From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #337 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, December 16 1998 Volume 03 : Number 337 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? ["Ulfstedt, Louise" ] Re: Alloy: Found it !! [Kathleen McClelland ] RE: Alloy: Found it !! [Peter Fitzpatrick ] Re: Alloy: Found it !! [Kathleen McClelland ] Re: Alloy: Found it !! [TBlagg@aol.com] RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? ["I T Admin @ Govt Office North Wes] Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? ["I T Admin @ Govt Office North Wes] RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? ["I T Admin @ Govt Office North Wes] Re: Alloy: Found it !! [Kathleen McClelland ] Re: Alloy: that hair! [MacSuirtain ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:06:23 +0200 From: "Ulfstedt, Louise" Subject: RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? oh heck,.... In the eighties, I looked pretty much as I do now,....being a dedicated non-hair trend follower. On the otherhand, I did have one of those suede jackets with tassles all along the sleeves in the eighties,...and aged about 11, I remember going to school sporting a big white stripe across my nose & cheeks,...(yes, it was my Adam Ant period.) After that it was school uniform, and tying my own tie for 7 years. Thank god I've blocked out the earlier trauma of wearing ra-ra skirts, pedal-pushers, pixie boots, and deeley-boppers. At least I never wore a puff-ball. With my legs, i'd have looked like a bloody ostrich. I was also the proud owner of the most hideous magenta/royal blue/kerry green paisley shirt ever seen,....I'll never forget that shirt because it came undone almost all the way whilst I was dancing on the first date I ever had (school disco for 14yr olds). My date didn't bother to tell me,....I was so mortified when I noticed that I ran off. I remember discovering dolby at sweet(?) sixteen on my first trip to Finland in 1988, and having seen pictures from that summer, I still looked the same,..,...just younger and stragglier (is that a word?) because I had a phobia about going to hairdressers at that time,..(I was scared someone would take sheep shears to my head and cut it all off). After that, I remember trying to copy the tweed jackets and little round glasses a la dolby/TGAOW,.....thank goodness there aren't any pictures from that period, because what suited Thomas CERTAINLY didn't suit me! I'll have to dig out some piccies next time I'm back in the UK,.... Trying to cope with traumatic fashion memories,.... Lissu :-) P.S. I also used to use that electric-blue mascara,...remember that anyone?? heh heh,.....! > -----Original Message----- > From: MacSuirtain [SMTP:wearart@erols.com] > Sent: 14 December 1998 21:30 > To: alloy@smoe.org > Subject: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? > > > A handful of old friends and I have been scanning in and exchanging > silly old photos of ourselves from when we first met in college. Made me > realize just how much I missed the '80's. Any of you have silly > pictures of what you looked like in the Flock of Haircuts era? Come on, > you know you have one somewhere that makes you look like a reject from a > Kajagoogoo or Bananarama video. Share it with us! Who were you when > you discovered Dolby? Did you have hair that wouldn't fit through a > doorway? Wear a zillion buttons on your lapel? Own a pair of little > wire-rim glasses? (I did -- mine came from the NHS optician at the > University of London student union -- those, plus the black clothes and > the buzzcut hair made every person selling copies of Socialist Worker on > the front steps of the LSE think I was one of their comrades.) > > Share some joy (or, at the very least, some amusement) with your fellow > Alloy-folk for the holidays. Heck, we already know what Thomas looked > like. It's only fair! > > And, for the younger members of our group who may have been fetuses the > year GAOW came out, ultrasound images are acceptable. :-) > > Cheers, > > Melissa > > -- > Melissa R. Jordan, never wore blue eyeshadow, but did wear kelly green > pants and duck shoes... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:40:01 GMT From: jacksonhome@home.com (Lee Jackson) Subject: Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:29:50 -0500, you wrote: >Who were you when you discovered Dolby? I have no pictures, but I have a relic - my freshman beanie from the University of Texas Longhorn Band. Otherwise, I didn't dress wierd, and I didn't have my beard yet (just the moustache). // Lee Jackson (jacksonhome@home.com) // http://gameaudio.3dportal.