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Tuesday, October 07, 2003 |
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| Topics for Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1. to the guy that rambles - Pete Willis 2. A good reason to be a Level fan, or an 80's fan! - Michael Payne 3. southend - tim and sarah hardwicke 4. Dogma - Andrew Goodwin 5. The Problem With Music -- an article by Steve Albini - Eric J. Hansen 6. + MARKETPLACE - Level 42 Digest 7. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY - Level 42 Digest |
| 1. to the guy that rambles |
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| From: | Pete Willis <peteburywillis @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:48:46 +0100 |
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Hi
Can anyone make any sense at all of the ramblings
of jt.
Is he for real, on drugs or on another
planet!!
It's not that I disagree with his opinion or his
right to share it. It's that I can't understand hardly a darn thing he
is on about.
The bits I can make out, it seems he
is stirring up something to do with gays or drug users (interesting example
jt!!)
I actually have friends who are both and had plenty
of drug users and pushers in the Church I attend over the years.
So then jt, what's your game. Your trying to make
me into something I'm not and are writing plenty of assumptions about me when
you don't have a clue.
As for the not knowing how to debate, at least I
post in sentences that are readable and have a meaning instead of the garbled
nonsense you post.
By the way, being a Christian doesn't mean I can't
express an opinion or tell someone if I think they are talking nonsense.
A Wimp I ain't and if you want to continue with
your abuse then you know my email address. Fire away buddy.
Pete
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| 2. A good reason to be a Level fan, or an 80's fan! |
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| From: | Michael Payne <michael @ journeyhouse.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:07:38 -0500 |
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If I ever needed convincing that the music in the US Charts is total and utter CRAP and why I cling to the 80-90's music, here is the top 10 list for the US this week, who are some of these people? We have hit, I think, the lowest point in the US music industry, I wish a music revolution would happen and soon - all of this current music is full of curses, hate, division, and nothing but computer generated beats and scratches covering songs that should be left alone - surely it can get better than this! (Gosh, I am sounding like my parents now!) US Billboard Top Ten singles (week ending 10-04-2003)
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| 3. southend |
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| From: | tim and sarah hardwicke <tim.sarahj @ virgin.net> |
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| Date: | Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:29:36 +0100 |
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Has anyone got 2 spare tickets for the southend
gig.If you have please get in touch | ||
| 4. Dogma |
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| From: | Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Tue, 07 Oct 2003 00:42:14 +0100 |
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| Well, a limited take up of the Topics for Discussion: 1) If there is a God why does he let so many terrible things happen? Well, this one got pretty much the expected response, namely evidence that opinion and belief can be assumed as solipsistic 'knowledge' by either end of the spectrum. It's always been a fun pastime for those sat in the blissful middle of informed uncertainty to see the vitriolic ends practically join up. 2) Manufactured bands – they’re not so bad. This was prompted by a youthful colleague who can get all but hydrophobic at the mention of the name Busted. Watching TMF one night it occurred to me that the path from Busted to one of his favourites, Good Charlotte, is a really rather short one in the grand scheme of trivial music. 3) The United States – global liberator or burgeoning fascist state imposing its values on an unwilling world by force? No takers here, alas. Maybe we've all been down that anti-American route once too often for it to be fun any more. Personally, I am bemused by the way that America seems to foment such charming individuals - far more charming than the English, and of course I include myself amongst my countrymen here - while their nation rampages around the globe stamping on anything which gets in its way. Maybe your bitter, twisted years will come along in about a hundred years time when, like us, you can look back on what once was. 4) Singing along at concerts is a great idea which really enhances other fans’ enjoyment. People who sing along at concerts? See point 10, dogs, below. 5) Avril Lavigne – chirpy teenage poppet or spawn of Satan? Obviously there was just consensus on this one. 6) Mobile phones are a symptom of a modern era of hedonistic instantaneous gratification which is causing a breakdown of values in youth today. Must be just me that hates then then. 7) Jennifer Lopez – I would, wouldn’t you? I must say I was disappointed that nobody offered their response to this most philosophical of questions. I was particularly looking forward to Nathania's take on it. 8) If boxing has weight divisions, why doesn’t basketball have height divisions? Not only is basketball the most tedious, pointless, you-score-then-I'll-score excuse for a sport ever invented, it's limited to physical freaks! Mystifying. 9) Since language has no inherent meaning all communication is basically fraudulent, and as a result we are all destined to a life of worthless misunderstanding and will die alone and unfulfilled. I was hoping for Anthony Kay to weigh in with his perspective on Jacques Derrida's bleak semantic premise, but it seems I will just have to make do with AK's handy alerts to TV programmes which have already been on. 10) Dogs should all be exterminated. Yes, they should. And I would personally volunteer for the job, with a handgun to the head. I'd start with stupid yappy dogs and dogs which intimidate small children in parks. Actually I'd start with Rottweilers and Pit Bulls, basically any dog used as a penis extension. Then the yappy and football-bursting. If you tell me it's the fault not of the dogs but of the owners, I would be more than happy for them to accompany man's best friend on his final journey. AG _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband | ||
| 5. The Problem With Music -- an article by Steve Albini |
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| From: | Eric J. Hansen <ehansen @ worldmachine.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:44:42 -0400 |
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Moving on, here's a
good article written by Steve Albini, who (among other things)
produced
Nirvana's "In Utero"
album. Its a bit long in the tooth, but talks about the process by
which
bands get signed and
the typical financials involved. All weighted very heavily against
the
musicians
themselves, in favor of the record co's.
-Eric
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| 6. + MARKETPLACE |
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| From: | Level 42 Digest <level42-admin @ worldmachine.com> |
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| Date: | Tue, 7 Oct 2003 03:00:03 -0400 |
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