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alloy-digest              Friday, 8 November 1996      Volume 01 : Number 082

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

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From: ljackson@intex.net (Lee Jackson)
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 11:23:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Alloy: The new rarities CD - whachafink?

On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Paul Baily wrote:

> 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.

Radio Silence (guitar version)
Weightless
Dissidents (long mix)
The Flat Earth
Quantum Mechanic
One of our Submarines
Hyperactive
=46lying North (EP mix)
Urges
Budapest by Blimp

> 2. If TMDR were to produce a rarities CD, what do you think would be a=20
> good name for it?

A couple come to mind, inspired by one of his works:

	Antiquated Notions
	Tubes, Wires, and Careful Notes

Here, I must make a confession to the group.  I cannot say that the song
these come from is one of my favorites.  Personally, I have always been
drawn more to the darker side of Dolby.  I have my exceptions (Quantum
Mechanic, e.g.), but I would much rather have seen Flying North or One of
our Submarines hit it big on the charts than She Blinded Me with Science.
IMHO, the public (such as it is) refuses to open up to heavier works like
the former two listed.  More's the pity.

However, since the public knows the song in question, maybe they'd make =
the
connection and grab a copy if one of these titles were used.  Who knows?
=09
> 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...

Jeez - I've never been very good a this.  All I could suggest would be to
use Big Bang Backwards as an intro, before he comes onstage, then make =
sure
to do Europa and the Pirate Twins as an encore.

> 4. You probably know what your all-time favourite Dolby track is. Which=
=20
> one do you think Thomas' is? ...and if possible, why?

Someone else said that Thomas gave this away on a Flat Earth chat on AOL.
I missed that - what was it?

> 5 (excerpt)...so you both sit at a table sipping away.... what do you =
ask him?

Is the offer about Headspace needing a symphonic game music composer =
still
open? ;-)  Either that, or something about the RMF format he's working =
on.
I'd love to be able to convince the higher-ups at Apogee/3D Realms to use
it, but I need more info on its implementation before I can even start.
Basically, I'd probably bore him to death with nuts & bolts questions.
Sigh.

>>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?

Whoops - maybe it was this that he answered on AOL.  I'd like to know,
either way.  I'd guess the obvious one (George Clinton).


// Lee Jackson
// ljackson@intex.net
// Garland, TX

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