind for our children and their offspring. Rob"}, {"response": 10, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Tue, Mar 19, 2002 (17:18)", "body": "Amen to that. I fear, with few exceptions, we are raising a nation of users and pillagers of the earth with little regard for what comes after them. I think fewer of us need to drive and more of us need to plan weekly store visits instead of daily or twice-daily runs. Yeah, I'm old-fahsioned."}, {"response": 11, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Fri, Mar 22, 2002 (02:00)", "body": "Hi all How many have heard Rocky Mountain High? Rock Mountain High is John Denver's life story told as a song, and a signature song of his that could almost immediately be associated with him. He was born in the summer of his 27th year, (His life as the world knew it was born in 1970, when he moved to Aspen Colorado) Coming home to a place he had never been before, (Had not been there until then and it immediately felt like home) He left yesterday behind him, (His yesteryear was another life) You might say he was born again, (Hence his rebirth) Now his life is full of wonder, But his heart still knows some fear, (Opposed to the Denver bid for the winter olympics because of the environmental risks) Why they try to tear the mountains down, to bring in a couple more, (Large sections of the area where the facilities were to be built were on pristine land) More people more scars upon the land, (Land no longer pristine) These are segments of Rocky Mountain High and my attempt to explain what he was saying in his music. Rob"}, {"response": 12, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Mon, May 13, 2002 (04:03)", "body": "Hi all I want to sing for you on here, \"This old guitar\", which John Denver wrote as a tribute to the guitar that spawned his career. This Old Guitar This song appears on eight albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. Live versions also appears on the An Evening With John Denver, Country Classics and The Wildlife Concert Albums. This old guitar taught me to sing a love song It showed me how to laugh and how to cry It introduced me to some friends of mine And brightened up some days It helped me make it through some lonely nights Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night This old guitar gave me my lovely lady It opened up her eyes and ears to me It brought us close together I guess it broke her heart It opened up the space for us to be What a lovely place and a lovely space to be This old guitar gave me my life my living All the things you know I love to do To serenade the stars that shine From a sunny mountainside Most of all to sing my songs for you I love to sing my songs for you Yes, I do, you know I love to sing my songs for you Rob"}, {"response": 13, "author": "duffuses", "date": "Mon, May 13, 2002 (08:05)", "body": "Rob, This was a man who lived far beyond his time.He believed in things that are just now being accepted for what is right to do. as long as his music lives on so will his dreams and through those dreams and his music so will we. BJ"}, {"response": 14, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Wed, May 15, 2002 (03:32)", "body": "Hi all And here is one for any Canadians here. It is called Rocky Mountain Suite but is also known as Cold Nights in Canada. Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they live there, the ways that they die One is a teacher, and one a beginner Just wanting to be there, wanting to know And together they\ufffdre trying to tell us a story That should have been listened to long, long ago How the life in the mountains is living in danger From too many people, too many machines And the time is upon us, today is forever Tomorrow is just one of yesterday\ufffds dreams Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds The man and the mountains are brothers again Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the skies The Rockies are living, they never will die Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride. Words and music by John Denver. Rob"}, {"response": 15, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Fri, May 17, 2002 (04:44)", "body": "Hi all John Denver was a man of great environmental consciousness and I want to share that in this song that he wrote. It has themes in it that all can learn from. I WANT TO LIVE. There are children raised in sorrow On a scorched and barren plain There are children raised beneath a golden sun There are children of the water Children of the sand And they cry out through the universe Their voices raised as one I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live Have you gazed out on the ocean Seen the breaching of a whale? Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam? Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar For the native and the wanderer in kind For the maker and the user and the mother and her son I am looking for my family and all of you are mine We are standing all together Face to face and arm in arm We are standing on the threshold of a dream No more hunger no more killing No more wasting life away It is simply an idea And I know its time has come I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live"}, {"response": 16, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Mon, Jan 27, 2003 (03:24)", "body": "Hi all Brenda Boone had the good graces to send me the Wildlife Concert video whose proceeds all go to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rob music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 86, "subject": "Songs that make you think of phonographs", "response_count": 2, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (21:56)", "body": "Some of the earliest music I heard was on a turntable. In fact, my dad owned a Scully Lathe and somewhere on earth exists my tiny child voice speaking with my grandfather. Song? In particular? Ancient wheezy scratchy records of Alma Gluck and Caruso whom we children loathed and had to sit quietly though. You've been busy today, Sam. Thanks for the memories. There are more - I just need to think of them."}, {"response": 2, "author": "MarciaH", "date": "Sat, Apr  6, 2002 (22:00)", "body": "A 45 ? Immediately I think of \"The Great Pretender\" - my freshman year the girl next door had it and played it like a loop - continuously. Happily, I also liked it. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 87, "subject": "Sheryl Crow", "response_count": 7, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, May 19, 2002 (07:25)", "body": "Press Release for the Sheryl Crow Best Buy promo. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020516/sfth069_1.html"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, May 19, 2002 (07:27)", "body": "If you like lyrics, this is an *exceptionally* well done lyrics page. It's a model for all lyrics pages, just georgeous. http://www.sherylgirl.com/lyrics/main.html \"Abilene\" C'Mon, C'Mon Written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott Can't you see I'm holding your flag The one that you left on the ground Well is the world too heavy for you If it makes you feel better, I'll carry it, too No one's gonna stand in your light Impressions are easy to fight But until you turn to me and say You don't need anyone to carry the weight, I will stay Abilene Bring it on home to me Abilene Isn't it good to be free Can't you see I'm earing your shirt The one with the heart on the sleeve Everyone can see you've been hurt But honey don't give up on me When you gonna make up your mind When you gonna get out of bed Well everyday you're gonna find Broken promises are no worse than words never said Abilene Bring it on home to me Abilene Isn't it good to be free Then you want someone to come along and save the day Well you make it much too hard Abilene Bring it on home to me Abilene Isn't it good to be free"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, May 19, 2002 (07:28)", "body": "And the awesome song: \"Everyday is a Winding Road\" Sheryl Crow Written by Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott, & Brian MacLeod I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man He says he's been down this road more than twice He was high on intellectualism I've never been there but the brochure looks nice Jump in, let's go Lay back, enjoy the show Everybody gets high, everybody gets low, These are the days when anything goes Everyday is a winding road I get a little bit closer Everyday is a faded sign I get a little bit closer to feeling fine He's got a daughter he calls Easter She was born on a Tuesday night I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone Why I'm a stranger in my own life Jump in, let's go Lay back, enjoy the show Everybody gets high, everybody gets low These are the days when anything goes Everyday is a winding road I get a little bit closer Everyday is a faded sign I get a little bit closer to feeling fine I've been living in a sea of anarchy I've been living on coffee and nicotine I've been wondering if all the thing I've seen Were ever real, were ever really happening Everyday is a winding road I get a little bit closer Everyday is a faded sign I get a little bit closer to feeling fine"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, May 19, 2002 (07:32)", "body": "A little snippet from Have Some Fun All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one All I wanna do is have some fun Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, May 19, 2002 (07:39)", "body": "I'm gonna soak up the sun I'm gonna tell everyone To lighten up (I'm gonna tell 'em that) I've got no one to blame For every time I feel lame I'm looking up I'm gonna soak up the sun I'm gonna soak up the sun"}, {"response": 6, "author": "stacey", "date": "Wed, Oct 30, 2002 (16:50)", "body": "That would be Kendall's favorite song! She bends at the knees and tries to snap her fingers after just a few notes! BTW, Paul, looks like you've got it bad for Ms. Crow... I just noticed her new topic over in babes! *grin*"}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Oct 31, 2002 (09:00)", "body": "I should have linked the two topics, but then this one's about her music and the other one's about her hotness. grin deserved. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 88, "subject": "Road Trip", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jun  9, 2002 (15:44)", "body": "On the Road Again - Willie Nelson Truckin' - The Grateful Dead"}, {"response": 2, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Jun  9, 2002 (17:25)", "body": "Also: Jeans On - don't remember who did that... On The Road Again - Bob Dylan (entirely different from the Willie Nelson song) I've Got To Go Back Home - Bob Andy Exodus - Bob Marley Steppin' Out A Babylon - I Threes"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Jun 10, 2002 (10:52)", "body": "The Beatles did another song, one of the lines was \"on my way home\" or something, what song was that? Hey, what a great idea for a CD to take on the road! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 89, "subject": "Wedding songs", "response_count": 8, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Thu, Jun 27, 2002 (20:13)", "body": "My list: \"Nights In White Satin\" is a bit syrupy for a wedding song... Likewise, \"Foxey Lady\" might be a tad inappropriate... If there's such a thing as a \"groom's song\" (song from groom to bride), then \"Woman\" by John Lennon would work. \"Hard Headed Woman\" would work for that too, if one can get past the title... Here's one! \"You're My Best Friend\" by Queen (written by John Deacon) What else: \"Just The Way You Are\" - Billy Joel \"Your Song\" - Elton John \"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her\" - Simon & Garfunkel \"Bridge Over Troubled Water\" - Simon & Garfunkel can't think of any others right now..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "duffuses", "date": "Thu, Jun 27, 2002 (21:24)", "body": "My favorite would be \" Keeper of the Stars\""}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Thu, Jun 27, 2002 (22:52)", "body": "Never heard of it. Who performed it?"}, {"response": 4, "author": "duffuses", "date": "Fri, Jun 28, 2002 (03:07)", "body": "It's done by Tracy Byrd. It's a country song. the words are beautiful. I love it. I guess it it's the romantic side of me. Brenda"}, {"response": 5, "author": "duffuses", "date": "Fri, Jun 28, 2002 (13:11)", "body": "if you want i can post the lyrics"}, {"response": 6, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Jun 28, 2002 (22:08)", "body": "Yes, please!"}, {"response": 7, "author": "duffuses", "date": "Sat, Jun 29, 2002 (00:12)", "body": "here you go: The Keeper of the Satrs It was no accident me finding you Someone had a hand in it Long before we ever knew Now I just can't believe you're in my life Heaven's smilin' down on me As I look at you tonight I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars He sure knew what he was doin' When he joined these two hearts I hold everything When I hold you in my arms I've got all I'll ever need Thanks to the keeper of the stars Soft moonlight on your face oh how you shine It takes my breath away Just to look into your eyes I know I don't deserve a treasure like you There really are no words To show my gratitude So I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars He sure knew what he was doin' When he joined these two hearts I hold everything When I hold you in my arms I've got all I'll ever need Thanks to the keeper of the stars It was no accident me finding you Someone had a hand in it Long before we ever knew"}, {"response": 8, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Jun 29, 2002 (08:55)", "body": "In My Life (J. Lennon/P. McCartney) from the album Rubber Soul by The Beatles There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed; Some forever, not for better, Some have gone, though some remain. All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall, Some are dead and some are living; In my life I loved them all. But of all these friends and lovers There is no-one compared with you, And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new; Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before, I know I'll often stop and think about them; In my life I love you more. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 9, "subject": "Willie Nelson", "response_count": 5, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (12:38)", "body": "Willie Nelson has (unknown to him) won two Sam Blob Awards: Sam Blob's Jimi Hendrix Award, for artists whose guitars sing better than they do, and Sam Blob's Bob Dylan Award, for singer-songwriters whose songs sound better when sung by other singers! There is also a Sam Blob's Willie Nelson Award, this for singers whose singing wouldn't sound any different if their mouths were taped shut. My favourite Willie Nelson song is Waylon & Willie's \"Write Your Own Songs\"!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (15:50)", "body": "hahahahaha (real laughter-that)"}, {"response": 3, "author": "Afor", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:02)", "body": "I knew that someone would laugh at my jokes some day! But seriously, Willie Nelson is one of the most nasal singers I have ever heard (hence the Willie Nelson Award!)"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (18:54)", "body": "rotfl"}, {"response": 5, "author": "Wolf", "date": "Sat, Dec 13, 1997 (19:57)", "body": "lots of nasal singers out there, lots of \"can only sing in the recording studio\" talents too! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 90, "subject": "John Entwistle is dead", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "Moon", "date": "Fri, Jun 28, 2002 (09:30)", "body": "I am very sorry to hear it! Long Live Rock! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 91, "subject": "Armadillo World Headquarters", "response_count": 7, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (15:58)", "body": "I found a reference on that Talking Heads B52 concert: 15-Aug-79 Armadillo World Headquarters B-52's, Talking Heads 8-Dec-78 Armadillo World Headquarters Lotions, Talking Heads http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~edge/idle_time/shows.html I also found this \"Austin Hippie History\" http://www.greezywheels.com/craig.html"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (16:08)", "body": "A Brief History August 7, 1970, Eddie Wilson opened the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. On New Year's Eve, 1980, Kenneth Threadgill played the last concert. These pictures were taken the following day, January 1, 1981. During its ten year run, the Armadillo was the venue to play in Texas, hosting many local and national acts, including Taj Mahal, Leon Redbone, Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, Steve Fromholtz, BB King, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Greezy Wheels, Edgar and Johnny Winters, the Pointer Sisters, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Mangione, and many others. It was also the home of the Austin Ballet Theatre and the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. There was a beer garden outside, and inside it was a huge cavernous place, where you had to sit on the carpeted floor with the smell of beer and ashes from previous performances. The entrance"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (16:09)", "body": "The Armadillo World Headquarters was once the hottest club in Austin, and it's still quite a legend around these parts. It consisted of a large auditorium and Biergarten, and the inside walls were decorated with large murals of local musical heroes/heroines festooned with armadillos, all by artist Jim Franklin. The cutting table in the kitchen featured casework made from the pine benches of the Vulcan Gas Company, another legendary Austin club. All sorts of people played there, ranging from Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker to folks like Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, and Roxy Music. The Armadillo was located at the corner of South 1st Street and Barton Springs Road, but the land was bought out in the 1980's and is now home to a highrise bank building. from http://www.austinlinks.com/dillo.html"}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (16:11)", "body": "Step back into Armadillo World Headquarters about 1976 and have a look at some Burton Wilson photos of artists, staff, and audience members, as well as interior scenes and views of the beer garden. Take a peek at some of the great poster art and meet the artists who painted the musicians. Listen to a bootleg recording of the Thanksgiving Jam at the 'dillo in 1972 with Doug Sahm, Jerry Garcia, Leon Russel, Mary Egan, Hank Alrich, Phil Lesh, Benny Thurman, Jerry Barnet, and others. The above url and blurb from http://www.threadgills.com/armadillo/awhqmain.htm"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (16:21)", "body": "http://www.soundsofaustin.com/dillo.html The Armadillo World Headquarters opened August 7, 1970 at 525-1/2 Barton Springs Road in a building that was previously a National Guard armory and later a roller rink. The name was inspired by Austin\ufffds growing affection for and identification with the seemingly whimsical, armored beast who makes his home in the Hill Country, a creature who had become popular as a recurring symbol in local artist Jim Franklin\ufffds works. Founded by Eddie Wilson, then manager of Shiva\ufffds Head Band, Mike Tolleson, an entertainment attorney, Bobby Hederman \ufffd previously associated with the Vulcan Gas Company (an earlier Austin rock emporium), and Franklin (shown in the photo to the right-click it for enlarged view) \ufffd the 'Dillo\ufffds resident artist, the hall was initially financed through meager contributions from Spencer Perskin of Shiva's Head Band and Mad Dog, Inc., a playful bunch of Austin\ufffds \"literati\". The 'Dillo earned an international reputation by presenting the widest available range of top national and local talent to appreciative Austin audiences. Audiences got their first exposure to numerous national and local acts at the \ufffdDillo, where an intimate, engaging concert experience was enjoyed by all. AWHQ bookings boosted the careers of current superstars including Charlie Daniels, Bruce Springsteen, Emmy Lou Harris and Willie Nelson. Live albums by Commander Cody, Frank Zappa, Doug Sahm, Phil Woods and Bugs Henderson were recorded at the 'Dillo. Many local groups got their start performing at the hall. Photos of some classic concert posters from the Armadillo World