nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (04/21/85)
Arrgggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I'm sooooo bummed out! Rumor had had it that Kate Bush's new album was supposed to be released on April 23. Today I was at a record store around here that specializes in imports and "New Music", and I asked someone at the record store if he knew anything about the state of Kate's new album. He said that he had heard that it's release had been "indefinitely" delayed because the record company (EMI) decided that it isn't commercial enough! Say it isn't so, Pa! Say it isn't so! EMI can't do this! Those slimy, no good, cretinous, feces eaters! I hope they all choke to death on their own vomit after being forced to listen to nothing but Modonna for ten thousand years! Does anyone out there on the net have a small tactical thermonuclear device that I could borrow? The longitude and latitude of EMI's international headquarters would also be helpful. "Welcome to my nightmare It's the one in which I always press the button" Doug Alan mit-eddie!nessus Nessus@MIT-MC.ARPA
nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (04/23/85)
[We let the weirdness in.] I just called up EMI Publicity in New York to ask when the new Kate Bush album would be released. The response I received in a somewhat aggrivated voice was "This must be the day for Kate Bush or something! June 14." Click. Whether or not this is just a response to appease annoyed K.B. fans I do not know, but from the tone of the person's voice, she had apparently already received some flack from someone and might just be making things up to avoid being hassled. In any case, if you wan't to help prove to EMI that there is indeed a great deal of interest in music that might be deemed too uncommercial for the ignorant masses, and don't want to see Kate Bush's new album postponed yet again, you might want to call up EMI Publicity. The phone number is (212) 757-7470. Then ask to be connected to EMI Publicity. If you find out anything interesting (like the title of the album) or get a different story, please do send me a message. "With my silver Buddha And my silver bullet (I pull the pin)" Doug Alan mit-eddie!nessus Nessus@MIT-MC.Arpa
goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) (04/25/85)
In article <4078@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes: >Does anyone out there on the net have a small tactical thermonuclear >device that I could borrow? The longitude and latitude of EMI's >international headquarters would also be helpful. > > "Welcome to my nightmare > It's the one in which I always press the button" > > Doug Alan > mit-eddie!nessus > Nessus@MIT-MC.ARPA Perhaps for sale. Make an offer. ;-) -- ------- Matthew Goldman Computer Espionage Department University of Minnesota ...ihnp4{!stolaf}!umn-cs!goldman Home is where you take your hat off... Banzai!
jansic@princeton.UUCP (Hugh R. Jansic) (06/03/85)
[RAMBO the Bug eater!] Let me set you straight on a few things about Kate Bush. Kate (or Binky as she is also known ) is the most hostile and competitive person I have ever met. I should know because she used to sleep with my older brother when they were in high school together. Thank God they never got serious or else my brother would never have obtained his college degree and now be working as a computer programmer (ada, pascal, c++, and smalltalk). Timmy (my brother) was so in love with Binky that he was not able to see how sadistic and cruelly Binky treated the rest of our family. Like the time I asked Binky to sign the cast on my broken leg. Instead of signing my cast she crazy-glued two old diaphragms to the part of the cast just behind my inner thigh. I chafed horribly for the next two weeks. Binky didn't feel sorry for me she would just laugh. Other times she would give me an Indian sunburn or snap paper-clips at my eyes. What made Timmy see the kind of person Binky really was? We were planning a birthday party for my mother. Everybody was going to attend, even Binky. Binky and my mother didn't get along very well. So Timmy was glad that Binky was helping with the party plans. My job was to get the cake. I saw a beautiful birthday cake at Murray's Bake Shop and used my own money (actually Timmy loaned me some) to buy it for mother. It was the best cake I ever saw. It had white icing with blue and red roses on the top next to the words "Mother we love you." I had placed the cake in a safe place on the kitchen counter minutes before mother was to arrive home from the factory. The whole family and all our friends hid when we saw mother getting off the bus at the corner. When mother stepped inside the front door we all jumped up and yelled "suprise." It was so wonderful to see mother so happy. I cried with joy. So did Timmy; so did everybody! Mother opened all her gifts while I went to get the cake. I was so proud to show mother the birthday cake I brought for her. It was lovely just like mother. Mother rose from her seat to give me a great big hug and kiss. She said it was the best birthday she ever had. I gave Mother the knife to cut the first piece of cake when Binky said "Wait Mother Jansic you haven't seen my present." Binky's present to Mother was the title to our home. Binky used the advance from her first record to pay off the mortgage. Binky said she would give the title to the house to Mother only on the coniditon that Mother never speak to Binky again. Tearfully, Mother agreed to the deal to preserve the happy mood of the party, and to keep the family together. But Binky wouldn't stop. She just got louder and drunker and more abusive. The party broke up when Binky backed her new car into the family room. We were all crying, especially Timmy, when the roof to the family room collasped. Meanwhile Binky was slumped over the steering wheel, heaving in paroxysms of laughter. In fact she found the whole episode so entertaining that she vomitted over her new dashboard. It was so gross. I can never forgive her. It was events like these that lead to Timmy and Binky breaking up.
nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (06/03/85)
> From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) > Has anyone heard when Kate's new album will be released? Real Soon > Now is the best estimate I've heard, though I've also heard that she > was finished recording some time last summer... Has there been a > contract dispute? Sorry to take so long regarding a Kate Bush fandom question, but I'm away on vacation. I just stumbled into an Arpa connection at the U of MD. I know someone who called up EMI in London. They told him that it would be released in August and that this is firm. Kate Bush's new album was finished being recorded sometime around December. I've heard two different rumors about what's causing the delay. One says that the record company thinks that it is too uncommercial and is sitting on it. The other says that Kate Bush decided it wasn't mixed well enough, and has spent the last several months remixing it. Also, she wasn't satisfied with the cover and is having it redone. Knowing that Kate Bush is an unrelenting perfectionist these days, I tend to believe that the latter rumor is probably correct. I just got my initiation package to the "Kate Bush Club", which I sent away for five months ago. This is a fan club that Kate Bush runs herself. It came with a wonderful little newsletter that among other things, has an article written by Kate describing her new album and the making of it. It will have 5 songs on the first side, and the second side will be a theme side. John Williams (the guitarist) and Eberhard Weber will be playing on it. Paddy Bush (Kate's brother) will be playing digeridu (Rof Harris gave Paddy one of his). I'll type in the article if any one really cares. Other interesting facts disclosed in this newsletter: Salvador Dali (who has for a long time has been my favorite painter) is Kate Bush's favorite artist, she has never heard a CD, and her favorite band of 1984 is Killing Joke, especially the song "80's". Isn't this a hardcore band? Anyone know anything more about them? Here's an interesting excerpt from the "Interview" section: AS MANY OF THE PRESS AND ALBUM REVIEWERS CONSIDERED "THE DREAMING" TO BE "WEIRD" AND "OVER PRODUCED" ETC. DO YOU MIND IF THE PRESS LABEL THE NEW ALBUM "EVEN WEIRDER"? I don't mind "even weirder" but I don't like "over produced". Well, I'll tell you if I find out anything new. "But my instincts tell me to Keep Breathing" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP Nessus@MIT-EDDIE.ARPA
jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (06/07/85)
> Let me set you straight on a few things about Kate Bush. Kate (or Binky > as she is also known ) is the most hostile and competitive > person I have ever met. [HUGH R. JANSIC] While I found Hugh Jansic's story about how Kate Bush brought terror to his family very disturbing, I have a couple of comments: First of all, I can't really call it "setting me straight" because I had no preconceived notions of what kind of person she was, nor did I really care (though I would if she were sleeping with my brother) because I don't think it will affect my enjoyment of her music. I've never known a world famous professional artist of any kind, but for some reason I've always believed that many of them would have personalities far from what we would consider to be normal, and that many would be unable to have normal relationships with other people. It just seems to be something that goes with that degree of creative ability, so I can't say I'm too surprised to hear that Kate Bush can't or won't be civil with people who are close to her. I'm tempted to say, "I'm not going to buy any more of her records because I don't want to contribute to the horrible things she does to people," but I'm more tempted to say, "her personal life is not my concern. I'm only concerned with her music." I prefer to judge music by itself, rather than along with the artist's personality, so I'd rather not hear about personality flaws that may prejudice my opinion of that artist's music. She brought sorrow to the Jansic family though her personal association, but that's no reason to prevent her from bringing pleasure to mine through her music. So let's talk about music, not about the musicians' personalities! -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsri!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff
rrw@ccice2.UUCP (Rick Wessman) (06/08/85)
In article <1076@princeton.UUCP> jansic@princeton.UUCP (Hugh R. Jansic) writes: >[RAMBO the Bug eater!] > > Let me set you straight on a few things about Kate Bush. Kate (or Binky Was this article really necessary? It seems to me that this article was just a good excuse to vent off steam. On top of that, I find some of the story very hard to believe. Rick
nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (06/13/85)
> From: jansic@princeton.UUCP (Hugh R. Jansic) > Let me set you straight on a few things about Kate Bush. Kate (or Binky > as she is also known ) is the most hostile and competitive > person I have ever met. I should know because she used to sleep with > my older brother when they were in high school together.... > From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) > While I found Hugh Jansic's story about how Kate Bush brought terror to his > family very disturbing, I have a couple of comments: > > First of all, I can't really call it "setting me straight" because I > had no preconceived notions of what kind of person she was, nor did I > really care (though I would if she were sleeping with my brother) > because I don't think it will affect my enjoyment of her music. Jeff, you didn't really believe Hugh Jansic's ridiculous fabrication about Kate Bush, did you? Maybe you didn't, but are just being too subtle for me. In any case, I would like to point out that Hugh Jansic's story is only a creation of his own disturbed mind, and then point out a few things about Hugh that may lead