Conference mr1pst::music

Well *I* think Spotted Bill Googleflux is a great singer and he's been treated
badly by his record company.

It's not Bill's fault he's spotted.  They're really freckles, not spots.

    Testing 1, 2, 3...
    
    Mark.

    
     Can anyone tell me why I'm automatically "set seen" every time I
    get into MUSIC.It doesn't happen with any other conference.
    I get the "no new notes" every time I try to next unseen.
    
    
    Derek.

    Depending on how far back you want to go, you could try:
    
    set seen/before=yesterday
    
    which would 'label' all notes since yesterday as unseen.  But when I
    open the music notesfile, seen/before doesn't get set to a time in the
    future.

    Read note 17.last about why that is happening, put moderation issues
    in note 1 and above all, READ THE DIRECTIONS before you flame about
    what a "pain" anything is.
    
    Brian
    MUSIC Mod

    Whoops, I meant put moderation issues in Note 7.

    
    We *all* make mistakes!
    Can I have my head back please?

    Hello? HEllo? .... HELlo?  
    
       anybody home? 
    
             anyone?
    
    Is there an echo in here or am I the only one who found the
    relocated notesfile? Sheesh, maybe we need a Heavy Metal Sux
    note to christen things.
    
    -Tom

    re .8
    
    Never mind. The mod straightened me out. And NO you can't
    have a prescription, too.
    
    -Tom

    
    	RE: ELF 
    
	I recall the version of ELF prior to it being interfaced with ELF
	allowed servers to be specified via two logicals, one primary and
	another a secondary system.   If you picked a server that had a 
	relatively heavy load you would find them elves too busy most of
	the time.   I'd suggest you mention that you have trouble with
	access to the VTX ELF database to the contacts listed in VTX
	or the ELF administrator.

	The other thing related to people leaving DEC is the process
	that is supposed to handle account removal following someone
	leaving.  I know there's termination lists that are sued 
	for this but have you ever sent mail to someone and later
	found out they were gone neons ago?  Another good one is when
	their account is properly removed but since the VMSmail entry
	remains in tact unless you explicitly delete it if the person
	had forwarding set then mail will still go through and you
	won't even know that particular account on the system is gone.

	The no such user message at least gives you a clue that they 
	have changed systems or left the company.
	
	- Jim

    	
    It won't answer your question but a recent Circus mag. had a fairly good
    section on contacts of this type.
    
    - Jim

    
    Latest NKOTB(New Kids On The Block) tabloid.
    
    A in Chicago living consumer has filed a complaint against popgroup
    NKOTB because of fraud.He(a person named Michael Siegel)is claiming
    a 75 milion dollar law-suit on behalf of all NKOTB fans because(as he
    stated)the New Kids nearly have never sung on all of their released
    albums.According to statements of a earlyer fired New Kids producer
    named McPherson,the vocals were mostly managed and done by a singer
    named Michael Johnson and manager Maurice Starr.
    
    Anymore juice on this please? ;^)
    
    Jan.
     

    NKOTB made the headlines by singing live on Arsenio Hall two nights ago
    to prove the point that they do sing.  One of the Kids later said
    that they never claimed to be good singers...gotta give him credit for
    that!
    
    From what I heard, they sounded flat, but I didn;t see or hear enough
    to bother forming much more of an opinion. And furthermore, I don't
    give a flock.
    
    dan
    

    I know I'm late in asking, but...
    
    What happened to note #64.50?
    
    K.C.

    RE: .17 (re 64.50)
    
    I dunno. It's deleted. Whether I did it, or the author did I don't
    remember.
    
    Brian

    The author didn't...he asked me if _I_ knew what happened!
    
    K.C.

    RE. 19
    
    Like I said, I don't remember. Usually, if I delete a note I remember
    it since most deleted notes are inflammatory or some-such. In this
    case, I have no recollection at all about this particular note, which
    indicates that if I did do it, it was probably accidental.
    
    If the author was real attached to the note, you should suggest they
    re-enter it. And send them my apologies as well...
    
