[MMouse]: mp3

1998-12-09 Thread grrr
i've been talking about some bands in the iowa city area and then someone pointed out that there is no way for them to hear songs if they don't live there, are broke, etc... well, mp3s for some of the local bands can be found at www.avalon.net/~protein. i don't know if any of them are songs in

Re: [MMouse]: interstate 8 live tracks

1998-12-13 Thread grrr
i don't know about pushing the buttons, but buttons to push the buttons is on the zum zine comp. out now. On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Chris Duke wrote: At 03:32 PM 12/13/98 -0800, you wrote: can someone tell me what the name of the live tracks 7 and 9 are on interstate 8 and if they appear on

Re: [MMouse]: MMouse

1999-01-01 Thread grrr
i'm not "gay", but i like to throw my opinions around so i'll answer this one. i guess i'd have to say heart cooks brain. it's the first mm song i heard (yeah i was behind the times). but i'd also put up a vote for custom concern. natalie

[MMouse]: nmh

1999-01-24 Thread grrr
in the aeroplane over the sea is arguably the best album of 1997. i can't listen to it enough. of course, lonesome crowded west would take a close second. natalie i had never been pursued by a lion, and i was afraid -benn husmann and greg

Re: [MMouse]: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n252

1999-01-28 Thread grrr
his voice is too eddie vederesque ?? eddie vederesque? i don't think i'd ever compare the two for fear of burning in hell. the main difference between the two? jeff mangum has credibility as an artist...and an original one at that. eddie veder? well, college kids like him. *shrugs*

Re: [MMouse]: more list ettiqutte

1999-02-10 Thread grrr
i don't know, i thought it was pretty funny. *shrugs* and definitely worth doing. the adult sites deal on the other hand...why the hell do we want that shite? On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, maria t sciarrino wrote: please, for the love of god and the sanity of all, DO NOT send chain letters to

[MMouse]: music sucks!?

1999-04-25 Thread grrr
yeah, well i'm in the heartland of musical ignorance. that would be iowa. well, i live in the exciting college town iowa city. we get a lot more music here than anywhere else in iowa. more indie, that is. marilyn manson is going to be in cedar rapids about 30 minutes from here. all the

[MMouse]: hmmm...

1999-04-30 Thread grrr
let's face it, there are snobs and idiots and assholes everywhere. you may never meet them, but they are there. btw...my life is worse than yours... *rolls eyes* natalie But never met this Fellow Attended, or alone Without a tighter

Re: [MMouse]: blah, blah, blah

1999-05-13 Thread grrr
i second that... Yeah, but that "Bonnie and Clyde" song is abnoxious. natalie i just want to dance in your tangles. -nmh

Re: [MMouse]: blah, blah, blah

1999-05-13 Thread grrr
serge gainsbourg is great. and there is a bunch of french stuff being released here in the us now-april march:chrominance decoder, the pop romantique comp., and stuff. yes, i would probably laugh myself out of the room as well. On Wed, 12 May 1999, jsayre wrote: Guilty Pleasures...where

[MMouse]: Re: conan vs. craig

1999-05-25 Thread grrr
no way. conan is way funnier. "what are you looking at? aren't i pretty?"-conan as some strange celebrity spawn. craig kilborn is better than conan. natalie i just want to dance in your tangles.

[MMouse]: survey

1999-07-17 Thread grrr
better late than never...or maybe not, but here i am NAME: natalie SEX: female HOME: iowa city, iowa EYE COLOR: brown w/ little green specks HAIR COLOR: brown (it keeps getting darker) YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOWS? the simpsons, the daily show, and the former homicide: life on the street

[MMouse]: blair witch

1999-08-08 Thread grrr
yeah, i saw a show on bravo about the movie over a year ago when it was in its early stages. they were pushing as a true story at the time. i saw it a couple of days ago. scared the crap out of me. there were some scenes of continuous swearing and yelling that got a little annoying, but i

[MMouse]: self-censorship

1999-10-20 Thread grrr
is it self-censorship, or common sense? the latter, i believe. i think it is only common sense to consider the connotations of what you're saying. and as far as dick goes, i don't use that word either. it is about as appealing as cunt. natalie i just want to dance in your tangles.

[MMouse]: fight club and profanity

1999-10-20 Thread grrr
i haven't checked my mail lately so pardon me if i'm a little behind the news, but a) fight club was the best movie i have seen in a long time. fucking original and awesome. not exactly what i was expecting-better than i was expecting. and i had a group of brad pitt stalkers behind me, so i

[MMouse]: fight club again?

