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Titus

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Feb 29, 2008, 5:34:59 AM2/29/08
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I was wasting time on the internet as usual, this time looking at the
Interrobang Cartel. Thumbing through the collection of their songs, I
found "Chalice of Fire". (http://interrobang.jwgh.org/songs/
chalice.mp3) Holy crap. I was blown away. It seriously sounds near to
the quality of Sting (Desert Rose came to mind). Of course, the
greatness of this song far surpasses anything by Sting by virtue of
its Kibological content.

This brings me to the question: Who did the vocals? Is it just CB's
own personal project? Solo? Group? Amazing!!!

On a different note, is the Cartel more centralized nowadays, or is it
still a spread out contribution project?

Pieces, Titus

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 3, 2008, 6:00:29 PM3/3/08
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On Feb 29, 2:34 am, Titus <sorti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wasting time on the internet as usual, this time looking at the
> Interrobang Cartel. Thumbing through the collection of their songs, I
> found "Chalice of Fire". (http://interrobang.jwgh.org/songs/chalice.mp3)
> Holy crap. I was blown away. It seriously sounds near to
> the quality of Sting (Desert Rose came to mind). Of course, the
> greatness of this song far surpasses anything by Sting by virtue of
> its Kibological content.
>
> This brings me to the question: Who did the vocals? Is it just CB's
> own personal project? Solo? Group? Amazing!!!

That was all Casey, I believe. I can only think of one Casey IBC
recording with additional vocals by someone else: "Love of
Stones" (female vocals by Kerri.)

Instrumentation is all his, too, and this seems to be the case for
most of his work, although there may be some additional guitar work in
"Hedgerow Hypothesis"; I'm unclear as to whether someone contributed
just the idea for the melody line, or actually played the guitar
melody. The one recording he made that definitely has other
instrumental contributions is "Go Again", part of the Open Source Jam
some of us were contributing to.

> On a different note, is the Cartel more centralized nowadays, or is it
> still a spread out contribution project?

There's a whole buttload of ifs and maybes in the answer to your
question.

What do you mean by "more centralized"? All in one geographic
location? OK, with Casey too busy to participate these days and a drop
in world-wide interest, IBC seems to mainly be a North American
project. I suppose you could say it's more geographically centralized.
None of the collaborators are living in the same city, though.

Sad to say, this is mainly because of a lack of interest. Most people
don't want to write stuff anymore, and only a few people did much
recording; worse yet, you are apparently our last remaining fan
(although I see Nicko casually dropped our name in the worthless
document thread.) The last few members of the Cartel do occasional
work, but we have so little free time... and, since no one's listening
to our music anymore, little incentive.

Still, we do still produce. There's more collaboration going on: a
couple recent songs by Major Zed and Charlie. Major Zed is notable as
the first non-ARK Cartel member. Right now, he's working on song
lyrics from another non-ARK Cartel member. That means we may be
growing!

Naturally, I have to take a great deal of the blame for the current
state of the Cartel. I'm way behind on fixing up the website, as
evidenced by your link to the old songs repository instead of the new
mp3 page at:

http://interrobangcartel.com/mp3.cgi

It's all on the same server, but the old page only lists maybe a third
of the mp3s available. Of course, the rest of the new site is horribly
incomplete: the lyrics are missing, and none of the new promised
features are available. We do have a forum, though:

http://interrobangcartel.com/forums/

... and we have alternate forums at the Live Journal community:

http://community.livejournal.com/interrocartel/

Check that out for links to the most recent songs, which I haven't
added to the mp3 page yet. Join either or both forums if you want to
help out! Can't sing or play an instrument? Here's what you *can* do:

+ You can write lyrics, or propose song ideas if you don't feel
comfortable doing that.
+ If you do art, submit album art.
+ Submit photos of big Interrobang Cartel concerts you've attended.
+ Help write band biographies -- they don't have to be accurate!
+ Remix existing songs!
+ Create music videos and upload them to YouTube!

