Back to index of "this and that in my life" pages by Donald Sauter.
Dedicated to the proposition that every thought that's ever been thunk may be of interest to some crazy fool . . .
ME: I'm a bit at loose ends computer- wise. It's 3 weeks before
the plug is pulled on the Cleveland Freenet. It's taking forever
to get a Detroit Freenet account. Don't know which direction I
want to go with email. Haven't tried the Juno program yet.
(Afraid of my machine blowing up.) Still getting hung up after
editing files on my computer while connected to Cleveland. It's
a huge pain, but is it worth trouble-shooting if Cleveland is
being shut down? Wouldn't know where to start, anyway, since
it's the same communication package that worked fine on my 286.
Should I go back to the 286 if I can get that working reliably?
Free-PC.com has selected me for a free computer and internet
access, but looks like you already have to have state of the art
equipment to accept it. Would I want it anyway? Sister and
brother-in-law bought a new computer which I saw on Sunday. Just
makes me want to pull my eyes out and yank my ears off.
Some funny things lately: A tractor trailer overturned on 450 in
my neighborhood. Saturday morning there was a car on fire on the
street behind my house. Going up to Baltimore Sunday another
tractor trailer had overturned right near my exit on the beltway,
blocking all the lanes on the other side. The rain on that trip
was bizarre. For a while it was raining so hard I could barely
see through the windshield - all the while the sun was shining
brightly.
Made a couple of trips to LC last week. The 2nd was because they
had gotten some things I had requested from the copyright
holdings at Landover.
Noticed that Ebay will let a person run 7 of the same auctions
simultaneously. Guess I should do that to try and get my
10 brownie points for a dutch auction.
No, Hself wasn't physically hurt in the robbery. Thanks for the
concern. I'm still trying to get her to take the steps needed to
get the bank to reimburse her.
Thought you might be interested in a lecture on Lincoln at the
archives on Tuesday Sep 21, noon and 7 pm. It's by the authors
of a book called "Don't Shoot That Boy! Lincoln And Military
Justice" which is based on 600 documents in Lincoln's own hand.
In one of the first little collections of guitar music that I
owned was a small extract from "Hansel And Gretel" by Englebert
Humperdinck.
The calendar hanging by my computer says Johann Pachelbel was
baptized in 1635, not 1653.
Did you ever search on "wonder puli"? Apparently there's one on
some album cover.
Mom lent me one of her Tammy Faye tapes. She gushed over Tammy
Faye's singing style.
In the book I'm reading now about the Guarneri string quartet,
there is a passage about an open rehearsal they gave at the
University of Maryland at which Hself and I were present.
Does the name Barry White mean anything to you?
ME: Subject: tablature on the computer
Thanks for all the info on where to get the lute tablature, and
what to do with the TAB files. I'm sure I'll use it in the
future. For the time being, I still use prehistoric equipment (a
286), but I could follow the steps you described. Am I correct
in thinking that to print PostScript files, you need a special
PostScript printer?
It's kind of funny, the idea of what's complicated. One of the
reasons I put up all that ascii tablature on the web was because
I figured that, while it's not the best-looking tablature, it's
pretty darn good-looking - and *anybody* can get it off the web
and print it out correctly. But I've come to wonder just how
many people would be able to do that. Now I suspect that word
processors and printers are so advanced that hardly anybody
could.
Thanks again for your work in enhancing and spreading the Mudarra
tab.
THEE: I started reading Barb Fennick's "Collecting the Beatles"
(1982). Times does not allow me to give you a thorough review.
Let me just start by saying it will be a negative review.
ME: Subject: newsletter
I'm afraid not much has changed on my front. I fully expect any
involvement by me in the newsletter to spark some huge blow-up.
Things are about the same as when we talked on the phone -
something *major* has to happen before I can get back to the
newsletter. Unfortunately, I don't really know what that
something might be. So, until further notice, no articles by me
and none of the music I found.
In any case, about Galop of the Goblins, yeah, I had that one
earmarked for Halloween. It might be more appropriate for a
Nov/Dec issue coming out at the end of October (just like the
Christmas piece in the Jan issue.) So, if things change in the
next 2 months, it could be used then. Still, it doesn't seem too
likely.
Sorry about this mess.
ME: Subject: guitar, what else?
About the Holland duos, I can see that most people would agree
that it would be nice to "mix the parts". For me, that's not
necessary at all. For one thing, it's nice to have an easier
part so players at different levels can still make good music.
For another, the 2 players can always switch parts in different
pieces. But most of all, I don't view this style of duet in the
same way I do a "regular" guitar duet. It's more like a richer,
thicker, beefed up solo. Take away guitar 2 and you have
essentially the same thing, but so skinny and thin - which has
the further side effect of exposing our monumental struggling.
Maybe concert guitarists should hire a helper to sit behind the
curtain and go boom-chuck-chuck-chuck...
I found an interesting set of pieces at LC a few days ago.
Actually, I discovered them among the copyright deposits stored
off-site and had them sent over. Do you remember the separate
cover page for Holland's Sonnambula duo arrangement? That one
was published by Oliver Ditson. It made reference to versions
for mandolin/guitar and violin/guitar. I've been curious about
that since I have a violin partner. Bone mentioned that Holland
made operatic arrangements for violin and guitar and I was
wondering if this could be it, and how it compared to the guitar
duo versions. It didn't seem like just stripping the melody off
of the guitar 1 part and playing it with the guitar 2 part would
be enough. Also, we know that Holland was also a flutist, but I
haven't heard of him playing violin. It turns out these mandolin
parts were "arranged by" Septimus Winner, but it would be more
accurate to say "rearranged" since they are essentially the same
as Holland's arrangements. They use the same music have the same
number of measures, etc. But some are transposed, and Winner has
added some mandolin and/or violin touches. (I presume the violin
arrangements would be near identical to the mandolin.) Where
there is transposition, these mandolin parts can't be played with
Holland's guitar 2 parts, and unfortunately they did not come
with Winner's reworked guitar accompaniments. I sure hope to
stumble on them somewhere in the LC collection some day.
ME: Subject: before the web became commercial
If you want a taste of what's on the web besides buy and sell,
here are some interesting stories I found for a friend. Go to
google.com, enter "angel stories" (without the quotes) and hit
"I'm feeling lucky." And if you want more angel info you can
surf around a web ring. At google, enter "angel ring".
THEE: Re: tablature on the computer
You don't need a PostScript printer, but you need GhostView (or
GSView),which lets you view a PS file and print it on a PC
printer. Wayne Cripp's site has links to GhostView and
information on installation. Since you are running an older PC,
you probably are accustomed to configuring things as needed and
hunting down correct pathnames, etc. Folks hooked on Windows 9x
may have trouble because they are used to Bill Gates doing it all
for them.
Happy plucking!
THEE: Subject: Big Bang, big bull.
I enjoyed your 2 essays (tired light).
We have many similarities. I have a physics degree from Columbia
(Phd 1966). I never worked in physics, but ended up as a
computer programmer in engineering. I retired a couple of years
ago and tried to catch up on what was happening in physics,
especially cosmology, and was horrified at the dominance of the
big bang "theory??".
I was happy to see Eric Lerners book (1992) "the big bang never
happened", and since found 2 more books like that. (The cult of
the Big Bang, by William Mitchell, also a retired engineer, and
another similar book. But these guys all took a 300 page book to
make their point. My project is to condense it to a 3 page paper
and try to get it into "Physics Today", the monthly non-
specialized magazine that all members of A.I.P. get.
I'll send you a draft when I get it together.
PS. My other hobby is music. I play jazz and baroque music on
saxes, clarinets, flutes and recorders.
THEE: Re: wondrous shape of 8
Yeah, the Holland guitar duos are nice as is. It's interesting
that only parts are published. I'm definitely one to like duos
notated in score. It makes it easier to switch parts, and you're
less likely to get lost. Seeing parts in two different keys (when
someone's playing with a capo) might bother some people, but not
me! Anyway, it seems that the *entire* 19th cent. guitar world
disagreed with me. :-)
By the way, would you happen to know where to find "Packington's
Pound". I think that the one I'm looking for is by Cutting. It's
the one you've most certainly seen in several guitar editions. I
have a version from the Mynshall Lute Book and it isn't it. It's
pretty cool but not the one I'm looking for.