    Thanks,
    Brian
    Moderately Moderating

FWIW, I believe the moderation of MUSIC is close to optimal. Didn't seem to be
a more appropriate place to say so, and public posting seemed more appropriate
than private E-mail, so here it is...

Bob

    RE: 21
    
    Thanks (blush)
    
    Brian

Hey all you drummers out there.

I just found out about this guy in Dudley who recovers old drums and makes them
look like new. I saw some of his work last night and it looked mint. 

I'm not just talking taking a black color drum set and making it red or what
ever color.  He's got some really wild metalic colors, that sparkle and really
make any set look 10 times more expsensive. 

I was very impressed. He's got a whole book of colors and wild patterns to
choose from. If any body is interested you should check him out. I have his card
at home. If anybody is interested please send me mail for more information. 

He also repairs drums. 

David'

	
From:	VISUAL::SHIMKIN      
To:	CLOSET::T_PARMENTER
CC:	SHIMKIN
Subj:	Perhaps some desperado readers would like to subscribe

         <<< TAKEA::FLYING_LEAP:[INTHEMUD]WRITE_LOCKED.NOTE;1 >>>
================================================================================
Note 1.0                          Introduction                       No replies
TAKEA::HIKE "Inspiring Message"                    19 lines   31-JUN-1991 24:49
    				-< Bug off! >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Welcome to the WRITE_LOCKED conference.  Nothing is inappropriate for this
    conference, it's write locked.  Every note is write locked, every reply is
    hidden, the conference is write locked.

    Finally, you don't have to be tolerant, value differences, or be a team 
    player.  Just be yourself.  And be paid for your performance.

    All conferences have rules, and this one is no exception.  We simply ask:

    1.  Be kind; rewind.

    2.  Close cover before striking.

    3.  Although this conference is write locked, we ask that you use mixed
        case.  Using all capital letters is annoying, even if it's an intention.

    somebody call the behavior police, quick!

	Hi,
	I don't know if I've come to the right place, but I need some
	information on Reggae, Rasta, and Marley in particular.
	Is there a special reggae conference? A note somewhere? I can't
	find anything.

	Failing that, can anyone recommend a quick, painless book(s) on
	Marley's life? (I'm not really a reggae fan, Pixies are more my
	style, but I need info for a book I'm writing)

	Any pointers welcome,
	Thanks
	Sara.

    
    Re: .26
    
    A guy named Stephen Davis wrote a book on Marley and reggae, wish I
    could remember the title...
    
    						Brian

	Thanks, Oh Moderator,
	I wonder if Bob Marley ever wrote a book about snooker...

	Sara B.

    Last night I pulled out an old magazine that had an excerpt from a bio
    of Marley.  Author is Timothy White, title is "Catch A Fire".  It came
    out in 1983.
    
    					Brian Rost

	Brian, 

	That's a wise move having replies disabled to the moderator note
	because you prevent s=illy replies like this one;

	RE: MUSIC Mod

	Likewise all in fun are  you sure that isn't MUSIC God?

	It kind of reminds me about the 'old folk tales regarding the
	phrase "Eric is god" which were really someone's misinterpreted 
	reading of the line "Eric is good"

	Have fun,
	- Jim

    Jim,
    
    I'm sure it's not MUSIC God.
    
    Why?
    
    Because on the fifth day, I wouldn't have created Milli Vanilli.
    
    Brian

	okay, doggy!

	- Jim

	RE:30

	Eric is God? But I thought it was John Lennon...no...wait a 
	minute, Lennon didn't say he was bigger than *god*, he said bigger
	than *rod*. Rod Stewart, as we know, would not be big for another
	eight years.

	If this all makes little or no sense to you, it's either because
	you haven't heard The Rutles, or because my brain is fried.

	SaraB.

    No, no, no...Lennon said that he was bigger than JESUS...not Clapton.
    
    And, since I've never seen a pic of Lennon and Clapton standing next to
    each other, I can't tell who is bigger.  (I DO know that Lennon is
    about the same size as Elton John, but that is another ball game.)
    
    And MY brain is fried, too!  :^)
    
    K.C.

