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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 18:06:16 -0500
From: Charles Farnum <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) fav songs

i'm still waiting for your responses about your top three favorite MWH
songs so far i have recieved 16 responses out of 200 list members. just
a reminder to get me your choices so i can have them totaled before the
consert this spring

whit


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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 18:06:16 -0500
From: Charles Farnum <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) fav songs

i'm still waiting for your responses about your top three favorite MWH
songs so far i have recieved 16 responses out of 200 list members. just
a reminder to get me your choices so i can have them totaled before the
consert this spring

whit


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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:01:06 +0100
From: Thomas Ullrich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) fav songs

Charles Farnum wrote:
>
> i'm still waiting for your responses about your top three favorite MWH
> songs so far i have recieved 16 responses out of 200 list members. just
> a reminder to get me your choices so i can have them totaled before the
> consert this spring
>
> whit


Hi Charles, Hi Hatters!

Best: Safety Dance
2nd Best: Where Do The Boys Go
3rd: I Got The Message (sorry, Tom, but I like it, though it's not so
very creative. It was the 2nd Single after SAFETY DANCE in Germany and
'we love it')

If you want to answer, do it quickly: I'll e-mail again at the end of
this week or on Monday and then again not before the beginning of March!

Thomas
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:51:54 +0000
From: "Richard Holdman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Boot Update

Well I got alot of orders for CDs and they should all ship out in the
next 1-2 days.

All the color artwork is getting printed today and it looks very hot.
I will post what the boots look like on my web site sometime this
week.

- -Richard Holdman


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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:51:03 +0000
From: "Dr. Laura M.B. Kramer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) T-shirts - I'm getting my act together

Hi Hatters!

OK, I'm really going to get my act together this time.   Really!  I
will take orders for the T-shirts through Valentine's Day (Feb 14th,
just in case you don't have a Hallmark Card Store near you), and then
put the order in the following Monday (Feb 16th).  Come one, Come
all!

Everyone who has ordered, start sending your snail-addresses to my
other email address [e-mail]

:-) L8R, T8Rs!

;-) Laura


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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:40:00 -0500
From: Rod MacQuarrie <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) You Got The Message

Hi all:

It's been quite a while! I had to drop off the list for awhile due to
the fact that a Canadian friend of mine used my email address to enter a
US-only contest and soon after I got spammed to death and had to close
my email account because it couldn't handle the traffic. Well I should
have a new email address within the next couple of weeks that can handle
it so...as Arnold says...I'll be back.

In the meantime...a bit about myself for all of the new folks:

I was born in California and raised in Northern Ontario, Canada...the
Great White North...home of the McKenzie brothers (Take off eh you
hoseheads) and one of my alltime favorite bands - Men Without Hats -
which I got into in the early 80's. I moved down to Michigan in 1985 to
go to University...ended up getting married in 1990 and now have two
children (I'll be 32 in 13 days - no over-the-hill jokes). I just
commented to my wife the other day that it's hard to believe we're at
the end of the 90's when I'm still stuck in 1984. I feel like I'm still
in my early 20's. Anyway...I just got a job as a Project Manager for a
website development company here in Kalamazoo, Michigan which I will
begin in two weeks.

My biggest hobby is music - specifically - synthpop. Most of my CD's
(1000+) and vinyl records (???) are from the 80's - and I will be the
first to admit that I'm sort of stuck in that era. I have my own music
studio in my basement with a few Rickenbacker guitars and over 20 analog
synths and drum machines from the 70's and 80's - some of which are
identical to the one's used on the early MWH albums (i.e. Prophet-5 rev.
2, LinnDrum, Emulator II, etc.) - all controlled via a 200 MHz MacIntosh
computer for sequencing and audio recording. I love the sounds of those
early analog synths and believe that the key to the "synthpop sound" is
the synths they used - a sound which digital synths can't emulate even
today. I now have the capability of burning my own CD's and my "goal" is
to release my own CD before the year 2000 (I'm a perfectionist so I'm
being realistic here). Lately I've been burning alot of my rare vinyl to
CD (Alphaville, Trans-X, A Flock of Seagulls, Church, Railway Children,
etc.) so that's been taking up alot of my time.