Also, do you have a PD edition of Tarrega's "Lagrima". I've seen
over a dozen modern editions, but I'm looking for the first, (or
second :-).
I guess it doesn't hurt to ask what other guitar related
facsimiles you might have. Do you have the Folger MS?
THEE: Subject: 3'rd computer in 1 year
Can you believe how we go thru computers? Seems like only
yesterday we didn't have one,now we're on #3. Got us a nice new
IBM Aptiva. Picked it up this week end @Best Buy (How you like
that little time saving thing I did with the @ ?) Hself got
us all set up on the net. Hself & I are going to take lessons on
working it. (I bet by looking @ this you think I already know all
there is to know) Well my typing finger is getting sore , so I'll
see you soon.
PSS We were just serfin the web to see if there were any sites
on how to play Roofball. Well I find this guy named Donald claims
he invented it . I no I should have got a patent on that the day
I came up with that fantastic game.
ME: Subject: about the guitar & piano music...
Your guitar and piano music is on its way. This copy job
involved some "adventures", shall we say, but I think in the end
they all look great. Don't hesitate to let me know if you find
any substandard copies.
In case it's not obvious, the layout of the pages and the
insertion of some blank pages here and there is to facilitate 1-
to-2-sided copying, if desired. You might want to think about
whether you want to do that for yourself as a first step. The
logic is, you probably want to keep your masters pristine, and if
you're going to copy them, going to double-sided will halve the
binding effort, and the size of your booklets. I would suggest
doing a small batch of pieces at a time, since 1 extra or missing
page would mess everything up from that point on. This shouldn't
happen, of course, but mistakes happen.
Just to hammer the point to death, the apparently upside-down
pages in the "oblong" format are that way for double-sided
copying. Once you straighten them out, you're in for a little
brain teaser trying to set them up for double-sided copying
again.
My facsimile collection is no great shakes. I have a few baroque
guitar facsimiles, and a facsimile of Mudarra's Tres Libros.
About the only thing not readily available is a big chunk of the
Gallot guitar book copied from microfilm. Off the top of my
head, I'm not familiar with the Folger ms. Afraid I can't help
with Packington's Pound. All the versions in my collection must
be attributed to anonymous, because I couldn't find any by
Cutting.
I haven't seen things like Tarrega first editions at LC, although
that doesn't mean none are there. One time I was asked by
Chanterelle editions to find some Aguado manuscripts at LC, and
for the longest time I could find no such thing, looking in all
the obvious places and asking as many librarians as possible for
help. I did find them, eventually.
I've been wondering what somebody would find looking for late-
18th and early-19th C. guitar music in foreign libraries. Tons
of stuff, like I find here, or just a smattering?
One nice aspect of guitar duo parts is half the page turns of a
score. Also, half the copy costs, since you have to copy the
score twice.
ME: Subject: adventures in live music
Thanks for the good, old-fashioned telephone call today - easy to
cover a lot of ground that way. I didn't mention I was going to
see Barry White at the MCI center tonight. Figured I'd wait
until after the fact. Violinist friend Hself is backing him on
his east coast tour, plus Hself really wanted to go. I figure
those were enough reasons. Enjoyed his part of the show. Had a
bit of trouble with Earth Wind And Fire.
Reading a great book that's been on my list for a long time -
"Zipper". I heard the author lecture on the subject at the
archives a few years ago. It was possibly the most fascinating
and entertaining lecture I'd ever heard. Always meant to buy the
book, but checked it out of the library the other day. The man
who invented the zipper had previously invented a pneumatically
propelled streetcar which had a mile-long prototype built in
D.C., heading up 16th street or thereabouts.
The LC new books cart also had a 4-volume "Columbia Master Book
Discography". I read the beginning, which was a history of
Columbia records. There's a lot more interesting detail, even,
than was in "The Fabulous Phonograph". Is it generally known
that Columbia started here in D.C.? So we have that in addition
to the inventor of the gramophone.
Found words to a song called "The Brick" in a new book at LC a
week or so ago. "A brick can start a riot... used for a
pillow... build a cellar full of noise... [etc. etc.]"
Who's Cracker?
I believe I have never heard My Ding-a-ling.
THEE: Re: about the guitar & piano music...
Great! I'm not too sure how quickly I'm going to get to all of
this, but I will. Thanks for the organizational tips.
The Folger ms. is better known as "The Dowland Lutebook" in the
Folger Library. I should have said that in the first place. There
is, as one might expect, some great Dowland in it. Anyway, I'm
trying to get my hands on a copy.
We're going to see The Magic Flute on Sunday. I've got to find
some people to play the L'hoyer. I'm sure that all of your notes
will come in handy. Thanks again for all of your enthusiasm.
Please let me know when you get another batch together.
THEE: Re: GEEtar
Just got your package. I can tell I'm in for a lot of fun. You
sure did a lot of work on this batch. As I get into it, I'm sure
to appreciate it more and more.
By the way, that ms. that I wrote you about ("The Dowland Lute
Book") is in the Folger Shakespeare Library, across the street
form the LOC. I'm trying to get a microfilm.
Thanks again Donald, you da man.
THEE: Subject: Rockin'
You saw Barry White? Did you feel all romantical?
A book about zippers sounds fine, so does a four-volume history
of Columbia Records.
I'm currently reading Mamie Van Doren's extremely sleazy
autobiography, "Playing the Field." The top three blonde
bombshells in the '50s were Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and
Mamie. Mamie was a rather distant third, but she is still
living.
I'm trying to list things on eBay more dilligently now than
previously. I just put the "Cocktail" soundtrack up.
You've never heard "My Ding-a-Ling"? Do you offer a prayer of
thanks every day?
Cracker was a band whose lead singer used to be in Camper Van
Beethoven. Cracker had one semi-hit several years back whose
title escapes me, but which goes like this: "What the world
needs now, is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my
head." Hself in particular hated that song.
I'm off now to watch "Mystery Science Theatre 3000." Even though
the "last" episode aired about a month ago, the one they showed
last night was purported to be "lost" and newly discovered.
ME: Subject: monty burns and the russians
Barry White was cool. Dunno anything about romance. Sound
quality would have gotten a B from Belmo (but we know how lenient
he is.)
While mowing the lawn today - probably for the first time in
months - a memory came to mind. I got this mental image of Barry
White on a Simpson's episode. Later, I consulted my walking
talking Simpsons database and Hself gave me some highlights of
the snake whacking episode.
Anyhow, I'm always intrigued by this phenomenon of "delayed
memory". Why shouldn't it have come to me yesterday when I was
actually seeing his image, real and depicted? The most curious
case for me was one time, about a week after I had read an
O'Henry short story, it started coming back to me that I had
heard it before. Why not while I was reading the darn thing???
Got a call from Ebay tonight. They wanted some feedback on the
magazine they sent. I told her I was going to be forthright. I
remember as if twere yesterday. It came in the mail. I thought,
"Hey, that's nice of them. Might be some good info in there. I
will go through page by page." I lasted about 5 minutes before
it went into the trash can. Whew, it was unbearable. I forgot
to tell the Ebay girl my current cliche, "It made me want to pull
my eyeballs out." I also forgot to tell her that I'm currently
reading the history of the zipper. It's great. It's in black
and white. The thoughts are presented sequentially.
Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I figure any one of the factual
paragraphs in the book would have taken me a lifetime to
research. (The analytical, philosophical and contextual
paragraphs I could *never* have written.)
Yes, I remember that cracker song. It always went through my
head changed to "another pop tune". Man, I haven't digested the
first 10 million.
You know I trust you to keep your thumb on the pulse of the
common man. Would people generally say that they believe Wallace
was a changed man over the course of his life, bigotry-wise?
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THEE: Subject: This is Barry!
Barry White will be remembered for his appearance in a cartoon,
but not "The Simpsons." He's now a regular on the infamous
"South Park." He's known to be the king of suave. That's why I
asked if he put you in the mood. I remember that for a while,
Jay Leno played a soundbite on "The Tonight Show" of White
cooing, "I know, baby" whenever he wanted to be cool.
