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Re: Over-The-Rhine Digest V3 #399
> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:58:56 -0000
> From: "Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>
> Subject: [none]
>
> Narhan wrote:
>
> >I was channel surfing the other night while driving and my radio
> >landed on a somewhat clear signal so I listened a bit. I heard an
> >ad for something in northern Kentucky. Huh? Where is this from?
> >Then the station later claimed to be the "home of the Reds." Could
> >it be? Finally, it identified itself as WLW, AM 700 Cincinatti. I
> >think those were the call letters and frequency. I was impressed
> >that the signal pushed itself across four state lines, through the
> >woods, over the river, despite the cold, to land in my
> >area, just south of the Twin Cities. Who'da thunk it?
>
> It also was the only station in the world to broadcast at 500kW (the
> historic limit that still exists today is 50kW). There were stories of
> people holding fluorescent bulbs near the towers and having them light up...
> My pal Andrew does the news on there in the afternoons, but don't tell
> him, it's kindof an old person's station.
>
> Here's a truly fascinating article about the station and it's history. Made
> it more clear why the name Crosley is all over Cincinnati. My sister's
> place is less then 1km from the tower.
>
> http://www.ominous-valve.com/wlw.html
>
> Bruce
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:39:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: Kelvin Bailey <prestokelvo at yahoo_com>
> Subject: Re: cast-away-and away
>
> - --- Lara Conrad <laraaustin at columbus_rr.com> wrote:
> > > The ship wrecks.
> > > The butler did it.
> > > The pretty black girl has a penis.
> >
> > uh....I thought the pattern was 5-7-5.
> >
>
> Ocean liner sinks
> Butler commits awful crime
> Oh my gosh! What's that?!?
>
> k
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:37:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: cheap broadway <pren_alpha at rocketmail_com>
> Subject: sea and sky excluded...
>
> I'm searching for songs involving boats, ships, pirates. "sitting on
> the dock of the bay" and "sail away" are about all that comes to my
> mind. help? please?
>
> j
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 19:54:23 EST
> From: Ysobelle at aol_com
> Subject: Re: cast-away-and away
>
> In a message dated Mon, 8 Jan 2001 3:43:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Lara
> Conrad" <laraaustin at columbus_rr.com> writes:
>
> << > The ship wrecks.
> > The butler did it.
> > The pretty black girl has a penis.
>
> uh....I thought the pattern was 5-7-5.
>
> Lara
> >>
>
> I love you, Lara.
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:28:55 -0500
> From: "Rick Cassinelli II" <rickcassinelli at hotmail_com>
> Subject: Re: quixotic & cast-away
>
> I watched _Cast Away_ after watching Tom Hanks
> interviewed on Charlie Rose the night before (12/22/2000)
> so that influenced how I watched the movie. The
> idea was that people cannot live alone, but the mind will
> create what it needs to survive. The volleyball become
> someone to share his experience with. When I saw it I
> thought it a chilling contribution to the world view that
> people made god. It would be interesting but uncommercial
> to see how the Tom Hanks character would have behaved
> differently and prayed aloud to God for companionship.
>
> - --Rick C
>
> >"Dan Temmesfeld" <dtemm at yahoo_com> wrote:
> >still works. plus, creating a character
> >out of a volleyball that the audience
> >begins to relate to... well, i was
> >impressed with that, too.
> >
> >thoughts?
> >
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:23:03 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
> Subject: Re: Over-The-Rhine Digest V3 #398
>
> > > i bet FedEx paid BIG BUCKS...
> >
> > actually they didn't. The film producers contacted Fed Ex about being in
> > the movie. Fed Ex originally balked because they didn't want people to
> > see one of their planes crashing into the ocean. Maybe they thought it
> > would be negative publicity, but I guess they went with the saying, "any
> > publicity is good publicity."
>
> For more info on this:
>
> http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6595,93776,00.html
>
> Burning Questions: The Plane Truth
> Was FedEx worried to be associated with "Cast Away"? EW answers that
> and other conundrums raised by some current films
>
> by Tricia Johnson
>
> 'Tis the season to be curious. EW takes on some queries inspired by
> recent holiday movies.
>
> Q: In "Cast Away," Tom Hanks is stranded on a deserted island after his
> Federal Express plane goes down. Wasn't the shipping company worried
> about the film's graphic crash? And while we're on the subject, Hanks
> opens FedEx packages not addressed to him. Isn't that a no-no?
