RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1836

RDT Right Now #1836

From: Scotch <scotch@torithoughts.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:21:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RDT Right Now #1836
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 03 : Issue #1836 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o Life, Death and ..... [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] dancing dwarves. oh yeah. [ "Gabriela Kulka" <gabakulka@wp.pl> ] Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's chi [ punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcas ] Megan's Skull [ punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcas ] Pirate P.S. [ punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcas ] my head hurts, my heart hurts too [ Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net. ] sell yourself. just give in. [ Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist ] Tickets for Virginia Beach 8/28 [ dwil1971@mac.com ] Listening to strange music... [ Teunis Peters <winterlion@greycloak ] TORI Announces Taxivision Winner! [ broadway jack <woj@smoe.org> ] Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:30:21 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Life, Death and ..... Megs of the Brown Cows cries in the darkness... >>What do you guys believe? Where do we go when we die? Do any of you know? Does anyone, ever, know? I know for ME. Before I came to earth for the physical experience, I was part of the supreme energy (that which people call God). We were all parts of that energy, split off to learn what the physical was about. Some people want to get the experience in many, many lifetimes. Some people decide on their first trip to believe in nothing and their energy is just gone when they die. I personally think I took all my experience for one trip, and to be here on earth in these last days. When I die, my energy will join up with all the other energies, and then.... Maybe go make a new universe. Maybe sit on clouds and drink tea with Gandhi and Einstein and talk about what we learned. Maybe even more. All I know is that I am eternal, and I will remain eternal. Everyone should know that about themselves. Oh, wait, I guess organized religion would frown on my ideas, huh? I love how they just found this new planet and completely screwed up everything I've learned the past two weeks. So if the Universe is 14 Billion Years old and it takes 7 billion years for the first star to supernova to create planets, then where the hell did that big ass planet come from 13 billion years ago???? I have to test on this Monday. Erg! I hate science! Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when Everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say And I have always been a Fairy. www.bethcoulter.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 23:35:34 +0200 From: "Gabriela Kulka" <gabakulka@wp.pl> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: dancing dwarves. oh yeah. Ms Parsons pointed out: "i forgot to add this in yesterday to my post but did anyone else recently hear that some people think that stonehenge is supposed to be a model of female genitalia?." This makes the Spinal Tap movie look funnier than I dreamt possible! For other funnies - Succubus Megan poo-poo'ed her e-mail provider, well, guess what, here's something painfully on-topic: our entire e-mail provider, probably the second largest in Poland, got labelled under 'SPAM' by the Mighty AOL. Every single of those thousands of e- mails sent from wp.pl to the aol'ers returned to you after 4 or 5 days with a bunch of error messages. Cool, isn't it? I can almost picture these e-mails between the wp.pl people to the US, trying to straighten things out. "Poland! Yes, Poland, y'know... the little... the...no, it's not an isle in the Pacific, it's... yes next to the former USSR. Nope, we don't use the cyrillic alphabet...." Y'know, we back you up in iraq and that's how you return the favour! (joke! JOOOOKE! no, reallly! Rea....) What is NOT a joke is that I'm listening to Yoko Ono. *deep breath* Today I've been told that the words "the latest CD", "bought" and "Yoko Ono" don't exist in the same sentence but (*insert Cartman expression*) ~"screw you guys!". I got a "Blueprint for a sunrise" a week after purchasing a vinyl of "Double Fantasy". I really enjoy what she does. The funny things I am partly able to explain what kind of musical experiences enabled me to probably pin down the core of what's most valuable to me in her music. I know I wouldn't be able to listen to her if it weren't for: Kate Bush's "Dreaming", Diamanda Galas' "Plague Mass" and Patti Smith's "Horses". It's almot that simple. Life is short. Money is limited. I'd rather waste both of those on Daring Crap than on Safe Crap. Speaking of music, I was able (after a winamp DOWNgrade) to install a pretty funny plugin. It updates a list of recently