Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 39
Date: Friday, 10 March 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 39
Friday, 10 March 2000
Today's Topics:
wee-wees and toenails
Portable Orgone
You make me wanna laugh, he makes me wanna cry, why?
Tut, Tut!...Naysayers Take Notice!
...Let's Chew The Fat...some more...
Wasp Wha?
Dancin Fool On A Wasp Star Record
Witless for the persecution
Oh David
Re: Dog Vomit
I, Rearrangement Servant
Re: Wasp
Wasp Star Mystery Solved
Crap from "fox411 by Roger Friedman" at www.foxnews.com...
Find Some Lovely
PG, KG and DG
It's Mayan planet and I'll whinge if I want to
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:29:18 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: wee-wees and toenails Message-ID: <20000308232918.28962.qmail@web2102.mail.yahoo.com> RE: After all, a form of energy that can make William S. Burroughs' willie come off in his hand (am I remembering that right?) can't be *entirely* bad, can it? Um... hate to break the news to you, but I think Burroughs reference to "came off" means that he had a really strong orgasm. I could be wrong here, but that's whatI think. Am I stating the obvious? maybe, but I'm seriouly lacking sleep at the momemt and am not thinking too clearly... ---------------------- RE: Hey man...you got a lead on some toenail clippings? I recently bought some at a convention for $150 bucks, a steal in my opinion! Sadly, I had them tested and the DNA didn't match Andy's.. Reminds me of a story-some guy I worked with once knew someone who went to Graceland and found a toenail in the Jungle Room (why they were crawling around the floor in the jungle room is beyond me). This person grabbed it, as it would be the Ultimate Elvis souvenier. Got me to thinking-if I ever go to Graceland, I'm going to save up a vial of toenail clippings to sprinkle around the jungle room... Tho if I do that, there may be a bunck of Tyler clones running around someday...
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:07:45 +0900 From: "John Boudreau" <aso1@mocha.ocn.ne.jp> Subject: Portable Orgone Message-ID: <000001bf894f$9ddb9b60$7c5791d2@johnboud> Re : portable orgone accumulator : >After all, a form of energy >that can make William S. Burroughs' willie come off in his hand (am I >remembering that right?) can't be *entirely* bad, can it? He ( Burroughs ) made a little portable one from a gasoline can wrapped in organic material . " The orgones would stream out of the nozzle of the can . One day I got into the big accumulator and held the little one over my joint and came right off . " Sushiman
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:58:06 -0600 From: "Todd Bernhardt" <todd.bernhardt@enterworks.com> Subject: You make me wanna laugh, he makes me wanna cry, why? Message-ID: <38C6E90E.9A64483@enterworks.com> Organization: Enterworks, Inc. Hi: Wes said: >I know what it's like to be dead. No, wait, that's not it. He said: > By the way Dunks, thanks a lot for not showing at church Sunday morning.... > I had to handle your snake too. Oh MAN. I feel for you, buddy. I had to handle Dunks' snake once, and that was an experience I'll not soon forget. Fucker spit in my face. --Todd "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" Bernhardt
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 15:03:00 -0800 From: "Dane Pereslete" <peresd@tcwgroup.com> Subject: Tut, Tut!...Naysayers Take Notice! Message-ID: <s8c66bb7.073@tcwgroup.com> >From: "Damian Wise (Foulger)" <damian@imclaser.com> >Subject: Wasp Star is Astec for Saw Ars PT (anag.) >Message-ID: <20000307163457.1ae2b988.in@ceo.ceolasers.com> > >Peter (which Peter? There is only one Peter!) wrote: > >> Wasp Star is Aztec for Apple Venus (at least I *think* that's what he >> said) >It sounds to me that Andy's infamous wry, sarcastic sense of >humour is getting the better of you Peter! Ha, ha. The following is verbatim transcription from the page www.concentric.net/~yohon/fresco.html >Tulum: This building is called Temple of the Frescos. >It is important because it's architecture has a lot of >Mixtec influence, indicating a flood of influence in the >Post-Classic. The building was first a simple, single >story small temple, now preserved as the interior rooms. >On its outside were the black, yellow, and white murals >depicting an old woman, probably not Ix chel (Ix chel was >a beautiful young woman - no one quite knows who this >old woman is). In any case, she is holding two images of >Chac. She is surrounded by plant images, apparently >mostly of beans. The entire scene is bounded by knotted >Sky Bands, usually an edging implying power and the >realm of the gods. The second addition, made sometime >after 1450, is the outer, four columned "porch" that >protects the murals. It has three panels along its top, >all in poor shape. *And here's where