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alloy-digest              Tuesday, 5 November 1996      Volume 01 : Number 079

                               Today's Subjects:
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       Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?
       Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?
       Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?
       Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?
       Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

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From: Paul Baily <paulb@powerup.com.au>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 96 22:22:35 +1000
Subject: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

Hi y'all,

<holds hand up placatingly> Okay, okay, I admit, the subject was a 
blatant attempt at getting attention. So sue me. :-)

While the civilised clubroom of our society with it's tall heavy curtains 
blocking out the cold night, it's low lighting, it's regal oil paintings, 
it's welcoming yet respectful chesterfield furniture, and open fireplace 
are a wonderful setting for reflection, one can gaze silently at the open 
flames only so long...

It's silent times like this that a list owner is tempted to start sending 
test messages out and checking that the list is going to air. Not this 
little black duck!

To try to get you talking again I thought I'd try something a little 
different here. Now remember one of the golden rules of Alloy: the only 
silly question is the one that goes unasked, and (okay so make that two 
rules) /everyone's/ opinion counts!

Okay, I've got some questions for you, and since we're all Dolby fans 
here EVERYONE should be able to answer them: (don't feel you have to 
answer all questions. Just whatever grabs you.)

TMDR and collaborators (you know who you are!), I'd be particularly 
chuffed if you could maybe answer some of these - we'd all be really 
curious to hear it!

1. If you had to live on a dessert island (or a crisp mountain hideaway) 
for six months which ten (10) Thomas Dolby tracks would you want to take 
along on MiniDisc with you? (Someone would provide the MD player, don't 
worry :-) This can be particular mixes, from videos, live, whatever.

2. If TMDR were to produce a rarities CD, what do you think would be a 
good name for it?

3. Let's say our intrepid Hero was going to do a tour (to promote the 
rarities CD? ;-) - one catch: he wants *YOU* to pick the playlist! Go 
ahead, line 'em up, but much though we think he's not, the guy is mortal 
so don't go picking the entire discography now...

4. You probably know what your all-time favourite Dolby track is. Which 
one do you think Thomas' is? ...and if possible, why?

5. You wander into your favourite cafe for a quiet latte (or if in 
California, a doublecafdecafcapwithhalfskimmilkandatwistoflemon) and you 
stop dead in your tracks, rub your eyes to make sure: no, it can't be, it 
IS! There! Sitting in the corner! Thomas Dolby in YOUR coffee shop! He 
looks a little weary (maybe winding down from the Rarites tour?) but 
nonetheless approachable, so you introduce yourself. When he says he's 
heard your name somewhere before, you say you're an Alloy subscriber 
which of course gains you instant credibility (hey who says I can't do 
plugs!) so you both sit at a table sipping away.... what do you ask him?

6. We know Thomas has had Eddie Van Halen as a neighbour. Going by his 
musical style, who else would you say Thomas has been neighbours with? In 
other words, who do you think may have influenced his work - these can be 
as obvious or as obscure as you like.

Well, that's about all I can think of. 6 is a nice round number (not a 
sharp pointy number like 7) so, ladies and gentlemen, you have the floor.

stay well,

Paul.

________________________________________________________________________
Paul Baily                                          paulb@powerup.com.au
Consulting SE/IT gun for hire
Brisbane, Australia         There is a spirit here that won't be broken.


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From: "Melissa R. Jordan" <mjordan@goodwill.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:43:59 -0500
Subject: Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

Cool idea, Paul.

I will ponder your list o'questions and offer up my thoughts, gladly - just
give me a day or so - I'm fleeing the office early today, to make up for
being forced to attend The Meeting From Hell on my birthday last Friday.

Thanks for making an effort to keep Alloy lively - while the Tap Room
provides a neat outlet, Alloy offers a different forum for communication and
creativity.  (And, I have to say, after my last post, I no longer wake up
with "One of Our Submarines..." in my brain!) 

Cheers,

Melissa

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Melissa R. Jordan
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Special Projects Manager
International Programs Office
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.

(301) 881-6858
(301) 881-9435 (fax)






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From: MsSakamoto@aol.com
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:24:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

In a message dated 96-11-04 07:25:13 EST, paulb@powerup.com.au (Paul Baily)
writes:

<< 1. If you had to live on a dessert island (or a crisp mountain hideaway) 
 for six months which ten (10) Thomas Dolby tracks would you want to take 
 along on MiniDisc with you? (Someone would provide the MD player, don't 
 worry :-) This can be particular mixes, from videos, live, whatever.
 
(in no particular order) "I Love You Goodbye" "Hot Sauce" "Urges" "Cloudburst
At Shingle Street" "Weightless" "Screen Kiss" "Beauty of a Dream" "Silk
Pyjamas" "She Blinded Me With Science" "The Key to Her Ferrari"

 2. If TMDR were to produce a rarities CD, what do you think would be a 
 good name for it?
 
I have the world's poorest imagination, so... next question!

 3. Let's say our intrepid Hero was going to do a tour (to promote the 
 rarities CD? ;-) - one catch: he wants *YOU* to pick the playlist! Go 
 ahead, line 'em up, but much though we think he's not, the guy is mortal 
 so don't go picking the entire discography now...
 
See number one (for a short concert) plus (for a long concert) "Leipzig"
"Airwaves" "Close But No Cigar" "She Blinded Me With Science" "The Flat
Earth"

 4. You probably know what your all-time favourite Dolby track is. Which 
 one do you think Thomas' is? ...and if possible, why?

I have no clue.  Maybe he'll volunteer the information?
 
