From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #131 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 9 1997 Volume 02 : Number 131 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. [Robyn Moore ] Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. [Robyn Moore ] Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. [cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp)] Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. (bio, etc.) [Robyn Moore ] Re: Alloy: Dino and the Caps [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: Alloy: music humor/rock 'n roll accordion [Robyn Moore ] Alloy: Re: FES chat [thomas@headspace.com (Thomas Dolby Robertson)] Alloy: Catching Up Again - lots of short notes to lots of people [Neil Le] Alloy: Beatnik [Lem Bingley ] RE: Alloy: Beatnik ["James E. Hartman" ] Alloy: Re: TMDR's Input [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: Beatnik [Frank ] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Juha Takkinen ] RE: Alloy: Beatnik [Brian Clayton ] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Keith Dawe ] Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again [Melissa Jordan ] Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again [Frank ] Alloy: Beatnik ["David Gross" ] Alloy: All Apologies ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Re: Alloy: All Apologies [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Eclipse ] Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Alloy: Words from Our Fearless Leader ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 15:53:06 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. At 09.50 97.06.27 -0400, you wrote: > There are moonies on this list? What a shock! (my fave is >Mercury as well) ;) Not my favourite anime though. > Oh, SM isn't my favourite either, but it is up there. :) > >> Definitely in my top 10 of programmes as well. Unfortunately, our PBS >> station doesn't carry it (or any other British SF) either. So I have to >> content myself with my old videotapes and trying to amass the commercial >> versions of the episodes. Obligatory question time - Which is your >> favourite Doctor, and what did you think of the movie last year? (to answer >> for myself - tossup between Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy, and the movie >> was okay, but it could've been better.) > > I actually have nearly all episodes on tape now. Mine is Jon >Pertwee but he was the one I grew up with (so sad to hear that he >died)! Yeah, the movie was fine, though I thought Paul McGann was amazing. > I was unhappy when he died as well. He had a lot of class. I'm hoping they do something new with Paul McGann...using him only the once would be such a waste. > Wow! Dr. Who and Sailor Moon fans, as well as TMDR fans, on >this list? I think I'm in heaven. :-) I had a similar reaction when I first saw your .sig...'anime? Cool!' You'll have to let me know how your convention goes when it's done. :) Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:16:39 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. At 11.59 97.06.27 -0400, you wrote: > > >I have a 5" PVC Sailor Mercury on a stand on the top of my monitor. But I >wasn't pleased with the way in which it was painted at the factory so I >hand painted it myself to make it look more realistic. Of course, luckily >I have many outside interests that occupy my time because otherwise >repainting a figurine would probably come close to qualifing me as an >Otaku (Watashi wa otaku dewa arimasen yo.)... actually, after seeing >documentaries on Otaku, it wouldn't even come close. > I have a set of the five 12in dolls still in their boxes on my bedstand. There're cheezy little pirated knockoffs of Moon, Mars and Venus on the computer console...we had a Mercury too, but her head snapped off. There're also quite a few of the Cardzilla cards lying about. I saw Otaku No Video a year or so ago...that was quite a piece of work. ::grin:: >However, there's a picture of Ami-chan on my monitor, as well as my phone. >My accordion case is covered with Sailor Moon, Samurai Pizza Cats, and >Gatchaman stickers. Not to mention a little Sailor Mercury figure on a key >chain on the handle. > I've seen a few episodes of Samurai Pizza Cats...interesting. I wonder if they're as strange in Japanese as they are in American. I haven't seen much in the way of anime items other than SM aside from the occasional t-shirt locally, so I'm thinking of looking into mail order. Oh, before I forget, we have an old ASCII drawing of Lum pinned up on our wall by the computer. :) Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:44 -0700 (PDT) From: cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp) Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. > I had a similar reaction when I first saw your .sig...'anime? Cool!' You'll have to let me know how your convention goes when it's done. :) > > Robyn > > > @ Robyn Moore > @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html > @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. > Big deal, so there are other Anime and etc fans on the list. Now a fellow Super Chicken fan, now THAT is a rarity. With George of the Jungle being released on my b-day, I'm having a lot of flashbacks right now to sitting in front of the tube watching George and Super Chicken, since