played songs to your website, practically live. So here's mine, if you feel like checking. ;-) Look for those Britney Spears hidden tracks. Yesh! http://strony.wp.pl/wp/gaba_kulka/playlist.htm buh-bye. Gab ------------------------ what a peculiar Peculiar http://gabrielakulka.prv.pl http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kulka -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:26:00 -0400 From: punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcast.net> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's childen would rule the word After coming home from work wednesday night to find my house without power from the storm earlier that day, I kidnapped my boyfriend and took him to see Pirates of the Caribbean. Sure, it's a disney movie. Sure, I was preparing myself for the worst. But I had faith in my Johnny Depp. I mean besides being fucking gorgeous, when has he ever been in a completely horrid movie? Why practically never! Think about it. Ed Wood? Icabod Crane? Gilbert Grape? The man is a genius. Anyway, the movie was great. I tad on the long side, but extra Johnny never hurts. Just the right amount of camp. Not too much disney flavored cheese. Decent fight scenes. And a crazy, crazy monkey. Geoffrey Rush's acting, Orlando Bloom's mustache, and Padme Amidala's ex-decoy making a dent for herself is a nice bonus. We had a good crowd, too. Ya know the ones I'm talking about. Cheering when the heroes come on screen, boo-ing the bad guys, clapping at the end. I love that stuff. So, I've seen most of the big blockbusters that have come out this summer and this is the best so far in my opinion. That is until Tomb Raider. Holy Shit, folks. Angelina, that's all I have to say. On a Tori note, I finally watched all the Taxivision videos and was stuck between the animated one, and the one with Tori driving the taxi at the end. I finally decided I loved the idea of all the random people and the way they kinda pass through our lives like that. We've all got our different destinations. Or maybe I just like the idea of Tori driving a taxi? I dunno. What do you think? Werd to yer moms, Nell -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:56:39 -0400 From: punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcast.net> To: Really Deep Thoughts Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Megan's Skull Megan, I'm sorry your skull hurts. Feel better. P.S. Lychees are crazy little things. It's like you're eating eyeballs. They scare me. :) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:39:59 -0400 From: punkmonkeyrva <punkmonkeyrva@comcast.net> To: Really Deep Thoughts Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Pirate P.S. P.S. To all those heading to the theater right now to see Pirates Of The Caribbean (which is what you should be doing. Go, go, GO!), stay after the credits for a surprise. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:22:05 +1000 From: Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net.au> To: Really Deep Thrusts Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: my head hurts, my heart hurts too The returning Bethany wrote in #1835: >there was a guy on the corner of the bar, nursing a drink and >completely absorbed in The Order of the Phoenix. That is certainly something you don't see here - people reading books in pubs. Usually they're either talking or getting plastered. Or both. On Liz Phair... >honestly, what the hell did she think she was doing? doesn't she know she >already has the most massive props from the people who really count? From what I've read, she's doing what she wants. If Liz wants to be a pop princess, who am I to judge? Who are the people that really count? "Exile In Guyville" won critical acclaim, but how often have we thought the critics have got their heads firmly planted up their butts? Ten years ago, Liz stood out from the crowd by wanting to be "your blowjob queen". Fast forward ten years and Liz has got married, had a kid, been divorced and is learning how to be single all over again. Her life has changed dramatically and while she can still be sexually explicit, her focus is completely different. Is anyone exactly who they were ten years ago? Being the same age as Liz, I can really see where she is coming from. If you can get past the pop sound, there is actually some meat in her songs, but after all that even I can't say I'll be playing this album constantly. In a similar vein, I hated Hole's "Celebrity Skin" when it first came out as it sounded like a complete sell-out. A couple of years later when I listened to it I recognized it for what it was - a well crafted pop album. Gabriela returned and told us: >Tori taking a break till 2005 at least as Neil said. Oh great, another tour where we miss out completely. Megan C.A., or anyone else that has a pain in the head, go and see a doctor about it. I cannot stress this highly enough. Lumps, bumps and haemotomas don't go wandering