From: Digestifier To: Subject: Dead-Flames Digest #640 Dead-Flames Digest #640, Volume #48 Sat, 22 Oct 05 00:00:01 PDT Contents: Re: The Best Hangover Movie (Sherry) Webhosting advice? ("Rupert") Re: 2/23/71 on bt.etree.org (bigchuck51@aol.com) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (The Lord of Eltingville) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (The Lord of Eltingville) Re: The Best Hangover Movie ("Carlisle") Re: 2/23/71 on bt.etree.org ("Richard Morris") Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (Kelly Humphries) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (Kelly Humphries) Re: Republicans hate you and want you dead: the 10/20/05 edition (NDC) (Brad Greer) Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) (Brad Greer) Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) (Brad Greer) Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) (Brad Greer) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? ("The Iron Muffin") Re: Ol' Max gets after Pat Robertson ("The Iron Muffin") Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (Ben) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (Ben) Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? (Ben) Re: Ticket Scalpers/Companies SUCK!!! ("Millhaven") Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) (Ben) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: The Best Hangover Movie From: Sherry Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:36:30 GMT > An all day marathon of Little House on the Fairy would actually cause > me to drink...heavily. We don't watch Little House here, we read the books aloud. We're on the 7th now, and it's actually pretty interesting stuff about life in pioneer days. I liked the show as a kid, but it annoys the hell out of me that they screwed with the story in a LOT of places. A new Little House book came out recently that goes pretty seamlessly between the 5th and 6th books that covers the two "missing" years. Very interesting reading. if you're into that sort of thing. They've also come out with "prequel" book series about Caroline (she was ma), Laura's grandmother Charlotte, and great-grandmother Martha back when they were little girls. Sherry in Vermont ------------------------------ From: "Rupert" Subject: Webhosting advice? Date: 21 Oct 2005 20:48:47 -0700 Hey now! I'm ready to start getting my website back online again, so that I can put all of my cover art back up, and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a good company to use. What I need: 1)Easy to use sitebuilding, without getting stuck having to pick some pre-fab template. I tried a site earler this year that didn't happen to mention that you had to use one of THEIR templates! I don't write code or anything, so I need to be able to easily create the graphics in more of a "drag and drop" setting. I need to be able to easily arrange a LOT of links to picture files, in a neat and orderly fashion. On my old Geoshitties account, I had to manually arrange all links, with no option of creating a table of any kind. And if I created any pages offline, their software didn't want to recognize it. 2)Lots of storage space, and enough bandwidth for a lot of people to download large files (ie: dvd covers). 3)Oh, and the ideal company would be cheap! If anyone out there has had any good experiences with webhosting, please le me know. -Rupedawg ------------------------------ From: bigchuck51@aol.com Subject: Re: 2/23/71 on bt.etree.org Date: 21 Oct 2005 20:49:29 -0700 Now that's a happy ending! Gonna be good weekend I'm sure... ------------------------------ From: The Lord of Eltingville Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:49:19 -0400 "scarletbgonias@hotmail.com" wrote: > > Night of the Lupus > > Theresa Lepus, actually (I think Night of the Lupus would just be 2 hours of people being worn out and ache-y). But most importantly, it was finally released on DVD on 10/4. Man-eating bunnies is pure f'ing genius! Go get you some right now! ------------------------------ From: The Lord of Eltingville Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:50:07 -0400 JimK wrote: > > On 21 Oct 2005 11:52:28 -0700, "pbleers@hotmail.com" > wrote: > > >""In my personal top ten movies of all time: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry."" > > > >I saw the coming attractions for this at the movies when I was a kid. I > >never forgot it-it looked so damn cool. Didnt know that was Peter > >Fonda. > > > >Here's a B movie hint.....any flick with Harry Dean Stanton in it, its > >almost assuredly a B flick. Him and Clint Howard both are benchmarks > >for Bs. "Ticks" has a classic Clint Howard freak out that is hilarious. > > > >I'm into the psychotronic/monster/biker B movies......Wild Angels, > >Attack of the Mushroom People, The Manster, anything associated with > >Roger Corman, Russ Myers or some guy named Zarkoff (I think) is gonna > >get my attention. > > > >Yeah, its complete trash and most likely rotting my mind but so what, > >its fun. > > Let's not forget Tremors with Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon. The first one was excellent -- and I can't stand Fred Ward. ------------------------------ From: "Carlisle" Subject: Re: The Best Hangover Movie Date: 21 Oct 2005 21:17:20 -0700 Sherry wrote: > > An all day marathon of Little House on the Fairy would actually cause > > me to drink...heavily. > > We don't watch Little House here, we read the books aloud. We're on the 7th > now, and it's actually pretty interesting stuff about life in pioneer days. > I liked the show as a kid, but it annoys the hell out of me that they > screwed with the story in a LOT of places. > > A new Little House book came out recently that goes pretty seamlessly > between the 5th and 6th books that covers the two "missing" years. Very > interesting reading. if you're into that sort of thing. > > They've also come out with "prequel" book series about Caroline (she was > ma), Laura's grandmother Charlotte, and great-grandmother Martha back when > they were little girls. > > Sherry in Vermont OK. I guess I'm gonna have to name drop and get all Hollywood on you all now!! When I was seven years old, I got the thrill of a lifetime. My father had a friend who worked in film editing..We got a VIP tour of Paramount Studios. Then much to my estatic amazement, we went on the set of "Little House on the Praire"- I got to meet>>>Melissa Gilbert!! It was just her and another old actor who my parents knew of..."Laura" came over introduced herself and asked my age. She was eleven. Very grownup and professional. Got her autograph. Needless to say, I was blown away. Thanks for giving me that opportunity to reminisce. Memories. Carrie ------------------------------ From: "Richard Morris" Subject: Re: 2/23/71 on bt.etree.org Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:29:42 -0700 "Dave Kelly" wrote in message news:68g6f.5055$BZ5.1701@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... > > "Richard Morris" wrote in message > news:8eGdnaeC3JU5EcTenZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@comcast.com... >>I will work on it this weekend ... get it out to you Monday. Two things >>gonna slow me down: one is I have a gig tomorrow night > > * Richard...I KNOW the $$ is good...But could you please > consider giving some of the younger Chippendale Dancers a > shot at the weekend bread?...maybe give you a chance to finally > wash the construction worker outfit? > Just a thought. Hush ... yer blowin' my cover bro! Besides, I said it was "Chip and Dale" dancers ... and yes, I could use some time to wash that chipmunk costume. That sumbitch is flat hot under them lights ... gets a bit *ripe* on the inside if you get my drift. R. ------------------------------ From: Kelly Humphries Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:30:15 -0700 Also sprach Ben : > On 21 Oct 2005 14:26:26 -0700, "pbleers@hotmail.com" > wrote: > > > >>.any flick with Harry Dean Stanton in it, its > >>almost assuredly a B flick. > > > > Was Stanton in Alien? Havent seen that one in a dogs age. > > Neither have I, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't. > > Well, none of the human actors were aliens, although some were victims > of the alien. I can't remember who had the alien burst through their > chest - was it Stanton? I think that was John Hurt, but HDS was indeed in "Alien." A couple 70's schlocky-horror B-flicks I remember very well are: "The Car," in which a demon-possessed Lincoln Mark III terrorizes everybody on the road, kinda like Spielberg's "Duel" but not with a semi. "It's Alive," about a mutant monster baby which gleefully shreds every adult in its path, starting with the hospital delivery room staff. Both were staples of the early cable-TV circuit, which even today can be a hotbed of B-movies if you look around long enough. Some more trash I remember from the early years of Showtime: "Hollywood Knights" (with actual Famous People, including Tony Danza!) "Van Nuys Boulevard," about, uh... well.... "The First Nudie Musical," making fun of low-budget movie producers, with Cindy Williams from Laverne and Shirley, though I don't remember if her naughty bits were given a featured role. There