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Monday, May 05, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: [Up-Tight] "The Most Unwanted Song"

I think the many stylistic shifts and unexpected elements keep it interesting and fun. Of course, the object of the game wasn't really to create unlistenable music, it was to show the absurdity of creating (art or politics or anything else) on the basis of public opinion polls. At least, I think that's the object. Maybe I should conduct a poll and see what other people think....

Honing in on an idea and not letting go of it for at least several minutes (at least) creates music that's much more unlistenable (and unwanted).

I offer up by way of example a couple of different tracks:

The Professor Builds An Escape Machine by Ernest Youngman at:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=517202&songID=6509688

All of these pieces at this site (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=517202)
are just about unlistenable, but I figure this is about the worst.

I also recommend "Pending Doom" by Pseudojandek at
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=430098&songID=5956919

I'm told it was prepared for a Jandek covers open mic event, and reportedly even hard core Jandek fans got a deer-in-the-headlights look about them and took off. All the patrons were chased out except for one hardy soul who stayed through the whole thing.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Telstar <aclark23@sympatico.ca> wrote:

A link to the famous Komar & Melamid track:

"Hiphop tuba plus a soprano rapping about the Old West -- what's not to
like?"

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/17/25-minute-compositio.html

I have to download this. I have a track by them on the "Revolutions Per
Minute (The Art Record)" album. On it they teach a classroom of art students
how to say "F*uck Your Mother" in Russian.

Al

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Friday, May 02, 2008

[ILoveIshtar] Re: DVD giveaway / website update

Hey Jef

This is certainly good news on the Ishtar front! It's been a little slow lately, thanks for kicking up some new activity...

My friend Vincent in Paris is a translator, but he does it for a living, I doubt he'd want to spend his free time on it. There are lots of bilingual folks here in Canadaland, I'll see if I can find somebody who'd be interested in working on this....

Man oh man, I'd love to contribute a recording to the tribute album. I'm not famous, or very good, but I could put together a good team of musicians to turn out a good recording. It would be so great to get the complete song from Paul Williams ("That A Lawnmower Could Do All That" for example) to work on. Maybe that's another question for him... can he do that? Or are his hands legally tied?

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Ishtar The Movie Webchef <itmcontact@ishtarthemovie.com> wrote:

Hey all Ishtarians... thought we'd bring you up to speed with a few things in Ishtar The Movie.com land:

1 - DVD GIVEAWAY
During this month of May, everyone, regardless of home country, who leaves a message and valid name/email on our new MESSAGE BOARD (found here: http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/board/index.php) will have their name put into a draw for a free UK 'Uncut' DVD copy of Ishtar. The winning name will be picked June 1, 2008 and shipped as soon as the email, name and a shipping address in confirmed.
This DVD is a REGION 2 disc, which means it is playable on REGION 2 or NON-REGION players. Now, once you have this disc, most computers can make a backup copy which is perfectly viewable on any player, anywhere.
We're working on the disappearing honor system... please enter your name only once.
We hope to repeat this. Keep posted and spread the word.

2 - TRIBUTE CD
The interest in a fan tribute CD has been GREAT. We are still trying to confirm all legalities through Columbia Pictures and Capitol Records... a very tedious thing. To all who have contacted us, thanks for your patience. We STILL expect to do this and would love to continue having as much support as possible.

3 - PAUL WILLIAMS INTERVIEW PENDING
We've been in touch directly with Mr. Williams and he has consented to answering email questions. If you have a curiosity or two which you'd like to pose to him, we'll gladly forward all relevant and polite queries, crediting you, of course, with your permission. Send them by May 16th and then we'll do the deed.

4 - LOOKING FOR FRENCH TRANSLATORS
And, finally, we're looking for help translating the site into French. Yes, France loves the flick (...not as much as Jerry Lewis...) and the film thru a French site would get even more attention. Any ideas?

5 - And as always, we love hearing from youse guys...

Hope everyone is having a great day... AND THANKS AGAIN!!!