it really gets interesting* >The sculpted stucco center panel depicts a Diving God, >flanked by a seated figure on each outer panel. The >Diving God has been linked as a god - Ah Macehcabob - of >bee keepers and/or as Xux Ek, the "wasp star" or Venus >diety. The image may have changed names and functions >over time, but we do not know at present. Certainly honey >was important, being the only sweetener known to the >Maya, but the constant warfare in the Post-Classic may >have equal importance. Check it out for yourself! It is quite a beatiful building... ------------------------------------------------------- Logging in from beautiful Glendale, CA USA "Waiting for AV2" daneperes@aol.com -or- bramage64@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:43:57 -0800 (PST) From: travis schulz <xtcisadarngoodband@yahoo.com> Subject: ...Let's Chew The Fat...some more... Message-ID: <20000309014357.12465.qmail@web1102.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Chalkdudes and dudettes! I noticed some people mentioning how great Steely Dan are on this list, and I want to say how right and true this is. The new Steely album "Two Against Nature" is better than some of their 70's classics (maybe not Aja and Pretzel Logic). It is miles above anything in the pop music world....(which is how Andy has described the new XTC album, yes , I know!). Total pop bliss, "Two Against Nature" will be on several year end-best of lists for 2000, and maybe even for the decade. I urge you all to try it out! O.K. enough dildo talk (Steely Dan is a dildo- read "Naked Lunch")...I do have XTC concerns here too......After seeing Steely Dan on PBS last Sunday night, I was wondering how open XTC are on the idea of doing shows like they used to. David Letterman, and an MTV special from the "Oranges and Lemons" era are actually the only two for here in the U.S. I can think of. Were there any musical perfomances on tv for AV1? Why would they be against playing on tv if it provides good promotion? Travis
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Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 22:17:10 CST
From: "vee tube" <veetube@hotmail.com>
Subject: Wasp Wha?
Message-ID: <20000309041710.39219.qmail@hotmail.com>
Wasp Wha?!?!?!?!?!?!
How about, 'Bunny Nova'?
Or, Wasp Dwarf? Or,Dwarf Bunny? Or,
Ultra-Way-Cool-Mega-Bunny-SUPER-Nova? Or,
Oh! Oh! Oh! I got it....
...To be continued,
}---:)
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:03:50 -0800 From: "Digitalmaster" <digitalmaster@earthlink.net> Subject: Dancin Fool On A Wasp Star Record Message-ID: <003d01bf8963$54ec4080$0200a8c0@digitalpc> I don't know why these 2 songs remind me of each other, but "The Biggest One" By They Might Be Giants has always reminded me of "Dancin Fool" by Frank (Zappa of course!). I wanted to see if there are any fans who know of his kids work. I heard they have released stuff, is it any good? The only song I know by any of his kids was the song Moon did with him in the 80's. Sorry to ask Zappa questions on an XTC list, but I would think the groups would have similar fans. Also, I don't like "Wasp Star" much but I did not like the idea of another similar titled album anyway. Oh, I have an XTC 12" single in excellent condition. It's a promo for Dear God and has Toys on the B-side. I want to trade it if anyone is interested. "I've got no one to blame but my fat self" "I'm a dancin foo ooo oool" See the similarities? :)
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 20:02:58 PST From: "Duncan Kimball" <dunks58@hotmail.com> Subject: Witless for the persecution Message-ID: <20000309040258.92647.qmail@hotmail.com> Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, My esteemed colleague, Mr Sherwood has placed before you certain evidence, and has made certain assertions, pertaining to the matter of an alleged force or energy, known to its proponents as "Orgone Energy". I would like to address some of Mr Sherwood's evidence, and the inferences he draws from it. >Now, loathe as I usually am to fall in a credulous heap over > >pseudopscience (my wife generally refers to me in the throes of >passion >as Doctor Subtilis, her Studmuffin of Skeptical Inquiry) With all due respect to my learned colleague, I contend that Mr Sherwood must here be indulging in, at the very least, a flight of fancy. It is universally accepted, and is certainly my own experience, that wives are not subject to such an unseemly state or condition as might be described as "the throes of passion". And the contention that wives might be subject to this behaviour in proximity to their own husbands would be scandalous, were it not so utterly improbable. And there is further inconsistency in Mr Sherwood's assertion that his own wife refers to him in the manner that he claims - for, as we all know, husbands are invariably the least likely persons