From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #126 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/126 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 126 Today's Topics: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Re: [B7L] OT: The Prisoner (was Worst Openings) Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Re: [B7L] Worst Openings Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Re: [B7L] The Syndeton Experiment/Radio Times [B7L]OT:Last Train Re: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Re: [B7L] Worst Openings Re: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Re: [B7L] OT: The Prisoner (was Worst Openings) [B7L] Avon the Sunbeam? OT: Re: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Re: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) [B7L] Far, far too serious now...(was BACs and worst openings) Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor RE: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) [Fwd: [B7L] Avon the Sunbeam?] Re: Post-"Blake" (was Re: [B7L] Greetings fellow Blakes 7 fans...) [B7L] Post-"Blake" Re: [B7L] Post-"Blake" [B7L] Re: London fans interested in evening out ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:52:15 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <19990408205215.A7845@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 12:39:41PM -0700, Pat Patera wrote: > Stephen Date wrote: > > I think "poking gentle fun" rather than "denigrating" is the mot > > juste. The majority of Born Again Christians of my acquaintance ... > > ... have had no sense of humor. That's one reason why those of us not in > that camp find them so obnoxious. Yes, I can wax as rabid about Blakes7 > as they can about Jesus. But I can laf at myself and my obsession. > In this age of Political Correctness, it is becoming impossible to say > anything at all. > > I do not mean this rant to start a flame war; it is honestly how I feel. > > The bottom line is: that sickly sweet beginning was absolutely necessary > to set the stage for icy Soolin to come in on cue with her > beautifuly-delivered (punnish) sarcastic hiss. > > And frankly, that portrayal did not come across as a mangling, but very > accurately reflected the way BAC's appear to those of us who are not of > that persuasion. I guess I felt that I simply couldn't let that "Worst Opening" go by with zero comment, even though I know what you mean. I'm not a BAC, just a C, and from my side of the fence, BACs are just a different culture, however much they make me cringe. (thinks...) Perhaps I feel *more* defensive about portrayals of BACs because they *do* make me cringe, and they *heartily* *EMBARRASS* me, because I am a Christian, and I fear that everyone will box me as a BAC because they think all Christians are like that. So I had to say something. Defensively. As for Political Correctness, from my corner it feels like (at least in Australia) that all religions are to be respected *except* Christianity. Something like "Piss Christ" is "Art", however blasphemous it is, but teaching Christmas carols to Jews is enough to make parents sue the school. What a double standard! And like Pat, I'm just being honest here. > In this age of Political Correctness, it is becoming impossible to say > anything at all. Had to repeat that, cuz I couldn't agree more. I can't remember the number of times when I have simply honestly *stated* what I believe, and been accused of "forcing" my beliefs on people, of being intolerant, and so on and so forth. Or, as someone once said to me, the modern attitude is that "you can believe anything you like, so long as you don't believe it's true." I know that there is at least one person on this List who honestly believes that intelligence and religion are mutually exclusive. He, at least, believed something, and believed it to be true. Then again, with all these INTJs here, we're a pretty arrogant bunch, aren't we? Kathryn A. -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:09:54 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Message-ID: <19990408220954.C7845@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:16:24PM -0700, Joanne MacQueen wrote: > > I find it difficult to believe that anyone, let alone Jesus, would > want Avon for a sunbeam. He's a stormcloud on the horizon, and don't we > prefer him that way? Yes? No? I find it much easier to concieve of Avon converting to an old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone grim version of Christianity than the "Yes Jesus loves me" sunbeam variety. He could very well be a Christian and still be the stormcloud that we know and love. I think that Avon would find it very hard to believe that God loved him, and that that part of his nature would take a long time to change. God-the-Creator of order and beauty and systems would have more appeal to him IMHO. And the Biblical account of the Fall at least explains something that Avon already knows: that people are corrupt and can't be trusted. Of course, the paradox of Christianity is that it is both ways - humanity is both corrupt and divine, and will be until the last trumpet. A thought, though: if Avon did convert to a religion, which one is the most likely to appeal to him? Kathryn Andersen -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:23:06 EDT From: Bizarro7@aol.com To: egomoo@mail.geocities.com, blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-ID: <57363ac5.243df9aa@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/7/99 3:34:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, egomoo@mail.geocities.com writes: <> Just don't start with Picasso. Laura Virgil cornered the market on B7 characters-as-drawn-by-Pablo-Picasso in a hilarious series of illos in SOUTHERN SEVEN. Leah ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:41:13 +0100 (BST) From: Iain Coleman To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Message-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > A thought, though: if Avon did convert to a religion, which one is the > most likely to appeal to him? > It's strictly no contest: Avon would _have_ to be a Jesuit. Iain ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:27:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Una McCormack To: Lysator Subject: Re: [B7L] OT: The Prisoner (was Worst Openings) Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Susan M. said: >My favorite ep. of the series is Checkmate (largely because Peter >Wyngarde plays Number 2). Susan, you are so right. Wyngarde is a *star*. Una ------------------------------ Date: 08 Apr 1999 15:06:21 +0200 From: Calle Dybedahl To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Kathryn Andersen writes: > A thought, though: if Avon did convert to a religion, which one is the > most likely to appeal to him? Zen Buddhism. No supernatural elements at all, strictly mental discipline. -- Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se "Just about anything can be done if you are demented enough." -- Christopher C. Petro, scary.devil.monastery ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:29:36 EDT From: Pherber@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Worst Openings Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/6/99 2:24:48 PM Mountain Daylight Time, calle@lysator.liu.se writes: > Avon looked at the headless corpse and multitude of bloodstains on the > wall beyond it. He sighed. > "I told Blake not to buy a curling iron that was so like a handgun," he said. First SoG, now this...time to put your therapist on danger money, Calle - congratulations! Nina ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:29:32 EDT From: Pherber@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pat P wrote: > A long thread raged before on whether online B7 content was killing > fanzines. I doubt it. Firstly, not all fans are even online. Secondly, > few people can bear to read entire 2 - 10,000 word stories online. Plus, it's difficult to read in bed... > re: sniffing the baking bread. Certainly, the web can be used to publish > a few tempting paragraphs of a zine to entice fans to want to read the > whole thing. I've found this aspect to be quite helpful. I find that I'm more likely to order something if I've liked a sample I've found online. Overall, I like having both available! Guess I'm just greedy. Nina ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:29:30 EDT From: Pherber@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] The Syndeton Experiment/Radio Times Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/6/99 9:53:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time, pussnboots@geocities.com writes: > ohmawgauwd, imagine that! the entire Scorpio crew gone totally > telepathic. they'll *all* be dead in a week! Didn't the Hitchhiker's Guide describe telepathy as a dreaded social disease? Nina ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:06:53 +0100 From: "Julie Horner" To: Subject: [B7L]OT:Last Train Message-ID: <01be81c9$0ddc8d00$170201c0@pc23.Fishnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry to be off-topic but this subject has already been raised on this list. Thanks to whoever it was who first mentioned this new series (Una?) Pretty good IMO. What do others think? Julie Horner Software Engineer Lincoln Software Tel: +44 (0) 1625 616722 Fax: +44(0) 1625 616780 E-mail: julie.horner@lincolnsoftware.com Web: http://www.lincolnsoftware.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:57:29 +0100 From: "Alison Page" To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <005401be81d8$9a039e40$ca8edec2@pre-installedco> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathryn put up a hearty defence, which was fun to read, but I have to pull up at this comment: > Something like "Piss Christ" is "Art", however > blasphemous it is This is the second time 'piss christ' has been mentioned on this list. Brent mentioned it about a year ago in the same vein, and I wished afterwards I'd said something. Piss christ is an example of conceptual art - in other words it represents an idea rather than primarily expressing an emotion. I personally don't much like conceptual art, I think it's too cold and clever-clever. But anyway it seems to me that the concept expressed by 'piss christ' is quite a good one. The idea it expresses is that everything in the universe is holy, not just the airy fairy bits, and that you can't artificially split off aspects of the human body and label them as 'dirty' or 'evil'. In fact I'm not a christian, but surely the idea that the divine can be literally immersed in the dirt of everyday living, and yet still be divine was the original point of christianity, though I think it got a bit obscured later on. Oh.. this isn't some kind of elaborate joke on my part. That really is what piss christ is all about IMO, and I think it's expressing quite a profound religious thought whether you agree with it or not. Sorry this is off-topic and I won't put any more on this list about it, I Just Couldn't Resist. Alison ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 11:22:43 -0600 From: Penny Dreadful To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990408112243.007b0a90@mail.geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 08:23 AM 4/8/99 EDT, Bizarro7@aol.com wrote: >Just don't start with Picasso. Laura Virgil cornered the market on B7 >characters-as-drawn-by-Pablo-Picasso in a hilarious series of illos in >SOUTHERN SEVEN. Very well then, I'll start with the life-sized raw-meat-and-spackle facsimiles. No-one's gonna call *me* derivative. --Penny "Piss