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tmbg-list Digest, Volume 3, Number 226
Friday, 15 August 1997
Today's Topics:
Re: TMBG: k.k.komplainer
Re: TMBG: Buzz Off...
TMBG: Re: Exquisite Corpse Game
TMBG: velcro horns
TMBG:Re: What's This?
RE: TMBG: k.k.komplainer
Re: TMBG: Re: conspiracy
TMBG: New Subject!!!!
TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
RE: TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
Re: TMBG: Bauhaus/TMBG Connection?
RE: TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
TMBG: New Tour Dates.. a DUKE show!!!!1
Re: TMBG: re: gutless listees?:They Should Be Allowed to Think
Re: TMBG: New Subject!!!!
Re: TMBG: velcro horns
Re: TMBG: Bauhaus/TMBG Connection?
TMBG: non tmbg:re "gutless" listees
TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #3-225
TMBG:Flowers
TMBG: Madonna & flowers & new question
TMBG: holy crap
Re: TMBG:Flowers
Re: TMBG:Flowers
Re: TMBG:Flowers
Re: TMBG: holy crap
Re: TMBG: holy crap
TMBG:But you probably don't care so don't yell at me
Re: TMBG: holy crap + OAT
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From: "Philbert Turtle" <fartymac@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: k.k.komplainer
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:01:27 PDT
>what phylum of insect do you have stuck, kelly? why dont *you* post
>something
>new and interesting?
Actually, I thought she did...bringing up the point that the people who
complain never do anything about was NEW and, to me anyway, it was
INTERESTING as well...actually this whole thread is pretty interesting,
come to think of it.
Bringing up something new and interesting isn't too hard...how about
this?
1) If TMBG was a flower, what kind would they be and why?
2) Is there a secret government plot to keep TMBG off the airwaves? I
haven't heard them on the radio since 1994. Then again, I do live
outside Seattle, grunge-rock, mainstream poopoo capital of the world.
3) What do you think is the Johns' favorite sore? Cold, or canker?
Patrick, or "How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love TMBG"
(Mr. Me, or at least a reasonable facsimile)
"I think I'm turning into a hypocondriac. I hope so. Otherwise, I'm
just about to die."--Tom Agna
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 03:53:04 -0700
From: Ruprecht <Ruprecht@tmbg.org>
Organization: Representatives of the People of Here
Subject: Re: TMBG: Buzz Off...
S. Bergeron wrote:
> Rup, is this what you're looking for?
It would be, had someone not already written part two, sorry Blue
Dawg. I will have to make the ruling that this has to be disregarded.
Don't give up hope, though, you can always write tomorrow or the next
day... etc...
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From: Scaarge@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:55:31 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814095313_1816075163@emout18.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Re: Exquisite Corpse Game
By the way, the sentence fragments in this game did not have to have anything
to do with a corpse--it's just that one early result did: "The exquisite
corpse drinks the sparkling wine."
This was also done with drawing. One person would draw on the top quarter of
a sheet of paper, folding it so that only the very ends of the lines were
visible. The next person would start with those ends, and do the same until
the "drawing" was finished. The results were pretty interesting, considering
the combination of artists and non-artists involved.
I'm done boring you now.
BIS
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From: KdsInThHal@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:51:58 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814105035_1679977245@emout08.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: velcro horns
>Does anybody know why Jim O'Connor et al. are called The Velcro Horns by
Them?
Possibly because They can peel them off for concerts or not if They want to?
:)
sarah
linnellgirl@tmbg.org
http://lava.home.ml.org
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From: Madcup1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814105041_1284897975@emout18.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG:Re: What's This?
In a message dated 97-08-13 02:25:48 EDT, you write:
<< > And yet another mystery; at www.musicblvd.com (which is a great
> place,
> btw), there is a cd called John Henry that boldly states INCLUDES LIVE
> BONUS
> TRACKS and it also was released by Warner...hmmm >>
John Henry With Bonus Live Tracks? YES! It comes packaged with a 5 song
"Live In New York" CD. I Paid $30 for it from www.cdnow.com . It is the
Austrailian Import Tour edition or something. My advice- BUY IT!!!
-Jeff
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Subject: RE: TMBG: k.k.komplainer
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:22:14 -0800
Message-Id: 10500110.6.17853@server1.onmedia.com
From: "Lani O:)" <abutterfly@goplay.com>
...