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:57:57 -0600 From: John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com Subject: Re[2]: Alloy: Sad - --IMA.Boundary.4784173190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: cc:Mail note part = = Robin wrote... = >This is a cool picture! What's that you're holding? And what's that big = snow- = >covered monstrosity behind you? = >Robin T = .. if -10=B0c is "cool", then I guess it could verily be deemed as = such...the mountain behind is in fact Mont Blanc, the mug shot was = taken about three years ago on a skiing trip to the Alps. I'm holdin= g = a copy of the magazine I was co-editor of, the Worksop Town FC fanzi= ne = "The Toothless Tiger". We ran a competition to have photos of folk = holding a copy of the mag in strange places for a "TTT on Tour" them= e; = we ended up with Greece, Paris (obviously), Corsica, Frankfurt, Mont= e = Carlo among others. Unfortunately Beatrice forgot to take a copy whe= n = she went with work to New York. My favourite is one taken outside th= e = old Red Star stadium at Saint-Ouen. I have another (scanned) taken a= t = Stade Furiani, Bastia if anyone wants to see my eyes without = sunglasses & legs in shorts... = Meanwhile I will attempt to scan a "photo-me booth" pic of me taken = in = April 1981 when I was a student trying to grow my fringe in a sad = Human League phase. I look like a real tart on it. = = A+ = John - --IMA.Boundary.4784173190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="RFC822 message headers" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: cc:Mail note part Content-Disposition: inline; filename="RFC822 message headers" Received: from ns2.baxter.com ([159.198.1.38]) by ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 3.11) id 000179F5; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:11:18 -0600 Received: from mermaid.shore.net (mermaid.shore.net [207.244.124.6]) by ns2.baxter.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA28504 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:10:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from smoe.org [204.167.97.154] by mermaid.shore.net with esmtp (Exim) id 0zpiw1-0007Hi-00; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:05:57 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id UAA03035; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:05:48 -0500 (EST) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:05:45 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id UAA02987 for alloy-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:05:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-relay2) with ESMTP id UAA02983 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:05:10 -0500 (EST) From: RThurF@aol.com Received: from RThurF@aol.com by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id 7EXFa29907 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:37:08 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:37:08 EST To: alloy@smoe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Alloy: Sad Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 Sender: owner-alloy@smoe.org Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. Precedence: bulk - --IMA.Boundary.4784173190-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:48:24 -0600 From: John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com Subject: Alloy: TMDR Look-alike Currently working on a project involving the Nordic countries... but one of the IS guys in Nordic (Bengt, a decent fellow, by the way) is a Thomas Dolby lookalike, and it's not just me who thinks so, but my colleague thinks so too. I'll have a shufty round the Baxter web pages & see if I can find a mugshot of him. A+ John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:18:56 +0000 From: Tim_Dunn.JBA_HEATHROW.SPL_EXTERNAL@jba.co.uk Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: Tim's news and More Sakamoto Too good-looking?? She might be, but that photo was before I lost all my hair - we were 19! the_copse ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:36:09 -0600 From: John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com Subject: Alloy: Found it !! Here is the doppleganger I mentioned previously... http://httpeur.europe.baxter.com/NORDIC/IT/Bengt.htm see what you think.. A+ Jphn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:36:48 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: dating In a message dated 12/15/98 3:12:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, louise.ulfstedt@teleste.fi writes: << I'll never forget that shirt because it came undone almost all the way whilst I was dancing on the first date I ever had (school disco for 14yr olds). >> I was on my front step saying goodnight to this guy I had a humongous crush on when I was 17. We were talking about our evening, I was slightly nervous, hoping he might kiss me... and then suddenly my bra completely undid itself from behind without warning. I can only imagine the look on my face as this happened mid-sentence. He asked "What's wrong?" and I just smiled & said 'Oh nothing..' He somehow hadn't noticed, luckily, or at least was too polite to say. (I can't remember if I ended up getting a kiss... my bra magically flying open at precisely the wrong moment is the only thing I remember about the whole evening. It was a very strange sensation.) Dating could be so embarrassing. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:30:59 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Jungle Line I have that song on a video tape of Dolby (it's really my fiance's). A very cool song. Kate Rochelle Kirby wrote: > Thanks to Michael Lucky (who was kind enough to make a tape of Dolby > rarities/obscurities) I have now listened to Jungle Line. It has become > one of my favorite Dolby songs, which leads me to a question. What's the > background on this song? For that matter, what's the background on Urban > Tribal and Growth/Therapy (what a seductive song!)? > > Rochelle > Powered by "Frank Sinatra" by Cake ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:35:17 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! John, I tried this url in Netscape 4.03, got a message saying the server - httpeur.europe.baxter.com was down. You know those servers can be a problem. Guess I'll try a little later. Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the 'Age of Golden Wireless' album. Osiyo, Kate;) John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com wrote: > Here is the doppleganger I mentioned previously... > > > http://httpeur.europe.baxter.com/NORDIC/IT/Bengt.htm > > see what you think.. > > A+ > > Jphn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:41:10 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? I used to wear Daddy shirts with tight yellow ankle high pants. I would rade the thrift shops looking for cool, New Wave things to wear. Ahh, those were the days!! Of course, have to admit, I still like to browse around in second hand shops these days. You never know what you can find! Since I'm also very frugal and like to get the most for my money, I avoid buying anything just for the namesake. Why pay for a name?? Pax Aye, Kate;) Ulfstedt, Louise wrote: > oh heck,.... > > In the eighties, I looked pretty much as I do now,....being a dedicated > non-hair trend follower. On the otherhand, I did have one of those suede > jackets with tassles all along the sleeves in the eighties,...and aged about > 11, I remember going to school sporting a big white stripe across my nose & > cheeks,...(yes, it was my Adam Ant period.) After that it was school > uniform, and tying my own tie for 7 years. Thank god I've blocked out the > earlier trauma of wearing ra-ra skirts, pedal-pushers, pixie boots, and > deeley-boppers. At least I never wore a puff-ball. With my legs, i'd have > looked like a bloody ostrich. > > I was also the proud owner of the most hideous magenta/royal blue/kerry > green paisley shirt ever seen,....I'll never forget that shirt because it > came undone almost all the way whilst I was dancing on the first date I ever > had (school disco for 14yr olds). My date didn't bother to tell me,....I was > so mortified when I noticed that I ran off. > > I remember discovering dolby at sweet(?) sixteen on my first trip to Finland > in 1988, and having seen pictures from that summer, I still looked the > same,..,...just younger and stragglier (is that a word?) because I had a > phobia about going to hairdressers at that time,..(I was scared someone > would take sheep shears to my head and cut it all off). After that, I > remember trying to copy the tweed jackets and little round glasses a la > dolby/TGAOW,.....thank goodness there aren't any pictures from that period, > because what suited Thomas CERTAINLY didn't suit me! I'll have to dig out > some piccies next time I'm back in the UK,.... > > Trying to cope with traumatic fashion memories,.... > > Lissu :-) > > P.S. I also used to use that electric-blue mascara,...remember that anyone?? > heh heh,.....! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: MacSuirtain [SMTP:wearart@erols.com] > > Sent: 14 December 1998 21:30 > > To: alloy@smoe.org > > Subject: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? > > > > > > A handful of old friends and I have been scanning in and exchanging > > silly old photos of ourselves from when we first met in college. Made me > > realize just how much I missed the '80's. Any of you have silly > > pictures of what you looked like in the Flock of Haircuts era? Come on, > > you know you have one somewhere that makes you look like a reject from a > > Kajagoogoo or Bananarama video. Share it with us! Who were you when > > you discovered Dolby? Did you have hair that wouldn't fit through a > > doorway? Wear a zillion buttons on your lapel? Own a pair of little > > wire-rim glasses? (I did -- mine came from the NHS optician at the > > University of London student union -- those, plus the black clothes and > > the buzzcut hair made every person selling copies of Socialist Worker on > > the front steps of the LSE think I was one of their comrades.) > > > > Share some joy (or, at the very least, some amusement) with your fellow > > Alloy-folk for the holidays. Heck, we already know what Thomas looked > > like. It's only fair! > > > > And, for the younger members of our group who may have been fetuses the > > year GAOW came out, ultrasound images are acceptable. :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Melissa > > > > -- > > Melissa R. Jordan, never wore blue eyeshadow, but did wear kelly green > > pants and duck shoes... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:49:32 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Kathleen McClelland wrote: >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the 'Age of Golden Wireless' > album. EVERYONE has urges, Kate. Oh wait -- you mean the song... I reckon most of the folks out here have it -- I bet most of us have at least two copies of GAOW in the home archives... I remember the "WOW" feeling I had when I found out there were multiple, different versions. For me, the biggest wow was hearing the "extra" lines in Airwaves for the first time. It's sooo very cool. > Osiyo Inquiring minds want to know -- what does that mean? Cheers, Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:03:36 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Mac, You all really want to know what 'Osiyo' means? Actually it is a native american greeting. Just thought I'd be different and throw that out there. I'm in the process (slow process) of learning the Deleware Indian language. Some of my ancestors were those who greeted all of those lovely Europeans coming over to this wonderful country. Surprised nobody has asked what 'Pax Aye' means. About songs, have to say that Dolby is one of the very few artists I know of that has put out several versions of one album. Pax Aye, Kate;) MacSuirtain wrote: > Kathleen McClelland wrote: > >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the 'Age of Golden Wireless' > > album. > > EVERYONE has urges, Kate. Oh wait -- you mean the song... I reckon > most of the folks out here have it -- I bet most of us have at least two > copies of GAOW in the home archives... I remember the "WOW" feeling I > had when I found out there were multiple, different versions. For me, > the biggest wow was hearing the "extra" lines in Airwaves for the first > time. It's sooo very cool. > > > Osiyo > > Inquiring minds want to know -- what does that mean? > > Cheers, > > Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:24:13 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Kathleen McClelland wrote: > > Mac, > You all really want to know what 'Osiyo' means? Actually it is a native american greeting. Just thought > I'd be different and throw that out there. I'm in the process (slow process) of learning the Deleware > Indian language. How very cool. And very ambitious! I've never tried learning any Native American languages. How difficult is it? (I stick to languages from the other side of the planet, myself -- still teaching myself Eastern Armenian, much to the dismay of my loveable, but snobby Western Armenian-speaking friends in Paris.) > Some of my ancestors were those who greeted all of those lovely Europeans coming over to > this wonderful country. Some of my ancestors were on this side of the pond, too. Others came over later. Irish horsethieves, Hessian deserters, the usual suspects. >Surprised nobody has asked what 'Pax Aye' means. Sounded quite Scottish to me. What's the origin of the phrase? There was a lot of Scottish influence in my house growing up. My father was half Irish and half Scottish. (Part of my mom's family is from Scotland, too -- MacLeans and Craigs -- I almost got skinned alive for having taken a big piece of Craig hunting tartan my father brought back from Scotland and stored in the cedar closet for years and making myself some funky skirt and jacket out of it. You'd have thought I'd killed his puppy.) One of my earliest memories is of going to the Highland Games somewhere in Pennsylvania. Then, I went to Macalester College and spent four years wrapped in plaid. We didn't have a marching band, but, dammit, we had the meanest corps of bagpipers in town! > Dolby is one of the very few artists I know of that has put out several versions of one album. Oh, yes, she says, getting back on topic. It's like rediscovering some you love. I remember when I got that copy of Airwaves I mentioned before. I zoomed over to someone's dorm room, popped it on the turntable, and he said, "Yeah. Okay. Cool..." And then, when those unfamiliar words poured out, I recall his eyes getting really huge and his jaw dropping. It was great. A coup for me, a Christmas present for him. This started a tradition, too, of us trying to "scoop" the other with new music. My last, perhaps greatest, triumph was a couple of years ago when Tears For Fears' "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" came out. He'd been in Africa on business, and I collected him at the airport. I had made a copy of the cd on cassette, and then stuck it in the case for one of my truly dreadful Russian pop cassettes, which he hates. I popped the unlabeled cassette in the car stereo, he rolled his eyes, and then, in about 30 seconds, when he realized that I'd scooped him in a major way, he offered me the highest compliment in the game: "You suck!" Ah, the old days. Cheers, M. - -- Melissa R. Jordan, just a big Pict at heart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:28:12 -0000 From: Peter Fitzpatrick Subject: RE: Alloy: Found it !! is there a FAQ ? I didn't realise there were multiple versions of Wireless... - -----Original Message----- From: MacSuirtain [mailto:wearart@erols.