Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 1 Oct 2000.
REQ: Spinal Tap
alt.ascii-art
· 14 messages · 1 Oct 2000 - 7 Oct 2000
I would like to request some ASCII art related to the rock group Spinal Tap -- maybe a logo, maybe a picture of the band. If you can help, please e-mail joe...@concentric.net I maintain an FAQ about Spinal Tap, and I'd like to dress it up with a bit of ASCII art. Of course, the ASCII artist who supplies the picture will receive due credit in the FAQ. I thank you in advance for your help. --Joe--
Joe Blevins wrote: > > No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > URLs to pictures on the web might help. Do you mean something like this: http://www.centuryinter.net/neighbors/spinaltap.html ? -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
On 03 Oct 2000 01:18:46 GMT, Joe Blevins <joe...@concentric.net> Spake thus: >No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > >PLEEEEEEEASE? > >Pretty please with sugar on top? > >Hello? Is anyone out there? Hello? > >--Joe-- You Do of course know there is no band called Spinal Tap, and that was comedic actors performing what could only be called a "spoof" on heavy metal "music"... although exploding drummers would add to a show nicely.... '-. | .-' { ' /} _- \`;' _ <-- self deconstructing drummer []|.-.| /\:S.T: '-' -- **************************** __.-~---_ mikechat __)/ > O ( @ ) / /|\ )" bluedwarf.net ) | ^ ^ ^| )_\ ^ ^ ( )\ ^ ^ \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~MJP~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
In article<39D...@concentric.net>, Joe Blevins <joe...@concentric.net> writes: >No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > >PLEEEEEEEASE? > >Pretty please with sugar on top? > >Hello? Is anyone out there? Hello? I like Spinal Tap, but I do not think I could draw well enough to do it for you: not large-size figures and faces. Therefore I did not bother replying just to say "I am not up to it." It would help if you gave the URL of some pictures (n.b. NOT in any circumstances binary pictures on this newsgroup) to remind us exactly what they look like. |~/ |~/ ~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~ P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | P O | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | O O | answers on *---|_______________ @__o0 | O L |<a href="news:alt.religion.scientology"></a>_____________|/_______| L www.xemu.demon.co.uk 2B0D 5195 337B A3E6 DDAC BD38 7F2F FD8E 7391 F44F
MJP (mik...@bluedwarf.net) writes: > On 03 Oct 2000 01:18:46 GMT, Joe Blevins <joe...@concentric.net> Spake thus: > >>No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. >> >>PLEEEEEEEASE? >> >>Pretty please with sugar on top? >> >>Hello? Is anyone out there? Hello? >> >>--Joe-- > > You Do of course know there is no band called Spinal Tap, > and that was comedic actors performing what could only be called a "spoof" > on heavy metal "music"... although exploding drummers would add to a show nicely.... > '-. | .-' > { ' /} _- > \`;' _ <-- self deconstructing drummer > []|.-.| > /\:S.T: > '-' > > -- > **************************** > __.-~---_ mikechat > __)/ > O ( @ > ) / /|\ )" bluedwarf.net > ) | ^ ^ ^| > )_\ ^ ^ ( > )\ ^ ^ \ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~MJP~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ "This is Spinal Tap" was a 'mockumentary'. :) -KMB -- // ////// ////// ===================================================//=====//=======// // ==================================================//=====//=======// // // ////// ////// //
No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. PLEEEEEEEASE? Pretty please with sugar on top? Hello? Is anyone out there? Hello? --Joe--
Joe Blevins <joe...@concentric.net> schreef in berichtnieuws 39D...@concentric.net... <snip> > And you do, of course, know that Michael McKean (David St. Hubbins), > Christopher Guest (Nigel Tufnel), and Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls) wrote > and played their own music and actually toured as Spinal Tap and > recorded two full-length albums of songs. They *are* very much a band, <snip> > --Joe-- Harry Shearer? Is that the very same Harry Shearer that does Ned Flanders in the Simpsons? I know Spinal Tap has been on the Simpsons once, so it might well be possible. Arjen