>>You're either part of the problem (or so-called problem,
>>in this case) or part of the solution. Lurking for LONG
>>periods of time and then complaining about people who
>>actually do write to the list is not part of the solution,
>>now is it.
>>
>>Tired of OMLT's, UMLT's, AKA's, Space Ghost, Serious Songs,
>>and all the other popular threads at the moment? Well, duh,
>>why don't you actually post something new and interesting
>>then?
>what phylum of insect do you have stuck, kelly? why dont *you* post something new and interesting?
I thought his point was that the people who *have* a problem with the content of the discussions should try to change them, but *he* doesn't have a problem with it... Why change the subject when we're comfortable with it? I mean, we can go ahead and change it if we want to, but we don't need to complain because other people aren't posting new stuff.
-Lani O:) (Can't we all just get along?)
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Subject: Re: TMBG: Re: conspiracy
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:27:44 -0800
Message-Id: 10500157.3.18025@server1.onmedia.com
From: "Lani O:)" <abutterfly@goplay.com>
"Philbert Turtle" <fartymac@hotmail.com> wrote:
>2) Is there a secret government plot to keep TMBG off the airwaves? I
>haven't heard them on the radio since 1994. Then again, I do live
>outside Seattle, grunge-rock, mainstream poopoo capital of the world.
YES! It all makes sense now! I wonder why... It must be something I've missed, something that isn't in the blueprints... One of those songs must have hit a nerve... The last They song I heard on the radio was Snail Shell when JH came out... My roommate claims that she keeps hearing Don't Let's Start on the End (Seattle) in the middle of the day, but *I've* never heard it, so maybe she's just in on the conspiracy...
Lani O:) (TRUST NO ONE!)
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From: NoraChica@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:51:54 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814124949_2013425861@emout20.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: New Subject!!!!
<< If TMBG was a flower, what kind would they be and why?>>
Hmmmmm... I think Flansburg would definately be a big bright orange
tigerlily with red spots.... because he definately stands out and is loud .
I think Linnell would be a beautiful white long easterlily.... slim, quiet,
peaceful flower... what do you guys think???
Oh.. and if they were to cover a Madonna song which one would They cover and
why??
:) NoraChica
(any resemblence to friends names or former ideas is completely
coincidental.. i swear )
P.S. Can't we all just get along??? ::sob:: One big happy TMBG family... no
more "why is the subject always the same" and bashing each other... puhlease,
for us kids???
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:25:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jim <lowery@yournet.com>
Subject: TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970814121954.4088A-100000@yournet.com>
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 NoraChica@aol.com wrote:
> << If TMBG was a flower, what kind would they be and why?>>
> Hmmmmm... I think Flansburg would definately be a big bright orange
> tigerlily with red spots.... because he definately stands out and is loud .
> I think Linnell would be a beautiful white long easterlily.... slim, quiet,
> peaceful flower... what do you guys think???
I always thought that They would be Sleepinginthe flowers. They
are a very rare type of flower that is able to spin its petals 'round and
'round and 'round.
*ahem* On a more serious note (if this subject could be called
"serious" =] ), I think they would be Suprise Lilies.
> Oh.. and if they were to cover a Madonna song which one would They cover and
> why??
Express Yourself (or whatever that song is called . . . my memory
may be playing tricks on me). Why? Um . . . just 'cause.
Jim <lowery@yournet.com>
-Oh, if I wasn't shy, I'd burn all the messages, I'd burn all the
off topic postings . . . if I wasn't shy . . . -
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Subject: RE: TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:09:38 -0800
Message-Id: 10500904.2.20894@server1.onmedia.com
From: "Lani O:)" <abutterfly@goplay.com>
Jim <lowery@yournet.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 NoraChica@aol.com wrote:
>
>> << If TMBG was a flower, what kind would they be and why?>>
I think they could be dandylions. (I just realized I don't know how to spell that. Eek!) That would sort of make all of us dandilions, though... some of which are sad and listen to Alice Cooper...
>> Oh.. and if they were to cover a Madonna song which one would They cover and
>> why??
>
>Express Yourself (or whatever that song is called . . . my memory
>may be playing tricks on me). Why? Um . . . just 'cause.
Hmmm... I'm not sure about that one. I s'pose Flans could do that one. Sure. I'm thinking "Vogue." They already have so many cool little dances, it seems like the natural next step, if they were to go that direction. And I hope they won't. :)
-Lani O:) (I'm not quite dead yet)
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Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970814110909.0068f1f0@pop.ben2.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:09:10 -0700
From: J Chen <alecson@ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Bauhaus/TMBG Connection?
