From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #130 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, July 7 1997 Volume 02 : Number 130 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Thomas' Birthday Present [Ian ] RE: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages [John Schofield ] Alloy: Rights and Solid Gold [p.louie1@genie.com] Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) [Eclipse ] Re: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages [Beth Meyer ] Re: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) ["Melissa R] Re: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" [Ian ] Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) ["MEYER,ANN] Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) [Brian Clay] Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) [crackers@h] Re: Alloy: Blinded By Science EP [David Abbitt ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Keith Stansell ] Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin [Melissa Jordan ] Alloy: Dolby Influences The Daily Show [Melissa Jordan ] Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) [Frank ] Re: Alloy: TMDR B-Day song idea [avatar7@juno.com (Yourname Here)] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) [Elaine Lin] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Paul Baily ] Re: Alloy: "Dibbs" [MsSakamoto@aol.com] Re: Alloy: A very special day [MsSakamoto@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Dolby Influences The Daily Show [MsSakamoto@aol.com] Alloy: Bidet greetings [Hargreaves Bill ] Re: Alloy: A very special day [Ian ] Re: Alloy: Dr Who & the Wicker Men [Robyn Moore ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 18:58:51 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: Thomas' Birthday Present RThurF@aol.com wrote: > > For Thomas' birthday present: > > If nobody else has requested this, I'd like to try doing Cloudburst At > Shingle Street - using only primitive recording equipment, a cello, and a > lone human voice! > Savage!! :) I can't wait to hear that one!!! - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 10:09:19 +-1000 From: John Schofield Subject: RE: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages Crackers, You can count me in for a B-side message. I'm still thinking about an A-side contribution. John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 21:08:30 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" Okee Dokee, another update on the Dibbs... Crackers - "Nuvogue" Lee Jackson - "Radio Silence" The Copse - "Flying North" Ian Gifford - "My Brain Is Like A Seive" Miss Sakamoto - "Close But No Cigar" Robin XX - "Cloudburst At Shingle Street" Send in those dibbs folks! CRACKERS (Taking shape from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 21:08:32 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-Day title suggestions. Current Project B-Day title suggestions. "Retrospectators" - Charles E. Kemp "Amateurs And Heretics" - Lem Bingley "Airheads" - Ian Gifford "Aliens Ate My Birthday Cake" - Crackers Send in your suggestions, we'll vote later. CRACKERS (Send now from hell!!!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 21:08:34 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) In article <3.0.1.32.19970702181339.006f7160@computerwire.co.uk>, you wrote: >What do you all think? Is colour an essential thing? >PPS. How about 'Amateurs and Heretics' ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I kind of think a colour J-Card would be a little more special. I have a BJC-4100 which prints colour. But if everyone else thinks black and white is fine and if no one with better colour capabilities is forth coming to take on this job, then I'm fine with that. Love the title suggestion! CRACKERS (Between I-card and K-card from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:10:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > Send in those dibbs folks! > > CRACKERS > (Taking shape from hell!!!) Does anybody else besides me hit the space bar on Crackers' messages, specifically so as not to miss what the "from hell" message is? :-) - -- Elaine Linstruth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 97 07:15:00 GMT From: p.louie1@genie.com Subject: Alloy: Rights and Solid Gold Elaine, >Does Thomas own all of his own songs? I would think he does. I doubt he owns the distribution rights of the original masters though. So if he wants to make and distribute his rarities CD from the original masters, he has to license the songs from the record company. Crazy isn't it? Licensing your own work... However, if he records a new version of his songs (such as a live CD), then he doesn't have to go through the record company. He could just release it himself (or another company). I believe that's how it works (most of the time). >I never knew he went on Solid Gold. I wonder if he's embarrassed by that >now! Probably not, but the mental picture that instills is kinda funny. >All those lame 70's and 80's shows where the artists were forced to lip >synch. I remember being really really