also was a B-movie ripoff of Alien (and 2001) called "Saturn 3," with Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas as romantically-involved space researchers who battle a berserk robot. If you want to know how bad it is, the film shows a lot more of Douglas' arse than Farrah's. "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" -- a loser basketball team (some of them played by some serious mofo NBA stars) racks up win after win when they build a team composed entirely of players born under the sign of Pisces. A personal favorite of mine. ;-) ------------------------------ From: Kelly Humphries Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:34:23 -0700 Also sprach Ben : > Salem's Lot is allright - it stars David Soul and is based on the > Stephen King novel. Do made-for-TV movies count as B-flicks? I guess by definition they would be lower-budget than the typical movie house fare. Anyway, that one was so scary, I was afraid to walk down the hall to go to the bathroom after watching it. Nowadays, I'd probably just laugh nervously.... ------------------------------ From: Brad Greer Subject: Re: Republicans hate you and want you dead: the 10/20/05 edition (NDC) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:34:50 -0400 On 21 Oct 2005 07:26:31 -0700, "Rupert" wrote: >If Mickey D's has no accountability, then perhaps we can make them stop >marketing their product to children ie: putting toys in the fucking >meal! > >After having seen "Supersize Me" I think that anything that bad for you >should be regulated just like booze and cigarettes. I saw Supersize Me, and thought it was entertaining. However, it's so over the top as to impact its credibility. Spurlock intentionally sets out to over-indulge, eating way more calories than he needs plus purposely curtailing his excercise. Sorry, for the amount of calories he was ingesting there's no food that wouldn't have health consequences. An occasional meal from a fast food place, while not the best thing you could eat, also isn't all that bad. Eating a steady diet of fast food, and in large quantities is bad for you. Going out of your way to not exercise and eat too much is bad for you as well. But "going out of your way" implies *you* are at fault, not the people who sell you what you want. Pesonally, although I don't smoke, have never smoked and find smoking to be an overall repulsive habit I think the lawsuits against big tobacco were wrong. Anyone 40 and younger (and probably older than that, I'm just hitting 40 so I can't speak to anyone much older than me) grew up knowing full-well cigarettes are bad for you. If you decided to smoke them despite that, tough shit for you. Besides, there are studies that show smokers die younger and have an overall lower hit on the public health system. ------------------------------ From: Brad Greer Subject: Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:36:37 -0400 On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:44:24 -0500, Tom Beck wrote: >Ben wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:17:54 -0400, Brad Greer >> wrote: >> >> >>>Yeah, and that's why I won't go to work for a place that tests - it >>>has nothing to do with being able to pass a test or not, it has >>>everything to do with making a choice to not work for a company that >>>doesn't truly value the employees. > > >If you have the choice and balls to make >that decision my hat's off to you. > > > I hope I'm never in a situation >>>where I have to consider working for a company that tests (if it comes >>>down to taking a job with a company that tests or not being able to >>>provide for my family, well, preservation is the higher value). >>> >>>The extra pay, the extra vacation, whatever else they offer might seem >>>nice, but the bottom line is the upper management views the employee >>>as an "asset" or a "resource", not as a human being. > > >You will have to look long and far to find a >company where the upper management >views and treats you like a human being rather >than a forklift or an extension of a broom >handle. Again, if you can do it, my hat's >off. > It probably helps to work at smaller companies. Larger companies can't help themselves for the most part (although there are exceptions). > >> That's EXACTLY how my current employer views me now with any drug >> test. >> >> I work in a cost center and my boss has told our whole dept. that we >> aren't appreciated when things go well, but if there are problems - >> even when they're not our fault (company opted for the cheap network >> provider that can't keep an internet connection up during a >> thunderstorm), we