Kevin wrote about the Exquisite Corpse game:
>They would take a peice of paper, and
>write seperate sentances about a corpse, and then they would read them
>together, and it would make this exquisite corpse.
Didn't someone post the rules of this game a while ago? If I remember
correctly, it's basically a game where Person 1 writes or draws a part of
something, Person two then continues the story/drawing based on what Person
1 did, then Person 3 continues where Person 2 left off, but blocks out the
part that Person 1 did. Person 4 then can't see what Person 1 or 2 did,
but continues the work based only on what he/she sees from what Person 3
did, etc.
For drawings, it sounds as if a mix-and-match figure would be created.
For stories, you could possibly get a piece that starts one way and ends
having nothing to do with the way it started. Either way, you would end up
with something seemingly discontinuous. This seems like what Bauhaus may
have going for, with the disconnected lyrics and all. (I'm assuming; I've
never heard their song.)
As for TMBG, I think They just liked the name "Exquisite Corpse,"
playfully called their song "Exquisite Dead Guy," and wrote an ode to some
dead hero (who sounds as if he had been preserved, a la Mao Zedong (or Mao
Tse-tung, for traditionalists)). Their song isn't disconnected lyrically,
but is rather piecy musically. Other than that, it may have had very
little to do with the actual game of Exquisite Corpse.
(Speaking of Exq.Corpse, my two friends and I wrote some twelve line
"songs" using this method. Person 1 wrote line 1, Person 2 wrote line 2, I
wrote line 3 without knowing what line 1 was, then we'd rotate until twelve
lines were written. The results were a lot of fun; try it some time!)
--LVJeff
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======================== - Kitty Carlisle, Easy Writers
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:23:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan Chaffer <jchaffer@tmbg.org>
Subject: RE: TMBG: Mmm . . . flowers . . .
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970814142127.18298A-100000@qix.rs.itd.umich.edu>
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Lani O:) wrote:
>
> Hmmm... I'm not sure about that one. I s'pose Flans could do that one. Sure. I'm thinking "Vogue." They already have so many cool little dances, it seems like the natural next step, if they were to go that direction. And I hope they won't. :)
Well, Flans did say, back when the full band was formed, that the choices
were to get a band or to get dancers. They chose the band.
--
,, Jonathan (JonBob) Chaffer Member DNRC MSTie #16490 TMBG #25267
->QQ<- Student, University of Michigan http://www.tmbg.org/~jchaffer/
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:26:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Sebold <pjs2@acpub.duke.edu>
Subject: TMBG: New Tour Dates.. a DUKE show!!!!1
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970814152349.10413A-100000@carr3.acpub.duke.edu>
Ya'll
Hey! I was just cruisin' by www.tmbg.com to check out the new
tour dates and....... THERE IS A SHOW AT DUKE! Geh! Is anybody else on
the list from the Triangle area who might know a little about the show or
plan on going to the show? I mean, I probably SHOULD know being from
there and all, but I don't. Let me know if anyone else is interested in
this one.
Geh!
Paul
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I liked the theories about my little stage
And I swore I was listening, but I started drifting
Around the part about me acting my age
*Ben Folds*
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Message-ID: <33F39C5E.2186@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:01:34 -0700
From: Amanda Nichols <Expo67@ix.netcom.com>
Organization: WECB
Subject: Re: TMBG: re: gutless listees?:They Should Be Allowed to Think
> As for the gutlessness of people on the list, it is a
> possibilty. Maybe people feel that someone else will say
> what they are thinking, so believe posting would be a waste.
> Maybe? I know of a few listees who won't post cuz people get mad when they do
(see my apology for being a fogey somewhere round here on that one). I
remember that some folks had "issues" with others posting in agreement
with someone else. Someone's grumpy. Dunno who (and please don't attack
me if you are. I just got back from NYC and I'll be grumpy right
back)... but it's ok. We'll deal. :^) Right, listees?
and there was much rejoicing.
Amanda
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Message-Id: <m0wz83G-001JXgC@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 18:07 EDT
From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck)
Subject: Re: TMBG: New Subject!!!!
>Oh.. and if they were to cover a Madonna song which one would They cover and
>why??
Flans could sing "Material Girl" in that great falsetto of his. :)
Kirsten
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From: YeahSpoon@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:52:37 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814205214_1552515648@emout04.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: velcro horns
In a message dated 97-08-14 10:57:33 EDT, you write:
<< >Does anybody know why Jim O'Connor et al. are called The Velcro Horns by
Them?