young, watching people on those >shows and wondering "why aren't they really singing?" So a lot of times >I assumed the person on TV wasn't the real person that sang the record. I couldn't agree with you more. Adele Bertei was also in that Solid Gold performance singing her part at the end of "Hyperactive!" I always thought that the high-pitched voice in the song was a computer-modified voice and that they just stuck some female singer in the TV performance as part of the act. But the album credits and TMDR's confirmation show that it really was her singing on the record, and not some computer-modified voice. - -Phil ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 10:01:45 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > > I kind of think a colour J-Card would be a little more special. I have a > BJC-4100 which prints colour. But if everyone else thinks black and white > is fine and if no one with better colour capabilities is forth coming to > take on this job, then I'm fine with that. > > Love the title suggestion! > > CRACKERS > (Between I-card and K-card from hell!!!) > -- Well, if I do submit artwork for it, it'd be much easier for me to do something in color, so I'd rather prefer that. (If anyone wants to see my artwork, there's some of varying qualities up at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2082/artwork.html ..Yes, I really can paint things besides dolphins.) - -- E(lipse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 10:04:09 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" Elaine Linstruth wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > > Send in those dibbs folks! > > > > CRACKERS > > (Taking shape from hell!!!) > > Does anybody else besides me hit the space bar on Crackers' messages, > specifically so as not to miss what the "from hell" message is? :-) I do! Even when it's not appropriate, it's funny. ;-) - -- E(lipse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 11:07:54 -0400 From: Beth Meyer Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages Hi, folks; The B-side message idea is a fantastic one. Count me in! (I was racking my brain trying to come up with something I could contribute, since I don't currently play anything and only do well singing harmony parts -- do you think he'd be interested in some graphs of the data from my latest experiment? :-) ) Cheers, Beth - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Beth Meyer School of Psychology Pager: +1-404-866-1362 Georgia Institute of Technology FAX: +1-404-894-8905 Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 bmeyer@psy.tfe.gatech.edu http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt9020a/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:16:29 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Alloy: "Dibbs" >> On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: >> > Send in those dibbs folks! >> > >> > CRACKERS >> > (Taking shape from hell!!!) Crackers: They call him "Mr. Dibbs." Sorry, it's been going through my jet-lag addled head all morning. Heh. - - Melissa (Hoping somebody out there has seen "In the Heat of the Night...") - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:33:07 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-Day, B-Side Messages At 11:07 AM 7/3/97 -0400, Beth wrote: >(I was racking my brain trying to come up with something I could >contribute, since I don't currently play anything and only do well singing >harmony parts -- do you think he'd be interested in some graphs of the data >from my latest experiment? :-) ) Go ahead, Beth - blind him with science. Heh, again. (Somebody come shoot me before I post something painful again!) A happy 4th of July to all our US members! (Somebody grill something for me, since I live in a county that forbids apartment dwellers to use outdoor grills, boo hoo. It's just fundamentally un-American, I believe!) Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:31:44 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: "Dibbs" In article <15162947306042@goodwill.org>, you wrote: >Crackers: They call him "Mr. Dibbs." ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Mr. Dibbs goes to Washington. Sigh... We'll miss you Jimmy! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >- Melissa (Hoping somebody out there has seen "In the Heat of the Night...") ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ The show based on a true story that stars Carol O'Conner as a southern sheriff? CRACKERS (Yeeesh, it's hot you Dingbat from hell!