    OK, since we're digressing, particularly into the area of bigness, and
    seeing how we've been treading dangerously close to the subject of sex
    over in the hot and steamy 181, I thought I'd tell you a joke I heard
    yesterday:
    
    A guy in LA, after a torid session with major babe-a-tude:
    
    Guy: So, like, was it goooood fer you?
    
    Gal: (high pitched giggle): wellll, I have some good news and some bad
         news.
    
    Guy: Like, wow, OK, tell me the good news...
    
    Gal: OK, you're *bigger* than Magic.
    
    Brian

	This seems like an appropriate place for digressions, although I 
	prefer calling them discussions without bounds.  There's enough 
	other topics in various conferences that seem to have an implicit 
	bit of soapbox to them.

	I always thought John Lennon's comment had to do with the Beatles 
	having a larger mailing list than...

	- Jim

	RE: .33 .34 and .36
	
	Has NO-ONE ever heard the Rutles??
	Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry, the pre-fab-four, a legend in their own
	lunchtime, they're talking about their trousers, nuthink left to the
	imagination...etc etc etc?
	Check it out! (It's Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, and a few others from
	the Monty Python team, on video and tape)

	Sara.

    Not forgetting Leggy Mountbatten, manager and fifth Rutle. 
    
    barry.

    
    when asked what made the Rutles so appealing, Leggy replied. "it was
    tight trousers".
    
    	bob

	RE: .36 / Sara

>	Has NO-ONE ever heard the Rutles??

	Who said we hadn't?  Has NO-ONE ever heard the Rutles Highway
	Revisited compilation disc? :)  I thought we were discussing dogs.

	- Jim

	
		         <<< BEATLE::BEATLES.NOTE >>>
                                -< The Beatles >-
================================================================================
Note 51.42*               The Rutles are just as good.                  42 of 42
SOURCE::ZAPPIA "punk rock polly"                     27 lines  17-MAR-1992 15:47
                                -< Shimmy Disc >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	It's on Shimmy Disc from New York.  An interesting label.
	
	- Jim

		         <<< HYDRA::RADIO_RADIO.NOTE >>>
                               -< Raydio Raydio >-
================================================================================
Note 407.18                      Compilation CDs                        18 of 35
RAGMOP::T_PARMENTER "Year of the Golden Monkey"      10 lines  21-FEB-1992 13:49
                    -< Way Cool with Way Cool liner notes >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rutles Hiway Rev. is actually, you see, a Beatles tribute album with no
Beatles songs on it.  

The only real dog on there is the Penn Jillette "group" (can't remember the 
name) with their cover of the Rutles' imitation of "Twist & Shout" in which
they prove themselves incapable of playing without error an enormously simple
song with an enormously simple rhythm.  (Of course, inability to do this 
didn't stop the Doors).  To make it worse, I think Penn's vast magic fortune
is the power source of Shimmydisk, which explains his presence on an album with
such titans as Syd Straw.  

................................................................................

	A some what related note there is $423 on Kramer and company.

This looks as good a place as any to ask:

Can someone tell me what/where Texarkana is? It's the title of an REM song,
and it also is in the lyrics to a song off of Tesla's latest album. Its a
phrase I've heard before, but I don't know what it's in reference to.

thanks,
alan

 Texarkana is a little town that is right on the border of Arkansa Texas and
Louisiana..I believe it is actually in Arkansas..only been there a couple times
whilst on a train enroute to Houston so I can't say much about it other than
the train station is kinda nice..





Jim

    Texarcana may be a town, but more generally it refers to the region
    along the Texas/Arkansas border.
    
    Brian

	The Del Fuegos (sP?) name comes about in a similar way...

But the Del Lords are named after the producer of the Three Stooges shorts.

    Hi,anyone know the new address for KDX200 ,guitar, heavy metal notes
    files? I know they have moved and failed to get the address beforehand.
    
    thanks,
    
    -kevin

re: .46

>    Hi,anyone know the new address for KDX200 ,guitar, heavy metal notes
>    files? I know they have moved and failed to get the address beforehand.
    
KDX200 is now 28.166 (or 28838 in multiplied-out form).

-Hal