Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic
Date:         Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:00:08 MST
From:         Thumper <watson@HG.ULETH.CA>
Subject:      but i wanted a crash-test elvis for x-mas

n.n. sed:

>>madonna's one good song is "live to tell," which was fortunately released
>>as a single. i scared the hell out of my local vinyl emporium's proprieter
>>when i walked up to the counter with that one day.
>
>  Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!  woj shoots, woj scores!
>
>  Remind me to buy you a beer next time I run into you in Spain.  ;)

woj also has nu shooz....   :*)

and what's with the hockey lingo?   ;)

wojie sed:

>Thumper sez:
>>While I was doing my post christmas CD splurge, I came across the XTC _Live_
>>CD and upon reading the back, it mentioned the BBC... so, likely, this is from
>>the series of which you speak. I really wanted to buy it, but it was pricey --
>
>yup - that's the one paul mentioned. it is a show from 1980 recorded at the
>hammersmith palais in london. i've seen it for around $21 in a couple local
>store, but haven't yet gotten the courage to spend that much on one disk
>yet (i'm pretty adverse to spending more than $10 on cds generally speaking).

no more than 10 bucks?  yipes you'd be disk-less up here.  ;)

i'm still itching to get xtc _live_ though...


Michael said:

>Subj:  What is there for an escalator to bring to him?

Fuck it... I'm a strong wench... I'll carry you up the stairs.   ;)

>I-beam, groups like Poison play pure pop changes right out of Tin Pan Alley,
>they just got their amps turned up so their blow driers won't drown 'em out.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh ha ha... nice description.

>Fortunately, nowadays there's this net and this list, an electronic salon we
>can all hang out in...

I'd like to make an appointment for a shampoo, blow dry, and hot oil massage
please and thank you.   :)

>Does that make me a co-dependant? Should I start going to 12-step groups? :-)

You're probably like me. I'm co-dependent on my co-processor...

>Last year, when Rykodisc bought out the Hannibal catalog, there was talk of
>a Richard (and Linda?) Thompson boxed set. So you may want to hold off on
>buying more of his stuff, you might be able to do a total immersion if this
>set ever sees the light of day. (I came up with a 4 CD program I would like
>to see, but given how likely it is that people agree with my tastes, it was
>just a gedankenexperiment.

I've heard that this set is real close to being released too... but I admit
that all this teasing is wearing thin. I need some more RT before I go
ape shit.

>And I still hope to start an RT tribute band.)

Aren't you supposed to wait til he's dead?   ;)   If you do this, let me know
if you need a personal assistant.

Russ sed:

>(true) OMC:  Clinton is getting Fleetwood Mac back together for an
>inaugeration party.  Ugh.  The rest of the bill is composed of
>like-minded MOR stalwarts....W.Marsalis, I forget who else,.. also
>Chuck Berry and Little Richard.  At least Bush was able to grab
>B.B.King.  And I'm sure B.B's grabbed some bush in his time too (ouch).

Oh my... with dillys like this, I can't comprehend why Russie wasn't nominated
for net.funny.guy.   %*)

>I'm an hour north, in Baton Rouge. The 2 best places to check (as far as I

Hey great!  I'm sure I'll be pumping you for all kinds of stuff.   ;*)

What if I wanna hear/eat some cajun??

*the* Bob said:

(i still haven' forgiven Crispy for leaving me off his
request-for-nude-pictures list... so, instead, I sent a GIF to Renato
which may guarantee his return to the list to dash all)   ;*)

>Much to catch up on after two responsibility-free weeks in Montreal. Lots of
>freezing rain, but at least we didn't have -30 degree squeaky snow...BOOOOHAAAA
>HAAAAAA!! Sorry Carol, but my girlfriend (uh, womanfriend? ladyfriend? How can
>I make that sound non-high school?) was in Calgary and I had to laugh when she
>told me about the warm Chinook that rose temperatures up to a scorching minus
>16!

Yahbut the cold weather is a great excuse to hibernate and fuck like wild
bunnies all curled up in a feather duvet near a fireplace. IMHO, the best thing
about icy winters is... HOT CHOCOLATE with marshmellows.   :)

>Speaking of fabulous, drifting, lilting music, listen to Carol when she pushes
>Loreena McKennitt's _The Visit_ on you. The Kate Bush/Sarah McLachlan mixture
>is a good comparison, but she adds to that with some great drum rhythms. What's
>the rest of her catalogue like?

Loreena's wonderful.  The rest catalog is wonderful.  And... don't forget to
catch her live -- it's nothing short of a mystical experience. I met her
percussionist, Rick Lazar backstage in Winnipeg. He supplies alot of the
eastern feel (he also plays the sitar) to her music and looks just like the
genie in Aladdin if the genie were to wear birkenstocks.   :)

>I'm running out of time here, so I'll just throw out some questions for the
>masses. Has anyone heard of Sue Foley?