they were staples on the local independant station. Oh, and plenty of Tom Slick, too! WATCH OUT FOR THAT....TREE! ****** 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: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:26:32 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. (bio, etc.) At 12.03 97.06.28 -0400, you wrote: > >ASHLEY MACISAAC!!!! Wow! I didn't think anyone who wasn't a canuck would be into >Ashley! He's a sort of Young Canadian hero these days! I just had to respond when >I read this! This excites me! Being a Canadian musician, we have this sort of >loathing for U.S. record companies because most people believe that the U.S. >companies choose to ignore Can-bands and artists while we push their stuff quite >heavily! It's also next to impossible for Canadian bands to tour the U.S. >extensively due to customs laws and paperwork etc., etc., blah, blah, blah! >Personally I don't think it's all that bad but you read this kind of stuff in >Canadian rock mags and papers almost every week! Like "why can't the U.S. open >it's arms to the Tragically Hip?" etc. >So yes I do get a warm feeling in my heart for any mention of a Canadian artist >(is that silly? :^) Makes perfect sense to me. :) Let me tell you how it all happened. One day last year, we were doing a bit of shopping at a local mall. We wandered into the Tower branch, looking for what they had in the way of TMDR and anything else that appealed to us, and heard this incredibly cool music on the store sound system. My husband and I bothered every clerk in the place until we found one who knew what was playing, and it turned out to be a track from "hi(tm) how are you today?" Needless to say, we bought it on the spot, and have enjoyed it greatly ever since. :) He was here for a show in Portland a few months ago, but unfortunately, I couldn't make it. :( I did see his video for 'Sleepy Maggie' on MTV/VH1 a few times, though. Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:39:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Dino and the Caps Ian -- certainly not your fault if Dino has some trouble with the DC cops. Don't give up on hockey just yet! I know I remember that it was he and several other Caps at the time. I don't remember any details -- just that the girl met the guys at Champions in Georgetown, and my husband and I were there earlier that same night. - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Ian wrote: > Okay, well maybe I'll just pick my teams better :) > > ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:50:43 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: music humor/rock 'n roll accordion At 11.13 97.06.28 -0400, you wrote: > >Whoa -- I was starting to think I was the only fan of "Weird Al" and >demented music in general on the list! (Does that make us Weird Al-loids?) > Though alas, we don't get the Dr. Demento radio show in Atlanta, so I'm >not that up on things in the humorous music world (what of the Barnes and >Barnes body of work is notable besides "Fish Heads," and can it be obtained >outside of science fiction conventions?) > Unfortunately, we don't get the good Dr. here in Oregon, either. :( There's a website or two that does a RealAudio simulcast every week, but they're always swamped with other poor, deprived souls trying to get a fix as well. Barnes and Barnes put out a number of albums, but the only one we currently have is 'Zabagabee'. There was some information on them on the Rhino website, but it doesn't appear to be there anymore. I'll have to look around and see what I can find. >TMBG would also make my short list. Having seen both perform live, I would >pay good money to see an accordion duet with Weird Al and TMBG's John >Linnell. For that matter, I would also pay good money to see crackers play >"Nuvogue" on accordion. I guess I'll just have to settle for hearing it on >tape, unless you have plans to start a world tour, crackers :-) Ooo...the Crackers World Tour...be sure to put Portland, Oregon on that list. ::grin:: Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:57:03 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Sailor Moon, etc. At 01.49 97.06.29 -0400, you wrote: >You'll understand the line in the Dirty Pair Parody "The Dirty Pair Does >The Dishes" where Yuri is standing infront of a tombstone reading >"Here lies Carl Macek who was shot and killed outside a texas theatre >after a showing of Robotech: The Movie.... wow, he must have really >fucked up." > >When my ani-mates and I get together to watch some tapes, anytime we >see the name Carl Macek in the credits we scream "Damn you Carl Macek! >Damn you all to hell!!!!" > Ooo...the infamous Carl Macek...unfortunately, his reputation is all too deserved. > >And while we're on the subject of anime.... can you think of any musician to >score an anime movie sountrack from start to finish who could do a better >job than Thomas Dolby? Thomas' style would blend perfectly with Japanese >anime. I'm sure there are a number of large anime companies in Japan that >would jump at the chance to snag Thomas Dolby for one of their soundtracks. >Thomas would even make a good looking character design for an anime character. Oh, how right you are. If something like that happened, my life would be complete. :) Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 