As for George Wallace, it was certainly claimed in his later
years that he was a changed man. I've even heard his apologists
say his heart wasn't in segregation even back in the early '60s
and that he was just going through the motions. I vaguely recall
that he appointed lots of blacks to high state positions in his
last years as governor.
And remember, his drawing southern Democrats away from Humphrey
in 1968 probably gave the election to Nixon.
THEE: ** For Your Eyes Only ** ** High Priority **
Hi!
Keep up the good work, I think what you endeavour to do is great.
I started studying the classical guitar about a year ago and one
of the greatest hurdles I face since I live in Malaysia is the
scarcity of clasical guitar transcription, even if available its
most often than not quite costly.
I strongly subscribe to your views and admire your initiative,
guitar music or classical music should be made available to the
public in general and online.
ME: Subject: mail call for Hself
I got your email. Don't worry about roofball, you can tell the
world what a wobble is. And you might think you're kidding, but
sending email is about all there is to the internet. If you want
to get started on surfing the web, try "running" and "toilet" in
a few search engines. You should get plumbing tips, jokes,
fiction, life stories, philosophy, favorite quotes, u-name-it.
What are you doing with your "old" computer? There are some
funny things still happening on the one I transferred to a few
weeks ago.
Mom says you all had fun on Sunday. I paid my first visit to the
MCI Center in D.C. Hself was backing Barry White on the east
coast part of his tour.
Did you all survive the hurricane? I lost power here for what
turned out to be 9 hours, so I headed back early to where I was
looking after the dogs. (It was her last chemo treatment.)
Didn't know if there'd be any power there, since it's only 4
miles away, but that neighborhood was just beyond the outage.
Still, I had to turn back on one flooded road, and ease around 2
fallen trees on the other route.
In case you all have finished reading all of my web pages, I just
added 2 more book reports today.
ME: Subject: rmn too liberal for ya?
The power outage gave rise to a flip-flop. I was telling Hself
about the Simpsons episode I saw yesterday. It was the one where
Homer takes his dysfunctional family to the counselor he saw
advertised on tv. It was one that Hself the human Simpsons
archive hardly remembered seeing. We went through the whole
thing, having some good laughs. Then I started wondering why he
hadn't watched it yesterday, which he always does. That stumped
him for a moment. The power outage! It took away Kevin's tv and
chased me to a house that had one. And that's the incredible
story of how I came to tell Hself a Simpsons episode.
Forgot to ask, did a good Ebay citizen such as yourself get a
copy of their magazine? Did you read it?
What's so hard to believe about Wallace being a changed man?
After all, everybody else alive 50 years ago is, too. In the
Spike Lee film about the Birmingham church bombing, they make fun
of Wallace explaining that his best friend is a black man - "been
all over the world with him." Just because the old man mumbles
almost incomprehensibly, and repeats himself, and you're not
supposed to say it like that isn't evidence that it's not true.
Thanks for the verbals in your web page.
If something gets no push and has no expectations, can it "flop"?
THEE: Subject: eBay End of Auction - Item # 160424937 (Beatles
Significa - Q&A game. It's gear!)
Dear iz710 and mimini1,
Congratulations - this auction successfully ended.
Item Title: Beatles Significa - Q&A game. It's gear! (Item
#160424937)
Final price: $4.00
Auction ended at: 09/18/99 20:44:16 PDT
Total number of bids: 1
Seller User ID: iz710
Seller E-mail: iz710@cleveland.freenet.edu
High-bidder User ID: mimini1
High-bidder E-mail: miminks@aol.com
Here's what to do next: . . .
ME: Subject: elliot mintz would say stiffed
Went to the PG library book sale today. Picked up 20 LPs, one
double CD and 4 National Geographics for $7.56, including tax.
Bought the Beach Boys Songbook by the Hollyridge Strings, and a
record by the Hi-Los, who used to beat the Beatles in the Jazz
Poll. After getting it home, wouldn't be surprised if my
Rigoletto cd is unplayable. Looks like somebody cleaned it with
sandpaper. Still has the libretto booklet, though.
"Flop" in previous message referred to SLY. I think.
THEE: Subject: search enhancement: give plurals and singulars, both
Dear eBay,
Any chance you could smarten up your search program a little, so
that it will automatically find plurals and singulars?
For example, searching for "chipmunk doll" would find both "doll"
and "dolls".
Was a bit miffed a few days ago failing to find my own auctions
searching on "beatles game". Eventually realized I had given
"Beatle Significa Q&A Game" in the title.
Thanks for considering this.
THEE: I think I'll stand by my use of the word "flop."
Today's rock information is particularly suspect, even though I
did some hasty edits. Here are the unedited versions:
35 years ago: The Beatles perform a charity show in Brooklyn,
New York to finish their U.S. tour this day with a charity show.
Later that night they appear on on the Ed Sullivan Show. (1964)
33 years ago: The Beatles' George Harrison goes to India for his
first visit with spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1966).
So, you see, here we have a) terrible editing, b) a September
1964 "Sullivan" appearance, and c) a 1966 meeting with the
Mahesh. Both b) and c) may very well have happened. I'm just
not aware of them.
"Yeah, but what is truth?...If you follow."--Lionel Hutz,
Attorney at Law.
I believe I mentioned last week that Mamie Van Doren's
autobiography was incredible. At the time I meant that just for
all the sleaze she had about Hollywood in the '50s. Since then,
the book only got better with the first first-person account I've
read of the Beatles with Jayne Mansfield at the Whiskey a-Go-Go!
Mamie claims that George threw a drink at a reporter and hit her
instead. "A drunk Beatle is still just a drunk," she concludes!
What a book!
My memory of "The Simpsons" with Dr. Marvin Monroe was that it
was one of the earliest episodes but a great one...too.
Didna get an eBay mag.
Doing anything this weekend? Howsabout a fly-up to Joe's Record
Paradise on Saturday or Sunday? Believe it or not, I'll let you
go inside while I only go to the box store next door.
PS. We lost power for 16 hours last Thursday night but I saw no
standing water or even too many downed trees.
THEE: Subject: Link to your Folias-page of guerau
I just discovered your tablature about Folias by Guerau. Since I
try to list all derivations and interpretations of la Folia at
the Homepage of La Folia, a musical cathedral (1672-1999) I hope
you permit me to make a link to your page from the composer
Guerau
Best wishes,
Paul Gabler --
La Folia, a musical cathedral (1672-1999)
ME: Subject: that calls for a drink...
Sounds like you had a nice weekend. Chilly beaches are what life
is all about.
The weekend is a possibility for Joe's. What's the boxes for?
Your ebay business, I guess?
I forgot to mention I saw the Washington ballet at the Kennedy
Center Saturday night. Most of it was pretty neat.
Wow, 16 hours without electricity? That must come close to the
record for people I know personally.
Yeah, I couldn't quite put my finger on why, but the family
therapist episode seemed like it must have been a very early one.
Marge drunk? Lisa jumping in the fountain? The main thing was
the absence of Flanders in obvious spots. Did he come along
later in the series?
Lewisohn makes clear:
Sep 20 1964. The Ed Sullivan Show repeats the Beatles' third
appearance on the programmmmme. The group performs... a charity
performance at the Paramount Theatrrrre, New York City.
My geography is no great shakes, but I never thought of Brooklyn
reading that.
And then,
Sep 14 1966. George and Pattie fly to India...
Sep 19 1966. George and Pattie's alias of Mr and Mrs Sam Wells
is blown... They said they have come to India to study yoga and
the sitar...
This had left my memory banks, even though it was highlighted in
green.
I'll have to show you the graphic record of George baptizing the
photographer. Two of the best Beatle photos there ever was...
Song title was Right Place Wrong Time. Doubt I've ever heard it.
Did we discuss Roy Kinnear's death at the time? The conversation
certainly doesn't seem 11 years old. Maybe you've brought it up
since then.
THEE: Subject: Guerau's Folia
By all means, link to my Guerau page. I'd be honored. And you
may do anything you want with the tablature. It should be
100% faithful to Guerau's original - just translated into a
modern tablature.
Thanks for the address of your la Folia page - I will be sure to
visit. A friend and myself were recently discussing what makes
la Folia "la Folia". I have a few guitar versions in my
collection. I will send you information on them, if you don't
already have it.