to be affectionately referred to by their wives during these alleged "throes" - although the probability that a husband could be fortunate enough to in the vicinity at the time would be be so low as to almost equalt that of the existence of Orgone Energy itself. >I must demur from Dunks's all-too-hasty dismissal of Reich's > >groundbreaking research. After all, a form of energy >that can make William S. Burroughs' willie come off in his hand (am I >remembering that right?) can't be *entirely* bad, can it? Here I must suggest, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that the statement attributed to Mr Burroughs, concerning the alleged "coming" (or "going") "off" of his so-called "willie" in his hand - an event he claims took place in response to the presence of an Orgone Accumulator - must be characterised as hearsay. I would further observe that his statement bears a suspicious resemblance to similar claims Mr Burroughs made to police on the occasion of the death of his first wife in an unfortunate shooting incident. I put it to you that Mr Burroughs has a compulsive habit of responding to such situations by claiming that the object in question simply "went off" in his hand, and that it must be trated with utmost suspicion. >Another item mitigating in favor of Reich's far-reaching findings is >the >fact of the existence of the Orgone Biophysical Research >Laboratory, >curated by one Dr. James DeMeo, Ph.D. (come on! A *real* >Ph.D., Dunks!). >And would a *real* Ph.D. waste his valuable time and >ours working on a web >site if he didn't think the subject was really >important? >(http://www.orgonelab.org/) Mr Sherwood's assertion here seems at first glance to be sound, ladies and gentlemen - but let's look behind the facade, shall we? Are we really to be convinced of the validity of a scientific claim, merely because the person making the claim posesses academic qualifications? Surely not! After all, I put to you that the originator of this alleged science of "Orgonics", one Wilhelm Reich, himself was the recipient of a doctorate in psychology. And we need only look to the scandal surrounding the announcement that US scientists had discovered a "cold fusion" process - or indeed the infamous research into "racial intelligence" conducted by Dr H.J. Eysenk - to place these claims in their proper perspective - as pure bunkum! >See in particular the section of the site, "Response to the So-Called >'Skeptics' and Other Super-Critics of Orgonomy" (that's *you*, Mister >Smarty-pants Kimball!) where there's a whole boatload of articles > >defending Reich. That all of the articles were penned by Doctor >DeMento >himself, and that they all appear to be refreshingly free of >such tired >old hidebound academic fripperies as empirical >observation, the scientific >method and peer review, only testifies to >the urgency of the matter at, >er, hand. After all, >if the world can be saved by the energy released through orgasms, >then we >shouldn't be sitting around on our duffs *talking* about >it--let's get out >there and *do* it! Right hand fast, left hand slow: >whichever you pick, >just go, man, go! Members of the jury, it will here suffice, I think, merely to observe that in the preceding observations, Mr Sherwood is indeed "doing his bit" for the cause of world improvement through masturbation - a cause which I wholeheartedly endorse. Now, before I offer my closing arguments, I would like digress briefly to express my gratitude to Mr Sherwood, who kindly alerted us all to a marvellous device known as the "Nori", which provides an invalauble aid to the modern man and woman by means of its ability to clean the nasal passages. For this I am doubly indebted to you, Mr Sherwood. In the first instance, you have made me aware of this previously overlooked biological necessity (which until now has inexplicably escaped the notice of the best and brightest in the biological sciences). In the second instance, you have generously obviated any necessity for me to buy this device, saving me a tidy US$49.50, by means of your timely referral to the Nori webpage. I viewed the site, and, on finding it to contain delightfully amusing photographs illustrating two satisfied customers enjoying the benefits only the Nori can provide, I was instantly induced to clean out my own nasal passages by means of a fit of violent laughter, which caused the hot tea I was drinking to be extruded through my nose. I feel all the better for it - God bless you, sir! In closing, members of the jury, I refer you to my opening statement of some days ago, in which I asserted that one must always look behind the claims made for phenomena such as Orgone Energy, and that all too often these claims disguise a pecuniary motive. Although he has couched them in terms both suave and ingratiating, the evidence can be found in Mr