Am I the only one who gets irritated?
No, you're not.
make that 3.
[and Ken is probably no.4 - hi Ken!]
For work reason I have to be on in Digest mode : some days, I already
receive over 150 emails, I cant cope with 50 more from FLUXLIST.
Fluxlist-digest is increasingly an unreadable
I thought alot about Ulysses and "Ned" I think his name was...I'm not sure
"Ned"
had chums, but those mysteries were quite the steamy treat.
Harry Enfield had chums. Couldn't beat the Fast Show, though.
mn
From: Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a reason for this. It saves time. Rewriting or paraphrasing
takes time, time some of us (I'll only speak for myself at this point)
don't have. While I agree with you that new subjects should be made for
This argument has appeared on ALL the lists
It is common practice in email communicaton to quote the passage to
which you are responding in order to refresh memory and provide context.
Maybe we should start with the quote, and not with the annotation. Thats
the usual way. I wouldnt say it should be a strict rule, but as a
guideline ;-)
Well, I guess the problem must be this Digest / Broadcast thing
(although only being semi-technoliterate I don't know what that is)
It's common courtesy to keep mailings tidy - of course
let's all resolve to be a little better every day
I have a separate box into which any emailing
with the
Hi, fellow fluxpoets
Here's an idea
take a text
and swap every second word for the third word
lay it out in groups of three
a poem is what you might see
(er... sorry!)
as in this CoCa text from
John Blower
(apologies John)
First text
SPONSORS/RAFFLE ITEMS
Cascioppo Bros. Italian Meat Market,
I once shared a taxi with Cabby Appleton.
Any relation?
Was he the driver, then?
You know he was.
He was related to Cabby Broccoli
who used to chauffeur Roger Moore
to and from the 007 set
Roger
Richard wrote:
I wish this list :
a - automatically rejected posts that came with unchanged headers
b - automatically rejected posts that came too much un-edited Replied-To
material. Such software exists.
c - new subscribers would have to be on Digest mode for a few days, before
they were
hello,
here here to richard's a thru c suggestions. i am in total agreement with he
and ken re:reply function. at the risk
of sounding like a complete asshole i'll go a step further and ask why one
feels the need to reply five times in a row - single lines each. there's
something to be said
This was around 1970-71 as I recall--John Cage the Merce
Cunningham dancers were at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. for several
days--they had set up at the basketball court and were there most of the
day--with as I recall large backdrops on wheels by Rauschenberg--screens
that could
High!
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, ddyment wrote:
the record collecting discussions that were pushed out of
the list for not being relevant (!) were of actual interest to me.
So, let's vote!
COME BACK RECORD COLLECTING DISCUSSION!
The computer is a voting-machine.
The net is the forum.
Hugh!
i enjoyed the music thread and i feel that censorship is not in the spirit
of fluxus. a little care with sniping posts should solve the problem. this
comes up every few months it seems. perhaps because of newcomers and human
frailty.
best regards, c :)
carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
[EMAIL
In a mail timed and dated 03:03 PM 4/26/00 +0100, the talented Roger
Stevens took the time to write:
(the artist formerly known as
R)
aka TAFKAR?
I didn't realise that discussing records was pushed out
(send those C90s...)
nor that fluxlist was a way of life
and I certainly don't reply to everything in that chatroom sort of... oh
perhaps I just did
-Roger
PS to save space I'm thinking adopting a single initial
R
To save space
I am adopting a new name
squiggle
(the artist formerly known as
R)
In 1972 after much reading of Cage and a personal
letter from him, regarding my having been "let go" (fired)at Kenyon College, I
developed a poetry technique which
I later termed "Fluxpoems." At that time I cut out words from
Magazines and newspapers, usually in bold type (similar to
what a
weird
Why did my last e-mail go to John Blower?
What does he mean by talented?
What's going on?
Squiggle
(the artist formerly known as
R)
PS Sol
have finally found an i-zone camera
expect small, low-quality pics soon!
Children's poetry in The Poetry Zone
www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
weird
what happened was - John Blower replied to my message timed 03.03 PM
before it was posted
so I received the reply
before I saw the e-mail he was replying to
strange days, indeed, Momma
hey - in case you think I'm really sad
sitting here replying to e-mails as they arrive
I am waiting
PS Sol
have finally found an i-zone camera
expect small, low-quality pics soon!