These people gave blanket permission under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License to create
derivatives:

* Charlie
* Doctroid
* jwgh
* Matt McIrvin
* M Otis Beard
* Talysman

Major Zed gives different forms of the CC license, but I'm sure he'll
let you do music videos. He just normally doesn't want derivatives. If
you are uploading to YouTube, include a link to this page, to show
that we gave you permission:

http://interrobang.jwgh.org/copy.cgi

Get involved! Get EVERYONE involved!


Glenn Knickerbocker

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Mar 3, 2008, 7:49:03 PM3/3/08
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Talysman the Ur-Beatle wrote:
> Naturally, I have to take a great deal of the blame for the current
> state of the Cartel. I'm way behind on fixing up the website,

You don't have to take the blame, because any of us could have offered to
help out, but the coincidence of its demise with my acquiring a big bag
of "The Sun! She Explode!" magnets and pasting the URL on the backs of
them is certainly a major factor in my own inactivity. It's far from the
only factor--the slow death of my keyboard and sad state of my 4-track
are other major ones, along with the job and house upheavals, of course.

ŹR

Doctroid

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Mar 4, 2008, 9:10:42 AM3/4/08
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In article
<bcc3c6f4-8d67-40fa...@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Talysman the Ur-Beatle <taly...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Instrumentation is all his, too

I believe you'll find the noted session musician Jeremy Impson sat in on
nose flute.

--
Oh, hey, I just noticed my sig disappeared. Another consequence of the
Great Hard Drive Crash of '07.

Someone send me a new one.

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 4, 2008, 12:42:56 PM3/4/08
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On Mar 4, 6:10 am, Doctroid <doctr...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> In article
> <bcc3c6f4-8d67-40fa-a2fc-7c16200c3...@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,

> Talysman the Ur-Beatle <talys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Instrumentation is all his, too
>
> I believe you'll find the noted session musician Jeremy Impson sat in on
> nose flute.

Was there nose flute in that one? I know there's nose flute in one
version of "Pumpkin, Mrs. Farnsworth".

I suppose I could *imagine* a nose flute in "Chalice of Fire".

Doctroid

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Mar 4, 2008, 1:06:46 PM3/4/08
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In article
<49c42841-7480-4f3f...@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

Talysman the Ur-Beatle <taly...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Was there nose flute in that one? I know there's nose flute in one
> version of "Pumpkin, Mrs. Farnsworth".
>
> I suppose I could *imagine* a nose flute in "Chalice of Fire".

Yep, it's at the end of the instrumental break. Sped up, I think.

Titus

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Mar 4, 2008, 2:35:10 PM3/4/08
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On Mar 4, 11:06 am, Doctroid <doctr...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> In article
> <49c42841-7480-4f3f-ab6e-a069749b8...@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

> Talysman the Ur-Beatle <talys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Was there nose flute in that one? I know there's nose flute in one
> > version of "Pumpkin, Mrs. Farnsworth".
>
> > I suppose I could *imagine* a nose flute in "Chalice of Fire".
>
> Yep, it's at the end of the instrumental break. Sped up, I think.

Brilliant. To be honest, I didn't know it was an ARK-related project
when I ran across it a while ago (researching punctuation). At that
time, I listened to one song and decided that it wasn't form me. What
was that song? Fuck the Bees. And, of course, I thought it was some
band seriously talking about how much they hated bees. I should have
noticed "Free the Cones". That would have given it away.

Anyway, last Tuesday I was browsing Wikipedia again and saw IBC listed
in the Kibology article. Then it dawned on me. I had fallen prey to
one of the (in)famous ARK pranks. I cried until I laughed.

Then I downloaded all of the songs.


>Check that out for links to the most recent songs, which I haven't
>added to the mp3 page yet. Join either or both forums if you want to
>help out! Can't sing or play an instrument? Here's what you *can* do:
>>
> + You can write lyrics, or propose song ideas if you don't feel
>comfortable doing that.
> + If you do art, submit album art.
> + Submit photos of big Interrobang Cartel concerts you've attended.
> + Help write band biographies -- they don't have to be accurate!
> + Remix existing songs!
> + Create music videos and upload them to YouTube!

