A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's...
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freakwater@...
Oct 2, 2002 3:31 pm
Just came home from a 4-week trip to Greece this weekend and I saw this dates of Mekons-Shows in Switzerland (12-16 november) are still not sure, does anyone...
... Talk to the soundboard person. They should be more than accomodating. Good luck!...
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David Hart
davidh@...
Oct 2, 2002 8:41 pm
sleep with the sound person...... ... From: "yorkrobson" <yorkrobson@...> To: <club_mekon@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002...
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dlwiebe
dlwiebe@...
Oct 2, 2002 9:02 pm
All of the below and above. I envy you, should be one hell of a time....
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jim english
jimbobenglish@...
Oct 2, 2002 9:18 pm
I thought Boocock was the lowest grade celeb. And I still haven't seen him. What's the chances he doesn't turn up at Leeds see you jim ... I can't avoid him....
bitch ... From: jim english [mailto:jimbobenglish@...] Sent: 02 October 2002 22:18 To: club_mekon@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [club_mekon] Re: Wilco...
one hast scriven: ... I have it on very good authority (ie I thought of it) that the best way to achieve success on this front is to buy me and Kevin a very...
I *knew* I'd seen something about Rico and Jon playing in Massachusetts! Neil ... Rico and Jonny are playing again and showing their artwork too! Friday, Oct....
Milw - Fri Oct 18th Reed St Station NYC - Thu Oct 31st Mercury Lounge http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/tourdates.html In case anyone is interested. I'm pretty...
... All were recorded, and various discs are currently winging their way around the eastern seaboard. The full scoop, if anyone cares: * I recorded the...
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Jesse Hochstadt
jesse_hochstadt@...
Oct 3, 2002 5:43 pm
Hey Derek - Sorry not to reply to your Club Mekon post earlier. I was glad to see you'd written; you beat a fairly hasty retreat after the Saturday night show,...
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Jesse Hochstadt
jesse_hochstadt@...
Oct 3, 2002 5:45 pm
Ooops - I obviously meant to send that last note to Derek offlist. Sorry. - Jesse...
... Yorker_ on 23 September for the NY gigs< and i add, at the galapagos thing they kept making mention of said cartoon, leaving many confused in the dark...
Incidentally, the artist listed for the cartoon is Michael Weldon....
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Jesse Hochstadt
jesse_hochstadt@...
Oct 5, 2002 8:14 pm
... Who doesn't appear to have ever seen the Mekons in person. Sarah is shown as svelte, Lu's looks have been domesticated, Sally is homely, Susie is...
I've now moved the cartoon to: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhuey/mekons/25newyorker/index.html ...to include more of the blurb. You can also find it linked...
No artist is unbiased (some more than others)... Or writer/editor (see the blurb 4 pages later). The instrument Lu has in the cartoon doesn't seem to resemble...
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dlwiebe
dlwiebe@...
Oct 5, 2002 11:34 pm
They look like a Mekon cover band, and they also look like they're no fun at all. Totally unlike the real thing....
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john green
jsg@...
Oct 6, 2002 11:25 am
It's a bizarre image: I recognize one of They Might be Giants, Liza Minelli, Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper), the dad from the Addams Family, and the...
As you may well know, Cynthia Plaster Caster is now selling her casts, drawings, and merch online (as a non-profit; 25% of funds go to the castees); Sally's is...
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fight this sickness
fightthissickness@...
Oct 6, 2002 6:43 pm
some rare mekons items : V.A. CD : This is not the age of aquarius : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=911661203 The Mekons story : ...
My apologies - I hadn't realized when I uploaded the samples from the NYC Mekons shows that my encoder had its settings on "craptacular." (You know, the same...
