On Feb 4, 11:15=A0am, p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Paul Dormer) wrote:
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(cryptoguy) wrote:
> > On Feb 4, 6:13=A0am, p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Paul Dormer) wrote:
> > > In article
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(Harry Mary Andruschak) wrote:
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> > > > I actually watched the
> > > > Superbowl.
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> > > So did I. =A0From beginning to end (apart from the pop shows at the
> > > beginning and half time).
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> > > Finished after three in the morning here, and I'm feeling a bit
> > > sleepy today.
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> > Paul, I sort of feel we should revoke your Fandom ID for this act.
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> Well, you have to realise that over here, American football (as we call
> it) is an esoteric, alien art form.
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> > I didn't watch it. I lucked into some tickets for 'Spamalot' (a
> > co-worker had
> > bought them unaware of the conflict), and for me, my wife, and
> > teenage kids it was a no-brainer of a choice
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> Went to a concert of music by Messiaen on Saturday night. =A0Is that
more
> or less fannish?
I'd say about the same level (I love "Quartet for the end of time").
ObFannishness: The Turangal=EEla-Symphonie not only supplies the
surname for Leela in Futurama (and themes from the piece are used
in the show), but also features the 'Ondes Martenot', an early
electronic instrument roughly contem****ary with the theremin.
Peter Trei
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