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 4:50 PM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Kathleen McClelland wrote: >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the 'Age of Golden Wireless' > album. EVERYONE has urges, Kate. Oh wait -- you mean the song... I reckon most of the folks out here have it -- I bet most of us have at least two copies of GAOW in the home archives... I remember the "WOW" feeling I had when I found out there were multiple, different versions. For me, the biggest wow was hearing the "extra" lines in Airwaves for the first time. It's sooo very cool. > Osiyo Inquiring minds want to know -- what does that mean? Cheers, Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:58:02 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Melissa, I loved your story. That's pretty cool about 'Tears for Fears'. I've often wondered what an artist would do if his or her own music was played back to him or her by a fan, or pratically anyone. Pax Aye means Peace in latin. My fiance actually got me into my scottish heritage. I can probably claim the Mac Gregor tartan from my dad's side. His mother's maiden name was Walker, which is a sept name of Mac Gregor. My fiance lays claim to the Clan Gunn tartan since his birth name is Wilson. We go to the highland games in southern, central and northern California. Also, did you know Dolby's last name is a sept name to the Donnacaidh clan? A friend of mine who is a Robertson, is a member of the Donnacaidh clan in America. I read somewhere though long ago that he claimed to be of English origin. The Donnacaidh clan is a very old scottish clan. I know some Mc Cleans. Good people! About languages, learning any new language can be hard. The native languages for me aren't that difficult. I just need to practice more than I do. Pax Aye, Kate;) MacSuirtain wrote: > Kathleen McClelland wrote: > > > > Mac, > > You all really want to know what 'Osiyo' means? Actually it is a native american greeting. Just thought > > I'd be different and throw that out there. I'm in the process (slow process) of learning the Deleware > > Indian language. > > How very cool. And very ambitious! I've never tried learning any > Native American languages. How difficult is it? (I stick to languages > from the other side of the planet, myself -- still teaching myself > Eastern Armenian, much to the dismay of my loveable, but snobby Western > Armenian-speaking friends in Paris.) > > > Some of my ancestors were those who greeted all of those lovely Europeans coming over to > > this wonderful country. > > Some of my ancestors were on this side of the pond, too. Others came > over later. Irish horsethieves, Hessian deserters, the usual suspects. > > >Surprised nobody has asked what 'Pax Aye' means. > > Sounded quite Scottish to me. What's the origin of the phrase? There > was a lot of Scottish influence in my house growing up. My father was > half Irish and half Scottish. (Part of my mom's family is from > Scotland, too -- MacLeans and Craigs -- I almost got skinned alive for > having taken a big piece of Craig hunting tartan my father brought back > from Scotland and stored in the cedar closet for years and making myself > some funky skirt and jacket out of it. You'd have thought I'd killed > his puppy.) One of my earliest memories is of going to the Highland > Games somewhere in Pennsylvania. Then, I went to Macalester College and > spent four years wrapped in plaid. We didn't have a marching band, but, > dammit, we had the meanest corps of bagpipers in town! > > > Dolby is one of the very few artists I know of that has put out several versions of one album. > > Oh, yes, she says, getting back on topic. It's like rediscovering some > you love. I remember when I got that copy of Airwaves I mentioned > before. I zoomed over to someone's dorm room, popped it on the > turntable, and he said, "Yeah. Okay. Cool..." And then, when those > unfamiliar words poured out, I recall his eyes getting really huge and > his jaw dropping. It was great. A coup for me, a Christmas present for > him. This started a tradition, too, of us trying to "scoop" the other > with new music. My last, perhaps greatest, triumph was a couple of > years ago when Tears For Fears' "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" came > out. He'd been in Africa on business, and I collected him at the > airport. I had made a copy of the cd on cassette, and then stuck it in > the case for one of my truly dreadful Russian pop cassettes, which he > hates. I popped the unlabeled cassette in the car stereo, he rolled his > eyes, and then, in about 30 seconds, when he realized that I'd scooped > him in a major way, he offered me the highest compliment in the game: > "You suck!" > > Ah, the old days. > > Cheers, > > M. > > -- > Melissa R. Jordan, just a big Pict at heart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:20:22 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Peter -- Go to www.thomas-dolby.com and visit the reference library. Check out Lazlo Nibble's Discography and wonder at the 4 versions of GAOW! Peter Fitzpatrick wrote: > > is there a FAQ ? I didn't realise there were multiple versions of > Wireless... > > -----Original Message----- > From: MacSuirtain [mailto:wearart@erols.