The forums scare me. I was considering saying something a week ago,
but I got scared off by the forum. They have not many boxes containing
the posts and threads. I think that a nice, clean forum would scare me
less. It's pretty simple to get a phpBB forum going (hint, hint)... I
can contribute some of my meager (nonexistent) talents though.

Adam Funk

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Mar 4, 2008, 5:11:29 PM3/4/08
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On 2008-03-03, Talysman the Ur-Beatle wrote:

> + You can write lyrics, or propose song ideas if you don't feel
> comfortable doing that.

Here's a little something I thought up when I was having HDD problems
a while back:

Went to a party
And drank 16 beers
Some funny stuff happened
And I want to post it here

I push the button
But it won't boot up
My drive has errors
And I'm too drunk to fsck

Too drunk to fsck
Too drunk to fsck
Too drunk
To fsck
I'm too drunk, too drunk, too drunk to fsck


Can't post my nonsense
Can't check my facts
Can't download pr0n
Don't know how to react

Fat-fingered the root password
I'm all out of lsck
My kernel just panics
And I'm too drunk to fsck


--
Agent Rogersz: "It happens sometimes. People just explode.
Natural causes." (Cox 1984)

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 4, 2008, 5:54:43 PM3/4/08
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On Mar 4, 11:35 am, Titus <sorti...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The forums scare me. I was considering saying something a week ago,
> but I got scared off by the forum. They have not many boxes containing
> the posts and threads. I think that a nice, clean forum would scare me
> less. It's pretty simple to get a phpBB forum going (hint, hint)... I
> can contribute some of my meager (nonexistent) talents though.

There will eventually be a cleaner forum area, but with my dying
breath, I will fight against anything php-based.

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Mar 4, 2008, 7:50:13 PM3/4/08
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Talysman the Ur-Beatle wrote:
> I suppose I could *imagine* a nose flute in "Chalice of Fire".

You-Know-Who still wouldn't be equipped to play it, though.

¬R

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 5, 2008, 12:16:27 PM3/5/08
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On Mar 4, 2:11 pm, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:

> Here's a little something I thought up when I was having HDD problems
> a while back:
>
> Went to a party
> And drank 16 beers
> Some funny stuff happened
> And I want to post it here
>
> I push the button
> But it won't boot up
> My drive has errors
> And I'm too drunk to fsck
>
> Too drunk to fsck
> Too drunk to fsck
> Too drunk
> To fsck
> I'm too drunk, too drunk, too drunk to fsck
>
> Can't post my nonsense
> Can't check my facts
> Can't download pr0n
> Don't know how to react
>
> Fat-fingered the root password
> I'm all out of lsck
> My kernel just panics
> And I'm too drunk to fsck

Good job!

OK, some questions:

+ how do you want this credited/titled on the website?
(Adam Funk, "Too Drunk to Fsck"? Or some other way?)
+ how are you licensing this?
(CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5? Or something else?)

Titus

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Mar 5, 2008, 8:30:19 PM3/5/08
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On Mar 4, 3:54 pm, Talysman the Ur-Beatle <talys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There will eventually be a cleaner forum area, but with my dying
> breath, I will fight against anything php-based.

Then you can make one in Flash! *shudders*

I can make colors in html! And text! It's like knowing basic...

Adam Funk

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Mar 6, 2008, 8:14:35 AM3/6/08
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On 2008-03-05, Talysman the Ur-Beatle wrote:

...


>> And I'm too drunk to fsck
>
> Good job!

!?! :-)

> OK, some questions:
>
> + how do you want this credited/titled on the website?
> (Adam Funk, "Too Drunk to Fsck"? Or some other way?)

Thank you! (But if the Dead Kennedys sue, I'm outa here.)


> + how are you licensing this?
> (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5? Or something else?)

If that's what all the other kids are using, it's good enough for me!


--
Leila: "I don't think he knows."
Agent Rogersz: "Increase the voltage."
Leila: "What if he's innocent?"
Agent Rogersz: "No one is innocent. Proceed" (Cox 1984)

Charlie

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Mar 6, 2008, 11:24:52 AM3/6/08
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I am in the mind to take this one on.
Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?

