Hi everyone,
It's your sad correspondent with an exhibitionist streak (why else would I post on the list when I have nothing
to say) who has just come back from a shaming experience at the Swan in Wimbledon, where myself and my
overachieving friend Harry came nowhere in a pub quiz. We didn't even recognise Kung Fu Fighting! There were
only two of us, though (I'm not painting a very attractive picture of myself for those of you who don't know me
- every other night I'm out on my speedboat with Henry Dent-Brocklehurst and the entire Miss Venezuela pageant
("Consuela likes helping old people across the road, reading to street children and the folksy musings of
Stuart Murdoch. Whatta girl!") - might bring them to the Bluesoda social, actually...).
My brother has astounded me tonight - he's been up for the last 72 hours as he's been delivering babies through
the night and for some reason I've come over all hushed with awe. What a phenomenal experience! I can't imagine
anything thoughout my whole career will compare to what he's just done. He's only a medical student (hope they
didn't tell the mothers that), but wow.
Thank you to Tag as well for his fab comedy idea - I trust there will be many vicars with their keks down (and
wearing suspenders - for their socks, I mean) and people being pushed out of windows. Have you read/seen Joe
Orton's "Loot"? One of the more entertaining things we had to study in our Self-Conscious Theatre: Currents in
Italian and English Theatre course at the good ole University of Warwick (that's a point - any warwicensians
out there? Make yourselves known!), though not as good as Fo's "Acidental Death of an Anarchist". Genius.
I'm worrying again about becoming bored with Belle and Sebastian. There, I've said it. They're still the most
phenomenal melody makers I've ever heard, bar none, but occasionally I can listen to Tigermilk and not cry. Am
I losing it? Rescue me, my friends, before I turn to the dark side ("I am your father, Luke...")......
Too much. Sorry.
Kick out the Jams, Brothers and Sisters!
Marky C. xxx
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hi everyone,
Are the Lucksmiths good? the local British-music-shop has a little note on
their album that indicates that fans of Belle & Sebastian would like them.
Just wondering...
tasha
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I seem to have walked on this discussion list into the middle of a cartoon
discussion. Not quite what i expected, but hey, i'm cool, i can handle it.
krivas(a)codon.nih.gov writes:
> But my favorite animated flick of all time has to be "The Last Unicorn." I
> even have it on videotape. It was the only cartoon I knew of that actually
had
> curse words in it ("damn" and "hell" - not really that harsh now, but to an
8
> year old, they're pretty strong).
I always loved that movie. It's based off of the Peter S. Beagle book by the
same title, an absolutely lovely story that i've always thought of as a
children's story for adults. We have an ancient copy lying around the house
somewhere (although it seems to me that i looked for it when i was home over
Christmas break and to my great dismay could not locate it anywhere), but i've
never been able to find it anywhere else, so i suppose it's quite out of print
(either that, or i've always looked in all the wrong places). Ah well.
But on another note - and here is where i attepmt to fit Belle and Sebastian
back into the picture - i have another movie to watch sometime soon. My
friend, upon learning that B&S has a song about her hero, loaned me her copy
of "Don't Look Back," the Bob Dylan movie. Has anyone seen this? I'm not
really sure how much watching the movie will enhance my B&S listening
experiences, but the anticipation is still kind of exciting.
Jess.
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>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 19:46:39 gmt0bst
> From: "Henry" <MFKX7HVB(a)fs1.ar.man.ac.uk>
> Subject: Sinister: cringe...
>
> Here's my lot on the cartoon thread:
> (Pigeon street, YES! "Long distance Clara" etc. classic.)
>
> Nobody's mentioned the Carebears, sure they were terrible, but I
> can't think of all these other cartoons without thinking of them.
> When we used to go to the video store my sister always wanted a
> carebears video and I wanted a superman film.
OK. I can say something about it. I remember seeing the 1st movie in the
theater when I was 9. I was thrilled because that was the first time I had
ever been abandoned by any parental authority (my friend's parents were in
charge of us that day which explains why) to go see a movie. I remember
enjoying the movie, but halfway through, I bit my tongue and drew blood as
I was having some pop corn. I remember that movie being played one
Thanksgiving afternoon on TV and out of nostalgia, I was a bit curious to
see it (I was 14 at the time), but I got bored and wandered off pretty
quickly. I can't tell you a thing about the plot. I think they were
battling something evil. Aren't they always?