>
> A: FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith thought the movie exposure would be
> priceless. "We stepped back and looked at the script and realized that
> [the film] captures the essence of our brand," says FedEx spokesperson
> Carla Boyd. "At the end, he delivers the package that gave him the will
> to live." As for opening boxes not addressed to you, it is against the
> law to open U.S. mail. But, says Boyd, "the postal laws do not apply to
> us."
>
> [ snip ]
>
> - --- Peter T. Chattaway ------------------------ petert at interchg_ubc.ca ---
> "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
> Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:03:10 -0500
> From: "* *" <anewton91 at hotmail_com>
> Subject: Re: quixotic & cast-away
>
> Doesn't it just boil down to you create the belief system you need, when you
> need it to survive, get through, live whatever the circumstances at hand?
> Kind of the theory "life is what you make it".
>
> Someone mentioned the wings and the pretty lady - again, you hang on to what
> you can to get you through. A song, a thought, a picture...anything as long
> as you assign some value and belief to it.
>
>
> "We who lived in concentration camps can
> remember the men who walked through the
> huts comforting others, giving away their
> last piece of bread. They may have been few
> in number, but they offer sufficient proof
> that everything can be taken from a man
> but one thing; the last of the human freedoms-
>
> To choose one's attitude in any
> given set of circumstances, to
> choose one's own way."
>
> Victor Frankl
>
>
> just some thoughts....
>
> Lucie
>
>
>
> >From: "Rick Cassinelli II" <rickcassinelli at hotmail_com>
> >Reply-To: "Rick Cassinelli II" <rickcassinelli at hotmail_com>
> >To: dtemm at yahoo_com, Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
> >Subject: Re: quixotic & cast-away
> >Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:28:55 -0500
> >
> >
> > I watched _Cast Away_ after watching Tom Hanks
> >interviewed on Charlie Rose the night before (12/22/2000)
> >so that influenced how I watched the movie. The
> >idea was that people cannot live alone, but the mind will
> >create what it needs to survive. The volleyball become
> >someone to share his experience with. When I saw it I
> >thought it a chilling contribution to the world view that
> >people made god. It would be interesting but uncommercial
> >to see how the Tom Hanks character would have behaved
> >differently and prayed aloud to God for companionship.
> >
> >--Rick C
> >
> >>"Dan Temmesfeld" <dtemm at yahoo_com> wrote:
> >>still works. plus, creating a character
> >>out of a volleyball that the audience
> >>begins to relate to... well, i was
> >>impressed with that, too.
> >>
> >>thoughts?
> >>
> >
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:18:24 -0500
> From: "* *" <anewton91 at hotmail_com>
> Subject: sail, sailing...songs
>
> <html><DIV>Sail on - commodores</DIV>
> <DIV>orinico flow (sail away) enya</DIV>
> <DIV>Come Sail Away styx (and south park)</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
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> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 00:11:00 EST
> From: Ysobelle at aol_com
> Subject: Re: sea and sky excluded...
>
> Oh, gosh! I forgot "The Water Is Wide" and Indigo Girls' "The Wood Song."
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 23:59:39 EST
> From: Ysobelle at aol_com
> Subject: Re: cast-away-and away
>
> In a message dated Mon, 8 Jan 2001 7:43:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, Kelvin
> Bailey <prestokelvo at yahoo_com> writes:
>
> <<
> - --- Lara Conrad <laraaustin at columbus_rr.com> wrote:
> > > The ship wrecks.
> > > The butler did it.
> > > The pretty black girl has a penis.
> >
> > uh....I thought the pattern was 5-7-5.
> >
>
> Ocean liner sinks
> Butler commits awful crime
> Oh my gosh! What's that?!?
>
> k
> >>
>
> And Kelvin wins the award for what is, so far, the biggest snarf of the year.
> Congrats, Kelvin!
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> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 00:27:42 EST
> From: Ysobelle at aol_com
> Subject: Re: quixotic & cast-away
>
> In a message dated Mon, 8 Jan 2001 9:44:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, "* *"
> <anewton91 at hotmail_com> writes:
>
> <<
>
> "We who lived in concentration camps can
> remember the men who walked through the
> huts comforting others, giving away their
> last piece of bread. They may have been few
> in number, but they offer sufficient proof
> that everything can be taken from a man
> but one thing; the last of the human freedoms-
>
> To choose one's attitude in any
> given set of circumstances, to
> choose one's own way."