Seems like the title is cleary "Too Drunk to Fsck"

Adam Funk

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Mar 6, 2008, 11:42:51 AM3/6/08
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On 2008-03-06, Charlie wrote:

> I am in the mind to take this one on.
> Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?

I'm not certain. I used to pronounce is "fösk" but now I think it
rhymes with "musk" (so "lsck" should probably be pronounced "lusck",
which is better because it's closer to "luck").

Marc Goodman

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Mar 6, 2008, 2:21:53 PM3/6/08
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Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2008-03-06, Charlie wrote:
>
>
>>I am in the mind to take this one on.
>>Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?
>
>
> I'm not certain. I used to pronounce is "fösk" but now I think it
> rhymes with "musk" (so "lsck" should probably be pronounced "lusck",
> which is better because it's closer to "luck").
>
>

We always called it "eff-ess-check."
Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.

Doctroid

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Mar 6, 2008, 3:00:33 PM3/6/08
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In article <X8qdnYhsrcDO2U3a...@newedgenetworks.com>,
Marc Goodman <marc.g...@comcast.net> wrote:

According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:

-> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
-> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
-> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"
-> "F-S-check," "fisk," "fizik," "fuss-uck," "fizz-uck," "fozz-uck,"
-> "F-sick," "F-suck" (associated with how long it takes to run [2]),
-> "F-sek," or "fusk."

Matthew L. Martin

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Mar 6, 2008, 5:31:58 PM3/6/08
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Doctroid wrote:
> In article <X8qdnYhsrcDO2U3a...@newedgenetworks.com>,
> Marc Goodman <marc.g...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>> On 2008-03-06, Charlie wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am in the mind to take this one on.
>>>> Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?
>>>
>>> I'm not certain. I used to pronounce is "fösk" but now I think it
>>> rhymes with "musk" (so "lsck" should probably be pronounced "lusck",
>>> which is better because it's closer to "luck").
>>>
>>>
>> We always called it "eff-ess-check."
>> Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.
>
> According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:
>
> -> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
> -> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
> -> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"
> -> "F-S-check," "fisk," "fizik," "fuss-uck," "fizz-uck," "fozz-uck,"
> -> "F-sick," "F-suck" (associated with how long it takes to run [2]),
> -> "F-sek," or "fusk."
>

My favorite pronunciation of "vi": six.

Matthew

--
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people". Alexander Bullock ("My Man Godfrey" 1936):

David DeLaney

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Mar 6, 2008, 6:00:21 PM3/6/08
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Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
>On 2008-03-06, Charlie wrote: >> I am in the mind to take this one on.
>> Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?
>
>I'm not certain. I used to pronounce is "fösk" but now I think it
>rhymes with "musk" (so "lsck" should probably be pronounced "lusck",
>which is better because it's closer to "luck").

One might also consider the alternative "fs-uck", which brings in another
innuendo level as welltoo+.

Dave
--
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It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

Charlie

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Mar 6, 2008, 6:14:08 PM3/6/08
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On Mar 6, 3:00 pm, Doctroid <doctr...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> In article <X8qdnYhsrcDO2U3anZ2dnUVZ_viun...@newedgenetworks.com>,

> Marc Goodman <marc.good...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Adam Funk wrote:
> > > On 2008-03-06, Charlie wrote:
>
> > >>I am in the mind to take this one on.
> > >>Just one question, what is the appropriate pronunciation of fsck?
>
> > > I'm not certain. I used to pronounce is "fösk" but now I think it
> > > rhymes with "musk" (so "lsck" should probably be pronounced "lusck",
> > > which is better because it's closer to "luck").
>
> > We always called it "eff-ess-check."
> > Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.
>
> According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:
>
> -> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
> -> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
> -> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"
> -> "F-S-check," "fisk," "fizik," "fuss-uck," "fizz-uck," "fozz-uck,"
> -> "F-sick," "F-suck" (associated with how long it takes to run [2]),
> -> "F-sek," or "fusk."

I will have to try out some of the different versions to see what
sounds good. I think Fusk or Fs-uck are my two first candidates.

