I'm alive! (And a question about issue 1)
Unknown
rate. Comic books are not worth much nowadays, and especially any Vertigo
comics where you can get it in a collected TPB without any of those pesky
advertisements on every other page. A good place to look for those hard to
find issues at dirt cheap prices is on EvilBay. Support your comic book
stores, if it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be where you are today...
Endless
Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
<38805C06...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>I have a question...my dad bought me issue 1 of The Sandman for
>Christmas. He says he paid like $50 for it. Is it worth that? I
>honestly have no clue, and I hope he didn't get ripped off.
>
>--Jenny Jo (In search of Mythical Kings)
The Chick With The Mice
Unknown wrote in message ...
>Well if he bought it from a comic book store, then that's probably the
going
>rate.
Oh, I dunno... I think when Simon bought the first few that turned out not
to be mine 3 1/2 years ago (don't want to go into it), #1 was $65, #2 was
$35 and #3 was $20. Granted, the #1 was something of a rip off then, but
I've seen it a few times between $40 and $60 since then, so I dont' think it
was a rip off if it was in GOOD condition.
>
>
>Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
><38805C06...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>>I have a question...my dad bought me issue 1 of The Sandman for
>>Christmas. He says he paid like $50 for it. Is it worth that? I
>>honestly have no clue, and I hope he didn't get ripped off.
>>
>>--Jenny Jo (In search of Mythical Kings)
-MM & the ME
who is thankful she paid a whole lot more, but for 35 issues...
o..o o..o
>\/< >\/<
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HippMamma
><38805C06...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>>I have a question...my dad bought me issue 1 of The Sandman for
>>Christmas. He says he paid like $50 for it. Is it worth that? I
>>honestly have no clue, and I hope he didn't get ripped off.
>>
>>--Jenny Jo (In search of Mythical Kings)
my local comic book store sella issue #1 for $20, but I happen to have a great
and very fair local comic book store. They base their prices on the Overstreet
price guide, which is very well respected, but prices in the lower range. The
Wizard price guide will usually price comics in a higher range. Just to give
you an example of the dichotomy I have seen: the signed Chicago con ashcan
that I got for $10 at my store was selling for $60 at the San Diego Con. The
bottom line is, a comic is worth whatever you are willing to pay to read it.
If you love reading the first issue of Sandman, then it is priceless! =)
~hip mama
Jinx213
> >Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
> >>Christmas. He says he paid like $50 for it. Is it worth that? I
> >>honestly have no clue, and I hope he didn't get ripped off.
> my local comic book store sella issue #1 for $20, but I happen to have a great
> and very fair local comic book store. They base their prices on the Overstreet
> price guide, which is very well respected, but prices in the lower range. The
> Wizard price guide will usually price comics in a higher range. Just to give
> you an example of the dichotomy I have seen: the signed Chicago con ashcan
> that I got for $10 at my store was selling for $60 at the San Diego Con. The
> bottom line is, a comic is worth whatever you are willing to pay to read it.
> If you love reading the first issue of Sandman, then it is priceless! =)
First take hippmama's advice.......it's only worth what you'll pay for
it, and if someone prices at Wizard guide,...walk away, unless you
*really really really* want it.
Jinxie
who got her whole collection (2 sets of the whole run) for about $65.00
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This reminds me, has anybody bought the (IMHO very silly)
Milleniumedition of Sandman 1?
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Before you buy.
Jennifer Reinhart
Jinx213 wrote:
> First take hippmama's advice.......it's only worth what you'll pay for
> it, and if someone prices at Wizard guide,...walk away, unless you
> *really really really* want it.
>
But see, *I* won't pay for it...my dad already paid for it and gave it to me for
Christmas...and it's nice to have and all, so if $50 is something like the going
rate, I won't worry about it. Not that I should really worry about it anyway.
Thanks Dad. :-)
--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
Rev. NightWalker
> This reminds me, has anybody bought the (IMHO very silly)
> Milleniumedition of Sandman 1?
The.....what?
Umm, I hope you're joking, and if not...please enlighten?
--
* Want a taste of religion? Bite a minister...
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
The Chick With The Mice
Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
>
>--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
But the socks! The socks had to be worth it!
-MM & the ME
who spent $50 of a Nordstroms gift card on socks
Jennifer Reinhart
The Chick With The Mice wrote:
> Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
> <388808CF...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
> >
> >--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
>
> But the socks! The socks had to be worth it!
>
The socks were too evil to contemplate buying. The underwear was all either
too evil or the wrong size. I bought pajama pants, a black shirt, and a
little purse/handbag thing was actually sort of cute.
--Jenny Jo (they had all the valentine's day stuff out...~shudder~)
Tom Galloway
Rev. NightWalker <night...@netmore.net> wrote:
>Doc Vacation wrote:
>> This reminds me, has anybody bought the (IMHO very silly)
>> Milleniumedition of Sandman 1?
Theoretically linked to the changing of the millenium (and continuing through
the end of 2000, so it can satisfy either definition of when it begins), DC
is publishing reprints of significant books by either DC or companies it
now owns at a once a week pace.
Great idea, except for a few execution problems. A lot of the Golden and
Silver Age stuff so far reprinted or announced are books which have been
already reprinted multiple times. And they've, to my mind foolishly, included
a number of modern age comics, some of which can be found in quarter bins
(WildC.A.T.s #1) or which were part one of multiple part stories so you'd
really have to buy the collection to follow up (JLA #1). Sandman #1 probably
counts as both the first and second; it's been reprinted a fair number of
times, including as a stand alone issue, and the latter reprint is probably
findable in quarter bins.
tyg t...@netcom.com
Doc Vacation
"Rev. NightWalker" <night...@netmore.net> wrote:
> Doc Vacation wrote:
> > This reminds me, has anybody bought the (IMHO very silly)
> > Milleniumedition of Sandman 1?
>
>
> Umm, I hope you're joking, and if not...please enlighten?
>
"Milleniumedition". And I know it wasn't the fault of the guy in the
comicstore, but somebody just had to suffer....
> --
>
> * Want a taste of religion? Bite a minister...
>
and god. The average Minister contains 0.06g Faith and 1.1 g Believe
Doc Vacation
Sandman turtleneck for them?
Larry, the Other White Meat
<deli...@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>
>The Chick With The Mice wrote:
>
>> Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
>> <388808CF...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>> >
>> >--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
>>
>> But the socks! The socks had to be worth it!
>>
>
>The socks were too evil to contemplate buying. The underwear was all either
>too evil or the wrong size. I bought pajama pants, a black shirt, and a
>little purse/handbag thing was actually sort of cute.
>
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's I shopped aat Hot Topics for my gifts!!!
>--Jenny Jo (they had all the valentine's day stuff out...~shudder~)
>
Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
Larry, who thinks people in pastels should be shot on sight.
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty place from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle.
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more; it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
-- William Shakespeare.
ICQ No. 37523426
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thingieclub
HippMamma
is not the most current edition (the 29th is out), but it prices a nearmint
Sandman #1 at $50, so I'd say your dad got a fair deal!
~hip mama
Larry, the Other White Meat
hipp...@aol.com (HippMamma) wrote:
I would've figured a bit higher. Closer to $100. But it's been a long time
since I collected comics.
Larry, who once had a collection worth $1000, and now the same collection
is worth $10.
"You are all a Lost Generation."