My main influences are: MWH (of course), Alphaville, Trans-X, A Flock of
Seagulls, The Cars, Gary Numan (ahh...Polymoogs, Prophet-5's, and
Jupiter-4's), De/Vision, Anything Box, Japan, Roxy Music, early Duran
Duran, early Tears for Fears, and (one of my current favorites) Joy
Electric. I also like guitar-based bands like The Church, The Railway
Children, Cactus World News, Dream Academy, Midnight Oil, House of Love,
etc. and gothic bands like Clan of Xymox, Sisters of Mercy, the Mission,
etc.

My favorite MWH albums are in the order they were released. My favorite
songs are I Got the Message, I Like, and......don't get me started.

Looks like everyone's been keeping quite busy with the new boots and
all. Too bad I missed out on the recent demos...perhaps some kind soul
will be able to copy them for me.

Take care and see you soon

Rod MacQuarrie

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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 15:38:34 -0500
From: Daniele Rossi <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) I Got The Message

>3rd: I Got The Message (sorry, Tom, but I like it, though it's not so
>very creative. It was the 2nd Single after SAFETY DANCE in Germany and
>'we love it')


I find it interesting how one perosn hates a song while someone else loves
it to pieces! :)  If it wasn't for "I Got The Message", I probably wouldn't
have been a MWH fan today.  I went totally nuts when I heard this song om
the radio.  I just loved the way it sunded.  The beat, the nmusic, the
backup voices did the trick.  I heard it after "The Safety Dance" so I am
puzzled as to why it is referred to as their first single from "Rhythm of
Youth".  Perhaps the single didn't do too well so they re-released it?  The
last time I went nuts was "O Sole Mio" but not as much as "I Got The
Message".  Then I got excited when I heard the clip of "Open Your Eyes"
before I bought the album.

Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?

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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:14:25 -0500
From: "Tom Norman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) favorite song

> >3rd: I Got The Message (sorry, Tom, but I like it, though it's not so
> >very creative. It was the 2nd Single after SAFETY DANCE in Germany and
> >'we love it')
>
>
> I find it interesting how one perosn hates a song while someone else
loves
> it to pieces! :)  If it wasn't for "I Got The Message", I probably
wouldn't
> have been a MWH fan today.  I went totally nuts when I heard this song om
> the radio.  I just loved the way it sunded.  The beat, the nmusic, the
> backup voices did the trick.  I heard it after "The Safety Dance" so I am
> puzzled as to why it is referred to as their first single from "Rhythm of
> Youth".  Perhaps the single didn't do too well so they re-released it?
The
> last time I went nuts was "O Sole Mio" but not as much as "I Got The
> Message".  Then I got excited when I heard the clip of "Open Your Eyes"
> before I bought the album.
>
> Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?

Yes.
Rhythm of Youth blows my mind!!!!!  I can't stop playing that song.  Its
actually my favorite MWH song right now.

For the song poll:

1. Rhythm of Youth
2. Living In China
3. I like

Can I include ROY, even though its a demo song?

I usually can't stand playing ANY song over and over again, ROY is my first
exception.  I can't beleive that I can't get tired of this one.

Tom
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:34:47 -0800
From: "Russ Kemsley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) favorite song

> Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?

I know this may sound strange, but "Mother's Opinion" makes me cry from time
to time. It's hard to describe, but it does. Not in a sad way, but in a
"this song touches my soul" way.

And if we're including the demos then I have to place Treblinka in 2nd
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 22:55:47 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) I Got The Message

In a message dated 98-02-04 15:36:39 EST, [e-mail] writes:

> I find it interesting how one perosn hates a song while someone else loves
>  it to pieces! :)  If it wasn't for "I Got The Message", I probably wouldn't
>  have been a MWH fan today.  I went totally nuts when I heard this song om
>  the radio.  I just loved the way it sunded.  The beat, the nmusic, the
>  backup voices did the trick.  I heard it after "The Safety Dance" so I am
>  puzzled as to why it is referred to as their first single from "Rhythm of
>  Youth".  Perhaps the single didn't do too well so they re-released it?  The
>  last time I went nuts was "O Sole Mio" but not as much as "I Got The
>  Message".  Then I got excited when I heard the clip of "Open Your Eyes"
>  before I bought the album.
>
>  Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?
>

For me, this one's a tie between "Antarctica" and "Ideas for Walls".
The guitar in "Antarctica" and the choppy keyboard just made it sound so dark
and powerful, while the lyrics smoothed it all out.