Travis" Dreadful ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 09:06:54 -0700 From: Pat Patera To: B7 Lysator Subject: Re: [B7L] Worst Openings Message-ID: <370CD41E.60895B55@geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Ellynne G." wrote: > When I was a missionary, I knew elders (that's the guy missionaries, > normally age 19 to 21. The women are sisters, in case anyone wanted to > know, and _infinitly_ more mature) erm... in true NT factual terminology specific style: if the women are more mature, why aren't *they* called the elders? and technically, how can a 19 year old teenager be an elder? then what are 80 year olds called? ancients? walking dead? if the gal teens are called sisters, shouldn't the guy teens be called brothers? This dichotomy looks sexist to me: rather like calling men men while calling women girls. Even Dayna did that: calling herself "the girl who killed Bayban" Dayna was at least 18, so she was surely an adult, a woman. (note: that was the required relevant B7 reference) Precise, Persnickity Pat P P.S. (and what do the teen gals do for 3 years while the guys are out ringing the doorbells of hapless folks during dinner? ah ha! They are sensibly pursuing their advanced degrees at University. very good! The guys can then go on to become experienced door to door vacumn cleaner salesmen.) ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 09:18:44 -0700 From: Pat Patera To: B7 Lysator Subject: Re: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <370CD6E4.1CC338B0@geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathryn Andersen wrote: > I know that there is at least one person on this List who honestly > believes that intelligence and religion are mutually exclusive. That would be Kerr Avon, yes? PS I agree with Cally that Zen would appeal to Avon. Nothing Christian; too woo-woo for Avon. It's not that INTJs are arrogant so much as they feel the facts speak for themselves. Because so many of this type are in "hard line" areas such as science and technology, they may find it frustrating to deal with the unprovable supernatural aspects of organized religions. And so rather than put forth so much effort, they simply dismiss the whole subject. It's true that NTs are into "unreal" science fiction. Yet while we read and "play" in these universes, like Blakes7, and discuss the canon as though it were "real" I doubt that any of us truly believe that the show is a news documentary of something that actually happened / will happen or the characters are real people. We would consider anyone who actually believed that to be a silly goose. Then they, in turn, would think that we were closed-minded and arrogant. Pragmatic Pat P ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:01:49 +0100 From: "Alison Page" To: "lysator" Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-ID: <001801be81e9$f99f91e0$ca8edec2@pre-installedco> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Very well then, I'll start with the life-sized raw-meat-and-spackle >facsimiles. No-one's gonna call *me* derivative. > >--Penny "Piss Travis" Dreadful Travis as an absurdly massive stained glass window, with Vila and Avon smirking in front in grey suits Alison ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:12:12 +0100 From: "Angua" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] OT: The Prisoner (was Worst Openings) Message-ID: <02eb01be81eb$5a1e85c0$d76b989e@viper244.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Prisoner is also one of my favourite series - my fav. episode would have to be Hammer into Anvil - and The Girl who was Death for all the wonderfully overdone cloak and dagger antics :-) As an aside, I recently bought the digitally remastered Prisoner videos, the difference in clarity and colour depth is well worth the purchase price (comparing them to the previous boxed set). Angua http://starriders.net - the NEW domain ! http://www.viper244.demon.co.uk - SF, TV & Movie Website - Angua - Server Admin. death.phishy.net : irc.phishy.net the PHriendly IRC! http://www.phishy.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:08:06 -0700 From: Julia Jones To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: [B7L] Avon the Sunbeam? Message-ID: In message <19990408220954.C7845@welkin.apana.org.au>, Kathryn Andersen writes >A thought, though: if Avon did convert to a religion, which one is the >most likely to appeal to him? Well, Leah did put forward a fairly convincing case a couple of years ago for him being (not converting to being) Jewish. As for Christianity - no, I can't see Avon being anyone's sunbeam. Jesuit, maybe... -- Julia Jones ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 06:50:58 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: OT: Re: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <19990409065058.A9250@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sorry I'm posting this here, but I can't post to the Spin List from the same account that I read my B7 list mail from. Hopefully this will be remedied in about a month. Circumstances beyond my control. On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 04:57:29PM +0100, Alison Page wrote: > Kathryn put up a hearty defence, which was fun to read, but I have to pull > up at this comment: > > > Something like "Piss Christ" is "Art", however > > blasphemous it is > > Piss christ is an example of conceptual art - in other words it represents > an idea rather than primarily expressing an emotion. I personally don't much > like conceptual art, I think it's too cold and clever-clever. > > But anyway it seems to me that the concept expressed by 'piss christ' is > quite a good one. The idea it expresses is that everything in the universe > is holy, not just the airy fairy bits, and that you can't artificially split > off aspects of the human body and label them as 'dirty' or 'evil'. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) That is a wierd interpretation. Yes, the statement is true, but it calls one to say, "I am going to totally ignore the usual symbolism of urine, and declare that it doesn't mean what it usually means." When you "piss on" something, in the *non* literal sense, you are treating it with utter contempt. Even the title, "Piss Christ" sounds like a yell of hatred - "Piss Christ!" If that is the opposite of that the artist intended, well, he just failed as an artist. > In fact > I'm not a christian, but surely the idea that the divine can be literally > immersed in the dirt of everyday living, and yet still be divine was the > original point of christianity, though I think it got a bit obscured later > on. Oh yeah fair enough. > Oh.. this isn't some kind of elaborate joke on my part. That really is what > piss christ is all about IMO, and I think it's expressing quite a profound > religious thought whether you agree with it or not. The thought is indeed profound, but the message, IMO, got lost in the execution. -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:08:03 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <19990409070803.B9250@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 09:18:44AM -0700, Pat Patera wrote: > Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > > I know that there is at least one person on this List who honestly > > believes that intelligence and religion are mutually exclusive. > > That would be Kerr Avon, yes? > Yes, but he isn't on this List. > PS I agree with Cally that Zen would appeal to Avon. Nothing Christian; > too woo-woo for Avon. I had to read this twice before I got the pun. Personally, however, I find that Zen Bhuddism is more "woo-woo" than Christianity. I'd rather believe that the universe isn't an illusion, thank you very much... > It's not that INTJs are arrogant so much as they feel the facts speak > for themselves. Because so many of this type are in "hard line" areas > such as science and technology, they may find it frustrating to deal > with the unprovable supernatural aspects of organized religions. And so > rather than put forth so much effort, they simply dismiss the whole > subject. As an INTJ who *is* a Christian, I do feel that the facts speak for themselves, and that Christianity is self-evident, and that anyone who doesn't believe it doesn't have all the facts. Materialism doesn't adequately explain the universe, it only explains a sub-set of it. So I reject a world-view without the supernatural as too narrow. (On the other hand, I also believe that some of the "facts" of which I speak are the unprovable supernatural experiences which the aforementioned INTJs don't want to bother with. Christianity isn't just a thought-only thing.) > It's true that NTs are into "unreal" science fiction. Yet while we read > and "play" in these universes, like Blakes7, and discuss the canon as > though it were "real" I doubt that any of us truly believe that the show > is a news documentary of something that actually happened / will happen > or the characters are real people. Of course not. It is an imaginary subcreation. > We would consider anyone who actually > believed that to be a silly goose. Then they, in turn, would think that > we were closed-minded and arrogant. Yes, well I refrain from making remarks on the Tomorrow People List when people there complain that they haven't broken out yet. I'm torn between "of course nobody could possibly take it seriously, they're joking" and "why should I waste my time and be rude pointing out something they won't listen to?". Kathryn Andersen -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:11:09 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Message-ID: <19990409071109.C9250@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 01:41:13PM +0100, Iain Coleman wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > > A thought, though: if Avon did convert to a religion, which one is the > > most likely to appeal to him? > > It's strictly no contest: Avon would _have_ to be a Jesuit. What a fascinating idea. -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:49:55 PDT From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Far, far too serious now...(was BACs and worst openings) Message-ID: <19990408224955.78385.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain Kathryn said: >Yes, well I refrain from making remarks on the Tomorrow People List >when people there complain that they haven't broken out yet. Really?!?!? At this point, I think we may all say " God help the lot of them!" TGIF. I'll need the weekend to forget that particular revelation. Regards Joanne ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:55:33 PDT From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Avon the Sunbeam? (was Re: [B7L] Born again brouhaha) Message-ID: <19990408225533.36102.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain Kathryn wrote: >I find it much easier to concieve of Avon converting to an >old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone grim version of Christianity than the >"Yes Jesus loves me" sunbeam variety. I thought of the Spanish Inquisition at this point, but Cardinal Fang and his Pythonic cronies got in the way. Regards Joanne ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 16:06:31 PDT From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-ID: <19990408230631.44558.