17:49:07 -0800 From: thomas@headspace.com (Thomas Dolby Robertson) Subject: Alloy: Re: FES chat Hi folks, First off, let me say I'm very impressed with the way Alloy has evolved. You all show a remarkably high level of dedication to a what might be considered a 'niche topic'! I love that you designed your own t-shirts, and can't wait to get one--it's sure to be better than the ones we ourselves design.... There's never yet been a Dolby t-shirt that I would actually wear. (Isn't that a bit like Groucho not wanting to belong to any club that would have him as a member?) I also promise to act genuinely surprised when my birthday comes around : ) I'm actually writing for a reason though. I'm beginning to formulate a new design for the Flat Earth Society web site, Version 2. Given the bustling activity on Alloy, and the shameful cobwebs gathering at Clif's splendid FES site (my fault), I can think of no better plan than for the Society to undergo some renovations in order to better serve the needs of its core membership. In other words, it should be a relaxing, yet stimulating environment in which members can discuss their favorite topic--be it whether the Druids used screensavers, why the FES founder is fixated with Vaseline, whatever . It should support both real-time discussions, daily digests of ongoing interest, and artifacts of those events members deem worthy of preserving, such as Melissa's fascinating travels behind the former Iron Curtain. One model I've been considering is the addition of a real-time chat mechanism, against a backdrop of dynamically changing FES content. This would put all of you more directly in contact with each other, while maintaining a tenuous link to the subject of your mutual interest; you'd be able to move from room to room (rather like the FES Lobby in Offworld) but you'd be able to simultaneously type real-time conversations, as in an AOL chat room. Plus we'd be able to stage scheduled events such as future Tommy Awards ceremonies. I'd be very grateful if Alloy types could help me identify some good off-the-peg software for this purpose. Perhaps you could check out some free demos online, and discuss their merits in a thread right here on Alloy. A couple of good candidates to kick this off would be iChat and Palace . Go download the free demos and let's hear what you think. Some criteria that are important to me--but that you don't have to worry about directly--are these: 1. Are these chat worlds easy to maintain by a single, part-time, non-programming volunteer? (I've had generous offers from a couple of Alloy members to help out, which is good because it's hard to justify using any Headspace resources to maintain the site.) 2. Is there a possibility of adding a Beatnik plug-in to the space? This would allow me to provide pieces of my music, both old and new, in RMF format, either as a backdrop to rooms, or as hands-on interactive music experiences in the space. Both iChat and Palace fit this bill, but there may be others out there that you're familiar with or can dig up; then I'll have my chaps go investigate them. I should probably add one caveat: I'm not promising that the renovated FES will be online overnight. It's going to take quite a bit of planning. But I've got some interesting other new ideas in the works, including my serialized memoirs (no kidding!) and some brand-new, unheard previously music--ie 'real' songs. I'd really appreciate your help with this one chat question though. The free-flowing, democratized nature of the Alloy list, and the sense of community you've engendered, have inspired me to revive FES as a serious undertaking! (Well okay, semi-serious.) Love, TMDR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 10:38:05 From: Neil Leacy Subject: Alloy: Catching Up Again - lots of short notes to lots of people Melissa... I'd like to keep up with your writing, you have a certain knack for painting pictures with words... which is a very bad link to these url's which may interest anyone who's read one of your posts: Moscow - http://www.paratype.com/bi/camera/camera.htm St. Petersburg - http://www.livecam.ru/indexmain.html They're both live screen cam pages. The Moscow one is well worth a visit for the skyline shot. T-shirts... What's the latest on them. Has any design been picked yet? Thomas's Birthday Present... I'd like to dib something but let me try some out on the penny whistle first. CD Singles... I went to a record fair at the weekend and saw the following... Airhead MAxi Single (UKP7 = USD11.55) Hot Sauce (UKP5 = USD8.25) Now I know Suzanne and Mary were interested in these so could you please confirm if you want them as the fair is back next month and these are the same cd's I saw last Christmas so they're very likely to still be there - I don't look at this as a downer on TMDR's popularity, more that they're waiting for a good home to go to. Video Covers... Apologies to Robin and Barbara. I've sent you copies of the wrong video cover. In my haste to help I just clicked in my mind that it was the even harder to get "Live Wireless" you were on about! I'm afraid I only hav a poor b&w photocopy of the Golden Age of Video cover as the original had coffe spilt over it long ago... My brushes with famous people... Sting lives about five miles down the road from me as does Robert Fripp, but in the opposite