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Miles Bader |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list |
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Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:31:06 +0900 |
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
> [3] Devo---a somewhat popular alternative format band of the '80s.
> Slogan was "We are not men---we are Devo!" or some such.
"Are we not men? We are Devo."
The band name came from "devolution"; they celebrated our bright new
de-evolved future.... :-o
> I don't even remember what their hits were....
I think "Whip it!" was one of their biggest hits (the only one I ever
saw on MTV). Some other songs I think were popular were "Mongoloid",
"Beautiful World", etc.
> I dunno what it means to Miles or Tom, but to me it means "hack as
> hard as you can, but don't lose your sense of humor."
That's pretty good. I like the term because I like the band -- but your
statement mirrors one of the biggest reasons I like them. They were
always silly, sarcastic, and very self-aware, but didn't wallow in it in
the self-satisfied way some bands do ("I'm so clever!"). Purportedly
before becoming a band they were all accountants from Akron Ohio (I
don't know if that's actually true)... :-)
-Miles
--
We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Paul Pelzl, 2004/10/06
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Talli Somekh, 2004/10/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Miles Bader, 2004/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/10/08
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Miles Bader <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: NEW gnu-arch-dev mailing list, mlh, 2004/10/08
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