Possibly because They can peel them off for concerts or not if They want to?
:) >>
I think it must have to do with their obvious ability to stick to anything
that's fuzzy like TMBG is.
Or maybe it's a new age space travel motif. (Velcro was developed by
NASA.)
If you look at it that way, then perhaps the name could be perceived as a
strange anachronism. For instance, 'velcro horns' sounds very "space-age" to
me. And yet the Velcro Horns are not futuristic synthesized devices, they
are indeed real brass. Another possibility is that it means nothing at all
and that it was chosen as the name because it didn't upstage TMBG's own
nomen. It was just geeky enough.
BTW: the horn section of my band, Arsenic Hoffer, was called Hellfish
Bonanza. (For no reason except that it sounded cool.)
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From: "Cyborg J. Kucera" <pez@peter.atw.earthreach.com>
Message-Id: <199708150101.UAA10529@peter.atw.earthreach.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: Bauhaus/TMBG Connection?
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:01:36 -0500 (CDT)
> The connection between these two songs is there. They are both based on
> the old game called "the exquisite corpse" which was apparently a
> favorite of the surrealists. They would take a peice of paper, and
You know, now that you bring that up, I remember the whole conversation.
Drat.
All that lack of sleep for nothing. :)
Cyborg "Pez" Kucera - http://www.earthreach.com/~pez - pez@earthreach.com
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From: Sloane42@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:22:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814212118_688093771@emout17.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: non tmbg:re "gutless" listees
hello
my name is sloane and i am a lurker
i am posting because i don't like to post
not because i am afraid of the rejection if no one answers me
or that i feel that i will implode if someone disagrees with me
i don't post because i just like to read about tmbg and
hear other people interps and opinions
no more no less
please don't dirty the title of lurker
some of us are damn happy as we are and aren't complaining
sincerely
sloane
the nervous and slightly angry lurker
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From: cdanve10@scu.edu.au
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:21:02 +1000
Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19970815112129.217772c4@student.scu.edu.au>
Subject: TMBG: Re: tmbg-list Digest #3-225
>Actually, if you've posted, then my grievance was not intended
>towards you. I'm sorry if my complaint seemed too broad.
>Perhaps I should have better defined what type of person I
>considered a 'lurker' to be. So I appologize.
>
>As for the gutlessness of people on the list, it is a
>possibilty. Maybe people feel that someone else will say
>what they are thinking, so believe posting would be a waste.
>Maybe?
>
>Course, not all discussions on the list are arguments. At
>least, they don't start out that way. :)
no problem .....sorry to get so defensive it's just if i miss one day i
don't see how things develop and thus i miss out on the conversation .... I
hate that I say things just to get the response then no one answers .....
I don't know if anyone else out there has this feeling but "Don't let's
start" use to be one of my favourite songs ....... Lately thingds have been
bad and ... well my girlfriend cheated on me ( Lots of people cheat ) and
that song now is one of the most depressing things i've ever heard ... I
can't listen to it with out getting really depressed and ... you know , just
dwelling on it ..... I was fully getting on with my life when it happen and
brough me way down............ (badmemories)....... i hate it now ......
So-man
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Subject: TMBG:Flowers
Message-ID: <19970814.213144.4679.0.aviso@juno.com>
From: aviso@juno.com (Justin T McElroy)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:42:22 EDT
Not to try and PooPoo on bringing on new subjects but I would rather talk
about Rather JH is bad or not forever than talk about this subject. I am
all for appreciation of musical talent but this borders on worship. I
don't know if TMBG ever read theses messages but I'm sure if They did
they would be scared immeadately away.
Justin McElroy
aviso@juno.com
Insert your own favorite TMBG line here.
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From: NoraChica@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814214503_751345823@emout18.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG: Madonna & flowers & new question
>>Express Yourself .....Um . . . just 'cause.
>>I'm thinking "Vogue."
I don't see either of those.. I can't see the Johns grabbing their crotches
on stage or striking poses.. :) As much as I love them, dancers they are
not.. check out the "Don't Lets Start" video. What about Holiday ( with
multicolored, teased hair) or better yet Don't Cry for me Argentina (hanging
over a balcony)??
>> Sleepinginthe flowers. They are a very rare type of flower that is able to
spin its petals >>'round and 'round and 'round.
Good one.. wish i would have thought of it myself.