direction. Terry Pratchett lives somewhere near by as well. Passed them all in the street, or in Stings case while he was riding across the village green. and finally... (get ready for some anglo-saxon expletives) BEATNIK IS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MARVELLOUS!!! My jawed is still scraping the ground from wlking the walkthrough. Thomas, if you are reading this, how do you feel about people making cassette copies from their sound cards of some of the featured .rmf files? Would this be braking any copyright? Regards, Neil Leacy IT Support (nleacy@it-excelsior.britax.co.uk) ==================================================================== For further information on child car seats designed and produced by Britax-Excelsior visit our web pages at http://www.britax.co.uk/ ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 10:54:26 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Beatnik At 10:38 8/7/97, Neil wrote: >BEATNIK IS ABSOLUTELY MARVELLOUS!!! My jawed is still scraping >the ground from wlking the walkthrough. I couldn't agree more. Anyone with a sound-capable computer should definitely take the time to install and download the Beatnik software - I had to download Netscape's appalling Communicator browser-thing to make it work, but it was still worth it. I'd love to hear Thomas do a vocal version of Algarve, one of the featured tunes. It's a beautiful poetic melody and I'm sure he'd come up with marvellous words to match it. Lem ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 06:22:14 -0500 From: "James E. Hartman" Subject: RE: Alloy: Beatnik On Tuesday, July 08, 1997 04:54, Lem Bingley [SMTP:lemb@computerwire.com] wrote: > I couldn't agree more. Anyone with a sound-capable computer should > definitely take the time to install and download the Beatnik software - I > had to download Netscape's appalling Communicator browser-thing to make it > work, but it was still worth it. I, too, had to slog through a Netscape installation in order to run it, and it was QUITE impressive. So, when's the Internet Explorer version coming out? :) - -- James E. Hartman | Austin, Texas | http://www.eden.com/~jhartman "A stick is your friend." --The Brain ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 13:35:41 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Re: TMDR's Input At 17:49 7/7/97 -0800, Thomas graced us with his presence and wrote: >I love that you designed your own t-shirts, >and can't wait to get one Well I guess this means we have to drag ourselves off our collective butts and get these shirts made. We haven't heard from /\/\iles in a while... are you still tuning in? Did we get a feasibility study from Karen Bell as to the workability of the tremendous Black and White Mad Scientist shirt, which gets my vote? Lem ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 11:18:56 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: Beatnik At 10:54 AM 7/8/97 +0100, you wrote: >At 10:38 8/7/97, Neil wrote: >>BEATNIK IS ABSOLUTELY MARVELLOUS!!! My jawed is still scraping >>the ground from wlking the walkthrough. > > >I couldn't agree more. Anyone with a sound-capable computer should >definitely take the time to install and download the Beatnik software - I >had to download Netscape's appalling Communicator browser-thing to make it >work, but it was still worth it. > >I'd love to hear Thomas do a vocal version of Algarve, one of the featured >tunes. It's a beautiful poetic melody and I'm sure he'd come up with >marvellous words to match it. > >Lem > Lem my good man, There is no doubt you have a SOUL. Algarve is captivating. I wish I could capture it and save it. I go to the walkthrough just for it and Step #2, the On/Off Ocean Wave slumber bit. And that guy Brian Salter is something else with his jazzy Lounge Lizard. If you're down in the dumps, that'll get you up and going. Everyone should download Beatnik. It has taken over my choices and I don't mind at all. Midi stuff just comes through better via Beatnik, more defined. Much better quality. The software is not sound card dependent. I stumbled upon it by accident and now belong to Alloy. I now need to invest in a lexicon to appreciate the jargon that goes on between its members. Ha!. I am out of tune with the present generation. Just bear with me. The Old Man on the Mountain Frank ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 21:36:59 +0200 From: Juha Takkinen Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day mabrown@pop.uky.edu said: > Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy was born in > Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the creator of Alloy. Hurray! Congratulations, Paul! ... and long live the sixties generation :^) Cheers, /Juha - -- Juha Takkinen, M.Sc. juhta@ida.liu.se Troskaregatan 69:23 ph +46 13 21 16 92 SE-583 33 Linkoping, SWEDEN http://www.ida.liu.se/~juhta/ - -- When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 12:52:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Clayton Subject: RE: Alloy: Beatnik On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, James E. Hartman wrote: > On Tuesday, July 08, 1997 04:54, Lem Bingley [SMTP:lemb@computerwire.com] > wrote: > > I couldn't agree more. Anyone with a sound-capable computer should > > definitely take the time to install and download the