I got hit by a wave of nostalgia just yesterday when I went into a clothes
store and they had Strawberry Shortcake doll t-shirts. Everyone had the
doll when I was in kindergarten and bring her to show and tell. Yes,
everyone had seen one, but I brought mine, too!
The smurfs are my favorites. On any day of the week, my mom had to drag me
out of bed to go to school, but I specifically asked her to wake me up at
7:30 on Saturdays to see that show. Go figure. I miss the days of
stuffing my face with breakfast cereals and chocolate milk and watching
cartoons I wouldn't dare think to see these days.
Oh, I have to ask this for any Aussies on the list: What the hell is the
deal with the Bananas in Pajamas show? Or, as my friend likes to call it,
"Dildos in Tuxedos." I work for a tv station where I run it every morning
and their demenor is reminiscent of Terrence and Phillip on the Southpark
show. It's one of the goofiest things I've ever seen, and I have to wonder
why Australia hasn't received the recognition it rightly deserves for being
the producer of the greatest soaps and children's shows on earth.
s.s.
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Henry wrote:
>Can you explain how a cookery program can be so good ypu plan to
>watch it?
indeed i can. "Iron Chefs" is not your ordinary cooking instruction show, it's
actually a cooking competition, where there are 3 chefs who are always on it,
who are calle dthe "Iron Chefs" (for americans, it's kinda like the whole
American Gladiators premise, but not so crappy) Anyway, a challenger chef
comes on, and challenges one of the Iron Chefs. then the "secret ingredient"
is revealed, for example it could be "eel". Then the Chefs have an hour to
make a full meal where each item in the meal has to contain the secret
ingredient. Whils they are racing around cooking, there are announcers
excitedly giving the play-by-play, and they sometimes even have slo-motion
instant replays when something exciting happens like a bunch of fire whooshes
up or something. at the end they have a taste test to decide who wins. It's
all very dramatic. Also the M.C. of the show is awesome, and wears the coolest
Liberace-style flamboyant outfits. I highly recommend watching it, if you have
any Asian cable channels where you live. (the show is Japanese) Also i've seen
tapes of the show for rent in Japanese markets.
tasha
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that - and the news of screech from saved by the bell (god! does life get
any worse than
>that?) is going to play shaggy in a scooby doo film - just goes to show
>how utterly bereft of ideas
>hollywood is at the moment.
>
Huh huh...he thaid shaggy. Huh huh. A "Scooby" film!!??? Lame!!!!! Well
here's something kinda cool....Sid Krofft was saying last weekend that
they're working on an HR Pufnstuf MOVIE!!!! I know...it sounds
questionable, but they're getting that same guy who did Ed Wood to do
it..it's got a fighting chance. They had Disney working on a Land Of The
Lost film for the past 2 years or something. They were killing it so they
yanked it. Ah well.
sorry there was no B&S up in here.
beth
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Hello,
Mention of Henry's cat reminded me of Inspector Gadget, because those
were the two cartoons that people used to make jokes about when I was
around.
Very funny.
Go go Badgett laugh.
Love Henry Badgett.
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am i the only person who has heard about the possibility of an inspector gadget real life action film?
i'm *sure* i read somewhere that matthew broderick was potentially being cast as yer geezer with the
expandable legs. that - and the news of screech from saved by the bell (god! does life get any worse than
that?) is going to play shaggy in a scooby doo film - just goes to show how utterly bereft of ideas
hollywood is at the moment.
i mean would you get a portland bill film here? actually not a bad idea. a crossover with cockleshell bay
maybe....
chris
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Hi folks,
here in Germany exists a quite big *free* magazine for descent music
called "Intro". They have become quite tasty and modern with the
music they write about.
There's a page where celebrities judge the latest records and at the
end they have to tell, what's their all-time faves.
Duffy listed "Tigermilk" by B&S at rank 2!! (Can't remember what was
number 1). Is he cool or what?
Jochen
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This whole cartoon discussion is beyond me because I, too, was not allowed
to watch cartoons. My mother wouldn't let me or my sister watch any
violent or sexist television - which eliminates about 99% of TV shows.
Cartoons were deemed "violent." All of them.
By the way, I just finished my website for my zine, Temple of Sting. Won't
you go take a look at it?
http://members.tripod.com/~JanineBee
Janine
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