From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #129 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Wednesday, July 2 1997 Volume 02 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby [MsSakamoto@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Stuff [crackers@hwcn.org] Alloy: Re: [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: Bio and B-day [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby [cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Keith Stansell ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Ian ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Frank ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin ["Eric J. Hansen" ] Alloy: The Clooney Clan ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Re: Alloy: the_copse signing off ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Re: Alloy: TMDR B-Day song idea [Ian ] Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages [crackers@hwcn.org] Alloy: Project B-Day title suggestions. [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: the_copse signing off [Ian ] Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) [Ian ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Elaine Linstruth ] Alloy: One of our Clooneys [cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp)] Alloy: Thomas' Birthday Present [RThurF@aol.com] Alloy: An off-topic question... [Eclipse ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:37:22 -0400 (EDT) From: MsSakamoto@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby Actually, could I change my song to "Close But No Cigar"? I needed something without too much music inbetween verses, since I don't have any instruments to play. - --Suzanne-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:03 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Stuff In article <13472179901922@goodwill.org>, you wrote: >I like the TMDR B-Day Album idea. My musical skills are virtually nil, and >I loathe the sound of my own recorded voice - almost to the point of not >being able to listen to my answering machine - so maybe I can find some >other way to be of assistance in creating such a creature... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Well, we'll be taking submissions of artwork and poetry for the J-Card. I know you're a very creative individual so there should be something you can do there. We're still looking for a graphic artist to manage the J-Card aspect of the album... if we don't find one then I guess I'll take on that roll myself. But someone with more experience might be better. CRACKERS (All sorts of contributions from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:05 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Re: In article , you wrote: >I think it sounds fabulous. Of course, since I have no talents >whatsoever, that's easy for me to say. :) I do have time. If there is any >way I can contribute I'd be glad to.. but I'm no musician or artist. I >used to plan conventions though, so maybe I could help with planning or >deadlines. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Well... if you can't play an instrument, you can always submit an acapella (sp) song like Miss Sakamoto is. Or if you can't draw you can always submit a poem inspired by a T. Dolby song, for the J-Card. Plenty of options. CRACKERS (Submit your "dibbs" from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:02 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Bio and B-day In article <199707010850.SAA26900@smople.thehub.com.au>, you wrote: >Well, I had intentions to volunteer to put the tapes together, but >looking at Ian's list of equipment, it seems that he has dibs on this >job. What about the songs that are duets...Cruel etc. Are we just going >to skip them? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Well, if you have someone who will sing the duet with you, knock yourself out. Or if you can arrange it for single vocal then fine. CRACKERS (Singing with Frankie from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:04 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby In article <970701143621_423376303@emout05.mail.aol.com>, you wrote: >Actually, could I change my song to "Close But No Cigar"? > >I needed something without too much music inbetween verses, since I don't >have any instruments to play. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Okee Dokee Here are the list of "dibbs" for the Project B-Day tape. Crackers - "Nuvogue" Lee Jackson - "Radio Silence" The Copse - "Flying North" Ian Gifford - "My Brain Is Like A Seive" Ms. Sakamoto - "Close But No Cigar" That's still only 5 contributions... I know we've got to have more than 5 musicians on this list. Get your "dibbs" into me quick. CRACKERS (Send 'em in from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:08 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby In article , you wrote: >Is this album going to have a name? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Well, for now I'm just refering to it as "Project B-Day". We can vote on an official name later, when it's closer to completetion. CRACKERS (Horse with no name from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:17:06 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby In article , you wrote: >Does Thomas own all of his own songs? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Given the way the music industry works it wouldn't suprise me if he didn't. CRACKERS (Sad state of affairs from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:29:40 -0700 (PDT) From: cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp) Subject: Re: Alloy: A birthday present for Mr. Dolby > > In article , you wrote: > > >Is this album going to have a name? > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > > Well, for now I'm just refering to it as "Project B-Day". We can vote on > an official name later, when it's closer to completetion. I'll go ahead and make my contribution here, then. Make the title "Retrospectators" ****** Charles E. Kemp ****** cekemp@netcom.com ****** (812) 597-5950 ****** Just for the sake of it make sure you're always frowning, it shows the world that you've got substance and depth. - Neil Tennant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 22:48:59 -0700 From: Keith Stansell Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin Since were doing "claim to fame" or "brush with greatness" I thought I'd contribute my "brush with greatness". Four years ago while living in Salt Lake, a friend of mine who worked at the local Fox TV station invited me to a small party for a cameraman who was leaving the station to pursue a new career. The party was hosted by the news anchor of the station at the time and his wife. The news anchor was none other than Nick Clooney. Perhaps you've heard of his son, George (who was not at the party) So I can say that I've eaten spaghetti and chocolate pie made by George Cloonie's mom. That's my brush with greatness. (besides sharing a email group with Thomas Dolby of course) Keith Stansell Denver, CO __________________________________________________ http://www.concentric.net/~kasman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 02:12:42 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin Elaine Linstruth wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Ian &/or Heidi wrote: > > > with tha reelays agin) Not to mention my 2 favorite former Detroit > > RedWings Dino Ciccarelli and Shawn Burr (sorry to all of those with > > I was thinking I had no claims to fame at all, but I realized upon seeing > Dino's name that I was at Champion's in Georgetown (DC) the very same > night as the one in which he supposedly met the infamous underage coed. > He and his fellow Caps at the time allegedly raped her in a limo. > Something like that. I wasn't there at the same time. :) Don't you > wish you were me. > To be honest with you elaine I don't know!!.... er....uh...I feel a little disturbed knowing this and maybe a little woozy! How solid is alegedly? Actually don't answer that....'cuz I am sure he got away with it if it is fact (y'know, being a star and all!!!!) (okay now I am getting bitter! Thanks Elaine now I'll never watch another Hockey game in my life!!! ;) Okay, well maybe I'll just pick my teams better :) - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 23:51:29 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin At 10:48 PM 7/1/97 -0700, you wrote: >Since were doing "claim to fame" or "brush with greatness" I thought I'd >contribute my "brush with greatness". > >Four years ago while living in Salt Lake, a friend of mine who worked at >the local Fox TV station invited me to a small party for a cameraman who >was leaving the station to pursue a new career. The party was hosted by >the news anchor of the station at the time and his wife. > >The news anchor was none other than Nick Clooney. Perhaps you've heard >of his son, George (who was not at the party) > >So I can say that I've eaten spaghetti and chocolate pie made by George >Cloonie's mom. >That's my brush with greatness. (besides sharing a email group with >Thomas Dolby of course) > >Keith Stansell >Denver, CO >__________________________________________________ >http://www.concentric.net/~kasman > > > Hello Keith; I like your claim to fame. Like once at the Chicago Airport (the old one) I had a hot dog courtesy of Bob Hope. You don't think I've milked that one to death! When I get drunk the recounting even gets better. And the time Danny Kaye invited me up to his dressing room at the Palace in New York and I wasn't even able to open my mouth. And then I just had to call him afterwards to excuse my stupidity and I made a bad situation worse. Oh I can do things like that. Especially with a few beers in the hold. I think your brush with greatness is good. He is the MC on AMC. The not so famous Clooney. And TD has even talked with me through Email. He is a friendly guy. And thanks again for the clips. They were great. YF Frank Wheeler ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 02:31:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric J. Hansen" Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin > The news anchor was none other than Nick Clooney. Perhaps you've heard > of his son, George (who was not at the party) > > So I can say that I've eaten spaghetti and chocolate pie made by George > Cloonie's mom. Rosemary Clooney is a well-known singer, and she used to do denture-adhesive commercials back in the early 80's. So, your real claim to fame was eating food made by Rosemary Clooney! (George didn't