ooh, and I missed it? Damn... (andidja notice you hit #800, too?)

She scored.

woohoo!!

*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!

(and the crowd goes wild!!!!!)

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??)

can I escort sometime? huh? can I?

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?

sure, why not? (especially since you and a six-pin connection is VERY intriguing...)

*smile*

can't figure out the socket configuration, however... for example, each pin in it's own or are they doubled- or tripled-up, etc.

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

I REALLY THINK CLAPTON OUTDID HIMSELF WITH PILGRIM. AND THATS THROUGH "MY" EYES NOT MY FATHER'S. NICK

Zoot Suit Riot by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies

a super fun song!

can I drag a comb thru your dark brown hair?

the straight hair or curly hair?

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

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

Journey's Greatest Hits Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits Tom Petty and the HeartBreakers GH Don Henley's GH Many Others

Blue on Black

How ironic! DJ Bobo . . . some techno to get me in the mood for Friday's start of the Z�ri-Fest . . . merry-go-around, that is. WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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...)

some Joe Ely cd right now

huh? Of all those souls I know only ABBA. Listening to Modern Talking . . . yes, I do have rather $hit taste in music!

James Taylor. Live on PBS.

Don't know him at all! DJ Bobo - more crap!!!

See topic 53 for some James Taylor background.

Thanks, Terry!

Rolling Stones. "Please to meet you . . they shouted out, who killed the Kennedys?" "...won't you guess my name?"

You mean Mick killed the Kennedys? Good for him! Taking a stand like that, and everything....

Paul Simon's GRACELAND

rain (and more rain) (it's always raining here)

that doesn't sound pleasant to me (do you like the rain?)

I LOVE the sound of falling rain.

as do I...

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

I like the smell right before it rains. You know it's gonna rain by the smell.

i like it especially in the summer.. when it rains you can smell it cooking on the hotasphalt

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).

HVAC noise

Harvey Danger.

"What it's like" Everlast

sinead lohan

from: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Picture/7954/review1sinead.html Sin�ad 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� 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�ad'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 �cause 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 calling way beyond where distance takes 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 Whether or Not Whether you like a storm breaking or whether you don't there's still one thing you have to say to me maybe you won't But every time it feels like lightning it's not easy to pretend and I don't want to lay it all on a line If you can't believe me And I don't want to say I love you all the time if you don't need me Whether I'm like a storm breaking or whether I'm not It seems I'm in this tree nearly all my life but, you see, maybe I'm not And every time it feels like lightning it's not easy to pretend and all this fire in the air isn't mine, not mine completely But I let it light me every day of my life so I can be me Time in itself means nothing to me Time is on the wall There's nothing you can do to stop the dance in you sometimes it's run walk crawl And every time it feels like lightning it's not easy to pretend and I don't want to lay it all on a line if you can't believe me And I don't want to say I love you all the time if you don't need me Whether you like a storm breaking or whether you don't there's still one thing you have to say to me maybe you won't And every time it feels like lightning it's not easy to pretend and I don't want to lay it all on a line if you don't believe me And I don't want to say I love you all the time if you don't need me. And I don't want to lay it all on a line if you can't believe me and I don't want to say I love you all the time if you don't need me. What Can Never Be When past lovers have left you down did you think I'd place the crown upon your head? Do you think I bury the dead with my love? When past lovers have left you down what makes you think I stand all alone? In my grief I fell into your heart with my love, with my love. When in days I dream of you night time hardly holds the key when I am still believing in what can never be what can never be. You know that I could wallow in your charms just like when I'm a baby in your arms you know that I was blinded by the sun in my eyes with no compromising on your side Well, I can't love you anymore, not knowing that you're always outside, that you're always out there smiling through it's not you, it's not like you. When in days I dream of you night time hardly holds the key when I am still believing in what can never be what can never be. You know that I need you like my life Did you realize your latest dream is it always only rivers that I'll steal with my love, with my love, with my love, with my love? Believe It If You Like An evil kind of sorrow makes me wait until tomorrow for what I really want today the sadness in the picture makes it look much richer than what I wanted it to say Believe it if you like You might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all Sleeping in the night you might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all. Even in the evenings I've got time to pick and choose who I would like to be my friend And one will always be here love will last forever we are forever to the end Believe it if you like You might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all Sleeping in the night you might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all. A candle on the mantelpiece it's evidence to show the kind of things I like to see You can take it as a warning to keep the fire burning when the singer goes away with me There has to be a river I saw it in a dream I know exactly where I'm going I know exactly where I've been Whisper in the open breeze You like the clouds, I love the trees Candelabra, wait for me This is not an easy way To do the things you have to say: "I love you, will you stay with me?" Believe it if you like You might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all Sleeping in the night you might as well be trying as doing nothing here at all. Out of the Woods I wish you out of the woods and into the picture with me I wish you over the moon come out of the question and be. If this is going to run around in my head I might as well be dreaming run round in my head. I rollercoaster for you Time out of mind must be heavenly. It's all enchanted and wild It's just like my heart said it was going to be If this is going to run around in my head I might as well be dreaming run round in my head. If this is going to run around in my head I might as well be dreaming run round in my head. I wish you out of the woods and into the picture with me I wish you over the moon come out of the question and be If this is going to run around in my head I might as well be dreaming run round in my head. People and Tables The people and tables are set to the bone the ladies in waiting long to go home wallflowers drooping against pastel shades Oh, for a man with no lock on his gate Waiting for nothing confuses the mind letting go pieces for no one to find the smell from the afternoon sits in the air Oh, for a man with no back to his chair I never wanted, I never wanted and I never got, I never got I never wanted, I never once wanted and I never got, I never once got. Sweeping the outskirts and keeping the jar something had been telling me you were not far from a jewel in a casket to a pearl in a shell Oh, for a man with not stories to tell. I never wanted, I never wanted and I never got, I never got I never wanted, I never once wanted and I never got, I never once got. The people and tables are ste to the bone, the ladies in waiting long to go home wallflowers drooping against pastel shades Oh, for a man with no lock on his gate. Waiting for nothing confuses the mind letting go pieces for no one to find the smell from the afternoon sits in the air Oh, for a man with no back to his chair I never wanted, I never wanted and I never got, I never got I never wanted, I never once wanted and I never got, I never once got. Disillusioned You're sitting there, you're disillusioned and you're hoping I'll get to you in the end How can I? Your disillusion makes you find a broken heart and take a friend I don't only love you when you're standing by my side I don't only love you when you see things my way I don't suddenly not love you now you're up in your own tree �cause I'll always love you, me Times at night you're tearing pages to the post Worry calling all your true loves home That's no way, no way to spend your time You can catch that lightning on your own Time is passing by Take a good look now, what do you see? I don't even know if that's a crime you can be the judge and I'll just be me In agony we drew a circle with a stone What's the colour of the raindance I don't know? When it closes in, I know you'd rather be alone In the day's disguise, night's howling at the moon I don't only love you when you're standing by my side I don't only love you when you see things my way I don't suddenly not love you now you're up in your own tree �cause I'll always love you, me �cause I'll always love you, me �cause I'll always love you, me. Hot On Your Trail Hot on your trail, blood is red Get on your high horse out of here If they catch me I am dead Get on your high horse out of here We said it all we said it all Hold on for me hold on for me We said it all we said it all Hold on for me hold on for me You don't settle you don't pay you live a lot like that's no good for me Hard time taking what you get, you've got to lie low follow your moon that's all I ever did We said it all we said it all Hold on for me hold on for me We said it all we said it all Hold on for me hold on for me Diving To Be Deeper Her majesty was so fine he almost thought that she was real but she's divine he thought she was caught up in a web but she's the tangle and as she went flying through the air he caught on by her ankle Her attitude is all right she's mainly on the up but she tends to lie he thought she was swimming against the tide but she's the tangle and as she went butterflying down she led him on to strangle And he went diving diving down diving down diving down just to be deeper and he only took her money �cause he thought that he could never really keep her This century will fall down but it's just a crown we thought she was caught up in a web but she's the tangle and as she went flying through the air he fell off at an angle The legacy was burning bright she's living in a dream but she's all right he thought she was dying of a scream but she's the screamer and when she passed him on the end she smiled and he believed her And he went diving diving down diving down diving down just to be deeper and he only took her money �cause he thought that he could never really keep her Her majesty was so fine he almost thought that she was real but she's divine he thought she was caught up in a web but she's the tangle and as she went flying through the air he caught on by her ankle Her attitude is all right she's mainly on the up but she tends to lie he thought she was swimming against the tide but she's the tangle and as she went butterflying down she led him on to strangle And he went diving diving down diving down diving down just to be deeper and he only took her money �cause he thought that he could never really keep her

