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i had whipped out squarepusher's 'hard normal daddy' earlier tonight, when, lo and hallo, i realised that track 7 -- one of the better, block-rockin' tracks on this unusually weak release -- is entitled 'fat controller', also a really nasty character from will self's 'my idea of fun' coincidence? anyone know why this track is titled thus? is the term 'fat controller' just brit slang? -a. __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds E reynolda@sas.upenn.edu UPenn : SAS Computing : Biology Dist Support V +1 215 573 2818 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/biology/ F +1 215 898 8780 'The central message of Buddhism is not "every man for himself"!' -- Wanda

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Alex Reynolds wrote: | i had whipped out squarepusher's 'hard normal daddy' earlier tonight, when, | lo and hallo, i realised that track 7 -- one of the better, block-rockin' | tracks on this unusually weak release -- is entitled 'fat controller', also | a really nasty character from will self's 'my idea of fun' | coincidence? anyone know why this track is titled thus? is the term 'fat | controller' just brit slang? Add this to the FAQ. ;-) As was discussed on this list a while back (admittedly probably months) it could be, but Self's character is in turn named after a character from Thomas the Tank Engine, some old British kids' books. It's typical Self satire. The books were also turned into an animated series, narrated by Ringo Starr. What I've read of Tom Jenkinson that sounds like a typical source for his title. Michael ____________________________________________ "His eyes are TV cameras" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html

Ah, Thomas the Tank Engine! Sir Topham Hat! There's a Thomas the Tank Engine sample at the start of one of the tunes from Talley Ho. NP: PO SPILLED THE TUBBY PUDDING! kent williams -- kent@avalon.net

From: Michael Upton <username@sans.vuw.ac.nz>

quoted 2 lines On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Alex Reynolds wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Alex Reynolds wrote: >| i had whipped out squarepusher's 'hard normal daddy' earlier tonight,

when,

quoted 2 lines | lo and hallo, i realised that track 7 -- one of the better, block-rockin'

>| lo and hallo, i realised that track 7 -- one of the better, block-rockin' >| tracks on this unusually weak release -- is entitled 'fat controller',

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quoted 7 lines | a really nasty character from will self's 'my idea of fun'

>| a really nasty character from will self's 'my idea of fun' > >As was discussed on this list a while back >(admittedly probably months) it could be, but >Self's character is in turn named after a >character from Thomas the Tank Engine, some old >British kids' books. It's typical Self satire.

And in the book's "Intermission" one may find this description of a Mego 12" we all know and love: "So, where were we? Listening to the fridge, right? Listening to the modulated hum, the gaseous cough, the rubber shudder. "Twenty Great Fridge Hits, now that's an album you could market truly effectively. There has to be a demand out there for this kind of thing, everyone is so hip to the idea of ambient music nowadays, and what could be more consummately ambient then a fridge? It's both in the environment, of the environment and apparently a smidgeon of a threat to the precious fucking environment. "OK, granted, perhaps forty-five minutes of different fridge noises alone might be a bit of a non-starter. We'd have to jazz it up a little, get a few prominent vocalist to sing over the coolant's bubble, a few name producers to chip the chilly vibration down to its component cubes and then restack it into a great wall of freezing sound. Then I think we'd be in business, then I'm sure you'd have a nice little earner on your hands." Self, Will. _My Idea of Fun_. New York: Vintage International, 1993. 155.

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Danny Wyatt wrote: | And in the book's "Intermission" one may find this description of a Mego 12" | we all know and love: | "So, where were we? Listening to the fridge, right? Listening to the | modulated hum, the gaseous cough, the rubber shudder. | "Twenty Great Fridge Hits, now that's an album you could market truly | effectively. There has to be a demand out there for this kind of thing, | everyone is so hip to the idea of ambient music nowadays, and what could be | more consummately ambient then a fridge? It's both in the environment, of | the environment and apparently a smidgeon of a threat to the precious | fucking environment. [snippo] | Self, Will. _My Idea of Fun_. New York: Vintage International, 1993. | 155. I moved into a flat (I hope that's an international enough word (?)) because I thought they were listening to cool ambient music. I was like "hey, cool, at least they'll deal with my music", and after moving in discovered it was actually their fridge. No great loss, really. It was still a cool sounding fridge. :) Michael ____________________________________________ "His eyes are TV cameras" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html