November 12, 1999

Just a quick note as I'm currently in Edmonton at a meeting, which leads
to the announcement that this Friday November 26 the controls of Fireball
XL5 will be in the capable hands of Heather and Trevor.

I'm not thinking about a theme for the next show when I am back however
everybody should start thinking about their picks for best albums of this
year and also of the decade.

November 12, 1999
 TALK-Theme
Arrogant Worms - Celine Dion
Huevos Rancheros - The Wedge
Birdhouse - Be There
Stan Rogers - Acadian Saturday Night
Cowboy Junkies - Leaving Normal
 TALK
Mattew Sweet - What Matters
Unrest - Teenage Suicide
Madder Rose - Fade
Cocteau Twins - Wax & Wane
Joel Plasket - When I Have My Vision
Local Rabbits - When You Return
 TALK
Ani Difranco - Back Back Back
Momus - Akiko Masuda
Fantastic Plastic Machine - MPF (Mezzo Piano Forte)
Cabbageboy - interstellar Love
Pet Shop Boys - You Only Say You Love Me When You're Drunk
 TALK
Esthero - Superheros
Ian Knopke - Solar, Man Of The Atom
Super Friendz - Up & Running
People From Earth - Aquaman
Ramones - Spiderman
 TALK
Liz Phair - Batmobile
Wesley Willis - I Whipped Batman'a Ass
Adam West - Things
Catwoman - Bobbi Got A Job
 TALK
Flin Flon - Yellow Knife



Fireball XL5 - Y2K Media Hype contest details:

I have chosen the National Post as the reference newspaper (sorry if this offends
some people, but a) I wanted to keep it Canadian and b) they had the only search
engine that ordered the results by date).  There are 2 parts to the contest, the
first one is to guess the last date in the year 1999 when the word (expression,
shortform, whatever you call it) "Y2K"  will NOT be used in an article and the
second part is to guess the first date in the year 2000 when "Y2K" will NOT be
used in any article.

Notes: There is no National Post on Sundays and I am relying on the search engine
provided by the Website, I'm not going to actually scan the paper, so "Y2K" being
used in an advertisement or in the classifieds doesn't count.  Scoring is as
follows:  5 points for getting the date right on, and then losing a point for each
day you are off, hence the maximum score will be 10 points. 

In case there is a tie here is the tie-breaking question: 
How many articles will contain "Y2K" on the January 1, 2000 edition of the National Post?

Please submit your contest entries to frseglen@uwaterloo.ca, the cut off date for
entries will be November 19, 1999.  There will no prizes, just the admiration of all
my loser friends.  You can check the current standings at: 
www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen/y2k_media_hype.htm

By the way as of today the last time "Y2K" was not in an article was way back on
October 27.  Good Luck.