She played in Winnipeg... she sucked... she was drunk.  The others on the list
seem to think she's ok sober though....


Da Beer said:

>A few years ago, I read an interview with Diz, and he was predicting that
>a new form of jazz would be surfacing in five years.  "Those who get it
>will get it, those who don't will be left behind" was all he was saying.
>So one of the innovators is gone.  There should be someone replacing
>him, but who is that going to be??????????????

Here's your chance, Jeffie... just think of all the blonde groupies you would
attract with yer Beer Jazz.  I really liked your Brackets stuff on the first AM
compilation tape.

Ken said:

>=The Visit=, Loreena McKennitt (too many double letter combos in that name)
>I discovered a good second hand book store in Charleston over the holidays
>which played a cut off of this album--actually, it played the whole album
>but I only had time to hear one cut.  On the strength of "All Soul's Night"
>(& Carol's blathering on about it (-:),

I don't blather, I just lather...   ;)

I'm glad you finally decided to pick this up.  My brainwashing tactics seem to
be working (not to mention what a good tongue washing would accomplish)...

>I picked it up (it was in the rock
>section, instead of Celtic, where it definitely ought to be.).  My quick scan

hmmm why do you say this??

>tells me I'll probably like most of this, although her "Greensleeves" leaves
>much to be desired--I prefer my own, actually (-:  Describing the music is

She does Greensleeves as she figures Tom Waits would sing it... I kinda like
it... it sorta grew on me... like soft furry moss.  Pay close attention to
"Cymbeline", it's droney and lovely.

>=From the Ladle to the Grave=, Boiled in Lead.  Stephen Brust cites this group
>in his SF novel =Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill=, plus the name has shown
>up on the list from time to time, so what the heck.  (I found this one in
>Celtic, whereas the computer listed 2 other titles which I couldn't find in
>Rock.  Go figure.)  These are some pretty wild dudes, as I should have guessed
>knowing that they come from Minneapolis (-:  Not content with Celtic Rock, they
>toss in the odd Bulgarian, Turkish, Egyptian, Russian piece now and again.
>"Pig Dog Daddy" doesn't do much for me, but I'm looking forward to some
>extended listening of the rest of the album.  Don't have any close comparisons
>of this group to any other:  it's basically Celtic & it rocks.  What more do
>you need, anyways?

I need Robin Anders and his dumbek... right here... right now... naked.  He's
the best thing about BiL, IMHO (In My Horny Opinion).

>=Unrest=, Henry Cow.  See, Bloomdido recently sent my a tape with a cut by
>Henry cow on it & he keeps blathering about these guys, so I figured I'd see

Bloom doesn't blather either, nor does he lather... he just foams at the
mouth...   :*)

>Prelewd
>To the Tavern ("I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale"--and you know what
>                happened next, right?)

She belched and passed out?  Like the old saying goes, you can't give her cake
and eat her too.  :)

>Men & Maids ("Cold and Raw"--about a maid and her barley; alas, the singer
>              gets neither maid nor barley.)

The singer may be grateful if barley was a metaphor for syphilis.

>Measure of the Man (pretty obvious, that, but there is a tailor song for good
>                    measure, so to speak (-:)

>Dancing in the Grass (no, it's not Hugh Masekela grown up, down and dirty)
>Tobacco & other Stimulants (Weelkes gives a nice take on the evil weed; then
>                            "Most men do love the Spanish wine")

How do you feel about German wine?  Sweetly brine...


Rick said:

>and Carol (for whom I once resembled an accountant; now she visualizes me
>as a four-year old mini-Roy Rogers who's just soiled his trousers).

Not really... I now picture you as Chris Isaak, complete with card catalog...
someday I'd like you to show me your Dewey (Decimal System)...


Mike M. said:

>10.  Sexiest poster:
>
>the Mammoth mammaries, the Carol O' Lickme, the Thumper, the Libby Doe...
>the one and only Carol Watson from Bumfuck, Alberta.

I have my own 900 number: 1-900-O-LICK-ME    :)  30 cents a woodie...

>11.  Most playful poster:
>
>see 10 above.  Her mind and my private parts shall meld into one...

hardware meets software... throw out the tipperware and goreware...

>13.  Most astonishing confession or personal revelation:
>
>a.  Your parents are all aliens from another planet.
>b.  Aliester Crowley is my spirit guide.
>c.  I am 286 years old.
>d.  I am naked right now.

Nice helmet...

>e.  My normal day attire consists of whipped cream and a feather taped to
>    my forehead.
>f.  I eat cannibal.

