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Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:53:44 EST

Hey Steve... thanks for the kick in the arse... i needed that. I just put in a new List... so give it some time, but it should pop up soon.... so some time today i would imagine. Ping me when you see it, or i'll ping you or make a comment etc... Look for me there or i'll look for you... It's been a while, so not sure if anyone'll be around, but i did get it done... thanks, babe... ;) sade

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:41:04 EST

Hey, Sadi, Any chance of a new List in November?? Don't forget to read comment #91 above if you need some inspiration!

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:35:38 EDT

Whoops...three months since the last List, my mistake!!

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:25:26 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Just looking at the calendar here. I can't believe it's been 2 months since your last List!! How's the new one coming along?? Do you think it'll be ready this week? Here is a list I've made up for a CD I'm calling "Songs That Tell A Story"... The first three relate to history - "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel (20th century history up to 1989) "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" by Sandi Thom (1969 and 1977) "To France" by Mike Oldfield (Re. Mary, Queen of Scots as I recall) - this one is also biographical, as is the next one... "Days Of Pearly Spencer" by Marc Almond (formerly of Soft Cell)...originally done by David McWilliams between 1967-1969... the next three are about family/marriage relationships... "Orchard Road" Leo Sayer (autobiographical) "Sugar Mice" Marillion "Children Say" Level 42 (autobiographical) "Reality" by The Newsboys...this one also has a theological bent... as do the next three... "This Is Your Time" Michael W. Smith "Lord Of The Dance" Steven Curtis Chapman (autobiographical) "Every Season" Nichole Nordeman...this last song focuses on the environment, as does the next one... "Saltwater" Julian Lennon the next three are war tunes...the first two about Northern Ireland... "Through The Barricades" By Spandau Ballet "Belfast Child" Simple Minds "One Step Froward" Paul Young This next one is a riddle, as the title implies... "The Riddle" Nik Kershaw This last One is a bit of a cheat as it's an instrumental... "Last Rendez-vouz" Jean Michel Jarre...interesting story behind it...the sax solo in it was supposed to be the first piece of live music played in space by an astronaut...alas, that astronaut, Ron McNair, ended up dying in the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986, before it was due to be played. Kinda eerie, really, as the tune has a mournful tone to it. Anyway, I hope that gets your creative juices flowing for your next List, Sadi!

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:13:15 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Good to hear from you and to hear you are doing well. I will keep my eye open for the next List next week then... How about doing a list focused on cover versions of Bob Dylan songs?? How does that sound? It would be neat to hear from you how they are different from the original IYO, etc...

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:04:12 EDT

steve!!!! gosh it's nice to hear a friendly voice, or type anyway! yes, summer has been v. busy... i got an offer to write a book about Lewis Carroll so i had to do the proposal for that which took and has taken the bulk of my time every day and i've been going back and forth between here and nyc and then was in Paris and on top of all that the usual domestic bliss etc.... but yes, it IS time for a list, i just need to reach some equilibrium. It certainly won't be this week, but let me see what i can put together. See, if you wanted all Dylan, this would be a cakewalk, i could give you the best of... in my view anyway, but since that is not really the thing, then i have to come up with something else... and i will... so my apologies for absence... not permanent absence, just a hiatus that was necessary for book etc etc.... but at least, fruitful. hope all well with you.... as ever, s.

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:49:14 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Hope you had a great summer (seems like you were pretty busy!!). Anyway, just wondering if/when you were going to do another List of the Moment??

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:38:45 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Hope you're having a great summer. Any idea when the next List will be ready??

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:58:40 EDT

Speaking of Bob Dylan, Primal Scream's most recent UK Top 5 single, "Country Girl", almost sounds like something he would do.

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:03:59 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Long time no hear! Just wondering if you've heard about a hot young artist by the name of James Morrison? Apparently he looks like a young Bob Dylan!! His single, "You Give Me Something" is #5 in the UK, and his album "Undiscovered" is #1 on their album chart. Just thought you might like to check it out (I'm sure you can find the UK charts so I don't have to put a link here?? 'Cause I still can't get that to work lol).

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:20:11 EDT

Hey, Sadi, Did ya miss my comment #77? Also, when do you think the next List will be up and running?

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:54:07 EDT

prevening spam is good. i' not sure what i wrote that could have been read as spam tho... nothing vulgar etc etc, but okay. I can't remember now the error message. It's not a big deal - banning spam is good. I didn't realize this is what it was for. It seemed odd to me, esp. here, so i must have misread. For a while there, i thought we were banning the free press! But i gotcha... thanks for explaining... cheers, s.

Comment by Christopher Rose on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:07:45 EDT

Sadi, if you're having a problem with a banned word (they're banned to prevent spam not freedom of expression), just email me the reference number you get in the error message and I can tell you what it is.

Comment by Scott Butki on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sun, 6 Aug 2006 09:55:36 EDT

Dunno about the banned word thing. I just sent two emails - one from my yahoo account and one from my gmail. I can't send music files successfully from yahoo but I can from gmail and yet you seem to be able to only receive emails from my yahoo account. Argh!

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:08:53 EDT

hi scott; i typed up a whole long response here to you but in short, no, i haven't received any more emails from you. I'm afraid to type too much since even tho what i typed had no curses etc etc in it, it would not publish and gave me the error message "banned word." See, as a journalist and journalism major, i was under the illusion that we still had freedom of the press and so on, esp. if this was not an attack contained no language etc etc - apparently, i was wrong. Maybe it was because i referenced a song that begins "Dear G.D" I better not type it, because that may be the banned word. Who knows. But no, i did not get any further email from you. Bannned word???? (not interested in an explanation - not that important).

