BB put a Rudyard Kipling poem to music on William Bloke, so I thought I'd share with you my second favourite RK verse - and apologies for any inaccuracies. I...
Charles Vermont
Funchoice@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:43 pm
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I received this from Simon Fox via my website and thought it was worth passing on : "I'm in a band in Wigan and have recently found out that my son has Cystic...
mark.warner@...
Mar 2, 2001 3:12 am
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... Through the wonders of the internet, we can refresh your memory... A DEAD STATESMAN I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. ...
Rob Brewer
rob@...
Mar 2, 2001 11:09 am
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Thanks, Rob, for the correction and the reference to other Kipling work. Looks like I couldn't resist the temptation to rewrite him as well... Charles Vermont ...
Charles Vermont
Funchoice@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:08 pm
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Here's my 0.37 euro on Kipling I used to have a 'colleague' at work who would always begin to quote.. "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing...
Jon Tout
jontout@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:39 pm
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... Nice tag mark! Jon...
Jon Tout
jontout@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:42 pm
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... quote.. ... Yep Kipling wrote the words to 'Worthington's beer commercial with Suggs out of Madness' - annoying aren't they? jon....
Jon Drane
joinedup@...
Mar 3, 2001 9:46 am
4481
As a semi-interesting factoid my granny used to have a pre-war hardcover edition of the 'Just-So stories', the cover was decorated with embossed swastikas....
Jon Drane
joinedup@...
Mar 3, 2001 9:51 am
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... semi-interesting factoid my granny used to have ... I'm guessing and hoping that this was due to him being born in India, but here's a reference. ...
Jon Tout
jontout@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:25 am
4483
Braggster has proved to be very popular with Bragg fans looking for MP3s to download, with over 350 hits in the first two weeks. I have now uploaded another 10...
Mark Warner
mark.warner@...
Mar 5, 2001 10:57 am
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Hey. Anyone still here? I think it's pretty sad what one person can do to essentially silence a pretty decent list. Just out of curiosity, are other lists...
Mike Schwab
mikeschwab@...
Mar 6, 2001 1:09 am
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Just wanted to thank the people who have responded to me privately with long, involved, and interesting takes on my post. And I just want to remind everyone...
Mike Schwab
mikeschwab@...
Mar 6, 2001 8:03 am
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... ...or use the "reply all" button in your mailer (you can then edit out the original poster so that they don't get two copies, but it's not compulsory). I...
Rob Brewer
rob@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:25 am
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That one person has never silenced the BB guestbook, even though you put it down. As far as napster goes, I love it and I am totally unconcerned if it is ...
Carol Tarlen
ctarlen@...
Mar 6, 2001 2:31 pm
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Carol, he said the list not the board. If you look at some other lists, for instance Atilla the Stockbroker's list, (or Beautiful South, or Dan Bern) you'll...
Barbara & Bob Ingalls
bigrafx@...
Mar 6, 2001 4:10 pm
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I think Napster is illegal--no more than making a mix tape for someone-- but illegal nonetheless. But just as Barbara and Carol have expressed, I also do not...
Allison
allisons@...
Mar 6, 2001 7:20 pm
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I was interested in Mike's observation that there weren't any interesting threads.... I hav personally started a few of my own which I reply to. I tried one...
sam.fisher@...
Mar 6, 2001 7:34 pm
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Napster really is the public face of file sharing, if the record companies wallop napster, there's always gnutella or any other file sharing jimmybob. I've...
Jon Tout
jontout@...
Mar 6, 2001 9:15 pm
4492
Oops, meant to post this on the list. Anyway, it's probably a bit irrelevant now but, here's one I prepared earlier........(and accidently sent to Mike instead...
Fee
fee_bicka@...
Mar 6, 2001 10:30 pm
4493
... Thanks, Rob, for recalling my disdain for "the FBI is going through my trash" stories. In the case of Napster, however, I wouldn't call it a conspiracy....
Mike Schwab
mikeschwab@...
Mar 6, 2001 10:57 pm
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1. [02/03/01] Bill's opinions as expressed on the Any Questions radio programme cirtiqued ...
Jon Drane
joinedup@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:20 pm
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Thought i'd slip out of lurk mode and jump into the Napster debate. Most of the messages seem to portray Napster as some sort of peoples champion fighting for...
chris.mick@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:27 pm
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... Aaaagh! Aaagh! Now it's stuck in my head again! Evil! Evil! Impolite and evil! As for Napster, I agree that it's probably horribly illegal and ought to...
Roo Grubis
groenendael@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:43 pm
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It doesn't matter that Napster was originally part of some profit making scheme. What matter is that people have organized themselves to use it. I see it as...
Carol Tarlen
ctarlen@...
Mar 7, 2001 1:57 am
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I believe Napster's money all comes from investors at this point. Like most dot-coms, I think they're quite a ways away from making any kind of profit. In...
Chris Capell
ccapell@...
Mar 7, 2001 2:47 am
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No need to duck Chris. We're very kind and loving these days ;-p However . . . who am I ripping off? Zillionaires like Metallica? Who can bite me? niche...
Barbara & Bob Ingalls
bigrafx@...
Mar 7, 2001 7:38 am
4500
SEE ME, FEEL ME, TOUCH ME…PAY ME Pete Townshend keeps a diary on his website and the most fascinating passage so far concerns downloading MP3 files with his...
Barbara & Bob Ingalls
bigrafx@...
Mar 7, 2001 7:57 am
4501
A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH A couple weeks ago, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that shipments from record manufacturers, which...
Barbara & Bob Ingalls
bigrafx@...
Mar 7, 2001 7:58 am
4502
Hi all - I'm in and out of here quickly, but just to say, for what it's worth (and I know what Bill thinks is not necessarily the point) that Billy Bragg is ...
Pete Crook
pete.crook@...
Mar 7, 2001 3:36 pm
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Maybe I've been sleeping and missed something, but Mike's recent post puzzled me. How did the ex-member of this list silence us? The list has peirods of high...
