From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #822 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 Friday, September 17 1999 Volume 03 : Number 822 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OT: Fun words ["Novac" ] Re: I have a college pal... ["Novac" ] Re: old man murray (scary site) [Queen Lisa ] Open Mike Taping (uhh.. a review) [CheesemonkeyGem ] Re: old man murray (scary site) [Wakko Ellington Warner-Warner III ] Mike's People (was Re: Gord's Gold) [Raenfaerie@aol.com] Re: home made paraphanalia? [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: Thornhill review in Pulse! magazine [cc@broadwing.nospam.com (CC)] Re: Why not eh? Re: home made paraphanalia? [Raenfaerie@aol.com] Re: Earthquakes, etc. [Raenfaerie@aol.com] Re: [alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #821] [Katherine Bunting ] For those of you in FUV listening area ... (long) [Raenfaerie@aol.com] Re: Open Mike Taping (uhh.. a review) ["Winnie da Fru aka Sara" ] Re: Mike's People (was Re: Gord's Gold) [sittin'onthecouch@home.com (The ] re: Earthquakes [SnarkiFru ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 02:19:31 -0400 From: "Novac" Subject: OT: Fun words wrote in message news:ade02c45.2512e7d6@aol.com... >[clip!]...And then I was doing one of those Wow, that's a > funny word! things. Rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind... Yeah, there are a lot of fun words like that. For a fun list of words to say, check out: http://members.tripod.com/~DeathInPlaid/list.html That is all. Please return to your scheduled daily routine, already in progress. - --Novac ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 02:12:58 -0400 From: "Novac" Subject: Re: I have a college pal... Donna Hunt wrote in message news:37E1AE58.26A44B8D@apk.net... > Not to be fascist, but I've now had Video Bargainville earwormed for like 3 days > because of this subject line and I think I'll soon be going out of my mind! :) > > [And no, I don't really expect discussion to cease because I'm earwormed. ] I think you can go to the nearest vet, and he'll gladly give you some pills for earworm. - --Novac ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 06:11:03 GMT From: Queen Lisa Subject: Re: old man murray (scary site) In article <19990916134334.02177.00001043@ng-cm1.aol.com>, shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe) wrote: i hopped on waytogomurray.com . > still a yummy sight. went to the links page. it offered a link to > http://www.oldmanmurray.com . saying that it had absolutly nothing to do with > murray foster. so i went. and lo and behold the fist thing written on the > sight is. > > nothing is more rewarding than the unconditional love between an animal and > it's "foster" parent. Hey! This is weird: I just went to that site two minutes ago for the first time. I was shocked by the "foster" parent thing. Creepy coincedence.I wondered if anyone else saw that after linking on from www.waytogomurray.com. It's such a weird webpage; I had no idea what it was about. I really don't want to know. L Moore P.S. Are there waytogomike or waytogojian sites yet? Does anyone know? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 06:19:55 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: Open Mike Taping (uhh.. a review) It would seem weird for someone like me, who has never posted a show review, to post a review about an appearance on a talk show, but i need an excuse to put off doing my project a little more... Whee! My daddy, my non-fruhead friend danielle and I set off to TO for the taping. I had received ticket #143, so we were directed to the balcony, along with a few other fellow nose-bleeders. And lucky me, i get to sit in the corner where i could hardly see, and also behind a very annoying man who decided to position himself directly in front of my line of vision every possible chance he got! The crowd was amused by the "talents" of a handful of audiance participants just prior to taping... first prize went to a guy who could kick himself in the head *g*. When the taping began, Mike Bullard decided to acknowledge a certain fruhead in the crowd (*cough* CAM *cough*) who had chosen to bring a sign, which said, among other things, " hello to all the people on #moxyfruvous", which of course led to the requisite Bullard comment along the lines of "I just saw the band, and I can assure you there is nobody *on* them, sir." For those of you who have never seen an episode of Open Mike, let me just say that the host’s sense of humour- which many find incredibly obnoxious – is utilized through picking on and insulting people in the audience. A person with a sign is an extremely large target! The first guest up was Harry Connick, jr, who happens to be one of my very favourite musicians. I just about dropped the phone when the ticket guy told me he was a scheduled guest! So I planned to bring along one of his cds I own as well as a camera and do the whole geeky fan thing, should I get a chance to meet him. (no such luck- he took off right after his segment, presumably to get back the the int’nl film fest :( ). Dr David Suzuki was the next guest, and he presented us with a colourful explanation of a penis-lengthening device, and plugged his upcoming show, which would feature said device. (gee, what a great show I picked to go to my DAD with! *g*). After phallic man, Fruvous delivered a wonderful rendition of Spatter Splatter, which quite impressed danielle (hmm… possible convert?). Mike’s vocals seemed very… unusual. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but he sounded a lot diffeernt, and very awesome! My dad also had a great time, as he was impressed and amused by Mr. Connick’s accent :). After the show a bunch of fruheads stuck around and headed off to a restaurant. We were going to join them then, but me and my friend ended up sticking around for a long time, as we had become involved in conversation with two stage/camera guys, who were shamelessly flirting with us. Not that I minded :). The one that I was talking to had tiny corkscrew curls and beared a striking resemblance to (*drool*) Vince Vaughn... (did anyone at the taping SEE this guy?? HEL-lo!). Me and danielle will be heading up for another taping soon :) So after that, my dad, danielle and I headed down to the restaurant and soon came (IMO) the funniest comment of the nite, found in my sig below :D. After that we headed off to check out the infamous Hill House (MC's, hK's, mike wood's and tobey’s dwelling) and then headed off for home. I had a fun time, and I'm glad I went, even tho I didn’t make it to school the next day :P Allo to all I met for the first time and it was great to see the familiar faces again! - -jen === ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Are you a fruhead too?" -my dad to Dave Tobey, 9/15/99 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:54:58 GMT From: Wakko Ellington Warner-Warner III Subject: Re: old man murray (scary site) Queen Lisa wrote: : Hey! This is weird: I just went to that site two minutes ago for the : first time. I was shocked by the "foster" parent thing. Creepy : coincedence.I wondered if anyone else saw that after linking on from : www.waytogomurray.com. It's such a weird webpage; I had no idea what it : was about. I really don't want to know. : L Moore It's apparently a computer gaming site -- that's as far into it as I got after I added the link. (I really didn't spend much time looking through each linked site, except the Murray family site -- how can you *not* be totally engrossed by a family with streaming media?) : P.S. Are there waytogomike or waytogojian sites yet? Does anyone know? I've heard a Mike site is in some stage of germination. Other than that, I donno. - - A.P. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:03:27 GMT From: Heybun@aol.com Subject: Re: home made paraphanalia? A small group of folks next to me at the Ocean City concert had t shirts with an NJ license plate reading "Fruvous". Somebody's mom made them. I've personally made counted cross stitch earrings of Larry the Budgie Dog. As long you don't sell the stuff you are legally safe, I believe. Bobbi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:59:10 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Re: My 10-12 hr trek Agreed - It's exhilarating to look around and find that something which is such a big part of your life is also common to the hundreds of people surrounding you. Plus, seeing that they all know *all* the words to *all* the albums that no one *else* has even heard of! :) "Who's that? Maxy Fruvolous? What?" - -mm- "dangerous, two-timin' ... ... er, *nasty*" > There is also a certain aura in the presence of so many fruheads! It was a positive, > upbeat experience ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:28:58 GMT From: Tamra Subject: Re: Earthquakes, etc. ShadoeMe and others have referenced: >Look at the moon that the light of the sun makes. Am I the only one who hears: Look at the moon that the light of the sun *bakes*???? Kinda has a more cynical edge to it and, well, just tell me if I'm hearing it wrong, please! tamra ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:33:02 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Mike's People (was Re: Gord's Gold) :to be spoken in one's best history textbook voice: Is it just me, or there a considerable vacuum of mikepersons is früdom? At least ... compared with the "jihead" and the jiheads-in-denial, added to the mathesonites and jihead-turned-mathesonites, plus the Murray's People, which are a kingdom unto themselves ... all in all, if there are any mikespeoples out there, perhaps? they should make their allegiance known. - -mm- P.S. Personally, I'm not exactly a mikeperson, but "that's another