Comment by Scott Butki on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:35:53 EDT

Sadi, did you get the email I sent you?

Comment by Gordon Hauptfleisch on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 3 Aug 2006 00:55:35 EDT

Sadi--I figured you were familiar with Tegretol and Neuerontin, but I've not heard of those others you mentioned. But you turned dyslexic? I never considered that it could encroach mid-life. My brother is severely so, my sister is blind--and one of the few things working for me still is my eyesight. Coming Attraction--spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis, soon but no date yet--maybe that will somehow get my head back in whack.

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 21:14:16 EDT

Hey, Sadi, I see Dylan's new album "Modern Times" is coming out on the 29th of the month in the UK. Getting excited?

Comment by Scott Butki on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:31:03 EDT

Sadi, I emailed you a postal service remix of a flaming lips song from my gmail account. also, i think you might like some mashups that I placed at this piece

Comment by Scott Butki on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:50:21 EDT

Try emailing me again Sadi.And let me know what you think of Postal Service.

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:17:53 EDT

I don't mind poems that rhyme, Sadi, otherwise, they just annoy me when they don't rhyme lol. Hmmm, thanks for the info re. your website, gotta go for now though, busy day ahead.

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:32:49 EDT

hey Gordon; sorry i didn't see your comment sooner; we're on some similar meds, though i got off of Neurontin and Tegretol for my seizures. I now take Lamictal instead and Klonopin, which seem to workk for me and Dilantin in extreme emergencies... like when i've gone into status epilepticus (multiple seizures one after the other - i don't remember any of it, but it's scary for those around me). Last time was seven or eight hours of seizures - i woke up with complete amnesia; didn't even know my own name, let alone my husband's name or anythign else.... it took about a week for everything to come back, tho now i'm dyslexic, which i never was before, so it caused some damage - but i'm lucky; it could have been much worse.... sorry didn't see your comment sooner.... hang tough! sade

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:29:22 EDT

hi steve - i'll have to check out hte Bluebells for sure... i'll download some of the songs... my site; the hosting fee is a bit more expensive, i think around 30 or so per month, which isn't too bad for what they offer, or it may even be less; i can't remember since it's automatically taken off of my credit card.... The site is more French, but hey, i'm a lot French so it makes sense (half english, half french) - i like the black and white, but sometimes i do the banner in colour - it's only in black and white for this incarnation, but often it's in colour. Yes, i put a lot of work into the site, building out the sections, figuring out what i could / can do etc etc. and learnign out to get around and do what i want to do in terms of design and look and feel. But as i said, it's mutable and changable, which personally , i like. I get a lot of traffic, amazingly, most prob. because of the Dylan area, but i have a lot of subscribers to the New Love Poems area, which is the most dynamic area of the site (comments on poems welcome, tho turned off on site, you can comment here if you ever want to... tho poetry may not be your thing. ) There are also articles there as well - tho i've been rather negligent in that area. Need to have more articles...! Tant Mieux, as you probably know, means "so much the better" (in French) and i really felt it applied to the site, since i started the site right after i had lost a contract job, i said on the phone to my husband "tant mieux" and then it occurred to me that this would be a good name for a site... because really, it was so much the better that the contract ended; i wasn't happy in that particular job.... i'm really glad you like the site... visit often! and if you like Poetry, check it out... i suggest going by Archive and choosing by Title... Other Poems is also a good section...and a new one i just added. Thanks Steve!

Comment by Steve on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:17:06 EDT

The Bluebells only had a year or two of success from '83-'85, their biggest hit being "Young At Heart", a #8 hit in 1984, which was then reissued for a Volkswagon ad in 1993, where it got to #1 for 3 weeks!! Re. your site, what is the hosting fee may I ask, and how much is it compared to other web site companies?? Well, your site has a European (French?) feel to it, also the black & white gives it an artsy look, kind of what one would expect for a site devoted to poetry, I suppose. Though I enjoy watching the occasional black & white movie on TV, as far as pics go, I prefer colour, but that's just me. On the one hand, B&W can hide imperfections, on the other, it can make things look very dated. However, in terms of functionality, your site works really well, which is the main thing. Looks like a lot of work on there!!

Comment by sadi ranson-polizzotti on The List of the Moment, Volume No. 18

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:29:31 EDT

Steve: re my site; well, i designed the site and it took about a year to get it all organized. You now the URL by now tant mieux. The best place i have found for hosting Web sites is SquareSpace, so check them out. I built in that section and i have also a built in section where you can listen to my poetry as well as read along... (under Poetry WAV files)... all poems on the site are archived by type and in Alpha order, or should be (for some reason, some refuse to go into alpha order - argh.. i need to sort that out.) So take a listen to the poetry too! What is your URL - do you have a site? Most sites it is hard to upload songs, MP3s, etc etc... i just built that section out for The List and it will change periodically - i'll take some stuff down, add new stuff for each list, etc etc.... Check out squarespace the hosting fee is a bit more, but worth every cent and you can really design your own site... i find it very flexible and have been with them for about two years - question: overall, do you like the site? (i change the front page and banner regularly, so it's mutable, but i like the current incarnation, at least for now.... what do you think? becs/ sade