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Tim Chmielewski

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Jun 26, 2003, 6:48:33 AM6/26/03
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I found the following on Weird Al's site where he says he can't accept song
ideas from people:

Dr. Demento
P.O. Box 884
Culver City, CA 90232

Thanks.
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talysman

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Jun 26, 2003, 12:45:38 PM6/26/03
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Tim Chmielewski <ch...@dcsi.net.au> writes:

> I found the following on Weird Al's site where he says he can't accept song
> ideas from people:
>
> Dr. Demento
> P.O. Box 884
> Culver City, CA 90232

heck, I didn't know doctor demento was still on the air... I can't
find his radio show anymore, locally.

I bet he's still big in the midwest, though.

Jacob W. Haller

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Jun 26, 2003, 1:42:18 PM6/26/03
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Tim Chmielewski <ch...@dcsi.net.au> wrote:

> I found the following on Weird Al's site where he says he can't accept song
> ideas from people:
>
> Dr. Demento
> P.O. Box 884
> Culver City, CA 90232

I can put together a CD and send it in. Hm, perhaps I will even use the
cover art contributed by Mr. Vanderwalker and Mr. Balin.

Here are the people I need permission from, I think:


Cover Art
---------
James Vanderwalker
Eli M. Balin

Robot Song
----------
Casey B.
Glenn Knickerbocker
Me

Free Your Cones
---------------
Karlo X
Me

COMAR
-----
Casey B.
Eddie '/Hi There'/ Lowther

Track 8
-------
Talysman the Ur-Beatle


-jwgh


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Stacia

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Jun 26, 2003, 2:21:21 PM6/26/03
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sp...@jwgh.org (Jacob W. Haller) writes:

>Here are the people I need permission from, I think:

I hesitate to mention that "Pigskin Loofah" does not appear on this
esteemed list of Interrobang Cartel classics. Is it because the Stones
covered it? Look, I told you once, I didn't give them permission. Not
while sober, anyway. And I don't want to wait until the multi-artist
Interrobang Cartel Tribute CD comes out to see my song get the treatment
it deserves!
And you can't fire me because I'm the only non-Union roadie who will
work with you wankers.

>"When then meatbot revolution comes, you will be the first against the
>grill of the House of the Future's indoor barbecue."

So why isn't this guy writing for IC?

* * *
Stacia * sta...@world.std.com * http://world.std.com/~stacia/
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advertisers are fucked in the head."

Jacob W. Haller

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Jun 26, 2003, 2:52:10 PM6/26/03
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Stacia <sta...@world.std.com> wrote:

> sp...@jwgh.org (Jacob W. Haller) writes:
>
> >Here are the people I need permission from, I think:
>
> I hesitate to mention that "Pigskin Loofah" does not appear on this
> esteemed list of Interrobang Cartel classics. Is it because the Stones
> covered it? Look, I told you once, I didn't give them permission. Not
> while sober, anyway. And I don't want to wait until the multi-artist
> Interrobang Cartel Tribute CD comes out to see my song get the treatment
> it deserves!

I don't think we've really recorded a version that does it justice yet.
But if anyone wants to take a flying lunge at it (or any other of the
as-yet-unrecorded songs) for inclusion on the CD I say go for it. I
just sent email to about half a million people asking if it was OK to
"appropriate" their "work" and I imagine it will take a while to get all
the responses back.

I might record something MYSELF except that I have got a SORE THROAT
which makes shouting out punk lyrics somewhat COUNTERINDICATED. But you
never know.

If I actually manage to send the CD off to Dr. Demento I will also send
a copy to any IC folks who want one -- just email me your postal
address.

-jwgh

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"When then meatbot revolution comes, you will be the first against the
grill of the House of the Future's indoor barbecue."

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Jun 26, 2003, 3:31:50 PM6/26/03
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Stacia wrote:
> I hesitate to mention that "Pigskin Loofah" does not appear on this
> esteemed list of Interrobang Cartel classics. Is it because the Stones
> covered it? Look, I told you once, I didn't give them permission.

It's because the recording exists only in my btain, and in slightly
vanishing form. Until CB comes up with a totally different one, of
course.

