AoF/The Archeology of the Frivolous/Scritti Politti

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Anyone claiming a non-exclusive non-guaranteed inheritance of data collected herein should contact AoF via email at <A HREF="mailto:aof@doubt-beat.com">aof@doubt-beat.com</A>. As for <A HREF="AoF/AoFtheend.html">why AoF is going offline...</A></FONT></P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FF3333"><B>...NEW SCRITTI LP...</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FF3333"><BR>'<B>Anomie & Bonhomie</B>'<BR><BLINK>out now</BLINK> (<B>26 Jul 99</B>)</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica" COLOR="#996666">in most countries, check <A HREF="../Music/99.html">99 Artifacts Catalog</A> for details</FONT></P> <BR> </CENTER> <FONT SIZE=+1> <P>The focus of this archeological society is the <I>musicropolis</I> called <FONT SIZE=+2><EM>Scritti Politti</EM></FONT>. . . <BR>The scholarship here occassionally veers towards idiosyncratic meta-musical speculations; for straightforward information on Scritti Politti check other web sites listed in the <A HREF="../Method/3fansite.html"><B>fansites</B></A> section or go with the official line: <A HREF="http://www.scrittipolitti.co.uk/" TARGET="OUTtheDOOR">Official Scritti Politti Website</A>. <P>Gossip-mongers can go straight to the <A HREF="Chatterbox/7-speculate.html"><B>Speculation Forum</B></A> for freshly dugged up and mostly unconfirmed rumours about Scritti and its past and present citizens or chat to one another at the <A HREF="Discuss/msgindex.php3"><B>Discussion Forum</B></A> <P>As for cruising the rest of this site, dazed scholars can go straight down to the <A HREF="#fast">3 less oblique navagational options</A>--<B>site <A HREF="../../INDEX/keytoc.html#sp">index</A>, <A HREF="AoF/AoFmap.html">map</A>, & <A HREF="#fast">search</A></B>. For the impatient member scholars, there is the <A HREF="AoFnews.html"><B>AoF News Bulletin</B></A> which provides a listing of latest additions to AoF so you can skip the rest of the site which you'd know like the back of your palm (what's there to know really?), right? <P>On to an explanation of the most convoluted (but AoF prefer to think of it as being metaphorically rich) site organization ever then... <BR><HR><BR> <MAP NAME="timeline"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="1,800,41,793,40,810,0,812" HREF="Music/79.html#SP1" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 77-79'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="62,789,68,807,86,809,87,796,73,784" HREF="Music/79.html#SP2" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 77-79'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="74,769,14,751,1,770,18,786" HREF="Music/79.html#4asides" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 77-79'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="84,703,23" HREF="Music/82.html#LPsongsremem" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 80-82'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="2,655,65,678" HREF="Music/82.html#LPsongsremem" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 80-82'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="103,545,28,556,32,593,61,603,100,593,113,576" HREF="Music/85.html#LPcupidpsyche" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 83-85'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="0,367,24,348,36,365,33,387,14,393" HREF="Music/88.html#LPprovision" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 86-88'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="28,402,92,418" HREF="Music/88.html#LPprovision" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 86-88'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="106,277,130,325,83,324,85,303" HREF="Music/91.html#sheswoman" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 89-91'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="2,278,0,336,28,336,50,301,21,294,19,275" HREF="Music/91.html#takeme" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 89-91'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="28,266,40,282,59,287,86,287,91,264,42,257" HREF="Music/91.html#idontknow" onMouseOver="window.status='Pictures of and info about records from 89-91'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="129,738,129,812,0,812,0,734" HREF="Music/phase1.html" onMouseOver="window.status='General info on the band from 77-79 (phase 1)'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="128,642,128,738,0,733,0,641" HREF="Music/phase2.html" onMouseOver="window.status='General info on the band from 80-82 (phase 2)'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="128,339,128,640,0,641,0,342" HREF="Music/phase3.html" onMouseOver="window.status='General info on the band from 83-88 (phase 3)'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="128,261,129,340,0,342,0,261" HREF="Music/phase4.html" onMouseOver="window.status='General info on the band from 89-91 (phase 4)'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="1,219,57,230,75,254,71,262,0,261" HREF="Method/0mtoc.html" onMouseOver="window.status='How to dig for gold!'