-- Gertrude Stein
ICQ No. 37523426
Morgana
<globa...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>In article <3889419D...@uclink4.berkeley.edu> , Jennifer Reinhart
><deli...@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>The Chick With The Mice wrote:
>>
>>> Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
>>> <388808CF...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>>> >
>>> >--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
>>>
>>> But the socks! The socks had to be worth it!
>>>
>>
>>The socks were too evil to contemplate buying. The underwear was all either
>>too evil or the wrong size. I bought pajama pants, a black shirt, and a
>>little purse/handbag thing was actually sort of cute.
>>
>
>
>MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's I shopped aat Hot Topics for my gifts!!!
>
>
>>--Jenny Jo (they had all the valentine's day stuff out...~shudder~)
>>
>
>Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
"black." ;p
>
>
>Larry, who thinks people in pastels should be shot on sight.
That's right up there with my conviction that "cute" should be shot at
dawn. Heh.
Morgana.
"I close my eyes and the world drops dead, I lift my lids and all is born again."
Sylvia Plath "A Mad Girl's Love Song"
Remove "spam.off." from e-mail address.
- s h i r a -
Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers... But it's better than GAP, I
guess... Although I must admit, I do own a few things from GAP. Just a bright
blue sweater and a scarf I got for xmas, though. I wouldn't go into either,
really, except for the fact that Hot Topic has rad shoelaces I can't find
anywhere else, and GAP has good cheap stuff and a nice selection of fuzzy
stuff every once in awhile (same with Old Navy).
>Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
>"black." ;p
But, but PINK!! I like pink!! Not light pink, mind you, but blinding hot
pink. Is purdy. I love it... Pink vinyl Donnas pants... Yay.
*shira
--
Lookin down at the ground means you know where you're goin,
no head up in the clouds to lead you astray
but you can't ever have any kind of dream that way.
-Sesame Street
--
Morgana
>>Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
>>"black." ;p
>
>But, but PINK!! I like pink!! Not light pink, mind you, but blinding hot
>pink. Is purdy. I love it... Pink vinyl Donnas pants... Yay.
Shira? Don't make me hafta shoot you. ;p
Morgana...who associates pink with "cute"..and we all know what I
think about "cute." *BLAM!*
HippMamma
>Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers... But it's better than GAP, I
>guess... Although I must admit, I do own a few things from GAP. Just a
>bright blue sweater and a scarf I got for xmas, though. I wouldn't go >into
either,
>really, except for the fact that Hot Topic has rad shoelaces I can't find
>anywhere else, and GAP has good cheap stuff and a nice selection of >fuzzy
>stuff every once in awhile (same with Old Navy).
to actually shop, and the cuteness of the Baby GAP which is right next door
(where else can you buy velvet dresses for your kidlets?). Anyway, jeans are
about as dressed up as I get these days, so it works for me!
~hip mama
Larry, the Other White Meat
<sc...@usit.net> wrote:
>
>Morgana <ro...@panix.com> wrote in message
>news:388c228f....@news.panix.com...
>
>>
>> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
>> "black." ;p
>
> I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink Spinal
>Tap album cover? *G*
>
Metallica's new pink album?
Larry --
Rev. NightWalker
> Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers...
(Cha-Ching!) Instant Approval into Walker's .sig file!
--
* I'm out of bed and somewhat dressed.
What more do you want?
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
Scott Conner
>
> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> "black." ;p
I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink Spinal
Tap album cover? *G*
--Scott--
Jennifer Reinhart
Larry, the Other White Meat wrote:
> >
>
> Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
>
Silly boy--the Old Navy spring line *is* the Gap spring line, but cheaper and
with a different logo on it. Trust me, it was an effort just to walk into the
store without shielding my eyes...but of course, we did in Goth clothes. That
was fun, at least. :-)
--Jenny Jo (is wearing her pastel aqua pajama pants and her AFNG Baby-tee.)
- s h i r a -
>think about "cute." *BLAM!*
Oh!! But Donnas most CERTAINLY do not equal cute. Most certainly. Never.
Scott Conner
Larry, the Other White Meat <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:86diui$ugf$2...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
>
> Larry --
>
AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
--Scott--
Larry, the Other White Meat
<night...@netmore.net> wrote:
>- s h i r a - wrote:
>> Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers...
>
>(Cha-Ching!) Instant Approval into Walker's .sig file!
>
LOL
Actually that's very true. But Hot Topic s the best I can do in Evansville.
Not having a Melrose Avenue, or huge shopping district full of small
fashion boutiques. You can get some nice clothes there if you know what to
look for and know what to avoid.
Larry, who also has to shop at the Gap and Buckle . . . .
COLT
> > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> > >> "black." ;p
> > >
> > > I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
> Spinal
> > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > >
> >
> >
> > Metallica's new pink album?
> >
> > Larry --
> >
> You blasphemer!!!!!
>
> AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
--
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long
as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making
a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
Oscar Wilde
Rev. NightWalker
> Actually that's very true. But Hot Topic is
> the best I can do in Evansville.
Hrm. Sorry. :(
> Not having a Melrose Avenue
<Homer>
ohhh....Melrose. rarrarrarr...<drool>
</Homer>
CondomMania, Golden Apple Comics (Hi Bill! Hi Sharon!), and great
clothing...all on the same street! Who knew?
>or huge shopping district full of small fashion
>boutiques.
'eh. Gimme Ventura or Melrose any day. <grins>
> You can get some nice clothes there
> if you know what to look for and know
> what to avoid.
#Warning...Overbearing, Pig-Headed, Narrow-Minded Rant ahead#
Note to Hot Topic comsumers:
Please do not purchase t-shirts of the following punk bands if you were born
in 1980 or later, and/or if you cannot name at least 3 albums/recite lyrics
from the following (you WILL be tested):
Crass
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Any punk band from the '80's
Any punk band no longer together or touring
Reason: The bands are gone, the music has changed, the fight was lost, and
*you weren't there*! If you continue to purchase/etc. these articles of
clothing, please do not be alarmed if you are called a 'pseudo-punk', a
'house-punk', a 'retropunk-ett', a 'poser', a 'conformist', a 'lame-ass', etc.
Being 16, dying your hair pink, and wearing a vintage (i.e. Older Than You)
'SST Records' or 'Circle Jerks' t-shirt with your leather jacket and ripped
pants Does Not Make You 'Punk'.
Addendum: If you really do like the bands, know the history, and don't
masqurade as a superficial wanna-be punker...buy the t-shirts! More power to
you!
--
* When there's a Will, I want to be in it.
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
...who grew up in the punk scene...
Larry, the Other White Meat
<night...@netmore.net> wrote:
>
>#Warning...Overbearing, Pig-Headed, Narrow-Minded Rant ahead#
>
>Note to Hot Topic comsumers:
>
>Please do not purchase t-shirts of the following punk bands if you were born
>in 1980 or later, and/or if you cannot name at least 3 albums/recite lyrics
>from the following (you WILL be tested):
>
>Crass
>Sex Pistols
They only had one studio album. Unless you count all the live bootlegs.
>Black Flag
>Dead Kennedys
CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!!!
(AND REMEMBER REAGAN IS A NAZI FASCIST HITLER!!!>
>Any punk band from the '80's
The Clash.
>Any punk band no longer together or touring
>
Does NIrvana still count? <ducks and runs for cover>
Larry --
Larry, the Other White Meat
<sc...@usit.net> wrote:
>
>COLT <Henning....@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote in message
>news:388B8147...@stud.uni-hannover.de...
>> Scott Conner schrieb:
>>
>> > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
>> > > >> "black." ;p
>> > > >
>> > > > I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
>> > Spinal
>> > > >Tap album cover? *G*
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Metallica's new pink album?
