That_Bloke

OK, so now we've gone from pubic hair to bestiality. I can handle that (I'm referring to the direction of the thread, not the pubic hair, or the goat). I'm just trying to see how this all somehow relates to the reason we're here in the first place: i.e. Jhn Williams' music. What movie could this thread possibly be talking about? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Were Penelope or Sabrina movies about pet goats with those names?

Al is so fictitious that he could be real. Eh, that's just because he had no snakes or crocs to shout warnings about. True. True.

Michael Jackson, scarily, is real. Neil Oh the Horror! The Horror! And I thought it was just Diana Ross having a bad hair day and not getting out enough in the daytime. BTW, if there are any medical-types on this MB maybe they can answer somethig for me. Michael Jackson states he has a rare skin problem that bleaches / fades the colour of his skin. I don;t believe this, but perhaps a medical expert can change that. I would have thought that such a conditon would be genetic, and that other members of his family would have this condition.

Strikes! What is it with this place? I go interstate for a few days and return to find a seemingly innocuous thread about Chrusher's o.s. trip to see his fiancee has evolved (devolved?) into a discussion about body hair, especially over the pubic region? Perhaps those who are seemingly so curious to want to know such things may first wish to share details about THEIR partner's state of hirsuteness, or lack thereof? Reminds me of the opening scene of Mel Brooks's "History of the World Part One", with the parody of 2001. As or me, I really don't want to know Crush, no one else seems to have said it yet (well not on this thread anyway) but I think Au looks gorgeous and like a lady - and I'm not just saying that to get you to hurry up with my trades either. I think you're a lucky guy. Others here may accuse me of being a wimpy toady but tough, we're supposed to be your mates. I better stop contributing. Already my Post Count has hit double digits. In past incarnations of this MB I always had one of the smallest Post Counts - read into that what you may!

well, we didnt really miss you I wasn't saying Au was a goat DId I really call Au a goat? Au I'm sorry if i did. That figures! It's only been what, a little over a year? but who's counting? They are over there for 8 reasons: 1. sightseeing, 2. the drugs, 3. the sex trade, 4. visiting family/friends 5. on business (see points 2 and 3 above) 6. Agents of Morn to hunt you down and kill you , 7. Agents of That Bloke to stop Agents of Morn from hunting down and killing you until after you send That Bloke your trades LOL 8. A combination of any of the above Agents of Morn? Agents of Morn? That has a good ring to it... Hmmm... "Indiana Jones and the Agents of Morn"? "Star Wars: Episode 3: The Agents of Morn"? The Morn of the Rings: The Two Agents"? What? Oh! it's time for my medication. "my Au" ? "MY Au". Is this relationship built on mutual respect, love and trust?

Neil, when I said I lived within 50 miles of Morn I wasn't bragging.

I go within 50 miles of Morn, day and night. But that's just because we live within 50 miles of each other.

LOL Please Morn, not until AFTER he's delivered his trades.

"I think we got off pretty lightly with Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin as Ambassadore. Look what America has AL Bundy and Michael Jackson" I don't mind Paul Hogan. As for Steve Irwin, well I've sort of warmed to him after I saw him and his missus (who I note has a US accent, or is that Canadian?) being interviewed on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. He had toned down his "Ocker-on-E" persona for the interiew and seemed to be his real self. I suppose that over-the-top Aussie nonsense is just a put-on for when he's performing for the non-Australian masses. I wonder how much of these "personalities " are exaggerated for the small/ big screen. I briefly saw the Fab 5 on Oprah and they didn't seem to be the type of campy screaming queens they present on Queer Eye. As for Al Bundy and Michael Jackson, well they're works of fiction aren't they? What about Dan Quayle? Roseanne? That married couple who are trying to be pop stars?

Oops. I just realised how bad my grammar was in that last reply, and on re-reading it could have a totally different meaning to what I intended. I hope the following is an improvement in conveying what I really mean: Thanks Cypher, for the "heads-up".

Oops. I just realised how bad my grammar was in that last reply, and on re-reading it could have a totally different meaning to what I intended. I hope the following is an improvement in conveying what I really mean: Thanks Cypher, for the "heads-up".