--
Jef Leeson,
Ishtar The Movie Webchef

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[ILoveIshtar] DVD giveaway / website update

Hey all Ishtarians... thought we'd bring you up to speed with a few
things in Ishtar The Movie.com land:

1 - DVD GIVEAWAY
During this month of May, everyone, regardless of home country, who
leaves a message and valid name/email on our new MESSAGE BOARD (found
here: http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/board/index.php) will have their
name put into a draw for a free UK 'Uncut' DVD copy of Ishtar. The
winning name will be picked June 1, 2008 and shipped as soon as the
email, name and a shipping address in confirmed.
This DVD is a REGION 2 disc, which means it is playable on REGION 2
or NON-REGION players. Now, once you have this disc, most computers can
make a backup copy which is perfectly viewable on any player, anywhere.
We're working on the disappearing honor system... please enter your
name only once.
We hope to repeat this. Keep posted and spread the word.

2 - TRIBUTE CD
The interest in a fan tribute CD has been GREAT. We are still
trying to confirm all legalities through Columbia Pictures and Capitol
Records... a very tedious thing. To all who have contacted us, thanks
for your patience. We STILL expect to do this and would love to continue
having as much support as possible.

3 - PAUL WILLIAMS INTERVIEW PENDING
We've been in touch directly with Mr. Williams and he has consented
to answering email questions. If you have a curiosity or two which you'd
like to pose to him, we'll gladly forward all relevant and polite
queries, crediting you, of course, with your permission. Send them by
May 16th and then we'll do the deed.

4 - LOOKING FOR FRENCH TRANSLATORS
And, finally, we're looking for help translating the site into
French. Yes, France loves the flick (...not as much as Jerry Lewis...)
and the film thru a French site would get even more attention. Any ideas?

5 - And as always, we love hearing from youse guys...

Hope everyone is having a great day... AND THANKS AGAIN!!!

--
Jef Leeson,
Ishtar The Movie Webchef

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"People would rather suffer with what they have than try the unknown."
http://www.ishtarthemovie.com
http://www.lddonline.com

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Enjoy the new song by Wayne N Cheeze

Check out this song: 'Stuck' by WayneNCheeze.

Band page: http://soundclick.com/waynencheeze

Song page: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6507882
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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Let that be a lesson to you, kids, drugs kill

That was the lesson the guy on the radio drew from the death of Albert Hoffman, discoverer of LSD, age 102.

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Monday, April 28, 2008

Re: [ILoveIshtar] Re: A true story for you

Yeah, You really know the lingo is a fave, as is the totally unusable in everyday life "Are these breasts?"

And "When you're on, you're on!"

matt love <mattlove1@gmail.com> wrote:

"You really know the lingo" has to be close to the top for me, too.

There's so many... but I think my current is probably "Most guys'd be ashamed, but you've got the guts to just say 'to hell with it'. You say that you'd rather have nothing than settle for less"

And guess what? I saw Shirra Assel here in Paris, too.

Well, her picture, anyway, this poster is up all over the city....

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Dave Elvin <dave@daveelvin.com> wrote:

Matt Love wrote:

>"Don't hustle me," I said. "l'm from Edmonton. They call me the Canadian
Goose!"

Matt, (sigh) you really know the lingo.

(That, btw, is my favorite line of the entire movie. What's yours?)

Peas,
Dave

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Re: [ILoveIshtar] Re: A true story for you

"You really know the lingo" has to be close to the top for me, too.

There's so many... but I think my current is probably "Most guys'd be ashamed, but you've got the guts to just say 'to hell with it'. You say that you'd rather have nothing than settle for less"

And guess what? I saw Shirra Assel here in Paris, too.

Well, her picture, anyway, this poster is up all over the city....

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Dave Elvin <dave@daveelvin.com> wrote:

Matt Love wrote:

>"Don't hustle me," I said. "l'm from Edmonton. They call me the Canadian
Goose!"

Matt, (sigh) you really know the lingo.