>> > >
>> > > Larry --
>> > >
>> > You blasphemer!!!!!
>> >
>> > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
>>
>> Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
>>
>> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
>>
> Would you be the pink sheep of the family, Colt?
>
With all these discussions of pink we should really wait until Tuesday. .
.
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
|In article <YNri4.12$886....@news1.usit.net> , "Scott Conner"
|<sc...@usit.net> wrote:
|>Morgana <ro...@panix.com> wrote...
|>> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
|>> "black." ;p
|>
|> I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
Spinal
|>Tap album cover? *G*
|
|Metallica's new pink album?
"...I see a red door and I want to paint it pink..."
Nahhh.
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
(Not to drag this back on-topic or anything, but what if the next Dream
has a pink fixation instead of a white one ?)
Scott Conner
COLT <Henning....@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote in message
news:388B8147...@stud.uni-hannover.de...
> Scott Conner schrieb:
>
> > > >> "black." ;p
> > > >
> > > > I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
> > Spinal
> > > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Metallica's new pink album?
> > >
> > >
> > You blasphemer!!!!!
> >
> > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
>
> Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
>
> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
>
Would you be the pink sheep of the family, Colt?
--Scott--
Karen McMurray
>
> Scott Conner schrieb:
>
> > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> > > >> "black." ;p
> > > >
> > > > I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
> > Spinal
> > > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Metallica's new pink album?
> > >
> > > Larry --
> > >
> > You blasphemer!!!!!
> >
> > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
>
> Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
>
> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
You really must stop. Don't you realize some people don't appreciate
pink humour?
-karen
--
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http://members.home.com/klmcmurray/thingie.html
Any language where the unassuming word 'fly' signifies an annoying
insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's
apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.
-- Bill Bryson, "The Mother Tongue"
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
|COLT wrote:
|>
[snip]
|>
|> Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
|>
|> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
|
|You really must stop. Don't you realize some people don't appreciate
|pink humour?
...it is a pink day for those with a *real* sense of humour...
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
(who is now wondering if that Aerosmith song would be different)
Monkysquat
>Date: Sat, 22 January 2000 12:36 AM EST
>Message-id: <3889419D...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
>
>
>
>The Chick With The Mice wrote:
>
>> Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
>> <388808CF...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>> >
>> >--Jenny Jo (It was a helluva lot cooler than my $40 Old Navy Gift Card)
>>
>> But the socks! The socks had to be worth it!
>>
>
>The socks were too evil to contemplate buying. The underwear was all either
>too evil or the wrong size. I bought pajama pants, a black shirt, and a
>little purse/handbag thing was actually sort of cute.
>
Underwear? And evil underwear at that?
Ivory
"My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies,
faerie tales of yesterday will grow and never die,
I can fly my friend" The Show Must Go On -- Queen
Monkysquat
>Date: Sat, 22 January 2000 04:55 PM EST
>Message-id: <20000122165503...@ng-ca1.aol.com>
>
>>>MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's I shopped aat Hot Topics for my gifts!!!
>
>guess... Although I must admit, I do own a few things from GAP. Just a
>bright
>blue sweater and a scarf I got for xmas, though. I wouldn't go into either,
>really, except for the fact that Hot Topic has rad shoelaces I can't find
>anywhere else, and GAP has good cheap stuff and a nice selection of fuzzy
>stuff every once in awhile (same with Old Navy).
>
>>"black." ;p
>
>pink. Is purdy. I love it... Pink vinyl Donnas pants... Yay.
>
My hot pink bike is the most awesome
ride out there :P
Monkysquat
>...who grew up in the punk scene...
Hey did ya see the movie "SLC Punk"?
That movie rocked! Punks in Salt Lake
City, what a messed up idea :P
- s h i r a -
>
Wow!! I'm honored!!
Monkysquat
>Date: Sat, 22 January 2000 07:39 PM EST
>Message-id: <388A4D81...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
>
>
>
>Larry, the Other White Meat wrote:
>
>> >
>>
>> Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
>>
>
>Silly boy--the Old Navy spring line *is* the Gap spring line, but cheaper and
>with a different logo on it. Trust me, it was an effort just to walk into
>the
>store without shielding my eyes...but of course, we did in Goth clothes.
>That
>was fun, at least. :-)
Well Gap and Old Navy and for that matter
alot of Tommy Hilfiger stuff is made by the
same people. How do I know this? I print
first shot test print samples for all of these
lines and we do production on the designs
if they get chosen.
>--Jenny Jo (is wearing her pastel aqua pajama pants and her AFNG Baby-tee.)
Don't tease! You still owe me a pic of
you in the shirt. As a matter of fact all of
you lil buggers do!
Sheri
"Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
news:gJti4.81$886....@news1.usit.net...
>
> Larry, the Other White Meat <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:86diui$ugf$2...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > <sc...@usit.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >> "black." ;p
> > >
> Spinal
> > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > >
> >
> >
> > Metallica's new pink album?
> >
> > Larry --
> >
> You blasphemer!!!!!
>
> AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
Oh dear...does this mean I have to change over all my Black Floyd stuff?
Sheri
Sheri
> <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote:
<snip>
> >Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
>
> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> "black." ;p
>
> >
> >
> >Larry, who thinks people in pastels should be shot on sight.
>
> That's right up there with my conviction that "cute" should be shot at
> dawn. Heh.
Well, y'all will just have to blindfold and shoot me, then, because I *like*
pastels, and actually look better in them. I don't give a shit what's
trendy or not...if the color looks good on me, I'll wear it.
And I'm kinda-sorta cute too. :-P
Sheri,
who still wears a lot of black (but not exclusively), and has been doing so
since 1972 when *nobody* was, so there, nyah.....
Sheri
"Rev. NightWalker" <night...@netmore.net> wrote in message
news:OwMi4.184$BQ6....@typhoon-la.pbi.net...
> Please do not purchase t-shirts of the following punk bands if you were
born
> in 1980 or later, and/or if you cannot name at least 3 albums/recite
lyrics
> from the following (you WILL be tested):
>
> Crass
> Sex Pistols
> Black Flag
> Dead Kennedys
> Any punk band from the '80's
> Any punk band no longer together or touring
>
> Reason: The bands are gone, the music has changed, the fight was lost, and
> *you weren't there*! If you continue to purchase/etc. these articles of
> clothing, please do not be alarmed if you are called a 'pseudo-punk', a
> 'house-punk', a 'retropunk-ett', a 'poser', a 'conformist', a 'lame-ass',
etc.
> Being 16, dying your hair pink, and wearing a vintage (i.e. Older Than
You)
> 'SST Records' or 'Circle Jerks' t-shirt with your leather jacket and
ripped
> pants Does Not Make You 'Punk'.
Thank you! And I'd like to extend that list to include "classic" rock
bands, and the <shudder> new t-shirts that are made of them (e.g. Doors,
Zep, etc.) Now, I know that original shirts of these bands are no longer
available (or barely so), but every time I go into a store that carries
band/artist t-shirts, and I see mock-tie-dyed shirts of bands like The
Doors, etc., I want to do very violent things (which I know is very
un-"peace, man"-hippie-like, but there it is).
Oh, yeah...and that goes for anything with Charles Manson on it...you
*really* weren't there (I was only a few miles from the murders, and
remember the shock and fear).
Talk about your gone bands, changed music, and lost fights. Sigh...