really gain any notariety until the 90's version of "ER"). - -Eric - -- Eric J. Hansen Worldmachine Technologies Corporation http://www.worldmachine.com tel: 617.492.1929, fax: 617.492.1953 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 97 06:47:00 GMT From: p.louie1@genie.com Subject: Alloy: Another short bio Another short bio to add to the crowd... Name: Philip Louie Handle: Phil Home: San Francisco, CA Occupation: Unemployed. Freshly graduated from college with a B.S. in Civil Engineering [Emphasis on transportation planning, traffic management and water resources(hydraulics)] Music: Asia (including John Wetton and Geoff Downes solo records), Culture Club, Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls, GTR (some Max Bacon and Steve Howe solo stuff too), Human League, (a lot of 80s British invasion and New Wave music), Information Society, Kajagoogoo/Limahl, Thompson Twins/Babble and of course, TMDR. Favorite Dolby album: Astronauts and Heretics Favorite Dolby Soundtrack: Howard The Duck. Yes, it's a dark secret of mine. I actually find myself playing that more than any others (including The Gate to the Mind's Eye). Please don't flame me... :-O How I Got Dolby-ized: First heard "She Blinded Me With Science" on the radio (I didn't have MTV yet) then saw the video of "Hyperactive!" and TMDR's performance of "Hyperactive!" on the old TV show "Solid Gold". That performance was memorable because my friends and I cracked up at his strange clothing that didn't fit him. :) Also wondered "What kind of a wierdo plays a trumpet through his nose?!" :) I didn't get all his CDs until I got the Retrospecticle in 94 and TGAOW. I was blown away by the music. Now I'm trying to get all his rarities (like almost everyone else here... :). - -Phil ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 97 06:47:00 GMT From: p.louie1@genie.com Subject: Alloy: TMDR B-Day song idea I just got an idea for the TMDR B-day project for non-musicians. I was listening to the Band Aid record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and on the B-side is "Feed The World". The B-side was basically an instrumental "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with a bunch of musicians saying (not singing) stuff such as "Merry Christmas. Please contribute what you can. There are starving children...blah blah blah". Well, you get the idea. Why not do the same here? Use one of the songs that is being contributed to the tape as background music. And then each one of us non-musicians can say a short message such as "Hi I'm Keith from White City. I'd just like to say Happy Birthday Thomas" (or something like that). The chosen song should be quite long such as The Flat Earth so that we can fit as many people as possible. Think of it maybe as a rap song... :) What do y'all think? - -Phil ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:20:11 BST From: the copse Subject: Alloy: the_copse signing off Well, I'm afraid the time has come to face the fact that my E-mail account expires tomorrow, and to say a fond farewell to everyone from the FES and Alloy. It's been a great experience knowing you all over the past year or so, and you've helped cheer me up in some pretty difficult times. If you need to contact me from now on I'm at 36, Ainderby Rd Romanby Northallerton N.Yorks DL7 8HG 01609 773989 I'll still hopefully be able to contribute to the album so keep in touch one way or the other. It's been a pleasure, and thanks to everyone for proving that the Internet is not a complete waste of time. See you all again soon, love, the_copse ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:57:55 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Alloy: The Clooney Clan At 02:31 AM 7/2/97 -0400, Eric wrote: >Rosemary Clooney is a well-known singer, and she used to do denture-adhesive >commercials back in the early 80's. So, your real claim to fame was >eating food made by Rosemary Clooney! (George didn't really gain any >notariety until the 90's version of "ER"). Hi, Eric! I think Rosemary is actually Nick Clooney's sister, making her George's aunt. I met her (and Bob Hope, to bring in one of Frank's brushes with fame) in Moscow in 1990 when they came, along with Brooke Shields, to do a Bob Hope special for the US military guys stationed at AmEmbassy Moscow. Rosemary Clooney was the best part of the show, singing all these great big band-era songs. Way, way cool (and free - and in my front yard!) I don't think the 18-20 year old Marines really appreciated it, but my mom was there (just totally by chance visiting me at the same time some of her flying buddies were in Moscow for a veteran's friendship tour.) Mom and her friends took off with Bob Hope and Rosemary Clooney after the show, and I was stuck in my apartment, tapping my foot and checking my watch until 2 in the morning, when Mom finally sheepishly returned, having spent the evening exchanging war stories with the rest of the crew. That was one heck of a turnaround - the 24-year-old staring down the 68-year-old, saying, "WHERE WERE YOU? I was worried sick!!! You're in Moscow, you don't speak the language, YOU DIDN'T CALL!!!" In retrospect, very, very funny - at the time, terrifying! (Made even worse by the drunk Marine who was keeping me company while I hunted for Mom, but kept trying to nibble - nay, chew - on my ear...) Oy! Cheers, Melissa P.S. Brooke Shields, bless her, can't sing to save her life - one of the guys in the audience, a bit drunk and more than a bit crass, kept yelling, "Stop singing! Just take off yer shirt!" - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:09:39 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: the_copse signing off You will be missed, copse. Please keep in touch with someone out here in Alloy-land, so we know what's up with you and your music! Cheers, Melissa At 12:20 PM 7/2/97 BST, you wrote: >Well, I'm afraid the time has come to face the >fact that my E-mail account expires tomorrow, >and to say a fond farewell to everyone from the >FES and Alloy. It's been a great experience >knowing you all over the past year or so, and >you've helped cheer me up in some pretty >difficult times. If you need to contact me from >now on I'm at > >36, Ainderby Rd >Romanby >Northallerton >N.Yorks >DL7 8HG >01609 773989 > >I'll still hopefully be able to contribute to the >album so keep in touch one way or the other. >It's been a pleasure, and thanks to everyone for >proving that the Internet is not a complete waste >of time. > >See you all again soon, >love, > the_copse > > > - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 11:14:39 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: the_copse signing off the copse wrote: > > Well, I'm afraid the time has come to face the > fact that my E-mail account expires tomorrow, > and to say a fond farewell to everyone from the > FES and Alloy. It's been a great experience > knowing you all over the past year or so, and > you've helped cheer me up in some pretty > difficult times. If you need to contact me from > now on I'm at.. Awww... *sniffsniff* So sad to see such a kewl member leave... If you're still receiving, copse, we'll miss you! (you knew that already though) - -- E(lipse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 12:07:48 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: TMDR B-Day song idea p.louie1@genie.com wrote: > > I just got an idea for the TMDR B-day project for non-musicians. > > I was listening to the Band Aid record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" > and on the B-side is "Feed The World". The B-side was basically an > instrumental "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with a bunch of musicians > saying (not singing) stuff such as "Merry Christmas. Please > contribute what you can. There are starving children...blah blah > blah". Well, you get the idea. Why not do the same here? > > Use one of the songs that is being contributed to the tape as > background music. And then each one of us non-musicians can say a > short message such as "Hi I'm Keith from White City. I'd just like > to say Happy Birthday Thomas" (or something like that). The chosen > song should be quite long such as The Flat Earth so that we can fit > as many people as possible. Think of it maybe as a rap song... :) > > What do y'all think? > > -Phil Actually I think it's great! I was tossing around a similar idea a few days ago about having everyone in the group saying "Happy Birthday THomas" or something like that and then assembling it in Pro-Tools--with this I could run it all together and give it a sort of musicality even though it would be spoken.! Good idea Phil! Anyone else wanna do that? Just record a SHORT message at the beginning of the tape that you send me! (the one you want the compilation dubbed to) - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:49:08 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages In article <199707020714.HAA23986@rockdmz1.geis.com>, you wrote: >Use one of the songs that is being contributed to the tape as >background music. And then each one of us non-musicians can say a >short message such as "Hi I'm Keith from White City. I'd just like >to say Happy Birthday Thomas" (or something like that). The chosen >song should be quite long such as The Flat Earth so that we can fit >as many people as possible. Think of it maybe as a rap song... :) > >What do y'all think? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ HEY! I like this idea! Especially since we don't seem to be getting that many "dibbs" sent in. I can easily make an instrumental mix of an upbeat song "She Blinded Me With Science" would be perfect since it's instrumentally quite minimalistic and makes a lot of use of rythmes. I'll put it on the B-side of my submission and then Ian can mix in our vocal birthday greetings overtop of it. It'll just be a simple loop for the most part so not as to distract from the messages. Now everyone will be able to contribute to the project. Even the people who contribute to the song portion of the album can contribute a little birthday greeting message as well. And it takes care of the sending in of a tape too. The tape you send in with your birthday greeting message on it is the tape you'll get back with the finished project recorded to. So send in your birthday greeting recorded on a C-90 tape. I don't know how many of us there are on the list that will be contributing. but I'll assume we'll only get enough musicians to fill one side of the C-90 (45 minutes of music). The greeting part can be the entire B-Side and Ian can just fade it out when the messages have