From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #119 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 Monday, May 4 1998 Volume 03 : Number 119 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Thank you very much! ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Re: Alloy: Leipzig is calling you. [IT Admin - Govt Office North West ] Alloy: Smoe.org fundraiser needs more $ [Mike Connell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 16:32:42 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Thank you very much! - ----Forwarded Message(s)---- #: 6303 S0/CompuServe Mail [MAIL] 03-May-98 09:08:01 Sb: Thank you very much! Fm: Michael Rauhut > INTERNET:michael.rauhut@rz.hu-berlin.de To: Stephen M. Tilson [71160,307] Dear Stephen, thank you very much for your kind information, concerning "Leipzig". It really helps me a lot! Best wishes, Michael - ----End Forwarded Message(s)---- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 16:42:28 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Thank you very much! Herr Rauhut kindly said: > thank you very much for your kind information, concerning > "Leipzig". It really helps me a lot! No problem, Michael. Mary and I are glad to be of assistance. Good luck with your essay. I believe that we of the Alloyed are a resource who's value has yet to be fully realized or recognized. Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 17:10:22 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Stevebonics > I believe that we of the Alloyed are a resource who's value has > yet to be fully realized or recognized. ^^^^^ But first I need to learn proper punctuation and word usage. That should be "whose." /\/\ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 00:00:00 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: Leipzig is calling you. At 00:39 03/05/98 -0400, /\/\iles wrote: > >Dear Mr. Rauhut, > >I would prefer to leave that to others who are more knowlegable than I, but >briefly, it is a song about someone who is approaching middle-age; bored with >the seeming dullness and drudgery of a routine life, and dreaming of escape >to other lands: in this case Leipzig. He realizes, however, that all places >are the same and that the change he desires must come from within. > OUCH!!! You hit a nerve there sunbeam, except that I've never hankered after a visit to Leipzig. Luckily in my case I can escape to the land of Alloy, where I can meet diverse characters whose acquaintance I would otherwise never make. You're all there, in my head, while I gaze out over the vista that is Manchester and the Pennines, and struggle with the arcane intricacies of Intranetware 4.11 and try to maintain my enthusiasm while answering the same question from one of my low brow users for the trillionth time. Leipzig IS calling me Slarvibarglhee (which is clever for a city to do, but then it IS my net identity.) Say lavvie. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 22:35:07 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Re: Alloy: Filth, absoulte filth I tell you !! In a message dated 4/28/98 9:27:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com writes: << Apologies in advance for the appalling sexism, and for any offence caused by me >> John, trust me, you're nowhere NEAR offensive. Thanks for your consideration though, I know you're just being thoughtful of our feelings... apologise if you feel you must... however have you ever considered that a good old- fashioned leather-gloved spanking over a young woman's knee might alleviate those pervasive guilty feelings of yours once and for all? Give it a think, and e-mail me privately if you decide on this option. Robin Bitch goddess of Alloy (this message powered by Royal Crown Revue :) !!! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 18:30:51 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: Alloy: Smoe.org fundraiser needs more $ [Here's a smoe fundraiser update. We're off to a good start, but we need to show Mike what we're made of and wave that Alloy flag! -PB] Hey folks :-) Did I say autographed by Jewel door prizes? Yeah.....I did, I'll get to that later. In the mean time, consider yourself cyper-tied to your chair and being forced to read this speil :-) Well, it's been nearly four weeks since I bugged ya about donating to the fund raiser to replace the existing hardware that houses smoe.org with new stuff. For those of you who are new to this particular list and likely don't know me, or didn't read my previous email on this fund raiser, the gist of my first post follows below this second pitch of mine :-) I'll give ya a full report on what we've collected so far. While the amount may sound impressive at first thought, it's really not. Especially when I throw all the figures at you. So far, we've raised nearly half of my/our immediate goal of $3,000 (although I'd be ecstatic at $4,000). We've gotten $1,470.68 However, that total has been contributed by only 67 people, and over half ($865) of it has been contributed by 11 people who gave 40, 50, 100 or 125 dollars. That means the other 56 people have totaled $605, which isn't bad at all for 56 people :-) It's the 67 total donors that is below our expectations, especially when you consider that there are over 9,600 subscriptions to the 44 (yes! 44!) mailing lists hosted at smoe.org, which represents about 7500 separate email addresses/people. I think we can do better than 67 out of 7,500+. I know we can :-) So please, send what you can, whether it be 5, 10 or more....I want to reach that goal of at least $3,000 and would LOVE to see us get $4,000. Remember, Jeff Wasilko, the generous dude that provides these lists free of charge, bought the now 7 year old equipment with his own moola, not to mention he pays the $150+ monthly operating costs (a dedicated ISDN line). The least we can do is pay a major chunk of the cost of the new Sun Sparc station(s) he plans on replacing the present smoe with, before it dies and this all ends for a while. *************************************************************************** ****** DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES *************************************************************************** ****** While it's not many, I did manage to acquire 7 autographed Jewel items, plus a couple of dozen trinkets for door prizes. They will all be *randomly* awarded to people who donate to this cause, no matter what list you belong to. The seven autographed items are (each individualy awarded): a) Two twenty-page, full of pictures, full color Jewel lyric books autographed in gold ink on the front cover. These are the same books that were being sold at last summers' Lilith Fair and Jewel's 1998 Fall Tour. b) Two sets of five 5x7 