[WEB4LIB] Re: new search site - Oingo

[Marsha Weeks]

I think Danny Elfman was also the first person to be nominated for two
Academy Awards for best score in the same year. In 1997 he was nominated
for Good Will Hunting (original dramatic score) and Men in Black (original
music or comedy score). Cool, huh?

At 10:30 AM 10/12/1999 -0700, Dan Ream wrote:
>
>You may not have heard of Oingo Boingo, but the group's leader Danny
>Elfman is famous for his movie soundtrack work, including...
>
>Batman
>Dick Tracy 
>Beetlejuice
>Midnight Run
>PeeWee's Big Adventure
>Batman Returns
>Delores Claiborne
>To Die For 
>Black Beauty 
>Edward Scissorhands
>Mission Impossible 
>Sommersby
>Nightmare Before Christmas
>
>
>Well, okay, I cheated and checked CD Now to remember all these. ;-)
>
>By the way, Oingo Boingo's most famous song, "Dead Man's Party" sometimes
>finds radio airplay this time of year, if you can find a non-rap,
>non-country station out there somewhere.
>
>--Dan Ream
>  Richmond, Virginia
>
>
>On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Walt Crawford wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> No doubt; I thought of Oingo Boingo when I read the original post. Which
is odd,
>> because--until two minutes ago, on CDnow--I'd never heard them.
"Musicians,"
>> eleven CDs currently available, an anthology on the way. I couldn't bear
even 30
>> seconds of RealAudio, but your taste may vary. And, what the hey, Oingo
makes as
>> much sense as Google!
>> 
>> >Hanan, "Oingo" may be an in-joke.  There was a "group" (I can't remember
>> if they were musicians or an acting troupe) called "Oingo Boingo" which
>> flourished (at least in Southern California) a number of years ago.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>
>

Marsha Weeks, Systems Librarian
Glendora Public Library
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Glendora, CA  91741
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