Sherwoods own statements: He freely admits that the device known as the Orgone Accumulator - a device contructed from such space-age materials as wool, galvanised steel, plywood and beeswax - a device whose efficacy could (generously) described as wholly unproven - will cost the hapless consumer no less than TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY AMERICAN DOLLARS! Finally I refer you to the statement of one Dr DeMeo, an alleged "expert" in orgone energy, whose website reveals to us that the headquarters of his research facility which, we discover, is located "... in southern Oregon, in the mountains above the picturesque town of Ashland which is known around the world for its natural beauty and Shakespeare Theatre festivals. Following two-years of fundraising and an extensive land search, a 16-acre site was located which met or exceeded all of our necessary requirements for an exceptional research and educational facility." How fortunate for Dr DeMeo. In the words of a well-known television character, The Chuch Lady: "Well, isn't that special?" Ladies and gentlemen of the jury - I rest my case. Dunks (who promises NEVER to talk about orgone energy again as long as he lives, cross my heart and hope to die)
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:48:53 -0000 From: Lawson Dominic <LawsonD@parliament.uk> Subject: Oh David Message-ID: <4782AD6ADDBDD2119B570008C75DD5C1BD4A21@mgmtm02.parliament.uk> Here's the deal. I tried to keep this off-list, because I know how annoying these snotfest things can be for some of you. However, David Oh refused to reply to my message and returned it, apparently "unread" (yeah right!) despite having asked me direct questions both privately and publicly. Here is my response. Please scroll down if you couldn't care less. Sorry David, but I can't allow you to keep playing Jesus to my alleged Satan like this, so I'll keep this between us. I was hoping after your message to me that you'd do the same, but apparently not. >>silent for all these weeks and then surfacing only to (once again) berate me for... for.. what? being thankful? No, for being needlessly sycophantic, insincere and generally desperate to win some imaginary "who's the biggest XTC fan" competition in which you are the only contestant. You thanked Andy for the signing AT THE TIME. Doing it again 12 months later is pointless buttlickery, especially since Andy doesn't read Chalkhills. If he did, he'd be highly embarrassed to read such fawning nonsense. >>why the hell you are even on this list, one that celebrates a band that promotes tolerance and understanding, is beyond me. Yes, evidently. Here's why: I love XTC and have done for nearly 20 years. I have written numerous relevant posts, generally appreciated by some and not by others (ooh, how shocking!) but that's life and I can take the dissent on the chin. I can appreciate that I can come across as aggressive, but despite countless comments by myself and others (some of whom have met me so they know better than you) to the contrary, you seem unable to accept that I occasionally want to take the piss a bit. Your ego must be so huge if you think I'm really trying to insult you. Furthermore, XTC certainly do promote tolerance and understanding but they don't promote banality, vapidity or the idea that we should all just agree with each other in case someone gets annoyed. What I simply won't do is sit and watch you continually congratulate yourself on what a lovely guy you are, what a staunch XTC devotee you are (as if other people on the list are missing something that only you can see) and how your "analyses" of XTC songs are apparently adored and, bizarrely, even requested by Chalkhillians. You're as entitled to write insight-free bilge as much as anyone, but don't wet yourself when someone sees through your oh-so-worthy facade. Believe me, there are many people on the list who do -- it's just that I'm the only one arrogant and hostile enough to voice my opinion about it! Writing "peace & xtc" at the end of each post doesn't make you Gandhi, for God's sake. If I'm arrogant -- and I freely admit to it -- then you're something worse because you hide behind this christlike innocence and benevolence which, when it comes down to it, doesn't extend to your tolerance of other people's views. Telling me to grow up is beyond a joke, not that you'd spot one if it jumped up and bit your face off. Otherwise, carry on! Dom.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:53:28 -0500 From: "Kate Burda" <burdakat@pilot.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Dog Vomit Message-ID: <000101bf89f4$15b0d840$338afea9@user.msu.edu> >Personally, I don't care if Andy and Colin decide to name >the album *Dog Vomit* - if the music is still delicious, I'll >"consume" it... A title like Dog Vomit would be better than Wasp Star...
