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   derek from the internet to Les Cargill   
   Re: Saw "Foxes" ( or rather part of it )   
   18 Nov 15 11:19:28   
   
   From: milhousewpfr@gmail.communique   
      
   On 8/31/2015 7:22 PM, Les Cargill wrote:   
   > I misbuttoned during a Jodie Foster retrospective and accidentally   
   > DVR-ed "Foxes".   
   >   
   > Since I had it , I scanned through it a bit. Heard the words   
   > "... the Angel  concert" about 15 minutes in. Looked up That Song, and   
   > sure enough, this is what inspired That Song.   
   >   
   > Hoo boy. I always wondered why That Song, and now I   
   > know. hi-larious. I presume the movie was satire, but didn't   
   > watch enough to find out.   
   >   
   > The song seemed uncharitable until I saw that. It's purely about   
   > the visual impact of ... that. Obviously, they were trailblazers -   
   > see any other later '80s LA bands? Oh yeah.   
      
   Who wrote this post, The Insrutable Gail? ;)   
      
   But seriously, folks. Do I understand the following -- there's a movie   
   called "Foxes" (starring whom, from when?) that features the band Angel   
   in concert? Whatever this is, I'd like to find it, see a bit of it, and   
   contemplate That Song and its ramifications.   
      
   --derek.   
   (who might be whatever the opposite of low is.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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