From: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com (orb-digest) To: orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: orb-digest V2 #144 Reply-To: orb-digest Sender: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes orb-digest Monday, December 7 1998 Volume 02 : Number 144 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:48:25 -0600 From: blue room Subject: (orb) FT: FFWD I recently came across an extra copy of FFWD today, so I'm offering it up for trade. I'm after the Blue Room single (either the double UK issue, or the single disc German pressing) but other interesting offers are welcome. Please keep in mind this is for trade only, not sale or auction. thanks... br np: coil - scope # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:49:04 -0700 From: KingMob Subject: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... * Male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg * DNA bonding irregularities occur every 23rd angstrom * 23 axioms open Euclid's geometry * In order for a satellite to orbit earth over one fixed position, it = must be 23,000 miles above sea level. They call that geosynchronous = orbit. * Bishop James Usher (1581-1656) Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland; by = counting backwards from known dates using the lengths of lives given in = the Bible, calculated that creation happened on October 23rd 4004 BC. = This date was very quickly accepted as "truth". Someone would place it = in the King James Bible in the margin of the reference version where it = was given legitimacy and authority simply by being there. * In telegrapher's code, 23 means "Break the line" * The I CHING'S hexagram 23 means "Break Apart" * Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. Oswald was = assassinated November 24th. Notice the "Black out" day? * The Bible's final verse is Rev. 22:21. Another missing 23? The book of = Revelations has no chapter 23. * "...2 plus 3 equals 5, the pentad within which the Devil can be = invoked 'as for example in a pentacle or at the Pentagon building in = Washington', while 2 divided by 3 equals 0.666..." the number/sign of = the Beast. The Illuminatus! Trilogy * "...All the great anarchists died on the 23rd day of some month or = other - Sacco and Vanzetti on August 23rd, Bonnie Parker and Clyde = Barrow on May 23, Dutch Shultz on October 23- and Vince Coll was 23 = years old when shot on 23rd street...and the Hungarian revolution = started on October 23, too, and Harpo Marx was born on November 23,..." = The Illuminatus! Trilogy * ...And I hear the Orb like the number 23 Joe - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - -------------------- if i really wanted to sell something, do you really think i would post = it 23=20 times? do you think i would think that it would help me sell it 23=20 times faster or for 23 times as much? anyway. mercury is in=20 retrograde. (what i learned this week - the planet goes into retrograde = 3 time a year for about 3 weeks each time. during this time,=20 communication, esp electronic types, are supposed to be messed up - dont = sign contracts, etc...). lets blame it on that - its what i have been=20 doing all week. =20 tripp "i swear it wasnt me" millican # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 08:07:36 +0100 From: "Karsten H. Hansen" Subject: (orb) Perpetual Dawn.. Not uphere in phreaking Norway it isn't.. Man, this beginning winter is getting to me.. :( Anyway what I really wanted to say was that I'm looking for the Perpetual Dawn CDs of many moons ago, so if you've got a copy up for sale, or know of one, please direct an e-mail this direction, thanks! Cheers, Karsten # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 06:15:40 EST From: Orbfile23@aol.com Subject: Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... Greetings from Orbfile23 Skidoo!!!!!! Getting 'out' is what skidoos do best!!!!! Nice to see the ol' 23 around! Skidoo 'out' # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 03:45:41 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Jan Bijleveld Subject: (orb) update Update my orb list and my live orb list. Bootlegs as in Lazlo's discog are now in the live list. RJ members.tripod.com/orbology _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 11:34:32 GMT From: Smiley@cracl.demon.co.uk (Smiley) Subject: (orb) Smiley's Christmas Clearout! morning all. i have a new spares list with stuff by: holmer, weatherall, fsol, orb, leftfield, klf, 808state, tricky, and many others tonnes of excellent stuff - especially the Orb, KLF and FSOL lists... take a look (see tagline) and see if anything takes your fancy. l8r. - -- Smiley new spares list at http://come.to/SmileyWeb # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:25:19 -0800 From: Jeff Boyd Subject: (orb) OAA - please? What's the status of the OAA? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:20:03 -0600 From: "John Goerner" Subject: Fw: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... From: KingMob >* Male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg >* DNA bonding irregularities occur every 23rd angstrom >* 23 axioms open Euclid's geometry etc. Dude: You have way to much time on your hands. John Goerner johng@usgravitics.com "Better Living with Gravity" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:08:14 -0600 From: "John Goerner" Subject: Fw: (orb) help/message redunadacy Well actually im glad this happened. I needed to exercise my mouse finger anyway. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X John Goerner johng@usgravitics.com "Better Living with Gravity" - -----Original Message----- From: Millican, Glenn >again, this isnt my fault (as far as i can tell) and im just as sorry as >you are that this has happened... >tripp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 11:43:25 -0800 From: mazbass Subject: (orb) Orb items fore sale Afternoon... I still have a few Orb items left after the mad chaos... here they are, if anyone is interested, let me know (all prices are in US dollars): Orb Pato Banton meets Thrash white label promo 12" (2 ORB remixes) UK 12" white label 15 G Orb Perpetual Dawn (Youth remixes) UK cd5 8 mint Orb Little Fluffy Clouds UK promo 2x12" remixes UK 2x12" promo` 40 Mint ORB/UNDERWORLD Textures (Volume 2 cd compilation)--mixed by Patterson/Emerson UK 2 cd set 22 mint Check out the following site for updated rare 12" singles from FSOL, Grid, KLF (few items), and madonna too... http://icl-server.ucsd.edu/~mazbass/odysseymusic.html Thanks in advance! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:56:09 -0500 From: "Dan Kelly" Subject: Re: (orb) server error was hot mail's fault > I think its a server error... Sure was; I read in today's Wall St. Journal that it was Hot Mail's fault. Caused a lot of problems w/ various ISPs, shutting down some provider's mail service for several hours. BTW, Hot mail is owned /run by Microsoft. also, there are 2 STP23 "Let Jimi.." 12"s, I have both. I think the 2nd disk is an acidic rmx. Not 100% sure, as I don't own a working turntable rite now. Dankelly > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:22:41 -0800 From: Chris Johnson Subject: Re: Fw: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... John Goerner wrote: > > From: KingMob > >* Male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg > >* DNA bonding irregularities occur every 23rd angstrom > >* 23 axioms open Euclid's geometry > etc. > > Dude: You have way to much time on your hands. Too much time, and not enough originality, as most, if not all, of that was plagarized... ;) Chris # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 09:46:39 -0000 From: "Tim Wright" Subject: No Orb content, sorry...Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... KingMob told us lots of riveting stuff including: >* Male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg That's true, in humans at least. Well done! >* DNA bonding irregularities occur every 23rd angstrom Any idea what this means? Probably nothing at all; irregularities (in general) aren't usually quite so regular. >* 23 axioms open Euclid's geometry Er, don't think so! >* In order for a satellite to orbit earth over one fixed position, it must >be 23,000 miles above sea level.... Wrong. >* Bishop James Usher (1581-1656) Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland; by counting >backwards from known dates using the lengths of lives given in the Bible, >calculated that creation happened on October 23rd 4004 BC.... True enough, but then HE was obviously wrong so it's not that interesting eh? >* In telegrapher's code, 23 means "Break the line" Which code?? >* The I CHING'S hexagram 23 means "Break Apart" According to whom? I tracked down a few interpretations and none of them were at all like that. Mind you, what would it count for if that *was* what it meant? >* Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. Oswald was assassinated >November 24th. Notice the "Black out" day? You mean NOTHING INTERESTING AT ALL happened on the 23rd? Spooky!! >* The Bible's final verse is Rev. 22:21. Another missing 23? The book of >Revelations has no chapter 23. No, it's not missing. All you're saying is that there are 22 chapters. >* "...2 plus 3 equals 5, the pentad within which the Devil can be >invoked... Next time you do that, can I watch? But anyway, 2+3 doesn't have much to do with 23 until you get the number 10 involved too. >while 2 divided by 3 equals 0.666..." the number/sign of the Beast. Nope, I've never heard anyone say "The number of the beast is zero point six recurring" before. >* "...All the great anarchists died on the 23rd day of some month or >other... All of them? Or just a few? >...and Vince Coll was 23 years old when shot on 23rd street... ...on 7th February :-) >...and Harpo Marx was born on November 23,... Struth, can't you find any *less* significant facts to tell us about? >* ...And I hear the Orb like the number 23 Oh good. And what's their favourite colour? So then, did you make this stuff up, or is it just the sort of garbage that does the rounds because some people are gullible enough to believe and repeat any old nonsense? Tim W> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 09:37:24 EST From: LiquidW@aol.com Subject: Re: No Orb content, sorry...Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... In a message dated 12/5/98 5:16:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, timwright@dial.pipex.com writes: << So then, did you make this stuff up, or is it just the sort of garbage that does the rounds because some people are gullible enough to believe and repeat any old nonsense? Tim W> >> my friend , you have the wrong attitude , and gain joy in trying to show others how right you are. There is a girl i kinda like, and i found out yesterday that her birthday happens to be on the 23rd. Im not saying she is the antichrist , the reincarnation of karl marx , or god , but it is kinda odd. So if you cant appreciate the great cosmic coincidence of things, and be nice....i might have to give you 23 slaps to the back of the head : ) liquidw # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:20:32 PST From: "Nick 99" Subject: (orb) Orb I'm looking for Orb video....I figure someone on this list has a compilation video, you know, with music videos and maybe interviews and stuff.....maybe someone can make a copy of some of those Orb videos, like the limited edition ones...I think one came with U.F.Off.....I'd be willing to pay or do whatever..... I recently got the Hackers 2 soundtrack....Is there a Hackers 2 movie or is this soundtrack just a part 2 to the first? Nick ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 22:22:40 -0000 From: "Tim Wright" Subject: Re: No Orb content, sorry...Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... More apologies to innocent onlookers. But... :-) >my friend , you have the wrong attitude , and gain joy in trying to show >others how right you are. I know what you mean, and I don't like to put people down, but I think there is at least some merit in putting a little bit of effort into being "right", even if only approximately, now and again?? What's the point of saying stuff, if it doesn't matter whether it's true or not? > There is a girl i kinda like, and i found out >yesterday that her birthday happens to be on the 23rd. Im not saying she is >the antichrist , the reincarnation of karl marx , or god , but it is kinda >odd. You thought nobody was born on the 23rd of any month ever? No, you didn't. So what's odd about it? > So if you cant appreciate the great cosmic coincidence of things, and be >nice....i might have to give you 23 slaps to the back of the head Any number of slaps is fine, I like to be nice (honest!), but not to the extent of being completely stupid, you know? Cheers, Tim W> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 17:51:08 -0700 (MST) From: Benjamin Overbaugh Subject: Re: No Orb content, sorry...Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... and michael Jordan's (of Chicago Bulls Basketball fame) jersey number is 23. I'm 23 years old. My name is not Michael *OR* Jordan, but I do own a Bulls Jersey that says "23" on it. Not that I watch basketball... Probably came from a rummage sale... - -b # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:20:20 -0600 From: blue room Subject: (orb) Semi-OT: The World of Wax I'm needing some advice... I will soon be in the market for a new sound system. Finally decided to leave the world of bookshelf stereos and get a real system. ;] Anyway, I need some tips on buying an amp. I'm looking for something $500 or under (budget recommendations are very welcome) with a phono input. I've tried wading through the glut of information on stereophile equipment on the web, and I'm starting to feel a bit disillusioned. I thought I'd check with all of yous and see what kind of equipment is being used to bring out the finer frequencies of Orbness. br # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:57:58 -0000 From: "Phil Blake" Subject: (orb) Thomas Fehlmann, Questions Questions?????? I bought the new Fehlmann album today, it's very good. I also got the new Sun Electric album as well, although I'm not that impressed as yet, maybe it'll grow on me. It's the first Sun Electric album I've bought, are any of their earlier albums still available? Does anyone know all of the previous Orb line ups? Is Thomas Fehlmann a part time collaborator or an ex member? I was tempted to buy the Paul McCartney/Fireman Rushes album as someone on the list recommended it, does it have vocals on it? In HMV Croydon (U.K.) they still have two of the UFOFF videos with the Blue Room Cd for £13.99 and the Virgin Megastore (CROYDON) has the Toxygene CD2. Phil... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 15:22:42 -0600 From: "John Goerner" Subject: Fw: No Orb content, sorry...Re: (orb) 23 is a peculiar number... From: Tim Wright >KingMob told us lots of riveting stuff including: > >>* Male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg >That's true, in humans at least. Well done! > >>* DNA bonding irregularities occur every 23rd angstrom >Any idea what this means? Probably nothing at all; irregularities (in >general) aren't usually quite so regular. > >>* 23 axioms open Euclid's geometry >Er, don't think so! Dude: you have way way too much time on your hands. John Goerner johng@usgravitics.com "Better Living with Gravity" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 20:19:52 -0500 From: "Andrew Cieszkowski" Subject: (orb) Off topic I have heard that the new Sun Electric CD is good but cannot get it in Canada at all and was wondering if someone might sample a bit for me so I can check it out before I ring up an online retailer and have it shipped over. Also, what is the new Thomas Felhman CD called?? Andrew dolega@globalserve.net "It's like something from another world." Alex Patterson # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:09:30 -0700 (MST) From: Mike Bailey Subject: Re: (orb) Semi-OT: The World of Wax >Anyway, I need some tips on buying an amp. I'm looking for something $500 >or under (budget recommendations are very welcome) with a phono input. >I've tried wading through the glut of information on stereophile equipment >on the web, and I'm starting to feel a bit disillusioned. I thought I'd >check with all of yous and see what kind of equipment is being used to >bring out the finer frequencies of Orbness. I think it would be great if people could reply to the list. Top ten stereos perhaps? Mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of orb-digest V2 #144 *************************