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 4:50 PM > To: alloy@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! > > Kathleen McClelland wrote: > >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the > 'Age of Golden Wireless' > > album. > > EVERYONE has urges, Kate. Oh wait -- you mean the song... I reckon > most of the folks out here have it -- I bet most of us have at least two > copies of GAOW in the home archives... I remember the "WOW" feeling I > had when I found out there were multiple, different versions. For me, > the biggest wow was hearing the "extra" lines in Airwaves for the first > time. It's sooo very cool. > > > Osiyo > > Inquiring minds want to know -- what does that mean? > > Cheers, > > Melissa - -- Melissa R. Jordan Owner/Artist, Compass Rose Studios Unique Wearable Art in Large Sizes & Handstamped Handicrafts http://www.erols.com/jamesq/crs/welcome.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:19:48 EST From: TBlagg@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! In a message dated 15/12/98 16:51:04 GMT, you write: << >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of the 'Age of Golden Wireless' > album. >> Kate, I also have two versions of TGAOW, but none have Urges on them. I have one with "The Wreck Of The Fairchild" on it! Been hunting for ages for the "Urges version! Trev... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:57:10 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? At 20:55 14/12/98 -0000, Peter wrote: > >I'll dig out some nice embarrassing college photos this weekend. >...But for now you can see some of the bands I was in at >http://www.shabbyroad.com the earlier ones are the most embarrassing...but >strangely enough were the most original (ain't that always the way ?). The >first "band" (a duo) was with the guy who introduced me to Thomas' music. > > > Ha, I like the Father Jack T-shirt. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:57:16 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? At 08:41 15/12/98 -0800, Kate wrote: > >I used to wear Daddy shirts with tight yellow ankle high pants. I would rade the >thrift shops looking for cool, New Wave things to wear. Ahh, those were the >days!! Of course, have to admit, I still like to browse around in second hand >shops these days. You never know what you can find! Since I'm also very frugal >and like to get the most for my money, I avoid buying anything just for the >namesake. Why pay for a name?? > Kate, can I adopt you and send my daughter over to the U.S. in your place? She's 17 and name labels mean EVERYTHING!! Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:57:13 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: RE: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? At 10:06 15/12/98 +0200, Lissu wrote: > >oh heck,.... > >In the eighties, I looked pretty much as I do now,....being a dedicated >non-hair trend follower. On the otherhand, I did have one of those suede >jackets with tassles all along the sleeves in the eighties,...and aged about >11, I remember going to school sporting a big white stripe across my nose & >cheeks,...(yes, it was my Adam Ant period.) After that it was school >uniform, and tying my own tie for 7 years. Thank god I've blocked out the >earlier trauma of wearing ra-ra skirts, pedal-pushers, pixie boots, and >deeley-boppers. At least I never wore a puff-ball. With my legs, i'd have >looked like a bloody ostrich. > Mega-LOL. Oh, I remember some of these fashions so well, even it was rather after my days of being concerned about such things. Of the most outrageous items of clothing I ever had, I think my suede/tassled waistecoat was the best. It was made for me by the wife of a friend and she also made some PURPLE VELVET flared sleeves for it as a special addition for a wedding we were going to. Blimey, I'd forgotten about that until you mentioned your jacket. I wore it with my favourite blue and white stripey grandad vest and a pair of emerald green flared cords with hand embroidered patches. I must have been a real sight, but I fitted right in with my hippy friends. What a pity no pics of this outfit exist. >I was also the proud owner of the most hideous magenta/royal blue/kerry >green paisley shirt ever seen,....I'll