Arjen Pilon wrote: > > > Harry Shearer? Is that the very same Harry Shearer that does Ned Flanders in > the Simpsons? I know Spinal Tap has been on the Simpsons once, so it might > well be possible. > They are one and the same. Shearer is the voice of Flanders, Mr. Burns, Smithers, Kent Brockman, Otto the bus driver, Principal Skinner, and many, many other characters. Spinal Tap has appeared on "The Simpsons," most notably in an episode called "The Otto Show." (The make brief cameos in a couple of other episodes.) Character actor Michael McKean is probably best known as Lenny on "Laverne & Shirley," while Chris Guest is the director and star of other mock-umentaries as "Waiting For Guffman" and "Best in Show." All three were regulars on "Saturday Night Live." --Joe--
Kevin Brideau wrote: > > > "This is Spinal Tap" was a 'mockumentary'. :) > Or as Marty DiBergi said, a "rockumentary." That term was actually coined in the movie "This Is Spinal Tap" and now is accepted enough to appear in dictionaries. --Joe--
MJP wrote: > > > You Do of course know there is no band called Spinal Tap, <snip> And you do, of course, know that Michael McKean (David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (Nigel Tufnel), and Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls) wrote and played their own music and actually toured as Spinal Tap and recorded two full-length albums of songs. They *are* very much a band, thank you very much, just one that happened to use fictional names and characters in a movie. McKean, Guest, and Shearer are actually in another band as well -- a folk act called The Folksmen. Fans of Spinal Tap (Tapheads) are active participants in the band's ever-growing mythology and treat the group as if it were absolutely real. We know that it's all a joke, but it's much more fun to play along with the gag. And before you lecture me any further on Spinal Tap, I suggest you actually take a look at the FAQ I mantain: http://www.chiprowe.com/tap/articles/tapfuq.txt --Joe--
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Joe Blevins wrote: > > > > No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > > > > URLs to pictures on the web might help. Do you mean something like this: > > http://www.centuryinter.net/neighbors/spinaltap.html Yes! That's perfect. Either the logo as it's pictured at the top of the page, or a portrait of the band further down. I'm not an ascii artist, but I attempted my own Tap logo: ______________________________________________________________ / ________________________________________ _________________/ | | * * | | | |____ _____ _ ___ _ _ _ | | _ _____ \____ \| _ || || \| | / \ | | | | / \ | _ | | || |_| || || |\ \ | / @ \ | |__ | | / @ \ | |_| | ____| || ___||_||_| \__|/_/ \_\|____| | |/_/ \_\| ___| |______/| | |_| | | |_| |_| Adequate, but not quite what I'm looking for. --Joe--
On 03 Oct 2000 14:11:05 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.net (MJP) wrote: > On 03 Oct 2000 01:18:46 GMT, Joe Blevins <joe...@concentric.net> Spake thus: > > >No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > >PLEEEEEEEASE? > >Pretty please with sugar on top? > >Hello? Is anyone out there? Hello? > >--Joe-- > > You Do of course know there is no band called Spinal Tap, Well, he did mention the FAQ that he maintains, in his responseless post. So I'm pretty sure he is aware about Q1: What is Spinal Tap? (And the answer, probably "This is" :-) d___b d___b d___b O>o<O d___`---"--. d___,-----. ' d___b |_| d___b d___b -------------------------------------------- To reply by mail: change the digits to consu --------------------------------------------
Joe Blevins wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Joe Blevins wrote: > > > No one has responded, so it's time to start whining. > > > > URLs to pictures on the web might help. Do you mean something like this: > > > > http://www.centuryinter.net/neighbors/spinaltap.html > > Yes! That's perfect. Either the logo as it's pictured at the top of > the page, or a portrait of the band further down. Toying with the logo: .______________ .'`. / /| .' .' > <X> .'_/ |_ ____/ .' .'.^. .'.v^.'`.| | | |.'`. .'`. .' .'.' A | | | A Y | | || A Y A | `. `| V | | | | V | | | || V | V | > | .| | | | | | | || | .' .' .'| P |/|/|/|/|/|/ | ||/|/| P |' .' | L | |' | L | .' |.' |.' |.' |.' / / / | Too "dotty"? Too "stiff"? Readable? -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > Toying with the logo: > > .______________ > .'`. / /| .' > .' > <X> .'_/ |_ ____/ > .' .'.^. .'.v^.'`.| | | |.'`. .'`. > .' .'.' A | | | A Y | | || A Y A | > `. `| V | | | | V | | | || V | V | > > | .| | | | | | | || | .' > .' .'| P |/|/|/|/|/|/ | ||/|/| P > |' .' | L | |' | L > | .' |.' |.' |.' > |.' / / / > | > > Too "dotty"? Too "stiff"? Readable? This is just what I was looking for. Thanks kindly. If you don't mind, I will be adding this to the next version of the Frequently Asked Questions list, along with a credit for you. Thanks again. --Joe--
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