From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #73 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, January 23 1999 Volume 03 : Number 073 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: THE END OF MAN IS KNOWLEDGE! [tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers)] Re: Romeos death [tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers)] NY pics [Srm9988n@aol.com] Keep Voting for Fruvous! [Paul Mischler ] Re: new quarters? [Jenn Griffee ] quick post re: movies [Angie Armstrong ] Re: DC Show Update (of sorts) [traugottcm@aol.com (TraugottCM)] Re: NY pics [Mindy J Munson ] Re: Romeos death [Mindy J Munson ] Re: quick post re: movies ["Novac" ] Re: NY pics [Paul Mischler ] Re: new quarters? ["Novac" ] Re: words ["ellen p. buckley" ] Re: Et cetera [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] Re: Words [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: words [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Taboo (was: Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS) [LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com] Re: words [LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com] Re: Jewel Kilcher and why I think she writes trash (a dissertation on the sta... ["Gator" ] Re: quick post re: movies ["Aye, who's asking whom?" , bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) says... > Okay, I have to jump into this thread for just a minute ... is there anyone > else out there who has read another book by Goldman called "Boys and Girls > Together"? No, but I've got a book of his screenplays that has Misery, the Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and (best of all) Marathon Man in it. The man is a pagan god of screenwriting. - -- Tom (Is it safe?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:26:06 -0700 From: tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers) Subject: Re: Romeos death On a related note, Katrin and I were watching the Branagh version of Hamlet in the theater--during the swordfight scene at the end, I leaned over and said: "Hello. My name is Laertes. You killed my father. Prepare to die." That was fine, but I got an elbow in my side for snickering when Hamlet said "bunghole" during the gravedigger scene.... ("I am the Great Daneholio!") - -- Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork." Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_ http://www.dimensional.com/~tsalyers/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:06:25 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: NY pics Hi there folks, Just wanted to say, I've got some pics from NY up on my website (including the Big Piano) and more are on their way. So stop by: http://members.aol.com/srm9988n.index1.html and click to the link for Jan 1-2. (new stuff on the mainpage too. :) ) - -- Lori ******************** Not knowing knowledge never ennobles. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 02:19:06 -0500 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Keep Voting for Fruvous! A message from the Unofficial registrar of Voters... It's time to head back to the polls at CDNow.com... apparently some group has pulled an upset and has set Moxy Fruvous back to number 8. I encourage you to vote if you haven't voted before. Have your friends vote too! Go to: http://www.cdnow.com/ Click on the "Browse, Vote & Win" link on the right side of the page. then click on "Enter your ballot" on the left side. Vote for your favorite Group (Moxy Fruvous, of course), and then for your least favorite group... I would suggest Hanson, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, or anything else your heart desires. This message has been brought to you by a Fan of Moxy fruvous, and the letter ü (U with the umlaut if your newsgroup reader doesn't support it :-) - -Paul Mischler ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:18:49 -0800 From: Jenn Griffee Subject: Re: new quarters? Matt James wrote: > Has anyone seen the new Delaware quarter? It's actually very > different from the regular quarters. I don't know where I got > it but it's kinda nifty. The back has a guy on a horse and it > says Delaware 1787 The First State. Some of the phrases > "Quarter Dollar", "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum" > have been moved around. Anyone know when other "State" quarters > will come out? > -Matt ooh! Haven't seen the new quarter yet, but I know what you're talking about. Cool. want one. :) As for the release times, we ran a story about these on ABCNEWS.com last month which said, "The quarters will debut over the next 10 years in the order that states ratified the Constitution or joined the Union. The debut of the Delaware quarter comes on the 211th anniversary of the state becoming the first to approve the Constitution." Subsequent coins will be printed in ten-week intervals. The story's up at http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/quarters981208/index.html , if anyone's interested. - - jenn (posting from the office via Netscape - hope this works :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:46:17 GMT From: Angie Armstrong Subject: quick post re: movies << i was actually thinking more along the lines of all the little girls who were visibly upset and even angered that 'Nardo died. come on--they say it in the prologue for crying out loud!!! ~~kate >> Ok, I do admit, the new Romeo and Juliet movie was bad, but c'mon I can think of worse movies than that. May i suggest Grease2 and Starship Troopers? ahem.... I rather liked Starship Troopers... on the other hand, I have a tendency to give each movie the benefit of the doubt; I like guy flicks a helluva lot... and I'm really good at suspending my reality through a movie. I brought it back a