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  • From: a rooster for the masses <adam AT aroosterforthemasses.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Urgh!
  • Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:09:05 -0800 (PST)

I am downloading it right now. I hope Miles doesn't mind.

Margaret Campbell <margaretc AT gmail.com> wrote: Ahh! The bands I knew before
I saw the movie, off the top of my head: Wall
of Voodoo, Pretenders, The Waitresses, The Police, The Cramps (which
disturbed me, the first time I saw the movie), XTC, GoGos, and I don't know
who all else. There were a number of bands in it I'd never heard of. But I
was kewl, back in the day. [grin]

On 12/11/06, Kevin Darbro wrote:
>
> I'm 37, and I saw it in the theater way back when in Indianapolis.
>
> In fact, I won free tickets. I don't think they could give away enough
> tickets for it, as the theater was pretty sparsely populated.
>
> Full disclosure: I didn't know what the movie was about, but was always
> trying to win free stuff from the radio station. It's what we did in
> Indiana
> in the early 80's I guess.
>
> The only band I knew in the movie was "The Police." I may have heard of
> some
> of the names of the bands in the movie, but certainly didn't know what
> they
> sounded like. I couldn't stand a lot of the groups in the movie, but got a
> kick out of Klaus Nomi!
>
> A recent episode of "The Venture Brothers" brought it all back with Klaus
> and Iggy Pop disrupting a wedding. Guess you had to see the show to know
> what I'm talking about!
>
> Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind checking "Urgh!" out again to see how
> my tastes have changed over the years.
>
> - Kevin
>
>
> On 12/11/06 12:03 PM, "stablenet AT gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > I guess I'll have to track down the other version.
> >
> > You're older than me? Not doubting that, but you can't be that much
> > older. I'm 38.
> > I saw it shortly after it came out.
> >
> > Which version was shown in the theater?
> > Also, what are the differencs in the two versions? I'd love to get the
> > complete thing.
> >
> > Best
> > -A
>
>
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