> Addendum: If you really do like the bands, know the history, and don't
> masqurade as a superficial wanna-be punker...buy the t-shirts! More power
to
> you!
Fair enough.
Sheri,
who realizes she may be a throwback, but is still bummed out that Abbie is
dead, and Jerry's a stockbroker or something now....what the hell happened
to the higher ideals of my generation anyway?
Sheri
"Larry, the Other White Meat" <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:86g69p$h85$1...@nntp4.atl.mindspring.net...
> In article <OwMi4.184$BQ6....@typhoon-la.pbi.net> , "Rev. NightWalker"
> <night...@netmore.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >#Warning...Overbearing, Pig-Headed, Narrow-Minded Rant ahead#
> >
> >Note to Hot Topic comsumers:
> >
born
> >in 1980 or later, and/or if you cannot name at least 3 albums/recite
lyrics
> >from the following (you WILL be tested):
> >
> >Crass
> >Sex Pistols
>
>
>
> >Black Flag
> >Dead Kennedys
>
> CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!!!
>
> (AND REMEMBER REAGAN IS A NAZI FASCIST HITLER!!!>
It helps a lot too if you can actually *remember* when Raygun was governor
of California.
Sheri,
feeling pissy right now....
Jennifer Reinhart
- s h i r a - wrote:
> >>MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's I shopped aat Hot Topics for my gifts!!!
>
> Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers...
Oddly enough, Hot Topic is one of my favorite stores to look around in on my lunch
break...mind you, I never buy anything there...I did buy a Limp Bizkit poster for
my punk-ass brat of a cousin, but that hardly counts. Well, and I do have an "I
am the Evil Twin" T-shirt that Alex bought me...but mostly I just like to go look
at the sheer, commercial cooler-than-thou glitteriness of it. I mean, wow. The
rapid mainstreaming of fringe cultures, it's amazing.
--Jenny Jo (Did almost buy a My Little Pony shirt there, though. And really needs
a decent black bra and a mesh shirt. Mmm, meshy.)
Jennifer Reinhart
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch wrote:
> Karen McMurray wrote in message <388BA099...@home.com>...
> |COLT wrote:
> |>
> [snip]
> |>
> |> Now, don´t you go pinkmailing each other!
> |>
> |> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
> |
> |You really must stop. Don't you realize some people don't appreciate
> |pink humour?
>
> ...it is a pink day for those with a *real* sense of humour...
This is all like something out of Film Rose...
--Jenny Jo (doesn't know if that's how you spell it in French.)
Jennifer Reinhart
Monkysquat wrote:
>
>
> Well Gap and Old Navy and for that matter
> alot of Tommy Hilfiger stuff is made by the
> same people.
Also Banana Republic.
> >--Jenny Jo (is wearing her pastel aqua pajama pants and her AFNG Baby-tee.)
>
> Don't tease! You still owe me a pic of
> you in the shirt. As a matter of fact all of
> you lil buggers do!
>
I'm working on it. I'll get my roomie to take one.
--Jenny Jo (Who has gotten one "I like your T-shirt" and one "Eww!")
Jennifer Reinhart
Sheri wrote:
>
>
> Oh dear...does this mean I have to change over all my Black Floyd stuff?
>
Oooh, you beat me to it! :-)
--Jenny Jo (Wonders how African Americans feel about all this.)
Monkysquat
>Date: Sun, 23 January 2000 09:12 PM EST
>Message-id: <86gfnv$i7v$1...@nntp8.atl.mindspring.net>
>
>In article <OwNi4.167$ED1....@news1.usit.net> , "Scott Conner"
><sc...@usit.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>COLT <Henning....@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote in message
>>news:388B8147...@stud.uni-hannover.de...
>>> Scott Conner schrieb:
>>>
>>> > > >> "black." ;p
>>> > > >
>k
>>> > Spinal
>>> > > >Tap album cover? *G*
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Metallica's new pink album?
>>> > >
>>> > > Larry --
>>> > >
>>> > You blasphemer!!!!!
>>> >
>>> > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
>>>
>>>
>>> Colt (sorry, it was stronger than me)
>>>
>>
>
>
No pink is one of my fave colours 24/7/365
for *ahem* various reasons :)
super karate monkey death car
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:43:38 -0500, "Larry, the Other White Meat"
> <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >Have you seen Gap's spring line? Pastels. <shudders>
>
> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> "black." ;p
Bah, they've been saying that for the past 15 years. I'm all for
perkygoth, but pink is just a big NO for me. Acid green, on the other
hand...
> >Larry, who thinks people in pastels should be shot on sight.
And just for that, I'm wearing my light yellow shirt today because
Larry's too far away to kill me.
--
[[-------[[ Kali Nichta ]]-------]]
http://www.sfgoth.com/~kali | http://www.sfgoth.com/writers
"Lather. Rinse. Maim." -"All That"
HippMamma
>of California.
>Sheri,
>feeling pissy right now....
when I was little, My dad would always refer to the cheese that came out of
the food box (we were very poor) as "Reagan cheese" because the food bank was
one of the only federally funded programs that he didn't cut. I grew up
believing that Ray-Gun was actually another flavor like swiss or cheddar.
~hip mama
JacobJavitz
>who realizes she may be a throwback, but is still bummed out that Abbie is
>dead, and Jerry's a stockbroker or something now....what the hell happened
>to the higher ideals of my generation anyway?
well, I'm only a young pup, but I would guess that the 60's were killed off by
their own aesthetic unpleasantness. Higher ideals just don't cut it when their
clothed in tie-dye and beads (at least not for most of us)...
eric
"This system came out of the bottomless pit. At that time and in the place
where this system sprang it was hell on earth. The people defied the god who
made them; they worshipped the goddess of reason...They bought forth monsters,
unclean things."
Sheri
"HippMamma" <hipp...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000124143035...@ng-cf1.aol.com...
Funny, but in a sad sort of way. Remember his "ketchup is a vegetable"
shtick when he was gutting the school lunch programs? Asshole.
Sheri
Sheri
"JacobJavitz" <jacob...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000124150323...@ng-fs1.aol.com...
> >Sheri,
> >who realizes she may be a throwback, but is still bummed out that Abbie
is
> >dead, and Jerry's a stockbroker or something now....what the hell
happened
> >to the higher ideals of my generation anyway?
>
> well, I'm only a young pup, but I would guess that the 60's were killed
off by
> their own aesthetic unpleasantness. Higher ideals just don't cut it when
their
> clothed in tie-dye and beads (at least not for most of us)...
No, higher ideals have nothing to do with clothing...they don't cut it when
you've decided it's better to become a corporate slave and drive Volvos and
Beemers and live in $500,000 homes and never see your kids because you're
working all the time to "provide" *things* for them that they don't really
need....<stops rant now before it get *really* ugly>
Sheri
*Die Yuppie Scum
Sheri
>
> Sheri <and...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:86gnaq$bdk$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> >
> > "Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
> > news:gJti4.81$886....@news1.usit.net...
> > >
> > > Larry, the Other White Meat <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in
message
> > > news:86diui$ugf$2...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > > <sc...@usit.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Morgana <ro...@panix.com> wrote in message
> > > > >news:388c228f....@news.panix.com...
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "black." ;p
> > > > >
> > > Spinal
> > > > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Metallica's new pink album?
> > > >
> > > > Larry --
> > > >
> > > You blasphemer!!!!!
> > >
> > > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
> >
> >
>
> Egads....I hope my Pink Sabbath stuff won't be affected.
Mary Pink's going to have a hard time explaining, too, I'd imagine.
