Re: (313) Trainspotting

2004-01-22 Thread DJ Nikadeemas
Who me? Never!! I haven't once obsessed about his majesty Mills. - Original Message - From: Jason Brunton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:59:59 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Weird! That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK

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2004-01-20 Thread Ian Malbon
On Jan 19, 2004, at 5:52 PM, David Easy wrote: I'm not sure I agree with the statement that 'music' is more of an active pastime than 'football' or 'cars' for that matter. Watching football can be a very (inter-)active experience, believe me. There's more to it than just sitting in front

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2004-01-20 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: Ian Malbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clearly we're not talking about American football here. Unfortunately, Soccer in the U.S. is a pastime left to mainstream parents who are obsessive most about their own children (most of whom have

Re: (313) Trainspotting

2004-01-20 Thread Ian Malbon
My apologies in advance to the list for any off-topic tirades that may ensue. I will not continue any public conversation about how grown up I am. Or not. (P.S. they ARE both good in their own way, but that was beside the point) -- On Jan 19, 2004, at 10:45 PM, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:

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2004-01-20 Thread FC2 Richards
grow up a little, stop pointing fingers and bitching about the way things are done over seas. Jeff -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:45 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting -- Original Message

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2004-01-20 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: Ian Malbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] My apologies in advance to the list for any off-topic tirades that may ensue. I will not continue any public conversation about how grown up I am. Or not. (P.S. they ARE both good in their own

Re: (313) Trainspotting

2004-01-19 Thread Jason Brunton
Weird! That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK). Trainspotter is an amusing derogatory term used to describe people who are more interested in the nuances and details of said pastime than the actual music itself- obsessions with labels, original pressings. catalogue numbers ad

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2004-01-19 Thread ralf gill
sort of went with the i-spy series of books...man, what a waste of time -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 12:40 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting it comes from

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2004-01-19 Thread FC2 Richards
I still do that with my baseball cards -Original Message- From: Jason Brunton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Weird! That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK). Trainspotter

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2004-01-19 Thread Mediadrome
In a message dated 1/18/04 6:39:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it comes from people who spend their time standing by trainlines watching trains go past and writing down the train numbers or some other details. from what i can gather, it's popularity seems confined to the british isles. it's

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2004-01-19 Thread mkb
At 23:40 + 1/18/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's popularity seems confined to the british isles. Not really. I have several friends who are obsessed with the NYC subway system. I'm awfully fond of German trainspotters for taking pictures of train cars made by Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbH,

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2004-01-19 Thread Robert Taylor
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Weird! That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK). Trainspotter is an amusing derogatory term used to describe people who are more interested

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2004-01-19 Thread Brendan Nelson
Subject: RE: (313) Trainspotting It doesn't stop at trains, I've seen bus spotters, coach spotters and truck spotters. It has been argued that trainspotters (and that includes those of the vinyl persuasion) are in fact suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a milder form of autism.

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2004-01-19 Thread Ploegmakers, Joost
someone with an obsessive interest in music, computers or even trains. -Original Message- From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2004 16:41 To: Jason Brunton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: RE: (313) Trainspotting It doesn't stop at trains

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2004-01-19 Thread yussel
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Weird! That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK). Trainspotter is an amusing derogatory term used to describe people who are more interested in the nuances

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2004-01-19 Thread yussel
January 2004 16:41 To: Jason Brunton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: RE: (313) Trainspotting It doesn't stop at trains, I've seen bus spotters, coach spotters and truck spotters. It has been argued that trainspotters (and that includes those of the vinyl persuasion) are in fact

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2004-01-19 Thread /0
you're a lucky man if your true dreams are of a creative nature, imo - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brendan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: RE: (313) Trainspotting It's interesting that someone

Re: (313) Trainspotting - aspergers?

2004-01-19 Thread DJ Entropy
From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It doesn't stop at trains, I've seen bus spotters, coach spotters and truck spotters. It has been argued that trainspotters (and that includes those of the vinyl persuasion) are in fact suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a milder form of autism.

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2004-01-19 Thread David Easy
I totally agree, especially considering that the mainstream occupations are passive (watching football) or fantastic (how many people can afford a 'dream' car) I guess we're lazy animals that can relate to passive occupations more than active ones like collecting records or hanging out in

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2004-01-19 Thread Mark S . Krüx
I'm not sure I agree with the statement that 'music' is more of an active pastime than 'football' or 'cars' for that matter. As a total car geek I'd have to agree with the above statementsure there aren't many that can afford the 'car of their dreams' but even someone of modest means could

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2004-01-19 Thread yussel
i was referring to the fact that most car enthusiast (and arm chair quarterbacks) don't do any of the things mentioned. I'm not suprised that people on this list DO in fact get active with their car/football/record obsessions. On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-1] Mark S. Krüx wrote: I'm not sure

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2004-01-18 Thread Mediadrome
Where did the term trainspotting come from? I know there was a film - which I didn't see. What does it mean?

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2004-01-18 Thread Martin
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:27 PM Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Where did the term trainspotting come from? I know there was a film - which I didn't see. What does it mean?

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2004-01-18 Thread allen
platform, now there's a hobby for you :) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:27 PM Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting Where did the term trainspotting come from? I know there was a film - which I didn't see. What

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2004-01-18 Thread James_Bucknell
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Re: [313] Trainspotting HBO

2002-04-08 Thread Dan Sicko
missed that one ... during what segment? At 10:10 PM -0400 4/7/2002, Phonopsia wrote: Anyone else catch a snip of John Beltran from Ten Days of Blue in Six Feet Under tonight? I did a sonic double-take. :) Tristan --- Upcoming Gigs: 4/14/02 - Filler @ Blue Room, Adams Morgan,

Re: [313] Trainspotting HBO

2002-04-08 Thread L R
They also played either a Nightmares on Wax track or the original track that they sampled. Think it was a track off of Smoker's Delight. It was during a scene in the basement when Frederico was working on a body. Love that show! missed that one ... during what segment? At 10:10 PM -0400

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2002-04-08 Thread Neil Wallace
ive not seen the show but i would guess you are talking about the nightmares on wax track that samples quincy jones' version of summer in the city. :-Original Message- :From: L R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:08 PM :To: 313@hyperreal.org :Subject: Re: [313

RE: [313] Trainspotting HBO

2002-04-08 Thread Mann, Ravinder [CCS]
- From: L R [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:08 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [313] Trainspotting HBO They also played either a Nightmares on Wax track or the original track that they sampled. Think it was a track off of Smoker's Delight. It was during

RE: [313] Trainspotting HBO

2002-04-08 Thread Brian Dillard
HBO's Six Feet Under pages list the music credits this season - not sure if they're trying to prove how edgy they are or it's a prerequisite for their music licensing contract. There's a soundtrack coming out w/ both Rae Christian and Photek remixes of the theme music. My fave musical moment this

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2002-04-08 Thread Jake
I heard a fila brazilia mix of the six ft under theme on the radio.. Sounded interesting. :) on 4/8/02 9:47 AM, Brian Dillard at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HBO's Six Feet Under pages list the music credits this season - not sure if they're trying to prove how edgy they are or it's a prerequisite