Mark Edwards

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Mar 6, 2008, 11:14:36 PM3/6/08
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No cluons were harmed when Matthew L. Martin wrote:
>My favorite pronunciation of "vi": six.

Then there's the version with a 'clippy' function, pronounced 'evil'.


Mark Edwards
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Adam Funk

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Mar 11, 2008, 5:56:11 PM3/11/08
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On 2008-03-06, Doctroid wrote:

>> We always called it "eff-ess-check."
>> Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.
>
> According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:
>
> -> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
> -> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
> -> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"

I suspect that the Tradition of nearly and ambiguously unpronounceable
commands (mv, cp, vi, etc.) is a bit of a sibboleth [oops!] to
separate those of us who learned Unix from a book from those who
received it directly from a master.

And another thing: do you pronounce "pr0n" as if it were "pron"?


--
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urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
[Thurgood Marshall]

TimC

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Mar 11, 2008, 6:19:23 PM3/11/08
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On 2008-03-06, Doctroid (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

> In article <X8qdnYhsrcDO2U3a...@newedgenetworks.com>,
> Marc Goodman <marc.g...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> We always called it "eff-ess-check."
>> Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.
>
> According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:
>
> -> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
> -> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
> -> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"
> -> "F-S-check," "fisk," "fizik," "fuss-uck," "fizz-uck," "fozz-uck,"
> -> "F-sick," "F-suck" (associated with how long it takes to run [2]),
> -> "F-sek," or "fusk."

"F-sek" is probably the closest to what I pronounce it as, but in
reality, I just pronounce it "fsck". Occasionally, I will need to
get someone to unfuck a disk though.

--
TimC
> As you know, Linus took the word the penguins kept saying over and
> over again, rot13'ed it, and used that as the name of his OS.
So, who's going to record this .au file:
"Hello, my name is Yvahf Gbeinyqf, and I pronounce yvahk, yvahk."
-- Anthony de Boer && Michel Buijsman in ASR

Charlie

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Mar 13, 2008, 11:40:41 PM3/13/08
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On Mar 11, 6:19 pm, TimC <tconn...@no.spam.accepted.here-

astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> On 2008-03-06, Doctroid (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> > In article <X8qdnYhsrcDO2U3anZ2dnUVZ_viun...@newedgenetworks.com>,

> > Marc Goodman <marc.good...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> We always called it "eff-ess-check."
> >> Some things just don't make terribly good acronyms.
>
> > According to the most authoritative information source in the universe:
>
> > -> Like many computer jargon terms without vowels, fsck is essentially
> > -> unpronounceable in most languages and so people are forced to
> > -> improvise when speaking it aloud. It can be pronounced "F-S-C-K,"
> > -> "F-S-check," "fisk," "fizik," "fuss-uck," "fizz-uck," "fozz-uck,"
> > -> "F-sick," "F-suck" (associated with how long it takes to run [2]),
> > -> "F-sek," or "fusk."
>
> "F-sek" is probably the closest to what I pronounce it as, but in
> reality, I just pronounce it "fsck". Occasionally, I will need to
> get someone to unfuck a disk though.
>
> --
> TimC> As you know, Linus took the word the penguins kept saying over and
> > over again, rot13'ed it, and used that as the name of his OS.
>
> So, who's going to record this .au file:
> "Hello, my name is Yvahf Gbeinyqf, and I pronounce yvahk, yvahk."
> -- Anthony de Boer && Michel Buijsman in ASR


Regardless of any consensus on the pronunciation, I have followed the
will of the lyrical author for the following tone poem:

Interröbang Cartel proudly presents: (With lyrics by Adam Funk, and
music by Charlie)

To Drunk To Fsck
http://www.spaceroom.org/music/Interrobang/ToDrunkToFsck.mp3

Doctroid

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Mar 14, 2008, 10:34:16 AM3/14/08
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Light Nick

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Mar 14, 2008, 1:57:37 PM3/14/08
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I has my own questions about Chalice. I remember reading the lyrics
here AGES ago. And I always imagined it as more of a Dio song than
a Sting song.

What was the timeline between when it was written and when someone
recorded it?