Headquarters may be seen on the Posters page along with links to more about the AWHQ. The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, first held in the Armadillo World Headquarters, was scheduled to last for 2 days, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 17-18, 1976. It went so well it was extended to Dec. 21, 22 and 23. The first poster for the Bazaar is shown at left (click it for enlarged view). It was started as a means to expand the \ufffdDillo\ufffds cultural outreach and to ensure December cash flow and it guaranteed a warm, dry space and alternative selling experience for artists who regularly sold at the Austin Renaissance Market, known as \"the Drag\", on 23rd Street across from the University of Texas. Lucinda Williams conceived of the market in Nov. 1974 as a way to get the artists out of the bad weather on the Drag during the Christmas season. From 1977-79, the Bazaar adopted the theme of the \"Twelve Days of Armadillo Christmas\" and was held from Dec. 13-24. A waiting list of artists wanting to get into the show became established by Jan. 1979. The Bazaar experienced 50% growth in attendance each year, from 8,000 in 1977 to 12,000 in 1978 to 18,000 in 1979. In 1980, the attendance grew to 27,000 and the AWHQ held its \"Last Dance\" concert on New Year\ufffds Eve, 1980. The old hall was soon demolished in order to build yet another bank building from http://www.armadillobazaar.com/history.html"}, {"response": 6, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (16:28)", "body": "The last concert at the Armadillo."}, {"response": 7, "author": "terry", "date": "Sun, Jul 14, 2002 (19:57)", "body": "http://www.greezywheels.com/craig.html Hey, great to see that link! Craig's an old friend of mine. At one time he was working on a musical history of the Armadillo. He was compiling a list of everybody who'd played there, and when they played, which wasn't easy since nobody kept records. Ed, you probably know Craig Hattersley from your Third Coast daze, no? Topic 32 [texas.ind]: Gone, Daddy, Gone! #125 of 125: Paul Walhus (terry) Sun Jul 14 '02 (16:49) 54 lines These paragraphs qualify as a \"good old days\" paeans if I ever I ever heard them (from Craig Hattersley's site above. Craig's an old friend of Jon Lebkowsky, a locak net activist/writer, who worked on a musical history of the Armadillo and compiled a list of everybody who ever played there. Still and all, Austin was better than most places. For one thing, it boasted a low threshold of survival. In 1969 and again five years later, a Department of Labor study declared Austin the cheapest city of its size in the nation. Back then, you could rent a small house for $50 a month and eat on a dollar day. That made it easy to follow your muse-\"do your own thing,\" as it were-a boon to the starving artist. And word got around: From 1970 to 1973, Austin population growth of 4.5 percent a year was second in the nation. and this: In 1974, Time magazine gushed: \"Rock is no longer a dirty word in Austin. Indeed, by embracing rock's big beat, Austin's musicians have evolved a brand-new style of country rock, and have made the city the fastest-growing country-music center in the U.S. Nashville, still the capital of country, may provide more regular work. Bakersfield, Calif., may offer the inspirational presences of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. But from the point of view of new sounds, freedom and plain musical fun, Austin now definitely ranks as No. 1 . . . What the Fillmores East and West were to the rock era, the Armadillo World Headquarters is to Austin's country-rock set.\" and the story about the Russian's is classic! Back before perestroika, when the Cold War still raged, the head of the Soviet news agency and his staff came to Austin. After lunch with the Capitol press corps, they spent the afternoon at the Texas Observer with Kay Northcott, who then asked if there was anything else they'd like to do. The Russians said, to the utter dismay of the State Department lady accompanying them, they'd like to check out this Armadillo place they'd heard about. That night at the Dillo, the autumn equinox, Balcones Fault laid in a beat heavy on big-band swing-Fats Waller tunes and the like. Eight or fourteen pitchers of beer and numerous pocket flasks later, the Russians were jitterbugging with the hippies in front of the stage. As longtime Dillo emcee Micael Priest remembers it, \"The one guy who could speak and read English pretty well was buzzing around the walls, filling up notebooks, copying people's T-shirts, the signs on the wall and paintings, stuff like that.\" The Russians partied the night away, losing themselves in the good times. But before leaving, finally shepherded out long after the last dog dangled, one remarked, \"This must be the freest place on earth.\" music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 92, "subject": "The Other Ones", "response_count": 0, "posts": []}, {"num": 93, "subject": "Guitar Heroes", "response_count": 7, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (19:30)", "body": "My list: At the top of my list can be no other but James Marshall \"Jimi\" Hendrix, the man who conquered the London guitar scene the way Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Below Hendrix: Brian May Chuck Berry Dave Guilmour Peter Frampton Carlos Santana Nuno Bettencourt ( Extreme II - Pornograffiti was my introduction to hard rock beyond the '70s) Yngwie Malmsteen Unfortunatly I have never heard Frank Zappa or Steve Vai; from what I've read I think I'd like their music (I think I'll order Flex-Able , which I've heard is Steve Vai trying to sound like Frank Zappa...) I like Clapton, Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughn, but not enough to put them on the list..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "annea", "date": "Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (23:07)", "body": "YES - Brian May, Brian May !!"}, {"response": 3, "author": "terry", "date": "Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (23:49)", "body": "Can't argue. Jimi Hendrix is number one. Besides, he is a Sag' born Nov 27th. 11/27/42. He dominated the guitar. Electric! BB King is number two. He rocked the Armadillo World HQ and the wall mural at the AWHQ of hime with an armadillo exploding from his chest is classic, a visual representation of the way his sound exploded into space. Stevie Ray Vaughan does make my list at number three. Again, the Austin bias prevails. We have a statue of him by Town Lake. Pete Townshend is number four. On the strength of his Woodstock performance alone, that will be etched in to the minds of generations to come. That had to get your blood going. Neil Young. Crazy Horse that he is. Number 5. George Harrison at 6. All Things Must Pass. See http://www.spring.net/beatles Jerry Garcia is number 7. His old Band still plays as the Other One. His long, aimless riffs were classic. 