semi-glossy color photo packs, with the first picture autographed in gold ink. c) Two of Jewel's ten times platinum CD Pieces Of You, with the insert autographed in gold ink. d) This is the top prize, especially to the collectors out there! A brand spanking new autographed in gold ink, RARE promotional CD, commonly known as "Phyllis Barnaby Finally Gets A Bra". It's a 4 track "You Were Meant For Me" promo CD that is pretty much impossible to find now a days. In fact, I myself consider it harder to find than her other promo CD "Save The Linoleum". The 4 tracks are an unreleased version of You Were Meant For Me (known as the Juan Patino version), and three other unreleased tracks Cold Song, Rocker Girl and Emily (although all three have subsequently been released on the vinyl version of Pieces Of You) Again, all seven (plus the trinkets.....Jewel guitar key chains and Jewel guitar pins), will be randomly given away to people who have already donated or donate in the future :-) See below on where/how to donate to help get a new smoe.org and keep these lists running & problem free for a long time to come :-) Thanx, Mike Connell (still ringing that bell) THE GIST OF MY FIRST POST (what the he** is a gist anyway? ;-): Posted in early April: Some of you may know me, most don't I'm sure. My name is Mike Connell and I manage the Jewel and Patty Griffin mailing lists at smoe.org. I'm writing you today is to ask for your help in a fund raiser to help keep smoe.org up and running for many more years to come. A gentle bloke by the name of Jeff Wasilko owns smoe.org and has always paid the monthly operating costs (NOT a small penny) and of course had paid for the expensive equipment it presently runs on. He has always offered this service for free since day one....no user fees....no list owner fees...totally free :-) Many rising artists and their fans have benefited from this service, as smoe.org hosts lists for such artists as Happy Rhodes, Paula Cole, Jewel, Patty Griffin, Tori Amos, Thomas Dolby, Poe, Susan Werner, Leah Andreone, Luscious Jackson, Ben Folds Five, the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin and many, many more. Some of these once unknown artists, and more to come I'm sure, had their internet presence begin right here at smoe.org :-) For a complete list of which artists have mailing lists hosted at smoe.org, you can go to http://www.smoe.org/lists Jeff is looking into replacing the hardware smoe.org operates on with more modern equipment, as the present units are a pair of seven year old SUN Sparc stations. This is necessary to get newer and better equipment in place before the present system falls down and goes boom permanently, leaving the lists at smoe.org temporarily without a home :-) This would be bad....very bad. This replacement is going to cost a pretty penny. On other list servers this would be no problem, as money would be used from the user fees. However since such fees don't exist here at smoe.org, we are asking for your help in the form of donations. We are not asking for major dollars here, just whatever you can give, whether it be $2, $5, $10, more ....whatever. You can send a check, a money order, or if a buck or two or three if you wish to send cash. If you can't afford anything, don't sweat it, this is NOT mandatory to stay on your list. We are just asking for you to help out if you can. Money orders are a piece of cake. (At least in the USA) They don't have a large fee at all, generally less than a buck, sometimes as low as 35 cents....although money orders from banks usually carry a larger fee (go figure ;-) Your best bet for a money order (in the USA) would be from the US Post Office....all money orders there have an 85 cent fee no matter what the dollar amount of the money order is. *** All checks or money orders should be made out to Jeff Wasilko :-) PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THEM OUT TO ME (Mike Connell) :-) ********************** HOW TO DONATE: ********************** Simple :-) Just send what you want (no Monopoly money please) to me at Mike Connell PO Box 1206 Binghamton NY 13902-1206 and I'll tally up all the figures etc and send it all on to Jeff :-) Remember, please make out all checks or money orders to Jeff Wasilko !!! :-) Please don't make them out to me :-) In your envelope, please include a note that contains your full name, the list(s) you belong to, and your email address you use here at smoe.org (I need to contact you if you win a door prize, and this acknowleges that I received your donation, as I contact you when I get your donation) Please help in this mission to give smoe.org a new home :-) If you have any questions, please feel free to write me and ask. I thank you all in advance :-) Mike "Once a bell ringer, always a bell ringer" Connell :-) * The Patty Griffin/Mad-Mission@smoe List Homepage is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/pattyg.htm * * The Jewel EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup * * aka DuckOfPrey@aol.com WhyADuck55 on AOL Instant Messenger - ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 22:14:22 -0600 From: Keith Stansell Subject: Alloy: An Alloy T-Shirt moment. Hi everyone. Today after riding my bike about 40 miles while wearing my Alloy T-shirt (for protection against all harm) I stopped in a convenience store for a cool Gatorade. The lady behind the counter (late 40ish) looks at me as I'm about to pay and says "Ok, I give up, who is Mr. Dolby?" Being tired and out of breath I just say "Oh, he's a musician". I didn't want to go into the whole thing about his music, talents, headspace etc.. As I'm about to turn to leave, she says "Doesn't he know that music is a science?". I couldn't think of a good reply in my tired state so I just let out a "uh, yeah" and left. If I wasn't so tired, I guess I would have explained the whole "Blinded" video, and the quote at the end, and Alloy and etc. I thought it was funny. I guess one could get into a discussion about weather music is an art or a science. But I am a programmer, and she works in a convenience store, so who are we to decide. I'll leave that to the musicians and scientists on the list. I suppose some science is an art, and there is a science to some art. For those really new to the list, earlier this year Mr. Tilson coordinated a wonderful effort to create Alloy T-shirts with a picture of Mr. Dolby in the Golden Age with the quote "Mr. Dolby rejects science and things scientific" across the top. Has any one else had any strange encounters while wearing their Alloy shirts? Keith Stansell Denver, CO __________________________________________________ http://www.concentric.net/~kasman ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #119 ***************************