Errors-To: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Reply-To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Sender: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Precedence: bulk From: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Subject: tmbg-list Digest #9-29 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 9, Number 29 Saturday, 29 August 1998 Today's Topics: Re: TMBG: hummu TMBG: hummus, schmummus (non-tmbg, i'm afraid) Re: NON TMBG: MAD Bears!!! Re: NON TMBG: MAD Bears!!! Re: TMBG: OMLT TMBG: I say Lincoln and John Henry TMBG: TMBG T-shirts Re: TMBG: I say Lincoln and John Henry Re: TMBG: TMBG T-shirts Re: TMBG: OMLT TMBG:Re: OMLT TMBG:Re: OMLT Re:Subject: TMBG: Wall Of Sound review Non-Re: TMBG: OMLT TMBG: (no subject) Administrivia: If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing send mail to tmbg-digest-request@tmbg.org for instructions on how to be automatically removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- tmbg-list is digested with Digest 3.5b (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 03:04:02 -0500 (CDT) From: bill tatalovich Subject: Re: TMBG: hummu Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, John Lambert wrote: > Post-humus - well post means (roughly) after... humus (with one m) means > "The dark-colored organic part of soil consisting of decayed plant and > animal matter" > > wow I've discovered what happened to Sparky after you buried him!!! > > posthumously is the word I thought I typed... meaning after they died... > must have pulled a whopper on the ol' typing. Wow...that's even more humorous than what I thought of...and don't worry about the typing, John...we all have typos, but the finest of those typos are really damn funny. Congratulations. The Rev |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Reverend Bill Tatalovich | Home page: | | | http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~wt3/ | | wt3@cec.wustl.edu | feedback for toddlers e-zine: | | personnel@kwur.wustl.edu | http://www.poboxes.com/fft/ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 02:10:45 -0600 (MDT) From: Tara Weber Subject: TMBG: hummus, schmummus (non-tmbg, i'm afraid) Message-ID: bill tatalovich said: > Wow..."post-humus." I'm not making fun of John or anything, far from > it. > I just couldn't help but think "post-hummus" when I saw that, meaning > that > our twin quazars would get into the hall of fame after they had a nice > round of pureed chickpeas...yummy. oooh, freaky. I just made some hummus tonight. And I don't do that very often, either. wow, hummus must be some kind of psychic glue connecting tmbg fans. ewwwwww....that's not a very pretty image. my apologies. I really ought to go to bed now, since I'm supposed to teach in the morning...nothing like facing nineteen brand new college freshmen armed with brand new leather-bound day planners and five brand new different colored highlighters at 9 am and having to make it look like I know what I'm doing... --Tara -- Tara Weber tlweber@lamar.colostate.edu *** the poet understood this questioning the existence of the sea and i doubt there's a body of water big enough to quench our thirst -- lullaby for the working class, "show me how the robots dance" ------------------------------ From: gray42@juno.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:53:55 -0400 Subject: Re: NON TMBG: MAD Bears!!! Message-ID: <19980827.155409.10358.1.gray42@juno.com> Hey, I know, for the longest time I had an idea for a music group name, but since I can't play music, I wasn't able to use it for that purpose. It's "Naked Business Men", keep in mind, that if you or anyone actually uses it, I have created characters from the name, tho' they won't actually exist anywhere else but my brain, sketchbook and webpage. Mysterio Gal (fellow Overman) "There's only 120 minutes to the show, and only 120 minutes left to go. Then we die, then we die." -- John &John on 120 min. ICQ# 9585405 MST3K#88182 gray42@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/4871 The Official Project Omicrom website: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/9007 ------------------------------ From: gray42@juno.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:51:16 -0400 Subject: Re: NON TMBG: MAD Bears!!! Message-ID: <19980827.155135.10358.0.gray42@juno.com> Hey, I know, for the longest time I had an idea for a music group name, but since I can't play music, I wasn't able to use it for that purpose. It's "Naked Business Men", keep in mind, that if you or anyone actually uses it, I have created characters from the name, tho' they won't actually exist anywhere else but my brain, sketchbook and webpage. Mysterio Gal (fellow Overman) "There's only 120 minutes to the show, and only 120 minutes left to go. Then we die, then we die." -- John &John on 120 min. ICQ# 9585405 MST3K#88182 gray42@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/4871 The Official Project Omicrom website: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/9007 ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.16.19980828074140.2fafead8@entropy.muc.muohio.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 07:41:40 From: Chris Combs Subject: Re: TMBG: OMLT >You forgot the most important part!!! Procrastinating for months and months >on end, not worrying if anyone cared b/c YOU held the money and since you >told everyone your daddy was a lawyer and you had everyone sign a disclaimer >stating that if anything happened boo hoo... you feel that it's not >important to make shirts AFTER ALL and that well, you ARE doing the job, >it's just that the shirts won't be ready until the John's post-humus >induction into the yet-to-be-invented "unheralded musicians hall of fame". This post got me thinking. We may actually have a case should we wish to pursue it, if I recall the disclaimer correctly. I remember it being more along the lines of "if the shirt is lost in the mail then boo hoo." Well, they weren't lost in the mail, and she never claimed that. So everyone who lost money can join me in a class-action suit, and anyone who has felt bogged down by this crisis (even though they didn't order a shirt) can also hop aboard. Heck, let's put the entire list on, and all of our friends. Strength in numbers, remember? -Chris "after dividing out the suit amount, receives one dollar and NINE CENTS!" Combs ------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980828134414.27506.