Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site varian.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!zehntel!varian!david From: david@varian.UUCP (David Brown) Newsgroups: net.music.folk Subject: Re: More on "Little Boxes" Message-ID: <277@varian.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 17:23:27 EST Article-I.D.: varian.277 Posted: Wed Jan 2 17:23:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:44:59 EST References: <545@ut-sally.UUCP> <94@uwvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 46 Eric Feigenson asked: > Not too long ago, I heard Bill Staines do an "updated" version of Little > Boxes, which started something like: > > Little boxes, on the hillside > Little boxes full of macrame (sp?) > Little boxes, full of Escher prints > Little boxes, all the same > . > > I can't remember the rest, but it was very funny. I know Bill didn't > write this new version. Does anyone know who did, and where I can get > the lyrics? Thanks! The complete lyrics to this version appear in the latest issue of Sing Out! magazine (in the Folk Process column I believe). I won't copy them here since I recommend everyone run out and buy their own copy of Sing Out! to support this worthy magazine. You're not likely to find it in your local newstands, though you might in some of the more extensive magazine stores. You can also try music stores and local folk venues (Plowshares in San Francisco sells single issues). The surest way is to subscribe: the rate is $11 for 4 issues: Sing Out Box 1071 Easton PA 18042. I think they've been doing a splendid job since they moved to Pennsylvania 2 years ago and resumed publication as a quarterly: lots more songs, coming out on a regular schedule (it's wonderful to read announcements about events that haven't happened yet, even if they are on the opposite coast, and it's nice to receive the list of summer festivals in April instead of October), etc. The one thing I miss from the old Sing Out! (which probably had a part in nearly bankrupting them) is the sound sheet, a little flexible record that contained bits of each song in the issue. I understand that they've replaced this with a syndicated radio show that's supposed to be heard on Pacifica radio stations; KPFA (Berkeley's Pacifica station) has a show on Thursday afternoon called "Sing Out", but it appears to be locally produced and unrelated to the magazine. Does anyone know anything more about the magazine's radio show and if it is broadcast in the Bay Area? If not, is it possible to order cassettes? -- David Brown (415) 945-2199 Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr. Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598 {zehntel,amd,fortune,resonex}!varian!david