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Adam Funk

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Mar 14, 2008, 3:26:53 PM3/14/08
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On 2008-03-14, Charlie wrote:

> Regardless of any consensus on the pronunciation, I have followed the
> will of the lyrical author for the following tone poem:
>
> Interröbang Cartel proudly presents: (With lyrics by Adam Funk, and
> music by Charlie)
>
> To Drunk To Fsck
> http://www.spaceroom.org/music/Interrobang/ToDrunkToFsck.mp3

Thanks for working on it!

I'll be enjoying the next 15 minutes.


--
Usenet is a cesspool, a dung heap. [Patrick A. Townson]

Charlie

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Mar 14, 2008, 5:07:18 PM3/14/08
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On Mar 14, 3:26 pm, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
> On 2008-03-14, Charlie wrote:
> > Regardless of any consensus on the pronunciation, I have followed the
> > will of the lyrical author for the following tone poem:
>
> > Interröbang Cartel proudly presents: (With lyrics by Adam Funk, and
> > music by Charlie)
>
> > To Drunk To Fsck
> >http://www.spaceroom.org/music/Interrobang/ToDrunkToFsck.mp3
>
> Thanks for working on it!
>
> I'll be enjoying the next 15 minutes.
>

Now of course this makes you part of the Band with all the rights and
privileges of the other members.

Dues are paid monthly...

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Mar 14, 2008, 5:11:25 PM3/14/08
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Light Nick wrote:
> What was the timeline between when it was written and when someone
> recorded it?

See: http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/kibology/eighties.html

December 1996: Matt McIrvin penned his comeback track "POW-WUH!"
November 1997: Matt McIrvin reported the lyrics he wrote shortly
before quitting the Fixx to sing for Loverboy.
July 2000: J.K. Rowling released the similarly titled book.
July 2003: Casey B. recorded the song.

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Light Nick

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Mar 14, 2008, 10:23:11 PM3/14/08
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In article <47DAE9FD...@bestweb.net>,

But what about the video, man? THE VIDEO!

And where did you get all those fucking CANDLES?!

pete

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Mar 15, 2008, 7:32:12 AM3/15/08
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Adam Funk wrote:

> And another thing: do you pronounce "pr0n" as if it were "pron"?

More like "prawn"

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pete

Tim Chmielewski

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Mar 15, 2008, 10:47:14 PM3/15/08
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Talysman the Ur-Beatle <taly...@gmail.com> wrote in news:bcc3c6f4-8d67-
40fa-a2fc-7...@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:


> Naturally, I have to take a great deal of the blame for the current
> state of the Cartel. I'm way behind on fixing up the website, as
> evidenced by your link to the old songs repository instead of the new
> mp3 page at:
>
> http://interrobangcartel.com/mp3.cgi
>
I did write loads of songs in 2003-2004, but have been busy with foto-
camera for the past few years. People still but my words to music
occasionally.


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Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 16, 2008, 1:41:02 AM3/16/08
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On Mar 15, 7:47 pm, Tim Chmielewski <timch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Talysman the Ur-Beatle <talys...@gmail.com> wrote in news:bcc3c6f4-8d67-
> 40fa-a2fc-7c16200c3...@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

>
> > Naturally, I have to take a great deal of the blame for the current
> > state of the Cartel. I'm way behind on fixing up the website, as
> > evidenced by your link to the old songs repository instead of the new
> > mp3 page at:
>
> >http://interrobangcartel.com/mp3.cgi
>
> I did write loads of songs in 2003-2004, but have been busy with foto-
> camera for the past few years. People still but my words to music
> occasionally.

I actually have incomplete versions of "Technical Writer" and maybe
another song lying around somewhere.

David DeLaney

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Mar 16, 2008, 2:40:34 AM3/16/08
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Talysman the Ur-Beatle <taly...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Tim Chmielewski <timch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I did write loads of songs in 2003-2004, but have been busy with foto-
>> camera for the past few years. People still but my words to music
>> occasionally.
>
>I actually have incomplete versions of "Technical Writer" and maybe
>another song lying around somewhere.