1999-10-21 Thread grrr
i didn't see a whole lot of "this is the answer" sort of claims being staked in the movie. it was more about plot, in my opinion. and anyway, you can't say this wasn't the most original movie in about a bazillion years. natalie i just want to dance in your tangles.

Re: [MMouse]: Re: self-censorship

1999-10-21 Thread grrr
surely you must be kidding. i'm not talking about dick the name. i'm talking about dick as an alternate to penis. On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: saying. and as far as dick goes, i don't use that word either. it is about as appealing as cunt. natalie i just

Re: [MMouse]: fight club [delete if you haven't seen movie]

1999-10-22 Thread grrr
Did anyone else notice all the sneaky things that were thrown into this movie such as: The "Seven Years in Tibet" sign? Brad Pitt's character from the movie "12 Monkeys" in the airport? The Pixies song!! yeah, i noticed. and how about that tom waits song, eh? that was awesome! natalie

Re: [MMouse]: Re: self-censorship

1999-10-22 Thread grrr
does anyone else here think arash needs an education, or maybe just some exposure to sunlight? oh dear dear arash, perhaps you are not familiar with all of the other synonyms for penis perpetuated by society. try a thesaurus. for god's sake. if you are truly being honest, i'm not going to

Re: [MMouse]: nothing in particular

1999-10-25 Thread grrr
it's from a neutral milk hotel song. it's a fave line. On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody I have a question for Natalie...I notice that you end each of your posts with a quote saying "I just want to dance in your tangles"...where is that from cuz it sounds so

Re: [MMouse]: Three kings

1999-10-28 Thread grrr
just out of curiosity, what's your proposal on how to stop violence? there have always been wars and there will always be wars and as long as some form of government is better than anarchy, there will always be political agendas that cause death. sorry, but it's true. On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Mark

RE: [MMouse]: Three kings

1999-10-29 Thread grrr
so if we spent a bazillion dollars sending troops over to bosnia to try to stop the inherent violence that has gone on there for thousands of years, will it change anything? i believe it IS human nature not to be violent, but to be ignorant. as long as a person believes he/she is better than

[MMouse]: money is the root of all evil.

1999-10-29 Thread grrr
myth. greed is the root of all evil. okay, it's one of the roots of all evil. you know the other six. get rid of money and move to what? barter? i'll give you my pencil for a piece of gum. it may work in junior high, but i don't see it happening any time soon. *we can't ever go back.*

[MMouse]: fuck

1999-01-02 Thread grrr
their songs are too short! but they're good songs. natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: NO MOUSE CONTENT

1999-01-02 Thread grrr
if you pay for the battle well fight it..and take the credit for the vicotry..since we never lose. are you saying we don't fight the battles? there were american troops there, you might remember...in bosnia, that is. and in desert storm for that matter. This sentiment is shared perhaps by

[MMouse]: bob log III

1999-11-12 Thread grrr
yes, he is touring with them. he sucked, in my humble opinion. he practically incited a riot with all of the hicks. i wanted to stay up front for man or astroman and get a good view, but i hate mosh pits-it's so inconsiderate. so i got out of the crowd until man started. and they rocked-so

Re: [MMouse]: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n549

1999-11-12 Thread grrr
umm...my experience is that drummers suck. perhaps they are a lesser species? On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Katherine Marie Early wrote: drummers suck?! no, drummers are just a differnet kind of species. kt ___ i was

[MMouse]: denis johnson...

1999-11-20 Thread grrr
is a god. read the incognito lounge. it's poetry and it's funny and wierd. although i saw him a month ago and he read some non-fiction thingie and it was kinda boring. it's a work in progress, so god knows if we'll ever get to read the end of it. natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: yes, but...

1999-11-20 Thread grrr
We are a culture obsessed with what's on the outside, not what's on the inside. I've been told that there was a time when people fell in love with each others' minds before their bodies. I struggle to believe it. here comes the but... it would be a lie to say that looks dont matter.

[MMouse]: TV

1999-11-20 Thread grrr
you know that commercial where all the people throw away their tvs and it's advertising this new kind of tv that's supposed to super-special but nobody can afford it? well, the song on it sounded really familiar and after singing it for a while i realized it was the apples in

[MMouse]: douglas coupland

1999-11-20 Thread grrr
yeah, anything by doug is cool. and anything by mark leyner if you like hyper, self-obsessed, and totally crazy writing. (not allen ginsbergian, another type of hyper, self-obsessed, totally crazy writing) bean of egypt,maine for some serious white trash and fugitive pieces by anne michaels for

[MMouse]: nikki

1999-11-24 Thread grrr
the only song that has my name in it is "darling nikki" by prince. in it nikki is a sex fein. yahoo. yes, the song that started tipper gore on her public advisory sting. natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: lorrie moore

1999-11-24 Thread grrr
yes, i have read her. i saw her read before i actually read anything and i was amazed. she's great. natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: delillo

1999-11-24 Thread grrr
maybe because i've had to analyze white noise in two english courses, i just can't read his stuff. i wouldnt recommend him. but i would suggest pynchon's stuff if you like characters with cheesy names. natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: microserfs

1999-11-24 Thread grrr
yeah. it was awesome. if only my friends were these characters... natalie sweetness follows.

