BOC-L Digest - 15 Dec 2006 to 16 Dec 2006 (#2006-292)

Sat Dec 16 13:49:14 EST 2006

All you ever wanted to know about the ansible and superluminal 
communication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible

And thanks for Ursula Quinn's Anarres lead also!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarres

/Chris

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> There are 6 messages totalling 187 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
>  1. BOC-L Digest - 14 Dec 2006 to 15 Dec 2006 (#2006-291) (2)
>  2. Hawkwind Political messages
>  3. Hawkwind Live in US at NEARfest 2007 (2)
>  4. Hawkwind-Nearfest press release
>
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>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0800
> From:    Chris Owen <chrisow at SHAW.CA>
> Subject: Re: BOC-L Digest - 14 Dec 2006 to 15 Dec 2006 (#2006-291)
>
> Hi M, Is that Mike or?
>
> I guess that just about raps it up for idealism!
> If we cant dream and hope for a better world then for sure we will never 
> get
> one.
>
> You will notice however that I did not say I would have forced anyone to 
> do
> what they dont want to do. These were simply things that the people of
> Viridian would
> all agree make for a better world. I still think there is a chance that we
> could make a better
> world and a starting point would be if could describe or define what one
> would look like.
>
> Obviously the first thing we would aim for in no more war so no need for H
> Bombs
> tanks and military. You dont have to blow someones head off to get what 
> you
> want.
> I believe that the best example of what I am describing is how Ghandi was
> able
> to change his world by just sitting down in the road.
>
> I must say that these Bush years have really knocked my belief that 
> mankind
> can
> do better though. Or perhaps I am getting too old and tired to dream of
> better things.
>
> Chris
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:09:15 -0600
> From:    Arin Komins <akomins at UCHICAGO.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Hawkwind Political messages
>
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Keith Henderson wrote:
>
> :Subject: Re: Hawkwind Political messages
> :
> :  P.P.S.  The Ansible, something that coincidentally was just referred to 
> here by Arin (I guess it's a fanzine or something...was confusing at 
> first, as I thought something was about to be physically teleported across 
> space without delay), is a sort of Macguffin in this otherwise 
> socio-political anarchic allegory.  Called the Dispossessed, natch.
>
> Technically, it's a semi-prozine (at least according to hugo category),
> but yeah, it's a fanzine ;-)
>
> It's put out by Dave Langford, a very funny individual.  (He's got several
> books out, amongst the funniest of which are _The Leaky Establishment_ and
> _The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey
> Two_, the latter of which has recently been republished in _He Do the Time
> Police in Different Voices_.  I'd also recommend the collection _The 
> Silence
> of the Langford_.)
>
> Arin
> (sf/f geek)
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Arin Komins              akomins at uchicago.edu
> Assistant Director - Solutions Architecture
> University of Chicago/NSIT/RP&A tel: (773)834-4087
> 1155 E. 60th St. #307a, Chicago, IL 60637 fax: (773)702-0559
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>
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>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:10:08 +0000
> From:    Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
> Subject: Re: BOC-L Digest - 14 Dec 2006 to 15 Dec 2006 (#2006-291)
>
> On 15/12/2006 17:00, Chris Owen wrote:
>> I must say that these Bush years have really knocked my belief that
>> mankind can do better though.
>
> Just thinking about Bush makes me realize how _easy_ it should be to do
> better than _that_ .... ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> -- 
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> mailto:cea at carlaz.com
> http://www.carlaz.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:14:15 EST
> From:    EliPXR5 at AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Hawkwind Live in US at NEARfest 2007
>
> American Hawkfans rejoice. Officially announced today on the Nearfest 
> website
> at www. nearfest. com. Hawkwind will headline America's premier 
> progressive
> rock festival on Saturday June 23, 2007 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on the 
> campus
> of Lehigh College. Awesome news for us in the U.S.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:21:33 EST
> From:    EliPXR5 at AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Hawkwind-Nearfest press release
>
> NEARFEST PRESS RELEASE
> December 15, 2006
>
> SPACESHIP HAWKWIND TO LAND AT NEARFEST 2007
>
> NEARfest is very excited to announce the legendary British space rock
> collective Hawkwind as our first headline act for our ninth annual 
> festival. Led by
> guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Dave Brock, Hawkwind has earned 
> world-wide
> renown for their 36-year musical mission to explore inner and outer space.
> From their genre-defining classic albums "Space Ritual", "Hall of the 
> Mountain
> Grill", and "Warrior at the Edge of Time" to their brand new recording 
> "Take Me
> to Your Leader", the band has coursed through the cosmos with their
> progressive hard rock guitar and keyboard-led attack, sci-fi themed 
> lyrics, and
> memorable songs.
>
> Hawkwind has always shined most in a live setting through the decades, 
> with
> improvisatory excursions intermingling with visual imagery and 
> interpretive
> dancing to provide immersive multi-media sensory experiences for audiences 
> around
> the world. Be sure not to miss this rare Stateside landing of spaceship
> Hawkwind on the Saturday slate at NEARfest 2007!
>
> (*pending expected visa approval by the end of 2006)
>
> MP3 downloads will be available on the NEARfest website in the near 
> future.
>
> http://www.nearfest.com
>
>
> -------------
> - Chad
>
> "AFTER THE STORM", A Benefit Album for the Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
> Featuring echolyn, Kansas, Camel, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard and more
> http://afterthestorm.nearfestrecords.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:34:21 -0600
> From:    Arin Komins <akomins at UCHICAGO.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Hawkwind Live in US at NEARfest 2007
>
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 EliPXR5 at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> :Subject: Re: Hawkwind Live in US at NEARfest 2007
> :
> :American Hawkfans rejoice. Officially announced today on the Nearfest 
> website
> :at www. nearfest. com. Hawkwind will headline America's premier 
> progressive
> :rock festival on Saturday June 23, 2007 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on the 
> campus
> :of Lehigh College. Awesome news for us in the U.S.
>
> Now I wonder if a US tour is going to happen as well.  (If they are
> getting their visas already for nearfest, then surely they can hit a few
> more dates.)
>
> Interesting, though, for timing.  Weekend after hawkfest.  Summer would be
> a good time for a tour.
>
> Arin
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Arin Komins              akomins at uchicago.edu
> Assistant Director - Solutions Architecture
> University of Chicago/NSIT/RP&A tel: (773)834-4087
> 1155 E. 60th St. #307a, Chicago, IL 60637 fax: (773)702-0559
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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