--------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E G A R Y N U M A N D I G E S T (by subscription only - to unsubscribe, see bottom of this message) --------------------------------------------------------------------- (#2001-165) - Topics This Issue: 1) I love 1979 2) the (re)new(ed) king of it all ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 22:16:54 -0500 From: NumanBoy Subject: "I love 1979" What is "I love 1979", and can somebody capure ir? Cheers! NumanBoy Proud Member Of Boys Like Us www.numanboy.com www.davidellison.com ICQ 94727919 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:41:33 -0500 From: "Val & Ben Iglar-Mobley" Subject: the (re)new(ed) king of it all I was at a tattoo party this weekend. It's like a tupperware party, only instead of having a tupperware person come to somebody's home and pass around pieces of plastic and encourage others to buy them, a friend of ours had a tattoo artist come to her home and invited a number of people over to get tattoos from her. (Before you ask, no, I chickened out.) At one point I was sitting on the couch in their den, looking over books of photos of the artist's work, talking to our host's husband. The two of them are in a band, we were talking about music, and he had Mtv-X on. It's some kind of Mtv variant, where everything they show is hard. (My guess is the "X" is for "eXtreeeeeeeeme, dude!") Marylin Manson came on, and Mr. musician was yammering about how much he respects Manson for what he's trying to do. I said, "Well, there's ONE song he does that I like!" "What's that?" he asked. "'Down In The Park'-- it's a cover of a Gary Numan song; I'm a huge Numan fan." "Really?" our host asked me. "There aren't too many of those anymore!" I wasn't quite sure whether he was taking a shot at Gary or saying we're a select group. I decided to razz him a little. "Actually," I said mildly, "it's quite hip to be into Gary again. Manson not only covered Gary, he's said he's a fan himself and he even joined Numan to sing 'Down In The Park' with him at a concert." As it turned out, luck was with me. Smashing Pumpkins came on after Marylin Manson, then Fear Factory, then Hole. As each video popped up, I said, "Oh yeah, they've covered Gary as well. They're also fans." After the fourth reference, he was looking stunned and was flipping his glance, open-mouthed, between me and the video. Maybe there aren't too many of us, but we're a damn cool crowd! Slam dunk. ------------------------------ End numan@garynumanfan.nu Digest [07/25/2001 18:01] --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E G A R Y N U M A N D I G E S T is produced, moderated, and distributed by Derek Langsford, Dave Datta, and Joey Lindstrom dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu, datta@cs.uwp.edu, Joey@GaryNumanFan.NU ------------------------------------------------------------------- To reply to the messages in this list, email: numan@GaryNumanFan.NU If you want to be removed, or someone wants to be added, email: listserv@GaryNumanFan.NU and include this line as the first line of your message body: SUBSCRIBE numan@garynumanfan.nu (email address) or UNSUBSCRIBE numan@garynumanfan.nu (email address) (email address is optional but useful if you have multiple addresses) If you want to switch between receiving Digests or individual posts, again send to listserv@GaryNumanFan.NU and include either of these in your message body: NORMAL numan@garynumanfan.nu or DIGEST numan@garynumanfan.nu ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note: this mailing list is configured to automatically unsubscribe you if mail to your mailbox goes undeliverable for any reason. If you suddenly stop receiving this list, you should assume you've been automatically unsubscribed and should then manually resubscribe. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Gary Numan Digest is brought to you via Joey Lindstrom and the GaryNUmanFan server (Joey@GaryNumanFan.NU) All of the opinions in this digest belong to the respective authors and do not necessarily agree with those of the Digest Producers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------