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 06:44:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Khris Tyler Subject: TMBG: I say Lincoln and John Henry > Wall of Sound is having a 'best of the '80s' survey, and I think it'd be > nifty if we could get The Pink Album or Lincoln up in one of the top > spots... :-) > > http://www.wallofsound.com/features/stories/top_100_albums/80s/ and next week, they're doing the 90's, so be sure to go back and vote for flood, A18, JH, FS, Misc. T, and STD!! :) If this will happen someone needs to decide what albums to vote for my my vote is Linclon and John Henry -Chris "...yesterday i had a heart" Mad Bears _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Russ Josephson (303) 684-4722 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 07:57:34 -0600 Message-Id: <199808281357.HAA00684@avalanche> Subject: TMBG: TMBG T-shirts Hey all this talk about the OMLT t-shirts and a new project gives me an idea! If you have a color ink-jet printer, you can buy these iron-on t-shirt printer sheets, put them in your printer, and MAKE YOUR OWN shirts! The possibilities are staggering! Someone can just post the design on their web page, and we can all print our own iron-on official TMBG mail-list t-shirts. So let's start submitting designs now. I know there are lots of creative artists on this list... Russ Josephson P.S. I now have available for TMBG video trading: The 1995 "Celebrate Brooklyn" TMBG concert performance! See some snapshots from the video on my web page. ======================================================================== Russ Josephson http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7158 Berthoud, Colorado, USA mailto:russj@juno.com "... not everyone is passionate about music ..." -- Joe Jackson "I took off the intellectuals, and put on There May Be Giants" -- Gloria "It is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do" -- 2 Nephi 25:23 ======================================================================== ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001c01bdd294$2efbf960$7d896fc6@kbrodbecremcen.ehhs.cmich.edu> From: "Kirsten Brodbeck" Subject: Re: TMBG: I say Lincoln and John Henry Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:57:30 -0400 >If this will happen someone needs to decide what albums to vote for my >my vote is Linclon and John Henry I don't see why we'd need to pick just two - it's a top ten list, so just put on all the TMBG you can. Kirsten /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ "And also, we're just not that good-looking." - John Flansburgh, TMBG kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu - Kirsten Brodbeck - AKA Crow ------------------------------ From: tmbgirl@juno.com Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:09:42 -0600 Subject: Re: TMBG: TMBG T-shirts Message-ID: <19980828.090946.8966.1.TMBgirl@juno.com> >you can buy >these iron-on t-shirt printer sheets, put them >in your printer, and MAKE YOUR OWN shirts! have you ever made a shirt using one of those? they turn out looking like sha-booty. You get an 8.5 x 11 grey/brown square along with whatever design you're trying to put on the shirt. then , if you don't like soak the shirts in vinegar or something all the ink will run. and on top of that, everyone on the list would have to have a color jet printer (if that's the design we all chose). :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: take it easy, JOrdaN http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html http://members.tripod.com/~tmbgirl/index.html 9/16 TMBG! 9/19 Dada (it's free...) 10/2 10/3 & 10/4 Moxy Fruvous! 10/7 Eve 6 10/9 Mr. T Experience 10/24 Marcy Playground! 10/26 Man or Astroman? and now i'm broke... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ From: KdsInThHal@aol.com Message-ID: <1bba27c8.35e6ca05@aol.com>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:17:25 EDT Subject: Re: Re: TMBG: OMLT >everyone who lost money can join me in a class-action suit, as much as i would get a kick out of seeing a handful of you guys on the people's court (ed koch, yeah!), i don't think that's neccessary. it's not like she deliberately did this, it's not like it was a LOT of money, and it's not like we never heard from her again. and if you're willing to send your money to someone you pretty much don't know, be aware of what is possible (ie. don't be stupid enough to trust everyone). i'm not saying that's the case here (as far as i know, she's a decent person and does feel bad about the situation), but it's just a general ..."rule" (can't think of a better word..) it's essentially a gamble... do people sue casinos when they lose? just a thought. sarah http://lava.home.ml.