Ok, new question.....what do you guys think is the best TMBG site on the
net.. and please include the html so we can go check it out.
:)NoraChica
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Subject: TMBG: holy crap
Message-ID: <19970814.214341.7807.2.hosscat@juno.com>
From: hosscat@juno.com (david t redd)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:55:09 EDT
oh crap, are you guys freaking idiots?? what flower would they be??? ok,
some of you people are cool, but shit, you need to get a life. They're
NOT freaking Gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like them too, but you shouldnt
worship them & build freaking shrines for them. you REALLY turn people
away from liking them, when they see how INCREDIBLEY GAY so many of their
fans are. sorry if i offend you, but you make me sick. GET A FREAKING
LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you agree with me, mail me and tell me so.
thank you (this has been a public service announcement from hosscat)
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From: "Cyborg J. Kucera" <pez@peter.atw.earthreach.com>
Message-Id: <199708150200.VAA15437@peter.atw.earthreach.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG:Flowers
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:00:00 -0500 (CDT)
> about Rather JH is bad or not forever than talk about this subject. I am
> all for appreciation of musical talent but this borders on worship. I
Yes, I've referred jokingly to the Johns as Gods before, and will continue
to do so so long as it seems appropriate... Nuthin' wrong with a little
Deification here and there... :)
> don't know if TMBG ever read theses messages but I'm sure if They did
> they would be scared immeadately away.
Well, the FAQ at least says that They don't... Traditionally bands have
been scared away from their droves of Deifying (sp?) followers. I know if
I ever have the privelige of being in a band posessing even an eighth of the
coolness of TMBG, I'd certainly never want to know what goes on in lists like
this...
Cyborg "Pez" Kucera - http://www.earthreach.com/~pez - pez@earthreach.com
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From: NoraChica@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:15:49 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814221253_109703854@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG:Flowers
>>oh crap, are you guys freaking idiots?? what flower would they be??? ok,
>>some of you people are cool, but shit, you need to get a life. They're
>>NOT freaking Gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like them too, but you shouldnt
>>worship them & build freaking shrines for them. you REALLY turn people
>>away from liking them, when they see how INCREDIBLEY GAY so many of their
>>fans are. sorry if i offend you, but you make me sick. GET A FREAKING
>>LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you agree with me, mail me and tell me so.
>>thank you
>Not to try and PooPoo on bringing on new subjects but I would rather talk
>about Rather JH is bad or not forever than talk about this subject. I am
>all for appreciation of musical talent but this borders on worship. I
>don't know if TMBG ever read theses messages but I'm sure if They did
>they would be scared immeadately away.
>Justin McElroy
>aviso@juno.com
Whoa, can I feel love and positivity......EXCUSE ME ...I didn't even think of
the idea.. just responded to it... geez...at least its POSITIVE.......a lot
better about those letters fighting about no new subjects.... ever since I've
been on this mailing list all they have seemed to talk about is T-shirts,
their own non-TMBG related storys....... God forgive me for trying to break
the monotany someway before talking about something more serious. This is a
fan list, not a musician chat about their clever use of a 5/4 time signature
or something.
And don't kid yourself. You actually think that They would have nothing
better to do then read this list??? C'mon..... lets get real here.
NoraChica :(
oh... and since when have either of you contributed a constructive suggestion
for conversation??? Or written a mature letter instead of <<are you guys
freaking idiots>>
and <<INCREDIBLEY GAY>>( spelled wrong by the way). Maybe next time you can
just make a topic suggestion and not bash others who are trying to.
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From: NoraChica@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970814221253_109703854@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG:Flowers
>>oh crap, are you guys freaking idiots?? what flower would they be??? ok,
>>some of you people are cool, but shit, you need to get a life. They're
>>NOT freaking Gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like them too, but you shouldnt
>>worship them & build freaking shrines for them. you REALLY turn people
>>away from liking them, when they see how INCREDIBLEY GAY so many of their
>>fans are. sorry if i offend you, but you make me sick. GET A FREAKING
>>LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you agree with me, mail me and tell me so.
>>thank you
>Not to try and PooPoo on bringing on new subjects but I would rather talk
>about Rather JH is bad or not forever than talk about this subject. I am
>all for appreciation of musical talent but this borders on worship. I
>don't know if TMBG ever read theses messages but I'm sure if They did
>they would be scared immeadately away.
