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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:48:38 MDT
From:         Maid in Bedlam <watson@HG.ULETH.CA>
Subject:      thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd

I, of course, kiss the feet of dearest Adam for starting the piping thread.
Most of the pipers I listen to are in the folk and traditional vein and one o'
my favorite pipers is Ged Foley from The House Band.  A couple of others
include Alan Macleod from Bourne & Macleod and formerly of the Tannihill Weavers
(just for shere ingenuity and balls) and Ian McKinnon of Rawlins Cross.

Walt said:

>I also have a weakness for bagpipes.

Oh my... in that case, I apologize for braiding your leg hairs.  You have
wonderous taste.  ;)

Cummon Michael?  Where's your input on this one?  Or are you having too much
fun playing King of the Cavil?  Or are you afraid to publically admit you like
pipes? :)

>...from a natural congas, bongos, and of course bodrahn player who is
>just a frustrated drummer all these years, and plays piano just to keep
>my sanity (ha! - any witnesses?).

Ummmm... what are ye saying here, Walty??  Are you telling me that you've
played a bodhran?  May I perhaps request some private lessons??  :)


Dave Hall on Sinead:

>than raise a few eyebrows.  As best as I could figure the entire song was
>a kind of listing of all the world's evils at once she finished with a line
>that ran something along the lines of:
>     "Fight the true enemy" and then held up a photo of the Pope and ripped
>it into little pieces.  Needless to say the audience was stunned.  Not
>even a single clap.  Just silence.  It was kinda neat, yet spooky at the
>same time.

Yipers... wish I would have seen that...  Knowing her views on abortion, I'm
not surprised.  I think that Sinead has massive balls too -- perhaps bigger
than Peter Gabriel's (and certainly those of our own Marco).  ;*)

Marco said:

>>I like the album cover with all the artworks associated with each song. In
>>particular,I was struck by the piece by Andy Goldsworthy (England) for the son
>>"Washing of the Water".  To me it looks like a moss covered vulva-like
>>landscape...phallicism at it's best.  :)  It's too bad that the lyrics weren't
>>included -- I'd like to examine them in greater detail.
>
>        Right. That picture is stunning. If you look closely, it even looks
>like a natural phenomenon, not something that was hand-made especially for the
>picture. Also, the front cover, features PG as if he were coming out of a very
>similar hole -- maybe a reference to birth?

I agree about the natural phenomenon appearance of that picture, but I fail to
see a "hole" (as you so aptly put it) on the front cover.  That shape looks
more like a freshly tossed white satin sheet to me.  Or am I being real dense
here...  Cummon all you _Us_ owners... tell me what you think?

>        And, no lyrics included?!? The Italian version has them all. Do you
>want a photocopy?

Well... obviously the lyrics were only included on the CD version.  This peon
bought the cassette and with all the artwork, the J-sheet was already a dozen
folds.   Bummer...


The guy with the sexy spanish name sed:

>Mixed nuts/mixed metaphors, or trouble in the erroneous zones.  The Maid for Pl
>easure's remark below reminded me of H. Ross Perot's recent remark that female
>reporters ask tough questions because they "have to prove their manhood."
>These are indeed slippery slopes worthy of determined and tireless inquisitoria
>l linguistic probing.

oh baby... I adore a little cunning linguist...


Michael asked:

>And who was that woman that came out of nowhere a couple years ago with a
>voice as big as all outdoors, a semi-hit called "Just Walk Away," with a
>real bleak surrealistic video? I thought her voice was majestic... needed
>a volume knob though.

Are you talking about Toni Childs and _Don't Walk Away_?  She does have a
powerful and unique voice.  Both of her releases are rather nice... I prefer
her slower, tender works like "Where's the Ocean".

Michael, on Queensryche:

>And it happens they're real passionate about certain things, like the direction
>the American polity is taking toward greater social control. Maybe it's not the
>classic boy-meets-girl subject matter of your standard blues tune, but on the
>other hand, let's talk about the sensitive sexual attitudes of your classic
>bluesmen some time, and think whether maybe Queensryche promotes some healthier
>thinking in their audience.

I have to agree here.  One of the things that bugs me about alot of blues
artists is that a fair share of them are sexist.  They also seem to make it
difficult for female blues artists to get any attention -- mind you, this is
the case in quite a few musical genres and is one of the reasons why I like
folk music.  Is there really equal opportunity in the musical arts or am I just
not seeing it?


Scott, in his attempts to keep his fingers off of cigarettes passes his time in
this fashion:

>Subj:	Top Allmusic Posters
>
>                 The 100 Most Prolific ALLMUSIC Posters
>      Statistics gathered since Tuesday, May the 9th of 1989 (1247 days)
>                              Number  of
>No.  Sender's name              mailings
>-----------------------------------------
>  1  Michael Lehnertz              1953
>  2  Jeff Beer                     1751
>  3  n. n.                          762
>  4  Russ Gelinas                   642
>  5  Tim Johnson                    635
>  6  john mcintyre                  591
>  7  CAROL WATSON                   585

Oh goodie!  Lucky seven...  :)  It is my goal to be on top of n.n., Russ, Tim
and John within a year...  :)

> 63  Bob Crispen                    118
> 64  Mary Rekucki                   114
> 65  Philippe P.G. Stas             111
> 66  rowhite@WRDIS01.AF.MIL         107
> 67  James Hedberg                  101
> 68  Dick Metcalf                    91
> 69  Brian J Haughey                 88
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I found this rather fascinating, considering his initials and his position
number.  :)

- Carol
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