Ask El Vez Revisited

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:48 pm

Mine is a Dell Dimension 8200, with a new soundcard/harddrive.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:49 pm

Goody2Shoes wrote:Dear El Vez,

Should I or should I not get tickets to see Tom Jones next month?

You should but only if you throw a pair of your knickers my way as well.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:58 pm

Dear El Vez,

I come from the land that gave the world Men At Work, The Newsboys, The Crocodile Hunter, Paul Hogan, Rolf Harris, Fosters Beer, the wine cask, and the Hills Hoist.

I don't have the faintest idea as to how I can even begin to make reparations for these grave injustices... any suggestions?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:13 pm

Tim(e) wrote:Dear El Vez,

I come from the land that gave the world Men At Work, The Newsboys, The Crocodile Hunter, Paul Hogan, Rolf Harris, Fosters Beer, the wine cask, and the Hills Hoist.

I don't have the faintest idea as to how I can even begin to make reparations for these grave injustices... any suggestions?

In all fairness, you've also given us George Miller, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and the greatest film ever made about a giant killer boar, Razorback. Still.....there is that Paul Hogan thing.

There has been much coveting of your dvd collection among board members. I'll just leave that one out there for you to ponder......

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:36 pm

El Vez wrote:In all fairness, you've also given us George Miller, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and the greatest film ever made about a giant killer boar, Razorback. Still.....there is that Paul Hogan thing.

There has been much coveting of your dvd collection among board members. I'll just leave that one out there for you to ponder......

You are too kind sir... however, I must allow the New Zealanders their claim to Russell Crowe. Also, the reason I did not include Mel Gibson in my list was that I have officially handed him back to his country of birth (no returns)

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:47 pm

Seriously, Razorback is a GREAT movie.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:54 pm

El Vez wrote:Seriously, Razorback is a GREAT movie.

I agree... made by the great music video specialist Russell Mulcahy who also gave the world (among other things) Swimming Upstream, Highlander (the original and best), Derek and Clive Get the Horn, and a number of Duran Duran clips.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:25 am

Dear ELVEZ: I need to be rich - seeing as you help people out on here with their problems can you give me all your money please?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 9:57 am

Gillibeanz wrote:Dear ELVEZ: I need to be rich - seeing as you help people out on here with their problems can you give me all your money please?

I regret to inform you that somebody else already has dibs on the cash.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:15 am

dear el vez,

my last 2 entries on the tower of song have been removed by the very next poster--where is the love? by donnie and roberta and synchronicity II by the police which bobster (he's from california) apparently mistook for something to do with the lance armstrong/sheryl crow thing. do you think the board would greet the great jim stafford classic "16 little red noses and a horse that sweats" favorably or should i bother?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:20 am

dear el vez,

has everybody been bitten by the bullshit bug or what?

signed,
a recovering smart ass in tn.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:21 am

oily slick wrote:dear el vez,

my last 2 entries on the tower of song have been removed by the very next poster--where is the love? by donnie and roberta and synchronicity II by the police which bobster (he's from california) apparently mistook for something to do with the lance armstrong/sheryl crow thing. do you think the board would greet the great jim stafford classic "16 little red noses and a horse that sweats" favorably or should i bother?

Have you considered submitting a Mission To Burma or Pet Shop Boys song?

Where is the love? I think she's in rehab although it's hard to keep up with her comings and goings.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:24 am

Dear El Vez, is a tedious git incapable of a good song?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:26 am

mood swung wrote:dear el vez,

has everybody been bitten by the bullshit bug or what?

signed,
a recovering smart ass in tn.

Mr. A,

I didn't know you moved to Tennessee!

best wishes,
El Vez

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:36 am

bambooneedle wrote:Dear El Vez, is a tedious git incapable of a good song?

Someone thinks "I Don't Understand" is a good song? Wow, I'm flattered!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:43 am

Thanks El Vez, it's just that everything's so tedious that I can't be arsed with it most of the time.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:16 pm

In reference to Jon Bon Jovi, I assume he was the "tedious git" in question, I am afraid that my 1980's upbringing prohibits me from answering that .

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:48 pm

Is it wrong to like a band with a name llike GWAR?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:32 pm

ice nine wrote:Is it wrong to like a band with a name llike GWAR?

GWAR puts on an incredibly entertaining live show. There will always be a place in music for that kind of over-the-top theatricality. Sort of like a more profane, if less accomplished, version of what acts such as Man Or Astroman? and Southern Culture On The Skids are out there doing. Fun stuff.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:42 pm

Which is better, the high road or the low road?

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:45 pm

here el vez, be my personal ann landers (except not dead, you know):

i have a friend who i like, who i don't know terribly well, but who i believe is a good person. some of my friends dislike her. she's a student and works full time, but never has enough money.

when we go out, she invariably asks me to pay for her. it's starting to get old.

how do i deal with this in the future? do i stop inviting her to things? do i tell her, don't come unless you can pay your own way? i know she's poor, she really is, but i don't want to have her needs spoil my fun, which is what it's threatening to do. i can afford better stuff than she can, and when i suggest places for a group to go to, they're nice rather than being cheap student dives.

suggestions?

tks el vez. you're a peach.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:48 pm

MBA - re: high road, or low road - is it monsoon season?

world traveler, poppet

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:49 pm

miss buenos aires wrote:Which is better, the high road or the low road?

Ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed what is known in our industry as an inside joke.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:12 pm

Poppet,

If you have any guy friends who are single.....you might want to start introducing her to them. That should take her off your hands.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:19 pm

oily slick wrote:i noticed that amongst your favorite vocalists was tom waits. he is a nice poet and all, but for some reason, i find listening to that voice even harder than listening to marianne faithfull.

If I could just take us back two pages, there are many TW's. How about getting into the softer, melodic one, as witnessed on two classic tracks, Cold, Cold Ground (Frank's Wild Years and Big Time), or Hang Down Your Head (Rain Dogs).