Sheri
Scott Conner
Sheri <and...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:gJti4.81$886....@news1.usit.net...
> >
> > Larry, the Other White Meat <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:86diui$ugf$2...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > In article <YNri4.12$886....@news1.usit.net> , "Scott Conner"
> > > <sc...@usit.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Morgana <ro...@panix.com> wrote in message
> > > >news:388c228f....@news.panix.com...
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the new
> > > >> "black." ;p
> > > >
> > > > I really, really hope not. Will that mean we'll see an all-pink
> > Spinal
> > > >Tap album cover? *G*
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Metallica's new pink album?
> > >
> > > Larry --
> > >
> > You blasphemer!!!!!
> >
> > AC/DC's "Back in Pink" doesn't sound so hot either.
>
> Oh dear...does this mean I have to change over all my Black Floyd stuff?
>
> Sheri
Egads....I hope my Pink Sabbath stuff won't be affected.
--Scott--
Christopher W. Shumway
: "Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
: news:Lw6j4.183$8F4....@news1.usit.net...
:>
:> Sheri <and...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
: Mary Pink's going to have a hard time explaining, too, I'd imagine.
I wanted to mention Pink Flag, but I'm pretty sure that that IS the name of
an actual band...
--
Chris
c...@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
Morgana
wrote:
And don't forget "trees cause pollution." Yet, they were calling him
"The Great Communicator." He was worse than frigging Dan Quayle! And
wasn't " Ray-gun" originally a song by musician/poet Gil Scott Heron
describing Dutch's crimes against humanity?
Morgana.
"I close my eyes and the world drops dead, I lift my lids and all is born again."
Sylvia Plath "A Mad Girl's Love Song"
Remove "spam.off." from e-mail address.
Sheri
I don't recall that, but I remember something from "Woodstock" where he was
called "Ronald Ray-guns." But I don't have it on hand to check.
Sheri
*What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 300,000....
Jennifer Reinhart
Christopher W. Shumway wrote:
Well, and then there's the Pink Crowes...not a pretty picture.
--Jenny Jo
So sad to listen to Horacio the cynic who wants a passport-love, a mountain
pass-love, a key-love, a revolver-love, a love that will give him the thousand
eyes of Argos, ubiquity, the silence out of which music is possible, the root out
of which a language can be woven.
--Julio Cortázar, _Hopscotch_
Jennifer Reinhart
Sheri wrote:
>
>
> I don't recall that, but I remember something from "Woodstock" where he was
> called "Ronald Ray-guns." But I don't have it on hand to check.
>
Well, they introduce the song with, "Ronald Ray-gun zzzap!"And then it's:
He's a drugstore, truck-drivin' man,
He's the head of the Ku Klux Klan...
When summer comes rollin' around
We'll be lucky to get out of town.
He's got him a house on the hill...
And he can play country records till you've had your fill
....
Damn. Can't remember the rest of the verse.
It's a duet...err...I think(?) It's country Joe McDonald and...either Judy
Collins or Joan Baez, I forget...but it's not like there's much difference
anyway. ;-)
--Jenny Jo (And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for...)
SorinRoke
> "Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:Lw6j4.183$8F4....@news1.usit.net...
> > Sheri <and...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:86gnaq$bdk$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > "Scott Conner" <sc...@usit.net> wrote in message
> > > news:gJti4.81$886....@news1.usit.net...
> > > > Larry, the Other White Meat <globa...@mindspring.com> wrote in
> > > > > In article <YNri4.12$886....@news1.usit.net> , "Scott Conner"
> > > > > <sc...@usit.net> wrote:
> > > > > >Morgana <ro...@panix.com> wrote in message
> > > > > >news:388c228f....@news.panix.com...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the
new
> > > > > >> "black." ;p
> > > > > >
>
>
(Well, it'll end sooner or later because of an adverp ink, but still)
Chris
Back off man, I'm a scientist
chr...@satl.com [SorinRoke]
JacobJavitz
>you've decided it's better to become a corporate slave and drive Volvos and
>Beemers and live in $500,000 homes and never see your kids because you're
>working all the time to "provide" *things* for them that they don't really
>need....<stops rant now before it get *really* ugly>
>
>Sheri
>
>*Die Yuppie Scum
This sounds amazingly like my father though he never had a volvo and, as far as
I know, he never had any sort of higher ideals. So is it worse to have always
been a corporate whore or to have only bent over after many years of seemingly
anti-establishment values?
Actually this has amazing relevance to my life, as I am in the process of
deciding if I should bend over as we speak.
Also, I apologize for getting you so riled (sp?) up...I'm mostly joking
anyway...
brian
> - s h i r a - wrote:
>> >>MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's I shopped aat Hot Topics for my gifts!!!
>>
>> Hmm... Hot Topic = Goth and punk by numbers...
> Oddly enough, Hot Topic is one of my favorite stores to look around in on my lunch
> break...mind you, I never buy anything there...I did buy a Limp Bizkit poster for
> my punk-ass brat of a cousin, but that hardly counts. Well, and I do have an "I
> am the Evil Twin" T-shirt that Alex bought me...but mostly I just like to go look
> at the sheer, commercial cooler-than-thou glitteriness of it. I mean, wow. The
> rapid mainstreaming of fringe cultures, it's amazing.
William Gibson touches on this in "All Tommorrow's Parties", where a
character is explaining to another character how "bohemias" no longer
existed because for a true sub-culture to exist and grow and thrive, it
needs to be left alone, and big business was so overzealous at
commercializing every "fringe" group that soon, there were no more truly
authentic alternative culture. I haven't read it, but from the
reviews/critiques I have read, I believe that Thomas Frank (The Conquest of
Cool, The Baffler) feels that there haven't been any truly "alternative"
subcultures since that sixties, that every true "alternative" has been
coopted and sold back to the public before it has had any chance of true
authenticity. Of course, it's hard to say whether a "scene" can truly be
authentic, I think, since there will always be "posers". I mean, there were
"posers" in the cafes in France at the end of the last century. I guess the
importance is at an individual level, since most people I have known who
have truly embodied the mostly created ideals of any scene, lamented the
fact that there even was a "scene". It should always be about people
learning to be the person they are, being true to themselves, and if being
true to themselves means they happen to write books that have a similar
tone or subject matter, or they make or listen to music that is similar,
well, then call it a scene if you must, but what it really is is people
living their lives.
-brian (ummm....yeah...hope that wasn't too boring)
brian
> In article <20000122134814...@ng-fx1.aol.com> ,
> hipp...@aol.com (HippMamma) wrote:
>>By the way, I have here a copy of the 28th edition of the Overstreet guide. It
>>is not the most current edition (the 29th is out), but it prices a nearmint
>>Sandman #1 at $50, so I'd say your dad got a fair deal!
>>
> I would've figured a bit higher. Closer to $100. But it's been a long time
> since I collected comics.
> Larry, who once had a collection worth $1000, and now the same collection
> is worth $10.
I think I'd have to pay someone to take mine.
-brian
Doc Vacation
Hey, I became a corporate slave here in the UK after travelling the
last two years. To be a corporate slave here you have to sell out every
ideal you ever had. I was one of those Enviromental activists. Here
they throw old battries in the normal trashbag...
_
docva...@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/a_brief_life
Es gobt nur cool und uncool und wie man sich fuehlt.