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 13:05:05 -0500 From: "Duncan Watt" <dwatt@fastestmanintheworld.com> Subject: I, Rearrangement Servant Message-ID: <200003091810.NAA05779@gilgamesh.nh.ultra.net> awa <errora@earthlink.net> floated: > hey XTC enthusiasts, > > can someone please explain to me the logic behind the name "Wasp"? > > all i can i think of is the acronym for that particular racial > designation. > > i seem to have missed out on something. > > --alec Tough one, A. I'm thinking anagrams. "Rat's Paws"? "Spa Warts"? "Saw Parts"? How about "Wrap T' Ass"? Wasssup! Your Pal Duncan Watt -- email me: dwatt@fastestmanintheworld.com surf me: http://www.fastestmanintheworld.com
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:44:31 EST From: WillJ4comm@aol.com Subject: Re: Wasp Message-ID: <49.1ad4be2.25f92eef@aol.com> awa wrote: <<hey XTC enthusiasts, can someone please explain to me the logic behind the name "Wasp"? all i can i think of is the acronym for that particular racial designation. i seem to have missed out on something.>> You and me both, Awa, I'm totally dumbfounded by the choice (or maybe just dumb). It is a very difficult title to say, maybe Andy thought that was funny, who knows. I was thinking of how Andy said this new album was most like black sea, which led me to: black ---> wasp (opposites) sea ---> star (earthbound vs. celestial or cosmic) I dunno, think I may be reachin'. this title totally stumps me, though. Anybody have any insight? At first I thought Andy was just joking, but after that quote in billboard, I don't know what to make of the whole thing. Very unexpected from this camp, though I do think it's a wise move to give the album an "additional" name besides AV2 to minimize confusion among new fans. Later, Will
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:48:38 EST From: Hbsherwood@aol.com Subject: Wasp Star Mystery Solved Message-ID: <63.2b6817c.25f95a16@aol.com> No, no, no.... It's not some dorm-rat gobbledygook about Mayans and Venus--it's named after a totally bitchen guitar: http://www.charveljacksonguitars.com/ej_wasp.htm I could see Andy playing this one, I really could. The hell with Fano and all that snooty-assed Noo Yawk luthier crap: Give me the Jackson Wasp Star with that PHAT Harley-Davidson logo on it, run through a Rat pedal. My hair assumes a three-foot-wide poodle-curl just thinking about it. *That's* what they shoulda named the album: "More Gobbledygook About Mayans and Venus." Harrison "A-and a studded leather strap about nine feet long so the fucker hangs down about knee-high" Sherwood
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:31:36 -0500 From: "Barry Koch" <barry@together.net> Subject: Crap from "fox411 by Roger Friedman" at www.foxnews.com... Message-ID: <NCBBJIDGOJNFJLOFJEJGEENCCIAA.barry@together.net> >> XTC Fires Up the Wasp Star The good news yesterday about Steely Dan and Santana could be an omen. Also yesterday I received a copy of XTC's forthcoming album, Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Volume 2). It will be released on May 23 and my best is that "Stupidly Happy," the second track, will get a lot of attention. This is the second Apple Venus album in a year from TVT Records. If you've never heard of XTC, they are a 20-year-old British ensemble with Beatlesque tunes and rich melodies. Their recordings back through 1986 (Skylarking, Oranges and Lemons, Nonsuch and Apple Venus, Volume 1) make a startlingly terrific library of underrated, eminently hummable, intelligent pop music. The Billboard magazine web site ran a story yesterday about XTC not being part of a Paul McCartney tribute album. Sadly, this is true, because there is no such project happening. Too bad whoever started the rumor included Crowded House and other McCartney-ites as possible participants. XTC would have been perfect. Instead we'll just have to settle for their own records. <<
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:20:19 -0600 From: RNV <rnv@mac.com> Subject: Find Some Lovely Message-ID: <200003091919.NAA14297@mail.visi.com> probably because it's going on the *other* McCartney tribute "the Best Songs I Never Wrote" NV > Hey Chalksters, does anyone know why "Some Lovely (My Brown Guitar)" isn't > on the new album? > > Victor Rocha