story" - the oft-spoken-of VB > She's been a fruhead, not to mention a mikeperson, ever since! ------------------------------ Date: 17 Sep 1999 12:26:07 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: home made paraphanalia? Heybun observed ... <> And a few nights later at Rans Head, Dave was wearing one of those shirts onstage ... and now this big lightbulb (at least 55 wattage) comes on over my head and says, "Hey, Queen, you idiot, why dontcha take a picture of YOUR car's license plate ... FRUHEAD ... and make a T-shirt of that too?" So maybe I will ... and wear it to whatever Southern Cal show I make it to (this is getting confusing because they've announced Tuesday at the Troubador, which is kind of a dicey night for me, but haven't announced Monday OR Wednesday venues yet ... and since Monday I'm in San Bernardino with the night off, that's the one I'm most interested in ... ) Well, off to buy goodie bags for FruPrincess' Dana's 9th birthday party ... think the kids would like "Thornhill" CDs? Queen Lisa gettin' 'em while they're young ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:23:55 -0400 From: cc@broadwing.nospam.com (CC) Subject: Re: Thornhill review in Pulse! magazine It's funny. I just bought Thornhill, and I miss the "Cutesiness". I think the album sounds "over prodduced". You can't really hear the harmonies as well. I like it a bit , I think it will grow on me down the road. In article <37e06891.393965@news.inreach.com>, nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) wrote: > "These precocious Canadians' prior output was comprised > largely of unctuous cutesiness in the vein of their Canuck homies > Barenaked Ladies. But this, the band's fifth album, finds the > foursome trading their jokey acoustic ditties for a surprisingly > engaging power-pop approach that showcases the band's two most notable > qualities, i.e. an impressive mastery of song structure and genial > four-man harmonies. > > The first sentence especially makes me grind my teeth, but hey--he > gave it 3 stars out of 4. > - -- remove "nospam" before sending mail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:24:02 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Re: Why not eh? Re: home made paraphanalia? About the home made paraphanalia ... Hey, I did this and didn't think twice (or once, for that matter, but i digress) about copyrights and such. I printed the orange Live Noise promo poster ("Coming soon!" etc.) off of FDC and ironed it on full-size. It worked great, albeit w/ bleeding in the wash. But the iron-on papers are damn expensive ... Other un/related stuffs: > I have two of their tour shirts Are these the ones available on FDC and from the Quill, or are they some other unknown entity that's no longer available? (Think indie tape, demo tape, wood poster, safari green definition tee) > People always read "your new girlfriend" Does your shirt just say "your new girlfriend" or ... ? The reason is: I was thinking of making a shirt that reads "I dig your boyfriend," ala Jian. - I am female. - It's ironic that this is p.c. for me but not for jian. But "way to go" Jian anyway, for making a statement. - -mm- ignore *my* useless babbling ... at your own risk. heehee > say, "oh that's so funny; I love your shirt"...and they really don't even > get > it. And the "I love Canadian boys" shirt always calls for explaining... mmmmm.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:51:02 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Re: Earthquakes, etc. Actually, I'm *certain* that it's "Look that the moon and the light of the sun, mates." More logical, yet ... this is just another "drop in the bucket" towards alt.music.moxy.frudegreen, eh? - -mm- finally, a grammatically correct, and appropriately placed "eh" > Am I the only one who hears: Look at the moon that the > light of the sun *bakes*???? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:47:54 GMT From: Katherine Bunting Subject: Re: [alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #821] Chad, so gracefully said: > That is saying (paraphrased): Chad, AMEN! THANK YOU! loves, Kate (from the new address...) **Please note: I am unable to access my sailor@wam email account during the day. All mail sent to that account now comes to me at this address: castalusoria@netscape.net . Please use this address for me until further notice. Thank you.** ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:46:10 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Re: Earthquakes, etc. > almost-30 is not even middle age! First (and last) of all: [1] Second, I don't know where I got these age figures, but me wonders if they are correct: Jian/Murray: 31, Dave: 34, Mike: 37? If so, when Bargainville's "Stuck in the 90's" was written, about 1992/1993, Jian/Murray would have been 24/25, Dave 27/28, Mike 31/32. That makes Dave the probable writer of SIT90's, due to the line "Soon I'll be 30, I don't want to be 30." although Jian sings it, hmmmmmm... After all my sleuthwork, I'm still confused, perhaps moreso. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be flamed and corrected until I'm a beaten orange pulp. - -mm, the orange fairy- "After all the bloodletting, we've still got the same disease ..." [1] was the writer of the original post referring to Dave being almost 30? Talk about confusion ... > he seems to feel middle-ageness encroaching, and he looks at getting even older > that in this song. he seems a bit scared to me. and frustrated. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 05:46:07 -0700 From: timiny Subject: Re: I have a college pal... > "So contrary to the desparate sign, most patrons > always "please rewind!" > And the clerks don't mind, they're very kind, the only > stickler has resigned" > I think this has something to do with clerks winding up patrons and spinning them out the door where they desparately stick to a sign on the road. Resigned with the fact that they're very kind,they mind their own business. - -Expert analysis by Matt * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:01:32 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: For those of you in FUV listening area ... (long) I had a slight correspondence with the folks at WFUV (90.7 FM) which I'll repost here, since it's not cruelly long. I went to their website (http://www.wfuv.org/index.htm) and filled out a "theme suggestion form" as "anything Moxy Früvous," made mention of IWHO single, etc. They responded: << Hey there!!! Thanks for your e-mail. Moxy Fruvous is on our playlist, in heavy rotation, in fact!!!! Best, Jill Sternheimer >> to which I responded, quite snarkily indeed : << Oh, that's teriffic! Thank you for your quick response. I'm still confused as to what host/show plays Früvous the most - indeed, at all, since I listened all day on "indie day" as well as "canada day" and heard no Früvous. But thank you a bunch! :) -mm- >> They had little to say to that, except: << Hey there! All of the deejays play them. I can't tell you a certain time or deejay to listen to to hear Moxy Fruvous. Oh well! That's what you get with a big and diverse play list!!!!!! Take care. >> Sure ... Six, count 'em, six exclamation points. geez. To say the least, I shall continue to hopefully listen. at least, until I fall into a state of despondency (definition: utter hopelessness; a vocabulary word!) If any FUV listeners have snagged a Früsong and can prove me wrong, I stand corrected. - -mm- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:00:08 GMT From: "Winnie da Fru aka Sara" Subject: Re: Open Mike Taping (uhh.. a review) >The crowd was amused by the "talents" of a handful of >audiance participants just prior to taping... first >prize went to a guy who could kick himself in the head You know, that is one of those things that you don't even realize how hard it is, until you try it yourself! :) (yes, I attempted to kick myself in the head, but couldn't lift my foot past my waist - legwise, I am extremely unflexible - but if I had been up there, I could have shown that guy up with some of my pattented arm tricks - talk about your stupid human tricks) >sir." For those of you who have never seen an episode >of Open Mike, let me just say that the host’s sense of >humour- which many find incredibly obnoxious – is >utilized through picking on and insulting people in >the audience. A person with a sign is an extremely >large target! Especially in a relatively small audience (definately under 200) where NO ONE else had signs (ahem). This isn't Rosie O'Donnell people. >his cds I own as well as a camera and do the whole >geeky fan thing, should I get a chance to meet him. What you managed to get your camera past the ultra-high security? *extreme sarc* - security person looks in my bag: "you got a camera in there?" me: "nope" security: "okay" >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >"Are you a fruhead too?" > -my dad to Dave Tobey, 9/15/99 ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's great. Sara ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:21:58 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: NYC Ballroom show question FDC's info reads: "Wednesday, December 1, 1999 The Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey Street New York, NY 212-533-2111 212-260-4700 (Mercury Lounge) 3pm-3am. tickets available at their box office for Bowery Ballroom shows" My question is, which number should I call for tix (or are they *only* available at the box office at such ungodly hours?) ? Thanks for anyone's help in this regard. - -mm- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:56:00 GMT From: Ellen Subject: Re: I have a college pal... In article <7rrttb$5cn2$1@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>, "Novac" wrote: > The primary