THEE: Subject: I bid $100!
Sorry, chief, I'm STILL sticking with my description of the Swan
release of "SLY" as a flop. They put it out, it didn't sell, it
went out of print. Flop!
When does the bidding start on your Hollyridge Strings Beach Boys
LP?
I'm proud of us for not getting too caught up in the "Yellow
Submarine" hype. It's interesting that the supposedly unreleased
Beatle song that we heard about several months ago as coming out
as a single now appears to be "HB"! [Hey Bulldog] Speaking of
"HB," VH1 was kind enough to show the "HB" part of the movie in a
half hour special on the rerelease that they've been showing
lately. I suppose we need to buy the new soundtrack.
THEE: Re: that calls for a drink...
Yup, you guessed right about the boxes. I need LP boxes in a big
hurry, as the sales keep pouring in. (I'm still able to outpace
my income with my bids, of course.)
I knew that Harry [george harrison] went to India in 1966 but I
thought the only guru he met was Ravi Shankar.
The charity concert made me remember the scandal about "Remember
(Walking in the Sand)." That may have been the night they played
with the Shangra-la's.
I'm thinking of bringing a Lewisohn book or two with me to work
for problems just like this but, really, my goal should be to
spend less of my work day on [pop history]!
THEE: Subject: New letter
Hi Donald,We lucked out with the hurricane.Never lost power and
little or no water in house.Plenty of nearby neighbors weren't so
lucky. Man I would have liked to seen that Barry White
concert.I'll bet Hself loved playing at that one.He can
sing.Did you get good seats?We'll probably move the old computer
on.I'll tell you,that babys got a great screen. Not to mention a
brand new top of the line CD rom I paid 60 bucks for.If you're
interested you can have it all for that.
THEE: Subject: Roofball
We seem to have much in common. I have been playing roofball all
my life and also decided to let the world know what a great game
it is. Our rules are surprisingly similar to your rules. The main
difference is that we use an old tennis ball for a ball. What
size is the 99 cent job with swirly colors? Please visit my
roofball site at www.roofball.com.
I suggest we provide links to each others pages. Do you have any
details about the version of roofball played at St. Paul's School
in New Hamphire?
Bob Saeger
THEE: Subject: Casio Watch
You most likely lost the springs that ground the sound when you
changed the battery. They are tiny and hard to see if they fall
out. Please contact our Parts Distributor to purchase more 1 800
633 0633. Casio Tech Support
ME: Subject: 2 big brains
According to American Heritage,
swastika 1. an ancient cosmic or religious symbol formed by
a Greek cross with the ends of the arms bent at right angles...
It's from the Sanskrit svastikah, a sign of good luck, so it must
have been a positive thing once.
I see I wrote this in my 1st email to you:
> By the way, your musical ear is a million times better than
mine. I need you to figure out a simple 1- or 2-chord cadence I
hear in a Magic Flute aria.
You asked about this some time later and I had forgotten about
it. I can show you what it's all about some time.
I found a reference to money in Steinhardt's [guarnieri quartet]
book. For their 2nd season, 1965-66, their fees were "to put it
delicately, modest." The examples he gave ranged from $500 to
$900.
See if you have an old receiver lying around somewhere. I'm
definitely interested in it.
I revisited the homepage of la Folias. I did this at peak time,
and the acquisition of the 300 kbyte page got bogged down right
near the end, so it took almost 6 seconds. (Still, I can be
reading the first 90% while waiting for it to finish up.) By the
way take another look at what he has to say about the discovery
of la Folias in Beethoven's 5th. It's amazing. Guess when this
discovery was made.
Gabler lists a Folias for solo guitar by Carulli. See what he
has to say about Ponce's variations. See the interesting
discussion under Caspar Sanz. Also de Visee.
Or have you thrown out your computer yet? It doesn't look like
the web is the place for you.
Sorry again about going ballistic yesterday. Still, I implore
you to stop wasting so much energy on resisting what we're doing.
It would be 1000 times more relaxing to just sit back and go with
the flow.
ME: Subject: our song
I've visited your site and enjoyed it immensely! Great job! I
saw it on a friend's modern computer with sound and graphics, and
have been looking it over on my good ol' text-only dinosaur at
home.
I haven't read over everything, so these may be a dumb questions
that I could eventually answer for myself. But, in the meantime:
Are you trying to gather *all* known publications of all the
different La Folias? If so, I noticed a few missing ones (or
didn't see them.)
I suspect that many guitarists became familiar with Sor's set of
variations in "World's Favorite Selected Masterpieces For The
Classic Guitar"; compiled, edited and fingered by Frantz Casseus;
Ashley Publications Inc.; copyright 1970; page 108.
Of course, it can be found in "Fernando Sor; Complete Works For
Guitar"; editor, Brian Jeffery; Shattinger International Music
Corp.; copyright 1977; volume 1; page 134. I think there was a
later, revised edition of the complete works.
Francois de Fossa's Fantasy on Les Folies d'Espagne was printed
in Soundboard; volume VIII, number 4; November 1981; revised and
edited by Matanya Ophee; copyright 1981 by the Guitar Foundation
of America; page 336.
I'd be happy to work up faithful translations into ascii
tablature of Sanz's versions if you'd like to add them to your
site, or would like to link to them at my site. Just let me
know. The ascii tab, while looking rather drab compared to the
original, at least has the advantage of being readable by all
modern guitarists (even the ones who claim they can't read tab!)
I didn't see a mention of Montesardo, the earliest Baroque
guitarist to give us an "early" folia, 1606.
Are you making an effort to list dissertations that include
Folias? For example, I get all my Corbetta music from Richard
Pinnell's dissertation.
ME: Subject: roofball
Got a kick out of a message from another roofball player.
Forwarded it to my brother who has some wild idea he helped
formulate the rules.
Yeah, it's been occurring to me now and then if I made clear what
size ball I was talking about. I mean those lightweight balls
about 9 or 10 inches in diameter, sort of like volleyball size,
but I always thought volleyballs were too heavy, even for
volleyball. Same with those big red balls they use on elementary
school playgrounds. Still, whatever ball works for people is A-
ok. Thanks for asking; I'll be sure to clarify this on my page.
And I'd be happy to provide a link. Nice url!
No, I don't know about the roofball at St. Paul's school. Is it
historic?
ME: Subject: carl lindstro"m ges. m. b. h.
Visited Hself yesterday. As always, had many out-of-body
experiences with the jukebox at McDonald's. I even know
how to turn the volume up.
Got stung by a yellow jacket today. Hoping I got more
of them than they got me. My hand is still swollen.
Sorry, friend or no, the price is $200. German pressing...
I was wondering if Hey Bulldog tied in with that never-before-
heard Beatle song. Sheeshhh. By the way, there's lots of
discussion on rec.music.beatles about a glitch near the end of HB
on the new album. Beatle fans are on the warpath about a half-
second glitch. On the other hand, a few are wondering if it was
on the original vinyl. I'm wondering if they took my advice and
pulled the vocals way up (which they should do on Old Brown Shoe,
too.)
Why you have to rub in "flopped", man? You know I almost punched
out Mintz for saying "stiffed" 43 times in one episode.
Got a nice email from the commissioner at
http://www.roofball.com .
No joke.
Here's another high recommendation, the "Homepage of La Folia":
http://people.a2000.nl/pgabler/index.html
He contacted me because he wanted to link to my Folias by
Francisco Guerau. His site is top-notch, and should be fun for
people who weren't even aware of what La Folias is.
Lost the first battle in getting Sailor to change their
direction. They are offering full-blown internet access now. I
think they should put that effort into providing a "whole"
internet experience for people who are happy with text-only.
Did Ned Flanders make a big entry, or did they work him in little
by little, or was he there from the beginning?
p.s. what calls for a drink?
p.p.s. oh. it just occurred to me. by the way, i'm not sure gh
was a drunk beatle at the time.
ME: Subject: guitar tanblature
Hope you find some tab you like at my site. There's Mudarra,
Guerau, Campion, Mozart and... Etude in E Minor, No. 2 - The
Great!
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/index.html#tab
p.s. sorry about the goofed up subject line.
THEE: Subject: Re: guitar tanblature
Thanks Donald, I put it in my bookmarks.
