From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #99 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 Tuesday, April 14 1998 Volume 03 : Number 099 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: It's quiet; TOO quiet. [IT Admin - Govt Office North West ] Re: Alloy: Alloy shirts save lives! [DAbbitt32 ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:57:55 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Alloy: It's quiet; TOO quiet. So. No mail from Alloy today. This could be for one of two reasons :- 1. The server is having a day off. 2. No one has anything to say. If it's '1' then I can expect to catch up tomorrow. If it's '2' then I'm afraid we've run out of steam. But what can we do about it? We've done the bio's, we've done the alternative lyric competition, we've dibbed for B day tape tracks until we're all dibbed out, we've checked that no Alloy subscribers have been wiped out by inclement weather, we've discussed a variety of topics, both musical and non-musical and SOME contributors have just dog damned stopped contributing. Now, I know it's difficult to keep discussing Thomas' work when we've already done it to death, and every so often someone starts a new thread that we run with for a while (Paul B usually tries to kick start us when it goes quiet, but I think we should not leave this heavy burden on his broad sun-tanned Aussie shoulders) so I've been trying to think of something we could have a go at, but I'm finding it difficult to think of something original. One thing I DID think about was great discoveries/disappointments in music. This came about because I was looking for something to play while preparing this message, and as I looked through my CDs I discounted Robbie Robertson's 'Storyville' because I was very disappointed with it, particularly as I thought his first solo album was a work of genius. Then as I worked my way down the rack I thought about the other albums I'd bought with high hopes, only to have them dashed when they didn't come up to expectations. Then I thought about the ones I'd bought 'on spec' and was more than delighted with the gamble (e.g. The Corrs, 'Talk On Corners.') So, you may think this is a crappy idea, or you may want to share your experiences .... OR you may have something more interesting we can chat about, even some aspect of Thomas' work we haven't covered before. It's up to you. For the record, here's a list of stuff I wish I'd never bought :- (N.B. all the following are my personal opinions. If you disagree with any of them that's just fine with me Also, these are only the ones from my CD collection. If I went through my vinyl collection, which must number between 400 and 500, we could end up with more than you'd care to read about). Meredith Brooks - Blurring The Edges - bought for me as a present because I liked the single, but the album lacks that certain something. Roger Chapman - Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun - one of THE GREAT voices of rock in the 70's with Family. This is the one and only album I bought since he went solo. The voice is still there but the material ain't. He's done a lot of other solos but I can't bring myself to try any more, which is a shame, because I might just have picked the one bad apple. Candy Dulfer - Saxuality - bought on the strength of her 'Lily Was Here' single with Dave Stuart, a track which is not on this album, more's the pity, because that would have made at least TWO tracks I could listen to without cringing. She can play, so why doesn't she play something decent? Brian Eno - Before and After Science - thought I should try an Eno album, as some people hail him as a genius, but he must have been having a bad inspiration day when he did this. Billy Joel - River of Dreams - asked for this as a present, against my better judgement as I didn't like the single, but loved the Stormfront album, so hoped the single wasn't representative of the rest of the album. A couple of tracks are OK (I liked the guitar work by Leslie West on 'Shades of Grey', even though the sleeve notes credit him as playing on 'A Minor Variation' instead, which MUST be a printing error). Unfortunately I find the rest mediocre. Robbie Robertson - Storyville - a friend of mine made a tape of an Enya album for me, which he was raving about, and put Robbie's first album on the other side of the tape as a filler. I couldn't get into Enya's, but Robbie's blew me away. Bought Storyville hoping for something as good if not better, but was deeply disappointed with it. Every now and again I think I'll give it another try to see if it grows on me, but it doesn't. Paul Rogers - Now - again, bought because I quite liked the single, which was heavily hyped on MTV/VH1 last year, but the album just doesn't make me want to play it again. NB This chap was the vocalist with Free, another classic rock voice of yesteryear. David Lee Roth - A Little Ain't Enough - bought on the recommendation of my brother-in-law, only he later told me it was Skyscraper he liked. It's one of those 'once I took it out of the player, I couldn't put it back in again' kind of records. Steve Winwood - Roll With It. I'm a long time Winwood fan, right back to his Spencer Davis Group and Traffic days, but the only solo album I had was 'Arc Of A Diver' when I bought this one. Apart from the title track, I can't even remember any of the others. Now that CAN'T be right. Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step - bought because I heard 'Riviera Paradise' on the radio one night, and it's a great track, but entirely different from the rest of the album, which is OK, but not really to my taste. Well, boys and girls, that's all from DJ Slarv for tonight. I'm too tired, and it's too late to go through the 'bought on spec and glad I did' list right now. Provided I don't get flamed, watch out for the next installment coming to a mailbox near YOU. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:17:01 -0700 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: Turq and E(lipse . . . Our dear Stephen wrote... > > Turquoise Dolphin murmured: > > > - Turq. (Who is talking to Eclipse right now.. ;) ) > > Oh yeah . . . I can certainly understand that! You doubtless find darling > E(lipse's voice quite addictive, too. > > Sweet! > /\/\ *giggle* Why, thank you, Stephen. ;) *giggle* I do believe that was the night I was speaking primarily in suggestive bilingual poetry... -- E(lipse (whose e-mail is -finally- starting to give her all the Alloy posts since Friday...) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:00:22 EDT From: DAbbitt32 Subject: Re: Alloy: Alloy shirts save lives! Paul Baily wrote: ->Paul. ->This message powered by a killer cover of a great Men at Work song: ->"Overkill" by Lazlo Bane, featuring the Man at Work himself, Colin Hay. Then, in a message dated 4/11/98 1:13:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dswan@acs.ucalgary.ca writes: << Speaking of which, I recently came across Hay's 'Topanga' in a used record store... remarkable, since it isn't availaable in Canada... Quite a Win! Still not as good as Wayfaring Sons, which is EXCELLENT! Don't hesistate to pick it up if yuo can see a copy. >> A bit off the subject of things Dolby, but I thought I'd share it with you all anyway. Last October I was reading the local calendar section of the paper (here in Los Angeles) and checking out who was playing at what club, when I noticed Men At Work were skedded to perform at the House of Blues. After an inquiry call to find out if this was some sort of strange printing error, I was assured by the box office that they were indeed reforming for a one night only performance. Needless to say I rushed out and bought my tix. The show - simply awesome. Colin Hay and the boys tore the joint down and then re-raised the roof by playing for nearly three hours nonstop, almost every song off their first two albums and some new material as well. Holy cow, it was amazing. I only wish it had been recorded for posterity's sake, as it was a truly memorable performance, highlighted with lots of crowd interplay and of course, Colin Hay's trademark lectures between songs. He took the stage (after a ten year absence) by saying, "That's one f*cking long coffee break, isn't it?" I'm somewhat glad it was a one-night-only deal, because it was all the more special to have been there. THOMAS, CAN YOU HEAR ME?!?!? :) - -Dabb ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #99 **************************