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:31:43 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" In article , you wrote: >Does anybody else besides me hit the space bar on Crackers' messages, >specifically so as not to miss what the "from hell" message is? :-) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Thanks. For those of you who are curious about the signature line, the complete story from hell can be found on my webpage. It explains how the whole "...from hell" thing got started. CRACKERS (A long time ago on a BBS far, far away from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:31:46 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) In article <3.0.32.19970703110535.006f57ac@pop.prism.gatech.edu>, you wrote: >Hi, folks; > >The B-side message idea is a fantastic one. Count me in! > >(I was racking my brain trying to come up with something I could >contribute, since I don't currently play anything and only do well singing >harmony parts -- do you think he'd be interested in some graphs of the data >from my latest experiment? :-) ) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Data graphs? Well you know..... This reminds me of the dream I had last night. I dreamt that Thomas Dolby was my japanese professor for the next term. The odd thing was, that my class wasn't being held on macmaster campus, but instead was being held in my old highschool where I went to grade 9, up in Pembroke (Champlain Highschool). It was afterschool and I needed a lift home (all the way to Hamilton... about 550km). For some reason Thomas usually gave me a lift home, but he wasn't able to that night as he planned to remain on campus and generally run amok (at one point he was running around, bouncing off things and shouting "Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo!" ala Daffy Duck). So I called Mrs Dolby and she came over pick me up. While I was waiting for her I performed a number of scientific experiments in the parking lot with varing degrees of success. This caught Thomas's attention and he then started performing scientific experiments of his own. Just before Mrs Dolby came to pick me up Thomas was playing a violin he had just fashioned out of maple... I mean entirely out of maple including the strings and bow. It actually sounded quite good. I was also joined by an old friend of mine "Little John" who used to be an installation technician for a computer company I worked at, and had the company record for the most traffic accidents (he drove like a maniac which was the eventual cause of his being fired). Well Mrs. Dolby pulled up in a ferrari sports car of some type that I had never seen before. It was a two seater and my friend Little John needed a lift too. Fortunately it had a rumble seat so Little John sat in the front and I took the rumble seat. Thomas was doing the "Daffy Duck" thing again and Mrs. Dolby looked at him, shook her head and said, "What a goof." I told her she should have been here earlier when he was playing a violin he had just constructed entirely out of maple because it was showing him in a much better light. She said it was those sorts of moments that kept her from leaving him. So we drove towards Hamilton and talked about stuff. She said that her ferrari was the inspiration for the song "key To Her Ferrari" even though her ferrari was british auto racing green and not bright red. When we got to hamilton she let me off at this bowling alley outside of town. Beside the bowling alley was a little bar/liquor store/bowling pro shop. I went in and bought a candy bar (Big Turk... my favorite) and I also wanted a bottle of gin and spiced rum. Unfortunately I was having great difficulty reading the booze list so I never got my booze. I figured it was just as well since my doctor told me I shouldn't drink alcohol or cafeine for awhile. As i was about to leave, my friend Linda came into the shop in a rather agitated state. "Where have you been?" she exclaimed "Our team starts bowling soon. Odo has been going nuts wondering where you've been." Appearently Odo, from Deep Space Nine, was a member of our bowling team. As was my friend Gavin, who plays percussion with this group I jam with every Wednesday at Polo's in Hess Village. We play klezmer, jazz, and middle eastern music. Well the bowling match went well. Odo's shape shifting ability ensures that he bowls a perfect 300 everytime and the other team was quite upset with all this as thier Star Trek character was Worf who threw nothing but gutter balls and kept saying "Klingons do NOT bowl." After the match my friend Gavin and I went to jam at Polo's. Along the way we got lost and ended up jamming in the farmer's market. Gavin was playing fiddle (which my friend Thomas (not Thomas Dolby) usually plays at our jams) and much to my suprise, so was I (I always play accordion, and suck on fiddle). But my fiddle was made out of cardboard boxes and papertowel rolls, yet it sounded great. The crowd was really getting lively listening to us play and at that point I realized I was playing completely butt naked. Nobody in the crowd seemed to notice or care. My friend Gavin said, "Hey cool. I think everyone should play naked." and since nobody objected I continued to perform on fiddle in the nude not feeling in the least bit self conscious. I then went to a new candy store that was opening up in the farmer's market and the owner was asking about hiring us to play in his store to attract business (oddly enough, having finished playing I was no longer naked at this point). Then I woke up. CRACKERS (What the heck did I eat last night from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:40:38 +0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Slack Subject: Alloy: Solid Gold > How I Got Dolby-ized: First heard "She Blinded Me With Science" on the > radio (I didn't have MTV yet) then saw the video of "Hyperactive!" and > TMDR's performance of "Hyperactive!" on the old TV show "Solid Gold". > That performance was memorable because my friends and I cracked up at > his strange clothing that didn't fit him. >I never knew he went on Solid Gold. I wonder if he's embarrassed by that >now! Probably not, but the mental picture that instills is kinda funny. >All those lame 70's and 80's shows where the artists were forced to lip >synch. I remember being really really young, watching people on those >shows and wondering "why aren't they really singing?" So a lot of times >I assumed the person on TV wasn't the real person that sang the record. I saw Thomas a couple of years later on Solid Gold, and he did a solo performance of "I Scare Myself" on a huge white grand piano. He was most definitely not lip-synching; it was a really nice performance, but I remember thinking that it didn't seem to be going over very well. You could just hear the SG audience saying "This is Mr. Blinded Me with Science? Where's all the techno sounds and whacky gimmicks?" I was very impressed that he made no attempt to stick with his prior image, proving that he was a true artist of lasting value, not just a fad. TS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:47:58 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) At 12:31 PM 7/3/97 -0400, Crackers described his dream from hell... Thank you - that's the hardest I've laughed in a while. Nice to see that you're maintaining the vanguard of nearly hallucinagenic dreamware for the group! Cheers, Melissa (who, strangely, had a dream with TMDR in it on Saturday night, but it doesn't hold a candle to Crackers' subconscious...) - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 13:10:35 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day "Dibbs" Elaine Linstruth wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > > Send in those dibbs folks! > > > > CRACKERS > > (Taking shape from hell!!!) > > Does anybody else besides me hit the space bar on Crackers' messages, > specifically so as not to miss what the "from hell" message is? :-) > > --If it's not fromhell.... ...it's not from crackers! ('swhat I always say!) - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:24:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "MEYER,ANN ELIZABETH" Subject: Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) Hi, folks; Well, crackers, you definitely cracked me up with that quite remarkable account of your dream. I have to add several things now to my list of things that I would pay good money to see, including: > way we got lost and ended up jamming in the farmer's market. Gavin was > playing fiddle (which my friend Thomas (not Thomas Dolby) usually plays at > our jams) and much to my suprise, so was I (I always play accordion, and > suck on fiddle). 1. crackers playing the accordion while sucking on a fiddle (you say you normally do this?) But my fiddle was made out of cardboard boxes and > papertowel rolls, yet it sounded great. The crowd was really getting lively > listening to us play and at that point I realized I was playing completely > butt naked. Nobody in the crowd seemed to notice or care. My friend 2. crackers playing well on an instrument made of cardboard, in the nude (of course, how much I would pay depends on the quality of the music and the physique.) 3. And of course, Thomas Dolby playing a violin he had made entirely out of maple, including strings... Thanks for the mental images... Beth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:29:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Clayton Subject: Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Melissa R. Jordan wrote: > At 12:31 PM 7/3/97 -0400, Crackers described his dream from hell... > > Thank you - that's the hardest I've laughed in a while. Nice to see that > you're maintaining the vanguard of nearly hallucinagenic dreamware for the > group! I was bemused up to the point where Odo entered the dream, then I fell on the floor! BC (If I end up at a BBQ tomorrow, Melissa, I'll eat something charred in your honor.) - --- Brian Clayton "The main motive for going beyond the Rim... stemish@kumr.lns.com there's a heck of a big Taco Bell out there..." -- J. Michael Straczynski ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:27:26 -0400 (EDT) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) In article <199707031724.NAA11297@acmey.gatech.edu>, you wrote: >1. crackers playing the accordion while sucking on a fiddle (you > say you normally do this?) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hey! If I could suck my own fiddle I'd never leave the house. Did I say that out loud or did I just think that? CRACKERS (Flexible from hell!!