(That, btw, is my favorite line of the entire movie. What's yours?)

Peas,
Dave

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[ILoveIshtar] Re: A true story for you

Matt Love wrote:

>"Don't hustle me," I said. "l'm from Edmonton. They call me the Canadian
Goose!”

Matt, (sigh) you really know the lingo.

(That, btw, is my favorite line of the entire movie. What’s yours?)

Peas,
Dave

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Friday, April 25, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] The Frost Heaves heave again

The Frost Heaves have posted a controversial new song "Assassino" on their Soundclick site.

It has ignited a firestorm of protest, and longtime fans are livid. The heavies (as the fans are popularly known) decry it as the biggest hard rock sell-out since Kiss went disco with "I was made for loving you."

However, lead guitarist Ludwig Van Frankenstein was quick to respond to these criticisms: "Yeah, maybe it's a little slicker than our past efforts, but it's as drastic, spastic, and stochastic as anything we've ever done."

The absence of even a single yelp from Marge Simpson-soundalike vocalist Trevor Baskerville added credibility to rumors that all is not well with the popular group.

However, sources close to the band denied rumors that Baskerville has left the band, as well as rumors that fellow geriatric metal gods Iron Maiden dropped them from the upcoming Preparation H-sponsored tour, "The Aging Assholes of Metal."

Check out it out and see what you think.

Band page: http://soundclick.com/thefrostheaves

Song page: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6457126
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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] A true story for you

My wife and I are in Paris. She's here for a conference, I tagged along because... well, if you need for me to explain that, you are from Mars.

Today while she was in the conference, I was sightseeing. I followed my usual practice of wandering until I was good and lost, and then tried to find my way back to the hotel. Despite the crazy quilt street layout, it was easy to get back, we're about a block from the Arc de Triomphe, which is well signposted, and visually very imposing.

But anyway, I took out my camera to get a picture of some architectural feature that interested me, and a car whips over to the side of the road. I thought he were going to ask for directions.

"Anglais?" He asked, having sized me up pretty quickly.

"Yes," I said.

"I am speaking English to you," he said. "Where are you from?"

"Canada."

"Quebec?"

"Alberta," I replied.

"Ah. My grandfather went to Quebec, so I am speaking English very well. What is your name? I am Marcello."

"I'm Matt," and we shook hands.

"I am Italian," he said. "I was here for the (?) fashion exposition. Now I am going to the airport to return to Italy. I represent Versace, yadda, yadda, and yadda, all the top Italian houses. They gave me samples for the people who like Italian fashion.l Do you like Italian fashion?"

"Don't hustle me," I said. "l'm from Edmonton. They call me the Canadian Goose!"

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Mythbusters goes to Paris

Myth: French people are rude, especially to English speakers

Reality: Everybody has been friendly and nice to me, and I've only picked up two French words: "Bonjur" and "Mercy"

Myth: The French are pussies

Reality: I've seen at least three variety of uniformed security folks - "Police" who seen cheerful and helpful, "Gendarmes" who look quite fierce, and some for reasons I can't fathom, military personnel in fatigues with rifles that look quite formidable. How formidable? Well, I'll leave it to YOU to go up to them and call them "surrender monkeys." Are you feeling lucky, punk? Well, are you?

Myth: French Girls are hairy and smelly

Reality: Every one I've seen (and I've seen thousands over the last couple of days) has been soft, smooth, creamy, and bare as a newborn baby's butt, and smell as su-weet as an angel's fart.

Thank you for this opportunity to clear up some misconceptions. That is all.

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Monday, May 05, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: [Up-Tight] "The Most Unwanted Song"

Friday, May 02, 2008

[ILoveIshtar] Re: DVD giveaway / website update

[ILoveIshtar] DVD giveaway / website update

Thursday, May 01, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Enjoy the new song by Wayne N Cheeze

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Let that be a lesson to you, kids, drugs kill

Monday, April 28, 2008

Re: [ILoveIshtar] Re: A true story for you

Saturday, April 26, 2008

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