[MMouse]: sartre

1999-11-26 Thread grrr
Although I'd have to say, I still don't *really* understand what existentialism means. sometimes i think the lack of understandability (is that a word?) is the intention. natalie she is something of an after dinner mint.

[MMouse]: timelessness

1999-11-26 Thread grrr
I somehow don't see people rushing the library bookshelves for Coupland in 100 years, though he has certainly done a lot of work on our current culture. Dostoevsky on the other hand seems to have made a very powerful impact on many, many people throughout the world, over 100 years after

[MMouse]: foreign authors

1999-11-26 Thread grrr
Another thought...how pertinant are some of these authors outside the U.S., where we have the time and money to be so vague and cynical? Proof? We have no Kundera, Marquez, Hamsun, Celine, Hrabal... i don't think we've been around long enough and had enough interest in literature as an

[MMouse]: relijun

1999-12-03 Thread grrr
i agree that people who roll their eyes everytime the bible is mentioned is annoying. there is something to be said for a tract that has affected nearly everything about humanity. besides, never being subjected to religion growing up and becoming an english major, i've found i'm a little

[MMouse]:

1999-12-04 Thread grrr
So, try not to be so fucking tunnel-visioned in your 21st century! whoa! is there is difference between tunnel-visioned and fucking tunnel-visioned? natalie she is something of an after dinner mint.

[MMouse]: country music

2000-02-04 Thread grrr
real country or pop country. real country being the early days, this does not include every "country" singer to pop out of the woodwork since garth brooks-and including garth brooks/chris gaines (he has a very obvious pop side) natalie she is something of an after dinner mint.

[MMouse]: hotkids

2000-02-14 Thread grrr
what are the addys for the hotkids. i'll save this message, i swear. natalie i'll meet you up here in your landslide

[MMouse]: i want to be hot.

2000-02-15 Thread grrr
i wish i had access to a scanner to be part of the hotkids fun. *pouts* natalie i'll meet you up here in your landslide

[MMouse]: The Independent Mind (fwd)

2000-02-24 Thread grrr
here is something i thought you all might be interested in. natalie i'll meet you up here in your landslide -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:34:32 -0600 From: Edward McElvain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Independent Mind

Re: [MMouse]: help!!

2000-03-09 Thread grrr
yep. sounds like dave matthews to me. On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and there's only one line i remember...it's "Don't drink the water" dave matthews? natalie if you were pittsburgh,/i would be the lack of trees. -"shipping is

[MMouse]: i am a tree

2000-03-09 Thread grrr
i was just flipping through the dictionary, as english majors do, and found robert pollard's last name. it dates from the early 17th century and is "a tree cut back to the trunk to promote the growth of a dense head of foliage." h... and brock is from middle english meaning "badger" (the

[MMouse]: selling out

2000-03-11 Thread grrr
i like to hear songs i like that aren't popular and overplayed on tv. it shows at least the company or whoever chose a song because they liked it, not because it was #1 on the charts. natalie if you were pittsburgh,/i would be the lack of trees.

[MMouse]: speaking english

2000-04-06 Thread grrr
Colin, quit being so perfect in your responses. perfect? i thought it would've been much funnier and much more clever just to say: potkettle...black. i know nobody cares, but that would have been a perfect response. clever without explaining yourself afterwards. but who's arguing

[MMouse]: seth, go back to grumpyville

2000-04-10 Thread grrr
i go to school and have a job and still enjoy modest mouse and off the topic stuff. speaking of off-the-topic, i visited a waffle house for the first time while in south carolina and although it was small and we had to wait a while to sit down, the food was excellent. too bad they don't have

[MMouse]: iowa city!

2000-04-11 Thread grrr
1. Who are you/where do you reside/how old? I am Kate Ross, I live in Iowa City, Iowa, I'm 19 well, three of us iowa citians on the same list-who woulda thought. the third is john. tom is wrong. only most of iowa is boring. christ, how many people do i know from ames. there are so

[MMouse]: :(

2000-04-13 Thread grrr
chris ryan must not be much of a fan. hey guy, have fun in Pic'N'Save. natalie if you were pittsburgh,/i would be the lack of trees. -"shipping is free"