There is just cool and uncool and how you feel.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Doc Vacation
No not boring, actually something I devote a lot of time thinking
about. How to be induvidualist in the age of Induvidalism. The last
quiet beach is discovered by the backpacking armys of doom, the scouts
of Masstourism. Everybody has an unknown fav. Band, making music for
him and 12 other people on the globe and we all wear the same brand
expressing our uniqueness. I don't know, maybe I should join the army,
at least nobody likes them...
--
HippMamma
>> is worth $10.
>I think I'd have to pay someone to take mine.
My husband and I have about 10 thousand comics (no exaggeration), and every
year we have to pay someone $15 dollars an hour to appraise them for our
homeowners insurance. That means someone has to look through every single one,
decide what condition each is in, flip through the over street guide to see
what each is worth this year, write all the information down, then total it all
up. Sometimes I feel like I'm paying someone to take my comics.
~hip mama
- s h i r a -
>called "Ronald Ray-guns." But I don't have it on hand to check.
>
::grabs Woodstock LP from room::
It would be... Joan Baez featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff: Drug Store Truck
Drivin' Man. That's my favourite side of the album... thanks for making me
listen to it!!
*shira
--
Lookin down at the ground means you know where you're goin,
no head up in the clouds to lead you astray
but you can't ever have any kind of dream that way.
-Sesame Street
--
Scott Conner
>
> My husband and I have about 10 thousand comics (no exaggeration), and
every
> year we have to pay someone $15 dollars an hour to appraise them for our
> homeowners insurance. That means someone has to look through every single
one,
> decide what condition each is in, flip through the over street guide to
see
> what each is worth this year, write all the information down, then total
it all
> up. Sometimes I feel like I'm paying someone to take my comics.
>
> ~hip mama
Now this is interesting. For quite a while I have been considering
getting my book/comics collections insured. Anyone care to discuss the
pros/cons of insuring collections?
If I have to pay taxes on my book collection, I'm gonna be hurting.
--Scott--
Scott Conner
(SNIP)
> > > > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the
new
> > > > > >> "black." ;p
> > Egads....I hope my Pink Sabbath stuff won't be affected.
>
> Mary Pink's going to have a hard time explaining, too, I'd imagine.
>
> Sheri
>
Not to mention Shirley Temple Pink. And Johnny Cash's wardrobe will be
just plain weird.
Come to think of it, Danzig's Aria in Pink , PinkAcidEvil, and "Dirty
Pink Summer" would be quite silly.
I ain't touching a certain Soundgarden song or a certain Disney SF movie
*EG*
--Scott--
- s h i r a -
*shira
--
So tired of looking at the front page
watching actors on the news
And I can't stand this anymore if I ever could before
this culture's become deformed
-Dillinger 4
--
Larry, the Other White Meat
<sc...@usit.net> wrote:
>
>Sheri <and...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>news:86j7ph$no4$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
>
> (SNIP)
>
>> > > > > >> Get ready to go into convulsions darling, because pink is the
>new
>> > > > > >> "black." ;p
>
>> > Egads....I hope my Pink Sabbath stuff won't be affected.
>>
>> Mary Pink's going to have a hard time explaining, too, I'd imagine.
>>
>> Sheri
>>
> Not to mention Shirley Temple Pink.
Did you know that the original name for Stone Temple Pilots was SHirley
Temple's Pussy? They changed shortly after signing their first record deal
. . .
>And Johnny Cash's wardrobe will be
>just plain weird.
>
Not to mention the movie. I mean who wants to go see Men in Pink?
> Come to think of it, Danzig's Aria in Pink , PinkAcidEvil, and "Dirty
>Pink Summer" would be quite silly.
> I ain't touching a certain Soundgarden song or a certain Disney SF movie
>*EG*
>
Pink Hole Sun? The Pink Cauldron?
Larry --
"You are all a Lost Generation."
-- Gertrude Stein
ICQ No. 37523426
Jennifer Reinhart
- s h i r a - wrote:
> >I don't recall that, but I remember something from "Woodstock" where he was
> >called "Ronald Ray-guns." But I don't have it on hand to check.
> >
>
> ::grabs Woodstock LP from room::
>
> It would be... Joan Baez featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff: Drug Store Truck
> Drivin' Man. That's my favourite side of the album... thanks for making me
> listen to it!!
>
Hey, okay, I was close...I would have been closer but I was too lazy to go and
check on my record. :-)
--Jenny Jo (he's got him a medal that he won in the war, weighs 500 pounds and
it sleeps by the door...)
- s h i r a -
>and
>check on my record. :-)
>
>--Jenny Jo (he's got him a medal that he won in the war, weighs 500 pounds
>and
>it sleeps by the door...)
Hey, hey, I didn't say you weren't right - you are. But... okay, call me a
late-80s-born, ignorant teenager, but what is this "medal that he won in the
war, weighs 500 pounds and it sleeps by the door?"
*shira
...new signature...
Rev. NightWalker
> No not boring, actually something I devote a lot of time thinking
> about. How to be induvidualist in the age of Induvidalism.
Age of 'False Individualism', actually.
Unfortunately, instead of having a group of people with differing outlooks on
life, but the same 'enjoyment' factor, we have groups of people mass-joining
popular 'trends' and listening to popular music, dressing the part, doing the
'scene'...where they feel uncomfortable and unknowing. These people are
joining to be part of the 'popular' movement...they're trying to be an
individual by conforming to the mass. It the 'indiviual collective' mentality
(at least, that's what I call it, and what I'm going to be writing a thesis
on...)
--
* Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
Rev. NightWalker
> Now this is interesting. For quite a while I have been considering
> getting my book/comics collections insured. Anyone care to discuss the
> pros/cons of insuring collections?
First Con: There's no real after-market. All the 'collectibles' market is
based on is supply and demand. This allows the local ComicRapist to go to a
Toys R Us and buy all the 'rare' (only because it's packaged 1 per box, but
there's backstock of the same amount as any other figure) stuff at $8.99, and
then flip it for $30 at his store.
For example, a certain collectible card I own is worth, according to comic
stores and price guides, over $300. Nobody will *ever* buy it at that amount.
I couldn't even auction it at that amount...because nobody is willing to
purchase it at that amount.
Original or Limited art, structured limited items (#'d, etc.), errors, and
such should always be appraised and insured, but the standard collection of
comics and figures (at least, in my eyes) aren't worth the trouble.
'eh....half my stuff is worthless anyway...it's personalized. <grins>
--
* Married men live longer than single
men, but married men are a lot more
willing to die.
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
The Chick With The Mice
Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
<388D6597...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>
>Well, and then there's the Pink Crowes...not a pretty picture.
Would this conversely make Tori's album "Into the Black"? or the cartoon
"Blackie and the Brain"? Kinda gives new meaning to the term "Black
Panther", non?
-MM & the ME
who will be happily unfashionable in black. :)
o..o o..o
>\/< >\/<
not_a_...@snafu.org
Check me out... http://www.girlswithglasses.com/
"For Michelle - my favourite not-really-a-stalker... foxy wishes
Neil Gaiman"
Rev. NightWalker
>And black lemonade loses some of its' appeal.
Actually, a Los Angeles company (Eat Me Foods, Inc) created a series of drinks
(called 'Brain Wash', 'DOA', 'Rat Bastard Root Beer', 'Fuckola Cola' etc.) and
one of them was in fact called 'Black Lemonade'. It had a fairly lemon-ish
taste...mixed with all sorts of interesting things. I might still have a
bottle of it around....
Anyways...it was black. I mean BLACK. My friends and I did a test
once...poured a glass, and put a flashlight behind it. It was BLACK. The
flashlight was very dimly seen through the stuff. Quite cool.
