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by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:44 pm
Forum: Tin Pan Alley
Topic: for amy, on the eve of her going away to college
Replies: 6
Views: 11330

Admirable

Yes, nice imagery, and an excellent use of brackets.

You're quite young, Tokyo, or so I've come to believe. Don't stop.
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:38 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Not for the timid...
Replies: 17
Views: 17959

Worth stealing

People would steal it? Gee, I'd feel like Elvis... I'm not surprised you've given up on the novel. I don't read many myself, any more. It's sad. I worked long and hard on my novel, and I wouldn't want to give it away, even if the general public thought it was shit. I would also not care to go throug...
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:05 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: GOSSIP
Replies: 142
Views: 140524

Men!

Go easy on the man-bashing here, repondants!
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:59 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Not for the timid...
Replies: 17
Views: 17959

Web money

I'm not bent out of shape, I'm just bent. Thanks for the kindness, Poppet. This is something I was thinking about just the other day: What if a writer set up a web site that enabled the surfer to download a composition for a small fee? I could charge $.50 for a poem, a dollar for a short story, and ...
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Not for the timid...
Replies: 17
Views: 17959

Reproductive rights

Breeding morons will be the death of us all!

http://www.ucsusa.org/ucs/about/page.cfm?pageID=1007

As these online jounrals very juicy? Are there rules about what can be said in them? When I document, I'm very meticulous. My journals would probably be unpublishable.
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:35 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Your Own Personal Beard Years
Replies: 22
Views: 23301

Beard bread

During this time I moved to Nebraska, and discovered what lonliness is all about. I've tried, but I can't get past the fuzzy stage of a beard. The nicely trimmed one Elvis is wearing in the "king" photo is much better than the Mighty Like a Rose version. O well, we all have our episodes. S...
by A rope leash
Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:26 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: What's going on over there?
Replies: 16
Views: 17384

Lying liars

I'm having a hard time understanding why Dr. Kelly would kill himself over this. I guess there's no explaining any suicide. My left-wing news source is convinced that the pretense for war was blown up like a big bo-frog. No WMDs have been found, Saddam's forces didn't use any against us, and it may ...
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:53 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: What's going on over there?
Replies: 16
Views: 17384

As bad as the footy thread

Well, this is still thick to me. I thought the intelligence dossier was "sexed up", not the journalist's story. What the heck are you referring to, LaughingCrow? A thesis? Otis, I see that you are rather dismayed by it all, but what do you think will be the outcome of the investigation(s)?...
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:46 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Two Elvis Questions from a relatively new fan
Replies: 20
Views: 22874

No shame

Hoover makes some of the finest vaccum cleaners in the world. They really suck!

Was it originally built by Hoover as a factory? One of these days it's going to be all the rage in those fashionable pages. Is that happening yet?
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:31 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: North download?
Replies: 56
Views: 56551

The law

Taz, I don't feel middle-aged, but I am.

Read this:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:13 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: North download?
Replies: 56
Views: 56551

Everybody's doing it, so why can't we?

Tell it to Elvis, web snatchers! Correct me if I'm wrong: Someone, somewhere, got a copy of this recording, quite possibly by out and out thievery. He then puts it on the web, so everybody who is "cool" can have it before it comes out. So there, anyone who wants it can just have it. Elvis ...
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: North download?
Replies: 56
Views: 56551

Download

I like Canada too. I hear it's supposed to be the next oil rush. I like Krall, too. She's hot. Older men know why. I also like Wisconsin. Welcome, HolyCoat. I'm not downloading any unrealeased Elvis Costello songs for various reasons, some of them moral, and for the fact that I know Elvis would not ...
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:10 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: What's going on over there?
Replies: 16
Views: 17384

What's going on over there?

From what I'm seeing on the web, Tony's getting his ass handed to him by some parlimentary inquiry. There's hardly a word about it in the American mainstream news. Would anyone from Britain like to explain what's happening there? If you want to know what's happening in the USA, here's a stark little...
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:01 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Satan's Meeting
Replies: 16
Views: 17480

A perfect world!

See?! I told you capitalism was the Devil's Hand!

Die Frankenstein! Die!

Why do we need Jello?
by A rope leash
Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:03 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Not for the timid...
Replies: 17
Views: 17959

Blog tracker

I came upon that site through a link at costellonews.com that lists all the current blogs that mention Elvis. I didn't see any blogs from this board, though. I can imagine how, if someone close to me wrote that, how it might drive wedge between us, and how I might chew their ass to hamburger. Folks ...
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:10 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Help
Replies: 7
Views: 8574

He looks like Jesus. It could work.

I think that trusting actors and other celebrities to run things for us is like, ironically stupid. We trust celebrities because we literally "see" them all the time. Celebrities are our friends. I guess the person you know is phoney is better than the person you don't know is phoney. Or m...
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:48 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Zing!

Yeah, I wonder if that feels good...
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:14 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Wah-oooo-eeeoooo-zwip!

It makes sound by distorting an electromagnetic wave.

It's a theremin.
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:21 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Mixed it up

We want a piece of your mind.
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:45 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Hmmm...

Are those clues? Don't give it away!

Is it revolution?
by A rope leash
Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:44 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Help
Replies: 7
Views: 8574

Vote most popular

Long hair hides a red neck.
by A rope leash
Sun Aug 17, 2003 10:58 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Laurels

Actually, JosieCat helped out with that one. The clues were as transparent as armoured glass!

I must now rest. Begin brain shutdown sequence, initiate sleep mode.

Noun fixing incomplete. Sleep auto mode engaged. Good night, board units...
by A rope leash
Sun Aug 17, 2003 10:47 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: A question about Graham Parker
Replies: 24
Views: 26662

You decide what's wrong

I did not realize the song was about that. Now I see it.

Another song I like from Squeezing Out Sparks is Love Gets You Twisted.
by A rope leash
Sun Aug 17, 2003 10:41 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: The noun is fixed. Read my mind.
Replies: 291
Views: 180008

Made in His image

Is it man?