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:29:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Carlson Subject: TMBG:Re: OMLT Message-ID: > Personally, IMHO, I can't see how it would take over two years to get the > shirts made. I've had shirts made for a few organizations I belong too and > it's not that difficult. Especially if you already have the design done. I think anything Internet-related like this takes longer than a similar project in meatspace. You have to get an accurate headcount, collect monies, remind people, etc., etc. Over on a.m.m-f, it took six months start-to-finish for the Fruhead convention shirts. (They're really spiffy, too! :) > 1) I come up with a new web site shirt, get some made, and start > selling them off the site. I vote for this idea, personally. But how will the Giants react at us making and selling TMBG-related shirts, especially from a site that (as I understand it) has a tenuous connection to the official one? In the aforementioned a.m.m-f t-shirt case, the designers had the permission and blessing of the band. We probably won't. Just a thought... now discuss. :) --nicole the wonder nerd *** "We'd like to thank Nicole." --Eddie From Ohio, onstage, 8-23-98 Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn ana.ng@tmbg.org nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu ncarlson@mail.arc.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:35:22 -0500 From: Hey Zeus Subject: TMBG:Re: OMLT >But how will the Giants react at us making and selling TMBG-related >shirts, especially from a site that (as I understand it) has a tenuous >connection to the official one? In the aforementioned a.m.m-f t-shirt >case, the designers had the permission and blessing of the band. We >probably won't. Has that stopped anyone before. I mean how do you think they feel about all the MP3's and bootlegs people have, and running those off of websites. I would say ask permission first. If that fails then do it anyways. IMHO. Jason "grrrr...I hate hayfever" Arnold ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199808281613.MAA05679@pop.snet.net> From: "dext182" Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:10:56 +0000 Subject: Re:Subject: TMBG: Wall Of Sound review > > > > Maybe I shouldn't complain considering its a very positive review but this guy, > > > like many others, (including some fans) just don't get it. It never occurred to me that > > > TMBG are a comedy rock band. That's because they're not. If you think they are that's > > > fine. Occasionally, I react with laughter to some of their ideas but if humor was supposed > > > to be their goal, I'd have to say that they failed miserably. > > > > > > It seems some people are incapable on distinguishing the difference between comedy > > > and something that is odd/unique/witty (... or whatever you'd call TMBG). Anyone who would > > > call TMBG "comedy musicians" would probably call Rene Magritte a "comedy painter". > > > > how can you NOT find it funny? everytime i listen to anything of > > theirs, i just want to crack up... lets compare TMBG to... lets > > say.... uh... Nirvana. yeah... ok. where's the humor in THEIR songs? > > writing about drug addictions, death, etc... while THEY spend so much > > time in, say, Ana Ng just getting the point across that this person > > lives on the other side of the world. thats funny, witty, whatever > > you want to call it. it makes me laugh. > > I think They write comedy songs, but often about serious subjects. Some > people don't see beyond the surface - they just think "Darn, those people > are funny!" - while others start to think when they look deeper. I'm not > saying it's somehow wrong or inferior to think of their songs as funny, or > to stop there, nor that what I find in the songs was intentionally put > there by Them. All art is subjective, and all that stuff. :) > i don't consider them just 2 guys that walk round being funny. this person is write. they write witty, funny songs about some serious and some not so serious subjects. there's nothing wrong with finding it amusing, i think. i don't think of the johns as two comedy nuts, either. i think they're two very intelligent, witty guys able to install some humor in their music. is there something wrong with that? ~jen~ ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199808281825.OAA18756@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:27:04 -0500 From: Mitchell Harding Subject: Non-Re: TMBG: OMLT >(as far as i know, she's a decent person and does feel bad about the >situation), but it's just a general ..."rule" (can't think of a better word..) >it's essentially a gamble... do people sue casinos when they lose? Well, on the other tentacle, how difficult would it have been to return the money? Harf, Mitch ------------------------------ Message-ID: <35E71182.62EE@polbox.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:22:26 -0500 From: i close my door at night Organization: http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/1790/ Subject: TMBG: (no subject) Message-ID: <000801bdd20c$ee3da5e0$a6061ecf@default> From: "John Lambert" Subject: Re: TMBG: hummus ATTENTION REV. BILL Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:49:19 -0400 >>Wow..."post-humus." I'm not making fun of John or anything, far from it. >>I just couldn't help but think "post-hummus" when I saw that, meaning that >>our twin quazars would get into the hall of fame after they had a nice >>round of pureed chickpeas...yummy. >Oh no!!! My spell check must have totally gone haywire on me!!! What >happened? > >Post-humus - well post means (roughly) after... humus (with one m) >means >"The dark-colored organic part of soil consisting of decayed plant and >animal matter" > >wow I've discovered what happened to Sparky after you buried him!!! > >posthumously is the word I thought I typed... meaning after they >died... >must have pulled a whopper on the ol' typing. Yeah, but look at it this way....."post" means after, and "humus" is soil, so technically you were just speaking Latin and as a Classics major I must commend you on the smooth way you slip Latin into the conversation! ;) Becky ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #9-29 *****************************