point of music is *definitely* not to rhyme (see Alanis M), you're giving *alanis morrisette* as an example of what music should be? ;) peace, ellen (sorry, personal bias) **************************************************************** It's not the colors that matter, but that we all fade away Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:25:47 GMT From: sittin'onthecouch@home.com (The Toolman) Subject: Re: Mike's People (was Re: Gord's Gold) On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:33:02 GMT, Raenfaerie@aol.com pondered for a while, and then wrote: >:to be spoken in one's best history textbook voice: >Is it just me, or there a considerable vacuum of mikepersons is früdom? At >least ... compared with the "jihead" and the jiheads-in-denial, added to the >mathesonites and jihead-turned-mathesonites, plus the Murray's People, which >are a kingdom unto themselves ... all in all, if there are any mikespeoples >out there, perhaps? they should make their allegiance known. My name is Tim, and yes, I'm a MikePerson. It wasn't hard to slide into the depths of Mikeism. Just a tune every few days, to start. It was socially correct in those days. Then perhaps a tune after dinner, to cap off the evening. Before I knew it, I was sneaking MikeTunes after the family went to bed, tip-toeing down into the basement, cackling and rubbing my hands together with glee, to where I had an old boom-box hidden. I would stay home from work, telling Ross (my boss) that I was unwell. Little did I know how prophetic those words were. After losing my job over excessive absenses, I found myself wandering the streets in search of those little cd-wipes and tape-deck head-cleaning solutions. My wife pleaded with me to come back home, but I couldn't subject my family to my fanatical Mikeism. My kids would see me shambling down the avenue, with my porkpie hat, goatee and black t-shirt, and pretend they didn't know me. I finally hit rock bottom when I found myself buying a Ricky Martin CD just to get a new jewel case. The salesman recognized the seeds of Mikeism, and offered to help me with my problem. Apparently, he had experienced the same problem with Todd Rundgren, and was just getting back on his feet after walking from Jersey to Woodstock, NY, home of Bearsville Records. (When he got there, he found out Todd had moved to LA. This was HIS 'rock-bottom' experience, and what inspired him to seek help). I never had problems with drugs or alcohol. My downfall was Mike. I'm now in a 12-step program to help me deal with my Mikeism. Of course, admitting to Mikeism was the first step. Mikeism is treatable, and you don't even have to abstain from Mike completely. The main thing is MODERATION. This is why most Mike fans will stay out of the limelight, keeping towards the rear of the room, letting others jostle for position. We know who we're there to see, and it's good from any distance. We're a confident group, us MikePeople, and we're proud. Yes, PROUD of our Mikeism. But we must be cautious, and so should you. Warn your children that Mike is an uncontrolled substance, and should be handled with care. <> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:25:58 GMT From: SnarkiFru Subject: re: Earthquakes First of all, let me start off by saying "Dammit Chad, you beat me to it!!!" heehee, regarding VB. Makes perfect sense to me, don't see the confusion... and where the heck did the little post it notes come from ??? ;^} (jk genna). Second, since the discussions came up, here's my take on Earthquakes... To me, this song is about worrying so much about the little inconsequential things, or seeing the personal inconveniences in life as monumental disasters-- when in fact out there in the world are genuine earth-shattering events taking place... - --- He doesn't care if you're punctual no reward for an early bird. And he don't care if you're dysfunctional, we've only recently heard that word. And the infamous nictotine user. I think he doesn't really care about that. The butcher, the baker, the boozer. It doesn't matter if you're skinny or fat. - --- I think "He" is synonomous with "[insert supreme being of your choice]", only it didn't scan well... *snort* Seriously tho, my take on it is that life happens, people live, people get old, people die... people that think its unfair that Auntie Joleen, who was healthy and ran 5 miles a day, died while Cousin Horace is thriving still after 100 years of boozin' smokin' and sinnin'. It's a melodic way of saying, "quit your freakin' 'why me?? why her?? why not them' whining and get on with life... sh!t happens, and whining about it doesn't make it any better" [ed. note: yeah, guess I'm feeling slightly cyni-snarky today) - --- But, look at the clouds, look at the earthquakes. Look at the moon that the light of the sun makes. Look at the wind... Woo! How it's loose and free... Look at these tiny things