From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Thu Jan 2 00:00:43 1997 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 00:00:08 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 31 Dec 1996 to 1 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:20:23 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith <[email protected]> Subject: New Year Wishes Hello, all-- It's amazing the wonders that a bottle of asti spumanti can do for one's mood (but there's little to be said for its effect on one's typing! ). Here's hoping that everyone has a wonderful, happy, prosperous, fun-filled New Year.... ***C-H-E-E-R-S*** jen--saving her last sip for her list toast (or is that her list sip for her last toast?). GO STEELERS......**ROCK** THE PATS!!! ---- Jenniffer Smith |"Before I saw your eyes [email protected] | I was in control Ball State University | Of my soul Muncie IN | On the whole..." MLE My opinions bear no resemblance whatsoever to those of my employer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:59:00 -0500 From: Tegan Godwin Subject: LA & SD Photos For those who have inquired about receiving copies of my photos from the LA & SD show, I've got the price for reprints (not copies) and also for the DAT recording of the LA show. Email me back if still interested. Thanks, Tegan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 10:05:38 -0500 From: Loretta Myers Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 31 Dec 1996 In a message dated 97-01-01 00:03:52 EST, you write: << Just thought others who weren't able to hear would like to read it!!!!!!!! >> You are right, and thank you so much. Loretta ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 18:06:22 -0800 From: Martina Schmidt Subject: HELLO EVERYONE! HI EVERYONE! I4ve just joined the Mailing List and would like to introduce myself to you all! I4m 23 years old and live in Austria (a very small country in Europe) so please excuse my bad english. I study law at the university of Linz (my hometown) I4ve been a big fan of MELISSA for quite some time now. I also listen a lot to Tori Amos, Sophie B. Hawkins, A. Morissette, Sheryl Crow and lots of other artists. Needless to say that my favorite TV SHOW is ELLEN. Unfortunatelly Melissa is not very famous over here so I hope I can get a lot of information about Melissa on this list. BY THE WAY DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG UNUSUALL KISS??? If anybody is interested in trading Melissa stuff with me please email me at this address: [email protected] (I4ve got some T.V. Shows from Europe and some bootlegs, but I4m also willing to pay for copy4s) I4M ALSO DESPERATE FOR A COPY OF THE SONG DAMN I WIHS I WAS YOUR LOVER from VH14s DUETTS Hope to hear from you all soon and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Martina ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 16:35:19 -0500 From: Ecko Edwards Subject: Story..VH1 ME will be on Storytellers on VH1 on Jan 2 from 1-2pm EST...at least that is what the VH1 Prog. Sched has on it...It's the one from the Viper room (at least that is what it says) may be worth prog. the VCR's for! Just passing on some info. Back into hiding I go... Ecko Camoflaged in OH ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 16:24:58 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: U2 U2??!!! I was going to guess Alabama. Aren't they the ones who sang "Sweet Home Alabama?" Y'know how at the end of RS 4/16 she keeps singing "take me home, I wanna go home." -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:26:55 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: 1997 Hey everyone, I hope everyone had a fun and *safe* new year's eve last night! (I went to a str8 club -- for the first time in years -- and my gf and I were having a really great time watching all the goings-on -- did I mention that it was a really skanky club? Now I'm really digressing!) I hope that each of y'all have a safe and happy 1997! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:43:42 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: SF Chronicle Article I had the article scanned and loaded as a .gif file, but the quality of the type was so poor, I decided to transcribe it. You lose a little not seeing the spread, but hey... Used without permission here. Melissa Without Secrets by Dave Ford Special to the Chronicle (in the "pop music" section of the pink section of the 12/15/96 SF Chronicle/Examiner). Huge photo of her with guitar, at mic. , wearing that sleeveless jean shirt, looking down. The caption next to it reads: Melissa Etheridge winds up a tour this month, then prepares fo parenthood with pregnant lover Julie Cypher, who is due in January. Big bold type above text reads: "Hard-rockin' Etheridge faces a new life as a lesbian parent-to-be" She's a two-time Grammy-winning rock star with multi-platinum album sales. She's also an up-front lesbian parent-to-be with her partner of six years. Those facets of Melissa Etheridge are not always compatible, and her year-and-a-half tour to promote her 1995 smash CD "Your Little Secret" --she plays the Cow Palace and Sacramento's Arco Arena this week--has been taking it's toll. "Looking back, I won't ever do this agian," the husky-voiced singer says on the phone from the Atlanta Ritz-Carlton of traveling during partner Julie Cypher's pregnancy (she's due January 25). I just want to sing to my baby every night in Julie's belly, and I can't right now. I've missed out on the miracle as it's taking place." But there's more than one kind of miracle. In 1982, Etheridge, raised in small-towm Kansas, moved to Los Angeles, where record company scouts discovered her playing in Long Beach women's bars. Beginning in 1988 she released a string of hard-rocking CDs filled with poignant personal and social observations, all delivered in a throaty yowl. Critics likened her to such heartland rockers as John Mellencamp and Bob Seger. Her fourth and breakthrough release, 1993's "Yes I Am," made her a global mainstream star with sales ofn more than 6 million. It led to such high-profile gigs as a duet with her hero and early influence Bruce Springsteen during her 1995 MTV "Unplugged" special. The million-plus-selling "Your Little Secret" spawned the radio hits "I Wanna Come Over" and the title track. Next spring Etheridge makes a career leap: She will play Janis Joplin in a screen biography. Etheridge says Joplin was a huge early influence. "She showed me it was possible to be powerful and a woman--and not let it destroy me," she says. Serious Relationship For Etheridge, it is equally important that success not destroy her relationship with Cypher. The two met when Cypher was assisting on a 1988 Etheridge video shoot. Cypher separated from her then-husband Lou Diamond Phillips, a year later (they divorced in 1990), and she and Etheridge got serious. Recently, they have gone public with Cypher's pregnancy, appearing on newsmagazine covers and television. Despite their fame, however, Etheridge and Cypher face the same rigors as any other gay twosome embarking on parenthood. Etheridge, who revealed her lesbianism to the world at the 1993 Triangle Ball during the first ? Clinton inaugural, says legan restrictions on gay parents "make me crazy." "When my accountant gives me tax papers to sign, I get nuts," she says, laughing. "The millions of dollars I pay to this country, and they won't lwt me have (official custody of) my child, goddamn it!" A funny, candid and personable interview subject, Etheridge turns serious when she talks about maintaining her sometimes long-distance relationship with Cypher. She says the couple confront the same issues as any other couple--gay or straight. "I have found with Julie what you would call a soul mate," she says. "She brings me a lot of joy--she pauses--and a lot of pain." Etheridge goes on. "The right relationship causes you to work on yourself. I realize I have to walk through my hell and my fires to keep this precious person whom I love so much. Looking at the Past "That means looking at your past, at why you react certain ways, why you run away, why you feel someone isn't loving you enough. But it's not this person (who's causing that)--it's, you know, what happened in 1969, when your mother didn't love you enough. "It takes a lot of serious digging and changing." She chuckles. "And therapy." When things get tough, as they do in any long-term relationship, Etheridge and Cypher have "an abxolute commitment to communication. If it's not in person, we do it on the phone. If not on the phome, we get on our computers and e-mail or chat. It's a virtual relationship." Etheridge agrees that the early stage of any relationship can be unduly influenced by popular-culture images of love and romance. "I watch a movie and think, "You should love me like that.' But that's the artistic side of our culture. That's not reality." Nor is there true "reality in the way popular culture traditionally has represented diverse lesbian and gay lives."Etheridge points out, however, that things are changing, especially on gay-friendly television situation comedies like "Roseanne" and "Ellen." "Everything is driven in American culture by marketability and finance," she says. "We (esbians and gays) are new and taboo, and what's new and taboo is funny. I look forward to when we're not so new.' Which brings up--delicately--the subject of Ethereidge's good friend Ellen DeGeneres, the star of "Ellen."A media storm followed recent reports that DeGeneres' popular sitcom character might come out as a lesbian. (Cynics speculated that ABC orchestrated the blitz to see how sponsors would react to the idea, and to boost the show's sagging ratings.) If it happens, DeGeneres will be the first openly lesbian lead character in TV history. Rumors abound that DeGeneres herself might be a lesbian, although the comedian so far has refused to comment publicly on her sexual orientation. Asked if someone like DeGeneres might benefit from coming out, Etheridge pauses a long time, then says, "How can I say this? In the entertainment business, as long as your product is quality stuff, I don't think it matters." And society's generalized discomfort with homosexuality? "It's this massive collective fear of sex in general," Etheridge says. "I am totally unequipped to tell my child about sexuality when the time comes, because my parents didn't tell them, because their parents didn't tell them, and so on. And (lesbians and gays) are having sex just to have sex, not to procreate, so we're considered really evil. (America needs) to grow up as a culture." Although she's well aware of her role-model status for lesbians and gays--and for her new, more mainstream audience--when it comes to songwriting, Etheridge says, "I have to come back to myself, to stay truthful to what I know." 'Nowhere to Go' Case in point: the Springsteen-esque single "Nowhere to Go," from "Your Little Secret," in which Etheridge sings to a lover, "There's no one to hear/You might as well scream/They never woke up/From the American dream/And they don't understand/What they don't see/And they look through you/And they look past me." "I come from that working c-class rock 'n' roll place," Etheridge says. "That's my roots, my background. But I also grew up queer, and I felt that alienation." It's an alienation, however, that's challenged by the song's final, rousing refrain: "Dance with me forever/This moment is divine/I'm so close to heaven/This hell is not mine." "That says I don't have to be stuck here, that I can find hope and release in my lover's arms," Etheridge says. Right now, Etheridge is looking forward to relaease from the rigors of touring. She's happy that the tour, which winds down Saturday in Los Angeles, is nearing its end in the Bay Area. In Love With San Francisco "I have a love affair with San Francisco," etheridge says brightly, adding that she can be "anywhere in the world and want to visit the city," where she likes to "drive around, eat, stuff like that. It's a very romantic place for me." ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 31 Dec 1996 to 1 Jan 1997 ************************************************* From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Fri Jan 3 00:00:47 1997 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 00:00:10 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 1 Jan 1997 to 2 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 21:55:33 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: HUGS & THANKS I have been away from my office (and thus my computer, and email) since Dec 20, so I'm more behind in my correspondence than ever before ... I *will* catch up... slowly... I owe many of you email, and in about two weeks I will announce details of a new Melissa-video compilation which I am offering to tree, but today, the first day of a new year (one of three 'new year' dates I honor each year), I would like to reflect on significant personal events of the past year. As some of you have noticed (and commented to me via private email), I have been posting very little to the list in the last few months... overwhelming work obligations (and several months of averaging 4-hours-sleep-per-night) have been the primary cause of my list silence. I have had very little discretionary time this year, and when I have been able to find any spare moments, I have usually spent them *away* from my computer, preferably with friends (almost always BAB-buddies, and usually Rhondda ["HI" sweetie! ], but also several other BAB-buddies) for live music or just hanging out... several times this year we had a big 'bunch' gathering as we entertained ME-listers who visited the Bay Area for a day or two (a big 'HI' to MJ Helveston, Diane, Yvette, Maggie, and Heather). Twice this year we were blessed with ME-listers who visited for 10-15 days: Mardi and Rose from Perth... I'm still barely recovered from the whirlwind visit )... Tanya from Melbourne, who was able to spend the entire month of August with us, and reminded me how much I *still* miss Margo (also from Melbourne, who visited us during December 1995)... and Shirley Hoffman, who visited us two weeks in August, and in whom I have truly found a wonderful lifelong friend. The year closed with Melissa's final dates as she swept through the west coast, stopping briefly in San Francisco where I saw one of the best MLE shows I've seen in several years, and I got to meet several more listers (big "HI" to Jib, Leigh, and Eve). Four days before Christmas I was able to briefly visit Alma and Mo (it was brief because I was called back to work that night), then I had the next three days to share with Shirley Hoffman, Patty Wilcox (from Chicago), and Sue Deyoung (who was still trying to recover from seeing each Melissa show during her west coast tour)... BAB-buddies Kim and Melanie also joined us as we celebrated. Two days ago, Rhondda and I got to *almost* catch up with each other's latest news, and today, the *first* day of a new year, I got to meet another ME-lister and transplanted BABster, Lis Baccigaluppi ("HI" Lis!). So as I look back over the last year, I see that most of those closest to me are people I have met via this list... most I met this year, some I met last year when I visited the LA area ("HI" Eileen, Heather, Diane and Allison)... big HUGS to all of you! And HUGS and THANKS: 1. To Dave and Glenna for making this list possible, and for taking such good care of me when I have had server problems. 2. To Deb, who went out of her way to make me feel welcome when I joined this list in April 1995, who spent countless months at the difficult and often thankless task of list flame-monitor, and who has continued to be an endless source of information, enlightenment, and friendship to me... I owe you more than email, Deb, and a big surprise I've been trying for *months* to get for you *finally* arrived at my PO box two days ago... watch your snail mail! 3. To Jen Smith, who is currently handling the still mostly thankless task of list flame-monitor... I'm so glad you're here, Jen! 4. To all the ME-listers who have provided information and enlightenment, who have shared their lives/hopes/wishes with us, and especially those who have exercised restraint during the occasional darker moments which sometimes occur when diverse people gather in a public forum. 5. To all of you, too many to name individually, who contribute all that makes this my favorite cyber-spot... in fact, my cyber-home. 6. To Joyce Stolier, who worked so hard making the ME-lister bowling shirts which helped so many of us recognize each other at Melissa's shows. 7. To Jessamyn Scott Breed, who managed the huge task of trying to meet her grad school program requirements for Interactive Communications *while* producing a birthday-gift CD-ROM for Melissa's 35th birthday... in spite of limited CD-ROM memory, very limited time, several unexpected delays, and content requirements which were often driven by her grad school's IC program requirements, she produced a CD-ROM which I treasure... -- and -- to all the ME-listers who worked so hard to provide material for the birthday CD-ROM, whether it could all be included, or not... -- and -- to Tim Dunker, who was able to personally hand-deliver a copy of the birthday CD-ROM to Melissa (who apparently did not receive the copy which was sent to her via 'official channels'). 8. To Tim Dunker (again) who was able to save the special 'light' event at Melissa's final L.A. show last week... and who has been able to share with us his special insight as Melissa's "German super-fan". 9. To all the ME-listers who have volunteered to administer tape-trees, and all the ME-listers who have volunteered to be branches in those trees (without whom most tape-trees could not exist). 10. To POOH, who claims to be a 'bear of little brain' (I don't believe it), but is clearly a 'bear with big heart'... I will be watching the stars with you again tonight, Pooh! Good night to all, good health and love in the new year! John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:37:16 -0500 Subject: Question (fwd) From: [email protected] (Lawrence A. Jacobson) If anyone has any bass tablature for any Melissa Etheridge songs, or knows where I could find some... Please write me at: [email protected] Thanks! Keri ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:43:15 -0500 From: CJ Subject: Re: Just looking for some help Max- Try http://www.tiac.net/users/cj/rs/depot.html There's a clip from Teresa's Tattoo there. It is, actually the whole scene that Melissa has in the movie. And my advice is, don't torture yourself by watching the whole movie to find it. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:00:14 -0400 From: Gwen Shinko Subject: Mark&Brian Interview Many thanks to Mle Love who forwarded the post of MLE's appearance on the Mark&Brian radio show which was originally transcribed by Dreamleaf. I thought some of MLE's comments and observations were pretty interesting... especially her very brief, sort of off-the-cuff remark about ticket prices. >M: So, there's no opening act, this is like you and you're singing all the >tunes >ME: Yeah >M: and doing everything >ME: Yeah, after five albums it was like, "Gosh, the show is--" Well, I know >that on the 22 it will be at least 3 hours, if not more cuz that's the last >show for a long time. >M: Wow, you oughta charge by song >ME: You know I was thinking..(chuckling) .. I kind of do actually(laughing >all around) ...we won't go into that. I noticed that MLE also told Mark & Brian that she uses the Internet as a sounding board to learn what her fans' reactions are to her various TV appearances, interviews, etc., I wonder whether she's aware of how disgruntled many of her fans were during this tour about the high price of her concert tickets? It's been discussed on more than a few occasions on our list at least... you know, the Real Fan (TM) list... ;-) Speaking of mailing lists, I'm not on AOL, but I've been wondering (not that it's kept me up at night or anything) is anyone a regular on the AOL MLE list? If so, what's your opinion of that list? And has the AOL list had any discussion on the YLS concert ticket prices? Gwen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:19:47 -0500 From: CJ Subject: Re: SF Chronicle Article Marcy! Thanks for the dedication and work in providing the article transcription. I enjoyed reading it immensely. CJ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:27:12 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: AUK On 010197 Martina wrote: ML>I4ve just joined the Mailing List and would like to introduce myself to ML>you all! ML>BY THE WAY DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG UNUSUALL KISS??? I think the list had a discussion of this, but that was before I got here, so I didn't get to put my 2 cents in. I think it's about the first time Melissa and Julie got together, if Melissa was still with someone. Julie's the one in the taxi. Especially makes sense since AUK is one song Julie has apparently, I heard, don't quote me, asked Melissa not to discuss the details of. (Excuse my grammar, but I liked to skip that class in 8th grade ). -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 18:40:38 +0100 From: Cogneau Christel Subject: Linda Perry Talking about MLE Hello Everybody !!! I found an article on the net about Linda Perry, the former singer of the 4 non blondes. She was talking about MLE in it and I thought it might interest some of you. I don't forward the whole document as it is long. Don't hesitate to write me if you want to get it entirely ! Chris ****************************************************** ..... >> How do you feel about being a role model, along with Melissa and k.d.?>> I'm not a role model, and I definitely don't think Melissa Ethridge is one either! k.d. lang, yes, I think she's great. >> You and Melissa are not role models, but k.d. is?>> Here's the cool thing about k.d.: I've seen a lot of interviews with her, and I really like her. I like her style, I like her personality. I've seen some interviews with k.d. where there'd be some cool person talking to her and I'd hear her talk about being a lesbian, she freely gave it up. But then I'd see an interview like two days after that, and you can tell on tv that this person's a jerk and she'd be all, I never said that! She was totally back and forth, and I loved that. Do you do that, too? I never do that! No one ever asks me any more, because they know! Or they'll say, "Can I ask you a personal question? You're gay, right?" And I say, "Yeah." And they're like, "Oh, OK," and they move on; I guess they expect me to go, "Umm, well, I wouldn't say that . . . " I put it in my conversation as my daily life, which it is, and it's nothing. I don't have to preach about it because there's nothing wrong; I don't have to deny it because there's nothing wrong. It's a part of my life that I'm very proud of, and if I ever treated it any different than that I'd feel that I must be making a big deal out of it. That's why I get into Melissa Etheridge. That woman denied it, hid it, kept it from everybody for what -- ten years? And then all of a sudden she's safe, she's got a stable career, everything's good, she's sold millions of records. All of a sudden, just: whammo! -- oh yeah, I'm a lesbian -- oh, and I'm going to have a baby -- oh, and I'm married, too! Give me a fucking break! I've gotten so many letters from kids that go, "I'm 13 years old, I think I'm gay, I'm not sure, but I like women -- or I like men -- and I'm afraid to tell my parents, 'cause they're very religious, and I know they're going to be very upset with me. I don't know what to do, I've thought of killing myself, I don't know where to turn. I saw you on David Letterman and I saw 'dyke' written on your guitar and that made me feel really good, and it gave me hope that maybe there's someone out there that could relate to me and help me. Can you please write me or call me or whatever?" I've called people, if they've left their number, and said, "Hey, you know, it's cool. don't worry about it." Or I write back, send them something or do something! But Melissa Etheridge -- there's so many kids out there who are going through this, and their first thought is to kill themselves because they think there's something wrong with them. And why shouldn't they think there's something wrong with them when you've got these big people out there who are denying it, when you know the fuckin' bitch is a dyke! And she's denying it! I have no respect for her because of that. Her music, all that shit, is secondary to me. [Her denial] makes the biggest imprint on my mind because that is why we are here and why we do these things. It's not to hide; that's a contradiction of what we are. I like to play music because I like to express what I'm saying and what I'm thinking, get it down and let people listen. But for me to hide the kind of person I am? Why would anybody buy my records after that? Why? I could have stayed in 4 Non Blondes and been a total fuckin' kiss-ass and made millions of dollars and hated my music and not give a shit about anything. That's why I have a problem with her, because I just don't buy it at all. **************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:09:06 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE Linda Perry says of Melissa Etheridge : >>That woman denied it, hid it, kept it from everybody for what -- ten years? And then all of a sudden she's safe, she's got a stable career, everything's good, she's sold millions of records. All of a sudden, just: whammo! -- oh yeah, I'm a lesbian -- oh, and I'm going to have a baby -- oh, and I'm married, too! Give me a fucking break!<< Excuse me? Lessee....Melissa's first record came out in 1988, and Melissa *came out* in 1993. 5 years, not 10. And she came out *before* Yes I Am was released, and that was the album that sold millions of copies. Methinks Linda needs to get her facts straight. Besides all that, Melissa is out *now* and many, many are appreciative of that. What, exactly, is this woman's beef? Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:41:20 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Florida trip and New Years resolutions. Good day everyone! The Punster is back from her visit with Michelle. I had a great time visiting the "Sunshine State" and can't wait to go back. The weather was absolutely gorgeous the whole time I was there....80's and sunny. Michelle is truly a great hostess and friend. I can't even begin to tell you the puns that we exchanged from the four days that we were together, some of them were pretty bad and the rest were even worse, but I digress. If any of you have the chance to go to Florida, I urge you to visit Michelle, she is indeed a pleasure to be with. I have been on this list for over a year now and I have had the pleasure of meeting quite a few listers (not as many as John Juan or Joyce "The Shirt Gal") and I have been fortunate enough to have developed several very good friendships that I will always treasure, especially one in particular, Patty, "The Lone Wrangler", our friendship has a special meaning to me and she will always have a special place in my heart ;). My New Years resolution is besides the standard "exercising and getting into shape" is finding that inner happiness and finding that special someone, someone who is my soul mate. I hope everyone has a great '97. Kare, who knows of a telephone operator that has a lot of hang ups. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:18:35 -0600 From: "Carol B. Dappert" Subject: ME interviews Just a quick note to thank everyone who posted the ME interviews from the West coast. I really enjoyed reading them. Makes me realize how much I would miss - if it were not for this list and all the great postings. Thank you! Has anyone heard of any new name suggestions for the new Cyperidge baby? Carol B. Dappert [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:47:41 -0500 From: Stevie at aol Subject: Fwd: thanks for the info. !!!!!!!!!!! --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: thanks for the info. !!!!!!!!!!! Date: 97-01-02 14:43:53 EST From: Stv1ky To: [email protected] Just a BIG quick thanks to everyone on the list that is helping me keep up with all the current ME information! I work ALOT and barely even get to keep up with reading the daily list digest (But always make time for it)! Anyway, I was just reading the post from the last few days and caught the one from "Ecko" about; Thurs. the 2nd "Story Teller" on VH1. It was 1:30pm and I got to go catch the last half of it. ( I found it just TOO cute the comment she made in the middle of ATWTH about, she has no Tatttoos and the other had'nt pierced her nose) Unfortunately, I don't get the chance to see many tapings or articles. That's why I joined the list to keep up with any scoop. So, thanks for everything........due only to ya, I got to catch the Leno, VH1 Duets, Storyteller, etc..... Any many great articles and excellent concert reviews!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up!!!!!!! :) And if by chance I get to tumble upon anything, I'll be on the post!!!!!!!!! :) Back to my daily routine now, catch ya on the screen. <--> (almost a poet and didn't know it) P. S. "Pooh" I give you two thumbs up and a Big Bear tail wag!!!!!!!!! :) Peace, Love and Happiness........... "Stevie" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:59:03 -0500 From: Deb Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE (fwd) Here's the info Chris sent me about the source of the Perry quotes: >LINDA PERRY WANTS IT ALL > An excerpt from Belissa Cohen's interview with Linda Perry from the >January Issue of The Lesbian News -- Deb \\ [email protected] \\ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo _______________________________________________________________________ Best new addition to my CD collection: Marti Jones, MY LONG-HAIRED LIFE Check it out at: http://www.dreamscape.com/truejim/ddmj/long_hair.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:56:11 -0500 From: Deb Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Joyce Luck wrote: > Lessee....Melissa's first record came out in 1988, and Melissa *came out* in > 1993. 5 years, not 10. And she came out *before* Yes I Am was released, and > that was the album that sold millions of copies. All true (natch!). But I kind of understand her point. MLE was pretty secure at the point she came out. The first 3 CDs all sold very well. She'd been playing women's festivals for years, making inside jokes, but kept mum outside of them. She even said at RhythmFest that she was going to call her new album "Yes I Am," but that it "would be giving them a little too much..." (That album turned out to be NE, and that song didn't make the cut). So she was definitely closeted as far as I'm concerned. She enjoyed the support of the lesbian community but didn't acknowledge it outside of that community. The difference between Linda Perry and I is that I think it's none of our damn business when anybody comes out. I'll nag and encourage people, but in the end, that's a difficult, personal decision. -- Deb \\ [email protected] \\ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo _______________________________________________________________________ Best new addition to my CD collection: Marti Jones, MY LONG-HAIRED LIFE Check it out at: http://www.dreamscape.com/truejim/ddmj/long_hair.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:00:20 -0500 From: Renee Sweeney Subject: Melissalaneous... Reply to: Melissalaneous... Hey Everybody- what's up?! Just wanted to drop a couple of lines here and make a couple of = comments...Finally caught up on all my reading from the holidays and I = hope each of you who celebrated had a wonderful time and for those of you = who didn't- that's okay too- I celebrated for you cause I was off work = for a couple of days- and that's cool! First off, when I saw all the Linda Perry comments a couple of weeks ago, = I refrained from flying off the handle and making rude comments back, but = I did see one thing in her tirade that made me wonder- she said- "... I've gotten so many letters from kids that go, "I'm 13 years old, I = think I'm gay, I'm not sure, but I like women -- or I like men -- and I'm = afraid to tell my parents...blah blah blah" Now, to this I have one question- Why would anyone (much less "so many") = want to write *her* a letter? WHATEVER!!!! So, just wanted to say I'm really gonna miss MLE (along with alot of you, = I'm sure)these next few months (year?), but I'm very excited for her and = Julie...Y'all go girls! Rock On! And, to all my List buds out there, I hope 1997 is the best year yet for = all of you...I'm really looking forward to seeing you all again this = year- especially Miss Jud the Kiwi (of late, a temporarily transplanted = Texan- thank God!)...Love to LizE, DougE, SueD, AngelaDarling, = Jill&Laurel, and my favorite Christmas elf, Patti Fink- you rock! I realize none of this is earth-shattering news or even perhaps, = particularly interesting, but I just felt like babbling a little, since = it's been so long since I have... Talk to you all later- Renee' (in Dallas, hating life since I got braces 2 days ago- my mouth = hurts and I'm starving!!!! Too bad my New Year's resolution isn't to lose = weight- I'd really be on my way! Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:20:32 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE In keeping with the Linda Perry thread, Deb said: >> But I kind of understand her point. MLE was pretty secure at the point she came out. The first 3 CDs all sold very well. She'd been playing women's festivals for years, making inside jokes, but kept mum outside of them.<< Yes, indeed. I guess what has me confused is that Linda Perry praises kd lang but criticizes Melissa, but didn't kd pretty much do the same thing as Melissa? I mean, kd burst onto the music scene in the States in 1987-88ish (and before this in Canada) and stayed in the closet until 1992...approximately 5 years, just like Melissa. She came out on the heels of Absolute Torch & Twang, which won her a Grammy, but *after* coming out her career took off with Ingenue. Likewise, Melissa came out after winning her first Grammy for AIH, but her career took off with Yes I Am. I guess my question is: what did kd lang do that Melissa didn't? (although I think kd not really getting any flack helped give Melissa the courage she needed to come out--but other than being first, what's the big difference?) Deb then said: >>The difference between Linda Perry and I is that I think it's none of our damn business when anybody comes out. I'll nag and encourage people, but in the end, that's a difficult, personal decision.<< Fully agreed on this one. Later, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:37:41 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE >From the previously posted Linda Perry review: >[RE: kd lang]...about being a lesbian, she freely gave it up. >But then I'd see an interview like two days after that, and >you can tell on tv that this person's a jerk and she'd be all, I >never said that! She was totally back and forth, and I loved Pardon my confusion...but what is so great about admitting being a lesbian one day and denying it the next (unless, of course, kd was simply playing with someone's head...but then how is that *really* coming out and how is that better than MLE coming out and staying out?)? >That's why I get into Melissa Etheridge. That woman denied >it, hid it, kept it from everybody for what -- ten years? And >then all of a sudden she's safe, she's got a stable career, >everything's good, she's sold millions of records. All of a I think that Linda is over-looking the simple fact that MLE did not *have* to come out...it was her personal decision and more power to her for doing it at all. Granted, I think that it's helped her career in some ways, but it also could've hurt her career and that was a big risk. Regardless of when a person chooses to come out, it's a huge risk if there is the possibility that their livelihood could be jeopardized. >But Melissa Etheridge -- there's so many kids out there >who are going through this, [...] And why shouldn't they >think there's something wrong with them when you've got >these big people out there who are denying it, when you >know the fuckin' bitch is a dyke! And how about 'those big people' who are making it a point to be open to the media and their fans with as much info as is respectful of their own privacy? I have yet to see Linda Perry trying to portray herself in a positive way in order to benefit the queer community (as she evidently thinks all queers should). I think that she has a terrific voice and loads of talent, but her attitude sucks. >[Her denial] makes the biggest imprint on my mind because >that is why we are here and why we do these things. It's not >to hide; that's a contradiction of what we are. So...a queer musician's entire life's work and focus should be devoted to being out? Please...as far as I can see, given Linda's demeaning references to other musician's (re: previous interview where she said she'd kick MLE's ass, Joan Osborne's ass, etc), methinks she just a tad bit jealous of their success and her lack thereof. She needs to get over herself. Deb wrote: >She'd been playing women's festivals for years, making >inside jokes, but kept mum outside of them. [...] She >enjoyed the support of the lesbian community but didn't >acknowledge it outside of that community. I can understand how some women were totally offended by her 'inside jokes' and references...I have several friends who really can't get past the fact that MLE hid for so long before she came out. However, these same friends are the least likely to wear their orientation on their sleeves. Their most frequent comment is, "Well, I don't know if they really *know* but they've probably figured us out by now." If it's so important for MLE to have come out at the beginning of her career, why are these folks (my friends included) *positive* that everyone knows they're queer? If someone is going to find fault with when another person comes out, then they would do well to have rainbow/triangle bumper stickers and wear t-shirts espousing their orientation wherever they go. And how many of us enjoyed and cheered at MLE concerts when she made those jokes...because we 'knew' and we enjoyed 'our little secret'? >The difference between Linda Perry and I is that I think it's >none of our damn business when anybody comes out. Exactly. My feeling is that, "Hey, she's out...she's obviously proud...it really can't be doing anything but helping the queer community...it really doesn't matter that she was closeted for the early part of her career." I will probably be viewed by some here as 'conservative', but I made damn sure of my surroundings and the 'climate' at work before I came out. I don't make an everyday issue of it, there are some people who don't know (they started working here after I 'officially' came out), there are people who know but who disapprove--but we still have decent office relationships, and there are people who know only because someone else told them. There are three or four people here with whom I openly discuss the issue...but the others who know don't bring it up, basically because it's not an issue with them. I just don't have a whole lot of respect, myself, for people like Perry who demand that every queer person in the world make an issue of their sexuality and ram it down everyone's throats. As far as I'm concerned, I don't want my office mate pestering me and telling me that I need to marry a good man and have a family because it's 'right' or I'll be 'better off'...so why should I try and convince her to accept my orientation and my life? As long as we can get along and work well together and are comfortable going out to lunch nearly every day, I believe that I'm making a difference...she sees that I'm happy with my life and that I'm not a three-eyed monster who is after her daughter (she's even starting to realize that perhaps the gay community should have the same civil rights as str8 folk). jen--stepping down from the pulpit :-) GO STEELERS---ROCK THE PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NITTANY LIONS RULE!!!!!!!! ROWR-ROWWWRRRRR!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1904 17:38:11 EDT From: Jane Vaughn Subject: Just 4 Words How Bout Those Buckeyes!!! :) :) :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:49:02 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: CORRECTION Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE I made an oopsy--my first mistake of 1997! I promise I won't make any more... I initially wrote: >[...] If it's so important for MLE to have come out at the >beginning of her career, why [are] these folks (my friends >included) *positive* that everyone knows they're queer? It should read: "...if it's so important for MLE to have come out at the beginning of her career, why [AREN'T] these folks (my friends included) *positive* that everyone knows they're queer?" Sorry! jen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:21:34 -0600 From: David Goodman Subject: storyteller Hi all, I FINALLY saw the Storytellers show on VH1 over the holidays. Very nice. I've been disappointed with ME this whole year and that was one hour that I really enjoyed. I think Testify was very good and sounded really alive and fresh to me. I also enjoyed Nowhere to Go as an acoustic song and Yes I Am I always prefer in that format. She was very funny and told good stories. Since I gave my top five CDs of the year and ignored YLS, I will say that NTG would make my top 5 singles of the year. Maybe number one. Others might be If It Makes You Happy, Levitikus (sp) Faggot, All Over Now (Aimee Mann), Putting the Damage On (Tori). Of course, I'm not sure if all of these were singles but who cares. Can't think anymore. First day back at work after a week off is hell. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:23:14 -0500 From: Francie Trout Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE In a message dated 1/2/97 1:10:15 PM, [email protected] (Joyce Luck) wrote: << Lessee....Melissa's first record came out in 1988, and Melissa *came out* in 1993. 5 years, not 10. And she came out *before* Yes I Am was released, and that was the album that sold millions of copies. Methinks Linda needs to get her facts straight.>> I agree Joyce! Having worked in the radio/music business for a long time, you get to now "who is" long before anyone else knows! I knew that Melissa was a lesbian from day one when her cd arrived at the radio station. In fact, our music director pulled the song Bring Me Some Water because of Melissa's sexuality. I believe she was a frustrated dyke...the Music Director that is! Francie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:13:29 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: Unusual Kiss > BY THE WAY DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG UNUSUALL KISS??? If you do, please post it to the list! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:14:47 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: Duets > I4M ALSO DESPERATE FOR A COPY OF THE SONG DAMN I WIHS I WAS YOUR LOVER > from VH14s DUETTS So am I, so please don't be shy if you have a good recording! Or, preferably, a good audio recording of the whole show!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 21:23:14 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: mle memories today I was listening to YLS while driving in my car. Visual memories of what she was doing in the concert when she sang certain songs just kept popping into my head. Like in ICHBY, she's wearing of course an open long-sleeved shirt over her T-, and she doesn't have her guitar, but has the mic. in one hand. When she sings "take a look under here" she pulls open one side of her long-sleeved shirt and gives a quick sweeping look down her body. Mmm. The way she directs the lights in AUK "as the taxi pulls away," looking like car lights. The way she raises that one eyebrow and looks serious. Is that a Midwestern thing? (My Mom used to do something similar, we called the evil eye, when she was trying to intimidate us. I learned how to do it back to her and laugh. But this isn't quite the same thing.) Feeling the power of her emotions, including her anger. Um, so many big emotions are visible when Melissa sings. I also learned she is a good whistler. And did I tell you I got to squeeze her cowboy-booted foot? Eeesh. At one of the concerts I met a new friend who loves to yell/sing uh,uh,uh,uh-oh as much as I do. Now we e-mail uh,uh,uh oh to each other, but it's not quite the same. Melissa has a dimple in only one of her (face) cheeks? What do all y'all do with your collection of memorabilia? Too much of it to hang on a wall. Rotate it like they do in galleries, ie change what's up every month or so? -marcy ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 1 Jan 1997 to 2 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Sat Jan 4 00:00:46 1997 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:00:09 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 2 Jan 1997 to 3 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 00:16:17 -0500 From: Kiva Kamerling Subject: Something to make you laugh... I was channel surfing tonight and stumbled upon Late Night With David Letterman and it was just in time to hear the Top Ten... Tonights Top Ten was President Clinton's New Year Resolutions... They were funny, but #3 had me laughing so hard... #3) Find out why Melissa Etheridge refuses his advances... The audience loved that one and so did I... Nice way to end the night, I guess... I needed to laugh... =) Hope everyone had a nice New Years... Peace, Kiva [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:40:46 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: out and about Well, I think it's hard to come out, and I'd like to support anyone who does so to ANY extent. I know for myself, I waited until I was financially separate from my parents before I told them, cuz I was afraid they'd make it hell for me for a while and I prolly woulda had to leave college, my program was selective and you can't miss a class, let alone a term, and stay in the program. I sorta felt like chicken-shit, but it was my reality at the time. I now work in a health care profession, in a conservative state, and with older clients, etc, etc, etc. I guess it's still easy for me to rationalize, but I think it's ok to be selective about how out I am to whom. I like to think I'm real enough about me, that anyone who wants to figure out my sexuality will easily. I'm butch enough looking that I get double-take looks sometimes in the women's restroom (tho my friends have a hard time believing me when I say that). Melissa is so strong, and she is soo out now, I mean really, she talks about lesbians having sex just for sex, forgoodnesssake. She inspires me to be more proud, be more out. My own struggles with the whole issue give me compassion for others. Tho I know the freedom and relief I feel after having come out to someone. I also have been the focus of violence because I am. I could tell you stories. And that was even when I lived in Ann Arbor. Kinda scary. (y'know, I used to be so quiet, not much to say. I've heard the 'net does this to introverts...wordy!) -marcy Keep It Precious ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:52:52 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: DUETS tape tree "Anne E. Zachritz" , amongst others, askeed about the DUETS show: >> I4M ALSO DESPERATE FOR A COPY OF THE SONG >DAMN I WIHS I WAS YOUR LOVER >> from VH14s DUETTS > >So am I, so please don't be shy if you have a good >recording! Or, preferably, a good audio recording of the >whole show!! i received a few inquiries about the DUETS (audio) tape tree while i was on my vacation, and just haven't had the time to reply to them individually. i owe some other private email, and i'm slowly trying to catch up there, as well. so, i'll just take this opportunity to remind those who wish to participate in the DUETS tree to review my 11/22 leaf announcement in the list archives (http://www.ecw.ca/mle, click on "archives"). if you are unable to access my post, please email me, and i'll send you the announcement privately. the tape includes the entire DUETS show, in addition to the janis joplin tribute MLE performed at woodstock 1994. *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 01:12:29 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: YCSWID tour - 12/13 tacoma show *tour recap* after seeing the spokane show the night before, the travelling troup of MLE fans (tim, jib, barb, maureen, and rhondda) had to drive to the tacoma show over the treacherous snoqualmie pass. *misplaced memories* i forgot a few details from the spokane report. jib's sweet dog, stingo, had a bad case of kennel cough. imagine a dog, who's about the size of a small horse, coughing in the middle of the night. i felt so sorry for him, because the sound of his cough was absolutely horrific (he's doing much better now :-) ). after we woke up, tim passed out guitar strings that MLE's guitar tech, trace, had removed from one of MLE's ovations to jib, barb, and maureen (i got mine once we got back home). the strings were from the denver show (the last show on the previous leg). during TWIO, when MLE acknowledged kenny, she embraced him from behind as he played the drums. she subsequently draped an arm around him at the tacoma show. however, after the tacoma show, she no longer went behind kenny during TWIO, and just acknowledged him from the front of the drum riser. during his solo in TWIO, just as he's about to rip the strings out of his guitar, john flipped his pick right at me. his pick struck me in the shoulder and fell. suddenly, the people around me were crouching down on the floor and pawing at my calves and feet. i was so distracted by this that i completely missed john ripping the strings out of his guitar. *morning* it's snowing steadily when we woke up, so we really wanted to get out of town quickly before the weather got much worse. since jib had been busy with finals, she still needed to pack for the trip, so we made plans either to meet at the pre-show gathering or at the venue. tim was still not feeling well, so we stocked up on over the counter cold/flu medication before hitting the road. as we got further and further away from spokane, the weather got better and better. it stopped snowing, and i noticed that the snow on the ground was getting more and more sparse. after so much build-up and hype, the snoqualmie pass was a piece of cake. the road was clear, and it was only slightly misting. (note: i hope that all of our NW list members are doing ok after all the recent storms and flooding.) Hwy 90 was clear sailing all the way through to seattle. once we switched to Hwy 5, we ran into rush hour traffic, but we were still able to get to billy mchale's (the restaurant where we were having the pre-show gathering) about an hour early. since we had an hour to kill, tim and i put the car seats back to get a little shut-eye. since we're still recovering from the drive up to spokane, we had to take advantage of every opportunity for this! :-) *pre-show gathering* tim and i are the first to arrive for the pre-show gathering. soon, barb and maureen show up, too. we waited for more list folk to arrive. unfortunately, tim had to leave before anyone else showed up, because he wanted to get to the venue early. about 5 minutes later, lisa, susan's (sooz) friend, arrived to inform us that susan, sue d, and maggie had been involved in the now infamous rear-ender. eventually, more and more people show up, including the accident victims, and we've got quite a party raging on. met a bunch of list members and their SO's/pals - i didn't write any names down, so please forgive me because i know that i will forget someone. i remember sue d, susan, maggie, lisa, shel and lauren, sheri and lynn, marcy, richard, and, of course, my travelling companions, barb and maureen. one key memory: sue d's first drink was some huge colorful concoction called a "billy banger". of course, we made all sorts of cracks about "banging billy" and the like. quite a ruckus was raised when the maitre d' came to our booth, asked if there was "a rhondda" present at this party, and said that "melissa etheridge is on the phone." well, of course, i had to accept the call. ok, ok, ok, it was just jib. now, that sounds absolutely awful - "just jib" - a phone call from jib is more than just *any* call. :-D jib was settling in at her mom's house, so we set up a time to meet at the tacoma dome will-call. our waiter (scott?) told us that he had a chance to sit in the front row at that evening's MLE show, but that he decided to work instead. this comment should tickle some of you to no end. after too much carousing (and about 4 attempts to get the staff to make a nut-less sundae ), everyone headed to the tacoma dome for the show. *parking lot* since we didn't have to meet jib until 7:30, barb, maureen, and i drank a beer in the groovy van . i felt like some high school rebel all over again - swigging beer in a dark parking lot, trying not to get busted by THE MAN . *our seats* we found jib, who arrived at the venue early (and was freezing). and for those keeping track: tacoma MEIN seats - 6th row floor (barb and maureen got 2nd row again.) *the show* as in spokane, the tacoma dome arena was cut approximately in half for the show. also, similar to spokane, it wasn't sold out. 8:00 show time, began at 8:15; show ended at 11:10 the 1st set, 3rd set, and the encores were the same as the spokane show. the only difference was in the B stage set: B stage (2nd set): AIH LMG MMITB ATWTH Resist *fashion report* black leather pants, obligatory black T, blue denim overshirt with the embroidery/ribbing, and black faux snakeskin Docs. *memorable moments* definitely one of the best shows in the leg. it was also the first MLE show that jib and i got to experience together (since she arrived late to the spokane show). and MLE appeared to be in good spirits! MLE mentioned again (!) during her first mike break about how cold tacoma was. well, it wasn't as cold as spokane (and there wasn't any snow!), but it was still pretty nippy there. i was definitely looking forward to travelling to a warmer climate back in california and arizona. MLE talked about how much she liked the tacoma dome, and told a funny story about after playing there the last time, the "powers that be" presented her with a framed picture of the tacoma dome. gee, thanks guys! she thanked everyone for coming to a friday the 13th show, especially considering that many offices were holding their xmas parties that weekend. my office held theirs on the next day (the 14th), and, no, i didn't fly back. MLE reminisced about how the tour was ending, and mentioned many of the places that she had travelled to during the tour, in particular, australia and europe. when she mentioned europe, both jib and i noticed MLE acknowledge tim (who was in the front row). we also noticed MLE point to tim during ICHBY. mark shook one of kenny's shakers during the beginning of SP. MLE noticed this and laughed. i loved when someone passed MLE's high school yearbook up to her during the B stage set! the cameras were able to focus in on 3 pictures: MLE's solo picture, an "arty" picture from when she played at her prom, and a very funny one of her dressed up as an elderly woman in "Oklahoma!" i decided not to go to the B stage this time. instead, i decided to jockey for key space at the main stage. jib told me later that she was able to see tim at the B stage on the video screens. *TWIO* during the "acknowledge john" portion of TWIO, MLE whispered something in his ear. at first, i thought that it was just the usual goofying around that they did with each other. a few moments later, john grabbed MLE by the front of her denim overshirt, and lowered her into the audience. she continued to sing, as the audience raised their hands to hold her. wow! john pulled her back onto the stage, and the audience went wild! i got another handshake later when she left the stage during TWIO (2 shows and counting ). *post-show* all of us gathered around jib, as she gave us directions to her mom's house. tim and i left together through the back stage area (the big trucks were already there), when tim suddenly said, "hey, let's go over here for a second." we walked over to 2 guys standing to our left. it was mark browne, and i presume mark's bass tech. at first, i didn't recognize mark, because, well, he seemed so much shorter in person (off the stage). tim introduced me to mark, who shook my hand and proceeded to say how crazy tim was for coming to the U.S. for the last leg. he also told me about how tim took care of him during the german tour. mark was just so nice. i thanked him for putting on such a good show. he said, "see you in portland!", and we left. we drove to jib's mom's house near seattle. poor tim was still not feeling very well, so he crashed as soon as we arrived. jib, barb, maureen, and i were still too wired from the concert, so we decided to crack open a round of coronas. jib opened her beer, and a noxious cloud erupted out of the bottle and flattened the 3 of us. arrgh, she found the rancid corona! whew! the rest of our beers were just fine, so jib just popped open another one. we discussed the proper way to swig beer out of a bottle, so as not to get a big head on your beer. you pour, you don't suck . got the hang of that lip tuck yet, jib? we gabbed until 3 am when we finally called it a night. the next day (the 14th) was our first (and only true) day off, so we're going to spend it in seattle and then drive to portland on the 15th. ...to be continued... *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 06:02:14 -0500 From: Toni Robinson Subject: misc.. >From: John Miller >Good night to all, good health and love in the new year! John Miller..you are always so positive..you seem like such a genuinely nice person. Haven't metchya, but glad you're here. >From: CJ >Subject: Re: Just looking for some help >Max- >Try http://www.tiac.net/users/cj/rs/depot.html >There's a clip from Teresa's Tattoo there. It is, actually the whole >scene that Melissa has in the movie. And my advice is, don't torture >yourself by watching the whole movie to find it. Hey..is this your page? It's really nicely put together...nice graphics, etc. Where'd/how'd you get all the clips? >From: Joyce Luck >Lessee....Melissa's first record came out in 1988, and Melissa *came out* in >1993. 5 years, not 10. And she came out *before* Yes I Am was released, and >that was the album that sold millions of copies. Methinks Linda needs to get >her facts straight. >Besides all that, Melissa is out *now* and many, many are appreciative of >that. What, exactly, is this woman's beef? >Joyce Thank you Chris, for posting the article. I agree...what *is* Perry's beef..and how exactly is what kd did different..or better for that matter? I still haven't had a chance to check out Linda Perry's music..or 4 Non Blondes..been meaning to get around to it. Don't think much of her personality tho....what I've heard of it so far. Toni (& Victoria...non-smokers for 2 days and counting..not quite over the snarling stage yet...be forewarned..) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1904 07:20:10 EDT From: Jane Vaughn Subject: Wrong Answer Jen, No, I like the 49ers the best I believe. It used to be the cowboys. And when I was a young cub the Bears! Imagine that!!!! :) Then, I did like the Steelers for quite awhile. That was the Franco Harris days and they are though long gone. I just watch the Buckeyes now. I thought the game was a nail biter hence a good one. Thanks for the post though. Sincerely, "POOH" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1904 07:46:55 EDT From: Jane Vaughn Subject: True Love! Morning Melisters, Just wanted to share a book with you. I finished reading "The Notebook" by Richard Sparks and must say though short it was a very touching love story for all of you romantics out there who dream and long for the love of a lifetime this book will truly bring tears and hope that true love does exist. I could not put it down until I finished and not an easy thing for a bear who is suppose to be hibernating. It is early and I am truly glad it is "Friday". Some days one wonders if in the magic of the stars true love does exist and if so when it will shower down and allow us to bask amidst the stardust. I beleive Melissa and Julie have found their star to share and ride across the night sky. Soon, and I beleive on the 28th, ( poohsters b-day! :) a child shall be born and with the help off loving arms and hands shall go forth and be blessed and loved. Many secrets to be found and fireflies to catch and scrapes to tend to. What a glorious sound to hear the laughter of children at play and watch as they grow and teach us wonderment and love of the simple things in life. I beleive a new birth of music shall be born for truly such innocence shall truly inspire. I look forward to sharing through music the love and tenderness that surely will flow from the heart of Melissa and that ovation will never be the same as the music of the soul comes forth and truly we all shall be blessed as well. Much Warmth, "POOH" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:27:34 -0500 From: Kelley at AOL Subject: Brian and Mark and other articles Thanks to all the listers who post things some of us "Melissa impaired" listers might not otherwise hear or see!!! Makes the day go a little brighter. Happy New Year to all! Kelley "I am woman, I am invincible, I am tired." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:03:41 CST From: Elizabeth Burns Subject: what song is this? Howdy y'all! (said expecially for you Renee ) I know at least one of you can help me out with this. This line from an ME song keeps popping up in my head and i can't quite figure it out. It's something to the effect of: "what do you see when you look at me am i really so far away" Thanks! liz PS. For those of you interested in the Fajita Fest this year, it's still a little too early to plan a definite date. But i can tell you that it'll definitely be in the May/June timeframe. And it won't be on Memorial Day weekend. That's about as much as i know about it for now... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:13:39 -0500 From: Susan Salek Subject: Re: what song is this? At 09:03 AM 1/3/97 CST, Elizabeth Burns wrote: >I know at least one of you can help me out with this. This line >from an ME song keeps popping up in my head and i can't quite >figure it out. It's something to the effect of: > >"what do you see when you look at me >am i really so far away" Hi all. Now it's playing in my head... "Ready to Love" What do you see when you look at me Do I really seem so far away? The song will go on and you will applaud Look at me... I just keep singing Somebody take me out of the night and show me what life is made of Won't somebody please reach inside of my heart I think that I'm ready to love.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:09:23 -0600 From: David Goodman Subject: perry/ Aussies out there? Linda Perry sounds like a real jealous bitch. It's OK to hate someone's music but to question someone's choice of when to be PUBLIC, besides being out to friends, family, co-workers, etc, which ME was, but to the general PUBLIC just wrong. I never knew, until this interview, that she was a lesbian so she hasn't exactly been jumping up and down screaming it. And why is she so upset they are having a child. Jeeez. Is she jealous of ME's relationship with Julie as well? On a NMEC note, I'm heading back Down Under again for business in a few weeks and I'm wondering if the Aussies on the list could email me and help me out with some ideas of where to tour around if I get some time on my own. Thanks, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:23:14 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: AUK - what Melissa said On 010197 Martina wrote: >BY THE WAY DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG UNUSUALL KISS??? As Marcy Kunst pointed out, this song has been a MEList discussion before. The analysis centers on "who's in the taxi" when it pulls away. In interviews and appearances, Melissa has told us more-or-less what a lot of her songs are about. But at the Austin Tx concert on 15 Nov 1996, as she introduced AUK, she said: (I'm quoting from my own memory, it's not Melissa's words.) "This song is about an unusual kiss. Other songs, I've told you about, but I'll never tell you what this song really means." She raises her arms, "So I'm giving it to you -- you can have it -- it's all yours -- do what you want with it." The expression on her face was a smile or grin, and she looked pleased with herself. We all cheered. Now what does THAT mean? -- Dan Cohen in Toronto [email protected] http://www.canscape.com/dancohen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:32:37 -0500 From: Kathy at aol Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE I love your view on the world Deb! Kathy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:58:43 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Re: AUK - what Melissa said >>> Dan Cohen 01/03/97 01:23pm >>> writes: >"This song is about an unusual kiss. Other songs, I've told >you about, but I'll never tell you what this song really >means." >She raises her arms, "So I'm giving it to you -- you can have >it -- it's all yours -- do what you want with it." >The expression on her face was a smile or grin, and she >looked pleased with herself. >Now what does THAT mean? Hmmm...that she's never going to divulge the true story behind the song and that we can adapt it to any situation that might fit for us? Or...we can spend the next 5-10 years on this list trying to figure out WhoTheHellIsInTheTaxi? :-) jen--who is a staunch supporter of celebrities keeping their private lives private, but who still gets annoyed when they tease (and, of course, loves every minute of it!)! :-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:12:50 EST From: M Something Subject: Re: Florida trip and New Years resolutions. Kare wrote: >The Punster is back from her visit with Michelle. I had a great time >visiting the "Sunshine State" and can't wait to go back. The weather >was absolutely gorgeous the whole time I was there....80's and sunny. >Michelle is truly a great hostess and friend. Well, thank you very much. The feeling is mutual. :) >I can't even begin to >tell you the puns that we exchanged from the four days that we were >together, some of them were pretty bad and the rest were even worse, >but I digress. LOL! Some of those puns really were pretty awful, weren't they? I'm going back to that bar this Saturday night. I wonder if the restroom attendant will remember me. >If any of you have the chance to go to Florida, I urge you >to visit Michelle, she is indeed a pleasure to be with. Well, thank you again. Geez, you've built me up so much now. I hope I can live up to the reputation. :) >My New Years resolution is besides the standard "exercising and >getting into shape" is finding that inner happiness and finding that special >someone, someone who is my soul mate. Good luck in that search, Kare. You certainly deserve it. Michelle, who doesn't have a Kare in the world, since she returned to Chicago. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:37:54 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Re: AUK - what Melissa said You know, on the AOL board, An Unusual Kiss has been a recent topic of discussion, with people arguing for 2's (the story of Julie and Melissa first getting together) or 3's (the story of a threesome). Somebody posted that at some show--sorry I don't recall which one--Melissa introduced the song by saying, "This is the story of an unusual kiss with an unusual girl....etc..." So I posted that *this* clinches it; it must mean Melissa had a thang with Cyndi Lauper. ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:49:07 -0500 From: Deb Subject: Re: Linda Perry Talking about MLE On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Jenniffer Smith wrote: > Pardon my confusion...but what is so great about admitting > being a lesbian one day and denying it the nex I know! Perry's comparison's of MLE and k.d. definitely fell short of the mark, as Joyce and Jen have both pointed out. > I can understand how some women were totally offended by > jokes' and references... I don't know that "offended" is the right word. It's More resentment of the fact that she essentially marketed herself as gay to the gay community, but wouldn't acknowledge it to the rest of the world. She was having her cake (support of the gay community) and eating it too (no commercial risks with the rest of the world). She wasn't protecting her privacy, she was protecting her career (not necessarily a bad thing, IMO). > I have several friends who > really can't get past the fact that MLE hid for so long before > she came out. However, these same friends are the least > likely to wear their orientation on their sleeves. This sort of hipocracy is sadly common. Like it's easier for MLE to come out to the world than it is for them to come out to their parents! > Their most > frequent comment is, "Well, I don't know if they really *know* > but they've probably figured us out by now." I've heard that plenty of times... should only make it easier for them to discuss their real lives, then, shouldn't it?! > I will probably be viewed by some here as 'conservative', but I > made damn sure of my surroundings and the 'climate' at > work before I came out. I make damn sure of my surroundings and climate *before* I'll accept the job ("And do you offer domestic partner benefits for your gay and lesbian employees?")! > I don't make an everyday issue of it, > there are some people who don't know (they started working > here after I 'officially' came out) I never "officially" come out. I just live my life, and if that means I have to tell my boss I'm staying home because Tori is sick, or if that means Tori's on my arm at the company parties, then that's my "coming out." And I'll be damned if I'm going to take the blame when Tori turns off the alarm and makes us oversleep. :) Oh... plus there is this adorable picture of us on my desk. :) Deb \\ [email protected] \\ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo _______________________________________________________________________ Best new addition to my CD collection: Marti Jones, MY LONG-HAIRED LIFE Check it out at: http://www.dreamscape.com/truejim/ddmj/long_hair.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 21:48:07 -0500 From: Marie Cullinan Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 31 Dec 1996 to 1 Jan 1997 I am interested in the DAT recording. How much and what is on it? Thanks! ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 2 Jan 1997 to 3 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Sun Jan 5 00:00:45 1997 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 00:00:10 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 3 Jan 1997 to 4 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:31:20 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: out and about Ok, after all that rationizing/whining I did yesterday about why I'm selective about which clients I come out to, (small town, elderly clients) would you believe that today when I was working with an elderly woman, she asked me if I live alone. I said 'No.' She said, "oh, you have a partner, good, I'm glad." Now what do ya s'pose she meant? does she know? I think so. -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:54:05 -0500 From: Shel Kilts <[email protected]> Subject: Tac 12/13, coming out rhondda said: > i remember sue d, susan, maggie, lisa, shel and lauren, sheri and lynn, > marcy, richard, and, of course, my travelling companions, barb and > maureen. So glad you remembered us! > after too much carousing (and about 4 attempts to get the staff to make a > nut-less sundae ), everyone headed to the tacoma dome for the show. That would be my SO, Lauren. She absolutely cannot stand nuts in her food - by themselves, they're okay, but never never in any other food. And peanuts are just right out. For those of you present who were wondering why *I* was beginning to get uptight about the sundae thing, well, the Wednesday before, we had gone out to dinner, and one thing after another was just messed up by an absolutely clueless waitron. Of course, this was the evening I had chosen to slip a ring on her finger! Aargh! The *one* night you want to be absolutely perfect... As far as coming out... I never really 'officially' came out to anybody, but when relationships/SOs are discussed, I will talk about my girlfriend the way that straight folk will refer to their SO. When Lauren and I are shopping, etc, it is the natural thing for us to hold hands, or walk with our arms around each other, just like everybody else who is with the person they love so deeply. Unfortunately, I am still a member of the National Guard, so in one aspect of my life I must remain deeply closeted, but in every other aspect of my life, I simply act with the assumption that what I am doing is perfectly normal ('cause it *is*!), and just like everybody else - and therefore not worthy of any exceptional notice. The women at work talk about their husbands; I talk about Lauren. The straight couples on the street and in the malls hold hands and kiss when they think no one is looking; so do we. Everybody brought their families to the company Christmas party; I brought Lauren, who is my only family. And so it goes. I'm not a flag-waving, in-your-face activist, but I do demand that my relationship be recognized just like any straight relationship, and treated with the same respect. Shel (and Lauren) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:11:43 -0800 From: azmax Subject: another question for you all... ok, i've always wondered what many of ME songs REALLY meant or at least what was the thought behind it all...is there some kind of a page for me to see what she means, for instance in Silent Legacy, i heard it was about a pregnant girl who's parents blah blah blah.... is there a way for me to back any of these up or is it a "interpret*please check spell* it in your own fashion"...i'd apreciate*check again..sorry!* any help i can get...thanx a bunch! MAX ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 13:33:23 +0100 From: Cogneau Christel Subject: Re : Linda Perry >From: Toni Robinson >>Thank you Chris, for posting the article. I agree...what *is* Perry's beef..and how exactly is what kd did different..or better for that matter? I still haven't had a chance to check out Linda Perry's music..or 4 Non Blondes..been meaning to get around to it. Don't think much of her personality tho....what I've heard of it so far. Toni (& Victoria...non-smokers for 2 days and counting..not quite over the snarling stage yet...be forewarned..)>> You're welcome, I thought everybody might like to read it :-) I was kinda surprised to read that. As other people already said, I had no idea L.P was gay herself so I guess she is not OUT as she claim ! I am trying to remember where you could listen to her music...I can 't remember on which site... I'll try to find it and forward the adrress to you ! 4 days now ? Good luck :-) Chris ! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 13:08:46 -0600 From: Janis Delmonte Subject: Re: Tac 12/13, coming out > Lauren, who is my only family. And so it goes. I'm not a flag-waving, > in-your-face activist, but I do demand that my relationship be recognized > just like any straight relationship, and treated with the same respect. This is the most powerful form of activism there is IMHO :) -Janis ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 14:57:30 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Linda Perry >no idea L.P was gay herself so I guess she is not OUT as she claim ! I remember a few years back that there was some speculation as to whether she was gay or bi. If I remember correctly, she admitted at the time to being "maybe bi." I don't think she's always been 100% out with anyone but alternative and queer media. I sort of remember seeing her on Letterman and wondering exactly why she had 'dyke' on her guitar...I think it was because I had been under the impression that she was bi if not straight. >I am trying to remember where you could listen to her music... I really do like her voice. She has a pretty wide vocal range and has a strong sound. As I said before, though...that attitude has to go. jen--only a few days from 28 and already losing her memory... ---- Jenniffer Smith |"Before I saw your eyes [email protected] | I was in control Ball State University | Of my soul Muncie IN | On the whole..." MLE My opinions bear no resemblance whatsoever to those of my employer ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 16:54:51 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Dan comes out - twice There seems to be an informal thread about "coming-out" this week. Well, I have something to say about coming-out, too. Coming out once: --------------- My daughter Anna came out to my and my wife a few months ago. We had a little difficulty accepting this, but not too bad. The hard part was: as parents, we had to "come out" as parents of a lesbian. That was hard because we didn't know how to handle the "parent" side of coming out. So, my advice to all you young people who haven't come out yet: try to keep your parents involved and informed, so they can know how to handle all the social and personal aspects of gay disclosure. Coming out twice: ---------------- I always thought I was a "straight who strays", or maybe adventurous. I've led a "straight" life ever since I married Brighid 26 years ago. But since the "bisexual" thread went around, in October, I've finally faced my own past experiences, and my present attitudes toward love and sexuality and relationships. I'm bisexual. I really do like men as well as women. It's been very hard for me to come out as bisexual to *myself*, and then to my wife. We're still a little confused, but I have a sense of 'moving forward'. After all these years, suddenly we have a queer family. Imagine! And now, I'm experienced at "coming out". Incredible! Coming out to the MEList: ------------------------ For all of 1996, I've tried to be the "straight male" voice of the MEList. That means, in my postings to the MEList, I implied to you MEListers that I was straight. My postings could never ever address gay issues. Will you readers allow me to make this shift, to be the "bisexual male" voice to the MEList? Bi is not a hot topic for the MEList, but you could use this sort of insight once in a while. --------------------------------------- Be strong. Speak true. Keep the peace. -- Melissa Etheridge --------------------------------------- But, Melissa, it's hard to be strong! Yes, Melissa, truth is freedom. Ok, Melissa, with love and respect, we'll have peace. --- -- Dan Cohen in Toronto [email protected] http://www.canscape.com/dancohen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 16:43:00 PST From: "Gilliland, Donna" Subject: NMEC/Out and About In response to Marcy Kunst's post of January 2 . . . Generally I've quite content to lurk, but I can't stop thinking about Marcy's post. I agree, it's very hard for some people to come out and applaud everyone who does. I didn't get the chance to come out on my own -- I was outed by my church and literally run out of town -- but then again, it was South Berwick, Maine (we now live in the Bay Area). Both me and my GF (Eileen) had to quit our jobs and move, we lost most of our "friends." The entire experience was horrifying -- although it made us very close very quickly -- and it took quite a while before I could come out to my family. My Mom is a religious nutcase and I dreaded/delighted telling her. She doesn't "approve" but, because she likes Eileen, she's been OK with it. My brother and sister were wonderful ("We've known for a long time -- no one has the same roommate for years.") When Eileen came out, her family literally disowned her and banned her from any family gatherings (she has eight siblings -- Boston, Irish, Catholic -- what else can I say). They found out we moved to California by letter because no one would take her calls. I'm happy to say that while initially very hostile, they have become extremely supportive. (BTW -- Eileen and I have been together since November 1981 -- I can't believe it's been 15 years!) Well, that's my two cents. . . back to lurking. Donna ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 23:40:47 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: YCSWID tour - 12/14 fun in seattle *tour recap* after seeing 2 back-to-back shows in spokane and seattle, we finally had an actual day off on the 14th. we decided to spend it in seattle and then drive to portland for the MLE show on the 15th. *morning* we woke up and had a leisurely breakfast. most of us had cheerios and fruit, but i think i recall jib had angel food cake for breakfast. :-] oh, and probably, at least one diet dr. pepper. the flu had levelled tim, so our day off couldn't have been better timed. jib graciously gave up her bed, so he could sleep there for the rest of the day (and night). *seattle* jib wanted to hang with her pals during the day, so barb, maureen, and i hit the grand city of seattle and made plans to meet up with jib in the early evening. first, we stopped off at the army surplus store, where maureen managed to do most of her xmas shopping. then, we went to pike's market, seattle's outdoor market place. we had a glorious lunch at pike's pub & grill (i think that's what it was called). they had the best tomato basil soup - yummy! i'm drooling just remembering it. the three of us spent the next hour or so, just browsing through pike's market. we started walking up one staircase, when we ran into the amazing accident victims, susan, sue d, and maggie, who were coming down the stairs. we chatted briefly with them, and even got a special private viewing of susan and sue d's new tattoos. very nice work! maggie denied having any tattoos, but i've got a sinking feeling that she's hiding a battleship somewhere. *evening planning* barb, maureen, and i drove back to jib's mom's house, so we could hook up for dinner. jib corralled a slew of her best friends to go out with us. i asked about tim's condition, and found out that he had been sleeping for most of the day. jib's mom tried to feed him some soup, but he would only drink some juice. jib and i asked tim if he wanted to go to dinner with us, but he decided that it would be best if he stayed home. *steamy windows* jib offered to drive, so barb, maureen, and i jumped into her trusty rental car. of course, since all 5 of us were in the car at the same time, the front passenger's door got stuck in the soggy grass in the sidewalk. i got out of the car to pull the door out of the grass, when suddenly, i heard a hellacious scream! it went something like this: AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! oh, wait. that was me who was screaming. jib had been trying to clear the car windows of condensation as i was attempting to free the car door from the lawn, when the tip of my left middle finger got stuck in the window. a few frantic shakes of my hand and whimpers (and various choice cuss words) later, and it was actually bearable. (i still have a nice little white mark on my nail, and a wee bruise on my nail bed. yet another souvenir from the trip...;-) ) *dinner* we drove into seattle and went to a mexican restaurant on broadway - cucina and cantina? cantina and cucina? something like that...(made quite a lasting impression, i guess .) we met many of jib's best friends ("this is my best friend from high school", "she is my best friend from college...", etc.), who proceeded to give her hell at dinner, as only best friends can do. of course, by this time, barb, maureen, and i were feeling comfortable enough to join in on the fun! :-) *the easy* after dinner, jib, barb, maureen, lisa (a list member who was also at dinner), and i went to a local club called "the easy". we managed to find a relatively quiet corner of the bar (although it was rather smokey) to sit and chat, and have a round or two. we did walk by and peer into "the wild rose" on the way back to the car, but didn't see susan, sue d, or maggie macarena-ing on any tables, so we continued on. we drove lisa back to her truck, and headed back to mom's house. the four of us hit the sack fairly soon after we got back (2 am or so), since we had to pack up and drive to portland the next day. our only true day off was over too quickly, but we were looking forward to the whirlwind pace of the rest of the tour. ...to be continued... *rhondda* ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 3 Jan 1997 to 4 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Mon Jan 6 00:00:51 1997 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:00:17 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 4 Jan 1997 to 5 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 08:42:20 UT From: Breanna Anderson Subject: *dinner* La cucina la Cantina...... my FAVORITE mexican place. The seafood quesadilla is to die for! The service is usually excellent too. They gave me a free birthday dinner too. Oh and the prices are fantastic! If y'all are ever in Seattle, make sure to check this place out. It's on Broadway (Capitol Hill). Also, the Easy has GREAT gourmet food (hardly seems possible huh?) with even better prices. They recently underwent a change in chefs and we havent been there in quite some time. Even I like their salmon and I hate fish. ---------- *dinner* we drove into seattle and went to a mexican restaurant on broadway - cucina and cantina? cantina and cucina? something like that...(made quite a lasting impression, i guess .) *the easy* after dinner, jib, barb, maureen, lisa (a list member who was also at dinner), and i went to a local club called "the easy". we managed to find a relatively quiet corner of the bar (although it was rather smokey) to sit and chat, and have a round or two. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 02:17:29 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re[2]: Tac 12/13, coming out Janis Delmonte added her comment to part of Shel Kilts <[email protected]> 04 Jan 97 post: >> Lauren, who is my only family. And so it goes. I'm not a flag-waving, >> in-your-face activist, but I do demand that my relationship be recognized >> just like any straight relationship, and treated with the same respect. > >This is the most powerful form of activism there is IMHO :) Emphatic agreement from me! And I believe it is important for gay-friendly hets to 'come out', making their presence and support known in the workplace and community... if we believe in human rights, we can all be human rights activists, whether we belong to a mistreated minority, or not... remember "silence = death". John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 12:25:50 +0100 From: Cogneau Christel Subject: Re: Linda Perry >>From: Jenniffer Smith <[email protected]> >>I sort of remember seeing her on Letterman and wondering exactly why she had 'dyke' on her guitar...I think it was because I had been under the impression that she was bi if not straight.>> You're right, she had that written on her guitar. I don't remember if I copied that part of the article....if I did, I apologize...I didn't want to post it twice...but I don't remember for sure...so here it is ! : >>Tell me about the infamous guitar you played on Late Night With David Letterman. I had this brown guitar that I always played, and I had "choice" written on it, and "dyke," and little pictures, but "dyke" was really, really big! We were about to play the David Letterman show, and my former manager came to me and said, "Linda, uh, the producers are having a problem -- they want to know if you can play another guitar." And I told her that I didn't have another guitar! The producer heard, and came over and told me, "There's a guitar store right down the street. We'll buy you a brand-new guitar, any guitar you want! We're just a little concerned about the statement that's written on your guitar." And I asked him, "Which one -- the picture? The 'dyke'? Or is it the 'choice' one?" They said they thought it was "a broad statement to be making." So I said to them, "This is my guitar. If you want to buy me a guitar, I would love it, but I'm not gonna play it. I didn't just get on your show and write 'dyke' on my guitar. This is what I play. I'm not changing my guitar, and if you feel that you can't have us on your show maybe you should start deciding that, because as for right now, this is the guitar I'm playing, and that's it." And then they were just like, "OK!" I thought they were going to completely avoid showing my guitar and shoot from really far back, but they were right on it, they were on my face, everything. I don't know what they wanted -- they were just trying to push my buttons. Melissa Etheridge probably would have bought a new guitar! >> Don't flame me if this is the second time I quote this part...I am forgetful lately :-) Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 10:47:38 -0500 From: Loretta Myers Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 3 Jan 1997 to 4 Jan 1997 In a message dated 97-01-05 00:04:05 EST, you write: << would you believe that today when I was working with an elderly woman, she asked me if I live alone. I said 'No.' She said, "oh, you have a partner, good, I'm glad." Now what do ya s'pose she meant? does she know? I think so. -marcy >> Marcy, I'm not really qualified to answer this, but since I'm getting so close to elderly myself, I'm going to try. I think that really elderly people are more likely to judge you by the way you treat them than by your lifestyle, and I believe that's the way it should be with everyone. And sure she knew. Maybe, just maybe, people who have trouble coming out to their parents should try their grandparents first--then maybe not. Loretta ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 20:47:54 UT From: Breanna Anderson Subject: Re: Tac 12/13, coming out Indeed it is. I was an in-your-face, flag-waving activist in my younger days (as if I'm in my golden years now). Now I live in the burbs with my lover and her 3 kids and our 3 cats. I have a very supportive sister and mom who are just happy to see me settling down. We shop at the local QFC (the Community has dubbed it Queer Family Cooking hahaha) and they all know us as a couple. I guess what I'm saying is I think we all do more for the community by demanding our lives be treated with the integrity of any other couple than the in-your face activism that does little more than anger potential allies. but even in my younger days, I always thought it was up to each person to decide when they should come out. It was so...distasteful seeing the outting that was going on. And if we wanted other ppl to run our lives and decide when we should do what, we'd all be letting the xtain fundies send us to their conversion camps. Yes it DOES help when someone famous can come out. It also helps when someone like you or me can come out. But not everyone can do so. And yet they demand their lives be treated without special kid-gloves. So how DARE anyone criticize some1 else for not being out. Anyone remember Chas Bono giving flak to Tracy Chapman for not being out? What is it going to add to the community if she is or not? Do we need another QWueer poster child to further our rights? What about the people who are living their lives fighting for our rights every day in virtual anonymity? Those are the real heroes. I can see I am rambling so I will quit while I'm ahead (or behind). There is a place for everyone in this world. Looks like Linda Perry (the one-hit wonder) will have an interesting lesson in that when she grows up. Ryan Blackhawke ---------- > Lauren, who is my only family. And so it goes. I'm not a flag-waving, > in-your-face activist, but I do demand that my relationship be recognized > just like any straight relationship, and treated with the same respect. This is the most powerful form of activism there is IMHO :) -Janis ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 13:24:03 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: what song is this? > Hi all. Now it's playing in my head... "Ready to Love" OK, I give... I don't think I've heard this one? Is it off a bootleg or something? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 16:47:59 -0500 From: Kelley at AOL Subject: Melissa pix Did anyone get pix of Terri Clark onstage at the Memphis show with Melissa?? I know a Terri Clark fan who would love to get her hands on some for a fan page. Email privately if you can help. Thanks in advance, Kelley "I am woman, I am invincible, I am tired." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:01:43 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: NMEC-coming out/being outed Gotta throw in my $.02 on this topic. In my opinion noone should be outed by anyone but themselves. I was outed & although everything is great now, it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with. Because it all worked out, it's very easy for me to say it was almost even a good thing because I might never have gotten around to it on my own & I might still be walking on eggshells when discussing my personal life. But it also could've turned out to be a disaster. One thing I will say though. One of the best things that has happened because I am out now is the changes I have seen in my workplace. People have really become more open minded. I have a good friend who was a little freaked out at first when she heard the rumor mill about me & even more so when I told her it was the truth. Not too long after that when things settled down, she came to me & said "I always had this image in my mind of what gay people were like. It wasn't a very nice idea either. I kept expecting you to change into that & you haven't. I realize now that you are still the same person you always were except if anything you are much more happy now. You are the first gay person I've known really well & it's really changed how I look at things." Famous people coming out undoubtedly helps things, but I really believe it's the everyday people that make the biggest changes in people's thinking. I am very open about things & when someone has questions, they know they can ask me. When they ask the stupid questions like "Are you this way because you were molested as a kid?" I don't freak out & get angry. (A co-worker really asked me this out of ignorance, not spite) I take advantage of times like that to educate, not fight. So maybe this is a bit more than my $.02, but a topic I just couldn't resist! Susan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 19:22:58 -0600 From: Patty Kolakowski Subject: Hi, I sent this out several minuets ago, but it popped right back to me. I don't know it it was received, so I'll try it again. The January 21st, 1997 issue of the Advocate with Dennis Rodman on the cover has the following in the best of TV for 1996. "Storytellers: Melissa Etheridge VH1, November The most recent installment in the cable network's music performance series, this intimate, hour-long program found the awarding-winning artist at ease with her audience--and her success. Armed only with her guitar, Etheridge sang her biggest hits to date and told the stories behind those songs. It the program contained any revelations about the artist, it may have been only how warm, personal, and genuinely funny this talented singer-songwriter is." AMEN!! pk ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 4 Jan 1997 to 5 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Tue Jan 7 00:00:55 1997 Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 00:00:18 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 5 Jan 1997 to 6 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:09:41 -0500 From: Jill Barry Subject: Re: what song is this? [email protected] (Anne E. Zachritz) wrote: <<> Hi all. Now it's playing in my head... "Ready to Love" OK, I give... I don't think I've heard this one? Is it off a bootleg or something?>> Yes. "Ready To Love" can be found on "Precious Pain" (Boulder, Co 10/1/89); "Live At the Bottom Line" (NYC 9/29/89); "Acoustic Fire" (not sure of the source on this one); and "Melissa Volume 1" (Volume 1 of 3 from New Haven, CT, 12/11/94). Speaking of live recordings, this weekend started another official season of CD shows...I picked up "No More Secrets", another 2/5/96 2CD set from Cologne...it is the same show as "The Witch Queen Of Cologne"; and of the tape that circulated here several months ago; it's the full set, excellent sound quality as far as the *recording* goes, but with that out-of-tune sound that Listers have commented on previously. Decent artwork, cover photo looks to be from the Rolling Stone cover sessions. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:35:32 -0800 From: Christine Subject: Re: coming out Susan said: >When they ask the stupid questions like "Are you this way > because you were molested as a kid?" I don't freak out & get angry. (A > co-worker really asked me this out of ignorance, not spite.) I take advantage > of times like that to educate, not fight. Right on. I've been asked the very same question several times, not to mention the infamous queries: "Is it because you hate men?" or "Did you have a bad experience with a man?" I'm never quite sure how to respond to the latter because, well, I don't know ANY woman who hasn't had a bad experience with a man! :-) Nevertheless, it's a great opportunity to reply, "No, it's not that I hate men... I just prefer women." Like Susan mentioned, these are the best moments for sitting down and conversing with someone about a topic which is so misunderstood, feared and/or maligned. Bright blessings, Christine P.S. Shirl, I LOVED your website! You, Francie and John are such cutie pies! :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:40:42 -0800 From: Lisa Richards Subject: Re: Coming Out At 12:00 AM 1/6/97 -0500, John Miller wrote: > >And I believe it is important for gay-friendly hets to 'come out', making >their presence and support known in the workplace and community... if we >believe in human rights, we can all be human rights activists, whether we >belong to a mistreated minority, or not... remember "silence = death". > >John Miller >San Jose CA Thank You John for saying this! Too many people say nothing and do nothing as long as it does not affect them directly. In my past I have been guilty of this but have tried to be more aware and speak up - even to my family which often results in discomfort. They realize they are being sexist, racist, etc... when it is brought to their attention and apologize or whatever but it just happens again - most of the time they think it's funny. I love to see straight folks come out to meetings, march in parades and show their support - puts a big :-) on my face. PFLAG is the absolute best!!! Now if only I can get my parents to go to a meeting.... - Harley ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:51:21 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re[2]: what song is this? Jill Barry replied to Anne's question: >[email protected] (Anne E. Zachritz) wrote: > >>>Hi all. Now it's playing in my head... "Ready to Love" >> >>OK, I give... I don't think I've heard this one? Is it off a bootleg or >>something? > >Yes. "Ready To Love" can be found on "Precious Pain" (Boulder, Co 10/1/89); >"Live At the Bottom Line" (NYC 9/29/89); "Acoustic Fire" (not sure of the >source on this one); and "Melissa Volume 1" (Volume 1 of 3 from New Haven, >CT, 12/11/94). Many years ago, in the small-club days , Melissa frequently used 'Ready to Love' as her second encore, and as Jill stated above, it's on several boots. For those interested in purchasing them (and I can personally recommend 'Precious Pain' *and* 'Live at the Bottom Line'), Becky O'Bryan may still have these (and 'Acoustic Fire'), but she is selling her business *now*, so if you're interested, call her Monday, at: 408/287-8888 Live at the Bottom Line, double CD set: $50 also includes 'Let's Get It On' and several Joplin covers Precious Pain single CD: $30 Acoustic Fire single CD: $30 She also has a few remaining t-shirts with the famous PETA poster: size LARGE only, $12 Add postage/handling to all prices. John Miller - who *still* gets goosebumps with the memory of his first Melissa show in San Francisco, 12 October 88. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:51:20 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: ANI DIFRANCO (NMEC) Two items for the Ani Difranco fans here: 1. I just mailed instructions to all of you who asked me how to subscribe to the *other* Ani-list (the original list is too full of noise for most people... most unsub within a week). If you asked me via private email for these instructions, and you have *not* received them, email me again... BTW, the note I just sent had the subject: 'The *other* ANI DIFRANCO LIST' 2. For those of you in Washington DC area, Ani will be performing at a benefit for reproductive choice, Sat, Jan 18... see details below: Tickets for the Voices For Choice concert (Pro-Choice BENEFIT) went on sale Friday, December 13th at 10am through TicketMaster outlets in the Washington, DC area. The number to charge tickets is 202/432-SEAT. Tickets are $32.50 plus TM SVC. If you live in the DC area, you can buy tickets at the Lincoln Theatre Box Office (1215 U St. NW) w/o SVC. The Show: Ani, Joan Osborne & Keb' Mo', Hosted by Gloria Steinem Sat. January 18, 1997 - 8pm Constitution Hall, 18th & D Streets, NW, Washington, DC There is NO BOX OFFICE AT CONSTITUTION HALL until the night of the show, so don't try to buy tickets there. For those not familiar with Keb' Mo', he is a Bay Area blues-singer (mostly 'delta' blues, in the tradition of blues archivist Taj Mahal). He was the headliner of this year's San Francisco Blues Festival, and last year he received a 'best blues album of the year' award (I forgot who sponsored the award but I can check if you're interested). John Miller - who worked all weekend and is desperate for some sleep! San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 11:54:20 MET From: "A. Wolff" Subject: How was the dutch listers meeting? Hello dutch Melissa fans, I know at the end of December there has been a meeting for dutch Melissa fans in Nijmegen (Holland). Unfortunately i coulden't come, but i wonder how it was. I'm convinced you all must have had a terrific time. Please put something on the list about it, so more people can enjoy it. Annemieke ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:05:38 +0100 From: "M.Deegens" Subject: Re: How was the dutch listers meeting? In message Mon, 6 Jan 1997 11:54:20 MET, "A. Wolff" writes: > Hello dutch Melissa fans, Hello Annemieke, you wrote:> > I know at the end of December there has been a meeting for dutch Melissa > fans in Nijmegen (Holland). Unfortunately i coulden't come, but i wonder > how it was. I'm convinced you all must have had a terrific time. Please > put something on the list about it, so more people can enjoy it. > > Annemieke > Well ... 1997 must be your lucky year. The meeting hasn't take place YET. It will be on January 26th. So you can attend it if you like. The more people come over, the better it gets. This is my first post to the list. Let me introduce myself. A couple of months ago I bought a cd of ME. I never listened to her music before, but boy, have i missed something. Great music, terrific voice, very powerful. Yeah, I for sure am a fan stating from the first moment I heard her music. More info: I'm 31 years old, work as a librarian at the faculty of law in Utrecht and I didn't skate the "Elfstedentocht". See you, Marjon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:08:34 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: KFOG - 1996 "year in your ear" believe it or not, but MLE's YLS made the #1 slot in KFOG's (104.5\97.7) 1996 "year in your ear", a list of their most popular 104 albums. the albums do not necessarily have to be 1996 releases. apparently, they compiled this list based on bay area radio airplay, bay area record sales, and KFOG listener response. here are KFOG's top 5 choices from their "year in your ear" list: 1. melissa etheridge, "your little secret" 2. natalie merchant, "tigerlily" 3. dave matthews band, "crash" 4. tracy chapman, "new beginning" 5. sting, "mercury falling" *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:50:48 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: rebuttal letter to 12/24 LA times review as promised, here's the rebuttal letter to the 12/24 LA times review of the 12/22 LA show. * * * * * Los Angeles Times, Calendar, December 28, 1996, p. F4. "In Defense of Etheridge" What concert was your reviewer at? ("Grand Stand for Etheridge," Dec. 24). The paying members of the nearly sold-out audience at the Melissa Etheridge concert were treated to a three-hour, very moving homecoming by a veteran singer and songwriter who gave it her all after a yearlong tour. Sure, there were some instrumental sections, probably designed to give her a chance to catch her breath. Who else plays three hours without an intermission? Your reviewer completely overlooked the emotion of the moment, from the tears in her eyes during "Come to My Window" to trying to savor every moment during her performance and encores and keep it precious during an upcoming nontouring year. Nobody rocks you like the way she does! Amy J. Zimmerman Monrovia * * * * * *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:36:19 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: LA Times - 12/22 concert review a friend of mine gave me a copy of the following review of MLE's LA show. i didn't receive my digest last night because my gateway is down, so my apologies if this is duplicative. however, it's almost 2 weeks old and i haven't seen it posted yet. some of you *real fans* might want to turn away from the horror . * * * * * Los Angeles Times, Calendar, December 24, 1996, pp. F1 and F24. "Grand Stand for Etheridge" by Natalie Nichols Special to the Times During her three-hour concert on Sunday at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Melissa Etheridge made one thing abundantly clear: A little of her music goes a long, long way. The Grammy-winning artist and her three-piece band stretched her flimsy blues-rock and folk-pop songs about as far as they could go, padding them with extended instrumental soloing, embellishing them with vocal histrionics and grandstanding with shameless self-indulgence. Each tune was ratcheted well past overblown, and every song ending could have been the grand finale. But the dizzying succession of arena-rock cliches only underscored the weaknesses of Etheridge's material. She has won fans and built a career on venting everyday romantic angst, belting out its pain and joy in an agile, throaty roar not unlike Rod Stewart's. Yet for all the painfully sincere *Sturm und Drang*, her work remains curiously vague emotionally. And despite the power-chord delivery system, these bland, pale imitation-Springsteen love songs became excruciating after three hours. Not even the excessive rock-show window dressing could alleviate the boredom. An audience of adoring fans greeted Etheridge warmly as she celebrated the end of an extended tour supporting her latest album, 1995's "Your Little Secret." She performed the bulk of that record, including the pleading "I Want to Come Over" and the anthemic "Nowhere to Go," as well as such older crowd-pleasers as "All American Girl" and "I'm the Only One." Getting into the holiday spirit, Etheridge at one point donned a monogrammed Santa hat before doing a medley of John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and "Give Peace a Chance". Elated and chatty, Etheridge wasted a lot of time talking between songs, slowing the momentum more than once, but also helping cultivate more familiarity than you get at the average arena show. Indeed, as much as the audience seemed to love every grand gesture, Etheridge's most successful move came when she briefly set up shop on a satellite stage at the rear of the arena floor. There, she offered a preview of how she might perform as Janis Joplin in a proposed movie, doing a faithful-to-the-note solo rendition of the late blues-rocker's arrangement of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee." Fans in the back of the hall were delighted when the band then stepped up for a mini-set that benefited from the bar-band intimacy of the smaller stage. But the arena gestures returned all too soon, as Etheridge introduced each band member, who then offered up, yes, an extended solo. All the flashy trappings effectively obscured any genuine emotional notes the performance might have hit. Ultimately, the unrelenting high drama cranked this presentation too high too soon, leaving Etheridge with nowhere to go. * * * * * there was a subsequent letter to the Calendar which disagreed with the review. i'll post that next. *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:12:54 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Bootleg Request, Etc Hi, all! I have a friend who has some buddies who attended Melissa's concert in Phoenix in *1994*---YIA tour. They apparently would do just about anything to get a recording of this concert. So, does anybody out there happen to have a bootleg of this concert or know of one? I realize this is a shot in the dark, but I promised I'd ask. Hey, did the Chicagoans on the list see this month's Outlines? They actually gave some advance press to my Melissa biography, which totally blew me away. I knew they were planning to review the book next month, but this mention was *great* and they even ran a photo of the book's front cover. Kewl! Well, that's all for now. Later, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 17:15:39 -0000 From: Suzanne Shmagin Subject: Ani-impaired? You're not alone! Hey there listers: >Allison wrote: >>You know I have tried and tried and tried to like Ani D. but I just can't. >>I have no idea why (maybe it's the dreadful impact she has had on fashion? >>). I know she is smart, I know she's good, I know I know. I buy the >>albums because I know I should like her, but every time I play one I just >>can't do it. Help... > Then Aaron responded: >Finally, someone who feels the way I do about Ani!!! I LOVE her lyrics, and >I really admire the way she's been able to build such a large fan base while >staying on her own indie label, but I just can't listen to her. I don't >know if it's her music or her voice, or the way she sings, but her songs >just sound so boring to me. Practically everyone I know absolutely loves >her, and I keep thinking I should like her, but I just don't. Strange! > I have to agree with them both--it's something about her (I'm not quite sure what) that just turns me off. The lyrics truly are great, but I just can't get into what she is singing--perhaps the vulgarity turns me off, but that's not real likely. I don't know, sometimes I think that she sounds phony! That could be it. Well, happy '97 to all! Sincerely, Suzanne --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:40:35 EST From: "Vanessa A. Brown" Subject: NMEC-Shawn Colvin? Have I heard Shawn Colvin mentioned here? She is coming to our local theatre soon. Can someone give me some info on her? Thanks so much!! Vanessa in NH where there hasn't been much winter yet...not that I'm complaining, but those new showshoes are just sitting there...and those new gators...and those new boots......... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 11:02:25 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re: NMEC-Shawn Colvin? "Vanessa A. Brown" wrote: >Have I heard Shawn Colvin mentioned here? Yes... I have mentioned her several times, as has Deb, and probably some others on this list... I think she's one of the best singer-songwriters around, and her latest CD is one of my top five releases of 1996. >She is coming to our local theatre soon. >Can someone give me some info on her? A quick way to get Shawn Colvin info is her SONY web-page at: http://www.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/ShawnColvin.html/ You will find pics/reviews/profiles/lyrics and her latest tour info. See her live if you can! John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:08:27 -0500 From: Kathy at aol Subject: For conversation's sake Hey all, I thought since this will be kind of a down time as far as current MLE happenings, etc. that maybe some of you would be interested in posting your thoughts on what Melissa and Julie are doing right now. Ya' know, like if you could picture them now with the pregnancy so near, what do you think their days are like? Do you think Melissa is just babying Julie to death? Are they pretty much homebodies now? That sort of thing. Maybe some of you actually know what they're up to. I thought it might be kind of fun to read all of your thoughts. Thanks Kathy P.S. Does anybody know why she wore a long sleeve shirt the entire YLS tour and on most of her appearances in the last couple of years? You think it helps with her height or she wants her rear covered, or what? I'm not trying to be overly analytical or obsessive. I'm just making conversation : ) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:46:59 -0500 From: Sheila McRae Subject: Return to da List & Shawn Colvin Hiya fellow listers..... Its nice to be back on the list after a brief, but much needed break from the 'puter. 'tis I, Aimee....with my partner in parenthesis in tow (Sheila). ;o) I decided I had to get back on the list pretty quickly so I can stay current on any baby news that will no doubt soon be breaking. For those on the list I haven't *met* I'll keep it short and sweet...I'm Aimee, my girlfriend is Sheila, I work at Borders Books & Music in Traverse City, with a fellow lister Jennifer Sass (tho I would like to note that I was on it first! ;oP ) Sheila and I have a kitty, and a fishy, and have just celebrated our first anniversary. **Whew!!** Anything else ya wanna know, e-mail me privately...and we'll see what I'll tell... I caught a mention of Shawn Colvin...and I don't think I can add much to what Professor John already enlightened us with, but I HIGHLY recommend checking her out. I just got her newest release...love it...but I think I still like Fat City better. Aimee (and Sheila who has a suprise when she gets home!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:19:30 EST From: M Something Subject: Pop-Up Video I recently caught the last half of VH1's pop-up video for CTMW. I thought it was great and am really looking forward to catching it from the beginning. It will be a great addition to my MLE video collection. I like the whole concept and have enjoyed watching many other pop-up videos. It makes it hard to get anything done around the house though because I don't want to take my eyes off the screen while it's on. BTW, although I won't find out my exact grades until next week, I found out today that I definitely passed all of my first semester law school classes. :) Guess who's celebrating tonight. Michelle, who had a better night's sleep last night than she's had in a long time. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 20:37:45 -0600 From: Juan Manuel Teran Contreras Subject: Happy New Year to All! Hi all you MLE listers, I just got back from a long and tiresome vacation and thought I should wish you all a very Happy New Year even though it is a little late... better late than never, right? I still haven't caught up on all I missed over the hoildays but am slowly reading all I missed. Glad to see flame wars have gone temporarily on hold (at least up to where I have read). Living here in Mexico I will be sorely missing all Melissa info. especially now her tour has ended and we all know she won't be back in public for a while... be sure to keep me posted on all the tid-bits you hear since down here we get very limited, if any, information. --sigh-- Well, not much else to report except maybe something that you guys up there might not have been aware of. When Melissa made her spanish version of NTG she did a slightly different video to go with it. They had to cut out all those bits where she is obviously singing and instead add other footage that wasn't used in the English version. I think that the video that goes with the Spanish version is slightly better, showing more of the relationship between the two "characters". The best is the Spanish video watched while listening to the English version since I like the English version more. Anyway, though I would share, sorry if it is old news. Susie (not Juan: for all those who missed my intro. post I am using my father's account and am not sure whether my public name has been changed) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:18:12 -0500 From: Joanne Parra Subject: coming out Maybe this is beating a dead horse, but we feel like we had to add our .02 anyway :) Reading what everyone else has felt and experienced when they were coming out (or not, as the case may be), and seeing that those feelings were so similar to what we've experienced have made the two of us feel stronger and not so isolated. We're not out to everyone we know, for a lot of different reasons, though we are to our closest friends. But reading everything that has been posted in the last few days makes us want to go out and tell the whole world. Someday we will, but that is our choice to make, not anyone else's. No one else can decide for us when the time is right. MLE came out when she decided it was right for her, whatever her reasons were, they were HER reasons. Linda Perry needs to respect that. Joanne and Tracey ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 20:21:17 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: pollstar - 1996 top selling acts how about some serious number crunching? i was checking out pollstar's site (http://www.pollstar.com) this evening and noticed that they have their 1996 "top 50 selling acts" list available. of course, i had to check it out to see if our lady of etheridge appears anywhere on there, and the answer is, yes, she does. :-) she is the 33rd best selling act of 1996. her stats are as follows: Gross Artist Avg. Tix Avg. Gross Cities/Shows (mill) Sold 9.8 MLE 4,138 $132,432 74/74 here are the top 5 selling artists (numbers 1-5): Gross Artist Avg. Tix Avg. Gross Cities/Shows (mill) Sold 43.6 KISS 15,951 $581,800 75/92 34.5 Garth Brooks 45,860 $841,517 41/121 32.2 Neil Diamond 22,660 $657,142 49/72 29.1 Rod Stewart 12,146 $470,287 62/65 26.3 Bob Seger 16,184 $461,541 57/64 i whipped out the old trusty calculator (well, ok, i used the one on my computer ), and discovered that dividing the average gross per concert by the average number of tickets sold, you'd (hopefully) determine what the average concert ticket was going for. here's what my calculator (blame the machine and not the operator ) said for the artists above. Artist Avg. Ticket Cost MLE $33.00 KISS $36.47 Garth Brooks $18.35 Neil Diamond $29.00 Rod Stewart $38.72 Bob Seger $28.52 personally, i'd say the most telling sign is the average ticket sold figure, which certainly corroborates many of the concert reports from this list (including my own). comments? *rhondda* ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 5 Jan 1997 to 6 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Wed Jan 8 00:01:16 1997 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 00:00:38 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 6 Jan 1997 to 7 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 00:39:24 -0500 From: JENNIFER SASS Subject: Re: Return to da List & Shawn Colvin On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Sheila McRae wrote: > Hiya fellow listers..... > > For those on the list I haven't *met* I'll keep it short and sweet...I'm > Aimee, my girlfriend is Sheila, I work at Borders Books & Music in Traverse > City, with a fellow lister Jennifer Sass (tho I would like to note that I > was on it first! ;oP ) > Hey howd I get dragged into this one?????? I am the innocent one here! > Aimee (and Sheila who has a suprise when she gets home!) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Too much information Aimee...too much info! Jennifer Sass [email protected] [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:30:56 EST From: DOUG Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL Hello and hi there. Finally have time to send a quick hello. I came back to work yesterday and didn't have time to go to the men's room let alone send a message to my favorite list server. Hope all is well with each of you. Doug (and John) PS...special hello to Renee and Pooh! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:22:27 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Spanish NTG Video >>> Juan Manuel Teran Contreras 01/06/97 09:37pm >>> writes: [AKA Susie ]: >The best is the Spanish video watched while listening to the >English version since I like the English version more. Here's my stupid question of the day: Thanks to concert reviews posted by South-West US listers, we know that she sang at least parts of the song in Spanish, but did she actually sing NTG in Spanish for the video? IE--when you watch the video, is the Spanish version of the song dubbed over the US version of the video so that you can hear Spanish but 'see' English? jen--freezing off her arse in a forrest-green silk sweater she got for Xmas, because the sweater just wasn't made for warmth (but boy does it look good!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:07:18 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Re: Pop-Up Video Michelle wrote: > BTW, although I won't find out my exact grades until next week, I found > out today that I definitely passed all of my first semester law school > classes. :) Guess who's celebrating tonight. Hey, congrats Michelle!!! I knew you could do it. I'm sure your family is making a "federal case" out of it. Congrats again and keep up the great work! Kare, who wonders if anyone ever goes to law school on a trial basis. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 12:21:44 EST From: M Something Subject: Re: Pop-Up Video Kare wrote: >Hey, congrats Michelle!!! I knew you could do it. I'm sure your family >is making a "federal case" out of it. LOL! Thanks. I'll make this "brief." "Judging" from your remarks, I'd say you're happy for me. I find that to be very "appeal"ing. It "suits" me just fine. >Congrats again and keep up the great work! Well, I'll try to stick to my "convictions" and keep studying. :) Michelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:08:55 -0500 From: Tei at netcom Subject: Congratulations Joyce!!! > Hey, did the Chicagoans on the list see this month's Outlines? They > actually > gave some advance press to my Melissa biography, which totally blew me > away. > I knew they were planning to review the book next month, but this > mention > was *great* and they even ran a photo of the book's front cover. > Kewl! > > Well, that's all for now. > > Later, > Joyce Joyce.... I must say that this is the most *EXCITING* news I have read on the list in awhile.. I am so thrilled for your accomplishments, especially reguarding this book! I wish I lived in Chicago and had the chance to catch Outlines AND MOSTLY... be the one to inform you of it..... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! (and CONGRADULATIONS !!!! for the way I often mispell it...'ha!) one request... will you e-mail me privately with all the information on your book... how and when I can receive a copy? Take CaRE... HATS OFF TO YA GAL! sincerely, tei! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:27:45 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Joyce's MLE Bio... Alright...since she ain't gonna say anything about her-bad-self... You can access an on-line preview of Joyce Luck's MLE bio, "Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret," at http://www.ecw.ca/press --or-- You can access it from the main MLEther list page (there is a really nice scan of the book cover...just click on that). There is ordering information from ECW at their site, and they say that the book is available in January, 1997. They also give an 800 number for the US distributor, Login Distribution. However...when I phoned Login this morning, they told me that the book wouldn't be available until *March*. I'm guessing this is the availability date for the US only (or perhaps they just don't know what they're talking about). Anyway, I tried ordering on-line directly, but they didn't ask for a credit card # or anything. All I know for sure is...I WANT MY COPY NOW!!!!!!!!! :-) It's pretty cool...check it out! CONGRATS, JLUCKY7 !!!! ;-) jen--anxious in Indiana ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:15:01 -0800 From: Marleen Niekel Subject: Dutch MELister Meeting... 26th of JANUARI !!! Hi Listers, Annemieke wrote: > I know at the end of December there has been a meeting for dutch Melissa > fans in Nijmegen (Holland). Unfortunately i coulden't come, but i wonder > how it was. I'm convinced you all must have had a terrific time. Please > put something on the list about it, so more people can enjoy it. We will when the meeting has taken place;-D Then Marjon replied: > Well ... 1997 must be your lucky year. The meeting hasn't take place YET. > It will be on January 26th. So you can attend it if you like. The more > people come over, the better it gets. Marjon thanxxxx for clearing up this LITTLE misunderstanding (I'm on digest, so I couldn't respond earlier). Annemieke if you're still interested in coming to the Dutch MELister Meeting (if you don't already have plans the 26th of JANUARI:-), please mail Marcel or me, so we can work things out. And then I'm gonne bug you again:-) with the mail 'bout the surprise:-D Since I'm on this topic anyway... I would like to ask if all the dutch listers who haven't responded (yet) to my mail 'bout the surprise-thingy, could e-mail me BEFORE next saturday (11th). Even if your not interested please lemme know! So, I can get things going this weekend. OK I've taken enough space... ... get on with whatever you guys (and gals) where discussing:-) Bye, Marleen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:39:20 -0500 From: Tei at netcom Subject: my ani defranco thoughts.... SMEC Hey there listers: >Allison wrote: >>You know I have tried and tried and tried to like Ani D. but I just >> can't. >>I have no idea why (maybe it's the dreadful impact she has had on >> fashion? >>). I know she is smart, I know she's good, I know I know. I buy the >>albums because I know I should like her, but every time I play one I >> just >>can't do it. Help... > Then Aaron responded: >Finally, someone who feels the way I do about Ani!!! I LOVE her >lyrics, and >I really admire the way she's been able to build such a large fan base > while >staying on her own indie label, but I just can't listen to her. I >don't >know if it's her music or her voice, or the way she sings, but her >songs >just sound so boring to me. Practically everyone I know absolutely >loves >her, and I keep thinking I should like her, but I just don't. Strange! > suzanne shared her thoughts... >I have to agree with them both--it's something about her (I'm not >quite sure what) that just turns me off. The lyrics truly are great, >>but >I just can't get into what she is singing--perhaps the vulgarity turns >me off, but that's not real likely. I don't know, sometimes I think >that >she sounds phony! That could be it. (gee I must be talkative today.......) I can hear what the three of you are saying.... and I think I have some inkling of where your thoughts are coming from.... Simply.... my suggesstion is to listen particularly to her guitar playing.... I think that is where you will find 'authentication' for her committment and deep love of music.... I also believe that if you do this.... you will become more of an "ani fan!(heheh) seriously,... Her real love seems to me to be translated through the guitar playing she does! And in that you will find a 'love'(or simply more attracted) to her music. (more reasons behind my statement) (more babble so to say) I believe that although her lyrics are indeed compelling... they are put on the surface of the music... It seems to me (and this is only in my own opinion) that ani probably creates her music first... she builds the guitar tableture... then based on her emotions that she felt while creating the music.. she puts words to it.. don't get me wrong... I do not want to put her lyric writing down... I believe that it is actually a seriously executed task of writing.. BUT she does not write so much to her feelings as she does that of her music... (understand?) In other words she puts lyrics to her guitar music and tells you what it is saying... (us artists.... so hard to understand sometimes..) (excuse the poor composition here please Allison... =)) Unlike our Melissa who in my opinion... probably creates her words and music at the same time.. The entire song seems to be created as one entity.. Where as ani seems to create her music in parts.. amoung parrell lines so to say.. I listen to ani this way and I find that I come to like the lyrics to carry me along the life of the music.. Ani is good good good....but she translates a totally different style of rock than does Melissa... but I think... you just godda like it! OK ENOUGH ... I WILL STOP THIS INCESSANT BABBLE... with this... Ani is pretty kewl MELISSA IS THE BEST!!!! hail hail! tei! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:49:58 -0600 From: Robert W Smith Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 5 Jan 1997 to 6 Jan 1997 I just wanted to take the time to say "Hi" to everyone... I'm new on the list, and I'm so happy that I found so many others that believe the way I do! My name is Amanda Smith, but everyone calls me Mandy... I love Melissa Etheridge, because she is truly a stong woman and also an idol of mine! She has greatly influenced me in my own songs and I just love her way with words... WEll, Thanks again for allowing me to join your group, and hope to contribute as much as I can. Mandy "I'm gonna go out tonight, I'm gonna drive up to the hill, I'm gonna drive on into those city lights And I'm gonna dance, dance Dance till I get my fill" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:26:44 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: people In Jan 13th's People Magazine there's a cute photo of Melissa and Julie at the Evita premier. -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:21:18 -0600 From: Debby Anderson Subject: MLE Pay >she is the 33rd best selling act of 1996. her stats are as follows: > >Gross Artist Avg. Tix Avg. Gross Cities/Shows >(mill) Sold > >9.8 MLE 4,138 $132,432 74/74 Does anyone know what MLE's net pay would be of 9.8 mil? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 18:56:24 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: NTG - spanish version Susie said: >When Melissa made her spanish version of NTG she did a >slightly different video to go with it. >They had to cut out all those bits where she is obviously >singing and instead add other footage that wasn't used in >the English version. I think that the video that goes with the >Spanish version is slightly better, showing more of the >elationship between the two "characters". thanks, susie, for this news. i certainly haven't heard anything about a spanish version of the NTG video. has anyone in the states or canada or australia or europe seen this yet? based on your description that they have used the same video for the spanish version, except they have removed the portions where MLE is singing. right? in other words, they do not actually show her singing NTG in spanish? when MLE sang the spanish version at the phoenix ---> l.a. shows, she did mention that she had recorded it in the studio. does anyone know if this version will be released? i've already emailed MEIN about this, but thought that i'd ask here as well. *rhondda* <---- "this circus is not mine" ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 6 Jan 1997 to 7 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Thu Jan 9 00:01:32 1997 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 00:00:56 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 7 Jan 1997 to 8 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:34:00 -0600 From: Patty Kolakowski Subject: trivia Hi, Just took a peek at the Official Grammy sight and from what I could see Melissa was not nominated to anything. Boo!! What do they know. I've become an email junky. I've sent out the following: 1. To VH1 suggesting a pop-up video for "I'm the only one". 2. To MEIN to try to address, in the next news letter, why they were so strict about cameras at the concerts. Just wanted their thoughts on it, since we all seem to enjoy the photos so much. 3. To Rosie O'Donnell and MEIN to try to reschedule Melissa on Rosie's show. GO JAGUARS!! Bee Good pk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:07:14 +1000 From: Margo Hellyer Subject: Re: NTG - spanish version Roaming Rhondda asked: >thanks, susie, for this news. i certainly haven't heard >anything about a spanish version of the NTG video. has >anyone in the states or canada or australia or europe seen >this yet? Nope .. haven't seen any version of the NTG vid here in the land of Oz. It may have been on at some obscure hour once or twice but somehow I doubt it. The NTG single did not receive any airplay either. The only recent MLE sighting in the Australian media was a paired look-a-like photo set in a gay newsheet. It featured photos of Melissa and Fergie (Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and permanent tabloid fodder item) as a couple separated at birth. This could not be interpreted as a compliment for Melissa. Have been enjoying the reports of the West Coast tours and look forward to reviews of Joyce's book. For those of you who want to know, most of Australia has been having periodic heat waves but today it is a magnificent sunny just right temperature kind of day. Pity I am working. 1996 was a bumper harvest of concerts (MLE, Tracy Chapman, kd, Joan Armatrading, Amanda Marshall, alanis etc). 1997 is looking good already with Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen coming up in the next few days/months. Debby enquired: >Does anyone know what MLE's net pay would be of 9.8 mil? Enough to buy the baby a pony I suspect! Margo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 22:13:35 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: YCSWID tour - 12/15 portland show *tour recap* after spending the 14th (our day off) in seattle, we had to pack up and leave seattle for the portland show that evening. *morning* jib wanted to hang out a bit more at her mom's house (plus say goodbye to her dogs), so she gave us directions to her friend sabrina's apartment. after thanking jib's mom profusely for her hospitality and for taking care of tim, we sadly left seattle and drove to portland. *driving to portland* the drive itself was rather uneventful, although tim did get to see oregon for the first time in the daylight. it took us about 3 hours or so to get to sabrina's apartment. within an hour of our arrival, jib, barb, and maureen showed up, too. sabrina (who didn't go to the show) made us all feel very comfortable, particularly since almost all of us (except for jib, of course) were complete strangers. tim took off for the venue, and the rest of us hung out for awhile watching reruns of "road rules" and "the real world." we took some wacky pictures of us hanging out in sabrina's living room. the moral of the story is: be sure your camera is turned *on* before attempting to take a picture. ;-) *going to the show* sabrina warned us that there was a portland trailblazers game playing at the rose garden, which was located right next door to the portland memorial coliseum. parking might be difficult, so we decided to take off early, not only so we could get to the show in plenty of time, but also so we could hook up with susan, sue d, sheri, and lynn at the pre-show gathering place. we made it to the coliseum with plenty of time to spare, but then got stuck in a massive traffic jam as we attempted to find parking. the main garden/coliseum lots were already full by the time we got there, so we drove around looking for either street parking or an off-site lot. we found a $5 lot fairly close to the venue, so we parked the groovy van there for the evening and hightailed it to the coliseum. *our seats* after waiting in the wrong will-call line (we were at the rose garden and not the coliseum), we found the coliseum and picked up our MEIN tickets. and for those keeping track: portland MEIN seats - 22nd row floor (barb and maureen got 2nd row again - for the 3rd time in a row!) *pre-show gathering* well, we tried. the four of us walked over to the appointed pre-show gathering spot, cucina cucina, but, unfortunately, we didn't see any recognizable faces. we found out later from susan and sue d that there was such a horrendous wait when they got there, that they decided to go to the radio station-sponsored event 2 doors down. *waiting* we ran into marcy and pals, as jib was buying a pretzel. marcy was sporting a large orange "U" that she was wearing around her neck (more on that later). jib and i split off from barb and maureen, and headed off to our seats. we ran into tim as we reached the floor of the coliseum. he said, "oh, i have something for you" and pulled out an orange MLE pick for both of us. all right! it has MLE's symbol on one side and her signature on the other. based on the style of MLE's symbol, it appears to be from the YIA tour (right, tim?). after being spoiled by the incredible seats at the spokane and tacoma shows, i was a little disappointed by our 22nd row seats, but we had a good view of the main stage and were fairly close to the B stage, so they weren't as bad as i originally thought. we were also right on the aisle (which would become more significant later on). jib thought that she had died and gone to heaven when we discovered that the venue sold cotton candy (candy floss, eh? ) on the floor. she got the last pink bunch (they only had blue ones left)! susan and sue d found us soon after we got to our seats. all of my disappointment about our seats disappeared when we found out where susan and sue d's MEIN seats were located. the last row on the floor! geez... *the show* unlike the spokane arena and the tacoma dome, the portland memorial coliseum was *not* cut in half for the show. however, the entire upper deck was empty and the second level was not full either. 7:30 show time, began at 7:45; show ended at 10:30 the 1st set, 3rd set, and the encores were the same as the spokane show. the only difference was in the B stage set: B stage (2nd set): YIA AAG LMG ATWTH Resist *fashion report* black shiny leather pants (a looser variety), obligatory black T, sparkly overshirt, and black faux snakeskin Docs. once we saw that MLE was wearing her sparkly overshirt and not a denim one, we knew that she wouldn't be lowered into the audience this evening! *memorable moments* definitely *not* one of her better shows, especially when compared to the high energy tacoma show the night before. MLE blew the first line to the first song, IRLY. something must not have felt right to her, because she did sing, "i'll buy you mangos, baby", but then she cracked up. she said, "i've never forgotten the first line to the first song before!" she mentioned that she and the band had been reminiscing about how the tour was ending in a week, and she just lost her concentration. after apologizing and yelling out "good evening, portland, how're you doin'?", she began the song again. a few songs into the first set, MLE told a story about how john and kenny went next door to the rose garden to see some of the basketball game. she said they felt really short (compared to the b-ball players)! well, this would have been especially funny, if MLE hadn't forgotten john's name. hello? how long have you two been working together? "uh, uh, erm...john! we've been working together for 3 years, and i just forgot your name!" whoops... later on in the first set (it might have been after NTG), MLE talked about how she wanted to start the show over again; that they were like a team coming back from behind. the audience cheered their encouragement, and the show continued (and did get better). *B stage* i left jib once during the 1st set and attempted to get to the B stage by the far house left aisle. unlike the previous 2 shows, the venue had put up metal barriers at the end of the aisle, so that people couldn't approach the B stage. so, i went back to my seat. as in spokane and tacoma, the security started putting up the rope barriers in the aisle in preparation for the B stage set. it turns out that our seats were right on that aisle. once i noticed them start to do this, i slipped out and tried to get to the B stage once again. the metal barriers were still up at the end of the left aisle, so i just hung out during SL. i didn't last long there because a security guard asked to see my ticket. i showed it to her and asked if they were going to take the barriers down. i mentioned that MLE had opened the B stage up in the previous two shows. she said no and told me to go back to my seat. damn. (it turns out that i could have accessed the B stage if i had just gone down the right aisle. duh!) so, i went back to my seat and watched the B stage set with jib. we could actually see pretty well from there. at one point, i saw marcy, who was pressed right up against the B stage. she was wearing her orange "U" around her neck and grinning from ear to ear, as she looked up adoringly at MLE. :-D during Resist, MLE introduced each of the band members as she usually did, and they exited down one of the aisles to get back to the main stage (note: the portland show was the last show that MLE and the band returned to the main stage via one of the roped off aisles on the floor). we were able to watch mark, john, kenny, and finally MLE go down the aisle right by our seats. as soon as everyone was safely back on the main stage, the security released the rope barriers, and the audience was allowed to move up. i left my seat at this point and moved up to the main stage area. i wasn't able to get as close to the main stage as i had at the last two shows. i ended up at one of the main aisles between the 1st and 2nd rows. *LTWID/encores* while the portland show wasn't one of the better shows, it did have its special moments. during one of MLE's solos during LTWID, she walked over to stage right (where i was located). two adults were holding up their little boy, who was about 3-4 years old, on their shoulders. as MLE walked by during her solo, she high-fived the little boy who was reaching towards her. after she finished LTWID, MLE gave the little boy her pick. awwwww... when she said her goodbyes during TWIO, MLE shook the little boy's hand again and also at least one more little girl's hand who was close by. i wasn't close enough to the main stage so i did not get a handshake as she left the stage during TWIO (2 out of 3 shows ain't bad ). *bootleg T-shirts* as we walked out of the coliseum, we ran into several guys selling bootleg T-shirts. now, jib was totally enthralled by this idea, having just discovered bootleg T's at a MLE show she attended in the midwest (these wacky kids today, i tell ya! ). so, after telling her that i saw someone selling bootleg T's after the spokane show, she made it her LIFE MISSION to buy every last bootleg T she could get her hands on. well, there was only one type of bootleg T for sale at the portland show. so, of course, jib bought one, as did maureen. anyway, we were looking the booty over when we noticed the tour cities listed on the back. we just about fell over when we read that the last show was supposed in honolulu. ah! this must be the "secret" show! :-) tim's been holding out on us! ( the bootleggers messed up quite a few city names.) much of the bootleg T discussion between jib and i inevitably led back to the "seinfeld" bootleggers episode a few months ago. silly reinactments abounded...("i'm a BOOTLEGGA", "i'm doing it for the kids...", "you do beautiful work, man", etc.). since the bootleggers episode was also the one with elaine doing her "dance", we also had to reinact "the full body dry heave set to music" at every available opportunity. a sight you've just got to see to truly appreciate. :-) *post-show* jib and i had to go back to the van to get our stuff. barb and maureen decided to start driving back to hornby island that evening, so they gave us a ride to where tim parked the buick. we said our sad goodbyes to barb and maureen (and barb's dog, papi). it was great doing the NW portion with you two! we drove back to sabrina's apartment outside of portland (via vancouver, washington - oops, i'm going the wrong way). tim was still sick, but was actually starting to feel a bit better. jib and i stayed up until after 2 am (yet again) chatting with sabrina. the next day (the 16th) was technically a day off, too, but we had to spend it driving back to the SF bay area. it's about a 10 hour drive, but we're finally moving south where the weather's warmer. and i get to sleep in my own bed...:-) ...to be continued... *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 09:11:15 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Re: Trivia and "How Dumb Am I ?" >>> Patty Kolakowski 01/08/97 12:34am >>> writes: >Just took a peek at the Official Grammy sight and from >what I could see Melissa was not nominated to anything. >Boo!! What do they know. I'm sure that, like anything in this world, the Grammies are majorly political. However, I really don't think that anything off of YLS really deserved a nomination. NTG comes the closest of any of the cuts from YLS, but I don't think it was 'radio friendly' enough to really catch anyone's attention. I haven't seen the nominations, but I would suspect that Alanis and Celine each walked away with a fair number of nominations. Not that their music is better than YLS, but YLS' success doesn't begin to compare to that of either of the aforementioned women in 1996. >2. To MEIN to try to address, in the next news letter, why >they were so strict about cameras at the concerts. I don't think that there are many concerts where cameras are openly welcome. There are lots of folks who will take pics at concerts only to turn a buck on them. I'm sure there are lots of folks, myself and several listers included, who would enjoy the pictures for our own private collections or to give away. It's just not really fair to the artist, IMO, for someone to make money on pics taken at concerts...especially if pictures are part of the artisit's revenue. >3. To Rosie O'Donnell and MEIN to try to reschedule >Melissa on Rosie's show. Definately! It would probably happen sooner if Rosie filmed in Cally. >GO JAGUARS!! At least into the Superbowl. I don't care who plays the Pats ever again...I want their blood! No, no, no...not really. Had my Steelers bothered to show up for the game (or at least acted as if they'd *played* football before last Sunday), I'm sure I'd feel differently *if* the Pats had still come out the victors. Maybe. Not. Maybe... Not... And in other news... I, with my head in the clouds (or up my butt, or somthing like that...) and in all my infinite wisdom, wrote (yesterday): >Here's my stupid question of the day: What foresight! What accuracy! How did I know??? >IE--when you watch the video, is the Spanish version of the >song dubbed over the US version of the video so that you >can hear Spanish but 'see' English? [Beavis running in from stage-left...] "huh-huh...huh-huh...yer a dumb-ass...huh-huh...Susie *said* that they cut out the parts where you could see MLE singing...you suck! huh- huh..." jen--who stresses that *everything* she's written in this post is *strictly* her own humble opinion...*anyone* who wants to take exception to *anything* she's said is more than welcome to do so... ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 10:34:51 -0600 From: Juan Manuel Teran Contreras Subject: NTG Spanish video and song... Hi all, This is Susie again. Let me see if I can clear up any misunderstandings about the Spanish video version. As in the English radio version which tends to cut out the 2nd verse so does the Spanish version, so I am guessing that when she recorded the Spanish version in the studio she only recorded the 1st and 3rd verses in Spanish. Then this version was dubbed over the video, ie. you never see Melissa actually singing in Spanish. Therefore, in the bits of the English video where you can actually see her singing Julie inserted bits of video footage that they shot when making the English video but then never used. Therefore, as I said before there are a lot more shots of the pair on the "adventure". In an interview of Latin MTV that Melissa did at the same time as the first airing of the video (in Spanish) she discusses how she likes the Spanish video a little better becuase it shows more of the "relationship between the two people in the video" (a direct quote I believe) I don't know if they will ever release the Spanish version, I was hoping that they would release it on the import single of NTG but so far I haven't found a single of NTG with the Spanish version on it. Believe me when I say (as a native English AND Spanish speaker) that the English version is a lot better. I have played it for friends who vary in the degree of Spanish skills, etc. and have come to the conclusion that English speaker will think is is OK while native Spanish speakers will find it a bit jarring. Unfortunately, the translation is too literal and thus doesn't quite meld with the music, something the English version does beautifully. (As someone very recently said, sorry I can't remember who, when comparing Melissa and Ani that Melissa seems to write music and lyrics together getting them to blend very well... the Spanish version doesn't do that, unfortunately). Of course, after listening to the Spanish version A LOT and being the big ME fan that I am, I like it OK now too! :) Well, I hope this has cleared it all up. If anyone hears of the Spanish version being released please tell me. Back too lurking, Susie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:55:09 -0500 From: Karrie Bowen Subject: NMLEC- To those I owe boots to..... Please, bear with me.....I lost my job and all of my days have been filled with tumultuous hell, among the other disastes going on in my life right now! I PROMISE!!! I WILL GET THEM DONE!!! Especially You Joanne! Thanks for the patience! peace- Karrie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:55:06 -0400 From: Gwen Shinko Subject: Congrats Joyce Way to go Joyce!!! I checked out the ECW website and now I can't wait to buy a copy of your book. So when will you be in D.C. to promote it? I'm sure the D.C. Metro-area Macarena Listers will be the first in line to have our copies autographed. Seriously though, is Lambda Rising going to carry it? Gwen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 12:00:19 EST From: M Something Subject: Re: Trivia and "How Dumb Am I ?" Patty Kolakowski wrote: >>2. To MEIN to try to address, in the next news letter, why >>they were so strict about cameras at the concerts. And Jen Smith replied: >I don't think that there are many concerts where cameras are >openly welcome. As already reported, I was surprised with how lax security was at the Ice Palace in Tampa. My friend Jackie stuffed two cameras down the front of her shirt only to find out after entering the venue that they weren't even checking at all. As far as I know, no one had trouble taking pictures during the show either. Maybe it's just the laid-back nature of Floridians. Michelle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 10:41:28 -0800 From: Cindy Hoeflak Subject: Help! First of all, happy new year to all!! I've just returned from a 6 week vacation to Florida and Holland and had the best time, though now I have a slight problem. My aunty in Holland (who's also a lesbian), convinced me it was best to tell my mother I'm gay, as I've been too chicken to tell her. Not so much chicken, but I also wanted to be sure myself. I have one brother, (who's gay also) he's 23, I'm 20. So I told my mother the day I arrived back home and she took it pretty good, however, she cannot understand that she has two kids and that are *both* gay! She's determined to find some type of explanation for this, and actually asked me to write to the list to ask if anyone could shed some more light on this matter. Personally, I don't really think it's such an important issue, as we're all very happy. I guess it came as big shock to my mother, and she needs to handle it in her own way. My brother's been out for 5 years, but they always thought he was gay. With me, it's a different story. I can tell she's very upset, and sometimes I wish I hadn't told her. I don't know if I need someone to reassure me that I did the right thing by telling her, or if I need someone to attempt to give an explanation to my mother. I guess I'm going through a rough time at the moment, and some of you might be able to relate to this. My best friend's been wonderful to both my mother and myself, which helps a lot. I would appreciate all opinions and thoughts. Thanks and enjoy your day. Cindy :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:51:49 -0500 From: CHAOS Subject: coming out Well, let's see...I just came out to my in-laws. Kinda had to explain why I was divorcing their son. Took it rather well, I think. - - Audrey - - "Got me enough guilt I could start my own religion..." - Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:52:05 -0000 From: Suzanne Shmagin Subject: Burdened in Buffalo Grove HELLO ALL Things have become real stressful here (Buffalo Grove, Il.). Finals are coming up next week, and teachers are piling on the work like crazy! Have they forgotten that we also have finals to study for? Freshman year in high school really stinks! And on top of it all, I go to a school where everyone pulls an "A" average, and your 4.00 doesn't put you at the top of your class. What competition! Alright, enough of that. Today I received some rather disturbing mail from one of my "friends". Even though he knows that I am Jewish, and a liberal, he sent me an email filled with hatred Jew/liberal jokes. But that wasn't all--many of them were anti gay/les/bi/black/etc. It just made me think of all these postings about people coming out, and I feel so bad that people can't do it without jerks criticizing and making jokes of them. I was going to send him a little hate mail of my own, but that would have been doing the very same thing he has done to me. Sorry this was such a depressing, pointless post, but I had to get it off my chest. Sorry that's it's now on yours =( I'll have something more uplifting and meaningful next time Sincerely, Suzanne --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 19:53:25 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Re: Help! Cindy asked: >> I don't know if I need someone to reassure me that I did the right thing by telling her, or if I need someone to attempt to give an explanation to my mother.<< The best advice I think I can offer is to direct you and your mom to PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). They have many chapters, probably one in a city near you, and no doubt most parents in the organization have felt the very things your mom is feeling at the moment. It's also not at all unusual for more than one sibling in a family to be gay....so your mom oughtn't be paranoid it's something *she* did. I don't know the number for PFLAG....anyone? Good luck, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:34:23 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re[2]: Help! Cindy Hoeflak wrote of coming out to her mother: >I don't know if I need someone to reassure me that I did the right thing >by telling her, or if I need someone to attempt to give an explanation >to my mother. Joyce Luck replied: >The best advice I think I can offer is to direct you and your mom to PFLAG >(Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). They have many chapters, >probably one in a city near you, and no doubt most parents in the >organization have felt the very things your mom is feeling at the moment. Excellent advice! PFLAG is a wonderful resource, with 300+ U.S. chapters and 20+ chapters in non-U.S. locations. Cindy's email address appears to be in New Zealand (or maybe Cindy just uses a NZ internet connection)... Cindy, if you *are* in New Zealand, perhaps some of our New Zealand listers know of local support groups. I also have the following PFLAG addresses for New Zealand and Australia, but I cannot verify how current they are: PFLAG Christchurch PFLAG Castle Hill NSW PFLAG Perth Christchurch, Post Office Box 1152 Post Office Box 354 New Zealand Castle Hill NSW 2154 Northbridge 6865 Australia W. Australia 612-360-2211 61-9-313-1484 There is also a GLB web-site in New Zealand: http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/ with a list of support groups at: http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/groups.html John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 21:03:33 -0500 From: Dawn Kivisto Subject: Unplugged Hello fellow MLE freaks. Is it just me, or does it seem like a shame that MTV has never released Melissa's Unplugged performance? Perhaps if we flooded MTV with enough emails (and snail mails if necessary), they might get the idea. Whaddya think? (Back to the land of lurkdom....it's safer there!) Dawn ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 7 Jan 1997 to 8 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Fri Jan 10 00:01:27 1997 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:00:51 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 8 Jan 1997 to 9 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 00:35:06 -0600 From: Robert W Smith Subject: Dawn, MTV's website has Melissa's Unplugged Video so you can download it to see! Hope this helps some... Mandy (Tell me your heart's desire, one wish, and it's yours) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 03:25:31 -0500 From: Tracey Thacker Subject: I Should Be On Digest (SMEC) Hi all. . . Just can't stay on top of my mail lately. I should be on digest, that way it would make sense for me to respond to a bunch of different things all at once, but, hindsight is 20/20, or some such. Anyway. . . [email protected] (Patty Kolakowski) writes: > Just took a peek at the Official Grammy sight and from what I could see > Melissa was not nominated to anything. Boo!! What do they know. That in a year of reasonably impressive efforts from other women in rock (no, I'm not amongst the "wasn't '96 a bad year in music" bunch) YLS wasn't worth nominating? Not that I'm all bowled over by yet more Grammy nods toward Alanis et al, but from the release of YLS, this list has had its members, reasonably die-hard fans, who have recognized that this offering was not up to par with Melissa's previous efforts, several of which were Grammy-award winning, and certainly was not one of the year's best. > I've become an email junky. I've sent out the following: > 1. To VH1 suggesting a pop-up video for "I'm the only one". Doubtful that this will happen since there's already one for "Come To My Window" and there isn't much usefulness of having two pop-up videos for one performer. There's only so much information that you can put into the things without it getting extraneous, and some of the little blurbs in the CTMW pop-up were just downright silly. If they were to do another, they'd have to pop up things like "While making the video, Melissa decided to play her guitar right handed." and "In this video, Melissa has long hair." While those with a higher obsession level (haven't seen that phrase around here in a while) might enjoy it, the broader audience of VH-1 might be slightly bored by that. . . call me nutty for thinking it. [email protected] (Jenniffer Smith) shared these thoughts regarding our favorite football team: > I don't care who plays the Pats ever again...I want their blood! No, > no, no...not really. Had my Steelers bothered to show up for the game > (or at least acted as if they'd *played* football before last Sunday), I'm > sure I'd feel differently *if* the Pats had still come out the > victors. Maybe. Not. Maybe... Not... I'm with Jen, and the general manager of the Steelers, Tom Donohoe, who said, contrary to the opinion of Coach Cowher, that the team was "flat" on Sunday. Boo. Hiss. And now I must join my brothers and sisters from the northernlands, don my honorary cheesehead foam hat, and yell "GO PACKERS!" Uh, the Packers are still in this, right? They're the ones who play at Lambeau field. . . Jen also shared this tidbit (worth repeating): > You can access an on-line preview of Joyce Luck's MLE bio, > "Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret," at > http://www.ecw.ca/press I just did. So should all of you. (How's that for an order!?!) Whoowee! Congrats Miss Joyce, looks you did a heck of a job, as I"m sure we all knew you would. (Though I think you pulled it off with more panache than most, being a PSU alum, and I bet Beth Durff would agree, right Beth?) I've never bought a celebrity bio before, for one reason or another, but I think I might actually have to plunk down some cash and pick this one up. [email protected] (Rhondda Ashby) provided us a glimpse into the Bay Area music mind. . . > here are KFOG's top 5 choices from their "year in your ear" list: > 1. melissa etheridge, "your little secret" > 2. natalie merchant, "tigerlily" > 3. dave matthews band, "crash" > 4. tracy chapman, "new beginning" > 5. sting, "mercury falling" What a scary, scary list. I really do *have* to visit the Bay Area now, to get a first hand view of what these folks are thinking. (No offense intended to any of our lovely BABers, all of whom have proven themselves to be lovely people of highly refined tastes. ) Rhondda also shared the LA Times review of Melissa's last show, which included this somewhat contradictory tidbit. . . > Elated and chatty, Etheridge wasted a lot of time talking > between songs, slowing the momentum more than once, but > also helping cultivate more familiarity than you get at the > average arena show. Okay, is this double-speak or is it me? Was MLE elated, which is a good thing, or chatty, which can only be viewed as having a negative connotation here? Did she waste time talking, slowing the momentum, or did she cultivate familiarity? Does this reviewer have a problem with arena shows being "familiar"? Or did she just not care for MLE? Or the material MLE presented? Am i asking too many questions? Okay, I'll stop now. Oh, btw, Rhondda - the YCSWID tour reviews are great. Thanks for taking us all on your journey with you. Several people have posted regarding the Spanish version of "NTG", something I'd love to have for my collection. Alas, since it probably won't be released in the states, though, I'll just have to glean info from those in the know - is this a direct translation? Or just a general one? My Spanish isn't as good now as it used to be, but a direct translation of NTG's lyrics wouldn't fit the melody very easily, as far as I can put them together. . . informacion, por favor, hispanohablantes? Lastly, [email protected] (Dawn Kivisto) queried. . . > Is it just me, or does it seem like a shame that MTV has never released > Melissa's Unplugged performance? Perhaps if we flooded MTV with > enough emails (and snail mails if necessary), they might get the idea. > Whaddya think? While MTV has to give permission to Unplugged performances to be released (like Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey and Nirvana, etc. did with great sucess) it is the artist's record company that has the final decision as to whether or not an Unplugged performance will make its way to the local record stores in CD and/or video format. Island, in conjunction with MLE, obviously don't feel that there is a necessity to make this available. This may be because the folks at Island are aware that there was, from all reports heard here, a widely available and pretty high quality bootleg being sold shortly after the premiere of the show. (That is in no way to be construed as a promotion or advocation of the production, sale, trade or ownership of bootlegged copyrighted materials. ) But if you really want an official release of Melissa Etheridge Unplugged (a little late for it, I would think) the company that you'd want to "flood" with mail would be Island Records. Well, that's all, though before I go, I must offer a tip of the cap to John Miller, just for being himself and being the font of knowledge on all topics. (New Zealand PFLAG addresses, even. Geez, John, where does your database end?) I now return you to your regularly scheduled stuff. . . Feeling her medication kicking in finally and ending just as her sinuses begin to clear, Tracey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 08:20:41 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: The Biography-Thang Good morning, all! Jen Smith informed the list: <<> You can access an on-line preview of Joyce Luck's MLE bio, > "Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret," at > http://www.ecw.ca/press To which Tracey responded: >>I just did. So should all of you. (How's that for an order!?!) Whoowee! Congrats Miss Joyce, looks you did a heck of a job, as I"m sure we all knew you would. (Though I think you pulled it off with more panache than most, being a PSU alum, and I bet Beth Durff would agree, right Beth?) I've never bought a celebrity bio before, for one reason or another, but I think I might actually have to plunk down some cash and pick this one up. >> Awwww, gee . Thanks, Jen, and thanks, Tracey. Yup, being an ex-Nittany Lion must have something to do with it all, right? ;-) I'm really surprised (pleasantly, of course! ) and *touched,* really, by all the email people have been sending me about the book these past few days...answering mail has been an enormous task recently. Finally, last night Beth threatened to "smash that computer to smithereens," so I'd better slow down a bit.....but, lots of people have asked pretty much the same questions, so I thought maybe I could answer the primary two in one email to everybody in case others out there still want to know: 1. Publication Date. The book goes to press tomorrow. After it's printed, it then needs to be shipped to the various distributors. I'd guess it would be out in Canada in a matter of weeks. The US distributor, however, is Login Consortium in Chicago, so shipping to Chicago from Canada will be a tad slower. Then, Login has to warehouse the books and THEN Login has to ship the books to various bookstores. Consequently Login is saying "March" as the availability date. I'm pretty sure this is a conservative guess on Login's part...they will definitely have the books before March. Probably it's their practice to add some cushion to the date just in case of unforeseen delays. But the book ought to be available before then....I'd say sometime in Feb. 2. Authorization. Nope. The biography is *not* authorized. Basically I was told that Leopold Management feels it's too early in Melissa's career for an authorized bio...after all, Mel's film career is just starting. ;-) It's much for the same reason a live album hasn't been released...I guess record companies see those to be kinda like "greatest hits" compilations, which are typically put out at the perceived "end" of a career. Anyway, I was also told Melissa has been offered numerous book deals and has turned them all down. Consequently I was denied access to Melissa as I was researching and writing the book. Still, I was fortunate...the book does contain "new" information because I was able to interview some of Melissa's early childhood friends from Leavenworth, two of her best pals from Berklee, and a whole slew of folks from her Que Sera days. Plus, there are some pretty rare photos I was able to find and get permission to use...all of her old yearbook pics, a couple from 1979-1980, three from 1983-1984. Well, that's all for now. Thanks again, everybody...now let me get outta here before my head swells up any bigger than it already is. ;-) Later, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 10:42:23 -0500 From: Melissa Ordenes Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 6 Jan 1997 to 7 Jan 1997 Does anyone know if they are showing the NTG spanish video here in the U.S? I think it might be on MTV Latino. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:01:38 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: cindy/out To Cindy: IMHO: I think it usually is the "right" thing to come out. Especially if you care about the relationship, cuz being out is more honest, and not being out will usually limit the relationship to a certain level. It's often hard for parents to adjust at first, but they'll prolly get used to it. About siblings: I have a friend (lesbian) who has a sister and 2 bro.s, all gay. They grew up in Detroit, she always attributes it to the drinking water. Take care. -marcy ps There's always Pflag. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:11:12 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: what are they doing? Kathy wrote: ML>I thought since this will be kind of a down time as far as current MLE ML>happenings, etc. that maybe some of you would be interested in posting your ML>thoughts on what Melissa and Julie are doing right now. ML>Maybe some of you ML>actually know what they're up to. Of course I wonder too. I'll start. Well, I like to think of them sleeping in together, Melissa cuddled behind Julie, "spooning." But then again I read somewhere that it's Melissa's job to feed the dogs when she's home, and isn't that usually an early morning thing? But maybe she goes back to bed, they lie there talking, thinking of other names for their kid in case she doesn't appear to be an Austin when she arrives. I can also imagine them in birthing class together, or would they be done with that by now? (hee-hee-hoo-hoo, BREATHE). -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:44:20 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Help with Coming Out... Cindy wrote: >I have one brother, (who's gay also) he's 23, I'm 20. So I >told my mother the day I arrived back home and she took it >pretty good, however, she cannot understand that she has >two kids and that are *both* gay! First of all...you're very lucky that your mom is pretty much ok with your disclosure. Not that it's a rarity to have understanding family members...it's just nicer and a lot easier when everyone involved is understanding. Congrats and good wishes for the future! As for your bro being gay, too, I really don't think that it's all that uncommon for two or more siblings in one family to be gay. I have a good friend who is gay and so is her twin sister, her older sister, and her younger brother! Her older sister has a daughter who is away at college and they suspect that she may be gay, also. I've also noticed that quite often several members of one side of a family will be gay. Another gay friend's uncle is gay, and he also has several gay cousins. I don't know for sure if there are any other members of my family who are gay, but I've often suspected one of my female cousins...and my grandmother had a *wicked* shoe fetish! ;-) Homosexuality within families is further proof, for me anyway, that it's primarily hereditary and not a 'choice'. Marcy Kunst added this: >I have a friend (lesbian) who has a sister and 2 bro.s, all >gay. They grew up in Detroit, she always attributes it to the >drinking water. I attribute my own orientation to the fact that my mother refused to enter me in beauty contests or let me wear make-up as a child! Well, that and that fact that I *always* had the comfiest Keds Sneakers to wear to play in! :-) jen--who, upon hearing of an impending snow storm, purchased a window cover to keep the snow and ice off of her windshield...only to leave said cover folded up on the floor of the car all night. At least she didn't have to scrape off the car mats... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:08:01 -0500 From: Dawn Kivisto Subject: Re: Help with Coming Out... I'd just like to add my .02. When I finally came out to my parents (mom is your basic conservative republican, dad is your basic redneck democrat), my mom's response was "As long as you're happy"--translation: I don't like it, but I'll deal with it. My redneck dad's response was "At least you're not a republican." In my experience, most parents are pretty accepting about their kids being gay...although there are exceptions. Most parents don't care if their kids want to sleep with houseplants, small farm animals (well, okay, that one is a bit odd), or members of the same sex. (We now return you to lurkdom, already in progress....) Dawn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:13:03 +0000 From: "P. Dengler" Subject: Rosie in LA > >3. To Rosie O'Donnell and MEIN to try to reschedule > >Melissa on Rosie's show. > > Definately! It would probably happen sooner if Rosie filmed in > Cally. Per L.A. Times yesterday, Jan. 8: "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" is coming to LA...at Universal Studios on Feb. 17 to 21 and 24 to 26. Close to 1,000 seats will be available for each show, but producers have yet to settle on a way to distribute tickets. Likewise, O'Donnell's guests for the stand are still to be announced. Looks like it might happen sooner than later! pd ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:37:47 GMT From: Maggie at avalon Subject: Unplugged >[email protected] (Dawn Kivisto) queried. . . > >> Is it just me, or does it seem like a shame that MTV has never released >> Melissa's Unplugged performance? Perhaps if we flooded MTV with >> enough emails (and snail mails if necessary), they might get the idea. >> Whaddya think? Tracy answered: >While MTV has to give permission to Unplugged performances to be released >(like Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey and Nirvana, etc. did with great sucess) it >is the artist's record company that has the final decision as to whether or >not an Unplugged performance will make its way to the local record stores in >CD and/or video format. Island, in conjunction with MLE, obviously don't >feel that there is a necessity to make this available. This may be because >the folks at Island are aware that there was, from all reports heard here, a >widely available and pretty high quality bootleg being sold shortly after the >premiere of the show. (That is in no way to be construed as a promotion or >advocation of the production, sale, trade or ownership of bootlegged >copyrighted materials. ) But if you really want an official release of >Melissa Etheridge Unplugged (a little late for it, I would think) the company >that you'd want to "flood" with mail would be Island Records. I seem to remember reading about this in an MLE interview, although I don't remember where/when. I think the feeling was that the release would conflict with YLS, or force her to postpone the release of YLS. I seriously doubt that the existence of a high-quality bootleg would deter Island from releasing the Unplugged performance - if anything it would push them to do it to undermine the bootleg sales. Who knows, maybe we might still see it released during MLE's "vacation," when it won't cut into sales of a new studio album, and would keep her somewhat in the limelight. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:14:03 -0500 From: "Deborah D. Jones" Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 7 Jan 1997 to 8 Jan 1997 Good Morning! First, let me wish everyone a Happy New Year. Unfortunately, I am better at lurking than I am writing. But...I enjoy reading all of your entries! You guys are the best. I took a break from lurking to ask for your assistance. On January 5th of this year I bought a new horse. She is a 7 year old Norwegian Fjord (don't ask). She is bucksin in color- so of course we have been calling her 'Bucky'. I'll probably keep that for a nickname but I need a show name. I thought all of you out there are creative. It would be great if it could be something to do with Melissa. I briefly thought of calling her 'Melissa Etheridge'. NO. Too obvious. So.......if you're not to busy, I would appreciate suggestions. Well, thanks again. Also, I would like to ask if there are any other listers in Delaware besides me. If you are, you're very quiet. It gets lonely out here! Let me hear from you. Thanks again, everyone! Deb (BeachDeb) :):) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:31:55 -0500 From: Tracey Thacker Subject: Re: Unplugged In this continuing commentary on MTV Unplugged, [email protected] (Maggie at avalon) writes: > I seriously doubt that the existence of a high-quality bootleg would deter > Island from releasing the Unplugged performance - if anything it would > push them to do it to undermine the bootleg sales. It depends, largely, I suppose, on Island's corporate philosophy regarding boots. I know from my experience as a fan of Duran Duran and XTC that some record companies will pull these "special" projects because of boots. Duran fans have lost two special releases, Unplugged and a B-sides project in the past year, because Capitol didn't see the advantage of official releases after the boots had gotten, in their opinion, to every fan and their grandma. Same thing happened with XTC's "Unreleased" project. (I don't know what record label they are/were with, though). Which brings me to a point, we know that MLE has stated that she doesn't have a real problem with boots, she feels that its a compliment that people care enough to go to the trouble, I guess. But do we know if the issue has ever been addressed via Island or MEIN? Information sources, on your marks, get ready, go! Tracey. still on medication, still needing it. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:34:56 -0500 From: Jill Barry Subject: Re: Congrats Joyce In a message dated 1/8/97 6:31:58 PM, [email protected] (Gwen Shinko) wrote: <> I would be surprised if they, the largest G & L bookstore in DC *didn't* carry it...they carry bios (authorized & unauthorized) on some other singer/artist/lesbian from Canada... Or, we can Macarena right over to Lammas Women's Books across the way... :) Congrats Joyce! Jill ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 8 Jan 1997 to 9 Jan 1997 ************************************************ From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Sat Jan 11 00:01:09 1997 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:00:33 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 9 Jan 1997 to 10 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:53:00 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: 1997 concerts, joyce's book, cameras at concerts, NTG, etc. Melbournite Margo Hellyer said: >Roaming Rhondda LOL! >1997 is looking good already with Laurie Anderson, Patti >Smith and Bruce Springsteen coming up in the next few >days/months. lucky, lucky you! i'll let john opine about laurie, but i recently saw patti for the first time at the 1996 bridge school benefit (all acoustic). she was amazing! i've always been fascinated by her (perhaps in part due to gilda radner's parody of her on SNL ) and recognized her influential role in (punk) rock music, but i never got around to seeing her in concert or buying any of her music until now. i'm hoping that she does another u.s. leg, 'cause i'll go see her for sure. as for bruce: i saw 2 TGOTJ shows - 1995 berkeley and 1996 steinbeck research center benefit at san jose state - and they were both *incredible*, especially the latter (of course that could have been due to my front row seats, but that's another matter entirely ). quite a bit different ride than his rocker days of the 70's and 80's (and early 90's), but a very meaningful one nevertheless. i hope you enjoy the shows! =============== Gwen Shinko said: >Way to go Joyce!!! I checked out the ECW website and >now I can't wait to buy a copy of your book. me neither! :-) >So when will you be in D.C. to promote it? I'm sure the >D.C. Metro-area Macarena Listers will be the first in line to >have our copies autographed. well, if you're going to do a nationwide promotional tour, joyce, you *must* be sure to include the bay area on your itinerary! just think, you can write those lewd comments you promised in my copy of your book in person. ;-) and if that doesn't convince you to stop by the bay area, nothing will! =============== M Something said: >As already reported, I was surprised with how lax security >was at the Ice Palace in Tampa. My friend Jackie stuffed >two cameras down the front of her shirt only to find out after >entering the venue that they weren't even checking at all. >As far as I know, no one had trouble taking pictures during >the show either. my experience was similar to michelle's. i didn't actually get the nerve to sneak my (disposable) camera in until the SD show. they checked my purse, but didn't do a pat down. during the 3rd set, i noticed many snapping away, so i joined in. i was standing about 2 people in front of a security guard, who didn't say a thing to me (although he did speak to the woman behind me, who was using a real camera). weird... =============== Tracey Thacker said in response to KFOG's "year in your ear" list: >What a scary, scary list. I really do *have* to visit the Bay >Area now, to get a first hand view of what these folks are >thinking. while this is KFOG's list, it probably isn't indicative of what's really popular in SF. even though KFOG is a top-10 station in the area (the last time i saw the ratings), i'd say that urban contemporary or modern rock/"alternative" music is probably what's hot in this area right now. >(No offense intended to any of our lovely BABers, all of >whom have proven themselves to be lovely people of highly >refined tastes. ) good save, trace! spoken like a true lawyer... >Oh, btw, Rhondda - the YCSWID tour reviews are great. >Thanks for taking us all on your journey with you. :-) :-) :-) thanks, trace, i'm really enjoying recalling everything, before it leaves my feeble brain permanently. but seriously, nothing can erase my wonderful memories of the tour; they are etched there for all eternity. of course, it will take me longer to write it all down than it took to actually experience it! >Alas, since it probably won't be released in the states, >though, I'll just have to glean info from those in the know - is >this a direct translation? Or just a general one? My >Spanish isn't as good now as it used to be, but a direct >translation of NTG's lyrics wouldn't fit the melody very >easily, i cannot answer your translation question, because my knowledge of spanish is just about nil. i can pick up certain key words, but that's about it. however, after seeing MLE perform the spanish version of NTG at the last 3 shows, i can say that she translated the emotion of the song very well. she could be singing gibberish for all i know, but the impact of her passionate performance - wow! *rhondda* <--- who hasn't *quite* recovered after seeing her favorite irish band dressed up as "the village people" in their new video at 1:30 am on thursday morning... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:21:49 -0500 From: Toni Robinson Subject: Football, the Book!, review >[email protected] (Jenniffer Smith) shared these thoughts regarding our >favorite football team: Football! What is UP with Football these days...what's a player gotta do to get arrested anyway..shoot the coach? Makes me sick...and I'm boycotting the whole damned thing. >Jen also shared this tidbit (worth repeating): >> You can access an on-line preview of Joyce Luck's MLE bio, >> "Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret," at >> http://www.ecw.ca/press Yay Joyce!! Can't wait til it comes out...congrats!!! DC Listers - please post ASAP when you know where it can be had locally. >> Elated and chatty, Etheridge wasted a lot of time talking >> between songs, slowing the momentum more than once, but >> also helping cultivate more familiarity than you get at the >> average arena show. Ouch..rotten review. Was this the review for the last show of the tour?? Toni (10 days of nicotine deprivation and counting) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:20:55 -0500 From: Subject: Catching up Yes, I still exist. However, after immersing myself in a frenzy of activity in December I have been suffering the side effects ever since. I think Tim Dunker gave me his cold! I am finally beginning to feel human again (a word of warning to the uninitiated!). Next week I will post something of a wrap up of events along with thanks for all those involved. I'm afraid I won't be as detailed as the road warrior Rhondda (Hi Rhondda, miss seeing you up and down the west coast), I'll give it a shot. Melissa is still echoing in my head and I miss the neon glow of those light necklaces! Have a great weekend all. Take care, SueD ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 11:01:38 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: MLEther Web Site Hi, all-- I've had several requests for the MLEther Web Page address, so I'll go ahead and post it for all: http://www.ecw.ca/mle There is a link there for Joyce's book excerpt...you can't miss it! :-) Our tireless list owners have put in a helluva lot of work on this page...and it shows! It's very user-friendly and pleasing to the eye. If you haven't visited the site, 1) Shame on you ;-) and 2) Drop everything you're doing and GO THERE! :-) Thanks for the page and the list and the fun, Dave and Glenna! :-) jen--who said, "Screw office policy," and wore jeans to work today. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 11:30:42 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Ordering the Biography Hi, everybody! Okay, here is an update on ordering the book. First, ECW PRESS has spoken with Login Consortium, the US distributor, and Login is indeed pushing the date up to *February* as the more realistic availability date for people in the US. See, the books are being printed in Winnipeg, then must be shipped to Chicago, then must be warehoused, and then are (finally) shipped to bookstores. So Login will be ready to ship sometime in Feb. Canada will no doubt be a little earlier. Apparently many folks are placing orders at the web site. This is fine, but it will not speed up the time frame for you. :-( All ECW PRESS does is send the order on to the appropriate distributor (you were right about that, Marcel! ;-)) This is what the managing editor at the press told me: >>if I get an order from an American customer, I forward it to Login; if I get one from a Canadian customer, I forward it to General; for International orders, I'm holding on to them until the question of overseas distribution rights is resolved (that's in the works now).<< As soon as I hear who the International distributor is going to be, I will post a name and phone number so those who want to place an order can. Thanks, guys, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:43:51 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: The Packers? The misguided Trace wrote: > And now I must join my brothers and sisters from the > northernlands, don my honorary cheesehead foam hat, and yell "GO > PACKERS!" Oh Trace, say it ain't so. You're going to actually cheer for the Green Bay Packers?!?!?! As a Chicagoan, I must get sick now . I really thought you had better taste than that Tracey.....We need to do some serious talking young lady. I really think you're sicker than you thought, better get that thermometer to check your fever. Kare, who gets a kick out of football, no punt intended. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:06:43 -0600 From: Juan Manuel Teran Contreras Subject: More info on the Spanish NTG... Hi all, Briefly back from lurking since questions about the Spanish NTG keep popping up. Tracey Thacker said: "is this a direct translation?"..."a direct translation of NTG's lyrics wouldn't fit the melody very easily, as far as I can put them together..." Well, I am afraid that it is pretty much a direct translation and you are right in assuming that it doesn't fit the melody very well, at least not to Spanish speakers. I'm afraid Spanish is a more wordy (more sylables per word) than English and therefore in some instances it is as if ME is rushing the words to fit them in with the melody... not good. Also the whole chorus bit just sounds completely weird because of the basically-literal translation still attempting to fit the melody. Not good either. I think a better translation could have been made with more time. I also have this sneaky suspicion that the guy who translated it wasn't consulting with ME as he did it, therefore he couldn't "change" lyrics but still maintain that overall message and feel of the song. Instead he just translated it literally and they used that. To answer Melissa Ordenes' question about where they are showing the video. MYV Latino did show it that one time when there was a whole segment dedicated to Melissa (i.e. interview about the Spanish version, etc.). However, to my knowledge (and to the knowledge of the only other ME super-fan I have found in Mexico) they have not shown the video again. They (MTV Latino) aren't overly enthralled with ME and thus tend to only show her stuff when they have special segments for her. Hope that cleared up some more issues. If you want me to post the Spanish version on this list I would be happy to. :) So long, Susie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:07:15 -0500 From: "Julie I. Lebaillif" Subject: Happy New Year everyone, I just want to thank everyone for all the great (and not so great) concert reviews, especially Rhondda. I love the way you tell your stories. It keeps us waiting for more. Maybe you should write a book too? I also wanted to say how genuinely nice Rhondaa and John are. You both sound like great people and I hope someday my husband and I can make it to California to meet you all. I've never been west in my whole life (and that's a long time, 40 coming fast) but my mother says San Francisco is the most beautiful city she's been to. My brother lived in Oakland for a few years years before moving back home (kids, wanted them to grow up in a small town), but my sister-in law is always talking about the Castro Valley and how much she loved it there. Maybe someday. Hey Tracey, is it snowing in Pittsburgh yet??? Living 5 miles from the lake (moved into Erie) is definately not the way to go in the winter! We're getting buried. Take care all, Julie (& Olivier) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:22:22 -0600 From: Juan Manuel Teran Contreras Subject: Joyce Luck and bio WOW, I just managed to access the preview for Joyce Luck's book and I had to de-lurk to add my congratulations and say that it sounds wonderful! :) This is one book I definitely plan on getting my hands on ASAP. Great job Joyce! Susie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:38:28 -0500 From: Eidel Lisa Consultant Subject: On Thu., Jan 9th, Jen wrote: >who, upon hearing of an impending snow storm, >purchased a window cover to keep the snow and ice off of her >windshield...only to leave said cover folded up on the floor of >the car all night. At least she didn't have to scrape off the >car mats ROTFLMAO. Jen - you are truly a funny woman. Lisa E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:54:30 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith Subject: Re: The Packers? The Punt-ster, who I'm guessing might be a Bears fan, wrote: >The misguided Trace wrote: >>And now I must join my brothers and sisters from the >>northernlands, don my honorary cheesehead foam hat, >>and yell "GO PACKERS!" >Oh Trace, say it ain't so. You're going to actually cheer for >the Green Bay Packers?!?!?! As a Chicagoan, I must get >sick now . I really thought you had better taste than >that Tracey..... Hey now! Tracey ain't the only Steelers fan who has turned to the Packers in dispair! I would *really* like to see a Jacksonville/Packer bowl...and I think that the Packers pretty much deserve to win. I, too, am an honorary Cheesehead, and I'll wear my green and yellow with pride, thankyouverymuch! Don't you worry, Tracey Thacker! Don't let that Kare girl take your drugs away from you! jen--who *must* be hallucinating at this point ... :-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 15:47:35 -0500 From: CHAOS Subject: help with coming out Anyone with suggestions on how to come out to your kids? (ages ranging 4-10) Has anyone on the list done this before, and if so, wish to share information? - - Audrey - - "Got me enough guilt I could start my own religion..." - Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 23:03:56 -0800 From: Marleen Niekel Subject: Get those *DUTCH* VCR's recording !!! Hi There (in this case, especially the Dutchies) Someone (you know who you are, if you're back to this list) just mailed me some GOOD news... Next sunday (januari 12th), 15.30 - 16.00, on Veronica Television.... YEAH!!! MELISSA ETHERIDGE LIVE... recorded at Halfway Amsterdam, june 1993. I know I'll be watching it!!! Bye Marleen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:04:33 +0100 From: Katinka Groothuis Subject: A horse with no name ... BeachDeb wrote: >Unfortunately, I am better at lurking than I am writing. Hey, you stole my line! ;-D >On January 5th of this year I bought a >new horse. She is a 7 year old Norwegian Fjord (don't ask). She is bucksin >in color- so of course we have been calling her 'Bucky'. I'll probably keep >that for a nickname but I need a show name. >I thought all of you out there are creative. It would be great if it could >be something to do with Melissa. I briefly thought of calling her 'Melissa >Etheridge'. NO. Too obvious. Hmm, let me think: a Fjord (BTW: why did you buy a Fjord, just curious ... Some of them look like tanks when you're riding them ...) and the name has to have something to do with Melissa. Hmm, Bucky, buckskin, well how about *Skin Deep*? Or do you think that's to obvious? (Perhaps Torunn knows a Norwegian translation for *Skin deep*. My Norwegian dictionary doesn't have songtitles ;-D) O, and Cindy, if there's anything I can do, let me know. You know where you can find me. That's all for now folks, Katinka ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:40:57 -0600 From: Susie Subject: NTG Spanish version Dear all, Well, I have received at least one request for the Spanish version of NTG so I figure I might as well post it :) Title: Sin Tener A Donde Ir English NTG (for those who don't Spanish but don't want to get lost ;) Hay un lugar I know a place Pasando la colina Down past an old shack Es un camino sin destino On a road that goes to nowhere Y nadie puede regresar Ain't nobody coming back La noche puede seguir We can go there tonight Habla hasta el amanecer We can dance until dawn O quizas dejare Or maybe something else Prendido el radio I'll leave the radio on El radio The radio on Chorus: No hay quien escuchar There's no one to hear (or maybe something else???) Puedes hasta gritar You might as well scream No se despertaran They never woke up Del sueno que America les dio From the American dream No van a entender And they don't understand Lo que no ven What they don't see Ven a traves de ti And they look through you Pasan por mi And they look past me Oh, tu y yo bailando lento Oh, you and I dancing slow Sin tener a donde ir And we got nowhere to go En donde el rio lleva Down by the muddy water Lodo en su caudal Of the mighty Mo En un tren abandonado In an old abandoned box car Algun dia lo sabre Will I ever know Bailemos para siempre Dance with me forever Divina es la ocasion This moment is divine Tan cerca estoy del cielo I'm so close to heaven Este infierno no es para mi This hell is not mine Este infierno no es para mi This hell is not mine Chorus (Then she repeats "Tu y yo" or "Sin tener a donde ir" a couple of times as in the English version) Please note that this is what I "think" it says. I am pretty sure about all of it except for the line at the beginning of the Chorus. Enjoy! Susie ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 9 Jan 1997 to 10 Jan 1997 ************************************************* From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Sun Jan 12 00:01:07 1997 Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 00:00:32 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 10 Jan 1997 to 11 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 11:22:02 -0500 From: "Deborah D. Jones" Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 9 Jan 1997 to 10 Jan 1997 Hello from Delaware! I would like to thank everyone for helping me with my horse's name. So far I have: Bucky's Testimony Missy Lou Que Sera Romeo Bring Me Some Water I appreciate them all. Tell me what you think. Thanks again! Deb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:42:52 -0500 From: Tracey Thacker Subject: Various MEC/NMEC Items Greetings Mletherites. . . Jumping right into the fray, responding to things in the order in which they landed in my inbox: I had written: > >(No offense intended to any of our lovely BABers, all of > >whom have proven themselves to be lovely people of highly > >refined tastes. ) To which Rhondda Ashby responded: > good save, trace! spoken like a true lawyer... Hey, gotta use it or lose it. Karen Punster Steenstrup took me tot ask for my football fandom choices: > Oh Trace, say it ain't so. You're going to actually cheer for the > Green Bay Packers?!?!?! [...] I really think you're sicker than > you thought, better get that thermometer to check your fever. Its only 99.6, not high enough to be delusional. Sorry. I just think that their time has come, especially against these little expansion franchise thingys. Julie Lebaillif queried me: > Hey Tracey, is it snowing in Pittsburgh yet??? Living 5 miles from the lake > (moved into Erie) is definately not the way to go in the winter! We're getting > buried. Lake effect snow, gotta love it. We've gotten a dusting. How is everyone else faring with the wierd, wacky, scary weather that's been going on around the states? Jenn Smith came to my defense: > Hey now! Tracey ain't the only Steelers fan who has turned > to the Packers in dispair! Really I'm not - the whole town seems to have switched from black and gold to yellow and green. Eeps. > Don't you worry, Tracey Thacker! Don't let that Kare girl take > your drugs away from you! Not a chance. Ah, here's the MEC: Susie posted the lyrics to Sin Tener A Donde Ir, the Spanish NTG. One word - ick! They do translate fairly closely, in fact, they're almost a transliteration, (my Spanish isn't as rusty as I thought, I still can't conjugate an irregular verb to save my life, though) but they're terrible sounding. I had my sister sing it for me (I'm voiceless thanks to this illness) and its sooooo clunky. > En donde el rio lleva Down by the muddy water > Lodo en su caudal Of the mighty Mo The only lines which weren't exact in the whole song, go figure! > Bailemos para siempre Dance with me forever > Divina es la ocasion This moment is divine > Tan cerca estoy del cielo I'm so close to heaven > Este infierno no es para mi This hell is not mine The whole poetry of these lines is thrown out of whack because the Spanish doesn't even fit syllabically, let alone rhythmically. And it certainly doesn't rhyme. The last two lines could've at least been made a couplet, if it had been "Este infierno no es mio" which would've been the direct translation of "this hell is not mine" instead of "para mi" meaning "this hell is not for me". I'd be embarrased to sing that in public, if I were MLE. Does she speak Spanish, or some level of it? Why did she decide to do a song in Spanish, particularly this one? There are some which would translate so much more smoothly. YLS, even, would've been better. Bad move. Okay, that's it. Back to bed, more hot tea and aspirin. Tracey ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:55:17 -0500 From: Beth Durff Subject: Joyce's book, Fiesta Bowl, and Houston Tracey wrote: >Congrats Miss Joyce, looks you did a heck of a job, as I"m sure we all knew >you would. (Though I think you pulled it off with more panache than most, >being a PSU alum, and I bet Beth Durff would agree, right Beth?) And Joyce responded: >Awwww, gee . Thanks, Jen, and thanks, Tracey. Yup, >being an ex-Nittany Lion must have something to do with it all, right? ;-) Okay, okay already... I heard my name and the Nittany Lions mentioned all in the same digest - you think that's not gonna bring me around? First of all, I checked out the ECW website. Congrats Joyce - I'm looking forward to reading your book. PSU alum that you are, I'm sure you'll have used that grammar checker so as not to make any embarrassing faux pas - you know, the kind that some of *us* Pennsylvanians have made in the past - right Tracey? *lol* And speaking of PSU and those Nittany Lions, I had the *supreme* pleasure of being in Houston (and a room full of Texans) during the Fiesta Bowl. I have been asked (or should I say *threatened*) to maintain some composure when posting about my visit - so how's *this* for highlights? You know it has to be a *little* naughty don't you? :) 1) I am now the proud owner of the shirt off of Jonti's back (literally) ... Yes, it's Texas orange - damn bright, glow-in-the-dark orange (gag) - which I overlooked at the time, because I was busy lookin' at *other* things... Oooooh baby - am I in *trouble* now !!! The moral of the story is, don't ever bet whatcha' can't afford to lose... hehehehehe... Although - I don't think it was considered a great loss on either betting side... :) Sooooo darlin' - are you gonna de-lurk now or what? 2) Certain additional comments were made which may provide some enlightenment regarding the overall mood of the evening. For instance: "The tighter the angle, the harder the fit"... spoken by the game commentator no less - how'd he know? :) "I loosened it up for ya - the least you could do is take it..." Er, uh, ummmm, - I'm not even gonna elaborate Now that I've stirred the waters so to speak, I will just say that they can't wait to have me back - right guys? I especially had a wonderful time with the CDHO... Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere - And I *Will* Be There. The HDCM and the CDHO - now there's two four letter combinations for ya' :) ...still etched on the wall at The Ranch, I presume... I Miss You. My time in Houston came and went much too quickly - and I miss ya'll :) When in the hell are you gonna check on group airfare to PA?! Beth (resting up this weekend because the semester starts Monday and I need all the help I can get) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 22:35:41 +0100 From: Marcel Ummelen Subject: Dutch listers MEETING... Hello everybody, NEDERLANDERS !!!!! It's only: days to go and still counting untill we'll meet ... :-D (counting for the people on digest :-D, for the onces on ord. mail: 15 :-D) *************************************************** City : Nijmegen Date : Zondag 26 Januari 1997 Time : van 16.00 tot 19.00 uur Loc. : Cafe 'De Fiets' Address: Grotestraat 8 In het centrum van Nijmegen afstand Station - Cafe +/- 10 min. lopen *************************************************** You dutchmen never heard before about this????? You want info? Mail us: Marleen OR Marcel Greetings, Marcel Ummelen. <<<...who is feeling nervous more and more because the meeting is coming up....>>> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:28:07 -0800 From: barb biagi Subject: MEL on ELLEN Was she ever ? ( i saw Jann Arden (sp.) doing an intro, with Ellen on drums, this week. Then i remembered someone writing to the list, wasn*t Melissa cute (or something) on Ellen last night ? But it was part of one of those fantasy letters "who was in the taxi" kinda thing, so i thot maybe this was part of the joke. Then, after seeing Jann Arden on the show, i thot maybe Melissa WAS on once, doing a similar thing ? ? ? ) Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 18:45:38 EST From: M Something Subject: NTG Pop-Up Video I am a very happy camper right now. Not only did I catch the pop-up video of Nowhere to Go on VH1, but I also got it on tape. :) During a recent discussion on the list, someone (was it Deb?) said that she didn't think a second MLE pop-up video would be produced. Well, I'm happy to say that it has. Most of the pop-ups referred to the relationship btwn MLE and Julie, with several pop-ups regarding LDP. Michelle, who has to go watch a certain video a few more times. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 22:16:59 -0500 From: Lisa DUarte Subject: Ellen being "shoved aside" for Arsenio Well, it seems that ABC and the Mickey Mouse crew can't seem to deal with Ellen coming out as a lesbian. In case you haven't heard by now she is being "shoved aside" (their words, not mine) for at least 7 weeks so that Arsenio can take another stab at it. So I''m thinking to myself, "Self, why didn't they pull those other crappy shows like "Clueless" or "Sabrina" or "Townies?" Could they possibly be pulling "Ellen" in hopes that America forgets about the lesbians...and we'll all just merrily tune in 7 weeks later as Ms. Morgan begins dating men? I have visions of Mickey forcefully shoving Ellen into a closet. Well, as not to be a complete whiner I have a proactive solution requiring the masses and hope that each of you will take a few moments out of today and let ABC know that lesbians just don't disappear that easily. There's a great web site devoted to this at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2828/URGENT.html or you can send email to ABC direct at: [email protected] OR AOL Keyword: ABC, then hit About icon. It only takes a few minutes and words to make yourself heard...you don't have to be an avid viewer, but just have a sense of what is right. Thanks, Chew ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 10 Jan 1997 to 11 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Mon Jan 13 00:00:49 1997 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 00:00:13 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 11 Jan 1997 to 12 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 23:33:50 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: Weird Weather > Lake effect snow, gotta love it. We've gotten a dusting. How is everyone > else faring with the wierd, wacky, scary weather that's been going on around > the states? It's *freezing* here (5 degrees or so), but a few days ago it was 75 degrees (very odd). It's been up and down like that all winter :( Anne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 08:15:57 -0500 From: Sheila McRae Subject: Re: Weird Weather Somebody (am not sure who) wrote >>Lake effect snow, gotta love it *****Growl, Growl, Grumble, Grumble (going out to look for a Honda-shaped drift...thinking...hmmm lake effect snow, we sure as hell didn't have *that* in Kansas) and Anne E. Zachritz" continued: >>It's *freezing* here (5 degrees or so), Darn, I forgot where we decided "here" is....although it's freezing *here* too. Yesterday Sheila and I declared it a snow day, and stayed in to play video games, and non-video games....and other indoor "sports" ;o) Aimee (waking up to a snowy morning here in Traverse City, Michigan) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 09:42:36 -0500 From: JENNIFER SASS Subject: Re: Weird Weather On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Sheila McRae wrote: > and Anne E. Zachritz" continued: > >>It's *freezing* here (5 degrees or so), > > Darn, I forgot where we decided "here" is....although it's freezing *here* too. > Yesterday Sheila and I declared it a snow day, and stayed in to play video > games, and non-video games....and other indoor "sports" ;o) > Must be nice Aimee!! Not only did I break my stupid ice scraper, but i just got my car stuck in the base of my drive way trying to get out of the snow-hell! Sometimes I wonder why I moved to Traverse City instead of staying in Detroit where 2 inches of snow is grouds for closing down the city. Jenny (whose first tattoo is strarting to itch ALOT) Jennifer Sass [email protected] [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 10:03:40 -0500 From: Sue Molyneaux Subject: Melissa on Judy Garland?? Hi all As keeper of the list of Melissa's TV appearances, I was recently asked about a 1984 or 1985 (not 1994/5) appearance by Melissa on "Great Performances", which spotlighted Judy Garland. Melissa apparently spoke on Judy's musical and acting influences. I'm intrigued, since Melissa hadn't even released her first LP by then (LP? LP?! Am I really that old!?) I will be updating the TV list very soon, and I'd like to include this show if anyone can verify it and the date. And on a sidenote, as some of you are more than well aware, the Jan 97 issue of Curve mag, with Ellen on the front, mentions Melissa a couple of times in news bits etc. I have to rant about this, so please just go on and hit the "next" button. The interview with Linda Perry, formerly of 4 Non-Blondes, really p*sses me off. Where does this !*&%^$@ get off threatening to "kick the f*cking sh*t out of" Melissa (and Joan Osborne)? And who is the spineless interviewer, Dina Alfano, who *laughed* at this? Perry says she idolizes Janis Joplin, but also said that "if you're gonna be a rock star, then write your own damn songs and sing them with your emotions, not somebody else's." I'm surprised she doesn't want to kick the sh*t out of Janis, who only wrote a half dozen of her own songs. And she want to beat the crap out of Melissa, who writes her own songs, sings her own emotions, not somebody else's. So what is this threatening stance here? Perry also threatens to kick the sh*t out of someone who criticized her... guess she'd like to kick the sh*t out of me, too. Okay, I guess I'm old... I probably said the same kind of dumb things when I was a punker 20 years ago. It's hip, it's cool, right? Geez, I really hope I wasn't this arrogant and stupid when I was a pup. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:29:27 -0800 From: Marleen Niekel Subject: What a disappointment !!! WHAT THE HELL!!! What was good news yesterday (or was it Friday?) turned out to be VERY BAD news today. There must be quite a few disappointed dutchies out there, right now! What happened... ... Veronica TV, said in their TV-guide the they were gonna show Melissa's concert, from Halfway - 1993!! That sounded GREAT!!! So, their I was sitting in front of my TV! My finger on the record button... and what do we get... MTV UNPLUGGED :-( Not even the whole show, no half of it was cut out. Will they ever show something else on Veronica??? *Marleen* (who is seriously considering, writing a mail to Veronica) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 12:18:22 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: I've Been To Gone For To Long... Just trying to see if we had any country fans out there who could place that lyric from my subject line? Been so so long since I posted to one and all and after reading the list this weekend and seeing that both SueD and Beth Durff have made their post holiday appearances I felt it was time that I did the same. Plus I need to tell my tails of our visit before SueD has the opportunity to taint our adventures! :] I had the good fortune to spend my Christmas Holiday with some of the good folk of the Bay Area Bunch! Thanks soooo much to John Juan DeMiller for opening his home and heart to myself and several others who were in town visiting for the holidays, you are a true gift to this list! I have placed some pictures from this most recent Bay area visit on to my web page so stop on by: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah Navigate on down to my favorite places and jump to: Bay Area Holiday Visit. There is a very hot pic of John Juan DeMiller in his leather coat and sun glasses, ooouuuu weeeee as Jethro from the Beverly Hill Billies would have said! For some of the newer people on the list who haven't been to my page yet you can check out pictures from other list gatherings we have had and put a face to some of the names you see on the list. Regarding KFOG's Hot list or In Your Face list(can't remember it's formal name)I also had YLS, Tigger Lilly and New Beginnings as 3 of my favorite albums for the past year. I find Natalie Merchan'ts voice so soothing and wonder if the song "River" is truly about River Phoenix? Tracy Chapman's "Smoke And Ashes" recants memories of that one love that meant everything to you but you knew you could never keep(deep sigh). :[ I must agree that there are songs from both CD's which have been abusively over played and also appreciate the vast array of musical likes & dislikes that we all have here on our list and respect that their are many who have every right to disagree with me. Well that is enough for one post I'll be back with some of the quotes from our Bay Area visit as I was the keeper of the notepad this time(evil, evil laughter). So those of you, and you know who you are, you best be nice to me. :] Time for football!!!!! Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 19:01:04 -0000 From: Hayley Coristine Subject: Natalie Merchant- NMEC Shirl wrote: >I find Natalie Merchan'ts voice so >soothing and wonder if the song "River" is truly about River Phoenix? Yeah, it is. I thought the same thing when I first heard it, then I read an interview somewhere where she mentioned it was about him. Hayley --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:46:59 EST From: "Vanessa A. Brown" Subject: Re: help with coming out Just catching up on my mail..this cold Sunday afternoon in NH. --- wrote: Anyone with suggestions on how to come out to your kids? (ages ranging 4-10) Has anyone on the list done this before, and if so, wish to share information? --- end of quoted material --- Four+ years ago when I left my husband to share life with a woman (the first), my kids were 8 & 10. We always talked about tolerance of others and homosexuality as a whole, but never about *me*. When I finally got to the point that I really wanted them to know about me, we had the white knuckles talk. They both, in essence said, "You think we didn't know this Mom?" Today, they are very cool, very accepting and just lovely people. My almost 15 year old son can nudge me and say "What a great looking girl, huh Mom?"....:) As far as your kids Audrey, age appropriate information with honesty, emotion and support is my advice. Good luck. Take care everyone. Vanessa (in NH, not much of a football fan, but simply *has* to root for the Patriots (the 15 year old son would *kill* me if I didn't!)) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 22:32:37 -0800 From: yvonne hendricks Subject: Linda Perry and stuff.. There has been a lot of talk about MLE's coming out at the time she did.. And Linda's obnoxius comments about it.. My 2c are that its everybody's right to come out or not.. Because it's not a life and death thing..You either are or ya not. What I'm trying to say is that i've read interviews with ME about this and she' always very cool about it.. It's not something which always controls her life, she's Melissa, she's gay and the grass is green kinda attitude.. I kinda admire that about her..It's not a topic she hides but it's also not like the most important thing about here, it just is.. Linda Perry however, thinks that you should like treat it like it's the most important thing that ever happened to ya.. Well, It's not it just is.. Ofcourse it is an important thing in your live but that is because so many people are still disgusted by it.. I mean nobody ever asked me how it was sleeping with a guy but the were o so interessted about how it is with a woman..Like that's the most important thing there is..NOT..I mean some people still treat ya like you're a freak or something and IMHO Perry's attitude doesn't help in that matter..It only makes people say: ya see.. strange people.. Anyway, I don't care what sexual orientation anyone is..I love her music because it's like totally awesome and not because she's a lesbian.. So enough said..Linda Perry isn't worth that much space.. See ya..Yvonne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:38:09 -0500 From: Kiva Kamerling Subject: Spanish NTG Thanks Susie... =) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:00:06 +1100 From: Sarah Fairbrother Subject: Re: Melissa's address Hi all, Does anybody know of an address to write to melissa?(not e-mail) I would really appreciate it. I read about the Spanish version of NTG, and Im wondering if it will start a trend. Will we all have to hire translators for her next concert as she sings a french version of SBMSW in a groovy beret?? :-) Only kidding, it sounded like a cool idea that didnt quite work. Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 00:15:27 -0000 From: Hayley Coristine Subject: Pop Up Video Hi everyone, I am so annoyed, I keep missing pop up video! I *almost* caught the CTMW one, but the tape stopped about 2 minutes before it started. ARGH! Does anyone know when either the CTMW or NTG ones will be on again? It seems every time I *don't* tape them they ARE on. Yuck. Hayley --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 20:25:56 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung Subject: Re: I've Been To Gone For To Long... Sounds as if it might soon be time to defend myself here. Our girl Shirl has popped up after the holidays. I'll start shapening my tongue and shaking the cobwebs out of this befuddled mind. :) Shirley Hoffman wrote: > > Just trying to see if we had any country fans out there who could place > that lyric from my subject line? I really worry about you Shirl...are you sure you aren't yearning for the plains of Texas here? > > Been so so long since I posted to one and all and after reading the list > this weekend and seeing > that both SueD and Beth Durff have made their post holiday appearances I > felt it was time that I did the same. > Plus I need to tell my tails of our visit before SueD has the opportunity > to taint our adventures! :] Who said I taint. Why, haven't we explained time and again that although we may embellish on truth we never taint. Please, I am already feeling the blood of battle stir. I'm sharpening my wit on this end just waiting for your next move Shirl. > > I have placed some pictures from this most recent Bay area visit on > to my web page so stop on by: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah > Navigate on down to my favorite places and jump to: Bay Area Holiday Visit. Never believe photos, they can be doctored . I don't see any sign of release forms eaither (peering at screen with Shirl's pics). Hmmmm. > > There is a very hot pic of John Juan DeMiller in his leather coat and sun > glasses, ooouuuu weeeee as Jethro from the Beverly Hill Billies would > have said! For some of the newer people on the list who haven't been to > my page yet you can check out pictures from other list gatherings we have had > and put a face to some of the names you see on the list. > Well that is enough for one post I'll be back with some of the quotes > from our Bay Area visit as I was the keeper of the notepad this > time(evil, evil laughter). So those of you, and you know who you are, you > best be nice to me. :] Say, did I tell you the one about the roaming buffalo? Kim Luce has a story for you there, right Shirl? Its those BAB people again. Hey, where is that Mel person? Should delurk more often, care for a game of 8-ball, or maybe Shirl's favorite. A little pin ball with the Crypt Keeper Shirl? > > Time for football!!!!! > > Shirl > Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sahGreat Super Bowl matchup. Packers and Pats. Go Pack! Take care, SueD (catching her breath and waiting for the return salvo froom Shirl) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 20:47:37 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: Re: Natalie Merchant- NMEC Thanks Haley for the info now I like the song even more! On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Hayley Coristine wrote: > Shirl wrote: > >I find Natalie Merchan'ts voice so > >soothing and wonder if the song "River" is truly about River Phoenix? Hayley replied: > Yeah, it is. I thought the same thing when I first heard it, then I read an > interview somewhere where she mentioned it was about him. Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:00:22 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Melissa's address Sarah asked: > Does anybody know of an address to write to melissa?(not e-mail) The snail-mail address for Island Records is: 400 Lafayette Street New York NY 10003 I believe that if you send mail "ATTN: Melissa Etheridge" they *might* forward it to her. Does anyone know if MEIN will forward mail to MLE? > as she sings a french version of SBMSW in a groovy beret?? :-) Hmmm...an interesting new fasion suggestion for the next tour. ;) > Only kidding, it sounded like a cool idea that didnt quite work. Goldlameleopardskinpants (tm) or blackleathershinythingies (tm--note: sole-ownership of this term belongs to Ms. Deb), patent leather docs and a beret. Sounds like...oh, never-mind! > Sarah Who secretly knows more than she thinks she knows... jen--wearing everything she can get her hands on because it's so damn cold! Jenniffer Smith |"Before I saw your eyes [email protected] | I was in control Ball State University | Of my soul Muncie IN | On the whole..." MLE My opinions bear no resemblance whatsoever to those of my employer ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:35:05 -0800 From: "Cynthia L. Carlton" Subject: A hello and a small request Hello to one and all on the list! My name is Cindy, and I've been a ME fan for a VERY long time. Let's put it this way, I saw her perform solo at Nashville Center Stage (which is now, fittingly, a lesbigay bar!) back in 1989 when she toured in support of her debut album. The performance was incredible, and I hoped that the rest of the world would catch on. I'm glad to see that such a substantial portion of the world has, in fact, taken notice and come to share my opinion (Linda Perry aside!). And now for the request: a friend of mine saw ME in Memphis on Nov. 24, 1996, and in the course of that concert, Terri Clark did a duet with Melissa. My friend is a friend of Terri's (why do I feel like I'm playing The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?), and she would like to track down a picture of Terri and Melissa on stage together to give to Terri. If anyone out there can assist me in locating said photo, I'd certainly appreciate it. Just drop me a line with the details at my e-mail address. Meanwhile, I'll sit here and stare at the snow and try to get from Terri Clark to Kevin Bacon (let's see, assuming Terri knows Johnny Cash, then Johnny Cash worked with Patrick Swayze in the miniseries _North and South_ and Swayze worked with Tom Cruise in _The Outsiders_ and Cruise worked with Bacon in _A Few Good Men_ . . . and it scares the hell out of me that I can do that!) Thanks, Cindy ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 11 Jan 1997 to 12 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Tue Jan 14 00:00:57 1997 Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:00:21 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 12 Jan 1997 to 13 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 03:47:28 -0500 From: Melanie C Subject: Re: I've Been To Gone For To Long... Sue wrote: > Say, did I tell you the one about the roaming buffalo? Kim Luce has a > story for you there, right Shirl? Its those BAB people again. Hey, > where is that Mel person? Should delurk more often, care for a game of > 8-ball, or maybe Shirl's favorite. A little pin ball with the Crypt > Keeper Shirl? Mel's right here, just waiting to see what you all wrote pertaining to the December visit to the BAB. No use defending anything if it doesn't come up :o) Yes, indeedy, sure do miss that Crypt Keeper. And I haven't had a good game of pool since either. Well, Haven't played since then. But I sure look forward to my trips to Chicago and New York. Mel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 06:12:07 -0800 From: Randy Subject: NMEC buffalo roaming So..............whatthehellwasinthebox?........... Glad to see you survived the trip and are FINALLY delurking to post. We missed ya. -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same...M. Etheridge ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:14:27 -0500 From: Kathleen Mardis Subject: First time delurking! Well, here it goes...initiating decloaking operation, opening hailing frequencies, set humor sensors to high! I've been listening to all you MElisters for a few months. I've read some of the list archives (Yes, all the way back to 1992!) and now feel it's safe to come out, (pun intended):) I joined the list to catch the latest on What's-Her-Name and have found there is quite an interesting little enclave of characters roaming this sector of cyberspace. Let's see, there's "Lovable, Huggable" Pooh and Shirl, John and Doug, Gwen and Jen (The Fire Extinguisher), Joyce and Deb, Rhondda and Jacky, Roger and Tim... by the way, I'm not pairing you guys up...just trying to remember who is who...(Please note, Elaine, I wear flame retardant underwear!!!) There's a doctor and a lawyer and I think a baker on the list. Any butchers or candlestick makers? And, then, there's Beth, "the Honda Driving Chic Magnet" ! For those of you I've not mentioned by name, a very big "Howdy" to you. I've enjoyed reading all the concert reviews and catching the latest (and greatest source) of information on Melissa. I have a few questions: First, has anyone heard if Melissa has been booked for "Rosie" when Rosie takes her show to LA in February? Second, is there an unofficial archivist on the list who has "catalogued" the various articles, clippings, TV appearances, etc. on ME? (Is that you John? Deb?) Finally, are there any other MElisters from the Central Ohio area? (I know Roger is at BGSU and a couple of people are at OU. Anyone in Columbus?) Who am I? Good question. (A short bio can be provided to anyone who is really interested through private email.) I'm your basic, garden-variety Midwestern MLE fan, mostly ho-hum, (I identify more with Eeyore) with a few surprises sprinkled here and there. I'm busy at work on a master's degree and searching for "some of that insanity, that temporary kind!" Well, enough...for now. But...remember..."I keep watching you!: ;) K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:04:14 -0500 From: Kiva Kamerling Subject: Melissa's Address If you write to MEIN or Island Records, they forward and send all mail to Melissa's management... I was told this when I spoke to someone at MEIN... When management gets it they in turn give it to Melissa... At least I hope they do... That's what they told me... Here is where to write, in case you aren't a member of MEIN... Hope everyone had a great weekend... I went to Boston to see my sister and I had a great time... Okay... Enough babbling for now... Back to lurking and playing with my kitty... Love and Peace, Kiva [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 16:19:06 +0000 From: Margaret McArdle Subject: MLE Bios After previewing Joyce's book I just can't wait to read it. Joyce may you reap just rewards from this labor of love, I'm sure being a devotee will give the personality of one of Melissa's songs and I hope post-film et al there'll be an authorized sequal in your hands. Needless to say I want to get my hands on a copy ASAP,does anyone know if it would be quicker to get friends of mine in the U.S. to order it for me ?? I have an order in for Chris Nicksons but I think it could be Christmas before I get that with the shipping,BTW does anyone have any idea what sort of book that'll be ? Love & Lots of it, Margaret P.S. If "the Baby" is a day late (although my moneys on Feb 2nd) he/she will be born on Ellen's birthday--A likely God parent perhaps?? Remember I'm Irish --If thats not an American thing may I apologise now. I think "Que sera" is a pretty cool (& subtle) name,what about "little secret" theres a registered racehorse in Ireland called that.(Unfortunately its lost me some cash but not as much as the greyhound "My Melissa"--that managed to race on her birthday with no success! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:36:29 -0500 From: Eidel Lisa Consultant Subject: Re: Melissa on Rosie I just read a log of an aol chat where Rosie herself says that Melissa will be on her show in February. Lisa E. :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:50:20 -0500 From: Corey Rotman Subject: Pop Up Video? Excuse the ignorance...I've seen lots of mention in the past few days about a pop up video for NTG...what is a pop-up video...heard of pop up books & album covers but how does a video pop up?? Corey ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 09:52:46 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re: Pop Up Video Hayley Coristine lamented: >I am so annoyed, I keep missing pop up video! I *almost* caught the CTMW one, >but the tape stopped about 2 minutes before it started. ARGH! Does anyone know >when either the CTMW or NTG ones will be on again? I have no answer to your question... and it's a moot point here in the San Francisco Bay Area since our cable-provider, TCI, gave us a Happy New Year surprise and *cancelled* VH-1 in over sixty Bay Area cities. However, I managed to tape the 'pop-up' CTMW during December, and it *will* be included in the multi-tape Melissa video compilation I am in the process of making... stay tuned for more on this subject. John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 12:27:32 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Packs N' Pats Jen Smith wrote: > The Punt-ster, who I'm guessing might be a Bears > fan, wrote: Yes, I am a Bears fan. I know, I know, they "bearly" showed up for their games.....went into hibernation as it were. I guess it's time to grin and bear it...... > Hey now! Tracey ain't the only Steelers fan who has turned > to the Packers in dispair! I would *really* like to see a > Jacksonville/Packer bowl...and I think that the Packers pretty > much deserve to win. I, too, am an honorary Cheesehead, > and I'll wear my green and yellow with pride, > thankyouverymuch! Then Trace added her 2 cents: > Really I'm not - the whole town seems to have switched from black and > gold to yellow and green. Eeps. What is with you guys? Who else from Pa. is rooting for the Packs? Okay, Chicago, lets root for those Patriots! GOOOOOO PATRIOTS!!!!!!! >> Don't you worry, Tracey Thacker! Don't let that Kare girl take >> your drugs away from you! > Not a chance. Maybe I shouldn't. The medicine might clear Tracey's head . Kare, who got a ballet ache everytime she watched "The Nutcracker Suite" during the holiday season. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:03:00 MET From: "Claudia E. Mulder" Subject: Disappointment indeed!! > There must be quite a few disappointed dutchies out there, right now! Yep, here's one! I programmed my VCR because I was spending my money in a casino at the time, and when I got home in the evening I immediately watched the video. Expecting....... but HEY!! There was that MTV unplugged show again!! So, like Marleen and probably a lot of others, I was really disappointed. That one, and the Woodstock performance, are about the only performances of Melissa they have on the shelf! Marleen, if are serious about that mail, you can put my name under it as well! Claudia (who already had the MTV Unplugged on video....) :( ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:27:16 -0500 From: Rebecca Barrick Subject: Introducing myself! Ok, de-lurking after about a week or so, I guess it's about time that I got around to introducing myself to the rest of you folx, hmm? Well, lesse, the name's Rebecca, but I'll answer to just about anything (within reason), the more common choices ranging from becky, to becca, to becs, to flash (long story). Just turned 22, 4th year marine biology major here in southern Ontario, and trying to decide whether I'm happy about graduating in May, or scared to death that I'll have to face the real world... Hmm..what else? I'm a huge X-phile, and I live for skiing, snowboarding, inline skating, mountain biking, and scuba diving. Musical interests (besides the obvious, that is) include Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Indigo Girls, the Tragically Hip (before they went mainstream), Ani Difranco, and Corduroy Leda. I guess, in comparison to most, I'm still a newbie fan of MLE, I started listening to her in April of last year, after being turned on to her (umm...err...well, you know ;)) by a very special person in my life. Said person and I have since grown apart, (due mostly to being seperated by a huge distance as well as differing opinions on my life, and the choices I have made) but most importantly from this, I shall always be a die-hard fan of Melissa. This list seems like such a great 'place' to be...from what I've read so far, I feel very honoured to be a part of it, and though new, I'll try hard to keep the rookie questions to a minimum, k? :) Anyway, this is just a little of me, in a nutshell (and most of the time that's where I belong!). I look forward to participating in and learning from this list and its discussions, as well as having a new place to escape (and we all need one of those every once in a while, no?) But for now, back to lurk mode. The truth is out there...it's just up to us to have to courage to face it once we've found it. bec. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:22:36 +1100 From: Sarah Fairbrother Subject: Melissas address Thanks for your help guys, I really appreciate it! Has anyone ever got a letter back from Melissa or Julie? Speaking of Julie, anyone who hasn't seen "Teresa's Tatoo" do so immediately- its so hilarious!!! You have to see Melissa's cameo! I couldn't stop laughing when I saw her. Apart from that the movie is very good, especially kd lang's appearances. Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:54:44 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: Re: MLE Bios On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Margaret McArdle wrote: > After previewing Joyce's book I just can't wait to read it. Was wondering Joyce.....any chance of a book signing somehwere sometime???? Big congrats to you, can't wait to get my copy! Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:01:22 -0800 From: Melinda Collis Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 11 Jan 1997 to 12 Jan 1997 >Sara wrote: Does anybody know of an address to write to melissa?(not e-mail) > I would really appreciate it. This is my first post, so I'm sure of the protocol, but I would try to write Melissa through her manager, Bill Leopold @ W.E. Leopold Management 4425 Riverside Drive, Suite 102 Burbank, CA 91505 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:48:48 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Randy wrote: > So..............whatthehellwasinthebox?........... I like that Randy, sort of has that....whothehellisinthetaxi....ring to it, so Sue are you going to tell everyone on the list what you got for your birthday or should I start getting my notepad out????? Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:55:45 -0800 From: Randy Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming Shirley Hoffman wrote: > > So..............whatthehellwasinthebox?........... > it, so Sue are you going to tell everyone on the list what you got for > your birthday or should I start getting my notepad out????? Ahhhhh.......blackmail.........gotta love it! -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:59:13 -0500 From: Tracey Thacker Subject: Re: Pop Up Video? In a message dated 97-01-13 20:11:29 EST, [email protected] (Corey Rotman) writes: > Excuse the ignorance...I've seen lots of mention in the past few days > about a pop up video for NTG...what is a pop-up video...heard of pop up > books & album covers but how does a video pop up?? No ignorance in that question. I'm sure all the listers who don't get VH1 where they are have been wondering the same thing. "Pop-Up Videos" is a show on VH1 where they play videos and little balloons of information "pop up" on the screen as the video airs. The balloons generally have comments about the song, the artist, or the making and meaning of the video. During CTMW, the balloons included information about where and when MLE was born, where she was discovered, the fact that she was once a hospital security guard, (though they don't mention where or when) how Juliette Lewis was chosen for the video, when and where it was filmed, the fact that there was a little girl filmed for segments of the video but her part was cut in the editing process, etc. etc. BTW, I was the presumptuous one (not Deb, Michelle!) who said that VH1 would not do another MLE Pop-Up after CTMW, but I see now that I was wrong. I still get the feeling that the info in the NTG video has to be a little on the thin side. Tracey ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:44:11 EST From: M Something Subject: Re: Pop Up Video? Tracey wrote: >BTW, I was the presumptuous one (not Deb, Michelle!) who said that VH1 >would not do another MLE Pop-Up after CTMW, but I see now that I was wrong. You? Wrong? Well, I guess it had to happen sometime. >I still get the feeling that the info in the NTG video has to be a >little on the thin side. Not at all. I think you'll think differently when you see it. Maybe I'll trade you a copy of the video for a copy of that infamous photo of you "giving a hand" to another lister that I've never seen. Michelle ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 12 Jan 1997 to 13 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Tue Jan 14 17:04:31 1997 Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:03:15 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 13 Jan 1997 to 14 Jan 1997 - Special issue To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:09:21 -0600 From: Patty Kolakowski Subject: BMSW Promo Hi, Thanks for the tip of the new Pop-Up video for NWTG. I haven't seen it yet, but I have my VCR set. I just received an interesting promo in the mail today. I saw an ad in Goldmine for a US promo that had 2 versions of BMSW and LTWID on it. I had never seen a promo that this selection of tunes on it and the fellow on the phone wasn't too much help. I thought it was an old promo (1988), but the date on the disc is 1996. The cover is red with Melissa's YIA symbol (Not the Key) in black. This design is repeated on the disc. It has the studio and live versions of BMSW and LTWID. It's worth looking for because It's a very attractive disc. What I think in interesting is in all the promotional items for YLS, Island has released this promo of 2 songs from Melissa's first album using the YIA logo. Speaking of promos, in all the interviews I have seen, I've never seen any reference to the naked breast on the Ain't if Heavy promo disc. You think someone would ask her who it belongs to, considering she is topless on the cover. Has anyone ever seen any reference to this? Bee Good pk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 02:01:51 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming Shirley Hoffman wrote: Ahh, well, now that you put it THAT way... > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Randy wrote: > > > So..............whatthehellwasinthebox?........... > > I like that Randy, sort of has that....whothehellisinthetaxi....ring to > it, so Sue are you going to tell everyone on the list what you got for > your birthday or should I start getting my notepad out????? Besides, it wasn't for my birthday, as a true Gemini (right Renee?) I should be completely appalled at that effort at bribery. But being as how it is kind of late, and I am in an effusive (oh, the Funk and Wagnal is going to fly tonight my dears) mood, I shall deign to accept this challenge. Now, as we are all good Melissa fans, (notice, I did refrain from mentioning Real Fans (tm)), we have heard the story behind Melissa's song No Souvenirs. It just so happens that I came to this knowledge rather recently in my life, all thanks to VH1 and the Storytellers show which was broadcast the night of our now infamous Philly PUb Crawl. Shirl can attest to the fact that as Melissa was explaining the background on "how do you make the buffalo roam", I went through a transformation. Literally, it knocked me for a loop, bringing a whole new meaning to that already classic song. No snickering here, that momentary loss of composure was just that, momentary. (Yeah, right, like I never bow to the inner idiot I possess and lose more than just my cool. Not a pretty sight.) Now, Shirl tucked this little morsel of information in her brimming little head for retrieval at my expense at a later date. She conspired with that wild woman in Chicago, and the two of them hatched a sinister (or should I say inspired) plot. Now, another thing to keep in mind here is that Shirl caught me at a time of internal meltdown. I had just finished up the eighth Melissa show with her last one in LA, that was followed by about a whole hours worth of sleep, then a trip to Burbank's infamous airport to head up to San Jose. Oh, and don't forget that stop we made on the way, Beer, not just for breakfast anymore. Jeez, whats a poor girl to do? Anyway, Shirl popped a little box in my hand and said Merry Christmas (or some other mush along those lines). You cannot imagine the delight that jolted through me as I looked into that box and found a beautiful indian head nickel set on a silver chain. The buffalo oon the other side of the indian settled in and felt right at home nestled against my foothills. Kim Luce is quite fascinated with the whole thing and is longing to see whether the buffalo roams the foothills or the grasslands. (What can I say, she is after all, one of those BABers.) So, I've been practicing taking the buffalo on a walk, letting him roam at will. One of these days, I will be happily following that buffalo as it roams about testing the grazing on some lucky woman. Until that time, I can dream, can't I? Well, I certainly am glad I got that off my chest. :) Now, are you ladies happy or are you going to continue to badger me? SueD ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 02:23:19 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung Subject: Re: BMSW Promo Patty Kolakowski wrote: > Speaking of promos, in all the interviews I have seen, I've never seen any > reference to the naked breast on the Ain't if Heavy promo disc. You think > someone would ask her who it belongs to, considering she is topless on the > cover. Has anyone ever seen any reference to this? I do remember somewhere (forgive me for forgetting my sources) she does address that question. She was shown the picture and did a quick overlook on it. I remember her mentioning that all she was really looking for was it was a back shot, yadda, yadda, yadda. She completely missed the fact that a little bit extra was hanging around for the picture. I have been thankful ever since myself . John Juan, am I remembering correctly here? SueD ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 07:24:53 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: Re: Weird Weather > Darn, I forgot where we decided "here" is....although it's freezing *here* too. "Here" for me is Oklahoma ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:53:46 EST From: "Vanessa A. Brown" Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming ---Sue DeYoung < [email protected]> wrote: You cannot imagine the delight that jolted through me as I looked into that box and found a beautiful indian head nickel set on a silver chain. The buffalo on the other side of the indian settled in and felt right at home nestled against my foothills --- end of quoted material --- What a fabulous story Sue!! I enjoyed that segment on Storytellers also, when Melissa raised her eyebrows and explained (in part) what "the buffalo roam" line was all about and then said "That's all I'm gonna say!!" and left the *rest* up to *our* imaginations! And we all know what kind of imaginations *some* of us have!! I'll talk to Shirl about where she found the necklace, it sounds like a must have for the adventurous woman. Meanwhile Sue, may your buffalo roam to places so rich and so wonderful, not even your dreams have taken you there yet! Love from NH!! Vanessa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:44:16 -0500 From: Kiva Kamerling Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 12 Jan 1997 to 13 Jan 1997 I have a different address for Melissa's management... I wonder which one it is... W.F. Leopold Management 210 N. Pass Avenue Suite #102 Burbank, CA. 91505-3936 Does anyone know if this is correct or if it's the other one...? Kiva [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:43:05 -0500 From: Eidel Lisa Consultant Subject: Kathleen Mardis wrote: >I've read some of the list archives (Yes, all the way back to 1992!) Can someone tell me how to access the list archives? Thanks. Lisa E. :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:30:00 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Re: Pop Up Video John Juan wrote: > I have no answer to your question... and it's a moot point here in the > San Francisco Bay Area since our cable-provider, TCI, gave us a Happy > New Year surprise and *cancelled* VH-1 in over sixty Bay Area cities. The same thing over here in Chi Town John, well at least in two Chicago suburbs that I know of, which, if you can tell I live in one of em. I don't know what TCI is thinking....it really stinks big time. It was nice getting ready for work with VH-1 playing in back ground. Now I have the Cartoon Network on, which isn't exactly the kind of tunes I'm looking for, if you catch my drift....:) Well, I'm outta here..... Have a good one everybody! Kare ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:49:50 GMT From: Maggie at avalon Subject: NMEC: TCI >John Juan wrote: > >> I have no answer to your question... and it's a moot point here in the >> San Francisco Bay Area since our cable-provider, TCI, gave us a Happy >> New Year surprise and *cancelled* VH-1 in over sixty Bay Area cities. Then Karen wrote: >The same thing over here in Chi Town John, well at least in two Chicago >suburbs that I know of, which, if you can tell I live in one of em. I >don't know what TCI is thinking....it really stinks big time. It was >nice getting ready for work with VH-1 playing in back ground. Now I have >the Cartoon Network on, which isn't exactly the kind of tunes I'm looking >for, if you catch my drift....:) They did it to me, too. We also lost Comedy Central, and they almost pulled the plug on WGN, but caved into customer outrage (Chicago is the closest major metropolitan area) and WGN's refusal to sell broadcast rights to Cubs games to a local channel, and kept it. I think TCI dropped VH-1 from most, if not all it's systems, nationwide, on Dec. 31. Considering that they are the largest cable company in the US, this doesn't bode well for VH-1. Now we have The Cartoon Network, Fox News (blech) and Animal Planet. Not an even trade, IMHO. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:51:12 -0500 From: Francie Trout Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming In a message dated 1/14/97 2:01:38 AM, [email protected] (Susan DeYoung) wrote: << Well, I certainly am glad I got that off my chest. :) Now, are you ladies happy or are you going to continue to badger me?> Badger Sue D. !! It is fun! So, you're a Gemini!! That explains it all!! I know about those Geminis....my sister is one, my roomate too and Ann Wilson from Heart! You have to love those Geminis....not..yes..not..yes.... Francie (who is home sick with the flu, a sinus infection and a cold. The drugs cost $30 even with my insurance card! The doctor was another $15! It cost $$ to get sick...NO FUN!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:59:28 -0600 From: Janis Delmonte Subject: Re: NMEC: TCI > games to a local channel, and kept it. I think TCI dropped VH-1 from most, > if not all it's systems, nationwide, on Dec. 31. Considering that they are > the largest cable company in the US, this doesn't bode well for VH-1. Well, I can't speak for the whole country, but I have TCI here in the Dallas area, and we still have VH1 all day long. However if they are being dropped in a lot of other places, it doesn't look good for V-ME-H1. If you need anything taped, just let me know! -Janis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:11:37 -0500 From: Francie Trout Subject: Re: Pop Up Video In a message dated 1/13/97 1:36:11 PM, [email protected] (John Miller) wrote: <> Hi John, If your cable tv operator has cancelled VH1 from its line up, I would suggest a petition to get it back on. In the next year, cable prices are going up higher (dued to the increase popularity and cheaper price of digital tv and the fact that your local telphone carrier is getting into the cable tv market....rape them while we can attitude of the cable companies). COMPLAIN!!! Get petitions all over the bay area going. Call up radio stations and tell them what you are doing. I am sure KFOG would help out if they want to! Talk radio stations is another avenue. Set up a corner in San Francisco and get people to sign it! I know when I was in the Bay Area there were ALWAYS a petition on a corner to sign! Call a local tv station to come out and see the people signing the petition! Make sure you have a TON of folks around, otherwise they will just pass it by! This is where a local radio station would come in handy...by giving out free stuff! There you are, a promotion to get your VH1 back! Just send me the check in the mail! ;-) Good Luck! Francie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:21:26 -0500 From: David Johnson Subject: Where to find the list archives (and more!) Hi, all! Lisa wrote: > Can someone tell me how to access the list archives? Thanks. The list archives (along with lots of other stuff) are available at the Melissa Etheridge Mailing List and Fan Club web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ Take care! Glenna ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:33:53 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: NMEC: More TCI According to articles in the business section of all three major San Fran Bay Area newspapers (SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, San Jose Mercury), TCI has been suffering severe financial losses, and large numbers of TCI employees have been laid off. TCI's dropping of VH-1, Comedy Central, WGN, and other channels was based on the costs involved in carrying those channels, and most of these *new* channels are those in which TCI owns financial interest. The only TCI-francised Bay Area city which did *not* lose these channels is San Francisco, which is currently preparing a suit against TCI for 'not providing San Francisco with contracted services for which they were awarded their exclusive cable franchise'. Meanwhile, lots of people I know are purchasing Direct-TV antennas... John Miller San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:32:50 -0800 From: velt1682 Subject: Re: NMEC: More TCI John Miller wrote: > The only TCI-francised Bay Area city which did *not* lose these channels > is San Francisco, which is currently preparing a suit against TCI for > 'not providing San Francisco with contracted services for which they were > awarded their exclusive cable franchise'. > > Meanwhile, lots of people I know are purchasing Direct-TV antennas... > > John Miller > San Jose CA Actually, unless it's been taken off in the last couple of days, VH-1 is still on in Fremont as well. Also, here in Ashland, OR, our cable operator, what ever it is, still has VH-1. Back in Fremont, I don't think we lost any channels (maybe FX, but the station that it was on didn't come in on out TV anyway, and I think we lost Bay TV also), but we did get Animal Planet and the History Channel. I hope that TCI starts getting a clue that VH-1 is a good channel, but somehow I think their a bit wrapped up in their own finance to actually give the public the stations they want. Oh well, I hope everyone has a good day. As for me, back to first day of classes. Kirstin [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:30:18 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: NMEC!!! Need Computer INFO ONLY!!! NMEC Please ignore: Geeky Computer question Sorry to post this to the list but I know that we have a lot of very savy computer types on this list and I'm hoping that one of you will have an answer or at least be able to point me to where I might find an answer. I'm wondering if the Netscape commerce server has a timeout feature which would kill a session between it and the client browser after a certain elapsed time. Problem: HTML page calls a CGI process on the server which needs to complete about 4-6 minutes of processing before drawing the next HTML screen. The Netscape Browser is returning the error: Document contains no data and the CGI proccess is being killed(not sure if it is being killed by Netscape server or not?). Have any other computer savy list members worked with anything like this or have an idea of where I can find doco on this? I have been all through Netscapes Server Doco and haven't found anything. I'm very sorry to clutter the list with this but I'm groping in the dark at this point and am willing to try most anything. Please respond to this via private e-mail if you know of anything which may help. Thanks everyone, Shirl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:20:53 -0500 From: "Deborah D. Jones" Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 10 Jan 1997 to 11 Jan 1997 The winner is: After much deliberation and consideration I decided on Little Secret. Thank you to everyone who helped. It was a tough decision but Little Secret won hands down. The name plate has already been ordered! Thanks again to everyone. I guess I should also thank Melissa! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:06:03 -0500 From: Shirley Hoffman Subject: Re: NMEC buffalo roaming On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Vanessa A. Brown wrote: > I'll talk to Shirl about where she found the necklace, it Well Vanessa Patty Wilcox(Lone Wrangler) did all the real work I did the conspiring and silver chain. Patty took her lucky(so Patty why exactly was this your lucky nickel?)and had it mounted(no pun intended)by a local Chicago Jewler. Thanks Sue for your lovely story! What did everybody else get for Christmas, Hanukkah(excuse my spelling on that), or any other holiday type occasions that I'm sure I have left out? Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:37:25 -0800 From: Cindy Hoeflak Subject: Thank you! Hi there!! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who mailed me privately or through the list, regarding me coming out to my mother (I was the one who has a gay brother also, and my mum can't believe she only has two kids who are *both* gay). It's great to have that kind of support when you need it the most, and my mother thanks everyone too, she read all the responses. Some helped her a great deal, and made her realise for sure it wasn't anything she'd done. My mother is slowly getting used to having a gay son *and* a lesbian daughter, however is still worried she saved all the Lego throughout the years for nothing (no grand kids). :D To everyone attending the Dutch meeting (on the 26th I think it was), sorry I can't be there. If the meeting had been a month earlier, it would not have been a problem, but I can't say I really feel like flying all the way back to Holland from New Zealand just for the weekend, the weather's too nice over here!! :D Sorry to bring the Macarena back up, but I know Katinka is very good at it, so all of you at the meeting, tell her to give you all a demonstration!! :D :D :D OK, sun's out, I'm off to the beach! Take care Cindy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:02:57 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: holiday gifts Shirley Hoffman asked: >What did everybody else get for Christmas, Hanukkah (excuse my spelling >on that), or any other holiday type occasions My favorite holiday gift was the visit of one of my *favorite* listers (Hi Shirl), getting to meet some new listers (Patty, SueD), and seeing several of my BAB-buddies (Alma and Mo, Kim, Melanie, and Rhondda)... oooohh, hope I didn't forget anyone in my overworked-brain-fade . Also, I got some wonderful surprises in the mail from some listers, as well as some unexpected phone calls from listers living faaaar away. And I'm going to see Tom Petty tonight with Rhondda... in a small venue (capacity 1100). Rhondda, thanks for the ticket (another holiday gift). John Miller - still giddy about tonight's Tom Petty show San Jose CA ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 13 Jan 1997 to 14 Jan 1997 - Special issue ****************************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Wed Jan 15 00:01:04 1997 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00:30 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:44:23 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Geminis: Double the fun. Francie wrote regarding Sue D.: > So, you're a Gemini!! That explains it all!! I know about those > Geminis....my sister in one, my roomate too and Ann Wilson from Heart! > You have to love those Geminis...,not..yes..not..yes.... Hey, I didn't know you were a Gemini Sue? I am too! I knew there was a reason why I like ya....:) Yep, you have to love those Geminis! We're sooooo much fun.....hey, ask anybody. Kare ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:52:41 -0600 From: Patty Wilcox Subject: Buffalo Roaming On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Shirley Hoffman wrote: >Patty took her lucky(so Patty why exactly was this your lucky nickel?)and had it mounted(no pun intended)by a local >Chicago Jeweler. A sneaky way to get me out of hiding, Shirl. I must briefly delurk from my Lone Wrangler (who was that masked womyn?) state to respond to this seemingly harmless question. I donned this my "lucky" nickel when, after years of roaming a barren wasteland, my buffalo finally found, what I like to think, was a very happy home. He need roam no more. I can now only hope that my little buffalo "does his thing" for SueD. A little piece of advise, SueD, strap on your spurs and enjoy the ride! Yeeeee-Haaaaaa!!!! Keep rockin'. The Lone Wrangler ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:35:40 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Re: NMEC: TCI Maggie wrote: > They did it to me, too. We also lost Comedy Central, and they almost > pulled on WGN, but caved into customer outrage (Chicago is the closest > major metropolitan area) and WGN's refusal to sell broadcast rights to > Cubs games to a local channel, and kept it. I think TCI dropped VH-1 > from most, if not all it's systems, nationwide, on Dec. 31. > Considering that they are the largest cable company in the US, this > doesn't bode well for VH-1. What part of Chicago do you live? I have a couple of friends that live on the North side that have TCI and they still have VH-1 and Comedy Central....that is what I don't understand. Why do they pull the plug in only certain parts of the city? Oh well.... Kare, who is VH-1less in Chicago. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:30:24 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: MLETHER Digest - 13 Jan 1997 to 14 Jan 1997 - Spec On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:37:25 -0800 Cindy Hoeflak wrote: ML>Subject: Thank you! ML> my mum can't believe she only has two kids who are *both* gay). ML>My mother is slowly getting used to having a gay son *and* a lesbian daughte ML> however ML>is still worried she saved all the Lego throughout the years for nothing (no ML> grand ML>kids). :D Cindy: Melissa is a lesbian, and I think her partner Julie is too, and they're having a baby (due soon). That would be a grandkid for both MLE and Julie's parents. =) -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 01:43:29 -0800 From: Tim Dunker Subject: management address Hi there, Kiva Kamerling wrote: >I have a different address for Melissa's management... I wonder which >one it >is... >W.F. Leopold Management >210 N. Pass Avenue Suite #102 >Burbank, CA. 91505-3936 >Does anyone know if this is correct or if it's the other one...? This is old since the management has moved last summer. Bye Tim Dunker ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:34:18 -0500 From: Beth Durff Subject: list characters, presents Kathleen Mardis wrote: >have found there is quite an interesting little enclave of characters >roaming this sector of cyberspace. Let's see, there's "Lovable, Huggable" >Pooh and Shirl, John and Doug, Gwen and Jen (The Fire Extinguisher), Joyce >and Deb, Rhondda and Jacky, Roger and Tim... by the way, I'm not pairing >you guys up...just trying to remember who is who...(Please note, Elaine, I >wear flame retardant underwear!!!) There's a doctor and a lawyer and I >think a baker on the list. Any butchers or candlestick makers? And, then, >there's Beth, "the Honda Driving Chic Magnet" ! Okay, here we go with the "characters" thing again... didn't somebody else just recently relate our "goings on" as something akin to a soap opera? *lol* While we're on regulars/nicknames and the like - let's not forget Tracey "Macarena" Thacker, Karen "Punster" Steenstrup, Alex aka "Zorro" (btw, where is Alex these days?), Rachel "Raunch" Strass, SueD - "Brenda Starr Reporter" andlemmeseewhoelse...help me out here - I know I'm forgetting *lots* of others... uh, the *Houstonian Babes* (now how could I forget ya'll?) - particularly "Lightning JT" and the CDHO (Cute Dark-Haired One). Help, help, help - who else? The semester's getting to me and it just started on Monday... On another topic, Shirl wrote: >wondering if the Netscape commerce server has a timeout feature which >would kill a session between it and the client browser after a certain elapsed >time. Problem: HTML page calls a CGI process on the server which needs to >complete about 4-6 minutes of processing before drawing the next HTML screen. HUH? and this: >I'm very sorry to clutter the list with this but I'm groping in the dark >at this point and am willing to try most anything. Uh, now *this* is something I think I could help with... *lol* ...you let yourself open for that one girl !!! and Shirl asked about presents: >What did everybody else get for Christmas, Hanukkah (excuse my spelling >on that), or any other holiday type occasions Winning the shirt off of Lightning JT's back has got to be one of the New Year's highlights for me. Nothing like watching Penn State open up a big ole' can of whoop ass on those Texans while sitting in a room full of orange !! The week in Houston was better than Christmas, however, there isn't a whole lot I can talk about without getting in *BIG* trouble - so I'll have to leave it at that. Beth(the Demi/Ellen look-alike, Honda driving chick magnet - who's dead on her ass already and the semester just started) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:30:44 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: TCI woes, tom petty (NMEC) John Miller said: >The only TCI-francised Bay Area city which did *not* lose >these channels is San Francisco, which is currently >preparing a suit against TCI for 'not providing San Francisco >with contracted services for which they were awarded their >exclusive cable franchise'. my quaint little peninsula town didn't lose VH1 or Comedy Central, at least, so far. in fact, we gained a few channels such as Bravo, not to mention the aforementioned Animal Planet, History Channel, and Cartoon Network. VH1 and Comedy Central are still sharing the same channel, though (VH1: 4 am - 4 pm; Comedy Central: 4 pm - 4 am), so no cool and hip VH1 evening programming for me. :-( while we're on the subject, what pisses me off the most about the whole TCI monopoly (at least in the bay area) is that TCI replaced the old cabling in my apartment complex with state-of-the-art fiberoptic cable, stating that we'd be getting 500 (!) channels in the next few years. well, this was over 3 years ago, and i'm still waiting... and John also said: >And I'm going to see Tom Petty tonight with Rhondda... in a >small venue (capacity 1100). Rhondda, thanks for the >ticket (another holiday gift). you're quite welcome, my sweet. :-) hope no one brings pepper spray tonight! (some loser brought pepper spray to saturday's TP show, then proceeded to get into a fight with another bozo. the pepper spray was released, the fillmore subsequently cleared, at least one loser was arrested, and the show resumed about 45 mins. later.) >John Miller - still giddy about tonight's Tom Petty show >San Jose CA woo wee! me too! :-D *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:55:59 -0500 From: Amanda Ingram Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 11 Jan 1997 to 12 Jan 1997 In a message dated 97-01-13 00:07:20 EST, you write: > I believe that if you send mail "ATTN: Melissa Etheridge" they > *might* forward it to her. Does anyone know if MEIN will forward > mail to MLE? Yes, I believe MEIN does forward letters to MLE. Amanda ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 *********************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Thu Jan 16 00:00:54 1997 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:00:19 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 to 15 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:20:01 -0500 From: Kiva Kamerling Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 Thanks Tim... I had no idea... And I would like to announce, , that I am a full blooded Gemini... =) ... Thank you... Kiva [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 05:33:38 UT From: Anna Subject: Pop Up Video Hi everyone! I thought I'd delurk and say hello again. I'm really enjoying reading all of your comments. I saw the Nowhere to Go Pop Up video today and I loved it. I especially like the pop up that said that while ME and Julie were standing at the edge of the cliff, the helicopter got as close as 6 feet overhead. Yikes! Don't they have stunt people for that sort of thing? I shiver with the thought of ME slipping. Then again, I could just be shivering because it's so cold here in NY. That's all from me for now. I need to go and find another sweater. Anna ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:54:55 -0500 From: Tracey Thacker Subject: The TCI Blues (NMEC) John "Information Society" (my own personal nickname) Miller commented: > TCI, gave us a Happy New Year surprise and *cancelled* > VH-1 in over sixty Bay Area cities. Kare "The Punster" Steenstrup chimed in: > The same thing over here in Chi Town John, well at least in two Chicago > suburbs that I know of, which, if you can tell I live in one of em. Maggie "at" Avalon then shared: > They did it to me, too. We also lost Comedy Central, and they almost pulled > the plug on WGN, but caved into customer outrage (Chicago is the closest > major metropolitan area) and WGN's refusal to sell broadcast rights to Cubs > games to a local channel, and kept it. I think TCI dropped VH-1 from most, > if not all it's systems, nationwide, on Dec. 31. Considering that they are > the largest cable company in the US, this doesn't bode well for VH-1. Various other TCI stories of losing/not losing VH-1 snipped. TCI here in Pittsburgh mercifully spared our VH-1, but killed WGN. That was the only thing we lost. Which is cruel and unusual for this die-hard Cubs fan, but I'll live. Next week we're getting a sat dish. I have no idea what TCI is doing, but it would seem to me that if enough consumers got sick and tired of them raising rates while ditching good networks (VH-1) for stupid ones (who - third-graders with science reports due excluded - is going to spend a serious amount of time watching "Animal Planet"? Its not exactly something you can play in the background, like VH-1) and started complaining, perhaps TCI will listen. And heck, if it gets bad enough, sue 'em! (Spoken like a true attorney, right?) That's what a bunch of Californians did today to AOL, and I'm getting the feeling that a bunch of Pennsylvanians are going to be next! Tracey Macarena (thanks for bringing *that* back up, HDCM!), wondering who's going to climb out on her roof to install that dish. . . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 01:43:15 -0500 From: Melanie C Subject: Re: Buffalo Roaming The Lone Wrangler wrote: > state to respond to this seemingly harmless question. I donned this my > "lucky" nickel when, after years of roaming a barren wasteland, my buffalo > finally found, what I like to think, was a very happy home. He need roam no > more. I can now only hope that my little buffalo "does his thing" for SueD. That is so cool! So, SueD, are you gonna pass on the "lucky" nickel after it does its thing for you? If so, I can use some help over here! lol Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:16:28 +0100 From: Katinka Groothuis Subject: Lego & the Macarena Hi! Cindy Hoeflak wrote: > Sorry to bring the Macarena back up, but I know Katinka is very good at it, so all of you at the meeting, > tell her to give you all a demonstration!! :D :D :D and: >My mother is slowly getting used to having a gay son *and* a lesbian daughter, > however is still worried she saved all the Lego throughout the years for nothing (no > grand kids). :D Oke girl, I'll forgive you your little *indiscretion* if you give me all your Lego! ;-D Katinka - who got Lego for her 31th birthday and for Xmas! :-D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 05:43:01 -0800 From: Randy Subject: Re: Buffalo Roaming Melanie C wrote: > The Lone Wrangler wrote: > > more. I can now only hope that my little buffalo "does his thing" for > SueD. > > That is so cool! So, SueD, are you gonna pass on the "lucky" nickel after it > does its thing for you? If so, I can use some help over here! lol Not so fast Melanie..._I'M_ next in line...my birthday's in March and I need help too! hehehe... -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:56:54 -0500 From: Subject: Lucky Buffalos Well, this flash of insight just passed through me. Buffalos must have some spot of luck in my life. Where did I win that autographed Ovation? Why, Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino. Soooo, I suspect that all the luck that rubbed off of Patty (a very lucky little nickel in and of itself :)) will manifest itself in some way for me. It might not be this minute or this week, but something will come of this! On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:53:46 EST Vanessa Brown wrote: What a fabulous story Sue!! I enjoyed that segment on Storytellers also, when Melissa raised her eyebrows and explained (in part) what "the buffalo roam" line was all about and then said "That's all I'm gonna say!!" and left the *rest* up to *our* imaginations! And we all know what kind of imaginations *some* of us have!! I'll talk to Shirl about where she found the necklace, it sounds like a must have for the adventurous woman. Meanwhile Sue, may your buffalo roam to places so rich and so wonderful, not even your dreams have taken you there yet! Love from NH!! I am in complete agreement as to the kind of imaginations around here. Mine runs rampant and I have experienced the imaginations of others from this list. My, oh my, the mere memory of shared stories certainly brings a smile to my face! And, thanks for that wonderful good luck wish. If that buffalo can take me to places not even found in my dreams, there is a big old twinkle shining out of my eyes just glowing with anticipation. Whooeeee, I thought I finally was over that fever but it certainly is getting warm in here... Off to work. Take care all, SueD ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:18:51 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" Subject: MLE promos and singles Do any of y'all know where to get older singles/promos? I never knew they existed until I joined the list. The only one I've been able to find has BMSW from "Duets" and something else, I think NTG (not enough coffee yet this a.m.!) I'd appreciate any advice! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:27:32 +0200 From: Gunilla Danielsson Subject: introdction and questions Hi everyone! I'm new on this list and, polite as I am, I just want to say hello. Hello! My name is Gunilla, living in, at the moment, very could Sweden. As most of you must know english isn't our native language so please be kind to a dictionary addict. Been a Etheridge fan for about 5 years. Actually I heard "Bring me some water" back when it was relieced, and loved it, of course. Went to the "your little secret" consert here in Stockholm last winter and was hypnotised for two and a half hours. Now to my question. I've read in a swedish moviemagazine that Melissa is going to record some Janice Joplin covers for a film about Joplin. Maybe even star in that movie. Have anybody heard about that, is it true and in that case when will the film be reliced? A lot of questions, but please help me! Gunilla ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:28:07 -0500 From: Kathleen Mardis Subject: Joyce's book Just read the excerpt and I wanted to say a big thank you to Joyce. My SO and I were at that concert in Leavenworth. Reading your account brought back many happy memories! Can't wait to get my copy! Kathie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:19:56 +0100 From: Thomas Rudolph Subject: NMEC: Tom Petty Howdy Listers, Rhondda Ashby wrote: >>And I'm going to see Tom Petty tonight with Rhondda... and >woo wee! me too! :-D Oops ! Was this really necessary ? I'm VERY jealous !!! TP has been one of my favorites for YEARS (way longer than MLE, sorry) and still is. I was cracking my mind to find a cheap way to get to SF and see HIM live, couldn't find any. Reading that somebody was there makes me sad :( But then again, makes this place even warmer than it was, to know there are other fans of him out there. :) If someone feels like giving me a little concert review or so (private e-mail) ..... GO AHEAD !!! My cyber-hugs are promised. Outta here, Thomas (snif) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:56:25 -0000 From: Suzanne Shmagin Subject: Incoherent babbling Good afternoon listers: !! I just completed 2 of my 5 finals, and have been drained of all the useless garbage that I "learned" this year. I have just a few things to say: Shirley Hoffman asked: >what did evrybody else get for Christmas, Hanukkah (excuse my >spelling on that), or any other holiday type occasions Quick note--"Hanukkah" can be spelled any way phonetically possible, and be considered the correct spelling. This is because it is a Hebrew word, and there's no such thing as a direct translation (spelling wise) from Hebrew to English. (That's about the extent of the info. I've remembered from my 6 yrs. of Hebrew Day School!) Ok, for the gift---at first, I thought that my mother and step-father had completely forgotten about me this Channukah until the last day. My mother came home from her exciting day (working) at the psych hospital with an unmarked envelope and handed it to me. I opened it up expecting to be greeted by former President Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln ($25), when to my surprise, a plane ticket lay in their place. My parents had bought me a ticket to NY CITY!!! My vacation there was great! My Uncle (with who'm I was staying) let my cousin Josh take off the entire week of school to escort me into the city. We had the best time together! While babbling about my gift/vacation, something occurred to me.....maybe I don't give my parents enough credit! I always think that they never understand me, (and sometimes they admit they don't) but maybe (they and I) don't give them enough credit. Sorry, I tend to babble excessively. OK--final note--I PROMISE: This goes out to fellow lister/high school goer Aphrodite Bray: Hang in there and tough out those finals--they'll be over before you know it!! Sincerely, Suzanne --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:45:33 -0800 From: John Miller Subject: Re: NMEC: Tom Petty Thomas Rudolph wrote: >Rhondda Ashby wrote: >>>And I'm going to see Tom Petty tonight with Rhondda... >and >>woo wee! me too! :-D > >Oops ! Was this really necessary ? I'm VERY jealous !!! TP has been one >of my favorites for YEARS (way longer than MLE, sorry) and still is. >I was cracking my mind to find a cheap way to get to SF and see HIM live, He's been one of my fav's for years, too, and seeing him (or anyone with his talent and stature) in a small venue is a rare treat! Springsteen did something similar (though he took his small-venue show on the road), and I'm hoping Melissa will do the same someday. Thanks to my most frequent live-music-buddy, Rhondda (Hi sweetie!), I was able to attend last nights show, just one of *twenty* shows Tom Petty has scheduled at San Francisco's famous FILLMORE, a venue holding only 1100. Tom has explained in several recent interviews that he was tired of the arena scene and simply wanted to enjoy a less-formal, less-choreographed show where he and the band could just have *fun*, playing whatever they felt like playing that night, staying loose with the crowd, like he did in the old days. Of course, tickets sold out within hours, and re-selling tickets is very difficult, since one had to show ID at time of purchase, sign tickets at place of purchase, then show the signed tickets (with same ID) at the door. What a great way to reduce ticket scalping (which in California is *legal* if not done on the venue premises). >If someone feels like giving me a little concert review or so (private >e-mail) ..... GO AHEAD !!! My cyber-hugs are promised. Last night's crowd was one of the best-behaved I've seen in years, and Tom was clearly having a ball. Several famous celebrity 'names' have been seen in his audience in the last few days, including Wynona Ryder (she's from the Bay Area), and Jackson Browne. Set lists change every night and can be viewed each day on the web at: http://www.thefillmore.com/ This site also includes links to reviews/interviews published in several local newspapers (including Saturday's tear gas/pepper spray incident), as well as information on San Francisco's famous FILLMORE..... enjoy! John Miller - still buzzing after last night's show San Jose CA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:20:28 -0500 From: Francie Trout Subject: Re: Thank you! In a message dated 1/14/97 4:23:25 PM, [email protected] (Cindy Hoeflak) wrote: << OK, sun's out, I'm off to the beach!>> Cindy, Would you like to trade weather? We are expecting ice tonight turning to (more) rain tomorrow. Then we are getting the COLDEST shot of Artic Air on Friday...a high in Philly of only 19 degrees!!! Please say yes!!! ;-) Francie (who is feeling alittle better today but would much rather be where Cindy is, ANYDAY!!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:47:21 -0500 From: David Johnson Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA - Please read - The list is being shut down Hi, all. The powers that be at McGill's Computing Centre have decided that McGill will no longer host any non-educational mailing lists, and so MLETHER and MLE-INFO are to be shut down tomorrow. We have been trying to find a new host for the lists since we found out about this problem, but no one has responded to our inquiries until today. We are currently in the process of setting up the lists on another host, but that may take a day or two, and the lists will be closed as of tomorrow. You will all be added to the new list, and posting and administrative instructions will be sent out when things are set up. We are open to suggestions from the "floor" as to a new host for the lists, although things are pretty well settled now. Posts will continue to go through the current LISTSERV until "they" delete the list. We will continue to post updates on the situation on the official mailing list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ During the downtime, we may consider posting any late-breaking news that list members have sent us. We'll see you on the new host. Take care, Glenna Vinokur and David Johnson Owners of the Melissa Etheridge mailing list and fan club ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:54:01 -0500 From: Jill Barry Subject: Re: MLE promos and singles In a message dated 1/15/97 1:26:52 PM, [email protected] (Anne E. Zachritz) wrote: <> Check out Goldmine Magazine (actually, more like a tabloid newspaper) at local bookstores and record stores...there are other similar publications whose names escape me (help!)...also in those mags, there are usually ads for upcoming record/CD/memorabilia shows around the country...you can sometimes find lots of interesting things there...also at record stores (many of them those off the beaten path) have fliers advertising these shows. Good luck! Jill Latest aquisitions from last record/memorabilia shows: Melissa 8x10 glossies from her management company; "If I Wanted To" CD single; "No More Secrets". Spotted but not bought: Melissa sheet music; "All American Girl" CD single; Combination "YLS and YIA" CD from Canada; poster advertisements of concerts...(go easy on me, I limited the amount of cash I brought on PURPOSE!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:13:20 -0500 From: Jill Barry Subject: Cleveland/RnR Hall of Fame Well, it's official! I will be off to Cleveland in a few weeks to fulfill one of my *easier* New Year's Resolutions (remember those?)...to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Actually, it's about going to scope out a good place where MELISSA memorabilia will be placed in the future... :) I know some of you have been there...or at least to Cleveland! Any Lister thoughts or opinions on where to go there? And will it really take at least two trips to the Hall to get through everything? Jill with the Melissa "Girl Groups" Medley in the background! :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:56:13 -0500 From: Melanie C Subject: Re: Buffalo Roaming Randy9 wrote: Not so fast Melanie..._I'M_ next in line...my birthday's in March and I need help too! hehehe... Well, gee Randy.....but I asked first! :o) Mel ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 to 15 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Fri Jan 17 00:01:05 1997 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:00:22 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 15 Jan 1997 to 16 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:16:55 -0800 From: Rhondda Ashby Subject: mcgill :-( , cd singles, janis movie, tom petty (SMLEC) sorry to hear that we're losing mcgill. i couldn't tell from dave and glenna's message if it was ok to post or not (the list hasn't been deleted yet), so my apologies if this is a big faux pas. "Anne E. Zachritz" asked: >Do any of y'all know where to get older singles/promos? i know that jill has already suggested that you check out "goldmine." if you have a large record store chain in your area (oklahoma, right?), such as tower, wherehouse, best buy, circuit city, etc., they may carry some singles. i spotted CTMW at my local tower recently. in addition, try your local used cd store. they're a great resource, not only for commercial singles, but, occasionally, you can find promos there, as well. finally, i've found some of my best MLE stuff at local record shows. good luck! ================== Gunilla Danielsson asked: >Now to my question. I've read in a swedish moviemagazine >that Melissa is going to record some Janice Joplin covers >for a film about Joplin. Maybe even star in that movie. Have >anybody heard about that, is it true and in that case when >will the film be reliced? the latest news i recall reading on this list is that MLE will begin filming the not-authorized-by-laura-joplin version in april/may 1997. a soundtrack will be released, but i don't recall that a release date either for that or the movie has been announced yet. anyone else? perhaps later in the year or the beginning of 1998? ================== Thomas Rudolph said: >Oops ! Was this really necessary ? I'm VERY jealous >!!! TP has been one of my favorites for YEARS (way longer >than MLE, sorry) and still is. :-) no need to apologize, thomas. there are quite a few artists that i like even better than MLE, and i know i'm not "the only one." let's pause for a moment, while we wait for a lightning bolt to strike me down for uttering such blasphemy. hmm...nope, i'm still here. too bad you couldn't come to SF for the shows. :-( ================== John Miller said: >Springsteen did something similar (though he took his >small-venue show on the road), and I'm hoping Melissa will >do the same someday. yes, but bruce's TGOTJ shows have been in venues that are about 3-5 times larger than the fillmore. >Tom has explained in several recent interviews that he was >tired of the arena scene and simply wanted to enjoy a >less-formal, less-choreographed show where he and the >band could just have *fun*, playing whatever they felt like >playing that night, staying loose with the crowd, like he did >in the old days. great show! lots of TP, mixed in with a wide variety of covers by bo diddley, the zombies, the stones, and elvis presley (to name just a few). the 20 show run is also helping to boost the careers of several opening acts. the wallflowers opened the 1st 2 shows and los straightjackets opened last night, while pete droge opened wednesday night's show and will open thursday's show, too. hey, there was even SMLEC in last night's show! scott thurston (tom called him his "adopted son") played guitar and harmonica with the usual heartbreakers contingent. scott's done a lot of session work, including playing keyboards on MLE's first 4 albums (not sure about YLS, since it's not listed on the "credits list" on the list web site). if i recall correctly, scott's also played with jackson browne, amongst others. tom turned his acoustic guitar around for his rendition of elvis' "treat me nice" (did you think i was going to say 'occasionally'? ), including a decent elvis vocal impersonation and full presley hippy shake. favorite TP adlibbed lyric: "take back...newt gingrich" favorite john miller quotation from last night: "i'll just enter from the rear." that's it from me tonight. see everyone on the new server! :-) *rhondda* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 05:48:07 -0800 From: Randy Subject: Re: Buffalo Roaming Melanie C wrote: > Well, gee Randy.....but I asked first! :o) OK! I'll share! -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 03:01:36 -0800 From: Joe Vitale Subject: Biography of ME due in Feb '97 I just learned of this book this morning. Thought you would want to know. (If it's already been mentioned here, sorry. I haven't been keeping up with all of the posts.) "Melissa Etheridge : An Unauthorized Biography" by Chris Nickson List: $11.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $10.75 -- You Save: $1.20 (10%) Subjects: Etheridge, Melissa, Rock musicians, United States, Biography, Singers Publisher: St. Martin's Press Binding: Paperback Expected publication date: February 1, 1997 ISBN: 0312151713 URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0312151713 Joe "Mr. Fire!" Vitale Live from Houston -- Joe Vitale-Author of way too many books to list [email protected] Latest book: "CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or Service Online (without being flamed)" (AMACOM, 1997) To order call 1-800-262-9699 NEW! - Visit The Copywriting Profit Center at http://www.mrfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 07:37:59 -0500 From: "Mildred L. Perkins" Subject: TCI Tracey, TCI gets away with cancelling great channels like VH1 (and yes, they did it to us in Bloomington, IN) because they hold a lot of cities in a monopoly situation. We literally cannot get another cable channel here. Sat dish, you say? We tried Primestar before we realized that that is also TCI. I won't bore you with a terrible horror story (which only BEGINS with the TCI salesman LYING to me), but trust me, you don't want Primestar. Any chance of the anti-trust laws being invoked against these creeps? There's not a chance I'll be able to see any new ME videos unless I come up with a "spare" six hundred bucks for a DSS (for example) system. Yeah. As if. Chuckie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:55:54 -0500 From: Dawn Kivisto Subject: Re: Cleveland/RnR Hall of Fame I have had the (un)fortunate privelidge of going to Cleveland twice in the same month...passing through on my way to Boston, and on the return trip. From both visits, all I have to say about Cleveland can be summed up in one word.... YECCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dawn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:05:17 -0500 From: Kelley at AOL Subject: NMEC - Bryan Adams single Can anyone help me?? I love the song by Bryan Adams "Please Forgive Me" (not sure if that is the title or not) and I'd like to know what CD it's on or if it is available as a CD single. This song has a very special meaning to me and I'd love to own it. Anyone with info can email privately or post in case others are interested. Many thanks! Kelley (who finally got enough snow to wear her really cute snow boots bought on clearance 2 years ago and they look really great with her forest green painted (real) nails that match her forest green Melissa Etheridge sweatshirt that looks so cool under the neat Melissa Etheridge denim jacket Santa got her for X-mas. Too bad she's really too cold to go anywear in her good-looking get-up!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:31:49 -0500 From: Joyce Luck Subject: Re: Cleveland/RnR Hall of Fame In a message dated 1/16/97 10:57:26 AM, Dawn wrote: <> Now, now, now. Cleveland isn't all *that* bad! LOL I hear the Flats is a nice downtown area to hang out in....though I live only one hour south of Cleveland, I usually go in the opposite direction and head down to Columbus, which has a better women's community, when I leave good ol' Mansfield. Of Cleveland, I understand much of the downtown area on the lake has been renovated and is pretty upscale and happenin'..... Anyway, whoever it is that is making the trip...and I forget who, sorry....you might also see if you can't contact the Gay People's Chronicle in Cleveland if you're trying to locate the gay community....bars, events, etc. They could probably send you a copy of that paper or direct you to the proper place to get such information. Otherwise, you can check the Cleveland Plain Dealer (the regular Cleveland paper) for info about what's going on, too. Hope this helps. And here's hoping our list isn't "offline" for too long. See ya, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:39:36 -0800 From: Birgit Simbuerger Subject: Montreal bootleg Hey I am surching for a bootleg from Melissa�s concert in Montreal in March of 96. Does anyone have it ? Birgit ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:46:58 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: I Guess That's Why They Call It The TCI Blues Trace "The Macarena Queen" who is also a Cubs fan (yahoo) wrote: > TCI here in Pittsburgh mercifully spared our VH-1, but killed WGN. That > was the only thing we lost. Which is cruel and unusual for this > die-hard Cubs fan, but I'll live. Next week we're getting a sat dish. Ahhhhh Trace, a Cubs fan. A gal after me own heart. This cold weather that we're having is making me long for summer already. I can hear Harry Carey right now, singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". We had a blizzard yesterday. It was horrible, after work I went bowling (I'm on a league), what normally takes 5 minutes to get to the alley, it took a half hour, it was pretty bad. Talk about weathering the storm. Gee, now I feel like reading Weathering Heights. Well, enough my ramblings, this post really snow balled, didn't it. Take care and keep warm. Kare, who has a chill in her bones........ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:48:03 -0500 From: "Sandra E. Brandon" Subject: Hello Hello Just thought I would say hello for the first time to let you know I'm out here! I felt it was a "bit" impolite to sit out here and "listen in" on all of your conversations without your knowing. You have created a voyeurs paradise. Seriously though, reading the list is a great start to the work day. Thanks Colder than a polar bears butt in Pittsburgh Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:05:12 -0500 From: Tei at netcom Subject: shut down... some replies to recent posts.. Hi all! Just in a talkative mood today... Following is just some replies to recent posts... I am sorry to hear as I am sure all of you are that our list will be closed down tomorrow! Thanx to Dave and Glenna for giving us somewhere to go in the meantime http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ of course I know we can go there at anytime.. but thanx for keeping us updated! I would hate the thought of us all losing our contact for good! That is a sad thought indeed... Here's faith in Dave and Glenna that 'that' will never come to be! tei! > However, I managed to tape the 'pop-up' CTMW during December, and it * >will* > be included in the multi-tape Melissa video compilation I am in the >process > of making... stay tuned for more on this subject. > > John Miller > San Jose CA You Go John!!!... Keep goin!... Can't wait to get that copy!! BTW Saw your pic recently... IT is nice to put a name with a face! Take Care.. > I shall always be a die-hard > fan of Melissa. > This list seems like such a great 'place' to be...from what I've read > so > far, I look forward to participating in and > learning > from this list and its discussions, as well as having a new place to > escape (and we all need one of those every once in a while, no?) > But for now, back to lurk mode. The truth is out there...it's just up > to > us to have to courage to face it once we've found it. > > bec. This list is an enjoyable place by far! I believe that the truth lives in each one of us! Finding and Facing is life's work! > This is my first post, so I'm sure of the protocol, but I would try to > write Melissa through her manager, Bill Leopold @ > W.E. Leopold Management > 4425 Riverside Drive, Suite 102 > Burbank, CA 91505 That would be my suggestion too! but I did not know of the address.... THANX However... i believe it is W.F.Leopold Management... > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Randy wrote: > > > So..............whatthehellwasinthebox?........... > > > I like that Randy, sort of has that....whothehellisinthetaxi....ring > to > it, so Sue are you going to tell everyone on the list what you got for > your birthday or should I start getting my notepad out????? Gee Sue.... With all sincerity.. Here is a Belated H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y WISH I JUST MADE FOR YOU!!! BTW ... don't all us fans out there really know that there was absoulutly.... . .nobodyinthetaxi. . ....... except the driver himself!!! > Not so fast Melanie..._I'M_ next in line...my birthday's in > March and I > need help too! hehehe... > > -- > [email protected] So Kiva... who gets it first... me or you? because... > And I would like to announce, , that I am a >full > blooded Gemini... =) ... and Kiva.. I too am a twin! How do you like balancing yourself? (Nothing meant by that really... Just the polish coming out in me) > > Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:56:13 -0500 > From: Melanie C > Subject: Re: Buffalo Roaming > > Randy9 wrote: > > Not so fast Melanie..._I'M_ next in line...my birthday's in >March and > I > need help too! hehehe... > > Well, gee Randy.....but I asked first! :o) > > Mel When is your birthday Mel? Take Care All! Here's to our future Place! tei! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:09:25 -0800 From: Melissa Regester Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 to 15 Jan 1997 I am new to this list with many ME questions. First, I play the guitar and was wondering where the heck I can obtain sheet music from ME earlier releases. Second, I have heard ME has recordings of songs that have never been put in albums. (ie her VH1 appearances). Does anyone know where I can obtain these? Thanks alot... Melissa Regester (hmmm...my parents must have prohetised :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:07:54 GMT From: Maggie at avalon Subject: Cubs, MLE guitar music Karen wrote: >Trace "The Macarena Queen" who is also a Cubs fan (yahoo) wrote: > >> TCI here in Pittsburgh mercifully spared our VH-1, but killed WGN. That >> was the only thing we lost. Which is cruel and unusual for this >> die-hard Cubs fan, but I'll live. Next week we're getting a sat dish. > >Ahhhhh Trace, a Cubs fan. A gal after me own heart. Hey, me too! I've been a Cub fan since I was old enough to turn on Channel 9, many, many years ago. I have to confess, if given a choice, I'd rather keep WGN and lose VH-1 on my system, which luckily, is what happened here. Melissa wrote: >First, I play the guitar and was wondering where the heck I can obtain >sheet music from ME earlier releases. You can get chords and some tablature for a few MLE songs in the internet at OLGA - the online guitar archive: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab.html Also, many music stores carry her song books or can order them for you. MEIN may carry them as well, but I'm not sure of this since I'm not a member. >Second, I have heard ME has recordings of songs that have never been put >in albums. (ie her VH1 appearances). Does anyone know where I can obtain >these? There are lots of bootlegs circulating around the list, including a recent tape tree run by Rhondda that includes the VH1 appearance. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 15:46:48 -0500 From: Susan Binnicker Subject: TCI Delurking to let anyone interested know that Nancy Lustberg at VH1 is the person to contact regarding TCI pulling VH1. There isn't much that VH1 can do but they let you know who in your community is organizing and who to get in touch with. She can be reached at 212-258-7891. I'm in Ft. Collins, CO where they said they were going to pull it but thank goodness haven't. They did pull it in Denver, however. Now going back to my corner...... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:21:55 EDT From: Jane Vaughn Subject: I Had A Dream! :) Hey All! Poohster here wondering as usual, what would have happened had I not come out of hibernation for a brief spell and found out we are going to move! I guess we are all gonna do a new dance at a new address called the cyber-space-shuffle!!! I loved the story about the buffalo necklace. I thought it was a very heartwarming gift. It never ceases to amaze me at what a wonderful bunch of people we have here so I hope no one gets lost in the big move. I had a dream the other night while I was all snuggled up in in the bear cave. I dreamt I had gotten tickets to see Melissa and when I arrived at the concert it was a very small venue like only 20 people!!! Then, right in the middle of Melissa singing "I'm The Only One" she stopped and walked right over to me and said: "Are You The Bear Known As Pooh?" My face got as red as my little red vest and my heart looked like a pepe' le' pue' cartoon jumping right out of my fur!!! :) I finally got out a feeble "yes" and she said, "I thought so then smiled and said you have a good heart." Died! I tell ya! Right then and there! But before I did I managed to get her to sign my denim Melissa shirt and then went right straight to heaven!!!!! :) I awoke with the sweetest smile on my fuzzy little face!!! I tell you all it is so cold I saw a penquin searching for a heater today!! I hope that wherever you are it is warm inside your heart. Till we speak again: Dance on the tree tops and let the magic of your soul set you free. Much warmth, "POOH" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:41:55 -0800 From: Cindy Hoeflak Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 14 Jan 1997 to 15 Jan 1997 Hi everyone!! Katinka wrote: > > Sorry to bring the Macarena back up, but I know Katinka is very good at > it, so all of you at the meeting, > > tell her to give you all a demonstration!! :D :D :D > > and: > > >My mother is slowly getting used to having a gay son *and* a lesbian daughter, > > however is still worried she saved all the Lego throughout the years for > nothing (no > > grand kids). :D > > Oke girl, I'll forgive you your little *indiscretion* if you give me all > your Lego! ;-D > > Katinka - who got Lego for her 31th birthday and for Xmas! :-D You mean, you've been slaving over a hot desk all this time, so you can go and play with your lego!? :D Maybe you can make some kind of robot out of it, that does the actions to the Macarena!! :D You can have your lego if you come and pick it up, I've had enough of the weather up there, I'm still in recovery! - which brings me to my next reply: Francie wrote: >> OK, sun's out, I'm off to the beach!>> > > Cindy, > Would you like to trade weather? We are expecting ice tonight turning to > (more) rain tomorrow. Then we are getting the COLDEST shot of Artic Air on > Friday...a high in Philly of only 19 degrees!!! Please say yes!!! ;-) > Francie Well, I'm not exactly sure how cold 19 degrees is. I assume that's fahrenheit, and us people in New Zealand tend to use celsius. Anyway, no doubt it's extremely cold, therefore I'll have to decline your kind offer. I've just returned from Holland a couple of weeks ago, where it was -15degrees celsius, which is (beep) cold also. I'm more than happy to see some sun again, cause we've had a couple cyclones go past NZ in the past two weeks, which brought nothing but rain and wind. > Francie > (who is feeling alittle better today but would much rather be where Cindy is, > ANYDAY!!) Ah yes, they all say that!! :D :D Gotta go, sun's out again. Hhhmmm, which beach today?? Take care Cindy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 19:32:56 -0500 From: Toni Pelosi Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 8 Jan 1997 to 9 Jan 1997 Hi all, VERY new to this list, but it's good to know that there are others like me out there - M.E. fanatics that is, (the queer thing I'm very comfortable with ;-) ) Anyway, in response to the VH-1 Unplugged issue; I've got a great quality cassette if anyone is interested. Peace to all. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:27:52 -0500 From: Jeannine Arzillo Subject: Re: GEMINI'S Hello everyone! New to the list, so I thought this would be an good time to introduce myself. I'm from New York, heard about the list through my girlfriend and couldn't wait to get on. so any info reguarding the "goddess" herself would greatly be appreciated. looking forward to hearing from everyone. Oh...btw........GEMINI'S ROCK!!!!! jeannine ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 15 Jan 1997 to 16 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[email protected]> Sat Jan 18 00:00:54 1997 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:00:20 -0500 Sender: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Reply-To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: MLETHER Digest - 16 Jan 1997 to 17 Jan 1997 To: Recipients of MLETHER digests Status: RO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 22:55:26 EDT From: Marcy Kunst Subject: cleveland I have a friend who owns a lesbian bar in Cleveland. It's called something like the Nickel Bet or the 5 Cent somethingorother...they flipped a coin to see if they'd buy it. -marcy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:17:25 EDT From: Jane Vaughn Subject: Antique Bowling Shirts? Some Pooh Pondering: Now that we are being cut loose from MCGILL. I guess that makes the purple bowling shirts antiques. So now Joyce, we are collectors items right? I always new I would be wearing antiques one day! Right along with my wind up mickey mouse watch! When I was a child,Momma said: "Eat your oatmeal so you can stay warm on the way to school. Today she says: Watch out for the ice on the bridges on your way to work sweetheart. Where oh where would we be without mommas worrying about their babygirls? Prayers go out to Cosby today as we are made to realize once again it is not a perfect world by far this world we live in and only "Change" can make it better. Stay warm and remember the little people of the world need love to. Much warmth, "POOH" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 05:35:41 -0800 From: Mike Viall Subject: MLETHER Digest - 15 Jan 1997 to 16 Jan 1997 -Reply Apologize in advance, as I am new to posting--hope this works and does not violate any existing protocols or etiquette! Have loved MLE for 4-5 years now, have seen her live 4X. Was wondering if any out there happened to catch Melissa at the Bridge Concert in Mountain View, CA in 1994 (I think it was '94). In any case, Melissa opened a show which included Simon + Garfunkel, Heart, Neil Young, Warron Zevon, et al. MLE was introduced by Martina Navratilova, and sang a 4 song set which closed with "Piece of My Heart." I've seen several hundred musical performances in my life, and I don't think I've ever ever ever ever seen a perfomance like "Piece of My Heart," as she absolutely stole the show from all the big names. There was just no getting higher after she was done! I still get chicken flesh thinking about it. Would anyone know if this performance was captured on *either* audio or video? We would be *highly* interested in either! BTW, my wife and I were able to meet John Shanks (guitarist) and his wife the day before our wedding at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, CA. I think John was a little surprised at being recognized! A nicer couple you have never met, however, and John was able to spend 15-20 minutes with us or so telling us stories about the band's experience at Woodstock 2. Truly a brush with greatness. Let us know--thanks! Love, Mike, Leslie, and Christopher ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:55:41 +0100 From: Thomas Rudolph Subject: NMEC: TP, blasphemy Rhondda Ashby wrote: >let's pause for a moment, while we wait for a lightning bolt to >strike me down for uttering such blasphemy. hmm...nope, >i'm still here. Must have been courage to send mail to list that's sinking into the dark grounds of cyberspace that saved you this time . John Miller wrote: >including Wynona Ryder >(she's from the Bay Area), and Jackson Browne. Wow. Thank's a million to John and you providing me with some info. Feels good. Thomas (getting a litte tired of mountains in the bright sun. When is it snowing again ?! ) ... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:17:51 EST From: "Diane M. Brundige" Subject: GEMINIs ROCK On 1/17/97, Jeannine Arzillo at INTERNET wrote: >Oh...btw........GEMINI'S ROCK!!!!! >jeannine Of course they do, Jeannine, least we forget Melissa herself is one. KiP, Diane (& Karen, still with our warm thoughts of The Texas Tour, hoping they will keep us warm in the bone-chilling Northeast) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:09:33 -0500 From: Jeannine Arzillo Subject: when is your b-day? curious to know how many more geminians on the list? also...at the risk of sounding naive...has anyone heard any udates on the baby? when is it due? girl/boy? Jeannine...... "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts. What's so great about really deep thoughts? .......tori amos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:28:21 -0800 From: "Karen Steenstrup (Punster)" Subject: Da Cubs Maggie wrote: > Karen wrote: >> Trace "The Macarena Queen" who is also a Cubs fan (yahoo) wrote: >> >>> TCI here in Pittsburgh mercifully spared our VH-1, but killed WGN. >>> That was the only thing we lost. Which is cruel and unusual for this >>> die-hard Cubs fan, but I'll live. Next week we're getting a dish. >> >> Ahhhhh Trace, a Cubs fan. A gal after me own heart. > > Hey, me too! I've been a Cub fane since I was old > enough to turn on Channel 9, many, many years ago. I have to confess, > if given a choice, I'd rather keep WGN and lose VH-1 on my system, > which luckily, is what happened here. Hey, cool! Yet another Cubs fan. I've been a Cubs fan pretty much my whole life, thanks to my brothers. I wouldn't dare watch that other Chicago team, no way! Okay, it's the seventh inning stretch (in my best Harry Carey voice), a one, a two, a three, take me.......... Kare, who would like to play running bases right about now. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:12:32 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: MLETHER Digest - 15 Jan 1997 to 16 Jan 1997 Hi, A lurker coming forth. In response to Dawn's comments about Cleveland. I live 20 miles SW of CLeveland. Unless you live in Cleveland, don'y knock it. Two visits hardly qualifies you to make such a comment. Remember who has the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & all the other pleasantries. Go take a run for the border and eat some tacos. Sherri ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 18:14:06 UT From: Breanna Anderson Subject: Re: when is your b-day? Nope, full-blooded Scorpio here (Nov. 6). So is my girlfriend (Nov. 12). And contrary to what people may think about a double-scorp r-ship, we get along very well. Been the best damn r-ship I've ever been in. I'm the hot-headed type (Big surprise I know) and she is very calm and centered. She's very good at spoiling me rotten and usually lets me have my own way in arguments. I was gonna put what gift I received this season. My lover's continued love and support. That's more than I could ever imagine getting. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Jeannine curious to know how many more geminians on the list? also...at the risk of sounding naive...has anyone heard any udates on the baby? when is it due? girl/boy? Jeannine...... "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts. What's so great about really deep thoughts? .......tori amos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:14:19 -0500 From: David Johnson Subject: Found a new host! Hi, all! Well, as those of you on the info-list have probably guessed by now, I've found a new host for the lists. I've already subscribed people to the information list, and will do so for the discussion list members later today. Keep watch for a "welcome" message from the new list! If you don't get the message by Monday, please feel free to write to me at [email protected] Take care! Glenna ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:00:53 GMT From: Beth Durff Subject: Macarena woman, toolbelts Tracey Thacker wrote: >Tracey Macarena (thanks for bringing *that* back up, HDCM!) you're welcome !!! and: >wondering who's going to climb out on her roof to install that dish. . . (donning my toolbelt) I'll be right out there Trace !!!! *lol* Beth (spending another weekend trying to get rid of a cold) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 18:26:46 -0500 From: Francie Trout Subject: Re: when is your b-day? My birthday is April 10th...an Aires! I have a thing about my head..head injury and all! And yes, please, if there is an easier way of doing something, keep it to yourself. I have to do things the hard and backwards way...stubborn! ;-) I will find out the hard way in life...the leader of the zodiac! Have a great weekend! Francie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:30:20 -0700 From: "L. POINDEXTER" Subject: Re: Gemini You can put me down as a Gemini, my twin sister and I were born on May 27th. Linnette ------------------------------ End of MLETHER Digest - 16 Jan 1997 to 17 Jan 1997 ************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 17 21:36:10 1997 From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 20:36:08 GMT Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] Subject: etheridge Re: Antique Bowling Shirts, Cubs Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Racing to be the first to post to the new list.... Pooh Pondered: > > Now that we are being cut loose from MCGILL. I guess that makes the >purple bowling shirts antiques. Maybe it's time for a run of those iron-on transfers with the new address so we could all update our shirts? Kare wrote: >Hey, cool! Yet another Cubs fan. I've been a Cubs fan pretty much my >whole life, thanks to my brothers. I wouldn't dare watch that other >Chicago team, no way! Hmm. My oldest brother turned into a Sox fan. He did take me to Wrigley to see my first Cubs game when I was 7, though, so he's not all bad. :) >Okay, it's the seventh inning stretch (in my best >Harry Carey voice), a one, a two, a three, take me.......... I still miss Jack Brickhouse. And what *are* those lights doing there? Maggie To unsubscribe, send a message to Etheridge-request@esosoft with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Fri Jan 17 23:59:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id XAA01204; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 23:59:17 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:58:43 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) Subject: etheridge congrats... and oops! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] My first post-to-the-list on our new server... I want to congratulate Dave and Glenna for the painless transfer of the list to our new server... I was expecting the list to be 'down' for the move, but the whole thing has been transparent... I am *very* impressed! ---- And a brief moment of embarrassment for myself... on Tue, 14 Jan 1997, I replied to Shirley Hoffman's post about 'holiday gifts' with: >Shirley Hoffman asked: > >>What did everybody else get for Christmas, Hanukkah (excuse my spelling >>on that), or any other holiday type occasions > >My favorite holiday gift was the visit of one of my *favorite* listers >(Hi Shirl), getting to meet some new listers (Patty, SueD), and seeing >several of my BAB-buddies (Alma and Mo, Kim, Melanie, and Rhondda)... >oooohh, hope I didn't forget anyone in my overworked-brain-fade . Guess I'm still suffering from post-holiday delirium (it can't be age ), because I forgot to mention that I *finally* got to meet a BAB-member who recently moved to Oregon... Lis Baccigaluppi , formerly from Sacramento, fought the ice-storms and freezing rain to fly down from Portland to the Bay Area for the New Year... after corresponding with her via email for months, I finally had the pleasure of meeting Lis, and we spent several hours listening to Melissa, and swapping stories . Lis, I hope your phone service has finally been restored after the storms. John Miller San Jose CA To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 00:11:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id AAA04671; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:11:41 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:11:03 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) From: John Miller Subject: etheridge NMEC: Four Bitchin' Babes Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: John Miller I know there are some ME-listers here who are fans of this group. I just received notice that they will be appearing on television this Sunday. John Miller San Jose CA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fans of the Four Bitchin' Babes - Christine Lavin, Sally Fingerett, Megon McDonough, and Debi Smith - can get a televised glimpse of them on the road, in the air, and in concert! "CBS Sunday Morning" will have an 8-1/2 minute segment on the Babes on Sunday, January 19. The program runs from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. EST, and the Babes' segment is scheduled for approximately 9:30 a.m. A CBS camera crew accompanied the Babes on an October, 1996 concert tour from New York City to Rochester, NY by air, and by van to Geneva, NY, where they did a show. Christine, Sally, Megon and Debi are shown in concert and backstage. There's also an interview with Christine at her apartment in NYC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 03:03:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id WAA03914; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:39:10 +0100 From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:39:32 EDT Subject: etheridge Anyone Out There? X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Halllllllooooooo!!! Pooh to the new list! Any Melisters out there? How's it going? Have a warm week-end! Tis but a week-end to stay inside curled up with someone you love and a hot cup of cocoa! :) TTFN To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 03:42:48 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id DAA08963; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 03:42:48 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] (Jeannine Arzillo) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:42:48 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: etheridge cool... Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV 1.0) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Jeannine Arzillo) nice place.....great view.....i'll take it!!! Jeannine...... "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts. What's so great about really deep thoughts? .......tori amos To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 04:57:47 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id EAA28651; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 04:57:47 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:56:32 -0500 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Hayley Coristine) X-Sender: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* TCI:VH1 (long) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Hayley Coristine) This is something I found at the VH1 webpage. Sorry if it's already been posted... At VH1, we believe in giving viewers what they want - great music; great programming like Storytellers, Crossroads, and Pop-Up Video; and great artists like John Mellencamp, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Jewel, and more. Unfortunately, many of our viewers will not be able to receive VH1 any longer because TCI cable has dropped VH1 in several markets. Tucson, AZ Jefferson, IN San Jose, CA Middlebury, IN San Diego, CA Dodge City, KS San Jacinto, CA Lexington, KY South Whittier, CA Sauk Centre, MN Ventura County, CA Cape Girardeau, MO Westlake Village, CA Hannibal, MO Aspen, CO Mexico, MO Fort Collins, CO Williston, ND Boulder, CO Reno, NV Castle Rock, CO Boonville, NY Denver Metroplex, CO Camden, NY Littleton, CO Mexico, NY Thornton, CO Woodstock, NY Wheat Ridge, CO Westchester, NY Hartford, CT Concord, OH Dyersville, IA Kent, OH Marengo, IA Stillwater, OK Morning Sun, IA Baker, OR Story City, IA La Grande, OR Traer, IA Union, OR Wapello, IA Pendleton, OR Washington, IA Beaverton, OR Waterloo, IA Portland, OR Waverly, IA Vancouver, OR Wilton, IA St. Helens, OR Breese, IL Sweet Home, OR Kankakee, IL Lock Haven, PA Princeton, IL State College & Lewiston, PA Schaumburg, IL Paw Paw, WV Bristol, IN Beckley & Logan, WV Are you missing out on the greatest music movies of all time? Do you live in any of these markets? If you live in any of the above markets you may not be able to watch VHI unless you act now and let TCI know that you want your VH1 back. To find out more about how you can make a difference please read the other articles in this area. We believe that viewers should have a voice in deciding the programming they receive. TCI has dropped your favorite channels, like VH1, and replaced them with channels that they have a financial stake in. Does your cable company care about your likes and dislikes? Were you even consulted on change in programming? Would you have agreed to your VH1 being dropped? We hear you! And here's what you can do to get back the music: 1. Call TCI Cable Now!! Call your local TCI system operator and tell them to give back your VH1: Tucson, AZ 520-458-4705 Marshall Grayson San Jose, CA 408-452-9100 Russell Davis San Diego, CA 619-438-7741/xx601 Jodi Odium San Jacinto, CA 909-766-4270 Kathy Ouillette South Whittier, CA 818-855-3355 Frank Maldonado [email protected] Ventura County, CA 800-427-3731 Dan Deutch Westlake Village, CA 800-427-3731 Dan Deutch Aspen, CO 970-925-4098 Fred Lutz Fort Collins, CO 970-493-7400 Kathy Stewart Boulder, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Castle Rock, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Denver Metroplex, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Littleton, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Thornton, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Wheat Ridge, CO 303-603-2000 Steve Santa Maria Hartford, CT 860-505-3548 Wayne Cramp Dyersville, IA 319-557-8020 Kathy McMullen Marengo, IA 515-246-1890 Doug Nix Morning Sun, IA 319-385-9501 John Resnick Story City, IA 515-246-1890 Doug Nix Traer, IA 515-246-1890 Doug Nix Wapello, IA 319-351-3984 Bill Blough Washington, IA 515-682-8768 Paula Gonzales Waterloo, IA 319-232-1022 Darrel Wenzel Waverly, IA 515-424-1900 Jeff Barnes Wilton, IA 319-243-6350 Sara Vicks Breese, IL 309-467-5107 Stephanie Jeans Kankakee, IL 815-937-2700 John Niebur Princeton, IL 815-625-5618 Charlotte Bragg Schaumburg, IL 630-289-1677 Denise Engebretson Bristol, IN 219-259-8015 Jim Peterson Jefferson, IN 219-259-8015 Jim Peterson Middlebury, IN 219-259-8015 Jim Peterson Dodge City, KS 316-227-3361 Bob Carl Lexington, KY 606-438-7741/601 Marshaol Bowden Sauk Centre, MN 612-763-5193 Keith Peterson Cape Girardeau, MO 573-335-7644 Roger Harms Hannibal, MO 314-221-0060 Becky Bramblett Mexico, MO 314-581-6666 Mark Efferson Williston, ND 701-572-2253 Michael Jones Reno, NV 702-850-1200 Carol Eure Boonville, NY 315-676-2918 EJ Youngs Camden, NY 315-676-2918 Steven Shufelt Mexico, NY 315-676-2918 Steven Shufelt Woodstock, NY 914-331-1804 Floyd Laight Westchester, NY 914-777-3900/x317 Richard Watman [email protected] Concord, OH 216-354-8000 Ed Williams Kent, OH 330-677-9692 Terry White Stillwater, OK 405-377-7785 Ted Ramsey Baker, OR 541-963-4189 Daryl Lanklater La Grande, OR 541-963-4189 Daryl Lanklater Union, OR 541-963-4189 Daryl Lanklater Pendleton, OR 541-963-4189 Daryl Lanklater Beaverton, OR 503-243-7426 Bill Tierney [email protected] Portland, OR 503-243-7426 Bill Tierney [email protected] Vancouver, OR 503-243-7426 Bill Tierney [email protected] St. Helens, OR 503-243-7426 Bill Tierney [email protected] Sweet Home, OR 503-243-7426 Gary Hostetler Lock Haven, PA 717-748-8048 Beth Russell State College & Lewiston, PA 814-238-3098 Curt Kosko or Coleen Swanson Paw Paw, WV 301-722-6540 Rich Angerman Beckley & Logan, WV 304-252-6358 Brenda McNutt Don't miss out on VH1's classic rock programming! This list will be regularly updated. Please check in again if a contact name and number for your market is not listed. 2. Sign Up with USSB!! United States Satellite Broadcasting is one of the nation's premiere satellite service providers. USSB carries more than 200 channels, premium sports events, 800 different movies every month, and a preview channel you control. And yes, they carry VH1. In splendid, video-disc quality picture, and CD quality sound! We understand that USSB have a special offer available in several markets. Get the full digital picture. Stop by your local USSB retailer today. For more information on USSB, check out their website at http://www.ussbtv.com 3. Contact VH1 Viewer Services: Unlike others, we are there when you need us. Our viewer services department has received hundreds of calls and letters from disappointed viewers. In many cases we have been able to help viewers by providing information specific to their markets. We want you to know that we understand, and we are doing something to bring back your VH1. If you want to talk to us, we are here to listen: Call: NANCY at 212-258-7891 Write: VH1 Viewer Services 1515 Broadway New York, NY, 10036 E-mail: [email protected] 4. Post a Message: Many viewers are posting messages on VH1 Online and other message boards on the internet and America Online. In doing so, they are inviting comments and participation from other viewers, and forming support groups. If you are on America Online, go to Keyword VH1 and post a message in the VH1 Shows folder of our message boards. Mobilize opinion. Let your voice be heard by others. Your music has been taken away. Get your VH1 back! 5. Call Your Local City Franchise Board/Government 6. Call Your Local Radio & TV Stations 7. Call Your Local Newspapers 8. Call Your State Representative Did TCI Drop VH1 in Your Area? What You Will Miss You're Not Alone! 9. Contact Family & Friends: Has VH1 been dropped in their markets too? What are they doing about it? Have they complained to their TCI General Manager? Have they contacted their state representative? Have they signed up with USSB? Have they talked to VH1? By exchanging information with friends and family you might be in a better position to resolve this problem. Contact them today! You are not alone in this crisis. Read the next article to find out what other disappointed viewers are doing to protest, and rectify this situation. ************************************************************************* Through this world I've stumbled * so many times betrayed * trying to find an honest word to find * the truth enslaved -Sarah McLachlan ************************************************************************* To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 05:13:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA03174; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 05:13:56 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] (Jeannine Arzillo) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 23:13:54 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* feline frisky??? Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV 1.0) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Jeannine Arzillo) well i am now the proud new mother of 2 adorable little kittens and since you did such a great job in helping deb name her horse...i thought i might put the question out to all you listers. any suggestions??? Jeannine...... "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts. What's so great about really deep thoughts? .......tori amos To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 05:18:29 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA04490; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 05:18:29 +0100 X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC39.Generation.NET [205.205.118.195]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 23:15:41 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge CC: Etheridge-info Subject: *etheridge* Welcome to our new home on the net! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Hi, all! Everyone should now have been subscribed to the new list. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who offered help, suggestions, and friendly words of support. If you need help with anything, feel free to drop me a line at [email protected] I may be slow in answering, but I will answer every question. Well, the ceremonial ribbon has been cut; let the fun begin! Take care, Glenna To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 05:22:08 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA05512; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 05:22:08 +0100 X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC39.Generation.NET [205.205.118.195]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 23:19:21 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: Re: *etheridge* feline frisky??? References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Jeannine Arzillo wrote: > > well i am now the proud new mother of 2 adorable little kittens and > since you did such a great job in helping deb name her horse...i > thought i might put the question out to all you listers. any > suggestions??? Well, when I get my new kitten, I will introduce her to people as my pet, Peeve... Glenna To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:03:34 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA17489; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:03:34 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Home Sweet Home Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.17 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 3-4,6 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:02:34 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) I just wanted to thank Dave and Glenna for finding us all a new home and for making the move so easy. I've become very attached to this list and would really miss it if it were gone. Thanks for making it all possible. :) Michelle, who is grateful that there are no boxes to unpack after this move. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:07:48 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA18468; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:07:48 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:07:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Ellen FOREVER... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I wrote ABC and got this response about Ellen for those of you interested... Back to reading... Ecko ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- Subj: RE: Talk to ABC Date: 97-01-15 12:21:53 EST From: [email protected] (AOL-AUD-RELATN,ABCAUDR MS) To: [email protected] (Rdrdwne2) Thank you for sharing your views with us regarding "Ellen." We have forwarded your message to our programming department. The show is not being cancelled, but will be going on a temporary hiatus, and will return to the schedule in May. We appreciate your interest in ABC Television. and your effort to communicate with us. James Canning ABC Television ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:26:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA22306; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:26:00 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:23:34 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE interview/article from San Diego Union-Tribune Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] yippee! we're back! kudos to dave and glenna for the fabulously smooth transition...:-D as a prelude to my SD show review on my YCSWID tour (i'm working on the SF one currently), i found a few articles in the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding MLE's show and upcoming janis movie. i hope none of these have been posted already. my humble apologies if they have. the first one is a telephone interview and article that the local pop music critic did prior to the SD show. i'll post the others next. * * * * * San Diego Union-Tribune; Thursday, December 19, 1996; DATEBOOK, Page 4 Etheridge has long admired Joplin ... now has chance to play her - Melissa EXPLAINS IT ALL George Varga POP MUSIC CRITIC *Melissa Etheridge* 'Impossible!" That was Melissa Etheridge's response when asked if the baby she is expecting next month with her pregnant partner, Julie Cypher, was fathered by Michael Jackson. This aside, all things seem possible for the hard-rocking Etheridge, who performs Saturday at Golden Hall. In the past year alone, she has appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone and (with Cypher, her companion of eight years) Newsweek. She has also starred on MTV's "Unplugged" and VH1's "Storytellers," contributed to the soundtrack for the film "Boys On The Side" and performed at the all-star opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. And, by this time next year, she could again be making headlines -- not as a new parent and half of one of the most famous gay couples in the country, but as the star of a film about one of her musical idols: Janis Joplin. "All systems are moving forward," said Etheridge, speaking from a recent concert stop in Dallas. "(Filming will take place) next spring and summer. They'll try to put it out by next fall, before Christmas." The as-yet-untitled film will be directed by Mark Rocco ("Murder In The First"). It will mark the cinematic debut of Etheridge, who performed a medley of Joplin's songs at the Woodstock II festival in 1994 and inducted Joplin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year. "I've been saying for years that one of my goals and dreams was to portray Janis in a film about her life," Etheridge explained. "For my own reasons, and because hers is a story that needs to be told. She did a lot for rock 'n' roll, and I think it's important." "I talked about it with anyone in the business that would listen to me, and generated all (the interest) I could. Finally, my partner, Julie, who is a director and producer, said: 'Well, everyone says it's a depressing story, why don't I write a script?' So she did, and I could show it to people and say: 'Look, it's not such a depressing story.' She (Julie) really helped me, and took it to some of her contacts." Asked if she was excited, scared or both, Etheridge said: "I'm scared to death, absolutely terrified, which is what is great about it. It's hard to get that anymore, and I love a challenge. I know I will be putting myself up to every sort of criticism -- the cliche of the rock star who wants to act. I totally believe in the work and myself, and that I will do something respectable. I'm not expecting any Oscar nominations." *Piece of my heart* Born and raised in a rural Kansas town, Etheridge first heard Joplin when her parents bought the posthumous 1971 release, "Pearl." Yet, while she enjoyed the album, Etheridge recalled, "it wasn't a revelation. I had more of a revelation with the Beatles. It wasn't until I was about 20, and some girlfriends in Long Beach put on her 'Greatest Hits,' album, and I heard 'Piece Of My Heart' and 'Ball and Chain.' I thought, 'Wow! That's the passion I'm looking for.'" Joplin, who died from a heroin overdose at 28, lived a frequently tormented life. A native of Texas who struggled with little success to fit in, Joplin found solace in music, which eventually brought her stardom and wealth. But her fame only fueled her feelings of insecurity and her self-destructive tendencies, and the charismatic, hard-drinking singer with the bluesy voice turned increasingly to hard drugs. "I tell you, I've been studying her all year, and I've also been on tour and in my own world," Etheridge, 35, said softly. "And it would sometimes be chilling, where I could say: 'I could make this choice, like she did, but I'm going to go to bed tonight and wake up and be healthy. I understand that I'm alone, but I can nurture myself.' It really inspires me to be strong." "As an actress, I think my job is to portray honestly the different aspects of her life, yet get the audience to be compassionate toward her, to maybe say: 'Yes, maybe she went down the road and could've made better choices.' But I want them to have some compassion for her situation, for her being out there as the total non-glamorous woman she was, the first huge (female) rock star, and understand the pressure and history. So that when the story's over, (people will think) it's a shame and sad, but (also) have some compassion and gratefulness." Joplin had affairs with many men, including top rock promoter Bill Graham (now also deceased) and fellow musicians Country Joe McDonald and Kris Kristofferson. Depending on the source, she is recalled by some who knew her as either loud and brassy or sweet and tender. "That's exactly what I get," Etheridge said. "It's really funny the way different people you talk to say that either she was horrible to work with -- a pain in the butt drunk -- or she was tender, misunderstood, scared and could be sweet and caring and the most compassionate person. So you realize there was some reason she dealt with different people differently." *She writes the songs* Etheridge's admiration for Joplin's music is a matter of record. What many of her fans may not know, however, is that she is also a fan of -- ahem -- Barry Manilow. Etheridge's appreciation for the man whose music makes some of the world sing (and the rest cringe) dates back to her teen years in Kansas, where she often performed songs by Manilow and other middle-of-the-road artists during her tenure in various lounge bands. "Absolutely," Etheridge said. "My song-form comes immediately from that, all the middle-of-the-road songs I did. I could -- I haven't and probably won't -- but I could write some of the greatest pop ballads. I could write 'Mandy.' I could do that. I didn't have a calling to do that from my soul, like I did to play rock 'n' roll. But having played those (middle-of-the-road songs), and having people request them because it touches a part of their heart, I appreciate it." Another rarely discussed facet of Etheridge's musical evolution is the time she spent at Boston's famed Berklee School of Music. Her classmates, most of them male, focused on instrumental technique and theory. "That is what it was when I was there in the late '70s, a lot of really talented jazz artists, a lot of notes going on, and I didn't fit into that," she recalled. "I wasn't 'manually talented.' I was much more cerebral, and couldn't understand why no one wanted to hear the (newest) song I wrote. But it did give me a lot of I caught enough of the technical aspect to make myself truly a musician." "Most of what was being played was jazz, and I remember we had to study 'Green Dolphin Street' until I was blue in the face. Charlie Parker and Stan Getz, and all these great, older artists, I could relate to. But I could never get off the train at the fusion stop." Is she a jazz fan now? "I am a fan of the Ella (Fitzgerald), Sarah (Vaughan), Charlie Parker school," Etheridge said. "I do have Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue.' I like that; his (later, fusion-oriented) stuff, no. I like Weather Report's 'Birdland.' I'm just a kind of pop music-oriented person." *Tenderly* By her own admission, Etheridge is her own toughest critic. What, she is asked, are her strongest and weakest points, as a musician and as a person? "Let's start with the weakest," she said. "As a musician, I think I am limited in knowledge -- knowledge of the musical form. I think that I haven't ever really tried to move out beyond three or four or five chords. Sometimes I wish I had more knowledge in that area." "My weakest point, personally I still really do care what people think about me. I have an ego, and it does matter if the audience likes me and enjoys the show, and what the reviewer says. It does matter. Sometimes I wish it didn't matter so much, and that I did it all for the music." "And now, the strong points! Musically, I think my rhythm, my sense of rhythm and the strength of it, makes my music interesting, drives it, drives the show. I think my sense of how to entertain people, which I got from getting up in front of people when I was 12, is very strong and will ensure that I'm a good live artist that people will always want to see." "And, personally, I regard truth and honesty as the most important aspects, and try to live by that and am rewarded. I find when I've been truthful, it has rewarded me." And how would Etheridge, who publicly revealed she is gay in 1993, like to be remembered? "For not being straight!" she quipped, before growing serious. "I actually wouldn't. I don't want to be remembered solely as a lesbian artist. I hope to be remembered as an artist, a rock artist, who contributed to our musical consciousness. I would like people, years from now, to say: 'Remember that old song by Melissa Etheridge?' " Melissa Etheridge 8 p.m. Saturday; Golden Hall, 202 C St., downtown. $40; 220-TIXS. * * * * * *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:45:29 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA26514; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:45:29 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:43:08 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE 12/20 SD show - San Diego Union-Tribune review Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] here's the review of the 12/20 SD show. * * * * * San Diego Union-Tribune; Monday, December 23, 1996; Page E-1 POP MUSIC REVIEW Etheridge sings up a storm; her intensity reign George Varga POP MUSIC CRITIC Melissa Etheridge There was little surprising or innovative about Melissa Etheridge's concert Saturday night at Golden Hall, but that's precisely why her performance was a rousing success. By sticking to the basics of her unadorned heartland rock style, she demonstrated that simplicity can indeed be an asset. Her earthy, no-frills approach allowed the honesty, intensity and passion of her music to shine brightly for almost all of her three-hour, 21-song show. Appearing before a capacity audience of 3,400, Etheridge and her superb three-man band played with such sustained energy and fervor that it sounded as if their tour was just beginning, not one show away from concluding. And while many singers nearing the end of a lengthy concert trek try to conserve their voices, Etheridge performed with increasing dynamism and velocity as the evening progressed. Witness her 17th selection, "I'm the Only One," which found her husky voice soaring through a series of bluesy wails and swoops that grew more explosive with each new note. And for two encores, she performed with more vigor and vitality than many singers -- male or female -- can manage at the start of far shorter shows. Small wonder, then, that many of her fans remained on their feet throughout, dancing and swaying through poignant ballads and anthem-like rockers alike. Etheridge's guitar-driven songs about love lost and won clearly struck a massive chord of recognition and empathy, as did her tender but powerful pleas for tolerance and compassion. Like Bruce Springsteen, one of her biggest musical influences, Etheridge connects with her audience by singing about universal truths and hometown roots. And she sings about both with enough heart and soul to compensate for the lack of subtlety and nuance that are her only major failings as a songwriter. Appearing on a stage bedecked with three headless mannequins in sleeveless white gowns, Etheridge began her concert with "I Really Like You," a punchy mid-tempo rocker from her latest album, "Your Little Secret." She then segued into "If I Wanted To," from her previous album, "Yes I Am." The song's chorus -- If I really wanted to, I can do anything -- was less a boast than a statement of purpose that was repeated in many of Etheridge's songs. But it was an air of lusty nostalgia that filled "Shriner's Park," a coming of age ode about her rural hometown in Kansas. "I've heard recently that Shriner's Park is (now) a golf course," Etheridge told the audience. "But it wasn't, 20 years ago. It was a big field of grass -- and no lights. It was perfect." The next selection, a three-song medley that included snippets of John Lennon's "War is Over" and "Give Peace a Chance," found Etheridge at her most personal and thoughtful. "Sometimes it makes you crazy," she said, "the year coming to an end. Well, maybe we can bring the good spirits. Maybe, for a while, we can sustain that 'love your neighbor' (spirit), no matter what they look like, what they do, where they come from. Maybe we can celebrate diversity." It was an especially apt sentiment from a performer whose music and career are themselves celebrations of diversity. Accordingly, her next song, the stirring "Silent Legacy," addressed the narrow-minded fear that can stifle the diversity she champions. So did the following selection, the powerful "I Could Have Been You," which found the proudly gay Etheridge singing: Spend a night in my shoes. She then moved to a small stage at the rear of Golden Hall, where she performed a spirited solo version of "Yes I Am," her anthem of self-affirmation. Etheridge was subsequently joined by her band for a five-song mini-set. Together, they evoked the infectious spirit of a hard-rocking hootenanny that nearly lived up to the name of the mini-set's fourth selection, "All the Way to Heaven." Had the concert ended then, Etheridge would have left in triumph. But she performed for another hour, climaxing with the sultry "Like the Way I Do" and the emotionally liberating "This War is Over." And when she declared, "I'll be back," it was a promise of even better things to come in future years. * * * * * *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:48:28 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA27238; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:48:28 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:46:11 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* top 10 pop concerts Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] finally, the last thingy i'm posting is george varga's (the union-tribune pop critic) list of the top 10 pop concerts. MLE's show was #10. * * * * * San Diego Union-Tribune; Sunday, December 29, 1996; Page E-4 MIXED REVIEWS Top 10 pop concerts George Varga (In chronological order) 1. Cassandra Wilson (Feb. 8, California Center for the Arts, Escondido) 2. Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Seventh Annual Pioneer Awards: Patti Austin, Dave Bartholomew, Jerry Butler, the Cadillacs, Betty Everett, Eddie Floyd, Jay McShann, Mavis Staples, Doris Troy, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Bobby Womack (Feb. 29, Hollywood Palladium) 3. Patti Smith (March 27, 4th & B) 4. Ray Charles (June 7, Humphrey's) 5. Alison Krauss & Union Station (June 18, Grandstand Stage, Del Mar Fair) 6. H.O.R.D.E. Tour: Rickie Lee Jones, Dave Matthews Band, Taj Mahal, Medeski, Martin & Wood (July 26, Devore Stadium, Southwestern College) 7. Gene Vincent's Blue Caps (Aug. 17, Casbah) 8. San Diego Street Scene '96: Buck-O-Nine, Alejandro Escovedo, Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Jazz Passengers with Deborah Harry, Flora Purim & Airto, Billy Thompson (Sept. 6-8, Gaslamp Quarter) 9. Sweet Honey In The Rock (Dec. 5, California Center for the Arts, Escondido) 10. Melissa Etheridge (Dec. 21, Golden Hall) * * * * * *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 06:50:59 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA27811; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:50:59 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:48:38 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* oops! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] ok, it's late. can that be my excuse for screwing up?! i said: >here's the review of the 12/20 SD show. the san diego show was on 12/21; phoenix was on 12/20. duh! (go home, rhondda.) *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 10:18:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id KAA11190; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 10:18:23 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 04:17:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: Melissa on Judy Garland?? Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] On Sunday, January 12 (I am catching up) Sue Molyneaux brightened my day by pondering if Melissa had appeared on the PBS 'Great Performances' spotlighting Judy Garland. Put me in mind of cosmic confluences, not the least of which is my record (uh... vinyl?) collection. Well, although it is true that The Rolling Stone once called Janis Joplin 'the Judy Garland of rock and roll' and that Melissa is the keeper of Joplin's flame, that's where the direct connection apparently ends. The Melissa who appeared on Great Performances was Melissa Manchester (she of 'Midnite Blue' and 'Fire in the Morning' fame). But since I own every album recorded by each of these women, I wonder if there isn't a more insidious connection than meets the eye... hmm, I wonder if I can work my two Patty Duke albums into the continuum. Breaking a bottle of champagne over the bow of the relaunched list, I remain, hopelessly lost in time, Eileen (MLETHER Class of 95) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 10:35:25 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id WAA05616; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:43:07 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:42:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: etheridge Hello! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi everyone. I am new to this list as of a week ago, and I have been quietly observing. I felt it was time to say hi! My name is Ally, and I have been following ME since B&C. She is the goddess of all! Happy to be part of all this. To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 13:47:51 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id NAA06863; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:47:51 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 07:47:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: *etheridge* hey guys To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] here's a quickie!! has anyone found themselves sending mail to the old list yet? i did it three times! to joanne- hang on tight...unplugged is on it's way! i just got moola from my new job, so i can buy the tape!!!! YAYAY! to everyone else.........peace and happiness and keep it precious! karrie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 16:50:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA10311; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:50:30 +0100 From: Dennis Eder Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: Subject: *etheridge* thanks Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 10:34:47 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Dennis Eder just wanted to say thanks for getting the list back, my day isn't complete with out some ME content, not to mention listening to her music...it's just "never enough" : - } thanks to all.....andrea ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 18:33:49 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id SAA06147; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 18:33:49 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:33:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Hello Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hello Everyone. Uh-Oh looks like I started something. :) Kitty names: let me see.......how about Angel and.......is it Bingo? (Melissa and Julie's puppies' names). Thanks again for helping me with Bucky's show name! To the lady who was worried because I had purchased a Norwegian Fjord- well....that's Bucky's 'Little Secret'. (She's not really) :) AND............This is to Pooh.........I love you. Deb ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 19:58:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id TAA01163; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:58:14 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:08:42 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Live tracks on I Want to Come Over single...when...where? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy I just received the Island release #854 529-2 from CD universe. It's a single CD containing the studio recordings of I Want to Come Over and Your Little Secret...also "live" recordings of Let Me Go (kick ass with Dave Beyer on drums!) and Must be Crazy for Me. I've searched the homepages of our lister members, but cannot come up with the info I need, so I'm turning to all of you. Does any one know when or where the live versions were done for this CD? Just curious. I also ordered the Nowhere to Go single from CD Universe, but it was not available as it is out of print. Any comments?...Deb? -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 20:02:02 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA02421; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:02:02 +0100 X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Lis Baccigaluppi Subject: *etheridge* Re: etheridge congrats... and oops! Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:01:27 +0000 Message-ID: <19970118190121.AAB17838@LOCALNAME> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Lis Baccigaluppi John, you beat me to it! I was going to remind you of our visit, but I didn't think you had REALLY forgotten. John Miller is indeed the wonderful person we all hear he is. We spent the afternoon on New Year's Day - a great way to bring in the New Year - chatting about Melissa and viewing a great video compilation he had made for me and my friend Rosemary. He also brought his famous cookies, which, alas, I did not get to sample because I can't eat sugar or butter (so why do I even go on living?) but I can attest that they must have been very good, because the entire plate was gone by that evening. I also got to see pictures of the Fajita Fest and some BAB members. I hope that next time I'll get to meet even more of you, but meeting John was definitely a highlight! (He also told me how to use labels in Eudora, so now all my MLE mail comes in blue! Thanks John! And yes, my phone service is FINALLY restored. Thanks to the "outstanding" service of US West I was only without a phone for a week and a half!!!!! Lis At 10:58 PM 1/17/97 +0000, John Miller wrote: >Guess I'm still suffering from post-holiday delirium (it can't be age ), >because I forgot to mention that I *finally* got to meet a BAB-member who >recently moved to Oregon... Lis Baccigaluppi , >formerly from Sacramento, fought the ice-storms and freezing rain to fly >down from Portland to the Bay Area for the New Year... after corresponding >with her via email for months, I finally had the pleasure of meeting Lis, >and we spent several hours listening to Melissa, and swapping stories . > >Lis, I hope your phone service has finally been restored after the storms. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 20:22:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA08108; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:22:31 +0100 X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portA05.Generation.NET [205.205.118.15]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:19:33 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* Re: Ordering the Biography References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Jenniffer Smith wrote: > You can access it from the main MLEther list page (there is > a really nice scan of the book cover...just click on that). It isn't a scan; it couldn't be since the book isn't out yet. ;-) Joyce Luck wrote: > Apparently many folks are placing orders at the web site. This is fine, but The ordering section of the ECW PRESS web site has been re-worked to forward orders to Amazon. We would encourage all of you who are planning to buy the book to order it from your local bookstore in advance. (Tell them the Login number which is on the book's web page if they don't know where to order it from.) Bookstores normally order more copies than are ordered through advance orders and they will have more of a tendency to actually carry the book. Alternatively you can order it from Thunder Road Books (which will handle many of the orders that were placed on the ECW web site before the complete change). Jacky - would you post ordering information? I would encourage the support of smaller stores. The book, in my opinion, is an interesting read. Glenna and I helped to proof-read it. Joyce did a great job doing research for the book and it contains some great pictures which Glenna got to organize and put together. All in all, well worth the money. Take care everyone and welcome to the new MLE list host. David Johnson ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 20:30:26 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA10543; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:30:26 +0100 From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:30:44 EDT Subject: *etheridge* Re: Birthdays X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Poohster here making a quick stop at work and saying how I am Oh so very glad everyone has made the move and we are all together again spinning tales and sharing laughter! Has anyone seen or heard from Dan? I am hoping he shows up here soon as I cannot find his address anywhere! :( As for birtyhdays, you all can probably guess by my personality that I am an Aquarius. Lover of life and spreader of happiness and peace. And with a little luck, "the baby" will be an Aquarius as well!!! "POOH" Who is hoping that the 28th I will have morre to celabrate than just my own birth! :) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 20:48:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA15310; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:48:36 +0100 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:48:19 GMT Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Beth Durff) Subject: *etheridge* testing... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Beth Durff) Hey there! Just checking to see that the post-to-the-list thing is working for me... POOH wrote: >Now that we are being cut loose from MCGILL. I guess that makes the >purple bowling shirts antiques. and Maggie replied: >Maybe it's time for a run of those iron-on transfers with the new address so >we could all update our shirts? ...way better than my idea... In my now medicated state (hey, it's for a cold I swear!) - I actually had visions of pulling out a black permanent marker (I know - completely tacky) to take care of this little dilemma. Anyway, thanks to Dave and Glenna for making the list transition run so smoothly! Beth (kicking back, putting my feet up, and settling in to our new list home) ________GO BLUE - PSU___________ ("\''/").___..--'''"-._ `9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' ..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' .' (il).-'' ((i).' ((!.-' ___We Arrrrr...Penn State!!!___ FIESTA BOWL WINNERS ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 20:53:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA16650; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:53:58 +0100 Date: 18 Jan 97 14:51:43 EST From: Sue Lambert <[email protected]> To: MLE Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* Go Pats! Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Sue Lambert <[email protected]> OK OK.... enough of all this talk about Green Bay! You PA fans sadden me! I was in your fair city last year and CHEERFULLY rooted for the Steelers! Now, a year later and my woeful Pats have done the unlikely and made it to the SHOW.....and this is the thanks I get???? Out for Patriots Blood? WAH! Actually, The Packers are an amazing organization. It would be an honor to lose to them! (Not that I'd enjoy it THAT much!) But, until next weekend......GO PATS!! Ellyn :-P ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sat Jan 18 21:27:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id VAA26559; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:27:50 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 15:37:44 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: the melissa etheridge mailing list Subject: *etheridge* our new place Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hello fellow Listers... Here's a big cheer to our new place!!!! Thanx to you David and Glenna!!! You are the best! Hailing from NH! fellow lister, tei! ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 01:30:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id BAA07988; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 01:30:56 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:35:39 -0800 From: velt1682 Organization: Southern Oregon State College X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: Gemini References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: velt1682 L. POINDEXTER wrote: > > You can put me down as a Gemini, my twin sister and I were born on May > 27th. > > Linnette Wow, that's my sister's birthday, which happens to be the day after my mothers birthday. No wonder they are so alike (no kidding guys, it's pretty amazing....attitudes and all). As for myself, April 26th, which makes me a Taurus. Wonderful combination huh...a Gemini mother with a Taurus daughter. Well, atleast my dad's a Capricorn. Well, back to lurkdom, and the wonderful world of studying. Kirstin [email protected] ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 02:11:02 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id CAA19851; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 02:11:02 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:10:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: *etheridge* LPD To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Thanks Dave and Glenna for making the move so quick and smooth. I would have really missed reading the list every day. You two are great. I wanted to share with everyone this little blurb I found in the January 21st issue of the National Enquirer (yes, I buy it I'm ashamed to say). Well, here it is: "Lou Diamond Phillips: I'm a stud, not a dud!" "LDP wants the world to know his wife did NOT become a lesbian and pair off with Melissa Etheridge because he's a dud between the sheets! I resent the digs that perhaps I was no good in bed, which was the reason why my first wife left me for a woman, says the "Stand and Deliver" star. There are always going to be snide remarks about it. Julie wasn't gay when I married her and our marriage did last for four years, say Phillips, who has since remarried." I shortened it a little bit, but you get the gist. I thought it was pretty funny myself. Take care all, Julie (& Olivier) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 02:23:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id CAA24534; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 02:23:56 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:23:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* hello everyone Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I'm glad we are up and running again. I thought i wasn't going to get my fix for a while. ME's little secret Kel ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 12:34:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id MAA09621; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:34:55 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: *etheridge* Re: etheridge-LDP Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 06:37:38 -0500 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 From: Michael LaNeve To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Michael LaNeve Re Lou Diamond Phillips and the Enquirer > "Lou Diamond Phillips: I'm a stud, not a dud!" "LDP wants the >world to know his wife did NOT become a lesbian and pair off with Melissa >Etheridge because he's a dud between the sheets! I resent the digs that >perhaps >I was no good in bed, which was the reason why my first wife left me for a >woman, says the "Stand and Deliver" star. There are always going to be snide >remarks about it. Julie wasn't gay when I married her and our marriage >did last >for four years, say Phillips, who has since remarried." Boy he just doesn't get it does he? I would have loved to be there the morning Julie woke up and said, "Hey I think that I will turn gay and fall in love with the greatest female rock and roll performer there is!" Please, hey Lou, it happens! Mike _________________________________________________ My childhood is gone and I'm not afraid of dying; Gonna grab this world by the heart and I'll live E.McCain _________________________________________________ ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 13:39:16 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id NAA15659; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 13:39:16 +0100 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 13:32:44 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Subject: *etheridge* Listers meeting!!! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Hello everybody, NEDERLANDERS !!!!! It's only: | | | |_______ | | | | |_______| days to go and still counting untill we'll meet ... :-D (counting for the people on digest :-D, for the onces on ord. mail: 7 :-D) You dutchmen never heard about this before????? You want info? Mail us: Marleen OR Marcel Greetings, Marcel Ummelen. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 20:35:27 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA08509; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:35:27 +0100 X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Joyce Stoliar Subject: *etheridge* Visiting Listers! Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:35:15 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joyce Stoliar Hey, What am I going to do about the addresses on the shirts??? Oh well, I guess that make the shirts a very limited edition thing now huh??? Thats ok though, it gives the shirts even more meaning now!!! Well I am happy to say that I have a lister visiting me here in blustery Banff, Alberta, and we just wanted to say hi to everybody while we are here together. Paul Edie from Michigan, is here although he is temporarilly off the list, I keep him posted of the most important goings on. We have watched some Melissa videos and caught up on old times as well we have gotten a bit of skiing in. And he wanted to take a second to say hi.... Hi! It's been a while since I've read or posted much on this thing, but I certainly miss the communication and banter. I hope to get back re-subscribed here within the next few months...as soon as I have enough time to turn the computer on once in a while. Take care, all....and thanks to The Shirt Gal for a wonderful time here in Alberta. I am assisting in developing an effective tactical plan to revise the shirt addresses, which may include sending all shirt owners a large crayon to correct the outdated address. Other suggestions are welcome. Paul and Joyce. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Sun Jan 19 20:50:16 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id UAA12652; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:50:16 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 15:00:44 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joyce Stoliar CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Visiting Listers! References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy Joyce Stoliar wrote: > What am I going to do about the addresses on the shirts??? Oh well, I guess > that make the shirts a very limited edition thing now huh??? Thats ok. > the shirt addresses, which may include sending all shirt owners a large > crayon to correct the outdated address. Other suggestions are welcome. How about an engraved patch to sew/iron onto the back for the correction? I also think we need engraved patches with our names, in yellow, above the pocket of the shirt. I found it difficult to pick out the REAL shirts at concerts because, from the front, the pocket design was hard to see from a distance, and with so many people wearing purple, and black or white or khaki jeans.....just a suggestion. -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 00:27:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id AAA15701; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:27:36 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:15:46 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE & julie picture in rolling stone Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] there's yet another small picture of MLE and julie attending the "evita" premiere in the "random notes" section of the latest issue of "rolling stone" (p. 13). it's the issue with STP on the cover (february 6, 1997). "Mothers-to-be Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher (carrying baby Austin, whom ultrasound predicts is a girl) dropped by Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for the 'Evita' premiere. 'I don't think you'll see another studio album from me until the end of '98,' said Etheridge, who plans to take some time off." p.s. there are also small articles about bruce springsteen (p. 18) and ani difranco (p. 22). *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 02:58:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id CAA02163; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 02:58:30 +0100 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 19:59:25 -0600 (CST) From: Susie To: mailing list melissa Subject: *etheridge* Glad all is bad on line... Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susie Hi all, Just wanted to express how happy I am that the list is back, and with such speed too! I am really impressed. I was getting ready to go without my "lifeline" for a while. However, here I am checking my email after the weekend and all is well, I am so happy! :) Oh well, that is all. Oh wait, I am looking for Kelley Piper's email address. We are discussing a trade and I accidentally lost her address so please send it to me privately if you know it, or Kelley if you are reading this, please email me, I'm such a fool losing info. like that! Susie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 03:31:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id DAA11537; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 03:31:54 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:29:15 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* DUETS, MLE at the bridge school, NTG, satellite dishes Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Maggie at avalon said in response to someone's (sorry, i forgot who) question about MLE's VH1 appearances: >>Second, I have heard ME has recordings of songs that have never >been put >>in albums. (ie her VH1 appearances). Does anyone know where I can >obtain >>these? > >There are lots of bootlegs circulating around the list, including a >recent tape tree run by Rhondda that includes the VH1 appearance. if there are still people who are interested in the DUETS tree, please email me privately ([email protected]), and i'll send you the leaf announcement. ============================== Mike Viall (and leslie and christopher) delurked: >Was wondering if any out there happened to catch Melissa at the >Bridge Concert in Mountain View, CA in 1994 (I think it was '94). i *would* have been there (i've been to 8 out of 10 bridge school benefit concerts), but unfortunately i was on a 6+ week business trip in washington DC on the day of the concert (11/93). :-( hey! i'm assuming that you live in the bay area since you went to the bridge school concert, right? we've got quite a bunch of MLE fans here (affectionately known as the BAB - bay area bunch). did you go to the december cow palace show? >I've seen several hundred musical performances in my life, and >I don't think I've ever ever ever ever seen a perfomance like >"Piece of My Heart," as she absolutely stole the show from all the >big names. this was exactly what my friend and my brother told me after seeing her performance at the bridge school benefit concert. she was janis that night! >Would anyone know if this performance was captured on *either* >audio or video? We would be *highly* interested in either! i'm aware of an audio source for this, but alas i haven't heard of a video. btw, neil young announced a couple of weeks ago that he would be putting out a bridge school CD sometime this year. i'm assuming that it would be a "best of" CD. however, there wasn't any mention of which artists' performances would be on the CD. considering that neil has 10 years of bridge school concerts to choose from, maybe he'll put out more than one disk. of course, i'm hoping that MLE's performance (at least part of it) is included on the disk. ============================== Randy asked: >I also ordered the Nowhere to Go single from CD Universe, but it was >not available as it is out of print. Any comments? which one are you looking for? in the last few days, i've seen truckloads of the US version. are you specifically looking for the import version? i saw the australian version (including the poster) at the last record show i went to. if you are interested in one, i'm going to 2 record shows next month - email me privately. ============================== re the recent "TCI sucks" thread and those who are thinking about buying a satellite dish: BAB'ers might be interested in reading the cover article in today's "datebook" from the SF chronicle on pp. 30-31. it specifically mentions TCI losing customers due to its rate increases and changes in its channel selection. the article also includes a comparison shopping fact sheet about 4 small satellite dish systems. in addition, this article is on-line at "the gate" (http://www.sfgate.com/eguide). click on "dishin' it out" (about halfway down on the left hand side), and you'll go right to the article. *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 03:44:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id DAA15565; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 03:44:55 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 21:44:41 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NTG Single on CD Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Randy asked: >>I also ordered the Nowhere to Go single from CD Universe, >>but it was not available as it is out of print. And Rhondda replied: >in the last few days, i've seen truckloads of the US version. I wasn't even sure that there *was* a US version on CD. I've been to several stores in my area (East Central Indiana) and have not been able to lay my hands on a CD version of NTG. I have, however, seen several cassette singles. I even went to the 'Music Boulevard' web site (where I could bankrupt myself w/o even trying) and they only carry the cassette. Was the release of the CD only a sporadic, regional type of thing? >To unsubscribe, send a message to >[email protected] with >the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. Ooooooo....does this mean we'll never see another unsub request to the list again? :-) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 04:15:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id EAA24265; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 04:15:52 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* NTG Single on CD Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: X-Mailer: Juno 1.18 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-4,7-15 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 22:14:51 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) Jen Smith wrote: >I wasn't even sure that there *was* a US version on CD. I've >been to several stores in my area (East Central Indiana) and >have not been able to lay my hands on a CD version of NTG. I picked up a copy several weeks ago at Wal-Mart in St. Pete. I know, I know, but it was an impulse buy. It came in one of those cheap cardboard covers. Has anyone found it in a plastic case? >Ooooooo....does this mean we'll never see another unsub >request to the list again? :-) I wouldn't bet on it. ;) Michelle ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 05:18:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA15276; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 05:18:30 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:17:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Taurus Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi gang, Had to delurk to empathize with Kirsten. I too am a taurus (May 11) with a gemini mother. My dad's a libra, thank goodness. Kimberly [email protected] ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 05:29:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA19636; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 05:29:45 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:29:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* To Say Hello Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hello Everyone -- I am another new person to the list. I have been a big, big MLE fan since 1989. I am new to being online and was very happy to come across your list and to see other devoted fans. I am a legal secretary from Lubbock, Texas. It is kind of the wide open plains out here and we are not really close to anything. My "significant other" and I attended six MLE "YLS" concerts this year. Four in Texas and the final two in San Diego and LA as part of the MEIN tour package. We had a great time at every concert. MLE just seems to get better and better every year. The biggest thrill for me came at the San Diego concert. We made it to the front row at the main stage when MLE went to the back stage. When MLE came back to the main stage and finished the final song of the set (YLS), before her encores, she gave her guitar to her tech and walked over and put her "pick" in my hand. Needless to say, I was very excited and am very excited to have that pick. If anyone has or knows of anyone who has concert pictures from the San Diego concert, please e-mail me personally and let me know specifics if there is a possibility I could purchase a copy of those pictures. I would do just about anything for a copy. I would be happy to help in taping or whatever I can do in the future. I am really looking forward to being a part of this list. Thanks again for including me. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 05:49:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id FAA26489; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 05:49:10 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:59:37 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC Cris Williamson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy Being on this list since last May, I remember someone mentioning Cris Willamson and her music. I just ran across this mention of a web page for her, if you're interested. Enjoy! http://www.cris-tret.com/ -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 06:00:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA00407; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 06:00:14 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:59:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* NMEC Cris Williamson Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 1/19/97 11:50:29 PM, [email protected] (Randy) wrote: <> there is an article in The Philadelphia Gay News (1/17/97) about Cris and her lover/partner Tret Fure. You can find the Phila Gay News on line at http://egpn.com You should be able to find the artical! Thanks Randy for your info! My good friend from the Lehigh Valley (PA)! Francie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 07:04:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id HAA19558; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:04:58 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 01:04:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC-List Buddies and Chicago trip Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Howdy All! Just wanted to send a feeler out for any listers in the Chicago area that might to hang out with a BABer passing through for a conference in early March. Also, Hey, SueD, if you get this, I lost your email address :o) Melanie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 13:03:29 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id NAA24869; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:03:29 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:03:26 -0500 (EST) From: Anne Haines X-Sender: [email protected] To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* re: NTG Single on CD Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Anne Haines Jenniffer Smith said: >I wasn't even sure that there *was* a US version on CD. I've been to >several stores in my area (East Central Indiana) and have not been able to >lay my hands on a CD version of NTG. I have, however, seen several >cassette singles. I even went to the 'Music Boulevard' web site (where I >could bankrupt myself w/o even trying) and they only carry the cassette. >Was the release of the CD only a sporadic, regional type of thing? I did find a copy of the CD single here in Bloomington, Indiana shortly after it was released... however, I haven't seen it around for a while now, although I've seen a couple of the other singles floating around. Unlike the other CD-singles, this one was released in a flimsy little cardboard envelope, not a jewel box. Ugh. Finally thawing out after a week and a half in the deep freeze, -Anne in Indiana %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" --Lily Tomlin %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~ahaines/ %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 14:21:51 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id OAA17897; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:21:51 +0100 From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 8:22:16 EDT Subject: *etheridge* Keep The Dream Alive X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Good Morning Melisters! Yes, I must say that this was the easiest move I have ever had to make as well. Not too many places have good caves to live in and I find this home to my liking indeed!!! :) Just want to take a moment to reflect on a man who to this day makes me proud to be a human being and whose speech "I Have A Dream" brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it. Of course I am speaking of Dr. Martin Luther King! If not for his sacrifices and labors and prayers we as a human race would not be able to stand and walk proud and call one another brother and sister. Tolerance and predjudices to this day would still run rampant and the night would not be a palce to stand and admire the night sky and its beautiful stars, only a place of fear for groups such as the KKK to spread its hatred and fear of darkness. I for one am truly indebted to Dr. King and give "Thanks" for him on this day. That I may sit down at the table with people of many colors and nationalities and love them as my brothers and sisters and know that together we can make the world a place in which love and tolerance walk hand and hand then give thanks to the stars at night that we are all under the same sky breathing the same air and because of Dr. King, this world is a better place to live. Just for a moment reflect on what it would be if no one took up the fight for equal rights. I shudder at the thought. "hank You Dr. King!" Sincerely, "POOH" ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 16:10:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA26702; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:10:14 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 11:09:59 -0400 (AST) From: Alma M Cameron To: melissa posting Subject: *etheridge* Thanks for painless move! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Alma M Cameron A big thanks to Glenna and Dave for the painless move we all made. We didn't even need moving buddies! I am a Gemini as is my girlfriend, sounds like a recipe for disaster but is working out great. On the kitten theme, just got one and named him Casey, and it turned out that he is a she.(Was wondering why he chose the pink ball over the blue one -- I thought isn't this going to be interesting when in fact she was trying to tell us something all along. ) I was going to get another kitten to keep Casey company and call it Charlie (boy or girl), but that move is on hold for now. Joyce asked what everyone got for presents over the holiday. My girlfriend gave me a trip to Montreal for the Valentines weekend in Feb, to see the Montreal Canadians play against NJ Devils. The Habs have always been my favorite team and I've never seen a live NHL game, so I'm pretty excited. What I want to know is if there are any list members in Montreal who could tell me of some great places to go, etc. and or maybe want to meet up. You can e-mail me back privately. Thanks. Alma Cameron ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 16:45:25 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA10061; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:45:25 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:44:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Random Melissa Moments... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Okay, I just had to share this with all you fellow MLE freaks. I work nights, and as the busses here in Seattle don't run all night, I have a 3 hour wait between when I get off work and my first bus home, so I go to the nearest IHOP and drink WAAAAAAAY too much coffee. While sitting in the International House of Perverts this morning, I had the sudden urge to drown out the Muzak by listening to my Walkman...and while channel surfing trying to find something to listen to, I came across a station playing Keep It Precious. About an hour later, while riding the bus home, I was again channel surfing, and came across yet another station playing Melissa, this time Nowhere To Go. Damn, what a good end to a day! Peace, love, and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dawn ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 16:45:32 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA10123; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:45:32 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:44:56 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Keep The Dream Alive Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I have just one comment to make... If we forget the dream, what was the point in waking up? ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 18:33:01 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id SAA23550; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:33:01 +0100 From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 12:33:38 EDT Subject: *etheridge* Bette's Still Got It! X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Hi Ya Gang ! Just a quick post. I loved Bette Midler's show Sat. on HBO. She was the very first concert I attended Berkeley 1972 I believe and I must say what a way to start! She is still the Divine Ms. M. to me! If you get a chance to catch it on HBO do so as she is a Royal HOOT!!! Much Warmth, "POOH" ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 18:52:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id SAA01693; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:52:52 +0100 From: [email protected] (Janis Delmonte) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: *etheridge* Chris, Tret & DFW To: [email protected] (mlelist) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 11:52:16 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 386 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Janis Delmonte) This thread about Chris Willamson and Tret Fure reminds me that they are going to be playing in Fort Worth next month. Can't remember the exact date but I saw it in The Guide. Any Dallas MEListers want to go? Also, Holly Near is going to be singing with the Dallas Women's Chorus soon. I really want to see this. Email me privately if you want more info and/or want to go. -Janis ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 18:53:01 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id SAA01789; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:53:01 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 12:51:55 -0800 From: Jacky Abromitis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mlether Subject: *etheridge* Joyce's book--ordering info Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jacky Abromitis For now, ECW, the publisher of Joyce's book, is running some of their US orders through Thunder Road Books--which I own. The price is $16.95. FOR LIST MEMBERS: I will discount the book 15% to $14.40. I will only ship it through US Priority Mail. S&H charges will be $3.60, for a total of $18. How to order: Email: Send name, address, and MasterCard/Visa # and expiration date to me at [email protected] (you may want to send 1/2 your credit card # in one mail, the 2nd 1/2 in another. Within the email, make note that that is what you're doing). Phone: 800-798-5828. If I don't answer, press *2, leave all the above Snail Mail: Thunder Road Books, PO Box 70, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 (you may use credit card, check, or money order to this address. Check must clear before the book is shipped. Right now, that isn't an issue since the book isn't available yet.) I'll have the books as soon as the US distributor has them and ships them. On a personal note--my girlfriend and I have read the first 3 chapters (and looked at almost all of the pictures). The book is excellent! We've both been Melissa fans--me back to '89--and there was a great deal of info in those first chapters that I didn't know. Also, the pictures are *excellent*! I think just about everyone will be thrilled with the book (and awfully proud of Joyce). -- Jacky http://www.world2u.com/~thunder ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 19:21:59 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id TAA13916; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 19:21:59 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:21:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* I do have a name Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In my nervousness about doing my first post to the list, I forgot to sign my name -- I do have a name -- Patty Smith aka [email protected] ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 19:34:51 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id TAA18690; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 19:34:51 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:32:55 -0500 To: [email protected] From: Redsocks Subject: *etheridge* Re: NTG Single on CD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Redsocks Anne Haines wrote: >Unlike the other CD-singles, this one was released in a flimsy little >cardboard envelope, not a jewel box. Ugh. The IWTCO single also comes in a cardboard sleeve. Watching the snowflakes fall gently past my window .... -- Redsocks (no, I'm not from Boston) [email protected] http://www.li.net/~matthewb/ Epistulam transmitto, ergo sum (I e-mail, therefore I am). ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 22:54:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id WAA16640; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:54:23 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:53:38 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) From: John Miller Subject: *etheridge* SALMONBERRIES (NMEC) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: John Miller The movie 'Salmonberries' (with k d lang) is being broadcast *today*, (Monday, 20 Jan) on the BRAVO channel in the U.S. (BRAVO-Canada may also be showing it, but their schedules are often different)... the movie will be followed by a repeat of the kd lang special produced by the South Bank Show. Show times are: Salmonberries: 8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific) South Bank Show: 10pm Eastern (7pm Pacific) If you miss these showings, both shows are scheduled to be re-broadcast six hours later. Also, be aware that BRAVO (at least the U.S. channel) is well known for starting/ending shows a few minutes late... not a problem with start-times, but I always add at least five minutes to the end-time when I program my VCR for BRAVO programs. ---- According to a local newspaper in Rochester NY, Joan Osborne and Ani DiFranco are scheduled to perform today at the Inauguration Ball for President Clinton... complete coverage should be available on C-Span, though I'm guessing at times... sometime during the six hours which start 8:00pm Eastern. As always, check your local listings. John Miller San Jose CA ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Mon Jan 20 23:14:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id XAA22499; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 23:14:37 +0100 Date: 20 Jan 1997 22:14:34 -0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Originating-IP: [207.96.1.28] From: "Susan Christopher" To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: etheridge-digest V1 #4 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Susan Christopher" Michael LaNeve wrote: >I resent the digs that >>perhaps >>I was no good in bed, which was the reason why my first wife left me for a >>woman, says the "Stand and Deliver" star. There are always going to be snide >>remarks about it. Julie wasn't gay when I married her and our marriage >>did last >>for four years, say Phillips, who has since remarried." >Boy he just doesn't get it does he? I would have loved to be there the >morning Julie woke up and said, "Hey I think that I will turn gay and >fall in love with the greatest female rock and roll performer there is!" >Please, hey Lou, it happens! Yeah, but that's not what he's saying. He was commenting on the speculation about his ability in bed, though why anyone thinks they have the right to publicly comment on someone's ability is beyond me. And with his looks, except for the goofy "King and I" haircut, he looks like he ought to be pretty damn good . Jenniffer Smith wrote: >Subject: *etheridge* NTG Single on CD >I wasn't even sure that there *was* a US version on CD. There is - I bought it for $2.99, but I've seen it cheaper since then. (In fact I saw it just last weekend, when I was out of town, in a bin for 99 cents! I guess I should've bought all the copies they had, huh?) >Was the release of the CD only a sporadic, regional type of >thing? I can't see how that would make a lot of sense since it's an official release from the album. I've seen it in VA and PA, if that's of any help/consolation. Susan --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 00:10:39 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id AAA13627; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:10:39 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Linda Perry in St. Pete Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.18 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-2,5-6,8-10 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:37:33 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) For all of you listers in the St. Pete, FL area, Linda Perry will be at Spec's Music on Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm. I didn't know anything about LP, until I read about her here on the list. I might stop in to see her just out of morbid curiosity. Maybe I should wear a MLE shirt. We all know how much LP likes MLE. BTW, Rosie O'Donnell just mentioned several upcoming guests for her shows in L.A., but MLE was not one of them. :( Michelle ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 00:14:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id AAA14958; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:14:54 +0100 From: "Virginia" Organization: Clarkson University To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:15:13 EST Subject: *etheridge* Hello fellow listers X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Virginia" Is there anyway (with the new format) that I can get into digest form instead of real time? Any input greatly appreciated!!! Virginia ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 01:48:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id BAA10672; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 01:48:17 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 19:47:46 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* looking for photos Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] If anyone who came to either of the pre-show gatherings from Tacoma or Portland got pictures of us listers who attended, I'd like to get my hands on some copies. I got one picture of the group at Billy McHales before the Tacoma show but it's hard to see most of the people in it. I'm putting up a web page & have some great shots of Melissa in concert. I also have a couple of very funny pictures of Maggie & Sue D. I might have to be bribed to *not* put those up!! I can see the titles now "Looking for Joy in all the wrong places...." Hmm ladies? Anyway...if you did get some pictures, please e-mail me privately. If you attended either of these gatherings & might've gotten caught on film, please let me know if you don't want to be shown. I forgot to get those signed releases before & after the shows! :) Susan (anxiously awaiting the return of her Jeep that is finally getting fixed after waiting over a month!) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 06:06:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA00717; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 06:06:20 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 21:03:40 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NTG CD single, SD concert Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] M Something asked about the NTG single: >I picked up a copy several weeks ago at Wal-Mart in St. Pete. >I know, I know, but it was an impulse buy. It came in one of those >cheap cardboard covers. Has anyone found it in a plastic case? both the australian version (Island/Mercury: 854 665-2) and the US version (Island: 422-854 721-2) of the NTG CD single came in a cardboard slip case. however, the US promo version of the NTG CD single came in a jewel case. go figure... ============================== Patty Smith delurked and said: >The biggest thrill for me came at the San Diego concert. We made it >to the front row at the main stage when MLE went to the back stage. >When MLE came back to the main stage and finished the final song of >the set (YLS), before her encores, she gave her guitar to her tech >and walked over and put her "pick" in my hand. Needless to say, I >was very excited and am very excited to have that pick. you're not going to believe this, but i think i may have been standing about 2 people behind you during the 3rd set at the SD show. :-) *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 06:18:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA04156; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 06:18:54 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:18:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* HELLO AGAIN Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I have missed a lot i beleive. I have noticed that quite a few people are giving there b days, so i will give mine, March 11. My girlfriend and i were talking about how MLE and Julie must be feeling. The emotions that both of them are going through and will be going through when the baby is born. I can't wait to hear the music that she will put out after this. It will be great ( as if there was a doubt). MLE's little secret Kel ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 07:25:08 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id HAA16720; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 07:25:08 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 01:24:37 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Julie's due date Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Isn't Julie's due date this week? I am sure we will hear first when the little one enters this world! :) Hope her labor is not long! Francie :) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 08:27:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id IAA28031; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:27:10 +0100 Message-Id: Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 01:26:40 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* Dallas Get-Together Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Hi there! Here's a quick mini-report (probably more later from others) on the MElister activities here in Dallas over the last several days.... The avid traveller, SueD, landed at DFW last Thursday afternoon (yes, with *the* autographed Ovation!...and tons more booty from her 19-concert gala extravaganza in '96!), and we headed over to meet some business friends of mine for drinks & dinner. ...and more drinks, actually....seven wild women off their gourds for many many hours ("gee, I've never heard mariachis doing Elvis, have you?!") and had an absolute BLAST! However, the hangover the next day (at least for me) was incredible, and we didn't even really *look* like actual human beings until much much later on Friday. On Friday night, we headed over to The Ridge -- famous and/or notorious to the MElisters & MEINers who gathered there after the Dallas concert. Janis & Claudia were there, helping a friend celebrate a 40th bday, so we got a chance to see everyone in action. I must say that I just *never* *knew* what a sultry dancer we have in Janis! ;) The barkeeps that warmed our hearts (& EtOH levels) in November were there....Heather & Mary....and they DEFinitely remembered us...all our crazy shots and toasts and general mayhem. Wonderful women, they are.....and the place was jammin' that night! Saturday found another slow start out of the blocks, as Sue & I decided to kick back & watch a video of the Jones Beach concert....