ŹR

Casey B

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Jun 29, 2003, 10:45:40 AM6/29/03
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:31:50 -0400, Glenn Knickerbocker
<No...@bestweb.net> had the unmitigated audacity to say:

I always heard it as a gentle string-waltz, light and airy with a
touch of sophistication, until it gets to "SCRUBBIE! SCRUBBIE!
SCRUBBIE! SCRUBBIE!" and that's where Shane MacGowan bursts in and the
whole thing goes to hell. Surely everyone shares this vision?

love
Casey B

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Casey B

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Jun 29, 2003, 11:06:05 AM6/29/03
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:42:18 -0400, sp...@jwgh.org (Jacob W. Haller)

had the unmitigated audacity to say:

>Tim Chmielewski <ch...@dcsi.net.au> wrote:

I hereby assign all rights and claims with respect to my part in the
recordings of "Robot Song" (first version, hereafter referred to as
RSV1) and "COMAR" (hereafter referred to as COMAR) to Jacob W. Haller
(hereafter referred to as SPIDERMAN) to use as he sees fit, with the
following proviso:

If a commercial release of either RSV1 or COMAR achieves platinum
sales status (1,000,000 copies sold), SPIDERMAN must put 0.5% of the
net profits into the establishment of legal action against the
comptroller of Maryland (William Donald Schaefer, hereafter referred
to as WONDER WOMAN), with an aim to changing the restrictive licensing
laws of Maryland so that thirty days' notice is no longer required to
change a business's franchiser or wholesaler. If SPIDERMAN has not
pursued legal action against WONDER WOMAN within one (1) year of
either RSV1 or COMAR achieving platinum status, he must then fight
WONDER WOMAN to the death.

I testify that I am of sound body and mind, which is better than being
of light head and not caring, but that's just my opinion.

Or *is* it???? <dramatic sting>

Love,

Jacob W. Haller

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Jul 7, 2003, 9:55:21 PM7/7/03
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Brian 'Jarai' Chase <b...@world.std.com> wrote:

> In article <1fx5x9k.1u78eoe1a39zeoN%sp...@jwgh.org>,


> Jacob W. Haller <sp...@jwgh.org> wrote:
> > Tim Chmielewski <ch...@dcsi.net.au> wrote:
>
> > > I found the following on Weird Al's site where he says he can't
> > > accept song ideas from people:
> > >
> > > Dr. Demento
> > > P.O. Box 884
> > > Culver City, CA 90232
> >
> > I can put together a CD and send it in. Hm, perhaps I will even
> > use the cover art contributed by Mr. Vanderwalker and Mr. Balin.
>

> The Westwood One radio studios are across the street from where
> I work. I could probably drop it off--IN PERSON!! Better hurry
> though, me and Plorkwort are gonna be convoying across the You Ess
> of Ayyyyy. I'm sure we'll come up with some songs of our own
> along the way.

Woohoo!

I think everyone has given permission except for a couple of people who
I can harass privately on ArkMOO.

The things that this is waiting on currently are:

1) NotR wants to rerecord his version of the Robot Song.

2) Shiro wants to record '320 World'
<http://interrobang.jwgh.org/songs/320world.html>.

Once the final PACKAGE is in SHAPE I will post something, I 'spect.

Daniel Buettner

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Jul 7, 2003, 9:58:51 PM7/7/03
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Brian 'Jarai' Chase <b...@world.std.com> wrote:

> me and Plorkwort are gonna be convoying across the You Ess
> of Ayyyyy.

Woo! Assuming you head north before going too far east, be
sure to stop off in Nebraska. It's a beautiful state --
just ask Darla!


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Jeremy D. Impson

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Jul 7, 2003, 11:07:49 PM7/7/03
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I want to do SOMETHING, no matter how trivial, to ensure that I make it
somewhere on the liner credits.

I can record a long, shrilly note with my nose flute, then someone with
some modicum of talent could mix it into some song. Or something.

Wait a minute

<minutes pass, as a horrible cawcawfony^Wcacaophonie^Wdin emanates from
the computer room>

VIOLA!

http://impson.tzo.com/noseflute/

Besides a couple of pictures, you'll find: 5 seconds of high pitched
sound; 5 seconds of low pitched sound; 5 seconds of "random" sound;
and-uh, 10 seconds of a tuneless tune.

I hereby challenge my fellow Interrobangers to do something with it.

