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alloy-digest        Saturday, February 7 1998        Volume 03 : Number 035



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Alloy: Loss of innocence    ["Mary A. Brown" <Mary_A_Brown@compuserve.com>]
  Alloy: Gothic!        ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>]
  Re: Alloy: Gothic!                                         [RThurF@aol.com]
  Alloy: ooops                                               [RThurF@aol.com]
  Alloy: Gothic!        ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>]
  Re: Alloy: ooops                                           [RThurF@aol.com]
  Re: Alloy: T-shirts AWAY! allofthem  [IT Admin - Govt Office North West <h]
  Alloy: Re: Allez oop  [IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtn]

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 03:14:26 -0500
From: "Mary A. Brown" <Mary_A_Brown@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Loss of innocence

Heaven help you folks, I'm on a tear...

Did anyone else notice that in TMDR's message in the Tap Room about the =

lovely Valentine site he referred to "Adelie deflowered" as one of the =

musical pieces?  I did a double take at that, wondering if it was anythin=
g =

like "The Rape of Europa".  I was quite relieved to see that the piece wa=
s =

actually called, "Adelie des Fleurs" which is a different meaning entirel=
y!

Are there any Elvis Costello fans on the list?  If so, do ya think he mea=
nt =

to emulate our boy by having a brief cameo in (what sounds like it has to=
 be) =

an awful movie,"Spiceworld", playing a bartender?

And speaking of spirits, I'm still on my Alloy Ale Tour.  In "Live Wirele=
ss",
Thomas (as the projectionist) drinks Red Stripe (if my powers of observat=
ion =

are intact) and I've <gasp> seen him in person drink Heineken.  Anybody e=
lse =

know what else he likes?

Sporting her Alloy sweatshirt,
Europa

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 06:12:43 -0500
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Gothic!

The following is a public service announcement for the faithful:

I have this evening located a copy of the movie "Gothic", soundtrack by T=
MDR, =

on LaserDisc (NTSC).  This is a "rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima =

cygno" people, so if someone wants it please email me ASAP as it won't be=

available for long.

The cost, approximately $35.00 USD.  The value as a collectors item is =

approximately $100.00.

"Gothic" is a rather bizarre account of Mary Shelley's inspiration for th=
e =

writing of "Frankenstein."  Of interest to Dolby fans is perhaps the firs=
t =

appearance of the soaring female voice from "Budapest by Blimp", and an =

interlude that was borrowed ("distinctly" borrowed, according to Europa) =
from =

Therapy / Growth.

Mary and I already own a copy, otherwise we would claim it as our own.

Yours in AllThingsDolby(tm),
/\/\iles

P.S.  I occasionally come across LaserDisc copies of "The Golden Age of =

Video" and "The Gate to the Mind's Eye."  If anyone wants these, let me k=
now.

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:18:46 EST
From: RThurF@aol.com
Subject: Re: Alloy: Gothic!

In a message dated 98-02-06 06:32:04 EST, you write:

<< 
 I have this evening located a copy of the movie "Gothic", soundtrack by TMDR,
 on LaserDisc (NTSC).  This is a "rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima 
 cygno" people, so if someone wants it please email me ASAP as it won't be
 available for long. >>

May I claim it (if it hasn't already been claimed!!) I feel I MUST get my
hands on it, since I've got this thing for soundtracks anyway...

Down on her knees...!
Robin

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:09:20 EST
From: RThurF@aol.com
Subject: Alloy: ooops

Hi all,

Well, I just re-read something I sent to Dolby yesterday in a migraine haze,
and I think it's time to come to grips with the fact that I should never be
permitted to touch a computer when I'm in this condition, ever again! Now he
thinks I'm nuts for sure (lucky for me, insanity is sometimes looked upon with
fondness in the arts community as long as it's marketable)

UUGGGHHH!!!!!!!

Spam-for-Brains
Robin

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:02:45 -0500
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Gothic!

Robin Oh! Robin wrote:

<well, first I wrote:>

 >> I have this evening located a copy of the movie "Gothic"

<then dear Ms. Flirty-pie:>

 > May I claim it (if it hasn't already been claimed!!) I feel I =

 > MUST get my hands on it, since I've got this thing for =

 > soundtracks anyway...
 > =

 > Down on her knees...!

You are ... irresistible.  It is yours.  Interestingly enough, the disc i=
s =

actually *in* Boston!

/\/\iles <Wow --- That didn't take long>

P.S.  To those of us who would've also liked this disc please let me =

know, as I currently spend a little time each day searching through the =

ever-changing inventories of internet LaserDisc retailers and traders.

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:15:01 EST
From: RThurF@aol.com
Subject: Re: Alloy: ooops

In a message dated 98-02-06 08:09:20 EST, I wrote:

<< Well, I just re-read something I sent to Dolby yesterday in a migraine
haze, and I think it's time to come to grips with the fact that I should never
be permitted to touch a computer when I'm in this condition, ever again! Now
he thinks I'm nuts for sure  >>

Surprisingly enough, the most gracious Mr. Dolby does not think I'm nuts after
all (though he is perhaps in a very small minority..!)

Robin!

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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 00:07:31 GMT
From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk>
Subject: Re: Alloy: T-shirts AWAY! allofthem

At 00:32 31/01/98 -0500, Miles wrote:
>To those Alloy members who ordered t-shirts:
>
>Hooray!
>
>*ALL* of the shirts shipped today, Friday, January 30th.  Domestic orders 
>were sent USPS "Priority Mail, insured", and foreign orders were sent USPS 
>"International Parcel Post Air, insured."
>
<snip>

Huzzah!! Mine arrived today.  I've been away from the office all weeek on a
course, but my staff were primed to let me know if it arrived, so they paged
me this morning in the middle of File System Security.  I must say, I found
it hard to concentrate on the subject in hand, knowing that my parcel
awaited me.

Luckily we finished at 3:30, so I had time to pop in to the office on my way
home to pick it up.  The staff admired it.  My family have admired it,
especially the reference to Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Suffice to say I'm dead chuffed with it.

Muchos grassy arse Miles and Co.

Slarv

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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 00:20:08 GMT
From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk>
Subject: Alloy: Re: Allez oop

At 18:15 06/02/98 EST, Robin wrote:
>In a message dated 98-02-06 08:09:20 EST, I wrote:
>
><< Well, I just re-read something I sent to Dolby yesterday in a migraine
>haze, and I think it's time to come to grips with the fact that I should never
>be permitted to touch a computer when I'm in this condition, ever again! Now
>he thinks I'm nuts for sure  >>
>
>Surprisingly enough, the most gracious Mr. Dolby does not think I'm nuts after
>all (though he is perhaps in a very small minority..!)
>
>Robin!
>
>

How can we assess your mental state if you don't tell us what the offending
item said?  I think it's rather unfair of you to tease us in this way.

                                Slarvibarglhee
                                (Inquisitive from hell)

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