Not an IC song, though this interpretation of it might well qualify, but:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RBxAdoTOnuM

Dave "the beatles, redone" DeLaney

Adam Funk

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Mar 16, 2008, 5:16:06 PM3/16/08
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On 2008-03-14, Charlie wrote:

> Now of course this makes you part of the Band with all the rights and
> privileges of the other members.
>
> Dues are paid monthly...

You can tell this cheque is genuine by soaking it in a glass of water
and drinking... (with apologies to Hoffman).


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chance. [Robert R. Coveyou]

TeaLady (Mari C.)

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Mar 16, 2008, 9:04:13 PM3/16/08
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Charlie <charles....@gmail.com> wrote in
news:8c7f1630-16f9-4e0e...@8g2000hse.googlegrou
ps.com:

> Regardless of any consensus on the pronunciation, I have
> followed the will of the lyrical author for the following
> tone poem:
>

> Interr”bang Cartel proudly presents: (With lyrics by Adam


> Funk, and music by Charlie)
>
> To Drunk To Fsck
> http://www.spaceroom.org/music/Interrobang/ToDrunkToFsck.mp3
>
>

Bravo !

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TeaLady (mari)

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negation of human freedom, the denial of equal rights, a
challenge in the face of mankind." A. Kolnai

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Mar 17, 2008, 2:20:00 PM3/17/08
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On Mar 15, 11:40 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:

> Talysman the Ur-Beatle <talys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Tim Chmielewski <timch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I did write loads of songs in 2003-2004, but have been busy with foto-
> >> camera for the past few years. People still but my words to music
> >> occasionally.
>
> >I actually have incomplete versions of "Technical Writer" and maybe
> >another song lying around somewhere.
>
> Not an IC song, though this interpretation of it might well qualify, but:
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=RBxAdoTOnuM

Finally got around to watching this (I've been doing something
computer-intensive for a couple days, and didn't want to do much
multitasking aside from reading.) I don't think reinterpreting "I
Wanna Hold Your Hand" as a lesbian song is all that Cartelish. Maybe
if it was a lesbian singing the song to a famous anti-homosexual
advocate while chasing her around and trying to grab her hand (for
maximum effect, film this video live, with a real anti-homosexual
advocate, and without her cooperation.) Oh, and the middle verse
should be sung in a different style, like opera.

Now, some elements of the *video itself* were a bit Cartelish. The
singer singing with great melancholy while walking slowly through
colliding football players comes to mind. Actually, if you just added
sound effects of bodies slamming together and guys grunting, the music
itself would be Cartelish, too.

Have I posted the link to the video of Alanis Morrisette singing "My
Hump" yet?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g

Now *that* is an IBC-style reinterpretation. Complete disconnect
between the style of the music/vocals and the lyrical content. Also,
ridiculous stuff in the video. People I know who always hated Alanis
Morrisette have developed a new respect for her, because of that
video.

Adam Funk

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Mar 17, 2008, 6:10:22 PM3/17/08
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On 2008-03-15, pete wrote:

>> And another thing: do you pronounce "pr0n" as if it were "pron"?
>
> More like "prawn"

In much of England, "porn" and "pawn" are homophones.
(NTTIAWWT.)

TimC

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Mar 17, 2008, 7:05:22 PM3/17/08
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On 2008-03-17, Adam Funk (aka Bruce)

was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On 2008-03-15, pete wrote:
>
>>> And another thing: do you pronounce "pr0n" as if it were "pron"?
>>
>> More like "prawn"
>
> In much of England, "porn" and "pawn" are homophones.
> (NTTIAWWT.)

Which is why pawn defends Queen.

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TimC
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a Linux geek from the way I *walked*. -- Skud

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Mar 17, 2008, 11:32:48 PM3/17/08
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:05:22 +1100, TimC wrote:
>On 2008-03-17, Adam Funk (aka Bruce)
>> In much of England, "porn" and "pawn" are homophones.
>> (NTTIAWWT.)
>Which is why pawn defends Queen.

Ah, so THAT's why it didn't help that "there's no nudes in Gay News."

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