THEE: Re: our song
Thanks for your kind words about the site.
> Are you trying to gather *all* known publications of all
> the different La Folias? If so, I noticed a few missing
> ones (or didn't see them.)
Yes I'm afraid so. That's why I always speak of 'an effort to
list ..' knowing that the task is quite impossible, but with a
lot of help we must get somewhere.
> I suspect that many guitarists became familiar with
> Sor's set of variations in "World's Favorite Selected
> Masterpieces For The Classic Guitar"; compiled, edited and
> fingered by Frantz Casseus; Ashley Publications Inc.;
> copyright 1970; page 108.
Right I will add it. This will help (do you know how many pages
it takes for all variations?)
> Of course, it can be found in "Fernando Sor; Complete Works
> For Guitar"; editor, Brian Jeffery; Shattinger International
> Music Corp.; copyright 1977; volume 1; page 134. I think
> there was a later, revised edition of the complete works.
Yep, the number of pages?
> Francois de Fossa's Fantasy on Les Folies d'Espagne was printed
> in Soundboard; volume VIII, number 4; November 1981; revised and
> edited by Matanya Ophee; copyright 1981 by the Guitar Foundation
> of America; page 336.
Yes the Ophee I got (and finally I got his permission to publish
the first 16 bars of the theme in sheet music. I will mention
the Soundboard edition.
> I'd be happy to work up faithful translations into ascii tablature
> of Sanz's versions if you'd like to add them to your site, or would
> like to link to them at my site. Just let me know.
Yes I would love to make another link at the Sanz-item. Sanz in
particular, was one of the main Folia-composers which is still
incredibly popular up to the present day.
> I didn't see a mention of Montesardo, the earliest Baroque
> guitarist to give us an "early" folia, 1606.
Yes, the 'early' Folia I consider somewhat as a side-product, but
I will incorporate his name (do you know his birth and death
btw?)
> Are you making an effort to list dissertations that include
> Folias? For example, I get all my Corbetta music from
> Richard Pinnell's dissertation.
Well I'm not sure yet. That would end up in a long list of not
very relevant material. I like to focus the list of literature to
articles and books with the Folia as an important element, unless
I quote somewhere a phrase at a particular composer about the
Folia.
Thanks for the contributions,
Paul Gabler
La Folia, a musical cathedral (1672-1999)
http://people.a2000.nl/pgabler/index.html
THEE: Subject: [Fwd: That's a nice hat]
What what calls for a drink? I'm lost on that one.
I'm still blissfully unaware of the new "Yellow Sub." I haven't
heard a thing. I think I'm ready to, though.
I'm reading yet another wonderful book. It's been a great year
for reading, for me. This one is "Notes From a Small Island" by
Bill Bryson (1996). In it, he writes about his travels through
England. Every page is hilarious! For some reason, however, he
steadfastly refuses to use the "B" word in his chapter on
Liddypool, though he says that you shouldn't take the ferry
across the Mersey unless you want to have the song stuck in your
head for 11 days, since they play it so much on the journey.
It's funny how many Liverplaces he mentions that I recognize,
however vaguely. Names like Port Sunshine, the Liver Building,
the Wirral, and the Adelphi Hotel all ring bells. Anyway, it's a
fab book.
I don't recall the first Ned Flanders episode but I thank he
appeared full-blown. I would say the earliest episode I remember
is the Leftorium one.
Did you know that in a fit of tidyness (or insanity) I threw away
all my "Simpsons" videotapes?
Viva El Santo!
THEE: Subject: Roofball
My brothers also have the same warped ideas about formulating the
rules. I don't know if roofball is still being played at St.
Paul School. Go to
http://www.majordomo.sps.edu/archive/paulies/5805
and read up to message 5816 by clicking on next message. And you
will know what I know about St. Paul's roofball.
I know the ball you mean. Do you guys usually hit the ball as a
volley? Is it hard to get the ball back on the roof after it has
hit the ground? I can't remember how bouncy that ball is.
ME: Subject: mspap, mostly
Thanks for the nice talk the other day.
Below are those MSPAP comments I had sent to Hself. One day
while I was doing volunteer work in the library I had the chance
to listen in while she administered a MSPAP sample task to a
class. The task related to preparing for a camping trip.
Feel free to send these comments on up the line - all the way to
the Secretary of Education, even.
My "book reports" page is at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/books.htm
27 of the books are from James McHenry's library. We were
talking about the education I got in Baltimore County. Here's a
page that touches on that.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/roll.htm
It has it all - math! teachers! standardized tests! sour grapes!
If it's too much to wade through, just take a look at the note at
the end of the page.
Donald
iz710@cleveland.freenet.edu (only good for few
more days)
Here are the MSPAP comments.
1. The students had trouble with 1/3 of 90. It's clear they need
more drilling in fractions (and probably other basics.) Do we
need MSPAP to tell us that?
2. One student added up a few weights and gave the answer, 15 lb.
The desired answer was 15.35 lb. In the real world, nobody would
calculate it to that degree of precision - or tenths of a pound,
even. Why this bugged me is because of a question I saw on a 5th
grade math achievement test that went the other direction. The
answer was 16/30, but that wasn't one of the choices. The
desired answer was "about a half" - which is indefensible both
mathematically and probabilistically (which is what the problem
was about.) 16/30 is no more "about a half" than 83 is "about
100" - or 1024 "is about 1000". (Hey folks, we've got 48 years
to Y2K.)
3. It was clear the students were expected to learn some
probability and statistics theory on the spot for the questions
about how many distinct meals could be created given so many main
courses, drinks and desserts. If that's what the testers think
is important, the students should have been taught that and
drilled in it. (I think 3rd grade is way too early.)
ME: Subject: sunday night
Up to Baltimore County today. Had a nice walk with a side trip
to the crumbling stone shell of an old Catholic church hidden
back in the woods. I think it was blasted by lightning in the
1920s.
Lots of computer/internet discussion at dinner, but my father
never has trouble stealing the show with his "radio flea market"
hi-jinx.
"This calls for a drink" was one of your recent email subject
lines. As usual just as soon as or after I ask what it means, it
occurs to me. In this case, it was George baptizing the
photographer (and innocent passers-by.)
Port Sunshine doesn't ring a bell with me.
Did I mention I'm taking a free mini-course on Spanish. Not
expecting to become fluent after six 1.5 hour classes.
Kind of surprised by the time frame of the first powered
dirigible flight.
THEE: Subject: ...and Saturday morning
We had an extremely mellow weekend. One of the highlights was my
adding background colors to my web pages.
We went to Hselfs' on Saturday night. They've hidden their TV
from their son because he was showing big signs of becoming an
addict. So, to amuse ourselves, we played Rack-O. Hself's idea
and it was a big hit.
I watched the season premiere of "The Simpsons" last night (back
with our TV). Whenever a big star has a large role on "The
Simpsons," the episode tends to suffer. The big exception would
be the Ringo episode in my opinion. That was the case with last
night's episode.
THEE: Fw: More tab: Mudarra
Donald--
I'm happy to have posted this announcement to the lute-net
Sunday:
Lute-netters--
I am happy to announce that Wayne has just added to the archives
Alonso Mudarra's "Tres Libros de Musica...". These originated
as a free ascii guitar-tab transcription from facsimile by Donald
Sauter; Mike Graham and I did further work converting to Wayne's
TAB and "enhancing" the files somewhat. The TAB files are
accompanied by 3 text files with index and performance notes and
other stuff. Check them out also.
This is not a duplication of Dick Hoban's "Tres Libros", which is
a larger collection of pieces by a number of vihuelists. This is
51 pieces by Mudarra only.
"Tres Libros" is posted in TAB format as A_Mudarra_book at
ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/lute/TabSource/A_Mudarra_book
Wayne has also posted them in eps and pdf format at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/tab-serv/tab-serv.cgi
Enjoy!
[] ( )
THEE: RE: sailor direction (fwd)
Dear Mr. Sauter,
Thank you for your thoughtful message.
I am always glad to hear from people who continue to see the pro
side of text based Internet access. Many people only want the
graphical access, while others combine the two to get the best of
both worlds.
