From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #250 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/250 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 250 Today's Topics: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) [B7L] Obvious response (was No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) Re: [B7L] Obvious response (was No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) [B7L] H P Lovecraft/Blake [B7L] Horizon news ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:05:55 PDT From: "Rob Clother" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Message-ID: <19990819080555.67078.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >Calle wrote: > >My feeling is that enough people find their way > >here anyway, and I'm not at all sure that we *want* those who can't > >figure out a search engine to come here. Neil continued: >...Calle's right, we don't want people like that on this Lyst. Elitism >Uber Alles. So. It appears, Neil, that you are one of Calle's mysterious "we" tribe. How *did* you make it through those initiation rites? -- Rob ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:45:16 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: "lysator" Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Message-ID: <017e01beea1f$41e53a20$0d01a8c0@hedge> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Neil wrote: > Calle wrote: > >My feeling is that enough people find their way > >here anyway, and I'm not at all sure that we *want* those who can't > >figure out a search engine to come here. > > Damn right. I shudder to think what could happen if we let in a flood of > web newbies. It could only be a disaster. Steve Rogerson clearly hasn't > considered what we might end up with - > Calle's right, we don't want people like that on this Lyst. Elitism Uber > Alles. Neil, I shudder at the vision of the future you have given us. They'll be giving the vote to women next. Una ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:45:54 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things. Message-ID: <017f01beea1f$4240eeb0$0d01a8c0@hedge> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rob asked: > So. It appears, Neil, that you are one of Calle's mysterious "we" tribe. > How *did* you make it through those initiation rites? I reckon it had something to do with a hedgehog. Una ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:00:42 +0100 From: Julia Jones To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Cc: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) Message-ID: In message <19990819072719.B7480@welkin.apana.org.au>, Kathryn Andersen writes >BTW, what's this "Lyst" thing? I assume this "creative spelling" >is meant to refer specifically to a mailing list, but I was wondering >if this was a widespread or only a localized linguistic phenomenon, >because I've only ever seen it here. You've only ever seen it here because: LYSaTor - a B7 mailing list run from Lysator. -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:52:05 EST From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Obvious response (was No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) Message-ID: <19990819225205.61272.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >From: "Una McCormack" > > How *did* you make it through those initiation rites? >I reckon it had something to do with a hedgehog. How did Terry Pratchett get into this discussion? Never mind. It's Friday. Regards Joanne (and it's Daffodil Day) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:37:49 +0100 From: Julia Jones To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Cc: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Obvious response (was No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.) Message-ID: In message <19990819225205.61272.qmail@hotmail.com>, Joanne MacQueen writes >>From: "Una McCormack" >> > How *did* you make it through those initiation rites? >>I reckon it had something to do with a hedgehog. > >How did Terry Pratchett get into this discussion? > As the hedgehog can never be buggered at all, it is presumably a suitable topic to remain on this list instead of being exiled to the unnaturally quiet pub down that back street over there. The puter's back together (and I tested the graphics and sound earlier this evening by loading up Discworld II). The moral of this story is: "Never try to transfer your puter from its old AT case to a shiny new ATX case without first ensuring you know where the motherboard manual with its handy jumper diagram is." And it still seems horribly quiet. Is everyone on holiday? -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:23:09 EST From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] H P Lovecraft/Blake Message-ID: <19990820022310.32059.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed To go back to early July, when Julie Horner asked about The Dreamers: SFX 55 manages to give a few more details (or merely knows a few more now). The series is being written by Stephen W Parsons, based on the Cthulhu mythos. So if you want to read something to gain an idea of what Paul Darrow has been filming recently, it looks like you're going to have to read the whole lot. (I thought it was from an already published book too, so I feel like an idiot for looking for it.) Interesting picture to illustrate the article - Darrow in the foreground, but it's a little difficult to work out what he's supposed to be emoting, due to all that chiascuro. Regards Joanne (who starts thinking of the Headless Chickens song whenever she reads the words "Mr Moon") PS: Two pages later, there's a thing on what if Martin Jarvis had been Blake: "More tea, Vila? Jarvis brings a freshly scrubbed heroism to the spaceways...Grandmothers swoon as he outwits the scheming Servalan with ...Very Nice Hair. Avon becomes increasingly hairy and rugger-buggerish in a bid to offset Blake's air of Marks and Spencers decency." Doesn't bear thinking about, does it? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:39:00 +0100 From: Robinson Paula To: "'blakes7@lysator.liu.se'" , "'freedom-city@blakes-7.org'" Subject: [B7L] Horizon news Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Latest News from Horizon Gareth Thomas - Will be touring in Helen Edmundson's The Clearing playing Solomon. The play is set in the time of Oliver Cromwell and despite focussing on the cheery subject of ethnic cleansing(!) celebrates a birth and a new hope for the future. Gareth starts rehearsals on 23 August and the play opens in Glasgow on 16th September. Full tour dates are: 16/25 September - Tron Theatre, Glasgow (BO 0141 552 4267); 28 September/02 October - Dundee Rep, Dundee (BO 01382 223530); 07/23 October - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (BO 0131 248 4848); 02/06 November - Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (BO 0151 709 4776). No performances Sundays or Mondays, and they get a week off between Edinburgh & Liverpool. There are some post-show discussions in all venues mostly on Wednesdays & Thursdays. Check individual theatres for details if you're interested. Jacqueline Pearce Our recent Theatre Outing to see Jacqueline Pearce at the Edinburgh Festival (still playing till 30 August at the Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate, Edinburgh in her one-woman revue show A Star is Torn) brought together a group of Scottish B7 fans, most of whom are planning to see Gareth in The Clearing. If you're interested in joining them, email Pauline Tucker at tuckers@easynet.co.uk and she'll put you in touch with the group. A Star is Torn has received some excellent reviews, including getting a 4 star rating in The Scotsman. Jacqueline and her director, Spencer Butler, are hoping that a successful run in Edinburgh will lead on to a UK tour and perhaps also play in London. If you can possibly get to see this in Edinburgh, we thoroughly recommend it - it's illuminating, entertaining and very very funny. Jacqueline at her best and very much enjoying herself. Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating & Jan Chappell - Soldiers of Love Part 3: Metamorphs The cast for Part 3 of the comedy SF CD series produced by MJTV will include Gareth Thomas as Nermal and Hywel, Michael Keating as Mydas, Jan Chappell as Sharliken (a six foot alien frog!!) and the Mother, plus Nick Courtney as Turnidus, Sarah Sutton as Colonel Franklyn, Anna Karen (Olive from On the Buses) as Cilla and Peter Dean (from Eastenders) as Jadra. Part 3 is due for release on 1st October and of course you'll be able to buy copies from Horizon nearer the time. Part 4 will be called Planet of Death and is due out on 1st December with the same cast as Part 3 plus Gary Hailes (Barry from Eastenders between 1986/89). Parts 1 & 2 are still available now from Horizon and still include our special offer of exclusive free photo with every order. See the merchandise section in the website for full details, or look on the Horizon Special Bulletin dated 10th July posted to all members. Glynis Barber - we've been told that Glynis may be touring in a play called Three of a Kind opening in November, but haven't been able to confirm this as yet. More news next time. (This news from Louisa who runs an excellent Dempsey & Makepeace website but she doesn't have full details at this time.) If you want to check out the website, the address is http://club.idecnet.com/~xanadu/barber.htm. Blake's 7 to be repeated on Terrestrial TV!!?? There has been news in the press that the Actors' union, Equity, has agreed a reduced 'residuals' rate for daytime repeats of drama series such as Poldark, Lovejoy & Blake's 7. A BBC spokesman was quoted as saying "For the first time in years, we will be able to show treasures from the drama archive. Up until now the cost has been prohibitive." We have no firm news on when they will actually be showing B7, but we should all keep our fingers crossed as it's the most promising news we've had for 15 years. It might help if we all wrote to the Beeb, or phoned, to say something like "Hey, we hear you're going to be able to show old drama repeats, please can you make sure you include B7..." The time slots that have apparently been allocated for this are 2/3pm weekdays and 10am/12noon on Sundays. The B7 Movie It has been reported in an issue of TV Times and thereafter various newsgroups, that 2 actors from Coronation Street have been cast to join rebels Avon and Vila (played by Paul and Michael) in the 'two new BBC films of B7 currently being planned' and that 'the revival follows the large interest following 2 recent radio plays which featured the cast of the original TV series and if the TV films are successful a new B7 series could follow'. We have it on very good authority that this is all complete and utter rubbish and the facts are as stated in the official Horizon bulletin, the Horizon website and also on the Avon club website and their recent newsletter. Apart from the fact that Paul IS going to play a 20-years-after-Gauda Prime Avon, everything else in the article is incorrect and can safely be consigned to the intergalactic junkyard!! Paula -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #250 **************************************