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...Want to be a cutting-edge band ? Get yourself a uniform. interestig article in the national post.

....further to what badger wrote in regards to sen. wellstone. brap forwarded me an interesting list of politicians killed in plane crashes::

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prominent politicians killed in recent airplane crashes:

Oct. 16, 2000 - Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son and an aide killed
when their small plane crashes in bad weather in Missouri. Carnahan was
running for U.S. Senate.

April 3, 1996 - An Air Force jet carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown
and other civilians crashes into a mountain in Croatia, killing all 35
aboard.

April 19, 1993 - South Dakota Gov. George Mickelson killed along with
seven other people when their state-owned plane crashes in a rainstorm
in Iowa.[brap adds - this is a pretty interesting
one... he was running against john ashcroft. after he
died in the plane crash, he *still* beat ashcroft out and
his wife took his place.]


April 5, 1991 - Former Sen. John Tower and NASA astronaut Manley "Sonny"
Carter Jr. among those killed in crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines
flight near Brunswick, Ga.

April 4, 1991 - Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., killed when his plane collides
with a helicopter over Merion, Pa.

Aug. 13, 1989 - Rep. Larkin Smith, R-Miss., killed along with his pilot
when their Cessna 177 crashes in DeSoto National Forest in Mississippi.

Aug. 7, 1989 - Rep. Mickey Leland, a Texas Democrat who chaired the
House Select Committee on Hunger, killed when plane crashes during a
trip to inspect relief efforts in Ethiopia.

Sept. 1, 1983 - Rep. Larry McDonald, D-Ga., killed when Korean Air Lines
Flight 007 is shot down by a Russian fighter.

Aug. 3, 1976 - Rep. Jerry Litton, D-Mo., his wife and two children
killed when their plane crashes in Missouri en route to an election
party. Litton had just won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Feb. 14, 1975 - Rep. Jerry Pettis, R-Calif., killed when his
single-engine plane crashes into a mountain near Beaumont, Calif.

Dec. 8, 1972 - Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., killed when his plane
crashes on approach to Midway Airport in Chicago.

Oct. 16, 1972 - House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, D-La., and Rep. Nick
Begich, D-Alaska, killed when their plane disappears over Alaska.

...spent the last couple days listening to close lobsters - "foxheads stalk this land". i used to own the vinyl prior to the purge so i was very happy to have won a copy on cd . i remembered having enjoyed the music alot but had forgotten how enjoyable the lyrics were. kind of like a rockier robyn hitchcock . a couple of samples::
These backwards spineless selfish swine
They come between us every time

Oh, I had a dead body in my mouth
what could I do but spit it out?
I had a sewer pipe down my throat
what could I do but let you choke? .

...worth checking out for anyone intersted in hearing good 80's bands.

....i can't get over how much the interpol ep "Precipitate" is fetching on ebay. last week one sold for over $100 !! i can't fathom spending that much on a cd,especially one that is available for download on soulseek. geez....really the songs are good and i really like the band,but.....

....casino versus japan - "whole numbers play the basics" is out now on carpark. this fellow [eric kowalski] released an album i loved back in 1999 called "go hawaii". he has one upped himself on this new one. if you like your indie-electronic to be a little upbeat and not the glitchy type favoured by the german based crews,this is a release worthy of searching out. boards of canada get mentioned in reviews of his work quite a bit,but to dismiss him as a follower of fashion would be a shame.