Regarding you comments on how Lynx can be improved, I hope the
Lynx developers are able to keep up and accomodate the
enhancements that are being developed for people who have
graphical browsers. At this point I know there are operations
that just are not possible when the network is accessed via Lynx.
You made interesting comments about the graphical dial-up (Cruise
accounts). We don't see them as much of a threat to the
commercial ISPs because we offer so few of them and handicap them
by making them expire quickly. We came up with the short term
configuration for two reasons. One, we don't have enough modems
to provide free graphical access to everyone in the state. If we
did, we definitely would represent a competitive threat to the
ISPs. Two, short term accounts are analogous to borrowing a book
from the library. You don't get to keep it forever, but you get
to use it for a limited amount of time. We are seeing that there
is a real population of Windows 95/98 PC owners who do not want
to spend $20/month on Internet access. Their numbers could be
substantial with time as the early Pentium machines become hand-
me-downs to people who can't afford to buy even a $1000 PC. So,
Sailor Cruise Accounts are analogous to typical services that
libraries provide, like borrowing a book, or using a meeting
room; services that are real but which do not represent long term
monopolization of the resource by the user.
THEE: On Septembert 18, I hiked up Mt. Washington, the Tuckerman
Trail with a group of my friends. It was a fund raiser for breast
cancer. I only made it 3/4 way up, just above the waterfall at
the base of the headwall. It was beautiful. It was a clear, warm
day with great visibility. I had carried 8 pounds of warm
clothing just in case, but never needed it. I know I could have
made it to the top, but I stopped when I did because I wanted to
save some energy for the hike down, which was almost as
strenuous. Of course, you know that, as you have been up there.
Hself went on ahead with the guys. He made it to the top, He
didnt tell me but his buddies did, that he got terrible cramps
near the top and almost had to ride down. Ride down, I said.
Gosh!! No one told me you could ride down! Next time, I will go
for the top and ride down if I have to. If he had paced himself
the way I did, he might not have cramped up. He took off like a
race horse at the gate. Even though there were 850 people hiking
that day for the cause, I hiked alone because I guess I was the
slowest. But I did it.
What do you think of the hurricanes this season. I remember
your comments about the number of storms. Have you researched it
since? I don't think they should name them after people. They made
some strides when they changed it from just women's names, but why
not just code number them, such as Hurricane F6899, or
whatever other code they want. Because they don't name the
earthquakes, do they. There have been so many lately. I think it
is hurtful for all the people with the same name. I have a friend
named Mitch who takes all kinds of crap because of that storm
Mitch America.. Who can I write to to complain and try to change
it??
THEE: Fw: Rabbit45@aol.com: FUNNY Church Bulletins, Part
3...Hard to believe these are for real!!! HAHA
Just getting ready to go to computer class.Thought I'd try
somthing new before I get there.I'm forwarding this Email
recieved from a friend up the street. If I pull this off I might
just skip 1'st class.
ME: Subject: getting me fixed up
Sorry to have caused trouble right off the bat, but I am
desperate to get things settled here. Until I do, I can't tell
the world what my new email address is. And as the Cleveland
Freenet is now shut down, I am in a state of limbo. All my email
is being bounced back to the senders, causing untold confusion
and problems.
Again, I am *desperate*. I'm pretty sure GDFN will satisfy my
email needs, but I have to make sure before I disseminate my new
address. I don't want to have to go through this again any time
soon (or ever).
THEE: Re: my current status
Donald, I could not get any info on iz710, so I voided it. Now
I put it back on the system and you should not have any further
problems. Enjoy!
THEE: Subject: a little more info
Here's a little more information you requested, starting with
some page counts.
Regarding: Fernando Sor's set of variations in "World's Favorite
Selected Masterpieces For The Classic Guitar"; compiled, edited
and fingered by Frantz Casseus; Ashley Publications Inc.;
copyright 1970; pages 108-110 (3 pages.)
Regarding: Same piece, in facsimile, called "Les Folies
d'Espagne, variees, et un menuet... Oeuvre 15" in "Fernando Sor;
Complete Works For Guitar"; editor, Brian Jeffery; Shattinger
International Music Corp.; copyright 1977; volume 1; pages 134-
136 (3 pages.)
The minuet doesn't have anything to do with la Folia, and I think
I've read discussion about or not it whether it was actually
meant to be played after the variations.
Again, I feel sure there was a later, revised edition of the
complete works of Sor, by the same editor but maybe a different
publisher.
Regarding: the version by Francois de Fossa printed in
Soundboard; volume VIII, number 4; November 1981; revised and
edited by Matanya Ophee; copyright 1981 by the Guitar Foundation
of America; page 336. It may be identical or near-identical to
Edition Orphee's 1990 version (I don't know), but it was
available many years earlier, and perhaps more widely circulated.
Regarding Girolamo Montesardo: I don't have birth and death dates
at hand, or any biographical information. His guitar book was
called "Nvova inventione", published in Florence by C.
Marescotti, 1606. Again, this has the earliest Baroque guitar
Folia. The music was just strummed chords.
On page 161 of his dissertation on Francesco Corbetta, Richard
Pinnell discusses Corbetta's Folia of 1671 which was a precursor
to the "later folia", the first example of which was by Lully in
1672. All of Corbetta's guitar books contain Folias.
I'll let you know when I've put up Sanz's 2 versions of Folias in
ascii tablature on my web site.
Do you know anything about a piece called "La Folle, Romance
d'Albert Grisar, arrangee en Fantaisie pour la guitarre par Ferd.
Carulli, Op. 363"? It doesn't sound anything like la Folia,
except for one short section in minor which *might* pass as a
variation on la Folia.
ME: Made another futile stab at finding a receiver today. One
person had just thrown his out because his (still current) City
Paper ad didn't get any response.
I'm experimenting with a web-based email service. So far, it's
murder. Don't know if I will find the groove or not. Looks like
it will have to do for now. You might as well start using it.
My surprise at the time frame of the first powered dirigible
flight was augmented today by the realization of how closely it
followed the first train run.
Donald. donaldsauter@email.com
ME: FWD: today was the 1st day of the rest of my life
Subject line 2: you bin through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's
books...
Well, 9316 Wyatt Dr. is wired for sound again. My friend Hself
found his old, 1983 Technics receiver under a pile of stuff.
Many, many hardware stories to tell. Will forget them all by the
time we talk or meet. Que sera. But, managed to overcome and
spent a day the like of which you have only ever fantasized
about. *All day* was listening to music. WMUC, tapes, CDs, and
records, records, records. Interesting discovery: Before The
Flood is the best album of all time.
Do you have that old Malcolm McLaren Madame Butterfly song in
your collection somewhere? Need to hear it again now that I know
everything there is to know about opera. Have 'em all memorized.
You mentioned Pope John Paul I who had a real name which was the
answer to a tv quiz show question which won a record 5 million
dollars prize for a local man who is married to the cousin of my
frind Hself.
Revisiting:
Tomorrow will be a full day. Before your visit, a dead tree
will have been taken down in my back yard, and I will have
had a talk with the school principal. No reason all 3
shouldn't go well.
The rope broke and the tree fell in my neighbor's yard. The
interview with the proincipal is a long story. Hself had to
cancel.
Diesel French, eh? Man, the things you learn on the internet.
But what's j'accuse?
THEE: Subject: Off to a good start
I don't have Malcolm McLaren's "Madame Butterfly." I am
listening to a Japanese CD of Ann-Margret's "On the Way Up" LP
(1961). Would that be of any help?
One of Emile Zola's most famous pieces of writing was an essay
denouncing the hypocracy of the French government for unjustly
jailing Alfred Dreyfus on charges of being a German spy. The
essay was called "J'Accuse!"
I gotta listen to a side of wax before Hself returns. Today's LP
is a speech by Golda Meir! If we'd gotten together this week, we
would have listened to it together!
ME: Subject: in a yell-er sum-mer-een
Things are a disaster for me email-wise. I'm trying to get set
up on the Detroit Freenet. They took about 2 months to process
my request, and partly due to a goof on my part, they gave me an
unacceptable ID. The Cleveland Freenet came down as stated
Thursday night. I couldn't get on that day to get my last batch
of mail, and since then I've been in limbo. You're the only
person who has my email.com address. Everybody else around the
world is getting their messages to me bounced back. Some day
this will all be behind me, and it can't come soon enough.