(Sue, if I can find the energy -- not tonight though -- I'll put my as-yet-uncountered theory about YLS in writing and post it.) Just an incredible evening of incredible Melissa on the box!! We had such a wonderful time! When Renee Sweeney called at like 11:00pm, she was SHOCKED and totally unprepared because we were actually *home* ("waitaminute, I was just gonna leave a message!") ....and not out on the town. We were up into the wee hours with all kinds of music & merriment. Then, on Sunday afternoon, Lizzard (of the Burns type) and, yes, *Jud* (of the NZ type!) arrived from Austin on what turned out to be a beautiful Dallas day! Renee had, of course, already come over and was lusting after the booty when the I-35 strays finally made it. Indeed, on the JB video, we almost lost Renee in a continuous loop of ME's brief dancing moment just before IWTCO...."Could we rewind that just *one* more time?" I got on the horn and put the word out that the Amazons had finally arrived, and we all went down to Planet Hollywood in the West End, where we hooked up with Janis & Claudia and Liz (of the Spector type). We had a fine lunch (Janis' was by the far the most interesting) after a bit of a wait, and had some obligatory toasts....with iced tea/Coke for most since many of us had, ahem, imbibed somewhat the night before wherever we were. After a trek through the West End Marketplace ("Hey, has *anyone* seen Sue?"), we found ourselves about to be locked in at closing time, so we headed out. Janis & Claudia decided to call it a day and headed home (we missed you!!), and then the rest of us decided to go somewhere for dessert & coffee. LizS suggested we meet at Starbucks on Knox near The Ridge and she headed off first from where she was parked....the rest of us, well....let's just say that I don't think Renee will want to follow me again....I'll just leave it at that. :| When we finally converged at Starbucks to discover nowhere *near* the amplitude of available chocolate required by the group, we hiked up on barstools at nearby Chili's for some outrageous desserts, drinks, and "natural conversation....natural conversation!" What a group! Especially when we saw the Golden Globes up on the screen.....six lesbians stopping midsentence as Gillian Anderson suddenly appears on the screen from three angles in the bar!! (If you saw this, then you know *why* the "Golden Globes" suddenly nabbed our attention ) Another interruption with Helen Hunt.....and Madonna, of course. We're off then to The Ridge, which was deader than dirt...but quite understandably for a Sunday night. There were the six of us, another couple or two, and Heather (brief appearance by Mary). More shots....Renee even had a shot of water!...and for some, ungodly amounts of $0.75 beer....pool tables....and the jukebox. I think Sue must've put in $20 in music, because we had some fine tunes a'playin' the entire evening as we hogged the darn thing! During one game of pool, we dared Renee to be as butch as she could be, but.... an impossible condition, as least in *my* lifetime!! (unless she gets FAR more training...) LizS & I got a wonderful geography lesson from Jud on a cocktail napkin...now I'm gonna have to dig out that pesky World Atlas CD and peruse it more! Such amazing wit rolled up in that accent too! I had to confess to her, though, that the more I drank the better I actually understood what she was saying .... and the "translations" from Lizzard waned almost immediately after we all generally converted our ears...Jud, you're a princess of a sport about our ignorance of The Long White Cloud! (did I get that right?) After a long evening with the fine folks at The Ridge, we headed back to my place to watch the JB tape and look at the booty. This morning (or was that noon?) Lizzard & Jud, of sound mind & body, came bouncing in already showered & dressed for the day....pouncing on the bed as Sue & me & my cats lurched (the cats weren't hungover). If you've not met Liz & Jud, they're both at least 8 feet tall, so it was an interesting awakening! We came to life finally, and found Renee knocking on the door again, and we all headed out to BREAKFAST (sorry, small tribute to our waitress) and then a trek of shopping (sans Renee) to find a rare stuffed Snoopy for Jud's niece (I was *not* having a good directional w/e!) before everyone's departures arrived....Lizzard & Jud driving back to Austin in the Z, and me taking Sue back to DFW..... I, for one, had *such* a great time!....meeting the long-awaited & WONderful Jud, seeing Lizzard again so quickly and in a different city, getting to see Liz Spector again (you'd think we could all do more together living in the *same* city, huh!), Janis & Claudia (I still owe you bread, Claudia!...wanna bet on the Super Bowl?! ), spending time *in* Dallas with the effervescent Renee, and - of course - another span of fine quality fun with the *amazing* SueD! (We missed Tonya & Ola....are you two still alive?!) And a special muy muchos gracias for all of the fabulous support you guys have given me during the last particularly rough week for me...so very appreciated. :) Can't even begin to describe the many many antics that occur when you put a bunch of MElisters together, so I won't even try right now! This is enough, dontcha think?! ;) OK, now back to our regularly scheduled banter.... Patti Fink [email protected] "Laughter will get you through times of no sanity better than sanity will get you through times of no laughter." ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 12:44:15 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id MAA04279; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:44:15 +0100 From: "Sarah Lorimer" Organization: London Business School To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:41:50 BST Subject: *etheridge* Calling all UK Listers! X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Sarah Lorimer" Greetings, one and all Well, it's that time of year when all our resolutions are already broken and it seems there's nothing to look forward to - certainly no concerts on the horizon over here. :( London's cold and grey, and Kate and I are suffering from the 'flu (that's to say, Kate's got it, and she's making *me* suffer for it)! So, whatsay the UK listers (and anyone else who may be visiting these shores soon) have a get-together ?? It's about time we did, I reckon. Anyone who's interested can contact me via the list or privately and we'll see what we can come up with. And whilst I'm here - 2 things: 1 - does anyone know how we can get a copy of Joyce's book over here ? 2 - Sometime last year someone posted, requesting fans' photos for another (I think) MLE book. Anyone whose photos were used would receive a free copy of the book. I told a friend of mine and one of her photos is going to be used, but I haven't heard any about this book since - anyone got any ideas ? OK - back to work, I suppose. Sarah ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 15:45:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id PAA05276; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:45:50 +0100 From: [email protected] (David Goodman) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:45:19 -0600 Message-Id: <9701210845.ZM3661@silver26> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* joplin, paula cole, etc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (David Goodman) Am I the only one that is really worried about whether this whole Joplin movie idea is going to be a bust. I'd feel better if Julie didn't write the screenplay. From what I've seen of her talents so far I'm not overwhelmed. I'd feel much better if ME was working with Oliver Stone or someone of that stature. In Rolling Stone ME says that there will be no new studio effort till the end of 98. Hopefully, she will be writing the whole time and have some good quality songs to put on a CD by then. I'm very excited for ME and Julie. I hope the baby is very healthy. I'm sure we will get some great new songs like "Bring me some baby wipes", "Your Little Diaper", "You can Sleep while I, please just sleep, please...", "Change" (with a completely new meaning), "Ain't it wet"........ NMEC: I heard The Paula Cole song "Where have all the Cowboys gone" on the radio. Does she have a new CD? How is it? I remember that song from when I saw her open for Sarah McLachlin. Speaking of Sarah, any news from anyone on a new CD from her. Or Aimee Mann. Since I'm covering my favorites. Dave (Chicago) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 16:26:32 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA15017; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:26:32 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 10:26:04 -0800 From: Jacky Abromitis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* ordering Joyce's book--mutliple copy ordering Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jacky Abromitis Hi all, For those of you who want to order mutliple copies of Joyce's book (some of you already have), you will save on shipping costs. 1 book $3.60 each additional book: ONLY $1.00 And remember, I've discounted the book 15% off the $16.95, so I'll be selling it for $14.40. This discount is for LIST MEMBERS. Thanks, Jacky Thunder Road Books ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 16:31:28 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA16341; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:31:28 +0100 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:31:19 -0500 (CDT) Date-warning: Date header was inserted by CAA.MRS.UMN.EDU From: Lisa Nordeen Subject: Re: *etheridge* joplin, paula cole, etc X-Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-Envelope-to: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Lisa Nordeen At 08:47 AM 1/21/97, you wrote: >NMEC: > >I heard The Paula Cole song "Where have all the >Cowboys gone" on the radio. Does she have a >new CD? How is it? Yes, she does have anew album out and it's great. I absolutely love it! So go out and buy it! later, lisa Lisa Nordeen Head Women's Basketball Coach University of Minnesota, Morris (320) 589-6429 (O) (320) 589-4782 (H) "I said come on down to Chicano City Park, wash you blues away, And when the beautiful ladies walk right by you know I never know what to say!" -Amy Ray ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 16:54:46 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA23263; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:54:46 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: etheridge-digest cc: etheridge-digest From: "Morna Shiver/CSP/BSM/MCI" Date: 21 Jan 97 8:57:30 MST Subject: *etheridge* Jan 25th the Big Day MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Morna Shiver/CSP/BSM/MCI" Hi All, I am new to the ME list and really love it!!!!! I look forward to my ME mail beginning the start to my work day. As Jan 25th comes closer, I have two things to look forward to - it is not only the date of Juile's delivery, but 3 years ago I knew just how she must be feeling - it is my daughter b-day as well. I wish only good things for Juile and Melissa - and I know their emotions are in the clouds somewhere! I also have a questions for the more seasoned members of the list - I have been trying to find out some information on the women's festivals scheduled for this year - does anyone have the dates and locations? I have been surfing the net for weeks and have only came up with the reviews of last years events. I know in Melissa's early days she played the festivals - does anyone know if she still does those types of shows? Thanks for your time - Needing help in Colorado- -Morna Shiver ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 19:55:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id TAA12917; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:55:30 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:09:18 -0800 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 DT [de]C-DT (Win95; I; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* RE: Julie's due date Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: [email protected] (Udo Dunker) From: [email protected] (Tim Dunker) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Tim Dunker) Hello, Francie wrote: >Isn't Julie's due date this week? >I am sure we will hear first when the little one enters this world! :) >Hope her labor is not long! I think it is the 25th (this Saturday) !!! Bye and back to work :( Tim Dunker ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Tue Jan 21 23:53:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id XAA19707; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:53:45 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:53:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* correct address Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Just thought I'd pass this on so hopefully others won't make the same mistake. Please double check the spelling when you are sending a message to the list & make sure you put @esosoft. Don't forget that first s. Some poor woman at "eosoft" is getting a ton of messages every day now. I realized it was wrong in my address book as soon as I sent it but thought it would bounce back. It doesn't! Susan (double checking to make sure she sends *this* message to the right spot) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 01:17:02 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id BAA12343; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 01:17:02 +0100 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:12:07 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patti Fink CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Dallas Get-Together References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung Oh my God, Patti you continue to amaze me. I hadn't even gotten off the plane yet and you were posting about the weekend. You go girl! Patti Fink wrote: > The avid traveller, SueD, landed at DFW last Thursday afternoon (yes, with > *the* autographed Ovation!...and tons more booty from her 19-concert gala > extravaganza in '96!), Yes, too true. I offered privately scheduled showings for all those Big D Melisters who cared to venture over to Patti's place. It proved to be an excellent way to lure folks out of the woodwork! > and we headed over to meet some business friends of > mine for drinks & dinner. ...and more drinks, actually....seven wild women > off their gourds for many many hours ("gee, I've never heard mariachis doing > Elvis, have you?!") and had an absolute BLAST! You people have GOT to see these women party. Fine, respectable business women who absolute know how to kick up their heels. Of course those margaritas were a powerful inspiration too! And the entertainment (not provided by me this time...) from those mariachis was toooo much. Hey Patti, what Elvis song was that...Jailhouse rock ;) > However, the hangover the > next day (at least for me) was incredible, and we didn't even really *look* > like actual human beings until much much later on Friday. Not a pretty sight let me tell you. Tequila doesn't mix well without something else in your stomach. Makes me harken back to that Fajita Fest, but just barely! > > On Friday night, we headed over to The Ridge -- famous and/or notorious > to the MElisters & MEINers who gathered there after the Dallas concert. > Janis & Claudia were there, helping a friend celebrate a 40th bday, so we > got a chance to see everyone in action. I must say that I just *never* > *knew* what a sultry dancer we have in Janis! ;) My, my, my, she really did strut her stuff, didn't she? Janis what was that dance you were doing with the other two ladies, hmmmmm? > The barkeeps > that warmed our hearts (& EtOH levels) in November were there....Heather & > Mary....and they DEFinitely remembered us...all our crazy shots and toasts > and general mayhem. Wonderful women, they are.....and the place was jammin' > that night! We got to practice limited amounts of physical interaction with other patrons though. You know, oh, excuse me, pardon me, didn't mean to bump into you like that (hehehehehe). Hey, that reminds, me...Elvis must have been a theme this weekend. Elvis playing mariachis, followed by a discussion of the Little Elvis screensaver at The Ridge. We had the spirit of Elvis to look after us. Cool! (But I digress yet again) > > Saturday found another slow start out of the blocks, as Sue & I decided to > kick back & watch a video of the Jones Beach concert....(Sue, if I can find > the energy -- not tonight though -- I'll put my as-yet-uncountered theory > about YLS in writing and post it.) I can't wait for you to post this theory Patti. As we were watching that concert tape, your insight brought out a completely different way for me to watch her performance. It blew me away so I can't wait to see how everyone else takes to it. And just remember folks, you were all here when she was just starting out. Some day we'll all look back and say I remember her first Melissa insight... > Just an incredible evening of incredible > Melissa on the box!! We had such a wonderful time! When Renee Sweeney > called at like 11:00pm, she was SHOCKED and totally unprepared because we > were actually *home* ("waitaminute, I was just gonna leave a message!") > ....and not out on the town. We were up into the wee hours with all kinds > of music & merriment. Wasn't that too much fun! I was lucky enough to have friends provide me with that concert tape. Watching it by myself was fun because of all the memories it brings back. I was one of the lucky folks actually at the rain delayed Jones Beach concert so having that video is almost like being there again (minus the downpour though thankyou). But having another obsessed fan or two (yes Renee, you'll get that little wiggle, I promise!) makes the viewing much more of the event it should be. Hey Patti, rewind and play IWTCO again :) > > Then, on Sunday afternoon, Lizzard (of the Burns type) and, yes, *Jud* (of > the NZ type!) arrived from Austin on what turned out to be a beautiful > Dallas day! It was attack of the Amazon women, in person! It was interesting to see Liz and Jud prying themselves out of Liz's Zcar. Arms and legs everywhere! > Renee had, of course, already come over and was lusting after > the booty when the I-35 strays finally made it. Indeed, on the JB video, >we almost lost Renee in a continuous loop of ME's brief dancing moment just > before IWTCO...."Could we rewind that just *one* more time?" Not that anyone else ever complained to have that rewound and replayed, now did we? A few really good howels erupted on those rewinds. I'm sure Patti's neighbors were trying to figure out what all the ruckus was about. It was, however, our little secret! (oh stop, I just couldn't resist even though it was really bad). > After a trek through the West End Marketplace ("Hey, has *anyone* > seen Sue?"), Jeez, can I help it if I have an insatiable wanderlust? Can't stand still for a minute! > the rest of us decided to go somewhere for dessert & > coffee. LizS suggested we meet at Starbucks on Knox near The Ridge and she > headed off first from where she was parked....the rest of us, well....let's > just say that I don't think Renee will want to follow me again....I'll just > leave it at that. :| Oh sure, we get an opportunity to pile on abuse and she says "I'll just leave it at that." Hey, we got to see the grassy knoll so you can claim to have been taking me around to famous Dallas tourist sites, right, right? It was rather entertaining to take an extended tour of Dallas to go 5 minutes down the road. But hey, we weren't in any hurry, right? (Well, maybe noone but Renee who was having an incredible chocoholic attack) > > "natural conversation....natural conversation!" What a group! Especially > when we saw the Golden Globes up on the screen.....six lesbians stopping > midsentence as Gillian Anderson suddenly appears on the screen from > three angles in the bar!! (If you saw this, then you know *why* the "Golden > Globes" suddenly nabbed our attention ) Another interruption with Helen > Hunt.....and Madonna, of course. When Gillian Anderson appeared on stage, the Golden Globes took on a whole new meaning. Whew, could that legally be called a dress? ;) And the really frightening thing about our reactions was it was like we all shut up at the exact same time. You could read exactly what everyone was thinking as each of us gazed up at a television screen. Not too apparent on those faces, nope...does the phrase glazed over strike a bell? Hey Lizzard, what about Madonna fitting into her dress? Wanna go get kicked out of a party somewhere? We'll all go and talk that lesbian talk :) > > We're off then to The Ridge, which was deader than dirt...but quite > understandably for a Sunday night. There were the six of us, another couple > or two, and Heather (brief appearance by Mary). More shots....Renee even > had a shot of water!...and for some, ungodly amounts of $0.75 > beer....pool tables....and the jukebox. I think Sue must've put in $20 in > music, because we had some fine tunes a'playin' the entire evening as we > hogged the darn thing! I'm afraid none of the other patrons could get up the courage to challenge us. Even though actually quite subdued, we still raised the decibel levels there considerably. That was a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours as it gave us a chance to gab (what, more?), watch Renee dance ;), shoot some pool (see Mel, you've got me started), and find out how many $ .75 draughts you can drink in an evening. Fine company and cheap beer, nuf said. > During one game of pool, we dared Renee to be as > butch as she could be, but.... an impossible condition, as > least in *my* lifetime!! (unless she gets FAR more training...) It was an impressive try though Renee. Deep down inside, we know you are truly a BW now don't we? > > LizS & I got a wonderful geography lesson from Jud on a cocktail > napkin...now I'm gonna have to dig out that pesky World Atlas CD and peruse > it more! Such amazing wit rolled up in that accent too! I had to confess > to her, though, that the more I drank the better I actually understood what > she was saying .... and the "translations" from Lizzard waned almost > immediately after we all generally converted our ears...Jud, you're a > princess of a sport about our ignorance of The Long White Cloud! (did I get > that right?) After a long evening with the fine folks at The Ridge, we > headed back to my place to watch the JB tape and look at the booty. And continued to rewind that section for Renee, over and over and over again! > > This morning (or was that noon?) Lizzard & Jud, of sound mind & body, came > bouncing in already showered & dressed for the day....pouncing on the bed as > Sue & me & my cats lurched (the cats weren't hungover). If you've not met > Liz & Jud, they're both at least 8 feet tall, so it was an interesting > awakening! Sorta like being launched in low earth orbits. Good thing the bed wasn't bouncy (Liz's words) or Patti's cats might well be sailing around the moon right now! We came to life finally, and found Renee knocking on the door > again, and we all headed out to BREAKFAST (sorry, small tribute to our > waitress) Now, now, she was just trying to be kind to the foreigner and old woman in the booth. Although if I wasn't hard of hearing before, I think there has been a marked downtrend due to her volume level! And you didn't mention Renee's little trick. Playing the role of shy & demure in Shirl's absence, Renee manages to eat off anyone's plate but her own when dining out. Ya just gotta keep an eye on her for safety's sake. Renee also took a crack at making the buffalo roam before she took her leave of us. Would you like to explain that darlin' or should I take on the responsibility (drumming fingers in anticipation) > and then a trek of shopping (sans Renee) to find a rare stuffed > Snoopy for Jud's niece (I was *not* having a good directional w/e!) Patti knew where she was going, she just didn't want any of us to have to leave (can't say as how I blame her though). > before everyone's departures arrived....Lizzard & Jud driving back to > Austin in the Z, and me taking Sue back to DFW..... > > I, for one, had *such* a great time!....meeting the long-awaited & WONderful > Jud, seeing Lizzard again so quickly and in a different city, getting to see > Liz Spector again (you'd think we could all do more together living in the > *same* city, huh!), Janis & Claudia (I still owe you bread, Claudia!...wanna > bet on the Super Bowl?! ), spending time *in* Dallas with the > effervescent Renee, and - of course - another span of fine quality fun with > the *amazing* SueD! I have to wholeheartedly agree with you here Patti. There is nothing finer than a MELister gathering in the Big D with all those Texas women (and a few honorary Texans too). I loved every minute, even those that were slightly clouded over in in hangover haze. Even more extroidinary was meeting up with Jud. You are a real sweetheart and damn good natured to put up with all the ribbing about your accent (remember, we don't have any accents!). I did like the fact that you had Liz in takedowns more often than she had you. Or was that all planned out? It just makes the Fajita Fest seem like it is even further away now. Once Liz has some time to think (you know, AFTER Jud heads back to NZ), we'll get that date out to the hungering masses. Enquiring minds want to know and I think you know who the enquirers are out there! Well, if we can't be "ciders", some of us just have to be plain old nosy, just ask Renee. > Can't even begin to describe the many many antics that occur when you put a > bunch of MElisters together, so I won't even try right now! This is enough, > dontcha think?! ;) Now Patti, you know are favorite phrase, "Never Enough". And, is there any thought to mentioning the Missing E around these parts? SueD - depressed in New Yawk because I miss those crazy Texans (sigh, tear trickling down cheek) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 01:53:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id BAA23066; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 01:53:24 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Linda Perry - Blechhh! Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.18 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 8-9,17-19 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:48:44 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) I just saw Linda Perry perform a 20-minute set at a local music store. Now, I'll admit that I went in there being a bit biased against her because of her negative comments regarding MLE, but I can't believe she has the nerve to say anything negative about anyone. I'm sure some of you are LP fans, but she did absolutely nothing for me. Being an MLE fan, I obviously like raspy voices, but I didn't find LP's voice appealing at all. Again, it may have been my bias at work, but she seemed to have a great deal of attitude for someone who was playing to about 10 people in a music store. At one point, after sipping her beer, she said something like, "For someone so cute, you're such a goober." I wasn't sure who she was referring to until she followed up with, "Isn't anyone gonna say no Linda, you're not a goober." I stifled the urge to say, "No, and you're not cute either." I did enjoy sifting through the MLE CDs and music books while LP played though. ;) I also picked up the IWTCO CD single while I was there. They had the Aussie imports for IWTCO and NTG (no poster) but, with my budget, I couldn't justify spending $10.99 each. Michelle ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 02:48:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id BAA15751; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 01:26:46 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:27:54 -0800 To: From: wen minkoff Subject: *etheridge* Dallas and 8-ft tall women (NMEC) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: wen minkoff Hi all, Coooollll...y'all got to meet the world-famous Jud!! And as another 8-ft tall woman, don't complain, we're nice to have around when you need to get something down from the top shelf :) Wen ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 03:37:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id DAA25035; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 03:37:19 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:36:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Dallas Get-Together Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Sue D.! you ARE more popular than Melissa!! You go girl! On the road and all of your touring, you blow me away!! I can't wait to see the Ovation! Let me know when we are doing NYC and I am there! It is an honor to say you crashed in my apartment after the Philly Pub Crawl! I am touched! Francie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 03:53:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id DAA00531; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 03:53:20 +0100 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:44:30 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* looking for photos In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman Hey there Sooz, you best get those releases for those web pics! :] I have employed a new tactic for attaining my signed releases for posting web pics. While I have my fellow listers in the throws of Samuel Adams, Kamikazee's, JD shot's or Tequilla(shirt gal's fav)I bring out the releases and have them sign them. Hasn't failed me yet, right SueD, John Juan?? On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 [email protected] wrote: > please let me know if you don't want to be shown. I forgot to > get those signed releases before & after the shows! :) Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 04:17:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id EAA08483; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 04:17:50 +0100 From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:17:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* looking for photos Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] >>Shirl advised: Hey there Sooz, you best get those releases for those web >>pics! :] I have employed a new tactic for attaining my signed releases for >>posting web pics. While I have my fellow listers in the throws of Samuel >>Adams, Kamikazee's, JD shot's or Tequilla(shirt gal's fav)I bring out the >>releases and have them sign them. Hasn't failed me yet, right SueD, >>John Juan?? ah...I blew that one! I had a couple of listers at my mercy when I broke out a bottle of Aftershock for some "Mean People Suck" toasts! I could probably just tell them they had signed releases & they'd believe me ;) I guess I'll have to take my chances now. Susan (looking longing at the bottle of Aftershock & wishing she wasn't still taking meds that don't mix well with alcohol) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 04:32:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id EAA13149; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 04:32:45 +0100 From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:30:10 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE list web page Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] outta curiousity...has anyone had any problems lately accessing the list web page (http://www.ecw.ca/mle)? i haven't been able to get on at all during the past 2 days. i have a couple more articles/reviews that i'd like to post, but i thought that i would check the december archives just to make sure that i'm not duplicating efforts. *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 06:57:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id GAA27933; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 06:57:20 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Patty Kolakowski" To: "Melissa List" Subject: *etheridge* Linda Perry Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:54:40 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Length: 495 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Patty Kolakowski" Hi, I just received my copy of Lesbian News and there is yet another article about Linda Perry. A cover story no less. It seems unusual that a singer trying to make it on her own would spend half of every interview fussing about somebody else. What has Melissa ever done to her. Is it Melissa envy? I'm sure she has no idea what Melissa went through back in 1986 when she was "discovered" and the compromises she felt she had to make. Linda is not winning new fans with her pettiness. pk ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 07:24:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id HAA04414; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 07:24:54 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Linda Perry Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.18 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,3-5,7-11 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 01:24:40 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) Patty Kolakowski wrote: >I'm sure she has no idea what Melissa went through back in 1986 when >she was "discovered" and the compromises she felt she had to make. Linda >is not winning new fans with her pettiness. As far as I'm concerned, she's not winning any new fans with her voice or music either. As I said earlier - Blechhhhh!!!! Michelle ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 11:01:44 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id LAA03067; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:01:44 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 02:01:04 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) From: John Miller Subject: *etheridge* Re: looking for photos Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: John Miller Shirley Hoffman wrote of web-posting lister pics: >I have employed a new tactic for attaining my signed releases for posting >web pics. While I have my fellow listers in the throws of Samuel Adams, >Kamikazee's, JD shot's or Tequilla(shirt gal's fav)I bring out the releases >and have them sign them. Hasn't failed me yet, right SueD, John Juan?? Gee, is that how you did it? :) I knew you had me in the throws of *something*, Shirl, but it wasn't Sam Adams... it was your flashing smile, which makes me willing to submit to your every request ... you smile seems to have worked on SueD, Joyce Stolier, Melanie Carino, Patty Wilcox, Karen Steenstrup, Kim Luce, and a whole bunch of others, as well... no surprise to me! John Miller - another 2:00am post from work San Jose CA ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 14:02:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id OAA26646; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:02:52 +0100 From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:03:12 EST Subject: *etheridge* miscellaneous stuff X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.30 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Hello all... It's finally warming up and work is calming down, so I can address some stuff here in our new home. First, the move from mcgill to esosoft was quick and painless. Thanks to our faboo leaders. (I had to help my best friends move into their new house this weekend and it was so cold........but it is a great house - 92 years old and in almost perfect condition!) Okay, last week someone asked about favorite gifts we might have received over the holidays. My favs are the soundtrack from Les Miserables and a 3-D castle puzzle that my best friends got me and an antique cobalt glass powder box from my boyfriend. On a recent note ---- Linda Perry ? or Melissa? Linda Perry? or Melissa? hmmmmm Linda Perry? or talent? Melissa wins... 'nuff said! Hey to Renee in Dallas and Pooh! Doug ********************************************************************** * "Grace knew when she looked up - There wouldn't be a sky - If the * * dreams we've been given - Weren't supposed to fly" * * from "State of Grace" * * * * "If I ever hold you I'll never let go - But if I never do how * * will I know" from "What If It's You" * * * * both taken from REBA's new album "What If It's You" * ********************************************************************** Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 14:56:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id OAA05303; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:56:58 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:57:10 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* List Page & Boot Videos Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Rhondda asked: >Outta curiousity...has anyone had any problems lately >accessing the list web page (http://www.ecw.ca/mle)? Yup. Each time I try to access, I get a message telling me that ecw.ca is busy--try again later. I And Deb--I've had some problems accessing the bootleg list from your page. I finally accessed it early yesterday evening (Tuesday, 01/21), but before then I was prompted that the document contained no data. Maybe something is just screwy with NetScape? I'll bet it has something to do with AOL...... ;-) On another note, I just purchased a copy of Much Music's SnowJob '96 (from last March) and I love it! I've found a new respect for the YLS songs that were included on this tape... they are definately songs to be performed live rather than on an over-produced CD. I'm still not real fond of IWTCO, but NWTG (which I liked anyway) and ATWTH (which I sorta liked) sounded terrific on this show. I'm sure that someone from 'up north' posted a review of this show when it first aired, so I won't go into detail (unless I get enough of a response to do so)...given the setting, however, I *still* would've preferred to hear some earlier stuff. I also purchased a tape of the entire July 3, 1995 Miami show. I haven't had a chance to watch the entire tape yet... but I did get a chance to view parts of it before I brought it home. It's a bit shaky from time to time, but the sound seems to be OK throughout. I'm not expecting a professionally edited, store-bought tape, but I just couldn't pass up an entire show. jen--up to her eyeballs in rain and melting snow (which isn't a hard state to achieve, given her closer-to-the-ground stature). ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 15:38:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id PAA12649; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:38:30 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:42:31 -0500 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Cohen, Dan) Subject: *etheridge* Toronto Get-together Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Cohen, Dan) Let's have a Toronto Get-together. Time: Sunday, February 16, 1997. Place: not decided yet, but probably at Tango's (upstairs) located in Toronto's gay neighbourhood. They have a DJ. I don't know if they'll put on extra Melissa tunes. This is an informal get-together, it's not a party, it's not a meeting. So show up when you like -- I'll be there around 8:00 or 9:00. Acitivities: We can trade stories about concerts, or talk about Melissa's songs -- or enjoy a dance or two. It might be fun to bring a boot tape or two, or any souvenir, to swap. Bring any other Melissa fans you know. To find me, look for a man with a grey beard and a MLE T-shirt, or ask the bartender for 'Melissa'. -- Dan Cohen in Toronto [email protected] <-- my new email address http://www.canscape.com/dancohen 905-764-1844 ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 16:09:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.6.10) id QAA19221; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:09:58 +0100 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:12:44 -0600 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Jacqueline Mueller) Subject: *etheridge* the book Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Jacqueline Mueller) Okay, can someone refresh my memory as to where we can look at the cover of the book? I had the info. once, and even looked at the website! Now I can find it. Jackie Jackie Mueller Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Campus Box 5960 Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790 ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 18:58:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA28482; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:58:55 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:58:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Linda Perry Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Is there someone who could tell me what Linda Perry said? I know it was posted a couple of weeks ago, but I totally forgot. Thanks. Allyson ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 20:00:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id UAA14610; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:00:24 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:01:14 -0500 X-Sender: [email protected] Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Sandra E. Brandon) Subject: *etheridge* CHICAGO Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Sandra E. Brandon) HI Response to Gemini's out there...my SO and I are both Gemini...the four of us get along quite well! I will be in Chicago for business in April. I would appreciate any suggestions as to where to go when I'm there (be nice, people have been telling me where to go all day). Feel free to respond to [email protected]. Thanks in advance Sandy (tired of sitting in hotel rooms) ........................................... Sandra E. Brandon Coordinator, Network Provisioning Systems Win 857-6137 Bell (412) 247-6137 ........................................... ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 21:05:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA03188; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:05:36 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:15:43 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: the melissa etheridge mailing list Subject: *etheridge* Thanx Patti and SueD! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Patti said... > > Can't even begin to describe the many many antics that occur when >> you put a > > bunch of MElisters together, so I won't even try right now! This is >>enough, > > dontcha think?! ;) > and SueD said... > Now Patti, you know are favorite phrase, "Never Enough". And, is > there any > thought to mentioning the Missing E around these parts? > > SueD - depressed in New Yawk because I miss those crazy Texans >(sigh, tear > trickling down cheek) Well Sue... thank-you for pouring your heart out in sharing it all... I am sorry that it drained you so... It made me so happy to read Patti's story ....It brought back some especially fond moments of my MEIN trip to TEXAS!<== thanx Patti! and Sue ...your reply has made those memories all that much closer to my heart I know I got a brief moment to meet you Patti when I was in Texas... Sorry that our paths did not cross more often during my stay there... For you other Listers I did meet... I am smiling and sending a wave! Hope you are doing well Dan! Diane and Karen! and LLP63 have you made it to this list yet? Thanx again Patti and Sue for your wonderful stories.. Felt like I was there myself take care all! tei! ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 21:44:06 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA13596; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:44:06 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:40:17 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE interview from The Sacramento Bee Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] after checking the archives, i feel safe in posting the next 2 items. the first one is a phone interview from The Sacramento Bee. the second one, which i'll post next, is a review of the sacramento show. of course, it probably goes without saying that i'm posting them without permission. * * * * * The Sacramento Bee, December 15, 1996 Melissa Etheridge discusses her sexuality, ambitions and passion for rock 'n' roll By Jim Carnes Bee Staff Writer After rock critic Jon Landau heard Bruce Springsteen in the spring of 1974, he wrote, "I have seen rock 'n' roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen." When Melissa Etheridge heard Springsteen, she discovered HER future. "'Jungleland' is what spoke to me. Springsteen and real rock 'n' roll," the singer said in a telephone interview from Atlanta the other day, during the tour that will bring her to Arco Arena on Wednesday night. The 35-year-old singer, a two-time Grammy Award winner, is nearing the end of a more-than-yearlong concert tour that has seen her routinely draw audiences of 10,000 or more. Of the five albums she has released since 1988, all have made Billboard's Top 40 chart, and only one has failed to sell at least 1 million copies. One ("Yes I Am") is approaching quadruple platinum with nearly 4 million copies sold, and her latest, "Your Little Secret," debuted at No. 6 and spent 41 weeks on the chart. "I grew up in the Midwest (Leavenworth, Kan.), and when I was a kid, we had one AM radio station to listen to. It was all pop music, soul music of the '60s, the Beatles and such. In the '70s, we got an FM station -- album rock -- and all I did was listen to the Rolling Stones, the Who, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger." "I heard Peter, Paul and Mary, and folk music, but that's not the music that spoke to my soul." Etheridge's open homosexuality hasn't seemed to affect her popularity with notoriously fickle pop music consumers. She says that's because they know she's being honest with them. And, she rocks. Dubbed "America's favorite lesbian" by one writer, the singer-guitarist has, like Springsteen, made the cover of Rolling Stone and Newsweek magazines. But Springsteen's Newsweek cover was for his music; Etheridge's Nov. 4 appearance was for her personal life. She was pictured with her pregnant partner, Julie Cypher, with the headline: "We're having a baby." Etheridge, who came out as a lesbian at the Triangle Ball, the 1993 gay and lesbian celebration of President Clinton's inauguration, is now at the forefront of the we-are-family-too gay rights movement. In the phone interview, she was happiest talking about her music ("I've been asked more questions about sexual orientation than musical inclinations"), but she spoke frankly about other aspects of her life. "I've always really been open to answering questions," she said. "I know I open myself to people's wondering...." "It's interesting, the whole issue of what the public 'needs' to know and what it wants to know, and sort of the social/public art of my life. At this point, there were a lot of questions, and I was willing, and Julie was willing, so we agreed to do two interviews just about us and the baby -- one for television (ABC's "20/20') and one for print -- and sort of answer the questions that would come up." The couple have been together for eight years. The baby is due Jan. 25. It will be named Austin, whatever its sex. An early ultrasound examination was inconclusive as to the gender, and "we don't think we're going to do another," the singer said. The father is not her friend Brad Pitt. "Don't even go there. I'll start laughing," she said. There may be more children in the couple's future, but they are uncertain whether Etheridge will carry one. "There are physical aspects that might make it hard for me to conceive a child," she said. "I don't really want to get into all of that, but it just means, at 35 and everything, we would really have to try for me to conceive, and we haven't tried. . . . That's a whole 'nother social issue, that one." "And who knows? I may be on the cover of Newsweek for that." "Getting pregnant would mean I'd definitely have to slow down. I could never tour in that condition, and taking into consideration all the timing and trying and everything, that would be a two-year hiatus. I'm not ready for that now, and by the time I get ready, it just may be too late." Etheridge grew up in a middle-class family. Her father, who died several years ago, was a high school teacher. Her mother, who now lives in Arkansas, worked at Fort Leavenworth in the computer-simulation war games section, Etheridge said. Had she been a traditional little girl, she might have studied piano, but the 8-year-old Melissa opted for guitar. "My family couldn't afford a piano," she said, quickly adding, "and I loved guitar. I'd run around the house beating on anything that even looked like a guitar." She took lessons from a jazz musician -- "the one guitar teacher at the one little music store we had." And after high school, she attended the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston for a while before dropping out. When she began performing, she switched from a standard guitar to her instrument of choice, the 12-string, "because it was a fuller, bigger sound. . . . It wasn't a little girl and a guitar." Etheridge never went the feminist/folk-rock route, although she feels indebted to those who did. "The performers of the '70s really broke a lot of molds, and I'm forever grateful to Cris Williamson, Holly Near and others like them," she said. She, however, "plugged into a group of the sort of young '80s women that were breaking out of the early lesbian music mold." She moved to California in 1982 and released her first album in 1988. It was a strong, self-titled debut that boasted a near-perfect radio single, "Bring Me Some Water." Through her five albums, Etheridge has mixed muscular rockers with power ballads. Heartland and heartbreak. Blue-collar, mainstream rock 'n' roll. Her influences are evident: Springsteen, Seger, Janis Joplin. There have been a few hit singles, although she remains primarily an album artist. Her husky voice expresses all the ranges of emotion, from infatuation to infuriation. In 1992, she won a Grammy for best female rock performance for "Ain't It Heavy," a single from her "Never Enough" album. In 1995, she won her second Grammy -- in the same category -- for "Come to My Window" off the "Yes I Am" album. Etheridge's early albums showed a young artist with plenty of potential. Her subject matter was flavored by the men in her musical life -- Springsteen with his road/escape/hope songs, Seger with his wistful, looking-back-at-lost-innocence tunes. There were ballads in the mix, but mostly she preferred straight-ahead hard rockers. Later albums found her exploring themes of sexual awakening and longing. The subjects got more serious as the songwriter (she has written or co-written all her songs) matured. But the music stayed the same. Etheridge has found acceptance in the entertainment world despite disclosing her homosexuality, something that in the past could be a career-killer for an artist. Her biggest-selling album, "Yes I Am," was released after she came out. It sold three times as many copies as any of her previous albums. "By its definition, rock 'n' roll is alternative," Etheridge said. "It's rebellious. It moves ahead of the norm and pushes the envelope. And I think that it's the perfect ground for making statements and making waves. I am inspired by the challenges I had as a teenager. I was driven to write music in that rock 'n' roll idiom." Hollywood, where she lives now, is very tolerant, Etheridge said, but it can also be timid. Witness the controversy surrounding one of the singer's good friends, Ellen DeGeneres. For months, the entertainment industry has been abuzz with rumors that DeGeneres' character on her ABC sitcom, "Ellen," will be revealed as a lesbian. Etheridge was asked if she had discussed the situation with her friend. "In depth. For a lo-o-o-ong time," she said. And? "And I said it better be funny. I think the big issue here is marketing and good show business. I think the television world is ready for a gay leading character, and I think it has potential for great work and great comedy. It's exciting to see. Where it goes is up to her." "As long as the work is good and entertaining, I said, I thought it would be all right. It has to be good stuff. That's the key. If it's funny, it will succeed." "If it's bad, it will fail -- but it'll be perceived as failing because of the homosexuality." "That's the reality. That's why 'Yes I Am' had to be killer. It had to be a great album because I was not going to fail because I'm a lesbian." With the success of that album and its follow-up, Etheridge should have no fears in that regard. With the baby's birth approaching and with her tour ending next Sunday, Etheridge is looking at some time off. "I'm not really writing right now, and I'm not recording. I've put out five albums in seven years. I won't have another one for a while. My last show is Dec. 22, and I don't think I'll tour in '97 at all. I don't see a reason to." But that doesn't mean she'll be inactive. Etheridge is about to make a foray into acting, starring in a movie about Janis Joplin that was written by her partner, Cypher. Etheridge even performed in a Bay Area concert with Joplin's original band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. "It was really fun," she said. "They are very sweet and wonderful." The band is involved in the film project. "It's something I've longed to do for years," she said. "Finally we made all the right connections. Julie wrote the screenplay for it, and it looks like we're going to start filming in spring or summer." Joplin's influence is evident in Etheridge's music, not just in the bluesy vocals but in the way she rocks and the power she reveals on stage when the music takes over. "We come from a very similar place," Etheridge said. "Our households were a lot alike, although we responded in different ways. We both used music to get it out. What she did and I did outside of the music was very different, but we started from a similar place, and it's not a great stretch to get to that dark side. It's very exciting, very scary. . . .She was very inspirational to me since my 20s. I never knew her, but I know what her music means to me. She taught me to take the passion and fire and intensity, and put it into the music, to use your own sexual energy and emotions and let it burn." "That's what rock 'n' roll was to me. It was expression and an escape. It excited me. And it still does." * * * * * *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Wed Jan 22 21:58:15 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA17724; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:58:15 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:48:52 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* 12/18 MLE sacto show - The Sacramento Bee review Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] here's the review of the 12/18 sacramento show. see if you can spot the errors in the review . * * * * * The Sacramento Bee; December 20, 1996 Concert Review: Etheridge energizes Arco By Jim Carnes Bee Staff Writer Nobody wanted it to end. Not the audience. Not the performer. But finally, after three hours, it did. After a second encore, which featured a stirring performance of "This War Is Over," Melissa Etheridge called it quits and left the Arco Arena stage Wednesday night. The crowd -- about 8,000 strong, although concert promoters refused to release attendance figures -- filed out into the foggy night, satisfied. Etheridge, who performed Tuesday night in San Francisco and who will play Saturday in San Diego and Sunday in Los Angeles, is ending her 1996 world tour and going home to Los Angeles to await her partner Julie Cypher's delivery of their child, due Jan. 25. Etheridge has said she has no plans to tour in 1997, but she seemed in no hurry to close out '96. In the seven years since the release of her self-titled debut album, Etheridge has built an impressive repertoire of well-crafted rock tunes. Since her breakthrough "Yes I Am" album in 1993 (and her public coming out as a lesbian at the '93 Triangle Ball), she has begun to explore -- and acknowledge -- some of her stronger musical influences: Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin. Wednesday's concert owed a lot to Springsteen, in fact, particularly in the rambling, autobiographical introductions to such songs as "Nowhere To Go," which mines that small-town, small-mind suffocation that Springsteen evokes so well. "Shriner's Park" recalls Seger's songs of small-town summer nights, teen angst and confusion. In the performance of her songs, Etheridge exhibits the confidence of these seasoned rockers, focusing on the music and relating to the audience in a way that transcends the usual performer-crowd connection. Like Joplin, she has the capacity to inject soul into a song, but she doesn't believe it takes hard living to make good singing. The show wasn't perfect. There was a tentative beginning to it all, starting with the very first song. A sizzling Who-ish opening to "I Really Like You" sputtered into ordinariness, and a foul sound mix that made accompanying guitars practically inaudible early on had them so strongly amplified a little later that they completely obscured Etheridge's 12-string guitar work on "I Want To Come Over." Sometimes, though, the sound was astoundingly good. The perfectly mixed vocal on "Nowhere To Go" made every syllable sharp and clear (the singer's fine enunciation helped), and John Lennon's "Happy Christmas/War Is Over" reveled in each fragile guitar note. Etheridge fronts one of the tightest rock bands around. It includes Kenny Aronoff on drums, Mark Browne on bass and John Shanks, who celebrated his 35th birthday Wednesday, on guitar. Shanks' birthday became a running theme throughout the evening, with Etheridge and crew repeatedly breaking into little musical tributes. About an hour and 10 minutes into the show, Etheridge left the main stage at what appeared to be the end of an inspired, Joplinesque version of "I Could Have Been You" and went to a smaller, squarish stage at the back of the main floor, picking up the tune again. The other members of the band joined her back there for a 40-minute set that included "Ain't It Heavy," "Meet Me in the Back," "All the Way to Heaven," "Bring Me Some Water" and "I'm the Only One." That trip to the back energized both the crowd and the band. When the group returned to the front stage, there was nothing held back. Shanks' extended blues guitar solo on "Love Me With a Feelin'" (with Browne's bass work an impressive underpinning) fed back into a Joplin-worthy reprise of "I'm the Only One." "Your Little Secret" rocked, and "Like the Way I Do," which went all ballady with Etheridge's acoustic 12-string shimmering in an extended jam, would have brought the show -- at two hours and 45 minutes -- to a powerful close. But the audience wanted more. Stomps and whistles and cheers finally elicited a return to the stage for one more tune, "This War Is Over," a song of assurance from a person at peace with herself and whatever demons there might have been. "Be strong, speak true, spread the peace," she said. * * * * * *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 01:19:13 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id BAA21412; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 01:19:13 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:29:37 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC sorry, this is a test post, email not working Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy If anyone has e-mailed me about Melissa pics, tapes or messages in the last 2 days, please resend as my ISP has been dead for the last 2 days. Hope this makes it to the list! p.s. tegan, the pics and tapes are great! whoo hoo! -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 01:39:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id BAA27595; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 01:39:53 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:39:46 -0500 (EST) From: Anne Haines X-Sender: [email protected] To: The Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* new songs, Paula Cole, festivals Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Anne Haines [email protected] (David Goodman) said: >I'm very excited for ME and Julie. I hope the baby is very healthy. I'm >sure we will get some great new songs like "Bring me some baby wipes", >"Your Little Diaper", "You can Sleep while I, please just sleep, >please...", "Change" (with a completely new meaning), "Ain't it >wet"........ *dies laughing, absolutely dies laughing* >NMEC: I heard The Paula Cole song "Where have all the >Cowboys gone" on the radio. Does she have a new CD? How is it? I >remember that song from when I saw her open for Sarah McLachlin. Yeah, "This Fire" came out a couple of months ago, I think. Right about the same time Mary-Chapin Carpenter's new one came out. It's pretty good, though it hasn't really grown on me yet... I still like "Harbinger" better, though that cowboy song is pretty damn addictive. "Morna Shiver/CSP/BSM/MCI" said: >I also have a questions for the more seasoned members of the list - I have >been trying to find out some information on the women's festivals >scheduled for this year - does anyone have the dates and locations? I >have been surfing the net for weeks and have only came up with the reviews >of last years events. I know in Melissa's early days she played the >festivals - does anyone know if she still does those types of shows? Well, the National Women's Music Festival is May 29-June 1 this year, here in Bloomington, Indiana. This is a large festival, but it's indoors, so quite different from Michigan or the other camping-style festivals. Lots of fun, though. The web site indeed hasn't been updated (http://a1.com/wia/nwmf.html), but you can contact them at NWMF, P.O. Box 1427, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1427 or phone/fax 317/927-9355. Drop them a note, and they'll be glad to send you a brochure when they're ready! And if any listers are coming to this festival, drop me a note in email and we'll get together. :) I don't think Melissa has been seen at any women's music festivals for several years now. She used to play Rhythmfest regularly, but unless she wants to make a surprise guest appearance (i.e. sneak in so that she doesn't get completely mobbed by women) out of the goodness of her heart (i.e. none of these festivals has anywhere near the budget to pay her anything close to what she usually gets), I seriously doubt we'll be seeing her, at least for a while. If she ever stops being so popular, then yeah, maybe. There's lots of other good music at these festivals, though. I think a lot of MLE fans would really enjoy Teresa Trull, for instance (anybody know what she's up to these days). -Anne in Indiana %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" --Lily Tomlin %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~ahaines/ %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*% ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 02:49:40 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id CAA21285; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 02:49:40 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:49:34 -0800 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: barb biagi Subject: *etheridge* Tricia Bird Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: barb biagi Hi all i am looking for Tricia Bird who was making me a copy of the Duets tape tree, & mail to her own address keeps getting sent back to me as undeliverable, so i thot i*d try to reach her thru the list. Tricia Bird, if you are still out there, reading this list, please could you e-mail me back. Thanks ! barb * * * ~ barb biagi ~ * * * * * * * ~ [email protected] ~ * * * * * * * * * * * ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 03:17:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id DAA29600; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 03:17:23 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:17:23 -0500 (EST) From: roger zender X-Sender: [email protected] To: Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* NMEC:Bonnie Tyler Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: roger zender Hey Everyone, A friend recently turned me on to Bonnie and I noticed all the import, Greatest Hits CD's she has. Well the one that I heard was entitled "The Best" and I really liked it. I just wanted to check to make sure if there is anyone else out there that may know of a better one before I invest $15 dollars (a mountain of money to a college student) =). Thanks, Roger P.S. thanks to the list guru's ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without hanging on." - Dean Martin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Roger Zender e-mail: [email protected] Bowling Green State Univ. [email protected] Telecommunications Major phone: (419) 457-7565 Computer Science Minor http://www.wcnet.org/~rzender ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 03:34:02 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id DAA04696; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 03:34:02 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:31:42 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: John Miller cc: Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* What a smoothie!!! In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman No wonder you are the TRUE list chic magnet my dear friend, you are quite the charmer. Beware though for it has been noted that I may have some people on the list fooled. How is your sailor coat wearing? On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, John Miller wrote: > Gee, is that how you did it? :) > I knew you had me in the throws of *something*, Shirl, but it wasn't Sam > Adams... it was your flashing smile, which makes me willing to submit to > your every request ... you smile seems to have worked on SueD, Joyce > Stolier, Melanie Carino, Patty Wilcox, Karen Steenstrup, Kim Luce, and a > whole bunch of others, as well... no surprise to me! Seems to work well on ex-convicts and bartenders as SueD will not let me forget. Hi ya SueD, missing you way too much these past few days. Hello to all the new listers out there and there sure seems to be a bunch of you these days! Keep Warm and happy everyone, Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 03:44:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id DAA07473; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 03:44:31 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:42:34 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* What is your favorite color? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman Pardon if this message is a duplicate but the mail I send to the list is getting bounced back to me: On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Kelley at AOL wrote: > ...look really great with her forest green > painted (real) nails that match her forest green Melissa Etheridge sweatshirt Hmmmm let me guess, your into green? :] Who knows what movie my subject line is from(curious to know how many other dimented listers we have out there)? Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 04:03:11 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA12975; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 04:03:11 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC33.Generation.NET [205.205.118.189]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:00:11 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: Re: *etheridge* the book References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Jacqueline Mueller wrote: > > Okay, can someone refresh my memory as to where we can look at the > cover of the book? I had the info. once, and even looked at the > website! Now I can find it. You can check it out at the official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle Take care! Glenna ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 04:07:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA14521; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 04:07:45 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC33.Generation.NET [205.205.118.189]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:03:40 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* Testing/some other stuff... (fwd) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Subject: Testing/some other stuff... Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:39:14 -0600 From: "Sweeney, Renee (R.)" Hey guys! I'm just gonna test post a little one here and see if it works... We finally got a new e-mail system and it seems to be working better than my other one. THANK GOD!!!! I will send a longer account later (provided this works!), but the Dallas Get-Together this last weekend was a BLAST!!!! Really had a good time with my buds and we just Melissa-ed ourselves to death!!!! ("Can you rewind that just one more time?") What a way to go tho, right? Anyway, Hi to everyone and I'm so glad we're all back together again. Can't wait to hear about the baby...This is going to be so neat for them! ROCK ON!!!! Renee' (in Dallas, hoping it really *is* a girl!) loveya lizEdougEsueDpattEAngelaHumanjillE and my favorite KiwE- Jud-o... ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 04:23:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA18894; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 04:23:43 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 03:23:44 GMT Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Maggie Subject: *etheridge* CNN Story on VH-1 and TCI Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Maggie It looks like VH-1 won! CNN is reporting tonight that TCI caved in to a barrage of customer complaints about the cancellation of VH-1 on their systems, and is restoring it in 62 markets. I sure hope mine is one of them. Maggie ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 06:59:49 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id GAA28969; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 06:59:49 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:59:51 -0500 (EST) From: Rebecca Barrick X-Sender: rbarrick@ccshst01 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* live recordings...and that buffalo Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Rebecca Barrick Hey there Melisters, Today started out being a very bad day...you know those days where nothing seems to go your way? It's been pouring for the last two days, and as a result of that half of our snow is gone (yes, this *is* a bad thing if you're in to snowboarding or skiing). On top of that, my basement apt. has started leaking (at least, I don't remember having water streaming from the ceiling as part of the rental agreement). I decided I was entitled to a treat, so I scrounged around in the record stores downtown and finally managed to locate the cd single of YLS, with the three live recordings. All of a sudden, the day wasn't quite so bad after all! :) Hmm...to sum it up in one sentance: OHMYGAWD I've GOT to see this woman perform LIVE before I die!! I had never heard any live recordings of her songs, and they're incredible, to say the least. I was just wondering if anyone knew where these tracks were recorded? Which concert? Just curious. And now that the real purpose of my post is taken care of...while I'm here rambling, I've noticed a few posts regarding what is quickly becoming the infamous buffalo...bear with me here, I'm Canadian, but I didn't think the American nickel had a buffalo on it? Was it a special minting? Sounds like a great collectors item. Somehow I don't think the same effect could be acheived with the Canadian nickel...our nickel proudly(?) sports a beaver, for those who weren't aware of such things . (gee, somehow that just doesn't seem to work as well in the song). Anyway, it's late, I'm rambling, and doing a fine job of procrastinating at the same time. Until next time, becca. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 07:25:27 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id HAA05123; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 07:25:27 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 00:24:54 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* Dallas Get-Together (SMEC) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) The famous SueD jumped in: >> The avid traveller, SueD, landed at DFW last Thursday afternoon (yes, with >> *the* autographed Ovation!...and tons more booty from her 19-concert gala >> extravaganza in '96!), > >Yes, too true. I offered privately scheduled showings for all those Big D >Melisters who cared to venture over to Patti's place. It proved to be an >excellent way to lure folks out of the woodwork! Other booty included a personalized autograph photo from the CA MEIN tour, picks from special folks, and some of the most inCREDible photos of Melissa doin' her thing! Not to mention pix of a ton of MElisters Sue's met along her treks....so great to put a face with a name (or an email eddress in lieu of real names!.....like "that's 'Sooz911'" to which everyone could say, "OHHHHHH!"). >> and we headed over to meet some business friends of >> mine for drinks & dinner. ...and more drinks, actually....seven wild women >> off their gourds for many many hours ("gee, I've never heard mariachis doing >> Elvis, have you?!") and had an absolute BLAST! > >You people have GOT to see these women party. Fine, respectable business >women who absolute know how to kick up their heels. Of course those >margaritas were a powerful inspiration too! And the entertainment (not >provided by me this time...) from those mariachis was toooo much. Hey >Patti, what Elvis song was that...Jailhouse rock ;) Yea, but Sue *did* manage to attempt the Macarena (& other dances) with the mariachis several times with my friend Robin....You go girl! It was a funny evening too in that I was already out (for a longgg time) to two in the gathering and after many years decided to come out to the other three at the table that night, who promptly said, "Pffff! Like we didn't already know that!" Such a great group.....and yes, Sue, I think it *was* in fact Jailhouse Rock...in *Spanish*... >Hey, that reminds, me...Elvis must have been a >theme this weekend. Elvis playing mariachis, followed by a discussion of the >Little Elvis screensaver at The Ridge. We had the spirit of Elvis to look >after us. Cool! (But I digress yet again) Well get it right, will ya Sue?! It's "Tiny Elvis"....as in the SNL dashboard one!! Which reminds me....I gotta get that disk over to Mary at The Ridge....great "Tiny E" tale she told! >> Saturday found another slow start out of the blocks, as Sue & I decided to >> kick back & watch a video of the Jones Beach concert....(Sue, if I can find >> the energy -- not tonight though -- I'll put my as-yet-uncountered theory >> about YLS in writing and post it.) > >I can't wait for you to post this theory Patti. As we were watching that >concert tape, your insight brought out a completely different way for me to >watch her performance. It blew me away so I can't wait to see how everyone >else takes to it. And just remember folks, you were all here when she was >just starting out. Some day we'll all look back and say I remember her first >Melissa insight... "...first Melissa insight"??? Are you trying to say I've never had one before?! OK, I'm gonna try to post it tonight sometime, as I really think it's on target to explain why YLS is such a departure from the rest of MLE's albums. >But having another obsessed fan or two >(yes Renee, you'll get that little wiggle, I promise!) makes the viewing much >more of the event it should be. Hey Patti, rewind and play IWTCO again :) LOL! I have to confess that I now know that this particular snippet begins at *exactly* 6:45 into the video (are you taking notes, Renee?)... >> Then, on Sunday afternoon, Lizzard (of the Burns type) and, yes, *Jud* (of >> the NZ type!) arrived from Austin on what turned out to be a beautiful >> Dallas day! > >It was attack of the Amazon women, in person! It was interesting to see Liz >and Jud prying themselves out of Liz's Zcar. Arms and legs everywhere! Or how 'bout them getting in & out of my convertible's backseat? :) BTW, we should note that while Sue & I were topless in the front seat, Liz & Jud were getting blown in the back seat.... Actually, Liz & Jud were *also* just as topless as we were back there! >> Renee had, of course, already come over and was lusting after >> the booty when the I-35 strays finally made it. Indeed, on the JB video, >>we almost lost Renee in a continuous loop of ME's brief dancing moment just >> before IWTCO...."Could we rewind that just *one* more time?" > >Not that anyone else ever complained to have that rewound and replayed, now >did we? Um, gosh, I only rewound & replayed it, oh, a mere 8-10 times Saturday night....which ain't nuthin' compared to Renee!! ;) >> the rest of us decided to go somewhere for dessert & >> coffee. LizS suggested we meet at Starbucks on Knox near The Ridge and she >> headed off first from where she was parked....the rest of us, well....let's >> just say that I don't think Renee will want to follow me again....I'll just >> leave it at that. :| > >Oh sure, we get an opportunity to pile on abuse and she says "I'll just leave >it at that." Hey, we got to see the grassy knoll so you can claim to have >been taking me around to famous Dallas tourist sites, right, right? It was >rather entertaining to take an extended tour of Dallas to go 5 minutes down >the road. But hey, we weren't in any hurry, right? (Well, maybe noone but >Renee who was having an incredible chocoholic attack) Yea, but the *minute* we pulled onto Stemmons after the grassy knoll, I *knew* that I had already ****'d up and I *immediately* predicted Renee's exact reaction, did I not Sue?! Accurately too, I might add.... Yo, Lizzard & Jud, *you* enjoyed the scenic tour along Oak Lawn & Highland Park, didn't you? Huh, huh??? >>After a long evening with the fine folks at The Ridge, we >> headed back to my place to watch the JB tape and look at the booty. > >And continued to rewind that section for Renee, over and over and over again! Too bad they haven't come up with "Repeat" buttons on VCRs yet...what a *pain*! I wholly understand, Renee...I got that same "funny feeling right in my stomach" watching it too! ;) >> This morning (or was that noon?) Lizzard & Jud, of sound mind & body, came >> bouncing in already showered & dressed for the day....pouncing on the bed as >> Sue & me & my cats lurched (the cats weren't hungover). If you've not met >> Liz & Jud, they're both at least 8 feet tall, so it was an interesting >> awakening! > >Sorta like being launched in low earth orbits. Good thing the bed wasn't >bouncy (Liz's words) or Patti's cats might well be sailing around the moon >right now! Ya know, I think it *was* "bouncy" beFORE that.... >> We came to life finally, and found Renee knocking on the door >> again, and we all headed out to BREAKFAST (sorry, small tribute to our >> waitress) > >Now, now, she was just trying to be kind to the foreigner and old woman in >the booth. Although if I wasn't hard of hearing before, I think there has >been a marked downtrend due to her volume level! And you didn't mention >Renee's little trick. Playing the role of shy & demure in Shirl's >absence, Renee manages to eat off anyone's plate but her own when dining >out. Ya just gotta keep an eye on her for safety's sake. I, for one, was really happy that I was catty-cornered from Renee at the table, out of reach. But does Shirl immediately point it out to everyone when she does that?! ;) >Renee also took a >crack at making the buffalo roam before she took her leave of us. Would you >like to explain that darlin' or should I take on the responsibility (drumming >fingers in anticipation) I witnessed this too....Renee definitely cut directly to the front of the big long line! ;) >Even more extroidinary Say, are you from Lawng Island or sumpthin'? >(remember, we don't have any accents!). My a**! >I did like >the fact that you had Liz in takedowns more often than she had you. Or was >that all planned out? I think Jud is the "cider" here....but only perhaps in the takedowns. ;) >It just makes the Fajita Fest seem like it is even further away now. Once >Liz has some time to think (you know, AFTER Jud heads back to NZ), we'll get >that date out to the hungering masses. Enquiring minds want to know and I >think you know who the enquirers are out there! Well, if we can't be >"ciders", some of us just have to be plain old nosy, just ask Renee. Yep, I doubt Lizzard's really thinking about the Fajita Fest right now for awhile.... ;) >Now Patti, you know are favorite phrase, "Never Enough". LOL! Waitaminute! Now you've jumped into a *Texas* accent! >And, is there any >thought to mentioning the Missing E around these parts? Some explanation.....we were talking to Heather, one of the barkeeps at The Ridge, about the need to develop a new unique shot...the Missing E (from "The Ridge"....which is a women's bar filled with MLE memorabilia...indeed, the owner is a personal friend of Melissa's with many photos taken with MLE on the wall behind bar) sounds good...but what will be in it?! Let's see..."a bottle o'gin"....and it should definitely be a "dollar shot special"....a "shot of pure desire"....some whiskey...and should clearly have some coffee in it somewhere.... (Ewwwww!...let's think more about this now....) And I think we should definitely develop another special shot just for Mary called the "Missing Tiny E"... Wen Minkoff stepped in with apparently large feet: >Coooollll...y'all got to meet the world-famous Jud!! have met, and and Liz, who I haven't (yet)> And as another 8-ft tall woman, >don't complain, we're nice to have around when you need to get something >down from the top shelf Jeez, they both found fodder in my kitchen cabinets.....as I'm only about this tall . Indeed, Jud was kind enough to put a bowl away for me so I wouldn't have to get the ladder out. And yes, we got to meet the world-famous Jud!! Fair warning, Wen...if you meet Liz WITH Jud, just remember to give 'em LOTS of room! OK, enough silly banter for now.... Patti Fink [email protected] "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without hanging on." - Dean Martin ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 08:27:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id IAA17179; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 08:27:24 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 01:26:51 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) OK, I'm gonna see if I can articulate my theory (I know you think I left out an adjective there, Renee ) about why YLS is such a departure from the other albums. Last weekend when SueD was here, we watched a video of the Jones Beach concert (the one that got rained out for about an hour). I found myself watching it from a perspective of Melissa as a musician and performer. I speculated about my observations early on, and then as we continued to watch the entire 2-hour video, it played itself out....I think proving itself to be true. Countering & concurring opinions welcomed!! >From an energy standpoint (and by this I mean physical AND emotional), I think that when Melissa plays her 12-string Ovation and sings, the synergy between these two instruments is eNORMous and she puts her entire being into the song. We've all seen it, we've all heard it. It's what we love. Indeed, in her first two albums -- everyone's traditional favorites -- we find the exclusive use of an acoustic guitar on all of the songs. Her first use of an electric guitar in the studio does not occur until NE (on 2001 & MBCFY). On MLE's highly successful YIA, she returns to her acoustic tradition. And on YLS, the first three studio tracks find her on an electric guitar, adding a 4th with IWTCO for live performance with an electric guitar. That's 4 of 10 tracks for the YLS tour. And, with the exception of IRLY, these very songs make up the released singles, TV performances, & videos on this album. My theory is that after YIA, MLE became acutely aware of the energy required to perform her own songs for many hours on stage night after night when aggressively touring worldwide. I think she set out expressly to write more electric songs on YLS because she knew what she would be in for on this tour...a full 3-hour set multiplied by 70+ night after night with few breaks. I speculate too that for Melissa to try to write a song for her own performance on an electric guitar would, in and of itself, be tremendously uninspiring....certainly very different from her songwriting history & experience....probably a different approach to find a voice that is not inherently integrated with her 12-string. Watching her play the electric guitar, it becomes readily evident that the woman is *not* working like she does when she's got that Ovation in her hands. By "working" I mean the energy expended to perform the song. Watching the electric songs on the JB tape, it was uncanny how she might make some innocuous strum every 10th measure on some of them...just singing...that's all she was doing. She had passed the "work" to John, and even at that she was just *barely* supporting him...indeed, if she hadn't played at all on some of them, it would not have affected the integrity of the song at all. Then, here comes the Ovation again, and there is NO doubt that she's carrying the song, the melody, the emotion, the "work"...and John is supporting *her.* Her Ovation becomes one with her voice and her soul, like she can't help it, the energy *must* be expended. Then....back to the electric....and a note here or there, can't even hear her. I think it is her major way of resting throughout such a long performance....not to mention all of the hurried stress of the other things like TV performances, and the amount of work necessary to make a video. It allows her an opportunity to focus on her voice and the audience and the camera and the angles, etc., without draining her energy and concentration like playing the Ovation does. I think she knew that very very well when she wrote YLS, wanting "to get it over with." Anyway, I think she uses the electric guitar to dilute the "work" in order to spare her energy for the touring part. Pull out some tapes or replay some memories of her playing the Ovation vs the electric...note the difference. I think the difference manifests itself as a change in quality for many fans, certainly a change in the comparative success of the albums. Her roots & first successes were completely wrapped up as *MLE on her Ovation*....it is *her*....and it's really missing as the voice of YLS. Indeed, we didn't even get an acoustic single from this album. IMHO, when we see her next after the baby & the movie.....whether live or in the studio (doing *her* music, mind you...not Janis')....I think she'll return to her traditional acoustic sound simply out of a craving that such a hiatus will surely produce in such a passionate original performer. Anyhoo, just my theory....If you've got a copy of the JB video, let me know if you see it too... Patti Fink [email protected] "You never see big dogs wearing sweaters. My neighbor's dog has a sweater, but he wears it wrapped around his shoulders...it looks pretty with his eyes." - Ellen DeGeneres ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 10:15:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id KAA02508; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:15:24 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 01:12:18 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* YCSWID tour - 12/17 san francisco show Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] *tour recap* after going to the portland show on the 15th and bidding a fond farewell to our canadian pals, tim, jib, and i had to make the long drive back to the SF bay area for the san francisco show on the 17th. *morning of the 16th* since we didn't have a real deadline as to when we needed to be in the bay area (as long as we made it by show time on the 17th ), we took our time getting ready to leave. tim and i made plans to meet jib at the first rest stop in california (hornbrook). jib left first, since she knew that i have a lead foot . *"i got my foot on the ac-cel-e-rat-or...drivin', drivin'..."* it was a rather uneventful drive (about 4.5 hours) to our first meeting place in hornbrook (california). at first, tim and i couldn't find the rest stop because we got off at the exit marked "hornbrook" and not "rest stop" (only 2 more miles down the road), but we asked for directions and found it quickly. as we pulled into the rest stop, we noticed jib was just parking her car. good timing! tim was feeling well enough to take over driving the buick at this point, so i jumped into jib's car. jib and i made plans to meet tim at a rest stop about 3 hours down I-5. jib and i got a chance to chat, and i was able to rest a bit. we met tim at the rest stop, and asked him how he was doing, since he was still feeling sick (although much better than before). he said, "i'm doing ok, except for those moments when my head starts to nod, and a big rush of adrenaline rushes through my body..." WHAT! 8-O i said, "hand over the keys, pal!" which he did willingly. i gave jib directions to my apartment, since we wouldn't be making any more planned stops. we made it to my apartment in about 3 hours (11:30 pm), and after unloading the cars, we collapsed in exhausted heaps about an hour later. i was home!!!! :-) *morning of the 17th* yet another leisurely morning. we watched "storytellers", since none of us had seen it before. wow! it's excellent! just MLE and her 12 string, telling stories about her songs in front of a small, intimate audience - what a concept. we were able to figure out who michael bunch is (hi!), but we couldn't find allison in the audience (that's ok, we'd meet her soon enough ). i had some errands to run before the show that evening, which included picking up my xmas bonus check at work (gotta pay for the tour somehow ), paying a delinquent parking ticket , and buying a toy for a tot! tim took off for the cow palace , so i dragged jib with me to run errands. *on the way to the show* we were listening to KFOG on the way to the show, and they went backstage to talk to one of the DJs, bill evans, who attended the soundcheck. bill listed a few of the songs that MLE played at the soundcheck: IWTCO, "happy xmas (war is over)", and "you can't always get what you want." i hooted with delight when i heard bill mention HX(WIO), because i've always wanted to see MLE do that one live. i was also excited about her covering a stones' song. the latter song turned out to be somewhat prophetic, because, well, she didn't play it. i guess you *can't* always get what you want. *picking up JJ* BAB'er JJ wanted me to pick her up at the nearest BART (our subway) station, since she was unfamiliar with the area. we were about 20 minutes late, and the station was mobbed, so we missed her. :-( jib and i turned around and headed back to the cow palace . *our seats* we had to pick up both my KFOG front row seats and our MEIN seats (which i was selling to a friend) at will-call. as we were waiting in line, a bunch of BAB'ers showed up, too: JJ (who got there on her own), alma, mo, susan, catherine, and diane. many smiles and hugs ensued. :-) and for those keeping track: san francisco MEIN seats - 21st or 22nd row floor (i can't remember which; doesn't matter, we weren't sitting there. ) jib and i waited outside for my friend, who was buying my MEIN seats. he arrived, and we all went inside the cow palace . *a case of mistaken identity* as we passed through the turnstiles, i saw the smiling face of john "i am a moaner" miller, who was standing near the "rock medicine" booth (the appointed meeting place) with becky. we hadn't seen each other for over a month, so he was truly a sight for sore eyes! :-) another big hug! jib gave him a hug, too, before i could introduce the two of them to each other. as they were hugging, john said, "SUE D!" i said, "psst! john, that's jib!" whoops... john told us about his brief backstage meeting and photo op with MLE. needless to say, i was green with envy (and still am!). time was not on our side, and jib and i still had to make a restroom pit stop, so we said goodbye to john and made plans to meet up after the show. *the way to heaven is via the front row* i can't describe in words what a feeling it is to walk into a big venue and have usher after usher keep waving you on towards the front row. ahhh! 'tis truly blissful... not only were our seats in the front row, but they were located just right of MLE's center stage mike. this would become *highly* significant later. :-D a bunch of BAB'ers and sue d were sitting in the first few rows. i got to see marie again (who i hadn't seen since the mardi and rose party in april) and meet her SO, melissa. since most of us were wearing our purple bowling shirts, a woman sitting in the 2nd row asked if we were part of a club. i told her about MLETHER and asked if she had any paper so i could give her subscription instructions (of course, this was before we changed servers). a very nice security guard gave me paper and a pen so i could give her the instructions. the woman said that she'd pass on the instructions to her friends who were also at the concert. after hearing about the list, another couple wanted subscription instructions, too. so, if y'all are here, welcome! we waved to tim who was standing on the main stage (stage right) with trace. he came down to the front row to visit, and i introduced him to a few BAB'ers. *the show* the entire venue was used for the show (except for behind the main stage). the SF show had the biggest crowd that we had seen at that point (until the LA show). unlike the previous 3 shows where entire sections and levels were empty, there was just a scattering of empty seats when the show started. 