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[rich]

Sparky: a nickname for an electrician.  Also, the character Radar
O'Reilly was always communicating with in M*A*S*H.
_________
Sparky for me is the stand in for Bill Gates or so I think--Fritz says
he's the one controlling. teaching, eh?

The Boards act like zombies and pigs instead of surfer dudes.  If
we're assuming them to be, in part, an analog of the Beach Boys,
there's another whiff of Manson, since one or more of the Beach Boys
rubbed shoulders with Manson.  Denis has every right to be upset.
_______
yeah the Boards, what a bunch of dicks, really. But one thing to
remember is that there so many different guys who were in the band,
now doing these "jobs" of harrassment, and shit,  its like a hippie
version of the straight world Vigilantes in a way.
The Beach Boys line up didn't change all that much, at least core:
Wilson Bros, Mike Love, Al Jardeen up to 1970. Blondie Chapman
(because of him I bought my first Montreal Canadiens jersey way back
when) and company came later. Bit I think the BB comparison is valid
overall.

rich



On 10/30/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> p. 195:
>
> "the CII computer up in Sacramento"
>
> What's CII?
>
> Council of International Investigators?
>
> http://www.cii2.org/index.shtml
>
> or something to do with this (see posting by PHM re: CII number)?
>
> http://www.calccw.com/Forums/general-ccw-discussion/3560-ca-ccw-permit.html
>
> Sparky: a nickname for an electrician.  Also, the character Radar O'Reilly
> was always communicating with in M*A*S*H.
>
> p.196:  Denis is freaked because members of The Boards have broken into his
> house, ostensibly looking for the photos he took at their house.
>
> " ... they are supposed to be freaks, a freak surfadelic band, that's their
> public image, and freaks don't rip off other freaks, and most of all if they
> take your food, freaks share it.  Didn't you see that movie?  There's this
> actual 'Code of the Freaks' --"
>
> Cute joke about Freaks (1932), which I've always been too squeamish to
> watch.  But Denis' comment strikes me as one of the most poignant moments in
> the book.  Denis' indignation captures the outright sadness people felt when
> they realized the vague, half-baked promises of the '60s weren’t gonna pan
> out.  Manson's shadow looms again  -- he looked and acted like a freak, like
> "one of us" (to quote the movie), but turned out to be the exact opposite --
> Free Hate, not Free Love. The Boards act like zombies and pigs instead of
> surfer dudes.  If we're assuming them to be, in part, an analog of the Beach
> Boys, there's another whiff of Manson, since one or more of the Beach Boys
> rubbed shoulders with Manson.  Denis has every right to be upset.
>
> General Tso's Broccoli:  the Hippie version of General Tso's Chicken.  One
> more case where TRP edges toward anachronism.  Szechuan cuisine was around
> in the early '70s, but Cantonese cuisine (with its Chow Mein and Chop Suey
> designed for bland American tastes) was dominant.    General Tso's was
> marketed in Szechuan restaurants, but it was another "Chinese" dish,
> designed for American tastes.  It's hard to believe that "General Tso's"
> anything would have entered the general parlance.  Not impossible, but a
> stretch.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso's_Chicken
>
> LK
>
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