"Ideas for Walls"... That one just flat out makes me wanna "...ideas for
wahahooahahooahaoolls!!". It makes almost no sense yet it drives me want to
turn it up really loud and ignore reality for the short few minutes. The keys
in that song will also grabbed me.

Well, that's 2 centavos de mi.
And I... I feel like...
- --Nick


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:05:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) I Got The Message

In a message dated 98-02-04 15:36:39 EST, [e-mail] writes:

>
>  >3rd: I Got The Message (sorry, Tom, but I like it, though it's not so
>  >very creative. It was the 2nd Single after SAFETY DANCE in Germany and
>  >'we love it')
>
>
>  I find it interesting how one perosn hates a song while someone else loves
>  it to pieces! :)  If it wasn't for "I Got The Message", I probably wouldn't
>  have been a MWH fan today.  I went totally nuts when I heard this song om
>  the radio.  I just loved the way it sunded.  The beat, the nmusic, the
>  backup voices did the trick.  I heard it after "The Safety Dance" so I am
>  puzzled as to why it is referred to as their first single from "Rhythm of
>  Youth".  Perhaps the single didn't do too well so they re-released it?  The
>  last time I went nuts was "O Sole Mio" but not as much as "I Got The
>  Message".  Then I got excited when I heard the clip of "Open Your Eyes"
>  before I bought the album.
>
>  Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?
>
it would have to be tracks 2,3, and...um...9, i believe (in the name of
angels)
and now i have all this brill old stuff to catch up on, eh? ;)
and, for the record, I Got The Message is one of the sweetest songs i've ever
heard:)
so THERE!  >:P~.*'@
ttyl,
Charlotte


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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:13:44 +0000
From: Claude GrΘgoire <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) I Got The Message

Daniele Rossi wrote:
>
> Does anyone else have a MWH song they went nuts over?

I have several of those I guess...

Take care

Claude


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:16:08 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) AUGH!!?!??!??!!!!!!!!!!

YEOUWCH!!?!
 to my horror, i have discovered that, as an indirect (or direct...who CARES
at  THIS point!) result of my roomie replacing his hard drive, all my fave
places addresses (mostly MWH) have vanished.....

*muy pouty face >:(*

can someone please forward me the FAQ or site index addresses so that i may
update for future access?
purty please?  <:)

thanks, Charlotte


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:37:01 -0500
From: Steve Jackson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Are We Still Introducing Ourselves?

Sorry for the delay, but we're trying to release some software here at
work and I have not had much time until now to send anything in.  I am
listed briefly on the who's who page.  There, I credit myself as being one
of the two cofounders of the Atlanta Chapter of the Men Without Hats
Fanclub.  Mr. Brad Day is the other cofounder.  In fact, we're the only
two members.  Feel free to stop in if you're ever in Atlanta.  Just give
us some advance warning.

Like so many others, I got hooked on MWH in my early teens.  I used to
work in my room with ROY on the turntable repeating over and over and
over.  One side at a time, of course.  I don't know how my parents could
take it (unless, of course, they saw the genius behind the music, too!).

Bought PGTW on cassette (and later on CD).  Loved it.  The first time I
saw the 21c. disc in the store I bought it, even though I did not know
that MWH had another disc out.  Also like many others, I constantly comb
through the "M" section of music stores to try to find one of those
elusive ROY CDs.

Thanks to this wonderful list, I have obtained the 2-4-1, Sideways, and
The Spell -- items I would never have known existed otherwise.  Everyone
here is very caring and supportive, and even though I don't contribute a
whole lot in the grand scheme of things, I always look forward to
receiving the next digest.

Yes, I am on the digest-version of the list, which is why I missed out on
the original pressing of the FPDs (Fan Produced Discs).  I'm still
interested, and will be in contact with Mr. Holdman shortly.  I think this
will be one purchase that I won't clear through my wife (and if you tell
her I said that, I'll deny it! :-).

Since I don't write too often, I don't feel bad about sending in a
novella...