My folks had another banner flea market day Saturday. They amaze
me. Mom had a Yellow Submarine and Blue album (missing one
record). She gets all excited about these things and I hate to
break it to her that you can't even give 'em away nowadays.
Well, she sold the pair for $5. Amazing. And $25 worth of comic
books. After selling almost $700 worth of stuff, they go to an
auction for the fun of it, picking up things like punch bowl sets
for $2 they know they can easily sell for $20. How many people
in the stock market can turn a 900% profit in a few days?
Not much else to report on. This weekend was a bit of wash-out
for me. Was hoping to go to the Renaissance festival today, but
the plans fell apart.
A couple of messages ago you remarked on flagging Beatle
enthusiasm (as if this Yellow Submarine hullabaloo has anything
to do with the Beatles.) Don't know if this'll help you, but for
my money, it is/was what Beatle scholarship is all about. It's
from the McCabe and Shoenfeld interview. The bad words were left
in for your benefit; I didn't type them.
Int.: We talked recently to the man who produced Yellow
Submarine, Al Brodax, and he said categorically that George
Martin was half of everything the Beatles ever recorded.
John: Oh, that's bs. You know what Brodax used to do?
Brodax got half the Yellow Submarine out of my mouth. You know
the idea for the Hoover? The machine that sucks people up? All
those were my ideas. They used to come to the studio and sort of
chat... "Hi, John, old bean. Got any ideas for the film? And
I'd just spout out all this stuff, and they went off and did it,
you know. Brodax probably thinks that because Brian made a
mistake by letting George Martin put all those fills in Yellow
Submarine, the "Sea of Holes" s-. And he recorded all this
terrible s- that went out with our LP, you know. If you'd
check it out, it's a whole sort of joke: George Martin is on one
side of our album. Oh, we didn't notice that.
And from Sheff:
Playboy: Hey Bulldog?
Lennon: That's me, cuz of the Yellow Submarine people, who were
gross animals apart from the guy who drew the paintings for the
movie. They lifted all the ideas for the movie out of our heads
and didn't give us any credit. We had nothing to do with that
movie and sort of resented them...
On the original interview tapes, he lists Eric Segal writing
Lennonesque lines, the Glove in the sky, and Horace the pool
vaccuum (the above-mentioned Hoover.) What were the moronic
editors thinking?
ME: By the way, is anyone at Sailor in contact with Stafford Battle,
who writes a computer column for the local (to the Washington
area) Gazette newspapers? He recently wrote a column about
Sailor (Sep 16 1999.) Whenever the subject of computer power
comes up, he insists that everyone *must* have the latest and
greatest equipment if he hopes to do *anything* with it. I wish
there were a voice out there defending the text-only internet
experience. Then I could breathe a little easier.
By the way, in my last note I mentioned it took me 6 seconds to
access a web page that took my friend 15 minutes. Well, the next
time I visited it, it only took 1 second. Hoo-ray for Sailor.
THEE: Re: in a yell-er sum-mer-een
Donald, So, should I use your new e-mail address until told
otherwise?
The "Yellow Submarine" documentary (or, more realistically,
infomercial) did credit Johnny with coming up with some ideas.
ME: Subject: Beatle Significa
Thanks for the kind words about Beatle Significa. No, that's
the only version there is. It isn't that that's all there is to
know about the Beatles (ha ha), it's just *really hard* to come
up with good, fun, usable questions. (Some people may say there
aren't any in Beatle Significa. You could never guess how many
times the first comment I got was "how hard it is. I couldn't
answer a *single* question.") If I was a glutton for punishment
and wanted to make a second edition, it would have maybe 10 or 12
questions in it, and that's stretching it!
ME: Subject: more YS while we're on a roll
Things are getting close to being ready on the Detroit Freenet.
I finally logged into the account I asked for tonight - iz710
(for sentimental reasons, ahhh) - but there was a message waiting
for me saying the iz710 account has been removed. I'll see if
it's still there tomorrow night.
For the time being, keep using ...@email.com. In fact, you and
everybody may use that forever. When Detroit is set, I will have
email.com forward everything to there.
About the YS "infomercial": if they mentioned that John Lennon
supplied ideas for the movie, that would make it the most
scholarly Beatles documentary ever. That one fact alone is more
than we got from all of Anthology combined.
By the way, do you recognize the tie-in with Mel Brooks and "You
don't look blue-ish"?
Probably an insulting question, but did you ever get Ringo's
line, "I'm a born lever puller"?
THEE: Subject: Whooping it up
I think I can claim that I got "I'm a born lever puller" in
"Yellow Submarine." The line my dad had to explain to me the
first time we watched it on TV together was when Frankenstein
rises and Ringo remarks, "I used to date his sister Phyllis."
ME: Subject: stale mail
Here's a stale email. I missed John Lennon's birthday
completely. Didn't think of it until this morning (Sunday)
reading today in pop.
It looks like things are stabilized here in Detroit. Everybody
can start using
iz710@detroit.freenet.org
That is a "direct line". It is actually ok, advantageous, even,
to use
donaldsauter@email.com
which should work (theoretically) in perpetuity, and which is set
to forward my mail to detroit. Unfortunately, I'm afraid
whatever benefits there are to using that address are more than
offset by the confusion it will cause. People would be sending
mail to me at one address, but receiving my mail from another.
I'm still a little bummed I lost a day's worth of mail on Sep 30.
I know I lost at least a batch from geocities, and a batch from
ebay, and message from dejanews.
Pulled myself out to see a harp concert at the U of Md. last
night.
I got stung by a yellow jacket on Wednesday. The pain was worse
then anything I can ever remember. My hand is still as big as a
balloon, although I can close it now.
The "Flamingo Pie" typo in that article about Paul's new album:
did they do that? It doesn't sound like you.
I never had trouble with Frank's sister Phyllis Stein. To my
advantage, I was unaware that there is, in fact, only one correct
pronunciation of Philistine, as opposed to the eternal Gold-steen
vs. -stine, for example, toss-up. I had always just figured the
humor in "born lever puller" was just the sarcasticness and
ridiculousness of the statement. I would have never made the
lever/liver and pull/pool connections, especially considering the
word is really -pudlian.
Still depending on you to explain the tie-in with Mel Brooks and
"You don't look blue-ish"?
Have we ever heard George yell "I Need You by George Harrison"
over the Rossini at the end of Help!?
What kind of a character was Donald on That Girl? You can
stonewall this if he was some sort of loser.
I called WMUC this morning after they had played something in
apparent out-of-phase stereo. Since the song was in mono, that
means people with their receiver set to mono (to pull in the
station) would hear nothing (just about). WMUC always used to
have this problem with their tape deck, but this was actually a
turntable.
THEE: Subject: Always stale mail from here
I've been twiddling with my web page today and having a little
fun. I put up my first javascript. I still don't know what it
is. I just copied the coding from my book, but now my page tells
you the time.
Donald was Marlo Thomas's boyfriend in the "That Girl" TV show
(1966-1971). I remember just one joke from the show. On the
Liberty Island ferry, Marlo spots a man about to throw an apple
core over the side. She scolds him and makes him throw it in the
trash can. A moment later, a ferry worker comes along and picks
up the trash can and empties it over the side. It may be the
first political joke I ever saw. Both Hself and her friend
were shocked to hear of Donald's passing and remarked on it.
I don't know the Mel Brooks/blue-ish connection. In the
documentary, as you'll hear, someone said that Erich Segal's
draft had our Fabs acting like Yiddish comedians, so what's his
name from the Scaffold was brought in to Liverpudlian it up a
bit.
This weekend I listened to the Incredible String Band's "The
Hangman's Beautiful Daughter." Someone told me once it's an
excellent album. Oh, I must disagree! Now I'm listening to "The
Bridge--A Tribute to Neil Young." After 10 years of ownership, I
remain unimpressed.
THEE: Re: Beatle Significa
Just wanted to let you know I received the game and love it. I
have left you good feedback and hope you do the same for me.
Thank you very much,
THEE: Subject: Updates
Thanks for a fine evening on Monday. I appreciate all your many
hospitalities, such as letting me play an awful record, giving me
dessert, giving me a priceless Hollyridge Strings LP. Thanks,
thanks, and thanks again.