--
* Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to bind them.
-=- Rev. NightWalker -=-
COLT
isn´t there anymore...?
Wondering,
Colt
Sheri schrieb:
>
> "Rev. NightWalker" <night...@netmore.net> wrote in message
> news:OwMi4.184$BQ6....@typhoon-la.pbi.net...
>
> > Please do not purchase t-shirts of the following punk bands if you were
> born
> > in 1980 or later, and/or if you cannot name at least 3 albums/recite
> lyrics
> > from the following (you WILL be tested):
> >
> > Crass
> > Sex Pistols
> > Black Flag
> > Dead Kennedys
> > Any punk band from the '80's
> > Any punk band no longer together or touring
> >
> > Reason: The bands are gone, the music has changed, the fight was lost, and
> > *you weren't there*! If you continue to purchase/etc. these articles of
> > clothing, please do not be alarmed if you are called a 'pseudo-punk', a
> > 'house-punk', a 'retropunk-ett', a 'poser', a 'conformist', a 'lame-ass',
> etc.
> > Being 16, dying your hair pink, and wearing a vintage (i.e. Older Than
> You)
> > 'SST Records' or 'Circle Jerks' t-shirt with your leather jacket and
> ripped
> > pants Does Not Make You 'Punk'.
>
> Thank you! And I'd like to extend that list to include "classic" rock
> bands, and the <shudder> new t-shirts that are made of them (e.g. Doors,
> Zep, etc.) Now, I know that original shirts of these bands are no longer
> available (or barely so), but every time I go into a store that carries
> band/artist t-shirts, and I see mock-tie-dyed shirts of bands like The
> Doors, etc., I want to do very violent things (which I know is very
> un-"peace, man"-hippie-like, but there it is).
>
> Oh, yeah...and that goes for anything with Charles Manson on it...you
> *really* weren't there (I was only a few miles from the murders, and
> remember the shock and fear).
>
> Talk about your gone bands, changed music, and lost fights. Sigh...
>
> > Addendum: If you really do like the bands, know the history, and don't
> > masqurade as a superficial wanna-be punker...buy the t-shirts! More power
> to
> > you!
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Sheri,
> who realizes she may be a throwback, but is still bummed out that Abbie is
> dead, and Jerry's a stockbroker or something now....what the hell happened
> to the higher ideals of my generation anyway?
--
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long
as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making
a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
Oscar Wilde
COLT
> Would you be the pink sheep of the family, Colt?
Definitely so. My family never so much as thought about my kind of Pink, if ya
catch my drift. How pink can it be to be the only ...ahem... intellectual in
the family...?
"Why do I have to be Mr Pink?"
Colt
Scott Conner
> Scott Conner wrote:
> > Now this is interesting. For quite a while I have been considering
> > getting my book/comics collections insured. Anyone care to discuss the
> > pros/cons of insuring collections?
>
>
> For example, a certain collectible card I own is worth, according to comic
> stores and price guides, over $300. Nobody will *ever* buy it at that
amount.
> I couldn't even auction it at that amount...because nobody is willing to
> purchase it at that amount.
I think I have too much stuff NOT to have it insured in some format, but I
agree that what you have, its' book value, and what you can actually get for
it are three entirely different things.
> Original or Limited art, structured limited items (#'d, etc.), errors, and
> such should always be appraised and insured, but the standard collection
of
> comics and figures (at least, in my eyes) aren't worth the trouble.
I think the appraisal process would be ...interesting, for lack of a
better word. In many cases, the owner would know much more about certain
items than the appraiser could ever hope to. From what I understand, most
homeowner's policies require riders to cover collections, and said riders
aren't exactly cheap compared to the service you're paying for.
Videotaping your collection(s) comes highly recommended as a form of
inventory and proof you actually own something. I am REALLY not looking
forward to entering all this stuff onto a datbase.
>
> 'eh....half my stuff is worthless anyway...it's personalized. <grins>
>
Yep! I don't think anyone would want my 1st edition of the Seasons of
Mists hardcover with the nice Morpheus sketch by Matt Wagner. After all,
it's been all marked in ; )
--Scott--
Scott Conner
The Chick With The Mice <baf...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:86lmi0$u9$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
>
> Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
> <388D6597...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
> >
> >Well, and then there's the Pink Crowes...not a pretty picture.
>
> Would this conversely make Tori's album "Into the Black"? or the cartoon
> "Blackie and the Brain"? Kinda gives new meaning to the term "Black
> Panther", non?
>
*realizes what he just typed and almost cringes at Larry's response*
Pepto Bismol would be even nastier, too. Watermelons are sure going to
look funny. And black lemonade loses some of its' appeal.
And....."How would you like your coffee?"
"Pink, please."
--Scott--
HippMamma
>getting my book/comics collections insured. Anyone care to discuss the
>pros/cons of insuring collections?
> --Scott--
I don't know about taxes, but to me it's worth it. It would be devastating to
me to lose my collection wether or not I could replace it. Having the means to
get some of it back in the case of a fire or flood or something is very
important for me. I would recommend it if you can swing it. Any other
opinions?
~hip mama
Reg
The Chick With The Mice wrote in message
<86lmi0$u9$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>...
>
>Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
><388D6597...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>>
>>Well, and then there's the Pink Crowes...not a pretty picture.
>
>Would this conversely make Tori's album "Into the Black"? or the cartoon
>"Blackie and the Brain"? Kinda gives new meaning to the term "Black
>Panther", non?
>
green is the new red, brown is the new grey and basically to keep up with
fashion I'm afraid we'll all just have to replace our entire wardrobes.
Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
with a ponytail)
Doc Vacation
"Rev. NightWalker" <night...@netmore.net> wrote:
> Doc Vacation wrote:
> > No not boring, actually something I devote a lot of time thinking
> > about. How to be induvidualist in the age of Induvidalism.
>
> Age of 'False Individualism', actually.
>
> Unfortunately, instead of having a group of people with differing
outlooks on
> life, but the same 'enjoyment' factor, we have groups of people mass-
joining
> popular 'trends' and listening to popular music, dressing the part,
doing the
> 'scene'...where they feel uncomfortable and unknowing. These people
are
> joining to be part of the 'popular' movement...they're trying to be an
> individual by conforming to the mass. It the 'indiviual collective'
mentality
> (at least, that's what I call it, and what I'm going to be writing a
thesis
> on...)
>
Wan't to read it, when you're finished!
--
docva...@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/a_brief_life
Iaaa Shub-Nigurat
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
>
[snip]
> Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
> with a ponytail)
Damn. There goes my authority.
--
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
Current CD : KoRn|Follow the Leader
"So I hate you. And you hate me."
- s h i r a -
>green is the new red, brown is the new grey and basically to keep up with
>fashion I'm afraid we'll all just have to replace our entire wardrobes.
NONONONONONO!!!! NO! Don't say that!! Ai.... now you've done it. How am I
going to remember that?
Oh... did anyone say anything about Pink Beauty? I thought of another one last
night, but I feel asleep and *poof* now I don't remember... Aak.
*shira - "children" of my age are supposed to get 9 or so hours of sleep... I
get 6:45 hours.
brian
> In article <Gurj4.132$YK.2...@typhoon-la.pbi.net>,
> "Rev. NightWalker" <night...@netmore.net> wrote:
>> Doc Vacation wrote:
>> > No not boring, actually something I devote a lot of time thinking
>> > about. How to be induvidualist in the age of Induvidalism.