>Justin McElroy
>aviso@juno.com
Whoa, can I feel love and positivity......EXCUSE ME ...I didn't even think of
the idea.. just responded to it... geez...at least its POSITIVE.......a lot
better about those letters fighting about no new subjects.... ever since I've
been on this mailing list all they have seemed to talk about is T-shirts,
their own non-TMBG related storys....... God forgive me for trying to break
the monotany someway before talking about something more serious. This is a
fan list, not a musician chat about their clever use of a 5/4 time signature
or something.
And don't kid yourself. You actually think that They would have nothing
better to do then read this list??? C'mon..... lets get real here.
NoraChica :(
oh... and since when have either of you contributed a constructive suggestion
for conversation??? Or written a mature letter instead of <<are you guys
freaking idiots>>
and <<INCREDIBLEY GAY>>( spelled wrong by the way). Maybe next time you can
just make a topic suggestion and not bash others who are trying to.
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Message-Id: <v03110702b0196e2a8274@[206.80.32.103]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 19:25:25 -0700
From: Bob Gonsalves <pinknoiz@ccnet.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: holy crap
>oh crap, are you guys freaking idiots??
etc.
Please, let's not respond to this fellow, ok, or waste our time getting all
worked up about his comments. There's been enough negativity on the list
recently.
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:24:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jim <lowery@yournet.com>
Subject: Re: TMBG: holy crap
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970814211552.20829A-100000@yournet.com>
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, david t redd wrote:
> oh crap, are you guys freaking idiots?? what flower would they be??? ok,
> some of you people are cool, but shit, you need to get a life. They're
> NOT freaking Gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like them too, but you shouldnt
> worship them & build freaking shrines for them. you REALLY turn people
> away from liking them, when they see how INCREDIBLEY GAY so many of their
> fans are. sorry if i offend you, but you make me sick. GET A FREAKING
> LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you agree with me, mail me and tell me so.
> thank you (this has been a public service announcement from hosscat)
I know that They are not gods. I just decided that picking out
what kind of flower They might be was a fun thing to do at the time. Just
because I and others wanted to have a little fun, does that automatically
mean that we worship the Johns as divine agents sent to entertain us to
the state of zealous, righteous frenzy? I think not.
In response to your saying we should get a life, I say to you:
GET A DOG! But make sure you spay/neuter him or her first,
because you know we have too many stray poochies running all over the
place already, and Bob Barker says to do it, anyway. =]
I, meanwhile, shall kick back and wait for the next fun thing to
come along. After all, all work and no play makes Jim a dull boy . . .
(insert insane giggling here . . . no wait . . . there ====> )
=]
Jim <lowery@yournet.com>
-If I were a boquet, I could be sleepinginthe flowers. My petals
would spin 'round and 'round and . . . what? I already did this joke
already? Whoops! Okay, then I'd be a purple damifino flower.-
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From: SUZZIE5808@aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:20:50 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970815002049_1612384734@emout16.mail.aol.com>
Subject: TMBG:But you probably don't care so don't yell at me
I went to NYC today and wore a TMBG shirt!!!
At the Statue of Liberty, I was looking at the city from the pedestal and
some girl exclaimed "Oh, cool! A TMBG fan!!!!!!" We then exchanged knowing
looks and were on our way..........
So from the NYC song I saw....
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
Times Square
Rockefeller Center.
And of course I sang "NYC" and "I'll Sink Manhattan" in Manhattan.......and
gazed at Brooklyn itself from atop the Twin Towers..... And got to hold a
subway token that very well could have taken me to Brooklyn, but instead I
used it to get near the Statue of Liberty before I realized that I should
have dropped it between the grating......
And now I sleepy.......
AnnA
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Message-ID: <33F405CF.87B@tmbg.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:31:27 -0700
From: Ruprecht <Ruprecht@tmbg.org>
Organization: Representatives of the People of Here
Subject: Re: TMBG: holy crap + OAT
david t redd wrote:
<snip summary: largely abusive paragraph>
> thank you (this has been a public service announcement from hosscat)
And your message there was "ostracize me please?"
OAT (Other Assorted Trivia): I picked up the new David Byrne album
"Feelings" a couple days ago, based on his performance on Letterman.
This is the best new album that I have heard in a very long time. Aside
from the fantastic music and amazing lyrics the album also has a very
nice theme running along with it's title. You remember David Byrne
formerly of the Talking Heads (Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House,
etc.) ... yeah you got it. At any rate, had Factory Showroom been half
as good as this album I might have a valid reason to be on this list.
--
What I'd really hate is to have a nail banged into the back of my neck
... slowly.
--"If...."
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