Beatnik software - I > > had to download Netscape's appalling Communicator browser-thing to make it > > work, but it was still worth it. > > I, too, had to slog through a Netscape installation in order to run it, and it > was QUITE impressive. So, when's the Internet Explorer version coming out? :) I'm afraid I'm only 2/3rds of the way to having a working Beatnik installation. I only just recently upgraded to Win95, got Netscape going, but discovered that my poor 486 just can't spin fast enough. Beatnik requires a Pentium (or the equivilent horsepower on a Mac) unless you like Max Headroom-style stuttering in your music. My wallet is going to take a major hit soon for the new motherboard, sooner if the Beatnik Editor for Win95 comes out! Meanwhile, I'll just have to listen in from work...let's see... aahh, today's cool file is by Mendelssohn... BTW, gang, check out MSNBC's interview with TMDR...the link is on the Headspace site. BC - --- Brian Clayton "The main motive for going beyond the Rim... stemish@kumr.lns.com there's a heck of a big Taco Bell out there..." -- J. Michael Straczynski ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 17:37:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Keith Dawe Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day > mabrown@pop.uky.edu said: > > Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy was born in > > Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the creator of Alloy. Congrats, from another fellow Moonchild of the 60s! (I was born 28 years ago, today (the 8th)! ;-) - --Omega - ------------------------------------------------------- omega@torfree.net Head of Dealer's Room -- ANIME NORTH Toronto's FIRST anime convention -- Sat. August 9, 1997 - ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 00:00:08 -0400 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again At 10:38 AM 7/8/97, Neil wrote: >Melissa... >I'd like to keep up with your writing, you have a certain knack for >painting pictures with words... which is a very bad link to these url's >which may interest anyone who's read one of your posts: Thanks very much, Neil - those sites are really cool! It's almost midnight here in DC, and I just went to the Moscow site and got a look at a gorgeous (and surely factory emission-enhanced) sunrise. Very nifty. I apologize to all the fine folks who wrote and asked for the rest of my travel tale installments - I've been buried under heaps of catch-up work (and entertaining visitors in my very small and Tashkent laundry-filled apartment - yuck!) and I haven't had three minutes to rescue my files from disk and pass them on - I will endeavor to do so before heading off to beautiful Spokane this weekend (Goodwill conference - all the Russians will be there! Oy vey!) I finally found a copy of the EQ magazine with Our Fearless Leader featured so prominently. Cool interview and cool pics. Cheers, all! - - Melissa Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 22:41:20 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again How do I find this magazine? Is it against all rules and regulations to put a reprint of the article for just Alloy consumption? Just thought I'd ask. Frank Wheeler > >I finally found a copy of the EQ magazine with Our Fearless Leader featured >so prominently. Cool interview and cool pics. > >Cheers, all! > >- Melissa > >Melissa R. Jordan > >Special Projects Manager >International Programs Office >Goodwill Industries International, Inc. >(301) 881-6858 >(301) 881-9435 (fax) > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 09:37:59 +0000 From: "David Gross" Subject: Alloy: Beatnik While we're on the subject of improving midi sounds, I'd like to make you all aware of a very useful Windows program called Wingroove. Download it at: http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~hiroki/english/wgdl.html It is shareware, but cheap at $20. Ennycase, it is a program that stores synthesizer samples of instrument sounds on your hard drive, so when you play a midi file it looks to these sounds samples and creates realistic instrument sounds, even if you have the simplest of sound cards (without a wavetable). I'm told it uses your main system processor to do the job of a wavetable. And it works. Very well. It dies after 10 days and asks you to pay, but this is one shareware program I'd gladly pay for. It's that useful. (for the hackers there are cracks online). Buena ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 03:15:07 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: All Apologies Dear Paul and All, Some dear person has recently taken the time to point out to me that there has been nary a peep from my quarter (courter?) for some time, and I sheepishly agree. I beg the indulgence of the Alloyed (or is it now the Annoyed?); my non-virtual life has taken me like a leaf in a thunderstorm and I am beset with heretofore unimaginably demanding events. Please allow me to *not* bore you with the details, gory or otherwise. Suffice it to say that the storm is receding, (although heavy weather still prevails) I am in one piece, and my ship is still afloat. Now, if I can safely believe this compass I am in good shape. So, I'm ok, but still in the soup as it were . . . /\/\iles sez, "A week or so, tell them I need a week." To further complicate matters, and here