The WELL: deadsongs.vue.69: Estimated Prophet

#33: Bryan Miller (bamfinney1) Sat 5 May 07 05:39

Sat, 05 May 2007 05:39:00 PDT

Sweet! The world oughta know! [Read entire topic]

#32: Christian Crumlish (xian) Fri 4 May 07 23:22

Fri, 04 May 2007 23:22:00 PDT

He did/does sometimes sing "world oughta know" - I think he had a round of phrases he would cycle through. [Read entire topic]

#31: Bryan Miller (bamfinney1) Sat 28 Apr 07 05:51

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:51:00 PDT

DP6 (10/14/83) sounds like Bobby's singing

"world ought 'a know"

instead of

"worry 'bout me, no" [Read entire topic]

#30: searchlight casting (jstrahl) Thu 28 Dec 06 11:43

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:43:00 PST

Had a spooky feeling when i heard Estimated the night of 11/24/78, the delayed radio broadcast of the Passaic show, just days after the Jonestown events, the lyrics rang very poignant, i was thinking about Jones being the estimated (ie predicted) "prophet". Not saying this was the intent, just noting an interesting connection, wondering if that was the message THAT night. [Read entire topic]

#29: Marked from the Day That I was Born (ssol) Thu 19 Oct 06 16:19

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:19:00 PDT

Yeah, but it's hard to smile pretty with all that fur in my teeth ;-) [Read entire topic]

#28: Bryan Miller (bamfinney) Tue 17 Oct 06 18:47

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:47:00 PDT

the cat ate the mouse smile. [Read entire topic]

#27: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Tue 17 Oct 06 07:00

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:00:00 PDT

The illegal smile. [Read entire topic]

#26: Marked from the Day That I was Born (ssol) Mon 16 Oct 06 17:55

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:55:00 PDT

Awe* yes* that, something like that, I reckon is how the Wink got invented. [Read entire topic]

#25: Bryan Miller (bamfinney) Sun 15 Oct 06 18:19

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:19:00 PDT

(tnf), I'm really enjoying "Conversations" and am getting quite the education. Thanks for taking the time to collect all that.

(ssol), I think I've caught myself with that smile here and there. It feels devious, secretive, and outlandishly absurd all at the same time. I smile even bigger when I notice I'm smiling in that way! [Read entire topic]

#24: Marked from the Day That I was Born (ssol) Sun 15 Oct 06 14:01

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:01:00 PDT

>That doesn't restrict them to practical jokes by any means<

Those folks were not restricticted to practical jokes, any more than they were restricted musically. They worked, at times, as hard on the serious as the absurd. They covered a lot of territory, by my reckoning. In this, they did sometimes master a sort of form of practical joke (in a treble-meaning sense of the term) on a broad stage in many dimensions. The "joke" was useful, informative, and friggin' hilarious, imho.

If you are in this space, I know you have smiled that goofy smile when you got that joke or another one just like the other one. That is my best guess, anyhow. [Read entire topic]