 5. You wander into your favourite cafe for a quiet latte (or if in 
 California, a doublecafdecafcapwithhalfskimmilkandatwistoflemon) and you 
 stop dead in your tracks, rub your eyes to make sure: no, it can't be, it 
 IS! There! Sitting in the corner! Thomas Dolby in YOUR coffee shop! He 
 looks a little weary (maybe winding down from the Rarites tour?) but 
 nonetheless approachable, so you introduce yourself. When he says he's 
 heard your name somewhere before, you say you're an Alloy subscriber 
 which of course gains you instant credibility (hey who says I can't do 
 plugs!) so you both sit at a table sipping away.... what do you ask him?
 
How his day has been.  I'm a fairly polite person, and would keep the
conversation short.  If I were feeling gutsy, I'd ask him what the answer to
number four.  ;-)

 6. We know Thomas has had Eddie Van Halen as a neighbour. Going by his 
 musical style, who else would you say Thomas has been neighbours with? In 
 other words, who do you think may have influenced his work - these can be 
 as obvious or as obscure as you like. >>

This isn't a fair question, since I was there for the AOL chat where someone
asked him that (and he answered).  No comment.

Always,
Suzanne

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From: MsSakamoto@aol.com
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:24:46 -0500
Subject: Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

Oh, and by the way, that was a sick joke, titling that post this way!  ;-)

Kidding,
Suzanne

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From: Bill Hargreaves <bhargreaves.gonw.wh@gtnet.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 00:26:54 GMT
Subject: Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

Er, I find this very difficult without being flippant, so I'll be flippant.

<< 1. If you had to live on a dessert island (or a crisp mountain hideaway)=
=20
> for six months which ten (10) Thomas Dolby tracks would you want to take=
=20
> along on MiniDisc with you? (Someone would provide the MD player, don't=20
> worry :-) This can be particular mixes, from videos, live, whatever.
>=20
1. The Intergalactic Laxative
2. All Around My Fat.
3. Bun Fu Fighting.
4. In the Court Of The Crimson Thing.
5. I'm Too Sexy For This List.
6. Hernando's Hideaway
7. Algon (where an ordinary cup of drinking chocolate costs =A38,000,000,000=
)
8. Why Should I Lend You Mine, (When You've Broken Your's Off Already?)....
8a. .......Maybe I'll lend you mine after all.
9. The Emeritus Profiterole.
10.  John Barleycorn Must Fly

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a pair of replacement headlights for a
Buick Roadster? =20

NO, IT'S QUIZ TIME. !!!!!!!!!!

Which of the above tracks are REAL titles, not Thomas' of course, but other
artists? And Which Artists/Albums?  There are no prizes, just a smug feeling
of satisfaction,  because you are an anorak type who KNOWS the answers (or
is that grin caused by indigestion / constipation / investigation /
conflagration / inflammation / alliteration again?).

And before you all start mailing me to tell me I've lost the plot, I KNOW
Thomas didn't do these tracks ... in THIS dimension, but maybe he SHOULD.
>
> 2. If TMDR were to produce a rarities CD, what do you think would be a=20
> good name for it?
>
Rare Ditties.=20
>
> 3. Let's say our intrepid Hero was going to do a tour (to promote the=20
> rarities CD? ;-) - one catch: he wants *YOU* to pick the playlist! Go=20
> ahead, line 'em up, but much though we think he's not, the guy is mortal=
=20
> so don't go picking the entire discography now...
>
1. One Of Our Bun Fu Dogs Is Missing.=20
2. Barliman Butterburr's Dirty Dishcloth.
3. There IS a Dog.
4. Wash My Lips.
5. Hot Sores.
6. I Love You, Good Guy.
7. Cloudburst on Single Sheep.
8. Cruet.
9. Beauty Of A Spleen.
10. New Vogue (or was it Old Harper's Bazaar?)
11. Clothes, but no cigar.
12. Uranus (Planet of Our Soles)

BONG!!!! BONG!!! Quick quiz time again.  Which is the only real track from
the above list?  Name the artist and album for a bonus of ten points.

And before you all start mailing me to tell me I've lost the plot, I KNOW
Thomas didn't do these tracks ... in THIS dimension, but maybe he SHOULD.
............Oooh, er Missus,  deja view or wot?

> 4. You probably know what your all-time favourite Dolby track is. Which=20
> one do you think Thomas' is? ...and if possible, why?
>
Beauty of a Dream, because if I'd written that, I could die happy.

(NB This is the non-flippant answer that proves the rule, or something)
>=20
> 5. You wander into your favourite cafe for a quiet latte (or if in=20
> California, a doublecafdecafcapwithhalfskimmilkandatwistoflemon) and you=
=20
> stop dead in your tracks, rub your eyes to make sure: no, it can't be, it=
=20
> IS! There! Sitting in the corner! Thomas Dolby in YOUR coffee shop! He=20
> looks a little weary (maybe winding down from the Rarites tour?) but=20
> nonetheless approachable, so you introduce yourself. When he says he's=20
> heard your name somewhere before, you say you're an Alloy subscriber=20
> which of course gains you instant credibility (hey who says I can't do=20
> plugs!) so you both sit at a table sipping away.... what do you ask him?
>=20
Er, have you finished with that spoon?  And do you find your index finger
gets stuck in these silly little coffee cup handles?
>
> 6. We know Thomas has had Eddie Van Halen as a neighbour. Going by his=20
> musical style, who else would you say Thomas has been neighbours with? In=
=20
> other words, who do you think may have influenced his work - these can be=
=20
> as obvious or as obscure as you like. >>
>
Spike Milligan.
Victor Sylvester.
Liberace.
Samsara and his singing sitars.
Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
Brewer's Droop.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Box Of Frogs.
Brand X

Hope this lot doesn't upset anyone, but I find these questions impossible to
answer seriously, but if the above gives you a larf, it was worth it.  If it
didn't, accept my apologies.

Slarvibarglhee



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