come those gory details I promised to edit out, our benefactor Karen Bell has impaled herself on a very inconvenient piece of wood, developed a nasty infection, been laid up in bed, and is expected to be generally out of sorts for a few weeks yet. So, please, have a little patience with the t-shirt crew? We're a mess! but mending. I haven't retrieved my email for almost a week: Now I am *very* afraid . . . maybe I can post this and make Compu$werve think I'm not really there. All the best! /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 12:30:00 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Re: Alloy: All Apologies /\/\iles, good to see you're still with us. Not sure if Karen's injuries were part of the over-worked metaphor, but whatever, I wish you and she a speedy return to fair weather and a steady course. Lem ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 10:47:09 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day > mabrown@pop.uky.edu said: > > Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy was born in > > Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the creator of Alloy. Yes, yes, happy birthday! (a day or two late) And may this year bring happiness in all things, and all things Dolby! Or something silly like that. :) Eat a piece of cake for me. ;) E mAlama pono, E(lipse ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:26:43 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: Catching Up Again At 10:41 PM 7/8/97 -0700, Frank wrote (re: EQ): >How do I find this magazine? Is it against all rules and regulations to put >a reprint of the article for just Alloy consumption? Just thought I'd ask. >Frank Wheeler Hi, Frank. I don't know what the reprint rules are. I found my copy at Borders yesterday - it was the only place in town that still had this issue in stock. It was funny - I was just scanning periodicals, not looking for anything in particular, and I did a serious doubletake when I saw that familiar face. EQ does have a web site: www.eqmag.com Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- 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, 9 Jul 1997 12:22:59 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Alloy: Words from Our Fearless Leader Hey, all! It was great to see the message from TMDR yesterday, no? What a nice counterpoint to an otherwise mindnumbing workday!!! I want to help to test out those chat demos as - drum roll please - I intend to buy a computer tonight (finally!) and leave the ranks of the technologically deprived (and reaffirm my membership in the "big sinkhole of debt" club!) I remember that, recently, someone here, in connection with the grand birthday plan, was asking about whether TMDR owned the rights to his music. Well, in the EQ interview here's what he said: EQ: Do you own the rights to all your music? TMDR: Yep. There you have it. And thanks, Thomas, for letting us know you're still with us and for all the encouraging words - very, very cool. Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- 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, 9 Jul 1997 12:33:12 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoa, what a backlog. In article <199707072332.QAA01719@netcom15.netcom.com>, you wrote: >Big deal, so there are other Anime and etc fans on the list. Now a >fellow Super Chicken fan, now THAT is a rarity. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I don't suppose anyone here remembers "Dodo: The Kid From Outerspace" That and "Hercules" used to be my favorite cartoons when I was a kid. Although was I alone in my desire to slap Newton silly? I think not. And "Hercules" was my first exposure to S&M sex. Remember that episode where he caught Wilimina and instead of carting her off to Mount Olympis at the end, he put her over his knee and gave her a good spanking instead (I wonder why I never see that episode on TV anymore?). CRACKERS (Olympiaaaaaaaa 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, 9 Jul 1997 12:33:10 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: FES chat In article <33C19B94.7BA5846@headspace.com>, you wrote: >Hi folks, ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hiiiiiiiiiiii Thomas! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >There's never yet been a Dolby t-shirt that I would >actually wear. (Isn't that a bit like Groucho not wanting to belong to >any club that would have him as a member?) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ You should love this T-shirt then... it's got a picture of you dressed as Groucho Marx. "Say the secret word and you win the keys to her ferarri." "Petrolium Jelly?" "Oh, you came close but no cigar." ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >In other words, it should be a relaxing, yet >stimulating environment in which members can discuss their favorite >topic--be it whether the Druids used screensavers, ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Early druid astrologers used to spend hours on end staring up at the night sky trying to devine useful bits of information from those distant burning globes of hydrogen and helium. Things such as, "Should Nard the Stalky apprentice in Rock Music?