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 14:21:55 -0600 From: "Todd Bernhardt" <todd.bernhardt@enterworks.com> Subject: PG, KG and DG Message-ID: <38C807E3.4FFA2E5C@enterworks.com> Organization: Enterworks, Inc. Hi: Smudgeboy said: > IMHO, (don't you HATE acronyms) we need more Doms - all things are > great as long as they aren't taken too seriously - including peace and > love. Keep pricking the egos Dom. And egoing the pricks, for that matter. Chris V said: > Despite a seven-year hiatus, [XTC] still out produced Peter > Gabriel three to one.(not counting Rag and Bone Buffet- almost an original > album in its own right) Well, to give PG his due, you shouldn't just count his solo albums (especially after quoting "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"!) -- he's been at it since at least 1968, initially putting out albums at the pace (~one per year) recommended by your friendly neighborhood music conglomerate. I think his recent dropoff in output can be attributed to 1) his interest in other things, including various causes, and 2) his conscious decision to "walk right out of the machinery." In that (as in other things), he has a lot in common with our boys. And Randy Spears, er, Hiatt said: > I had a KG sighting as well and equally worth getting... Kevin did a cover > of "Back in NewYork City" from the final Peter Gabriel era Genesis double LP > called The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. It's on the Genesis tribute CD > called Suppers Ready and it kicks holy hell. First of all, glad to see all the talk about KG ... RIP, Kev. Yeah, his cover of "Back in NYC" kicks, and those interested in hearing more should hear the live version of "Lamb" (the album, not just the song) that Kevin's band Giraffe did for ProgFest '94. Well done and lots of fun. > Another piece of trivia was KG died because of a accident during wild sex > (strangling) at the hands of Sheryl Crow. Is that true?... what would that > do to your (her) head?? Well, not quite. Chris V. got the rumor right (with a little orgonembellishment). I'm sure Sheryl has a thing or two to feel guilty about, though. For more on that, listen to "Leaving Miss Broadway" or "Fun" (the first is a KG live cut, and the second is on "The Shaming of the True"). And Chris V. again: > XTC content? Ok. Lyle Workman plays on Thud, and he also played on Todd > Rundgren's Second Wind, which gives him an Andy Partridge number of 2. Kevin, Lyle and Mike Keneally were all pals, and given MK's involvement w/XTC during the recording of O&L, I'd bet dollars to d'oh nuts that they hung out together at some point in the City of the Sun. I bet Dave G. could tell us ... --Todd [Attachment omitted, unknown MIME type or encoding (text/x-vcard)]
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:27:08 +0000 From: "Steve Pitts" <spitts@thesaurus-computers.co.uk> Subject: It's Mayan planet and I'll whinge if I want to Message-ID: <8025689D.00705A4A.00@thesaurus01.thesaurus-computers.co.uk> In #6-38 the hostile and arrogant Mr. Lawson stated: > Apparently "wasp star" is another name for Xux Ek or Mercury < Since I can't speak a word of Spanish I couldn't check out the source you quoted, but according to one or two English texts that I found 'Wasp Star' may actually be Venus (however, said texts also refer to Xux Ek, which does normally seem to refer to Mercury). Perhaps Andy thinks it refers to Venus, or has found some reference to that?? Bill Sherlock's inquisitive mind wondered: > What exactly is one doing when"digging out a verruca with a drawing pin."? < Exactly that, no slang involved. For 'drawing pin' read thumb tack, or anything with a sharp point, and a verruca is a wart like growth, normally on the foot (although I can't believe that that is an English word unknown over the other side of the pond) Rob Cosentino offered: > A "WASP" is a White Anglo Saxon Protestant < and it's also an insect with a striped body and wings. So what?? The WASP acronym is not widely used over this side of the pond and I doubt that Andy intends that interpretation of it. Dom's Mayan planet seems a more likely source and Chris Vreeland came to the conclusion that: > Peter Gabriel was and is an incredible artist < Agreed, but sadly not a prolific one. Spookily, your top four of 1982 would almost certainly have been high on any list of mine, were I inclined to such practices. What good taste you have sir :) Cheers, Steve (who doesn't really care what they call it, just as long as they don't delay releasing it any longer than they have already)
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