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="8,157,51,172" HREF="AoF/Intro.html#fast" onMouseOver="window.status='search AoF for your fav word'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="6,172,56,182" HREF="AoF/AoFmap.html" onMouseOver="window.status='map and go AoF'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="5,182,58,194" HREF="../../INDEX/keytoc.html#sp" onMouseOver="window.status='a boringly long list of the AoF pages'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="10,194,54,205" HREF="AoFnews.html" onMouseOver="window.status='what\'s new at AoF'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="21,101,93,114" HREF="Discuss/msgindex.php3" onMouseOver="window.status='bullentin board where you can chat your world away'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="20,114,98,127" HREF="Chatterbox/7-speculate.html" onMouseOver="window.status='gossips or news, your choice'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="19,127,95,146" HREF="Method/4unofficial.html#chatterbox" onMouseOver="window.status='other AoF mikes for you to voice your thoughts, air your closets'; return true"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="84,229,97,262,129,262,129,230,114,210" HREF="Music/general.html" onMouseOver="window.status='SCRITTI WHO? 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ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="813" BORDER="0" HSPACE="5" ISMAP USEMAP="#timeline"></A> <P><A NAME="new"><IMG SRC="../../IMG/MISC/focus.GIF" ALT="" ALIGN="left" WIDTH="51" HEIGHT="39" BORDER="0" HSPACE="5"></A> <FONT COLOR="#ffffff">The schematic diagram to your right represents a cross section of the archeological dig and the specimens found. To date four layers representing four phases of this civilization have been found.</FONT></P> <BR><BR> <P>To navigate this site, click on items in the site diagram to your right. Alternately you can use the text-based <A HREF="../../INDEX/keytoc.html">Taliesin Site Key/Table of Contents</A> to find the page you need. KEEP IN MIND, currently the site is not optimized for frameless-graphical or text-based browsers. 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You can also get there by clicking on the portrait of Mr. Gartside on this page.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>notebook</B></FONT> <DD>in the archaeologist's hand will take you to general information on the band.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>earth</B></FONT> <DD>of each layer will take you to general information about the respective phases.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>specimen</B></FONT> <DD>will take you to list and detailed analysis of the specimen.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>dog</B></FONT> <DD>will take you to methodology used in locating specimen and information.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>words in the chitchat bubles</B></FONT> <DD>will take you where they say they would.<BR> <DT>The <FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>sun/Scritti seal</B></FONT> in the sky <DD>will take you back to this introduction page. </BLOCKQUOTE></DL></P> <A NAME="fast"><BR></A><BR> And for the harried and hassled scholars, 3 less oblique AoF cruising options...</P> <BR> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5"><TR> <TD WIDTH=32% ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=BOTTOM> <P><A HREF="../../INDEX/keytoc.html#sp"><IMG SRC="../../IMG/index/keyB.GIF" ALT="[key]" WIDTH="36" HEIGHT="104" BORDER="0" VSPACE="10"></A><BR> ...key to taliesin site index with links to all pages.</P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=32% ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=BOTTOM> <P><A HREF="AoF/AoFmap.html"><IMG SRC="../../IMG/sp/logos/sitemap.GIF" ALT="[AoF Site Map]" WIDTH="78" HEIGHT="104" BORDER="0" VSPACE="10"></A><BR> ...site structure diagram with links to the main page in each sections & subsections</P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=36% ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=BOTTOM> <FONT COLOR="#967666"><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.doubt-beat.com/cgi-bin/sitesearch.pl"> <P><I>search term(s)...</I><BR> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="terms" SIZE=15><BR><HR> <I>boolean operator:</I><BR> <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="boolean" VALUE="AND" CHECKED>and . <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="boolean" VALUE="OR">or<BR> <I>case sensitive?</I><BR> <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="case" VALUE="sensitive" CHECKED>yes . <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="case" VALUE="insensitive">no<BR><HR> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Fetch it boy!"><BR> </FORM></FONT> ...AoF site-wide keyword search</P> </TD> </TR></TABLE><BR> <P>. . . or for just the latest additions and updates to the site, check the <B><A HREF="AoFnews.html">AoF News Bulletin</A></B>.<BR> <BR CLEAR=ALL><HR><BR> </FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>A NOTE ABOUT COPYRIGHTS: Resources are provided with the assumption of non-commercial archival fair use and therefore without explicit permission from their respective copyrights holders. 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