Thanks for the heads up Cypher. Cheers.

Oh no! Cruel Fate! The Almighty Stefancos is here and scrutinising my replies (wait til he checks out my reply in the Horward Shore Down Under thread). I better log off now, for I know my comments will be tossed aside in the Void of Irrelevance (besides, I need the sleep)

Aaaaaaah! So tha'ts what happened to you and our trades! Well, far be it for me and our trades to stand in the way of a Man in Lerv. 'Tis a pity Chrush that you can't extend your travels to include the Great Land of Oz. If you and Au visit our shores I'm sure us Sydney-based MB'ers can take you guys out and show you all the sights: the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Centrepoint Tower, the Blue Mountains, my CD collection and Star Wars room. Of course we'll also set up a meeting with you and Morn and have the cameras rolling as the conversation turns to politics, religion, copyright, internet rips... For Lent I gave up forwarding exposed-female-breast emails. Now that Paschal is over ("Easter" for the less pedantic) I'm looking forward to forward with a vengeance. Should I hold off on sending such emails to you until you get back to the USA? Anyway, enjoy Thailand and spending time with Au. PS I'm still keeping mum about the real reason why you're in Thailand: that Au doesn't exist and that you're really over there to check up on your goat-sex-trade, child-slave-trade, and drug empires, and to administer large-scale doses of torture (e.g. John Barry music) to the local underlings that threaten your control. I know you said you didn't want your cover or anything else blown on the MB, and maintaining the visage of a relatively decent chap is all-important. What are mates for if they can't keep a secret, eh?

Firstly: YIPPEE ( preserving a modicum of decendy on this MB prevents me from writing anything else). Secondly: it looks like I'll have to miss this as I'm going to be overseas on those dates. I missed Goldsmith at a film-scoring symposium in Sydney in the mid-80s now this. :cry: For those of you who go, please enjoy BTW, 1. Stefan, your slagging of our Opera House was a hoot. 2.Morn, not only is The Producers a stage musical (complete with dancing stormtroopers) but the Lion King is also playing in Sydney at the moment. On stage. Live. 3. Magical_ me, I agree with your comments about our so-called embarrassments, I mean ambassadors. If you're travelling to this shindig in June with a parent/ guardian/ responsible adult- thingy you both can stay in my place while I'm OS. I'm sure the person who's looking after my flat won't mind -even though I've never met you and have utterly no idea who you are. Why do I say these things? I don't know; maybe somebody else on this MB who's going to the LOTR concert can put magical-me up for the weekend. Cheers....

Mr Bradbury borrowed the title of "Something wicked this way comes" from some dead English has-been playwright-wannabe called Willy Shakespeare. It comes from the Scottish Play, I think it's when the witches see MacB. approaching (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), one of them says: "By the pricking of my thumbs: something wicked this way comes". It's been around as a turn of phrase since then. That_Bloke, proving the JW Massageboard can be an educating forum. "I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it." Holden Caulfield

Congratulations Ocelot. May this further your trek to the fortune and glory of movie scoring.

His baldness is the reason why I worship at the Towner Shrine. Music? Is Williams a composer? Gee, the things you learn on the net. I may have to one day give this music of his a listen and see if it's OK.

I find the piano effective on: Over the Moon (start of ET End Credits), the end credits of Schindler's List, the intro to the Battle of Hoth in ESB, all of Stanley & Iris, the crashing descent on AI as David is being abandoned, the choppy ostinato on How to Steal a Million/Two Lovers Theme, the "one-note" statement of the Eiger Sanction Theme (just before the rest of the band kick in on the LP), the rippling continuo under on the Earthquake theme, and the slow/cocktail version of the Earthquake theme on the LP.

Thanks for the heads up! I must go now to get my copy of the Herald, as I ponder and muse on how I am prompted to get my local paper by someone halfway around the world. Internet: bringing people closer together than ever before! Cheers (and fortunate enough to have both vinyl and CD copies of Thomas & The King).