finished. But if everyone who is going to contribute a message can just post a note to this thread saying "I'll send in a message" then we can add them all up and get a rough idea how long maximum each of our recorded messages can be. I really like this idea. I think it will work good. And don't forget... we've only got five people so far sending in submissions of Thomas Dolby covers for the Project B-Day tape. Last year when this project was proposed we had plenty of musicians eager to send in a cover, but no one to correlate the submissions into a final album. This year we get someone who can mix the album, but not to many people who'll contribute music. I know you're out there... don't be shy! CRACKERS (C'mon it'll be fun from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:49:10 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Project B-Day title suggestions. In article <199707012129.OAA06577@netcom15.netcom.com>, you wrote: >I'll go ahead and make my contribution here, then. > >Make the title "Retrospectators" ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ HAR! I love it. Okee Dokee, there's one title suggestion. Let's hear some more. CRACKERS (Submit, submit, submit from hell!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:49:11 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin In article <33B9EBCA.2488F7FF@usa.net>, you wrote: >Since were doing "claim to fame" or "brush with greatness" I thought I'd >contribute my "brush with greatness". ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Gee... I don't really have that many "claims to fame" or "brushes with greatness". The closest thing I have to anything like that occured when I was in Grade 8. Primeminister Joe Clark (don't feel bad if you don't remember him. He had a minority government and was ousted as soon as he tried to raise the taxes on gasoline). Was coming to my small little town of Simcoe to give a speach on something utterly boring to an 8th grader. We were trucked off to the Rec Centre to listen to him speak. Outside the Rec Centre we were lined up and watched as he made his way to the bus. He stopped to shake hands with the students who were standing at the beginning of the line (right where the TV cameras were), and after the media got its footage he ran to the bus ignoring the pleas for a handshake from those out of camera shot. Well I was standing very close to the bus and I thought it would be cool to get a handshake from the Primeminster of Canada too so when he came running by I stuck out my hand. He didn't see it and collided with my hand. The momentum of his forward motion and the momented of my thrusting hand colliding with his soft fleshy stomache was enough to cause our primeminister to momentarily and slightly double up and make a little "oof!" sound. We made momentary eye contact and he was whisked off into his bus to continue his tour. I was a little upset because I didn't get my handshake from the PM, but something entirely unexpected occured from all this. Althought the collission was an innocent result of clumsiness and haste, from the perspective of my school friends gathered about me it took on a much more sinister appearance. To those around me it looked like I had punched the Primeminister in the stomache. And as the rumor spread over the playground, the telling of the tale became more dramatic each time. Some tellings had me screaming some anti-tory slogan as I sucker-punched the PM in the gut. Some kids were even saying I was being investigated by the RCMP because of the incident. But for a brief while (as the Tories soon lost the election called by the opposition parties and then it was "Joe Who"?) I was famous as the kid who decked the leader of the second largest country in the world. CRACKERS (Bun-Fu fighter from hell!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 13:07:40 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: the_copse signing off Eclipse wrote: > > the copse wrote: > > > > Well, I'm afraid the time has come to face the > > fact that my E-mail account expires tomorrow, > > and to say a fond farewell to everyone from the > > FES and Alloy. It's been a great experience > > knowing you all over the past year or so, and > > you've helped cheer me up in some pretty > > difficult times. If you need to contact me from > > now on I'm at.. > > Awww... *sniffsniff* So sad to see such a kewl member leave... > If you're still receiving, copse, we'll miss you! (you knew that already > though) > I second that (even though I am just a new guy) come back as soon as you Can 'kay? Also if you have access to e-mail at all keep my address handy for the b-day project stuff! - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 18:13:39 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) At 12:49 2/7/97 -0400, you wrote: Since no-one has stepped up to the mark, I can volunteer to co-ordinate the J-card, but with a proviso - I only have access to black and white reproduction equipment. Having said that, it's a 600dpi printer, so the quality of reproduction would be good. I can also scan stuff at high resolution, so no-one needs to worry about converting images into electronic format themselves, with subsequent loss of quality. What do you all think? Is colour an essential thing? Lem PS. Copse, if you're