8. Santana. On the strength of his Spirit. And the fact that I went to a lot of his concerts in a Universe Far Away. 9. Steve Cropper, under rated usually. I read somewhere \"This guy had such a distinct sound and played with so many greats;Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Blues Brothers. He helped create the early rock'n'roll sound which spawned so many of these other great guitarists and almost nobody knows his work. That is a shame.\" 10. Steve Winwood. There's no logic to this choice, it's purely emotional. A few honorable mentions: Jeff Beck Jimmy Paige Allan Holdsworth - Steve Vai hailed him the Master Eddy Van Halen Pat Metheny Eric Clapton Chuck Berry - saw him play too, at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds. T Bone Walker Keith Richards - some day the only thing left on the planet will be cockroaches and Keith Richards. Robert Johnson Charles Christian Peter Green Richard Thompson Steve Vai Tony Iommi Buddy Guy Jimmy Nolen Joni Mitchell"}, {"response": 4, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Aug 21, 2002 (01:39)", "body": "Hmm... I mentioned Clapton in my first post, but neither of his successors with the Yardbirds. Thanks for adding them. I left out Jeff Beck 'coz I haven't yet heard anything of his, and I left out Jimmy Page because all I know of him is his work on Led Zeppelin IV , and Bonham is more prominent in that album than Page... In fact, the folks on your list I have heard (as opposed to those I have heard of) are: BB King (VERY skillful player, but oddly not one of my heroes...) SRV - I have a SRV & Double Trouble Greatest Hits album; I guess I'm not a fan of Texas Blues, which would explain why I completely forgot to mention Billy Gibbons earlier... Pete Townsend - created a real dilemma for punk: his early work (e.g. \"My Generation\") was everything they wanted to be but his later work (e.g. \"Tommy\") was everything they wanted to get away from. Sad to say, I am most familiar with his work through the opening credits of CSI - Crime Scene Investigation , then again, my interest in Queen really began with the opening credits of Highlander - The Series ... Neil Young - I only know his work through CSN&Y and am not sure which guitarist is which when listening to the music... George Harrison - For some reason, he does not impress me as a guitarist. Carlos Santana - also on my list Steve Cropper - I left him off my list because I couldn't remember any of his tracks. Have since remembered \"Green Onions\" and \"Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay\". Steve Winwood - I have heard him only on \"Gimme Some Lovin'\" by the Spencer Davis Group. I do not remember any guitar from that song, unless the opening riff is guitar and not bass as I had thought. WHAT A VOICE! And at SIXTEEN! Jimmy Page (see top of post) Eddie Van Halen (mostly the \"Beat It\" solo, do the music videos for \"Jump\" and \"Hot For Teacher\" count?) Eric Clapton (favourite is his uncredited solo on \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps\" on the White Album) Chuck Berry (on my list, too) Keith Richards - Thank you! Now how could I have left off the guy who created the riff for \"Satisfaction\"? (\"Keith Richards - some day the only thing left on the planet will be cockroaches and Keith Richards.\" - Cher will not be pleased with this statement... Saw a documentary of a Chuck Berry tour managed by Keith Richards, and Richards looked older than Berry...) Joni Mitchell, but I've never heard any truly inspiring guitar playing from her. Her lyrics and singing, on the other hand... I have never heard of Jimmy Nolen. Who is he? Apart from those, there are a lot of guitarists on your list that I have heard OF and whose music I would like to hear - Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Charlie Christian, Peter Green (who wrote \"Black Magic Woman\" for his band Fleetwood Mac), Richard Thompson & Buddy Guy. I am not sure I want to hear Tony Iommi..."}, {"response": 5, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Aug 21, 2002 (01:43)", "body": "BTW, who was the guitarist who played the intro to \"When Doves Cry\"? Was it Prince himself? A guitarist with his band? A session player?"}, {"response": 6, "author": "AotearoaKiwi", "date": "Mon, May 12, 2003 (04:29)", "body": "Hi all \"I am not sure I want to hear Tony Iommi...\" Did you hear him play Paranoid with \"the Madman\" at some stage and be deafened? Rob"}, {"response": 7, "author": "southernalps", "date": "Wed, Apr 26, 2006 (01:50)", "body": "Kia Ora Roger Waters - Perhaps the best guitarist I have seen, with very interesting solo works like Amused to Death, Radio KAOS and Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking David Gilmour - Duelling with Waters for title of best guitarist, Comfortably Numb guitar solo one of his finest moments John Denver - Multi-talented, but writing gentler songs than the aforementioned yet to hear this man live would have been a dream come true Doyle Bramhall II - Good vocals on Roger Waters: In the flesh, and good guitar Andy Fairweather-Low - guitarist with some flair in Roger Waters: In the Flesh, and is apparently a key member of Eric Clapton's band Snowy White - performed with distinction on Roger Waters: In the Flesh, and Roger Waters: The Wall - live in Berlin Geoff Maddock - on here not because he is my cousin, but because Goldenhorse and NZ music would be much the worse without his talent. Can arrange orchestral music as well. Rob music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 94, "subject": "VH1 100 Greatest Love Songs of Rock & Roll", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (18:03)", "body": "Oh, yes: No Who Wants To Live Forever either..."}, {"response": 2, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (18:04)", "body": "DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN! WHere is the Preview feature? WHere is the Edit feature? Where is anything that will prevent or correct mistakes like this????"}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Nov 16, 2002 (05:17)", "body": "The complete absence of The Chi-Lites, The Stylistics and The Delfonics should say something. What, have none of these people heard \"Oh Girl\" or \"Didn't I Blow Your Mind\"? Nothing by ABBA, either. Dropping \"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing\" and adding \"Knowing Me Knowing You\" or \"Super Trouper\", would not be inconceivable... then again, maybe I should \"Dream On\" (better than \"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing\" and done by the same group, but still missing...) This one may not be well enough known for consideration: \"What a dream I had, Pressed in organdy, Clothed in crinoline, A smoky burgundy Softer than the rain; \"I wandered empty streets down Past the shop display, I heard cathedral bells Dripping down the alleyway As I walked on; \"And when you ran to me, your Cheeks blushed with the night; We walked on frosted fields Of juniper and lamplight; I held your hand... \"And when I awoke And felt you warm and near, I kissed your honey hair With my grateful tears; Oh I love you, girl; Oh I love you.\" - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her , written by Paul Simon, sung by Arthur Garfunkel music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 95, "subject": "Grammy Awards", "response_count": 5, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 24, 2003 (10:33)", "body": "I made up a little page with a remarkable picture of Norah Jones and her sister Anouska Shankar (note tattoo locations): http://www.spring.net/music/grammy.html I'll expand it as I review the Grammys some more. I have quite a few comments to add."}, {"response": 2, "author": "gomezdo", "date": "Mon, Feb 24, 2003 (18:19)", "body": "A disc she thought would appeal only to jazz purists Ironic too that the jazz purists actually hate that she's called a \"jazz\" artist. They consider her pop."}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Jun 29, 2003 (14:21)", "body": "Actor Dustin Hoffman called him Bruce Springstreet. Could have been worse; could have called him Bruce Springfield..."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 14, 2005 (08:45)", "body": "What a grammies? Best ever? Maybe. Melissa Ethridge really belted out Janis Joplin. And then Loretta Lynn. In her astonishing. What a moment for her to get album of the year. And how about Norah Jones? She shared an award with Ray Charles and sang the Indian lyrics in the George Harrison tune \"Jai Guru Deva . . . \" in the big medley number with everyone hot under the sun. http://billboard.com sez: As has become tradition, the CBS broadcast of the Grammy Awards ceremony was more about performances than awards. Of the 107 Grammys handed out, only 11 were presented during last night's (Feb. 13) three-and-a-half hour televised event from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Conversely, there were twice as many performances, many of which were one-of-a-kind affairs, leaving even a jaded rock star like U2 singer Bono to say, \"I actually think this is the best Grammy's I've ever seen.\" The centerpiece was an all-star performance of the Beatles' \"Across the Universe\" that will raise funds for tsunami relief. Seizing the singular opportunity that only a major awards show can provide, the Recording Academy arranged the participation of Bono, Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Brian Wilson, Alicia Keys, Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong, Tim McGraw and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler to sing the song, backed by rock act Velvet Revolver and bluegrass mainstay Alison Krauss on violin. At the show's conclusion, an audio recording of the song became available via Apple's iTunes music store, with proceeds to benefit Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. Streaming video of the performance can be accessed at CBS.com, with several relief donation options offered to those who watch. \"The music industry is coming together to do what we do best: tTo heal and to help,\" Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said of the effort near the show's conclusion. Melissa Etheridge made her first public performance since undergoing treatment for breast cancer, joining Joss Stone in a tribute to Lifetime Achievement honoree Janis Joplin. Smiling as she stepped from the shadows and newly bald from the effects radiation treatment, Etheridge delivered a rendition of \"Piece of My Heart\" that brought the arena to its feet and earned thumbs up from Joplin's family in the audience. Moments before Kanye West picked up his best rap album award, he basked in a standing ovation for his theatrical performance of \"Jesus Walks\" that incorporated Mavis Staples and John Legend singing \"I'll Take You There\" and the Blind Boys of Alabama adding \"I'll Fly Away.\" Late in the show, Usher performed his latest single, \"Caught Up,\" showcasing dance moves that have earned him comparisons to Michael Jackson and James Brown. Fittingly, the Godfather of Soul joined Usher for a run through the classic \"Sex Machine\" that left Brown to proclaim his protege \"the new Godson.\" The show's opening boasted five acts on four stages, with the Black Eyed Peas' performing \"Let's Get It Started,\" Gwen Stefani joined by Eve for \"Rich Girl,\" Los Lonely Boys delivering \"Heaven,\" Maroon5 playing \"This Love\" and Franz Ferdinand turning out \"Take Me Out.\" In what was surely the Grammys' first (and probably last) \"mash-up,\" all five acts closed out the segment with a cacophonous simultaneous performance. Other one-time collaborations included Jamie Foxx's rendition of Ray Charles' \"Georgia on My Mind\" with Quincy Jones and Alicia Keys (after her own solo performance of \"If I Ain't Got You\"). A tribute to Southern rock found country stars Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson joining Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvin Bishop and Dickey Betts for runs through \"Freebird,\" \"Fooled Around and Fell In Love,\" \"Ramblin' Man\" and \"Sweet Home Alabama.\" Even host Queen Latifah got in on the action, adding her rendition of \"Lush Life\"/\"Baby Get Lost\" to the mix, while newlyweds Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez made their first public performance together, singing passionately in Spanish in the midst of a bedroom set. U2 performed \"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own,\" which Bono dedicated to his late father, and Green Day ripped through its award-winning \"American Idiot.\" McGraw delivered his \"Live Like You Were Dying\" and John Mayer performed his award-winning \"Daughters.\" One of the show's most moving performances was its most brief. Following a video montage paying respects to those the music community lost this year, Bonnie Raitt and Billy Preston paid tribute to the night's biggest winner, Ray Charles, with a solemn rendition of \"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind.\" -- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y more at http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799517"}, {"response": 5, "author": "terry", "date": "Mon, Feb 14, 2005 (08:46)", "body": "White is the new black, at least in the fashion rule book of Alicia Keys, Usher and Kanye West. Keys wore one of the most glamorous outfits seen at Sunday night's Grammy Awards. It was a full-length white satin gown with thick gold straps and a bare back. The dress, paired with simple dangling earrings and sparkling gold eye makeup, made for a sophisticated look that was sexy in its demureness. West, who had a swirl pattern shaved into his head, was head to toe in white, from his blinding diamond earring to his shoes. Meanwhile, Usher wore a white shirt, vest and pants, but no jacket, with a brown tie and brown-and-white spectator shoes. Brandon Flowers of The Killers paired his white tuxedo, complete with white bow tie, with a black shirt. Joss Stone, a hot newcomer, got noticed in her white gown covered with bright orange, pink and green oversized flowers. Gwen Stefani arrived in a black minidress with loose shoulders and a keyhole neckline but changed to white for the show's opening number. Surprisingly, a conservative dark banker's chalk-stripe suit was the other big trend on the green carpet (green instead of red because of Heineken's sponsorship) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jay-Z epitomized the look - and he wore it well. His pinstripes were complemented with a purple-and-white striped shirt, purple polka dot tie and white pocket square. Others in pinstripes included Hoobastank's Chris Hesse. \"I tried to wear a blindfold when I got dressed today,\" said smooth jazz star Dave Koz, who wore a navy pinstripe suit, green leather shoes and a green-and-raspberry striped shirt with a green pattern tie. \"I'm not afraid at all,\" he said. \"Anything goes. The Grammys are reflective of music people who are creative.\" But for all the bling and skin that MTV watchers are used to seeing, there were very few stars wearing anything flashy. All the rappers wore suits, not jeans, and few of the rock stars, who are known for their T-shirts and jeans, wore the casual look. Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd stayed true to his Southern rock roots, though. He wore a black leather vest, black T-shirt and jeans. Most others, including Rob Thomas, put on suit jackets and button-down shirts, but skipped the tie. Jennifer Lopez sang with husband Marc Anthony, in their first live duet, in a seafoam green gown with a gold-and-silver sparkling halter strap and similar beaded sash around her hips. It was the complete opposite of her famous green \"barely there\" Versace gown at the 2000 Grammys, which she attended with Sean \"P.Diddy\" Combs. Eve may have worn the lowest plunging V-neck of the evening in her short red Roberto Cavalli dress covered with beads and fringe at the hem - but it didn't push the envelope too far. The same could be said for Ashanti's nude-colored Gucci dress with shimmering gold discs outlining the V that framed her neck and bust. Another fan of the deep V was Christina Milian, who wore a wrap-style dance dress covered with white beads. Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas wore a strapless, body-hugging dress with a gold flower at the bust and a gold hem that flared out at the knee. \"I'm going to put those little skirts away this year,\" she said during E! Entertainment's preshow. Meanwhile, her bandmate will.i.am wore a brown stovepipe hat with his brown pinstripes. Janet Jackson wore a halter-style gown and E! fashion commentator Star Jones Reynolds wore an orange halter babydoll top with her light-colored pants with orange beading. Jones Reynolds, living up to her diva reputation, had two outfits for her live two-hour show. The other was a pink pleated wrap-style gown with crystal embellishment, a tassel that hung from her hip and a high slit that went \"from Georgia to Massachusetts,\" she said. Talking to Grammys host Queen Latifah, whose arrival outfit was a salmon-colored gown with all-over pleats and a belt with a crystal-covered buckle, Jones Reynolds said, \"All black women have the inner Diana Ross in them.\" That said, Ricky Martin probably wore more necklaces with his black jacket and untucked white shirt than most of the women combined. Most of the jewelry was limited to diamond earrings and a handful of bangle bracelets. Sheryl Crow wore a yellow halter-neck gown with a gold-trimmed cutout around her navel. She paired it with a WearYellow LiveStrong bracelet that raises money for cancer research through the Lance Armstrong Foundation on one arm and Armstrong, her boyfriend, on the other. more at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/apmusic_story.asp?category=1403&slug=Grammys%20Fashion music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 96, "subject": "Dixie Chicks", "response_count": 4, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Wed, Apr 30, 2003 (18:06)", "body": "was indifferent to em now i like em boycott the sonsofbitches who have a problem with free speech (and the Smirk is NOT a texan....NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT a texan) (not that there's anything wrong with that)... (where is my friend sam??? bet he likes the dixie chicks, and probably freedom of speech too)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, May  1, 2003 (09:11)", "body": "Wonder how they fared in the first concert on their tour last night, supposed to be a story on local KVUE news tonight on it."}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Jun 29, 2003 (14:23)", "body": "Was indifferent to them. Am still indifferent to them. Not much into country music. Favourite country album is, and always will be, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins."}, {"response": 4, "author": "terry", "date": "Thu, Jul  3, 2003 (11:08)", "body": "Whiskey for my men. Beer for my horses. I don't like that song all that much but it sure sticks. What do you think about the Chicks instrumentally? Politically? music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 97, "subject": "Song lines that have been invading my mind", "response_count": 3, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "wolf", "date": "Thu, Jul 24, 2003 (18:49)", "body": "that's happened to me before too and then, for some reason, i can never remember the rest of the song until a day or two later!"}, {"response": 2, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Fri, Jul 25, 2003 (21:39)", "body": "Tonight I watched the Biography of Hank Williams, and started thinking of country music, which started me thinkuing of the Highwaymen, which led me to a line from a Waylon & Willie song that must be the greatest line of lyric in country music, and one of the greatest lines of lyric in any kind of music: \"Is yer head up yer ass so far that you can't pull it out?