>>
>> Age of 'False Individualism', actually.
>>
>> Unfortunately, instead of having a group of people with differing
> outlooks on
>> life, but the same 'enjoyment' factor, we have groups of people mass-
> joining
>> popular 'trends' and listening to popular music, dressing the part,
> doing the
>> 'scene'...where they feel uncomfortable and unknowing. These people
> are
>> joining to be part of the 'popular' movement...they're trying to be an
>> individual by conforming to the mass. It the 'indiviual collective'
> mentality
>> (at least, that's what I call it, and what I'm going to be writing a
> thesis
>> on...)
>>
> Wan't to read it, when you're finished!
Me too.
-brian
Morgana
<gingerly raises hand>
I have a general insurance policy for tenants. The coverage for
property damage [each occurance] has enough of a payout to replace all
our valuables including the comic book collection.
Certain rare items like mint copies of Fantastic Four #1 and Superman
#3 are covered under separate riders. The same goes for the comic
art collection and jewelry which had to be appraised and certified.
The audio/visual equipment and the computers had to be registered and
the receipts kept in a safe place, just in case.
Since the rest of my comic collection varies in value, I felt
confident that the general policy would be enough. Currently, the
annual premium is under $500, but I've maintained policies with this
insurance company for over 20 years, so I might be getting a break.
I hope nothing ever happens though, I'd hate to lose some of the books
I've gotten signed by people like Neil who was nice enough to do some
lovely little sketches over the years. You can't put a price on stuff
like that. ;)
Morgana.
"I close my eyes and the world drops dead, I lift my lids and all is born again."
Sylvia Plath "A Mad Girl's Love Song"
Remove "spam.off." from e-mail address.
Morgana
wrote:
>
>The Chick With The Mice wrote in message
><86lmi0$u9$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>...
>>
>>Jennifer Reinhart wrote in message
>><388D6597...@uclink4.berkeley.edu>...
>>>
>>>Well, and then there's the Pink Crowes...not a pretty picture.
>>
>>Would this conversely make Tori's album "Into the Black"? or the cartoon
>>"Blackie and the Brain"? Kinda gives new meaning to the term "Black
>>Panther", non?
>>
>I'm afraid it's not that simple. As I understand it, black is the new beige,
>green is the new red, brown is the new grey and basically to keep up with
>fashion I'm afraid we'll all just have to replace our entire wardrobes.
>
>Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
>with a ponytail)
>
Kudos Reg!
Fashion Week in starts next week in NYC babe...but you almost had it
nailed:
Pink is the new Black.
Black is the new Beige.
Green is the new Red and
Brown is the new Grey.
Sadly, you'd rather be dead than Red. :)
Morgana...who is too much of a Diva to be told what to wear by some
smug misogynist Euro-git wearing a goatee.
Morgana
<osm...@dds.nl> wrote:
>Reg wrote:
>>
>[snip]
>
>> Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
>> with a ponytail)
>
>Damn. There goes my authority.
Um...do you have a goatee?
Morgana.
Morgana
>>I'm afraid it's not that simple. As I understand it, black is the new beige,
>>green is the new red, brown is the new grey and basically to keep up with
>>fashion I'm afraid we'll all just have to replace our entire wardrobes.
>
>NONONONONONO!!!! NO! Don't say that!! Ai.... now you've done it. How am I
>going to remember that?
This is where being a teenager really counts. You don't have to care!
Mwahahahahahaha! They're all trying to look as young and as fresh as
you. So sit smugly and grin...it's your time to shine babeeee.
>
>Oh... did anyone say anything about Pink Beauty?
*sigh*
Yes. And worse..."Pink Panther" too. Heh.
>I thought of another one last
>night, but I feel asleep and *poof* now I don't remember... Aak.
Prince's "Pink Album?"
>
>*shira - "children" of my age are supposed to get 9 or so hours of sleep... I
>get 6:45 hours.
Supposedly this is true. How are you coping?
- s h i r a -
*shira
The Chick With The Mice
Morgana wrote in message <3894342b....@news.panix.com>...
>On 26 Jan 2000 12:53:13 GMT, sbst...@aol.com (- s h i r a -) wrote:
>
>>
>>*shira - "children" of my age are supposed to get 9 or so hours of
sleep... I
>>get 6:45 hours.
>
>Supposedly this is true. How are you coping?
Actually, in the last 'necessary' hour or so, it really isn't too noticable
that there's anything lacking. But the lack of sleep does greatly affect how
short term memory is absorbed for long term use. It also encompasses the
last cycle of R.E.M. sleep, which is very important to a growing brain.
-MM & the ME
who recently learned that brains develop greatly until age 25ish, so many of
us are still growing kids. ;p
COLT
> Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
> with a ponytail)
Hey, man, I have no intention to. And don´t call me GIT, you git!
COLT
> Morgana...who is too much of a Diva to be told what to wear by some
> smug misogynist Euro-git wearing a goatee.
I am NOT a misogynist, damn it! I just don“t like women... AND I AM NO GIT!
Colt (everyone“s against me... <sob>)
Morgana
<Henning....@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote:
>Morgana schrieb:
>
>> Morgana...who is too much of a Diva to be told what to wear by some
>> smug misogynist Euro-git wearing a goatee.
>
>I am NOT a misogynist, damn it! I just don“t like women... AND I AM NO GIT!
>
>Colt (everyone“s against me... <sob>)
Oh, don't get your knickers all in a twist. You're German, we've
already forgiven you your serious lack of fashion sense. ;p
Morgana...looking for a nice bunker right about now...hehe...
Reg214
<Henning....@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote:
> Reg schrieb:
>
> > Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
> > with a ponytail)
>
> Hey, man, I have no intention to. And don´t call me GIT, you git!
>
rather to the stereotypical hipper-than-thou creator of utterly
impractical and ridiculously expensive couture.
I'm sure there are some very nice Europeans out there.
Reg
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Reg214
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:41:28 +1100, "Reg" <gosb...@ansonic.com.au>
> >>
> >I'm afraid it's not that simple. As I understand it, black is the new beige,
> >green is the new red, brown is the new grey and basically to keep up with
> >fashion I'm afraid we'll all just have to replace our entire wardrobes.
> >
> >Reg(who has no intention of being told what to wear by some smug euro-git
> >with a ponytail)
> >
>
> Kudos Reg!
>
> Fashion Week in starts next week in NYC babe...but you almost had it
> nailed:
>
> Pink is the new Black.
> Black is the new Beige.
> Green is the new Red and
> Brown is the new Grey.
> Sadly, you'd rather be dead than Red. :)
Suddenly I feel so unclean.
But considering the fact that apart from "black is the new beige",
(which is just the line they try on every year in an effort to overcome
black's perrennial favorite status,) I was completely winging it, this
shows just how arbitrary the pronouncements of the fashion industry are.
>
> Morgana...who is too much of a Diva to be told what to wear by some
> smug misogynist Euro-git wearing a goatee.
>
I never would have doubted that for a moment.
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
>
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:15:14 +0100, "Daniel Reid, Osmosisch"
> <osm...@dds.nl> wrote:
>
> >Reg wrote:
> >>
> >[snip]
> >
> >> euro-git
> >> with a ponytail)
> >
>
> Um...do you have a goatee?
I have some undefinable fuzz on my chin, if that's what you mean. I can't
be bothered to shave *every* bit of my face. <g>
--
Daniel Reid, Osmosisch
Current CD : KoRn|Follow the Leader
"Who do I feel sorry for ?"