you to eventually forgive him. The fact that Kate Bush has lived in England all her life and there is no such thing as "high school" in England (it is called "grammar school"), and that Kate Bush's nickname is Katie (as in K.T. Bush Band), not Binky should have given away that there is something wrong with this story. Also, the fact that Kate Bush is sometimes criticized as being "too nice" might lead us to believe that Binky is not quite Kate Bush's character. Why did Hugh feel it necessary to post such slander? Well, you see, Hugh has some psychological problems caused by severe traumas that have occurred in his life. I usually wouldn't feel it appropriate to discuss someone's personal problems in a public forum, but perhaps if you understand Hugh's problems, you might forgive him. Hugh was born as one of a pair of Siamese twins. At the time, it was deemed too dangerous to try and separate them, so Hugh was attached to his brother Billy for many years. Unfortunately, when they were entering puberty, Billy developed an identity crisis and thought he was female. He renamed himself "Kate". Hugh's family put up with this, until one day, their mother stumbled in upon Hugh and Billy while they were engaged in an incestuous activity. Mrs. Jansic was very upset and decided to have them separated, no matter what the risk. Unfortunately Billy died shortly after the operation that separated Hugh and Billy. Hugh was devistated by this and he was never able to forgive his loving "sister" "Kate" for leaving him. He has now psychotically transfered his feelings of rejection and his own feelings of guilt onto all people with the name "Kate", especially famous people. He will stop at nothing to defame Kate Bush, Kate McGarrigle, Kate Jackson, Catherine Hepburn, the author of the "Cathy" comic strip, etc. He even hates cats, because "cat" sounds like "Kate" and is terrified of kites. Knowing the story of Hugh Jansic's life, one cannot help but feel sorry for him, and one should not respond to his actions to harshly. The club called "fun-people", which is an organization at Princeton for computer hackers who were born without genitals, even let him into their club, even though Hugh has genitals, becasue they felt sorry for him. Your condolances for any of these people may be sent to princeton!down!fun-people. -Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP nessus@mit-eddie.ARPA "Well, whenever I see I see the news it's the same old depressing things. Wars, hostages, and people's arms hanging off with all the tendons hanging out, y'know. So I tend not to watch it much. I prefer to go and see a movie or something where it's put much more poetically. People getting their heads blown off in slow motion, very beautifully." -- Kate Bush
nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (06/17/85)
First of all I did not post the vicious attack on Hugh Jansic. Although I have many strong feelings on the subject of Kate Bush, I would not attack a colleague. I suspect someone knowledgable in the use of computer networks such as Mark Horton or Rob Pike or Sunny Kirsten (bitch) did this to tarnish my otherwise illuminating insights in net.music. I suspect one of them has a very advanced AI expert system for generating articles apparently written by me. The realization that the algorithm for my thinking process has propogated over the net gives me a new feeling of imortality! I hope they wrote down the method they use to emulate me. Cause then, even long after I'm dead, I will exist on that piece of paper. Perhaps my algorithm will even infect people's minds and they will become me. The whole world might eventually become filled up with me's. It will be great! Why do I even go on bothering to keep life within this useless piece of flesh I now inhabit? I've transcended all that! I'm disposing of this useless body tomorrow, but before I do, I'll send them all my Kate Bush albums, fanzines, photographs, videotapes, blow-up loves dolls, and used panties to put with the Doug Alan algorithm so that it will always be happy too. I must confess I had mixed feelings upon reading about Kate Bush's personal life. On the one hand I love Kate Bush more than any other human in the whole world. On the other hand, the silly Yuppie preciousness of her stage persona sends me into a real mean mood. Feelings of humiliation, degradation, and *ation overwhelm me and my special friends! Since Mr. Jansic's posting I have been doing some thinking while examining my Indian arrowhead collection and I have decided to destroy all my Kate Bush Memorabilia. It's not as if this will be completely painless either. I have already had strong irrational desires to harm myself just to remind me what Kate Bush really means as I burn the many locks of her hair I have saved. Also there is my set of original art works done in black watercolors (black is Kate's favorite color) that represent my most personal feelings about Kate Bush that I will donate to anyone out there who dares to ask for them!!! I consider this conversation about Kate Bush to be closed. Bitch. Even if her last record The Dreaming was overproduced she is still very compelling and elusive. I will have to get a cheaper stereo system or a low-fi CD player. Sometimes I decide I will never listen to Kate Bush again and other times I can't imagine not listening to Kate Bush every day. It's like self-contradictory :-). Maybe there is a meta-language to describe these kinds of situations. This reminds me of a Koan. If the buffalo runs, he will fall into the trench; If he returns, he will be butchered. That little tail Is a very strange thing. I have heard Kate's next album *will* be on CD and is entitled "Ain't No Such Thing as an Ugly White Woman". Can anyone confirm this or provide new information? "I see myself suddenly on the piano, As a melody My terrible fear of dying, no longer Plays with me. :-) For now I know that I'm needed For the symphony." Doug