I discovered a good day-in-Beatle-history website yesterday, when
I went searching for more information on "Sunday night at the
London Paladium." The address is
http://macul.ciencias.uchile.cl/~vmunoz/.
It looks like it's in Chile!
I got a new copy of Belmo on Tuesday. I was surprised. he
doesn't say it's his last issue but it has more nakeds in it than
usual, so something must be up.
I tried loading the games onto my computer. Gorilla worked but
Nibbles did not. As you told me, it had something to do with the
speed.
ME: Congratulations on the new computer. Darn shame it'll be
obsolete before the socks you bought the same day. Don't sign up
for any more classes until you talk to me.
ME: Count me in for the Halloween party. Expect one of my same
old, tried and true, costumes. Thanks again for the help with
cutting the tree down. It's a good thing the rope broke - I
still have horrible visions of you and your truck flying over my
yard, following the tree into my neighbor's yard.
ME: For someone who has lived, breathed and eaten computers
since a tyke, you sure can let a buddy down. By the way, do you
know *anybody* who will take that Hunters and Collectors album
off my hands?
ME: I got the music safe and sound. Had forgotten all about
it, actually. If your job keeps interfering with the musicale,
how come you don't just quit? Went to a harp concert at U of Md.
last week. You weren't there. Thanks a lot for the elevator
tips below. I still get cold feet every time I go to implement
one.
ME: Thanks for the recent letter. I agree 100% - people names
for hurricanes is totally inconsiderate. By the way, my friend
from Honduras lost a lifetime's worth of correspondence (but no
relatives) in Mitch. I'll write more later.
ME: Beware the deadly virus! Turn off your computer! Crawl
under your bed! Now!
ME: Is your singing still on the web somewhere? We couldn't get
it to play on a friend's computer.
ME: How's life as a schoolmum?
ME: How're the grandkids? How's the teddy bears?
THEE: THINGS TO DO IN AN ELEVATOR:
1) When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap
them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn't you.
2) Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock.
Smile, and go back for more.
3) Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push
the wrong ones.
4) Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if
they know what floor you're on.
5) Hold the doors open and say you're waiting for your
friend. After awhile, let the doors close and say, "Hi Greg.
How's your day been?"
6) Drop a pen and wait until someone reaches to help pick it
up, then scream, "That's mine!"
7) Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the
elevator.
8) Move your desk in to the elevator and whenever someone
gets on, ask if they have an appointment.
9) Lay down a Twister mat and ask people if they'd like to
play.
10) Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on ask
them if they hear something ticking.
11) Pretend you are a flight attendant and review emergency
procedures and exits with the passengers.
12) Ask, "Did you feel that?"
13) Stand really close to someone, sniffing them
occasionally.
14) When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's okay.
Don't panic, they open up again."
15) Swat at flies that don't exist.
16) Tell people that you can see their aura.
17) Call out, "group hug!", then enforce it.
18) Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and
muttering, "Shut up, all of you, just shut up!"
19) Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering
inside, ask, Got enough air in there?"
20) Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the
wall, without getting off.
21) Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce in
horror, "You're one of THEM!" and back away slowly.
22) Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other
passengers.
23) Listen to the elevator walls with your stethoscope.
24) Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
25) Stare, grinning at another passenger for a while, and
then announce, "I have new socks on."
26) Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce
to the other passengers, "This is my personal space."
THEE: RE: my new email address, plus laughs
Hey honey!!!! How are you! I'm doing good. Hope you are too! I
finally have a home computer. Kids forced me to get it!! My e-
mail addy is:
When I first opened this I was like who the heck is this. I think
they have the wrong person! Then I saw it was YOU!
Life is very busy. Hself just turned 3 Sunday and Hself, 4, is in
pre-school three mornings a week. I'm still home every Wednesday
(except this Wed). They are so much fun. Everyone says "how do
you do it with two so close in age?" I LOVE IT!!! Best thing I
ever did!
ME: Subject: records are our life
Sorry about the absence. Things are still such a big mess and so
confusing, I can barely stand to connect up to the internet.
Thanks a million for the notes to the tapes, and the tapes
themselves, of course. I listened to Best Of S [Something]
today. It's surprisingly good. Big parts of the George Martin
special will need to be paved over, but almost everything else
will have to survive uncut, they were that good. Don't know if
you were too burned out on the Martin special to notice it, but
the Celine Dion rendition was top-top-notch. I could slug Martin
and her for harping on how "simple, simple, simple..." the
Beatles' songs were, though. I especially defy anybody to
identify the "simple" mold Here There And Everywhere came out of.
Don't know what you mean when you say Elvis' Something is
"hysterical". It's surely the most alive, fun and engaging
performance I've ever heard.
By the way, no need to keep separate tapes for Beatle covers from
now on. A mixed bag is A-ok with me.
Bought 3 more records at the library used book store a few days
ago. Got the original Victory At Sea. Had fun with Hself
comparing it with the rerecorded version. ("Fun" means we were
almost slugging each other, but didn't.) Mine is with the ABC
orchestra, most others you see are with the RCA orchestra. Also
got a highlights of Tosca, and Songs of the Auvergne by Kiri Te
Kanawa. Paid the full 4 bits for each record, figuring it was
going to a good cause. By the way, do you need Martin Denny
records? I can't keep all those Martins, Sandys and Dennys
straight.
Got a good response out of Hself regarding the Just Because/Cara
Nome (Rigoletto) similarity. I figured he'd fight me tooth and
nail, on general principal. But after playing him my 2 versions
of Cara Nome, his eyes got real big about 3 seconds into Just
Because.
Started playing my Gilbert & Sullivan boxed set. On the first
listen, I thought HMS Pinafore was the worst thing ever; on the
2nd, the dumbest thing ever; and on the 3rd, up there with the
greatest things ever. The next one, Iolanthe was fun right off
the bat. There's 4 more to look forward to.
Had a brainstorm on Tuesday. I was going to make candy apple
*chunks* (as opposed to candy apples.) I can't even begin to
describe what a debacle that turned out to be.
I just took a look at Nibbles (what I call SNAKEL.) I see that I
didn't activate the modification I put in to make it work on a
fast machine. I left my modification commented out, since it
wasn't tested. We'll get you fixed up.
THEE: Subject: This is Martin!
Martin Denny LPs? You bet I need 'em, and how!
Yesterday I listened to a couple of tracks from an LP called
"Great Torch Songs of the 20s," or something. It had a Polly
Bergen song I was keen to hear, "Why Was I Born." The version I
have of her singing it has her doing it in a medley with another
song. Sure enough, when I played the LP yesterday, Polly sang
wonderfully, until they faded her out abruptly before the other
song began. Same version, hasty edit. I thought they only did
that to rock songs.
We liberated the pooch on Tuesday morning. I sure missed that
little guy. Alas, on Tuesday night, to show his disorientation,
or to scold us for being away, he let forth with a mighty blast
of pee in the living room. That spoiled everyone's mood in a
hurry, I can tell you.
I had a terrific time in New York, by the way, but I wasn't in a
spending mood. I bought one 45, by Thee Headcoatees, and left it
on Hself's kitchen counter.
Hself and I visited one of the old west Village record shops that
used to be so good in the '80s. It's the place I got almost all
my "Unsurpassed Masters" CDs. It's still there, though its stock
seems to have shrunk, and many of the CDs are ugly CD-Rs with
photocopied covers. It was a tad dispiriting.
Hself agrees with you about the Beatles covers tape. She thought
it was going real well but that I just got lazy with the George
Martin special. I'm well into side two of another tape for you.
I'm glad you still listen.
THEE: Subject: Attention!
Clean up your web directory - too many garbage files!
THEE: Subject: FW:"WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD " with Henry
Louis Gates, Jr.
Well, I wanted to pass along info about a PBS broadcast this
Monday night that should be very informative and interesting.
I'm off to the mountains of Western Maryland this
weekend...taking mom for her birthday...staying in a wonderful
chalet with a lake view and partially wooded grounds. The
foliage is turning now so this should be a gorgeous weekend to be
staying upstate in a wooded area. The area is called Deep Creek
and it's bee-u-tious there.
Hope you all have a blessed weekend.
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