still tuning in, good luck with the Job hunting/application to Hendon. PPS. How about 'Amateurs and Heretics' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 13:24:15 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-Day title suggestions. crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > > In article <199707012129.OAA06577@netcom15.netcom.com>, you wrote: > >I'll go ahead and make my contribution here, then. > > > >Make the title "Retrospectators" > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > > HAR! > > I love it. > > Okee Dokee, there's one title suggestion. Let's hear some more. > Howsabout "Airheads"? (okay it's lame I know ;) - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 13:30:19 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > > In article <33B9EBCA.2488F7FF@usa.net>, you wrote: > >Since were doing "claim to fame" or "brush with greatness" I thought I'd > >contribute my "brush with greatness". > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > > Gee... I don't really have that many "claims to fame" or "brushes with > greatness". > > The closest thing I have to anything like that occured when I was in > Grade 8. > > Primeminister Joe Clark (don't feel bad if you don't remember him. He > had a minority government and was ousted as soon as he tried to raise > the taxes on gasoline). Was coming to my small little town of Simcoe > to give a speach on something utterly boring to an 8th grader. We were > trucked off to the Rec Centre to listen to him speak. > > Outside the Rec Centre we were lined up and watched as he made his way to > the bus. He stopped to shake hands with the students who were standing at > the beginning of the line (right where the TV cameras were), and after > the media got its footage he ran to the bus ignoring the pleas for a > handshake from those out of camera shot. Well I was standing very close to > the bus and I thought it would be cool to get a handshake from the > Primeminster of Canada too so when he came running by I stuck out my hand. > He didn't see it and collided with my hand. The momentum of his forward > motion and the momented of my thrusting hand colliding with his soft > fleshy stomache was enough to cause our primeminister to momentarily and > slightly double up and make a little "oof!" sound. We made momentary eye > contact and he was whisked off into his bus to continue his tour. > > I was a little upset because I didn't get my handshake from the PM, but > something entirely unexpected occured from all this. Althought the > collission was an innocent result of clumsiness and haste, from the > perspective of my school friends gathered about me it took on a much more > sinister appearance. To those around me it looked like I had punched > the Primeminister in the stomache. And as the rumor spread over the > playground, the telling of the tale became more dramatic each time. > Some tellings had me screaming some anti-tory slogan as I sucker-punched > the PM in the gut. Some kids were even saying I was being investigated by > the RCMP because of the incident. But for a brief while (as the Tories > soon lost the election called by the opposition parties and then it was > "Joe Who"?) I was famous as the kid who decked the leader of the > second largest country in the world. > Way to go Crackers! Can you arrange a similar event for maybe - ----"Presto" Manning or Jean Cretien? (Boy, don't the rest of you wish you had politians with such geeky names as ours?) BTW- do you see Sheila (Copps) often? Is she as feisty in person as she is on TV or in any other opportune media moment? - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 13:42:01 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) Lem Bingley wrote: > > At 12:49 2/7/97 -0400, you wrote: > Since no-one has stepped up to the mark, I can volunteer to co-ordinate the > J-card, but with a proviso - I only have access to black and white > reproduction equipment. Having said that, it's a 600dpi printer, so the > quality of reproduction would be good. I can also scan stuff at high > resolution, so no-one needs to worry about converting images into > electronic format themselves, with subsequent loss of quality. > > What do you all think? Is colour an essential thing? > > Lem > > PS. Copse, if you're still tuning in, good luck with the Job > hunting/application to Hendon. > > PPS. How about 'Amateurs and Heretics' I would say that B&W might even be better unless someone has painted a spectacular colour painting or something. Otherwise I don't see it making much of a difference (do you think thomas might say "pah- a birthday present in black and white? who are you trying to kid? Take it Back!!!" I have never met him and never been graced with mail by him but I am willing to bet a box of creamsicles (sorry it's hot here and I am hungry :^) that he wouldn't!! I like the name too! - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:43:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Another short bio On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 p.louie1@genie.com wrote: > How I Got Dolby-ized: First heard "She Blinded Me With Science" on the > radio (I didn't have MTV yet) then saw the video of "Hyperactive!" and > TMDR's performance of "Hyperactive!" on the old TV show "Solid Gold". > That