Comments about uni. Was GEEKS! or WEIRDOS!

[John Foss]

> You must mean:
>
> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
> (1872-1916) written in 1897

YES!!!!

THAT is the annoying song that every New Yorker (and most other people)
has in the back of their mind, ready to be played at any moment when they
see a unicycle. Sometimes other tunes come out, but 'Gladiators' is by far
the #1 choice.

Thanks for the detailed info about the song. I knew the title, but
not the rest!

Stay on top (with dignity), John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com www.unicycling.com (http://www.unicycling.com/)

"Our time is a most precious commodity, but it's how we spend it that
makes us rich." - John Foss

[John Foss]

> You must mean:
>
> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
> (1872-1916) written in 1897

YES!!!!

THAT is the annoying song that every New Yorker (and most other people)
has in the back of their mind, ready to be played at any moment when they
see a unicycle. Sometimes other tunes come out, but 'Gladiators' is by far
the #1 choice.

Thanks for the detailed info about the song. I knew the title, but
not the rest!

Stay on top (with dignity), John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com www.unicycling.com (http://www.unicycling.com/)

"Our time is a most precious commodity, but it's how we spend it that
makes us rich." - John Foss

[John Foss]

> You must mean:
>
> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
> (1872-1916) written in 1897

YES!!!!

THAT is the annoying song that every New Yorker (and most other people)
has in the back of their mind, ready to be played at any moment when they
see a unicycle. Sometimes other tunes come out, but 'Gladiators' is by far
the #1 choice.

Thanks for the detailed info about the song. I knew the title, but
not the rest!

Stay on top (with dignity), John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com www.unicycling.com (http://www.unicycling.com/)

"Our time is a most precious commodity, but it's how we spend it that
makes us rich." - John Foss

[John Foss]

> You must mean:
>
> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
> (1872-1916) written in 1897

YES!!!!

THAT is the annoying song that every New Yorker (and most other people)
has in the back of their mind, ready to be played at any moment when they
see a unicycle. Sometimes other tunes come out, but 'Gladiators' is by far
the #1 choice.

Thanks for the detailed info about the song. I knew the title, but
not the rest!

Stay on top (with dignity), John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com www.unicycling.com (http://www.unicycling.com/)

"Our time is a most precious commodity, but it's how we spend it that
makes us rich." - John Foss

[Lowell Terry]

This is the best message on this subject I have seen yet.

Lowell

----- Original Message ----- From: UniStupid <unistupid@aol.com>
> No matter where you go there's always that one guy who thinks he's
> clever and is saying something for the first time. Whether it is "Hey,
> where's your other wheel?" or The Entry of the Gladiators. I say don't
> get irritated. Only allow the things you want to effect your life. We've
> all had positive and negative experiences. I've gone over to where there
> are skaters and hung out with them and made some new friends while on my
> uni. I've also been screamed at by a few people that went way beyond
> what I thought anybody would say. I don't really think that the people
> are jealous. Most of the time I think that they think they're being
> funny. Who knows they might be insecure about themselves, they may just
> be a really pissed off person who takes it out on others. All I know is
> respect is something that is earned not demanded (being a tattletale
> doesn't help this) and until they actually get on a uni and try it
> they'll never know. Some people won't because due to they're
> insecurities and don't want to be thought of as "gay" or whatever, but I
> have yet to meet someone who has tried it and still continued to be
> disrespectful. So maybe if you get a chance, like if the person isn't
> driving by, ride over, get off, extend the uni towards them and ask if
> they would like to try. When I have done this a lot of times the person
> is curious and will actually try it, when they find out how much it
> really takes just to ride they have a new attitude. I don't think I'm am
> better than anyone, no matter what they ride (yes even the razor
> scooters, I wouldn't ride one, but I've seen some people do some crazy
> stuff on them) or how many wheels they're on, I just go out and have fun
> with what I enjoy doing.
>
> Brian Hafdahl "We must BE the change we wish to see in the world"
> -Gandhi
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[Klaas Bil]

I was in a music-annex-circus camp this summer, and we played Entry of the
Gladiators as a theme music ad nauseam. But if you play it yourself it is
a lot less boring. (I played the snare drum and my pleasure was to make it
sound as triumphant as possible.) I am in the Netherlands, which for those
not in the know is on the East side of the Atlantic. I know the piece The
Entertainer (Scott Joplin) and while it is "circusy" if one starts
thinking about it, I have never associated it with circus.

