MISC. WORLD for 6/15/99 Survey Says AS PROMISED YESTERDAY, here are selected, anonymous responses to this year's MISC.-O-Rama questionnaire, as handed out at the Big Book of MISC. prerelease party last Tuesday. Feel free to enter your own replies to these questions at our dandy MISC. Talk discussion boards. Favorite food/drink: "Pesto tortallini/Alabama slammer" "Spinach/Fat Tire beer" "Guinness" "Lately, Ethiopian food" "Black Butte Porter" "Lasagna/Guinness" "Beer/beer/pot" "Pizza/chai and caffeine/coffee" "Lay's potato chips" "Manchego cheese/Fino sherry" "2nd Ave. Pizza; Puerco Liozon tamales" Favorite store, if any: "Cinema Books" "Safeway" "Ola Wyola" "Le Frock" "Pike Place Market" "Seattle Micro" "Larry's Deli" "Nelson's on Queen Anne" "Left Bank Books" "Spy-PI" Favorite website, if any: "disinfo.com" "Z magazine" "www.nasa.gov" "suck.com" "persiankitty.com" "belltunes.com" "Ebay (God help me)" Favorite Pokemon character: "Golem" "Psyduck" "Golduck" "Charmander" "Any evil Pokemon" "Depends on my moods" "Huh?" Favorite catch phrase: "Fucko" "Fuck it" "Vote" "Can I get a whoop whoop?" "Bite me!" "So?" "Gotcha" "Guh!" What I'd like on the MISC. Media website: "Online gambling" "Opinions on current movies and TV happenings" "Page #s" "Free money" "More Korn" "Porn-free" "`Things I Like' and `Misc.' columns" "Truthful, relevant info" "Clark rules!!" How I feel about Y2K: "Yeah!" "What about Y3K?" "Hello!" "Y?" "Y care" "We were all alive before computers. Fuck 'em" "Y1K" "Cool but nervous" "We'll be OK--too much scare-mongering" "Excuse to party" "001101101011001101" My prediction for the new century: "Mexico's century" "Isn't going to be any end of the world" "Greed will be the end of us" "More millionaires" "We'll continue evolving" "Non-violent complementary holist revolution" "Total economic and social breakdown" "Technology will rage" "Plastic guns, TVs that come with cameras so people can have their 15 minutes of fame" "Cool stuff" "It will happen" How I'd fix the Mariners: "Too late" "Show everyone that they don't actually mean anything" "Sell them out of state" "Bring back Randy" "Greg Maddux" "Less superstar status on players" "Put the Braves and the Yankees into a temporal vortex for 30 years or so" "Fix the Sonics instead. Fire Vin Baker and Polynice" Does Seattle suck? Why/why not? "It's trying hard to" "Seattle is still an insecure deb, an easy mark for the carpetbaggers. But that's sort of endearing in a tries-too-hard sort of way." "Greed, greed, greed will be the end of us" "Sometimes--too much encroaching gentrification" "No--some of the best people on Earth live here" "No" "No. Someday we may be a Vancouver, B.C." "No--not yet" "Yes--the invation of ugly commercial L.A. architecture" "No fucking way" "Seattle is a place. People and their actions universally suck." "People--no. Politics--yes." What this town needs (other than construction projects) "More books like yours" "More Charlie Chong/Emmett Watson type activists/characters" "Noam Chomsky shoved down their throats" "A committee to fight for the rights of the homeless" "Street parking; or an innovative way to bring people in" "A decent Mexican restaurant" "Outdoor seating at bars/restaurants" "A whole new life--less Starbucks; less stuff. Less is more." "Cheap rent" "More surf instrumental bands" "Less people; less money" "Fewer buildings; less people; more beer!" All the world's problems can be blamed on: "My parents" "Bill Gates!" "Bill Gates, greed, sexism, and Starbucks" "Bill Clinton, Saddam Hussein, and Michael Jackson" "Greedy, greedy, greedy little pigs" "Big business" "Attorneys" "Republicans and religious right-wingers" "Morality legislation" "Ignorance" "Questionnaires" TOMORROW: The party highlights continue with the best entries in our Insta-Poem game. Recent highlights: Introducing the new daily MISC. World, and The Big Book of MISC. is now shipping. The column's 13th anniversary inspires thoughts on society's and critics' changing views of "popular culture"; plus a Mark Murphy update, a freebie-postcard company that doesn't get what the Seattle Film Festival's really about, and something sweet to nibble on. Wedgwood residents fuss about saving a small supermarket that doesn't even have 17 kinds of cilantro; plus Robert Hughes vs. the new Star Wars, the one place Taco Bell goes bilingual, telemarketing calls selling devices to avoid telemarketing calls, an apartment-redevelopment company called "No Boundaries", tips for teens, an intelligent new-age tabloid, and herbal upper and downer drinks. Musings on the decline of softcore, as Penthouse sneaks in an apparently-real sex scene; plus Denny's new "diner" look probably won't solve the chain's image problems, the Velvet Elvis and Colourbox clubs fall victim to gentrification, and an HDTV-projection-video theater and bar. Another World heads toward soap-opera oblivion; plus the new hip typeface, an insurance company that (heart symbol)s whales, and ex-nerd writers who should empathize a little less with the Littleton killers. Archives: 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, and 1986-94 Misc. columns Longer articles and essays Background info about Misc. Hints at some of my future projects MISC. Media Updates: As of June 14, 1999, the site's changed yet again. Now, your doses of popcult confusion are titled MISC. World and come to you every darned weekday. (The shorter "MISC." title lives on in The Big Book of MISC., which is now shipping. As of June 14, 1999, the site's changed yet again. Now, your doses of popcult confusion are titled MISC. World and come to you every darned weekday. (The shorter "MISC." title lives on in The Big Book of MISC., which is now shipping. As of April 29, 1999, we've got a new URL. Re-set your bookmarks for http://www.miscmedia.com so you can quickly get to your favorite popcult commentary and other features. To learn more about these and future changes, join the splendid Misc.-l mailing list. Send an email to Majordomo@lists.speakeasy.org. 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