performance was memorable because my friends and I cracked up at > his strange clothing that didn't fit him. :) Also wondered "What I never knew he went on Solid Gold. I wonder if he's embarrassed by that now! Probably not, but the mental picture that instills is kinda funny. All those lame 70's and 80's shows where the artists were forced to lip synch. I remember being really really young, watching people on those shows and wondering "why aren't they really singing?" So a lot of times I assumed the person on TV wasn't the real person that sang the record. - -- Elaine Linstruth ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:37:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Eric J. Hansen wrote: > Rosemary Clooney is a well-known singer, and she used to do denture-adhesive > commercials back in the early 80's. So, your real claim to fame was > eating food made by Rosemary Clooney! (George didn't really gain any > notariety until the 90's version of "ER"). > > -Eric No... Rosemary is not George's mother. She is his Aunt. - -- Elaine Linstruth ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:52:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > "Joe Who"?) I was famous as the kid who decked the leader of the > second largest country in the world. > > CRACKERS > (Bun-Fu fighter from hell!!!!!) Hehe! I love it! I agree with Ian tho -- do you know any 8th graders here in the states that you could assist in arranging a similar event for our own Slick Willie Clinton? - -- Elaine Linstruth oh now that's not nice is it ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:15:30 -0700 (PDT) From: cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp) Subject: Alloy: One of our Clooneys > > So I can say that I've eaten spaghetti and chocolate pie made by George > > Cloonie's mom. > > Rosemary Clooney is a well-known singer, and she used to do denture-adhesive > commercials back in the early 80's. So, your real claim to fame was > eating food made by Rosemary Clooney! (George didn't really gain any > notariety until the 90's version of "ER"). > > -Eric Sorry Eric, but I have to call a foul on you for this one...Rosemary is George's aunt, not his mother. Also Rosemary may be remembered by folks in their late 20's to infinity for a short lived sitcom where she played the mother in law of the guy who starred in the "Airplane!" movies. ****** Charles E. Kemp ****** cekemp@netcom.com ****** (812) 597-5950 ****** Just for the sake of it make sure you're always frowning, it shows the world that you've got substance and depth. - Neil Tennant ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 16:35:23 -0400 (EDT) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: Thomas' Birthday Present For Thomas' birthday present: If nobody else has requested this, I'd like to try doing Cloudburst At Shingle Street - using only primitive recording equipment, a cello, and a lone human voice! Robin :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 17:20:52 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Alloy: An off-topic question... Dear Alloids -- This doesn't have anything remotely to do with our usual conversation, but I'm desperate, and since there are so many intelligent people, who've been all over the place and obviously at least know a -little- about music, I thought someone out there might be able to help me. There was an artificial language created in 1817, by Jean Francois Sudre. The language was called Sol-re-sol, and was musically based. It could be spoken, written, sung, whistled, even played on the piano. I heard something about it being represented by different colors too, since there are only 7 pure sounds, a "standard" (in our westernized cultures) scale. It apparently enjoyed some popularity throughout the 1800's, which means it must have been learnable. It's one of the few priori (one made up from scratch, instead of being based partly on existing languages, as Esperanto was) languages that did well. Knowing more about it could potentially save me -years- of work, but I'm having trouble finding anything. Very little on the web, very little in the sci.lang newsgroup archives, next to nothing in the LINGUIST mailing list archives... I did find a reference to a book, apparently the original proposal from the early 19th century. It's 480 pages long and written in French, which I don't speak (yet), and it's probably difficult to get ahold of, but I would like a copy if anyone out there could help me find it? How would I get a book from France? If anyone can get ahold of a copy, I'll pay for the book, and all the shipping charges, and a little extra for your time. (Assuming that doesn't run up too much over 1-2 hundred $, as I don't have much money and would probably have to borrow some as it is.) It's apparently a fairly well-known-about language, but it seems most people just regard the idea as a curiousity, and no one seems to know anything about the actual -language- itself.. I want syntax, vocabulary, whatever I can get. If it's at all possibly, I'd like to learn the language. Well, thanks for listening to me rant about something so non-Dolby (although it does seem like a thing he'd be particularly interested in!)... - -- E(lipse ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #129 ***************************