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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:46:00 CST
From:         Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue <CV01@SWTEXAS.BITNET>
Subject:      The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet

   First of all: thanks to Hosko for the recommendations for the Bonzo Dog
Band.


>Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:08:17 EST
>From:         "Michael H. Bloom" <MHB@MITVMA.BITNET>
>Subject:      More posts about guitars and food
>
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>The Harvard Coop is one of the world leaders in selling Windham Hill records.
>Apparently the Harvard students buy them as study aids-- a genre of music so
>tedious it makes homework seem great fun by comparison...

   Yeah, and that's what made it especially amusing to me when I saw that
_Invisible Means_ by French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson was on Windham Hill.
;*)  Actually, background music for studying is a legitimate use for most
of the Windham Hill label.  I know I had some preferred music for
background when I was in college (especially for writing papers).  Seems
like Keith Jarrett's _Koln Concert_ and _Arbour Zena_ (both on the ECM
label) got a fair amount of playing time.


>Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:58:29 EST
>From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
>Subject:      Sundry items
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>
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>Renato: you and Jack Benny are 39.

   I agree with Heavy-Metal Sonia -- why else would he be undergoing such a
crisis over his birthday?  :*)


>Calling McIntyre: Robert Quine arrived... ( I can't figure WHAT'S on the other
>side--weird violins... just weird... I haven't listened to much of it)
>I really ENJOY Quine--it sounds like one long jam to me, rather than individual
>songs.  I love his inventiveness and his sound.  At times the drums seem
>almost like a track it's so fanatically regular... but other than that I think
>this is great stuff.  Need to listen many more times to fully absorb--I give
>Quine high marks!

   OK, so now McIntyre's trying to pervert Sonia with his vulgar guitar
music, eh?  ;*)  So, what Quine was it (and do you wanna send me some of
it)?  Also, Sonia's description makes me think that it may have had Bobby
Previte playing drums on it.  (BTW, I don't mean that as a put-down of
Previte -- he is simply one of the cleanest-sounding drummers I've ever
heard.)


>Demonic Upchucko: I know you're busy doing obscure things to obscurer data, but
>I hope you'll remember to reply to my query on Buckethead...

   Yep, that's me alright.  :*)  Sorry for the delay.  I'll do a full
review for you in a separate post.


>Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 12:43:55 EST
>From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Sundry items
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>On another subject: I hate to bring up the DREAD M-PERSON but a friend of mine
>works in the library in Rare Books/Special Collections, and she told me about
>the hilarious almost medieval ritual that transpired when the Dread M-Person's
>latest book arrived.  While most volumes languish for days, weeks, months,
>years, or centuries in the Pre-Cat area, this one was hand-carried by an honor
>guard through ACquisitions, Cataloging, etc. etc. STRAIGHT up to Rare Books.
>And then a long line of library employees showed up, waiting to view it.
>Damn, why doesn't this happen with Wittgenstein or Tolstoy or Emily Dickinson
>or Proust or Cervantes or Flaubert?

   To borrow from _The Rutles_ -- I think it's the trousers (or in M's
case, it's the accessories).
   There's been a little ruckus over it in the Austin Public Library
System.  They ordered acouple of copies, and then held them behind the desk
as they do all other "reference" materials.  They required an ID to be able
to peruse said tome, but did not require the viewer (I refuse to call them
"readers") to be over 18.  Several fundie groups haved raised all kinds of
hell over this, and the local D.A. has been trying to find out if they
might be violating some law about furnishing minors with pornography.  Of
course, incidents like this just help the sales of the thing, and
bookstores are having a hard time keeping it in stock.



      bye,
      cmv ("a prurient interest is a terrible thing to waste")
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