7:30 show time, began at 7:50; show ended at 10:45 the 3rd set and the encores were the same as the other shows. the B stage set was the same as spokane and portland. the only difference was in the 1st set: main stage (1st set): HX(WIO)/GPAC ----> replaced Change through the end of the tour *fashion report* black leather pants, obligatory black T, denim overshirt with embroidery/ribbing, and black cowboy boots (yee-haw!). *memorable moments* the crowd was pumped for the entire show. almost everybody was up on their feet, grooving to MLE. damn! i could sit in the front row all the time! do you think they'd just let me have these seats for every concert? during her first mike break, MLE greeted the audience, and then she moo-ed! of course, the audience moo-ed in response! MLE talked about how she always wanted to play at the cow palace, because she remembered listening to concerts on the radio ("king biscuit flower hour", perhaps?) when she was growing up, and they always seemed to be broadcast from the cow palace. MLE mentioned that KFOG was broadcasting portions of the show, and she told those who were listening to the show to come on down, because we were having a great time. to entice them, MLE told the radio audience that she was wearing a full santa suit, and kenny was naked! "well, ok, only *one* of those things is true." the audience yelled out, "kenny!" she thanked everyone for bringing toys for the "toys for tots" drive, and stated what a worthwhile cause it is. *stalkers' file* during the main set, MLE's tour photographer took *several* pictures of jib and i rocking out to the show. of course, we're positive that she was taking our pictures for MLE's stalkers' file. "arrrggghh! not those two again! they've been following me around for the last leg of the tour!" either that, or we'll be showing up in the next tour book. :-) *happy xmas (war is over)/give peace a chance"* instead of smoothly seguing into Change from SP as she'd done for the previous shows, MLE segued into HX(WIO) instead. as she and the band played the opening chords to the song, MLE said, "it's the holiday season." well, this was the cue that JJ had been waiting for, because she slipped by security and placed her santa hat, which she had been wearing, on the stage near MLE's mike stand. MLE noticed it, flipped it closer to her with her boot, and motioned to mark to come over. at first, i think she wanted mark to put it on his head, but he ended up putting it on her head. the BAB contingent in the first few rows screamed their approval! MLE sang the whole song with JJ's hat on, and then tossed it out to the audience, where it landed in the 2nd or 3rd row. when i saw JJ later in the show, she had managed to reclaim her hat. all right! *SL* you can imagine that after seeing the show 3 times in the previous 5 days, we knew where MLE would be on the stage at a certain time in the show, and what she'd do next. it's a very polished and choreographed show. well, gee, our seats were located just right of the center stage microphone (from the audience perspective)...hmm, now what does she do at the end of SL? "oh, YEAH!" sometime during the middle portion of SL, i recalled that MLE goes down on her guitar just to the right of her mike. after rolling around on the stage a bit, she then slides her ovation across the stage, picks up her wireless mike, and then flicks her pick casually towards the audience. "OH, MY GOD! SHE'S GONNA FLICK HER PICK RIGHT AT ME!!!" jib and i realized the significance of our front row seats at about the same time. we elbowed each other playfully in our excitement! as MLE went down on her guitar, i prepared to catch her pick (damn, i didn't bring my softball mitt! ). just like in the past, MLE rolled around, slid her guitar over to trace, picked up her mike, and...nonchalantly, flicked her pick in my direction. it landed at the edge of the stage. i walked purposefully over to the stage and picked it up! YES! i turned around, raised my arms triumphantly (imagine rocky balboa after he reached the top of those long stairs, and you'll get the picture ), and yelled. the BAB'ers in the 3rd row screamed in delight! well, ok, MLE didn't *hand* her pick to me personally, ala patti fink , but it'll definitely do. it's a black pick with the YLS key symbol on one side and her signature on the other. very cool, indeed! :-D *ICHBY* there's no mistaking it when MLE looks right at you if you've got seats in the front row. it's even more difficult to miss if she points at you, too, while she's singing. as MLE stalked the stage, singing the "i could have been you / you could have been me" portion, she pointed directly at me. whoa, now that was intense...:-D *B stage* i didn't go to the B stage this time either, because i was worried about losing my prime spot by the front stage. (i went to the B stage for the rest of the tour.) it was difficult to see the B stage very well from the front, and we couldn't see the video screens either. however, from what i was able to see, MLE draped mark with xmas lights that an audience member had thrown up on the B stage (i'm sure that those who could see better than me will correct me if i got this wrong). *3rd set/YLS/encores* jib and i had great spots by the main stage. she was located to the left of MLE's mike stand, while i was near the center stage area. i got a great handshake from MLE as she left during TWIO . after the show was over, jib came over to me, and said, "guess what i got?" she opened her hand to show me one of MLE's picks! apparently, she had been clapping along to YLS, and as the song ended, she realized that she should be reaching out towards MLE, because MLE always hands her pick to someone after finishing YLS. sure enough, MLE handed her YLS pick to jib. guess she wanted us to have a matching set, huh? actually, jib got one of the new MLE picks - a black pick with a stork carrying a baby on one side, and "melissa" written in a child's handwriting (with a backwards "e"). yah-hoo! :-D *post-show* jib and i walked out to the lobby area, where we ran into john at the rock medicine booth. soon, many BAB'ers showed up, including a few that i'd never met before: alma, mo, andrea, candra, leigh, and eve. we were all excited about MLE's glorious performance. *bootleg T-shirts* a couple of guys selling bootleg T-shirts snuck into the lobby area, and started peddling their wares. the cow palace security noticed them fairly quickly and kicked them out. jib saw them, too, and pow! she was off, running after them to buy T-shirts. jib managed to buy 4 different bootleg T-shirts at the cow palace for her collection, which was her best score of the entire tour. jib had an extra leno ticket, so i asked john to email allison, if he got a chance that evening, to see if she was interested in going with us. we walked out to the parking lot, and said goodbye to john and becky. jib and i were ecstatic about the show, so we were giggling giddily during the 20 minute drive home. :-D (note: for many reasons, the SF show was my favorite show on the tour [followed by a *very* close 2nd place sacramento show - that one's next], and i'm so glad to hear that it will be made into a live CD set.) when we got home, tim told us that he was going to be able to talk to MLE for the first time before the sacramento show and give her the b-day CD-ROM. this was exciting news! tim was glowing! :-) it was hard to believe but we were about halfway done with our tour at this point, having just seen the 4th out of 8 shows. we wouldn't be having any additional days off until the tour was over, but at least the driving times were going to be more manageable, in the 6 hour or less range. the sacramento show was on the following night, the 18th. since she had never been to SF before, jib and i talked about doing some quickie touristy things during the day, before heading to the sacramento show that evening. ...to be continued... *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 14:37:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA12050; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:37:14 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 05:36:34 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) From: John Miller Subject: *etheridge* Teresa Trull (NMEC) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: John Miller Anne Haines wrote of women's music festivals: >.......... There's lots of other good music at these festivals, though. >I think a lot of MLE fans would really enjoy Teresa Trull, for instance >(anybody know what she's up to these days). She spends a lot of time riding her horse on her East Bay (SF area) ranch, and Rhondda and I recently (September?) saw her in San Francisco doing backup vocals during a live Bonnie Hayes performance... I don't know of any recording/toruing plans... I agree, I think many MLE fans would like Teresa Trull. John Miller San Jose CA ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 15:32:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id PAA26949; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:32:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:30:02 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: Rebecca Barrick cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* live recordings...and that buffalo In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman Hi Becca, Glad to hear your day is turning around...had been a LONG week for me also as I was awaiting results of a biopsy of someone very dear to me and then yesterday I lost a very expensive/special watch but later in the day I found out the Biopsy was fine no cancer and my watch fell out of my jeans as I put them on this morning :]. On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Rebecca Barrick wrote: > quickly becoming the infamous buffalo...bear with me here, I'm Canadian, > but I didn't think the American nickel had a buffalo on it? Was it a > special minting? SueD is the real expert on Buffalo nickels but we did have a Buffalo nickel which is no longer being minted and although not in circulation they can be found. Wouldn't that be a great item for MEIN to add to their merchandise list? So you Canadians have a beaver on your nickel...hhmmm..."and the way you make the", well I think I'll just let that one go. I was starting to blush just thinking about it. Take care all, Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 16:11:16 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA08806; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:11:16 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:11:23 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Make Animal $$ Fast--Learn How!! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Shirl wrote: >So you Canadians have a beaver on your nickel... And they have Loons on their Loonies! Imagine my surprise during my first trip to Canada when I stopped off at a service station to use the potty and read the condom machine as I was drying my hands...it said I had to deposit my Loonie to get a rubber! Now where I come from, folks had best have a rubber *before* they deposit their Loonies...thank goodness I was with a group of folks who were a tad bit more 'with it' than myself! jen, who kept a Loonie as a souvenir, but who hasn't been able to deposit in anywhere in the lower 50. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 16:21:49 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA12582; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:21:49 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 09:22:52 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Patti's theory: >Last weekend when SueD was here, we watched a video of the Jones Beach >concert (the one that got rained out for about an hour). I found myself >watching it from a perspective of Melissa as a musician and performer. I don't see anywhere in your theory where you say what induced this theory.... Is that your little secret? Or rather, our little secret?! ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 16:33:47 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA16741; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:33:47 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC29.Generation.NET [205.205.118.185]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:30:49 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* [Fwd: Buffalo Nickel & Article Errors] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1BFF32D27D61" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1BFF32D27D61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit approved: mle-list --------------1BFF32D27D61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Buffalo Nickel & Article Errors Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 02:21:31 -0600 (CST) From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) To: [email protected] Since I'm on digest, I'm sure there have already been many responses to this stuff already, so just delete me or scroll on by Becca wrote: >I've noticed a few posts regarding what is >quickly becoming the infamous buffalo...bear with me here, I'm Canadian, >but I didn't think the American nickel had a buffalo on it? Was it a >special minting? Sounds like a great collectors item. The buffalo nickel used to be official U.S. currency many many MANY moons ago and is fairly rare now. Not researchy enough tonight to dig out the conversion year facts, ma'am. And yes, especially for s-o-m-e it is, in fact, a great "collectors" item. ;) *rhondda* teased: >here's the review of the 12/18 sacramento show. > >see if you can spot the errors in the review . OK, I didn't attend the Sacremento show, but here's one glaring gottabeone... >Etheridge's 12-string guitar work on "I Want To Come Over." ...and question here: >The other members of the >band joined her back there for a 40-minute set that included >"Ain't It Heavy," "Meet Me in the Back," "All the Way to >Heaven," "Bring Me Some Water" and "I'm the Only One." She did BMSW from the small stage?!? Patti --------------1BFF32D27D61-- ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 17:05:28 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA27610; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:05:28 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: From: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" To: "'[email protected]'" Subject: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:57:09 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" Well, as Patti has so graciously responded to my response (and Renee has not jumped in quite yet...) I offer the following: > >Other booty included a personalized autograph photo from the CA MEIN tour, >picks from special folks, and some of the most inCREDible photos of Melissa >doin' her thing! Not to mention pix of a ton of MElisters Sue's met along >her treks....so great to put a face with a name (or an email eddress in lieu >of real names!.....like "that's 'Sooz911'" to which everyone could say, >"OHHHHHH!"). It has become quite a treasure trove believe you me. I have been showered with goodies from MEIN tours but also with wonderful items from other obsessed fans. A goodly number of the performance shots I got came from others at the shows who gladly gave me copies when I copied tapes for them. So, not only do I have enough booty to make me forever happy, I also have tons of amazing new friends. I couldn't go wrong if I tried! > >Yea, but Sue *did* manage to attempt the Macarena (& other dances) with the >mariachis several times with my friend Robin....You go girl! Oops, I was hoping you had forgotten that part of the evening. Robin had those Mariachis in the palm of her hand (but then who wouldn't she have trapped with those beguiling eyes of hers). Now you know what kind of an evening it was if even I (the most macarenaless person in the world) can be dragged to her feet to try that dance in a public place. Ooooh, I have GOT to stop drinking Tequila. >It was a funny >evening too in that I was already out (for a longgg time) to two in the >gathering and after many years decided to come out to the other three at the >table that night, who promptly said, "Pffff! Like we didn't already know >that!" Such a great group.....and yes, Sue, I think it *was* in fact >Jailhouse Rock...in *Spanish*... Oh, oh, if they already knew that about you Patti, what could they possibly have been thinking of me? But like Patti said, the revelation didn't ruffle the waters at that party. I think it was just more fodder for the celebration machine. Now, do you think we should find out where to get a translation of Jailhouse Rock? I want to be prepared next time. > > >Well get it right, will ya Sue?! It's "Tiny Elvis"....as in the SNL >dashboard one!! Which reminds me....I gotta get that disk over to Mary >at The Ridge....great "Tiny E" tale she told! D***, I had enough trouble remembering the spanish version of Jailhouse and now I am expected to keep the extraneous stuff right too? Does this mean I get detention after hours at The Ridge (please, please, please?) > >"...first Melissa insight"??? Are you trying to say I've never had one >before?! OK, I'm gonna try to post it tonight sometime, as I really think >it's on target to explain why YLS is such a departure from the rest of MLE's >albums. Stay tuned, the explanation Patti puts forth is absolutely amazing! > >Hey Patti, rewind and play IWTCO again :) > >LOL! I have to confess that I now know that this particular snippet begins >at *exactly* 6:45 into the video (are you taking notes, Renee?)... Yup, I have the tape cued up to that point. Although Renee and Patti get funny reactions in their stomachs, I get kinda fuzzy all over at that point. Hold on, let me hit that play button just one more time.... > >BTW, >we should note that while Sue & I were topless in the front seat, Liz & Jud >were getting blown in the back seat.... Actually, Liz & Jud were >*also* just as topless as we were back there! Need I say more? From being topless with Shirl in her Z car to cavorting around topless in Texas with Patti, Liz, AND Jud. Life can be too good sometimes :) > > >>Not that anyone else ever complained to have that rewound and replayed, now >>did we? > >Um, gosh, I only rewound & replayed it, oh, a mere 8-10 times Saturday >night....which ain't nuthin' compared to Renee!! ;) Hmmmm, maybe I'll make a special copy of that tape that has a continuous loop of the little Melissa dance thingy on it. I don't think Renee would ever leave her apartment again! > > >Yea, but the *minute* we pulled onto Stemmons after the grassy knoll, I >*knew* that I had already ****'d up and I *immediately* predicted Renee's >exact reaction, did I not Sue?! Accurately too, I might add....Renee's hands lunging for my neck upon our arrival at Starbucks> Yo, >Lizzard & Jud, *you* enjoyed the scenic tour along Oak Lawn & Highland Park, >didn't you? Huh, huh??? Yup Patti, you did know you were ****'d up virtually the minute we hit Stemmons. I wish I had a tape of our conversation as it would have been pretty darn close to what Renee did as soon as Patti got out of the car. In the end, however, Patti proved her worth by recovering from the initial boo boo to create a hide-and-seek approach to finding Starbucks. Hey, adventure is the spice of life. > >Too bad they haven't come up with "Repeat" buttons on VCRs yet...what a >*pain*! I wholly understand, Renee...I got that same "funny feeling >right in my stomach" watching it too! ;) Amen and hit the play button again! > > >Ya know, I think it *was* "bouncy" beFORE that.... Ya gotta ask Liz and Jud to explain the differences then. > > >I, for one, was really happy that I was catty-cornered from Renee at the >table, out of reach. But does Shirl immediately point it out to >everyone when she does that?! ;) Heavens no. That was the best part. Poor Renee, you could have gotten away with the whole incident if you hadn't have owned up to it. The rest of us were too busy chowing down to notice your minor indiscretion. Then again, she might have been confused due to the overwhelming fog horn voice being employed by the waitress. Left us all shocked and confused, but not stealing from others plates ;) > >>Renee also took a >>crack at making the buffalo roam before she took her leave of us. Would you >>like to explain that darlin' or should I take on the responsibility >>(drumming >>fingers in anticipation) > >I witnessed this too....Renee definitely cut directly to the front of the >big long line! ;) I can't wait to come back for a little more buffalo roaming. Hmmmm, not many foothills in Texas, that part of the trip might take a little more time and effort. Oh my, where are those flight timetables? > >>Even more extroidinary > >Say, are you from Lawng Island or sumpthin'? > >>(remember, we don't have any accents!). > >My a**! Hey, why is it that none of the Texas women have accents (excepting that darlin Renee who has the Dallas drawl down pat). And I do not have a Lawng Island accent, at least not unless I am surrounded by New Yawkers or am slightly snockered (oh, now there is something new). > >I think Jud is the "cider" here....but only perhaps in the takedowns. ;) Wooooooooooo, I want to be a cider! > > >>Now Patti, you know are favorite phrase, "Never Enough". > >LOL! Waitaminute! Now you've jumped into a *Texas* accent! Da**, must have been the Tequila still swimming around in me doing the talking there! > >Some explanation.....we were talking to Heather, one of the barkeeps at The >Ridge, about the need to develop a new unique shot...the Missing E (from >"The Ridge"....which is a women's bar filled with MLE memorabilia...indeed, >the owner is a personal friend of Melissa's with many photos taken with MLE >on the wall behind bar) sounds good...but what will be in it?! Let's >see..."a bottle o'gin"....and it should definitely be a "dollar shot >special"....a "shot of pure desire"....some whiskey...and should clearly >have some coffee in it somewhere.... (Ewwwww!...let's think more about >this now....) > >And I think we should definitely develop another special shot just for Mary >called the "Missing Tiny E"... This is a challenge issued to all of you folks out there. Submit your Missing E shot ideas so that at the next Dallas gathering there can be a tasting contest. Wonder what the winner will receive as a prize.... And as to the question on the now almost infamous buffalo nickel, (sorry I cannot remember who posted the question): US nickels used to have buffalos on the "tails" side with an indian head on the other side. I don't know the exact era they were minted but the one I now own has a 1936 date on it. This lucky little guy was offered up from Patty Wilcox's big old heart, luck inherent therein. The story behind the roaming buffalo comes from Melissa's song No Souvenirs which she discussed on VH1 Storytellers. I think we have already covered that and it should be in Dave & Glenna's archives somewhere. I gotta get out of here, work beckons. Take care all, SueD > > > ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 17:07:57 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA28443; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:07:57 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:06:10 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* RE: [Fwd: Buffalo Nickel & Article Errors] Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Patti Fink tried to write ;-) : >*rhondda* teased: >>here's the review of the 12/18 sacramento show. >>see if you can spot the errors in the review . >OK, I didn't attend the Sacremento show, but here's one >glaring gottabeone... >>Etheridge's 12-string guitar work on "I Want To Come >>Over." I, too, would've thought this was an error had I not watched Much TV's SnowJob '96 a few days ago. She used the 12 on IWTCO on this particular show. This isn't to say that she definately used it at the Sacremento show, however. I caught what I thought was an error...the reviewer mentioned the release of MLE's *first* album *seven* years ago. Would've made it '89 when ME was released--not '88. jen--who would much rather be at home in bed today. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 18:04:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA19116; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:04:24 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 11:05:05 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) from SueD and/or Patti: >....and yes, Sue, I think it *was* in fact Jailhouse Rock...in *Spanish*... But what about hearing Mickey by Toni Basil in Spanish? You know the song... "Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand you take me by the heart when you take me by the hand..." >Need I say more? From being topless with Shirl in her Z car to >cavorting around topless in Texas with Patti, Liz, AND Jud. Life can be >too good sometimes :) And the only thing better is that Jud and i were getting blown in the back while we all topless... Oooooh yeah.... (we missed you Renee!) >Yo,Lizzard & Jud, *you* enjoyed the scenic tour along Oak Lawn & Highland >Park, didn't you? Huh, huh??? Uh, Jud's not here right now, but i can't say that i enjoyed it too much. ALthough it was kinda fun hearing the very sweet natured Renee take a turn to the darkside and show off her foul mouth. Geez Patti, you better be careful next time!! :) Such a surprise but very entertaining. THe disappointing thing about it was that Jud is just *so* into American History (NOT!) and she didn't get to see the grassy knoll. Oh, man, i think Jud'll kill me for that one but it was worth it. Patti said we were going that way just so we could all see the grassy knoll. Well, apparently she forgot to inform some of us as we passed it.... >In the end, however, Patti proved her worth by recovering from the >initial boo boo to create a hide-and-seek approach to finding Starbucks. Uh, yeah, sure, Patti's H&S approach had us (Ren, Jud, and me) doing a U-turn in the middle of the street as i pointed out "Hey, there's Starbuck's" as we were (im)patiently following behind Patti. And as we pull into the parking lot, i see the reverse lights on Patti's car come on. It was quite amusing as i also noticed a car approaching her.... Seems as if the approaching vehicle forced Patti to rethink her approach to the Starbuck's parking lot. Geez, it took y'all another 5 minutes to get there. Did you go back and look at the grassy knoll *again*?! Poor Liz S., she claimed to have waited 15 minutes for us to arrive.... >>Ya know, I think it *was* "bouncy" beFORE that.... >Ya gotta ask Liz and Jud to explain the differences then. Now wait *just* a minute...I don't have a clue as to how bouncy the bed was before we pounced on it. That was my first visit to Patti's humble abode. You, SueD, on the other hand, had been there before. And i get the sneaking suspicion that that wasn't the first time you slept in her bed... So maybe *you* should be the one to explain the lack of bounce... (Oh yeah, let the rumors fly!! Although i think i was supposed to comment on this just to make the mighty Zorro and the Raunchmeister jealous...) :) >Heavens no. That was the best part. Poor Renee, you could have gotten >away with the whole incident if you hadn't have owned up to it. Uh....no she couldn't. It might not have been so embarrasing had she not owned up to it, but rest assured that when someone starts taking my food, i definitely notice!! What was even funnier was as she owned up to it, she never quit taking my food!! "Oh, i'm sorry, how embarrasing, but i'm still gonna help myself." ** ** Not to be mistaken as an exact quote. It's my interpretation of the ordeal. :) > The rest of us were too busy chowing down to notice your minor indiscretion. >Then again, she might have been confused due to the overwhelming fog horn voice being employed by the waitress. Left us all shocked and confused, but not stealing from others plates ;) Let us not forget being approached in the parking lot by someone who wanted us to read and buy some books on Western Philosophy. "Are you from Dallas?" "No" "That's okay, i'd...." Patti was quick to point out that he said something about Western Philosophy. No offense to anyone who follows it, but the whole approach was hysterical. What was the point in asking if we were local....it didn't alter the outcome. But it was funny. Hell, the whole weekend was pretty funny! The best part was the expression on Patti's face Saturday night/Sunday morning when Renee said she was going home. Now picture Patti sitting in a folding beach type chair, passed out. Er, i mean, sleeping. ;) But she's sitting forward, with her head hung down and her hands clasped together as if in prayer. Renee was able to awaken her and inform her that she was going home. Patti looked completely shocked and upset by this fact. SHe had this incredible look of disappointment on her face. That kind of "Awwwwww, do you really have to go? Oh well, i guess it's okay." I wish i'd have had a camera ready. That look was priceless. :) >>I think Jud is the "cider" here....but only perhaps in the takedowns. ;) Waitaminute...i think i'm missing something here...i certainly don't recall any takedowns....hmmm...i remember some severe arm twisting going on but no takedowns.... >Wooooooooooo, I want to be a cider! Yeah, yeah, you just want to be Jud's cider... Isn't her accent a great turn-on?! Uh-oh, i better edit that part out before she reads it. :) Okay, folks, that's all for now. And SueD, next time you plan to come to Texas, give me a few days notice and i'll make sure i make it up to Dallas for the weekend. See ya'll at the fajita fest....(in early June(?)) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 18:11:46 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA21785; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:11:46 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 11:12:48 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: RE: *etheridge* My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Renee chimed in: >No, I'm pretty sure, it's an ancient Chinese Secret! Hmmm... now what commercial is that from? Some kind of laundry detergent? >SueD, where's my video? I'm waaaaaayyyyyy into withdrawal at this >point. Help, please send the dancing portion of "IWCO" Jones Beach >bootleg soon... Going downhill fast here in Dallas... But look at the brightside of going downhill in Dallas...you'll end up in Austin. :) I'm assuming that when you referred to downhill, you *weren't* talking about your age... >Now, as far as the "buffalo roaming" goes- I wish to make "no comment!" >That's a "little secret" between 2 Geminis- and an Aries, a Virgo and a >Capricorn Kiwi! And such a great secret that i'm considering trying to obtain a buffalo nickel neclace so you can make it roam for me like you made it roam for SueD. ;) liz ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 20:49:39 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id UAA24175; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:49:39 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:46:28 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* errors in the sacramento show review Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Patti Fink said: >>here's the review of the 12/18 sacramento show. >> >>see if you can spot the errors in the review . > >OK, I didn't attend the Sacremento show, but here's one glaring >gottabeone... > >>Etheridge's 12-string guitar work on "I Want To Come Over." and Jenniffer Smith added: >I, too, would've thought this was an error had I not watched Much >TV's SnowJob '96 a few days ago. She used the 12 on IWTCO on this >particular show. This isn't to say that she definately used it at >the Sacremento show, however. well, patti wins the prize on this one. after referring to my copious notes from one of the shows (san diego) when i actually wrote down the guitars (well, most of them) she uses during each song, MLE played the teal-colored electric guitar (fender? gibson?) on IWTCO during the west coast tour. she whipped out her ovation for the first time for the next number, AUK. but again, she could have played her ovation on IWTCO at earlier shows. jen also said: >I caught what I thought was an error...the reviewer mentioned the >release of MLE's *first* album *seven* years ago. Would've made it >'89 when ME was released--not '88. very good! give a gold star to the moderatrix! :-D it's weird, because jim carnes (the sacto bee reviewer) managed to figure out that MLE had released 5 albums since 1988. guess math wasn't his best subject in school? back to patti: >...and question here: > >>The other members of the >>band joined her back there for a 40-minute set that included >>"Ain't It Heavy," "Meet Me in the Back," "All the Way to >>Heaven," "Bring Me Some Water" and "I'm the Only One." > >She did BMSW from the small stage?!? bingo! you caught one of the other boo-boos in the review. no, she didn't BMSW from the B stage, nor did she do ITOO there either. she also did LMG and Resist from the B stage but i guess the reviewer was busy getting a beer or something. *rhondda* ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Thu Jan 23 21:12:11 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA02830; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:12:11 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 14:10:18 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Dallas Get-Together Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Hi folks, I wrote this yesterday in response to Patti's post yesterday about the Big D get-together. Apparently i never actually posted it. So here it is... Patti's story: >... we hiked up on barstools at nearby Chili's for some outrageous desserts, >drinks, and "natural conversation....natural conversation!" Patti forgot to mention that Renee tried to ask our waiter a question, only to be told, "I'm sorry but i'm really busy right now" as he walked away to go wait on someone else. >We're off then to The Ridge, which was deader than dirt...but quite >understandably for a Sunday night. More shots....Renee even >had a shot of water!...and for some, ungodly amounts of $0.75 >beer....pool tables....and the jukebox. And let's not forget air hockey. Tho only Jud and Liz S were brave enough to play against me. I did manage to win both games but i have to give credit to each of them because they both helped me out by forcing the air puck into their own goal at least 2 or 3 times. That definitely makes it a lot easier to win. :) > I think Sue must've put in $20 in music, Because we heard Change and Shriner's Park *ALL* night long. Geez.... And can you believe a jukebox at a gay bar *NOT* having any Indigo Girls music?! I was a bit shocked by that... And the only ME we had to choose from was YIA and YLS. Even that gets old listening to the same stuff all night. Come to think of it, i don't think Sue played but 1 or 2 songs from YIA.... :) > During one game of pool, we dared Renee to be as butch as she could be, Before the pool challenge, Renee informed us as she had a shot of water that it was the only way she would ever be a DD. She was quick to point out that it stood for Designated Driver. But Sue (?) was equally as quick to point out that she thought it was Ditzy Dallasite! ;) So now Renee has been officially dubbed the DDBW. I don't think she was too thrilled with that... :) >After a long evening with the fine folks at The Ridge, we >headed back to my place to watch the JB tape and look at the booty. Or, in Patti's case, to fall asleep (pass out?!) in a chair while the rest of us watched the JB tape. :) > and we all headed out to BREAKFAST (sorry, small tribute to our >waitress) Can it still be called breakfast if it's 1.30 in the afternoon?! What? I can't hear you. I think i'm still partially deaf from the IHOP waitress.... > (I was *not* having a good directional w/e!) Patti's weekend directions were *SO* bad that i'm thinking twice about letting her send out directions for the fajita fest this year!! One thing Patti forgot to mention was the bathroom in the mall we went to. There was a men's, a women's, and a family bathroom. I thought it was rather nice of them to have a bathroom just for us. It took SueD a couple of minutes to catch on to what i was saying. Patti and Jud were pretty quick, however. Then Jud thought the Family Bathrooms sign was interesting enough that she wanted me to stand in front of it so she could take a picture to show everyone back home. "I've never heard of family bathrooms," was jud's comment. I said i didn't want to look stupid standing in front of a bathroom sign just so she could take a picture. But if Patti and SueD were willing... Just a quick picture. So there the three of us stood. By the door to a public restroom. Waiting for the flash to come up on Jud's camera. About 3 minutes and 5 or 6 people later (with me mumbling something about "These damn foreigners...") Sue offers up her camera. Just as Jud hands me hers, i notice the flash indicator is lit. Probably was all along... So she finally took a picture. Then SueD wanted one of the three of us. As she attempts to take a picture, she discovers that her camera no longer has film in it. So she loads another role and finally takes a picture. The Dallas trip was a very memorable one. :) liz (and jud - i *knew* something was missing from my posts ) ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 03:18:47 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id DAA15097; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 03:18:47 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:20:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Karen Vaughan (BIO)" X-Sender: kvaughan@brill To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MY NEW ADDRESS (NMEC) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Karen Vaughan (BIO)" Just got an new address and decided to try it out..I usually lurk around here...Previously on AOL as toni1003.. Bye for now, Toni ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 04:07:16 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA00902; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 04:07:16 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 14:06:52 EST Message-Id: <9700248541.AA854143612@smtpgwy> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* re: snowjob'96 & some Ellen stuff. Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi All Jen Smith wrote: >On another note, I just purchased a copy of Much Music's >SnowJob '96 (from last March) and I love it! I've found a new >respect for the YLS songs that were included on this tape... >they are definately songs to be performed live rather than on >an over-produced CD. I'm still not real fond of IWTCO, but >NWTG (which I liked anyway) and ATWTH (which I sorta >liked) sounded terrific on this show. I'm sure that someone >from 'up north' posted a review of this show when it first aired, >so I won't go into detail (unless I get enough of a response to >do so)...given the setting, however, I *still* would've preferred >to hear some earlier stuff. I was lucky enough to receive several tapes in the mail last week from a wonderful MLister (Brenda) Included was the above program, which apart from the stunning location was a good show. Also in the package were the 20/20, Storytellers & Sesame Street shows, which were all great. I have to say i get a good chuckle out of her dancing with the letter U. Brenda also threw in some Ellen stuff. (HBO special, Oprah interview,a couple of the Leno interviews & the Rosie i/v) It's great to actually get a look at things that are talked about on the varios lists (even if it is some months later). Well its Australia Day long weekend here. For those of us in Melbourne it's going to be another lovely hot weekend. Loved the various concert reports as well as the "YCSWID" road reports And also SueD's adventures. Bye for now Nan ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 07:25:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id HAA24379; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:25:52 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Tammy Robertson" To: Subject: *etheridge* Question: Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:24:56 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Tammy Robertson" How can I find out if something a friend has told me about Melissa is true? I have a friend in Texas that a few years ago told me she once played drums with Melissa before she got her start. I have a copy of a tape that was made in a studio (she says). And this was even before melissa made it BIG TIME! I don't want to disbelieve my friend, but at the same time the suspense is killing me. Thank you, One Essence ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 09:47:39 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id JAA17436; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:47:39 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:59:17 +0000 From: Becky Walsh <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Melissa tapes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Becky Walsh <[email protected]> First of all Hi everyone, this is my first post to you all. Secondly, and this may seem cheeky, but i am a big Melissa fan and i live in Manchester, England. It is practically impossible to buy any melissa stuff over here, so i was wondering if anybody would be so good as to send audio tapes of previous concerts to me. I would be really grateful and i would pay for all costs (postage, package etc..); Thanxs, Beck XX ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 10:55:05 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id HAA00445; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:55:42 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 01:54:37 -0500 To: [email protected] From: Redsocks Subject: RE: *etheridge* My YLS Theory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Redsocks Elizabeth Burns wrote: >Renee chimed in: >>No, I'm pretty sure, it's an ancient Chinese Secret! > >Hmmm... now what commercial is that from? thought not because it itches> Some kind of laundry detergent? Calgon. -- Redsocks [email protected] http://www.li.net/~matthewb/ "Don't try to out-weird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal" - Elusis ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 12:24:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id MAA05610; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:24:43 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 06:24:07 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Question: Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 1/24/97 6:32:19 AM, Tammy wrote: <> It is actually possible. Melissa once toured the festival circuit with a band (including a sax player) in the mid-80's. Before that, in the early 80's, she played solo but would have had back-up on drums, bass, maybe keyboards for her non-bar appearances (she played alone in the bars). At any rate, she certainly had a drummer at the 1983 West Coast Women's Music and Comedy Festival, as far as I understand it.....what is the tape? There are indeed some early demos floating around from the Que Sera period. If this tape is *not* the bootleg known as Being Sensitive, then you've got a rare tape there and everybody on this list will be wanting a copy. ;-) See ya, Joyce ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 14:22:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA25699; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:22:41 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:22:15 -0500 From: Colleen Lanthrip To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Grateful to you all Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Colleen Lanthrip Hi Gang!!! I'd like to thank Glenna and Dave for finding us a new home so quickly. And...to let you know that the cast is off my ankle and I'm learning to walk again. My mind says go, go, go, and my ankle says woooowwww, don't go there yet Since breaking my ankle in late November, life has been steady downhill. My SO (Linda) mom has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. And Linda just got positive results from her mammogram and ultrasound (which had us really on edge for a week). I'm not posting to bring others down but to let you know how grateful I am that all of you are out there. I'm enjoying reading the digest everyday. All of you bring a smile to my face, and others actually make me LOL. Like a real family. MLE's music has been keeping me alive and I'm so excited waiting for news about baby cypheridge. Do you think they'll announce the arrival on Entertainment Tonight, the news, or will I have to surf MTV and VH1? Does Melissa have a brother that could of donated? Be grateful for each day and keep smiling. Keep Posting! BTW, Gwen, where are my pics?????? Colleen ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 15:17:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id PAA06427; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:17:54 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:17:15 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* RE: My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Patti wrote: >Watching her play the electric guitar, it becomes readily >evident that the woman is *not* working like she does when >she's got that Ovation in her hands. >Watching the electric songs on the JB tape, it was uncanny >how she might make some innocuous strum every 10th >measure on some of them...just singing...that's all she was >doing. I noticed this just the other day when I first viewed SnowJob '96--especially on YLS. I, too, found myself looking at her hands and her guitar and listening for her part in the instrumental when they panned back to full body shots. She interacts quite a lot with John on this video and she is constantly moving and dancing about...but her *arms* aren't moving. Patti's theory makes a lot of sense...think about how, in aerobics classes, they tell you to constantly move your arms for the 'full workout'. I would think it would be terribly draining to go at that Ovation "like the way she does" for three hours. >Her Ovation becomes one with her voice and her soul, like >she can't help it, the energy *must* be expended. >I think the difference manifests itself as a change in quality >for many fans, >Her roots & first successes were completely wrapped up as >*MLE on her Ovation*....it is *her*....and it's really missing >as the voice of YLS. How true it is that MLE and an acoustic were meant for each other. I think that MLE's acoustic is a trademark of sorts...not many women can blend that kind of sound with that kind of voice and get that kind of music out of it (the obvious exception being, of course, the IG's). While MLE's talent on the electric may very well equal her talent on the acoustic, we've come to expect acoustic rock...not the standard electric 'whine' that accompanies all the other rock performers. Hmmm...perhaps it's not necessarily the writing that has soured some of us...perhaps it's the almost mundane rock sound that we hear from so many other people. We're used to a unique sound from MLE, and I think Patti is correct in her view that the Ovation *is* that sound. >Anyhoo, just my theory.... And even if this isn't the actual reason for the change-over on YLS, it's a darn theory at that! :-) jen--fighting to stay awake at work. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 16:21:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA19980; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:21:19 +0100 (MET) From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:21:26 EST Subject: RE: *etheridge* My YLS Theory X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.30 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Redsocks wrote: ***Elizabeth Burns wrote: *** ***>Renee chimed in: ***>>No, I'm pretty sure, it's an ancient Chinese Secret! ***> ***>Hmmm... now what commercial is that from? thought not because it itches> Some kind of laundry detergent? *** ***Calgon. *** Thank you. I could not remember that for the life of me. I didn't think it was a laundry detergent, but couldn't figure out what it was. Doug ********************************************************************** * "Grace knew when she looked up - There wouldn't be a sky - If the * * dreams we've been given - Weren't supposed to fly" * * from "State of Grace" * * * * "If I ever hold you I'll never let go - But if I never do how * * will I know" from "What If It's You" * * * * both taken from REBA's new album "What If It's You" * ********************************************************************** Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 16:24:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA20880; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:24:56 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portB70.Generation.NET [205.205.118.153]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:21:50 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* Ani DiFranco concert (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Subject: Ani DiFranco concert Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:43:29 -0500 From: Michele Marie Bench I just saw that Ani will be playing in Raleigh, NC come March. I've never heard her music, but I've heard ya'll talk about her so much. Would it be worth my time going even though I've never even heard one of her songs before? Which album would be a good one to buy to start? Looking for a new sig quote - all I find are depressing ones... Michele ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 16:47:13 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA26343; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:47:13 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:46:59 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Calgon, Take Me Away... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith Renee said: >>>>No, I'm pretty sure, it's an ancient Chinese Secret! And Elizabeth asked: >>>Hmmm...now what commercial is that from? Redsocks offered: >>Calgon. And Doug replied: >Thank you. I could not remember that for the life of me. I >didn't think it was a laundry detergent, but couldn't figure >out what it was. It *was* a laundry detergent...Cheer, I believe. Calgon's motto is "Calgon, Take Me Away..." The 'Ancient Chinese Secret' bit was offered to a young woman at the cleaners when she came to pick up her once-soiled fav garment that she was just *sure* had been stained beyond repair. When she asked how the cleaner got the stain out, he winked at the camera and offered her a box of the detergent and said, "Ancient Chinese Secret." The commercial then panned to the woman's hubby and he was amazed at how she had removed the stain from his fav shirt. She looked at the camera and said, "Ancient Chinese Secret." Or something like that... jen "too much time on my hands" smith ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 17:03:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA00356; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:03:53 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:04:22 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* I'm a Damn Goof... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith >>> Jenniffer Smith 01/24/97 09:17am >>> once again shared a glaring typo with the entire list... Patti wrote: >>Anyhoo, just my theory.... >And even if this isn't the actual reason for the change-over >on YLS, it's a darn theory at that! :-) While it might just be a *darn theory*, that's not what I meant to write! :-) I *meant* to say that it was a *darn good* theory. >jen--fighting to stay awake at work. And obviously not doing a good job of it! jen--fighting harder to stay awake at work. ************************************************************************ * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with * * the word "unsubscribe" in the message body. * ************************************************************************ From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 17:57:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA13132; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:57:19 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: clark.net: indigo owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:57:15 -0500 (EST) From: Deb To: Etheridge Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* "Bids Bubble Over at Korbel Silent Auction" (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Deb MEC near the end... -- Deb \\ [email protected] \\ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo _______________________________________________________________________ Best new addition to my CD collection: Marti Jones, MY LONG-HAIRED LIFE Check it out at: http://www.dreamscape.com/truejim/ddmj/long_hair.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:34:02 -0500 From: Deb Hanrahan To: "Hanrahan, Deb (clark.net)" Subject: "Bids Bubble Over at Korbel Silent Auction" > Bids Bubble Over at Korbel Silent Auction; > Celebrities `Signed On' To Help Fight Child Abuse > > Source: PR Newswire > > LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. > -- Autographed champagne flutes from Jane Seymour, > Tony Bennett and Arnold Palmer were the toast of last > night's silent auction held at Chasen's. The event, > sponsored by Korbel Champagne Cellars, raised funds > for the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at > Eisenhower Medical Center, an organization dedicated > to helping abused children and their families. [...] > More than 70 celebrities volunteered their talents > for the occasion and autographed Gorham flutes for > this special cause. In all, the auction raised > $10,000 for the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center. [...] > Highlights from the evening's bidding include: > > -- George Clooney's flute made blood pressures rise, > bringing in $90 for the charity. Flutes from fellow > leading men Richard Dreyfuss ($80) and Michael J. Fox > ($80) weren't far behind. > > -- Arnold Palmer hit a hole-in-one with his flute > ($130), chipping away at other athletes Willie Mays > ($100), Shaquille O'Neal ($80), Mike Ditka ($80), and > Martina Navratilova ($70). > > -- Brooke Shields and fiancee Andre Agassi made a > smashing pair, raising a total of $125. > > -- David Letterman won the war of the talk show hosts > -- his autographed flute captured $90, rating higher > than Jay Leno ($60). > > -- Al Roker of "The Today Show" and Spencer Christian > of "Good Morning America" weathered the bidding with > their fellow morning show co-hosts Katie Couric, > Charlie Gibson and Joan Lunden, raising a total of > $250 for the cause. > > -- Champagne flutes autographed by Billy Crystal > ($90), Dan Aykroyd ($80) and Martin Short ($60) > brought smiles to many faces. > > -- Supermodel Cindy Crawford's flute turned heads, > raising $80 for the charity. > > -- Previous Korbel artist series designers Nicole > Miller and Tony Bennett proved a successful duo, with > their flutes totaling a whopping $435. > > -- The flute from leading lady Jane Seymour received > two thumbs-up ($200), fellow actresses Sharon Stone > ($120), Sandra Bullock ($90), Goldie Hawn ($90) and > Jacqueline Bisset ($80) also won rave reviews. > > -- It was music to the ears when bids went out for > flutes from Billy Joel ($75), Julio Iglesias ($75), > Jimmy Buffett ($70), Willie Nelson ($60) and Melissa > Etheridge ($50). > [01-22-97 at 12:00 EST, PR Newswire] ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 18:26:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA20543; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 18:26:54 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: From: "Sweeney, Renee (R.)" To: "'[email protected]'" Subject: *etheridge* The (in)Famous Dallas Visit... Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:24:35 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Sweeney, Renee (R.)" Okay, you guys- Renee' here *a*k*a The Sober One!!!! I've let all this posting go on long enough without my (buffalo)nickels' worth, but now I must speak out: I DID NOT steal Liz's food! That is so not true. All I did was take a little pinch off her pat of butter. And- the only reason is cause I thought those pancakes were mine! These guys are making me out to be some kind of criminal- and I'm not! I will authenticate and validate Liz's claim about the song "Mickey" being in Spanish...This made absolutely no sense at all and it really made singing along just not that much fun...What's up with that? But- alas, they did *not* have the Spanish version of "Nowhere To Go" on that jukebox. Will we *ever* get to hear it? Do we really want to? In Patti's defense I will say she is excellent at giving directions like over the phone or on paper, but following her? Forget it! Obviously she was "lost" all weekend. Although I must admit, every time I think of the little dancing MLE section of the JB bootleg video, I begin to feel a little "lost" myself. ;-) (SueD, SueD- I need that tape!) (p.s. No harm came to Patti A. Fink in the making of this weekend) We had a fun time eating at Planet Hollywood and walking around at West End (hi Janis & Claudia!) and some of us (okay, me!) spent a little money there on souvenirs...But listen my fellow Listers, you wouldn't have wanted me to go home with "No Souvenirs"- would you? Meeting Jud (my favorite Kiwi) was one of the highlights of my year (don't be smart-alecks, y'all know what I mean!)- okay I better change that to my *Life*- how's that? She is really awesome and seeing her & Liz together really made me happy. I am the world's biggest romantic and there's nothing like watching true love in action. They are one of my all-time favorite couples- Y'all go girls! I wish there was some way Jud could stay with us for always...hope she'll come back soon... One thing that could have been better? Having the Houston ladies here with us. I really missed you guys and wish I could have seen you all. Too bad that dumb old Monday had to get in the way... Oh well, there's always Fajita Fest to look forward to, but maybe I'll see you guys before then. And- you can always come up here too- Dallas is a fun place! Just ask SueD! O give me a home where the buffalo roam... Well, I guess I'll go for now and maybe do some work or something boring like that...Ugh! But- it *is* Friday- thank goodness...can't wait to get out of here. I'll be in class next week but I'm looking forward to reading all about you guys out there...I'm always thinking of y'all- and Melissa... Rock On! Renee' (in Dallas, anxiously awaiting Baby News! Cool!) love to SueDPattEDougELizEAngelaHumanMissLaurelfromBostontheJudster-and a special hi to my pal Matty...love you lots! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 19:11:54 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA02569; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:11:54 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:11:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* ATWTH Trivia Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi y'all: So I'm reading this mystery by Mary Wings, writer of lesbian detective fiction (*She Came in a Flash*; *She Came too Late*)....theparticular book I'm reading is called *Divine Victim.* It was published in 1992. So, I'm reading along in my office between classes.....and on p. 188, I got to the following: "All the way to heaven is heaven," I heard her say as she hid her glorious, lively face from my view. The words of Saint Teresa of Avila, I thought. "All the way to heaven is heaven." Where had I heard that before? And then I knew. Ilona. Ilona had whispered those words the first time her fingers....[censored. censored. censored.]" Okay. What I want to know is, has Melissa Etheridge been reading lesbian detective novels or what?!!! LOL Later, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 19:57:40 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA16308; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:57:40 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:56:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Linda Perry!! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi all! I posted a question a couple of days ago, and so far no one has responded. I am writing again in case somehow it didn't reach the group. What did Linda Perry say about ME? ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 21:12:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA08063; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:12:45 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Arthur Baart" To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:14:05 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: *etheridge* FS Melissa Boot CDs X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Arthur Baart" Hi to all, I'm selling some Melissa boot CDs. Please drop me a line to get my list : [email protected] Thanks, Arthur ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 22:12:13 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA26111; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:12:13 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: From: "Sweeney, Renee (R.)" To: "'[email protected]'" , "'Jenniffer Smith'" Subject: RE: *etheridge* Calgon, Take Me Away... Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:09:57 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Sweeney, Renee (R.)" Okay, since I started all this, I guess I better finish it... Yes, "ancient Chinese secret" *is* from a laundry detergent commercial from some years ago (watch it! I'm telling my age!) and yes, the product *is* CALGON... As I recall, it's a water-softening-type detergent thing and the rest of Jen's explanation of the commercial is correct. The Asian launderer did tell the woman "ancient Chinese secret" (secretly Calgon) and she did tell her husband that... This is not to be confused with "Calgon- take me away!" bath and bathing products... Hope some (or maybe even ALL!) of this makes sense...Sorry for being the instigator of such confusion... Love to all in MLE- Renee' (in Dallas, waiting for 5 o'clock so I can jump ship and get outta here!) > ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 24 22:41:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA07141; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:41:55 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:41:20 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gwen Shinko Subject: *etheridge* Inaugural Gala/Valentine's Day Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Gwen Shinko While Jen was off visiting her friends in Florida last weekend, I had to find some way to help me pass the time until she returned home. So.... since there weren't really any movies that I wanted to see, I thought, "What the heck, I might as well drop by one of the Gay & Lesbian Inaugural events going on in D.C. and sip a glass or two of champagne." And let me say, it was quite an experience... Picture over 1,000 lesbians decked out in evening formal-wear, everything from gorgeous ballgowns to tailored tuxedos with a strong showing of strapless black dresses, not to mention sequined jackets in every color under the rainbow. The event I went to was a Lesbian benefit for the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, Services of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, and the Nat. Center for Lesbian Rights. One of the highlights of the evening for me was when Roberta Achtenberg (she's so cool) stepped up on the stage to read an open letter of support addressed to the Gay and Lesbian community written by none other than Tipper Gore. Other attendees of note who I saw on the dancefloor were Candice Gingrich, Elizabeth Birch (Ex. Dir. of the Human Rights Campaign) and Margo (I forgot her last name), the stand-up comic who's performed on Out There and HBO's Comic Relief. I was very glad I went but it would have been much better if Jen could have gone with me. Friends are nice and all but I sure did miss my honey.... Which got me thinking about the next holiday coming up (well at least I guess for people in the U.S.)... Valentine's Day. (Do other countries celebrate this holiday too?) Anyway, since this will be our first Valentine's Day together, I thought I'd ask for some extra-romantic and/or extra- special ideas on how Jen & I might celebrate.... :-) Thanks! Gwen ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 00:13:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id AAA06654; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:13:23 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:15:32 -0600 From: "Anne E. Zachritz" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* ?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Anne E. Zachritz" > >LOL! I have to confess that I now know that this particular snippet begins > >at *exactly* 6:45 into the video (are you taking notes, Renee?)... > > Yup, I have the tape cued up to that point. Although Renee and Patti > get funny reactions in their stomachs, I get kinda fuzzy all over at > that point. Hold on, let me hit that play button just one more time.... > > OK, I've seen this go by a few times, and my curiousity is *way* too piqued! I have to know.... please tell *what* video and *what* is on it??? ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 00:50:11 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id AAA16495; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:50:11 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:44:06 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Inaugural Gala/Valentine's Day -Reply Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Gwen Shinko said: >Other attendees of note who I saw on the dancefloor were Candice >Gingrich, Elizabeth Birch (Ex. Dir. of the Human Rights Campaign) >and Margo (I forgot her last name), the stand-up comic who's >performed on Out There and HBO's Comic Relief. i'm fairly certain that the stand-up comic's name is: marga gomez. i think she's from SF. *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 02:13:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id CAA09707; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 02:13:24 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: 24 Jan 1997 18:11:38 EDT Subject: *etheridge* baby Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I'm baaaaaaack. Had a little trouble, I was getting the digest, but they wouldn't let me post. One of those e-mail miscommunications, I guess. Anyway, I NEED to know....how will we find out when the baby arrives? Will she send out a press release? Will she e-mail Tim Dunker? Will she send us all personalized announcements? I am SOOO anxious, wonder if they are. -marcy ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 04:44:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA25894; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 04:44:36 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] (Deb) Newsgroups: mail.music.etheridge To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* List Page & Boot Videos Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:01:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.89 with YES 0.22, Boxer/TKO 6.0a, and ShareSpell X-PGP-Info: PGP Key Available Organization: (Shameless CD Plug) September 67, LUCKY SHOE Lines: 23 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Deb) Jenniffer Smith wrote: >And Deb--I've had some problems accessing the bootleg list >from your page. I finally accessed it early yesterday evening >(Tuesday, 01/21), but before then I was prompted that the >document contained no data. Maybe something is just >screwy with NetScape? I don't know of any other problems, but, sadly, few people ever take the time to report such things. The only problem I know of with the bootleg list is tht it's perpetually under construction. >I'll bet it has something to do with AOL...... ;-) Every cyber-problem is AOL's fault. No, really. :) -- Deb \ [email protected] \ 01-25 00:01 EST \ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo __________________________________________________________________________ "You know every time I move/ I make a woman's movement" - Ani DiFranco, "Hour Follows Hour" ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 04:44:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA25941; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 04:44:43 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] (Deb) Newsgroups: mail.music.etheridge To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* joplin, paula cole, etc Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:29:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <9701210845.ZM3661@silver26> X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.89 with YES 0.22, Boxer/TKO 6.0a, and ShareSpell X-PGP-Info: PGP Key Available Organization: (Shameless CD Plug) September 67, LUCKY SHOE Lines: 56 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Deb) [email protected] (David Goodman) wrote: >Am I the only one that is really worried about >whether this whole Joplin movie idea is going >to be a bust. I expect it to be. But from the articles that have been posted here, it sounds like MLE is prepared for that possibility. >I'd feel better if Julie didn't >write the screenplay. From what I've seen of her >talents so far I'm not overwhelmed. I don't know that I've seen enough to judge. I think she could be a very good director, if the NTG video is any indication. I don't think it's fair to judge her on the basis of "Theresa's Tattoo," I don't think it was intended to be anything more than a silly romp. >I'd feel >much better if ME was working with Oliver Stone >or someone of that stature. I can't imagine that Oliver Stone would cast a musician in a starring role. :) >In Rolling Stone ME says that there will be no >new studio effort till the end of 98. Hopefully, >she will be writing the whole time and have some >good quality songs to put on a CD by then. That's what I'll be hoping. And I agree with Rhondda that she probably won't be able to stay away as long as she thinks. And I'll bet you lucky Californians will get to see her fairly often. >I heard The Paula Cole song "Where have all the >Cowboys gone" on the radio. Does she have a >new CD? Yes. >How is it? I don't think it's as good as HARBINGER, but others here think it's better. It's definitely more eclectic than the first. >Speaking of Sarah, any news from anyone on a >new CD from her. Or Aimee Mann. Haven't heard about either, unfortunately (other than Sarah's B-sides CD). At least Aimee still has a label -- this'll be the first time in a decade or so she's had the luxury of releasing a 2nd album a label. -- Deb \ [email protected] \ 01-24 23:29 EST \ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo __________________________________________________________________________ "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 04:44:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA25949; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 04:44:45 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] (Deb) Newsgroups: mail.music.etheridge To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Linda Perry Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:55:24 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.89 with YES 0.22, Boxer/TKO 6.0a, and ShareSpell X-PGP-Info: PGP Key Available Organization: (Shameless CD Plug) September 67, LUCKY SHOE Lines: 30 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Deb) "Patty Kolakowski" wrote: >I just received my copy of Lesbian News and there is yet another article >about Linda Perry. A cover story no less. It seems unusual that a singer >trying to make it on her own would spend half of every interview fussing >about somebody else. Isn't it bizarre? Definitely seems like some sort of vendetta... >What has Melissa ever done to her. Is it Melissa envy? Quite possible. >I'm sure she has no idea what Melissa went through back in 1986 when she >was "discovered" and the compromises she felt she had to make. Very true. Acceptance and visibility have increased exponentially in the last decade. Plus, they came from different backgrounds, and lived different lives. Perry is foolish to try to compare the two. > Linda is not winning new fans with her pettiness. That's an understatement. She may be scaring off fans that might have been curious (that doesn't include me, though... I thought everything on the 4 Non Blondes album besides the single was horrible! -- Deb \ [email protected] \ 01-24 23:55 EST \ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo __________________________________________________________________________ "Hitler left less clues [than O.J. Simpson]" - Tony Danza ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 06:38:28 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id GAB22677; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 06:38:28 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Joyce Stoliar Subject: *etheridge* MElister Gatherings Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:38:26 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joyce Stoliar Hey everybody, Long time since I have had the chance to sit down and catch up on some of the digests. Glad to see things running smoothly on the new list. Thanks of course to Dave and Glenna no doubt. Well I have been fortunate to be a part of several MElisters get-togethers, not as many as Sue or Shirl or John, but I have met many a lister in the short year that I have been on this list. And many, many, many listers have met me informally through the Bowling Shirt project of last year. I have physically met some Canadian MElisters, a couple of the ladies in Dallas and Chicago, a BABer, (Kim) Shirl, Patti, Kare, Sue D and many others from the eastern and central U.S. And the question has been asked by several of my MElister friends if I would consider putting together some type of tour up here in the Canadian Rockies. The answer is undoubtedly yes. For those who don't know, I live in Banff, Alberta, Canada, moments away from where the Snow Job '96 concert was filmed and I run a tour company here. Well I have given it some thought and if this visit to the rockies is to happen in June 1997, I have some serious work to do, and soon. I promise to not clutter up the list with information on this trip I am merely planting the seed and if you are even remotely interested in visiting the Canadian Rockies with other MElisters from all over the place early this summer than please drop me a note via e-mail and I will set up a mailing list so that I can send you information. So no word on the baby yet???? I am guessing that both Melissa and Julie are anxiously awaiting the birth of their little one. They are in my prayers. As well as all of you, Shirl, I miss you, John, next one's on me!!! And John, I want your butt up here in June, ok??? Take care all, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 16:23:27 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA18413; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 16:23:27 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 10:26:54 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Anne E. Zachritz" CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* ?? References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung Being as how I started all these shenanigans, I guess I'm the one who should answer this. Anne E. Zachritz wrote: > OK, I've seen this go by a few times, and my curiousity is *way* too > piqued! I have to know.... please tell *what* video and *what* is on > it??? This is a videotape of the Jones Beach Long Island concert from August 23, 1996. A very special event in that the show was shut down for nearly an hour while a torrential (and awesome) thunderstorm ripped through the area. It is a bootleg that other obsessed fans gave me while we were in LA for the last MEIN Tour package. Now the moment in time constantly being referred to comes just as Melissa is launching into IWTCO. She steps away from the mike and does a wonderful little shimmy with her guitar and then heads back to start singing. My oh my, it certainly does get the blood flowing (right ladies, Patti, Renee...). I think it lasts all of 10 seconds but it kind of clouds over the perceived passage of time :) Oops, gotta go rewind a few more times. Take care, SueD ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 18:04:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA10419; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:04:19 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:02:18 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Influences/bootleg list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman This reminded me of the Netscape problem I had posted to the list some time back and asking if anyone had any ideas for me. I resolved my problem which was a server side problem and would be glad to pass along the geeky technical info if this turns out to be a persistent problem? > Jenniffer Smith wrote: > > >And Deb--I've had some problems accessing the bootleg list > >from your page. I finally accessed it early yesterday evening > >(Tuesday, 01/21), but before then I was prompted that the > >document contained no data. Maybe something is just > >screwy with NetScape? I posted this question to the Heart mailing list but thought this may be a better question for our list....I hear so often how Melissa refers to Janis Joplin as a major musical influence to her and started thinking that I really never heard her mention Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart as influences. Not that they have to be influences for Melissa but when I think of "Rock Women" Ann & Nancy really broke ground in the seemingly Male dominated era of the mid-late 70's whih is a time that I figure Melissa would have been in her teens(haven't done the math)and really taking off with her music? Francie had some input on this for the Heart list(she is so musically informative)and was wondering what others thought/knew about this? Would love to hear everyones thoughts. Have a great weekend all! Shirl - Getting psyched to go see Paula Poundstone tonight. Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 19:55:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA10025; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 19:55:45 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 13:55:05 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Calgon, Take Me Away... Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Greetings all. . . My first post to the new and improved list, and its about laundry additives. Oy vey! In a message dated 97-01-25 11:29:28 EST, [email protected] (Jenniffer Smith) writes: > Renee said: > > >>>>No, I'm pretty sure, it's an ancient Chinese Secret! > > And Elizabeth asked: > > >>>Hmmm...now what commercial is that from? > > Redsocks offered: > > >>Calgon. > > And Doug replied: > > >Thank you. I could not remember that for the life of me. I > >didn't think it was a laundry detergent, but couldn't figure > >out what it was. > > It *was* a laundry detergent...Cheer, I believe. Calgon's > motto is "Calgon, Take Me Away..." It was Calgon - not their bubble bath stuff, (same company, different division, different motto - though they're all headquartered here in Pittsburgh ) but the water softener that you add to your laundry (along with your detergent, like Cheer, and your bleach, and your fabric softener, and. . . ) to help make your detergent work better. The husband was at the counter of the laundry establishment, helping a customer, who asked how they managed to get her laundry so clean. The husband then claimed the good old "Ancient Chinese Secret". The wife was in the back room, using the Calgon and giving the commercial spiel about how a cup of Calgon added to your load of laundry gave you brighter brights, whiter whites, and would enable you to use less detergent. Then, the wife leaned out through the doorway that led to the store, not knowing that there was a customer at the counter, shook the empty box, and exclaimed "Honey, we're out of Calgon!" and the customer smiled, and said in this really smarmy and semi-accusatory tone, to the husband "Ancient Chinese Secret, huuuuuh?" The only reason why I remember this so vividly is because it was the first TV commercial I *ever* saw. As funny as it was back in the late 70's/early 80's when it was airing, I wonder if something as blatantly stereotypical (Chinese people running a laundry, that whole mysticism of the ancients bit) could make it past the PC police nowadays. My bet would be a big N-O! Trace, who does waaay too much laundry these days, and wonders if Melissa and Julie have a housekeeper who will help especially when they've got loads of baby clothes to wash! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 20:58:21 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id UAA24810; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 20:58:21 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 15:08:35 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Any baby news yet???? +Rosie O' web site Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy I'm sitting here, checking my mail every half hour, hoping someone will break the news to the list...Any baby news yet???? Anyhow, I just ran across a web site you Rosie O' fans will love.... http://www.mindspring.com/~moomoo/rosie.html lots of sound bites from her show, including the "Lebanese" thing...what a howl...and clips from Penny Marshall's visit(s). I love them both. -- [email protected] [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge -- [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 21:22:34 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA00942; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 21:22:34 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 15:20:27 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Save the Buffalo!!! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman With all the recent talk of Buffalo nickels I thought I'd dig through my coin collection and see what I had and low and behold but what have I found...about 10 Buffalo nickels that would love to have a home around some MELISTERS neck. These particular nickels don't have the date on them as it has worn off the front of the nickel but the buffalo side's are in nice "mountable"(really no pun intended) condition. So if anyone would like to have one of these for themself or as a gift for a loved one who undestands the whole "...And the Way You Make The Buffalo Roam" thing then just e-mail privately and I'll get these out to you just as soon as I can. Valentines day is just around the corner! Oh yeah, no charge for the nickel just promise to have it mounted and wear it proudly. Please e-mail privately if you would like one. Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sat Jan 25 23:10:47 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id XAA01177; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 23:10:47 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:14:15 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shirley Hoffman CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Save the Buffalo!!! References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung I must respond to the latest acts of our Girl Shirl: Shirley Hoffman wrote: > > With all the recent talk of Buffalo nickels I thought I'd dig through my > coin collection and see what I had and low and behold but what have I > found...about 10 Buffalo nickels that would love to have a home around > some MELISTERS neck. These particular nickels don't have the date on > them as it has worn off the front of the nickel but the buffalo side's > are in nice "mountable"(really no pun intended) condition. So if anyone > would like to have one of these for themself or as a gift for a loved one > who undestands the whole "...And the Way You Make The Buffalo Roam" thing > then just e-mail privately and I'll get these out to you just as soon as > I can. Valentines day is just around the corner! Ah, there you go again Shirl. Proving once again your inherent belief in life, you have offered of yourself the chance to spread buffalo throughout the states, if not the world. As an especially lucky owner of a custom captured buffalo, I send along my most sincere good wishes to any new rangeland owner being offered up for occupation by the buffalo. It is very comforting to have that buffalo snuggled up against you (or whomever) on a cold winter night > > Oh yeah, no charge for the nickel just promise to have it mounted and > wear it proudly I have done so now for a month and have never been the same. Especially now after Renee has been kind enough to offer up the first short stroll for my own buffalo. (Hey Renee, I've got pictures now!) SueD (whose buffalo is especially antsy today as it feels like April here on Long Island) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 01:54:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id BAA12459; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:54:00 +0100 (MET) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Calgon, Take Me Away... Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: X-Mailer: Juno 1.18 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-8,15-19 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 19:52:16 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) Renee.Sweeney wrote: >Yes, "ancient Chinese secret" *is* from a laundry detergent commercial >from some years ago (watch it! I'm telling my age!) and yes, the product >*is* CALGON... As I recall, it's a water-softening-type detergent thing >and the rest of Jen's explanation of the commercial is correct. The >Asian launderer did tell the woman "ancient Chinese secret" (secretly >Calgon) and she did tell her husband that... OK, I have to jump in here. As I remember it, the customer was amazed at how clean the launderer got the collars of the shirts. He said it was an ancient Chinese secret. His wife, working behind the scenes, pulled open the curtain to the back room and held up a container of WISK. Either the wife or the customer then says, "Ancient Chinese secret, huh?" I conferred with my mother on this and she agrees. Take it from me, my mother is never wrong! Michelle ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 02:03:12 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id CAA14920; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 02:03:12 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 20:02:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Melissa tapes Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi everyone... I was just wondering if anyone is interested in trading for Melissa or anyone else... I have lots of Indigo Girls and a fair amount of melissa and a few other random artists. So if anyone is interested lemme know... Back to lurking, Sasha ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 04:08:48 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA17487; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 04:08:48 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] (Deb) Newsgroups: mail.music.etheridge To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* RE: My YLS Theory Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 23:14:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.89 with YES 0.22, Boxer/TKO 6.0a, and ShareSpell X-PGP-Info: PGP Key Available Organization: (Shameless CD Plug) September 67, LUCKY SHOE Lines: 38 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Deb) Jenniffer Smith wrote: >Hmmm...perhaps it's not necessarily the writing >that has soured some of us...perhaps it's the almost >mundane rock sound that we hear from so many other >people. We're used to a unique sound from MLE, and I think >Patti is correct in her view that the Ovation *is* that sound. Bingo! =-=-=<>=-=-= [email protected] quoted a book: >"All the way to heaven is heaven," I heard her say as she hid her glorious, >lively face from my view. The words of Saint Teresa of Avila, I thought. > "All the way to heaven is heaven." Where had I heard that before? And then >I knew. Ilona. Ilona had whispered those words the first time her >fingers....[censored. censored. censored.]" Who is Saint Teresa of Avila? =-=-=<>=-=-= Rebecca Barrick wrote of a CD single she found: >Hmm...to sum it up in one sentance: OHMYGAWD I've GOT to see this woman >perform LIVE before I die!! I had never heard any live recordings of her >songs, and they're incredible, to say the least. There's the refutation of MLE's feeling that a live CD would result in fewer concert attendees... -- Deb \ [email protected] \ 01-25 23:14 EST \ http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo __________________________________________________________________________ "You can play punk on an acoustic guitar... Amy does" Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers, on VH-1's "Naked Cafe" ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 05:33:21 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id FAA09028; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 05:33:21 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Joyce Stoliar Subject: *etheridge* Snow Job'96 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 21:32:43 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joyce Stoliar Confession from me, I have not completely caught up on all that has been said about the Snow Job '96 video. I do know that it has become available to many people through a bootleg that is floating around, but I am curious if the interviews between Terry David Mulligan and Melissa are included in this bootleg? Also I must say that the filming of this video was extra ordinary. The lead camera-man Basil, (he is seen in this video from the back for a mili second) is one of the sweetest men i have ever met, and i think that he did a brilliant job on this project. Well basically what I want to say is that if I get my shit together really soon with the video tapes that i have here, I will be making a good copy of Snow Job'96 including the interviews as well as a copy of a Melissa interview in Vancouver a few days before she actually got to the canadian Rockies. I will only make this tape available to one person, (you know who you are) and i believe this will be added to a compilation tape to be meant for trade. OK thats it, please let me know if these interviews already exist on the boot, or if they have been edited out. Thanks, have a great day! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 14:42:03 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA07652; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 14:42:03 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 00:02:01 -0500 To: "Arthur Baart" , [email protected] From: Mike Lieman Subject: Re: *etheridge* FS Melissa Boot CDs Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Mike Lieman At 09:14 PM 1/24/97 +0000, Arthur Baart wrote: >Hi to all, >I'm selling some Melissa boot CDs. Please drop me a line to get my >list : >[email protected] >Thanks, Arthur Will you make copies in return for blanks? peace Mike __________________________________________________________________________ Please Read: HEMP & THE MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY -The Emporor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer ISBN# 1-878125-00-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I Miss Jerry | TECHNOLOGY: | PGP Key & Tapelist are - - | No Place for Wimps! | at my web site - ____ _______ ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 16:11:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA20425; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 16:11:58 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:11:22 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* RE: My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 1/26/97 3:13:38 AM, Deb asked: <> I think there are several Saint Teresa's, but Saint Teresa of Avila is THE biggest of them all. Um, she founded the Carmelite nuns and was supposedly a highly mystical, very intelligent woman. In the late 1500s she wrote a number of books, for instance, which was obviously uncommon for a woman. I'm sure she's the patron saint of something, but I have no idea what ..... I always thought that it was to this Saint Teresa that Joan Osborne was alluding in the song of that name. See ya, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 16:24:04 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA22429; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 16:24:04 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:23:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* RE: My YLS Theory Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Well, perhaps I'm getting better - I've gone from laundry additives to saints. . . In a message dated 97-01-25 22:13:52 EST, [email protected] (Deb) writes: > [email protected] quoted a book: > > >"All the way to heaven is heaven," I heard her say as she hid her glorious, > >lively face from my view. The words of Saint Teresa of Avila, I thought. [snip] > Who is Saint Teresa of Avila? Saint Teresa of Avila was a nun in Avila, Spain, (makes senses, right?) who lived, I believe, in the 1500's, and led the movement to end the full cloisterization of religious communities, and begin community service by nuns, monks, etc. Before her reforms, nuns and monks did nothing once they entered a community except sit in a convent/monastery and pray and whatnot all day, and were not permitted any contact with the outside world. After her, they started opening schools, hospitals, orphanages, helping the poor, etc. etc. I really should find something better to during insomnia attacks than watch "Lives Of The Religious" on EWTN. Trace ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 18:20:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA14864; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 18:20:20 +0100 (MET) Date: 26 Jan 97 12:18:54 EST From: Sue Lambert <[email protected]> To: MLE Mailing List Subject: *etheridge* Re: Ancient Chinese Secret Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Sue Lambert <[email protected]> For all those debating this topic: It was DEFINITELY Calgon! Whisk's commercial were showing getting out the RING AROUND THE COLLAR, but it was Calgon with the ACS! Sorry Michelle, but the a first time for everything! :( Take care all, Ellyn (who really can't believe she remembers this kind of useless information) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 18:39:12 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id SAA19529; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 18:39:12 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:39:07 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Hom Subject: *etheridge* Hello, hello... To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Barry Hom Hello everyone! I'm Barry and I've been away from the list for, oh, too long! (long story...) I just wanted to say hello to aa you out there in ME land! Also, does anyone have a copy of VH-1 Duets that featured Melissa? I don't get cable (*sniff*), so I never got a chance to see it. If anyone can get me a copy, I'd appreciate it! BTW, is it available on CD? Now back to lurking... Barry (I finally found Mary Karlzen's first two albums *jumps for joy*) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ancient Chinese secret: do your own f**king laundry!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 19:25:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA00878; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:25:24 +0100 (MET) To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: Ancient Chinese Secret Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.15 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-5,7-15 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 13:24:49 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) Sue Lambert wrote: >It was DEFINITELY Calgon! >Sorry Michelle, but the a first time for everything! :( Well, after Tracey's post, I saw the error of my ways. I'll admit that I was wrong, but who's gonna tell my mother? Then Barry Hom wrote: "Ancient Chinese secret: do your own f**king laundry!" ROTFLMAO!!!! Michelle, who needs to brush up on her useless TV trivia. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Sun Jan 26 19:58:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA09673; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:58:45 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 11:13:05 -0800 From: Nick Buford X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Storytellers, anybody else there? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Nick Buford Hey all, I just wanted to introduce myself as I am new here, though I've been lurking for a little bit. Anyway, I'm Desiree Buford from Orange, CA so "HI!" I attended Melissa performances of: Storytellers, San Diego, and Los Angeles. I was just curious if anybody else went to the Storytellers taping? laters. Desiree "Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right." --Ani DiFranco ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 04:02:35 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA02126; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 04:02:35 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:02:25 -0800 (PST) From: Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC--Calgon Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick Hello to all of the ladies and lads interested in this laundry debate! I am delurking to participate in this debate over my all-time favorite commercial. Yes, the commercial *is* a Calgon laundry detergent commercial involving a Chinese laundry owned by a husband and wife team. While I do not remember the exact script (but have contacted a friend whom I am positive knows it by heart), the opening line spoken by the wife is, "My husband. Some hot-shot!" Does this ring any bells? And of course, the clinching line of the entire commercial is, as has been stated before, "Ancient Chinese secret, huh?" As soon as my friend gets back to me, I'll post the entire script. NOW GO DO YOUR LAUNDRY!! Annie O. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 04:42:48 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id EAA12405; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 04:42:48 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 22:42:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Sheila McRae Subject: *etheridge* Ancient Chinese Secret Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Sheila McRae Ya know....we could get all of this discussion about the Calgon Commercial outta the way if we could only get ahold of Rosie O'Donnell (not sure of the spellin' there)....God knows that woman knows every theme song, and commercial evah written...BTW any word on whether or not ME will appear when Rosie's in LA?? Just Wonderin..... Aimee (and Sheila....who does my laundry... bless her!) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 12:15:44 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id MAA21762; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:15:44 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 06:15:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Ancient Chinese Secret Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 1/27/97 3:48:20 AM, Sheila wrote: <> There seems to be doubt that Melissa will make any appearance. At first people on the AOL board were saying that Rosie O, in her chatroom, said that Melissa will be appearing. But last night somebody (who seldom posts and who has always posted about industry appearances and the like and has yet to be wrong, as far as I know) posted that there was no truth to this rumor. She sounded very certain. Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 12:23:33 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id MAA22524; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:23:33 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 06:33:57 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Resend...Any baby news yet? +Rosie O' web site Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy Sorry if this has been posted before, but my mail is still messed up. I'm sitting here, checking my mail every half hour, hoping someone will break the news to the list...Any baby news yet???? Anyhow, I just ran across a web site you Rosie O' fans will love.... http://www.mindspring.com/~moomoo/rosie.html lots of sound bites from her show, including the "Lebanese" thing...what a howl...and clips from Penny Marshall's visit(s). I love them both. -- [email protected] [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 14:09:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA09112; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:09:36 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: From: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" To: "[email protected]" , "[email protected]" , "[email protected]" Subject: RE: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:02:26 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" I forgot to reply to this when it first popped up. Now I am ready :) > >Now wait *just* a minute...I don't have a clue as to how bouncy the >bed was before we pounced on it. That was my first visit to Patti's >humble abode. You, SueD, on the other hand, had been there before. >And i get the sneaking suspicion that that wasn't the first time you >slept in her bed... So maybe *you* should be the one to explain >the lack of bounce... (Oh yeah, let the rumors fly!! Although i >think i was supposed to comment on this just to make the mighty >Zorro and the Raunchmeister jealous...) :) Now wait a minute here. Perhaps I was sleeping in Patti's bed but we were not bouncing around like a couple of Xena wannabes. Therefore, we did not do any certified bounce testing. Besides, Patti's bed is so big that you practically have to send out a search party to find out if anyone else is in there with you. Anyone willing to mount an expedition? And, I really am hurt that I was being used just to taunt those two miscreants, Zorro and Raunch. (sniff, sob) All that time I was under the impression that the Texas crowd actually *liked* me, now I find out I was just being used. (heavy sigh of resignation) Some things never change! I'll just sob silently into my lonely little bed and take solace with all the Melissa booty keeping me company at home. By the way, Go Pack! They rule! (Patti, did you ever make a double or nothing bet with Claudia. You could have cleaned up on that one!) Another dreary Monday where "morning's hard, coffee's cold...) SueD > > > >>Heavens no. That was the best part. Poor Renee, you could have gotten >>away with the whole incident if you hadn't have owned up to it. > >Uh....no she couldn't. It might not have been so embarrasing had she >not owned up to it, but rest assured that when someone starts >taking my food, i definitely notice!! > >What was even funnier was as she owned up to it, she never quit >taking my food!! "Oh, i'm sorry, how embarrasing, but i'm still >gonna help myself." ** > >** Not to be mistaken as an exact quote. It's my interpretation of >the ordeal. :) > > >> The rest of us were too busy chowing down to notice your minor >>indiscretion. >>Then again, she might have been confused due to the overwhelming fog >horn voice being employed by the waitress. Left us all shocked and >confused, but not stealing from others plates ;) > >Let us not forget being approached in the parking lot by someone who >wanted us to read and buy some books on Western Philosophy. > >"Are you from Dallas?" >"No" >"That's okay, i'd...." > >Patti was quick to point out that he said something about Western >Philosophy. No offense to anyone who follows it, but the whole >approach was hysterical. What was the point in asking if we were >local....it didn't alter the outcome. But it was funny. Hell, the >whole weekend was pretty funny! > > >The best part was the expression on Patti's face Saturday night/Sunday >morning when Renee said she was going home. Now picture Patti sitting >in a folding beach type chair, passed out. Er, i mean, sleeping. ;) >But she's sitting forward, with her head hung down and her hands >clasped together as if in prayer. Renee was able to awaken her >and inform her that she was going home. Patti looked completely >shocked and upset by this fact. SHe had this incredible look of >disappointment on her face. That kind of "Awwwwww, do you really >have to go? Oh well, i guess it's okay." I wish i'd have had a >camera ready. That look was priceless. :) > > > >>>I think Jud is the "cider" here....but only perhaps in the takedowns. ;) > >Waitaminute...i think i'm missing something here...i certainly don't >recall any takedowns....hmmm...i remember some severe arm twisting >going on but no takedowns.... > > >>Wooooooooooo, I want to be a cider! > >Yeah, yeah, you just want to be Jud's cider... Isn't her accent a >great turn-on?! Uh-oh, i better edit that part out before >she reads it. :) > > >Okay, folks, that's all for now. And SueD, next time you plan to >come to Texas, give me a few days notice and i'll make sure i make >it up to Dallas for the weekend. > >See ya'll at the fajita fest....