never forget that shirt because it >came undone almost all the way whilst I was dancing on the first date I ever >had (school disco for 14yr olds). My date didn't bother to tell me,....I was >so mortified when I noticed that I ran off. > Of these things are our characters built. I bet your date was probably as mortified as you, and just didn't know how to tell you, though he'll have related a different version to his mates. Anyroadup, I trust you were wearing a suitable Liberty Bodice beneath the offending shirt? This type of thing rates right alongside going to the 'ladies' and coming back with your skirt tucked in your pants, which I have seen happen on at least two occasions. You'd think the wearers would notice an undone shirt or innapropriately tucked skirt, but they often don't. I remember running for a bus when I was about 18, with a friend and his girlfriend, and HER shirt had come undone by the time we got to the stop. She was 'well endowed' and everyone else couldn't help but notice. However, she was not a modest girl and just laughed it off (if you see what I mean). >Then Robin wrote on Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:36:48 EST > >I was on my front step saying goodnight to this guy I had a humongous crush on >when I was 17. We were talking about our evening, I was slightly nervous, >hoping he might kiss me... and then suddenly my bra completely undid itself >from behind without warning. I can only imagine the look on my face as this >happened mid-sentence. He asked "What's wrong?" and I just smiled & said 'Oh >nothing..' He somehow hadn't noticed, luckily, or at least was too polite to >say. (I can't remember if I ended up getting a kiss... my bra magically flying >open at precisely the wrong moment is the only thing I remember about the >whole evening. It was a very strange sensation.) > >Dating could be so embarrassing. > >Robin T > > But fun. Now, I am NOT a bra wearer (despite any rumours you may have heard to the contrary) but what you have to remember about bras is that only the wearer is likely to notice when they come undone ... I imagine. It's only their expression that indicates that anything might be amiss. One of my friends at school had a remarkable talent for undoing bras, without disturbing the shirt or blouse of the wearer. It was his party piece. He could casually walk past a girl and with a deft flick of his fingers the deed would be done and sometimes the wearer didn't realise what had happened until later. On a crowded dance floor with a dancers bumping into each other, particularly if doing The Bump (remember THAT dance??) it can pass unoticed. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:05:07 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! Trev, I've never heard of the song 'The Wreck of the Fairchild'. Sounds interesting. What picture is on the album cover that has this song on it???? Pax Aye, Kate;) TBlagg@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 15/12/98 16:51:04 GMT, you write: > > << >Say, how many of you folks have the song 'Urges'? I do, on a version of > the 'Age of Golden Wireless' > > album. > >> > > Kate, > > I also have two versions of TGAOW, but none have Urges on them. I have one > with "The Wreck Of The Fairchild" on it! Been hunting for ages for the "Urges > version! > > Trev... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:09:42 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? Slarv, Sorry dear, I think it's a personality thing. The only time I really cared about labels was when I was in junior high. I grew out of it when in high school I realized labels weren't worth the money spent, except for Levis jeans. Pax Aye, Kate;) I T Admin @ Govt Office North West wrote: > At 08:41 15/12/98 -0800, Kate wrote: > > > >I used to wear Daddy shirts with tight yellow ankle high pants. I would > rade the > >thrift shops looking for cool, New Wave things to wear. Ahh, those were the > >days!! Of course, have to admit, I still like to browse around in second hand > >shops these days. You never know what you can find! Since I'm also very frugal > >and like to get the most for my money, I avoid buying anything just for the > >namesake. Why pay for a name?? > > > > Kate, > > can I adopt you and send my daughter over to the U.S. in your place? She's > 17 and name labels mean EVERYTHING!! > > Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 20:06:00 EST From: Applebabe2@aol.com Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V3 #336 In a message dated 12/15/98 1:28:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-alloy- digest@smoe.org writes: << Re: Alloy: Who Were You In The '80's? >> Oh god!!!! I wish that I could find some of my 80's pictures. I am going to have to do some digging too. I was a dead ringer for Blondie, bleached hair and all. My friends and I used to throw punk, new wave parties and the hair was big and awesome, and the music was the best! I truly miss those days **sniff** , sorry...getting a bit misty while