BTW, I plan to have photos of the circus-music week up on
http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/index.htm within a few days. Apart from a
few nondescript pics of the unicycling workshop I gave, they would be
off-topic for you people. I may include a picture of me playing the
snaredrum in Entry of the Gladiators, though (in clowns outfit, sorry if
that hurts!).

Klaas Bil

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:31:04 -0000, "Danny Colyer"
<danny@jugglersafety.net> wrote:

>Arnold the Aardvark wrote:
>> You must mean:
>>
>> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
>> (1872-1916) written in 1897
>
>I was taught at school that the piece of music associated with circus was
>called "The Entertainer". When John Foss agreed that "YES, that's it", I
>started wondering if the music associated with circuses is different on
>opposite sides of the Atlantic (I hadn't twigged then that the info was
>originally posted by someone here in the UK). So I searched WWW, found
>the music, and sure enough Entry of the Gladiators *did* seem to be the
>piece I associate with circus.

--
"To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:" "Oklahoma City, war, killed"

[Klaas Bil]

I was in a music-annex-circus camp this summer, and we played Entry of the
Gladiators as a theme music ad nauseam. But if you play it yourself it is
a lot less boring. (I played the snare drum and my pleasure was to make it
sound as triumphant as possible.) I am in the Netherlands, which for those
not in the know is on the East side of the Atlantic. I know the piece The
Entertainer (Scott Joplin) and while it is "circusy" if one starts
thinking about it, I have never associated it with circus.

BTW, I plan to have photos of the circus-music week up on
http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/index.htm within a few days. Apart from a
few nondescript pics of the unicycling workshop I gave, they would be
off-topic for you people. I may include a picture of me playing the
snaredrum in Entry of the Gladiators, though (in clowns outfit, sorry if
that hurts!).

Klaas Bil

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:31:04 -0000, "Danny Colyer"
<danny@jugglersafety.net> wrote:

>Arnold the Aardvark wrote:
>> You must mean:
>>
>> Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fucik
>> (1872-1916) written in 1897
>
>I was taught at school that the piece of music associated with circus was
>called "The Entertainer". When John Foss agreed that "YES, that's it", I
>started wondering if the music associated with circuses is different on
>opposite sides of the Atlantic (I hadn't twigged then that the info was
>originally posted by someone here in the UK). So I searched WWW, found
>the music, and sure enough Entry of the Gladiators *did* seem to be the
>piece I associate with circus.

--
"To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:" "Oklahoma City, war, killed"

[Christopher Grove]

Klaas Bil wrote:
>
> I was in a music-annex-circus camp this summer, and we played Entry of
> the Gladiators as a theme music ad nauseam. But if you play it yourself
> it is a lot less boring.

Okay, I just can't listen to EotG and think of Gladiators. I can only
think of clowns... or gladiators in clown suits holding rubber gladii.
(sp?) Or is that gladiuses? Anyway... it just ain't macho! And now these
imaginary gladiator/clowns are on unicycles! (not that unicycling itself
ain't macho)

Christopher
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[Christopher Grove]

Klaas Bil wrote:
>
> I was in a music-annex-circus camp this summer, and we played Entry of
> the Gladiators as a theme music ad nauseam. But if you play it yourself
> it is a lot less boring.

Okay, I just can't listen to EotG and think of Gladiators. I can only
think of clowns... or gladiators in clown suits holding rubber gladii.
(sp?) Or is that gladiuses? Anyway... it just ain't macho! And now these
imaginary gladiator/clowns are on unicycles! (not that unicycling itself
ain't macho)

Christopher
--
"Be Bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." -Basil King (Anyone who
can give me more info on THIS Basil King please email
me.)

My small but growing site: http://home.earthlink.net/~crgrove/index.htm

If you are in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Area check out my resume and if you
know of a company that fits me please let me know... Thanks!

[Christopher Grove]

Klaas Bil wrote:
>
> I was in a music-annex-circus camp this summer, and we played Entry of
> the Gladiators as a theme music ad nauseam. But if you play it yourself
> it is a lot less boring.

Okay, I just can't listen to EotG and think of Gladiators. I can only
think of clowns... or gladiators in clown suits holding rubber gladii.
(sp?) Or is that gladiuses? Anyway... it just ain't macho! And now these
imaginary gladiator/clowns are on unicycles! (not that unicycling itself
ain't macho)

Christopher
--
"Be Bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." -Basil King (Anyone who
can give me more info on THIS Basil King please email
me.)

My small but growing site: http://home.earthlink.net/~crgrove/index.htm

If you are in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Area check out my resume and if you
know of a company that fits me please let me know... Thanks!