little too soon for the end of Lost in Space, though... didn't keep me from buying it afterwards :^) I'm still a tomboy at heart, and that carries over to Jackie Chan, Sci Fi and cheesie B's (movies, that is)... esp. the Godzilla monster flicks!!! ok, back to class - --Angie When I get back we'll dip our cup Into the fountain of youth We'll rest our heads and raise a toast To the sunset's beautiful truth --Moxy Fruvous ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 15:02:36 GMT From: traugottcm@aol.com (TraugottCM) Subject: Re: DC Show Update (of sorts) Veronica wrote: >This is not for the faint of heart (come to think of it, neither >is walking in DC. Especially when no one tells you that you're walking >from Arlington over to I St. at 8th... two hours later...) > > hmmm...., was someone going over to the Marine Barracks? ;-) Fruvous at the new 9:30, never thought I'd see the day.... chris **** "And where would we be without a bass guitarist?" Ani DiFranco ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:36:05 GMT From: Mindy J Munson Subject: Re: NY pics Im having a problem getting to that page. Anyone else? It claim its "not found" when I put in the address. Help help Fruchild, the helpless On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:06:25 GMT Srm9988n@aol.com writes: >Hi there folks, > >Just wanted to say, I've got some pics from NY up on my website >(including the Big Piano) and more are on their way. So stop by: > >http://members.aol.com/srm9988n.index1.html > >and click to the link for Jan 1-2. > >(new stuff on the mainpage too. :) ) > >-- Lori >******************** >Not knowing knowledge never ennobles. > ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:29:56 GMT From: Mindy J Munson Subject: Re: Romeos death LOL! You have got to be *the* coolest person. Esp cause you think like me =+). I have the problem now that whenever I see a sword fight I instantly think "Hello! My name is......." But, yeah, I had to giggle when I heard the bunghole thing myself. If you ever read my bro's web page he states that my mother and my sister both have alter egos of the great cornholio. Fruchild, I can't help being dysfunctional! Look at my family! On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:26:06 -0700 tsalyers@dimensional.com (Tom Salyers) writes: > > On a related note, Katrin and I were watching >the Branagh version of Hamlet in the theater--during >the swordfight scene at the end, I leaned over and >said: > > "Hello. My name is Laertes. You killed my father. Prepare >to die." > > That was fine, but I got an elbow in my side for >snickering when Hamlet said "bunghole" during the >gravedigger scene.... > >("I am the Great Daneholio!") > >-- >Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents >IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork." >Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_ >http://www.dimensional.com/~tsalyers/ > ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:06:07 -0400 From: "Novac" Subject: Re: quick post re: movies > Ok, I do admit, the new Romeo and Juliet movie was bad, _William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet_ was not a *bad* movie. It was actually quite successful in its intent, which was to translate Shakespeare into a modern tale that teenagers could appreciate. It's strange--none of the dialogue was changed, yet when you take away that horrible accent that is reserved for Shakespearean plays, you can actually understand what they're trying to convey. That was the purpose of the movie, and it achieved its goal. - --Novac ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:25:49 -0500 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Re: NY pics Try this address: http://hometown.aol.com/srm9988n/index1.html - -Paul Mischler Mindy J Munson wrote: > Im having a problem getting to that page. Anyone else? It claim its > "not found" when I put in the address. Help help > > Fruchild, the helpless > > > >http://members.aol.com/srm9988n.index1.html > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:11:49 -0400 From: "Novac" Subject: Re: new quarters? Yeah, have you seen the new New York City 25-cent piece? The back has the Statue of Liberty on it, but you have to rub this black smog off of it first before you can see it, and says New York--Get Mugged. Some of the phrases "Quarter Dollar", "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum" have been removed and replaced respectively by "Qua'tah", "Lincoln Tunnel", "In Ourselves We Trust", and "4Q" >Matt James wrote: > >> Has anyone seen the new Delaware quarter? It's actually very >> different from the regular quarters. I don't know where I got >> it but it's kinda nifty. The back has a guy on a horse and it >> says Delaware 1787 The First State. Some of the phrases >> "Quarter Dollar", "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum" >> have been moved around. Anyone know when other "State" quarters >> will come out? >> -Matt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:47:28 +0000 From: "ellen p. buckley" Subject: Re: words Srm9988n@aol.com wrote: > I'm wondering if in fact we've uncovered a regional linguistic difference > here. MidAtlantic folks mean fussy, folks out on the prairies think foof's > a cuss. Any etymologists out there? no, but i can add two more mid-atlantic data points. i grew up in NJ; my friend heather just outside of philadelphia; we both use "foof/foofy" in the way amanda described. there's even a picture on my web page of me with her on her wedding day in which i describe her as "the one in the foofy white dress." the problem with your theory, lori, is that amanda's a Long Tall Texan. peace, ellen (tom-n-kat were the first people i ever heard use it the other