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 18:27:42 -0700 From: David Abbitt Subject: Re: Alloy: Blinded By Science EP Kristin and Drew wrote: > > I've been cleaning out my vinyl closet. For Sale: > > Blinded By Science EP. Harvest MLP 15007. Very Good Condition Plus. $8 > > Shipping will be $2.50 extra (USA) > > E-mail me if you're interested > Drew > KMEandDRW@msn.com Have you sold this yet? Please reply to me at DABBITT32@AOL.COM I want it! Thanks. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 21:53:29 -0700 From: Keith Stansell Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin Eric J. Hansen wrote: > > The news anchor was none other than Nick Clooney. Perhaps you've > heard > > of his son, George (who was not at the party) > > > > So I can say that I've eaten spaghetti and chocolate pie made by > George > > Cloonie's mom. > > Rosemary Clooney is a well-known singer, and she used to do > denture-adhesive > commercials back in the early 80's. So, your real claim to fame was > eating food made by Rosemary Clooney! (George didn't really gain any > notariety until the 90's version of "ER"). > Actually, Rosemary Clooney is Nick Cloonie's sister, George's aunt. So my real claim to fame is eating food made by Rosemary Clooney's sister-in-law Nina Cloonie. But you're right, at the time of the party Rosemary was the more famous relative to Nick. George had made some appearances on some sit-coms at the time, but wasn't really known. While I'm at it, did I mention I drank beers with Morrisey's band once? > -Eric > -- > Eric J. Hansen > Worldmachine Technologies Corporation > http://www.worldmachine.com > tel: 617.492.1929, fax: 617.492.1953 - -- Keith Stansell Denver, CO __________________________________________________ http://www.concentric.net/~kasman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 10:58:27 -0400 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: John Schofield's cousin At 09:53 PM 7/3/97 -0700, Eric wrote: >While I'm at it, did I mention I drank beers with Morrisey's band once? Funky. I have a very tenuous Morrisey contact - I went on a first (and absolutely last) date with a really weird guy (didn't know he was that weird before the date, mind you!) about two months ago - he was Morrisey's ex-girlfriend's ex-roommate. Very odd. He played a tape for me of a Morrisey tune that had a weepy, hysterical answering machine message from said roommate to then boyfriend - he (the scary date) had been in the room when she made the phone call - he thought it was dreadful that Morrisey had chosen to include it in a song... but he liked to play it for potential girlfriends - thought it had some sort of hipster cachet... ...then he asked me to move in with him (two hours after we met!!!) Happy 4th, all. - - Melissa, Queen of the Scary, Disastrous First Date Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:04:03 -0400 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Alloy: Dolby Influences The Daily Show Hey, there! Don't know if anyone else out there in No. America is addicted to The Daily Show on Comedy Central, but there was a Dolby reference in the "This Just In" section of the show last night (it may have been a rerun - I missed the topical headlines, and I *have* been out of it for a while...) First, for those who aren't familiar, The Daily Show is a half-hour comedy show, Monday-Thursday on the cable network Comedy Central. The Daily Show skewers the top stories of the day with (usually) hysterical accuracy. They pepper the show with "breaking news" - last night's bulletin was about the German government's battle to rid their country of Scientologists - the opening - "She Blinded Me With Scientology!" It got a smile out of me. If you don't watch The Daily Show, you should. Cheers, Melissa (if just for Craig Kilborn, one twisted midwestern boy...) Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 11:45:01 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Alloy: the project (yeah it was project B-day, but i figger if "prince" can become "the artist"...) Greetings Alloyance, I just checked my mail after 2 days and was shocked to find only 9 (!!!) messages and 3 of them weren't alloy related! I am a little befuddled and depressed by this! ;) Crackers- Loved the dream story from hell man! I should tell you my one about getting a job on the armoured "Domino's Pizza Bus" and the armed delivery guys slipping pizzas under peoples doors through the "pizza slots" so they wouldn't have to open their houses to the threat of streetgangs (but it doesn't have TD in it so....) Melissa- Did this scary date wear all black and have a greasy Manchesteresque duck-tail sort of cut? These types RULE London (Ont.). I mean London just can't let go of the punk/new wave/mod scene! Every other time that I go busking I am accosted by them asking me if I can play "Girlfriend in a Coma" and I usually respond with "sorry, but I was depressed enough today that I had to get out of bed!" or something to that effect! Morrisey rocks however I can only listen to him when I have strangely low energy levels (I am and always have been "super-hyper MAN" I got into coffee at a fairly young age!) you know like when you just need to know that there is somebody else out there that is just SOOOO darned depressed that they have to sing about it, well.... I almost always am cheered up by the time it hits the chorus! Frank- How goes the Surfing? Are you completely "Webified"? I hope you are enjoying yourself! Personally, I am havin' a hoot! Okay my Question.