Children's poetry in The Poetry Zone
www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
Carol Starr sent me a great stamp where she used a double exposure on the
I-zone - just left the strip in for 2 shots. very cool. You know,
Instead of erasing, how about recycling. Look at this lovely poetic collage
garnered from my "trash" file. please consider for use in the flux poetry
thing.
which rival prevented Easter Bunny?
commerce/industry teaches
trashing them,
There is a reason for this,
erasing take time.
While I agree
Roger Stevens wrote:TosavespaceI am adoptinganewnamesquiggle(the artist
formerly known asR)
haha (I would usually string many ha's out in a line to signify
that I am laughing aloud, however, to save space, I am merely
posting two and stringing them together.
dot
(the artist formerly known as
In a mail timed and dated 03:36 PM 4/26/00 +0100, the talented TAFKAR took
the time to write:
Why did my last e-mail go to John Blower?
ALL mail comes to me...
What does he mean by talented?
I make the assumption that you have talent until the contrary is demonstrated.
Cheers!
John
Terrence writes;
Warning! Slightly off topic.
You know maybe that's why some people risk being assholes is exactly because it
makes life more interesting. The question is does one have to a be a relevant
or irrelevant asshole to make life more interesting or to prove a point or to
respectfully
Children's poetry in The Poetry Zone
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
Squiggle, you should put an http:// in front of that www to make it a
live url, so folks would look at your vunderbar website more.
okay
thanks, dot
ta, Cecil
nice poem
into the fluxlist book it goes
any more for any more?
-squi
Carol Starr sent me a great stamp where she used a double exposure on the
I-zone - just left the strip in for 2 shots. very cool. You know,
great - expect a 3 X exposure soon, Sol
hope you can handle it
-sq
What does he mean by talented?
I make the assumption that you have talent until the contrary is
demonstrated.
ah, of course!
squig
s...I particularly liked the interview with yourself. This has prompted
me to do the same and I found myself fascinating...ciao, bambino, d.
Roger Stevens wrote:
Children's poetry in The Poetry Zone
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
Squiggle, you should put an http:// in front of that
I grew up in a state that had (has?) the highest literacy rate of any state
in the United States, Iowa. We had a joke about the state of Missouri
(located directly south of Iowa): if you cut off the bottom row of
counties in Iowa and gave them to Missouri, it would raise the IQ of both
To Amuse and Enlighten
Have on hand several sheets of bubblewrap (large
bubble preferred).
Find a few friends in a cafe. Stay until closing time.
Reveal your possession of bubblewrap.
Place sheets on ground; stomp, tap, soft-shoe until
all bubbles are popped (make sure by picking up sheets
Hi, I wanted to pass this on... It's quite
beautiful:
Rod
"...We are translating the Iliad into HTML with
photoshop "paintings" and a
comic book type compression of the story linked
to Butler's ponderous Victorian
translation from Latin. I am using Fitzgerald's
and Butler's translations as a
Here's something you could try
take a lottery ticket and a magazine
open the magazine at the first lottery number page
counting from the top
use the lottery numbers to calculate the words you choose
e.g. 14 will equal the fourteenth word
and so on
Lottery Poem
to your them mathemagic with
i wanted to thank george for his observations on
cage - he really was right on the mark.
cage did speak often about the ideal society
where unemployment reigns (and possibly as a
buddhist ideal). again, an "ideal". as for him
getting this idea "from berlin dada"; there is no
written statement
Flux Sisters wrote:
To Amuse and Enlighten
Have on hand several sheets of bubblewrap (large
bubble preferred).
To awaken a studio full of printmakers - place the bubblewrap
between the blankets and roll under large etching press. A
definitely Fourth of July effect. Do not try this
Alex Cook wrote:
...California. I believe we can boast
that we had the highest number of dope smokers of any state...
and our legions of dope smokers will take on any in the room
Alex, recent Missouri transplant and proud
Wow, that contest could result in some very heavy torpor.
Well,
allen bukoff wrote:
In the email today...
From: "NART Newsletter" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:24:23 +0200
Subject: NART Auctions Information
Allen,
I found this very interesting - I had never heard of the Lettrist movement.
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