--Jeremy

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jdimpson can be contacted at acm dot org
http://impson.tzo.com/~jdimpson

Darla Vladschyk

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Jul 7, 2003, 11:25:21 PM7/7/03
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Daniel Buettner <buet...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:

>Brian 'Jarai' Chase <b...@world.std.com> wrote:
>
>> me and Plorkwort are gonna be convoying across the You Ess
>> of Ayyyyy.
>
>Woo! Assuming you head north before going too far east, be
>sure to stop off in Nebraska. It's a beautiful state --
>just ask Darla!

Oh yeah it's a pissah for shuah. Do NOT eat in Omaha, however. Well
at the steak house near the Hampton Inn anyway. Also: Daniel Buettner
either has no phone or is married to a woman named Lora, I am not sure
which.

-=D=-


The Avocado Avenger

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Jul 8, 2003, 11:03:09 AM7/8/03
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DarlaVl...@hotmail.com (Darla Vladschyk) writes:
>Daniel Buettner <buet...@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>>Brian 'Jarai' Chase <b...@world.std.com> wrote:
>>
>>> me and Plorkwort are gonna be convoying across the You Ess
>>> of Ayyyyy.
>>
>>Woo! Assuming you head north before going too far east, be
>>sure to stop off in Nebraska. It's a beautiful state --
>>just ask Darla!

>Oh yeah it's a pissah for shuah. Do NOT eat in Omaha, however. Well
>at the steak house near the Hampton Inn anyway.

You haven't been to the Midwest much, have you? A town like Omaha would
have a goodly dozen or so steak houses, all located near a Hampton Inn.
It's obligatory and probably in the town's charter, just like the Chinese
buffett near the Holiday Inn or the Wal-Mart Supercenter Hypermart
Megachain on the edge of town. There will also be a scenic old mainstreet
in the middle of town with lots of refurbished facades and a big bronze
statue of some pioneer trudging something heavy.

"God picked people who had kind of bad jobs. Caught fish. Made tents."

Joe Manfre

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Jul 8, 2003, 11:52:16 AM7/8/03
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The Avocado Avenger (sta...@world.std.com) wrote:
> You haven't been to the Midwest much, have you? A town like Omaha
>would have a goodly dozen or so steak houses, all located near a
>Hampton Inn. It's obligatory and probably in the town's charter,
>just like the Chinese buffett near the Holiday Inn or the Wal-Mart
>Supercenter Hypermart Megachain on the edge of town. There will also
>be a scenic old mainstreet in the middle of town with lots of
>refurbished facades and a big bronze statue of some pioneer trudging
>something heavy.

Hey, you did that about as well as that British guy John Cletheroe,
but much more briefly:
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cletheroe/usa_can/cult/typlvill.htm

John Cletheroe is one of my heroes, because he has spent so much time
creating a personal and noncommercial Web site attempting to explain
everything he can about visiting the United States and Canada for his
fellow Britons:
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cletheroe/usa_can/subind/index.htm

Cletheroe's site is about enough to dissuade anyone else from making a
personal Web site, because nobody else will ever be able to make one
quite so big. Start by reading the FAQ, and also check out his
descriptions of various kinds of restaurant chains, including detailed
instructions on what you have to do at each one.


JM

Jacob W. Haller

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Jul 21, 2003, 10:53:58 PM7/21/03
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"Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.03070...@monster.apt.net>...

> VIOLA!
>
> http://impson.tzo.com/noseflute/
>
> Besides a couple of pictures, you'll find: 5 seconds of high pitched
> sound; 5 seconds of low pitched sound; 5 seconds of "random" sound;
> and-uh, 10 seconds of a tuneless tune.
>
> I hereby challenge my fellow Interrobangers to do something with it.

Here's what I did: <http://interrobang.jwgh.org/songs/pumpkin3.mp3> Enjoy!

-jwgh

Jacob W. Haller

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Jul 21, 2003, 11:37:43 PM7/21/03
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Jacob W. Haller <yo...@jwgh.org> wrote:

One thing about this version of the song: Even though I added an extra
verse for the NOSE FLUTE SOLO, it's still thirteen seconds shorter than
my previous version, which itself weighed in at a paltry 66 seconds.

I had to speed it up to match up with the AWESUM NOSE FLUTE SOLO, so it
was worth it, even though I no longer have any fingers. (Depending on
how many beats you think a measure have, and where you think the
measures begin and end, this version of "Pumpkin, Mrs. Farnsworth"
clocks in at either 165 or 330 beats per minute, either of which is
pretty respectable, I think.)

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