(in early June(?)) > ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 14:19:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA10444; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:19:41 +0100 (MET) From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 8:20:13 EDT Subject: *etheridge* An ME Day! X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Hi gang! POOH here, pondering if this has ever happened to any of you? Out on a job with a customer trying to explain to them how to use the new phone I had just installed when over the radio which was playing in her office comes that opening guitar riff from the song, "Your Little Secret!!!" Have your ever had to try to keep your composure and go ahead with what you are doing while listening for that infamous scream??? Hard I tell you! I caught myself tapping my ink pen right along with Melissa! Managed to get through all that and on to the next job and when I walk in to the next office what should catch my eye but Melissa and Julie on the cover of Newsweek!! I thought to myself: Self, this has got to be your day. So I nonshalantly walked over to the coffee table picked up the magazine and then walked over to the nearest persons desk and asked politely: "So how much trouble would I get into if I was to take this magazine home?" To which the nice lady said: "Why none at all!" "Thanks for asking first." Whew! Whee! I thought to myself as I tucked Melissa and Julie beneath my jacket for it was raining outside and would not want them to catch cold! Get into my car to head home and what jumps out of the radio at me but "Nowhere To Go!" But I am going home I say! :) Next day the saga continues as I am in my favorite place to shop "Walmart" going through the single CD's what jumps out into my paw but the CD with the three Melissa songs from "Your Little Secret!" And they have a couple more if anyone is interested! Heaven I tell you. That is what is feels like when Melissa is being your shadow! Made my whole week which was really crappy turn out to be quite wonderful. Went Sat. night to see a group known as "The 4 Bitchin Babes" If ever you get the chance to see these women perform it is a must I tell ya! They were wonderful and the evening was exactly what I needed to make me feel at home with myself once again! And as far as the baby is concerned, I say "Hey Julie!" Tomorrow! Tomorrow! ANd I shall light up a cigar and celebrate how bout you all???? Have a good week! Much Warmth, "POOH" ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 14:44:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA13514; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:44:36 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 07:45:48 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: RE: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) SueD's defensive manuever: >Now wait a minute here. Perhaps I was sleeping in Patti's bed but we >were not bouncing around like a couple of Xena wannabes. ~ ya know, i was gonna make a smarta** reply here but being a witness to the amount of alcohol you both assumed, it's easy enough to understand that you never would have attempted any kind of bouncing for fear of tossing your cookies. And i don't mean throwing a bag of Oreos across the room - at least not in the literal sense. :) > Therefore, we did not do any certified bounce testing. ~ Hmmm, maybe you should have... Then again, you'll always have it to do on your next trip!! > Besides, Patti's bed is so big that you practically have to send out a search party to find out if anyone else is in there with you. ~ Yeah, i noticed that. I even commented that all 4 of us could have slept in the bed and been comfortable. Hell, the 4 of us probably would have been comfortable in one bed even if it was a single....you know how close and comfortable we MElisters can sometimes be. :) > And, I really am hurt that I was being used just to taunt those two > miscreants, Zorro and Raunch. (sniff, sob) All tha time I was under > the impression that the Texas crowd actually *liked* me, now I find > out I was just being used. (heavy sigh of resignation) Some things > never change! ~ Awww...SueD, the Texas crowd really does love you. At least some of us do. I suppose it really wouldn't be fair for me to speak for everyone. But rest assured that this part of the texas crowd really does like you. In fact, you're so much fun, that i think meeting you should be mandatory for everyone on the list. Are you ready to start the CrabbySue World Tour? Not to be confused with the recently completed CrabbySue US Tour. >I'll just sob silently into my lonely little bed and take solace with >all the Melissa booty keeping me company at home. ~ Geez, now i'm gonna have to try to find some ME booty that you *don't* have so i can send it to you to try to make it up to you...don't cry anymore...i'll see what i can do for you... > Another dreary Monday where "morning's hard, coffee's cold...) ~ The morning certainly is hard...monday's almost always are. But in place of the coffee, the Mountain Dew is cold - just like it should be. ;) And for those other Dew drinkers out there who are interested in trying Surge (Coke's answer to Dew), don't bother. It tastes like Sprite but is colored like Dew. The only thing i've found that is remotely like Dew is Mello Yello. But i think it's only available in the Northeast. lizzard ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 14:48:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id OAA14165; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:48:00 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:47:41 +0100 (MET) Subject: *etheridge* Dutch M.Meeting To: [email protected] Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi all, just wanted to say that I enjoyed the meeting of our Dutch Melissa Bunch verty much (thank you Marcel and Marleen, brilliant plan and brilliant t-shirt!!) We should definitely make this a yearly tradition (and, who knows, maybe next year there'll be somebody who does not just *think* about bringing a guitar, but who actually *brings* one!) Oh yeah, and Anglea, you're definitely the most obsessed person I have ever met (but I mean that in a good way, of course ;-) ) Dagmar ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ '...when she had realized what her situation in the world was and would probably always be she threw away every assumption she had learned and began at zero.' Toni Morrison ********************************************************************* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 15:56:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id PAA27633; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 15:56:36 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:23:29 -0300 To: [email protected] From: Jennifer Sutton Subject: *etheridge* Hey everybody. Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jennifer Sutton Hey y'all. What's up? I'am fairly new to this list and I'am lookin' for bods to write to. As for info 'bout me... I live in Newfoundland, Canada, 26 yrs old, SNOWBOARD, and love art. If anybody wants to write me please do. So... Ta Ta For Now and Peace. Jen ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 16:09:04 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id QAA00347; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:09:04 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:06:45 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: M Something cc: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman In regards to the Calgon commercial, you folks just blow me away with your memories! So I have to ask if anyone remembers way back to a certain brand of ceral that was once being marketed called Quisp and its friendly competitor Quake. I have asked other listers during a visit if they remembered this breakfast ceral and they all looked at me like I had two heads and muttered something about the hazards of taking mind altering drugs. Alas, all the Buffalo nickels I had have quicly roamed on to new homes. I am sorry to disappoint the others which have requested them. I will continue to look for some more and will keep everyone updated on my findings. Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 17:36:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA19776; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:36:20 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: From: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" To: "[email protected]" , "[email protected]" Subject: RE: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:28:39 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" Oh, oh, seems as if the lizzard is in a fine mettle this Monday morning (now almost afternoon). > >SueD's defensive manuever: >>Now wait a minute here. Perhaps I was sleeping in Patti's bed but we >>were not bouncing around like a couple of Xena wannabes. > >~ ya know, i was gonna make a smarta** reply here but >being a witness to the amount of alcohol you both assumed, it's >easy enough to understand that you never would have attempted >any kind of bouncing for fear of tossing your cookies. And i >don't mean throwing a bag of Oreos across the room - at least >not in the literal sense. :) Hmmm, imagine, you making some type of smarta** remark. Boggles the imagination, at least mine. And, if you think you witnessed some alcohol consumption, you should have been there Thursday night. For heavens sake, those beers at The Ridge were *light* after all. It takes a heckuva lot more than what I drank of that to make me toss my cookies. Hey, you know if I don't start to attempt the Macarena that I am still somewhat in control of myself. :) Your choice of cookies was inspired though! > >> Therefore, we did not do any certified bounce testing. > >~ Hmmm, maybe you should have... Then again, you'll always have >it to do on your next trip!! At Patti's or at Liz's? ;) > >> Besides, Patti's bed is so big that you practically have to send >out a search party to find out if anyone else is in there with you. > >~ Hell, the 4 of us probably would have been comfortable in one bed even if >it was a single....you know how close and comfortable we MElisters can >sometimes be. :) Yes I do. Never turn down a chance to become better *acquainted* with other Melisters. Especially those Texas women. > >~ Awww...SueD, the Texas crowd really does love you. At least some >of us do. I suppose it really wouldn't be fair for me to speak for >everyone. But rest assured that this part of the texas crowd really >does like you. In fact, you're so much fun, that i think meeting you >should be mandatory for everyone on the list. Are you ready to start >the CrabbySue World Tour? Not to be confused with the recently >completed CrabbySue US Tour. Well, that certainly makes me feel better (straightening shoulders while wiping away the stray tears). Oh boy, a CrabbySue World Tour. That should take a little coordination, better get to work planning things out. Hey Patti, care to act as mapmaker extroidinaire for this undertaking? (I still believe in you even if those others are casting aspersions on your hard earned abilities as a map mistress.) Hmmm, should I start interviewing for my entourage yet? > >~ Geez, now i'm gonna have to try to find some ME booty that you *don't* >have so i can send it to you to try to make it up to you...don't cry >anymore...i'll see what i can do for you... Oooh, whimpering and whining actually do work! Of course if I was to beg in person, it would be much more rewarding for both of us :) > >~ The morning certainly is hard...monday's almost always are. >But in place of the coffee, the Mountain Dew is cold - just like >it should be. ;) Ah, if not for the Dew there would be few MEListers who could not face the day (right Shirl?). I also love the stuff, can't beat the nuclear glow combined with enough caffeine and sugar to blow your socks off! > >And for those other Dew drinkers out there who are interested in trying Surge (Coke's answer to Dew), don't bother. Nothing but the real stuff for me. I'm not the type to accept imitations...for anything! Why in heck haven't we heard anything about the baby yet? Jeez, Julie must be dying to deliver. Take care, SueD > > > ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 17:37:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id RAA20302; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:37:43 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:41:29 -0600 (CST) From: Lisa To: Shirley Hoffman cc: M Something , [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Lisa Shirl, I was lured out of Lurkdom when I saw you mention Quisp! I practically survived on the stuff in grade school...yum! It tasted kinda like Cap'n Crunch except it didn't tear off the roof of your mouth. And the lil Quisp guy was adorable...used to be the ONLY good thing about getting up on a school morning! Thanks for the good memories! Btw, a store here in St. Louis actually still sells the stuff! Lis On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Shirley Hoffman wrote: > In regards to the Calgon commercial, you folks just blow me away with > your memories! So I have to ask if anyone remembers way back to a > certain brand of ceral that was once being marketed called Quisp and its > friendly competitor Quake. I have asked other listers during a visit if > they remembered this breakfast ceral and they all looked at me like I had > two heads and muttered something about the hazards of taking mind > altering drugs. > > > Alas, all the Buffalo nickels I had have quicly roamed on to new homes. I > am sorry to disappoint the others which have requested them. I will > continue to look for some more and will keep everyone updated on my findings. > > Shirl > Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah > ****************************************************************** > * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * > * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * > * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * > * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * > ****************************************************************** > ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 19:01:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id TAA13333; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:01:53 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:55:38 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Subject: *etheridge* The dutch on meet-tour! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Hello everybody, Yesterday it was the big day for our meeting. About 30 fans were interested in what was going to happen. I will tell everybody how it went and about my happy feelings about you all out there in the Netherlands. 1. The place to be. 'De Fiets', a nice pub in Nijmegen, was a great place to do such a meeting. The owner was going out of his mind especially at the time we gave him a gift for the service he has given us yesterday. Later more about the surprise..... (alot of you guys out there in America would love to have that gift...... :-)) I'm sure if I'm going to organize it again I'm doing it at the smame place. We had our own hifi-equipment and the drinks were of a good quality :-D Some people told me the beer was good that evening :-) 2. The fans and not only the list-ones. About 20 listers made time to come to Nijmegen. Also 10 other Melissa-fans, who heard about the meeting and called me with the question if they were invited also, came with their best smile. After some minutes of seeking how to start, the party was in full speed. I must say I had doubts if everything will go right, but it was just perfect. Everybody many thanks for making it the best meeting I had in a long time! No matter what age (18-35 and more?), no matter what job, no matter what background, we all had fun and we will do it again, that's for sure! Talking about the next tour Melissa will make, we made appointments already about meeting again for her concert in Holland. Melissa will not know what happens the next time :-D 3. The issues I talked about yesterday. In the first place I have to prepare most of you for the idea of a dutch part of the Melissa Mailing List. The plans for a dutch mailing list will be worked out soon. The idea behind this I will explain later, it's meant seriously. Robin and me are planning to talk about it not long after today. The second issue was bootlegs and melissa trading stuff. I know alot of you guys have many addresses to trade tapes and the postal firm in Holland will get a good period now :-)) Also alot of talking about concerts (not many of us have been to Ahoy 1992.... I was surprised), about MEIN, about shirts and about meetings of some of us before this meeting. Nobody did bring a guitar. Sadly because I know some of you play the guitar for more than 10 years and it would have been the cherry on the delicious cake :-D 4. The surprise. Marleen: you made fantastic shirts. Applause for Marleen! Let me explain what it is. Please feel free to correct me if I say anything wrong, Marleen! She did choose for very light grey shirts with on the front (left side on top) a small logo for our meeting. A cirkel in purple (what else? :-)) with the name of this meeting and the date. In the middle the keylogo. On the back a black/white foto of Melissa (taken from the Net in a small corner were not many people are looking for pictures; I'm sorry I did forget the URL). Above the picture the 'mailinglistbunch-name' is written and on the bottem of the pic. there is the old email-address of the list and one other line. It was such a success that another 6 shirts will be made for the people who had no interest in the first place. Marcel is glad that he ordered two shirts in the first place. If you are interested in the design of this shirt, maybe I can arrange something with Marleen about the design.... :-) Marleen : Is it for sale ? :-D My qualities as trader are becoming better and better. Ask Gert about it :-D. Well, if somebody is interested in the shirt let me know and I let you know how much money I want to receive back or do an offer for a Non-money trade. Well, the owner of the pub has a shirt now and he promised to put it on a wall in the pub. It will be a good memory for all Melissa fans who will go to that pub. The owner was speachless. 5. In general, to you all in Holland! Thanks for the great afternoon/evening. I enjoyed it because I know you enjoyed it. You are very kind and I hope we will write a lot of mails in the future! And to you who get the mails in printed shape: Don't worry, we don't forget you. If something will be organized you will hear it soon. Hopefully somebody will rise and say I'm going to do it the next time in about a half year to a year. The summer would be great..... :-) If it will take longer than a year I will do it again but I don't want to think of it for a month or so. Because of the time I had to drive back home (2 hours drive). I started my first day on my new job at a chemical plant. Most of you have closed the evening with a dinner at a restaurant. Tell me all about it! I really want to hear about you guys! Tell these americans and aussies about us. The stories are interesting enough :-D. Bye, Marcel. <<< Who will wait and see what happens in the next days... (later more)>>> Marcel C. Ummelen (24) Kerkrade, The Netherlands Chemical Engineer, BSc Stafmedewerker at DSM Melamine plant Geleen, The Netherlands ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~; Break my legs, my back, I refuse to believe My arms, my neck It could happen to me and you But *please* don't break my heart It's lonesome and it's hard and it's true ("My Heart" - K's Choice) ("Royal Station 4/16" - Melissa) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~; ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 20:43:46 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id UAA11972; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:43:46 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:43:37 GMT Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Shirl, wandering down commercial memory lane, wrote: >In regards to the Calgon commercial, you folks just blow me away with >your memories! So I have to ask if anyone remembers way back to a >certain brand of ceral that was once being marketed called Quisp and its >friendly competitor Quake. I have asked other listers during a visit if >they remembered this breakfast ceral and they all looked at me like I had >two heads and muttered something about the hazards of taking mind >altering drugs. I remember them!!! In fact, my brother, I think, LIVED on Quisp for a few years. I liked Quake. It lost the big vote :-{ Anyway, about a year ago, I caught a glimpse of a t-shirt with the Quisp martian on it in a store display case, did a double take, then ran in to buy it for my brother's birthday. The clerk at the store thought I was nuts, because the only XL that they had was the one in the window case outside, and I HAD to buy it. I made her go out and get it. My brother loved it, and gets comments on it all the time. The fact that he sticks out when he wears it is quite a statement, too, considering that he lives in Berkeley CA. :) Maggie ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 21:07:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA18684; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:07:52 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 14:07:20 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* LDP in the tabloids Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Ditzy tabloid trash from Hot Hollywood Gossip....Poor guy....will it never end?!!! For the easily amused... Patti ******************************************************** LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS wants the world to know that his ex-wife, Julie Cypher, did not become a lesbian and hitch up with Melissa Etheridge because LOU IS SUCH AN INADEQUATE LOVER. (Enquirer) Thoughts: Lou Diamond: "Julie did not choose women because I was a bad lover." Reporter: "And what about your other past girlfriends, k.d. lang and Ellen DeGeneres?" Lou Diamond: "It's all a coincidence! K.D. said that I was moderately diverting in bed. And Ellen told me that having sex with me was like having her teeth cleaned... that's a good thing, I think...." FOR FURTHER READING: "A trip to the dentist: my marriage to Lou Diamond Phillips," by Ellen DeGeneres. ******************************************************** And, for those interested, here are a few line-ups for late night talk shows this week. I know there are a few fans of several of these folks here: LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS Mo 1/27 David Schwimmer, Carmen Electra, Sheryl Crow We 1/29 Dan Rather, Jane Leeves, Tori Amos Th 1/30 Matthew Perry, Natasha Lyonne, Jewel OK, any word YET on the baby?? Ciao now, Patti ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 21:40:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id VAA28392; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:40:19 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 15:39:38 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gwen Shinko Subject: *etheridge* This 'n that Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Gwen Shinko Colleen Lanthrip shared with us: >Since breaking my ankle in late November, life has been steady downhill. >My SO (Linda) mom has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. And Linda >just got >positive results from her mammogram and ultrasound (which had us >really on edge >for a week). We're thinking about you Colleen and wishing you and your family the best. (hug) Colleen also asked: >BTW, Gwen, where are my pics?????? Eep! (squirm) I knew I owed a set to someone else. I'll send them to you this week. ++++++++++ And thanks to *rhondda* (our intrepid West Coast MLE concert reporter) for filling in the blank: >>and Margo (I forgot her last name), the stand-up comic who's >>performed on Out There and HBO's Comic Relief. >i'm fairly certain that the stand-up comic's name is: marga gomez. >i think she's from SF. Yep, that's her, Marga Gomez. She's not bad. Gwen (now that I'm thinking about holidays, just when is Groundhog Day anyway??) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 22:11:38 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA07730; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:11:38 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:25:28 -0500 (EST) From: JENNIFER SASS Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* An ME Day! In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: JENNIFER SASS Well Pooh, I had a ME day too the other day...started at the doctor's office when i was having my heart rate checked (breathe deep Jennifer, now exhale). The doc laughed a little when I explained that CTMW was one of my favorite songs and needed a minute to calm down :) Jennifer Sass [email protected] [email protected] ================================================================ Sometimes he thought __------------_ _ which?" -- sadly to himself, _- \ \ and sometimes "Why?" and sometimes - \ ||| he didn't he thought "Where- //: | | | || quite know fore?" and some- //v:v \ \ ) __( | || what he times he thought, || : | | |----- | | | || _was_ think- "Inasmuch as /_/|:__-\_\_) (_(_ _/ MM ing about. ================================================================ ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 22:33:21 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA12993; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:33:21 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 15:34:05 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: RE: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) SueD once again defended: >Hmmm, imagine, you making some type of smarta** remark. Boggles the >imagination, at least mine. ~ Yeah, yeah, i know. A lot of people have a difficult time comprehending that. But ever since Jud got here, well, i just feel *so* corrupted!! > Your choice of cookies was inspired though! ~ Actually, my original choice of cookies was Chips Ahoy. But i figured more people would be familiar with Oreos instead.... Still, they're both pretty good cookies... :) >>> Therefore, we did not do any certified bounce testing. >> >>~ Hmmm, maybe you should have... Then again, you'll always have >>it to do on your next trip!! > >At Patti's or at Liz's? ;) ~ Hmmm...i can't decide if you're tempting or teasing me here.... boy what a tough call. :) But i think Jud can give you the certified bounce test report of my bed. Uh, er, i mean, because it doesn't bounce very much when the cats jump up on it. Yeah, that's it...the cats and the dog... Still, if you want to test it out yourself.... ;) >Hmmm, should I start interviewing for my entourage yet? ~ Seems to me that you've already started your entourage. Patti is the official Map girl. Which is fine as long as you don't have to follow her anywhere. :) Renee is the official Roaming Buffalo girl. Since she excelled at making your buffalo roam. Then again, Renee could also be your official foodtaster. Just on the offchance that someone might want to poison you... And as for me, well i guess i could be your official Amazon girl. 8 feet tall, huh? You really did drink a lot. ;) (Jud could be the kiwi contingent Amazon woman) Liz Spector, hmmm....what title can we dub her with... >Oooh, whimpering and whining actually do work! Of course if I was to >beg in person, it would be much more rewarding for both of us :) ~ You're bad Muriel.... :) lizzard ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 22:34:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA13251; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:34:17 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 13:34:13 -0800 (PST) From: Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC--Calgon Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick Ok, as promised, here's the script (more or less) from that oh so famous Calgon commercial: The scene opens at the front counter of a neighborhood drycleaner/laundry... Ms Customer: Mr. Lee, how do you get these shirts so clean? Mr. Lee: Ancient Chinese secret! Flash to the back room behind the counter... Mrs. Lee: My husband, some hotshot! This is his ancient Chinese secret: Calgon! Calgon has two water softeners to help get your shirts clean, etc..etc..(this is all the sales-pitch crap) Mrs. Lee finishes her sales-pitch crap. The scene flashes back to the front counter with Ms. Customer and Mr. Lee, with Mrs. Lee popping her head out of the back room... Mrs. Lee (to Mr. Lee): We need more Calgon! Ms. Customer: Ancient Chinese secret, huh! Mr. Lee looks embarrassed! That's it! Hope you were entertained. Now, to raise another controversy, does anyone remember the Spotmaker, the cartoon guy who runs through your dishwasher putting spots on your glasses and dishwear? I can't remember what kind of detergent that was for. Annie O. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 22:49:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id WAA18094; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:49:52 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 15:50:45 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* NMEC--Calgon Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Annie O. asked: >Now, to raise another controversy, does anyone remember the Spotmaker, >the cartoon guy who runs through your dishwasher putting spots on your >glasses and dishwear? I can't remember what kind of detergent that >was for. I think (which can be quite dangerous:)) it was for Cascade. (At least i think that's the right name.) Powdered dishwasher detergent in a green box. That's the only DW detergent i recall seeing ads for on TV. Besides the fact that my mom used it. :) lizzard ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 23:41:29 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id XAA03523; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:41:29 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:51:37 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: the melissa etheridge mailing list Subject: *etheridge* Quisp and Freakies Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:06:45 -0500 (EST) > From: Shirley Hoffman > Subject: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials > > In regards to the Calgon commercial, you folks just blow me away with > your memories! So I have to ask if anyone remembers way back to a > certain brand of ceral that was once being marketed called Quisp and its > friendly competitor Quake. I have asked other listers during a visit if > they remembered this breakfast ceral and they all looked at me like I had > two heads and muttered something about the hazards of taking mind > altering drugs. Hey Shirl... I sure do remember quisp! always wanted a hat with a propeller on it to! Tell me do you remember Freakies? I was raised on cereal... I believe I remember em all! Off to my Rice Krispies! tei! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Mon Jan 27 23:51:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id XAA06307; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:51:31 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: 27 Jan 1997 15:49:32 EDT Subject: *etheridge* Quisp + Quake Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Yes, I remember those cereals! In fact I'm sure I ate some as a kid. Hmmm, maybe that explains some of my appetites now...I still love to serial quake. -marcy to: IN:[email protected] cc: IN:[email protected] ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 00:05:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id AAA10775; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:05:14 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:15:44 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Quisp and Freakies References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy [email protected] wrote: > I sure do remember quisp! always wanted a hat with a propeller on it to! > Tell me do you remember Freakies? I don't remember Freakies, but I DO remember Crispy Critters! -- [email protected] [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 00:17:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id AAA14599; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:17:17 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:20:39 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Elizabeth Burns CC: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung Well Lizzard, this is turning into quite the running converstaion, isn't it? Think people have gotten thoroughly nauseous at this subject line yet ? Elizabeth Burns wrote: > >At Patti's or at Liz's? ;) > > ~ Hmmm...i can't decide if you're tempting or teasing me here.... > boy what a tough call. :) Hey, don't play Honda commercial here. (paper or plastic, paper or plastic) But I have a question, what is the difference (really now) between tempting and teasing? Both sound like a good thing getting better :) > But i think Jud can give you the > certified bounce test report of my bed. Uh, er, i mean, > because it doesn't bounce very much when the cats jump up on it. > Yeah, that's it...the cats and the dog... Um hm, yup, thats a good one. Who gives a rats a** about the cats and dogs, what are the *official* results here? How long does it take the waves to die down in your waterbed when Jud hits the bed? (glaring at screen, tapping foot impatiently) > > Still, if you want to test it out yourself.... ;) Now who is doing the tempting and teasing here? ;) > > ~ Seems to me that you've already started your entourage. > Patti is the official Map girl. Which is fine as long as you > don't have to follow her anywhere. :) I still have faith in her abilities. > Renee is the official Roaming Buffalo girl. Since she excelled > at making your buffalo roam. Whoohoo, I'm all for that appointment. Oh stop, both the buffalo and I are blushing now. > Then again, Renee could also be your official foodtaster. > Just on the offchance that someone might want to poison you... Hmmm, the duties as official buffalo girl might be too time consuming and onerous for Renee to even consider this position. We'll have to keep that one on the back burner. Then again, we could get Shirl to be official food taster. She has first hand experienc with the effects of food poisoning. (How can we forget Shirl the Hurl Girl, ducking and running cuz I can already see Shirl winding up) > And as for me, well i guess i could be your official Amazon girl. > 8 feet tall, huh? You really did drink a lot. ;) (Jud could be > the kiwi contingent Amazon woman) Amazingly astute assignments here Lizzard. I will need overseas help in this adventure, what better place to go then NZ? The entourage will, of course, be in attendance. A girl could get to like this kind of living, surrounded by toadies and Amazons. Now, who could we get for the official tour musician.... > Liz Spector, hmmm....what title can we dub her with... Let me think...how about chauffeur extroidinaire? After all, she did manage to get me back to my hotel after the Fajita Fest, then found her way quickly from the West End to Starbucks in Dallas. I think this has real possibilities. > > >Oooh, whimpering and whining actually do work! Of course if I was to > >beg in person, it would be much more rewarding for both of us :) > > ~ You're bad Muriel.... > :) > And extremely proud of that fact! Off to cook dinner. TTFN, SueD ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 00:19:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id AAA15334; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:19:41 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:19:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: "Aimee n' Sheila" Subject: *etheridge* Quisps Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Aimee n' Sheila" Ya know....the World Wide Web never ceases to amaze me... Enjoy!! Aimee & Sheila (who both have nevah had Quisps) You can find Quisps where else but at... http://www.quisps.com there are a few other Quisp pages for the truly obsessed: Cerealebrity of the Month: Quisp. Quisp, the propeller-headed alien full of quazy energy is the Cereal Hall of Fame's Cerealebrity of the Month. http://198.3.117.222/quisp.html - size 4K - 9 Jun 95 Flake Shop - Fresh Quisp Fresh Quisp. '96 Factory-fresh Quisp Yes, delicious Quisp is still made. The perfect gift, boxes of factory-fresh Quisp are $10 each, or $99 a case http://www.flake.com/s03_flake_shop/quisp/quisp.html - size 1K Nostalgic Wave's Search of the Week: Quisp and Quake. Here is what we know so far: Quisp and Quake were breakfast cereals that were popular during the... http://www.hype.com/nostalgia/products/quisp_and_quake/quisp.htm - size 3K - 28 Aug 96 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 01:05:40 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id BAA26824; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 01:05:40 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:04:26 -0500 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Hayley Coristine) X-Sender: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Shanks & Leah Andreone? Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Hayley Coristine) Hi all. I just finished listening to a short interview with Leah Andreone on CHOM, which supposedly was recorded earlier today.... anyway, she sang one song (I don't remember which one) which she sang with "John, my guitarist" (I think that's what she said) Is this John Shanks? I've looked at the lyrics and he *does* play guitar on some or all of the tracks... is he gonna be touring with her now that Mel's taking a break? Hayley ************************************************************************* Through this world I've stumbled * so many times betrayed * trying to find an honest word to find * the truth enslaved -Sarah McLachlan ************************************************************************* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 01:22:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id BAA01309; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 01:22:41 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 00:23:51 UT From: "Breanna Anderson" Message-Id: To: "Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick" , [email protected] Subject: RE: *etheridge* NMEC--Calgon Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Breanna Anderson" Wouldn't that have been cascade? Ryan Blackhawke Glyph webmistress http://www.Glyphnet.com mailto:[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Annie Elizabeth Ogostalick Sent: Monday, January 27, 1997 1:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC--Calgon Ok, as promised, here's the script (more or less) from that oh so famous Calgon commercial: The scene opens at the front counter of a neighborhood drycleaner/laundry... Ms Customer: Mr. Lee, how do you get these shirts so clean? Mr. Lee: Ancient Chinese secret! Flash to the back room behind the counter... Mrs. Lee: My husband, some hotshot! This is his ancient Chinese secret: Calgon! Calgon has two water softeners to help get your shirts clean, etc..etc..(this is all the sales-pitch crap) Mrs. Lee finishes her sales-pitch crap. The scene flashes back to the front counter with Ms. Customer and Mr. Lee, with Mrs. Lee popping her head out of the back room... Mrs. Lee (to Mr. Lee): We need more Calgon! Ms. Customer: Ancient Chinese secret, huh! Mr. Lee looks embarrassed! That's it! Hope you were entertained. Now, to raise another controversy, does anyone remember the Spotmaker, the cartoon guy who runs through your dishwasher putting spots on your glasses and dishwear? I can't remember what kind of detergent that was for. Annie O. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 02:22:32 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id CAA18389; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 02:22:32 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:10:23 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Hom Subject: *etheridge* Heard it on the "Bob and Sheri Show" To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Barry Hom Hey all! This has probably been brought up before, but I was listening to the Bob and Sheri show on the radio this AM (Bob & Sheri are 2 nationally syndicated radio hosts) and they have a "Chat Room" (i.e. call-in) at around 8 AM. Every weekday morning, they ask people on their thoughts on a certain topic (the topic is usually lighthearted). This morning's topic was what celebrities you would like to do it (*wink* you adults know what I mean) with. Well, the first caller said she would like to do it with either Tom Cruise or Melissa Etheridge! She had this southern accent and sounded like a heavyset truck driver. I guess the thought of those two people keeps her going on those long interstate hauls... ;) I will quit bothering you now! :) Barry --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Got the latest by Amy Tan Recommended by a fan I'd rather be eating Spam It was a piece of crap!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 02:39:21 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5) id UAA09464; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:34:24 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:27:01 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: Lisa cc: M Something , [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman So it did exist and it is still being produced??? Wasn't their some add campaign to vote for your favorite and the winner(Quisp or Quake) would remain in the stores? I recall that Quake won which happened to be my favorite. I may need you to Fed-Ex me a package of Quisp. :] Shirl On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Lisa wrote: > Shirl, > I was lured out of Lurkdom when I saw you mention Quisp! I practically > survived on the stuff in grade school...yum! It tasted kinda like Cap'n > Crunch except it didn't tear off the roof of your mouth. And the lil > Quisp guy was adorable...used to be the ONLY good thing about getting up > on a school morning! Thanks for the good memories! > > Btw, a store here in St. Louis actually still sells the stuff! > Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 03:09:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA02175; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:09:00 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:19:26 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* While we are all patiently waiting.... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy ...for the news, I have been busy transcribing all of Melissa's dialog from the L.A. concert, the FINAL YLS Concert, from audio tapes graciously provided by a MElister from NH who was at the concert. Others who were there that night have agreed to help me decipher, and correct, my interpretation. I tell you...I was moved to tears in several places...the ROAR of the crowd gave me goose bumps. I don't want to spoil the finished product by revealing too much, but Nowhere To Go, Shriner's Park, and the first encore, Like The Way I Do, now have added depth, shades of meaning, and dimension for me. New memories of old familiar songs. I am 3/4 of the way through, so depending on how much time the rest of my "team" has for this project, we may be posting the entire thing to the list in the next few weeks. Hang on to that thought. -- [email protected] [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 03:26:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA07525; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:26:14 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:36:44 -0800 From: Randy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* While we are all patiently waiting........ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Randy ..for the news, I have been busy transcribing all of Melissa's dialog from the L.A. concert, the FINAL YLS Concert, from audio tapes graciously provided by a MElister from NH who was at the concert. Others who were there that night have agreed to help me decipher, and correct, my interpretation. I tell you...I was moved to tears in several places...the ROAR of the crowd gave me goose bumps. I don't want to spoil the finished product by revealing too much, but Nowhere To Go, Shriner's Park, and the first encore, Like The Way I Do, now have added depth, shades of meaning, and dimension for me. New memories of old familiar songs. I am 3/4 of the way through, so depending on how much time the rest of my "team" has for this project, we may be posting the entire thing to the list in the next few weeks. Hang on to that thought. -- [email protected] [email protected] A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Keep it Precious, 'cause I Will Never be the Same- M. Etheridge ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 03:40:09 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA11364; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:40:09 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:37:41 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: "Aimee n' Sheila" cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Quisps In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman You folks are the best...I thought that Quisp & Quake had vanished from the earth and only lived on in the far reaches of my childhood memory! To all those listers who laughed at me and mentioned the effects of mind altering drugs when I asked if they remembered Quip & Quake...guess what I'll be serving at my next Lister breakfast get together! Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Aimee n' Sheila wrote: > Ya know....the World Wide Web never ceases to amaze me... Enjoy!! > Aimee & Sheila (who both have nevah had Quisps) Thanks for the research gals.(Aimme & Sheila - proud owners of a Buffalo nickel..who will be doing the roaming?) Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 03:51:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA14837; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:51:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:48:32 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: Susan DeYoung cc: Elizabeth Burns , [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Susan DeYoung wrote: > Whoohoo, I'm all for that appointment. Oh stop, both the buffalo and I > are blushing now. Please Sue, the list already knows who the shy demure one is. :] > Hmmm, the duties as official buffalo girl might be too time consuming > Then again, we could get Shirl to be > official food taster. She has first hand experienc with the effects of > food poisoning. (How can we forget Shirl the Hurl Girl, ducking and > running cuz I can already see Shirl winding up) Exploiting my moment of weakness??? Sounds like it is time to get my lil notepad out from my trip to visit the BAB'ers. Hmmm lets see, now what should I quote from SueD: Here's a good one Sue, "...You just go ahead and lick John" Sue's reply to Kim Luce telling Sue that she is not leaving the Bay Area until she makes the Buffalo Roam: "...The grasslands or the foothills?" Okay I guess that is enough torting for one evening. Must go for now. Night all, Shirl Home Page:http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 06:11:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id GAA22623; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:11:37 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-ROUTED: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:11:48 -0500 X-TCP-IDENTITY: Muffin To: Subject: *etheridge* Better than an ME concert? Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:18:08 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hello everyone... I thought I would delurk momentarily to share something that's really been bothering me. I'm a cheese head from (Milwaukee) Wisconsin, and have been all my life. Having been born in 1968, I've never gotten the chance to see the Packers play in a Superbowl game. I'm soooooo happy to see the Lombardi trophy back in Titletown where it belongs!!! We drove up to Green Bay Saturday morning to be at Lambeau Field to watch the Superbowl game last night. I have never before seen so many people come together (not only physically, but emotionally as well). Everywhere we went people were talking Packers. This has also been going on in Milwaukee over the past several weeks. It's incredible to see how something like this can bring so many people together. Watching the game last night, I was reminded of the many special feelings I had while at Melissa's concert here back in October. Dare I say the game was as good as being at that concert that night?(OK-almost as good:) ). Here's what really bothers me...we had to leave Green Bay at 4:45 this morning so I could make it to my first class (it was pretty much freezing rain and snow all the way back). My last class ended at 2:00, and since that time I've heard so many negative comments about the Pack from the media (not local, of course). It actually started last week when the NFL asked Reggie White to stop conducting his 'prayer sessions' before and after the games. Now, I'm not very religious, but it didn't bother me one bit that Reggie did this...and to anyone that was bothered by this, I say turn your head for the 2-3 seconds that this is actually shown! I was very glad to hear that Reggie told the NFL to basically 'shove-it', and that he would continue his 'sessions'. Tonight on the McNeil-Lehrer news-hour someone was putting down the Packers, saying they were "show-boating", especially Desmond Howard after he made that incredible 99 yard punt return. Who wouldn't get excited after that? Who wouldn't do a little dance in the end zone after that? I've never heard any remarks about that crap that Dion Sanders does...and you certainly can't even call that a dance!!! The point I'm trying to make is that the Green Bay Packers are a team of good people. Good characters. Real role models, which are so desperately needed for kids today. Do you hear of any Packers using illegal drugs, or being accused of rape, etc. No. Not today's Packers. They really are AMERICA'S TEAM. Let's start praising the top-quality athletes (I mean judging by values and character, not just how well they can catch or run a football), and getting rid of the trash. I think there's a correlation that can be drawn here...I love Melissa Etheridge not only for her singing/song-writing/performance abilities, but also because she is a person of high moral standards, a very honest person interested in speaking the truth, and overall, a woman with tremendous character. Sorry to have taken up so much of your time, but this is an issue that really bothers me. Julie GO PACK!!!! [email protected] ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 06:46:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id GAA01147; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:46:41 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Patty Kolakowski" To: "Melissa List" Subject: *etheridge* Storytellers Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:45:43 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Patty Kolakowski" Hi, VH1 is repeating Melissa's Storytellers Sunday Feb 2nd at 10:00 pm ET. Is there a baby yet?? pk ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 06:49:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id GAA01724; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:49:10 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Patty Kolakowski" To: "Melissa List" Subject: *etheridge* T Bird Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:48:44 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Patty Kolakowski" Hi, I forgot to ask this. What happened to T Bird. None of the links lead to her site anymore. Does she have a new URL. Thanks, pk ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 06:51:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id GAA02208; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:51:31 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 23:51:02 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) SueD & Lizzard bantered on about my king size bed: >>>> Therefore, we did not do any certified bounce testing. >>> >>>~ Hmmm, maybe you should have... Then again, you'll always have >>>it to do on your next trip!! >> >>At Patti's or at Liz's? ;) > >~ Hmmm...i can't decide if you're tempting or teasing me here.... >boy what a tough call. :) But i think Jud can give you the >certified bounce test report of my bed. Uh, er, i mean, >because it doesn't bounce very much when the cats jump up on it. >Yeah, that's it...the cats and the dog... Hey, certified bounce testing of MY bed -- *by invitation only* of course -- hasn't happened in a long long time! However, the last time I certified it, it had a great bounce! My little lesbian cats have had more action on it than me in the last couple o'years, and so are probably best qualified to render the latest update on its official state of bounce. Which raises another question: Liz & Jud, you haven't given the certified bounce test report on my guest room yet... And now I have yet another question: Liz, officially testing the bounce of your bed (and I hope your five cats & Kelly the dog were *not* involved ) seems like a coy ploy to me....I would think that waterbeds have more to do with Archimedes Principle than "bounce".....Definitely "certifiable" though! >> Besides, Patti's bed is so big that you practically have to send >out a search party to find out if anyone else is in there with you. Naaaaa, just let the cats loose and they'll find every last one immediately. >~ Yeah, i noticed that. I even commented that all 4 of us could >have slept in the bed and been comfortable. Don't forget to add the two ubiquitous cats who, btw, would be comfortable just about anywhere I think! >In fact, you're so much fun, that i think meeting you >should be mandatory for everyone on the list. Are you ready to start >the CrabbySue World Tour? Not to be confused with the recently >completed CrabbySue US Tour. Hey, we could dispatch Jud and Puffy Renee to Knots Berry Farm to pick up official CrabbySue caps and other memorabilia....Of course, they probably wouldn't come BACK, though! >~ Seems to me that you've already started your entourage. >Patti is the official Map girl. Which is fine as long as you >don't have to follow her anywhere. :) :P Just for that I'm going to adopt the applicable John Denver song as my personal theme song! And, btw Liz, I noticed that you & Liz made it to my place j-u-s-t f-i-n-e! But, then again, you were following my *directions,* not me... Next time I'll be sure to have the Mapsco in the trunk... >Renee is the official Roaming Buffalo girl. Since she excelled >at making your buffalo roam. She was gettin' into it too! Guess that nixes her opportunity to go out to CA with Jud to get the caps and stuff. >Then again, Renee could also be your official foodtaster. It comes so naturally to Renee that I hardly think it warrants any special title....besides, she wouldn't be able NOT to taste SueD's food...or anyone else's for that matter! >And as for me, well i guess i could be your official Amazon girl. >8 feet tall, huh? You really did drink a lot. ;) (Jud could be >the kiwi contingent Amazon woman) It's just a matter of perception, my dear. You see, regular people are about 6 feet tall to me, so you & Jud are *at least* 8 feet tall...if not 9... >Liz Spector, hmmm....what title can we dub her with... The official Scout....first one to get there and scope out the place in advance! Do you not agree, LizS?? :) I vote Alex in as the well-wisher from afar. >And for those other Dew drinkers out there who are interested in >trying Surge (Coke's answer to Dew), don't bother. It tastes >like Sprite but is colored like Dew. The only thing i've found >that is remotely like Dew is Mello Yello. But i think it's only >available in the Northeast. It was amazing.....within minutes, no...seconds of Liz & Jud's arrival, there were several cans of Dew sitting on the top shelf in my fridge! Sort of the L'Eggo grandma thing in reverse. Coffee's got my attention as the leader of the pack for all things caffeine, but Fresca follows closely behind in the carbonated field (but not for the caffeine fix). Kind of a dove-tailing of topics here, but does anyone know why Fresca disappeared from the market for a long time several years ago before making a triumphant return for my fridge? And why isn't it ever advertised? Must be The Coca-Cola Company's "little secret".... :) Well, now that we've back to another overnight 40-degree drop in temperature, consider our brief topless hiatus last weekend a gift, gals! OK, I'm outa here to tend to my head cold... Patti Fink [email protected] "A man in drag is funny; a woman in drag is Armani." -- Allison Fraiberg ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 07:45:08 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id HAA14830; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:45:08 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:45:09 GMT Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Maggie Subject: Re: *etheridge* Buffolo's and Commercials Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Maggie Shirl wrote: >So it did exist and it is still being produced??? Wasn't their some >add campaign to vote for your favorite and the winner(Quisp or Quake) >would remain in the stores? I recall that Quake won which happened to be >my >favorite. Nope. Quisp won, which is why we all remember that one. Quake lost. IMNSHO, I think they rigged the election. :) Lisa wrote: >> >> Btw, a store here in St. Louis actually still sells the stuff! Lisa, I need the address! Maggie ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 10:37:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id HAA17277; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:57:35 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:55:08 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* TCI - the battle ain't over yet Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] waaay back on Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Maggie exclaimed: >It looks like VH-1 won! CNN is reporting tonight that TCI >caved in to a barrage of customer complaints about the >cancellation of VH-1 on their systems, and is restoring it in >62 markets. unfortunately, an article in today's SF Chronicle (Datebook, p. D3) said that while TCI will restore VH1 in 5 major systems in northern california (Tracy, Vacaville, San Jose, Cupertino, and Sunnyvale), VH1 will *share* space with pay-per-view channels in each of those cities. it doesn't take a marketing genius to guess which channel will be shown at night. most U.S. working folk will only be able to view VH1 in the morning while getting ready for work or during the weekend daytime hours. of course, VH1 shows their best music programming at night, so most of us won't be able to see it. in effect, it's almost as bad as not having the channel at all. further, for those of us who live in apartment complexes, we aren't allowed to have satellite dishes. so, TCI has us - for the lack of a better term - by "the short hairs" with their inadequate channel selection. if you feel like venting your displeasure, i found a web site that this guy in st. louis set up. he calls TCI "Totally Cheap and Indifferent" . he has compiled a bunch of complaints regarding TCI on his site. some of it is actually pretty funny. laughter is the best medicine, after all. if you're interested, the URL is http://www.castleton1.com/userken/TCI_SUCKS. in addition, he offers a way to send TCI email at his site. the email address for TCI is [email protected]. i sent a message to that address, and if i get any kind of reasoned response regarding why TCI continues to offer VH1 only half-time, i'll be sure to share the relevant portions with the list. finally, there was also a funny column in today's SF Chronicle, which you can view on-line at http://www.sfgate.com. for those who might need a giggle or 2, click on "columnists", click on "jon carroll", and click on the article with today's date (1/27/97). as a teaser, here are a few paragraphs: "ALL I CAN SAY is thank heavens that TCI, Tele-Communications Inc., the company that has a stranglehold on Bay Area cable service and is just squeezing and squeezing while laughing with blood dripping from its teeth ha ha HA -- thank heavens, I say, that it's taken steps to improve its image. Formerly, as many citizens know, TCI was a little hard to communicate with. Its legion of Bulgarian rodent-handlers lacked the requisite people skills. Often, they pretended to be modems, or dead." - snip - "Still, ungrateful citizens showed up with complaints. Proactive as always, TCI did another survey. Amazingly, it found that customers wanted to watch those cable networks in which it had a financial interest. So it put more of them on. Fox News, More Fox News, Fox News Backward, Yesterday's News From Fox for Nostalgia Buffs -- what a lineup! Plus, the Dead Insect Channel, the Jetson Channel, the All Zircons All the Time Channel, the Kickboxing Channel and so much more." :-) *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 15:09:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id PAB15080; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:09:52 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:09:29 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* cereal, Twister, Texas Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] My favorite cereal as a kid was Frankenberry. My sister liked Boo Berry & once in a while we had to go for the Count Chocula. Speaking of stuff you liked as a kid...does anyone remember the peanut butter that had different flavors mixed in with it? You could get peanut butter & jelly, peanut butter & banana, and my favorite peanut butter & chocolate. I can't remember what it was called. I remember arguing with my mom that it was healthy because it was a sandwich not a candy bar. Well...it seemed to make sense to me at the time... ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 15:17:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id PAA16288; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:17:00 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:16:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* oops! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hmm...don't you hate it when you accidentally hit the send button & you weren't done yet? I also wanted to post a question about Twister. Didn't someone mention seeing ME on one of the TV screens during the movie at some point? I saw it tonight for the 2nd time & was keeping an eye out, but if it's there, I missed it. Also...I'm going to be in El Paso Texas for a wedding Feb 28-March 2. Gotta' go to a wedding. Can anyone recommend any places within a reasonable driving distance I can check out? Susan ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 15:18:02 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id PAA16543; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:18:02 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:15:59 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Quisp VS Quake & Buffalo's Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman Rigged the Quisp and Quake contest??? Gosh, I sure hate to think that my childhood memories were entangled in the corruption of corporate America...would make sense though - Everyone knows that Quake ruled! All but one Buffalo nickel has been mailed, I'm waiting for Ryan Blackehawke to send me her snail mail address. My e-mail to you Ryan keeps getting bounced back so please get in touch with me! I only wish I had more Buffalo nickels to go around to everyone who requested one. I am on the lookout for more nickels and will keep the list posted. To those receiving their Buffalo's in the next few days could I ask you to send a picture of your Buffalo necklace. Preferably worn around your neck. I'm thinking of putting a Web page together with all of your pictures on it! Good Day all, Shirl ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 16:16:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA29076; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:16:24 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:09:49 +0100 To: [email protected] From: Thomas Rudolph Subject: *etheridge* Dutch MELister t-shirt Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Thomas Rudolph Hi MEListers, gotta tell you one thing that I cannot keep for myself: this shirt of the Dutch MELister bunch is: UNBELIEVABLE ! SUPER COOL ! WONDERFUL !!! Marleen surely is a great graphic-designer. I'm sooooo happy to have one !!! (sorry M., hope this wasn't supposed to be a *little secret* ;) ) You don't know what you miss ! Really. Thomas (waiting for the winter to fade so he can proudly wear it) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 16:22:46 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA00783; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:22:46 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:20:48 -0800 From: Jacky Abromitis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC: tickets for sale--disappear fear; Rent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jacky Abromitis I'll make this short. We got tickets for sale--face value. Broadway show Rent 2/23 2 pm. disappear fear 2/16, Towne Crier, Pawling, NY. Email privately if your interested. Jacky ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 17:02:15 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA09511; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:02:15 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:01:54 -0500 From: Colleen Lanthrip To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Romance for Gwen & Jen Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Colleen Lanthrip Gwen wrote: >>>>"Anyway, since this will be our first Valentine's Day together, I thought I'd ask for some extra-romantic and/or extra special ideas on how Jen & I might celebrate..." So...Ok Gwen, I didn't see anyone else respond, so I'll plunge in...Hold off on any s*x until "heart day". Tease, taunt, cuddle, dance, flirt (but no s*x).....Then, on "heart day" ditch the kids, romantic candlelight dinner, soft music, seductive nightie, seductive strip dancing, flirting, teasing, hot bath, massage, whip cream -- let it rip from there. {This is how we spend Heart day and New Years eve}. Or, Coolfont has wonderful little chalets with wonderful whirlpool baths (in the chalet), little kitchenettes (for cooling wine/champagne, strawberries, whip cream), wonderful wood burning stoves (in the chalet), {but watch getting your a** burned making love in front of it on the floor (ask Linda)} . The lodge offers massages, breakfast and dinner buffet (included in your price of your chalet). It was nice walking from the chalet to the lodge and back and then being toastie in front of the stove. Or, I know a wonderful masseuse, Dori Ann Steele (non-sexual, does women only), has gift certificates and works out of DC and her home (cozy) in Silver Spring (off New Hampshire Avenue). Linda loved this for her birthday...she was soooooo relaxed!!!!!! Lin was puddy in my hands.... Then do the dinner, music, etc..... Call me if you want to know $$$$$ or a phone number for Dori. Good Luck, have fun, be safe!!! And thanks for calling me yesterday, you made my day with your support, you angel!!! Jen: you're truly a lucky woman!!!!!! Have patience, go slow, give each other plenty of room starting this weekend!!!! You know what I mean!!!! Thanks also to Jennifer McCarrick...I sent e-mail directly to her. What a sweet, wonderful woman. Colleen ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 17:49:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA21485; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:49:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:48:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: "Aimee n' Sheila" Subject: Re: *etheridge* Quisps Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Aimee n' Sheila" At 09:37 PM 1/27/97 -0500, Shirl wrote: > >You folks are the best...I thought that Quisp & Quake had vanished from >the earth and only lived on in the far reaches of my childhood memory! >To all those listers who laughed at me and mentioned the effects of mind >altering drugs when I asked if they remembered Quip & Quake...guess what >I'll be serving at my next Lister breakfast get together! I'll expect my invite will be in the mail?? ;o) >Thanks for the research gals.(Aimee & Sheila - proud owners of a Buffalo >nickel..who will be doing the roaming?) Hmmm....Methinks I'll be the one wearing the silvery beast around my neck....and as for the roaming....I'm sure the lil' guy will be quite happy confined to roaming the Sheila McRae National Park. ;o) Aimee (wondering if Sheila's gonna see the Nat'l Park thing as a compliment!;o) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 18:10:28 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id SAA26582; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 18:10:28 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:45:09 -0800 From: LSpector X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: More Dallas Reactions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: LSpector Okay guys, y'all are having too much fun now. Stop it immediately or someone might think that we Texas girls are party animals. No Way, No How. Well, maybe a little. Anyway, I never even got to test out the bouncy bed or taste Liz's pancakes, hmmm, no fair. Maybe next time. I suppose that I can handle the title of "Official Scout," not too terrible, as long as you guys don't send me somewhere too out there! Just wanted to tell Jud that I drank a couple of Steinlagers for her this weekend, and did a Mean People Suck toast for all you guys!! Liz Spector ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 19:27:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id TAA16834; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:27:19 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: From: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" To: Shirley Hoffman Cc: Elizabeth Burns , "[email protected]" Subject: RE: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:18:22 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Deyoung, Susan @ GNPMO (LI-JUPITER DIRSYNC)" So, I finally flushed Shirl out of the wilds of PA. Lets get at it then :) >Please Sue, the list already knows who the shy demure one is. :] You wish. I believe we dispelled that myth a while ago. There are even pictures to prove how "shy & demure" you can be ;) > > >Exploiting my moment of weakness??? Not at all, I just figured you were the most highly qualified person I know for that position. I don't believe I have ever run across anyone who suffered through what you did while we were out heartlessly parading around the streets of New Yawk. Who else do I find as trustworthy, loyal...oops, thats the add for the canine corps. Sorry Shirl :) > Sounds like it is time to get my lil >notepad out from my trip to visit the BAB'ers. Hmmm lets see, now what >should I quote from SueD: > >Here's a good one Sue, "...You just go ahead and lick John" Good lord, what were we doing at that point? Was that before or after the stop at that deli for our carbohydrate loading of Sam Adams? In any case, I hope I reaped some type of reward! > >Sue's reply to Kim Luce telling Sue that she is not leaving the >Bay Area until she makes the Buffalo Roam: "...The grasslands or the >foothills?" Hey, I thought Kim came up with that line, not me. Of course, it comes in handy in all kinds of diverse situations so maybe I should claim all rights to it. > >Okay I guess that is enough torting for one evening. Must go for now. Whew, got away easy there. How can I get a hold of that infamous book and let you folks know what Shirl was saying...must plan some type of commando raid this weekend. You are hereby forewarned Shirl! My sympathies to the Texas crowd on the turn of the weather. It was darn near warm enough to go topless here over the weekend, might be close today too. Unfortunately, snow is on the way so I had best bundle up and get my shovel ready. Perfect, this illness is back in force (haven't been able to shake it since I first succombed back in December) and winter is back in the forecast. Blech. >SYL - SueD ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 19:35:35 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id TAA18729; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:35:35 +0100 (MET) From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 13:35:44 EDT Subject: *etheridge* I WANT MY MAYPO!!! :) X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Hi Melisters! Do you all remember that one? Used to love the stuff especially with a bit of honey!!! :) "POOH" ( Who is celebrating a very fun B-day today!) Hip Hip Hooray For Cake & Ice Cream!!! Anyone for a game of Poohsticks? :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 20:06:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id UAA26915; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:06:58 +0100 (MET) From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:07:36 EST Subject: *etheridge* cereals X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Okay...work has pretty much kept me out of this cereal thread, but I have a few minutes now. First - I've never heard of quisp or that other one AND I had to ask Pooh what Maypo was, so my cereal experience has been deprived of some interesting stuff. Do any of you remember eating Wheatina? My mother used to feed it to us, I hated it.......very grainy and the box looked like a catfood box. Oh, my boyfriend convinced me that Calgon Detergent/cleaner/softener did exist and the chinese secret commercial was for it. Later, Doug ps....Renee, email me from your new server please so we can make sure it's working. ********************************************************************** * "Grace knew when she looked up - There wouldn't be a sky - If the * * dreams we've been given - Weren't supposed to fly" * * from "State of Grace" * * * * "If I ever hold you I'll never let go - But if I never do how * * will I know" from "What If It's You" * * * * both taken from REBA's new album "What If It's You" * ********************************************************************** Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 20:56:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id UAA09424; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:56:23 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:58:48 -0800 From: Elizabeth Meadows Subject: Re: *etheridge* LPD To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Elizabeth Meadows Okay, I know I'm a bit behind the times in responding, but here goes: [email protected] wrote: > I wanted to share with everyone this little blurb I found in the January 21st > issue of the National Enquirer (yes, I buy it I'm ashamed to say). Well, > here it is: "Lou Diamond Phillips: I'm a stud, not a dud!" "LDP wants the > world to know his wife did NOT become a lesbian and pair off with Melissa > Etheridge because he's a dud between the sheets! I resent the digs that perhaps > I was no good in bed, which was the reason why my first wife left me for a > woman, says the "Stand and Deliver" star. There are always going to be snide > remarks about it. Julie wasn't gay when I married her and our marriage did last > for four years, say Phillips, who has since remarried." > > I shortened it a little bit, but you get the gist. I thought it was pretty > funny myself. I don't know how you meant this exactly, so don't take this as a slam or anything, but I feel really bad for him, and don't see it as funny at all. Didn't someone post an interview here awhile ago where he said that he never had wanted to comment on their relationship, but then found himself reading all these things they were saying abt him and thus felt he had to respond? This seems like kind of the same thing (not that M & J started it, but that it's still such a topic of discussion), and I think it would show a lot of class for Melissa and Julie to make a point of respecting his wishes and refusing to comment on him, even if interviewers persist in bringing it up. If each time they were asked, they just said something like "That's really not an issue for us, or relevant to Melissa's career, or we've agreed not to discuss our past relationships with the media" or soemthing like that, pretty soon people would stop asking, cos they'd never get good copy from it. But not only do they (and btw, I'm the one who posted before abt being peeved at how much Julie was a part of Melissa's interviews, relative to the partners of almost every other interviewee, so I'll acknowledge I've got some bias here that others may not share...) continue to hold these discussions when asked, they apparently still bring it up on their own! I'm referring here to the NTG pop-up video someone posted about, saying that some of the pop-ups were about LDP - I hadn't said anything about that (although I'd saved the post just in case) cos I felt like I should see it first before commenting on it - I still haven't seen it, so I may be really offbase here depending on what was included, but I can't at all imagine why Melissa's video would need to include info on LDP, especially after he's asked for his "Julie's ex-ness" to be dropped as a topic. Well, this is much longer than I'd planned - sorry bout that. But at least I can delete the posts I've been saving up now. - Elizabeth :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 21:29:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA17303; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:29:37 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:40:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Aaron Morrison Subject: *etheridge* a few comments Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Aaron Morrison On Commercials -- I don't watch commercials. I always mute them when they come on. The only good purpose they seem to serve is to give a break inbetween watching tv to go to the bathroom, etc. :) On TCI -- Thank god we have Scripps-Howard here instead! On the Baby -- Give birth Julie, for chrissakes! ;) That's all. :) Aaron! "The meaning's changed for what it's worth It's just a senseless game" --Amy Ray ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 21:35:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA18876; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:35:53 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 14:35:15 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* Provoking & Alluring Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Barry Horn wrote: >This morning's >topic was what celebrities you would like to do it (*wink* you adults >know what I mean) with. Well, the first caller said she would like to >do it with either Tom Cruise or Melissa Etheridge! This sounds *exactly* like Lizzard Burns to me! >She had this southern accent Oops....ruling out Lizzard... >and sounded like a heavyset truck driver. ....she's wayyyyyyy out of the picture now.... Shirl the Quisp Girl wrote: >Thanks for the research gals.(Aimme & Sheila - proud owners of a Buffalo >nickel..who will be doing the roaming?) Pffff! My money's on the BUFFALO!! SueD queried Lizzard: >But I have a question, what is the difference (really now) >between tempting and teasing? Both sound like a good thing getting >better :) Semanticist that I am, I was both tempted and teased into pulling out the trusty dictionary to clarify the nuances here. So here we have: TEMPT: To entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise or wrong; to allure, appeal strongly to, or invite; risk provoking. TEASE: To irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. [...snipping fiber-separation definitions] IMHO, I think I'd prefer "tempt." "Tease" sounds like an amazingly apt action descriptor of mailing list banter, dontcha think?! Patti Fink [email protected] "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 21:40:07 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA20075; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:40:07 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:36:59 -0800 To: Etheridge From: "J. Croft" Subject: *etheridge* Ann on embryos Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "J. Croft" It is very uncommon for me to read either of the "Dear's" (Ann or Abby) but it was a particularly thin Spokesman-Review yesterday, so I gave it a look-see. Wouldn't you know it, there was some value in the column -- I got to find out where Ann Landers would side on the "Melissa using the ultrasound as part of her stage set" argument. Here's the letter: Dear Ann Landers: Last Christmas, I received many photo greeting cards from friends and family. One friend who was pregnant sent a picture of the ultrasound of her unborn baby. Ann, the black and white original, when duplicated, turned red and was badly distorted. It was so grotesque, I could not display it with my other cards. Will you please print this letter so other mothers-to-be won't make the same mistake. -- Post Holiday Trauma Out East Dear P.H.T.: Your friend was probably so thrilled with the prospect of motherhood that she couldn't resist the temptation to let the world know. My advice to all prospective mothers is this: Please restrain yourself until after the baby is born to send pictures. Embryos are not very photogenic. Jib JL Jiblet Croft ** [email protected] ** http://www.pretenders.org ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 21:55:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA24325; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:55:53 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:55:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* LPD Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Elizabeth said: <> Um, I betcha this is *precisely* why Melissa is refusing to discuss the "meaning of her songs" from YLS with the press. <> This is a mistake. The LDP info has long been public knowledge, and Julie and Melissa are *still* paying for their 1994 frankness in the Advocate (a relatively small and specialized forum). It seems unfair to perpetuate the idea that they continue to talk about LDP into 1997. I haven't seen them do so *anywhere.* I also do not think they had any control over what Vh-1 puts in its pop-up videos....perhaps you should point the finger at Vh-1 for that? I think the correct "people" to be angry at are the media in general, quoting deliciously from articles written years ago just because they think it's still "news." LDP's revamped career is in the news nowadays, so his past comes forth to haunt him. I don't really think it's Julie's and Melissa's fault that the press continues to bring it up, however. Just MHO, Joyce ;-) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 21:56:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA24458; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:56:23 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 20:57:11 UT From: "Breanna Anderson" Message-Id: To: "Jane Vaughn" , [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* HAPPY B-DAY POOH!!! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Breanna Anderson" Happy Birthday to a Poohbear who brings so much delight to so many!!!! I don't knnow what Poohsticks are but knowing that Poohbears haven't a mean bone in their body, I bet it would be fun to play. Many happy wishes to you on this happy day!! Ryan Blackhawke Glyph webmistress http://www.Glyphnet.com mailto:[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Jane Vaughn Sent: Sunday, January 28, 1996 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* I WANT MY MAYPO!!! :) Hi Melisters! Do you all remember that one? Used to love the stuff especially with a bit of honey!!! :) "POOH" ( Who is celebrating a very fun B-day today!) Hip Hip Hooray For Cake & Ice Cream!!! Anyone for a game of Poohsticks? :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 22:11:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA28762; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:11:52 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:15:53 -0500 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Cohen, Dan) Subject: *etheridge* Nickels and Clients Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Cohen, Dan) SueD's "roaming buffalo" makes such a neat image, and I like it! Especially under that infectious smile of hers (I've seen Sue's smile). But somehow it can't work the same on me. I just checked my pockets. My Canadian nickel is a beaver. Oops! Still can't work. BTW we have some real buffalo in the Toronto area. They'll never seem the same to me, again! The Pooh says about YLS at work: > Have your ever had to try to keep your composure and go ahead with what > you are doing while listening for that infamous scream??? Yeah, I'm a software consultant, and I get that once in a while. Once a client's radio was playing BMSW. I turned it off. :( He asked me why? I explained: "When I hear Melissa's singing, I break into a sweat, my mouth goes dry, and I'm certainly not listening to you." He looked at me as if I was "not all there". Well I wasn't. . -- Dan Cohen in Toronto [email protected] http://www.canscape.com/dancohen 905-764-1844 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 22:23:19 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA01854; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:23:19 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 21:20:12 UT From: "Breanna Anderson" Message-Id: To: [email protected] Subject: RE: *etheridge* commercials & Buffalo's Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Breanna Anderson" OOPS!!!! Well Shirley, I just emailed you with the info and yes, I'd be happy to take a picture of me and my new lucky charm (*ugh* cereal again?) What if we were ALL on the lookout for Buffalo nickels and we could just pass them on to whomever needs it? Then people could check out Listers by the antique bowling shirts and the Buffalo necklaces.....I know I will be on the lookout. I always believe in passing the luck on. I guess my sister does too because her husband got the job he really wanted (which takes her new family ABOVE the poverty line) and we are able to give them a good safe car and now I get a buffalo nickel. I hope my luck will carry thru to the doctor's office to try and get a handle on my health. And I'm sorry to say I don't remember Quisp or Quake but then a lot of my childhood is in the deep dark nether regions of my mind. I DO remember Twister and Calgon. Did anyone see the Holiday Inn commercial during the Superbowl? It was about a Transsexual who goes to her class reunion and a narrator is ticking off how many thousands it cost for her to make the change and then starts talking about Holiday Inn's billion dollar refurbishment. The feedback was largely split. Wish I would have seen it. We went to my lover's 20th high School reunion. She received more acceptance from the women than the men. It was rather interesting to watch the faces of the people once they realized who she was. What was great was a woman that she went to school with since the third grade recognized her immediately and was totally cool about it. Ends up she's a schoolteacher now. That's the kind of schoolteacher I'd like to be teaching my kids. Ryan Blackhawke Glyph Webmistress <��-shameless plug http://www.Glyphnet.com [email protected] <��-there's an underscore in the name -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Shirley Hoffman Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 6:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Quisp VS Quake & Buffalo's Rigged the Quisp and Quake contest??? Gosh, I sure hate to think that my childhood memories were entangled in the corruption of corporate America...would make sense though - Everyone knows that Quake ruled! All but one Buffalo nickel has been mailed, I'm waiting for Ryan Blackehawke to send me her snail mail address. My e-mail to you Ryan keeps getting bounced back so please get in touch with me! I only wish I had more Buffalo nickels to go around to everyone who requested one. I am on the lookout for more nickels and will keep the list posted. To those receiving their Buffalo's in the next few days could I ask you to send a picture of your Buffalo necklace. Preferably worn around your neck. I'm thinking of putting a Web page together with all of your pictures on it! Good Day all, Shirl ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 23:05:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA13287; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:05:20 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:58:55 -0800 From: Elizabeth Meadows Subject: Re: *etheridge* LPD To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Elizabeth Meadows [email protected] wrote: > Um, I betcha this is *precisely* why Melissa is refusing to discuss the > "meaning of her songs" from YLS with the press. If it is then that's great - I'd thought that was in response to Julie not wanting to talk about *their* relationship. But I imagine you're in a better position to know, so I'm glad to hear it. > so *anywhere.* I also do not think they had any control over what Vh-1 puts > in its pop-up videos....perhaps you should point the finger at Vh-1 for that? > If Melissa doesn't in fact control those pop-ups, then I take it back - obviously I'm not gonna hold her responsible for what VH1 does. That was one reason I hadn't commented on the video until it fit into this other post (it's kinda embarrassing, but I haven't actually seen ANY pop-up videos yet, so I'm not quite sure what they're like other than the descriptions I've seen here...). It sounded from the way they were described like the artist chose things to put in the video about the song, which is why I thought it was Melissa talking abt it recently. Again, I'm very glad if I'm wrong abt this, because I much prefer your scenario to mine. > I think the correct "people" to be angry at are the media in general, quoting > deliciously from articles written years ago just because they think it's > still "news." LDP's revamped career is in the news nowadays, so his past > comes forth to haunt him. I don't really think it's Julie's and Melissa's > fault that the press continues to bring it up, however. If they don't in fact ever respond to these questions, and it's just recycled quotes, then I agree with you. But if they do at all then they are responsible for the press bringing it up, at least to some extent. IMO anyway. - Elizabeth :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 23:08:03 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA14073; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:08:03 +0100 (MET) From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 17:08:14 EDT Subject: *etheridge* This Quisp Quacks Me Up! :) X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Whooo! Hoooo! Tigger Get Out Of Here!!!! I am minutes away from heading down that long path that shall take me to MR.SANDERS HOUSE! There I shall go and know that presents await me! Will be a loooooonnnnnggggg ride anticipating what's in those packages! But in my mind I see a vision of denim and purple and letters of some sort! @*@*@*@*@* I wish I learned as a cub to spell!!!! I think it is an M and something that looks like Hummmmmm!!! Beeesssss!!!! An M & E Oh Bother! It must be Melissa related it must! Okay! Everyone put your energies together and "THINK! THINK! THINK!!! JULIE HAVE THE BABY TODAY!!!!!! IT'S POOH'S BIRTHDAY!!!! HAVE THE BABY TODAY!!!!!!!! One can only wish!!!! Ahhhhh! Somebody Loves Me! For I see a great big "POOHCAKE" and it is waiting to be cut!!!!!! Much Warmth! "POOH" I shall go forth and make a toast: To those I whom I have never met whom I know as friends just the same! When you see the twinkling of the stars know that there are others watching and smiling. For just as lonely hearts are looking on warmth and love shines down to comfort and heal and never are we looking by alone. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 23:12:04 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA15153; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:12:04 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <01BC0D3D.00695340@[email protected]> From: CHAOS To: "'MLE list'" Subject: *etheridge* shanks and andreone Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:29:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: CHAOS hayley wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:25:40 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patti Fink CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Provoking & Alluring References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung Finally, someone to take up my challenge and who better than the founder of the Melissa Etheridge Electric Rock school of thought :) Patti Fink wrote: > > Semanticist that I am, I was both tempted and teased into pulling out the > trusty dictionary to clarify the nuances here. So here we have: > > TEMPT: To entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise or > wrong; to allure, appeal strongly to, or invite; risk provoking. > TEASE: To irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling > raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. [...snipping fiber-separation > definitions] > > IMHO, I think I'd prefer "tempt." "Tease" sounds like an amazingly apt > action descriptor of mailing list banter, dontcha think?! I would have to agree with you Patti, on both counts. I kind of like the definition of tempt, something to look forward to. Teasing is definitely what we do best to each other here on the list. This feeds me with a couple of lovely new phrases to spice up my vocabulary. I can't wait to use "trifling raillery" in a sentence or normal conversation :) Carry on ladies & gentlemen (ack, gasp, that didn't quite feel right using that phrase) ;) SueD ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 23:34:44 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA21223; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:34:44 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:38:13 -0500 From: Susan DeYoung X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LSpector CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Re: More Dallas Reactions References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Susan DeYoung Hot dam*, we finally flushed her out of hiding! LSpector wrote: > > Okay guys, y'all are having too much fun now. Stop it immediately or > someone might think that we Texas girls are party animals. No Way, No > How. Well, maybe a little. Hey, was that an actual Y'all I saw in that sentence. Renee, you said REAL Texans never used that phrase. Ooops, maybe that was Wee Haa. Oh man, now I'm really confused. Enough of a party animal to make it count. It was a real treat to have you along for the madness. > > Anyway, I never even got to test out the bouncy bed or taste Liz's > pancakes, hmmm, no fair. Maybe next time. You simply can't miss the festivities. There is a whole schedule of events that go on throughout the visit. What happens in public arenas is only a portion of what we accomplish in MELister gatherings. Witness the new tattoo I have thanks to Susan in Seattle! (Hey woman, how's the Jeep?) > > I suppose that I can handle the title of "Official Scout," not too > terrible, as long as you guys don't send me somewhere too out there! Anytime you are with us you are already somewhere too out there. You might want to share duties with Susan. We only got into one accident the whole time that she was so graciously hauling me all over kingdom come around Seattle. The intrepid duo heading out to check it out. Cool! > > Just wanted to tell Jud that I drank a couple of Steinlagers for her this > weekend, and did a Mean People Suck toast for all you guys!! > Awww, now thats the spirit. SueD ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 00:31:07 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id AAA04989; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:31:07 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 18:31:06 -0500 (EST) From: Rebecca Barrick X-Sender: rbarrick@ccshst01 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* VH-1, and the TO get-together In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Rebecca Barrick Hey Melisters, First off, a very happy birthday wish going out to Pooh - have a good one, grrl! As for me, I had a wonderful suprise waiting for me in my mailbox this afternoon! A copy of MLE on VH-1 Storytellers! Yeay! Being a canuck is great, don't get me wrong, but it sure does suck not getting VH-1 or MTV. Seems like we never get to see any coverage on Melissa. I think I have only seen one of her videos, *ever* (the NTG vid). Sad, isn't it? Anyway, the VH-1 special is amazing. Just wondering though...how many times can you watch a videotape before wearing it out? 30? 40? I'm sure *someone* out there has first-hand knowledge of this! Shall we place our bets? ;) With regards to the Melister get-together which will be taking place in Toronto in February...BUMMER! I'm not far from there, I could actually get there fairly easily by bus, but it's being planned during my holiday! I'm going to Whistler, BC for a snowboarding vacation (this is BIG for someone who's never been on a plane in her life!) If it was any other time, I'd _really_ love to come. Anyone else planning on having a get-together in the Toronto area, sometime soon? becca. (who's racing off to play that video *one* more time before getting back to work! yeah, right!) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 01:07:51 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id BAA15659; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 01:07:51 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:07:49 -0500 (EST) From: Rebecca Barrick X-Sender: rbarrick@ccshst01 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Off Topic: brainstorming for a paper Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Rebecca Barrick Hullo again, You know the feeling where you've got too much to say, and you don't know where to start? I'm having that problem with a paper I'm trying to write for my Human Sexuality class, and I thought that maybe someone out there might have some interesting suggestions. Feel free to delete this at any time, if you don't feel like reading my incessant ramblings . I'm sorry if sending this kind of off-topic post to the list is inappropriate, I just thought that some of you out there might find the subject matter interesting. The topic I have chosen is: Homophobia and negative societal attitudes. More specifically, society's changing attitudes regarding homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. I need to explain the concept of homophobia, as well as discuss some of the research that describes and/or accounts for homophobic behaviours. (I've already got tons of research articles for that part) I've got a million ideas milling about in my mind (yuck, what a mess it is in there!), so I figure a few more suggestions might help get me started. Thanks for your time, becca. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 01:41:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id BAA25471; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 01:41:23 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:29:28 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Hom Subject: *etheridge* Misc. debris To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Barry Hom Hey everyone! I was flipping through an imports catalog and I saw some ME CDs. Does anyone know what's on these CDs? - Ten Years of Covers - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover Are they worth getting? BTW, since we're reminicing about Calgon commericals and cereal, does anyone remember something called "Computer Rock?" It was part of the Schoolhouse Rock series. I heard Computer Rock was pretty bad, but no one (even the creators!) seem to remember much about it. I'm sure everyone remembers "I'm Just a Bill" And "Conjunction Junction" (everyone answer "What's your function? ;) ). Bye for now... Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "It's like meeting the girl of your dreams...and finding out she's only five...isn't it ironic?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 02:15:42 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id CAA04828; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 02:15:42 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:15:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC....Seeking BAB'ers Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Yo! I need somebody in San Francisco to email me right away...please! Need a BIG favor! (now let's hope that doesn't scare 'em all away!) Thanks, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 03:00:22 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA17582; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 03:00:22 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "tbird" To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:59:33 +0000 Subject: Re: *etheridge* T Bird X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.32a) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "tbird" On 27 Jan 97 at 23:48, Patty Kolakowski asked: > What happened to T Bird. None of the links lead to her site > anymore. Does she have a new URL. Yep I'm still here...just have had some trouble with my ISP and had to change servers, with no notice on their part(It's in my lawyer's hands at the moment)... I'm in the process of editing my html so that the page can be up and running on my new ISP. It may take another week or so but in the interim I can be reached via e-mail at this address. The New Page address will be http://home.netinc.ca/~tbird/me.htm If there is anyone out there that has had trouble reaching me or to whom I owe tapes etc., please e-mail me and we'll get things worked out. My mail also has gone thru some major headaches and I've lost alot of info. Thanks for asking. Tricia [email protected] .. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 04:44:38 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id EAA19178; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 04:44:38 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Joyce Stoliar Subject: *etheridge* What's All This With Listers In Bed Together? Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:43:59 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joyce Stoliar I couldn't help but notice the recent conversations about listers causing some serious bouncing in various other listers beds. But I have to be honest, I haven't read EVERYTHING about the topic, and I am a little curioous about what this is all about. I may have a little input on the subject, ;-> Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 04:48:51 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id EAA20313; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 04:48:51 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Joyce Stoliar Subject: *etheridge* Completely Different Topic, BANFF Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:48:15 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joyce Stoliar Well a few people noticed my posting last weekend about putting together a gathering in Banff, Alberta this coming June, I am looking at setting up a tour of the Canadian Rockies, designed specifically for MElisters. If you are at all interested in this idea, please e-mail me privately and I will put you on a mailing list so you can receive the information regarding this trip. Many of you have mentioned an interest in this to me privately, and I have only recently started working on it. Hope to hear from you soon. Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 05:14:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id FAA27516; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 05:14:41 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:12:18 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: [email protected] cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* NMEC....Seeking BAB'ers In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman Standing up very tall and proudly, I'm an un-official BAB'er does that count? Tapping foot, waiting patiently...blushing incessantly!!! On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 [email protected] wrote: > I need somebody in San Francisco to email me right away...please! Need a BIG > favor! Shirl ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 07:26:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id HAA05225; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 07:26:45 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Dave Jackson" To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 01:25:01 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: *etheridge* The Rosie O'Donnell show X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.32) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Dave Jackson" Hi everyone! Woohoo! My first post to the *brand spankin' NEW* list! Thanks to everyone who made the transition smooth and painless. :) The Rosie O'Donnell show used to only be on at 10:00am in the morning and I would always miss it because of school. Lucky for me it has be broadcast at 4:00pm in the afternoon as well. I've been hooked ever since I managed to catch the _looong-awaited_ Tom Cruise appearance. That was possibly one of the most glorious events I have ever witnessed on a show. Rosie was *SO* excited!!! I couldn't help but be happy for her. I also loved it that Marlee Matlin was on her show. I haven't seen much of Marlee recently, and it was great to see her so bubbly and energetic. I wish "Reasonable Doubts" hadn't been cancelled. :( But I digress...;) All week long Rosie has been plugging her contest "California Dreamin'". Each day she reminds us of the invited guests. They include: Jason Alexander, Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Edwards, Wynonna, Elizabeth Taylor and others. I don't think Melissa is one of them. I haven't caught any mention of her thus far. I can imagine that after the baby is born, Melissa will receive a ton of publicity. Maybe Rosie is waiting until the arrival of the baby so she and Melissa can exchange Parker and Austin stories. Sincerely, Lisa J. --> who prefers Wink over Mountain Dew. What a suggestive beverage...;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It's the end of the world as we know it..." -REM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 14:01:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id OAA26864; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:01:53 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 08:03:42 -0500 From: Jan X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* ME on Cdn tv References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jan Rebecca Barrick said: > Being a canuck is great, don't get me wrong, but it sure does suck > not getting VH-1 or MTV. Isn't VH-1 available on satellite? > Seems like we never get to see any coverage on Melissa. I think I have > only seen one of her videos, *ever* (the NTG vid). Sad, isn't it? Much Music plays her videos - in fact, a couple of months ago, there was a 2-part spotlight on her; I saw videos that I had never seen on VH-1 or MTV. ME was the main guest at Snowjob '96, Much interviews her live in the studio every time she's in Toronto, (none of these are available outside Canada unless nice Canucks tape them for their foreign friends) and although not aired at the same time as on MTV, her "Unplugged" show was on Much. Melissa was popular in Canada before other countries. Now that the rest of the world is catching up it may appear that there is more coverage of her in other places. Or it may appear that way on the list because there are more Americans on it. Jan (whose Canadian friend tapes Much Music, Musique Plus, and TV5 on a fairly regular basis since I programmed her VCR properly ) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 14:13:22 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id OAA28584; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:13:22 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 07:14:07 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* More Dallas reactions Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) So i'm a little slow in my replies now. A girl's gotta work sometime!! Yesterday happened to be one of those rare working at work days. :) SueD questioned in response to me: >Elizabeth Burns wrote: >> >> ~ Hmmm...i can't decide if you're tempting or teasing me here.... >> boy what a tough call. :) > >But I have a question, what is the difference (really now) >between tempting and teasing? Both sound like a good thing getting >better :) ~ This may not be the dictionary definition but it's how i meant it (and that's all that *really* matters). ;) I meant tempt as in an offer where tease is just that. Or simplified even more, were you tempting me in that you were truly extending an offer and in which case you may have to answer to Jud or were you simply being nothing more then a tease. Meaning that it wasn't anything you would actually follow through with if i called you on it. :) ANd like i said before, with you Sue, it's hard to tell. > what are the *official* results here? How long does it take the >waves to die down in your waterbed when Jud hits the bed? (glaring at >screen, tapping foot impatiently) ~ Well, if you must know...ask alex (aka zorro). And multipy her answer by 3 since jud is about three times her size. Why alex you ask? Well, she did pass out, er, i mean share, um, i mean, sleep in my bed the night of the great fajita feast. But wait...i no longer have that same waterbed. i graduated to a softside waterbed which has virtually no bounce at all. At least it has no *extra* bounce. Maybe i should auction off that super single waterbed that alex slept in. Anybody interested?! Anyone besides Patti!! >> Still, if you want to test it out yourself.... ;) > >Now who is doing the tempting and teasing here? ;) ~ ME!! I never denied being a tease. And i have recently been called a temptress but i'm not so sure i agree with that... ;) > Now, who could we get for the official tour musician.... ~ Raunch, of course!! I even have a tape to submit for her tryout... a tape of her singing Me and Bobby McGee over and over again...voice a little strained, but that's what happens when you drink excessively before doing a "demo" tape. >> Liz Spector, hmmm....what title can we dub her with... >Let me think...how about chauffeur extroidinaire? After all, she did >manage to get me back to my hotel after the Fajita Fest, then found her >way quickly from the West End to Starbucks in Dallas. ~ There you have it. At least you know you'll make it safely everywhere/anywhere you need/want to go. And quickly too. She probably won't try to take those short cuts that patti seems to like so much. :) One last thing, Sue, you commented that we might be wearing this topic thin now. Guess that means that we'll just have to have *another* Dallas get together so we can come up with new stories and adventures. Got any ideas how we can keep Jud here longer?! :) C'ya... lizzard ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 14:19:53 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id OAA29578; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:19:53 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 08:21:17 -0500 From: Jenniffer Smith To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* RE: NMEC....Seeking BAB'ers Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jenniffer Smith >>> 01/28/97 08:15pm >>> writes: >Need a BIG favor! eyelashes> Ummm....*I'm* really a BAB'er...I mean, I've just been teasing about the Indiana thing. I just *said* that I live in Indiana to make everyone jealous! :-) jen--wondering if she gets to do Joyce a BIG favor... ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 16:24:25 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA22414; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 16:24:25 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:23:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* BAB'ers (NMEC) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Okay, first of all, I thank all the BAB'ers for their emails! Talk about an enthusiastic bunch! ;-) Good ole John-Juan-deMoaner Miller got back to me almost immediately after I posted the original message, though, so the situation is now under control, and he has answered the question that I had. And then some. Now....as for Jen, our list moderatrix.... <>> I can't believe you posted that to the whole list! You are a NAUGHTY girl. Bad. Bad. Baaaaaddd, Jen. Where's that toolbelt, btw? ;-) Later, Joyce<---- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 17:20:16 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA05507; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:20:16 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:19:06 -0500 From: Tanja <[email protected]> Subject: *etheridge* Dutch meeting To: ME_Entire list Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Tanja <[email protected]> Hi all, I wanted to say a big THANKS to the people who have organized the Dutch-meeting. Beyond all questions I think it was a big success. So thank you Marleen and Marcel. It was very nice for me to meet all the people who love the music and the voice of Melissa as I do. And Marleen, like your shirt very much. It is really a fantastic work. Marcel wrote: >Some people told me the beer was good that evening. Yes, I agree. It was very good!! Big thanks to Holger for driving me and my car safely home. :-) >5. In general, to you all in Holland >Thanks for the great afternoon/evening. I enjoyed it because I know >you enjoyed it. OK OK, I�am not from Holland :-o but I have also enjoyed it very much. Thanks for your welcome. Hope to stay in touch. Take care all Tanja (Who was very suprised, that there also exist other good beers apart from the Cologne one) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 21:40:23 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA15256; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:40:23 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 15:40:04 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* More on Saint Teresa Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi y'all! I was just reading some online stuff at Reuter's....came across a bit about Joan Osborne....and then came across some interesting stuff about St. Teresa in the article. Since we were just talking about St. Teresa the other day, I thought I'd post what I found. It's pretty intriguing stuff (this is supposedly the woman from whom the quotation "All the way to heaven is heaven" originated): << ''I live on First Avenue in the East Village,'' Osborne says, ''and when you look out the window there's a bunch of women - not much more than girls - who are selling drugs all night while they stand with their little kids next to them in strollers. I wanted to explore the 'little crime' and the complete innocence that were together in that scene. When I was a kid, we went to Catholic Church, and I was into the whole ritual and the beauty and mystery of the stained-glass windows, so the religious imagery of St. Teresa came from that kind of background. ''Later, after I wrote the song, I looked up the historical woman, who was a nun from Spain in the 1500s; she started having these visions and seizures where she saw these incredible things that frightened her. The priests of the Spanish Inquisition asked her to write down her experiences in great detail, and they're incredible manuscripts. I had no idea of this at the time, but certain things in the lyrics correspond to that. It's interesting that you can write a song thinking of one particular thing, and suddenly it branches out to other connotations.'' Mother Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), who founded a rigorous form of the monastic Carmelite Convent, was not just a leading religious figure of the 16th century but also a revered writer, whose 1565 autobiography was widely discussed in royal and ecclesiastical circles. Living in the midst of Spain's so-called Golden Age (the cultural heyday of Cervantes, El Greco, Titian, and the imperial might of the Spanish Armada), she captured the country's material splendor as well as its divided soul. To this day, ''The Life Of Saint Teresa Of Jesus'' is one of the most engrossing esoteric tracts ever published, partly due to the glimpse God purportedly permitted her of the precincts of Hell. As generations of readers have discovered, Teresa's passages on the topic, which shun customary depictions of an underworld firestorm, do not easily fade from memory; offered in the canoness' calm, first-person style (''In that pestilential spot, where I was quite powerless to hope for comfort''), they are subtly troubling upon first perusal but assume their greatest impact as afterthoughts, stealing back to dislodge any peace of mind as they adapt to one's inmost definition of personal horror. Happily, Osborne's songwriting is closer to joyous conviction than Hadean despair, yet she makes the latter condition seem convincingly harrowing for those who cannot appreciate the latent meaning of life's small moments.>> Well, that's all that was relevant.... Later, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 22:50:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA05600; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:50:56 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 16:54:44 -0800 From: Elizabeth Meadows Subject: Re: *etheridge* More on Saint Teresa To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Elizabeth Meadows I don't know if this is the same St. Teresa that Joyce was talking about, but from her description it sounds like it might be. When I took Art History we learned abt a sculpture called "The Ecstacy of St. Teresa." It was a *really* sexual sculpture, where she looked like she was in the middle of an orgasm - needless to say, it'd been fairly controversial over the years! But it wasn't like some sleazy kind of thing at all. When I was in Italy I got to see it - it's in a little church in Rome. I'm totally blanking right now on the artist, but I'm sure I've got it at home if anyone's interested. - Elizabeth :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 22:51:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA05822; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:51:31 +0100 (MET) From: "Jane Vaughn" Organization: OHIO UNIVERSITY To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:51:57 EDT Subject: *etheridge* "Reflections Of The Day" X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Jane Vaughn" Halllo Dear Melister Friends! First and foremost, to everyone who so humbly took the time to wish the Poohster a Happ! Happ! Happy Birthday! "THANK YOU" From the bottom of my fuzzy wittle heart! :) "Friends." How very often we take them for granted. We forget to take the time to say how much they mean to us. To think of where we would be without them. How much we would miss their smiles and warm hugs. I am reminded of a song from long ago: "Old Friends Sat On A Park Bench Like BookEnds." I have been very blessed with loyal friends with very loving arms that have been there to help me find a way to smile when I thought I could not and know that: "Yes Pooh, Good people do exist in the world today." I hear there laughter even though they are across the prairies and oceans wide. And in that laughter comes the peace in knowing that I am never walking alone. Once upon a time in the warmth of a California night a long time ago, a friend gave me a star to look up at and know that on any given night she to might be looking up as well and though we were not together physically, in spirit we would always be. Last night a ring on the telephone brought back a flood of memories shared and stars gazed upon as she called to say she was thinking of me and wanted to say "Happy Birthday!" After the call I went out on my porch and knew that the stars never lie and that life was good and that it would not matter if I lost everything for my soul was at peace knowing the spirits move in and sweep us up to the heavens to celebrate amoung the stars the beauty of one friend and the bond between them. And in that milky way I saw cyberfriends and earthbound friends and heavenly friends long gone and coming back to earth was not so bad as I knew the stardust that fell around me was merely those friends yet to come. Being Loved Is So Very Wonderful! :) Much Warmth, "POOH" ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 22:56:08 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA07066; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:56:08 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 16:03:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Patty Wilcox Subject: *etheridge* Subject: Re: Buffalo's....Seeking BAB'ers Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Patty Wilcox Just thought I'd drop a note to all you new, avid buffalo herders who are soon to receive or perhaps even have your buffalo nickels shined up, mounted and ready to roam. I never thought that the little old nickel that I carried around with me for many years (long before I new Melissa's twist on it), and that's now living in SueD's foothills, would end up causing such a mania. Good luck to each and every one of you with them. As for the Quisp Queen/Hurl Girl/Shy and Demure One... >Standing up very tall and proudly, >I'm an un-official BAB'er does that count? Tapping foot, waiting >patiently...blushing incessantly!!! Is that on a step stool or with high heels? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Hi ho JR away......... The Lone Wrangler ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Wed Jan 29 23:00:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA08556; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 23:00:41 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:04:21 -0800 From: Elizabeth Meadows Subject: *etheridge* NMEC: schoolhouse rock To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Elizabeth Meadows Barry Hom wrote: > BTW, since we're reminicing about Calgon commericals and cereal, does > anyone remember something called "Computer Rock?" It was part of the > Schoolhouse Rock series. I heard Computer Rock was pretty bad, but > no one (even the creators!) seem to remember much about it. I'm > sure everyone remembers "I'm Just a Bill" And "Conjunction Junction" > (everyone answer "What's your function? ;) ). I don't *remember* the Computer Rock ones, cos they started well after I stopped getting up on Saturday mornings. But they are included in the Official Schoolhouse Rock book. It's a really neat book - has the lyrics for all the schoolhouse rock songs, and little facts about them, and the info on when they came out and who did them and all. I was really surprised at a lot of them, cos it turns out there were a LOT after I stopped watching. I knew most of the history and multiplication and grammar ones, but only a few of the science ones. In Schoolhouse Rock Live, they didn't do any of the computer ones. I guess they know their audience is mostly those of us remembering them from the 70s. - Elizabeth :) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 02:01:21 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id CAA27179; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 02:01:21 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:01:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* look out behind you! Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] >>Sue D said: >>Witness the new tattoo I have thanks to Susan in Seattle! Hey now! I must throw in here that I didn't exactly have to twist her arm to get her down there! Or would that be ankle since that is where she got her tattoo? She can't even blame it on the shots of Aftershock since that came after the trip to the tattoo shop. Anyway....for anyone who hasn't seen the artwork, Sue's tattoo is very cool looking. It's an original too! I took another friend down there this week Sue & our good buddy Darrin remembered me & asked how you liked the work. Mine came out great so I'm assuming yours did too. Next time we make sure Maggie gets in on the fun too huh? >>(Hey woman, how's the Jeep?) Well...funny you should ask. I *finally* got the Jeep back last Thursday (accident happened 12-13-96). Jeeps have two little 'bumperettes' on the back instead of a full bar all the way across. Only one of mine had to be replaced. When I picked up the Jeep I noticed that the new bumper was very shiny. It's supposed to be a black powder finish which is dull. The guy at the shop didn't think it looked right so he clear-coated it. I pointed it out to the shop manager & he said they'd just order a new one & put it on. No big deal. There are 4 big bolts that hold them in place so it looks like it would take about 5 minutes to change it out. Wrong! They have to pull out the tow bar & drop the gas tank to get to the back of the bolts. Now I have to drop it off for another day. This is never going to end..... >>You might want to share duties with Susan. We only got into one accident >>the whole time that she was so graciously hauling me all over kingdom come >>around Seattle. The intrepid duo heading out to check it out. Cool! I have printed brochures for my Seattle tours that now have a disclaimer stating that I promise to come to a complete stop without hitting anything when some moron decides out of the blue to just stop on the freeway, however I have no control over the unlicensed, uninsured people behind me. Do you think this about covers it Sue? :) Susan-who just wants her Jeep back the way it used to be :( ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 03:50:52 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA26270; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 03:50:52 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:50:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Ellen info NMEC Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] ABC RECONSIDERS ELLEN HIATUS WITH MOVE TO NEW NIGHT AND TIMESLOT GLAAD PRESSES ABC FOR PLEDGE ON 'OUT' EPISODE LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 28, 1997-Following a successful campaign initiated by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to keep ABC-TV's Ellen on the air, the network announced last week that the sitcom would not be placed on hiatus, as it had originally intended. Instead, Ellen will be moved to Tuesdays at 8:30 PM from March 4 through April 23, 1997, replacing Life's Work, which is expected to be canceled. The move will make room for Arsenio Hall's new show which will be showcased in Ellen's regular timeslot. According the ABC, Ellen will return to its Wednesday night timeslot in time for May sweeps. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 04:57:14 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id EAA12859; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 04:57:14 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 19:54:36 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE - Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] MLE is mentioned in the 2nd paragraph. * * * * * Star Power Pushes RADD Challenge Up and Over the Top Stars & Media Provide Muscle in Fight Against Drunk Driving Source: PR Newswire BEVERLY HILLS, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- RADD's 1996 holiday designated driver campaign, the L.A. Challenge, was the most successful public service campaign held in any major city, said David Niven, Jr., Chairman of Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving (RADD). "Never before has this been done on such a grand scale," said Niven about the massive anti-drunk driving awareness campaign directed to young adult drinkers and drivers living in the Greater Los Angeles area. Luminaries from the worlds of music, sports and television came together to spread RADD's "Designate Before You Celebrate" message. Of the more than 300 celebrities who have recorded public service spots for RADD, spokespeople for the L.A. campaign included actors John Larroquette, Wings' Crystal Bernard, Seinfeld's John O'Hurley and sometime redneck Jeff Foxworthy; music starts Hootie & The Blowfish, Jon Secada, Elton John, KISS, Melissa Etheridge plus rock icon Little Richard; and athletes Danny Sullivan and the L.A. Galaxy. They were seen and heard locally and nationally voicing RADD's message on radio and television. Over 2 million RADD Designated Drivers Licenses, distributed free throughout the L.A. area, were redeemable for discounts at 200+ local bars and restaurants. One of the primary campaign sponsors, Anheuser-Busch, mobilized L.A. distributors of its O'Doul's non-alcohol brand beer to enlist restaurants and bars, plus distribute posters, displays and banners promoting the "Designate" message. AOL's Digital City Los Angeles created RADD's cyberspace presence, electronically distributing thousands of RADD Licenses and directing cybersurfers to participating retailers. "It's almost impossible to adequately thank everyone who helped make our campaign such an enormous success," said Niven. "The United Way got us off the ground, the Grammy folks gave us the hottest tickets in town for a sweepstakes prize and EMI Latin did a CD for our Spanish language program." Niven concluded by saying, "This is going to be an annual event that we plan to expand to additional cities. We encourage other partners to join us for the '97-8 campaigns." RADD's mission is to use celebrity voices to encourage young adults not to drink and drive. RADD grew rapidly, using hip, non-judgmental messages to help stem the rising tide of drunk driving fatalities among young adults 21-34. Originally formed in 1986 by music industry people, RADD's roster has grown to include over 300 famous role models from a wide range for high-profile professions. The expansion will be reflected in an upcoming name change to Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against Drunk Driving (RADD). SOURCE RADD /CONTACT: Kitty Dill at RADD International, 818-752-7799/ CO: Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving ST: California IN: ENT SU: CW-KL -- LATH103 -- 1861 01/23/97 20:40 EST http://www.prnewswire.com [01-25-97 at 12:00 EST, PR Newswire] * * * * * *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 05:28:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id FAA21209; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 05:28:43 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:05:46 -0700 (MST) To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* MLE - Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 [email protected] wrote: > MLE is mentioned in the 2nd paragraph. > > * * * * * > > Star Power Pushes RADD Challenge Up and Over the Top Stars & Media > Provide Muscle in Fight Against Drunk Driving Hi I picked up a cool Melissa RADD poster last month at UBC in Vancouver, it's a head shot and very intense. I have it up in my bathroom. Janet p.s JulieB, if you're on this list please email me! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 05:28:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id FAA21273; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 05:28:50 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:26:12 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MLE imports, canadian pals, enthusiastic BAB'ers Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Barry Hom asked: >I was flipping through an imports catalog and I saw some ME CDs. >Does anyone know what's on these CDs? > >- - Ten Years of Covers >- - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover > >Are they worth getting? most questions about MLE imports can be easily answered by referring to deb's boot list, which is located at her web site at http://www.clark.net/pub/indigo/me_boots.html. i don't have the "ten years of covers" boot (yet), but i do have the "i wish i was your lover" boot on the Oxygen label (catalog #: OX030). it's the DUETS show, plus 5 tracks from an october 1995 show in italy. the sound is *excellent*! i highly recommend getting this boot. ======================= Jan said: >Jan (whose Canadian friend tapes Much Music, Musique Plus, and TV5 >on a fairly regular basis since I programmed her VCR properly ) oh, gee, jan, which canadian friend could you be referring to?? and, as my high school chemistry teacher used to say, "the machine is only as good as the operator." ;-) (p.s.: good to see you posting on the list - it's been too long!) ======================= Joyce Luck said: >Okay, first of all, I thank all the BAB'ers for their emails! Talk >about an enthusiastic bunch! ;-) well, when you taunt us with certain bodily parts, how can we resist? *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 07:09:26 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id HAA15109; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 07:09:26 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:09:27 -0500 (EST) From: Rebecca Barrick X-Sender: rbarrick@ccshst01 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* question about VH-1 Storytellers Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Rebecca Barrick Evenin' Melisters, Just watching the special again, and a question popped to mind. Right before (what I think is) the second commercial break, Melissa starts talking about a song that is "very sad" to her, but mentions that she's had ppl tell her that they've had that song played at their weddings. MLE finishes this by saying that the song "means whatever it means to you". I'm not sure if there's a glitch in my tape, but she doesn't mention what song she's referring to. Anyone know? becca. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 10:35:57 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id KAA17893; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:35:57 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:33:29 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* VH1 to air City of Hope Benefit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] i found the following excerpt from the latest LuckyTown digest...anybody else have any better info about this (i haven't been able to find the full article on-line)? and who's gonna administer the video tape tree for those of us who are VH1-in-the-evening-hours-impaired? * * * * * City of Hope Benefit to be aired By BRADLEY BAMBARGER Billboard [snip] On March 8, VH1 will broadcast the entire, unedited City Of Hope/All-Star Garage Band show in what will be the only airing of the event. The broadcast, to be simulcast on radio (via a distributor to be announced), will provide further fund-raising support for City of Hope with telethon-style breaks between the songs. Viewers will be encouraged to make donations to the nonprofit medical and research center via a toll-free line donated by Ticketmaster. Those who donate $20 or more will earn a limited-edition All-Star Garage Band T-shirt designed by Tommy Hilfiger and a copy of the VH1 "Big '80s" compilation CD. [snip] Besides Crow belting out "Bitch," the concert featured several artists switching off on lead vocals. Adams and Mellencamp teamed on "I Fought The Law," Henley hollered "In The Midnight Hour," Etheridge romped through "Stay With Me," and Winwood sailed through his classic hit with the Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Some Lovin'," with the entire band - which through the night included Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and trumpeter Jim Price as well as a rhythm section of Me'shell Ndegeocello on bass and Narada Michael Walden and Max Weinberg on drums. [snip] * * * * * *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 10:54:41 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id KAA20012; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:54:41 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 04:54:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Ann on embryos Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 97-01-29 15:58:26 EST, [email protected] (J. Croft) writes: > It is very uncommon for me to read either of the "Dear's" (Ann or Abby) but > it was a particularly thin Spokesman-Review yesterday, so I gave it a > look-see. Wouldn't you know it, there was some value in the column -- I > got to find out where Ann Landers would side on the "Melissa using the > ultrasound as part of her stage set" argument. Here's the letter: You know, I've always believed that whenever a person happens across Dear Abby or Ann Landers, when they don't make it a point to, there's a reason for it. Its never coincidence with those two. > Dear Ann Landers: Last Christmas, I received many photo greeting cards > from friends and family. One friend who was pregnant sent a picture of the > ultrasound of her unborn baby. Ann, the black and white original, when > duplicated, turned red and was badly distorted. It was so grotesque, I > could not display it with my other cards. Will you please print this > letter so other mothers-to-be won't make the same mistake. -- Post Holiday > Trauma Out East Sounds like a bad repro job was the big problem here - actually, thinking back, the visuals used in MLEs set weren't ultrasounds at all, they were fetology scans - but regardless, they were pretty well reproduced. Nothing grotesque about them, unless you can't handle the "inside view" > Dear P.H.T.: Your friend was probably so thrilled with the prospect of > motherhood that she couldn't resist the temptation to let the world know. > My advice to all prospective mothers is this: Please restrain yourself > until after the baby is born to send pictures. Embryos are not very > photogenic. Hmm. I don't know about that. I think some ultrasounds are awfully cute. There's even one on the web - I'm sure there are actually more, but one I know about. If you want to judge for yourselves, you can head to http://.easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~marktinley/tinleys.htm Trace, Who probably has a reason for thinking this way about ultrasounds. . . ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 14:08:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id OAA14888; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:08:17 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 07:07:46 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Subject: *etheridge* RADD poster, Storytellers, Zorro Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Patti Fink) Janet wrote: >I picked up a cool Melissa RADD poster last month at UBC in Vancouver, >it's a head shot and very intense. I have it up in my bathroom. ROTFLOL! Sorry....the sailor in me finds this choice of location very apropos! Just struck me funny... >From: Rebecca Barrick >Subject: *etheridge* question about VH-1 Storytellers > >Just watching the special again, and a question popped to mind. Right >before (what I think is) the second commercial break, Melissa starts >talking about a song that is "very sad" to her, but mentions that she's >had ppl tell her that they've had that song played at their weddings. MLE >finishes this by saying that the song "means whatever it means to you". >I'm not sure if there's a glitch in my tape, but she doesn't mention what >song she's referring to. Anyone know? It's not a glitch...She didn't name it, play it, or explain it in the final cut, but it's YCSWID. She also said in a print interview quite some time ago that she considers YCSWID to be her best songwriting achievement....can't remember where I read that though, so I hope nobody wants to know . eLIZaBURNS, still bouncing along, noted: >> what are the *official* results here? How long does it take the >>waves to die down in your waterbed when Jud hits the bed? (glaring at >>screen, tapping foot impatiently) > >~ Well, if you must know...ask alex (aka zorro). And multipy her >answer by 3 since jud is about three times her size. No, I'd say four times her size...at *least*! >Why alex you ask? Well, she did pass out, er, i mean share, um, i mean, >sleep in my bed the night of the great fajita feast. Well, she couldn't have been comp-l-e-t-e-ly comatose what with each of your cats taking individual turns at surprise inspections of Zorro's swords and her, uh, expletive-replete reactions throughout the night. >But wait...i no longer have that same waterbed. i graduated to a >softside waterbed which has virtually no bounce at all. At least >it has no *extra* bounce. What the hell is a "softside" waterbed? >Maybe i should auction off that super single waterbed that alex >slept in. Anybody interested?! Anyone besides Patti!! Hey, I've got my big bounceless king size bed!! Actually, alex might be your highest bidder (if you de-dander it, of course)....after all, you guys were pretty "bouncy" outside that day! Might be a nice piece of memorabilia for her new house.... Personally, I collect shot glasses....they take up *much* less room. Say, where is the ultra-lurking Zorro these days anyway?! Anybody remember the days when we couldn't get her to shut up?! Patti Fink aka t^nt^ (wow, haven't posted that in a LONG time!) "I've lost faith in most things, but still believe in the importance of comfortable clothing." - Ashleigh Brilliant ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 16:07:39 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA06182; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:07:39 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: garcia.efn.org: hwalcutt owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 07:09:43 -0800 (PST) From: Heidi Walcutt To: [email protected] cc: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: etheridge-digest V1 #17 In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Heidi Walcutt I'm very new to this list, and so apologize in advance for what might sound like ignorant questions. But here Goes... I get the digest version and so all questions will be regarding mail that was sent durring the day yesterday. First of all I'm curious to know what a BAB'er is. And secondly what is the significance of Buffalo Nickels? I used to have a few but they got lost in my move across the country... :( If it's something worth my time I guess I'll just have to go over to the coin shop and pick some more up. Finally I just want to make a comment on the Ultra-sound question... Who gives a flying rip? If an expectant mother wants to send copies of the ultrasound picture to friends and family who is the outside world to judge her actions? It sounds like Post Holiday Trauma has a personal problem, and it is just that... HER problem. I get so sick and tired of people trying to force their moral/ethical beliefs down my throat that I could just scream some times.... Whoops, now this is really finally... Thanks to who ever posted the information about VH-1 playing the City of Hope/All star garage band concert... I'll have to e-mail my friends to see if I can get one of them to tape it for me since I don't get VH-1 here in Eugene, Oregon. Thanks to all, Big Hugs for the moderator/coordinator of the lists.. Heidi (aka: Mercutio, Artemisia on irc #lesbiansex) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 16:32:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA10549; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:32:10 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portD33.Generation.NET [205.205.119.198]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:32:14 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* Memories (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Subject: Memories Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 15:01:47 BST From: "Kate Blackmon" Hello all --- One year ago today, Melissa kicked off her European tour with a concert at Shepherd's Bush in London. For some of us, this was a second chance to see the _YLS_ tour after the free promo concert at Dingwalls on October 16; for others it was the first time. A number of the MLE-listers and friends met before the concert at the Moon on the Green -- it was cool to start putting faces to email addresses, and to get an idea of the number of lurkers -- lots. Back then, the list was a lot livelier, and had a lot higher signal to noise ratio than it seems to today. Any chance of regaining any of that MLE-related enthusiasm, folks? I know a lot of people didn't like _YLS_, but many didn't like _NE_ either, and that didn't seem to matter. Anybody want to kick off a discussion, e.g. by: * offering an interpretation of a MLE song that means a lot to them; * selecting the ideal touring band (drums, bass, guitar); * inventing titles of songs that might be on her next album; * choosing 10 songs that would *definitely* have to be on a live album; * offering a parody of her best- (or least-) known songs; * nominating the top ten posts of the past five years on the mailing list; * casting and writing an imaginary video for any of the yet-unfilmed songs. Or if none of those appeal, here're some more: * who would win in a wrestling match, Amy Ray or Melissa? Sheryl Crow or Melissa? * who should baby Austin's god-parents be, e.g. Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Gwynneth Paltrow, Ellen Degeneres, k d lang, and what would they give as presents? * what designer (e.g. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren) should redesign Melissa's wardrobe? * what name and ingredients would a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour in Melissa's honour contain? * who, besides Melissa, would you cast in a G/L/B version of "Friends", and why? * who is the singer / performer *least* like MLE? (the anti-Melissa, in other words) Hey, if you don't like any of these, come up with your own. Let's see some MLEC discussion in here, guys, or I'll have to assign extra homework for everyone. Maybe even a pop quiz. Cheers, Kate ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 17:52:55 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA27860; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:52:55 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:52:18 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Memories (fwd) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] In a message dated 1/30/97 10:43:44 AM, Kate Blackmon wrote: <<* who would win in a wrestling match, Amy Ray or Melissa? Sheryl Crow or Melissa?>> Um, I really think Amy has a hotter temper than Melissa and so would probably be able to muster the strength and passion to wrestle her down. I mean, wrestle her arm down. On the other hand, Melissa could just purse her lips and blow, and Sheryl Crow's arm would fall right over. <<* who should baby Austin's god-parents be, e.g. Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Gwynneth Paltrow, Ellen Degeneres, k d lang, and what would they give as presents?>> Ellen Degeneres. And she would come out "officially" as her present, because she wouldn't want her new godchild to think she's ashamed of her sexuality. And because she's sick of everyone speculating about it anyway. <<* what designer (e.g. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren) should redesign Melissa's wardrobe?>> Uhhhhh..... ....... <<* what name and ingredients would a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour in Melissa's honour contain?>> It would be called Rockin' Ridge and would have chocolate swirls and toffee chunks in it. <<* who, besides Melissa, would you cast in a G/L/B version of "Friends", and why?>> Melissa, Elton John, k d lang, Ellen Degeneres, Tracy Chapman. I like 'em all. Definitely *not* that Linda Perry person. <<* who is the singer / performer *least* like MLE? (the anti-Melissa, in other words)>> The anti-Melissa is....Mariah Carey. That was fun. Let's hear some more. ;-) Later, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 18:10:56 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id SAA02672; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:10:56 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:10:41 -0800 From: Marleen Niekel Organization: Internet Access Eindhoven X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Dutch MELister Meeting Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Marleen Niekel Hi Listers, First of all, if this message gets posted on the list more than once, i'm very sorry, but i just got this *user unknown* mail back. (this is my first time posting to this address)... OK, here we go 3rd try! -------- Finally found the time, to sent in my *little* review of the *famous* Dutch MElisters Meeting. First of all... Marcel, sorry I made it SO hard for you to find my place. Which caused the fact that we got to *de Fiets* a tid bit late. I really had a great time... and Marcel, you did a lovely job on picking the place (in dit geval gewoon stom geluk;-) Sorry didn't know the English words. The only thing i feel sorry 'bout, is that i didn't get around to having a chat with every single one of you. For example... Dagmar I would have loved to hear all 'bout your guitar playing (rumour is that you are REALLY good!) And all the others that i didn't really have a chance to talk with... NEXT TIME!!! Too bad we couldn't have dinner with all of you. Heard you had a great time! Maybe next time. OK, now i just *had* to respond to some messages 'bout this topic. (if you don't like this topic... you know the drill...) Dagmar wrote: > (and, who knows, maybe next year there'll be somebody who does not just > *think* about bringing a guitar, but who actually *brings* one!) LOL!!! > Oh yeah, and Anglea, you're definitely the most obsessed person I have > ever met (but I mean that in a good way, of course ;-) ) I don't think Angela is here in Cyberspace, but maybe a friend of her is... so i gotta say... Dagmar you said it absolutly right... Geez, is she one crazy ME fan or what? (just loved her stories!) Marcel wrote: > Marleen: you made fantastic shirts. Applause for Marleen! You're making me blush! (but thanxxx:-) > Let me explain what it is. > Please feel free to correct me if I say anything wrong, Marleen! No, just go ahead:-) > there is the old email-address of the list and one other > line. YEP! sorry 'bout the e-mail adres... but why does the e-mail adres change, when my shirts are printed one hour before:-( > It was such a success that another 6 shirts will be made for the > people who had no interest in the first place. Marcel is glad that he > ordered two shirts in the first place. If you are interested in the design > of this shirt, maybe I can arrange something with Marleen about the > design.... :-) OK, since we (ok, it's just me:-) are on the topic anyway. Indeed, some non-listers showed interest in the shirts... and just 'bout begged me to make more of them. Who can resist that... not me! So, i'm gonna look into it this weekend... than i'll know what the costs are gonna be. Now, i've got 'bout 6 interested people... if there's anyone on this list, who wanted a shirt in the first place, but heard 'bout it a 'lil too late, just lemme know... and maybe i can make it up now! Medea... are you still interested (even if the surprise-part of it is gone by now)? > Marleen : Is it for sale ? :-D My qualities as trader are becoming better > and better. Ask Gert about it :-D. ROTFLMAO!!! (inside joke) > Well, if somebody is interested in the > shirt let me know and I let you know how much money I want to receive back > or do an offer for a Non-money trade. HE!!! what do you think you're doing... making a bussiness outta my shirts?:) > Thanks for the great afternoon/evening. I enjoyed it because I know you > enjoyed it. I second to that!!! > first day on my new job at a chemical plant. Most of you have closed the > evening with a dinner at a restaurant. Tell me all about it! YES!!! we wanna have stories 'bout that! Thomas wrote: > (sorry M., hope this wasn't supposed to be a *little secret* ;) ) YES!!! it was *our little secret* :-D Now how do you think you're gonna explain what a GERMAN, living in AUSTRIA is doing with a DUTCH melisters bunch shirt??? :-D This weekend i'm gonna change from provider, so please anyone who wants to mail me ('bout the shirts), please mail me at: ***************************** E-MAIL: [email protected] ***************************** And Marcel... YES, the *f* really had to go;-) Bye, Marleen ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 19:15:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id TAA19508; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:15:36 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:09:04 +0100 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Subject: *etheridge* Chemistry Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Marcel Ummelen) Hi, *rhondda* wrote: >and, as my high school chemistry teacher used to say, "the machine is >only as good as the operator." ;-) True! That's probably the reason why a larg chemical company didn't want me for an operator job :-D. They called the day before I should start. They offered me a job in the staff of the plant and now I'm telling operators what they must do in a special situation. by the way: some machines are even better as the persons who are behind it...... Bye bye, Marcel. <<< Who loves chemistry and builds his career in that sector >>> Marcel C. Ummelen (24) Kerkrade, The Netherlands Chemical Engineer, BSc Stafmedewerker at DSM Melamine plant Geleen, The Netherlands ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~; Break my legs, my back, I refuse to believe My arms, my neck It could happen to me and you But *please* don't break my heart It's lonesome and it's hard and it's true ("My Heart" - K's Choice) ("Royal Station 4/16" - Melissa) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~;~; ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 22:23:57 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA08416; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:23:57 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: babbage.esu.edu: sandie owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:23:36 -0500 (EST) From: Lisa M Mahoski To: [email protected] cc: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* catching up.... In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Lisa M Mahoski HI ya'all I was just catching up on some old mail, and i was reading some of the stories about people coming out. I am very simpathetic to the people who are afraid coming out might change things. I have seem this very thing happen. A close friend of mine decided he was read to come out and was pretty much out to everyone he knew, but there was this one really close friend he was very scared to come out to. (Rightfully so) He decided he was sick of hiding and he didn't want anyone else to tell him so he told him. His reaction was completely shocking to me. He asked me to be there because he wasn't sure how it would go. But anyway this man turned to him completely straight faced and said "I am very sorry to hear that you have decided to turn out this way. I hope you realize this means I can no longer be associated with you, since you are eternally damned to hell. I hope you find your way out of this darkness and ask for the lords forgiveness before it is to late." I could not believe my ears. This is a man my friend had been close friends with since childhood and he dismissed him like a person he had just met minutes before. This was the worst experience I have ever seen with someone coming out to someone else. On a happier note some people turn around. My girlfriends mother was completely against the whole "Gay" thing from the beginning. She insisted it was my fault and her daughter was just confused. When in all actuality her daughter came out to me first. She used to be very cold to me. But now since she has realized that we are in love, and have been in love for four years, she is beginning to accept it more. As a matter of fact she has asked me to move in with her and her daughter because i have been having problems with my parents. I was utterly shocked when this came up in conversation. It has gotten to the point now that I am closer to my girlfriends mother than she is to her own daughter-in-law (whom we all hate) It is a running joke with my girlfriends brother "why couldn't you find yourself a good women like your sister did?" he he he... See so people can change it just takes time. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 22:29:39 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA10165; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:29:39 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: babbage.esu.edu: sandie owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:29:06 -0500 (EST) From: Lisa M Mahoski To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* catching up.... (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Lisa M Mahoski ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:23:36 -0500 (EST) From: Lisa M Mahoski To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: catching up.... HI ya'all I was just catching up on some old mail, and i was reading some of the stories about people coming out. I am very simpathetic to the people who are afraid coming out might change things. I have seem this very thing happen. A close friend of mine decided he was read to come out and was pretty much out to everyone he knew, but there was this one really close friend he was very scared to come out to. (Rightfully so) He decided he was sick of hiding and he didn't want anyone else to tell him so he told him. His reaction was completely shocking to me. He asked me to be there because he wasn't sure how it would go. But anyway this man turned to him completely straight faced and said "I am very sorry to hear that you have decided to turn out this way. I hope you realize this means I can no longer be associated with you, since you are eternally damned to hell. I hope you find your way out of this darkness and ask for the lords forgiveness before it is to late." I could not believe my ears. This is a man my friend had been close friends with since childhood and he dismissed him like a person he had just met minutes before. This was the worst experience I have ever seen with someone coming out to someone else. On a happier note some people turn around. My girlfriends mother was completely against the whole "Gay" thing from the beginning. She insisted it was my fault and her daughter was just confused. When in all actuality her daughter came out to me first. She used to be very cold to me. But now since she has realized that we are in love, and have been in love for four years, she is beginning to accept it more. As a matter of fact she has asked me to move in with her and her daughter because i have been having problems with my parents. I was utterly shocked when this came up in conversation. It has gotten to the point now that I am closer to my girlfriends mother than she is to her own daughter-in-law (whom we all hate) It is a running joke with my girlfriends brother "why couldn't you find yourself a good women like your sister did?" he he he... See so people can change it just takes time. ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 23:26:07 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA24522; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:26:07 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 16:27:04 CST From: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* NMEC - AOL information Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (Elizabeth Burns) For those of you who use AOL, i read in the paper today about the settlement they are offering their customers. But you have to request it, they're not just offering it to everyone. You have to have been a user in December '96 and/or January '97. You can elect to get a one time credit or you can request a refund depending on the amount of time you used in those months. I don't use AOL, but i wanted to make sure that at least the users on this list know about it since you have to call and request it. Please make sure that all your AOL friends are aware of this and that they call to get their compensation for any trouble they may have had getting on line in those months. That's all folks.... lizzard ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Thu Jan 30 23:36:00 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA27117; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:36:00 +0100 (MET) X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: melissa (portC39.Generation.NET [205.205.118.195]) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:35:45 -0500 From: David Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Etheridge Subject: *etheridge* Re: Memories (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: David Johnson Subject: Re: Memories Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:53:08 BST From: "Sarah Lorimer" Hi all In her message dated 30/1/97, Kate Blackmon pondered: >* who would win in a wrestling match, Amy Ray or Melissa? Hey, who cares ? As long as I get to watch the fight, then reward the winner and nurse the loser. ;) Mmmm...back to day-dreaming... Sarah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 02:40:47 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA24863; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 21:31:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: From: Angela Johnson To: "'Etheridge List'" Subject: *etheridge* Baby news Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:29:39 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Angela Johnson Well, Julie is almost a week late now. According to an article I read, Julie's due date was Jan. 25. I have been scouring the net for news and there is nothing. Back to lurking, Angela ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 02:42:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id CAA15390; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 02:42:24 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:10:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says he does!" Subject: *etheridge* Question To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says he does!" Hey, I've seen "NMEC" written on some posts. What does that mean? Now back to your regluarily scheduled mailing list... :) Barry -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Who says women can't propose?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 02:42:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id CAA15456; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 02:42:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:27:43 -0500 From: Jan X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Re: canadian pals References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jan *rhondda* wrote: > >Jan (whose Canadian friend tapes Much Music, Musique Plus, and TV5 > >on a fairly regular basis since I programmed her VCR properly ) > > oh, gee, jan, which canadian friend could you be referring to?? Uh...uh...uh...let me think, I'm sure her name will come to mind . > > and, as my high school chemistry teacher used to say, "the machine is > only as good as the operator." ;-) Trust me, I'll be *sure* to pass that along . > (p.s.: good to see you posting on the list - it's been too long!) Thanks. Btw, I have those pix for you finally - they'll show up soon. Jan ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 03:33:58 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA28921; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:33:58 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:31:17 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Baby news -Reply Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Angela Johnson said: >Well, Julie is almost a week late now. According to an >article I read, Julie's due date was Jan. 25. I have been >scouring the net for news and there is nothing. a thought came to mind (yeah, i know, an infrequent occurrence ) as i was reading today's edition of E! on-line (http://www.eonline.com) . they announced that annette bening and warren beatty were the proud parents of a brand new baby girl, isabel, born on january 11th. well, geez, that's almost 3 weeks ago. so, i guess julie could have given birth on the 25th, and they may not release the news to the public for a few weeks. hmm.... although with the vulture-like tabloid media, i think we'd find out fairly soon after the blessed event...unless, of course, they're still camped outside La Ciccone's pad, salivating for a brief glimpse of Lourdes. *rhondda* ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 03:55:26 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA04413; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:55:26 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 21:54:47 -0800 From: Jacky Abromitis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Baby news -- **NOT** Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jacky Abromitis Since many of us are watching subject lines for news of the birth, it's really important (and considerate) to keep the subject lines accurate on all posts. Personally, I switched back to bounce a few days ago just to stay up to date on any news. Jacky ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 03:56:25 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id DAA04615; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:56:25 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:56:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Susan Christopher" To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Melissa on Much Music Content-Type: text/plain Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Susan Christopher" FYI, while I was on the Much Music site looking for something else, I noticed that on Monday, Feb. 24, they're doing a spotlight on Melissa followed by a rerun of Snowjob '96. Susan --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 04:56:10 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id EAA19495; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 04:56:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:16:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says he does!" Subject: *etheridge* Cover this? To: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[email protected]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says he does!" Hey, after our discussions of Schoolhouse Rock and other 70s icons, and after listening to the CDs where alternative and modern bands cover Schoolhouse Rock and Saturday morning cartoon themes, I wanted to ask: what cartoon theme or Schoolhouse Rock song would you most like to see ME do and why? I think it's late--I'm thinking up weird questions! :) See you! Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What do you get when you combine 100 lesbians and 100 government workers? 200 people that don't do dick! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 05:39:40 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id FAA00782; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 05:39:40 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:39:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* MLE - Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi everyone! I had a bunch of the posters with Melissa on them for RADD for awhile. I gave about 50 of them to our local lesbian bar, Sisters, here in Philly to give out as prizes. I got them at a promotional event for music industry folk back in October or November from the PGD Reps (Polygram Group Distribution). I kept two. One on my wall in the hallway and one at work. I wish I had more now! Francie ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 07:09:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id HAA20647; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 07:09:50 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:26:41 -0800 From: Cindy Hoeflak Organization: Palangi Enterprise X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E-XTRA (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: melissa newsgroup Subject: *etheridge* nothing major Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Cindy Hoeflak Hi to all from a sunny New Zealand :D !! I'm really happy for all you Dutchies that you all had a good time at the meeting. Have to admit that I wish I could've been there, especially when I read about the T Shirts!! Maybe us Kiwis should attempt such a meeting also, however I'm not a designer and you definitely don't want to hear me play the guitar! Does anyone know how many Kiwis are on the list? Probably won't be that many, but it's a nice thought anyway. Well, I bought my very first Indigo Girls CD yesterday. I still had $45 worth of music vouchers lying around, and I went searching for the perfect CD. I thought maybe the new Sheryl Crow CD, or The Corrs, and all of a sudden I saw Indigo Girls. I've only heard about them on the list, and just out of curiosity asked if I could listen to the CD. It sure didn't take me long to decide that that was the CD for me!! I love their music!! Wish I'd searched for them earlier. I put the CD on yesterday afternoon, and it's still playing now. I'm so happy with it!! Just thought I'd share that with you all. To POOH Bear. I know it's rather late, but I hope you had a lovely birthday. I'm aware that you don't know me from a bar of soap, but I always love reading your messages. I'm sure I'm not the only person to tell you that. Many happy returns! :D Take care! :D Cindy ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 08:59:38 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id IAA13950; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 08:59:38 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 02:59:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Baby? Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Did I just miss something or has the baby been in the pot too long already??? It's true I have been slaving away at the drafting table for three days straight and might have missed something, but I had the TV on and figured it would make the news. Wasn't the baby due on the 25th of this month? Ok, so I'm a little anxious...but I'm crazy that way. --Chewie-- ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 09:56:01 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id JAA21291; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:56:01 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:55:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Memories (fwd) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Kate Blackmon gave us some questions to ponder: > * who would win in a wrestling match, Amy Ray or Melissa? Sheryl > Crow or Melissa? Amy Ray over Melissa, that's just a given. No question. And lately, I'd say Melissa'd take Sheryl Crow easily. Sheryl used to be beefier, she might've been able to put up some defense, but poor Sheryl's looking rather stick-ish of late. Perhaps its her ugly break-up with Eric Clapton. She just can't eat. > * who should baby Austin's god-parents be, e.g. Brad Pitt, Juliette > Lewis, Gwynneth Paltrow, Ellen Degeneres, k d lang, and what would > they give as presents? Brad and Gwyneth - and the baby they're rumoring to be working on could be little Austin's (or whatever's) godsibling. As a present, I think, hmm. . . a set of to-scale model cars, a '64 Ford with one headlight, a convertible with the top down, etc. etc. > * what designer (e.g. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren) should > redesign Melissa's wardrobe? Perhaps Richard Tyler. Or whoever dresses Rosie O. Does anyone know who does her wardrobe? Whoever it is, Melissa should hire him/her. That way she'd be assured of having clothing more appropriate for spreading 35+ hips than black velvet, black leather laceup (with or without telltale panty lines) black shiny vinyl or parachute fabric or whatevertheheckitwas, and just generic old black trousers. We've got to get her out of the endless plethora of black pants!! > * what name and ingredients would a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour > in Melissa's honour contain? Never eat Ben & Jerry's (if I want to support political causes I will, thanks, I don't need my dessert company doing it for me) so I'll defer on this. Though perhaps Haagen Dazs. . . > * who, besides Melissa, would you cast in a G/L/B version of > "Friends", and why? Hmm. . . > * who is the singer / performer *least* like MLE? (the > anti-Melissa, in other words) I think this is a toss-up - Madonna or Linda Perry. I can't decide which. Or maybe the "I Love You Always Forever" chick- the Welsh one who's name I have purposefully blocked from my conscious memory. > Hey, if you don't like any of these, come up with your own. Let's see > some MLEC discussion in here, guys, or I'll have to assign extra > homework for everyone. Maybe even a pop quiz. Aargh! Not a pop quiz. Come on folks, discuss, discuss! Tracey, finally posting some MEC!! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 13:12:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id NAA15340; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:12:43 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:05:22 +1100 To: [email protected] From: penny williamson Subject: *etheridge* enough lurking NMEC Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: penny williamson A Big Hello to fellow ME fans, I guess I have been lurking for long enough now, it's time to stand up and be counted. I am from Brisbane Australia, so if there are any other aussies on the list get in touch okay. I've enjoyed reading the list everyday, it keeps me well informed with what ME has been up to. Now that I am de-lurked I'll be adding my 2c worth every so often. talk to you all later. Penny ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 13:18:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id NAA16249; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:18:17 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 04:32:31 -0800 From: Nick Buford X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rebecca Barrick CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* question about VH-1 Storytellers References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Nick Buford Rebecca Barrick wrote: > > Evenin' Melisters, > > Just watching the special again, and a question popped to mind. Right > before (what I think is) the second commercial break, Melissa starts > talking about a song that is "very sad" to her, but mentions that she's > had ppl tell her that they've had that song played at their weddings. MLE > finishes this by saying that the song "means whatever it means to you". > I'm not sure if there's a glitch in my tape, but she doesn't mention what > song she's referring to. Anyone know? Hey everybody! well I was at the taping and she didn't mention the song title, so it's not likely that it's your tape ;) Believe it or not, there were some great stories that didn't make it on the air, Playing in Long Beach, great details of the Come To My Window story. oh well, que sera, sera . . . laters. Desiree (who has a UCLA interview in 5 hrs!!!!) > becca. > > ****************************************************************** > * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * > * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * > * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * > * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * > ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 14:35:30 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id OAA26390; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 14:35:30 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:15:37 +0000 From: Becky Walsh <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Ellen DeGeneres Anouncement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Becky Walsh <[email protected]> I know that this has nothing to do with MLE but i thought i'd mention it anyway 'cause i've seen a few letters about ED : There is a rumor that on March 1st 1997 at "Women's night '97" Ellen, who is presenting a creative integrety award to K.D.Lang will make an important anouncement. I just thought that it was interesting that Ellen is such good friends with MLE and this is similar to the way MLE chose to 'come out' ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 15:32:20 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id PAA07269; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:32:20 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:32:17 -0500 (EST) From: Rebecca Barrick X-Sender: rbarrick@ccshst01 To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* MuchMusic & MLE In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Rebecca Barrick > "Susan Christopher" wrote: > > FYI, while I was on the Much Music site looking for something else, I noticed > that on Monday, Feb. 24, they're doing a spotlight on Melissa followed by a > rerun of Snowjob '96. > > Susan Yeay! Thanks Susan! So what does this go to show you...."whine and ye shall receive"? Hmm...quite possibly ;) becca. - who's hoping that baby Austin doesn't decide to be 2 wks overdue, forced out by induced labour, like I did! ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 16:31:37 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA19719; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 16:31:37 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:42:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: Aaron Morrison Subject: *etheridge* MLE questionnaire Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Aaron Morrison Kate wrote: >* who would win in a wrestling match, Amy Ray or Melissa? Neither. Amy would refuse to fight because of her non-violent beliefs. >Sheryl Crow or Melissa? I think everyone would bet on Melissa, but Sheryl Crow would surprise everyone and win the match. >* who should baby Austin's god-parents be, e.g. Brad Pitt, Juliette > Lewis, Gwynneth Paltrow, Ellen Degeneres, k d lang, and what would > they give as presents? Ellen DeGeneres and k.d. lang -- cause maybe they'd get together after the christening and start something -- I mean, doncha think they'd make a cute couple? Ellen would tell the baby a joke, and k.d. would sing a song for him or her. :) >* what designer (e.g. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren) should > redesign Melissa's wardrobe? Anyone as long she gets rid of those (fake?) leather pants! Yeccch! >* what name and ingredients would a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour > in Melissa's honour contain? Let's see... I Want You -- triple chocolate chip brownie fudge marshmallow coffee! :D Brave and Crazy -- papaya parmesan (cause you'd have to be to eat it!) I Really Like You -- mango, of course! >* who, besides Melissa, would you cast in a G/L/B version of > "Friends", and why? I dunno, I don't watch Friends. >* who is the singer / performer *least* like MLE? (the > anti-Melissa, in other words) Mariah Carey Tracey: >Never eat Ben & Jerry's (if I want to support political causes I will, >thanks, I don't need my dessert company doing it for me) Huh? What could be better than politics and ice cream, all rolled into one? ;) >I think this is a toss-up - Madonna But she's so cool! > Or maybe the "I Love You Always Forever" chick- Just the song title itself annoys me to no end! >the Welsh one who's name I have purposefully blocked from my conscious memory. > Donna Lewis? Now I wish I hadn't remembered! Aaron :) ***7 days and counting...*** (til my 18th birthday for those who don't know :)) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 16:39:24 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id QAA21359; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 16:39:24 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: *etheridge* Hiya all! Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 10:42:34 -0500 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 From: Jen Kuiper To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jen Kuiper Contrary to popular belief, I do still exist and am not solely a figment of Gwen's very (athem) active imagination. (veg) Now, just who started that vicious rumor, eh? Elizabeth? Jill? Tori? But, I've been pretty busy with the new job, and my off hours occupation of Love Slave. Haven't had a lot of time to read the list or keep up with my mail lately. So, those of you interested in hearing from me once in a while will have to petition the POOP for my occasional release from duties to answer the mail. (chuckle) Petitions can be submitted to: [email protected]. Feel free to send multiple copies of the petition, they will be tallied individually. (g) ------------------------------------------ PETITION FOR THE OCCASIONAL RELEASE OF JEN Dear Gwen, We the undersigned request that you occasionally unchain Jen long enough for her to read and answer her email. Especially now that she can throw snowballs instead of dodging them. Feel free to chain her up again as soon as she's done. Thank you for your consideration. Name: Email Address: Please X if you would like to automatically contribute to any of the following non-tax deductable Funds: [ ] MLE Baby Announcement Emergency Contact System [ ] Padded Chains For Jen. (Hey.. these things get cold!) --------------------------------------------------------- P.S. thanks to Colleen for the _interesting_ valentine's day suggestions. Are there no _other_ romantics on the list????? Sheesh. :-) Come on folks.. you can do better... (g) So.. back to the topic at hand... where's baby Austin already??? Jen (LSI, sometimes O, P) __________________________________________________________________ Jen Kuiper [email protected] "Artificial Intelligence is no match for human Stupidity" ------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 17:05:07 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA27074; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 17:05:07 +0100 (MET) From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 11:05:31 EST Subject: *etheridge* absolutely no MEC X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.30 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Greetings to you all! Hope the week wasn't too bad for you. At least this week is ending with an up note! What am I speaking of you must be asking....well THE RE-RELEASE OF STAR WARS of course For those of us who have seen it on the big screen it's a wonderful excursion into the world of nostalgia. And for those poor, pitiful people who were unable to see it the first time it is the chance to finally experience the movie in it's glorious, bigger than life greatness. (can you tell that I'm excited about this??) Later, Doug --------------------------------------------------- - "Time would be precious from now on. It would tick by, of course, as it always had, but Harvey was determined he wouldn't waste it with sighs and complaints. He'd fill every moment with the seasons he'd found in his heart. Hopes like birds on a spring branch; happiness like a warm summer sun; magic like the rising mists of autumn. And best of all, love; love enough for a thousand Christmases." from The Thief of Always by Clive Barker -------------------------------------------------- Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 17:59:43 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id RAA09953; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 17:59:43 +0100 (MET) From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:00:11 EST Subject: Re: *etheridge* Cover this? X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Barry asked ***what cartoon theme or Schoolhouse Rock song would you most like to see ***ME do and why? Josie and the Pussycats....because it would be rockin! Doug --------------------------------------------------- - "Time would be precious from now on. It would tick by, of course, as it always had, but Harvey was determined he wouldn't waste it with sighs and complaints. He'd fill every moment with the seasons he'd found in his heart. Hopes like birds on a spring branch; happiness like a warm summer sun; magic like the rising mists of autumn. And best of all, love; love enough for a thousand Christmases." from The Thief of Always by Clive Barker -------------------------------------------------- Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 18:13:45 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id SAA13612; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:13:45 +0100 (MET) From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:13:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* Melissa Biography Ordering Info Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] I have promised several folks that as soon as ECW PRESS had an international distributor, I would post that info to the list. Here is what I presently know: If you're in the UK, you can now order the book from your local bookstore OR you can order it directly from the distributor: Turnaround Publisher Services Ltd Unit 3 Olympia Trading Estate Coburg Rd., Wood Green London N22 6TZ 0181 829 3000, fax 0181 881 5088 As for folks NOT in the UK, in Canada, or the US, ECW PRESS suggests that you order the book online at Amazon.com....there is a link to Amazon.com at the press' Website: http://www.ecw.ca/press Click on New Releases and go from there. Other ideas: Jacky at Thunder Road Books.....are you taking international orders? Please post info about how folks can do so through you, if applicable.... Finally, ECW PRESS says that international orders can also be placed directly with the Canadian distributor: General Distribution Services 30 Lesmill Road Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 2T6 (416) 445-3333, fax (416) 445-5967 This is the only information I have for now. I'll keep everybody updated if I find out more. ;-) See ya, Joyce ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 18:24:36 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id SAA16039; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:24:36 +0100 (MET) From: "DOUG" To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:25:16 EST Subject: Re: *etheridge* MLE questionnaire X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.30 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "DOUG" Kate wrote: ***>* who should baby Austin's god-parents be, e.g. Brad Pitt, Juliette ***> Lewis, Gwynneth Paltrow, Ellen Degeneres, k d lang, and what would ***> they give as presents? *** No one...I don't believe in 'godparents' ***>* what designer (e.g. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren) should ***> redesign Melissa's wardrobe? *** The wonderfully talented woman who designs Reba's wardrobe! ***>* what name and ingredients would a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour ***> in Melissa's honour contain? *** Okay I don't have an answer to this one but...Aaron came up with the following... ***I Want You -- triple chocolate chip brownie fudge marshmallow coffee! :D I don't think that name is appropriate...I'd call it 2001 since that's when I'd wake up from the sugar coma! ;-) ***>* who, besides Melissa, would you cast in a G/L/B version of ***> "Friends", and why? *** hmmmm.....Melissa, Lisa Kudrow (sorry I love Phoebe so she has to stay), and Kyra Sedgewick...she's a hoot. As for the men, Antonio Sabato Jr. (cause I'd love to see him kiss a man), Matthew McConaughey (just because!) and Matthew Perry (same as Phoebe...I love Chandler!) * ***>* who is the singer / performer *least* like MLE? (the ***> anti-Melissa, in other words) *** Dionne Warwick (would have voted for Mariah Carey but didn't want to acknowledge the whiney voiced harpy) Doug --------------------------------------------------- - "Time would be precious from now on. It would tick by, of course, as it always had, but Harvey was determined he wouldn't waste it with sighs and complaints. He'd fill every moment with the seasons he'd found in his heart. Hopes like birds on a spring branch; happiness like a warm summer sun; magic like the rising mists of autumn. And best of all, love; love enough for a thousand Christmases." from The Thief of Always by Clive Barker -------------------------------------------------- Doug Brown, Program Support Wytheville Community College TELETECHNET - Site 582 Phone - 540-223-0161 Fax - 540-223-0233 ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 19:17:09 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id TAA28742; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:17:09 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:16:20 -0800 To: [email protected] (Melissa Etheridge Mailing List) From: John Miller Subject: *etheridge* BAB'ers, Aussies Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: John Miller Heidi Walcutt , new to the list, asked: >First of all I'm curious to know what a BAB'er is. BAB is the abbreviation for the 'Bay Area Bunch', a group of more than thirty subscribers to this mailing-list who reside in the San Francisco Bay Area... plus (as Shirley Hoffman described) some 'un-official' (but I prefer the term 'non-local') Melissa-listers who have left a piece of their heart with us in the Bay Area. Several of us have frequent social gatherings for live music, record swaps, baseball/basketball games, and/or general partying. Additionly, when other Melissa-listers visit the Bay Area we like to host a party for them, or at least meet in San Francisco for dinner and a small tour of some of San Francisco's not-your-typical-tourist-trap places. We also have a weekly email BAB-newsletter describing local small-venue music... the newsletter also allows us to plan BAB social gatherings. ---- Penny Williamson delurked from Australia with: >I am from Brisbane Australia, so if there are any other aussies on the list >get in touch okay. Welcome Penny! As you may already have discovered, there are several Aussies (and Kiwis) on this list, and the BAB has had the pleasure of hosting two listers from Perth (a big *hi* to Mardi and Rose), and two from Melbourne (a big *hi* to Margo and Tanya)... in fact it was Margo who gave us the name 'Bay Area Bunch'. John Miller - BAB cheerleader, cookie-man, gramps-of-the-list San Jose CA ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 21:20:50 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA02975; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:20:50 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:18:23 -0500 (EST) From: Shirley Hoffman X-Sender: sah1@atlantic To: John Miller cc: Melissa Etheridge Mailing List Subject: Re: *etheridge* BAB'ers, Aussies In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Shirley Hoffman On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, John Miller wrote: > Bay Area... plus (as Shirley Hoffman described) some 'un-official' (but > I prefer the term 'non-local') Melissa-listers who have left a piece of > their heart with us in the Bay Area. Left my heart??? More like John stole my heart! > John Miller - BAB cheerleader, cookie-man, gramps-of-the-list Now John you know that we all refer to you as the "Official List Chic Magnet" aka John Juan DeMiller. For new Listers curious to catch a peel at John jump ovr to my Web site and navigate down to my favorite places. There are a couple pictures of John there! Shirl Home Page: http://www.kutztown.edu/staff/lmf1/sah ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 21:58:38 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id VAA15775; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:58:38 +0100 (MET) To: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* No baby yet. Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.15 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-2,4-8 From: [email protected] (M Something) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:31:09 EST Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] (M Something) One of our local DJs here in St. Pete (102.5), just announced the following: "Melissa Etheridge is taking some time off as she'll be sharing the parenting duties with her partner Julie very shortly." So, I guess that means that there's no baby yet. Michelle ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 22:18:33 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA22329; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:18:33 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 16:18:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: "Aimee N' Sheila" Subject: *etheridge* Buffalos n Shirl ;o) Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Aimee N' Sheila" Just got home from a bit of a spending spree (ok, I bought three new shirts and a watch...and one of the shirts was for Sheila...) anyhow.... I was trudging up the Three *gasp..wheeze* flights of stairs to our apartment...and lo! ... on the top step was a package...and inside... a buffalo! er...well...a buffalo head nickle anyhow... And I must add that it was Beeeaauutifully packaged in a Batman & Robin Ziploc! ;o) So now, all I have to do is take it downtown and have it set up for me...YEAY! today is a very good day!! Thanks so much to Shirl...that amazin' MLElister who made a great day even bettah. We'll be sure to send a pic. just as soon as we can. Keep Smilin', Aimee (and Sheila..who's gonna go soak in the hottub w/ me tonight!) ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 22:56:17 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id WAA03555; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:56:17 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:56:08 +0100 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: *etheridge* shirts, memories, VH-1 Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [email protected] Hi MEListers, Marleen wrote: >Now how do you think you're gonna explain what a GERMAN, living in AUSTRIA is >doing with a DUTCH melisters bunch shirt??? :-D Hmmm.... MELism' ? ;) BTW, would you call it when I wear it under my purple MELister bowling shirt ? "Kate Blackmon" wrote: >* casting and writing an imaginary video for any of the yet-unfilmed > songs I dunno if there's a video for *Occasionally* (no wonder with MTV only). But I could picture MLE very good sitting in a car, driving through a rainy night and tapping that rhythm on the steering wheel while singing (if my memory serves me right: the place where she started to write this song). Maybe switches to other scenes showing her mind wandering. Should be the original sound that a voice has when one sings in a closed car (get a picture ?) >* offering an interpretation of a MLE song that means a lot to them; Talking to my angel/YIA. Nothing big really, just perfect fitting. I drove through the mountains, in the morning, to meet with a company for an interview, applying for a new job. I was'nt sure at all if I'm doing the right thing (leave the old place, loose friends, running away from problems intead to fight them ....). It was winter, I had some MLE-CD's with me to get in a good/strong mood. Just when I descended into a valley the sun rised and painted all the snowy mountains orange and red, TTMA started (I never cared very much for the song before). I don't want to quote the whole song, but there are many lines which made lotta sense. Gave me strenght and peace, suddely I knew: I'm doing right, it's gonna be okay. Well, turned out true. :) Thanks to Kate for bringing up some MEC-topics, hope this the start for long, intresting threads. VH1-storytellers re-play: Is there somebody on the list who could record it for me in PAL-format ? (this sunday) I'll pay for tape and shipping !! (or some other trade if you want) VH-1 is not in the austrian cable-TV and a friend of mine with a satelite-dish get's a german version of VH-1 only. They seem to have a different schedule. Someone knows if they broadcast it at all and when ???? Thanks for your help. Have a nice weekend, Thomas ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ****************************************************************** From [email protected] Fri Jan 31 23:59:31 1997 Received: (pcflight@localhost) by esosoft.com (8.8.5) id XAA18853; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:59:31 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 17:39:20 -0800 From: Jacky Abromitis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: *etheridge* Melissa Biography Ordering Info References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jacky Abromitis [email protected] wrote: > Other ideas: Jacky at Thunder Road Books.....are you taking international > orders? Please post info about how folks can do so through you, if > applicable.... I'm not handling any international sales, but I'll take all US sales! Remember, I'm offering a ** 15% DISCOUNT ** to list members! The book is $16.95 (-15% Thunder Road Discount) = $14.40 + $3.60 shipping = $18.00. If you want to order more than one copy of the book, you will save a lot on shipping: add $1 for each additional book. TO ORDER by email: MASTERCARD/VISA send name, #, expiration date shipping address and phone number how many books you want you may want to split your card # into two separate emails for security reasons by phone: 800-798-5828 (if I don't answer, press *(star)2 MASTERCARD/VISA name, #, expiration date shipping address and phone number how many books you want by mail: MasterCard/Visa, Check (must clear prior to shipping), or money order Thunder Road Books PO Box 70 Hackettstown, NJ 07840 name, shipping address, and phone number how many books you want If you have any questions, feel free to email me back. Thanks! Jacky ****************************************************************** * To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with: * * "unsubscribe etheridge" if you are on the bounce format * * "unsubscribe etheridge-digest" if you are on the digest format * * Official list web site: http://www.ecw.ca/mle/ * ******************************************************************