botherin' me. - --- Hmmm, I love this chorus, and reason is because I can relate so well to it. It's saying to take a step back and stop fretting so much about the little things. Look at the wonders around me, these awesome acts of nature, uncontrollable, unstoppable, unpredictable... and here I am feeling like my life is over because I got a flat tire (for example). In the grand scheme of things, our problems are small and inconsequential... and the sooner we realize that the sooner we can actually work through them and move on. - --- I've been watching for seven straight hours (there hasn't been a damn thing on)! And there hasn't been a damn thing on. And I feel like I'm losin' my powers. All my get up and go has all gone - --- This could be as extreme as depression, or simply intense boredom but lack of any inspiration to get up and do something. An example would be sitting in a messy apartment, flipping through channels, frustrated at nothing to do... when in fact there's cleaning to be done, books to be read, stories to be written, web pages to be designed (um, no not speaking from experience at all... *smirk*) The mind is bored and yearning to be inspired... but the body just doesn't have the motivation to go and make something happen. - --- And I lied to my local panhandler Said I couldn't have the change - --- [ed. note: is it "couldn't" or "didn't"?] I hear it as "didn't have the change," the speaker being a person so caught up in their own problems and acting miserly that s/he doesn't notice, acknowledge, or try to reverse those who are suffering more... who really need the help or who obviously have bigger problems. Acknowledging that someone is worse off than you generates a feeling of shame and pettiness... "why make myself feel worse, I'd rather wallow in my own pain because after all... it's all about ME" - -- Start off straight but I get to meander I got the aim but I don't have the range - --- Someone who starts on their road to life with the best of intentions. Going to college, New Years Resolutions, they're gonna make a change, do the right thing... and get easily distracted or lose their motivation and all of a sudden look up and cry out "where the hell am I, and how did i get here???" - --- Woooooahhhhh......... - --- No interp for that... just love listening to Dave scattin' and singin... heehee - --- Well, the future looks like distant thunder. I'm never sure that I'll get paid. - --- Severe lack of stability, feeling of dread at the "oncoming storm" To read just a bit further into it, maybe the speaker recognizes that its a storm of his or her own making, and dreads it even more. - --- And I'm pissed that I'm not gettin' younger. Gettin' pretty, gettin' love, gettin' laid. - --- I'm reminded of the INXS video where at the end they're flashing cards of sayings and words and such... there was one that said something like "Even now, you're forgetting more and remembering less" or something to that effect. Here in this song, yep the speaker _is_ slowing down, but I think is more again because the speaker is so engulfed in his/her own problems... and these problems affect the self-esteem and that affects the way that others see him/her. Their peers are getting older, more selective, and have particular goals in mind... its not the carefree devil-may-care party that say High School or College or University was... and that just adds to the feeling of not going anywhere in life. - --- And on the talk show, cat fight, playoff, well, everybody gives 'em a hand. And the radio sounds like a payoff, I just don't understand. - --- The media, used to be a safe haven... that which inspired the imagination and romance and good feelings... now on TV its controversy and violence and fighting that everyone approves of and encourages and demands... and on the radio there's no sense of creativity or diversity of styles because the acts are canned, carbon copied, assembly-line, studio engineered garbage. The speaker is saying, "what the hell happened?" (Chorus) Look at these tiny things botherin' me. Look at these tiny things botherin' me - --- Just driving the point home. In the end, most things we stress about so much are little things, inconsequential... or things that we have no control over so worrying about them does little more than give us ulcers and makes us cranky (or snarky, if that's how you deal with it), and drives walls between us and those who would help. There's always someone out there whose situation is worse than your own... but part of dealing is getting over your pride enough to admit and accept that. - --Angie SnarkPhilosophy 101 ...stay tuned for our next exciting episode: Angie muses over Hate Letter... ...there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path... - --Morpheus The Matrix ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #822 ********************************************