BOC: DFtR and Tidbits

[Joseph Brooks]

Been on vacation, playing catch up..

My comment was meant as a humorous remark in regards to my dislike of their
music, not a personal attack on any of their band members. I hope the guy
makes it through okay. You mention Garcia; as a closet deadhead for many
years, I can definately relate.

JB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Bruce [mailto:kaduflyer at WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 7:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
> Subject: Re: BOC: DFtR and Tidbits
>
>
> Joseph Brooks wrote:
> >
> > One can only hope that this is not the case. Some things
> are better left for
> > dead. (Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself.. : )
> >
> > JB
>
> Their keyboard player has been bouncing in & out of rehabs
> and detox ctr.s all
> over the country - normally I'd consider it none of my
> business, but after the
> Garcia debacle its fair game. So even if you don't like the
> music, put in a
> good prayer to the guy Upstairs. It sucks when anybody goes
> that way...
> ChrisB.
> >
> > > Have Styx been exhumed? has anyone else noticed the "buzz"
> > > going all around the
> > > mass media about Mr Roboto? Its lyrics and music are
> > > appearing everywhere in
> > > commercials and the such ('domo arigato' was quipped in a new
> > > hi-profile
> > > commercial promoting e-business). It's also been a subject in
> > > several recent
> > > conversations i've had.
> > >
> > > The earliest  reference to the song (immediately before this
> > > surge began) that I
> > > know of was in a May issue of  The Onion, in an article
> > > titled something like :
> > > "Mr. Roboto (and some other song) Only Songs Not Yet Sampled
> > > By Rap Artists "
> > > ...Could this have actually started it?
> > >
> > > i bet that, ironically, someone's doing a remix of it right now!
>