around on their own. And in answer to your question about an afterlife, I guess you go out like a candle in the wind. It really boils down to what belief system you have and who's to say anything's right? Jessica of the hot-assed jeans wrote: >ok i think we need to have a conversation about tipping. One of my pet hates when travelling abroad. It's not part of the Australian culture as everyone gets paid a living wage. Of course, what's considered fair for living is another story, but tipping is completely optional and is generally done to reward exceptional service or get rid of small change. Not being used to tipping, I had a wonderfully good meal in Nepal and kept handing over these bills full of zeros on them as tip. Then I thought about it and took some back. Then I really thought about it and realized their currency was worth shit anyway. In India you couldn't get anything done without tipping. You'd go into a bathroom, do your business and there'd be a guy there turning on the taps at the sink for the standard 10 rupee note. I think I can manage that myself but again, it's such a poor country. Now the U.S. of A.. Tipping is part of the culture, why I don't know. I've received worse service there regularly than here and everyone expects their cut. We're not talking a few cents either. What really annoys me is when you get bad service and they include the tip on the bill, then you have to argue vigorously to convince them they don't deserve it. I've even received dirty looks for tipping 10% of the bill and I thought the service was average. If the tipping culture is all about making up for pathetic wages, why don't these workers get organized and stand up for themselves? It's not as if it's a poor country. In a fair world, tipping should only be for exceptional service. What's gotten up Scotch lately?... >thanks for visiting this screamy garden >thanks for visiting this pasta garden Macaroni indeed. Brian -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: sell yourself. just give in. Hola mes amies, Jessica wrote: "megan: what is a lychee? what does it taste like? did you buy it at a random grocery store that I can find here in oregon like safeway or albertson's?" A lychee is about the same size as a small testicle, but if only that testicle had a bumpy, bright-red skin that you could peel off with your fingers to a smooth, white center. It tastes kinda like the sweetest member of the onion family (meaning it *feels* like a cooked onion in your mouth when you eat it), very strong and strangely sweet with an acidic aftertaste of yumminess. Lychee chews are also very delicious. And I could only find them in the Chinese Grocery Store in the Strip district in pittsburgh. So go to a chinese grocers, and you might find them. Today I am in a less pissed-off mood and more of a lie-around-and-don't-do-anything mood. So friggin lazy. I watched Dancer in the Dark yesterday and got extremely, extremely upset because it was so friggin SAD and he LOVED her and then he HUNG UP and I just started crying like sea turtle who just lost her one true love and DAMMIT! I'll never see it again. It was just...damn. Upsetting. I also made soup that had whole baby squid floating around in it amongst the tofu and seaweed. Not too good, since I didn't add enough chicken flavoring and so the entire thing tasted like iodine. Blech. But I like my new rice cooker. Just gotta get better rice is all. Au revoir, mes amies. How Now, Brown Cow? Megan Christine Auffart *************************************** "I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer *************************************** http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/abulia/ _____________________________________________________________ Sign up for FREE insane email from tshirthell.com's E-Mail Hell at http://www.tshirthell.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:02:06 -0400 From: dwil1971@mac.com To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Tickets for Virginia Beach 8/28 Hello- I am trying to sell some Tori tickets for the Virginia Beach show on 8/28. Do you or ANYONE need tickets? I bought some better seats and I need to sell the first set of tickets I bought. I don't live there, so I am trying to sell these before I come for the concert. The tickets are Section 103 Row E and are fairly close to the aisle where secton 103 and 102 meet. Email me if you are interested. Please pass on my email to ANYONE you know that wants tickets. I have 4 of them all together and would like to sell either 2 or 4 of them. The shipping will be free! Thanks, Dave Williams -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:10:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Teunis Peters <winterlion@greycloaklabs.ca> To: "RDT Right Now [yes yes :]" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Listening to strange music... Limelighters actually. And a bit of Rolf Harris. And some Russian Red Army