way) ************************************************************ "sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own..." ************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:11:06 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: Et cetera In article <19990121125514.22200.00000778@ng-fi1.aol.com>, bbwminors@aol.com says... > << [Stove Top girl voice] And I helped! >> > Wasn't that Shake-and-Bake (or as they said it in their accents, "Shiiiike and > Biiiiike"? You're right; it was Shake-and-Bake. Or else it's the audience response to Magenta's ringing the gong and saying "Master, dinner is prepared!" k@ not Meat Loaf again ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:12:56 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Words LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com wrote: : Whatever happened to the good ol' words like "pashaw" or "pshaw" however its : spelled, and "shmay"? Of course, you can't forget the always good endings to : slang words like -atron (foolatron), -amatic (awesomematic), -ariffic "Requestomatic!" - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:20:28 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: words In article <44ac0282.36a944fd@aol.com>, LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com says... > Yes, and we also think things such as "sucks", any cussing in pig latin (or > any other "secret" language), and in fact anything that can be taken "the > wrong way" as cussing. But that doesn't stop us from using those words. > --gus > Us? Sheltered? Noooooo. I have to ask now, Gus. Where are you from? And all the rest of you - how many of you, when you see the name "Gus", are reminded of Fargo North, Decoder? Y'know, Morgan Freeman (I think it was him) brings Fargo a message that has the first letter left off every word, and they erroneously figure it to say "Bus: Bo bet bas. - Bert." k@ *now* you remember, don't you ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:11:02 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com wrote: : In a message dated 1/21/99 6:07:53 PM Central Standard Time, : opercmm@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu writes: : << play one massive game of Taboo. >> I, too, love Taboo. I once played it at a friend's house and my friend, Dan was my partner. Well, all I said was "bad", "19th century" nad he guessed "Billy the Kid"! I couldn't believe he got it on that. Anyway, I was at my girlfriend's parents house and we had gone out to the grocery store earlier in the day and I saw the After Dinner Mint Edition of Taboo. It had mints in it and everytime you got one right you'd get a mint that you could eat. It was tre cool. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:01:17 GMT From: LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com Subject: Taboo (was: Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS) In a message dated 1/23/99 11:33:32 AM Central Standard Time, elrond@fellspt.charm.net writes: > After Dinner Mint Edition of Taboo. Oooh oooh, now where can you get that again? Now THAT is what I would call a very fancy game. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:08:21 GMT From: LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com Subject: Re: words In a message dated 1/23/99 11:33:34 AM Central Standard Time, katrin@dimensional.com writes: > I have to ask now, Gus. Where are you from? Why I live in the good ol' State of Ioway. Sure we may be a little behind our times, but we are hard workers. You don't see those sissies (sissys?) over in Minnesota and New York (no offense) growing corn like us, now do you? - --gus the one who knows her corn (and don't forget our pigs!) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:01:44 -0500 From: "Gator" Subject: Re: Jewel Kilcher and why I think she writes trash (a dissertation on the sta... I remember OM, I was in it a few years ago.I was also in some other competition (Future Problem Solvers) we won both at the county or province wide level..I can't remember? I think you explained the just of OM rather well... LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com wrote in message <3542624c.36a53fc9@aol.com>... >In a message dated 1/19/99 10:35:17 AM Central Standard Time, >kleahy@loyola.edu writes: > ><< greatest work? > honestly, have they read "hamlet?" "macbeth?" >> >wow, I, yes *I*, have something to contribute to this (although not much). In >OM [1] (shows you how incredibly young i am) we are doing this problem where >we have to take ten consecutive lines from a shakespere play and scene and >base our own written play on it (with our own written song and lyrics). we >chose macbeth, not romeo and juliet, we found macbeth a whole lot more "fun" >than romeo and juliet, or whatever, so you know not everybody (especially >young people) applauds r&j over his other works. personally i like "taming of >the shrew" the best. > >[1] odyssey of the mind. for people in grade school through college where >they are presented with a long term problem they have to solve. it usually >contains a team created play with humorous characters and and team created >props. now this play has to be only 8 minutes long...along with many, many >other regulations. spontanious is also involved. spontanious is where the >team is presented with a problem where they only get two to five minutes to >respond and creative responses are encouraged. an example of that would be >"name things that are blue" and answers could be common, as is "the sky" or >creative as "blue bonnet" which is a brand name, but isnt usually considered >blue. ok, i know i havent explained OM very thoroughly, but it is a very hard >thing to do, considering its a very broad subject. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:53:26 GMT From: LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com Subject: Re: Jewel Kilcher and why I think she writes trash (a dissertation on the sta... In a message dated 1/23/99 1:33:37 PM Central Standard Time, rgreser@mnsi.net writes: > I remember OM, I was in it a few years ago.I was also in some other > competition (Future Problem Solvers) we won both at the county or province > wide level..I can't remember? > I think you explained the just of OM rather well... Hmmm, what level were you in? What problem did you have? The first level is regional or county....the next level is state or province and then its worlds. I've only been to state once. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:59:30 GMT From: Brent and Marianne Miller Subject: Fruvous in Pittsburgh Hi all, Are any out-of-towners coming to see Fruvous at Graffiti? So far we've picked up 15 tickets for ourselves and friends. We just added two more friends on Friday, bringing the total to 17! But our goal is 20 or more. See you at Graffiti or in Toronto, Brent and Mar ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:47:28 -0500 From: "Aye, who's asking whom?" Subject: Re: quick post re: movies I agree with Novac that Leo & Juliet was a fun movie. The acting may not have been to par, but Idon't always go to the movies for the acting (or I'd be miffed at the movie industry a lot more). That movie had a great color palette! The use of blue was trippy and tasty. Oh, and Mercutio, from Showgirls. - -this place has gone to heck, Dante ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:39:13 GMT From: bmcnamee@NOSPAM.yahoo.com (Brent McNamee) Subject: Jian on GRUMPS - anyone going? Hey all! Just wondering if anyone else was going to try to make it to the taping of GRUMPS this Tuesday (featuring or starring or with host or guest appearance by Jian Ghomeshi - what *is* his role going to be, anyway?) Anyway, post away if you think you can make it! It's going to be a bit of a stretch for me. I have to try and get off work early... TTYL! -----------[ Brent McNamee - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA ]----------- bmcnamee@yahoo.com | Eagles may fly above it all, http://www.interlog.com/~brentm/ | but weasels are never sucked | into jet engines. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:22:09 GMT From: bmcnamee@NOSPAM.yahoo.com (Brent McNamee) Subject: Re: new quarters? On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:20:34 -0600, Josh Drury wrote: >On a related topic, has anyone seen any of the new designs for the >Canadian quartes, or when we'll see them? If anybody's interested in the new Canadian coins, take a visit to the Royal Canadian Mint's web site - an excellent one with all kinds of stats and pictures of our currency... Great for those coming to the country for Früfest! It's at http://www.rcmint.ca/en/news/990105.2.html ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 20:47:49 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Taboo (was: Re: URGENT MESSAGE FOR FRUHEADS) LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com wrote: : In a message dated 1/23/99 11:33:32 AM Central Standard Time, : elrond@fellspt.charm.net writes: : > After Dinner Mint Edition of Taboo. : Oooh oooh, now where can you get that again? Now : THAT is what I would call a very fancy game. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how much help I'd be for you. I got it at a Tesco Metro Supermarket on Oxford St. in London over Christmas. If I see it here in DC/Baltimore I'll tell ya. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:45:01 GMT From: bmcnamee@NOSPAM.yahoo.com (Brent McNamee) Subject: FRUFEST: Anybody want to visit the CN Tower? Hi all! I work in an office right beside the CN Tower, and being as there's a whole bunch'o people coming to our beautiful city for FrüFest, I thought I'd ask the staff about a group rate to go up the tower! I would need to know how many people would be interested, though, and when you'd be in the city. I know a couple of people are staying from Thursday to Sunday, but please let me know when you'd be free, and I can try and arrange something. If you're interested in going up the CN Tower (a very popular tourist attraction), please either post a reply or e-mail me (don't forget to take out the NOSPAM part! I do that so I don't get hit with junk mail...) TTYL... -----------[ Brent McNamee - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA ]----------- bmcnamee@yahoo.com | Eagles may fly above it all, http://www.interlog.com/~brentm/ | but weasels are never sucked | into jet engines. ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 21:24:09 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: @#!$!* weather! (completely OT) Gruneberg Veronica J (6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca) wrote: : Yeah, they did have to call in the military in Toronto (which makes me : laugh) but my dad was thrilled because it meant he had the day off. But : when it snows 120 cm in 2 weeks (thats... oh, I don't know, about 4 feet?) : on top of the little snow that was already there, I guess a city's bound : to run into problems. Ahh, it's a nice 60 F here in DC, I actually had to put a t-shirt on *gasp* the horror of it ;) Perhaps this warm weather will swing northward? - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jan 1999 21:44:37 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: The mining ship Red Dwarf... (was Louden...) : interested. Bear in mind that this is in PAL format so you'll need a : dual format VCR. : Ross I didn't even know you could buy a dual format VCR. Where do you get one of these? - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #73 *******************************************