(the music made from banging together rocks of varying size and composition)" or "Will Gormal the Itchy ever get laid?". So many hours were spent glued to the night sky (figurativly speaking, as primative attempts to glue oneself to the night sky met with limited success) that these druid astrologers started to notice something peculiar. When they would close their eyes, they could still see the stars. Infact, it was as if the heavens had been permenently etched upon their retinas. This added another element of danger to the ancient art of astrology (the first danger being, while standing in a field with your neck craned upwards, staring at the stars, it makes it easy for the more prankish of the druids to sneak up upon you and perform unpleasent acts upon your person, such as the "hot foot" or the "wedgie"). Over time a person's retina could get so baddly burned with the image of the night sky that all they could see would be stars (a famous druid healer, David the Bowman, once exclaimed after peering through a patient's pupils "My Goddess! It's full of stars!"). One day a very clever druid came up with the idea of creating something else for the astrologers to look at, for a wee while every now and then, to give their eyes a rest from gazing at the night sky. Using nothing but the primative stone tools of the time... and a pocket calculator left behind by a superior race of alien beings from a planet orbiting Alpheratz, a purplish star some 102 light years away, but that's a story for another time ...he and his fellows created the world famous Stonehenge. Of course, at that time everything was made out of stone, so they just called it Henge. Now when the atrologers felt their eyes growing weary of searching the night sky for the winning numbers of the lotto, they would gaze over at Stonehenge for some time and ponder "just what the heck is that thing supposed to be?". Of course over the centuries the original structure has deteriorated and collapsed, very little of Stonehenge remains today. Recent archeological data indicates that in its prime, Stonehenge was much, much larger than at present and was shaped much like a giant modern toaster with large, feathered wings growing from the top of it. As you can tell, druids not only used screen savers... they invented them! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >why the FES founder is fixated with Vaseline ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Give that man the keys to her ferrari. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >It should support both real-time >discussions, daily digests of ongoing interest, and artifacts of those >events members deem worthy of preserving, such as Melissa's fascinating >travels behind the former Iron Curtain. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ As well, I'd like to suggest it should support those of us using shell accounts on Unix systems that only provide LYNX, a text only browser. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >I should probably add one caveat: I'm not promising that the renovated >FES will be online overnight. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I forgot to mention in my story... the druids built Stonehenge overnight. Granted it was during the winter so the nights were a bit longer. CRACKERS (Anthropologist 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, 9 Jul 1997 12:33:13 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: music humor/rock 'n roll accordion In article <3.0.2.32.19970707165043.00a55720@iefxmail.iefx.com>, you wrote: > Ooo...the Crackers World Tour...be sure to put Portland, Oregon on that list. ::grin:: ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Speaking of which... I've finished recording "Nuvogue" for the Project B-Day. Now just to work on the background loop for the messages part (unless somebody else would rather do that). I'll put Portland on the agenda if I ever do a world tour. CRACKERS (Have accordion, will travel 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, 9 Jul 1997 12:39:08 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: All Apologies At 03:15 AM 7/9/97 -0400, Miles wrote: >...Suffice it to say that the storm is receding, (although heavy >weather still prevails) I am in one piece, and my ship is still afloat. >Now, if I can safely believe this compass I am in good shape. believe you guys are gonna buy that metaphor without at least one >involuntary rolling up of the eyes - I need to have my head examined> As someone who works for a former Love Boat cast member, I am highly amused, as I find myself consciously avoiding any oceanic metaphors in the work place (although, recently, The Boss sent down a memo talking about "charting a new course" and I just about died laughing!) Regardless, good to hear that you're all in one piece. >To further complicate matters, and here come those gory details I >promised to edit out, our benefactor Karen Bell has impaled herself on a >very inconvenient piece of wood, developed a nasty infection, been laid >up in bed, and is expected to be generally out of sorts for a few weeks >yet. How horrid! I hope she gets better soon - what a tough twist of fate for an artist of any sort. Send her best wishes from the t-shirt deprived multitude. Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- 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) ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #131 ***************************