------> How goes the battle on the B-day project? I believe crackers last update gave us 6 song dibbs and his own confirmation on the colour printing! 's'at right? Anyone actually confirmed for poetry, b-side messages or Artwork &/or a cover? (this may have already been in a post that got eaten by my mail system.... It's been a strange week!) - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 17:31:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mary A. Brown" Subject: Alloy: A very special day This is a bit premature but I wanted to give everyone plenty of time to send their best wishes, taking into consideration the time differences. Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy was born in Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the creator of Alloy. I'm sure that everyone on the list is very grateful that you arrived that day, Paul. We love you and hope you have the happiest of birthdays! Europa ________________________________________________________________________________ Mary A. Brown, Genetic Ingenue | Department of Biochemistry Phone: (606) 257-7039,-7349 | University of Kentucky Fax: (606) 323-1037 | 800 Rose St. E-mail: mabrown@pop.uky.edu | Lexington, KY 40536-0084 "So if I'm dreaming please don't wake me tonight" Iva Davies ________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 14:54:45 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: Project B-day (as opposed to project Bidet) May Day! May Day!! May Day!! Has Eclipse vanished from the scene? Yo quiero ayudarte con tu espanol si deseas. Por favor, responder. Gracias. Franco ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 14:59:23 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day At 05:31 PM 7/5/97 -0400, you wrote: >This is a bit premature but I wanted to give everyone >plenty of time to send their best wishes, taking into >consideration the time differences. > >Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy >was born in Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the >creator of Alloy. I'm sure that everyone on the >list is very grateful that you arrived that day, Paul. >We love you and hope you have the happiest of birthdays! > >Europa > >___________________________________________________________________________ _____ > Mary A. Brown, Genetic Ingenue | Department of Biochemistry > Phone: (606) 257-7039,-7349 | University of Kentucky > Fax: (606) 323-1037 | 800 Rose St. > E-mail: mabrown@pop.uky.edu | Lexington, KY 40536-0084 > > "So if I'm dreaming please don't wake me tonight" Iva Davies >___________________________________________________________________________ _____ > >Happy Birthday, Paul. What a tender age! Now when you reach mine, then you will have arrived!! The Best. Frank of 73 and still Webbing, Ian. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:10:05 EDT From: avatar7@juno.com (Yourname Here) Subject: Re: Alloy: TMDR B-Day song idea [from Monya De -PB] I like this idea a lot. There is an interview with TMDR that has,. at different times, "Beauty of a Dream" That's Why People Fall in Love, and " close but no cigar " playing as he speaks and it's a really nice effect. >Use one of the songs that is being contributed to the tape as >background music. And then each one of us non-musicians can say a >short message such as "Hi I'm Keith from White City. I'd just like >to say Happy Birthday Thomas" (or something like that). The chosen >song should be quite long such as The Flat Earth so that we can fit >as many people as possible. Think of it maybe as a rap song... :) > >What do y'all think? > >-Phil > > > - ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 15:49:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day Woo! I'll start the singing! Happy Birthday, Paul -- and thanks for everything. - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Mary A. Brown wrote: > Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy > was born in Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the > creator of Alloy. I'm sure that everyone on the > list is very grateful that you arrived that day, Paul. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 15:51:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Sweet Cheese Is Made Of Cream (the E-mail Version) On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 crackers@hwcn.org wrote: > I dreamt that Thomas Dolby was my japanese professor for the next term. Well heck. You have dreams from hell and they're funny. What does that mean? - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 12:18:24 +1000 From: Paul Baily Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day Thanks guys, most thoughtful of you. You're too kind by half. cheers, Paul. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:32:43 -0400 (EDT) From: MsSakamoto@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: "Dibbs" In a message dated 97-07-04 15:02:33 EDT, crackers@hwcn.org writes: > In article <15162947306042@goodwill.org>, you wrote: ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > >- Melissa (Hoping somebody out there has seen "In the Heat of the Night...") ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > The show based on a true story that stars Carol O'Conner as a southern > sheriff? And the other officer named Bubba? - --Suzanne-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:40:08 -0400 (EDT) From: MsSakamoto@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day In a message dated 97-07-05 17:38:39 EDT, mabrown@pop.uky.edu (Mary A. Brown) writes: > Twenty eight years ago on July 7, a wonderful boy > was born in Wellington, NZ who grew up to be the > creator of Alloy. I'm sure that everyone on the > list is very grateful that you arrived that day, Paul. Happy birthday, Paul! I'll eat a piece of cake for you! - --Suzanne-- (who is grateful for any excuse to eat a piece of cake, especially if it's a really special reason like this one!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:36:08 -0400 (EDT) From: MsSakamoto@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Dolby Influences The Daily Show In a message dated 97-07-04 19:57:06 EDT, mjordan@goodwill.org (Melissa Jordan) writes: > Don't know if anyone else out there in No. America is addicted to The Daily > Show on Comedy Central I love that show! I don't even watch the real news anymore. My favourite parts are "God Stuff" (especially when they feature Jonathan Bell) and "Moment for Us". Craig's Five Questions are great, too. > They pepper the show with "breaking news" - last night's bulletin was about the > German government's battle to rid their country of Scientologists - the opening - > "She Blinded Me With Scientology!" It got a smile out of me. I saw that! :-) - --Suzanne-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:14:00 +0100 From: Hargreaves Bill (Tel 0161 952 4494) Subject: Alloy: Bidet greetings To Paul (but the rest of you Alloy folk can read it), I may be very busy, in fact I AM, but not too busy to send you this little greeting with best wishes on your bidet ..... sorry b'day (this joke is getting pretty old, but what the hell, so am I). It's a loverly sunny day here in Manchester, and my new job from hell (TM Crackers Corp) is getting more hellish by the day, but it's a job and the view from the 21st floor IS quite stunning at times, so I suppose I should be grateful but I just can't bring myself to feel that way. I'm all alone here in the clouds. Of the remaining four staff, one is on a day's leave, one (covering my old job) is off sick, so the other one, my boss, has had to go down to the old occife to cover for him, thus I'm alone at the helm. 'Oh, the loneliness of Command,' (TM Capt Hogthrob). 'The sand so white and the sea so blue, no mortal place at all,' (TM Keith Reid). Oh DOG, I'm rambling. Time for a spot of Earl Gray, I think. TTFN X (Slarvibarglhee - his mark) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 17:12:51 -0400 From: Ian Subject: Re: Alloy: A very special day Happy Birthday Paul Welcome to the land of old-ER. doesn't feel any bloody diff'rent does it? Hope you have fun anyhoo! - -- - ---Ian Gifford (flirp/folkie) mailto:giffordstrasser@oiart.org =^.^= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 15:44:37 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Dr Who & the Wicker Men At 16.11 97.06.27 +-1000, you wrote: > >Robyn, I'll jump in and offer my humble opinion about those questions if I >may. 1/ My favourite Doctor is Tom Baker and 2/ I didn't mind the movie at >all. I thought the new Doctor (whose name eludes me) fitted into the >character perfectly. I still love that pilot episode though - I've got it >on video and watch it more often than is good for me. > Ack...sorry for the delay on replying...had a camping trip this past weekend I had to spend extensive time getting ready for. :/ That, and I have this thing about sudden upswings in mailing list volume. I tend to take one look at it and say "I'll deal with it later". ::grin:: Oh, I agree that Paul McGann did a splendid job in the role. I'm not sure what dissatisfied me about the movie...it's something I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe those who had fits about it being too 'Americanized' had a point. >>Favourite movies: The Wicker Man... > >Trivia Time: I too enjoyed The Wicker Man so when I recently bought the >Sneaker Pimps 'Becoming X' cd I was 'chuffed' to discover the very last >track is their interpretation of a traditional song which - if I'm not very >much mistaken - is the same as the one that Britt Ekland 'sings' in that >movie. At the beginning of the track there is also what sounds like an >outtake from the film. Really? I have a friend who's also spoken highly of them in general...maybe I should give them a listen. :) Robyn @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #130 ***************************