Chorus too for measure... and there's a couple of revolution songs in the mix... Anyways got me to thinking about folks in north america... Not those who've been here for a while (more than 500 years) but us late comers. I should start with the warning this is all personal opinion, made with the briefest of forethought and an (unfortunate) minimal level of research. We came here for a variety of reasons. Some came because we had to. Some came because of new riches. But the strongest majority (as far as I can tell) came to a new life. Free from the old wars - from the old lands, arguments and such. And some (as always) brought them with them. Freedom seems to be the most important thing here. I don't know what it's like in other countries though.... all I've got to compare to is my family's memories of Holland. Anyways, it strikes me that the US civil war - and their (failed) invasion of Canada - were all massively painful to a lot of people at the time. The US civil war - something that's routinely happened in most countries around the world for eons - hit particularily hard. Relative to some wars it was fairly tame, especially since civil wars can be the bloodiest. What hit hardest was that it happened. It was the kind of war that was supposed to have been left in "the old country" whichever one that was. And the US invasion of Canada? From the US side it seemed that our (Canadian) refusal to be part of their country was a blow too. Why would we not want what they fought for? So they came up here to liberate us too... and were shocked to find the people here didn't want their "liberation". Now I don't mean that in a harsh cynical light (like I normally do :) - I think they honestly believed they were liberating. (not like now) Our fascination with the abstract "freedom" seems to come from this.. How do you feel about freedom? Do you even know what it means? I'm not entirely sure myself. It's one of those abstracts... Something to think about though - what do you carry from your family's past? What hopes? what angers? frustrations? dreams? it's a strange train of thought for me - but the music started it rolling. But I wonder. For those of us who sacrificed our past in the name of a new life - how can we rebuild the strengths of community? Of family? ah well. I suspect this whole email is more confusing out there - but I don't know what meanings I'm missing, what sentances I've skipped or words even. wandering off thoughtful G'day, eh? :) - Winterlion -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:09:19 -0400 From: broadway jack <woj@smoe.org> To: torinews@smoe.org, fiercest clams <precious-things@smoe.org>, toriphery@groups.msn.com, rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: TORI Announces Taxivision Winner! ----- Forwarded message from Tori Amos <toriamos-text@rtn121.epicrecordsemail.com> ----- From: Tori Amos <toriamos-text@rtn121.epicrecordsemail.com> Subject: TORI Announces Taxivision Winner! Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:43:18 -0400 Hi, Everyone, Alright already, I know it's time to pick a winner. This decision has just been such a difficult one. I've been playing the videos over and over again hoping the easy answer would come to me. But that has yet to happen and they keep telling me I can only choose one video and I need to do it soon. Obviously I've had the people in my life giving me their input on which video should win, people who make videos for a living, people who represent all sides of the spectrum. In the end I managed to narrow it down to four. My favorites had an equal amount of supporters from the professional side cheering them on, people whose expertise varies from lighting to content to editing, etc. So I tried to change the rules, but they told me I was only allowed to have a top three. Ming-Shian Wang's video was part of my final four so I wanted to acknowledge her efforts. As for the top three, I think all of them affected everyone on my side of things in different ways... #3 Lee McCaulla People who have been on the art directing side of my career fell in love with Lee's video (some thought it could be first). #2 Barclay Deveau This one got everyone's emotions going. The lighting was heaven. #1 Susan Hebert But in the end I felt that on every level this one delivered. Congratulations. If you haven't already seen Susan's video, please take a look. I'll have it up on my web site for the next month for everyone to check out. -Tori PS -- I'd like your input on some songs that you might want to hear live on the Tour. Stay tuned this week to http://www.toriamos.com for details. ----- End forwarded message ----- o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o $$$ Pirates Of The Caribbean, Rated "ARRRRRRR!" digest $$$ To POST messages to this list: <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Can't figure out how to SUB, UNSUB, or CHANGE ADDRESSES? 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