What flavor?

>g.  I am only three inches tall, and I have a beautiful female
>    secretary typing this stuff in for me while I nestle comfortably
>    in her cleavage.
>h.  I actually live in Bumfuck, Alberta, and I watch Carol undress
>    every night using surveillance equipment--equipment I acquired
>    by means of my Illuminati connections.  fnord.

Oh that was you... the hockeyplayer had to fix the window the other night and
he told me that he could see me undressing quite clearly despite the fact that
our white blinds in our romper room were closed... so it looks like I've been
providing you and my neighbors with some nightly entertainment without being
aware of it...

>s.  Carol is naked right now.

Shit... I better get some curtains...    :*)

>v.  Peter Gabriel is naked right now.

I'd kiss his frog anyday... twice a day...

>w.  The Rutles are bigger than God.
>x.  All music is in 4/4; you're just not listening carefully enough.

I thought it was in 6/9...

Lenny said:

>I'm curious to what the last album/cd..etc everyone listened to, we know

Latest listening for me has been Richard Sinclair and Judas and Natasha
Experiments, thanks to Michael.  What a bizzare combo to put together on one
tape.  :)  Listening to it is like doing a 20 piece jigsaw puzzle of the Little
Mermaid and then immediately tackling a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of the clear
blue sky.

Renato said:

>>that man--quite a few from Playford & D'Urfey--why don't they never publish
>>*those* pieces in the anthologies?  The play list is sectioned as follows:
>>
>>Prelewd
>
>As in foreplay or pro*log*?

I'd take the foreplay... Prolog is for geeky artificial intelligence types who
don't know their reproductive system from their expert systems...   :)

Then the other member of the tag team (Ken) gets in:

>>Interlewd ("Gathering Peascods"--or was that codspieces?)
>
>I've had difficulties explaining to my students the functions and uses of
>these contraptions.  What sayeth Libby about this?
>
>--------------------------- Interejaculation ----------------------------------
>Well, Libby?  (-:
>--------------------------- Back to forwarded stuff ---------------------------

Libby's would not justify being metaphorized as pea pods nor cods - the Red
Snapper would be more appropriate...   :)  Next time, she requests an
outerejaculation from you... you know... for variety.

>There are some pretty fresh lassies on this list, wouldn't you say?  :)____
><drool>

Hah... methinks it's the other way round... You guys go trolling for
she-newbies and then pounce like crazed slobbering weasels... it's disgusting.
:*)

>"El vino bueno es, y mejor que el agua" (old Spanish adage)

Translate for us espanol-challenged dorks, please...

Ken said:

>>I'm the youngest of six. Lay it on me. ;-)
>>
>>Heather
>
>You *dare* to tell me this, after my review of =The Art of the Bawdy Song=?
>Carol--Sonia--Marsha--*someone* hold me back, please; I'm outa control this
>afternoon (-:

See crazed weasel paragraph above...   :)

And... I'd never hold you back.  I may request permission to observe and I'll
get Masuduck to bring along his video camera.   ;*)

Michael shoots cheaply:

>> Who put the Bomp in the Bomp-she-bomp-she-bomp???
>
>Now isn't that special?
>
>Your rama-lama-ding-dong needs more RAM, dude.

Methinks that there's a shortage of sheep in KY...   :*)  n.n.'s been whining
too...   ('scuse me while I duck)

>> I'm the youngest of six. Lay it on me. ;-)
>
>> Heather
>
>Indeed. One lump or two?

See crazed weasel paragraph above...  ;*)

>>  They Suck...
>
>That's what I like, standing up for your opinions.

I prefer a prone position for such things... old volleyball knee injury.

>> 666, The Number of the Beast..

Yes... Chucky "Beasty Man" Vance has those numbers as the last three in his
zipper code...   :)

>I'm told some parody band once put out a record called _668, The Neighbor
>of the Beast_. Has anyone ever seen this, or is it an urban legend?

I'd like to put out a record called _669, The Number of the Feast_   :)

>Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful, Pictures of Lily helped me sleep
>at night :-)

Lily's on her lily pad this week... she wants you to stay the hell away for 5-7
days...   ;)

>Yeah, I like buffalo footage too :-)

These hoofs are made for walkin'    ;)  :)

>         Recently, I very like to listen to Eric Clapton's songs.
>Example : "Wonderful Tonight" , "Tears In Heaven". Specially, these
>songs are very wonderful in film "RUSH".
>{Original Score Composed and Performed by Eric Clapton} !
>Not long after ago, our band was playing "Wonderful Tonight".
>
>                      curiously,
>                                  Long

Ummm... Libby Doe asks... ummm...  how long?    ;*)

Gee... long post...

- Carol and Libby
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