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Sometimes they blow trumpets

From: totoro@charm.net (Milky Way)
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 18:03:13 -0500
Subject: Sometimes they blow trumpets
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In article <1994Nov19.191202.4584@lafn.org>,
Lisa Morton <ac506@lafn.org> wrote:

>>P.S. Bonus question:  Who is the "Professor Jerry Coe" referenced
>>in the video of EXPERIMENT IV?

>It's a pun.  Biblically speaking, the walls of the city Jericho were
>destroyed by the sound of trumpets (blown by angels?)  The weapon
>hypothesized in "Experiment IV" is nothing new...

Aha! "[T]he sound of trumpets (blown by angels?)" sheds some light on my
favorite lines in "Big Stripey Lie:"

"Your name is being called by sacred things
 That are not addressed nor listened to
 Sometimes they blow trumpets"

Lesley

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               If music be the food of love, eat the music.
               Hiro & Lesley Amano
               totoro@charm.net

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