reminiscing. Stace ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:07:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Charles E. Kemp" Subject: Alloy: that hair! I've pretty much always looked the same, with the only exceptions being when I let my hair grow in back when I first got to college. I still carry my student ID with me, which was taken on a day when I was particularly surly and I wound up looking like an axe murderer. Shortly thereafter I began shaving the sides and back completely off, and just having a cap of spikey hair on top. This period was when my friends gave me the "Babyfaced Terminator" moniker that lingers on to this day. As for clothes, I pretty much stuck to tight jeans and a black t-shirt until I got out of college, and then I kept evolving until I got to the point that I was wearing a suit every day. Unfortunately, my current work dress code prevents me from wearing a suit now...which really sucks because I'm most comfortable in a suit. Strange, eh? I went to my 10th high school reunion a few weeks ago, and really enjoyed hearing all those great synthpop tunes from the early-mid eighties. Unfortunately no TMDR was played, but it was fun to hear Kajagoogoo nonetheless. And then Melissa has to go and mention Alison Moyet... Dammit girl, you keep that up and I'm going to stop sending the nude photos and just ask you to marry me or something. ****** 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, 16 Dec 1998 00:52:09 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Re: Alloy: that hair! Charles E. Kemp wrote: > I still carry my student ID with me, which was taken on a day when I was > particularly surly and I wound up looking like an axe murderer. Shortly I had grown my hair out quite a bit at the time I had my last driver's license photo taken. I had pulled my hair up in chopsticks, which were not visible in the photo. All you see is my face and this HUGE "Coal Miner's Daughter" do on top of my head. It has been dubbed the "Country Western Melissa" shot. Yeeeeeesh. > thereafter I began shaving the sides and back completely off, and just > having a cap of spikey hair on top. This period was when my friends gave Cool -- I think I may have had that cut myself circa 1986... > As for clothes, I pretty much stuck to tight jeans and a black t-shirt > until I got out of college, and then I kept evolving until I got to the > point that I was wearing a suit every day. Unfortunately, my current > work dress code prevents me from wearing a suit now...which really sucks > because I'm most comfortable in a suit. Strange, eh? Okay, that's a trip. But, I have to say -- a guy in a nice suit always looks great. I think I may have told this story before (whack me upside the head if I have) but I once walked right into a post in London because I was totally mezmerized by a handsome guy in this great green tweedy suit. I felt like a moron (especially since one of my professors saw me do it), but I can still recall the color of his hair, his suit, his neat-o keen wingtips. Ah, memory! When I worked in Moscow, I wore mud-spattered cotton leggings and sweatshirts (always nice with rubber boots) to deal with the trucks at diplomatic customs. Once, someone commented that I should dress better to work in an embassy. Then, one day, the chica who made that comment had to go out to customs with me. One trashed Ann Taylor suit later, she told me leggings and sweatshirts were just fine. Then, when I got to Goodwill, I had to adjust to a DC power suit environment. Then, when my office got split off to a remote location, I started dressing in funky handpainted stuff, long dresses with lace-up boots and Russian scarves, etc. Hey -- nobody from the corporate office EVER came to see us! I'm trying to imagine having to dress up again for a new job. > I went to my 10th high school reunion a few weeks ago, and really enjoyed > hearing all those great synthpop tunes from the early-mid eighties. > Unfortunately no TMDR was played, but it was fun to hear Kajagoogoo > nonetheless. I missed my 10 year high school reunion in '94 (I was in Uzbekistan) and my ten year college reunion this year (I was in Thailand.) Everybody tells me they were a lot of fun. Ah, well... There's a club in DC called Club Heaven and Hell (Heaven is upstairs, and Hell is, of course, downstairs). On Thursdays, two Flock of Haircut style djs spin exclusively '80's stuff down in Hell. I think I'm feeling the need to go there now... > And then Melissa has to go and mention Alison Moyet... Dammit girl, you > keep that up and I'm going to stop sending the nude photos and just ask > you to marry me or something. Oh, you make me blush. Hey -- I've gone one week without a naked photo from Europe - or North America! It's a new record!!! Oh, and on the subject of Alison Moyet -- have any of you heard her version of the Coventry Carol? That is one of my absolute favorite Christmas songs. Cheers, M. - -- Melissa R. 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