My personal information:  I'm 28 and married (just under 1.5 years).  No
kids, just a cat, which my wife brought into the marriage.  We get along
fine now.  We bought a house almost a year ago, and I have taken to
gardening (vegetable, not flower).  [I'm planning on trying to grow
potatoes this season.  Last year I think I harvested over 300 cucumbers,
most of which were as big or bigger than what you see in a grocery store.
 We gave away most of them, ate lots of cucumber sandwiches, and let some
rot (which was VERY unfortunate :-( ]  I play indoor soccer, which I love.
 I play the saxophone, but only once a year or so.  I've been trying to
teach myself how to play the piano, with little success.  Currently, I'm
taking German classes (no, I can't translate the message about MWH, even
though it looked German).  In the future, I hope to have a wood-working
shop which rivals Norm's -- and I hope to know how to use it!  I'm slowly
acquiring the tools...

Brad and I have gotten together for lunch on a few occasions.  We don't
work anywhere near each other, so we don't meet that frequently.  I keep
meaning to send in the minutes of our lunch meetings, but never remember
to. (So did you get a new car yet, Brad?)

Apart from MWH, my musical tastes vary widely.  I'm also on the Simple
Minds mailing list (the only other mailing list that I'm on).  I like (in
stream-of-consciousness order) Front 242, Depeche Mode, Kate Bush, Pet
Shop Boys, Erasure, Rush...  I'm starting to listen more to public radio
now, however.  Count me in the group that tells their grandkids, "there's
nothing like the music of the '80s."  My jazz collection is also starting
to grow.

OK, I'll call it quits here.  If you've made it this far, thanks for
reading.  Drop me a line sometime, and I'll try to get back to you in a
reasonable amount of time.  Also, for any German members of this list:
 I'm planning a trip to Germany sometime this year, and would like
suggestions on where to go, where to stay, etc.  Private e-mail is
requested.

Thank you,

Steve
- --
 voice:404-876-3209 x104         "You want a room with a view?
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 13:57:38 +0000
From: "Richard Holdman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Men without Heads

I was just think of my of my first CD I ever got. My mom got me the
pop goes the world album for me for christmas. I remember opening it
and it was in one of those long boxes they use to package cds in.

What was funny about it is she kept think that band was called Men
without heads.

I dont know why I am telling you all this but I thought it was kind
of funny.

- -Richard


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 14:03:30 +0000
From: "Richard Holdman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) I need MWH Video Material

I want to make a CD with boots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (When 4,6,7
come out ) converted to mp3 and a few MWH videos. After I get it done
I plan on making it available to the list. You will have to use your
computer and play back the mp3s and the video clips.

Anyway the problem is I dont have any MWH videos. Anybody still out
that wants to make me a copy of some video material? I will pay for
whatever the costs are, or is you want I can mail it back to you
after I make myself a copy.

These videos will also be available on the MWH Archive at
http://www.holdman.com/mwh

- -Richard Holdman
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 13:11:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Donald Stroud <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) Men without Heads


>
> I was just think of my of my first CD I ever got. My mom got me the
> pop goes the world album for me for christmas. I remember opening it
> and it was in one of those long boxes they use to package cds in.
>
> What was funny about it is she kept think that band was called Men
> without heads.
>
> I dont know why I am telling you all this but I thought it was kind
> of funny.
>
> -Richard

That's *sort* of similar to something that happened to me in college.
The following is a true story...

I was part of a group of guys who loved to play practical jokes on each
other. My friend Steve knew how much I loved MWH... I played my "Rhythm Of
Youth" and "Fot80III" tapes non-stop.

One day I was in my room. I grabbed my "Fot80III" tape and popped it in the
player. Steve came sauntering into my room and plopped down on a chair. I
was busying looking for something on my cluttered desk and was unthinkingly
replying to the questions he was asking me.

He asked me, "Who is this?" (playing on the tape player)
"Men Without Hats."
"That's a weird name. Are you sure?"
"Yes. I've told you about them a million times."
"I don't believe you."
"What do you mean?"
"'Men Without *Hats*'... that's not a band name."
At this point I stopped my search, and grabbed the tape case. "Yes, it is,
see, it say so right he..."

And I froze. Placed over the red/black "no hats" logo on the tape case was
a similar logo, with a large penis where the head/hat should be. And over
the word "Hats" in the band name logo, the word "Dicks" had been placed, on
a white sheet of paper, copied in the same font.

And Steve said, "Are you sure they're not Men Without Dicks?"

And I spent a good fifteen minutes chasing his laughing ass up and down the
halls of the dorm.

I was furious then, but MAN! is it funny when I look back on it now. He got
me but good.

