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johnfowles · 02-27-2004, 04:43 PM

Chat Newsgroup and Corfid highlights week 20th to 26th February 2004
The biggest news appeared immediately I posted my highlights last week when Jenney revealed that she had heard from Toronto that Gord's operation apparently was successful and that he was out of the ICU
Among the more interesting new topics on corfid at:-
http://www.corfid.shorturl.com

was the revelation by a new poster who had been posting as "trudiewannabe" that her real name is Shazia. it transpired that the Sting to her tale is that she rather fancied herself as Mrs Gordon Sumner!!
I havejust checked my facts on this via Google where I also learned that an anagram of Sting's real name is "grunted minor songs" which is mightily unfair!!

other Corfid topics included:-
The Gordon Lightfoot Project
an appeal from Jeffrey Parker for ideas on three things that represent GL for a school history project produced some good
ideas although Jeffrey seemed to have sussed out the salient points already:-
Guitar-the Fitz and CRT:-
one of the replies mentioned that I had found a very nice painting of the Fitz at sunset it is at:- http://pet-portraits.net/edmund_fitz...ight_print.jpg

Dunkin Douglas (DMD3)
has this very day started what could be a long-running and interesting
"Topic: What is a Lighthead to you?"
this youthful Lighthead was also worried about the whereabouts of a hitherto prolific UK poster rejoicing in the name Major Sir Jerry Pudding who replied that some unimaginative pillock had registered that name so he was unable to use it. Unfortunately sir Gerald then used another unregistered name Major Surgery Pending no longer quite so apt now Gord has had his hopefully final surgery Oh well
Another new corfid poster wanted to know an explanation of the great song " Race Among The Ruins" and was promptly told that a young and then eligable Derek Kidd had submitted a lengthy analysis on the Newsgroup way back in 1997. which prompts me to emphasize to all posters old and new that amongst the Newsgroup's almost 30,000 threads you can find discussion on just about every GL song especially if it is called "Cabaret" and possibly features sundry Zippo lighter noises!!
see:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1]h ttp://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1
Derek's starting post is a classic so make sure that you read it all.That reminds me of another very nice explanation of another favo(u)rite of mine
That Same Old Obsession at:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=FWBz3. 1522%242h5.4784%40news.chello.at
this was posted by someone who called himself then:-
Corfid (f-bodenseher@gmx.net)
That's right no less than our good friend and benefactor of the corfid site and Discussion Forum
Florian. He shortly thereafter got stuck into his own website and announced it to an unsuspecting Lightheadworld in September 1999 at:- <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=a71e8494c3e0f895&rnum=7" TARGET=_blank>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...3e0f895&rnum=7[/ URL]

Meanwhile on the Newsgroup (alt.music.lightfoot)
Handily accesible from this special link:- <A HREF="http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com]" TARGET=_blank>http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com]</A>
Ed Mullen found himself bereft of Kleenex
And a Canadian poster pointed out that the Linus Entertainment site had put up some new Gord items preparatory to their release of Harmony which bodes well for their probable publicity plans for the album and the man

I will add a link to one of the pictures they used and for anyone reading this on corfid the picture sould in fact have appeared below this link but unfortunarely Linius have cut the pic up into 4 segments so click on this link:-
http://www.linusentertainment.com/ar...rdon2_lg.shtml

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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited February 27, 2004).]

02-27-2004, 04:43 PM	#29
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Chat Newsgroup and Corfid highlights week 20th to 26th February 2004 The biggest news appeared immediately I posted my highlights last week when Jenney revealed that she had heard from Toronto that Gord's operation apparently was successful and that he was out of the ICU Among the more interesting new topics on corfid at:- http://www.corfid.shorturl.com was the revelation by a new poster who had been posting as "trudiewannabe" that her real name is Shazia. it transpired that the Sting to her tale is that she rather fancied herself as Mrs Gordon Sumner!! I havejust checked my facts on this via Google where I also learned that an anagram of Sting's real name is "grunted minor songs" which is mightily unfair!! other Corfid topics included:- The Gordon Lightfoot Project an appeal from Jeffrey Parker for ideas on three things that represent GL for a school history project produced some good ideas although Jeffrey seemed to have sussed out the salient points already:- Guitar-the Fitz and CRT:- one of the replies mentioned that I had found a very nice painting of the Fitz at sunset it is at:- http://pet-portraits.net/edmund_fitz...ight_print.jpg Dunkin Douglas (DMD3) has this very day started what could be a long-running and interesting "Topic: What is a Lighthead to you?" this youthful Lighthead was also worried about the whereabouts of a hitherto prolific UK poster rejoicing in the name Major Sir Jerry Pudding who replied that some unimaginative pillock had registered that name so he was unable to use it. Unfortunately sir Gerald then used another unregistered name Major Surgery Pending no longer quite so apt now Gord has had his hopefully final surgery Oh well Another new corfid poster wanted to know an explanation of the great song " Race Among The Ruins" and was promptly told that a young and then eligable Derek Kidd had submitted a lengthy analysis on the Newsgroup way back in 1997. which prompts me to emphasize to all posters old and new that amongst the Newsgroup's almost 30,000 threads you can find discussion on just about every GL song especially if it is called "Cabaret" and possibly features sundry Zippo lighter noises!! see:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1]h ttp://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=2ee5502a529dee46&rnum=1 Derek's starting post is a classic so make sure that you read it all.That reminds me of another very nice explanation of another favo(u)rite of mine That Same Old Obsession at:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=FWBz3. 1522%242h5.4784%40news.chello.at this was posted by someone who called himself then:- Corfid (f-bodenseher@gmx.net) That's right no less than our good friend and benefactor of the corfid site and Discussion Forum Florian. He shortly thereafter got stuck into his own website and announced it to an unsuspecting Lightheadworld in September 1999 at:- <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&th=a71e8494c3e0f895&rnum=7" TARGET=_blank>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...3e0f895&rnum=7[/ URL] Meanwhile on the Newsgroup (alt.music.lightfoot) Handily accesible from this special link:- <A HREF="http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com]" TARGET=_blank>http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com]</A> Ed Mullen found himself bereft of Kleenex And a Canadian poster pointed out that the Linus Entertainment site had put up some new Gord items preparatory to their release of Harmony which bodes well for their probable publicity plans for the album and the man I will add a link to one of the pictures they used and for anyone reading this on corfid the picture sould in fact have appeared below this link but unfortunarely Linius have cut the pic up into 4 segments so click on this link:- http://www.linusentertainment.com/ar...rdon2_lg.shtml ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited February 27, 2004).]