\" - from \"Write Your Own Songs\" by Waylon & Willie"}, {"response": 3, "author": "wolf", "date": "Fri, Jul 25, 2003 (22:29)", "body": "*LAUGH* oh, i want to use that line a few times!!! music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 98, "subject": "tools and software for digital audio production", "response_count": 1, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "terry", "date": "Fri, Oct 31, 2003 (11:48)", "body": "Cedar http://www.cedar-audio.com Cube-Tech: http://www.cube-tec.com/VPI.html SonicStudio: http://sonicstudio.com These tools work great for repairing bad audio. music conference Main Menu"}]}, {"num": 99, "subject": "Best Replacements for Irreplaceable Band/Group Members", "response_count": 7, "posts": [{"response": 1, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Wed, Dec 24, 2003 (21:35)", "body": "My examples: Dave Guilmore (sp?), replacing Syd Barrett as the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd Curtis Mayfield, replacing Jerry Butler as the lead singer of The Impressions Phil Collins, replacing Peter Gabriel first as drummer and then as lead singer of Genesis Paul McCartney, replacing Stuart Sutcliffe as the bassist for The Beatles (then again, McCartney was a founding member and Sutcliffe wasn't. Besides which, McCartney was an obvious improvement over Sutcliffe from the start.) To a lesser extent: Sammy Hagar, replacing David Lee Roth as lead singer of Van Halen Mick Taylor, replacing Brian Jones as lead guitarist of The Rolling Stones Ringo Starr, replacing Pete Best as drummer of The Beatles (it is rumoured that Best was a better drummer than Starr, it's even rumoured that McCartney was and is a better drummer than Starr!) Keith Richards, replacing Dave Davies as rhythm guitarist of The Rolling Stones (is this true?)"}, {"response": 2, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 2004 (20:21)", "body": "Keith Richards, replacing Dave Davies as rhythm guitarist of The Rolling Stones (is this true?) never heard that one (davies as in kinks davies?) always read that richards and jagger co-founded the stones i think that stuff about pete best isn't credible... george martin (who knows a thing or two about how a drummer should perform) has always said that best was inadequate... he believed ringo was, and that's really all there was to that... i have read that mccartney sometimes overdubbed ringo's drums, though..."}, {"response": 3, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Thu, Jan  1, 2004 (23:27)", "body": "Dave Davies (later of the Kinks) was a member of the Rolling Stones. Maybe he was there at the same time as Keith and Brian, maybe Brian ditched him for Keith, I am not sure what happened. The Rolling Stones was founded by a man calling himself Elmo Lewis, but whose real name was Brian Lewis Hopkins-Jones. He put an ad in the paper for musicians to form a blues band to cover authentic American blues. He named his band \"The Rolling Stones\" after the Muddy Waters song \"Rolling Stone\". The auditions for the band were the occasion for a chance meeting between two high-school chums, Michael \"Mick\" Jagger and Keith Richards. Jones's band, whose lineup varied a bit at the beginning, was the house band at the Crawdaddy, a London blues club. They eventually got a manager named Andrew Loog Oldham who promoted Mick and Keith and encouraged them to write songs. Under Oldham's influence, and with hits flowing from Jagger & Richards (initially under the pseudonyms Nanker & Phlege), the duo wrested control from a disintegrating Brian Jones. They eventually sent Jones packing and replaced him with Mick Taylor of John Mayall's Blues Breakers (the band that replaced the Stones as the house band for the rawdaddy). Shortly before the Stones first performance with Mick Taylor, Brian Jones died in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances. The death was officially listed as a misadventure while under the influence of narcotics, but there are some who believe it may have been murder. Only the biggest conspiracy-theory crackpots believe that the Stones had him hit; most murder theorists believe that a contractor who had worked on his lands was responsible. It is said that Martin believed Best was unacceptable, but mostly due to his demeanour rather than to his drumming ability. As a result, a swap similar to the later Matlock/Vicious swap with The Sex Pistols was executed and a superior musician was replaced by an inferior musician for the sake of style."}, {"response": 4, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan  3, 2004 (22:55)", "body": "It is said that Martin believed Best was unacceptable, but mostly due to his demeanour rather than to his drumming ability that's just not so martin had no problem with best playing live gigs (if the band didn't care, he didn't)... in the studio, though, he insisted that best be replaced by a session drummer... he found ringo's performance sufficient, and he has consistently said so... and while it's true that he thought best was a little dull(not just musically, but intellectually) compared to the others (and who wouldn't? have you ever listened to the guy?), the studio was all he cared about- the rest was brian epstein's domain... the first single, 'love me do', had the session guy's drumwork... the second, and all those thereafter (with the exception of those supposed mccartney overdubs), ringo's... if all he was concerned about was best's 'demeanor' (quiet and dumb), he certainly wouldn't have gone to the trouble and expense of replacing best on that first track... and if he really believed best was ringo's superior musically, what sense does it make that he let ringo drum on the records? the fact that he did proves the point... (umm, that and the fact that he has always said so)... anyway, i sort of equate the cult of pete best with the flat-earthers... kind of an ann coulter-joe mccarthy thing... Dave Davies (later of the Kinks) was a member of the Rolling Stones interesting, i didn't know that (small circle those guys ran in, wasn't it?)"}, {"response": 5, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sun, Jan  4, 2004 (12:51)", "body": "I guess further proof to your argument was that Best ended up washing dishes for a living. If he had been a good drummer, he could have continued on session work, like Peter Frampton did. Then again, that's not really a good indicator; Peter Green and Syd Barrett had similar downfalls, although Green's case might have involved insanity (Barrett's definitely did...)"}, {"response": 6, "author": "pmnh", "date": "Sat, Jan 24, 2004 (02:03)", "body": "Best ended up washing dishes for a living yeah, i remember reading something about that... really sad (remember reading in rolling stone awhile back that the lead guy from the boxtops was washing dishes, too)... peter green and syd barrett were both very talented guys, i agree... and in spite of the bad breaks, they're remembered for their contributions... frampton, of course, had great success when his chance came around, because the music worked... best has fronted a few bands since, and had no success beyond novelty status, probably because the music didn't work (i say probably because i've never heard any of it that i can remember)..."}, {"response": 7, "author": "AlFor", "date": "Sat, Jan 24, 2004 (12:50)", "body": "I recently saw a \"greatest hits\" compilation for Fleetwood Mac and \"Black Magic Woman\" was not mentioned. It was as if Peter Green had never existed. music conference Main Menu"}]}]}