=============================================================================
Don2
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 18:18:20 -0500 (EST)
From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Pop Goes The World CD Packaging

Richard,

I bought my PGTW CD the day after I saw MWH perform at the Cains in
Tulsa; May 5, 1988.  http://people.delphi.com/mykec/hats88.htm

Mine didn't come in a box but rather in one of those nasty ol'
plastic "bubble-pak" constructs.  Inside it was a 12"x4" card
with the PGTW cover art on it.  It made me mad that I hadn't bought
it before the previous night's show because I had been able to
get Ivan's autograph on both my Statik copy of RoY during the show
and on my Fot80III LP cover during the afterparty at SRO.

Needless to say, I've still got the PGTW CD card insert and it is
still unsigned by Ivan.  I do intend to be at the Private Ivan
concert in Montreal this summer and I'll definitely be bringing
it with me - along with everything else I've got that would look
good with bandmembers' autographs scribbled all over them!  ;-)

Myke


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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 17:49:32 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) A Men Without Hats Revelation

    Ok...

        I don't know if people knew this before or not....

    But, I was just listening to Ideas for Walls and,  something just
struck me. Now, some of you may have recognized this, but I guarantee a
majority have not.
- -------------------
    In the song...the lines read

A little "m" for the mirror
A "w" for the wall
To make things perfectly clear
A great big "h" in the hall.

Now...put those three quoted letters together and you get...

            MWH



I'm not some kid that goes disecting songs or anything but, I found this
interesting and wondered if people like Tom or Laura knew anything about
this.

Collin

"It's running through my hair."



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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:14:37 -0500
From: "Tom Norman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) CD#4 ready to go

Greetings,
I have just got more supplys for more CDs.  I also have CD#4 which is ready
to go.  I am sending the first of #4 to Richard Holdman.

Now, if Richard isn't already making you CDs, and you still want some,
please e-mail me now, telling me what you don't have already -- CDs
1,2,3,4,5 are all ready to go.   I just want to get an idea of how many I
need to make of each.

CD#4 is fantastic.


Tom
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 20:46:10 -0500
From: Daniele Rossi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) A Men Without Hats Revelation

>A little "m" for the mirror
>A "w" for the wall
>To make things perfectly clear
>A great big "h" in the hall.
>
>Now...put those three quoted letters together and you get...
>
>

cool!!! I'll look at the lyrics and see if anything that comes up!

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:30:07 -0500
From: Jeff Schachter <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) wow

>        I don't know if people knew this before or not....
>    In the song...the lines read
>
[...snip...]
>Now...put those three quoted letters together and you get...
>
>            MWH

Cool!   I've been listening to that song since 1983 and never once noticed
that.  Too busy listening to the melody and the bass line I guess (or just
really thick).

If anyone is still tabulating, I'll use this opportunity to vote for my
favorite MWH song.  "Ideas for Walls".  Now even more favorite than before
because of this nifty observation that eluded me for so many years.

Jeff




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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 22:01:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (hats) Are We Still Introducing Ourselves?

In a message dated 98-02-05 08:38:49 EST, Steve wrote:

<< Sorry for the delay, but we're trying to release some software here at
 work and I have not had much time until now to send anything in.  I am
 listed briefly on the who's who page.  There, I credit myself as being one
 of the two cofounders of the Atlanta Chapter of the Men Without Hats
 Fanclub.  Mr. Brad Day is the other cofounder.  In fact, we're the only
 two members.  Feel free to stop in if you're ever in Atlanta.  Just give
 us some advance warning.
  >>
That's right, Steve!!!!!

The Atlanta Chapter always welcomes guests and new members!!!!!    =]

Brad Day
Atlanta, GA


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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:58:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Garbowski <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) radio show

Just thought I'd let the list know that even though I tend to be primarily
an observer on the list I am doing my best to spread the joy of MWH.  I am
part of a morning show that reaches Northern Chautauqua County in NY and
every Tuesday they are going to let me do a retro-80's day in which I will
try to have a mystery band as well as other 80's music.  Today (which was
the first show) of course the mystery band was...oh, do I even have to say
it...MWH!  I asked people to call in when they knew the name of the band
and sure enough when I played The Safety Dance (the last MWH song I was
going to play before I gave their name away) someone called in and won
themselves a CD.  Congrats to Ivan on his Canadian success.