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain >>Very well then, I'll start with the life-sized raw-meat-and-spackle >>facsimiles. No-one's gonna call *me* derivative. >>--Penny "Piss Travis" Dreadful Sounds more like Penny "Damien Hirst" Dreadful. Please think again. Looking for somewhere to hide Joanne ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:53:59 +0100 (BST) From: Iain Coleman To: lysator Subject: Re: [B7L] Art and the Desperate Editor Message-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Alison Page wrote: > Travis as an absurdly massive stained glass window, with Vila and > Avon smirking in front in grey suits This sounds _so_ much as though it should be a line from "The Atrocity Exhibition" by J.G. Ballard. Iain ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:16:58 +0200 From: Jacqueline Thijsen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: RE: OT: BACs (was Re: [B7L] Worst Openings) Message-ID: <39DCDDFD014ED21185C300104BB3F99F10FB9A@NL-ARN-MAIL01> Content-Type: text/plain Pat P wrote: > > It's true that NTs are into "unreal" science fiction. Yet while we read > > and "play" in these universes, like Blakes7, and discuss the canon as > > though it were "real" I doubt that any of us truly believe that the show > > is a news documentary of something that actually happened / will happen > > or the characters are real people. > And Kathryn answered: > Of course not. It is an imaginary subcreation. > As far as I'm concerned, the same thing goes for any religious text. Jacqueline ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:03:45 -0700 From: kalazar To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: [Fwd: [B7L] Avon the Sunbeam?] Message-ID: <370D51F1.92B60F06@earthlink.net> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------F662FED6BA411654AF4146A5" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F662FED6BA411654AF4146A5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit P.S. apologies to Julia meant to forward to lysator and not to her personally --------------F662FED6BA411654AF4146A5 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <370D2375.C3EE14AF@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 14:45:25 -0700 From: kalazar X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julia Jones Subject: Re: [B7L] Avon the Sunbeam? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Julia Jones wrote: > As for Christianity - no, I can't see Avon being anyone's sunbeam. > Jesuit, maybe... Definetly Jesuit..The most powerful and scientific based order of the church. Very independent thinkers, usually sent as "shock troops" and investigators responsible to/or for no-one but themselves and the best part (for Avon) the ultimate responsibility for their actions belongs to the church hierarchy. Kalazar (educated by Jesuits for 25 very loooong years) --------------F662FED6BA411654AF4146A5-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:20:09 -0700 From: Pat Patera To: B7 Lysator Subject: Re: Post-"Blake" (was Re: [B7L] Greetings fellow Blakes 7 fans...) Message-ID: <370D8E09.57E26F5C@geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathryn Andersen wrote: > Hello. Actually I think an introduction *isn't* a requirement on this > list, we're lurker-friendly, being mostly a bunch of introverts, but > thanks for being friendly. Yes, being a bunch of arrogant know it alls, we generally just spew out our perfect opinions, in the firm belief that the world really cares what we have to spout about. Pat P ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:04:26 PDT From: "Sally Manton" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Post-"Blake" Message-ID: <19990409100427.7140.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain Pat wrote: Yes, being a bunch of arrogant know it alls, we generally just spew out our perfect opinions, in the firm belief that the world really cares what we have to spout about.> And do it serenely in the knowledge that all the *other* arrogant know it alls will eventually forgo their own perfect opinions and come round to our own even more ones, if we just keep trying to make them see the light long enough and loud enough... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 05:36:59 -0500 From: Lisa Williams To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Post-"Blake" Message-Id: <4.1.19990409053441.00c02b30@mail.dallas.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sally Manton wrote: >And do it serenely in the knowledge that all the *other* arrogant know >it alls will eventually forgo their own perfect opinions and come >round to our own even more ones, From the humorous "Myers-Briggs Type Prayers", the one for INTJs: "Lord, keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be." As a fairly typical INTJ, I have to admit that one's beautifully on target. - Lisa _____________________________________________________________ Lisa Williams: lcw@dallas.net or lwilliams@raytheon.com Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://lcw.simplenet.com/ New Riders of the Golden Age: http://www.warhorse.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:15:39 +0100 From: Steve Rogerson To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se CC: Ann Reckner Subject: [B7L] Re: London fans interested in evening out Message-ID: <370DA91A.D173AFAE@mcr1.poptel.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anne Reckner wrote: "I'm going to be in London 10-12 April (Sat.-Mon.) and wondered if people would be interested in meeting for a drink or dinner? I remember that people used to go to Pages bar occasionally and something like that would be really fun." Well I, and Steve Kilbane, are going to be at Pages Bar on Sunday night (11 April) for their vampire/Buffy night - it's actually called Nosferatu night. Let me know if you, or anyone else, is interested. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson "What is it with you and holes?" Xena to Gabrielle, Paradise Found -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #126 **************************************