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?)

*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...

It's variety-day! (not the german Variet�, 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.

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...)

oops, forgot to say, yep, Japanese ska is a riot!

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...)

groovy WER... I've never heard Japanese Ska... I shall start searching!

Mary Black - Babes in the Wood

Mozart.

Dragonball Z

Wer, what's Shoulders? What Label?

when I find the cd, I'll post the American and European labels...

Beck.

"I wanna be Kate - The Songs of Kate Bush" as covered by Chicago acts; CD out on Brownstar Records label.

Continuing coverage of the Colorado school shootings...

"Colorado School Shootings" - would that be a hard rock band making a pun with "School Outing"?

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.

Expand on subject.

I posted the first info yesterday in news... (news outside the Spring)

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.

lotsa time sweating and crying usually makes me feel better but music is always helpful

Sublime.

Lucky Dube.

Please enlighten me.

He's an African raggae singer - does that mean I have to answer in the African music topic? �grin� ... And give the label and different albums currently available?

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...

ha-ha!!! If you were a university, I'd drop out!

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awww. youmade him cry and swallow his other eye...

ROTFLOL!! Same old Ree-head.

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?

the kind he can hear methinks

that would be my guess as well

Nanci Griffith 'Flyer'

Nothing for a change.

Just the Sound of Silence? (love S&G)

Paul Simon is on tour this summer...

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".

Woohoo! Where can I go to see Paul Simon? Please say DC-Balto-Phila...

"DC-Balto-Phila..." (how'd I do??)

Way to be a syncophant, Stacey!

syncophant, elephant... I am a jill of all trades!

errr... sycophant or psycho-phant...

Do those come from Africa, or are they native American beasts? How do they look like, compared to elephants? Big ears? Long trunk?

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...)

but if they sell it and we buy it from them... then we'd have 'got it' from them not you...

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?

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.

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!)

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.

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. �sigh� I don't know....

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.

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�nigsberg. 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!

But you did - he got artwork at probably below gallery price!

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.