Dancing with a cold head in Fredonia, NY
Charlie


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:00:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Garbowski <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) End of the world

I don't know about going "nuts" over "End of the World" but there is
something about it that makes me very subdued and introspective and
nostalgic.  Does that happen to anyone else when listening to the song?

Charlie


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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 08:12:59 -0500 (EST)
From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) A Men Without Hats Revelation

Wow, Collin!  I feel like a compleat goober now.

I've been listening to "Ideas..." since I bought the RoY LP in 1986 and
never noticed that.  (Doh!)

Myke



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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:43:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Shireman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) A Men Without Hats Revelation

Isn't it strange... MWH in Idea for walls?  I love it.  I really love it!
Did I mention that I love it?!?  Ivan and crew never ceases to amaze me.
The moment you get them figured out, they change again.... or something
you never realized, so blatently obvious, comes to light.  Three cheers
for MWH and for those of you who find this obscure stuff!

Nathan




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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:34:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Donald Stroud <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) End of the world


> I don't know about going "nuts" over "End of the World" but there is
> something about it that makes me very subdued and introspective and
> nostalgic.  Does that happen to anyone else when listening to the song?
>
> Charlie
>
The entire "Pop Goes The World" album came out at a time where things in
my life (no pun intended) were... "unfolding" around me, for want of a
better word.

It was slowly dawning on me that my long-time relationship was a sham,
that I was indeed deeply in love with someone so powerfully wonderful that
I was frightened by the depth of the emotion involved, a close friend and I
were on the outs (for reasons to this day I can't remember), I realized that my
extended childhood in academia was starting to draw to a close, and my
father's illness brought to my attention that my parents were so much *older*
than I remembered.

And then "Pop Goes The World" came out. "On Tuesday", "O Sole Mio", "In
The Name Of Angels"... and "The End Of The World". A handful of perfect
songs that reflected a lot of facets of my life.

To this day, I still feel that "The End Of The World" is the most perfect
album-ending song that's ever been written. On its own, it doesn't have the
impact that is has after listening to the entirety of the "Pop Goes The
World" album.

Anyway, that's what it means to me.

Don2
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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 10:43:19 -0500 (EST)
From: LORD HASENPFEFFER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) End of the world

Don,

I understand your reasons why you would think "End of the World" is
the best ever album-ending song, but I would have to say I think it's
tied with "A Day In The Life".  Maybe Ivan would be proud to know that
a song of his is in such good company!

Myke


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:51:21 +0000
From: "Richard Holdman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) booted in the leg

> Cool :) - It is nice to feel important :)
>
> I have artwork for about 20 more of each CD 1,2,3,5
>
> So far I have sent out about 30 cds to 10 different people.
>
> I still have plenty left so if anybody else wants 1,2,3,5 let me
> know.
>
> -Richard Holdman
>
> > Now, if Richard isn't already making you CDs, and you still want
> > some, please e-mail me now, telling me what you don't have already
> > -- CDs 1,2,3,4,5 are all ready to go.   I just want to get an idea
> > of how many I need to make of each.
> >
> > CD#4 is fantastic.
> >
> >
> > Tom
> > [e-mail]


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:53:09 +0000
From: "Richard Holdman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (hats) End of the world

Last time I went nuts I hurt myself and 10 others

- -Richard

>
> I don't know about going "nuts" over "End of the World" but there is
> something about it that makes me very subdued and introspective and
> nostalgic.  Does that happen to anyone else when listening to the song?
>


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:42:39 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) Help? For the Language Impaired

Some of the biggest MWH fans out there may speak French as their primary
language.  Occassionally there are French postings and translation reques=
ts on
the list.  There is a neat little translator at=20
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate =20
that can do English to French/Italian/German/Portugese and vice-versa.   =
I,
being mono-lingual, don't have any idea how well it works, but it sure is=
 kind
of fun!
Heres what it came up with for PGTW:

Le bruit va le monde, par des chapeaux d'Men Without que 1. bruit d'Intro=
 2.
va le monde 3. du c=F4t=E9 intelligent de mardi 4. du soleil 5. O million=
s de 6.
uniques s'=E9garent 7. le vrai monde 8. Moonbeam 9. au nom des anges 10. =
La
Valese d'Eugenie 11. La bourrique a port=E9 la promenade du noir 12, sur =
l'eau
13, l'extr=E9mit=E9 du monde=20

Have Fun!
PDK


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