>
> Victor Frankl
>
> >>
>
> My G-d, that's a beautiful quote. Wherever did you find it?
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> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 00:08:59 EST
> From: Ysobelle at aol_com
> Subject: Re: sea and sky excluded...
>
> In a message dated Mon, 8 Jan 2001 8:44:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, cheap
> broadway <pren_alpha at rocketmail_com> writes:
>
> << I'm searching for songs involving boats, ships, pirates. "sitting on
> the dock of the bay" and "sail away" are about all that comes to my
> mind. help? please?
>
> j
>
> >>
>
> "Sloop John B." Um...much of the Jimmy Buffet catalogue. Er...I have some
> songs from my various Ren faires. (If I were A Blackbird," "The Black Velvet
> Band"-- though that latter's abit of a stretch.) Lessee...CSN&Y's "Southern
> Cross." There's an Indigo Girls song that mentions a pirate carrying off a
> fair maiden.
>
> Any good so far?
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 23:31:28 -0600
> From: Layne Petersen <petersen at info2000_net>
> Subject: Re: top of (and in) 2000?
>
> Dan Temmesfeld wrote:
>
> > so, what was everybody's favs of the past 366
> > days?
> >
> > here's mine...
> >
> > albums in 2000:
> > 1. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (Interscope)
> > 8. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (Universal)
>
> Dang it. I knew I was going to forget something. Both of the above should also be on my little
> ol'
> list.
>
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> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 23:27:59 -0600
> From: Layne Petersen <petersen at info2000_net>
> Subject: Re: 2000 Favs
>
> Know I'm a bit behind the times, but here's mine, fwiw...
>
> Radiohead - _Kid A_
> Delirious - _Glo_ (heard of them before?)
> PJ Harvey - _Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea_
> Travis - _The Man Who_
> Outkast - _Stankonia_
> Bjork - _Selmasongs_ (seems to have been the year for CDs with Thom Yorke on them, eh?)
> Queens of the Stone Age - _Rated R_
> Aimee Mann - _Bachelor No. 2_
> _Cush_ (former members of The Prayer Chain and The Violet Burning with Michael Knott on vocals)
> A Perfect Circle - _Mer de Noms_
> _Rancid_
> Sunny Day Real Estate - _The Rising Tide_ (another one that was half genius, half "huh?" but the
> genius half won out, I guess)
> Moby - _Play B-Sides_ (bought _Play_ all over again just to get them. I swear, the man can do no
> wrong. Tie with Nine Inch Nails for my concert o' the year as well)
>
> I just ordered Idlewild's _100 Broken Windows_, Grandaddy's _The Sophtware Slump_ and Sigur
> Ros's
> latest (have no clue how to spell it right off the top of my head).
>
>
> BEric123 at aol_com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/1/01 4:00:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > Owner-Over-The-Rhine at actwin_com writes:
> >
> > << Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:21:37 -0500
> > From: "Dan Temmesfeld" <dtemm at yahoo_com>
> > Subject: top of (and in) 2000?
> >
> > so, what was everybody's favs of the past 366
> > days?
> >
> > >>
> >
> > Here are my enthusiastic but completely worthless opinions......
> >
> > CD's
> >
> > 1. Kid A Radiohead
> > 2. Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris
> > 3. Triple Heater Martin Posen
> > 4. American Man III Johnny Cash
> > 5. Live at the Greek Jimmy Page & Black Crowes
> > 6. Heartbreaker Ryan Adams
> > 7. All That You Can't Leave Behind U2
> > ***Martin Posen is an amazing but relatively unknown fingerstyle guitarist
> > from
> > Toronto. If you like Leo Kottke, you'd like him too. I think I may have
> > his
> > e mail address somewhere, so feel free to e mail me about him*****
> >
> > Movies
> >
> > 1. Almost Famous
> > 2. High Fidelity
> > 3. The Cell
> > 4. Unbreakable
> >
> > I must say, 2000 was a pretty crappy year for good movies.....especially
> > compared to '99......
> >
> > Does anyone on this list like Dido? I've heard her single, but I am wondering
> > if the album is of equal quality.....
> >
> > Brittney
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