catch all the heat. > > >Same here. Welcome to the modern world of "people >managers". One the chief characteristics of my employer is >that the supervisors ALWAYS try do duck responsibility >and cover their asses. Despite that, they NEVER fail >to assert their authority in petty ways, ("I saw you eating >your lunch at your desk, you know that's not allowed!".) >My inner thought? "Fuck yourself bitch, I'll go to the >damn lunchroom and just let my phone ring and then to >voice mail.". And I may return the call, if I feel like it. >Reap what you sow. > By avoiding working for large companies I've managed to avoid putting up with this sort of bullshit. ------------------------------ From: Brad Greer Subject: Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:38:10 -0400 On 20 Oct 2005 22:36:28 -0700, "Effty" wrote: >Work to live, or live to work? > >This whole thread really highlights a problem unique to our modern >society. Why do we tolerate employers owning the biggest portions of >our souls? > I don't know this is unique to modern society. Early generations had slavery, indentured servants and feudal lords. ------------------------------ From: Brad Greer Subject: Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:38:39 -0400 On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:44:51 -0400, "Jeff Howe" wrote: >"imsjry" wrote in message >news:1129642229.933908.317700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >> I didn't know there were any jobs these days where they DIDN'T drug >> test. I think it is just a reality. The "go work somewhere else" advice >> is just naive. > >Of course there are employers that don't require drug >testing. Mine for example. I'm a software developer. > Yeah, working in software has some definite advantages. ------------------------------ Reply-To: "The Iron Muffin" From: "The Iron Muffin" Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:46:15 -0400 JimK wrote: > Let's not forget Tremors with Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon. "From Dusk Till Dawn" is pretty good. Uhm, I mean pretty bad. Whatever. -- The Iron Muffin DEAD FREAKS UNITE Who are you? Where are you? How are you? ------------------------------ Reply-To: "The Iron Muffin" From: "The Iron Muffin" Subject: Re: Ol' Max gets after Pat Robertson Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:48:30 -0400 JimK wrote: > Hateful Narc wrote: > >snip> > > I have friends in New Orleans. > > > > I find it impossible to believe that you have friends anywhere. Heh. -- The Iron Muffin DEAD FREAKS UNITE Who are you? Where are you? How are you? ------------------------------ From: Ben Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:41:26 -0700 On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:30:15 -0700, Kelly Humphries wrote: >I think that was John Hurt, but HDS was indeed in "Alien." > >A couple 70's schlocky-horror B-flicks I remember very well are: > >"The Car," in which a demon-possessed Lincoln Mark III terrorizes >everybody on the road, kinda like Spielberg's "Duel" but not with a >semi. > >"It's Alive," about a mutant monster baby which gleefully shreds every >adult in its path, starting with the hospital delivery room staff. > >Both were staples of the early cable-TV circuit, which even today can >be a hotbed of B-movies if you look around long enough. Some more >trash I remember from the early years of Showtime: > >"Hollywood Knights" (with actual Famous People, including Tony Danza!) > >"Van Nuys Boulevard," about, uh... well.... > >"The First Nudie Musical," making fun of low-budget movie producers, >with Cindy Williams from Laverne and Shirley, though I don't remember >if her naughty bits were given a featured role. > >There also was a B-movie ripoff of Alien (and 2001) called "Saturn 3," >with Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas as romantically-involved space >researchers who battle a berserk robot. If you want to know how bad >it is, the film shows a lot more of Douglas' arse than Farrah's. > >"The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" -- a loser basketball team (some of >them played by some serious mofo NBA stars) racks up win after win >when they build a team composed entirely of players born under the >sign of Pisces. A personal favorite of mine. ;-) I remember most of those - The Car I've actually seen recently. It's Alive was supposed to be really scary, but I don't remember if it was or not. Hollywood Knights - remember seeing it on HBO back when cable was still relatively new. Van Nuys Blvd sounds familiar, but don't remember anything about it. First Nudie Musical - remember that one well - that's what happens when the 'rents got HBO in the '80s as their kid was hitting puberty - I'd watch anything that said it had nudity in it. Saturn 3 wasn't that bad as I recall, although I was stiill kind of young when I saw it - didn't the robot make a play for Farrah Fawcett? ------------------------------ From: Ben Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:43:01 -0700 On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:34:23 -0700, Kelly Humphries wrote: >Also sprach Ben : > >> Salem's Lot is allright - it stars David Soul and is based on the >> Stephen King novel. > >Do made-for-TV movies count as B-flicks? Was that a made for TV movie? I dunno - I didn't see it when it first came out - one of a handful of movies I actually read the book first. >I guess by definition they >would be lower-budget than the typical movie house fare. Anyway, that >one was so scary, I was afraid to walk down the hall to go to the >bathroom after watching it. Nowadays, I'd probably just laugh >nervously.... ------------------------------ From: Ben Subject: Re: What is a good "B" rated movie? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:46:06 -0700 On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:46:15 -0400, "The Iron Muffin" wrote: >"From Dusk Till Dawn" is pretty good. > >Uhm, I mean pretty bad. > >Whatever. I would have mentioned that, but I don't consider it a B movie - I've got the DVD. It's one of the few "horror" movies that doesn't give you a clue that it's a horror movie until the last half of it. Some of the commentary actually discusses that. Anything with Harvey Keitel in it can't be that bad. ------------------------------ From: "Millhaven" Subject: Re: Ticket Scalpers/Companies SUCK!!! Date: 21 Oct 2005 23:50:04 -0700 Schmoe wrote: > Buying tickets online sucks. It used to be great. Now with these automatic > brokers, we havn't got a chance. It sucks. > > I've scored plenty of good seats on TM online. The only thing is that the face value on premium concert seats is usually so expensive, I usually have to pass in favor of nosebleeds or take my chances in the parking lot. But I have nothing against ticket brokers. Just got a nice pair for a big show tomorrow from a ticket broker on Ebay for a dollar plus fed ex fees. So I hope they continue to find suckers to sell tickets at a massive profit to in order to subsidize my own concert tickets. ------------------------------ From: Ben Subject: Re: drug tests for jobs (NDC) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:50:44 -0700 On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:38:39 -0400, Brad Greer wrote: >On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:44:51 -0400, "Jeff Howe" >wrote: > >>"imsjry" wrote in message >>news:1129642229.933908.317700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>> >>> I didn't know there were any jobs these days where they DIDN'T drug >>> test. I think it is just a reality. The "go work somewhere else" advice >>> is just naive. >> >>Of course there are employers that don't require drug >>testing. Mine for example. I'm a software developer. >> >Yeah, working in software has some definite advantages. That depends. Certain skills are sometimes in high demand - other times not so much. There's a Chief Operating Officer of a company in Dallas that's actually trying to start a bidding war for me - he just doesn't know how to take no for an answer. Of course, I won't tell him to fuck off, just in case this whole drug test thing turns sour with the other company. He's already increasesd the original (pitiful) offer by 10K and added DBA to my title (I could give a shit about titles - they're meaningless- I usually don't even know what my title is) and said he'd put me on a sales team as well where I could potentially earn 20K in commissions, but I don't believe him. He also thinks I could move 1100 miles over a weekend without even an advance trip to scope out housing. I want some of whatever it is that he's smoking. ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service addresses, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, are as follows: Internet: dead-flames-request@gdead.berkeley.edu Bitnet: dead-flames-request%gdead.berkeley.edu@ucbcmsa Uucp: ...!{ucbvax,uunet}!gdead.berkeley.edu!dead-flames-request You can send mail to the entire list (and rec.music.gdead) via one of these addresses: Internet: dead-flames@gdead.berkeley.edu Bitnet: dead-flames%gdead.berkeley.edu@ucbcmsa Uucp: ...!{ucbvax,uunet}!gdead.berkeley.edu!dead-flames End of Dead-Flames Digest ****************************** .